Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?CMTER WATCHMAN, IMH Ooneoudated Aug.?. U ~ stim on mmi ITALIANS WILL DISTEND L1NI3 ON TAOLIAMKNTO JUVKR, I^MI Df fei 4 rtnfei ARboogh ?Mean lrnfl Drive Has Hbaken Bot Not Army?A Dnttlrs 4 rm AR bough o? hoe boon indicate 1 the in Una to stiffening preparatory a stand along Tagllanentn kg.? a sOtnd- - MOOT, the trn?ton force, are still pjg n n< ojioojil taking Udlno, the fOTOMT ItnrfeT head qu art ere, accord - Sag to Set Mi* claim. The entire lion fa NM moo Soon turned and the Car? et noottloo gtvan up to the victorious lava Auetro-German activity at ifeea pane to reported. 8riould Tontomo establish themiielvea It might make the Tagliamanto in* to reported from Swiss aourcoa das frontier has tha. German rein wants are being hurried to the front. They may fee used for on the Western Ioonso line cr Ifen n new drive from the mountains In UM rear Of Tagllamento. Tha Flanders oattU was renewed morning by tha British north of i im Yproo-ftovlors railroad. Gon. Sto report to the utate So to making good pro. cress 0m Sjta Atone front where the Fench leg toward La on seriously tbreat * part Of tho German line the ltd loot night, but their easily repulsed. The retained more of tho ground In tho recant German attack on tho Vsrdun front. rnporto that the Italians do* tho bridges over tho Isoni > SO t??y retroated and thus ch.?ckod ton advance. Tho Geimans ?.thsir troops are sweeping over! tot ton territory toward the ippoJ onto. They also say tho ro? of tho Italians hi being nod at few crossings of tho rtv to> Ork lob la greatly swollen. JWVMH ATTACK IN FLANDKits ?0* w . OS tNdUoc the (toman Uae With Lor gon. Oct. 10.?Tho British st taa*4?l again in Flaaders early this Siomlcg. Good progress to repot tod. ?fettM AN RAID FAILS. Air Hnklm Driven Out of Kixjriand. London. Oct. 30.?It is officially an incod that the attempt of the Oer Itaana to raid tho southeast oointles last nigbt failed. There were mi cas? ualties and no damage. All E'rltlsh machines returned. VICTORY AT rnu& flrttbh Take Another Thousand Yardo frosn Germans. London. Oct. It.?Tho Germans were driven back to a depth of a thou ?ands yards In the drlvs on the Yprea front the Reuter's correspondent tOl? Ographa. Most of the fighting was f round Passchen I>aele. Tha Cana? dians took thalr stand enly four hun? dred yards from tha heart ot the lown. AF1ZR GKIl.MAN PAF.Its Dm* II Authorittea Take First Action of Wor. Rio ds Janeiro, Oct. SO.?In view of Drasll's entrance kgfei the war plans for Intensified military training art* being put Into effect, although no mobilisation measure has been de craad. Tha garrisons in Rotthcra Rratll. where there is a large German element, have been reinforced. Twen? ty-two former German sailors weir arrested today and taken to Hao Psulo All German newspapers and IttSaf publications have been seised. F1XM)|> IN AFIIICA. Thousand Ltvee Reported Ixxtt In Natal. London. Oat 31.?Four months of abnormal rainfall, culminating in an eight Inch fall in twenty-four hours, csuerd widespread destructlo i in Natal. South Africa. A Central New* dispatch from Joannesbura say* it Is believed a thousand British Fast In diuns and natives were lost. Washington. Oct. ill.?Amcricsn shipyard, will complete a million tons of shipping by March 1st. Chairman Hurley, af the shipping board, told ths conference of Atlantic Stolp Hullders and official* called to dis? cuss speeding up the building pro irramm* lie ssld the yards turned out three-uuarters of a million tons in lilt ami cannot i. hi?'v?? the tank *??' for a?*t year without abnormal neth otto isad snerg * abed April, MM. "m#a?tt B81. 81 CRISIS IH ITALY. GERMANS MUST BE SPEEDILY OR ECK ED TO SAVE NORTH ITALY. Grn. Cadoroa's Army Said to Be Fall? ing Bock In Good Order to Prepar? ed Line of Defense, t The Germans and Austrian! are driving through the plains of Venetla toward Tagllamento river while an-' other army is trying to break through the Italian defenses in the Carnic Alpe to cut the flank of the Tagllamento line, whore Gen. Cador na Is expected to make a stand. Gen. Cadorna has apparently saved the bulk of his army, which held the Po? sition? south of Tolmlno, is Berlin haa not reported heavy capture*, for I two days. Heavy fighting on the Tagllamento line is expected in a day or two. Since Wednesday the Teutons have taken 800 square miles of terri? tory. Their greatest advance has been from Tolmlno southeastward to Udlne, a distance of 25 miles. The Internal situation of Italy is Improv? ing, as the reverses are serving to solidify the politicians. French and British troops and guns are probably on the way to help. The United States Is to give tonage for supplies. I The British gained three objectives In minor Flanders activities yester? day. The French ate apparently prepar? ing to attack again south of Laon where they recently scored a bril? liant victory. Borlin reports a con? centrated artillery Are of "powerful proportions." while Paris says that no artillery battle In in progress there. The Germans are again unsuccess (fully trying to fraternize with the Russians. I The Germans did not counter at , tack against the British In Flanders after the latter's advance yesterday. They confined tbeir efforts to artillery fire. MILLERS UNDER SUPERVISION. a .Milling Division or Federal rtood* Ad? ministration to Keep Close Watch. - < New York, Oct 30.?Supervision over Jobbing departments of flour mills and other wheat flour Jobbers, I ? ? ' t ??'? ?' wholesalers, retailers, brokers, agents, blenders and conditioners, where suqh businesses are operated as an auxil? iary to a flour milling business, or a i part of such a business, Is to be ex? ercised by the milling division of tho federal food administration, it was announced here today. I The action is taken under the pres? ident's food proclamation of October I, and applies to handlers of flour and mill producta doing a business In excess of $100,000 a year, who are in structed to make immediate applica? tion for licenses. Th milling division snys: "It is the ! purpose to maintain all flour milling activities as a unit, so that every mi 11 ' er will be required -o far a.- possible to report to only ono department of the food administration." SAVE ENOUGH SEED CORN. Campaigns Being Conducted In Middle Western States, Special representatives of the Unit? ed States Department of Agriculture are In the field In the corn-producing States of the Middle West to com? plete the campaign for the saving of a two-year's supply oi seed corn from the present crop. Twenty emer? gency workers have been sent to Iowa by the extension department. Thirteen mergency men are In Indiana and corpw of special workers will be assigned to each corn-producing 8tate cooperating with the State col? leges and agents. For several weeks ) the county agents have been paving the way for the campaign wind-up now being undertaken. The cam? paigners go into the cornfield with the farmer, assist him in the selec? tion of the best seed corn, and In Its proper storage after selection. The necessity of making absolutely certain at this time an ample reed corn sup- j ply both for next year and the year following Is being urged as one of the most important Agricultural du? ties In the corn belt. AMERICAN SOLDIER WOUNDED. Pirat American Blood Spilled on French Front. With American Army In Fiance. Oct. 30?The first American wound? ed In the trenches arrived at the baas hospital yesterday. The wounded man I srag a lieutenant In III* signil corps He wna hit in the leg by a shell splinter and wna not dangeromlv hurt. ?4 Wmt not?tot all tfw ??* H?o AH JMTER, S. 0., SATURD. ITALY TO STICK. DK&PITE RECENT REVERSES, PRESIDENT WILSON AND CABINET HAVE NO APPREHENSION. Farther News from Front Eagerly Awaited by Officials In American [ Capital. Washington, Oct. 30.?The Italian situation was discussed at length by President Wilson and his advisors at today's' meeting, the discussion touch? ing immediate military aspects and the extension , of assistance by tho Allies. Furnishing of supplies, es? pecially coal, badly needed for Ital? ian munition factories, is said to be regarded ao this country'** particular sphere of Immediate action. Although the administration shares regret and concern over initial suc? cesses of the Teutonic drive, high of? ficials here are said to utterly reject the opinion, advanced in some quar? ters, that events in Italy can hecome decisive of the war or even an im? portant turning point. It is felt that setbacks in Italy will act an a spu. rather than a discouragement, both upon Italy and the other allies. There is no apprehension that Italy will j break down or weaken in adherence to the common cause against Gcr i many. Further advices concerning tho re? treat are anxiously awaited In official and diplomatic circles. Amy officers as well as officials of the Italian em? bassy appear to be entirely confidei that Gen. Cadorna will be able to hold the Teutonic forces in check. Word that the British artillerymen with the Italian armv had brought i their guns through the retirement j without the loss of a battery was wel (corned today as Indicating that Gen. Cadorna's men were holding their or? ganisations in the face of tho smash - ' ing Austro-Germon assaults. TO CHECK FOOD HOARDING. I tegulations Announced Soon by V. S. Food Administration. , Washington, Oct. 30.?Regulations designed to check hoarding of food are soon to be issued by the food ad? ministration in connection with uta system of licensing dealers. No licenses, the food admin 1st ra? tion announced today, will be permit? ted to keep on hand or have In pos? session or under control, by contract jor other arrangement, at any time, uny food commodities in a quantity in I excess of the reasonable requirements ! of his business for use or sale by him during the period of sixty days.' "Moreover no licensee will be per? mitted to sell or deliver to any person any food commodities if the licensee : knows or has reason to believe that i such a sale or delivery gives to such i person a supply ? ? ? In excess of his reasonable requirement for use or sale by him during the period of sixty days next succeeding euch sale or delivery With respect to some commodities only a thirty-days supply may be {held. Exceptions ore made of com j modittes produced in great abund? ance at certain season, such as fruits, vegetables, fish, poultry, eggs, dairy products cotton seed products am' others. These may be held in suffi 1 clent quantities to meet reasonable re? quirements through the period of scant or no production. Sales In excess of sixty days' supply may be made for the use of the Unit? ed States government or the allies or for city and State governments. It is also provided that for seeding pur? poses, food commodities may be stored longer than sixty days if notice is sent to the food administration. These rules will not affect the validity of contracts made in good faith prior to October 1. STRUCK OFFICER; GETS FIVE YEARS. Former Guardsman of Alabama Con? victed by Court-Martial. Montgomery. Oct. 30.?Hoy B. Roach, member of Company B, Sec? ond infantry, Alabama National Guard, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment by a court-martial here today on charges of having struck J^Jeut. Cowan, an officer in Roach's company. The altercation is aaid to have taken place in Birmingham, while Roach was on furlough. The case was brought Into the Fed? eral Court here today, the attorneys for the defendant asking Roach's re? lease from military Jurisdiction on ha* bea scorpus proceedings. It was con? tended that the defendant was being unlawfully detained undod the author* Itv nf the federal government. The motion was denied. > fttlJy < ?ft M b* tky Ooantrj**, Iky God'i m AY, NOVEMBER 3, 191 BATTLE RUSSIA'S ONLY HOPE. SEPARATE PEACE IS IMPOSSIBLE SAYS MINISTER. Sec* Dark Schemes?Terestchenko | Declares Germany Hopes to Break Union With Allies for Economic i Reasons. Petrograd, Oct. 29.?Foreign Minis-! ter Tcreschenko in addressing the pie liminary parliament today said a sepa? rate peace was impossible and that1 defense of Russian territory was one of the fundamental needs. The foreign minister said the abso? lute Independence of Courland and perhaps of Poland and Lithuania was impossible, as it would mean that Russia would return to the days be? fore Peter. He also asserted com? plete demobilization and disarmament 'and neutralization of canals and straits were impossible. I Russia's foreign policy had not I changed, the minister continued, pince the first statement enunciating i the plncipleo of no indemnities, no I annexations and the right of nations :to self definition. ! "The people must understand that j the war Is being carried on not by governments but by nations" he add I cd. "As the nations began the fight? ing, so they must end it. Russia and j France first held back the foes and .so they continue.*' M. Terestchenko declared that the offers of a separate peace and the sentiment in favor of them wore Strongest last May when they were .followed by the Russian offensive. "There is a rumor that the allies I wished to leave Russia to her fate," 'the foreign minister continued, "but I state officially that it Is untrue. "Germany's aim is to separate Rus? sia from the allies and if possible to do this by peaceful means In order to use Russia economically after? wards. While the other nations at war are unable to continue civil indus? try, Germany has been so well organ? ized from the beginning that she has j been able to continue her efforts to i carry on trade.' 8ho looks upon Rus {ida as her market. Therefore the de \ fense of Russian territory is one of j the fundamental needa now, for if I Germany gets into Russia commer? cially, after the war, we shall have na self definition afterwards." d In regard to the forthcoming con? ference of the allies at Paris, M. Terestchenko said it must be remem? bered that Russia should .forget poli : tics there and be represented as a , nation. He characterized some point* of the peace terms of the soldiers' and workmen's delegates as . Impossible, saying they could not be defended a* ? the nation's terms It was in this con? nection that he made his references , to Courland, Poland and Lithuania land to the impossibility of neutraliz I ing canals and straits, and disarming completely. "There never has been more peac I talk In Germany and Austria than now," said the minister. "I am con fldent Germany was insincere in the reported recent offer for the freedom of Belgium without the freedom o' I Alsace liorralne and in the intima , tion that this would be her lawt offer : She will make more. } "Germany is now concentrating her ! eff orts to affect her enemies economi I , caily. For instance her attack on Riga was not strategical but in pursuance jof a farsighted policy of striking a our weakest point, hoping to ruin the economic life of the country. /To much importanco must not be giver, to today's Italian defe-U as this also is for mere economic purposes." The speech was cheered throughout by the conservatives but he was heckled more th in applauded by the Bolshevikl. FORD LOSES SUIT. Bodge Brot. Win Verdict Forcing Distribution of Dividends. Detroit, Oct. 31.?The suit brought against the Ford Motor Co. and Hen? ry Ford by Dodge Bros, to compel Ford to disburs-e accumulated divi? dends instead of using the money to increase the business was decided in .favor of the Dodges in the circuit court here today. Witnesses testified that about sixty million dollars were involved. Ford wanted to build a blast furnace to sup? ply material for the Ford Motor Company. Washington. Oct. St.?The total subscriptions to treasury's latest of? fering of certificates of indebtedness was increased today to five hundred and eighty-five millions. The high? est amount yet recorded by subscrip? tions from banks and others aggre? gating one hundred and lltty-tive mil? lion. TECK TSUI 7. MUST M ALSACE-LORAIHE. THEIR RETURN JS If KW FRENCH PK DIE MINISTER'S DEFINI? TION OF ??RESTITUTION/' M. Bar thou Outlines Policy Regard? ing War Similar tq^ Predecessors? Appeala for Unity. - Washington, Oct. 30.?The test of the speech made in the French Cham? ber of Deputies by the new prime min? ister, M. Barthou, upon his assump? tion of office, just received here by cable disclosed that he proclaimed a (policy virtually identical with that of his predecessors. The minister affirmed the solidarity of France with all of her allies and declared it would be criminal to aban? don Russia. He outlined the alma of the war "restitution; reparation; guarantees." "Restitution," he said, "means the ; pure and simple return of Alsace and I Lorraine to France. Invaded forty ' four years ago, Alsace and Lorraine are in no sense different in status j from the departments invaded three yean; ago. Alsace and Lorraine, in fact, are invaded departments. "Could France make concessions to Germany on that point or on any kind? Never, so long as a French hand can hold a rifle. The integrity of the territory We have received from our fathers could not be the object of any kind of concession or conversa? tions." The American expeditionary forces inj France, M. Barthou said, would be a force with which the enemy would have to reckon, and the French army and the whole of France greeted with devotion this first official confirmation of the entry In line of the American allies. The minister ended with an elo? quent appeal for the union of all par* ties to conduct the war until victory was attained. The speech was much applauded and was followed by a vote of con? fidence, but it did not rally the So claliata support. Albert Thomas, tht Socialist, former minister of muni tion, said he did not consider th< declarations of the minister as pre eise enough upon the subject of guar antees. COSTS LESS IN BRITAIN. How Government Feduces the Floni Price to Consumers. Baltimore. Oct. 30.?The statemen made here recently that England wa selling flour 55 per cent, a barrel les than in this country and that tin prce of bread there was cheaper that here, was brought up on the floor oi the Chamber of Commerce here to? day when an official (-announcement was made. The statement said that it had beer the endeavor of the British govern ; ment to ksep the price of bread with? in the roach of masses and withou . unnecessary hardship to meet its cost To carry out this policy, the state j ment says: "Commencing on September 17. the government fixed the standard price of flour at $7.38 per barrel, and the uniform price of bread at 18 cents for a fourpound loaf, with a one pound loaf at 6 cents. Already $200, 00,0,000 has been appropriated to ap Ply as a subsidiary to sustain these prices. The British government takes over all grains at an arbitrary price for that grown in Great Britain and for whatever it may have to pay on the mrket for imported wheat, and sells It to the millers at a price which enables them to furnish the flour at the price quoted, enabling the bread to be sold at a fixed price, and the government stands all the loss." GERMAN SOLDIERS MUTINY. Reports of Serious Disaffection Pub? lished in Dutch Newspaper. Amsterdam, Oct. 31.-?According to the newspaper Les Nouvelles a serious mutiny occurred among German sol? diers at Beverloo camp in Belgium. They refused to go to the front, dam? aged their own rifles, and fired or, their officers, wounding several. The were finally mastered and removed on cattle trucks. The frontier guard at Brouhout. according to the same au? thority, deserted on October l&th. STOCK MARKET PANICKY. Entire Market List Broke Today. New York. Oct. 31.?The entire stock market list hrofca violently to? day on account of growing pessimism over the foreign situation particularly in Italy. Some high ?das? transporta? tion shares foil to the lowest point in I years. I mtl. i BO?THBON, UUM M ?am, ?IM. Vol- XLV. NO- ?8. PMBMMMWMBMBaWBMMWM' .aSOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSM? Teiih piteiittiised. VAST STORES OF SCIENTIFIC IN? FORMATION AVAILABLE. Medical Men Confer With Federal Trade Commission on Question of Far-reaching Lnpoitance. Washington. Oct. 30.?Ihe vast store of German sceotiflc informa? tion in this country triad opened today to American manufacturers in regula? tions issued by the federal trade com? mission under which enemy owned patents and copyrights will be licens? ed for manufacture by citizens of the United States. When the regulat >ns had been made public the com mission met a group of medical men to considsr li? censing the manufacture of certain drugs, principally ssuvarsan, used in virulent blood diseases, and non-toxic substitutes for local anaesthetics, of j which the supply in this country has run dangerously low. Approximately 20, 00 patented and copyrighted articles afp said to be af? fected by the commission's order. These include dyestiff formulas of vital importance to American indus? tries and mechanica. devices of wide use, though the humanitarian effect of the order attracts the wildest atten? tion. Conferring with the commission to? day with Commissioner John Franklin Fort, presiding, were Julius Stlegiit* of Chicago, president of the American Chemical Society; Oscar G. Budge, as? sistant surgeon, U. S. N.; MaJ. Victor C. Vaughan, surgeon. U. S. N.; J. W. Kerr, United 8tat public health service; Marston L. Bogert of Wash' ington, representing the Council of National Defense, and Dr. G. W. Ms* Coy of Washington. It was said to b likely that any licenses issued for be manufacture of sa.lva.rsan would car y a provision that certain percentage ?>f *he output be turned over to the public health ser? vice. Whether prices for drugs manufac ? tured under licensee will be deter? mined by the comp lesion was not an ! nounced. The trading with the enemy act, by authority ol which the patents and Copyrights Will be taken over, confers on the president power to fix conditions of licencing. Prices of drags have undergojve'Trs mendous increases elr^ce 19H, m?fty r remedies having increased'as much as 1,000 per cent The regulations issued today follow t the law closely Li safeguarding the Interests of patent owners, who must be reimbursed for their Inventions - and provides that licenses will be Is? sued only where tag Interest of the public demands it, to suppy a demand not now being n et. The licensee must give evidence of ability to man? ufacture the articl RAILROAD HEl'jPS HOOVER, Southern Railwa; dning Car Service Co-opeatlng In ood Conservation. Washington, Oct. 30.?"Coach iunch service" has been inaugurated on Southern Railway System trains carrying dining cars for the benefit of passengers who do not care for a complete meal whi/e on their Journey. Dining cars have i-cen provided with basket trays and he waiters pass through the coaches announcing "Sandwiches and Coffee!" The sand? wiches are wrapped in sanitary pack? ages. Moderate prices for their ser? vice will be charged. In order to cooperate with the United States Food Administration. Ithe Southern's dining car service is observing Tuesdav of every week as "beefless" day. Qu every day of the week the plea of Food Administrator 1 Hoover to the American people to "eat plenty, but wisely and without waste during the var" is brought to the attention of eviiry passenger using the Southern's car by an attractively printed folder outlining the general plan of the government's desire to re? duce food waste t;> a minimum. COLD WAVE PASSING. Frost In Far South Tonight But Will Be Warme? Tomorrow. Washington, (?ct. 31.?Frost is forecasted for tonight in the South and Southeast Guif States-, but the cold wave generally reached Its crest this morning. C. ntlnued cold to? night, with rising iemperature Thurs? day. AIR RAIDERS REPULSED. Attempt to Attack England Defeated. London, Oct. 31.?Aircraft guns last night drove off German airplanes before they coub; penetrate Kent. Tiu.re were no casualties an*, no dam? age.