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DIRECTOR GENERAL M'ADOO IS SUES NEEDED ORDER TO RAILROAD MEN. Fibpl?yecs Ordei-cd to Show Propci Courtesy in Dealing; With Pul>iit and to Quit Excusing Delays and Neglect by Blaming Government Operation. Washington, Aug. 19.?Secretary McAdoo today ordered that railroad employes show courtesy in dealing with the public, and to cease excus ing delays and errors with the plea. "Uncle Sam is running the railroads now." HEAVY LOSSES DISCOURAGE GERMANS. Ludendorff Says '-Unfortunately" a Large Number of Prisoners Have Been Captured by Allies. With the French Army in France. Aug. 17 (By the Associated Press>? An order signed "Ludendorff" re cently captured on the battlefield dis closes the anxiety of the Germans over the heavy losses they sustained m the latter part of June and early in July. The order dated July 6 refers to "repeated attacks by the enemy during recent days" and says: "Unfortunately a great number of prisoners were lost in these affairs which shows that cur occupar ">n of the first lines is still too dense in de fense and the depth of the advanced zone is insufficient." The document makes a significant reference to the relation between the depth of the advanced zone and the 'weakness of artillery. "The weaker the artillery is." says the document, "and the worse the or ganization of a position is the deeper snouid be the advanced zone." Another paragraph refers to the lack of men for certain operations as fopows: *Tlie fear that the entente might make us retire several kilometers is absolutely unjustified because they have as few men as we have avail able for such attacks." FRENCH TAKE PRISONERS. Village of Canny-Sur-Matz Captured in. Addition to Oilier Positions of Knemy. Paris, Aug. 17.?The'French made further progress today north and south of the Avre, having taken 1.000 prisoners and numerous machine guns since yesterday, according to the war office statement tonight. They cap tured the village of Canny-sur-Mutz and in addition took enemy positions on a front of nearly two miles to a depth of more than a mile in the re gion of Autreches, in the Soissons sector. * The text of the communication says: "Our progress continued north arid south of the Avre, where 'we have taken 1,000 prisoners and numerous I machine guns since yesterday. Fur- i ther south we captured Canny-sur-1 Matz, and north of the Aisne,,we cap-j tured enemy positions jon a front of J five kilometers, and to a depth of 500 metres in the region of Ati'treches. j In this latter action we took 240 pris- i oners. j "Twelve enemy airplanes were brought down yesterday " NORWEGIAN BARK SUBMARIN ED. German U-P?oat Still Busy Off Vir-, ginia Capes. Washington, Aug. 19.?The Nor wegian bark Nordhav was submarin-; ed one hundred and twenty-five miles! off the Virginia Capes Saturday. The crew who escaped in a small boat have been brought to an Atlantic port by an American warship. \ WAR FUNGS mm. I - ? j THERE WILL BE THREE LIBER TY LOANS DURING YEAR. j Sixteen Billion Dollars Needed to Finance War Operations During ;| Year in Addition to Eight Billion i j Dollars Gained Through New Rev ? j enue Bill. Washington. Aug. 17.?Tentative ?jplans of the treasury provide for I three big Liberty loan campaigns j within the next year, each to raise $5, ?000,000,000 or more, it was learned \ today. The first will be from Septem i ber 2S to October 19 as has been an I ncunced, the next :'or January or { February and the third in May or ;] June. This program will be neces I sary it is explained, to provide the j $16.000,000,000 which officials esti j mate will be required to finance war j operations during the year, in addi tion to the $S.000,000.000 which j j may be provided by the new revc inue bill now being drafted, i If government expenditures and I loans to allies fall much below the ! $24,000.000,000 estimate the govern ] ment is expected to try to combine I two loans into one. being the largest j single credit ever sought by any na I tion. j Such a campaign would be set for I some time in the late winter, j Money needs between loan periods J-will be financed by sale of short term j certificates of indebtedness, as in the I past. In addition, the treasury look? j for a steady inflow of money from tax ! certificates which banks and corpora rtiens probably will buy in billion dol ! lar quantities as a means of virtually i paying their taxes in advance. ] Every effort will be made by the : treasury to make the number of loan: j as few and the time of rest between I the campaigns as long as possible, i Officials would much rather have only 5 one more big solicitation in addition |to the fourth campaign to start late j next month, than two before the end ! of the fiscal year next June 30. i One particular season in which the j treasury wishes to avmd floating pop | ular loans is the Christmas holidays Land the following: weeks of compara | five commercial inactivity when there is danger also of curtailed industrial ; activity on account of bad weather. I Another bad time for loans is the J spring planting season when farmers I are busy and business men have less j time than the usual to devote to cam '? paigning. The third period to be ! avoided is June, when huge war taxes : will have to be paid. No plans for future Liberty loans ' can be formulated definitely many weeks in advance, owing to the uncer I tainty of the volume of government ! expenditures. Consequently the pro I gram now in the minds of treasury of j ficiads is highly tentative. An exam . pie of the fluctuations of expendi j tu res is the fact, that with August j more than half gone the allies have I called for only $71,000.000 loan pay j ments, a little more than one-third I the usual rai:e of borrowing SHIP CONTRACTS LET. j Thirty-three Wooden Cargo Vessels to Be Built. j Washington, Aug. 19.?Contracts for thirty-three wooden cargo ves ! sels of thirty-five hundred dead ! weight tons each, seven wood<?r j barges and three wooden harfeor tu-rs i were let during the week ended Aug ' ust 10th, the shipping board an ; nounced.' Rice Riots in Japan. I Tokio, Friday Aug. 16.?Newspa J pers have been prohibited from print ! ing reports of progress of rice riots. I There is absence of news from pro | vinces. A statement by the minister j of interior. Misuno. says governors have been assured that disorders are steadily abating. 2,900 Lots and 62,000 Acres Sold in 1917 ^URING 1917 we sold 2900 City Lots and 62000 Acres of Farm Lands, divided up, running 25 acres and up to the farm. We have a trained organization specializing in subdividing and selling land at Public Auction. By our method we quickly turn your property into cash and interest-bearing notes. We obtain satisfactory results where usual methods fail. If Yob Have City Property or Farms For Sale?Write Us We can get results for you. Full information will be mailed you FREE. Tells you what we have done for others?what we can do for you. WRITE FOR IT TODAY! Farm Sales Our Specialty. Territory Unlimited. ATLANTIC COAST REALTY COMPANY THE NAME THAT JUSTIFIES YOUR CONFIDENCE Offices: Petersburg, Va. and GreeBvUIe^N.C. REFERENCES: Any Bank in Petersburg, Virginia or Greenville, North Carolina IIS I H, EMPIRE MAY BE FACING SO CIAL CRISIS. Poor and Middle Classes Protesting Against t Economic Conditions in Japan. Tokyo, Wednesday, Aug. 14 (By the Associated Press)?The newspaper comment here seems to indicate that the food riots throughout the country ire an expression of growing social unrest among the people and to re flect the belief that the empire is ad vancing toward a social crisis. The riots are spreading, involving alike the poor and the middle classes, who j feel impelled to protect against economic conditions. It is remarked that the uprisings ?rc often anticapitalistic in nature, the mobs attacking and destroying the property of the wealthy and voic ing anger at evidences of luxury. Geisha git Is have been stoned while driving throught the streets in auto mobiles and the houses of the rich have been assailed. While the war has create! millionaires and increas ed the luxuries of the rich it has also increased the misery of the poor be s cause of insufficient wages. Factory i hands especially are fomented by the ; ring leaders of the riots, which are the first of the kind to occur since Japan was opened to western civiliza tion. Disorders broke out in Tokyo Tuesday night, a crowd of 5.000 which was prevented from congregating in the parks, marched to the Ginza, the great retail thoroughfare of the city, where they stoned and damaged 200 stores and restaurants, raided rice de pots and unsuccessfully attacked the ministry of the interior. Ninety ar rests were made and 20 policemen were injured. Tokyo tonight is oc cupied bj heavy detachments of po lice and infantry. The newspapers are forbidden to publish news of any kind relative to the rice riots. As Osaka during a demonstration telephone wires were cut and several tramways were forced to suspend af ter several passengers had been wounded. Troops, including cavalry, were called out to suppress the riot ing and 2.S policemen and many riot ers were hurt. Five hundred per sons were arrested. In outlying towns the people attacked the police with bamboo spears. The disturbances at Kobe resulted in the burning of a great rice ware house and several factories and houses and a large number of rice stores. The seriousness of the situation led to a special meeting of the cabinet which decided to appropriate $5,000. 000 for purchasing stores of rice for distribution among the people at a moderate price. The emperor mov ?d by the distress has contributed! 3,-1 000,000 yen to the national rice fund. Street cars are being utilized in Tokyo by soldiers who distribute 'rice in dis tricts where the suffering is reported. . The preis joins in a tribute to the emperor for his generous contribution :ndicating the spirit of the ruler arid he wealthier classes, but the news papers generally blame the govern ment for its tardy remedies. Several millionaires have con tributed $100.000 each to purchase rice for the soldiers. The Mitsui and the Iwaskie families have each con tributed $500,000 to this fund. There is an abundance of rice in the em pire, but it is held by farmers anil brokers. The government aim is tc force the rice market, but it has ivoided, up to this time, regulating he price, which, however, has fall'-n/ AMERICANS CAPTURE TOWN. Considerable German Salient Wiped Out. With the American Army in Lor aine. Aug. 17 (By Associated Press) ? The Americans this morning cap ? tured the village of Frapeile and eradicated a considerable German salient in the allied lines. Prisoners were taken by the Americans and the Germans evidently suffered heavy casualties in killed and wounded. This sector has been regarded a* a quiet one and today's action be gan merely as a raid into the enemy's positions. The raid was preceded by a straight bombardment for a few minutes, followed by a box barrage that penned the Germans off from es cape. When the Americans went over the j top to attack at 4.30 o'clock they suc j ceeded in sweeping all enemy resist j ance before them and the raid bc Jvcame an organized attack. The Ger ! mans replied heavily to_ the American artillery lire and they also shelled the i entire neighborhood throughout the j day. i The enemy fire, which included a barrage, <was ineffective.-The Ameri ? cans have occupied the former Ger : ican trenches and consolidated them* I against counterattacks. i. w. w.s found guilty. I One Hundred Leaders Convicted as Charged in Indictment. i Chicago, Aug. 17.?One hundred leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World were found "guilty as charged in the indictment" by the jury after one hour's deliberation at the trial for conspiracy to disrupt the nation's war program late today. Ar guments for a new trial will be heard next week. Tin- defendants, including William P. ('"Bifr Bill") Haywood, general secretary-treasUrer of the I. W. W.. the highest position in the organiza tion, face a maximum penalty of 2~i .???.Iis in prison and a $10,000 fine each. Federal Judge FC. M. Landis. in his charge to tie- jury, withdrew the fifth and bist count of the indictment which charged conspiracy to violate the postal laws, and particularly that section excluding from the mails en terprises in tlie nature of schemes to defraud. The remaining four counts of the indictment specifically charge viola tion <?!' tin- espionage act. tin- section of the criminal c. !c prohibiting in torference with the civil rights of citizens, the selective service ad and the conspiracy statute. FI8HTIN CHABLESTON. BETHEA ST IHK ES RICHARDS WHEN -LIAU ' IS HEARD. Exciting Moment as Two Arc Sepa rated After Getting in Few Blows. Charleston. Aug. 17.? The attacks Lieut. Gov. Andrew J. Bethen, candi date for go\'ernor has-been making from practically every "stump" in the State since the Walhalla and Green ville meetings on the connection of John G. Richards, his "Reform" op ponent, with Cole L. Blease, culmi nated here today in a fisticuff be tween the two candidates. Several blows were passed by each of the bel ligerents. The audience, which had dwindled Crom about 150 to approximately 75, was not very excited over the inci dent. Several of the crowd, includ- \ ing a police officer and Sheriff Mar tin, rushed on the stage of the Hiber nian Hall where the meeting was held and assisted acting Chairman T. P. Stoney in separating the two lighters. Although the audience was excep tionally small, due to the day meet ing, it was very demonstrative, par ticularly when any of the candidates spoke disparagingly of the candidacy of Cole L. Blease. Robert A. Cooper, candidate for governor, was given an! ovation when he began his address and the other candidates also were: liberally applauded. When Mr. Richards, who p- iceded the lieutenant governor. the last ?peaker, had finished his presentation, he went into the audience and Mr. Sethea cautioned him that he had better remain as he took a seat in ?"ront of the stage accompanied by a friend who requested him Jo leave ihe hall, which he refused to do. Mr. Bethea then referred to Mr. Richards' reiterated assertion that :he war was not an issue and stated that he would accept the challenge and show that it was the greatest is sue before the people of the State and Df the nation; that it was made an is sue, in South Cai Mina by the Porfiaria and Filbert speeches of Cole L. Blease, and was brought into the gu bernatorial campaign when Blease I tnd Richards indorsed each others candidacies at Wagener a few weeks i ago. He then cautioned his hearers to vote for men against whom there is no suspicion of disloyalty. He then charged that the utterances of Cole L. Blease at Pomaria and Fil bert were disloyal. Because they had been uttered three and one-half months after the declaration of war against Germany by the United States. He read the Wilson letter against Blease and said that the ^resident had no compunction in tell ing what he thought of the Blease speeches; that he had not sidestepped and equivocated and hesitated, as Richards had done when he repeated ly had asked him if he either indors ed t ?^repudiated the utterances of Blease in the two notorious speeches. Mr. Bethea gave the highest braise to the son of Major Richards, who had volunteered in the service and is now wearing the khaki. Mr. Bethea was saying: "I think Major Richards for the sake of his son?" He got no further, being interrupt ed by the "Reform"' candidate, who arose to his feet and warned him to keep the name of his son out of the controversy, stating that there is ;uch a thing as Mr. Bethea going too var. Richards took his seat and Be hea went on with his reference to the Pomaria and Filbert speeches, stating 'hat Richards was at Pomaria and he )resumed that he indorsed them by his applause. Richards again rose to his feet and shaking his finger at the lieutenant governor issued another warning to which Mr. Pethea took ex ceptTon, saying that he was "not foatherlegged and will not run." Stating that he would compel him to make his charges more specific, Mr. Richards came upon the stage and. I placing himself on the left of Mr. Bethea said. "Now, make your charges." After a short verbal ex change. Richards said, 'You are a liar." With the passage of the word. Be thea, quick as a flash, struck Rich ards, hitting him apparently on the temple. Mr. Stoney got between the \\vo men, as they were hitting at each other, grabbed Mr. Richards, forcing him back, and then turned and shov ed Mr. Bethea aside. Several blows were passed between the two candi i dates in the meantime over Mr. j Stony's head. The three men strug gled over to the right hand side of I the stage, when members of the audience jumped on the stage and assisted in separating the two bellig erents, who struggled to get at each other. Following their separation Richards grabbed up a chair, swung it over his head and started toward the group holding Mr. Bethea. when the chair was grabbed and Richards was persuaded by his friends to leave j the hall. j Following the incident Mr. Bethea j in cool and calculated language con ; tinued his speech in which he exco j riated Cole L. Please in no uncertain j terms. j Octavus Cohen of Moneks Corner, j candidate for lieutenant governor. I made his first appearance on tlm ; "stump" in the campaign by an ex I ceedingly bitter attack on Cole L. ! Please. He announced that he did ! not want the vote of any man who I intended to vote for Blease. The other candidates did not devi ate from the ordinary routine in their ! speeches except several of the minor j candidates and Robert A. Cooper, in j the race for governor, who urged the people to attend the polls in force on August 27 and roll up a large ma jority against any tincture of disloy alty in South Carolina ;ind send a message to the president that South Carolina is whole heartedly in favor of the war and its successful prbsecu i ion. New cotton h:.s been sold on ;b:^ market at an earlier d.,li>. I>nt tin (wo bales sold here Priady were :i fcv. days ahead of the th-s? ]>;ile last year. The first bale bist year was brought in bv W J. Stafford, who made 'In first sale today. beating Willie n Keith by a few minutes. i GERMANS LOSING COURAGE. Hard to Get Volunteers for Prisoners Report. Raid.* With France, Press.) front the Aug American 1( By the Army in Associated as quickly as possible, even if peace should have to be a "patched up" one. None of them consider they say, that Germany can win, but at the same time believe ohe can not be beaten. Loth officers and men agree that -Fighting lines on the Somme the German submarine offensive since are continually being pressed ^ ^ spring has been a failure, forw-ard slightly day by day. con-I^ the number of Amcn>an troops tmues. 1 here have been no counter- that have :m,VC(1 in Frarrce ? con. attack*, against the new British PO-jsidered< Thcv e ? the bcIfef sitions tor three davs. . , *,??-..,. , - * , . ? '. , .' . ! that the tide detimtely turned against In addition to continued intensive i _ . . . . . . ,. . . .,. . , . I the Germans when they retreated to bombmg and shelling of vital P<>mtS}wa'd the ^ within the enemy lines, the British i have begun throwing gas projectiles' German deserters who came over at various places. A considerable to tht British lines say just before number was thrown into Bray thisithcv lcft their line volunteers to go on morning in hope of getting at Ger- I a raid for the Pun>ose of obtaining mans hiding in cellars and dugouts identifications were called for. They from the avalanche of shells which were ofCored 150 marks, 14 days leave ? of absence and iron crosses but not de serters assert. From other sources it is learned an now and then fall there. This ha rassing apparently is serving to low- j;l sin^le man volunteered, tho er the German morale. German officers and men taken prisoner seem unanimous in the opin ion that a decision can not be won on order has gone the rounds in the rear of the German lines that ration is ;he battlefield, but that peace must; sues, concerts and roll calls must not be arrived at by negotiation. They j be held in the open when the visibil exr-ressed belief that it would be im- j ity is good, because of the activities possible for the allies to break down j *>f allied airplanes. o nation with Germany's resources' The Germans now have provided and organizing skill. The officers, for I gas masks for their message carrying the most part, have dropped their! dogs. This mask is a pointed nose blustering attitude. j bag arangement which slips over the As far as the men are concerned, j animal's head and fastens around the all the prisoners express a desire j neck. It has two eye pieces through that the war should come to an end I which the dog can see.. , & Building Material and Feed Stuffs Rough and Dressed Lumber. Lime, Cement,' Plaster, Biick, Shingles, Mouldings, Etc. All kinds of Feed for Horses, Cows, Hogs and Poultry. "We solicit your patronage. Booth & McLeod, Inc. Phoe* to & 63i 4? ?2?4*C',ia^^t4*^^^^^fr**t<f>I**l,'I',I*,I*'I*,I>*l''i' i?ll??ILSIlOfSOT?ii?l? OF SUMTER. 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