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?_ Ti - | Established in 1891. GERMANY SENDS MS 10 SWEDEN <* ALSO 3ENOS TO AGENTINA DISAPPROVAL OF EXPRESSIONS USED BY LUXBURG. ARGENTINA IS NOT SATISFIED No Spectacular Operation on Large Scale is Reported in the official Communications From the Belligerent Capitals. Expressions of regret over the telegrams sent by Count von Luxburg. the German minister to Areentinc. to Ber lit through the Swedish minister at Buenos Aires, have been rnude to both Sweden and Argentine by the German government. The Under-Secretary of the Berlin foreign office has informed the Argentine minister to Berlin that Gremany regrets the actions of Count von Luxburg and disapproves entirely of the expressions used by him in the telegrams made public recently by the state department at Washington. Germany asks for a safe conduct for Count von Luxburg in order that he , may return to Berlin to explain personally. Argentina, it was announced by its foreign minister, decllAes to accept the verbal assurance of un under-sec\ retary of the German foreign office and awaits the arrival of a formal note from Berlin beore taking additional i , steps. To Sweden; Germany has sent a note .unofficial reports Bay, regretting highly the disagreeable issues raised by the Luxburg telegrams and thanking the Swedish government for transmitting the messages. No Bpecatcular operation on a large scale is reported in the official communications from the belligurent capi MORATORIUM FOR SOLDIERS IS NOW A PROBABILITY Protect Civil and Property Rights and Save Them From Legal Injustice. Washington.?Legislation to protect the civil and property rights of soldiers in effect a moratorium for the duration of the war in behalf of men who ore serving thoir country on the tiring line, may be placed upon the administration's program for this session of Congress as a necessary element of the raising of a citizen army. The "soldiers and sailors civil rights bill," to carry out this purpose already has been introduced in both houses, having been framed in the office of Judge Advocate General Crowder. Secretary Bakor, it was learned, has under consideration recommendations that the entire weight of administration influence be brought to bear to obtain early enactment of the measure. To save soldiers and sailors from all kinds of legal injustice during their absence from home, the measure would nejoln the carrying out of certain civil court actions until after the close of the war. and establish as legal excuse for failure to carry certain contracts, the fact that a man is in the military service. It is proposed that creditors' suits rtgajnst officers or men may be held up and judgment by default denied, the franiers of the bill recognizing that a man In the army or nary would have no opportunity to make his defense in person or arrange for its proper hearing through counsel. ? If such a Judgment rested against n man at the time of his enlistment, the bill would prevent its execution through the sale of his property during his absence. It would set asido the statute of limitations so that a debt owed to a soldier might not be ontlawed in his absenco It would prevent the eviction of his family while he was away If they failed to -pay the rent; It would protect him against the ordinary results of defaulted payments on business mortgages and keep him from being sold out in his absence; It would Insure any rights he might have to public lands, although his service at the front had prevonted "him from completing the legal acqnl* sltton of the property. MEAN8 ENJOINED BY ORDER SIGNED BY JUDGE BOYD Greensboro.?Federal Judge James PI. Boyd here granted the petition of Mrs. Anna L. Robinson, mother of Mrs. Maude A. King, who was killed toear Concord, N. C., August 29, for a restraining order enjoining Gaston B. Means from disposing of the property of Mrs. King which he Is alleged to pcssess. Judgo Boyd also signed a receivership order and named an Ashevllle trust company receiver for the property. IE F( 5 MAJ. FRANK W. SMITH J . ISipM^ . : Maj. Frank W. Smith. United State# postal inspector of Philadelphia, has e< been ordered into active service by the hi war department. He will handle all th the mail for the "Sammies" in France. (li w KORNILOFF REVOLT QUELLED . ni ? Rt REBELLION HEADQUARTERS HAVE BEEN SURRENDERED K TO KERENSKY. ot ai Rebel General Himself Offers to Sur- pj render on Conditions?Governman* n-"' ' " ....... wviiiniaiiua nurniion 3 MOJCCl Capitulation. \ JJJ 81 General Kornlloff's rebellion aguinst j,( Premier Kerensky apparently has tj, been quelled, like other attempts that have been made to overthrow the p, Russian provisional government. m Official reports front Petrograd say m that KornilofT's headquarters has sur- q( rendered and that KornllolT himself desires conditionally to place himself R in the hands of the authorities. The government is demanding his abject capitulation. VV Meanwhile troops that had answered the call of revolt issued hy Koruiloft' continue to desert his ranks and return to tho government fold, doclaring that they were misled by Korniloirs professed aims. rc Kerensky has been confirmed by H the cabinet as commander-in-chief of v( the army and will have with him as p( chief of staff in his prosecution of tka * " ins vvhi uKuiuHi me i euionic allies ^ General Alexieff, former commanderin-chief and one of the most brilliant OJ officers In the Russian army. Added a, strength is also expected to bo given tr Kerensky's rule by the appointment of new military officials for the dis- ^ trict and city of Petrograd. d cc SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' o[ INSURANCE PASSES HOUSE of Al low""*; for Dependent* of Officer* M and Men Equalized. & Washington.?The administration's m soldiers' and sailors' insurance bill, gi amended so as to equalize the allow- gr ances of the dependents of enlisted Ju men and officers, passed the house, cr The vote was 31ft to 0, Representa- ge tives Piatt, of New York, and Heraey, er of Maine, ^changing negative votes to ru aye nerore the result was announced, amid thunderous applause. As the bill went to the senate, privates and officers and their dependents stand on exactly the same basis, j Benefits and allowances now provided ,. for are slightly higher than those fi originally proposed as the minimum * for privates by tlio committees anil ^ considerably lower than the maximum ^ amounts which officers and their desc pendents would have received. President Wilson scored a personal '>r victory in the adoption. 141 to 77. of an amendment raising from $5,000 to $10,000 the maximum amount of optional insurance policies that the gov- ^ ornment would issue to all men in the service. The original draft of the ' r bill carried $10,000, but it was strick- _j en out in committee. FORTY-SECOND DIVISION 81 IS COMPLETE AT MINEOLA Camp Mills, Mineola. N. Y.?With the arrival here of the first ambulance company from Michigan, the forty- th second division is complete. The dl- w< vision, made up of former national atl guard units from 27 states, comprises vo two infantry brigades, one artillery brigade, one engineer regiraor.t, one headquarters troop, a sigial train. an four ambulance and four hospital ?r units and a machine gun battalion. lod > . . . . )rt ; ORT MILL, S. 0., THURSDA IOSSIAN REPUBLIC NOW PROCLAIMED OVERNMENT DECLAREE8 IT IS NECESSARY TO STRENGTHEN THE ORGANIZATION. ANGER STILL THREATENING Cabinet of Five Members, Includ Named to Take Care of All Matters of State. A Russian republic 1ms been proaimed. The provisional government idcr date of September 14 issued a *oclamation declaring that to rengthen the organization of the ate a, change to a republican form ! government was necessary. Danger still threatens Russia, the 'oclamation says, although the reillion of General Korniloff has fail1. The plan of a Russian republic is been one of the chief aims of ie radicals and the councils of soliers' and workmen's delegates and a s given approval by the recent ussian congress at Moscow. A cabinet of five mombers, includig Premier Kerensky. has been lined to take care of all matters of ate. The only party men are Premier erensky and M. Nikitine, minister ' posts and telegraphs, both of hom are social revolutionists. The hers, including the ministers of war 1/1 mnt*lnn ?*? ? * ? m ? - u uiniiuc, Ul c IHO uiciuuurs U1 no irty. Although the position of the Kesnsky government appears to be im'oving. the action of the grand coun1 of the Don CosHacks in refusing to irrender General Kaledines, their stman* is ominous. The leader of le Cossacks is accused of complicity i the KornilofT revolt. The Cossacks otest their loyalty to the govornent, while ignoring the governent's request for the giving up of enoral Kaledines. AINS IN EASTERN N. C. CAUSE MANY WASHOUTS 'recking Train Is Wrecked, and Railroad Service Demoralized. Wilmington.?Reports from flood rrltory indicate subsidence of war. revealing greater crop damage ia.ii had been forecasted. Country iads all over the district have been sverely damaged, bridges and cul;rts washed away and traffic sus>nded. The Atlantic Coast Line has no wer than seven washouts between *3 imi iv-iiiin una Hiiueui nine posts 1 the Wilmington-Goldsboro branch, ul it is officially announced that affic between these cities will be seontinued for several days, rough traffic being routed via tad bourn and Elrod for main line mnections, while local trains will >erate for a distance of 35 miles out Wilmington toward Goldsboro. A wrecking train from Rockv onnt, attempting to reach scene of freight wreck. 45 miles from Wilington. wns itself wrecked and Enneer J. B. Ericsson and two neoes. of thi.i city, were slightly inred. Wrecking trains from Wayoss. Ga? and Florence. S. C.. toither with available work train ews and much material are being shed to the breaks in the line. EH ABILITATING HOSPITALS GO TO NINETEEN CITIES Washington. ? Sites have been losen tentatively in 19 cities for the xeat reconstruction" hospitals In tiich the United States will begin e work of rehabilitating for private 'e its soldiers who return wounded Dm tne front in Europe. The cities ( lected as the largest conters of ipulatton, were announced by Mar General Gorgas. surgeon general the army, as follows: Boston, New York. Philadelphia, iltimore, Washington, Buffalo. Cin nnatl, Chicago. St. Paul. Seattle, in Francisco. Los Angeles. Denver, ansas City, St. Louis. Memphis, dimond, Atlanta and New Orleans. ! NATE PASSES BIG WAR CREDITS BILL | Washington.?The war credits hill, ithorizlng new bonds and certifltes aggregating $11,538,000,000 and c largest measure of its kind in jrld history, was passed by the sene without a roll call or dissenting te. Few changes wero made in the II by the aenate. the bond and cerlcate authorizations, interest rates d provisions giving the secretary the treasury broad pnwers remainunchanged. '*'ri f3! % Mill ST; SEPTEMBER 20, 1917 MISS ANNA A. GORDON . . . '^^ ^. **N' "^ M Miss Anna A. Gordon, a* president of the National W. C. T. U., is taking a great part in the war activities of that organization. CLEAR STATEMENT IS WANTED GERMAN GOVERNMENT IS ASKED FOR EXPLANATION OF DISCLOSURES. Break tn Rulitinna Germany Makes Satisfactory Concessions?Populace is Angry Over Expressions. ' Buenos Aires, Argentina government at noon sent to the German legation passports to be delivered to Count Luxburg, the German minister in Buenos Aires. The whereabouts of Count Luxburg still is unknown to the Argentine government. The foreign office sent a communication to the German foreign ministery demanding an explanation of Count Luxburg's action in sending the secret code messages to Berlin thru thn Qtzrxwliolft MW VUtOU IQ^atlUU. The note sent by Foreign Minister Pueyrredon to Count von Luxburg, in which the German minister was tendered his passports, reads: "Mr. Minister: You having ceased toT>e persona grata to the Argentine government, that government has decided to deliver to you your passports which I transmit herewith by order of his excellency, the president of the nation. "The introducer of embassies has instructions to assist you in your immediate departure from the territory of the republic. God keep you. (Signed) "H. fKYRREDON." "To Count Karl von Luxburg, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the German empire." The Argentine minister at Berlin has been instructed to inform the German foreign office that Count von Luxburg has boen handed his passports and to ask for explanations regarding the telegram disclosures. If the German government disapproves of the text of the German minster's dispatches and especially of the word "ass," which term the count applied to the Argentine foreign minister, the situation may clear. If Berlin does not disavow the minister's course, Argentina will recall her minister from Germany but may permit the legation to remain. ALLOWANCE OF $5 TO $50 A MONTH TO DEPENDENTS Scale of Rates Which Have Heen Ten- ( tatively Approved. Washington.?Provisions of the sol- i diers* and sailors' insurance bill for ' allowances of from $5 to $50 a month to dependents during the servico of enlisted mor. were tentatively approved by the house. Strenuous efforts of Representative Keating of Colorado, speaking for vu- ? rious humanitarian organizations, to < have the allowances raised, failed. He 3 maintained that statistics proved that i the proposed allowances would not I permit families to live in ordinary 1 comfort, but administration leaders re- < plied that higher payments would < make the cost to the government ' prohibitory. These are the amounts, in addition I to any sum taken from the pay. that dependents would receive monthly: Wife, n6 children, $15; one child, $25; two children, $32.50; and $5 ad- 1 ditional for each additional child. 1 One motherless child, $5; two chil- 1 dren, $12.50; three children, $20; t four children, $30 and $5 monthly ad- < ditional for each additional child. < One parent. $10; both parents, $20; t each dependent grandchild, brother or f sister, $5. i Spelcal povisions are made for the f allowances of divorced wives. i Tim ITALICS CAPTURE . till Mini r- nnrftiYiAHA VALUABLt fUSil I lUNo # CREST OF MONTE SAN GABRIELE IS TAK^N AFTER THREE WEEKS HARD FIGHTING. THEIR 6REATEST WAR FEAT Commands Territory on South and East.?German Attack on Casemates Plateau Repulsed.?Fighting Impeded By Some Heavy Rains. The crest of Monte San Gabriele. commanding the plain of Gorizia to A* mo 9uuui una southeast and the Frigido valley to the oast, has beou captured by the Itnliuns after three weeks of the most bitter fighting, the Italian embassy at Washington announces. This news of victory, probably the greatest feat of the Italian arms thus far in the war, .procedes the latest official report from Rome. The statement from the Italian war office says that the fighting on the entire Austro-Italian front was impeded by heavy rain. The Italian effort to capture San Gabriele began after the taking of Monte Santo, directly north, by GenSeral Cadorna's troops on August 25. Several times the Italians had reached the summit of the great mountain, so important to their further progress east of Gorizia, as well as on tiie Carso, only to bo beaten bark neain On the slopes of the rugged rock In the last few weeks has occurred some of the heaviest and most sanguinary fighting of the war. San Gabriele's top waft occupied by the Italians, the embassy reports after the fortified hill or saddle of Dol and the Gargaro basin, the main bulk of San Gabriele had been taken. The Austrians, however, still cling to some positions on the mountain. In the forest of Tarnovo, east of Monte San Gabriele, the Italians captured positions from the Austrians, after suffering heavy losses. Except along the Casemates plateau on the Alsne front, there has been no marked activity on the other fight ing rronts. A Gerriian attack agaiust the French positions on the Casemates plateau, Paris reports, was repulsed with heavy losses. Berlin 3avs German troops penetrated to the second French lino and inflicted severe casualties. The British artillery Are in Flanders, Berlin reports, has increased to drum lire. TREASON TO THE UNITED STATES DEFINED BY ROOT Labor Pledged to Fight Until Terrorism Dies. Chicago.?Treason to America in the war was defined by Elihu Root and labor was pledged by Samuel Gompers to fight until world terrorism had been overthrown, at a patriotic rally hehld hero by the National Security League for the announced purpose of vindicating Chicago of alleged intimations of lack of patriotism. "The men who are speaking and writing and printing arguments against the war and against everything that is being done to carry on the war are rendering effective service to Germany?" declared the former secretary of Htato amid cheers. "It is impossible to resist the conclusion that the preater part of them are at heart traitors to the United States." "As time poes on and the character of these acts becomes more and morp clearly manifest, all who continue to associate with them must come under the same condemnation. There are some who doubtless do not understand what this strupKlo really Is." TO COMBAT THE DREADED PINK COTTON BOLL WORM Washlnpton.?To combat the dreaded pink boll worm which was discovered last week near Hearne, Texas. 12 experts from the bureau of onto uology. department of agriculture, liave been ordered to Hearne under Dr. W. I). Hunter, in charge of southam field crop insect investigation of the bureau, who left Washington for rexas. MISS JEANNETTE RANKIN TO SPEAK AT RALEIQH Washington.?Miss Jeannette Randn said she would accept the invitation to speak in Raleigh October 17, woman's day at the state fair. A perlonal invitation was extended her by Congressman Stedmnn and R. O. Evsrett, of Durham. The only thing hat would prevent Miss Rankin from taing to Raleigh would be adjournnent of Congress. She Intends to ;o to Montana Immediately and would tot return for the occasion. ES ' _ $1.25 Per Year. STATE REGIMENTS ARE RE-ASSIGNED FIRST GOES TO FIFTY-NINTH DIVISION?SECOND DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS. NEW POST FOR SPRIN6S Becomes Commander of Train*, of Thirteenth Division?Shifts Made For Numerous Units. Greenville.?Official orders for the reorganization of the Thirtieth Division were given out by the headquatters and include the separation of the two South Carolina regiments, the assignment of Col. H. B. Springs to another post and the detachment of many companies from the Second South Carolina Regiment. Colonel Springs is made commander 'of trains. Thirtieth Division. The First South Carolina Infantry is assigned to the Fifty-ninth Brigade, with the Third Tennessee Infantry, and will he under the command of Brig. Gen. W. S. Scott. They will be known hereafter as the One Hundred and Eighteenth Infantry. Troop A, South Carolina Cavalry, has been assigned to headquarters troop. The machine gun company of the Second South Carolina Infantry is transferred to the One Hundred and Thirteenth Machine Gun Battalion, and is to be united with companies from North Carolina and Tennessee. The Second Regiment has been divided into many sections. It will no longer be retained as a regiment, but its units havo been divided to the other brigades as follows: Band Section and Third Battullon to the Fiftyfifth Dopot Brigade, under Brig. Gen. L. D. Tyson. Headquarters Company to the One Hundred and Fifth Divisional headquarters and military police; sanitary detachment also to the same unit; First and Second Battalions to the One Hundred and Fifth Ammunition Train and will be known, respectively, as the motor section and the horse section. Headquarters will he organized by transfers in the division. Field Hospital No. 1 of South Carolina la nrrtorpH witli nil tlm nlh?f hospital units to form the One Hundred and Fifth Sanitary Train. Orders were given for all troops to move to their new assignments at 7:30 Friday morning and there was a general bustle at camp prior to the transfer in the morning. The site occupied by the First South Carolina Regiment is on the extreme eastorn plat in the thickly wooded section which the Tennesseeans have tried for more than a week to make livable. Headquarters has not yet announced whether or not the division will he filled to war strength by conscripts, but it is understood that lO.^OO men are to be brought here from Camp Jackson. The present strength of the division is something like 22,500 men. To Teach Agriculture. Westminster.?It is practically assured that at least five of tht schools in Oconee will take advantage of an act of the last session of the legbdature, which provides an appropriation of $750 to tench agriculture in any county where the schools raist by taxes or otherwiso a like amount. A competent man will he employed to teach agriculture in these schools, giving so many hours a weeft: to each school in the class room and also doing demonstration and field work in the school communities. Meeting?" were held last week at Oak Grove. Westminster. Oak Way. Providence, and Keowee, where the provisions of the act of the legislature were explained hy Vard Peterson, state supervisor of agricultural institutions, and the Importance of having agriculture taught in the schools was urged by Thomas A. Smith, county superintendent of education, and (J. M. Barnett. county demonstration agent. The trustees of the Westminster High School have already signed the contract and the trustees of the other schools have headed a subscription list with liberal amounts and it is practically assured that that amount required will be raised by each of |hese schools. Increased Interest in Hogs. PlomaAn PaIIaito __/Thoro lo ?n In. creased interest in South Carolina for breeding stock. Hogs are especially in demand. Buyers should bo cautious in selecting and thus avoid having animals ofT in type and breed characteristics. The selection of good sires is of vital importance as the sire is "half the herd." Many hogs are being offered at public sales. This is a good way to disseminate good livestock and unfortunately it is a means of rapidly scattering poor animal*.