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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-13

I though the BELIEF here now is that tn
peace treaty will be ratified befor
Democratic control ends, this commit
tee will have many important after
the-war problems.
Heading the powerful senate I'm
ance committee, with its jurisdlcfloi
over bond and tax legislation woult
| be Senator Penrose Of PennsylVania II
place Of Senator Simmons of Nortf
4 Carolina.
Senator Warren Of Wyoming is eA
pected to head the appropriation:
/ committee of which Senator Martin
| of Virginia now Democratic leader, i
chairman. Mr. Warren is senior mem.
Der of the military and agriculture
committees, but is expected to prefer
the appropriations committee chair
| manship.
The military affairs committee OF
which Senator Chamberlain of Ore
gon is chairman is expected to go tc
Senator Wadsworth Of New York
| next in line after Senator Warren to
secure the Craftsmanship.
The naval committee, chairman
ship, held by Senaor Swanson OF
Virgin a., is regarded in do-'ht. Rank
ing Republican members in or
der, Senators Penrose, Lodge, Smith
kof Michigan: Page Of Vermont and
Poindexter. With Senator'S Penrose
and Lodge heading the finance and
foreign relations committees and Sen
ator Smith retiring Senator Page is
1,n oh 1>oiY q roC1oI,o
is expected to prefer the agriculture
committee chairmanship leaving Sen
ator Poindexter to take the nava!
affairs
The judiciary and commerce COM
naittee chairmanships also rest upon
preferences finally made by ranking
Republicans. Senator Nelson of Min
nesota, is senior on both. If he should
choose the latter Of which he was
once chairman, Senator Dillingham;
of Vermont, who once headed the
immigration committee, would be IN
line for the judiciary body and Ii
Senator Dillingham; should prefer
his old committee, Senator Prandegee
of Connecticut ranks next Tor the
judiciary leadership. Preferment by
Senator Nelson for the judiciary COM
mittee would leave Senator Jones OF
Washington in line to take the com
merce committee.
The interstate commerce commit
tee with it's jurisdiction over ieglsia-
ton affecting government control IN
the railroads and telegraph and tele-
phone wires. falls to Senator Cum
naings of Iowa as successor to Sena-
tor Smith of South Carolina.
Besides these preeminent commit
tee chairmanships, prospective chair
men of other important committees
follow:
Banking and currency, Senator
Mclean of Connecticut, vice Senator
owen of Oklahoma.
Privileges and election, Senate:
Kenyon of Iowa, vice Senator Pome-
rene of Ohio.
Manufactures, Senator La Toilette
of Wisconsin, vice Senator Reed OF
Missouri.
Postohices, Senator Townsend of
Michigan, vice Senator Bankhead OF
Alabama.
Education and labor. Senator 30.
rah of Idaho, vice Senator Smith ofS
Georgia.
Selection by the Republicans OF
president pro tempore to succeed
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-13
DRY FORCES LEADING.
.torr s:ecn,s Certain in Minnesota

Victory Seems Certain in Minnesota.
st. Paul. Nov S.-Returns on the
Statewide prohibition amendn@h
which were nearing completion to-
night showed the dry forces leao'ne
by about 5000 votes. AS the amend
ment must receive a majority OF fEe
votes cast at the election to be
adopted, a victory for the vets seems
certain unless the missing country
precincts return big dry majoratiss.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-13

Seems as if the government ought
to take over the entire supply OF one
or two of these patent medicines. II
they are up to their advertising, an
army properly primed with them
ought to be able to clean up the enc
my in half 9 day.-Los Angeles Times
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-13
SUNDAY WORK DISCONTINUED
NAVY Yards Will Stop Sunday Work
Beginning Tomorrow.

Washington, Nov s.-The Navy
department today issued an ofaef
discontinuing, until further notlce,
all Sunday work at navy yaros ailo
other shore stations Of the navy. Inc
order will be effective tomorrow.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-13
American Prisoners.
Three Alabama Men in Germal'
Prison Camps.

Washington, Nov. 9.-The names
of Americans in German prison
oar,ns include at Rastaat. Ollie Car
ter. Gadsden, Ala. sylvester eie-
,nents. Geneva, Ala. and Private Ar
thur Edwards. Meltonville. Ala Is
renorted at an unknown camp.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-13
TO FORCE KAISER'S ABDICA
T1ON.
Socialists VIII Wait Until Armisttt
is Signed.

Washington, Nov 9.-Diplomatic
DISPATCHES coming through Switzer-
land today say official German ln1or-
nation shows that Socialists are de-
laying steps to force the Kalsers alb
dication, pending expected signing of
the armiStice."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-13
SOLDIER TRAIN WRECKED /,
ILLINOIS.
Three Killed and Twenty Injured il
Collision.

Aurora, H., Nov. "a train bear
ing hundreds of soldiers from Camp
Grant. who came to witness the foot
BAL game at Chicago with camp ray
lor squad was wrecked in collision
with a passenger train near here
today. Three dead were taken from
the wreck. The injured will number
twenty troops, an officer says.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-13
NEW SPANISH CABINET.
Count Romanones. Strong Man o
Spain, Asked to Form Government

Madrid. Nov Q. a. Mixing AL
fonso has asked Count Romanones 10
form a new ministry. The latter mas
promised to answer by noon today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-13
ADMIRAL SIMS IN LONDON.
Has Not Taken Part in the Armistict
Negotiations.

Paris, Nov. 9, I'LL A. Mt wa
learned this morning that Admira
Sims is no taking part in the arndis-
tice negotiations as American repre-
sentative, but has gone to London.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-13
PRINCE MAX HOLDS ON

Kaiser Cings to Remnant OF Power
and Retains Imperial Chancellor:
Copenhagen, Nov. 9.-Empcror
William has not accepted the reslg-
nation Of Prince Maximilian. accord
ing to Berlin message today. The
message adds that the emperor asked
Maxin1ilian to continue holdIag the
Office Professionally until final decis-
ion has been reached.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-13
ON AUSTRIAN TERRITORY.

Troops pf. Macedonian Army Ente'
Bosnia.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-13

Saloniki, Nov. 9.-It is officially an
nounced that the allied troops have
entered Safejeve, Bosnia.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05

The college girls are coming home
every day, and are being gladly well
coined among us. They are coming
with fresh. new ideas from all over
the country. and with zeal and energy
will take up their share OF the work
that the women and girls are so glad
ly doing. There Is q broad field for
their energies this summer, and an
important place for everyone to fill.
We feel sure that among them as
well as among the boys there will be
no idlers. There will be fewer dances
and frolics of all kind, but their
hearts are over the water, and with
Red Cros, War Savings, Children's
welfare, Community Canning, and
other meetings to attend they will no,
miss them. but will give OF their time
and strength 10 help tho boys who
will not be here to dance with them.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05
WHEAT GRINDING REGULA-
TIONS.
Liberal Treatment Will be Accorded
Raiscrs of Wheat i'm South Carolina.

Columbia, June with reference
to the grinding of wheat in South
Carolina, Mr. Elliott the food admin
istrator, has just returned from Wash
ington where he attended meeting
of the food administrators of the
country, and makes the announce
ment that the question of grinding
wheat in South Carolina was most
carefully considered, and Mr. Hoover
authorizes tho statement that liberal
treatment will be given the raisers of
wheat in South Carolina with refer
ence to grinding. The exact terms of
the instructions to millers have not
been decided upon but will be issued
in few days.
In the meantime. however, the
growers of wheat can rest assured
that the present rule concerning the
amount that farmer can have
ground will be greatly altered, and
that farmer will be permitted ia
have his own wheat ground to a lib.
eral extent. AS soon as new. instruc.
tiOns are issued they Will be publish.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05
MIR. REARDON CALLS MEETING
Wholesale and Retail Merchants Re.
qucstcd to Meet at Chamber of
Commerce.

The wholesale and the retail deal
ers of Sumter in every line of busi-
ness are respectfully invited to meet
at the Chamber of Commerce, at 6.15
o'clock. tomorrow evening, Tuesday,
June 4th for discussion of an import
ant matter Of more than ordinary in
of Sumter, in connection with the
part that commercial organization
units will play in the winning of the
war.
/ have been designated as State
chairman Of the Commercial Organi-
zation Division for South Carolina
War Savings Committee, and / have
Il very attra ctive, and patriotic propo-
sition to submit to the business men
of Sumter from the National War
Savings Committee.
This proposition by request from
the national government, has been in
vestigated and heartily endorsed by
II. A. Moses, chairman Of War Saw
ings for Sumter county, and he and
his patriotic local committee will CO.
operate with the State committee of
commercial organizations in this mat
ter. The members of the Sumter War
Savings Committee are also invited
and requested to attend tomorrow
evenings meeting.
l naturally desire and have the
right to expect that sumter, my home
city, and the designated headquar-
ters for South Carolina of this bust
ness mems and women's participa-
ton in such an important war ac-
tivity, will be the leader Of all 9th
er South Carolina towns and cities !
therefore respectfully urge that Il rep
resentative of every retail and whole
sale establishment, in every line Of
business will meet promptly at els
o clock tomorrow evening.
Respectfully.
T.. J. Reardon,
state Chairman. Commercial Organ
izations, War Savings for S. c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05
RED CROSS TOTAL.
NOW SEVENTY MILLIONS OVER
MINIMUM SOUGHT.
South Carolina One of States Trinlir,
Quota to War Work of Organiza.
ton.

Washington, June 2.-The Ameri
can Red Cross second war mercy
fund totals $16G,439,291, with indica.
tons that when all reports from the
drive OF week ago are tabulated a
s7O,OOO,OOO oversubscription of the
S1OO,OOO,OOO goal will be shown. In
announcing the figures tonight, Hen
ry +. Dawson, chairman of the Red
Cross war council, said the returns
show that more than 100000
Americans-nearly half the total
population of the country - con-
tributed. Those giving to the first
fund last year numbered only about
100000.
Not only did every Red Cross divi-
sion in the country overs,lbscribe but
one. the Gulf, turned in more than
three times the amount of its quota.
while five others, the Southern, At
lantic, Mountain, Northwestern and
southwestern, more than doubled
their allotments. The insular and
foreign divisions quadrupled it's quota.
Every State attained it's goal five
more than tripled it and 1G others and
the District of Columbia more than
doubled theirs.
1.-The supreme feature of this
achievement" said Mr.. Davison's
statement, sis to be found not in the
amount of money subscribed but in
that it came from every part of the
United States. from it's cities, it's
towns, it's farms, it's factories, from
the rich and the poor, regardless Of
sect, color or political cred No
American wants thanks because his
country has SO richly fulfilled her OBJ
legation, but l do congratulate every
American who has contributed eth
er time or money towards this, the
greatest work of mercy, pity and
love in the history Of mankind"
The quotas and subscriptions by
divisions announced include the fol-
lowing:
Quota. Subscription
Southern .$2,95O,OO0 5 5,9O4, 900
Gulf. :. 100000 4,133,769
Southwestern 7,25O,00O 15,5O4, ,493
Greater n. Y. 25,0OO,0OO 33,455,76
New England. 6,650,000 11.10O,00O
Northern. 100000 4,217, 900
Pennsylvania 100000 1900, 900
Insula, foreign 100000 1900, 900
The States tripling their quotas
were: Alabama, Mississippi South
Carolina, Wyoming and Arizona, and
those more than doubling their allot-
ment were: Louisiana, Tennessee,
Texas, New Jersey, Connecticut,
Michigan, Nebraska, Colorado, New
Mexico, New Hampshire, North Da-
kota, Washington, Idaho, Delaware,
West Virginia and Kansas. Alaska
turned in more than four times its
$4,000 quota.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05

The first number of the program
tomorrow evening will be the drill by
the three cadets selected by two COM
petitive drills from the whole bat
talon. These three boys are vel
drilled and this feature should prove
"a very attractive one to the specta-
tors. The three cadets will contes;
for the medal that is offered annual
ly by Mr.. Mitchell Levi. one OF the
members OF the City Board of Educa-
tion.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05
Commencement Notes.

The first night of the commence
ment exercises Will take place in the
auditorium of the Girls High School
building tomorrow evening at 9
o'clock. The city bell will sound
thirteen times at $40 as a warning
tell. The exercises will begin prompt
ly at O'Clock. IL is very desira BILE
that the whole audience should as
somble by s.55.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05

A small store house and the dwell
ing of T.. II. James. colored, South
Purdy street. near the Northwestern
Railroad were burned Wednesday
night and a dwelling adjacent wa
badly damaged. The firemcn extin-
guished the second dwelling after the
roof was i'm flames and prevented the
spread of the fire to other nearby
buildings.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05
TELEGRAPH STRIKE THREATENS
Commercial Telegraphers' Union May
Attempt to Tie Up Service.

Washington, June 3.-S. K Konen-
kamp, president of the Commercial
Telegraphers' Union, conferred here
today with Samuel Gompers on call
ing a strike of the telegraphers as a
protest against the Western Unions
refusal to leave the settlement of diff
fereaccs with the employees to the ma
tional war labor board.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05
RlrleEs ON GERMANY.
POPULATION DECREASES FIVE
PER CENT. IN FOUR YEARS.
Austria and Hungary Suffer Even
More Than Ally-Gain for Great
Britain.

London, June 2 British Admiralty.
per Wireless Press).-The drain of
man power. the fall In the numbers of
births and the loss of the population
through sickness and under feeding is
felt more severely by the central pow
ers than by the peoples of the entente.
Whereas the annual drain of popula-
tion In Germany and in Austria Hun
gary has given place to a serious loss,
the peoples of the entente have suf-
fered very small diminution i'm COM
parison.
Great Britain's total population has
no far remained at about the same
figure. gains balancing losses The
rate OF increase in the United States
mas not been affected at all. As the
war goes on this growing disparity in
the losses OF population between the
central powers and the peoples fight
ing them is likely to increase. II the
war goes on into next year the popu-
lstion of the German empire will have
lost 10 per cent of the numbers and
Is great proportion of ITS industrial
strength.
The German empire, which i'm June,
1919, should have had $4,000, 900 peo-
pie will have no more than $4,000
600 and Germany as a whole will
have per cent less population than
when the war began. OF those who
have been killed the greater number
were men in the prime of life and
energy whom Germany can least
spare. BY deaths in the battle zone
the German empire has lost at least
100000 men. The birth rate has
sunk to such n figure that by next
year the number of births will have
fallen short OF what they would have
been had there been no war by three
and a third million of children. In
the same period the annual number
OF deaths among the German civilian
population has. owing to the stress
and anxiety of the war and owing TO
sickness and disease. increased by l.
100000 over the normal.
The vitality OF the peoples of Aus
tria and of Hungary has suffered
even more. This perhaps was to be
expected. The peoples OF Austria
will be IL per cent. poorer in num-
bers next year than IL the war had
never taken place.
Hungary will stili be wrse off. II
will have a population per cent
lower than before the war AID ~f3
per cent lower than IL there had been
no war. AS the war continues so will
these losses increase.
Meanwhile. notwithstanding the
losses which England has suffered in
the war zone the British population
has been growing. BY the middle of
1919 this population will be only g
per cent. lower than II would have
been without war. Great Britain In
1919 Will have a larger population
than In 1914.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05
GREAT SEA Battle.
AMERICAN AND BRITISH SHIPS
SIDE BY SIDE.
Admiral Gieavcs Makes Statement
Concerning Preparation for Fight.

New York, June 2.-United States
now has u large number of first class
battleships preparing side by side
with the best ships of the British
navy for an engagement on the high
seas which is expected to occur at any
time with the German fleet" accord
ing to statement made in an ad-
dress here tonight by Rear Admiral
Albert Gleaves.
Il am not going beyond the border
line of secrecy" declared Admiral
Gleaves. when l say that a few days
ago there came an alarm to the heads
Of the British navy that the German
battleships were about to come out for
the expected engagement on the high
seas. 1 know that the British navy
heads gave the first class American
battleships a post of honor in prep.
aration for the attack"
II do not profess to know much of
what is going on in the arena of war
on the other side of the ocean," Ad-
miral Gleaves continued, because l
am kept busy with my own part OF
the game which is the management
of the cruisers and torpedo opera
tions.
Again / am limited to narrow lines
in the matter 6f giving information
and 1 would not go iato details even
II did know such things
II Know that our ships working
with the British navy in making ready
for this fight are in the prime Of con-
dition and are fully prepared to win
the engagement. We have about $50
vessels over there now and between
$4,000 aid 10000 men aboard them"
Asserting that it was gratifying to
note that the appropriation bill
awaiting the signature of President
Wilson carries with it $1,000, 600, 900
to back up this rapidly growing navy
of ours. Admiral Gleaves added that
I'VE now have navy of $4,000 Off
GERS and more than 100000 men," or
"a navy four times greater than il
was just before we entered the war"
Describing the life of soldiers
aboard transports. the speaker said
that the men had everything that
can be furnished them to remind them
of life ashore" From $4,000 to 2O,-
600 meals are prepared each day
aboard these transport, he said.
In reply to question as to wheth-
er it had been found possible to carry
airplanes on cruisers. Admiral Gleaves
said:
"All navies have been experiment
ing along such lines, but the airplanes
are so fragile that they are often put
out of commission by the discharge of
the big guns Of a cruiser and il is
difficult to take them on and off"
Asked If any method had been de-
vised to destroy an oncoming torpedo,
Admiral Gleaves replied, practically
none."
Asked how near to our shores Ger
man submarines had approached, ne
referred his questioncr 10 the sccre-
tary of the navy, "who knows"
In reply to request to explain the
disappearance of the naval collier
Cyclops. he said, 1T would take q
fortune teller to account for the
Cyclops."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05
CHILD LABOR LAW INVALID.
Supreme Court Declares Federal Law
Unconstitutional.

Washington. June 3.-The federal
child labor law Of 1916 fOrbidding in
ter-State shipments of products of
child labor was today declared uncon-
stitutional and invalid by the Supreme
Court. The injunction restraining the
Charlotte, n. c., cotton mill from dis
charging children was sustained.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05

After the drill the declaimers will
contest for the Rhame Declaimers'
medal-a medal that was offered
many years ago by Mr.. W. f.. Rhamc
and since his deay.ht .Mbr hm m
and since his death. by Mr. -. j.
Rhame In honor of his fathers mem
ery.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05

Both evenings OF the commence
ment should prove interesting and it
Is hoped that the citizens of Sumter
will determine TO evince their inter
est by being present on both occasions
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05
AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST.
Only Thirty-six Names Mentioned
Four Killed i'm Action.

Washington, June 3.-The casualty
list today contains SO names, as fol-
lows: Killed in action, 4; died of
wounds, 3; died of accident, 2; died
of disease, z; wounded i'm action, 3;
wounded severely, 16; wounded
slightly, 1.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05

The trouble with the higher ciNili-
Zation is that 1t is always trying to
think up some way to put more of y
Kick i'm vice.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05

There ought to be n divorce law to
accommodate the woman whose hus-
band beats her up because she won't
beat him up and build the fires i'm .hc
morning.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05

The Galveston News thinks th
little boy would enjoy his piano
lesson more if he were permitted to
jump up and down on the Keyboard
Anderson Mail.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05

Many a beautiful romance has been
brought To- an abrupt end by few
thoughtless words spoken by a
preacher.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05

This is the third year that the COM
mencement exercises have been held
In the auditorium of the Girls High
School
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05

In our grandfathcr's time the girls
married young. They doa't mhrry
any younger in these days, but they
marry oftener.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05

The most annoying thing abou;
these people who always expect the
worst IN that they seem rcscrtful if
the worst doesn't happen.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05

lie who would he thought great
man must learn to appear dignincd
and keep his mouth shut,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05

When the wife's away the man will
play havoc with things in the kitch-
en-.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05

An old bachelor consoles himself
with the belief that all married men
are hen-pecked.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05

The highwayman has low way of
getting a living.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05

state Chairman. Commercial Organ
iZations, War Savings for S. G.