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KHUN PIQl UNGOYEREB. AMRHU AN SKCIUT AGENTS FOUND EVIDENCE OF IRISH REBELLION. Amu of Irish leaders Followed Dis ceooore of German Conspiracy With lrlnh Leaders In America. t i Washington, May 21.?Evidence of plotting by German and Irish agents In thin country for an uprising In Ireland having been uncovered by United States government agenta is partly responsible for the recent ar rOsfts of Irtah laader? by the Brltsh government. The uprising wa? ?et for about thla time when the Germans planned Co reach the channel ports af? ter the great drive In France. It was behaved England would be thrown Into oonfnslon by the German vic eortee. - Thla evidence, which may be made public soon, la understood to enow 'definitely that tho Irish leaders, mainly Sinn Fein sympathisers in the United States, have been In touch wltb Oerman representatives who agreed to furnish the money to nnance the rebellion. EVERY BUSHEL NEED KD. The Demand for Wheat in Europe Grown More Urgent. Columbia, May 21.?So great has become the European demand for flour that the Food Administration is urging farmers not to hold wheat for ?setting their next crop except in a few Btatee where the period of harvesting winter wheat overlaps the period of planting. While It haa been the practice In many communities for farmers to hold over wheat for seed, the food ad? ministration regards it aa unneces? sary. It la almost beyond belief that in any part of the country the yield from the next harvest will be Insuf? ficient to meet all seed requirements for the succeeding crop. It has never railed In the past; there la no reason te behove It will now. In aome sec? tions conditions are auch that It would bo vactically Imposlble to put in a successful crop except with seed that had been held over from the previous year. The food administration recog? nises these conditions, howevur, and applies ita request only to those sec? tions where the only reason for hold? ing over wheat would be to protect against ths possibility of failure of ?be crop now growing?a cont. ngency t * Which st present seems very -emote. Even should there be locil crop failures.' it would be entirely feasible to ship In from other sections seed that Is known to be adapted o con? ditions ruling In the afflict*! com? munities. Never before has there been auch ergent need for wheat. Every car load, every bushel and every grain that can possibly leave the farm may within the neat few montha play an imporant part In our war program. Throughout the country millions of people are cutting their consumption to the bareat minimum, many of them going entirely without wheat. Ths release of thousands of bushels ordinarily held for seed wot Id do much to relieve the preeent situation aad to Insure exportation cond tlona At the present rate of consumption each bnshsl would provide bread foi at least ons soldier In Europe until the next harvest relieves the necessity for such Individual sacrifice at home. And with every indication of bump? er crops ths wheat seed egn easily be thrown on the market. ARM V OF ViU N(i MEN. Draft on June Mb Will Probably Yield 760,000. Washington, May 21.?Estimates by Provost Marshal General Crowder In? dicate that probubly three-quarters of a million men will be obtained for the army by the registration on June tb of all youths who havs attained 21 sines June Sth last. M IUI??ii Will be Registered Washington, May 21.?Fully a mil? lion youths will be registered accord ing to Gen. Crowder's estimate. He thinks that St least one-fourth of them will be exempted on various grounds. TWO GENERALS NOMINATED. Pgggggggg Wilson Con/era Highest Mili? tary Monk on March and lUlsa. Washington. Muy 21.?The nomina? tion of? Major General March, acting chief of staff, to be a full general, and Genera) HI las to be general by brevet, was aent by President Wilson to the senats today. Rl StilAN AMKRK AN CHAMBER. Huelnroa Men Organise at Harbin. Harbin. Friday. May 17.?A Rus? sian-American Chamber of Commerce has boon organised here with an Initial subscription nf thirty thousand rubles from Russian members. M. Oustroug off. furnier Russian asslstaat minister of railways, wae elected president THE STATE CAMPAIGN. COMMITTEE raUHl ITINERARIES FOlt CANDIDATES. Winnsboro and Harnwell Opening Points, Both Begin June 18. Columbia, May 21.?The State and senatorial campaigns will open June 18, the former at Harnwell and the latter at Winnsboro. Both will close Friday, August 23. The first primary will be held the following Tuesday. The itineraries are so arranged that the two parties will be kept us mucb ae two weeks apart at all times. The senatorial candidates will be In Co? lumbia July 4. with the candidates for State offices appearing in Greenwood that day. The7 last meeting for the senatorial party wil Ibe in Spartan burs end tbe tlnul for the State of? fice group in ( olumbia. The routing was at r anged >>y a special committee of the State Democratic executive committee, composed of Gen. Wide Jones. Columbia; Edgar A. Brown, Barnwel), and J. M. Moorer, Walter bo.* . The following are the cir? cuits: Senatorial Campaign. Winnsboro, Tuesday, June 18. Chester, Wednesday, June 19. York, Thursday, June 20. Lancaster, Friday, June 21. Camden. Saturday, Juna 22. Chesterfield. Tuesday, June 25. Bennettsvllle, Wednesday, June 26. Darlington, Thursday, June 27. Blshopvlile, Friday, June 28. Sumter, Saturday, June 29. St. Matthews, Monday, July 1. , Orangeburg. Tuesday, July 2 *8t. George, Wednesday, July 3. Columbia, Thursday. July 4. Manning, Monday, July 4. Manning, Monday, July 15. Dillon, Tuesday, July 16. Florence, Wednesday, July 17. Conway, Thursday, July 18. Marion. Friday, July 19. Kingstree. Saturday, July 20. Georgetown, Monday, July 22. Monck's Corner, Tuesday, July 18, Charleston, Wednesday, July 24. Walterbo.ro, Thursday, July 25. Rldgeland, Friday. July 26. Beaufort, Saturday, July 27. Hampton, Monday, July 29. Barnwell, Tuesday, July 30. Bamberg. Wednesday, July 31. Alken, Thursday, August 1. Edgefleld, Friday, August 2. Saluda, Saturday, August 3. I^exlngton. Tuesday, August 6. Neberry, Wednesday, August 7. Laurens, Thursday, August 8. Greenwood, Friday, August 9. Abbeville, Saturday, August 10. McCormick, Tuesday, August 13. Anderson, Wednesday, August 14. Walhalla, Thursday, August 15. Plckens, Friday, August 16. Greenville, Saturday, August 17. Union, Wednesday, August 21. Gaffnoy, Thursday, August 22. Spartanburg, Friday, August 23. State Campaign. Barnwell, Tuesday, June 18. Hampton, Wednesday, June 19. Beaufort. Thursday, June 20. Rldgeland, Friday, June 21. Waltcrboro, Saturday, June 22. Bamberg, Tuesday, June 25. Alken, Wednesday, June 26. Edgeileld, Thursday, June 27. Saluda, Friday. June 28. Lexington, Saturday. June 29. Newberry, Tuesday, July 2. Laurens, Wednesday, July 3. Greenwood, Thursday, July 4. McCormick, Friday, July 5.? Abbeville, Saturday. July 6. Anderson. Monday, July 15. Walhalla, Tuesday, July 16. Plckens, Wednesday, July 17. Greenville. Thursday, July 18. Union. Friday, July 1?. Spartanburg. Saturday. July 20. Gaffney, Tuesday, July 23. York, Wednesday, July 24. Lancaster. Thursday, July 25. Chester. Friday, July 26. Winnsboro, Saturday, July 27. Camden, Tuesday, July 30. Chesterfield, Wednesday, July 31. Ren nett sm lie. Thursday, August I. Darlington, Friday, August 2. Blshopvlile, Saturday, August 3. Sumter. Tuesday, August 6 . Dillon. Wednesday, August 7. Conway, Thursday. August 8. Marlon, Friday, August 9. Florence, Saturday. August 10. Manning. Tuesday. August 13. Kingstree, Wednesday, August 14. Georgetown. Thursday. August 1 ">. Monck's Corner. Friday, August II, Charleston, Saturday, August 17. St. George, Tuesday. August 20. Orangeburg, Wednesday, August 21. Bl Matthews, Thursday. August 2 Columbia, Friday, August 23. british CAPTURE PRISONERS. London, May 21.?Northwest of Mervllle, In the Flanders salient, the British improved their positions last night. It is officially announced. Thev capture 30 prisoners and six machine guns. Another attack on the new po? sitions launched this morning after a period of heavy shelling was crushed by the British fire AIRMEN DOWN TEUTONS. CONTROL OF THE A ill NO LONG? ER BELONGS TO GERMANS, Hun Flyers Now Moving; In Flocks und Keeping Sharp Lookout. With American Army in France, Sunday, May 19.?Two hostile air? plane? have been brought down by American aviators, says an official an? nouncement Issued at. American head? quarters this evening. The statement reads: "Aside from activity of the air forces on both sides the day was quiet at all points occupied by our troops. Our aviators brought down two hos? tile machines." Lieut. Douglas Campbell today gained his second aerial victory. On the Toul sector be shot down In flames an enemy biplane, containing two of? ficers. Returning from a trip over Ger? many at a height of 4,500 metres, the lieutenant met a German photograph? ic biplane going home. He manoeuv ered until he got under the tail of the German machine and then open? ed fire. Control of the air no longer belongs to the Germans along the Toul sector. Aerial activity there seems to be in? creasing daily, but the Germans are not permitted to prowl about freely Fighting American airmen have locked wings with the enemy and the tally of machines brought down la overwhelmingly in their favor. Ir fact they have had such good fortune that they are wondering whether ? can keep up without change. They are not pasing by a single chance to gel at the enemy. The German airmen have startet' to fly in flocks at a great height Early this morning, for instance. flv< of them came over together at 6,00( metres, 2,000 above the ordinary flr? of the archies. The alarm was giver promptly, but tho Germans kept I sharp lookout, and as soon as the> saw five American pursuit planei climbing to meet them they turnec and started home rapidly. GERMAN AGENTS ACCUSED. Reported to Have Stirred up Murdei at ValdoHta. Valdosta, Ga., May 20.?The lynch ing of four negroes near here for th< murder of Hampton Smith and t murderous night assault upon his wit* last Thursday night assumed an en tlrely new angle today when some1 o the best known negroes were declar ed to have reported to their employ ers that German agents had been try ing to bring about trouble betweer the races. While officials were reluc tant to believe that German propa ganda had any direct connection wltl the assassination of Smith, the ne groes stated, according to info'rma tion obtainable tonight, that the pro Germans had, in addition to their ef forts to create trouble between whitt persons and negroes, been active!} trying to cripple farming operations The situation, however, has quletet down noticeably tonight, and prac tically had resolved itself into a de termlned effort by officials of severa counties to capture Sid Johnson, \vh< Is said to have been the perpetratoi of the whole affair. Johnson is be lleved to have taken refuge in "Mut swamp." several miles from here, am officers have surrounded that place sc thoroughly that they believe it impos? sible for Johnson tc escape. It was definitely established toda> that only four negroes have beer lynched in connection with the crime and a coroner's jury returned a ver? dict that "they came to their deaths at the hands of parties unknown." ALIEN ENEMIES ESCAPE. Four Germans Rent Retreat From Oglcthorpc. Chattanooga, Tenn., May 20.?Foul enemy alien prisoners?Arnold Hen? kel, Jacob C, S. Bruer, Robert Heese, and Wllliag M. J. Wegner?escaped from the prison barracks at Fort Oglethorps some time thjs afternoon their absence being revealed at the roll call at five o'clock. This is the second time that Henkel and Wegnor have broken prison, Henkel having es? caped in August. 1917T and being re? captured in Chattanooga. Wegner broke away from the prison barracks last October and had proceeded as far as Surrency. Ga., where he was re? taken after having been shot by of? ficers. Chattanooga local and pro? vost guards are scouring the country for th? men. officers at the fort have given no explanation as to how the prisoner! gained their freedom. RATHQUAKE IN CHILE. City of Lasernn Severely Shaken and Many Buildings Destroyed. Santiago, ("bile, May II.?I^aserna. the capital of the province of Cnquim bo, was shaken severely yesterday by earthquake. A large number of huihtings srere destroyed. AMERICA'S FIGHTING SPIRIT. ENOUGH SHIPS TO CARRY MIL? LION'S. And the Draft Age 18 to ?o, ir Neces? sary, Doclarca Secretary Daniels. New Brunswick, N. J., May 21. Before another summer the United States will have built enough ships not "only to cany a million troops to France, but millions to France, and enough destroyers to see them there in safety," Secretary Daniels declared in an address today. "If necessary to get these men to beat Germany congress will make the draft limits eighteen to sixty," he said. The secretary of the navy made his \ddress at commencement exercises, of Rutgers College, which conferred upon htm the honorary degree of doo-| tor of laws, and w hose sons cheered him vigorously when he told what the 300,000 men in the navy are doing In the war. "Almost every day, in my official capacity, I am called upon to give a name to a ship," said Mr. Daniels. And we are going to get them out faster. "I have knowledge of a destroyer which conveyed 117 ships safely und traversed 100,000 miles in six months Admiral Sims, when he came upon this particular destroyer in a harbor, expected to And the boys tired of their duty, but he found them fresh and asking no questions except,.'Ad? miral, where do we go netx?' " Turning to the draft Mr. Daniels said: "The president of the United States, the foremost statesman of the world, and the congress, have called men to the colors from twenty-one to thirty one years of age. Young men in col? lege from eighteen to twenty-one should stay in college until they reach the latter age. All the training they receive, mental and military, tits them for a larger service. "The day may come when, if neces? sary, congress may change the age limit because men from twenty-one to thirty-one cannot win- the war. Then we will call on the men from eighteen to sixty to win the war. The great drive of the Prussians a month ago was made because the German em? peror well knows that when America gets enough ships to carry over her forces the end has come. HEAVY WHEAT CHOP. Food Administrator Hoover Tells Bakers That Improvement May Come After Harvest. Washington, May 21.?Prospects of a heavy wheat crop this year justify hope that rationing in this country may be curtailed materially next year. Food Administrator Hoover today told the conference of the national bakers service board. A charge that American bakers havt earned more than a reasonable return in the past six months was made by J. W. Sullivan, speaking for the American Federation of Labor and refuted by Henry W. St?de of Texas, president of the National Asso? ciation of Bakers. TIN CANS FOR CANNER8. Food Administration Announces Thai Ample Supply is Assured. Columbia, May 21.?Assurance is given the people of South Carolina by the conservation and production division of the food administration that not only will there be tin cans in suftlcient quantity for canning dur? ing the forthcoming season, but that un ample supply of glass jars will also be available. It is also Assured that water glass may be secured by all who desire to put up eggs for winter use. Any locality that may be short of any of these necessaries for canning and preserving fruits and vegetables and for putting up eggs will be put in touch with sources of supply if inteiested persons will write the food administration at Columbia. Jobbers and wholesalers in several of the larger cities of the State have laid In ample stocks of tins and glass jars, and the list of these is on file with the food administration. The drug stores In the smaller towns may secure water glass for the retail trade from the wholesale drug houses, or If they cannot supply them, a letter addressed to the food administration at Columbia will solve the problem. Announcement has already been made that ample sugar will be avail? able, to be secured an a certificate system, for canning and preserving. AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST. Forty-eight Names Mentioned?spur tanburg Hoy Wounded, Washington, May 22.?The casual? ty list today contains forty-eight names, as follows: Killed in action. I; died of wounds. 2; died of disease, tj wounded severely, .IK; wounded slightly. 3. Private Charlie C. Plvler, bf Spartanburg, was wounde 1 severely. CRIMES EXPOSED. Till AIj AT CHICAGO 1 REVEALS A M A Bl N < S At TT VITI ES. Hop Fields and Fruit Orcliards of California Suffer From Wholesale Sabotage. Chicago, Alay 21.?Inside history of j the ruin wrought by the I. W. W. in the hop fields and fruit orchards of California by the practice of sabotage several years ago in an effort to obtain the iclease from prison of Richard Ford and Herman Suhr, members of the organization convicted on charges of murder and sentenced to life im? prisonment, was revealed today at the trial of 112 I. W. W. leaders. The 1 government attorneys read a numbr of letters written by Charles L. Lam? bert of Sacramento, Cal., one of the leaders who directed the unsuccessful fight conducted by the organization in California. According to Lambert the I. W. W. campaign of sabotage resulted in the destruction of property valued at $10, 000,000 annually for several years. In a letter written to George Childs, treasurer of the. Joe Hill defense fund, Lambert under date of August 4, 1915, said: There is so little justice toward our class that we will have to change our tactics and in the future when one of our class is murdered in the interest of capitalism, two of theirs should be murdered in the interest of labor and then the authorities will have more respect for us. We will have to use more direct action." In 4 letter written to G. J. Bourg, another defendant in the present trial, I^ambert told of property in Califor? nia valued at $2,000,000 being destroy? ed by fire. He concluded this letter by telling of the killing of Sherifl Meadows of Imperial Valley. "This rat," the letter said, "has dodged ev? erything successfully for the last five years from poison to bullets and final? ly he fell and died after four hours of terrible agony from poi&oning oi some kind. He lived five years tot long." RAID ON PARIS. German Air Pirates Driven Off Aftei Violent Fight. Paris, May 22.?German aircruf were seen early this morning making for Paris and the alarm was sounded The announcement says that a violen curtain of fire was thrown up am' French air squadrons took the air Three persons were killed in the out? skirts of the city, but none of the raid ers reached the city itself. One Ger? man plane fell in flames north of the city. GASSING THE HUNS. Americans at Toul Shower Poison Shells on Enemy. With American Army in France Tuesday, May 21.?The American ar? tillery northwest of Toul launched a sudden, terrific local gas attack upon the German positions and canton? ments within Gerechamp wood earl> today. Severe punishment was in? flicted on the enemy. WIN TWO SKIRMISHES. Americans Defeat Gcrnuin Raiders and Take Prisoners. With American Army in France, May 22.?In lively patrol actions Mon? day night and Tuesday morning east of Luneville, German parties wer?' twice defeated by the Americans, who captured two prisoners. RATTLE AT AMIENS. Paris, May 22.?Artillery fighting of a most violent character occurred last night on the front southeast ol Amiens, the war office announces. Ar Hilary lighting was also heavy in the neighborhood of Plemont, west of Noyon. OIL PRODUCERS WARNED. Government Doesn't Approve of Fur? ther Advance. Washington, May 21.?-Warning that the government will not at thi-s time view with approval any further advance in the price of crude oil has been sent to oil producers by Mark L. Requa. director of the fuel admin? istration's oil division, through A. C. Bedford, of New York, chairman of the petroleum war service commit? tee. Director Requa in a letter to Mr. Bedford, mads public tonight, said he had been Informed thai in some lo? calities there is a disposition by oil producers to withhold production in anticipation of Increased prices, eith? er in the form of an increase in the posted price or the amount of bonus and a (bled: "In many lines bidding up the price will not produce a single pound of material. Buch price advances car. rtOl be permitted by the government If we ars to eliminate profiteering ami maintain fair and reasonable price*." RAILROAD SH?KE?P. PRESIDENT! RELIEVED from ACTIVE dity as executive heads. In Many Cases Management Will Re? main as at Present Except That President Will be Responsible Only to Government?Markham to Leave South. Washington, May 21.?Every rail? road president in the United States was relieved from active duty as ex? ecutive manager of his road today by Director General McAdoo who will ap I point a federal director for each road, responsible only to the railfoad ad? ministration. In many cases the pres? ident of the road may be named fed? eral director. To safeguard the interests of stock? holders and maintain the individual? ity of each railway, federal directors whenever possible will be appointed from amoiiK the operating officers of the property the director general an? nounced. This will avoid disrupting any road's working organizatl?n un? necessarily. !;g> I ^ As arothet step in the reorganiza? tion of railway management, the di? rector general ordered the creation of ?wo new operating districts?The Al? legheny region, consisting of the principal trunk line east of Pitts? burgh including the New York Cen? tral to be managed by C. H. Mark ham, now regional dlr??i*c: icr the South, and the PocahonUu. district consisting of the East and West trunk lines terminating at Hampton Roads. Regional directors for the Poca , hontas district and for the Southern district to succeed Mr. Markham will ? be appointed. A. H. Smith at New ? York will continue to act as regional l director for that part of the East not i included in the new alignment, and ? district directors will be appointed i to serve under him as supervisors of - roads in New England, and for the 3 section between Pittsburgh and the f Mississippi, and north of the Ohio > I River. Other smaller operating districts will be created from time to time in the southern and western regions, now operated as units by the regional P directors. The first act of the director gen? eral today in executing this new pol \ icy was the removal of C. W. Hunt f ington, president of the Virginia Rall | way, as chief operating officer, on the j charge that he failed to carry out promptly the railroad administration's Instructions regarding the repair and maintenance of his line. This was thought to be the forerunner of sim? ilar deposition of a number of other i railroad presidents, but announcement of the plan for wholesale replacement of railway presidents by federal di? rectors came as a general surprise at this time. It was explained tonight that a large proportion of present *ailway presidents will be named to manage their own properties particularly whenever the president actually is the most active operating officer, but In all these cases the president will be r required to resign their official po? sitions with the companies, "and to become exclusive representat ves of the United States railroad ac minis? tration." Consequently their salaries will be paid by the government, and they can receive no pay from the railroad cor? poration. As an indication of what salaries they may expect It became known tonight that most of M \ Mc Adoo's principal assistants of the rail? road administration will receive more than $15,000 a year. For most of them, th s is much less than they re? ceived as officers under private man? agement. In this connection it was noted that Mr. McAdoo as secretary of the treasury received the usual cabi? net member's salary of $12,000 a year, and is paid nothing as director general of railroads. CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENTS FIXED. Senatorial! Candidates to Pay Large Fee. Columbia, May 22.?Candidates for the Raited States senate will pay an assessment; fee of $350 this summer. Those entering the race for congress will be assessed $150 Candidates for governor will pay $100; for the office of railroad commissioner, $75; all oth? er State c Hees, $50. Andrew J. Hethea was the first to tile his pledge In the governor's rsce. Members of the subcommittee of the executive committee, who arrang? ed the schedule of assessments, 0)010! John Gary Evans, Spartanburg; Gen. Wille Jones. Columbia, and D. D. Mo roll, Renncttsvllle. Washington, May 22.?Three men were lost in the sinking of the Amer? ican tanker William Rockefeller, which was torpedoed in European wa? ters May 18th, the navy fiepartmeat announced today. Eleven officers and sixty-one men were landed un? injured.