Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TRENCHES HJXH BY OUR TROOPS RAIDED BV GERMANS. Ast*** Wae Made Untier Cover of reg a*. Daylight TUm Mcmlnr? Tve? Aasaricana Killed, Ftmr are Wmended end One Ca ptnred. With American Army in France. Wednesday. Jan. 30.?An American position in a certain seetton of the French front waa raided during* a keavy fog at daylight this morning after a violent artillery barrage. Two Americana were killed, four wounded and one is missing, who is believed to nave been captured. It is now per? mitted to disclose the fsct taat all recent casualties given out at Wash? ington occurred in this sector. Last night was fairly quiet through? out th* American sector, but lit day tnah thin morning a fog enveloping the whole position becam? thicker. At seven O'clock three muffled reports were followed, by shell bursts on three sidee of an American listening seat near a simlar post cf the ene? my. 'Then hell broke loose," said erne of the men there. "It is certain, that the enemy casualties from the American f.re equal or exceeded ours." FT EL FAMINE I MM If: NT People of Eastern States Will Huff or VnJean Rai lit si dH Can Speed up Dek? uverte?. . Washington, Jan. 31.?A fuel fam? ine is imminent Ir large sections of the east, unless the railroad admin? istration rinds a way to speed up coal movements, despite the snow and Ice ?terms. The weather forecast gives little basis for hope, as snow Is prom teed In most sections east of the II Is? le* ppi Rivsr. WOMEN FOR FARM LABOR. Government Has Plan to Register Them. ^ Washington. Jan. 29.?National registration of women available for werk on farms in planned by the de? partment of labor as one of the ad? vance steps in s campaign to secure a sufficiency of farm labor for every section of the country during the coming season. A. L. Berkman, chief of the division of farm service, announced tonight ? eery effort would be made to meet expected shortage of farm labor by: a plan to mobilise the available men and women In every community in the country. Heavy snows In the Middle West should mean a large wheat crop and If the favorable Wgather continues OAO Of th'? biggest yields on record may be expected. - eULHOURNE MAY LOHE EYE Officer Known In Columbia Suffers Heuere Hurt In France? U? eVfltol ^ ood I sept owes. Paria Jan. je.?Maj. Oen. Leonars Waod. who waa wounded recently vrhlks visiting the French front It confined to the Riti-Carlton hospital Where he Is reported to be doln* well Hs expects to be out in sjjsjrt a week. He la suffering from a tle*h Wound of the arm, which is painful but not dangerous. Lieut. Col. Charles E. Kilbourne. chief of Hen Wood's slaff, who was wounded In the face, may lose his right eye. Maj. Kenyon A. Joyce, who wa* woundsd In the right arm. Is Improv leg. Ml st BE AMERICANS. "Mar Till Victory" Slogan of Camll dates. New York Jan If l>? ? lmlnr th. ? e\sry member of the next congress must he a "war till victory" Amerb ai the executive council of the League for National Cnltv. in cnfci ence hero today Issued an appeal to the voters tf the United States t> support th* government and to defeat every paci? fist and pro-Oerman randldate. Run uel Hampers presided at the mectim; Coalition of Democratic and Repub? lican voters in ftstHctl where dU loyal men were nominees was advo? cated. IIB. W V.I l>l H \NI>s Argregale of Increase \sked Will To tal Half Billion Dollars. Washington. .Igg Tl.- ggsggndi for wage increases pending before Ihi railroad wage commission are for an segregate sverage of forty ggf cent It wss disclosed tod iv The d*?nv>n I ref.reeent n total of nearly live htm eVed millions thi* pgffF< 09 about ha'r railway operating Income *?f lea* y*.r ??? ii i tM Ap?, 1U0. "Befuta i?T St Mis im Mills. AIHPLA?Ett DROP FOURTEEN I TOX? OF BOM RS ON CITY. Fr ranch Official Report States That Twenty Pereon? Were Killed and Fifty injured?Germans Kay Raid iv a h Act of Reprisal. Paris. Jan. 81.?A German air squadron slipped through the air craft defenses last night and penetrating to the city dropped a large number of bombs. The extent of the damage has not been learned. m One Qerman machine was brought down and the occupants made prison? ers. This was the first aerial attack on Paris since last July. Twenty Persons Killed. Paris. Jan. 31.?Twenty persons were killed and 50 injured in last night's air raid, it was announced of? ficially this afternooi). Fourteen Tons of Bombs. Berlin. Jan. 31.?"As a reprisal wo dropped fourteen tons of bombs on Furls," last night, says the official statement of the war office today. ANARCHISTS THREATEN FRANCIS i Will Hold American Diplomat Re? sponsible for Safety of Berkman und Goldman. Washington, Jan. 30.?Ambassa? dor Francis at Petrograd cabled the State department today that a group of Russian anarchists had notified j him he would be held personally re? sponsible for the safety of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, under prison sentence In the United States for violating the draft law. No indication as to the probable power of the threatening anarchists to mike trouble for him was given by the ambassador. State department often Is think he did not take the metter very seriously and apparently little alarm is felt here. Unless further advices make it nec? essary no instructions will be given Mr Francis. .It has been known for some time that anarchists in Petro? grad wore interesting themselves in the laid of Berkman and Miss Gold? man, who are about to begin two' years* terms in a federal prison. An I anarchist organ published at Petro? grad recently carried an inflammatory artlclo urging that the American am? bassador be held responsible for the safety and -freedom of the prisoner;.. NITRATE SHIP AT SAVANNAH. First Steamer Arrive* With Important \ Man-rial for Distribution to \hc Farmers. . Savunnah. Oa., Jan. 30.?The *ilrs: steamer loaded with nitrates for Southern farmers to be distributed by tho government has arrived. Gratz 1C. Dent, the Chatham County agri? cultural agent, who 1? to distribute the nitrates to farmers ts making preparations to do this. Applications will now be received for tile. :nai,'i |gj to be. delivered later. ? ??1 GET SHOULDER STRAPS. South Carolinians (.hen Rank of First Lieutenant, U. S. A. Washington, Jan. 30.?The appoint? ment of Sergt. K.llson Capers, Jr., ui first 'ieutenant United States Army, from the ambulance service, National A tiny, has been announced. He will report In person to Col. Klbert E. Per? sons. United States Army, ambulance Allentown, Pa., for duty. The appointment of Private Julian Haskell Scarborough to tho sumo rank has also been announced. MARTIAL LAW IN HAMBURG. Sti ike Situation in Industrial Centers at Critical Stage. Copenhagen. Jan. 31.?A state of ?h?ejt has been declared in Hamburg. Altona and Wandshcok. according to the Hamburg Kein?, a Socialist news? paper. Itoth Altona S?d Wandsbeck are in Hamburg distric t ami seats of import DIU industries. u-no.vr toll heavier. Mori' shlp?i Sunk Last Week Than in Two Previous Weeks. London. WsrtnsSJO'tjr. Jan. .'10.?Tin ofUclal summary of the shipping loss Usnnd tonight reports the d est rue (ion Of nine ships <>f <?vor sixteen bun lied tons, and six of lesser tonnage. This exceeds by seven the total fol i?v presioos two wee!ta, in both o* which sin lar ? ? ihlps and two small unea were lost. ?d Fear Ml?DM aB the cadi Iba? & TOTER, 8. 0? SATTJRE STRIKE III BERLIN. HALF MILLION PERSONS QV1T IN GERMAN CAPITAL. Industrial Disturbance Includes Work? men nt Kiel Shlpynrds, Vulcan Plant and Mnny Miners. London, Jan. 30.?Nearly 600,000 persons are already on strike in Ber? lin and the number is being added to hourly, the Exchange Telegraph cor? respondent at Copenhagen telegraphs under Tuesday's date. The movement is being extended to the provisional towns. All the workmen in the Kiel ship? yards and |n the Vulcan works at Hamburg and thdusands of miners in the Rhenish Westphalian districts, struck on Monday, according to the Berliner Vosslsoho Zeitung. The Berlin correspondent of The Politiken of Copenhagen reports that the strikers have formed a workmen's council of 500, with on "action com? mission" of ten men and women, in? cluding Hugo Haase. the independent Socialist leader, and Phillip Scheide? mann, the majority Socialist leader. Other members of the commission irelude George Ledobour and William Dittman, independent Socialists, and Friedrich Ebert and Herr Braun, ma? jority Socialists, the dispatch adds. The commission, it i? stated, asked Herr Wallraf, the minister of interior, to grant permission for holding meet? ings:. Herr Wallraf, it is added, de? clared he would not negotiate with the workmen but would receive So? cialist members of the parliament. Herr Scheidemann, Herr Haase and two woricmen went to the minister of the Interior and informed him of the action of the commission, demanding that the negotiations take place in the presence of the workmen. The result of Herr Wallraf's deliberations is not yet known, the dispatch reports, but It quotes The Lokal Anzieger as stating that important negotiations are proceeding between hirp and Gen oral von Stein, the Prussian minister of war. ULTIMATUM OF STRIKERS. Zurich, Jan. 30.?The Socialist pa? per, Vorwaerts, announces that the Perlin strikers now have become more numerous and threatening. The> have addressed to the government an ultimatum of which the following the principal demands: "First. Accelerated conclusions of a general peace without indemnities or annexations. "Socond. Participation of workmen's r delegates of all the countries in the peace pour purlers. ?. "Third. Amelioration of the food situation by better distribution. "Fourth. Immediate abolition of tho state of seige and restoration of the right of public meetings, sus? pended by the military authorities. "Fifth. Abolition of military sec? tion of war factories. "Sixth. Release of all politica prisoners. "Seventh. Fundamental democrati? zation of state Institutions. '"Eighth. The institution of equal electoral suffrage by direct secret bal? lot." BERLIN STRIKE CONTINUES. Amsterdam, Jan. 31.?The number of strikers in Perlin is estimated a? OH*, hundred and twenty thousand cording to a semi-olflclal statement leaned in Perlin yesterday, when there had been only an inconsiderable in? crease in the Btrike agitation sine Tuesday. STRIKE GROWS BIGGER. London, Jan. 31.?The German strike is growing In magnitude, the Exchange Telegraph correspondent at Copenhagen report*; In Berlin 700, . are now on strike, 58,000 being Women, he reports. Ho adds that ? ?rest number of Socialist leaders have hern arested In various German lowns. London. Jan. 31.?Socialist part leaders of ?Jermany, according to a itatemenl in the Berliner Tageblatt, I r( rwurded by the Amsterdam cor Oepondenl of the Central News, have liked President Kaempf of the Reich ta| to summond the Reichstag imme llatSly In view of the alarming events >f the past few days. FOOD PRICES HIGHER, ItaptO Articles Rose in Price In De? cember. Washington, Jan 81.?The retail ? rices of food rose one per cent, dur ng December over the previous rtOfjth, Otll Of twenty seven staple rtleles sixteen Increased In price* hree were stationary, and ? i^Lt drop? ped slightly. MA M be tfcy OonntrT'*, Ihjr Ood'i ?AT, FEBRUARY 2, 19 GREAT ARMY READY. GEN. PERSHING HAS BUILT VT EFFICIENT FIGHTING MACHINE. Maj. Palmer Snys it 1? "Best Disciplin? ed, Most Self Respecting and Order? ly in Conduct, The Best Trained und Organized the Country Ha: Ever Had, New York, Jan. 30.?Samuel Gomp. ers, the labor leader, and Maj. Frei^ erdick Palmer, former newspaper cor? respondent attached to the intelli? gence section of General Pershing* staff, in addresses today beforo the executive council of the League foi National Unity, voiced the unity ol purpose of the American1 people anc their army "to be worthy of all oui traditions." "1 think 1 may say with much as? surance," said Mr. Gompers, turning to Major Palmer, "that you can con vey back the message to the ftghtini men in France that we arc with then 100 per cent. There is no menta reservation in the pledge of the Amer ican government with the support o1 the great mass of the American peo pie, that every part of man power, al our resources will be laid at the fee and given into the hands of the mer wno are light.ng in France, and wht \v;ll light in France. "When you have driven the invad? ers back to the conllnes of their owr cursed, unhappy, monarch-riddor country, then and not till then, shal we listen to their proposals of peace United in sentiment and in fact, the American people, with the brave peo? ple of England and of France?aye and even of ravished Belgium and out? raged Serbia and Roumania?wili fight on as best as we can at home, and conflden thut under Pershing with a free hand, cooperating with the leaders of the armies of our allies under the. general direction in spirit of that great statesman, that spokes? man, that leader, that tribune of the democracies of the world, President Woodrow Wilson, all will be well with ~the republic." Major Palmer told of the prepara? tions the American army is making to "be roady in a big way and thorough ly for our great task." "For the first three months it seemed as if we were making little headway," he wild, "and then grad? ually the picture began developing out of the plate, until in December tho whole plan began to take form. Such progress was possible only under cen? tralized military direction for our army in France is not run by commit? tees or boards, or councils. John Per shing is supreme in France. He has I uill for us a general staff which Is HOW so coordinated that it is; capable of looking after the organization of b. big army in action. Men of ability an? finding their way to the top." The American expeditionary force n France was described by Major Palmar as the "best desciplined, most self-respecting and orderly in con? duct, the best trained and organized cur country has ever had." TOLLMAN MAY REPLY TO M'LAU RIN. Senior Senator Undecided Whether T; Will Answer Newspaper Communi? cation of Former Colleague. Washington. Jan. 30.?Senator Till man was undecided today whether he would reply to the article in a North Carolina paper a day or two ago by John L- McLatirln referring to him. When The State's correspondent call id to ask Senator Tillman about the matter he had just received a copy of the paper printing the article and ?aid he had not decided what he would do. It is likely, however, that he will reply. GUMSHOE BlIJj EXPLAINS. Senator Stone Denies That Democrat ic I,eudcrs Opposed His Speech. Washington. Jan. 31.?Speaking to a question of personal privilege today .-'enator Stone charged that publish? ed reports saying the Democratic lead? ers had sought to dissuade him from making the recent attack on the Re? publican* had been calculated to break the force of his charge that Roosevelt and Other Republican lead? ers have been playing politics. He denied that any Democratic leaders had conferred with him on tho sub? ject. \V. H. Townaend Elected Judge. Columbia, Jan. 30 ?William Hay Towntend, an attorney of Columbia. was elected by the general assembly ? a judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit ?n the second ballot. This completes the elections lo he made by the leg? islature this year. TROTZKY ADVISES CONGRESS Ol ACTION. Peace Negotiations May be Resume*! at Brest-Ldtovsk?Situation In Fin? land Not Clear. London, Jan. 29.?The Bolshevik; foreign minister, Leon Trotzky, an? nounced to the congress of work men's and soldiers' deputies at Pet? rograd Saturday night the decisior ,of the government respecting reprisals [against Roumania. These include th< ' breaking of diplomatic relations, the MiSUrt of the Roumanian gold re serves in Moscow and the outlawing Of I,ieut. Con. Stcherbatchcff, the former commander in chief of the Roumanian front. Trotzky said that the Roumanian gold reserve amounted to l.licO.OOO, 000 rubles. I It is understood that General Stch crbatcheff has been cooperating with ' the Roumanians in disarming Rus I sians in Roumania and Bessarabia According to reports received from ' i Berlin by way of Amsterdam peace 1 negotiations will be resumed at Brest? II Litovsk Tuesday. Count Czernin, th* : I Austro-Hungarian fm-eign minister i and Dr. von Kuehlmann, the German i secretary of foreign affairs, arrived there Monday and M. Trotzky is ex? pected at an early date. Later dis? patches, however, denied that the Russian foreign minister intended to proceed to Brest Litovsk. Before leav ing Vienna, Count Czernin had an i audience with the emperor and he is quoted as saying that he might be compelled to return- shortly on im? portant business. A Reuter dispatch from Petrograd says on the authority of the commis? sioner of national affairs that the commissioners will not negotiate fur? ther with the Ukrainian rada and that nothing remains but a relentless struggle until victory has been ob? tained by the Ukrainian workmen's and soldiers' deputies. Almost three-quarters of the Ger jnin* h?v. been withdrawn from the Russian front according to' the riewst paper Nashy Vedemosty. No heavy guns or armored cars are left, while the number of light guns has been greatly reduced. Young soldiers are being removed daily and their places are being :aken by old men and semi Jnvalids. The German northern front is strongest. There are no Gerrruns on the southwestern front. The Petrograd correspondent of the London Times, referring to the civil war in Finland, says that Swed? en's assistance seems to have been asked by the Finnish senate and a ids that doubtless many Finns or at least Finnish Swedes, will welcome the In? tervention of Sweden. An evening paper announces the arrival of Swed? ish troops at Tornea and says tha* a clash has already occurred between an advance guard of Swedes and the Finnish red guards. A Stockholm despatch to The Post says that the Swedish government on Friday decided to propose that Nor? way and Denmark invite Finland to cooperate with the three Scandina? vian countries regarding legislative questions. Confirming the outbreak of diseases at Petrograd The Times' correspond? ent says the population is being deci? mated thereby. The epidemic is at tributed to the extreme shortage of food. Various forms of typhus, as well as smallpox are rampant. More? over, extremely unsanitary conditions now prevail in th$ city while all the organizations concerned with public health either have been abolished or have virtually ceased operation ow? ing to the revolution. There is no sanitary commission, there arc no great specialists and there is no regis? tration of disease. Very few doctors are in practice. / According to Perlin advices receiv? ed via Amsterdam, the Russo-Germai commissions at Petrograd have reach? ed a substantial agreement concerning the exchange of invalids and the dis? patch of men homeward has begun to a restricted extent. ITALIAN DRIVE REPULSED. Austrians Claim to Have Throwi Them Back on Brenta River. Berlin, Jan. 20.?The Italians at? tacking in the Coldel-Roeso region ?nd between FVenzela Ravins sind Brenta River, were thrown hack by the Austrians, it was officially an? nounced today. Finland Asks For Help. London. Jan. .10.?a Stockholm -tie patch says the Finnish government ms asked Sweden for military help igaiust the revolutionists. rs aeuzBBOK, eummmm* 9mm, um\ VoLXLV. No. 40. USE SOU HERN PORTS. - , f SHIPPING BOARD WILL DIVERT EXPORT FR.EIGHT TO CHAR? LESTON AND SAVAN- 1 I NAH. Freight Congest >n At New York awl Oilier Easter** Ports Has Forced Recognition of Advantges of South j. Atlantic Port*, Washington, an. 20.?First con? centrated effort to, clear ep the i freight congest! >n at New York by > diverting trafhc i > Southern ports will > be made tomorrow at a conference ?! of representatives of the shipping T board, army an? navy departments, > j food, fuel and a?road adminlsWex titions and the s ipping comjsjtttee of the Council of N tional Defense, i j Chairman Hui ey called t^ confer ? ence today. Mr. Hurley's ptan is to , send much of t ie trftT&c from the ? j Eastern part of country which i j normally Koes to New York ya^Char ? leston, S. C, and Savannah, Gs3?etp ping at New York has been delafid by i lack of bunker coal, but the five day i industry shutdown enabled tho rail? roads to srupply the fuel not only for ' the ships on hand but for others yet ? to be loaded. However, freight is i piled up on the docks and in ware 1 houses and in hundreds of cars on j sidings. i In the meantime, freight continue! j to be carried to New York, adding to > j the general congestion and greatly in* - creasing the time in loading the ships. > This condition has resulted in an in ' ability to get the maximum trips out 1 of the ships used n carrying supplies abroad. It was this fact that caused Mr. Hurley to tai e the initiative in efforts to relieve .he situation. To assist in the vork of directing and handling shipping the shipping board today took over the shipping committee of the Council of National ! Defense, of which P. A. 8. Franklin of the International Mercantile Marth i j chairman. The ccvnmiUAe^wUl estab? lish offices in the ^gmpping board's quarters here anf* will nave two or three members ||T sit there continually I to"advise witn E<! varcT F. Carey, di? rector of operations for the shipping hoard. Composing the ommittee, besides Mr. Franklin, are H. H. Raymond, port controller at New York; I* C. Sherman of W. R, Grace and Com I j pany; F. C. Munscn of the Munson Line; E. P. Chr, rnberlain. head of the bureau of nav nation; E. M. Bull of the Bull line ami D. T. Warden, di? recting operator of the Standard Oil Fleet. SOUTHERN ASKS HIGHER RATES. Wunts Increase in Rate on Iron and Steel to Southern Ports. I Washington, Jan. 30.?Rate in? creases ranging f .'om 16 cents to a I dollar seventy-five on Iron and steel from Southern producing points to the South Atlant'.c and Gulf ports for i ! export were asked In applications filed ! today w:th the interstate commission by tho Southern railroad. OIL MILL CLOSED. License of Clio MSI Revoked by the Food Administration. Washington. Jan. 30.?The license of the Clio Oil and Fertilizer compa? ny, at Clio. S. C, h is been revoked and the concern ordered to close bus? iness not later than "-"eh. 6th, the food administration announced today. "Speculation in and hoarding of cot? ton seed" is the reason given for the order. The compai y had on hand more than three million pounds of cotton seed, hut ha 1 operated only two and a half da? during the past year, it was charged. NEWS FROM i TNLAND. Revolutionists Said to Have Formed a Government. Stockholm, Jan. SO.?The Finnish revolutionists have termed a govern? ment under the presidency of ICuller WO Manner, according to a telegi am from llelslngfoi s, dated Tuesday. The Finnish government notified S wed en that it canont be responsible for the safety and lives of Swedish subjects, of whom there are four Itindred thousand in Finland. HHITIKH GUNBOAT SUNK. Lose Was Result of Collision in the Channc\ London. Jan. 30.?T'.e British Run hoat Hasard was sunk in the English channel Jan. L'Xth as the result of a polltetoa. Three men were lost, the idmiralty announces.