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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
e m in Regard to Hope
|essness Of Wooden Boats
Plan Show He, Not
Denman, Rules.
RAP AT LEADER is SEEN
Triumph Over Plans for Wood
en- Ships Believed to Mean
Canal Builder Wins
Struggle.

Washington, ID. c., May 2S.-General
Cocktails declaration in favor of 3,000.-
600. 600 tons of steel ships in is months
and that wooden ships are hopeless. as
made In New York last night, attracted
much notice here today. His utter
ances are regarded as a sharp rap at
the federal shipping board n the
more so as he said he regarded all
boards as long. narrow and wooden.
The wooden ship program which
General Goethals declared hopeless
was the plan of Chairman Denman.
General Cocktails statements are
taken here to mean that he, n not
Dnman. has got control OF the shipping
construction situation.
George w. Goethals, speaking in
formally at the annual dinner here of
he Iron and Steel institute, declared
that the proposal to build 1000 5000
simply hopeless" For that reason, he
said, it had become necessary to turn
to steel as well MS rood.
II found that contracts for wooden
ships had been let in all directions, but
was unable to find plans or speciffca-
lions. When you consider that the
birds are now nesting in the trees that
will go to build those ships-ships that
must attain a speed of 10h knots and
several additional knots to escape sub
marines-the proposition is simply
hopeless"
II called on Mr.. Farrell, OF the United
States Steel corporation, n ! asked
him IL it vas not possible to turn to
steel. He assured me 1t would be pos-
sible. l announced it and I asked per-
mission to urn to steel as well an
wood. I finally got permission. Fifty
million dollars were appropriated for
these ships from the sale Of Panama
canal bonds. but no effort has yet been
made to sell those bonds. Money is as
necessary rs anything else. J began .
campaign for money and as I regard.
all boards as long. narrow IN wooden.
and being a firm believer in absolute
authority in all undertakings, l wanted
money and authority
This Is now being discussed in the
House committee on appropriations.
and / have been promised the money in
10 days or two weeks.
II a a second conference with Mr..
Farrell and he promised to see the
J program If we turned to the steel. and
he promised also to turn out 5000. 900
tons Of steel ships in IS months.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
BAR De Luxe TRAINS,
OBSERVATION CARS
Rail Service to Be Cut to Bone
at Chicago Meeting,
June 8.

Gan francisco, Cal, Nal 28.-Offici-
ais of the Southern Pacific, Western
Pacific and Santa Fe railroads re-
ceived notification today that railroad
traffic executives OF all railroads west
Of the Mississippi river will meet in
Chicago June s, to consider details OF
curtailment Of through train service to
meet. wal emergency requirements
Among the leading questions for dis
cussion it was announced. will be elm
nation OF buffet and observation cars.
coordination OF express and mail SER
vice, reduction OF overland service to
actual need. simplification of dinins
car service and ~lengthening running
time of trains.
There is no place for de lux trains
on the American railroads now. Off
Gals stated today.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
|C0MPERS SAYS Wallets
MAKE LABOR SHORT
Urges Eight Hour Day Be Elk.
tended, Rather Than Given
Up, for Best Results.

Washington. d.. c., May 2S.-Waste
of labor through Irregular employment,
and maintenance of large numbers OF
Wallets n fiunkies are responsible for
the present apparent labor shortage
Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor. declared
today. He recommended that instead o.
~lensthening working hours to meet
government war demands employers
tax greater care to provide steady EN-.
ployment and wealthy persons reduce
their corps of servants.
The experience OF Great Britain UNI.
der var conditions" he declared,
proves ~conclusively that the wisest
plan not only from the standpoint OF
production, but from that of maintain
ing the Yirility of our nation, is to on
tinue the eight-hour day wherever il
has been established n to establish il
where 1t does not already prevail"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
GERMANY ACCUSES U. S.
OF INcITlNG RUSS TO WAR

Washington, D. c., May 26.-An Of
fetal translation of an article by
George Bernhard, in the Vossiche Zei-
tung. OF May 81. made public today by
the government. shows Germany's eff
fort to minimize the importance to
Russia of Americas assistance. The
article says in part:
America has expressly stipulated
that the financial assistance to be Civ
en- to Russia shall be used only for
var purposes. This is merely continu-
ing the French financial policy OF IN
citing Russia to war. Not a penny cf
American money is to be used in RUS
STA for industrial purposes Or to heal
Russia's wounds. Now Germany, on
the hnr hand. not only offers peace
70 Russia in which no reservations
iurk. but stands ready to lend her
Russian %neiglbOrs the necessary fnan-
cial aid to rebuild Russia industcially."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
WAR TAX ON AUTOS
IS PLACED ON OWNERS
Factory Duty Eliminated by
Senate Finance Committee
Income Tax Changed.

Washington, May Discrimination of
automobiles in the war tax bill as
passed by the House and substitution
of a icense tax, at a rate yet to be fixed.
upon motor vehicles. payable by those
having possession was decided upon to-
day by the Senate finance committee.
The income tax section as first
drawn, including the 2 per cent. normal
tax and the House committees sur
taxes, also We're adopted by the Senate
committee. 1t struck out, however, the
increased s%urtaxes on incomes over
$4,000 added in the House on amend
ments by Representative Lenroot, of,
Wisconsin,.
The Senate committee also rejected
the tax on motor cycles and on auto
mobile. motor cycle and bicycle tires
and tubes
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
ITALIANS STRIKE
FOR ADDED GAINS
Move to Nearer Trieste and
Capture $500 More Aus
TRANS, Taking
Trenches.

Rome, May 2S.-1'he Italians have
captured $500 more prisoners on the
Carso plateau, the war office an
Heavy fighting continues.
The Italians made important progress
in the coastal region in the direction of
Trieste. They carried trenches from the
mouth OF Timavo river. on the Gulf of
Trieste, to a point east of Jamiano and
also the heights between Irondar and
MedeazZa.
The Italians also made progress east
of Boscomalo. in the region of Casta-
navizza, north of Tivoli and In the
PLAYA zone.
The statement says the umbe Of
prisoners taken on the ulian front
from May IA up to yesterday is 22.419,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
SUB TRIPS TO JUS.
NOT MADE PUBLIC
McAdoo Says U-Boats Have
Crossed the Atlantic Without
Mention Being Made.

Kansas City. Mo-, May ~2S.-Secretary
William G. McAdoo. of the treasury
department, appealed to business men
and bankers here to subscribe to the
Liberty loan because 1t would insure
the greatest amount Of service possible
by American troops sen to Europe.
Submarines a crossed the Attain
tic ocean of which nj mention has been
made in news dispatches, Secretary Nc
Adoo told an audience at Kansas city,
Kan. His remark came while hi was
speaking Of the fact that new fnven-
tons, principally the undersea Graf.
and the airplane, had destroyed Amer
lear isolation n made possible attacks
from overseas.
The remark was unexplained and he
made no further reference to it, either.
in his speech or in private talks later.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
u S. Troops to Train on
Spot Attna Was Beaten
And Europe

Washington, D. G., May 2S.-.If, as
has been announced. the first American
troops sent to france are to undergo in
tensive training in the great military
ramp at Chalons, they will learn the
trade of modern trench warfare in n
.sf the NEST historic regions of Europe
,iays a war geography bulletin issued by
the National Geographic society, at
Washington.
THE great camp of Chalons lies mid
way between h now shattered city of
Rheims and b great champagne trade
center. Chalons-sNr-Mar Paris is
less han 100 miles in an airplane to the
west.
THE camp embraces nearly five
square miles and was established 60
years ago by Napoleon III. 1t was here
that Marshal MacMahon (afterward
president OF the French republic)
formed the army Of Chalons after the
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
J.. S. REDEPOSITS
MILLIONS IN BANKS
Places s12s, $4,000 Raised
by Short Term Notes, With
Subscribing Institutions.

Washington, D. c., May as.--The
treasury today began the practice of
redepositing a portion Of the proceeds
obtained from certificates of indebted
ness by placing $12s. 593 900 among the
various banks and trust companies
which subscribed to the latest Offer
ing Of 5000, 900. 900 in short term certi-
ficates of Indebtedness.
The practice is in line with the an
nounced policy Of returning to the
money markets such funds as are not
Immediately needed to finance war
needs. Most of the banks taking the
deposits are in New York and the east.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31

first reverses OF the French in the nor
OF 1870, and from this camp that he
marched to the Meuse and was slhse-
quently surrounded by the Germans
n forced to surrender at Sedan.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, the city OF an
600 inhabitants from which the ca1np
,aerlSes IT'S name. will aver be associated
with the great battle OF Chalons. in al
a. p. This battle was fought by the
Romans and Visigoths as allies against
the devastating hordes of Huns under
Attila.
"Attiia's host is said to have num-
bered 700 600, but the Huns were driven
back across the Rhine after sustaining
losses yasieusly estimated3at from 100
900 to 500, 900 warriors. This battle set
tied the fateiOf western Europe. insur-
ing h perpetuation OF its control BY
Christian races"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
! TIRED FEELING" GETS
10000 eRAZlllANS, U. S. \
u DISEASE STUDENTS FIND I


Rio de Janeiro. May 2S.-Eight
hundred thousand Brazilians have
that tired feeling" TODAY. Accord
ing to the Rockefeller institute
commission, which is studying
tropical diseases here, there are
that number of s'ankylostomiase''
S in the state of Rio &c Janeiro.
This ailnent is known as hook
worm in the United States. When
members of the commission tried
to doctor the natives they fled into
the jungle, believing they were go
ing to be taken for military duty.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
SATURDAY WORSHIPERS
EXONERATED BY COURT

Des Moines, Ia, May 2S.-Sixty -thre4
Jewish merchants of the city VINO KEPT
their stores open Sunday after observ.
ing Saturday as their Sabbath were
found not guilty of violating the Sun.
day blue laws by Judge Joe Meyer il
municipal court today.
Judge Meyer held that the intent o,
the legislature was not to. punish thcs.
who conscientiously observed the sew.
nth day of the week as their day OF
rest and that in this case the defendants
had conscientiously observed their Sab.
bath. the "a hours from Friday at Sum
set until Saturday at sunset.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
GERMANS DEFEATED
AT SEA, He INSISTS
French Minister of Marine Says
Enemy Was Fooled in Sea
Fight, May 20.

Paris. May 2S.-Ihe ministry of
marine has issued the following stale
Vlent in regard to the naval engagement
between f'rench and German destroyefs
off the coast Of Flanders. May 20:
According to a fuller report OF the
engagement on May 20, off FLANDERS
bank, the nefny superior in force to
the French flotilla. opened fire first.
but, seeing the French torpedo boats
bearing down upon him with the inten-
ton of boarding. he retired at high
speed toward his base. The firing lasted
for about Il quarter of an hour. Lieut.
enant Blot, commanding the Boucher.
and the navigation officer We're killed.
Ensign Peyronnet. although wounded
in six places, one Womb being serious,
took over command during the n OF
the action and brought the ship hack
to Durkir&.
Zone Of our ships succeeded in
avoiding u torpedo fired against hei
by skillful handling. Attempts made
by the enemy to throw our ships into
confusion by false signals failed tL
work. The French flotiIla suffered
only slight damage and dominated thu
adversary, who gave VI the object witt
which he set out.
An official statement issued by the
French admiralty on May 90, stated
that a flotilla Of German destroyer:
had been driven back to it's base by &
patrol of tour French torpedo boats
The German official statement declared
that the French craft were repeatedly
nit and that tke German ships wer,
uninjured.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
BAFF MURDER WITNESS.
STATES STAR. ESCAPES

New York, May 26.-Carmine De
Paoia. OF The star witnesses for the
state in the Baff murder case. sesca ped
from the house of detention early to-.
I The police believe it is significant
s3,t,t De Paoia should file the day after
5farss Regatta, a suspect in the case
pS,.s arrested in Los Angeles. 1t was
!3e Paola who told The police how the
alleged Eff murder money was paid
his story resulting in thu arrest OF the
i've men SO "a, indicte.: and aHaitin:
.ria;
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
DEs MONIES GETS land
FOR BIG TRAINING CAMP

Des Moines, Ia, May 2S.-The Great
er Des Moines club yesterday secured,
an option on 2,453 acres Of land near.
Camp Dodge to be used as a camp for
soldiers OF the Thirteenth division. with
the 1000 acres of land in Camp Dodge
already at the disposal Of the govern
mcnt this will be sufficient for the
needs Of all the troops.
army Is expected here Monday, for Of.
fetal inspection OF the tract.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
CZARAND WIFE
HOE POTATOES
Soldiers Watch Form
err Ruler and Wife
At Work.

Fetrograd. May aS.-Mr. I'M Mrs.
Nicholas Romanoff, with the former
czarevitch, and the other little Roman
offs. are planting and hoeing potatoes
in the park where they used to deal
out life and death to Russians.
Soldiers and civilians line the fence
around the palace and peer through the
steel bars. watching the former rulers
of Russia in a back to the soil' move
ment.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
CHINA TO SEND REL
CROSS TO FRENCH FRONT

Pekin. May 2s.-Plans to senA a chi.
nese Red Cross contingent to the Euro
pean battle fronts to assist the Ameri
can and allied Red Cross workers are
being considered here today. Following
IA suggestion from President Chin, OF
the Chinese society, with headquarters
at Shanghai. President Lii Yuan -huns
has passed favorably on the ides and
ordered the finance department 10 fur
Inish the necessary money.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
BANKS TO ISSUE
LOAN CERTIFICATES
Payment on Liberty Bonds May
Be Made at SO Each I'm
der New Plan.

Washington, May 28.--AIl federal re-
serve banks are working upon a plan to
issue memorandum certificates Of $40
denomination to prospective purchasers
of small amounts of Liberty loan bonds
TO enable them to pay for the bonds by
installment.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31

describe the first appearance Of the
nostiie as flying at a great height to-
ward the coast in formation of fives The
Lirst lot appeared over the town and
cropped a shower, of bombs on the
shopping center. This was followed in
quick succession by other groups
winch emptied their load of bombs
ha~phazardly on the startled inhabit-
anus and on the outlying villages. This
Visit was short and hostile machines
We're flying very high. British air
planes promptly e. up in pursuit of
them and a regular pitched battle oc-
CURED over the sea in which the fleeing
enemy machines were obviously worst
ed.
Out to Watch, Killed.
A correspondent in a southeastern
coast town says the weather was fine
when the raid occurred and the Ger
man machines looked like silver specks.
During the bombardment, which was
intensely violent for a quarter of an
hour, the raiders dropped a large mum
per OF high explosive bombs.
The greatest damage was done in the
main business street. The establish
ment of a fruit merchant was entirely
demolished. AT this particular spot the
bodies of men and women and the ar
street at the end of the raid. The people
killed We're mostly those who ventured
to watch the raiders.
This is the second German air raid
on England within three days. On
Wednesday night four or five German
aircraft flew over the eastern English
counties and dropped a number of
bombs, killing n man. For six prev
ious months no attack on England had
been made from the air following two
disastrous aid in which three Zeppe-
Inns We're destroyed.
FRENCH MAKE PROGRESS.
Paris, May 2S.-Further progress
was made by the French on the Cham
payne front during the night. Two
German counter attacks We're repulsed
and 100 prisoners taken, the war office
announced this morning.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
GERMANS TAKE 544
FRENCH PRISONERS

Berlin, May .8.--The Germans yes
terday improved their positions onfthet
Chemin DE Danes. on the Aisne
front, taking 544 French prisoners, the
var office announced today.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
JAps SUBS.

Toxic, May 25.-delayed)-The adj
miralty that Japanese
squadrons are operating in the south
Pacific and in the Mediterranean sea
against enemy submarines. I
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
BEGIN HUNT
FOR SPY in
HIGH PLACES

Washington, d. c., May 2S.--Officiai
investigation was under way today to
whether the leak on the sail
ing of American destroyers to the wat
zone was on This side of the Atlantic
or whether German spies got it in Eng
land. Admiral Sims has positively re-
ported that the German admiralty
knew of the departure of the ships and
their port of arrival four days ahead
or time and had opportunity to mine
their path.
Some navy officials are inclined tc
suspect the German spy system in
England. despite the statement of Sec
rotary Daniels that the incident en-
phasized the fact that the German spy
system still was at WORK. in this coun-
try. Ii the information was sent from
the United States it was made doubly
difficult BECAUSE it had to pass the Of
fetal censorship.
1t was stated officially today that
only a few officers in the office OF Ad-
miral Benson. chief of operations. knew
the tinat of the destroyers. The
commanders themselves were ignorant
or the port until they opened sealed
orders probably 12 hours at sea,
-Four days before the American de-
stroyer f~lotilla arrived abroad, Berlin
knew 1T was or the way and to what
port it was going, and the day before
the vessels steamed into Queenstown.
German submarines had strewn mines
about the harbor entrance.
Men now In custody operated when
the United States was a neutral. Spying
now is a very different thing inc is
likely to lead to the galiows instead OF
to comfortable detention quarters.
.HHa. HA - HM
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
CLOUDS RAIN
Death UPON
The CURIOUS
Attacking in Waves, So Hiqh
They Appeared as Tiny
Specks, Germans Kill
rs, Wound ia.
SINGLE BOMB KILLS 80
French and English Flyers From
Across Channel, Account for
Three Invaders-List
Dead to Grow.
SINGLE BOMB KILLS 80

Berlin, May 2S.-German air SQUAD
rons yesterday dropped bombs on Do
yer n Folkestone. the war depart
ment announced today.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
TRY no eoMR EAcroRY.

Los Angeles. Cal, May 2S.-Two men,
supposedly spies or dynamiters were
discovered or the fire escape of the
Glenn Martin Aeroplane company plant
early this morning and fired upon q
national guardsman. He gave chase,
but the men escaped. One carried a
bundle which is supposed to have been
a bomb. The factory Is working night
and day on war airplanes and supplies.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-05-31
SPIES NEAR WiRELEss..

Portsmouth, Pa, May 2S.-Fifteen
shots were exchanged here early today
according to reports received of a brush
between guards at the government
wireless station at Virginia and sup.
posed enemy agents.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-01-03

the honor Of assisting in getting up
big display. In his stead the asso-
citation has elected John Deas, we'll
known colored farmer near Manning,
who will be assisted by Wash Stukes,
and Oscar Davis.
Plans are also laid to have an ex-
ecutive committeeman from each pre-
cinct in the county, who will solicit
funds and arrange to have one of the
biggest demonstrations in the history
of the association next year.
, l. M. A. Myers, Rev. A. w. Tim
mons and Rev. J. G. Mccoy were
elected committee of managers. The
Officers elected for the ensuing year
are: A. Collins, president; Jas. Seals,
Davis Station, vice-president; Oscar
Tindal, secretary, and Chas. Nelson,
treasurer.
These meetings are held in each
county all over the country on New
Years Day and besides bringing to-
gether thousands of negroes able ad
dresses by noted speakers are heard.
M.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-01-03
Emancipation Day.

The annual celebration Of the
Emancipation Day was observed by
the colorcd people of the county
Monday. The meeting was held in
the hall Of the colored graded school
under management of the officers of
the Lincoln Memorial Association.
Several brilliant speeches were de-
livercd. An appreciative audience at
tended
The addresses were delivered by
~. !. ". Timrons, Rev. j. G.. Wat
lE1s Of Sumter and Rev. Sidney Ed
wards pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Port Tampa, Florida. The
speakers took about 20 minutes each.
They delivered very timely addresses
to the crowd.
On account of the recent death of
John Washington no particular one
was designated to solicit and arrange
the usual program and secure band
music, but Notwithstanding, many
people attended from many sections
of the county and seemed to be much
pleased with the inspiring speech de-
livered.
John Washington was chief mar.
shall and was always delighted with
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-01-03
IN MEMORY

Of Charity Haley, who departed
this life December 20, 1916.
Sleep, dear mother, and take your
rest,
God called thee home, He thought it
best
Through all your pains at times you
smiled
A smile of Heavenly birth,
And when the angels called thee home
You smiled farewell to earth.
Happy soul, thy days are ended,
All thy mourning days below,
Shining angels now attend thee
On that blissful, happy shore;
Dear ones greet thee
Who have long since gone before"
"Gone but not forgotten"
Daughter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-01-03
Stop! Look! Read!

You have not formed the savings
habit. We have one of the best and
easiest methods that has ever been
offered-the Christmas Savings Club.
l had the pleasure of operating this
system for the Citizens Bank of
Charleston, S. c., last year up until
September the 1st, which is one of
the largest clubs in the State. They
organized their club in 1914 and paid
out $20,O00.00 that year, in 1915 S7O,-
100000 and last year, 1916, $4,000.
That's going some isn't it? Why can't
we people in Manning and Clarendon
do that? We can if we will only
make the start. Nearly 200 have al
ready joined the thrifty crowd. Why
haven't you? We want to send YOU
a check next Xmas for $25, $5O,$1O0,
or more. It's easy. The start is the
hardest part.
Two or three of the banks in Sum-
ter started the club system last year
and several of the merchants have
said that they have never seen as
much money in circulation at Xmas
times as there was after the Xmas