Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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8FMTER WATCTLVAN. ?Cstabl Consolidated Aur. a,1 WS FilON THE WAR. fill FAT Pit Fl' A R AT IO N S ll\ (iKR. MAXS TO BREAK THROK.lf THE IT AI I \N FRONT. Italian Ratterte* und Airplane? ( on cent rs ting Fire on German Mass Washington. Nov. SI.?Great activ? ity among Austrc-German divisions ?II alone the Italian front I* reported In official dispatches today, it Is de? clared. The forecast indicate* still greater offensiv*? in northern neetora. ?Ith elaborate preparation* for n mighty effort to break through. Rome. Nov. 18.? The official state? ment today eaya that tho Italian bat Oge-tse, cooperating 'vlth bombardment by air flights have concentrated their Are on the enemy massed, and in the movement on Aalago plateau, and the Prlralleno Basin, on Middle Plave. Hl'!ff4 HEG VILE RUSSIANS. of Rntshevlkl Told Tliat i uiiMcnts to Negotiate Ar snsstter on all I routs, j Petrograd. Nov. 18.?The represen? tatives sent by Ensign Krylenko. the gJataheylki commander In chief, have ?boon received In the German lines. They were Informed by the German Commander that the Germans have officially consented to immediate no go? lotions for an armistice on all fronts o.* t.v? belligerent countries. NEGOTIATING WITH GERMANS. BcUhrvlkl Representatives Have CYuaeod to German Sale to Nego? tiate Peace. Petrograd. Nov. 28.-? It is announc d officially at ths Smolny Institute. Bolshevik I headquarters, that repre mtatlvee of Ensign Krylenko, the tol*h?vt;<i commander In chief, cross to the German side and entered Into pe < e negotiations with the Oer ian military authorities. The Germans have set December 2 a conference on an armistice. PROTEST BY ENTENTE. _/*f Separate Truce Will He Fraught With Serious Ranger, Say* ikhooln. (Copenhagen. Nov. 27.?Gen. Duk honin. the ihisO in commander in chief, has eent an order /to the Bus- j Hpgfl army, pointing out that the en-j 1 tente had protested to the Russian Supreme command against any breacg of the treaty of Sept. I, 1 ?J 1.. Ohe treaty of London pledging th< entente power* not to make separat*? peace), and threatening that any breach from the Russian side, espe? cially the calling of a separate truce, would be fraught with serious danget. according to the official Austrian cor teopondence bureau, says a Vienna hap.it? h Russian supreme command is further announced, according to same authority that the United *? had stopped the transportation ippliea to Russia until the situ.i ?n clearer) ami that ?should the Bol shevikl retain power and make peace Kb Germany this prohibition would maintained. TMtKFYs C OSTING MORE. what l>< arei In Price Ilia n \ oar Ago. Washington. Kov. 27.?The nation' i Thanksgiving turkey thin year will more than it did a year ago. ftO? port* to the department of agricul? ture, marie public today, nhow that poultry raiser* were receiving an remjg*. of 1.4 cent per pound more fur'Xeyf? and S.I cent* mor?? f?*> tokens on November 15 than on the le date last year. Turke\ prices averaged 21 cent* higher than the November I av for the last four years, and ?kens averaged 17 cents, an nd Of 1.8 cents over the four average THE MEANS TRI AI ?n*e Trying to Show that Rciiili <* Mrs King Waa Accidental. Coneord. Nov. 88.?That the de may try to show that Mrs ?Ode A. King, might have met her Ith by the dkjharge of the plst d ld*n!ally dropped was indicated |y In the cross examination of M jjftlrhle. a State witness P. was geht out from two witnesses Hull were no powder stain* around ground on Ihd buck of the h I. fboorh both \ Bed thnt blood mtrHl hav^e prevented their noticing Jsawder msrka. bbbbbbbp . i_ ft/wd April, mo. "Be Jut i B81. 8 AMERICANS IN BATTLE. BERUM AOrOVXT OF FIRST < I.ASIf BETWEEN trjrc&H Sam s moon and Answer* They Claim Prisoners Gave to Question Why Old America En ter War. Pcrlln. Sunday. Nov.'25.? (Via Lon? don.)?A report received from the western front describing the Amerhai troops In action, says: "Independent American ur.lls have been thrown in the trench line. The felt lat has given way to the Engllsii famloned steel hehnet and the whist? ling and bursting- of shells have be? come familiar sounds to American ears. "For the first time since they have been participating as independeni contingents the Americans have t ist <<t the real hand scuffle. But thli time the shells did not merely fly ovei their heads, but into the very trenehe? they had selected and presently, with an infernal noLse, these things which the young soldiers believed to bo n Mrm protection began to quake and burst. "And hard on the heels of this, a firm attack by our on-rushing Bava? rian reserves forced the way Into the American trenches and musket shot* and bursting hand grenades relieved the artillery fire. "Our new opportunity was a most determined defense and desperate hand-to-hand fighting set in. Butt* of guns, fists and hand grenades* were freely brought into play and many men fell to the ground before the rest gave up resistance and surrend? ered. After a bare hour the German storming troops were back In their trenches with booty and prisoners. "here they stood before us, these young men from the land of liberty. They were sturdy and sportsmanlike in build. Good-natured smiles radiat? ed from their blue eyes and they were quite surpriseel that we did not pro poae to shoot them down as they had been led in the French training camp to believe we would do. "They know no reply to our query Why does the United States carry on war against Germany?' The sinking d,f American ships Ly u-boats, which is the favorite pretext, sounds a trifle stale. One prisoner expressed the opinion that we had treated Belgium rather badly. Another asserted that it was Lafayette who brought America French aid in the war of independ? ence and because of this the I'nited Statea would now stand by Franco." MltS. Si LZRACHEH BURIED. Many Friends Attend Funeral Held In Florence. Florence, Nov. 27.?The funeral services of the late Mrs. Elka Schwer? in Sulsbacher, wife of Mr. Isaac Sulz bacher. the senior member of th?; Sulxhacher Jewelry company of thl* city, whose death occurred at an in? firmary in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, took place here Sunday Th? remains reached this city Saturday morning and were conveyed to the Hul/bacher home. No. X South Mc? Queen street, where the ftmer.'.l ser? vices were held at 11 o'clock Sdnday morning. The Hev. Dr. Kline of Sumter conducted the services, which, despite the severe cold, were largely attended by iriends in this and from other cities. The services, over at the house, the PffoaaaatOSj moved to the Hebrew cem? etery, where In the presence of a large concourse of sorrowing rela? tives and friends, the remains wer? laid to roHt. The floral offerlnic was large, there >m-1?k many beautiful dMtgM, tokens of love and en teem from frienrtfi In tliiH and other Hues. The pallbear?irS wore: Messrs. William II. Molloy. C. Haokell Thomas, iamuel Ooodatetn, Henry Blackwell, Charles D. Brav und Henry II. Husbands. - itoWDV WOMEN RELEASED* Militant Suffragists \\ho Picketed White House IM-k barged. W;i sh ??n. Nov. |S, Ail the mil? itants of the Women's Party w ho re? mained in Jail after yesterduy's re? lease of 22 who were hangar striking, were released today. This entirely cleared th?? jail and wort house of the women who were im prlsened for picketing the While Hoik p Clerk of Clarendon County. (??li.mhia, Nov. 27.? Oov. Manuln lad i annotated J. b. Cantey of \; m ting clerk of muri of Clarendon county, vice K. C. Dlckson, deceased. tod Fear not?Dot all th? ende Ttion Ali OMTER, S. C, SATDRD MILLION MEN FOB PERUKE. (.HEAT ARMY WILL HE IN FRANCE BY NEXT JULY'. I Moving Over Now at 100,000 a Month j ?New Shipping to Surpass Six Mil- I Hon Tonn in Y'ear. - ! A Washington dispatch to The! Now York Sun says: American troops' ?(ore proceeding to Europe in a steady' I stream, according to an authoritative' l announcement today. Con. Perching'. will have a million men at ins com ? l mand by next summer unless present I plans miwcurry. i The appeal of L'oyd George that! ? the United States place this number ? of troops on the lighting front as early i a ; peaalble has brought the reply j from military and naval experts that1 - the fulfilment of the American plan t j depends* not only on transportation ? facilities but on the British navy's ^ability to keep the sea lanes reason " ably clear of submarines or German ? mlders. l| Indications are that the u-boat I I menace has dwindled and the British l admiralty has no particular dread of I sporadic raiders. It la assumed here that Lloyd George is confident that l America's army of a million men will l ? be a reality by next summer. ? Secretary Daniels indicated ' today I that the accelerating rate by which! I troops would be sent to the front would make Interesting reading if he t felt at liberty to give details of pro I Kr?vs. But this- is a subject which 1 the navy department feels can not be I discussed except In the most general! ' terms without giving valuable infor I mation to the enemy. Under normal Conditions the dispatch of 100.000: I (troops a month across the Atlantic WOUld represent efficient action. Mar j rhal Joffre, when he was here, esti ' mated that this would be about the j ? maximum rate. Put this was befons ' the gigantic shipbuilding program j was launched and before speeding up 1 on the present stupendous sctile bo dgan, Discounting shipping shortage and; 1 j other difficulties which retarded prog I ress? it (nay be assumed that the afcrjj drag?* rail of transportation of Amer? ican troops abroad will proceed ap? proximately as Marshal Joffre pre? dicted. Taking 200,000 American troops as an arbitrary basis of Major Gen. Pershina's present strength and increasing it at the predicted rate, there would be 1,000.000 Americans in Europe b\ early in July. Much depends on the number of 1 .ships and the amount of tonnage [which the United States can turn out j during the next six or eight months, but squally sis much it was said to? day depends on tonnage which Great 1 Britain can make available for the transport of American troops. America has promised 0.000,000 1 tons of shipping to the allied cause by ? the end of 1918. America will ful ' fill her promise with several hundred 1 tons to spare. 'j This is the statement made here to ' day In response to the inquiry of Lloyd George at the allied council as ' to the date the United States would be ready with its vast new merchant marine. By the first of March productio n will have taken on a tremendous im I petus, officials of the shipping board said. Next Saturday marks the be? ginning of the launchings of ships ac? tually contracted for by the emer I gency Hoot corporation. After that they will come with steadily increas? ing frequency and by March, it was Bald, 1.000.000 tons of ships con? ti.acted for by the government would be in the water. Ships commandeered on the stocks inre not Included in the estimate. The;/ would have been built any way and Ultimately would have been In tin service of the all tea. Under the SU? jpervlslori of the shipping board theii Construction is bein^ hastened for the I double purpose ?>f getting the tonnage at work nnd of clearing the ways for 'new construction. What the shlppllM hoard is promising Is that it will 1 uild by the end of next year 8,000.00(1 tons or more of ships over and sbOVi all the tonnage under construction or 'contracted for at the time the Amer? ican shipbuilding campaign began. AMERICAN SAILORS MISSING. Three Boats From Submarined Ship-* Still Unaccounted For. Washington, Nov. 28.?Sixty-throe men are missing in the throe unac? counted for boats of the American steamer Artueon, reported yesterday to have boon torpedoed by a German ?abmniine, Todays official report 1 one boat with 80 survivors land? ed yesterday, but adds nothing to the published accounts of the sinking. ns't at he thy Country's, Thy God's i AY, DECEMBER 1, 101 CANADIANS RAID GERMANS. CAVALRY REWARDED FOR LONG WAIT. "Hcll-for-I?eathcr" Squadron Pene? trates Enemy's Country and TerrL tics Huns Found There. Canadian Army Headquarters in France, Nov. 26 (by the Canadian Press Limited)?Canada was splendid? ly represnted in the great British ad? vance of November 20, which broke the Hindenburg line and drove the en omy hack on Cambrai. For the first time since the German retreat from Bapaume last spring the Canadian cavalry went into action with their horses. After waiting a long time opposite the village of Masnieres for the signal which sent them into action, the "Hell-for-Leather" Fort Garrys gal? loped to the attack. They succeeded in crossing the Lescaut Canal and pen etrated the enemy s country. What followed equals any thing :n cavalry exploits in the history of Ihe empire. A single squadron found it J self alone. Racing forward, with the enemy to the right and left of them, the Fort Garrys galloped in sections over the crevst of a hill con? cealing the enemy's guns. Advanc? ing down the slope they found them? selves facing a battery of four light Herman field guns. Charging straight for the battery, sabering everything as they came, the officers and men raced to the guns. In line of troop columns as they ad? vanced, coming on so quickly that the enemy had no time to man two of his guns, one other was cut off and pm out of action. The gunners attempted to blow up the fourth. The cavalry wiped out that battery with the ?word. The majority of the enemy gunners attempted to fly, and only a few brave men stood at attention be SldO their cannon. On swept the lit? tle squadron. The retreating enemy's infantry were engaged. Husk found the cavalry two mile' inside the enemy's territory com? manded by a lieutenant. A defensive position waa essential. With sword.* the horsemen fought their wa> through to a sunken road. Then, they dismounted. Two messengen sent back to report their position riot j their horses shot under them, but struggled back to the lines. Darknts? ? was falling. The gallant band wat isolated. Stampeding their horses tt divert the enemy machine gun fir* what was left of the squadron pre? pared to return. As they had galloped forward using the sabre, they now fought their way back on foot with the bayonet. Thr retirement waa a succession of hand to hand struggles. Four times the lit - tie party met enemy working partie? with the bayonet and dispersed them Midnight had passed when they reached Masnieres again and fought their way through the enemy infantry in the town to a wrecked bridge where they crossd to safety. Forty-three of the men came back unwounded. and they brought back their wounded and over a. dozen pris oners; SUCCESS AT VERDUN. French Report Victory over Germans in Contested Area. Paris, Nov. 27.?The French las night overcame the resistance of the Germans still holding out in the area of the French attack on the Verdun front Sunday, it was officially an? nounced today. Prisoners were taken in raids elsewhere on the battle line. BLIZZARD IN NFAV YORK. Colttosl November In Sixteen Yenrs ISeiMirtetl Today. W.itertown, New York, Nov. 27.? Northern New York is in the grasp of a severe cold wave, the coldest weather for November In sixteen years. The official temperature to? day is reported as two degrees above zero. A FAVORABLE WEEK. British, French and Italians Working Together Have Punished Germans. Washington. Nov. 27.?"The week ended Saturday has been one very fa? vorable to the allied arms." says the war department's official communique issued.today. It declares that the suc i ess of the British offensive in the CambraJ section and the steady re? sistance of the Italians are two fac? tors which may be considered cor? relative elements of one and the same movement. It points out that the dis? patch of French and British troops tn iid the Italians lias in no way hump ?red the continuance of offensive op .rations on the West front. uul Tratn'*." THE TB?1 .7. PAPER TftUST DISSOLVED. PRICE FIXED FOR PRESENT AT THREE TENTS. Five of Soven Defendants Plead "Nollo Contcndre" Before Federal Judge. New York, Nov. 26.?With th i as? sent of the government the Xew8 j Print Manufacturers' Association which represents about 85 per cent, of ! the print paper production of the I United Sttaes and Canada was dis ' solved here today as an unlawful 1 combination in restraint of trade in 1 violation of the. Sherman anti-trust act. Under this decree signed by Fed? eral Judge Mayer and which the de? fendant's counsel said was accepted by the accused men because of pa? triotic motives and a desire not to em? barrass the government while engag? ed in war, evidence will be adduced : before the federal trade commission In order to prepare for prices being i fixed. I Pending the commission's decision, which under the decree may he re i viewed by the federal circuit coirt of ' appeals here, the price of paper is I fixed at three cents- a pound. This contract is understood to be satisfac? tory to the American Newspaper Pub? lishers' Association. The three cent price will prevail : until April 1 in the case of the indl : vidual and corporated defendant* und until January 1 In the case of others. The price finally fixed by the federal trade commission will, It is under? stood, he for the period of the war. i Five of the seven Individual defend? ants ahd all but a few of the corpor? ate defendants accused under the fed? eral indictment returned last April ! entered pleas today of "nollo conten dre." The five individuals who thus refused to carry the case to trial were George H. Mead, president of the de? fendant Spanish River Pulp and Pa i per Mill, Limited, and other compa? nies; Phillip T. Dodge, president ol defendant International Paper Com ? pany; Kdw. W. Backus, president ol j the defendant Minnesota and Ontario i Powder Company; Geo. G. Chapoon ? Jr., president of the defendant Lau ? rentide Company, Limited, and an of ? fleer of the Canadian Export Paper I Company, Limited, and F. S. Essen - I brenner, vice president of the defend j ant Kimberly-Clark Company. The > Brat four of these Individuals were . tined $2,500 each and Sensenbrenner i was lined $1,000. G. H. P. Gould, president of the Gould Paper Company, pleaded not : guilty. At the suggestion of federal - counsel, who said sufficient evidence ? to warrant trial had not been un? covered, the indictment against Goul 1 was dismissed, i Alexander Smith, a Chicago hank? er, the seventh individual defendant, e is engaged in Red Cross work in France. He was allowed until Jan? uary 3 to plead. The defendants were accused of creating a "complete monopolistic ar? rangement" whereby prices were fixed, the country divided into districts for trade purposes, new mills suppressed to avert competition and propaganda sent to newspaper publishers indicat? ing increased manufatcuring cost at time when, according to the govern? ment, it was actually lower than it had been in previous months. Counsel for the defendants assert? ed today that they had not conscious? ly violated the spirit or the letter of j the Sherman law. The association, the' attorney held, was organized as a measure of "self-defense to meet ag- j gressions" by the American Newspa per Publishers' Association which was described as being a "buyers' trust." | The American Newspaper Publishers' i Association was responsible for the tariff on print paper being; lifted, as affecting- importation from Canada, 1 John B. BtSvnohflOld of counsel for the defense asserted, and as the cost of manufacturing paper in the United States is greater than in Canada, "the manufacturers thought they were his-j tilled, he said, in taking reasonable protective measures. RELIEF FOR ROUMANIA. Rod Cross Train Arrives at Jasay With Needed Supplies. Petrograd, Sunday, Nov. 24.?The American Red Cross relief train ar- j rived at Jassy, Roumania, November lKth. It consisted of fifty-live ears of hospital supplies from America and foodstuffs. Now Mail Regulations. Washington, Nov. 27.?Regulations to govern the transmission from the United States of communications not In the regular course of mails will be lOfUOd within a few days under the trading with the enemy act. g southron, nn Ummm Vol. XL 7. No. EHEMYIHSURAUCE PROHIBtTi Fl UK AXI> CASUALTY COMPANIES MUST Ll< JUTDATE. Safety of United States Demands Germans and Allies Coaac Busineo?. Washington, N \ 26.?Secretary^' McAdoo today decided that under the trading-with-the-en imy law the bus? iness insurance ce n pa ivies incorpor? ated in Germany y "ally of enemy countries" has to he liquidated with exception of life insurance compa? nies which are ali >wed to continue i existing contracts. Secretary McAdoO 'announced his deci ion as follows: "Upon careful weighing of the evi? dence submitted, i have reached the conclusion that the safety of the Unit* 'cd States requires that enemy and al* ly of enemy marine, Are and casual? ty insurance companies shall not be .allowed to do bus less as growing concerns. The consideration of safo t ty is so important as to render it un? necessary to determine at this time whether this action is also demanded by other concerns incident to th* suc? cessful prosecution of the war. ^ - "In these circumstances, I am con? vinced that the best interests of the> country will be served by the llqut ! dation of these co npanies under the direction of their American manage? ment and subject 'o such regulation as the secretary of the treasury may from time to time prescribe. "As the liquidation of the life in? surance companies Involved may work an. injustice to p<: icy holders and as the information ucceaslble to such companies can rot benefit, the enemy because of the character of the bus? iness and its inccrisiderable propor? tions, these com pa: o es for the present will be allowed to continue existing i contracts." HAVOC IN TEXAS. Fourteen Oompa ttfesi Affected by New I lining. Austin, Texas, Nov. 26.?Fourteen alien insurance cor.ipanleajdoing bus? iness in Texas will be affected by the order of Secretary McAdoo. The li? cense of the Cologne Reinsurance Company of Cologne, Oermany, was revoked a few days ago by C. A. Aus? tin, commissioner of insurance and banking, for failure to comply with the trading with the enemy act. No German, Austrian, Bulgarian or Turkish insurance companies are in operation in South Carolina so the ruling of Secretary McAdoo will have no direct effect in this State. DISLOYAL PROF1 SSOR EXPOSED. President Aldemar of University of Virginia Maki* Charges Against Prof. Whipple. Charlottesville. Vau Nov. 27.?* President Alderman, of the Univetrdty of Virginia. Jn ask ng the board of trustees to dismiss >rof. Leonidas ft. Whipple from the .acuity for alleged disloyal utterance*', declared today that it was Whipp. :'s deliberate pur? pose to conduct a Car reaching propa? ganda for promulp; uting the senti? ments expressed In his speech at Sweetbriar College. BRITAIN MANUFACTURING DYES. Pi (><h ccs Limited s pply of Gorman Pre-war M *nopoly. London. Nov. 2- .?The manufac? turing of dyes in G reat Britain and supplying the Brivsh trade which heretofore had been dependent al? most entirely on Ge many has proved very successful acc rdingr to the re? port of a company subsidized by the government for thi^ i; purpose The production of dyes continues to be limited by tbe s'. ortage of certain materials but the supply has been in? creased during tr.e year and the va? riety of dyes extended* Co-operation among dye manufa* turers is urged to increase the out put of dyes^and the need of further capital % em* phasied by the fact that the recently published accounts of five of the Ger? man dye manufacturing firms show assets amounting to 35.000.0OO pounds, including c sh resources of ten millions. MILWAUKEE Alt' ARCHISTS AR RJESTilD.' Round up of < ri tb ala Suspected of Bomb Cat rage. Milwaukee, Nov. 7.?With the ar? rest of a large number of suspects early today In connection with Sat? urday's bomb outre te which result? ed in the death of ten persons, the po? lice are hopeful soo* to secure some? thing dellnite on which to fasten re? sponsibility. The men rounded up :oday are supposed to be anarchists,