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Abbeville Press and Banner 1 ?as9I , * Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, May 31,1922 Single Copies, Five Cents. 78thYear. 1 SOLDIERS BONUS NOW TAKING FORM SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE ABOUT TO MOVE?BELIEV ED TO BE DIVIDED NINE TO Six FOR HOUSE MEASURE WITH MODIFICATIONS Washington, May 30.?The Mc Cumber soldier's bonus plan ap parently commanded a majority in the Senate finance committee today, but a formal vote was deferred un til Wednesday to give Senators ad ditional time to consider some amendments that were suggested. Chairman McCumber expressed confidence after the session that his plan, which follows closely the house, bill except that the land set tlement feature has been eliminat ed, would be approved, and in this Democratic members of the com mittee agreed. N Both the McCumber proposal and the Sraoot proposition to give vet erans paid up insurance policies in lieu of all other forms of compen sation was discussed at some 1er-*h at the committee meeting, which was the first for discussion of the bonus to which the Demo cratic members were admitted, ^pnatnr McCumber presented his proposal in detail and Senator Smoot explained his plan. The committee chairman said there had been no discussion of a cash bonus adding that there was r.ct the money with which to pay cash. , Proponents of the McCumber plan appeared to be confident that the committee on Wednesday would order a favorable report on the amended house bill. In that event the measure would be placed on the Senate- calendar, but whether It would replace the tariff bill in the near future remained to 'be de cided. The committee went into consid eration of the bonus problem with out any direct word from President Harding as to his views either on the McCumber plan or the Smoot proposal, both of which were la'?, before him in detail several weeks ago. Senator Watson, Republican, Indiana, who has held several con ferences with the executive on the subject, was not present, having not yet returned fron: Indiana, where he delivered the "keynote" address at -fche republican state con vention. The proposition of adding the Smith-McXary reclamation bill to the bonus measure in place of the discarded land settlement feature wa?. not discussed at today's session, members said. - ** n Senator 'JVicuNary, xvepuwicau, Oregon, and other Senators as well as some proponents of the reclama tion measure in the House are he hind a movement to this end. A sub-committee of finance commit tee republicans has been appointed to hear Representative Mondell ol Wyoming, the House Republican leader, and others interested in the reclamation legislation. Changes ir some of the administrative features of the bonus ibill were discussed lAV -A-1. ~ A/vncmJHM f \T htr SPVPTS WIX Li uuc tuuiiiuvbvv arms officers. These changes hav? been suggested by the War Depart ment in the interest of facility ii administering the compensation act Whatever the decision of the fi nance committee has ^between th< two bonus proposals, indication: point to a sharp, if not prolongec fight in the Senate over the legisla tion. FIRE AT COCA-COLA PLANT. The fire alarm was sounded thii norning about 8:30 o'clock. A trucl in front of the Coca-Cola riant wa: >n fire, but the Company answerec |n good form and small damage was lone. About 500 school children alsc Liswered the call, keeping up witi fee wotor truck in the race. SHE BALLOTS TO RAILWAY MEN /VP tlfiV CM MAIff ItnADUfi wr nni unr PLOYEES VOTE?IF MEN DE CIDE TO QUIT WORK IT WILL BE EARLY IN JULY?MAY BRING WALKOUT Detroit, May 30.?The executive council of the United Brotherhood j of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railway Shop Laborers this af ternoon unanimously adopted a resolution instructing E". F. Grable, the president to send out strike ballots to all memibers of the orga nization and all non-union workers of the crafts affected by the wage cut ordered by the railroad labor board Sunday. President Grabel announced the ballots would be sent out immedi ately and that if the workers de cided to strike in protest against the cut, the walkout would be ef fective about July 5. He estimated 478,000 members of the union and about 72,000 non-union workers would be asked to vote, virtually every l-ailroad in the country with | the exception of short lines and i i electric roads being affected. The resolution adopted by the : j executive council which is composed j of the officers of the union specified i j th& ballots snouia asK wnexnei 01 | not the workers were willing to ac i cept the cut and declared if they ! j were not "the union will use the J j full economic powers of the organi- 1 j zation to resist the reduction of ! wages ordered by the. labor board." ! j President Graible said afterward 1 I he expected the returns would be in I ] by July 1, explaining in case of a 1 I strike vote he was empowered to I call the men out and he fixed July 1 I * as the tentative datp bv which ar- i | rangements could be completed to 1 I put the strike in effect. The wage 1 j cut is effective July 1 under the i ! board order. 1 i Houston, Teocas, May 30.__The ' convention of the International ' Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen 4 and Enginemen adjourned today until Monday without having taken action on the motion to authorize the president and secretary to pre pare instructions for firemen to leave the service in event the rail road labor board should hand down a decision reducing their wages. The motion, it was said, appar ently looks to the future in suggest ing that general chairmen prepare in advance instruction blanks leav ing blank the date for a walkout, the date suggested being the time that any wage cut should ibecome effective. The motion was referred to the committee on the protective department. It was understood that the com mittee has not reported to the con_ vention. Brotherhood officials have indicated they are aware that dis 1 I nnociAn e\? xxraorac: Kir labor board will not ibe taken up for several months. The motion states, however, that the "majority of the board intended to cut our wages." RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT Major J. D. Pulp attended the i meeting of the Alumni Association . of P. C. at Clinton yesterday. He . wlas reelected president of the ? Alumni Association at yesterday's 5 meeting. About 80 other alumni 1 were present and a splendid meet. . ing was held. A (banquet was enjoy ed last evening in the Commercial Hall which was attended by 200 people. cur run qiAKruLi c Cotton brought 20 3-4 cents on > the local market today. Futures I closed 5 July 20.-69 October 20|.256 i December 20.M January 19.81 TALK OF IRELAND MAY CON TINUE FOR DAYS?MR CHUR CHILL'S EXPECTED STATE MENT TO HOUSE OF COM MONS MUST WAIT London, May 30.?The Irish ne gotiations have made no apparent progress since Saturday and Win ston Spencer Churchill, secretary for the colonies, informed the house of commons today that they might continue for several days. The joint conference was fixed ?? ? J i-V* -rv/\f?4-nnnn/1 tA 3 iui nuuii aim tucu ^/vo^wnwu w ? o'clock this afternoon and finally until tomorrow. This seemingly was due to the long meeting of the Brit ish cabinet committee on Ireland. The Irish representatives waited most of the afternoon at their ho te<! for a summons to the prime minister's residence at Downing street. Mr. Churchill's expected state ment to the house of commons was postponed also, although he told the house that "owing to the ur gency and gravity of the issues, par liament is entitled to the fullest in formation." The members tried hard' in the question hour to get some informa tion from th? government regarding its attitude towards the agreed Irish elections and other matters, but Mr. Churchill staved them off until he should make his formal statement. One question pressed by se?veral members was whether all the members of the new Irish par liament would fee obliged to take tho oath of allegiance to the king. The colonial secretary satisfied their curiosity on one point, assert ing that the British" commander of the forces in Ulster could not take the responsibility of moving his men into southern territory to meet threatened attacks except with in structions from the cabinet. He also reve&led that the admirality had 3c.nt vessels to Londonderry over Sunday at Sir James Craig's re quest. It was known only that one destroyer was outside Londonderry and the number of ships dispatched 4.1*^4- nroc ?/vfr. /IiVIiIopaH tU tUAl/ b TTUu iivv u*t The impression grows that the differences between the government and the Sinn Feiners amount to an acute crisis, particularly in view of Mr. Churchill's reference to the ur gency and gravity of the issues. SAILS FRIDAY FOR ENGLAND Rev. Dallas Takes Special Course of Study at Edinburgh Rev. James M. Dallas, wno nas been pastor of the Greenvale and Donalds churches for the past eleven years, leaves Friday morning for New York on his way to Eng land, Scotland and France, where^he will spend the summer months. &r. Dallas sails next Tuesday on the S. S. Mauretania for Southampton, England, and expects to reach Lon don about June 14th. Aftea- a visit * * * ? to that city ne win go wj ?iuuiuuxgu where he will spend some time in taking a special course of study. While in Scotland, he will for the. third time, have the pleasure of preaching in his native city, which he has not visited for seventeen years. Before returning to the Uni ted States Mr. Dallas will visit the battlefields of France, and the grave of his nephew, who was killed in <-rr?ao+ mor anH urVlA IS hllried in the British Military cemetery at Marquion. FOOTBALL MEETING A foot 'ball meeting was held in the high school this morning. The purpose of the meeting was to elect -m f.lanilo Oowi VlUVCia 1V1 IIGUWU / Vt*4 . broil was chosen Captain to sue. ceed Allen Long, by a unanimous vote, and Donald Harris succeeds Billy Long as Manager. This was th? last mooting of tfce season. CHINESE PROVINCES NOT PAYING TAXES i PEKING GOVERNMENT FACING A FINANCIAL CRISIS?THE TREASURY EMPTY ?NORTH AND SOUTH CHINA UNABLE TO UNITE Peking, May 30.?The Peking government is facing a financial crisis, ac announces tnat 11 is un alble to meet its ordinary current expenses and Finance Minister Tung Kang has appealed to the provinces to remit the revenues due the federal government which they have 'been retaining for local use. Five million dollars is needed on the first of the month to pay the government employees, ibut it is ex plained that only a few thousands are left in the nation's treasury. Unless the provinces extend help, which they have not done for years the government says it will be em barrassed. VReassembling of the. old parlia ment, retirement of President Hsu Shih Chan?, selection of a provin-j cial president, and adoption of per manent leaders throughout -the country as means of solving *the problems which are crowding upon the nation. General Wu Pei Fu, in military control of northern China1 while on record as favoring the re convening of the old parliament' has not yet issued a formal call for its meeting. He is said to foe sound ing out the sentiment of the coun try, and also desires ,to know de? finitely what will be the attitude of Sun Yat Sen, head of the southern government. T4- ie fliQf ninlocc Dr Aim agrees to abolish the Canton gov- j ernment on condition that Presi dent Hsu Shih Chang retires, unifi cation of the north and south will be unattainable. Dr. Sun, recognizing the power ful influence of the south in the matter, se?ms disinclined to agree with any scheme proposed 'by the northern government and his fol lowers contend that Sun represents the only legal government. General Wu already has obtained assurance from the president of his willing ness to retire and has urged that Sun likewise withdraw for the sake of the country. It has been tentatively proposed that LiyJTua/n Kung Ibe recalled as provisional president. He resigned from the presidency after the par liament was dissolved in 1917. MUST PAY TAXES NOW Extension Granted by Legislature Expires Soon. Columbia, May 30..?South Caro lina tax payers who have not yet paid their 1921 taxes, have until Thursday to see the county treasur ers and meet their obligations with out having executions made out a I gainst them. The extension granted by the legislature expires on June 1 and an 8 per cent, penalty goes into | effect then. Executions are to be made up on June 1, but held by the treasurers until September 1 before being placed in the hands of the sheriffs. ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT The Parent-Teacher Association, through the kindness of Mr. Ver_ ehot, manager of the opera house, is giving a splendid program at the opera house this evening. Besides several rolls of pictures, a vaude ville and slight of hand show will be give<n by the graded school pupils assisted toy Ralph Turner. The en tertainment will begin promptly a?, 8:30 o'clock. Guests at Georgian Terrace. Misses Mary Greene and Victoria Howie were guests Sunday evening of Miss ?uth Hall who gave a dinner party at the Georgian Terrace in compliment to a number of her col leg# friends. PLANS OF FRANCE nriumii in nnnrvr KtmAIN IN UUUDl MAY NOT JOIN CONFERENCE AT THE HAGUE?PREMIER WOULD HAVE STATUS OF PROPOSED MEETING WELL UNDERSTOOD IN ADVANCE Paris, May 30.?'Premier Pom care, it was stated in wen miormed quarters this evening, will recom mend to the chamiber of deputies that France abstain from participa tion in the conference at The Hague on Russian affair unless it is well established in advance that the discussion will take place between experts as distinguished from diplo mats. The term experts, as understood in this connection excludes both dip lomats and political leaders. It is known, for instance, that M. Poin care does not regard Foreign Minis ter Chicherin of Russia as an ex pert. Three eventualities are being considered ;by tho French govern i irionf 'Full i/?ir>ntinri in -casp the economic character of the confer ence is assured, provisional partici pation from June 15 until it ap pears from a week of conference whether it will keep out of politics, with retirement before the arrival of the Russians if politics creep in, and in this case the sending of an eye -witness such as the United States sent to Genoa. It is expected that the chamber will give Premier Poincare a free hand with the assurance that par liament will support him if he finds that the arrangements for The Hague meeting do not give sufficient guarantees that it will be a mere continuation of the Genoa confer ence. I J. S. STARK NOMINATED J. S. Stark, J. M. Nickles, W. E. Leslie, E. C. Horton and Joe Ander son of Antreville attended the co operative meeting in Aiken yester day, the party going down from Ab beville through the country in two automobiles one car ibeing driven by J. S. Stark and the other by W. G. McGowan, county agent. The oibject of the meeting was to nominate two directors, to be voted on at a later date. Three names came before the meeting, J. S. Stark of Ahbeville, W. T. Bailey of Greenwood and J. M. McNair of Aiken, and of these three J. S. Stark and J. M. McNair were nomi nated. This district is composed of eight counties as follows: Abbeville, Mc Cormick, Greenwood, Edgefield, Sa luda, Aiken, Barnwell and Allen_ dale. JEFFORDS APPEALS Columbia, May 30.?'Frank M. | Jeffords, convicted here of the I murder of J. C. Amette, his part I nor in a filling station, and sen tenced to die T>y electrocution on June 15, made a personal appeal to the State Supreme Court today, which he filed with Judge W. H. Townsend. This automatically stays his sentence, as he has twemty days in which to perfect the appeal. Ira Harrison, who was convicted of the same crime and sentenced to die on the same day, has not appealed. GRADUATION FRIDAY The graduating exercises of the Abbeville High School will be held PrHdav evenine at 8:30 in the opera house. The address will be made by President R. C. Grier of Erskine College. ANDERSON VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Leverett of Starr, Mrs. S. E. Leverett, Mrs. J. N. Land and John Land were in Ab beville todav visitinff Mrs. John 1 Haf*er. SUPREME COURT ORDERS DIS SOLUTION OF OWNERSHIP. CENTRAL PACIFIC AND SOU THERN PACIFIC MUST SPLIT COMBINE. Washington, May JIO.?Dissolu tion of ownership and control of the Central Pacific railway by the South ern Pacific company was ordered to day by the supreme court in an opin ion delivered by Justice Day. The de cision in the case, which was the last v of the railroad merger suits to be brought before the court, held that che two lines were competitive. Jus tices McReynolds and Brandeis, be cause of their official connection prior to going upon the bench, did not participate. v,^ The court directed that a decree be entered severing the control by the Southern Pacific of the Central Paci fic by stock .ownership or by lease, but in accomplishing that end, so far 1 r!'* a& uumpauuiey &atu tne mortgage lieu of the Union Trust company of New York should be protected. The several terminal lines and cut offs leading to San Francisco bay which have been constructed or ac quired during the unified control of the two systems for convenient ac- . cess to the bay and to the principal terminal facilities about the bay i should be dealt with, the court de clared, "either by way of apportion ment or by provisions for joint or common use, in such manners as will secure to both companies such full, convenient and ready access to the bay and to terminal facilities there on that each company will be able freely to compete with the other, to serve the public efficiently and to ac complish the purpose of the legisla tion under which it was constructed. A like course should be pursued, Justice Day added, "in dealing with the lines extending from San Fran cisco bay to Sacramento and to Port land, Ore." The case had been pending in the courts since February 11, 1914, when the United States asked the United . States district court of Utah to re strain the two railroads, the Union Trust company of New York and the directors and officials of the South ern Pacific under the Sherman anti trust and the Pacific railroad acta. The United States asserted the lines of the two railroads constituted com petitive systems, and asked that the 'ownership acquired by the Southern Pacific of a controlling interest in I the Central Pacific be declared un | lawful. I 1 A minute review nf the historv of | the two railroads was given by Jua I tice Day leading up to what he term ied "the outstanding facts" of the physical operation of the two rail roads. "The Central Pacific with its East em connection at Ogden forms one great system of transportation be tween the East and the West," the opinion stated, "and the Southern Pac'fic with its roads and connections and steamboat lines, form another great transcontinental system for tfonennrtatinn frrttn rOnst trt coast. The Central Pacific constitutes some 800 miles of transcontinental line of which it is a part. The Southern Pacific system has practically its own lines of railroads and steamboat con nections to New York via Galveston and New Orleans. JURY HOLDS CROCKER ri 1 urui. Tk. Ai_. Vliarj^cu vtiiu a * mm M?w House Superintendent Columbia, May 30.?The coro ner's jury investigating the killing of the Rev. Vincent Davis, retired Methodist minister and superintend ent of the Richland County alma house, who was shot to death at the alms house yesterday morning1, to_ nieht held James Watts Cracker, an inmate, for the deed. Mr. Daris was buried this aftonioo*. <$i?i