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IE-ial Torpedoes
K and 16-Ifich Guns
f Used Against Foe
lUNDED GERMAN, NOW IN
ERLIN, TELLS OF NEW
y FRENCH ''AIR MINES."
Berlin, July .7?(Via London,
Huuly 9.)?An eye-witness account of
the Anglo-French offensive is given
Win dispatches from Lieutenant Dam^feitsch,
one of the editors of the Zeij^Ring
Am Mittag, whose company was
Hrtationed in the trenches near the
Somme river.
P The lieutenant was wounded during
the preparatory bombardment,
but was there long enough to witness *
the almost indescribable destruction
wrought in the front-line trenches by |
the artillery. He says that the
: massively-built positions had been regarded
a8 virtually indestructible
and impregnable, but the event prov- i
ed that the progress in the develop- 1
ment of offensive tactics since the
September offensive had not been
realized.
"Right at the beginning of the ar* ?
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miery prejJHruuuc, any a uic ucuwu- i
ant, "the enemy showed the Germans
a new thing in the destruction of observation
balloons. An aviator
swooped down on one of these and r
shot fire balls from above, a burst of x
flame marking the end of the balloon, j r
"The second day's bombardment, t
June 26, wrought another surprise in 1 j
the shape of aerial mines of unheard t
of calibres, which were thrown in in- \ e
credible numbers. The explosion of j I
the first air torpedo shattered by its 't
tremendous detonation the windows I (
of the bomb proofs and threw .up a ?
massive pillar of black earth perhaps |
a hundred yards. This showered the c
whole neighborhood with roofs, \
bricks and earth. This was a regular r
Vesuvius eruption. I r
"The destructive efforts of this un- ' c
interrupted throwing of the heaviest r
mines were almost immediately visi- f
ble. The entrances to two bomb a
proofs were buried and the inmates I
1-- -1 A- 1- - J ft '
naa 10 De removeu. s
A few minutes later an orderly . (
sent with a message to the left of a ' <j
company, returned, reporting that r
the tarench had been completely lev-, c
eled. Lieutenant Dambitsch, going d
to observe, saw as far as the eye
could reach, crater after crater six
feet deep, the earth being torn up !n
-a wild, high chaos of trench timbers .
and wire entanglements.
"The work of day and night for
nine months," says the chronicler,
"was destroyed in a few minutes.
Report after report arrived of bomb I
proofs demolished by aerial torpe-, s
does, burying the inmates. The <
, trenches became rapidly leveled, and i
communication between the sections t
was extremely difficult. The third <
lines were so heavily shelled that it1
was impossible to traverse them. An *
orderly sent to a captain was hours i
under way. On the left flank, the 1
company trench was so obliterated *
that it was difficult to trace it. The j(
only means of progress was a dash 11
from crater to crater fully exposed |1
to the enemy fire while crossing the .<
intervening ridges. Finally he arriv-1
ed after a period of intense danger .(
and found the left platoon of the (
company in the same condition as the
right platoon. A number of men ,
were still buried in the demolished '
bbmb proofs. Their comrades worked
for hours extricating them.
"During this work an intrepid j
battalion surgeon arrived with an i
oxygen apparatus and stood for
hours under a heavy artillery fire,
1L. 1.-1* 1 I
ministering tu ine nan uuneu auu i
attempting to revive those asphyxi-, ]
ated. ! |
"The bombardment continued without
cessation, aerial torpedoes being
hurled from ranges such as was
never before known for mine throwers,'
and the French artillery pounded
every yard of ground with an intense
fire of big shells."
The lieutenant describes how welcome
reinforcements were sent that
night "quite as much to assist in (figging
out those buried as to contribute
to the defense." He was lead- j
ing them to positions among the demoralized
trenches when he and his <
orderly were wounded by an explod- \
ing torpedo. They were sent to the ^
hospital, thus missing the infantry ;
attacks." j
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SHIP CONSTRUCTION ]
WILL BEGIN AT ONCE j
Navy Department Hasten* Draft- '
ing of Building Design*?May
Make New Record.
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Washington, July 9.?So that no 1
time may be lost in beginning con- )
a traction of the vessels to be authorized
in this year's naval bill, the navy 1
department is hastening the drafting j
of its building designs. Secretary 1
Daniels announced tonight that he '
tad approved complete plans for five
of the ten classes of ships proposed
and hoped to be ready to call for bids
on all classes within six months after
the bill passes. 1
"Starting the construction of ten .
different classes of vessels within 1
??li ? oViiii-t norinH aftflr their an- 1
IOUVU c* giivi ? ^*?* ?#? -?
thorization," said a statement issued <
at the department, "will constitute <
a record which has never before been
approached in the United States, nor !
is it believed that any country has ^
peen able to approach such a record.'
REGIMENT 0
groPgw^M^
rALK OF MEXICO J
WILL BEGIN SOON
Informal Negotiations
Expected This Week.
Border Still Quiet.
Washington, July 9.?The inf'?
n??! m.gotintions between *)% * Aredondo,
Mexican ambassador desiglate,
and Acting Secretary Polk of
he state department, which are exacted
to smooth out the differences
between the two governments, probibly
will begin some time this week,
t was said at the embassy tonight,
hat the instructions from Mexico
3ity awaited by the ambassador were
ixpected tomorrow.
Absence of further reports of the j
>utlaw band which Gen. Caranza
varned the United States govern
a a la an ja j /aw I
rient uugu w ue ucaucu iui ouvbuci
aid across the, border encouraged
ifficials in hoping this new element
night not be added to the other dificult
problems which the Mexican
md American conferees must solve.
War department officials said
nany thousand additional National
xuardsmen would start for the borler
this week. No important movenents
of these troops at the border
?r beyond, were reported during the
[ay.
PEOPLE LEAVE HOME.
"iigh Water at Many Placet in Ten*
nessee.
Chattanooga, Tenn., July 9.?Re>orts
from many points in the flooded
lections of this district reached here
>f damages to crops, highways and
ailroad lines, estimates were made
;hat the losses would amount to hunIreds
of thousands of dollars.
Several towns reported that the
righ waters had driven scores of resdents
from their homes. Many
>ridges are down and train schedules
lave been demoralized. The almost
:ontinuous rainfall since Thursday
light had reached a total precipitation
of 9.13 inches here tonight, ac:ording
to official observations.
Queen & Crescent trains are being
ietoured over the Southern railway
>n account of washouts near here.
SOCIALISTS CLAIM THE
GERMANS ARE STARVING
Deny Statement That No Resident
of Berlin Faces Starvation. Whole
Scheme Wrong.
The Hagne. via London, July 8.?
During a debate on the food situa;ion,
at the Thursday evening session
)f the Berlin city council, the Socialists
complained of the inequality
>nd inadequacy of the distribution
)f food under the mass feeding
5chcne. Councillor Mommsen declared
that no resident of Berlin was
sret starving. This elicited a sharp
contradiction. Municipal Physician
Weber maintained there was no
question of under feeding yet, where
jpon cries 01 strong dissent arose
from the Socialists.
The Socialist Councillor Hoffman
jaid that he himself had been a patient
ot the Rudolph Virchow hospital
for months and knew how seri^uslv
the dietary had i>een reduced.
Herr Hoffman demanded that President
-on Batocki of the food regulation
board, should be told that sufficient
food was available, but that
the method of distribution was all
wrong and the residents of Berlin
would stand it no longer.
The population of Cologne is excited
over the municipality's announcement
that mass feeding has
been postponed indefinitely, some
r? n it ? r\t? annm/a i /\ a IaaI/ a ^
ocky iwi vyccao, uvviu^ tu tiic lacn. vi
potatoes.
The so-called goulash-cannon traveling
kitchens are entirely insufficient
and are besieged by crowds of
hungry persons, while housewives go
dinnerless, the Vorwaerts says.
WELCOME VISITORS.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Klugh are in
the city this week on a visit to Mrs.
J. C. Klugh. Mr. and Mrs. Klugh
tvere recently married in Rock Hill
and are on their way home after a
ilelierhtful trip to Atlantic City and
ather points of interest.
Mrs. Klugh was a Miss Eoddey.
She is endearing herself to every one.
ivith whom she comes in contact by
her bright and vivacious manner.
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Bible Society W
1 in Ah
The meeting of the Bible Society,
as announced in another column,
will be held on Wednesday, July 26,
at eleven o'clock in Klugh's Park.
A stand will be erected and all of
the addresses will be made there.
After the addresses and the completion
of the reports, a picnic dinner
will be served by the ladies of the
Abbeville Branch Society to all members
of the Bible Soeiety in Abbeville
County. Tlie branch societies
at the different points in the county
are urged to send as large a delegation
as possible to the meeting. Any
member of any branch society who
can arrange to be here is invited
whether he is a delegate or not. All
members of the society in Abbeville
will Via avTMu>t?^ tn nftund thp Hinner.
Messrs. Wm. P. Greene and A. B.
Morse were appointed as a committee
to arrange for this meeting and have
appointed the following committees:
Dinner Committee.
Mrs. Jones F. Miller, Chairman,
FLOODED AREA
INCREASING.
Thousands Homeless
and Destitute in Path
of Storm.
With thousands of persons homeless
and destitute and with a growing
death list, the federal government to- :
tnnk official notice of the serious
V ? ? ?
flood conditions that have followed
the tropical hurricane in the Southern
States. At the request of Senator
Underwood, the war department has
ordered an engineer to investigate
conditions in the Cahaba and Alabama
river valleys, where 2,000 families
are reported without food or
shelter.
The floods have entered into East-'
era North Carolina and rivers, creeks
and branches in six Southern States
are out of their banks and flooding
thousands of acres of rich farm lands
as a result of unprecedented rainfall
since last Wednesday.
Eleven deaths reported today
brought the storm toll to 78 dead and
missing. Of these 55 were members
of the crews of ten schooners reported
unaccounted for at Biloxi. There
is a possibility that some were saved,
but marine men hold out little hope
for them. The others are known to
have lost their lives, about half of
them off the coast of Mobile and the
others in the interior of Mississippi,
Alabama and Georgia. The damage
will total millions of dollars.
Take to the Boat*.
At scores of -places boats are being
used to bring marooned sufferers
frmo their flood surrounded homes
and from tree tops.
In Alabama conditions have assumed
the most serious aspect. A
rainfall that has continued for more
than 100 hours at some places has
crippled wire and rail communication
and demoralized business. Railroad
yards ana manuiacturing piania in
Montgomery are threatened by the
rising waters of the Alabama river.
Back water has overthrown the
greater portion of North Montgomery
but warnings by the weather bureau
prevented loss of life.
Not more than a dozen of the 2,400
houses in Laurel, Miss., escaped
damage. The corn crop in that section
is reported 75 per cent, destroyed.
Four hundred persons driven from
their homes in the Dayton (Tenn.)
district on account of the overflow of
the Tenessee river Sunday returned j
yesterday when the waters began " to
subside. A 10-year-old boy, missing
since Sunday, has been discovered
alive on a drift, but cannot be rescued
until the waters subside.
Railway traffic is badly crippled.
CONGRATULATING MR. DICK I
The host of friends in Abbeville of
Prof. L. W. Dick are congratulating
him this morning on the fact that he
is to be married today to Mrs. Emma
McLeod Ellis at her home in Hartsville.
Mr. Dick is popular in Abbeville
and everyone wi^Jies him much
happiness and hope that he will soon
bring his charming bride to Abbeville.
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N THE MARCH
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ill Picnic
beville July 26th
Mrs. C. C. Gambrell, Mrs. W. P.
Greene, Mrs. C. H. McMurray, Mrs.
Wm. M Barnwell, Mrs. C. L. Cochran,
Mrs. E. R. Thomson, Misses Mae
Robertson, Fannie Stark and Cara
Morse. The chairman of this committee
is expected to call the members
of the committee together and
to make arrangements as are necessary
for serving the dinner.
Subscription Committee.
It will be necessary that a small
subscription be taken up in order to
mee't the exDenses of Dreoarine for
the dinner and the following are appointed
a committee to solicit the
subscriptions: Messrs. T. Gordon
White, Chairman, J. S. Stark, H. R.
McAllister.
Committee on Arrangement*.
The committee on arrangements is
as follows: J. L. Perrin, S. A.
Graves and D. H. Hill. They will
look after the grounds and have a
suitable platform erected, and confer
with the dinner committee as to
any other arrangements.
FRENCH GAIN
IN CHAMPAGNE
Kepublic's Troops Car
ry Lines in Vicinity
of Barleux.
Paris, July 11.?In a brilliant attack
the French have carried Hill 97,
a height which dominates the Somme
southeast of Biaches, acording to the
official statement issued by the
French war office tonight.
A new attack was launched in the
Champagne by the French last night.
The war office today announced the
capture of trenches over a front of
500 metres.
On the Somme front the French
took a 'i?ie of German nositions in
the neighborhood of Barleux. In this
section 950 Germans were captured
vesterday and last night. The Germans
made attacks at three points
simultaneouslyvin_the Vosges, but all
their assaults were checked completely
by the fire of French machine
guns.
The French attack in the Chamo*gne
was made at a point west of
Mesbil. The French troops charged
three times.
On the Somme front north of the
river the night passed quietly. In
the Verdun sector artillery fire continued
at Chattancourt, Fleury and
La Loufee.
HAVE TAKEN 22 CITIES.
Paris. July 11.?Twenty-two vil- '
lages, fortified in the highest degree
by German efficiency, have been captured
by the Anglo-French since the
great offensive began ten days ago.
Peronne is barely a mile from the
French advanced lines. It is the next '
important prize toward which the ;
French are advancing and is almost
within the grasp of Gen. Foche's j
army.
LEWIS LOOKS AT OPEN DOOR.
Washington, July 11.?Senator :
Lewis introduced a resolution today !
directing Secretary Lansing to report 1
whether or not the Russian-Japanese !
treaty is likely to close the open door
to China and result in disaster to i
American business interests.
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MISS HILL AT HOME.
Miss Howard Hih was hostess at
a charming tea dance last Friday
evening from seven till nine o'clock. <
Miss Nelle Edwards dispensed de- 1
rtllf flia OTTfln _ !
lltiuuo puiiv.ll blliUUgUUUb lilt
ing and despite the inclemency of i
the weather a large number of <
friends spent the evening together.
After the young belles and beaux <
left, a few of the older set spent a i
pleasant time dancing. 1
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. William J.
Crawford, a daughter, Sarah Wilhel- j
mina, July 6. j
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Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Dellm- 1
gar, Saturday, July 8, ft daughter. <
BISHOP CANDLER A
TO BE HERE
At Meeting of Cokesbury
District Confer- co
ence This Week. s'
The Quarterly meeting of the r
Cokesbury District Conference will
be held with the Abbeville Metho- mai
dist Church, beginning Thursday and ed i
continuing through Saturday morn- maj
ing. Rev. Walter I. Herbert, the
presiding elder of thier district, will;
preside over the sessions. The business
sessions will be held during the I vo.y
day and at night open sessions will J11"1
be held, to which all the congrega- ,
tions of the various denominations 1 ,"n
of the tity are cordially invited. | ^
On Thursday evening Bishop .
Warren A. Candler will preach ana ora
large number will doubtless hear' *
him. Mr. Swope, the son of Dr.
Swope of the Baptist church, will
also sing that night. Bishop Candler ]
will remain in the city and preach ?nd
for the Methodist congregation on
Sunday morning. jro
There will be preaching services Wil
by visiting ministers Friday and Sat- ?1V<
urday nights. h? 1
About 110 delegate^ are expected "*?
and they will be entertained in the "
homes of the members of the church. Noi
don
DEATH OF MRS. *ft<
LAURA A. CRAWFORD abl:
eon
The sudden death of Mrs. Laura
A. Crawford on Tuesday, July 4th. i
was a great shock to her friends ana foZ
relatives. She was apparently In her tusual
health and left the residence of
her daughter, Mrs. S. A. Graves,
to call on Mrs. f' P. Bining* ,*t>out C
4 o'clock. As she was conversing con
with Mrs. Billings and Mrs. Duncan! V
the end came without warning, ap-! or 1
poplexy being the cause of her mal
death. She breathed her last just as Mr.
Mr. Graves reached her.
Mrs. Crawford was seventy-five ?
years of age. Before her marriage
19 Mr. David Crawford in 1861, she
was Miss Laura A. Black, of the Lit- j
tie Mountain neighborhood. For^r'
several yearss Mrs. Crawford was -rj
school commissioner of Abbeville
county. Mrs. Crawford is survived ] *
by two sons and three daughters, A. itIie
B. Crawford of Hodges, H. R. Craw- 8P?<
ford of Due West, Mrs. W. E. Ha- f?y
gan, of Greenville, Mrs. S. A. Graves tie^
and Mrs. L. M. Shaw of this place. . -1
Her oldest daughter, Mrs. Ellen C. *n2
Ferguson, of this city, died seven to J
months ago. She also leaves four and
brothers and one half-brother, J. L. su"
and J. C. Black, of Antreville, W. W. i
and P. K. Black of Mt Carmel, and' ^
Dick Black of Anderson county.
Mrs. Ciawford was a consistant irlto
member oF"the Little Mountain ?.f s
Presbyterian church and was active
in church work during her residence
in that vicinity. jiian
The funeral services were con-'lj0n
ducted by^ Rev. H. C. Fennell, assisted
by Rev. H. W. Pratt at Littie
Mountain Presbyterian church, p
Wednesday 'morning at 11:30 o'clock
in the presence of a large
number of friends and Natives. 0
The pall bearers were as follows:
A. J. Ferguson, T. M. Miller, C. C. "r?
and F. H. Graves, B. F. Shaw and! Hr?J
Ralph Crawford. JgJ
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IV/\!OLl\ AJ1VJ \?y
BULGARIAN HELP, *
I per
Germans Are Losing to! are
Allies in the West. ^
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Rome, July 11.?Kaiser Wilhelm "
and Emperor Franz Josef have sent in?
an urgent request to Czar Ferdinand
to'dispatch Bulgarian troops to the pre]
Galician and Trentino fronts to help "]
check the Russian and Italian offen- "
sives, acording to Geneva dispatches, or 1
A delegation of 'Austro-German
diplomatic ana military omciais per- eviu
sonally carried the message on Sun- see
day to Sofia. Tfliey told Czar' Ferdi- A
nand that continued Italian and Rus- ered
sian successes would bring Roumania and
into the war on the side of the Allies inte
and Bulgaria then would be squeezed Tim
between Roumania on the north and and
the Allied forces in Greece on the the
south and crushed. Lloj
Czar Ferdinand replied that the yacl
withdrawal of the Bulgarians would wou
invite an immediate attack from Sa- yacl
lonika. He promised, however, to stati
submit the appeal to the Bulgarian ques
3taff. _ T1
The steady advance of the Russians picti
in Southeastern Galicia has caused thro
the withdrawal of several Hungarian Seai
divisions from Trentino. ers
into
OBJECT TO DEUTSCLHAND.
high
TTT L* A T 1 4 1 /I i. D-ii Who!
wasmngion, duiy ix.?ureal, out- ain
and France will do everything in ^
their power to prevent the United
States recognizing the Deutschland
as a merchantman, the Embassies of ? J
these governments admitted today.
They declare that the submarine is Qn (
essentially a warship it being unable ??)ei
to determine whether an undersea ?j)ei
boat is armed.
scrit
ANOTHER ONE COMING.
Rio De Janeiro, July 11.?The
State Chancellor has been officially T1
informed that a sister ship to the serv
Deutschland is now crossing the At- July
antic and will arrive here within ten (of tl
lays. dis.ll;
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Message For
\ Wilson From
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German Ruler.
MMANDER OF SUBMARINE IS
UD TO TELL OF WORD FOR /
PRESIDENT FROM KAISER.
>ld Point, Va., July 9.?The Ger1
submarine Deutschland, unarmand
flying the flag of a merchant1,
passed through the Virginia
e8 early today and proceeded 19
tsapeake Bay to Baltimore, coned
by the tug Thomas F. Tim18.
Her commander told the pithat
she left a German port on
e 23, that he had 1,000 tons of
?o and a quantity of mail aboard
brought a message from Empernr.*ni.m
n urn _
TT una 1X1 \AJ X 1 CfllUCUV IT Ucvlli
lie cargo is said to consist of dyeTs
and medicine consigned to *
timore firm.
lie Deutschland is 300 feet long
carries a crew of 29 men. The
>rmation that the Deutschland
aght a message from Emperor ^
liam to President Wilson was
sn out by Pilot Cocke, who said,
was told of this by Capt. Kairig,*
submarine commander.
"he cutter Onondaga returned to
folk late tonight, having abaned
the chase of ue submersible
sr sent to me/' he said, "is prob7
carefully tucked away in a pig- t
hole of the British admiralty of,
but. I don't care now. The
itschland is here nevertheless."
Ir. Hilken is an American and His
I has been in business here operig
ships under the American flag x
:e 1824. - ' > 1
!arl A. Luederitz, the; German
sul, is a member of the Ann.
Then the Deutschland will return,
whether it is planned to have her
ce regular trans-Atlantic trips,
Hilken refused to discuss.
Anxious to Trad*.
This project was conceived," he
\, "by German commercial interi
who wanted to reooen trade
li the United States. It is a pure:ommercial
proposition and that
II there is to it."
f present plans are carried out,
public will not be allowed to rait
the undersea wonder, nor will
body except the federal authoribe
allowed to board her.
Tie pier of the Eastern Forwardcompany
was boarcfed up today
3hut out the view of the curious
the Schumacher firm arranged to
round the pier tomorrow morning
l a cordon of police.
ix months ago came first reports
i Germany was preparing to put
i the trans-Atlantic trade a line
lubmarines that would djfoarf in
and achievements the U-boats
ch have been Germany's chief rece
in her conduct of was at sea.
don cable reports told of the orization
of a company to irfaugui
such a service and English exis
were quoted as saying they felt
surprise at the announcement of
plans.
Long Range Interview.
iff the quarantine station both
submarine and the tug Timmins
pped anchor to wait until dayt.
A yacht with Associated Press
esentatives on board met the
tschland and her convoy off SanPoint
about 8 o'clock tonight and
mpted to range alongside.
Hello Deutschland," the newspamen
shouted.
Hello, what do you want? Who
you," was the reply.
lere do you come from and
n?"
June 23, Heligoland."
Did you have any accidents cornover?"
None."
Did you see any British or
ich ships?"
None."
Were you chased by any British
French vessels near the coast?"
Mo", answered the officer with
ent impatience; "I said I didn't
any enemy ships."
t this point the submarine show[
sparks from her exhaust pipe
spurted ahead, cutting short the
rview. At the same time the tug
mins approached the press boat
a man on deck who said he was
agent of the North German
rd line ordered the newspaper
it to keep off, saying that there
Id be no news until morning. The
it followed until the quarantine
ion was reached, but all other
itions were unanswered.
he big submarine presented a
jresque sight as she ploughed
ugh the tumbling white caps,
chlights from excursion steamthrew
her darkly painted hull
bold relief against the blackness
i rainy night. She was riding
out of the water and almost the
le ship's company walked about
he narrow deck.
pparently the vessel is in perfect
lition after her long voyage. She
e up the bay with six or eight
of free board showing, with
ling tower standing high above,
each side of her bow is painted
utschland" and on her stern
utschland-Bremen."
o signs of armament of any de
)tion were visiDie on ine ouisiae.
BARBECUE.
iiere will be a barbecue dinner
ed at Bethel church on Thursday,
20. It is given for the benefit
he church and everybody is cory
invited to attend.
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