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\ DEADLY EXPLOSION _ ♦ * MUNITIONS SHIP BLOWS UP IN HARBOR OF HALIFAX ARE KILLED mouth tldo of tho harbor. Of mi laen minutes after the collision the explosion occurred. Under the force of the explosion houses crumpled like decks of curds, while the unfortunate resident* were swept to death in the debris. I In the main portion of the city, where the buildings are more or Ifess i of stone or concrete construction, the damage was confined to the blowing in of windows and the injuries sus> tained by the citizens were in the main due to the cuts from flying I glass. Proceeding south to the ex- treme end of the city the same thing Three Thousand Tons of Munitions **,£>£*« after the explosion on a French Vessel Goes Up When occurred the streets were filled with a terror-stricken mob of people all Belgian Relief Ship Collides With trying to make their way as best , ^ ' they might to the outskirts in order Bynamite Boat—Biggest h\pk>sion t 0 g e ^ cu ^ 0 f the range of what they in uutorv 1 thought t<5 be a German raid. * | Women rushed in terror-stricken A ship of mercy, carrying food / for niobs through the streets, many of the Belgians, crashed broadside into them with children to their breasts, the French munition steamer Mont their eyes was a look of terror and Blanc, in the Canadian harbor of Hal- w ^th blood-stained faces and endeav- ifax, N. S., about 9 o’clock Thursday cred to get anywhere from the fall morning. By the impact the greater masonry and crumbling walls, part of o>ne thousand tons of ammu- lly the wire and lath-littered road- nition that were stored on the Mont R i ( l ew as they were passed, there could Blanc in New York, was set wild. With a blast and a boom that was heard sixty-one miles away, a myriad of missies of hot iron and steel, shell and shrapnel, shot into the sky and sizzling down upon the harbor and city snuffed out at least eighteen hundred lives. Hal ifax is ifi shambles. • - m:; be seen the remains of what luul once been human beings, now sadly torn and wrecked. Here and there on crack ed and shattered telegraph poles was the cloth-wrapped body of a tiny, tot scarred and twisted in the force of the horrible explosion which had withered all in its path. . By the side of many of the burn ing ruins were women who watched • with horror the flames as they con- Oeath and destruction held an all- funned the houses, which in many in day orgy. Nor is the end yet in sight, stances held the bodies of loved ones. Fires are raging, particularly <n the with dry eyes they watched their northern section of the city which home destroyed and as others passed bore the brunt of the disaster. How w t t h inquiries as to whether they many thoutiAiid« are Injured can not CO uld render any aid they shook their even be guew«*ed. A* might fell— heads dazedly. bringing no darknean, for the »k> wa«* Many of thoae composing the read for diIIca around—the ntreet* crews of ships in the harbor were were still thick with ma»*CM of men. killed or Injured. The damage on women and chllren, huddled amid the water front U very serious. On iPWlrigr, hundreds of them hurt but the steamer, the Plcton. it is report uucured for. The hospitals are ^ ttmt 33 of the crew of 42. had —Jercrowdad. aa to the city morgue, been killed. Many bodies of seamen Every vehicle In the city has been have keen picked up In the harbor treated Into service—to cart away 44 rescue parties art working among the dead. the ruins of buildings removing bod The whole water front was lav- lea of the dead, eltod. Maay ahtps la the harbor were The munition ahlp after the crew ^^townu^udt^theircrewal||iUi-toft^ha^vaaradhaUwjardi the govern as eat buildings. berrarks. full force of the explosion was re ck arc kee. schools, tha railway eta- reived. The reecuera. who were early Hoa—everything was either lifted the puhltc schools at the aorth end hodlty from Its foundatloa sad rata- of the city were pitiable They fouad pultad skyward, tha debris comtag the bodies of doeeee of little children Singled n th fragment* of hu sod ecoree of other* with broken odtea. or devoured by the Hmha as they spread throughout the After the explosion the whole pop- and town, driven by the storm ulatlou was thrown Into a state of that had driven the Helatau relief eiritemeet by the report that n sec • ' p agaldat the Mont ftlnnc ond munition ahlp or the magatiae It r«IUbl« r^ort.d lal* Tftar*- « .«* My £ 4ij Bight that BO vbbbbI— A»to»oMI«B fBBftB* l>fOB«> Uo .ki, or otk.r kta4 >bb 4o- "* r *‘*« «*• W* to kortr •trofoft. Tfto report that tha reoaol So —0OB tpOBBB la tha Malft mb raaaoO hr tho relW ahlp oaa aa oIh • •y* Aarerlcaa Mpaitloa ataaarer oaa caao* »• IkgSM WII aft hoar >»«« H III la fcaUara4. ky iko (art that g** *•«“*» ha4pUara4 oa —— •“ »“•—SaTart'srS It m ,u rwa nagnsine was flooded and by noon nil the danger was passed Scores of persona are reported missies and ft to not known ebetber they are the Telegraph and cable innlca- dead nr nt (he homes of friends The reoroaetoo shattered the big tins woo vlriujlly wiped out by the ond tboosonds of feet of an* disaster All day tong Hnltfna was ana * 01 • nt! •'ill te - practically iw»iats.i from ihc out•!<!• surld Frsntlr »f forts ••» being mstis to rs«torv direr* t remunl «tl.>o Tbs larX of It All power plaata In the nr# out of runimiftftloa sad the newspaper offices have been eo had ly wrecked that publication of the B , paper* Is impoesibl# ed numsroes ron flirting mperi* OineJackets from aa Americaa thrwnghout the day Clttoa sad towns war pnip ^ —uu n m | Q Mlro i Dg for mites around the mrirkee rity ore ^Y^atfirts nvgMMMV SSltof Mpsdlliona. IMPS j|| # French steamship Moat Blanc took oa S.Mr tons of high explosive* shortly after her arrival la New York from Durance November 9. Included lu her deadly cargo was a quantity of T. N. T trtnuroteloul The most serious aspect of the alt • nd •utomobllss with food and medl cal supplies are rushing to the from all aftdee American cities the border and la the east are Join lag la the work of merry Between 1.999 and 2.999 people a. a * are believed to havo been killed la *at!on from tho viow of officiate lu th# explosion end lu the uftermath New York was that a disaster ot All business hna been suspended such proportions as the on# at Hall- sad armed guards of soldiers and fas would croato a dangerous delay sailom are petroling the city, which In food nad munitions shlpasenta to to pnrijy t» darhnene—Mor-m* atiaei OifWf ftmiTO: TT hna been common tar la motlng All tho hospitals and knowledge that practically all the many private home* are filled with food and munitions shipped from o wounded and public buildings Canada passed through tho port ot ve been thrown open for care of Halifax, which had been converted e Injured. since the war Into a great naval and Following the exptoatoh thousands merchant base standing, as It does. rn!»hed for the open. Some of the '*u dl^eri lane to the British Isles, little children In the schools became by the speediest routes, panic-stricken Soon every street was There we e no t'anadian troop* filled with the Injured. The work resdv for embarkation In Halifax at of rescue was greatly Impeded by tbe the time of the harbor explosion, ac- pBes of debris in the devastated cording to latest word received In area. Boston from Truro. N. 8. Flames A part of the town of Dartmouth are still raging in the northern pari is also In rums Nearly aU the build- o the city, though they are said to ings in the dockyard are in ruins. be under control. As to the casual- I'radically all of the north end of Men, dispatches just coming in Blind the city is destroyed v hv Hie original estimate of “more The buildings which were not de- than 1.000 dead.* Those who were stroyed by the explosion wee laid fatally injured alone gre said to run waste by the fire that • immediately into the thousands. As relief train' followed a v d veritable caravans of automobiles Thousands of persons have been with food and medical supplies are rendered home’ess. The Academy of routing into the w-recked -city, the Music and many other public build- misery is being gradually relieved ings have been thrown open to house The property damage is beyond esti- the homeless. Five hundred tents mate at present have been erected on the Common — - .. and these will he occupied by the RAID 1 0MTW1N troops, who have given un their bar- ImlH Vli LUI1WI1 racks to house the homeless women / »•— and child en. Temporary hospitals German Planes Visit Metropolis— and morgues have been opened in the Two are Brought Down. school houses in the western section of the city Doctors and nurses are working hero’cally in rendering aid ^r^ovfock Thursday mornin? ^ f ' cially - Of these, six reached Lon- About twenty-five airplanes raided Kogiand Thursday, jt is announced don. T wo -of the raiders wmre brought s'* m en on each machine being captured. .•> .j i uy the raiders and peop’e we>e lifted from the side- W* nXuw hrS walks and thrown * flat IntQ the * 1 t . he ? 1 ® r ® Q uiokl y brought Htieets we c c owded wdth people wendine their w"»y to work. Suddeply like a holt from the blue, there came an e p’oe-on. From one end of ihr c'tv to t 1 o other'g a^s fel, streets 'In the downtown offices just begirinine to' hiim with the mual day’s a<t’vifes. clerks and ’ eads alike co ered under the show's of falling g 1 ps and plaster. The col i‘'‘on was a te*r1fi? onf nrde r control. . The believed to he light. casualties are MAY ENLIST NOW munition l out being pi—* I on N '°« romln K ra » Can port side a’most to the entin'* om The re’lef vessel. w»-ich wrs .l(dn Army Any Time. rrln^re’d. kept yo’nv ahead with the wounded c^af* and wjien the fire was seen In hreih abo ’d * 1 e hnek» a d awav and the fT**w «t***ed to abnndon k The Mont Blase drifted ava*. a burn'nv wreck whl'e fb# re^ef ho%r bed sear Tafts Cave oa f4e RH:t- aouacetf reelstrant* whose claasifich- • own request bo Immediately I* doctod Itito the military service, *>•* sn f order numbe r s are so low **» t thev do not fall within the ror- ~e»t o*o»ss of their local hoards may Feovoft* Marshal Gea. Crowder aa- BIG AUCTION SALE ■ v 33 SMALL FARMS ST • f , Dec. 20th, 11 O’Clock * * W. M. Fair & Co.,’ of Elbree, S: C., will cut a tract of 840 acres into 25 acres 31-2 miles Northeast of Elloree, all fronting on McCordes Ferry Public Road, together with seven houses, barns, stables, and all timber thereon. This tract is a portion of the old L. V., Whaley farm, and will be sold to the highest bidder rain or shine on easy terms. Lands to be sold to white or colored, regardless of what it brings on the block. — One Farm Given Away Absolutely Free. Promioeot Speakers. Brass Band. Dinner on Grounds. Remember tbe Date, December 20th, 1917. ::: of council ALLIES Tl SAVE T9NNAIE SI U. S. CAN LAND TROOPS to ord#r to draw pi*ax for th* pat* meat of llahll ittoo aad tho syst' m of loop* aad rat** of *srhaaso aad tha* aaaor* coac#rt*d action NOT OFFICIAL VIEWS AVIATORS IN ITALY CO-OIDINATE WAR MOVES later-AUtod Body, M«oUog to Part* Take* Up Mao Power tjmtloo— All N'atioo* to Jola Hand* for an -- Bffertiv* Pro*erwtion of the W *1 —Naval Board to Meet Again. Consideration of tha question o< man power for the prosecution of me war was one of me luipoiiant matters taken up by the Inter-Allied ccnference In Paris, It became know.* \\ednesday when the official sum mary of the results of the conference was made public. In the permanent committee which will handle this problem the United States will be represented, it having been decided by the confer ence that the United States should appoint delegates to participate in .the deliberations of the committee The conference decided to create an international organization to co ordinate the utilization of transport , facilities. In this way, without ham pering tiie employment of the vari ous nations’ resources, it is planned for them to restrict their imports to permit as much tonnage as possible to be released for the carrying of American troops. The conference provided for an inter-Allied committee to carry out ihe decisions of that body with re gard to unity of action n the pro duction of war manufactures, such as armament and airplanes by way of avoiding duplications, and for spe cialization by the various nations In the blanches of production for which they are best fitted. The statement issued by the in ter-Allied conference in Paris is as follows: “The various committees consti tuted by the inter-Allied conference debit as a whole with the technical question of the .conduct of the war, the details of which can not be pub lished. However, at the conclusion of their deliberations, the cotamittee decided to*publish the following res olutions: . “The financial section, meeting under the presidency of Louis Klotz iFiench minister of finance I, held numerous sittings in Die course of 'hicii the various financial qties- successively examined. At the end ions inte rest ing to the A!lle« we *e ’ f. fts nho’e this section unanimously ado*’te<| the following resolutions: . ** The delegates to the Allied pow- 1 *r* In the fmawc»ni eerilon ronsldei i \ tr«#n a view to rwordl regelaety j noting their effort, to **Oeeor T Croohy teaetotent lory of the treemiry of the United StotoeI• and M Ktota told the eee- tfton that la their opinion this regu lar meeting ought to ha a permanent rganlialioa “Armament and aviation taction: The repreaentatlvae of the Allied no tions examined - the condition* of their various war manufacture* aad oanld*red practical means of avoid- ag all dupBcation and directing th* effort of aarh nation to th* produc tion of the thtags for which It to lulled In matter* of first Importance An Inter-Allied committee was form ed for carrying out the commlMton program and designs were arrived at. ‘’Sections of Imports, maritime transports and suppllea: The Allies, 'onsldering that the means of mari time transport at their disposal aa well as the supplies at their commaud ought to be utilized in common for the conduct of the war, decided to create an interAUied organization with a view to co-ordinating action in ’his direction; to restrict their im ports in orders to release as much ’onnage as possible for the transport >f American troops. # “Blockade section: The blockade section examined, .in the first place, Interior I*. V. Harbeson's Store, the conventions of the Allies with Switzerland regarding the questions of blockade. The draft of an ar- langement between the United States and Switzerland was approved and the United States will nominate del egates to participate in the delibera tions of the inter-Allied commission at Berne.” The section decided to make the disposition necessary to enable the commission in regard to the food supply in Belgium and in northern France to"accomplish its program, Naval section: A conference was held at the ministry of marine, Paris, November 29. M. Leygues, minister bt marine, presided. The conference comprised representatives of the naval powers. It was decided to create an inter-Allied council in order to assure close contact and more complete co-operation between the naviea-of the Allies. “The mission of the council will be to watch over the general con duct of the war and assure co-ordi nation of effort on the sea. The council will make all suggestions necessary to assist the decisions of the governments and will hold itself cognizant of their execution. The individual reaponaiblllty of the headquarters staff and the com manders at sea to their governments oncernirg Immediate operations os well as the employment of strategi cal sad tactical forces placed under •heir command* will remain without change The council will he com # o*ed of the ministers of marine of "tie nations represented and the ad- ’"riraltv rMef* Aa the meetioea of the council will he held In Europe, the Waited ttatee nod Ja*ea vri*. s* tepre^o rl by officer* appointed by It win officially declared at etale department that both Ltont Uol Jud 1 son. head of the American military mlMloe la Keaton, aad MaJ M. C Kerth. temperary military attache at the Am*rlcaa embaaey. acted without instructions from this government la presenting communication* to th* Botohevfkl government oa th# nul led* of the United State* la tha af- 1 fort to effact separate peace am I at ice «tth Germany, MaJ. Kerth'a communication protest to the Kuaalaa ’ In-chief against an armistice. Col. 'Judaon's communication was couch ed In more lenient terms. The dis crepancies between the tw> mystified officials and It was not made clear until Wednesday that the action of | the two officer*, taken In view of clrcumstance*, was not on Instruc tions from Washington. The state department had no dis patches from Russia. It has been previously announced officially that the attitude of the government to ward the Bolshevik! was one of tol- crancy, hoping to preserve what pro- giess has been made toward democ- rr.cy in Russia rather than risk throwing the country Into the hands of an autocracy by drastic action. * » ♦ PRACTICE ON TEUTONS M:or.i tk< ve arrived American Aviators Train American Artillery on Enemy Targets. ..American army aviators are now working with the artillery, and the results r so far have been most satis factory to both branches of the ser vice. Tuesday American airmen flew over a certain section of the Ameri can zone and took photographs. The artillery Wednesday started firing at five separate targets located from the photographs. The aviators took the air, and the observers watched the results of the firing, which was at a considerable range. The first shells fell wide of the mark, but within four minutes DOMINICK FOR WAR Congressman Praise* President’s Ad- dress Before Congress. Congressman F. H.. Dominick, who opposed the resolution declaring war the observers were able to correct * with Germany, and who voted against this with wireless messages to the batteries, so that the shells began to hit the location. Later, the observers had practice In locating the other “enemy” with mqre or less success America’s enemies. Returns the Money. their respective governments. The Inter-Allied naval council wl'i be provided with a special serretar! at. which will take charge of all docu menu, etc., and jrill meet as often \r desirable under the presidency of mtopped Che ‘president tbe min let ry of marine of the eo*n—, message’ and one that UT where the meetings taka place spirit of hate arrived In Italy with tfcs British and French armiee to a large great of avtoiara, who am i:l . »sit Ing to get Into action Tho Brutoh have sent n large contingent af fly- erm. half af whom are youag C< diaaa aad Americana, who have doing scout work to Flanders northern France The aq»»droa whlc hsupneta to he given work at the front very noon to proving quit# aa attraction tor tha Italians While awaiting order* the flyers are keeping themaelve* to trim and the natives to fascinated delight by practicing over the town where they are blleted. There to scarcely an hour but that the hhm of at least two and generally four or more mo tors la heard above tbe town and every public square la filled with crowds gazing upward aa the young aviators bank and tilde and spiral and twist. The British aviators ap parently are much younger than ous decorations attest their long ex perience. . Both groups, however, are composed of picked men who have had careful training in fighting the Germans in the air. The flyers are curious to know what the future holds in store for them since few of them have ever flown over mountainous country, a* they will have to do. They admit it will be a test to put them on their mettle, since emergency landings, generally feasible in France, are al most out of the question. They an ticipate. however, ibat they will not have to face superior numbers of enemy aviators, as it is not believed the Austro-Germans will be able to maintain a numerical advantage. the draft bill; Wednesday issued a statement in which he praised the message of the president rnd de clared that he would vote for war with Austria. “My position for opposing the war at first is well known.” said Mr. Dominick, “but that time has passed, re-. cI,aui»n ^ . I We are now In the war and in It to l? ag n™’ wln and we ciin uke 110 backward Jf.T?f ^ ,he * 5 - 00u „‘’ W0 We mu.t stand by erery mote n .ni. ,0 ** m ' 10 ,tou * that I. made toward victory now that ‘ ••• jure are In this war and I shall vote for the war resolution aa to Austria. • was moved to enthusiastic demon stration when the president naked for a declaration against Anatria. That ccnntry has been interfering *iih, tfs enough sad It must be " a great tha