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THK SI Ml I'll WATCHMAN, Evtsbll Cocsolidated Aug. 2,1 GERMANS CROSS RIVER. PASSAGE AT ONE POINT ON T.V-1 ilAMKNTO. Not Many Clot Across, Hut Situutlon Is ( rlucul for Ha I in 11 Army?<iou. Cadorna Ma, lluve to Pull Hack Fifteen Mile*. The Austro-( Jerman forces li.isc crossed the middle Tagllamento in northeastern Italy and are advancing west. Herlin claims the capture of mix thousand more prisoners in this operation This line forms a food natural defense, but It is pointed out that possibly the Italians did not aa/C time to organise it. Probably no: enough Teutons got across to 'ore Osn. Cadorna to abandon the T.uclla mento line, but the Austro-Uermans will undoubtedly malte the mod of this opening to debauch again?', tho Italian positions north and south Ol the point where they gained a foot? ing la the west bank of the stream That this Is already under way Is shown In the Borne statement of in? creasing pressure on the Italian left wing. Should Hen. Cadorna aban? don this line .the next natural ?tan I for defense against the Teuton ad? vance will be Livi n<l.i ton to fifteen miles further west. This admittedly grave situation is being discussed at the allies council at Rome. Petrograd reports a successful op? eration In the Black Sea region against the Turks ALBERT ORTH ON TRIAL. Charleston Publisher to Face Scvcrtil Charges In United States Court. Col imbia. Nov. 3.?Albert Orth, of Charleston, publisher of The Deutliche Zeitung, will be tried on various al? legations at the term of the United Statte District Court convening here Tueeduy, November 6. at 10 o'clock In the morning, with Judge Henry A. gf. Smith presiding. While the Orth case will be the most interesting one to be beard, there are a number of bills of Indictment for transporting liquor, selling intoxi? cants to members of the military farces of the United States In uni? forms and keeping disorderly houses within the five-mile sones surround? ing the various military camps to be banded to the grand Jury for action There are several cases for evading the registration for selective sendee to be tried. 1 urn very gratified to see that there are very few cases to be tried of those who railed to register on June 9," skid F. H Weston. district attor? ney, today. Albert Orth Is charged with being accessor:, after the fact to conspire to destroy ships In violation of sec? tions .133. 37. 29?i and 298 of the criminal code of the I'nlted States. 0 assisting Lieut Kobert Fay and Wll Uam Knobloch to escape from ttv federal prison at Atlanta, of aegoa oory after the fact of fraudul ent use of the malls and of landing an alter. I the I'nlted States In violation of an act of congress .approved February SO. 1107? live counts in all. Lieut Robert Fay was conv ct<?il In the South* rn District Court of New York for conspiracy to blow up ships leaving Atlantic seaport.* of Ifcf I ed States by placing bombs on bo ml end was sentenced to eight years' im? prisonment. William Knobloch was convicted of fraudulent use of the mails and was sentenced to eighteen months. Both were incarcerated In the federal prison at Atlanta, and < >rth Is accused of assisting the n to te> <p.- Tba allegations of conspir < \ after the fact of conspiracy |g blow up ships and of fraudulent us - of t!i its grew out of the charge* of s ateting in the prison itHoggf it Ai lanta. < HIN \ M\KFS PROTECT. I i p? nib in Pi o\lid ii< -,??* <q?|N? c Jnpa iwsvr lioan mid Conditions Itoqmr tii Peking Nov. The military j:o\ < t ors mid other military leaders of the three seceding provinces ind on ? which is Mill loyal, but Is wavering, have protested against the | ropo* t Japanese arms loan carrying control of the Nankin lion deposits ind the employment of Japanese military ad visors. The protest warns the govern at against the nationalization of China's rerii.nnirm iron eanoettt, WOMt N I I 1 I I It < AHIlll Its Flint Wonuin Carrier Will Hpsdg Work In W it^hin-tton. Washington. Nov. 5.?The tlrst wo men letter carrier Is to :i ?peaV gl Washington streets tomorro v. It |g an experluon' Igoeed gf Iho short sge of men. Ubi'd April, 1850. "Be Jut * 88L SU] ITALIANS HOLD UP AUSTltO QEHMAH POMM ALONG TAGLIAM ENTO. Irunce and 6ml Britain Supply Brains, Man Power, (iuns and Am munltiou?Turks* Suffer Reverses Northwest of Bagdad?Artillery BSgg in Flanders. l.-mdon. Nov. 3.?Great. Britain and ! rant* truly are rushing to the aid of Italy in her critical hour. Not alone have men and guns been sent to the i attli front along the Tagllsmento R ver where the Italians art holding I the Teutonic allied invaders at bay. I ut the war brains of Grant Britain >nd France?comprising the element v \\hh have been so successful In oper? ating against the foe in France and iielgiu.n?arc on their way to Italy to Consult with the Italian leaders and l rolYl plans to change the order of i ihinys as they now stand. Prem.er Lloyd George and Gen. Sir WlUSaSS K Kobcrtson, chief of the Im? perial staff at British army headquar? ters, are the lenders of the British delegation, while Premier Painleve is i he chief representative of the French n'ssion. No detatls of the plans ot' i he Joint mission have been announc? ed, but it is* evident tho purpose is to give Italy what she requires in the way of material for an intensive con? duct of the war and also to assure hff of a great reinforcement In man power, gufris and ammunition. Meanwhile General Cardona's 'orces SM holding the invaders- along the Tagliamento by means of their heavy ifillery and quick flrers. On the lo.t wing the Italians have replied vigor ouf.ly to strong pressure by the Gee mans and Austro-Hungarians and UtUr far have held the atacklng forces for no gains. All along the front Italien aviators are soaring over the enemy lines, dropping bombs and ammunici depots and trot p formations What for the moment would indie i. ? a fur ther menace to the Italians- is an of? fensive begun by the enemy in the Trentino region, in the zone of the Gludicaria. Here the enemy endeavored to break through the territory to the west of the northern shores of Lake Garda, but was repulsed after a heavy battle leaving prisoners in the hand* Of tho Italians. Recently there have been reports that the Austro-Swdss border has been closed and that tin enemy forces in the Trentino region were being reinforced. A swift drive by tho Austro-Germans through th - ralleiTS and the mountain PSSSCO southward through Bresca would se? riously affect the entire Eastern Ital? ia front and possibly result in a fur? ther important withdrawal of the Ital? ian line While tiio British and French forces In I'lamh is are curving out minor Operations they are being mainly con? ti nod to bombardment:* of German position! and small raids into enemy territory. Tho French along the AIleite Valley are keeping their out? posts in OloaO contact with the Gor n ins who retreated last week an I also are violently bombing the new)\ lahen up positions, on several sec? tors to the east ot this region, espe < tally northwest of Pi he 1ms and north <>!" ? baute.o In the Verdun sector, the Hermans have essayed several violent 'Infantry attacks-, but in each instance met with defeat. In Mesopotamia the Hritish troops Operating agumst the Turks have driv? en a sharp salient into tho Ottoman line northWOll of Bagdad. having foroed I he enemy to withdraw alon< the Tigris about 20 miles from Due to the town of Tekrit. Tho new drivo places the apex of the British line np .'i ovimately 100 miles up the Tigris from liandad. segregation ORDINANCE void. Supreme Court Decides Against Negro Districts. Washington, No\. 5 liOttlSVUIs'S negrO BSgregSjtlon ordinance has been dot la red void by the Supreme Court it affects similar ordlnsnces of l.nit i. Richmond, Baltimore, it. Louli and m my Southern cities. i; Ml.Go M?s ark MENACED, Income is Not Sufficient from Rata? lug Bate-, to Pay fSSpSneSSi Washington Nov. I,?Counsel for thirtv-eiKht Bnatom railroads told tic interstate SUnitlOrCO COmmlW 'ii When the I", per cent, rate case was reopened thai the transportation fa? < illitlee ami Hnssoial stability of the railroads are menseed by the prevail lug rates. He stated that better pro? vision mttwt be made bv the Kovern? men t if War time traffic is to he h in died properly. od Fear not?Det ail the endo Thon Ali BITER, S. 0., WEDNES1 GERMANS RETREAT AGAIN. FALL BACK ALONG CHEMIN DBS] DAMES. | Berlin Communication Gives no Ron son ror Withdrawal but Tells Of Systematic Success. Berlin. Nov. 2. (via London).?The Germans have retreated from points , along the Chemin des Dames in the Aiane sector of the front in France, according to the German oflicial com? munication issued this evening. The commuuiution gives no reason for the maneuver hut says it was made dur? ing Thursday night, systematically and without Interference by French , troops. The statement says also that no froth Odvicei are at hand from Italy. The text of the communication fOl I lows: "In Flanders there has been lively artillery activity on the Yser. "Unnoticed and undisturbed by the enemy we systematically withdrew ou:' lines from the hilly liont of the Chemin des Dames last night. "Our airmen successfully attacked London and English coastal towns j Wednesday night. From the East nothing special hid occurred. "Nothing new has been reported at this* time from the Italian front." NEGRO FA IK IN COURT. Negroes Complain Against Manage? ment of State Fair?Allegations . Made. Columbia, Nov. 3.?Judge Mendel Smith issued an order yesterday re I straining the South Carolina Colored State Fair Association from paying out I funds of the association now in their hands or hereafter to come to them U, the credit of the said association OX oept for the rent of the grounds, premiums not in excess of $r?00, am', labor not to exceed $:;0"?, giving the association the right at any time heie aftOf upon four days' notice to appl: j before him or any other court or i judge having Jurisdiction for ordet (dissolving this injunction. ? The complaint was made by Joel ;1 Jackson and others, and the complain? ant alleges that the association h officered by J H. Goodwin, president. C. A. Williams, treasurer; U. W Westberry. secretary; B. F. Hubert, general superintendent; C. G. Garret1. William Wallace, who together consti tute the executive committee. The complaint further allge3 that the bal? ance on hand February 18, 1911 amounted to $2,333.27 and that during i the last four years the receipts have amounted to more than $16,000, an that together with the sum of $2. 122.74 has been dissipated, and large part misappropriated. Tie complaint also alleges that the bal? ance on hand on February 18, IUI7 i was $212.53, according to the report (submitted to the stockholders, and they believe that neither the sveretar nor the treasurer is bonded. IJutlc W. Nance, Green Jackson and T. Bl Mark Sasportas are the atorneys fo: the complainants and N. J. Frederick represents the fair association. SEABOARD'S NEW LINE. Fusseliger Service to Start Over Char lcston-Savunmih Link. Charleston. Nov. 8,?Arrangements have been completed for the beginning of passenger service OVer the Charles? ton-Savannah link of the Seaboard ; Air Line tomorrow afternoon. Tlv train arriving in the union station from Hamlet will be sent on to Sa vannah, where it will arrive at 10 o'clock tomorrow night. The train will leave Savannah Monday morning at t; o'clock and reach the Charles? ton union station at 10.10 o'clock, pro? ceeding hence to Hamlet. reaching I there at 1.46 o'clock tomorrow af i ternoon. Railroad Officials her.- do not know , just when the accommodation p:is sengor service will ??e supplemented by through train service. It is be? lieved that several months win elapse before the New York ?Florida trains will be operated hy way of Charles? ton. The Charleston-Savannah exten? sion is eighty-five miles long and the I Charleston-Hamlet line is n;x miles long. The new railroad connects with the older main line of the Seaboard Air Line on Hutchinson s Island. In the Savannah river. The Savannah union station is used by the Sea? board's passenger trains El Paso, Nov. 3 ?By the arrest of Ernest Lopondorff, government secret service agents are believed to have discovered tin- route i>\ which Infor? mation Is transmitted from United Stetes to .Vexu o cit\ for rela) to Gor? many. nj't At be thy Country's, Thy ?od ? ? )AY, NOVEMBER 7, IS MADE DESPERATE STAND. FIGHT UNTIL DEATH AGAIN?1 GERMANS. Entire Commands Wiped Out?One Wounded Lieutenant Found Alive of Three Regiments. Eleven Wound* for General. j Pome, Nov. 2.?Describing the I events of tile Italian retreat of Oct ob? er 27 and later, a correspondent of the Associated Press- says General Gonzaga was transported to Udine, suffering from 11 wounds. All his Statt j oflicers were killed or wounded and ' only three of his 50 horsemen escorv remained alive. General Badogiie With Dersaglieri stood on Matajuar. the new Thermopylae of the Austrian offensive, commanding the line from Caporeto to Cividalc, lighting without hope, but also without the idea of surrender. Of three regiments' o! liersaglieri, only one lieutenant re | Retained alive and he was wounded. The correspondent describing tho exodus of the fugitives says they com J prised people of all classes?in auto? mobiles and oxen driven carts. Tlu r? I were women with half nuked children j in their arms and others crying or , beating their breasts because they bat1 lost their children in the confusion. Here was to be seen a man running away in full evening dress; there a woman in evening toilette, wearing white evening slippers. A heavy rain added to the miseries of the refugees. At Biano, a 3mall village before Codroipo there was a score of enemy airplanes circling above the fugitive . From a small church a group oi young girls in white dresses came out, having just made'their first commun? ion. Crossing the Tagliamento River the fugitives reached Pordannone, wher there was nothing to eat and nowher to sleep until a stable boy took th< correspondent and some of the fu^i lives to his house which was thrci miles from the town. Next morning only black coffee was to be had. Af ^ter a long search some small tat.!?*; of otsnoplate were discovered foi j which the party paid 7 5 cents tor eact ( little packet and a half doze*n bis I cult at 25 cents each. PltOSEOFTION MAY FOLLOW. ??The Musses" Loses Before ?. S. Cir? cuit Court of Appeals. New York, Nov. 2.?An Injunction granted by Judge Learned Hand, iv Straining Postmaster Thomas g. Pat ten from barring the August number, of The Masses, a Socialist publica? tion, from the mails, was vacated to? day by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. The higher court held that the mag aslns had violated the selective ser? vice law and the Espionage Act, and as a result of this ruling it is ex? pected the federal authorities soon will begin criminal proceeding! against the publishers. In granting the injunction Judgi Hand had maintained that "only ?Ii rect a Ivocacy of resistance to the draft law would warrant the sxclusioi of The Masses from the mails." And on this point the Court of Appeal gave the following decision: "That one may wilfully obstruct tin enlistment service without advising In direct language against enlistment and without stating that to refrai. from enlistment is a duty or one's in tercet, seems to us too plain for con trovoray, j "To obstruct the recruiting or en hstment service within the moaning , of the statute, it is not necessary thai there should be a physical obstruction Anything which impedes, binders, re tards, restrains or puts an obstacle in i the way of recruiting, is sufficient." GERMANS THY ELECTRIC BOAT. Attack on British Patrol Bouts Failed. London, Nov. ? An attack WSJ made today on British vessels patroll? ing the Belgium coast, by an electrical? ly controlled high-speed boat which the British destroyed. The admiralty statement says that ten armed patrol craft in addition to ;-. German auxiliary cruiser equipped with six Inch guns were destroyed. COTTON SEED REGULATIONS. Food Administration Will [sane or? ders to Protect Producers. Washington. Nov. ? Regulations to govern the cotton seed busi? ness which are to be Issued torn or-! row sre designed to protect the pro-1 ducers and prevent anyone hitndl it from producers to consumers ob? taining unfair profits, tin- food nd ministration announced. ad Truth's." THE TRUE >17. is IMS REPORTS lOBPBDOIKG Oi FINLAND. Five Beilon Drowned Indicating Thai Ship's Company Tools' to Small Boats. Washing-ton, Nov. L\?The torpe? doing of the homeward hound army transport Finland in the war zone four days ago resulted in the death'of two member* of the naval armed guard, two army enlisted men and four of the ship's civilian crew. A third naval seaman is missing. Vice Admiral Sims' report of the ; casualties to the navy department to day added no details to the nnounoe ment yesterday that the Finland had been torpedoed, but had been able to reach a European port under her own steam. The casualty list as made public late today follows: Members of the naval gun crew*: James W. Henry, seaman, second class, dead. Next of kin Hose Henry, 4 3 Reynolds Street, Harrison, X. J. Newton It. Head, seaman, dead. Next of kin not given. Home address Cleveland, Ga. Porter Hilton, seaman, second class, missing. Mother, Mrs. Lizzie Hilton, Toccoa, Ga. Members of Finland's crew: M. Cardoza, fireman, drowned. No emergency address. J. Haneslo, barber, drowned. No emergency address. \\\ F. Phillips, wailer. drowned. ? brother, A. Phillips, Jackson Bar? racks, New Orleans, La. Joseph Cuevas, mess boy, probably died from Injuries. Father, M. cusvss , Habens, Cuba. v Army: Private Lester Hickey, infantry, ! drowned; father, Thomas Hickey, H. ? North Racine Avenue, Chicago, 111. I Charles H. Maxwell, negro, trans i port workers' battalion, drowned: ; brother, Thomas B. Maxwell, Box 378. i Concord, N. C. ; The announcement that five of tin ? j men were drowned indicated to of (Icials that the Finland's company lef? the Vessel In small boats until it wa i I made certain that she would remai. ' ailoat. It is assumed that two of the arme guard were killed by the explosion o the torpedo and that the missing orn j probably was blown overboard by tin explosion. BUFFERS ONLY SLIGHT DAMAGE. I I American Trsneport in French I?r? Dock lor Repairs Boob to sai. Again. A French Atlantic Port. Nov. 2.- - The American transport Finland is in . jdrydock here. The vessel received such slight damages from the Ger? man torpedo which recently struck her that it will not be long before she put/s to sea again. The torpedo struck a coal bunker, which lessened the effect of the explosion. UPRISING IN Bit AXIL. Germans in South Brazil Rise Again* Government ami Paralyse Rnllws) I ra flic. Buenos Ay res, Nov. 8.?A German uprising Is in progress in Souther.i Bruxll, completely paralyzing rail? way traffic, according to private re? ports received in railway circles here. The strikes Inaugurated In this district are s;tid to be spread? ing to other parts of Brazil. It is re \ ported that only the strictest mil? itary measures are making the movement of trains possible. The dispatc hes continued to report "the severest military measures against Germans" In Southern Bra* zil where there are large German colonies. Details as to these meas? ures and general conditions- av ? withheld by the censorship. HOUSTON RIOT TRIAL. Army Officer Identities Trio of Sol? diers. San Antonio. Tex., NOV. 2. ? Positive Identification of three negroes of the Twenty-fourth Infantry who partici? pated in the riot at, Houston August 23 which resulted in the death of 22 persona was made today by Capt Haig Bhekerjian of the Twenty-fourth Infanry, testifying at the courtmar ttal trial of the f.:'? neggpos who are (barged with mutiny, murder and rioting. The identification was made in connection with s detailed narrti tlVO Of events leading up to the . <,?i big. The three negroes who were posi? tively Identified were Corporal Haw? kins, Corporal Brown and Private Davis They were amoipT the defend ai ts iu the court room. i SOUTHRON, ] iiiabUsbcd imai, Ittm, Vol. XLV. NO. 24. GREAT FRENCH TRIUMPH. ueij;ntli:ss PIBWll forces GERMANS to retreat Tliliv TEEv miles. Retirement on Aisne Front Frees Large Tcrito< y of Invaders?Crown Prinetft) Arm, I*>st Imnien.sc Num ber of QMMMMl ami Machine Guns. i _ For the second time in eight months the Germans art retreating in France. The Crown Prince has re? moved his fo-ces thirteen . miles backward from the billy Chemin Des Dames line to :!ie Ailett River, which he crossed, destroying all bridges behind hin?. The French have moved up to the other side of the river and Paris reports Hie capture of four hundred and twenty-two guns and seven hundred ind twenty machine guns. There i: nothing to indicate Whether the Germans expect to vol? untarily retreat farther, but there are one or two lim s that offer good de? fensive position.* for them. Italians are still at the Tagliamento River and Rome reports that they have checked the Teuton attempt to reach the side opposite them. There I j are no reports of a determined ef? fort of Austro- }rmans to get across. Swiss reports say the Germans are hurrying troopw and guns to the Trentino front, which may mean an effort to strengthen the Austrians or a new drive south from Trentino to cut off the Italians on the Venetian plains. The war office reports that Germans and Russians ..re fraternizing on the front southeast of Vilna. HOLD GERMANS IN CHECK. Continued lb amcring on Western Front Keep Germans Busy. Washington, Nov. 3.?The French high commission reviewing the war situation said the continued hammer? ing of the French and British forces in Flanders Is engaging one-lplf of ; the total German forces on the Wes? tern front, an I had prevented the extension of the German offensive against Russia and perhaps restrict [ ed the Gcrma:: effortu to aid tho Austrians on Vie Italbyfl ffrtiL ^ TOOK 200,000 ITAXL\NS. _ German War (I dice Claims Capture of f real Host. Berlin, Nov 3.?The war office claims that the Teutons captured a to? tal of two hundred thousand Italians 'in this cam pa :n. There was no im? portant Mghtir.;: yesterday. AMERICAN SOLDIERS CAPTURED. Some of Our Roys in, France Fall into Hair Is of Huns. Berlin. Nov. |.?The war office an? nounces the Oapturs of American sol? diers by a reco moitering party. PLOT AGAINST YOUNG FORD. Effort to Extol t Ten Thousand Dol? lars on Threat to Abduct Henry Ford, the Second. Detroit. Nov. 2.?No additional ar r< sts had been made here tonight in the alleged plot to extort $10.000 from Edsell U. Ford by threatening to ab? duct or kill his son. Henry Fori IL Edsell Ford is 1 he son of Henry Ford, the millionaire manufacturer. Federal agents here an working on the the? ory that S band of men were behind too alleged plot That a letter iemandia-r $19.000 as the price of his >aby's sarety had been received by E sell Fv?i :l became known today v, lien Jacob Yellin, 20 years old was arraigned before Unit? ed States Commissioner Hard charg? ed with using the mails to defraud. He ptecded not guilty and w.u. held for examination No ember 13. Yellin was arrested Thursday when a decoy paekap supposed to contain $10,000 was dell < red to him by ines srnger boy, who called for it at '.ho general delivers window of the local pOStofllce, where the Utter in Mr. F 'd directed the moi ey should be left. PORTO Kit AN TRAINING CAMP. No Soldiers for National Army to Bo Prepared for Service in United States, San Juan. P. lt., Nov. I.-?The men ?elected for mltttar) ssrvlos in the I rafting to take place on Monday will lie sent to cant mments near San Juan for their preliminary training iltd out to Camp Jackson and Camp tpton. This sta ctuent was made by ileut. Col. Orvt P. Townaend. who 'eturned today f ora the United States The second ofheens* training camp O train addition 1 oflloers tor the lo al troops will commence December i.