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in mmtKB watchiian, Oonaolidated Ami. 9, Mam ma nn TflENCKKS HJEU> BY OUR TROOPS RAID Kl> BV GERMAN?. Atta* Wm Made Under CO vor of Feg at Daylight TW? m< ralng? AanertcAn/? Kille*, Fonr ?Ire and Oue Captured. With American Army In Franco. Wednesday. Jan. SO.?An American position in a certain aeetton of the French front wu raided during a heavy foe] at daylight this morning after a vtoleat artillery barrage. Two Americana were killed, four wounded and one ta mlaelnjr. who ta believed to have been captured. It le now per? mitted to dlectpeo the fact tnat all te?*nt caaualtiee given out at Wash? ington occurred In thla Mctor. Laat night wai fairly quiet through? out the American sector, hut nt day fcnafc thin morning a fog enveloping the whole position became thicker. At seven 6'clock three muffled reports were followed, by shell bursts on sides of an American listening near a almlar poet of the ene? my. "Then hell broke loose," auld tee of the men there. "It Is certain, that the enemy casualties from the American f.re equal or exceeded ours." FVKL KAMIN K IMMIKNT. IVopte of Kaetem States Will Suffer Unltw* Railroads Can Kpord up IX* liveetes. ? Washington. Jan. 31.?A fuel fam? ine la Imminent Ir large sections of the east, unless the ruilroi.d admin? istration tin da a way to apeed up coal movements, despite the snow and Ice at arm a The weather forecast gives Hi tie basis for hope, as snow Is prom? ised In most sections euat of the la* la? ta?! rpi River. WOMKX FOR FARM LAHOR. Gevernrornt lias Plan to Register Them. .. Washington. Jan. lt.?National itlon of women available for werk on farms la planned by the de? partment of labor aa one of the ad? vance steps in a campaign to secure a sgfAcieocy of farm labor for every aectlon of the ruuntry during the coming sesson. A. L. Berkman, chief of the division of farm service, announced tonight every effort would be made to meet ths expected shortage of farm labor by a plan to mobilise the available man and women In every community ro^ the country. Heavy snows In the lltddle West should mean a large fJNMU crop and If the favorablo weather continues ?>ne of th?? biggest yields on record mnv bo expected. hii not km: m\y lohk f.vi: Qa&Mf Known In t olumbln Suffers Bgsjsasj Hurt In France? (i* iwr.d ^ ood I as proves. Fans. Jsn. It.?Mi? i. Oen. Leonard Waod, who was wounded recently Whller visiting the French front is confined to the Klts-Carlton hospital Where he Is reported to be doln* well He expects to be out In abou*. a week. Me is aurTi.rina; fro?n a lleeh Wound of the arm, which is puinful but not dangerous. Lieut. Col. Charles E. Kilhournc. chief of Oen Wood's staff, who was wounded in the face, may lose his right eye. afaj. Kenvon A. Joyce, who wa* wuundsd In the right arm. Is Itnprov Ml ST HI amuik A\s ? War Till Victory" Slogan of Hindi dates. New York. Jai Ii - I >? - l;n Inr th;>? ilgf*. meml.cr of ?h<? next corgree* most be a '?war etil vi* tory" Ainerlmi the executive council of the Leag'ic fof National Unity, in conference hero l??dny iasned an gpp*?n1 to the voters < f tbe t'nited States |S support th< government und to defeat every paci? fist and pro-Ocrman candidate. Htm uel Oempers presided at the mectim; Coalition of Democratic and Rgptttt bean voter* |g gtatrtdtl where dU loysl men were nomim-ew wjis advo? cated. HK. WV.I l>l M t\l?s A'gregwtc of Increase Will lo tal Half Billion Dollar*. Washington, .inn |] The aeanands for wage inereiiscs pending bofofl th? railroad wage commission are for an Aggregate average of forty per cent It wsa disclosed todiv The dennnd ref.reaent n total of nearly live hue dred millions thH vear. or about h.i" ft* rsllwev operaIIiijr Income: of h?s year. ? i mm.'i ' Mm? Ann, mm. ?BafMii 5?T si BKS RAID PARIS. AlRPI/AJtES DROP FOURTEEN TOX? OF BOMBS ON C ITY. Ft roch Official Report States That Twenty PmonN Were Killed and Fifty Injured?German? Kay Raid )9tm Act of Reprisal. Paris, Jan. 81.?A German air squadron slipped through the air craft defenses last night and penetrating to ti.e city dropped a large number of bombs. The extent of the damage has not been learned. m One German machine was brought down and the occupants made prison? ers. This wns the first aerial attack on Paris since last July. Twontv Persons Killed. Paris, Jan. 31.?Twenty persons were killed and 50 injured in lasl nlahta air raid, it was announced of? ficially this afternooij. Fourteen Tons off Bombs. Berlin, Jan. 3i.?"As a reprisal we dropped fourteen tons of bombs on Paris," last night, says the official statement of the war office today. ANARCHISTS TlfREATEN FRANC LS Will Hold American Diplomat Re? sponsible for Surety off Berkman and Goldman. Washington, Jan. 30.?Ambassa? dor Francis at Petrograd cabled the State department today that a group of Russian anarchists had notified him he would be held personally re? sponsible for the safety of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, under prison sentence In the United States for violating the draft law. No indication as to the probable power of the threatening anarchists to m.ike trouble for him was given ' by the ambassador. State department officials think he did not take the matter very seriously and apparently little alarm is felt here. Unless further advices make It nec? essary no Instructions will be given Mr Francis. .It has been known for some time that anarchists in Petro? grad wert* interesting themselves in the ftte of Berkman and Miss Gold man, who are about to begin two years' terms in a federal prison. An anarchist organ published at Petro? grad recently carried art inflammatory article urging that the American am? bassador be held responsible for the safety and -freedom of the prisoners. NITRATE SHIP AT SAVANNAH. First Steamer Arrives With Important Material for Distribution to the Farmers. . Savunnah. Ga., Jan. 30.?The 'Urs: steamer loaded with nitrates for Southern farmers to be distributed by the government has arrived. Gratz C. Dent, the Chatham County agri? cultural agent, who I? to distribute the nitrates to farmers is making preparations to do this. Applications will now be received for tiin malar? ial to b? delivered later. <.FT SHOULDER STRAPS. South Carolinians tilvoii Rank of First Lieutenant, U. S. A. Washington, Jan. 30.?The appoint? ment of Sergt. Blltfjon Capers. Jr., ut first 'ieutenant United States Army, from the ambulance service. National Army, has been announced. He will report in person to Col. Elbert E. Per Mons. United States Army, ambulance .Mlentown, Pa., for duty. The appointment of Private Julian Masked Scarborough to the same rank KM alto been announced. MARTIAL LAW IN II AM til' Mi. Strike Situation In Indtistrlul Centern at Critical Stage. Copenhagen, Jan. 31.?A state of ?? ? irr lias been declared in Hamburg. Altona and Wandsbeck, according to the MMJlbttrfl Kein?, a Socialist news? paper. H??th Altona S?d Wandsbeck are in (bimburg district and Meats of Import MH Industrien l'-IM?AT TOLL HEAVIER. More Ships Sunk Lust Week Than in Two Previous Weeks. London. WsdMSSJdSJT. .Jin .'10.?Tin official nummary of the shipping loss i s Issued tonight reports the destrue I|Ofl of nine ships of over sixteen nun lied tons, ,ind six of lesser tonnage. This exceeds by seven the total for lb. presrlottf two wee':*, in both o' srhtah Shi lai ? ihlpi and two small jne? were lost. Hfl (fear not?Set al the oada moa AI JMTER, 8. C., SATTJRD SM Hl BERUH. ' HALF MILLION PERSONS QFIT IN GERMAN CAPITAL. Industrial Disturbance Includes Work? men at Kiel Shipyards, Vulcan Plant and Many Miners. London, Jun. 30.?Nearly 500,000 persons are already on strike in Ber? lin and tho number is being added to hourly, the Exchange Telegraph cor? respondent at Copenhagen telegraphs under Tuesday's date. The movement in being extended to the provisional towns. All the workmen in the Kiel ship? yards and in the Vulcan works at Hamburg and thdusands of miners in the Rhenish Wcstphalian districts, struck on Monday, according to the Berliner Vossische Zeitung, i The Berlin correspondent of The Politiken of Copenhagen reports that ,the strikers have formed a workmen's I council of 500, with an "action com? mission" of ten men and women, in? cluding Hugo Hause, the independent i Socialist leader, and Phillip Scheide? mann, the majority Socialist leader. Other members of the commission Irclude George Ledobour and William Dittman, independent Socialists, and ^Friedrich Ebert and Herr Braun, ma? jority Socialists, the dispatch adds. The commission, it la stated, asked i Herr Wallraf, the minister of interior, to grant permission for holding meet? ings;. JHerr Wallraf, it is added, de? clared he would not negotiate with the workmen but would receive So I clallst members of the parliament. Herr Scheidemann, Herr Haase and two woritmen went to the minister of the Interior and informed him of the 1 action of the commission, demanding that the negotiations take place In the presence of the workmen. The 'result of Herr Wallrafs deliberations Iis not yet known, the dispatch reports, but it quotes The Lokal Anzieger as stating that important negotiations are proceeding between hlrp and Gen? eral von (Hein, the Prussian minister ' of war. ULTIMATUM OF STRIKERS. Zurich, Jan. 30.?The Socialist pa? per, Vorwaerts, announces that the Berlin strikers now have become more numerous and threatening. They have addressed to the government an ultimatum of which the following the principal demands: "First. Accelerated conclusions of a general peace without indemnities or annexations. "Socond. Participation of workmen's delegates of all the countries in the peace pour pariere. ?. "Third. Amelioration of the food situation by better distribution. "Fourth. Immediate abolition of tho state of seige and restoration of the right of public meetings, sus? pended by the military authorities. "Fifth. Abolition of military sec? tion of war factories. "Sixth. Release of all politlca prisoners. "Seventh. Fundamental democrati? zation of state institutions. "Eishth. The institution of equal electoral suffrage by direct secret bal? lot." BEB LIN ST RIK E i 'ONTIN FES. Amsterdam, Jan. 31.?The number of strikers in Perlin is estimated ?V one bundled and twenty thousand according to a semi-official statement j issued in Perlin yesterday, when there had been only an inconsiderable in? crease in the strike agitation since Tuesday. STRIKE GROWS BIGGER London. Jan. 31.?-The German strike is growing in magnitude, the Exchange Telegraph correspondent at I Copenhagen reports, m Berlin 700, 000 are now on strike, 58,000 being women, he reports. He adds that ? great number of Socialist leaders have jbecn treated In variOUl German : towns. - London, Jan. 3i.?socialist party leaders of Germany, according to It statement in the Berliner Tageblatt, I tVrwarded by the Amsterdam cor? respondent of the Central News, have asked President Kaempf of the Boich stag to summond the Reichstag imme? diately In view of the alarming events Of the past few days. POOD PRICES HIGHER. Staple Arlieles Row in Prloe In De? cember. Washington, Jan SI.?Tho retail prlees of food rose one per rent, dur ng December over the previous month, Oui of twenty-seven staple srtloles sixteen Increased In prlcsJ three were stationary, and < ij;Ut drop- | ped slightly. tan at be tfcy Ooontry'a, Thy God's AY, FEBRUARY 2, 19; GREAT ARMY READY. GEN. PERSHING HAS BOLT UP EFFICIENT FIGHTING MACHINE. Maj. Palmer Says it is "Best Disciplin? ed, Most Self Respecting and Order? ly in Conduct, The Best Trained mid Organized the Country Has Ever Had, New York, Jan. 30.?Samuel Gomp* era, the labor leader, and Maj. Frei* erdick Palmer, former newspaper cor? respondent attached to the Intelli? gence, section of General Pershings staff, in addresses today beforo the executive council of the League for National Unity, voiced the unity of purpose of the American people and their army "to be worthy of all our traditions." "I think 1 may say with much as? surance," said Mr. Gompers, turning to Major Palmer, "that you can con? vey back the message to the lighting men in France that we arc with them loo per cent. There is no mental reservation In the pledge of the Amer? ican government with the support of the great mate of the American peo? ple, that every part of man power, all our resources will be laid at the feet and given into the hands of the men wno are lighting in Prance, and who w'll light in France. "When you have driven the invad? ers back to the conllnes of their own cursed, unhappy, monarch-ridden country, then and not till then, shall we listen to their proposals of peace, t.'hited in sentiment and in fact, the American people, with the brave peo? ple of England and ot France?aye, and even of ravished Belgium and out? raged ?erbla and Roumania?will fight on as best as we can at home, and conllden thut under Pershing with a free hand, cooperating with the leaders of the armies of our allies under the. general direction in spirit of that great statesman, that spokes? man, that leader, that tribune of the democracies of the world, President Woodrow Wilson, all will be well with ~the republic." Major Palmer told of the prepara? tions the American army is making to "be roady in a big way and thorough Iy for our great task." "For the first three months it seemed as if we were making little headway," he said, "and then grad? ually the picture began developing out of the plate, until in December the whole plan began to take form. Such progress was possible only under cen? tralized military' direction for our army in France is not run by commit? tees or boards, or councils. John Per shing is supreme in France. He has l uilt for us a general staff which Is now so coordinated that it is- capable of looking after the organization of b. big army in action. Men of ability an? finding their way to the top." The American expeditionary force r. France was described by Major Palmer as the "best desciplinod, most self-respecting and orderly in con? duct, the best trained and organized cur country has over had." TILLMAN MAY REPLY TO M'LAV RIN. Senior Senator Cndeelded Whether f: Will Answer Newspaper Communi? cation of Former Colleague. Washington. Jan. 30.?Senator Till man was undecided today whether he would reply to the article in a North Carolina paper a day or two ago by John I* MoLatlrin referring to him. When The State's correspondent call? ed to ask Senator Tillman about the matter he had jus-t received a copy of the paper printing the article and ?aid he had not decided what he would do. It is likely, however, that h<? will reply. GI'MSIIOE Bild; EXPLAINS. Senator Stone Denies That Democratic lenders opposed His Speech. Washington. Jan. 31.?Speaking to n question of personal privilege today .-'enator Stone charged that publish? ed reports saying the Democratic lead? ers had sought to dissuade him from making the recent attack on the Re publtcani had been calculated to break the force of his eharge that Roosevelt and other Republican lead si* have been playing politics. He denied th:?t any Democratic leaders had conferred with him on the sub? ject. \V. II. Townsond Elected Judge. Columbia, Jan. g0.?William Hay rowntend, an attorney of Columbia. wti elected by the general aaaambly >rx iudcre of the Fifth Judicial Circuit in the second ballot. This completes he elections to be made by the leg slaturc this year. TROTZKY ADVISES CONGRESS Ol ACTION. Peace Negotiations May be Resume* at Brest-Ldtovsk?Situation In Fin land Not Clear. txmdon, Jan. 29.?The Bolshevik foreign minister, Leon Trotzky, an nounced to the congress- of work men's and soldiers' deputies at Pet rograd Saturday night the decisioi ol the government respecting reprisal [against Koumania. These include th breaKing of diplomatic relations, th seizure of the Roumanian gold re serves in Moscow and the outlawini of Lieut. Gen. SteherbatehefT, th ? former commander in chief of th Roumanian front. Trotzky said that the Roumaniai gold reserve amounted to 1,200,000, 000 rubles. It is understood that General Steh erbatcheff has been cooperating wttl ? the Roumanians in disarming Rus iians in Roumania and Bessarabia According to reports received fron Berlin by way of Amsterdam peac negotiations will be resumed at Brest Litovsk Tuesday. Count Czernin, th< Austro-Hungarian foreign ministe and Dr. von Kuehlmann, the Germa1 secretary of foreign affairs, arrive* there Monday and M. Trotzky is ex pected at an early date. Later dis patches, however, denied that tin Russian foreign minister intended V proceed to Brest Litovsk. Before leav ing Vienna, Count Czernin had ai audience with the emperor and he i quoted as saying that he might b< compelled to return shortly on im portant business. A Reuter dispatch from Petrogra( says on the authority of the commls sloner of national affairs that th< commissioners will not negotiate fur ther with the Ukrainian rada an< that nothing remains but a relentles: struggle until victory has been ob tained by the Ukrainian workmen' and soldiers' deputies. Almost three-quarters of the Oer jm? h?. b?m withdrawn from th, Russian front according to" the news? paper Nashy Vedemosty. No heavj guns or armored cars are left, whih ihe number of light gups has beer greatly reduced. Young soldiers an being removed daily and their placet are being '.aken by old men and semi invalids. The German northern fron is strongest. There are no Gern ant on the southwestern front. The Petrograd correspondent ol the London Times, referring to th? civil war in Finland, says that Swed en's assistance seems to have beer asked by the Finnish senate and nid* that doubtless many Finns or at bast Finnish Swedes, will welcome the in? tervention of Sweden. An evening paper announces the arrival of Swed? ish troops at Tornea and says tha: a clash has already occurred between an advance guard of Swedes and ih? Finnish red guards. A Stockholm despatch to The Post mys that the Swedish government on Friday decided to propose that Nor? way and Denmark invite Finland to cooperate with the three Scandina? vian countries regarding legislative juestions. Confirming the outbreak of diseases at Petrograd The Times' correspond? ent says the population is being deci? mated thereby. The epidemic is at tributed to the extreme shortage of food. Various forms of typhus, as well as smallpox are rampant. More? over, extremely unsanitary conditions now prevail in th* city while all the organizations concerned with public health either have been abolished or have virtually ceased operation ow? ing to the revolution. There is no sanitary commission, there are no great specialists and there is no rcgis tration of disease. Very few doctors are in practice. / According to Berlin advices receiv? ed via Amsterdam, the Russo-German commissions at Petrograd have reach? ed a substantial ugreement concerning the exchange of invalids and the dis? patch of men homeward has begun to i restricted extent. ITALIAN DRIVE REPULSED. Vustrians Claim to Have TlftTOWU Them Rack on Brenta River. Berlin, Jan. 20.?The Italians at acking in the Coldel-Rosso region ind between FVenzela Bavins ?*nd h-enta River, were thrown back by lie Austrians. it was officially an lounced today. Finland Asks For Help. London. Jan. 30.?A Stockholm dis? patch says the Finnish government las usked Sweden for military help gainst the revolutionists. ? ?" DS SO?THUO?, EMaNMM IM MM VoLXLV. No. 40. USE SOU HERN P08TS. SHIPPING BOARD WILL DIVER? KXPORT FREIGHT TO CHAR-* LESTON AND SAVAN 1 NAH. Freight Congeal .ion At Hew York and Oliver Eastern Porta Hos Forced Recognition oil' Advantges of South r Atlantic Port*. Washington, ran. 29.?First con? centrated effort tot clear ep the s< freight congestion at New York by e diverting traffic : > Southern ports will e be made tomorrow at a conference i- of representatives of tho shipping I gr board, army an? navy departments, e ? food, fuel and ail road adminisjea, eitions and the s ipping comjja*ttee of the Council of National Pc^ence. ra I Chairman Hui ey called tljfe confer - ence today. Mr. Huriejr's p!an is to send much of t le tr?c from the - j Eastern part of th.e, ceuatry which h ! normally Koes to New York t^VChar - leston, S. C, and Savannah, GtWa ping at New York hits been delayed by a lack of bunker coal, but the five day e industry shutdown enabled tho rall - roads to supply the fuel not only for f* the ships on hand but for others yet r to be loaded. However, freight ii i piled up on the docks and in ware 1 houses and in hundreds of cars on I i > - j sidings. ^ In the meantime, freight continue! e i to be carried to New York, adding to 0 j the general congestion and greatly in? creasing the time in loading the ships. This condition hss resulted id an in? ability to get the maximum trips out of the ships used n carrying supplies abroad. It was .Mis fact that caused Mr. Hurley to ta> e the initiative in 1 ; efforts to relieve .he situation. ? ! To assist in the vork of directing ?? and handling shipping the shipping - board today took over the shipping 1 committee of the Council of National s ! Defense, of which P. A. 8. Franklin of - the International Mercantile Ma s j chairman. The co nmiUe?~wUl estab? lish offices in the jfmpplng board's quarters here antf will nave two or a j three,members yf <At there continually to advise witn* E<: vard F. Carey, di? ll 1 rector of operatic s for the shipping I hoard. ? Composing the ommittee, besides s Mr. Franklin, are H. H. Raymond, s port controller at New York; L. C. ? Sherman of W. Ft. Grace and Com tjpany: F. C. Mum:n of the Munson II Line; E. P. Chr, rnberlain, head of the bureau of nav nation; E. M. Bull f I of the Bull line ami D. T. Warden, dl > I rectlng operator o l the Standard Oil Fleet. ? SOUTHERN ASKS HIGHER RATES. Wants Increase in Rate on Iron and Steel to Southern Ports. I I Washington, Jan. 30.?Rate in? creases ranging freja 16 cents to a I dollar s??venty-flve on Iron and steel from Southern producing points to the South Atlantic and Gulf ports for export were as'.ced tn applications filed today with the interstate commission ! by tho Southern railroad. OIL MILL C LOSED. License of Clio Mil! Revoked by the Pood Administration. i Washington. Jan. 30.?The license of the Clio Oil and Fertilizer compa? ny, at Clio. S. C, baa been revoked and the concern ordered to close bus? iness not later than ^eb. 6th, the food administration announced today. "Speculation in and hoarding of cot : ton seed" Is the reason given for the order. The compai y had on hand more than three million pounds of cotton seed, but ha 1 operated only two and a half day.1- during the past year, it was charged. i_^ NEWS FROM I INLAND. Revolutionists Said tc Have Formed a Government. Stockholm, Jan. SO.?The Finnish revolutionists have termed a goefcrn ment under the presidency of Kuller , WO Manner, according to I telegram from Helaingfors. dated Tuesday. 1 The Finnish government notified .Sweden that it canont be responsible for the safety and lives of Swedish subjects, of whom there are four hundred thousand in Finland. IlltlTISH GCNBOAT SINK. Lose Was Result of Collision in the Chnunr1. London. Jan. 30?T\e British (run hont Hazard was sunk in the English channel Ian. L'Mh as he result of a collision. Three men Acre lost, the admiralty announces.