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V - \ " ' ' ' ' - i _ ' . Di & ' f.' '* 1 . / ^ ' '1 Abbeville Press and Banner ] Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, February 13, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. ;? == ? I UTTLE PROGRESS I! i MADE IN TREAT1 jSt-v * New Draft is Not Heartily Welcome) Will Meet With Cold Shoulder? Democrats and Republicans Ai;ir? Are Not Enthusiastic. Other Proposals. , ,T . I Washington, Feb. 12.?Little pre gress was apparent today in negc ,'V tiations over the new Article 10 rc servation to the peace treaty brough forward yesterday -by Republica j. senators. In addition to its failure to con: mand the Democratic support fo which its sponsors had hoped, it wa said the netf draft had been foun unacceptable to some reservationist on. the Republican side who threater ed to join the irreconcilabe oppc nents of ratification if the modifies ' tions proposed were made in th original Repubican reservation. A canvass of the 49 Republican is understood to have shown that or ly about 30 could be counted on t vote for ratification with th changed reservation under which th United States would decine to guai antee the integrity of league mem h bers by force, economic boycott o "any other means" except when cor gress acted. Sixty-four votes ar J ??.J Jmikf ttffl necessary to rauiy ,?nu uuuui, ?? .?* expressed generally whether 3 Democrats could be induced to dc sert their party leaders. Senato Hitchcock df-Nebraska, who has d clared the revised draft would en j body a surrender of the treaty' friends. Numerous other proposals to solv the Article 10 difficulty were dis ,, cussed during the day the leaders o both sides conferring among them selves on the subject. Senator Hitch cock also saw several Republicans o the mild reservation group but it wa declared that no conclusions wer reached. - . INFLUENZA EPIDEM. ' IS DECLINING, REPORTS TO WASHINGTON SHO\ be ? N Washington, Feb. 12.?The influ enza epidemic of 1920 seems to hav reached its peak and is declining, ac cording to reports to the publi - ic health service. The excess moi tality rate due to influenza for 192 is only about 50 per cent of what i was corresponding period, in 191? it ir. estimated. A comparison of the excess moi tality rate per 100,000 of populatio . for the respective peak weeks of IS 20 and 1918, shows: Chicago, 1,886, as compared wit 4,620. Milwaukee, 1,434, as compare ; with 1,915. Washington, 2,072, as compare with 9,789. These rates may be taken as a fai indication of conditions throughoi; the country ,the health service said. PAYNE ENTERS CABINET Washington, Feb. 12.?John Bai ton Payne, chairman of the shippin board and former general counsel c the rairoad administration, will b< come secretary of the interior Marc ' 1, succeeding Franklin K. Lam whose resignation becomes effectiv on that date. While White House officials d< clined confirmation, it was unde1 stood that Former Senator Joh Franklin Shaffoth of Colorado h; been offered the place to be vacate by Payne. Chairman Payne said tonight h V would accept the appointment to th t" cabinet because it was the wish c the president, but "my heart is i the shippir^r board." bets 1 rip lo Cuba. Frank B. Jones, agent for the Mi souri State Life Ins. Co. and tl Abbeville-Greenwood Mutual Insu rmce Association, has been given free trip to Cuba by reason of t'r that he sold ?125,000 worth c lir.< J.r.. . . , / ? fctw&iiv ~ ;.'k.. vallied council to ^ insist on trial of J hun war i.eadeh3 J ( London, Feb. 12.?The allied su[ preme council today, after discussI ing the situation arising from Gerj many's violent protest over the ex' tradition demands, agreed to insist upon those demands, it was stated tonight. It had been reported that the differences between France ard ( Great Britain as to whether the de( mands should be modified. It is probable that the position of the allies wil be set forth soon in a n statement. This may take the form of another communication to Ger******"" fA UAHqti/^ AC many, ui puooiuij viic vv aav?ic*aiu< r far as can be ascertained, however, s nothing definite has been1 decided jj regarding any further steps to be .g taken toward Holland. i- The coucil, in dealing with othei - questions, decided that financial exi perts of^ the allied governments e many of whom are here, should'meet soon to discuss the problem of inter,s national exchange in an effort to dei vise a plan for its stabiization. It o was not settled when the first meeteiing of these experts should be hed. e Tte council decided finally that its - headquarters should remain in Paris. i-;For the convenience of the British r [government authorities, however, it i- will continue to sit here for the prese ent, probably through the coming s fortnight. It is expected that Pre4 miers Lloyd George and Nitti will be s-jin constant attendance. Premier r|Millerand probably will be called !-jhome before long, in j which ^ case t- France will be represented by Phil's lipe Berthelot, political director of the foreign office, and Paul Cambon, e ambassador to Great Britain. lAlthough Marshal Foch and Genn eral Weygand arrived at No. 10 l"i Downing street just before the first L" J session of the council today, they did *|not attend either of the two meetings held. Belgium was represented e jby Premier Delacroix. LEGISLATIVE NOTES. y The house last night passed a concurrent resolution fixing the time ol adjournment sine die of the twc e houses of the general assembly Friday^noon, February 27. c The house passed after a warm debate the Boyd 'bill to require all pub0 lie schools of the state to use uniit form text book., as prescribed by tht I, state board of education. Here?ofor? certain schools in the state have opr erated under a special charter ob n tained in the 80's from the legisla> ture and have not heretofore beer required to use the state adopted h books. As Superintendent Swearin gen would put it, "They will no\* d shed their graveclothes." Ajbbevillj was not one of the Specially favoreq d districts. The house Thursday without a disir senting vote passed to third reading lt the Mims resolution proposing to ap propriate $600,000 for new buildings for a greater Citadel. The monej would be provided by a levy of oner_ half mill on all taxable property ir g the state, to be paid in three annua! yl installments. i- The house yesterday killed th( h McAdams bill to require all ginner: e, to put as much as six yards of bag e | ging on each bale of cotton, and alsc requiring that the heads of the bales J-j be covered. n QUARANTINE LIFTED; lS SCHOOLS TO -REOPEN d " MONDAY MORNING |0 At a meeting of the Board oi IC ^'Health Friday it was decided to reopen the schools Monday. Tht Churches will be allowed tr> hold services Sunday and the Opera Housf Will liQVfl flio lafocf film flocVt/srl r\T the screen Saturday night. s. Only nine new cases of "flu" were ie reported Thursday, making a total o1 r_ 273 reported altogether. Of the toa tal most have recovered. ie The ban is also off any public gath>f evings though the doctors urge the use of plenty of individual caution. HOUSTON GIVES E. * REASSURANCE ON MONEY OUTLOOK Washington, Feb. 12.?Announcing that the last remaining floating,so indebtedness of the government as would be redeemed Monday, Secretary Houston said the position of the^1 e treasury was "very bright," and that(er government officials saw nothing inj^f the present financial situation which \they would regard as extremely grave j Only about $60,000,000 of shorttto term certificates requiring to be ref funded at maturity remain# to be re deemed. Outstanding tax certifi1 cates, issued in anticipation of in x. ta ' come ana pront tax installments iur 1 the purpose of relieving the quarter- , 1 ly strain on the banks, amount to ^ $2,935,949,500, but in no instance 1 exceed the estimated amount ofi . ? . st taxes and accordingly no funds will ^ ' have to be provided to meet them. ^ Secretary Houston did not mini- ^ 1 mize the "pains and difficulties" i w, W< ; still to be encountered in the proc- U1 ess of recqfnstruction, but declined 'or ' to indorse the pessimistic ^riews af j jn some public m?n who have forecast sa a crash in the international finan- e(j cial fabric. to 1 "People lose sight of the manyjin ways we have been assisting Eu-^of rope since her armistice," Mr. Hous-,pt ' ton said. "In addition to government ^ loans, we have furnished them $700,-di 000,000 worth of surplus army sup-:*n plies, $'00,000,000 for food relief, Pe probaibly $400,000,000 in private! loans, to foreign bankers, and a con-^i siderable amount of accrued interest ro on the government loans, so that the fr | total probably would reach $4,000,- ba 000,000. In addition, Europe has been "i i *.;? i tt Ifi/ selling securities nere. | Mr. Houston said all reports from Europe indicated that "reconstruct tion Was going on while they were pC talking about it," citing the rebuild- . j ing of Frnech railroads and bridges | as a notable example of what has ^ been accomplished. A.s to the do- ' mestic situation, he pointed out that ^ approximately $1,000,000,000 would J be spent this year aifd next in road . building under arrangements made ejj while he was secretary of agriculture,' and that building permits, always a > good index to business conditions, in- ^ dicated the country was rapidly mak- as ing up the shortage of houses caused by the cessation of construction dur- Qj ing the war. sa i - , re LEAGUE OF NATIONS ca BEGINS WORK WITH iR, 8 NATIONS PRESENT ot !ps i London, Feb. 11.?The council of , I f Vi the League of Nations met today in St. James palace, Leon Bourgeois, t..e j j 0) French delegate, delivered the open-: J ing address. |pi 1,1 the ambassadors and ministers se of t. allied, associated and neutral i power, other distinguished public co ' |men and the press to the numbsr of i 160 were invited to attend. sa rj The opening meeting at noon was fi: of a more or less formal nature, to bj tj deal with the programs of the pro-,th [iceedings of the subsequent meetings, la which will occupy Thursday as well: as today, some sesions being public N 'land others private. This afternoon's i session, with Arthur J. Balfour. Brit-! ^1 ish representative, presiding, was ^ ! private. I ' 3 ! di j The nations represented at the j meeting were Belgium, Brazil. Great : ^ j Britain, France, Greece, Italy Japan | and Spain. !. In his speech of welcome to the! 1 * I W l, delegates, Mr. Balfour saiu there 'was only one blot on the meeting,j M and that was that there were eight , | .| til ' nations represented instead oi nine. \ ! ell ' He said it was not desirr-.'e to touch a. TT ot-i? I , on uuc auacutc UJL tne u .twcu ouaucs, i I Cj . but he referred to it as ;varring the: ~ 1 symmetry of the original plan of the league. ' Mr. Bourgeois, in re:>ly. added a ,-word of regret that the nations represented were only eight i>; number.!dr | to Mis? Lottie May Vaughn s in Co- ce ; iumbia spending a few day? with her so 1 . home neopis. c:i XPECT RAILROAD 1 ?.:2A3UT>E TO EE LAW BY MARCH Washington, Feb. iz.? wm:e me opposition to the railroad bill i finally agreed upon in confercnce ( ts developed, senate and house aders predicted today the confer- . ice report on the measure would ! promptly adopted so that the gislation would'be on the statute ^ >oks before the roads are returned ( private control March 1. The final draft of the conference ' port is now being made and it will s presented to the senate Saturday Monday. The house expects to ' ke the report up Monday or Tues- 1 ly at the latest and leaders said toly it would be disposed of in two ' iys. ! ' Chairman Esch, of the, house inter- ' ate commerce committee, one of ] e authors of the railroad bill, and * her leaders expressed confidence at opposition by house Democrats < ould not delay passage of the meas- .< e. They based their prediction up- i i the fact that the bill, as rewritten conference, is substantially the me as; the Esch bill recently pass[ by the house. Senate provisions which there was objection, includg the anti-strike section, creation / ' the transportation boaird and comilsory consolidations were stricken it in conference. The essentia ad- J tion to the house bill was the fixg of guaranteed return of 5 1-2 ir cent. \ "With the time already fixed by esident Wilson for return of the ads and the widespread demand j om the people that they be handed ick," Chairman Esch said today, ~ ailure to enact necessary legisla>n before March 1 would be dis-! trous. I am satisfied, however, the | use will adopt the conference reirt without delay." Chairman Cummins of the senate terstate commerce committee and le of the framers of the bill, said ere was no doubt of the acceptance the conference report by the sene. "There is no opposition to the toll ' - . .* the senate other than which was j :pressed when the bill originally j( as up for consideration," he said. [' "As far as the house is concerned, 11 wever, I have made no effort to j certain what its fate there will be." [I Senator Pomerene, Democrat, j hio, one of the .senate conferees,] id he was "very confident the con-, rence report would be approved." j "Wtiile I have not undertaken any 1 .nvass of the house," said Senator |j obinson, Wemocrat, Arkansas, an- j her conferee, "I am sure it will t I iss thta body and I am sure a large imber of Democrats will vote for,I | 1 e report." !i An equally optimistic view was .l [pressed by Senator Lodge, the Re-it iblican leader. j t "It most certainly will pass the | nate and I feel sure it will aso pass!I e house," he said, referring to the ! inference report. jr Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah,|i id reports that congress would not|t nally approv'e the bill as modified jf r the conferees "were only part of j i e propaganda that has been circu-|l ted against the bill." je (r O FURTHER HEARINGS g IN MEDAL INVESTIGATION| s Washington, Feb. 12.?No further, sarings in the investigation of naval } scorations is contemplated by the mate committee of inquiry, Chair-j. an Hale said today. The commitie is now considering the evidence, j added, and its report probably 1 ill be made public in two weeks. j < The committee's investigation into ^ larges made by Rear Admiral Sims c iaf nauu tn "Full pn-nnpr. C ;e with the allies during the war 1 ill not begin until after March 1, i ?nator Hale said. j t I i \KERS' FLOUR DROPS jf 25 CENTS A BARREL; Chicago, Feb. 11.?Bakers' flourr opped 25 cents a barrel in Chicago Jc day. making a total decline of 50 |s nts in a week. Carload lo-:s were; c Id at S12.r?0 a barrel ant5 small pur-ic n.-.j SI'-) a v 7IVE MEN HELD UNDER HIGH BAIL, BIG THEFT INVOLVED New York, Feb. 12.?With five arrests in connection with the $5,000,300 securities theft plot, the polict :laim to hrfve "nipped in the bud' lere, the district attorney's office an nounced formally today that one 01 the prisoners had confessed ,to havinj taken part in stealing more than $1, 000,000 worth of stocks and bondi from Wall street messengers on Mai and June last year. All five were arraigned and held ii $100,000 bonds each, charged witl suspicion of larceny of $107,70( worth of securities. Deputy Assist ant District Attorney Murphy asket for the high bail, declaring that Ir ring Gluck had made a confession im plicating himself and the others ir the $i,000,000 thefts. E Swards AFurey, a chauffeur anc designated by the district attorney': office as the "master mind" in th< alleged plot, made the acquaintanct jf Joseph Gluck, Irving's brother, bj representing himself to, be a city de;ective, according to the confessior announced by Murphy. Furey exhibited a badge and revolver when h? jailed at "the store of the Gluck boys :ather, and later demanded a share n the spoils of the robberies, whici le urge'd be continued, according tc M'nnnViir r-v Joseph Gluck gave Furey $1,750 in :ash, a $1,600 diamond ring and an lutomobile to keep from being arested by him on Fure/s first call, th? illeged confession continued, adding :hat Furey told Joseph that a ''cer;ain party in Wall street" had informed him of the Gluck boys' opera;ions. Two women, one said to be a wonan wrestler and the wife of Furey; ind th^ other described as a Frencl ictress, both handsomely dressed; vent to the Tombs court to see Fuey when he and the others were arraigned. The parents of the Gluct joys also went to the court, but were jarbed poorly. The. roster of those arraigned toiay included Joseph and Irving Glucli srothers^ Herbert and Rudolph Bu 1 i.1. J :;ura, aisu utumera, aiiu rutejr. J. S. DESTROYER TALBOT REPORTED IN DISTRESS IN THE BLACK SEA Constantinople, Feb. 10.?The American destroyer Talbot- was re >orted today in distress near Ser>ent's Island, in the Black Sea. It is hought, however, that the report nay refer to the Talbot's standing >y thfe British cruiser Ceres, which s towing a tanker and two tugs oaded with refugees from Odessa oward Constanza, Rumania, undei >ad weather conditions. A blizzard is general over the Black sea. The Russian. steamer Gregorieff an aground near the Killia life-savng station at the Black sea entrance o the Bosphorous. One hundred and ifty of her passengers were rescued n the raging storm by means of a ine anded from the ship by a rockit, and efforts are continuing for the escue of the 200 remaining passen;ers and crew. The Grpgorieff is a 7,000-ton vesel. She left Odessa Sunday. WARNING ISSUED AGAINST ' EATING SPOILED FOOD Washington, Feb. 12.?The death >f persons in Memphis, Tenn., and ther cities from eating bottled ripe >lives prompted the public health ser ice today to warn the public against ;ating spoiled food. Telegrams ac oi'ding to the announcement, have >een sent to all state health officers nforming them of the origin and na;ure of the olives and in addition jrging that a watchout be kept a gainst similar iooa poisoning. "Persons are warned not to eat my food thatv is off in color, or odor i . . ir which is packed in containers that ieem to have swelled, or, which, when tpened, show an accumulation of gas >r evidences of decomposition," the vainine said. \rnmz amcuicd uLiimiL nnonuv ASKED OF WILSON 1 j Want Assurance of Reduced Cost of Living?Interview With President. | Alternative of Increased Wages. 'I Conference Today at the "t White House. H Washington, Feb. 12.?President ! Wilson will be asked tomorrow by spokesmen for more than 2,000,000 ' i railroad employes that definite as- 'j* )jsurance>be given of an immediate -jreduction in'the,cost of living, lead1 ers in the wage negotiations de-Jclared tonight. As an alternative, the -j union representatives will claim ini1 creased wages, demands for which were not pressed at Mr. Wilson's re1 quest last summer. Representatives of the workers, it !was estimated tonight, based their hope for higher wages largely on the increase in the cost of living since :the last general wage increase in 1918. The'cost of living question, while | always to the fore in the negotiations which the union men have had With Director General Hines, will be % employed to the full extent of the unions' power in the conference with the President, it was indicated, i Immediately after.' the announcement from the White House that the President would see a union commitjtee of three personally, a meeting of : all union heads interested in the controversy was called and preparations ;were begun for possible presentation of verbal claimsi in amplification of the written statement submitted through Director General I Hines. The employes will -be represented ' by B. M Jewell, acting president of l the Railway Employes' Brptherhood, ' American Federation of Labor, E. J; -* ' Manion, president of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers ,and Timothy :.Shea ,acting president of the Broth! erhood of Locomotive Firemen and ! Enginement. "j The conference will be held on the "l south lawn of the White House " where Mr. Wilson spends a portion of his mornings. HEAD OF NAVAL PRISON / Sjg TENDERS RESIGNATION Washington, Feb. 12.?Commandeer Thomas Mott Osborne, command!|ant of the Portsmouth, N. H., naval "jprison, has tendered his resignation !jfrom the naval, reserve force and ' asked Secretary Daniels to accept it ' as soon as his successor at Portsl'mouth can be chosen. !| Na 'al officers said Commander Os tjborne's resignation had no connec- ^ ' tion with charges of immorality among inmates at the prison submit- v.-| ted by agents of the department of justice several months ago. They i said he first presented his resigna tion some time before the charges ! were made, but later withdrew it. [ [ INSURANCE AND TRUST , COMPANY IS ORGANIZED The Citizens Insurance and Trust Co. was organized here this week with J. S. Morse, president; W. F. NickI les, vice-president; R. E. Cox, secre| tary and treasurer. The board of di! rectors consist of the above named | officers and Albert Henry, R. C. Phili' son, Dr. G. A. NeufFer, C. H. McMurI rp n TTT1- ?J? TTT TT 'I ? j ray, 1. u. wnue, w. n. wnite, J. W. Calvert, Sol Rosenberg and D. H. Hill. !| The corporation will be capitalized ' at $12,000 and will write life and ,1 ' fire insurance, buy and sell real es' tate, stocks and bonds. j \ COTTON MARKET. \ V V V February 1 . V V Spot Cotton 39.00 V V v V March 35.95 V \ May 33.67 V V July 31.68 V V Octoi>?y v S. Djccnv-ev 28.80 v ? . ? \ \ \ \