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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-24
EMBARGO ON RUSSIA.
United STATES STOPS C,,p
MENT OF WAR SUPPLIES
'" '''"'c and Responsible Govern.
me"t is Established No War sun.
pies VIII be Permitted to Go 10
Russia.

Washington, Nov. 2O.-No CHI,
ments of supplies will be pern,it,oo
go from the United States ,o p,..;.
until the situation in that cor,.
clears. The American
pe1ore allowing the export Of goods
already on the docks wants to krou,
into whose hands they will, fal, IN
thir arrival.
The cessation of shipments is tom.
porary only ii stable government ;s
formed which the United States can
recognize. If the Bolsheviki gain con.
troll and pursue the program ca,,;no
FOR peace with Germany the cm-
nargo will be permanent A protract-
ed civil war also to keep the en-
pargo tight, as the United
States then would fear that supplies
might go to the Bolsheviki faction.
The provisional Russian govern.
ment was given credits amounting in
all to $325,oOO, 900, of which s191..
100000 already has been advanced
Much of this money has been spen,
Tor supplies now awaiting shipmen,
and the Russians have been given YES.
sells for it's transport. Shipments will
be held up by denial of bunker Goa
TO the ships.
Thomas d. Jones. vice chairman n,
the war trade board. called at the
White House today and conferred with
President Wilson. No statement wa,
forthcoming but it was believed tn.
russian situation was discussed.
Conditions in Russia are far from
clear. The state department toda,
had no additional dispatches from
Ambassador Francis at Petro2rad bu
unofficial messages from Sweden wer,
that General Kaledines. hetman O.
The Don Cossacks, held the master
hand in Russia through domination O
the country's coal and brea6 suppl,
in the Don Cossack region end wa
marching with an army on yaronez
zoo miles south Of Moscow.
Passengers arriving at the Swedish
frontier from Pussia also reporte,
that soldiers were parading the Pc
trograd streets bearing banners de
manding a constitutional assembly O
all Russia, and declaring that tn,
Bolshc!iki regime was more rryanni
cal than that of Nicholas.
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GERMAN ARMY DETERIORATING
An English Oflcer Writes of Revela.
tions by German Prisoners.

| Liverpool. Oct 81 Correspondence
or The Associated Press)-Evidence
that the German commanders are
well aware that the German army Is
deteriorating and that they have to
try to keep it together by terrifying
their troops is given in a letter writ
ten by an officer of Liverpool regi-
ment to one of the local newspapers.
Expressing the opinion that the col
lapse Of the German will come soon,"
he added:
The best cure for pessimism woul J
be a few days in the front line
trenches. There are no pessimists here
except among the German prisoners.
The last time our battalion was i'm
action we took quite a number of
prisoners, and they were dismal lot
One non-cOmmissioned officer with
whom ! spoke told me that large
numbers of the Germans simply will
not face our fire. but refuse to attack.
His own company had been under fire
for nearly five days, and at last they
had signed round-robin to the COM
pany commander to say that they
could not stay any longer Two of
the ringleadcrs were arrested with the
idea OF making an example of them.
but their comrades demanded their
release with such energy that the of =
ncers had to give way. Later on the
men repeated their demand to be
taken out OF the front line. The Of =
ficers ordered them back to duty. but
the men refused The officers threat
ened the soldiers. who replied by kill
ing all but four OF the officers and
marching over to the British lines to
surrender.
when this particular battalion was
moved up against the British, the
men had to be bullied into fighting by
being sent into action i'm front OF q
death to all who Jagged behind.
"On another occasion recently, our
Liverpool regiment had a fierce fight
which ended up with a strange ex-
perience. We had heavily engaged
and driven off in panic some Germans
who had been holding a strong po-
sition. Moving on to the next objec-
tive. another party Of the enemy APP
peared. We felt certain that we were
In for a rough experience, but the
truth was that this bunch wanted to
surrender badly, and they had made
u pretense Of advancing to coun-
ter-attack with the object Of getting
near enough to us to be sure of pro
lection from their own officers.
when the German command
round out what had happened, they
sent forward Il great body of reserves
with order to recapture our prisoners
Heavy gunfire rained on us, Of which
the prinSoners got a good share. They
begged us hard to save them. and We
ana all we could. But ut one stage
we were nearly caught when the enc.
my suddenly turned on party of
liquid fire experts. Fortunately we
were alert and charged at once, cap
turing the whole liquid fire outfit !
b,t
The earlier prisoners and the men we
had taken with the liquid fire outfit !
The first prisoners wanted to kill the
liquid fire men. We had our hand !
full getting them all back"
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BANDITS MAKE BIG HAUL.

Minneapolis, Nov. 21.-Three auto
mobile bandits entered jeweIry
store on the principal down town
street today. They drove the clerks
into back room, forced another
open and escaped with gems valued
at more than $4,000.
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imposed upon the people of the Brit
iSh Isles
The premier told the mission that
the collapse of Russia and the re-
verses TO Italy made it even more
imperative than before the United
States send as many troops as pos
sib'e across the Atlantic as early as
possible"
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Greenville. Nov. 21.-Two addition
al deaths were reported at Camp Sc
vier today. but medical headquarters
of the camp announced that condi-
tions showed a decided Improvement
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Washington. Nov 21.-Today is the
iist 'hat natives, of Germany not nat
uralized citizens. vino came here sinc.
war was declared on April 9Th. NAV
remain in the city. Germans a,so
who came previous to declaration of
war nave until December 18th to re-
main.
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in the course of his speech Mr.
Lloyd George said:
Assuming that the submarine sit
uation does not get worse the easing
OF the position of the allies depends
entirely upon the dates on which the
American program of launching g.
900. 900 tons of shipping promised for
1918 come into practical effect"
The premier said he wished to rec
ognize the eager earnestness with
which the people of the United States
are throwing themselves into the
great task. He expressed absolute
confidence that the great demOcra cieS
now marching shoulder to shoulder
would utterly overthrow the menace
which threatened the liberty Of the
world.
The premier thanked the mission
for the invaluable services which
the United states navy had already
rendered"
With reference to the question of
supplies. Mr.. Lloyd George assured
the mission that the most drastic OF
food restrictions were about TO be
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In letter from a well known teach.
er. The revolt was really a revolt OF
women-of the Serbian mothers
wives and sisters--in a frantic pro-
test against having their sons. hus-
bands and brothers forced into the
Bulgar ranks TO fire on Serbian SOL
diers. This women's movement be-
came SO threatening that German
division at Nish was sent to quell it.
When this failed. two Bulgar divisions
were sent against the increasing ranks
OF the revolt.
This gave the Bulgars the oppor-
tunity to perpetrate new infamy.
Qsending their troops against the wo-
men. they took as prisoners a large
number of the wives. mothers and
sisters who had protested against
their men being taken as Bulgar SOL
diers. Then these wives and mothers
were formed in ranks; placed ahead
of the Bulgar divisions. and in this
battle order with the Serbian women
in front as a screen for the Bulgar
troops-these divisions pushed against
the main body Of the revolving peas
ants. Ii was only by such methods
OF using the women as screens, and
by resort to the most extreme cruelty
that the revolt was finally put down.
In one case. the writer OF the letter
gives details of seeing u Serbian peas
ant hung up by the tongue"
The minister spoke OF the increas-
ing needs Of these Serbian peasants
during the coming cold months These
Serbs who have escaped. and who are
here ut Corfu and at various Balkan
points. can send little or no relief, for
they lost everything and have moth
ing TO give.
1T Is for this reason" said the min
lister, that the funds advanced by
the United States government are
truly providential. and are saving Ser
bian lives, thousands OF them"
The advance made by the United
States was 100000 francs. or s3,-
100000. This was designed to cover
"a period OF three months; and at this
rate the advance for year would be
1000, 900 or 10000, 900 francs. The
distribution of these funds is under
the direction of DR.. Nintchitch. with
the American Charge d'Affairs. IL
Percival Dodge. an frequent consulta-
tion with him. and exercising Amer
lean supervision.
In making the expenditures. the
flrst $3.OO0.OOO has been divided in
three parts OF $1.000.00O each. The
first million is being employed for the
serbian soldiers held as prisoners i'm
Germany. Austria and Bulgaria, and
FOR the civilian Serbs interned i'm these
countries. Together. these Serb pris-
oners and interned aggregated about
100000 These people get bare ex-
'stence i'm the prison camps where
they are held, and anything beyond
this bare existence comes from the
American funds.
The second $1,000, 900 liz used for
pensions and relief to the wounded
serbian soldiers no longer able to
earn a living. and for the relief of
the Serbian peasantry remaining in
Serbia.
The third s1.0OO.OOO will be used
mainly for reconstruction work I'm
serbia, In replacing bridges, roads,
etc, which have been destroyed. so
that Serbia. once restored TO it's peo-
pie. may he brought back. i'm part at
least. TO its former condition.
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FOR SALE-F. o. B. cars Cor,n
jackson, stable manure; very little
straw. Car load lots only. Chemi-
cal and Fertilizer value rated worry
high by Clemson college. A. A..
Strauss, Sumter, s, c.
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Marriage Licenses.

Robert o. Barnes. -. and Florence NJ
Hardy n both OF Washington. ID. c. The
Rev. George z. Brown.
William Thornton Lowery. q, Of Fredericks-
burg Va, and Gertrude Elizabeth Lyle.
q, OF Washington, d. c. The Rev. Samuel
Herbert knight 2s. of CoatesvilIe. Pa, and
Ola Walsh, iS. OF Richmond, Va. The
Rev. Hugh 7. Stevenson.
Matthew L. Lloyd. 80, Of Dabneys, Va, and
MAuds d. Reynolds. -. Of Alexandria, Va
The Rev. John p. Briggs
Robert LinwoOd Johnson, y. and Loonia o.
Buchanan. p, both Of boswell. Va. The
Rev. Howard +. Downs.
John J. Burke. A. and Oaty c. Glove. 30.
both OF BrightwoOd, Va. The Rev. Howard
F. Downs.
Frank b. Guest. 81. and Helen Louise Cham
bsrs, 8. both Of Washington, ID. c. The
Rev. James s. Montgomery.
James J. Dozier, %, OF Washington, ID. C.,
and Frances NJ FerTell. q of Norfolk, Va.
The Rev. Titus r. Davis.
Oscar L. Fisher. q. and Maud II. Richard,
81, both OF Washington, ID. c. The Rev.
Jshn A. Cottcr.
Harold c Lyons ~. L. s. A. and Mary s.
Allen. %. Of Milwaukee. Wis. The Rev.
Robert W. Cow.
Francis S. Mcguire. 3s. and Marion weyrich.
81 both Of Washington. ID. C. The Rev.
Stephen 7. Morris.
Paul Bredekamp. rs. and Ethel NJ Roun-
tree. =. both OF Washington, ID. c. The
Rev. S. II. Puffenberger.
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happen to the professor. who seemed
willing to do his best for the pris-
oners. He wrote a booklet on the
prison camps which he asked permits
sion to dedicate to me, but the war
office, which published the book, re-
fused to allow him to make this dedi-
cation. 1t was a real pleasure to see
the way in which DR.. Taylor carried
on his work OF food inspection, and
his work, as well as that of the other
doctors sent from America to join
my staff, Drs. Furbush, Mccarthy,
Roller, Harms. Webster. and Lugin-
buhl. did much to better camp con-
ditions
DT.. Caldwell, the sanitary expert,
known for his great work in Serbia
now, / believe, head OF the hospital
at Pittsburgh-report that the
| prison diet, while of good quality
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Philadelphia, Joined my stan in 1915
and proved most efficient and fear
less inspectors Of prison camps. DR..
Taylor could use the terms calories,
proteins. and so on as readily as Ger
man experts, and at a greater rate OF
speed. His report showing that the
official diet OF the prisoners in
Ruhleben was a starvation diet in
censed the German authorities to
such fury that they forbade him to
revisit Ruhleben.
Prof. Buckhaus, the German ex-
pert, agreed with him in some Of his
findings. / do not know what Will
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ars in Germany"-By Ambassador James Watson Gerard
ENVOY RELATES
HOW PRISONERS
WERE TREATED

eating in man: q diet, scientifically
fitted to keep him alive, may fail be
cause OF Its mere monotony.
Think OF living as the prisoners Of
war in Germany have for years with
Nout ever having anything (exeept
black bread) which cannot be eaten
with q spoon.
officer prisoners, after matters had
settled down and after several bitter
contests which I had with the Ger
man authorities were fairly well
treated. There was, as In the case OF
the camps for the privates. q great
difference between camps and a great
difference between camp commanders.
Mr.. Jackson did most OF the visiting
OF the officers camps. In many camps
the officers were allowed a tennis
court and other amusements. light
wine OF beer at meals, but the length
OF the war had q bad effect on the
mental condition OF many OF the Of
ficers.
Great Step Forward.
A great step forward was made
when arrangements were entered In
to between. Germany and England
whereby wounded and sick officers
and men. when passed by the Swiss
commission, which visited both coun-
tries, were sent, TO sWit1erland-sent
still as prisoners Of war-subject to
return to Germany or England, re-
spectively. But the opportunity af-
forded by change OF food and scene,
as wen ds reunion OF families. saved
many Q ufe.> By arrangements be-
tween the two countries. also, the
severely wounded prisoners were set
free. 7.e
I believe that this exchange of the
heavily wounded between the Ger
mans and the Russians was the factor
which prevented the entrance OF Swe-
den into the war. These wounded men
traversed the whole length OF Sweden
in the railway, and the spectacle at
forded to the Swedish population of
these poor stumps Of humanity, vic
Tins OF war, has quite effectually
kept the Swedish population from an
attack of unnecessary war fever.
Officers and men who tried to es-
cape were not very severely punished
In Germany. unless they had broken
or stolen something in their attempt.
Officers were usually subjected to q
jail confinement for a period. and then
oIten sent 10 q sort OF punitive camp.
Such one was situated In one Of the
ring forts surrounding the city of
Kustrin, which visited in Septem-
Der, 1915. There the officers had no
opportunity for exercise except in q
very small courtyard or on the roof,
which was covered with grass, or the
building in which they were eonnned.
On my visit. however, I arranged for
the construction of 4 tennis court
outside. The British officers In Ter
many virtually subslsted on. their
parcels received from home, and dur
ing the end OF my stay. q much bet-
ter tea could be had with the prison
officers than with the camp com
.mander. The prisoners had real tea
and marmalade and white bread to
offer, luxuries which had long since
disappeared from all German tables-
On the whole, the quarters given to
the officers prisons In Germany were
not satisfactory. and were not Of the
kind that should have been offered to
officer prisoners of war.
At the time left Germany there
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and, perhaps sufficient in quantity by
weight, is lacking in the essential
elements which contribute to the max
ing OF a well balanced and satisfac-
tory diet. 1t is lacking particularly
in fat and protein content, which is
especially desirable during the colder
months of the year. There
is considerable doubt whether this
diet alone, without being supple
mented by the articles Of food re
ceIved by the prisoners from their
homes, would in any way be sufficient
to maintain the prisoners in health
and strength"
DIR. Caldwell also visited wittenbers
and found the commander by tenn
permanent, etc. united for such
position.
The Germans, as DR.. Taylor ha'
pointed out, tried to feed prisoners or
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Flowers for HalIoween.
Choice flowers and original decoEation1 ~
Halloween parties 0uda. 1112 f.-Aavt-
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Births.

Births.
Joseph A. and Maud NJ. Williams. boy.
Clarence F. and Jeanette welch, boy.
Nathan and Minnie Tash. girl.
Robert and Edna ThrOckmorton. boy.
George F. and Margaret r. Simpson, boS.
Isadore and Bertha Selfron. boy.
Arthur r. and Blanche r. Reeve, girl.
Elisha l. and Eva b. Mcclure. boy.
Francis S. and Helen NJ. Mullin. boy.
John +. and Margaret Mccormick, boy.
Walter W. and Annie Mertz. girl.
Christopher and Mary Mullard, boy.
Milton II. and Ruth Hagemann, boy.
Randall II. and Marjorie c. Hagner, girl.
Morton and Cora Griffin, girl.
Jacob and Mollie Spund. girl.
II. owen. ir.. and Mari" A. Edmonston, boy
Jere ]. and Nellie Dugnn, girl.
Henry r. and Lillian NJ. Crouch. girl.
Clinton w. and Anna +. Cortland, girl.
Fred J. and Lucille VI. Becker, girl.
Joseph and Laura Tibbs. girl.
William T. and Nettie Morgan, boy.
Walter and Elizabeth Moten. boy.
Warren and Anna Jackson. girl.
Charles M. jr.. and Rita Greene, boy.
John NJ. and Mabel Ellison. girl.
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were nearly 1000 900 prisoners Of war
in the empire, OF whom about 10000
were Russian officers. 1900 FIench
officers. and about 1000 Brtt1sh Of
hcers.
As q rule. our inspectors found the
hospitals. where tas prisoners Of war
were. In as good condition a. could be
expected.
] think this was largely due TO the
fact that 30 many doctors In Germany
are Jews The people who are OF the
Jewish race are people Of gentle In
stinets. In these hospitals better
Diet was given to the prisoners. There
were. OF course. IN addition to the reg
ular hospitals, hospitals where the
severely wounded prisoners were sent
Almost uniformly these hospitals
were'clean. and the prisoners were
taken care Of
(Contlnued Tomorr0w.1
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LAST DC. CONSCRRTS
LEAVE FOR CAMP NOV. 3

The remaining selected men re-
quIred to all the Districts quota Of
e29 win be sent TO Camp Meade No
vember ., draft oficfals said today.
Just how many men will go on that
day cannot be definitely determine1
until q full report on the number OF
men rejected at Camp Meade for
physical reasons Is received.
More than 400 eolored drafted men
OF the District viii 20 to Camp Meade
Sunday. The men will leave on .
special train at S:5b q m, and II u
planned. TO. have = band at the sta
tion to give them . rousing send-off
The discharge OF Thomas 7. Win
stead, 1910 Prospect avenue north
west, has been revoked on evidences
that Winstead has failed to support
the wife and child on whose account
he was given exemption Winstead
has been ordered to present himself
for military service.
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By JAMES W. GERARD.

American Ambassador to Germany, July =,
1873, to February 4, 1871.
Copyright. United States. Canada, and In
ternAtional, 1911. by the Public Ledger CO..
Ambassador Gerard, iOho during the
four years preceding the declaration Of
soar, scdS In BerIia and In coHstdHt
toHeh Scitk German affairs, has trTitteH
O VtVid story Of his experiences. Thts
story The Washington Times t0fn pub
lish Tn dolly instaIlments, Of tohich the
foIIotVino - the thirfy-niHth No docH-
zseHt Of diplomacy toGs eUer more vital
or more Interesting.
In Ruhleben the educated prison
ere volunteered to teach the igno-
rant; two hundred and ninety-seyen
different educational courses were Of
fered to those who desired to improve
their minds. A splendid orchestra
was organized, a dramatic society
which gave plays In French and one
which gave plays in English and an
other one which gave operas. On
New Years Day, 1916, attended at
Ruhleben q really wonderful per-
formance OF the pantomine OF Gin
derella," and in January, 1917, per-
formance Of The Mikado," in a
, thester under one Of the grand
stands. In these productions of
course, the female parts we're taken
by young men and the scenery, cos
tunes and accessories were all made
by the prisoners.
There was a camp library Of more
than i've thousand volumes sent over
By the British government and a
reading and meeting hall erected by
the American Young Mems Christian
Association. There was even a sys-
tenn Of postal service, with special
stamps, SO that a prisoner In one bar
racks could write to q friend In an
other and have a letter delivered by
the camp postal authorities. The
German authorities had not hired the
entire race track from the race track
association, so that / made q special
contract with the race track owners
and hired from them the infield and
other portions not taken over by
German authorities. Here the prison
ers had tennis courts and played
hockey, football and cricket and held
athletic games. Expert dentists In
the camp took care Of the poorer
prisoners, as did an oculist hired BY
me with British funds, and glasses
from the same funds were given
the poorer prisoners.
Special Accommodations.
The prisoners who needed a lttl'
better nourishment than that afford
ed by the camp diet and their parcels
from England could obtain cards Civ
ing them the right to eat in the casino
or camp official restaurant, wher'
they were allowed a certain indicated
amount Of wine or beer with theil
meals; finally arrangements were ar
rived at by which the German guards
left the camp, simply guarding th'
camp from the outside, and the po
licing of the camp was taken over b,
the camp police department under th'
charge of the prison camp commandei
and committee. The worst features
of course, were food and the housing
Human nature seems always to be th'
same. Establishment OF clubs seem!
inherent to the Anglo-SaIon nature
Ten or more persons would combine
together and erect a sort Of woodeI
shed against the brick walls OF a bar
rack. hire some poorer person to pu
on a white Jacket and be addressed
a. steward" put in the shed a few
deck chairs and a table and enjo!
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KING OSCARS WORDS
COMMENDED TO SWEDES

Two hundred members OF Drot1
Lodge, No. los, Vasa Order OF Amer
lea, composed of persons Of Scandk
navian origin, are today pledged to
remain loyal to the United Statel.s
They will also arrange for Liberty
bond purchases In the society.
Al q meeting OF the lodge at tha-
Perpetual Bank building last night
the sentiment expressed by the lAts
King Oscar Of Sweden. that ehtldren
Of the old fatherland can ehed ne
greater glory upon IL than BY being
perfectly true TO their adopted 4coun'
try" was commended to Swedish,
Americana
A resolution was adopted to -up-
hold BY word and deed. with all our
might, the cause OF human liberty 80
ably sponsored by our chief, the
President OF the United States" LIB
erty loan addresses were made ~
Mrs. A B. Sloan, Ivar Tidestrom, ArAs
A. Lind, and Fred East
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