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m VOL. 13. NO. 24. SEMI-W EXPECT GERMAN ATTEMPT EA o FRENCH FORCE WILL * WITHSTAND SHOfK ' II VtlVVIk Secretary Baker Believes German Offensive Will Be t< Greatest Assault. d 8 i< THE WEEKLY WAR REVIEW u A French Successes Have Turned 1 the Scale Aainst the Invaders h of Italy, Says the Secretary * of War. p Washington, Jan. 10.?The ex- a pected German offensive In the west, " Secretary Baker's' weekly war re- '' view says, "will possibly be their 1 greatest assault," but the French r and British armies can be relied up- l) on to withstand the shock. Summarizing the situation on the t eve of a possible great offensive. ? Secretary Baker confidently points b m out that through sixteen fierce bat- ^ >i?o v?i bioui iimKiiHuue me nritlsn and French steadily have pushed ahead with methodical and cumula- '' tive gains. The expected offensive, he points out, probably is being de- * layed for massing great supplies of munitions, guns and troops and the c Germans may be expected to "strain ^ every fibre of their remaining n strength." e On Italian Front, ^ On the Italian front, the Secretary ? points out, French successes have turned the scale against the Austro- / German invaders and the west bank of the Plave is being held firm. HamIRAfAd hv hP9W anAtirfollc In A ! ?? he nays, the invaders now are con- * fronted with a tremendous handicap of maintaining their transports which neutralizes the advantages of holding higher ground. The period of adjustment, Secre- c tary Baker says, has passed and it may now he expected that "the ^ French, British and Italians, fighting p side hy side, will be able to master . the situation." a The review, which this week , 1 li makes no mention of American e troops, follows: e Review of Operations. Secretary Baker authorized the publication of the following review 1 of the military operations for the ? week ending January 3. 1918: "Six weeks have elapsed since the c first rumors reached ns of the great * thrust ia the west, which the enemy 1 then announced as imminent. j 8 "In order to concentrate large ? troop masses, adequate artillery and f ample reserves of munitions, much * time Is required. j ^ "Though the German higher com-' mand has so long delayed before be- s ginning operations, advices received ^ seemingly confirm the information s that important actions are contem- ^ plated along the western front. They " may be counted upon to strain every j fibre of their remaining strength in I an endeavor to make their plans p succeed. , I f'nnfldmirn In IIIIimi i e "In considering the general mill- s tary situation on the eve of a posal- f ble German offensive, It must be re- t called that through sixteen success- e ful battles of great magnitude In s Flanders the Rritish have every j time come out victorious and pushed a steadily ahead. Their gains have n hecn methodical and comulatlve.! v The Germans have during this long b series of major operations Invariably a been forced to give way. v "The French stood like a rock at t Verdun and soon after drove for- t ward vigorously In the battle of th* t flomme, and In turn played a great r part In the repeated drives In Flan- u ders. "The Impending German offensive ) will possibly be their great assault, p The French and British armies can p be relied upon to withstand the c shock. No Rig Operations. "In the west no Important operations took place during the past eeven-day period. The entire front from the North sea to the Swiss border was very active. The Germans ^ (Continued on Page S.) 1 / he Lm EEKLY. LANCAS1 FORCES TO POSTPON RLY OFFENSIVE PROHII UPREME COURT UPHOLDS Rpanlntinna X SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT Both House ly Unanimous Decision Every Con- lina L tent Ion Against Draft l<nw Swept Asldc>?Objections "Frivolous." MANNING F Washington. Jan. 10.?Every con- Governor Mai pntion raised against the selective , . raft act. was swept aside by the mendations upreme court in a unanimous dects- Body Whici -?n delivered by Chief Justice White. Tuesday pholding the law as constitutional. LUthorlty to enact the statute and t> send forces to fight the enemy Columbia, S. rherever he may be found, the court w-hat is expect' eld, lies in the clauses of the con- most important titution giving congress the power 1 tory, the Soutt d declare war and to raise and sup- began here T ort armies. "war" legislatl "As the mind cannot conceive an houses. Goveri rmy without the men to compose annual messagi t," said the chief justice, "on the sembly in ace of the constitution the objec- Resolution i ion that it does not give power to posed prohibits rovide for such men would seem to federal constitv e too frivolous for further notice." in both house* The opinion then proceeded to sideration was ake up and definitely dispose of senate. In the ach of the many questions raised the resolution y counsel for the convicted persons vote asked, th rhose appeals brought the law be- bers necessary ore the court. ation objected, No action was taken by the court went over, a the several pending cases involv- The "war m r?g charges of conspiracy to prevent Richard I. Mai he carrying out of the purposes oflnssemhlv of he law. It is understood that these which he deali ases, which include the appeals of industrial, edu< ilexander Berkman, Emma Gold- penal and oth nan, Louis Kramer and Morris Beck- of the state a r. convicted in New York, later, may Una should pi ie made the subject of a separate read to the jc pinion. governor Tuesd + . Undeviating, VMERICAN COAL TO BE ot,c 8eQrvlc? ** every South Ci RESTRICTED IN EXPORT ?nd ?? natl01 uance of the w >ue to Coal Shortage Here, Only He scathingly Shipments For War Fur- later forces wo |M>ses Allowixl. dermine the fl are enemies w blood relations Washington, Jan. 10.?America s the Teutonlc oal exports this year will be lim- Kovernor?"the led strictly to shipments to be used hattlp thpv )n, or war purposes and to those nec-: of (hp ka,g ssary in exchange for commodities j ftnd followers he United States must have. In (hiev08 far frol nnouncing this policy Fuel Admin- taktnR bribes f <trator Carfield declared that in no (f) df) behind c vent will exports be permitted to dare nol dQ ,n qual in volume those of the year Again he sa list ended. traitors; the The fuel administration turned them this nam* ver to the war trade board figures Ceive the punis howlng the amount of coal the The governo ountry can spare, and asked the following as wt ioard to exercise supervision over The passage Is distribution abroad. The amount the state counc .vailable for export was not made proprlating $6( ublic. Canada will be excepted Appropriate rom the regulations, and shipments and rnalntenant o the Dominion will be left in the and (he amen lands of the fuel administration. code regulation "In view of the existing coal j Passage of i hortage and the great demand, r|Vji rights of lere, America must come first in ,jjprs and sailoi applying her Industries and house- < An act prov lolders with coal." said Dr. Gar-, employment of leld. | citizens of Sou The new export policy means that the ages of 18 : npland will be called upon to sup- are not regula ily domestic users in France and employed, taly. Producers desiring to export That the gov oal to the allied countries must auuthority to si how that shipments are to be used of the state upc or war purposes and must give to sent of the ex he war trade board the names in , the state counci very Instance of the final con-1 the recommenc! Ignees. of national del The arrangement wan worked out The passage t a conference between the fuel ad- ins the vice si nlnlstratlon. state department and tory for girls, vnr trade board officials. The war grancy triable I ioard. now In control of all exports submittal of nd imports, will use coal to trade amendment ral rlth neutral nations, particularly j sent from 14 tc hose In Latin-America. for goods j tlon and abate he United States needs In proseeu- those propert; Ion of the war. British coal shin-; their houses f< nents to South America have been,and making pr ised for this purpose Tor some time, "white slave" Prices for export coal, although Womi 1.3R a ton h'gher than domestic Re|atiye to irlces, still are lower here than the ernof MaBn,ng rices obtaining In other export j tfcat u shou,d ountrles. which the Ind ^ deal, when he "In my judg Suffrage Wins. granting the ? Washington, Jan. 10.?Woman one that ghoul uffrage by federal constitutional diction of the intendment won In the house ton'ght federal govern vith exactly,the required number of kfllrmatlve rotee. (Contlnu ICASTEE ER, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1918. EVOTEON DEFINITE TERMS 0 tITION BILL PEACE SET FOR Vere Introduced in President Wilson Addresses ( s of South Caro- gress and States the Wai legislature. Aims of America. tEADS MESSAGE ANSWER TO THE GERM^ kes Strong Recom- The President Appears He to Law-Making I Congress Unexpectedly h Met in Columbia' Lays Down Fourteen Pro als Upon Which Rest Peac C., Jan. 10.?In Washington. Jan. 10.?Amer ed to be one of the program of war and peace, with t sessions in its his- flnjte terms upon which the nat i Carolina legislature . great and small fighting toge uesday with much on planned in both against German world domim nor Manning read his are ready to lay down their a 9 to the general as- was given to the world by Presi Afternoon. Wilson Tuesday through an adc referring to the pro- jn conRreB8 jn joint session. on amendment to the . For this program, based upon ition were introduced ' ,, , righting of wrongs and the si i. Immediately con. , of peace-loving peoples desirim not pressed in the ? , ,, 4, _ live their own lives, the Presi house, however, when committed the United States to was presented and a , . ... . and continue to fight until l e required 10 mem- ... . . . . achieved. Thus he pledged to postpone consider- ... , ' , _ country to the allied policy ol , and the resolution A separate peace. We canno separated in interest or divide tessage ' of Governor purple," he said. "We Btand nning to the general gether to the end." South Carolina, in i .. . The speech, heard by congres i with the economic, . . national, aRrlcultural. | an "our a notlc. and accepted wl er internal problems I waye "l""""'1 ,ha< br"u!!hl . ? .. ~ gether virtually every elemer nd part South Caro- ? _ v , ,, ... both houses, was delivered as i ay in the war, wasi ?.i u rect response to the German >lnt assembly by the' . , . oa lenge in the negotiations with ay afternoon at 4:30. n , ? . . . . . . Russians at Brest-Litovsk. It unselfish, and patri- .... . , . ,. . . , , lowed closely and approved the ould be rendered by '' ,, . . . . . . dress of the British premier, irolinian to his state . . .. was far more specific in stateme 1 during the contin- " . .. terms, robbing of force in adv ar. said the governor. ' " , , . .. . any German peace drive designt arraigned those sin- ' . , . . . confuse the entente and Amei rking at home to un- . . , ' governments and their people, a rovernment. "These, .'at the same time presenting ithout the excuse of . . ...... .. foundation for genuine negotia hip binding them to . . . , . whenever the central powers cause, asserted the , ,, . . , , , ready to talk of a just peace. y take no risk in * ? ... ... _ , , Fourteen (oncreto Proposal! :k the physical cour- ? . Fourteen concrete nrnnnsnu nr a o vnifn/l p ?? ? u ? CJU ICIUIIICI^ ; they nre sneak down by the Pres,dG"t began n the front, probably ,hG declaration that the day rom Germany, trying private '"ternational undersl iur armies what they inRS are *one and that covenan .. .. peace must be reached in the 01 the open. ; ys: "These men are Tbe speriflc P P"sa,s <>f A. constitution gives ca'8 Pro*ra"> of Ppape a"d war a >. and they should re- for,h in ,he President's address hment " No pr'vate International ui r recommended the "tidings; covenants of peace ir legislation: I be reached ,n lhe open' of the bill legalizing Absolute freedom of the sea 11 of defense and ap- peafe or war a8 ,hey may be cl ) 000 to It by international action. a for the equipment Removal of economic bar ;e of the state troops amonK nat,onfl associating t ding of the military 8G,VG8 to maintain peace. ; these troops. | Guarantees of the reduction o a bill protecting the "laments to the lowest point South Carolina's sol- sistGnt wl,h domestic safety. rs Imperial adjustment of cob iding for compulsory Haims- ba8Pd upon the principle all able-bodied male ,hp P Pl?* concerned have c th Carolina, between r^h,s w,th ,bG Bovernments. ind 50. inclusive, who1 Evacuation of all Russian t rly and continuously tory and opportunity for Rus political development. ernor should be given Evacuation and restoration of uspend the labor laws B'um. ?n the advice and con- Evacuation of French terr ecutive committee of and righting of the Alsace-I.or. i nt a wrong. wi ?i*,m unr nuu ilfMMI w lation of the council Readjustment of Italy's fron ense. along recognizable lines of na of five laws govern- a"*ytnation: A reforms- Free opportunity for autonor the making of va- development of the peoples of n the sessions courts, tria-Hungary. a constitutional Evacuation of Rumania, S< sing the age of con- apd Montenegro and guaranteef >18 years, an injunc- the Balkan states. ment law to reach Sovereignty for Turkey's poi y-holders who rent ?f Ottoman empire and aut ar immoral purposes, my f?r other nationalties. ovlsions of the Mann An Independent Poland with statute intrastate. cess to the sea. an HufTr?me General association of nation; _ _ mutual guarantees of independ equal suffrage Gov- , , . , and territorial Integrity to large takes the position ,, . 4 ... . .. .... small states alike, be a matter with ivtdual states should says: ment the question of John It. Tolbert I tan<l. luffrage to women Is Greenwood. 8. C., Jan, 10.? d be under the Juris-i R- Tolbert, aged 84, for many ; states, and not the!* republican leader 1n this state, ment. The right of former collector of customs ____________ ' Charleston, died at his home at 1 ed on Page I.) ty-Six, near here, yesterday. ttav, I ' . V l New SUBS F IP 1 BUD BIGGS SAYS? 1 TH " "Mr. Kditor, if the governor of North Carolina were to meet the f governor of South Carolina now, I don't know V what they'd say." said Bud Biggs as he seated himself on our solidleather davenport and began cleaning the mud fr . . . . ... r off his boots with our solid-gold letter-opener, "but I guess it'd be \ something about the high price of everypos*| thing. I can remember, Mr. Editor, when beans sold by the bushel?yes, suh, Mr. Editor, white beans at two simoleons per each bushel? and lea's now they're sold by the pound and (je it wouldn't be surprisin', by any m manner o' meanB to walk into ajci .ions store an(j have them- priced at so'is ther much per each. Things are goin' up, j lo itionjMr. Editor?used to be that balloons, so rms ! were the only things that ever went ! m dent ' UP' 1,111 ^a'J?onH haven't got any- of j thing on beans now-a-days. Beans th lress an(j supar an(j ev*y little thing that tt goes into the makin' of a square CI the meal. Mr. Editor, are aviatin' right b< jfety along?just'a aviatin' right along, 1. ^ lu yu.uivv> , nuu uuuuuy KIIOWB WIIBI ill dent we a-comin' to us, nobody d< fight knows. The Chautauqua people ad- in t la vertised last year that Chautauqua af the tickets and postage stamps were the co r no only things that hadn't gone up. hut ce it be now?postage stamps are jj in aviatin' too and I suppose Chau- ti< I to_ tauqua has gone out o' business bt a-fore now. But we're goin' to pay oy the price, Mr. Editor, whatever it w ,s ,l* takes to beat the Kaiser, we've got ni Ith a I, .. 01 u- Sll t tof fT 0 ?and Bud went up to the court rc 1 house to ask Paul Moore whatever se chal- wfts ,he reaBOIi , he didn't get his to questionnaire. , m fol- 1 <?+ I m but TOBACCO FUND KEEPS " nt-hf ON CLIMBING SLOWLY o) rance Hi >( to i?0|a| \mount Itoreiveri to Date to e? rican ... Kill the Pipes of Boys in Si vhile , the France Is $12..">o. tions are Previously reported $10.00 y Miss l,ouise Faulkenberry, (j( ?. Heath Springs 25 p. laid J. I). Nisbitt, Lancaster, It. 1 .25'(j, with W. C. Deese, Lancaster .. .. 1.00 's of Mrs. Jerusha A Smnii n?..o. I ' *" "1 " i j j. .and- Springs 1.00 ts?f| !* >en. Total $12.50 w neri- The fund being raised by The Sl rt s<' Lancaster News for the "Our Boys in in are: ider ^rance Tobacco Fund" has reached ,z must $12-50. It continues to climb slowly though contributions really have 9 1? been backward. The News has for-, ?80<i warded the firBt amount, $10.00 to ol riers nat'ona' headquarters and the b hem-i tobacco, forty packages, will be sent m i rt , to France at once. There is a card , tc ' ar~l in each package which bears the c{ con" name and address of the contributor,! rr j and the recipient is requested to at oninl write a message on the card and mail a< j it. Perhaps when these begin to re- "( turn to the subscribers hereabouts I it will stimulate the contributions rf I and the fund will swell rapidly. IT isia's, j Bel- WOULD STEP ASIDE FOR REAL FIGHTER ?a\ itorv t aine I ! rt Cameron Morrison, Repute*! Cnn- g? tiers tlidate for (Jovernor, Willing r( tion- to SupiM>rt Hero of War. at I nouB iRaleigh. N. C.. Jan. 10.?State \\ ^UB" officers and politicians who make jn Kaleigh headquarters are much in- a, i rK j n torested in the statement of Cam- a( 1 for, eron Morrison of Charlotte, promi- w nent attorney who is regarded as a cr rtion certain candidate for the Demo- ^ onn cratic nomination for the governorship in the next primary, tjhat he vj iu will gladly support for the a 0i ! soldier returning with lauro( in ^ ' 'or France. Mr. Morrison , . ^it' )i lf>m? plain that he doesn't mean * ir And ing camp hero, hut a bona fide flgnt- n fir for the freedom of the world and (t j democracy. General speculation has it that Col. Albert L. Cox, now in p j the service as commander of a field e John artillery regiment at Camp Sevier, v years'will be a likely candidate if he re- {< , and turns in time for the primary. Colo- ft i at nel Cox gave up a Judgeship to ac- p sjine- cept a commission as colonel of the _ artillery regiment which he raised. 4 CRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR OSSIBILITIES OF Aj TRUCK MAIL ROU^| /ill lie Great Thing for tljflH Farmers of Lancaster andgljSi Kershaw Counties. fB| A 31 /ILL KI N ON SCHEDULES 11 Kinds of Mail Will Be H?|Jb died But Chief Object in VkrijW is the Carrying of Par^H The plan of the postofflce depart*? ent to establish truck-line mall ftfr-j titles is rapidly taking shape and it ? expected that the line from Chartte to Camden will be in operatioai|j ion after the first of the cominKB lonth. Postmaster WeddingtOB^m ' Charlotte, has been requested m le department to secure bids oh' te operation of two routes fronU harlotte and will receive the e&ijM >tween January 17 and FebruAra the contracts to run until JuSa ), 1920. This would indicate ttorn , jpartment's plan to put the routem , operation as soon as practic&Ifljv ' ter February 1, provided, .9; iurse, that satisfactory bids are re lived. The two routes under consider*. t on from Charlotte is believed o s a beginning of such a servicj ^ rer the entire United States. Thilf ill be served by automobile-trucn i fixed schedules and will difffllifh ibstantially from the present rulK V ee delvery system. One of tttA.. lutes out of Charlotte, the Ofjl TQ trver eays. will extend from WjuLi? I.i-Ottieni, mroURn tatesville, Barium Springs, Troiir an, Oswalt, Mooresville, Ml ourne, Davidson, Cornelius alii untersville to Charlotte a distant* f 9 8.7 miles. THTs route is to |K rved in both directions six daff* ich week, there being no service H unday. The other route extends frd r harlotte through Pinevtlle, N. d ancaster. Pleasant prings, Kershaw and Kalb to Ca7 sn. S. ('., a distance yf*87 mil ?a irh way each of the six work! ^ iys of the week. fl On these lines the carriers, t jj ic want of a better designatia ill perform practically all the fui T or.s of a United States postoffl ith the single exception of the jing of postal money orders, b i this connection ho will be authi ~ mt ed to accept and give receipts I ^plications for such money ord< id to accept money for money t ?rs to be issued at regular offlc li These carriers will deliver m ivi ' all sorts and descriptions to t Ji oxes. and make collections frc a ich boxes along the line of 1 i >ute, and will accept mail mati,)! ir registration and will accept pml *1 nost matt moMftw *"^ ? * - I ijji iiui-simy OI lHj,| 'gular sort, but will handle insure L ma 11 matter and wflU < i i?! such when it is to be Three automobile trucks will mI-} quired for each of these route? e wo will be In daily service, tlV% >utes starting from each termintlMB the morning, and arriving at her end of the route in the earnH 'ternoon. The third truck On eacinS >ute will be maintained for emefeM ncies. The Charlotte-Winst<Bl >ute will start at f? o'clock, frMHKj ich city, arriving at the other enlgcj. 3 o'clock in the afternoon, te Charlotte-Camden route uck will leave Charlotte ' t 5:slLa I the morning and will leavyXani * m at 9 a. m.. reaching Chat^M* I 5 p. m. The southbound trih ill reach Camden at 1:30 p. m., r 0 >rding to the schedule laid out n le beginning of this service. \ "The essential feature of thie sei 1 ce." says the statement from thl i IK..O nf ?.? ? - ?? ' ..V v> UI un KMIIIII atKJISlAUl yU9B I I Mstcr general, "will be tb? colleof ' I on and delivery of parcel Post, btM ' the handling of any matter can br 1 iterially expedited by dtspatchtnflOl on the truck, tt may be so dint etched. While it Is proponed ick up mail along the route wher-1.^ ver offered, in order that the sesjfl Ice may be sttccessfully operated i essential that a rapid schedule dhered to, and thin would be osslble if any prolonged stops (Continued on Pugs ) flu