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VOL. XXXVII MANNING S. C.N ,~~~ ~~ 1 ENSDY A 2 97 IRRIFC AITACK Of FRENCH HURL BACK GERMAN LINES Neville's Army Wins Tactical Vic tory, Capturing Considerable Terri tory-Teutons Bring Up Reserves, but Unable to Check Advance Gain Said to Be from 500 to 1,000 Yards. Grand Headquarters of the French Army on the French Front, April 30, Evening.-From a Staff Correspond ent of the Associated Press.)-The Germans were forced to engage in battle again today along a front ex tending between six and seven miles to the eastward of Rheims. The French attack was delivered from a short distance southward of Beine to Moronvi llers. Notwithstanding the difficulties of the task confronting them the French at the end of the clay had won a tactical victory and captured considerable territory, al though most obstinate fighting con tinued on grounds strongly fortified and offering every advantage to the defenders. So serious was the French advance that at one period of the day the Ger mans were compelled to throw into the line another of the few remaining divisions of their strategic reserves, but still could not stay the French progress. Weird Sight. The correspondent of the Associated Press passed Sunday night on the bat tlefield, observing the artillery pre paration for the attack, which pre sented one of the weirdest of sights. Even the brightly starlit sky did not permit one to observe the outlines of the objects aimed at, but throughout the night dozens of French batteries, cleverly concealed, poured out an in cessant stream of shells against the German positions and gun stations. Meanwhile, the location of the Ger man and French front lines could be defined in consequence of the constant succession of flares on each side which were lighted for the purpose of ob serving any possible movement of the enemy infantry. Overhead could be heard at a low altitude the whirring motors of German aeroplanes trying vainly to locate the French batteries. German Airmen Disappointed. Numbers of tracing bullets bearing long tails of light were sent upin or der to outline the fliers, but the ar tilery did not fire at them and the German airmen, evidently disapoint ed over their unsuccessful search for batteries went off to bombard the open towns of Chalons and Eperna'y. When the French infantry attack began at 12:40 o'clock today the French line passed from just north of the Roman road near Prunay, through the Bois de la Grille and along the crests of Carnillet and Mont Hault to Moronvilliers. In the west and the center the French advanced rapidly, but on the wooded mountain slopes the fighting was harder and the Ger mans counter-attacked frequently with fresh troops, at one point re gaining a section they had lost, only to be driven out of it gala lateron. General Gain. The French staff at the close of the dlay recorded a general gain amount ing to something more than 500 to 1,000 yards, and this in ground inter lacedl with trenches bristling with ma chine guns and strengthened here and there with block houses and redloubts. Possession of this range of crests by the French menaces the German positions at Nogent L'Abcsse and Berru, from which the bombardment of the Rheims Cathedlral has been carriedl out. The German guns today relaxed in the punishment of Rheims in order to help defend the German positions where the French attacked. A secret 'ordler, found on the field of battle, addressed to tho commander of the Thirty-third German Reserve Brigade, warns German oficeers that the first line must be defended at all costs, and if lost the fighting must continue until it is rewvon. Principal Line. "Our principal line of combat," says the ordler, "is the first line. This Idea should be anchored in your heads to the exclusion of all others." The order is signed "Von Schuss ler." This probably accounts for the desperate nature of the .German de fense in the recent engagement. Indications show that the strength of the Germa~n forces totalled on the 'first of April 210 divisions, each com prising a miximum of from ten toi twelve thousand combatants. Of these divisions 143 faced the 1Erench EPWORTH LEAGUE CONFERENCE MAY 10-11 Sessions Will Be Held In Manning and a Lprge Attendance is Expected. The Epworth League Conference for Sumter District will be held in Manning, May 10-11, beginning Thursday night and closing Friday night. A cordial invitation is ex tended to all to attend these services. Following is the program for the Conference: Thursday Night. Service 8:30, conducted by Dr. Watson B. Duncan. Song Service 8:30-8:45. Addresses of Welcome: Town of Manning, Mrs. E. C. Horton; Baptist Young Peoples' Union, Miss Daisy Barrineau; Christian Endeavor So ciety, Mrs. Herman Huggins; Man ning Methodist Church, Hon. Charlton DuRant; Manning Epworth League, Mr. J. B. Cantey. Response---Mr. Archie Compton, Sumter, S. C. Special Music. Address-"The Place of the Ep worth League in the Church," by Rev. John Paul Patton, College Place, S. C. Appointment of Committees. Announcements. Epworth League Benediction. Friday Morning Service 10 O'clock. Devotional Service 10-10:15, led by Rev. G. F. Kirby, St. Matthews, S. C. Business Session 10:15-11. Institute: First Department, Spiritual Work, led by Miss Eula Winn, College Place, S. C. Second Department, Social Service, led by Miss Mamie Chandler. Epworth League Finance, The Bud get System, led by Dr. S. J. Sum mers, Conference President, Came ron, S. C. Address-"The Recreational Life of Our Young People," by Mr. H. L. Birchard, Gen'l. Sec't. Y. M. C. A., Sumter, S. C. Epworth League Benediction. Friday Afternoon Service 4 O'clock. Devotional service, 4-4:15, led by Rev. J. S. Rice, Sumter, S. C. Business Session 4:15-4:30. Institute: Third Department, -Recreation and Culture, led by Dr. W. B.- Duncan, Manning, S. C. Fourth Department, Missions, led by Miss Anna Brown, Sumter, S. C. The Epworth League Council, led by Dr. S. J. Summers, Conference President, Cameron, S. C. Address--"The Epworth League in the Rural Community," by Rev. S. W. Henry, Oswego, S. C. Special Music. Junior League Demonstration, By Trinity Junior Leaguers, led by Mrs. \V. B. Sassnet, Junior Supt., Sumter, S. C. Epworth League Benediction. Friday Evening 8:30 O'clock. Devotional, 8:30-8:45, led by Rev. G. P. Watson, Bishopville, S. C. Unfinished Business, 8:45-8:55. Address-"Our Africa Special," by Dr. J. W. Wolling. Special Music. Address-"Our Motto: 'All Forl Christ,'" by Dr. R. S. Truesdale, Sumter, S. C. Conservation Service. Adjournment. RIOTING IN PETROGRAD High Army Officer Killed by in known Party. Petrogradl, via Londlon, May 1.. There wvere street disorders here yes terdlay, (luring which bombs were thrown. Major Glen. Kashtalinski wvas killed. The executive commiltee of the workmen's and soldiers' delegates to dlay placarded the city wIth the fol lowing proclamation: "Yesterday many regrettable inci dlents occurred in the cap'tal, notably an unknown young mian killed Glen.r Kashtalinski. Shots were fired on at group of political demonstrators and bombs were thrown." t Bombs were throwvn. "Some indi vidluals, posing as members of the ex acutive committee, arrested landed proprietor Lody Jenskf. r ind British, but only ninety-nine were r in the actual line, the others being t meld in strategic reserve. The remain- t ng seventy-six dlivisions were then t mn the Russian, Rumanian and~ Mace- c lonlan fronts. Many of the strategic e' reserve divisions have since been r blirown Into line andl owing to losses were later Bent to the rear for re- 3 :onstitution. AMERICAN, ENGLISH ANO [[OA Joifre Salutes and Places Palm France's Tribute to Great Soldier. BALFOUR PAYS TRIBUTE Great British Statesman Plac Wreath of Lilies and Oak Leaves on Grave. Mount Vernon, Va., April 29.-Ti flags of Great Britain, France and tU United States floated proudly togeth< today over the tomb of George Was) ington. Beneath them spokesman c the three\great democracies paid hor age to America's soldier and state man, and pledged themselves each the other in the name of the dead, prosecute the present mihty strugg against autocracy on the lines he hin self had followed in bringing Ameri< into being. Nature was in her most bounteou garb. The evergreen, eternal sent nels before the tomb, stood out bold in the new life just blooming. TI only sign of human change sin< Washington was laid to rest so lon ago was the flags of three allies ov< the arched entrance to the tomb i self. In groups of twos and threes a eminent gathering, including tl members of the French and Britis war commissions, the President Cabinet and members of Congress ha strolled up through the slopin grounds of the river bank until per haps half a hundred people stoo with bared heads in a semi-circle b< fore the tomb. Without formality, Secretary Dar iels motioned to M. Viviana, ministe of justice and former premier < France, who advanced slowly into th center. Before the tomb of Washin ton, whose efforts towvards liberty hi own ancestors had gloriously aider M. Viviani, delivered an address i which the whole force of his emotiona power, deepened by the sibnificanc and sombreness of the occasio fought for expression. The spectators, though most c them could not understand Freneh caught the suppressed feeling and fir of the orator, and followed his word spellbound as they quickened unde the thrill of his imagination. And as he finished, the silence be came supreme with the general reali nation that no applause could expres the emotions aroused. M. Viviani said Text of Viviani's Speech. "We could not remain longer it Washington without accomplishini this pious pilgrimage. In this spo lies all that is mortal of a great hero close by this is the modest abod where Washington rested after th tremendous labor of achieving for cation its emancipation. In this spot Beet the admiration of the whol vorld and the veneration of th American people. In this spot ris iefore us the glorious memoiies lef >y the soldiers of France led by Ro -hambeau and La Fayette; a deoscend md of the latter, my friend M. di Thambrun, accompanies us. And ratec mit a supreme honor as well a: satisfaction for my conscience to b< mtitled to render this homage to ou: mecestors in the presence of my col eague and friend, Mr. Balfour, wh< o nobly represents his great nation 3y thus coming to lay here the re pectful tribute of every English mint ec shows, in this historic moment 0o ommunion which France has willedI vhat nations that live for liberty car lo. Wilson, Worthy Heir. "When we contemplated in the dis. ant past the luminous presence ol Vashington, in nearer times the ma. estic figure of Abraham Lincoln /hen wve respectfully salute P'residenl Vilson, the worthy heir of these greal memories, wve at one glance, measure he vast career of the American p~eo le proclaimed and won for the natiomi he right to govern itself, it is be. ause it p~roclaimed and won thc quality of all men, that the free Lmerican people at the hour marked y Fate has been enabled with comn iandling force to carry its action be ond the seas. It is because it was esolved to extend its action still fur ler that Congress was enabled to ob sin within the space of a few (lays be vote of conscription andl to pro laim the necessity for a national rmy in the full Shplendor of civil eace. "In the name of France I salute the oung army whichh will share in our ommon glory. FRENCH FLAGS I OVER WASHINGTON'S TOMB is For the Same Ideal. "While paying this supreme tribute to the memory to Washington, I do not diminish the effect of my words when I turn my thoughts to the mem ory of so many unnamed heroes. I s ask you before this tomb to bow in earnest meditation and all the fervor of piety before all the soldiers of the Allied nations who for nearly three ie years have been fighting under dif te ferent flags for the same ideal. r "I beg you to address the homage 1- of your hearts and souls to all the >f heroes, born to live in happiness, in 1- thq tranquil pursuit of their labors, - in the enjoyment of all human af ;o fections, who went into battle with o virile cheerfulness and gave them e selves up not to death alone, but to - the eternal silence that closes over a those whose sacrifices remains un named, in the full knowledge that s save for those who loved them their i- names would disappear with their y bodies. Their monument is in our e hearts. Not the living alone greet us e here; the ranks of the dead them selves rise to surround the soldiers of r liberty. "At this solemn hour in the history of the world, while saluting from n this sacred mound the final victory of e justice, I send to the Republic of the h United States the greetings of the 's French Republic." d Balfour Speaks. Then came forward Arthur James ti Balfour, foreign secretary of Great Britain, who stood for a moment in silence, a tall, erect, kindly figure. Overcome with all that the situation r meant in the lives of the two great f Anglo-Saxon countries, Mr. Balfour. e abandoned his decision not to speak and gave expression to a few poig a nant sentences, evidently straight l, from the heart. England had honor n1 ed Washington as she never had be .1 fore. e Governor Stuart, of Virginia, spoke , as the host on Virginia soil. "Wash ington," he said, "originally belonged f to ,Virginia, but his priceless memory I , has now become a common heritage e of the world." s Marshal Joffre, victor of the Marne r and idol of the French people, next came forward in field marshal's uni - form. - Simply, earnestly, he spoke in s French two brief sentences: "In the French army all venerate the name and memory of Washington. r T I respectfully salute here the great soldier and lay upon his tomb the I t palm we offer our soldiers who have < died for their country." Two French officers came forward I with the bronze wvreath from the i' t French mission, the humblest and the I L highest mark of honor which the French nation can accord the dead. t Bending over, the marshal passe.I f through the narrow entrance and sol- f emnly placed the wreath upon the n stone coffin. He then stood silently at salute, the general whlo is accred ited who wvon the liberty of the Unit-t ed States. As Marshal Joffre passed back s among the spectators, M~r. Balfour < cnme forward with the British wreath e of lilies and oak leaves tied wvith thei colors of the three allied nations, lHe, s too, entered the tomb and placed the British token bes'ide the French, while y Lieut. Gen. Bridges stood outside at r T'revas neither music nor~ ap plause. As Mr. B-alfour withdlrew~ the e spectators felt without being told that t the ceremony wvas over. T[he party y again broke into grouj,s and filed up o 'to the lawn of the Mount Vernonr home. It N'ever was Mount Vernon more a beautiful than today as It stood out t in all its statelines amidst the new e spring foliage. The visiting state men passed in and out about the 'rooms, examiigall the heirlooms of Washington. Mr. Balfour was the last to leave when the time came to I. start back to washington. The party eVluded the members of both tle French and the British mis sions, their American military and p naval aides, the Cabinet, Senators ti Swanson and Representatives Pad- w~ gett, chairmen of the House and Sen- a: 'ate naval committees; Col. E. M. ". House and a few goveinment officials. w The trip was made on the Presiden-- G tial yacht Mayflowver. Both on ar- tI rival and dleparture the whole conm- sl pany stoodl at salute as a bugler play- tI ed taps and the bana "The Star S Spangled Banner." n U. S. AWAITING OUTCOME OF LABOR STRIKE Political Unrest in Germany to Deter. mine Attitude of America in Steps for Active War. Washington, April 29.-The most decisive political step of the general war against Germany will be reached Tuesday, state department officials confidently believe here today. On the outcome of the threatened gen eral strike of food producers and mu nitions workers in Germany on May Day will depend whether Germany must bow to defeat at an early date or will be able to fight on for months longer. Officials admitted today that should Germany survive the anti-war dem onstrations planned by the German populace on May 1, the empire will be able to fight for a far longei time than is generally believed in America. This belief was based upon official reports upon conditions in Germany from Switzerland, Denmark and France. The unrest in Germany and the dis satisfaction with the present condi tions has reached its climax, the re ports state. If German officials can pass safely through this crisis is it believed here that the government will be secure for another year of war. In the meantime, Garmany's submarines will probably continue to play havoc with the shipment of food supplies and munitions this govern ment is to furnish the entente allies. By War Address. The present critical condition in Garmany has been largely brought about by President Wilson's war ad Iress to congress, the state depart ment has been officially advised, it was learned today. Reports show that more than 300,000 copies of the mes ages, in which the president showed :hat "the United States has no quar :cl with the German people" them ;elves, have to (late been translated nto German and dropped behind the 3erman lines by French British and American aviators on the west front. These copies have been distributed imong the civilian population to a arge extent by Socialists and other anti-war oroganisations it has been earned and are said to be in large neasure responsible for the sudden acceleration to the sullenness of the Berman people against the govern nent. A stronger national movement for r republican form of government is xpected to result from the strikes ['uesday. Steps leading to the early verthrow of the kaiser's government nay result. The admitted diflicult situation of he German cabinet at present is ausing deep interest among officials sere. The situation has been talked verinfornially between state depart nent officials and members of the 3ritish and French missions. The spread of the Socialist doe rines in Germany is known to be ast and peremytory demands for the ormation of a democratic govern dent are expected to result Tuesday mnless the German othiils are sue essful in stemming the Socialistic idle. Considerable light upoJn the Rus ian situation has been given this gov rnment by the e'ntente commission rs (luring their conference with P'res lent Wilson andl officials of the tate dlepartment. The political trend of Russia is as et undlefined. That is about the lost that has been 'said. No conclu ive evidlence has been obtained t hat here is any important undercurrent f dlesire for a separate' peace, but le app~arent inability of the Russian olitical leaders to form into a solid, rganized government, if continued, iight result in such dissatisfaction mat a general desire for "peace at ny price" might result. This condi.. on is expectedl to be greatly improv :lthroughh the efforts of the future merican commission's wvork. MANY WVORKlMEN ON STlRliKE ab~or TIrouibles GeneralI in German Border Tlowns. London, May l.-"In the Rhine rovinces more than half the muni.. on workers dlecidled to strike today," ires the correspondlent at The llague the Exchange Telegraph Company. Essen (home of the great Krupp orks) is shut off from the rest of i ermany anl completely isolated fromi ie wvorldl in ordler to prevent thei ightest informatio, sabout strikes at ie Krupp works from leaking out.1 brikes are general in small townsi aar Athe Dutch fronier," U. S. WILL SEND ARMY WHEN VESSELS ARE AVAILABLE Expeditionary Force From the United States Will Go to Europe When Allies Can Spare Ships. French Likely to Put up With Any Sacri fice to Have American Force on Firing Line. Washington, May 1.-The United States stands ready to send an army to Europe whenever the Allies deem it wise to divert the necessary ship ping from transporting food to trans porting men. It became known definitely today that the government has offered the Allies troops, but has suggestedt that the alarming shortage of world ship ping may make it impractical to send them at once. In spite of objections of the general staff to putting any American forge on the firing line be fore the great war army has been raised and trained, the administration has determined that the small contin gent earnestly desired by France for moral effect shall be sent as soon as possible. The general belief here is that the way soon will be found. Composition of Army. Whether the force first to carry the Stars and Stripes into battle in France shall be made up of regulars or National Guardsmen, or both, has not been worked out. The subject was not discussed at today's Cabinet meeting, but Secretary Baker remain ed afterward for a conference with President Wilson. Little doubt exists that the French will gladly put up with any sacrifice necessary to have American troops in lFrance, as the great plea of their mission has been for troops with the American flag. They have pointed out that this is needed to convince the Germans beyond a doubt that all America's resources have been thrown into the battle. British Anxious, Too. The British also are known to be anxious to have American troops in France as a final earnest of American participation, but there is reason to believe that they have taken a some what more detached view than the French. Overcome by the wholeheart edness of A merican cooperation in the war, they believe that the one essen tial is to marshal the common re sources to the greatest advantage. With the responsibility for tonnage their decision about the advisability of sending an expeditionary force is uncertain. N Al'IONA . PUOII IHITION DUllING THE WAR Washington, April 29.--A deter mined effort to bring about national prohibition for the duration of the war will he launche:l here tomorrow at a meeting of representatives of various political parties and of farm ers' organizations, includling several State Governors, who will seek to in fluence President Wilson and memibers of Congress. Leaders in the movement have sent out wordl that an interview with P'residlent WVilson on the quest ion will be held tomor'rowv, but it was said at. the White I louse tonight that no en gage'ment had been made~l. WVar t ime p~rohibition has been taken up by members of the Council of National D~efense as a possible wvay of conserv. ing the grain supply of the nation, but no conclusion has been reached. Among the men mentioned as be ing interestedl in the conference to nuorrow are Governor IHarris, of heor'gia; Governor Capper, of Kan mis; Victor Murdiek and William Al en WVhite, -of Kansas; Judge 'Ben [bindlsey, of Denver; senator Cumn nins, of Iowa; I lenry Ford, Charles F'dward Russell, of New York; Sen tor Smith, of South Carol ina, and tepresentative Park, of Georg in. STIKES ON IN GERMANY iiiilitary Authorities Forbid Newspa pers Leaving Country. London, May 1.-A dispatch to the r0xc'hange Telegraph from The llague ays: "'Travelers from Germany announce hat strikes have been going on for he last ten dlays in Westphalia and he Rhine provinces, especially in the teel industry. The military authori ies consequently have forbidden iewspapers to be sent out of the ~ountrv."