The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 14, 1917, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXII.
COLLIER ARRIVES F
AT FRENCH PORT
Wheat tor the American troops F
' Who Will Arrive There.
Later
SEVERAL BASES HAVE i
ALREADY BEEN PREPARED i
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The Americans Warships Now v
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v Off French Coast Warmly ^
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Welcomed 1
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Today brings new indications of j
tin- increasing part the United States j
is daily taking in the great war. The ,
naval collier Jupiter, with 10,.">00 ton*
of wheat, has arrived at a Krench ^
port, Washington announces. Paris
newspaper accounts of the? arrival of
an American transport with wheat
describe the grain as intended for
American troops to come later. For
these troops, it is declared, a number ,
of bases similar to those on the Brit- ^
ish army in France have been prepared.
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The arrival of American warship?. v
off the French coast is announced by t
the French ministry of marine, which t
has extended a cordial greeting to,
them to the name of the French
navy. j
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Transport Arrives. (
Paris.?A large transport contain- t
ing wheat for American troops which j
are to come later, has crossed the At,- c
lantic under protection of an Am- j
erican warship, the Matin announces, t
The transport is now being unloaded j
at a French port the newspaper says.
Preparations are being made for g
the reception of American troops, the f
newspaper says further. A number t
of bases similar to those of the British
army have been organized. t
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Wiarships Welcomed. i
Paris.?The ministry of marine an- 2
nounced tonight that American war- 1
ships have anchored off the French
coast. t
The announcement adds: <
"The French navy greets with joy 1
on their arrival these new brothers '<
in arms who under the flag of the 1
great American republic, have come
to participate until final victory in i
the struggle against the common one- <
m my." i
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Big Collier Jupiter. <
Washington.?The naval collier f
Jupiter has arrived in France. Sec- r
re tar y Daniels announced today, la- >
den with 10,500 tons of wheat and *
other supplies. The ship sailed from 1
an American port without intimation
of her voyage having been given out |
in advance, and is now at anchor in a I
French port. J
The Jupiter is one of the navy's ,
largest colliers. She was the first
electrically propelled steamer ever
" built, and her performance was as
good that it led to the adoption of
electric drive for all new battleships I
and battle cruisers the American
navy being only one in the world to
adopt this type of propulsion. The
Jupiter was built at Maie Island
Navy Yard, San Francisco and
she has high speed for an auxiliary;
naval vessel which would enable her1
to escape submarine attacks under 0
any but unusual circumstances.
Secretary Daniels did not specify *
what supplies besides wheat the bat- P
tleship carried. j
SAN SMDORir If
* TOTALLY WRECKED :
3an Salvador, the capital of tho^
Republic of Salvador, with a popula- S
tion of more than sixty thousand, E
has been totally destroyed, according C
to dispatch from San Miguel, Salva- tl
dor. No details as to the manner in Is
which the city was destroyed have h?
been received, but it undoubtedly wa?i tl
the result of an earthquake or vol- 1>
canic eruption. | V
"HO
IIVER AND HARBOR A
BILL ON ROCKY ROAD
'redicted if Measure Does Pass
House Senate Will Not !
til
Accept It {of
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Washington.?The annual river to
ml harbor appropriation bill, carryng
$27,000,000, was taken up in the I
louse last Friday with growing indiations
that its way to enactment tJI
would be much harder because of th. ;u
utr emergency. Besides the group
if Representatives and Senators who
ihvays oppose such measures as por'; C(
arret legislation, there arc many tli
vho believe most of the new im- m
movement items, proposed can as *>(
"elI be postponed until peace. tu
Chairman Small, of the river and a
arbor committee, in bringing in the
ill, pointed out that it had the ap voval
of army engineers and argued
hat a year's suspension of work on II
rojects begun in former years would ||
nean a great loss by deterioration.
Republican Leader Mann, and Rep-'
esentative Frcar, Republican, attack
id the measure and many members on
Kith sides of the chamber assailed
Chairman Small with a bombardment be
f questions that seemed to indicate! c<
widespread opposition. Tonight there
were many predictions that even if Ji
he bill eventually passed the House! sr
he Senate would refuse to accept it. fi.
Congaree Proposition.
fr K ^ HAA ? ?? ^ 4 1
a. v/Vli^Ul UC I MUI ill OUUU1 Liil'O- ,
ina was referred to by Representa- ni
ive Frear. Representative Ragsdale, b<
)f South Carolina, told the House q
hat the coastwise trade has been de- cr
>leted of the vessels that formerly vv
iame to Georgetown, S. C., and other
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)crts, which has made it impossible f,
o deliver the freight formerly taken si
nto the interior of the State. ci
"The conditions which now exist,'* c<
>aid Mr. Ragsdale, "are not because,
)f a lack of freight, but because of
he lack of facilities. ! ||
Mr. Frear retorted that the statis i
;ics of the Congaree river for 1914,!
L915, and 191G show that its com-J
Tierce averages about 4,000 tons a.
/ ear after taking out the log and th-.
>ei products which float.
Mr. Ragsdale said a larire nart of
lie falling off in freight there was
lue to the wharfage conditions at Colombia,
which if relieved would give
i volume of freight that would justify
these expenditures.
"Oh," replied Mr. Frear, "$G6,000
11 ready has been spent there. Of
nurse it is a fact that there is no sj
wharf at Columbia. Yet this boat has si
>een going up there all these years ti
ind $000,000 has been spent by the ni
?< vernment. The W'ateree river does vi
\ot offer any commercial report, yet
ve spent over $200,000 on that. Your li
state is no worse than my State and sc
cts of other States."
p.APT Ifl ATTFNUMX |M
w?ni M i\Lf1l ILMIIUI I (l<
ADMITS CHARGES S
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Declares He Received Orders ki
to Sink the Liebenfels Be- ! f0
fore Sinking Her. |p'
' I of
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ec
Johann Klattenhoff, former master
f the erstwhile German merchant [n
teamship Liebenfels, since Monday th
ho U. S. Naval transport Houston so
laed guilty in the United State3
ourt for the eastern district of South re
larolina last week to the charge of w?
inking hus vessel in the Cooper river, sh
ust along the edge of the channel
ading to the Navy Yard, on the
jorning of February 1 last.
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Of interest to his manv friends in
outh Carolina is the promotion of fr(
>r. Marcus B. Heyman, formerly of,
hester, to the superintendency of th<
le Manhattan State hospital. Ward's
dand, N. Y., which is the largest
ospital in the world for the care of os
)e insane. Dr. Heyman was recen*.
%
r elected vice president of t'? New c<\
ork State Medical association. an
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\UlY COUNTY AM) HKU PK0PL1
CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY,
MEXICAN MILITARY
MISSION IN ENGLAND
London. June 9.?"To learn as
uch as possible from England and
ranee as quickly as possible?arod
en return tQ America to instruct at
ficers' training camps," was the an
unced purpose of an American milnry
mission which reached London
day.
Its personnel includes: Colonels
iker, Craves, Summerall, Aultman,
icutenant Colonels Ely, Anderson,
honey, Maor Simonds and Ellison i
id Captain Quekemever.
Colonel Baker, in command, aniunced
tonight the party expected to
ntinue on to France just as soon as
icy had absorbed all possible in for-'
ation in England, Major General
ershing has already made a hit. He
dked war business with the king in
private audience early today. H"4
irried from Buckingham place to
le British war office.
UMORSOFCHANGE
IN TRAIN SCHEDULES
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Nothing of an official nature has
en given out; but rumors have been
'mmon about the streets here for ^
veral days to the effect that after
jne 17th, there will be but one pas;ngcr
train into Conway per day, as
ic Atlantic Coast Line will take off
is said the 1 \te train bringing pas- j
ngers and mail into Conway at roidght.
The noon-day passenger will
?. the only train of that kind that
or.way will have after the 17th. ac>rding
to the report reaching Conay
yesterday.
Application at the depot at Conway
>r confirmation of this report, recited
in the statement that no offi- |
al orders to that effect had been revived.
HINETxPLOSiONS^
LIKE EARTHQUAKES!
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Earth Opened and German
Line Disappeared"?Hill
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ou iviaae uust.
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London.?All the special correjondents
at the front in their de riptions
of the Messines battle, fea- '
ire the tremendous explosion of
lines which preceded the British ad-.
unce.
"The earth opened and the German 1
ne disappeared," is one terse derription.
!
Every writer likes the effect on the
irrounding terrain to an earthquake.
"We saw what might have been the
^ors thrown open in front of a num?r
of colossal blast furnaces. They
opeared in pairs, in threes and suc'ssive
singles and with each blast
ic earth shook and shivered be?ath
our feet. It is worse than an
irthquake," said some one who had
lown one of the worst earthquakes,
hunderclouds of smoke rose in solid
>rm to immense heights from hill
), from Wytschaete wood, and other
aces, and while our eyes were full
the spectacle a thousand guns open
i fire. The air shook as Hip pnvt-r?
look and whore earth and air mot
credible explosions seemed to rend
e world until wo appeared part of
me cosmic revolution.
"Wo saw familiar landscapes al-i
ady ploughed and harrowed by the
ir vanish or assume grotesque
apes. Hill 60 went up in fine dust"
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DO YOU KNOW THAT
Peace hath her health problems n>
>s than war?
Constant vigilance is the price of
eedom from flies?
The physical vigor of its citizens is ,
e Nation's greatest asse* ?
Idleness is the thief of health?
Infected towol* J '?~
vj/* Vt?U C'jfKZ ill
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Half the blindness in the world i
ii!d have been prevented by prompt I
d proper care? I
u IN
E, FIRST, LAST, NOW AND FOREV
JUNE 14, 1917.
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FREE PEOPLES MUST !
CONQUER OR SUBMIT
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Washington, June 9.?America will
not be content with a peace with Germany
which merely restores the status
of Europe before the war.
The United States will demand that
the "net of intrigue" by which tier,
many seeks to link together a central
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iMiropean empire "be broken'' beyond I
all possibility of it ever being "rewoven
or repaired." |
President Wilson so declared in n
eomnuinieation to the Russian provisional
government, made public to
night urging the new government to
stand firm in union with the world,
ft rces of democracy.
"The day has come," he declared. |
"to conquer or submit."
The note clearly and emphatically .
st t forth America's determination to
"go through" in the war until Gerniany's
great Mittel-Europe dream of
empire is shattered beyond all preadventure;
until the phrase "brotherhood
of mankind" is no longer aa
empty one. The president indicated
that the German urgings for a peace
on the status quo ante were manifestly
based on desire to continue in
power, and that such a termination
would not guarantee Germany's future
break of the peace.
On the much discussed German
phrase "no annexations and no indemnities
in peace aims, the president
gave America's interpretation
as follows:
"No people must be forced under
sovereignty under which it does not
wish to live. Nn
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change hands except for the purpose
of securing those who inhabit it a I
fair chance of life and liberty. No
indemnities must be insisted on accept
those that constitute payment
for manifest wrongs done."
UNCOMFORTABLE FOR j
HINDENBURG'S MEN
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Haig Seems Determined to!
Drive Germans From Coal |
Mining Center. t
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I Last week it was reported that
British activities in the vicinity of
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Lens indicate that General Haig lias
determined to make the coal city and
the mining district around it so uncomfortable
for the Germans that j
they will be forced to retire from it.
While the artillery was roaring
away in Belgium giving promise of a
British offensive movement, there I
war, an attack suddenly launched last
night at the points from the vicinity
of Lens toward the Scarpe. The
thrust was a successful one in the
further process of rendering Lens
untenable. The British not only progressed
on the western slopes of
Greenland Hill, but pushed nearer
I.on <2 i r> ifo ? "> * 1
? ..i. >u LV-I ? coiri [I I)UISK!IT.\
German newspaper comment' inri:-,
cates that the Berlin staff expects a
British offensive movement in Belgium.
The German commentators are
speculating with some concern on the
heavy artillery fire there and the
notable concentration of troops reported
behind the Belgian front.
The recent naval and aerial opera- 1
tiens by the British on German bases 1
in Belgium have been notably successful.
Photographic observations 1
have revealed heavy damage to dock '
yards and work shops at Ostend.
The French have had to withstand
two more heavy German attacks in <
the region northeast of Braye, in the
Aisne district. The Germans not only 5
failed to gain their objective, but lost 1
heavily. 1
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MORE EXPECTED. 1
Washington?America's millions of >
the military age prescribed by Con-' c
gress are registered for the war \
against Germany. | t
In every State in the Union, re- j t
ports from the polling places to ( \
which some ten million young men c
marched to record their names are
being assembled for transmission to
the War Department. t
raid.
ER."
PERSHING AND STAFF
ARRIVE IN LONDON
Expects Soon to be Engaged in
thp WnrlH Wnr nn t'no
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French Front.
London.-?Cionroal Pershing and
party arrived early this morning at a
port in Great Britain.
The Ameriean general and his party
were received by the officers ol
the port, the general commanding the
district and the mayor. They were
escorted from the dock by a ban I and
a guard of honor.
General Pershing at rived in London.
this afternoon. He was welcomed
by Walter Mines Page, the American
ambassador Lord Derby, secretary of
state of war; Viscount French, commanding
the British home forces, and
other officers, including Lord Brooke,
who will be attached to General Pershing's
staff during his stay in Kngland.
readyTor?ening
at myrtle beach
The Myrtle Beach Hotel will have
its formal opening on Friday of thi.
week. The Hotel is in better shan
now to accomodate guests than i
ever was before. There have bee:
quite a number of improvements
since last season, the building being
repainted, both inside and outside.
On Friday night there is to be a
big dance and lawn party. The management
is taking a great deal o
pains to see that there is nothing le.fv
undone that would tend to the welfare
and pleasure of the guests thaf
night. There are many who do no4
dance and who have very little interest
at all along that line. For those
there is to be a lawn party. Th^
manager has ordered a thousand feet
of wire for that night; this will be
stretched to all parts of the ground
and lined with electric lights which
will furnish light for those who wish
to stroll around the campus. Rustu
seats will be placed under the trees
for the comfort of those who wish t<
sit out in the cool.
There are no invitations sent out t'.
these attractions as the public is invited.
It is a public gathering, a
"get-together-meeting" of those interested
in Myrtle Beach, and it is
hoped that everybody who can will be
there that night.
It might be well for those wishing
accomodation at the hotel that night
to got in touch with the hotel an i
have rooms reserved for them.
TO SELECT MEN FROM
REGISTRATION LISTS
Will Be Drawn by Lot Then
Examined Before Local
Boards.
Washington.?The war department
is at work on regulations for the second
step in the army draft, selection
by lot of proprotion of young men
registered, while the provost marshal
general's office was compiling data
on the registration Tuesday.
How They Will Ik- Called.
It may take a week or ten days to
jcmplete the nation-wide tabulations.
Then the war department will pro.
>eribe rules for drawing names of
Tien who are to be examined before
oral or precinct exemption boards,
ind for the composition of these
)oards and of boards of review to
vhich those drafted may appeal. A
all for a definite number of troops
vill be issued, each State will be no.
ified to contribute a certain propcion,
and State authorities in turn
vill determine allotments for suolivisions.
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M. W. Collins is the owner of a new
curing car.
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NO. ?.
GERMAN BLOWS FAIL
TO WIN BACK GROUND
Teutons Strike Hard Against
British Conniiprnr-; at Mno_
,^v. VI VI V Ul HIV/Osines
But Fail
ALSO PUSH FORWARD
IN SECTOR OF LENS
Effect Considerable Gain by
Sharp Stroke in Much
Fought far Region.
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Both official and unofficial dispatches
show the Germans made efforts
of the most determined sort on
Friday night to reinstate themselves
in the Mcssines salient from which
the British drove them in Thursday's
memorable attack.
Gen. PIumer's operation had been
too well planned and executed, however.
and his men were too ready
and well placed in thier new positions
for the German effort, which, carried
out by fresh troops though it was,
seemed to have no measure of suci
ess. The British brought up their
artillery with -
miii(ii \ promptitude
and held their line intact and inflicted
frightful losses on, (Jen. von
Arnim's troops,
i Meanwhile the British commander
in chief put his troops in other seci
tors on the front into effective action
and carried out an operation that waa
much more than a mere raid in force
along the line from LaBasse to weil
south of Lens. In one Stretch south
of Lens they penetrated half a mile
into the German positions, capturing
prisoners and machine guns and inflicting
heavy losses. These seem to
presage a speedy attempt to clean up
the situation around Lens to which
the Germans have been clinging for
several weeks past under imminent
likelihood of being forced out,
j Reports from the Mcssines battle
area show that more than d() guns
were taken from the Germans in the
British attack.
i The German account of Friday
I night's fighting on the new battle
i line east of Messinos represent it as
, due to further British attempts to advance
which the Germans troops stop
ped.
The Italians have indicated that
they are more than hlaf expecting an
Austrian offensive in the Trentino,.
made possible for the bringing of Aus
trian troops in large numbers from
the Russian front. The Austrians are
still contesting the ground occupied
by the Italians in their notable thrust
for Triest. *
There has been litil.-* ?M!i
..^v.v military activity
along the Russian front but the
Germans evidently have been busy in
( other ways for Petrog'ad reports a
wireless message sent to the Russian
armies by the German commander in
chief on the Eastern front in an attempt
to inveigle them into an armistice
and secret negotiations with the
German leaders. The council of soldiers
and workmen denounced the
German effort to induce the Russians
to play their allies false.
BRITISH ATTACKAND
MAKE GAINS
London, June 0.?The British attacked
last night on the Souchez river
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. .mi entered the German positions on I
a front of more than two miles, the I
v ar office announces. The German I
line was penetrated to a depth of I
more than half a mile. Heavy casual I
ties were inflicted on the Germans. I
The attack extended north of tho I
river. The statement says operations I
were carried on with complete sue- 1
cess on a wide front south of Lens to 1
U Bassee. I
The Germans made a powerful 1
counterattack last night over nearly 1
the whole length of the new front. 1
They were repulsed completely! the I
British retaining all the ground cap- 1
tuicd. I