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' : ' j Abbeville Press and Banner j Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, Jan. 7, 191 & Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. 1H DIVISION COME HOME HEX! Old Hickory to Be Released From A. E. F. Soon. WAITING FOR TRANSPORTS TO BRING THEM TO U. S. South Carolina National Guard Troop# Designated by Perilling For ?arly Return?March Say? Temporary Officers May Gain - ' Permanent Status. - I Washington, <Jan. 5.?The de-1 mobilization of the army is approaching its fmaj 'phases with the .breaking up . of 'the combat divisions in this country and the isstiahcef of -orders for early return of the first three fighting .divisions from France... General March, chief of stkff, announced yesterday General ^Pershing had designated * the- -^Thirtieth , .-.and Thirty-seventh (National Guard) and the Ninety-first (National Army) Divisions for early return, while in the home training camps 40,500 men of the combat divisions, heretofore held' intact, had been ordered discharged. The three Overseas - divisions with the headqUfarters troops of. Major General Reed'6 Second Corps, also designated fdr return,'total. 83,000 men. General March said . that including these divisions, the total number of men available for dis-j charge was 1,579,000 and that 40,492 i officers and 630;309 men had been! - mustered out up to Saturday. The chief of staff also disclosed ' that the war department was prepari ing to t^Jce into the regular army, *der the- proposed reorganization! plan, those reserve and temporary; officers whose records during the war ^how them to be fitted for profes-! sional military life. Official records of the war depart-j ment, announced' General March,! show that the First (regular) Divis-! ion, the first unit to arrive in France,' landed in June, 1917, and that the last American division to land was the Eighth in October last. Between these dates 40 divisions were sent overseas, the advance elements of each being landed. General March requested that attention be called to the fact that the war risk insurance bureau is an adjunct of the treasury department and does not come under the war department. He said his personal mail was flooded with inquiries regarding insurance. EMBARGO TO PROVE ONLY TEMPORARY General Traffic Situation Said to Be Excellent in Cities of East. Washington, Jan. 4.?Officials of S'i the railroad administration last night expressed confidence that the em. bargo on the movement on export freight into New. York, Boston and v. Philadelphia imposed by regional of ficials would prove only temporary. The general traffic ^situation was said to be excellent. The holiday season, labor inefficiency and accumulation of export freight for Boston, New "York and Philadelphia were the reasons given for the embargo in telegrams notifying the lines affected of the restrictions on loading. Describing the embargo as a "gate" officials of the railroad administration said this "gate" had been closed as a precautionary measure tp prevent congestion until the loss of time due to the holidays and the strike bf freight handlers could be overcome. Ports outside the zone of congestion, such as Baltimore and Norfolk, could be utilized ta a greater extent for export, it waa said, but officials here believe tH# gftnation Will be cleared before that becomes necessary. AMERICAN LADS I WIN FIGHT IN SNOW Drive Back Bolshevists and Make Advance in Neighborhood of Kadish? Further Evidence of Enemy Mutilating Bodies of Wounded Submitted in Report. With the Allied Army of the Dvina January 4?American troops fighting ' desperately near Kadish have driven 1 back Bolshevik troops which made an I advance there. The Bolshevists also ' launched attacks on the Onega sec tor and bombarded the allied front. 1 The Americans came into 'battle 1 along thePetrograd road and in the ' frozen swamps that border it. The | battle was fought in snow from two | to four feet in depth. > ; < I American forces captured Kadish 'last-Monday after a display of gal-M j lantry that evoked the admiration of < I theallied commanders.* Special care i nas Den xaiten 01 tne American < ; wounded and the body of an Ameri- J ! can officer wak taken back 100 miles 1 | by sledge and then: shipped to ArchI angel for burial. There were some \ ; casualties on Monday, but they Were 1 | small in fcomparison to those inflicted ] j upon the enemy. ' i On Tuesday, the Bolshevists open- j ' ed a terrific fire from three- aod'Six- i ! inch guns and launched a counterat- i ! tack against the buildings held by < ! Americans in Kadish. So hot was the 1 ; artillery fire that the Americans were 1 ; withdrawn temporarily from the vil- j ! lage. The line, however, was not i taken back very far and the new po- j sitions were firmly held. The ekemy ] did not occupy Kadish because the barrage fire from the American guns , made the place untenable. Shells ^ falling on the frozen ground spread ( their zones of destruction twice as ? far as they would under normal con- t Htions. i Later under the protection of ar- ] tillery fire, American detachments ( again swept forward and reoccupied j the town. .The men engaged in the advance were from infantry and y trench mortar units. \ FROM ELBERTON. i . 3 j- Mrs. Fred Herndon, of Elberton, , is in the city on a visit to her sister, | , i | Mrs. Gus Lee. Mrs. Herndon camel I in time for Mrs. Lee's party in honor j' ( of Miss Mary Hill, and was one of ' j the guests of honor. She is accom- ] panied by her handsome little twin 1 , girls. | I VISITING THE SICK. | ! ' ! j Mrs. Davenport, of Horseshoe, N.! | C., and Messrs. Jay and Harry Ep-j ting, of Athens, are in the city visit- j ling their sister, Miss Bessie Epting,! j who continues very ill of pneumonia.' V COL. ROOSEVELT DEAD. V I V V V Oyster Bay, N. Y., Jan. 6. V ' . j V. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt V V died in his sleep at 4:15 o'- V clock this morning. V i i The end came when there V 'A was no one in the room but V. : ' ? : .V his valet. V i j j V Cauoc of Death. V' V The following statement V was made to the United Press V V v.. r> Tif m-ii- -r r\? k ^ uy ui . kj, vv. r aiitjr, ui Kjys- 'v V ter Bay, the physician who V V. last saw the Colonel. V "Colonel Roosevelt retired V A at 12 o'clock last night feel- V V ing much better. At 4:15 V. V. o'clock this morning he sim- V ply ceased to breathe. Death V V was caused probably by a V v pulmonary embolission." V V This pulmonary embolis- V V sion, Dr. Faller, explained, is V; a blood clot upon one of the V A arteries of the lungs. V V The funeral will be Wed- V V nesday from Christ Episcopal V V Church, Oyster Bay. V V V I VVV V \ V V VV \ y * HOOVER 10 HEAD WORK Of RELIEF Named to Direct International Organization? President Wilson Makes Appointments on Request of Entente Governments in Agreement. . Paris, Jan. 3.?President Wilson! has named Herbert C. Hoover director generaj of the international organization for the relief of liberated countries both neutral and enemy. Norman Davis, fo'rmerly on the staff of Oscar T. Crosby, special commis sioner of finance for the United, States in Europe, will act as Mr. Hoover's assistant. This announcement was made today by the American peace commission in a statement which says that the designation of Mr. Hoover to take :harge of the relief of the allied gov-| ?rnments that the United States take; a predominating part in the organisation and direction of relief measures. The statement follows:\ "Upon President Wilson's arrival the results of the investigations of; the United States and allied govern-j nents officials into the food situation of the liberated countries, neutral; md enemy, were laid before him.' Si nee his arrived in addition to his discussion with the representatives' sf Great Britian and Italy, respecting the general peace settlement, he had 3een advised with regard to the con-i Ferences held between the govern-! nents concerning the methods of organization for the relief o^* these people. , "The allies and the United States ire ih'agfeemeitf that relief must be, Furnished and that the working out; jx. vrx tiiio WiaiOttCi via cl lai^c. scale necessitates unity of direction similar in character to that of the i nethods successful in the French and British commands in the operations )f the allies on land and sea, respec;ively. "The allied governments had ad-j rised the president that they desired ;hat the United States should take! ;he lead in the organization and ad-| ninistration of relief. Under this ar-! rangement between the United States md the allied countries there are being appointed two representatives of^ each government to secure the co-' operation of food, finances and ship-1 ping in the solution of the problems' :onhected with the relief. ami-'- - ? ine president has appointed Mr.; Herbert Hoover and Mr. Norman Da-: vis as the two American representatives in the council, and Mr. Hoover will act as' director general of the undertaking. The French government has appointed M. elemental minister of commerce, and M. Vilgrain, minister of "food as their representatives. The British and Italian repre'e-.tatives have not as yet been anno "J !. The president has asked Mr. Hc-ovor to call the first meeting of the council as soon as the representatives are named." DEATH OF MRS. GOSSETT. News has been received in Abbeville of the death of Mrs. Gossett, wife of Conductor Gossett, of the Seaboard Air Lftie Railway, which occurred January 5, 1919. Mr. and Mrs. Gossett moved to Abbeville about a year ago, and have made their home since then on Upper Main Street. They have made many friends since coming here, and the death of Mrs. Gossett will cause sorrow to all of them. Mrs. Gossett, before her marriage was Miss Pinson, of Saluca, N. C. She was married to Mr. Gossett a little more than a year ago. She went over to Saluca to spend the holidays with her parents and while there was taken sick with Influenza, which developed into pneumonia, resulting in death. Funeral services were held Monday at Coronaca. FOOD CONDITIONS SEEN IN GERMANY I Member of Allied Naval Commission Writes?If' Other Parts of Country Fare as Well as North Situation is Fair?No Suffering Found. London, Jan. 4.?A long article written by a member of the allied fcaval commission in German waters on the subject of food conditions in north Germany is published by The Times today. The writer is careful to point out that he deals only with what various members of the commission saw with their own eyeh in a very considerable area and that he ignores hearsay -evidence' regarding other parts of Germany. "But if food conditions in the rest of Germany," he goes on, "are not very much worse than in Oldenburg, Mecklenburg and SchleswigHolstein there is certainly no need for haste on the part of the allies, in r?Am<v 4-r\ iViJn-f T atv* aav?A/^Anl gvsiug uv/ tucu iciicx. x om vyuuucui that none of the score or more members of the various sub-commissions which covered many hundreds of miles of country and saw tens of thousands of the people at close range noticed any evidence of palpable underfeeding among any of the inhabitants. Indeed, they are of the unanimous opinion that the whole populations, both urban and rural, in these regions have been and are being fed near enough to normal requirements to keep them at full physical vigor. A member of H&eMfltelligence staff who had spent many years in the country before the war, said: . ; " 'You don't see so many people with rolls of fat on them as you did five years ago but you do see a healthier, hardier and generally more fit looking population.' > "The men in the dock yards and on the first ships searched at Wilhelmshaven, although slovenly and filthy, betrayed none of the traces of underfeeding so readily recognized by one who has been in India or China in famipe time or in Serbia or Greece since the war. This arty prerared us for the well nurtured look of the people of the town itself. In no place of the same character in England, say Portsmouth, Plymouth or Harwich, would the people have been in better flesh or better color. "As to clothes, the Germans would certainly have had the best of the comparison." T!ie> writer 'saw hp nave erirllocc evidence of intensive cultivation and careful, scientific fertilization. With the prisoners available and the unremitting labor of the women and children, Germany, the writer dec'arcs, has done remarkable things in the way of production. ''"YUEN DREAMS COME TRUE." If one wants pleasantly and pro} fitably to while away an evening, one i should by all means see "When j Dreams Come True." There is sc | much diversified entertainment in i the play that, one will readily find something cf interest. If one long; for melodrama, see "When Dreams Come True." It is melodramatic. "When Dre?.ms Comes True': comes to the Opera House next Moni day, Jan. 13th. THE WEATHER. i The cold wave predicted last weeli set in on time and is still with us. This is the first real cold "spell' ol weather of the winter"and for several days the thermometer has ranged aronnd twentv-two. nineteen anc fourteen. One man in town got uf | soon enough to catch it down as low as eight. Everybody has their water cut off, but the cold will result in plenty oJ j joba for the plumbers. M'ADOO REVIEWS ADMINISTRATION Return Them to Owners Unless Extension is Given?Reduction of Rates Likely by End of Year Under Government Control. J Washington, Jan. 4.?Solemnly warning Congress that return of the , j railroads to private control, means J return to old evils, Director General i! of railroads, McAdoo, yesterday urg[j ed five year extension of Government control. t ,] Summarized McAdoo told the Senate interstate commerce committee /before which he appeared: i That unless Congress extends control the roads will be returned soon. That valuable reforms, begun by the railroad administration will'be , I thereby lost forever. j That if the Government control is continued the Government will get a surplus of $100,000,000 or more ,in 19i9. , ' . That a reduction of rates is. likely by the end of the year under Government control. 1 That extension of federal control does not commit the government to ! government ownership. . That such an extension is opposed only by those who want the lines ! returned outright to private owner' ship. That federal control should be ex ! tended to give the nation on land as ! great a transport system as its new ferchant marine gives it on#the sea. Washington, Jan. 4.?Return of the railroads to the hands which controlled them before" the war is i impossible if certain important re! forms are to be preserved, McAdoo I declared in a statement to the Sen| ate Interstate Commerce Committee ; today. . ' McAdoo declared there are three | alternatives in the railroad situation: I- 1.?Return to those who controlled them before the war. 2.?Government ownership and control. 3.?Reconstruction of the railroad j map so as to wipe out the hundreds j of different companies and substi! tute under strict Government control j to- combine the advantages of uni; fied operations with initiative of prij vate management. McAdoo warned Congress, however, that unless a fair time is given for a test of the reforms he suggested, through continuation of the ! government. control, the government will not feel like holding the roads : for the entire 21 months period ?fj ter the war, which the law fixes as i the limit of federal control. He urged Congress to continue government control until Januafy 1, 1924, as a r < j means 01 providing a iair test ol j federal control. r -FORESTRY EXPERTS GATHER IN SESSION i Southern Association Assembles ir 'j Jacksonville for Meeting of Two Days. 1 Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 4.?United States experts in forestry and men I j of Southern Slates who have made '! a life study of the subjects, gather; ,:d here yesterday for a two days II i ession. H. S. Graves, chief forestei ',of the United States forestry department, was prevented from comj -.g on account of illness, and J. S | o'mes of North Carolina, presidec his place. Railroad fire protection . j was taken up at the afternoon ses! sion, led by J. G. Peters of Washington, D. C., who told what the .J United States railroad administra[I Lion had done along this line. Public11 ity and education was the last topic J of the day led by E. 0. Siekem, State rj forester of Texas. . Mr. W. A. Giles, of Antreville, was } J ' * ? a business visitor on Monday. H< J came down to sell cotton. r 'LEAGUE (FUNS WILL BE FORMED Baker Can See No Other Result for Peace of World. 1 | , AMERICA HAS CAPACITY TO DO NEW THINGS ' ' l. !t!cn Who Have Died in This War ' j Must Not Make Sacrifice in Vain? j Docs Not Speak for President , ' Whose Statement Had Been Explicit. j ? .. j Buffalo, Jan. 5.?Speaking- here : last night before the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce, Secretary Baker declared it inconceivable that the ?eace conference1 would make the 'v 1 world an insupportable tragedy by tailing to provide for a league of ' nations or some other' arrangement ' ' to prevent such'disasters in the fu ,ture. I "We, here in America, who have ' * j worked arid paid," he said," "the fa pliers and mothers who have given their sons, surely have aright to ; me high assurances of future -peace : a*s a consolation' for their sacrifices. I One can not close his eyes and think rtf fVio nnnfornmo of Vartoillok I V/i. Iliiv |/VUVV UV11XVA UV T OUUivkJ j without feeling that there hover over i t the spirits of millioift of dead men' ';, J demanding' that their' sacrifices^ b?' ! Hot in vain; that the statesmen of i he world now secure to mankirfd' j 'he blessings which they died to oft-'" I tain." Mr. Baker said he *h"ad no hifeh'-* *t ~ x | tion of speaking for the president' 'whose statement had been explicit1, i nd in whose hands the case of AmI crica was now placed. " ' With Head Erect. "He stands with head erect," said ... i the secretary, "in the ancient places 1 of the old world where other kinds ; of treaties used to be made, and rep-. resents a great and,free people. He* i is the advocate not of a form but of ' a principle. j "He is by force of events the spokesman of the democracy of the ' world and the compositions of this war will be a new magna charta, 1 new bill of rights to liberate the children of the future from the buri dens of the past." j As to the proposals for a league of ' nations Mr. Baker said it "is not proposed out of cabinets of absolute ' ministers but is rather the possionate demand of the man in the street, the simple and the unsophisticated who knows little of the intrigues and wiles of statecraft, but who know a' . very great deal about suffering and sacrifice which war entails." "For my own part," he added, "I refuse to be timid about America's . capacity to do new things which are ; needed in a new world." 1 BELFAST GIVES LAND FOR AMERICAN CEMETERY | Washington, Jan. 3.?The city corporation of Belfast, Ireland*, has 1 given to the American nation,, free \ M* charge, for all time, "the section i tVio />vHr f?pmoforv tuVioroin ore i burisd 34 American soldiers who . died of influenza." The American . Red Cross, in making public a cable' gram telling of the gift, said it was considering the erection of a suitable . monument and that the- "American .'plot," as the section will be known, . would be especially decorated and | marked. i : ? THE FLU SITUATION. In the report submitted by Dr. ;.Akin, the influenza expert, Abbe' ville is credited with nine hundred . and eighty case3 of influenza in Octs'ober, with sixteen deaths among th? . whites and twenty-six among th? negroes. Out of a total of on# hnai dred and seventy thousand ?um 4 I total of leas than fir* thouMftd deaths are repotted. I