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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-12-05
7. ]. FASS DIES IN ASHEVILhk
One OF Dillon's Oldest Merchants ansi
Resident Passed Away Tuesliay.

One OF Dillon's Oldest Merchants md
Resident Passed Away TuesIiay.
News was received in Dillon Tues
day afternoon of the death Of hr.
|. |. Fass who passed away in Ashe-
vile. n. c.. Tuesday afternoon at
1870 O'Clock. Mr.. Fass had been in
declining health for the past year
and although the end was not unex-
pected. nevertheless the news OF his
passing was shock to his relatives
and friends. Mr.. Fass closed out his
business about two months ago and
went to New Mexico 10 recuperate.
but after arriving there he was told
by physicians tha, he must seek
lighter atmosphere and at their ad-
vice he went to Asheviile His con-
dition did not improve and he con-
tinued to decline until the end came.
Mr.. Fass was one Of Dillon's pion-
Ger merchants. He was born in Aus
tria As years ago and came to Amer
ica when quite young man. He
went direct to Charleston and after
remain:.g in that city for some time
look up his residence in New York.
While residing in that city he was
married to Miss Wildenburg, of Chic
ago. who with one adopted son, Ed
die Fass. survives him. Mr. Fass came
to Dillon in 1900 and entered the
employ OF his brother, Mr. Norris
Fass, AS a salesman After remaining
ing in his brothers employ for sew
eral years he went into business for
himself and with the exception of
brief intermission following the fire
which destroyed his store he was con-
tinuously in business for a period OF
IL years. When forced to make
change for the benefit Of his health
he was proprietor Of gentleman's
furnishing establishment which car
ried line of merchandise that would
have been a credit to a city mapy
times the size of Dillon.
Mr. Fass' parents preceded him fo
the grave by several years His sur
viving brothers and sisters are:
Messrs. Morris, Max and David Fass
or Dillon and Mrs. Rebecca Rosen-
baum of New York. His brother
David has been at his bedside in
Asheville for the last ten days.
The body will arrive in Florence
wednesday night and the interment
Will be made at the Jewish cemetery
In that city Thursday morning.
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Mrs. Neva Dell Fore.

Mrs. Neva Dell Fore died at Smith
boro on the 18th ultimo, from pneu-
monia following an attack Of influ-
enza. She was buried in the family
plot at Bermuda cemetery. Mrs. Fore
was daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. T.
I. Moody. In addition to her parents
and brothers and sisters she leaves
husband and small boy and numer-
our friends to mourn her loss. She
had long been member of Brmuda
church.
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TRIES TO
SHIFT THE BLAME
SAYS HOLLWE(; AND JAGOW RE.
SPONSIBLE FOR WAR.
First Heard of RusSia's Mobiliya:i,n
He Declares, Through Norwe-
gian Newspapers.

Copenhagen. Nov. 3O--(By the AS
soclated Press )--Further revelations
showing that former Emperor Will
liam or Germany is seeking to escape
responsibility for bringing on the war
are contained in an article by DR..
George Wegener. appearing in the
cologne Gazette, recounting conver-
sation which the writer had with the
Emperor just before he lied. In this
interview the Emperor attempted to
shift the blame for the world con-
fllct to the shoulders of DR.. Theo-
bald Won Bethmann Hollweg, former
imperial chancellor, and Gottlieb. van
Jagow, former minister of foreign at
fairs.
Against my will they sent me to
Norway" William is quoted as having
SAID Il did not wish to undertake
the voyage because of gravity of the
situation after the murder of Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand. was clear at
first sight. But the chancellor. said to
me:
Your majesty must take this voy-
age in order to maintain peace. II
your majesty remains here. il un
doubtedly means war and the world
VIII lay I" your charge responsibili-
ity for this war.
Wei. | then undertook the v1y-
a"e. During ali this time l received no
reports from my government concern
ing current events. Strictly speak n
only learned from Norwegian news
papers OF what was occurring in the
world and in this way l learned of
the Russian mobilization measure.
But when I heard that the Brit
iSh lieet mad put TO sea, / returned
OF my own accord. They had nearly
caught me. On my orders German
ships returned at once to the security
OF Norwegian harbars. Later it would
not have been possible for them 10
do So"
The Emperor then mentioned dec
larations of Gen. w. A. Soukhomliuoff
Russian minister of war. during tha
investigation which occurred after
wards, which he later altered to the
statement that he had not ordered
real mobilization but only readiness
for mobilization. The Emperor. how
ever, insisted on the correctness of
the first declaration, according to
which the Car had been induced by
the Kaiser to recall his order for
mobilization. He declared that Gen.
Nicholas Janusckevitch. chief of the
Russian imperial general staff de-
ceived the Car and the order was
carried out in spite of him. This mob
iliZation, the Kaiser would have il.
was the final reason for the war.
The Russian war party at the
court" the Kaiser continued. had
already in the spring of 1914. COM
PEELED the Car to make preparations
for war. From that time Siberian reg
iments were gradually drawn west
ward. They were told that manosu-
vers were the reason for these move
ments and thus they marched on to
the olga river and further westward
until they reached wilma. where they
were suddenly handed out loaded
cartridges and told that they wee
now going to fight in earnest.
I'm fact" said the Kaiser in ending
the interview. Russian troops were
already over our frontier before war
was declared"
------O -
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Autocracy is the door mat of the
world. Wipe your feet
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The Comment

Did anybody comment on the way
you handled your new carr"
"One man did, but he didn't saw
much"
What did he say?"
All he said was $50 and costs"
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nothing of Great Britain and France,
are going to have few remarks to
make on that subject. All Of these
are interested parties and none Of
their interests comedies with Hun
plans to establish submarine pirate
lairs and "weltpolltik" conspiracy
bases in the South or any other Of
the Seven Seas.
And ms for Africa, really the fan.
tastlc reveries Of DIR. SoLF on this
subject are rather more interesting
as psychopathlc studies than they
are in. any other aspect. In view OF
what the Imperial Government of
Germany will be when the Allies get
through with II, Or. SoLF's chatter
about its firmly insisting md its
demanding" this, that and the other
cuts close to the borders of the pa
thetic. Perhaps indulgence in sucl,
hasheesh halluclnations may deaden
Hun nerves to the thunder Of FoCH's
guns on the west and the smashing
In Of the Hun back door on the south.
II so, the SOlf talk is applicable.
Otherwise It resolves into just an
other Of the many abysmal mysteries
Of Hun psychology.
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IL the nomination. of Major Gen.
eral MERRITTE w. IRELAND of the
Medical Corps rs Surgeon-G General
meant that the country was to lose
the services of Mnjor-General Cor
GAS, who reaches the retirement age
to-day, there would be widespread
regret and complaint. But General
GoRGAs is now in Europe. and 1t Is
reported that he will stay there as
our medical representative In the In
terrified War Council. There has
been a strong demand for his reten.
ton in the Office lie has so compe-
tently filled, and many will be dis
appointed because of the decision to
displace him; yet 1t is plain that he
can be very useful in the post .rumor
has picked for him.
General GoRGAs's reputation rests
on his remarkable achievements in
eliminating unwholesome conditions
from areas that had achieved the
reputation Of pest holes. His work
has been consplcuously. in the pre-.
vention OF disease. Wherever the
good to be won not merely for indi-
viduals, but for whole populations
by the application Of sound prlnci.
pies Of sanitation Is understood. his
triumphs are known. and his fame
will endure. Not only during the
war. but after it, there will be un.
limited opportunities for the benefi.
cent exercise of his constructive sci
entific attachments among our troops
in foreign lands, and for profitable
cooperation between him and the au.
thorities of other nations for the
welfare Of the inhabitants Of those
countries.
General GoRGAs's work in the es
Establishment of the present army med
ical department was of the most diff.
cult nature; his performance of II
highly creditable. All of the prob
lens have not yet been solved; there
Is much for his successor to do.
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Shortening the Course at West Point

The course at the Military Acnd-
envy, shortened at times in previous
wars from four to three years, will
now be reduced by order of the War
Department to one year. The gradu-
alton exercises this year, to be held
in November, will send the two upper
classes from the Academy directly
into the field, an opportunity for ac-
tual war service which has seldom
come to the cadet before in West
Points history.
In the civil war the class of 1861,
numbering forty-five members, left
in May of that year, and the class
of 1862, with thirty-four members,
left in June. In 1899 and 1901 dur
ing our trouble In the Philippines
the graduation exercises were in
February instead Of June. Last year
POI cadets were graduated, the class
of 1918 being sent into service al
most a year ip advance Of Its sched-
uled time. This, however, did not
materially decrease the number of
cadets; for the second and third
classes were both strong in numbers
and the new cl;.Ss was the largest
that ever entered the Academy.
In order that the attendance may
still be kept up to the capacity Of the
institution 1t is the intention of the
War Department to fill Immediately
the vacancies made by the gradua-
ton of the two classes. The appoint
ments will be made, ms in the past,
by the Representatives, the Senators
and through other prescribed chan
nels.' The purpose, though, is to OBJ
tain the appolntement of youths at
least Is years Of age, and the en-
trance examinations will be held Mt
an early date so that the newly quail
flied cadets may be ready to begin
their work at West Point Novem-
Der 1.
In discussing these changes at the
Military Academy General MARCH
said that the purpose was to utilize
"this valuable and expensive plant to
the limit during the period of the
war" This Is in reality the continu-
alton Of the purpose of the measure
passed in April, 1916, for increasing
the usefulness of the institution.
Provision was at that time made for
a modification Of the method of the
appointment Of cadets; two cadets
instead Of one were to be sent from
each Congress district and Terri
tory, four from each State at large
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sim Harplng "a sour Colonies"

The specialized Herr Doktor SoLf,
gestive of the unlamented DERNBURG,
seems to be still suffering from GER
tain Authorizations regarding pos
sessions which Germany does not
possess. He is still harping on the
restoration of "our colonies" Fur
thermore, he Is obviously laboring
under decisions as to who will use
the imperative mood in arranging the
terms under which Germany may
again be admitted to civilized society
after her present berserker rage spree
IS over and she has been made i'm
potent for further runnings amuck.
In a recent lecture in Munich the
Herr DOktOr informed his hearers,
among whom was King LEOPOLD of
Bavaria, as we'll as the world at
large, that the Imperial German Gov.
eminent "adheres firmly" to its "de.
mand" for the return of the African
and South Sea possessions. More.
over, he assures us, the Imperial Ger.
man Government demands" fresh
partition Of Africa "to consolidate
Germany's scattered possessions"
No doubt the Munich audience, in.
Guiding the august potentate of Ba'
tarla, applauded voclferously these
stirring aflirmations of the learned
and no doubt excellent Herr Doktor
The only trouble is that it is the
civilized world that will do the de.
handing and the Imperial German
Government which will do the acquies.
ring at the conference which is to
settle these little matters. And as
the entire civilized world happens to
be the enemy of the Imperial German
Government, the chances that 1t will
concentrate its united wisdom on ar.
ranging the map of Africa ami Inc
rest of the world for the more con-
venient consolidation" of Germany
"scattered possessions" are really too
remote 10 be worrny or the attention
o. either Or. SoLF OF Of any of his
fellow Huns.
Australia, New Zealand, Japan and
the United States Of America, to say
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The Allied Naval Successes In the
Adrlstlc.

BY the destruction of their base at
Durazz0 the Austrians have suffered
another severe blow to their boosted
naval prestige in the Adriatic. Two
of their other strong naval stations,
Trieste and Pola, have been success
fully attacked. The italians recently
entered the harbor of Pola and de-
strOyed two Austrian dreadnoughts !;
short time before they made a dar-
ing raid on the harbor Of Trieste.
sinking three battleships and num-
Der Of smaller craft. Both Of these
ports were so strongly mined and
fortified that they were considered
safe from attack; the entrance In
each case was effected by small.
swift vessels that, after achieving the
purpose Of the raid, made their es-
cape uninjured.
In the attack upon the base at
Durnzzo the Italians were assisted
by American and British vessels. The
report from Rome says that the at
lacking warships entirely destroyed
J the Notifications and depots contain
ing material for the Austrian army
in Albania, and torpedoed and sank
the enemy destroyers, u transport and
some light craft. The Italian Adj
miralty also announces: American
submarine chasers, escorting the war.
ships bombardlng Durazzo, destroyed
two enemy submarines"
From the time Of their advance
into northern Albania the Austrians
have endeavored to make Durazzo
the strong point Of their occupation.
The harbor is one of the best Of the
Albanian coast and was considered
capable Of being converted into an
almost impregnable naval base. The
town itself was made the principal
depot Of supplies for the forces op.
Grating in the interior. 1t was the
ability Of the Austrians to reinforce
their armies through this port that
enabled them to halt the recent Al.
lied advance at the Skumbi.
| The success Of this attack will give
the Allies decided advantages in their
present campaign in the Balkans. The
elimination Of Durnzzo as a naval sta-
ton gives security to the Allied con-
troll Of the Strait Of Otranto and the
southern Adriatic. The menace OF
an Austrian naval attack upon the
transport service Of the Allies from
Italy to the Albanian port Of Av-
Iona Is greatly lessened. With the
Austrian feet forced into the protec-
ton Of the northern ports, the chief
source Of supplies for the Austrian
army in Albania is removed and the
complete restoration to the Allies OF
the western Balkan region will beef
fected with less difficulty.
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1,sls,eeo Cnansw cradle Reasons Tev
Buying Liberty Bonds.

The War Department informed the
members of the House Committee on
Military Affairs yesterday that:
"A total Of 100000 American troops
have been sent overseas to date"
They constitute the $4,000 su.
preme reasons why Americans, men
and women, who have not been sent
overseas should buy Liberty bonds,
not to the limit of their convenience,
not to the extent an easy adjustment
Of their incomes suggests, but to the
ultimate possible limit of their capac-
ity to buy.
Were there not another argument
to be advanced in support of the
purchase Of Liberty bonds, these
l. $4,000 splendid American soldiers,
whose exploits already have won for
them imperishable fame. would in
themselves require Of us the essential
ard imperative support that finds its
practical expression in immediate re-
Spouse to the Governments call for
money.
And the worst fate that can be
wished for any non-buyer Of Liberty
bonds, or for any buyer Of Liberty
bonds who does not buy the largest
. number he can possibly buy, is that
he may have to explain his conduct
to one Of these $4,000 outstanding
soldiers.
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The Pacinst Reaction in Germany

Germans seem to imagine that
when disaster Is possible on the bat
tlefield the situation can be retrieved
by a death bed promise of amend
ment and repentance. The Bulgarian
surrender may be regarded rs an i'd
mission that the original authors of
the policies have made grave mis-
takes, and mistakes which they re-
fused utterly to acknowledge Mt the
time when pointed out to them in the
clearest language. In Germany itself
books and pamphlets are now appear.
ing in which arguments for peace are
dangled before the people as part
and parcel of the whole system Of
procedure. One of these eleventh
hour repentances has received wide
attention, for it comes from a profess
sor in one of the universities. The
tone of n small book by HINmCHsEN,
young exponent Of the psychology
of the belligerent nations, Is one Of
regret; something has been done
amiss for which 1t Is impossible not
to be sorry, n most reasonable atti-
tube, for every one makes mistakes,
but regret is also felt because you
have been found out, totally differ
ent proposition.
One Of the favorite tenets of Ger
man propaganda is that there is hope
In discussion. Discussion by univer-
slty professors in phllosOphic Ian
guage is one sign that remark
able change has come over pub
lie opinion in Germany and Austria.
1t is an official device which makes
it much easier for the Government
to follow the lines indicated by cur
rent events. The curtain has been
lifted from secret motives. In this
way DIR. HINRIcHsEN attempts to
form from psychological point OF
view an estimate Of the dominating
ideas Of the German nation.
A limited number Of ideas held and
seeking expression in different groups
of the people were the primary
causes of war. In the collective
mind an infectious war psychosis or
monomanla began to grow. The Ger
mans believed that they were driven
by collective sentiment and drlfted
helplessly along until the undercur-
rent OF thought was turned In an
other channel. To the professor the
basic fact is that nations are sub
ject to psychological epldemics. I'M
der this influence the nation shows
''the giant hysterical reaction" and
in this reaction the suggestions in
accord with the underlying feelings
of the community are accepted:
tine war sentiment may reach great
heights. Sentiment has been a great
driving power. Suggestion and the
psychical infection have been at work,
and the classes have been widely az
| fected. When dealing with this feeling
| only extreme factors which appeal to
fundamental instincts are Of real i'm
portance. Men lose themselves and be-
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Speed Up he Revenue Bill!

Secretary McADoo urges the Senate,
,as THE SUN has been urging it, to
make haste with the revenue measure.
Warning the Senate that failure to
finish the work promptly will "disor-
ganize and endanger the national
finances" he specifically explains that
unless the Treasury has time enough
to prepare itself and the public for the
collection Of the taxes that will be due
under the new measure, the Govern
ment cannot get those revenues in
time to pay its war bills.
But the plain English of what Sec
rotary McADoo also means is that
Chairman KITcHIN of the Ways and
Means Committee of the House has
done about as much as any mortal
man could do to "disorganize and en-
danger the national finances" Aside
from the havoc which KITCHENS
measure, If uncorrected, can work
ultimately with the very fountain
heads of all revenues, public and prl-
vate, even now it threatens this
Fourth Liberty Loan.
There are not merely thousands of
interests that do not know what they
can do for the Liberty Loan, because
they do not know what the kitchin
taxes are going to do to them; there
are tens of thousands of individuals
In the same predicament. 1t Is not
the income tax itself which dismays
them; everybody has expected to pay
n heavily increased income tax. 1t Is
not the surtaXes, IL they are to be
anything in reason. 1t is the doubt
Of such interests as to whether when
they pay their other Kitchin taxes
they will have any funds left
whether, in fact, they will be able to
take care Of the needs of their bust.
ness. 1t is the fear of such indi.
viduals, whose incomes depend upon
business returns, that they will not
get their usual incomes either to put
into bonds or even to pay their
butcher and grocer.
The Senate needs to hurry with the
revenue measure, so that the tax col
lectors may prepare for their work
The Senate needs to give as clear an
indication as possible to the public as
to what the taxpayer is going to be uT
against, so that he may estimate, OF
at least guess, what he can do for the
Liberty Loan.
Speed up the revenue bill!
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DEAR SIR: AS an auxiliary measure
to provide fuel during the approaching
winter desire to point to a big supply
Of wood available TO the community.
The city owns or has laid out on final
lines many future streets and avenues
In the outlying districts. Those thor
oughfares measure hundreds of miles in
length and to a great extent are COW
cred with, trees. a large proportion OF
which cannot be saved when the thor
oughfares are built
All those trees that must eventually
be cleared away could now be removed,
cut and sold to the people for fuel by
the city authorities.
Where title to the street has already
been vested in the city. the condemned
trees could be removed at once. Where
title has not yet passed to the city, the
property owners consent would be OBJ
tainable, as the removal Of the trees now
would lessen the cost Of building the
street later on and the subsequent as
sessment on affected property owners.
With the gradual shutting down of
municipal improvements owing TO the
war. the city could turn its corps Of
surveyors and engineers toward this
work. as they are familiar with the
plans OF proposed thoroushfares, the
adopted lines and grades, and they could
quickly mark every tree to be saved
or to be removed.
have also noticed innumerable trees
on vacant lots fronting finished streets
and avenues which will be cut down
as buildings 60 up. Their owners might
benefit their property by giving such
trees to the city at this time.
The value OF wood for fuel is great
Its price and scarcity last winter made
the coal shortage even more damaging.
Houses equipped with hot water heat
ers. air furnaces, ranges or stoves can
be heated with wood when short OF coal,
and In all cases a good supply Of wood
will insure the community warmth
through the coming winter.
HUGH Z. MCLAUGHLIN.
THE BRONX. September 80.
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Do You Believe Thlsf

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sr: Dur
ing tho past few weeks have devoted
considerable time TO the study OF spirit
ualism. and II occurs 10 me that II pro-
toplasm is matter in a state of atomic
decomposition and corpuscular emana-
ton Is the concomitant OF tho disasso-
citation OF matter, It Is entirely within
the realm OF possibility that the radio
active particles emitted assume definite
shapes and are thus subject to perma-
nent seizure on the sensitive plate of
the Photographic camera. This, II seems
to me, would explain. within the bounds
OF discovered scientific laws the per-
picking phenomena which confront the
investigator OF spirit photography. Would
like to know the views OF your readers
on this subject Il. s. FRAY.
NEW YORK, October I.