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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-04
ANOTHER GERMAN TRICK RE.
VEALED.
Ell to Force Physical Rejection
Exposed

AS"- W roTCc TnySlcdi heleCtfOu
Exposed.
New York, July 31.-Evidence that
young men were plotting to evaLe
conscription by the use OF a heart
stimulation which would cause their
rejection by medical examiners was
laid before Francis G. Caffey, United
States district attorney, by Roscoe S.
Conkling, deputy attorney general,
representing the New York adjutant
general. An immediate investigation
was ordered.
Mr.. Conkling obtained the informa-
ton from a man whose name he with.
held, but who told him that a physi-
sian Of pronounced pro-German SYM
pathies had arranged to treat two
young men with the drug previous to
their examination by the draft ex-
emption board of their district. The
names Of other young men who are
believed to have received offers of the
same treatment also were given to
Mr.. Conkling.
DR.. Karl Osterhaus of the bureau of
information for medical examiners in
Mr.. Conllling's office, said it would be
an easy matter to detect the presence
of the drug and that tests would be
applied in every case Of unusual heart
activity.
Louis Berger, who signed himself
as treasurer of the New York Vege-
tartan Society, today wrote to Mr..
Conkling asking whether members of
the organization would be exempt
from conscription because of con-
scientious scruples against war He
wrote that members of the society
were opposed to killing any living
thing.
Perhaps if you would devote a lit
tie more time to trying to be real
Americans and be willing to sacrifice
little bit toward defending the hon
or of this country" Mr.. Conkling
wrote in reply. instead of worrying
about vegetarian societies and exemp-
tions at this particular time, you
might sleep better at night and have
the feeling you had done something
worth while"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-04
BATTLE WITH SUBMARINES.
u. s. DESTROYERS ATTACK u
BOATS AND PUT THEM TO
FLIGHT IN SHORT
ORDER.
One Submarine Was Bold, But When
Unle san's Gunners Got Her Range
She Dhved Quickly.

American Naval Base in British
Waters. July 31--By the Associated
Press) American destroyers today
reported to have engaged two subma-
rines simultaneously six miles dis
tant, causing both Of them to speed
away and submerge without firing a
shot-typical of the behavior OF sub
marines when they see destroyers.
One Of them had just sunk steam
er by gunlire and the second was at
tacking a merchantmen when the
destroyers opened fire. The second
submarine. which is described as a.
super-type, almost as long as de-
stroyer, raced off and submerged at
the first shots. but the other, which
had sunk the steamer, displayed unus-
ual boldness, remaining up several
minutes, while the destroyer dropped
shells around her. Only when a shell
splashed within 25 yards of the SUBJ
marine did she submerge, according to
the crew Of the steamer, who watched
the attack from a small boat close by,
and who were later rescued by the de-
stroyers and brought here.
A French tanker bound for Ameri-
ca limped into port today, with a 30
foot hole In her bow as a result OF
a fight with submarine. The tanker
was twice attacked. In the first at
tack, early in the voyage, she easily.
beat off the submarine and reached a
point 400 miles toward America. She
was then attacked by another subma-
rine, the shells Of which, despite the
stout resistance Of the tanker's gum
ners. shattered the pilot house. smash
ing the compass and tore a gaping
hole below the water line. The tanker
| began to settle and the crew aban-
aoned the ship, the submarine disap-.
pearing. The crew rowed away in q
rough ses. but later. surprised that
the tanker did not sink, returned to
her and managed without bearings to
bring her to port. f.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-04

aviators back OF the German lines
show that there was scarcely q square
yard of territory along their front
which was not devastated by tho high
explosives. II In small wonder. then.
that the Germans were holding their
front line thinly and were swept back
when finally the time arrived for the
allied infantry to do Its work.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-04

In the absence Of J. Roy PenrelI
state highway engineer, who Is cap
tain of Company A. Engineers Battal-
ION. National Guard of South Caro-
lima, the State highway commission,
yesterday appointed i. II. Murre,
now assistant to Capt. Pcnncll. "a
acting State highway engineer, and
r. #. Browne and Edward McCrady
acting assistant engineers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-04
NEGRO TROOPS NOT WANTED.
Nichols Secures Change I'm Guard
Plans for Spartanburg.

Washington, July 31.-No negro
troops from New York will be sent to
the Spartanburg camp as originally
arranged. Realizing that such plan
would probably not work out to the
best advantage. Congressman Sam J..
Nichols took up this matter with the
war department when he heard that
this was to he done and today rc-
ceived assurances that the negro sol
diers would be sent elsewhere.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-04
LABOR AGITATOR LYNOHED.
Leader Of L. w. w. Troubles in OrQcDn
Hanged to TrestIe.

Douglas. Arizona, Aug. 1.-FranK
Little. a member of the executi, e
commission of the Industrial Worke re-
Of the World and the labor trouble
leader IN Arizona. was taken from his
lodging house by masked men and
hanged to trestle. He was a force
ful speaker and is understood to have
had the confidence of William ID.
Haywood. On his body was found a
note saying: First and last take
warning. Others take notice Vigil
antes."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-04
COTTON CROP ESTIMATE.

Government Predicts Crop OF Near
ly Twelve Million Bales.
Washington. Aug. 1.-The depart
ment Of agriculture estimates the cot
ton production at eleven million, nine
hundred and forty-nine thousand
bales. based on the condition on
July 25th OF 1913. The South Caro-
lima condition Is "a, Georgia 50 and
Florida 80.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-04
WILD COTTON MARKET.
Futures Jumped Cent and a-quartcr
on Government Report.

New York, Aug. 1.-The govern
ment cotton report giving the crop
condition as seventy and three -tenths
caused a jump Of one hundred and
fifteen to twenty-five points. Even
the bulls were surprised as they be-
lieved the condition to be much high
er. Profit taking caused reaction Of
almost half OF the gain.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-04
FLOUR MILL. PROBE.

Washington, Aug. 2.--The Federal
Trade Commission begins next week
n flour milling investigation as part Of
the general food insuiry.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-04
CORPORATION TAX REDUCED.
senate Finance Committee Handles
Undivided Surplus Gently.

Washington, Aug. 2.-The tax on
corporations undivided surplus was
reduced from fifteen to ten per cent
by the senate finance committee.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-04
AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK.

Submarine Destroys Ship En- Route
From New York to Queenstown.
London. Aug. 1.-The American
steamship Motano was sunk by a sub
marine yesterday. Twenty-seven OF
the crew have landed. The Motano
was or twenty-seven hundred tons
gross. She sailed from New YorK
July 2 for Queenstown. The crew
numbered thirty-four.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-04

HOLD FLANDERS LINE.
ALLIES Make GOOD THEIR GAINS
IN BELGIUM.

Bad Weather Hampers one sive OPP
cratiOns, but Allies VIII Continue
Battle rs Soon as Big Gums Can be
brought up--Bclievcd to I3c Effort
10 Turn German Flank.
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These cards are in the hands of the
Labor Committee and the Central
Committee and the Chamber of Com
merce. The members of the Labor
Committe are Messrs. e. L. Wither-
spoon. F. w. Carr and Dan McKiever
The central committee consists of H
X. VanDevepter. j. M. Hardy. T. H.
Siddall. Il. Z. Witherspoon and H. A.
Moses. The desire is to have them
signed by carpenters, plumbers. me-
chanics and painters.
The United States is at war, and ia
push the war successfully there must
be at hand ample means of trans
portatiOn. This means ships. more
ships and yet more ships" To builo
ships labor is needed, needed in great
er proportion by many times than is
now employed at the ship yards. The
policy of the United States is not 10
draw enough labor from any one
place to hurt conditions at that place
but to draw in small numbers from
all over the land. Therefore 1t Is
asking each town to make a card in
dex Of it's workers who are Wiling &c
go II called upon so that IL they are
needed places can be offered to a fey
men from all points.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-04
BATTLE I'm MUD.
Fight I'm Flanders Confined to Artil-
lery Fire. nsif ~

81. lcry Fire. $50
British Front, Aug. IA heavy rain
which has continued since last might
has transformed the Flanders battle
ground into sea OF mud. forcing q
comparative lull in the fighting The
Germans heavily bombarded the po-
sitions they lost yesterday. The Brit
ish poured shells into the new German
positions. The airmen are helpless in
tho storm. Esa
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-04
SHIP BUILDERS wANrEp.
enlistment Cards fox Ship. Bnllders
@ Reserve.

The ship builders reserve cards are
now ready and are being circulated
that all may sign who will; no one hos
to sign who does not want to.
The cards read:
/ hereby volunteer to work on ships
that are being built for the govern
ment, II called upon.
Date Of signature
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-22
EAT PLENTY OF CHEESE
Dairy Product Is More Nourishing
Than Meat.
United States Department OF AgrlcuL
ture Urges More Extensive
Use as Food.

| "Store" cheese more properly
known as American cheddar-ls more
nourishing, pound for pound, than any
meat, and therefore should have a
prominent place In the diet as meat
substitute, says statement issued by
the United States department of agri-
culture.
| Few people in this country eat
cheese in sufficient quantities for 1t
really to form an important part of the
daily fare" says the statement. "In-
deed, it is used more often simply as
an appetizer or as n seasoning for
relishes good American cheddar or
store cheese, but there is an impress
sion that it is indigestible and consti-
pating. Extensive digestion expert
ments carried on by the department of
agriculture have demonstrated that
more than 50 per cent of the protein
of cheese is digested and 80 per cent
of its energy is available. Even when
eaten in large quantities and for long
periods, no case of indigestion, con-
stipation, or other disturbance was OBJ
served in those who ate it. One man
who ate cheese as the chief source Of
both protein and energy, eating an av-
erage of 9.27 ounces daily, with bread
and fruit, for more than two years,
did a fair amount of muscular work
and kept in good health.
american cheddar cheese is very
satisfactory substitute for meat. 1t
can be kept in storage for long time,
and contains much food in small vol
ume.
"a pound of cheese supplies more
than twice as much energy as pound
of fowl or round steak and almost
twice as much protein as the same
amount of fowl or ham. Cheese, there
fore, is usually a cheaper food than
the meats.
"Cheese can also be combined in
many palatable dishes. When grated
it may be used in soups or with many
vegetables. Other foods in which
cheese is used are: Macaroni and
cheese, Welsh rabbit, tomato rabbit,
baked rice and cheese, baked crackers
and cheese, vegetable and cheese rolls,
cheese omelet, oatmeal and cheese and
cheese mush.
"Recipes and further information
are given in Farmers Bulletin 4S7,
Cheese and Its Economical Uses in
the Diet which may be obtained free
on application to the department of
agriculture, Washington, d. c."
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-22
COMFORTS FOR TROOPS
Red Cross Will Furnish Soldiers
With All Needs.
Pershins's Men viii Get Best of At.
tention When Not in the
Trenches.

The extensive scope of preparations
for the health, comfort and recreation
of America soldiers in France is indi-
Gated by reports from Maj. Grayson NJ.
p. Murphy, head of the Red Cross
commission in France.
mo need of our army which we can
possibly forsee will be left uncovered" ;"
said Major Murphy, who has been
made a member of General Pershing's
staff to aid the cooperation between
the Red Cross and army authorities.
Thirteen thousand selected trained
nurses have enlisted for duty in the
fully organized base hospitals in
France, and great quantities of hos
pital supplies, drugs and instruments
are already in France or awaiting Or
ders of Major Murphy.
Six inflrmaries and rest stations in
charge OF trained nurses have been es-
tablished along the route taken by
troops from the landing port to camp
journey often lasting three days ow-
ing to congestion of French railroads
Canteens with bath and refreshment
facilities are being established for use
of troops when the routine of trench
duty begins.
DR.. Edward T. Devine, director of
the New York School of Philanthropy
has sailed for France to study methods
of teaching crippled or blind men to be
self-supporting. A Red Cross institute
for encouragement of this work will be
established in New York with $4,000
given by Jeremiah Milbank of New
York.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-22
VALUE OF POTATO AS FOOD
Nothing Which Exactly Takes Place of
Potato When You Are
Used to 1t.

"There is no food which exactly
takes the place of the potato when one
Is accustomed to it," says a state
ment issued by the United States de-
partment of agriculture, urging an in
creased consumption of this vegetable
now that the markets of the country
are well supplied. "It has come to be
such part of our dinner that we miss
it when it is not served. Besides any
leftover potato can be used in many
very palatable ways for breakfast or
supper, and this is a convenience from
the housekeeper's standpoint, since it
helps her to make palatable meals. Not
only is it useful from the ease with
which it can be prepared and the num-
ber of palatable ways in which it can
be served, but it is very important for
the food material it supplies"
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-22
TO MAKE DESERT ACCESSIBLE
United States Geological Survey Plans
to Make and Develop Water
ing Places.

To make the desert regions of the
western part of the United States
more accessible by locating their wide
ly separated watering place and erect
ing hundreds of signposts to give di-
rectionS and distances to the water
places is an interesting and practical
project recently undertaken by the
United States geological survey, de-
partment of the interior. The project
involves also the work of making ac-
curate maps showing the locations of
the watering places, of preparing
guides describing them and giving the
distances between them, of selecting
well sites, and of developing watering
places ESQ far as money available will
permit) in localities where water is
most needed and where the geologic
Investigations indicate that under
ground supplies can be obtained. 1t is
expected that this work will help to
expedite the discovery and develop
ment of the rich mineral deposits in
parts of these regions. 1t will, of
course also be valuable in other re-
spects.
III recent years lhe NuleI-supply
biologists of the geological survey
have developed trustworthy methods
of locating ground water in arid re-
gions from surface indications and of
estimating the depth to water and the
approximate annual yield of the un-
derground reservoirs. These methods
will be applied and further developed
in connection with the survey of desert
watering places.
A number of survey parties are now
being organized in Washington and
will in few weeks be at work in the
most arid parts of Arizona, California,
and Nevada. Each party will consist
of geologist and one or more assist
ants and will be provided with an au-
tomobile and camping outfit.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-22
Lithium a Soft Metal.

Lithium is a silver-white, very soft
metal, which forms the oxide or some
other salt on exposure to the air and
which decomposes water, forming the
hydroxide of lithium; for these rea-
sons metallic lithium does not occur in
nature. Compounds are called lithium
carbonate, lithium phosphate, lithium
silicate, etc. The chemical products
derived from lithium minerals have
found application in military affairs.
u S. Geological Survey. Department
OF the Interior.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-22

1t may be that U. S. marines serv-
ing in France will substitute for their
winter field uniforms of forestry green,
the olive drab of Uncle Sans army.
Dispatches from France indicate that
the change is a military necessity. But
the "soldiers of the navy" will still re-
tain their distinctive corps device-the
globe, anchor and eagle. And so, when
you see a war photograph of an Amer
lean soldier with the globe, anchor and
eagle on his hat or helmet, you'll know
at glance he's a United States ma
rine. It's the only way you can dis
tinguish the Soldier of the navy" from
the soldier of the army.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-22
FOOD CAMPAIG
Being HAMPERED
Secret German Propaganda Is
Now Directed Against Food
Administration.
HOUSEWIVES ARE TOLD LIES
In Communities Where the Foreign
Population Is Large, a Great
Amount of Harm Has Been

Washington.-The insidiouGness of
German propaganda has again been
demonstrated-this time in Il new quar-
ter. 1t is now the food administration
which is receiving n goodly share of
attention from the kaiser's agents in
this country, and as n result the CAM
paign to conserve food supplies and in
crease the amount of canning has been
hamDered.
For some time reports have been
reaching Mr.. Hoover's offices of the
activity of persons seemingly bent up
on defeating the purposes of the can
ming campaign. Housewives in all sec
tions of the country were told that the
government planned to seize all the
fruits, preserves and other materials
canned by the women for the use Of
the National army. The campaign was
described as a gigantic fraud perpe-
trated by the government on the peo-
pie, the object being to get large guam
titles of food without the expense of
purchasing it from the large canneries
and manufacturers.
In the cities and more enlightened
communities this propaganda did not
bear much fruit, but in the rural dis
tricts, and particularly in communi-
ties where the foreign-born population
was large, great deal of harm was
done. Ignorant women discarded their
plans for canning large quantities of
vegetables and fruits, or, If they canDed
any at all, Immediately rushed them off
to market.
These conditions We're found particu-
larly embarrassing to the food admin
istration in certain parts of the South,
and when it was brought to the notice
of Mr.. Hoover that whole communities
were entering into agreements to re-
frain from doing any canning he i'm
mediately sent agents to make inves-
legations. These agents We're followed
by others, whose duties were to edu-
cate the people and disabuse their
minds of the poison implanted by the
German agents.
A high official of the department of
justice summed up the situation in
these words:
This department is willing and anx-
ious to run down every agent, no mat
ter how remotely connected, of the
German government. We have been
fairly successful, but have been ham
pered by lack of sufficient evidence
in many cases. 1t sounds easy enough
to say that someone is working for the
kaiser and against the best interests of
the United States, but it is not always
so easy to prove. In the case of the
propagandists working against the sue
cess of the food conservation campaign
we hope to make some headway, but
are up against the same proposition.
Unless we can trace the actions of the
men and women who are sowing their
seed of suspicion to some source prov
en- to be connected with the German
government we will have a hard time
getting convictions. This is probably
one of the most insidious phases of
Germany spy work we have yet come
into contact with"
At the offices of the food administra-
tion 1t is stated that the educational
campaign of volunteer workers has to
q large measure nullified the effective
ness of the propagandists.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-22
Prices of Public Animals.

The following average prices of the
different classes of public animals for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1917,
are published to the army for the in
formation and guidance of all con-
cerned:
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-22
Wants Glassware

company in British East Africa is
In the market for all kinds of table
and household glassware. about 5000
worth of which can be used annu-
ully.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-02
What Will Be the Effect of Turning
Down Teddy's Offer to the Nation?

I have read the presidents words. his
statement that Theodore Roosevelt
had no knowledge of military life and
was not a military leader. hut In
answer 10 that / can only reflect the
question. where Is the man I'm this
country who has had any experience
with the mode OF warfare now existing
In Europe. the evolution OF war has
come to the world in the last three
years. Who have We as military lead,
crs who know anything OF actual war
fare IN the use of the anti aircraft
gun: the barrago; the curtain fire. the
trench bomb, and the hand grenade or
warfare. the tank and tho auto ma
chime guns as used. and | notice tha,
regardless ~ drilling ana oqulpping.
and tho fitting out Of the men who are
to go IL has been necessary 70 send
even the chosen leaders Immediately
and as far IN advance as possible OF
the forces that they may learn the
very things which they do not know
and which was said Theodore RoOsc.
Ncl' ala not know. ana so brings Us
back to a further Inconsistency and an
cudcavOr TO waive aside this effort of
rcnl service on tho part OF those who
are waiting 10 so under the leadership
of one IN whom they have absolute
faith ana these men are men who are
not going 10 be shaken off and turned
aside They are the men VINO alone
had had practical experience ana gen
orally they are men who do not lean
toward the professional soldier The
writer is one who has had some expert
cucc along this line ana knows the
rank and file OF the professional
soldier, and while not desiring at this
time TO cast any reflection. ! must be
sufficiently frank to state that he
docs not rank the equal of the bust
prse men OF this country either In
ability or in character SnObbShncsS
wlll make up "A large part of his lito.
The man that is fitted into the need
Of the hour everywhere and at all
times is the volunteer. who I'm times
of peace is Industrious, is successful,
that Is the man that this nation must
depend upon during this great and
trynr hour ana that-is the man that
is going TO do this work and the writ.
cr's only hope Is that a coalition Cabt>
net Will he formed as will be shown
20 hc necessary sooner or later. free
Of an partlsanship. free of the taints
Of either party ana one that men OF
all classes can look mp to with faith
and confidence and be inspired to the
mighty task that now rests upon
others. never losing sight Of tho fac,
that we did not elect President Wilson
for II war president. by his own
words and in the belief OF the people
and all the campaign literature he
was elected. believing that he was TO
keep US out of war. Had the facts
been known TO the public as they then
existed, and had they known that we
were going into the war those who
had, been giving thot to this and who
had the countrys best interest AZ
heart. would certainly have voted for
u war president.