VOL. XXXVIII MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1918.
PACKING PLANT AT
ORANGEBURG IS NOW
READY FOR BUSINESS
226 Hogs Slaughtered in Scientific
Fashion on First Day of
Operation
PROCESS IS INTERESTING
Edisto City's Newest Big Enterprist
Only One of the Kind in
South Carolina
Orangeburg, Feb. 5.-Special: The
Orangeburg packing plant did its first
practical work toda' when the slaugh
ter of hogs began. The board of di
rectors and a number of invited
guests were present to witness the
first actual operation of the plant
The work from beginning to end wat
highly interesting and the moderr
'nethods employed are quite novel tc
most people hereabouts, who are ac
customed to the old methods whic'
consume much more time and require
more labor. The machinery is up-to
date and adequate in every particu
lar.
From the time when the hog is
hoisted automatically to a bar, or
which he slides from one station t<
the next until he is cleaned and ready
for the cold storage room, there arc
varibus operations which are per
formed by men who are experts it
their line. This work is largely it
charge of W. H1. Baer, who has hat
much experience and knows his busi
ness thoroughly.
How It Is Done
The hogs are killed and cleaned or
the top floor of the building and th(
various parts are thrown into shoot:
through which they go to the nexi
floor, where a man is waiting to take
charge of and prepare each part. The3
go on down through other processes
and finally reach the bottom flooi
where the cutting boards and cok
storage rooms are located. There ar<
rooms where sausage is manufacture(
and lard is extracted and packed. Th<
lard and first grade products of al
kinds' will be packed under the Pal.
motto brand, while the second gradt
will be known as the Edisto brand.
Today's slaughter, which was a tri.
.-i, totalle (1226 hogs. For the present
the capacity will be 400 hogs. The
possible capacity is many more thar
this, but it is thought best to kee;
to a number somewhat below the ful
capacity until everything becomes ad.
justed. The machinery for the slaugh
ter of cattle is in readiness, but this
will not be employed just yet.
Backed by Prominent Men
The Orangeburg Packing Compan3
is an organization of which the pub.
lie generally of this community is
proud. It is the only plant of its kin(
n the State and is being watched witi
much interest from all sections. Greal
things are expected of it in the fu.
ture. The board of directors consist:
of men who are among the mosi
prominent and competent business
men in the community. M. P. Burt
the superintendent, has had wide ex
perience in the supervision of similar
plants, and it is expected that he wil
do all in his power to operate th(
plant in a manner leading to success
i. P. Hefflin, who has also had mued
experience in large packing plants of
the West, is employed as general util.
ity man to work in cooperation wits
Mr. Burt and the secretary, S. A
Dantzler. The board of directors is
as follows: P. M. Smoak, president;
M. O. Dantzler, vice president; S. A
Dantzler, treasurer; M. P. Burt, sup.
erintenlent; J. M. 4lbergotti, J. W
Culler, J. M. Green, Robert [ide, W
L. Moseley, J. S. Salley and Dr. J. G
Wannama ker.
The company is in the market fo:
stock in any quantities andl the high.
est market price will be paid for same
There are now on handl a number ol
hogs of extra fine size and appear
ance.
TO TRAIN UND)ER
BRITISH SYSTEMI
Congestion at French Ports May Di1.
vert American Units
Washington, Feb. 5.--In view of the
dlifficulty in flndling ships to pul
American fighting power in France
Gen. Bliso, representing the United
States at the military sessions of th(
Supreme War Council, is considering~
with British officals the advisability
of starting a flow of American battal.
ions through the British training sys
tem to front line trenches in Flan
ders.
This project, It was learned todlay
has been. talked over in various forms
orne of the concrete proposals being
that 160 battalions be assigned for
such training.
Congestion at the American, de.
barkation ports in France lies back~
of the suggestion. By diverting cer
tain units to British ports, passing,
them through the Briti'sh system, it
has been urged that a considerabl(
body of men could be trained and put
on the firing line who 'otherwise
could not be sent forward for months,
It is known that offers of British
and French ships to carry Americani
has accompanied urgent representa
tions from the other side in behalf of
the early movement of as many men
as possibl0 cpse the Atlantic. There
are izn al, in fact, that British
- rnspot"already have en used tc
: A ni o ean t.forma to t limited ao.
LAST Of THE DRAFT
TO MOVE ON [[B. 23
Movement Will Continue for a Period
of Five Days,, Says Gen.
Crowder
ARMY WILL BE 685,000
All States Will Have Furnished Their
Full Quotas Under This
Order
Washington, Feb. 4.-Provost Mar
shal Gen. Crowder today announced
that the movement of the last incre
ments of men selected in the first
draft will begin on February 23 and
continue for a period of five (lays.
This will complete the operation of
the first draft, as all States will have
furnished their full quotas.
The movement will bring the
strength of the national army up to
the 685,000 men contemplated in the
first draft.
The number of men which will be
started to the Southern cantonments
on February 23 are:
Camp Lee, Va., 3,000; Jackson, S.
C., 3,383 (negroes); Gordon, Ga.,
2,800 (negroes); Travis, Texas, 7,558,
and Pike, Ark., 2,000 (negroes).
West Virginia will send 1,520 men
to Camp Meade, Md., instead ef to
Camp Lee.
FARMERS WILL NOT HAVE
TO PAY TAX ON NITRATE
Columbia, Feb. 4.-Special: The
farmers of South Carolina will not
have to pay fertilizer taxes on the
Chilean nitrate of soda purchase-I
through the federal government ,ac
cording to a statement given out here
tonight by the Clemson College hoard
of fertili-ier control. The board takes
the position that, as the farmer who
buys the nitrate does so on the r:;:
commendation of the government, an:
should the fertilizer prove of inferior;
quality, he can not assess damages,
therefore he should not be made to
pay the fertilizer tax.
Statement by Board
"The Clemson College boarl of fer
tilizer control," says the statement,
"has decided that the farmers of
South Carolina shall not be required
to pay an inspection tax on the ni
trate of soda which is to be imported
by the government and distributed in
this state. In purchasing this nitrate
the farmer will have to do so on the
good faith of the government. It
would not be possible for him to re
cover damages, even if the goods
proved inferior. The farmer, there
fore, would get no benefit in this par
ticular case from the fertilizer tax
and the board felt that it would not
be just for him to have to pay it.
"Ordinarily in the purchase of fer
tilizers from private concerns, the in
spection and the analysis protects the
farmer from inferior goods and in
case they prove inferior the analysis
made at Clemson College enables the
farmer to recover damags.
Believes It Unjust
"It is estimated that the fertilizer
tax from the government assignment
of nitrate of soda in Souh Carolina
would amount to between $6,000 and
$7,000, but the board of control fore
goes the collection of this money on
the ground that it would not be just
to collect it. Farmers who purchase
nitrate of soda from the government
should see that the tax is not charged
them by mistake. The Secretary of
Agriculture recently announced that
the farmer must pay $76.50 per ton
plus all transportation charges from
port of entry, and in addition the fer
tilbzer inspection tax requiredl by state
laws."
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ARtTILLERtY PLEASES
FIRENCH OFFICERi
With the American Army in
France, Feb. 4.--A French officer
commandling a "sausage" balloon com
pany behind the American front, who
was formerly an artillery commander,
today took occasion to praise the wvork
of the American artillery.
He commandedl French batteries
early in tho fighting in Verdun and
then participated in the Somme offen
sive, being later transferred to the
balloon section where his expert
knowledge of -artillery stood him in
good stead.
."I have been working in cooperation
with the American artillery for some
time now," ho saidi, "and I was par
ticularly anxioq~s to see how they
would perform. Please don't thing I
am uslng what you call 'salve," but if
your infantry comes up to your ar
tillery we needn't worry about what
you' lcdo i nthis war.
."I' or example, one of your batter
ies was firing this afternoon on a cer
tain German position in the corner of
a wood while I was observing the ef
fect of .their work from my 'sausage.'
Their fire was almost perfect."
Two American artillery obever
are making danily trips at this partic
ular point. They are learning to be
como balloon observers.
FIITFULNESS5 OF U-BOAT
Death Toll 14,120 Men, Women and
Children
London, Feb. 5.--German U-boats,
according to a reply given by Andrew
Bonar Law, gover~inment leader in the
House ,of Commiouts today, have done
to death 14,120 non-combaatnt British
men, women and children.
SUMMERTC
BRIEFL'
Dear Editor:
My last letter to "The Times" was
written so hurriedly that I had to
leave off a few items. I should have
mentioned these items of news first
and if anything had to be left out it
should have been some of the "other
stuff." But it is simply more than I
can do to tell you "all" that is going
on in these "diggings." Of course I
vouldn't tell you all that is happen
ing in Summerton even if I had plen
ty of time.
In my letter two weeks cago I men
tioned a few changes that had taken
place. "on the street." Well, I didn't
get through, so will try now to finish
up with that subject. Of course, you
and everybody else over on that side
of the county know H. P. Troy, who
has been conducting a rancy grocery
business in Summerton for several
years, and who has built up such a
fine business-it ceretainly is very
appropriate that a man named 'Troy
should be in a business where such
valuable and precious things as su
gar, grits, flour, and butt meat are
:;old in retail, and where so much de
pends on the scales being correct. His
"Troy" weight and measure is well
known over the surrounding country.
In fact, I hear from some of the
"young folks" around here that Da
vid W., who is known as "Woodrow
;rives more "sugar for a (lime" than
anybody they ever saw. Well, "Wood
row" is the "whole cheese" in that
:;tore, and must be the "sugar barrel,"
too, judging from all I see and hear.
Believe me, Mr. Editor, he was out
.valking yesterday afternoon with one
of the ;Oh! well, what's the use of me
trying to get the proper adjectives for
this subject. But will say that had I
been in Woodrow's place I certainly
wouldn't have been thinking of the
:;carcity nor of the high price of su
;ar, but of something real sweet that
I hade with me. Now, please don't un
derstand me to say that David was
talking "shop" to this "little friend,"
for it's not "atall" like that. Mr. Troy
is now to be found at the Clarendon
lardware Co.'s store, just next door
to his grocery. He has acquired an in
terest in this business and is looking
after the books, especially the collec
tions, and believe me, Mr. Editor, he
has the reputation of being an artist
in that line. I hear "that he has per
formed several miracles since he has
been in the grocery business, such as
getting "blood out of turnips," and
money out of "dead beats." I hope
this is true that he is gifted in this
way.
Wish that I was able to do stunts
like that myself. I have been told by
several that I was pretty good on col
lecting. No one ever accused me of
being behind time in coming around
with their bills. And I maybe fairly
good in getting coin out of "the liv
ing," but am not much when it comes
to getting money out of "beets," espe
cially when the "beet" has been (lead
so long that it has become rotten.
Mr. M. C. Fischer, who had been
with the Clarendon iHardware Co.
since it first opened up eight years
ago, gave up his position first of the
year and moved out in the country to
the A. P. Brock place. Mr. Fischer is
running quite a farm out at the place.
He certainly knows farming from A
to Z, having been engaged in that fol
lowing from his boyhood till he went
into the hardware business. And if
cotton brings at good price next fall,
he expects to make "a kiling," and I
hope that Mr. Fischer will make a big
crop, and a "big killing" also.
Mr. Editor, did you ever notice how
much there is in names? Some being
so appropriate, just like I said before
of 'roy. Now, lFischer, besides being
a good farmer and a good hardware
salesman, is goodl with the hook and
line and I hear that he, to show his
friends just what he can do, he is go
ing to the lake soon, and if he has
his usual luck, he is going to "fetch'
back a good string of the finy tribe to
the place, and give his friends a fish
supper, and I, knowing that I am a
friend of his and will be invited, am
hoping and praying that he wvon't be
too long about (doing it.
I am almost deadl for some good
01(1 catfish stew. I wvould love to have
a goodi "bait" of it some night, andl
after it settled down good, take my
pen and wvrite you what I thing of
sonme of the great lawvs that our pres
ent Congress has passed. In particu
lar, I have in mindl the one giving our
fair woman the right of voting equal
with men. This I consider is the
greatest piece of legislation p~assedl by
M A NY A LiENS RIEGISTlER
Washington. Feb. 4 ---Thousands of
unnatural:ed Gr rma livmg in the
United States rcg~ceredl today with
poh1ce (of -cities or postmasters of
suealler com'mun'tiesi under the rules
of the Decpartmnunt of Justice provid
ing for a comp'lete census of German
alien enemy. The registration will
continue all week and about 600,000
are expected to enroll giving infor
mation concerning thefr nativity, oc
cupation and relationship, which will
facilitate their surveillance by gov
ernment agents.
Neither subjects of Austria-Hun
gary or German women are' required
to register, but many of both classes
who did not come under the regula
tion. appeared at police stations or
postoffices, according to advices to
the Department of Justice.
Later a census of German - wmen
'may be taken. as a bill to inclmde
)N NEWS
T WRITTEN
our Congress in many, many years.
It is manifestly just and proper, and
with out women voting, I can see bet
ter things ahead for you and me and
for the whole county. And as soon as
I get that catfish stew I will show you
that it is at good thing.
I have never heard anyone accuse
Ike Appelt of being blind. In fact
most people think like 1 do that he is
blessed with extra good sight and can
see far ahead, just like his father
could before him; just like "Curly
Head" John Lowndes McLaurin," who
can sce things not miles ahead, but
20 years ahead of his party. It's a
wonder to me that this man, who is
gifted with more brains than any we
have had in Washington, for I may
say, 30 or 40 years; as that is asfar
back as my memory goes, is living to
dlay. He certainly must be a man of
great physical as well as mental
strength to survive the wound he re
ceived when he had the pitch fork
stuck into him. I suppose it was for
it's quite evident that his brain was
not injured by the terrible stab from
the II igh Lord and Master, the then
wheel horse in the pulling, but whose
strength is all gone now, and the time
is near at hand for the people of
South Carolina to get a younger horse
to put in the harness that this great
statesman will have to get out of if
what I hear is true.
-Speaking of horses, I do love a fine
horse, a high stepper, with plenty of
good old horse sense; but of course I
woulhi't have a blind horse as a gift.
as tired as I am of walking around
all the time. And as I don't care to
purchase a "broken-down," blind ani
mal for myself, I don't want to sec
the State of South Carolina, the
grandest in the Union, invest in one;
that is not perfectly sound in every
respect. I want. to see this old Pal
metto State, ably represented in
Washington. We ire now in the Low
er House, but not in the Senate, where
we have in one case a man, although
he has been a power, is now growing
old; mn the other we have a "rapid
fire" talker who talked himself into
office by "fooling" the people, espe
cially the farmers. I have never yet
seen a man who could talk so fasi
-,that it took 27 stenographers in "re.
lays" to take down his speech that
was worth a cent. Certainly not :3
ets, which is about what one pound of
cotton is worth; and as cotton is the
only thing that he knows and thinks
about, I could het you that an Xray
examination of his head would show
instead of its being full of the much.
needed gray matter ,is full of cotton
not fair, or strict good mid, nor even
mid, but full of low, ordinary, or
linters, the kind he used to make r
specialty of handling at such tremen.
dous profit. Poor o1(d South Caro.
lina, the laughing stock of the coun
try north of Mason :nd Dixon lin
and west of the Mississippi river
Some people say we are going to have
a grand shaking up this summer, am
I let it come for the Lord's sake, for we
need it real badly. Oh! if we could
just get a man in the Senate like Mc
Laurin, a man who knows a goo<
thing when he sees it, and who al.
ways sees it in advance, whether it
was born in Maine, Massachusetts
or Pensylvania, and is good for South
Carolina and the whole United States
and I will vote for such things re
gardless of pitch forks and critics at
home.
We can't afford to 'save a man ir
Washington who is not a strong sup
porter of Woodrow Wilson and th<
|present administration. And if th<
people of South Carolina would pray
| and ask for light and guidance in th<
matter, I feel sure that their prayers
will be answveredl, as prayers are wvher
they ask for the right things, such as
light and guidance in order that wt
maeno mistake. When a man hias
benthe victim of foul play and ham
been unjustly treated it is due hiir
that the wrong should be madle good
And now is the time to do it. Now ik
the day of salvation. My friends an(
voters of South Carolina, send Mc
Laurin back where he justly belongs
D~on't ask him if he will change hik
Innd about standing for anything elst
that he might have in mind. But just
go right ahead andI make him entei
the race for the Senate and you car
rest assuredi of having a thoroughbred
sensible, far-seeing horse in the race
a regular Dan Patch or Nancy Hlanks
JI will bet on this horse. Who will yor
bet on ?
I F. A.
women in the definition of alien ene
mies was introduced today in th<
House by Chairman Webb of the ju
diciary committee, on recomnmendia
tion of the Department of Justice. II
the bill is passed women will be sub
ject to internment or other restrainti
now imposed on dangerous enemy
aliens.
QUARANTINE STILL
ON AT SPARTANBJURG
Spartan~burg S. C., Feb. 5.-Spce
cial: Though diere have been no new
casos of meningit-is within ten days,
the ban placed by the health authori
ties or publie gatherings in the city
will not Abe lifted until the end of the
week, acording to anouncement made
Monday. The hzalth officars say the
situation is good, but they are not go
ing to take chances, and will keep
theaters, schools and colleges closed
for the remainder of the week,
AMERICANS MADE IT
WARM FOR TH[ HUNS
Officers Elated Over Results of First
Artillery Duel with Kaiser's
Gunners
GERMANS OPEN El) BATTLE
Within Twenty Minutes A merican 75's
Were Booming All Along
the Vlaley
with the American Army in
France, Sunday, Feb. 3.-(y the As
so"iated Press).-American officers
are elated over the results of the first
artlIcry duel between American and
Gran:ia gunnrs, wh ich followed a pre
Iihinary shelhgip. by the Germans Sat
urday evening. In official reports to
the headquarters of their organiza
tions, the infantry commanders today
paid tribute to the promptne;s with
which the art.illery responded to the
(all for barra.:e and to the effective
ness of th: artillery fire.
Destructive Fire
Aerial reconnaissances today show
ed that the American gunfire had a
very destructive effect.. It will require
several nights of hard work under
artillery fire for the Germans to re
nair the first line trenches caved in
by the A merican 75's and to patch the
Lraps in the barbed wire. It is known
that at least three enemy dugouts
were demolished, probably with some
casualties. On the other hand, the
damage done to the American trench
es wi!I be repaired before tomorrow
mornmng.
Buildings Wrecked
In a regimental headquarters town
shelled by the enemy many buildings
were wrecked ('omlletely or in part,
the debris being piled in the streets.
There were no casualtis among the
officers. The whistling of two big
shells gave warning of the coming
bombardment and officers and men
sought shelter in the dugouts. The
bombardment of the headquarters'
village came at the end of a period of
shelling which had extended gradually
along several kilometres of the front.
Germans Open Up
The German artillery opened the
(-Ilgagement with a desultory bom
lardment of the American trenches at
a certainii point. firing many shrapnel
shells. In the midst of this a red
rocket cal!ing ft.r a tma rage ascended
from the Gern-n first lines.
Before the German artillery could
res pond the f l il ican 75's summon al
into action by a ssnal from the first
line laid a cm ta; of fire along the
enemy first lines. Then began the bat
tie of the gunners. The increased in
tensity of the German firer was met
immediately by the Americans, who
not only showered shells on the orig
;nl sector, but quickly extended their
at.ivity to a wide front.
75's Get Busy
Within twenty minutes the 75's and
larger pieces were booming all along
the valley, the shelling finally spread
ing to a town in which regimental
headquarters were located.
As darkness settled down the guns
grew quiet. Ileavy mists again over
hung the A merican sector today. Con
sequently there was little artillery
work and no aerial activ'ty.
DR. BARRON DETAIEu
''O )UTI'Y IN COLIMBIA
Acting upon the recommendation of
Col. Kent Nelson, division surgeon,
General Melver has very generously
detailed Dr. Edward Barron to duty
with the city health department for
service in connection with such men
ingitis cases as may occur in Colum
bia. Dr. Barron has been on duty at
the base hospital at Camp Jackson
and has had invaluable experience in
the treatment of meningitis. Dr. Fish
burne expressed himself as highly
gratified at the action oaf General Me
Iver, saying that the service which
Dr. H arron would be able to give
would be of the greate*st benefit to
the city .-T'lhe State.
CASTOlR BEA NS ARtE FOR1
THlE GOVERtNMENT
Ilamlet, N. C., Feb. 2, 1918.
It is believed that Pro-Germans are
endeavoring to interfere with the con
dluct of the war in spreading the fol
lowing rumors with respct to the
growving of the eastor beana. investi..
gations are being carried on now to
trace these rumorm t. their source.|
'These Pro-Germans are telling it
that the castor bean is a difficult crop
to raise, and that it is imp~osisble t~o
harvest and thrash it, and ine'.nuating
that these beans are not being grown
for the government.
'To such rumors n~o nttention shouild
be paid, because the government
would( not aisk the farmers to no
something that was impossible, and
the government has fixed a liberal
Price so that it will be very profitable
to grow these beans. The beans, when
gathered, if putt into a barn in a dry
place, will thrash theniselves just as
a cotton boll will opecn, andl an ordli
nary velvet bean or pea huller, wth
a few minor djustments, will thrash
them. The government needs these
beans, andl it is going to surmount any
difficulties met with by the farmers.
Mr. T. S. Evans, Assistant Devel
opment Agent of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway,, with offices at H1am
let, N. C., who has undlertaken the
planting of 10,000 acres in~ the terri
tory for the government says that he
believes that when the farmers found
out that these rumors were the result
of Pro-German propaganda they
would come to the support of the gov
ernment and would take these con
tracts. In a short tIme.
WILL PROBABLY CUT
IMPORTS AS TO
MOVE TROOPS SOON
overseas Transportation Recognized
as the Real Problem Now
Facing Uncle Sam
Al l.I ES TO IOAN TONNAGE
In Cutting lown Imports the Gov
ernmtent Would Select Non
Essential List
Wt:;hi:r..on, Feb. 4.-.- A iif:.y per
(ent redt Iueitm. in the volume of im
I "'''" on- of the mtea.;u"es urider
ennsid-..ti"em by the admlinli.;t'-atien t
k, vt:itl-. :l.i:: .r t1 r'n porting
Ilr .)1:m :o I ran1ce.
'as tranSportioLti is recog
lized the coal problem facing the
gevetum nt im its effort to put, on
th" ti rmg-" !il a big fighting force and
keep it In supplies;. EsILrnwte's c.f the
am: un: o!' ;.'m- ge necess:.ry to kee.p
Off :'reny s-uppIlied ve ry; :.1 the' way
f rom f. ur ta ..-v"enl !os :ln codl~neo s
.-ervic. ftr te' h nu m ong d tgetl. The
thnite. Statil s now has in :ail services
about lur i)ilioni tone "f dipping, of
wl ieoh prtbably one-fourth is engaged
i I it.i I:.; in bmm m ateria''s heretofore re
gar(e8d as essential to the national in
dustrit life.
Neutral 'T'onnage
If negotiations now under way with
neutral countries are. concludedl Sue
e'ssfully a large amount of neutral
tonnag' will be used to supplant
Americatn ships engaged in the non
hazardous trades. It is regarded as
entirely likely that the e'itire one
million tons of American ships en
gaged , will be put into the trans
Atlantic service, leaving the neutral
ships to supply in so far as possible
the gaps made. The gene rtl opinion
is that about 501) per cent of the short
age will not. he supplied.
In addition to its effort8 to obtain
neutral tonnage th government ex
pects soon to take over all American
sailing ships and a large number of
French sailing ships, all of which will
be put in the non-hazardous trades.
hlis move will add some tonnage to
that available for bringing int imports.
Non-essentials
If t cut in imports is made the gov
ernnwiltt will select for elimination a
list of artiches which it regards as
non-essential i the prosecution of the
War.. Imports oft certain materials, in
luding ttirats and manganese, must
be kept up to a nuiximum. The coun
try will need this year i about 1,500,000
tons of ntrates from Chile and fully
750,000 tons of ninganese from Bra
zil.
Officials working out details of the
transportation of troops have not dis
closed to what extent the allies are
ready to assist with a loan of tonnage,
but many American soldiers will go
abroad m. allied vessels. This was
arranged for mn the inter-allied con
ference at Paris.
Shilping board officials estimate
A merica's shiping output during 1918
at from 4,000,00) to 5,000,000 tons
much of which they expect to become
available in the summer. Officials say
the shiping situation will grow
steadily more favorable as the year
advances.
Shipping Congested
Supplies for the allies and for the
American army abroad still are piling
up faster than they can be transport
et, antl it is estimated that more than
a million tots of catrgo are awaiting
shipment along the Atlantic seaboard.
Even had the country's production of
ntoteials coite up to exp~ectations antd
had tht ra ilroauds be en abhle to t rans
por 1 t . ntt more goods of'ficialIs say,
could( ha~ve bteen trxantspoirt ed aciross
thte .'eas.
.The sh iueing biotrd, realizing thte
5,tttoi1'., is reoubtilintg its efforts to
81)e(d lil the niinig oif ships. With
they al ereidot ag it reserv of si p
BllISlI ('AMI'A lTI'ES
I Atndonti, Feb. 4I.- -The Br'itish eas
ualt ies reportef1.d dutring the we'ek entd
ed today totaled 6,354, dIividedt~ as fol
Iows: K ilIled or' died of woundls-offi
(ers,, 51; mtenl, 1, 325. Wountded or
mttissmig-olfficers, 173; mten 4,805.
Stockholit, Feb. 4.-- -HIelsingot's, thte
captitatl of Finland, is still in thte
hantds of Bolshevikist Red Guard and
'onitintues to he thte scene of violent
street fighting. Scaitdinaviatn na
tionals are seizintg evety ptossible
meanstit to get out of the city and out
of Fiinland. rTe wires between l
singfors tndl Petrograd are still cut.
.Sweden (loes ntot exp~ect to intervene
in Finlatnd, ac'cordling to an official
tnnounccement todafy b~y Prentier Edlen.
He expressed, htowever, warm sym
palthy with the people of the new re
publie.
Red Guard forces in their north
wardI march have penetrated as far
as Uleaborg, 73 miles from Tornea
which lies on the Swedish border.
The Russian situation has taken a
comparatively quiet turn. The All.
Russian council of soviets at Petro
grad has adjourned, leaving the deci
sion of war or peace in the hands of
Lentine and Trotzky.