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UK BtT?TKR WAKMIfAV, Kiitabd Consolidated Aur. a, li President Wilson in Red Cross . Will Put No Limit on War 1 New York. May 18.?opening the. Red Cross drive for a second $100,. OOS,000 war fund with a speech here tonight, President Wilson announced the purpose of the United States to set no limit on Its effort to win the war. ?*1 hare heard gentlemen recently say," he said, "that we must get 6, 000,000 men ready. Why limit it to 6.000.(?00? 1 have asked of congress to name no limit because conjress In? tends, I am sure as we all Intend, that every ship that cun carry men or supplies shall go laden upon every voyage with every man and every sup? ply she can carry." The United States, tr. o president de? clared, will not be diverted from its purpose of winning the war by insin? cere approaches on the subject of peace. "I can say with a clear conscience, he said, "that I have tested those in? tentions ated have found then insin sere. I now recognise them for what they are. an opportunity to giv > a free band particularly in the East, to car? ry out purposes of conquest and ex? ploitation. Kvery proposal with re? gard to accommodation In the west, Involves a reservation in regard to the cost. 1 intend to stand by Russia as well as Prance." The statement brought the house to Ita feet cheering. German rulers, tho president de? clared, are mistaken If they think the United States will sacrifice anybody for Its own mike. "If .hey wish peace let them come forward . . . and lay their terms on the table. We have laid ?urs and they know what they are," ho said The war. the president declared. Is a war to save the world. The con? flict, he said, "will knit the world to? gether. Dwelling on the duty of Americans to give to the Hed Cross, the presi? dent declared no man could afford to make money out of the war. The presl'dent was given a great demonstration when he entered the had at 9.30 p. m. He was introduced by Cleveland 11 1 ><?\k< Before the speaking began the Met? ropolitan opera Hou-e Chor is. sang the national anthems of France, It? aly, Great Urltain and the United fltates. The president was preceded by Henry P. Davlson. chairman of the Red (Voss, who spoke of the work of the organization. 'We are come here." said Mr. Dodge, "to infuse our hearts and minds with enthusiasm and purpose for great adventure which we arc un? dertaking beginning tomorrow, pur? posing to raise the largest su;n which has ever been raised in the history of the world for humanitarian purposes. We have named a minimum figure of $100,000,000, but I think Mr. Davi OOO and I am sure I will be very much disappointed If we do not. r>0 or 100 per cent, oversutmoribed." In Introducing the president. Mr. Dodge said that the president hud "asked for the privilege" of marching In today's parade when none of tin committee had "dared" to ln\tte htm. The president. Mr. Dodge declared Is the spokesman of all the great spiritual force* o' the world. The president's speech follows: "Mr. Chairman und Fellow Country* men: I should b?- \erv sorry to think that Mr. Davlson In any degree cur? tained his exceedingly Interesting speech for fear that he was postpon Ing mine, because I am sure you Itgj Od with the earn* Intent and Intun it Interest with which I listened to the extsrordlnarily vivid account he gav Of things which he had realized be cause he had come In contact with them on the other sltfe of the prate If "We compos* them with our Imn k Inatlon; he r< ,ni*H.-d them in hi personal experiences and I am not come here tonubt to rOTtOH for you the work of the lted 'roes; I am not competent to do so he asjsjf I have not had the time or the opportunity to follow it In detail. I have come here simply to say a few words to you M to what It all seems to me to mean snd it means a great deal. 'There are two duties with which WS are fac* to faOO. The first dut. is to win th? war. And the secom dutv. th?t goes band n hand with If Is to win It greatly and worthilv showing the real truall i aoi I not onlv tiuf the r e.it ?|tin 111 v of on purpneo ,md of ourselves, "Of course th liist duty, the dutv gfced April, 18*0. "Be ffOJR) I ?81. Address Says Loyal Americans Efforts to Win Victory. that we must keep in the foreground of our thought until it is accomplish? ed, is to win tho war. 1 have heard gentlemen recently say we must get 5,000,000 men ready. Why limit it to 5,000,000? "I have asked the congress of the United States to name no limit be? cause the congress intends I am sure, Ml we all intend, that every ship that can carry men or supplies shall go laden upon every voyage with every man and every supply she can carry. "And, we are not to be diverted from the grim purpose of winning the war by any insincere approaches up? on the subject of peace. 1 can say with a clear conscience that I have tested those intimations and have found them Insincere. I now recog? nize them for what they are, an op? portunity to have a free hand, particu? larly in the East to carry out purposes of conquest and exploitation. "Every, proposal with regard to a concession in the West, involves a reservation with regard to the East. Now, so far as I am concerned, I in? tend to stand by Russia as well as France." A voice from the audience inter? rupted with: "(lod bless you." "The helpless and the friendless are the very ones that neei friends and succor; and if any man in Germany thinks we are f-oing to sacrifice any? body for our own sake, I tell them now they are miste ken. "For the glory of this war, my fel? low citizens, in so far as we are con? cerned, is that it is, perhaps, for the lirst time In hlst jry, an unselfish war. I could not be proud to fight for a sel? fish purpose, but 1 can be proud to tight for mankind. If they wish peace let them come forward through ac? credited representatives and lay their tern.s on the table. We have laid ours and they know what they are. "But behind all this grim purpose, my friends, lies the opportunity to demonstrate not only force which will be demonstrated to the utmost, but the opportunity to demonstrate char? acter and it is that opportunity that we have most conspicuously in the work ol the Bed Cross. Hive you formed a picturo in \our imagination of what this war b doing for III an 1 for the world? Ir my own mind I am convinced thai not 100 years of peace could hav< knitted this nation together as th< single year of war has knitted it to gether. and hotter even than that, i possible, it is knitting the world to gether. "Liook at the picture. In the cente j of the scene, four nations engage* 'agamst the world, and at every poin of vantage, showing that they an iseeking selfish aggrandisement; and against them, 2'i governments repre seating the greater part of the popu lation of the world drftWft togethei Into a new sense of community of in tercst, a new sense of community ol purpose, a new sense of unity of life. "The secretary of war told me ai interesting incident the other day. H< said when he was in Italy a membei of the Italian government was ex plaining to him Ulf many reasons wh> Italy felt near to the Unled States. "If you want to try an Interesting experiment go up to any one of thes? troop trains and ask in English how many of them have beon in Americ; and BOS what happens. "He tried the experiment. He weni Up to a trOOP train and he s.nd; 'Hoft many of you boys have hot n in Anier left?' and he said it seemed tO him ftl If half of them sprang up 'Mr fron gftft FrnneiHoo; me from New York all over.* There was part of the hOftrt of America In the Italian arms. Peo pie who had been knitted together b> association In the Fnlted States. IVo pie who had lived among us wert lighting for their native Italy. "Friendship Is the element th.H will tvor hold the world together, And the Red Cross, while people are suffering the terror ami deprivations of this v ir |S going to be One Of the gleitest Instrumentalities of friendship the world Over knew * My friends, i great day of duty has COme, and dut\ t.nds nianv a soul is go kind of work t an ever lind it. ' M.!\ I Bjft) Hilft? The duty that faces UM ?II llOftf Is to serve one anoth er. and no man ran afford to make a fortune it of this war. There are men amongst us who have forgotten that. If the\ SVef soft it. Some of vou ue old enough i am old enough i juitott md Fear not?Let an the en da Thon AU BUMTER, S. 0., WEDNI RAQUL LUFBERY KILLED. GREAT AMERICAN SOLDIER OF THE AIR RILLED IX COMBAT. He Had Served With the American Flying Corps in I Vance for More Hum Two yean and Baa Won Great Reputation as a Daring Air Fighter. With American Army in France, (Sunday, May 19.?Major Raoul Luf ! bery of the American flying corps has : been killed in action in an aerial bat ? tie. He will be buried tomorrow with I full military honors by both American I and French troops. IIFAVIKR ARTILLERY FIGHTING. Gcimans Increase Their Activity on Albert Front. London, May -0.?German artillery developed increased activities last night along the front between Albert and Bucqtioy/i the war office an? nounced. RAID ON LONDON. German Air Pirates Make Night At? tack. London, May 90.?The calm sum? mer-like night tempted the Germans to try last night their first air raid on London since March 7th. Four raid? ers fell before the defenders of Lon? don. Several bombs were dropped by the aiders. GREAT AIRCRAFT HAID. Most Ambitious Attack F.vcr Made on London. London, May SO.?The latest aerial attack by the Germans on London and environs was probably the most am? bitious ever undertaken. Never be? fore was heard such continued vol remcmber men who made fortunes out of the Civil War and you know how they were regarded by their ?'el low citizens. That was a war to save Ott? country?this is a war to savo 'he w oiid. "And your relation to the Hed Cross is one of the relations which will re? lieve you of the stigma. You can't give anything to tho government of the United States; it won't accept it. There Is a law of congress against ac oeptlng even services without pay. The only thing that the government will accept is a loan and duties oer formedi 1 'Down in your hearts you can't take 4 very much satisfaction In the last 1 analysis, in lending money to the gov 1 eminent of the United States it is a - commercial transaction, and some men have even dared to cavil at the rate " of interest, not knowing the identical 1 i commentary that it constituted upon - their attitude. "But when you give something of 1 your heart, something of your soul 1 ; something of yourself goes with the * gift, particularly ?vhen it is given such L form that it never can come back by '?{Way of direct benefit to yourself. You - [ know there is the old cynical deflni " tion of gratitude .is the lively expec? tation of a favor to come. Well there "Iis no expectation of fax or to come in f this kind of giving. And you give, I give absolutely all that you can spare 1; and don't consider yourself liberal in * giving. If you give with sclf-adula f tion, you are not giving at all, you ? are giving to your own vanity. M "And think what, we have here! We call it the American Red Cross but ? it is merely a branch of a great inter? national organization which is not r j recognized by tho statutes of each of M the civilized governments of the world, but it is recognised by Inter* t j national agreement and treaty as the recognized accepted instrumentality ? of mercy and succor. And one of l the deepest stains that rests upon the 1 reputation of the German army is * that they have not respected the Rod I ('ross. "That goes to the root of the mat? ter. They have not respected the in " etrumentality they themselves partlc ' ipated in setting up as the thing which no man was to touch, because 1 It was the expression of common ' humanitv. "We are members, by being mem? bers of the American Red Cross, of a' great fraternity and comradeship [which axtonda all over the world, and this cross which theae ladies bore to-1 I day Is an emblem of Christianity It* ; self. ' it huh my Imagination, ladies and gentlemen to think of the women all o\e?- this eountiv who are busy to nlghl and are hiisv every night and. ? very d;iy doing the work of the Red Cross ready to curtail the duties of' the household In order that they may 'contribute, to thh common work that' Ml mt be thj Oountrj'?, Thy God't ? isDAT, MAY 22, 1918. ley firing from the British anti-air? craft batteries. The Gothas flew at a 5reat height, a majority keeping well jp to twelve thousand feet. HUN PLANE BROUGHT DOWN. American Gunners Catch One on Tlie Fly. Paris, Sunday, May 19.?American gunners have brought down a Ger? man airplane, it was announced offi? cially tonight. AVIATORS WIN COMBAT. I - American Flyers Bring Down Two Runs. With American Army in France, Sunday, May ID.?Two hostile air? planes have been brought down by American aviators, says the official announcement this evening. ADVANCE IN MACEDONIA. French ami Italian Forces Drive For? ward Twenty Kilometers. Paris, Sunday, May 19.?French and Italian troops have made an advance of twenty kilometers, twelve and one half miles, on the western end of the Macedonian front, it was officially announced tonight. QUIET, REPORTS GEN. PERSIIING. Americans in France Spend a Quiet Sunday. Washington, May 20.?Aside from aerial activity on both sides yesterday all was quiet at all points occupied by American troops, says Gen. Persh ing in the official communique of to? day. "Our aviators brought down two hostile machines," it says. TORNADO KILLS TWELVE. Soveiv storm Sweeps Nebraska Town Saturday Night. Omaha, May 20.?A. torna?o at Bloomfleld, Nebraska, Saturday night killed twelve and injured twenty-five, it was learned today, when commu? nication was established with that town. Washington, May 20.?The Amer? ican cargo carrier, .1. G. McCullough has been sunk by a mine or torpedr in foreign waters, the navy depart? ment today was advised. It was re? ported that all hands were saved ex? cept Engineer Daughtry. all their hearts are engaged in. "When you think of this you realize how the people of the United States ire being drawn together into a grea' intimate family whose heart is.beinj: used for the service of the soldier.' not only but for the service of civiliza? tion, where they suffer and are lost ir a maze of distress and distractions You have then this noble picture 01 justice and mercy as the two ser vants of liberty. For only where mer are free do they think the thoughts ol comradeship; only where they art i free do they think the thoughts ol sympathy; only where they are free are they mutually helpful; only where they are free do they realize their de j pendence upon another and theli I comradeship in a common interest and common necessity. "I heard a story told the other da?. ! that was ridiculous, but it is worth repeating, because it contains the germ of truth. An Indian was enlisted in the army. He returned to the reservation on a furlough. He was asked what he thought of it. He said: 'No much good; too much salute; nol j much shoot.' Then he was asked: 'Are you going back?' 'Yep!' 'vVoll, elo you know what you are fighting for?' 'Yes, me know fight to make whole damned world safe for democratic party.' "He hael evidently misunderstood some innocent sentence of my own Put after all, although there is no party purpose in it, he got it right ai far as the word 'party' to make the1 whole world democratic in the sense of community of interest and of pur? pose. If you laelles anel gentlemem could read some of, the touching dis? patches which come through offic ial channeds for even through those chan? nels there come voices of humanity that are inflnitelv pathetic; if you could catch some of those voices that speak the utter longing of oppressed and helpless peoples all over the world to hear something like the bat? tle hymn of the republic, to hear the feet of the great hosts of liberty going to set them free, you would know what comes into the heart of thoso Who nie trying to contribute all the brains and power they have to this great enterprise of liberty. I summon you to the comradeship. I summon you this next week to say how much and hOW sincerely and how unan mously you sustain the heart of th<* world." outhron. THE TRUE 80DTHKUN, ?Mfcfctt Jans. ) Vol.XLVI. No. 28. RED CROSS WAR FID. Sumter County Makes Satisfactory Begin? ning Toward Raising Funds For Work for Humanity. The County Was Asked to Raise $17,000 and at the Mass Meet? ing Held Sunday Afternoon to Inaugurate the Campaign the People of the County Pledged More Than $34,000? Campaign Committee Has Fixed $51,000?Three Times the Minimum?As the Quota of The County. Sumter county Sunday afternoon in in Sumter county will be given an op mass meeting assembled in the Opera House made a very satisfactory start on ralsng the Red Cross Mar Fund. The county was asked by Red Cross officials to contribute toward the $100,000,000 fund now being raised not less than $17,000. The local Red portunity to do his or her share for this cause, and it is not too much to expect that every person who is able to give something will respond to the call. The great interest in the Red Crosa cause was evidenced by the great Cross workers pledged themselves to crowd that filled the Opera House to raise the amount asked for and as overflowing. It was a representa much more as possible. Sunday after- tive crowd, repi esentative of every noon the plcdgo was made good to section of the county and the list of the extent of more than $34,000 in contributors, when it is published wiLl pledges, and there are hundreds of i show that sections vied with each prospective contributors still to be heard from. The campaign commit? tee, at the head of which are Messrs. I. C. Strauss and L. D. Jennings, hope to raise not less than $50,000, and this estimate is believed to be reasonable, for the spirit of liberal giving is abroad in the land and there are peo other in loyalty and generosity. Mr. I. C. Strauss, chairman of the campaign committee presided and in? troduced the speakers, who were Rev. L. P. Shearer, of Saborosa, Cal., Pres? ident W. S. Currell of the University of South Carolina, Capt. Lucian I. Strauss, of Camp Jackson, W. R. Mc ple who are able to give are now' Cord, State Red Cross Organizer, awake to the needs of the Red Cross j Mayor L. D. Jennings took charge and are beginning to fully realize that! when the call for contributions waa this organization is not only doing a i made and during the next hour he great work for the military forces of America and the Allies, but that this work is essential if the war for hu? manity is to be won. Besides, the committee has the campaign so thor? oughly organize;! that every person both spoke and c; horted?but he got results. The music tor the mass meeting was furnished by the Boys* High School Orchestra, directed by Prof. U C. Moise. WOMAN LYNCHED BY MOB. Barney Section of (.corgia Greatly Aroused Over Killing of Hampton Smith. - i Valdosta, Ga., May 19.?Mary Turn- I er, wife of Hay S. Turner, was hanged j this afternoon at Folsome's bridge, over Little River, about 16 miles , north of Valdosta. Hay S. Turner was ' hanged at the Okapilco River in i Brooks County last night. His wife, ; it is claimed, made unwise remarks } today about the execution of her hus- i i band and the people in their indignant J mood took exceptions to her remarks j as well as her attitude and without J waiting for nightfall took her to the river where she was hanged and her body riddled with bullets. This makes tlve persons lynched in this section as a result of the Smith | ? tragedy at Barney. All of Syndey .'Johnson's relatives, including his ; mother and father, were landed in i jail here last night. Tonight, owing : to the increased feeling among the people, the jail is being strongly i j guarded to prevent trouble. Besides; , I the chase after Sydney Johnson, i ' posses are tonight loking for other ! negroes in this section and feeling! 'among both whites and blacks seems' ? j i ; to be growing more intense. On Thursday night two negroes1 stole a shotgun from Hampton Smith j at Barney and shot and killed Smith in his home. Mrs. Smith lied from the J house and was attacked. She awoke the following morning in a creek and went to a negro cabin for aid. Those who investigated her story found i Smith's body and the negroes, farm hands, had disappeared. Since then the farming section of that part of the State has been greatly . aroused. - SOUTH SPEEDING UP. Shipyards Will Soon he Abb* to Work Night Sl?fts. Washington, May 20.?Lumber and labor conditions in the South have im? proved so greatly since January 1st that ship yards will soon be able to begin working night shifts, is the re? port made today by the emergency fleet corporation. EXILED TO SWITZERLAND. _ Former Ciar .Nicholas Will Make Home in Genoa. Geneva. May 20. -Former Caar Nicholas. and his family have been given the choice of exile in Ru? mania or Switzerland, and have de? cided to go tO Switzerland. This con cession, it is added, was granted by the .Soviet government on certain con? ditions, the principal one being thai i the Czar refrain from all efforts fo i regain the Russian throne. BRD CROSS NEEDS. * chairman Coker 1 alls on Members of Council of Defense to Aid Campaign David R. Coker, chairman of the State Council of Defense, has address? ed the following letter to chairmen et all county councils; Gentlemen; While accurate figures for the Third Liberty Loan for South Carolina have not yet been promulgated, we know that every county except three went over the top, and the State as a whole exceeded its allotment by nearly 50 per cent. One of the finest features of the Third Liberty loan in South Carolina is that the number of indl ' vidual bond buyers was more than trebled. This reflects an increase j in the patriotic sentiment among the I people and evidences the fine work by the County Councils of Defense and Liberty Loan committees. All the workers who participated in the cam? paign deserve the thanks of the State and nation, and I hope you will see to it that the members of your organ? ization who did good work are mado to feel that their efforts are appre? ciated, i I do not anticipate that any trou? ble at all will be experienced In rais? ing South Carolina's allotment for the Red Cross. A comparatively small amount from each well-to-do person and a very small contribution from those less well off, will turn out all the money needed. Every man, wo? man and child in South Carolina should be given the privilege of con? tributing. I i I understand that the Red Croas really needs tlyO.000,000 instead of $100.000,009, but that the Secretary Of War asked that they only try to raise $ 100.o00.eoo now. I would be glad to see each county raise 50 per cent, more than its allotment, how? ever, just as we have done in the Lib? erty Loan, and thus give another evi? dence of the patriotism of our people, i know eejch County council can be counted on to do its part. Yours truly, D. R. COKER, Chairman. Columbia. May 17. TWO HUNDRED MISSING. Complete Casualty List of Pitt "burgh K\plosion Not Made t'p. Pittsburgh, May 10. Sixty-three ( halted bodies lay today in the tem? porary morgue and ninety-four injur? ed are being oared for In hospitals as the result of a scries of explosions in the Oak dale explosive plant of the Aetna Chemical company Saturday. Officials Of the company said today that two hundred and twelve of the total working force have not yet been Accounted for.