The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 15, 1919, Image 1
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