Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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rot trmrn ?atoima* ischdated Aug.?, If ILB001ESI BATTLE YET. %tvrniA*s and Italians fiuiit to a kinih1i. D4*i*<nn Thal Thai < rnsaed Tiare River Killetl, Rrowued or to Twe Last Man. Italian He?d.|uai ten*. Italy, Sun Sag. NfOv 1? ?The Aumrlans who feretd taeUr way arrow* the Flava? river above Zenson have been thrown iaie tine liver and drowned, bayonet toeX killed or captured, until not any' of the enemy remains on the west bank Mt that point. Hie tight waa one of ths moot fearful chapters of the war. and the most glorious. Tin wounded wore so numerous that sasjarj have not yet received aid ON THE FKJIITlNt. LINK. ft* In France nre Kept llusv With Artillery 1 ire. Wltk A n er lean Army in France. NatldAy. Nov. H/~Artillery fighting patron activities continue on the lean sector. The Infantry has fata taken part In any of the engage aaasiVS> Nothing of especial Interest had kP+an tsported from the front iilj^tf the past 24 hours. ? >? PVAeMAK* *TR1KI It \( K. Ira osi Olslagn Plateau. Ca sax ring Trenches. Howie. Nov. If.?The Italian forces have begun an offensive on the Asiago pis tea u and have occupied advanced elements of the trenches, the war of? fice announced. Further efforts of the Teutons to cross the Plave rlv*r have been stopped. fighting at Verdun. Paris. Nov. It?Heavy artillery fighting to still progressing on the Verdun front, east of the Meuse, sayi today's official report, but the night compaartlveCy calm everywhere. CONTROL THE RAILROADS. All Unr? Win he Placed In The IIa sohl of Prtwhlent Wltaoii If Crisis Arise* Washington. Nov. It.?Formal an notjneesnent was made today that the lallroada of the Fnlted States had de elded If a crisis should arise to place their Interests In the hands of the president for protection and for such disposition as he may deem necessary for preventing the interruption of transportation during the war. The announcement is regarded as elimi? nating the possibility or a strike by1 Wiving the president a free hand when he meets the brotherhood leaders In I tonference Thursday. AUEN IM Ml PROCLAMATION, Foreigner* MrM Register and Obtain Permit to Travel. Washington. Nov. lt.?All alien enemies wtl be reqnlred to register and to obtain a permit to travel, un? der a proclamation issued toduy by President Wilson. Enemies are also prohibited from approaching within one hundred yards of water fronts, docks, etc. They are also forbidden to reside In the Hlstru t of Columbia The proclamation provides that an Mien enemy shall not. except on pub? lic ferries !*? found on any ocean ta\y. ftVOr or other waters of the Fnlt? ed State* They are forbidden to fly airships or baloons or from enti ring the Puoiioe Canal sons. Only Ger? mans will h? affected. WANT IIR.RER INTEREST. Home Federal Reserve Officer* Fetor Raising Rates. Washington. Nov. it.?A SSOiliOU lion of the discount rates was discuss? ed today at the federal reaerve advis? ory commission's quarterly conference with the federal irsi ird Some ofnrials seem to think rates hould be raised slightly us a meuns of pre-1 >entlng Inflation and promoting sou .d bust n i Ml HIU MI IIS on l HI \| Mrs. Itianea Drttaulle* Faces Jury fnf Killing Hutband. Mlneola. Nov. 1H- The trial of Mi - Hianca DeHuulles. who is charged srilh the murder of h*r divorced bin ? ?and. John opened here to dar It h fSapW '? ?! the Jury will ???? e.? nrerl h?for?< ? .-. wig KAISER TALKS IM \CE. Petrograd. Nov if) lit ggf Of WH Ham. sccordlng to a Petrograd news paper, has Informed thi Kussian aol diers nnd wmitenon's deputise that h* Will tre*.t for pe>ir?? only with tb*> legal SU?c-esHt.r to the Impel ial gov stnmsnl or a constituent assembly Shed April, 1850. "Bo Just a *8i. bu: biiliiaysTeed v \ndertjp and WAMfaM QITV testimony. Chairman or War Savings Committee Thinks (Government May Have to Acquire Ownership. Washington, Nov. 16.?Frank A. Vanderlip, New York banker and chairman of the government's war savings committee, ami Paul M. War? burg, vice governor of the federal re? serve board, called by the interstate commerce commission today as expert witnesses in the lf> per cent, advance rate case, testified that radical action was necessary to remedy the railroad financial situation. Mr. Vanderllp was of the opinion the proposed rate increases only touched the surface of the situation, while Mr. Warburg declared that should It be granted Its effect from a psychological standpoint in restoring confidence among investors would be of greater advantage than the im? mediate monetary gain it might mean to the roads. One of two things must bo done to meet the situation, either the govern? ment must acquire ownership or some action taken to restore confidence in the securities, said Mr. Vanderlip. In their arguments for the increase, Mr. Vanderlip said, railroad men themselves failed to see below the sur? face and view what he believed to be fundamentally wrong?the effort to force the two regulatory principles-, prevention of combinations and fixing of rates to work smoothly together. "Either one may he nil right, hut not both together." he declared. "As long as rates are regulated the rail? roads should have the right to form combinations." The question of confidence was the nlnclp.il thought In the statement of Mr. Warburg. He maintained that railroad stocks had reached such a dnge that the roads' only method of ibtnlning money was through bond iasues which could not be made on a iitalsfactory basis now. PATRIOTIC AUSTRIAN'S MURDER? ED. f ?urcliasors of Liberty Roods and Sub scr Ibers to Red CrosM slain In Min? nesota. Virginia. Minn., Nov. 16.?Thre'* Austrian?*, a woman and two me.i. were murdered here last night, the police say, because they had subscrib? ed to the Liberty loan and Red Cross runds. They were Mr. and Mrs. Paul \lar and Peter Trepich, a boarder in "he Alar hpuse. The skull of each iad been crushed with an axe while *he victims slept and each body mu? tilated with a knife. On a kitchen table In the home oi! the Alars was a note, written in an Am.trian dialect, reading: "This Is what you ?et for being igalnst the kaiser. You have donated to the Red Cross and you have said the kaiser could go to hell. Don't look for us. for any one who does will get the same dose." Red Cross and Liberty loan pur? chase signs generally displayed here clthough the community has a large Ausarten population. disappeared from the windows of Austrian resi? dents today. The Alars were each .18 years of age and Trepich was 60 years old. Th' i men were miners. TEX \s GOVERNOR INDICTED. Former Executive (barged With Emhci/lcmcnt. Austin. Texas. Nov. 17.?Indlct n cuts in seven ct.ses against Former QOV, James K. Ferguson. charging ihm application of public funds, were quashed toduy by District Jud^e Ham? ilton. Dismissal was refuse*' in two other < o ? h, charging embezzlement a oil diversion of special funds. TO RESTRICT TRANSPORTATION. Judge l.nti'11 WW Not Take Further Act Ion. Washington, Kot, it.?Further gnvsrninsnt actum to restrict Irena? portatfSfl of non-essentials is not at th l time contemplated by Judge Robert ? Iswetti idoifolstrator of the priorities transportation aet, sl\ BODIES. RECOVERED. PtSfSSjessaW nf \hIic\IIIo Negro School Si III Unexplained. Asheville, Nov. 17.?Another charr? ed body was taken from the luins of tie- negre school hers today, bring!ni the numhci of bo lies recovered from yesterday's tire to six. The origin of ' i l bis M ll till unexplained. ad Fear not?IX all the ende Thon Ali BITER, S. C, WEDNESI CHANGE COTTON SALES. LOTS OP SFVFNTY-FIVE RALES FAVORED. Hallway Men Consider Transportation oiKsiion Preparatory to Meeting Dealers. , Washington, Nov. 10.?Railroad men appointed to study methods of moving the cotton crop with the least ; possible strain on the railroads an ' nounced today that the only step which OOUld be made effective, would be a basis on the sales of 100 to 7"? bales. This would permit full loading Of cars and save much valuable ship? ping space. J The average loading capacity of cars is 75 bales and the railroad rep ' resentatives said that sales of cotton in multiples of 100 bales forced the ' hauling of less than carload lots and nothing was gained by efficient load? ing. Already some mills have started purchasing in 75 bale lots. The railroad men, members of a committee appointed by Lincoln Green, vice president of the Southern Railway, by authority of a conferenc j J recently held here under the auspices of the National Council of Cotton Manufacturers, will meet a committee of cotton men. appoined by George H MoFadden, Jr., of Philadelphia, her' next Friday. There have been suggestions that the size of hales be standardized and< that greater compression be used, but the railroad men believe neither could be effected (luickly enough to relieve the presnt traffic congestion. Con? gress may be asked to onuct legisla? tion requiring the use of a standard? ized gin box. The railways have been urged to penalize over-size bales which are common In thl Mississippi 'jdelta sections where a levee tax Is Imposed on each bale grown. In spite of the unusual demands put On the railroads, Mr. Qroen said today I that fewer cars have been used in moving the same amount of cotton than ever before. HAD NARROW ESCAPE. American Congressmen Caught in Flurry of (.'ermau .Mat bine (.mi Fire. British Front. Bflglum, Friday, 'Nov. 16.? Five members of the party of American congressmen and prl jvate citizens who spent yesterday and part of today visiting the Belgian war ?One had a narrow escape when they ' were caught In a sudden burst of IGerman machine gun tire while in? specting the front line of trenches near Dlxmude. No one was struck, despite the fact that the shots came In showers. AMERICANS IN THE GAME. With American Army In Franc i Nov. 1 7.?Artillery fighting inthesec tor held by American truopH is more lively, and there have been further casualties, tdirapnel wounding some ' men in the trenches. Some of the men wounded during the last two days have died. GERMANS DRIVEN BACK. Rome. Nov. 17!?The German troops which forced a crossing of the Piave river at Zenson are being press? ed back steadily, it is officially an? nounced. In other sectors nearly one (thousand prisoners were taken. KEREN SKY A FUGITIVE. Petrograd, Friday, Nov. 16.---De-J serted by most of his officers and -virtually ordered to surrender to the I Bolshevlki, Former Premier Ke rensky evaded the guards sent for him and disappeared. Iff. Bibenko. .member of the war committee of the marine, denied that Michael Roman? off, the former grand duke, was with Kerensky. He denied also that den. Korniloff had escaped from prison. BRITISH GAIN GROUND. London. Nov. 17.?Further pro? gress was made yesterday by the Brit? ish on the main ridge in the vicinity of PaseehandalOi the war olllce an? nounced. NEW DRAFT RI LES. Men With Dependents Made More Secure. Washington, Nov. 17.- Men of the draff age with dependent relatives Sre placed more in a secure position under the new regulations made pub lie today. While deferred claslllca tion may be revoked when granted for any other cause, there is no way by Which men with dependents can be nailed out of turn. Parle. Nov. 17 - August B, Rodim the famous sculptor, died today. mj*t at be thy Country'* Tay God's a )AY, NOVEMBER 21, 1 POSH WHEAT CAMPAIGN. REGISTER ALL FARMERS Df VI? TAL MOVEMENT. Farm Demonstration Agents Gather in Columbia Next Monday for In? structions. Columbia, Nov. 17.?Twenty-five farm demonstration agents will next week begin a State-wide campaign to increase the wheat acreage. The campaign will he conducted under the direction of W. W. Long, State agent of farm demonstration work and director of the Clemson College extension department, and in cooperation with the State Council of Defense. It is planned to register all farmers in the State in the wheat growing movement. The agents will also urge that much attention be given to the live stock industry and that the farm? ers grow as many hogs as possible so that a shortage of meat will be averted. , The farm demonstration agents have been called for a conference at the Jefferson Hotel for next Monday at noon when the plans of the cam plain will be outlined. Every farmcy* in South Carolina will be asked to sign a pledge card to pro? duce more wheat and to raise as many hogs as possible. The census of the State will he taken through the school children. Every school child In South Carolina will be asked to carry a card home to be signed by the parent. The following letter wdll be sent to every country home In the State: 't am sending you acard asking for your cooperation with your gov? ernment in a service that is equally necessary with that of serving in the trenches and that is to assist in in? creasing the food supply of the world in the growing of at least two acres I of wheat to the plow and the raising ! of at least one additional litter of ! pigs more than you have been doing i in the past few years. If you expect to have your usual quantity of flour bread for the use of your family and 'dantathm. you must grow it. TllC government will not permit you tc draw upon the surplus supply of the j West. This is going to feed our ar? my and those of our allies. "There are fewer hogs In South Carolina than there was In 1915, The meat supply of the United State* and the world is less than at any timfl in the history of the world, so far as j information is recorded. A 200 pound hog will bring you as much as you used to receive for a 500 pound bale of cotton. Remember that we are asking you vto only increase your pork by raising the pigs from one addi? tional sow. If every farmer will com? ply with this modest request the meat situation will be solved and the requirements of our government met Could we ask you to do less? "These cards do not need to be Ltamped. Pill them out. sign them and mail and they will be delivered without postage. Yours very tru'.y W. W. Long, Director." The slogan of the campaign will be: "Waging war against Germany not in trenches but on the farms of South Carolina." Those who have been called to Columbia to assist In the campaign are the following farm demonstration agents: J. Q. Williams, Clemson College; V. W. Lewis, Clemson College; L. W. Summers, Orangeburg; E. E. Hall, Clemson College; J. R. Clark, Colum? bia; James Shealy, Halentine; J. F Williams, Sunder; O. W. Baker. Klngstrss; W. H. Barton, Simpsou ville; C. A. McFaddln, Manning: W. P, Stewart. Kimpsonville; W. R. 151 llott, Wlnnsboro; A. A. McKeown, Rock Hill; A. E. Chapman, Green? ville; H. (I. Boylston, Blackvillc; S B. Evans. Bennettsville; J. F. Basil. Bpartanburg; c. B. Parrls. Green? wood, t. H. Mills, Prosperity; C. s. Patrick. Saluda; P, 11. Senn, Man? ning; W. J. Thomas, McCormiek; Colin McLaurin, Marion; r. if, Ora? bet, Gaffney. STORMED ITALIAN PORT. Germans Capture Position and lake Prisoners, Berlin. Nov. 17.?The Austro-Gcr man forces invading Italy yesterday stormed Monte Brassolan. between Bretu ami Plavs river and took Sight hundred Italian prisoners, says to day's oinelal statement. STRIKE IN FINLAND. Ilelsirgford, Nov. 17. -A general Strike of all workmen Is now in pro? gress and business is at a standst II. The Buss an government troops have uuited with the Proletariat Bed Guard and are in control. ad Truth'*" THE TBTJ1 917. EQUIPPING THE Ml. VAST TASK OF ARMY ENGI? NEER CORPS AND HOW IT HAS BERN ACCOM? PLISHED. Personnel in OfHcers and Men Increns ed in Seven Months From 2,500 to Kio.ooo?Supplies Purchased and Delivered to Army of One Million ?Railroads Built Complete in United States and Sent With Oper? ating Force to France?Coast De? fenses and Camps Constructed. The Corps of Engineers of the Army since April G has not only been sup? plying the engineering equipment for an army of a million men, but has undertaken the unprecedented task of furnishing railroads complete from the United States for operation in 1 France. ! The engineers construct the free ar ? terles through which flow great arm? ies, reinforcements, supplies, and am? munition to the extremities of the 1 lines. From March 1 to November 1 the j corps of engineers increas-ed its per jsonnel from 256 officers on the active llgt to 391 officers and 14 retired offi? cers on active duty and in addition ha.s commissioned more than 5,000 re? serve officers. The enlisted force has expanded from 2.100 to 95,000, and there has also been a heavy increase in civilian employees. In addition, nine railroad regiments and one forestry regiment have been raised as part of the National Army. . Seventeen pioneer regiments have j been authorized as part of the Nat i ional Army and are rapidly organizing National Guard units equivalent to about seven regiments, have been call? ed into the federal service, and their i /reorganisation into 17 pioneer engi j neer regiments for the 17 divisions of j National Guard troops is well under I way. Engineer officers' training camps were established in each of the 16 training camp areas, rhe number ol candidates for engineer commissions taken from each camp being 150. Af ter a month's training in the same I Camps with candidates for commie jsions In other branches of the ser> vice the engineer sections wer? ! transferred to three engineer training camps with special facilities for technical instruction, one in the vi ' cinity of Washington, one at Fort ( Leevenworth, Kans., and one at Van j couver Barracks, Wash, Instruction was continued there for two months, j In August. 1.900 candidates were graduated and are now holding com? missions. Large numbers of engineer grad i uates of training camps have been assigned to new regiments and special 1 units are being organized and the training of enlisted men in the Nat ! ional Army will be largely under I their supervision. A number are in Prance for special training. <>n December 1 about 1,200 engi? neer reserve officers- will be graduat? ed from a second engineer officers' (training camp. : A duty imposed upon the engineers j has been the purchase of the neces 1 sary engineer equipment ' for more j than 1.000,000 men. The urgent defl jeieneies act approved June 15, 1917. ? appropriated for the purpose amounts j aggregating in excess of $130,000,000, an amount comparable with the pur | chase of material, equipment, and j supplies for the Panama Canal dur I ing the 10 years of its construction. '.The urgent deflcienoios act. approved October 6. 1917, provides $198,100, j 000 additional for engineer purposes I and it is expected that all of this wili be expended during the present llsca year. Within 350 hours after the engi ! neer corps, following the declaration J of war, advertised for equipment, awards had been made covering the requirements of 1,000,000 men. a to? tal of 8,700,000 articles, which in eluded among other items 4 miles of pontoon bridge. Approximately two months was the average time of de? livery secured on all of this material. on September 7. two weeks after receipt Of instructions, equipment was snroute to the various National Guard and National Army organisations at cantonments throughout the country. These shipments comprised a total of about 48,000,000 pounds In some 04, 000 separate cases and packages. Ry November 1 the outstanding Obligations on orders placed for en? gineer material, equipment, and sup? plies, aggregated $130,000,000, and disbursements in payments for mater? ial delivered had reached the sum of $15.000.000 per month. Another Important task of the en gineers has been to provide efficient methods for the receipt, storage, and shipment abroad, with proper ac I southron, n-taMMtt* MM. ***** VoLXLV. No. 28, EPIDEMIC AMONG SOLDIERS. quarantine established au camp UftVlflk Men Not Allowed to Go Off MiUtsry Reservation and ABI Amu^meo* Houses Cloned. Tamp Sevier, Greenville, Nov. 16.? MaJ. L. D. Gasser. i cttng chief of staff, Thirtieth Division, authorized the following statement tonight: "Due to an epidemic of measles and some few cases of rneumonia and meningitis, the soldiers will be quar? antined and not permitted to leave the reservation nor to visit Greenville, Camp Sevier or Paris. "All amusement houses in the res? ervation will he suspended and not permitted to open, including the Y. M. C. A. buildings, the K ights of Co? lumbus hall, the "Hostess House" and any other s-uch buildings. The poet exchanges will be closed so far as al? lowing men to enter. They will be required to make openings so that ! the men can be served on the outside. !The usual program of instruction ad? ministration and s ply will' be car? ried on. "This quarantine do' ? not prohibit visitors from entering the camp, the object being to preve* t men from gathering in closed 1 uildlngs. The quarantine goes into effect Saturday morning." Major Gasser stated over the tele? phone that the situation was not con? sidered serious, hut that the quaran? tine had been decided upon as a pre? cautionary measure. It is believed that the disease will be entirely eradi? cated in this way in the shortest pos? sible time. The length of. the quar? antine. Major Gasser blinks, will de? pend entirely on the < ^operation the men accord the authorities. The quarantine, sweeping <n its nature, will he rigidly enforced and applies to officers as well a? men. Pekin, Friday, Nov. If.?The entire cabinet resigned with Premier Tuan Chl-Jul today. It is considered prob? able that the president will accept their resignations. counting system, for this mass of sup? plies as well as for the vast equip? ment for field operations and con? struction work. The engineers of the railway sec? tion have undertaken to transport and install and put into operation overseas a complete railroad equipment. The railway problem In the theater of op? erations in France in\olves not only the organization, equipment, and mil? itary training of railroad troops for j the construction, maintenance, and 1 operation of standard and narrow ? gauge roads necessary for the supply i of our armies, but also the purchase, I Inspection, and shipment of immense quantities of railroad equipment rails, ties. locomotives, cars, shop tools, etc.?necessary for the de ! velopment of adequate port facili? ties, construction of new lines and . their successful operation. The estt mate of the situation In France wae confirmed by the French commission, headed by Marshal J off re, and the means of meeting it 1 ave been car ried on with intensity. Trained officials in various depart? ments of American railroads were called upon for the officers, and ex? perienced railroad employees for the enlisted men. of the nine railroad reg? iments, each of 33 o?icers and ap? proximately 1,100 men The cost of materia s ordered to date is approximately $70,000,000, in? cluding some hundred:* of locomo? tives, more than 100.0 ?| tons of steel rails, more than 3,000 complete turn? outs. 500.000 ties, 12,000 freight cars, 600 till and ballast cars, 600 miles of telephone wire and apparatus, as well as vast quantities of construction and repair equipment. The engineers have also undertak? en the work of organ!: jug and equip? ping special troops for special ser? vices, such as lumber supply, road construction, sanitary construction, camouflage service. Ras and flame service, mining work, mapping, etc. Prefered attention has been given to the organization am. equipment of the first forestry regiment, to be sent to France to produce lumber and timber from French forests. Three additional regiments are to he Or? ganized. The cooperation of the For? estry Service of the Department of Agriculture has been e.\ tended in the selection of personnel and equipment. In addition to all of these duties, the sngtnssr corps has maintained its regular service In the preservation ind improvement of navigable waters in the United States and construction >f coast defenses. New batteries are iteing pushed to completion with mergy.