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1e + 4 AE DB XXVIMNINI.C, ENSAOCTOBER 17, 1917. NO. 42 RU$SSANS ARE IlGHTING DPERAIELY IN GULF Of RICA SECTION German Land Forces on Oesel Island Isolate the Russian 'Troops, Capturing Many Prison era and Guns. HUNS REPULSED ON WATER Allies Keeping to Trenches in Fland ers--Germans Penetrate Ver dun Lines But Fall to Maintain Them. The German land forces now are driving hard against the Svorb penin sula, on the island of Oesel, with the object of capturing the batteries at Serel, which dominate the eastern en trance to the Gulf of Riga. Accord ing,to the Berlin war office the Rus sians in this' region are isolated, but are desperately resisting. Berlin reports also that Abro Is land, off the southern coast bf Oesel and Runo Island, in the middle of the Gulf of Riga, have been occu pied by Teutonic trops. It is assert ed that 2,400 prisoners, thirty guns, ' twenty-one machine guns and several airplanes were captured by the Ger mans in Oqsel. To Seize Whole Island. Apparently there has been no ces sation in the rapid progress of the Germans to seize in its entirety the Russian island of Oesel, at the head of the Gulf of Finland. But although their troops now have taken the greater portion of the island, the aid they had experienced from their fleet in putting down Russian opposition in adjacent waters is meeting with .considerable resistance from the Rus sian warships. Russians Cautious. The Russians are disinclined to throw their naval vessels into a gen eral engagement with the invaders, fearing that the superiority of the Germans would result in losses to them which would leave open the pathway through the Gulf of Finland up to Petrograd. But in a small bat tle with torpedo craft and possible light cruisers the Russians have sunk two German torpedo boats and dam aged two others in Soda Sound, to the north of Oesel Island, while the Russians themselves lost a torpedo boat destroyer. The German vessels, which were accompanied by a battle ship, put out to sea after the engage ment. Keeping to Trenches. The troops of the Entente Allies are still keeping to their trenches in Flanders, probably awaiting a bet terment of soil conditions, which the recent rains and flooded streams ren dered almost impracticable for at tacks. Possibly, however,- Field Marshal Haig and the French commander on his left have not yet sufficiently pounded the German lines with their big guns to warrant the turning loose of the infantry for further gains. Day and night the British and French gains are showvering the German pos5i tions wvith the usual mass of steel, 'hich is thrown upon them prior to &.n attack, w~hile the Germans at various points, especially in the im portant salient of the Ypres-Staden Railway, are replying vigorously. F.rechcl Regain Line. To the south, along the Aisne front, the Germans, after a lively bombard mient, have again attacked the French and succeeded in penetrating the en trenchments. The French immediate ly counter-attacked and regained the lost ground. Little fighting of great intensity is taking place in any of the wvar thea ters, but there is every indication that shortly along the Isonzo front in the Austro-Italian zone, another big bat tle will begin. From the head of the Adriatic northward to the Bainsizza plateau intense artillery duels are in progress along the front lines and against the Austrian lines of commu nication in the rear. Air raida~ have been resumed by British naval airplanes on the Ger man positions in Belgium. The PBrugges clock and several airdomes were successfully bombarded. -o WashIngton, Oct. 15.--Federal court ~decrees upholding the provisions of the .seamen's law which permit the Yiaster of a ship to rethin half a ~sailor's wages until the end of a voy age were made effective today by the Supreme Court's refusal to review '~em. NOTICE! Complying with the request of the President of the United States and the Council of National Defehse pa triotic rallies will be held at the school houses mentionedl hereafter, and at the dates given. Superintend ent E. J. Browne has addressed a let ter to the principals of the schools asking that arrangements be made according to 'schedule. Speakers will be sent- to address the meetings. At this time the President and the Council of Defense are emphasizing the importance of the campaigns for the sale of Liberty bonds, Food Con servation and general discussion of America's part in the great world struggle. Those of us who are getting up these meetings and working in these campaigns are -doing so as a duty to our Country and we qre confident that our fellow citizens will attend these meetings and do their part to arouse our people to patriotic fervor in support of our great nation. May I especially ask that school trustees co-operate in making this a rally occasion in their communities. Each Township Chairman of the County Council of National Defense will, of course, do everything pos sible to make these meetings a "rous ing" success. Meetings are scheduled as follows: Monday -Night, October 22 at 7:30 Pinewood, Harmony, Hicks, Union. Tuesday Night, October 23. Panola, Oakdale, Summerton, Big Branch. Wednesday Night, October 24. Jordan, New Zion, Davis Station, Home Branch. -Thursday Night, October 25. Alcolu, Paxville, Trinity, Foreston. Friday Night, October 26. Enterprise, Turbeville, Sardinia, Silver. Those of us at home are not asked to sacrifice much but for the sake of the Government and for the boys who are in training to offer their lives let us awaken a spirit of loyalty and service befitting citizens of the great Republic. J. K. BREEDIN, Publicity Chr. Council of Defense. The following notice from Capt. 'Davis does not affect and has no ref erence to the patriotic rallies to be held throughout, the County next' week. Capt. Davis refers to the house 'to house food canvass. The President requests postpone ment Food Campaign so as not to conflict with Liberty Bond campaign. Big Mass Meeting at Court House on Friday, the 19th, at 4 p. m. At the request of the President the Food Campaign authorities have 'postponed the beginning of Food Campaign from the week beginning Oct. 22nd to the week beginning Oct. 29th. This postponement does not mean that there is to be the slight 'est relaxation in the preliminary edu cational campaign. All pr2vious in structions as to organization, daily reporting of results of canvass, use of every possible force in your com mnunity to awaken our people, etc., are still in effect. The ladies some wveeks ago made a preliminary campaiign. If youI then signed a pledge card, you are reqjuest bd to immediately place wvindow cardl in front of home, thus saving second solicitation. If you signedl pledge cardl andl have not, received window card, kindly call at headquarters, (upon Mr. E. C. Ihorton, Campaign Manager), and secure window card before the 29th. There wvill be a mass meeting in Manning at the Court House on Fri (lay, the 19th inst., at 41 p. m. Not 'a single person connected with Clar eindoh's Organization, Captains, ILieu tenants, Workers, Committeemen, can afford to miss this meeting. Your dluties will be explained andl qupp~lies 'furnished those not yet supplied. It is hoped that Mr. A. V. Shell, U. S. Field Representative, wvill, be on hand to add~ress this meeting. I want to impress upon every one that the call of the government in both the Liberty Bond andl Food Cam paigns, is urgent. The call must be answered. We cannot afford to fail. We must make up our mindls to sac rifice a little of our time in the Food Campaign, and to lend the Govern:. mont it little of our money, if our men at the front are to be properly eqiiipped and have enough to eat while ihting our battles. By order of W. C. DAVIS, State Council of County Chairman. Tefenaa . Red Cross N of L The Red Cross wishes to. acknewl. edge the receipt of the following ;lo nations: Miss Rose Ehrich (memorial to Mr. Abe Levi) ..- $ 5.00 The Jury-._-....-_--. 5.00 Mr. Tiff (a cotton buyer in our midst)- ..- ...- ...- ... . _ 10.00 Mr. C. R. Touchberry .... 30.00 The Manning Oil Mill, through Mr. C. R. Sprott, coal for the stove at Headquarters. The Manning Furniture Company has kindly supplied a number of chairs and tables. These gifts and loans are much appreciated, and thanks are extended to these gener ous friends. Each week donations to the Red Cross will be acknowledged through the columns of The Times. These contributions may be handed to Miss Jessie McLean, Secretary, or whoever is in charge of Headquarters between 10 and 1 o'clock in the morning, and from .3 to 5 in the afternoon, every day, or Mr.' Mitch Wells, Treasurer, at the I-Ionic Bank, or Mr. F. P. Buc gess, (htrman, will be glad to ie ceive them. The gift o1 loan of a stove in which to burn Mr Sprott's coal, and the loan of a good sewing machine will be most acceptable at Headquarters. The following letter from one of Clarendon County's patriotic citizens is self explanatory: Oct. 10, 1917. Mr. Fred Lesesne, Manning, S. C. Dear Mr. Fred: Am pleased to hand you herein check for $76.50 for our National Red Cross Fund, this being money won by me through the "Summerton Corn Club Contest. Please ask Mr. J. K. Breedin to add the $5.00 he subscribed to thi's amount. With all good wishes for you and your interest in this work, I am, Yours very truly, C. H. Touchberry. The amount subscribed to the Red Cross War Fund last June during Red Cross Week was $8,839.25. Additional subscriptions later, in cluding the one above, swelled this amount to $8,977.93. Of this amount there has been paid up to Oct. 16th, $5,170.31, laving a balance of $3,807.62, yet to be paid :. Notification cards have been sent to most of the subscribers and the others have been delayed a little be cause we ha.l to send to National Headquarters for more blanks. Make your check payable to Red Cross War Fund and mail it to Fred Lesesne, Manning, S. C., promptly and let Clarendon County have the honor of paying every dollar that she subscribed. A:1 subscriptions were to be paid by Nov. 1st. The names of all sub scribers who have paid will be pub lished soon after that date. Charlton DuiRant, Chairman. To All Chapters of the Southern Division: Your Chapter' will be interested1 to know that Red Cross Institutes will Camp Sevier Subscriptions. Greenville, S. C., Oct. 16.--Total subscriptions for liberty loan bonds Imong the soldiers of the Thirtieth livision at Camp Sevier, up to mid night last night, as r-eported todlay, were $915,400. The regimental list is still headed by the 117th infantry >r Third Tennessee, wvho reported e. total of $230,900. GERUMA N INE PEN ETRtATlED Counter Attacks D~rive British Out, Berlin Decclares. Berlin, Oct. 15, via Lonston.-Brit ish troops yesterday' attacked on a front of nearly two and a half miles on the Arras front, betwepn the Scarpe and the Cambral-Arras road, says todlay's army .headquarters statement, wvhich reports the assault to have been broken down except in the center. Counter attacks at night drove out such of the British as had penetrated the central sector. . Ifleavy artillery fire and very ae tive reconnoitering operations on -the Planders front are reported. otes ocal Interest be conducte dat many places in the United States beginning about the middle of October, the exact date to be announced later. The Institutes will offer courses for the training of those who are to help families of soldiers and sailors. They are in tended primarily for the Executive Secretaries of Home Service Sec tions. Others with satisfactory pre liminary training or experience who will give their full time to the In stitute course for six weeks and who expect to give volunteer service in this field of Red Cross work, may be admitted. The Red Cross believes that train ing is a necessary preparation for ef fective home service and that . no time should be lost in getting ready for this work. (See Chapter 5 of ARC 201.) I am bringing the insti tute to your attention in the hope that one or more of your workers may wish to attend; and in order that they may be ready to act quickly when opening dates are announced. It is proper when your Chapter re 4ards it to be necessary, to contrib ute toward the expenses of such a representative. Great care should be exercised in the selection of persons to attend the Institute. The candidate must have a good education and should be of mature judgment. There are, how ever, no fixed standards which can be applied to determine the eligibility :f candidates. You will readily ap preciate, however, that the home ser vice of families demands the utmost common sense and a willingness to learn by instruction and experience. It calls for both delicacy and intelli gence. In and near the Southern Divis ion, in which your Chapter is situ ated, Institues have been established as follows: Miss Edith Thomson, Wesley Memorial Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.; Miss Margaret Laing, University of S. C., Columbia, S. C.; Mr. J. P. Kranz, Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn.; Dr. H. H. Hibbs, School of Social Economy, Richmond, Va. Application should be made to the Director of the Institute which the student wishes to atterta. The Insti tute Director will be glad to give any prospective student information about the curriculum or other matters. In addition to the Institute which is for intensive training of students and which will require their full time, Chapter Courses of a more pop ular character and requiring less time rf the student may be given by Chap ters as a means of helping to meet the need of trained volunteers for work with families. I should be pleased to answer any questions concerning these training courses. In closing may I ask you to bring this to the attention of the Home Service Section of your Civil ian Relief Committee, and may I urge upon you the advisabil ity oif having a rep~resenltative in one ot these In Yours sincerely, .Josep~h C. L ogan, D~irector Civil ian Relief Southern D)iv ision. SOLDIERIS All IDlTHE LO)AN rGenerouis Purchases Repo)rtedl From Fort Oglethorpe. Reports from Fo)rt Oglethorpe show hbat the second liberty loan is meet ng with success there, Fort Ogle thorpe prioper, without training ~amps, reporting $796,800 up to Sat Irdlay midnight. The largest subscrip) ion from one organization was $9G, 150, from the Fifty-third infantry, lol. C. E. Tayman, comander. The argest subscrip~tion per capita wvas $64, from the Fifty-fifth infantry, ieout. Col. B. F. Hlardaway, com nander. Fort Oglethorpe, including ~he officers' training camplI and medi ~al training camp, reports $1,211,300. The coast defenses in the South mastern Department are (doing their share in the promotion of the liberty oan. Charleston has a total of $43, )00 subscribed. Cape 1'ear ranks ;econd, wvith $30,650. The First Band, '9ast artillery corps, Fort Moultrie, reports $142.50 per cnpita. ADVERTISE IN THRE TIMES. NEED THEM TO BUILD SHIPS Hurley Would Have Trained Work men Exempted. Washington, Oct. 1.-In order to make certain the carrying out of its great ship building program of 1,000, 000 tons by March 1, and some 13, 000,000 tons in the next two years, the shipping board has under consid eration the question of recommend ing exemption from military service for all men employed in ship yards. Chairman Hurley conferred tonight with President Wilson and this mat ter is understood to have been dis cussed. The expansion of present yards and the building of many netv ones to meet the government's requirements for both merchant and war vessels has created a great demand for work ers. Sufficient skilled men are not available and new men must be train ed. Officials of the board think that men thus trained should not be taken into the military establishment. -o - TIIE SOLDIERS' LIBRARY FUND. Some time ago Mr. R. M. Kennedy of Columbia, director of the campaign to raise $15,000 in South Carolina for the library fund for the camps, asked me to raise some money in Claren don County. I asked Miss Vallye Appelt to take charge of this and she did so at once with energy and devotion. Yesterday I mailed a check to Mr. Kennedy for $90 as a result of Miss Appelt's efforts, and I hope other contributions may be received. Contributions are credited to com munities, as follows: Turbeville --------------$12.00 New Zion-2.00 Wilson .3.0 Foreston-- .25 Sardinia 1.00 Alcolu .4..0 Manning-32.55 Total---------------- .$0.00 J. K. BREEIIN. o ---- OPEN BOA'T'S ARE SIHELLED) Two Men Killed by Shots From U-Boats. Washington, Oct. 1(.-Small boats from a British steamer recently at tacked by two submarines were mer cilessly shelled by one of the U-boats, two men being killed and seven oth ers wounded, the State Department was advised today in consular dis patches. One other man was killed before the crew abandoned the steam er, which carried a number of A meri cans. One of the men killed by the shell ing of the boats was .James I). Trin gor, a horseman of Roanoke, Va., while another American, Frank )onohu, a horseman of Philadelphia, was among the wounded. The other Americans were saved. The (late and place of the attacks were not disclosed. ---- o TEU'T'ONS LOSE TWO VESSELS RIussians Lose BHut One Torpedo Hloat in Battle. Petrograd, Oct. 1 f.--Two G;erman torpedo( boats were sunk, two others were (damagedl and one Russian tor pedol( boat wvent to the bottom0 in an engage.ment on Sunday ini Soela Soundl, north of Oesel Island, the of ticial statemOent announces. The Russiani torpodo cra ft siilk was the Grom (destroyer) of 1,.100l tons, builIt in 1914.-15, sp~eed 34t knots, (complement 93 men ). More than a dlozen Germlan torpedo boats hadl forced their way t hrough Soela Sound, sutpport ed by a Germtan b at - tlesh ip, when t hey were met. by the Russians anid t urned hack. MlUST FlLE TERA NSL~ATIONS Otherwise P'o.soflice Not Ilandle For eign Language Papers. Washington, Oct. 1 (.---Foreign lan guage neCwspapers~ issued after m i night and not licensed by the Post ofilee Decpartment undler the Trading With the Enemy Act must file wvith their local postmasters English trans lations of all articles referring to the government of any nation at wvar. Otherwise the Publications may not be mailed or distributed in any other way, under heavy penalties. Postmaster General Burleson an nounced tonight that more than a thousand papers had been licns.e,. PRESIDENT APPROVES OF NITRAT[ PLANT AT Si[ftf[LD, ALA president Wilson Approves Location for One of Government's Factories. NEAR 'HOSPHATE 1O0K Enough Land Being Acquired, Says Report, to Permit of Large Expansion. Washington, Oct. 10.-Shellield, Ala., as a site for one of the nitrate 'plants for which Congress appropriat ed $20,000,000, was announced today by the War Department. The Secretary of War authorized the following announcement regard ing the location of the government nitrate plant: "The Secretary of War announces that the President has approved the location at Sheflield, Ala., of the in itial ammonia and nitric acid plants to be constructed with a portion of the $20,000,000 appropriated for ni trate supply by the National Defense Act, providing a suitable site bey there obtained at reasonable price.. As satisfactory prices have now been agreed upon for the transfer of the several parcels of land involved, the location of these initial plants at Sheffield may now be regarded as assured. "Sheffield, Ala., is located on the Tennessee river just below the Mus cle Shoals and is near to the phos phate beds of Central Tennessee. On site selected there are several sub stantial steel buildings which can be utilized with a saving of expense and of time. "'These initial plants were planned with a view to determining the best and most economical process of nitro gen fixation. Enough land is being acquired to permit of large expansion -by the same or by other processes -in case such expansion at the same place shall be decided upon. These plants will produce materia lof much value in the manufacture of muni tions for the war. After the war any excess of their product over the mu nitions reqouirenents may be sold for use in fertilizer." RUMOR SAYS PRIVATE WAS BRUTALLY WHIPPED AT CAMP WADSWORTH Investigation of Alleged Brutal Treat ment of Soldier at t'amp Vadsworth. FOURi NON-COMIlS AC('(1' 1:) Ollicers of 10111h Field Artillery Refuse to ')iscuss the .lat ter. Sipartanhuri :, Oct. Iii.-- \n m v"si gautin is in progrss in the I105tdh field art illery, the old Seconid, in voilving~ an alleged brutal whipping said to have been administered to Priivate Otto GottIsch:ilk, of' Daftery, I), last Sat auday by four tion.-commiis s iined oitlcrs, saiid to bie acting. un Ilivana. Thle natiur t of Got isihalk's of fenise is not reveailed andi no~ iufliciali e(uneni~it is toi he hadl on the mat ter furtheri than the ad miss ion on the Part ouf the (ulicers that the invust iga. Ihe w,'hole matter wiltlibe siubmittcd to According to the story gingh arundma camtlp, Gottsebalk( was str lied anud heaiteni by thle nonii-commii5 sioned oflicers w,,h ile Capt. Soilivain looked on the pe'rformiance. G;t t s. chalk was confined to his tent ih is afternoon and showed signs oif his treaitmenlt by bruises on his hands. Capt. Sullivan when asked toiday for a statement, decl inted to dliscuss the matter andl refer red newspapler' men to Capt. Fregan iere, the regimilentali atdjtanit, who also explressedl the Opinion that the public wasl not con1 cernedl int the incidlent. Col. George A. Wingate, who is acting comatnmder of the brigade, said the matter had beet) reportedl to him on Sunday andI as brigade commanllfder he had replorted the af fair to Gen. Phillips. Col. Wingate saidl the report of the matter, to gether wvith recommendations wvill go to the commandling e nn..l tomm., ,.