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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-10-23
TOTAL BOND SUBSCRIPTIONS
PROBABLY PASSED SIX RILIION
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guaranteeing that when the war is over
they will pay off your certificates, al
lowing YOU 4 ii per cent
lowing you 4HM interest (payablc cv-
cry six mCnths), for The use Of your
| money until the time is up. So safe,
so valuable, so desirable are these GER
tificatcS we have just bought that they
arc in class by themselves. There
| fore, there is always q market for
them. Just as soon as the demand
exceeds the supply they sell at pre-
MUM. Throwing bonds on the mar
kct until it is gluttcd can dcpress the
price that shrewd buyers will pay for
them, just as prices Of any commodity
can be forced down in like way Bond
dealers and bond experts arc the
smartcSt people in America. We, who
do not know much about bonds, ought
to study their ways more than we do.
Last Saturday in the closing hours Of
the campaign the Guaranty Trust Co.
) or \. Y. handed in another SubScrip-
! ton for fifty million dollars making
their total for the Fourth Loan one
hundred and twenty oight million dol
lars. This money did not belong 10
| the few Individuals authorizing the
subscription. 1t was trust funds they
| hoid for other people, great estates,
etc, The Trust Company is RESPONSE
! bic 10 the owners for these funds and
! they wanted to put that money whore
! there was the least possible chance Of
losing it and 10 earn q fair rate Of in
terost on it while they had it, Because
YOU and have to work hard for what
we get and don't want TO lose what
little we have is the best reason for
buying Government bonds. But !
have gotten away from what set out
to say.
THE last drive was put over despite
many difficulties. The epidemic noorcd
many good workers, dcmoralizcd and
wcll-nigh paralyzcd telegraph and
telephone facilities and the quarantine
against indoor gatherings prevented
carrying information to the people in
mass meeting assembled. More house
to house canvassing than ever before
had TO be done. TO the credit Of Lau-
rcns county be it said, willing workers
came forward and did it,
"Splcndid work was done in many
districts and nearly all of them met
or exceeded their allOtmcnts. It
could have been done in all. There is
no limit or way Of gauginG what peo-
pic can do when thcy pull together.
blackc.t-his task tho hardest but the
apportionmcnts were as fair as such
| things can be made. To whom much
is given, Of him will much be expected
and so on. Absolute equity in so large
/ a task is impossible. It's case Of
10 the best You can and 90 on. That's
he stuff. Go on. Standing still and
chewing the rag is the only crime.
some mon arc sclf-startcrS, others
have to be crankcd. May the tribe Of
the first named increase. The best
asset of county, a city, a nation, IS
not skyScrapcrs and boulcvards, but
| live. energetic, progressive upright,
fearing and naghbor-l0ying mon.
| "Ihc WOmau's COMMITTEES recruited
and ably led by Mrs. II. l.. Gray. was
Of great help this time whom so many
mon were sick and so many gone to
tho army. They have tho thanks Of us
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-10-23

Mr.. and Mrs Ingold left for an eX
tended trip and will be at their home
in Washington, D. c., after Nov. 1st.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-10-23

> = j. n 1t St : = 4 T.
When the second drive was made in
III. Sprin& for contributions in money
70 the Red Cross, Laurcng county won't
Over tho top" and we were all proud
and delighted, but between five ana
seven thousand dollars Of this money
is still unpaid and the time for pay
mcnt expired three weeks ago What
is to be done about it? Arc the boys
in France to know this thing? The
county is full Of money. What must
our soldiers think Of the people at
homo when they will not give few
dollars to support the organization
which, more than any other human
agency, brings comfort TO the battle
field? Won't you stop and think, you,
who have failed to redeem your prom
isc, Of what the Red Cross is doing
for the soldier and, if this does not
stir you, wont uoy go just outside
your own door and find out what the
Red Cross has done for the sick and
suffering right here in Laurcns these
two weeks past? We cannot live with
out the Red Cross. 1t is q necessity
with conditions in the world as they
arc today, so pay up and wipe out the
stain upon the patriotism OF your
county. The Red Cross cannot run
without money.
| Slopnn for Eruit- pii G,ynrc
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

these valleys for half dozen miles,
sweeping the hills between them as he
comes on, he will then have reached the
plain on wide front and will dominate
the Italian positions. He will be too
near the main line of Italian communi-
cations to permit the Italians to remain
along the Piave, and they will have to
retire behind the Brenta, the Bacchigli-
one or even the Adige. If the Austrian
in his first attack smashes the Italian
line as he did at the upper Isonzo, or as
Hindenburg smashed the British line in
the recent disaster to Coughs 9Th
Army in Picardy, then the Italian troops
along the Piave will have great difficulty
in extricating themselves and escaping
development and capture, just as they
did along the Lower Isonzo after the
Capretto disaster, and for the same rea-
sons.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

or the destruction of Venice, because it
would bring the Austrian artillery near
enough to batter the town to dust. Even
if it did not surrender it would mean
the destruction Of Padua, just behind the
Brenta, but it would temporarily save
Vicenza. A further Austro- German ad-
vance, if we are to assume German
troops will be again used, would leave
the Italians still able to stand behind the
Bacchiglione, but it would mean the sur
render of Padua.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
mistakably saved Italy from supreme
disaster
Foch's Right Wing

Italy, as her Prime Minister recently
said, has become the right wing Of the
Allied front. With the coming of the
unified command on the Allied side Foch
has taken over the responsibility of the
defence of Italy as we'll as that Of
France. What Italy needs in artillery
and in munitions Foch will supply, just
as he will ask Italy to furnish men, of
which she has superabundance, to aid
the Allies in France. Henceforth the
Italian front will be just as completely
under the care and the direction of Foch
as any other sector in that great and
single front, which, save for the Swiss
interruption, runs now from the User to
the Piave, from Nieuport to the lagoons
east Of Venice.
The political questions raised by the
prospective Austrian offensive are far
less simple to answer than the military.
What has Austria to gain by the of
fensive, even if it prove successful and
permit her to advance to the Adige? On
the military side she will gain shorter
front and abolish the present separation
of her armies in the plain from those in
the mountains, and she will temporarily
occupy more of Italian territory. The
moral effect of the reoccupation of
Venice after more than half a century
of absence will count for something. But
these things are not Of overwhelming i'm
portance.
Austrian Morale Has Declined
We may say that no Austrian expects
to see Hapsburg rule restored in all of
Venetia. There has been some talk of
annexations in the Friulian districts
near the Julian frontier, but this is an
improbable outcome and at all events
represents the extreme of Austrian pur-
pose. To conquer more ground now, only
to evacuate it later, is not to help much
if there be no prospect of an indemnity;
and there is no prospect of an indemnity
from Italy now or in the future.
The Austrian army did exceedingly
well in the offensive last year, although
the spearhead of the successful attack
was supplied by six or seven German di.
visions. Since that time there has been
a very marked decline in the morale Of
the Austrian people, and the reports 81
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

~AAO VA&0A 0CCAOE
This is the weakness of the present
Italian situation. It is excessively un-
likely that the Austrians could force the
Italians out of their present line along
the Piave, which has been fortified dur
ing the winter and is as good a line as
is necessary to have in our contem-
porary form of warfare. The strong
positions are, on the whole, on the Ital-
Ian side of the river; the stream is some-
thing of an obstacle, and Italian commu-
nications behind it are far better than
those of the Austrians for rushing re-
serves to an imperilled sector.
Therefore, it would seem that if the
Italians are to be evicted from the Piave
position they must be turned out rather
than forced out; evicted by threat to
their rear rather, than by drive at their
front. In word, the vital sector is not
that behind the Piave, but that between
the Piave and the Astico, where the Aus
trians are hardly more than dozen
miles from the vital railroad. This is
the front now mentioned in the dis
patches; this is the front on which the
Austrians made their great offensive of
1914, which failed because Austrian
troops had to be shipped eastward to
meet the victorious Russians in Galicia.
Here, too, the Austro- Germans were
making their supreme effort last autumn
and early winter, when the snow came
and stopped all operations
In this sector the Italian situation
markedly reproduces that of the French
before Verdun in March and after
March, 1916, although the scale is much
greater. In March, 1916, the French
east of the Meuse had temporarily
checked the Germans after having to
retire over considerable ground. They
had good positions in their hands. but
they had lost all but the very last series
of gun positions on which they could
hope to base successful defence of
the forts and hills of the sector east of
the Meuse.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Retreat to the Adige

The long delay due to winter has given
the Italians chance to prepare inter-
mediate lines, recalling the famous
"switchlines" Of the Hindenburg system
In France. Thus, even should the Aus
trians reach the plain behind the Piave
line and between the Piave and tho
Brenta the Italians might be expected
to draw back behind the Brenta and hold
the front from Bassano to the sea behind
tho Brenta. This would mean The loss
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Prospects Are Hopeful

Now l do not mean to be-understood
as forecasting any Italian reverse or re-
treat, any loss of important positions.
The news that comes to me of the Italian
temper and prospects is distinctly hope
full. There is no gainsaying the rally
of Italy after her great disaster of last
year. The country has responded to the
lash of adversely as it did not answer
the invitations of the earlier victories.
Moreover, there has been very real
demonstration to Italy of the sympathy
and readiness of her allies. British and
French troops are still in some numbers
Id Italy, and their presepce last year un-
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Italian Game Is to Wait

1t seems to me inevitable, then, that
the Italians should play waiting game.
1t may involve the loss of Venice, but
Venice was as good as lost last year.
1t may involve q retreat to the Adige,
but this was only missed by hairs
breadth last year. The waiting game
will abolish the risks of any military
disaster by running those incident to a
depressed morale and a possible political
disturbance following the loss of more
Italian territory.
In any event, the Italian field is not
the important field; no result in this
sector will much affect the decision which
must be had in France, and if the Italians
stand successfully on the defensive in
their own country they will be able to
contribute materially to making the re-
suit in France decisive. The conquest
and elimination of Italy would not much
help Germany, because by the time it
were brought about, if it could be
brought about, America would have ar
rived in sufficient strength to restore the
balance in France, which is, has been and
will remain the decisive field.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
An Impregnable Line

All these possible retreats would mean
shortening the line and improving the
Italian situation on the military side,
provided no disaster ensued. It would
mean the surrender of famous cities.
The moral advantage to the Austrians
would be very great, but the military
gain would not be commensurate, pro-
vided only territory were gained and
Italian morale endured the loss of
ground and cities, as French morale has
survived the similar losses in the French
field. Once behind the Adige, the Italian
position should be impregnable, for all
that natural advantages can supply to
make military defiance advantageous are
to be found in this line, and the Italians
have had six months to get ready.
Where Austria Will Attack
AS it now stands, it would seem tnat
the Austrians have concentrated strong
forces in the Trentino, bringing them
down by the great military railroad,
which goes under the Brenner Pass in
tunnel and follows the historic route of
Teuton invasions of Italy in all past CEN
turies. Having brought his armies
south by this route, which is always be-
yond enemy reach or observation, the
Austrian has arranged them in the sew
eral smaller valleys leading out from the
valley of the Adige to the Venetian plain
like the sticks of fan. He is patiently
intending to attack by the passes through
which the Piave, the Brenta and the
Astico emerge into the plain, and he
holds all the upper portions of these val
leys. He may also be planning q fourth
attack right south upon Verona by the
Adige Valley, and possibly fifth along
Lago di Garda, but the first four are
bound to eAthe important attacks.
!. Il the Austrian can advance down
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Austria's One Defect

The Austrian will doubtless seek to
repeat recent German triumphs. Prog
ress such as the Germans made at Ar
mentieres will be sufficient to turn the
Piave line and give him Venice and
probably Vicenza and Padua. These will
be substantial triumphs for an offensive
which need not involve any great risks
save in the matter of casualties, since
his own lines of communication are Sc
cure and his own front lacking in all
the defects of the Italian.
There is just one defect in the Aus
trian situation, and that is that because
of the mountains there is no good means
of communication between the armies
in the Trentino and those in the Italian
plain. Actually to move troops from one
sector to another, hardly more than
thirty miles as the airplane flies, neces-
states putting them on train and car
rying them around semlcircle of more
than three hundred miles. AS result,
if the Italians chose to take the offensive
on the Piave front, after the. Austrian
had committed the main mass of his
armies to the Trentine operation, it
would be several weeks before the Aus
trian could reinforce the troops in the
plain with those in the mountains. The
Italians, on their side, have no such diff
ficulty, because all their lines of COM
munications are in the plain and radiate,
like the spokes of wheel, from Castel-
franco. Only if they reach the plain
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

can the Austrians unity all their armies
on this Italian front
But any counter offensive by the Ital
ians before they were certain that the
Austrian offensive out of the Trentino
had been permanently checked would
be exceedingly hazardous, for even
victory on the Piave would not remove
the danger flowing from the thrust of the
Austrian Trentine armies at the Italian
lines Of communication between Treviso
and Vicenza
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Austria Is Tending
Toward a Break
down Like That
Which Ended
Russia
Copyright, 191S-The Tribune
Association

the conditions in Austria leave no doubt
that the great majority of the people are
suffering acutely and have no other de-
sire than to make peace.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
AS at Verdun

Literally, the French were fighting
with their backs to the river, and. as
the Germans continued to advance. al
though with great slowness, the French
were pushed down hill toward the
Meuse. Now the Austrians, by their
offensives of 1916 and 1917, have arrived
almost at the edge of the Venetian
Plain. The Italians are hanging on to
the last of the foothills. If they are
pushed off of these, if the Austrians get
forward for distance of less than ten
and hardly more than five miles more,
either between the Brenta and Astico
valleys or between the Brenta and the
Piave valleys, then the Austrians will
hold all the high ground overlooking the
plain and the Italians will have to make
new and very great Encouragement Of
their lines.
Last year, when there was prospect
of such an advance by the Austro- Ger
mans, there was a general expectation
that the Italians would retire behind the
lines of the Adige, that is, that they
would evacuate everything north and
east of this river and stand before We
roma and thence behind it to the
Adriatic. Such Encouragement of lines
would have meant, would still mean,
the evacuation Of Venice, of Padua and
OF Vicenza, and the practical loss Of all
of the Province of Venetia.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Italian Temper Hopeful While Austrian
Morale Has Declined-The Whole
Operation Is Only Side Show
in the Right Wing of
FOch's United Front
By FRANK H. SIMONDS
Author of 'The World War;" e'They Shall Not Pass"

gerous position and might be driven
southeastward toward Venice and awav
from the rest of the Italian armies; they
might, in fact, be caught in the swamps
below Treviso and east of Padua, and be
taken.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Behind the Piave

. Z you will look at the map you will
at the Italian troops now stand
eensnd the Piave River, from the
at its mouth right up to the
*nere it emerges from the hills
S Monte Grappa, depend for their
ns and supplies mainly upon the
which comes up from Verona,
icenxa to Treviso. II the Aus
ga cut thif railway behind the
hese would be IA dam
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-13
WEST ALSEk IS
LAUNCHED HERE

Fourteenth contribution IN the
shipping board fleet. the West Alsck
launched Saturday by Skinner a I'd.
dy. IL undergoing her final touches
In the water The West Alsck was
launched in 81 days tirnc. but two
days under the world record OF IS
days In the launching OF the Yves,
LianFa.
Finishing details are being rushed.
and Il IL probable that the now ship
may b. turned ovSr 20 tho shipping
board IN tho same record time as the
West Lianga
The Wcgt Alsek f. tho seventh al.
rect contract ship to be- built by skin.
Nor a Eddy. and IL 10 be commanded
by Capt j s.. Gibson. prominent SO.
attic citizen and shipping man. who
In going to forsakc private life. hav-
ing retired some time ago. to work
for the United states in wartime.
Mrs. Prescott Oakes. daughter OF
Capt Gibson. sponsored the vessel
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-13
FRANK WATERH0USE
BUYS VULCAN PLANT

The Vulcan Manufacturing Co
makers Of chip accessories. deck en-.
gines. auxiliary engines and marine
apparatus In general. located at
Fourth ave =. and Connecticut 1T
was purchased by tho Prank Water
house Co Saturday Negotiations
covered but two weeks
Tho output capacity % the Vulcan
plant In 20 b. Immediately increased
By the expenditure OF several hun.
dred thousand dollars. according TO
y. II. Begley. vice president Of IN.
Watorhousr company. who refused
10 na-pe the amount involved in tho
Transaction.
At>prcscnt the vulcan plant covers
an area embracing nine city lots. and
employs 900 men.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-13
MERCER HERE
OF SH|PYARDS
MAY Be MADE

possible merging OF the Seattle
Construction and Dry Dock Co. with
the skinner a Eddy Corporation may
result, following negotiations approx.
cd by Charles " Schwah director ~
ship construction John W Eddy of
skinner a Eddy. admitting tho sub
hitting OF such proposition. says
We have not set taken the PROPOSE
tion seriously. and until something
more definite IL submitted by the
shipping board. we will not be In "a
position TO accept or reject the pro.
poHai
That the shipping board probably
started negotiations after confer.
ence with William II Todd Of New
York, controlling owner OF big East
ern ahipyards the Todd yard In IA
coma and the Seattle Construction
and pry Dock yard In Seattle. IL the
opinion OF c. ". Wiley. manager.
who added that he had not been In
formed ~ the negotiations
Such transfer would mean the
removing the dry dock and repair
work - the construction company TO
ToddH Tacoma plant, the Hhlpbuild
ing facilities being taken over by
skinner a Eddy
such transfer would mean that
the Seattle Construction 4 Dry Dock
Co would conduct repair work at Ia
coma In connection with the Todd
yard. shlpbuildlng facilities rcvcrting
to skinner a Eddy According 90
Schwah. the consolidation Of the two
yards would permit 81 a greater ship
output
Tho skinner & Eddy plant. follow
ms the merger. would have eleven
ways
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-13
Building
of Ships Here

Chosen by the Seattle school boa ri
M instructor in steel ship construc.
ton Of tho clnsHcs TO be- held Tues.
day and Thursday evenings in tho
auditorium OF tho broadway high
school. Alex steele. foreman OF tho
mold loft and ship fitting work Mt the
skinner & Eddy plant. will demon.
strate what he has gained by actual
experience.
a course OF 20 lessons has been ar.
ranged for prospective studc ntR,
which may be enlarged and length
cned II attendance tustifics IT, Two
hours viii be covered by each SOS.
sion. steel ship work will bc ex.
planned In detail. from the laying OF
tho keel to the launching Nina.
ture models OF ships and charts will
be used 10 hammer the lessons home
Glasses arc free. Each man at.
tending. however, In expected TO be
interested In HIS work. and stick for
the length Of his course. The pur.
pose of the school is 10 train men for
efficient work in the steel shipyards.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-13
SAYS O-W. OUGHT NOT
TO BLOCK IMPROVEMENT

Railroads such as the Oregon.
Washington Railroad & Navigation
Co. which are recipients Of franchise
favors from the city. should at least
show sufficient appreciation TO re-
main neutral when pressing street
Improvement for which they will be
assessed To small percentage IL
brought up, says Superintendent Of
Streets Case The protest OF the
O.W. n. q y. over the Spokane -.
Improvement brings forth tho super.
intendent's ire in a statement 10 tho
council
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-13
COAST MEN QUALIFY
FOR OFFICERS RANK

CAMP DIX, N. j.. May 13.--Five
men from the Pacific Coast states
were listed today as eligible for ap.
pointment as second lleutenants.
having qualified at the third officers
training school here.
They are: Jos A. Mlnotte. Port
land Basil r.. Newton. Los Angeles.
Stanley T Runyon. San Francisco,
John w. Schaefer, Vancouver.
Wash. Patrick Sullivan. Bellingham,
Wash, infantry.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-13
1855 |. w. w. ARRESTED
IN RAID STILL HELD

In the city stockade. 155 men, mr..
rested on May 2. in the raid upon the
I. w. W. headquarters, are still held.
Eight have been released because Of
lack Of evidence. Twelve have been
turned over TO the federal immigra.
ton authorities. and 81 have been
charged with evasion Of tho draft
law.
Frank Gibson. local secretary Of
the 1. w. W. Was arrested Saturday.
when ne appeared in the superior
court.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-13
FREDERICK NELSON
NeU
Embroidery
Flouncings
$1.OO Yard
EXCEPTIONAL VALUE

THE offering comprises
l. eight hundred yards Of
Embroideries, in 40 inch
flouncing width, in floral,
spray, Grecian, conventional
figure and scroll effects on
grounds Of Organize, Bat
iste, Swiss and Voile-ap-
propriate for graduation
and party frocks and other
summer purposes. Unusu-
ally low-priced at S1.OO
yard. -r,r.. Floor.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-13
RATE M AIRING Is on HERE

The Alaska freight and passenger
rate hearing Ous - Kent. attorney
examiner for the United states ship
ping board. presiding. had itr firnt
session saturday being represented
by delegates from sound steamship
lines and number Of Alaska can.
nerymen. Adjournment was taken
until Tuesday. following several ar
gumcnts favorable 90 the increase