The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-07-19

! profits, and the people marvel mt the
stupidity OF senators who are unable
to comprehend the necessity for speedy
action.
President Appeals to Business.
President Wilson on Wednesday, is
sued an appeal to the business inter
eStS of the country to display true loy.
any by foregoing unusual profits in
/ SrlllhS their goods to both the govern
ment and the public. He warned
them that eXtorAon would not be toll
Grated, and condemned especially the
ship owners who have maintained nm
unfairly high schedule OF ocean
freight rates. Al the same time mem
ners of the Council Of National De
tense were holding important confer
rnces with the heads of the great steel
concerns to arrange for sufficient
supply of steel for war purposes.
II" immediate result Of this confer
elice was the assurance Of the steel
producers that they would supply all
the steel needed by the government at
Il price to be fixed after the conclu.
sion of the trade commissions cost In
quiry. Thercupon the president nu
thoriZcd Chairman Denman of the shin
ping BOARD to cOmmnndcer ShiDS on
me stocks, shipynrds and raw mate
rla's II necessary and to begin expen-
diture Of the S75O,OOO, 900 fund for the
construction Of merchant marine:
me board has adopted the policy OF
nuiidlng as many steel ships as possi-
3 No InQn
/ wooden vessels.
Delay In sending in registration lists
caused Il poStpOncment of the great
day for which the reglstrants in the
national army have waited the day of
the draft, the lottery of fate in which
the prizes are to be honorable service
Tor all selected and death and wounds
Tor many. During the week the war
department. issued complete instruc.
tl"llS Tor the work of the exemption
boards so that it might be carried out
with expedition and with reasonable
assurance Of fair and Just trcatmcn,
l"r all selected with death and wounds
the training OF the selected soldier,
are being rapidly constructed and ali
other arrangements carried to com
plction.
1t was made known in Washncto,
that every man Of the 1O,5OOyOOO reg
lstered Will he drawn and that onoupl
or the firSt names as they come out OF
me boN Will be used to fill the firsI
army. The rest will be on reserve anf
Will be called ont in their order as Ion,
as more are needed.
Ipt un,thor ,to,> H.
the great national army was taken las
week when President Wilson called In
TO the federal service the entire MI
ti"hAl Guard and National Guard re
serve the transfer to be completed b,
August .. This lcGalizeS the sendina
of the Guard outside the boundaries q,
the nation.
Various occurrences, more or les,
uhiinportant In themselves, have
) aroused our more than lenicnt govern
mrnt to the danger of permitting Teu
TONS and their friends full liberty ir
ms country. and n number Of German
employees of the diplomats in Wash
'hgt"h nave been dcported. Every day
'""' German agents and spies In other
parts OF the country are being gathered
III ana put where they can do no harm
lherr Is even some talk of Legislation
l"r the regulation Of newspapers print
ed IN the German language Thi.
called forth a protest from the New
Yorker ierold and covert threat OF
disorders If 1T is carried out. The Ger
lhhh.Am"rican press continues to nt
rack our governments conduct of the
war, to "Strafc" Great Britain and tc
sneer at Russia.
Getting After the l. w. w.
Ihe industrial Workers of thc
world II generally dlsrcputable organ.
ization that is openly opposed to the
war. Is making all the trouble for the
country that II can by fomentina
strikes and riots in those parts of the
West where it is strong. II Ia accuscd
Of being wholly pro. German and it's do.
ings are certainly treacherous ana re.
heIlious. The war department has an.
nonnced mat IT is ready to do its pnrt
In suppressing these disorders. and vn.
rious Western communities are taking
steps to rid themselves Of the men who
stir them up. Bfsbee, ArIz., was the
first town to act. The decent citizens
" that mining center rounded up l.
l87 l. w. w. members and sympathi.
zers, loaded them on a cattle train and
/ deported them. Such mild treatment
helpS the town that apnliea IL h,,t tho