The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 12, 1917, Image 1
VOLUME XXXII.
^AMAZING INFORMATION
HAS BEEN UNEARTHED
A
Officials Say That Publication
of it Would Startle the
World
^SECRET AGENTS ARE
. OUTWITTING THE WORLD
War Department is Now Censoring
all News From
France.
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Washington.?Officials, who for
^>bvious reasons cannot be quoted declared
today that if the government's
activities against German spies in
the United States could be published,
t !ir? nr>w? wrnlil vtrii-tln flip wnrld
While not admitting they are convinced
that the spy system was entirely
responsible for the massed
submarine attack on the transports
of Gen. Pershing's expedition, it was
said that the combined forces of the
state, war, navy and justive departments
were working in cohesion and
systematically unearthing information
of an amazing character and of
\ great value to the government.
\ Allies Unsuccessful.
It was pointed out that even witU
the strictest censorship of mails, cab
les and press, the European Allies
have not been able to meet the situation
to their complete satisfaction.
The problem is of far greater magnitude
in this country, with thousands
of aliens, its immense' border and
countless possible* means of outside
communication.
Secret service operations, necessarily
carried on under 6over, are
given little or no publicity and this
fj.ct, officials say, gives rise to a
surmise that little has been accom~1
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( I . MUMJ.
Even Germany Fails.
f It was pointed out today that although
the Allies have never maintained
spy systems as far-reaching
or effective as Germany, even that
country, despite her registration of
individuals, her cov oaratively small
border line and her network of secret
police has been unable to prevent information
of her military moves
fiom reaching ^he outside-world.
Germany's realization of that is
fc shown in her absolute suppression of
* all mail and cable communication for
a considerable period preceding an
inmortant militarv movement.
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^ Censor News Dispatches.
^Washington?Secretary Baker today
issued a statement explaining
the operation' of the war department
censorship over cable dispatches
from France dealing with the American
troops, saying that the present
Iw arrangements are temporary and
soon will be supplemented by a
method that will not delay delivery.
"Pending the complete organization
of Gen. Pershing's headsuarters
in France" the statement said, "with
the arrival there of correspondents
accredited to represent American
newspapers, the temporary arrangements
by which cablegrams from
Prance dealing with American troop
movements are transmitted to the
war department here for distribution
will be continued.
^ "It is in tho interest alike of tho
y army and tho newspapers to afford a
certain reljance as to the propriety
of the publication of messages from
France. The arrangement is temporary
and will be replaced speedily by
a more direct method of dealing with
this news. In the meantime, an adequate
force to deal promptly with the
( 'snatches will be on hand 24 hours a
day and will deliver the dispatches re
} ceived in the order in which they
come so that no disadvantage will rest^
n anything beyond the brief delay
in sending the dispatches tc
Washington and back to the center
of distribution."
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RAID LONDON WITH
MURDEROUS INTENT
Large German Air Squadron
. Engages in Ruthless Sport
of Murdering.
London, July 7.?Germany's most
pretentious air raid over London
made with 20 aeroplanes early today
brought these results:
Killed, 28 men, 6 women, 3 children;
injured, 74 men, 30 women, 37
children; no military damage to the
city; losses to German aerial squadron,
7 machines downed.
Although the number of aerial pirates
was larger than in any previous
raid over London, the actual
losses in killed and wounded were
far less than those of the raid of
June 13, when 10 aeroplanes killed
lf>7 and injured 432 in London.
Duck Into Cellars..
This time more Londoners sought
rofuge in cellars, heeding appeals issued
after the last raid when the
great casualty list was caused in
large measure by the people crowding
in the streets to see the raiders.
Today's raid was also; different
from that of June 13 in that the Ger
mans flew very low over the city,
i careless of a storm of anti-craft
shells showered over the heavens.
During the previous aerial murdering
excursion, the enemy planes Were
idrnost invisible in the heavens. Today
they were plainly visible when
I they descended for the bomb dropping
over London.
There was a conflict in the thre<*
statements on the raid as to the
exact number of raiding German
machines destroyed. It was certain,
however, that at least seven of th?
raiders had been brought down and
possibly eleven. The statement of
the vice admiral at Dover insisted
that the machines which his seaplanes
brought down were not of the
the raiding party. This still left a
conflict in the statements of Lord
French and the admiralty.
Of the 20 machines which participated
in the raid only 13 returned tf>
Germany. No sooner had the enemy
been sighted over the Isle of Thanet,
off the Essex coast than word was
flashed to the vice admiral at Dover.
He sent five British flight squadron*
aloft to intercept the raiders as they
came from their killing.
Bring One Down.
Three of the British planes encoun
tered and destroyed one aeroplane
by driving it down into the sea.
A second patrol squadron drove a
second Boche flown, flaming from incendiary
shells.
Another was forced to land on the
beach at Ostend.
Forty miles off the British coast
some British air fighters met the
enemy returning. High in the air,
above the sea and the coast line, the
two squadrons battled, wheeling,
twisting and turning.
Here again the British flyers were
victorious. Two of the enemy were
sent crashing down into the sea and
a third bursting in flames was precipitated
into river Shedult.
The river Schedult runs through
Holland and for a short distance
through Belgium to Antwerp. Fortv
miles off the British coast at thisplace
would put the fight almost ir
the middle of the North Sea betweer
England and Holland. The pursuit
and the battle therefore must hav(
lasted over 40 miles.
Lord French commander in chiel
of the home defense forces, ralliec
his anti-aircraft devices at once. Th<
home patrol forces themselves ac
counted for one German flyer
brought down in the Thames.
Not one of the British flyers wai
in ilirnrl in fllft firrhf ini* ?i f It ??
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F.ngland, the sea, or the Belgium am
* Holland coasts.
The raid occurred at 10:30 a. m
The day was slightly hazy, favorinj
the flyers.
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The United States must indeei
look out in time for Germany. Ai
ready that country is laying plan
. for controlling trade after tho vvai
!< it is time for ue to realize wh-vl kin
? ot a foe we have to deal with.
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'HORRY COUNTY AND HER PEOI'I
DON WAY, S. 0., THURSDAY, Jl
CONSCRIPTION TO
PREVAIL IN CANADA
Compulsory Service Measure
Passing Amid Exciting
Scenes, 118 to 55
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SURRUKI BURDEN
INSTEAD OF LAURIER
Attendance at Ail-Night Session
Large, on Floor and
in Galleries.
Ottawa.?The Canadian House of
Commons early today adopted the
resoluiton offered by Premier BorI
den passing t0 second reading the
j bill for compulsory military service.
Exciting scenes marked the taking of
the vote, which stood 1 IS for conscription
and 55 against.
The vote gave the government
about twenty more votes than it usually
polls on important questions.
This was the result of a considerable
number of English speaking liberals
breaking away from the leadership
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101 oir wiirieu t<aurier una joining
with Premier Harder in support of
conscription.
Before the bill was sanctioned,
Sir Wilfred Laurier's proposal that
the opinion of the people on conscription
should be tested by a referendum
was defeated by a majority of
49. The attendance of members of
the House was the largest for many
years. The galleries were filled with
spectators throughout the night, and
until the proceedings closed at sunrise.
A resolution presented by the
French nationalists from the province
of Quebec that the conscription
bill should be killed by the adoption
of a six months' postponement was
defeated by the large majority of
166. Only nine nationalist votes
were cast for the resolution, and
1 both the, government and opposition
to conscription voted against this
! proposal.
I An amendment aimed to supply
mere adequate vrovisions for depend!
ents of men at the front was defeated
115 to 55.
i SWEETPOTATOES
i ARE GROWN EARLY
A well-developed sweet potato was
j sent to this office last week, grown
on the farm of Hon. George J. Holliday
at Galivants Ferry, and dug
from this year's crop on July 4th.
This shows that the crop is early and
well developed in that thriving sec'
tion of Horry County, and that the
Holliday farms are doing their full
' share in producing food for the war
situation.
This first sweet potato of the season
was baked and eaten in Conway,
and it was good. It belonged to the
Porto Rico variety.
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1 The tobacco markets open on all
the warehouses today.
TO TAKE COTTON
! FROM F0G9 BILL
Washington.?Senators from cotT
ton producing States express confi{
donee that the South's chief staple
> will be eliminated from the adminis.
tration food control bill before it
, comes up for a final vote and there
is a strong movement to confine the
j PiriltflD'n La nrtnLi'nl a<* Ca/mI C???wl
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r fuel, as it came from the house. Sen1
ator Gore, chairman of senate agriculture
committee, today received the
. following telegram from Fort Worth
r Texas:
"Cotton has decline<i 2 1-2 cent?
since it was included in food contro
i bill yesterday. Before congress gets
. through every commodity and everj
s line of business will be affected b.\
\ this bill and business throughout th(
il country will come to a complete stop
' For God's sake be careful."
LE, FIRST, LAST, NOW AND FORE
ULY 12, 1917.
RUSSIANS AGAIN
PROVE GALLANTRY
Even Officers Did Not Know
What Would Happen
in Test
SPLENDID WORK WAS
DONE BY ARTILLERY
Heavy Losses, Especially in
Officers, Suffered in Initial
Drive.
London.?The Morning Post's Pe?
trograd correspondent describes tin
scene of the main fighting in tlv
| Zlotiliana region in Galicia, and say*
I the enemy strongly posted triph
lines of permanent trenches in tfn
hills between which flows Kinicha
stream, 12 miles northeast of Bzez
any. The Russians, with a force Jt
artillery exceeding anything yet used
on the Russian side, smashed greai
fields of wire work after two days
bombardment and cleared the path
for stormors. These were necessarily
picked men.
Considerable precautions had been
ttiken to assemble regiments of infantry
upon whom more or less reliance
could be placed, although until
put to a test even their own officers
could not pretend to know what
would happen. The trial proved that
there are at the front men worthy of
Russia's great name.
Losses Hmvy.
The losses have been heavy, which
is in accordance with Russia's tradition,
Russian armies holding world's
records for ability to suffer without |
losing military qualities.
Southwest of Brzezany the fighting
seems to have been even more
severe and still hangs in the balance.
Thil winrinn Je nlon UC1I.. ?- 'I J '
* m a v^ivil AO a IOU Illll^r CtllU WUUU^U
The Germans had special redoubts
which required long hammering b;
tiie artillery before an attack wa.
possible. These defenses were hel<
by the Germans and Turks?a combi
nation which has always proved for.
midable. After very hard fightinp
the Russians won several points ancaptured
two thousand prisoners.
Some points changed hands severa
times It was here the Russian los.in
officers was particularly serious.
The general scope of the action indicates
that the movement is on an
extended scale and that the battlnow
begun is likely to take weeks to
reach its conclusion. The fighting is
in a territory which before the wai
belonged to an enemy. The provisional
government announces that a I
regiments engaged in this initiativ
will be henceforth known as "eigh
teenth of June" regiment, that bein
the old style date of battle. June 1
has been a memorable day for Russi.
for more than a century.
WEATielROFifs"
PREDICT WET SPELL
According to weather profits this
section of the country will have om>
long wet season of rains every day
in some part of the State, for about
forty days dating from about July
, ist when the first rains set in. It is
thought that this condition will result
in making the cotton crop
, shorter than it was expected to be,
but will increase the yield of all food
. crops in the State. It is alreadv too
. wet in many sections of this State
for the good of the crops.
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. A ONE HUNDRED PER CENT
PEOPLE
Is it a pleasing coincidence that
the Red Cross campaign for $100,000.000,
which immediately followed
^ the conclusion of the Liberty Loan
1 campaign, resulted in an oversub5
s-ription of practically the same por,
rentage as the oversubscription to
r the loan.
> The American people are well over
100 per cent patriotic anu weii over
100 per cent generous.
raid.
VER.W
FINAL PREPARATION
FOR DRAFT RUSHING
Numbers Probably. Drawn at
Washington Wtihin Next
Ten Days.
Washington.?The last preliminary
before the draft law calls the nation's
young men to arms was being
rushed to completion throughout tlw
country tonight. In the captial the
great federal supervising organization
is ready and waiting upon the
States.
From 12 States final reports reach
ed the provost marshal general's of- |
fice that every preparation was fin- i
ished. They are ready for the draft.,
State's Hush Work.
In response to urgent appeals from1
Gen. Crowder to expedite formation
of local boards, other States tele- i
graphed assurance that they would
be ready soon.
Gen. Crowder is straining the resources
of his organization to stage
the draft lottery within ten days.
The next day after every local board
has assembled and affixed the red
ink serial numbers to the rgeistr*|
tion cards the draft will take place
in Washington.
A scheme for drawing the numbers
of the men for the first 1qv>
was laid before Secretary Baker here
today.
Under this scheme small numbered
slips of paper will be placed in
little gelatine capsules and thrown
into a big glass globe. On the day
rtf t.Vio rlr'iwinr* will Iva r?n11*?ri
I ,v- V>?V M TT ?4*Q V?*V^ l>4ii |Z v*4?v\4
out at random.
Each number will draft the men
in every county and city holding the
same "key" number.
Numbers Correspond*
The numbers are to correspond to
the red ink serial numbers now being
affixed to the registration carvls
by local boards.
At the request of President Wilson
a committee of prominent men is
being picked to watch the lottery. It
will be a public affair.
In a message to the boards calling
upon them to finish their work at
once, Gen. Crowder said: "Every day
lost now means a day lost in the organization
of the armies of the]
United States"?and this ineair<
thousands of lives.
Following are the States that aix
ready and waiting:
Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware,
Louisiana, Maine, Nebraska,
New Mexico, Tennessee, West Virginia,
Wisconsin, Vermont, Arizona,
and the District of Columbia.
HOW THIS SEGTiON
SPENT THE FOURTH
The people of this section of the
State spent a Fourth of July this
year which in every respect was
"safe and sane." For one thing
there was a noticeable absence of
fireworks in the program. Thoughts
of the war with Germany was probably
enough without any actual
burning of powder to remind the
people of the existence of a war for
Democracy and freedom.
Numbers of automobiles passed
here in the early morning loaded
with people to spend the day in the
surf at Myrtle Reach. A base ball
game had also been staged at Myrtle
Leach and this drew its full share of
people to that resort. It was mostly
i i n i' i
a rainy nay, ami uns uu:t |jruuaui\
kept many people at home instead of
o:i the road or at the seaside. Other
points on the coast were visited by
some but the bulk of the crowd worn
to Myrtle Beach.
The stores and business offices of
Conway, as a rule, were closed in
honor of the day and remained closed
until the following morning with a
few exceptions.
The train on the Aynor branch
brought in some people for the
beach, and the crowd on the regular
noon-day schedule on the Atlantic
Coast Line, was much larger thar.
t usual.
No accidents or trouble ot any
kind was reported from this section.
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NO. 12.
HEAVIEST FIGHTING
IN VERDUN SECTION
Germans Make Serious Assaults
on Scene of Last
Year's Great Struggle
or.
ALSO ON OFFENSIVE
ALONG AISNE FRONT
Whether These Operations
Presage General Movement
Not Clear.
The scene of heaviest fighting on
the Western front now is the Verdun
sector. Over the same ground on
which they met with such a serious
check by the French last year the
Germans are making serious assaults
with picked forces. For the most
part their efforts have been nullified
but they suceeded in retaining some
conquered ground on the west slope
of Dead Man's hill.
On the Aisne front also the Germans
are on the offensive. They attacked
last night near Cerny and Cor
beny, meeting with a devastating
French fire which all but annihilated
their storminir HM;ixr~-n.
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east of Cerny they suceeded in gain- t
ing a aalient which had been leveled
by artillery fire.
Whether these operations mark
the resumption of a sustained offensive
by the Germans is not yet clear.
The official Gorman statement
throws no light on the subject, merely
mentioning the capture of 500 metres
of trench line east of Hill 304
and of several French lines South of
Ladouville farm, on the Aisne front.
After many weeks of unactivity on
the Russian front there are signs of
a return of active operations. The
German war office announces that
the Russians, apparently influenced
by pressure exerted by their allies,
are maintaining a strong fire ovr a
front of 40 miles in Eastern Galicia
and that a Russian attack evidently
i i; imminent. The Russian official
statement merely speaks of the increased
artillery fighting in some
sectors.
Angenello, which the Italians captured
recently in the. advance on the
1'ront below Trent, has been evacu|
uted. Rome announces that the Italian
advanced forces have been withdrawn
on account of the prolonged
and violent bombardment of the Austral
ns.
The French armored cruised Kleter,
7,578 tons, has been sunk off
' Point St. Mathieu, while on her way
form Dakar, Africa, to Brest. Shewas
destroyed by a mine with the
loss of 33 men.
All the troops attached to the
American expiditionary forces have
reached France in safety. Maj. Gen.
Pershing said in Paris Saturday that
j the transfer, one of the largest ever
: undertaken bv the United States
army, had been made without the
loss or injury of a single American
soldier and without any cases of serious
illness. Dispatches filed during
the week, released Saturday by the
censor, say that the trip was made on
schedule time and that the American
fighters are in splendid trim.
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SUAMJ ur I HAUt
GIVES A BARBECUE
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The Conway Board of Trade, consisting
of leading business men and
others interested in the tobacco market
decided to give the growers a
free barbecue on the day of the opening
sales here. The barbecue will
come off to-day, the opening day of
the sales at all of the warehouses.
! Circulars giving the news of tho
' free picnic at Conway were printed
and circulated about the town on last
Saturday and a large crowd of people
is expected to attend. All of
the tobacco men in Conway, as well
as tlie business men in general have
taken part in preparing for the occasion.