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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-26

Chicago. June 22.-Betwocn nGly
and "a hundred members OF the Has
cnhack Wallace circus were killed to-
day when four wooden coaches Of the
circus train i'm which the personnel
by Michigan Central train of empty
Pullmans. The wrcckage caught
fire. one hundred and twenty-five
dead and injured were taken to Gary,
Ind. and twenty others to Hammond
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Use RAILROAD PLATFORMS.
For the Handling and Weighing OF
Cotton,

Cotton.
Washington, June 21.-Some days
ago an order was issued by the fed
eral administration of the Southern
Railway prohibiting the use of tn
railroad station platforms for tn
handling or weighing of cotton. Con
gressman James +. Byrnes. OF Souti
Carolina, today protested to Il. IL
Coapman, federal director OF The
Southern, against this order, showini
how onerous it would be upon small
farming communities i'm compelliii,
them to construct platforms at thci
own expense at every station in cot
ton territory.
Mr.. Byrncs said that he woul'
carry the matter To President WilSon
If necessary Mir. Coapman was con
vinccd that the order was mistak
ard directed it's Immediate reVora
ton
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-26

Dr. r. Herbert Olson is Just back
from the jefferson Medical College o.
Philadelphia. where he graduated thi.
June with distinction. He expects to
he called about the first of July t'
the navy. where he has been offered
Il position. He is spending his vaca
tion with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs *
@ Dixon, of BishOpvill'
Leader and VindiCator.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-26

Miss Juanita Hewitt. daughter OF
MIR. G. w. Hewitt, of Darlington.
died i'm "A hospital i'm Richmond yes
tcrday at p. IN. after a long illness
The funeral will be held in Darling
ton tomorrow afternoon.
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Washington. June 2..--Fair wealth
er. with temperatures slightly below
normal is forecast for the Southeast
ern States during the coming week.
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To all public eating places in South
Carolina:
In order to conserve the supply of
beef for our army and our allies, you
ARE expected until further notice to
observe the following regulations:
Roast beef, whether hot or cold.
should be served only on Monday a.
midi day meal; stewed or boiled beef
or beef hash on Wednesday and Sat
urday at midday meals; steak in any
form, including hamburg steak on
Thursday only at midday meals BY
products of beef such as oXtals, liv-
crS. tongues, SWcetbreadS, hearts, kid
ncys. brains. and tripe. may be served
II any time. We do not wish any ad
Tcrtising either by hotels and public
eating places as to the days or routn"
i'm which this service proceeds for ii
would focus attention Of customers
on these days and increase consump-
| tiOn of beef.
VIM. Elliott.
Food administrators for South Caro-
lima.
Juno IS, 1913.
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Juno is, 1913.

TIE Fourth Of July Celebration
Committee plans to have one of tn"
best bands i'm the state TO furnish mu-
sic for the parade and during the eN-
ercises on the Court House square.
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Glt @attSman ana soutbrun.
ruoiished Wednesday and Saturday
BY
osTEEN Publishing COMPANY
SUMTER, 8. q.
Terms:
$50 per annum-in advance.
Advertisements.

Ono Square first insertion ..S1.O(
Every subsequent insertion. :. 81
Contracts for three months. O,
longer will be made at reduced rates
All communications which sub.
serve private interests will be charged
for as advertisements.
Obituaries and tributes of respect
will be charged for.
The Sumter Watchman was found
go IN 1850 and the True Southron IN
ssoo. The Watchman and Southron
now has the combined circulation and
influence of both of the old papers,
and In manifestly the best advertiser.
medium IN Sumter.
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TO hotels, restaurants, boarding
houses and public eating places:
ON account of the necessity for con-
servation of ice, please observe the
following rules, effective at once:
|. No crushed ice or shaved ice
Shall he served in drinking water.
>. No crushed ice or shaved ice
shall be served around fruits or other
dishes, or in finger bowls, etc.
5. No ice shall be bought eXcep,
Cor necessary uses.
VIM. Elliott,
Food Administrator for South Caro-
lima.
June 20, 1918.
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10 soda fountain and soft drink deal
ON account of the great shortage Of
lowing rule:
No crushed or shaved ice shall be
used or served i'm drinks.
This rule effective at once.
VIM. Elliott,
Food Administrators for South Caro-
lima
June p, 1918.
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FOOD ADMINISTRATION ORDERS.

State Food Administrator Elliott Is
sues Regulations as to Ice and
Beef.
Evening star., 1918-06-28
LODGING WITH NO SERVICE
IS AVAILABLE FOR GIRLS
Council for Defense Will Register
Rooms to Rent Where Occu-
pant Must Care for It.

Many washingtonians have rooms
in their homes that they would rent
to young woman war korkers II these
workers would agree to care for room
without maid service. DR.. George NJ.
Kober told the District Council Of
Defense in reporting on the work OF
the housing committee at meeting
of the council in the District building.
yesterday afternoon.
1t Is probable that as result of the
report Edwin S. Hege, head of the
room registration office of the council,
1921 New York avenue, will endeavor
to have listed at the Office all avail
able rooms, whether the housekeeper
is able to offer maid service or not.
Mr. Hege pointed out that many
young women who are coming hers to
work for the government might Sc
cure rooms at lower rates II they
Kober reported that the servant
question is serious one now in pri-
vate homes as well as boarding
houses.
On motion of Health Officer Wood
ward, the council was instructed to
procure health pamphlets and dis
tribute them through Maj. D. j. Dono-
van to every man in the District who
is in class / of the draft.
William H. Baldwin, chairman Of
the council. brought up the ques-
tion of the possible need for a COM
pulsory work law in the District. A
committee was instructed to investi-
gate and report.
Evening star., 1918-06-28
GEN. SCR|VEN.PRA|SES
ITALIAN FIGHTING MEN
No Buster or Nonsense About
Them, He Says-Returns for Ex-
tensive Observation Tour.

AN ATLANTIC PORT, June 2s.-
"The Italians are magnificent soldiers.
and there is no bluster or nonsense
about them when it comes to fight
Ing" says Brig. Gen. George P.
Scriven. U. s. A.
Since last October he has been at
tached to the italian armies on the
Piave and in Albania and Macedonia.
He arrived here yesterday. Gen.
Scriven is going to Washington to lay
before the War Department a detailed
report Of conditions in Italy.
OF Gen. Diaz. commander-in-chie of
the Italian forces. Gen. scriven says:
HE is a type of soldier who i'm
presses you with confidence"
The morale of the italian troops, he
added. was excellent. even at the time
when they were recovering from the
first Austrian offensive.
Gen. Scriven visited the Albanian and
Macedonian fronts, and was also in
Salonikf. He said he was with the
srmies of Italy, Serbia, France and
Greece.
'of the Greeks he said there then
mating $4,000 men, all the armies
being distributed along the front fac
Ing the Bu1garians and Germans in a
consolidated line. Monastir, he added.
was almost constantly under bonn
bardment. but the allied armies were
holding fast against any advance
Saloniki he described as one Of the
most interesting places in the world,
because. as a British officer remarked.
even the Romans never saw as many
Evening star., 1918-06-28
COMMISSION TO RUSSIA, WITH
ARMED GUARD, MAY BE PLAN

President Wilson Is working on the
address he is to give at Mount YER
non on Independence day. While no
announcement has been made of the
subject on which he will speak. it
is understood that in view of de-
velopments in the Russian situation
the attitude of the United States in
the matter will then be made known.
It is said the President favors a
policy Of mutual helpfulness with
Russian in commercial, industrial
and agricultural ways. and with this
in view he is contemplating sending
to Russia a commission of distin-
guished civilians.
Troops Might Be Sent.
The commission would offer assist
ance and have the power to discuss
and arrange with Russian represen-
tatives a plan of cooperation de-
signed to set that perturbed country
on its feet. Troops might be sent to
protect the commissioners and to
police territory where native local
governments might be established to
carry out the policy inaugurated by
the United States.
Strict intervention, it is said. will
not be tolerated by the United States.
The word Intervention" 1t is known.
Evening star., 1918-06-28
Preferred to Intervention.
REPORTS LOSS OF $3.50.
J. T. Nicholson Asks Arrest Of Man
Who Failed in Contract,

Joshua T. Nicholson. 110s 18th
street. has reported to the police the
loss of $3.50. He said he gave that
sum of money to a man to be used in
payment for goods. railroad fare and
a license to do business in this city.
Nicholson says that the man failed to
make his contract good, and asks for
his arrest.
Police Of the sixth precinct are
searching for two young men who
are wanted on suspicion Of having
robbed the place of business Of John
Allen, sos North Capitol street. of
cigarettes and candy valued at $500.
The robbery was committed about
4:30 this morning, entrance being
gained by removing a screen from a
window.
Mrs Ida Bourziel. 1899 r street. told
police of the eighth precinct that an
unidentified individual last night took
her key from the mail box. entered
her apartment and stole wearing ap-
parel valued at $10s.
A fishing outfit, three fire extin-
guishers and wearing apparel valued
at $50 disappeared from a theater at
1408 Church street the past week.
The property belonged to Henry H.
Elliott, 1853 Girard street.
Evening star., 1918-06-28
FACTORY PROBLEM BIGGEST.
Mr.. Frankfurter Says Army Sue
cess Depends on Industry.

The task of mobilizing millions OF
workmen throughout the nation and
placing each man where he will be
most effective in the war machine is
far bigger undertaking than the War
Departments job of raising an Army
of 100000, Felix Frankfurter. as
sistant to the Secretary of Labor. told
heads of the United States employ
ment service in a conference here yes
terday.
ficials that the success of the Army
in France will be measured only by
their success in keeping the factories
at home running with the needed
number of workmen. He urged each
man present to extend the arm Of the
service into every corner Of his state
or district
Evening star., 1918-06-28
WOUNDED MAN TELLS HOW
HE FACED GUNS AT CAMBRIA

viii come sneaking up and find u.s.
well, we crawled out. The cor
poral was killed the first crack. and I
got a rifle wound in the leg. 1t
wasn't bad. but, you see, I couldn't
ing every minute to be picked of, I
saw the Germans swarming down the
roads. and they were sending scout
Ing parties out into the fields. Some
Of them came and looked at me, and
I thought my time had come. But
kick and make funny German noises
in their throats, and then they went
away again. I guess their scheme
was to take me on to some prison
camp after a while. After l was so
thirsty and weak that I thought I
along and gave me drink. 1 didn't
know but 1t might be poisoned, but
1 drank it anyway. and it went down
all right.
Germans Coming Back.
after a long time the columns
seemed to be turned. I looked down
to the roads. and the Germans were
coming back again. The reason for
that the Coldstream Guards had come
up Just in time. Besides, the Ger
mans didn't like the terrain. What
they were trying for was a position
on the ridge, and they couldn't make
it. I lay out in that field for hours
and hours, and the swelling and the
hunger and everything made me SO
faint that didn't care what happened
to me.
Then I was found by couple of
stretcher bearers. It was a long way
to the hospital, and by the time got
there the wound was so bad that there
was nothing to do but put me to sleep
and take the leg right off below the
knee. If I'd had to wait another day,
1t would have been good night for
me-"
Private C. had a long period of
convalescence in a Paris base hospi-
tai. and now he has been sent to Wal
ter Reed to be fitted with a new limb,
so that he can. some day, work al
most as well as If he had never gone
through the tragic experience which
he related to me.
Evening star., 1918-06-28
BY DONALD L. BREED.

II you want to see a look Of utter
and complete amazement spread over
the face of fellow being. then ask a
soldier who has been in France
whether he thinks the allies will win
q military victory.
I saw this look of wonder in the
face of man who has been at Cam
brai and Baupaume. He Is Private
c. of the 11th Engineers, and he
is now at Walter Reed Hospital. in
Washington, undergoing treatment
which will render him almost as sound
as he was before he got his wound
certainly we're going to win," he
said. But not this summer and not
this year / don't know when it'll be,
but we're going to end the war on
German soil There's no other way
out of it. We've got to whip them
back inside their own boundaries
Private G. was before Cambral IN
the famous battle of November 20 to
80. 1917.
In Fight at Cambria.
At the chosen time the offensive be-
gan. 1t was a big offensive for those
DAYS, and 1t succeeded well at the
start. The British troops forged ahead
and the engineers were kept sweating
to bring up the rear, build tracks and
see that the roads were passable. rhe
spires of Cambria only two and one
half miles off, were visible at last.
and Private c.. in common with
the rest of the troops. supposed that
the retaking of the city was only
matter of hours.
But, as everybody now knows, Cam
ken
I'VE saw a German sausage balloon
sailing in our direction" Private
c. said. 1--WE thought 1t was
pretty queer, but we had no time to
stop and figure out the reason for II.
Then, like a bomb, came the order 10
retreat. was in a dugout with a
bunch of fellows. and we could see
the men pouring down the roads. The
corparal says. What shall we do:
It's sure death to crawl out in that
Evening star., 1918-06-28
FOR NEW wv. C. A. BUILDING
War Council Appropriates $500, 900
After Deciding on Structure.

The national war council Of the
Y. w. c. A. has appropriated 100000
for the new administrative building
to be located on property owned by
the association at 18th and I streets.
Work in Washington has assumed
such a national character. owing to
the number of woman clerks who
have come to Washington from all
states of the Union. that the war
council decided upon the building.
The joint financial campaign Of
the Y. NJ. c. A. and the Y. W. c. A.,
to take place some time in October.
it is announced, is to be for $11s, ,000.-
900. and the women's association 10
to get $4,000, 900.
The Y. NJ. c. A. will open two inns
in the near future. 1t Is announced.
one at Silver Spring. Nd, and the other
on the Rockville road.
Evening star., 1918-06-28
GERMANS ENJOY LUXURIEs.
Enormous Sums Are Spent Therefor
Despite Widespread. Distress.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM, June 13. = Despite
Widespread distress, enormous sums
of money are being spent in Germany
on luxuries and amusements. the
Deutsche Tages Zeitung of Berlin
complains. 1t says that the consump-
tion of champag ghe. which amounted
to 10000, 900 bottles a year before the
war and dropped to less than 100000
bottles in the first year of the war, in
1917 rose to 100000 bottles, al
though the prices ranged from 800 to
400 per cent higher. The newspaper
also points to the crowded theaters
and the great increase in betting at
the race courses.
Evening star., 1918-06-28
IRELAND MUST SEND MEN.
Lord French Says Volunteer Call
Did Not Mean No Conscriptiou.

LONDON, June 27.-When his procla-
nation calling for Irish volunteers
was issued there was no idea of aban-
doning the possibility of conscription,
viscount French, the lord lieutenant.
declared in a speech Wednesday at
Belfast.
Fifty thousand men would be ac-
cepted as Irelands contribution, but
ii compulsion had to be resorted to
the number would be regulated by
population.
Evening star., 1918-06-28
HOME FROM LECTURE TOUR.
Dr.. Crafts Delivered lis ,Prohibi-
ton Speeches in PHILADELPHIA.

DR.. Wilbur F. Crafts. superintendent
OF the International Reform Bureau.
Inc. has returned to his home here
after thirty-day tour through
Pennsylvania in the interest of ma
tional prohibition as a war meas
ure. In that time Dr. Crafts, accom-
panied by David Reed of Boston. vis-
tied twenty-eight cities, in which he
delivered a total Of lis speeches
Most of his talks were given at fac
tories during the lunch hour.
Evening star., 1918-06-28
Mario Diaz to Represent Cuba.

HAVANA. June 27.-Mario Diaz y
Irizar has been named by President
MenocaI as the Cuban representative
for the international commission of
trademarks and patents in Washing
ton. He is chief of the Cuban patent
Office
Evening star., 1918-06-28
U-BoATs GET TWO SHIPS,
Only One Member Of Pomeranian's 4
Crew Survives.

AN ATLANTIC PORT. June Is
The Canadian Pacific steamships
Pomeranian and Medora have been
sunk by German submarines, accord
ing to information brought here by
the captain of a vessel arriving from
England.
Only the second engineer from the
Pomeranian was saved. he declared
Evening star., 1918-06-28

types Of men as were passing through
the city.
In the Albanian district. Gen.
Scriven said. the Italians have per-
formed magnificent work In estab-
fishing stable governments. schools.
dition to building good roads and es-
tablishtng sanitary conditions. In this
the British Red Cross in assisting. that
organization having more than 1000
women scattered through the hills
engaged in relief work.
Evening star., 1918-06-28

Private Henry. Briley. 30sth Engineers.
s1st Division. has been convicted at
Camp Sewer for sleeping at his post
while on sentry duty and sentenced to
three months at hard labor.
Evening star., 1918-06-28

that the supreme effort is to win this
war. that women should have the suf-
fraSe by amendment to tho United
States Constitution. and that a prohibit
ton amendment should be submitted to
. referendum Of the voters OF the state
to serve as . guide to the general as
oemofy.
Evening star., 1918-06-28

Connecticut Democrats Meet.
HARTFORD. Conn. June 3s.-Thomas
J. SpellAcy Of Hartford was nominated
for governor BY the state democratic
convention here yesterday.
The platform approved the admins.
tration Of President Wilson. declared
Evening star., 1918-06-28

is considered too strong a term and
distasteful not only to the allies ana
those races subjugated by the CEN
trail powers and ready to revolt. but
also to President Wilson and other
officials in this country.
More than one Of the countries
among the allies. It fs understood.
have been in favor of the action the
President is said to have in mind. The
general opinion among the allies has
been that in order to obtain the con-
fidence Of the Russian masses such
aid as the United States Is said to be
about to give that country should be
accompanied by police force to
champion their cause, and to show the
peoples Of that country that 1t is act
ing in good faith.
The sending of missions with prom
ises and the absence of moral or
armed force to back them up is looked
upon as aiding the Germans.
Preferred to Intervention.
A pacific penetration by the United
States and the allies is said to be ap-
proved in preference to armed inter-
vention by a large force. because OF
the beneficial effect 1t would have on
the Russians. 1t is felt that an armed
force would give Germany a chance
for the exploitation Of propaganda de-
claring the treaty Of Brest-Lttovsk
had been violated, and that the tnten-
tions Of the invading force were not
friendly to the Russian people.
Evening star., 1918-06-28
q. S. MISSIONARY SHOT.
Rev. Frank Eckerson Severely
Wounded hY Bandits in China.

BY the Associated Press
Annoy, China, Thursday. Juno 20
Rev. Frank Eckerson. an American
missionary, is reported to have been
shot and severely wounded by bandits
forty miles northwest of Annoy. Mr..
Eckerson is a missionary Of the Re-
formed Church in America.
Evening star., 1918-06-28
The Bell
Guarantee

II for any reason
you believe the Bell
Suit you buy here isn't
giving the satisfsetion
It should. come In and
vs Will make any I'd.
justmsat you believe
Il right. Well give
you Q neW Ge<@ent
Or your meosy baoA-
vhchsvsf ys1 vr6ee.
Could any Mm Do
msss SR 5sst
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-04-12
United. States Government Treasury
Department Third Liberty Loan

hereby thatt Liberty campaign
organization
cial date of the opening April 18th
begin. .%-#z5%#
Owing to the billions OF dollars to be raised 1t
that subscribe in
with their worth
doing his share The COUNTY organization
effective various
be workers loyalty oath
the county have been working continuously compiling
information the WORTH individual
together
bonds subscriptions to Red GFps M c. and knights
umbus, will provided On
this will the of all
estimated worth information
the proper allotment figured. +
were upon by statesmen who
patriotism liberty
will again be called
allotment "a
The knowledge that CITY township individual
the Third
all their best
interfere any
with Third Liberty
the patriotic
do their share in buying bonds.
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FLAG DAY PROGRAM
WAS WELL ATTENDED

The Flag Day and first anniversary
program was somewhat marred last
Saturday by the snow and rain, but
Eif it had not been for these things the
Farmers could not have come in as
they did, their work would have kept
them in the fields.
The entire program, which lasted
about two hours, was all home talent,
there being no outsire speakers, but
that did not lessen the interest taken
In listening to the war questions that
were talked over.
The band, which is constantly grow.
fing III favor with their splendid music
played a couple of selections at the be.
ginning and end of the program.
Other music, was duett by two little
girls, Maxine McCulloch and Marcia
Bowman entitled "Goodby William,
Goodby," which had lot of truth in
in as we'll as being pretty song we'll
rendered; Adolph Wacker sang with
enthusiasm Keep the Home Fires
Burning" having the audience join in
the chorus after each verse.
Karl Klein explained the need of
buying Liberty Bonds, what the gov
ernment did with the money and the
value of the investment. Mrs. J. T..
McCulloch told of the work the women
are doing in this war and encouraged
them to do more. ]. E. Williams u.s.
ed as his subject Our Duty as Citi-
zens," and made it plain that no shirk-
ers:were needed Some of the history
of why we are in the war was ex-
planned by J. T. McCulloch. Henry
Morgan told why we must win, and