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mwm - v: ' MKt' ' fc'r ? Established in 1891. AMERICANS RAID GERMAN TRENCHES DESTROY TMEIR DEFENSES AND ' PICK UP MUCH WAR MATERIAL. f . ONLY FEW AMERICANS LOST American Batteries Leveled German Trenches Before Infantry Made Attack.?Use Gas Shells Effectively. American initiative has asserted itself on the Lorraine front in France. Three savage raids on the German lines have been made by the Americans, who succeeded in reaching the second line of enemy trenches before ordered to return. During their stay iu unruian-aeia territory they destroyed craefully built defenses aiyl picked up much war material. The American artillery ably assisted the infantry in the operation. A heavy brarage Are was laid down in front of the advancing Americans and the (Hermans had fled before the wave of infantry reached the hostile positions. Ater the Americans had been in the German trenches for a few minutes, the German barrage Are was loosed on them, but the American guns answered shot for shot, and silenced a number of batteries. The American artillerymen used gas shells with good effect. Near Toul the American heavy guns have been in action. Three rlads 011 the British lines have been attempted by the Germans ' in the Armentieres sector, but the : British, in spite of a heavy Are frorm the enemy's heavy guns, repulsed the Teutons. The flghtlng has spread along the (tanders front, the Ypres and Passchendaele sectors flguring in the official reports. The activities of the : contending armies have spread farther south, encounters near St. Quentln belng mentioned for the flrst time in recent weeks. WILSON EXTENDS SYMPATHY TO THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE Pledges Any Aid Possible In Driving Out Autocrsey. Washington.?On the eve of the gathering at Moscow of the Russian congress of soviets, which is to pass Judgment on the German peace accepted by the bolshevik! at Brest-Litovsk, President Wilson has sent a message of sympathy to the Russian people through the congress, with a pledge that the United States will avail itself of every opportunity to aid them in driving out autocracy and 1 restoring Russia to her place in the WHPM rwrlt\\ ~ * A ... ...... luuipmir iiiivereiKiiiy and independence. The President's message, telegraphed to the American consul general at Moscow for delivery, follows: "May I not take advantage of the meeting of the congress of the Soviets to express the sincere sympathy which the people of the United States feel for the Russian people at this moment when the German power has been thrust in to interrupt and turn back the whole struggle for freedom and substitute the wishes of Germany for the purpose of the people of Russia. Although the government of the United States, unhappily, is not now In a position to render the direct and effective aid it would wish to render, I beg to assure the people of Russia through the congress that it will avail itself of every opportunity to secure ' for Russia once more complete sovereignty and independence In her own affairs and full restoration to her great role In the life of Europe and the modern world. The whole heart of the people of the United States is with the people of Russia In the attempt to | free themselves forever from autocratic government and become the masters of their own life. (Signed) "WOODROW WILSON." RAILWAY L08E MAIL 8UIT8 FOR $40,000,000. Washington.?The attempt of the ijp rauroaas 10 recover rrom the govern- | raent $40,000,000 under the old system of weights compensation for transport* 1 ing malls was defeated In the court of claims. Tho court roafTrmed a formor decision In favor of the govern- J ment. The court also held for the government In the suits of New England railroads who claimed extra pay i for transporting parcel post. CASUALTY LI8TS MAY BE WEEKLY AND SEMI-WEEKLY. Washington.?In discussions of the war department's new policy of announcing names only In the casualty lists from France, it developed that department officials are considering adopting the European custom of publishing casualties weekly or semiweekly. Instead of dally. This plan has been snggested on the ground that it would effectually conceal from the jk enemy the losses In particular en The SPENCER S. WOOD 8p?ncer 8. Wood Is on# of the for* tun ate officers of the American navy who have Juft boon advanoed from tho rank of coptaln to that of roar admiral. TALK OF OFFENSIVE DWINDLES TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENT8 OF THE ARMY RUNNING ON SCHEDULE. Great Battlea May Not Materialize in West This Month?Generally in April. Washington.?Troops and supplies (or Oeneral Pershing's forces now are moving to France on schedule time, it was learned on high authority. While figures may not be published it was stated positively that transportation requirements of the army are being met by the shipping board, and the Immediate situation as to ships was described as satisfactory. In view of this assurance that the United States will be able to maintain its place as a fighting unit on the battle front, .reports from the western front are being scanned more eagerly than ever by officers here for the first signs of the 1918 campaigns. It is felt strongly that the opening of major operations in what President Wilson has predicted will prove the decisive year of the great war will not be much longer delayed. Mud has been the determining factor of many previous western front operations. So long as the ground is soft with the winter's rains, it is impossible to move forward great guns and necessary transport trains to support an advancing line. Even in Flanders, however, indications this year are that the ground will harden early in spring, permitting either side to undertake the enterprises planned. in *prn Heretofore. In previous years. April has seen offensive operations set in motion by the allien. For that reason many officers here seem to anticipate raiding and minor assaults before the middle of next month will show in themselves that the ground is being mapped, information obtained and local strategic advantages established by one side or the other in preparation for a great effort. To others it appears probable that : no offensive will be undertaken on any considerable scale before May 1. They form that view on reports that the French offensive in 1916, started ; in April, proved to be at least two | weeks early. The guns and transports could not be brought forward ! to consolidate all the ground the troops were able to wrest from Oer- I mnn control. i MORE U-BOATS DESTROYED THAN GERMANY BUILT In December, Is Statement Given Out at Washington. Washington?More submarines were destroyed by the allied and American naval forces In December than Germany was able to build during that month, according to information that reached Washington. This fact developed in discussions of the statement ; made to parliament by Sir Eric C. ! Oeddes. first lord of the British admiralty. that the submarines were being checked. GREAT BRITAIN SPENDS DAILY 6,577,000 POUNDS London.?Great Britain's loans to her allies up to February 9 had totalled 1,264.000,000 pounds sterling. An- 1 drew Bonar Law, chancellor of the ' exchequer, announced in the house of commons. The national debt at the *nd of the financial year, the chancellor stated, would nto exceed 5.900,000,000 pounds sterling. The dally expenditure from the beginning of the financial year to Feb. 9. Mr. Bonar Law said, was ^6.657,000 pounds sterling < iJ&h &M For FOBTMII SECRETARY BAKER IS NOWJN FRANCE HI8 VISIT TO FRENCH SOIL 18 PURELY MILITARY AND NOT DIPLOMATIC. EAGER TO 60 FOR SOME TIME Thinks Trip Will Better Fit Him for Meeting the Many Needs of General Pershing. Paris.?The American secretary of war, Newton D. Baker, has arrived at a French port. Washington.?Upon hearing of Secretary Baker's safe arrival In France through the Associated Press dispatch from Paris, the war department announced that the secretary's visit is purely military and not diplomatic, and is for purposes of Inspection and personal conferences with military officials. Mr| Baker is accompanied by Major General William M. Black, chief of engineers; Lieutenant Col. M. L. Brett and Ralph Hayes, his private secretary. Ni official report on the secretary's a;ri/al had been received. The dedepartment issued this statement: Sailed February 27. I "A cable disnatch from PaHb ?n I the Associated Press announces the arrival at a Fronch port of the secretary of war. "For some timo Secretary Baker has desired to visit the headquarters of the American expeditionary forces. He sailed from an American port about February 17. "Secretary Baker has not determined the length of time he will remain in France but his stay will be long enough to enable him to make a thorough Inspection of the American forces abroad and to hold important conferences with American military officers. "It is expected that not only will Secretary Baker Visit the American headquarters, but his inspection tour will cover construction projects, including docks, railroads and ordnance | bases, now under way back of the Amerian lines. "The secretary's visit is military and not diplomatic. It is essentially for the purpose of Inspection and personal conference with military officials. Secretary Baker plans to spend a brief time in France, inspecting in person the concrete results already achieved in the efforts of his department to place in the field this year an army that will be a factor in the campaign. On the eve of his departure. Mr. Baker told members of the press who had been In the habit of soeing him every day that he did not expect to be away for any considerable length of time. The secretary and his party left Washington without any other attempt to conceal their movements than a request that the press refrain from reporting hiB departure. The newspapers again worked in hearty co-operation to make the Journey as safe as possible from German submarines for the party. No hint of the trip has been printed. TORNADO TAKE8 TOLL OF LIVES?WRECKS HOMES Lima, Ohio.?Five persons are known to he dead, several other are reported killed, scores are Injured, scores of homes were completely or partly demolished and hundreds of barns nad outbuildings were razed hy the tornado which traveled across nortwest Ohio. Estimates of property damage was one to Ave million dollars. No serious damage was done in any of the larger cities, most of the destruction having been reported from country districts. The tornado began in Vanwert county, on the Ohio-Indiana state line, and traveled in a northeasterly direction, lessening in intensity until it died out east of Tiffin. Towns suffering the most were Vanwert. Middlepolnt. Convoy. Lima, Deshler, Hamler. Continental. Ottawa, Findlay Napoleon. Holgate. Miller City and Tiffin. SAYS WE TALK TOO MUCH INSTEAD OF GETTING TO WORK. Daytona. Fla.?America's reasons or entering the war were outlined by Vice President Thomas R. Marshall. In an address here before the community forum in which he criticised i Americans for "talking too much instead of getting to work and winning the war. Don't talk about what you are going to do after the war." he. ! said, "but talk about winning it. I be- j lieve I am about the only man who has kept silent. DEPARTMENT STANDS FIRM ON CASUALTY ORDER. Washington.?The war department gives no indication of yielding in Its determination to withhold the home addresses of soldiers killed or wounded. or who die of other causes In France. Rasing its position on the objections the Fronch government made to General Pershing against the American method of issuing casualty ltats. the department Intends to meet objections with the answer that the system betrays military Information. T Ml L, S. C., THURSDAY, MARC f MADAME DE MENOCAL This photograph of tho beautiful wife of the president of Cuba was taken a few days after she had completed the task of raising a cash fund of $1r 000,000 for the equipment and maintenance In France of a hospital to be manned exclusively by Cuban physi* olans and nurses. NFXT DRAFT 15 DELAYED THOUGH MANY MEN WILL BE CALLED OUT DURING THE YEAR. Announcement Expected to Outline Manner of Filling Present Organization to Full Strength. Washington.?While a largo number of men will be called out during the present year to till up tho army and complete lit organization, it was learned that war department plans do not call for the creation of any additional divisions in 1918. The announcement concerning the second draft expected soon from Provost Marshal General Crowder may outline the manner in which less than 1,000,000 men?probably not much in excess of 800.000? are to be summoned gradually during the year to complete the existing organizations. Delay in the announcement as to the next draft is understood to be due to uncertainty as to which method of alloting quotas to the states is to be followed. The senate already has passed and the house military committee hae favorably reported an amendment to the law to base the quota on the number of men in class 1, instead of upon the total registration of a state. This change is regarded as certain to be made, but to avoid further delay schedules of allotments under both systems have been prepared at Provost Marshal General's office ready to go out as soon as final action is taken. Am tn fho hntn ??? %uv ui?w ui Liin ncruiiu 11 rail, members of Congress from agricultural sections have been practically assured that no withdrawal of met^ from civil life was contemplated which would embarrass harvesting. It has been indicated, however, that a relatively small number of men must be called to the colors prior to June 1 and the process may start In April, when equipment, clothing and quarters will be available. The men are needed to fill up to full strength divisions sla4ed for early departure to Europe and also for field army and corps troops nt attached to divisions. The replacement detachments also must go forward at an accelerating rate since American troops are now actually holding a sector of the French front and men are being killed or wounded in action every day. The completion of the full program of the war department without creating any additional divisions probably will absorb in the neighborhood of 600.000 men. The extont to which it has been necessary to increase artillery quotas throughout the army and to add special units of all sorts has surprised every officer and accounts for the existing shortages to a large extent. FIVE MILE DRV ZONES ORDERED BY DANIELS Washington.?Five-mile dry zones around the Aieven permanent naval training stations and camps, irrespective of whether there is an incorpo rated city or town within those limits. was ordered by Secretary Daniels. Other orders may be issued later CAPT. BLUE REDUCED 10 NUMBERS IN GRADE Washington?Capt. Victor Blue, who commanded the battleship Texas when that vessel went ashore off Block Island several months ago. has been reduced 10 numbers In grade. In announcing the action. Secretary Daniels disclosed that he had modified the court-mart'al's sentence of the loss of 20 numbers, upon recommendations for clemency by the court itself and Admiral Mayo ,oomman4ing the Atlantic tleet. IX T JH 14, 1918 LIST OF CASUALTIES NO LONGER ISSOED INFORMATION COMMITTEE DISCONTINUES PRACTICE ON WAR DEPARTMENT ORDERS REQUESTED BY 6EN. PERSHIN6 Enemy Able Through This Source to Gain Valuable Inormation at to Unita in France. Washington.?Issuance of daily lists of casualties among the American ?x??ditlr?nnrv fnrrpa vna HI*i<nntlnn?H hv the public information committee as the result of an order of the war department under which the names of next of kin and the emergency addresses of soldiers whose names appear on the lists hereafter will be withheld. The official explanation is that the purpose of the order is to keep information of value from the enemy. On being informed of the order the committee took the position that long lists of men killed or wounded would be worthless to the newspaper correspondents without the addressses and u notice was issued advising the press that in future all information regarding casualties must be obtained from the war department. At the adjutant generals' office it was stated that the lists would continue to be sent to the committee and would be available there. While the disagreement between the committee and the department probably will bo straightened out soon so that the "expurgated" lists may be made available to all who desire them, the purpose of the department to withhold the addresses apparently is unalterable. Acting Secretary Crowell said the order was issued at the urgent recommendation of General Pershine and that it would be permanent. Both Mr. Crowell and Maj. General Barch. acting chief of stafT, declared that the purpose was to close up a channel through which the enemy might obtain valuable information, and both disclaimed any intention of Reeking to conceal heavy casualty reports. ; "You may say for me." said General ; March, "that the war department has ; not and will not hold up a single name for an instant longer than It takes to ! get it out. PLENTY OF "BRAINLESS" DAY8 SAYS SENATOR REED Says We Will Soon Come to Bread Cards if We Leave it to Hoover. Washington.?Strictures on government price-fixing and the activities of the food administration monopolized one day's session of the senate. Led by Senator Reed, of Missouri. Democrat, a group of senators of both parties made the attack. Charges that a general policy of fixing prices for farm products, not authorized by the food control law, is being instituted, were made by Senators Reed and Borah, who said the licensing power of the law was being so used that its actual result Is an unauthorized pricefixing program. In a four-hour speech teeming with bitter criticiam. Senator Reed also denounced the fuel administration, asserting that Administrator Garfield had not told the truth regarding rosults of the coalless days' order, which he described as a "lockout" of certain eastern industries. Senator Wolcott, Democrat, of Delaware. said Mr. Hoover had donled adoption of a farm produce pricefixing plan, disclaiming authority, but he and other senators insisted that acts of the food adminiatratino, particularly under its wholesale and retail dealers* licensing power, was haying that effect in actual practice. "We would not hare had ao many meatless days if there had not been so many, many brainless days." Senator Reed declared. "A few more acta of the fod administration, and we will have bread tickets. I believe the efficiency of the United States has been reduced 20 per cent by Ignorant interference with business methods." RETAIL PRICE OF COAL 30 CENTS TON LOWER Washington.?An average reduction of 30 cents a ton in the retail price of all anthracite coal sold for domestic use between April 1 and September 1. was announced by the fuel administration. together with regulations ' governing- the retail distribution of all 1 coal for the year beginning the first : of next month. The rules aro designed particularly to prevent hoarding and insure the filling of all domestic needs ; for next winter during the summer. GEN. PERSHING WILL GET SUPPLIES OUT OF SPAIN Wnoklnvlnn ITn^.\p lt,o ?f uuuwi HIC WlllUiOltiai agreement between the United States and Spain, the formal signing of which in Madrid was announced at the state department not only will Gen. Pershing get the supplies from Spain which he desires for his troops, but a French credit in Spain is arranged and tho Spanish government permits free export to the allies of pyrites, minerals and manufactured wool. I % - * I TMRS SOME CAMP SEVIER NEW Bomb Found in Warehouse Prove to Be a Piece of Fireworks. Masons Form Lodge. Camp Sevier, Greenville.?A presidential warrant was received for the continued detention of the three alien enemies who have been lodged in the county jail here for the past several days. No charges were made against them at the time they were taken into custody. Two of the men are Austrians and the third a German. The latter and one of the Austrians were soldiers at Camp Sevier, while the third was taken into custody when he offered for enlistment. A training school for army secretaries was commenced by the Army Y. M. C. A. here. The course will run for three weeks with a total of 17 hours' Instruction each week. The Camp Sevier stair will first be put through the course, which will be repeated regularly, secretaries who have Just entered association work being sent here to take the training. Members of the local staff and outside authorities will give the lectures, all of which will be essentially practical, relating to the methods to be used In daily work. H. F. Holtzclaw. Ph. D.. the educational director, has been appointed dean of the school. Firing on the artillery range at Cleveland Mills, 26 miles north of here, will commence soon. The range has been practically ready for some time, as have the barracks, which will accommodate one battalion. The order in which the battalions will visit the range has not yet been decided upon, but each will stay two weeks. Four of the brigade's six three-inch guns will be used in the firing. An ordnance repair shop. In which all the ordnance equipment of the division. from six inch howitzers down to web belts, will be repaired is being constructed. The shop will contain lathes, drills, planing tables and similar machinery, all driven by electrical power, and even a complete optical repair department for the repair of the telescopes with which field guns, range finders and sharpshooters' rifles are equipped. The American expeditionary forces will outrage the continental belief that woolen underwear must be worn the year round. On the recommendation of General Pershing, cotton underwear has been prescribed between May 1 and Sentemhpr 1 inafpnd of u?rh? i??a1 underwear, as heretofore. Heavy woolen underwear is still prescribed for the winter months. An army lodge has been formed among the Masons at Camp Sevier. Excitement over the discovery of a supposed bomb in a large warehouse located in a railway terminal in Greenville was changed to amusement when It was discovered that the "bomb" was a piece of fireworks left over from a celebration held some time ago. Sterilizing of water for human consumption was discontinued, after having been in force for several months. Given Prison Sentence. W. 9. Rogers, charged in the ITnite l Qiotoo * * um.co iuuii usm wini peraonanng himself as an agent of the ITnfteil States government, brought in a verdict of guilty. Following the reading of the verdict, S. J. Williams, indicted on the same charge, entered a plea of guilty. This was done in accordance with an agreement between the attorney for the accused and the district attorney, the evidence in both cases being alike. Each was sentenced by Judge H. A. M. Smith to fines of $1,000 and one year in the Atlanta federal prison. The men were book agents selling an expensive work. They used their assumed connection with the government to induce people of German an- I cestry to buy the hooks. They were ! arrested in Charleston. They especially stressed their alleged connection with the government in iducing people of German ancestry to buy their books, emphasizing it to such an extent that in some cases it amounted to coercion. It was claimed that some people bought the books and made the Initial payment who were unable without privation to keep up their contracts. There were those who signed up for the books because they feared government action if they refused. The books sold for over $100 a set. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS. The car load of young hogs brought to Laurens to be distributed to the county boys' pig clubs for breeding purposes have been sold, principally to the boys of the county, while a few were taken by others. There wero 124 gilts in the lot and the price was 25 cents the pound. Fitzhugh McMaster of Columbia, a former Winnshoro man, has offered a | prize to the pupil of Mount Zlon school who writes the best historical sketch of Winnsboro. Columbia has been selected by three big fraternal ordors as the place of meeting for the 1918 sessions of the grand lodges. The grand lodge officers^ of the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias have voted for the capital city and the Red Men announce that their April meeting has been transferred from Seneca to Columbia. The Red Men will assemble in Columbia on Tuesday. April 9. and the convention will develop into a patriotic demonstration. A feature of the great council meeting will be the presentation of an ambulance to the military forces at Camp Jackson. 'if . V ; v 1 ' jJM $1.25 Per Year. TEACHER SHORTAGE AHOTHERJRORLEHI WAR IS BRINQINQ DEARTH SAY8 STATE SUPERINTENDENT SWEARINQEN. STATE BOARD HOLDS MEETIN6 Appeals for Free Tuition to Wlnthrop, University, Clemson and the Columbia.?A general dearth of teachers Is expected for South Carolina schools by John E. Sweartngen. State superintendent of education. This statement was made by Mr. Swonrlngen following a meeting of the State board of education. It was also emphasized by Mr. Swearingen that in all appeals for free ( tuition, in cases denied by the State board of charities and corrections, the appellants were sustained. There were 1R or 16 of these. The following statement was given out by Mr. Swearingen: The State board of education has adjourned. The special business of the meeting was the disposition of appeals from students at Clemson, Winthrop. the University and the Citadel, who had been denied free tuition. The parents and guardians of the Interested students sent their evidence in writing. The secretary of the state board of charities and corrections was called on for the records of his board and furnished an oral statement. Two appeals were carried forward to a later meeting. In all other cases the applications for free tuition were granted by the State board. The question of the addition of titles to the library list was Bent for the next meeting. The difficulties of the book trade have made it impossible to purchase at least one-third of the titles now on the library list. Desirable volumes like "The Maid of tho Foothills." "Palmetto Stories." etc., have gone out of print. A new and revised library list will probably be ready for distribution at the opening of the schools in the fall. Some 700 rural graded school applications will be paid. Many teachers and many schools are inquiring about this payment, and the money will be forwarded at the earliest practicable date. Local school officers should call upon their county superintendents or their county treasurer for information. In accordance with the standing reg uiuiiv/ii ui um LHim ut me spring iflacilera' examination will he held at every county court house Friday, May 3. All prospective teachers are advised to take this examination. Every indication points to a shortage of teache-a unless the availuhle supply is increased at this examination and at the college commencements in the early summer. May Draft Stenographers. Columbia.?A letter has been sent to all of the local hoards of the State by Capt. R. E. Catwile, S. E. R., and approved by Governor Manninng. urging that the filing of occupational cards be finished at the earliest possible moment. It is recommended that if It Is found to be necessary, that the schools be closed for a short period to allow the teachers to give their full time to this work, as it is imperative that the c4khsideation be completed at oncew It is aleo recommended to the boards that if sufficient teachers can not be found to do the work, that citizens can be called to assist In indexing the cards. The headquarters office of the Stato urges upon the secretaries of the various boards throughout the State the necessity of sending at once a list of all stenographers who have been placed in Class 1, who are eligible In mak: - ? .... ii.. r a ?ii?> . m j up, ui# mo uv taiitiu ? ihw (lays ago. The volunteer-inn has been alow, and the department states that if this number has not presented itself for service by March 8, preparation will do made to apportion the number among the boards of the State, and call them by draft. Will Sue the 8tate. Columbia.?The act empowering the estate of Thelma Sandel and Minnie Sandel to sue the State for damages for the deaths of the two children at Lone Star In 1915, alleged to have resulted from the Injection of anti-typhoid serum, supplied by the State board of health, has been signed by Governor Manning. A number of other persons, at that time were made 111, If I m oIIooa.I k.. k^l .v ... oiK.ftuti. uj iTOiiiR iuj?i:inn wnn this same serum. The cane is to be brought in the court of common pleas for Ricflland under authority of act.. No Music Festival. Spartanburg-?There will be no Spartanburg music festival this spring. Thin announcement wan made following a meeting of the directors of tho organization. A few days ago the directors decided that the festival would bo held and sent Dr. Edraond Morris to New York to arrange details with aft is** and orchestras. Dr. Morris returned and submitted a report showing the difficulties in the way of a successful festival to be too great to overcome His report caused the abandonment.