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8CMTFH WATCHMAN. E?fc\b Oouaolidated Aujc. 2,1 AMENDS RAILROAD BILL FINAL cask agf may COML Tl'ESD.W . Adaption or IVovislon to Include Lit? tle Companies With Iii?; One* Ca? ller Control. Washington. Feb. 23.? Although the house today adopted several amend* menu to the administration bill regu? lating governmer t control of the rail? roads, including one empowering the president to take over all short lines competing with trunk lines, indica? tions tonight were that the measure might not be passed before Tuesd.1 District of Columbia committee meas? ures have the right of way in the house Monday, and there was a dls posltion on '.he part of some members1 to let the railroad bill go over until Tuesday. However. Chairman Suns. Cjff the house Interstate commerce committee. In chnrge of the moasuro, will make every effort to secure con? tinuous consideration until a final vote la had. The amendment to ake over short lines aeeapetlng with the trunk roads wan offered by Uepresentatlvo Essh of Wisconsin, who urged that it would pot them on the same basis as the largey roads and would stabilise them during the war. The original section of the bill drawn by Representative Webb of North Carolina, and urp?d by Director General 3|cAdoo, provided ? r taking over only such ?h?rt lines as were necessary in the operation of the entire transportation system but provided compensation for diversion of war truffle from roads not taken ever by routing over their lines freight not important in the conduct of the war. "That every railroad not owned, controlled or operated by another car? rier company, and which have here? tofore competed for traffic with a railroad, or railroads, of which the preeident has taken the possession, use sad control or wt Ich connects with such railroads and is engaged as common carrier In gene-al transpor? tation, shall be held and considered ^j^lhln 'federal control' ns'hereln de fined and necessary for the prosecu? tion of the war and shall be entitled to the benefits of all the provisions of this act. The abort line amendment adopt.") by the house differs fron thai in the Mil passed by the senate yesterday In that it excludes any line not a*** tine ae a common carrier and Includes only that the president might de I iry to win the war. AdvOcafe of the amendment said today in argu Ing for its passage that any small rail? roads which carried food, fuel or any? thing going Into the manufacture of any war supply was aiding war work and that virtually all of them would bs taken over. Another amendment adopted by the house today provide that recent oipsndtttgros for Improve meets are to be when Into eonstd< i 1 dew la calculating compensation w h:cl Is flied In the bill on a basis of th average of the operating income far the thrse years ending June It, Itll The house defeated, as did the Ben? ate, yesterday amendment* to 111 ll compensation. M \U COLt'MltfV Kcfmrlcd that Fifteen or MOTC I'm - V* ere Killed o|, South* I II ICil 11 - way Today. Columbia. Feb. 15.?Fifteen to twenty persons are reported to ha\e been gtfisd In a wreck four mil* from Columbia on the Columbia and Oreenvllle Ituiiroad. Tho train wreck? ed was an incoming pa*. ; -a r trau, f-om Oreenvllle. I wo I rams < , um, d I \\. nt \ Killed Many Injured. Columbia, Feb. 15.? fpsggngsi train 42. Pout hern Knlwiv. | , Hpurtanhurg and train 17. Columbia to Oreenvllle. collided nt Front * near heie this ufternoon. killing fifteen to twenty persona and injuring many more. KILLING IN < || \ltliOI I I %\> ham s|,,,( sab -man and I'dcu thit III* Own llrnlii*. Charlotte. N C. Feb. 2\ ? W \. Bush, a te., men biint. killed \\ Wilkinson, i furnitur?> siih-snatn then blew out his own brains, in Ilie rear of his tea store this morning Th*? direct osjtjge Ol the trag? l\ n u ? known. Hush was married ?o-hta in? \ QfJtVff MAIN. Revf hitton i*ui Iksvn and Order He stored. flan Joee, Feb. 2* - The revolution In Costa lllca has been put down and order completely restored. >Vd April, 1850. **Be Just m SSI. 8?? BAKER'S WAR REVIEW. mx 1:1 taky i?li:asi:i> with cds Dl i t Or AMKlllC ans. Forces F. imaged in One of Mod \c Irtt sectors on Front?British Ex tend Linos. Washington, Fob. 24.?Increasingly ! Important activity by the Americans on Uii Weetern front ami the return | tor rest a leave station of the men who haw completed their first period oi dut in the trenches are noted In this week's review of military opera? tions by the war department. in the news of the renewed Ger? man offensive again:-1 the Russians, ihe mo: n tut development 0 tho week, the department llnds no e ilige for surprise, tut a ids nothing to information carried in press dis- j patches. The review was written tie- 1 fore the announcement came from London that the Bolshsvikl had ac? cepted Germany's peace terms. "Hitherto, little opposition has been offered to the advancing Germans,'' the department says, "and it is not aa t clear what preparations the Rus? sians are making to meet the enemy. Owing to the disorganization of the Kui-slan forces. It Is difficult to pre - I w hat effective opposition thoj i >ay be able to place in the path Oi' the invaders." < >f the Wertem front the review says: ' While no major undertakings were recorded in tho West, yet the en? tire front was the scene of hard driv on assaults of a minor character. "nur own forces are taking an In? creasingly important part In the op? erations. Last we. k we recorded the participation of our artillery in th< Very successful thrust made by th French in the region of the H?tte du Metall. This week the presence of our infantry in a very important area of the Chemlfl des Lames is reporte I Here our patrols have been outside our barbed wire and have undertaken a number of scouting expeditions in Me Man's Land which were success fully carried through. "At the time our detachments wer?' fining up into the trenches they v/en urder heavy hodil ? shell fire; never? theless, our men made their way to I heir statt oas without confusion or oasualtlea, it is useful to note that I our forces now in action in this, one of the most active sectors of the en? tire French front, have acquit themselves very creditably. "Luring the week General Perahinfi mado a personal inspection of th American sector northwest of Toul "Our men who have complete', their Oral period of duty In th trenches have arrived at the leave nter established at Aix les Bains. This is the first of a ser ies of red c ten it is proponed to establish wht our men can And r< st and recreation after- the trying ordeal Of tri rich duty. Aloni the French front tin- enemy n >? td energetically In the region ?f'.ithwfst of the F.utte dU Mssnll, Af tor a sanguinary encounter the Oer mans Meocded <n regaining part ot the treachSS lost last week. A fur? ther attempt. In which three German battalions participated, was repulsed. In a third assault The Germans tOOM III prisoners, but he French force? regained the lost positions after n spirited counterattack. Our artillery pa tlclpated in those operatlona . . . "Artillery duels took place along the entire front, A decided lacrosse in the intensity of bombardments was noted, The Uritish have taken over an additional segment of the French line, The transfer of an appreciable mileage of Ihe front below st. Quon tig was made to the Itritiv.h without difficulty or delay." I M ML TH \M. PH \( IM 'FS. Federal Trade ()oaanslsaloners Make < mpiaini Against Mannfaciurcra, Washington. Feb. '-'.".?Complaints charging unfair trade practices were Issued today by the federal trad.' commission against thirty-eight man? ufacturing firms, hi the result of a long n veetlgatton which revealed "very serious and unhcolthy condi? tions In certain lines of Industry " Thirty-four of the com plaint i are against varnish makers, three Sgall ' manufacturers of panting Ink and one against ? soap factory, I.os i o\ rtVORIXKIi, Hi nil I i i <>iio Rsmctred nnd One, Montreal, Keh. 25.?The death llsf of Uif wreck o| the Florizel is given at one hundred ami two. in a rOOS ,1 report from the Cape Race sgent of the Marconi Telegraph Company, Tim 'ot I number saved is reported at forty-four. id Fear not?\ah all the ende TIjou Alu [TER, S. 0., WEDNESD R?SSirS^?BJEGT SOBffl. TO STOP HIN INVASION RUSSIA WILL GIVE UP MICH OF HEU VALUABLE WES? TERN TERRITORY. Will Withdraw from Finland und Willi Grve Book to the Tarka Ground Taken Prom Them In Battle?Sur? render is Abject. London. Feb. 24.?The Bolshevik! lovernment In Russia, represented by Nikolai i."nine und Leon Trotsky, has', seeeded to the demand! of Germany an i announced its readiness to accept the bard peace terms which Germany has laid down. Thus apparently) without furthei hesitation, the Russian! are prepared' in an effprt to stop the inroads the Germans now are making Into their i antry, to add to the enemy's al? ready vast holding! more of Russia's] most valuable western territory, ex-1 tending from the Gulf of Finland southward to the Black sea, and even to withdraw her troops from Finland and give back to the Turks what ha. been taken from them in battle. The surrender seemi abject. Russia Ii Immediately to semi ? delegation to Crost-Litovsk, there to discuss with German r< presentatives the final do talls of the peace and sign the com? pact. At last accounts the German armies In the east were /riving no hoed to talk of peace, but, on the contrary <ve methodically pushing forward their line over the more than &00 mile front from the Gulf of Finland region to Volhynla, and still nowhere meeting With any systematic attempts to hinder their progress. Numerous additional towns hav< 1 ten e ptured and several thousand ore Russian! made prisoners. Tn ad? dition nearly 3,000 German and Aus trlan prisoners of war have been lii> (rated by the invaders. Russia's prin? cipal port on the Finnish gulf l! ra*? Idly being approached, notwithstand? ing the snow-covered roads. Th' troops here are being pushed forward In forced inarches, the desire of the German high command evidently b Ing tO capture the port, which WOUld be available, If necessity arises, as a base for operation! by a fleet of wai vessel.! againil Kronstadt and Petro? .creed. I Meanwhile the Internal situation In Russia continue! chaotic, fr'o bad hav< Ondltlon! become in Petrograd that a state of Siege h is been declared b) i military authorities. Looting and other dopredatlni deed! will result in sentences o) death, it is announced by the Bolshe? vik! authorities, and all exploelv - musi Immediately be turned in to the authorities on pain of the holders be? ing declared outlaws. Opposition (newspapers have been suppressed an? other organi have been warned thai Inaccurate information published i" them will lead to the arrest Of th' I dltOI I and their staffs. Rumania, cut off from her allies through the disaffection of Rusilo, a last h.;s sntered into formal peace ne itlatlon! with tlm Central Powers according to advices reaching London These past masters in Teutonic allied politics, von Kuehlmann and Czernln roapeetlvely the German and Austria:, fo eign ministers, .and Radoalavoff tie- Bulgarian premier, are treating with If, Averesco, the Rumanian pre ? h r. a( a point near lhichares! ! Doubtless, as were tin* terms imposed on Russia, the peace conditions thv will be offered Rumania will be hard ones. Already they are said to embrace territorial acquisitions for Bulgarli end economic preferences for Ger? many and Austria. \MBA8SADORfl STILL IN PETRO GRAD, _ Allied Representatives Remain in Ruh? sian Capital Temporarily Awaltin I level pmcni . Petrograd, Sunday. Feb. 14.- ?The allied ambassador! at s conference held today at the American embassy dt ded to remain In Petrograd pend< lnr developments. Same member! o the embassy staff have already l<>f*. while others will leave by way of Si? beiia, on b ip< clal train tonight. DANISH STEAMER si x K. Imertagn steamer Brings Survivors tn Atlantic Fort. Atlantic Fort, Feb. 2r.. An Amerl can iteamehlp arriving here today brought seventeen members of the crew of the Danish steamer Trampu - bar. who were picked up at sea. There had been no nrovious report of the lose of the Tfanquebar, which was B Vessel of thirty-four hundred tons. ns't at be thy Country'*, Thy Ood*S s. AY, FEBRUARY 5*7, li BriE?Q OUSTS SI price of wheat fixed BY presidents order. Woodrow Wilson Meets Agitation In \ Congress for Higher Prices and Takes step to Stimulate Production and Prevent Holding. Washington, Feb. 23.?President Wilson today raised the government guaranteed price for the uns wheat' crop as high as $2.28 a bushel in one | primary market and in varying sums | in all other primary markets exceptJ (lour. Acting under authority of the food lav.-, tk<> president thus met the agi? tation In congress for higher prices and took steps to stimulate produc? tion and prevent hoi ling back the crop while the agitation was going on. The prices fixed, the president de? elaredi would assure the producers of q reasonable profit. On the basis 01 No. 1 Northern spring wheat and it equivalents, the president fixed the Itpricss as follows: Chicago, 13.20; Kansas City, 1MB: St. Louts, $2.18; Minneapolis. $2.17; New York, $2.28; Charleston, B. C I $2.37; Savannah. $2.27; Seattle, *2.05; Ban Francisco, $2.10; Los Angeles $2.10; Galveston, $2.20; New Orleans. $2.20; Fort Worth, Texas, $2.09; Ok? lahoma City, $2.05. The equivalents of Xo. 1 Northern, to which the Bams price applies, are No. l. Hard Winter; No. l, Red Win? ter; No. l. Durum, and Xo. 1, Hard White. The wheat must be harvest led in the Fnited States during 101S and sold in the market before June I, 11* l y. The president's proclama? tion states that the action is to meet an emorgency requiring the stimula? tion of wheat planting. in a statement accompanying his proclamation the president Bald: "Fuder the food control act of Au? gust 10, 1D17. it is my duty to an? nounce a guaranteed price for wheat of the 1918 harvest. I am, therefore Issuing a proclamation setting the price at the principal interior primary j markets, it makes no essential al? teration In the present guarantee, r. s n continuation of the present price of wheat, with s ur.e adjustments aris ing from the designation of additional It ri.iinai marketing points. "This guaranteed price assures th farmer of a reasonable profit, even ii the war should end within the year and the large stores of grain in those sections of the world that are now cut off from transportation should Iagain come into competition with hb products, To increase the price of 'wheat above the present figure, or to agitate any increase of price, WOUld have the effect of very seriously ham? pering the large operations of the na? tion and of the allies by causing the wheat of last year's crop to be with? held from the market. It would, more? over, dislocate nil the present wage levels that have been established af? ter much anxious discussion end would, therefore, create an industrial unrest and would be harmful to ev? ery Industry in the country. "I know the spirit of our farmers and have not the least doubt as to the loyalty with which they Will ac? cept the present derision. The fall wheat planting took placs with no other assui-ai.ee than this and the farmers' confidence was determined by the fact that they planted an ac? reage larger than the record of i ? \ !?t ecedlng year. "it seems not to he generally un? derstood why wheat is picked out foi price determination ,and only wheat, among the cereals. The answer is that, while normal distribution of a! our farm producti has been subject 'o great disturbances during the last three yens because of war com',; 'ions, only two Important commodi des, namely, wheat and sugar; have eon so seriously affected as to re tulre governmental Intervention. "The disturbances which sffi ?? boss products (and others In less de green) arise from the fact that all of 'he overseas shipping in the world la now under government control and h-?t the government Is obliged to ns fdgn tonnage to each commodity thrt enters Into commercial overseas tri f fie, it has, consequently been ? sary to establish single agencies foi the purchase of the food BUppIiOS which must >:o abroad. The purchase of when I In the United States for for (den use Is rii great In compi ri son with the available domestic ?Upply thai th?> price of whenl has been materially disturbed nn I II came necessary In order to protect ?>oth the producer, and the consumer, to pretenl speculation, ft was neces? sary, therefore, for the government to exercise a measure ol direct supervis? ion and as far as possible to control EAT LESS WHEAT. PEOPLE URGED LARGELY TO RE? FRAIN PROM USING PLOTJR FOR SIXTY DAYS. Allies Must Have Grain?Foxrd Admin? istrator Says it's Either More Food ior Allies or Defeat. Philadelphia, Feb. 22.?As a war necessity the people mtlSt largely re? frain fron*? eating wheat Hour for the next sixty days, possibly foi a longer period, This statement was made today on the authority of Herbert C. Hover, federal food administrator, by Howard Heinz, administrator for Pennsylvania, speaking before an au dience of newspaper managers. A telegram Was read from Mr. Hoover which made it plain that th s country must immediately send food to the allies or lose the WOT. If it is not sent, it means but one thine, catSS* ItrophO, declared Mr. Hoover. The telegram from the food ad? ministrator follows: "The food situation of the Allies grows more critical every week. Their own short crops coupled ith ever-In? creasing shortage of snipping, whl< h limits the importations n ore and more to food from the nearest mar \ kets, make the responsibility oi I America iti the provision of food for the allies even greater. All cur ef forts must be redoubled to n:eet the j absolute necessity of our ISSOCiatei I in the war during the months to peal before the next harvest. T'nless Wf do meet them the war cannot go on. "1 appeal therefore with renewed earnestness to the people of Pennsyl? vania and to our people all over the land to give their support to attempt; pf ihe food administration to S0lv< j thin food problem. it is only by th< ein of all the people and their whole hearted acceptance and support of th< measures adopted by the food ad ministration that the situation can D( mot. Without Tits help the lood can not be sent. Tf it is not sent it mean: hut one thing?catastrophe." _____________?_________?__ j prices of Wheat and the pro -esses o its exportation. This supervision noc ?lly amounted to price dxing auf ;. therefore, thought it fair and wisi that there should be a price stated hat should bi at once liberal and ? r.ui table, "These peculiar circumstancee gov ernlng the handling and consumption of wheat put the farmer at the verj center of war service. Next to th< soldier himself he is serving the coun? try and the world and serving it In a way w hich is absolutely fundamental to his own future safety and prosper? ity. He sees this and can be relied upon as the soldier can. '"The farmer is also contributing men to the army and I am koenl> alive to the sacrifices Involved ? Out of 13,800,000 men en : gaged In farm Industries, 2^5, 000 have been drafted. o about 1.4S per cent of the whob number. In addition to these then have been volunteers and the tanner? hi vo loat a considerable number Ol laborers because the wages paid III in dustrtal pursuits drew them away. I order to relieve the farming Industry as far as possible from future drains ' Of labor the new draft regulation! , have been drawn with :\ view to tak? ing from the farms an even smaller proportion of men. and it is my hope that the local exemption boards Wil make the classifications with 1 view Of lightening the load upon the farm? ers to the utmost extent. The tec* retary of war has asked for authority to furlough soldiers of the National Army if condition! permit, so that they may return to their farms when [assistance is necessary in the planting und harvesting of the crops. N- tion a! and local agencies are actively at work, besides, in orgnislng community help for the more efflelonl distribu? tion of available labor and in draw? ing upon new sourc< b of labor. While there will be difficulties and ver.7 se? rious ones, they will be difficulties which are among the stern necessi? ty s of wa r. ??The federal railway administra? tion is cooperating In the most ac? tive, intelligent way with the food ad? ministration to r< move the difficul? ties of* transportation and of the ac? tive movement of the crops. The mar Mug is to de facilitated and the ? irmers given the opportunity to i< al ivse promptly upon their stock. MThe department of agriculture and the food administration will continue Xt\ cooperate as heretofore to assist the farmer! In every way possible. ah questions of production, of the marketing of farm products, of con Rervatton In the course of product on. and of agricultural labor and f; rm problems generally, win be handled by the department of agriculture; SOUTHHON, Estab&ftalMid Jon?. ) 89m. Vol. XLVI. No. 4. HOOVER GALLED DOWN. RAILWAYS WILL AVERT GRAVE FOOD SHORTAGE. Director General MeAdoo Qtvea As? siiranoes That Tran>i>ortation Trou? bles WIH Not Chase Conditions Forecast by Food Administrator Hoover. Washington, Feb. 22.?Director General IfcAdoo today gave assur? ances "that so far as transportation is concerned, there is no danger of suffering from a serious food short ; ge in the eastern part of the coun try: 'I i is was prompted by the warning; given last night by Food Administra? tor Hoover that un'.ess grain and meat movement is greatly increased in the next CO days the country is threatened w ith an acute shortage .of food, and the program of food ship 11 ents to the allies will fail. In a letter to Mr. Hooyer, the di? rector general declared that if the food administration will give definite information on the location of stocks of supplies intended for the allies, the raiiroads will move them promptly to seaboard. Simultaneously the railroad dministration gave out figures show? ing that the movement of grain to primary markets in the West wdthin the last 10 days was far greater than in previous years. .Although declaring their desire to avoid controversy with the food ad n Integration, officials of the railroad directorate' tonight did not cenceal their belief that Mr. Hoover's state? ment was not borne out by facts shown in their reports. Members of Mr. M^AMoo's staff assumed the at? titude that Mr. Hoover had dealt in generalities, not supported by figures or other evidences showdng such a. pessimistic outlook on future fo/Scl - ; conditions. ENGINEER FOR COUNTY. Plan of Government for ^rangeburg OnuigcdT^ Orangeburg, Feb. 22.?Orangeburg - Is now operating under a new form ; of county government, but the new ;.i will not go into effect in every 1 way until 1910. The new form of I govi rnment provides for a hoard of commissioners, nominated by county ; is'atlve delegation and appointed by the governor. There will be no ' a re county supervisor. The board of ommisstoners will elect a county ? ngineer. The chairman of the board will largely perform the duties of I -ounty supervisor. M. C. Edwins is the president supervisor and his term 1 of o'lice expires January 1, 1919. The board has just held a meeting and de ! eidco! that the present supervisor will < ontinue to perform his usual duties a under the old law. A county en ? a er will be elected at a future ?' ting of the board. PLAGUE IN CHINA. Ml North OhtM Threatened by Ter rlbie Pneumonie Plague. j Doston, Feb. IS.?Pneumonia ; plague which has broken out in Shensl Province. China, has assumed ich proportions that all North Chi? na is seriously threatened. Advices to this effect have been received from American missionaries in North ('hina. Berlin, Feb. I*:*.? In their new in? hesion of Russian territory the Oer mans have reached the town of Walk, in Ltvenla, some ninety miles north? east o! Liga, it is officially announced. In Volhynia the Teutons marching from Lutsk, have reached the tovvrt Of Dubno. London, Feb. ES.??Gen. Brnjovleoh has been appointed successor to Fn pign Krylenkof as commander in < hief of the Kassian armies, aecord fhg to a Berlin dispatch forwarded from Amsterdam. He bas been pro claimed dictator and has ordered the Russian troops to Agni to the last. fhlle all questions of distribution of f ><>,j supples to the allies and of con? servation in consumption will bo handled by the food administration but the chief reliance is upon the farmer himself .and T am sure that that reliance will be justified by the results, The chief thing to be kept clearly in mind is that regulations of this sort are only a part of the great general plan of mobilisation into which every element in the nation enters in this war as in no other. The business of war touches everybody, it ? id business, a cooperative busi eevs. a business of energy and sac? rifice, n business of service in tho largest and the best and most stirring sense of that groat word."