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Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, Nov. 1, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. - I ' i | FINALLY REPORT 15,000 PRISONERS Allied Advance in Italy On Fifty Mile Front Going Strong )HIO UNIT CROSSES PIAVE RIVER fore Than a Hundred Villages East of Piave Have Been* Occupied? Italians Close to Treriso?-Austrian* Cheer Italian Kisg. ' mi.. T?_ i: AwwiJaa TVia IVY 1111 1 lie Italian niuus?. -v alian and British armies, complete1 piercing the enemy resistance, are ivancing rapidly eastward between le two railway lines feeding the ustrians on the Piave front. The Italians have extended their Fensive to the Adriatic, increasong e width of their drive to a front 1 more than 100 kilometers, (62 iles.) They are now pressing forird from the raGppa region to thej (The two lines of railway runj Dm Treviso to Casarsa, 35 miles j irtheast of Treviso. The northern j le crosses the battle front at Cone-i ano the southern at San Donaj Piave.) - J Ohio Men Over. American troops comprising Ohio| its, have crossed the Piave and arej idy tQ take up the advance with ?if Italian and British comrades. ! 1100 Villages Taken. More than a hundred villages and nmunities east of the Piave have, m liberated. The Italians occupied negliano an important raihyay andnmunication centers 15 miles rth of Treviso Wednesday. At 9 m., a bicycle corps entered the y. Airplanes signaled their arrivand a Rome brigade completed the :upation. rhe tenth army is advancing rapy eastward employing many abanled Austrian batteries to shell the reatine army. IVTien several thousand Austrian loners reached an island in midsam the enemy artillery cut the; Ige leaving the prisoners under a' ific bombardment which was kept; for hours in an effort to prevent' Italians from rebuilding the Ige. The prisoners suffered heavy! laities. [ore than 15,000 prisoners have n officially reported captured. Austrian* Cheer Italian King. ling Victor Emanuel crossed the ire with a regiment. He was greetwith cheers from Austrian pris-j fc he Italians have taken 25,000 oners and more than 200 guns, heir present offensive, it was of-; Illy announced Wednesday. To-! Austrian casualties are estimated Uer 40,000. fATH Of J. A. BLANCHETT. r. J. A. Bianchett, age ay, aiea is. home on the Vienna road beyond the city limits, on Wed-j I ay morning, 3Utn, inst., irom effects of the Spanish Influenza, h developed pneumonia. j r. Blanchett was an industrious i& man, who was making his way te world despite many obstacles. vas a son of Mr. J. J. Blanchett, lerly of this city, but lately of nville, S. C. He married Miss Ie Simmons, daughter of Wm. ions, who survives him along a family of six children, the t a boy of seventeen. neral services were held at the i at Melrose Cemetery on sday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the les being conducted by Rev. H. lell Pratt, pastor of the Presian Church. Interment followte services. vis Kerr went over to Union sday to let all the girls see how some he looks in his uniform. Appeal By Austria Not Yet Considered OFFICIAL TEXT REACHES WASHINGTON AND WILL BE TRANSLATED. Washngton, Oct. 29.?In the absence of any official announcement there was a somewhat widespread impression here tonight that Austria's renewed appeal to President Wilson for an immediate armistice and peace would be transmitted tc the allied government before which Germany's request has been placed, In some quarters, however, there was disposition to accord different treatment to the Austrian piea Decause of the complex problems arising from the conditons which apparently have developed in the dual monarchy since the president replied to Austria's original request for an immediate cessation of hostilites. The official text of the Austrian note was delivered to Secretary Lansing today by the Swedish minister soon after the regular Tuesday meeting of the cabinet, at which it was understood the unofficial version as- transmitted by The Associated Press from Basel, -Switzerland, was given consideration. If any definite decision was reached the fact was not revealed, officials stating that they could not indicate what disposition would be made of the note in advance of a careful study of the official version. The text received at the Swedish legation was in French and it has not yet been translated at the state department. After a preliminary examination it was said there that it did not differ essentially from the - J *?a?rU ,. unomciai as reueiveu ?*vux umw-uviland. No indication was given as to when the translation of the note would be made public. Changes in Dual Monarchy. Those adhering to the opinion that different treatment ,should be accorded to the Austrian request than was given the plea of the German governments pointed to cable dispatches today reporting the establishment of the independent state of Hungary; of the recognition bj that state of the independence oi ' " 1- J T,.?? Gloti tne L/Zecno-axoVttK. anu o ug v-uah T provinces and also of German Austria as suggesting the introduction of complex factors into the problem of stttling with the dual empire, Even if each of many nationalities which make up that empire becomes independent before peace is arranged, it was said that they still musl bear their individual shares of the responsibility for the acts committed by the empire. Logically each mighl have to sue for a separate peace. Vienna's plea for an armistice is interpreted quite generally in military circles here as an offer to capitulate as completely as did Bulgaria Military officials, both allied and Am erican, believe that the complete elimination of Austria-Hungary as a beligerent would bring the world wai within sight of an end. While there is doubt that it woulc be practical to attack Germany frorr the south the best informed entente officers on duty here firmly believe that Germany would not attempt tc fight on with Austria out of the war The greatest fear the Gemans have they say, is of invasion of Germar soil and in the end, they believe Germany will capitulate rather thar face the contingency. THE BIGGEST IN FLCTDA. Miss Carrie Cochran, who sets th< news for The Press and Banner or the big linotype, received througl the mail yesterday the biggest co coanut which grew in Florida thi: year. It came from Mr. C. J. Cap plemann, who formerly worked ir this office, and who is now enga^e( in war work at Miami, Fla. Th< nut is still enclosed in the fibre jus as it came from the tree and i< worth seeing by those who have no . seen one growing. i LATEST PROPOSALS FROM THE PEOPLE? 55, ' i Believed Movement [' Has Passed Beyond Military Control. [another note comes >j FROM BERLIN OFFICE 11 | State Department Does Not Make 'l Public Document Understood to '| Attempt to Show That Efforts "j Toward Democracy Have Been Successful in Germany. [j Washingtoij^ Oct. 30.?The generj al opinion among officials and diploi mats here is that the German proposal for an armistice and peace, while having its origin in a plan to gain time for strengthening the ar my and restoring its shattered mo,' rale, has now gotten beyond control no >4tr on/) v/i uiv uiiiivoi/ aiiu wiu?v vu^ ; German people are the force which ' is driving the German government to ; make for the end of the war. i! Another note from the German ; | government explanatory of the i changes that have been made or are projected in the German constitution and form of government was received today through the Swiss legation, but the state department did not I make it publifc. This note was un i derstood to b4 supplementary to the j preceding German communication saying to the president that he has knowledge of the efforts that have ; been made to democratize Germany. President Wilson was at work today on his reply to Austria's renew, ed plea for an Armistice and peace ; and it was expected that it would be dispatched before night, but later today it was said at the state department that there would be no ani nouncement' regarding the reply toi night. Austria Nearly Out. , It was understood that in the note . i the president intended to touch upon ,; the steps that Austria and Hungary ,' have taken in the decision of releas;! ing subject peoples from political J bondage, but that the Austrian gov.1 ernment's plea would be referred to i'the allied governments. The admini' istration was Said to be well con,! vinced now that Austria already is s; nearly out of the war and that her (jwill for peace is simply tempered by .ja natural disposition to get the best ;! terms possible short of unconditioni al surrender. The report that Count [ Andrassy, the new Austrian premier, ; is about to sue directly to Italy for j peace, on the ground that Italy is i Austria's "sole antagonist," is generally regarded as confirmatory of this . understanding of the hopeless situa.' tion in the dual empire. It was pointed out that since Italy ; solemnly engaged with the other eni tente powers not to make a separate I # # peace if Austria carries out this plan j it naturally would be referred by I Italy to the supreme war council. k There was no official information ? here today as to the progress of the deliberations of the supreme war , council and notice was taken of the , reserved attitude of the council in , issuing any statements to the public, i The inference is drawn that a definite policy has been agreed upon to i withhold all information regarding the discussions before the council of the grave diplomatic and military questions which now engage its atcention in connection with the preparation of an armistice. i NEWS OF THE HARRISES. i Miss Salome Bookman came up s from Columbia last Thursday to be - with Mrs. W. A. Harris, who has i been quite sick with influenza. Mr. 1 Harris, who was the first victim of i the disease, is up and about, having t suffered the loss of about twenty? five pounds of good flesh. t The friends of Mrs. Harris will be , glad to know that she is much better. AMERICAN LINE IS MOVING FORWARD Position Improved in Grand-Pre Region. ENEMY ARTILLERY ACTIVE EAST OF THE RIVER MEUSE Occupation of Aincreville Brings Series of Hills Within General Pershing's Lines?Germans Show Activity in Air. With the American Forces North-j west of Verdun, Oct. 30.?General j Pershing's forces today improved their positions and the region of! Grand-Pre, Belle-joueuse farm now^ is virtually within the American lines. By the occupation of Aincre-j ville the Americans have brought. ! within their lines a series of hills and natural positions- dominating 1 the country for miles.. Aincreville was taken witn but little opposition,! the resistance being principally from machine guns. East of the Meuse there was con-j siderable activity today but there was no material change in the line. | The Germans desperately resisted ( ' attempts to drive them from Hill ! 360. Enemy artillery activity east of, ' the River Meuse decreased this ev-] ! ening but the Germans continued to( 1 throw gas into different parts of the! ; line and to hurl shells of large cali bre in the back areas. ! The American artillery pounded I away at the positions behind the Ger- j ! man lines. Their targets included ( J cross roads and woods where enemy: ' troops were reported to be encampI ed. The Germans showed more than' 1 ordinary activity in the air on Tues-j day night, bombing the region of, Montafaucon, Cuisy and other places The German squadron known as thet "Traveling Circus" also appeared ! at different parts of the front. The 1 airplanes were painted in bright col- [ ' ors. A number of combats resulted j j and several German machines were brought down within their own lines. KILLED IN BATTLE. ! Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Sanders, who; live about four miles south of the' city, received news yesterday of thej death of their nephew, Private Eugene Woodward, on the field of bat-: tie. The news came by letter from' a lieutenant of the dead soldier's ! company, stating that he was found ' dead by stretcher bearers after the battle was over, with a testament' | open in his hand as if he had been' reading from it when death came. Private Eugene Woodward was I reared by his uncle and aunt whose, I I names are given above. He was 24 | rears of age. He enlisted from| Abbeville County in October of last! year, and went to Camp Jackson.1 I From there he was transferred to ! Camp Sevier. He was assigned to the 30th division, made up of South I Carolina, North Carolina and Ten-1 nessee troops, in which division are most of the Abbeville boys. Hg became a member of Co. I which company came originally from Cheraw. He is the first of the Abbeville , J young men, so far as reported, to make the supreme sacrifice on the battlefield. He died for his country. CHRISTMAS BOXES . j FOR SOLDIERS If you expect to send your soldier hoy a Christmas box and have received the label from him author izing you to obtain one, present the same to Mr. J. S. Cochran, the local hairman, and you will be supplied. This is very important and should i>e attended to at once, as the boxes MUST be in the mails by November 15 th. These boxes are regulation size and are being furnished by the American Red Cross. j President May Attend ! Peace Conference GOSSIP AROUND WASHINGTON THAT HE WILL BREAK PRECEDENT AND GO TO EUROPE That President Wilson will attend, the great peace conference wherever and whenever it is held, is the belief of his friends in Washington. For some days the report, without f official confirmation as yet, has been| circulating in official and diplomatic | quarters that the President will attend. Just a Precedent. There is nothing to prevent it, the constitution making no stipulation j against the President leaving his j country, and precedent alone has. guided the action of former executives. President Wilson has broken. many precedents. By those who believe he will go, it is pointed out that such action | would serve to climax his efforts for| his kind of peace "based on justice to all." Owing to his high position, it was stated at allied embassies Wednes-( day he doubtlessly would be made chairman of the peace conference, if he goes. Should the war go on for years, ( as is possible, the President's re-, ported desires might be altered, of course. Should he go, the constitution pro-( vides that.during the period of his( absence the Vice President would di-^ rect the executive work or tne wnite( House. It would be the first time in the history of the nation that a Presdent had visited Europe if the con-, ference is held there. Col. Roosevelt, however, went to Panama while president. DEATH OF MRs" MARY PRESSLY AGNEW Mrs. Mary Pressly Agnew was bu-| ried in the Due West cemetery last Friday morning. The body was brought here from Waynesville N.j C., that morning and the interment took place immediately on arrival in Due West Mrs. Agnew reached Waynesville from El Paso, Texas, about one month ago. Mrs. Agnew has been in declining health for sev-; eral years. Her husband spared no1 expense to relieve her, but to no avail. Mr. H. D. Agnew, his son and daughter and the trained nurse and companion, Miss Wilson, accompan-1 ied the body to Due West. Both Mr] and Mrs. Pressly were raised in Due1 West ,and graduated from our schools. They grew up together, j were always firm friends. Mr. Hen-^ ty D. Agnew was a son of Mr. Sam-! uel Agnew of Due West. Mrs. Ag-i new was a daughter of Mrs. Lois Grier Pressly and Rev. David B. Pressly. The funeral exercises took place at the grave and were very simple and in charge of Drs. Stevenson and Parkson. This Providence calls out the deep' sympathy of a very large circle of friends and kindred.?A. R. Presby-' terian. . rr\l DI1DDICC ADD I VP Q WL? UU1UMUJ ni\i\i ? mm. I Col. Monroe Burriss, of Calhoun Falls, accompanied by his handsome young son, Joel, was a visitor to the city on Wednesday. They brought along two of the smallest pigs on the farm which they dsiopsed of for the sum of one hundred and thirty-five dollars, nearly the price of a bale of cotton. From this it seems to us that pigs beat cotton, because you re compelled t? work cotton your self, while the pigs do their own rooting. Mr. Burriss has one of the best managed farms in the county. He brings the finest fruits and farm products to this market, besides producing those things which are grown on most other farms. He is succeeding in life. T. H. Hanks, and G. S. McCoy of Honea Path, were in the city yester-' day on business. 1 BRITISH ARE TIRING OF HUN BRUTALITY Patience With Germans Almost Exhausted. PLENTY OF EVIDENCE MISTREATMENT OF PRISONERS Immediate Release Will Be Insisted On as Part of Armistice Terms?Such Demand to Be Important Factor. London, Oct. 30.?That the immediate release of all British prisoners will be insisted upon by the government as part of the armistice terms is confidently expected here. Sir Geroge Cave, the home secretary, announced in the house of commons yesterday that the same conditions imposed on Bulgaria in this matter would be insisted upon in any truce with Germany or Austria and General Allenby had been instructed t* follow the same policy in dealing with the Turks. There is plenty of evidence that British prisoners have received worse treatment throughout the war than the others except the Russians. Such a demand will be a very important factor and it is not likely that the other allies will show less regard for their nationals who are suffering in German camps. Events since the German peace overtures were launched have not tended to install any spirit of conciliation, forgiveness or leniency toward the enemy in British breasts. The sinking of the Leinster followed close on the German note. The evacuation of Belgium and French towns, for years under German rule has opened what has heretofore been largely a sealed book of rumors and authentic stories from truthful people of German barbarities towards the inhabitants have been flooding out. Finally yesterday's discussions in the house of commons of the treatment of British prisoners appeared to have been about the last straw breaking the back of British patience ?patience which the country generally seems to think has been carried too far. The Germans have only themselves to blame that these revelations came at a time so unfortunate for German interests. SITUATION IMPROVES The situation here with regard to the epidemic of Spanish Influenza is greatly improved, as the reports below will show. On Tuesday morning 13 new cases were reported, with no pneumonia cases. On Wednesday morning 7 new cases were reported with one case of pneumonia. On Thursday morning thete were 4 new cases with one case of pneumonia. The total number of cases reported to yesterday morning amounted to 904. The number of pneumonia cases is 45, and 9 deaths have resulted from the disease in this city, which is quite a remarkable record according to tne doctors, ana as is well shown by the number of fatal cases in other cities like this. The condition is so far improved in Abbeville that Dr. B. E. Garrison left Thursday morning for Columbia from which place he will be sent to some other place, likely a town in the Pee Dee where the epidemic is just now making its appearance. MISS SULLIVAN TO SEE SERVICE Miss. EJith Sullivan, of Honea Path, who is so well remembered in Abbeville, and who was one of our best school teachers when she was hero, will soon sni! for France where she will do wrr work. Her friends will wish her pood hud: in the undertaking. and thev know that she will perform the work with the spirit which becomes a soldier.