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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-06-01

Service Act, approved May IS, 1917,
other federal statutes which are ger
name and may be effective according
to the circumstances of particular OF
fenses, are these, namely: Sections
s, 81, 332, of the Federal Criminal
Code
Men who wish exemption from draft
may claim it before local exemption
boards, regardless of whether they
answer "yes'' or mo" to the question.
"Do you claim exemption from draft? p
before registration officials next Tues
day.
''The answer of yes to this ques-
ton does not exempt one from draft .
said Provost Marshal Gen. CroWder
tonight, and the answer mo- is no bar
to making claim for exemption
later"
President Wilson's war message
of April 2 will be handed to every
man who registers as he leaves the
registration place by. women working
under the direction of the women's
committee of the Council of National
Defense.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-06-01
CAN PLANT SWEET POTATOES
AND CORN AS LATE AS JULY

.sWest Raleigh, N. c., May s, 1917.
''virginia-Carolina Chemical Co., Rlcn-
mond, Va.
Gentlemen: For a week have
tried to find time to write an article
urging the farmers to plant heavily
of sweet potatoes. If the war con-
tinues for another year the production
Of human food crops will be serious
problem not only in the South but
throughout the world. The Northwest
has annually been supplying the South
with hundreds of millions of dollars
worth of food necessities to feed the
people of the South The enormous
Quantities of food that the United
States have been shipping to Europe
must continue, and hardships are In
evitably coming if the war continues
six months longer. There is no crop
grown in the South that will furnish as
much foodvalue per acre or so cheap
ly as will the sweet potato. A dol
lars worth of sweet potatoes used as
human food has practically doubled the
food value of dollars worth of wheat
and corn. An acre of average land IN
sweet potatoes will produce more food
than two acres of corn and more than
four acres of wheat in the cotton belt
Sweet potatoes may be planted as
late as July and yield twice as much
human food as corn on land OF aver
age fertility. 1t is the most important
crop that the Sotuh can now grow,
and there remains May, June and a
part of July in which this crop may
be planted.
"The sweet potato has a higher food
value than the Irish potato, and it Is
now too late to plant the latter with
any assurance of success, and then
there is practically 40 seed available.
There is ample sweet potato seed avail
able, and a bushel Of sweet potatoes
will produce plants enough to plant
from six to ten times as much land as
a bushel OF Irish.
"An acre of land that will produce
Is or 20 bushels of corn, eight to II
bushels of wheat, or $50 to 200 pounds
of lint cotton will produce SO and may
produce 80 or 100 bushels of sweet
potatoes. depending upon the good
preparation of the soil and good fer
tilizers. No crop will yield so much
per acre of so high a food value on
so poor land as will this highly nutri-
tious root crop. Sweet potatoes may
follow the various early truck and
farm crops harvested in May and
June, such as cabbage, Irish potatoes,
ETC., small grain, crimson clover, etc.
"In view of the scarcity of potash
7 would recommend for sweet pota-
toes between 500 and 1900 pounds OF;
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-06-01
Liver FOOD BILL
PASSES CONGRESS
Measure to Survey and Conserve the
Resources of the Nation Is Step
Nearer Law.

Washington, May 28.-Wlthout roll
call the Lever bill for food survey
was passed by the house today The
hill allows the secretary OF agrlcul-
ture to spend 14,522,000 for food
survey and stimulation of production.
The senate has yet to pass the meas
ure. Today by vote of 35 to "a that
body cut down an appropriation OF
$4.590 600 in the Gore-Lever food sur
vey bill for the eradication of diseases
and pests of cattle to sS25,000. Fur
ther efforts will be made to cut down
other appropriations before the bill
comes up for final vote, probably to-
morrow.
Penalties.
Senator Poindexter's bill providing
three years Imprisonment for persons
In interstate or foreign commerce at
tempting to corner food or fuel, was
reported favorably by the senate Ju-
dietary committee this afternoon. An
attempt will be made to tack the Dill
to the pending food survey bill.
Two or three weeks is the Limit set
by Secretary Houston for taking OF
the food census.
Another point emphasized by Secre-
tary Houston was that there seemed
to be a popular misconception as to
the cost of taking the food census.
Half million dollars is the high wa
ter mark, because most of the ma
chinery for making food survey is
part of the department of agriculture's
organization. In the taking of the
census. postmasters, State food or
ganizations and other local agencies
will be employed.
Conserve Seed.
The total appropriation asked by
the department of agriculture is made
up of many items. One of them as
passed in the house bill is $5,77S,OO0
for conserving next years seed sup
plies. The department is authorized
to purchase seed if necessary and sell
or distribute as circumstances de-
mand. Other big items provide for
fighting plant and animal diseases
and the increased activities OF the va
rious bureaus.
Although Secretary Houston's esti-
mates of $1S,500,000 were cut to Sl4,-
$4,000, s2ysO0,0O0 was contained IN
items which would not materially al
feet the work of the department.
Explaining how the department OF
agriculture could take food census
so quickly and at such small cost,
Secretary Houston recalled that the
f1enartment has 10000 - reporters"
who collect the data for the various
crop estimates. These men are locat.
ed in every section of the country and
will be one of the greatest aids in de-
termining just what food stocks there
are in every section.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-06-01

ate with US. no such action could be
contemplated.
Mr.. Hoover emphasized the fact that
the food administration would deal
directly with the purchasing agents
of the allied governments. In this
way, he said, allotment would be made
to the foreign governments and thus
eliminate the furious competition
which has sent prices up"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-06-01
Thornwell Haynes and Family Sail
for Europe.
Piedmont, 28th.

Greenville Piedmont. 28th.
Mrs. Thornwell Haynes and Miss
Sarah Haynes, wife and daughter of
former consul to China, who have
been visiting Mrs Haynes brother
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. D. S. Bowers,
on Manly street have been suddenly
called away to join Mr.. Haynes in
Washington, from where they will sail
to Europe at an early date. 1t is not
known just where they will be sta
toned.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-06-01
Before and After.

Before ne were married, Richard%
reproached the young wife, you al
ways gave me the most beautiful
Chr .tmas presents. Do you remem-
ber?"
Sure" responded Richard cheer
fully, "but my dear, did you ever hear
of a fisherman giving bait to fish
after he had caught it"-Life.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-06-01
e'Yours sincerely,
&C. L. Newman, NJ S.,
professor of Agriculture"

professor of Agriculture.
We are so, much impressed with the
force and strength of What Prof. New
man says in the above letter to US,
that for the purpose of calling tho at
tention of the country at large to the
enormous increase in food products
that may be had by the heavily in
creased planting of sweet potatoes We
have decided to publish this letter
and distribute it, trusting that it may
aid in largely increasing the planting
of this, one of the very best and most
easily grown food products.
Virginia Carolina Chemical CO.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-06-01

a fertilizer analyzing to 10 per cent.
of phosphoric acid, and to 4 per
cent of nitrogen. On very thin land
l would use the higher per cent. of
nitrogen, and on better land the lower
per cent
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-26
Dry Weather Sends Corn
Higher; Wheat Unchanged

Chicago, July 26.-Dry weather il
Kansas and southwestern Nebraska, to
gether with covering by shorts, today
sent corn futures above yesterdays
close.
September corn opened Ia lower al
$l.62 3-4 and later advanced IA De
cember opened l1e higher at $l.l4 "a
and later advanced "a, May opened un.
changed at Slip 1-2 and held at that
price.
Wheat was up owing to active buy
ing. July opened rs higher at $2.45
and later lost three. September opened
i 1-2 lower at $2.17 l2 and later was
2 l-2 higher.
Oats was higher in sympathy with
corn. July opened IA higher at 73 1-2,
subsequently going 8 1-2 higher Sep
tember opened 1-2 higher at 81 "a and
later advanced IL. December opened
unchanged at 5s "a and later was 3-s
higher.
Provisions we're generally lower on q
slow but strong hog market.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-26
Russian Women Fighting
Desperately Die in Defense
of New Russia and Freedom

lpacks only trifle lighter than those
of the regular Russian soldiers.
Russia's Best Blood
They cntrained amid the proud tears
of their families, soberly, like veterans.
The girls were Of Russia 3 best blood,
of the strong stock Of some of the
city's intellectual, financial and so;
cial leaders. Most Of them were stu
dents at universities. Some were veal.
thy. All pledged TO {" do or die'' for
Russia.
Today Petrograd proudly realized the
Russian women were capable of the su.
preme sacrifice of their lives for the
new democracy. Except for the women
of Belgium, none have suffered so in
years past as those of Russia Through
the years of the czar 3 autocratic grip
they were ground under foot. When the
war began their men were taken for
the ears services. No word ever reach
ed them from those who left in the Rus
sian army s rank. No kindly govern
ment told them of their fate. At home,
only the Zemstyos-citizen oTganiza-
tions-kept many women from starving
The government had no heed for their
fate.
Shamed Russia's Men
Then came the revolution and all was
swept aside. Russia revived again. Rus
sia s women, trampled through centur-
les Of the iron heel of autoeracy, sprang
to the opportunity for the supreme sac
rifiee of life to cement their new lib
erty. The "legion of death was the
uttermost exemplifieation OF this spirit
of sacrifice.
One other thing that gave Petrograd
pride in the women fighters was that
they were in action at a front where
Russia s troops were victorious. They
speeulatcd on the possibility that II
was this small unit of Amazons that
shamed some Of the insecure Russian
men fighters into such fierceness Of
purpose that the Teutonic line gave
way.
Great preparations were in progress
here today to care for the wounded girl
soldiers. Il is expected that those who
could be moved would be brought here
Immediately from the front. Meantime
reports from the front said those whom
Teutonic bullets had struck were bear
ing their suffering with fortitude.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-26
By Leslie o. TOOze.

Presidio Of San Francisco, July a.
In little over two weeks the men who
IRE to officer the draft army to be
raised on the Pacific coast viii have
completed their three months of train
ing at this post and will be ready to as.
s..me their responsibilities as command
ers of troops.
The ore thing about this camp which
stands out in my mind is the successful
manner in which it has been conducted.
To take some $500 men from all parts
o. the west, some with previous mill
tary training but most of them without,
and mould them into officers in the
short space of three months is stupen-
dous undertaking, but the results at the
present time indicate that Uncle Sam s
efforts have been crowned with success.
Not that the training camp men have
/. armed everything military there is to
be learned. Far from 1t. But they
have received training such as has been
given probably never before in this
country except at West Point and the
army service schools The common inn
preston of the layman is that military
training consists only in close and ex-
tendede order drill, but if he had fol-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-26

San Francisco, July Pa demand
for the immediate re,trial of Thomas
Mooney, on charge of murder in con-
peetioR with the preparedness parade
dynamiting will be made at once by his
attorneys as the result of the aequittal
of his wife, Mrs. Rena Mooney, of a
similar charge yesterday.
Chief Defense Attorney Maxwell Me
Mutt made this statement today, de-
claring the failure of the states case
had demonstrated the futiliy of further
effort to connect Mooney with outrage
which killed 10 persons and injured 40
On July %, 1916.
Mrs. Mooney made preparations today
20 leave the Jail cell which she has oe-
cupied for year.
tin the face OF this verdict" she
said, ~ do not believe the district at
tcrney can do less than dismiss the 9TH
er indictments against me and give me
ny freedom
District Attorney Fickert is undecid-
cd as 70 his future course regarding her.
He will not make up his mind until be
has had further conferences with his
assistants, he said. 1t is probable, how.
ever, that he will press the trial Of
Israel Weinburg soon.
Spectators Pleased.
When Foreman Hardwiek pronounced
ihe words of aequittal, shout of JOY
went up from the spectators in the
court room. The worn look which Mrs.
Mooney had worn for days vanished
suddenly and her old smile reappeared-
She seized her attorneys sbout the neck
ard kissed them repeatedly and then
kissed the jurors, crying out her graft.
tude TO them.
The verdict was reached on the 18th
fallot, Foreman Hardwiek announced
today. On the first ballot. he said, the
n'ea stood equally divided between con
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-26
Panic Stricken Army Aban-
dOns Everything In Its
Mad Flight
GERMAN SECRET AGENTS
in ARMY CAUSE OF IT
Russians On Carpathian Front
land RumallianS Fight
Loyalty

New York, July 26.-Details of the
Russian rout, in semi-official cables to-
day, added to allied apprehension of
Russia s complete military breakdown.
Advancing Teutonie troops must, by
now, have captured an enormous booty
in abandoned guns, equipment and sup
pies-much of it furnished by the al
lies to aid General Korniloff 3 great of
fensive. Russian troops ON other parts
q the great northern front were report
ed fighting fiercely in an attempt to
relieve the pressure in the Stanislau-
Tarnopoi sector
On the western front, Field Marshal
itaig merely detailed raiding opera
t'ons. The French official report told
q violent attack on French positions
N the Hurtebise sector of the Chemin
Pes Danes which admittedly gained en-
trance and presumably hold on some
French first line positions.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-26
COMPANY BRINGS
IN TRAINLOAD OF
STRIKE BREAKERS
Seven Of the us Arriving
Today Arrested for
DOdging Registration
VOLLEYS OF MISSILES
EXCHANGED AT CAR BARN
Two More California Cam
neries Hurt---WOmen
Walk Out

Seattle, Wash, July 26,-Street car
strikcbreakers from New York were
attacked by mobs of strike sympathiz-
ers in their barracks at the Georgetown
car barns last night. They returned the
volleys of rocks from behind the high
fences, built Tor their protection by
the traction company and played the
fire hose on the crowds, outside.
No one was reported seriously injur-
cd. Some police officers say the first
stones came from inside the fences
Newspaper reporters who managed to
get inside with the strikebreakers learn
ed that 200 from the East Side, New
York, had come across the continent
after being recruited by detective
agency in Park Row, New York.
The total number was raised to 375
when trainload containing l75 from
Chicago arrived early this morning.
Nine of the strikebreakers have been
arrested and are held in Jail today for
not having draft registration cards.
Two more trainloads are expected to-
day.
The Chicago train made detour to
avoid possible trouble at Butte, Mont,
and was held in Maple Valley, % miles
from Seattle until the crowd around the
car barns at Georgetown had dispersed
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-26
Leslie Tooze Tells of Camp
Where Officers Are Trained
to Command Draft Army

lowed the training camp men through
the last 10 weeks he would quickly real
ize his error. The fact Of the matter is
that drilling has not constituted more
than one-half Of the training here-and,
from the standpoint of an officer Is
training, the least important half. The
students here have been taken through
all the various phases of military or
ganization, from the drawing of field
sketehes to the preparation of charges
for court martial.
The schedule has been stenuous, each
days work extending from $3.50 in the
morning until 10 at night with but few
intercessions. With a constant change
Of subject matter, however, the work
has not become irksome and there has
not been any lack Of interest.
With the grand finale so clase at
Land, the one thing which is troubling
the mind of every man, whether he be
a gray-head who stepped from q 100000
year or more income-and there are
many such here or the youth fresh
from college, is "What is going to hap
pen to me when the camp is overt"
There are approximately 2,200 men
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-26
Summer Assembly
at Fairgrounds Friday

The summer assembly at the fair
grounds under the auspices of the Ore
gon Baptist Young Peoples Union op-
ems Friday evening. Already the tent
city that is to accommodate the dele
gates is going up. The speakers at the
first session viii be DR.. John R. Brown,
Of Bridgeport, Conn, formerly of Kan
sas City, Mo. Dr. Brown is a leader
of prominence, well known throughout
The country and win have a worthwhile
message. He is fine speaker. The
sddress viii be followed by getto.
gether, good fellowship camp fire. All
the sessions of the assembly are free to
the public. Salem citizers are invited
tp attend. The address tomorrow even
inc will begin at O'Clock.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-26
Is ElectrOtyper, Married Is
Months, and Baby Is
Months Old "a
g9s
aE =
LITTLE WIFE CRIES Az
BIG LETTER DELlVFS D
Says IF Uncle Sam Needs
Him He'll Go" District Of
Columbia First Ready
By George Martin

United Press staff correspondent
Washington, July 26-America-me
Thomas w. Reese, first of Uncle Sam S
ten million conscripts to be called up
for examination.
He's a happy, smiling, snappy chap.
Lives down on n street, with his wife
and son, George Edward William, aged
months.
Thomas was away at his work when
the long, official war department en-
velOpe-the first of its kind ever mail
ed-reaehed the house.
Little Mrs. Kecse, just starting down
to the hardware store TO see about some
screens greeted it. She cried.
Not very much though. Tossing it on
the table, unopened, she went on to see
about the screens. There It lay, the
black lettering on its face staring up at
the ceiling of the living room.
Reese doesn't earn lot. He s an
electro-typer. He hasn't had his wife
but year and a half and they've had
a pretty hard struggle to get ahead.
But if Uncle Sam needs him, he II go.
They re agreed on that.
sWe' III face whatever must be fac
ed, was Mrs. Keese s only comment.
II Had q Square Deal. =
Keese wants to, do, whatever is best
for his country and his family.
ST don I exactly know what to do
he said when found at his machine to-
day 9 owe lot to both of EN-. What
ever S right I III do
He doesn t mind being number one
among the ten million conseriptable
youths of the nation.
'fIt was fair game and took my
chances with the rest of en- he said.
A." All any guy can-ask is an even break
and | got that. ="
Reese S notification went out just
ahead of others from local board five,i
District of Columbia at police station
number five, the first of the 1867 local
boards in the nation to get organized
and working.
Tied with stray piece Of twine and
hung on shingle nail driven into the
window casing next the house sergeants
desk today swung the first list of men
called.
All day long the conscripted boys of
the district came in, singly and in.
graups, to consult-the first of its kind
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-26
Student OFFICERS
GET FRENCH TRAINING
Work In Trenches Duplicates
Of Those On FrOnt---Mak-
ing Out Ratings

San Francisco, July 26.--In trenches
entirely concealed from view beneath
a covering of grass and sod, student Of
ficers from the Preside training camp
today are studying trench warfare.
The trenches are of the latest 1917
model, with super equipment, on the
hill overlooking the Golden Gate.
The training trenches are duplicates
Of the most approved European systems.
There are communicating trenches, the
fighting trenches, eriscope dugout
with revolving mirrors for observation,
munitions dungeons first aid hospitals
and supply rooms,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-26
By william q. Shepherd
( Omitted Press staff correspondent

Omitted Press staff correspondent
Petrograd, July 26.-Russian women
have laid down their lives on the bat
tlefield Of democracy.
Against the report OF traitorous re-
treat of some. of the Russian male di-
visions before the Austro-G Germans,
came word today Of how the women 3
q legion of death on the Wilma front
fought and died in repulsing an enemy
attack.
For the first time in the history of
the great world war, casualty reports
today chronicled the death and injury
of women in the trenches.
Five women of he "legion of death -
were killed and wounded in this first
engagement in which they were called
upon to resist with arms the invasion
OF their country.
The "'legion of death I" left Petro-
grad barely two weeks ago, its girl sol
diers garbed in trousers, puttees and
tunics trifle longer than the usual
army coats. They wore the regulation
army caps, over bobbed hair and carried
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-26

vction and aequittal. On the second
tallot seven voted for aequittal and five
for second degree murder. Thus it stood
until the 22d ballot when those favor
iEg second degree murder one by one
came over to the acquittal verdict.
The instructions of Judge SeawelI,
said Hardwiek, more than anything else
caused the verdict. The l2 men CON
WINGED themselves that sufficient evil
Genee had not been produced to show
that Mrs. Mooney was connected with
the alleged plot, although they were
convinced a plot existed.
Declare 1t Frame-up.
Attorney Tom O'Connor, of defense
counsel, declared today that the defense
would now proceed with its efforts to
prove that a fframe-up' existed on
the part of the state.
SfWe will 90 ahead" he said, "with
the prosecution Of Frank c. Oxman,
principal state witness in the Tom
Mooney trial, and other witnesses of
the state 50 that this whole conspiracy
may be exposed. The frame-up system,
which we believe existed her, has at last
relied 1"
There was noisy demonstration in
the jail today in Mrs Moneys honor,
when prisoners beat on the bars and
shouted and sang happily to express
their joy over the verdict. One of the
first men notified of the verdict was
Bourke Cockran, who was chief counsel
when Tom Mooney was tried. A tele
gram was sent to him at Bsr Harbor,
Maine.
"a Story Of the Crime.
San Francisco, Cal, July 26.-On July
g. 1916, while thousands were gathered
in s demonstration for preparedness
bomb explosion at Stuart and Market
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-26
Drug Clerks Error
Causes Baby's Death

Portland, Or, July Morphine,
given Rene Wright, age 8. through the
error of drug clerk, today is blamed
for the baby 3 death.
A physician prescribed a harmless
medicine for the child. Robert Mans,
the drug clerk confused two prescrip-
tions and the child 8 parents were given
five tablets containing one and half
grains of morphine ana one twelfth Of
4 grain of hyoscine.
A charge of involuntary manslaugh-
ter may be placed against Mans today.
Mans was taken into custody soon after
the child died last nigh. He contends
it was a 'Amistake that could not be
helped,