Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PAN-AMI UK AN EDUCATION. A Movement for Closer Union of the United State? aud South American Cootrlea. New York, May 4.?Establishment of an International education alli? ance to bind closer together the I'nlted States and the nations of South and Central An erica is one of the objects of a project backed by Mayor John F. Hylan of this city and President Mario ?. Menocal of Cuba. The plan contemplates the teach? ing of Spanish in the schools of New York and ultimately throughout the nation and the teaching of English in the schools of Cuba and of Central and South American countries. Mavor Hylan, in making public de Ulls <?f the plan, said it contemplated a Pan-American Educational Conven? tion to be held in Havana next fall to which President Menocal has invited the heads of universities in North. South and Central America. Interchange of students between the universities of North America with those of I^atln-Ainerica, so that young men may take goat graduate courses und leain th? Spanish lan? guage and customs of the countries ie another feature. It was stated. It la hoped to secure the cooperation of the State department in arranging courses of study for young Ameri? cans In Latin-American countries to fit thorn for the diplomatic and con? sular services. Among the university presidents deeply Interested In the project is It W. H. p. Fauneo of Brown Uni? versity. Providence, if. I. He wrote I>r. Gabriel Caususo de Roque, Rec? tor of the University of Havana and received this reply: 'Havana University will gladly join a Pan-American Educational Alli? ance, which will work for a closer union of all tho American republics. We should welcome graduates from the universities of the United States who desire to specialize In the Span? ish language and Spanish-American literature and history. In Havuna these young men could prepare for business or diplomatic work In South American countries. They could ob? tain advantages that cannot be ob? tained except by living and studying in a Spanish* speaking country." ST I- EL AND IRON FOR WAR. Government to Take Entire Supply. Washington, May I,?Every ton of steel and pig Iron in the country vir? tually has been commandeered by.the government for war purposes, an I any surplus remaining after wn needs are met will be distributed to non war Industries under strict gov? ernment supervision. This was learned officially today if ter publication In New York of mm utes of a meeting there last Friday at? tended by the chief steel men of the country and J. Leonard Iteplogle, di? rector of steel fur the war industries board. Att he meeting Mr. Beplogle told the steel men they would be re? quired to devote the entire capacitv to war orders. Eight thousand tons of pig iron were taken today from a large rrill engaged In less essential work and shipped to a steel mill doing wa; work, which was about to ( lose dowi because of pig Iron shortage. The passeoger automobile industry, one ol th* latgest consumers of steel of the so-called less essential Industries will be among the first to feel the effects of the new polo \ K? I? i ? seotOtlSSS of 78 per cent of auto munufactur ns of the United States are to meet ne<ct Monday with a government com? mittee. The official announcement is that ?iie government's und allies' steel re quirement* will necesltate a 7.*. per I I it greater restrictiob. Voluntary agreement to this program will be asked. This ^e.lr's production if mannta'1 tuiers were permitted to carry out thi prosrum thev announced to the got eminent, would be more than 000.000 cars. This is decl.ucd to be sufficient steel to build |(Mf,Ml dead? weight tons of ships. PHI Mil It i iN HOME RULE. Lloyd George Replies to Irish Work its' Memorial. l/ondon. May 2.?Premier Lloyd George In a letter SM018Palgg syropS thy for the memorial of 8ttttt Insl wotkers on the banks ot the River Tyne. favoring Immediate Mlf-fOVOID rnent for Ireland. Wl Ott 'The dthVulties have not DOOS rOS dered easier of settlement I? tin challenge to supremacy of the I nite I Kingdom's Perllejnent In Iba! pher< which always has been regarded a* properly belonging to it by all idVO estes of home rule, which rOOSOth was Issued by the pTOtlOOpHPl portj and the Roman Catnoik hierarchy it? concert with the NOWNOfl Of IBM Sim. Fein." Most or us wouldn't mind gOiai poor if it wasn't-so monotonous Grtensboio News, FATE. A Vigorous Young Soldier Killed and a Recrcpid old Beggar Beside Him Esca|H*M. Paris, April 3.?Radiating strength, vigor and health, tilled with exuber? ance through the sheer joy of living, a young soldier was walking in the beautiful bright spring sunshine yes? terday afternoon. Ol a street corner was an old man with sh iggy hair, a few rags covering Ml emaciated body, holding out a greasy |g| in an .unwashed hand, the picture of uselessness. The youth dropped a copper into the old beg? gar's hat. Then, suddenly, without warning, one of those abominable German shells burst with an car-piercing shriek and the young soldier was in? stantly killed. The beggar escaped untouched. He is holding out his hat to passers-by on the same spot today. GEN. SEMEXOFF. V Russian General \Yho Opposes the Bolsh.-vlk ami Executes Traitors. Harbin, Manchuria. April 26.? (Correspondence of The Associated Press).?The name of Ooneral Semen off, the Cossack leader who opposed the ru\i of the Rolshevik govern? ment ir Siberia was feared and re? spected throughout that country un? til his force recently was 'driven into Manchuda. Ho ruled with a stern hand, according to the many stories that arc circulating through Siberia. Boistc rous and disorderly Polshe vlk par.ies returning from the front to their homes in Siberia became sud? denly qtdet when their trains entered the sector of the trans-Siberian rail? way line controlled by General Sem enoff. According to these stories, Sem enoff's methods were not gentle. About a month ago, the Rolshevik au? thorities in Irkutsk sent a delegation to Seme loff offering him a large sum of money and a high position in their ranks if he would cease fighting against them, end join their ranks. They requested a written reply. General Semenoff is said to have ordered his Cossacks to strip the del? egates t.nd give them twenty-five lashes with the knout. When this had been done he told the delegates to returr to Irkutsk and show bis re? ply, at the same time threatening to j serve all Roshcvik who fell into his hands in the same manner. On another occasion a train load of i reservists going tot heir home through j Semenoff's section were all shouting, what they would do to the Officer* when they go to their homes, when lemenofl and two of his men boarded the train. The Cossack general made j himself known whereupon the re? servists sprang to attention and sa? luted, and begged to serve under him Semenoff ordered them to stand at the salute until he ordered them to do otherwise. When he left the train they gave him three ringing cheers About the middle of .January, the Bolshevik government at Petrograd despatched the acting Minister of Marine to Vladivostok to purchase ?crtain supplies. This acting ministei bad been a sailor on one of the war vessels. According to stories which came from Siberia, hi and his staff in? sulted passengers. fired revolves through the windows ami demanded that telegrams should be sent ahead for all troop truins to be ?Idetraoked ho as to allow Iiis train a clear road. The train was stopped at Douria station, the Minister and his staff were Ordered to go on the platform where! Semenoff questioned him and then ordered him before a drum-head court martial. The court pronounced him a traitor to his country, and Semen? off. in pronouncing the death sen? tence, stated that all traitors who fell into his hands would be treated the same f/ay, The execution took place on the station platform, one of Sem-| enoff's olficers shooting the Minister! through the heart. The troops under Bemenofl are un-i der strict discipline. AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST. Elghtjr*al.1 Names of Whom Three Were Killed In Action. Washington. May 4.?The casualt! list 14 namee, Killed in action. :;; died oi wounds, |; died oi accident, I. died of disease, v ; died of othei ' tusea i wounded severely( 14; wounded slightly. missing in ac lion, i The list in? luded Private Ed? die H Hondereon of Douglas <'>.i Slightly mounded. London May 3. ? Exploration of tome <>' the highest peaks of the Himalayas by air is planned by mem tiers of the poyal (1 cog i a | > I u< a I So rlety, A committee which was ap pointed to consider the project ha> iusf made its report, finding the pro (act feasible and recommendlni steps for its aeeompllahment Immediately ifter the w;ir it is proposed thai the first flight shall be acrOSS the main range at ? height ol f7,Q0Q feet ANTl-MALAlUA CAMPAIGN. The Government to Spend $400,000 to Protect the Health or soldiers In Southern Cantoiunents. Washington, May 4.?The public health service has just begun the mo.-t extensive anti-malaria campaign ever undertaken in the United States with a view to the protection of the health of the soldiers in the Southern cantonments. Congress has author? ized this crusade and provided the funds and it is expected that $400,000 will have been spent by Uncle Sam in this work by July 1, 1919. This is exclusive of the government's part In the cooperative health work now be? ing carried on in the vicinity of these cantonments by the public health ser? vice, the American Rod Cross and the local health authorities. Because malaria is conveyed only by the bite of a certain mosquito which Hies only a short distance from its breeding place, the eradication of the mosquito will be undertaken in zones two miles wide around each comp likely to have malaria. Breed? ing and hiding places will be ditched, drained, and cleared, undrainable still water in which the mosquitoes breed will be oiled and minnows will be in? stalled to eat the mosquito larvas off the top of the water. Even dynamite will be resorted to in this nation-wide health campaign, to eliminate danger? ous breeding places ,and work sup? plemented by screening and by use of quinine for preventive and cura tive purposes. Cooperation of the State and loca! authorities and of the people In each place is expected. Posters will be put in the postoffices, railroad stations and other places in the South. Pre? vious operations of the federal health service against the mosquitoes have been enthusiastically received by the people in each place affected, because of the results in the reduction of ma? laria and eradication of the mosqui? toes. For years the public health ser? vice has studied the most practicable means for preventing malaria and demonstrations have been conducted in many places in the South. In the building of the Panama Ca? nal one of the great difficulties en? countered was the presence of swarms of mosijuitoes, which conveyed yellow lever and malaria to the workmen. The engineer largely responsible for the success in the campaign against yellow fever mosquitoes in the canal zone will supervise this* anti-malaria campaign and associated wdth him will be an oflicer of the public health service widely recognized as one of tho foremost authorities in the United States on mosquito-borne diseases. Under them will be experienced of? ficer! of that service and sanitary en? gineers, along with a large force of laborers and large equipment. Malaria is one of the most serious diseases in certain sections of the country. During certain seasons more than ninety per cent, of all calls mode by physto'-iLi in many districts in the United states are for malaria. It is one of the greatest health prob? lems now, not only so far as the sol? diers are concerned but also because of the necessity to produce a maxi? mum of food and other supplies re? lated to the war. The efficiency of the laborer in the South, according to public health service officials, has been markedly reduced by the disease. These experts say that the anti-mala? ria campaign will reduce malaria gen? erally and stimulate similar work by local health authorities. German Methods Condemned by a German Socialist. New York, May 4.?"You are con? ducting in Livonia and Ksthonia a regime Of lorce which Will cause a deep enmity toward everything that is Oer men," said Deputy George Ledebour, leader of the German In? dependent Socialists during a discus sum of the 1 'aa st-Litovsk treaty in the German Reichstag on March 19, ac? cording to German newspapers. "We reject the treaty" he said. "The King Of Prussia should become Duke of Courlond. According to what prin? ciples Is the go d men to reign there'."' Ledenbour said that Russlon eol dleri m Livonia and Ksthonia were being hanged by the Germans. \ Durenu Of Welcome for American? in Rome Koine April L'<;.- A bureau of wad come and information for American officers and soldiers visiting or piss Ing through hero has been organ sed >y the American women residents. This lane.in furnishes adv ice a. out hotels, about guides, maintain*.! a reading and writing room, and also undertakes tO answer letters of in? quiry written by relatives in the Unit? ed States. Among the members is MrS, Thomas Nelson Page, wife of the \ nierican nmbnssndor, "Tar and ?" will soon become as ramiliar an odor as "Ham an " 'I his sedition talk is not stopped, i on Smith Times' Record* G ER M AN Y 'S SELFISH NESS. Thfl German Government Endeavored to Prevent Information Being Giv? en Regarding Their Plan of Agri? cultural Cooperation. Rome, April 26 (Correspondence of 1he Associated Press.)?That the Get I man Imperial government prevented American farmers from learning about and profiting from the German plan of agriculture cooperation has just been revealed here in connec? tion with the charge that the Germans sought even after the war had been In progress three years to obtain con? trol of the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome. The effort to hide the workings of Landschaft system, which David Lu bin, United States delegate to the Institute, has declared to be the foundation of German success both in war and peace, is described in the re? ports of the American Commission which in 1913 visited all the countries of Europe for the purpose of obtain? ing farming information looking to the establishment of the rural credit system and other aids to the farmer. The entire representation of the visitors, from all the countries of the world, consisted of 120 members about one-half of whom came from the United States and Canada. The commission was well received in Italy, Austria, and other countries, apparently well received in Germany, but recent events have explained the backwardness of the Germans in mak? ing clear explanations to questions asked. The commission was met by Dr. Nikola Kaumanns. representing the German government. He had pre? viously been the German Imperia Commissioner of Agriculture to the United States. It is now claimed he had specific orders to prevent the Americans, in particular, from get? ting the farm information they were so eagerly seeking. The effort of Dr. Kaumanns to pre? vent the Americans from obtaining in? formation was at the time considered merely a hostile attitude of a per? sonal nature. But considered in the light of more recent actions, it is now regarded here as part of the opera I tion of the German system. Baying Liberty Roods Teaches Thrift. "An interesting sidelight on the muoh-discussed effect of Liberty Loans on business is brought out by interviews with bankers and other fin? ancial men," recently said Mr. D. C. Durland, president of the Mitchell Motors Company. Inc., of Racine, Wie. "It is my business to keep in touch with such situations and I find that almost invariably, the purchase of Liberty Ponds is accompanied by an increase in savings bank deposits as well as an increase in nearly all re? tail lines. "Apparently people who buy Liber? ty bonds, especially on time pay? ments, learn how easy it is to put aside a little each week ami stretch a point to add to their bank deposits as well. Then, too, all the money raised by these loans is coming back to the people in the form of salaries, honuses and profits through the enor? mous purchases made by the govern? ment for its war neeels. "People are speeding up," added^ Mr. Durland. "They are working more, earning more and saving more. And it is universally agreed that the motor car is doing a large share in making this possible. Saving time in transporting people from place to place as they go about business; re? juvenating tired nerves and office bound muscles; relieving the mer? chandise transportation situation, and in many more ways the motor car is . doing its bit." Surgical Dressings Made From Old Maps. Los Angeles, May 3.?Old map tlacings are ending their career in that capacity here and are entering a new lease of life as surgical dress? ings. Somebody discovered, a few days ago, that there was a scarcity of linen gauze, and happened to mention tin fact to Thomas VV. Rulpin, chief en? gineer of the Los Angeles Railways Mr. Btllpin and his deputies checked over the tracings in their office, ami found more than sixty pounds of trac? ings on linen. which latter when washed to eliminate starch and Ink yielded 648 square yards of the lines! linen. All that is necessary, the Red Cross hers said, to make this linen tit for use. is to wash and sterilise it. and no liner grade exists than that Used as a foundation for such tracings. Mi. Rulpin wrote to every archi? tect and civil engineer in the city, and suggested that they go over their of does and turn in any old tracings to be salvaged. The Red Cross believes that much valuable linen will thus be made available. The same plan, applied 111 othei cities, it was pointed out. would prob ably bring to the Red < "ross thou? sands of yards of tine gau/.o now worse than useless, as it merely crowd* liles*or moulds on shelves. PROVIDENCE PATRIOTIC MEET, j war. there having been several largely - j attended meetings at this school this Prof. Hector Speaks at Providence , session in the interest of war activi School Privateer. On last Friday night at Providence school. Privateer township, Misses Aline and Elizabeth Hay, teachers, a very pleasant patriotic meeting and j mous for patriotism, progress! veness entertainment was held at which ties and stirring patriotism and or? ganizing the men, women, boys and girls of that school district for sup? port of the Red Cross, Liberty Loan bonds, etc. Privateer township is fa Prof. Victor Rector of the University Of South Carolina delivered a very in? structive and interesting lecture en? titled "Practical Education" which was much enjoyed by the nearly two hundred ladies and gentlemen pres? ent. During the meeting Mr. and Mrs. Moore sang two delightful songs en? titled "Keep The Home Fires Burn? ing," and an old time Southern negro melody. Refreshments were served by the school children and ladies of Privateer township. Twenty-five dollars worth of thrift stamps were sold, and the balance of the necessary money rais? ed to buy a fifty dollar Liberty Loan bond for Providence school to help win the war. Providence schools is noted for its patriotic endeavors to help win the and hospitality and for advanced school facilities. The Misses Hay have proven very energetic and patriotic young ladies, and splendid teachers, interesting themselves in Community welfare work, and supporting the County Council of Defense in many ways. A big patriotic commencement pic? nic will be held to close this session's I work of that progressive school, at I Poealla Springs the latter part of this month, and there will be several dis? tinguished speakers, among them, it is hoped, Congressman A. F. Lever. Rrunson Roubles Her Quota, Rrunson, May 3.?Brunson's sub? scriptions to third Liberty loan today totaled $22,500, which more than doubles her quota. Indications are that Hampton county will exceed her allotment. Thrift Stamps. The First National Bank SUMTER, S. C. mUt ?*- a^aSMl m9? mtm Bmmt m%\ ?9m^?a^L A\\ dW * TTVTTTTTV'r'rTV' ?M 4' ? ?? 1* 14 4' 4 f ? HHHHi I AN EASY WAY i TO PAY FOR YOUR. LIBERTY BONDS CALL AT YOUR BANK, GIVE IT A CHECK FOR 10* OF YOUR SUB? SCRIPTION ANO A NOTE FOR THE BALANCE. YOUR BANK DOES THE REST. DO IT TO-DAY. The National Bankof South Carolina CG. ROWLAND, President. F. I, HINNANf. Cashier. ?? ?? i ? ? i BEGIN RIGHT! A dependable banking association is one of the first requisites to success? ful business. The National Bank of Sumter wel? comes the accounts of young men starting out in the business world. Our complete facilities are at their command; the benefit of our exten sive experience in the solution of business and financial problems is theirs for the asking:. Consultation is cordially invited. J. P. BOOTH, President. W. J. CR0WS0N, JR., Cashier. t X 4^*?4?4*4*?4^?4'*4'?*M4 14 111 ?4 4 ? BOOTH & McLEOD SAY: Buy Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps ...FIRST... Send us an order next, and first, last and all the time ? ??Swat the Kaiser"