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TKR SCMTKK 1HATCUMAN. SatebJ Consolidated Aug. it\T, BWTtSH^pRIVEN B?CK. " H\XG*H MEN WITIIOUAW TWO Mll.K.v AT van |'<)|NTs Two Villages Taken by Te utons Re gaimtl *? r t onnt? ?ruttn?-k?? Hanl Fighting Still in Pmgrc*? On. r Geister I art of Fifteen Mile Front. London. Nov 30 ?The Germans inj a violent offensive over the entirr front whero the British made their notable sums lust week have pushed back General Byngs troops at sever? al polnta Especially severe was the at? tack between the Bourlon Wood and' Bfoeuvree whero the British line under Its Impetus was driven buck to the vtetsdty of the Bapaume-Cambrai Road north of Uralncourt?a distance of two miles. Likewise on the south on base, the enemy drove through from Gonnelleu to Gouaeaueourt?an? other two miles. The village of Lava cquerie was captured by the Gerntuns, but later in a counterattack was re? covered. Other counterattacks have driven the enemy from Goubeaucourt ard the ridge to the east. Hard fighting la still in progress over the greater portion of the 15 mile front. Berlin. Dec. 1.?The Germans yes? terday captured four thousand British and several batteries in the Cambrai region, the war office announced to day. German? It.-gin Turning Movement. British Headquarters in France, Dec. 1.?In the operations In the Cambrai region yesterday the Ger? mane began a turning movement, but the British were able to pull buck raoet of their troops srd guns at the first attack and saved them. So fur ss coul I be ascertained this morning ao British guns were captured bj the I Fighting Is still proceed? ing today. ATTACK ON VERDI N Germans Repulsed After Violent As? sault. Parle Dec. 1.?The Germnns made a violett attack las night on the Ver? dun front, the war office reports. Two efforts *t re defeated by the French, who. after a severe engagement, held their line Intact. Gl i:l it'll sIMIMl SI STUM D j Mim Vis? Would Not Stand Watch for submarin?-. Mum sct\c lt\c Near New York. Nov. 30.?A sentence of five years at hard labor Imposed by a military courtrnurtlal on Charles K. Oerlach, former second officer of I government steamship. for dlsohe* dlence at sea, was upheld gej in i> Hand, in the federal district court here today. A writ of habeas corpus In which It was argued that Gerlach as a civilian was not amenable to military-laws was dismiss i Oerlach was returning to the I'nlted States as a passenger on an army transport, lie vol n.t'-ered to serve aa a lookout for submarines and several hours after he had done his watch le? ws* again ordered to the bridge for another tour of duty. Oerlach refused on the ground that he was a civilian and a paseenger on the transport. He was charged with violation of the sec? ond article of war tried and convict? ed. .Mince October 18 he has been serving his sentence at Governor's Is? land. Gerlach was returned to the mili? tary authorities His attorneys an? nounced he would appeal Judge Hand's dismissal of the writ. DI M WD I.AItGK IMUMMTV. t . _ <. pgejgej Bwpo is Sonet Blood Most) Front America. London. Dec. I The Saxon flnum ?? minister durin- a budget debate ,r the Ha von db-t. according to a ?11.4 pat( h t> the Times from Amsterdam, sold that Germany must demand a lnr*? Indemnity without bothering which of her adversaries should p.r It. adding. ? L- t them only think or America.'' nUOHITI RH ?I is < OMTBsT! I d and Fuel XdiulnUtratlon (an not %mw\ Washington. De? I The contes between the food and fuel adminis? tration* over piiorlts rir.hts for food end i o.i I ti insportat ion w in taken up ? od.i. ..? , .(?nfer.ru?' hetween lepie oentatlves of the railroad war board tommtti.e on priority and the two sdntln is* rations ooneerued to doeld whether foodstuffs or ? oa| and OOSk phall move first on the railroads. IC.?'<I April, 1S50. "Be ?tut m ?81. 8?1 SLAUGHTERING GERMANS. HltlTlSII INF.WTHY MOW I>OWN CU&HMAN'S ATTACK IN Ii MAS min?* II uns Surge Forward to Moot Baking Fi?* of Their Musters' Iii- (.uns und Hilles. With the British Army In France, Dec. 2. 3 P. M. (by the Associated Freea).?Nine separate counterattacks launched against Masnieres by strong Cerman forces yesterday were all re iiulscd after mos. sanguinary tight ing .although the British palled back somewhat to lessen the sharp salient there. An intense buttle raged all day ..ml it is stated that they killed more i.ermans between daylight and dark than in any aim. lar period since th? ( war began. It was virtually a con tinous light from the start to the Brtt counterattack. The enemy Infantry kept surging forward in waves and as each came up it was caught by the tire from the British artillery. rifles and machine i.uns. The attacking forces were mown down like grain before tho reaper, but with characterictic Prus? sian discipline they continued to Mil their ranks and advance until .after the ninth assault had failed. Purlng the afternoon the Germana succeeded in capturing Les Kues Vertes, a suburb south of Mesniercs, but a British counterattack delivered at 5 o'clock pushed the enemy out again. Cerman guns on elevations south and southeast of Masnieres late yesterday were conducting a heavy bombardment against the town. The Ilritish line at that time bulged around Masnieres in a very sharp salient, which made the position an uiiem iable one to hold at best. It 1 quite apparent that if th ? 1'ntish should decide to withdraw slightly in the neighborhood of Mao? ri ie-es and establish their lino on th ? southeastern outskirts of the place th- ir front would be much improved, as the British line was entirely dom? inated feff the high ground in the pos? session of the Germans. The Hrltish I little before 2 o'clock this morning made a local attack ir. the moonlight on the r.ertnan posi? tions north and northeast of P.is schendaele and about the same time | minor ussuult against the enemy front northwest of Goobertf. These attacks trod to have gone well as a whole. I ) ? British were held up in th eenter tJong the ridge for a time DUl for the most part were reported f> hove reached their objeettvoi and to have penetrated from 300 to 400 yards .t numerous points. The attack about Gouber involved two strong Gorma;ft fortifications. If the gain continues to the norHi ilong the rtdgOi it will mean that the British have added much to the com? pleteness of their observation in thi i region. The Ilritish v.sterdav and last nigh < mtlnued their countcroffensive opot ations in the Connelou sector, which was overrun by the Germans I'riday In an attempt to wrench off th?J salient whkh the 1'rltlsh last wee:* drove in about I'ourlon Wood. The mopping up of Gonnelou, which wa.t recaptured by Ilaig's troops Saturday, was completed during the night About 300 prisoners were taken in this place. Fifty prisoners also were brought out of Bcs Kues Vertes u/ter a British counterattack and. all told, the Germans lost many hundreds o' prisoners in >esterday's operations. After reeu pturing Cache Wood, th9 British con t inued their pressure in this region and pushed up until fur? ther on the higher ground to the southeast of the wood. One British i mk captured 15 enemy machine guns in the assault on Guche Wood. The Hermans this morning began :? hot vy shelling of the British entangle? ments at the position known as tin Kmdl. Just south of Vendhuile. In Iii iting the possibilitv of an impend? ing attack In that sector. It is now H< to state that the Germans or i i Idas employed ;? great tore.' at ax or seven divisions?for their at; ic h from Moenvres to * Bourlon W .od and four or live divisions in the touthorn offensive In the region of Gonnelou The Qermans fought In imisu'H all that day in both sectors and their looses were exceedingly heavy. TillBTI'FV (<?VVMTS BSCAPR 1?# -|m rale | rltnimil? Make llr.vtA for IdlH rty at JoHH, JoMOt. Ml. DOC I Thirteen OOO \bts eooaped from the Mute pemten? tlary hare early today by broMhlng thmUgh the steel doors and bOUtlOg two guards unconscious. nd Fear not?Dec all trie ende Thon AI ITE.K, 8. C, WEDN ESI RUSSIAN PEACE COUNCIL llOieejllit a<ii:xTs till WHAT HAPPVBfKD WHEN THKV UMJilMIIII into tf.c th)x CAMP. Agreement to Armistice Conference Ut Signed by Commander in Chief of the Gorman Army. Petrograd, Thursday, Nov. 29.? The report of the representatives sent, through the German lines by Ensign Krylenko. the Bolshevik! commander in chief, to begin negotiations for an armistice, was given out here today, it shows that the agreement to take up negotiations was made on behalf of the Germans by their commander in chief. It was agreed, as reported yesterday, that the conference should be held Sunday. Dec. 2, at German headquarters in Brest-Litovsk. The text of the report folows: "We crossed the line, preceded by a trumpeter carrying a white Hag. Three hudnred yards from the Ger t man entanglements we were met by (German officers. At 5 o'vlock, our eyes blindfolded, we were conducted I to a battalion staff of the German army, where we handed over our written authorization from the na? tional commissioners. "The negotiations were conducted in the French language. Our pro? posal to carry on negotiations for an armistice on all the fronts of belllig erent countries in order later to make peace, was immediately hand? ed over to the staff of the division, whence it was sent to the chief com mandor of the German armies. "At 6.20 o'clock we were taken in a motor car to the minister's house, where we were received by Divisional Gen. von Hoffmeister, who informed us that our proposal had been handed to the highest commander and that a reply probably would be received In 24 hours. liut at 7.50 o'clock the answer from the chief of the general command had already been received, announcing agreement to our propos? als and leaving the details of the next meeting to Gen, von Itotfmeister and the parliamentarians. After an ex? change of opinion and further com? munication by wiring chief of the general command at midnight we were given by (Jen. von Hoffmelster a written answer to our proposal. In view of the fact that ours was writ? ten In Russian the answer was given In German. "The reply was: " 'The chief of the German eastern front is prepared to enter into nego? tiations with the Russian chief com ' mand. The chief of the Germar oastern front is authorised by th< German commander In chief to carr> on negotiations for an armistice. Tin. chief of lhe Kassian armies is re? quested to appoint a commisslor with written authority to be sent tc the head Quarten of the oommandoi of the German eastern front. On his (side, the German commander UkewlSt Will name g commission with Special authorization. " 'The day and hour of the meeting are to be fixed by the Bussian com? mander in chief. It Is demanded that the German commander be warned In due time to prepare a special train for the purpose. Notice must be given at which part it is intended to ? cross the frontier. The commander of Ithe German eastern front will place at the disposition of the Bussian com? mission the necessary apparatus* so that it may keep in communication with its chief command. (Signed) "'von Hoffmelster.' "The Bussian parliamentarians de? cided to appoint as the place of meeting the ivinsk-Vilna line, whence 'the Russian representatives will be I conducted to the Brsst-Lltovsk head? quarters of the German commander. The time appointed Is midday of Nov. I 119, (Bussian calendar, or December new oalen lar). At the same time we were Informed that no liring would OOOUr unless prompted and that ene? my fraternisation would be stopped. We were blindfolded again and oon duet( d to OUr lines." IN T F. K \ \ I, l \l I ? 11 o \ r m F \ TS PLANNED, Congress will Im> Asked to Find Money for Rivers and Harbors. Washington, Dec. The cost of Improvement and maintenance of hnr? bom and waterways to be utilised In handling the country's water-hot in commerce was estimated to congress today at |39,616,197. for the r.e\t llscal year, The estimates Include the following Uems: For completing WTn \ iii Bay, and maintenance of South Carolina rivers 1100,000; for water wsys between Charleston ami Alliga? tor Creek, 16,009, nw't ?t be thy Country's, Thy God'i ? )AY, DECEMBER 6. 19 WAR SAVINGS PUN OUTLINED lt. QOODWYX RBJ?FT, STATE I>I ltEtTOU, TBXXS now MOVE? MENT WILL BE CON : DUCTED. To Raise $2,000,000,000?South Car? olina's Portion or This Sum is fixed at Thirty Million Dollars, j Columbia, Nov. 19.?R. Goodwyn Rhett, uf Charleston, State director of j the war savings campaign to be inaug? urated next Monday and to continue through the year 1918, issued a state? ment today oulining the meaning of the proposed thrift plan and the method by which war savings certili cates can be secured, j The certificate he says, is nothing more than a folder I on which war saving stamps, secured by the purchaser in his name, are to be pasted. The government is obli? gated to pay $5 for each of these stamps on January 1, 1923, he claim ?ed. These stamps may be purchased lr. December and January for $4.12, iuul during any other month in 1918 for one cent additional for each month e lapsed. These stamps yield the pur? chaser 1 per cent interest, compound ! ed quarterly. "If at any time the holder of a cer? tificate, upon which there is one or ! more stamps, desires to redeem such certificate he can do so at any post ofllce, receiving therefor the amount he paid for such stamp and one cent additional for each month during which he has held it," says Mr. Rhett in his statement. It is proposed to raise two billion dollars for the government by these < war saving certificates before the end of the year 1918. and South Caro? lina's allotment, which will be under the active management of James O'Hear, of Charleston, will be the for? mation of savings clubs among the .school children of the State. The fol? lowing is Mr. Rhett'f statement: ! "The campaign for war savings U expected to place amongst the people of the United States two billions oi dollars. It la In charge of a nationa committee, at the head of which is Mr fi A. Vanderlip. formerly presiden of the National City Dank of New ork. Thor a are six federal districts each under the direction of a distric director. The district director for thh section of the county is Mr. Ott: Marx, of Birmingham, who, of course ll operating his office in Washington Cmh r the district director there ar State directors, who are placed ii l! charge of the campaign in the state ami expected to effect organisation* for placing amongst the people of th< 1 .State an average of $20 per capita. "Mr. R, Q, Rhett. of Charleston, i.? the State director for South Carolina J|The St.ate director is expected to ap " I point a county chairman for ever] ''county In the State, under whose dt direction the county is to be organized It was a meeting of these counts I chairmen which was held today. "A war savings certificate is one Is ' jsued to the purchaser of a war saving stamp. In his mime. It, of course > costs nothing, but is the folder lr ", which the war savings stamps art affixed. It has places for twenty of ' these war savings stamps to be paste.] 1 upon it. The war savings stamp is an * j Obligation of the government to pay 1 96 on January 1, 192.1. and may bti purchased during the months of De? cember and January for $4.12, and I during any month thereafter in the 1 year 19IS at one cent additional fo." I each month elapsed. It yields the pur? chaser 4 per cent, compounded quar? terly!, If at any time the holder of a certificate, upon which there is one or more stamps, desires to redeem such certificate he can do so at any post office, receiving therefor the amount \ he paid for such stamp and one cent additional for each month during w hich he has held it. "As an aid to the sale of these war savings stamps, thrift stamps, costing twenty-live cents each, are issued, to? gether with a thrift card, which is issued |n the name of the purchaser of a thrift stamp and upon which sixteen thrift stamps must be pasted before it can be redeemed. This redemption Is made in the shape of a war savin0.' j certificate, for which there is to fie paid. In addition to the sixteen ?tamps upon the thrift card, the num ber of cents necessary to make up tin price of a war savings stamp durim: the month in which the redemption made: if In January, twelve cents would be added t<> the sixteen twenty five-cent stamps; if In February thir? teen cents would be added, etc. "It is proposed to inaugurate a cam Ipalgn amongst the schools during th? month of December with a view >. teaching the children of the school I both patriotism and the value of th. leavings for tim purpose of show|n ad Tr?fe'*" THE TRUE 17. GREAT SUM FOR THE WAR. UP TO CONOKESS TO COLLECT ABOUT FIVE IHL.L.ION GOLLAUS BY JtLY FIRST. Leaden Tor Bond Issues?Taxation Advocates Arc Exacted to Make a Strong Fight for New Taxes. Washington, Nov. 30.?Congress will have to authorize early in the session convening next Monday means I of collecting from the American peo- , pie between now and July 1 about live billion dollars in addition to the I $3,600,000,000 from liberty bonds al I ready authorized, but yet to be is? sued, the billion dollars or less ex? pected from the war savings cam? paign and about three billion dol? lars from war taxes, j Most congressional leaders believe the live billion dollar balance must ,be provided principally by issue of ! bonds and Secretary McAdoo has told members of congress that he heartily favors that method. Chairman Kit? chen of the house ways and means committee, on his return tomorrow, j will take up the question and the committee within a week or two is ex I pected to frame a new bond measure. If this plan is finally adopted the country probably will be called upon to absorb two more big liberty bond issues between Feb. 1 and June 1, ag? gregating more than $8,500,000 000. Another big linance question which I will receive the early attention of congress is the continuance of loans to the allies. If the present rate of extending credits to the allies is con? tinued the seven billion dollars au? thorized credits will be exhausted by July 1, and congress will have to de? cide whether to continue the loans af? ter that time. The wide difference of opinion ex istfl in congress over the question i whether the bulk of the five billion dollars should be raised by taxation , or bond issue, but those advocating ,jthe Issue of securities expect strong support from the administration. i Taxation advocates are expected tc make a tight for establishment of new iaxes on certain business lines am . for increase of income and exces. profits rates. Cnder the present lav I he estimated receipts from income; . is $1.200,000,000 and from exces. J profits $1,220,000,000. Treasury ollicials and congressiona leaders in charge of the income pro , gram have no means of knowing ai ibis time what success the war sav? ings plan will meet, but most of then i figure on receiving between $600,000,. . 000 and $1.(?00,000,000 of the twt j authorized billion dollars' total before i Ju|*_ . them how they can play their part hi the great war now being waged. When the meaning and the value of tht stamps and certificates are understood , by the children there will be formed j in each school a war savings associa? tion, through which the children may . j become enrolled in the army of thrift, Ahe rank in that army to be determ? ined by the number of war savings certificates sold. This rank range* fiom private to general. "The amount of money to be raised in South Carolina on these war-sav? ings certificates is fixed at approxi? mately thirty million dollars. \ In order to arouse the patriotism and interest of the negroes a separate organization amongst them will be \ formed for the purpose of putting on campaigns amongst the people of that race along the same lines as the cam? paigns conducted for the white race. I ; "The money necessary for carrying on war must ultmately come not out of the savings in the past, hut out of the savings from day to day and year j to year. These savings must be in j vested in the kind of governmental security which will appeal most to the saver. The liberty bond is an at? tractive obligation of the government to those in cities and municipalities. II is less atractive to the fanners and to those in the small, country towns, I because they have no means of readily disposing of these bonds in case of need. The war savings stamps can be realized upon at any postofllco, and this appeals to a class of people whose savings have not yet been reached, It also gives a splendid investment. yielding i per cent, compounded quar t< rly. In this great war everyone is ex? pected to play his part. Those who co abroad are offering to lay dOWtl their lives for the benefit largely of those who stay at home ami who are enjoying life In peace and comfort. The least whieh these latter can do t > repay thai great sacrifice is to see that everything which Is necessary for Ihe preservation of their Uvea bod I from the dangers of battle and the : southron, ?^ 3 a, ttm VoLXLV. No. 3*. NO SNAP JjjjjOI. WASIUXGTOX REALIZES DAN 1.1 Al OF CAUSING lUELA CTION IN lit SSI A United States Will Take Xo Steps at Tills Time Calculated Id Work to Advantage of Central Powers?Sog? gest ion Comes From French Capi? tal. Washington, Nov. 30.?Realization of the great danger of causing a re? action In Russia favorahle to the cen? I tral powers by intervention in the po? litical affairs of the new democracy has caused administrater officials here to sound a note of warning , against hasty condemnation of the Eolshev iki. Rack of what is describe! as a tol? erant policy in dealing with Russia apparent not only is a purpose to demonstrate faith in the ultimate sta? bilization of the democracy, but a faint hope that the extremist faction which is for the moment in control I of the seat of government at Petro? grad, will refrain from violating Rus? sia's treaty pledges to the er.tente al? lies and make a separate peace. So long as there is a possibility that these overtures will fail because; of the ap? parently irreconcilable deferences be? tween the Bolshevik! peace scheme founded on "no annexation and no In? demnities," and the Gern.an demands fc r compensation and "adequate safe? guards for the future." it is regarded as bad policy to exert any pressure from the outside at this i-tage. To do so, it Is believed, would only tend to solidify the various elements around the Petrograd regime. An additional reason f>r maintain? ing an attitude of watchfulness and reserve in Washington is found in the . J fact that to meet just su<:h a situation i bj is developing in Russia, is one of thd i purposes of the inter-illied confer I ence. There are intimations that r suggestions have reach .1 Washington r from the French capital that it would be well to avoid adverse criticism here > of the Russian tangle, leaving the f commissioners gathering in Paris to ] deal with it at this stage at least. 3, No surprise is fell in diplomatic ,. circles at the speedy acceptance by i II Germany and Austria of the Lenine j proposals. It had been assumed that With no intention whatever of accept i 1 Ing any of the substantial demands i . of the Bolehevikl the German and t Austrian monarchies vould not miss . this great opportunity tO eliminate , Russia as an effective military force . Tor the many days, weeks or even , months- during which the skilled Ger ; man diplomatists might proceed for an armistice and peace. ? j In the meantime of course there l may be released for active service , against the British, French and Ital . lane on the West front hundreds of i thousands of soldier maintained on i the Eastern front. ,| It will be for the tnter-allied con? ference in Paris to de\ ise some means of neutralizing this German scheme, possibly by influencing the Bolshevikl I element itself through an exposition of the duplicity and real aims of the .Germans or by recourse to the ele? ments in Russia represented by Gen 'eral Kaledines and other leaders who have refused to acknowledge the con? trol of the Maximalists. The letter of Lord Lanedowne sug esting a mod? eration of the allied war aims, which has aroused such a dtter feeling in England, may in the opinion of some of the diplomatic ofb ials here, prove a powerful factor in holding the Bol? shevik i with the tot. -nto allied circle by letting them pe ceive that their own doctrines regarding peace are not lacking In support among entente statesmen. THE CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM. President Wilson T Inks legislation Should 1k* Contiiu 1 to War Meas? ure*. Washington. De? 1.?President Wilson believes that congress should confine Itself almost entirely at the coming session to legislation for the vigorous prosecution of the war. Ho is expected to tell c ?ngrees so in his opening address In the house at 12.30 Tuesday, ah arangements were made today for the Joint tension. dangers of disease, Is furnished them, it can onl) be furnished In the event the money is raised to pay for it. and this money must be raised out of the savings of the people. It is the dut>, therefore, of everyone to save, to deny themselves something In order that they may be able tu pay for protec? tion of those whose lives WO at home have dedicated to t. e service of their