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htm ri ll WATCHMAN, figtaW Consolidated Aur. tt, 1 AMERICA 10 STRIKE HARD. ACTION DKH.KIU I) TIM. AltMY HMO MKS l-OWKRFl I-. DeWaion by I ntrnte?French and British Able to Miri With strategy Onslaught n of Kwmy. Ottawa, May 12.?Convinced that the allies can withstand any drive the Germans can launch. It has been decided not to line the Amernd n army until it becomea a complete ar d powerful force, according to a cable aummary of operations on tin- W? s tern front received here tonight from the war committee of the British cab? inet. The poattlon now is," aaid the sum? mary, "that the Germans are draining their country dry to force a decision before it Is too late, while the en? tente are so confident that, having been givnn the choice of a amail im? mediate American army for defen>?. or waiting; till they are reinforced by a complete, powerful, aelf-aupporting American army, they have chosen the latter. "To the sledge hammer usea of I masses of men by the enemy the allies are opposing the strategy of meeting the blow with the smallest force ca? pable of atanding up to the shock while keeping the strongest reserve poaalble. Troops on the wings are permitted to give ground within limits whenever the enemv has been made to pay a greater price than the ground is worth. v "In the present operations tin British army has withstood many times ita own weight of enemy masses It has retired slowly, exacting the fullest price. Meanwhile. Foch holds the bulk of the French army in re serve aendlng units only to points hard preaeed. This strategy has Jus? tified itaelf in that In three weeks It haa seen the enemy brought to a standstill without a single strategic objective being fulfilled ami with legal? ea ao Immense that hla reserve |s in danger of proving inadequate. "The German commander seeing how nearly he la delivering himself to the allied reserve, has been com? pelled to accept temporary failure and call a halt. Hla position is tactically exposed in two dangerous salients ?J waterlogged ground. His countryg*ggj are dissatisfied at the Immense prtc paid for his failure to terminate theii suffering. His allies are on the verge of quarrelling and daily exhibit that! growing dislike and distrust of the taskmaster who robs them of th -n li\ ?>h and ffJOd Mis reserves have nearly reached complete exhaustion. Those of the Franco-British are still In being while the American preparations develop. The time draws closer when defeat la inevitable. Therefore, he must re? new the offensive. His preparation proceed tev.n hl\. but it take months properly to organize such ai offensive. ||e must be satisfied witl what he on do in weeks. We may tbei?*foif expe.-t a renewed, furiou onslaught before long. "The allien may have complete con? fidence In the result. For the enenn the issue is a desperate endeavor U avoid defeat; for the aides, the issu< only that of victory deferred. Th? coming battle may be a repetition o Verdun on a larger scale, and if both aides tdiould t>e exhausted the allies have the vast power of i up. ration. While Germans h.is drafted bei fg sources already. / lta\\\i,l || </\lll\\ CAITVItFD Oemuine Capture Mjgfjggf of Czar and Grand Bukes. Amsterdam. May 13.?The UkralaV las press bureau haa received Inf er? ?nation from Odessa, according tu which former Dowager Km pi ess Ma? ria Feodorovona and the Grand Dukes Nicholas and Alexander, who have been living at Dulhar, neu A if od or In the Crimea, are In the hand* of the Germane. B?M>\| IN STOCKS. \ _ ist.M km < ontlnucd VDitncv on 0|S'iiliig of Market Today. Washington. May 13.?The boom In stocks which gtfjrtil last week w nt M * 'i I on to<| , \ i opening ma i kef the movement assuming **v?? 11 1'ioadcr <f Imenmone. ITU.IWs IKH.li < MINO. Austrian Force? Repulsed With limn Loss. Home. Mhv I I Tin Austro llnn gai I in troop* \. ?t,M ,| , v M,ade mi nt tuck on Mont Csrno, which was re? cently raptured by the Italian* The war office announce* that the enemy was repulse.i with heavy loaaea. fcferd April, 18*0. "Bnfnilai 881. I TROOPS WILL BE RUSHED. J decision to hold American foiu K in ItESEHVE will not halt movement. Oflhlnls Predict That Every Avail? able .Man in Oas* One Will lie C all? ed Before Tlie End of Summer1? Mhchly Force foe Service in Eu? rope. Washington. May 13.?No Official expressions were uvuila>>le today on ^ the decision not to use the American army in France until It has been built up to the proportions of a com? plete and mighty force. which was first disclosed to the public in last night's dispatches from Ottawa. The decision was based on advices from the war committee of the British cab? inet and follows a low? period of con Isideratlon between two schools of mil? itary strategists. One thine that Is considered certain is that the rushing '(Of troops to Europe will be pressed : rather than retarded. Some officials predicted that every available man In class one of the draft will be called to the colors during the summer. the ABMV BURGEON, What 'He Is Exacted to Do and Where He is Expected to Ho. Washington, May 13.?Persons ac? customed to think of the Medical Corps of the army as non-combatant unit will be astonished by suggestions prepared for the conduct Of military surgeons newly arrived in the war zone. A knowledge which an army surgeon must have to do his duty completely, and incidentally shows the exposure to which he Is subject. "As soon as the battalion or regi? mental surgeon arrives in a new sec? tor and has supervised the installment of his material," the bulletin says, "he should rapidly gain an intimate personal knowledge of the first line trenches, dugouts, listening posts, evacuation trenches, and means of ? i a nxpoi tation to the rear. This knowledge should be gained on the day of arrival, if possible, because ??nemy surprise attacks are frequently coincident with the arrival of troops in a new sector. It should be acquir? ed through day and night inspections in order that he may be able to de? nen?.?? the topography of the terrain t'. his personnel. The latter should also be gtV0H an early opportunity of 11 miharizing themselves with the sys? tem of trenches and evacuation routes so that when called upon to pick up wounded, at least one man of each squad is familiar with the general BOOtOUr and direction of the trenches The surgeon Should also acquaint himself, through his commanding of fk er, with the location of the enemy trenches, batteries, trench mortars ami mitrailleuse redoubts, together with the habits' of the enemy in that par? ticular sector. Hy 'habits' Is meant the routine firing of the day or night during periods Of normal activity. Certain open spaces, cross roads, gul leys. etc., are regularly under tire at certain hours of the day or night and the sanitary personnel must learn to avoid these exposed places dUliOl these periods "In the preparation of an .attack, IttOb attalion and regimental surgeons are invariably apprised of the probable objectives to be attained. They must study the general topography of the country to be traversed, its enemy > trenches, dugouts and aid stations, In order to be able to utilize them dur? ing th" engagement. "The battalion surgeon must often. 1 perhups usually, extemporize the Bret aid station within enemy lines. As soon ;is he has done this, he must in? dicate to his personnel the proper evacuation routes for the wounded When an advance is contemplated or i a severe attack is being ropulSSfl, and reserve stretcher bearers are being sent to the aitl stations, the surgeon should immediately inspect the new personnel, and especially see to it that ths uon understand the use of gas masks, portable oxygen tanks, etc. "At no time must the BUrgOOO I OSS sight of the fact that he must try and Keep his personnel intact. In trench warfare, sepociaHy, there are Innum era his opportunities for u seises wast age of personnel hid. of familiarity with the terrain, an unguarded rats* Inj of ihe head, etc., will often auf Bee to redoes the personnel of the Medical corps." New Or lea no May i I notion seed flour will soon be n household commoditv, Field Wallace, president ol the Interstate Cottonseed Crushers' I notation declared today In nn id drool opening the convention here. J ,i Lawton, oi Hartevtllo, s C, re sponded to the address of welcome. id Fear not?Let all the en da Thon Ail 3UMTER, S. C, WEDN: ITALIAN'S BRILLIANT WOBL lit oops CAPTURE DOMINATING position by moonlight. ?cole Monte Porno ? 'Attach Austrians i>y Barnikau und Tuko Plaoe of Qroat Strategic Value. Italian Army Headquarters, Satur? day, May 11 (By the Associated Press >.?After a long period of inac? tivity, owing to weather conditions. Italian troops on the mountain front executed a brilliant operation last night, capturing the dominating po? sition of Monte Corno, destroying an elaborate system of enemy defenses and taking 100 prisoners, a number of machine guns and much war ma? terial. The action was |n the Arsa valley, which leads down the La garina valley and is the main line of approach from Trent and Rovereto. It was here that the Austrians at? tempted to reach the Venetian plain In the llrst great offensive. There was considerable snow re? maining on Monte Corno, which is 16,000 feet high. This increased the difficulties of movement of the com? paratively small Italian force which carried out the attack. The infantry advanced over rocky and precipitous heights. The enemy was taken by surprise and could make little effective resistance. The move? ment was carried out by moonlight. All the enemy's defensive works were occupied. The chief effect of the action is to dislodge the Austrians from the dom? inating height In the center of thf main highway from the mountains and to give the Italians the advan? tage of that position with the com? mand it has over the heights and ap? proaches. The result gives great sat? isfaction. VOLUNTARY FOOD REGULATIONS All People t'rged to Reduce Wheat Consumption to a Minimum. Columbia, .May 13.? All house? holders who can ontirelv eliminute the use of wheat until the next har? vest, about September l. should do so. says William Klliott, food admin? istrator for South Carolina. The most critical period as regards the al? lied world's wheat bin Is at hand, am! the crisis will continue until the next harvest when the new wheat crop is available. The splendid example has been set for lb*' people Of South Carolina by the south Carolina Federation ol Women's Clubs, who In convention at Alken last month pledged more than (,000 women to buy no more wheat until after the next harvest. Food regulations for householders are briefly stated, as follows: First, the need of wheat for allied people and soldiers and the present shortage is serious enough to war? rant asking the people of America to eliminate the uaa of wheat entirely for the present, until next harvest. Householders who feel they are Obliged to use Wheat should not use more than a total of one and one half pounds of wheat Hour or pre? pared wheat, in any form, per person per week, including the wheat Hour in Victory bread, and including the Wheat flour or prepared wheat flout in crackers, macaroni, pastry, break? fast and other foods. In estimating (lour consumption ev? ery one and three-fourths pound of Victory bread) winch is bread manu? factured by bakers under regulations of the United States Food Administra? tion, may be considered equal to one pound of wheat flour. This rationing requires a more re? stricted use of wheat than that asked for by the observance of wheatless days and wheatless meals. Meat of any kind can be eaten on any day, in moderation, but the Food Administration urges that In view of the predicted meat shortage which may be expected a little later, the peo? ple practice economy in meat con? sumption. CONSTANT!WE VERY LOW. Membera of Royal Family (lathered Alsnit Bedside. Paris. May 11. - Former King Con? stant! ne, of Greece, who is m at Zu* rich, and recently was reported to have passed the danger- point, now la said |n :i Zur ich dispatch to The Pe? tit Journal to be in a very grave con? dition, He has had a relapse. All the membera of the royal fam? ily gathered about his bedside yes lerda y, Mr Alwyn Burns, accompanied bV Mr. Vance, are spending flu? week i'iiil in the city from Davidson Col leS?- . _4)l' n?'? ? be UlJ Country'*, Thy Ood'l I ESDAY, MAY 16, 1918. GIBSON DENIES CHARGES. DEFENDS HIMSELF AND GUT SON BOHtiLTM. Declares sculptor Washed Hunds or All Connections With Manufactur? ing Organization. New York, May 10.?Hugo C. Gib? son, who is an assistant here in the munitions purchasing department of the British military mission, issued a statement late today defending him? self and Gutzon Borglum in connec? tion with the disclosures made in Washington of Horglum's alleged ac? tivities in aircraft schemes. "Mr. Borglum washed his hands of all connections with negotiations looking to our organization of an 'airplane manufacturing enterprise as soon as President Wilson granted him authority to investigate the handling of aircraft production," said Mr. Gib? son in making public his statement. He added tb?t had the corporation that was discussed ever reached the point of actual organization, he in? tended to be a stockholder and de? clared that "in the end, I think a good financial reason will be found for these charges being made. I believe there may be ample reason for certain per? sons to consider it desirable to head oft' or choke the inquiry which Mr Borglum started." Gibson explained further that ii 1911 and 1912, he was engaged in the manufacture of airship propel? lers in this city. "Borglum was actuated wholly by patriotic motives in the investigation he understood because he was one ol those who were crazed by the rotten manner in which the aircraft pro gram was being handled," he assert ed. In his formal statement, Gibson denied that he had told H. H. Su plee that he had "uuthorlty of oppo) tunity" to influence orders for air ships and disclaimed any knowledge of Borglum's "confidential" connec? tions with tho government which were referred to in the Suplee state ment. The statement, prepared af ier he had listened to questions, fol lows: "Mr. Borglum, in December, in tended to engage in a commercial en terprlse in which I should have been 'interested. After he had received au thority from President Wilson to in? vestigate the aircraft situation, ht withdrew entirely, giving as his rea >son to me that he considered dual activity as entirely incompatible with the position he then found himselt in. Since he made that statement to me, he has not even discussed the proposed commercial undertaking. "I do not understand the object o1 the statement purporting to come from Mr. Henry Harrison Suplee. 1 met him on not more than two occa? sions and had neither authority noi opportunity nor did 1 say 1 could o: might inliuence orders for airships. "in reply to a question as to tht Mix affidavit: Mr. Borglum has nc confidential connections with the gov eminent that I kno?v of at the time. I "In reply to a question as to why Mr. Borglum was valuable In con? nection with the commercial enter? prise: Mr. Borglum was Interested In a propeller design of his own, or a suggestion of such and discussed it with me because 1 know something about propellers." In a statement issued here lafe to? night, Gutzon Borglum characterlzei as a "scurrlllous frame up" the charges made against him in Wash? ington today in relation to his connec? tion with the investigation of air? plane production in the United States "This scurrlllous frame up which I charge it to be, has been in the hand* of the government for months," he said, "and is now sprung when it has finally become evident that 1 shall persist until the airplane failure is honestly and thoroughly investigated The charges of Mix, a confessed tool of Deeds and Mix's engineer, ate lies unreservedly, both in Inference and statement, as applied to me hi anything I ever did directly or Indi? rectly that was improper in my ca paclty as a representative of the president. "On the contrary, Mix sought my assistance to help him find men of aeronautic ability and other aid that Would enable him to produce, or re? produce, a small plan?1 he had in mind and my efforts were to assist him to stimulate interest in a production he had In mind. There is absolutely nothing else In the story." Want to Abolish Sub Treasuries. Washington, May 13.?The house today refused to recede from its no? tion in voting to abolish eight sub treasuries. utt Troth's." THE THUM LEADER OF ENGLAND. BARL CURZON PRAISES PHKMIEH AND ASSISTANTS. Kali of Government Would Have Caused JOf In Berlin, Not in Lon? don. London, May 10.?Speaking at the annual meeting of the Primrose League today Earl Curzon, govern? ment leader in the house of lords and member of the British war council, defended the British war cabinet. The P'esent government, he said was pre? dicted by some to be doomed to a short existence. He continued: "We have been told frequently dur? ing the last few months that our gov? ernment was in weekly if not daily peril of having an end put to its ex? istence. "The present is not a moment for prophecy. It is a .moment for grap? pling with hard facts, because the military menace is greater than at any time during the last four years. It may truthfully be said that the enemy Is at our gates." Earl Curzon said he was thoroughly astonished at proposals made by re? sponsible persons to place generals and admirals inside the cabinet. ' I^et the generals and admirals," he cot.tinued, "attend cabinet meetings as they do every day and advise cabi? net ministers but the mopiont a sol? dier is placed in control of policy and administration the soldier is spoiled and he does net improve the adminis? tration." "Mistakes might have been made," Earl Curzon said, "but since the pres? ent government has been in office the empire has given forth a war effort which has never been equalled in his? tory." Earl Curzon did not claim that the present government was indispens? able. There were, he said, other pa tiiotic, disinterested men, who might take otTice and discbarge their duties i well, but he said, the British empire would sooner have LIoyd George as premier than any other statesman. "If Lloyd George had fallen yester? day," he said, "the rejoicings would have been in Berlin and not in Lon? don. Paris, Calcutta, or Montreal." i "Grave times are ahead and British soldiers may have to give ground Encouragement is to be found, how? ever, in the unity of comand. in America's efforts and resolute Brit a in." FOOD PROFITEER FINED. Grocer W ho Charged Ten? Much For Floor "Permitted" to Pay $100 to Bed Cross. Columbia, May 13.?One hundred dollars has been added to the Red Cr?flS fund through a contribution made by a concern in South Caro Una, at the direction of the Food Ad? ministration. This concern sold flour nt an excess profit. The grocer claim? ed to be ignorant of the rule concern? ing profits, but William Elliott, rood administrator, held that sufficient time had elapsed since the rule had been announced to have enabled ev? ery grocer In the State to know it, and the excuse made by this grocer was not accepted, although its sincerity was not doubted. This is one of sev? eral cases which have arisen in South Carolina, through which contributions have been made to the Red Cross for violation of the Food Administration regulations. BATTLE IN PICARDV. Artillery lighting on Both Sides of tb Avre River. Paris, May 13.?Active artillery fighting in Picardy, on both sides of the Avre river is reported in today's Official statement. FIGHTING ON SOMME. Hun Artillery Active During Night on Alliort Sector. London. May 13. Hostile artille y was active during the night in Somnie valley and Albert sectors, and also lre tween lxieon and the forest of Nleppe on the Flanders front, says the offi? cial statement. CHARLES OF ITS FRONT. Austrian Emperor lx?aves Italy for Visit to Overlords. Amsterdam, May 12.?A Vienna dle patch reports that Emperor Charles, who has been on a visit to the Itol? len front, departed Friday for Ger? man great headquarters. He was ac? companied by Barop BOUrlOD, AUstro Hungarian foreign minister, and Field Marshal Arz von Straussenhurg Austrian chief of staff. E SOUTHRON, ITWlMMm Jus, MM VoLXLVi. No.ae. troop ? wmT A TERRIBUE ACCIDENT NFAR CAMP JACKSON. Three Coaches Filled With Soldiers Fn Route From Camp Jackson to Camp So vier Jumped a Trestle? Seven Killed and Many Injured. Columbia, May It.?Two passeng? er coaches said to be loaded with North and South Carolina troops go irfg from Camp Jackson to Camp Se vier, Greenville, fell through a tres? tle near Camp Jackson this morning. A telephone message stated that be? tween thirty and forty bodies had been taken from the wreck. ONLY NINE KILLED. Wooden Coaches Were Crushed When Steel Coacfi Fell Upon Them. Columbia, May 10.?Nine soldiers are dead, five of whom were killed outright and many were injured when ' three coaches, loaded with men of the 321st Infantry and 307th Ma? chine Gun company, jumped a tres? tle near Camp Jackson this morn? ing. The men had just entrained for Camp Sevier. The victims are said all to have been -in two wooden coaches which were crushed when a steel coach fell upon them. The hospital train of Camp Jack? son was immediately called and the injured were removed to the base hos? pital. Four of these were seriously hurt, while eighteen suffered only minor wounds. Tl. xccident is be? lieved to be caused by spreading of the rails. NO SOUTH CAROLINIANS KILLED. Only One Man From This State Slight? ly Injured In Camp Jackson Wreck. Columbia, May 10.?As the result of a defective track cwo coaches load? ed with soldiers en route from Camp Juckson to Camp Sevier, left the rails on a trestle at Wild Cat Creek, just beyond the southern border of Camp Jackson, at 8.30 o'dock this morn? ing. One coach, an old style wooden frame couch was completely wrecked, and the soldiers in it were practi? cally all killed or injured, while tho other coach, of steel frame construc? tion, was not wrecked by the fall and the inmates escaped serious injury. The men in the coaches belonged to the IS let Infantry, most of them being North Carolinians. There w.re few South Carolinians on the train and only one was injured?Robert A. Moore, of Trio, S. C , who was injur? ed slightly. The total casualties were 9, five be? ing killed instantly, and four dying later; 26 were injured, five serious? ly and twentv-one slightly. The State Railroad Commission and the military authorities are ?n \estimating the wreck.. No official statement as to the cause of the wieck has been made, but unofficially it is reported that the accident was due to a defective track. The coach that was demolished left the rails a short distance from the trestle, and when it reached the trestle toppled over to the ground berew, dragging with it the coach following. -i OUTSTRIPPING U-BOATS. Allies Are Now Launching Ships Faster Tluin They are Sunk. Washington, May 13.?The an ; nouncement from Paris that in tg*t last three months more submarines j have been sunk than have been built, bears out the unofficial statement here on the submarine situation. The 1 Allies are now launching merchant ships faster than they are being sunk. SAY BINDEN BURG IS DEAD. German lxplr nation of Failure of Tlieir Great Offensive. London, May 13.? All German prisoners captured in France say that Hen. von HIndeabor is dead, let? ters from British officers on the Wes? tern front report, according to The Daily Express. At the same time the name of Gen. von Mackensen is brought into prominence as the great man who is to bring the Germans victory. The Kxpress savs that the Hlndenburg story is circulated to ex? plain the failure of the great German offensive. Fdwardsville. 111., May 13.?The trial of eleven men on murder charges growing out of the lynching at Col linsville of Robert Prager. an enemy alien, was begun today. Sixteen men are indicted, including four police? men. The trial of the policemen has not been set. The twelfth civilian has never been apprehended.