Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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U-BOAT STILL BUSY. HHIT1SII KT 10 AM KU SINK OFF VIRGINIA (M I S Reports A 1*0 Come of Vessels Attack? ed Oll Cape H?tt? run?Outgoing Ship* IlcM In Port Today. Atlantic Port. June 14.?A Brit? ish ?teamer arriving today report, fl that It received wireless calls from the British steamer Keemun last night reporting that she was being at? tacked by a submarine. Two hour* later word was received that the Keemun was sinking. The Keemun was a freighter of five thousand tons. The wtrelasa said she was off the Virginia Capes. _ 1 SHIP SIIFI.LFD OFF HATTERAS. Steamer From West Indies Brings Report of Call for Help. Atlantic Port. June 14.?An Ameri? can steamer from West Indian ports arriving today reported that on Tues? day off Cape Hatteras the vessel picked up a wireless call for help from a ship, between here and shore, which was being shelled by a subma? rine The fate of the vessel was not learned. SHIPS II Fl ,i> IX POUT. Repes* of JMloat Operations Stop? ^Oeean Traffic. Atlantic Port. June 14.?All ships that started away from this port last night and this morning were turned back Into harbor again because of al? leged operations of a submarine off ths Virginia Capes, it was reported at noon today. EAT LKKei BKKF. Food Administration fails on People to Conserve Supply for Army. Columbia, June 14.?-William El? liott, food administrator for South Carolina, has recoived a telegram from Herbert Hoover. In whic i the federal food administrator says: "The demands for beef for our army and the allied armies of their civil populations for this summer are beyond our present surplus. On the other hand, we have enough Increased supply of pork this lumrr er to permit economical expansion in its use. It will therefore be a direct service to our armies and the allies If our people would In ?um.? |. i<r. substitute fresh pork, bacon, ham and sausage for beef products." The food administration. In view of the demands for beef for the army and the allies, has now reached the soint where it must reouest all ho? tels and restaurants not to place on their menus or serve boiled beef for more than two meals per week, and beefsteak for not more than one meal per week. Roast beef is also limited to one meal a week. The State food adm.ntstrator is asked to enforce this rule against all public eating places. sir. Hoover's telegram to Mr. Elliott continues: "Householders are not under any circumstances to buy more than one and one-quarter pounds of clear beef weekly (or one and one-half pounds, Including the bone) per person In the household. The public will realiz" that the changing situation in ship? ping, and. therefore, of the markets Available to the allies and the Increas? ing demands for our growing army with the fluctuating supplies of local beef In France all make it impossible to determine policies for long periods In advance. We have recently asked for economy In all meat consumption. We wish now to emphasise'further re? duction of beef by the substitution of pork. It Is anticipated that It will hold good until September IT?, and the roop^rnilon of thn public Is most earnestly requested." IMFCTFI? WITH IIOI.KHFVIKISM. (termsn SoldIcts Returning from Bus? s's \\..it\ the I'riiHshtu Junkers. Ix>ndon, June 15. Herman sob dlers returning from BunhUi are Im? bued with Bolshevlkl nbas. and an ??ver- where circulating revolutlonar.\ phamplets. (Jen von Biberg said, In i he Herman Belcbstag during Prld.iv's sitting, according to Uopenhaftl dis? patches. For this reason hi s.nd, strict discipline Is neccsaury In the nimy. The sitting was marked by sharp attacks by variou members on ths military authorities. NAVAL (?? IK Fit Fl> I I? l?r NiimIi Munt Pav $1.000 for Hoard? ing Food. Washington. June 16 l?r Im.hhm H Nash, medical director of the nav.s was fined s thousand dollars today in the District of Columbia Supreme Court after entering a pleo of nole < ontendre to the charge of unlautui lv hosrdlng foodstuffs. It Is indicated that the charge agntn?t his wife will bo dlsmlwd FOUGHT TO STANDSTILL STABLE LINK BEING ESTABLISH? ED ON MONTDID1ER FRONT. Outlook Regarded "With More C611? dencv In Paris Hut London IVMFMM Great Ferll Yet Ahead. London, June 15.?With tho ene? my fought to a standstill, something like a stable line is being reestab? lished in the Compiegne battle front. On the whole front between Mont didler and Chateau Thierry, the out? look Is now regarded in Paris with more confidence, but anxiety is still expressed In London, where it is con? sidered that great peril is yet ahead for the allies. HOW TO FINANCE COTTON. I'nlcHs Farmers Can Control Expan? sion and Expansion of Credits Spec? ulators Will Dictate Prices. Editor Sumter Item. I note in your paper of the 11th lnst. that you had a good meeting of business men in Sumter on cotton marketing. I am going to make a few fundamental suggestions that may be of some value. The price of cotton is largely a matter of utilizing credits. Manu? facturers will not invest in cotton and carry it unless they can buy it cheap. The tremendous value of the cotton crop makes it necessary for those who produce It to have a means to finance and carry it until called for actual assumption, not speculative purpt.se*. Money is a mere measure in the exchange of values, and is only available when the time is ripe to make that exchange, unless cotton is bought as an investment. The period from the gin-house to the mill must be cared for by the farmers. Cotton up to 1916, was a good basis credit In the hands of a speculator or manu? facturer, but not in tho hands of the farmer. So long as cotton is a basis of credit in everybody's hands except the farmer it will be taken away from him at a sacrifice. I lay this down as a proposition in finance, which cannot be successfully controverted. That whatever controls the expansion or contraction of cotton credits, can con? trol to a largo extent cotton prices. It was upon this theory that I act? ed in promoting the State warehouse law. You must make cotton a fluid asset just as are stocks and bonds. When I took up this matter of fin? ancing cotton with the Federal Ue servo Boa.d, you could not borrow o dollar on cotton In South Carolina. As soon as we established 7 cents as ? borrowing value, cotton began to ad? vance. This established a new bor? rowing basis and advanced tho price. Each advance did likewise until it touched 35 cents. This would have kept up, had not the Federal Reserve Board began to decline to renew notes of the farmers. They will dis? count cotton paper for the manufac? turer, but not the farmer, as it is not the policy of the Board to carry thi: crop over into the next, except where it is in process of consumption. Cotton is "up in the air" becauso oi ihe unsettling of the borrowing ba? sis, and the difficulty of securing re? newals, for the remnant of the crop still in the hands of the producer. In discussing this matter with Mr. Hauling and Senator Banks we agreed that at tOUtC point this condition would have to be met. Our idea was the establishment in South Carolina, (somewhat as an ex? periment), a bank with the stock own? ed by those interested in cotton, strictly for the one purpose of handl? ing agricultural paper. There is full authority in the federal act, to dls count paper with rent notes or crop mortgages as collateral, as well as re? ceipts for the actual cotton. Thi> hank would not do a commercial bus? iness in SOBS petition with the banks now in existence. It would be more like a (learing house for the banks, gftrlllfl them cash for agricultural pa? per. |f It worked in this State, it would be done all over the South am ? hange us into a cash from a credit count i > once we got this well under? stood and strong financial maehim rv then we would be in a position to es? tablish prices, and sell cotton on grades anywhere in the world. This OS a tlrOOin, bUl If I had been Kiven the power, I would have already dtmonOlrntOd Itl practicability. We must be on a solid foundation and f< from t he gi ound up. Jno, l McLaurln, Bennettsvllle, June 11, ir? ix. PUTNAM DOWNS FIVE 111 NS. Massachusetts AVMlOT Making Rec? ord in France. p.<iis, June II.?Sergeant David R Putnam, of Brooklvri. Mass., |h report sd i" have downed live Germans on Inns i"th Three of Putnanw aetlal victories arc now official, and two art in ?ier Invsstlgatton The record ot Ave officially orodlted make Putnam's total thirteen. supplanting Lieut. Prans Raytusi as the American see of aeon MARYLAND PLAN GOOD. PRESIDENT HOPES TO BEB OTH? ER STATES ACT. Work or Fight" Principle Applied BelOW und Above Ages Included in Drift Washington, June 13.?President Wilson has approved a nationwide compulsory work movement to sup? plement Provost Marshal General Crowder's "work or light" regulations. In a letter to Governor Harrington of Maryland, made public tonight the president indorsed adoption by other States of the Maryland compulsory work law, under which the "work or light" principle is made applicable to all men between the ages of 18 and 50. General Crowder also has approved the movement and believes that it not only will give greater effect to his new regulations but will further aid the country in its task of winning the war by reporting men below and above the draft ages. Without some such law as proposed, either State or nat? ional, it was pointed out, men of draft age who can not pass the physical requirements for active or limited mil? itary service can not be made to en? gage in necessary occupations. Tho president's letter to Governor Harrington follows: "Your letter of May 21 calls my at? tention to the proposal for a nation wido movement based upon the prin? ciples embodied in the Maryland com? pulsory work law. I *can say with? out hesitation that I am heartily in i accord with any movement intended to bring every citizen to a full realiza? tion of his responsibilities as a partici? pant in the war. "Upon our entrance into the war 1 called upon our citizens to mobilize their energies for Its prosecution in every way that was possible. The re? sponse has been exceedingly gratify? ing. The slogan "work or light" ha* everywhere been taken up as a satis? factory explanation of the spirit or the people. The instances of failure to appreciate its force and significance have been few. It is only natural, however, that these few eases should excite the feeling that the spirit ol the community should In some way be enforced by law upon those whe were not willing to cooperate of their own initiative. This has made pos? sible the effective operation of our se? lective law and has found expression, also in your compulsory work law. "The memorandum which you have prepared points out how wisely Mary? land has acted In this matter. I par? ticulars1 admire the care the Maryland legislature has taken to be just in the provisions of the law which protect the honest working man in his rights and privileges. I assume that the safe? guard of this legislation against the possibility of abuse Includes the main? tenance of those standards and work? ing conditions which the council of national defense and the National war labor board have set up as indispens? able to the nation's full productive ef tlciency. "I hope that it will be possible to duplicate the action and experience of Maryland in other States." The suggestion for adopting the Maryland law as a model in supple? menting the selective service regula? tion was made by the national com? mittee on prison and prison labor aft? er careful study of six months en? forcement' of the Maryland statute. Four other States, New York, New Jersey. Delaware and South Dakota, have enacted laws similar to that en? forced in Maryland. ARTILLERY FIRE ACTIVE. Fighting Quite Brisk Last Night Near MontdJdler. Paris, June 15.?The artillery on both sides was active last night on tin front between Montdidiep and the river OlSOi the war olllee announces. Gunfire was also rather ma i ked in tin region south of the Aisne, west Rheims, In Champlet-Bllgny sector. No Infantry actions occurred. HMD NEAR BETHVNE. English and Scottish Capture Prison? ers. London, June I?,? a successful lo? ci I operation was carried out last night by Bngllsh and Scottish bat tahons north of Bethune on th?> Flan? ders front. Over sixty prisoners were token* the war office announces. Blloxl, Miss., June 16. The lirst of a HOW type of auxiliary schooners. the Elisabeth Ituth, rated by LJoyd* is hundred A 1 and said to be the only vessel of thai classification con ?tructed on Ihe Qulf coast, was laun? ched lure today. The sch?ner Is fifteen hundred tons. Atlantic Port, June 15 The British steamship Keemuni attacked Thurs? day nlghl b ys submarine arrived tat I hin port today apparently undatnag Ml. ?1 TILLMAN EXCORIATES GRACE. HOW HIS REPLY TO GOV. MAN? NING WAS PRINTED. Full Story Told by Senator In a Live? ly communication to Charlostoa American. Washington, June 13.?Senator Till tnat) has given out the following open letter for publication: Washington. D. C, June 12, 1918. Editor, The American, Charleston, S. C: I have just seen a copy of your paper of June 10. I had already re? ceived notice that my article answer? ing Governor Manning was published in full. That you have scored one and made a "scoop" is granted, but let me see whether or not you have dealt hon? estly and as one gentleman usually deals with another. You say "he does not furnish his speeches in advance to The A mcrican." You have a correspondent in Wash? ington, and The State and The News and Courier have correspondent! here. Whenever either of the newspaper men come to my otlice and ask for news it is given them. Your corre? spondent could, if he wanted to, get any news Item or any speech that either of the others get. There has never been any instructions against him, and I believe ho will bear me out that he has always received courteous treatment when in my olice. The Manning article just published by you was furnished McGowan and Murray for The State and The News and Courier, and when I decided to kill the article I notified both that I want? ed it done. You have seen the result. 1 notice you justify publishing the article with the excuse: "Had he treated The American with any con? sideration and sent It a copy it would have held his statement in confi? dence." Had Cottrell called at m> cilice ho would have gotten a copy, as the other correspondents did. and been requested by me to kill it, as the oth? ers were. Because you have some subterranean way of getting news from Columbia you justify this breach of faith, implied by decent amenities, and gloat in your wickedness with B lama excuse, based upon a false de? duction if not a false premise. Foot vagabond of the newspaper world: Representing the anti-war, anti-Wil? son, anti-patriotic view of today's trag? ic conditions; twice debarred from th( :second-class mails for former disloy? al utterances, you now show the shin? ing yellow of your conglomerate char acter. gloating over filching to pub llsh a newspaper article I saw fit tc withdraw from publication. I would not answer you at all were It not to expose your purpose. In the first place, you are happy over a controversy between Governoi Manning and myself. You are happy that Mr. Lever has been drawn into the fight with mc for the Senate Why? Because the patron saint of the modern Reform movement, so-called, is your candidate for the senate. You fain would create discord among the opponents of Blease, with a hope of a second primary, and in ol? der that that worthy may save his ap? parent leadership and make a real contest out of the race this summer. What care you that an old man. naturally militant, has seen fit to curl his tongue in order that friction and hot politics may be avoided, in the in? terest of peace at home .and war on the common enemy? Have we not enough to do in lighting Germany to cause all of us to stand steady and wait patiently, and act frankly in dealing with one another? Is then not every reason in the world for peace in South Carolina and avoid? ance of factionalism? What cares tht twice debarred American? How avid and active you grow in sowing seed of trouble, and how you stoop to get means of creating more fritcion be tWCen Mr. Lever, Governoi- Manning and myself Is now known of. all men Mark me, so-called "American." 1 want to quote you a line or more from a letter recently signed by tht governor Of South Carolina to one oi the United States senators: "This b a time, if i may remark it, which de? mand! self-abnegation and the subor dlnatlon of selfish or ambitious ends.' , I commend this sentence to your ear? nest consideration. Your aim In nich? ing this article was to get Blease votes for the senate, i am glad to believe that there is so much real Americanism in South Carolina ai this time you will fall In your purpose since my article has reached youi readers, and I am emboldened to be llevo you will publish my reply to yon i in common decency, lot me say t< those who are reading your paper: in a contest between Mr .Lever and Mr. Blease I can find virtue In Ijever'i loyalty to the present admtnlst *atton ids soundness In Democratic princi? ples ami his clean personal and official habits and conduct. If he is young and more or less heady of the subject of becoming a senator It is a worth) ambition, because he will make n bet tor, safer, saner, more active ami in? telligent senator than GoV. Mease THE SECOND DRAFT. <>\ ER SEVEN HUNDRED THOU SA NI > REO] STE1I1 Numl>cr Announced and Those Al? ready in Service Giro Figures Near Estimate. Washington, Juno 14.?Nearly com? plete reports to the provost marshal general's office show that 74 4,805 yoi'rfg Americans who have become of age during the past year registered for military service on June 5. This is 260,724 below the estimate of the census bureau, but since more than 200,000 unregistered 21 year olds al? ready have enlisted in the army, navy or marine corps, the military authori? ties lind the result entirely satisfac !tory. Army and navy estimates place the number of 21 year old men enlisted at 208,588. This figure combines with the falling off in alien registration gives a total of 353,686, which means that census bureau apparently misse 1 the number of eligibles by only 13, 000. "It is confidently believed that this number will be made up by belated registrations, yet to be heard from, including among them the registra? tion of the absentees which is accom? plished by mail," said a statement is? sued by Provost Marshal General Crowder. The 1918 registration totals bj States are as follows: Alabama, 15, 358; Arizona, 1,61(5; Arkansas, 13,208; California, 18,831; Colorado, 6,023 Connecticut, 10,380; Delaware, 1,430; District of Columbia, 2,622; Florida 7,380; Georgia, 16,715; Idaho, 2,788 Illinois. 44,842; Indiana, 20,093; Iowa 18,032; Kansas. 133.122; Kentucky 118,626; Louisiana, 13,819; Maine, 5. 207; Maryland, 10,428; Massachusetts 24.909; Michigan, 25.799; Minnesota 21.029; Mississippi, 12,071; Missouri 25,608; Montana. 4.255; Nebraska. 9. 876; Nevada, 561; New Hampshire 2,7 76; New Jersey, 20,574; New Mex ico, 1.674 ; New York, 69,529; Nortr Carolina. 16,743; North Dakota, 5, 086; Ohio, 43,540; Oklahoma, 16,315 Oregon, 4,701; Pennsylvania, 63,237 Rhode Island, 3,849; South Carolina 10,776; South Dakota. 5.192; Tennes see, 18,153; Texas. 34,256; Utah, 3, 0B1; Vermont, 2,354; Virginia, 15,788 Washington, 7.705; West Virginia,-ll, 522; Wisconsin, 20,599; Wyoming, 1, 831; United States, 744.865. GKFFN VILLI ANS REQUIRED TC CARRY LABOR TICK FIX Must Show That They are Employed llcgularly for at Least .~>0 Hour.* Fach Week. Greenville, June 14.?Under the terms of an ordinance passed by the city council at its meeting Tuesda> night, all able-bodied male persons iri the city must carry at all times a la? bor Identification card showing that they are "habitually and permanent? ly" engaged in a lawful and useful occupation, working hot loss than 60 hours per week. The ordinance was one of two adopted to cure vagrancy, ind failure to comply with the re? quirements will bring a tine of from $25 to $100, or a jail sentence. The cards will be furnished by the city and must be signed by employers. AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST. Both Army and Marines Suffer Loss. Washington, June 15.?The army casualty list contains eighty-one names. Killed in action, 8; died of wounds, 10; died of accident, 1; died Of disease, 6; wounded severely, 52, wounded degree Undetermined, 4 Ci'Pt. Jewett Williams, of Athens, Ga.. killed in action. Corporal Robert O Miiith, Waycross, (Ja., Private Robert Hayes. .Marietta, S. C, Doyd West Brook, Chesnee, s. c, severely wounded. | Two Carolinians Wounded. Washington, June 15.?The marine orps casualty list contains si>ty-three names. Killed in action, S; wound ed severely, ."."?. Lieut. Julius C Cogswell, Charleston. S. C, and Da? vid A. Holladay, Of Marion. s. C, were severely wounded. aas shown by his record he is capable it doing. There Is little hope of reaching hrOUgh the mental darkness and sod d patriotism of The American and stimulating your heart to manly, open, noble purpose, but I want your readers to know at this time "l be? lieve it to be my duty to my country to love it; to support its ('?Institu? tion; tO Obey its laws; to respect its lag and to defend it a gains; all cue mles," and i appeal to them to for* wear allegiance to thai kind of pub (cation thai will technically commit 'heft in order to ?-aus?' friction among the people of South Carolina. I re oeat what l have already said more than once: 'To hell with all C.er tnan sympathisers and God bless Wil? son." It Is the war cry Of all patriotic Vmerien ns. n R. Tilltnan, WILSON FOR SUFFRAGE AGAIN THROWS WEIGHT OF HIS INFLUENCE IN BALANCE. Acted Of French Union to Proclaim Principle One of Fundamental Rights of Future Woodrow Wilson Complies With Hequcst. Washington. June 13.?President Wilson again has thrown the weight of his influence into the balance for the right of woman suffrage amend? ment. He expressed today the hope (hut the senate would act favorably at this session on the resolution for submission of the amendment to the States passed by the house last Janu? ary after he had given his indorse? ment. When a delegation headed by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National Woman Suffrage Asso? ciation, and Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, honorary president, called at the White House toduy, the president read to them a reply he asked Mrs. Catt to transmit to a m?moiial presented to him from the French Union for Wo? man Suffrage. The French suffra? gists asked Mr. Wilson to proclaim the principle of woman suffrage one of the fundamental rights of the future. His reply follows: "I have read your message with 1 the deepest interest and I welcome the opportunity to say that I agree with ' out reservation that the full and ? sincere democratic reconstruction of ; the world for which we are striving, ; and which we are determined to bring jibout at any co.vt will not have been , completely or adequately attained un ; til women are admitted to the suf . frage, and that only by that action . can the nations of the world realize - for the benefit of future generations , the full ideal force of opinion or the . full humane forces of the action. "The services of women during this - supreme crisis of the world's history , have been of the most signal useful - ness and distinction. The war could \ not have been fought without them - or its sacrifices endured. It is high ; time that some part of our debt of ; gratitude to them should be acknowl , edged and paid and the only acknowl - edgment they ask is their admission - to the suffrage. Can we justly refuse : it? As for America, it is my earnest - hope that the senate of the United - States will give in unmistakable an? swer to this question by passing the suffrage amendment to our federal > constitution before the end of thhr*** session." In their memorial the French suf I fragists said: s ? "The French suffragists and those of the allied countries have heard I your beautiful and strong words and 1 they unite in prayer to you for the ac ? complishment of the following reso i lutions: "Considering that from this war . there has come a new international right founded upon the right of peo [ pies to self determination. ' "That nothing can be claimed to i speak authoritatively in the name of ihe people which excludes women from the life of nations. "Considering moreover that women during the actual conflict have show? ed the value of the social work which they are capable of performing. "Considering that the participation of wives and mothers in the suffrage would be the greatest guarantee of the peace to come, the need that the belligerent countries have of their help in the present confliot, the suf? ferings moral as well as phylscal. which this war hi s cost them, have given definite proof that no longer, without iniquity and imprudence, can one refuse to give them through their vote an influence in the under? takings, which decide peace and war. "The women of the allied countries express the wish that President Wil? son in one of his future messages will proclaim the principle of woman suf? frage one of the fundamental rights of the future." ANOTHER RUSSIAN TREATY. Bolshevik Government Agrees to Make Peace With Ukraine. Amsterdam, June If).?A provision? al peace treaty has been signed be? tween Russia and Ukraine, accord? ing to a Kiev telegram. The treaty provides for the cessation of hostili? ties, the return home of respective na? tionals and the exchange of prisoners of war. It paves the way to commer? cial tieaties and exure.sses the wil? lingness of both parties to soon enter final peace negotiations, ENGLISH TRAITOR ARRESTED. < hargrd With Communicating Infor? mation to the Enemy. London. June if,? Charles Alfred Vernon, said to be have been employ? ed In an important capacity in the ministry was charged in the police court today of conspiring with Sir Joe Jones, former Lord Mayor ?f Sheffield, who was recently arreste 1 on the charge of communleatlog In? formation useful to tho enemv