Tl 68TH YEAR. NO. 18. SEMI, PRESIDENT WANTS " SHIP TO BE READY w Orders the George Washington Started for France and It Will Leave Today. v tral thai iiiUMJ UP rKAlK DELAYS whe Nov Intimation at Least of Serious "J Hitch Unless Peace Confer- mat ence Gets Down to Business (hi< indl and Comes to Agreement. on 000 Washington, April 10.?Preident ^ Wilson has ordered the transport George Washington to lie started for niPr France at the earliest time possible. pnf The instructions were received at The the navy department through Ad- on miral Benson, chief of naval opera- f > tions, at Paris. Acting Secretary KrP) Roosevelt announced that the George Washington would leave "at the snf' cials regarded the message as sig- nia niflcant. but in the absence of more' cn'1 specific Information, they declined "1P to comment. ,H>n Actitig Secretary Roosevelt's an- ,>rs nouncement follows: "Acting Secretary of the Navy I A P j Roosevelt received a cablegram from Admiral Benson nt Paris re- ,r':' questing that the sailing of the IT. S. George Washington will, there- ,o: OOll foro, leave New York at tho earliest " opportunity, probably Friday afternoon. Anril 11." Admiral Benson's message gave P?v no reason for the President's order ma' and the White House professed to r?(' have no information on the Bubject, but interpreting it in the light of( press dispatches from Paris telling fhis of the President's determination' that delays at the peace conference! ~,r> roust end. roost officials regarded it as significant. Importance was alsoj ^ given by the fact that this was the ^m second message from the admiral | '*,a1 regarding the ship's departure, hav- pnf' lug inquired as to the time the ves-"1'* sel could get under way. I By fast steaming the George mni Wnahitii'tnn should reach Brest bv rptt April 17. She would be hold thorn ',or suhject to the President's orders, it s,rf was Raid, and thus would be imine UT T dlatel) available In the event Mr. * "Wilson should decide to cut short his stay at Paris because of delays In agreeing on the terms of peace. In Out some quarters It was explained that without his ship at a French port the President might find himself in n somewhat embarrassing position ( should he decide to leave the jan. personal physician, who reported) we_ that the general situation had int-i f|jn proved slightly. p Secretaiy Tumulty said he had not ,,r.,| been advised as to the situation )>nt which had led the President to or" I tli??i der the fleorge Washington to Brest I p,.)( and that Admiral (liavson, in send-: q ing the message, evidently had as-| sunied that Mr. Tumulty was cog-, f|or nlzant of the state of affairs through _ ?ro press dispatches from the French orH capital. I cou The George Washington arrived j at New York from Brest March 28 too J after taking President Wilson back to France and naval officials de-i \ elded to lav her np for a few weeka dot for an overhauling. mer When she went to the New York ?mi navy yard officers estimated that she -?ffi: would he ready to sail again nex j>roi Monday. hut on communicating Bur with the navy yard, after receiving was Admiral Benson's first message. un?< Mr. Roosevelt found that the vessel Bafi could start four days earlier. No for orders for her departure were Is- |n < sued, however, until after the re h ceipt of the second message fron den Admiral Benson WOULD TRY Troops November 11 While Allies n?t from France, civinc the pres- b'bt* nf ,b<> (,,'"nan 41 status of the belligerent armies. war nn<' ,b< means foi y show that the central powers to tr,nl by one of ,h<* March 1 had under arms 1,12 5.- nients' P?>b'lb,y lb lei men, while the allied forces aK- rteflnltely determined L-ated 13.366.000. council of four. Thl 'allowing is General March's decision on emenf reparations for war da w . . ? ., bv $5,000,000,000 m We have received from T- ranee le rather Interesting figures about xv'",in n,,x' 'u" demobllir,ation of the central 'n,or~o"bMl commissi ers and the demobilization of the remaining damage for ire allied forces to Include Feb >',ars beginning May ry. The demobilization has been two of ,h" Kl'0:,t iir on. of course, since then, but S,"M<' 1,1 figures show what has been hap- ,n''nf pe.ue h.n? lug over there. The central pow- wi,hin ,he ,:,st L'' hou tlcures are: I r,n'1 of "*'reme tension Estimated strength November'"0'1 nn'' ,bP '* Ilulgaria, 500.000; Germany. b,p resu,t8 is *"r,pp,> 10.000; Turkey. 400,000; Aus- confidence over the t *> ?30 000 made towards a per Hy February thi? was reduced n,en^nulRaria. 129.000; Germany, How far ,hppp rPSU 1.000; Turkey, 70,000; Austria. ,hp intimations com 0()q summoning to France The total force of the central S,a'ps ' President Wils( ed at 7,630,000. This had been Jectural. Hut it is a uced to Include February to 1.- ''once that the main .000, or to 15 per cent of their *an *? dissolve from ingth On the same dnv on which tb,p decision became 1 rnnnrf ? ?. ,n?,i0 .>w. The exact nature - " "" ...-. X II.. ft..-. .VIII w. I allied fortes was 13.3fifi.nno, or oultles are not disci* per cent of the strength which Presitlent main V had on November 11." largely of a tnlnor rhi 'timing to demobilization of the volving large principl erlcaq army, fleneral March said President s adherence I the second anniversary of the P?lnts" as the rigid 11 ranee of the United States Into *cope of action appea world war f.jund the restoration a" through the dellh. American manhood to civil life the tense period of "o than 40 per cent complete. On J days. tins up to April 1 the army had While the tension h n reduced to nn aggregate' reduced, it Is not ent ingth of 2,0r?R,718. much depends on fl - ? of progress with rrsr BSTITUTE SALOON ni a I nine obstacles, no OPENED IN CHICAGO V8',oy' 1h" "h,nP fmlr atic issue and a numb growth of Oversea a "Hut" of s,,OR wMrh ar? stil1 ? agreement. Sa'vntlon Army Appears in The agreement on First American City. . . , * for the war Is iinrtei been a compromise hi 'hicago, April 10.?Scores of . , . . reports presented hv t ki clad men turned In at the . . . . _ . , of which Secretary I.a l of an old time saloon onlv to man There was an themselves In the first substi- A. , the general responaibll ? saloon opened in Chicago hv , , man emneror for hi Salvation Army. The swinging . . ? ' war, hut division rs. the long mirror and the hack ... , ? ,, , whether It was feasihl were in evidence But the "free A ... . , to lustice before ai rh" counter had chanced to a I .. , t ribunal. ee and doughnut stand while irre pictures had yielded to the 1 ' r> n< ^ " ion flour's brush: some nymphs! *or"d a tribunal, hut e given garb; beer steins were N " w '' 's ur d< r nod to flower pots n,or"1 ,nd1ctment w,( tesldes the Salvation lasses, s*-v- l11""'''' "'ion. owint .. an International law I other voung women were pres., ., trial before an Intern Some .net their sweethearts , . . i , .v Belgium, on which re one couple started from fho e on fheir honevmoon. ,,!S' *,n(' 's r The social centers ?Intended to taken a view mm h .. , , , ,, ...I i of the United States, a the place of saloons If prohlbli becomes a realltv are the out- a'"' Italy weie parti, wth of the overseas "hut " Olh- w,,h ,h" American v,< are to be opened throughout the It " owing to t ntrv. viewpoints that the c ?? a new plan, whereby .tutu TKViK^illM'IIKRS MAY j ]f?>tl nations. proba STPIKK AtiAINST 1H*ltl's excretive committee hero. Pr t^e main lines lots were distributed, returnable | ,oxt ,)S flnai)v tallv at the union s headquarters 1 propositions specified t h'cago. April 12 j PO,infriPS must admit .1 Konenkamp. national nresl- | for )ot,? anr, (lamaffe f of the union. In an address associated nations and ed thnt the contemplated strike Pa?HP(] j,y the uninst the result of dissatisfaction over sjop jj?, jn V|PW n Burleson's action on requests for ?f (h, pni.mv eountrit re adiustments. Mr. Huib-son Pompense these losse . had refused. he declared. to fin ,ntPr.a|?et 1e with President Wilson's man w|? annfmn thp ,OMPB , a that the rights of workers t< | anize ahould not be abridged. | (Continued on I :aster f , S. C.. FRIDAY, APRIL 11. 1919. FOUR AMERICAN SOLDIERS KAISER MUTINY IN RUSSIA! bu table in Reached Report of Refusal to Entrain u> ision on for Front Confirmed by ns. War Department. Paris, Aj four on Sat inent on tl TRY HIM ONE COMPANY INVOLVED uemnities a; by Gorinan> e of Allied General Mutiny Threatened I ni Delegated less Definite Statement is there will h I. i 1 ? ? usk i>v me1 .Made Kenrarding Removal of text of the Troops from Russia. j finished dui . The Kchc promises vvi The responsi- Washington, April 10.?The war. . . . .. .. able points mperor for the department issued tonight an otheial it ? . , paid at one r bringing him statement confirming Associated I .... ... payments 11 allied govern- press advices from Archangel that ! the oppositi nm. have been what amounted to a mutiny oceur.. . 1 ernment, it upon by tne r,.,| among the American troops s-|Vs. f() ^ is follows the! there on March 30. a company of ' ' ' . i ments over the terms of! infantry, the message stated, refus-i _ . . I pavments f images, where- ed to entrain for the front until i>erwort* fixed. nst he paid sonallv urged to do so by Col. Geo . . ' > ' .. The dou i years, and an u. Stewart, commanding the Atneri.. rations that on assess the ran contingent Open threats were . i tJ ... ,i Belgium to a period or a" made of general mutiny unless a! ^ " . . . I .... . cognized, r st.wles w hich i insuring earlv w ithdraw al was rth..... 1 it savs. w e rapid attain-1 coming. i , f i . . . 1 francs, of been remove,l The te\t of the paraphrase of the , . . I go to pay rs. and the pe-irode message dated March ' 1 ff packing sleds for the trip ..... I 1 v . ... i abandoned rtrge V\ ashing-1 across the river to the railroad sta. t upon an ei an is only con- tion. ! ^ t least a coin- "The non-commissioned officer | i.< . . . . , i Final agre? ditnculties be- w|10 was in charge of the packing ^ ^ valley the time that soon reported to the officers that the! ' ' ' , .. 1 before tt mown. men refused to obey. At this some ^ ^ ^ of these dtlfi nf the officers took charge, and all i. I I T1 (*reaSec] nsed, Friends except one man hetran reluotanly to ^ ^ ^ ^ tain they were ?>;irk after a considerable delay The! ,r ' ' ^ * I in n/l linri'jl in-i "'-|Bol rtbeotninp as to the course to be mnvevinp rit'sh view fa-j pursued. jernor Allet the American, Presumably if was s;iid Colonel upon the ,i stood, favored Stewart already had been advised t'nited ^tat thout recourse dlrectlv that it was the purport of duetion m< to the lack of the supreme war council in charge that it is as a basis for of the policy poverninc the move-, 11 rri^ hid at'oml court 1 ment, to withdraw the entire force action in a the war fell Pom northern Russia when the i e'sas crnvern* ported to have hloekadinp the harbors roes out T,'i> officials he intilnr to that Tlritish relief expedition, orlpina'lv the Allen while Japan ' scheduled to he 2 1"" sttonp. has orahle cons ally in accord sailed as have 'he two companies < f I . , . 1 unnnrm \v j 'MMI'I Mini iiiinvnv ?mi m si*fll SI l hose divergent 'lie reuiiest of the Hritish anltiori- \T \\T oiinoil devised "''s ,n keep open the railroad south' ono of thp a I-1 Murmansk. 1>.vnitintfc ! t.lv Heiglum, \nnouncement of thp purposp to A wax \t cutlon against withdraw tl)p force ?as tnsulp ?>fTi ; Hn nd othprs ro-l dallv to congressional military clinch of treaties,' mltleos t>y Secretary linker. FpIiui-i Huntingt rv and the do-1 ary 17* on instructions from Prpsi- KoM.ers d\ inst this conn- ilont Wilson. p rsj Natio i more general The official report makes th? in- miles < ast < e exact nature dident even more serious than the *o,o(10 in I not disclose.1 original press accounts Intimations stamps enplleved to cov ! general feeling of unrest per-1 to a mess-. I varied the entire force have come ton pop. e approved on previously from dene at Ironsides, kept for t! hat the er.emv the Ftritish commnnder-ln-chlef. 1 oved to h; resnonsihilitv Ttoth Hrltish and French troops have tiers th" n to allied and been Involved, according to rnmnrs Moot affci t their citl/cns in similar incidents, hut American doors of tf iflnhle a eg res officers on the scene have felt tho penetrate tl f the Inability morale of the American troops w s s fe. in wh s to fullv re too high for such an outbreak rency the clause The dispatch today did not sho*\ I"'1** robl 1 commissio' in what extent bolshevik! nroeyir.i tween inidi in a Just hasl d<.!!?> . i in** iiuure. Agatnstj ~ """ ' "?>?? ??"" on of the French (tov.,ciallon' yesterday received a copy of was a ft reed, the paperjthe tele?riim 8ent by dovernor Henstribute the future pav-i ry J A,I"n' of Kan8as- to Attorney a term of 20 years. Thel(ienPral A* Mitchell ?'almer charging or the next few years i that ,hP cotton acreage reduction | movement is in violation of the fed nal says there are indl- Pral law- The telegram follows in the rights of France and prior consideration in the "l hnve wtPreMWl ,ho view ln a v (lermanv have been re- telegram J s- Wannamaker. he nrst derman pavinent. !rhal, man wf tho Soulh Carolina ill be 250.ft00.00o.ooo' Cotton association, that the comblnwhich 5 000 000 000 will at,on for reduction of color raw materials to in-J ton and holding of present supply sumption of Herman eco- n,,w bHnK organized in many states France will pet 10.000..' of ,he south ls ,n violation of feder,nc? and Reigium 5.000.-1 al ,avvs which in m>' I""1*"1 ' ?r? the first ravment. The violated by this combination, indemnit\. the paper FroIn circulars sent out by the orrun over a period of 35 *anlzera supporting this combine j tion, 1 learn that the organization is. continued occupation of composed not alone of cotton prow,k of the Rhine have been er*- but bankers, cotton speculators and the allies will depend and business men. Their purpose is mnnmlr blockade as the to raisP ,he Pric* of ro,ton- whlch pressure on derrnanv. | 'bey are now holding and also to ment on the Rhine and 1 permanently raise the price of cotquestions will be reach- ton ,n the future This ,s definiteic end of the week, it is expressed in their circulars and , appears to be not alone in the interI optimism in diplomatic! of ,h<> southern farmers, hut or oted hv the press, while, al? Persons who are holdinp and s the newspapers express possibly securinp a corner in the cotover the progress made ,nn now on hiind 'be timo ,s of reparation and in-l <>f ,bt* ,iftln* of ,hr embargo. You t is pointed out that each . of course, know of the antl-monopiv in reaching a final oply act of July 2. 1 *! ). which deadds to the loss to Clares every contract combination it* f h?? fur in nf tniut nr nthorwicu /vr ruble solution of the Dan- eonspiracv restraint <>t trade or n is rommontoil upon In commerce is hereby ded-ited to b? nrv forms. The moral illegal and every person who shall rnl advantages of the monopolize or attempt to monopolize are emphasized by tho pa- or eonibine or conspire with another person or persons to monopolize any ? - -? ? _ part of the trade or commerce anion*? VANTS TO STOP the several states shall bo deemed IE AGE REIHTTION Bu!,ity ,?r a mis,lo:::Panor I cite this law. realizing that yon f Kansas Tails on At tor- i,r" '"miliar with it Yon may wisi that I give vou the verv familiar eral to stop lt?stii< tion . , ((notations from the supreme court < otton Acreage. |Tnite,j States in defining what is meant bv the words combination, April 1 -O J frust and monopoly. Should you so in chnrpe of Nor'h < ato- desire I would be pleased to give you aipn for reduction of cot- definltft citations." e received a telegram Chairman Wannamaker, upon re? eau Harris, of I'endle- ceivinp copy of the above telegram, who is commissioner of j iu< uiiiuimi on In in if y this fall as it would most illegal Pommlssionor certainly if a large crop were planted b< < n apprni: d of Miens year, will face prosporlty and telegrnpi from the Kan- wJ)) receiv for its small cotton crop >r Met onno'l and o to r jp(. h'chest prif the honored attorney general. ! ' now He that ho s,>fe at lii"1'''!. ftettimr w111 no| tike awav f>om it ihe rights ,i?h S'iki ihhi in < 'ash that are guaranteed to i?^ people, as <1 War Stump*. free people, under our constitution.** on. W Va April 7 Forcing l*ri-os I pward. namited the safe of the f*olutnhia. S \pril 1 o. ?That nal bank of \nsted. TO ,pP cotton acreage reduction movs >f let . and escaped with ment h is been a big fa-tor in the c:sh and war saving recent advance in cotton is conceded, v Wednesday, according even bv the Ve? York newspapers, ge re eived by Hunting- savs a statement issued hv the cenaskiug that a lookout be ,_..i , ? * *- " i?~ f .1 I ' I'l'l III I) I v**' Ul III*' -mil II I'HKHIIlii p bandits, who ar< hp- Cotton assorlatlon That the pnco i\c romp here Thr rob- ,.f cotton Is roinp fo soar sky htph tessace snlil. secured tho when the rron \s|- _ _ __ sday morning (Continued on Tape Kipht.)