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AMERICANS ID FRANCE.
?oldiFits \m> st rri n:s \mtiv
M(i IN INJ H \slN(. Nl M
llFltS. ^V>^ Gl N
PURSUING.
Our Roy* ('??1 Inder Fire?(.i>im;<n.
Throning RuiMlrvdM of llig shell*
?t Trcwchew llcbl by Americans.
With the American Arm! i .
Franc?, N#v. 11 th< hte!
Press? Gen. Pemhlnf mid to th ?
correspondent* today.
**Ftooop* and supplies are nrrlvlnv
la Increasng num trs
"Thanks to the Prem h. Irlti.h ,n 1
American navlrs. ' he continued, "th
esjfcsasrlne to date haa not cla med lh
lift of a single American soldier on
the troop whirs bound for Prat
{The Vrei< h officers, he sa d. w r
enthusiastic over the Okaroeter, in
tell igt nee and spirit of, th<
fleers arriving In France to enntinm
th#lr instruction and the American
array is proud of them, too."
I trtdttlons In the Amer can sectot
contl'iue to be normal with Intermit
tent artillery firing on Loth sides. A
one place the Germans observed th a
the rrnss had been trodden down In
th* rear and they threw In a hundr ?
ah*IN wl?h no result other than t
(hunt up the mud.
The weither continues to he -old
and ralnv The American Infuntryme
hsjse bad twfj geoev^sesai TlM trat la
OofOld o nrr.Mi near daylight. Th
enemy. apparently thinking a raid
was imminent, open* d up with Rtfl
chine guns at the point where th<
Uses are elosest. A stream of l?u I
lets whistled over the American tlr
line.
About the same time. French
?roops on the American flank observ?
ed four Germans who were cutting
the barbed wire defaOaBfal. A Froneh
patrol succeeded in heiding off tin
Germans capturing them.
UFT min i s IN I.FAR.
ISM I twin t wo thousand Notes sepa?
rat* Prohibition ami Atiti Ad\<?
~etes In Ohio.
Ohe in net I. Nov. 10.?The close of
election week for Ohio left the sjrtl
prohl dtton forces with a lead of 1,
11C votes, the tabulation Including 7'.
counties officially reported to the
Secretary of State, elaht county eon
ollclal returns and three unofficial,
tut complete county totals.
\\ II son M>|>ltKKSF.S LAHOR,
tirest Meeting of Federation or luthoi
In lluffalo.
Buffalo. Nov. 1_\?The coming o'
President Wilson overshadowed a'l
oth?r proceedings at the opening sea
#4 )i of the thirty-eighth annual con
ventlon of the American Federation
of luihor here It m already recoK
nised as one of ihe niont Importa 1
conventions In the labor's historv
Tbta feel ms was intensdied l?y the gjl
nouncement that pSSJSjMSeV g< 1 or; ?
Ing to "speak to la nor and through
labor to the American people." A
regiment of troops OOOOfted th* pres?
ident to the auditorium where th ?
chief executive la scheduled as the
first speaker Great crowds sw ilte i
h.s uddre-n with Intense interest
Hamuel Oompers introduced tf"?
president us "this man of destiny. who
has spoken for freedom ami the,In?
terpreter of our uims and the spirit
of our time, the leader of thought aim
action among the earth's nations."
President Wilson referred to the
present as a tlrm more critical than
any the world had \ct known. It Is
Important, he said, to remind our?
selves as to how the wuV came about
He sold the war was started by G*r
m.|n\ G< r author Po m deny it. hut
am willing to await the verdict of his?
tory on the statement I have Jus'
niO'lr Germany Is determined Uta!
the political power of the world sh ?II
I e>ons to her. he said He dec-luted
that the war could not be won 1 n
le?n nil factions unite. lie paid a
Warm tribute to Samuel Goinpers. He
Virtually asked the f? deration of laho.
of the Fnlted States for their stipp? rt
lie denounced h s piciiists critics
I N|\t. H| t | K \i. stills
Wrang? mem* Made to |?ul Shl|>s In
Work for UMrsj
At'anfic fort No\ 1 _'. Indication
Unit a satisfactory rrantfcmcnt ha
been concluded u hereby more tit an
a hundred neutral shi|?s which hi -
bOOSJ lied up In Fnlted States gO)rt
for several months will be nvnllsMe
for the allies use was BOOH today In
the announcement of the sailing lute
last w*ek of the irst of these sM|.
fcr South America.
?He Samt
881. SUD
OM THEJTA?AM FRONT.
iv i?i:ti oi s ufsii OV avstho
<ii:im \\s CHECKED.
Itnlian Koar Guards Fight Willi De?
tcrmiucd llrn ver> and CHI Their
Way Through F.ncmy UlMi
Italian 11? -atlo.ua i bus, Nov, 10 (Sat
iiHiay, I i?. |fj ii'y the Asjootated
Pi ens).?Observers from advance*! j
positions along the front say the Aus
trian advance is not showing the ha
petuous ri.sh of previous days and ev
hlenily is sla.ekenlny as it pots iarth
' from its base with :< steadily
lengthening line of communication to j
rear. Th?. laigest gen; (hey have
( I
brought into I lay thus far are of i
t; pe about the same as our live Inch
The other nuns they are using are
. nail held and mountain pieces.
They h iv SOCtl uuable to bring for
v.-ard any of their heavy fUBO, doubt
I <s because of the bridges and road
torn up Of destroyed by the Italian
f.* they fell back.
The fighting !s taking a'Wide range
from the Trentino eastward to tin
Tagllamento and then southward ,tO
the sea, but thesi are detaouod OC
tlons while the main forces of both
I Id Off are establishing tin ir position
RotlOWOl tOfllght of a heavy down 1
pour of rain will swell the Livens
and other streams .increasing the dif
: lenities of bringing forward hea\
artillery.
Out detached action between th<
upper Ta^bamento ami Like Hard,
resulted in the encircling of som<
Italian troopw. but after a desperate
effort they cut through. At bOVSE
/nca. one of the Italian rear guard
eut its way through the enemy liner
md then QTOOOOd country held by tin
"liemy I ael. to the Italian main line
F.very nay that passes and ever\
mile that is covered the enemy be?
comes wearier and is faced with
grantor determination by the Italian..
The Auetro?Qormani continue theli
l 'an of advam e with their right Wlnj
evidently still hoping to envelop th<
Oenter Of UM Italian rear guard and
eventually cut off the right wing ot
the retiring main body. Thus fai
their jdan has be?n frustrated hy tht ji
Indomitable resistance of the Italiai
troops, who inflicted heavy punish?
ment upon the enemy.
From the hills west of Congollam
across the IMave Valley, notwithstand
Ing overwhelming iiiihiIk is of AUStro
Oermana, the Italians open* ?I sueh 0
terrific the that they obliged tin
enemy'; hOOVy eolumns to withdraw
temporarily and await reinforcement!
of artillery. When the advanc* wa -
resumed, protected by Violent tire fron
Id batterleOi the in< anaant rattle o:
Italian machine guns indicted new
I sses on the foes uhose numerica
superiority permitted him to oontlnu?
his pi ogress although slowly,
MeanwhllS the Italians made al
preparations U retire m good ordei
assisted by their cavalry, winch rush
ed like an avalanche down the slope
Of the hllka their sabres and lane*41
?Utting down the enemy with |lIQOh.
tibie force while frhan a thousand
throats r??s?' the wild war erf "Savoia.
isnvoia!" Their Impulse eahauated bj
the unending ranks of the opposition,
the few survivors withdrew, stll.
fighting to rejoin their main body
Which owed It! safety mainly to them.
11 tin- delaj t iey had caused in tie
? aemj 's advs nee i erfnttted an un
molested ? i osslnj' the river.
i_m_.
ITHI: DXsTl'stOyg BARlf.
I'lubt Mules and One HUfStl Ituruc I
Near St. Matthew*..
St Matth? ws. Nov. 1 0, -Y? t<a da
nfornlng about o*olaek the barn an<
?tables belonging n> o, f. Morph and
w w Murphi located about thro
lb southweet of, st. Matthews, erere
destroyed by Are, Bight mules and
one hone wi rs burned to death, ah
of the contents of the barn, oon*ln
iiik of corn, fodder, hay and other
fOOdstUffS, wer?' a OOfnplOtS I OSS, The
lOtal loss Is about $:i..r?00. with onl;
partial la bi woe nn tin- bulhlln i
Observers who saw the Are noted
that it made sjrsal hea?lway. |hs bbire
arising so fast as ?<> indloats |gnltlo*i
bf Oil ??i oilier ass.stance. Fverc in
dtcatloo points t?? Inoendlarlem and
the evidence Is sa id to be Strong
agnlnol a negro man who is now nn
ih r arrest.
I I \ Tilt ? I S I \ITI 111 I?.
iw-Hiii Anntrnnrrs Victory Over
linNnaa
Berlin, Nov 11 Tin- Afstro-Oer
man forces in northern Italy have cut
off Ion thousand retreating Italians in
the upper PtaVC valley, the war of
nee announced, The Italians are said
to has e sun endeied.
Ml Fear not?De* all the ende Thon AI
ITER, S. C WED N ESI
HIDDEN FOOD FOUND.
GOVERNMENT AC.KXTs LOCATE
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH
IX STORAGE,
II Hud Never Been Reported as Ro
ajedred bjr l*nw and There is Evl
denee Hall It la Owned by Ger
marry
Now York. Nov. 11. Secret service
agenUl have discovered foodstuffs and
Other property valued at more than
173,090,000 .stored in warehouses in
this city Whleh has never been re?
ported to the government as required
under the trading With the enemy act
i.. was learned tonifrht. This is only n
email part of what is expected to b<
uncovered before the search ends.
Flour, BUgari ckks, butter and can
OOd gOOda of various "kinds are con
tallied isi the list of foodstuffs com?
piled by the seoret service men. Large
quantities Of iron, steel, topper, cotton
and chemicals also htive been found,
i part or which, it was announced, b
owned by Hermans.
The value of the foodstuffs not re
ported to the government was placed
at $:18,490.7 12 and the metals, cotton
and other materials tit $S6(449fOSI,
It was stated that one consignment
of 700 hairs of jute Is known to have
been bought With money deposited
here by the Deutehes Pank of Merlin
the oflielal financial institution of Ihr
?ermen government, About three
quarters of Ihe commodities is sab'
to be held collateral for loans made
by banks hut nothing regarding Hit
nature of the loans could be learned
The seoret service men made a de?
tailed report of the amount of th<
goods unearthed and the location ot
the places of storage to Herber'
Hoover, federal food administrator.
Finding Of property required to be
reported to the government under tin
trading with the enemy law Is expect
cd to be announced from many differ
ent plscea In the country as result
of the government activities now In
progress! The department of justlct
through its special agents and tin
feod administration, Is cooperating it
the movement and Alien Prop irtj
Custodian Palmer is organising his ol_
flee and field personnel with a view
to handling these among other mat?
ters under the law enacted by the las
oongrooa i
A. BrttOO Blelaeki, chief of the de?
partment of Justice special agents
said tonight that every effort w:ts be
litg made to locate violators of ih<
new law and that bis agents are aa
tlve In various fields. IS! r. Pielaski
however had no information to mak
public regarding the New York dis?
covery and it is likely that overnigh
advices to Washington will reveal
t lore developments. Food Adminis
trator Hoover has keen keeping i
close touch with the department o
.justice.
Mr. Palmer recently extended until
December I the time within whicl
persons or concerns holding or con
trolling any property for an enem>
or ally ,including subjects, shall re
port such proport) to the govern
mont.
HERMAN PREM ON Hi ssiAN
PEACE,
Pipers Reaching Copenhagen do Not
soesn Haagohis or Result of Maxi
malisi Coup.
Copenhagen, Nov. i<?. Tha first
Gorman newspapers containing con.
menl on the Russian coup d'etat ?
arrive here made no attempt 10
jump at conclusions or to predlC
speedy pence with Russia. (>n th
other hand the impression prevails
widely that the Maximalists may ?><
compelled by the force of ctrcunv
stances to follow much the same pol?
icy as the Kerensky regime as soon
as they lind a non-annexation pen
is not to be attained early by pro
claiming their readiness to oonoludt
SUCh a peace.
Several newspapers allude to th
fact that the declared policy of Hit
Maximalists Is for a general pence
not h separate one, and this on tu<
baals of nbaolutely no annexations.
GREAT POOD CONFERENCE,
Itate Agents of Home Demonstration
Work Meet in Washington.
Washington. Nov. 12?- Methods fo
Increasing, the production und the
conservation and utilisation of food
throughout Ihe south during wai
time was the chief subject of discus
?Ion at the sivth annual conference
>r state agents supervising bom
lemonstratlon work in the Bouth
s/hleh was bosun here today unde
the auaplces or the agricultural de
partmont,
ms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's I
)AY, NOVEMBER 14, 1!
A DRY NEW YORK.
CAMPAIGN FOR PROHIBITION
IX METROPOLIS OF COUN?
TRY.
Plan is for Women to sign Petitions
Asking for Referendum When They
Get Ballot, January l.
New York, Nov. J?.?A campaign to
make New York city dry through wo?
men's votes Is under way. Opponents
Of the liquor traffic announced today
that at New Tear's eve watch services
In New York churches, women qitall
fied as voters by the ratification of
' the amendment in last Tue-day's elec?
tion will sign petitions calling for a
referendum on local option next
April.
The law compels n referendum on
local option upon petition of 2'> per
; cent of the qualified voters, it was
said by those launching the cam
, paign. They contend this docs not
limit signers of the petitions to reg
' Istered voters. New York Stats wo?
men will become voters January 1.
The signatures of the 2."? per cent, of
the Qualified voters required to ini?
tiate the local fight can easly he se?
cured, "dry" supporters say.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR son KT V.
Charleston Meeting Attended by Two
Hundred Delegates "Qgloere Eject?
ed,
Charleston, Nov. 10.?J. T. Fain o
Kock Hill was today elected president
of the State Christian Endeavor Socie?
ty, succeeding Bert Corcoran of Char?
leston, whose army Y. M. C. A. worn
prevented him from continuing hi
services as head of this organization
Mr, Corcoran will serve as an office,
In charge of war work. Chester was
strong favorite for the next place i
meeting. The convention is well at
tended, it being expected that if ai l
20u delegates w 11 have been regis?
tered before the elose. Tomorrow wi I
see the meeting end. the night session
oeing addressed by i>r. George si
Ward of Lowell, Mass., the first gene:
al secretary of the Christian EndcaVGI
movement. Tomorrow morning sun?
rise prayer services will be held ?
Bait Battery, led by Dr, Ward, Dis
trlct conventions will he held in six n
the seven districts early next year
tluring the tour of Wyatt Taylor, field
secretary. Oftlcers were elccte.l as fol?
lows:
President. J. T. Fain of Rook IUI
vice president, B. li. Wllkes of Lou
renn; secretary, Miss Claudia Fraa<
of Bumter; treasurer, Mrs. Wyatt \
Taylor of Columbia; corresponding
secretary, Miss Iva Robinson of
Winnsboro.
Department superintendents: Jun
*or. Miss Ada Saunders- of York; In?
termediate, Miss Hannah lTowden ol
Klngstree; missions, Miss Marianne
Paul of Charleston; efficiency, Mis;
Clarahell Williams of Chester; QUle
hour tenth legion, Miss Sophie Rich
aids of Liberty Hill; press, Miss Sara!
Tilllnghasl of Spartanburg; war work
Bert Cocoran of Charleston.
District presidents will remain tin
same. Rev. \V. YV. Miller of Orange
burg succeeds Rev. A. B, Reeves Ol
the pastor's advisory board.
District presidents?Greenville, Ai
bort Y. Drummond Of Spartanburg;
York, J. T. Fain of Rock Hill; Lau
renn, Mrs. M. J. McFadden of Clin?
ton; Columbia. (5. L. Davis of Colum
bla; Bumter, Miss Lina Bradley o
Blshopville; Florence, Miss Janet
.Jaeger of Florence; Charleston, G
Glenn McKnlghi of Charleston.
I denominational trustees?Presby -
terian, Rev. .1. P. Marion of Sunder
Bplsoopal, Rev. K. G. Plnlay of Co?
lumbia; Christian. Rev. \V. W. Mills
of Orangeburg; Congregational, Rev
G. B. Paddock of Charleston; Allan
Nieholason of Union, vice president
World's Christian Endeavor Union.
TARRED AND FEATHERED.
Oklahoma Vlgllants Banish I. W. W.
Agitators.
Tulsa, Ok la., Nov. 10, The where
nbouts of seventeen half naked and
badly beaten members of the Indus
trial Workers of lite World e lm wop
taken from tin- police, Whipped and
tarred and feathered last night by
a band Of sixty "KnightS Of Liberty'
is unknown today. They have been
warned never to return to Tulsa. The
Police were forced to wateh 'h
work of the knights.
XO XI AYS I 'ROM AH MY.
Petrograd Is Cut oil From Army Head?
quarters.
Petrograd, Nov. IS.-?The announce?
ment was made todo>V that no official
communication was received from
army headquarters today. The last
announcement was made Friday.
uul Tradr-a"
THE TRUI
?17.
WILL ASSIST RUSSIA.
AMERICA'S PLANS NOT TO BE
CHANGED.
Contract! In Force Here for Vast
Quantities of Clothing and Shoes for
Civilians.
i Washington, Nov. !>.?Russians la
i
test upheaval will not change the at?
titude of the American government
toward measures under way for the
relief of economic conditions In the
d< moralized country. This statement,
applying particularly to contracts
with money borrowed from the Unit?
ed States for vast quantities of shoes
and clothing for the civilian popula?
tion, was the only authorized com?
ment at the state department today
upon the overthrow of the Kerensky
government at Petrograd.
Official advices from the Russian
capital still are lacking, no word
having been received from Ambassa?
dor Francis since Tuesday. Apparent
i ly the British and French govern?
ments have not heard from their
representatives, so it is assumed that
! the revolutionists in control of the
1 Petrograd telegraphs and eablera are
holding up all diplomatic dispatches,
an action certain to draw stron'g pro
j test.
The situation was discussed at to?
day's cabinet meeting, but Secretary
Lansing was unable to add anything
to information appearing in the news?
papers. A cable received during the
I day from Minister Morris at Stock
Iholf, summarising dispatches printed
I in the Swedish newspapers similar to
those published here. showed that
even the Scandinavian countries are
getting no news of what is transpir
1 Ing in Russia except through the con?
trolled agencies at Petrograd.
Fntil the situation clears the slate
department and war department will
make no announcement as to Hie
probable effect of the change at Pe?
trograd upon the relations of the
I United Stales with Russia and the
conduct of the war against Hcrmany.
jit is apparent, however, that there is
still a lingering hope in the official
mind that the Russian situation may
l
be localized in Petrogra 1 and thai
i Kerensky may escape to rally around
him the elements necessary to re?
establish his government at Moscow.
Kven failing in this, some of th^
administration otticials are confident
that before very long out of the pres?
ent chaos in Russia will emerge u
j sound and Stahle government. Beere
lary Baker voiced this opinion. "I am
ja great believer," he said, ' in the abil?
ity of the Russian people to reestab?
lish themselves."
REARS STORIES OF RIOTING.
Tidal at Sou Antonio to lie Resumed
Monday Morning to Receive Fur?
ther Testimony.
San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 10.?
Stories of how negroes of the Twenty
j fourth infantry participated in a rlo
I at Houston on August 23, circum?
stances of their arrest and further
Identification of prisoners whose cap
, ture was made under circumstances
that would indicate' their participa?
tion in the outbreak are expected to
j occupy the courtmartial of the G3 no-i
gro defendants facing charges of
mutiny, murder and rioting, when it
resumes at Fort Sam Houston Mon
day morning. No session was held
this afternoon.
j In addition to identification of sev?
eral defendants as among those ar?
rested after the riot the courtmartial
thus far has netted a coherent storj
of the riot from its inception to it
culmination which was the killing oi
Captain Mattes of the Second lllinos
Artillery. Witnessos have testified of
had feeling hetween the negroes of
the Twenty-fourth Infantry and the
Houston police, of fears on the pait
of the negroes the night of the riot
that Camp Logan, where they are
stationed, would be attacked. AlSO
there has been evidence to show that
among seme of the negroes at least,
there had heen forming a scheme for
retaliation. Witnesses expected to
testify next week will be mostly coast
artillerymen and other soldiers who
were hurried to Houston after the
riot.
Tili; V. M. C. A. CAMPAIGN FUND.
Nation Wide Effort to Raise $:;.">,
000,000 in Full Swim:.
Atlanta. Nov. 12.?The campaign to
raise a million and a-half dollars in
the Southeastern district for the n
M. C. A. war work at home and
ibroad, is in full motion today. Com?
mittees have been appointed in all
states and districts to enrry on the
campaign In n nation-wide effort t<?
raise thirty-five millions for associa?
tion war work.
C SOUTHRON, EftaMtab?! '???>
Vol.XLV. io. * 6.
ITALIAN STIFF REORGANIZED.
AFTER (oxi krknci of brit?
ish, french and italian
representatives.
Place for Cadorna on New Commit?
tee?General Who Has Been in Su?
premo Command SI:, -e F.oginning
Off War Has Been Sue* ? odVd by l>iu/.
With Badoglio Second la Coininaud.
I Italian Army Headqu . rters, Thurs
?1 iv, NOV. S (Hy the Associated Press)
?The conference of I itish. French
and Italian represqntaI ives has re?
sulted in the creation oi a permanent
'interallied military committee. New
leadership for the Italian army has
been provided.
General Cadorna* who has been in
supreme command of tb<? Italian army
since the beginning of the war, has
' been given a place on the new com?
mittee. New heads of the Italian
army have been named General Diaz
has been appointed lirst in command,
with General Badoglio second and
General Oiandino third
General Foch, chief of staff of the
French wr r ministry, and General
Wilson, sub-chief of the British gen
Iera! staff, will serve on the interallied
committee with General Cadorna
Among the military officers the de?
cision of the allies to cieate a perma
| nent military commi e has caused
great satisfaction. It * accepted as
evidence that the allies hav/^ awaken
t?i to the necessity for the closest un
i m of the whole length of the Wes?
tern front for the political and mili?
tary conduct of the war.
General Diaz is rated as one of the
ablest Italian military leadera. For
years he was connected with the gen?
eral staff. He took part in the Lib?
yan war, serving as a colonel and was
wounded so severely that he asked to
be wrapped in a flag feeling that
death was at hand. I&> has rendered
I distinguished service lft the present
campaign. lie is from southern Italy.
General Badoglio is a northerner.
In the war he has DSSMI n command
of a brigade of Rorsag'iori, whose he?
roic deeds have done much to de?
crease the gravity of ihe disaster.
General Grandino was minister of
war in the cabinet of' PremWF Bose
li He was one of the leading gener?
als of the second arm; .
ITALIANS OVT MANEUVER GER?
MANS.
Attempt (<> surround Italian Army
Fails and Danger Almost Past.
Italian Headquarters, Northern It?
aly. Sunday, Nov. H,?The enemies
.operations on the norvh and east, in
an attempt at the enci; clement of the
Italians have not s' cceeded. The
menace on the Italian left wing is also
virtually past.
FIGHTING IN PI TROG RAD.
Anarchisms Who tensed Power in Rus?
sia Can't Road It.
Petrograd, Sunday, Nov. 11.?Street
fighting is proceeding constantly.
Junkers who are loyal to the Ke?
nt nsky government, regained posses?
sion of the telephon station this
morning. The exact whereabouts of
the Kerensky army v dich is report?
ed to be approaching the city, is un?
known at this hour.
TROOP TRAIN WRECKED.
Throe Soldiers Killed tnd Sixteen Iu
jurcd in < o, ii ado
Denver, Nov. 12.?Three soldiers
wore killed and sixteen Injured in
a troop train wreck tear Cotopaxi,
Colorado, according t< a message re?
ceived at the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad officers here. The troops
were said to be trar ding east from,
Utah.
MINOR BATTLE IN FRANCE.
Activity Reported Osgf on Verdun
Front
Paris. Nov. li.?Oh the front bo
ween Chau me wood and Dono in nun,
n the Verdun sector, active artillery
ighting continued last night. The re?
mainder of the front was calm.
Help is Nor dad.
( Aehevtlle Times.)
The question of whether or not tho
british licet should have helped the
tUSSians Is either pol tical, military
? naval; it is at east a question
phlch we are not dts KMSSd to discuss
<ut the fact remain that Russia
eeda help now and <. riticism by one
if the .iiiies of another la not sal*
UlatOd to do good.