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, . . Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, June 21, 1918. ^ Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. BREAK WITH 1 EXPECT Ottoman Troops Also Attack U. S. Consulate in Persia. > AMERICAN HOSPITAL SACKED BY TURKS Attacks on American Consulate and 1 Misiinnarv Hosoital at Tabriz Believed to Presage Long' Anticipated Action. ? ? Washington, June 19.?Attack byj Turkish troops on the American consulate at Tabriz, Persia, and the looting of an American missionary hospital in that city, reported to the; State Department today, was believ-j ed in some quarters here to presage the long anticipated declaration of; the existence of a state of war be- j tween the United States and the! Ottoman Empire. ' ...... A1J i Diplomatic relations oetween uie two governments have been suspended since April 20, '917, when Turkey withdrew Abdul Hak Hus-i , seinbey, who had been acting as j charge of the Turkish embassy here' since the compulsory retirement of the ambassador which followed his open criticism of the United States Government. Necessarily American Ambassador Morgenthau was obliged to leave Constantinople. I | Demand For War. Recently there have been vigorous demands in Congress for a declaration of war on Turkey and Bulgaria, but President Wilson and the, State Department have not regard-) ed this step as necessary or desira-j 11 AU nn Qpfllfll ' Die, since uicie nas u?u ?v collision between * American and Turkish and Bulgarian troops. On the face of the reports from: American Minister Caldwell, at Teheren, officials were inclined to believe the sacking of an American hospital, a Presbyterian institution, over the protest of the Spanish consul in charge as representative of American interests, furnished the necessary provocation for open: hostilities between America and Turkey. I.rftuTIVV*' The advices were meager and the; minister explained that he was onlyj transmitting reports of matters not; of his own knowledge. American doctors and nurses stationed in fhe hospital were believed to have left Tabriz before the Turkish troops arrived. DEATH OF MR. W. A. MULLER Telegrams were received in the J city yesterday morning from Mrs. W. A. Muller that her husband, A1-! bert Muller, died at 5&0 a. m., at' ISendersonville, N. C. Mrs. Muller before her marriage was Miss Ollie Mcliwain, and is a :ousin to Mrs. R. E. Cox of this :ity. Mr. Muller had been a mer:hant-tailor in Greenwood for many rears, but for the last few years lis health was poor, and he was at lendersonville for recuperation srhen the end came. There are noi hildren, Mrs. Muller is alone to I ? 1 ear the heavy loss. I It is expected that the remains' vill be brought here and buried at' jong Cane today. Mr. and Mrs. j Huller were members of the Luth-j (ran church. TWO AIRMEN KILLED. I Springfield, Ohio, June 19.?Lieut 'rank Stewart Patterson of Dayon, 0., and Lieut. LeRoy Swan of Torwich, Conn., were instantly killd at the Wright Aviation field be-' ?reen this city and Dayton this afjrnoon when their airplane colipsed in mid-air. J rURKEY ed to follow; Americans Make Raid Over Marne AMERICANS MAKE IT WARM AROUND CHATEAU THIERRY AND HUNS RETALIATE. i With the American Army in France, June 19.?Two American patrols crossed the Marne east of Chateau' Thierry early this morning. They established contact with the j hostile forces, killed a considerable j number of the enemy and brought i back prisoners. These were from Landwehr units, which is taken as tan indication that no hostile attacks; are intended at this point in the! immediate future. Late this afternoon American \ machine gunners discovered a hos-j tile party in considerable numbers1 annarentlv makine* readv to attemDt! to cross the river. But after these' guns were turned loose for a few; minutes the enemy abandoned whatever plans he had. The American artillery east andj west of Chateau Thierry for several j hours late last night and this roOrAing deluged the enemy with shells, j The enemy retaliated today withj numerous long-range batteries. vv v vuuvvvvv v vvi V <i V MEN TO BE RECLASSIFIED V V Those Married Since May, V. V 1917, Must Also Fight. V V V V The following notice is pub- V V lished at the request of the V; V the local board Abbeville: V; V. "Under instructions from the V.j V War Department, it becomes V' V necessary for this board to V; V place in class-No. 1 all regis-: S. V. trants, married since May V! V. 18th, 1917, who have been V; I V given deferred classification Vl V on account of a dependent vj V wife, unless said registrant VI V proves that he has a child, Vj V born or in being, on or be- V | V fore June 9th, 1918, in Vl V. which case such registrant is V V entitled to class No. 2. V V "Registrants are instructed V V to notify this board, by re- V.j V turn mail, in which class they V! V. should be placed. Investiga- V . . . i V tion may follow later. V vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv _ I ABBEVILLE FLYilR. ?- ' Mr. Norman H. Langley, a bro-j ther of Mr. W. M. Langley, of the! Abbeville Cotton Mills, and son ofj Mr. J. B. Langley, now of South | Greenwood, but formerly of Abbe-j ville, is in France in the Aviation j corps. He reads The Press and| Banner, and says that it is giving! the people the right advice on the war. His friends in Abbeville I County will be glad to know that he is well and that he is performing his part in the work assigned him i to do. BAKER WOULD APPROVE NEW DRAFT AGE BILL I 1 Washington, June 19.?An a-! mendment to the draft law, extend- j ing the ages from 18 to 45 years, | would be given his1 approval, Secre-j tary ot war rsaKer announcea mis* afternoon. ADD 250,000 TO CLASS ONE. Washington, June 19.?Preliminary reports indicate that more than 250,000 men may be added to class one, available for immediate military duty as a result of Provost Marshal General Crowder's recent order for revision of deferred classification lists by local draft boards. i ITALIAN TROOPS TAKE PRISONERS Over Nine Thousand Now in Hand. GUNS .ALSO CAPTURED Thrusts Into Asiago Plateau Yield Rich Returns in Men and Material. Rome, June 19?The Italians have captured since the beginning of the j Austro-Hungarian offensive on thej Italian from prisoners to the number ^ of 9,011 and have taken many gunsand several hundred machine guns, j the Italian war office announced to-! I day; The text of the Italian statement j in part, follwos: "On the night of June 17-18 and in the course of yesterday the enemy did not renew his attack from the Asiago plateau to the Montello. His partial actions were completely repulsed in the Grappa and Montello region. "We carried out thrusts on the' Asiago plateau, the allied detachments capturing many score of prisoners and two guns. Artillery Does Damage. "With unceasing pressure we: shortened the front opened by the I enpmv south of Montehellnno Rail-! ??w ? ????- I way. Our artillery with deadly concentration of fire did not give tru#ei to the enemy masses waiting along j the front of the battle or in move-; ment in the back areas. 'Yesterday morning was calm on: the Piave River, but in the after-1 noon the battle again broke out! furiously. "New attempts made by the enemy to cross to the right bank from San Andrea to Candelu were re- j pulsed. On the embankment of the! rivor hpfwoon P.on/lolii nnrl 1 the strenuous defense of our troops tried the enemy sorely and his impetus was broken by our infantry. I "Equally intense was the-struggle which raged in the sector of Fossalta southeast of Meola and north of Capo Sile. "Prisoners taken since the be-1 ginning of the battle amount to! 9,011. Many guns and several hun-| dred Austrian machine guns remain in our hands. "Th^ number of enemy airplanes brought down now amounts to 50. Two of our own or allied machines; . . ? i are missing. i FRANCIS MABRY. News has been received in Abbe-1 ville of the safe arrival overseas of! Francis Mabry. This is good news.j indeed, to his many warm friends who are glad that he is safe and expect him to come covered^ with! all the glories and honors of war. ATTENDING THE MEETING. | | Mr. Herbert L. Allen went to] Washington this week to attend the! annual meeting of the Cottonseed! Crushers Association. He renewed j old friendships among the men and; enjoyed the sights of the Capital! City. FOUR MORE HELD ON GRAFT CHARGES Washington, D. C., June 19.? Employees' of the war and navy de *- A. i-J J ILA' panment toaay were urawn uitu net set, by the department of justice for war contract brokers, thru! indictments returned by a Federal; grand jury charging four men with! trying to collect on a duplicate bill J for $187,000 submitted by a dry-j dock company for repairs to a government vessel. The case does not involve contingent fee profiteers, but grew out of the investigation into their practices. * \ PROHIBITION BILL MAY BE ADOPTED -m Before/Senate as Rider to Important Measure YEAS AND NAYS HEARD Psesident Wilson Understood to Have Declined to Interfere in Much Discussed Question. Washington, June 19.?President Wilson is understood to have declined today to interpose active opposition for the present at least to the Jones amendment to the $11,000,000 emergency agricultural appropriation bill providing for absolute prohibition during the war. The president is said to have taken the position that, while he would have preferred precipitation of the prohibition question in separate legislation he would not at this time interfere in the matter, or so long as it does not hold up fi*al enactment of the emergency agricultural bill or other necessary legislation. Should it interfere with such legislation, it is understood the president might ask thai; the amendment be eliminated. Senaotr Smith of South Carolina, acting chairman of the senate agriculture committee, discussed the question with the president late today after Bainbridge Colby, representing Chairman Hurley of the cKinninw Kaqt/I ViqH nffororl vicnrnnc objection to absolute prohibition at the hearing on the Jones amendJ ment before the agriiulture committee. A UNION MAN. Our son Bill, has been anxious to earn some money during the vacation," and has been after his mother to give him some work for this purpose. After suggesting several different jobs, none, of which appealed to Bill, she told him she would pay him twenty-five cents per week to keep the lot cleaned up. Bill informed us of the offer, saying that lie could not do the work for that as tVip rpoiilnr nrirp is thirtv rents. 2,000 U. S. AIRPLANES NOW FLYING IN FRANCE Indianapolis, Ind., June 19.?The United States has 6,000 airplanes coVnplete and 2,000 flying over the trenches of France. This was the declaration of Representative Scott Ferris, chairman of the national Democratic congressional campaign^ committee, addressing the Democratic State convention here this afternoon. EXPRESS MERGER MUST DISSOLVE AFTER WAR Washington, June 19.?Federal control of the merged express companies will end 21 months after the declaration of peace, it was officially learned this afternoon. Geo. C. Taylor will be placed in charge and the name of the merger will be either the American" National Express Company or the Federal Express Company. BRITISH HOLD GROUND. London, June 19.?The Austrians have been able to make virtually no progress against the British forces holding an important section of the line on the Italian front. The situation on the British front is unchanged, according to the official communication tonight' describnig these operations. I * Washington, June 19.?Major General Henry A. Greene, who has been in command of the 91st division national army, at Camp Lewis, Washington, has been ordered to report to Washington. [TEUTONS LOSIN IN FACE Austria's Grain !] Supply Is Out GETTING SCANT A'MOUNT NOW FROM GERMANY AND UKRANIA. ! ?> ' ' London, June 19.?"Austria's | : grain supplies have completely trun! I lout and such food of this nature as | ! she is getting is coming from what I Germany has allotted to her of the i Ukranian supplies according to in! dications in a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Com- ^ pany. . 1 I h This message quotes an interview! with Hen* Paul, the Austrian food; I minister, obtained by ihe Vienna ; | correspondent of the Berlin Tage-i^ ; blat* in which the minister confirm-j1 Jed the news of the recent reduction'v j in the Austrian bread ration. This, * | he said was due to insufficient sup- a plies from Bessarabia and Hungary. * The entire 1917 harvest from,v these sources had -been distributed!4 and consumed the minister stated! and the Rumanian harvest had also: c been used up. | f The supplies exported from * the{? I Ukraine were very unsatisfactory t I in auantity, while the agreement ? with Germany had been altered with! c Germany taking over the entire!* I distributiuon of the Ukrainian sup- J ^ ! plies. Of these Austria was guaran-;e 1 teed certain quantities. I a Herr Paul arrived in Berlin on;a ! Tuesday, the message adds, to con-; s I fer with the military authorities, j * v j . NEWS FROM LIEUT. DICK. J ! The many friends in Abbeville of, Lieut. Blanding Dick will be de; lighted to know that he has escaped all the German horrors and is back, in South Carolina after eight ^ months in France. - I 1 Lieut. Dick is in the artillery ^ branch of the service and has been : j y i in the trenches. He is now station; ed at Camp Jackson as instructor. ' T a/1 m flia TXTor Cotr.l I Jjicui* i/iuiv aiucu 111 tuc tt ai kjc**-j ! ings Stamp Campaign, making an t ! address in the court house at Sum- * 1 ter last Sunday. s . avvvvvvvvvvvvvvkc jV K r V AMERICANS JOIN Vc V ITALIANS IN AIR vj iv V|i jv Washington, June 19.?The V t V first escadrille of American V. L Ti?,? j x aviators traineu m naiv i ? V started today for the Italian Vj V front, and will go into action V ; V immediately upon their ar- V ! V rival, the Italian embassy V c : V was informed today by cable V ^ [ V from Rome. The aviators are V 1 IV accompanied by Captain La- V ^ i V guardia, a member of cong- V ^ ; V ress, who has been in Italy V ^ ' $ jV several months. V1 j V "This first contingent," said V|* V the cablegram, "is composed Vi ^ V entirely of volunteers repre- V; n V senting the finest specimen V s V of American youth. This V! ^ iV morning they were received , V by Commissioner of Aero- V ^ V, nautics Chiesa and Assistant j V Secretary of State Galenga Vj ^ V and numerous civil and mili- V!^ V wry authorities. VV 1V "After many evidences of Vjw V solidarity given by the Unit- vj 1V ed States this contribution V V of airmen to our fighting V! V front constitutes a fresh V V. truth of the invaluable .sup- V V port of America, the signifi- Vj jv cance of which is de?ply ap- V V preciated by the Italian na- V V tion." ! c V vja VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV o The Government needs your mon fi ey; you need the stamps. s< G GRIP OF FAILURES j v ? ;.i ? Do or Die Spirit Now Seems Lacking With Teutonic Allies. FFORTS BREAK DOWN BEFORE ALLIED FIRE n Days Gone by Followers of Wilhelm and Karl Have Gope Ahead Dispositions Seem to Have ^ Changed. The Teutonic allies apparently lave lost their spirit of do or die. ?heir attacks everywhere lately iave lacked the tenaciousness of lays gone by. . >'y Instead of ploughing through alied lines with stubborn indifference o casualties so long as an objective ras gained, they now waver and hen halt in the face of the artillery nd rifle fire of the men barring heir way and with the points they , irere trying to gain still far beyond . -. i heir reach. ' Ambitious attempts by the troops if the central powers in the past ew weeks have proven this.- The ipening of a gateway to Paris thru he western front running from lontdidier to the Marne have failed . ompletely, the offensive on the talian battle line launched by the Lustrians seemingly has failed misrably in the mountain regions and pparently has almost been, stopped long the Piave, while a stroke tarted ~ by the Germans against Iheims broke down in its inception rithout the enemy taking a yard of errain. Troops Mown Down. v M .... . ' "?S And in these various attempted ' ,'J nterprises' the high commands of he German and Austro-Hungarian rmies have seen their men literally # nown down until battle fields have ieen clogged with dead or wounded ,s recompense to the allied troops ^ or the small bits of terrain they -j ielded. Claims of Austria. M The Austrian war office asserts f V.;'Z-U halj the Austro-Hungarian troops lave crossed the Fosseta canal at ome points. Rome, on the other hand, delares that all the weak attempts aade in the Montello region were ompletely repulsed. The attacks of the Germans near Iheims resulted disastrously to hem. * iAVANNAH FIRM TO LAUNCH ITS SECOND SHIP JULY 4TH % . _"-j Savannah, June 19.?The Terry' Shipbuilding Corporation will launch ts second standard composite ship uly 4, when the Oglethorpe will be loated. She is 3,600 tons register, 00 feet over all and valued at 500,000. She is built of steel rame with wooden skin. The name )glethorpe was selected in comlemoratfon of the famous man who ettled Georgia. AVVVVVVVVVVVVVV ? NOTICE W. S. S. WORKERS V V All school teachers and V > other W. S. S. Workers are V. f rpnupstoH to moot at Ahho. V. ville Saturday, June 22nd, at V 12 o'clock. V Come if possible, if not V please send us a report of V your canvass. V F. E. Harrison, Co. Chm'n. V * COLORED SOLDIERS LEAVE. Rev. H. M. Moore, pastor of the olored Baptist church, ' will make n address, and Rev. Massey will ffer prayer on the departure of the fty-one colored men to Camp Jackon to-day.