The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 12, 1918, Image 1
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niK SUMTER WATCHMAN, Estab i.
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ARMIES OF TEUTONS BEING DE
FEATED OS AHL SIDES.
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British, American and French Troops
Strike Blow Between Cambrai and,
St. Qoentin With Success From the.
Outset?Many Prisoners Taken.
The entente allied forces every- j
where are defeating the armies ?fj
the Teutonic allies. In France they;
are fast carrying forward maneuvers j
which are resulting in the enemy's;
line giving way from the region of \
Cambrai and Verdun. Likewise in I
Macedonia and Turkish theatres thej
cleaning up process continues una- i
bated.
,Over a front of 20 miles between;
Cambrai and St. Quentin the British,
American and French troops have;
started a mighty drive, which in its
initial stage, has thrown the enemy
back from highly prized tactical po
sitions to a depth of from two to five
miles. Numerous towns have been
captured, and seemingly all the greai
defensive positions of the enemy in
this region have been obliterated,
large numbers of prisoners hav*:
been added to the already great
throngs captured since the allied of
fensive began. In addition terrible
casualties were inflicted on the enemy
in the heavy artillery fire at the be
ginning of the . attack, which began
early Tuesday morning, and the ma
chine gun and rifle fire of the attack
ing forces, against the enemy who
resisted stubbornly at various points.
The American troops, fighting
alongside the British, always were in
the van, and when night fell their
positions were the points of penetra
tion of the German line were greatest.
At last accounts hard fighting was
still in progress, with the enemy
steadily giving ground.
On the southern part of the battle
front, from the Rheims sector to the
Meuse river the French and Ameri
cans are carrying out successfully
their converging movement north
ward and on all sectors have gained
additional ground.
. Korth of Berry-au-Ba'c the French
have driven their line to the junction
of the Aisne and Suippe rivers
placing the Germans around Laor.
and eastward in greater jeopardy. I".;
Champagne Gen. Gouraud's' forces
have increased their gains all the wayj
eastward to the region of the Ar-!
goune forest, while on the eastern j
?de of the forest the Americans havr=- j
improved their battle front along thej
?Aire .Valley. - j
In Macedonia the Italians and j
Serbs are still forcing the enemy j
troops to retire in Albania and in:
Serbia, whrle in Palestine the British;
have "driven the Turks more than 36
miles north of Damascus. Reports!
tae to the effect that the Turkish j
J cabinet" has resigned and that the i
Turks have sent delegates to Greece |
to talk peace.
US THICK OF THE FIGHT.
Palmetto Lads Vie tilth Tenneseeans j
U,V ( tn'Capturing Towns.
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,With, the Eritish Army m France.'
?c?'Sr-(4.30 P. M.) (By the Associat-j
<^;Pr^ss) ?A great victory, the re- j
*wt -of which undoubtedly will prove i
pXv:the widest importance especially at j
this, time, has been won today by the
two.British armies in the field on a
?rdnt extending twenty miles from
Cambrai southward.
> Americans participated in the cen
ter "and htey plunged even more deep
ly into the enemy positions than at
first had been'intended. The Hindcn
buj'g system south of Camorai new
ha?? thoroughly been broken up on;
-front of considerable width.
;: Elsewhere the main lines of the j
Hfndehburg system have been pene
trated while to the north of Cambrai
it'appears to have been turned by the
operations to the south. !
? Fast whippet tanks and armored [
?gars are reported now to be in action i
jttid if it is true, as it is believed, thej
offensive certainly has been exploited, j
It was the Americans (Tennessee,;
North and South Carolina troops ofj
the Thirtieth division), who stormed
and . captured Brancourt and Pre- j
nYont after hard fighting. They reach
ed their objectives well ahead of
time.In fact this was the case al
most' everywhere along the line,
v East of the line the British and
Americans are now in the open coun
try and there seems to be reliable in- j
dications that there are no lines of
importance, at least, for many miles, j
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AMERICAN. STEAMER SUBMARIN-;
ED.
British Fighter Brings Survivors of
Crew to Port.
?- j
Atlantic Port, Oct. 10.?The news!
of the sinking by a submarine of a I
large American steamship, with the!
probable loss of many of her crew, j
was brought today by a British
freighter, which had aboard twenty;
survivors of the American vessel, j
. It is reported in maritime circles!
that the u-boat's victim was thej
Ticonderoga. formerly the German |
steamer Camilla Rickmers, fifty-one i
hundred tons.
SERBS NEARING NISII.
They Are Closely Pursuing Defeated :
Austrians. j
Ixmdon, Oct. 10.?Serbians pur- j
cuing the defeated Ninth Austrian
Division ori Monday entered I^esko
vats, 22 miles south of Nish and
Vlasotintze, according to the Ser
bian official statement. They tool:
several hundred prisoners.
kJied April, 1850.
"Be Sxm i
381. S
eERMIHS PUT TO FLIGHT. I
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CAPTURE OF CAMERA! LINE DE- j
STROYS DEFENSIVE
SYSTEM.
Hun Armies in Discretely Flight Be*,
tween CJunbrai and St. Quentin?j
Allied Cavalry Pushing the Retreat- j
ing Enemy.
The German armies are in full]
flight before the British, American j
and French forces on the front be-1.
Uveen Cambrai and St. Quentin. Cam- j
brai, the strong point of the enerij7, in
this region has - been taken by the ;
Canadians in its .entirety and north;
of Cambrai the Canadians have i
deeply penetrated the German line. :
Out in the open in what was once;
the old Hindenburg line, cavalry is j
hustling the retreating foe in what
virtually amounts to a rout. So fast
is the retreat that columns of the al
lied troops in parade formation have
passed . through numerous villages, i
completely out of contact with the J
German. More than 10,000 prison-:
j ers and between 100 and 200 gun?
were captured in Tuesday's fighting
; and the continuation of the battle
Wednesday resulted in further largo
! captures.
! In the fighting 23 German divisions
I ?more than a quarter of a million
men?have been severely manhandled.
The maximum depth of the ad j
vance is between eight and ten miles.
The Gennans are declared to be flee
ing to the east of L?e Cateau. one of I
!*the most important railroad centers
j in this region.
Eehind them the Germans are j
i leaving the country devastated, burn
! uig towns and villages as they flee.
The formidable German defense j
, system between Cambrai and .St '
! Quentin has been utterly demolished
j and British, American and French
troops are out in the open country
eastward in pursuit of the retreating
j enemy. j
Cambrai, the pivot point in the!
former line and over which there has
has been so much bitter fighting, is
in British hands; numerous villages
and hamlets to the south have been
overrun by the allies, and thousands
of Germans have been made prison
er and hundreds of their guns cap- j
tured.
The victory seemingly is a complete
one. and with General Foch's strategy
working smoothly in bending back
the German line in one great con
verging movement the Germans ap
parently are in a serious predicament.
From the region northwest of Rheims
to the Meuse River, north of Verdun
the French and Americans are slow
ly but surely pushing the Germans
backward toward the Belgian border.
In Macedonia and Asiatic Turkey
the troops of the entente still have
the enemy on the run. Nowhere is
the enemy able to more than fight i
retarding battles, giving ground when
the pressure becomes too strong.
Under the avalanche of steel hurl
ed against them on the Cambrai-St.!
Quentin sector the Germans could not
live and were forced to flee eastward.
Heavy casualties were inflicted on
those of the enemy who had the
temerity to endeavor to make a stand.
On the other hand the casualties of
the allies are declared to have been
relatively small, those of the Ameri
cans being less than half of the num
ber of prisoners taken by them.
Where the enemy intends to make
his next stand can not be foretold. J
but probably an effort for a turnabout |
will be attempted along the Valen
ciennes-Sedan front. After this line
the only known German defensive
position west of the Rhine is th<
Meuse River. The Americans already I
are threatening to make this iine un-j
tenable, having started an advance up!
the valley on the eastern side of the!
stream toward Sedan.
The maneuvers of the French I
northwest of Rheims are cutting j
more deeply into the German line. |
despite the strong resistance offered i
by the enemy to postpone the fall o< j
the great St. Go'oain massif and th-r
highly important strategic position? j
of Laon and La Fere which seemingly'
are likely to be pinched out of the
battle front by the successful opera- J
tions around St. Quentin and Berry I
au Bac. j
Strong resistance also is being im
posed by the Germans against fur-1
ther advances by the French and j
Americans in Champagne and east j
of the Argonne forest. Particularly i
heavy counterattacks have been j
launched by the enemy on various po
sitions but without results other than j
increasing his casualties. Along the
Suippe River the fighting is furious, |
but the French have been able to \
make additional crossings of ths j
stream. St. Etienne has changed
hands several times in bitter com-!
bats.
West of the Argonne forest ^;he ]
Americans have driven their line for- j
ward to the region of Cornay on the!
Aire River where they have effected;
a junction with the French troops and !
seemingly the Argonne forest will
soon be in allied hands. On the
astern side of the Meuse the Amer
icans have advanced and taken sev
eral small villages and also straight
ened out their line which was being
enfiladed by the German guns from;
the east
FRENCH GOING AHEAD.
Advance in St. Quentine-Lc Cateau
Region and Occupy Several Towns.
Paris, Oct. 10.?The French are
advancing east of the St. Quenti-Le
Cateau railroad, and have captured:
Staves wood, Bocquieux village and;
further south have taken Marcy. j
They have also reached Fontaln Notre ?
Dame as well as Fonsomnies. it isj
officially announced. 1
id Fear not?Det an the ends Thou Ala
UffiTER, SC., SATURI
~ FHT TO I FINISH. I
MILITARY PARTY IN GERMAXYj
WILL NOT ACCEPT WXSOX'S
CONDITIONS.
Cologne Gazette, Mouthpiece of Army,
Says Only Conquest Can Force Ger
many to Snbmit to Terms Named
by America.
Easel, Oct. 10.?"'Only militarj
reasons could compel us to accept j
'Wilson's conditions," says the Co-j
logne Gazette, in commenting on the;
American reply to the German peace j
proposal. "It is possible that Ger- j
many may require counter guaran- j
:ces, for example, for the evacuation I
of all colonies occupied by the Al-j
lies."
4USTRI? OFFERS MMM.
PROMISE CHANGE IN GOVERN
MENT TO COMPLY WITH
WILSON'S STIPULA
TION.
! Ministerial Council Said to Have De
cided to Introduce National Auto
nomy at Once.
London. Oct. 10.?It is reported
from Vienna that the Austro-Hungar
ian ministerial council has decided to
introduce national autonomy in "or
der to make President Wilson's stip
ulation an accomplished fact," says an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Copenhagen.
The Czech party did not participate
in the deliberations, but is holding an
Important meeting today.
The movement favoring the proc
{ iamation separating Hungary and
j Austria is making extremely rapid
j progress among the public of the
dual monarcy, Zurich dispatches say.
RECRUITING IN IRELAND.
50,000 Volunteers Called for in Place
of Conscription.
Dublin, Sept. 25 (Correspondence!
.of The Associated Press.)?Ireland
soon may become "patchwerkk quilt"
of conscription districts and non
conscription districts, according to
j members of the Irish recruiting coun
cil, whose allotted time for raising
! 5?.000 volunteers as an alternative to
conscription, is drawing to a close,
with the allotment as yet unfilled. <
The council, which is composed of
five Irishmen, representing' aiL par
ties, has divided the country into ten
districts, with a quota for. each, and
has arranged with the government
that in districts which rill their quotas
conscription will not be applied,
even though the total of volunteers
falls below the required 50.000 men. I
j It is generally predicted that some
j of the districts will fall far short of
j their quotas. And there, conscrip
tion is expected to be inaugurated,
even at the cost of resistance. {
The objection of many young Irish- j
men to entering the army, and the!
traditional Irish hostility to the War I
Office is being met by recruiting j
agents by pointing out the special at
tractions of the Royal 'Air Force. This j
service is not under control of the
War Office, and it has the added ad
vantage of having many non-fighting]
positions.
Political feeling runs high, how- j
ever, and the Class of young men. j
who make the best soldiers, the "mis- j
sile trpops." are not volunteering in
large numbers.
Two or three members of the Irish
Parliamentary Party have identified
themselves with the recruiting cam
paign, but the party as a whole, has*
j held aloof.
i Side by side with the operations of
! the recruiting council. Colonel Lynch,
? member of parliament, is conducting
j a crusade of his own with the view
of organizing a brigade ,which hej
hopes to command. Colonel Lynch j
fought on the side of the Boers'
against Great Britain, but his fee!-!
irigs towards the present war have j
led him to lay aside all racial feeling!
and come out on the side of the al- i
lies.
YANKS IN THE BREACH.
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Americans'Having Broken Genna j: ;
Lines Are Now Going Through.
London. Oct. 10.?The attack of
the Anglo-American forces in the;
i breach between St. Quentin and j
Cambraj resulted yesterday evening J
in continued advances, it is officially j
reported.
The British are now within two
miles of Le Chateau and Sarliau-!
mires and Noyelles have been captur
ed. Fighting is going on southeast-of j
Cambrai on both sides of CaudVy.
Between the Lens and Scarpe the ?
British are also advancing and keep-!
ing in touch with the Germans to the
west of the line of Vitrey-en-Artois.
Azel les Eqqeerchin and Rouveroy.
WANTS NEWS OF S. C. BOYS.
Senator Beitct Asks Gen. March as to
30th Division.
The News and Courier last night
received the following telegram from
Senator Christie Benet: V
Washington. Oct. !> --Realizifl|k th;>:
our people are vitally interested^
news of the Thirtieth division. I ask\
ed Gen. March today if he could give
out anything in addition to what was
in the papers. H<> stated that tin
war department has nn other news,
but has promised me that as soon as
anything is available concerning our
troops he will advise me. I will send ;
it to you. 1
ttfrjl
M t u be tar Oountry'a. Tfey God'* a
>AY, OCTOBER 12, 19K
FRENCH HUNT HUNS.
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PURSUIT KEEPS UP ALL DAY
EAST OF ST. QUENTIX.
Important Gains Also Scored North of
The Aisne and in The Champagne
Region.
Paris, Oct. 10.?FrencL troops last
night continued their pursuit of the
Germans in the region east of Si.
Quentin, it 'is officially announced.
They have passed Fontaine. Notre
Dame and Beautroux. North of the)
Aisne the French took the plateau de j
Oroix and Sans Tete, while further!
east a crossing of the Aisne canal was j
effected. In the region of Villers-en- I
Prayeres in Champagne the French j
captured Lary two miles west ofi
Monthois. v
HUMS FEAR PUNISHMENT.
FRENCH THREAT OF REPRISALS
CAUSE TERROR IN GERMANY.
As Day of Judgment Draws Near They
Deny That Have Wantonly Burned
French Towns and Devastcd the
Country.
London. Oct. 10.?Indications tha
Germany is becoming anxious in
consequence of threats of reprisals
for the destruction^ of towns in
France is afforded by a telegram
from the semi-official Wolff bureau,
received at Stockholm, saying that
Douai was burning "as the result o:
the continuous British bombard
ment" reports that the Germans set
fire to towns they are still occupying
is characterized as ridiculous. They
denied firing Roulers, Thourout and
Lightervelde in Belgium.
AMERICAN SOLDIERS GROW. ?
A British Soldier Writes Home About
Them.
London, Sept. 25 (Correspondence
of The Associated Press)?"Ameri
can soldiers seem to grow in the nigiu
so that each morning there are more
of them than before." writes a Brit
ish soldier in France to his relatives
in England. " Americans are the topics
of conversation everywhere." he con
tinues. "The villages are . full o;
them.
Their automobile trucks are on al)
the roads, and their columns of in
fantry are everywhere. We are be
ginning to know the songs they sins
and the phrases they use.
_-"To many of us they were a com
plete mystery at first. 'We had hearv
of America only as a distant country.
Then suddenly they were in Fiance?
tail, well-trained men with a genius
lor making friends and adapting
themselves to new conditions. Wo
watched them with curiosity at first,
surprised to lind how like they were
to other men.
"'Then, before wo hud quite recov
ered from the first pleasant surprise,
they were lighting?making a repu
tation in a trade where the test is
not easy. They came up from their
villages singing, and filtered into the
trenches, more and more of them
each day. The papers began to talk
about their iighting, but we thought
surely they cannot be doing much
yet." And then all at once we began
to see it for ourselves, and we were
of the opinion straightway that the
papers had not grasped the wonder of
the facts.
"They were so keen and so fresh,
those first Americans. And every
day others as keen and fresh are go
ing up to the line, and every day
their places are being aken in the
village by yet others. What would
the Germans say if ihey r* Jly knew
all this one wonders.
"They are merry and light-hearted,
but underneath they are taking this
business very seriously, and some oi
their talk shows -it. That's the way
to take one's fighting, you know?
neither too much in earnest?which
is morbid?nor too much as a joke?
which is foolish. The wise man is
he who neither overrates himself
nor underrates danger. The Ameri
cans are wise men.
? "The peasants like them; the old
French mothers mother them. They
have an instinct which gives them a
realization of the homesickness which
must sometimes come to these men.
When years have gone by, and it ?s
possible to see the war in perspective,
it may be possible to give full value
to what those women have done.
"Meanwhile, as I was saying, the
Americans go on arriving and spread
ing all over France."
GERMANS BURNING TOWNS
l^eeing From Cambrai the Huns De
vastate Countryside.
With Anglo-American Forces South
east of Carobrai, <>c;. 10.?This morn
ing the British and Americans con
tinued to advance rapidly. The whole
battle on lhat field was aflame
throughout the night. Many fires
were observed that completely de
stroyed many towns and farm
houses.
t HAS KAISER BILL QUIT.'
Report Reaches Stockholm
That Mcast of Berlin Has Ab
dicated. ?
i
By Associ it od Press.
Stockholm. Oct. 10.?There
is ft persistent rumor here that
Jap per or William has adbicat
ed
INFLUENZA EVERYWHERE.
DISEASE BECOMES EPIDEMIC \
FROM COAST TO COAST.
Amusement Places and Schools Oos- I
ed and Gatherings Prohibited in
Many States.
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Washington, Oct. 9.?Spanish in- j
fiuenza now has spread to practically I
every part of the country. Reports:
today to the public health service j
showed the disease is epidemic in j
many Western and Pacific coast States :
as well as in almost all regions east]
of the Mississippi river. Its spread j
also continued in army camps, the;
number of new cases' reported being,
greater than on the day before. i
Influenza is epidemic in Tennessee,:
i Louisiana, Mississippi, Touts, North |
Carolina, Maryland, North Dakota,!
Ohio, South Dakota, Missouri, Ne- \
braska, Vermont, Washington, West;
Virginia, parts of Arizona, and many j
other States. In Louisiana and Mis- j
issippl amusement places over the',
State havo been ordered closed and j
all public gatherings prohibited.:
Schools have been ordered closed and
public gatherings prohibited at Seat
tle, Bremerton, Pasco, Prosser, Sul
tan and Port Angeles, Wash.
The disease is reported from many
parts of California, while in Texas
the malady has been reported from
seventy-seven counties, with the num
ber of cases varying from one to 4,000
in each county. A slight decrease is
noted in Massachusetts, but in the
District of Columbia the malady is
spreading rapidly, more than 2,000
new cases being reported.
The epidemic continues in New Jer
sey, and the public health service an
nounced that a physician has been
placed in charge at Perth Amboy >n
cooperation with the State and local
health authorities.
New cases of influenza reported to
day at army camps totalled 131,005.,
a slight increase over the number
yesterday. There also was an in
crease in pneumonia cases, with 2,
S42 reported. The 820 deaths made a
total of 6,553 in the camps since the
epidemic started last month.
Camp Funston, Kans., reported 1,
430 new influenza cases today, while
Camp Custer, Mich., reported 1,000,
and Camp Taylor Ky? 607. The high
est number of pneumonia cases, 370,
was reported at Camp Meade, Md.,
while Camp Custer had 275 new cases
and. Camp Grant, til., 201.
INFLUENZA REACHES PANDEM
IC STAGE.
Disease Not of Virulent Type, as a
Rule, in South Carolina?Newbcrrj
{ Suffers Most.
Columbia, Oct. 9.? The death rate
from the pan-demic of Spanish in
fluenza now raging throughout the
United States, as far as South Caro
lina is concerned, is: exceedingly low
and the disease is not of a-yirulent
type in a vast number, of cases, ac
cording to Dr. James AcJCms Hayne,
State health officer. V
j Dr. Hayne, in a very conservative
j estimate, places the number of case:
I in South Carolina around" 10,000-, Nc
I accurate statistics can be given by; the
! State health department because \h?
reports are very incomplete Aj^tfcj
data received is meager anfl irreal
elusive.
From' the information received by
him, Dr. Hayne gives as his opinion
that the apex of the disease has not
been reached in this State, and the
reports received by the health author
ities show that it is still spreading
notably in the Pee Dee section.
Although deaths from/ the diseas'
are excessively low when the number
of cases are considered, said Dr.
Hayne, yet there is a large casualty
list. Undertakers in various parts of
the State have wiretl the State board
of health to send additional, supplies
of death certificates, as those they
had on hand have run out.
The health authorities are of the
opinion that the apex of the disease
has been reached in Newbery and at
Belton, where it appears to be on th;
decline. Newberry has suffered more
than any other town in the State, the
I proportion of cases reported being
greater per capita than from any oth ?
er section so far. Every precaution
has been taken by the municipal au
thorities there and every means em
ployed for combatting the epidemic,
j According to information received by
j Dr. Hayne, the stores were closed
j there the first part of the week.
Bennettsville has reported that the
! disease has reached an ? epidemic
j stage there and has called fcr nurses
I and physicians. Miss Annie Painter.
I of Columbia, has been recalled from
; Dale, Beaufort County, where there
! was an epidemic of typhoid fever
j among the' negroes, and has been sent
j to Bennettsville. The situation at
j Dale has cleared up. Mullins and
j Enoree also report an epidemic of
j Spanish influenza and have called for
j nurses and physicians. Thornwell Or
j phanage report* 17.") cases, with no
i death, and desires a nurse.
Dr. Hayne said that the assistants
j from the American Red Cross and
; the United States public health ser
I vice, both of which have promised
! nurses, have hot reported to him yet.
i Two nurses have left* Arkansas for
; South Carolina yesterday, he stated,
j According to reports received by
; the Sputh Carolina, health authori
ties, the spread of Spanish influenza
has exceeded the epidemic and has
reached the pan-demic stage. No
State of the Union is free from it.
Washington being the last to fall ir
line.
Dr. Hayne is of the opinion that
the fact of one having the disease and
j recovery gives the patient a relative i
degree of immunity, although not ab- j
' solute immunity from contracting i? i
i in the near future. ;
j The State Board of Health and Dr. |
' Hayne, in particular, axe exceedingly I
SODTBBON, EnabUsb?d Jons, MM
VoLXLvlI. No. 17.
A GREAT AIR RAID.
AMERICAN AIRMEN PULL OFF,
GREAT STUNT.
Attack Made on German Cantonments
With Large Squadron of Bombing
Machines?Twelve Hun Flyers Shot
Down.
yith American Forces, Northwest
of Verdun, Oct. 10, 12.30?An Amer
ican bombing expedition consisting of
more than 350 machines yesterday
dropped 32 tons of explosives on Ger?
man cantonments in the area be
tween Wavrile and Dam Villers,
twelve miles north of Verdun.
Their exploit marks one of the
high spots in air fleet operations
during the war. Twelve enemy ma
chines were destroyed, and only one
of the entente planes failed to re
turn.
In addition, American planes yes
terday brought down five German
machines and one balloon.
With Americans Northwest of
Verdun, Noon, Oct. 10?Gen. Persh
ing's infantry today again went into
action on the left wing of the Argonne
forest, after a violent artillery bom
bardment lasting all night.
TREACHEROUS GERMAN. ,
A Wounded German Officer Attempt*
j ed to Shoot an American Officer
; While in the Act of Giving Bum
! Water.
i With the American Army in Field,
j Sept. 25 (Correspondence of The
Associated Press)?An instance of
S cowardly treachery on the part of a ,
j captured German officer who had
! been wounded and who had been of
i fered help by an American officer is
I told by Lieut. Edward Nichols, of
Jamaica, N. Y.
After the last big drive of the Al
lies in August, Lieut. Nichols was
placed in charge of a company of sol- -
diers whose task it was to clear the>
! field of American dead and wounded,
i Although his duties did not require
j him to aid the German wounded on .
! the field until the Americans were
j disposed of, Lieut. Nichols, who is
! only 23 years old, went to the as
j sistance of a German infantry officer
? who seemed more than any of his
comrades to be in need of succor.
The lieutenant was in the act of
unfastening his canteen and giving^
the wounded man a drink of v water
when the German drew a revolver
while the unsuspecting American's ,
face was turned, and aimed it. at- the.
head of his rescuer.
Eefore he could pull the. trigger^.-.
however, a. quick-witted American,
sergeant plunged his bayonet through'
the German's heart. The German's .
act was condemned even by his cap
tured comrades. ; -\
PARTISIAN POLITICIAN ALWAYS...
Roosevelt Can Never See Any Goodjn
Wilson?Slaring Comment on Reply
to Germany.
Oyster Bay, Nt Y., Ockv 9.?Col.
Theodore Roosevelt made
lowing statement tonight
dent Wilson's response
man
rs ago, and again and/
to that time I said this
ht to be fought through un
til we secured the unconditional sur
render of Germany and her vassal al
lies?Austria, and Turkey. To this
statement I unqualifiedly adhere. I
hear that the president's announce
ment will be treated as an invitation
to further note writing.
"The effort to fight and to negoti
ate at the same time is apt to dam
age the fighting end of the combi
nation. Personally, I believe that our
sole aim should be to win the war .
and not to discuss peace terms with
the enemy until the war has been
won."
LORRAINE'S IRON AND COAL.
Taken Over by a German Syndicate.
Amsterdam, Sept. 25 (Correspond
ence)?The immense coal and iron
mines and smelting works owned by
Baron De Wendel" ir. Lorraine have
been sold to German syndicate for ?'
the normal equivalent of $65,000,000
on the ground that they were chiefly
owned by French citizens. ^The pro
cess by Which thia great property
was transferred from French toXfcer
man ownership is called "compulso^sy^
liquidation."
Baron De Wendel, reputed to be
one of the richest men in Europe,
was chief owner of the Lorraine coal
and iron fields. His possessions in
German Lorraine have long excited
the cupidity of the German capital-^
ists. The potential ore supply in this
field alone has been estimated at
$1.900,000,000.
The property was divided by the
Germans in tw*> groups. The iron
fields were sold to a steel combine for
50.000,000 marks. The smelting works
and coal mines were purchased for
J 10.000.000 marks by a syndicate
headed by Councillor Vonraumer.
The State reserved the right of par
ticipation to the extent of fifty-one
opnt in the purchase of the prop
erties, f
The Frankfort Zeitung in reporting
the sale say.* the prices were "rea
sonable," indicating that the Ger
man steel, iron and coal magnate
made srood bargains.
gratified that the schools, churches
and other organizations affected by
the recent quarantine orders, are co
operating, in such cheerful fashion
with the mandates issued. He is |
hopeful that the teachers will be paid
their salaries while they are idle,
particularly as the closing of the
schools is nor their fault, and urges
the trustees of the schools not to
scatter their teaching personnel,