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Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
Food rAALs MAYtsE I
SUPPLY GERMANY FOOD.
Which Is Replaced With Imports
Brought From America.


Brought From America.
ashington.-Evidence that Ger.
many is obtaining vast quantities Of
food from the European neutral coun-
tries has been presented to the United
States by Great Britain for the Amer
ican governments guidance in de-
terming an export policy. Much of
this, the British statistics purport to
show, is replaced by the neutrals with
imports from America.
From Scandinavia and Holland, the
information sets forth, enough fat IS
going into Germany to supply 7,700,-
600 soldiers, virtually the entire army
Of electives in the empire. German
imports from these countries, it Is
declared, reduced to calories will
equal the total ration Of 2,500,0O0
troops, the size Of the German army in
the west.
German purchases of foodstuffs
abroad are made through the gov.
ernment department of the interior,
which has organized a special divi.
sion to buy from the neutrals. In the
early days Of the war, the German
government stimulated importation Of
food by excluding imports from o.
Grafton Of maximum price laws,
this drew such vigorous protest from
German producers the practice was
stopped.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
AMERICAN TROOPS
LANDED IN FRANCE
ADVANCE GUARDS READY TO
TAKE STAND ALONGSIDE ARM.
les OF ALLIES.
DEFY GEBMAN SUBMARINES
Thousands Of Regulars and Marines
Have Crossed the Atlantic and Take
Places in Trenches After Short Ped
iod of Training.

Washington.-The advance guard Of
the mighty army the United States is
preparing to send against Germany is
on French soil.
In defiance of the German sub
marines, thousands of seasoned regu-
lars and marines, trained fighting
men, with the tan Of long service on
the Mexican border, or Haiti or Santo
Domingo still on their faces, have
been hastened over seas to fight be-
side the French, the British, the Bel
gian, the Russian, the Portuguese and
the Italian troops on the western front.
News OF the safe arrival Of the troops
sent new thrill through Washington.
No formal announcement came from
the war department. None will come,
probably, until Major General Perish.
ing's official report has been received.
Then there may be statement as to
the numbers and composition Of the
advance guard.
Press dispatches from France, pre-
sumably sent forward with the ap-
proval of General Pershing's staff,
show that Major General Sibert, one
of the new major generals Of the army,
has been given command Of the first
force sent abroad, under General
Pershing as commander-in-chi Of the
expedition.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
Fayetteville Gets cantonment.

Washington, D. C.-Fayetteville Is
awarded the training camp allotted to
North Carolina after an examination
by representatives of the war depart
ment into various places proposed In
the state. Charlotte is understood to
have been second choice. Representa-
tive Goodwin said he expected over
10000 troops from North Carolina and
parts OF South Carolina to be sent to
Fayetteville for training when the se-
lective draft is made. The government
will spend at least $4,000 a day in
the upkeep.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
GREECE BREAKS OFF
RELATIONS WITH GERMANY.
State of War l., Considered to
Exist

State of War l., Considered to
Exist.
Athens.-The Greek government has
broken diplomatic relations with Ger
many, Austria Hungary, Bulgaria and
Turkey.
Though war has not yet been de.
clared, the Greek government con-
siders thai a state of @ar exists 4sinez
its advent to power. The recalNp pf
the Greek diplomatic representatives
accredited to the central powers and
their allies is imminent.
Greece's new course with regard to
the war began to be shaped on June
IL with the abdication of King Con-
stantine and the accession Of Alexan-
der, his second son, as king. The
abdication was in effect a dethrone.
ment of Constantine, whose pro-Ger-
man attitude had given the entente
endless trouble and threatened not
only the success of the Salonih ex-
pedition, but it's safety through danger
of backfire from a hostile Greek mill
tary force.
Eliptherios Venizelos, Greece's lead
ing statesman and fast friend OF the
entente, soon appeared as the man to
take the leadership in guiding Greece
to her traditional place by the side
of England, France and Serbia, the
last her close ally whom she had aban-
doned under Constantine's coerion IN
Serbia's hour of greatest need.
Summoned back to the premiership
by King Alexander, Venizelos quickly
formed a cabinet The reactionary
elements have been ousted or quieted'
and the re-establishment Of Greek
constitutional government virtually
abolished by Constantine, began.
That the parliaent of May, 1915, which
had been dissolved by Constantine
would again be sumoned to meet was
later indicated, giving a legislative
backing to the new executive power.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
DENY ANY INCREASE
IN FREIGHT RATES
APPLICATION OF RAILROADS FOR
FREIGHT RATE INCREASE
DENIED.
SUSPENDED UNTIL OCT. 2s
Order Says No Conditions Of Emer.
gency Exist as to Western and
Southern Roads to Justify Upward
Revision of Rates.

Washingtoh.-The Interstate Com.
merce Commission suspended until
October %, 1917, the proposed fifteen
per cent increase in freight rates.
The commission, in announcing the
decision said:
I'VE are led to the conclusion that
no condition Of emergency exists as to
the western and southern carriers,
which would justify permitting gen.
eral increase in their rates to become
effective.
"In the eastern districts, increased
rates have recently been permitted to
become effective, generally on btu
minous coal, coke and iron ore. We
think that similar increases may be
permitted in the southern district on
coal, coke and iron ore.
"In the southern district, the pro-
posed increased rates on coal are on
the basis of fifteen per cent, with a
maximum of fifteen cents a ton.
These tariffs we shall permit to be-
come effective.
"In the western district, the in.
creases are based upon fifteen per
cent with minimum Of fifteen cents
per ton. These tariffs will be sus
pended, but the western carriers may,
if they so elect, file new tariffs carry
ing increases in rates on coal and
coke not exceeding in any case fifteen
cents per ton.
"All of the tariffs included in this
percentage of the western lines will
be suspended. All OF the tariffs in
cluded in this percentage Of the south
ern carriers will be suspended except.
ing those applying on coal, coke and
iron ORE"
The commission, in its decision, de-
clared its willingness to meet any sit
uation which may arise in case the
fear Of the railroads Of heavily de-
creased incomes are realized.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
SENATORS WRITE DRASTIC
POWERS INTO FOOD BILL

Washington.-Food control legisla.
tfon assumed new and more drastic
form when the Senate agriculture com.
mittee virtually re-drafted many OF
the principal features Of the House
measure and reported 1t with mate
rial extensions Of government power
and a new bone dry" prohibition pro-
vision to stop manufacture of intoxi-
eating beverages during the war. The
president would be authorized TO per-
NIT wine making and to commander
existing distilled spirits.
The amended bill was presented to
the Senate by Senator Chamberlain.
He moved to have 1t substituted for
the draft the Senate has been debat-
ing and proceed with all expedition to-
ward final action.
The new prohibition plan, all lead
ers admitted, greatly complicates the
situation and precludes enactment Of
the legislation by July I.
In extending the scope Of the legis.
lation, and the Presidents powers, the
committee adopted amendments which
would provide for government control,
in addition to food, feeds and fuel, Of
iron, steel, copper, lead and their pro-
ducts, lumber and timber, petroleum
and it's products, farm implements and
machinery, fertilizers and binding
twine materials.
Other important amendments ap-
proved would authorize the govern
ment to take over and operate facto-
ries, packing houses, oil wells and
mines, regulating wages Of their en-
ployes and to commander supplies
Of any and every kind when needed
for the army and navy cor any other
public use connected with the public
denfense" Another would empower
government to buy and sell. for general
civilian purposes, food, feeds and fuel,
with limitations upon the general leg
islation making it apply to agencies
and products ony in interstate or for
eign commerce.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
EXEMPTIONS TO BE LEFT
WITH LOCAL BOARDS.
Government Will RigidIy Adhere to
That Policy

Government Will RigidIy Adhere to
That Policy.
Washington.-Rigi adherence to
the policy laid down in the national
army selective draft law, Of placing
the question of exemptions in the
hands OF local boards, is expected to
characterize the exemption regula-
tions to be made public by the war
department in few days.
It is understood that the regulations
will map out only the general pro-
cedure Of the boards, the personnel
Of which already has been announced.
It is regarded as certain that no spe-
ciflc class exemptions will be provid-
ed for, and that each man will be ap-
praised on his individual occupation
and physical capacity when his name
is called and he is summoned before
the local boards.
Crippled or defective persons among
those who were registered were not.
-. at the, time, and tits possible they
already have been dropped from the
rolls. The judgment OF the civilian
doctors who are attached to local ex-
emption boards as to the ability Of
any individual to bear the hardships
of a soldiers life will be determin-
ing factor.
Married men will not be exempt
ed as a class. In each case the OBJ
ject OF the board will be whether de-
tendency of wife, children or other
relatives upon any man IS so COM
plete as to warrant his rejection as
a soldier
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
RUSSIAN SOLDIERS
ASSUME OFFENSIVE
TROOPS OF NEW RUSSIA LAUNCH
ATTACK ON EXTENSIVE
SCALE.
STORM GERMAN POSITIONS
Berlin Admits That Attacks .Were
Powerful Along Whole Eighteen.
Mile Front.-British Are Meeting
With Successes in West.

The soldiers of new Russia have
assumed the aggressive. For the first
time since the revolution last March
Russian troops have begun an attack
on an extensive scale.
Along a region of eigheen and one
half miles in the region of Brzezany,
Galicia, Russian troops have stormed
the German positions. Berlin says
the Russians suffered heavy losses and
were compelled to retire before the
German fire. The attack was made
between the upper Stripa and the
Narayuvka river, tributary of the
Gnila Lipa, in the section southeast
Of Lemberg, the Gallician capital,
where the artillery firing has been
heavy recently.
The Russians also made night at
tacks on both sides Of Brzezany and
near Zwyzyn, and Berlin reports that
assaults between the Zlota Lipa and
the Narayuvka have brought on new
battles between the opposing forces.
The artillery arm of the Russian
forces has again been active, and from
the Berlin report it is learned that an
intensive duel has been in progress in
the region Of Brzezany to as far
northward as the Middle Stokhod in
Volhynia, distance Of about ITS miles.
Berlin declares that the Russian
attacks, which it says were power
full, were brought about through the
pressure Of the leading entente pow
ers, the text of the official statement
saying:
"The Russian government having
been constrained to yield to the pres.
sure of the leading entente powers,
part of the army has been introduced
to attack"
The region Of the Narayuvka and
Upper Stripa rivers has been the
scene of much bitter fighting since
General Brussiloff ended his victorious
campaign last year, and Brzezany Is
one Of the keys Of Lemburg.
Field Marshall Haig continues to
tighten his grip on Lens. On the
north bank Of the River Souchez,
British troops have captured German
positions on a front of about half a
mile southwest and west Of Lens. The
British army during June captured
S,6S6 German prisoners, including ITS
officers and sixty-seven men, including
two heavy guns, as we'll as much
other war material.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
REGIMENTS WILL BE
GIVEN NUMBERS, ONLY

Washington. - Designation Of all
army regiments hereafter by number
and service branch only, without dis
tinction between units Of the regulars,
national guard and national army, has
been decided on by the war depart.
ment,to simplify official records Of the
great war forces now being developed.
Under the system, the regular regi-
ments will retain their present names
from the "first infantry" first cav
airy" ETC., upward.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
DISCLOSE CONSPIRACY TO
DESTROY LAKE SHIPPING

Washington.-Secre investigation
by government agents has disclosed
the existence of conspiracy to de-
stroy or hinder shipping on the Great
Lakes and thereby delay the organi-
zation Of American war armies and
check the flow Of food and munitions
material from the west to the east.
No conspirators have been captured
and the identity Of none has been
made public but state. navy and jus.
lice departments are cooperating TO
bring the offenders to punishment.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
RENEW RACE RIOTS
IN EAST ST. LOUIS
MOB FIRES HOMES OF NEGROES
AND SHOOT OCCUPANTS AS
THEY FLEE.
MARTIAL LAW IS DECLARED
Twelve Companies Of National Guard
on Duty.-Estimates on Number
Killed During Day of Riotins Run as
High as 25o.

East st. Louis, nl.-An estimate OF
the dead in the race riot and fire rang
ed from fifteen to seventy-five, OF
Ehom two were white men.
Buildings were still burning at four
different points in the city.
The property loss was estimated by
City Attorney Fekete at 100000.
Forty injured negroes and six inJur'
white men in one hospital and almost
an equal number in another.
Colonel Tripp, assistant ndNtant
general. stated shortly before mid
right that the rioting crowds had for
The most part dispersed.
At least fifteen negroes were shot
end killed by mobs here as they fed
from their burning homes which had
cen set on fire by white mobs. The
exact number who perished in the
Burning houses, if any, is unknown,
xnd will not be ascertained until the
rims are searched.
Military rule was proclaimed and at
the same time 300 white men were ar
rested and locked up at police head
quarters. Negro quarters in various
parts of the city are on fire and the
flames recah the very edge OF the
business district.
Estimates of the number OF negroes
Who perished in the fire ran as high
Rs 100, but there was nothing authen'
tic on which to base these estimates
except that hundreds of whites stood
around the edges of the burning dis
tricts and fired at the negroes as they
sed from their homes.
States Attorney Schaumloeffel, OF
ST. Clair county, drove through the
riot-swept district with Police lnspec-
tor Walsh, Of st. Louis, Mo. The
states attorney estimated that the
dead negroes would number 250. All
estimates, however, are conjectural.
The mayor of East st. Louis sent
for Fire Chief Swingley Of st. Louis,
No., to assist in fighting the flames,
which threatened to destroy a large
part of the city. A company Of the
St. Louis fire department started to
East st. Louis but was ordered back
by Chief Swingley.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
MONEY NEEDED FOR
EMERGENCY HOSPITALS

Washington.-President Wilson has
,ant 70 Congress a recommendation by
Secretary Daniels for appropriation OF
50 2Go 900 for additional emergency
hospi.als. Temporary hospitals are
nearing completion at Portsmouth, N.
H.: Philadelphia, Newport. NortolK'
Charleston. S. c., Pensacola and New
Orleans. and plans are nearly ready
for similar establishments at New
York, Annapolis, jamestown, Quantlco'
Va. Kew West and Great Lakes.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
ADVANCE OF FIVE
PER CENT ON FOOD.

Washington.-Retail food prices in
the United States advanced on an
averag ge Of five per cent from April
l6 to May Is as shown in figures COM
piled by the bureau Of labor statistics.
Durins the year ending with May Is
they Increased thirty-nine per cent.
Tho increase in corn meal was fifteen
per cent; beans fourteen per cent;
bread thirteen per cent and rice eleven
per cent
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
AUTHORIZATION OF MORE BONDS
UNDER CONSIDERATION.

Washington.-With revision Of the
war tax virtually completed and now
totalling 100000, against the
S0O,000,00O levy Of increased taxes
adopted by the House, the Senate
finance committee considered authori-
zation of additional bonds. Senator
Stone formally proposed bond issue
Of 50e,000000. The committee plans
to reach a decision soon, and to fix
the rate to be imposed on war excess
profits probably sixteen per cent.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
INTERVENTION OF WILSON
STOPS "BoNE DRY" BILL

Observation-Disclosures of Presi'
dent Wilson checked the bone dry
national prohibition movement in Con-
gress. Confinement Of prohibition leg
islation to distilled beverages without
irterference with manufacture OF beer
and wines. it is generally agred, will
result. Prohibition leaders were asked
by the president, in order to prevent
delay in passing the food control bill,
10 drop their fight against the manu-
sacture OF beer and wines.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
FOUR BRITISH VESSELS
SUNK BY SUBMARINES

Boston.-The torpedoing and SINK
ing of four large British cargo-carrying
steamers was announced in advices TO
insurance offices. The steamers were
rhe Ultonia, of the Cunard line, 6'oSo
tons Haverford, of the American line
7,493 tons; Buffalo, Wilson liner, 1855
tons, and the Manistee. another Gun
ard vessel. No details of the losses
were given and no mention was maae
OF the fate of the crews.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
MANY ARE KILLED WHEN
CAR PLUNGES INTO RIVER.

Niagara Falls. N. Y.-A belt line car
on the great Gorge route left the
rails plunged down a twenty|foot
embankment and turned over in ten
feet OF water on the edge Of the
Whirlpool rapids. Nine persons are
known to be dead, two persons known
to have been on the car have not
been seen since the accident and
probably are dead. an indefinite num-
Der, estimated at from two to ten.
are reported missing.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
HUMUS OF MUCH IMPORTANCE
Increases Water-Holdine Capacity Of
Soil and Improves Texture-Not
Inclined to Bake.

One of the soil constituents which
are well known to decrease under usu-
al cultivation Is humus, rs the dark
colored organic substances which result
from the decay of vegetable matter,
etc.. are called. The value Of vegetable
matter in the soN is not apt to be over
estimated, for the humus produced
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
GREEK DESTROYER LOST
IN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.

Paris.-The Greek destroyer Doxa
manned by French officers and crew
has been blown up in the Mediterran.
can sea. Twenty-Five men including
all the officers, were lost. The off,
eial announcement of the Doxa says
that the destroyer sang as the result of
Z double explosion on June %. The
Dora was then within one hundred
yards of a merchant vessel which she
was conveying.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
EXPLOITATION OF WAR
CONDITIONS INVESTIGATED

Chicago.-EXploitation of war con.
ditions to raise food prices to consum.
ers for the benefit of the few who are
handling food products was reported
by the federal grand jury after an in.
yestigation Of several weeks. The
Elgin board Of trade where are fixed
butter prices taken as standard
throughout the country, received spe.
cial attention from the grand jury
which pointed out that the board holds
snly a Is minute session each week.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
kERENSKY LEADS RUSSIAN
TROOPS IN BRILLIANT VICTORY
Thousands Of Prisoners Taken ant
=. Many Guns. :.

Petrograd. brilliant Russian
kdvaftce, the news Of which has seq
a wave of rejoicing through the en-
lire country, was led by War Minis
tar Kerensky in person.
For the last four days the war min
ister has been continuously at the
front, spending every effort to urge
the troops to advance. He finally
rode to the front line trenches and
placing himself at the head Of the
troops gave the order to advance.
The spectacle of the popular war
minister on the firing line accom-
plished what oratory had failed to
DO and the Russian line swept for
ward into the German trenches.
The Russians have captured Kon-
Iuchy. on the Galician front, together
With 164 officers and S,4OO men, the
var office announced.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
AMERICAN HELP is REALLY
VERY GREAT.

Zurich, misunderstanding to
the arrival of American troops on
French soil, the military critic Of The
Frankfurter Zeitung says Germany
must not overlook the fact that Amer
lean help is really very great, though
it will come only by degrees. Under
these conditions, he says, if France
Is obliged to restrict her military ac-
tivities; it will signify no strengthen
ing of the German situation.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05
YOUNG EMPEROR IN
PALACE OF PRESIDENT,

Tien Tsin.-Hsuan Tung, the young
Emperor, according to reports from
Peking. has taken possession of the pal
ace occupied by President Lii Yuan
Hung and is surrounded by prominent
military leaders. A demand was. made
upon President Ii that he resign in
favor of Hsun Tung. The president
replied that he would resign in favor
OF the vice president, as he was un-
able to resign in favor of the emperor.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-07-05

from It increases the water-holding
capacity of the soil and improves the
texture, so that the soil Is less inclined
to bake and be cloddy. Also Its I'm
portance in connection with different
kinds Of necessary bacteria Is very
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