The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 19, 1917, Image 1
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| VOLUME XXXI.
i BRITISH AND FRENCH
' DELIVER BIG STROKE
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Haig's Man Capture l.OOC
Yards of Trenches Southf
east of Vimy
EFFORTS OF GERMANS
TO REGAIN FOOTING
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French Keep Foe Busy South
west of Laon?General
Offensive.
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London.?About 1,000 yards of
trenches south of Farbus wood in the
regSon southeast of Vimy were cap
tuied by the Brittish this morning,
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irom tne iront. iv mil soutnust 01
Wancourt also was caltured.
The British yesterday took clever:
additional guns in the fighting be
tween Coisilles and the Scarpe.
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Despite the most unfavorable weather
conditions, the British continue
the delivery of telling strokes against
the Germans along the line from
? Lens to St. Quentin.
Apparently devoting the greater
part of their attentions to the im
portant sector of the line near Vimy
ridge, the key portion on the northern
end of the front which they have
-captured the British today drove
against two important positions north
-of the ridge and captured them. This
blow was driven home just southwest
of Lens and enabled the British to
advance their lines on both sides of
the Souchez river.
All German attempts to regain
footing on *hc ridge itself have been
foiled. The Germans tried twice last
night to drive Gen. Haig'.s troops
.from the positions they had established
on the northern end of the ridge,
but the n/ohine'guns broke up t'%
assaults with heavy German los:;es.
Farther south progress for the
British below the River Scarpe,
v;here Monchy-Le-Preux was captured
yesterday is reported.
French Resume Attacks.
Much importance is attached to the
resumption by the French of the general
attack. Seemingly thfty are giving
the Germans in the region southwest
of Laon all they can attend to.
preventing any reinforcements from
this sector to the lines menaced by
the British offensive.
The main drive by Gen. Nivelle's
forces was launched along the three
and a half mile front from CouchyJ.a-Ville
to Quincy-Bassee. A considerable
gain of ground was effected
here, taking the French to the southwest
edge of the upper Coucey forest.
There is very evidence that this attack
was carefully prepared by extensive
artillery fire, and there would
be little surprise if it developed into
a continuous offensive.
The dent in the French line caused
by the German attack in the Champagne
some time ago has now been
completely straightened out. Paris
reports the position re-estabiisnea
in tact by means of a shary attack
delivered east of Sapigneul.
Britons Take Two Positions.
London.?The British captured early
this morning- two important positions
in the enemy's Unas north of the
Vimy Ridge and are now astride of
the river Souchez, according to an
official statement issed by the war
office. A number of prisoners were
taken. The statement says the weather
conditions continue wet and stormy
Two German counterattacks on
Vinty ridge were broken up last night
with heavy losses to the attackers.
French Snccseses.
Paris.?In an attack last night on
the new front below St. Quentin between
Coucy and Quincy-Basste, the
Frenchc drove back the Germans tc
th? southwestern edge of the uppei
Coucy forest, capturing several important
positions, the war office announces.
J.n the Champagne the Germans
were ejected from trenches
ea;it of Sapigneul.
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MUSE PASSES
WAR MEASURE
Goes Through Without Dissenting
Vote?In Senate
Monday.
Washington, April 14.?.Without a
dissenting- voice the House, amid
plaudits of members and the galleries,
late today passed the seven billion
dollar war revenue authorization
measure. One member, Representative
London, of New York, the only
Socialist in Congress, voted "present"
Owing to general pairs and absentees,
only 1389 votes were recorded foi
the bill, but both Democratic Leader
Mann announced that all of their
members would have voted affirmatively
if they had been present. Formality
of a roll call would liave beer,
dispensed with if several members
who voted against the war resolution
had not insisted upon having tiro op
portunity of recording themselves i
favor of providing money t0 cany c
hostilities, now that the nation i< i
>vy r.
Great Do;ii! L>juO,
The bill authorizes $5,000,000,000
in bonds, of which $3,000,000,000 will
be loaned to Entente countries, vand
the issuance of treasury certificates
for $2,000,000,000 ultimately to be
met by increased taxation.
Passage of the measure never was
in doubt during- the two days it was
under consideraiton in the House and
favorable action by an overwhelming
vote is assured in the Senate, where
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iv r,ni Uc irtKfii up monauy. it prod- |
ably will be signed by the President
by the middle of next week. i
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CONTINUE ADVANCE
IN ARRAS SECTION
In spite of rain and snow and a 40
mile gale, British troops in Fran e
again have delivered telling blows
southeast of Arras and to the north
on the remaining portion of the Vimy
ridge in the hands of the Germans.
The bad weather has extended to the
front held by the French and Thursday
saw no activity there except in
the nature of reciprocal bombardments.
The latest British gain southeast of
Arras gave them the villages of
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' mitted them in this region to cross
jthc Cojeul river. The Canadians
kept up their good work on the Vimy
ridge and made additional progress
Thursday in clearing it of the enemy
The Berlin war office admits the
captui-e by the British of Monchy-lePreux
Wednesday, but says attacks
north of the village and on Vimy and
Fampoux were repulsed with heavy
casualties. Of Thursday's fighting
the German official communication
says British attacks near Souchez and
Fampoux failed. It adds that 14
British and French aircraft were lost
on the Western front during air fight
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ling- Wednesday.
Comparative quiet prevails in all
the other war theatres. Holland will
continue to maintain her policy of
armed neutrality, according to an ad.
di ess by the Dutch premier in the
first chamber of parliament,
i At a notable luncheon in London
Premier Lloyd George saluted the
i American nation as comrades in arms
The premier said ho rejoiced as a
' democrat that the entrance of the
i United States into the war gave the
final stamp to the character of the
conflict as "a struggle against military
autocracy throughout the world."
Unofficial advifces from Switzeri
land and information reaching Washington
are to the effect that Austrian
t and Bulgarian representatives are
making efforts in Switzerland look
ing for peace.
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Win, Carter, an aged and well
known citi"en of the Daisy section
? spent some time in Conway on business
last week.
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3RRY COUNTY AND HER PEOPLI
CONWAY, 8. O , THURSDAY,
NECESSITY FACES
FARMERS OF SOUTH
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More Money This Year in Food
Crops Than in the
Cotton
PLANTING TIME IS
THE TIME TO AC1
Let us Realize the Cal^mit}
and Misfortune That Even
Now Looms Up.
This country expects to win the
war by furnishing- food and ammunition
to England and F" ranee for their
use in keeping up and prosecuting
:he war they have been waeintr
gainst Germany for the past several
ears. It is not thought that it will
)j necessary for the United States to
ml armies to Europe, though oi
our^e this is an eventuality which
.iUst he provided for. In the meatime,
of course, whether we send any
soldiers to France or not, there must
be a large army in this country of
trained officers and soldiers able to
repel an attack should the war be
b? ought to our own doors?and we all
know that it may come.
The man who is busily engaged in
his farm work will read the papers
from day to day or the weekly which
gives him the general news about the
war and other things; but he is not
likely to realize the momentous situation
that this country is now facing
The masses are engaged about their
every day affairs and although they
see "War News" printed in great
red letters a foot high, it is hard still
for them to realize that the United
States is even now engaged in it.
What every man needs to realize now
at once, is that war is all that Sherman
said it was; and we are in it
now; that it will cost this country
great amounts of mnno"
..xrilVJ I'lHtll IllUr?.
be paid back in taxes of some kind o?
oilier; that we cannot too soon make
every preparation for this war tha'
our minds can study out; that the
foremost in the way of preparation it
the raising of the largest crops thi>ear
that the South has ever had; an<v
tlie practice of rigid economy begin
ning now and by the means of larg
crops and close economy go throng
this awful period with the lea*
amount of damage to us as a peopb
Now if you understand and realiz
the situation do not hesitate t0 begir
today to prepare for this calamity
Understand in the first place that :>
is a calamity?a great misfortune,
and that it must be met with good
judgment and carefulness. With
great need in Europe for large supplies
of grain and meat for the allied
armies taking it away from this coun
tr\, and the railroads and steamboat
lines tied up with the transportation
of things needed in the war; what
chance for the people of this section
to get food, unless they raise it here
in the South for themselves!
There is not one hour to lose. Now
is planting time and we want to impress
it on every farmer who has an
acre of land that he can certainh
make more put of food crops thi.
year than he possibly can out of co;
ton and other money crops. We d
not advocate the cutting out of cotto
entirely because there will be a grea
need for that. But of what use wilt
be for the farmers of the Souti
to raise a surplus of cotton and b<
able to sell it for a good price, and
then he unable to purchcase supplier
for themselves?
Think and act r.otv before it is t~
late.
MOVEMENTFOR WOMEN
AVIATORS IS STARTED
Chicago.?A movement to recruit
a corps of women aviators, to be used
as instructors for army aviators was
started here Saturday night by Miss
Ruth Law, America's foremost aviator.
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!, FIRST, LAST. NOW AND FO REVE
APRIL 19, 1917.
U. S. RECOGNIZED i
CHARACTER OF WAR
Lloyd George Speaks on Amer- I
ica's Entrance Into
the Conflict
AMERICAN LUNCHEON
CLUB CELEBRATES '
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Premier Thinks Kaiser Right *
About Democracy in Prns- '
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London.?-Addressing: the American x
Luncheon Club Premier Lloyd G jorg c
suid the advent of the United State?
into the war had given the fina.
stamp uhd seal to the character o
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the conflict which was a strug 4I *
about military autocracy.
The premier said he was not sui (
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prisea mai America had taken tim
to make up her mind as to the char- s
actor of the struggle, having regard 1
to the fact that most of the great
wars in Europe in the past had beei *
waged for dynasty aggrandizemcn (
and conquest.
Early in the war, Mr. Lloyd George \
continued, the United States did*not* 1
comprehend what had been endured
in Europe for years from the military ^
caste in Prussia. Saying that Prus- "
s;a was not a democracy, but that
Emperor William had promised it
would be after the war, he added: I
think the Kaiser is right."
The luncheon, held to celebrate the
entrance of the United States into ^
the war, brought together a distin- c
guished gathering. The guests in- t
eluded Chancellor Bonar Law, Col. ?
I Winston Spencer Churchill, Lord c
reading. ssnn?o t ^?1?
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Lord Bryce, Walter Hume Long, the ^
Italian ambassador; the Cuban minis- [
ter, and Herbert C. Hoover. 2
Premier Lloyd George delivered (
the principal speech. The premier re- ,
ceived a tremendous ovation. Toasts ?
were drunk to President Wilson and {
King George. I
GERMANY BLOCKADES 1
OUR AMERICAN PORTS:
Washington, April 17.?A German I
submarine today fired on the United
States destroyer Smith about a hundred
miles South of New York. Thejt
torpedo missed and the submarine 1
disappeared. The presence of an ene- j
my submarine in American waters in-M
dicates that the threatened German h
submarine blockade of the Atlantic 1
ports has begun. 1
HUNDRED THOUSAND
MEN FOR THE NAVY
Washington.?One hundred thou J
sand men by May 1. i
Secretary of the Navy Daniels con-j
fidently set that as the figure of it?-1
cruiting to be reached by May 1?the]
day Omiral Dewey fought and won I
the battle of Manilo. It will take
2,000 enlistments daily to do it. i
He hopes that throughout the coun-r
tr>, there will be especial efforts to <
st .irrSulnfr** ' ?
- .wtuiviii^ 111 wie next two
weeks and was particularly desirous
that newspapers help insofar as thoy 1
can with local campaigning. 1
GERMAN NERVES ARE ;
, BEGINNING TO GIVE i
Amsterdam?via London?The mil-,
itary critiv of the Voissische Zeitrng'l
of Berlin, writes that he has received
many letters which prove "that the
nerves of many readers are beginning
to give way." He dwells on the un- 1
founded excitement which he states is ]
spreading * among those at home and. ]
warns the public not to judge the 1
situation from single events but to 1
take events as a whole into cor.sidcra- J
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50LIVIA COULDN'T i
BEAR IT ANY LONGER
Hote on Severance of Relations I
With Germany Declares
U-Boat Attacks Illegal.
La Paz, Bolivia.?The note of the i
Bolivian Government to the German
ninister announcing the severance of
liplomatic relations with Germany
lenounces the attacks of German
lubmarines on neutral vessels as vio- .
ations of international law and of
The Hague conventions.
The note recalls that the Bolivian
nihister to Berlin was on board the
Holland Lloyd steamer Tubantiu
vhen that vessel was sunk in neutral
vaters a year ago. The note con
iludes: .
"Your excellency will understand
hat, although we regret the break ol
liplomatic relations between Bolivia
md the German Empire, such rela- I
ions have become insupportable un- |
ter existing circumstances. In conse-1
luence your excellency will find here- ,
vith passports for yourself and the
nembers of your legation."
The note declares that German sub
ects and property will enjoy all lib'rties
guaranteed by law, provided
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lelinquency, either collectively or a:
tulividuals.
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SECRET SEVICE
WATCHING AGENTS:
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Investigation hy an authority has
established the fact that German 1
Vgents have been active in Florence 1
:ounty for the past several weeks in '
he attempt to induce the more ignor- J
int classes of negroes to leave this 1
:ountry and go to Mexico. It is stat- 1
?d that they would be used in Mexico '
;o assist in the revolution promised
n that forlorn country. A few days i
igo one of these agents spent a day '
>r two in Florence. He was a Gernan
and was selling some sort of a
silver polish. In the lower nart of
,he county these negroes have been j
jerniciously busy. The tracks have
)eon uncovered and officers represent
rig- high power are close upon them. 1
SOUTHERN FARMERS
ANSWERING THE CALL
Washington.?A wave of agricul- i
.ural preparedness is sweeping the
South. Following a plan originated
\t recent conferences at Memphis by
Carl Vrooman, assistant secretary of
Agriculture, thousands of Southern
farmers are pledging their services
ay written agreement to aid in meeting
the war time demands for food,
t;he department announced tonight.
Agricultural leaders are determined
to utili'/.e the vast surplus prohieing
capacity of the Southern
States.
AMERICANS SEIZE
MUNITIONS SHIP
San Diego, Cal.?A munitions carrying
schooner, bound for a Mexican
west coast port, was fired upon and
captured by two United States tor- j
pedo destroyers. Five shots wok j
fired at the vessel when it attemy -d
to escape and the ship was tuen
beached. Several thousand rounds of
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wore taken aboard the destroyers and!
landed at a Pacific coast port.
CARRANIAEXPRESSES
GRATITUDE IN COIN
Mexico City.?General Carranza <
has mafic a personal gift of 10,000
pesos to the town of Hormosillo in ?
recognition of the fact that this city ?
was the first to receive him in a
freindly and hospitable way when he
took the field against the late General
Huerta in 1913.
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CARBANZA TROOPS
ARE BADLY BEATEN
Murguia Lost 1,500 Dead and
Wounded in Recent
Battle
VILLA'S MEN LACK
SUFFICIENT FOOD
Fifty Carranza Soldiers Are
Killed on Train by the
Rebels.
Laredo, Tex.?Passengers reach!no
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n.c uvum-i suite mat in a recent
engagement with Villa troops the tie
facto government forces under Gen.
Murguia, lost a total of 1,500 dead
and wounded. They added that in thu
campaign around Chihauhau City
the alleged routs inflicted on the Villa
forces by the government troop*
were myths.
Though the Viilla soldiers are said
to have plenty of guns untl ammunition,
it is reported they are none too
well supplied with food.
The passengers said that railroad
traffic is badly interrupted by ther
transprotation of trainloads of wound
ad to base hospitals.
Trair. Shot Up.
Laredo, Tex.?Fifty Carranza solriiers
were killed in a fight Monday
tiight with a band of revolutionists^
who attacked the train on which they
were travelling near San Felipe, Hidalgo,
according to passengers who arrived
hero yesterday aboard the bullet-ridden
train. Several passengers'
also were killed. The casualties
among the attacking party was said
to have been 20 killed and a number
of wounded.
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SEE NEW PICTURES
THURSDAY MAY 3RD.
The time is getting short between
this date and the time for the first
appearance of our new serial "Patria."
It is a stirring story that will
make you take notice. The story will
ho fine reading every week in this
paper, and the films will awaken interest
at the Pastime every Thursday
night. Get ready to keep up with
this finest of all moving picture serials.
VICTORY OF FRANCE
WAS OVERWHELMING
Paris, April 16.?Germany suffered
another crushing blow upon the western
front today when 40 miles of
the strongest part of her line were
wrested from her with an estimated
loss of nearly 100,000 killed, wounded
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ami prisoners. All Krai ice hails the
/ictory as a briiliant demonstration
if the skill of her generals and the
courage of her troops.
Measured by the amount of territory
freed the victory- does not compare
with the Somme offensive which
opened a month ago, but viewed from
the amount of destruction done to
the enemy's armed forces and damages
to his military prestige, it is a
far greater success. Here there can
be no question either of a previous
planned retreat or a surprise. The
enemy expected an attack and made
every preparation to defeat it.
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MUST FIGHT U-BOATS
WITH SMALL GRAFT
London, April 1C.?Admiral Sir
John R. Jellicoe, former commander
of the British grand fleet and now
first sea lord, informed the Associated
Press today that anything and
everything in the way of small craft,
from destroyers to tugs, would be the
most useful contribution that the
United States couM make to the war
against German submarines.