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EM OF jjjjjjg COMING. WILL M'KAK IN si MTi:iC. CHAR? LESTON AND COLI'M HI A. *H* Veterans of General Peeshing's Army May VUdt This State After toe istb. m - Columbia, May 9.?Colonel, the Earl of Dunmore. V. C. M. V. O.. D. H O., one of the moat distinguished roldiars of Great Britain, who bus served with distinction on the west? ern front for two years, twice beln.? named tn the casualty list, will ?peek in this State during the week of May 30 to June I, under the au* picea of the SUte Council of Defense. Tbe specific date Is not to be an nounced. Lord Dunmore'a ltlnerar> has not been aranged, but, in addi? tion to Charleston, he is scheduled for addressee st Columbia, Sumter and Spartanburg. He will probably speak at two ether points in the State. The State council of Defenae Is ar? ranging a aeries of receptions and to cial evento for the great soldier si the rsrlous cities in which he will stop. 0U veterans of Perahing/s oversea." army now In America, which DM State Council of Defense waa at tempting to secure for the Red Cms* drive In South Carolina, have beer, sent to Fort Mayer. However, thi probabilities are that they can come to this State after tn* middle of Muv Few Britlah officers sre betlei qualified to apeak on the war than Lord Dunmore. Lord Dunmore loo fought In every campaign that It hat been possible for him to take part h states he Joined the British army tu a yetith. Horn In 1171, his first rarnpalgr watt In the 8oudun In 1896, where h< aerved ss a lieutenant in the 8.x tee nth Loocera, one of the hletone cavalry regiments of the Hrltlsh ar? my In 1897 and 1898 he aerved Of the Indian frontier, gained the Vie tora croae for aavlng the life of 9 comrade under fire, and waa twice mentioned In despatches for military pre wees. from India he wont South Africa anil fought through the war against the Boera. He was at ft rat at thv head of a cavalry regt/nenl which he raked himself and which was called Plncaatle's Horse, after the name that He bore while hia father was alive. Towarda the end of the war he wa? promoted to the command of a col? umn, aa the small armies that were uel to chase the Boer Commandos wars designated. During thla wat ha'waa three tlmea mentioned In des? patches. After the Boer wur, Lord Dunmort retired from the army and on taklnv hie seat In the House of Lorda went Into active politics He waa A fre? quent and able debater, especially up on labor queatlons and upon finance Me si ho aat for three yeara on th? London City Council, the elected body that govarna the Hrttlah capital. At the beginning of this war, Lord Dunmore rejoined the army an I served with great distinction for ovei two years in France. He twice fig ured In the casualty list. He WSJ gassed beofre Yprcs In December 191?, and waa wounded last autumn lo lbs battle of Flandera at the cap? ture of the famous Paachendaelt Hldge. It la to recuperate from tho wound that Lord Dunmore la now In tbs United States. He haa beei. mentioned three tlmea In despatches during the war, and laat year wa awarded the dlatlnguiahed servier order. While at the front Lord Dun mere had exceptional opportunities for studying the fighting; not only was as at ths battle of Flanders, but he waa through the great contests on the Somme, when the British army In the summer of 1916 first began to wear down the enemy, as well us In the earlier fighting In Flanders* lb haa, moreover, aeen :he war from the two points of view. Besides serving in the actual fighting line he has been attached to the staff or one of the di vialona. a fact that enubles him to speak from a broader and more comprehensive standpoint than tm avsrags officer. Lord Dunmore can also gpeov from the American point of view bet? ter than the average Englishman, buelneae man aa well as a politician and s soldier, he was. before the war. o frequent visitor to the Hotted States In ths Intereata of tlu companies with whleh he was connected. He has, too. another though different link with this country. One of his ancestors, the Barl of Dunmore of the perkd. was Governor of Virginia during and Just bsfora the Revolutionary wur. Beatdea the military honors that he haa won, Ix>rd Dunmore Is a member of the Victorian Order of Great llrltlaln snd of the famous Order of Isabella La Cattollcu of Spain. Atlanta. May 11. - Southern Msth? odlat geosral conference todav adopt ed ths report of the committee rss> ommendlng the election of sis bish? ops The balloting will begin next I uesduy. mm mm shaft. Hoitta i m CHARflTO with not being i) i si n ter ested investigator. Negotiated Secretly for Formation of Private Airplane Company While Holding Commission From Presi? dent, According to Document| Road Into Senate Record. Washington, May 10.-^Sensational sworn statements, letters and tele? grams from the tiles of the army in? telligence service, were read into the senate record today to show that Qut zon Borglum, while holding a per? sonal commission from President Wilson to inquire into the govern? ment's aviation program, was nego? tiating secretly for the formation of a private airplane company to take war contracts and capitalize his friendship with the president. The sculptor who has been the chief critic of aircraft production officials is represented as seeking for himself a position as silent partner in the new proposed corporation, his sole isset in the transaction to be "his per? sonal friendship with President Wil? son, whom he stated he could do any? thing with." With Borglum was associated, ac? cording to the documents, Hugo C. Gibson, an employee of the British ministry of munitions of war in the United States, located in New York, who was to share in the deal. A formal statement by Kenyon W. Mix of the Dodge Manufacturing Company of Indiana, setting forth a detailed account of his negotiations with the two men, is among the pa? ters put into The Congressional Rec? ord. They were presented by Sena? tor Thomas of Colorado, a member )f the senate military committee, who ias been particularly active in con? nection with the aircraft agitation. All documents submitted by Senator Thomas as well as much other data Vom the war department hare been placed in the hands of Assistant At? torney General Frlerson, who has 'ust started In the inquiry ordered by ey the president into charges of graft, disloyalty and incompetence in the Tovernment aircraft program. The charges referred first in cap tol cloak room gossip and finally on the floor of the senate have been at? tributed largely to assertions of Bor? kum. With the Mix statement there was iled today a copy of a formal state uent accusing Borglum, made to the nllitary intelligence section of the irmy general staff late in January by lenry Harrison Suplee, Mix's consult ng engineer, and who participated in nany of the conferences on the sub ect of the proposed corporation, with Morglum and Gibson described by hb ?hief. The latter said he became sus piclous when he visited Borglum in Washington during January and WEI shown President Wilson's letter au horizing the investigation by the iculptor and decided then to report he whole matter to the government i luthoritles. There are Intimations that a great leal of Information bearing on Bor rlum's activities and motives has been issemhled by the army intelligence tervice. There is an unconfirmed re? port in official circles that evidence >f German intluence in some form will ne brought to light when the full story ? revealed. AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST. Sixty-nine Names Reported?Eight Heilig Hilled in Action. Washington, May 11.?The casual? ty list todny contained s|xty-nme names. Killed In action. 8; died ot woundes, 4; died of accident, 7; died v>t disease, 4; died from other causes. J; wounded severely, 4; wounded slightly, 34; prisoners (previously re? ported missing in action), r?. Private Nathaniel Godson, of Bluffton. S. c, died of disease; Private Robt. V. Stephens, of Calhoun. Ca., wounded slightly. NO LAHOR FRATERNIZING. \incitcun M>r Organizations Will Not Kccognlzo Germans Paris, May 11.?Previous to the de? parture for England late last night members of the American labor dele? gation were rOOOlVOd in the ehamber ot deputies. The declaration by lames Wilson, ehairman of the com? mittee, that American labor organ laattaa would not. meet German labor delegates under any consideration un? til they have thrown efT ihe Imperialist military yoke, was loudly cheered Gl AKIHNO SOLDIERS' HK.VLTH OgRgit-MM AMic?d for an Appropria? tion of *;:;(.<mm1.1mo. Washington. May 11. Alt appro? priation of thirty-three millions to provide for the medical necessities of the forces now under arms and about to bo a sein bled under the new draft. Is asked of congress by the war department. *? CREATING GREAT ARMY. MORE THAN MILLION AND A QUARTER IN SERVICE. DfBft Will Continue Throughout Sum? mer und Tall Months and Within ? Year United States Will Have Over Three Minions Under Arms. Washington, May 11.?More than a million, three handled thousand men who have been called in the draft are either in France, in camp or under call to go into service before June 1st. The total includes all draftsmen summoned in the May contingent. There Is every indication that even larger increments will be summoned in June than have been called in Max The progress of monthly mob? ilization will continue through the summer and fall months as the can? tonments are expanded. It is expect? ed the army will reach the full strength of well over three millions within the next twelve or thirteen months. BATTLES IN THE AIH. A Young Aviator Writes to His Fath? er of His Successful Com hats. Mobile, Ala., May 10.?Lieut. Frank Baer, member of the Lafayette Esca drille who has just won designation as an Americun "ace" by official rec? ognition that he has brought down five German airplanes, is described bj his father as "the most timid of out four children. But fighting has beer Paul's game for some time," the par? ent continued. How Lieut. Baer achieved his am? bition was described by the lieutenani in a recent letter to his father, A. E Baer, an engineer of the Louisville ? Nashville railroad. Lieut. Baer told his father in hii letter dated March 13, that he hat had tlve combats in the previous ter days. Three bullets hit his machlm but he shot down two Germans "ant perhaps another one not yet confirm ed," he said. Previous to winning this "ace' Lieut. Baer had been decorated wit! the Distinguished Service Cross foi shooting down a Hun aviator in ; battle against great odds. At th< time he was attacked by seven Ger man tilers. Describing that figh Lieut. Baer wrote: J "Well, Dad, at last I got my firs official' German airplane. Day be fore yesterday (March 11, C p. m) I unaccompanied, was flying inside th< German lines. As time drew near foi me to come home, as I had been ou my full time, and while almost at oui lines, the French sent up a signal tt me which told me In what sector th< Boche were. I turned around ant was greeted by seven German planes Part of the enemy machines wen above me and part of them below. "Well, I only had enough gasolim for ten minutes more flight, and I wai six or eight kilometers inside theii lines. "I pointed my machine at thi closest one to me, and as I got righ on him, I opened up with my machlm gun and down he went. The rest o them came ut me and at the sann time 1 sure did some 'scientific retreat ing.' Well, the Hun I killed is 'of!l cial,' that is I got credit for killini him. He fell about seven kilometer! In his own lines, but the French sav him hit the ground. "The next morning, March 12, a 9.26 o'clock, 1 speared another Hun It was in just about the same plac? as the first one 1 killed. He was abou ten or eleven kilometers within hi: lines when he fell. I saw him crant into the ground. He was one of i patrol of five Boche. Again I hn< to do some 'scientific retreating.' 1 had all of them on my tail. Then bullets were flying all around me However, I got home. The secon one Is not yet 'official.' I do not know if it will be officially recorded, but 1 hope so. "1 really have four Germans thai 1 have bagged in the air, but credit for only one so far. I have had flvt com bats In the last five days, witM three bullets in my machine. But 1 shot down two Germans and per hapi another one not yet confirmed. Lietlt. Baer has two brothers In tin service of their country. Arthur Bad 1? ;i quartermaeter aboard the erutr er Charleston and A. W. (Bud) Baei is in the Gun Sighting Department Navy Yard) Washington. A. W Buer served two years on one of Uncle Sam's submarines. LONG TERM IN PRISON. Camp sorter Private Given Fifteen Years in Atlanta. Greenville. May 10.?Fifteen years In the federal prison at Atlanta was the sentence imposed by a military eourtrnurtlal at Camp Sevler 'upon Private Dudley Wallace, One Hun died and Seventeenth Infantry, con \ieted of desertion and larceny. The eon ton CO) announced today, also pro? \ ides dishonorable discharge. BRITAIN'S STRONG MAN. PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE WINS IN THREATENED CRISIS. Asqutth's Resolution Defeated by a Vote of 2?;t to lOi?Premier Pro? duced Facts That Punctured Geil. Maurice's Charges* London, May 9.?The Lloyd Georg?? ministry won a notable victory in th" House of Commons today. By a vo'e of 293 to 106 the House voted down a motion introduced by former Premier Asquith providing; for the appoint? ment of a special committee to In? vestigate charges made by Major Gen. Frederick Maurice, recently relieved of his post of chief director of mili? tary operations at the war olllce. Stir? red by the imminence of a cabinet crisis, the people of London crowded the public gallsrh H long before the; debate opened. The diplomatic and peers gallierieg also were thronged. Immediately after the introduction of Mr. Asquith's motion, the Premier took the lloor and spoke in defense of the government. He refuted the charges of Gen. Maurice and declared that statements made in his recent speech, to which Maurice's charge. referred was made on information received from Gen. Maurice's depart ment of the war office. We showed also by documentary evidence that the extension of the British line waa made because of pressure exerted ny France, and that the decision was ta? ken on the advice of the military au? thorities, in agreement with Field Marshal Haig, the war cabinet hav? ing interfered In no way in the mat ter, although it approved of the dis? position. When the Premier left the House he was loudly cheered. TRAINING AERIAL SAILORS. School In Italy for Instructing Amer? ican Roys In "Solo" Flying. American Seaplane Training Camp Central Italy, May (Correspondence of the Associated Press).?Americans in training here to become submarine hunters and coast protectors combine hard work and serious study, vane by occasional trips to a nearby towt or, less frequently, to Rome. This is the first school In Italy fot Uncle Sam's aerial sailors. They at tend lectures, learn French and Ita'. ian, go through all the lessons up tc "solo" flying, when they are allow? ed to fly alone, thence on through careful training to the time when the} are recommended as tit for officers Next their names travel over the At? lantic to the War Department, anei finally they become officers, and ha*'e their names enrolled among the flgh: ers for the United States. "1 know of no greater glory than that of being an aviator," said the American Ambassador, Thomas Nel? son Page, to some of them at a luncli given in their honor. Their camp is located near the banks of one of the volcanic lakes in the mountains north of Rome. The winter and spring have been mild aix1 the student uviators have been flying almost very day since they came, un? der the direction of Italian Instruc? tor pilots. They utilize the lake for bathing. On their Saturday afternoon and Sunday holidays they ride over to a e'athedral town set on a big rock and they go to church, see the sights, spend a little money on restaurant food, possibly put up over night at one of the many little hotels that are languishing here since the war cut off tourist traffic, and they ride baciv again Monday morning for a new week's training. Those fortunate enough to have toothache or teeth in the need of re? pair may go to Rome for that pur? pose. (Jncls Sam not having yet pro? vided a dentist exclusively for this camp as he has at the bigger camp for aviators in the south of Italy. As teeth connect with the ner ves which are supposed to regulate the sense Of equilibrium, it will be understood just how important commending officers Consider SUch troubles. Without a proper sens*' of equilibrium a ma!) can't fly without running the risk ol brsaklng his neck or a valuable ma? chine. Sometimes money becomes a draw? back to the Rome excursion, in view of the irregularities of pay days. Une iharp youth from Missouri overcame this handicap by borrowing French English or American money from his comrades. In Rome he exchanged this for1 Italian paper money at the rate of eight and one-half lire to the dollar, spenl what was necessary to see the sights and returned to the camp with mote money than he had wh? n he started. He repaid his debt! at the rate of five lire to the dollar. London, May 11. -The situation in the Ukraine has become so disturb? ed that the German! have dispatched large detachments of Bavarian cav? ilry from Flanders which are now on the way to Pkralnia, the corre? spondent at Amsterdam of The Fx ? haute Telegraph reports. WILL MAKE BIG GUNS. HEAVY ARTILLERY AND PRO? JECTILES TO BE MAN I'. FACTORED. Announcement Muov by Elberl li. Gnry, Cheirmnn or Great tnitcd states Corporation. New York, May 9.?The United States Steel Corporation, at the re? quest of the government, will enter into the manufacture of heavy artil? lery and projectiles "in great quan? tities." In an announcement of the undertaking Elbert. U. Gary, chair? man of the corporation, sah' that a manufacturing plant for t. purpose would be constructed as speedily as practicable at the expense of the gov? ernment on a site located in the in? terior of the country. The work would be in charge ol a committee of steel corporation officials who will receive no compensation for their ser? vices. Chairman Gary's* statement made public tonight follows: "At the solicitation of the secre? tary of war, the United States Steel Corporation has undertaken to con? struct and equip for and at the ex? pense of the government, upon a site to be located in the interior of the country, a plant for the manufacture of cannon and projectiles of large sizes and in great quantities and to operate the same when finished. "At best the times required will ex? tend over a considerable period and the cost will be large, but the work will progress with all practicable speed and economy in the use of money will he practiced. It is hoped and expected the results will be creditable to the country . . . "The corporation, in consequence of the magnitude of Its business, had hoped to avoid the necessity of en? gaging in work of the kind now en ?ered upon, but was persuaded by the war department that it was imper? atively required under existing con? ditions. MATERNITY HOSPITAL WRECKED Two Mothers ami One Baby Killed? Six Babies Lost Identity, the Itesult of German Shell in Paris. Paris, May 6.? (Correspondence of the Associated Press).?The German long distance shell which struck a Maternity Hospital yesterday killing mothers by the side of their infants sent a shudder of horror through Paris which, since the hecatomb of Good Friday, thought it had become impervious to such an emotion. It also created confusion among the surviving mothers, some of whom have been unable to identify their off? spring among the babies that escaped the shell of the assassin. The projectile exploded in a dor? mitory containing twenty beds, kill? ing two mothers and one baby, wounding many others and complete? ly wrecking the room. Through the cloud of dust and dirt, nurses and at? tendants rushed in and carried the wounded and women who were ill to mother room, returning immediately for the infants. One baby had been thrown out of its cradle ten feet away but was quite unhurt. The ba? bies were carried and deposited pell mell on beds In a room quickly pre? pared to receive the patients so vio? lently ejected by the German gun. After some order had been restor? ed it was found that six mothers were unable to decide which was their >wn among six infants. They had all been born on the same day and in the hustle and bustle of removing the in? fants from one room to the other the Indentlfylng tags had become detach? ed. WARNING TO GKHMAXV. The Brest-Litovsk Treaty to Be a Germ of Pierce Wars in the Future. New York, May 10.?Warning tha the Kusso-Cerman peace treaty ne? gotiated at Breet-LltOVSk will cause permanent antagonism between Ger? many and Busala and that it will be come the "germ of fierce wars in the future" was given by Dr. Ludwif Haas-Karlsruhe, a member of the Reichstag, in a letter to the Berlin Tageblatt, reeenly. It would be belter for- Germany if the Russian border states were not "segregated" he asserted. Owing to Hie uncertainty of the future of Rus? sia, he declared, Germany should not be now committed to a fixed policy For that reason. In* pointed out, it would be "more than dangerous for the German emperor to become l>uke of CourlOOd or of any Baltic country, since "one*' the Kmpcror was connect? ed with the Baltic future, there would he no turning back. "The new border states (of Rus? sia) should remain free .and we de? sire to remain free," he concluded. Our recipe for a wheatless, meatless ?weetless sandwich is a spilt corn? dodger with a spring onion between ami It isn't bad sating, either.? Memphis Commercial-Appeal. m WIR FUNDS. LEGISLATION AT PRESENT SES? SION IMPERATIVE. Whether Congress Will Act Now Pe H-inls UpM Impi cs*ion Statement .Makes. Washington, May 9.?Congressional leaders have been advised by Secre? tary McAdoo that legislation at this session of congress is imperative to provide revenue to meet the unex? pected increases in expenses, inci? dent to the vast expansion of the na? tion's war program. A statement of the country's finan? cial situation upon which the amount of additional taxes and bonds needed may be calculated, has been prepar? ed at the treasury for submission within the next two or three days to the committee of the senate and bouse. Whether congress will undertake at present session upward revision of the war revenue law of last fall, lead? ers at the copitol said tonight, de? pends upon the impression made by the statement. If it demonstrates that it is essential to act now in? stead of waiting until December as planned, hope for adjournment by July 1. will go glimmering and cou1 gress probably will be here until fall. Secretary McAdoo's belief that leg? islation must be enacted at once was expressed in a lettar to Senator Sim? mons, of North Carolina, chairman of the senate finance committee. The unexpectedly heavy estimates of expenditures for the coming year include the $15,000,000,000 army pro? gram, about $1.500,000,000 for the navy, with further estimates, and $2,250,000,000 for the shipping board. Senator Simmons said tonight the tacit agreement to defer revenue leg? islation until next December was made before these new estimates were submitted. The situation now, he said, is materially changed. Representative Kitchin, of North Carolina, Democratic leader of the house and chairman of the ways and means committee, said he had heard nothing about the treasury's plans, but if additional taxes were decided upon the levy of the last tax bill probably would be doubled. He esti? mated that $2.500.000.000 in new taxes would be levied, but other lead? ers placed the probable figure at from $1,000,000,000 to $1,600,000,000, making a total of around $6,000, 000,000, based upon the estimated re? turns of from $4,000,000,000 to $4, 500,000,000 from the present law. Further bond issues also undoubted? ly will have to be authorized during the present session, according to Senator Simmons, regardless of when revenue legislation is enacted. Strong Republican opposition to any general revenue legislation at the present session of congress is expect? ed. Senators Dodge and Smoot, Re? publican members of the fiasltsj fin? ance committee, both stated today that legislation is not necssary toafore December because appreciable amount of additional revenue would be received by the treasury before the spring of 1919. AMERICANS IN ACTION. Artillery Inflicts Punishment on Germans Near Momriidler. With American Forces, French Front, Friday, May 10.?American batteries bombarded the German line heavily last night, then shells caus? ing fires in the villages of Cantigy. Mesnil and St. Georges, west of Mont didier, held by Germans. A German patrol attempted to rush American outposts but were driven off by brisk rifle fire. ? ARTILLERY IN ACTION. Heavy Fighting Reported Below Amiens. Paris, May 11.?Heavy artillery fighting on the front below Amiens, in the region of Frivesnes and Mailly Raineval, is officially announced. The French gained ground on the south? ern side of the Pkardy battle front, near Orvillers-Sorel and southeast of Montdldler. FRENCH TROOPS ADVANCE. Line Pushed Forward East of Locre on Flanders Front. London, May U.?French troop9 advanced their line slightly yesterday evening east of Locre. on the Flan? ders front, the war office announces. The British carried out successful raids lent night west of Mervtlle. taking a few prisoners and machine guns. A raid attempted by the Germans east of Ypres was stopped by the British fire. The South is on the road to self supporting says reports from th I Southern Cotton association in Wash mm on. Yes. and several miles ahead of any other section of the count ir traveling that same road.?Tampa Tribune.