The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-18

nan, VINO mas offered the government n
tuins OF French mnnufactory, typical
ch they retreat.
lbie spirit that they swept everything
De1or" them. So swift was the attack
I lnat an entire German division which
was llSt relieving another at the front
was caught by surprise and dccimated
! IN" entire ground over which the Brit
iSh and French advanced was thiclly
| Uttered with dead Germans and hcnps
Of equipment.
few more such drives In Flanders
and the Germans will be compellcd tn
retlre TO tn" east and south, abandon
ing the submarines on the Belgian
coast. This would mean the almost
utter collapse Of the U-bout campaign,
which already has been greatly weak
ened
There are strong indications that
the allies are preparing for vigorous
offensive movements in the near fu-
ture in both Roumania and Macedonia.
| lhr positions of the central powers on
Doth those fronts have been subjected
or late to heavy bombartlments 1t
was announced last week that the nr-
mes or Greece were about ready to
take an active part In the warfare.
More of Bernstorff's Perfidy
Secretary. Lansing reached into the
upper left-hand pigeon-holc of his desk
last week and pulled out another neat
| little expose Of German methods. This
one hit Won Bernstorif again, rounding
| out the revelations of the counts per-
hdy while this country and Germany
were still technically on friendly
terms. Three kilograms were made
public. two from the German foreign
office to Won Bernstorff instructlng
him to start big program of sabotage
| in American munitions factories and
| to finance plans for the destruction
of the Canadian Pacific railway, and
the third from the then ambassador
| TO the foreign office at Berlin last
September stating that the American
embargo conference needed the fur
thcr support Of the German govern
mcnt for the purpose Of conducting a
| campaign to win q majority of con
| greSS favorable to Germany In the mp.
preaching congressional and prcsidcn-
tinl elections.
The heavy hand of the federal gov
Crnment fell on Daniel II. Wallace.
blatant organizer and head of Il paci-
fist society, last Thursday when
Judge in Iowa sentenced him to 20
years in prison for seditious speaking.
The committee named to Investigate
the charges OF disloynlty against Sen
ator La Toilette and pass on the de-
mands for his expulsion from the SEN
ate had no time to perform It's duties
before congress adjourned and so will
report 81 the next session. 1t will not
go beyond or outside OF the senator's
speech In st. Paul before the Non
Partisan league and there are pre-
dictions that the inquiry will be u
fzZle.
Food Control Extended.
In order to prevent the taking of
excessive profits and to stop boarding,
the governments control OF foodstuffs
will be extended on November l to
include about all the essential articles
Of diet. by order OF the president.
the manufacture, importation, storage
and distribution OF some twenty prime
commodities will be licensed by the
food administration. Farmers, garden
crs and many Of the smaller dealers
and manufacturers will be exempt
The baking industry was left out Of
this arrangement, but Mr.. Hoover will
be ready TO regulate It as soon ns he
has standardized baking -four, baking
ingredients ana either the size or the
price OF The loaf
Secretary Baker issued statement
prnising highly the work Of the many
manufacturing plants that are making
cantonlmcnt camps. Since the con
stl,clion of those camps began nearly
thirteen million articles have been
shipped 10 them. IN other quarters
there IS much talk of the great short
age Of workers in such war plants as
nirplanr ana munition factories, steel
mills. navy yards and mines, and il is
snid that conscrlption Of millions Of
wOrkmcn is being seriously considered
. by Ihc administration. Industrial OK
pansion and the withdrawal Of about
! 1.5GO000 men from their occupations
for The armed services are held re-
| sponsiblc for the conditions In the
: aircraft factories thousands OF women
; are to he given employment.
, Owing to the present demand for
gasoline, the Standard Oh company
has decided to permit unrestricted use
Of lis Burton process OF refining, by
which almost twice As much gasoline
Is obtained from crude oil as by other
. processes.