Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 s >V : SOLDIERS IMTISSOG - “- STILL TOTAL 5,500 >'o AccuraU? Estinuite of I’nreported Doaths Can Bo Given Says Gen. IVrshin^. AVashington, March 27.—General Pershing reported to the War Depart ment today there, arc still 5,500 officers and men of the expeditionary forces pares with the British official figures listed as missing. This total com- of 161,SOt) missing .and the French 290,000. .All of the 5,500 names have been re ported as “missing” in casualty lists alreay published, the report said. Re interments of bodies from Examina tions of grave registration cemeteries ts furnishing additional identification, in a number of cases and for this rea son the records of the grave registra tion service are being carefully stud ied. The British War Office, General Pershing’s report said, had , adopted the policy of considering 26 weeks in the case of an officer and 30 weeks for an enlisted man as the length of time after the man had been recorded as missing before death is presumed. In the French army, he said no definite period had been fixed. “No accurate estimate of unreported 9 < deaths can he given,” said General Pershing's report. There are, how ever,approximately 5,500 missing to be accounted for. all of whom have been reported to Washington as missing. Reinterment of bodies removed from isolated graves to centralized ceme teries is furnishing additional identi fication of deaths hitherto reported as missing. This is especially true of re-burials of bodies originally buried by Allied units to which American troops were attached, identification being either incomplete or imperfectly registered at interment. “Deaths of American soldiers in French hospitals of which only meagre and often incorrect records on file are likewise disclosed by reburial of these bodies resulting in complete identifica tion. Access to sites of prison camps r in Germany and to territory formerly within enemy’s lines is leading to dis covery of many American graves and identification of casualties previously reported as missing. “Each company or other units of the American ExpeditiQnary Force have heretofore been furnished a complete list pf officers and men carried as missing up to Febr 1. All units ftp© re el aired to display such list in places accessible to members of command for the purpose of securing . casualty in formation from every possible source. This expedient is resulting in locating hitherto unknown graves and identifi cation showing present status and whereabouts of many battle casual ties. “Consideration should be given to the fact that method of warfare as well as the extent of terrain fought over lent exceptional difficulties to descov- ery and burial of dead. Burial parties frequently completed their mission un der heavy fire and often could only be done under cover of darkness thus making identification In a great major ity of cases impossible. For this reason grave registration and chaplain reports are being investigated. A small per centage of such reports investigated are proving to be cases of American dead previously unreported as such. As rapidly as identification can be completed from information originally filed or subsequently obtained from every possible source, correct present status of each case is being reported by cablegram.” ’ „ . • GERMAN U-BOATS WILL COME HERE Five Off Today for United States. All Manned by Gobs. Washington, March 28.—Five ' sur rendered German submarines will leave England tomorrow for the Unit and convoyed by the American sub marine tender Bushnell. They are ex pected to rftrived in American waters late in April and will be displayed at ports to be selected In connection with the next Liberty Loan campaign. One of these craft is the U-117, a * ,, - T * i sea going mine layer, which during the war planted mines along the American coast. Two of them are the U-B-8S and U-B-148, regular submarines of the smaller type. Another Is the U-C- 89, one of the small mine layers, and the fifth is the U-lll, the standard German U-boat. Later it is expected that one of Che big cruiser submarines equipped with deck guns will 'be sent over. ' Adverse winds at this season and the unfamiliarity of the American crews with the machinery, make the date of the arrival of the ships uncertain. •Crews for the submarines were as sembled in England, most of the men being sent from the United States. Naval orders published today showed the arrival at London of seven lieu tenant commanders for in con nection with German submersibles. They are'H. C. Frazier, E. G. O’Keefe, J. L. Nicolson, C. M. Lockwood, G. Hulings, G. B, Junkin and J. R. Webb. “Plans for the disposition after reaching American waters will be de cided as soon as complete details as to the draft, etc., have been received from Admiral Sims,” said the navy de partment’s statement regarding the submarines. United States naval ex perts will study the boats while they UXMAAKED BANDITS ' GET LIBERTY BONDS Six Men Hold Up Uommonwenlth State Bank of Detroit and Make Big Haul. ’ DetroK, Mich., March 28.—Herding 14 persons, Including several women patrons, into the lavatory and the. vault of the West Side branch of the Commonwealth Stae Bank ^ here six unmasked bandits this afternoon rbbbed the institution of $10,000 . in cash and unregistered Liberty bonds, which officials say may exceed $65,000 in.value. Fifty thousand dollars in Currency had boon removed from the branch to the main offlc‘c oniy a few hours before the hold-up according to J. C. McCausey, president of the bank. ■ The hold up was one of the most daring in recent years. Two of the. men stood guard outside the /bank while four entered with the man at the head waving a sawed off shot gun. Charles H. Mooney, cashier, and Paul MaullicK,' his assistant, were ordered from their cages and with several pa trons were forced to stand with up raised hands while the bank vault was being rifled. • The two bank attaches were then ordered into the vault to gether with four of the patrons and the big steel door closed. Bight other persons, Includlag several,who came in after the bandits entered, and among them two women each with a- baby in her arms were ordered one by one into the lavatory. The bandits then gathered up all 4he currency In sight nd escaped in a big touring car. WIN FROM B. xM. I. ‘ „ In t}ie first game of the .season, the Presbyterian defeated Bailey Military Institute here last week by the score of 12 to 1. The game was slow on account of a vVet ground and the visitors were out- eliassed from start to finish. Stanton & Johnson Hardware Faints Oils MfeKE YOUR 0M PAINT your own Linseed Oil. MAKES BEST PAINT—WEARS LONGEST The L Ci [*1 Point is tfo positively good that it is known as the “Master Paint.” When Linseed Oil is added, then the actual cost of L & FJi Pniat—thereby node ready for use la about $1.0C per gallon less than . the price ot other high-grade paints that are sold all ready for use. They are simply adding Linseed Oil to L A M Sami-Past. Paint Piles Cured in 6 to Id Day; Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT 'ail* to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding DR. CHAS. A. CROMER GRADUATE VETERINARY SURGEON 0 DENTIST Service Day and Night Charges Reasonable Will Appreciate Your Patronage Telephones: Residence 201: * Office 45. Office at Posey’s Drug Store, Laurens, S. C. .j-- B EGINNING Monday, April 7, 1919,1 will not charge anything, work or parts to any body. I regret to have to resort to this rule but so many of my friends and customers failing to realize that it is impossi ble for me to continue in business under existing conditions, paying C. 0. D. for 90 per cent of all goods used in my work, paying weekly for all labor \ .. ' and many customers who have npt a dollar on their account in from four months to one year, representing thousands of dollars. I have tried hard ' \ . * ‘ ’ # " a ' to serve the public faithfully and I appreciate the big patronage given me, but my past rule of collecting every 30 days has proven unsatisfactory, so * ' '• / when in the future you want parts or work it will be cash or leave* your car in the shop until you get the cash. :: :: :: :: :: , L J / = < .y % > Ford Dealer £ Clinton, South Carolina