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im SYSTEM DEATH BLOW.
MAlfY PUBLICATIONS CAN NOT
SURVIVE,
Pnbliehrr* and 141 bor Lenders Tell
Corsjrrtsjsimen of horror In Plnb for
Revenue.
Washington. May 29.?Suspension
of ths nsw sons system of increase
second class postal rates until a year
after the war was urged at a confer?
ence today of representatives of pub?
lishing associations and labor leaders
with the New York Stute delegation in
congress tohjs Adams Thaye.* for
the Periodical Publishers' Associa?
tion said ths sone plan unless repeal?
ed or suspended, would defeat Its
own purpose of collecting additional
revenue by putting thousands of mag
sslnea. periodicals and farm pa per?
oat of business and Increanlnn; the
subscription prices of those that sur?
vive. He said it would enlarge ad?
vertising costs, deprive many adver?
tising agents, authors, artists and
printers of their livelihood, tend to
denationalise the country. Ho pre?
sented a memorial to congress signed
b) the editors of principal American
periodicals against the sone plan.
Frank Morrison, secretary of the
American Federation of Labor, said
that organisation favored repeal of
the postal sone plan and other la?
bor spokesmen made similar state?
ments.
Jesse H. Neal. speaking for 200
trades, mechanical and scientific pa?
pers of New York, said the law would
destroy many publications and crip?
ple others. He said that in the Chi?
cago federal reserve district alone the
space these publications gave the gov?
ernment free for the last Liberty loan
was worth $5.000.000.
Charles Johnson Post, director of
ths publishers' advisory board, rep?
resenting organisations of public 1
tlon totaling 35,000,000 per issue ?!e
dared the sone plan gave preferential
treatment to Canadian publishers In
the field west of the Mississippi river.
Publications Issued anywhere in Can?
ada, he said, would deliver to their
readers west of the Mississippi in the
United SUtes at a postage rate of
four cents a pound while Identically
the same publications if printed in
New York State would have to pay
from five to nine cents a pound.
GLASS ANSWERS h ITCH IN
CHARGE.
Newspaper Publishers Have Nothing
to Hide.
Washington, May 29.?Frank P.
Qlass. president of the American
Newspaper Publishers' Association.
Issued a statement here tonight an?
swering and emphatically denying the
aseer.ion in the house >esterday by
Representative Kitchkn that a news?
paper lobby seeking modification or
repeal of the new second class post?
age none rates, was responsible for
the administration's insistence that
congieaa remain In session this sum?
mer to enact revenue legislation.
"The newspapers of the country
have not maintained a lobby here,"
Mr. Haas said. "The American
Newspaper Publishers' Assoc.atlon.
for which I may speak, did not recon?
cile the difficulty among us memberH
on tt-ls second class postage oppres
?ten) until the last week of April. 1
then appointed a committee of repre?
sentative publishers to come here and
to work for relief. A number came
early In this month and left after a
few days.
"Tr?at committee went openly to
the senate where a postofflce appro
priati >n hill wuh pending, and obtain?
ed open hearings from the postofnc"
committee when they presented their
argument* frankly and forcefully in
the presence of the first assistant
postmaster general They made a
plea either for amendment of the new
law so that It would be Just, fair and
workable, or In case there was not
time for Investigation before July 1
for a suspension of the law until
such a new measure could be matur?
ed. They made a favorable impres?
sion upon that committee und 1 Mh
lleve that the senate Is willing todtl)
to undo the Injustice for which th<
chairman of the senate committee or.
finance made a sort of apology l ist
fall when he made the conferem 1
committee report.
"Neither the chairman of the pub
lishers' postal committee nor I have
sver asked Mr. Kltchin or the pg I
office committee for any hearing m
the house and so far as I know no
member Of the committee appro,ob" 1
the house leader In any official wav.
When the proper tune should < no?
il has ?r**n the plan |g ask the house
post office or wa\* and means commit?
tee for the same sort 01 open hfaffctg
oMalned in the senate.
? It Is Interesting to see how ft an
tie Mr Kltrhln's seal Is In the mat
ter However, he Is In a poor po
mtion to cry out against secieey or un
due influence when It Is a matter of
sggggSj that one of the most oppres
slve portions of the new second class
11h?I ige Ihw. vis that providing a
WILL HOLD THE GERMANS.
LORD M'VMORK REALIZES SE?
RIOUS SITUATION, HUT IS
CONFIDENT.
America to Flay Trumps?Says Al?
llea Hill Hold Out Till I ? S. fan
Exert Full Force.
Cob.mbla, May 30.?Discussing the
sltoRi'on on the western front, Col?
onel, the Farle of DUnmore, the dis?
tinguished British soldier, who de?
livered an address here tonight un?
der the auspices of the State Council
of Defense to an audience of several
thousand persons, said that he is
?'confident that we shall hold the
Germans, perhaps not on the line we
hold today, yet wc shall hold them
until your boys arrive over there in
sufficient numbers to take the initia?
tive."
Realizing that the situation on the
western front is as grave as it is pos?
sible to be, Lord Dunmore stated" that
he was of the opinion that the Al?
lied line would not be broken, even
if it Is considerably bent. "They
might break our first line, our second
line and even our third line defenses,"
he said, "but there is one thing that
they cannot break, and that is the un?
conquerable Anglo-American and the
spirit of the gallant French.
He cautioned the people that they
must be prepared to sacrifice to the
uttermost in dollars and in lives if
they expect to win this war, which,
he said, would be won by the Allied
democracies. He told them not to
listen to the illusion of an economic
upheaval in Germany or Austria; that
there was no hope of such: that "our
task is to defeat Germany in the
field, and that is in our power." The
real problem to be met Is to get the
men from America to Europe and the
solution of that problem Is the build?
ing of ships and more ships.
Lord Dunmore delivered one of the
most instructive speeches on the war
that has been heard in Columbia
since the entrance of this country into
the struggle. Ho gave a close-knit
analysis of the war and its causes.
He was liberally and enthusiatsically
applauded.
The British earl arrived in Colum?
bia on the (Carolina Special from
Charleston this afternoon. He was
rendered a reception at the executive
mansion by Gov. and Mrs. Manning,
at which were present a number of
officers from Camp Jackson, Including
Brig. Gen. French and tho French
military mission there, and a number
of civilians. Lord Dunmore was in?
troduced at the meeting tonight, by
Gov. Manning.
PVBLIO MIST COOPER ATF.
In Enforcement of Law* Against All
Disloyalty.
Washington. May 30.?Cooperation
of the public In the fair enforcement
of laws and proclamations against
disloyalty and other war crimes is
urged by Attorney General Gregory In
a letter mado public tonight by the
department of Justice. The letter was
addressed to Judge S. II. Howard, of
tho Georgia Superior Court, who had
written to express apprehension less
loyal citizens suffer through the ac?
tivities of officers or citizens seeking
to bring about the surveillance or
prosecution of suspected persons. Mr.
Gregory said any case of disloyalty
or crime will bo vigorously prosecut?
ed but that no law abiding person,
whether alien or citizen should be
subjected to unjust discrimination.
CALLED TO THE COLORS.
Two Hundred Eighty Thousand Men
Called June 21th.
Washington, May 31.?The oftlcla
announcement was made today that
two hundred and eighty thousand
men to be called to the colors in
lune. will be ordered to iepdrt June
-'Ith.
special tax on the advertising sections
of newspapers and magazines was not
in the original revenue bill as pass.-u
by either house. It was sneaked into
tho conference committee report
without a hearing from those whom
it If. to oppress, and without discus?
sion In either house. It is well un
lerstod that Mr. Kltchin had a I nge
hand in that Indefensible course.
"I have not seen Secretary Mc?
Adoo about this matter nor Presi?
dent Wilson, but I have faith in the
-it ability of both of them and in
their spirit of Justice, and I also have
to Ith in the majority of the ver
house, to which Mr. Kite bin made hD
hysteria appeals. I am confident that
all the true representatives of tin
people of this country do not want to
<?. the publications unfairly taxed it
ggjj tune BjOf have they ;mv patienc
With innovations at this juncture win u
th? press of the country must main?
tain its highest efficiency in new
Ittallty and in circulation to the end
that the morale of the American pee
pie he developed t<> the highest dc
grre."
A DESPERATE BATTLE. "
FORCED HACK, THE ALLIES AMI
FIGHTING WITH DETERMI?
NATION.
German Drive Has Been Cliccketl at
Some Points, Bat at Others They
Still Push Forward by Weight of
Numbers.
Paris, \Uy 31.?The allied left'
Hank, on the Ais?.e front, has been
forced back by violent German at?
tacks In the region of tho Ailette riv?
er, was announced officially today.
Near Soissons, further south, the
German attacks broke down, the
French maintaining1 their positions.
In the center the Germans made a
slight advance north of the Marne.
Further east and also nothwest and
north of Rheims all German efforts
to advance were vain.
The French won back the town of
Thillois, west of Rheims, in a coun?
terattack.
Withdrawing before the Genna
onslaught in the region of the Ailette
river the French fell back on posi?
tions north of Blerancourt, nine miles
southeast of Noyon and L'pagny, and
seven miles northwest of Soissons.
AMERICANS HOLD FAST.
In Village) of Cnstigny They Defeat
the German Attacks.
With the American Army, France,
Thursday, May 30.?The German ar?
tillery in the course of the night
bombarded the new positions of the
Americans at Castigny. Several at?
tempts were made by the Germans to
come over but they were repulsed
with heavy losses by the Americans.
LONG RANGE BOMBARDMENT.
Hun Slaughter of Civilians Continues.
Paris, May 31.?The German long
range bombardment of Paris was re?
sumed early this morning.
STILL PI SHING SOUTH.
German Drive Not Checked But
Thierry Has Not Fallen.
Paris, May 31, 5.45 A. M.?The
Germans continued to push forward
south of Ferent-Ardenols, according
to the latest advices, but neither
Chatteau Thierry nor Dormans has
fallen into their hands.
GERMANS NEAR MARNE
Extreme Point of Advance is Only
Two Miles North of River.
Paris, May 31.?The extreme point
of the German advance is LJcharmel.
two miles north of the River Marne,
according to the outline of the bat?
tle front marked out by newspaper
correpondence. the Havas agency
say 8.
HOSPITALS BOMBED AGAIN.
German Airplanes Attack American
Hospital Far in Rear of Lines.
With American Army, Thursday.
May 30.?German airnun made a
pretentious raid in the area behind
the American lines in Picardy last
night. Bombs were dropped all about
one of the largest hospitals far in the
rear of the lines. American and
French wounded were carried into
cellars and caves. Only a few per?
sons were Injured by flying glass.
However, in private houses which
were wrecked a number of civilians,
including several babies, were killed
or injured.
ATTACK NEAR ALBERT.
German Artillery Very Active In
Amiens Sector.
London. May 31.?Activity of Ger?
man artillery in the Villers-Breton
neu sector, east of Amiens, in the
Albert region, is reported otllcially.
Gunfire is also lively from the ene?
my lines of Flanders front between
Festubert and Clarence rivers.
AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST.
Fifteen Killed in Action?One South
Carolinian Beverly Wounded.
Washington. May SI.?The casual?
ty list today contains sixty names, as
follows: Killed in action. lf>; died of
wounds. f>; died of accident, 11; died
of disease, 4; wounded severely, 15;
wounded slightly, 'X missing In action
1. Lieut. Robert .1. Griffiths, or Ath?
ens. Go., and Private Claud Hngram.
of Hawkinsville. <5a.. dud of acci?
dent. Private Humbert Hook. of
North, B, C? died of disease; Private
William K. Trussell. of Honea Path.
5t. C, severely wounded.
BHITISII CASUALTY LIST.
Loss Dgrlng Month of May IM,S0S.
London. May I i ? Casualties in the
British ranks reported for the month
of May were one hundred and sixty*
Sis thousand, Sight hundred and two,
This compares with fifty-two thou?
sand, four bandied and seventy-live
in April,
HUN HORDE UNCHECKED.
RCS1UNG TOWARD MARNE IN
CENTER THEY ALSO STRIKE
TOWARD SOMME.
LotMC News From Rattle Front Not
Encouraging?Dispatches Indicate
That Germans Will Reach the
Marne.
Keeping the tide of their advance
in the center flowing strongly the
Germans simultaneously have exe?
cuted a stroke on the allied left
flank that extended the battle line and
virtually linked up the preEent battle
field with that of the Somme. The
probability of German penetration to
right to the banks of the Marne is in?
dicated in the news dispatches.
LOSS OF RHEIMS INEVITABLE.
Crushing Force of Cor in an Attack
Seems Irresistible.
London, May 31.?The abandon?
ment of Rheims seems inevitable.
The German advance forces are near
ing the Marne and the Paris-Chalons
railway, which is the main avenue of
communication between Paris and
Verdun.
BRITISH HOSPITAL BOMBED.
Attack Made on British Base Hospital
Early Yesterday.
With British Army in France, May
31.?Another big British hospital was
bombed by German airmen early yes?
terday morning, and once more med
cial workers and some patients were
killed and wounded.
RAID NEAR TOVL.
American? Carry Out Successful At?
tack on German Trenches.
With American Army in France,
May 31.?American forces northwest
of Toul carried out a succesful raid
against the German line late last
night.
BRITISH TRANSPORT SI NK.
One Hundred \nd One Persons
Drowned, Including Thirteen Mili?
tary Officers.
London, May 29.?The transport
ship Leasowe Castle has been sunk by
an enemy submarine, the British ad?
miralty announced tonight. Owj
hundred and one persons were drown?
ed.
The LeaSOWe Castle which was of
1\737 tons gross was sunk in the
Mediterranean on May 26. Among
those who lost their lives were lU
military officers and 79 soldiers of
other ranks.
The Leasowe Castle was built in
1917 at Birkenhead and was owned
by the Union Castle Mail Steamship
, Company.
MORE SELECTMEN CALLED.
Notice to Men Qualified toi Limited
or Special Military Service.
Your attention is invited to the fol?
lowing telegram just received from
the Provost Marshal General:
"The military aeronautical branch
is in need of certain skilled men.
Men qualified for special or limited
military service only will be accept?
ed under this 0..11. Men qualified for
general military service are not de?
sired for this service.
"Repeated requests have been re?
ceived at this olllce for an opportun?
ity for limited service men to enter
the service. These men will be en?
gaged in spruce production work for
aeroplanes, which is interesting and
healthful work and if properly pre?
sented should appeal strongly to qual?
ified registrants. The following typet
of men are desired: Locomotive en
gineers, firemen, railroad graue fore
man, railroad track foreman, wooden
bridge carpenters, locomotive repair
men, telephone linemen, surveyors oi
railroad instrument men, telegraph
ers, draftsmen, pile driver foremen
Stationary engineers for donkey en
gines. steamshovel Operators, car
Pinters, steam fitters, electricians
auto mechanics, auto drivers, cooks
dsrks, railroad brakemen, railron?
conductors and a large number of la?
borers.
"Let it be known that no one cat
volunteer in any branch of the abovi
after June 7th, 191K. For further in
formation appear personally at th?
office of the Local Board for Bumter
Bi c.
OFFICERS FOR REGIMENT.
Adjutant Gen. Moore Makes Appoint'
moots for Reserves.
Columbia, May |9.?The Adjutant
General today announced the follow?
ing appointments Dr. .1. A. Hayne
of Columbia, surgeon of the South
Carolina reserve regiment, with ranV
of major; George w. Hutchison, ol
Sumter, as regimental supply offlcei
?d' the South Carolins reserve militia
with tank of captain; the Rev. B. A
Ppnlctc, of Columbia, as chaplain o*
the regiment,
NEWS MORE FAVORABLE.
ALLIES HOLDING ENEMY ON
TWO FLANKS.
Danger by No Means Passed, How?
ever, and Hot Fighthig Continues at
Many Points.
London, May 30.?Tonight's news
from the battle Held of the Aisne is
more favorable inasmuch as the allies
are holding the enemy on the two
flanks at Soissons and Rheims and
the Germans' rate of progress has
been slowed down. The danger is by
no means passed, however, and hot
lighting continues along the whole
front, especially to the northward, the
German official statement claiming
that they are fighting their way to?
ward the Marne from Fere-en-Tarde
nois.
According to the statement the ene?
my claims to have taken 35.000 pris?
oners and tremendous amount of
booty in cannon and materials. The
indications from official and unofficial
reports are that while continuing his
efforts to widen his salient, the ene?
my appears to be turning the main
direction of his movement westward,
doubtless with the intention of cap?
turing the railroads connecting with
Paris. The push outward to the
Marne is an attempt to cut the Paris
Chalons line, in the opinion of mili?
tary critics here.
There is still some disagreement as
to whether the German high com?
mand is likely to make a bigger main
attack elsewhere, but the movement
for Paris seems to hedge with the
idea of the German press for a blow
at the capital. t
Critics are beginning to be heard
here whether the allied air suprem?
acy was employed to the best advan?
tage since the Germans have been
able for a second time to assemble
huge forces for a surprise attack on
a thinly held sector of the allied line.
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NATION WARNED AGAIN.
No Unlimited Wheat Bread Until the
War Ends.
?Washington, May 30.?The nation
was warned again today by the food
administration that there must be no
relaxing in the conservation of wheat
it the necessary shipments are to be
made to the American fighters over?
seas and the Allied peoples.
"Every prospect of the wheat situ?
ation, both present and future," said
the warning. "Intensifies the need for
the greatest possible limitation in the
American consumption of wheat and
wheat products. If present restric?
tions should be in the slightest de?
gree relaxed it would result in seri?
ous want for the people of Europe
before the new crop can reach them."
The food administration's estimate
of the position on June 1 indicates a
total available supply until the new
harvest of about 50,000,000 bushels
Of this 30,000,000 must be exported
before new wheat is available for ex?
port if we are to maintain the abso
lutely necessary shipments to out
army and the Allies.
"State administrators meeting herr
this week were unanimous in the
view that, even if the coming harvest
does prove abundant, it will be the
first duty of the American people tc
place every grain they can save into
storage to build up a reserve against
possible bad years ahead. In consc?
ience there should be no anticipa?
tion of unlimited wheat bread until
he war is over."
WHOLE COMMUNITIES EXTERMI?
NATED.
(>crmati8 Turn Gas Flood on Ukran
iun Villages.
London, May 31.?Germans in re?
prisals against peasant disorders it;
.he Ukraine, drenched several village*,
near Kiev with gas, according to a
Petrograd dispatch to the Daily Ex?
press. Whole communities were
asphyixatcd, adds the message.
WILL TRY BOLLIVER.
Special Term of Court for Orangcburg
County.
Columbia, May 30.?A special term
of court has been ordered for the
trial of Norman Boliver of Orange
la: tg, accused of abusing a little nine
year old girl. The extra term of
court has been called for the third
Monday in June. The judge to pre
lide has not yet been determined.
Bolliver is a white man. 26 year*
d(l and married. He is in the Stab
penitentiary where he was brough
or safe keeping soon alter the com
aission of the crime.
SWEEDEN RELEASES SHIPS.
Washington, May 31. More than
four hundred thousand tons of ship.*^
released to the United States and Al?
les by Sweden, under the terms of ;
lommercial agreement signed at
Stockholm by representatives of tin
two governments, the St. te depart?
ment .v >s notified today.
AS BRITISH STAFF SEES IT.
MENACE WILL CONTINUE AS
LONG AS ENEMY HAS RE?
SERVES.
Attack Not Surprise But Allies Did
Not Suspect Move on Scale Develop?
ed.
London, May 31.?The German? in
their Champagne offensive in France
have now reached the light bank of
the River Marne on a ten mile front,
according to a statement given to
the Associated Press today by the
British general staff.
The statement says that the Ger?
mans have not yet entered Chateau
Thierry, but that they are attacking
heavily there and to the northward.
The announcement which is said to
express the opinion of the general
staff continues:
"The situation around Rheims is
not quite clear, but if it is not already
lost it seems clear it must fall soon.
"Yesterday the French were driven
back to a line from Noyon to Sols
sons."
"A new development is the German
attempt to extend their attacks to the
east of Rheims, where thev were re?
ported to be attacking la.?t night, but
no further details have yet been re?
ceived.
"The situation is a very anxious
one, not only because the Germans
have made such rapid progress?an
advance of 26 miles in four days?but
also because they still have such large
reserves available to be thrown into
the battle at any point.
"Our transport of reserves has
worked very well and there is reason
to hope that the Germans will not
make any further progress, although
the situation must remain anxious as
long as they have plenty of reserves.
The immediate future depends on
what course the enemy takes. The
crown prince has used up virtually all
his own reserves and some from the
army groups to the eastward, but the
great bulk of the German reserves are
to the north. It remains to be seen
whether the enemy will use them to
pursue his original intention in
I striking toward Amiens with a view
1 to cutting^ the allied armies in two.
"The attack during the past week
has not been so serious as other at?
tacks at other points in the allied
line because we have more room for
maneuver and can better afford to
fall back. Another thing that must
always be considered is that the Ger?
mans are rapidly using up their ef?
fectives. Thus far they have employ?
ed probably 45 divisions in the pres?
ent attack.
"The question has been much dis?
cussed in the past few days whethei
this German attack was a surprise t<
he allies. It can not be called a com?
plete surprise because of the fad
that enemy concentrations in th?
lixm area were known, but until a
day or two before the battle we had
no indication that an attack on a bigl
scale was intended. The Germans!
deserve full credit for maintaining
secrecy of their plans. The main
masses of men were brought up to
the actual front lines only on the
night before the attack, which was
preceded by only two hours of bom?
bardment for the purpose of cutting
wire entanglements. The Germans
are not making the same use of ar?
tillery as heretofore. They are using
trench mortars in large numbers for
wire cutting.
"Is this the enemy's main attack?
"He probably did not know when
he initiated it whether it would prove
to be a subsidiary or leading opera?
tion. It must be remembered that
the enemy has three great geographi?
cal objectives as means towards his
great objective of destroying the
Franco-British armies?the channel
ports, separation of the .allied armies
by an attack through Amiens and an
ittack on Paris.
"In the present operations he is do
ng all possible to develop his initial
uccess by attacks both on the center
and on the tlanks of the salient. He
lias achieved considerable success in
.he center, but on the flanks the
French are holding well on the heights
west of Boissons and the British are
Umilarly lighting hard on the heights
around Rheims.
I
"No review of the past week would
be complete without mention of the
fine exploit of the American troops in
the capture of Cantigny. It was an
extremely well conducted operation,
and, in view of the fact that the troops
were Untried, it is notable that they
not only captured their objective but
held it. It is always much more dlfll
cult to consolidate and retain a posi?
tion than to capture it. and the per
'ormance of the Americans shows thn
very high standard as welt as their
raining, bravery and lighting quali?
ties."
Xmcricans Anxious to Fight.
With French Army. .lune 1
American troops reaching useful po?
sitions In the battle area display ?
most ardent desire to share In the
present great battle