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Scraps and ,#act$. ? Sir (Sconce f'ave. the Hritish hoine secretary. announced to Ih?- house of commons on Thursday thai 'Jenrr.il Townsend. commander of the 1'ritish fonts which hum raptured at Kut-eJ. Arna^a. had l?< ? n released h>" them. ? ih rlin mwspaiers have hen printing stories of outbreaks and panics in the* Rhine tiioviiii'iH on account of iumors that the tinman civil authorities had found it ri?-? ssary to eonsent tc tii<- occupation of t'otdenz. ''oloipn and other cities hv Allied t loops. ? The suiTeiidci of Turkey ha? l'ioui;)it Itomnariia iiack into the Km ti nte fold in a very important jiosilion. Uoumania. fronting as site do* i on the Itlui k s*a on tie- east, am; IIunitary on the west, with the lranul>< o|h ii Horn the s<-a into the enemy country, afford a l-ark dooi gateway that is all that i ould desired. Ah though lor a turn- it look* d as if pool little itoniiianii had ruiiied, it ii now irasonahly e?itain that sin- wil soon heroine olte ol t lie most import ant a! tie I'alkan states. Itcjiorts l?> way iji r?? imi iii'iiwKi' a slate ol widespread disorder am < niilusinn thioughout Austria. Thou samls ol ill >' it< r> 11 in ilie army an Illinium;; ?! predalioiis on i.ulwa; 1 in ins ami upon I'll st |i'S ot tin nolali t\. .Military iiimii r< ctiofis haw- w iiiiii) in both Vi-una. tin- (ajiltal o Austria ami Ihidai* >t. tin- capital o Hnngoiy. Tin- p* -uplc ami troojis iiavi la i ii shouting, down with tin Maps burgs ami haw- In li acclaiming put.In s In I,nth countrn s tin- disor |i r is so gu at as to t< mh r the iih-a o possihli continuance ol tin war as ah Mini. The .New York Herald's politica amass tin- country imlieat* s tha in the elections to be held today th< leiuoerats will retain control of tie senate by a majority of four, and tin republicans will gam control of tin house of icpresciitatives by a niajont; 1 33. The democrats at present haw a majority of eight in the senate, am they now control the* liou.se by a plu rality of seven. The next con Kress, a foreshadowed by The Herald's repre sin tain is from every state and con Ki i-sNimial district w ill stand as follows Senate-- democrats republicans, -16 House-democrats, 20t?; republicans I'-'H. The present congress is made U| as follows. Senate?democrats. 53; re republicans, 307; independents, 7 publicans, II House- democrats, I There are seven vacancies, due ti death <>r resignation, in the* prcsen hou.s> Tin* total im-iiilH*rshi|> ot tin senate* is 'Jt> and of the house 435. Th? entile Turkish force which hie bi-i'ii o|>|M>sing the Itritisli on I he Ti giis river, has Itccii captured, U wai officially aiinoiiiiccd hi l^imloii las Thursday. The force iiinoiiiili <1 ( more than 7,'mmi men. follow nig tin capitulation ol these troops, the Turk ish governilli III ailllolllieed its uncoil litlonal surrender. Newspapers ex pressed a fear that there had beet some kind of a secret agm im lit Iilidel which the Turks were to In* al!?>we? lo retain eoiiirol ow i \rim uia; hit l<ord Hubert t'eeil. the llritish assist, ant secretary of slate for foreign al fairs, promptly announced that then was nothing of the kind. 11** said ilia 1 lo* I hit ish government had made n< engagements whatever with Turkcj ami thai all territorial and other ipics lions were let! open for (In* Allies t< Settle as llliy migni |pk>|"i. >> .. a lacl thai tin- I'ritish have tints it ihi- arlual campaigning in I It** ?*?ni liii'st hi Turkey; hut of course thej have been ahli* In tin mil\ lii-caiiSi- u Ihi' sii|i|h>rt they havi' been havin; from tin* Allies elsewhere. Ihn|iili' peace talk ami iiilliii'ii/a Ann m an citizens have responded loi a Ionrlh Iiiii?- to tin- government's a|i |M-al I'nr war loans with innri' than was asked. Total subscriptions 01 11 U.3U0 i loin mori' than 21.iHl0.0U0 hi iliviilnals is i hi- record ot tin- Court I I abort y loan, as announced l-'riilay hj tin- tri'asiiry, hasnl on careful esiimail's liy tin* twelve Federal reservi hanks. The entire $N6 ,416.(100 oversubscription will In- accepted ami ap plied to reducing tho size of tho tilt) loan, to In- offi'i'ril in tin- Miring. Finn ligurcs may si'tnl tho fourth loan tota ovon higher. All ilistriots rcportct over-subscriptions, ranging from 2< (m i ri'iit for Ifoston to a little loss thai ? |?or oont for San Francisco. Tho tig' grogato over-subscription was 14.tjior oont. In addition to tho subscrip lions roi'oivoil l?y tho itogional rosorvi hanks, tho suhsori|itions roooivoil a tho treasury iliroot aniouiitoil to $32.a3s.7fiU. The figures aro i-onshloroi suhstaiitially ooiii|ilete. although latoi re-checked ri'iiorts may ohango tin total slightly. Soorotary McAdot statoil. however, that regardless u furttier ro|Nii'ts, "results will not hi loss than now reported." ? Final pro election reports of cam paigu expenditures were made to tin clerk of the house of representative: last Friday l?y the republican and dotn ocratic national committees. The re puhlican orgaui/ation rc|Kirtod total expenditures of $075,0071. with contribu lions of $076,M5, and the democratii committee disbursed $450,45'.i and re eeived $41>S>,510. The detailed accoun of tho republican committee was mailed on Friday from Chicago and was tiled on Saturday. Itotli committees wil present complete reports of all campaign expenditures after the elections today, including accounts received ani expended from the date of the latest reported until the end of the campaign. Additional eX|K-nditnrca by llu republican committee since its last report totaled $134,509, while supplemental cniit|K;ign contributions amounted to $134,470. The democratic committee rc|M>rteil an aililitional expense of $103.00i? and new contributions of The national woman's party also reported to the clerk of tho house tin expenditure of $2,0$:! for women campaigners sent from Washington to New Jersey. New Hampshire. Idaho, Wyoming. Oregon .\eviidH una ivuiinis. ? A large tlfi'l of thi' latest tyi?c ol Hritish mine-swee|KTs on last Kritluy iH'Kan the tedious task of clearing tin Oardancllrs of mines and othor ohstruct ions. The work. together with other safeguards whieh the Allies consider to be necessary before till- Allied Meet enters the tortuous waters leadltiK fast Constantinople and on through the liospliorus to the Hlaek sea. will take several days, in the ?>|dnioti of the Itritish admiralty. A fortnight ago the Allied fleet tested the efficiency of the forts inside the Ihirdanelles by dropping a few shells on them. The reply of the Turks was quick and fairly aeeurate. showing that the fortifications are still probably in good slta|H\ The cO-milc ptissage through the waterway is a veritable sea of mines and other obstructions which it will require some little time to remove. In addition the mine swcc|hts will be hindered by the swift currents which are stronger at this season of the year than at any other. The Allied fleet, it is believed, is sure to conic to grips with the old Russian fleet in the ltlaek sea. it the war continues a few weeks longer. There is every reason to believe that the Hermans have put this fleet in good order. It consists of seven pro-dreadnaughts, two cruisers and twelve submarines. besides at least twenty-six other types of war craft. The enemy has the advantages of three good lgises in the ltlaek sea?Odessa. Sebastopol and Nikolaiev?but it is likely that they are short of ammunition. At Nikolaiev four cruisers are being built. One of them is nearly completed. ? The long awaited re|>orts on the aircraft investigation conducted during the last five months by Charles K. Hughes and Attorney (ieneral Hregory. was placed before President Wilson last Thursday by the attorney general and immediately made public. I Via y s ana w;i?us ?>i n?- rl miUI procmmmp. the rvi>ort declares. were due chfeflv to "the defective organization of the work of airrrnft jvrodnotion and the serious lack of comivtent direction of that work hv the ivst>onsible officers of the signal corps. No fault is found with the management of aircraft affairs since the reorganization of last May. which placed John D. Ryan In charge. The civilian personnel of the aircraft production board is exonerated of any wrong doing. Attorney General Gregory, in a letter transmitting the report to President Wilson says he is in "substantial accord" with the findings by Mr. Hugh9 es. The report finds no "graft" In the generally accepted aense but makes recommendations for proceedings against army officers held guilty of dealing with corporations In which they were Interested. The chief waste from the original appropriations of IC!>l.i51.SC6. the report says, was In the abandonment of two types of airplanes one of them the Bristol?and a fallin-' to salvage, aggregating $24,000.ooo. The figures show that last Ma\ of tin- great appropriation $134.00o.00<, actually had been disbursed and that ' up to October 1. the expenditures hari ' reached <240.000.000 for all aviatior purposes. This did not include expenditures of the sales department, whlcl i bu>? material and resells it to manu , tacturers and for advances for build. ing plans." Contracts let. however 4 committed about $470,000,000 of tin I fund. The figures are given in answei to the g-n? ral charge that the sun had all been expended with practical ,- ly no results. ; (The \lorkvillc tfnquircr Kntered at the Postofflce at York ai Mail Matter of the Second Class. I TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1918. t Wonder what I trot her < 'aiT.tn/.; L" thinks of Hennanv now. ie <- Th? t<- w<-n persistent rejiorts las ^ week that the kaiser ha<l abdicated I hut these njsjits eotihl not he coii - tinned. s m , Holland is said to he barring tin liliUllce ill Itclgiull refugees for thi * reason that it has hardly etioiiKh foot J lor its own people. Ii the piv.arinistie conditions wliicl 't the Allies have imposed u|ion Tlirke; t ai,- not siiftielently binding to pleasi i- the most exacting, we would, purely a a matter of interested curiosity. Iik s to see a draft of terms that would sat isf.v such people. t 1 ' > \\'h< n the different Herman states L* men s|Hike so contemptuously of tlv idea of Hcrmany's ever giving up thi . provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, the; ' had evidently never dreamed of tie |M>ssildlity of the complete smashinj t of the mighty Herman empire. A correspondent of an Americai t newspaper, writing from the Vcrdui > front, describes how when the Ameri 1 cans operating in Iicllcau woods, want ed to climh trees after the Hermans ? These hoys must have been "possun t hunters from South Carolina. | It used to he that the American flai . did not command any too much re spect even in parts of the I'nitei States: tint now it is different r Throughout the whole world it ha! come to he universally acknowledge! * that there is no flag that has a righ . to float above the stars and stripes. i , m A French liner arrived at an Atlan . tic port Saturday night wttn an ngni - ablaze, the Hrst time such a thing ha " occurred in four years. The passen J gers reported that upon the receipt o I st wireless message at sea, the purpor j of which they did not know, the cap ' tain ordered the war paint scrapei . from the ship's port holes so as permi I the illumination of the deck, and wen Into port as though in time of peace. i ' 1 The main reason for delay in tcllini ' < iermany what she will have to do. i 1 is understood, was the certainty tha , Turkey and Austria were at the poin i of exhaustion, and would have to <|iiit This situation would l>e all the mor< ealculated to impress (ierman.v of tin hopelessness of her fiositton. Then j seems to he no ilouht in any <|iiartei . now that (Iermany must surrender un - conditionally or suhinit to complcti | distinction. The action of Roosevelt and Taft it ' getting together in behalf of the elec i tion of a Republican congress, seemi I to indicate that both are looking for ward to the Republican nominatioi j1 two years from now, and if so that wil t probably mean another split in th< party with the same result as before ' As to whether Wilson will seek anoth ' er nomination remains to be seen; bu . if he should, and Roosevelt should bi ' his opponent, it will be a stand-off ai to the third term issue, because botf will have already had two terms. ; it. hue the war a man could not i laim to have been thoroughly edueat, nl until lie had been to a tier man university. It has not been so many generations since even l'aris recognized ito. degree of M. IX, issued from tin I university of Bagdad as carrying with I it a guarantee of knowledge to the last I word in medical science, which guarlantee was to l>e had from no othei (country In the world. But from now or J American medicine,' American music | American literature and American (military efficiency will command rejs|>ect throughout the wide world. The thoroughly whipped Austrian* (on the Italian front on last Thursday | proposed to General Diaz, the comJmnndcr-in-chicf of the Italian forces, (that the Austrians-would evacuate all (Italian territory if the Italians would (unit fighting, tleneral Dliiz informed (the Austrian commander that his re| uiiest for an armistice would be for| warded to the Versailles conference: (but in the meantime this bulletin was | issued to the Italian troops: "Soldiers, (forward! In Italy's name we will place | the wreath of victory on the tomb of (our glorious dead. Forward! Our im| mortal country calls!" It is beginning to look like the Ger(man government, having come to a | realization of the tact that it Is to J have no say-so in subsequent proceedings. will not undertake to negotiate terms for an armistice. Of (course, so far as the Allies are conJcerned. that does not matter. They | have handled the situation with most | thorough-going efficiency up to this Itime, and are fully capable of com| pleting the job regardless of the ac(tion or non-action of the whilom (representatives of the German empire. | But after all. Is it not thoroughly in | keeping with the character of the j kind of leaders who got the German (peole into all the mess to let thoae |IHxiple get out the best way they can? The two best investments in the I world now nre I'nited States bonds land southern farm lands. America having become the creditor nation of the world to the amount of some $10,> 000,000,000, and having developed her naval and military power to an extent where It can no longer be subject to question. American bonds and Amer! lean lands become absolutely the best form of investment there is. Not only will our returning soldiers want farm , lands; but hundreds of thousands of t Europeans will flow into America as I offering a greater opportunity for 1 wealth and prosperity than any other 4 nation. The man who has the slight est doubt about the future of Ameri can bonds or American lands, is too ^ dense to ever become a property man. r 1 * 1 j That little provision in the Allied peace terms which requires the Turkish authorities to turn over to the justice ol the Allies those Turkish leaders who may be accused of having disregarded the recognized rules of civil ized warfare, is no doubt of very grave ? concern to many members of the Merman junker class. In time of war socalb-d martial law becomes the rule. Martial law in its essence is the will of the commander having jurisdiction over the territory occupied by the people to be dealt with. Hut martial r law is only good and justifiable so long as the individuals by whom it is exercised are in absolute control. When the tables are turned the civil law. the common law. the law of right and justice, holds the dispensers of . martial law to account, on a basis of ( the righteousness and justice of their acts. Let us eorne to some new agreement about Memorial day. The north observes May 30 and the south May 10. Both north and south have come to ...i .i I n?' (Killll WIH'lf WltTJ Villi ??*?.?. other. As u matter of fact their feelB ingN are more than respect. In the free and unselfish shedding of their ' Mood on the battlefields of Europe, they have become brothers. Neither Is prouder of no one else in the world ' than of the other. And the country V will ever honor itself in preserving the l* memory of its gallant sons. Why not s have a new common Memorial day. a I" day in which the soldiers of the south. - the soldiers of the north and the soldiers of the nation shall be remembered in common. Not only will the pco pie of the north and south and of the e east and west, but of very nearly the i- whole world will gladly observe such y a day. [* . m ? : The result of today's Federal elections becomes of absorbing interest because of the unusual clearness of the n issue, which is simply this, whether rt the welfare of the country will be - safer in the hands of Republicans or - Democrats, simply because they are i. Republicans or Democrats. No such t issue has ever been made before, certainly not with such unequivocal clearness. The president made it in ' the recently published appeal to the country, in which he asked for the ' election of Democrats in order that he might not be hampered in his dealing s with the making of peace and with the ' problems growing out of the war. The ' Republicans have powerfully resented the president's appeal on the claim that they have supported the war with * even greater zeal than have many of s the more notable Democratic leaders. 3 The old time bitter rivals, Roosevelt * and Taft, representing the two wings ' into which the Republican party has * been split for some years, have come * together and asked for united action * in behalf of the party. It is a strange 1 situation. There is no difference ap1 imrently as to measures; but merely a difference us to whether Democrats or Republicans shall rule. And as thore? suit of today's election that is about t the only question that will be decided, t , , , 1 Til.- (:i'i>i>nvilli> Piedmont is very much concerned about the future of '* South Carolina |?olitlcs and we are '* very much in sympathy with it. The ^ politics of South Carolina for many r years have been of the most selfish nature imaginable. Previous to 1890 -1 the state was in the hands of a little oligarchy which seemed to care for nothing except the perpetuation of Its 1 own rule. Its ideas were patterned more than anything else after the nos lion that there must be a ruling class " and a serving class. The principle of 1 liberty, equality and justice was not 1 held in favor. It was important only ? that the ruling class and those attach ed to it be held up and the serving " class and those not content to support ' the ruling class bo held down. The ! political power was in the hands of a 5 very few and the great mass of people 1 bad come to-accept the situation as hopeless. That is fact. The Tillman revolution was based ui?on the idea t of equal rights to all and special prlv ileges to none. The people were In tcrested because they believed that each and every individual would have I as much voice in the government as ' any other individual through his bali lot. The movement was successful: t but there was very little improvement, ' possibly through the fault of Tillman: ' but more probably through the fault i of the discontent of the oligarchic . crowd that had not been able to reconi cile itself to being choked oft the teat of power, prestige and privilege. It had but small dream of the principle of equal right or of democracy, for it i looked ui>on nil who were outside of its own narrow circle as only fit to serve their "betters." And about I....... >.?> thoro was little that I was good. But anyhow the system I built up by Tillman was very largely I a counterpart of the system that had been overthrown. It was a perpetuation of that system with but very little difference, except In the shape of a different personnel. The idea of conducting the government on a basis of welfare, of uplift, the progress of the people at large, held a very" small place in the plans of either crowd. There has been change of personnel but very little change of principle since 1S90. What the state needs in politics Is recognition of the fact that the government really belongs to the people and that public officials are to be supported solely on a basis of the extent to which they really serve the interest of the people. Those who really achieve something Tor the pudlie good should receive public applause and gratitude and those who seek only their own personal advancement should be relegated to positions in which they cannot exploit the people for their own selfish ends. Restoration of Order. Although it may be that the actual fighting of the world war Is nearly over, it must not be understood that the work of the conquerors is nearly completed. Empires were nqt built in a day and when they are destroyed the work of re-organization la not to be completed in a day. It haa required the better part of two years for America to commence getting herself in good fighting trim, ar.d it stands to reason that it will require several years more to adjust herself to the new conditions that have been created. Even if there was nothing to do now but to bring the American soldiers who are abroad back home at the most rapid rate at which they went out, some 250.000 a month, it would not be possible to land them at home within less than eight months. But there is a lot more to do. The Turkish empire has been torn to pieces, the great Russian empire is in a state of chaos, the Austrian empire is in quite as bad shape, and the conditions of the Cierman empire, when things have run their natural course, will not be much better. The Allied powers being the only ones that have been left intact at the consummation of the great catastrophe, upon them devolves the responsibility of bringing order out of chaos, and restoring the protection of law to the many peoples who would otherwise be subject to anarchy and ruin. There will be necessity for the oceupation of many of the conquered countries by Allied troops during the <rr.s-i.uu nf reconstruction, and of it will be necessary for America to take a large and important hand in all this. To accomplish the task she has hefore her, America will need a large army for some time to come, and although it is not to lie expected that the troops which have been doing and are doing the fighting over there are going to be required to remain indefinitely on the job, It is quite fair to assume that conscription and training will continue in this country for quite a while. At a venture we would say that except In the event of developments of which there are no present indications, it will not be necessary to increase the American forces abroad much beyond two million men, it is quite probable that these forces will be maintained close around those figures and that by reason of going and coming, bringing back those who have done their turn and sending forward others to take their places, most of the ahlc-bodied young men of America will have a chance to see service in the army before the work of reorganization and restoration is completed. The Army Nurse Corps. This article Just received from Sergeant James I). Grist, at Camp Sevier, is of timely interest to hundreds of young woman who are anxious for service in keeping with the great business of the day: "What can I do in the army?" inquires a friend of mine, a young lady who is anxious to go to war. "I have been thinking of trying to go to France as a canteen worker, and yet I don't imagine I would like that work. What do you think of the idea of my becom, o T la lil/a in lllg UIl Ul IIJ,> II Ul 3C J. nvuiu unv >v know something about the army nurse corps, and the system under which the members of it work. I know other girls who want to have an active part In fighting the Hun. Besides, it is so dull at home now that most of the boys are gone. Won't you write something sometime about the army nurses?" Those young women, scores of whoitf are at Camp Sevier for the purpose of nursing sick soldiers, and also at other camps and cantonments in this country and abroad, are just as much soldiers and deserve Just as much credit, as though they were in the line. During the recent Influenza epidemic, they saved the lives of thousands of soldier lads over the country, because of their persistent and untiring efforts. They come' from the finest homes in the land even as the soldiers come. It is no wonder that the most popular song with soldiers recuperating from wounds or illness is. "I don't Want to Get Well." The Army Nurse corps, while not exactly comparable to that famous Russian "Battalion of Death," is enduring the stress of military life in. this country and overseas, and is helping no less materially to win the war than if it were armed with rifles instead of physic, patience and tender solicitude. When Uncle Sam joined those forces allied against Germany, the personnel of the Army Nurse corps numbered only 373 women soldiers. Each of these, however, was a veteran nurse. Many had seen service in the Philippines, and in Porto Rico and Hawaii. All knew the serious nature of the work ahead of them. There are now something like 19,000 young women in the Army Nurse corps, the development of that little nucleus of 373. When the country went to war, trained nurses who were in a position to do so, answered the call to service without hesitancy and became its first women soldiers. Not once have the strict requirements for admission been -? * ?Vto o tn KA O lUWl'reu, J\ UUIUIUUIC uuo w u graduate of a recognized nurse's training school, and must have had a specified amount of training. No civilian hospital can give the sick and wounded Sammy the expert care and attention an ann.v hospital can give. Are not the finest doctors in ail the land now in the Army Medical corps? And the finest nurses in all the country are there too. It is of interest to show how the tremendous expansion of the Army Nurse corps was effected. The American Red Cross Societ" was asked to help in recruiting nurses for the Army Nurse corps. The majority of women soldiers now in the service were reached and enrolled by this great humanitarian institution. Once they are admitted in th?- Army Nurse corps, of necessity all their connection with the Red Cross is severed. They must come directly under the surgeon general of the army. The superintendent of the corps,Miss Dora E. Thompson, a woman grown gray in the service. who is really their generalissimo, the commanding officer of the hospital or the unit to which they are assigned. At the present time, about 10,000 more women soldiers are needed in the corps to meet the needs of the fast growing armies of the country. They will be forthcoming before long, because hundreds of young women all over the land are tremendously interested in the war and entertain a desire to get into the service, as does the young woman who wrote me. The American Red Cross is exerting every effort to reach women not now on the rolls, and who are properly equipped by training for this noble work. There is honor a plenty for American girls ?r?? willing to serve in the Armv Nurse corps. In order to stay any future shortage of nurses, as an adjunct to the corps, recently there has been organized an army school of nursing. This offers to American girls an opportunity to take up the profession of nursing under the unquestionable direction of the army. Hundreds of applications for the privilege of training in this school have poured into the office of the surgeongeneral at Washington. Up to the present more than ten units of the , school have been opened at various cantonments, and the course of instruction has started. The women's committee of the Council of national defense not very long ago organized a campaign to i bring to the attention of young women over the country the fact that it was 1 their duty to enter the nurse training .< schools, both civilian and military so i that a nurse shortage need never be | feared. This educatonal drive has been | highly successful and thousands of girls i have promised to do their share in the | winning of the war by going to the j nurse's training schools. j It should always be borne In mind \ that a Red Cross nurse and an Army < . j A Corps nurse are separate and distinct. The term "Red Cross" nurse, as it is generally used, unwittingly has been the cause of holding back much public praise and knowledge regarding the great work of the women soldiers?the Army Mirse corps. The army nurses, of course, are Red Cross nurses under the Geneva convention, because they do Red Cross work. They give expert treatment to the wounded and sick of the army, not only at bases but on the fleld. Theirs, too, is most hazardous and noble work, and there is also due to them praise without end. Women of the Army Nurse corps may be assigned to a mobile operating unit, or to a fleld hospital, and subjected to heavy shelling. Already the matter of experiencing airplane raids has become a common occurence to hundreds of the corps who are in France and Belgium with the lads. But that phase of their status which is not generally understood even by soldiers. is that they are an integral part of the immense medical organization of the army. They are under military' discipline at all times. They are paid and housed under conditions not so very dissimilar from those surrounding the men in the ranks. They are soldiers in almost every sense of the word?brave, courageous soldiers, the memory of whose service shall live for ever. WINDING UP ESTATES. General War Situation As Understood In Washington. Washington, November. 3.?Armisl tice terms which the Austrians have accepted are expected here to furnish a clear index to those which the supreme war council at Versailles is preparing for Germany. . Consequently their publication will carry' greater signiticance than otherwise would attach since the Austrian surrender has been discounted in advance by the internal disintegration of the dual monarchy and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian forces on the Itallun front. Official announcement that the armistice had been signed reached the state department today. In making this known the officials gave no indication of the terms imposed, nor was there any explanation of why cessation of hostilities had been delayed 24 hours or more after the actual signing of the articles of surrender. The generally accepted view, however. seemed to be that it was desired to have virtually all Italian soil freed of enemy troops before the Italian armies were committed to end their attacks upon the routed Austrian forces. Terms of War Council. Military men here said the terms which the Austrian war council had prepared would make it impossible for the Austrians to renew hostilities and probably included occupation of strategic points as well. Some of these, namely Trent and Trieste, already have been occupied by Italian and Allied forces. Free movement of the Allied forces through Austria to attack Germany from the south should the supreme war command decide such a stroke necessary In the future, also is expected to be stipulated. I'nofflclai reports from Vienna today said the Germans were preparing for such an attack by fortifying the Bavarian frontier. The defection of Austria leaves uermany stripped or its last ally and military men here both IAllied and American, believe that her capitulation will follow soon after the terms from Versailles are submitted. Exchanges of views between Col. E. M. House, special representative of the American government in France, and the Allied premiers continued today at Col. House's home in Paris and apparently the general terms for Germany are not yet ready for submission to the Allied military leaders for their consideration with regard to the military necessities. Colonel House Is keeping President Wilson constantly advised as to the progress of events. Great importance Is attached here to the Allied and American governments In deferring peace settlements with Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria until (tformany also shall surrender or be [freshed. This policy Is counted upon to prevent any eleventh hour attempt on the part of the Germans to sow seeds of discord among the Allies. To Attack Huns Relentlessly. In view of the general situation the smashing Franco-American victories north and west of Verdun are regarded as significant. Unless an armistice Interrupts, it is believed the thrust will be pressed home relentlessly to cut the German front in the west In half before there is another halt. With hardened mountaineers of the Italian army available for use elsewhere with the surrender of Austria, some observers look for Immediate preparation for the invasion of Germany by'way of Alsace-Lorraine. Italian picked troops might be spared at once to Join such a campaign, as they would not be needed to carry out the operations incidental to the Austrian surrender. Not only will the whole fighting man power of Allied and American armies be available now for the task of crushing Germany's defensive front, hut to supplement the already vastly superior equipment of those armies in guns, aircraft and all other war machinery, there is now at the disposal of Marshal Foch all the Bulgarian, Turkish and Austrian military equipment. To answer such a conclusion Germany has only depleted reserves of men, guns and munitions. IT IS ABOUT OVER. Austria Has Surrendered and Germany Is Almost Crushed. Austria-Hungary is out of the war. Deserted by the lust ally. Germany fights alone a battle which means ultimate defeat or abject surrender. After days of pleading, an armistice has been granted. Austria-Hungary whose badly defeated armies in the theater are staggering homeward under the voice of violence to the entente troops. Trent, in Austrian Tyrol, which the Kalians always have claimed as their own, has been captured by them; Triest, Austria's principal seaport on the Adriatic, over which there has been such bitter fighting, now flies the Italian flag; and Belgrade, capital of Serbia, has been rooccupied by the Serbians. Although the Austro-Hungarians had been given an armistice on Saturday they were still being bitterly attacked by the Italian, British, French, American and Czecho-Slovak troops in the mountains and on the plains on Sunday and yesterday, and It was expected that the chastisement would continue until yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, when a cessation of hostilities would take place. Entire regiments surrendered to the Italians in the mountains and large numbers of the enemy were made prisoner on the plains. Heavy casualties were inflicted on the retiring troops. Many additional troops were reclaimed. In France and Belgium the Germans arc being sorely harassed by the British, French, Americans and Belgians, and there are indications that a debacle is about to occur. The Argonne massif, which has proved a great obstacle to the advance to the French and Americans, at last has been cleared of the enemy, and the entire line appears to be crumbling. American airmen report that the men in front of the Americans are retreating northward, that the reads arc densely packed with troops artillery and transports. Likewise southeast of Valenciennes the Germans are retreating before the British, who are in close pursuit and taking numerous prisoners. North of the Alsne in Champagne the French continue their pressure and have taken several important villages, large numbers of prisoners and great quantities of war stores. The advance of the Americans and French on the souther* part of the battlefront, taken In conjunction with the operations of Field Marshal Haig and the Belgians in the north, threatens to prove the culminating blow to German)''s attempts to hold ground In France and Belgium. Indeed. It Is not Improbable if the advance from the south continues as rapid as it is. the greater portion of the German army rill be trapped before the men can I rmch their border. The situation of the Germans seemingly is a critical ?a Mfe LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS J. E. Fewell and G. R. Wallace. True tee*?Advertiae for a teacher for the Beth-Shiloh school. The place pay* $65 per month. Joaie Mayo. Yorkville No. J?Will appreciate Information as to whereabouts of an eelray pig, two months old. that disappeared October 24. x W. T. Beamguard. Executor?Offers for sale J. W. Beamguard old place, 196 acres, on headwaters of Allison creek, two and a half miles south of Clover. G. N. McCall and Others?November 18 will sell at the late home of Rauben McCall. 49 4-6 acres of land belong to estate of deceased. G. N. McCall. Admri?On November 18 will sell at the late residence of Reuben McCall. deceased. the personal property belonging to the estate, including horse, buggy, etc. T. W. Anderson?Has a Ford touring car, in first class condition, for sale. The price is right. C. M. lnman, York No. 1?Is in the market for a good Jersey cow. Bessie Campbell. Admrx.?Gives notice to the debtors and creditors of the estate of L. L. Campbell, deceased, to make settlement with her. Carroll Brae.- Urge everybody to buy war savings stamps and the boys wilt thank you when they get back. Jno. R. Logan?At the lumber yard is handicapped by shortage of labor, but will do saw milling for all who want it. W. E. Ferguson?Until Thursday morning will sell full cream cheese, of best quality, at 35 cents a pound. Stock limited. Jas. L. Pursley. Clover?Wants to sell a new Buick "six." run not over 200 miles. Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Reprints an editorial from the Southern Underwriter that should be of interest to the man who is pitting off the day of buying life insurance. First National Bank. York?Points out the desirability of protecting your finances by putting your money in the bank. It is safe and you'll know where your money is. Shieder Drug Store?Invites you to rail for a copy of Mr. Mahaffey's new boos. "What Ails the World." Standard Oil Co.- On page four rails attention to the efficiency of a Perfection blue flame oil stove in warming up the cool corners. Engineers on the Marion and King; ville division of the Southern railway, say that the condition of the track is better now than it has been in several years past. Much new timber has been put under the rails during the past few months and more timber is being put down by the section gangs every da>. A Bethel man said a few days ago that there are more partridges this year than for several years past. The past summer, with its long dry spell, was an ideal period for the young birds. He also said that it has been years since there wciv jus many squirrels as there are this year. OFF FOR WADSWORTH. The following fifteen white drafted men from the jurisdiction of Local Board No. 2, leave Yorkville this morning at 6.30 for Camp Wadsworth : Ralph McDonald Branch, Sam Lewis Brown, Idree Evans Boyd, Henry Randolph Hogue, Charles lrvin Hope, Carl Lesslie Killlan, Wm. Sadler Moore, Andrul Brat ton 1'laxico, Oscar Love Smarr, Joseph Alexander Smith. Marion Lacy Stewart, Edward Howe Shillinglaw, Robert Hilton Taylor, James Dale White, Irby McLaurin Wallace. AUCTION SALE. The following real estate was sold at auction before the courthouse door yesterday, salesday for November: By the clerk, in the case of M. J. Bankhead and others, against James H. Bankhead and others, a tract of 58 1-2 acres and a tract of 156 acres. Mivr%?i^ht liv Mm. M. has been moved to tne nre nouae. ? The people are getting somewhat impatient for the amusement and entertainment offered by the picture show. ? If the quarantine has been of any use at all, its usefulness has been served, and there is no good reason why it should be continued any longer. ? A new rule has been inaugurated by the water, light and power department, requiring that all bills be paid to the town treasurer at the Arc station. ? The influenza condition at the Cannon mill has improved very much during the past few days, and it now looks as though the epidemic has run its course in the mill village. ? Mr. C. F. Sherer has purchased fifty head of cattle from Irby McGill and Jeff D. Whltesides of the Hickory Grove section, at 8 cents a ' pound. A part of the cattle were delivered last week and a part of them were delivered yesterday. ?, ? There was a much larger crowd in town yesterday than during any "first Monday" for months past People came on all kinds of business and no business at all- Among the most pbpular places in town was the sales stables of James Bros., the attraction being the big shipment of mules that was received there a few days ago. ? Mr. F. E. Clinton, deputv clerk of the court having been out of the office for some days on account of influenza. and Miss Martha Brandon of the clerical force, having been called to her home In Bethel on account of seri- ' ous Illness in her father's family, Clerk 1 I iii* ursi iuu i *?iw? uvuQKk "j ?-? J. Rankhead for $23 an acre, and the second tract was bought by J. A. Marlon, attorney, for $13 an acreBy G. M. Carroll and J. H. Good, committee for Beersheba congregation, a tract of thirteen acres, the property of Beersheba church. Bought by W. G. Brown for $49 an acre. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. J. Withers Grist of Columbia, is spending a few days in Yorkville with his sister, Mrs. H. E. Neil. Sergeant James D. Grist of the Q. M. C., of Camp Sevier, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr- and Mrs. W. D. Grist, in Yorkville. Private Robert Saye Berry from Camp Jackson, has been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Berry, on Yorkville No- 7. Mr. T'Scharner deGralTenreid of Richmond, Va., is in Yorkville on account of tho critical illness of his mother, Mrs. J. M. Starr. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. White of King's Creek, have received a letter announcing the safe arrival overseas of their son. I'aul White. Dr. George Walker, formerly of Yorkville, now with the American expeditionary forces in France, has been made a lieutenant colonel in the medical corpa. Miss Marie Pegram who has been teaching at Seneca is spending a few days at her home in Yorkville, her school having been closed on account of influenza. Mrs. J. Williams of Yorkville received a letter from her son. Sergt. Ganson Williams, in which he stated that he had been gassed, lie is in a hospital in the town of Iaonaur, France. Mr. L. L. Inabinet, express messenger on trains Nos. 117 and 118, between Columbia and Yorkville, who has been confined to his room at the home of Mr. A. M. Grist for the past three weeks with influenza, left yesterday for a stay of a few days with relatives in Columbia and Orangeburg before resuming his run. Hon. R. M. Mitchell of Sharon R. F. D. No. 1, who declined last summer to stand for re-election to the house of representatives because of his eligibility for service In the army, informed Local Board So- 2 yesterday that he is at Its disposal and ready for service whenever wanted. The board, however, had the increment that Is to go off today in sight, and Representative Mitchell will probably be sent with some future Increment. Mrs. J. J. Hunter of Yorkvillc, has within the past few days received a letter from her son, Lieutenant I'hilip Hunter, who Is a prisoner In the hands of the Germans. In the letter. Lieutenant Hunter acknowledges the receipt of letters from home, giving the first information that he was aware that the home folks knew where he was. He says that he Is now being fed by the Red Cross; but before that he had been having no picnic. He has had no change of clothing for quite a long period. Generally his health is good. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The office of the superintendent of the water, light and power department Logan has been having quite a busy time of it to attend to all the demands that are being made on the office. With the assistance of his daughter. Miss Lulu Moore Ixtgnn. however, he continues to measure up to alt reasonable requirements. ? There was a well attended meeting ir. the courthouse last Friday to formulate p'ans for the coming campaign ir. the western part of the county to raise war work funds. The meeting wa presided over by Thos. F. Me Dow ant! was addressed bv Dr. D. It. Johnson. The money to be raised is to be api oftion? d among the V. M. <\ A., the Knights of Columbus, the Salvation Army, the Jewish Welfare work, [rind the V. W. C. A., and is to go to each on a basis of division inai nas been jointly agrwi upon. Tho total amount to be raised throughout tho country is $250,000,000. LOCAL LACONICS Charcoal for Gas Masks. The Clover Drug Store ; cknowledges the receipt of the following additional peace pits for making charcoal for gas masks: W. P. Boyd. 31 pounds; Leslie Thompson. 15 pounds; J. A. Brandon. 9 pounds.... J. D. Propst, 25 pounds; Beckie Armstrong. 36 pounds: J. J. Armstrong. 35 pounds. War Savings Sates. York county bought $S,44S worth of war savings stamps during the week ending October 26, making a total of $368,?12 up to that date. In per capita sales for the week York stood 16th in the list of the counties, with an average of 16 cents, and in the per capita sales to date she stood sixth with an average of $7.08. Promoted to District Agent. The Hock Hill Herald of yesterday announced that A. A- McKeown, who for several years past has been farm demonstration agent on the eastern side of the county, has been promoted to district i.gent to succeed Mr. W. K. Elliott of Wiunsboro, who has had the position for several years. Mr. McKeown is to continue his residence in Kock Hill, fro.n which place he can reach any part of his district without difficulty. Managers Not Registered. Under the laws oi the state, no man may properly serve as manager of a state or county election unless lie is uuly registered to vote in legal elections. Xo less than seventeen ol the managers uppointtd to scrvt in today's election are without registration certificates. In view ol the tact that there are no contests this situation is not of particular importance; hut it' it were otherwise, and the question were raised, the elections would be vitiated at every precinct in charge of unregistered managers. Killed in Battle. News was received in Yorkvillc last Saturday of the death in battle in France of Sergeant Clark Graham, Co. F, llsth Infantry. The young man was a volunteer, having enlistc-d wjth the F rt Mill boys in Company F, First South Carolina National Guard, two years ago. He was trained in Greenville with the 3?th Division, and went across with that division last spring. He was about 33 years of age, and was a good soldier, standing high with both oflicers and men. He has relatives at the Neely mill in Yorkville. C. L. Faris Killed. News was received in Fort Mill township Saturday to the effect that C. L. Faris, son of Mr. 1. L. Faris. has been killed in battle with the Germans. The information came In a letter from William Armstrong to his parents in Fort Mill. There were no particulars except the statement that young Faris, young Ferguson and another Fort Mill boy were killed in a hand-to-hand right with the Germans. C. L. Faris. the young man who is reported to have been killed, was a brother of Mr. O. H. Faris, superintendent of the Yorkville Water, Light and I'ower department. Armstrong's letter was dated October 14th. Couldn't Manage Stolen Car. Rock Hill Herald, Monday: Will Massey, a negro of this section, is in a critical condition today as the result of injuries received when an automobile which he was driving at a reckless rate yesterday was wrecked. Massey, who knows little about an automobile, without permission, took a car belonging to W. S. Leslie of this place and proceeded to enjoy a joy ride, lie managed to get the car started and on its way at a rapid speed when through Ignorance and carelessness he lost control, with the result that the car was badly damaged and for awhile the African joy rider appeared to be beyond recovery. Latest reports indicate that he is some better and will recover. Catawba High Water. Although the water in the Catawba rose to a considerable height last week, it was not nearly so high us in the Broad, and nothing like as high us during the fieshet of 1916. Mr. J. S. Glasscock of Harmony, who owns considerable land on the Catawba, was in Yorkville yesterday for a short time. He said that the river vas about 1 ; feet above the ordinary level on Tuesday of last week, and after the Hood had subsided somewhat, it rose again on Wednesday to about fourteen feet. During the first flood farmers along the river went into the bottoms to save all the corn they could, and they got out quite a lot of it. The information Tuesday was that the second rise was to be higher than the -first, and the farmers got busy again, but the water did not get so high as before. Much lowland corn was llooded during llie flrst rise, and most of that which was Hooded was destroyed, except such as could be gotten out and shucked. ,Vi. Glasscock calculated that about 2*0 bushels of corn were lost In his bottoms. If the river had gotten up four or five feet higher, he said, the corn losses would have amounted to thousands of bushels where they amounted to hundreds. Woman's War Work Campaign. Pursuant to calls sent out byMrs- J. R. C&nnon of Yorkville, chairman of the Woman's War Work campaign in the western district of York county, quite a number of representative women from different parts of the district, met at the courthouse last Friday to discuss the situation and formulate plans. The drive is to be prosecuted during the week of November 11-18, and the western district's proportion of the big fund is to be a little over $16,000. This Is the aggregate amount expected of all the different auxiliary organizations that are taking the Held in behalf of the work; but the ladles present at the meeting seemed to feel that however grateful they would feel for any and all assistance from other sources, theirs would be the greatest burden of the responsibility until the required sum had been turned in. After thorough consideration of the entire situation it was decided that the best way to go about the work would be for the chairman to appoint good working committees in each district and urge these committees to canvass every man, woman and child in their respective districts. Mrs. Cannon Is now engaged in carrying out the instructions of the meeting. "I am not quite ready to give out the personnel of the committees," she said yesterday, "but expect to be prepared to make a full announcement before next Friday. As I understand the sense of our meeting last Frida*-. I am to appoint a chairman for each school district and this chairman will increase the committee to whatever number may be necessary- I have already decided upon most of the chairmen; but am writing for further information from three or four districts. I have written to those who have already been appointed, however, and ; they are all free to go ahead with the prosecution of their plans." Remark- ! ing further on the subject. Mrs. Cannon said. "It has been suggested that : because the war is apparently so nearly over, many people will be less gen- j erous than they-would have been when 1 things looked different I am hardly 1 prepared to believe this, however. I am sure our people understand that even though our boys have about completed their glorious work, by no 1 possibility can the great bulk of them 1 get back to their homes for a year or ] eighteen months, and that in the i meantime this splendid work that we < have been doing for them is more lm- i portant if possible, than ever. I don't < believe that fathers and mothers would i have this splendid work fall through i ? at this time, and I do not believe anybody else who is interested in the boys in the army would be willing to let it fall through. Certainly we have had heavy calls upon us and we are going to have more heavy calls: but if any other people In the history of the world have gotten more out of the ^ money they have spent up to this time, or If anybody has ever seen brighter promise of more generous benefits for the money we are still to spend. I am not familiar with the record. Certainly this money can be raised- It will take only from a few cents to a few dollars from each of us. and everybody is going to help." WILLIAM GIVES IT UP. German Kaiser Yields His Power to the People. Amsterdam, Nov. 3 iliy the Associated 1'ress).?t?n the occasion of the constitutional amendment coining into force, sa>s an official telegram from Hei tin, hinperor William addressed to liince Maximilian of iiaden, the German imperial chancellor, a decree indorsing the decision of the reichstag and avowing his linn determination to co-operate in their full development. The emperor's decree reads: "Your Grand Ducal Highness: "I return herewith for immediate publication the hill to amend the Unix rial constitution and the law of March 17, 1 >7t?. relative to tnc representation of the imperial chancellor, which has been laid before me for signature. "On the occasion of this step which is so momentous for the future histor> of the ticrman |>cople, I have a desire to give expression to my feelings. 1're pa red for l>> a series of government acts a new order comes into force which transfer's the fundamental rights of the kaiser's person to the people. "Thus comes to a close a period which will stand in honor before the eyes of future generations. Despite all struggles between invested authority and aspiring forces it has rendered IMissible to our jieople that tremendous development which imperishably revealed itself in the wonderful achievements of this war. "In the terrible storms of the four years of war. however, old forms have been broken up. not to leave tlicii ruins l>ehind but to make a place for a new vital form. After the i.chicvemcnts of those times the Herman people can claim that no right which may guarantee a free and happy future shall be withheld from them. "The proposals of the Allied governments which are now adopted and extended owe their origin to this conviction. 1, however, with my exalted Allies, indorse those decisions of parliament in firm determination, so far as I am concerned, to co-operate In their full development, convinced that I am hereby promoting the weal of tin The kaiser's of Hop is one of service to the iM'ople. May. then, the new order release all the good powers which our |KH>ple nee?l in order to sup|?ort the trials which are hanging over the empiiv, and win a tirm step within a bright future from the gloom of the present. (Signed) "Wilhelm. i. It. ^ "Berlin. CHtolar L'S. 1918." Countersigned: Maximilian. "Prince of Haden." Tlie Finish of fount Ti>za.?The Berlin Vossiache Zeitung, says an Amsterdam dispatch, contains a dramatic description of the iissas.sination of Count Stephen Tisza. former premier of Hungary, last week. At 6 o'clock in the evening, three soldiers invaded Count Tisza's residence and presented themselves in the drawingrooin. Count Tisza, with his wife and the Countess Alainassy, advanced to meet the intruders, asking what they wanted. "What have you in your hands?" a sohliei demanded of Tisza. Tisza replied that he held a revolver. The soldier told hint to put it away, but Tisza replied: "I shall not, because you have not laid aside your ritles." The soldier then requested the women to leave the room, but they declined to do so. A soldier then addressed Tisza as follows: "You are responsible for the destruction of millions of |>cople, because you caused the war." Then, raising the rifles, the soldiers shouted: "Tlie hour of reckoning has come." The soldiers tired three shots andTisza fell. His last words were: "I am dying. It had to be." The soldiers quitted the house, accompanied be givndarmes who previously were employed to guard the door. Another King Steps Down.?King Boris of Bulgaria, who ascended the throne on October 3, has abdicated. A peasant government has been established at Tirnova under the leadership of M. Stnmbulivsky, who has been the chief of the peasants and agrarians of Bulgaria for some time. He is reported to be in command of a republican army of 40,000 men. When Bulgaria entered the war in October, 1915, M. Stambuiivsky was sentenced to imprisonment for life after conviction on :t charife of unti militarism. He remained in prison until September 30, when he was pardoned by King- Ferdinand prior to thai king's abdication. For many years Stambulivsky has been leader of the Peasants and Agrarians in the Bulgarian parliament. Tirnova 1m on the Yantra river, a w tributary of the Danube, and on the # railroad from Sotiu und Varna. In the middle ages Tirnova was the capital of Bulgaria. It is a city of considerable commercial importance and has a population of about 12,000. ? Draft calls for the mobilization of 290,773 additional men at the army training camps before N'ovember 21 have been announced by Provost Marshal General Crowder. Between November 11 and 15, it is announced, 253,335 white men physically qualified for general military service will entrain, making the largest single call Issued under the selective service act. The remainder of the November total, so far as announced, will be made up by negroes for entralnment ..ovember 19 to 21. With the assembling of the men provided in these calls at camp, the total number of men inducted into the military sendee under the draft will have passed the 3,000,000 mark, and the number of men in the United States army, in the field or in training, will total more than 4,000,000. Men jfk who registered September 12, under the act extending the draft age limits, will make up the largest proportion of the N'ovember draft mobilization, as the eligible list remaining, from previous registrations largely was exhausted by the October calls, though the October calls were suspended because of the influenza epidemic, nearly all have been reissued during the last three weeks. In states where the calls have not been reissued, men laiicu iui >.aiii|i 111 uvwuer wui ii'bvc with men called for this month. Calls for additional men to entrain later this month are In preparation, it is said at the office of the provost marshal general. ? Formal organization of the committee on foreign securities of the Investment Bankers' association, which is designed to safeguard America's vast investment abroad, has been announced in Xew York. The necessity for the committee arose, It was explained by Thomas W. Lamont, of J. P. Morgan & Co., when the world war transformed the United States from a debtor nation to the extent of $4,000,000,000, to a creditor nation, with credits exceeding $7,000,000,000. According to Mr. Lamont, at least three-fourths of America's pre-war indebtedness has been directly liquidated while the government ha* loanpd nnmorHa nf t? - 500,000,000 to its Allies, and private Interests have loaned an additional >1,600,000,000? Wade Hampton Cobb, solicitor in the Fifth Judicial circuit, died at his home in Columbia last Friday, of pneumonia, following: influenza- The governor having the power to fill a valancy only till the following general assembly, Mr. Cobb's successor will be elected in the election today. In the meantime James H. Fowles has been appointed to fill the vacancy.