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Wm*' Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, Friday, March 12, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. - HON MEN AWAIT DECISION QUI WAGE Miners Are Hopeful There Will Be No Let-up In Coal Production After April 1st. New York, March 11.?The sub committee o? operators ana uiucn appointed to negotiate a new wage agreement for the Anthracite coa! miners held its first meeting her today. The sessions are expected tc continue for several weeks before a definite decision is reached. Neither the miners nor operators are hopeful of an early decision as no definite agreement will be reached until the bituminous coal commission hands down its award ir the case of the soft coal miners. Asked when he expected the bituminous coal commission to name its award, John L. Lewis, international president of the United Mine Workers. said: "It is impossible for me to fore*?^AnJoinn cast the date or a possiuie I am concerned that the commissJon has not made a report up to this time. ,It will be recalled that exist, ing wage agreements do not run beyond March 31. I am hopeful thai a decision will be rendered at ar early date so as to insure a continuance of coal production after April 1." The high cost of living will figure largely in the arguments of the mine workers for a "sixty per eenl wage increase, it was stated today Mine union officials indicated todaj that the "closed shop" will be one of the demands that will be insisted upon in the new agreement. CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL WANTS ITS LIGHT WINE AND BEET .Chicago, March 11.?The Chicago city council voted 51 to 10, to peti tion the Illinois Legislature to with' j :ta onnrnval of the constitution' UI dVY 1 oo ?. . ? ? al prohibition amendment, that th< question may be submitted to a ref erendum. Aldermen, who draftee petition, said their purpose was "t( restore the sales of light wines anc beers." over domestic customers. 136 MINERS T0TVCBED NEAR MEXICO CITS Mexico City. March 11.?One hun. dred and thirty-six miners have nol been accounted for in the El Bordc mine at Pachuca, a mining city neai Mexico City in the state of Hidalgo when fire broke out this morning according to telephonic advices re , ceived from Puchuca. DID NOT COMMIT SUICIDE IS VERDICT OF CORONER'S JUR1 A mistake, corrected in most of th issues of the Press and Banner o Wednesday, wasmade regarding th verdict of the coroner's jury in th case of John Bentley Baker. In orde to keep the record straight in th case the following note from Mr. L. C Haskell, foreman of the coroner* ; jury is published: Editor Press and Banner: I have just read the article in you paper regarding the death of Joh Bently Baker and the finding of th coroner's jury. I wish, as the forema of the jury, to say that our verdic was that the deceased came to hi death from a gun shot wound at th hand of party unknown to the jurj Please publish same and oblige. Yours very truly, L. C. Haskell, foreman. The funeryal of Bentley Baker wa held Thursday morning at 11 o'cloc at Melrose cemetery, the Rev. Loui J. Bristow conducting the services. NEGRO KILLING Boston Stewart, negro, shot an killed Berry Robinson, negro, nea Lowndesville Thursday afternoon a: ter Robinson had opened fire an slightly wounded him. From accounts that have reache Abbeville it seems that Stewart ws driving a wagon in which Capt. Bill Shaw and C. B. Hutchinson were ri( ing when Robinson rode up and bi gan to fire on Stewart who started t run. On being wounded he turned an shot his pistol at Robinson, killin him instantly. Stewart came to Abbeville aft< the killing and gave himself up an was admitted to bail of $500 for a] pearance before the next grand jui session. Wireless Brings News of a Ship Disaster Off Mexican Coast Tampa, Fla., March 11.?The naval wireless station here reports receipt [ of wireless dispatches during the night from the Ward liner Esperanza to the effect that the boat went a ground at 11 o'clock last nignt on xuaaagascar reef, off Progreso, Honduras. The Esperanza was bound from New . York to Progreso and was in Havana \ a few days ago. She carried passeng[ ers, but how many was not reported. . She reported her main sea pipes brok\ en and both engines out of commist sio?i but did not say that there was bad weather. If the sea was not high . her situation is thought not immedi. ately dangerous. Her position was lati. t.ude'21.34 north, longitude 90.18 west. . At 2:30 wireless was in touch with L the steamer Bald Hill, bound for New York within 150 miles of the Esperan. za, which was turned aside for its j relief and at 3 o'clock was in touch [ with the Dutch steamer Amsteldijk, . which was also diverted to the Esperanza's relifef. ; 650,000 On Strike 5 j In The French Textile Industry - Lille, France. March 11.?The strike 1 j of textile workers in Roubaix and Turcoing is total, the number of per1 sons idle being 650,0000, according to estimates. j BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington, March 11.?Senate action on Article 10 was deferred tor day again while the leaders sought to ! bring order out of the situation re suiting from yesterday's break-up in the (Sompromise negotiations. Republican leaders were understood to have indicated that they might accept with certain changes !, the substitute Article 10 reservation 4 i V?tr tViA mil/1 l'Af orxro + i of a > U! gcu UJ tuc JLU11U 1 T u tiuui Jiijt I - Among the Democrats the compro-l - mise advocates continued actively at work, some oi them claiming they } could muster thirty or more votes for - the substitute. 1 > STORM WARNING ORDERED I * ON THE GULF COAST Washington, March 11.?A disturbance over Northwest Kansas, moving east, will cause fresh to strong southeast to south winds tonight and Friday on the Gulf coast, r the weather bureau announced today, ordering storm warnings, to " be displayed on the Gulf coast from J Pensacola to Carrabelle. " CHICAGO'S NEW CHIEF SETS SELF A HARD TASK :l Chicago, March 11.?Entire cpnj trol of the police department today passed, into the hands of John J. Garrity, chief of police, and he announced he would "rid Chicago of crime in six months or resign." { RUMANIA TO BEGIN PEACE WITH BOLSHES THURSDAY Bucharest, March 8.?Peace negoe tiations between Rumania and the J Russian Bolsheviki government will i begin on Thursday at Dorna-Watra, e; Bukowina. The Rumanians will dee' mand the immediate withdrawal of I soviet troops from the frontier and r the establishment of commercial rela e-! tions. !. 3 MADE A MILLION DOLLARS FROM FURS THIS WINTER r Saranac Lake, N. Y., March 11.? Adirondack trappers received approxa imatelv $1,000,000 for raw furs this e winter, say leading fur dealers. n Buyers from Utlca, N. Y., to the Canadian line purchased all the pelts :t trappers could obtain, paying 100 per s cent more than a year ago. e Mink has been the leading Adirondack fur, pelts selling for ?18 to $20, 1 or double the price of last season. Muskrat peits almost trebled, increasing from $1.65 to $5. I L I JMoADOO'S Tlx PT \\ IS \OT , APPRO YJED BY HOUSTON Washinsrton, March 11.?The is Treasury Department has not approved Former Treasurer Mc- , i Adoo's plan of reduciner taxes j bv means of addition bond issues. Sec. Houston told the House I / ways and means commute in renlv to a auestion bv ReDresenta,i tive Frear. Republican. Wiscondi sin. tr i f.i ; MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OUT FOR RE-ELECTION d| is Mayor J. Moore Mars and four y\ aldermen, one from each ward, have J-| announced their intention of running j-j in the democratic primaary electon ;o( March 23 for re-nomination. The four d aldermen are: ward 1, M. B. Syfan; g ward 2, H. B. Wilson; ward 3, Otto j Bristow; ward 4, Albert Henry. ?r( W. M. Barnwell has not stated id whether he will run again for Comp missioner of Public Works. I y. The general election will be hsld j April 13. TWO FIRS AT CLEM' m/^-n mTTl run 11IJ Anderson, S. C.. March 11.? The entire cadet corns of Clemson College, with tlie exception of a small student committee, will leave the institution next Saturday and remain awav pending action by the board of trustees upon certain demands made bv junior and senior classmen and durine a ereneral investigation of a series of incidents resulting in virtually all freshmen and sophomore classmen rebelling against faculty disciplinary action against certain underclassmen and leavine the reservation for their homes last night. Trustees Meet Saturday General leave of absence for a students remaining at the collej will be granted by President Rigg who, it is reported, met with a con mittee of upper classmen this mon ing and gave them a promise i writing that he would assemble tf board of trustees Saturday for thorough investigation of the who trouble, granting the students pe mission to appear before the boai with a statement of their grievance With this promise and the grantir of leave of absence from Saturds until March 21st, the upperclassme: it is stated, cancelled orders for * " 4 eirmnathv wit general wamuui, m ? underclassmen, which was decid< upon last night in the event the fa ulty failed to comply with an ultim; turn served upon them following meeting of the junior and seni< classmen. Demands of the Upper Classmen The junior and senior classme have formulated the following d> mands which will be made upon tl trustees at the meeting Saturda} 1.?Reinstatement of freshmen ar sophomore classmen, along with C; det Crossland, of the freshman clas with punishment. 2.?Investigation of certain disc plinary actions. 3.?That a student representatn be allowed to sit with the disciplir committee of the faculty and have a rights of faculty members of tl committee. 4.?That open trial of cadets t ordered. 5.?That the accused student hai a counsellor who is to be a memb< of the faculty and .who is to be s lected by the accused. 6.?That the following petl grievances of students be Investiga ed and remedied (a) Mess hall; (I excessive punishment for cadets wl return but a few minutes late on pe mits; (c) excessive demerits for tr vial offenses. Should the above d mands not be granted, represent tive^-of the juniors and seniors stat< today, the upperclassmen will r main away from the institution unt conditions at the college have bee remedied. Statement From Clemson The following statement was se: out from Clemson College by the re resentative of the daily press there: Clemson College, March 10.?A sei ous disciplinary situation has aris< at Clemson College. Many of the st dents have already gone to the homes and others may leave. Tl great majority of the sophomore ai freshman classes have left and tl juniors are considering going. It not believed, however, that the junio will go. The great majority of tl students talked with today said th they did not want to go, but felt hon bound to keep their promise to the classmates to stand with them. Tl following statement was secured fro 51 * ^is^inline commi the presiueu t auu [tee: "Last Sunday morning the cadet charge of dining room scholarship st dents reported to the commanda that on account of sickness he lack' six or eight men. The commandai With the presidents knowledge the upon issued an order, stating that emergency existed, and that six nr would be detailed each day to assi the scholarship students in the me hall until the emergency was relie j ed. 1 11 * - - '^'*'1 A w/lnr ( aaeis iieseiiivu viuv> "Monday morning, the president w ! waited upon by several of the cla j cooperative committees who stat J that the,cadets very bitterly resent the order referred to. Immediate ste were taken to meet the emergency ai during the forenoon, by offering hig ! er pay, a sufficient number of cade | to fill out the quota of dining roc 1 scholarships were obtained. The c I der of Sunday was revoked at t | Monday dinner hour and two rade j who had been placed in arrest becau | of failure to obey the order were 1 I leased at 4:43 p. m. When the dissati ! faction was at its height on Mond pfternoon, and the threat v as ma 1 that some of the students would r j turn home, two sophomores who we j in arrest in guard room on account 1 ~ limit nt "ft rloillf having excueueu mc mmv wi ... ? its. disregarded their arrest and pr I ceeded to .pack up their trunks. T | cadets were last night tried by t disciplinary committee for breach . arrest, pleaded guilty and received t itciinl punishment for this offense T CLASSES SON LEAVE EIR HOMES dismissal. The college does not forcibly restrain students who are undei discipline, but places them in arrest They are expected to observe the arrest. If they will not do so, the onlj recourse is to send them home. "Another student a freshman, whc had been detected by the commandant the only one of many, participating ir the disorder Monday afternoon, tvas given a local punishment which h* could serve without interruption tc his education. "Today, Wednesday after the dinnei hour, the freshmen and sophomon classes, without permission, as requir j ed by the regulations, held a mass meeting on the athletic field and fror: there marched to the president's of 11 fice. TheNpresident of the freshmar tq class asked the president to appeal s, before the two classes. As ' spokes man for the two classes, he demanded i- that the two sophomores, whom th< in discipline:committee had dismissed, b< ie immediately reinstated, and that th< '& freshman who had been given th< le local punishment be likewise im r- mediately relieved of this punishment d The president stated to the cadet: s. that there was ? ref"'--- and propei ig procedure provided in the regulations iy whereby any student who had beei a, r-unished by the discipline committe< a could appeal to the board of trus :h tees. Also that the cadets concernec ;d could appeal for a rehearing by th< c- discipline committeeoif they so de a- sired, but that he would not take ac a tion under any stress of class or stu jr dent demands. With that, the meet ing broke up, the two classes indicat ing their intention to go home in f in body. e- Rc<l Badges Displayed ie "The present action is probably' j r: culmination of a discontent which ha; id been growing in the corps sinc< a- Christmas. During the disturbance 01 s, Monday, red badges were displayed and the yell of 'Bolsheviki' was fre i- quently heard ,?There are a great manj students in the corps, probably nearl] re 3f'0, who have seen military service ii ie one way or another, and some of thes< 11 are tired of it. Furthermore the stu ie dent army training corps, a war meas ure, at the college last season, createc ie a distaste for military discipline. Thei too on account of labor and transpor re tation troubles and high costs, th< jr cadet mess has not been as good a: e- heretofore. The whole matter will b< referred to the board of trustees, an< iy meanwhile the college will proceec t- with the work of the students who re >) main at the institution. Since this ii >o a military college, any matters in con r- tioversy will no doubt be passed upoi I- in light of these laws and regulations e- The college authorities of coursi a" greatlv regret the' student action knowing that under stress of excite e- ment many students felt compelled t< follow their classmatss. rather thai 511 be governed by their own judgment However, the disciplinary authoritie at the college have no option in th at matter but to proceed along the line P* of the regulations, and this will b done." "i- Following are the members of th 2H disciplinary committee: Presiden u- Riggs, Col. J. M. Cummins, Profs. "W S Morrison, R. N. Brackett, S. E tie Earle, F H. Calhoun, Hale Hous id ton, S. M. Martin, H. W. Barre, D. E tie Henry, D. W. Daniel. J. C. Littlejohr is j Chairman Johnstone Speaks, rs Newberry, March 10.?Senator Ala; ae | Johnstone, president of the board o at trustees of Clemson College, in or statement issued tonight relative t sir the "walkout" of the freshman an tie sophomore classes of Clemson this ai m t?rnoon. stated that he was leaving th it- ^'atter entirely in the hands of Pres j ident Riggs and the commandant, in "I am satisfied," Senator Johnston u- said, "that the president and com nt ~ iiiauuain tau uauuic cue qucsiiuii oai ed isfactorily and have no intention a it. present' of calling a meeting of th ro board of trustees. If a meeting shoul in j be found necessary, I have empowere en President Riggs to call such a meet st I ir.g in my name." ss v" The local boys that have returne from Clemson give about the same r< as port of the students' side as put ss lished elsewhere. The members of Cn ed e(j freshman and sophomore classes wli pa have returned follow: ^ James Coleman, Webber Wilsoi >tg Bill Hughes, J. C. Cheatham, Die im Swetenberg, George Cann, S. A. Wi !r" liams and C. C. Crowther. he its S6 e- FIVE ALLEGED WIRE TAPPERS is- ARRESTED AT TAMP ay Tampa, Fliu March 11.?Five de alletred wire-tappers and a iuan e- believed by officers to have been re an intended victim were arrested ol' yesterday at Tarpon Springs, FIa? >r-1 25) nsiler v/est of here and taken to o- (.'leanvafcr, tlio countj* seat, by a h? flirty of officers. he The fiw? aileped confidence men of were held under $1.01(0 bond each, ho which they bad not furnished lliis ? I lnornin&r, i Atlanta Citizens Offer Services As Street Carmen! Atlanta, Ga.. March ll.?rAtlantans walked to work again today except where they were lucky enough to find room in some friendly automobile. The walkout, causea Dy reiusai ui me un( ion employes to accept a 15 percent wage increase awarded by an arbitration committee showed no signs of nearing an end as the second day be-. gan. The men had demanded a 50 . percent raise. Meanwhile, it was an- i . nounced that approximately 150 Atr 'lantans had signed a petition volunteering to serve as motormen and coni ductors and to go into training ^or , that purpose as soon as the company [ saw fit to accept their offer. The ? trolley tie-up was complete, the com? pauy making no effort to operate eithj er urban or interurban cars. >VI1I Retire From Union Atlanta, Ga., March 11.?Striking motormen and conductors employed I by the Georgia Railway and Po,jver ] Company, today voted to disregard or-; | ders received from the international j i union officials to return to work at | once pending settlement of their de- j mands for increased wages. It was decided also that the local union would retire from the international organisation, if necessaYj. MARY PICKFORD, WEEPING. DODGES CURIOUS CROWD Los Angeles, Cal., March 11.? | Mary Pickford, weeping and worn, | | stumbled from the train here Friday, j I on her return from Minden, Nev., at j j which place she obtained a divorce] . decree Tuesday from Owen Moore, j J Miss Pickford waited until the pas-1 I j sengers naa an leu, me cai, uicu: ; | peered out and seeing newspaper men j "land camera men, flanked by a crowd; . j of the curious, she fled from the op- j . | posite side of the car. As she ran ; . I with tears streaming down her face,' .{she stumbled and fell. Her mother I ^'helped her up and they fled in a J waiting car and sped away. Miss Pickford would not pause to; t, answer the questions fired at her by i j eager interviewers, but her mother; ; spoke for her. J "This is entirely a personal mat-: Jter," she said,'"and neither the pa- j ^ pers nor the public have any right] r I to be prying into it. Why can't i j you leave the poor little girl alone? j She is nervous and broken up. Can't j I you see she is crying? This is just ' j needless cruelty!" j MORE EVIDENCE IS HEARD , I> COLBY APPOINTMENT Washington, March 11.?More per-j ? sons who were connected with the | j army intelligence service during the I j war was heard by the Senate foreign j i relations committee today in consid- j j ering the nomination of Bainbridge j . Colby to be secretary of State. 3 The hearings, which. have been ex- j . ecutive, it was indicated, would be I j continued and some members thought! it might be several days before any i g action was taken on the nomination. | The witnesses heard today included j I J. B. Trevor, who was in charge of \ 3 army intelligence in New York dur- j j ing the war, and Victor Praeger I was a stenographer in the New York | s Intelligence Bureau. e s 1'OJffBING OF ICE GORGES e WILL BE SUCCESSFUL Port Deposit. Md.. March 11.?It is e believed today that efforts to break t the ice gorge in the Susquehanna r- river by bombing from airplanes will be successful. i-1 Under the combined attack of th? f. army aviators and a mild atmosphere, I ' the jam was loosened late yesterday j to such an extent that a small amount j Q of ice and backwater began passing I f out into Chesapeake Bay. However the I a channel was not wide enough to at;- j o sure that the ice would not gorge I rt asrain and the airmen arranged to re- j turn again today and continue their j e work. e 1 jIRL GIVES UP HERSELF AFTER KILLING SISTER : l! "New York, March 11.?Martiej e Tucci, a 20 year old Italian girlrwalkd ed into the Atlantic City jail and and nounced that she had killed her sis " ter. Mrs. Angelina Conti, the victim of the murder in New York, Monday, d according to word received at police ,J headquarters here. The New York ""j nolice. who have been seeking the > girl, immediately sent a detective to ie the New Jersey resort to bring her J here. 10 I : ANTHRACITE PRODUCTION IS a? CUT OFF BY HIGH WATER k Hazelton, Pa., March 11.?Thaws j . | flooding thr> lower levels of the an-, "l thracite mines have cut the produci tion of coal about twenty per cent ! in the Hazelton district and many | sections of the Schuylkill field. j i DEPUTY COLLECTOR HERE MARCH 13 AND 15 TO HELP INCOME TAXPAYERS i We have been asked to publish the j information that a deputy collector | will be in Abbeville March 13 and 15 ' to assist taxpa^rs make out thei | individual income taxes. KJWHHSNoted Political Writer Says President Has No Right To Talk of Our "Imperialism" ? Paris, March 11.?President Wilson's charges against France made in the letter he sent early this week to Gilbert M. Hitchcock, Democratic leader in the United States Senate, are said by "Pertinax," political edi- * tor of the Echo De Paris, to "be aimed at France by name, but at Marshal Foch by implication." *The so-called "imperialism of France." says the writer in discussing Mr. Wilson's letter, "consists in \ the conviction, fortified by all the lessons of history that to guarantee herself against attacks from Central Europe she must hold the Rhine bridgeheads." In the course or his article "Pertinax" says President Wilson went to the session of the supreme council on May 29, 1919, much perturbed, and read to Premiers Clemenceau and Lloyd George a letter from Pierrepont B. Noyes, American member of the Rhineland commission* who declared that the agreement reached on May 11 for the administration of the Rhineland was "more brutal than^ its authors themselves would aesire, as it provides for intolerable oppression of six million inhabitants of of .the region during many years." Mr. Noyes' letter added that American officers with whom he had discussed the question strongly supported his views and was accompanied by a plan of occupation involving a minimum of military domination, it is said. Wilson Imposed Noves' Views "This plan," the article asserts, "was nothing more or less than the convention providing for occupation of the Rhineland signed with Germany at Versailles on June 28, 1919, because President Wilson was able at the meeting of May 29 to impose the views of Mr. Noyes on the supreme council, and a new commission consisting of Marshal Foch, General Tasker B. Bliss, American peace delegate, and Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes, chief of the imperial staff of the British army received orders to prepare a new scheme of-occupation based on American ideas." The writer declares Marshal Foch in discussing the plan evolved by this commission said: "The Germans asked for an imperial commissioner and they were given not only a commissioner, but a civil administration commission which is much more than they claimed." "These words of Marshal Foch," he continues, "characterize the whole' business today. In consequence, it is plain to see the Rhlneland shares fully in the life of united Germany and in the distribution of coal there Germany goes so far as to distinguishbetween inhabitants she supposes favorable or unfavorable to us.. "In a word the work of France is compromised by Mr- Wilson after such examples of our moderation. President Wilson has no right to talk of our 'imperialism.' " TRADE UNION CONGRESS VOTES AGAINST A STRIKE London, March, 11.?The special trade union congress, in session here, voted overwhelmingly today against the strike policy and in favor of continued efforts by constitutional means, to effect the nationalization of mines. The vote against a general strike | came after Sectertary Hodges, of the [miners' federation, moved a resolution in favor of direct action to compel nationalization, in accordance with Instructions/ as issued by the miners' federation. Adoption of a resolution favoring political action in the form of intensive political propaganda in preparation for the general election followed. i PEARLS VALUED AT $50,000 7 ARE STOLEN FROM HOTEL Chicago, March 11.?A rope of pink pearls valued at $50,000 was stolen from Mrs. Robert F. Carr, a Chicago society women, while she " - ?nionri Snrincs was me guesi. ui Hotel, Watkins, N. Y., March 2, it became known today when Lloyd's Insurance Agency offered a reward of $15,00 The necklace was said to consist of seventy-eight perfectly matched pearls. Italian Cabinet Will Resign. Rome, March 11.?Members of the Italian cabinet will hand their resignations to Premier Nitti today, this step being taken in order to facilitate the premier's task in forming a new ministry, according to the Tribuna. VVVVS-VVVVVVVVVW COTTON MARKET. Spot Cotton 40.00 March 39.99 May 36.95 July 34.25 ">ctpber 3W5 December 30.25 . .