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SAVE DAYLIGHT HOURS. rKOPLR SHOULD COOPF.RATF IN DAYUK.HT s A VINO I,AW. < hi noil of Defense Urges People to Obey the* Spirit a ml Purpose of Uw \ll Kur ope Has Adopted the Plan* to AKI t.ardculug. The South Carolina Council of De? fense im anxious that the people of South Carolina cooperate in observing the day-light saving law which be? comes effective at 2 o'clock Sunday morning and trusts that they will not defsat ths purpose of the law by changing their schedule of hours. Under the terms of the new law the hands of all clocks are to be moved forward one hour on Sunday morning. <>n? hour daylight will thua be gained In the moi nm< and the hours of dark neee will be utilised to just that ad Mltlonal extent for sleeping. The Council of Defense hopes that ell banks, schools, churches, and busi? ness enterprises will continue their present hours That Is, that the banks will continue to open at 9 o'clock and rloee at 2.30 and all other enterprises will man tain (heir same schedule of working noun. Senator Calder of New York who led ths fight 'or the adoption of the law ssplalns the benelits to be deriv? ed from the r ew law aa follows: "The action consummates, as far as ths congress Is concerned, legislation that will put Into effect the daylight saving plan, which, it is universally bsllsved, will bring about a consider? ably contrlbu.lon toward the winning of the war acd conserve human ener? gy and a large amount of fuel con? sumed in the manufacture of artificial lllumlnattor. "It will also supply an additional .hour for horre gardening by the city and suburban dwsllers, estimated at . one-fifth of our total population, and It will give to the people one hour for recreation at that part of the day whan it is m<*t convenient for them to enjoy it. Briefly, the bill provides .that tomorrow morning the clocks shall be moved forward one hour, and remain so until the last Sunday in October. We simply move the whole day one hour ahead during the seven months between those two dates by making use of an hour of daylight or? dinarily wasted In the early part of the morning. I "The change will be universal and will causa no confusion. Business will will bo kept Just the same, railroads will run on p esent time tables. "England, France, Germany, Aus fria, Denmark. Sweden. Norway, It alju. JJolU'iU and Portugal?In fact every European country of Import? ance, eave Rusjia alone?has adopted this plan and baa foand that It works with the greatest succes In the saving oi fuel and In general health benefit for the people "I twill not affect our agricultural workers, since their rising and retir? ing are due almost entirely to seas? onal condition*. The sun, rather than the clock, is tie farmers' guide. "Those who have carefully worked out the probiert Insist that it will save the United States in the matter of fuel alone at least one million tons of coal annually. "Eighty per cent, of the people of the United States, rising in the morn? ing, allow only sufficient time to dress, eat breakfast and arrive at their place of employment just ut the stroke of the time to begin their day's work. If their time to start work is n o'clock, under the new arrangement it will still he 8 by the clock. Street railway a suburban and inter-urban transit facilities will be operated upon the same theory, and there will be no difficulty at all about the changed conditions. In fact, after the llrst day no one will be inconvenienced or con? fused." SF.COM> DRAFT MDG1 N. \tob?li/nn..r, 0r %fen to mi Divisions Underway Today. Washington. March 29 ?With the exception of a :'ew district! In eastern eitles, the mobilization of ninety-tlve thousand men (omprising the re? mainder of the find draft and llfteen thousand of the second draft began to get underway today. The men now culled are needed to fill gaps in di? visions and oth?r units. MILITARY TRAINING FOR IK ^ & aeoMte Keinmal tu Table Amendment For Comp ilsory Training. Washington, March Pichmiu sry to a final vote today the senate defeated the motion to table the amendment for oompMSSOTy militari training of youths between Pi and 11 I NGMSfl i \i \< H SHIPS Five standard ship* Completed in One Day. l?ondon. Murch |f, ? Plve standard *hip* were laun hed in Hritish slop ?ran tTedasanajr. th#> Central News ?ays, it enetorsgpade, 11 PREARRANGED PLAN. GREAT RATTLE HAS BEEN | FOl'GHT AS ALUMS PLAN? NED. Great Offensive Was No Surprise anil Propnrations llatl Been Made to Meet It. Washington, March 29.?The Brit? ish withdrawal before the German advance was made according to pre? arranged plans and "all is over now," Major Gen. J. Franklin Bell, today told the senate military committee. He said the Allies have known of the German preparations for the present drive since soon after they were be? gun, and made active preparations I to face it. FOOD ADMINISTRATION NOTICE. Hotels, Restaurants and Boarding Houses Warned to Obey Regula? tions. The County Food Administrator G. A. Lemmon, desires to inform all public eating places in this city, and in Sumter county, and that means every restaurant, lunch counter, boarding house, regardless of how many boarders, and all hotels, and any and all places Serving meals ot lunches, that it is now no longer op? tional, but it la compulsory to ob? serve the wheatless day and other wheat programs of the Food Admin? istration, and further that the Food Administration is actively at work un? dertaking to detect any violations of these rules. It has been reported to the local food administrators that some per? sons are or have been seeking to In? duce restaurants to serve them wheat and meat on wheatless and meatless days, and being refused, these people have left the loyal and patriotic res? taurants and gone to other eating houses. To begin with, no self-re? specting, loyal or patriotic individual will try to entice a restaurant, hotel or boarding house proprietor to vio? late the laws or requests of the gov? ernment, and all who do exhibit de? cidedly low Ideals of decent and pa? triotic citizenship. Relng compulsory now the wheat? less days must be observed in all pub? lic eating places, and the food ad? ministrators have been explicitly in? structed to use every possible means to detect violations of these rules. The administrators also respectful? ly request and urge upon all loyal and patriotic, law abiding citizens to re? port to either Mr. G. A. Lemmon. County Food Administrator, or his as? sistant Mr. K. I. Reardon, all viola? tions within the knowledge or hear? ing of anyone. The new rules regarding the reduc? tion of wheat consumption to one and a-half pounds of wheat products weekly per person, have been widely published and there is no excuse to plead Ignorance of these rules, or to fail to continue to observe two wheat? less days each week, Mondays and Wednesdays, in addition to the one and a-half pound of wheat weekly per person. There are methods of Unding out violations which will undoubtedly, sooner or later, detect violations, and detection and proof of guilt simply means prosecution, heavy fines and possibly Imprisonment, and suspen? sion of business. Mr. Lemmon, the County Food Ad? ministrator, urges the twonty-three food administration representatives in this county to rigidly enforce this law, and requests them and all law itblding citizens to promptly report to him or his assistant or to any of the twenty three food administration representa? tives any violations. The wheatless program is still op? tional with private families, but the government depends upon the patriot? ism, loyalty, and gratitude of our citizenship to our soldiers and sailors to voluntarily make this small sacri? fice in order to avoid the necessity Of absolutely depriving the civilian population of eating any wheat at all. The allies miod also be provided with wheat and meat, and unless we con? serve fifty per cent of the present sup? ply, until the next wheat harvest, our armies must go without the necessary wheat and meat that they nOOd to sus? tain life. DEATH Foil spifs. Congress at |*sOt May do Something to Exterminate Secret Enemies. WsShlSSjtun, March HO. The death penalty for many nets *>f espionage will be proposed in legislation to be at ones brought before oongress, sen? ator Ove rman declared today. BATTLE IN FINLAND. Red Guards Meet Willi Bloody Defeat. London. March 80. The Finnish Bed Ouards have hem defeated al Tammerfora according to n Router's dispatch from Petrograd The reliols are said to have lost tin thousisnd prisoners and twenty one mms. INVESTIGATION INTO DELAY BE GUN rN SENATE. \ \ Charge *>.v Senator Overman That Spies are Employed in Big Curtis Plant, Washington, March 28.?Investiga? tion into delay in the aeroplane pro? gram was begun by the senate mili? tary committee today behind -closed doors after several days of discussion in the senate which culminated in the assertion by Senator Overman of North Carolina, that part of the trouble was due to German spies in the Curtis plant which has extensive government contracts. Members of the committee were pledged to secrecy and Chairman Chamberlain announced that no state? ment would be issued until the inquiry had been completed. MaJ. Gen. George O. Squier, chief signal officer, and Colonel Deeds, ol the aviation branch were the first wit? nesses called. They remained with the committee nearly four hours. The committee plans to hear tomorrow Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell. Senator Overman furnished Chair? man Chamberlain with the names of his informants, so they can be called. His speech followed several days of heated debate during which it was charged tnat instead of having by July 1, 12,000 airplanes in France or ready for shipment that number would total only 37 and that the American airplane program was 90 days behind schedule. Senator Overman said although he would make no charge against any one employed of the Curtis concern there were spies there and were he secretary of war he would com? mandeer the plant and put In new em? ployees. A metallic brace ueed in the construction of airplane frames from which a piece of metal had been re? moved and lead inserted so aa to weaken it, was exhibited by the sen? ator as a sample of spies' work. The first machine tested at the plant fell, he said, and investigation show? ed that this tampering had been the caure. The decision to conduct the Inquiry behind closed doors was reached by the military committee after a num? ber of members had urged this plan In order to permit the committee to inquire fully into the situation without the necessity of guarding against dis? closure of military secrets. PERSIUNG'S CASUALTY MST. One Man Killed In Action; F<mT~Arc Missing. Washington, March 28.?Today's list of casualties among the Ameri? can expeditionary forces shows one man killed in action; four missing in action; one died of wounds; one killed by accident; sixteen died of disease; one severely wounded and twenty-nine slightly wounded. Killed in action: Private Patrick Hogers. Died of accident: Civilian Arthur Davenport. Died of disease: Second Lieut. Ger? ald L. Esner; Sergts. Frederick Louis Adkins and Sam J. Charpie; Me? chanic Lee A. Dunn; Privates Ernest Hickerson, Robert S. Allen, Cato Harber, John W. Butler, Richard J. Craig, Frank L Evans, Gilbert O. Evans, John Ozone Getgen, Joseph D. Lambert, Capus L. Leggett, Mike S. Water and John Whitestone. Hied of wounds: Corporal William F. El wood. Wounded severely: Private Touflk J. Maattok. Wounded slightly: First Lieuts. John T. Kibler and James V. Ware; Second Lieut. Benjamin H. Gardner; Sergts. Major John M. Neumes, Frank P. Paris; Corporals Selmer E. El dredge, James B. Laflln; Privates Walter R. Ramsey, John C. Bleight. Willie Branan, Walter B. Brant, Alex? ander R. Carson, Danile Cullinare, Leo J. Dorey, Carl Collier, Roscoe M Cook, Duncan A. Flaro, John M Fleming. Slightly wounded: Privates Hugh J. McGuignn, George T. Malone Ciferno Hockey, Frederick E. Sla ton, Abe Steinberg. Charles II. Stever. Kuymond Thompson, John Votta, Geo. A. Wallace, William L Zimmerman. Missing in action: Sergts. Mack Trent; Privates Ashgorn Holm, Them Parks, Lorton W. Radiator. TEACHER MEETING OFF. State Association Defers Spring Con? vention. Hock Hill. March 28.?Dr. James P. Klnardi president of the State Teach? ers' Association. announced today that there would be no session of the State Teachers' Association held dur? ing the spring. After noinn over the situation carefully it was found un? wise to attempt to hold it before School is out. Plans are being dis? cussed for holding the meeting some time durin? the summer, but nothing definite has yet been decided upon. STRIFE IN AUSTRIA. OFFENSIVE REGAN WITH DIS? QUIET AT HOME. Ministits Have Haiuls Full Maintain? ing Peace Within Their Own Dis? turbed Land. Washington, March 19.?An official! dispatch from Switzerland today saysi the German offensive started at a moment when internal strife was dis? turbing the central empires. "In Germany the memories of Prince Lichnowsky and the letter of the former Krupp director, Mr. Muel? ler, have produced animated discus? sions which are feebly echoed by the newspapers," says the message. In Austria the situation appears difficult. According to a correspondent in Vien? na who writes lo the Munchener Neuste Nachricht?' i they are facing a new ministerial problem by the pro? longation of military operations. On the other hand the letter of Profes? sor I^ammaseh, the next of which has not been published by any paper, but whieh puts clearly the question of Mittel Europa and the German alli? ance, has raised a great commotion In the German circles of Austria. Finally, what is more serious for the monarch of the Danube, the food sit? uation has entered a critical stage. The Austrian premier, Seydler, has ! just declared that one could not ab? solutely count on the importation of j cereals from Roumanla or I'krainia before the month of June. "The statement after so many al? luring promises was only made after an urgent intervention on the part of the German Social Democratic depu? ties of Austria, who declared that it was impossible for the workmen to endure another diminution in the po? tato and fat ration. They added that no measure would be efficacious and that the proletariat saw but the one way of remedying things, in other worda an immediate and general peace. Von Seydler could only promise some vague partial ameliorations, especial? ly in favor of the railroad hands and affirm that the Austro-Hungarian gov? ernment would make every effort to arrive at peace as quickly as possible. "These facts throw a curious light upon the internal situation of the cen? tral empires.. Perhaps they may ex? plain why Germany, without regard for risks and losses, has wanted at all costs to achieve a decision. When the allied armier will have stopped the German offensive, as they will do, the government of the central em? pires that will have sent hundreds of thousands of men to be butchered and who will not have done what they had hoped to do, will find themselves facing accrued 'difficulties." CLEMENCY FOR MOONEY. President Wilson Asks California Gov? ernor for Life of Labor Conspira? tor. Sacramento, March 29.?President Wilson has telegraphed the governor of California asking executive clemen? cy for Thomas J. Mooney, who is un? der death sentence in connection with the bomb explosion In San Francisco in July, 191G, when ten persons were killed. WOOD GOING TO FRANCE. Rumors <Hc Was to he Retired Are Not Sustained. Washington, March 29.?Major Gen. Leonard Wood has passed hb physical examination for active service at the front and will be returned to command his division ai Camp Fun ston, Kas. This fact became known at the war department today, disposing of ru? mors that through the rigid test to which all general officers who are to take the held in France are subjecte 1 the administration was preparing 10 shelve Gen. Wood, senior major gen? eral on the active list of the army. Gen. Wood was examined yesterday by a hoard headed by Brig. Gen. Will H. Arthur; Dr. Wartleld T. Lonff cape, dean of Columbia University Medical School ami the celebrated heart speclallst, and otic of the Eue tors Mayo, of Rochester, Minn. Unless he Is selected for some mote important post, Gen. Wood probably will retain command of the 89th Di? vision when it is sent to France. In his fifty-eighth year, the former chief of staff enjoys robust health and is not bothered by the shell frag? ment wound In the left arm he re? cently sustained abroad while observ? ing the lire of a French gun. WAR FINANCE CORPORATION. Conference Committee Reaches Agree? ment on Rill. Washington, March 30.?Ths con ferenoe committee reached an agree? ment today on the administration bill to create a war financial corporation lixiiiK the capital stock at a half bil? lion, limiting the amount of bonds it may issue to three billions, ami pro? viding a voluntary system of licensing securit) is- ues. FOCI SUPREME COMMANDER. GREAT FRENCH STRATEGIST AP? POINTED GENERALISSIMO OX WESTERN FRONT. Step Which the American ami French Military Authorities Long Have Urged Taken at I^ast by the Al? lies. London, March 29.?The Post says that the French and British govern? ments have decided to appoint Gen. Foch generalissimo of the western front during the present operations. Washington, March 29.?Official in? formation has reached Washington that Gen. Foch, the French chief of staff, has been appointed to sureme command of all the Allied and Ameri? can forces in France. This means unification of all the armies opposing the Germans, a step which the American and French mili? tary men long have urged and which apparently has been brought about by recognition of the imperative demand for concentrated effort to hurl back the gigantic thrust of the enemy in France. It was learned tonight that the president had been officially advised of the action when he sent a cable? gram to Gen. Foch today congratulat? ing him "on his new authority." There was no explanation at the Whi'e House of what the president meant, and it is understood that there will be no official comment here until after an announcement comes from France. The first hint of the historic devel? opment came in press cable dispatch? es telling how Gen. Pershing had pla<#d the American expeditionary j w forces at he disposal of the French commander. This was confirmed to? night in a message from Gen. Per? shing to the war department. THE BATTLE ABOUT TO BEGIN. Feeling in Paris is That Battle for Germany is Lost But Allies Will Now Begin. Paris, March 29.?The general feeling is that for Germany the great battle is virtually lost, but that for the Allies the battle is now about to begin. The impression in semi-official circles is that the Allies have no only held the Germans off, but now are no longer compelled to permit the enemy to shape the course which the battle shall take. PAKIS BOMBARDMENT RESUMED. Long Range Gun Begins Dropping Shells in Paris This Afternoon. Paris, March 29.?The long range bombardment of Paris was resumed shortly after three this afternoon. FRENCH MASTERS OF AIR. splendid Work Done Dally Inj Big Battle in Picardy. Washington, March 29.?The work of French aviators In the great battle on the western front is Ascribed as remarkable in an official dispatch re? ceived here today from France. It says: "French aviation is participating with much effectivenes in the battle. The results obtained are remarkable and our mastery of the air is affirmed each day. On the theater of opera? tions our machines after having re? pulsed the enemy lighting aviators threw themselves into the combat b> squadrons and groups of squadrons. Columns of infantry and artillery con? voys, bivouacs, munitions depots, rail? ways, the principal enemy lines of communication have been mercilessly attacked day and night. As much as 15,000 kilos of explosives have been thiown daily and thousands of cart? ridges have been fired upon the Ger? man troops whom our aviators cease? lessly attack with machine guns descending nearly to the level of the ground. "In many sections munitions depots have been burned and many trains were Stopped. Outside the battlefield the avation corps has attacked enemy railway and roads anil has spread it? self over the entire front. The enemv pilots were disconcert"*! by the ra? pidity and violence of four counter-air attacks." SPEEDING UP SHIPBUILDING. Shipping Board Launched More Ships in March. Washington, March 10.?The ship? ping board exceeded the launching program In March by fifty-two thou? sand tons, but fell behind the sched? ule Ol completed ships owing to the difficulty of obtaining steel plates. HUNS IN BRITISH UNIFORM. Taken Prisoners and Executed, Ac? cording to French letw. Palis, March 28. A number Of Ger? man soldiers who had put on British uniforms In order to create confuel m in the battle on the Somme front were taken prisoner and executed, accord? ing to the [ntransigeunt. GERM INS HALTED IX ALL BW ORR SECTOR TO SOUTH ALLIES MAKE LOCAL GAINS. French Atlaek Upon Hun Line? From LaaSTSjpsy to Noyon Continues But Hcpti -ts are as Silent as the In? gress Made?German Advance t on vergi ng on Amiens. After eight days, during which it has sv. spt forward over the rolling hills ol Picardy, at times like a tidal wave, 1 .iie German offensive has slow? ed down. Instead of a sweeping ad? vance, Its progress has been checked at all but one sector of the front, and there 11 has been merely creeping for the laM two days?this fact is eveni admitted by the German war office, which i sually concedes nothing. From Albert south to Montdidier there bag been a slow movement. Brit? ish lines have been holding stubbor ly and have thrust back the Ger , mans. The French reports are silent j as to tl i progress upon the line from Lassign y to Noyon, except to say that Lhe att;. d< is continuing and that fresh French troops are arriving in this re? gion. : othing has developed to show that this is more than a purely local engager, tent fought for the purpose of presenting the Germans from reaching the Oise river, and having this stream as an additional protection to their eft flank. Fron. Albert south to Mont Didier rhere haa been a slow movement to the we d, but the hills west of Mont? didier a.re still being held by the French No ground has been made against the French along the south? ern aide of the salient driven into the allied 1 nes, while it is asserted that the French counter-atack from Laa signy to Noyon is still going on. The extreme depth of the German wedge now is about thirty-seven miles. Meanwhile, the allied world is a wait? ing for the Entente forces to strike back at the Germans. When l.hts blow, if it comes, will fall, or where, is as yet sealed in the minds of the men directing the pro? gress of the military affairs for the Allies, but seemingly it must come soon, if it is to be effective. The Gen? man advance now is converging on Amiens, tae railroad center or* North? ern France, which is known to be the point fr>m which run the main com munica ans of the British army ist Re)tthatII France. The railroad from Paris to Amiens was cut by .Ger? mans at Mont Didier, but this would rot be vital if Amiens itself is held by the Allies. The German;thrust in front of Ar^. ras, while, according to Berlin, It netted thousands of prisoners, has ap? parent]}, come to a stop before Or* ange Hill, Telegraph Hill and the Labyrinth, strongholds held by the British in this sector. Repeated mass attacks by the Germans on these points ha^ve resulted in terrible losses to them, without however, breaking the line and causing more than a straightening of the front before Ar? ras. A German official statement de? clares thai Jbacc the offensive began 70,000 prk .ers and 1,100 guns have been taken. The Entente forces opposing Ger? many in France are for the first time during the war fighting under the con? trol of a single commander. Gen. Foch, the greaL French strategist, to whom has been accorded much of the credit *. for the Victory of the Marne in Sep? tember, 1914, is generalissimo of the Entente Allied armies in France. This report was received Friday morn? ing in the form of an official dispatch from London, but in the evening it was officially confirmed by advices to Washington from Paris. Early in the day President Wilson sent a personal cable message of congratu .ion to Gen. Foch, and Gen. I POrahlng placed at the disposal of the French commander the American forces no v on French soil. Gen. Foch is given supreme command over all the men on the battle lines, and In addition has a strategic reserve force, the si: and location of which is not known aut which, judginr from reports, is v ry large. While it 1 3 been officially reported from Rome that Austrian divisions from Russia and Galicia, numbering approximately iso.OOn men. have ar? rived oh the Italian front, there have been no developments there indicating where the expected blow from the Teutons will fall. A new advance by the Germans in Russia is noted in London dispatches. This movement in the neighborhood of Kursdt, SOS miles sonth of Moscow. An official Austrian statement deines that the P.olsheviki forces have re? captured Odessa, HONOR FOR WOODROW WILSON. London. March 29.?President Wil? son, the Press Association saya, has expressed S willingness to accept an honorary degree of doctor of laws from Cambridge University.