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1~~. ! f VOL. XXXVII MANNING, S C WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1917. CONGRESS Vote No Doul Res Washington, April 3.-The way was cleared on both sides of the Capitol today for prompt enactment of the administration resolution declaring a state of war exists with Germany and directing the President to prosecute it with all the nation's r ,ources to a successful termination. Balked by SenatorLafollette in an effort to have the resolution taken up immediately after it had been pre sented from the foreign relations com. mitee, Senate leaders decided to be gin tomorrow morning at o o'clock a session, to continue until a vote has been taken. Letters signed by Sen ators Martin and Gallinger, respect ively, the Democratic and Republican leaders, went to each Senator tonight asking him to be in his seat tomorrow and announcing the plan for a con tinuous session. Filibuster Not Expected. If the leaders can hold a quorum, as they were able to do in the closing hours of the last session on the armed neutrality bill, it is probable that there will be action late tomorow night or Thursday morning. It is not expected there will be any attempt to filibuster, but no one knew tonight how many 'Senators would speak. A doption of the resolution by the DRAWING THE NET ABOUT ST. QUENTIN British Forces Within Stone's Throw of Western Outskirts of Ger man Stronghold. ALLIES MAKE GREAT GAINS Germans Enter Russian Trenches in Dvinsk Sector, But Are Driven Out. Each day finds the British and French forces drawing their net clos er upon St. Quentin. Already close to the outskirts of the town on the west and southwest, the British and French in fresh drives have captured additional villages and points of sup port. Attacking on a front of more than eight miles south and southwest of the harassed German stronghold, the French troops, notwithstanding' stub born resistance by the Germans, everywhere, met with success, taking strongly-organized positions and vil lages, notable among them Dallon, about two miles southwest, and Gif fecourt, two miles south of the town. Flanking Movement. The British, already almost within a stone's throw of the western out skirts of St. Quentin, seemingly are resting there, while to the northwest they are carrying out a manoeuver, having as its object the flanking of St. Quentin from the north. In this operation they have partly succeeded, according to the British official com munication. Driving eastward from the region of Vermand they captured the town of Maissemy, five miles northwecst of St. Quentin, anid further north the Ronssoy woodl. Fieldi Marshall H-aig's forces also were successful in taki~ng the village of Heinin-sur-Cojuel, five miles southeast of Arras, after inten sive fighting. Riheims Bombarded. Rheims has again been violently than 2,000 shells having been thrown into the town. Paris reports that there were casualties among the civil popu lation. On the Russian front the Germans deliveredl attacks against the Rus sians south of Illoukst, which is in the Dvinsk sector, andl south of Vladimir Volynski, in Volhynia. At each place the attackers succeedel in penetrat ing Russian positions, but later were expelled from them in counter,attacks, acording to the Russian war offiee. Heavy snowfalls in the mountain regions of the Austro-Italian theater are hampering operations. NAVAL RECRUITING D)AY. Columbia, April 3.--Governor Man-1 nling by proclamation today designat ed April 11 as "Naval Recruiting1 Day," in South Carolina. The navy needs 38,500 men .and South 'Caro- ] lina's share is 800 men. TO DECLAI bt Will Be Rey OlUtiOn---Wils< House before tomorrow night is pre dicted by members of the foreign af fairs committee. The committee will meet in the morning and. is expected to report back quickly the resolu tion as approved today by the Sen ate committee. A special rule prob baly will be asked from the rules committee to expedite the resolution regardless of its progress in the Sen ate and little delay is loked for once it reaches the House floor. Sentiment on the House side is almost unani mously in favor of the measure. If Speeches Are Cut Down. Senators who have looked over the situation believe that if friends of the resolution can be prevented from con suming time in speech-making, a vote in the Senate need not b3 delayei many hours. They expect few votes against it and not many speeches in opposition. Republicans in close touch with the situation believe Sen ators Tafollette, Gronna and Norris, on t . republican side, will speak and vote against the resolution, and that they will be joined by Senators Stone -nd Kirby, on the Democratic side. Of the position that will be taken by Senators Cummins, and Lane, who were in the group President Wilson blamed for failure of the armed neu ROOSEVELT CALLS AT WHITE HOUSE To Congratulate President on Ad dress-Wilson Absent-Wants to Fight. Washington, April 3.-Col. Roose velt stopped off here today on his way home from Florida to call on Presi dent Wilson at the White House and congratulate him on his address to Congress. Col. Roosevelt went to the main door of the executive mansion where he learned that the President had gone over to his offices. He told the chief usher he was only in town be tween trains and wished to con gratulate the President on "his great state paper."' The Colonel left his card and departed without seeing the President. It was the colonel's first visit to the White House since the (lay in 1905 when he said good bye to Presi dent Taft. Col. Roosevelt, standing in the midst of a great crowd in the railway station here, dictated the following statement: "The President's message is a great state paper which will rank in his tory among the great state papers of which Americans in future years will be porud. It now rests with the peo ple of the country to see that we put in practice the policy the Pr'sident has outlined and that we strike as hard, as soon, and as effectively rs posible in aggressive wvar against the government of Germany. We must sendl troops to the firing line as rap idily as posible. Defensive war is hopeless. We must, by vigorous of fensive warfare, wvin the right to have our voice count for civilization und justice when the time for pe-ceC som es. "I, of course, very earnestly hope that I may be allowed to raise a di vision for immediate service at the rront. I guarantee that ~o finer body )f fighting men could be- gathered to tether than there wouild bein that livision, but of course the men to wvhom I would appeal will come for Mard only if it is understood that the livision is to be sent at the earliest >racticable moment into the fight~nz~ ine." TALl" ACCEPTS STATE OF WAR AS EXISTING Rome, .A pril 3.--"A mer ica in a tate of wvar with Germany" was the enadline in bold type on extra edi ions of the evening papers here to lay, giving brief excerp~ts from Presi lent Wilson's speech. The press take.3 'or granted that the American law nakers wvill promptly endorse every vord of the chief executive's addr ess mnd therefore proclaim the."state of var" as an accomplished fact. A wave of enthusiasm swept all taly as the result of the momentous iews from Wnaingon. IESTATEO Lohed Tonight < mfl's Speech is I tr..lity bill, they were not at all sure. t Enthusiastic appro\'al of the Presi- is (lent's address is general among Sen ators. There are a few Republicans is who express doubt about what he t meant when he said the entrance of w the United States into the war wou; involve "the utmost practicable co- h operation in counsel and action with a the governments now at war with fi Germany." Some of them who think n this might mean a close alliance and r an active participation in all the poli- t' cies of the Entente extending even to r the period after the war, are anxious d to have the exact intent of the phrase n made clear before they vote to give V the President the road powers con- C veyed in the resolution. c As to Taxation. There may be also some disinclina- g tion particularly on the part of the t] Republicans to adopt the President's w suggestion as to taxation of the pres- m ent generation to pay for the war if h that taxation is to be aimed at ob- c jects which in their opinion are taxed I to the limit. Some Sentors feel that it there should be additional taxation on F liquors and beer and stamp taxes of a the kind that helped finance the Span- v ish war and that eventually much of p ARGENTINA WANTS NO ASSISTANCE BY GERMANS Buenos Aires, April 3.-The Ger- 0 man minister has assured the Argen- S tine government that certain Germai w financiers, in association with the vv Reichsbank are ready to undertake v the financing of public works i Ar- e' gentine. This assurance is inter- m preted here as a move to impress the ia government with the economic re- C( sources of Germany. o The Buenos Aires Herald says that the Germans are using every means to create differences between Argen tina and both the Entente and the United States. The paper says the m republic will not compromise its neu- si trality. O--- - - s BILTMORE AS ( .'>l' SITE ti G Beautiful Vanderbilt Estate Offered es to Government. nc Raleigh, N. C., April 3.-Biltmore, the estate of the late George W. Van Jerbilt, near Asheville, N. C., has been ffered by Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt to w the War Department as a mobiliza- h< ion camp site, it was announced here lo oday. 0( A CALL FROM TI Whereas, a state of wvar exists for the increase of 38,500 men to of the Navy, of which South Caroli Nowv, therefore, I. Richard I. Man lina, (10 hereby dlesignate Wednesdl Recruiting Day" in South Carolina of the State to help in securing t ments as an earnest of pour patri This is a call from the* Presid< men to fill the first line of defense. for the dlefense of your country, a The call is urgent. Men are needet you as citizens of South Carolinat loyal citizens and patriots respondl The qualifications for enlistment good teeth; good hearing; good ey strippedl, at least 128 pounds and b must wveigh at the minimum 110 p inches in height; 115 pounds at years, 125 pounds at 20 years, .t instance being 64 inches. Application for enlistment should at each county seat, wvho is requ( to this office, I invite attention to the pay adI to learn a trade in the Navy. The following number of recruits the counties named: Abbeville, 1: Bamberg, 11; Barnwell, 19; Beaufor 10; Charleston, 45; Cherokee, 15; Clarendlon, 18; Colleton, 19; D~arlingt 11; Edgefield, 16; Fairfieldl, 16; F Greenville, 36; Greenwood, 19; 11am Kershaw, 15; Lancaster, 15; Lauren Marion, 12; Marlboro, 17; McCormi 15; Pickens, 14; Richlandl, 29; Salud ter, 21; Union, 17?; Williamsburg, 2 FWAREXI ir Tomorrow lighly Praise le expense should be met by bond Tues. This phase of the question, however, looked upon as entirely aside from ie great issue the progress of the 'ar resolution. Arrangements for financing are eld in obeyance by the House ways nd means committee pending full in )rmation as to what stens -a plan ed. Democratic Leader Kitchin is 3ady to call a meeting of the commit e at any time to consider raising 3venues, but he thinks it useless to o so before he is supplied with esti iates as to the amounts needed. irtually all of the members of the )mmittee are here and quick action in be taken whenever the call comes. The Pacifist Group. Those among the so-called pacifist roup in Congress, wlho announced ieir support of the president in the ar resolution, were Representative [cLemore, of Texas, author of the Ard fought attempt to keep Ameri ins off armed ships; Representative ensley, of Misouri, one of the lead ig opponents of naval expansion; epresentative Decker, of Misouri, id Representative Sherwood, of Ohio, ho announced he was elected by acifist votes. Mobilize Woman Power. Washington, April 3.--Mobilization f the "woman-power" of the United tates was given an impetus tonight hen plans for the co-ordination of omen's work into effective war osr ce were completed at meetings call I by the National Council of Wo en, of which Mrs. Philip N. Moore president. The national council >mprises 27 national organizations women. o . Get Final Orders. Washington, April 3.-The buainess en's committee, organized to as st the United States army depot aartermasters in purchasing war applies and preventing final instruc ins tonight from Quartermaster eneral Sharpe, giving them the wid t freedom in the method and man !r of committee operations. 0 Big Fire in Texas. Wichita Falls, Texas, April 3.-Fire recked seven blocks of business ruses here today. The estimated ss ranges from $300,000 to $500, i0. JE GOVERL OR. and~ the President has called ill the emergency complement na's quota is 800. nling, Governor of South Caro iy, April 11, 1917, as "Naval andl I call 'upon the citizens rie reqIuiredl number of enlist >tism and loyalty. at of the United States for It is the call of your country nd for our safety and honor. and are nee~iedi now. I urge o (d0 your- part. Will you as are: Age, 17 to 30 years; e-si~t. Adults must wveigh, e 64 inches in height. Minors yunC.i at 17 years, and, be 62 18 years, 120 poundls at 19 he minimum height in each be madec to the Postmaster sted to add~ress all inquiries vancement, food andl chances are expected to enlist from ); Aiken, 23; Anderson, 32; t, 117; Berkeley, 13; Calhoun, Chester, 16; Chesterfield, 15; on, 20; Dillon, 13; Dorchester, lorence, 20; Georgetown, 13; pton, 9; Jasper, 5; Horny, 15; 4, 23; Lee, 14; Lexington, 18; ak, 4;.Newberry, 19; Oconee, a, 12; Spartanburg, 43; Sum I; York, 26. ICHARD I. MANNING, Governor., --No Big Oppos d by Both Part: Representative London, Socialist, said he would vote against the war resolution because he believes revolu tion will overthrow the Hohenzollern autocracy if the United States will hold aloof a little longer. Under New Organization. The House met today under the new organization completed last night by the Democrats, with a few changes in committee chairmanships from the ar rangemnt in the last Congress. Southern Democrats were replaced by Northern Democrats as committee chairmen in some cases. The Demo crats retained their majorities in all committees, but allowed the Republi-I cans one more place on some import ant committees. The committees for which new I chairmen were named, included: 1 Rules, Pou, Nye; rivers and harbors, I Small; education, Sears, Florida; a claims, Stephens, Mississippi; ac- < counts, Park, Georgia; elections, num- 1 ber one, Wilson, Louisiana; elections, i number three, Watson, Virginia. Dem ocratic additions to committees in cluded; Byrnes, South Carolina, ap propriations; Brand, Georgia, and Stevenson, South Carolina, banking t and currency; Vinson, Georgia, naval; E Gray, Alabama, and Fisher, Tennes SAYS BERLIN WON'T DECLARE WARl NOlt RESTRICT U-BOATS Berlin, April 3.-(Via London, April 4.)--The press report of Presi dent Wilson's state of war message I reached Berlin at 10 o'clock this morning:' It is declared here that there would be no change in the Ger man attitude even if Congress adopt ed President Wilson's views. Ger many will not declare war nor take any step to wage war against the United States. The submarine war- will be con tinued as it has been conducted since February 1, but this, declare the ofil- c cials, is not directed more against c the United States than any other c neutral. d It also is declared that there will e be no change in the treatment of s American citizens in Germany, who y now have the same freedom as all g other neutrals, but Germany expects d that the United States will continue the same treatment of Germans in t that country. -o k Accused of Murder. t Hackensack, N. J., April 3.--Harry b Mackin's father was hanged 20 years ago for murder. Harry Mackin was e arraigned here today accused of hav- s ing murdered a fellow burglar for not p making a prop~er division of spoils. t: John l~. Haclka Wilson. ii Savannahi, Ga., April 3.-John D., IRockefeller p~assedl through Savannah tI this afternoon fr'om Floridla. lHe was g emphatic in the dleclaration that the i true test of Americanism will come b with the present crisis and urgedl I) that all stnad behind the president rt regardIless of consequences. lie lik ened the activity of German U-boat D oplerations to the pirate.s of the Span.. et Tlwo Orators Held. Il New York, April 3.--Two~( antiwar soap box orators wvere held in $1,500 bail each today, charged with insult ing P'residlent Wilson andl the Am er can flag. Tlhey were arestedl in Madi- c son Square. One wvas accusedI of cail-~0 ng Americans "skunks,'' and the , ther of saying President Wilson was F' murderer'' for dleclaring a state Of I var with Germany exists.a D~efending New Yorkc. New York, April 3.--Municipal deC ense of Newv York City in war times 5 planned several months aigo wenft nto effect today. Twelve thousand to molice, armedl with rifles, are ready ed or instant call to quell an~y disturb- on; *nce Blridlges, powver houses andl publ- def ic buildlings all have special protee- tic ion. Extra lights wvere added to- Ke ight to the bridges between the m<l 'oroughs. nn0 ERMANY ition Against es. see, rivers and harbors; Bankhead, Alabama, merchant marine. Present Form of Resolution. The resolution as approved by the Senate committee now is as follows: "Whereas, the Imperial German government has committed repeated icts of war against the government dn(] the people of the United States If America; therefore be it, "Resolved, by the Senate and House >f Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress as sembled, That the State of wor be tween the United States and the Im )erial German Government, which as thus been thrust upon the United states is hereby formally declared; mn dthat the President be, and he is, iereby authorized and directed to em )loy the entire naval and military orces of the United States and the esources of the government to carry m war against the Imperial German government and to bring the conflict o a successful termination all of the esources of the country are hereby >ledged by the Congress of the United states." Chairman Stone, who voted against he resolution, sai dhe woulk not make minority report, but expected to peak on the resolution. RAILS OF GERMAN SPIES DISCOVERED ound in Some of Most Closely Guarded Government Depart ments, Says Report. SPY LAW TO BE STRINGENT ot Even the State Department Has Been Free of Germain Spying. Washington, April 3.-The signiti ance of President Wilson's warning f German spies, "even in our offices. f government," became apparent to ay when it was learned that on sev ral occasions trials of the German. ecret service have been discovere(L ithin some of the most closely 'uarded precincts of the executive epartments. Although officials do not believe hat access has been gained by the oreign agents to any information of reat importance, they are understood o be convinced that not even the tate Department, with its highly onfidential diplomatic facilities, has een free from invasion. No evidence on which 'prosecutions ia be based have been found, it is id, bue enough has been revealed to rompt a sweeping official investiga on, andl precautions which the dJe. artment believe will safeguard its rterests more adequately in the fu 'Ire. A stringent spy law will be one of ao first mieasures requested on Con ress by the adlministration. At the st session an espionage lill dIrawn the D~epartment of Justice was issed by the Senate, but failed to ach a vote in the House. Since the wanr began the Justice epartment's bureau of investigation, arged with the prosecution of for ~n agents and dlisloyal citizens, has en enlarged several times. It is w expected to be given much wvider edlities. Large Wage Increases. New York, Api 3.--Wage in eases of about I10 peri cent for 225, 0 employe, adding nearly $30,000), 0 to its annual payroll and making total increase of 53 per cent since blruary, 1916, were~ announced to y by the Un ited State's Steel corpo.. Lion. The emp lloyes eff'ectedl include actically all save the sales force and m11inistrative dlepartnments. Support From Kentfucky. Frank fort, K~y., Aprnil :3.-The Ken Iky house of representatives pa~ss a resolution this a fternoon call ing~ all citizens to support the presi nt and congress in wvhatever ae >n may be taken toward Germaniv. mtucky will furnish twelve regI mts in case a call is made for 500, D men.