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itaa^ExBBR of Bulgaria will &E FOLLOWED BY ?OL front. ^ "W<ia be ??t Off From Source position Supply and The Coni ^ste Triumph of Allies in East Must Be the Result. ?Jfi:the welding of the armies of ? 0^:^B^B^^:into a compact whole un ^^r};%?^and of the interallied war : ^ou?eil^ guided by the master strategy .'"l|:3B^aial- Foch, apparently has come $fefi$st break in the united front of 0?>eeatral powers. ^Igarfa, smallest of the Teutonic seems to have struck her col ?v Premier Malinoff has asked for armistice to consider terms of * v Whether he is acting upon his as the represen .'?pp^^oiisibility - - ?--?.of a voluntary party with the BEIM AMERICANS TURN CAPTURE GUNS ON FLEEING HUNS. Total of Eight Thousand Prisoner? Counted?Capture Includes More Than One Hundred Guns, Twelve of Heavy Caliber. Approval of King Ferdinand and the frp^rnment remains in doubt. In case, however, there is little feoubt that Bulgaria has ceased; to he S^ififfiiary factor in the war. Her fun retreat ami her soil ^ are in haa/heen invaded. v 5ft^p*sion>of he Balkan State from ?xe\^aidom of Germany will be al \most as severe a blow to the Teuton ^ Chance-as-was the collapse of Rus sfe;to the allies. fZ If Huigaria lays down - her arms, ^5u^ey,'TIer armies shattered by the ^^fe-of^General Allenby in Palestine, -^j^^ cut off from her allies. Her Ahes' Of - ?communication will be sev ^?re^.'except across the Black Sea through Roumania or over the moun tain nf Trans-Caucasia in Rus where, the grip of ' the German of Trans-Caucasia J??n^lled Bolsheviki is becoming ^ weaker. t* her supplies of German made ???jtions and raw materials hanging J^3?^at slender thread* military ob ?3^^ , believe the>Ott?inanv empire *eilfc 'fiave-vno .course left but to follow the example of her-Balkan neighbor. - . BuV. it makes little dhTerence to the &?jnjte -whether the Turks abandon CPa^toy and Austria. If Bulgaria <iuj?? he can no longer be a menace tck door of Austria will stand ?^before the victorious British, /Serbian, Greek and Italian plunging ahead through the With the American Army North' west of Verdun, Sept. 27 (By the As sociated Press).-?The number of pris oners thus far captured "by the; Amer icans in their offensive is now plaoec at 8,000, of whom 12a are officers The capturedmaterial includes mow than 100 grms, 12 of which are; oJ heavy calibre, many trench mortan and hundreds of machine guns. General Pershing's troops, in theh drive between the Meuse and th< Argonhe Forest made a great haul ?l Germsjn artillery in the region of Ban. ?nevoux. The Americans* capture mcluded. four hig 210 millimeter guhi and eight 150 millimeter pieces, ant 15 trench mortars, ten field guns-and 34 machine guns. IWest of Danneuvox the American! captured 12 77s, which, are now beini used against the Germans, a larg< amount of ammunition also havinf been captured. The prisoners- belonged to various units and included ? number of offi cers. Certain divisions opposing th? Americans were identified. They in cluded the famous guards in it whicl the Americans fought at Beileau wooc last June, and another equally fa mous. Saxony division., \ The Germans delivered counterat tacks northwest of Varennes and. be tween Ivoiry and Mohtfaucon latt today, but achieved no gain. There was heavy artillery firinf west of Montblainviile and southwest Of Charpentry this afternoon, a fur ther indication that the Germans art making an effort to stabilize their line The enemy is known to be massed in Cierges, and the forest of Cierges and the forest de Mont. All.tbos* places are . being heavily shelled to night. ! The counterattacks of the enemy failed to make any impression on the American front, the whole line of which was slightly advanced dur ing the,day. It included tonight the villages of Charpentry, Very, Epinon ville and Ivoiry. The resistance of the Germans, oT liberated Serbia Only | .however, has steadily increased at al ,js ahead of their advance most every point. Apparently they is Belgrade, across the Dan- are making desperate efforts to hold h the plains' of Hungary. They' their mewly established positions, have pressed forward a quar- The greater part of their line upon this-distance since the great which counterattacks were thrown offensive began Septem- was held by General Cameron's Once over the river they corps.' These counteratacks were re ite passing through territory pulsed" by' troops from Ohio, New by the "oppressed nation- Jersey, Virginia, Washington, Colo Of 'Austria - who . have little rado, Wyoming, Montana, Maryland the'dual empire and there and Oregon. ? jbe~, only natural .obstacles be- /' The' secondday's progress of the sihem and Budapest. The early American troops in the new offensive r$t? the Balkans.'with the' lim- was slight when compared with that 1 of ^communication-avail- of Thursday because of the bad present the. most difficult weather and the well nigh impassable ^Sfjch would not-be overcome roads slowed up all kinds of trans ?e spring. v" portation made it nearly impossible r the defection" of Bulgaria it for the Americans to move their be neeessary for hard pressed heavy artillery. The bad weather &u?sia to'throw an army across her also seriously hampered aerial work i^^&hi frontier thu^making anoth- and the movement of tanks. Simul ^.mroad upon her waning man pow- taneously the enemy stiffened his re ' The bulk of her forces is facing sistahce all along the line. eager Italian army along the . ._? e and in the mountain region. GERMAN ARTILLERY GETS INTO ^?peror William already has called upjbn Emperor Ch?rles for. help on l|tte Western front and Austro-Hun fs^an divisions are,nghting beside the <>ermahs against the steadily advanc ing^ British. French and ? Americana t\ ii?'lf'fihNfcas large reservoirs of men nVi v W*l&ening of the tioiz\ to sehd^lfeges ,to the other ?Diktier of the empire^obably would ]&t?e signal for a gener?lUltack to redpyer not only the invade territory hut the "lost provin .^ith Bulgaria evidently fall wayside, with Turkey stagg ? ?j^.with Austria a welter of internal ? discord and disser.t the shaken armies Of. Emperor William are grudgingly falling back .upon their own frontiers before the irresistible blows of Mar shal Foch's British, French and Araer lean troops. I T!be French and Americans plunged toward again between . Rheims, and Verdun where the-British attacked.on ?^Wftfe front in the Cambrai sector. 5B5tween them they already have taken more - than twenty thousand prisoners and many guns of all cali fee^ifc.. ?\ "V&*hile> the tide of victory was run ? ning so strongly for the gallant ar mies of the entente, President Wilson was again voicing the determination of the United States to battle on until German military autocracy is for ever crushed. : ."The price of peace will be impar tial'justice to all nations," he declar ed. "The world does not want terms. It wishes the final triumph of justice and &ir dealing." v , ACTION. Opposition to American Forces in Lorraine Grows Increaslgnly Stiff in Afternoon. American Forces In Lorraine, Sept. 27, 7 P. M. (By the Associated Press). Austrian \ ?German artillery opposition grew increasingly stiff toward the end of the afternoon today. There were indi cations that the enemy was moving ts to the edge of the rgonne"WMPest.^nd the western and BRITISH STILL ADVANCING. Successful Attack on Wide Front This Morning?Progress in Flandern , Ateo. . ..^jB^foBi'.^ Sept. . 27.?The British this , morning attacked on a wide front south of the Sensed river, ac cording to a report from Haig. reports indicate satisfactory 'pro ;g?es9. The British lines have been ad^wiced_ slightly to the north of the Sejosee. "? Burihg the night successful . local attacks in Flanders were also reported. ? .sector, es gas other Ihe Inf an central portion pecially was un fire. German artilery shells on Luneville towns in this section try action was slight. The American patrols were active in all sections of the Lorraine front but they encountered the Germans only once. -.. Squads from American negro units were engaged this morning in guard ing and transporting' hundred? of German prisoners in' concentration camps. SEVEN YEARS FOR MIXSON. Former Assistant. Treasurer of Co lumbia Sentenced. CHILE SEIZES SHIPS. Forces Take Charge tented Hun Vessels. Santiago, Sept- 27.?The Chilean government last night ordered the naval authorities to occupy with armed' forces all the interned Ger man, ships in Chilean harbors. war minister resigns. Geil. Von Stein Quits the Prussian Cabinet. London, Sept 27.?Lieut. Gen. von ?tein, the * Prussian war minister, is reported*^ have resigned, according to ^Copenhagen advices to The Ex chahge Telegraph. Columbia, Sept. 28.?J. Crim Mix son was yesterday sentenced by Judge Gary to serve seven years at hard la bor on the county chaingang or in the penitentiary. Mixson was brought to the court house at 10 o'clock yes terday morning and he was sentenced immediately after the court conven ed. Mixson was unmoved by the sen tence. He showed no outward signs of disappointment and received the sentence without evidence of disap pointment or surprise. - He was taken back to jail. Mixson was appointed assistant city clerk and treasurer in the fall of 1914 First J and made a good impression. He was \ a. entive to his duties and stuck fast to his job. The city was shocked on Wednesday morning. May 1, when it was announced that there was a shortage reported at he city hall. The discrepancy was discovered on Fri ady, April 25. Mixson had disappear ed and the city council met and of fered a reward of $200 for his cap ture. Time rolled on and nothing more was heard of Mixson until Chief Richardson wired fom Jackson ville that he had apprehended the young man. of In TALK OF PEACE OFFER. Ralfour and Bonar Law Confer With Premier. London. Sept. 27 (via Montreal).? Arthur J. Balfour, the British foreign secretary, and Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, are in conference with David Lloyd George, the premier, with regard to the Bul garian armistice proposal. U IN ??LiBfl. AVIATOR FALLS TO I>EATH WHILE FLYING OVER CITY. Terrible Accident Mars the Liberty Loan Parade in Columbia Today? Feil Near Corner of Main and Washington Streets. Columbia, Sept. 28.?Lieut.. Good man, an Oregon aviator was killed, Lieut. Thomas seriously injured and another airman . slightly hurt when one of the airplanes maneuvering over the city during the Liberty loan parade; fell near the corner of'Main and Washington streets today. COAL MINE DISASTER. Twenty-five Men Reported Killed in niinois'Mine. Murphysboro, 111., Sept. 28.?Twen ' ty-five men are reported killed this ? morning in an explosion in the north I mine of the Franklin Coal Co., at t Royalton, Ills. * JI LITTET. LORING DIED IN HELPING OTHERS. [Tried to Save Comrades From Bora hardment'-r'Soldiers Did Not Obey Orders to Leave Exposed Place and He Was Trying to Get Them to Safety Wien He Was Killed. 11 Wilmington Star. Capt Thos. J. Gause, 'commanding Company C, 115th machine gun bat talion, has written Mrs. David'Worth Loring, concerning the death of her husband,. Lieut. Loring, August 23. He states that "Dave's" solicitude for several of his men who were endang ered by a heavy bombardment of .( the Huns caused his death, for while j trying to get them out of an exposed place he was the victim of the bom bardment himself. The letter, writ ten under date of August 25, fol lows: "It is with, the greatest feeling oi sadness and regret that I must inform you of the death of your husband. Lieut. David W. Loring. Dave, as he was always known to me, because oi our long friendship, was killed on the night of August 23, at 11.30 p. m. Of course you have been officially noti fied, but I still feel it my duty as z friend of both you and Dave to write you myself and try in my humble way to express for myself and all the boys of my company our great feeling of sympathy in your and our loss. "I have always considered Dave a? one of my best friends, and as a fel low officer I had come to depend on him more and more. We have beer, closely associated for a long time and during that time have faced*amum ber of emergencies together and 1 .have always found him a comrade that few could equal, none surpass. "Upright, honest, generous to a fault and absolutely fearless, he was an ideal officer and a perfect gen tleman. The members of the com pany Regarded him, more as a frienc than as an officer, and it seemed t<* be a*pleasure to them to carry out his orders. "Their comfort and safety were al ways his first thought rather than hi< own, this being the cause of his death Dave's platoon was under heavy bom bardment by the German artillery Quite the heaviest we had experiencec since coming over. One gun had been knocked out .and he had just issued orders for the other men to move tc a safer pace. They being cut off by the heavy fire, did not come in as quickly as he thought they should, s( he started out personally to see tr their safety. Poor boy! He nevei reached his objective, as a h*avy shell struck only a few feet away and exploded, killing him and wounding two others, one of whom died later. It is a sad coincidence that Dav( makes the se?ond officer I have los: mithin a month, Lieut. Turner being ^tilled July 24 within 500 yards of each other. Dave's place in the com pany will be hard to fill, besides being a true soldier and an excellent officer he was loved by every man. I have gotten together his personal effects which I jshall have to turn over to the government, they in turn shipping them to you. He had some money with him and there is also some owing to him which I will collect and send same to you. He was given a military burial and laid to rest in Remey cemetery, the American Y. M C. A. officiating. - If there is any oth er information you desire and I can be of any further service to you. dc not hesitate to call upon me. Again assuring you of my sympathy, I am Sincerely yours, "THOS. J. GAUSE, "Captain Co. C." ACROSS ALPS TO FRANCE. Gabriele D'Annunzio Makes Flight of 290 Miles. Paris, Sept. 27.?Gabriele D'An nunj:io, the Italian author-aviator, landed in France yesterday from an airplane in which he had flown from Italy across the Alps. His flight was 2?0 miles. Capt. D'AnnunziO left Turin at 0 O'clock yesterday morning and ar rived at Chalons, behind the French I from, about noon. He made the pas sage of the Alps quickly. He used the same machine in which he had flown over Vienna last August, and the same pilot. Capt. Palli guided the machine. Capt. D'Annunzio, after landing ac Chalons, joined Gen. Abricci, com manding the Italians on the French front, and was warmly received by his compia,triotst. Forced to Stand Examination: Greenville, Sept. 27.?Fletcher Grif fith, a negro who has served a year's sentence in a federal prison for re- j fusal to register, and who upon com- j plction of his service still declared; that he would not "relish" for the army, was Riven a physical exarnin-i- ; tion today by the local exemption board, found physically fit and will bei sent to Camp Sevjer Friday with a number of other selectmen from thisj[ vicinity. Griffith refused to submit to jj the examination today, but his cloth"*/ were pulled off him by an attend^ and the examination proceeded. LUMBErV. Building Materials LIME, LATH, BRICK, CEMENT, SIDING, CEILING, PLASTER, SHINGLES, FLOORING, MOULDINGS, FIRE CLAY, FIREBRICK, ROUGH LUMBER, ROOFING PAPER, CORN, ? es> OATS, StUlfS HULLS, TANKAGE, MIDDLINGS. RICE FLOUR, WHEAT BRAN, SUGAR FEED, MEAT SCRAP, CHICKEN FEED, OYSTER SHELL, SEED OATS AND RYE, COTTON SEED MEAL BOOTH & McLEOD, 1? Phones: Office 10; Yard-631. Sumter, S. C. Swat the Kaiser. Buy War Savings Stamps and Liberty Bonds. DEPTH OF SEVEN MILES REACH ED BY AMERICANS. General Pershing Reports Capture, of Dozen Villages and Five Thousand Prisoners?Four Towns Carried by Storm by Men of Liggett's' Corps. Washington, Sept. 26.?Attacking this morning over a front of 20 miles west of Verdun in cooperation. with the French, the American first army advanced to an average depth of sev en miles and captured 12 towns and more than 5,000 prisoners. Four of the towns were carried by storm by Pennsylvania, Kansas and Missouri troops of Major General Liggett's corps, General Pershing said in his official statement, on the battle received tonight at the war depart ment. The enemy offered stubborn resistance. Troops of other corps forced their way across the Forges brook, took the Bois de Forges and wrested eight towns from the enemy. General Pershing's communique follows: ? "Section A?This morning north west of Verdun the first army attack id the enemy on a front of 20 miles \nd penetrated his line to an average depth of seven miles. "Pennsylvania, Kansas and Mis souri troops serving in Major General Liggett's corps stormed Varennes Montlainville, Voussouois* and Chapp: after stubborn resistance. Troops o other corps, crossing the Forges brooi captured the Bois de Forges anc wrested from the enemy the towm of Malancourt, Bethincourt, Mont ;faucon, Guissy, Natiilois, Neptzarges (Septsarges), Danneoux and Gercourt et-Drillancourt. The prisoners thus far reported number over 5,000." The Pennsylvania troops referred to by General Pershing evidently arr those forming the Twenty-eightl. (National Guard) division, while th< Kansas and Missouri troops make up the Thirty-fifth (National Guard: division. At Jast accounts the Twen ty-eighth division was under Maj Gen. C. H. Muir and the Thirty-fiftl under Maj. Gen. W. R. Smith. As th' army corps originally were announc J ed, these two divisions were in the 1 Second corps under Maj. Gen. Robert Lee Bullard. The twenty-eighth or "Iron" di vision, had been in hard fighting heretofore, having held the center o' the American line ih the advance across the Ourcq July 26 to 31, dur ing the beginning of the general al lied offensive when the Aisne-Marn' salient was wiped out. They remain ed on the line until August 6. advanc ing to Fismes, where they were re lieved by the Thirty-second (Nation al Guard) division. The Thirty-fifth division landed in France last June 9 and went on the firing line 11 days later. They were last reported on the Vosges front Sep tember 4. DRAFT LOTTERY MONDAY. Men of Last Draft Will Receive Num bers September 30th. Washington, Sept. 27.?September ?0th was set by Gen. Crowder today for the national draft lottery to de termine the order of the thirteen mil lion men who registered on Septem ber 12th. The numbers will be giv en to the press and public by the dis trict draft boards. v DEATH RATE GROWS. Spanish Influenza Causes Serious Conditions in Army Camps. Washington, Sept. 27.?Spanish in fluenza which is sweeping through all except thirteen army camps, hns caused a tremendous increase in army deaths. The rate at home for the week of September 21st was 4.4 per cent, compared with 2.3 for the preceding week. The cancellation last night of the cals for the en trainment of one hundred and forty two thousand draft registrants, be tween October 7 and 11, was order- , ed. due to the serious conditions in many camps. MANY GUNS TO KILL HUNS. S Ordnajpef^ Department Gives the y Number Produced. | Washington, Sept. 27.?According j 1 to announcement made today by Or-!' dnance Department. 4G.:i22 machineM suns. 2.437.297 rifles of all types] and 221,801 pistols have been pro-:' duced since the entrance of the| Cnited States into the war. DRAFT It POSTPONED. CROWDER CANCELS SUMMONS FOR THOUSANDS/ Influenza Seems Destined to Run Its Course in Army Camps and Among Civilians. Washington, Sept. 26.?Becau. ? of %he epidemic of Spanish influenza in army camps, Provost Marshal Crowd er tonight cancelled calls for the en : trainment between October 7 and 11th of 142,000 draft registrants. I During the 24 hours ending at noon today, 6,139 new cases of in fluenza in army camps had been re ported to the office of the surgeon general of the army. One hundred and seventy deaths, resulting chiefly from pneumonia following influenza, and 723 new cases Of pneumonia also ; were reported. i Two camps, Kearney, Cab, and Eus tice, Va., were added today to the list of those where influenza has made its appearance, leaving only 13 camps free from the disease. The total num ber of cases of influenza in all camps was placed at 35,146 with 3,036 cases of pneumonia. One out of every four men at Camp Levens, Mass., has con tracted influenza, it was announced, and 10 ;per cent, of the cases have developed into pneumonia. In cancelling the call for the en trainment of the draft registrants early next month. General Crowder icted upon instructions from General March, chief of staff. Every State and the District of Columbia has been assigned quotas and the' men were to have gone to practically all of the camps in the country. The men probably will not be entrained untii after the influenza epidemic has been checked. It was said at the office of the sur geon general of the army tonight that every possible precaution is be ing taken in all camps to check th spread of the disease but that despite all measures, it is believed "he dis ease will run its course and probably spread to still other camps. Addi tional physicians and nurses have been sent to camps where the epi demic is most severe. The greatest number of new influ enza cases, 1,007, was reported today from Camp Dix. While Camp Devens reported few new cases. Pneumonia showed an increase there, 309 new cases and 83 deaths being reported. "Influenza also is on the increase among the '.civilian- population, par ticularly in New England. The federal government has taken steps to cooperate with , State ano municipal authorities in combatting the disease and medical and nursing units are being mobilized in com munities where the epidemic ha4 gained great headway, A. J. MATHESON DEAD. Pi ninent Marlboro County Citizen Fails to Rally From Paralytic Stroke. Bennettsville, Sept. 26.?Alexandei James Matheson died at his home. "Shiness," this afternoon. He had been in declining health for some time and suffered a stroke of paraly sis this morning at 11 o'clock, from which he never rallied. Mr. Mathe son was one of the prominent men of the town, county and State. He was founder and president oi the Planters' National Bank, a largt planter and interested in many busi ness enterprise. He was a wonder fully successful business man and it Is not overstating the facts when it is said that he has done more toward the upbuilding of Bennettsville during his residence here than any one man or any dozen men who have lived here. He was public spirited, ener getic, tireless, quick in trading and in reaching conclusions on any business proposition. His death is a great loss to the town and county and his fam ily has the sympathy of every one. IV-'in Admits Bulgarian Peace Offo? Amsterdam, Sept. 27.?The Bui jarian premier's offer of an armistice ivas made to the leader of the entente troops operating against Bulgaria tccording to a Berlin message receiv ed here. Extra Blankets For Soldiers. Washington. Sept. 27.?Throe blan kets instead of one hereafter will be issued to each American soldier go ns overseas, the war department an nounced today. Members of the ank eorps will get heavy mackinaws instead of the ordinary army over eats. SPEECH IHTEBESTS ?WEBIjBA VON HERTLING'S ADMISSION OF SERIOUS INTERNAL SITUA TION. No Cliance to Gain America's Ear for Peace Till Huns Are Beaten and Driven Out.of France. Washington, Sept. 2 S.?There was just one thing in Chancellor von Hertling's speech which. interest? . American officials. It was his frank .and open admission of the seriousness tof the internal situation in Ger many. ^ Following so closely upon formal declaration by the Social Democrats' of the conditions upon which th?ir party would consent to participate in the government, the speech was re garded as intended primarily for in ternal consumption in Germany. It is regarded as part of a plan to persuade the Socialists to come to the aid of the government in its grave straits by demonstrating that there are - no substantial differences of principle be tween their party and the govern ment. The-marked similarity betweeri the statements made by von Hertlrag regarding the basis of peace' and those principles laid down by the Socialists at once was noticed. When attention was directed ,'fto von Hertling's statement that he had no response from the United States to his proposal last February to accept in principle the conditions of-peace laid down by President Wilson, offi cials pointed out that" the president. himself had effectually- exposed the Insincerity of von Hertling^-p^opos--^ al when, in his Baltimore speech, he pointed to the crime against Russia as a sufficient reason for rejecting any offer to discuss peace "Brest Litovisk fashion." Furthermore, it was declared that there could be no talk of peace until the last German and Austrian soldier had been withdrawn or driven froia the occupied territory. ? ' The inclination of the government to regard the speech as the latest movement in the German peace offen sive and as insincere and unworthy of consideration is based upon -the feeling that in scarcely a single point does the x premier make unqualified leclaration of adherence to the four ven principle's laid down by Presi >nt Wilson. Everywhere in his speech, officials said, there were lim itations and qualifications. Officio1 Washington noticed the ad mission of*the deep discontent existi ng among great masses of the Ger man people. Through neutral coun tries have come reports of uisorgan ization, mutiny, rioting and depres sion in Germany, but it remained for the German chancellor himself to add the official confirmation which was wanting. MATTER OF CIRCUS UP TO GOV ERNOR. Board of Health Will Not Act. Columbia, Sept. 27.?The fate of the circus is yet undetermined. Dr. James ,A. Hayne, State health officer, held several conferences yesterday with Gov. Manning and talked over the long distance with Dr. Robert Wilson, chairman of the State board of health, at "Charleston. The board of health has decided, not to act in the matter in any way.. Dr. Hayne said that the board felt that they could not issue a discrimin-. atory order against one tented show . unless they included all tented:: diows which would be almost impos- ?" sible to do. The whole matter seems to be one of labor and not of health." Dr. Hayne said that the board did \ not feel that it should act in the mat ter in as much as the United States - railways were haulir.g the circus over :? the country and the United States . public health service did not feel that < it could act in the matter. The :. ooard has left the matter entirely with I Gov. Manning. FAIL TO PASS TEST. Many Boys Unable to Enter S. A. T. C. at Bailey. Greenwood. Sept. 27.?Already 20S> boys have been sent home who came here to enter the student army train ing corps at Bailey Military Institute The total number here yesterday seeking admission as regular students and in S. A. T. C. was 617. Those se.:t home could not make the required standing for admission. Fully 75 mor> boys are ready to return today '<or the same reason.