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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21
He Makes An Informal Call al
the French Ministry
of War.
TALKED WITH PREMIER
CLEMENCE.AU FOR HOUR
American President Will Utilize
His Time to Best Advantage
Without Regard to Prece-
dents.

Paris, Dec. 16.-President Wilson
began breaking traditions toda.
when, in addition to paying forma
visit to the cit; liaN for the ar-
pointed ceremonies there, he made Il
call at the ministry of war for talk
| with Premier Clemenceau, who else
IS minister of war He decided 'els',
to accept the dinner invitation OF for
eign ambassadors, his first acceptance
being to the invitation extended BY
the Earl Of Derby, the British am
bassador TO France.
The visit of the head Of foreign
nation to the ministry and his ac-
ceptance of the hospitality of TOR
eien ambassador are not strictly in &C:
cordance with custom, but Preslcen;
Wilson felt that the opportunities
thus afforded Of getting on to per
sonal contact justified him in disre-
garding the traditions.
The visit which Premier Clemen
ceau paid President Wilson YESTERDAY
/, was not only the occasion of an
y agreeabie personal meeting but 1t re-
suited in a fairly full understanding
as to the plans for the presidents visit
throughout the next fortnight. The
meeting was described as extremel!
cordial, both the president and tEs
French premier later voicing their
highly favorable impressions Of each
ether AS the call lasted full hou
it permitted a conference over the
plans of the meeting Of the intera
lied conference and the peace con
gress and of at least the preliminary
discussion of some of the great inter
national problems about to be taken
up.
Concerning the plans, it now is ap-
parent that the presidents visit to
Italy will be postponed until the mid
Gle or the latter part OF January as
his time meanwhile will be fully oc-
cupied in meeting the political lead
ers coming from various points, in at
tending the opening sessions of the
interallied conference and the peace
congress, in visits to the American
front and the French and Belgian
devastated regions and probably a
visit to Brussels and King Albert o.
Belgium.
! The president will be back in Paris
in the early days of January when the
Dreliminaries are likely to be so far
advanced as to permit Of the opening
Of the peace congress about January
s. The exact time, however, is Of
course object to the pleasure of the
interallied conference when it assem-
bles to complete the details of the
program.
1t is evident however, that the
presidents time will be SO greatly c.
cupied that the visit to Italy, which
was at first expected to be made dur
ing the latter part of December, can
not take place before the middle Of
January or later.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21
War Stamp Sales
Sumter County is Not on The
Honor Roll of Counties.

Charleston, Dec. 1.-THE nine mil
lion dollars mark has been reached in
the total sales Of war savings stamps
in South Carolina, according to sales
reports received at the Office Of the
South Carolina war savings commit
tee The reports show that the men.
women, and children of this State
have purchased, up to December Z
war savings and thrift stamps to the
values of ss,04S,133. which amounts
to S552 per capita. In, order to close
the year with the largest possible sales
report, the committee appeals urgent
Iy to those who have not remeeded
W. S. S. pledges to buy the stamps
due at once.
Beaufort still leads in total sales
and the leaGing records have been
made by the following counties, show
ing the per capita sales: Beaufort,
1915; Calhoun. 1913; Charleston,
s9.C3; York, sS.67; Florence, sS.62;;
Anderson, ss53; Horny, sS.41; Spar
tanburg. sS29; Grcenvillc. sS.2I;
Orangeburg, s6.7S, ard Bamberg,
$61S.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21
The Y. NJ. C. A.
New Year Celebration at the
Gym.

The local Y. NJ. C. A. is arranging
or {. New Year programme In the
gymnasium on New Years night. AL
eady there is a good programme ar
anged, consisting Of tumbling, wrestl-
ng, drills, volleyball game and .nu-
&c. The wrestIers are enlisted men
rom Camp jackson and they will put
ip illustration Of wrestling. This
art of the programme will be Of
nuch interest and will doubtless be
he most popular stunt. The High
school Orchestra under Miss Truit;
sill furnish the music for the occa-
,:on. There will be volleyball
;amc played by the business men. with
). essrs. c. E. Hurst and w. A. Bryan
captain of the game. These swo
.aptains will pick their team, and
,romise to put up good fight.
William Winn, the "star tumbler,"
With the squad Of acrobats will DEM
,nstrate pyramid building and tuhl-
ag, and the boys will put on demon
ration Of calisthenic drill.
Everyone is cordially invited 70
his open house night, for it prom
ses to be interesting and enjoyable.
Secretary Todd is working hard now
IN the programme and hopes to have
in readiness by New Years
lay. Don't forget the time and date,
Z. NJ C. A. gymnasium, January 1st,
L919.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21
Is Kaiser Safe?
German Socialist Says His Sur
render Cannot Be Forced.

London, Dec. 17.-Herbert Ebert
Socialist premier of Germany, decla'
ed in an interview yesterday that b.
did not know Of any legal method b.
which the forme. emperor's surrend
er could be forced. But it's not q
question which closely concerns US.
he said I'VE have separated our
selves from him and now desire on
that the guilt for tIo outbreak of tn.
war should be finally fixed, in ordei
that he may be exposed once for all.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21
Trains Coming Back
Through Sleeping Car Lines t.
Return.

Washington. Dec 16.-Directo,
General McAdoo today announced tn
restoration on January of Is of tn
through sleeping car lines in tn.
East and South discontinued a yea
ago as a war measure The addition
al service will include trains from New
York to Florida and other parts Of tn
South
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21
Socialists in Control
First Election in Germany Re
suits in Victory for Ma
iOritv Socialists.

Berlin, Monday. Dec. 1.-THE elec
tions to the national assembly in th'
former Duchy Of Anhalt, which wa
the first German federal State to vot'
for the constituent body, resulted to
day in a marked victory for the ma
iority Socialists. The Anhalt assem-
bly, consists of twenty-five najorit,
Socialists, twelve German Democrat
and two conservatives.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21
r. oruits for Navy
Two Hundred Thousand Needed
to Man Ships.

Washington. Dec. 1.-Two hundred
thousand men must be recruited TO,
the navy to take the places OF the
men demobilized Capt. Laning, chief
Of the bureau of navigation made this
estimate today, when asking the
house naval affairs committee for ar
appropriation for s12,000.000 for
transportation and recruiting eNpens.
es for 1920.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21
Hun Anarchists Meet
Congress OF Soldiers and Work.
mems Delegates Assemblies :
in Berlin.

Berlin, Monday. Dec 16.--The Cen
trail congress CT delegates from the
soldiers and Workmons Councils in
many parts of Germany was opened
-oday There were three women
among the four hundred and fifty del
egates. During the organization 1t
became apparent that independent
socialists Of the Spartacus group were
out numbered.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21

Washington. Dec. 1..-AmonS the
war department construction projects
ordered abandoned today arc the mil
itary cantonments at North Camp
Jackson. s. c., and field artillery can
tonment at Camp Bragg. y. c. That
at Jackson does rot include tho aban-
donnlent Of the lease on forty thou
sand acres Of land there
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21

Stockholm, Monday. Dec. 16.-An
English squadron has bombarded the
Bolshevik positions along the south
orn coast of the Gulf Of Finland, ac-
cording to an official statement fEo'a
tho Esthonian army headquarters. The
polsheyists forces have been repuised.
according to the report.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21
Punishment of Former Kaiser
and Fellow Criminals a Diff
fcult Problem.
NOT QUESTION FOR JURISTs
SAYS LORD CREWE
It May Be Necessary to Resort
to Military Measures to Bring
William Hohenzollern to JUS

London, Dec. 17.-Responsibility FOX
Furnishing the former German en-
pe.or. and other high German; officials
for crimes committed during the
war must rest with the governments
and not with jurists, according to the
Marquis Of Crewe, former secretary
OF state for the colonies, in a letter
to the Westminster Gazette.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21

washington. Dec 17.-Gen. Per
hing has notified the war department
that he had designated for early con-
yoy home a number Of additional
units. including $500 officers and
men.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21

Lisbon. Dec. 17-Admiral Canto z.
Castro has been elected president Of
Portugal in succession to DIR. Sidonio
?aes. who was assasinated late Sat
urday night. -<szs..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21

Amsterdam, Dec. IA revolution
has broken out in Bulgaria, accord
ing to information received by the
Berlin Lokal Anzieger
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21

New York. Dec 1.-THE troop ship
Maui from Brest. with GA officers.
twenty-one hundred and sixty men
arrived today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21

Burlington, n. c., Dec. 17.--Fire to-
day swept q portion OF the downtown
business section Of this city with
loss estimated Ct s250,ooo.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21

Show me your Red Cross member
ship button and III tell you what KIND
OF an American you are.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21

Governor Ham1erger will invite the
conference to meet .It year at Salt
Lake City.
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-16

us had known Of the Others pres
ence.
MY letter. you see. is dated from
Paris and must bring 1t to a close
I have met Capt r. s.. Graham Of
Minneapolis. formerly of Mandan. He
is with the Red Cross and will soon
go home. Also y. G.. Qninliyan, OF
Dickinson. who is with the Red
Cross here in Paris and who says he
shall be glad to stay as long as
there may be work to do.
made visit to "A. r. @. hospital
No. at Neuilly, near Paris, and
there met Miss Dorothy Mann. for
merly Of Fargo. Miss Mann is one
of the head nurses in this hospital.
Her father, Right Rev. Cameron
Mann, now OF Florida, was formerly
the Episcopal bishop for North Da-
kota.
Miss Mann was well and deeply in
terested in the splendid work in
which she is engaged.
/ was invited to visit Light House
No. Z in Paris. This is really a home
and school for soldier blind under
the very efIicient management of
Miss Winnifred Holt OF New York
City.
In looking over the list of blind
soldiers who had been there recent
ly found the name OF Charles H.
Burvee of the seth company, 9Th
Marines. whose home is at Fair
mount. N. D.. Miss Holt said to take
to him from the teacher and herself
their best wishes. I hope some day
to meet Charles and convey these
good wishes from his friends to him
in person.
/ met many more North Dakotans
than those have written Of but
when i'll with diptheria my lists
were burned and one of my later
lists seems to be missing.
have had many letters from our
soldier boys from all over France and
a few from England and Italy and
all of them have been bright, cour-
ageous, hopeful letters.
AS soon as my passports are ready
shall start for home and it may be
that / will arrive there as soon or
before this letter. Mails are slow.
Paris is new Paris-not at all the
city of four months ago; then dark
and gloomy-now cheerful and hap
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-16

have not seen him since. He was very
well and it seemed to agree with him
to be bombed and shelled.
first reported at Neufchateau, on
my way to the front. Met there IN
charge of A. r.. G. warehouse S. A.
Denoyer, of Starkweatfer, and met
him afterwards at +Varennes. he
had big warehouse there close to
the front lines-too close at times. Al
SO met here Mr.. Harold III. Bond,
superintendent Of schools in Slope
county, who was with the 7. NJ. C. A.
Very busy and enjoying his work.
From Neufchateau went to Vaube-
court by CANON, through a beautiful
country and with no signs of war un-
It'll we reached Barbecue. This town
was bombed up in places. Evauca-
ton Hospital No. 8. was near Vaube-
court and remained here a couple of
days to become familiar with the Red
Cross work in hospital of this kind.
Met there DR.. (now Captain) Nicker-
son, of Mandan, and through him had
an excellent opportunity to see many
interesting operations. He had been
at base hospital further south, but
had been sent to the front as one Of
an operating team.
was assigned to Evacuation Hos
Ipital No. II, located some ten or
twelve miles southwest of Verdun and
remained there until the armistice
was signed. SO heard the last guns
of the war in this sector. At Evacua-
ton Hospital No. ia, met a number
of North Dakotans.
DIR. z. P. Quain, now a lieutenant
colonel, was there in the last drive as
head of an operating team from his
hospital unit, No. so, Of which he is
the commanding officer. Among those
with him were DR.. Sticlney's gon-in-
law from Dickinson and two nurses,
Miss Jennie Goodman of Drake, and
Miss Annabelle Foss, of Wilton. All
were well. Col. Guam and I went in
to Verdun together and also to Dead
Mans hill.
Not far from us the Y. M. G. A. had
a big distributing depot. Went over
one day to arrange for daily
papers for our hospital. Found the
man in charge Of the Y. M. G. A. was
I. P. Capper, of Baldwin and Bis
marck, and it goes without saying that
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-16

interesting trips along the front
lines and which without his assist
ance in the way OF passes could not
have been made.
Running by our hospital was one
of the main roads to the front Up
the road the town OF Varennes was
reached. about fourteen miles from
us.
The main line OF the Germans ran
through the town and was held. by
them for nearly four years Three
miles southwest of the town the
Germans lines cut through the Ar
comes forest.
You have no doubt heard Of the
palatial German dugouts and it was
here in the woods in the place de-
scribed above where their best ones
were. With some friends we visited
them Nov. 8. They were just being
think the 18th, which had just come
back from the front for rest. One of
the first men i met there was Lit.
Col Edward e. Kelley of the u. s..
Signal corps. whose home is at Med
ford, Ore, but who used to live at
Darlington, NJ. D. Colonel Kelley
was very kind, introduced us to the
commanding officer. Major General
Cronkhite, and members of his staff
sifAu GtISO S1OWSu I'D
outs. Some time shall hope to
write and tell you of them. Colonel
Kelley wished to be remembered to
his old Darlington friends and take
this opportunity OF doing SO for him!
Greets Bismarck Officer.
Nov. IL, the day the armstice was
signed. while standing in front of
one of our hospital buildings, an
auto drove up and an officer got
out and spoke to me. 1t was Major
Frayne Baker OF Bismarck. About
half mile from our hospital build
ings the United States government
had one Of the largest supply dumps
in all of France. Twenty seven di-
visions got part or all of their sup
plies from there and hundreds Of
camions were loaded there every
twenty-four hours.
Major Frayne Baker had charge
Of this place, and to think that we
had been for six or seven weeks
within half a mile Of each other and
until that chance meeting neither Of
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-16
.Gseynin ForeSaz0 Defeat
As Early as Last April

Vienna, Saturday. Dec. IL. -
Count Czernin. the former Austro-
Hungarian foreign minister, wrote
frankly OF conditions in his CORES
ponaence with former Emperor
Charles. as was shown by letters
which Count CZernin showed the
correspondent today. One OF the let
tiers. written I'm April. 1917. gave the
emperor warning that the central
powers were nearing defeat. It read:
Il am thoroughly convinced that
the smashing point has been reach
ed. Germany, as we'll as ourselves,
has reached the end Of her resource
eE Responsible political authorities
do not deny it but military circles in
Berlin are indulging in self-conceit.
i am convinced that should Germany
attempt another winter campaign an
upheaval viii occur in the empires.
That would be far worse than a dis
advantageous peace.
III the sovereigns OF the central
empires are unable to conclude peace
Within q few months then the peo-
Iies OF the empires will do it and q
wave of revolt will sweep away all
for which our brothers have been
fighting. Perhaps months viii elapse
before America can throw the
strength Of her battalions into the
l..
very great factor. The central pow
ers cannot hope for new reinforce
Ynents. Delay Is to our disadvantage
for our enemies have more time and
can wait longer than We"
The letter then outlined the plans
for the coming offensives against
the italians. French and British and
continued:
when the offensives are stopped
I. urge that an agreement be reached
with America before she is able to
change the military situation to our
disadvantage"
Count Czerntn explained his dis
belief In the success Of Germany's
submarine warfare and recalled to
the emperor statements made by
Field Marshal Conrad Won HoetZen-
dorf, while on a visit to Vienna.
The field marshal said, according
Co the letter, that England would be
checlanated and that America would
be paralyzed by the proposed subma-
'Tine campaf En. The letter ended
with the sol ann warning:
I'VE are at the end Of our resource
es. Germany canot count on our
support beyond the latter part Of
the coming suEnmer. Before God and
before your people 1t is your sacred
duty to defend your people, your
dyuastic ideals and your throne"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-16

the boys in our hospital got the pap.
ers every day through the Kindness OF
Mr. Capper.
Some North Dakota boys came
into the hospital for wounds or gas
among them Soldier George A.
Stephenson of Co. G. 9th infantry,
whose home is at Lisbon. He was
getting on nicely and was sent south
to a base hospitL
into the receiving ward and said a
soldier in Ward 8, from North Da-
kota, wished to see me. went TO
the ward which had about 125 sol
diers In it, all awake, and asked IL
there was a soldier from North Da-
kota there.
Finds John Murphy.
One of the boys answered up ana
said fright here" 1t was John b.
Murphy of the machine gun compa-
ny Of the 9Th marines, whose home
MS near MapIeton, where his father,
M. c. Murphy. has a large farm.
John HAD been gassed and was
pretty hoarse but in splendid spir-
it's. His brother Leo was wounded
at Champagne and was in a hospital
near Paris and doing well. John
was evacuated out that night to q
base hospital and hope he was
sent to the one where MS DroLner
was. John was a fine type of the
American soldier, brave. earnest,
giving full credit to that which his
comrades had done, modest as to his
own deeds and passing by his own
hurts as nothing worth botherlng
about.
Just north of our hospitals were
the camp headquarters Of the 18th
u. s. engineers.
Whiting on the Job.
The lieutenant colonel Of the regi-
ment was 1t. Col. c. L. Whiting,
who was for many years connected
with the Northern Pacific Railroad
company, with headquarters at
Jamestown. His home is now at
Lewistown, Mont, where he is divi-
sion superintendent for the MiIwau-
kee railroad. The 18th engineers
had charge of all the operation of
all the railroads in the advance zone
from Saint MihieI to Verdun and on
to the Argonne forest. I am indebt-
ed to Colonel Whiting for some very
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-16
Lots of Road
Work Is Urged

Bismarck, N. D., Dec. ia spec
iaI communication from L. w. Page,
director Of the United States bureau
of public roads, calls the attention
of the North Dakota highway COM
mission to the wholesale removal of
restrictions to highway work made
by the war industries board. the
fuel administration and the United
States highways council. Mr.. Page
urges that road work in North Da-
kota for the next year be pushed
with all possible vigor, not only be-
cause of the extreme value OF good
roads to the life OF the times, but
especially to keep the money wealth
OF the nation in active circulation
and to provide work for the large
supply Of labor likely to be available
after the return of the soldiers.