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r ~. . - 1 ' V ' > Abbeville Press and Banner j F.?n.Kli?hed 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, January 7, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cento. 76th Year. | i TWO AMERICANS I KILLED IN MEXICO More Blood is Spilled in Oilfields? State Department Urges Carranza to Capture and Punish Guiltv Parties?American Sailors " Are Fined. r I U- I Washington, Jan. G.?Receipt by' the State Department late today of advices that two more American oil men, F. J. Roney and Earl Bowles, j had been murdered by Mexicans in1 the Tampico district of Mexico was followed by instructions to the American embassy in Mexico City' to urge the Mexican Government to : take every possible step to bring! about the capture and punishment of! the murderers. ^Nineteen Killed. ? First word of the killing of the, two Americans, which brought the ! total of American citizens murdered, in the Tampico district since, April 1917, up to nineteen reached Wasnington through private sources, j 0 Later the State Department an-j noupc'ed the receipt of similar nd-| k vices. w*. . \ 1 Bluejackets Sentenced. L v The State Department also was in- j Ej*"- formed during the day in a report! 1 ^ from the American consul at Mazat-, lan,. Mexico, that Harry V. Leonard! ' and Harry 0. Martin, members of: | the crew of the United States ubmarine tender Pocomoke, arrested j in Mazatlan November 12 after a: . i Istreet fight with a Mexican, had been sentenced to two months' irn pnsonment. me report said, now ever, that as the senence dated back to November 12, when the two 1 . bluejackets were arrested, their re-: leaser-should be effected January 12.: c';-' >v. . < ,' ' . ? SENATE COMMITTEE ) TO INVESTIGATE AWARD OF MEDALS IN NAVY te- v Washington, Jan. 6.?The senate naval affairs committee today ordered appointment of a sub-committee X to investigate awards of war medals to naval officers. The committee is directed to go into the criticisms of "unfairness made against Secretary of the Navy Daniels by Admiral Sims, and other high naval officers. The senate committee voted 10 to 1 for this investigation following lengthy arguments. Senator Walsh, ..Montana, Democrat, cast the only vote against the investigation. Senator King, Utah, Democrat, proposed t appointment of a committee to deter mine whether an investigation should be made, but Senator Lodge, Massachusetts, declared that criticisms coming from such high naval officers as Admiral Sims warranted the senate in beginning an inquiry at once. Chairman Page announced he will appoint the pub committee within a ' w days. The sub-committee will consist of five members of tfie naval affairs committee and v is authorized (- to sit jointly with the house committee during the investigation. DEATH OF MRS. LUCAS. ~ ? Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Lucas have re. turned from Gary, Ind., where they s were called on account of the death of Mr. Lucas' mother, Mrs. H. J. Lucas, whiqh occurred December 15, at the homS of her son, LeroV Lucas, at DaltoiKjll. Mrs. Lucas wa^<H*-years of age at the date of her death. She is survived by her husband and four sons, Messrs. E. C. Lucas, of Abbeville, and P. A., S. C. and Leroy P. Lucas. She was. buried at her old home at Gary, Indiana, four lodges taking part in the funeral services. The deceased is well remembered I? A kk/MTillrt tifVirtfA rli/v IUa rlU AUUCVlll^f **ucic one epeuv IUC ' winter with her son last year. Her friends and those of Mr. and Mrs. Lucas will be grieved to hear of her death. r y 95 PCT. OF STRIKES IN BUILDING TRADES QUARRELS OF LABOF j New York, Jan. 4.?Ninety-five per cent of the strikes anil 75 perjcent of the days of idleness in the building trades in the past have occurred through what is known as "snowballing" or1 controversies between wage-earners themselves as to which trade should do the work, says Franklin T. Miller, president of the F. W. Dodge company, and formerly director of the Division of Public Works and Construction of the United States department of labor. Only S per cent, he declares, have been on questions between employer and employee. i\Jr. Miller, who has been in touch with th<* construction industry in this country for 25 years, cited the case of a big Chicago hotel costing millions, the work on which had been delayed, lie said, more than a year because of a disagreement between skilled workers as to who should handle certain doors because of the preponderance of metal over wood. This, he said, was an inevitable consequence of the rapid development of the industry. Analyzing the situation and the building outlook for 1020, Mr. Miller said: 'The creation of a board of jurisdictional award by the United States department of labor, a board composed by architects, engineers, contractors, material men arid wageearners, promises a solution of one of the most difficult labor problems in the building industry. As a l-esult of it decreased cost of construction may be expected. . I he Board of Jurisdiction! .Award har. been formulated with the full approval of all interests concerned, who seem to have entered into without reservation." v Loses Leg in Accident. F. Kyle McAdams, flagman on the Seaboard, had the misfortune to lose his right leg between the ankle and the knee Tuesday morning when he slipped in getting on a cab of a freight near Middietcn. The big toe of the left foot was also severedf He was taken to the Seaboard hos pitai at Atnens wnere ne was givei, treatment. Mr. Stevenson was engineer and J. M. Morgan was c6nductoi of the train. The Elberton Star has the follow ing account of the accident: "Kyle McAdams, a brakeman or i the Seaboard road, had his left fool , crushed off under the. wheels 'of i through freight cab, and his righ( foot so badly crushed that he maj lose that one-too, at Middleton, abou' 7 o'clock this morning. H<*. was or ;jn Atlanta bound through fi-eight ' nd tried to swing the rolling cab Hp missed his footing and fell witl his feet across the track just in fron of the moving; wheels. The engineei uncoupled the cab from his train ran the freight cars into a siding, am carried the injured man to a hospita in Athens for treatment. At Elber ; '.on Dr. J. E. Johnson wasy takei | aboard and gave first aid and accom ' panied him to the hospital. The in jured man lives in Abbeville, S. C. 1 and his wife was wired from Elbertoi to come to Athens on the first train.1 I The Two Kaisers. j Col. Parker Cobb and Col. Norrii 'are the two Kaisers of Abbevilh i these days. Since the cold spel j nearly everybody in town has "bust Jed" water pipes and in such weather I the Kaisers say, that this is the tim< 'for two hours work and ten hour: ! pay. 5 I * Another Rubber Tire. !* * Col. W. L. Peebles has purchaset from John A. McCord and other 210 acres of land on Long Cane I where he" will operate a farm on th< ] rubber-tire method. He has at las found a place to get rid of the sur plu*. as have others. # WILSON'S MESSAGE - DI TO DEMOCRATS IS [ NEARLY FINISHED1 ! Washington, Jan. 6.?President Wilson is rapidly regaining his the ; stamina of war da^s and with the sut . consent of Dr. Cary T. Grayson, has mii !?1 J ~-C i piungeu i ii lu titu uitta?) yL wyiiv tun- viu fronting him, it was stated today at jwh , the White House. 'bus His most important immediate jag< task, formulation of a message to j rus :800 Jackson day diners, is about!of ' ? \ i r icompieted. Great significance is at- ( tached to this message bv White cor I j House officials^ The president has jdo\ had no other counsels, so far as is rej: j known, than those of Secretary Tu- ers ;multy and the whok communication, not ia lengthy one, is his own handiwork, ket ; in' itj_ President Wilson is expected ret to announce his decision with regard to running for a third term and for advise the Democrats as to the con- $2* duct of the campaign. |an< | A situation to which attention is;an< i to be given at once is the nomina-.^ca jtion of men to fill the many vacan-j cies in American diplomatic posts. C01 i The state department will recom- the JmeiVj candidates for ambassadors i fix .and ministers but Mr. Wilson will J bus give much thought to the selections. I j Among those to be named ar^ an! 1 'ambassador to Italy and ministers t'01 10 L,mna, uenmarK, ureece, switzer-jP1' | land, Finland, and Siam. I the - ' jtha WASHINGTON SPLIT ;wh IN OPINION ON BIG jP ROUND-UP OF REDS ! !pui , Washington, Jan. 6.?Not everybody in thp national capital is dis-i i posed to look with satisfaction upon i 1 ' WO' I the dramatic round-up of hundreds * 1 , of Reds by the department of justice. 'In so far as the move shows the backbone o^ the Democratic adjministration and deprives its politi-j^ cal opponents of the proprietary^ rights of the "law and order" issue, i. : it l it is, of course, approved by the pure-1 ( ly political. j In so far as the move affects-ad- j , . i .... I the ! versely the chances ot A. jyiitcneil I Palmer to capture the Democratic i, t the ( nomination for presidency, it meets j i with approval with all the frineds | ri of the other candidates who seem to N gC$ isee in the action of the department; l act of justice an excessive zeal to do by i psychological impression in a big . raid, what the department might he; unable to accomplish by individual ;:G prosecutions. Under such circumstances the in- j nocent are hauled in with the guilty,! 1 ' and inasmuch as the labor vote and: r.,.r I I , alien vote has been largely Demo-|un cratic, the prospect must be consid-|^vw ^ ered by nominating a man who has'un " shown hims <flf inimical to labor first ht. r by the''swecping use. of the injunction 'an power in the eonl strike and then in ; j0, 1 the raids on* ! P. : whose (|;t ' friends amon.tr (he l->.': rin.v: classes' ' are many an<! wi'l j:ct soon fovget; 1 what thev construe as svsleinatic pn t . persecution not of :icfs, but opinions.' t>1. r ' I T.Kw . !:?: .. ; Mrs. Annie Greene ^ Mai-1; i.: : cu j given up her position with the Had- tin 1 1 -don-Wilson Company and is spending' the winter months at home. llr?. an Alabry is one of the most competent, j in} ' and most intelligent clerks in Abbe-ire! villc and her many nleased custom- icif > * ers will miss her sorely. . jna ,i Good News. * po | to s- Miss Mary Sharp, who has beenjsu: i - with the Haddon-Wilson Company jgr ljduring the busy season will remain of -tin Abbeville for the year and is sai , jready to serve the public in this up- co ?;to-ciatc store. ,iiei ss, Miss Sharp is bright and attrac-! 'tivc and her many admirers are do- { !lighted that she will stay with us. i | I i Two Americans Killed. ! ^ ? rr, i | Houston, Texas, Jan. (5.?Two s! AmpVIpan nmnlnvoc n-f T] , I national Petroleum Company, mur- j P* sjdered by bandits near Port Lobos, a &1 Mexico, were from Texas. They were pi - slain Monday, according to informa- lo ition received here today. S{ ? XLARE "FAIR PRICE" FOR CLOTHING IS BELOW WHOLESALE ChcaKO, Jan. 5.?Investigation of ; "fair price" list for clothing," is;d by the Iliinois Fair Price Comttee, and which out-of-town mer- j ints declare (s lower than the j jiness deal whereby leading Chic) department stores have done a ihing business in cheaper grades clothing. rhe clothing fair price committee, | nposed of five officials of the big| vntown department stores and one' iresentative of the suburban deal-' , frankly admits that clothinc cr.ibe bought in the wholesale mai*-1 ; today at the "fair price" set forj ailers. j riie committee fixed the fair price j men's suits and overcoats at! A * l.r>0; women's suits at $25; men's j 1 women's hose at 25 cents a pair, | I other articles on a correspondingI le. riie big downtown stores have! nplcte lines of clothing: in,sale in - \ ir "subwUy" sections at the prices i eel, and have been doing a rushing! *iness. Fair Price List Unfair. When merchants from many sec-1 ns, complained that the "fair-! ce" list was unfair, that it madej m to appear to he profiteers, and i t they could not buy clothing at olesale for the committee's retail \ ce, the Chicago dealers explained, j The clothing on sale here was all chased many months ago none i ng bought within the past six; nths. The men's suits, for exam, are of two classes, cotton and' ol mixtures, and all-wool .shoddy. When the merchants agreed on the tir price" list each placed a com-! te line of this class of clothing on , regardless of the wholesale cost.' ter the present supplies are existed, vno more will be available,' s said. i 'The big buying power of stores; e, combined with the fact that! y carry very large slocks, anil. ;e advantage of special bargains in | wholesale market, made this ce list possible," according to D. Kelly, manager of one of the big- | it Chicago department stores, and ing chairman of the fair price 11 mi: Iff. ?F s. LATION EST MATED CLOSE TO 103.000,000 Washington, Jan. 6.?With the isus in full swing today, it "was officially predicted the count uld show the population of the literf States and its territories to close to 108,000,000. This is not official forecast, but is the opini of government officers who are ecting the cenrus. Snowstorms in Montana. Idaho, stern Washington and ports of lorado and Utah iiave prevented iimerators from . beginning work, t they ho pi: to get started within f'.w week;;. Contiued heavy rains I he south made traveling diffiit, but did not delay the work of j census takers. Chicaga. San Francisco, Cincinnati d Washington. D.' C., are fompet; to he the first in with complete turns. Washington was the first y in the 1010 census and Cincinli WSic c<wnnil W. Hunt, chief statistician of pulation, said today he expected give out first figures on the cens about February 15. The first oup, he /aid, will give population cities of more than 25.000. He id he did not believe the entire unt would bo available before Sepmber.. Receives Handsome Present. M. T. Coleman, salesman for Mc!roy-Sloan Co., St. Louis, received .00 in gold from his firm this week. ie money was given as a Christmas esent and as a bonus for exceeding certain sales amount for 1919. The esent came in a handsome case and oks like more money than Uncle uji stamps thereon. REPUBLICAN DINNER ' ' SOUNDS KEYNOTE OF i I PLATFORM FOR 1920 | . * , Chicago, Jan. 6.?The Republican national organization was tuning up for the 1920 campaign today. National Committee Chairman Will H. T-Tflirc nvpci^onf iol nonivoMfo w ?? wuiwvii vii*? aayiiautO) vruvci" nor Frank 0. Lowden and Major General Leonard Wood, and several women leaders spoke at a banquet,; here last night, the eve of the first anniversary of the death of Theodore Roosevelt. The speakers unanimously advocated suppression of "Reds", revolutionists and others who seek to overhrow the American government. Chairman Hays said there was a remedy for "the Industrial Workers of the World, or what not?it is taken against the wall, standing." General Wood declared the great issue of the day was maintenance of law, order and respect for consti 1-uicu auuivi 11) . X^lllCbjr-IIlUC * jJCI cent of the labor organizations are on the-square and want to run straight," he declared. He advocates placing labor "under American leadership" and taking it out of the hands of the Reds, wherever they have gained control. "Don't make America the dumping ground for the degenerates of the world," he declared.. Governor Lowden urged men and w6men to take a greater interest in their own government so that un-J rest and dissatisfaction could be eliminated. 1 HUNT FOR REDS IN ALL SECTIONS STILL GOES ON Washington, Jan. 6.?Federal agents are contiuing to comb the! country for radicals who are known to champion a movement to ovr throw the government. With mean* of escape shut off by a clpsc va^h for the Mexican and Canadian borders, where some of the radicals were reported hea'ded.in an effor io evade the 'dragnet, arrc.it "f so;;??< f the prominent radical:- was ey momentarily. The department of ju?ti. has called upon congress for ou^port in the campaign to rid the nation of' syndicalism by providing appropria-j tions to meet th<^ legal battle which is considered - inevitable when the government sttfVts in the final stages of'deportation proceedings. The war department has agreed to co-operate in furnishing Camp Upton as a detention camp to relieve the congestion at Ellis Island and anolhor camp probably will be established in the middle v.'i'm ?|W:irter 'the radicals until arrangements are made to send a small fleet of "soviet arks" cross llie seas. Sidewalks Coated With Ice. Wednesday morning found the going for pedestrian"^ exceedingly precarious. Numbers fell and loosened ! ) their general anatomy and school children ricochetted from earth to avs on their way to school. During he night a drizzle of rain fell and temperature was just right to en case ine ground in a tnin sneet ol ire. The recent weather has proved .irious enough to obviate monotony. Tuesday morning the thermometer registered 10 degrees. Receive Promotions. V Abbeville boys have received promotions in the cadet corps at Clemson, showing that the local student3 have been making good both in the n. i 1 .... n ? rl ' ? 111111 wc?i y ucjmi Liucxi i/ cum in uxivrii classes. The recent list of appoints shows that A. E. Leslie and 0. C. Graves were given commissions of second and first lieutenant. George .""ann and J. R. Swetenburg were apj >ointed corporals. i i (jetting Better. i Mr. Philip Rosenberg, who has been sick during the holidays, is getting better and his friends hope to see him on our streets again soon. SEDS FIGHT FOR J DIPUT TO OTAV lUUlll IU Olnl ; I Don't Want to Be Deported antf Put Up Stiff Fight Against Ellis Island Officers-7? Moviemen Are _ ; Rushed Off the Premises By Women. 1 ? ' kM New York, Jan. 6.?Fourteen men -y?. ' &nd women attending a meeting of a the cc\mmunist Labor party were arrested bv Department of Justice agents in a raid late today on the of! fices of the Navy-Mir, Russian Soviet < Si newspaper. The agents also found cards on which were the names of > |1,000 communists throughout the ! United States. Arrive at Ellis Island. . -< ! While this raid was in progress I iimy-seven more anen piouers, in- ... . .. ! eluding Alexandria Dcr.mn, u to ibe feadcr of New Jersey : :l last- ^ era. Pennsylvania commv csts, nr- r' ; rived at Ellis Island under guard to > . 'V take their places with the <^her hun- 1 . dreds swept up in the govor iment's dragnet of foreign revolutionaries. First Outbreak. At the island the fin??, outbreaks since the beginning of th i) nartmentof Justice raids wer repjv ed. The "Ellis Island Soviet" ..stabli led by Emma Goldman an:i '.lex: iria . ^ Berkman and their conior ior , who t'.re new on the way to Ru;--:a on the "ark" Buford, came to a new life in two revolts. Gregory Weinstein, hailed as Trotzky's closes5, friend in : tlu* United States and "chief of staff" of Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, "ambassador of Soviet Russia," refused to be photographed and fought desperately wjien half a ^lio'.en inspectors forced him to "pose"' for 1 ;> the official camera. Rush Movie Men. . * ' In the .women's department thirtynine feminine radicals rose in a . f, body from dinner and rushed ' "movie" men off the premises. On Mie return of <"he camera vv:n . I'h .even burly inspectors, ihe <Vo charged again 1 swept the- pk. clear after a si iriled fight. The casu uities were one man oadly scratched, and another decorated with black eve. the result of a "left swing" by a girl, who said she had fought in the* Russian women's Battalion of Death. y # Gus Hill's Minstrels, Gus Hill's Minstrels showed in Abbeville Tuesday to a large crowd and proved about the usual thing in'minI strelsy with the exception that the jokes smacked more of freshness than , ordinarily are heard. The crowd straggled in as usual and it was nearly 10 o'clock before the last person : took a seat. A party from McCormick arrived in time to see the last act. ' The show was scheduled to begin at ;S:30, but if it had commenced ac J that time less than one-fourth of the "audience would have seen the whole tfiing. Promptness is a quality that ' ! i?- not stressed in Abbeville. v $! 50,000 ASKED FOR DEPORTATION OF "REDS" Washington, Jan. 6.?Congress was asked today, by the labor department for a special fund of $1,000,000 for the enforcement of laws against alieii radicals and SI50,000 for their de; portation. 3 I Miss Lois Watkins, Anderson and | Miss Laui-a Bailey, Winthrop. were ivisitors in Abbeville this week in in'fcrest of Home Demonstration work. \V\.VVVN.VVVN.VV\VV |\ COTTON MARKKT. V iv ? \ , V January 7. V i V No Spot Market. V ? I v \ V January .. 38.10 V V. March 36.50 V V May 34.95 V A July 33.32 V V October 30.48 V