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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-12-18
SMILES AND TEARS GET MIXED.

Two little stories came to the Red
Cross headquarters from over the seas
short time ago. One was a story of
bravery that brought the tears, and
one tale Of tears that brought smiles.
The first story was Of soldier who
asked for light. He was in bed, and
cigarette was between his lips, plac-
ed there by the nurse after she had
finished spreading his blanket UP
smoothly. At his question, she turned
and gave him Il box Of matches and
hurried on, then remembered that the
arms beneath the blankets were with
out hands.
Nurses have to be without tears, but
there were tears in her eyes as she
turned to strike the match and light
the cigarette for him.
"Quit that" he said, "they were good
mits, and they helped get three or four
Germans before I lost them, but they
ain't worth crying about, so there!"
And the tears story that brought
smiles? Well, that was the story Of a
big, husky, colored man, who sat read
ing, and the Red Cross worker at the
canteen saw that he had tears running
down his cheeks. She was curious to
know what he might be reading and
was astonished when she looked over
his shoulder to see that 1t was the
canteen cook book.
He smiled through his tears as he
saw that she was watching and said,
sheepishly, "You sure must excuse me,
ma'am, but this here book done make
me blamed ,homesick. I'm 'shamed to
make n baby outen mahse'f, but this
makes me think O. home"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
WILL RAISE FREIGHT RATES
Railroad Administration Also Plans
Increase in Passenger Fares in
Order to Meet Deficit.

Washington, May 9.-Increases in
freight and passenger rates are being
planned by the Railroad Administra-
ton to meet a deficit which threat
ems to reach 500 million dollars for
the year.
While the increase to be asked of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
has not yet been determined upon,
passenger officials here forecast a
uniform 2A-cent rate for that branch
of the traffic. Freight rates, it is be-
heved, will be boosted approximately
71z per cent.
Rate increases are made necessary,
it is said, by the vastly greater fuel
estimated at from so million
dollars annually-and an increase in
the payroll of over $50 million dollars
a year.
Added to this there has been 3
heavy decline in net revenues since
January 1, as compared with last
year. The terrific weather of Janu-
airy and February is held responsible
for the losses.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

Former King Constantine Of Greece
is dangerously i'll at Zurich, Switzer-
land, according to a dispatch to the
Temps from Zurich. Those at the bed
side of the former monarch, according
to the correspondent, regard a fatal
termination OF his Illness likely.
An additional credit of IS million
dollars has been extended to Great
Britain by the treasury, bringing the
total OF American loans to that nation
to 2,795 million dollars, and the total
OF credits to all cobeIligerents to
$5,363, $4,000.
A 6-inch howitzer being fired by
Battery B, Ninth Field Artillery, at the
school of fire, Fort Sill, was blown to
pieces this afternoon and one officer
and five enlisted men were injured.
Mai. Harrison Fuller, a student in the
school of fire, received scalp wound.
The 7,9O0-ton steamer Faith, the
largest concrete ship in the world,
built by the San Francisco Shipbuild-
ing Company, made an average OF
more than eleven knots an hour in
its four trips over the official trial
course.
Fourteen persons, one a German,
were arrested when a British steam
ship arrived at an Atlantic port recent
" from South American port. Gov
eminent officials met the vessel and
never, since this country entered the
war, were passengers subjected to q
more thorough examination.
Farmers OF the HOLSTER commun-
fty in Tillman county, Ok, have pooled
nearly 5000 acres, which they have
arranged in one block, to be tested
out for oil The tract VIII be leased
fer development
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
PRESIDENT NAMES
Al RED CROSS WEEK
Proclamation Issued Asks For
Generous Response From
the American People.
CAMPAIGN STARTS ON MAY 20
Society Needs Every Dollar IL Can
Possibly Get to Alleviate Suffer-
ing Among the Troops.

Washington, May 8.-President WI
son has issued a proclamation desig-
mating the week beginning May 20 as
RED Cross Week." and calling upon
the American people to contribute
generously to the second 100 million
dollar war fund of the American Red
Cross for the alienation of suffering
among the American troops in France
and their dependents at home and
among the fighting forces and civilian
populations of the allied countries.
The proclamation follows:
'Inasmuch as the war fund of 1917,
so generously contributed by the
American people to the American Red
Cross for the administration of relief
at home and abroad, has been prac-
ticaIly exhausted by appropriations
for the welfare of men in our military
and naval forces and those dependent
upon them and for the yet more urgent
necessities of our allies, military and
civilian, who have long borne the
brunt of war:
And inasmuch as the American
Red Cross has been recognized by
law and international convention as
the public fundamentally for war re-
lief:
And, inasmuch as the year of our
own participation in the war has
brought unprecedented demands upon
the patriotism and Iiberality of our
people, and made evident the neces-
sity of concentrating the work of re-
lief in one main organization which
Of
Iy to the needs of humanity under
stress of war:
'And inasmuch as the duration of
the war and the closer and closer CO.
operation of the American Red Cross
with our own army and navy, with
the governments of our allies, and
with foreign relief organizations, have
resulted in the discovery of new op-
portunities of helpfuIness under con-
ditions which translate opportunity
into duty:
''And inasmuch as the Red Cross
council and its commissioners in Eu-
rope have faithfully and economically
administered the peoples trust:
Nov, therefore, by virtue of my
authority as President Of the United
States and president of the American
Red Cross, I, Woodrow Wilson, do
hereby proclaim the week beginning
May 20, 1918, as Red Cross Week,
during which the people of the United
States will be called upon again to
give generously to the important work
Of relieving distress, restoring the
waste Of war and assisting in main
tanning the morale of our own troops
and the troops and peoples of our AL
lies by this manifestation Of effort and
sacrifice on the part of those who,
though not privileged to bear arms,
are Of one spirit, purpose and deter
mination with our warriors.
WOODROW WILSON,"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
REVOLT IN AUSTRIA GROWING
Unrest in Dual Monarchy Causes Serb
Gus Clash Between Infuriated
People and Military.

London, May 7.-Unrest in the Slo-
venian districts of Austria is growing
daily and mutiny is spreading with
great rapidity, Reuters Limited an
nounced today it had learned from
Serbian source. A recent conflict
between Germans and SloYenians end
ed in bloodshed.
The clash between Germans and Slo-
venians occurred at the railway sta
ton at Windischgraetz. Slovenian
women became greatly Infatuated and
took part in the fighting. Several Of
the wounded combatants were taken
to a hospital.
Further information has been re-
ceived regarding the recent encounter
between Germans and Slovenians at
st. Jean. The gathering there was
conVoked by Slovenian deputies, with
the object Of spreading among the
peasants sentiment in favor of sepaFa-
ton from Austria, and also of increas-
ing the feeling against the Germans.
The speakers urged the SIovenians
to free themselves forcibIy from the
German yoke and the chairman of the
Jugo S1av Club asked that all fight
for an independent Jugo-Slav state.
The Slovenians cheered for it and the
Germans responded with cheers for
the Hapsburgs. This led to fighting
and bloodshed
There is grain in the Ukraine, Ger
man experts agree. This was the an
swer made in the reichstag Saturday
by Under-Secretary of State Won
Braun, who returned recently from
Kiev, in reply to questions whether
the grain expected from the Ukraine
really existed. He added:
1.-The experts informed US that in a
small part of the Ukraine there are at
least 1OO,OOO,OOO pools (about 2,OOO,-
900 tons)."
He said it had been arranged that
in the first two months Austria should
receive two-thirds of the entire i'm
ports from the Ukraine and that from
June 1 Germany would receive two
thirds.
At present, he added, it was exceed
fngly difficult to make any forecast
regarding the quantity the Ukraine
would supply. According to the latest
reports about 100000 pools had been
found, but they had not yet been de-
nVered.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
EXPECT BANNER WHEAT CROP
Federal Chamber of Commerce Re-
ports Indicate Total Yield of
$4,000, 900 Bushels.

Washington, May 6.-UnIess unfa-
Vorable weather conditions develop,
this will be banner wheat year in
the United States, according to the
forecast of the Chamber of Commerce
Of the United States. A possible $50
million bushels of winter wheat. the
greatest crop since the record-break-
ing yield Of 1915, together with a prob
able increase of Is per cent in the
acreage Of spring wheat, is the pros
pect set down in report on the con-
dition of winter wheat issued today by
the chambers committee on statistics
and standards.
1.-THE present acreage now standing
in winter wheat" says the report, 'is
20 per cent greater than the acreage
at the same time in 1917. But the
greatest promise of a high yield of
winter wheat is found in the general
high condition of wheat, a condition
which has improved steadily since the
first of April
Estimates Of coming yields are al
ways uncertain, because of the pos
sible vicissitudes of weather and
depredations of insect enemies The
crop has come through the trying
month of March with a higher condi-
ton than it entered it, and with mod
erately favorable weather from now
on there is promised a production Of
at least 600 million bushels. 1t may
go as high as $50 million bushels If
all goes we1l''
On the subject of spring wheat, the
report says:
There is little to be said Of spring
wheat, but that little is most encourag-
ing. Seeding is nearly completed and
under most favorable conditions; one
Of the most important is the large
amount of moisture in the subsoil.
The outlook is for an increased acre
age over last year of about Is per
cent, The increase is so large in
Iowa, Wisconsin and Nebraska that
it reads like the operations of an add
ing machine. Where the plans is up
the condition is excellent
The report says with reference to
winter wheat that ''the striking i'm
provement in the condition of the
growing crop is general save the usual
exceptions here and there, which
fortunately fail to affect the general
total.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
RED CROSS TRAIN FIRED ON
Holding Daily Sittings in Effort
to Relieve the Food Shortage.

Washington, May 8.-Further in
formation revealing how critical the
food situation in Germany has be-
come reached the State Department
today in semi-official dispatches.
The nutritious committee of the
Reichstag and Landtag have been
holding daily sittings on the situa-
ton. 1t is indicated there is small
hope of relief from the Ukraine,
where the large cities are suffering
from insufficient food.
An official report made public in
Germany on May 2 said there were
twelve thousand carloads of grain
ready in Rumania. for shipment to
Germany, but even if it is transport
ed it will do no more than prevent q
reduction in food a1lotments.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
MAY Be New Source OF Oil.

A preliminary inquiry into the posi-
bility OF the commercial utilization OF
the seed OF the rubber tree for oil pro-
ductiOn has been undertaken by the
agricultural authorities in the FEEDER
ated Malay states. From time to time
suggestions have been made for the
utilization for this purpose of the seeds
of the cultivated Para rubber tree, as
large quantities of the seed go 10 waste
on the rubber plantations OF the mid
die East Experiments have proved
according TO a British government re-
port, that not only is the oil extracted
from the seed suitable for various
purposes, but that the residue can be
used for cattle food or as fertilizer.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
BOND EVERY SIX PERSONS
Analysis Shows That Nearly 1900, 900
Americans Purchased Securities
Total May Reach $4,000, 900, 900.

Washington, May 6.-Further analy.
sis Of Liberty Loan reports today
showed that probably II million per-
SONS bought bonds in the campaign
which closed Saturday midnight
million more than in the second loan
and 1914 million more than in the first
Tabulations showed $3,316, 62S, 25o
subscriptions, but the treasury be-
neves the actual total may run to four
billion dollars.
Whatever the money total" said
the treasury statement, "the loan just
closed probably is the most successful
ever f1oated by any nation. The mar
velous distribution of the loan indi-
Gates that one out of every six persons
in the United States may have partici-
pated."
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
MEN IN FRANCE CAN'T VOTE
The War Department Decides That
Use of Ballot Would Be
Military Obstacle.

Washington, May 9.-American sol
diers in France will not be permit
ted to vote in the coming elections,
the War Department has decided def
nitely. Men in training in this coun-
try will be allowed to vote if their
states wish to collect the ballots.
In letters to Representative Rod
gers, Massachusetts, Assistant Score
tary of War Benedict Crowe1 and
Adtutant General Mccain said the
vote in France could not be taken
without seriously interfering with
military efficiency.
'The matter has been canvassd
thoroughly on the ground in France,
in the light of the effort made to
collect the soldier vote in the fall of
1917" Crowen wrote.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
GERMAN HUNGER is GROWING
German Battery Tried Hard to Get
American Mission to Rumania
While in Flight.

London, May Sin an eventful
flight from Jassy, the Rumanian cap
ital, the American Red Cross mission
to Rumania, which has now arrived
IN London, escaped from Odessa thir-
ty-six hours before the Germans en-
tered it, only to be fired upon by a
German battery in the Ukraine, two
hundred miles north Of the famous
Black Sea port.
The German shells did no damage
to the Red Cross train, falling about
half mile from it, but several men,
bers of the mission breathed a sigh
Of relief when the bombardment
came to an end after minutes which
seemed like hours
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
AGAIN UPHOLns DRAFT LAW
The Federal Supreme Court Decides
Against Robert Cox Of Richmond,
Mo.-PIaintiff Is In France

Washington, May Federal court
DEGREES dismissing habeas corpus pro-
ceedings sought by Robert Cox CT
Richmond, No, a member of the Ma
tional Army, to prevent being sent to
France were sustained today by the
supreme court
Cox, who later was sent to France,
claimed under the constitution a man
could not be drafted for foreign SER
vice. This was denied by the govern
ment, which contended in previous
draft cases decided.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
TROOP SHIPMENTS GROWING

Washington, May 7.-America is
now shipping small armies to France
in response to the allied appeal for
reserves. In May and June contem-
plated shipments will more than
equal the fighting strength of the
combined Belgian and Portuguese
forces on the west front.
July and August will show q slight
decline in the average as added ton
mage is turned to the task Of getting
across newly needed supplies In in
creased quantities.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
TO INCREASE PAY
OF RAILROAD men
Federal Wage Commission Rec
0mmends an Average Ad-
vance of IS Per Gent.
AFFECTS WAGES UNDER $3.50
EVent-Workers to Get $780,
0O0,0O in Back Pay.

Washington, May 9.-All railroad
employees whose monthly pay in De-
cember, 1915, was less than $3.50 a
month have been recommended for
wage increases by the Railway Wage
Commission.
The recommendations, if adopted by
Director General McAdoo, should give
the workers 100 million dollars in
back pay to January 1, and would add
$288, O12,718 to the payroll as of 1917,
a net increase of 15.021 per cent.
Wage advances proposed, however,
do not represent increases over exist
ing pay, but are based on the month
of December, 1915. In other words,
any increases which may have been
allowed by individual roads since that
time must be deducted. In some cases
deduction will almost, if not altOgeth-
er, cover the increases suggested. The
roads themselves in 1916 and 1917 in
creased wages an amount equivalent
to $50 million dollars if applied to the
present number of their employees.
''As to those who have received such
increases" the report, says, Eve adj
wise no other course than that the
scale be adhered to, for it has its fOun-
dation in principle and not in the
compelling force of any industrial
competition. In no event, however,
should there be any reduction in
wages from those now obtaining.
1.-The railroads must, however, main
tain their complement of workers and
If, by meeting fairly, as here, the
1eeds of the time this end cannot be
secured, there must be allowed play
for other forces than those we have
recognized"
Flat Increase for Laborers.
Flat increases of $40 a month are
proposed for all employees, except ap-
prentices receiving S46 or less, and
all others up to $239 would get ad-
vances ranging from 43 per cent down
ward to 4.6 per cent, the smallest in
crease going to those with the high
est wages. Above $239 flat increases
would be given to make the wage $3.50.
Apprentices from Is to q years old
would receive only three-fourths of the
recommended increases, and those be-
low 10 years one-half.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
Almost Persuaded.

The promoter had talked eloquently
of his scheme. When he paused for
breath, Mr.. Dubwaite said: 81 wish TO
pay you a compliment"
'fWhy, sir?-
you speak with such f1uency and
ease and have such way of picturing
a short cut to riches as the only di-
rect route that once or twice, while
you were talking, 1 almost forgot that
your purpose in coming here was TO
separate me from some OF my hard
earned y.''-Birmingham Age
Herald
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
An Amerjcan Shin Sunk.

New York, May s-The American
steamship Tyler, formerly an Old Do
minion freighter, has been torpedoed
and sunk of the French coast, &C
cording to information received here
today. Eleven members Of the crew
we're killed or drowned.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
Would Stop Booze Shipments.

Washington, May 6-A war prohibi-
ton bill which would prohibit inter
state shipment not only of intoxicating
liquors, but OF materials intended for
their manufacture as well, was intro
duced today by Representative Ran
dali of California.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
British Win in PaIestine.

London, May THE British have
withdrawn their troops from Es-Sa!t.
east Of the Jordan, in Palestine, the
war office announces. Nearly one
thousand Germans and Turks and
Twenty-Five machine guns have been
captured in the last few days.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
Huns Force ReIaians Into Army.

Washington, May 9.-Seven hum
dred young men of Brussels, born in
Belgium of German parentage, but
Belgium citizens by adoption, have
been taken to Germany to be en-
rolled in the army, according to an
official dispatch today from France.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
Senate Browns on suffraue.

Washington, May by a margin
Of one vote motion proposing that
the Senate proceed next Friday to
consider the House woman suffrage
resolution to the constitution was de-
feated in the Senate today. The vote
was 40 to 81.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
Hun Cannon Is Wrecked.

Paris, May 6.-News has just been
received from the front that a French
gun made direct hit yesterday on
one of the long range German cannon
with which Paris is being bombarded,
and put it out of action.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
Church May Lift Dance Ban.

Atlanta. Ca, May s.-Fun laity
rights for women was recommended
to the general conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, South. today
by its committee on reTfsals. The
conference four years ago rejected
the proposal.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
Hoarded Wheat Is Sold.

Chicago, May 6.-More than SOC, 900
bushels of boarded wheat have been
found in Illinois and placed upon the
market, it was announced by members
of the state food administration to-
night.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23

London, May S.-Capture OF Amer
lean prisoners In "forefeId engage
ments" southwest Of Blamont, was
claimed in the night official state
ment OF the German war office.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
Detain Twelve Women Aliens.

Gloucester. N. J, May s.-TweIve
alien women were lodged in the de-
tention camp last night by agents OF
the Department OF Justice from San
Francisco, Cal
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
irish Home Rule Next Week.

London, May Chancellor Bonar
Law announced in the House of Com
mons this afternoon that the govern
ment hopes to introduce Irish home
sule next week.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
Launch Eight Ships in Ten Days.

New Orleans, May Slight large
wooden ships under construction for
the government will be launched in
Gulf Coast shipyards within the next
ten days, the Southern Pine Associa-
ton announced today. Five of them
will be launched this week
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
Death of Maddin snnme..

Washington, May 6.-The death of
Maddin Summers, United States con-
sui general at Moscow, was announced
today in a cablegram to the State De-
partment-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
Sent 5000 Shells at Enemy.

Paris, May THE American artiI-
lery fired $4,000 shells into the Ger
man trenches before a recent attack,
completely blotting them out, it was
announced here today.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
Defeated the "cowboyn Mayor.

Omaha, Neb., May 9.-After having
served twelve years as mayor Of Oma-
ha, James C. Dahlman, known as the
Cowboy Mayor" was yesterday de-
feated for reelection.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23

May Increase Civil War Pensions.
Washington, May THE Sherwood
Bill granting a minimum pension If
$25 a month to Civil War veterans
was passed by the House today and
now goes to the Senate.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23

The world listens to the man who
knows what he's talking about
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23

The man who wants TO prove every
thing he says advertises the fact that
his word IS not TO be credited
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
With a Loud VoVice.

Money talks"
"And just now If is shouting the bat
tie cry OF freedom"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23

Remorse is memory that has begun
to ferment.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-23
Italians Expect Hun Drive.

Washington, May Cover the bat
tie lines along the Piave River and In
the mountainous region in northern
Italy, where the allied forces have
been holding their positions since last
treat from the Isonzo, there is in
creased tension and the long threat
ened blow at this front may be
launched by the Teutonic Allies with
In a few days.