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k Abbeville Press and Banner! =_==:=_ \ . ' ^ ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1916. / " estabushbd - = IE-ial Torpedoes K and 16-Ifich Guns f Used Against Foe lUNDED GERMAN, NOW IN ERLIN, TELLS OF NEW y FRENCH ''AIR MINES." Berlin, July .7?(Via London, Huuly 9.)?An eye-witness account of the Anglo-French offensive is given Win dispatches from Lieutenant Dam^feitsch, one of the editors of the Zeij^Ring Am Mittag, whose company was Hrtationed in the trenches near the Somme river. P The lieutenant was wounded during the preparatory bombardment, but was there long enough to witness * the almost indescribable destruction wrought in the front-line trenches by | the artillery. He says that the : massively-built positions had been regarded a8 virtually indestructible and impregnable, but the event prov- i ed that the progress in the develop- 1 ment of offensive tactics since the September offensive had not been realized. "Right at the beginning of the ar* ? ? >? .l. miery prejJHruuuc, any a uic ucuwu- i ant, "the enemy showed the Germans a new thing in the destruction of observation balloons. An aviator swooped down on one of these and r shot fire balls from above, a burst of x flame marking the end of the balloon, j r "The second day's bombardment, t June 26, wrought another surprise in 1 j the shape of aerial mines of unheard t of calibres, which were thrown in in- \ e credible numbers. The explosion of j I the first air torpedo shattered by its 't tremendous detonation the windows I ( of the bomb proofs and threw .up a ? massive pillar of black earth perhaps | a hundred yards. This showered the c whole neighborhood with roofs, \ bricks and earth. This was a regular r Vesuvius eruption. I r "The destructive efforts of this un- ' c interrupted throwing of the heaviest r mines were almost immediately visi- f ble. The entrances to two bomb a proofs were buried and the inmates I 1-- -1 A- 1- - J ft ' naa 10 De removeu. s A few minutes later an orderly . ( sent with a message to the left of a ' <j company, returned, reporting that r the tarench had been completely lev-, c eled. Lieutenant Dambitsch, going d to observe, saw as far as the eye could reach, crater after crater six feet deep, the earth being torn up !n -a wild, high chaos of trench timbers . and wire entanglements. "The work of day and night for nine months," says the chronicler, "was destroyed in a few minutes. Report after report arrived of bomb I proofs demolished by aerial torpe-, s does, burying the inmates. The < , trenches became rapidly leveled, and i communication between the sections t was extremely difficult. The third < lines were so heavily shelled that it1 was impossible to traverse them. An * orderly sent to a captain was hours i under way. On the left flank, the 1 company trench was so obliterated * that it was difficult to trace it. The j( only means of progress was a dash 11 from crater to crater fully exposed |1 to the enemy fire while crossing the .< intervening ridges. Finally he arriv-1 ed after a period of intense danger .( and found the left platoon of the ( company in the same condition as the right platoon. A number of men , were still buried in the demolished ' bbmb proofs. Their comrades worked for hours extricating them. "During this work an intrepid j battalion surgeon arrived with an i oxygen apparatus and stood for hours under a heavy artillery fire, 1L. 1.-1* 1 I ministering tu ine nan uuneu auu i attempting to revive those asphyxi-, ] ated. ! | "The bombardment continued without cessation, aerial torpedoes being hurled from ranges such as was never before known for mine throwers,' and the French artillery pounded every yard of ground with an intense fire of big shells." The lieutenant describes how welcome reinforcements were sent that night "quite as much to assist in (figging out those buried as to contribute to the defense." He was lead- j ing them to positions among the demoralized trenches when he and his < orderly were wounded by an explod- \ ing torpedo. They were sent to the ^ hospital, thus missing the infantry ; attacks." j < SHIP CONSTRUCTION ] WILL BEGIN AT ONCE j Navy Department Hasten* Draft- ' ing of Building Design*?May Make New Record. ?1 Washington, July 9.?So that no 1 time may be lost in beginning con- ) a traction of the vessels to be authorized in this year's naval bill, the navy 1 department is hastening the drafting j of its building designs. Secretary 1 Daniels announced tonight that he ' tad approved complete plans for five of the ten classes of ships proposed and hoped to be ready to call for bids on all classes within six months after the bill passes. 1 "Starting the construction of ten . different classes of vessels within 1 ??li ? oViiii-t norinH aftflr their an- 1 IOUVU c* giivi ? ^*?* ?#? -? thorization," said a statement issued < at the department, "will constitute < a record which has never before been approached in the United States, nor ! is it believed that any country has ^ peen able to approach such a record.' REGIMENT 0 groPgw^M^ rALK OF MEXICO J WILL BEGIN SOON Informal Negotiations Expected This Week. Border Still Quiet. Washington, July 9.?The inf'? n??! m.gotintions between *)% * Aredondo, Mexican ambassador desiglate, and Acting Secretary Polk of he state department, which are exacted to smooth out the differences between the two governments, probibly will begin some time this week, t was said at the embassy tonight, hat the instructions from Mexico 3ity awaited by the ambassador were ixpected tomorrow. Absence of further reports of the j >utlaw band which Gen. Caranza varned the United States govern a a la an ja j /aw I rient uugu w ue ucaucu iui ouvbuci aid across the, border encouraged ifficials in hoping this new element night not be added to the other dificult problems which the Mexican md American conferees must solve. War department officials said nany thousand additional National xuardsmen would start for the borler this week. No important movenents of these troops at the border ?r beyond, were reported during the [ay. PEOPLE LEAVE HOME. "iigh Water at Many Placet in Ten* nessee. Chattanooga, Tenn., July 9.?Re>orts from many points in the flooded lections of this district reached here >f damages to crops, highways and ailroad lines, estimates were made ;hat the losses would amount to hunIreds of thousands of dollars. Several towns reported that the righ waters had driven scores of resdents from their homes. Many >ridges are down and train schedules lave been demoralized. The almost :ontinuous rainfall since Thursday light had reached a total precipitation of 9.13 inches here tonight, ac:ording to official observations. Queen & Crescent trains are being ietoured over the Southern railway >n account of washouts near here. SOCIALISTS CLAIM THE GERMANS ARE STARVING Deny Statement That No Resident of Berlin Faces Starvation. Whole Scheme Wrong. The Hagne. via London, July 8.? During a debate on the food situa;ion, at the Thursday evening session )f the Berlin city council, the Socialists complained of the inequality >nd inadequacy of the distribution )f food under the mass feeding 5chcne. Councillor Mommsen declared that no resident of Berlin was sret starving. This elicited a sharp contradiction. Municipal Physician Weber maintained there was no question of under feeding yet, where jpon cries 01 strong dissent arose from the Socialists. The Socialist Councillor Hoffman jaid that he himself had been a patient ot the Rudolph Virchow hospital for months and knew how seri^uslv the dietary had i>een reduced. Herr Hoffman demanded that President -on Batocki of the food regulation board, should be told that sufficient food was available, but that the method of distribution was all wrong and the residents of Berlin would stand it no longer. The population of Cologne is excited over the municipality's announcement that mass feeding has been postponed indefinitely, some r? n it ? r\t? annm/a i /\ a IaaI/ a ^ ocky iwi vyccao, uvviu^ tu tiic lacn. vi potatoes. The so-called goulash-cannon traveling kitchens are entirely insufficient and are besieged by crowds of hungry persons, while housewives go dinnerless, the Vorwaerts says. WELCOME VISITORS. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Klugh are in the city this week on a visit to Mrs. J. C. Klugh. Mr. and Mrs. Klugh tvere recently married in Rock Hill and are on their way home after a ilelierhtful trip to Atlantic City and ather points of interest. Mrs. Klugh was a Miss Eoddey. She is endearing herself to every one. ivith whom she comes in contact by her bright and vivacious manner. HHH^^B$?X9i3^^^K^93HEp3w^^B Bible Society W 1 in Ah The meeting of the Bible Society, as announced in another column, will be held on Wednesday, July 26, at eleven o'clock in Klugh's Park. A stand will be erected and all of the addresses will be made there. After the addresses and the completion of the reports, a picnic dinner will be served by the ladies of the Abbeville Branch Society to all members of the Bible Soeiety in Abbeville County. Tlie branch societies at the different points in the county are urged to send as large a delegation as possible to the meeting. Any member of any branch society who can arrange to be here is invited whether he is a delegate or not. All members of the society in Abbeville will Via avTMu>t?^ tn nftund thp Hinner. Messrs. Wm. P. Greene and A. B. Morse were appointed as a committee to arrange for this meeting and have appointed the following committees: Dinner Committee. Mrs. Jones F. Miller, Chairman, FLOODED AREA INCREASING. Thousands Homeless and Destitute in Path of Storm. With thousands of persons homeless and destitute and with a growing death list, the federal government to- : tnnk official notice of the serious V ? ? ? flood conditions that have followed the tropical hurricane in the Southern States. At the request of Senator Underwood, the war department has ordered an engineer to investigate conditions in the Cahaba and Alabama river valleys, where 2,000 families are reported without food or shelter. The floods have entered into East-' era North Carolina and rivers, creeks and branches in six Southern States are out of their banks and flooding thousands of acres of rich farm lands as a result of unprecedented rainfall since last Wednesday. Eleven deaths reported today brought the storm toll to 78 dead and missing. Of these 55 were members of the crews of ten schooners reported unaccounted for at Biloxi. There is a possibility that some were saved, but marine men hold out little hope for them. The others are known to have lost their lives, about half of them off the coast of Mobile and the others in the interior of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. The damage will total millions of dollars. Take to the Boat*. At scores of -places boats are being used to bring marooned sufferers frmo their flood surrounded homes and from tree tops. In Alabama conditions have assumed the most serious aspect. A rainfall that has continued for more than 100 hours at some places has crippled wire and rail communication and demoralized business. Railroad yards ana manuiacturing piania in Montgomery are threatened by the rising waters of the Alabama river. Back water has overthrown the greater portion of North Montgomery but warnings by the weather bureau prevented loss of life. Not more than a dozen of the 2,400 houses in Laurel, Miss., escaped damage. The corn crop in that section is reported 75 per cent, destroyed. Four hundred persons driven from their homes in the Dayton (Tenn.) district on account of the overflow of the Tenessee river Sunday returned j yesterday when the waters began " to subside. A 10-year-old boy, missing since Sunday, has been discovered alive on a drift, but cannot be rescued until the waters subside. Railway traffic is badly crippled. CONGRATULATING MR. DICK I The host of friends in Abbeville of Prof. L. W. Dick are congratulating him this morning on the fact that he is to be married today to Mrs. Emma McLeod Ellis at her home in Hartsville. Mr. Dick is popular in Abbeville and everyone wi^Jies him much happiness and hope that he will soon bring his charming bride to Abbeville. \ '. . .-/ N THE MARCH . # <^WWWWW>AA, ill Picnic beville July 26th Mrs. C. C. Gambrell, Mrs. W. P. Greene, Mrs. C. H. McMurray, Mrs. Wm. M Barnwell, Mrs. C. L. Cochran, Mrs. E. R. Thomson, Misses Mae Robertson, Fannie Stark and Cara Morse. The chairman of this committee is expected to call the members of the committee together and to make arrangements as are necessary for serving the dinner. Subscription Committee. It will be necessary that a small subscription be taken up in order to mee't the exDenses of Dreoarine for the dinner and the following are appointed a committee to solicit the subscriptions: Messrs. T. Gordon White, Chairman, J. S. Stark, H. R. McAllister. Committee on Arrangement*. The committee on arrangements is as follows: J. L. Perrin, S. A. Graves and D. H. Hill. They will look after the grounds and have a suitable platform erected, and confer with the dinner committee as to any other arrangements. FRENCH GAIN IN CHAMPAGNE Kepublic's Troops Car ry Lines in Vicinity of Barleux. Paris, July 11.?In a brilliant attack the French have carried Hill 97, a height which dominates the Somme southeast of Biaches, acording to the official statement issued by the French war office tonight. A new attack was launched in the Champagne by the French last night. The war office today announced the capture of trenches over a front of 500 metres. On the Somme front the French took a 'i?ie of German nositions in the neighborhood of Barleux. In this section 950 Germans were captured vesterday and last night. The Germans made attacks at three points simultaneouslyvin_the Vosges, but all their assaults were checked completely by the fire of French machine guns. The French attack in the Chamo*gne was made at a point west of Mesbil. The French troops charged three times. On the Somme front north of the river the night passed quietly. In the Verdun sector artillery fire continued at Chattancourt, Fleury and La Loufee. HAVE TAKEN 22 CITIES. Paris. July 11.?Twenty-two vil- ' lages, fortified in the highest degree by German efficiency, have been captured by the Anglo-French since the great offensive began ten days ago. Peronne is barely a mile from the French advanced lines. It is the next ' important prize toward which the ; French are advancing and is almost within the grasp of Gen. Foche's j army. LEWIS LOOKS AT OPEN DOOR. Washington, July 11.?Senator : Lewis introduced a resolution today ! directing Secretary Lansing to report 1 whether or not the Russian-Japanese ! treaty is likely to close the open door to China and result in disaster to i American business interests. ; ( MISS HILL AT HOME. Miss Howard Hih was hostess at a charming tea dance last Friday evening from seven till nine o'clock. < Miss Nelle Edwards dispensed de- 1 rtllf flia OTTfln _ ! lltiuuo puiiv.ll blliUUgUUUb lilt ing and despite the inclemency of i the weather a large number of < friends spent the evening together. After the young belles and beaux < left, a few of the older set spent a i pleasant time dancing. 1 BIRTHS Born to Mr. and Mrs. William J. Crawford, a daughter, Sarah Wilhel- j mina, July 6. j 1 1 __ j Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Dellm- 1 gar, Saturday, July 8, ft daughter. < BISHOP CANDLER A TO BE HERE At Meeting of Cokesbury District Confer- co ence This Week. s' The Quarterly meeting of the r Cokesbury District Conference will be held with the Abbeville Metho- mai dist Church, beginning Thursday and ed i continuing through Saturday morn- maj ing. Rev. Walter I. Herbert, the presiding elder of thier district, will; preside over the sessions. The business sessions will be held during the I vo.y day and at night open sessions will J11"1 be held, to which all the congrega- , tions of the various denominations 1 ,"n of the tity are cordially invited. | ^ On Thursday evening Bishop . Warren A. Candler will preach ana ora large number will doubtless hear' * him. Mr. Swope, the son of Dr. Swope of the Baptist church, will also sing that night. Bishop Candler ] will remain in the city and preach ?nd for the Methodist congregation on Sunday morning. jro There will be preaching services Wil by visiting ministers Friday and Sat- ?1V< urday nights. h? 1 About 110 delegate^ are expected "*? and they will be entertained in the " homes of the members of the church. Noi don DEATH OF MRS. *ft< LAURA A. CRAWFORD abl: eon The sudden death of Mrs. Laura A. Crawford on Tuesday, July 4th. i was a great shock to her friends ana foZ relatives. She was apparently In her tusual health and left the residence of her daughter, Mrs. S. A. Graves, to call on Mrs. f' P. Bining* ,*t>out C 4 o'clock. As she was conversing con with Mrs. Billings and Mrs. Duncan! V the end came without warning, ap-! or 1 poplexy being the cause of her mal death. She breathed her last just as Mr. Mr. Graves reached her. Mrs. Crawford was seventy-five ? years of age. Before her marriage 19 Mr. David Crawford in 1861, she was Miss Laura A. Black, of the Lit- j tie Mountain neighborhood. For^r' several yearss Mrs. Crawford was -rj school commissioner of Abbeville county. Mrs. Crawford is survived ] * by two sons and three daughters, A. itIie B. Crawford of Hodges, H. R. Craw- 8P?< ford of Due West, Mrs. W. E. Ha- f?y gan, of Greenville, Mrs. S. A. Graves tie^ and Mrs. L. M. Shaw of this place. . -1 Her oldest daughter, Mrs. Ellen C. *n2 Ferguson, of this city, died seven to J months ago. She also leaves four and brothers and one half-brother, J. L. su" and J. C. Black, of Antreville, W. W. i and P. K. Black of Mt Carmel, and' ^ Dick Black of Anderson county. Mrs. Ciawford was a consistant irlto member oF"the Little Mountain ?.f s Presbyterian church and was active in church work during her residence in that vicinity. jiian The funeral services were con-'lj0n ducted by^ Rev. H. C. Fennell, assisted by Rev. H. W. Pratt at Littie Mountain Presbyterian church, p Wednesday 'morning at 11:30 o'clock in the presence of a large number of friends and Natives. 0 The pall bearers were as follows: A. J. Ferguson, T. M. Miller, C. C. "r? and F. H. Graves, B. F. Shaw and! Hr?J Ralph Crawford. JgJ " Deu lt k torn a cv c l IV/\!OLl\ AJ1VJ \?y BULGARIAN HELP, * I per Germans Are Losing to! are Allies in the West. ^ ? << I Rome, July 11.?Kaiser Wilhelm " and Emperor Franz Josef have sent in? an urgent request to Czar Ferdinand to'dispatch Bulgarian troops to the pre] Galician and Trentino fronts to help "] check the Russian and Italian offen- " sives, acording to Geneva dispatches, or 1 A delegation of 'Austro-German diplomatic ana military omciais per- eviu sonally carried the message on Sun- see day to Sofia. Tfliey told Czar' Ferdi- A nand that continued Italian and Rus- ered sian successes would bring Roumania and into the war on the side of the Allies inte and Bulgaria then would be squeezed Tim between Roumania on the north and and the Allied forces in Greece on the the south and crushed. Lloj Czar Ferdinand replied that the yacl withdrawal of the Bulgarians would wou invite an immediate attack from Sa- yacl lonika. He promised, however, to stati submit the appeal to the Bulgarian ques 3taff. _ T1 The steady advance of the Russians picti in Southeastern Galicia has caused thro the withdrawal of several Hungarian Seai divisions from Trentino. ers into OBJECT TO DEUTSCLHAND. high TTT L* A T 1 4 1 /I i. D-ii Who! wasmngion, duiy ix.?ureal, out- ain and France will do everything in ^ their power to prevent the United States recognizing the Deutschland as a merchantman, the Embassies of ? J these governments admitted today. They declare that the submarine is Qn ( essentially a warship it being unable ??)ei to determine whether an undersea ?j)ei boat is armed. scrit ANOTHER ONE COMING. Rio De Janeiro, July 11.?The State Chancellor has been officially T1 informed that a sister ship to the serv Deutschland is now crossing the At- July antic and will arrive here within ten (of tl lays. dis.ll; v . y ... .:. . Message For \ Wilson From __ P. German Ruler. MMANDER OF SUBMARINE IS UD TO TELL OF WORD FOR / PRESIDENT FROM KAISER. >ld Point, Va., July 9.?The Ger1 submarine Deutschland, unarmand flying the flag of a merchant1, passed through the Virginia e8 early today and proceeded 19 tsapeake Bay to Baltimore, coned by the tug Thomas F. Tim18. Her commander told the pithat she left a German port on e 23, that he had 1,000 tons of ?o and a quantity of mail aboard brought a message from Empernr.*ni.m n urn _ TT una 1X1 \AJ X 1 CfllUCUV IT Ucvlli lie cargo is said to consist of dyeTs and medicine consigned to * timore firm. lie Deutschland is 300 feet long carries a crew of 29 men. The >rmation that the Deutschland aght a message from Emperor ^ liam to President Wilson was sn out by Pilot Cocke, who said, was told of this by Capt. Kairig,* submarine commander. "he cutter Onondaga returned to folk late tonight, having abaned the chase of ue submersible sr sent to me/' he said, "is prob7 carefully tucked away in a pig- t hole of the British admiralty of, but. I don't care now. The itschland is here nevertheless." Ir. Hilken is an American and His I has been in business here operig ships under the American flag x :e 1824. - ' > 1 !arl A. Luederitz, the; German sul, is a member of the Ann. Then the Deutschland will return, whether it is planned to have her ce regular trans-Atlantic trips, Hilken refused to discuss. Anxious to Trad*. This project was conceived," he \, "by German commercial interi who wanted to reooen trade li the United States. It is a pure:ommercial proposition and that II there is to it." f present plans are carried out, public will not be allowed to rait the undersea wonder, nor will body except the federal authoribe allowed to board her. Tie pier of the Eastern Forwardcompany was boarcfed up today 3hut out the view of the curious the Schumacher firm arranged to round the pier tomorrow morning l a cordon of police. ix months ago came first reports i Germany was preparing to put i the trans-Atlantic trade a line lubmarines that would djfoarf in and achievements the U-boats ch have been Germany's chief rece in her conduct of was at sea. don cable reports told of the orization of a company to irfaugui such a service and English exis were quoted as saying they felt surprise at the announcement of plans. Long Range Interview. iff the quarantine station both submarine and the tug Timmins pped anchor to wait until dayt. A yacht with Associated Press esentatives on board met the tschland and her convoy off SanPoint about 8 o'clock tonight and mpted to range alongside. Hello Deutschland," the newspamen shouted. Hello, what do you want? Who you," was the reply. lere do you come from and n?" June 23, Heligoland." Did you have any accidents cornover?" None." Did you see any British or ich ships?" None." Were you chased by any British French vessels near the coast?" Mo", answered the officer with ent impatience; "I said I didn't any enemy ships." t this point the submarine show[ sparks from her exhaust pipe spurted ahead, cutting short the rview. At the same time the tug mins approached the press boat a man on deck who said he was agent of the North German rd line ordered the newspaper it to keep off, saying that there Id be no news until morning. The it followed until the quarantine ion was reached, but all other itions were unanswered. he big submarine presented a jresque sight as she ploughed ugh the tumbling white caps, chlights from excursion steamthrew her darkly painted hull bold relief against the blackness i rainy night. She was riding out of the water and almost the le ship's company walked about he narrow deck. pparently the vessel is in perfect lition after her long voyage. She e up the bay with six or eight of free board showing, with ling tower standing high above, each side of her bow is painted utschland" and on her stern utschland-Bremen." o signs of armament of any de )tion were visiDie on ine ouisiae. BARBECUE. iiere will be a barbecue dinner ed at Bethel church on Thursday, 20. It is given for the benefit he church and everybody is cory invited to attend. V . y , , ' .i.v .