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' Abbeville Press and Baiinefj Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, Feb. 19, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th HEAD OF Sn WIRED I F Refusal to Work Means Aid and Comfort to the Enemy m MR. WILSON ADMINISTERS SEVERE REBUKE J ' X V P? V SHIPYARD STRIKE OVER V ec v A V - V New York, Feb. 18.?The V 01 V strike by carpenters in At- V in V lantic shipyards engaged on V V government contracts is V V over. The men have return- V V ed to work. v V ^ Washington, Feb. 17.?President ^ Wilson took a hand tonight in the Eastern shipyard labor strikes and *r issued a sharp rebuke to William L. Hutcheson, president of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, 111 who after refusing to send striking ^ ship carpenters back to work pend- 1 ing action by the shipbuilding labor adjustment board, had asked for a s* Q personal conference to lay the situ- 1 ation before the president. In effect the president declared | that if Hutcheson did not want to; give aid and comfort to the enemy | he would send the men to work and j n< leave a settlement of differences to K ' I the adjustment board and declined] i M to see him until he naa done so. i ? The president sent this telegram to the union chief: /. g "General President United Brother- j hood of Carpenters and Joiners! of America, New York: "I have received your telegram tl of yesterday and am very glad to li note the expression of your desire 0i as a patriotic citizen to assist in e: carrying on the work by which we t< are trying to save America and men p everywhere who work and are free, is Taking advantage of that assur ance, I feel it to be my duty to call T your attention to the fact that the strike of the carpenters in the shipyards is in marked and painful con- tl trast to the action of labor in other trades and places. Ships are absolutely necessary for the winning of s this war. No one can strike a dead- tl lier blow at the safety of the na- ai tion and of its forces on the other & side than by interfering with or obstructing the shipbuilding pro- bi gram. w "All the other unions engaged in tti this indispensable work have agreed le to abide by the decisions of the m shipbuilding wage adjustment board m That board has dealt fairly and lib- ^ erally with all who have resorted pi to it. "I must say to you very frankly bi that it is your duty to leave to it ci the solution of your present diner- k; enes with your employers and to d( advise the men whom you represent n< to return at once to work pending hi the decision. le "No body of men have the moral hi right in the present circumstances g< of the nation to strike until every j ki method of adjustment has been tried I w to the limit. If you do not act upon | in this principle you are undoubtedly] giving aid and comfort to the ene- j my whatever may be your own; conscious purpose. "I do not see that anything will ^ be gained by my seeing you person* g] ally until you have acted, and acted upon that principle. It is the duty ^ of the government ?o see that the best possible conditions of labor are maintained, as it is also its duty to see to it that there is no lawless and conscienceless profiteering and h< that duty the government has ac- B cepted and will perform. Will you b< cooperate or will you obstruct? lo Woodrow Wilson." ti iIKE 5Y WILSON our Are Killed, One Wounded, 2 Missing ORE AMERICAN TROOPS ARE | SLAIN IN ACTION IN FRANCE. Washington, Feb. 16.?General srshing late this afternoon report1 the death in action of four more merican soldiers, the wounding of le and the fact that two are missg. Those killed in action were: Private Ferdinand Saucrs, infanTT/iK-rfioTv s. Washineton, D. C. J ) ? J -> w Private John V. White, infantry, ebruary 8, Epworth, Iowa. Private James Novasconi, infany, February 9, Ouray, Colo. Private Lewis W. Spacek, infany, February 14, Oklahoma City, kla. Missing?Private Edward Roberts ifantry, February 8, New York, N. .: Private John W. Hill, infantry, inuary 30, Berry, Ala. Slightly wounded: Private Marmll R. Farnum, infantry, February , Inkster, N. Dak. L - U. D. C. MEETING. The U. D. C.'s will meet this after oon at 4 o'clock with Mrs. J. C. lugh. A full' meeting is desired. IANAGEMENT OF OTTRT ir UTILITIES hanged by Act Approved Thursday?It Anderson On Inside? __ ^ In order to know the status of >e legislation affecting our pubc utilities, The Press and Banner, n Monday morning, wired the Govrnor's office for information a$ > whether the y^ct had been aproved. The following telegram i in answer to that message: Columbia, S. u., i-eo. 18, iyie. he Press and Banner, Abbeville, S. C. Your wire. Act was approved by le Governor February Fourteenth. John E. Puckett, Sec'y. We are now taking up with the ecretary of State the matter of le Amendment to the existing law, nd if we receive a copy by Thursay, it will appear in Friday's issue. Although the Act seems to have een approved on Thursday of last eek, no mention of the matter was iade here, so far as this paper can iarn, until Sunday when an alderlan of the city 'mentioned the latter in innocent conversation, fhy the matter did not have more ublicity we do not know. While the public, which pays the ills, has had no knowledge of ocarrences, it may be interesting to now whether the visits of Mr. Anerson to the city hall and his earest conversations with legislators ave had any connection with the gislation. If Mr. Anderson has ad a knowledge of what has been sing on it would be interesting to now why the people of the city, ho pay "the freight have been kept l the dark. ENERAL KALEDINES IS REPORTED DEAD * 4 ? mi. _ rij j._ Washington, *eo. 10.?ine otaie epartment today received a teleram from Tiflis saying it was ruored there that General Kaledines, ;tman of the Cossacks, is dead. MR. JOHN BULLOCK. Mr. John Bullock died at his J >me near Greenwod last week. Mr. ullock is well known in Abbeville, sing the father of Mr. Will Bulck ,one time Clerk of Court for le county, and Mr. John Bullock. I END OP ARMISTICE j TO COME AT NOON , f The German- Russian Peace Truce Brought To a Close. A "PROVOCATIVE ACT." Germany Holds That Boltheriki Bjr Conduct Has Denounced l:lie Armistice. Berlin, Feb. 17.?The armistice between the Russian and German forceB which hSs been in existence for several weeks on the Russian front will expire at noon tomorrow according to the official statement issued today by the German army headquarters staff. The text reads: "Eastern theatre: On the great Russian front the armistice expires at noon tomorrow. "Macedonia front: There is nothing new to report." Amsterdam, 'Feb, 17.?An official statement issued by the German imperial government states that the I Petrograd government by its conj diict has denounced the armistice which had been in existence on the ; Russian front. This anouncemerit "isregarded as having occurred Feb. i 10. i ' In conformity therewith, the official statement says, the German | government must, after a la~so of seven days, give notice of t1 i termination as provided for unc'^r the i treaty and reserve a free h?.nd in ; every direction.I | London, Feb. 17.^-A Russian govj ernment wireless dispatch received ! here gives a message from Leon Trotzky to the German Government, dated February 17. II; asks whether the statement received to i the effect that General Hoffman on ! February 16 declared that a state ! nf war* wnnl() hp rPSlimed at nOOn I VA *? ~ ? I r j the 18th between Germany and ' Russia was correct, "because it ; seems a provocation act to give only two days' notice instead of seven | as stipulated in the armistice agreei ment." j BRITISH CHIEF OF STAFF RESIGNS London, Feb. 16.?Th? resignation of General Sir William Robertson, chief of the British imperial staff, was officially announced hert this Evening. He is succeeded by j General Wilson, sub-chief of staff. 1 1 T* _1 L J uenerai rtouertsun umincu wo I Government's offer to appoint him j permanent military representative ; at the Versailles Supreme War j Council whose power curtails the I duties of the chief of staff. Sir Wili liam also declined to continue his j present position under the new coni ditions. I Publication of the Versailles rej port is expected to be made next 1 week. \VVSA VV^VVVVVVVV > Vi V FRANCE GIVES PLOT TO V V AMERICA FOR BURIALS vl V AT FRONT. V,1 V vi V With the American Army V j V in France, Feb. 16.?Pursu- V| V ant to a previously anounced V V plan, France has turned over Vj V a plot of ground to the Unit- Vi V ed States to be used as a V! V burial ground for American V V dead. It will be kept up by V V the French as a national V. V cemetery. V V V VVVVVVVVVVVVVV.V^ ! vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv V. COTTON MARKET V [ V Cotton 31 l-2c. V V Seed $1.06 1-2 V vvvvvvvvvvvvvv^i * WAR EXPENDITURES RELATIVELY LOW | McAdoo's Statement Covers Half of Fiscal Year Up to Jan. MILITARY, $1,762,000,000. Shipping Board Sptnl: $169,922,000; Nary About Equal Estimate $550,936,000. Washington, Feb. 17.?Details of how various government departments are spending money in the war emergency were disclosed today in a financial statement by Secretary fVl/1 . Tlftlf ftf XULnUUU WVTVAIII5 V*?V U*W? MM.* the fiscal year up to January 1. The military expenditure was $1,762,000,000 in the six months, as compared with estimates of War Department heads that, expenses for the entire year ending next June 30 would be $8,790,000,000. Although the rate of expenditures consequently was far under the early estimates, the' treasury statement shows that the outlay is increasing rapidly, amounting to $450,000,000 in December, as compared with $387,000,000 the month before. Shipping Board. A similar relatively low rate 91 j j expenses, was recorded for the shipP | ping board which spent $45,774,000 in December, about $2,000,000 less than the month previous, making! total expenses for the six months j ?169.922.000. Estimated expenses . for the whole year were $901,129,000. | The navy expenditures were about : equal t.o preliminary estimates, I amounting to $550,936,000 for the 1 six months, as compared with the' estimated $966,150,000 for the year, j i These three departments accounti ed for the great bulk of the govern-1 i ment's expenses. The outlay for' ' most others was approximately the; I ; j amounts anticipated. j The net public debt of the United ! ! States was $6,664,359,097, about aj i billion dollars more than the month J I :before. | BRANDEIS FOR ZIOPTS CHIEF. f * I . ! | London, Feb. 13?A political writ-. ; er in the Weekly Despatch in a long! | article on who may be the head of | the future Jewish autonomous state' of Palestine says that the general | j choice seems to be Justice Louis i Brandeis, of the United Gtates su-j preme court, whom he describes asj a leading Zionist and the most con-! spicuous social reformer in Ameri-j ca, a close friend and esteemed ad-! i viser of President Wilson. / THE INTERESTS OF j JEFFERSON AND LAFAYETTE i ? -1 London, Jan. 14.?Two letters, one written by Thomas Jefferson and dated Monticello, April 17, 1821, and the other by General LaFayette and dated Lagronge, June 28, 1827,! have been presented to Consul-GenI eral Skinner in London as a gift to the American government. The do-J nor was H. B. Gross, a Philadelphia manufacturer, who; until recently | had a home here. The first concerns certain books which the correspondent recommended to Jefferson and which he declared he was pnHoqvnrincr to obtain. while the 0 , I letter by LaFayette speaks of the; invention of a bee hive and of his interest in agricultural develop-' ment generally. There is nothing! to disclose the identity of the persons to whom the letters were addressed. HELPING WIN THE WAR. A mother living at McCormick , writes that she has a son who has been doing clerical work in the I Charleston Navy Yard. Her son wish es to ofl'er his services if they can be used in the shipbuilding army.? Columbia Record. < AMERICAN! ON NOTED B Czernin to Reply to Wilson Peace Talk : n yAUSTRIA IS WELL PLEASED BY SPEECH OF CONGRESS, '' >v * ' .? WILL ANSWER SOON. % \ ::'7 Geneva, Feb. 16.?"President Wilson's speech constitutes a serious step toward a general peace, and I shall answer it at the earliest possible moment," said Count Czernin, the Austrian Foreign Miinister, after reading a copy of the . address, according to The Journal today. The principles enunciated by the - * J ' id American statesman are saiu iu have made a very favorable impression in Vienna. Conflicting reports continue to arrive as, to the date of the war aims speeches expected from Count von Hertling, the German Chancellor, and Count Czernin. It is now said the German Chancellor will reply to President Wilson on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week and that the Austrian Foreign Minister will not speak until next week. Wilson Talk Garble4 For German People. Amsterdam, Feb. 16.?The $&er? man people were given a garbled ac-1 count of President Wilson's latest peace .speech to the American Congress, according to information, re; ceived today from the German, fc-bn-r tier. ' PI Two versions of the speecfcfrwerS' printed, one supplied by the' semioffiial Wolff bureau and the other by a private news agency. Part of the address, referring to Count Czemin, is reported to have been omitted. -* TEACHERS' TO MEET. The Abbeville County Teachers' Association will meet Saturday at 12 o'clock in the Court House. Dr. J. S. Moffatt will make an address. All of the teachers are especially requested to be present. The trustees and patrons of the schools are cordially invited to hear this-, address. HOW THEY EAT. The soldiers at Camp Sevier make way with about ten thousand loaves of bread a day and an average of three to five thousand dozen eggs a day. THE CIVIC CLUB The Civic Club will meet Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. P. Greene at 4 o'clock. It will be a very interesting meeting as Miss Mary Martin will demonstrate making peanut and corn fritters. MR. PARKER SICK. I ' News was received in the city Saturday that Mr. L. C. Parker, of Parker & Reese, was very sick andi an operation was necessary. He was) at Johns Hopkins. Mrs. Parker and M. B. Reese left immediately1 for Baltimore. It is hoped that he will recover rapidly and that his condition is not as serious as was first tnougnt. THE BOOK CLUB. The Book Club Will meet Wednesday morning at 10.30 o'clock with Mrs. Claude Jones. This is an important meeting and a full at-j tendance is desired. \ BIG COTTON SALE. 1 Dr. S. G. Thomson and Mr. W. D. Barksdale sold 1200 bales of cotton Saturday for 32c. per pound. ... _>'' * >; SOLDIERS ATM LINE ] '':WB Fighting O n Thf^Jl Sectors In France | m Win High Praise | | GERMAN OFFENSIVE i NOT YET UNDER Everything Tried by the Againit Uncle Sam'a Soldier* Has Been Discounted. American troopB in r ranee w?hm are in battle on three their own line east of St. with the French in Champagnq on one of the most famous fronts in the world, where rnfriiMmlJ villages and the devastated cownK|9|S generally tell the tale of hard'lbf^lji^^ battles when the Germans pusfee*:;||9 forward their line and nltimtfaffi^'^ were driven bad: by the FrendK^ '-.jW - zuM Everywhere the Americans: > proving themselves fighters of highest calibre, winning i nil liiiiiijjiffljM from .high French officers for tMwaifM business-like methods of wnrfiU^^BH and especially their skill in tho of artillery. Already the veterans for nothing the GcnMMSlfl have in stock remains to be sho1m||H V '???! .them, except a great mass att&Bffi^l This far everything that has. 1, tried by the enemy against them'ttuflKB been discounted, and in some stances doubly discounted. ^ .Coot Under Fire., ; y^^tories from the front by thy^H^j^ Related frees tell of the intrepffiPrattrM of . the men in trench raiding Ojpei^MM tions, of their coolness under and in returning fire, the accWWKm^i of' aim of the gunners and therttKK^ tense watchfulness at observAj^Majs posts to see that the enemy obtafea^gB no undue advantage in surprise: 8fli ^ ^ac^c8 The only criticism thus far fceareftS regarding' the Americans is desire to be up and at the eneajSi^^B -< ' I Like their brothers in the Norfrawa the Canadians?tyey are hard ^^M|BB hold in restraint. As one distralH i ??:~UnJ T??An/ili rtffirfial* ornroooaJl ^UiOllCU l iCUVU vmvv4 "they are too anxious to get at grijpjb^H with the enemy.' '9 No Sign of 6ffeniire There still is no indication of iwjH near approach of the expectedjbra&n offensive by the Germans along'HwaB j line in France and Belgium. TW;^H operations consist almost entirely tflfl mutual bombardments and tacks by raiding parties. The of the big guns is greatest in Champagne region on several wfejlaH tors, particularly near Tahure one unit of the Americans is flgjBfcrWe ing shoulder-to-shoulder with French. Likewise, all along tWjwjjMS Italian front from Lake , Garda the middle of the Piave river lery engagements are in prdgrnk<^^^H Saturday nignrs attempieu . raid on London proved a faiInr?v:;^H only one German airplane of six that came across -the water reaching the capitol through heavy barrage sent up by the Bzttrig 9j ish anti-aircraft batteries. One the enemy's, planes is reported have been forced down into the -ee? as a result of a fight in the air vrftk British aviators. B HANDSOME MRS. CHASE. ||||H Mrs. Mary Chase, who was popular in Abbeville last season ' ? the Haddon-Wilson Co's. sto^e, m 'ifl in Abbeville Sunday night, guest of Miss Helen Edwards. She -flj will be in McCall, S. C., this seaaoa. fl The congestion has cleared the Seaboard on the Georgia ion. On Sunday there were aixtet^jxM engines in the roundhouse. E?pairs were being made on then while they were idle. H