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Abbeville Press and Banner t Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. PRESIDENT APPEALS FOR LOYAL SUPPORT Says Return of Republicans Would be Harmful. WOULD CREATE IDEA OF DISTRUST ABROAD The Leaders of the Minority in the Present Congress Hare Unquestionably Been Pro-War But They Have Been Antif Administrative President Wilson Friday appealed to the country for a vote of confidence "both at home and abroad"! 1? n TYomnprafilr .I 1 CtUl iiuig bUV ? gress. In a statemerit addressed to "My fellow countrymen" he said that the Repulican leaders "have unquestion-j ably been pro-war but anti-adminis- 1 tration", and said election of a Republican majority to either house of j Congress would certainly be inter-,1 preted on the other side of the water as a repudiation of my leader- 1 ship." ^ The President's lette^follows: ( "My Fellow Countrymen: "The Congressional elections are | I at hand. They occur in the most crit-,, ical period our country has ever fac- , ed and is likely to face in our time.' If you have approved of my leader- ^ ship and wish me to continue to be: your unembarrassed spokesman in( affairs at home and abroad, I earnest ly beg that you will express yourselves unmistakably to that effect by ^ returning a Democratic majority to Both the'Senate and House of Rep- J resentatives. "I am your servant and will accept your judgment without cavil but my power to administer the great trust ' assigned me by the constitution 1 would be seriously impaired should! your judgment be adverse and I 1 must frankly tell you so because so|' many critical issues depend upon your! verdict. No scruple of taste in grim '? 11 -1 1J 1__ -11 J 1^1 I limes UKe tnese snouia De anuweu iui itand in the way of speaking the' >lain truth. , "The leaders of the minority in the jresent Congress have unquestionibly been pro-war but they have been inti-administrative. At most every urn since we entered the war they , lave sought to take the choice of pol- ; cy and the conduct of the war out >f my hands and put it under the >ontrol of instrumentalities of their >wn choosing. This is no time eithsr for divided council or for divided eadership. Unity of command is asj lecessary now is civil action as it is ipon the field of battle. If the conrol of the House and Senate should: >e taken away from the party nowj n power, pn opposing majority would j issume control of legislation and ob Iige all action to be taken amid conest and obstruction. "The return of a Republican ma-, ority to either House of Congress, vould, moreover, certainly be inter-: jreted on the other side of the water, is a repudiation of my leadership, j Spokesmen of the Republican party: te urging you to elect a Republican; ongress in order to back up and upport the President but even if_ pey should in this way impose upon | ome credulous voters on this side If the water they would impose on o one on the the other side. It is fell understood there as well as here fiat the Republican leaders desire ot so much to support the President. c f>r?ntTT\l Viim Tho npnnlps nf I be allied countries with whom we re associated with against Germany re quite familiar with the signifiance of elections. They would find^ rvery difficult to believe that the vo- j rs of the United States had chosen > support their President by electing > the Congress a majority controlled! y those who are not in fact in synt^ athy with the attitude and action of le administration. ; Continued on Page 6.) T - : " *>* >> J! Americans Account For 70,000 Germam UNCLE SAM'S MEN HAVE EN GAGED 30 DIVISIONS, BEATING THREE OF ENEMY'S CRACK FIGHTING UNITS. With the American Armies ir France, Oct. 26.?(Night)?The to tal German casualties inflicted bj the American first army in the pasl month were estimated tonight al more than 70,000. The Americans have engaged 3C divisions, and have decisively beater three of the existing guard divisions In the fighting about Hollain, British patrols forced a passage of the canal close to the town where previous attempts to cross had failed. Further evidence of the hardships endured by civilians in allied territory occupied by the Germans is furnished by recently released residents of Bertry, near Le Cateau. They state that they were fed almost entirely from supplies imported for relief from America, laterly administered by the Spanish government. The rations seem to have been issued at fairly regular intervals and were sufficient to keep body and soul together. The food was brought by the French local authorities from Caudry. Bread was drawn twice a week, the individual ration being about 35 grammes a day. This was the usual heavy black German bread The American wheat sent for civilion relief, which was of excellent quality, was confiscated by the Ger mans as soon as it reached the mills it Valenciennes and a low quality of rye flour issued instead. All crops in the last two years pere confiscated and any civilian found cutting grain was fined, usuilly about 80 marks. No fresh meat: ever was issued to civilians. It either was salted or preserved. American powdered milk occasionally was issued in very small quantities. Coal was rationed, about 50 kilo grains oeing anowea eacn nouse every three months. BIBLICAL DISCUSSIONS. The churchless Sundays have been longs days for some of our old residents like Judge M. E. Hollingsworth and Col. A. B. Hamlin. In order to keep the home fires burning, however, they have met on Col. Hamlin's front porch each Sunday afternoon to discuss questions growing out of the scriptures. When we passed there Sunday afternoon Col. Hamlin was trying to find out whether the man who hit somebody with the jawbone of an ass was guilty of simple or aggravated assault and battery, while Judge Hollingsworth was unraveling for him some of the fine points of the law on the matter. Henry Goode, who was present seemed to be greatly enlightened on the subject as the discussion proceeded. BOMBING 'PLANE PRODUCED THAT CAN DO 180 PER HOUR Washington, Oct. 26.?American genius has produced an airplane which may stand out as one of the war's greatest inventions, members of the senate military affairs committee said today, following their weekly conference at the war department. Committee members said thej were told by officials that a bombing plane, designed by Glenn Martin, Cleveland, 0., inventor has develop ed a speed of 180 miles an hour, twice the speed of the ordinarj bomber. Bombing planes must al ways be protected by a flock oi speedy pursuit planes, but the Mar tin machine committee members said, will need no such protection as it is capable of holding its own with the speediest flyers. Committee members said thej were informed that 2,000 airplanes have been shipped to France. Thej learned, they said, that the Caproni the Italian bombing plane, has pass ed satisfactory tests. ? . MAKES REFERENCE" TO GREATCHANGES Civil Government?Ger1 man People Are in r Power? t ?? -'REPLY CLEARS THE WAY FOR PEACE DISCUSSION > i After Individual View* of Allies Are Learned, United Front Will Be Presented to Central Powers ?Question of Conference Considered. i New York, October 27.?The Ger | man government has prepared a re joinder to President Wilson's last note, in which after again referring to the far-reaching changes which have been carried out and are being, carried out in the German constitutional structure to which the military powers have been made subject,' I it declares that Germany is now | awaiting the proposals for an armistice. A London dispatch, however, in reporting the fact that Premier LloydJ George and Foreign Secretary Bal-; 1 four had gone to France with naval I . . ... I ana military aavisors, says it is unj i 1 derstood authoritively that the allied governments will not reveal their ar-j ! mistice terms until Germany has re1 plied to President Wilson's last note,' j which it probably was expected would J contain more than the mere fact that' Germany was waiting for the terms! of the armistice. Allied Leader* in Conference About Amuiiee The unofficial text of Germany's reply to President Wilson was received Sunday night too late to be I seen by the President and other officials. The question of an armistice and| peace is already being considered by i I the allied governments and the United States. Col. E. M. House and! Admiral W. S. Benson, ranking offi-j cer of the American navy, recently! arrived in France, the former to rep-j resent the President in the discussion, to be held at Versailles, where the 9 I supreme war council sits. Admiral j Benson will represent the navy in, any matters relating to an armistice in so far as American naval forces: may be affected. General Tasker H. Bliss, former chief of staff, is thej American military representative at the council. The German reply is expected to I clear the way for a general discussion of the individual views of the entente powers on peace terms and^ an agreement among the nations fighting Germany so that a united front on these questions may be pre-j 'i sented to the common enemy. A Lon lj don dispatch Sunday night announ-' | ced that Premier Lloyd-George and' 1 Foreign Secretary Balfour had gone 'to Paris with military and naval adj visers, indicating that the confer- j ence between the representatives of, J the allied powers and the United! States were soon to begin, ji Germany's reply does not change the diplomatic situation. Those in' , the conference of President Wilson' have said that his dealings with the' j I i German government ended with his , note informing it that the request .' for an armistice and peace had been transmitted to the allies and that fur-, ther action rested with those gov ernments. j' The German reply may or may not prove that Germany will accept such terms of an armistice as may be pre-; .;sented. j j si j MISS ROCHE BETTER. i: j Saturday's State brings news that r Miss Hannah Roche, of Ursiline Con-: | 5 vent, has been discharged from thej r Baptist Hospital where she has been , unlergoing treatment. Her friends J ' in Abbeville will be glad to learn of, | her recovery. INT TO DOOM ON ILL-FATED SHIP . ? Otranto Sunk Early In the Month of October. WAR DEPARTMENT MAKES KNOWN LIST OF THE LOST Mafty South Carolina Lad* Among, 1 Those Who Perished With Ship ] ?Nearly Eevery Southern I State it Represented in < the Death List. < Names of two hundred Americans^ some from Georgia, and some from'1 almost every Southern state, who J i lost thei^ lives in the sinking of the ^ s transport Otranto, which collided ^ i with the steamer Kashmir off the ^ < Scottish coast early in October, were, < made public Sunday by the war de-js partment, together with the names' I of twenty-nine men who were saved.' 1 This is only a partial list of the ^ > lost and saved, the total American \ loss being estimated at about 372. j The exact number cannot be defi- + i 1 nitely determined. j \ The original muster rolls were lost f with the ship and duplicates had to' t be ^ent to England by the war de-, i parjment. This accounts for the i length of time required to establish p thej identity of the men lost. j t ^he South Carolinians lost were s as follows: 11 falter C. Brooks, Sumter; Wat- fc soq 0. Justus, Woodford; Lee Wil-( t liams, Seneca; James W. Meeks, Pel*! c zer; Brox Nelson, Union; Raymond s A. Simpson, Pendleton; Rudolph V. t Torch, Charlestn. David R. Sutton, of Glendale, was saved. ! ? NEED FEW LAWYERS. Information reaching Governor j Manning from Washington Friday ( was that no lawyers in Class A 1 of, the draft will be commissioned from civil life. Legal work of various kinds is to | be done at army camps and in Washington, or in the military headquarters of the various departments andj lawyers for these duties are to be; commisioned as rapidly as conditions j justify. The commissions are to be |? lieutenancies, captaincies and ma-j jorities, according to the ages and capacities, majorities to be given to those between the ages of 35 and 50 years, who have demonstrated exceptional capacity as practioners. The appointments to be made are possibly not more than 15 per month ? it - _ tT-.fi- J mL ' lor wie wnoie unnea oiates. ine prospect of appointing any particu- 1 lar lawyer would be exceedingly in- ' definite, it was emphasized. 1 WILLIAM CLAY. The body of William Clay, who J' was killed in an automobile accident 1 near Chadwick, N. Y., was buried at ' Lebanon Church, Monday, Oct, 21st. J1 Mr. Clay was born in Abbeville county June 25, 1880. He leaves a 1 number of friends in and around I Abbeville who sympathize with his 1 relatives in their bereavement. j' He is survived by his mother, Mrs: Lillie Connor, his wife, Mrs. Katie Clay, his sister, Miss Sallie Clay and his uncle, Tom Clay. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Hillhouse. /. i NUT SHELLS NEEDED. _ I j The government needs 1,000,000 pounds of nut shells and fruit stones daily for manufacturing gas masks ; charcoal and at present is unable to (, l j-L J 1.1 i. i. mi,:. purcnase une-tnira uiau ainuunt. xma^ and the failure of the public to co-j operate fully by saving and sending in this form of waste from the kitch- j en have made it necessary for the J chemical warfare headquarters here to renew its appeal. < Colonel House Now In France PRESIDENT'S } PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ARRIVES IN * FRANCE FOR OBSERVATIONS. London.?Col. E. M. House personal friend and adviser of President Wilson, has arrived in France, ac-j cording to a Paris dispatch to The Times. Washington?Arrival* in France of: Colonel House, President Wilson's personal representative, and Admir-. al Benson, the highest ranking offi- j :er in the American army base, ( cleared the way for the beginning of, such deliberations by the supreme war council at Versailles as may be' necessary to frame the draft of an irmistice to be submitted to Ger- j < raany. The premiers of the allied i :ountries who make up the political 1 ;lements of. the council can be as-^l sembled at short notice, but it is J jresumed their presence will not be 11 lecessary until the military and na-;i ral members have completed their ? vork. ! \ It was said today in official quar- 1 ers that Colonel House would not 1 >e a member of the council at least t 'or the present; that he simply is ^ he eyes and ears of the president i n Europe, charged with ascertain- 1 ng the exact state of public and irivate feeling in regard to all mat- ^ ers connected with the war. Pos-'-^ I essed of full knowledge of this na- c ure it is believed the president will * ie even better prepared than here- 3 of oreto deal with every! phase of the e omplex problems that will arise as oon as negotiations for an armis-'c ice and peace are fully under way. 1 View* of Entente. !1 Individual views of the entente lowers are certain to develop as the( esult of the action of President Wilson in bodly stating the war^ rims of the United States; in fact I' is understood that the president' lesires to "have these disclosed at the| ;arliest possible moment so that a mited front on these questions ^ night be presented to the common ( ;nemy by prior agreement among ;he countries fighting the centra^ lowers, Colonel House will be in a; position to learn these separate news and perhaps to raoncile ap-j jarently conflicting interests and de-: sires through personal discussions, j Later Colonel House may take a place at the council table if the' president desires. The president has i vote in the council in the disposinon of political matters and it is re-j rnivlorl n<a nrtQojhlo fhnt-. Iia mav HpIp *- - ? 1 2fate this power to Colonel House. [t has been suggested, however, that;' these of the term "vote" in connec-J1 tion with the proceedings of the | :ouncil is misleading. What is meant 1 is rather a voice in the proceedings, 1 for there is to be no voting in the |' ordinary sense; no questions of ma-' jorities or minorities. The members 1 are charged to broach freely for dis-j' cussion of any subjects they please,t and if any line of action is deemed; necessary each representative will notify his own government of the1 general sense of the council and it^ will hp for the home governments to : i give the necessary instructions for any change in policy. Benson Represents Navy. Admiral Benson's status differs from that of Colonel House in that he presents himself at Versailles in his capacity as the ranking officer of the American navy and consequent- , ly probably will be welcomed as an expert and authority by the technical members of the council. No one knows the extent of the powers with which he has been clothed by the president or Secretary Daniels, but , it is assumed that he can give any orders necessary to carry out the naval phases of any armistice that is agreed upon so far as it may be necessary to affect the American naval forces in European waters. j : ' ! M. G. Dennard was here on Fri- s day enjoying the rain. 1 FURTHER GAINS ARE LATEST REPORTS ! Germans Crumble Under Heavy Blows of Allied Hammer. BIG ADVANCE BY FRENCH ON THE OISE-SERRE FRONT At Some Points the French Hm Penetrated German Position* to Depth of Fire Miles?British Repulse Heavy Counter Attacks. On the Western battle front the British. French and Americans hnv? continued to make further gains against the Germans; in the Italian theater both the British and Italians lave scored successes, while in Asiatic Turkey the British have cap;ured Aleppo in Syria and are drivng ahead on both banks of the Tigris in Mesopotamia, with the Turks inable to check them. The fall of Meppo and the continued advance lp the Tigris are moves of such stra;egic( value that it is not unlikely rurkish opposition shortly will be :ntirely overcome both in the Holy jand and Mesopotamia. The French armies fighting on the 10-mile front between the Oise and Viano rivpTd arc trppninc lit* t.ViMT *** w*v ?wr?.0 -r v"v? ifFensive against the Germans and lave made additional gains, taking :everal villages and compelling the snemy to fall back at various points. In the region southeast of Valen:iennes around Le Quesnoy the Gernans have delivered violent counterittacks against the British. Their ifforts to throw back Field Marshal Jaig's men from the positions they iold were unsuccessful and heaVjf casualties' were inflicted on the enehy by machine gun rind rifle fire.' American Troepa Preaa Germans. The Americans have begun the second month of their operations in ;he region of Verdun by keeping Up ;heir attacks against the Germans from the Meuse to the wooded coun;ry north of Grand Pre. Some farmer progress has been made notsvithstanding continued strong oppositions by the German machine gunners from behind the natural fortifications which abound throughout this district. 'American airmen also ire continuing their bombarding operations behind the German lines, ;h?ir latest effort in this respect having been made against the territory around Briquenay, north of Grand Pre, in which 140 airplane's took part, sixty of them being bombing1 nr* q irioo lUOVlllllWOt Since the Americans began their operations northwest of Verdun more than 45 villages have been liberated, an advance to an average depth of ten miles has been made and more than 20,000 Germans have been taken prisoner. NEWS FROM HAPPY SEAL. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Sam P no Txroll nq t.Vip mnnv friends of Lewis Seal, will be glad to know that the wound received by Lewis, who is familiarly known as Happy, was only a flesh wound, painful enough it is true, but not of a serious nature. The lacerated muscles were cared for by the doctor, and he thinks that Happy will have the use of his arm as soon as he recovers. Happy wants nothing further to do with a shot gun. The rabbits may eat up all the winter collard3, and the squirrels the small crop of hickory nuts, so far as he is concerned. MR. KLUGH HOME. Mr. W. A. Klugh, who has been in Pryor's Hospital in Chester for sometime undergoing treatment, has returned home. His friends will be sorry to know that he is not recovering as fast as they would like. i ,..:J