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GERMANY SENDS
MS 10 SWEDEN
<* ALSO 3ENOS TO AGENTINA DISAPPROVAL
OF EXPRESSIONS
USED BY LUXBURG.
ARGENTINA IS NOT SATISFIED
No Spectacular Operation on Large
Scale is Reported in the official
Communications From the Belligerent
Capitals.
Expressions of regret over the telegrams
sent by Count von Luxburg. the
German minister to Areentinc. to Ber
lit through the Swedish minister at
Buenos Aires, have been rnude to both
Sweden and Argentine by the German
government.
The Under-Secretary of the Berlin
foreign office has informed the Argentine
minister to Berlin that Gremany
regrets the actions of Count von Luxburg
and disapproves entirely of the
expressions used by him in the telegrams
made public recently by the
state department at Washington. Germany
asks for a safe conduct for
Count von Luxburg in order that he
, may return to Berlin to explain personally.
Argentina, it was announced by its
foreign minister, decllAes to accept
the verbal assurance of un under-sec\
retary of the German foreign office
and awaits the arrival of a formal note
from Berlin beore taking additional i
, steps.
To Sweden; Germany has sent a
note .unofficial reports Bay, regretting
highly the disagreeable issues raised
by the Luxburg telegrams and thanking
the Swedish government for transmitting
the messages.
No Bpecatcular operation on a large
scale is reported in the official communications
from the belligurent capi
MORATORIUM FOR SOLDIERS
IS NOW A PROBABILITY
Protect Civil and Property Rights and
Save Them From Legal Injustice.
Washington.?Legislation to protect
the civil and property rights of soldiers
in effect a moratorium for the
duration of the war in behalf of men
who ore serving thoir country on the
tiring line, may be placed upon the
administration's program for this session
of Congress as a necessary element
of the raising of a citizen army.
The "soldiers and sailors civil
rights bill," to carry out this purpose
already has been introduced in both
houses, having been framed in the
office of Judge Advocate General
Crowder. Secretary Bakor, it was
learned, has under consideration recommendations
that the entire weight
of administration influence be brought
to bear to obtain early enactment of
the measure.
To save soldiers and sailors from
all kinds of legal injustice during
their absence from home, the measure
would nejoln the carrying out of
certain civil court actions until after
the close of the war. and establish as
legal excuse for failure to carry certain
contracts, the fact that a man is
in the military service.
It is proposed that creditors' suits
rtgajnst officers or men may be held
up and judgment by default denied,
the franiers of the bill recognizing
that a man In the army or nary
would have no opportunity to make
his defense in person or arrange for
its proper hearing through counsel.
? If such a Judgment rested against
n man at the time of his enlistment,
the bill would prevent its execution
through the sale of his property during
his absence. It would set asido
the statute of limitations so that a
debt owed to a soldier might not be
ontlawed in his absenco It would prevent
the eviction of his family while
he was away If they failed to -pay the
rent; It would protect him against the
ordinary results of defaulted payments
on business mortgages and keep him
from being sold out in his absence;
It would Insure any rights he might
have to public lands, although his
service at the front had prevonted
"him from completing the legal acqnl*
sltton of the property.
MEAN8 ENJOINED BY ORDER
SIGNED BY JUDGE BOYD
Greensboro.?Federal Judge James
PI. Boyd here granted the petition of
Mrs. Anna L. Robinson, mother of
Mrs. Maude A. King, who was killed
toear Concord, N. C., August 29, for a
restraining order enjoining Gaston B.
Means from disposing of the property
of Mrs. King which he Is alleged to
pcssess. Judgo Boyd also signed a
receivership order and named an
Ashevllle trust company receiver for
the property.
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MAJ. FRANK W. SMITH J
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ISipM^ . :
Maj. Frank W. Smith. United State#
postal inspector of Philadelphia, has e<
been ordered into active service by the hi
war department. He will handle all th
the mail for the "Sammies" in France. (li
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KORNILOFF REVOLT QUELLED
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REBELLION HEADQUARTERS
HAVE BEEN SURRENDERED K
TO KERENSKY.
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Rebel General Himself Offers to Sur- pj
render on Conditions?Governman*
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Capitulation. \ JJJ
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General Kornlloff's rebellion aguinst j,(
Premier Kerensky apparently has tj,
been quelled, like other attempts that
have been made to overthrow the p,
Russian provisional government. m
Official reports front Petrograd say m
that KornilofT's headquarters has sur- q(
rendered and that KornllolT himself
desires conditionally to place himself R
in the hands of the authorities. The
government is demanding his abject
capitulation. VV
Meanwhile troops that had answered
the call of revolt issued hy Koruiloft'
continue to desert his ranks and
return to tho government fold, doclaring
that they were misled by Korniloirs
professed aims. rc
Kerensky has been confirmed by H
the cabinet as commander-in-chief of v(
the army and will have with him as p(
chief of staff in his prosecution of
tka * "
ins vvhi uKuiuHi me i euionic allies ^
General Alexieff, former commanderin-chief
and one of the most brilliant OJ
officers In the Russian army. Added a,
strength is also expected to bo given tr
Kerensky's rule by the appointment
of new military officials for the dis- ^
trict and city of Petrograd. d
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SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' o[
INSURANCE PASSES HOUSE of
Al low""*; for Dependent* of Officer* M
and Men Equalized. &
Washington.?The administration's m
soldiers' and sailors' insurance bill, gi
amended so as to equalize the allow- gr
ances of the dependents of enlisted Ju
men and officers, passed the house, cr
The vote was 31ft to 0, Representa- ge
tives Piatt, of New York, and Heraey, er
of Maine, ^changing negative votes to ru
aye nerore the result was announced,
amid thunderous applause.
As the bill went to the senate, privates
and officers and their dependents
stand on exactly the same basis, j
Benefits and allowances now provided ,.
for are slightly higher than those fi
originally proposed as the minimum *
for privates by tlio committees anil ^
considerably lower than the maximum ^
amounts which officers and their desc
pendents would have received.
President Wilson scored a personal '>r
victory in the adoption. 141 to 77. of
an amendment raising from $5,000 to
$10,000 the maximum amount of optional
insurance policies that the gov- ^
ornment would issue to all men in the
service. The original draft of the ' r
bill carried $10,000, but it was strick- _j
en out in committee.
FORTY-SECOND DIVISION 81
IS COMPLETE AT MINEOLA
Camp Mills, Mineola. N. Y.?With
the arrival here of the first ambulance
company from Michigan, the forty- th
second division is complete. The dl- w<
vision, made up of former national atl
guard units from 27 states, comprises vo
two infantry brigades, one artillery
brigade, one engineer regiraor.t, one
headquarters troop, a sigial train. an
four ambulance and four hospital ?r
units and a machine gun battalion. lod
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ORT MILL, S. 0., THURSDA
IOSSIAN REPUBLIC
NOW PROCLAIMED
OVERNMENT DECLAREE8 IT IS
NECESSARY TO STRENGTHEN
THE ORGANIZATION.
ANGER STILL THREATENING
Cabinet of Five Members, Includ
Named to Take Care of All Matters
of State.
A Russian republic 1ms been proaimed.
The provisional government
idcr date of September 14 issued a
*oclamation declaring that to
rengthen the organization of the
ate a, change to a republican form
! government was necessary.
Danger still threatens Russia, the
'oclamation says, although the reillion
of General Korniloff has fail1.
The plan of a Russian republic
is been one of the chief aims of
ie radicals and the councils of soliers'
and workmen's delegates and
a s given approval by the recent
ussian congress at Moscow.
A cabinet of five mombers, includig
Premier Kerensky. has been
lined to take care of all matters of
ate.
The only party men are Premier
erensky and M. Nikitine, minister
' posts and telegraphs, both of
hom are social revolutionists. The
hers, including the ministers of war
1/1 mnt*lnn ?*? ? * ? m ? -
u uiniiuc, Ul c IHO uiciuuurs U1 no
irty.
Although the position of the Kesnsky
government appears to be im'oving.
the action of the grand coun1
of the Don CosHacks in refusing to
irrender General Kaledines, their
stman* is ominous. The leader of
le Cossacks is accused of complicity
i the KornilofT revolt. The Cossacks
otest their loyalty to the govornent,
while ignoring the governent's
request for the giving up of
enoral Kaledines.
AINS IN EASTERN N. C.
CAUSE MANY WASHOUTS
'recking Train Is Wrecked, and
Railroad Service Demoralized.
Wilmington.?Reports from flood
rrltory indicate subsidence of war.
revealing greater crop damage
ia.ii had been forecasted. Country
iads all over the district have been
sverely damaged, bridges and cul;rts
washed away and traffic sus>nded.
The Atlantic Coast Line has no
wer than seven washouts between
*3 imi iv-iiiin una Hiiueui nine posts
1 the Wilmington-Goldsboro branch,
ul it is officially announced that
affic between these cities will be
seontinued for several days,
rough traffic being routed via
tad bourn and Elrod for main line
mnections, while local trains will
>erate for a distance of 35 miles out
Wilmington toward Goldsboro.
A wrecking train from Rockv
onnt, attempting to reach scene of
freight wreck. 45 miles from Wilington.
wns itself wrecked and Enneer
J. B. Ericsson and two neoes.
of thi.i city, were slightly inred.
Wrecking trains from Wayoss.
Ga? and Florence. S. C.. toither
with available work train
ews and much material are being
shed to the breaks in the line.
EH ABILITATING HOSPITALS
GO TO NINETEEN CITIES
Washington. ? Sites have been
losen tentatively in 19 cities for the
xeat reconstruction" hospitals In
tiich the United States will begin
e work of rehabilitating for private
'e its soldiers who return wounded
Dm tne front in Europe. The cities (
lected as the largest conters of
ipulatton, were announced by Mar
General Gorgas. surgeon general
the army, as follows:
Boston, New York. Philadelphia,
iltimore, Washington, Buffalo. Cin
nnatl, Chicago. St. Paul. Seattle,
in Francisco. Los Angeles. Denver,
ansas City, St. Louis. Memphis,
dimond, Atlanta and New Orleans.
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NATE PASSES BIG
WAR CREDITS BILL |
Washington.?The war credits hill,
ithorizlng new bonds and certifltes
aggregating $11,538,000,000 and
c largest measure of its kind in
jrld history, was passed by the sene
without a roll call or dissenting
te. Few changes wero made in the
II by the aenate. the bond and cerlcate
authorizations, interest rates
d provisions giving the secretary
the treasury broad pnwers remainunchanged.
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ST; SEPTEMBER 20, 1917
MISS ANNA A. GORDON
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Miss Anna A. Gordon, a* president of
the National W. C. T. U., is taking a
great part in the war activities of that
organization.
CLEAR STATEMENT IS WANTED
GERMAN GOVERNMENT IS ASKED
FOR EXPLANATION OF
DISCLOSURES.
Break tn Rulitinna
Germany Makes Satisfactory Concessions?Populace
is Angry Over
Expressions.
' Buenos Aires, Argentina government
at noon sent to the German legation
passports to be delivered to Count
Luxburg, the German minister in
Buenos Aires. The whereabouts of
Count Luxburg still is unknown to
the Argentine government.
The foreign office sent a communication
to the German foreign ministery
demanding an explanation of
Count Luxburg's action in sending the
secret code messages to Berlin thru
thn Qtzrxwliolft
MW VUtOU IQ^atlUU.
The note sent by Foreign Minister
Pueyrredon to Count von Luxburg, in
which the German minister was tendered
his passports, reads:
"Mr. Minister: You having ceased
toT>e persona grata to the Argentine
government, that government has decided
to deliver to you your passports
which I transmit herewith by order
of his excellency, the president of the
nation.
"The introducer of embassies has
instructions to assist you in your immediate
departure from the territory
of the republic. God keep you.
(Signed) "H. fKYRREDON."
"To Count Karl von Luxburg, envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary
of the German empire."
The Argentine minister at Berlin
has been instructed to inform the
German foreign office that Count von
Luxburg has boen handed his passports
and to ask for explanations regarding
the telegram disclosures. If
the German government disapproves
of the text of the German minster's
dispatches and especially of the word
"ass," which term the count applied
to the Argentine foreign minister, the
situation may clear. If Berlin does
not disavow the minister's course, Argentina
will recall her minister from
Germany but may permit the legation
to remain.
ALLOWANCE OF $5 TO $50
A MONTH TO DEPENDENTS
Scale of Rates Which Have Heen Ten- (
tatively Approved.
Washington.?Provisions of the sol- i
diers* and sailors' insurance bill for '
allowances of from $5 to $50 a month
to dependents during the servico of
enlisted mor. were tentatively approved
by the house.
Strenuous efforts of Representative
Keating of Colorado, speaking for vu- ?
rious humanitarian organizations, to <
have the allowances raised, failed. He 3
maintained that statistics proved that i
the proposed allowances would not I
permit families to live in ordinary 1
comfort, but administration leaders re- <
plied that higher payments would <
make the cost to the government '
prohibitory.
These are the amounts, in addition I
to any sum taken from the pay. that
dependents would receive monthly:
Wife, n6 children, $15; one child,
$25; two children, $32.50; and $5 ad- 1
ditional for each additional child. 1
One motherless child, $5; two chil- 1
dren, $12.50; three children, $20; t
four children, $30 and $5 monthly ad- <
ditional for each additional child. <
One parent. $10; both parents, $20; t
each dependent grandchild, brother or f
sister, $5. i
Spelcal povisions are made for the f
allowances of divorced wives.
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ITALICS CAPTURE
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CREST OF MONTE SAN GABRIELE
IS TAK^N AFTER THREE
WEEKS HARD FIGHTING.
THEIR 6REATEST WAR FEAT
Commands Territory on South and
East.?German Attack on Casemates
Plateau Repulsed.?Fighting Impeded
By Some Heavy Rains.
The crest of Monte San Gabriele.
commanding the plain of Gorizia to
A*
mo 9uuui una southeast and the Frigido
valley to the oast, has beou captured
by the Itnliuns after three weeks
of the most bitter fighting, the Italian
embassy at Washington announces.
This news of victory, probably
the greatest feat of the Italian
arms thus far in the war, .procedes
the latest official report from
Rome. The statement from the
Italian war office says that the fighting
on the entire Austro-Italian front
was impeded by heavy rain.
The Italian effort to capture San
Gabriele began after the taking of
Monte Santo, directly north, by GenSeral
Cadorna's troops on August 25.
Several times the Italians had reached
the summit of the great mountain, so
important to their further progress
east of Gorizia, as well as on tiie
Carso, only to bo beaten bark neain
On the slopes of the rugged rock In
the last few weeks has occurred some
of the heaviest and most sanguinary
fighting of the war. San Gabriele's
top waft occupied by the Italians, the
embassy reports after the fortified
hill or saddle of Dol and the Gargaro
basin, the main bulk of San Gabriele
had been taken. The Austrians, however,
still cling to some positions on
the mountain. In the forest of Tarnovo,
east of Monte San Gabriele,
the Italians captured positions from
the Austrians, after suffering heavy
losses.
Except along the Casemates plateau
on the Alsne front, there has been
no marked activity on the other fight
ing rronts. A Gerriian attack agaiust
the French positions on the Casemates
plateau, Paris reports, was repulsed
with heavy losses. Berlin 3avs
German troops penetrated to the second
French lino and inflicted severe
casualties. The British artillery Are
in Flanders, Berlin reports, has increased
to drum lire.
TREASON TO THE UNITED
STATES DEFINED BY ROOT
Labor Pledged to Fight Until Terrorism
Dies.
Chicago.?Treason to America in
the war was defined by Elihu Root
and labor was pledged by Samuel
Gompers to fight until world terrorism
had been overthrown, at a patriotic
rally hehld hero by the National Security
League for the announced purpose
of vindicating Chicago of alleged
intimations of lack of patriotism.
"The men who are speaking and
writing and printing arguments
against the war and against everything
that is being done to carry on
the war are rendering effective service
to Germany?" declared the former
secretary of Htato amid cheers. "It is
impossible to resist the conclusion
that the preater part of them are at
heart traitors to the United States."
"As time poes on and the character
of these acts becomes more and morp
clearly manifest, all who continue to
associate with them must come under
the same condemnation. There are
some who doubtless do not understand
what this strupKlo really Is."
TO COMBAT THE DREADED
PINK COTTON BOLL WORM
Washlnpton.?To combat the dreaded
pink boll worm which was discovered
last week near Hearne, Texas.
12 experts from the bureau of onto
uology. department of agriculture,
liave been ordered to Hearne under
Dr. W. I). Hunter, in charge of southam
field crop insect investigation of
the bureau, who left Washington for
rexas.
MISS JEANNETTE RANKIN
TO SPEAK AT RALEIQH
Washington.?Miss Jeannette Randn
said she would accept the invitation
to speak in Raleigh October 17,
woman's day at the state fair. A perlonal
invitation was extended her by
Congressman Stedmnn and R. O. Evsrett,
of Durham. The only thing
hat would prevent Miss Rankin from
taing to Raleigh would be adjournnent
of Congress. She Intends to
;o to Montana Immediately and would
tot return for the occasion.
ES ' _
$1.25 Per Year.
STATE REGIMENTS
ARE RE-ASSIGNED
FIRST GOES TO FIFTY-NINTH
DIVISION?SECOND DIVIDED
INTO SECTIONS.
NEW POST FOR SPRIN6S
Becomes Commander of Train*, of
Thirteenth Division?Shifts Made
For Numerous Units.
Greenville.?Official orders for the
reorganization of the Thirtieth Division
were given out by the headquatters
and include the separation of the
two South Carolina regiments, the assignment
of Col. H. B. Springs to another
post and the detachment of
many companies from the Second
South Carolina Regiment. Colonel
Springs is made commander 'of trains.
Thirtieth Division.
The First South Carolina Infantry
is assigned to the Fifty-ninth Brigade,
with the Third Tennessee Infantry,
and will he under the command of
Brig. Gen. W. S. Scott. They will be
known hereafter as the One Hundred
and Eighteenth Infantry. Troop A,
South Carolina Cavalry, has been assigned
to headquarters troop. The
machine gun company of the Second
South Carolina Infantry is transferred
to the One Hundred and Thirteenth
Machine Gun Battalion, and is to be
united with companies from North
Carolina and Tennessee.
The Second Regiment has been divided
into many sections. It will no
longer be retained as a regiment, but
its units havo been divided to the
other brigades as follows: Band Section
and Third Battullon to the Fiftyfifth
Dopot Brigade, under Brig. Gen.
L. D. Tyson. Headquarters Company
to the One Hundred and Fifth Divisional
headquarters and military police;
sanitary detachment also to the
same unit; First and Second Battalions
to the One Hundred and Fifth
Ammunition Train and will be known,
respectively, as the motor section and
the horse section. Headquarters will
he organized by transfers in the division.
Field Hospital No. 1 of South
Carolina la nrrtorpH witli nil tlm nlh?f
hospital units to form the One Hundred
and Fifth Sanitary Train.
Orders were given for all troops to
move to their new assignments at
7:30 Friday morning and there was a
general bustle at camp prior to the
transfer in the morning. The site occupied
by the First South Carolina
Regiment is on the extreme eastorn
plat in the thickly wooded section
which the Tennesseeans have tried
for more than a week to make livable.
Headquarters has not yet announced
whether or not the division will he
filled to war strength by conscripts,
but it is understood that lO.^OO men
are to be brought here from Camp
Jackson. The present strength of the
division is something like 22,500 men.
To Teach Agriculture.
Westminster.?It is practically assured
that at least five of tht schools
in Oconee will take advantage of an
act of the last session of the legbdature,
which provides an appropriation
of $750 to tench agriculture in any
county where the schools raist by
taxes or otherwiso a like amount. A
competent man will he employed to
teach agriculture in these schools, giving
so many hours a weeft: to each
school in the class room and also doing
demonstration and field work in
the school communities. Meeting?"
were held last week at Oak Grove.
Westminster. Oak Way. Providence,
and Keowee, where the provisions of
the act of the legislature were explained
hy Vard Peterson, state supervisor
of agricultural institutions, and the
Importance of having agriculture
taught in the schools was urged by
Thomas A. Smith, county superintendent
of education, and (J. M. Barnett.
county demonstration agent. The
trustees of the Westminster High
School have already signed the contract
and the trustees of the other
schools have headed a subscription
list with liberal amounts and it is
practically assured that that amount
required will be raised by each of
|hese schools.
Increased Interest in Hogs.
PlomaAn PaIIaito __/Thoro lo ?n In.
creased interest in South Carolina for
breeding stock. Hogs are especially
in demand. Buyers should bo cautious
in selecting and thus avoid having
animals ofT in type and breed characteristics.
The selection of good
sires is of vital importance as the sire
is "half the herd." Many hogs are
being offered at public sales. This is
a good way to disseminate good livestock
and unfortunately it is a means
of rapidly scattering poor animal*.