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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28
Ten Survivors and Bodies of Eight Brought to
Philadelphia on Two British Rescue Ships -
Broken Steering Gear Responsible for Found
ering in Severe Gale Is Miles Off Maryland
Coast

The wireless man Of the Cherokee
stuck TO his post TO the end. The op-
orator at the NaNa nj Reserve Station
az Cape May. \. J., picked up the first
call for the tnG at 7.55 o'clock ycster-
day morning. Word WAS relaNcd to the
naval coast patrol at I.eWcs. Del. IS
miles across Delaware bay. and a cut
ter was sent in search OF the distressed
tug. The Cape May wireless was in
touch with the Cherokee operator Tor
some time after the first call which
was clear ana distinct but did not state
the cause OF the tugs plight. Later
the Chrrokce'S signals became indiS-
tinct and by o'clock They had ceased.
The Cherokee Was formerly the ing
Edgar +. LuckenhaCh and is said 10
, have been bound from al Atlantic
port to Norfolk for repairs.
D. r.. y Newell commander of the
vessel. who is believed to have been
lost, was !; Junior lieutenant III 1hc
tnitcd States Naval Reserve force. He
was % years Of age. lie enlisted III
this city the day war was declared
against Germany and entered the I nit
ed States Navigation School in BoS-
ton ~ the time Of his enlistment Ne
was second mate on q coaStWiSc steam
or. He completed his navigation course
on d trip to the Azores on a United
states vessel.
| Lieut.. Newelrs parents live in Glou-
cestcr, Mass. lie was married and is
survived ~ his widow. who resides
, hero.
The navy department made public
tho names OF the 10 survivors landed at
/ Philadelphia. They arc:
! Boatswan +. NJ Scnnott. T. $. y
r. f.. 81 Commerce" street. Boston
| Mass; T.. &. .>ckcrman, seaman; II. F.
! Pointer. fireman: K. J. Hall. seaman:
G. T.. Barker, chief machinist's mate;
/ r. J. kockc. fireman: +. H. Warmack
fireman; a. a. Martin, oier: r. u. Cud-
! gel. fireman. aud u. +. 'tunficld, "a
! uio electrician.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28
Government Price=Fixing Is
Failure, Fuel Administration
Needless Declares Sen. Lodge

Washington, Feb. 27.--Governmant
profiteering has proved a failure, ac-
cording to Senator Lodge of MaSsa-
chusetts, who today gave the Senate
the conclusions he had drawn from the
recent Investigations of the coal ana
sugar shortages. In the case Of coal, he
said, price fixing had only served +"
curtail production while the food adj
ministration's price plan for sugar had
kept western beet sugar from the east
ers of coal and sugar had profiteered
TO prevent profiteering by a few
men, he explained. THE fundamental
error Of the administration was that
a policy for all Of fixing prices-declar-
ed a failure in both Germany and
Franco. was adopted, instead Of one Of
stimulating and increasing produc-
ton"
Closing Order Showed impotency
Blame for the coal shortage. Sena-
tor Lodge led to the fuel administl a.
tion's pricc-tiXing plan and railroad
difficulties. The closing order he de-
scribed as a complete confession Of
impotence and failure He denounco q
the fuel administration as an ''unneceS
sary agency which was composed
LARGELY Of amatallrS'
The senator dealt in a milder manner
with the food administration. Although
asserting that fixing the price of sugar
was "a mistaken policy and the su-
gar famine largely artificial. he addeC;
In Justice to Mr.. Hoover. he made cv-
cry effort to get rail distribution aid
get Java sugar How much he was
thwarted by the railroad situation ana
the tangle Of priority orders | do not
know but | am certain that If he had
been efficiently aided, instead of being
crossed BY other commissions, there
would have been no sugar famine m
the eastern states.
Discussing the proc edure Of TIL" fuel
Continued on Page 2-Coi. p
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28
.pERSHING'S LATEST
CASUALTY LIST

Washington. Eel, 2 .-Generai I'ers'1nG
r, ported today that Private Frank Bejtin-
osoff Erie. Pa was killed. and Lieut.
Robert r. Cooper. Smithfeld, Okla. ana
private ziggie Ruthkowski Chicago,
y are slightly wounded in action on Feb.
81
Private cyril 7. Morrissetie. j Cres-
cent street. West Quincy. Mass. died
Feb. "A OF wounds received in action
The death from meningitis Of Private
John L. Ryan. Brockton. Mass, was also
reported.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28

Philadelphia, Feb. 27.--Twenty-
lives yesterday morning when the sea-
going naval tug Cherokee founded in 4
severe sale Is miles off the Marylanl
coast,
Ten survivors anu the bodies of G g..t
other members of the crew of SO were
brought here today on two British res
cue ships and landed at the Philade.-
phia navy yard. No trace of the re-
Of the remaining members of the cre"'
was found Among those missing is
Junior Lieutenant Edward D. Ncwsn
of Gloucester. Mass, the commando
Ordinarily the Cherokee carried a crc y,
of 40, but che man was not aboard.
Steering Gear Broke
According to the captain Of ono II
the rescue ships. the primary cause III
the disaster was the breaking Of thu
steering gear. A 30-milc northwest gale
was blowing at the time and the little
vessel was at the mercy of the noun
famous seas. The tug was thrown
broadsidc to the waves and wailowe
IN the turbulent sea until her matches
were battered in. In the meantime two
RATS were launched and the crew aban-
doned the ship as she was about "a
founder.
Il saw wreckage six miles from tne
scene Of the disaster" said the CAP
tain. Later found an upturned boat
and then We sighted the raft ON which
there were L. men We took them al
aboard and two died from exposure.
II saw six bodies. and summoned an
other vessel to pick them up as
wanted to give assistance TO the livlh.
men"
Virtually all the II men on the ra.'
were unconscious when picked ~
There were four men on the second ratt
Two were washed overheard and th'
other two died.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28
GERMANS FINANCED lAv|SHLY
SCHEMES OF HINDU PLOTTERS
Final Stroke of Government Shows Further
Vaccinations of German Embassy Plotters
Claimed Favorable Relations with Chinese and
japanese Officials

Wa shington. was dated for the most
part. at Rye y. y. At one time the
summer headquarters of the German
embassy. It rccounted alleged favorable
interviews that Tagnre had with Ohn-
ma and Terauchi. the difficulties Wa
Ting Fang found in acting favora BIZ
because Of the influence Of DR. sun
Vat Sen, former president of China.
and revealed the hitherto hidden source
of Hindu funds.
Most Of the messages were in cryp-
Continued on Page 4-CoI. y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28
GERMANS APPEAR
TO HAVE DECIDED
TO ATTACK PETRoCRAD

''ni"e l'or r \ dispatch to the
tN.htorr T,}cstaph from retrograd
ru oro,,- that rsr<ov has been
.oc"uplvd ~ the russians came from
iutt t>' miles southwest OF Petro-
,r'd vm,h apparently is still in Rus
san bands
Events seem TO show that the Ger
"'ns have decided 10 attack PCtro-
stld
IN a''cmp' hy the Germans to take
|iehlsk met with strong resistance,
and The enemy vas forced To- retire
NE supplies az Orsa and other sta :
'lons near that palce We're success
''''N removed. Tn" railway bridge
across the river Berssina has been de-
Siroyed"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28
GERMAN DRIVE IMPENDING
INTENSE AERIAL ACTIVITY
HUNS GET IS ENTENTE PLANES
German Frightfulness A G a in Exemplified by
Sinking of British Hospital Ship Glenart Cas-
tle-164 Missing from Ship Which Was Fully
Lighted and Carried Distinctive Markings

Impt rial Chancellor Won Hertling ma; .
failed 10 drive wedge between thc
Entente allies ~ his reply t. President
Wilson. The declaration that German
aggression in the East is not intended
for conquest has come al a time wnen
German acts belle the words of the
chancellor and Paris and London Ia ,,
officially rt jectcd any proffers of TIA
olive branch THAT the more hopeful of
the people saw in the acceptance n
principle Of tho four points enunclat
ed by President Wilson as the basis
for peace negotiations Arthur j. Bal
four. the British secretary for foreign
affairs, sounded the key note of the En-
tente allies when. speaking in Londnn
he SAID mat, until German nlilitarism
was a thing of the past and there came
into existence Il court armed with eX-
ecutiNc powers making the weak ma
tions aS safe as the strong. the war
must go on. lie characterized Won Hert-
lngs attitude toward Belgium as UNI
satisfactory and insisted that German
practice does not coincide with Pr.si-
dent Wilson's propositions.
German Socialist Protests
Philip Schcidemann. the German So
cialiSt leader. has voiced the protest Il
, his party to the peace that is beins
e., In, No Jyl,in I,.a
said that Germany must negotiate a
peace ny understanding that the indie
pcndence of Belgium must be secured
and that the Flemings and WalloonS
must settle their own differences.
Advance TO Petrograd Continues
While the German Imperial govern
ment is trying TO convince the world OF
! its diSintereSt cdneSS III The future &
| Russia, the advance of the Tcuton arm.
| les toward Pctrograd still goes on. II
| now appears there Will be no armistlc'
| on Tho Russian front until peace is ii
7 naiiy conSummated,
In spite of the claim by the Bolshevii'
I government that the Russians were
lighting hard for the city Of Pshoy. tho
| Germans have pushed far to the east
ward of that town. 1t is rumored tha'
| the TcutonS have reached the City OF
! Luga. midway between PSkoV and Pc
1 trograd Borisoff, 60 miles northeast
/ OF Minsk has been captured BY the
Germans The German official report
SAWS that the Tcuton troops in Ukraine
are within 30 miles of kiev. The Rus
/ sian troops have refused to fight ant
( those who have not objectly surren
dered are fleeing in a disorderly mot
toward the capital. If there Is any re-
| sistance to the German Invasion, II
must come from the peasants.
American troops have been subjected
! to a heavy bombardment or gas shells
! from German batteries. Three Amer
\ leans are reported to have died from
/ the effects of gas and nine others are
: said to have suffered severely.
German Drive Impending
There are not lacking indications
| that the long expected German drive
along the French and British fronts
/ Continued on Page 2-Col -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28
Members of Mortar Battery

Some OF the men belong to 4 trench
nc rtar battery. The gas effects resulted
from the fact that the men were not able
to adjust their masks quickly enough or,
in some cases, to make them secure.
The enemy today heavily shelled the
American battery positions with gas and
high explosive shells, while the American
artillerists secured direct hit on large
enemy dugout where many Germans
probably were sheltered. The American
SHELLS also reached numerous working
parties.
II one two-hour period last evening y,
enemy airplanes crossed the American
lines. One of a group Of seven was shot
down by an anti-aircraft gun The in
fartry activity was confined to patrols
but there was no engagement Eain fen
asain today. accentuating the muddy con
dition of the position.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28
TWO more U. S.
SOLDIERS DEAD
FROM CASING.

With the American Army in France,
Feb. 21.--(By the Associated Press Tive
more American soldiers died in hospital
TODAY from the effects Of German gas
Shells, making five dead in all
Throughout tile day groups OF men
we're discovered who suffered from the
effects of the poisonous gases and BY TO-
night the victims numbered about So
most Of whom were not badly affected
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28
FOR REELECTION
Governor Milliken Says
He Is Candidate
Makes Statement Wednesday Evening
Before Leaving for Washington
Aas No Other Comment or An.
rouncemert to Make on Subject

Go,crno, carl r. Milliken. just be-
fore leaving Wednesday, evening on the
pullman for Washington, ma de the an
no4neem"rl tnut he would be Il can
j AT. tor to-'i'rtion as Governor OF
VI ne
Go}"upr Mi!liken had no other COM
nent ~ announcement to make on THE
.5in'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28
Suspend Portland Trolley
Rate Raise Three Months
rhe diSnatch follows:

Portland. Me, Feb. 27.-The case for
the company was practically complete
when adjournment was taken this aft :
ernoon of the hearin.; before the Pub
lie Utilities Commission on the petit
ton nf the Cumberland County Light
and Power Co. for an increase Of fares
on the Portland Street Railway. The
adjournment was for an unassigned
date. probably several weeks The sus-
pension OF the schedule Of rates filed
for Il period Of three months was an
nounced by the commission
Another Wage Increase Asked
Another toatitr" was q statement by
President William NJ. Bradley that the
employees Of the corporation have made
another demand for an increase in
wages before MAY and that it is I'M
perativc to have Tho additional income
TO be derived trcm the new tariff 10
meet this demand
Attorney General Guy Sturgis. who
appears ~ Tho interests Of the public
by request Of Governor Milliken. stat
ed that no reasonable expense will be
spared by the State to procure expert
accountants and engineers to probe the
affairs OF the company and prepare
such documents as may he necessary
for presenting the opposin4 facts and
figures.
100000 a Year from Public
The petition calls Tor an additional
tax on the people of the populous part
Of Cumberland county If 100000 "a
year. Attorney General Sturgis said.
Treasurer Fred Berry estimated that
A. r. Leach Of New York. or his firm
OF promoters, stock and bond brokers,
Continued on Page 2-col. y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28
Serious Conflict Breaks Out

Germany is determined to settle hy
violent measures if necessary.
Serious Conflict Breaks Out
The dispatch follows:
Charles / paid u visit to William IL,
the 2ond OF February. I.udcndorff was
present at their interview. II we are
10 judge from the tone of the interview
it must have been lacking in cordiality.
There seems 10 be little doubt but what
a serious conflict las broken out dur
ing the Wrcl, hetu-on, -" courts -
Vienna and Berlin and which German ny
is determined 70 S,,,." \. r"eu r.. -.
violent measures.
The international situation Of the
Dual Monarchy is such that the Vienna
government in order to avert 4 catas-
trophe has been obliged to distinguish
by means Of public declarations its own
policy from that Of Germany, The re
Continued on Page 2-Col. y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28
CONGRESS Sees Demonstration
Of Browning Automatic Rifle

Washington, FEB. -f.--lhe Id'eS'
| American contribution to warfare. the
Browning automatic rifle, was officially
| introduced to Congress at demonstIa-
ton staged in a remote valley i'll the
hills that surround this city. Fol more
than two hours the air was filed WITH
the snarl and crash Of the firing. SEN
ators and representatives operating the
new weapons for themselves under the
direction of a squad Of soldiers OF the
machine gun school at springfield,
Mass.
Hiqh Army Officials Present
High army officials. including Assist
ant Secretary Crowell, Maj. Gen. BID
die. acting chief of staff, and a. score OF
officers from the British, French, ltal-
ian and Belgian missions, watch the
demonstration with keen interest.
AS to the performance Of the ~ guns
used there was not stoppase or NAL
function despite the fact that hundreds
of rounds were fired and that the
squad from the school had never seen
the guns before last SATURDAY.
When firing with the automatic r.
fcs was completed, two Browning
heavy machine guns were put N &C
ton. Thousands of bullets were sent
streaming across the valley TO set the
dust leaping on the far hillside. Again
there was no malfunction and the dem
onstration was completed with an en-
hihition OF the simplicity OF construc =
ton. one of the guns being dismoun1-
ed. taken apart and re assembled re
peatedly in few minutes time.
These two guns have been selected
nv the ordnance bureau of the War
department, as the weapons with "hlch
the army is soon to be equipped.
The automatic rifles used came from
factories where the actual production
on q quantity scale has already start
ed Within matter of weeks, nun
dreds will he delivered every day ana
thousands every week. They are to be
the over the top guns Of tomorrow
rs the French Chauchat j. used by
French and American troops TO-DAY. y
ron-commissioned officer of the DEM
onstrating detachment who with ms
assistants has been drilled with every
TYNE of weapon used by the Aliieo
,rnops. including the Chauchat the only
prototype of the new rife. spoke 'or
the whole squad when he SAID:
That's the finest gun in the world
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28
IS BRITISH
MERCHANTMEN
ARE SUNK

London, Feb. =. Eighteen British mer-
cLantmen were sunk by mine or subnA
rinc in the past week, according to the
British admiralty report tonight, OF these
u were vessels Of 1850 tons or over AMI
four were under that tonnage. Seven
fishing vessels also were sunk.
Arrivals 2.27f, saiIinGs 2,39s.
Merchantmen unsuccessfully attack
ed, nine.
Increase Over Last Week
The losses to British shipping in the
past week show a cOnside ra BILE increase
over the previous week, when the vessels
destroyed numbered l., IL of then, over
l6Io tons In the preceding geek ~ Brit
ish merchantmen were sent to the bottom.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28
THE WEATHER
SNOW-cOLDER

Forecast: Snow and somewhat cold
er Thursday; Friday probably snow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28
SERIOUS CONFLICT HAS ARISEN 9 men LOSE LIVES WHEN
BE1WEEN KAISER AND AUSTRIA NAVAL TUG CHEROKEE SINKS

Austrian Premier Formally Rciterates that Aus
tria-Hungary Will Take No Part in Military
Action Against Russia or Rumania and VIII
Not Send Her Troops into the Ukra;ne-Ger-
many May Use Violent Measures Against Her
A1lv
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28

Germany is determined to settl" |
violent measures if necessary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28
Facts and Figures Given
at Massachusetts Hear
ing by Rev. w. +. Berry
100000 WOMEN
SIGN PETITION
Executive Hearing upon PrOhibi-
ton Amendment Ratification
massachusetts at Fault for
Whatever Law Viola o n
There Is in Maine

Boston, Feb. .'.-A peUUoh oVeF a HEth
Of nile in length. signed by 3o"Qo wo-
mon. urging the ratification Of the nation
was presented at an executive hearing
TODAY by Mrs. Katherine l.. stevenson,
r,re sident of the Massachusetts branch of
tha .Woman's Christian Temperance
UEion,
Continued on Page 2-CoI. p
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THURSDAl: Snow
All Weathers

,s.a advertising works all the
Ciass'.ssjr weather or foul. II you
time rask a want ad" can dc
ha'e 20, set the want ad to work
M that task.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28
FRIDAYS: Snow
Be Thrifty

j: You have a secondhand article
of value which you no longer use
be THRIFTY advertise 1t in the
Journal and gel the cash out OF II.
A Classic ad will turn the trick.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28
German Drive Impending

There are not lacking indications
that the long expected German drive
along the French and British fronts
/. CONTINUED on Page 2-Col. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28
From German Embassy

The spondence, sent on from
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-04-24

q. Ammunition and ordnance for
the Army and Navy.
S. Raw materials for munitions fac
tories.
S. Raw materials for munitions fac
tories.
6. Wharves, railroads, camps, ware
houses in this country and in France,
involving thousands of carloads of ma
terial.
7. The expenditure of practically
$900,000,000 for aeroplanes and addi-
/. tional sums for armored cars, tanks,
ETC., with increased transportation in
volved in this program.
During two months recently 80 per
cent of the freight haulage of two of
the great railroads leading to an east
ern seaport was war freight alone.
In view of this situation particular
ly, and the call of the Director General
iof the Railroads, the food problem is
of supreme Importance in the South.
Last month we outlined the program
and the present situation has in no
wise changed it.
Food and Cotton
The price Of cotton should be no in
ducement to farmers to neglect or de-
crease the production of food. On the
SollCl eI Vic pllCS VI lOOu oIlOltlI SS-
pecially influence farmers to safe
guard food and feed first, as pointed
out last month. The banks in the
South are full Of money, it is true, but
that money is going out pretty fast
during the spring for products which
could be produced in the South, and by
that very fact is drawing very heavi-
ly upon the food stores of the Nation.
A bale of cotton at $3.50 will not buy
any more at the present time in terms
of corn, hay, meat, meal, flour, and
other general food products than it
would have bought when it was worth
but $50 bale. The farmer who de-
cides to grow nothing but cotton and
buy his food will find himself not rich
er but poorer. -,
Safeguarding the Food Supply
The department is not discouraging
the production of cotton. When the
living has been amply provided for and
we have enough to assure food for
ourselves and feed for our live stock,
the Southern farmer should grow as
much cotton as can be we'll tended with
his supply of labor, teams and tools,
but he should safeguard the food sup
ply through good home garden,
enough acreage in corn to supply the
family and the live stock, and some to
spare, hay and other roughage ample
for his needs, peanuts, soy beans, yell
vet beans, cowpeas, and other food
and feed crops, which, together with
sweet and Irish potatoes for the FAM
lily use and cane or sorghum for sirup,
should be made to go as far as possible
in supplying local food needs and pre-
vent the necessity Of heavy transpor-
tation burdens in bringing food in.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-04-24
State Of South Carolina,
County Of Clarendon.

Under and by virtue of Sundry ex-
ecutlons issued by L. l.. Wells, treas
urer of Clarendon County, and to me
directed, | will offer for sale on Mon
day, the 9th day of May, 1918, within
the legal hours for sales, in front of
the Court House at Manning, the fol-
loving real estate for taxes, for 1916
and 1917:
Fulton
Jaygould Johnson, lot, 1 building.
Calvary
Emma James, 6 4-10 acres.
Vardel Watson, lot.
Rufus Watson, l lot.
Santee
Julia Nelson, ID 1-2 acres, 1 build
ing.
Est Dan Fielder, acres, 1 building.
Concord
st. James
ing.
Plowden's Mill
j. E. McFaddin, Is acres.
Harmony
H. M. Caldwell, 60 acres.
Elizabeth Marant, 45 acres, 3 build
ings.
New ion
Perry Wilson, 21 acres, 1 building.
Mrs. Carry Burgess, 3 acres.
E. NJ. McElveen, 2 acres.
Douglas
Sandy Grove
Mrs. Sue Floyd, Is acres.
Marion j. Floyd, 80 acres.
Ellington Guy Timber Co., 22O
acres.
E. B. GAMBLE, Sheriff,
Clarendon County