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Abbeville Press and Banner I Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, Jan. 15, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. | . ; ? | : y Hi MOVING GO) HUGE McAdoo Commences' General Freight Mov- ing Campaign SNOW PLOWS CLEARING TRACKS IN THE WEST 1 Transportation of Fuel to War Industriei Given First Consideration?Extraordinary Steps To Be Taken Washington, Jan. 14.?The na-|, tional railway, aided by business or- , ganizations, all over the land, began . ? ? ooannlt on Diled up freight. | tuuajr ait uwwmm?? ^ ^ _ With opening of "freight moving week" unusual efforts were made to clear congestion at terminals.. The abnormal pressure of recent weeks | was enhanced by the tied up traffic | of the midwest, but through thej east considerable relief is antici-i pated. - ! Snow plows are working on thej western line to open a way for thej most important traffic, but it will be i everal days before normal condi-! tions are restored. Meantime steps to altar the coali 1 ' * A-f pftstl transportation jjiuuiuu v<. v..w are anticipated from the fuel administration. As forecast the least es-i sential industries will probably be: barred from getting coal shipments,! in order to supply other more pressing needs. This is expected to result in periods of closed theatres and other places of amusement as well as manufacturing plants not " 1 A ^ Tltai to me wax. In clearing up congestion result-! ing from the storm, McAdoo is get-!' ting valiant aid from his assistant directors, to whom he wired, "I should like you to use every , possi-j ble means to overcome the situation and restore railroad service at the earliest possible moment." ENGLAND WILL RAISE NEARLY HALF MILLION MORE MEN FOR ARMY I Probable Other Large Contingents iar;it A Sawt Minister of TT 1H UC nuuvw, j - National Service. London, Jan. 1_.?Nearly half a million men from Great Britain; alone are to be recruited in the British army a ? the earliest date possible, and it is probable that many ! tore will be added to that number in the coming months. These will comprise younger men, who, up to the present have been exempt bs-: cause of the employment in indus tries. This appointment was made in the; House of Commons today by Sir Auckland Geddes, minster of nation- ; al service, whose statement of the i government's manpower proposals, were replete with interesting details j of Britain's strength in the struggle into which she means to throw-her, full resources. The minister set forth the status i and needs of the British fighting and! munitioning forces and the measures the government s taking in an agree- j ment with most of the labor lead-! ers for recruitment from the classes' I of skilled workers who were promis-j ed exemption when conscription was adopted. The empire has enrolled 7,500,000: fighting and labor battalion forces' during the war, according to the' statement of the minister, and now has more than 4,000,000 enrolled,; but needs more men to hold its own against the enemy until the Ameri-: can strength is available. ! ? I . i RECTOR RESIGNS. *# The Rev. T. P. Baker, rector of ? I' the Episcopal Church in Benetts- y ille, has resigned and will return j t to his old home in Virgnia and en-j< gage in business there. \\ JDS IN QUANTITY ABBEVILLE HELD IN GRIP OF SEVERE COLD SPELL Windstorm of Cyclone Force Causes Great Damage. The weather seems to be a subject that is always ready for anyone to foil V?or?V n-n to talk about or to write about. It is even more so now than ever before in our recollection. One snow follows another snow before the first is quite gone. It was predicted that we were to have eleven snovs in January. According to count we have already had sever snows and one freeze which should be equal to the balance of the snows for this January or the rest of the winter. Friday after the day had been unusually bad and a stinging wind had been freezing every body that ven tured out the lights and all current went off. We were unable to do anj work at all in our office. We gol home just before the wind began tc rage. It blew hard and about sever o'clock it developed into a cyclone It took a decided path across the upper part of the town. Those whc suffered more than anyone were, Dr C. H. McMurray, who had a chimnej to blow down, Dr. Irwin Gilmer, whc had a window to biow out, Mr R. C Wilson, who also had a chimney tc blow down. Rev. H. W. Pratt's tir roof turned over. On Greenville street the damage was felt by Mr Jas. A. Hill as a whole half of one of his bed rooms was divided. Everj thing in the room was ruined. One of the big chimneys was blown dowr at Mr. Horace McAllister's, Mrs. J H. McDill was a sufferer and alsc Mr. M. T. Coleman. One of theii chimneys blew down and fel through the roof ruining their fur niture with soot and dirt. Trees were snapped off and wire: were broken. Limbs of trees were broken off. The town was in absolute r\ n ? !' n ncc nrt/1 niiifA o uaixviicoo auu 4mic a nuniuci ux ptu pie sat up all night to watch foi any other storm that might come. Reports from the surrounding country is that fences and barn: were blown down. Several of th( men who were at their places oi business when the wind came up firs got lost when they started to g< home. Saturday was no better than Fri day for the ground was frozen slid and it was dangerous for anyone t< walk out very much. In the after noon the thermometer went dowi ten degrees in less than two hours A gale continued all night and bj muiiiing uie Lemperature was aowr to 5 above zero. This has been the worst spell 01 weather and of the longest duratior that we have experienced, and w< hope that it is over. HOWARD MOORE WILL RUN FOR THE SENATE J. Howard' Moore, representative from Abbeville county, one of the older members of the lower house ir point of continuous service, will be a candidate for the State senate from his county in the primary this summer. Mr. Moore is a member oi the judiciary committee and has always taken a very prominent part ir the deliberations of the house. H? nas Deen a memor ior a nuraoer 0] terms, and in nearly every instanc< has headed the ticket from his coun ty.?Columbia Record. W COTTON MARKET s V Cotton 32 eta. S W Seed $1.06 1-2 \ FURTHER PLANS TO [ OVERCOME U-BOATS Shipping Board Takes ( i Steps to Cooperate Shipping. SPEEDING UP SHIP YARDS. I ( I ?? | Representatives in London, Paris, ( | Rome?Branches at Charleston, Other Ports. Washington, Jan. 13.?Reorganij ation and extension of the operating ( ; department cf the shipping boaid, ! so as to place representatives in, I London, Paris and Rome and branch- ^ 'j es at nearly all important Atlantic 1 j coast ports, was announced tonight ^ as one of hte direct results of the - . i ; inter-Allied war conference. Branch 1 j offices will be established at New : Orleans, Mobile, Galveston, Jackson- 5 ijville, Charleston, Norfolk, Baltimore J [j Philadelphia and Boston, in addi- ' i! tion to the branch at San Francisco. . . 11 Experienced shipping men, thej j board announced, will be placed in i1 . j charge of each office^ !1 * I 1 11 The plan is not only to make more j . i effective control of the American]' merchant fleet, but insure complete; r | cooperation with shipping of the ' ; j Allies. j Chairman Hurley, of the board, 1 [; also announced that the country's | ship yards are speeding up faster >!and Droducine tonnage in a greater!' 'I * ~ ~ I , measure than ever before thought! I possible. Eighteen vessels requisi- j r tioned on the stocks, of 145,091: , dead weight tonnage, will be comri jpleted this month, he said* and dur-> ( ing February twenty-three ships; l of 182,000 tons will be turned out. i Twenty-five of the forty-one ves! sels are building on the Pacific coast. I } A CHARGE OF INFANTICIDE. j ' , l! j The body of a male white child, ' was found on the plantation of Jas.; ' j H. Greene, near the residence of * J. M. Knight, in Long Cane town-! ' ship, on last Thursday. The, body! was in the water which had collect-; 5 ed in a hole in a deep ravine. Magistrate A. R. Ellis held an in-' - quest on Friday and Saturday but the jury of inquest has not yet ren-! r dered a verdict. Another meeting i of the jury is to be had on Thurs-: ? day. 3 A white woman residing on the; J plantation is suspected of having f given birth to the child, and arrests' t are expected as the attending phy-; ) sicians believe the child was born I j alive, and probably met with foul! i play. > JUDGE SMITH TO CAMP WADSWORTH l; WMB I Judge Mendel Smith, who re-j r signed recently as a Judge of the 1 Fifth Circuit to enter the army, has ^.been assigned to Camp Wadsworth, J j as Judge Advocate with the rank of j 1 Major. *j i In Wavcrnas 1K00 A. C. Tj. men ; are idle because they refuse to j rjwork with non-union men whoj | have been sent there from Mont-j ?] gomery. I ? i j BRITISH LOSSES FOR V/EEK. i ; London, Jan. x4.?British casual-j ^ ties reported during the week end-' ing today totalled 24,979 officers j 1 and men, divided as follows: i I Killed or wounded: Officers, 117;. : men, 5,149. j Wounded or missing: Officers, 304; men, 19,408, j i i Casualties in the British army re- i ! ptrted for the week ending today < ! exceed by almost G,000 the total re-i 'ported in the previous week when kr the figures took an upward jump,! J virtually doubling the casualites of ;i j the preceding week. j' IMA GOLDMAN LOSES APPEAL 3bstructor?> Conviction Is Upheld By High Court JRGED MEN NOT TO REGISTER I I 'asei of Berkman, Emma Goldman and Oothers Embraced in the Decision. Washington, Jan. 14.?Conviction! )f Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman on charges of conspiring .0 prevent the operation of the selective service act by urging men lot to register, was today sustained 3y the supreme court. The supreme court also sustained Ohio decrees sentencing Charles E. 0..4.1 1 A 1 J TIT? I LVUCIlCUUClgf AiHIJU YT agCUIWlClU (/ and Charles Baker to one year imprisonment for violating the draft law. Miss Goldman and Berkman were! convicted in New York and sentenced to serve two years in prison and a fine of $10,000 each. Both contended the act was unconstitutional; but the supreme court last Monday' upheld the law although the court at that time rendered no opinion in the cases involving conspiracy charges. Ruthenberg and the other Uhio men were convicted on charges of conspiring to prevent Alphons J. Schue from registering under the selective service act. j COAL TO BE TAKEN FROM INDUSTRIES NOT ESSENTIAL FOR HOME FIRES I n i! f n ?i I If '\ I D1 ~C iveiier ror uic maiviuuai is nan ok of' Dr. Garfield. Washington, Jan. 14.?Announcement was made today ' that coal would be taken from unessential industrial plants in order that it might be distributed among the homes more generally. Fuel Director Garfield will issue an official order to this effect tonight or tomorrow. THE SICK. Mr. Louis Levi was taken dangerously ill with neuralgia of the heart on Monday morning. Four doctors were in constant attendance on him all day Monday. He suffered another attack during the night, but at 6 o'clock ttiis (Tuesday) morning he was resting comfortably. Miss Sarah Haskell continues to improve at the home of her father, Mr. L. C. Haskell, after a serious attack of pneumonia. Mrs. W. H. White, who has been ill at her home on Greenville street for several days, is somewhat improved this morning, and her friends hope that she is on the road to recovery. Chas. J. Bruce, who went to Ches ter to Pryor's Hsopital a few days ago on account of a slight attack of paralysis has returned home looking as well as ever. k. V V LARGE AMOUNT OF V V SUPPLIES LOST BY FIRE V V V V Washington, Jan. 14,?Fire V V in the Quartermaster's De- V V partment early today de- V V stroyed about a million dol- V V lars worth of food and other V V government supplies, nre- x V men had a hard fight in get- V W ting the blaze under control. V V Several alarms were turned V V in. V. V The origin of the blaze is V unknown. V V V ^VVVVVVVVWVVVVV Frank B. Jones of Columbia, was in the city a few days this week with relatives. , GERMANIK LEASED < STEAMER TEXAN WITH BIG CARGO SINKING AT SEA , i U. S. Vessel Loaded With Nitrates Believ- i ed to Been Rammed. I An Atlantic Port , Jan. 14.? i Agents of the American Steamship i Texas, a vessel of 14,000 tons, to- , day received advices from naval au- ( thorities that she was sinking at , sea. The location of the ship was, not given. he naval authorities did not state the cause of the Texan's distress, but reports reaching shipping circles h?re from other sources were that * the vessel had been rammed amidship in collision with another ship. It was said that a steamer which had picked up the Texan's S. 0. S. calls was hurrying to her assistance and that the crew of 43 had taken i to the boats. i The Texan left here recently with ; a cargo of nitrates bound for ' a : French port, agents of the vessel 1 stated. ' Tn flip nhsenee of definite word ' regarding the accident, shipping men expressed the opinion that the i Texan may have encountered an iceberg. Efforts were made by government radio stations to communicate with ships with which the Texan ; might have been in collision. The fact that the Texan apparently was j sinking soon after being rammed,' without word as to assistance by an[ other vessel in saving the crew, made the accident puzzling, naval authorities said. I I I * GERMAN SPY RAN STEAMER ON ROCKSj Officers on Liner Were New and! i Spy Masqueraded as One of iL. r ... IHC VI CTT. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 14.?Federal; , agents arrested here today a German: ; spy, who, masquerading under the, name of "William Swa'nson," stood ; at the wheel of the Alaska liner j Spokane when she crashed onto thej ! rocks off Idol Point, B. C., on the J night of November 22, 1917, while bound from Southeastern Alaska for, Seattle with 327 passengers. ; The Spokane was floated some: i time after she struck. No lives were | lost in the accident. MUCH WHEAT FOR ALLIES I Argentina Sells 3,500,000 Tons toj England and France. I ' j Beunos Aires, Jan. 14.?The forj minister today signed an agreement ! with the British and French minisj ters to sell 3,500,000 tons of wheat j j to the Entente Allies. Argentina is j j to open a credit at the bank of the. i nation in favor of the Alies, which | ; is to be liquidater in two years. The i j agrement is virtually a huge loan to j the Alies and is made in order to j I stabilize the rate of exchange. [ALLEGED GERMAN PLOTTER CAUGHT Norfolk, Va., Jan. 14.?Under a naval guard, a man, who gave his | name as Walter Sporrman, suspected! J of having been an active figure in I plots launched here by Capt. Boy-ed; the former German naval attache, j left here tonight for Baltimore,! where, it was understood, he will be , turned over to agents of the De-i | partment of Justice. I . j, All the Clemson boys left today 1 to resume their .studies after a long 1 vacation. OOPSREBY RUM 51av-Hun Parleys Are Again Halted; May Go To Warsaw 30LSHEVIKI VICTORY AND MUTINY REPORTED ? Lenine Taking Important Part in Parley? Propaganda Among German Soldier* Said To Be Effective. . ^ T .?T.. 1 a tu. ^ UUIJUUliy (J ail. Jkt. AVC*00*C*l? withdrawal from the war relieves 1,< 600,000 Germans for use on the western front, according to Brigadier General Sir A. C. Geddas, minister of national service, in a "man power" statement to the house of commons this afternoon. Between 420,000 and 450,009 troops must be raised at once im this country, Sir Auckland told th? house of commons today. The minister said this was the absolute minimum, and that it might ^ be necessary durng the year tb take more men from civil life for the army. Hun-Slav Parleys Again Are Deferred. * New York, Jan. 14.?Russo-German negotiations at Brqpt Litovric apparently again have been brokea off temporarily and the possibility *? a final breach is not unlooked f?r ' in Petrograd. The armistice on tb? eastern front has been extended xMtil February 18, while it is expected the conferences will be resumed at Warsaw. David R. Francis, the America* ambassador to Russia, in a new year's message to the Russian people reminds the mtha ta separate peaee with Germany would rob them of the results of their revolution. Pr?Bideat Wilson's message is greeted I with divided opinion by the leadng I Bolsheviki newspapers. Ambara*dar Francis says the message is best. greeting he can give Russia from America. , CANADIAN TROOPS GET PRISONERS London, Jan. 14?German trenches north of Lens were raided last night by Canadian troops wh? brought back prisoners, says the official report. Near Merisourt, south an deast of Lens, the British were victorious in patrol engagements. SMITH'S APPOINTMENT CONFIRMED BY SENATE Washngton, Jan. 14.?Appointment of Senator Smith, of South Carolina, as chairman of the Senate interstate commerce committee, and of Senator Hardwick, of Georgia, to succeed him as chairman of the immigration committee, recommended by the Democratic steering committee, was confirmed today by the Senate. Senator James was elected to fill the interstate commerce committee vacancy caused by the death ?^ n4-A?i XTmro^o ui ucnaiui ncmauuo) vi nc?aua. VVVVVVVVV^VVVVV xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx V V V RUNNING LATE. V V V V We are late with the issue V , V of the paper this morning. V V On last Friday the current V V frr?m +Kp lnrnl nnwpr nlflnt V V was cut off at noon, and we V V had no power until Saturday V V night. As all our presses V V and our type-setting machine V V are run by electric current V V from the power plant, we V V stood helpless until the cur- V V rent came on again. All of V V which should demonstrate to V V the local plant that a storm V V nronf. iee-nroof. electric V V plant is of as mo?h import- V i V ance as a rabbit bed V vvvvvvvvvvvvwv i 4 1