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1841 $2.00*Vear. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Friday, March 31; 1922. Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. iRMY BILL PASSED I IEASURE PROVIDES THAT BY JULY 1 REGULAR ARMY MUST BE REDUCED TO 115,000 MEN. CARRIES A TOTAL OF $288, 0Q0,000. Washington, March 29.?Without roll call th? house today passed < le army appropriation bill carry ig approximately $288,000,000-to ieet military and non-military ex cuses of the war department dur lg the coming fiscal year. As sent w> the senate the meas re provides that by July 1 the en fsted strength of the regular army just fee reduced to 115,000 men, ex clusive of 7,000 Philippine scouts |md the number of officers decreas ed to 11,000. The principal changes made in, the ?ill by., the house \fere the elimina tion of a provision that all troops stationed :n China and a part of lose on duty in Hawaii, the Pana ma canal zone and on the Bhine lid be returned to the United 3+a+oc i>w .Ttilv k and the adoDtion of in amendment increasing by $15, )00,000 the amount carried as a [ump sum toward continuation of fork during the coming fiscal year >n various river and harbor pro jects. Juet prior to passage of the bill Representative Blanton, Democrat, Pexas, demanded another on the imendmevnt increasing the rivers and >ors item which was adopted [onday without a roll call by a 158 54 vote. The house acting on the lemand decided by a vote of 172 to J5 to retain in the bill amendment rtrich increased from $27,635,260 $42,815,661 the amount provided for various improvement. ( A second vote also was demanded Ion three amendments which increas |ed national guard appropriations t^ie three items remained in the Ibill by safe margins. An amendment [increased from ?9?0UU,UUU to $11, 000,000 the army drill pay allow ance for national guards. Another |by $100,000 the $800,000 pro vision for the care of national guard (animals while the third removed a restriction, carried in the hill that none of the money was to ibe used in caring for mere than 4,000 hoTses land mules. The bill was sent to the senate | practically in the form In which it was drafted by a subcommittee of which Representative Anthony, Re publican, Kansas was chairman. Ex cept in a few instances attempts to amend the measure were frustrated. The chief reverse suffered by the sub-committee was the adoption of the rivers and harbors amendment, offered by Chairman Dempsey of the rivprs and fcaitoors committee also opposed an amendment by Repre sentative Rogers, Republican, Massa chusetts, to eliminate the provision for withdrawal of certain troops stationed outside, continental United States but Mr. Anthony agreed to its adoption As framed the bill carried $270, 353,000, approximately $116,000, 000 Jess than the amount appropria ted for war department activities during the Ccxrent fiscal year and a reduction, of nearly $88,000,000 from budget (bureau estimates. House amendments added about $18, 000,000 to*the total. The bill was the first annual sup measure passed by (the house this *<?fesions. Two appropriation bills? the naval and department of jus tice?state department measures? have not yet been acted upon by the house. , KNIGHT TEMPLAR COX B. E. Cox went to Greenwood last niglit to take ,the Knight Templar Degree in Masonry. He thinks it fine, and his regret this morning is that his mother cannot take the same de gree. ' HALTING SHE \MONG THE DEMANDS OF THE MINERS IS ONE OF $5.20 A DAY FOR UNSKILLED LABOR. MINERS LAY DOWN THEIR TOOLS AT MIDNIGHT FRIDAY. New York, March 30.?The hush 5f idleness seems today to be al eady descending upon the unionized :oal industry of the nation, and the inthracite miners and operators suib-committee on wage negotiations ilbandoned all hope of halting the jferike set fr April 1, and entrenched ;hemselves for a long struggle over ;he comerence tanne. Strike notices have been pasted in jath the bitvyninous and anthracite ields, Phillip^ Murray, yice president >f the United Mine Workers of Am jrica, announced. Union miners, 595,00 strong, will lay down their ;ools at midnight tomorrow, wheh :heir present working contract with :he operators will expire, he said. While expressing a hope for jpeedy negotiations of a new con Tact for the anthracite workers, leather miners nor operators would predict today that such an agree nent wo>uld be reached before the lation began to feel the pinch, of a ioal shortage. "We have been asked to sub stantiate our demands for higher vages, and we mu?t have time to do jo," said labor members of the :omimittee of eight. "We are crntent to wait until the niners have fully presented their ;ase. Tnen it win De our vuru w :ome to bat/' said the operators. With these comments, they re sumed discussion of the mass o$ data >n^costs of living, wage increases, lazards of the industry, mechanical production and market profits, on which the union men base their 19 iemands. Among them they are stressing the demand for .a 20 per :ent increase to contract laborers; a minimum of $5.?0 a day for unskill ed day laborers; the check-off sys tem by which the miner operator collects the workman's union dues ind a uniform wage scale for ma chine operators. To these demands the operators nave thus far made but one answer ?"wages in the anthracite industry must come down." . What percentage of reduction they will den.and, the operators have not yet revealed. FLYING AMERICAN FLAG United States Ships Carry SO Per Cent of Cargoes Washington, March 30.?Ships fly ing the American flag carried 5U per cent of the foreign commerce of the UnitSd Stages during February, the Shipping Board announced (today. American ships carried 67 per cent of the exports. The total cargo ton nage moved in the month by Ameri can and other vessels was 4,864,000 tons. In tank drip cargoes alone, the American ships (moved 81 per cent of the total or 92 per cent of the im port movement^ (which constitutes four-fifths of this trade. Loss Money Made ' Washington, March 30.?Because the government is making less money a reduction of 500 in the staff of approximately 5,900 em pioyees of tne Diireau 01 engraving and printing has been ordered, it was announced tonight by Secretary Mellon. MRS. CULBRETH SICK Mrs. I. E. Culbreth has been very sick at her home on Magazine street for the last few days. COTTON MARKET Cotton brought 17 3-4 on the lo cal marke?t today. - e MRS OPEN T RESJDENT OF ONE COMPANY SAYS MEN ARE MOST PROS PEROUS IN UNITED STATES. OPPOSE NINETEEN DEMANDS OF MINERS New York, March ^0.?With a reliminary declaration that "resi ents of the anthracite mine region re the most prosperous in the Uni ed States," operator today launched efore the subcommittee on \rage nn+To^t ri?M>T>fi?+rvf>n? fheir ficht gainst the 19 demands of the min rs as a basis for settlement of the trike set for April 1. Speaking for the operators, S. D. ^arriner, president of the Lehigh !oal and Navigation company, pro ucei figures setting forth that bank eposits in -the anthracite district ad increased $75,000,000 t in the list two years. This, he said, clearly idicates that the miners already are eceiving the 1'saving wage" upon rhich they base their demand for a 0 $er cent increase for contract rork and $1 per shift for day la or. Phillips Murray, vice president of lie United Mine Workers of Ameri a, countered with a denial that the pferators' figures, compiled by the ational industrial conference 'board f rere based on facts. The industrial * oard, he said, is "a clear cut, open s hop, anti-union oiganiation, (but 'r r? colored , and tnorougwy unre able." Mr. Warriner admitted that- the ata of the industrial board had been athered at the request of the opera ors and said the coal producers had ontributed funds to the oiganiza ion. He denied, however, that the oal operators were members of the oard. The conference of (the arbitrat ion committe o%today failed to take ny action which would halt suspen kxn of work at the anthracite lines Saturday, Secretary Gorman nnounced when the session ended. The saving wage demand of the liners was still the point at issue, t was said, with union delegates laintaining that costs of living in he anthracite regions had been on he up-grade while wages were at a tandstill. Will Close on Good Friday New York, March 30.?The New fork stock exchange will suspend op- < rations on Good Friday, it was an- ( lounced today. Most other local ex- i hanges will also observe that day. 1 SCHOOL BOAl SELECT LC The Board of Trustees of the City 1 Schools met yesterday afternoon in 1 he office of Chairman Barnwell to t onsider the matter of building the * lew high school. Mr. Preacher, the < rchitect from Augusta selected for * he work sometime ^go, was present. < Lfter going over plans Mr. Preacher t eturned to Augusta and will be in t Abbeville again within ten days to < nake further plans with the Board. ^ The Trustees selected the Cabell ( OVocrfnTif Qfraaf frty +~V| p TTicH ^ chool building. The price to be paid or it is $7,000. The architect, it is inderstood, says that the erection >f the building on this lot will save ome $2,500 as against another lot srhere much excavating has to be lone. After paying incidental expenses nd other expenses connected with he bond issue and the past due in lebtedness of the district for repairs, he money from the bond sale was irdered distributed amongst the sev ral banks in the city. Superintendent Fulp was re-elect id as Superintendent of the schools, iusiim ~~ 25 YEARS TO PAI TIME TO LOOK AFTER OUR OWN PEOPLE," SAYS DEMO CRATIC MEMBER? $25,000,000 FLOUR RESOLUTION ADOPT ED BY HOUSE / Washington, March 30.?The oint resolution already adopted by he Seaxate authorizing a ifcwenty-five 'ear extension for payment by Aus ria of $25*000,000 for flour pur hased throiiffih the United States rrain Corporation was adopted late oday by the Houses .' The vote, 142 to 50, was .taken / iter a bitter partisan debate and ,fter (the defeat of a motion by > vot? of 187 to 115 to send the neasure back to the ways and neans committee. Members advo cating this move insisted action hould not be taken until the sub ect was considered by the debt ommission. .Representative Lorigwonth, Re publican, Ohio, in presenting the esolution said it released Aus rian assets pledged for payment to he >Unite<i States, if substantially ill of the other creditor nations vaived similar Kens upon Austrian issets^ The loan, he said, rested up-, >n entirely different basis from Al ied loans and no' interest had been laid Because Austria lacked income ufficient to meet her own govern nent expenses. In his attack ' on the resolution tepresentative Garner, Texas, de lared there was no information to e laid before Congress respecting he need of postponement He insist ed its passage would set a precedent "which will turn to plague you Re mblicans in handling the Allied Wbt." ^ | Asked if it were "an emotional ill,"* Mr. Garner said: "Well, a very charming lady nam d Mrs. Todd has interviewed every body concerning it, but I don't :now if you call thft emotional." There was a rou^d of applause rom both sides Of the chamber yhen Representative Walsh, Repub ican, Massachusetts, who offered he motion to recommit, declared the ifhe had come when ongress ought o pay attention to -the needs of its >wn people instead of trying to aid ;hose who sought a few years ago to >verthrow this government. Child Drink* Lye Manning, March 30.?The little :hild of Mr. and Mrs. Martin iMorna lied yesterday morning from the ef fects of drinking some lye water ;hat had been left in the room. RD MEETS,, >T FOR HIGH iis salary being fixed at $3,000; J. M. Daniel was re-elected as principal of ;he high school at a salary of $1,500; md Miss May Robertson was re jected principal of the graded school it a salary of $1,000. The salaries offered are a little lower in every case ,han the salarfes heretofore paid, but he district has run behind the pres ent year in meeting expenses, and urith the certainty* that the tax values m the property of the district will >e lowered, it was the belief of the >oard that the salaries must be re luced or the school term be shorten ed. None of those elected has officially >tated whether he or she wijl accept he positions to which each was elect id or not. In the matter of raising revenue ? -4-1? ?ia 'on or. or ine scuuuia hcau j 0 jested by certain members of the joard that the amount of income for lext year be determined as accu ately as possible; that a schedule of jxpenses be made out, and that a neeting of the citizens of the dis rict be called to consider school mat ers. This will likely be done. t > deaths occurred within < few seconds each other. twins were 42 years of age and one was a widow with 11 year old son. Chicago, March 30.?Josef a and Rosa Blazek, the "Siamese > twin's," } died a? a hospital here early this j morning. Josefa's death occurred 5 first and was followed in a few sec- } onds by the death of her sister. Phy- j sicians had declared early in the j night that in the event of the death of one of the sisters the other would. ( die quickly as their brother, Frank , Blazek, had refused to permit an , ' ' -1 1J 4.k.i. operation wnicn wumu ae?ci wcu , bodies. * The twins had been in the hospital i ten days. Josefa was ill with yellow , jaundice and that was followed by ' pneumonia. Shortly before her death : Rosa was afflicted with bronchitis. j Preparations had been made for * the severing operation and the phy- > sicians were ready to make every ef- if fort to gave the life of at least one of the women. ' *, j Hope of saving the life of Josefa i was abandoned at midnight accord- i ing to Dr. B. H. Brfepkstone, chief of t the surgical staff at the. hospital. Dr. Breakstone explained that a J delicate operation would have/ been 1 necessary. Before their death he had i expressed the opinion that the psysio- I logical affinity of the twins was so 'i j vital that if one should die the other 1 might also succumb before the band .] of flesh and' bone that joins them < could be severed. ] Although the twins possessed "sep arate respiratory and cardiac system^ Dr. Breakstone explained that thej( 1 had only one set of secondary diges- '1 tive and procreative organs. 1 , Rosa was once married, her name ^ being Rosa Blazek jpvorak. She is 1 survived by a normal 11 year old boy. 1 Her husband was a captain in the ' German army and was killed in ac tion in 1917. She was married 15 ! years ago. Josefa never married. The twins were the second off spring of a normal parentage in Cze^ cho-Slovakia forty-two years ago. There were four other children, all normal and all s?ill living. The father is said to be alive, his age being 85 years. The mother died a year ago at the age of 65 years. During a tour of the world the twins acquired considerable wealth. They died without making a will, al though their attorney, J. L. Triska, has been at the hospital several daysj in the hope that they would be in j condition to dictate the document. LITTLE HOPE EXPRESSED ! For Recovery of Former Emperor Charles Lisbon, March 30.?There is little hope that former Emperor Charles of Austria-Hungary, will survive his illness, according to advices received here today from the IslaAd of Made ira. In addition to pneumonia there are cerebral complications. The doc tors have resorted to the administra tion of exygen. ? Hie one-time emperor naa uk>Ul his will. A MOUNTAIN TRIP Mr. and Mrs. Alex Bowie and children left yestewfey for an auto mobile trip through the mountains of North Carolina. They will he gone . ten days. A trip up the French Broad River and through North Carolina when ths dogwood and mountain laurel is in bloom is a delight, and can only be compared in beauty to the famous Magnolia \rarueu h?i Charleston. DR. HARRIS OPERATES Dr. J. C. Harris is in Abbeville today to perform an operation at the Memorial Hospital. IT IDE SENATORS VOTE 74 TO 1 TO LIMIT NAVIES? PACT TO OUTLAW SUBMARINE WAR ON MERCHANT SHIPS PASS ES UNANIMOUSLY ' Washington, March 30.?The two inns conference treaties limiting ;h? navies of the great powers and restricting the use of snibanaranee ind poisons gas were ratified in a landslide of approbation today fry ;he Senate. - * <k . Si 4'v 'fm To the naval limitation covenant declaring1 a naval building^ holiday and fixing a ratio of* capital ship strength for the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy,, the Senate gave its ^nal as sent by a vote of 74rto 1, and then almost without debate it accepted, 71 to 0, the pact designed to pre sent submarine operations - against merchantman and to outlaw chemi cal warfare altogether. No amend ments or reservations were proposed to either. The only negative vote >yas cast against the naval treaty by Senator France, Republican, Maryland, wiho " , said he regarded naval redaction as i dangerous expedient under pres ent World conditions. Every other 5? - '{Aural member of the "irreconcilable" bloc who was present cast a vote in the 2 $: affirmative, although Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, told the Senate he regarded the treaty ae pnly a beginning and Senator Johnson, Re publican, California, declared he ac :epted the fortifications "status quo" provisions for the Pacific witk "grave misgivings." , i v . * ?^9 A speech assailing the poison gas articles of the submarine and gib \ treaty was reader on the Senate ^ floor by Senator WadsWorth, Repab lican, New York, chairman of the military committee, but before the ratification roll call1 be loft the V . jhamiber and did not vote. The New , i York Senator disagreed with the / jta/tement ir the treaty text that use jf gas in warfare had been "Justly condemned by the general opinion of the civilized world," and argued that chemical warfare had not prov ed actually more brutal than other accfepted methods of destruction, '* and expressed a fear that the treaty .-'J pledges would be violated in any * s emergency. ''tHSr As soon as th? two pacts had been <, 1 * - J?-? '*Iaa/Iam * >;y" disposed oi aanuniawawvu icaucta brought formally before the Sejiate , ~i \ the general Far Eastern treaty. De bate on it /ill ibegin tomorrow with indications pointing to oppositon from a small group of Senates who believe that China's Interests wera not sufficiently protected. It is the hope of the leaders,, however, that both this nact and the Chinese tariff V treaty, the last, remaining covenant will be ratified during the present week. : f... ; NEW RESIDENTS ' iMr. and Mrs. E. W. Gregory and Misses Ruth and Lucile Gregory ar rived in the cdty today from Wil- ' liamston and will make their home in AbbeviHe in the future. The Brad ley house1 on Waxdlaw street has been purchased for a home and the family will live there. Mr. Gregory expects to make many Improvements 1 on the place at once. ' Mr. Gregory is the owner of the local Telephone Company, and is a man of business ability, and ta have him (bring his family ip live here is ' . / an addition to the tovfn in a busi ness way,' and socially. ,/ ''4 ?????? . s ? MAYOR'S COURT Sadie Boyd, , Annie Mims and Al'l^ri iBnni) -fa il qH +/1 QnnPQ* Iwfftrp Elicit XIVJU AW"VV? XV the Mayor's Court on charges and forfeited bonds of $12.50 each. Bennie McElroy, 'beating strain, fined $5.00 and sentence suspended. Walter Bowie, loafing1 and loiter ing, fined $5.00.