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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-09

Washington, Aug. Sin urging
enactment of the administration S
manpower bill extending draft ages
to from Is to 45 years OF age, Cen
eral March told the senate military
committee yesterday that the war
department plans an army OF zap
proXimately 100000, to be raised
as soon as possible.
While realizing the Importance of
the measure. General March said he
did not believe it was necessary to
recall congress before the present re-
cess plan expires on August "a pro-
viding the bill could be reported at
that time.
About July 80, General March
said, the United States reached a de-
cision to enlarge its military pro-
gram to carry out the policies agreed
upon at the recent inter-allied con-
ference at Paris to speed up prose-
cuti6n of the war and bring it to an
early conclusion:
The chief of staff entered into a
general discussion OF the entire sub
ject and the necessity for amending
the present law. Much OF his state
nj mt given to the committee behind
closed doors was supplemented to
that of Provost Marshal General
Crowder yesterday.
Questioned by senators regarding
the apparent change OF 'front.' of
the war department in its war pro-
gram General March told OF the gov
ernment's decision in accord with the
Paris conference
For the new program Secretary
Baker and other officials concluded
that there must be an extension OF
the draft age.
While about 100000 men are
now under arms, army officials think
there should be approximately s.
100000 men at home and in France.
In order iot to disturb the present
draft system and to avoid calling
men who had been given exemption,
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-09
MAKERS OF MOTOR CARS
PROPOSE A CURTAILMENT
Voluntarily Submit Proposal to Re-
duce Manufacture OF Passenger
Cars so Per Cent.

. Washington, Aug. S.-Hugh Chal
mers, vice president of the autono-
bile chamber of commerce appeared
today before the war industries
board and submitted a proposal for
voluntary curtailment Of the manu-
facture of passenger automobiles of
80 per cent Mr.. Chalmers informed
the board that manufacturers at a
recent meeting in Detroit determined
they would sign pledge making eff
fective the proposed curtailment
The board appointed a committee
with full power to act in the matter
of automobile production. \ virtual
curtailment of 100 per cent on steel
for passenger cars is now in effect.
officials said today, and the war de-
mands are increasing so rapidly that
there is hardly possib of
granting the figure suggested by the
manufacturers.
Fuel Administrator Garfield has
announced that rs per cent fuel
curtailment for passenger cars would
be put into effect August l.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-09
HEALTH INSTITUTE WAS
HELD IN COLUMBIA
Beginning Of Campaign TO Safeguard
Health Throughout South
Carolina

columbia, s. c.. Aug S.-The
Health Institute. held here for two
days last week, launching the state
health compaign, which has been un-
dertaken by the Council of Defense
as an important war measure, has
not only proven success in every
way, but is attracting nationwide
attention. A representative of the
Council OF National Defense came
down from Washington to attend the
institute and to acquaint himself at
hrst hand with the plans for tho
statewide campaign 1t is the pur-
pose of the Council of National De-
tense to adopt the best features OF
the plans of the South Carolina
Council of Defense for a national
movement along the same lines TO be
recommended to the several state de-
fense councils for their adoption.
The movement which has been
launched will now be extended into
the several counties Representa-
llNtS Oh tne county councils who at
tended the Health Institute will ar
range, through their organizations
10 spread the message throughout
their home counties. Ii is expected
that meetings will be held in many
parts of the state, beginning with.
in the next week What the dele.
gates learned at the institute the,
will be expected to impart to thei,
people, and besides public meetings
many agencies will be employed il
this big effort to acquaint the peo
pie with the importance OF healtr
conservation and with methods O.
preventing and combating the prin
cipal menaces to the public health.
Three hundred delegates attend
ed these meetings.
Those attending the Health Insti
tute from Lancaster county were
w. {. Rough, r. T.. Wylie, Mrs. w
Z. Taylor, Mrs. NJ j. Perry; DR.. w
5. Moore, Heath Springs.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-09
FACING STRONG RESISTANCE
= AMERICANS PUSH FORWARD
T'S so HOT IN VIRGINIA
APPLES cook ON TREES

Winchester, Va, Avg. s,-2<Apa
pies cooking on the ,tretss'n the
great orchard region Fof northern
Virginia is one -ofrthe freaks of
nature being caused by the hot
spell State Fuel Administrator
Byrd, is displaying fruit from his
orchard, where the thermometer
registered 120 degrees in the sun.
which has been thoroughly siz-
zied If it actually has not been
baked, and other growers say the
fruits are being threatened with
ruin. Other growing crops are
withering under the hot wave and
1t is said tremendous losses are
likely.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-09
AMERICAN ARMY OE FIVE MILLION WILL q
!. BE READYF0R EARLY SPRING, G,OFFENSIVb
War Program To BE So Enlarged That Power Entire United
Military Strength of France, Great .'rifn
| Will Be Hurled Against Enemy on Western
| Front to Bring to Successful
| and Speedy Conclusion.

~ -,
eNtSSsioHpf the draft ages is nee
FESH General March's testimony
and dfheT information received, the
committee has gained the impression
that while all men between the ages
of Is and 40 would be subject to
military duty under the new law, IL is
proposed those between IS and 90
years OF age shall be kept in this
country until the last.
General March said the shipment
OF men overseas would be continued
according to program now in effect
for the present.
Upon the suggestion of Senator
Wadsworth that the draft system be
extended to the navy, Senator Cham.
berlain announced that either Sec.
retary Daniels or Admiral Benson
would be asked to appear before the
committee to discuss the advisab abir,,ptv
OF the subject.
Senator Chamberlain said he was
not sure just when the committee
would be able to report out the biz
Secretary Baker is expected to return
Saturday and the committee desires
TO hear from him before taking anv
action. number of other witnesc-
probably will be called in addition
to representatives OF the navy DC.
partment
The prohibition controversy NAV
hold up consideration of the draft
bill. Under the unanimous consent
agreement proposed wartime pro.
hibi'ioa is to be taken up when the
senate reconvenes, with final vot,
on August 26.
This can only be set aside py
unanimous consent, and Senator
Sheppard, OF Texas, prohibition lead
er in the senate, expressed the opjn-
ion that unanimous consent agree
ment could not be obtained unless
the draft bill can be taken up and
disposed OF with practically no de-
bate.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-09
OFFICES OF DER ZEITGEIST
ARE RAIDED BY OFFICERS

Chicago, Aug. S.-The offices OF
Der Zeitgeist. published by DR..
Michael Singer. were raided by fed
eral officials who seized a suitcase OF
correspondence and documents. This
action was taken at the request OF
government agents at Philadelphia,
Singer formerly was editor of the
Illinois Stats Zeitung.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-09
STILL HAS FIFTEENS>x
MILLION TONS OF SHIPPIR3.

London. Aug. S.-The British
mercantile tonnage at the outbreak
OF the war amounted to 1850, 900
tons gross, and the figures at the
present time is 100000 tons
gross. Sir Leo G Chiozza Money.
parliamentary secretary to the min
istry OF shipping. announced I'm the.
house OF commons.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-09
MIR. MCADOO WANTS EIGHTY
PER CENT WAR PROFITS T.

Chicago, Aug. S.-William C.er,Met
Adoo, secretary of the, traasu " & de,
c'ared himself unreservedly in .TaTdr'
of a fiat war profits tax Of so Der
cent THE adoption. ..of an SO pei-,
cent war profits FAX should reRdebS
unnecessary and believe undesir-
able, any increase in the existing ex-
cess profits tax rate" he declared.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-09
LIEUT.. G. f.. RATTERMAN
IN GERMAN PRISON CAMP

Washington Aug. s.-Names of
16 Americans held prisoners OF war
in Camp KaElsruhe, Germany. were
given out by the war department..
The only southerner included in.
the tst is Lieut.. George e. Ratter-
man, Nashvilt Tenn. w
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-09
OF These 100000 Are White and
3O,2O7' COlOred-CarOlinians
to Camp Jackson.
ENTRAIN AUGUST % TO 3V
South Carolina to Furnish
1,s4s-This Call VIII Make
Total of 100000 Sent to Camp
in Month. os
\ ..usss:Aiapss' ips'
ThIs schedu'

Washington, Aug. -
1So,2o7 draft registrSs steyJ n :
| for general militar 80 ~
the colors before fa.
were issued tonf Pc asosssr
marshal general N 20.
One hundred thousand w : reg
istrants from 43 states are ed
entrained between August $1.>kd
August 80. Twenty-one states &R.
the District of Columbia are dir, .etSN
to furnish 3O.2O7 negro regfstrants,-
to entrain August 22-24.
These orders bring the number oFT
men called out in August to about
100000. the number contemplated
in the present military program
Following are the southern states
from which the white men now called
will come, and the camps to which.
each quota is assigned:
Alabama, $50. Camp Gordon. Gas- /.
North Carolina, 4,5OO, CamPre-
Jackson. S. C.
South Carolina. 1,4oO, Camp Jack
son.
West Virginia, 1900, Camp Green. 4
leaf Ga. q
Georgia. 2.75O. Cant s4d ION. e.
Florida. 1900, Camp JACKSON.
Oklahoma. 1000. Camp Pike
Ark
Texas, 1000, Camp Travis, Tex 7
Other assignments to southern X
camps follow: Il,
--r-ureenleaf, Ca. $500 from
Connecticut
$:',s'''s ;.:'.a' ;. s, =, 1000 ..'
massachusetts,.
Camp Gordon. Ga, 6,4OO from, n
New York.
Camp Lee, Va, 10000 from Penn
sylvania.
Negro registrants are called ae
follows:
Virginia. 657, Camp Lee. Va. y. :
North Carolina, 2,73s. Camp
Greene. ~ c.
South Carolina l'S4stscamp Jack
Tennessee, 1896, Camp 'Greene-
n. c.
Mississippi, 1000, Camp Shelby.
Mississippi b
Texas, 1850, Camp Travis. Tex.
Louisiana, S97, Camp Pike Ar
kansas; $50 Camp Travis, 200 Camp,
Beauregard, Louisiana
Georgia, 1852, Camp Jackson.
1000 Camp Gordon.
Florida. 1000, Camp j. f. john
ston, Florida.
Alabama 1894, Camp Taylor.
Other assignments OF negro regis
trants to southern camps follow:
Camp Lee. Virginia, 457 from
District of COLUMBIA, and S92 FROM
Pennsylvania. y = 4 Il
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-09

Harvey Witherspoon. now IN the
r@vy at Charleston, is home, for a
short while.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-09
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RED CROSS NOTES. .

The work of the Home Service de-
partment OF the Lancaster Red Cross
has increased to such an extent that
1t has been found necessary to en-
large the committee which works in
conjunction with the secretary. Miss
Eta Skipper. The chapter officials
wish TO secure a patriotic and kindly
person in each school district who
will assist the Home Service secre-
tary in keeping in touch with the
families of our fighting men. Let
ters are being sent out to the va
rious communities notifying men and
women OF their appointments on this
committee and requesting them to
meet at Red Cross Headquarters Sat
urday, May 18th.
There will be an important meet
ing OF the executive committee at
headquarters Saturday evening. May
10th at 6 o'clock. All members are
urged to attend.
Mrs. K. +. Wylie's packing com
mttee is now preparing for ship
ment box OF pajamas.
Mrs. John Poag. supervisor OF
general supplies. with the faithful
cooperation OF large number of
workers. will complete within the
week the rush order of 100 navy
comfort kits.
Mrs. w. ID. Craig. chairman OF the
canteen committee, was at the sta
ton. as usual, to see the boys leave
for camp last Monday. Each boy
lwas given tobacco and hearty
rEs sAessn >selspl lssrs'
S1T NECESSARY sS''So re
8 ts5Esna SvsPoRu6 at ~
sSSAl | ! GreensboroSsN.Nt Z
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-09

Mrs. r. +. Wylie's packing com
mittee is now preparing for ship
ment a box OF pajamas.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-09

There will be an important meet
ing OF the executive committee at
headquarters Saturday evening. May
10th at o'clock. All members are
urged to attend.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-09

zone day,ori$ e
I Hours 800 m. 3g 400 ?
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-09

I'D >pisfions on the battlsx.f front
eAhsE sis river, BstSees so'ss
New Britain herald., 1918-01-11

hope to every hearth in France, but a it grows there must be a period when we shall be taxed to supply it. While it's numbers slowly increase, you Americans, who are a great indus trial people, must see that this war is an industry of destruction. You will understand how urgent it is to send us guns. middle heavies, and shells, in order that we may be armed to win victories and to defend ourselves so that some of us may be alive to fight by your side when at last America is ready
 ''The Italian Army when I was on the Carso and in the TrenEno, had something less than one-quarter as many guns as the British and French armies combined, although there was no great difference in the length of the fronts. Tn Italy they suffered from a shortage of ammunition which linn ited the extent of their advance toward Trieste and the roads to Laibach.
 'sThe middle heavy is to this war what the steam-shovel was to Pana- ma If we make guns enough and transport them to Europe before the spring of 1919 we ought to win this war without terrible losses. Without
 
 may lose the war"
 There is hardly 8 newspaper in the country but what has been carrying stories and cartoons on the red tape. The same red tape that Congressman Dale says must be done away with be- fore i've expect to accomplish any thing against the Germans" Nearly everywhere In Washington you hear of General Leonard Wood, who paid no attention to any red tape, but sim ply went ahead and bought 0,00o pairs of overalls so his men could do some work. The overalls were needed, and General Wood got them. That was all there was to it. There was but very little delay in this matter.
 But the very committees are still tying the red tape. The slogan here is: Put your shoulder to the wheel and push the cart out of the mud. Don't wait around the cart for a year to sec how badly it is stuck
New Britain herald., 1918-01-11
All In the Game.

 He is a dub. I hope he chokes, His field has a wide range; This lad who cops out my best jokes And signs himself Exchange"
 Cincinnati Enquirer. We seldom write a line worth while, With wit we're not synonymous; But we can hardly crack a smile, When they sign our stuff "Anony-
 mous."
 Arkansas Dem ocrat. We're not an Addison, We know And yet we deeply sighed When we saw some work of our pen Tagged Unidentified
 Allentown Democrat. They used our stuff, it made us moan, And wrote meath it, Author Un-
 known We moaned because we almost know That we are not, entirely so,
 Houston Post Then there's another man we know < eve hope that he'll be "shipped") He takes our paragraphs, and marks Them merely Clipped"
 Memphis Commercial-App But then again, newspaper men, Such things as these befal1 Quite often, and we thank 'em when They clip our stuff at all.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-11
HOLCOMb REJECTS
 PROHIBITION MOVE
No Vote at Special Session ol
 General Assembly

Hartford, Jan. 11.-On the grounds that legislative action on the federal! prohobition amendment should be{ taken only by a legislature electeai with the knowledge that the question: Is to be voted upon, Governor Marcuss H. Holcomb has signified his intentionJ to refuse to call @ special session of the genera assembly for the consid -t erat1on' Of the national prohibitions amendment or to recommend that pro-f hibition be voted upon at the comir sI special session which will consider tn ~ question of soldier suffrage
 The governor recently received aa letter from tho Connecticut prohibi u ton committee calling attention to Al resolution which it passed on Decem -a Der 27 asking that he incorporate 1nI his call for the coming special ses-t sion a recommendation that the oues | tion of state prohibition be voted upon He also received letter from the pro hlbldon national committee askin " that a special session of the 1ecisla A ture be called immediately to conside rs the ratification of the prohibitionl mendm ent to the United States Con \ stitution. To both letters, the gnv -I ernor replied that she did not approva of the suggestions made and said ls ! believed prohibition legislation wouIdl not suffer "by waiting until the nexti regular session of the general assem blvl when the people can, with knowledgel that the matter is coming up, eiecal repl esentatives with that in view"
New Britain herald., 1918-01-11
PUSH THE CART
 OUT OF THE MUD
New Washington Slogan Anent
 War Conditions Existing
Special to the Herald)

Washington, Jan. 11.-From talks with many representatives and sena- tors here, it would seem that the many committees investigating various matters bearing upon the war are only hindering those who are actually charged with the duties of setting things right. Of course, there arc those who say that the Investigations are doing good, but the majority are of the opinion that the country should put it's shoulders to the wheel and push the trouble out-not to be con- tinually Investigating, tying the hands of heads of the departments and causing needless and useless red tape. What has been done has been done, representatives say, and the best way to win the war is to keep forging ahead and not to be wasting time in Investigating something which the whole country knows about
 Those who have followed the af- fairs of the country closely since the United States entered the war know that the country was not blam eless in not having sufficient ammunition, clothing, and supplies for the army know, too, that the French and Eng fish are lending us guns now to fight with on the field in Flanders. Every body knows it. They also know that while drafted men in various camps were shivering because of lack of tents, s30O,000 worth of tents were left behind at Camp Upton. And they weren't discovered until some amateur photographers took pictures of them while the snow had them all but bur jed The photos were sent to the War department, and then the tents were sent where they would do some good.
 The country knows, through the medium of the representatives who went to the firing lines to see for themselves just how conditions were, that the soldiers there were not prop erly equipped. And still more men are needed, and needed bad Congress- man Dale, of Vermont, said:
 For Gods sake, hustle up! Realize we are at war. Send a million men to France--two million, more mill lions, and men, men. men"
 In the senate, Wednesday, Senator K Kenyon, one of those making the trip. said:
 Send at least two million men to France just as soon as possible. and keep at least one million men in re- serve. I do not believe in any patChed-up peace.'
 Congressman Mccormack, who also made the trip, in a recent statement dcclarcd:
 "The British, who in proportion to their front, have more guns by far than either of their Western allies. according to their chief military au- thorities, will not have guns enough until next spring. The guns which the French give us, they give us because the immediate necessities of our little army in France are even greater than their own.
 General Petain said to me: Make guns. Send us guns and ammunition rather than steel bil1ets. We are ssrate- ful for the little force you have sont us. The echo of it's footballs carried
New Britain herald., 1918-01-11
WOMAN SUFFRAGE ON THE WAY.

Having scored a notable victory in the House of Representatives by the margin of one vote, the ladies who are clamoring for woman suffrages the country over have now but to center their attack on the Senate, and, presto! the thing might be accom- plished. Provided, of course, they can x the time has come for nation wide & suffrage With the endorsement of & President Wilson, who has stood firm Ely against the suffrage in this way, < so far as state rights are protected, N the women who yearn for an extension \ of the privilege to their sisters stand 2 on the dawn of a rosy day.
 The greatest opposition against woman suffrage has come from those M Mstatesmen and leaders of the day who in preserving the oldtime 8spirit of Democracy, who believe that Xii is wrong to centralize the power of < &government in Washington and thus x enable a small handful of legislators &toNforce upon a nation something that &separate and individual states do not
 want This is manifest in the stand #taken by some against the prohibi- &tion movement. The opposition exert Med by many men is rr because of #any qualms against so-ca1led dry Jo1,4 Ia #involved. Putting prohibition through lbv means of a federal amendment is. kato their way of thinking, the sacrifice
 of principle for policy.
 8 It will not be so easy for the wom-
 en to convince the upper house uf &fsongress. That body is more delib- &erate than the lower house, and &,jrhtly so The representatives are #nore responsive than the senators to #nublic opinion, re better able to feel
 he public pulse. To those who voted &6 or, the amendment yesterday we can
 lt least give credit for having sensed W he heartbeat of the Republic. Wom~
 an suffrage is on the way; has been
 bn the way for some time. Whether W his amendm ent goes through the Sen
 ate or not, the years ahead will bring
 more states into the suffrage column
 8This, of course, is the way in which
 the defenders of the Constitution be-
 ieve it should be brought about. The
 individual states. if the two great
 amendments to the Constitution even-
 ually find their way through the maze
 pf congressional loop holes, will find
 themselves shorn of many powers now
 possessed. Personal liberties, as evil
 ienced in the prohibition drive, will
New Britain herald., 1918-01-11

TCOal dealers Of Eu1S C1Lyvsba come to an understanding of human mature Instead of throwing every obstacle in the way of consumers, in stead of making life more miserable than it generally is, the men who sell coal here have now determined to lend helping hand. They have turned over a new leaf. At least this
 is the impression gathered from their meeting yesterday. Knocking down z barriers placed against individual 4purchasers, hitherto barons now as-
 sume the role of servants. It is just
 and meet that this is so. All the men
 in the coal business, of course, were
 not in the same boat. The reputa- ! lions of many were made to suffer by the actions of a few. From now on there will be a better feeling mani Tested toward those in the business which, after all, is much better than N antagonism. Cooperation is the cry ing need of the hour. Let us have it from all who deal with the public.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-11

the option, any quantity of the wooH left unsold by the importer. Corn-5 pliance to the terms of the regulationu will be required before the wool is
 released to the importer. Prices for each consignment are to be deterl mind by a committee appointed joinr~ ly by the government and wool tradea using as a basis, the price less 5 perl cent, established last January by the1 valuation committee of the Boston, Wool Trade association. F