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VOL XXXVII MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1917. NO.35 BRITISH ACHIEVE ANOTUER VICTORY Attack Near Langemarch Develops Into Success Despite the Ad verse Weather. ITALIANS CONTINUE DRIVE Russian Troops Again Showing Signs of Disaffection in Bukowina and Bessarabia. The fighting fronts, except in the Austrian-Italian theater and in East ern Bukowina and Southern Molda via, show a remarkable abatement in the violence of the fighting that has been going on for several weeks. Along the front in Flanders and Northern France held by the British bad weather again has set in and aside from reciprocal bombardments, which at some points have reached the stage of drum fire and minor infantry operations on the part of the British, little is being done by either of the belligerents. In the Verdun sector the Germans have ceased entirely their counter at tacks against the newly won French positions, evidently havink found that the task of trying to rehabilitate themselves was useless. The infantry of both sides have remained in their trenches and only on the western bank of the Meuse has there been even artillery activity. On the Bainsizza plateau, the Ital ians and Austrians are still engaged in furious battle with the Italians the aggressors'. New positions have been won by Gen. Cadorna's forces and heavy Austrian attacks to retrieve lost ground have been successfully repulsed. Silence still is maintained by the Rome war office concerning the operations on the Carso plateau. An Austrian official comunication dated Sunday, the first received from Vienna for several. days, was the capture by the Italians of Monte Santo. Russians Giving Way. On the frontier of Bessarabia, in Eastern Bukowina, the Russian troops are again showing signs of disaffec tion, having near Boyany deliberately quit their trenches and retreated east, the Austro-Germans taking the trenches they quit. Near Novoselica, also on the Bessarabian frontier, the Teuton allies have begun an offensive against the Russians and have cap turelI several positions. In Northern Russia no fighting of importance is taking place, evidently indicabing that the German offensive west of Riga was not the forerunner of a strong attempt to capture the Russian seaport and naval base on the Baltic. British Make Good Gain. With the British Army in r'rance and Belgium, Aug. 28.-(By the Asso ciated Press.)--The British attack late yesterday southeast of Langemarch, astride the St. Julien-Pochelle road, has developed into a success, notwith standing the almost impossible weath er conditions under which the troops mlade the assault. A number of strong German redloubts were occupied and the line was pushed forward to a considerable dlistance over a front of some 2,000 yards. The offensive wans launchedl at 2 o'clock in the afternoon amidl a heavy rain, wvhich adldedl to the already swvol len Steenbeke andl Hannebeke rivers, wvhich had turned1 the surroundling country into bogs. Into this marsh land, studded with concrete machine gun redoubts, the British plunged af ter the artillery had conducted a heavy bombardment and laid dIown barrage. Particularly vicious fighting decvelopedl near the Springfield andl Vancouver farms, two German strongholds north east of St. Julieni. Notwvith standing heavy mach ine gun fire, the British pushed forward here, driving back the Wurttenburgers who had been sent up from Roulers to hold( the German adlvancedl posts. 'Today the battle along the section attacked yesterdlay had subsided into a state of calmness. - 0 ORDERED) TO CHARLESTON (Col. Carbaugh~ Attached to Judge Ad vocate-s Office. Washington, Aug. 28.-Col. Harvey C. Carbaugh, retired after thirty years' service before reaching the statutory retirement age, ha3 been ordered to active military duty In the officee of the judge advocate of the southeastern Department at Charles ton. POPE'S PEA F Reply Has Already Been Recuperate and Tak Be Made Safe for D of the World, Includ Washington, Aug. 28.-President Wilson has rejected the Pope's Peace proposals. In a note dispatched last night and made public here tonight, the Presi dent says that while every heart no blinded and hardened by the terrible war must be touched by the moving appeal of His Holiness, it would be folly to take the path of peace he points out if it does not in fact lead to the goal he proposes. To deal with such a power as the present rulers of Germany upon Pope Benedict's plan, declares the Presi dent, would involve a recuperation of the strength and renewal of the world domination policy of that power, now balked, but not defeated after sweep ing a continent with the blood of in nocent women and children, and the helpless poor, as well as of soldiers. Permanent peace must be based up on the faith of all of the peoples and upon justice and fairness, and the common rights of mankind, he adds, and "we cannot take the word of the present rulers of Germany as a guar antee of anything that is to endure unless explicitly supported by such conclusive evidence of the will and purpose of the German people them selves, as the other peoples of the world would be justified in accepting." The text of the not follows: "'ro his Holiness "Benedictus XV Pope: "In acknowledgment of the com munication of your Holiness 'to the belligerent peoples, dated August 1, .1917, the President of the United States' requests me to transmit the following reply: President's Reply. "Every heart that has not been blinded and hardened by this terrible war must be touched by this moving appeal of his Holiness, the Pope, must feel the dignity and force of the humane and generous motives, which prompted it, and must fervently wish that we might take the path of peace he so persuasively points out. But it would be folly to take it, if it does not in fact lead to the goal he pro poses. Our response must be based DRANK WINE WITH U-BOAT COMMANDER Captain of American Bark Christiane Sunk by Submarine Tells Interesting Story. HATES TO SINK AMERICAN Says Teuton Declared to Him He Would Never D~estroy Life Boat. An Atlantic Port, Aug. 27.-Capt. Cyrus W. Crooks, master of the A mer ican bark Christiane, wvhich was sunk by a German submarine August 7, near the Azores, was entertainedl as a guest on board the U-boat and over a glass of wvine was told by the Ger man commander that he hated to sink America nships. Capt. Crooks related the incidlent on arrival here today on board an Italian -liner.. The American captain said he was bound home from London whlen) his ship was sunk. Not being armed he surrendered to the U -boat. "We left the Christiane in two life boats," saidl Capt. Crooks, "and I was invitedl by the U-boat captain in ex cellent English to bring three of my men and come aboard. We were taken into the ofmeers' cabin andl after giv ing me a ropeip~t stating my ship had been sunk, the commander ordered luncheon served, including wvine. "He kept up an interesting conver sation while we were eating and more than once dleclared he hated to sink American vessels and only did so be cause we were at war with nis coun try. "Another thing- that appehwed to worry him were stories lbe had heard of sinking of life boat& by subma rfnes. 'I really can't bolieve these stories,' ho said, 'andl so far as I am concerned no life boat will noer eet 6CE PROPOS LEJECTED E Cabled- President Says D Up Cudgel Again---Geri emocracy with Pernanm ing Those of the Central upon the stern facts and upon noth ing else. It is not a mere cessation of arms he desires; it is a stable and enduring peace. This agony must not be gone through with again and it must be a matter of very sober judg ment what will insure us against it. Pope's Proposals. "His Holiness in substance proposes that we return to the status quo ante bellum, and that. then there be a gen eral condonation, disarmment and a concert of nations based upon an ac ceptance of the principle of arbitra tion; that by a similar concert free dom of the seas be established; and that the territorial claims of France and Italy, the perplexing problems of the Balkan States, and the restitution of Poland be left to such conciliatory adjustments as may be possible of the peoples whose political fortunes and affiliations will be involved. Objects of War. "It is manifest that no part of this program can be successfully carried out unless the restitution of the status quo ante furnishes a firm and satis factory basis for it. The object of this war is to deliver the free peoples of the world from the menace and the actual power of a vast military estab lishment controlled by an irresponsi ble government which, having secret ly planned to dominate the world, pro ceeded to carry the plan out without regard either to the sacred obligations of treaty or the long established prac tices and long cherished principles of international action and honor; which chose its own time for the war; de livered its blow fiercely and suddonly; stopped at no barrier either of law or of mercy; swept a whole continent within the tide of blood-not the blood of soldiers only, but the blood of in nocent women and children also, and of the helpless poor; and now stands balked but not defeated, the enemy of four-fifths of the world. This power is not the German people. It is the ruthless master of the German people. It is no business of ours how that great people came under its control or submitted with temporary zest to the domination of its purposes; but it is such a fate from my ship.' "We spent two hours on the subma rine while the Germans removed from the Christiane all her supplies and sunk her with bombs. The captain then escorted us to our life boats, gave us the direction of nearest land and bid us a courteous good-bye. The sub marine was about 400 feet long and carried two 6-inch guns. The name signed to the receipts I have is Capt. J. Erlinger, German navy. We landed safely at Ponta Del Goda." MINElRS SEEKING MORE Pti. V Union Invites Coal Operator to Confervp-e Sep~t. 6. I adianapolis, Aug. 28.-A substan tial increase in the coal mining scale will be asked by the United Mine Workers of America, ani invitation to the coal operators of the central comn petitive field having been extended late todIay to mee't the miners' ofieials here on September 6, to dliscuss an in crae accordIing to a statement is suedI by William Green, international secretary-treasurer of the miners. Mr. Green said this decision had beeni reached at a coriference of interna tional officers of the union and pres idents of the dIistricts of Illinlois Ohio, Western Pennsylvania and In diana, composing the central competi tive field.. o - GREEK( .~ 11P TORP~EDOEl) An Atlantic Port, Aug. 28.-Tlhe Greek steamship Nea-Ellas, of 3,517 tons, gross, from Baltimore may 20 with a corga of grain for Italy, was sunk June 9 In the Mediterranean by rm"an submarine, accordling to 'William White, a member of the crewv, who arrived here. today on a French steamer. No lives wvere lost, White said, the ship being sunk by gunfire, after the crew had taken to lifeboats. They were picked up by a French cruiser and landed at nannii AL FLATLY Y PRESIDE] Proposed Plans Would nan Rulers Cannot Be nt Peace Based Upon I Powers. our business to see to it that the his tory of the rest of the world is no longer left to its handling. Time to Recuperate. "To deal with such a power by way of epace upon the plan proposed by his Holiness the Pope would, so far as we can see, involve a recuperation of its strength and a renewal of its pol icy; would make it necessary to cre ate a permanent hostile combination of nations against the German people, who are its instruments; and would result in abandoning the new born Russia to the intrigue the manifold subtile interference and the certain counter revolution which would be at tempted by all the malign influences to which the German Government has of late accustomed the world. Can peace be based upon a restitution of its power or upon any word of honor it could pledge in a treaty of settle ment and accommodation ? Intolerable Wrongs. "Responsible statement must now everywhere see, if they never saw be fore, that no peace can rest securely upon political or conomic restrictions meant to benefit some nations and cripple or embarras others, upon vin dictive action or any action of any sort, or any kind o frevenge or de liberate injury. The American peo ple have suffered intolerable wrongs at the hands of the Imperial German Government, but they desire no re prisal upon the German people, who have themselves suffered all things in this wear, which they did not choose. They believe that peace should rest upon the rights of peoples, not the rights of governments-the rights of peoples great or small, weak or pow erful, their equal right to freedom and security and self-government and to a participation upon fair terms in the economic opportunities of the world-the German people, of course, included, if they will accept equality, and not seek domination. Test of Peace Plans. "The test, therefore, of every plan of epace is this: Is it basel upon the faith of all the peoples involved or merely upon the word of an ambitious SAID HE WAS WAR CHIEF'S BROTHER St. Louis Decorator Obtains Money and Is Highly Enter tained. Denver, Col., Aug. 28.-Federal of ficers today took into custody a m:n said to have represented himself as a brother of Secretary of War New ton D. Baker. TIhe man gave the nme of E. A. Baker today, but prev iou~dy had sa Id he was Dr. A. R. Bakeri, of Cleveland. Oflicials said he obtained money on the groundl of his alleged relationship and was wvidely ente'rtained. Haker later adlmittedl that he was a St. Louis dlecoraitor. PEOPLE LEAV'I NG TRIEfST'E Washington, Aug. 28.--News dlis patches from Zurich, Switzerland, to a Rome newspaiper, telegraphed to the Italian embassy here todlay, says the civilian p~opulation of TIrieste, A ust ria, towaird wvhich the Italian t roops are adlvancing in their great drnive against the Austrians, is evacuating the city by ordler of the Austrian military au thorities. It was stated that it was not a military evacuation. AD)OPTED I) IrGHP. ER New Yo~k, Aug. 28.- --In -eferring to a published zable dlispa(.ch received yesterdlay from London stating that the Daily Mirror announced the mar riage of Miss Gertrude Langtky and Lance Corporal Locquell, of the Cana dlian army, and dlescribing Miss Lang try as the adopted daughter of F'redl crick W. Vanderbilt, of New York, denial was made todlay by Mr. Van dlerbilt that Miss Langtry is his adopt edl daughter and had never heard of Miss Langtry. ITT WILSON Allow Prussians Time to Trusted and World Must aith of All the Peoples and intrigucing government, on the one hand, and of a group of free peoples on the other? This is a test which goes to the root of the matter; and it is the test which must be ap plied. "The purposes of.the United States in this war are known to the whole world-to every people to whom the truth has been permitted to come. They do not need to be stated again We seek no material advantage of any kind. We believe that the in tolerable wrongs done in htis war by the furious and brutal power of the Imperial German Government ought to be repaired, but not at the expense of the sovereignty of any people rather a vindication of the sovereign ty of both those that are weak and of those that are strong. Punitive damages, the dismemberment of em pires, the establishment of selfish and exclusive economic league we deem inexpedient and in the end worse than futile, no proper basis for a peace of any kind, least of all for an en during peace. That must be based upon justice and fairness and the common rights of mankind. "We cannot take the word of the present rulers of Germany as a guar antee of anything that it to endure, unless explicitly supported by such conclusive evidence of the will and purpose of the German people them selves, as the other peoples of the world would be justified in accepting. Without such guarantees, treaties of settlement, agreements for disarma ment, covenants to set up arbitration in the place of force, territorial ad justments, reconstitution of small na tions, if made with the German Gov ernment, no man, no nation could now depend on. We must await some new evidence of the purposes of the great peoples of the Central Powers. God grant it may be given soon and in a way to restore the confidence of all peoples everywhere in the faith of nations and the possibility of a cove nanted peace. "Robert Lansing, "Secretary of State of the United States of America." CIINAMEN OFf[R TO FIGHT THE GERMANS -'orce of 50,000 Ready for European Battlefields. Peking, Thursday, Aug. 2:3.- (l) - layed.)---Gens. Lo Pei-Ching, Lung Chi-Kwang and Ku Chin Tan, com mand ing 50,00)0 troops, have ofieredI forces for service in l'urope. The provisional governers of Y unnain and~ K wang Tlung have given offic ial ree o'gnlitioni of Peking's decla rat ion oif war against Germany apparent ly hav ing been reconci led to the '; :imeat of the acting President. ; a. 1-'en g in the Soujthern proiVmee i . '.. p!ain ly a fiasco. Eighteen provinces have apprlioved the p~roj~ect for a natijonal council, which probaly will lbe est ablliched withlin a forti ght. Thea press geneir ally is urging (China to present an undivided front to the enoem. P'ItTESTl AG.\l NST IllA l'T P'etit ion Preo'sent ed by \, Vadamai n lie t(erred to (omminittece. against the draft law signed lby near ly I1000 reside(nts oft Webster and ad joining couniti(es of iMdississi ppi wva. presenited to the Senate todlay by Senator Vardama n and referred to the military committee. -----0 MORRtISON ASSUMES COMMAND ATr SEVIEti Greenville, S. C., Aug. 28.--Mjor~ Gen. J. A. Morrison today assumed commnandl at Camp Sevier, relie'ving Col. J. Van B. Metts, of North Caro lina, of the executive details of the camp. [NLSTED MEN MAY BECOMEjOfflCERS Will He Given Every Opportunity to Fit 'T'hemselves for Com isions. OFFICERS' SCHOOLS NEXT No More Candidates for Commissions From Civil Life After Present Camps. Washington, Aug. 28.-Enlisted men of the national army, National Guard and regular army will be given every opportunity to fit themselves for commissions, it was learned today. This is in line with th efixed policy of the government to take no more officers or officer candidates from civi) life after the second series of officers training camps, now in progress, has been completed. Thereafter all ad ditional officers needed will be found in the ranks of the various branches of the war army. To carry out this plan it has vir tually been decided to establish an officers' school at each of the division al training camps. Men from the ranks who show special qualifications will be sent to these schools. With stall's of French and British officers of experience on the firing lines on duty at each camp as advisers an unusual opportunity for lecture. courses will be presented. Third Series of Camps. The divisional officers camps will make the third series of such camps arranged by the War Depart ment to provide men to command the enor mous forces being raised for the war. Line commissions will be granted to men from civil life after they are started, except that a few i..en who were denied admission to the other camps through loss of their order in the mail or some other mischance nay be given an opportunity in the third series. Will Pass Out of Existence. Secretary Baker pointed out today in reply to a question as to whether the revised divisional army argoniza tion adopted for the war would be continued after the restoration of peace, that with the exception of the officers of the regular and a few men of the old regular enlisted forces whose enlistments may not. have e pired at that time, the entire war army will pass out of existence. ''he question of establishing a con tinuing military policy of univgrsal service has been debated to some ex tent. The impression prevails among many members of Congress, however, that it would be unwise to take up this question now. If the war is long it may become necessary to provide for the registration of new classes which reach the military age of the selective service bill each year. ( ONTiAT("' LE'' FOlt IItlIGE OVER \\. ATEl EE Camden, A ug. 28.- -Ker'shaw (ountify today, through its counlty commission. ers, let the conltract for the const rue tion of a steel brige wit h *onc ret C piers to A ust in Br'ot hers, of I Dalla s Texas a a ost of $93,00t. F'rink1 adPinner, of Norfolk. Via., were the consult ing engineers. 'I he only o'the hid was ai (0onditionlal nil by their ginia Hridge and1( Iron ( om panyi. Tlhe ne1w St ructure' will sp-mn th Watecree near the mou11th of Tlwenty five-mile creek, one(*l mil. mti a hait niorth of the old( location13, ne esi(t-s img construlction of onei mile oif Iie roadway on the (east approai~ch, with the right of way donated to the~ cuin. Ity by Ge'orge 'T. l.iltle. WVork on t hr new bridge will (1onn1 Ice withbin twe'nty dayls , thle (ent ire bidge to be 'ompilletedI within twelve mothls fromi (lay oft let ing. Th is is one (If fhe molust importnt h11 i giiways on the WVashintgtoni to A*\thimta highway, aind the early condpletin of this st.rue. Lure will he good news t(o t raiveh-rs over this roadl. Ma y Ret urn to St uzdies. Hoston, Au1g. 28.--A Navy D~epart mient ruling permlitting College stui Cents who enlisted in thle naval re serves to return to their studies in (?3fall was receivedl at the navy yardl today. Upon written request. or par ents and~ college authorities these men ma ybe placedl upon the incative list, subject, however, to call in case of emergncy.