The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 28, 1918, Image 1
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BULGARS, GERMANS AND TURKS
HPT IN MACEDONIA AND
PALESTINE.
St. Qnenlfo Now Said to Be All But,
Eriyeloped by French and British'
. With Haig?s Men Also Encroaching
on Important Line Protecting- Cam
brai.
In both Macedonia and Palestine
the entente allied forces are giving
the already badly beaten Bulgarians,
Germans and Turks no rest, while in
France the British and French are
continuing to /draw _ their net more j
closely about St. Quentin and.the re-i
maining elements of the Hindenburgl
line in this immediate region. Inj
Macedonia the situation j- of the Bui- j
gariahs and Germans daily grows!
more critical. as~-the allied forces
steadily maintain their pressure
\ against them. In Turkey the latest
operations of the British and Arab
tribesmen friendly to the allied cause,
seemingly forecast the complete de- \
struction or-- capture of the Ottoman j
i>oops in Palestine oh both sides of1
the. River Jordan.
St. Quentin through the latest ad
r^mces of the British and French, is
ait but enveloped, and to the north
the strong ,' enemy line protecting
Cambrai has been, further encroach
^ upoa by Field Marshal Haig's
xuexu
. On a hundred mile front in Mace
donia in the region . of .Monastir to
2^ike Doaraii. the entire entente armies
have pressed further forward against
the ^demoralized Bulgarians and
Germans, whose reinforcements have
r&^i:h&m<i&te vt?: stiffen- the line for a
face . about. North of Mphastir the
important strategic, position of Prilep
^?f has been, occupied thus giving ccmtrol
of the numerous roads radiating from j
it-to French cavalry. In the center]
K.' 'the'?-.'-Serbians.. -have; pushed their i
wedge further in between the ene-j
nay's western and eastern armies,
"*nfle on the extreme eastern flank
the British and Greeks have advance?!
along both sides of the, Vardar to a
.*.tie$ffi averaging about 10 miles ove*
? a. front of 20 miles.. Nowhere are tjfie
-entente commanders permitting the
[r: Bulgarians and' Germans to lose con
tact": 'with the advancing troops who
are harassingtheicrVigorously..
' So. b'adty has the hundred mHeJine
Ispen penetrated or tittered that im
n'Udiate direct calamity. seemingly
faee>, the.ene'mjr.unless the ^retreat is
, greatjy lutstene<l rand' unless the ene
my is fleet enough of foot to outdts
^hce the allies on the wings of -the
H is possible doubtless,
? ( will be nec?ss?ry for ', the ener v
? fdV* straighten his line westward
? tiirough ^bania to the Adriatic Sea.
; :.Th?t the.allied .flanks are moving!
' s^ijt?y .to. prevent the separated
.afmies from joining, up is indicated;
in. the capture of Prilep and the ad
A*ance of the British to the north of!
Lake Doiran.
The maneuvers point to an attempt
\ at roiling up movemepts of great pro
portions hy the allies."
In Palestine the-British on the
coast have taken the important towns
of Haifa and Acre, while east of the
Jordan the Turk 3 are everywhere in
retreat, hard pressed by the British
and the tribesmen of the king of the
KedjaS. inside the -big sack, the
,^ck of which was sewn* up by the
British in their initial drive, many
more prisoners have been taken and
^?^ggregate jaow greatly exceeds the
2?T?00 officially reported.
To the west of St. Quentin over a
front of "four miles . running sotith
from the Omignon River the British
have materially advanced their front
ho^ithstendihg the desperate resist
ance of the enemy and taken aoout
prisoners. Hard fighting- is in
progt^ss at Pelenoy. a scant two miles
from the western outskirts of St
Quentin. Around Epehy and furth
er north, in the. Cam brai sector the
British positions in front of the Hin
derthurg line have been bettered. In
Flinders the British have recaptured
a , portion of their old trench system
?svnth of Ypres~ .
That the Germans, even though the
weather conditidhs preclude infantry
activity, ?re fearful that the Ameri
cans will further attack is indicated
by their almost continuous bom
bardment of the American positions
With heavy guns along the Lorraine
front
HOUSE STRUCK BY SHEL&.
Shot Fired: Across Bow of Ship
Wrecks House on City Island.
: New York, Sept 25.-^ six-pound
shell fired across Long Island sound
from Fort Totten over the bows of a
steamer, bound east struck a residence
on?: City Island, today and demolished
part of its foundation wall. No one
was injured, but the 300 inhabiants
of the island rushed out of their
homes in. a panic. City Island is on
the north!' side of the town, just with
in the city limits.
A police inquiry at Fort Torten,
which is on the Long Island side of
the sound, brought an expression of!
regret for the occurrence, with the
explanation that imperative orders
had been received to stop the steam
er. The identity of the steamer and
the reason for turning her back wa~
not disclosed to the police.
Mexican Raid Rei>ortcd.
\-_
El Paso, Sept. 25.?It is reported j
here tonight that ' Mexicans have j
crossed the border near Fabens.
Texas, today and kidnapped seven
American soldiers. No confirmation
is at hand. ?
?.*ied Aprfl. 18K0.
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HONS NOT COWED.
AMERICANS FIND PRISONERS
STILL FULL OF FIGHT.
There is No Appreciable Breakdown
of Moral in German Army and
Prisoners are Well Fed and Well
Clothed.
American Headquarters, France, j
Tuesday, Sept. 24.?Concrete infor-i
mation obtained from thousands of j
prisoners taken by the Americans re- |
cently does not indicate any appre-1
ciable breakdown of German moral, j
according to the examining: officers, j
The military authorities say they find j
the enemy well fed, well clothed, j
and still far from losing their fighting,
qualities and spirits. 1
v.
BATTLES IN THE AIR.
Americans and Huns Fighting Above
the Lorraine Front.
With Americans on Lorraine Front,
Sept. 25, 10 o'clock?The airmen or
both armies were active early today
and increased artillery action was
noted along the lines of the. old St.
Mihiel sector. Bright skies have re
placed the rains of recent days and
aerial observers were sent ottt by both
the Americans and Germans.
German flyers extended their oper
ations in some cases many miles be
hind the American lines, . but sharp
countering by the ^neri&ins gave
them little- opportunity for close ob
servation or photographic work. In
fantry patrols as well as aviation
groups were active between the lines.
ALLENBY'S GREAT TBIOMPh.
ALLIED COMMANDER HAS AN
OTHER TURKISH ARMY
SURROUNDED.
If He Succeeds in Annihilating This
Army Turkish Forces in Palestine
Will be Completely Cleaned Up.
London, - Sept.^ 26.?The fourth
Turkish army on the Palestine front
has been virtually surrounded in th*
region east of the Jordan, and it
j faces annihilation by; Gen. Allenby's
i forces. Today's advices show'that
the total number of prisoners has
'been increased-to forty-five, thou
sand. . .
The annihilation of this army which
jhfer now hoped for, will complete the
Cleaning Up of the Turkish forces in
P^eatine, "amounting . altogether, to"
about eighty thousand mem.
STATE'S SHARE OF LOAN $32.
452,000.
Ships and ^anks to Be Named For
Places-Making Records.
Columbia, Sept; 25.??3outh Caro
lina's allotments of the fourth Libert:
loan, the drive' for which starts next
Saturday, will be $32,452,000, accord
ing tc a statement made here today
Columbia's apportionment will be
$2,825,000, while that of Charleston
is $6,224,000. Sumter county's quota
has not been announced yet, but on
basis of previous leans it will be ap
proximately $835,000.
A-telegram has been received frorr
Richmond announcing that ten'ships
now bjuilding and ten tanks will be
j named by counties, cities and towns
! making records in the forthcoming
: solicitation. One ship each will be al -
; lotted to Virginia, West Virginia
I North Carolina. South Carolina and
'Maryland for the county in them sub
scribing to the largest per capita
amount, of liberty bonds. vFive cities
of over 25,000 population taking the
I largest per capita of bonds will have
j the privilege of naming the other
[ quintet of ships. Ten towns and
j cities of less than 25,000 population
j making the highest per capita pur
i chases will be granted the allotment
I of. tanks, one for each municipality.
FLYER DESTROYS U-BOAT?
Submarine Fights With American
Seaplane and is Smashed Up.
! London, Sept. 24.?The first- case
i which it is known that a subma
j rine fought back when attacked by
j a seaplane resulted in the probable
destruction of the submarine by an
! American aviator, Reserve Ensign j.
I F. Carson, it was announced by the
i admiralty today.
i . With shrapnel from the elevated
I forward gun of the oubmarine burst
! ing around his seaplane, Ensign Car
| son manoeuvred until he was able to
! pour machine gun fire into the crew,
: fellirg two of them and driving the
oth rs inside. The submarine sub
I merged, and as she was diving two
bombs were dropped on her.
Within a few minutes the bow of
the u-boat appeared on the surface
and remained visible about four min
utes. More bombs were dropped in
this interval and it is believed the
undersea craft was either badly dam
aged or destroyed.
Ensign Carson's machine, with two
others, was on patrol when the sub
marine was sighted on the surface*
and the ensign made for her. En
sign Carson remained over the spot
fifteen or twenty minutes, but the
u-boat was no longer in evidence.
NAVAL AVIATOR KILLED.
_ i
Ensign McCarthy Falls to Death in
Pcnsacola Bay.
Pensacola, Fla., Sept. 26.?Ensign
Thomas McCarthy, of Pittsburg, was
killed when his plane fell into the
bay yesteray. it was officially .an
nounced today. This makes four
deaths in two days on the aviation
field here.
Field Marshajp
Against f|
The Campaign in
Allied Success iir
WiU Be Watched.
. Paris, Sept. 26.?The Fc
American troops began
tack this morning on
pagnc front and in the rc
on the eastern end, of the,
war office statement anno^t
Renewed German att
; the Aisne have been n
one point, where the. Gel
a foothold in French
j were " ejected by a count
i The Franco-American ?tt
[ Champagne front is the
thrust in that sector since.:
shal Foch assumed the
July.. It is the logical
allied success in the
in driving the Germans
Hindenburg line.
ATTACK PROGRESSING
ABLY.
Offensive in CJbampajzie
: cording to Schedule at
With French Army, Fj
26, 10 o'clock?The
attacked in the; Ghainpaj
a thick fog, after a period
preparation, which ten
hour of the most intense
Early indications are that*;
tack is progressing most
for the Allies. ? :'
HUN AIRDROMES B(
Bxitisb Air Fighters
?man Territory.
London, -Sept 26.^
ies' at BuhL : t>
3
~T..^-r---c-77- ? - ?
anv forces,, it is; officially announce*
In v.t^e: fluting two enemy machines
we're destroyed. Three British ma
cliihes failed to return.
*'- MANY NURSES NEEDED. . .
Fifty- Thousand Necessary by Next
5'????.:. > Jnly. .
30C f -*^r_
Atlantic tstyj N. J., Sept -257?Act
ing- Secretary of War Crowell, in a let
ter read today' before the convention
of the American Hospital Association,
said the army .probably would need
at least'"50,000 nurses by next July.
The government's program of 5,
000,000 men under arms by next fall.
Mr. Crowell said, will necesittae ap
proximately 500,000 hospital beds
abroad and 200,000 in the United
States, for army purposes.
NO SUFFRAGE VOTE TODAY.
Senate Agrees to Carry Resolution
Over Until Saturday.
Washington, Sept 26.?Plans for a
vote in the senate today on the Su
san B. Anthony suffrage resolution
were virtually abandoned In the
midst of the senate debate. Chair
man Jones, of the woman suffrage
committee, and leaders of both fac
tions joined in a private statement
that no vote was probable today and
that the resolution will go over to Sat
urday.
KAISER MAKES A SPEECH.
Says Huns Will \ Give Americans
Right Answer.
London, Sept. 74.?In an address
to Austrian officers at Briey, near
Metz, yesterday, Emperor William re
called to them that they had before
them on. this front the Americans,
who have "promised France to give
her Alsace-Lorraine" and who wish
ed, he said, to "add big deeds to
their big words." The Emperor as
sured the Austrians of his confidence,
that with the help of the German
I forces, the Americans would be giv
| en "the right answer at the right mo
j ment"
j The Exchange Telegraph corre
i spondent at Amsterdam wires the
text of this address, delivered during
i an inspection trip of the Emperor
i around Briey. where he distributed
: 400 iron crosses, visited field hos
pitals and spoke to German, Austrian
French and English wounded in their
respective languages. Later, adds
the message, he addressed the Aus
trian officers saying:
"You may fight our battles as good
comrades and in return for our help
which we have often given you, and
for our strong, free and common fu
tures.
"You know we have, perhaps to
face heavy fighting. You know whom
you have in front of you. The Amer
icans promised France to give her,
Alsace-Lorraine, which France alone
cannot reconepjer. They also wish to
add big deeds to their big words. You
will, with the help of my trocrps, give
them the right answer at the right
moment."
Allies on The Eve of <5reat Victory* it
Macedonia
<1 London, Sept.-^^--Beports receiv
ed in official quarters here indicat.
the- Prilep-Veles road has been cut
at- Izvor, thereby isolating the firs:
Bulgarian army frpm its main line of
communication, and placing it in i
most precarious position. The firs
army is on the allied left.
HAMMERING AT ST. QUENTIN.
British Maintain Heavy Pressure or
German Defenses.
London, Sept. 26.?Northwest of St
Quentin the British today continuec
their heavy pressure against the
German defenses, and captured ene
my strong points in the neighborhood
of Selency and Gricourt, Gen. Hail
reports officially. ,
? i /?
In Flanders the British line wa'
likewise advanced in the sector north
of La Bassee and north of Gricourt
on the St.. Quentin sector the Brit
ish repulsed several German counter
attacks.
AN ENGLISH WAR SHRINE.
Mothers, Wives. Sisters, Daughters,
Sweethearts Pile Flowers in Mem-1
ory of their War Dead.
London, Sept. 15 (Correspondence
pf The Associated Press)?In a pic
turesque. corner of Hyde Park, not
far from the noisy thoroughfares over
which much of London's traffic pass-1
es, is a war shrine, in the shape of a |
cross, where visitors may get some j
idea of the sorrow of a country which j
for four years has been weighted j
down by the ravages of war.
i
"All last week." says the dispatch
"the slow-moving streams of gray- j
haired mothers, grief-worn wives, sis- ;
ters, daughters, sweethearts passed I
round the shrine, the masses of flow
ers were piled higher and higher, the
fresh fragrance of those of today;
mingling with the faint scent of yes- j
terday's paler blossoms.
"There were working women who j
took a part of their luncheon hour to
join that little procession round the
shrine, ther* Were children who came
in the late afternoon, and old men
who passed as twilight drew near.
"Yesterday there was a little wo
man in black who calne and laid a
small bunch of roses as near the Eng
lish flag as he could. On a card she
had written. 'In memory of Will, my
youngest boy.' and near those fresh
roses were roses of ihe day before
'to John' and the day before that 'to
George.'
"Three sens the little woman ir
black had given, three cards, three
loosely tied bunches of flowers she
had laid upon the war shrine. One'
moment she paused to speak to one
of the Green Cross girls, T shall come
again in a few weeks.* she said with
eyes that were moist and lips that
smiled bravely, and Iben she walked
slowly away out of the park to a lone
lv home."
_ Toving .tie
"ctffi^taf? to the; fact ftiiat/;a]
|iarger'. proportion of. $50 bonds have]
een-printed this time than ever be-^
ore and to the additional fact that
lean committees have instructions to
make-strong efforts to sell these
"baby bonds" to persons of very small
means, who are inclined not to par
ticipate in** the loan.
About 1,500,000 bonds, mainly of|
small denominations, have been fin
ished by the bureau of printing and
engraving and today these were oh?
their way' to federal reserve district
headquarters. The first shipment went
resterday to San Francisco and other
district points and officials hope to
have some bonds ready for outright
sale in the large cities when the sub
scription period opens just after nex
I Friday night.
CROP CONDITIONS.
Synopsis of Weather and-Crop Con
ditions in South Carolina for The|
Week Ending September 24.
Columbia, Sept 25.?Seasonably]
weather prevailed during the earlyj
jart of the week, followed by abnor
mally low temperatures and qirlte
general cold rains. Light frost oc
curred in exposed places up-State a?
he end of the week, but no damage
resulted, saving to check development
of the intermediate and late cotton
crops, which continue blooming and
fruiting; the early cotton crop is
about all open, and picking continues,
with quite general complaint of la
bor shortage. On the whole, condi
tions were generally favorable for all
late crops Much of the general corn
crop is matured, but there is much
late corn that is still green, and this
portion of the *crop is earing well
Sweet potatoes are promising, and|
I turnips have made good progress.
Cane is being harvested, and a fine|
grade 'of molasses is being made.
Some planters are seeding oats and|
rye, and some oats have come to goo
stands'. Fodder pulling 'and other|
I forage harvests are in progress.
BRITISH LOSSES DECREASE.
Slight Increase for Allied Totai-I
London. Sept. 25.?Although th:
British shipping losses were lower|
there was a slight increase in the to
tal allied and neutral shipping loss-|
es due to enemy action and marim
risk in August over July accordinc
to a statement by the admiralty is
sued today.
The total figures are 327.676 gros?
tons, an increase of 3.904; divided a?|
follows: Allied and neutral losses.
151.275. an increase of 10.027: Britis;
losses 176.401. a decrease of 6,123.
The statement says: "The British
losses from all causes in August were
slightly higher than for June, which
was the lowest month since the intro
duction of submarine warfare. If th~
British losses from enemy action
alone are considered, August was
better than any month since Septem
ber. 1916." The tonnage of steam
ships. r>00 gross tons and upward en
tering and clearing from United
(Kingdom ports in August amounted
^o S.15S,639", an increase over July of
430,711' tons.
in
'a. .
times during the>.campaign inat;
the Montdidier^ pocket and dro>ef
Germans to the Kindenbur-g
They haw changed'their tactics t
fighting in the bush. in*marches[:?nd
in the open air wkh the same suc-*
cess and with , an endurance that 'is
emphasized by the number of
German divisions thoy have met sincS"
the. battles at Beuvraignes.
GEN. KEKUSO OTAK#
The Japanese Commander of FoTjoe*
of Entente Allies. >
Tokio, Sept 10" (Correspondence o?
The Associated Bress)?general - Kjr-'
kuzo Otani, commander of the Expe
ditionary force of the; Entente Allies
In Siberia, was one of the Japanese
heroes of-the battle of the Yal? fliv-;
er fourteen years ago. His staff. In
cludes the most brillinat Ofnoferil of |
the. Japanese army.
During the Chinese war, General
Otani, ""who is S 2 years of age, was
one of the staff officers in the imper
ial headc^iarters at Hiroshima. When<|
the'Russo-Japanese war began ?c? ;
then a major-general^ y"as appointed
inspector-general of the twelfth di
vision which belonged to the First i
Army under General Kuroki, who
startled the world by winning the first.|
victory for Japan in the battle of the
Zalu River. Eater he became the
comander of a brigade, and his
courage and superior knowledge m|
tactics made him a hero of the war.
In one of the battle -of the war,
Gen. Otani's headquart' **?- was found
by the Russians Who crO~ . ed it wim;
a hail of - -V'-fe. r ? ."> . . the. dah-1
ger, one oi '..?..?? .*???* - ic*?-<? advised.|
him to rnov \ r; *=?' \ *?rd the advice
with compost* ~. ;..t? rejected it by
simply saying: 1 can't hear the
sound of firing. I'm afraid Fve be
come a little deaf."
'General Otani is known as a'silent
man, like Field Marshal Oyama and ]
Admiral Tego, and he is considered-a
great tacticia n. He has. an extensive
knowledge of mathematics.
Lieutant-Genera! Mitsuye Yui, the
newly appointed Cixief of Staff, "baa.
long been known as one of the bright
est staff officers of the Japanese army.
During the Russo-Japanese war; he
-erved as the vice-chief of the staff of
the second array under General Oku,
and his brilliant taciies in the battle
of Heikou, when he defeated two
Russian army corps with a single di
vision, is recorded in the histoT. of
the war. T.ieutenant-General Yui is
5 7 years old.
METZ GROWS ALARMED.
[i Civilians Will he Sent Away From
Guns.
Amsterdam, Sept. 25.?"it is an
>onncod th^t owing to the long
j range bombardment of Metz and oth
er places preparations are making
for the expeditious evacuation of civ
ilians and movable property from
places within range of such ? gun*
when the evacuation becomes neces
sary," says a dispatch received here
from Berlin.