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Few IIiuumiihI Mm Will lie Sent to
K4utlislid 11 Omiuihui Force iu
VUulivostok to Occupy r Safe,
guard the fit) Also I'lelwt Ifnu
to ( toho.SI;vi:k Army As It r.oe
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Washington. Aug. 3. The Ameri
can and Japanese governments form
ally announced here tonight that the
plana for extending military aid to
Russia and Siberia would be under
taken by the I'nited States and Japan
alone, with the. other allied cobelli
Korents assenting in principle.
The United States and Japan will
each fend a "few thousand men" to
Vladivostok to act as a common force
In occupying and safeguarding the
city and piotecting the rea of the
westward moving Czechoslovak ar
my. The numbers of the American
troops, where they will go and when,
may not be discussed.
While the United States and Japan
are extending aid to the Czecho
slovak army in Siberia the United
States will continue to cooperate with
the allies operating from Muimansk
anil Atrhangel. To what extent and
in what nature is not tr.n uneed.
The only present objects of the
Japanese-American force will be to
give- such aid and protection as is
possible to the Czeoho-Slovak forces
against the armed body of German
anil Austrian prisoners of war and
to steady any' efforts at self govern
ment and self defense in which the
Russians themselves may be willing
to accept assistance.
Later the United States will send
a commission of merchants, agrieul
ttnal expeits, labor advisers, Red
Cross itpiese natives and agents of
the Young Men's Christain Associa
tion, to organise in some way to
meet the economic necessities tf the
i-tiicken Russian people.
Both the United States and Japan,
in the official announcements, makt
the most specific pledges of the ac
tion agreed upon being wholly with
out thought of interference with the
sovereignly of Russia or any inter
fereaee whatever in her internal af
fairs. The Japanese government at the
same time pledges itself that when
the objects of the mission are accom
plished It will withdraw every Japan
ese and leave the sovereignty of Rus
sia unimpaired in all its phases.
This agreement, to which all the
allies assent, is laigely the result of
the personal efforts of Piesident Wil
ron, who hr.s been at woik almost un
ceasingly for weeks to bring the na
tions together in the most effective
plan which at the same time will con
vince the Russian people that the
aims will be pu:el.v to help them pre
set vo and develop their new found
democracy.
WHITE MAX KILLED BY NKtiltO
Shot in Presence of Hi Wife Just
Acrvs Mite in South Carolina
Died Instantly.
Mi. Ivown Simpson, who worked
for the Monroe Manufacturing Com
pany here several years ago, and a
bi other to Mr. Adam Simpson, engin
es with the Seaboard here, was shot
to death by. a negro by the name of
Allen, Sunday morning in Lancaster
county.
According to reports received here,
Mr. Simpson and his wife had gone to
their pasture near their home. The
Allen irrgro, with his two grown sons
wat I ed them leave home and follow
ra hm nnc. rtf them carrying a doll'
bit-barrelled shot gun. They ap
proached Mr. Simpson and wue in me
niiututp in a threatening manner. It
W said that Mr. Simpson told them
that he had no weapon with wnicn to
defend himself and turned to walk
away. Just as he turned the older
negro pulled a pistol from his pocket
and shot him tnrougn me siae. inr
bullet passed through the heart and
Mr. Simpson fell to the ground dead,
within five feet of his wife. It Is said
that there had been trouble between
the negro and the dead men concern
ing a barn which both used for some
time.
Immediately after the shooting the
negro proceeded to Lancaster where
he gave himself up to the authorities.
Mineral services were held over the
remains of the dead man at Unity
chuiich Monday morning. He Is sur
vived by his wife and four children.
Ber.ides Mr. Adam Simpson of Monroe
another brother, Mr. Henderson Simp
son of Lancaster county survives. He
has a half brother at Mint Hill.
Card From Mr. Broom.
Cultivation of cotton and late corn
should not stop now. It will pay to
continue the cultivation of cotton for
two weeks yet. Cultivation should
be. shallow, however. Cotton is grow
ing very rapidly now and setting fruit
well, if cultivation is continued the
plant will be enabled to hold mu.h
more of the fruit than is now beinv
set. If cultivation cease3 now and
dry weather should follow much of
the fruit will be thrown off. It will
not be extravagant to say that for
evety day's work done in the cotton
fields with cultivators or scrape dur
ing the next two weeks, will give a
return of one hundred pounds of seed
cotton ftir each day's work. This is
not a theoretical statement, but a
demonstrated fact. Try it and be con
vinced. All farmers detiring to purchase
home grown crimson clover seed in
hull will please report to me by next
Saturday. This matter will have to
be attended to at once if we get the
Feed. T. J. W. Broom.
lrM-ntetl to Theodore IUevelt ly
Kaiser Rill Himself Afterwards
(hen to Public Library People
Indignant.
Oyster Bay. L. 1.. Aug 5. The last
vestige of the Kaiser has been wiped
out of this town.
Angry that even his painted like
ness should exist in the town, even
in the privacy of a dwelling, a score
or more of patriotic citizens attacked
the house occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Pollitz. demanded that Mrs. Pol
litz surrender the oil painting of Wil
li elm she was known to possess, and
on her refusal battered down the
doors, broke open the windows and
started after it.
Mr. and Mrs. Pollitz appeared on
the roof of the piazza, overhanging
the front doorway bearing 'the pict
ure between them. Mrs. Pollitz was
struggling for its possession, as her
husband wrenched it from her and
hurled it to the angry crowd below.
Immediately a seaman of the Uni
ted States navy, in uniform, put his
foot through the Kaiser's face amid
the cheers of the crowd, which then
bore off the picture for further mis
treatment. The painting was given by the Kai
ser himself to the town's foremost cit
izen. Theodore Roosevelt, when he
was in Germany some years ago. It
was almost life size, and bore the
Kaisei's autograph. Mr. Roosevelt
did not keep the picture long, but
turned it over to the Oyster Bay Pub
lic Library. Later it was sedd to Mrs.
Pollitz.
Full Fruits of Victory Reael by the
Allies.
Washington, August 4th. Allied
troops in the Aisne-Marne salient
reaped "the full fruits of vi.tory" on
Saturday "when the enemy who met
his second great defeat on the Maine
was driven in confusion bewond the
line of the eVsle," General Pershing
leported in his com.mio.ue for yester
day received today by the War De
partment. American troops alone
have captured 8,400 prisoners and
133 guns.
The text of the statement follows:
"Section A. The full fruits of vic
tory in the counter-offensive begun fio
gloriously by Franco-American troops
on July 18 were reaped today when
the enemy who met his second great
defeat on the Marne nd was driven
in confusion beyond the line of the
Vesle.
"The enemy In spite of suffering
the- severest losses, has prtived in
capable of steiniining the onslaught of
our troops fighting for liberty side by
side with French, British and Italian
veterans. In the course of the opera
tions, 8,400 prisoners and 133 guns
have been captured by our men
alone.
"Section It. There is nothing to
report In this section."
Marslivillc Citizens Kmler- liiilliii.
To those who do not know B. H.
Griffin personally; Realizing that a
strong body of men is especially need
ed in the Legislature during Ibis time
of crisis, neirhhus of B. D. Giiffln,
who know of his fitness for responsi
ble service, Induced him to le"OH" a
candidate. He is possessed of a high
degree of intelligpece. Is an efficient
leader in school, church and commu
nity life, and if he bocoines a member
of the Legislature he will reflect cred
it upon the county in service ably and
well rendered. If you vote for him
next Saturday you'll have no cause to
regret it.
CITIZENS OF MARSHV1LLE.
Democratic PrIIiary Returns Saturday, August 3rd.
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Sheriff
T C. Collins 31 21
W. L. Earnhardt l!l 10
J. V. Griffith 199 150
T. C. Lee 34 38
C. C. Sikes ......... 229 107
Clerk of Court
R W. Lemmond ......... 432 305
Register of Deeds
M. C. Long 432 295
County Commiss'iotie
W. D. Bivens 260 139
I. H. Blair 104 75
T. G. Collins 38 16
Sam D. Helms 127 43
W. L. Hem by 177 159
J. C. Morgan 51 60
J. Lee Polk 87 79
A. A. Secrest ' 323 207
G. W. Smith. Sr 98125
Coroner
T. B. Davis 197 187
J. S. Plyler 191 123
Surveyor
R. VV. Elliott 3G7 262
Legislature
C. J. Uraswell 117 80
II. H. Griffin . . 142 96
J. C. Laney 209 185
R. B. Redwinr 323 24 6
Recorder
W. O. Lemmond 269 172
J. D. McRae 179 146
Prosecuting Attorney
J. C. Brooks 243 229
C. V. McNeeley 156 75
County Board Education
A. Lex Funderburk 24 8 158
8. A. Lathan 190 189
C. S. Massey 106 127
T. L. Pr.ce 1J7 102
Fieiy thing Ietri)ed in Twe-En-Tkrdenoiv
O'niiano Tried to Re
move I oeinotl'.
(By the Associated Pi ess.)
Before evaluating Saponay the
Germans desperately endeavored to
remove several locomotives and rail
way tars, which finally they were
compelled to leave behind. TLe
French and American heavy guns
pieviously had severed the railway
tunning norts from Saponay and the
Germans were unable to make re
pairs owing to the continued shelling.
Saponay and the district extending
to Tere-En Tadenois form an im
portant railway center, of which the
Germans made much use until the al
lied guns cut the line. When the
Fie-h entered Saponay on Friday
they found two locomotives which the
Geimans had attempted to destroy
when they discovered that the rail
road had been severed and the rail
road yards had also been damaged by
German explosives.
Friday was the first day Tere-En-Tardenois
was not under the German
artillery since the Germans evacua
ted the village. The French and
Americans already have started to
restore the shell-swept village. A
group of American engineers under
a lieutenant from North Carolina to
day worked side by side with French
engineers, repairing the roads and
other detachments were busy bury
ing the German dead.
Previous to evacuating Tere-En-Tardenois
the Germans destroyed vir
tually everything which could be
made use of. including mirrors, beds
end furinture. There was not a sin
gle house-whieh had not been shelled
or dynamited. Most of the stone
houses are mere shells, with gaping
holes in the roofs and siues. Some
houses were totally demolished and
the church stands with many large
holes in the roof and sides. Virtual
ly the only things in Tere-En-Tarde-nois
that are nearly Intact are the
weathercock on the church steeple
and the cobblestones of th- streets.
The tree-s in the village' square
were twisted as If by cyclone by the
farewell shells of the Germans.
A large sign In German at the en
trance of the church reads:
"Remove hats upon entering.!'
Down the street a German sign,
stretched across the roadway, reads:
"Captured arms and loot must be
stored here." "
The sign bears a hand pointing to
where a house once stood. This
building now is a mass of ruins, the
result of dynamite or some other ex
plosive used by the retreating Ger
mans. From Tere-En-Tardenjis a valley
stretches northwest to Saponay and
beyond, and this valley on Friday was
a great battlefield. At one place near
Saponay. at a cross roads, lay five
saddle horses, apparently killed by
the same she-ll. Reside two of the
horses lay dead Germans, Just as they
fell from their saddles.
The roadways are littered with am
munition, wagons and dead horses,
some of them with their drivers, as
they fell when struck by the big
sheils of the Franco-American allies.
Many of the wheat fields are partly
harvested with the wheat stacked, the
Germans having reaped what the
French peasants had planted. Here
and there dots can be seen from the
roadway, indicating where some Ger
man dropped. At one place a Ger
man killed by shrapnell had fallen
head first into a shell hole filled by a
downpour of rain.
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Crew ( Tank, Tliirtj in Xuuihei,
Ijtiideri Kc.lely tit Noilolk I'-ltoub
AImi tVotkihg Off Cuii4iu t'4wwt.
Washington, Aug. 5. The captain
and 13 me-iubeis ot the rew ot the
American tank steamer O. B. Jeu
nings. sunk Sunday by a German Rub
marine tiff the Virginia coast, have
arrived safely at Norfolk. Va.. the
navy department renounced tonight.
The 14 men with the SO pre viously re
ported as having been landed accounts
for all the tnembtis ot the tanker's
ere .
Washington, Aug. 5. Oerman sub
marines now are opeiating at two
widely separated points along the At
lantic seaboard one in the- import
ant sea lane off the Virginia coast,
where the American tank uteanier C.
B. Jennings was Bunk Sunday, and
the either in Canadian waters where
fishing smacks and other unimport
ant craft have been destroyed.
Presence f jinother raider in the
waters off the middle Atlantic const
where in May and June upwards of
20 vessels were sunk became known
today when the navy department an
nounced the sinking of the Jennings
and the landing of from 30 k 32
members of 'the crew at Norfolk by
an American patrol bout.
A second small bout from the tank
er with the captain and 13 men is
missing, but, as the; weather has been
good, officials confidently hope it will
be picked up.
Full details of the sicking of the
Jennings were lacking tonight, but,
from the fact that the steamer sent a
wireless message saying she was be
ing shelled and asking for asristance,
officials assumed that the submarine
opened fire without giving the crew
time to take to the boats, though
there was the possibility that the
steamer had undertaken to make a
run for tafety. Patrol boats an
swered the radio calls but neither the
Jennings nor the submarine was in
right when the-y arrived Sulay niht
nt the position given by the steamer.
Later, survive! s were found.
The submarine which ha been op
erating for several days In Canadirn
waters is believed by officials to have
sowed the mines of foreign manu
facture picked up off the coast of
Long Island, after the armored cui
ser San Diego was sunk near rire Is
land, N. Y July 19 Belief of -ifnclals
that one of these miners e-iused the
destruction of the cruiser was con
firmed today' by the report of the na
val court of inqui'y, which expressed
the eiplnion that tho 'oss of the ship
"was due to the external exp'" ion of
a mine."
The court found "liit the Snr. Dicge
was steering n nr.ipei centr" to min
imize the submarine and i; 'fit dan
gers In those wat.3i:;, with a careful
watch maintained nnd the hip zig
nagging at a r-peeJ of If knots Loss
of the ve-ssel witn Ihe death of six
men, was in no vay due to any neg
ligence, failure to take pioper pre
cautions or inelficioiicy of Capt. 11. H.
Christy or any of 'iu chip's person
nel. To the Voters ot Union County
I fake this means of expressing my
appreciation of the vote cast for m
at the primary Saturday. 1 thank
each anil every one for the support
given me. 1 wish that it was possible
for me to do this personally. I will
endeavor to be worthy of the trust
thus expressed In me' by faithful work.
Sinceiely, A. A. Seeiest.
Vote tor J. Kinsley Clontz for con
stable of Goose Creek township and
vou will nevfi regret it.
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Many Sick iumJ Wounded SoMief-s
J Sent to Iteath British stea:ixi
j Torpedoed Returning lroiti Fiance
! with lneMicited Men.
I A German submarine has sunk th-
Il'itish ambulance M-'ame. Warilda
as the vessel was homewatd bound
from France with sitk ai.d wounded.
A large number of incapacitated men
were killed by the explosion of the
torpedo or drowned in attempting to
leave the vessel in small boats. Srv
eral Americans were on boat I and
one of them is missing.
The ship was returning from
France and nearing a home port
when the torpedo strrk 'ier, pene
trating the ward room where pa
tients were accomm i.1 tte1. About
100 wounded have been laude-d at a
British port, coming ashore in what
clothing they could icacu when rude
ly awakened.
There were aboard 89 uuises and
members of the voluntary aid depart
ment, and the crew comprised about
200 men.
The torpedo stiuk the alter part
of the engine room, killing the third
engineer and two other members of
the engine room force. The dynamo
was destroyed, plunging the vessel in
to darkness.
Just over the dynamo was the ward
room, which contained more than 100
patients. Most of these were killed
outright by the explosion and the oth
ers, many of them had been freshly
injured by the torpedo, found them
selves trapped. It was impossible for
outside aid to reach them and all, ex
cept a Tew who jumped overboard
and were picked up perished. This
part of the ship quickly settled and
water flooded the ward room, drown
ing the men caged there.
Stories of the fearful struggle 'a
the darkness to rescue the helpless in
valids are told by survivors. The ship
remained afloat more than two hours,
but for a great part of the time con
tinued under headway because the en
gines could not be stopped. This con
dition greatly hampered the rescue
work, and in addition, three or four
boats were smashed while being low
ered, throwing their occupants into
the se.
All the soldier patients and the
nurses testify to the heroic efforts of
the officers and crew. Notwithstand
ing the excitement and confusion
which were increased by the inky
darkness, the crew under the mas
terly direction of the office: went
coolly and methodically about the dif
ficult task or bringing the sick and
wounded up on deck. As many as
could be handled in this manner were
placod in slings and lowered to the
escorting destroyers which, by won
derful seamanship in the rough water,
managed to work in close enough to
the sinking ship to take off men by
lowering ropes.
I The morale or the wounded, lying
on dwk waiting to be taken off. is
'described by members of the crew as
j "too tine for wards." They never
complained and they never uiged the
I rescueiR to hurry.
' The total number missing is 123.
' These are as follows:
Two military officers, a command
ant in Queen Mary's auxiliary corps,
lone American soldier, seven of the
I crew and 112 others. Th missing
American is Corporal Hu kiii:i:i.
A Card Fi'mn Mr Smith.
I wish to thank my friends for the
good vote give!' me in the primary
last Saturday, ami I hope that. thy
will see flit to stand hy me in the pri
mary next Saturday. Very truly,
G. W. SMITH, Sit.
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Will Be Recomiiieiidtrel to Congress
War I k-fni tin ill's Plan Fer Mjtil
Poner For Army and Bills Will Re
Introduted in Both House With a
View to Prompt Consideration.
Washington. August 3. Draft ag
es of from eighteen to forty-five years
will be lexoiumended in Congress in
the bill embodying the war depart
ment's new man-iower program
which will be introduced I n both
houses of congress Monday and ex
pedited by committees with a view
to prompt consideration when regu
lar sessions of the Senate and House
are resumed later this month.
After formally announcing the new
draft ages to-day Secretary Baker
said all the possible combinations of
age limits were carefully studied and
it was found that in order to get the
men into class one for the program
proposed, 18 to 45 was nejessary. He
faid, however, that the bill as rec
ommended to Congress will contain
a provision authorizing the piesident
to call men out ol class one by class
es according to ages, so that if it is
found possible- the men bt-tween 18
and 19 will be called out later than
the older men who are found eligible
to class one.
The war department program, the
war secretary said, is purely a mili
tary one and can not be called a con
scription rf labor, although it natu
a!ly will have the effect of putting
at useful labor or in the army all
able bodied men within the age lim
its as they finally will be fixed by C -
gress. In recommending this exten
sion of the age limits. Mr. Baker con
tinued, the depaitment had it in mind
simply to get for the army the num
ber of men which it believed neces
sary to defeat Germany. The Secre
tary was not prepared to say how
many that would be nor to give any
estimates as to the proportion of
males be-tween the ages of eighteen
and forty-five inclusive which would
be found eligible. In making up the
list and classes the same rule will be
tollowed that has governed in the
first draft, with the same exception
fiom the first call of married men
with dependents and those engaged in
essential industries.
Mr. Baker gave it as his opinion
that so far about one million six hun
dred thousand have been drafted out
of class one from the existing -list.
There has been considerabl opposi
tion in Congress to lowering tbo. mi.n
imun age, many members being re
luctant to draft youths before they
attain their majority and come into
full citizenship. Senator Chamberlain,
chairmen of the Senate military com
mittee, said today that he expected
opposition on that scoie, but expens
ed the opinion that there would be
no unusual delay in passing the bill.
Some members of Congress believe
th:.t the man-power bill will be tak
en up immediately alter Countess re
sumes regular sessions and disposed
of before the new war revenue legi
slation is considered.
Crop Condition H. Per Cent.
Monroe N. ('., Aug. .", I !i 18.
The Commercial Appeal,
Mi-mphis, Tenn.
Lear Sirs: Rains have fallen, in
toi mittently, in all parts of the uni
ty during the past two we 'ks. Those
rains were accompanied by tempera
lures far too low for the pioper de
velopment of the cotton plant. Giowtll
during the past two weeks, or since
the rains began, has been phenomi
nal. more than half of the present
stature of the plant having been at
tained since that period. The "lay
ing by" of the crop has been delayed
by weather conditions. Much con
templated cultivation will be foregone
by reason of this and the size of the
plant, especially on the better lands,
the attainment in this respect on
tuch lands exceed the whole of its
accomplishment during the past sea
on. Considerable complaint of dam
age by the red spider. It is now be
lieved that practically every field in
the county Is more or less infested.
Condition, by consensus of opinion
to date, 83'r.
Very truly yours,
GEO. E. FLOW.
Card From C. J. Rritsvvell.
1 thank the voters of Union coun
ty for the handsome vote which they
cast for me in the Democratic pri
mary of August 3d, as a candidate
for nomination as Representative.
Though it was not sufficient to put
me in the second primary, it came
mighty near doing so. As this Is the
first time I have run for this office,
and as I did not have time to see but
few of the people of the county, I
am very much pleased that so many
of my fellow citizens gave their sup
port of myself and my platform. I
shall earnestly support all the candi
dates nominated in the primary.
1 desire to rtate now that if now
laws are enacted in the next General
Assembly ei,. bodying the principles
for which I stood in this campaign, I
will again fie a candidate for the
nomination as Representative from
Union county in the Deniocratk pri
maries or 1 2 0 , if I am living. I
have an abiding faith in the ability
of my county to choose their own of
ficers. C. J. BRAS WELL.
To the Voters of Union County
I feci very grateful for the vote I
received in the primary last Saturday.
I thank each and every one for the
vote they gave me. Sincerely, J. Lee
rolk. Mineral Springs.
"Full steam ahead" en canning -"Slow"
on sugar.