Food Will Win The War; Buy Liberty Bonds f! . Abbeville Press and Banner ! tr ^ x i\ % Established 1S44. $1.50 the Year ~ ABBEVILLE, S. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1917. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year a fSURVIVORS OF THE In ANTILLES IN FRANCE (MEN FROM ANTILLES BEING S! CARED FOR IN FRANCE . T Many Were Killed When the Torpedo Struck the American Transport. If A French Port, Oct. 21.?Surviv- 01 lors of the United States transport ^Antilles, which was sunk by a German submarine last week while be- jr ling convoyed on her homeward tripi^ Iby American warships, were landed [here today by auxiliary vessels and' liare being cared for by the American I g. [consulate. Some of the men have j p, I been lodged in local hotels and a few have left for Paris. [ The torpedo struck the ship at A 16:45 o'clock Wednesday morning, w Many of those on board were killed o: in their berths,' and otlTfers while, [dressing. The explosion killed the j 'engineers, oilers, mechanics, and j \z those of the crew who were in the! e bunks below. ! ei Praise Captain. . All the survivors praise the cap-; tain of the Antilles and the members s] txrVin stuck to their I n I. SU11 V1 Vt?, t...V WW _ ^ its while the officers searched with a, !d glasses for the submarine until1 i waves closed over the ship. SVTien the Antilles sank forty or; c y men were at the stern. Most of p m leaped fifty feet or more into j tl sea as the stern rose to a peridicular position and some were! wn.down by the suction of the n ring vessel. | ci I The submarine was not signtuu either before or after the explosion. iThe sea was running high at the xime, making it "difficult to save the [ crew and passengers. Some surviv- j ^ ors clinging to debris were in' the * water an hour before they werei sighted by the life boats. MAY m '8 ? Wl IUI II VV tow | VI DAY OF PRAYERi PROCLAMATION OF PRESI- tc , DENT WILSON , A jm Action Authorized by National Congress in Resolution Re- 61 cently Passed. Washington, Oct. 22.?President ^ IWSlson today. proclaimed Sunday, jg October 28, as a day of prayer for ^ the triumph of American arms. It follows: ; P( "Whereas as the congress of the United States, by a concur- ) rent resolution adopted on the fourth day of the present month i ^ (of October in view of the en- gj trance of our nation into the ^ vast and awful war which now g afflicts the greater part of the i , world, has requested me to set | apart by official proclamation, a j ^ day on which our people should j I be called upon to offer concerted i prayer to Almighty God for His ^ sdivine aid in the success of our arms; And whereas, it behooves a great free people, nurtured as we have been in the eternal principles of justice and of right ai a nation which has sought from di the earliest days of its existence ai to beNobdient to the divine b; teachings which has inspired it st in the exercise of its liberties, J to turn always to the Supreme oi Master and cast themselves in ol faith at His feet, praying for ti His aid and succor in every hour w I of trial, to the send that the w great aims to which our fathers R dedicated our power as a people v< i^ay not perish among men, but al be always asserted and defended __ with fresh ardor and devotion, and, through the Divine blessings, set at last upon enduring foundations for the benefit of all the free peoples of the earth, Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States, gladly responding to the fwish expressed by the congress, do appoint October 28, being the last Sunday of the present month as a day of supplication and . ^ ^ HORT ITEMS OF INTEREST he News in Condensed Form O" D-??l ETnol I it Du (ho lu dc; ncau kaonj wj ???v Busy Reader. The senator from Wisconsin waj itally wounded by his brother whih at duck hunting. The farmers of Chester are stor tg their cotton for 30 cents whicl ley expect by November 1. Columbia is going after th< windlers. An ordiance has beei assed whereby they can be handled Twenty-four business houses ii tlanta have announced that thej ill take Liberty Bond in paymen f bills. Others will follow. ' The Boys' High School in At mta has bought a Liberty Bond ach class subscribed $3.00 an< ach teacher twenty-five cents. London owners of bomb proo: lelters will have to open theii laces to the public when necessary ccording to the government. The proposed strike of the Pacifii oast Telephone and Telegraph em loves was sanctioned by the Bro lerhood of Electrical Workers. Zeppelins on their return from < lid in England got lost in the fog nd were destroyed by the French he first to be brought down fell a t. Clment,* near Luneville. The families of the soldiers ant lilors of the torpedoed Americar ansnort Antilles, will get insurant he insurance will go to the one: ho received injuries during th< ar. Editor Doty of the Tuscaloos? ews was reported to be in a serious jndition as the result of a fighi irer control of the stock in the news aper. Three of the directors wer< larged with the assault. The prune growers need more car: > get their dried fruit to market t the present rate it will take si? tonths to ship the prunes. Perhap: le old saying of "Prunes stay for /er" will not be true this season, % There will be a shortage of sugai > the Eastern States with no pros pots of relief before the middle oJ ovember, when the Hawaiian anc Western beet crops arrive. Th< rice has been fi.ced at 7% cents i ound. German men, women and childrer 1 New York city held a Libert] oan Rally. It ended as an impres ve patriotic ceremonial, the whol< irong sang "The Star Spanglec anner." Thev pledged their loyal j to.Uncle Sam. IANY LIVES LOST IN CONVOY ACTIOIV iundred and Fifty Perished Wher German Raiders Attacked Convoy of Ships London Oct. 21,?One hundrec nd fifty lives were lost on Wednes ay when five Norwegian, one Danisl nd three Swedish vessels were sunl y two German raiders in the North ;a . The British admiralty statemenl n Saturday stated that a total of 13! fficers and men of the British des "M" n wr Dnrn Cf rrVs Am \jy ci o iuai y ivvoc anu u 11U115 u\j r ere lost when those two vessels ere sunk by raiders. The Marj ose and the Strongbow were con Dying the merchantmen when th< ttack occured. prayer for all the people of the nation, earnestly exhorting all my countrymen to observe the appointed day according to their . several faiths, in solemn prayer that God's blessing may rest upon the high task which is laid upon us, to the end that the cause for which we give our lives and treasure may triumph and our efforts be blessed with high achievement." - ^ f.,'_ . V. \ ' .... ... 2 U. S. MAKES USE I 1 OF MEXICAN PESO 1 IIJUPI F SAM BUYS MEXICAN L MONEY I Pesos Becomes Quarters and ? Dimes?Saves Acute Situation. Washington, Oct. 19.?Si^c. million Mexican silver pesos have been 1 .(bought by the treasury department M j! at 88 1-4 cents an ounce for minting a into half dollars, dimes and quarters. P The treasury acted when faced with 4 the necessit of buying silver for coin- ^ j i age at steadily increasing prices, 11 ; which at their height brought the ' | value of the metal dangerously close ^ j j to the minted value. f\ Now the price of silver in this a t; country has dropped precipitately. v j The swift collapse, from $1.16 to i 85 cents per ounce, in three weeks P I Jrno roenlfpH in nn investigation to U _ ! ****** * vw%..?w? " ... ? determine whether the market had ,s j j been manipulated. The high prices v ! recently prevailing are regarded as ? j wholly unwarranted by officials here, fi This purchase of Mexican dollars, r' the largest by the government of the t j minted silver coin of another coun- n 'jtry ever recorded, places the United h | States in possession of a sufficient h c quantity of silver to run the mints j n " i for two or three months and with- j s I draws from the silver market here i a j the largest single buyer. | J Negotiations have been proceeding j t i! between the representatives of the j b ,|Carranza government and Director ! tl Bauer of the mint for some time c t1 past for the big sale. It is underj stood that the Mexican dollars are to ' be delivered soon and that federal a j reserve board officials have indicated j o ! I their willingness to permit the ex- ' ; portation to Mexico of approximate- v J ly $5,000,000 in gold as payment. *1 . T_ 4-V. A n Hi ici/Uii! tiic uaiiauLa guvciir ; ment is understood to have lifted its j c virtual embargo on the exportation s< x! to this country of silver and copper. \ 3 The net result of the transaction o I;! as regarded by officials here is that C . i the danger of par silver for mintage L ; has been averted, that Mexico will j c ! be in a stronger position financially i tl ! than before, that the somewhat j C 7 ' j! strained financial relations between !d i the two countries will be eased per-j k c: ceptibly and that Mexico copper and; k 3 silver, needed here, will be available; J in the future. jn j ' The iihpositipn by the American w i government placing an embargo on tl the exportation of silver also contri- s< r buted larselv to the sudden lowerine: tl " of silver prices in the domestic mar-1 n f i ket. For some time past the govern- b *;ment has been compelled to buy a ; silver sparingly in the face of a f 1 soaring market. From approximate- p | ly 52 cents an ounce in 1914, silver d ! quotations went steadily upward unij til., they touched 90 cents about two tl H months ago. , ia -1 Theneafter quotations began to j g ; evince symptoms of an utterly de-; v 1 ranged market. Prices advanced v - spasmodically until the top was a reached at $1.16. At that time the a market quotation was only 13 3-4 cents below the minted value per I ounce. Had the minted value been ^ j reached it would have been without ^ > precedent and might have resulted ^ in the cessation of silver coinage at ^ a time when such coinage was im- ^ peratively needed. ^ 1 FOOD ITALY'S BIG PROBLEM. e i e Food Controller Says Martial Law Only Remedy. 1 h Rome, Oct. 20..?The first week's , 5 session of Parliament ended in a - stormy discussion of the food situa- u r tion ,during which Deputy Canepa, tl ' the outgoing food controller, de- n clared that the only way to regulate ? the national provisions problem was to place all agricultural supplies un. der martial law, no freedom being r< allowed to dealers in fixing prices. J f< The government, he declared, should j n take over the issuing of all food C tickets.^ a: w VVUVVVVVVVVVVVVV IV V V COTTON MARKET V h V Cotton 27% V t] \ Seed $1.00 vL > ^L I-BBAT STRIKES AND I ESCAPES UNSEEN l-BOAT NOT SEEN BY ? VICTIM'8 CREW r lublic welfare. . "Though a definite date has not >een set, it will be in the very near uture," said M. Kishkin in announcng the government's intention to nove, in an interview in the Bourse Gazette. "No one is now permitted o go to Moscow except on governnent business," he continued. The government is to* occupy one >f the buildings in the Kremlin, the indent capital. The preliminary paHiameVit will1 :onvene in Petrograd on Saturday ind move to Moscow later. Th? determination to move the government is said to be in keeping vith the belief of the chief op staff hat Petrograd is now in the direct| rar zone. -- The government takes the posiion that it is merely following the >recedent set by the French governnent when it moved to Bordeaux he first year of the war. The announcement of the decision sto be made to the preliminary par-1 iament at its first meeting. Quarters ire to be found in Moscow for the larliament and also for the diplomaic corps. , After the capture of Riga by the Jermans preparations for removal of he government to Moscow were be^un. The failure of the Germans to levelop their offensive after taking liga, as well as the approach of winer weather making open campaignng impracticable, relieved the fears or the safety of Petrograd for the tear future. Last week announcenent was made that the preparations j or transferir.g the seat of govern-: nent had been stopped as there wasj 10 prospects that such action would! ie necessary, at least for some time, ["he new offensive operations by the Germans, resulting in the caputre of )esel and Moon Islands and the! hreat of an invasion of Esthonia,' icain changed the situation, how-! iver, and may be responsible for the tecision to remove the government o Moscow ,the ancient capital. The! urbulent political conditions in Pet- j ograd ^and the presence there in | arge numbers of extremists and! igitators may also have influenced! he cabinet. 1 IESERVE OFFICERS TRAIN NEAR FRONT lupplement Instruction Received at American Camps?Assigned to Various Units. American Training Camp in France )ct. 21.?A large contingent of re- i erve officers, which recently reached ] Vance, has been split into several < ntensive schools at which the offl- ] ers are supplementing their instruc- j ion at Fort McPherson. Plattsurg and other training camps in ] imerica. The officers are being i rained in every detail of war oper- ] tions. When they are finished they j rill be distributed among the various < ivisions as they arrive. j j < (EMAND THAT MICHAELIS QUIT j V )therwi?e Socials Will Hold Up < New War Credit Bill of $10,- t 000,000,000 Marks. I > Amsterdam, Oct. 17.?A German ( ocialist newspaper says the Social- i its have decided to vote against a few War of tpn hilliori marks ( 3 be submitted to the Reichstag in c )ecember, unless Michaels resigns, i GERMANS FOILED BY RUSSIAN FLEET i THE RUSSIAN FLEET MAKE8 ITS ESCAPE \ m Slips Out of Moon 8ound Where It Had Been Bottled Up. M RUSSIAN FLEET ESCAPES . : i'% ,v Petrograd, Oct. 21?-The Russian's have succeeded in getting all their,, ^ f /' ships except observation elements ' out of Moon sound without losses -y and in perfect order, according to an official communication issued by the marine authorities. , < The Russian Riga fleet has started r northward from Moon sound, possibly with the intention of endeavor- _ ing to escape through the tortuous. channels and maze of islands lying between tnem ana tne uuii 01 urnland, or, it is possible that the Russia armada, inferior in gun powder ' ?|| and tonnage, has sallied forth from. / the sheltered Waters j where it took t refuge last week, to give "battle to the dreadnaughts and other craft comprising th6 German fleet. Leave Five Ships. The announcement of the sailing of the flotilla is contained in the latest German official communication which says the Russians left behind the wreqk of the battleship Slava ,rV which was sunk in last Wednesday's^ battle, and four other vessels that" have run aground since the naval activities in the Gulf of Riga began. N _ If the Russians are endeavoring to make their escape, instead of offering battle, doubtless their destination is Reval, the Russian fortress situated on the Gulf of Finland, in Northern Esthonia. - 1 - - DISTRUSTS HER A -V. . ; , BULGARS ARE ANXIOUS TO TALK OF PEACE. Fear Germany and AustriaHungary May Not' Prove Any Too True. * ' a# Copenhagen, Oct. 19.?While Emperor William and King Fedninand of Bulgaria, have been exchanging ; assurances at Sofia of the unshakable ' loyalty of Bulgaria and Germany to each other, Bulgarian agents abroad have been endeavoring to get into^ touch with the entente powers in the subject of peace and subsequnt relations. Their effortjs are declared to be inspired by apprehension that Germany and Austrian-Hungary may not be overzeclous in defending Bulgaria's part to escape from revolving in an exclusively German orbit after the war. The Associated Press correspondent is able to report that a Bulgarian representative recently obtained an opportunity in a neutral European capital to lay before the entente governments the special desires of his country with regard' to *8 peace settlement and in a one sided conference explained Bulgaria's as piration to regain an independent political status as soon as the war was concluded and resume cordial relations with the entente powers. As the case was presented in short, the central Europe idea of an eco-,nomic league in which Bulgaria would play a comparatively minor role does not appeal to the Bulgarian mind. Attempts were being made to get aefore the public in America and in ? the entente countries a defence of Bulgarian pretension to Macedonia and the Dobrudja, the suggestion ?ven being openly made from the Bulgarian side that Servia should be :ompensated with Austrian territory :rom Bosnia and Herzegovina. The correspondent has of late heard >f considerable ill feeling between ;he Bulgarians and their allies. Comilaints are made that Bulgarian division were compeled to march long listances on foot while favored liernan troops rolled past them in trains. The German attempt to maintain :ontrol of Bulgaria's principal coal listrict has caused much unfriendly 'eeling.