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Refusal to Work Means
Aid and Comfort to
the Enemy m
MR. WILSON ADMINISTERS
SEVERE REBUKE
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V SHIPYARD STRIKE OVER V ec
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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
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the adjustment board and declined]
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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.
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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.
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- 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.
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END OP ARMISTICE
j TO COME AT NOON
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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.
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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
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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.
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BIG COTTON SALE.
1
Dr. S. G. Thomson and Mr. W.
D. Barksdale sold 1200 bales of
cotton Saturday for 32c. per pound.
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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
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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