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Tl VOL. 13, NO. 12, SEMIGERMANY'S FORC SURPRISE FLEl HAIG'SMENSMASH ?? THE H1NDENBURG , . LINE FOR 30 MILES Eight Thousand Prisoners and < 8?t Large Nmber of Guns Have ,<>t Been Captured. co1 ttu gei HUNS SURRENDER FREELY w T for to Resistance Offered by the Dazed ,n<3 hai Troops of the Kaiser Was Cui Negligible and British Force 8V1 clt Way Through Lines. sei fu< ? b British Army Headquarters in < Fiance, Nov. 22.?The redoubtable be< Hindenburg line in the Cambrai sec- Pr< tor was smashed in many places ?ei yesterday by the great force of the ] ' it III British tanks, and In the afternoon we the infnntry, which followed through it the gaps, were still battling their way forward. pr< bui The surprise attack was launched jj( k at dawn, over a wide front. In the ' first few hours its progress was vjj marked with evident success. The resistance offered by the daz- me eel Germans was negligible and by erc nrion British pioneers already were at work laying roads across the old , front line trenches, while prisoners were coming in from all directions. The casualties of the attacking forces ttatwi far have been light. Great numbers of German dead lay ? before the original Hindenburg trenches, where the bewildered enemy, taken unawares, made a halfhearted attempt to ptem the onrushing Britons. The advance of the British army J against the Germans wan continuing ^ yesterday afternoon. The towns of Masnieres, Marcolng, Ribecourt. co' Havrincourt, Graincourt and Fles- ,vr quleres all were behind the British rtei N advancing line and the cavalry. which Is co-oDeratine with th? tonim 0(11 and rendering invaluable service, was. drawing In toward the Bourlon wood, west of Cambrai. 'n* Without Artillery. The battle was an Innovation for coi | the western frdnt, for It was begun without any preliminary artillery f work. Upon the army tanks rested Ka( rp a the responsibility for victory .or defeat. and they fulfilled all expecta- or PIG tions. The iron giants went through _ efT< tremendous lines of barbed wire> ' con entanglements in front of the main Hlndenburg positfLns, and on over the trenches as though they were on "" j vie parade. The tanks started forward at 6:20 ? 'clock, and by 11:30 the British in- ^ ? fantry, which had swarmed into the hole made by the mighty engines, ' was engaging the enemy in open tail fighting along the Hlndenburg support line back of the main defenses at many points. Up to noon yesterday there had been no hard flghtlug, and the German artillery Are hail been very weak. Surrendered Freely. The Germans surrendered freely An In numerous places, and several hundred were brought In during the first few hours of fighting. Two attempted counter attacks were smashed by the British artll- ^ lery In the early hours, one In a can tunnel trench near Bullecourt, the other at Havincourt park, where one company of Germans essayed an ad- ? ^ vance. The tanks, followed by In- * fantry, were continuing their Jour- y ney Into enemy territory. * Prisoners admit ruefully that the 1,011 attack was a surprise to them, and lan< caught many of them in their dug- he,< oats. The secrecy with which tho ^ ir * British made their preparations was celv one of ther most striking features of pro the offensixe. Guns, tanks and troops clal were moved into the Cambral sector *or at night, and carefully hidden dur- arm Ing the day. sue] Calm Before Battle. tod) Up to the actual hour of the Brit- pou . . the (Conttaaed en Page S) $. the Lang 9 WEEKLY. LANCASTER, ES TAKEN BY FRICHTFULNES IN DISORDER THE PRUSSIA1 TOLDBYCAN )SSETT SAYS TIME TO BE GETTING "IN WOOD Kaiser's Soldiers Comi el Adm In intra tor for South Caro- cioUS Acts on the lina Urgea That Supply Be 0f Rattle, liooked After. THEY ARE TREAC Columbia, Nov. 22.?-B. B. Gob- , t,' state fuel administrator, in a ter to the chairmen of the fuel, "No Man Unless He nmittees of the state', is urging! .. _ it provision be made for an euier- ually Been There icy suippiy of wood. Sometime Heard Friend Tell ) the administrator- suggested the mation of municipal companies Can Believe the Trtl handle the fuel proposition. The _____ lications are that this will be a r,l winter and the wood should be Chorle"ton' S- C" Nov' t as soon as possible and made "adlan wh0 wa" la ChaI tllable tor use ot the people In the "6vcral 8torlea ot ,he w' les. Administrator - Go.sett has maunor ln whl011 Canada >t a letter to the ehalrmen ot all Germany' H1" .1 committees of the state, in the ,rl*?? >? ? ?f ' >? <>' the atrocious acts soldi Ich he says: Kaiser commit on the fiel Please advise me as to what has Th? ftr8,_ham, lntor.natl< sn done ln your district toward, ga?, R re[K)l.t( ividing a supply of wood for emer- . . , , ? ~ ' tained from a young Car (icy use this wdnter. J wish to . , . . . . yer, who volunteered duri lin impress upon you the import- . , . ... stages of the war and as le of pushing this matter. Cold . _ . ant. went over among t ather cannot be far off. and when , ? . . face the Germans, and h comes those communities which , . .. gassed shortly after tl ve not taken advantage of the . . , . . ... . . first used In battle, he v availing mild weather to lay n a n . . . . , . . England, where he lay in iply of wood may pay dearly -for . .. ... . ' , .... . for three months, until h( The city of Anderson has estab- , ?. . .. ... . , ? covered sufficiently to rel hed a municipal woodyard. Green- , _ . , , _ , . ' ... home in Canada and is r le. Rock Hill and other cities are . ... , ^ . . .. tenant colonel and has i .nning to do so. I hope the same ... . , , ,. the trenches, insure is being seriously consid>d in yr community." The name of the ,i( ^ Edward O'Flynn, and he UPTAIN SULLIVAN HAS 156th regiment and his Belleville. Canada. He t BEEN DECLARED GUILTY I. . ? i luicicsiiiiK siuries 10 nis 1 j was In Charleston and , ,, ?, , .. ... . _ uian repeated them, art Murtiul Convicts Hint ?f Or. Horrors Bring Roc dering and Witnessing Whip- "There was a parade it ping of Soldier. the Canadian stated, "e parade were 4,600 crlppl who have come hack fro Spartanburg, S. C.,. Nov. 22.? and from the trenches c pt. Howard E. Sullivan, of Battery life. I asked my friend 105th field artillery, tried by 8UC^ a public showing o , . ,. , . ? ... . pled men would not d art martial at Camp Wadsworth ,, .. . , number of men who vol o weeks ago on the charge of or, ? ii. * . v. t.. i he stated that the recruit ring and witnessing the whipping d ... have better days when s Private Otto Qottschalk, of his ? t , . . . .. are held for the reason th nmand. foi a breach of the san. , . . , . who see the parade anc ry regulations, has been found ... . ... .. . ... . . friends realize wnat xne llty, the sentence of the court be- . . . ? .. . decide that they nre neec ; suspension from his command OA , . a ., .. get revenge for the condlt 30 days, restriction to the camp 30 days and a reprimand by his countrynmanding officer. The finding of "Twelve hundred," tin > court made public today by Bri- continued, "were using lier General Phillips, acting com- w?re hobbling along at t nder of the Twenty-seventh divis- parade, 500 more i, was accompanied by a state- crutches and 150 autom nt from General Phillips to the r'e(l rest, some of wti ict that he did not approve the arms, no legs, no eyes, o irt's sentence because of its len- badly broken. cy. and that In his opinion Cap- "No man nnless he h a Sullivan should hnveheon rnn. ?? 1 - - . ?.wu 1 II'JI c UI nan noil I II it tec! unc!er the nlnety-flfth article about it. can believe the 1 war which carries dismissal from the conditions that ex army. The general's note has been a great deal in t iught out the fact that the finding pers about the war and tl the court had been returned by have been run down for 1 unapproved, but the court main-!they have committed, but ted its position and resubmitted not gotten half they dese verdict. "The treachery of the < * "" beyond doubt the worst LDIER'S LIFE PAYS | dier of any nation coul FOR REVOLTING CRIME OF'ynn to,d 8to German who was woun stomach and who was American, Member of Pershing's water and when he was a Force., .Waited ,?d Killed celve ,h<! wuter h* ?ho' dian who was about to giv French Woman. j one place, the Canadt __ i took the body of a Canadh Iwho had hunn <vasmugion, INOV. 22.?An Ameri- of ftn 0id"bani. Anoth< soldier of General Pershing's large number of Oermar es, found guilty by court-martial dered, but the officer aaid the assaulting and murdering of English that he wished to 'rench woman, has been executed his sword to a man of e a firing squad. and when such a man cam ill details of this, the first death other part of the line, and alty Imposed since the troops to receive the sword, he led In Europe, are being with- and killed by the Oermai 1 by the war department. Knsmy In Hailing Hi Vhen a full report has been re- "O'Flynn said that th< 'ed from General PersHIng It were about seventy-five y bably will be published as offl- at one time and that the i s of the department want the trenches were often engag Id to know how the American versation, and at one time ly deals with men who commit Canadians yelled. 'Is ther h crimes. Secretary Baker said there from Smith Falls?' i ?y that General Pershing has full man answered. 'Yes, I Am rer to carry out the sentence of you?' asked the young Ci court-martfAl without referring ? ? case to the President (Continued on Pact jif' ' * ' ! %4 - 1 I . :aster S. C.. FRIDAY, NOV. 23, 1917. S OF [PRAYER AND FAST 1 NS IS SHOULD MARK DAY * ADIAN OF THANKSGIVING mit Atro- Governor Manning Issues Pro! yc Field clamation Galling on People pr to Ask for Guidance ti< ' ed HEROUS PRAISE FOR BLESSINGS. er m Has Act- Let Us Remember Those Less ov wi or Has Fortunate in n..r ?: _ ... ^Vtlllliuill- | SU 06 About It ties and the Countries of Our to ith." Neighbors Across the Seas. ce a 22.?A Ca- Governor Manning has issued his hi leston told Thanksgiving proclamation. He di- 8e ar and the reetB the attention of the people to th is lighting the seriousness of the hours that the pr i dealt with day may not be marked by feastings. hi ermans and Bports and entertainments but rath- pj era of the er by fasting and prayer, d of battle. q>he proclamation is as follows: th >n the Ca- "State of South Carolina. of sr was ob- "Executive Chamber. Columbia* si tadian law- "Conscious of our supreme duty er ng the first to our fellowmcn in this age of Pr i a lieuten- strife. not unmindful of our responsi- ga he first to unities in this day of preparation he aving been , an(j undaunted by no sacrifice in this ie gas was hour of need, the people of our Stnt6. i'as sent to jn accordance with their honored a hospital CURfom. should cease from their la- ^ i finally re- bora for a (iay 0f thanksgiving and a turn to his praj8e to Almighty God, from whom pr low a lieu- conieth every good and perfect gift. ^ eturned to ln the midst of this great conflict it is befitting that we should pause se Buternnt is from our work and pray to Him for was in the guidance in our future endeavor, home is in praising Him for the benefits He has u' old several given us, blessed with .bounteous v friend, who crops, sustained by a clear conthe Cana- science, uplifted by high ideals of Ij justice and liberty for ' umanity. rait*. "Let us pray that the spirit that i Toronto," once imbued our countrymen in their ind in the fight for independence shall, with S< ed soldiers His divine benediction, be our guide m the war at this time when we have cast our rippled for lot with other free peoples to deO'Fiynn if stroy the forces of iniquity, barbarf the crip- Ism and tyranny. ecrease the "This day of thanksgiving shall; unteer, but be the occasion of calling our peo-j*' Ling officers pie to the seriousness oT the hour. I mch affairs Thanksgiving, prayer and fasting lat the men should mark the day rather than I their old feastings, sports and entertainments. war is uuu! A world tragedy is upon us. Let us ^ led to help realize it and turn with all our p< ion of their hearts to God to guide us, praying that we may play our part as Chris- a< e Canadian t'an men Rbd women, and as patricanes and ftn(t that 'n His good time He cl he head of 'ea<t U8 to victory over injustice, C; were on c*"uelty and oppression. Hi lobiles car- "Now, therefore, I, Richard I. 21 10m had no Manning, governor of the State of r had been S?uth Carolina, in accordance with er 'the proclamation of the president of 8( the United States, do hereby dealt?- to as actually , .. . . " , . . . ,, nate Thursday, the 29th day of Nofriend tell ,?,? ,. . , vember, 1917, as a day of general truth about ' , # 1< 1st There and prayer for the peo. ' pie of this commonwealth, he newspa- .. . . , . . . . ? On that day let every church be ie Germans opened, and the message carried to the things ? ' , T * . .. . all our people. L.et us remember they have . . ? ^ those who are leas fortunate In our >rve. ... ? . . communities, in our State and in Germans la countries of our neighbors that a sol- acroR8 the 8eas. I<et us shoulder Id commit. ? . .. - ' y,ui icitpuiiNiuiiiucs 10 tne sol*ry of one {er8 now being trained within our ^ ded in the t,orderf, And let us pray to Him foi asking for gUidanCe, go that we may have 0 bout to re- ?trenRth and wisdom to carry for- ?' the Cana- ward the nations of the world the h'1 e it to him. principles and ideals which can ut, sn soldiers aione assure our people of a lasting ph in prisoner > freedom of body and soul. Ju' ?m the side ^ ,.jp witness whereof, I have here- da &r time a un|0 signed my name and cause to ?P is surren-1 t,e affixed the great seal of the Hp in broken | state at the city of Columbia, this toi i surrender, ^Qth day of November, in the year chi qnal rank,! of our Lord 1917 and in the 142d frc e from an-. year Gf independence of the cai was about United States of America. c'? was shot Richard I. Manning. 11 ' "Richard I. Manning, stance. "Governor. 00 e trenches "By the Governor, 8m ards apart! "W. Banka Dove, ne" men In the "Secretary of State." K. ;ed in con- j one of the Extent of Triumph Not Known. mi e any one London. Nov. 22.?The Earl of wa and a Oer- Derby In a speech yesterday after- th? .' Who are noon, said that Field Marshal Haig's ne. inadtan. 'I victory was "a great triumph, the em . . , .... fnu extent of which la not yet tb? > I.) knovra." '* ' German agent in Mexico informing .. . ... . .. A A, I Washington, Nov. 22.?Thoum of the transaction. The next day l . A, , sands of unnaturalized Germans cret service operatives arrived at . . . , I ... were forced to move yesterday from e office of the company. The vice tv . . . 4 ... .. A. . . ,, . their homes near docks, piers, ware- , esident said that none outside of ,, . , , ' . , . . .. . . houses, railway terminals and other . mself, his secretary and the ship- .... ..... , ' ... ... . establishments declared barred zones ng clerk knew of the order. . ? . . . ..... , ? by President Wilson s alien enemy The young woman was called into proclamation. For many, the new e room. She admitted authorship regulations meant not only the act- ! the message to the German agent. uaj moving of the place of residence, le said that the illness of her moth- but loss of jobs in the forbidden , and her desire to educate a young- aiCas as wen. sister and brother had made her _ .. ' .... . ., i # *o Ann ? m . . * . To tho8R without work, including lary of $2,000 insufficient to meet ... . , . , , * many with dependents, the federal sr demands. , j i mployment agencies were open and A member of the German organi- OnioiaIs were emphatic in explana- I tlon here, she said, had offeied her (jon thut the help of these agencies sum equal to her yearly salary if jn finding new employment for the e would communicate with the 0nen enemies would not be with;ent in Mexico every time the gov- heid. This was only one evidence nmcnt placed a large order with 0j jj,e government's anxiety to treat e concern employing her. She said Jaw-abiding Germans with courtesy e had done this successfully for an(j consideration, while applying | veral months. drastic rules to detect the few with She was interned that night, it harmful Intent. as said today, and a few days later Mayors of eastern seaport cities i as shipped south to a camp. today were asked for the co-opera- j + tion of their police departments in OANS OF $.3,374,000 TO the registration of alien enemies un- i FARMERS IN OCTOBER de^ ,h,e Pre?,dent'8 proclamation, and a few early replies to the depart I uirui in jumii-c muicaiea mai tne po- ' nitli Carolina Has Applied for lice would willingly undertake the j ?? task of enrolling thousands of Ger- i $.>,B20,?H, ; North Carolina, , w . man adult males and soliciting data IWi, 1:12,41O. on their occupations and habits for future reference. Along the Atlantic coast, where Washington. Nov. 22.?Loans of dangep from a|lpn plotterH i8 con. 1,374.000 were made to farmers in fiJdered Kreatesti the registration ntober under the federal faim loan Pntorprise wlll be undertaken first, stem, raising the total paid out and w|1, be followed later by regt8. ! nee the system's inaug ration fif- tration ,n the interlor. en months ago to $21,000,000. , , , , , , . ? . , ? . ., John Lord O Brian, special ashe Federal Farm Loan Board s re- . , _ ? ?v * j ? sistant to Attorney General Gregory, >rt touay snow en that the demand . . . , . in charge of tne eniorcement of the ir loans was four times the amount .. . tually paid alien proclamation, expects to complete regulations for the registration Loans applied for by States in- la(e thjs Week, and to put them into ude: Virginia. $5,208,743; North effect next week arolina, $6,132,419; South Caro- By (hat tjme the war (lepartment na, $5.320.i8i, Georgia, $5,525,- probabiy will have placed troops to 17, and Florida. $5,790,307. guard the most important piers and Application to the Columbia fed- docks at eastern seaports. They al farm loan bank total $19,768.- will supplement the private guards )0, while the loans closed amount who went on duty under employ of $620,280. dock owners at the request of the department of justice. ORMER RANK CASHIER Department of justice officials said i troops would not be used generally Oh (lAfr I' NE^ ARRESTED a8 guards. They probably will be ) ?-1111*11*vi iii iinirioiK, .Newport .News, . . ' , .... ... Boston, New York. Baltimore, Phila11. C hristopher ( h;trg<-d \\ it If Km- .... tielphia and a few other ports. be/.zleinent? Shortage ??f $3, <MM> Discovered. MEN AT CAMP JACKSON FROM MANY STATES Gaffney, Nov. 22.?N. B. Christoier, former cashier of the Chero- Several Northern States ami Several e Savings bank, of Gaffney, was Southern Stales Are Now rested at Camp Jackson. Colum- Represented, i. and brought to Gaffney by Depy Sheriff J. E. Watkins. ChriBtoer was committed to the Cherokee Camp Jackson. Nov. 22.?In Camp II where he remained until Sun- Jackson America meets. When you y night when he gave bond for his meet a soldier and ask him where he pearance before Magistrate Phil- Is from he will most likely answer s for preliminary examination North or South Carolina or Florida; morrow. He was arrested on the however, there are a few thousand arge of having embezzled funds here who represent every state and >m me nana while he was the almost every country in the United jhier thereof. Investigation dis- States. New York state, Pennsylvaises that the bank is short $3,150, nia and Texas are especially well reis said. He was under bond in a presented. retV company in the sum of $3.- This is due in part to the volun0, so that the bank's loss will he teer organizations which are staall. Christopher came to GafT- t'oned here and also to the regular y some months ago to succeed J. army organizations which have been Itrockman as cashier of the bank, sent here all along. Motor truck was drafted some weeks ago for company No. 40 came from Texaa 1 litary service, and the ^shortage here and motor truck company No. is discovered before he left for 211 from San Francisco, Cal. j camp. He was popular in Gaff- Thousands of the soldiers here y, making friends readily and the have begun to call Camp Jackson ibezzlement was a great shock to home; in fact many of the old and ? people here with whom he was honored mottoe, "God bless our toclated. home." have appeared In the bar: ... , . . d , News $2.00 A YEAR "S SSSS^??T GERMANS ON" MOVF OIITRADDCn eremry in Ijiu'kp Klectric Supply j 1,av ' ^ W* HOU" ZTZT"1ZONES AT CAPITAL New York, Nov. 22.?a pretty President Wilson's Alien Enemy tung woman, secretary to a vice n , ,. _ * ? ..Went or one or the hlgge.t ??,l Proclamation Causes Much eaithiest electric supply corpora-j Shifting in Washington, ins of this country, has been placl in rn interment camp until thei (1 Of the war. MANY LOSE THEIR JOBS Two weeks ago the navy depart- _____ I ent ordered from the corporation er its private leased telegraph The Government Will Help Ires a large quantity of wire for n. , - . . , j . T' , ... These Find Employment in ' ibsea use. The vice president re- v J I ived the order. He transmitted it Effort to Treat Law-Abiding a shipping clerk. Two hour, after the order wa, re- Germans With Courtesy. Ived a message was on its way to ???