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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
GERMANS DEFEATED AGAIN.
KAIsER,s ARMIES EVERYWHERE
DRIVEN FURTHER EAST
WARD.
Enemy Holding Out Here and There
in Enormous Concrete Forts III
Belgium.

With the Allied Armies in Belgium
and France, Oct 21, II a. m.-(By
the Associated Prcss).-In heavy
fighting which proceeded throughout
the night and continued today in
heavy rain, the Germans everywhere
were driven still further eastward.
In Belgium the allies are three miles
IRON Eecloo, and in the Whole vast
stretch between Courtrai and the
Dutch border the British, French ana
Beleians are pushing he Germans
before them, closing in towards Gnen'
from which they are now less than
seven miles.
I'm the center of the battle area. the
British are on the west bank OF the
Scheldt for more than ten miles,
north of Journal in front OF which
city the Germans are resisting stuo-
bornly with machine guns. frostall>,
the British have 1.c>che: ..os.::o:2
less than four miles a.J.-l icn
ciennes. Northwest G !-sase:1e."nnei.
they have entered the great Vicoisne-
Raismes forest. In the region north
west Of Lille the British are pushing
cut in the general direction OF Le-
Quesnoy, fighting every foot OF the
way.
The Germans here and there in
Belgium have held out strongly III
enormous concrete forts from which
the guns had been removed. These
forts were used by German machine
gunners, and in some cases 1t re-
CURED shells from heavy guns to
crack them. More prisoners have
been captured, the Third army taNins
over $500 yesterday.
The river Selle has been crossed
all along it's course from a point
north of LeCateau tot he Scheldt anc
is being rapidly left behind.
In this region the river Ecallllor
has been reached and probably
| crossed.
The Germans have delivered q
number of counter attacks, but in ev-
ery case they have broken down un'
de-. the hot fire Of the allied troops
The German dead are on the battle
field in great numbers.
In scores of the towns which have
tecn won from the enemy Germans
have been found hiding in cellar:
waiting to surrender. 1t is reported
that not a few of them have taker
advantage of the proximity OF the
Dutch frontier to cross to the othei
SIDE, where they have been interned
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
FREEING BELGIAN SLAVES.
Huns VIII Release Dcported Belgians
and Political Prisoners When They
Leave Country. n,,tS;;xN

Rome, Oct. 22.-Baron ; Wonder
Lancken, chief Of the German politicaf
department at Brussels, has Informed
Cardinal 7dercier, primate Of Belgium,
that when the Germans evacuated
that country the deported Belgians
and political prisoners will be spon-
taneously released, according to the
Observatore Romano. He told the
cardinal, it is said, that part Of the
Belgians will be free to return to
their country on Monday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
EoU1vocAL AND ToRTuoUs.
French Do Not Think Well of Ger
man Reply.

Paris, Oct. 22.-The German reply
to President Wilson was received toe
late for the afternoon papers, but
was eagerly discussed in official cir
cles and parliament. AS whole the
note was found to be equivocal and
tortuous. platitudinously phrased tc
leave the door open for all sorts OF
auibbling. Nowhere is there evidence
in the reply of a genuine desire tc
accept the only way n which peace
can be concluded, according to the
expression of opinion here.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
DRAFT CALLS RENEWED
Passing of influenza Epidemic
Some Sections Announced.

washington. Oct. 22.-Draft calls
which were suspended three week:
ago because of influenza, are now go
ing out again in certain zones, where
the surgeon generals Office decided
that it is safe to send men to the
cantonments. The localities and the
exact number of men will not be an
nounced for the present.
The October program, it is under
stood, provides for the induction OF
about three hundred and fifty thou
sand men,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
FRENCH ACROSS sERRE.
They Have Reached Railway North
west of Essias-Sur-Serre.

Paris, Oct. 22.-Further progress
was made last night by the French
on the Serre front, it was officially
announced. The French have reach
ed the railway northwest of Essias-
Sur-Serre, also st. jacques farm
northwest of Chalandry.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
VIEWED WITH DISTRUST.
English Press Regard Germany a
Imperitcn and Deceitful.

London, Oct. 22.-EngIlsh news
papers. almost without exception
view the German reply to Presidea;
Wilson with impatience and distrust
Germany Still Impenitent," is th>
caption to an editorial in the Chron
icle.
The Graphic is more optimistic
and says, VERBALLY, Germany is get
ting slightly nearer the. point of vie"
ON which the Allies mean to insist"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
BRITISH LINE ADVANCES.
Vanguard of Army Within Mile
TOurnai.

London, Oct. 22-The British have
advanced their line to the left bank
of the Ecaillon river and have cap
tured the western part Of the village
of Thiant, five miles southwest OF
vaIenciennes, it was officially an
nounced today. The British. have ad-
vanced to within less than mile OF.
Touraai.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
E4ench Reach Danube.

Paris. Oct. 21.-French troops
reached the Danube river in the re
zion of vidin, tie war office an
.nounced tonight.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
BRITISH CASUALTY LIST.
Losses Last Week Exceed Thirty.
Seven Thousand

London, Oct 22.-British casualtieS
for the week ending today, were
$3.50, compared with 35,710 tbs
previous week.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
DRIVE IN BELGIUM.
French Attack in Center and Advance
Toward Client.

1AStIN<fOeI1tO 11S1S5Hs<1@]t
Oct. % (Reuters),-A strong. body OF
French forces attacked this morning
in the center of the allied front in
Belgium. They are reported to be
making excellent progress in the di-
rection of Client.
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Little importance is attached to the
protests and denials in the note re-
garding German brutality and ruth
less destruction Of property. The I'M
portant thing IS whether atrocities
now stop. AS. to an investigation by
a neutral commission as suggested in
the note, the president indicated long
ago that such Investigations could
come to nothing except in connection
with arrangements for final peace.
Regarding the German denial Of
unnecessary destruction of property
by the retiring armies, military ex-
perts say that undoubtedly such ar
mics are authorized under Internal
;onal law to work terrible havoc in
evacuated territory. But there is one
prime condition to be met-all Of this
must be done with the sole purpose
of damaging and retarding the pur-
suing army. Bridges may be destroy
cd. stores of food burned and even
buildings which might shelter enemy
troops. But it is not permitted tc
poison wells; to destroy fruit trees
or to loot and destroy private prop
erty which would be of no use tc
either army, or, in fact, to commit
any of the acts of wanton deviltry
which are charged up against athe
German armies,
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
u. s. Veterans Will
Train New Units

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2-The Amerl-
can forces in France have reached such
high stage of training in the new
methods of warfare that they are to
furnish instructors for the new units
being organized in the United States.
No additional instructors from the AL
lied armies will be asked, except, possi-
y, in special technical cases.
1t was learned officially to-day that
the War Department has ordered a
number of officers back from France
to command brigades in the twelve new
divisions, the formation of which was
announced by General March. chief Of
staff, in the last two weeks.
Among the officers known to have re-
ccivcd their orders are Brigadicr Cen
crul Douglas Macarthur, who is to 20
to Camp Meade, Md, and Brigadier
General Cornelius Vanderbilt, who
went overseas as a colonel Of engineers,
to Camp Lewis, Washington
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
Arrest of Gorky
Ordered by Soviets
Revolutionist's Newspaper Re-
ported to Have Been Sup
pressed Permanently

LONDON, Aug. 2.-The arrest of
Maxim Gorky, the Russian author and
revolutionary, has been ordered by an
investigating commission of the Soviet
government says an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from Copenhagen.
The Petrograd correspondent of "The
Daily Press" reports that Gorky's pa
per has been suppressed permanently.
A Stockholm dispatch on July July
rs reported that Maxim Gorky was
dying from cholera in Petrograd, ac-
cording to a message received ther
from Helsngfors
Gorky's life has been tempestuous.
Self-educated,. he was thrown into
prison several times, and in 1903 he
was put in prison in Riga as a result
of disorders in Petrograd. He came to
the United States in 1906 for visit
Before the downfall of Kerensky
Gorky supported Lenine and Trotzky.
Recently, however, there have been
recent reports of decided differences
of opinion between Gorky and the lead
ers of the Soviet government
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
Corporal Bowling
Is Given Life Term

LONDON, Aug. 2.-Lance Corporal
Joseph Bowling, Of the Connaught
Rangers, who was landed on the coast
Of Ireland from a German submarine
three months ago, was pronounced
guilty to-day and sentenced to death.
The sentence, however, was commuted
to penal servitude for life.
Early in June it was announced in
the House Of Commons that an un-
named man had been put ashore on
the west coast OF. Ireland from a Ger
man submarine. A collapsibl boat
was used to convey the man from the
submarine to the shore. A few days
later it was announced i~ Commons
by James |. MACPHERSON Parlia-
jmentary secretary to the War Office.
that the man, then prisoner in the
Tower of London, was Lance Corporal
Joseph Bowling, Of the Connaught
Rangers.
Dowing's trial by court martial
opened on July s. The prisoner, Of
medium height and slim and of wide
awake appearance, pleaded not guilty
to the formal charges, which were un-
der three heads-frst, that while he
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
Vanderbilt Duchess
Running for Office

LONDON, Aug 2.-The Duchess of
Marlborough, formerly Consuelo Van
derbilt of New York, has been accepted
as the Progressive candidate for the
North Southwark division of the Lon
don County Council. The vacancy,
caused by the death of the former rep
resentative, will be filled Immediately,
according to "The Daily Telegraph"
Consuelo Vanderbilt, daughter of w.
K Vanderbilt, wes married in 1896
to the ninth Duke of Marlborough and
was said to have had dowry of
s10000,000. A few years after their
marriage the Duke and Duchess sep
arated and since that time the Duchess
of Marlborough has been active in
rhilanthropic and social service work
il London.
At the beginning of The war she
took up hospital and war relief work.
She always has been interested in
woman's suffrage and made speeches
in its favor in this country on her visit
to her mother, Mrs. o. H. P Belmont,
at Newport in 1914. The ducal pair,
who have two sons, never have been
reconciled.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
Mention of All
Ship Moves Barred
Daniels Wants No Reports of
Vessel Movements in
Any Waters

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-Newspapers
were asked to-day by Secretary Daniels
to eliminate any mention, either in the
advertising or news columns, of the
sailing, departure, location or supposed
location of any ships, not only in
American waters, but in any other
waters.
In thus amending his previous re-
quest, which applied only to American
waters, the Secretary said expert
ence had shown that publication Of
such information about ships in foreign
waters also is dangerous. The purpose
is to keep from enemy submarines op-
Grating on this side of the Atlantic as
we'll as those in the war zone any in
formation relating to the movements of
anV vessels
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
Pershing Can't Rush
Casualties i'm Drive
Cables Baker Task of Getting
List Is Difficult; No Hint
of Total

WASHINGTON, Aug 2.-Replying to
a request that he expedite the lists of
American casualties in the fighting on
the Soissons-Rheims salient. General
Pershing to-day cabled Secretary
Baker that the task of assembling the
names of the men was an extremely
difficult one because of the limited
means of communication in the battle
areas, and owing to the fact that Am
erican troops are brigaded with French
and British units.
Secretary Baker said no estimate Of
casualties was contained in General
Pershings cablegram. There was
nothing to indicate to-day when the
increased casualty lists resulting from
the present severe fighting would be-
gin to come in.
II have received a cablegram from
General Pershing in regard to reports
of casualties" said Mr.. Baker. "He
points out that our troops are still
places, and that our wounded are
taken to French and British hospitals,
as we'll as our own, causing great diff
Guilty and complication in securing ac-
curate information.
ain addition to this the troops are
separated from their records while in
the area of conflict and must depend
upon very inadequate and temporary
telegraph lines, which are subject to
frequent interruption, and must for
the most part be devoted entirely to
the urgent business of the battle itself.
General Pershing assures me that
he is making every effort to collect
casualty lists, have them confirmed and
verified, and that they will be trans
rnjtted Dromntlvo
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
Francis Is Safe
In Murn1ansk With
Allied Ministers

WASHINGTON, Aug. "A message
received to-day from Ambassador
Francis. dated July 81, said he had ar
rived in Murmansk with the Italian
Ambassador the British representative
and the French Charge d'Affaires. The
other chiefs of the diplomatic corps
are waiting at Kandalaska for in
structions from their governments.
Details of the movement of the AL
lied ambassadors through Northern
Russia and their treatment by the rep
resentatives of the Soviet government
were received in an official dispatch
from France.
The diplomats and their suites
reached Archangel from Vologda last
Friday, but their arrival was preceded,
the Petit Parisien" said. by tele-
graphic orders from the Peoples Com
missare to the local Soviet to oppose
their installation at Archange!
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03

to proceed in single file through such
wheatfields and clumps of woods as
thev had known at home. During the
rarcst of intervals there was q spatter-
ing of rifle and machine-gun fire, which
served to check the line for the few
minutes that was required to silence
the enemy gunncrs.
Three Towns Taken
The French and American troops
north of Fere-en -Tardenois advanced
simultaneously early Friday, the French
occupying Cramaille and Cramoiselle
before o'clock and French infantry
men entering Saponay at 8 o'clock.
The Americans mean time kept pace
with the French through the forest of
Nesles.
Several locomotives and forty rail
road cars were taken at Saponay.
The Allies advanced under barrage,
the Germans withdrawing northward
ponay, feebly replying at intervals
with artillery.
There were many fires behind the
line, the Germans having destroyed
ammunition dumps before starting
northward.
The Allies in this district encoun-
tered virtually no resistance.
The French tonight are sleeping in
Saponay for the first time in two
months
(Noon. l-The whole American line
moved forward to-day, while the
armies along the flank from Soissons
to Rheims pressed hard again the sides
Of the German salient Their gains
were made almost without resistance.
Hammered as they have been for
days. the Germans withdrew during
the night, so that when the Ameri-
cans, who were supported on their
right and left by the French, started
early this morning. they did not en-
counter the usual machine gun fire.
In open order, the men ploughed
their way through the heavy rain
soaked fields for almost a mile.
The indications are that the Germans
will not make a stand until they reach
the watershed north of Neses For
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
Joint Action
In Siberia to
Begin natOnce
lnter-Allied Operations AS
sured by Agreement of
Japan Rulers
(By The Ass0rtate1 Prces)


WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-Joint action
between Japan, the Entente Powers
and America in Siberia is assured.
japan has found acceptable the
American proposal which primarily
looks to the aid Of the Czech -Slovaks
now operating in Siberia, and after
exchanges between Toxic and Wash
lngton which have cleared up all doubt
1ul points and removed any possibility
of future misunderstanding. a complete
agreement. has been reached. The plan
of operation will be put into execution
at once.
Confers With Baker
Soon after it had been learned that
Japan had accepted the American pro-
posal President Wilson walked to the
State, War and Navy Building, where
he conferred for half an hour with
Acting Secretary Polk and Secretary
Baker in the War Secretary's office.
The President and Mr.. Polk left the
office together and as they walked
along the corridor had a very serious
conversation, which was continued for
five minutes in front of Mr.. Polk's Of
fice before the President returned to
the White House.
Last week, when it appeared that an
agreement was about to be reached on
the basis of the original American pro-
posal, intimations were given in Off
clal quarters that the President was
soon to issue a statement explaining
the plans of the United States for par
tlclpation in the expedition to give
military aid to Russia. 1t also was
understood that the statement would
make clear that the United States has
only unselfsh motives and intends to
stand firmly beside the Russian people
in their fight for democracy.
Expect Word From Wilson
After the Japanese government
found 1T necessary to call upon the
State Department for explanation of
some features of the American pro-
posal the statement was withheld. Pre-
sumably now that satisfactory un-
derstanding has been reached the
statement will issue
Meanwhile the seal Of confidence re-
mains unbroken and it is the desire of
officials that there shall be no specula-
tion in the press that might prove en-
barraSsing.
Consequently all that it is possible
now to say is that in the beginning at
least the international agreement must
find its expression in combined mill
tary activity, and cable advces have
recorded the gathering of small bodies
of Entente troops at points in China
convenient for dispatch into Western
Siberia.
Pao Kuci Ching, the Provincial Gov
ernor at Sci Lung King, has been Sc
lected to command the conside erable
body of Chinese troops which have
been gathered in Manchuria, and it is
understood that it has been arranged
that this force shall operate in con-
junction with japanese and under the
direction of the Japanese commander
in chief
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
Guerilla Warfare
With Germans Is
Raging in Ukraine

sIOCkHOLM, Aug. Conditions in
tne GKrane before the assassination Of
REID Marshal Won Eichhorn were such
as might have been expected to lead
up 70 some such outbreak of violence
jooging from the descriptions given
:. " tnem by Zeta Hoeslund, leader of
aae swedish Socialist Left, in an inter
hagen. o'pe"-
Hoeglund, who gave the interview
Se.ore ;w the Elchhorn assassination, had
!as' returned from a long visit to Rus
80 o.s' and MS account is largely a report
.. conVersations which he had with
russians from the Ukraine.
Peasants Giving Battle q
lney declared, he says, that the Ger
mans there were diving in little
nades; that guerilla warfare was con-
SANITY IN progress. conflicts occurring
Ilaaiiy, IN which many persons were
Aiied' while occasional battles took
pace lasting several days"
1,,lihe peasants in one section of the
rlalhe nave an army estimated to
LUMBER $4,000, Hoeglund reports.
t Lnese men ne describes as filled with
na'leo lor the Germans and awaiting
81: en ausplclous moment to begin hostili-
Austrians Aid Ukraine
.. Inc peasants in other places pursue
dae policy Of burning their grain and
usstfoying their cattle and are acting
similarly with regard to other of their
possessions rather than have them fall
''Hso the hands Of the Germans.
me Austrian troops n the country
;., aie declared to be at daggers' points
W.. "1n the Germans and to have supplied
M M peasants with arms, including ar
;n.ocglund's informants considered the
e.s,euroances that had occurred to be
uniy foretaste Of what might be ex-
peeeed at harvest time, when the peas
sshn!.s, 1t was predicted, would do every
tsnmy possible to prevent the Germans
iiom securing their crons
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
Atand islanders Blow
UP Forts to Block Huns
Turning Guns on Sveden

:, "AsHlNCTON, Aug. 2.-Incenscd At
IL. III herman control of Finland, the in
psII...tants Of the Aland Islands. in the
.s.sae nai'Ie Sea, have dynamited the fortifi-
S.,ons on the islands 10 prevent them
cSsaeoming menace to Sweden through
,.an n.anan control. according % adviccs
ebised here to-day through official
..a me same adyices said the Finnish
si.srhment had ordered the immediate
p.sim..ansling Of all fortifications on the
=. ~'Wc nc, coast Of Finland, except those
IN sinorH and HclsinYfors. This ia
accord with the demand made by
la,ramany la,a in it's agreement with Fin.
., - rssas was explained that while subjects
i,,ss,iniand. the sympathy Of the AIand
msnausfs lies with Sweden, their old
drsstfsas dfs country, and this led TO their
.y,nn. me .swedish press. while expressing
70 yy"ashy with the islandcrs' loyalty
H., .,heif old ties, censured them Tor
a u. Actions declaring that the razing
"a" ,"s 1ortifications probably would re-,
Mil me Immediate sending of Fin
klsu,ay,f yf Gsrman troops to guard the
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
Demands Punishment of
slayers and End of
Anti-German Plots
"Wipe Out Hotbeds of
Intrigue" Is Order,
Austrian Troops Reported
Arming Ukrainians
Against Prussians

LONDON, Aug. 2.-Dr. Karl Helffe-
rich, who recently was appointed Ger
man Am bassador to Russia, has sent a
note to Foreign Minister Trotzky call
ing upon the Soviet government to
adopt stern measures in their search
for and punishment of the persons
guilty of the murder of Field Marshal
Won Eichhorn, the German military
commander in the Ukraine, according
TO advices transmitted by the Exchange
Telegraph corresp spondent at Zurich
Dr.. Helfferich demanded likewise, it
is stated, the destruction of "the hot
beds of anti German intrigue" in Mos
COW and Petrograd.
The inspiration for the Won Eichhorn
assassination has beer declared in Ger
man reports to have come from Rus
sian sources.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
German Statues Are
Found Thin Skinned
(By The Associated Press)

AMSTERDAM, July 22.-eThe search
by German military authorities for cop
per and brass to be used in making mu-
nitions has disclosed that most of the
supposedly copper statues in Berlin are
shells. similar to some of the trophies
presented in pre-war days by the EN-
pcror 1t has been decided that it will
not be worth while to dismantle the
statues, because of the small amount
of metal to be obtained.
The large copper figure of Berolina,
a female figure, representing the city
of Berlin, on the Alexander Place, is
the first Berlin monument to be taken
down for melting
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
Berlin Offers Sop
To Win Firms Ouer
To Monarchial Plan

LONDON, Aug. 2.-As a sop for the
establishment of a monarchy, Ger
many has offered to use it's offices Tor
Finland to obtain the cession by Rus
sia Of Eastern Karelia on the principle
of self-determination, but the Landtag.
which has been summoned to maet
August 5, must decide Immediately, ac-
cording to dispatch to "The Times"
from Stockholm.
Every effort, the dispatch adds, is
being made to win over the eighteen
members OF the Landtag who oppose
the ,monarchial plan, and thus prevent
IL from getting the necessary two
thirds majority.