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' - " ' ;M *v'8| Abbeville Press and Banner J Established 1844. .$2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1918. . Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. 3 GRIN DING T( ARMIES I , - ' ", Forces of Karl Flee Helter Skelter Before Italians. LAND AND SEA FORCES IN ADRIATIC SEAPORT Trieste Entered Sunday By Soldiers end Sailors in Mighty Offensive. . Tri-Color Now Flying From Castle and Tower of ? ? - dan uuiico. I * With the Italian Forces in Northern Italy, Nov. 2.-?The battle continued with the Italian and the allies completing the destruction of Austria's mighty army. It is estimated J|tot 3,000 Austrian .cannon will be $ie total taken by the Italians in addition to the vast quantities of other war materials. \ The allied forces are ever pressing on toward the frontier in the mountains.^ They already have reached the Val Sugana, where the Italians were holding their lines a year ago. i*annnf ho IX UC VTVXVt ?V used in Austra's retreat, whjch is a < ' . pell mell effort on the part of the various bodies to save themselves. The Austrians are fleeing helter skelter, fighting in the mountains 11 / when obliged to do so. On the plains they are merely - putting up rear guard local lights with machine guns, blowing up bridges as they go along. The long lines of enemy troops on 'the roads are being pelted with the machine guns of allied airplanes. The retreat of the Austrians is being hindered by the conditions of the roads. For the same reason the Italian advance in 'regions is slow. I The Austrians .are leaving their wounded by^he Roadside or in houses. Two thousand Austrian wounded were deserted in Feltre without at Itention or medicine. tJdine has been evacuated. The civil population everywhere, complains that they were stripped of everything of value by the enemy in ' the invaded provinces. Thousands *>f cannon are being captured by the Italians, in addition i to great quantities of war materials. At Vittorio a big petroleum deposit was found, the Austrians not taking * the trouble to burn it. Great quantities of telegraph wire were also left undisturbed. At Belluno a large depot of food and material was found by the Italians. The allies frequently captured long trains of artillery, one train being taken at Razi near Feltre, it having been abandoned by the retreating Austrians in their haste. On October 29 the enemy received a mortal blow by a main attack across the river Piave. I This permitted the Eighth Army to move to Vittorio and gave the Fourth Army a chance to operate. Then piece by piece, corps by corps, and division by division the Austrian armies have fallen. When the Italian Fourth Army reached the Cismon at the junction of the Brenta, it gave the Twelfth Army the opportunity to operate at Feltre, in the upper Piave Valley, and also permitted the Sixth Army to go into action in the Asiago district. Between the Fourth and Sixth Armies the chief Austrian resistance in Italy was broken. It was in the mountains that the greatest number of cannon was taken. I MISS CORRIE KILLINGSWORTH APPOINTED Attorney General S. M. Wolf has announced his appointments for the Engrossing Department and Miss Corrie Killings-worth gets one of the appointments. The position is foi the duration of the session of the [ legislature and pays a good salary. Miss Killingsworth's friends are pleased with her appointment. j Truman Reames, of the S. A. T. C. at Clemson, spent Sunday here witji his mother, Mrs. B. S. Reames. |\ W> - ) PIECES OF AUSTRIA 0 i 1 ' '? ' V \ ^ \ HOHENZOLLERNS ON RUN V v V' , V Geneva, Nov. 3.?Dozens V \ of tarunks bearing the royal V \ Hohenzollern monogram have V ' V been arriving in the past V V week at the luxurious chat- V V eau named "Buenas" on the V < V Lake of Zug in Switzerland. V V. , The chateau, which is flying V, V the German flag, is the pro- V V perty of Baron von Kreist, a V V German. V V \ WW VV VV VV VVVVVVV i 1 ? { Five Score Lives Lost As Train Leaves Track 100 BODIES TAKEN FROM "TUNNEL" ON LINE OF BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY Men Return to Work.> New York, Nov. 2.?Announcement was made early today that the strike of motormen and motor switch men on the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company lines had been settled. The men will return to work this morning. The company has agreed to reinstate 29 discharged union employees. It was the refusal of the corporation to accede to this demand which resulted in the strike. I New York, Nov. 2.?More than * *? 8 100 bodies had been taken late Friday from what is known as the Mai- c bone Street "tunnel" on the Brighton Beach line of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, where a five car train running at high speed, ? jumped the track on a curve and struck the side wall with , such ter. . ? g rific force that the first car was demolished and the others "buckled" ^ until they were jammed'against the roof of the tunnel. ' The crash occurred when the ^ train ahead, said to have been inL charge of a "green" motorman,! jumped the track at' a switch and! another train running in the same | j direction plunged into the rear cars. I j The tragedy marked the first day ^ of a strike called by the company's motormen to enforce the reinstate- ^ ment of 229 discharged members of the Brotherhood of Locqmotive En- j gineers as ordered by the National t Labor Board. Officials of the com- ? pany professed four hours after the ^ accident to have no definite infor- ( mation as to its cause. They said no report had been made to them x by members of the train crew. i District Attorney Lewis, of King's 'j County, declared all the officials of ? the Brooklyn Rapid Transit .Com- ? pany and every person in any con- \ nected with the accident had been asserted that the company was with- x holding the name of the motorman. t \ "There is no doubt" Mr. Lewis ( said, "that the motorman of the lead-! t ing train was going at a high rate of j j speed when he made th^ turn intoj the cut. The front car jumped the j ? | track and buckled. The train fol-: ] | lowing ran into the stalled car." ! j i j According to survivors of the ; wreck the motorman was evidently j s i unused to the road as he was com- c pelled to back up at one point when; he had taken the wrong switch. ' i I Both trains were jammed with i j passengers as the strike had result-J < i ed in a material reduction in service t (|and consequently delay. * jt i Immediately after the wreck the ] .wrecked cars burst into flames, add-l ,: ing to the terror of those who had < .'escaped injury and increasing the:< , peril 01 those pinned in the wreckage.! .j Police reserves from a dozen sta-J < l(tions were rushed to the scene of.( i the accident and they immediately i ,I sent in calls for all the ambulances! I in Brooklyn, while the Manhattan ; ? J hospitals were asked for assistance, i The fire department was called upon^ 1 i, to aid the injured and remove the ' [dead. ARMISTICE TERMS GRANTED ME Allied Powers To Be Ii Complete Control. rURKS MUST EXPEL ALL FORMER FRIEND Herman* and Austrians, Military Naval and Civilian, Will Be Forced to Leave Turkish Dominions Within One Mon^h. "",^L London, Nov. ft^The terms c irmistice granted op the allied pov ;rs to Turkey follow: "1. The opening of the Dardf lelles and the Bosporus and acces ;o the Black Sea. Allied occupatio >f the Dardanelles anil Bosporoti !orts. .. V . "2. The positions of all min ields, torpedo tubes and other ot (tractions in Turkish waters are t >e indicated, and assistance given t weep or remove them, as may b cquired. "3. All available information cor :erning mines in the Black Sea i o be communicated. "4. All allied prisoners of war an Armenian interned persons and pris >ners are to be collected in Constar inople and handed over uncond: ionally to the allies. "5. Immediate demobilization o he Turkish army, except such troop is are required for the surveillanc >f the frontiers and for the mainte lance of internal order. The num er of effectives and their disposi ion to be determined later by th tllies dfter consultation with th V farkish government. "6. The surrender of all war vei els in Turkish waters or waters, oc upied by Turkey. These ships wi' >e interned in such Turkish port o >orts as may be directed except sue mall vessels are reauired for x>c ice and similar purposes in Turkis erritorial waters. "7. The allies are to have th ight to occupy and strategic point n the event of any situation aris ng which threatens the security o he allies. "8. Free use by allied ships of a >orts and anchorages now in Turl sh occupation ?and denial of thei ise by the enemy. Similar cond: lions are to apply to Turkish mei :antile shipping in Turkish watei !or the purposes of trade and th iemobilization of the army. "9. Allied occupatoin of the Tav us tunnel system. n TmmA/liofA Ttn TTf o 1 n xv. i.iuuic;uiabc; n xviiuiarrai u rurkish troops from Northern Pei iia to behind the pre-war frontie ilready has been ordered and wi >e carried out. "11. A part of Trans-Caucasia a eady has been ordered to be evaci; ited by Turkish troops. The remair ier to be evacuated if required b ;he allies after they have studied th lituation. "12. Wireless, telegraph and cabl itations to be controlled by the a ies. Turkish government message ;o he excepted. "13. Prohibition against the de struction of any naval, military o :ommercial material. "14. Facilities are to be give "or the purchase of coal, oil, fu< ind naval material from Turkis sources after the requirements c ;he country have been met. None c ;he above materials are to be e> ported. "15. The surrender of all Turkis )fficers in Tripolitania and Cyrena vs to the nearest Italian garrisoi rurkey agrees to stop supplies an communication with these officers i :hey do not obey the order to sui /ender. "16. The surrender of all garr sons in Hedjas, Assir, Yemen, Syri ind Mesopotamia to the nearest a ied commander and withdrawal o rurkish troops from Cilicia, excep (Continued on Page 6.) WAR COUNCIL NOW J i TALKING AH; A n Big Withdrawal of Ger- y man Armies to Be v Demanded. K . ' v S FAR BEYOND RHINE ^ WILL BE ZONE FIXED K f* ; > * ?;? a Terms as Finally Agreed Upon May ^ Be Made Known to World Today? ^ Sure to Be Practically De- ^ mand for Surrender?No y (? Middle Ground. , r- 1 Washington, D. C.?The supreme war council at Versailles, it was learned Saturday through diplomais ... tic cnannels, has under considera- N tion, as the starting point in fram- i ing terms of an armistice, proposals that Germany be required to withe draw her armies without their military supplies or the loot being car0 ried from Prance and Belgium, to a ^ 0 zone 30 miles to the German side ^ e of the Rhine and that the entire German navy, including submarines and e( i- the Helgoland fortresses be surren- q is dered. It is possible that the conditions d when finally agreed upon may not ^ J- emerge from the council in exactly | e: i- this shape but it is believed they will ct i- be no less potent for preserving!^ the military supremacy of the allies j i and at the s^me time offer proposi- tc s tions which t&e Germans may accept, m e without further fighting. - m i- The pame information coming through the same sources, indicates p, i- that the armistice terms as finally to e agreed upon may be ipade known to m e the world it waa said, yesterday or jjj today and that they will be pre- ^ b .sented to Germany for acceptance gi !- in their entirety or not at all, with- jn 11 out opportunity for quibbling or r trading. U1 h Prom a military point of view the jy ?- proposal that the German armies be p( h disarmed and retired 30 miles be- tj{ yond the Rhine is classed only as fr e tantamount to an absolute surren- w is der. It would- not only throw open x , i.~ .ll.'.J J A : 2 >~{ tu biiu uiiitsu anu /\meru;an armies p( >f many roads to Berlin itself but with the surrender of railway rolling jr II stock deprive them of means to re-1 b< c- trace their steps to fight if they jn ir would. ' CJ i- As to Necessity. dj r- There is some question among m s military observers as to whether g; e such complete terms are really / nec- v< essary. lindoubtedly the object i- sought in proposing that the enemy g retire 30 miles behind the Rhine is w ?f to destroy the German inner defense system. That system is supported g< :r by a chain of fortresses without G III which the line would be untenable g( I and some military experts believe it l-|may not be necessary to go farther F i-jthpn to demand the surrender or c 1- dismantling of those forts. jC yj The military discussion developed i( e j by the proposals brings a suggestion Si | that a wide zone might be establishejed within the borders of Germany ?* 1-j from which the armed forces of both is j sides might be withdrawn until j peace treaties finally have fixed new A boundaries. The French and Belgi-,^ >r gian frontiers are expected to be re-1 H J occupied by the allied armies but it| C1 n might develop that as the German j ;lj forces would be required to ,fall back hi h the German frontier provinces might . C ?f! be left unoccupied in a military | G ?f, sense. I C c-l It seems certain to militarv ex-' i perts here, however, that the terms 711 h | will include the surrender of the j i-!Metz fortifications and such of the| C i.; Rhine forts as will clear the way forj P d military invasion of Germany to anjQ1 if, extent making resistance futile. I ^ J . 1! PAY DAYS INCREASED. I i-j Washington, Nov. 2.?Railroads, 1c a which now pay employees monthly, B 1-! will be instructed shortly by the b; if j railroad administration to pay semi- is >t monthly, beginning January 1. Many si | roads already follow this practice, ft -AST ALLY 0 DEFEA1 i? ? REPUBLIC FOR HUNGARY. V .... ^ Berne, Nov. 3.?Count V Karolyi, after obtaining a re- V lease from his oath of fealty V, to the emperor, proclaimed V a republic in Hungary, ac- V cording to a dispatch to the V, Bund from Vienna, quoting V ViannAoo nanranonAi* Ria k T ucniiyoycij i/ic Beit. V - V largest Draft Call To Be Made This Month , * i EARLY" 300,000 TO BE SENT TO J CAMP?WILL INCREASE ARMY 4,000,000 IN FIELD AND 1 TRAINING. 1 _______ i Washington, D. C.?Draft calls ' >r the mobilization of 290,773 ad- ' itional men at army training camps sfore November 21, were announc- 1 i Saturday by Provost Marshall 1 eneral ^Crowder. Between Novem- ' sr 11 and 15, it was announced, 1 53,335 white men physically quali- 1 A -fsv*. mamomaI miliforiT ooFirino TT?i11 ^ cu ;iv/i gcu^oi uiuiboi j oc.itiv&) n 111 ltrain, making the largest single ill issued under the selective serce act. J The remainder of the November ital, so far as announced, will be ade up by negroes for entrainent November 19 to 21. With the assembling of the men rovided in these calls at camp, the tal number of men inducted into ilitary service under the draft will ive passed the 3,000,000 mark, and le number of men in the United iates army in the field or in traing will total more than 4,000,000. Men who registered September 12 ider the act extending draft age nits will make up the largest pro>rtion of the November mobilizaon as the eligible list remaining om previous registration already as exhausted by the October calls, hough the October calls were susjnded because of influenza epijmic, nearly all have been reissued. i States where the calls have not| >en reissued, men called for camp i October will leave with the men illed for this month. Calls for aditional men to entrain later this onth are in preparation, it was said aturday at the office of the pro)st marshal general. While registrants from Southern hat.es and the ramns to whiph t.hev ( ill be assigned and selects from! * Iher States who will be sent to 11 outheastern training camps include, j eorgia, 5,000, Camp Wheeler, Ga.; 5 outh Carolina, 312, Fort Moultrie. * Negro registrants called include: i lorida, 632 Camp Meade, 1,890 1 amp Wadsworth; Georgia, 4,000 * amp Wheeler, Ga.; South Carolina, 1 110 Camp Wadsworth; 2,000 Camp evier, 479 Camp Humphries. ' MEANS MILLER j t VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA' < J. Means Miller, oldest son of S. 1 . and Leila Means Miller, of Co-j) imbia, died Monday at the Rideout i ospital, Marysville, Cal., with influ- i iza and pneumonia. j t For the last six years Mr. Miller; :\s made his home in Las Plumas,'t ol MAnUlAm fU tlf 14-Vl ^ 7 cW., iicivm^ a puaiLiuu uucic mwi unc, i ;reat Western Electrical Power !i ompany. The body will be brought1 ] > Columbia. Funeral announce-! < lent will be made later. Mr. Miller was born in Abbeville : ounty in 1883, but moved with his ; arents to Columbia when he was:i iiite young. He was graduated from'i lemson College with the class of j j 908. m He was a gentle, loving son, a;< >yal friend and a brilliant scholar.) i esides his mother, he is survived j ] ; y two brothers, S. A. Miller, whoj ; overseas; T Fennel Miller, and two j isters, Misses Ellen and Georgia [iller.?The State IF HUN IS rED IN FIELD | Armistice Granted to Austria-Hungary Af- x! ter Days of Pleading - - - ' . >?$*3 GERMAN SITUATION SEEMINGLY CRITICAL Greater Part of Army May B* Trapped Before Men in Franc* and Belgium* Reach Own Border?Belgrade in Hands of \ Serbian*. Austria-Hungary is out of th? VI war. Deserted by her last ally, Germany fights alone a battle which o* means ultimate defeat or abject surrender. A *f+*>! ft-p- nloo^iri cr on --- ""j ? jc?v?u?e ??**?"tice has been granted Austria-Hun- V.? w ?ary whose badly defeated armies 1 in' the Itajian theatre are staggering ' i| lomeward under the violence of the slows of the entente troops. Trent, in Austrian Tyrol, which . ;he Italians always have claimed ivas 'their own, has been captured jy them: Triest, Austria's princijal seaport on the Adriatic, over vhich there has been such bitter ighting, now flies the Italian flag, ^ -V* ind Belgrade, capital of Serbia, has >een reoccnpied by the Serbians./ In France and Belgium the Ger- \ -f| nans are being sorely harassed by vhe British, French, Americans and , >' I Belgians, and there are indications hat a debacle is about to occur. The Argonne massif, which has ! * . -1 >roved a great obstacle to the adrance of the French and Americans, it last has been cleared of the eneny, and the entire line appears to >e crumbling. American airmen re>ort that the enemy in front of the Americans is retreating northward .' md that the roads are densely pack- ! id with troops, artillery and trans- - j >ort. Likewise southeast of Valencimnes the Germans are retreating >efore the British, who are in close jursuit ana taking numerous prison;rs. North of the Aisne in Chamjagne the French continue their pressure and have taken several imjortant villages, large numbers of irisoners and great quantities of var stores. The advance of the Americans and he French on the southern part of , ;he battle front, taken in conjunc- \ ;ion with the operations of Field . V Marshal Haig and the Belgians in ;he north, threatens to prove the > :ulminating blow to Germany's at;empt to hold ground in France or n Belgium. Indeed it is not im- i' X, irobable if the advance from the . : | 1011th confcinnpa as tjmyiHItt qq if ia ? ? - ? * ? :he greater portion of the German irmy will be trapped before the Tien can reach their border. The /.C* iituation of the Germans seemingly s a critical ore. J?j Although the Austro-Hungarians lave been given an armistice they ire still being bitterly attacked by ;hc Italians, British, French, Americans and Czecho-Slovak troops in ;he mountains and on the plains and vill continue under chastisement intil Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, vhen a cessation of hostilities will ,al<e place. Entire regiments are surrendering :o the Italians in the mountains and arge numbers of the enemy are be ng maae prisoners on tne plains. Heavy casualties are being inflicted )n the retiring troops. Many additional towns have been reclaimed. In their swift drive against the Austro-Hungarians the allied forces have up to the present taken more than 100,000 prisoners and have captured more than 2,200 ?uns. So rapid has been the advance over the plains that Italian cavalry already has crossed the Tagliamento River and entered Udine. Messrs. R. 0. Branyon and Clyde Smith of Little River, were here o* Monday.