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CMOIDUES ULK WIR. MF.N WIK? KFF.K STATE OFFICES PHKACH liOYALTY. Small Cremt! Attends Meeting at Beau fort ? BesCtmmpM Hccotnmcmls Himself Highly. Beaufort. June 20.?Another apa? thetic State campaign meeting was held at Heuufort tonight with an audi? ence of approximately 250 persons, about ISO of whom were voters, lis? tening to the speeches of L'l candi? dates. George W. Wlghtmun and Or tavius Cohen, candidates for lieuten? ant governor, being absent. The most interesting incident of the ?? eetlng was the picturesque place of meeting. Under the mellow light of a nearly full moon, the candidates de? livered their addresses in court yard cf the armory of the Beaufort Vol? unteer Artillery and their voices ming? led wltht he chirp of the crickets. The Candidates tonight taking advantage of the patriotic attitude that Beaufort has shown toward the war. made speeches which dealt almost entirely with the present crisis. John M. DeaChamps, the first gu? bernatorial speaker, came out for the universal military training and a higher education. He modestly de? clared that he was aa well conversed In world affairs as any man in the State, had been called the equal of Wilson and could take his place at the peace table at the conclusion of the war with the greatest minds of this country and of the old world and die cues 'be most intricate problems aris? ing from the struggle. That Is the kind of governor South Carolina should elect. He also claimed he was respon? sible for the election of Governor Manning, whom he praised as being one of the best governors that the State has had In the past quarter of a century und asserted he brought Senator Tillman Into the race for re? election. John T. Duncan described the in? iquities of the "system" to the voters of Beaufort John L. Mrlaurin made a purely patriotic speech, declaring that when the Lusltanla was sunk he then thought that the United States should have entered the war, but had come to the conclusion later thut it took the two following years of education and Instruction by President Wilson to awake the Ameriean people from their lethurgy and bring to them a realiza? tion of what the struggle means to the world. Thomas H. Peeples. speaking on his native heath, said that this was no nmu to Inject factional politics into a campaign, but the people should stand united behind the government In the prosecution of the war. He said that Otie of the main missions of the can? didates for various offices was to tea' i the people that America Is ' fighting for Christianity and mankind, that the people of the world shall not be cru? cified on the cross of Imperialism." John G. Richards again deprecated the assertion that the war la an is? sue In the campaign. He claimed th.it in his belief all the people of South Carolina are Its) per cent. American. He also rnad" a patriotic address, pre? dicating that the war will be won by American soldo is Lieut. Governor A. J. Bethea m ol <n tntenselv patriotu speech and took issue with Major l:i< hards on the w.i r. He 'daimed that the war Is the gre it overshadowing laau? of the campaign Mr Bethea was presented with a bou? quet of Mowers tonight. He is the second candidate to have been giv n nowers on the eampalgn. Major Rich? ards was given a bunch at Barn well Tueeday. Hubert A ? ooper said that a great monument should greet the boys in khaki when they come from "over there" ami it should he a vigorous and efficient educational system. He adv< cated a system v\hh h would embody both the literary and the industrial hraiushes of training. Mr Cooper promised if elected gov? ernor to be the fSSfOfnOf of all tie people or be the governor of none < f the people IP- said he had made no promises nor had he entered into | trade. Before hi would do either he would go down in defeat fOf I thirl time. n L. AHNEY ItELIFYID Jjoars Position of QgSSSfnl Counsel of Southern IWa uuse of Allege*! I it patriotic Remarks. Washington. JSJJ . || R L Abnev. for many years general counsel tor the Southern Railway at Columbia, has been r eln-Ved of hu po-a t n . n bi cause his attitude toward the ohmn Uif rut ion did not suit Mr IfeAdoi A short time ago Mr. Abnev wa approached In behalf of the Red Cross H* failed to respond ami is said to have made unpatriotic remarks >? girding 'he gsattOf A report of What he said reached th?* autboritl sj lore and today It was announced that Mr Ahney's resignation had been request cd and accepted The mime of his successor bus not been announced. HLEASE flUBI TO CAMOUFLAGE 1 >ISI .OY A L UTTEH A NCIFS. Throw** Hlamc for Anti-American Sentiment in FIU>crt Speech on Ht |M>rtcr for Mease Ncws|>a|>er?Mn luifly Exposes False Position. York. June 20.?Just as migrating I birds in their seasonal tlight interlock their wings and marshal themselves in wedge formation to heat down re? sistance, so Cole L. Hlease today marched with the other senatorial candidates following the itinerary us mapped out by the State Democratic executive committee. Filbert ie only a few miles away from York and it was at that point the first of last August, four months after the declaration of the war, that Mr. Llease is said by Bleaseite news? papers to have said that he did not "care what kind of an America" was here when he was dead and gone. It was the old old story. Even the newspapers which have striven In sea? son and out of seuson to advance his cause and defend his record had not quoted him correctly. Practically his entire speech was given to a discus? sion of his attitude on the war. Mr. lilease was the last speaker in? troduced. When reminded by J. A. Murion, country chairman, that each speaker was alloted 30 minutes, he declined to speak, saying the attacks made on him through the press ant other lies could not be answered in 15 of 20 minutes, and he refused to speak "under the hammer of a partisan Democratic executive committee." As soon as the crowd had dispersed the Please forces called the audience back into the "open forum" in the court house, when Mr. Please delivered a lengthy address. He wus opposed to the war and hud he been in congress at the time war was declared he would have voted against America's entrance. He had no apology to make and no excuses to offer to any man or set of men for what he said at Pomarla, Filbert, Pickens and Chapin. If a free and un trammeled discussion of the war could be allowed during the months of July and August, he would be pleased to debate the issue with any man or men "they might send down from Wash? ington." "Let them take the bridle off." he said. Fully 90 per cent, of the people of the State were opposed to the war, the speaker asserted, and fully 75 per cent of the boys from the State now in the war "belong to the Reform party." Although opposed at the out? set, all were patriots now. "Now it's war to the knife and the knife to the kilt." Any man who said or wrote that "Ccle L Please ever utteted one word against his country or committed one act of disloyalty is a liar." Mr. Hlease has something to say about Senator Tillman, but would not refer to him today. He will write the senator a letter, asking that certain campaign meetings be designated for Joint debates between the two. If the senator fails to do this Mr. Please will designate them and so notify Senator Tillman and "if Senator TM? man's there I'll say them, und If he is not there I'll say them." Following the speech by Mr. Please the Kev. J. K. MahafTey, who recently announced his candidacy for the Uni? ted States senate but later withdrew, called out to the audience that he would In answer to Mr. Hlease tell how the United States could have stay? ed out of the war. Mr. Mahaffey was followed by rapt attention and his 'words met with tumultous applause. He said: "E\erybody knows that all of us here are opposed to the war. Thin whole nation of ours is opposed to any such thing, but Mr. Please failed to tell us how we could have stayed out of this war. Now I want to tell you just how we could have stayed out. I once heard of a country home close to a church in which a protract? ed meeting had been going on lot about three weeks. AH the thickens had been used up except one. Many of them had died hard on hot days alter running long in defense of their lives, but when the preacher arrived on this last day rather than he chased and captured in such violent heat and have to die at last. the remaining ? buken walked in solemn mood and l.iul his head upon the block as the i\ man came in sight, thereby saving himself much trouble and vexation Now. of course, when our enemy ?rot HtrOUgh with Belgium, then devoured France, then Russia and Fngland, of course America could haVl laid her neck on tin- block as HIS last good meal for a hungry brute, but. fellow elttsens, somehow or atber America is not built t hat wa v " N. D, Dial of Lnurens also got in i bold stroke today when he chal< bnged Mr Tillman and his followers to get from President Wilson a state? ment that Mr Tillman was a neces Bgf] idiunet to the naval affairs com mittee as the president recently ggVt in the i cie of Ml l<eV0l as essential ON THE FRONT. AMERICAN SOLDIERS NOW HOLD THIRTY-EIGHT MILES. Th* Huns Have Found Out That It Is Possible to Scud American Troops to Europe. Washington, June 21.?American soldiers are now holding the lighting line for a distance of 38 miles on the \ ?stern front, according to informa? tion given members of the house mili? tary committee at the weekly confer? ence today with Secretary Baker and March. AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST. Marines Again Suffer Greater Ijukh Indicating Harder Fighting. Washington, June 21.?The army casualty list contains 38 names today. Killed in action, 6; died of wounds, 1; died of disease, 3; wounded severely, 27; wounded, 1. Marines Lost Ten. Washington, June 21.?The marine corps casualties totaled one hun? dred and twenty-seven. Killed in ac? tion, 10; died of wounds, 19; wounded severely, 98. Arthur B. Sawyer, of Keywest, Fla., killed in action; Don? ald M. Blankenship of Rome, Ga., died of wounds; riarence E. Curtiss, of Roundlake, Fla., Charles E. Dill, of Elton, Ga., Lee E. Crawford, of Ma con, Ga., David E. Brown of Chamble, Ga., wounded severely. SPECIAL DRAFT CALLED. Nearly Nine Thousand Men Nceiled For Special Sei-vice. Washington, June 21.?General Crowder today called for 8,976 draft registrants qualified for general mili? tary service to be sent on July lf? to various section schools for special training. The call will be held open for volunteers until July 1st. to the committee on agriculture in the house. "1 know they cannot do it," Mr. Dial told his audience, "und I de? fy them to try to do so." Both Mr. Dial and Mr. Rice kept up the drive on Mr. Tillman's alleged decrepitude, each referring to the paragraph in the letter which Mr. Tillman is sending to each county chairman, which paragraph reads: "My family and some of my devot? ed friends havo urged me not to run. fearing that it would injure my health. I feel that I have grown old In the service of the State and if my strength has been spent, it has been given for South Carolina and the performance of my duty here as a senator to the best of my ability." The meeting today was attended by between 150 and 17? persons, al? though Blease's coming had been wjdely hearalded. Reports were also current on the streets that the county had been circuit ridden by Blease leaders in an effort to stage a widely enthusiastic demonstration. It was also emphasized here this afternoon that many of Blease'a most ardent supporters in the county had chang? ed from their former political align? ment and were not present today. Mr. Blease got a round of applause when he was introduced and also a'. the conclusion of his speech, but the Mahaffey "clincher" neutralized much of the probable sentiment and the consensus of opinion In York tonight Is that the Blease demonstration was as ineffective as b Bl noke bomb. I In explanation of the newspaper ac i count of his Filbert speech as pub? lished here Mr. Blease said: "I, ai. Filbert, was repeating my Pomaria speech in which I said that i I believed that President Wilson and the members of congress who voted for the war would be held responsible for every American life that was lost in it, and if my soul is to be lost I did not care what kind of an America they had alter I was dead and gone and neither does your boy. The young man who reported that speech got o) part of what I said and got it cor? rectly, hut he did not take all of my speech and no sensible matt could ex? pect him to take it. T'lose who for a malicious purpose took part of his re? port and condemned me for it, lied and knew they lied." The Yorkville Fmiuirer, published in York, and one of the most ardent Please supporters in the State, report? ed Mr. Please as saying alter having been cautioned that day to quote him i oi reel i\. I Was never prouder in my life When I picked up a paper last April ami noticed that Fred Domlnlck voted against tin- war The Thud congres? sional district of south Carolins stands steadily behind him in it and there is no man who can heat him for con greas, "l di, Cod. von people don't realise what it means. Wall until you pick tip the paper ami read the casualty lists. They talk about S free Aniega; ca. I don't Care what kind of an r America tt is when i am dead and gone Neither does your hoy " GRAFT PLANS EXPOSED. METHODS or CONTINGENT PEE CONTRACT AGENTS HE? YE ALM >. Depart incut of Justice Finds Much Valuable Information in Examining Correspondence. Washington, June 20.?Methods by which contingent fee contract agents in Washington suppressed competition in bidding on govern? ment war orders, inflated prices, ma? nipulated bids and even "double crossed" their own clients by repre? senting competing contractors, were uncovered today by the department of justice in examining correspondence seized in raids on the contract brok? ers' offices. Some manufacturer! paid thousands of dollars for "purely Imaginary ser? vices" of the contract agents who often turned over confidential infor? mation of bids to other clients or used them to enter lower bids in their own names, said a review of the findings issued by Assistant Attorney General Thompson in charge of the prosecu? tions. By representing several com? petitive bidders at the same time, agents sometimes boosted prices in the same way as a conspiracy would have done. To evade government regulations intended to eliminate men in bidding the agents sought to have manufac? turers consider the broker olRce1 branches of the manufacturers busi? ness, supply the agent with lettet heads and authority to represent the contractor direct. "Some letters to favored clients,' said the department of justice an? nouncement, "contained promises not to put in bids for certain other con cemi represented by the agent, noi put them in touch with the business if the favored client desired to bid. "Another favorite scheme was t< get quotations or options from sev eral manufacturers who were thui eliminated from direct bidding. The agent with the advantage o this price knowledge would then bh in his own name and if awarded th? contract proceed to till it by exer cising the option given by the manu facturer who quoted the lowest prlct to him. The benefits of competitioi were thus appropriated by the agen instead of resulting in low juices t( the government. "Under another plan the agent pro cured bids addressed to the govern ment from several concerns. Thesi prices were then communicated to th? favored bidder who presumably pah the largest commission, so that hi could revise his bid before it was sub mltted to the government by the agen along with those of the competlni clients. "In some instances the agents an said to have put in their own bid ii competition with their clients, thu playing eure for either a profit or : commission* "Letters sent to manufacturers b; the agents recite the government' desire that all contracts be made di rectly with manufacturers and sa: that officials are frowning upon deal ors, Jobbers, and middle men. and fo this reason we are gradually discon tlnulng the practice of bidding in ou own name. "They suggest that the broker': office be made a branch of the fac tory, handle all business in the manu facturer*! name, put on a commissioi basis, the business to be transacted or the manufacturer's stationery by tin commission concern and all mail foi the manufacturer to be addressed u him at the broker's office. "They ask for a supply of the man ufacturer's letter head! and stati that one of the. first things they wil do will be to circularize government purchasing officer!, with whom \v< are in touch.* " IRISH AGITATOR ARRESTED. If Abuse of England is a Crime Then are Other Criminals in South Caro Una. Spartanburg, June 21.?John Purns an Irishman, aged S.r?, is being heh by the county authorities until a fed eral warrant can be issued, charglni sedition. The prisoner admits mak? ing hitter remark! against Bngland but denies disloyal remark's againsl the United states. BENEFITS SOt Til El IN PORTS. Clue Discrimination Against Southern Pol ls Removed by (.ovci miicut Control, Washington, June 21. A through freight rate Horn the Southeast to tin West lower than the combination rates hertofore In effect, has been ordered established i.y the railroad ad ninistra lion BRITISH CASUAI/TY MKT. ?.oss Reporte,! for One Week lUl.llJO London, .lunc 21. British casual tics reported tor the week ended to i'i \ aggregate 36,020, BLEASE MAY BOLL SO SAYS >IR. DIAL IN LANCAS? TER SPEECH. I .aui ons Candidate Scores Tillman niul Says Ex-Governor Should lk' Ruled out of Party. Lancaster, June 21.?Warning of a| possible holt from the Democratic1 j primary by Cole 1,. Blease was given j here today by N. B. Dial of Laurens, ' candidate for the United States senate, in answer to Mr. Bleaaa'a refusal yes? terday at York to "speak under the hammer of a partisan Democratic executive committee." The hour was critical, in the opinion of Mr. Dial, and reports were that the Bleuseites were effecting campaign machinery throughout the State. "I warn every] man who has a son or a brother in France or who wants to see this coun? try a better place to live in to organ? ize and be prepared for any eventu? ality," he said. The cry of fraud two years ago, upon which Mr. Blease put much stress at the York meetings yesterday, also drew the Laurens county candi? date's lire. Blease didn't protest the election, as the rules of the party re? quire. If he had done this and had placed the charges of fraud before the committee, he could have taken his 1 case to court for redress, if the com? mittee had not investigated, Mr. Dial said. If he did not have the manhood to do this, then the people ought to say to him as a man in Geor? gia was enjoined, "We want to hear nothing, but silence from you and damned little of that." Blease had the habit of going around over the State calling people { \ liars behind their backs, but "Nobody in the State is afraid of Blease." Blease ought to be rilled out of the ' Democratic party for his refusal te follow the itinerary of the senatorial campaign as provided by the execu? tive committee, particularly since s Blease had been one of the loudest to proclaim the virtues of the canvass. 1 "If any man can come and refuses to j come, he ought not to be considered 1 I by the voters, and any man who is not able to make the canvass has no business in the race." 5 Mr. Dial again today defied Senator 1 Tillman and his friends to procure 1 from either President Wilson or from the naval affairs committee a state? ment that Senator Tillman was es? sential to the committee He also read again the story of the senator's en [J feebled condition from The Literary Digest and quoted Senator Tillman as saying that he had not received l' the chairmanship of the committee on appropriations because the commit * teemen "thought the work would kill ^ me." Also, if the senator was equal to the duties incident to the office, p member of his o\fn family and his in? timate friends would not have stren s uously urged that he stay out of the race this summer, as voiced by Sena? tor Tillman each day in his letter to ' the county chairman. The defea*. Of both Senator Till? man and V.r. Blease was predicted this 1 summer as both hail gained their po? litical preferment from the same fac 1 tion. They had for years worked in double harness and Blease was "the r political stepson of Tillman." Later there was a divergence and "Senator 1 Tillman slapped in the face the very people who put him in office." His hope for reelection now was from the 1 people he "cussed" when he first 1 gained political ascendency. "Now p they (Tillman and Blease) are both r cussing each other and the more the. 3 cuss each other the better it suits me." The cry which went up from Sena? tor Tillman in his early campaigns ? was: "Rotation! Rotation! Rotation!" 1 The people were told that the offices were monopolized; that "few office ? holders die and none resign." When he got in ollice the cry of rotation was never heard again and Tillman be? came stationary. The senator had been in office continuously 2S years, which ought to be enough to satisfy any man's ambition. The Laurens man also took notice ? of the statement by Mr. DcsChanips. ' candidate for governor, that he was ' advocating the reelection of Senator > Tillman and would come to his de ' fense whenever the senior senator was attacked. Bach man had his hands 1 full with his own race, Mr. Dial said, and he would urge that Mr. Dee Champs go back to his "third party" he set about to organise two years ago after his defeat for governor. 1 The Rock Hill candidate for govern? or had no place in the Democratic party and was only trying to "ride into ollice" on Senator Tillman's coattails. Mr. Bier also got in some thrusts i af the senior senator. To the ques? tion, "What shall we do with Fuel. Ben ."' he would reply, "Retire him te his happy home at Trenton, just as the country retired George Washing? ton, the Father of the Country, when he had served two terms as president." The Andersen county man did no' think he should be disqualified for ttie Office because he happened lO be lorn in Vlrginls and not in South AMERICAN HOST IN FRANCE GROWING RAPIDLY. Qeft, March Makes Official Announce? ment of Arrival Overseas of Anoth? er Hundred Thousand Men. Washington. June 22.?Nine hun? dred thousand m< n have been ship? ped over seas General March told the newspaper correspondents at the weekly conference today. He said that the United States is today live months ahead of its pro? gram lor placing an army in France. The additional hundred thousand reported safe in France since last week's conference is taken to indicate ! the rate of progress that is being I made. Viewing the general battle situation on all fronts, Gen March said that the Central powers again were being firmly held on all fronts. HIO REWARD FOR NEWS. Information That Will Locate Subma? rine Hase Will Win One Thousand Hollars for Informant. New York. June 20.?Authentic in? formation that will lead to the loca? tion of an actual Onnau submarine base will bring the informant not only the honor of having performed a pa? triotic act, but a reward of $1,000. This offer was made here today by the commandant of the third naval dis? trict to stimulate the ambition of those likely to bo in a position to ob? tain such information, particularly sea faring men. The offer reads: "The commandant, third naval dis? trict, 280 Hroadway, New York, has been authorized to pay $1,000 reward to any person who furnishes authen? tic information of any actual subma? rine base reserving the right to decide who is entitled to such reward and to apportion the rewatd if two or more persons lind such information." AMERICAN CASFAI/TY LIST. Army Has Heaviest Loss In Killed Since Army Got into Battle. Washington, June 22.?The army casualty today contains one hundred and fifty-three names. Killed in ac? tion, f?2; died of wounds, 26; died of accident, 11; died of disease, 9; wounded severely, 27; wounded, 2; missing in action. 15; prisoners. 1. Privates Ely Light, of Milbourne, Fla., James W. Ray, Pages Mill, S. C, were killed in ac;ion; Corporal Joseph F. Cely, of Eastely, died of wounds; Captain Mark W. Clark, of Atlanta, Privates Sammie Pell, Pensacola, Fla.. Heyward Dennis, Troy, S. C, Walter P. Kyte. of Columbus, Ga.; Sam R. Lucas of Kershaw, S C, and Wm. C. Parker of Macon, Ga., were wounded severely. Marines lx>se Thirty-One. Washington, June .2.?The marine corps casualty list follows: Killed in action. 4; died of wounds, 15; wound ted severely, 12. AIR LINE TO EUROPE. British Officer Predict! Flight* Across Atlantic Next Summer. Washington. .June 21.?Pig Ameri? can air and seaplanes should be fly? ing across the Atlantic to reach the front by next summer, Major General Pranckner, of the British air ministry said today in a formal statement to the press. AMERICAN AVIATORS IN SERVICE Fighting With tho Italians on Piave Front. Italian Headquarters, Thursday, June 20.?The first American avia? tors to fly on the Italian front went today on a bombing expedition, and succeeded in blowing; two holes in the new Austrian bridge across the Piave river. Carolina. He had been a resident of the State many years and cited in? stances of a number of men elected to public otlice In States in which thev wen' not born. Congressman Steven? son, now representative of this dis? trict, was one. Hoke Smith of Geor? gia. United States senator, was an? other. He also did not think the holding of minor offices an essential qualification. He had never been in politics, but neither had the late Senator A. C. Latinter. He made an urgent pies for liberal support of the public schools and for better wages lor tea. hers. The progress in pro? viding better schools and school facili? ties was commendable and he hoi never kicked when a levy was plac? ed on his property for school pur? poses. He was also vitally concerne I with the development of agriculture. He had several farms and kne.v whereof he spoke as to legislation in the interest of farmers. The meeting today was attended by 40 persons, including the candidate No enthusiasm was shown and little interest manifested. The meeting t? morow will be in rannten