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TfTK SUMTER WATCHMAN. *Sstaba, Consolidated Aug. 2,ll VICTOflYJOR IMS. ~ hihtimi tanks LEAD way in KAK.s DARING MOVE. Great Gup* Made In Hludcnbur.: Um Through Which infantry Higl iimmv s Rush Again*! Surprised tier man 4. British Army Headquarters in Franc?. Tuesday. Nov. 20 (By the As? sociated Press).?The redoubtable iiiiHiniiiiirv hue In the Cambral Hec? tor was broken In main place? today ?>y the great force of the Brit lab tanks nd thu afternoon the Infantry which followed through the gaps are mill hauling their way forward. The surprise. gtta< k wan launched at dawn over a wide front. In the first few hours Its progress was market with evident guanoes and up to the latest reports received at this' .e (4 p. m.> had been moving along regularly according to sched? ule. The resistance offered by the d;iz?'< Germans this morning was negligible and l'litish pioneers slros bj were at rk laving roads across the old front hoe trenches, while prisoners In con? siderable numbers bad begun to come back from vurlois directions. The casualties of the attacking forces thus far have been tight. Great numbers Of Qaemaa dead Me before t ie main Hlndenburg trench where the bewil? dered enemy, taken unawares, made a half hearted attempt to stem the on rushing Ilrltonn. The battle was an Innovation for the Western front, for it was begun without any preliminary nrtlllery work. Upon the army tanks rested the responsibility for victory or de? feat und they fulfilled all expectations. The Iron giants went through th< tremendous line or harhed wire SO tanglrmenls in front of the main Hln? denburg positions and on over the trenches as though they were on pat rude. The tanks started forward at 6.20 "dock ami by ll.lt the British In-, fantry. which had swarmed vnto the holes made by the mighty engines wax engaging the enemy In open fighting ( along the Hlndenburg support line bach of the main defenses nt man', points Up to noon today there had been no hard fighting and the Ger msn artillery fire had been very weak. The Germans surrendered freely in numerous places and .several iiundn J were brought In during the rlrst few hours of lighting. Two attempted counter attacks were smashed by the British artillery in the early hoars, one in u tunnel tiench near tdillecourt. the other at Havrlncourt Park, where one com pan*, of Germans essayed an idvam c The tanks this afternoon followed by Infantry were continuing their Jour? ney into enemy territ" Prisoners admit ruefully that the attack was a surprise to them and caught many of them in th'dr due outs. The secrecy with which the Hrttlsh made their prep..t it ons was one of the most striking features of the offensive, nuns, tanks and troops were moved Into the Cambral sector st night and cnreful'y hidden during the dsy. Tp to the actual hour of the British attack there wore moments VPhOII greet stillness reign" 1 over t ie battle front, and it seemed Impossible with? in a short time the line wovild be a seething caldron. At 6.20 o'clock a hmg line of t.mks distribute* over a Web- limit started forward. At the same time the British infantry on either Hide of the land monitors made threats at IhS OOTSaag line Within a few seconds the enure enemy from Rai many miles was flaming with fS rlegated signals whl. h gglbjd f ran in ;il h for help from the German gun ners In the rear. Hed. green, white and blue lights shot up In every dlroo lion, und the roeketv sh?.wei.,l R m. rlad of stars down throuuh tic gloom, like a mammoth display of fireworks The dlsinav of the Hermans * \ bhised .?eroNs the Inky sky in this an forgettable whirlwind of pyi ote< hnP's gg UneiKti their higher (onuuard had announced it otlh ially Their gun* came Into action Mrst one. then bal S do/en, then score*, but their fir. wuv weak. They were not prepared for such an e^ent. or they would hare shown it in their artlllerv WOTS The hrttlsh big guns soon began t-? hg| ik the sbenre on their side, not m Hie form of a barrage fite, but In counter batterv work Meanwhile tin tank* rolled over what was virtually a virgin buttle Held. For weeks the progress of cone ui tratiug men and guns for this great attack had been going on. ami | . -?fully had it been d?>m? that eom i r?tiveiv f^w ealeeri in the ftritisn army *n|w what was transpiring* It fieri April, 1850. "Be Joel Ol S8i. au BRITISH DRIVE NOT HALTED. m \\v eug qvhu caftorkd prom gf.h.mans. Infantry und Caxnlry Take Batteries and kill ( rows?Sererul Towns Taken. / Britten Army Headquarters in France, Nov. ?'1 (Bf the Associated Press*.? Tlie advance of the Hritls'u army against the Germans was con tlntllng this af ternoon. The towns of ; Mannte roa, Mareolng, Rldeconrt, Hay rineourt, iJroineourt and Flcsquicre ail were behind the Britten ndvanolna line and the cavalry whi h is coon erntlni with the tanks and rendering invnlnnble eervlce, erne drawing in toward the Beurkm Wood, west or* Cambral. In severe hand to hand light Ina at I'les^uieres today British troo;?s preceded by tanks, stormed the town. Tho Germans fired on the tanks with .seven big guns at short range. Th? I rttleh infantry charged the guns GOptnred them and killed the crew> Thrte Other I ig guns were capture 1 in a similar manner at Premy Chap petle. Bfithlh ?a valr> captured a bat? tery at Ru.nllly, sabering the crews Alwut fi.000 German prisoners wer in the British cages this morning a a result of yesterday's attack In th Cambral sector and nearly a score of gOM were rup'urcd. The Brithfl continued the attack today and the troops whi-h ha 1 pen red through the gaps torn in the HindenhUrg line by the tank* wer ? making goad \ rogress in moving u:> ? the enemy territory west and south I west of Cambral. Both Ilavrincourt >nd Fles'iuleres are well !n 'he rea of the advancing British who wer ? pushing on toward Cantaing at th I lent reports. Marcolng and Mas meres south of Cambral. had been On lered and the hinh ground north 0? Marcoing, known as Premy Chapelle had been fought over, the Orman 1 e ng forceil to withdraw. The Gem ans this morning appear Od to have' stiffened their resistance ami were reported to be fighting w|t*i more determination on their last line of defense In these parts. Tho correspondent early today penned the main Hindenhurg lln near Ilavrincourt. The paths of th* tanks through the great masses, o'< barbed wire before this line could be clearly followed. In many places the uiiilis had torn the obstruction oww completely, leaving wide gaps WfllC were entirety free for the troops t> peso through. The German trenehe and dugouts were In a state of con-, hialon which showed plainly th" haste with which the enemy aban? doned this famous ditch. was :i Startling move on the part o'* yield Marshal Halg to open battle s quickly on a quiet part of the line fnr removed for the cockpit of ISurope around Vines For many months there bad been nothing more than oc? casional raids with now and then a Hurry of artillery Are in the Cambrai sector. This momlng before daybreak things we?e\ moving along at much the same nnce. The Cermans had evinced Some nervousness during the night and lor a few minutes .Ill II o'clock in the morning dropped a barrage along a section where it proably appeared as though the British might be planning a raid. The enemy presumably had been lookiuK for something in this nature' but that they did not expec t a battle u is ( lcarl> evident. Tin? oorreepondent reached a point near the British hue a little after ?'? o'clock. At that hour there was eery little artillery work on either side. Machine ?uns occasionally broke mil with their staccato bark as sentries OH one side or Ihe other thought they saw a hand over a trtfnch top. Then came a period of absolute stillness. Suddenly the long line Ol British tanks moved forward and in a moment the variegated signal lights of the Hermans shot high In the air. 'ihe British troops came out nf their shelter and with fixed bayonets and Irena des followed the tanks swiftly toward! the enemy barriers. The ground was llrm and covered with k>m gnu There were few big shell boles hui'Ii as an- to he s?? n in Flan? dern, for comparatively little artillery work bad been, done agalnal this s ?<? lor, h w is Ideal ?min.; for the hip land monttoraand the) made the most of it As Ihey started forward tin* Brlthdi put a heav\ sc reell of smoke up aii about them no lhal it was |m? poentble for tin* enemy to see them i i nv yards wsi The tnnks reached the Herman out? post lines in front of the main line and without Stopping surg? d through it toward the barbed wir? entangle id Fear not?Dot all the end* Thon Air MTEK. S. C, SATURDv GREAT BATTLE RAGING, j GERMANS ATTACKING ITALIANS IN MASS FORMATION. As Battle Prcgrrescs Germane Brims up Great Musses of Freeh Reserves in Effort to Break Piare River Lino. Italian Hoadquatrers, Wednesday. Nov. ill, The greatest mass attack which the enemy has yet made is now In program along the upper Ptave riv? er, at the point where iL bends north? east into the Pellnno Alps. As the. notion proceeds the enemy is bringing forward fresh masses of reserves. I BRITMH NEAR CAMBRAI. Drive Through Hlndonhgrg Line Con? tinues. London. Nov. 22.?-The village ot Fontaine Nor I re Dam has been cap tuied by the british in the St. Quen tin-Camhrai offensive, the war office announced. The village Is two and ihree-quarter miles southweat of Camhrai on the main Hapaumc-Cnm bral road. FRENCH REPULSE GERMANS. Conatee Attacks on Alsne Front Iiast Nlfrlit Kostilt in Loss. Paris, Nov. 22.?The Germans last night made counter attacks on the Alsne front la the endeavor to recap? ture ground won by the French In yeiterdgy's offensive. The war offlc.? announced tin.; the enemy was re bulged with eerlous losses. GERMANS CAPTURE MOUNTAINS. Important Ga Ins on Northern Italian Front. I Perlin, Nov. 22.?The summits of , Monte Foatana and Monte Splnnuc a Ion the Northern Italian front have been enpturcd, It was officially an? nounced St the war ottiec today. GAINER FEW positions. _ Italian Report Fr. in Northern Hattle Front. Koine. Nov. 81 -The Austro-Oer uana Invading northern Italy yester: day reached a few Italian positions on Monte Fontant sector, but otherwise were repulsed. / GERMAN WAR NEWS. Berlin Claims That Hritish Gains Were Unimportant. Ler'.ln. via London. Nov. 22.?The battle southwest of Comhral Is con? tinuing, army headquarters announc? ed today. The enemy did not suc? ceed In breaking through. having gained little ground beyond the Ger man front line. NO DISCRIMINATION ASKED. Hnsebaii Players Do Not Expect sp?? eial Exemption. New York, Nov. 2 2.?The National League will not ask .special exemp? tion for baseball players. It is not in sympathy with any "sellish" plan dis? criminating In favor of its business or players. President Toner declared here today. EXPHESS RATE HEARING. Inter-State Commission Will Have Hcuring Ihmsmhcr 7th. Washington, Nev. 22.?Interstate commerce commission announced to I day that it would hold a hearing De Comber 7th on application of the express dbmpanles for ten per cent. Increase In rates. 'tnente. their guns working steadily all the while. Here was a point Where it had been feared they might encounter difficulties- but they did not They crashed through the barbed wire and by 1.39 o'clock the Hritish infantry was going through the gaps thus made. At 7 4 7 o'clock the infantry, operat? ing i11sit west of Havtinoourt had swarmed up the elevation known as Mount Vesuvius, A few minutes later tbi> knoll was blown up. having been mined by the Oermans. At I :t4 o'clock seven tanks and infantry were seen in the HavrlneOUli station. In evacuat? ing Havrlncourt the Germans did eomparatlvely little damage and th > place had not suffered greatly from shell lire, it is In much better condi? tion Ihatl many of the towns'v. hie saw the hitter fighting of the Somnn last year. Few, if sny, of the German sera planes ventured over the Hritish lines this morning There was consid? erable fog and this, added to th" smoke barrage, made observation practically impossible for them. Brit? ish airplanes, however, wer?' opera I lug in large numbers. Ml ?t be Ihr Conntry ?. Thy nod'a mm \Y, NOVEMBER 24 19] RAILWAY WAGE CONFERENCE -11 BROTHERHOOD CHIEFS IN WASH? INGTON TO sl?i: PRI.siRFNT. President is in Position to Handle Problem With Free Hand?Some of > Iho Demands Brotherhoods are Kx- ; pected to Make. i Washington, Nov. 22.?-The heaclBu of' tin* four railroad brotherhoods came here today at the president s re? quest, to discuss the proposed new de? mands for higher wages. President Wilson is prepared to handle the problem with a free hand, so far as1 the road; are concerned, having! been formally notified that the read? Will abide by any step lie .sees fit to tan e. It is understood the brotherhoods plan to make an entirely new pro? posal for the appointment by the I president of a new federal comm.is-' ! sion to have complete jurisdiction 1 over the companies and workmen In ! all matters respecting the relations of, the two. The brotherhood chiefs are1 'also expected to urge that as to wage increases suggested, the increase come ! either from the carriers themselves or in war bonuses from the government along the line of the British bonus 1 system. ! .-j_ v I 1MR?P Rll.r.o LEAVES TRINITY.! I ResigtuUlon Accepted as President I rmerlttis and chairman off Trustees and Executive Committee. I I Durham. Nov. 21.?The resignation 'of Bishop John K. Kllgo of the Meth? odist Episcopal Church, South, as president emeritus, chairman of th board of trustees- and chairman of the t ' executive committee of Trinity Col 'ege, was accepted at an extraordinary j (session of Trinity trustees here today.! Joseph C\ Brown, a banker of Rai- ! I eigh, was selected chairman of the board of trustees. Bishop Kilgo offered his resignation last .lure. Members of the graduat? ing class of 1017 had taken offense! I at remarks he made about their having attached a class banner to the American flag. The students declare I no desecration had been thought off at the time. _. _ i, \ AN INDEPENDENT ALBANIA. - Prince Williams Hopea to Regain lib Realm, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Oct. 31.? (Correspondence)?Prince William zu Wied, the former Prince of Albania, lias by no means given up hopes of regaining the realm which he rulel over for so f-hort and troubled a pe? riod immediately prior to the great European conflagration. His latest step has been to send a memo/ial to the German federal princes, wherein he deals at length with the develop? ment of Albanian affairs and protest lagalnat Ihe protectorate of Albania proclaimed by Italy. He argues tUat an independent Albania offers the se 1 securest basis for a lasting peace in the Balkana, and thu it is therefore In the interests of Germany and Aus? tria. Further, Prince William asserts his own rights to the throne of Al? bania. GOVERNOR GOE8 TO WAR. Gov. Neville off Nebraska Resigns to Take Command of Regiment. Mncoln. Neb.. Nov. 22.?The restg nation of Gov. Keith Neville was to jday placed in the bands of the secre? tary of state. It Wag offered to take effect upon the acceptance of the Seventh regiment of the Nebraaka National Guard Into the federal ser? vice, Gov. Neville has already been appointed colonel of the regiment, NEW BARRED BONE. _____ Germans Announce That the Azores Am Blockaded. Amsterdam. Nov. 22.*?A new tier man barred zone, a dispatch from Berlin announces, has been establish? ed around the Azores, "Which have become In economic ami military re? spects Important hostile bases of At? lantic navigation." The channel to Greece through the Mediteranean has also been closed, it is announced. SHORT COTTON CROP. Only Fight and a Hull Million Bales (?limed to November Nth. Washington, Nov. 21. ? Cotton gin? ned prior to November i Ith amounted to 1,659,309 hairs, counting round hales as half bales, and t.s.im bales of Sea Island, the census- bureau an? nounced RtatO Of South Carolina ginned 922,277 bales. Tret*'*." TICK TROT 17. SEIZES 10,000 TOXS OP St'tj.YR. federal Administrator's Action Rc lic\cs Somewhat tbO Shortage in X? w England. New York, Nov. 21.? Tha sugar mortage situation In New York and Xew England was rellovod somewhat today by the seizure by George If. Rolph, federal sugar administrator, of 10,000 tons bought for the former Russian Imperial government and by Mr, Etolph's declaration that IS car Ion'::.- of beet sugar are also on the way from the West to Boston and New England points. The BUgar seized today was attach? ed yesterday by the Marine Trans? portation Sendee Corporation In con? nection with a suit against former Kmperor Nicholas of Russia, seeking to obtain 12,800,000 for alleged breach of contract. The proceeds from the sale of the sugar will be amenable to the writ of attachment. Thit. sugar, which has been held In titorage here since its purchase for the Russian g >\ ernment before the downfall of Cue Komanoff dynasty, b to h^ placed upon the market imme? diately and then distributed to the retailers through the American re? finers' committee. The shipment to Boston from thfl West contains 25,000 bags each of 10C pounds weight. In addition 5.00C tons of Western beet sugar will be received in New York front Califor? nia within 20 days and will he dis? tributed In Atlantic coast States ac? cording to Mr. Rolph. GERMANY TO ARGENTINA. Semds Note to Smooth Over Luxburg Affair. Berlin. Nov. 21.? (la London).? A BOmi-Officlal statement says that Dr Kuehlmann, the foreign minister, ha; handed the Argentine minister a writ ten declaration which states: The concilia!one which our enemie: have drawn from the Luxburg tele grams are wholly unfounded. Ger many has never fostered and neve Iwlll foster any other desire than tlv : development of her commerce h Pol th American countries by peace ful, lawful means." The statement a dels that In view o these declarations the Argentine gov ernment Is of the opinion tha there is no reason to alter the preset! [attitude of Argentina. A l uoros A ire*; dispatch on Novem her 10, quoted without quotations, th' receipt of the foregoing declaratiot from Dr. Keuhlmann by the Argen tine minister at Berlin. The telegram", mentioned were those sent by Coun von Luxburg, former minister to Ar jgentlna, to the German foreign offle< and made public in Washington o: October 20, in one of which Count voi Luxburg declared his* conviction tha Germany would be able to cam "through her principal political aim.* in South America * * '* equally a> well, whether with or against Ar? gentina." COTTON GOES CP. Contracts Reach Highest Level Ever Reached on New Orleans Markei. New Orleans, Nov. 2L?Reports ot the British victory on the Western front caused a sharp rise in the price of cotton here today and put contracts to highest level ever recorded in this market. December advancing to 27.*7 cents a pound. At the same time spots lose to 28.15 cents for middling, the highest price in half a century. The war news rune when the mar? ket was depressed, trading months losing 16 to l'7 points around the opening. Prom this level they were lifted 66 to *;{ points, or more than $1 a bale on tin- strongest months, to a net advance over yesterday's close of 4f, to r,7 points. The gain was well maintained to the close, when trading months stood at a net rise of 41 to i>5 points BAN SIIAY ACQUITTED. Baseball Manager Freed Crom stur der Charge. Indianapolis. Nov. 22.?Dan Shay, former manager of the Kansas City ;?ml Milwaukee baseball clubs-, was found not guilty today on the charges if se( ond dlenree murder, in connec? tion With the killing of a waiter in a tot el here last May. GEN. IR KIIOX1X DEPOSED. lussian Committee Ren saves com mamler of Army. London. Nov. 22.?An official wire ess statement from 1'etrograd today ays- that ?Jen. Dukhonln has been de ?osed by the council of peoples' com* ulssarics for "refusing to obey their irders by offering an armistice.' C SOUTHRON. 1WM *??*? Vol. XLV. NO. 29. fMjMjmMMU}JM9^ FORCED TO SEEK NEW HOMES. Vnnnturallzoc Germans Leave Bowed BOM Fuder President's Allen Ene? my Pimm 'tarnation. Washington Nov. 21.?Thousands OI unnaturali ed Germans were forc? ed to move today from their homes near doeka, piers warehouses, rail? way terminals, and other estnblish mento declared barred zones by Pres idenl Wllson'i alien enemy proclama hon. For many the new realisations means not only the actual moving of the place of residence, but the loss of jo> s in the forbidden areas as well. To these without work, including I many with dependents, the federal employment agencies were open and | officials were emphatic in explana nattoa ihat The help of these agen? cies, in find ng new employment for i the alien enemies, would not be with? held. This was only one evidence of the government's anxiety to treat law i abiding Germans with courtesy and ? consideration while applying drastic s rules to detm the few with harmful ? intent. _ I SUBMARINES SINK SEVENTEEN*. .1 _i Premier and First Lord of Admiralty II Face Mei; ce at Sea With Confl I I dence. I London, Nov. 21.?Seventeen Brit ? ISh merohantmen were sunk by minea - or submarin s last week, according to - the weekly statement issued by the - admiralty. )f these ten were vessels of 1.60a tons and over and seven of lesa than l,?#t tons. The adm rally statement follows: "Arrivals 2.C81; sailing 2,463. j "British merchantmen sunk by mine or submarine over 1,600 tons, - ten; under 1,600 tons seven. . j ' Fishing vessels sunk, none. I* 'British vegetal unsuccessfully at - tac'. ed, tWC ? Last week's record of British mer - chnntmen unk greatly exceeds that - of the previous week, when only one r I vessel of ;.600 tons- or over and live i* craft of le s tonnage were sent to tOf ^ bottom. Ii fact it represents in the -1 aggregate rhe greatest number of ves? sels destroyed since the week, ot Qoi f toher 23. ,vhen 18 we/re Tostslnco" - then there has been a gradual falling t off in shipping losses- until the mln t Imtim since Germany's intensified sub? marine campaign began was reached November 11 with a total of six. As far us the losses of large vessels t are concerned, however, the present i admiralty report apparently bears out - the optitnisttfl statement made recent >? ly by Premier Lloyd George ^:hat he t had no more fear of submarines and - of the first lord of the admiralty that s enemy sul marines were being sunk l to an increasing extent for the sink i ings in the 1,600 and over category t last week were the lowest since , March, except for the weeks of Sep , tember 16 November 4 and Novem i her 11, when in the two former weeks the total In each instance was eight and In the latter one. Premier Lloyd (?eorge in his ad diess to tie house of commons early In the present week said live subma i rims wire sunk last Sunday, but he gave no further information. MK IALIS ; KFSOI FTION BLOCK? ED. ?, i Federation of Ijtbor Not In Sympathy WUh Radical Element. Buttalo. Nov. II.?The attempt by hernldlel delegates to single out post? master General Pnrtooon for attack in connection with the suppression of certain papers has been blocked by the resolutions committee of the American Federation of Labor. An? other Socialist resolution stated for defeat. It Sms said, was transferred from the esolutions to the commit? tee on international affairs. RUSSIANS SEEK PEACE. C ommand-r in chief Ordered to Ar? range Armistice. Petrograd, Wednesday, Nov. 21.?? The Hussein government yesterday ordered <;en. Bukhonik, commander in chief, v > open negotiations for an armistice with the commanders of enemy armies The proposal to ne? gotiate peace was officially conveyed to the ambassadors of allied nations at Petrograd. DEATHS AT CAMP SEV1ER. Three Be a Ihn Repotted Since Last Night. Greenville, Nov. 22.?Official repoVts from headquatrers at Camp Sevier at noon gave three additional deaths since last night's statement. They were Dewey B. Morris, Banner, S. C, YV. r. Blltott, Nichols, s. C and John K. Poole, Jackson, Teun.