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THIS SUMTEK WATCH3IAX, Estab < Cocsclidated Aug. 2,1; SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE WAR Walter E. Duncan, Executive' Secretary, Reviews State Activities. | SIXTY THOUSAND MEN WERE UNDER ARMS State's Financial Contributions' to Various Drives Reached, $95,840,541. Columbia, Jan. 11.?South Carolina; had upward of 60.000 men in the j armed service of the nation during' the war, of which there are actually j recorded around 53,000 in the army and 5,011 in the navy, according to a review of this State's participation in, the war, prepared by Walter E. Dun-, can, executive secretary to Gov. Man-, ning, which was released today for . publication. In addition to this the! review shows that the Red Cross, ex- j elusive of recent Christmas roll call. I ' has 90,647 members in South Car-1 olina, and that this State has ten men j and twenty women workers overseas, j There arv eighty South Carolinians in : the Young Men's Christicr Association overseas work and s?venty-two in j training camps and cantonments in j ?s the United States. In summing up South Carolina's j financial contribution to the war, Mr.; ij?ncan said: j ? "South Carolina's contribution in j money toward financing the war, j through liberty loans and war savings stamps, and the humanitarian and ; welfare work incident to the war. j through the Red Cross and the Y. M. j C. A., and o?her agencies, very near-j !y- approaches the hundred million j mark?to be exact, $95,840,541." ?The full text of Mr. Duncan's re- i vi&w. showing as it does South Caro- j Una's wonderful achievement, fol- i lows: ? "Cut of a population of 1,515.400. j according to * the census of 1910,: South Carolina has furnished to the j army upwards of 53,000 men and to j the navy and marine corps, during the ? period of the war, 5,011 men. The j Palmetto State's quota of fighting! men, therefore was mere than 58,000 j men?which figure does not include j those in the miiitary or naval service j txr April 191?. ? "In the first draft South Carolina's! quota was 15,147 men. About one-! third of the full quota enlisted?to be! exact 5,040 men?and the remainder j t-10,081, were drafted into the mill-: tary service. "In the second draft South Caro-: Itt>a furnished to the nation 34.271 j B?en, in addition to which number 3.- ' *-8<k enlisted voluntarily, making a to tal of 37,751. "These figures take account of only j those of whom there is complete rec- i er?. In addition, many South Carolina j boys, residing temporarily in other '? States, or away from their homes, en listed; and many others living near the border lines of other States, near to cities in other States, crossed over j and enlisted. Of those there is no record in South Carolina. The total1 will, there .'ore, be upwards of G 0,000. "To all of the four liberty loans the people of South Carolina responded generously, subscribing to $6.000,000 OJL the first loan. $1 7.921.75?? of the: second loan. SI9.426.250 of the third loan, and $37.117,950 of the fourth loan, a grand total of $80.465.950 a sum sixteen times the State debt. To the third loan there were 87.905 sub bribers in South Carolina, and the State's quota of $14.625.000 was great ly oversubscribed. The percentage of the State's subscription, based on the j cruota, was 132.8. In the fourth loan, the people of South Carolina over subscribed their quota of i32.452.000 ' by nearly $5,000,000 or 114.4 per cent, and there were about 114,000,000 sub-! scribers. "As an indication of th* work of1 the women in the fourth loan the1 women's committee reported $9.902,- j 750 subscribed through their efforts. With 41,082 subscribers. "In addition, the people of South j Carolina have responded to the ap- j peals of the national government and have bought unsparingly of war savings stamps. They have pledged themselves to buy $13,745.249 worth ofrwar savings stamps. Of this amount '? the negroes of the State have pledged . themselves to buy more than a mil lion and a quarter. There arc 296.253 individual pledges of which 220,iss are white people. The pledges made total $8.30 per capita, which applies in-proportion to the racos $lfi.06 per cspita to the whites, and $1.4S per capita to the negroes. Seventeen and eight-tenths per cent of the popula tion is pledged as against s.7 per cent of the negro populaton. "In both the R'-d Cross campaigns, of 1917 and 1918. the people of South Carolina oversubscribed their quotas, giving a total of $1.590.221 in the two campaigns, $318,000 in 1917 (when the quota for the State was $300,000) .and $1.272,221 in 1918. This year the quota was $400.000. The people of South Carolina gave, therefore, more than three times what thev were ask ed. "But not in dollars alone can the Red Cross work of the State be fig ured. In South Carolina there are sixty-one organized chapters of the Red Cross, with a tot;?l membership of 90.G47 covering every county in the State. The Red Cross workers of South Carolina -have had ten men nnd twenty worAen in overseas work.1 ihfecd April, 1850. 581. New DirectorjGeneral Will Ad vocate Five Year Control of Railroads. HE SAYS "M'ADOO'S POLI CIES AR MY POLICIES.' He Proposes to Carrv Out Plans Through Existing Railroad Organization. Washington, Jan. 11.?The policies Of Walker D. Hines. newly appointed Director General of Railroads, will be advocacy of a five- year continuation of government control or early relin quishment of the roads to private control unless congress promptly en acts remedial legislation. "Mr. McAdoo's policies are my poli cies and I intend to carry them out through the existing railroad organ ization." he telegraphed today to re gional directors, immediately after announcement of his appointment, which was m?de by President Wilson by cable and on recommendation of Mr. McAdo. The new director gen eral declared for 'a square deal to labor." fair treatment of railway owners and patrons and closer under standing between the public and the government on railroad questions. Before the senate interstate com merce committee, which is conducting hearings on railroad legislation. Mr. Hines probably next week will make an effort to show the government's difficulties in supervising the rail ways with the control period lim ted to twenty-one months. As assistant director general he advised Mr. Mc Adoo during the formation of the recommendation for live-years exten sion of federal management, and many other policies of the railroad ad ministration have been based, on his recommendation. He was called in as Mr. McAdoo's principal assistant im mediately after the government took charge of the railways a year ago. Mr. Hines' first official act today was to delega.te the railroad admin istration's case Hn the Xew York Ma rine Workers' s'.rike to the war la bor board for settlement. In a state ment he pledged himself to "a square deal for labor with not only ungrudg ing but a sincere and cordial recog nition of its partnership in the rail road enterprise." Later he discussed his policies with callers. Th'^ idea of combining the several hundred private lines into a few federal concerns has been con sidered by Mr. Hines. but he said the questions relating to that subject were so numerous and perplexing it was confus'ng to try even to list them. He believes, however, it will be an ad vantage to have the railroad prob 'om discussed during the next presi dential campaign, basing this on the feeling that sentiment of ?.he nation is not sufficiently crystalized to per mit congress to enact legislation that would be satisfactory. The director general said he fav ored dircussion and testing of fed eral control over a period that would give nee<" id information to the country after which congress would be able to act with greater safety. While he advocated immediate return of the railroads to their cwr.crs, if the ex tension is not granted. Mr. Hines pointed to the possible labor difficul ties and financial problems of the roads as argued upon against this plan. L?xemburg a Republic Metz, Saturday, Jap. 11 (By the As sociated Press.)?Luxemburg was pro claimed a republic on Friday, when the Grand Duchess Marie retired from the capital, taking up quarters in a chateau nearby. The chamber held an executive meeting, the clericals quitting the house in a body. London, Jan. 13.?Karl Radek, one of the Russian Bolshevik emissaries in Berlin is reported to have been ar rested when the Boetzow brewery was captured by "the government troops, according to Berlin advices to Copen hagen. ''To the welfare work?the Young Men's Christian Association and oth er agencies?people of South Car olina have also given liberally, both in men and money. There have been eighty South Carolinians in the Y. M. C, A; overseas service and seventy two South Carolinians in camps and cantonments in this county. To the first V. M. C, A. campaign ?17.486 was given, and to the second cam paign $170.130. South Carolina "Vas asked for $905.730 in the united war work campaign, and despite the fact that foe armistice had been signed, *rave $1.146.009, oversubscribing tie State's quota by nearly a quarter of a million dollars. "No account is taken in the fore going of the Tied Cross Christmas roll call, the figures for which are not yet available. "Summing up. South Carolina's con tribution in money toward financinir the war. through liberty loans and war savings stamps, and The human itarian and welfare work incident to the war. through the Red Cross and the V. M. c. A. and other agencies, very nearly approaches the hundred j million mark-to y.r exact $&5.$40.-i od Fear not?Let all the ends Thon Au MTER, S. C, WEDNES: Assistant Director General of Railroads Succeeds McAdoo. HE WAS FORMERLY WITH SANTE FE He is One of the Youngest andj Ablest Railroad Executives in j I the Country. i Los Angeles. Jan. 11.?Walker D. j ! Hines. assistant director general of j j railroads was appointed director gen i oral to succeed Ir. McAdoo today by; I President Wilson. The news reached j Mr. ' McAdoo last night at Winslow.j I Arizona, while he was enroute to Los j Angeles. I Los Angeles, Jan. 11.?Mr. Hines ! was formerly chairman of the Santa Fe system and is one of the youngest j railroad executives in the country. He is only forty-eight years old. His I salary will probably be determined by President Wilson. I Another Cabinet Member Re I tires on Account of Finan cial Reasons. _ j SALARY INSUFFICIENT TO MEET EXPENSES I He Will Remain in Office Until ?March 4th?James K. Polk and J. Ham Lewis Suggested as Successors. Washington, Jan. 12.?Thomas Watt Gregory, attorney general of Jthe Unit ed States since 191 J. has resigned be cause of "pecuniary responsibilities" nnd will return .to the practice of law. President Wilson has agreed to his re tirement next March 4. Mr. Gregory's letter of resignation, January 9, and the president's reply, cable-1 from Paris the next day, were made public tonight at the White House. The attorney general's letter disclosed that he had long considered ? retiring from office and had discussed jthe matter with the president before I Mr. Wiison went abroad, j Mr. Gregory'?; successor has not yet ; teen appointed and there has been no \ official intimation as to who will be. ; In speculation today the names of 'Frank L. Polk, counsellor of the state I department and acting secretary while ! Mr. Lansing is in Europe, and Senator ! James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois were j mentioned. ; Potash From Alsace Fletcher of Florida Convinces j Government Agent That Farmers Should Have Needed Product. Washington. Jan. 10.?Senator i Fletcher of Florida today secured an ', order from the war priorities board i that beginning :;mmediately shipments j ? of potash will, be mc 3e to the United i State? from .Alsace. Recently some 'of the Western States, with large i potash deposits, have been complain- j ? ing against this contemplated action, .declaring that should shipments of this kind be permitted, it will lower ; the price of their product. For this j reason nothing was done. However, j [ Senator Fletcher kept at the matter and finally showed the government : authorities that it was not fair to the agricultural people of this country. especially the South, to keep out j potash which they greatly need, and . to let in cotton in competition with ,the amount produced. He also showed them at this time the United States '. department of agriculture and other government agencies are begging the people to plant large crops for ? the stricken people of Europe, but, at the same time, preventing th< farmers from securing potash except at an ex orbitant price. !!<? was successful in his efforts and potash will now be brought in from Alsace and probably docked at Charleston. This means cheaper fertilizer for Southern farm ers. Situation Satisfactory Late Reports From Americans in Archangel Sector Say They Are All Right. Washington. Jan. I.?Gen. March, announced tod;:;.- that reports from the American military attache al Archangel on the operations during December and the early days of Jan uary indicated that the situation was satisfactory both from the military) and sanitary standpoint. He said h< had no continuation of tin- reports thai the British forces were being j withdrawn iVo'in the Archangel sector i n*'t at be thy Country'1*. Tby fto?'f ? DAY, JANUARY 15, 19 Serious Rioting Friday in a: Number of Important. j Cities. j -~ i THE GREATEST DISORDER REPORTED IN HAMBURG In Berlin Cannon and Flame Throwers Are Being Used With Fatal Results. Copenhagen, Jan. 11.?Very serious : rioting ?ccurred Friday in Dresden, Hamburg, Augeburg and D?sseldorf. i According to reports received here the i \ fighting was mast severe in Hamburg i and is still in progress. The government troops in Berlin j have not yet succeeded in crushing ; the Spartacans, who hold newspaper : row. Cannon and flame throwers are i now being used, with many fatalities j resulting. i Actual Conference Began Fri I > day With Official Con versations. I LAYING GROUND WORK I FOR THE CONGRESS i _ j First Matter is That of Whether \ Congress Should Be Open or Secret. j Paris, Friday, Jan. 10.?The actual ; sessions of the peace congress is being ; held today, although officially th'1 j conference, is designated as one of the 'series of conversations for laying the ; ground work. Today's meeting is expected to make I a start on the question whether the : sessions shall be secret or public. ; Nothing has developed to alter the statement that the Americans are ! primarily concerned with the creation I of a league of nations and making a just peace. The territorial ambitions, : local quarrels and economic rivalry j among the European delegates are secondary in the mind.*; of -the Amer icans. South Doing Her Part Much Enthusiasm Displayed by People Throughout Southern States. 'Special To The Daily Item. Atlanta, Jan. 13.?Early reports i reaching the Southern division head ; quarters of the Armenian and Syrian : relief campaign indicates that great I outpouring of funds is taking place ' throughout the nation and that tfic Southern States, as usual, are nobly doing their part in the contribution of funds for this particular cause as they have done in all other appeals to i the American people for relief. The population of Atlanta has been awakened to the acuteness of the sit uation in Syria as a result of cable grams received last week by a number of Atlanta citizens telling of the { death of relatives and friends in that! stricken country. One Atlanta mer chant was notified of the death of h.s father and nineteen members of his family from starvation. The proprie tor of a ten cent store in Atlanta was j notified of the death of his wife and; five children and a cousin. All over the South notifications are coming to Armenians and Syrians tell-; ing of the death of relative.! and I close friends. The nation-wide drive for funds toj relieve these suffering people is unique in that every dollar subscrib-j ed will go to the relief. The expenses of the campaign is be ing paid by private contributions. The; campaign has tho enthusiastic en dorsement of President Wilson and Herbert Hoover, food administrator. ! It is hoped that the subscriptions; throughout the nation will largely ex ceed ihr thirty million which is being; asked. Buenos Aires. Jan. 13.?It is an nounced that one hundred and fifty persons suspected of being implicat ed in .i Bolshevist movement aimed to overthrow the government have been arrested. The civilian guards patrolled the city yesterday, and there was limited street car ser vice, but all cars weiv withdrawn af ter dark. Censored reports from tlv interior indicate that the Mnxamilists movement is spreading to the princi pal cities, notably itosario. where a general strike w.>s exiled Sunday! morning. Independent strikes wer* j begun this momint* on the railway, aoi affect*'! hy the general walkout 19. Federal Judge Rules That Gov ernment Had Legal Right to Take Over Cables. CABLE CO. PLEA FALLS ON DEAF EARS j Injunction Suit to Restrain Post ! master General from Taking Over Lines Dismissed by Fed | eral Judge. New York. Jan. 10.?The injunction [suit brought by the Commercial Cable '.Companyland the Commercial Pacific fable Company to restrain Postmas 1 tor General Burleson from taking over j for the government their respective j cable lines and merging them witr. ! lines controlled by the Western Un j ion Telegraph Company, was dismiss '? ed today by Federal Judge Learncc iHand. Counsel for the companies an j nounced that an appeal would be tak j en. Judge Hand decided the case on its merits, passing without decision th( jurisdictional point raised by th( United States district attorney, wh( contended that the suit could not b< maintained on the ground that it wa: j directed against the United States land in effect against the president, j Taking up the claims of plaintiff: i that the seizure of the cable lines oj November 16?five days after th< signing of the armistice was not jus Ltified, the joint resolution of Jul: j 16, 1918, authorizing national secur ! ity and defense, and that the resolu ; tion itself was not a sufficient war ! rant for the seizure. Judge Hand de ! cided both claims adversely. Commenting on the contention o i counsel for the cable companies tha ! the "necessity" for seizure within th I meaning of the joint resolution ha< terminated with the signing of th A armistice, Judge Hand said: j "The resolution expressly extend j the powers until peace has been de j clared. Had they (congress) intende i that a suspension of hostilities shoui ; terminate the right. th?'y would nc lhave said precisely the contrary. ] The right of congress to authoriz | such a seizure by the president wa i justified by Judge Hand on the groun ?J that as commander in chief of th ?arfcrfifc] forces -cf the nation the presi dent was permitted by the constitu J tion to hold either money or proi: ! erty to be used for the national de i ''ease. j Touching on the alleged inadectuac j of provisions in the joint resolutic: ? for compensation for the seized line ? and the claims that Mr. Burleson wa I "partial" and was seeking to brin; ?about government ownership of th lines, the court said: j "The allegations touching the par j t.iality of the defendant, Burleson, ar j irrelevant. He will not make the pre ] timinary estimates of the compensa vion due, but the president, who ha: j not even deputed the defendant t< j act for him. Even had he done so j the final decision rests with him. Bu i the whclc question is irrelevant in an: I case because of the resort given to th< i court of claims." ] Following the rendering of the de 5 cision. William J. Deegan, secretary j of Mackey companies, issued a state j ment announcing that an appea i would be taken at once, j "There is one phase of the decis : ion, howe.Ver. which is exceedingly ? gratifying." he said. "We allege ir I our bill of complaint that the dele : nation of authority by the pifesidem j to Burleson was illegal. The couri I practically sustains that point ant that, applied to our land line sys i tern, knocks out the award of com pensation of $1.680.000. which Bur leson gave us. although we earned $4.269,000. "This award was made by Burle son alone and not at all by the pres ident, so this decision by Judge Hand would appear to invalidate it." Booze Cut Out Supreme Court Renders De cision Upholding Bone Dry Law, Washington Jan. 13.?The Supremo Court held today that the Reed bone dry prohibition amendment prohibits interstate transportation into a dry State of intoxicating liquors for bev erage purposes, even when intended for personal use. As interpreted by the court the law nullities State stat utes permitting a limited amount of liquor to be brought in for personal use. Spartacan Leader Killed Dr. Karl Liebknecht Reported to Have Been Shot in Street Fighting. London. Jan. 11.?Dr. Karl Lieb knicht. the Spartacan leader, was killed during the street lighting in Berlin Thursday, according to a Co penha gen dispatch. Washington. Jan. 13.?All limita tions on all kind of fuel coal, food wed other ship supplies, which vrs <*els outward 'vnind from American ports may carry, was removed in or ders "-sin.-d !od.:\ by ihi- war tra?!c & SO?TBKON. BrfaWtebed 5nns>, HI** VoLXLVII. No. 44. President Wilson Has Explained His Attitude to Premier Orlando. HE CANNOT AGREE TO ALL DEMANDS The End to Be Sought is Sub I t ! stantial Justice to All and i t ! Protection to Weak Nations. ; Paris, Jan. 10 (By the Associated I press).?President Wilson, it is said, : has virtually made up his mind how j far he will support Italy's claims at ; the peace table and inicrmed Premier ? ! Orlando of his decision. It is not thought probable that his ideas will ! be; made known publicly until the ' ->:eace delegates have been advised of ! them, however. j The president favors only partial in * i dorsement of Italy's ambitions, it is i asserted' by persons close to him. ! ? The expectation has been expressed ! j that President Wilson is agreeable ' j to meeting the principal features of ? Italy's claim to territory undeniably. ?! Italian and essential to safeguard her 5 j sovereignty and at the same time to < j recognize the territorial aspirations of the Jugo-SIavs. It is anticipated that 5 the president's leanings in favor of 1 Italy do not go so far as to warrant * I the suggestion that he is in favor of ? j giving Italy control of the Adriatic, i but that by a project of internat ionalization he is willing to satisfy the Italians that there will be no militacy threat to the east of them., according to persons supposed to be well in j formed. The president is said to realize that c j the Italians, are depending almost - j solely on the United States for support, 1 i but thaQhe could not indorse their -1 claims irTrull though he is said to en tertain the warmest sympathy for s I Italy. "I President Wilson before he returns * ! to the United States;, will reach an * agreement with entente representa tj tives as to certain fundamental ques tions, according to the Gaulois. Th'esS e! -.uestior.s concern the new boundary * : between France" and Germany, indem " i nities and reparations and Balkan and 0 j N'r ar Eastern matters. "i??Th^TTrrTrdT'n-r-ha? accepted" an~iirvi " j tation to attend a luncheon to be " j given by the French senate between " January 15 and January 20. j Rear Admiral Grayson, the presi y j dent's physician, is said to have or 1 [dered him to take a complete rest for hours after his return from Italy. ? The Matin says that the president, who desires to visit the devastated - j regions of France before the opening j of the conference, will make the jour ? i ney Saturday. - j President Wilson is giving consider ? j able attention to the problem of safe ?; guarding the rights of minority na ? j ticnalities in the peace treaty. The > j territories in question are occupied by . i mixed races. The race having an evi ? j dent majority will, in principle, de ' i termine the future of the regions in ' j question, but when that is done the ! peace settlement, it is held, must also ? j include complete guarantee for the " j protection of minority races. ? I Thus, if Greece should receive ad I j ditional territory in Thrace, the j rights of the Turks, according to this ? j principle, would bo protected by inter ' j national covenant. Should Italy or II Greater Serbia have the ultimate ? J possession of Dalmatia, the rights of * '? \ both races as well as of the Moham :! medans would be equally safeguard en. Sonic of the methods by which this j can be done, it is pointed out, are j proportional representation in repre j sentative bodies, by communal gov ; ernments of the minority race where ? it has a local majority, and by con ! stitutional guarantees for equal re ; ligious and civil rights. This subject is considered one of the I most intricate of those concerning race distribution and will affect espe ; cially, it is declared, the territorial aspirations of Italy, Serbia. Greece, j Roumania and Poland in so far as ? j concerns other nationalities settled j within the borders to be outlined. "It is understood." says the Paris \ edition of the London Daily Mail to i day in an article dealing with the preparation for the peace confernce. , "that each of the great allies has pre pared the draft of a program for the ; proceedings of the conference and [ that of these the French and Ameri can alone show any divergence, so I that in the end we may have a pro gram which will amalgamate the best features of each. "The security officers attached to the British commission" continues the newspaper, "are enforcing the most stringent rules. Xo caller is allowed to pass the lobby of the hotel, not even an official guest however exalt ? d. I' is even stated that a special representative of the great British lockmakers was sent to Paris for the sole purpose of testing the locks of the attaches' cases and the handbags of the officials so that there may be no tail poring with them." BOLSHEVIK 1 ATTACK ALLIES. Heavy Fighting on Onega River Sec tion. Archangel. Friday. Jan. 10.?The n w i option of 'be Americans. Rus sians and Pole? on the River Onega were subjected to a heavy Bolshevik