The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 17, 1918, Image 1
. . . . . , - I
in mind that all sub/yj&.
\ T"\ scriptions to Th? HervJHm
Jftmust now be paid
< /Z_VJ?f- *n advance. This is the
II your subscription expires / ^ I 4 BJ^ -AJknL*4r I lore watch the date on the laliel of
(MP ffiatttju^g lif^nufl es?sf?
? <
$2*00 Per Ybjit in Advftncs. BAMBERGr, S. C., THURSDAY^ OCTOBER 17, 1918* Est&blisiiGd in 1891.
SOUTH CARO
TROOPS
\
RAWLINSON CONGRATULATES
30th DIVISION ON VICTORY.
CAPTURE SEVERAL TOWNS.
Roches Said to Have Run Like Rabbits
Before the Thirtieth
Division.
With the Anglo American Forces
on the Valenciennes front,
^^ i O" Oi?? Unmrv
VCluuer 16. ueucia; un
Rawlinson, commander of the
British Fourth army, with whqm an
American division is operatng, has
sent to the general commanding the
> division comprising troops from Tennessee
and the Carolinas, the following
telegram:
"On this occasion I resire to convey
to you and all the members of the
staff, as well as all other ranks of the
divisions my heartiest congratulations
on your victory. The
gallantry of your infantry and the
precisiqn with which the staff arrangements
worked fill me with admiration,
and it has given me great
pleasure to report your unqualified
* success to Field Marshal Sir Douglas
^ Haig." .
| The Palmetto Lads.
TJie Thirtieth division, composed
of North Carolina and South Caroi
lina and Tenessee National Guardsmen
has been mentioned frequently
of late in British official statements
and dispatches from the front as taking
a prominent part in the fighting
in the Valenciennes area. This division
captured St. Soupiet, Premont
and several other towns, and on one
ncoarfinn Associated Press diSDatches
from the front, said the Boches ran
away like rabbits before the Thirtieth.
The division trained at Camp
Sevier, Greenville, S. C.
American and British troops captured
in the Bohain region what was
* probably the largest enemy ammunition
dump ever taken. The shells
piled high, covered a large area. This
capture will greatly reduce the quantity
of ammunition available to the
Germans on jthis section of the front.
More Batteries Captured.
\
With the Anglo-American Forces
on the Valenciennes Front, Oct. 12.?
Two additional batteries have been
captured by the Americans operating
x on this front south of St. Souplet.
The German gunners were bayoneted.
The British barrage late - yesterday
completely smashed the hostile artillery,
which fired heavily on the
Americans at Souplet.
The villagers in Vaux and Igny
knew that the Americans were in the
war, but did not know that they were
fighting. All of them rushed to
meet the troops when the Americans
entered, the people thinking the men
were British. The Americans were
kissed again and again, the more
emotional of the villagers also kissing
the soldiers' rifles and bayonets
i
winch, had delivered tnem irom meir;
oppressors. '
The Villagers offered the soldiers j
tea, and when the latter produced
the sugar for it, the people all cried:
"Why, you must be Americans!"
Then there was another burst of enthusiasm.
Mines Failed to Work.
All the Bohain roads were found to
be mined when the Anglo-American
forces entered the town. When the
German sentries discovered that the
mines had failed to catch anything,
they shot at a big one in the center
of the place. They made a direct hit
and the explosion blew a hole in the
jT ground big enough to hold a large
f chateau.
Because the German divisions and
regiments are so mixed up and decimated,
the Germans are now supf
posed to have abandoned numbers
on shoulder straps. Instead they are
wearing defferent letters on their
designating groups.
Since the beginning of the present
operations the Americans have
captured forty-six officers and 1,900
men, and since joining the British
fighting forces they have captured
3,000 prisoners and more than sixty
cannon.
i
Officer prisoners say their orders
were to stop fighting with infantry
and to defend themselves solely with j
artillery and machine guns. They
complained there was a great lack of
ammunition and guns as a result of
the recent enormous captures by the
Allies and they added that the lack
of motor transportation was responsible
for such large numbers of in
UNA
ARE PRAISED
FIGHTING IN THE ARGONNE.
South Carolinians Acquitted Themselves
With Heroic Courage.
A New York division cooperating
with an Australian corps north of St.
Quentin encountered the severest opposition
and although suffering heavy
losses, fought with the greatest bravery,
according to an officer of the
Australian troops in a telegram which
he sent Friday to the general in command
of the Newr York soldiers.
The Australian officers said that
from a personal reconnaissance made
by him over the battle fields east and
northeast of Duncan Post it was evident
the Americans of this division
from the outset met with determined
opposition. They pushed forward in
the face of an enfilading fire from
German machine guns.
"The dead, of whom there were
large numbers/' tne Australian omcer
wrote, "were all lying with their faces
toward the front. Not a man was
moved backwards when he was killed."
The telegram goes on to say that
owing to the nature of the country
the Germans were able to get in an !
enfilading fire, and it was evidently a
gallhnt action that enabled the men
from Tennessee and North and South
Carolina to do what they set out to
do, namely, to break the first part of
the Hindenburg line. In conclusion
the telegram said:
"I am convinced that the officers
and men did all that it was humanly
possible for brave men to do ancf
their gallantry in action must stand
through all times in American history."
President Says Oversubscribe. <
Washington, Oct. 10.?President
Wilson today issued this statement
on the fourth liberty loan campaign: ,
"Recent events have enhanced, not
lessened, the importance of this loan,
and I hope that my fellow countrymen
will let me say this to them
frankly:
"The best thing that could happen
would be that the loan should not
only be fully subscribed, but very
greatly over-subscribed. We are in
the midst of the greatest exercise of
the power of this country that has
ever been witnessed or forecast,
add a single day of relaxation in that
effort would be of strategical dam-1
age alike to ourselves and to the rest
of the world. Nothing has happened
which makes it safe or possible to do
anything but push our effort to the
utmost. The time is critical and the
response must be compete.
(Signed) "WOODROW WILSON."
Concern Felt in Rhine Cities.
Baserl, Oct. 11.?Travelers arriving
from Germany assert they encountered
considerable risks because
the French and American heavy guns
are bombarding with considerable effect
the railways connecting the
Southern * Rhine cities. Near the
Swiss frontier the railway was struck
several times at different points.
Panic and a state of nervousness
continue in the Southern Rhine cities
despite the efforts of tbe newspapers,
which admonish the people to remain
calm.
*?* *7
lauirjmeu ucmg uaivcu me ur
fensive began.
Troops from five divisions from
other sections of the front have now
appeared in the line opposite the
British and Americans. The bulk of
them undoubtedly is being used to
garrison the positions known as the
Valenciennes line. All, however, are
believed to have been engaged in the
recent, fighting and are in low
strength and poor morale.
It has now been established that
fifty-three enemy divisions (75,000
men) have been engaged on the Cambrai-St.
Quentin front alone since
September 29.
The British calvarymen operating
in the main battle area on this front
have taken numbers of prisoners, who
said they wrere under the impression
that an armistice naa oeen signed
and that therefore they gave themselves
up. .
It is evident that "peace talk" is
having its effect in the German army,
as many of the enemy are surrendering
who otherwise might not.
All the German armies are now talking
nothing but peace prospects according
to prisoners. Many of the
German officers, who have been taken
prisoner, had had their effects all
packed ready for a stay in a prison
camp.
U. S. Food AdmMstrationL^^l**i'^aait?
OBEY OS
THE INHUMAN HUN.
Three Ships Sunk.?Hundreds of Innocent
People Drowned.
An Atlantic Port, Oct. 10.?Scores
of American sailors and soldiers were
killed or wounded by shrapnel fired
by a German submarine after it had
torpedoed the steamship Ticonderoga
1,700 miles off the Atlantic coast,
according to the story told by twenty
survivors who arrived here today
aboard a British freighter.
There were 250 men aboard the Ticonderoga,
an American steamship of
5,130 tons, and all except the twenty
who arrived here today are believed
to have perished. The survivors got
away in the only boat which was not
demolished by the shell fire from the
submarine, they said. Seventeen of
the men who reached port were members
of a detachment of soldiers detailed
to care for horses which were
being transported.
The Ticonderoga was attacked presumably
on October 2, when she fell
behind her convoy because of engine
trouble.
400 Browned.
London, Oct. 10.?The Dublin mail
boat Leinster has been torpedoed, according
to the Exchange Telegraph.
The steamer was making a trip from
Dublin to Holyhead.
Four hundred persons perished in
the torpedoing of the Leinster, according
to report, which has not yet
been confirmed.
300 Probably Perished.
A British Port, Monday, Oct. 7.?
The Japanese steamship Hirano
Maru, of 7,935 tons gross, has been
torpedoed and sunk. It is feared
that 300 lives were lost.
The Tirano Maru was outward
bound for Japan and carried about
200 passengers. The vessel was torpedoed
and sunk by a German submarien
-early on Friday morning when
about 300 miles south of Ireland.
The few survivors who were picked
up by the American torpedo boat
destroyer Serret, have been brought
here. They declare that the torpedo
struck the steamship in the forward
engine room.
Every Effort Needed.
Washington, Oct. 9.?In urging the
nation put forth its maximum effort
in the war, particularly in financing
it Acting Secretary of War Crowell
said today that this would be the
worst possible time to slacken the
efforts to defeat the central powers.
"The enemy is being driven back,"
said Mr. Crowell, "and this is the best
time to increase our pressure. It
would be the worst time to pause.
This appeal is to the civilian as well
as the military forces. I say this
particularly in refrence to Liberty
bond buying. I call upon the civilian
population of the United States to
accept the present war responsibilities
in +Vio cam a. cnirit that rmr crullont
A XX I.UV UUUiV * V VU1 QUtlUUb
forces are meeting their stern duty
overseas?drive harder every day for
definite victory. Now is not the time
for us to question when or how the
end of the war will come."
Remember our "Everready" battery
service when your flash light
needs a new bulb or battery. Faulkner-Electric
Service Co.?adv.
%
?
THE LID'i
| DOWNi
?? ?? ?
NO PARLEYING WITH HUNS.
Senator Bent Says Make Germany
Feel the Sword.
Washington, Oct. 9. ?Senator
Christie Benet makes the following
comment on President Wilson's note
to Germany:
"The only way to treat an outlaw
is t<5 disarm and then handcuff him.
The only way to deal with Germany
is to disarm her and make her powerless.
Why discuss terms with her?
What treacherous opposition and
intrigue can she not bring forward
in a discussion of terms of
peace! Why should she have a voice
in thnf dismission? Force i:3 the only
w
power she understands and fears.
Germany, the bully of the nations,
has chosen the sword and made
weaker nations feel it. It is at her
throat now. She should be made to
feel it for the sak$ of the future. If
she dreads it, then let her surrender
unconditionally and accept the Allied
terms. I am opposed to any parleying
with the Hun."
French Faith in Russia.
i
An interesting sodelight on the
manner in which on% Europtan gov|
ernment regards the chances for RusI
sia's rehabilitation as a nation is con|
tained in the announcement made
| publicly in the/Chamber of Deputies
,'that the Bank of France, acting on
j behalf of the government, has adj
vanced the sum of 500,000,000 francs
1 free of commission or interest, to 75
| French business houses which are
; creditors of the Czar's government.
I France has been Russia's banker for
nearly half a century and her stake
in that unhappy country is a tremendous
one. The feeling of government
officials that a better day will soon
dawn for Russia may be simply based
on intuition, but it is a kind of intuition^sure
enough of its ground to
back itself with a vast sum of money.
?New York Commercial.
Secure List of Casualties.
Washington, Oct. 13.?As a result
of a request made by Senator Benet,
the war department today promised
to furnish him with a complete list
of the men from South Carolina who
have been killed or wounded in
France. This list will include casualties
of all South Carolinians up to
this date. Senator Benet fully r?aH'oe
fVi a orroat interact tTlo npnnlp
bUV VMb AU w* vwv v ?vy rwr
of the State have in the men in the
Thirtieth Division, most of the First
and Second South Carolina Regiments
being in this division and will
push the matter as quickly as possible.
^ < > ?
Kaiser's Son Wouldn't Do.
Auburn, N. Y., Oct. 10.?Secretary
Lansing, who is here attending the
centennial of the Auburn Theological
Seminary, in discussing the report
which came from Stockholm today
that Emperor William had adbicated,
said: .
"That has been current for some
time. Unless we know in whose favor
the Kaiser is abdicating the story
has no significance whatever. If it is
simply setting up one of hi3 sons in
his place the situation would not be
changed in the least, but if he should
abdicate in favor of a democratic Germany
it would mean something."
? . i
GERMANS CK\
PEACE; 1
PRESIDENT DECLINES TRUCE.
: (
Will Not Treat With Present German
Government at All.
Washington, Oct. 14.?President
Wilson has answered Germany's
peace proposal with a decision which ]
not only fulfills the expectations of
supporters of his diplomacy but also
dispels the fears of those who predicted
he would substitute victories
at arms with feats at diplomacy. No
peace with kaiserism, autocracy must
nA ormietiVo Pdn avor ho thflllfht
6 U , UU ai lUACViVV VMM V4 WV
of while Germany continues her atrocities
on land and sea, one cannot be
considered unless it is fully dictated
by the allied commanders in the field
in such terms as absolutely provide
safeguards and guarantees that Germany's
part will not be a scrap of paper.
.
This is the president's answer. The
text of the note, which is directed to
the charge of the Swiss legation, follows:
"Sir:?In reply to the communication
of the German government dated
the 12th instant, which you handed
me today, I have the honor to request
you to transmit the following answer:
"The unqualified acceptance by the
present German government and by a
larcp mainritv of the reichstag of the
terms laid down by the president of
the United States of America in his
address to the congress of the United
Stages on the 8th of January, 1918,
and in his subsequent addresses justifies
the president in making a frank
and direct statement of his decision
with regard to the commfinicatiori of
the German government of the 8 th
and* 12th of October, 1918.
"It must be clearly understood
that the process of evacuation and
the conditions of an armistice are
matters which must be left to the
judgment of the military advisers of
the government of the United States
and the allies' governments and the
president feels it his duty to say that ;
no arrangements can be accepted by
the government of the United States
which does not provide absolutely satisfactory
safeguards and guarantees
of the maintenance of the present
military supremacy of the armies of
the United States and the allies in
the field.
"He feels confident that he can
safely assume that this will also be
the indsrment. and decision of the al
- ?
lies' governments.
"The president feels that it is his |
duty to add that neither the government
of the United States nor, he is
quite* sure, the governments with
which the government of the United
States is associated as a belligerent,
will consent to consider an armistice
so long as the armed forces of Germany
continue the illegal and inhumane
practices which they still persist
in.
"At the very time that the German
government approached the gov- i
ernment of the United States with!
proposals of peace its submarines are j
engaged in sinking passenger ships i
at sea and not the ships alone, but j
the very boats in which their passen- j
gers and crews seek to make their!
way to safety, and in their present j
enforced withdrawal from Flanders
and France the German armies are j
pursuing a course of wanton destruc- j
tion which has always been regarded j
as in direct violation of the rules and j
practices of civilized warfare. Cities i
and villages, if not destroyed, are being
stripped of all they contain, not
only, but often of their very inhabitants.
:
"The nations associated against
Germany can not be expected to agree
to a cessation of war while acts of
inhumanity, spoilation and desolation
are being continued which they justly
look upon with horror and with burning
hearts.
"It is necessary, also, in order that
there may be no possibility of mis
understanding that the president
should very solemnly call the atten- j
tion of the government of Germany
to the language and plain intent of
one of the terms of peace which the
German government has now accept- ;
ed. It is contained in the address of
the president delivered at Mount Ver- {
non on the fourth of July, last: ;
"It is as follows: i
" 'The destruction of every arbitrary
power anywhere that can sep- i
aratelv, secretly and of its single l
choice, disturb the peace of the world,
or if it cannot be presently destroyed, '<
at least its reduction to virtual impotency.'
"The power which has hitherto
controlled the German nation is of
4
t
/
(FOR
DON'T GET IT
GERMANY ADVISES THAT IT HAS
ACCEPTED 14 PRINCIPLES.
FOLLOWS PLAN LAID DOWN.
Vote Announces That Acceptance
Comes After Conference and With
Approval Majority Reichstag.
Washington, October 12.?A wireless
dispatch sent out from Nauen,
the great German wireless station
picked up and forwarded to official
diplomatic sources here tonight, purports
to give the text of Germany's
answer to President Wilson's inquiry
to Chancellor Maximilian on Germany's
peace proposal. On its face
it seems a complete acceptance of
President Wilson's terms.
The text of the note as received V
here says Germany accepts the presi
dent's terms as laid down; accepts
evacuation of invaded territory as
necessary preliminary to an armistice
and asks for a mixed commission
to make the arrangements; declares
that the chancellor speaks "in
the name of the German government
and of the German people" and that
its only object in entering into discussion
is to agree on the practical
details for carrying out terms President
Wilson has laid down.
The text of the note follows:
"In reply to the questions of the
president of the United States of
America the German government
hereby declares.
"The German government has ao '
cepted the terms laid down by President
Wilson in his address on the
foundation of a permanent peace of
nf iiisHnp Prmspnnpntlv Its ohiect
in entering into discussions would be
only to agree upon practical details
of the application of those terms.
The German government believes
that the governments of the powers
associated with the government of the
United States also take the position
taken by President Wilson in his address.
v i||
"The German government in accordance
with the Austro-Hungarian
government for the purpose of bringing
about an armistice, declares itself
ready to cofnply with the provisions
of the president in regard to evacuation.
i f/:
"The German government suggests
that the president may occasion the
meeting of a mixed commission for
making the necessary arrangement
concerning the evacuation.
"The present German government
which has undertaken the responsibility
for this step toward peace, has *
been formed by' conferences and in
agreement with the majority of the
reichstag. The chancellor, supported
in all actions by the will of this majority,
speaks in the name of the
German government and of the Germor>
nonnlo
iiiau
"Berlin, October 12, 1918.
(Signed) Solf. State Secretary of
the Foreign Office."
^ it> m
Violated Food Laws. .
Spartanburg, Oct. 13.?William
Foor, manager of the Cleveland Hotel,
probably the largest and most
up-to-date hostelry in the State, was
Friday found guilty of violation of
the food administration laws, the particular
charge being that he had in
his possession an excessive quantity
of sugar. The hotel man was given
the alternative of receiving no more
sugar until further notice, or to pay
the sum of $1,200 to the American
Red Cross. He chose the former.
the sort here described. It is within
the choice of the German nation to
alter it. The president's words just
quoted naturally constitute a condition
precedent to peace, if peace is to
come by the action of the German
people themselves. The president
feels bound to say that the whole
process of peace will, in his judgment,
depend upon the definiteness and the
satisfactory character of the guarantees
which can be given in this fundamental
matter. It is indispensable
that the governments associated
igainst Germany should know beyond
a peradventure with whom they are
dealing.
"The president will make a separate
reply to the royal and imperial
government of Austria-Hungary.
"Accept, sir, the renewed assurances
of my high consideration.
(Signed) "ROBERT, LANSING."
Frederick Odelin, Charge d'Affaires.
ad interim, in charge of German
interests in the United States.