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I Abbeville Press and Banner g.??M.'?hed 1814- $2 th" Y""- Tri.Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, March 23, 1921 Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. VEIL OF SECRECY AT NEW ORLEANS DEEP MYSTERY MADE OF FIVE PRISONERS?IS SUGGESTED THAT MEN BROUGHT FROM SOUTH AMERICA MAY BE DESPERATE CHARACTERS RIGID SILENCE RULE New Orleans, March 22.?Held in separate cells in the Orleans parish prise n tonight were five men who classified themselves as seamen but whom it was indicated through state ments of Capt. J. H. B. Van Weeld ern of the New York and Cuba line freighter Rushville and implications of department of justice officials might be wanted in New York in connection with the investigation of the Wall street bomb plot of Sep tember 16 last. Shackled hand and foot, the men were taken from the steamer Rush ville today, hustled to the parish prison, booked under the following names, Philip Bender, Lionel Kue breezuff, Rudolph Dorsh, Hans Ran din and Hanrik Lipan, then held in communicado. After Captain Van Weeldern re lated the manner in which the men were captured and the difficulties en countered in moving from Rio de Ja neiro to New Orleans, he too became uncommunicative and tonight would make no further statement. Depart ment of justice officials said they were "awaiting instructions." Last Saturday when the Rushville was approaching this port the master wirelessed the department of justice requesting that it care for five "con sular prisoners." Elaborate prepara tions were made for handling the cap tives and they were treated as des perate men from the time federal of ficers took them over from the ship guard under which they were in charge. Orders issued by the master of the Rushville were that no member of the crew should discuss the prisoner? with outsiders under penalty of sal ary deductions.' The captain, how ver, related the circumstances lead ing up to his acceptance of the men as involuntary passengers. Late last month, according to Cap tain Van Weelder, the United States shipping board steamship City of Al ton, then nearing Rio de Janeiro, re ceived a wireless message presum ably from officials of the United States government requesting arrest of the five men. A fight started and, according to Captain Van Weeldern, it was with cYtromp rfiflftatilfar fhnt the men were subdued, placed in Irons and taken to Rio de Janeiro, where they were imprisoned. They were to be shipped to New York, where they were "wanted." The American vice consul at Rio de Ja neiro, according to Captain Van Weel dern, requested the Munson liner Yoro to take the quintet to New York. Still heavily guarded the men were placed aboard the Yoro and in some manner, according to the Rush ville captain, started a furious fight. The Yoro's master speedily returned them to the Rio de Janeiro jail. A bout that time the Rushville came in to load coffee for New Orleans. Vice Consul Thomas managed to persuade the captain to attempt transporta tion of the prisoners. "We accepted and here they are," the skipper con eluded. The prisoners, apparently between 25 and 36 years of age, were said to be for the most part well educated, I some speaking several languages. The officers of the Rushville spent * tie day and part of tonight in the offices of the department of justice. No indication was given as to when the prisoners would be taken to New York, orders apparently being await ed. Aside from a reporter from an I afternoon newspaper who managed to *talk to one of the men before he was excluded from the parish prison no one outside of federal officials have talked with the men. ANOTHER STILL Another still was destroyed irf the county yesterday. This time the still was on the eastern side of the county. It was located on the plan tation of the late Ben Richey. The find was made by Prohibition Offi cer E. V. Martin, Deputy Sheriff Cann and Constable Sam Milford, of Donalds. The still was a copper affair of thirty gallon capacity. It was lo cated not far from the Richey resi dence. In the smokehouse of the Richey residence was found a table covered with malt. It is under stood that one of the Richey young men is to be charged with operating the still. He is in Abbeville today for the purpose of making bond for his appearance at the next term of the Federal court. FOREIGN AFFAIRS ARE ENGAGING THE CABINET Washington, March 22.?A gen eral survey of foreign relations oc cupied the attention of President Harding and his cabinet today dur ing most of the two-hour session. Secretary Hughes presented a long summary of the general for eign situation and there was a gen eral round table discussion of . var ious affairs. It is understood that the general European situation was touched on only as a part of the gen eral picture and that no specific questions involving the league of nations or other Europearf connec tions were decided. This was the first comprehensive) session to be held by the new cabi net regarding the nation's foreign policy. Secretary Hughes reported all the details he had gathered since March 4 in regard to foreign ques tions, but it was understood that no 'recommendations in regard to changes of policy accompanied the report. Such questions as the restoration of relations with other nations af ter the di^burbanlces of war, the situation presented by the creation of new nations in the war settle ment and the Panama relations oc cupied much time. There was some talk regarding the legislative program for the spec ial session, but, it was said, a defi nite solution still was to be reached. Afterwards it was indicated, how ever, the administration and leaders of the senate and house before con gress got down to work. FORDNEY BILL TO BE PUT THROUGH Washington, March 22?With the decision by Republican leaders to put thru the Fordney emergency Tariff bill precisely as voted by President Wilson immediately upon the con vening of congress, the major legis lative program for the extra session was believed today to be definitely settled. \ Reversing their previous position against the enactment of an emergen cy tariff, members of the house ways and means committee yesterday ac ceded to the request of President Harding for passage at once of a measure designed to afford protec tion to the farmers against foreign competition. Agreement to the pro gram also was given by Senators Pen n x i if .n i J* rose, smoot ana Hdciiumoer, conierees from the senate finance committee, Senator Penrose stating that there would be limitation of debate if nec essary to insure speedy passage of the bill thru the Senate it probably will be rushed thru the House under a special rule. With the emergency measure out of the way the house, according to the final program agreed on, then will take up the anti-dumping bill to be followed by permanent tariff revis ion. The actual work of framing the tariff bill will be begun by the ways and means committee at once. It is planned to speed up the program by having the senate finance committee consider revenue legislation while the house is at work on the tariff. Mr. A. D. Kennedy, of Due West, was on our streets Tuesday. MRS. WEINRAUB ARRESTED CHARGED WITH BURNING Preliminary Examination to be Held Today?Defendant in Jail.?The Storehouse of Defendant Belonging to Mr George Burned Recently Mrs. Sarah Weinraub was arrested yesterday on a warrant charging her with statutory arson. The warrant was sworn out by N. D. Sanders, o^f Calhoun Falls, before Magistrate R. S. McComb. It charges that on Feb ruary 28th. Mrs. Weinraub malici ously and wilfully set fire to a store house in the town of Calhoun Falls, occupied by her, but belonging to J. J. George, with the intent to burn it. Mrs. Weinraub is stated to have had a large stock of goods in the store, which goods were insured, and the in ference is that she is accused of set ting fire to the store for her own ben efit. The warrant further charges that the setting fire to the store endanger ed the place of residence and sleep ing quarters of the family of Mr. Sanders. His family occupied the up stairs of an adjoining storehuose. Mrs. Weinraub was brought to the a!l yesterday and has been in charge of the sheriff since that time. A pre liminry is being held today. Mrs. .Veinraub vigorously denies th^t she set fire to the storehouse. She charges, it is stated to us, that the fire was of incendiary origin, but she denies all responsibility for the offense. One of the witnesses against Mrs. Weinraub will be Mrs. Albert Mc* Lane, who was a sales-woman in her store. Mrs. Weinraub recently swore out a search warrant against Mr. and Mrs. McLane, charging that they had concealed in their house a large a mount of goods which had been taken from her store. The McLanes will ingly submitted to their house being searched. Mrs. Weinraub after the search made claim to only one or two small articles found in the house, and these the McLanes claim to have bought and paid for. Although Mrs. Weinraub claimed the articles, she has sworn out no warrant for the ar rest of these parties. Out of this charge other litigation will likely arise. The McLanes have employed counsel and will institute an action against Mrs. Weinraub for malicious prosecution for issuing out the search warrant. They expect also to file an action for slander against her. . It is understood that the testimony in the arson case is largely circum stantial. A large number of witnesses have been summoned to Abbeville to day and it is likely that the prelimi nary examination may not be finish ed before tomorrow. NEW PLUMBER IN TOWN Abbeville is soon to have a first class plumbing shop open here. Mr. Ralph Turner is in the city now seeking a convenient location and when he has permanently settled he will be joined by his brother, Mr. Herbert Turner, an expert worker in sheet metal. Mr. Ralph Turner is a married man and will move his family to our town at an early date. Both young men are nephews of Mr S M Shiver and Mr Ralph Turner is mak ing his headquarters with him for the present. Abbeville will give the newcomers a cordial welcome. GERMANY W[ILL REFUSE Berlin, March 22.?Germany's reply to the demand of the Enten te for the payment before March 23 of one billion marks gold, to apply on reparation obligations, will be in the negative, it was unofficially stated today. The German govern ment's answer to the allies now be ing drafted, will be complete within 48 hours, as the time limit expires Wednesday. VISJTING HER SON. Mrs. J. M. Wilkinson leaves Thurs day for Asheville where she will pend some time with her son, Julian Wilkinson, who is in the Government hospital at Biltmore. Julian is improv ing slowly, his friends will be glad to hear. STORE ROBBED MONDAY MIGHT Burglar Enters Store of Ramey & Gilliam?Steals Goods Worth iFour or Five Hundred Dol lars?Breaks in Back Door?No Clue. Monday night a burglar or bur glars entered the store-room of Ra mey & Gilliam, on Washington Street aAd stole from it goods of the value nf fnnr nr? fivo /Inllorc try was made by breaking the rear door. In order to get to this door, which opuns into an enclosed court, the robber or robbers first climbed on top of the Kerr stores on Main street and then got down into the court, and from this entered the store. Several articles of wearing appar el were taken from the front win dow of the storeroom. Evidently the person who entered "he store had a confederate on the outside, else he would not have dared to go into the front windows of ths stroeroom and take out a large quantity of wearing apparel and of other articles. . Mr. Gilliam this morning stated that they were postive that four suits of clothing, which formerly sold for $50.00 per suit; two suit cases valued at $40.00; a box of shirts and two extra shirts, two hats, two boxes of men's socks, a bo:c of collars, and a large quantity of men's neckwear had been stolen. Most of the articles stolen were taken from the front vindow of the store, all in fact except the four suits of clothes, the box of shirts, and the collai-s and socks. No clue has been found as yet to the persons responsible for the crime. CLAIMS FIGURES MUCH TOO LARGE Washington, March 22.?Ginning statistics for the season of 1920-21 announced today by the census bu reau, tending to prove that the cur rent crop is the sixth largest in the history of the country, is grossly inaccurate, according to Senator J. Thomas Heflin of Alabama and other congressional experts who have steadfastly contended that all gov ernment reports have been "unduly inflated." 'The report of the census today'," said Senator Heflin, "proves conclu sively that there is immediate need for the investigation which, under a resolution of Senator E. D. Smith, cf South Carolina, the senate will shortly undertake. As a result of that investigation, it will be shown ust how much cotton remains in the country, and I am positive that it will be disclosed that the census fig ures are almost 2,000,000 bales in ex cess of that which was actually pro duced. "Government figures, since the present crop was planted, have in variably impressed tne woria tnai there was to be a surplus supply. This in^ression has demoralized the market and cost the South many mil lions of dollars." Senators Heflin and Smith assailed ihe estimate of the department of agriculture last December as to ?reat. The census figures indicate that the department's estimate was nearly 400,000 bales short. The sen atorial investigation will be in itiated as soon as Senator Smith re turns to Washington. PRETTY VISITORS. Miss Mildred Cochran will come home from Lander College Thursday for the Easter holidays. She will be accompanied by her friends, Miss Frances Massabeau, of Orangeburg; Miss Mary Hyman, of Florence, and Miss Helen McLeod, of Augusta, all students of Lander. These pretty young ladies will spend until Monday in the city. MISS DAISY MAXWELL BETTER Miss Daisy Maxwell has been quite sick at her home for the past week with a genuine case of flu. Her friends will be glad to know that she is improving and every one hopes to see her out again soon. THE CITY PRIMARY \ The City primary election was held yesterday (Tuesday.) Not much in terest was shown in the voting, the election being an unusually quiet one In the first ward M. B. Reese was renominated without opposition. Mr. Reese lives in the ward where Green ville streeters reside and they be lieve in keeping a good man in office. In the second ward the race was between C. L. Evans, the incumbent, and G. L. Flynn. Mr. Evans received 30 votes at the city box, 16 at the cotton mill and 3 at the shops. Mr. Flynn received 10 at the city box, 2 at the cotton mill and 3 at the shops. Mr. Evans was therefore renominated by p vote of 49 to 15. In the third ward Mr. W. C. Hugh es made the race against the incum bent W. M. Langley. Mr. Hughes re ceived 7 votes in the city box, 58 at the mill and 1 at the s"hops. Mr. Langley received 28 at the city box, 50 at the mill and 10 at the shops. Mr. Langley was renominated by a vote of 88 to 66. In the fourth ward there was a three cornered fight. T. M. Miller, the incumbent was opposed by Ben T. Cochran and W. T. Stephens. In this three cornered race Mr. Cochran re ceived in the city box 31 and at the shops 4, total 35. Mr. Miller received in the city box 28 and tit the shops 6, total 34. Mr. Stephens received in the city box 4 and at the shops 20, total 24. None of the candidates re ceived any votes at the cotton mill ;cx. Mr. Cochran and Mr. Miller will, therefore, make a second, race, the primary to be held next Tuesday. COURT CONVENES MONDAY j The spring term 01 tne courc 01 | common pleas will convene next Mon day, March 28th. Only a few cases of ninor importance are to be tried at ment will likely be reached not later this term of the court, and adjourn than Thursday. Hon. W. H. Townsend, of Colum-j bia, judge of the fifth circuit will be j the presiding judge. There will be no second week ofj court this year. ABBEVILLE GIRLS HONORED. Last week was election week at Agnes Scott, college, the stuednts electing all officers for next year for the college activities. Two Abbeville girls, Misses Victoria Howie and Mary H. Greene, were among those honored. Miss Howie was elected bus iness manager and Miss Greene, as sistant editor of Agonistic the college weekly, which is published by the student body of the college. I , | MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF GRAIN IS DESTROYED I Chicago, March 22.?A wrecking crew today were clearing away the tons of debris scattered by an explo sion Saturday night in the elevator of the Armour Grain company, on the south side, under which the bodies of four victims were believed to be con cealed. The two known dead were blown out of the structure by the blast, which, it was believed, was due to spontaneous combustion which ig nited inflammable mill dust. The grain loss was placed at about $1,000,000 by E. A. James, secretary of the company, who said that it was believed the other $3,000,000 worth of grain in the concrete bins could be salvaged. Police and officials of the com pany declared they placed little cre ence in a theory that the explosion night have been caused by a dissiat isfied employee. THE LISENBEES ARRIVE Dr. L. V. Lisenbee has returned to Abbeville after several days' ab sence and he brings his family with him. They are comfortably settled on Greenville Street in the Benton cottage and are receiving a welcome from the neighbors. The Lisenbee? have several lively children. CONGRESS HEARS FORMAL SUMMONS j EXTRA SESSION CALLED FOR EARLY IN APRIL?ALTHOUGH NO SUBJECTS ARE MENTION ED INTENT'ONS OF REPUBLI CANS ARE WELL KNOWN TARIFF AND TAXATION Washington, March 22.?A formal call for an extra session of congress to meet on April 11 and receive legis lative recommendations from the new administration was issued today by President Harding. None of the specific problems to be laid before the legislative branch was named in the proclamation, the president merely declaring that an extraordinary occasion required that congress convene "to receive such communications as may be made by the executive." Mr. Harding already has indicated, however, that the tariff and taxa ;ion will be foremost in his message/ to the special session. He is expected to make a special plea for prompt relief to the nation's agricultural in terests and the list of recommenda tions may touch many other sub jects such as the railway situation, the merchant marine, and immigra tion. One recommendation relative to re construction measures within the government machine itself is ex pected to suggest the creation of a many kinds of property acquired by government agencies during the war. Whether the message will touch on foreign relations is a matter of spec ulation, but the president has indi cated that his primary desire for the session is that it work out a plan of governmental and industrial re habilitation at home. A program for the session has been d'scussed at a series of conferences between the president and leaders in senate and house and although def inite decisions still are to be made feeling of confidence is manifest that there will be working agreement that will expedite legislative business from the start. Some of the president's friends be lieve that he will follow the custom >f President Wilson in delivering his nessage to congress in person. It as said tonight at the White House, however, that no decision on that de tail had been reached. MOB MENACES MAN Hickman, Ky., March 21.?Oscar Seay, a white man living at Bond urant Station, near here, was rescu ed from an armed mob by county of ficers late today and brought to jail I here. Seay, it was reported had un mercifully beaten an 18 months old ' babv erirl with a cane, inflicting ser oius injures. The mob went to Seay's house and was attempting to enter when coun ty officials arrived and persuaded [ the mob to let them have the prison - I er. Seay was rushed to a waiting ! automobile and brought to Hickman. I As the officers drove away many shots were fired. Seay is said to have become incensed at the child's I crying while it had been left in the charge of his wife, the mother of the child being at work. PLAY BALL The Abbeville High school team went over to Elberton today to play ball and to defeat the Georgia team so badly that they will never want to play again. "Mary" Neuffer, the mas cot and Supt. Fulp went along with the rest of the boys, "Mary" being dressed up for the occasion, the cold weather running him into his shoes and stockings. SERVICES AT TRINITY There will be services at Trinity . hurch on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoon at four o'clock and on Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock.