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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-26
Elnln ll1Is EXPOSED.
Won BERNSTORET PLANNED
CONaPIRACY 10 INFLUENCES
. srt CONORlcsS. t,|
sAss Dspartnent Publishes Mcssasc
a Gssuan Amhsssuador Showing
Aus lneeatiou 20 spend 5000 TO
scssoee oonspiraCy By Pro- German
OsUnnnnntion.

Warrington. Sept. 31.-The State
department today made public mes
sags that Count Won Bernstorff sent
the German foreign ONCE while he
Mas ambassador here. requesting au-
thorisy to spend nifty thousand dollars
20 influence congress through cer-
hahn organization which he did not
name In tho message. but spoke Of a.
AN organisation you know Of" He
HAid II was possible that war might be
prevented through this activity.
The department made no comment
when Il gave out the information.
The name Of the organization
through which Germany sought ia
influence congress. the manner In
which tho money used for this pur-
posc was expended. previous instances
and the individuals employed to car
~ on the propaganda are subjects OF
well defined suspicion at the State de-
partmeut A. the results Of the
FEDERAL agents investigation over q
psriod Of three years It b be-.
lSsved other chapters will be added tc
the story Of German intrigue.
heretofore intimations that German
piots IN this country led to Ambassa.
dor Won Bsrnstorff met with of,cial sl.
lence. For months. howover. n IN In.
dicatsd the government had enough
pvidencs to warrant q demand for his
recall months before relations were
severed with Germany. The message
indicates that Ambassadors Won Bern.
storfs knew Of Germapy's intention tc
inaugurate ruthless submarine war.
fars. though he disclaimed prio,
knowledge at the time and intimated
that he was working for q modiica-
tion OF the terms.
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PssICE FOR SOUTHERN PINE.
sh1Dpins Board Agrees ON $40 Pcv
~ Thousand.

New Orleans. Sept. 2o.--The South
ssn pine emergency bureau announc-
q tonight that the United States Ship
ping Heard has agreed a. the result of
conferences with lumberinen to pay
mills $40 Per thousand for timbers
which win 30 into the $50 wooden
ships TO be built In the South In ad-
diuon to tho la schedules already
placed with mills. The price repre-
sents an increase over that which was
paid for timbsrs for the original sched.
uleo.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-26

Chicago. Sept. 20.-There are 139
cases OF infantile paralysis under OBJ
servation in Chicago today, according
to Health Commissioner John Dill
Robertson. who said the disease show
ed "unmistakable signs Of spreading"
The commissioner said that SO per
cont Of the children affected with the
ailment have died. In the last four
days twenty children have died from
the disease.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-26
WOMEN SOLDIERS RIOT.
Russian Girl Fighters Attack Their
Ee0der

Petrograd, Sept. 21.-On Thursday
there was small riot among the wo-
men troops drilling in Moscow be-
cause the girls resented some act OF
their leader, Vera Butchkareff. Ac-
cording to the Bourse Gazette. in
fantrymen rescued the woman leader
after rough handling. AS result of
the riot many OF the girls will be sent
home.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-26
ENDORSE PRICE FIXING.
nusaness Mems Convention Adopts
hssomtson Recommending Regu-

Atlantic City. Sept. ,21.-aovernment
pyiee hxing on all essential products
n satss to the public and as well as to
tps government was recommended in
resolutions adopted today by the
husansss Mons War Convention. It
Also advocated . government purchAs-
ing department with wide powers. In
ciuding priority OF manufacture.
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COMPULSORY FOOD RULES.
PLANS FOR PUTTING ENGLAND
ON FOOD RATION.
IL voluntary Food Economy Fails
Compulsory Food Rationing Will be
Adopted.

London, Sept. 2O.-Inauguration of
a new food economy campaign in
Great Britain was announced today by
Baron Rhondda, the food controller.
X voluntary measures fail, he said, Il
shall have no compunction in putting
the nation on compulsory rations."
Baron Rhondda made this statement
to the American correspondents after
telling them that the minimum food
requirements from the United States
and Canada during the forthcoming
IL months would be more than TO-
100000 tons, representing an expen-
diture Of 25O.Oo,OOO pounds.
The food controller announced
measures also for stabilizing the sugar
trade. with committee in New York
TO supervise Cuban purchases.
THE establishment of this commit
tee and of meats and fats execu-
tlve,' said Baron Rhondda, lis typical
OF the way in which we are all now
working together to solve the allied
food problem with the least possible
dislocation of trade and in a united
determination that the armies and
civil populations shall be provided at
a fair price with food enough to as
sure victory"
Baron Rhondda spoke appreciative-
ly in regard to Lord Northcliffe's ef-
forts in the United State, adding:
"A special mission representing tn.
ministry Of food shortly will be leav-
ing for New York. Owen Hughes
Smith. who has been minister of mu-
nitions, will head the mission, which
will be attached to Lord Northcliffe's
organization. Mr.. Smith will be ac-
companied by various experts on food
production and purchase.
Il hope the exportable surplus OF
Canadian and American primary food.
stuffs will be much larger than the
present estimates, as the result OF
food economies by which the Unitet
States and Canadian homes are help
ing to win the war just as surely as /.
the production of munitions" Baror
Rhondda said.
Every American woman is in a po
sition to bring the inevitable atone
nent for the brutal outrages in Bel
gium. Arr einia, Servia, the sinking
Of the Lusitania and other horrors b,
her day-by-day economies. They neet
have no fear that their sacrifices will
be wasted here.
Unless the entente allies are abb,
to import the supplies necessary TO
the armies and the populations, vic
tory may slip from our united grasp
In regard to prices, we are paying tn,
Unitde States and Canada more thar
double the rate that existed befor
the war. I have heard it asked 'Wha
: does that matter as long as the pur
chases are financed by the Unite,
StateS?"
my answer is that unless price
determined upon are fair, an un
necessary burden is placed on tn
backs of the allied governments, Eu
ropean consumers, American and Ca
madam taxpayer: and, respectively, OF
every food consumer in America fol
the sole benefit Of small section o.
the community.
II now am able to limit the profit.
derived by those engaged in the food
industries Of the United Kingdom
II expect to hear that Mr.. Hoover
and Mr.. Hanna have taken similar
steps so that we will be able to assure
the people that the existing high
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-26
GREEDY PRoErEERs.

Agents Of Big Business Busy Fixing
Things I'm Washington.
washington. Sept. 21.-Members Of
the ways and means committee meet
ins with the house conferees on the
war tax bill were told that the pres
ence OF big business agents demanding
the retention of the senate allowances
for good will. patents and other in
tangible assets in determining capital
for taxation purposes was responsible
Tor the failure Of the conferees to
agree on the bill.
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COMPLETE, BRITISH SUCCESS.

Drive In Flanders Hailed as Answer to
Peace Move.
London, Sept. 21.-Later reports
from Gen. Haig state that the detailed
account Of the great drive yesterday
show the completeness Of the British
success.
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REPUBLICANS NOMINATE NE
GROES,

Two Named for Office in Party Pr.
mary.
New York, Sept. 21.-For the first
time in this city negroes have been
made nominees of great party. The
Republicans nominated in the pri-
maries Edward Johnson for the State
and James Thomas for al
derman.
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prices Of imported goods do not rep
resent profiteering"
Baron Rhondda said that he ex--
pected soon to register all food traders
here and that If few persist in dis
obeying orders they will be struck on
the list and thereby forced out Of bus
mess.
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N Airpssnes Reach Washington.
Washington. Sept. aa.--All the Itai-
Ian sirplanes leaving Newport News
this morning have arrived. The tri-
plane. carrying ten men. aiighted at
1i.<o o'clock.
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Answer to Germany.

London. Sept. 21.-The morning
papers herald the, Flanders offensive
as the answer to Germany's latest
peace maneuvers. The Chronicle de-
clares that the allies have nothing
more to say.
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WAR CREDIT BILL PASSED.
House Adopts Conference Report and
| Bin Goes to President.

Washington. Sept. 21.-The con-
ference report on the eleven billion
war credits bill was adopted by the
house today and sent to the president.
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Will CENSOR NAIL.
Law 10 PREVENT MILITARY IN
FORMATION REACHING
ENEMY.

President Authorized to Establish
Regulations to Censor Mail, Cablc
and Wireless Mcssages-lHeavy PEN
alties Against Those Who Evade
Regulations.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-10-22
o1CAC- CboN


ton of the Transportation problems
that the German submarine war has
produced
voyages in q recent article in Flying,
Alan r. Hawley, president Of the Aero
Club Of America, said:
The Atlantic is to be crossed in
the air within a few months and the
difficult problem of delivering to Eu
rope the aeroplanes needed to strike
Germany through the air will be solv-
ed thereby And with that flight will
start the era of commercial aerial
transportation. All the factors necess-
airy for crossing the Atlantic by aero
plane are available There only re
mains to try the first flight
The most difficult problem in the
cross Atlantic flight has always been
considered the problem of finding
ones way during the flight. The dis
tance between Newfoundland and the
Azores is less than 1900 miles, and
those who have given thorough con-
sideration to the subject have had
little doubt for the last seven years
that an aeroplane could be built to
cover the 1900 miles But view ap-
preciated the danger involved in the
pilot losing his way, drifting from his
course and missing the Azores.
''The practical solution OF the prob
lem was found by accident in 1914
Soon after the declaration cf war the
Aero Club of AInerica-the head
quarters of the national defense move
ment-was notified that the sky over
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-10-22

WASHINGTON, Oct 22-Giant bat
tleplanes will soon make their first
trial flight across the Atlantic and
there is little doubt IN the minds of
aerial authorities that transatlantic
flights are to be usual feature of the
war
1t had been planned that the great
Italian Caproni triplane would make
the first trip, but the excellent records
of the new Liberty motor, declared by
Secretary Baker to be the greatest
single achievement OF the war, have
recommended its use in this great un-
dertaking. Every plan to make the
trial a complete success has been
made. The hydro-airplane type of
giant flier to be used will be able to
descend to the waters surface in case
of necessity
Two routes have been proposed, one
direct from New York to England, and
the other from the most eastern point
of the Canadian coast to the Azores,
thence to Portugal and then on to Eng
land The latter route is regarded as
the most practicable.
Equipped with engines developing
a speed Of eighty and ninety miles
an hour and capable of carrying sew
eral tons of fuel and freight these
great battleplanes may be able to fly
from the United States to England
within tWenty-four hours. Success in
the project will bring the development
of a fleet of giant planes for the trans
portation of freight Experts regard
the transatlantic planes as the solu-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-10-22
It italian Caproni tripIane.

New York was full of radio code mess
ages presumably sent by German
agents IN Considering what could be
done to assist the government in find
ing the source from which these radio
code messages were sent, it was found
that re allies were using special radio
direction finders which were installed
on board ships and permitted the ships
to find the direction from which radio
messages were sent at sea.
investigation proved that radio
direction finders were being used and
that the nature Of those instruments
permitted applying them for aerial
navigation purposes.
with the development that has
/ taken place in perfecting radio direct
ion finders it. would be possible to
equip transatlantic flier with such
a device, which would always point to
the direction Of a sending station so
that if any station was established at
the Azores the aviator would have no
trouble in finding the Azores and all
possibility Of losing himself would be
precluded.
I'VE have been assured that an in
strument can be obtained weighing
less than one hundred pounds and hav-
! ing a radious of close to 1900 miles.
For a flight across the Atlantic this
instrument would be tuned with the
sending station at the Azores and then
with the instrument on the Irish coast,
and the aerOplane crew could fly first
to the Azores, thence to Portugal and
Ithcn to England
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-10-22
''LANKy Bob
LOSES FIGHT
WITH REAPER
Former Pugilist Succumbs to
Pneumonia at Chicago
Hospital; M a kes Gam E
Scrap for Life.

CHICAGO, Oct. 22.-Robert Fitz-
simmons former champion heavy
weight pugilist of the world, died at a
hospital here early today after an ILL
ness of five days of pneumonia.
The former champion was taken sick
last Tuesday while appearing in
vaudeville theatre and his ailment was
at first diagnosed as ptomaine poison
ing Later, it was discovered that he
vas suffering from double (obar pneu-
monia and physicians declared that he
could not live. His remarkable vitality
sustained him until Saturday when he
lapsed into Inconsistencies from
which he did not rally except at rare
intervals
During the five days of MS illness,
Fitzsimmons was the recipient of many
messages from men whom he had for
merly met in the ring, including James
J. Corbett from whom he won the
championship, and James ]. Jeffries,
who took the title from him. Other
pugilists and followers of the sport
sent kilograms TO the fighter and his
wife, expressing hope Of speedy re-
covery.
Prolones His Life.
FitZsimmons, until he sank into his
final stupor, fought for his life as he
had fought for victory in the ring.
Physicians declared life was prolonged
several days by the grim determination
of the man.
Mrs Fitzsimn1ons, who was with her
husband during his illness, suffered a
nervous breakdown last Thursday and
for a time it was believed her con-
dition was dangerous, but she soon re
covered and resumed her vigil at his
bedside.
Bob was great fighter and good
husband" said Mrs. Fitzsimnlons. HE
worked hard on the theatrical circuit
and l believe the exposure between
the acts and the drifts which blew
through the winks caused his illness z
Robert, Jr., son of the dead pugilist,
is expected to arrive here from New
York today.
Fighting Bob" lived up to his nick
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-10-22
QUAkERS LOSE
VALUABLE men
IN MIAMI CAME
Gordon and Brown Put Out
of Game by Injuries Su-
stained Saturday; Miami
Wins, o1-O.
BY DON WARFEL


Earlham lost in football last Satur-
day.
The smallest of their losses, how
ever, was the game with Miami, in
which a heavier, classier team took
the heavy end of 81 to score.
Added to this small loss, was the
permanent loss of one of the most
valuable men on the team, and the
temporary loss of two others that have
been big guns in the Quaker offensive
against teams of their own caliber
That Gordon, the big Quaker tackle,
was carried off the field with an in
jury that will keep him cut of the
game, probably for the rest of the
season and Brown, varsity hack field
man, was put out of the game with a
dislocated wrist that will take at least
two weeks to heal, meant more to the
standing Of Earlham among football
teams of Indiana colleges than the loss
of the game could have possibly meant
though Miami had piled up q score
twice as large as the one that was
marked on the scoreboard at the end
of Saturdays game
Miami Looked Perfect.
Lined up against Earlham, Miami's
team looked perfect The backfield
of the two teams were about equal
but the overwhelming force Of the
Ohio teams line, made 1t impossible
for the Quakers to do any real big
work. The Quakers line was out
weighed at least ten pounds to the
| man, and especially was this true or
the left side, where Sauer. the Miam
"steam-roller" plowed through the
| Quaker line at will and broke up al
| most every play attempted by the
| Earlham back field. Sauer weighed il
at 240 pounds and he was invincible
against Jitts, Johnson and Bookout.
Lack of generalship was also notice
able in the Quaker machine. Afte1
the initial kickoff and touchdown
which came in about three minutes
the Quaker eleven was demoralizet
and it was next to impossible for then
to gain ground The only big legiti
mate gain made by the Quakers wa!
( on an end run and after this form o
attack was tried once with success
i the Quaker leader failed to use it agai1
throughout the entire game.
J Two big gains were made for Earl
ham by Bookout, who, before he wat
taken out of the game with a wrenchet
/ back, scooped UP two fumbles and raj
for a gain of twenty yards. Bookou
will be able to play again this week
but whether Jessup, Brown and Cor
don will get in the game is doubtful
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-10-22
H gh School Squad
Will Be Made Into
Two Complete Teams

Announcement was made Monday
morning by Coach Mullins, Of the
High school basketball squad that the
16 man squad now working for places
on the first and second teams will
be divided with nine men on the var
sity and seven on the second string
squads at the initial practice in the
Coliseum to be held Tuesday night
The first string squad will be COM
posed Of Simmons, Shelton, Harding,
Cramer, VanAllen, Gardner, Stegman,
Robinson and LahTman. These men
will be held on the varsity squad and
eight of the nine will be used through
out the season
The second string squad will be
made up Of the remainder of the six
teen men and a captain for this squad
viii be elected at the practice ses-
sion Tuesday evening.
Although the Coliseum floor is not
entirely finished for playing, arrange
ments have been made to use the
floor for practice sessions three nights
a week from now until the season
opens and twice week after that.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-10-22
Ring Lardner's "Jack" Advises
<'Al" to Buy Some Liberty Bonds

with the $500 I got comeing Al and
will buy 81 900 bonds and 500
bonds and that will give me something
on the side for a rainy day besides
S144 dollars per annuam int and no
chance to loose out. And besides Al
kind of feel like as if l ought to lone
my money to the govt on acct of not
being able to go over there and fight
myself on acct of having dependibIes
Florrie and the Kid. They isn't moth
ing I would like better then get right
in to the trenches but as long as
can't do that I feel like it is up to me
/ to leave them have some of money es-
pecially when it ain t really giyeing it
to them but Just loneing it and they
got to bive me int and Kid Gleason is
one of the smartest men / ever seen
even if he does call me a busher but
of course he is iokeing when he SAYS
that, but he wouldn't tell me to buy
liberty bonds if they wasn't the right
thing to buy.
If l was you Al and had a little
dough saved up l would buy / or for
myself and Of coarse | know you can't
plunge into them like l, but you're a
sucker if you don't take advantage of
this chance and be helping your coun-
try at l and the same time especially
when YOU might Of enlisted in the
army and been over there yourself be-
cause Bertha could support herself
makeing dresses or something and YOU
got no kids tying, you down like I and
F1orrie .-
Think this over Al and tell the boys
will be home Saturday night and II
they want to give me little feed all
ok but no speechs.
'"Your pal,
HTocly -
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-10-22
(Advertisement.)
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-10-22

WASHINGTON, Oct. %. = The
sleuths Of the Treasury Department
have fallen at last upon some pro-lib-
erty bond propaganda. The depart
ment tonight made public some of the
secret CORES pondence showing how a
certain famous participant in the
worlds series is disposing of his pro-
ceeds. He is Jack" Ring W. Lard
ner,s greatest pitcher Here is his let
ter.
BY Ring W. Lardner.
Chi, Oct 1S
Friend Al:
Well. old pal guess YOU seen by
this time what we done to the y Y City
Giants in the big serious and McGraw
got Just what was coming to him and
| should think he ought to know better
by this time then try and win big
series with left hand pitchers that
are just about as reliable as a baseball
reporter or something. | suppose you
and the rest of the boys have been
wandering why didn't Rowland stick
me in there and l will tell you why Al.
The 1st two games my arm was so
sore ! couldn't even raZe it up to leath-
er my face let alone shave and of
course I couldn't pitch in that condi-
ton and then wet got down to Ny and
l asst Rowland would he pitch me and
he says No we got them two games to
now and want to show them up
and win strate without useing my
best men.
But our club played like a high
school those 2 games and Benton and
Shup win the games the lucky left
hand stiffs so then Rowland was afraid
we was going to to play all / games
and the 7th game would decide the
serious so he was Sayeing his ace for
the eth game and of course we didn't
have to play it so l got no chance to
work
That how it was Al, and I guess
HerZog and Zimmerman and Kaff and
them was tickled to death I wasn't in
there though the rottenest pitcher in
the world could make them look like
a rummy because they strike at a ball
If you throw it to 1st base.
We'll Al I would be home by this
time only we we haven't split up the
money yet but we are going to do it to-
day so nobody can take it away from
me but l can get it back whenever |
want it and draw 4 percent on it all
the while. At 1st | was going to in
vest in some kind of business and stay
right here in old Chi but I spoke to
Kid Gleason and he says What the
do you know about business you big
busher and the 1st thing you know you
won't have enough money left to buy a
hair cut for a billiard ball. So l asst
him where would he invest it if he
was | SO he says Put it the same place
I am going to put mine, in liberty
bonds.
$50 that is what lam going to do