Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' ? % < / Established in 1891. STATE BEING SUED CRD I ftDOC AUnilllT i uii mime nmuun i V SOiT FOR $100,000 AGAINST T!!C 8TATE WAS AUTHORIZED BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY. DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of South Carolina People, Gathered Around the State Capital. Columbia. J. O'Neal Sandel Of Calhoun county, administrator of the estates of Thelma Sandel and Minnie Sandel. deceased. Illed with the ofTce of the attorney general papers of summons and complaint against the State of South Cur( olina for damages amounting to J100.000. the amount in each case being 5SO.OOO. Tha last general assembly passed an act allowing the suits to be tiled against the State. The case will be beard In the circuit court of Richland county. The complaint alleged that, "on the 14th day of July. 1916, Dr. A. W. Drowning of Elloree, S. C., a reputable and skillful physician, duly licensi ed to practice medicine under the laws of this State, administered to Thelma Sandel and Minnie Sandel, above named. at Lone Star. S. C., an injection of anti-typhoid vaccine, which was furnished by the State of South Caro. Una, for such purposes." Thelma Sandel was four years old and died, It was alleged. 18 hours after the injection, and Minnie Sandel, uged three years, succumbed 31 hours after the injection. The complaint alleged that the | deaths of the children was due to the fact that "said anti-typhoid vaccine was contaminated with staphylococcus pyogenes, commonly called pus germs, and was impure and unfit to be Injected into a human being; that said contamination of said antityphoid vaccine was due to the careless and negligent acts and omissions of the defendant through It8 agents and servants." Early Closing Hours. In response to a letter received from the secretary of the Retail Clerks' Protective Association of Columbia asking for some ruling in regard to closing mercantile establishments at 6 o'clock on Saturdays, B. B. Gossett of Anderson, federal fuel administrator, says In writing to P. J. Smith: "I beg to thank you very cordially for your letter of September 16, and entirely agree with your views as expressed therein. "The only possible reservation would be the matter of a proper closing hour on Saturdays, and I might add that I have had under consideration for some little time the question of regulating the opening and closing hours of all mercantile establishments, office buildings, etc., during the winter months. "In fact I will probably issue an order to take care of the situation about the latter part of October or the first of November." Charters and Commissions. W. Banks Dove, secretary of state, Issued the following charters: The Mutual Building and Loan As orlatlon of Cheraw, with a capital took of $76,000. Officers are S. T. A. McMsduh, president; C. K. Waddill, ioe president, and G. W. Duvall, secretary and treasurer. The Florence Motor Truck Company of Florence, capitalized at $5,000. Officers are Frank J. Brand, president and treasurer; J. A. Rogers, vice president; J. C. Jackson, secretary. The Pee Dee Knitting Mills pf Cheraw, with a capital stock of $100,000. Officers are Robert Chapman, president and treasurer; G. W. Duvall. vico president, and H. F. Booth, secretary. Domestication papers were granted to Armstrong Cork and Insulation Company of Pennsylvania. The company has a capital stock of $10,000. The Realty Improvement Company j of Charleston was commissioned with a proposed capital stock of $5,000. Petitioners are Louis M. Shimel and B. Fletcher. Learn to Save Potatoes. For the purpose Pf instructing producers of sweet potatoes as to the best method of bousing them so as to pre vent decay during the winter months, the bureau of markets now has men in the field whose duty it is to assist in storing the crop in such a way as to prevent loss. Fifty per cent of the awoet potato crop in the country is lost. In South Carolina 85 per cent of the crop is lost. Most of this loss is caused by bad handling and improper storage for the winter. Awards Scholarship. Oovernor Manning has announced wards of scholarships at the Medical College of South Carolina to the following applicants from the various congressional dirstricts: R. O. Causey, first district, Moncks Corner; Charles W. Morrison, second district, Salley; Ralph L. Lawrence, third district. Soneca; W. M. Sheridan, fourth district. Spartanburg; Thomas F. Ballard, fifth district, Rock Rill; LV>ug las Jennings. Jr., sixth district, Hennettsvllle; Clay W. Watts, seventh district, Columbia. - * 1 "iT; . ' ! . fl/i 4> . * - The Must Have Building Permit For the purpose of allotting their work, the local executive committee of the Columbia district of the war resources committee held a meeting at the office of T. B. Stackhouse, chairman of the Columbia district, which district embraces the counties of Calhoun, Fairfield, Lee, Richland. Chesterfield, Florence, Lexington. Orangeburg Darlington Kersha,w, Marlboro, Sumter. Dillon, Lancaster and Mewberry. Men contemplating erecting new structures should follow this prooed* ure: Send to T. B. Stackhouse an estimate of the cost of the building, the material and the construction; tell where the material is to he secured. With this data in hand. Mr. Stackhouse makes a recommendation concerning the building to T. K. Glenn, regional chairman in Atlanta; Mr. Glenn makes a recommendation to an official in Washington who finally j passes on the matter. Then the applicant is notified. Perhaps by the time all of this formula ^as been complied with, the prospective builder has changed his mind and decided to put up with what he has until after the war. And maybe thai Is what Uncle Sam wants him to dc Thin procedure is to ho followed It the case of all new buildings, from i small dwelling to a tall office build ing. The whole purpose of the plan is obvious. Carpenters and an enor. raouR quantity of building material will be needed in completing new camps, additions to present camps, ship building yards and various other governmental enterprises. Uncle Sam simply means that he has the first move and that obstacles are going tc bs put in the way of building opera* ions that are not essential and that tend to draw labor away from war work. Confederate Reunion. The following instructions have been issued to the Confederate veterans who will attend the reunion in Tulsa. Okla., by TV. A. Clark, major general commanding: "Director General McAdoo, under order No. 28. has Instructed all railroads in the United States to make a special rate of one cent per mile each way to the Confederate reunion at Tulsa. Okla., September 24 27, inclusive. "Tickets will not have to be vail- j dated. The rate applies to the follow- j ing pnrtles: Confederate veterans and ! uifin iii-i s ui incir liiiiiiiHs, suns or Confederate veterans and members of their families, members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. "Members of the Confederated Southern Memorial Association are stlso entitled to purchase round trip ticket3 to Tulsa, Okla., and return at reduced fare. "Identification certificates will he is?ved by the department, division brigade of camp officers of the above | named organizations and will be hon- ' ored when duly countersigned by said officer. All camps and officers are re- | quested to notify immediately N. B. | Forrest, adjutant In chief, Tulsa. Okla. , the number of certificates needed. "Upon leaving the train at Tulsa every visitor not already provided for should go at once to the booth of the assignment committee. There state the price of lodgiug wanted, the number of rooms, etc. Cards for the lodging wanted will be given the applicant. with full instructions how to reach the place. If tlve quarters prove j satisfactory each lodger is expected to j pav for three days in advance a re- i eeipt for which will be given the visitor for lv's protection." South Carolina Casualties. Recent casualties among South Car- ' olina troops overseas as shown by late reports from the front, are as fob | lows: Killed in action?Sergt. C. A. McGraw. Gaffney. Severely wounded?Lieut. W. F. m Marshall A.nderson; Sergts. B. A. Sullivan. Jr., Laurens; W. O. Miller, Dillon; Corp. D. H. Shearer, Anderson; Privates D. D. Duncan; Anderson; M. S. Clyburn, Bishopville; B. A. Price Buffalo. Prisoners, or missing?Corp. B .T Meeker, Pelzer; Private II. T. Quinn, Spartanburg; Chas. Reid, Greenville. ! Drowned by submarine ? Hubbard Spears. Bennettsville; D. B. Kr>a, Conway. Calls to Local Boards. MaJ. R. E. Cnrwile has recently received two calls for white men, 650 of whom are to go to Camp Greenieaf, Dytle. Ga., and 143 to Camp Sevier. Greenville. One call is during a five days' period beginning October 7, to Camn Sevier. 141 mnn Another call is during the Ave days' ' period beginning October 7 for Camp Oreenleaf, for 650. Men to Camp Sevier are to be sei.t by the local boards of Greenville. Nos. 1, 2 and 3, and Greenwood and Oconee. Glnners to Show License. County food administrators throughout the state are being advised by I William Elliott, food administrator for South Carolina, that glnners should be required to show their lieensas. since it being reported to the food administration that there are ginners In this state who are operating without licenses. County food administrators are instructed to report to the Columbia office any ginner who is operating without a license and to require such gintvers to cease opera *.lon? until licenses have been secured. I foe FORT MILL, I BRIG. GEN. J. E. MAHONEY Brig. Gen. John E. Mahonty is one of the colonels of the United States Marine corps who have been given generalships. General Mahoney has seen active service in the SpanishAmerican war, in the Philippines, Mexico, Haiti and 8an Domingo. He was appointed second lieutenant in 1883, first lieutenant in 1890 and captain In 1899. He is now stationed at Guan* tanamo Bay, Cuba. nun unni nirn inr in-ruir uun flmruwtD Ant Aunvt IN RECENT OPERATIONS THE GERMANS HAVE LOST 10.000 MEN AS PRISONERS. Counter-Attacks by Enemy Result Only in Repulse With Heavy Losses of Men and Morale. London.?The prisoners taken by the British in the operation begun Wednesday northwest of St. Quentin now exceed 10.000. More than 60 big guns were, taken. "Further reports confirm the henvy nature of the counter-attack which the enemy delivered north of Trescault, and the severity of the losses inflicted on his division, including the sixth Brandenburg division. "Fighting has taken place in the sector east of Epeny and also in the neighborhood of Gouzeaucourt. "The prisoners taken by us in the operations begun northwest of St. Quentin exceed 10,000. We also cap IUIVU utci ou KUI1S. "The enemy aircraft activity was slight. Four hostile planes were brought down and three others were driven down out of control. P'our of our machines are missing. "Our planes kept in touch with the advancing troops and assisted in the attack by bombing and with machine gun fire, as well as by reporting many targets to the artillery. During the 24 hours, 16 tons of bombs were dropped. THE BULGARIANS STILL ARE IN FULL FLIGHT In the Macedonian theater the Bulgarians still are in full flight before the Serbians, who have recaptured numerous towns, taken large numbers of prisoners and great quantities of war stores. Following the usual tactics of the Teutonic allies, the enemy is devastating the country he traverses, leaving it a wilderness through the use of the torch and explosives. In European Russia the bolshevik! and fhe Germans for the moment seem to have the upper hand over the Czecho-Rlovaks, who have been compelled to evacuate Volsk, Simbirsk and Kazan. The success of the enemy forces is attributed to a lack of ammunition and other supplies by the Czerho-Slovaks. In Trans-Caucasia the British force which recently went to the relief of the beseiged Armenians in Baku has been compelled to withdraw into north Persia in Ihe fare of the large Turkish forces and the Ineffectiveness of the Ilusso-Armenian aid. BELGIUM WILL NOT CONSIDER GERMANY'S OFFER OF PEACE London.?The Belgian foreign minister, in discussing Germany's "pence approach" to Belgium, declares that the conditions cannot be taken as a basis for any serious discussion. Prom the details furnished by the foreign minister, it appears that Belgium received no formal proposition directly iium nit; iteriuun government, Dili that commounications came by an Indirect channel. THE OUTSKIRTS OF BENAY REACHED BY THE FRENCH Paris?The French, continuing their Attacks southeast of St. Quentln. have reached the outskirts of Renay, according to the war office announcement. In the Soiasons sector, numerous enemy counter attacks west of Jouy were repulsed. The important town o>f Contescourt in the St. Quenfln sector is now entirely in the hands of the French, who also occupied Cast res, further to the tortheast. *' It h ' . 1 r Mr 0., THURSDAY, SEPTEMB CAPTURE OF 16.000 TURKS BY BRITISH NAZARETH IN GALILEE IS AGAIN IN CHRISTIAN HANDS AND CONTROL. THE ADVANCE IS IRBESISTABLE Airmen Play Important Part In Sewing Up Enemy in Sack?British Losses Slight. Our transcendent Interests, for the moment at least, are the operations of the British General Allenby's forces in Palestine. Here, in less Ihnn fnnv Havo ?Ko DeUinh v.n?? awul UHJO UIV MJi IVIC11 nave nwi*pi forward in the renter between the River Jordan and taken the famous Nazareth, while their wings closed round in a swift .enveloping movement and nipped within the maw of the great pinrer all the Ottoman forces I In the coastafl sector, the plain of Sharon, the hill region In the center and also the western Jordan valley. More than 18.000 Turks had been ' made prisoner by the British and guns in excess of 120 had been counted when the last reports from General Allenby were received. In addition great quantities of war stores had been captured, and still others had not been counted owing to the rapid| ity of the movement. Although the Turks at some points I offered considerable resistance to the British, at no point were they able to stay the advance, even on the famous field of Armageddon, which the British cavalry swept across and occupied Nazareth to the north. In the operation of sewing the enemy within the sack, airmen played an important role, vigorously bombarding the retreating Turks, inflicting enormous casualties on them. The losses of General Allenby are described as I slight, in comparison with the impor| tance of the movement carried out. j ITALIANS HAVE JOINED THE FRAY IN MACEDONIA In Macedonia, the Italians have joined the fray with the British, i French. Serbian and Greek troops and I are hard after the Bulgarians and I their allies, who are being driven northward through southern Serbia. . Between the Cerna and Vurdar river, although the Bulgarians and Germans i are sending up reinforcements, the i allied troops have continued their 1 pressure. The Serbians west of the J Vardar river have crossed the Prilepe' Ishtlb road at Vavardar, which coni stltutes an advance of more than 25 j miles into their once-held territory, i To the east of Monastfr the Italians I have begun operations in the famous ' Cerna bend and hare taken several I positions. 1 PLANS TO SECURE ALLOTMENT OF MEN NEEDED IN NAVY Washington.?The program under which the navy and the marine corps will secure the men hereafter needed was nannounced by Secretary Daniels after conferences with representatives of his department, the marine corps and th? provost marshal general's ofi flee. The navy is to have an average I nf 1 r A Ail L1.. ?U11- ?1 lu.uvu uiuu iiiwiiiiiiy, Willie vnp maj rine corps will get 5.000 monthly Tor J four' months nnd 1,500 <!?ch month j thereafter. Of the navy's allotment of 15.000 i it may enlist or enroll men who have 1 special qualifications for certain navy 1 work, but the remainder will come 1 from "the run of the draft." navy officials culling out skilled men to meet ! as far as possible the special n eds ' of the service. Mon desiring to enter either the marine or marine corps will be rej quired to make application at the i proper racrultng office. When men are accepted for the navy, the mobiliationz officers will apply for them through their druft boards, but in case of men qualified to enter the marine corps the recruiting officer will s?nd a request to the provost marshal general j for their enrollment. HAIG SMASHES HUN LINES AT FOUR DISTINCT POINTS London. ? Field Marshal llaig's troops smashed into the German lines at four distinct points on the battle front. English troo?? ???. ~ north of the River Scarpe, advanced on a two-mile from. the British raptured several organized . points of resistance. North of Epehy. iiaig's men pushI ed forward in the sector south of Villers Guisluin. They also repulsed a German attack on Mouvres. ! TWO AVIATORS ARE KILLED AT INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDWAY Indianapolis, Ind.?Captain Ham, mond. of the British royal flying , corps, and C. Kinder, of Greenfield. Ind., were instantly killed, and Ideut. Roy Pickets of the speedway aviaMon field. Indianapolis was seriously in' Jured when an airplane in which they were returning to the Held from a Liberty loan trip to Greenfield went into a nose-dive and fell 400 feel while they were preparing to make * } landing at the speedway Held. LL Tl EE 26, 1918 5RSTBAYNE Mn. Bayne la chief woman inspector, food production department of England. I .MORETHAN 6.000 PR'SONERS I ALONG FRONT OF TWENTY-TWO I AND DEPTH OF THREE MILES ALLIES PRESS THE ENEMY. Hlrdenburg Defense System in Danger of Being Breached at Three Vital Points. British and French veterans have ; made another vicious and successful smash at the Hindenburg line. Sweeping forward 011 a front of 22 miles. 1 they went ahead from 1 1-3 to 3 miles, j taking many prisoners. The most im| portant aspect of the advance is that i it makes more certain the capture of ' St. Quentin. which the Germans have been ordered to hold at all costs. Field Marshal llaig's third and fourth armies charged over the trench system occupied by the British before | they wore pushed back by the Teutonic flood last March. They captured | In wide sectors the outer defenses of the Hlndenburg line. The British assault was over a front of 16 miles, from Ilolnon, west of St. Quontin. to Gouzcaucourt. north . of Epeliy. In their advance, which I reached a depth of more than three miles at some points, they took more ; than 6,000 prisoners. While tne Frencn advance was less I spectacular than that of the British, , with whom they cooperated, they : were equally successful in gaining j their objectives. They moved forward I on a front of six miles to an average ! depth of 1 1-3 miles, adding several hundred prisoners to the British bag. I They now hold the southern outskirts of Contescourt. less than three miles from the suburbs of St. Quentin. This city, where the troops of Von Goeben scored a great victory in 1S71, is one of the buttresses of the DouaiCamhrai-St. Quentin-LaKere-Laon. line. I beyond which it has been announced the Germans would not fall back. With the French in the outskirts of LaFere, , with St. Quentin invested and with the British battling doggedly for Camj bral, the great Ilindenhurg defense system is in danger of being breached at three of its strongest points. Once ousted from it the Teutons will have back of them no strong fortifications until they reach the Maubeuge defenses. GENERAL SOU K HOM LI NOP F IS COURT MARTIALED AND SHOT London. ? General Souklioinlinoff, minister of war in the Russian im perini cnmnei ironi mini to i:u;>. was court martlaled on September 3 and j shot on the same day. according to a Potrograd dispatch printed in the newspapers of Vienna and transmitted here bv the Amsterdam correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company. AMERICAN GUNNERS EASILY HOLD THE UPPER HAND With the American Army on the Lorraine Frnot.?In the artillery exchange of Tuesday the American guntors held the upper hand, destroying terman ammunition dumps near LaChausaee, in addition to a big gun. and making direct hits on the railI road near Chamhley. A number of box j cars were destroyed near Chamhley. j The Germans threw 800 shells into I the regions around Xamraes. Penney and Chateau St. Benoit. THIRTEEN TONS OF BOMBS DROPPED ON DOCKS AND DOME London.?British army and navy aviators in the last 48 hours have dropped thirteen tons of bombs on the docks "at Bruges end a Gernpin airdrome in Belgium says an official statement from the admiralty. In air fighting 11 German airplanes were destroyed. Five enemy seaplanes which approached the east coast of Kngland were driven olT by four British machines, one enemy machine be Inr Hulrnvftd. ' : * ' ' 1 [MES MIGHTY BLOW SETS HOLY LAND AFLAME TEUTON ALLIES ARE IN FOR FURTHER EXTREMELY HARD USAGE BY ALLENBY. MPT RPQillTQ flC flMC n*V in. i HL.UULi u ui uivl uni Turkish Line Is Penetrated to Depth of Twelve Miles Over Front cf Sixteen Miles. The Holy Land is aflame under the impetus of a mighty stroke by the British. French and friendly Arab forces, and the Turks from the Jordan river westward to the Mediterranean seemingly are in rout. Added to their already heavy losses in ground, men killed, wounded, or made prisoner and stores captured in Belgium. France. Italy and the Hal- I kani, the Teutonic allies. judging from first reports of the hostilities beguu against the Ottoman in Palestine, are in for further extremely hard usage. In less than a day General Allenby'a British forces, aided by French troops and natives under the flag of the king ! of the Hedjas, struck the Turkish line i over a front of 16 miles and penetrat- \ ed it to a depth of 12 miles, taking ; more than 2,000 Turks prisoner and 1 over-running the entire hostile defen- : sive system. Railway and highway | junction points were captured and strong forces of cavalry at last accounts were well in advance of the attacking troops, threatening to carry j out a turning movement against the fleeing Turks which might prove disastrous to them. Meanwhile along the shores of the Mediterranean naval j units were clearing the coastal roads I of the enemy by their gunfire. In addition to tho large number of i prisoners taken great quantities of | war materials had fallen into the hands of the allied troops. j PROCLAMATION BY PRESIDENT OF A GREATER LIBERTY DAY Washington.?President Wilson has proclaimed Saturday. October 12. the j four hundred and twenty-sixth anni| versary of the discovery of America, j i as Liberty day, and. called upon all | I citizens to celebrate it to stimulate a generous response to the fourth Lib- 1 ertv lonn. The President's proclamation fol lows: "The anniversary of the discovery of America must, therefore, have for us in this fateful year a peculiar and thrilling significance. We should make it a day of ardent redcdication ; to the ideals upon which our govern! ment is founded and by which our present heroic tasks are inspired. "N'ow, therefore. I. Woodrow Wil son. President of the United States. I do appoint Saturday, the 12th day of ; October. 1918. as Liberty day. On | that day I request the citizens of j every community of the United States. I do appoint Saturday, the 12th day of | October, 1918. as Liberty day. On j that day I request the citizens of every J community of the United States, city. | town, and countryside, to celebrate I the discovery of our country in order ; to stimulate a generous response to ; the fourth Liberty loan. C'ommemo! rative addresses, pageants, harvest home festivals or other demonstra mm* niiiiiiKi iip arranged lor in every neighborhood under the general direction of the secretary of the treas( ury and the immediate direction of the Liberty loan committee in co-operation with the I'nited States bureau of education and the public school authorities. Let the people's response to the fourth Liberty loan express the measure of their devotion to the ideals | which have guided the country from I its discovery until now, and of their I determined purpose to defend them and guarantee their triumph. "For the purpose of participating in Liberty day celebrations all employes of the federal government throughout the country whose services can he spared may he excused 011 Saturday. , the 12th day of October, for 1 he entii% day. "WOODROW WILSON." 'CZECHOSLOVAK FORCES ARE |. GATHERING FAST AT IRKUTSK ' Tokio.- Czo -ho-Slovak forces from ' the west and those from Vladivostok. ! after having effected a junction at | Tohita. are concentrating at Irkutsk in preparation for an advance to relief 1 ] of the Cezcho-Slovaks in Kuropean I Russia, says a war office announcement. The relief force will be com I lliuimru UT x? IK'Idl VKUIId, III** V /.I'CIIU* , slovak loader. Immediate and important results are expected. I VERY HEAY LOSSES BY FOE AT BATTLE OF ST. QUENTIN British Headquarters in France.? I German casualties in the battle of ! St. Quontin. which now is quieting I down, have been most hei.vy owing to the close character of -he fighting and the sturdy resistance of the Teutons. The sixth Hrandennurg division was raked to shreds hv a machine gun ; barrage. ; The villages of Holnon and Lempire i have been entirely cleared of small I pockets of Germans. ' Jl S1.25 Per Y?ar. I feSffl DISASTER'S HAND IS HEAVY ON FDE - I t --^m THE GLOOMY PALL OF DEFEAT HANGS HEAViLY OVER MEAD OP ENEMY EVERYWHERE. \ CONSTANTINOPLE IS BOMBEt 35,000 Prisoners, 380 Guns and Great Stores of Munitions of War, ? Recent Result of Victory. Disaster has overtaken the arnaiw of the Teutonic allies on all fields In Palestine the Turks are all bat absolutely crushed; in Macedonia th?entente forces are harrying their for* and threatening them with similar disaster; in France the British a a* French troops slowly hut surely eating their way into the vitals of tfcs German defensive position's, the collapse of which would result in important changes all along the wester* battle front, and in eastern Sihcrhs the Japanese have made addltionar strides forward in the process of reclaiming that territory for the Russians. From north of Jerusalem to ih? Sea of Galilee, in the territory lying between the River Jordan and th# Mediterranean sea, the Ottoina*. forees have been caught by the swift drive of the British armies and virtually annihilated. Added to the heavy casualties suffered by tho Turkv hordes of them were made prisoner and many more are wandering, hv nilil' iril ?\ II 11(1111 Ifuuurs III IUC DIlJIs eventually to be brought in to swell the great total. At last accounts mors, than 25.000 of the sultan's soldierr and 200 guns and large quantities oF war stores were in British hands. To add to the demoralization of theTurkish morale, are allied bombing raids agalr.st Constantinople. Over a front of SO miles in southern Serbia, from Monastlr to TaHc Doiran. Hie entente troops ore vigor ously assailing the Bulgarians ami Germans. Unofficial reports are ta tlie effect that the Serbs have take*, between 9,000 and 10.000 prisoners an* 120 guns. WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER IS ORDER OF DAY IN RUSSIA Washington. Stories of wholesale slaughter of representative people an& former officers because they are "dangerous to the soviet" are told in further accounts reaching the stale department of the reign of terror in Russian cities against which the 'American government lias called upon all civilized nations to protest. j All persons coming out of Russi* are said to bring reports of the ex 1? I tenee of appalling conditions. One detail is that the former officers art. shot at night in the cellars, the gum j being muffled with silencers. One Peters, head of the bolshevik extraordinary eirmmisslon against counter revolutions. Is said to six* death warrants without reading thepapers. The latest reports indicate that th% Rritish and French consul generals in. Moscow are under arrest in their houses. American Consul Genera* Poole is at liberty and permitted t? visit his colleagues. .Nfr. Poole is be Ing generally praised for his courage and vigorous action. FRENCH ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON BOTH BANKS OF OISI With the French Army in France.-?. The French now hold the left bank of the Oiso for more than half the distance from La Fere to Mov. The Germans had evacuated Vtn. dull under menace of being cornere# I there with their backs to the river by the French advancing in the region eft L?y-Foniaine. The French about the same time reached the quarreis jus# north of Travecy, which completed the conquest of the west bank of the (Via* In that region. JAPANESE HAVE CAPTURED 2,000 AUSTRO-GERMAN TROOP* London Rlagovieshtchensk, capital of the Siberian province of Amur, an# Alexievsk have been occupied by Japese cavalry, according to information I received by the apanese embassy. Two thousand A astro-Germans were r.itwn pnwinnrs, i ney taxi uown weir arms at Kokka. Kokka. where the Austro-GoTTnans laid down their arms, is on the right hank of the Ainus opposite Hlagoj vlestehriisk. FIRST STEPS TAKEN LOOKING TO FIXING PRICE OF COTTOW Washington First steps looking toI ward the fixing of prlrso for standard grades of raw co.tton w?re taken by the government in the naming of committees, one to investigate the entire cotton situation and the other t? control, during th? period of this inquiry, the distribution of cotton by purchasing all of the staple needed by the United States and the allien r* prices to be approved by the prerfdent.