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tmiiMiii III ! IBMperil IN ITALY NOW APPARFNTIY IT FNR 1?l I llllbll I tal III BRITISH AND FRENCH TROOPS HAVE REINFORCED ITALIAN LINES ALONG PIAVE. i _______ STRATEGIC POINTS GAINED Italians Have Held on to All Positions Since Drive Ended and In 8omo Places Have Pushed Enemy Back? SuDDlles Arrive. Apparently the peril of the Italian troops guarding; the Plave line and the hill country In northern Italy against the Teutonic alliea la at an end. Large numbers of British and French reinforcements. Infantry and artillery, at last have arrived upon the scene, after days of anxious wait ing. in which the Italians have borne the brunt of terrific fighting on both fronts solely on their own shoulders and kept back the enemy from a further invasion of the Venetian plain. Although faced everywhere by superior numbers of men and gun power, the Italians have valiantly defended every foot of ground In the hills and along the Plave. and in the former region In recent days actually have taken the offensive againBt the Invaders and pushed them back from strategic points of vnntage they had gained under terrific sacrifices in lives. For eight days the allied reinforcements marched to the rescue, bringing nlong with them large numbers of gun* and huge aupply trains. All the troops are declared to be In line fettle and eager to test their strength against the enemy. Just where the British and French forces will bo thrown Into the fray has not been made known, but doubtless large numbers of them will be used to strengthen the Italian front on the north from Lake Qarda eastward to the Piave, where the AustroGermans have been making their strongest efforts to pierce the Italian line. At last accounts General pyng's British troops before Cambral were holding in their entirety the Bourlon positions west of Cambrai. RUSSIAN SECOND ARMY ALSO WANTS ARMI8TICE Appeal* to Soldier* Not to Support Keren*ky< Petrograd, Saturday.?A congress of the second army, with one dissenting vote, has adopted a resolution approving all the measures promulgated by the council of national commissioners. Including the decree for an immediate armistice and peace and favoring the government of the workmen's and soldierR' delegates. The resolution appeals to all soldiers not to support Premier Kerensky and the provisional government generals "against the people." The most striking passage in the resolution follows: "The second army, with arms in Its hands, will defend the authority of the workmen's and soldiers' delegates and the national committee. At the first order of the military revolutionary committee of the second army, which Is clothed with full power, we will advance as one man against counter-revolutionists in the rear as well as at the front. "On our paBt we are taking all measures for the removal of counterrevelutionary elements from the commanding personnel of the army.' for the Immediate democratization of the army and in particular for the transfer nf the o.,?l?t ?. ...V .uvuuiii; ill mo (II 111 V to elective bodies." JACK TAR LOSE8 LIFE TO 8AVE HI 8COMRADES Washlnuton ?Osmond Kelly Ingram, of Pratt City. Ala., the gunners' mate lost overboard when a German sub marine attacked the American destroyer Casein In the war zone on October 16, deliberately sacrificed his own life to reduco the risk to his messmates. A detailed report from Admiral Slrns shows that Ingram, standing aft on thu destroyer where some high explosive depth charges were stored, saw the nrnaXo J -m * i-v-x iniiicKu oi ruHninK forward to Have his own life by getting away from the explosion, Ingram Murk to the apot throwing overboard the high explosives, which he knew would further endanger the lives of his fellows if they were detonated by the explosion of the torpedo. He was the only an bet. being thrown overboard by the explosion. FRENCH BESTOW HONOR ON AMERICAN 8OLDIER8 With the American Army In France. ?The French war ctosb has been conferred on the fifteen American officers and men who were cited with their company by the French general com mandlng the sector In which the Americans were stationed on the night kof November 2-3# The men were decorated today and were informed that they may keep the medals in their ifflpHitessIon. but must not wear Them until Congress gives its authorisation ' '* . ; . * .... . a Y A't,'.--y.-l' n . ?-aii:;?&.... f H V r~ zz GEN. ADKLBERT CRONKHITE Maj. Gen. Adalbert Cronkhite, commander of Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va. MISSION IN FRENCH CAPITAL UNITED STATES COMMISSION 1 ARRIVES IN PARIS FROM ENGLAND. , Which Was Made In London With Request That It Be Withheld Until Party Reach Paris Is Made Public by Officials Paris.?Col. E. M. House and the I members of the American mission which he heads, arrived in PariB from England. _____ * i London.?Prior to the departure of the Americau mission for Paris, Col. 1 E. M. Hou^se authorized the following statement to the British officials, press and public, which he asked should not be published until atfer the mission reached France: "I have been Impressed by tli s j wonderful machinery you have ere ' ated here at the heart of your empire I to control your part of the war. You I have given the world an example of ! the efficiency of democracy which J will bq of lasting value. "We also are creating In Washing- j ton a vast new machinery of govern- i ment to bring our resources to bear, and we shall profit by what we have seen here. We all realize that no human organization Is perfect, and I , am sure you will not be content with yours any more than wo will he coni tent with ours until the tools that we are making have accomplished the great work for which they are being I forged. "It is inspiring to feel that our two organizations will work closely and frankly together in the cause of liberty. We appreciate beyond measure the kindly reception your officials, your press and your citizens have given us. and we will take back to America a delightful sense of your warm ; hospitality. Our visit has been mem | orable and I hope profitable to the < cuuse In which we both are enlisted." | RAISING ARMY IS FIRST DUTY SAYS SECRETARY BAKER ! , . j I Washington ? Man-power exerted on the fie!d of France will bring vie I , tory in this war. Provost Marshal j General Crowder declared in a state men of the alms, accomplishments j and future of the selective draft sys- I tern addressed to members of the local ! board and made public. Aftpr review ing present conditions and necessities. General Crowder predicted that the selective system would become a perma- | nent part of America's governmental system for war. Every precaution possible hns been I taken with the new draft regulations, ; j General Crowder said, to conserve eco- ' nomic interests, but fhe paramount ! duty of the country is to raise an ef- j : fective Hghtng force. I "We are committed to this war." the | general continued, "and we ought to ! gilt it in the moat effective fashion 1 | noseible to us. The necessity of ra'sing an army Is paramount. The decrease in the labor supply must be ( adjusted in some way other than can he adjusted there is no question. "The problem is not to maintain the " labor supply of agriculture and every J I industry intact. It is to make with-* I drawal of men in the most scientific J1 manner possible. I think we have done that, and what is offered here is ! the basis fnr a nlrn Kalinno Kataaan j two neoesaitles. GREECE IS PREPARING TO 1 TAKE HER PART IN WAR ] " < Washington?Gro?ce la rapidly pre- ' paring to take her pert In the war. A j cablegram received here *rom Athens < i via Switzerland says ntoy new dlvl- ( slon* of Greek troops swiftly formed, i have taken their pl?* si front. , W -.1 =*.V - ' / ;. ' r- f - v : 1 . . # ' ? I FORr roBTimx SECOND SESSION QF CONGRESS DEC. 2ND CONGRESSMEN EXPECT 8ECOND ' \ SESSION TO RIVAL FIR8T IN IMPORTANCE. WPIRHTV MtTTFRQ 1RF 1HFM tiuiunii mniikiiu mik niiknw | ? Members Returning to Washington For Another War Session, Decern* ber 3?May Not Adjourn Before Campaign Time. .... Washington.?Members of Congress are beginning to return to Washington for the opening of the second session of the war December 3. Most of them expect the new session to rival the last in important action, and few think it will end before the general congressional campaigns next fall. Appropriations for the war promise to require much time and there is much as well as unfinished war legislation to be dealt with. President Wilson's opening message soon " ............ ...HI A ? niici VyUil^icnn i c\. winoucn n m ucterrnlne, in great measure, the program of new legislation. Many domestic matters, including prohibition and woman suffrage, are promised attention. Future relations between this nation and Germany's allies may be determined early in the session. President's opening address to deal with the question of whether war shall be declared against Austria. Turkey and Bulgaria. Sentiment in favor of such action is general among members now here. Work on the appropriation bills for the next fiscal year already has begun by the House appropriations committee, which will have a constant stream of the supply bills to go c through the congressional machinery ' Appropriation estimates are being as- v sembled at the treasury department for submission. * ft More bond issues probably will be t authorized but aetual consideration ^ of new or amended war tax legisla- . cion is not anucipaiea uniu auertne ~ session is well under way. GERMAN U-BOAT SENT TO ^ BOTTOM BY DE8TROYER8I I 1 S All Members of Crew But One Taken i Prisoner. | Washington.?A German submarine ' captured recently by two American destroyers was sent to the bottojp by members of her crew opening a cock jg below while their shipmates etood on 1 deck with hands raised in signal of i surrender. All of the crew were taken ! prisoners. One of the Germans was drowned ! while being transferred to a destroyer ; and another died The lat ft r wma _ buried with military honors. e Secretary Daniels announced the j o capture and sinking of the submarine t in a formal statement which made no ; p mention of prisoners nor of the reason F for the boat sinking. The details leak- t ed out at the department later, but the ii secretary would neither confirm nor e deny them, saying he had Issued the statement in agreement with the British admiralty and coulff not add to it. (1 There was a report in naval circles ^ that approximately 40 men, including Ave officers, were taken off the submarine. If this were true . it was pointed out, the vessel undoubtedly was one of the largest of the cruiser ' type known authentically to be oper- 1 nted by the Germans The action occurred in the war zone several days ago and the submarine went down while one destroyer was a attempting to tow her to port. Al- ^ r SAMUEL GOMPERS AGAIN a HONORED BY LABOR 1 u Buffalo V V c<f>rr>>.?l t; , vnmipers, president of the American Federation v of Labor for 35 years. wasJ re-elected ' virtually without opposition and with him every officer of the federation ex- p ropf John B. Lennon. treasurer, who 0 was defeated by Daniel T. Tobin. a president of the International Team- 1 sters' and Chauffeurs" Union. a ti EASTERN ROADS TO BE C OPERATED AS ONE SYSTEM f \* Washington.?Operation of all railway lines east of Chicago as one cen- E tralized system was derided on by the I railroad war hoard to obtain a maxi | mum of efficiency in traffic movement, j Cars and trackage facilities will bo s pooled regardless of ownership or th? a railroads" Individual interest. This o almost revolutionary move was an- ! n nounced after an all-day conference," between menjbers of the war board b and government officials. ; tl BOMB EXPLOSION IN . jl PHI ICC o-r a .WW ami ivn MULB TEN J Milwaukee, Wis.?Ten person* were ! killed and several Injured when a e; bomb, designed to destroy the Italian o evangelical church. In the heart of the C third ward, an Italian settlement, ex- ' H ploded In central police station, where I nr It had beon carried for examination A Seven detectives, two policemen and C ane woman wore killed. The bomb z< was found In the basement of the tl A?rA. lv - ' . ' C - -: r r Mi , 8 0., THURSDAY, NOVKJ MISS 0L6A FI,ORMAN i J 1J Because Mrs. Olga Kohler Florman, laughter of the late Charles Kohler, tlano manufacturer, has gone into debt vhile living on (25,000 a year, Surroiate Cohalan of New York signed orlers giving her $120,000 from the aciumulated Income of the estate. The otal surplus Income is $1,278,139. Mrs. rlorman Is the wife of Nils Florman, ewerlry salesman. PENETRATE HINDENBURG LINE IMASH THROUGH GERMAN FRONT FOR DEPTH OF OVER FIVE MILES. iucce&s One of Greatest Achieved on Western Front During Progress of War.?Capture 8,000 Prisoners and Many Guns. London.?Andrew Bonar .Law aaounced In the house of commons that ight thousand prisoners, including me hundred and eighty ofTcers have men taken by the British In their iresent operations. At one point the British penetrated five miles behind he German lines and several villages a addition to those already unnouncd. have been taken. German* Are on Last Line. British Army Headquartors in in their last line of defense at one oint of the British attack. The British are pushing on towaard 'antaing three miles southwest of 'amhrai. Northwest of Maroolng, the i!gh ground known as Premy Chapielle has been fought over, and the ermans have been forced to withraw. The advance of the British army gainst the Germans was continuing. The towns of Masuieres, Murcoing, tibecourt. Havarincourt. Graincourt nad Plesquieres nil were heh.nd the tritlsh advancing line and the caviry. which is co-operating with the links and rendering valuable serice. was drawing in townrd the Bour:>n wood, west of Cambrai. Paris.?The French troops attackd in the region to the north of Cranne and Berrv-au-Bac on *a front of bout two-thirds of a mile and penernted the German positions to an verage depth of about 400 yards capurlng strong defenses and taking 175 lermans prisoner, according to the 'rench official communication issued his evening. IOLSHEVIKI ISSUES WARNING TO WEALTHY Petrograd.?The Bolsheviki have Isued a warning to the "wealthy classes nd their servitors" who are accused f Inciting strikes in state and mu IHpal services. The warning says: You are playing with Are. Yoi^ will e first to suffer from famine that is lireatentng the country and the array. HREE OFFICERS AND EIGHTEEN MEN LOST Washington.?Lieutenant Commandr Walter E. Reno, the commanding fflcer, his two junior officers, Lieut, harles F. Wedderburn and Ensign larry O. Skinner, Jr., and 1ft enlisted ten were lost In the sinking of the merican torpedo boat destroyer hauncey in a collision in the war ?ne Monday morning, November 19. te navy department was adviaed by lea Admiral Sims. I3T : ? x T T T LiL X. IBER 29, 1917 BQLSHEVIKI NOW SFFKS 1RMKTIRF i UUUIIU I1IIIVIIU I IUL ON BASIS OF NO ANNEXATION OR INDEMNITIES FOR EITHER GOVERNMENT. I NOTE HAS REACHED EMBASSIES Proposal For Immeriate Opening of Peace Negotiations is Made By Leon Trotzky to all The Belligerent Nations. Petrograd. Thursday.?The note of Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevlki minister, to the allied embassies conveying the announcement of the proposal for an armistice lius reached the embassies. The text follows: "I herewith liavo the honor to inform you. Mr. Ambassador, that the all-Russian congress of soldiers and workmen's delegates organized on October 26 a new government in the form of a council of national commissioners. The head of this government is Vladimir Ilich Lenine. The'direction of the foreign policy has been entrusted to me ,in the capacity of national commissioner for foreign affairs. "Drawing attention to the text of the offer of an armistice and a democratic peace on the basis of no annexations or indemnities and the selfdetermination of nations, approved by the all-Russian congress of soldiers* and workmen's delegates. 1 have the honor to beg you to regard the above document as a formal offer of an immediate afmistice on all fronts and the immediate opening of peace negotiations?an offer with which tho authoritative government of the Russian republic has addressed itself simj ultaneously to all the belligerent peo, pies and their governments. "Accept my assurance. Mr. Ambassador of the profound respect of the Roiuiers ana workmen's government for the people of France, which cannot help aiming at peace as well as all the rest of the nations exhausted and made bloodless by this unexampled slaughter. "L. TRtrrZKY. "National Commissioner for Foreign Affairs." AMERICAN TROOPS ARE ARRIVING IN FRANCE Movement Keeps Pace With Expectations of War Department. Washington.?Arrival of American troops in France has kept pace with the expectation of the wnr depart ment. Secretary Baker said In the first statement he has ever authorized in connection with the progress being made in increasing Genera! Pershing's forces. Mr- Baker declined, however, to I state the number of troops forwarded or to indicate whether he anticipated delay from this time. Movement of thee eforce, he said, depended on two elements, the training and equipment of he men and the availability of ships. "As fast as they are ready, ships and men will be combined." the secretary said. "As many American troops are now over seas as we expected in the beginning to have over seas at this time." Mr. Baker indicated that an official statement of the number of American troops in France was not to be expected at any time during the war. He caused an inquiry to be made of the j military censor. Major General Mc I i my re, nowever. wnicn may result In i more liberal regulations as to publicaI tlon of the designations of regiments, brigades or companies which are engaged in action on the front from time to time. If there is no sound military reason for suppressing that information, Mr. Baker said, he desired to give "it out. The secretary's attention was called to the fact that the British ofTlcial statements have recently named at least by geographical designation the ; troops used in various ofTensivrs Anparently a new policy In this regard has been adopted in London and the war department may do likewise CAPPS RELIEVED FROM DUTY WITH SHIPPING BOARD Washington.?Hear 'Admiral Washington L. Capps. general manager of the shipping board's emergency fleet corporation, was relieved from duty in that position by President Wilson at his own request because of 111 health and with expressions of deepest regret bv the chief executive ni? ?. >nn mil I t'lwor has not been named, but Chairman Hurley, of the board, was known to favor appointment of a man trained in the name service LOOKS UPON MOVEMENT AS AN UNFRIENDLY ACT Washington.?Officials of this government regard the BolshevikI movement for an armistice between Russia and her enemies and the opening of 1i peace negotiations as an act that :' would place Russia almost in the Hat ' of unfriendly nations. . I Press dispatches telling of the peace '1 movement were confirmed by a cable- [' nram from Ambassador Francis r*> ' 1 calved at the state department. i1 ) ? v I WEAVES CAMP JACKSON . . ( FOR ANOTHER COMMAND ! Major General Francis H. French FEW SICK AT CAMP JACKSON Epidemic of Measles Betng Circumscribed?Dixie Division Holds High Place in Health Conditions. Columbia?Camp Jackson stands at the peak among Southern cantonments when the health status of the division is analyzed. Barring the two recently imported epidemics of measles, the i number of sick boys in camp now is practically negligible. The division 1 expects no such condition to develop as is said to prevail at Camp Wheeler or Camp Sevier. On October 18 there was not a sin j ?le case of infectious disease in the < antonment. Immediately thereafter! detachments of troops were transfer- j r?"d from Camp Gordon to the Kightyfirst division and 60 cases of measles developed among the Gordon it es within the next few days. Another invasion of measles was incident to the transfer within the lust week of 2.500 troops from Camp Pike, Little Itock. Arkansas. Of the approximately 400 eases of measles now engaging the attention of the medical staff of the division, about 200 of these were imported from Arkansas. From the beginning of the organization of the Dixie Division, the modi- ! cal staff set up a thorough system of checking and dissembling, which did much to divert the temporarily unfit into direct channels for immediate treatment. At the chief mustering office ,a staff of. ten or 12 physicians made a casual inspection of each potential soldier on his arrival at the camp. Data thus collected was thus considered in u succeeding conference between the division medical staff and the regimental surgeons. The plan hit upon was that no rejections were to be made by regimental staffs because of physical condition. Following this procedure all diseased soldiers were mobilized at one center. _1 J ? f ? M ? - wneie me uivision sian directed its entire effort. Here under the imnie- I diate attention of skilled specialists those only temporarily disabled were hurriedly brought into condition and those whose health had been perma- j nently impaired were summarily rejected. Rejections for the 1,000 men brought from North Carolina. South Carolina and Florida approximated 10 j per cent. There are now 18.00 men ia the camp. Florence Poultry Men Unite. Florence.?Leading poultry raisers of Florence county have formed the Florence County Poultry Association | with the following officers, all breed- j era of chickens of pure strain: Presl- j dent, John A. Zeigler; vice president, W. H. Commander; secretary and j treasurer, Charles M, Mc-Curry. Th- ; object of the association Is to eneour- i age the raising of pure bred poultry i and to stimulate more interest along this line generally in Florenoe county. A special effort will be made to promote the children's poultry clubs. Tlr> association will hold a fair early in December and expects to have a fine exhibit. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS, j That the next annual meeting of the State Teachers' Association will meet in Columbia March 14. 15, 16. li)18. was announced by Dr James P. Kinard president of the association, and R. C. Hurts, secretary of the asaoeia tlon. Florence had extended an in vitation for the association to ha held ; there but after considering all phases , of the work, it was decided to hold : the meeting in Columbia. Baptists at Liberty have Just dedicated a new church building. Several South Carolina hotels have already inaugurated meutless Tuesdays and wheatless Wednesdays. The movement has become nation wide in hotels, restaurants and dining cars. Ninety per cent of the flr?t class hotels in the country have enlisted with the conservation hosts and the mailer establishments are being rapIdly swung into line In South Carolina about 7j) per cent of ^he hotels have signed the pledge card of the food administration, and those who have not signed are .again being called upon. John J. Cain has been appoint' ed hotel food manager $? ?y>* 4jJ -1 $1.20 Per Year. I NEWS "^IF THE WEEK FROM GAMP SEVIER \ ' ' .*....% : \ m CONSTRUCTION OP. TRENCHES IS | NOW UNDER WAY?MUCH WORK FOR INFANTRY. ??? - < ".ii FOOD CONSERVED IN CAMP Every Effort Made by Uncle Sam's Fighting Forces to Conserve Food and Prevent Waste. ^ Camp Sevier, Greenville.*? Actual construction of trenches on a large scale has begun at Camp Sevier under the direction of Colonel Ferguson. commanding officer of the One Hundred and Fifth Engineers, with the advice of Cne. Rousseau,* French expert on field fortifications, the first batiulion of the One Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry taking part. The next day the Second Battalion and the next day the Third Battalion of. the same regiment participated, and next day the First Battalion of the One Hundred and Eighteenth Infan- ' try. one battalion a day being detail...1 *? ?Uln ...A? |AM * u iu nun v> ui i\ itirtii ui uvii |i?uw poses. Further details will be announced from time to time. The trenches are being laid out in an area set apart for this purpose secured recently along with that for the rifle range and large enough to contain several miles of trenches. For tho present instruction will bo limited to ritle companies, but headquarters companies, machine gun companies and battalions, sanitary units, and the field signal battalion will be specially detailed from time to time as the work progresses, and the location of machine guns, one pounder gun. and Stokes howitzer emplacements, of dressing stations, of ammunition and supply dumps nnd of observation star tions, and the installation of the signal system becomes desirable. The trench digging machine, capable of tigging n trench Tour feet wide and IS deep, will be used whenever it is not desired to have the man do a particular bit of work for instruction purposes. In the effort to conserve in every way possible the nation's food supply, the army camps perhaps lead all other institution or organizations. Constant inspections of the kitchens and garbage cans are made by the medical and sanitary authorities, and whea these indicate wastefulness in the preparation or handling of food, the fact is promptly called to the atten non or tnoHo concerned. As an Instance of what is being done, a number of principles of economy which have proved useful in cutting down tbo cost of operating the school for bakers and cooks, at Camp Custer, Mich., have been tabulated and published throughout every division. The keynote of the attitude of the army toward food conservation Is struck In the first lino. "The ration is not sufficient to feed the men and waste at the same time." and the whole Is of such general interest that a summary of it is worth while. More or less extensive changes in the men, hh well as regulations prescribing the proper insignia for organizations which have been evolved since the war began, are now in preparation in the war department, according to advance Information and are soop to be announced supplanting those now in use. Perhaps the most notable change Is that for the first time the medallon worn on the right h!(1o of the collar will bear be.tlde the letters IT. S., the number of the man's division or separate brigade, regiment, battalion, train or battery. Hot water heaters and reservoir* have been distributed to all the companies and are being rapidly installed. 'I ho heaters have a capaclt of 30? gallons each and the reservoirs hold between 500 and 000 gallons apiece. The bath houses of each company will be equipped with a heater and reservoir. Construction of the company stables and regimental Infirmaries is being pushed, these having been started In all outfits except the engineers and the ammunition train. Six small radio outfits, which may be taken down and packed on the backs of mules, were received last week by the radio company of the Field Signal Battalion and were tested out at short distances about the camp. When firing heglm. on the artillery range, about 20 miles distant, an effort will be made to maintain communication with the range by means of these small sets. Beside these the radio company is to be eriuioped with a larger apparatus mounted on a motor truck, used for sending current generated by the truck's motor. Various technical schools are in progress Wheat Campaign in 8umter. Suntter.?The Sumter County Council of Defense has started work immediately following the request of the State council to Increase the wheat arrABirA in fhp pnnnfu ft ? - ? - ? - ra~ yv/. ii nu U?CU1M that each township chairman. make a house-to-bouse canvass at once to urge the Tarmers to plant more wheat an4 to secure pledges from all farmer* as to the acreage they will plant. The members present at the last council meeting pledged themselves to the > aount of 270 acres of wheat tor this