The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 06, 1918, Image 1
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VOL. 23. NO. 92. SEMI-WEEKLY,
ENEMY GIVES WAY '
YPRES TO RHEIMS
Hurl*
t Along This Whole Line Foe is ^ ^ ^
Carrying Out Retrograde lookout of
Movement. service, rei
s tlgkn that
* east of Cre
HUGE FIRES ARE BURNING canlc activ
Accordln
\ From Perronne to Ypres Feild the exPlosi
rocks and
Marshal Haig's Forces Are lnto the al
Keeping Hard After the The sm<
_ covered a
I observer ri
jjL PreBton
, The Germans are now giving The Orle
L yWvejtPOUDd over the entire 150-mile bat- one> from
tie front from Ypres to Rhelms. actual erui
Seemingly the question whether tbe great c
tho Germans will be able to hold had becomi
p-jk even relatively their present line eruption w
y from Flanders to Campagne Is being dlately rail
I mnawered. And the answer appar.^ ntly
is in the negative. Vsual
i V < The strategy of General Foch Maro I
"Which imposed upon the Germans "While th<
yA % the necessity of falling back in Flan- ern Califoi
^ * ders, Artois and Plcardy, now like- time and a
wise is compelling tho enemy to rome activ
withdraw from the Vesle river be- likely in th
tween Soissons and Rheims, north- said Prof,
ward toward the Aisne in order to Mare Isli
"'"A avert disaster. when infor
Outflanked on all defensive works, outburst o
^i>^alone the western nnrt r?f ?v>? hattio
jjySjS^Hne and in great danger of a turn- MURDEF
ing movement eastward from the re- SOLV
*55 jrions of Noyon and Soissons, the
**. German high command at last has Jimmto Mi
been forced to begin the retrograde Wan
movement in the Solssona-Rheims
sector which the military experts
long had predicted would be neces- Columbii
itated through the successes of the mystery su
r.v British, French and American ar- jimmie M<
* mles. dered at 1
The c,,max to the Qerman ma_ the night
*'} ^JS'neuvers along the Vesle culminated ently was
jffr when the French virtually swept Wiggins, a
ft' . away the last remaining portion of held at th
the old salient in the region of No- principal i
^^^ayon and the French and Americans made a wr
? north of Soissons and along the killed Mel.
[' Vesle reached positions dominating terbury. Ci
the Alsne and the Chemin Des aerie for
Dames and crossed to the north side death,
of the Vesle on a front of nearly 20 The con
I miles. ry W. Des]
j All behind the front toward the county, in
Alsne. huge fires are to be seen. Gray, ano
where the enemy is making his way {was repeat
as fast as possible northward, in all Cobb, of (
probability harassed by outposts of fifth Judlci
B French and American troops and by The con
artillery Are and the machine guns erf the evii
and bombs of the allied aviators. | with the ci
I While the debacle In the south i at the coui
seems complete, in the north the! tried at th>
^ Germans also are facing a crisis. I court.
Everywhere from Poronne to Ypres.j The alle
mys ITielfl Marshal Haig's men are keep- pro radical
wV ing hard after the enemy, whose line ticulars ft
1? dally being bent back further east- ances surr
jgl ward, giving the British better the body (
jffir? -points of vantage from which to on the mo
work In their task of regaining as Wiggins
their first objectives St. Quentin, name of J
jr.- .Cambral. Lille and Armentleres. in the cour
P: From Ypres to Lens additional towns ed with ha
I have been recaptured and the old sa- of R. J. B;
, lient more nearly reclaimed. Lens, the city of
the famous coal city. Is said to have identified 1
if been entirely evacuated by the Gor-iher of the
> mans, and the British are only await- negro who
ing the dissipation of the noxious hatchet on
/ passes and the rendering of the cltj^,the head.
safe ffom the possibility of the do- to have ai
tonation of mines in the subter- having ser
ranean coal chambers to enter it. and G^eri
From Arras sotUhward-jA to Per- which hfe c
\ . ronne, English, ^c<jtcji^ .Welsh, Ca
^ . nadlans and Australian, troops every- Flft<
s " where a^e harassing the enemy. Ten "liir
> mooting his Violent machine gun fire trained for
I with Such irresistible proesure that Ga.. yesteri
/ the enemy has^-heen vlrtpally non- Harper, W
pi used and has retired, at somo ther M. F
1, points almost precipitately f- Karl Bath
Eastward of thg old Ihrocourt- Claude M.
Queant line the enemy has been Doctor D.
k?. pushed Wroso to the east bank of ler. Six r
Vlis Canal du Nord, where at last! also entral
accounts he was endeavoring to pre-J Jackson. 1
'*he use of innumerable ma-| Thomas J
pm cm. rfUiis, a British advande over! Robert L.
ditch. son, John
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! jovernment Rating Affectin
Hjjrhe War Industrie* Roerd has lasuod a nu
U^^ond thcylr to J he method Q( -ducting the clrculatto
^ ftnn whlclKfl . k . ' 'v*Ve already been p
>SLd on th#^ V ... - a J \ effective October
Idynaatle Idea and bow 6
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i Lan<
LANCASTER,
V PEAK BURSTS CflllD DCDC|
VOLCANIC ACTIVITY rUUH iLIVM
ays the Explosion Was ITII I hH 7'
looks and Livu Helng RILLLI/ I ?
hI Hundreds of Feet.
Federal Buildinj
:al.. SoDt. 5.?The Orleans
"v ,,T?ro ,n tor of the outrage.
IIIn Room.
"This outrage, in
a. S. C.. Sept. 5?The inevitabl? a8 a" apt
irroundtng the death of part of the L W- V
:Loughlin, who was mur- clared after a huri
he Ragles' aerie here on "foI,ow,n* the ???'
of Mav 10. 1918, appar- 100 of thelr memb<
cleared up When Lewis ta,n that the 1 W 1
negro of many aliases. deftd' 1 belleve th
e county jail, the alleged of nitro
n several other crimes, eral arrests have b'
itten confession to having <lr,> ""est'on'nS the
-oughlin, a native of Wa- a8 we can*
onn., and steward for the The court room
several years up to his K. M. Landis. wh<
leaders were recenl
fession was made to liar- sentenced to prisoi
Portes, jailer for Richland ,be Rovernment's wi
the presence, of Sherman ^bo s'*th door of th
ther negro prisoner, and "am H. Haywood, i
ed to Wade Hampton treasurer of the I.
"olnmbia. solicitor of the those sentenced to
lal circuit. on for hfs Part in
mnr's jury, which review- w as on the eight fl
dence, charged Wiggins '"t with his lawye
rime, and he is being held n'nR to seek a wri
nty Jail on warrant, to be ,)fihalf when the e>
e coming term of criminal "e deplored the o
emphatically denyin
ged confession of the no- mPn b:,d committer
difTers in essential par- ,pd that h ebelievi
m the physical appear- wo"ld be blamed,
t nding the crime, when The so-called "
jf Mclaughlin was found of the I W. W. plai
rntng of May 11. tremble with t
was arrested under the 'be bomb and hear
ohn Williams and placed 'n the dome of the
lty Jail on June 20. chars- Ties of the Injure
ving burglarized the store calm and did not
ynum, on the outskirts of marshal's office.
Columbia. He was also "It is unfortunat
t>y George Mack, a mem- happened at this til
Syrian colony here, as the Ingly. "I know th
assaulted him with a will be blamed, bul
i June 9, hitting him In in my own Heart th
The negro Is understood organization was in
i exceedingly bad record, nected with this rc
ved time In the Alabama he Insane for an I.
gia penitentiaries, from such an act at this i
tscaped. The bomb, which
+ have consisted of at
p<en Left Yesterday. wrapped steel oylinr
ilted service" men en- high explosives, was
Camp Qreenleaf, Lytle, ^dams street entra
lay: They were Clyde P. inp during one of t
111 la m D Jones. Jr., Lu- rlods Gf the day.
'underburk, Joe Gandy, flllit case with a tlm
i?y, Lawrence N. Perry, Was deposited behir
Hancock, S. Roy Parks. not|ced by the
Ogburn. David Huffstlck- Nearly a hundred
legroes from this county the corridor at t
npH VPofflpHou frvv ?
, .?? afnmp windows, wi
rhey were Otha Taylor, ietter registry divU
dobley, Willie Walker, explosion rai
Crawford. Willie Patter- Jn the d(>me q( th(
M Clyburn. ?;tft 0.ci0ck Thin
- that hour every d
. change of clerks.
q I blast tore the radla
OUDSCTW YS tenlngs and hurled
the street, whore it
Biber of rulings apidy- smashed
in department of nows?tit
In operation, and a great slabs of marbl
1, 1918, requires that end ground the
splinters. Flying
irotlon <mb?crli>tlnn ihrodi. ?ev<",wjlw?r
? MSf* tfc*'
the United States forest Where I. W. W
ported to Supervisor Car- IS Blowi
Preston Peak, 3 5 miles
scent City, burst into volity.
NINE MEN AR
g to the Orleans lookout,
on wan violent and hurled |tomb Was p|ac<,
lava several hundred feet
r. Behind Radia
>ke cloud front the peak Bu,win Was
radius of five miles, the _ . ?
sported. People.
Peak is 7.365 feet hieh.
ans observer was the only Chicago, Sept. 5.
whom any report of an were killed and moi
ption had come. Whether injured by the expl
louds of forest fire smoke in a crowded entrar
B confused with an actual building at 3:10
'as the question imme- afternoon,
sed here. Tpe explosion,
wrecked the entrar
lly Active in Spring. inc. but shattered 1
sland, Cal., Sept. . 5.? the first throe floors
5 entire district of north- across the street, \
rnia was volcanic at one the I. W. W. by Ph
ny of the peaks might be- charge of the local
e, this would be more partment of Justice,
le spring than in the fall," Raids on two het
Thomas J. J. See. of the j w w Witliln 15
Mid naval observatory, explosion, resulted
med as to the reported | j,|uo men. Several
f Preston Peak. into custody within
^ ing and a woman
t MYSTERY IS I suppressed was am
EI) BY CONFESSION building. More tin
ments agents and t!
IiOUghlin, Columbia Man, jj,.e force was seek
* ?
an 1,500 govern- or ,he supreme comn
he entire city po- >'roat battle,
in# the perpetra- T,,e size of the Ame
comes increasingly ini
my opinion, was ?' ,H?
of reprisal on the <he ,V?ry ?en,er of ,h<
r." Mr. Barry <le- ,m ,he DouaI-Cambrai
ried investigation !,,>parenttenclng
of nearly , Fwrh Hm Am?,|e
*rs. We are cer- w th? ?pln,on of
V. committed this ZZ' th? breakdown <
at the bomb was defpn8e ,,np" on th
glycerine. Sev- Pr?Ve the enterln* w(
sen made and we R"ccesse? nf n sweepin
prisoners as fast th* 5ECt that GenPraI
my has not yet been li
. _ . . e?l is proof that Mart
0 oi oral Judge ample reserves with v
-re . \V. W. j,is advantage.
tly convicted and , . ,
1 for obstructing ,n h,s ?
ar program, is on *ewsPaPer oorrespon
>e building. Wil- Mar?h rev,ewed briefly
general secretary- Uat'?n ?f the ,ast tn"r??
W W . of one of P0""* ^rtlc^ly th
20 years in pris- " the m?8t ,n,P'ess|v<
the conspiracies ' ?ast of Arras'
oor of the build- WUV aCr?SS ,h? 11
r who was plan- "" el*ht m,,e front
t of error in his ?S ,h"ir ob^tiv?- Th
:plosion occurred. ^*7? ,h?
lit rage and while baUI* f">nt from the
K that any of his h* Ha,(1> h;ul bof
1 the act. admit- nnd ov<*rro by the I
?d the I. W W advance of the
hist week, when they
six miles on a 2 5-m
uncrowned kin " Fl?Ble ?
nly feu .he build- forcei| ???? th
he detonation of n,,r(tl
<1 Ihe class crash .. . ...
oi .lliy
structure and the General March poini
d. He appeared indicating the rapidit
leave the deputy the battle ig 8hlftin
steady drive of the
e that this thing that the British had
ne," he said feel- 14 miles since they ]
at the I. W. W. attack on August 21.
t I am convinced Even as General
at no man of my word came from the
any way con- stating that the ene
latter. It would hurled still further hi
W. W. to commit j Douai-C'ambral line, i
time." the British stood witl
is believed to of the Oambrai pivot ti
least three wire- defense position. Late
lers charged with ^rorn Flanders and on
? carried Into the '? the south, indicated
nee of the build-j tlrements were in pro
he moat busy po- places, due to the com!
Concealed in a British thrust in the ee
e fuse, the device eral Mangin'a flanking
id a radiator un- wa?"?J the Chemin Pes
passing throng, advance of Franco-An
persons were in across the Vesle indie
he time, at the f??rman line at this er
rltlng desks and,*1? front is being force<
don. [the Alsne by the press
ne Just as a bell
i building struck *n all the dispatcher
bell Is rung at ulcers here .noted ag
ay to mark the '"rations that some ne
The force of the tant phase of the battl
tor from its fas-|P?cted shortly. There
it 20 feet Into expectancy among both
struck and killed | semi-official comentato
deRks, tore up "urea the Impression
e from the walls, I'orh is preparing; for
woodwork Into " this the case. It la
debris cut Into that the employment o
posters and can-! "hint's army may wel
across the ' the plans, the OrtjTjr
tW'fo' fnrce of 1
jMr^wo i iftp f?W- [AljAw t-h.i
/
3ASTE
A LIVE PAPER IN A LIVE TOWN
S. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1
)NS ARE 1,600,000 AN
j INJURED AMERICANS
? in Chicago Foch Believed to 1
. Were Tried New Blow Upon
a Up. ing Enen
E ARRESTED COMMENT AT WA
d in Suit Case If Germans Attemj
lor When the Retreat Foch M
Crowded With Upon Stroke on
Confusion.
?Four persons Washington, Sept.
re than 75 others ment by General Ma
oslon of a bomb BtafT, that more th
ice to the federal troops had been enib
o'clock yesterday fronts up to August 3
new measure of the f
which not only Foch has at his dispos
ice of the build to follow up the vie
every window on won on the western frt
i of two buildings Included in the A
vas attributed to nients are men sent tc
illlip J. Harry, in heria, the arrival of
office of the ?de- American commander,
tok. with nearly 1,4 0
idquarters of the forres dispatched dir
minutes after the rnltP(' States having I
in the arrest of ed by March,
more were taken num,)er of >"en sent e
the federal build- to Franrp. however, is
whose name was ?00, ,eav,n8 more t
jsted in a nearby Amerlcan troops avalla
R NEV
f
918. I
n MORF CONFEDERATE MONEY
V ihUIUj circulating in can;
ABROAD Some One is Also Offering Coi
erate Treasury Certificates I
ie Planning Germany,
the RetirRiehmond,
Va., Sept. 2.?
iy. . - -
in? une is onering Confeth
treasury notes in both Canada
lSHin(;ton g crinany is the opinion of state
rials who have received lettert
cently. Miss Esther Wildes
^ holesdle Dwight, Ontario, wrote dernan
light Decide payment on Confederate certifi<
\ nt of amountinR to The lettei
companying the notes said "1
sending you this set of Confedi
notes, amounting to J129, and
5.?Announce- nni8t pay them on <,emaa<l
rch chief of these are y?ur own losses and
an ' 1.600,000 n,ust be paid"
arked for all Some tinie a*? State Troa<
1 furnished a Johnnton received a package
orces Marshal Manheim, Germany, from an *
al with which of a ra'lroad who had cashed a
tories already Confederate bill for a traveler.
of the writers have been notified
American ship- ,h<> Confederate government i
i Italy und Si- n,oreMajor
Graves,
at Vladivos- ">2k Men Called Since April 1
0 men of the The local board for Lane
ect from the county has sent 528 men to <
been announc- since April 1; 280 white men
The total 24 8 colored. This exclusive of
Isewhere than 10 white men and five colored
less than 10.- entrained yesterday. There
linn 1,500,000 been 27 different calls since Api
ble for the use and there are now approxim
lander in the 800 Lancaster county men in
service, besides those who v<
rican force be- teered.
portant as the ?o?
ish assault at Bnrr, Not Derrick, Quits L. X
i German line -pju, stated Tuesday thi
front becomes i iri^ -1 ?! ? -j
?. ^v.. 1,11 II?IU it~?iKnt-(i as a^ei
his city of the I^ncaster & Ch
**SOIX< . . railw?y- This was an error ant
array official, I)err)rk ,8 w|(h th# ,
) t i .. rm,m jjenry uarr> assistant to Mr. Der
s ront may resif;ne(1 his posltion and be
allied connected with (he Sowe,, Gn
g nature since company and it was thro? h
Pershing s ar- facl The News fH, Jnto error
argely employthai
Foch has 0
rhich to press Bound Over to Court,
Lee Helms was hound over tt
inference with f?'leral court at Rock Hill ir
dents General sum $1.0(10 by I'nited States <
the battle sit- missioner Jtihn T. Green Wei
i or four days. ''a>' on 'he charge of harboring
at the British assisting a deserter. Joe Holm?
? phase of the father, was released of the
had smashed charge. The evidence adduced a
indenburg line hearing in Mr. Green's office w;
with Camhral "10 effect that Henry Helms, st
e major enemy and brother of Lee Helms
whole 60 mile cently left Camp Wadsworth wii
Scarpe to the customary procedure in obta
>n encountered leave and was arrested here.
Irltlsh and the was being taken hack bv Capt.
French troops ''rown and at Spartanburg h
gained five or caped from the train. Later, ac
lie front in a 'nK to the evidence, he was so
irgely to with- company with his brother,
e enemy in the Hdnis, driving toward the
Carolina line. He is still at la
Advance. o
tfrl Ollt :ilui III2 UI.?Ln ! ? ??.. ! i.
.... .... |> mun' ! itri'P.
y with which C. P. Caskoy has taken the
g under the tion of night patrolman succo(
allied armies, Jack Williams, who resigned t<
pressed ahead cept a position with Nesbit & Wi
launched their Clayton Roger? driver of the
t?vuck and as. 'ant to Chief,
'larch talked, has taken a posit. at the Lanei
battle front cotton mill and is Succeeded on
my had been force" by Claude Davis,
ack along the ________ ???
and indicating
hin Ave miles
? this German iff Hifpi
r reports both ^ f f /VI J4 i\
the Vesle, far /l * A
that new regress
in fgjflah | |
dnation of the 0 tW H ttl flj
>nter and Gen- ??
movement to- ^
Dames, The J
aerican forces #? n /j
that the J| UffftU
Hi of the bat1
back toward
from the ^
i from abroad 111 M
ain vleled In- ^FaUVv
>w and Impor-j
le la to be ex-' ?
waa an air ofI |"1 VVrflfV
unofficial and m
ra which pro-| M
that Marshal JLdtMi Mt
a new blow. ' Abelieved
here *.
f General Per11
..e included tfilT Titfi A ll
Jhelnfc to hit VT ? *%?
* Aiinciali' hmiscli I
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SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR
IL POLLOCK ASSURED
OF HIS ELECTION
n
i Candidates for Senate Short
Term to Be Voted On
That . m
Jrate Again Next Tuesday.
and 7 X
offl- RUNS AGAINST PEEPLES '
i rei,
of "
ding Denies Report That He Does
rates) ?? iti?*~i *
v uivtitu aim
r act
am Says He Wants and Expects
irate to Be.
you
thev Columbia, Sept. 5.?W. P. Pollock-,
w ho is a candidate for the" United
Burer' States senate for the short term, was
from in '*ie Wednesday. He is In tho
igenti fce(,oml race with Thomas H. Peoples,
|20| attorney general. He was here atAI,!
tend in a the State Democratic executhati
*'ve committee meeting. Mr. Pols
no' stated that his election Is asj
sured. as he has been receiving adI
vices from every part of the State as
( i to his vote, which he claime will ho
large for a second primary. Mr. Polaster
|ock issued the following statement V
amp t0 the voters of the State, calling the
and voters to the colors next Tuesday: ^
thej "Tlie people of South Carolina are
who to be congratulated on the winning
have the magnificent victory of the polls
* in the first primary election?a vicately
tory for the Democratic party of the -j*
State and the nation, and a victory 'w
ilun- for America against Germany.
i "Our people have shown in no mis? .
takable way that the heart of South
: *' Carolina is right, and that they are ? /
it G. behind Woodrow Wilson, the greatit
in I est of all Democrats, the greatest of * .
ester all American statesmen, and the . 3
1 Mr. greatest of all world statesmen n
& C. this greatest crisis that Jtas ever conTick.
fronted America and the, civilization
came of the world.
ocerv "1 a in delighted that It has been k
this my privilege to play a man's part In
this day of our nation's stress?that >
i? ..... i ?
.. ? ?? wye**- iur in?
men who have gone out gladly to do
and dare for us-here at home?am!
* the so long as there Is an American sol\
th? dier 'over there" I expect to continue ^
om" to fight for them over here. And to
,lnes~ that end I crave the opportunity to w
an<1 render whatever of service I am
' his capable of it. the United States sen8ame
ate. W
* 1,10 "I appreciate more than words can.
118 to express the magnificent vote given
>n nf me in the first primary, and I ap'*
'e" peal to my friends throughout the
"out state?the friends of administration/ m
ining frjen(j8 nf the sailors and solI
(|1
diers who are making the supremo
R" ( ' sacrifice for us and mine, for us ull,
P es~ for humanity and civilization, to go
cor(l" back to the polls on next Tuesday.' \
' n m and complete the victory so well beLee
*?
gUn
ort "Many of my friends have written
rRO' me that a report was circulated that.
I did not desire to be elected. This,
was entirely erroneous. I did want
P?R1- and I do want and expect to be elect?
>ding ,>d. -Tjf, a worthy ambition and an
ao"j opportunity to render real service to
Uson. n,y people, my country and tho
tire; world, and I ask my friends to seo
Orr, to it that the people are advised and
astPr po (Q t^e polls, and I know that tho
"the
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