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UNCLE SAM SENDS
NOTETQ ENGLAND.
CORPORATION TO FACILITATE
COMMERCE DURING THE
WAR is ORGANIZED |

New York, Oct. The American
Overseas Corporation, formed to fa-
cilitate American trade with neutral
nations, met here today to complete
its organization and discuss details
Of its policy. ,sl,
The idea Of the corporation is to
give assurances to belligerents that
its shipments are non-contraband and
will not reach enemy, countries. In
dications were that announcements Of
progress would not be Forthcoming
until late today. 1t was considered
possible that today's discussion might
not crystalize upon any program. A
letter from Secretary Redfeldt ex.
pressing his interest in the project
and cooperation along certain lines,
was placed before the meeting.
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SAYS VALVES WAS
CAUSE OF SINKING
Head of Electric Boat Company
Makes Statement on Loss of Sub.
marine-Boat's Diving Qualities.

Washington, October 2S.-A stat
ment issued here tonight by Henr!
R. Carse, president Of the Electri,
Boat Company, designers of the sub
marine F-4, attributed the loss of tht
boat with her crew, in Honolulu har
Dor to the fact that ballast tank ali
valves had been left open. Corros
ion of the lead lining Of the batter
les and of rivets, found by the nav
al board of inquiry, to have been thu
primary cause of the disaster, the
statement said, indicated lack o1
care, but could not have been more
than a contributory cause. e.
Of the naval board criticism of the
diving qualities of the F-4, Mr.. Carst
said: a.s
"The propellers on the F-Awer ar
improved design on those used on pre-
vious boats. These propellers differed
only slightly, having increased ares
of blades. They were used on thi:
boat during her official trial and nc
evidence of poor diving qualities were
discovered then, nor was any mention
of poor diving qualities ever made ir
official reports, after commissioning
1t is impossible to see from techni
cal point of view how such light vari
alton in propellers could affect the
diving qualities of the boat in any
way. f'."1.l, sh.%. ::
"The question Of air valves having
been found open on the forward AMI
aft main ballast tanks and the auxil!
iary ballast tank will account for the
loss Of the vessel. When a submarine
lis property handled these valves are
opened only sufficiently long for The
air to escape from the ballast tank
when the tanks are being filled. I'm.
mediately after filling the tanks the
valves must be closed; if they are
not closed it is impossible to blow the
ballast from the tanks and allow the
boat to rise to the surface. In case
a boat is carelessly trimmed and in
case she should spring leak or have
a collision with a reef or any sub.
merged object, she is doomed unless
the valves are closed. ''. q
"In the foregoing remarks there is
no intention of rejecting on the UNI
fortunate men who lost their lives in
the vessel, but the fact that the
valves were left open must not be
overlooked" ~..". IT..
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ROAD EXPENDITURES
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
OTHER STATES SPEND MORE
AND HAVE GOOD ROADS
LEGISLATION. .>r.

Clemson College, Oct. 31.-There
are now only four states in the un-
ion that have not enacted laws pro-
viding for state aid for good roads
work: One of these states is South
Carolina, the others being Indiana,
Mississippi and Texas. These three
other states, however, are above
South Carolina in expenditures for
road work. Indeed, according to in
formation which has been received at
Clemson College from the United
States department of agriculture, this
state cannot boast of its record in
road work and is considerably behind
most of the other states of the union
in this respect.
The total of all surfaced roads in
South Carolina is 4,888 miles. In this
respect, the stae compares favorbaly
with many, since its percentage of
surfaced roads is 17.3, making it the
thirteenth state in the union in per-
centage of surfaced roads. Three
states, Ohio, Indiana, and New York,
contain nearly one-third of all the
surfaced roads in the United States,
with mileage of s77,544.
New York has spent sS2,638,729
on it's roads and is spending $15,000,-
900 more on them in 1915. This, it
should be understood; is the amount
spent by the state government and
does not include the huge expendi-
ture by local units. ,,is
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GENERAL ATTACK y.
i OVER S MILE FRONT

London, Nov. 1.-Anticipating an
offensive by the allies on the western
front, the Germans on Saturday night
launched a general attack in Cham.
pagne to recover ground recently lost
to the French. They succeeded in re.
capturing the Butte de Tahure, but
according to the French account
were repulsed everywhere else, suf.
fering extremely heavy losses, and to
the north of lie Mesnil they actually
lost one Of their own trenches. .-.
AS usual, the attack wa. preceded
by an artillery bombardment, and the
French report speaks Of masses of in.
fantry being decimated. There also
has been some fighting in Artois.
Despite the coming Of winter there
has heen more activity on tie Rus
sian front. True, there has been 4
lull in the fighting in Courland.
where the Germans have apparently
failed to take Riga or Dvinsk or to
improve to any marked degree their
position: 1t is believed that they ar.
preparing for ano 1her drive. It must
be made soon, as snow is already
falling and the movement of heavy
artillery isabecoming more difficult.
Along the Styr the Germans are
engaged in a counter offensive and
have recovered some territory which
General Ivanoff took from them. Far.
ther south, in Galicia, the Russians
have returned to the offensive and
according to Vienna, have made un.
successful attempts to cross the
Stripa.
The Turks report increased activity
of the allied artillery and warships
in the DardenelIes.
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MORE ARRESTS .s>,s,,
OF coNsPIRAToRs

New York, Nov. Il Engelbert
Bronkhorst, who is alleged to have
furnished some Of the explosives
which the government charges Robert
Fay and his associates expected to
blow up munition ships, was arrested
here today charged with conspiracy.
Bronkhorst failed to give $4,000
bail. Secret service men made the
arrest. According to Chief Flynn,
Bronkhorst was employed at road
construction at Butler, New Jersey,
using explosives in his work, and
says he can prove that Bronkhorst
met DR.. Herbert Kienzle and agreed
to furnish him with explosives.
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POSTMASTER AT BISHoPVILLE

Bishopvillc, Oct. 21.-M. B. Nc
Cutcheon received a telegram from
Congressman A. F. Lever this morn
ing stating that he had concluded to
recommend him for postmaster at
this place, vice ]. Ed. Stuckey, who
is not an applicant for reappointment
There were several applicants for the
appointment and Congressman Lever
spent Monday and Tuesday here this
week getting the general view of the
patrons of the Office before making
his recommendation. Mr.. McCutch-
con is one of the towns best citizens.
He is magistrate at this place and
his appointment will no doubt give
general satisfaction.
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GREECE WON'T JOIN
.s.. TEUToNIc POWERS

London, Oct. 3d. Rumor contin.
ues to ascribe to the Greek govern.
ment intentions hostile to the entente
powers, even going so far as to say
Greece has an understanding with
Bulgaria and at the psychological
moment will fall upon the allied
troops which landed at Saloniko. Nc
such designs are really credited to
Greece in London, but England and
France continue to watch the politi.
cal anxiety. .Er...
Sir Edward Grey, the foreign sec.
iretary, said today that Greece's es'
5pousal of the cause Of the central
powers was an impossibility, and sim.
liar assurances come FROM authoria.
tative Greek sources. a,a-
The Greek legation in London in q
statement today disposes of reports
from various sources regardin5 the
position of Greece. ~
Lately" says the statement, "there
have appeared in the press various
items of news derived from Geramn,
Austrian and Bulgarian journals and
news agencies, and bearing upon the
attitude and intentions of Greece,
such as mythical mission of M. Sop
houlis (former governor of Mace
donia) to King Ferdinand; a refusal
Of King Constantine to receive min
listers of the entente powers; an in
tention by-Greece to menace the
troops at Saloniki, ct cetera. ',.,
"The Greek minister has received
telegraphic instructions from Premier
Zaimis to contradict in the most cate
gorical manner these rumors, which
in spite Of repeated denials, were
propagated even in Athens, and the
malevolent object Of which is only
too evident in the endeavor to pro-
judice public opinion and SOW suspi-
cion and hostility between the en-
tente powers and Greece"
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Discredits Fay Case.

Berlin, October 28.-(Via London. J
Baron Mumm Won Schwarzenstein, of
the foreign Office, said today that no
such person as Robert Fay, arrested
in New Jersey, was known at the
foreign office; that the foreign office
maintains no secret service depart
ment, and that any bona fide officer
in giving reliable information about
himself, would give the name of his
regiment, to which he was always at
tached, and not his army corps, from
which he is liable to be ilsassociated
at any time
Baron Mumm expressed ignorance
concerning the Fay case and discred-
tied the mans claims but, neverthe-
less he is investigating the matter.
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CANsLER OF .TIRzAH
WILL RUN ACAII

Columbia, Nov. 1.-"Yes, sir / will
be a candidate for railroad commits.
sioner,". said James Cansler of Tir-
zah, York county, who was among the
visitors in Columbia during the fair.
"Your initials, please, Mr.. Cans.
ler?"
"Got no initials, just plain 'Cansler
of Tirzah.' ~ .E
"How old are you?" =
Ffty-eight, but still in the run.
ming and bound to win" ~.
How many campaigns have you
participated in?"
y II don't know; they are all paid
for" .E... ..
Mr.. .Cansler came to Columbia fol
the fair. Today he called at the
governors office.
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GoVERNMENT,s +, J ATTEITupE. !,

q Washington, Oct. s28.Secretary
Redfeld in a letter to officers Of the
new American Overseas Corporation
today outlined the attitude Of the
government toward the new concern.
The letter made it clear that officials
and agents Of the Department N Of
Commerce will cooperate with the
new company to insure that. the trade
handled by it is absolutely Impartial:
and neutral" The letter was sent
to New York to be laid today before
a meeting Of the board Of directors.
The new corporation proposes to
facilitate American trade with neil,5
trail countries by giving assurances assn to
belligerent governments In Europe
that all shipment handled through the
concern are non-contraband, for neu-
tral conumption, and yill not reach
enemy countries. While Secretary
Redfeld takes the position that his
government can not be q party to any
guarantee Of this character, he iswill-,
ing to cooperate with the new com.
pany to the extent that agents Of the
department abroad viii be directed to
ascertain the complete neutrality Of
shipments made through the Overseas
corporation. Incorporation Of the
department, however, Is conitioned
upon the company making its service
entirely impartial and open to all
American merchants who may wish
to: take advantage Of the plan. The
Secretary has stipulated that the new
concern must in no sense be q nmon.
ey-making scheme. SsS5 s.&.. !,
. Secretary Redfeld and Assistant
Secretary Peters called at the White
House today to talk with President
Wilson about the plans Of the corpor-
alton and the extent to which Che
government mightgo in cooperating
with it. F...,t
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HAND FIGHTING -.
-. IN TIMOK VALLEY

Rome, Nov. Fighting between
the Serbians and Bulgarians in the
Timok Valley has been desperate. A
Bucharest dispatch to Corriere Della
Sera of Milan says the third Bulga-
rian regiment Of infantry was almost
destroyed. Only fifty men survived.
Public buildings at Widin, Bulgaria
are filled with wounded. The news
paper also states tina 10000 Ser
bians have taken refuge in Rumania.
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BANDITS HOLD UP ID.
AN EXPRESS TRAIN.
Crow and Passengers Kept Under
Guns While Robbery Proceeds
Blow Safe Open and Take Contents

Oklahoma City, Okla, Oct. 27.-
Southbound Missouri, Kansas and
Texas passenger train No, 9, was
held up and robbed at 2 o'clock this
morning two miles south Of Onapa
and nine miles north Of Eufaula, on
the main line from Parsons to Deni'
SON, by ten or more masked bandits
who blew open the safe in one express
car, obtained an undetermined
amount of money and valuables,, fail
ed to open three other safes and 'es'
capped without attempting to rob pas.
engers. y! 81. = TX <
The bandits boarded the train al
Checotah, or some point north of the
scene of the robbery, climL<1 over
the baggage and mail cars anu .urced
the engineer to stop the train. They
then went back to the coaches, found
the conductor and forced him to open
the express car. The bandits worked
more than an hour. Five charges OF
nitro-glycerine were exploded before
the safe was opened. Attempts were
made to open.one safe in the second
express car and two in the third, but
neither yielded to repeated attempts
Some of the robbers guarded the
train crew who were lined up along
the side of the track, others guarded
the passenger coaches, and some wen,
back along the track to stop a freight
train behind the passenger. A dozen
or more shots were fired by the ban.
dts. %.gi.
A brakeman from the passenger
train was shot through the finger
when he attempted to escape. The
engineer of the freight train behind
escaped from his captors and ran to
Onapa, giving the alarm. ...
After abandoning their work, the
robbers are said to have thanked the
train crew and wished them "good
night, >" disappearing into the dark.
ness, apparently on foot.
1t is stated that local railroad off.
cials at Eufaula say that the amount
of loot will not be known until the
train reaches Denison, Texas.
Express officials refused to tell the
amount of loot taken by the robbers
who escaped into the woods and
marshes, and were today being pur.
sued by peace officers of a dozer
counties and hundreds of citizens or
ganized into posses.
The train robbed often carrie:
large amounts of money and securi
ties. The hold-up took place in ;
sparsely settled territory affordine
wild forests and marshes for escape.
1t is said about $4,000 was taker
from the, express safe.
Posses continued without success.
beating the marshes of the Canadian
river bottoms near Onapal, gradual!
working toward the Winding Stai
mountains, in which are located tn,
haunts of the old Davis gang of out
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FURTHER ARRESTS
IN THE FAY CASE?
Federal Authorities Believe Those
Most Responsible Arc Still at
Liberty.

new YORK, Oct. T.-Federal au
thorities do not believe that those
most responsible for the alleged con
spiracy to destroy transatlantic ship:
laden with munitions of war have YET
been found, according to a statement
to-day by United States Attorney H
Snowden Marshall. e
"No more warrants have been issued
and no more arrests have been con.
templated for the present." Mr.. Mar.
shall added, "yet there may be fur.
ther arrests later" u.
The Federal attorney announced
that the cases of the five men appre.
hended-Robrt Fay, Walter L. Scholz
Paul Daeche, DR. Herbert Kienzle and
Max Breitung, who surrendered to.
day--will go before. the Federal
grand jury in November. In, the
meantime the investigation of the al.
legged conspiracy is being continued
under the direction of William j.
Flynn, chief Of the secret service.
MI Marshall said he was unable al
this time to give any intimation OF
the character Of a further move if
there is to be any. "We have much
material as evidence, which must be
digested," he said. zone of the
acts of the conspiracy was the actual
fixing of a bomb to a ship for ex-
perimental purposes. Our inquiry has
not disclosed that any bomb was
placed on ship with intent to blow
up the ship. Nor does our informa-
ton indicate that Fay, who says he
was d lieutenant in the German army
was acting in a way other than on
his own responsibility"
Bernstorff's Telegram.
Another development was the send.
ing of telegram to the State depart.
ment by Count Bernstorff, the Ger.
man ambassador, denying that Fay
had any connection with the German
secret service or the German Govern.
ment. f. III.
Detectives to-day were busy in Wee.
hawken and Hoboken, N. Y, gather.
ing explosives and acids alleged Ito
have been used BY Fay and Scholz,
his brother-in-law, I'm experimenting
with bombs, which,acording to Fay's
confession, were to be placed on the
rudders or propellers of ships so
timed that they would explode after
the vessels left New York. The ma
terial gathered consisted Of 400
pounds otchlorate of potash, 900
pounds of dynamite and several suit
cases full Of percussion caps. n
Breitung, cousin of E. T. Breitunp
a mining man and ship owner, was
the only one Of the five alleged con-
splrators who obtained liberty on
bond. He appeared before a United
States commissioner to-day and fur.
nished $4,000 bond for his hearing
on November A.. !, Breitung, Kienzle
and Daeche are charged in the COM
plant with having furthered the con-
spiracy. - .T,...
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BRITISH CRUISER GOES
ON ROCKS DURING GALE

London, Oct 2s.- The British
cruier Argyll, 1O,85O tons, has gone
ashore Oh the east coast of Scotland
during a gale. ',|. .
Official announcement of. the acci-
dent was made by Admiralty, to-day.
All Al the members: fqlbF Of, the, crew were
SaYed. IT is feared the warship may
be a total loss. .; ,,-.-,r-y H.
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KAISER TO SPARE SPIES.

Amsterdam, Oct. 90 AS a re-
suit of wide protest against the exc
cution of Miss Edith Cavell, Emeror
William has prohibited further exc
cution of spies in Belgium until he
can investigate the cases personally,
says the Telegraph.
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AMERICAN OVERSEE
TRUST CORPORATION
PROTEST AGAINST BRITISH IN
TERFERENCE WITH TRADES
HAS BEEN DISPATCHED.

Washington, Oct. 2S.-America's
long considered protest against Brit
ish interference with commerce be-
tween the United States and Europe
has ben dispatched to London by spe-
cial messenger and will be presented
by Ambassador Page at the British
foreign office next week. .i
1t became known to-day that the
note, which is about 1000 words long
and covers exhaustively the argu.
ments of the American Government
on all phases of the interference with
neutral trade, was approved by the
President last Saturday and started
on its way to London Sunday. Alex
ander w. Kirk, third secretary of the
! American embassy at Berlin, who had
returned to Washington, carrying
documents from Ambassador Gerard,
was entrusted with the mission on his
return journey to Berlin.
Until to-day the fact that the COM
munication had been sent was kept
secret, instructions having been given
to officials that no announcement of
any kind was to be made about it.
That it contains a repetition of argu-
ments made in the note of March 80,
which recorded the Washington Gov
fernment's first protest against the or
der in council, or so-called blockade,
is admitted, but no intimaton was
given by officials to-day as to what
measurers are proposed in the event
that there is no modification of Brit
5ish practices. ..',:.;4
tN3 Covers Much Ground.
Not only does the latest communica-
ton cover the various notes and mem
oranda sent by the British Govern
ment since March 30, but it also ac-
knowledges and discusses the lengthy
notes that came from Great Britain
in January in response to the first
protests by the United States against
interference with neutral trade. h.
Z It was the note now on its way
which former Secretary Bryan advo-
Gated sending at the same time the
second Lusitania note was dispatched
to Berlin last June. President VIII
SON declined to send it at. that time,
because of the fear that the. United
States might be placed in the position
of bargaining for its rights with Ger
many on the basis Of its attitude to-
ward Great Britain. gNfE g.-
As prepared originally at the State
department the document was under
stood to be vigorous in tone and re-
plete with objections to Great Brit
aims policy. No intimation as to
whether the document since has been
modified was available tonight. -
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HEAVY EARTH
SHOCKS RECORDED

Washington, Nov. IA series of
severe earthquakes lasting about
three hours, were recorded by the
Georgetown University seismograph
early today The first shock was at
2:49: the main shock 1924, and the
final at 5:21. It was estimated the
distance was 1000 miles away.
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Capt. C. D. Brown and Mrs. Brown
with their charming daughter, Miss
Louise, were Abbeville representa-
tives, at the State Fair.
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laws, which terrorized eastern Okla
homa several years ago.
The same train was held up in SIM
liar manner at nearly the same place
on October 10, 1912. The bandits
got away with about $1,000.
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Recorded in Scotland.

London, Nov. L. Siesmagraphi-
cal observatory of Scotland, recorded
at Z this morning heavy earthquake
in or near Japan.
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H. L. Ellis and J. Annette Ellis, of
Groggy Springs, were onlookers at
Mondays sales.
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AFTER-EFFECTS OF TYPHOID
Death Rate of Those Who Recover
From Typhoid Doubles

Figures are showing up typhoid in
new light. We have always regard
ed seriously the chances of fatality
that go with each case, also the
length of time required for the
fevers course, the severe suffering,
the anxiety, the careful nursing, not
to mention the expense, but now fig
ures are showing that the after-ef-
fects of typhoid are not to be lightly
considered
A study of 1,574 cases of typhoid
fever shows that 146 died while un-
der treatment, which is not quite one
out of every ten. OF the 1923 who
recovered from the immediate effects
of the disease, the death rate for the
first three years was nearly twice the
normal death rate of similar group
OF persons who had not had typhoid.
AS the cause of death among the
patients who died following recovery
from typhoid, tuberculosis heads the
list with a rate of 80 per cent, with
diseases of the heart following with
rate of 14.S per cent. In other words,
1.-THE chances for having tuberculosis
are increased about three times in
those who have recovered from ty-
|phoid, while the chances for heart
diseases are about doubled In the
United States each year, 5000 deaths
occur among persons who have re-
covered from an attack of typhoid
fever but who, as result of impair
ed vitality from the disease, succomb
during the first and second year after
recovery.
Besides lowering the vitality so
that other diseases are not to be re-
sisted.
Typhoid often leaves the patient
manned for life, and memory is fire.
quently impaired. These considera-
tions should bear an especial appeal