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THE CHRONICLE Strives to be a clean newspaper, complete, newsy and reliable. ?!!. • If You Don’t Read The Clinton Chronicle You Don’t Get The NEWS — VOLUME XIX CLINTON, S. C„ THURSDAY, JUNE 12th, 1919 r NUMBER 24 mm m A BIG SOCCESS’ Thousands Gather for Great Celebration Staged in Honor of Service Hen. Peace Treaty Copy Printed by Senate Several thousand people gath ered'in Clinton last Saturday to ex tend a glad welcome to the boys of this community who took part in the World War, and to participate in the Jubilee Day festivities. The day’s prografh opened with a spec tacular parade, followed by an able address by Dr. D. W. Daniel, bar becue dinner, chautauqua, base balle, etc., and the general verdict ■of the entire crowd was that each event, attained success far beyond expectations. It was an old char acteristic Anniversary Day and crowd, the weather was perfect, the crowd in fine spirits, and every body was happy. The parade, headed by Chairman GeorH. Ellis, was the most beautU ful and impressive spectacle oidw kind ever staged in Clinton/^Un- der the direction of MiydEllis, all of the details had b*^n carefully worked out and everything passed off like clockwprk, the great line of march movkig promptly on time and as the children, cars and beau- tifuL floats swung down Broadway tp^uie stirring strains of the Camp 'Jackson band, ail made a splendid show and hundreds thronged (both sides of the street to review the great spectacle and all were ehthus- RED CROSS NOTES. f A iastic i£ their praise of the avrious floats. Three prizes of $15 each were offered for the three best floats. Rev. Edward Long, Mrs. Henry ^tokes, Mrs. Pet Parrott Fouche, and Miss Nena Martin. The win ners were: Kellers Drug Store, best business float, with honorable mention of Lydia Cotton Mill. Duroc-Jersey Stock Farm of Kinards, best agricultural float, with honorable mention of Mr. D. A. Glenn. Commercial Club, best private car, with honorable mention of Mrs. B. II. Boyd. All of the floats showed consid erable work and thought and the judges had considerable difficulty jn making their selections. When the'parade was concluded at the college campus, the crowd gathered near the speakers’ stand where the program was concluded. The exercises were presided over by Dr. D. M. Douglas, and after a few selections by the band, the ora tor of the day, Dr. D. W. Daniel of Clemson College, was introduced amid tremendous applause. The music for the occasion was furnished by a 30-piece military band from Camp Jackson, a fine bunch of young fellows who added much to the success of the day. The ladies of the Red Cross serv ed a bountiful dinnerin the Cbm- v/ ^- mercial piub hall to all of the sol- \ Rr diers and sailors in this section who have returned from the service, and to the members of the visiting | • band. The speaker of the day was Dr. | -» D. W.. Daniel. He spoke with his usual happy manner and felicity of • expression and aptitude of anee- i dote. Opening with a warm wel- f come to the returned men, he drift ed into a discussion of the task of reconstruction, in which he indulg ed in real flights of eloquence, in /V which Jhe portrayed the different groups who are appealing to our ” young men to make good in making the world a place fit to live in- The whole address was interspersed telling illustrations and stories held his audienc-i speH-bound Foreign Relations Committee Vpted to Call Prominent hew York Finan ciers to Discover How They Came In to Possession of Peace Treaty. Air Cleared for Debate on Pubicity of Treaty. Washington, -June 9.—Out of a whirlwind of developments, the senate today got a copy of the peace treaty and after a*flve-hour fight ordered it printed in the'public record. At the same time It got under way the investigation of how copies have reached private hands in New York by summoning to testify a half-dozen of the country’?, leading financiers. The copy which went into the record was brought to this country by a news paper, man and was presented by Sen ator Borah, republican of Idaho’, Ju after the reading of a cablegram from President Wilson saying he cpirfd not without breaking faith sendJOthe sen ate the text of the treat The effect of the day's history-mak ing developments was to clear the air on the much-debated sabject of pub licity for tlm treaty text, to widen the breach between the president and the senate/majority and to forecast a sen- al turn for the inquiry into the ner by Whlch copJes bf the docu ment have become available to unau thorised persons. Starting its investigation with an unexpected vigor, the foreign relations committee within a half hour after it convened, voted to call before It J. P. Morgan, H. P. Davison and Thomas W. Lamont, all of the Morgan hanking house; Jacob Schiff, of Kuhn, Loeb ft Co., and Paul Warburg, formerly con nected with the time concern and Frank A. Vanderlip, former president of the National City Bank. It then ex amined Frank L. Polk, acting secre tary of state, about the official copies In the state department vaults. Statements also (were made to the committee by flenaor Lodge, republi can of Massachusetts, and Senator Borah, similar to their declarations in the senate that they knew of copies in New York, hut could not divulge the irnsm—. tbtir latownaafr The chapter has decided to turn over its sh*re of the Home Service work in the county to the Laurens office whic his in charge of Miss Sullivan. Our chapter will pay for the service. Our chairman has been most competent, untiring and devoted, but the work has beco: too onereup and exacting. Shp^till tetains the chairmanship and will supervise the work in^our terri tory, but the routine and corres- spondence work j»nll be done by a paid secretary^for the entire coun ty by arpangement with the Lau rens e Canteen Committee acquit- themselves with credit in the luncheon given to returned men and Confederate veterans on Sat urday. About 150 men partook of the refreshments. We have sent the Columbia chapter one hundred dollars to help entertain the 81st Division whic his being demobilized now at Camp Jackson. . • When the senate met It listened in silence to President Wilson’s cable gram, which was taken as forecasting a refusal to comply with the request for the treaty embodied in a resolution adopted Friday; The reading of this lysssage concluded Senator Borah Im mediately presented his copy of the treaty which was ordered printed by a vote of 47 to 24. Later, however, there was a motion to reconsider, and a parliamentary tangle developed which endangered publication of the treaty. To circum vent such a possibility the Idaho sena tor in the late afternoon began reading the hundred thousand word document and continued for an hour despite many protests from the president’s supporters. Then the effort to prevent publica tion collapsed, the motion to reconsid er was voted down and the fight which had deveoped many hitter charges of broken faith and in some respects had written a new chapter in senate his tory, was over. The first of the day’s series of speeches came w'hen the foreign rela tions committee, whose meetings in years past hav been surrounded by the closest secrery, threw open its dosrs to the public, it developed then that instead of pursuing the usual method of appointing a rub-committee to make the inquiry, the full body pro posed to participate and to begin forthwith. Senator Borah was called on first to amplify his statement In the senate about treaty copies in New York. He said that early in March be 'became convinced the international bankers of New York were particularly Interested in the creation of the league of nations for an hour and left in all a seed purpose to do something noble and worth while. The marshdlls of the day were: Goo. A. Cpqeland, chief', Geo. M. Wright, W. J. Henry, Jr., Jno. T. Little, J. Rhett Copeland, Dr. F. K. Shealy, J. M. Pitts and Ghas. G. Copeland. In the afternoon a large crowd gathered at the college for the Clin- ton-Union hall game. With the conclusiqp of the day’s program, the great crowd began to disperse. Everybody was satisfied and all went away determined to be back next year for a repetition of last Saturday’s Jubilee celebration. and that he quietly began an investiga tion. • “I ascertained,” he told the commit tee, “that practically ail the interna tional bankers were deeply interested in the league and were assisting in promoting its adoption by this coun try. I became convincea, too, that these gentlemen were interested in promotion of the league of nations for private rasons.” Under quesrlonlng. the Idaho senator added he had obtained this information together with the knowledge that a copy of the treaty was in New York, from sources which he could not re veal. He then suggested the calling of Messrs. Morgan, Davison, Lamont, Warburg, and Schiff, saying he con nected them with the existence of treaty copies In New York “by a com bination of circumstances only.” The name of Mr. Vanderlip was add ed to the list oh suggeStidn oT Senator Williams, democrat, of Mississippi, and the subpoenaes are ordered unani mously on the motion of Senator Hltbhcock of- Nebraska senior demo crat on the committee who introduced the resolution authorizing the in quiry. On the motion of Senator Fall, republican ot New Mexico, the com mittee by unanimous vote also invit ed Mr. Polk to appear before it. Senator Lodge next made a state ment saying that he, too, had derived his information about the treaty copies from sources he could not reveal. He had been shown the-document by a friend, he said, and had “never heard of the treaty being in the hands of financial interests.” He continued that he had made no inquiries as to how his friend obtained it. Acting Secretary Polk, hastening to the capitol as soon as he heard of the committee’s invitation, arrived just before Mr. Lodge had completed his statement. In response to questions Mr. Polk told the committee he 1 had re ceived alt various tiir.es about thirty copies of the treaty, the first one about May 19th, by special courier, then ten more in the same manner and then a -package of additional copies in the state department’s confidential mail. Exactly how many copies this package contained he could not tell, he said, as the seals had never been broken. “All these were placed in my safe and held subject to further orders” continued the secretary, adding that they had been examined by no one ex cept himself and his secretary. Asked whether there was any possi bility that copies had been obtained from the state department he replied: ‘Positively no chance whatever.” Senator Hitchcock presented to the committee the cablegram from presi dent Wilson in which the latter com mended the Nebraska senator for Intro ducing the investigation resolution and expressed a hope that the inquiry would be “most thoroughly prosecut ed.” The message dated June 7, did not refer to, the senate resolution ask ing for the treaty text and at the White House Secretary Tuijautty said he thought it probable this request had not reached Mr. Wilson when he cabled. When the committee adjourned the date of the next meeting was left to .Chairman Lodge who said tonight there would be no sewdon tomorrow snd possibly not until Thursday. The subpoenaes ordered must be served personally in New York, he said, and the committee probably would not reassembled until some of the ciers called were ready to testify. DANIELS THROUGH WITH NAVY LEAGUE GEO. M. WRIGHT ELEGTEJ^- PRESfDENT WATTS MILLS Secretary Has No Use for Organisa tion. Washington, June 7.—Officials and members of the navy league, which attacked Secretary Daniels before the United States entered the war were de- ounced before the house naval com mittee today by Mr. Daniels, iwho said they were “as much enemies of the country as any anarchists.” “These men,” said the secretary, were as guilty of infamy as any man arrested during the war and they should have been accorded the treat ment thy deserved. While I am sec retary they can never have anything to do with the navy.” Representative Brittan, Republican, Illinois, asked the secretary if he did not deem it wise to lift the ban against the league as it could do welfare work in the navy and thus save the country part qj the money asked of congress for this work. ’Never,” declared the secretary. “Neveg not while I have anything to say about it. The league Is composed of infamous slanderers—men who con demned the best men in the navy. After the Mare Island explosion they accused" me of shielding the men re sponsible aa4coaduet4agonlY*-half hearted investigation. It is a base lie, and those who said it realized it was a lie. ‘But the organization has changed,” Mr. Brittan interrupted. “The officials are diifferent men. Why should they be held responsible for something oth ers didr “I’m an expert on camouflage,” said Mr. Daniels, # “and I can see through the camouflage of that organization. We do not need a league to help us which gives prominence to men in It for personal glory or profit. “We don’t want any side show to stab us in the hack; The league of' which President Wilson is commander in chief and I am chief executive is all the show we need. ’< Nor do we want a wet nurse. We take no tainted money in the navy—no money for wel fare work from men such as those.” Mr. Geo. M. Wright of this city, president of Banna Manufacturing Gompany of Goldvllle, has within the past week been unanimously elected president of Watts Mills of Laurens, as a successor to J. Ad- ger Smythe, Jr., resigned. Mr. Wright immediately accepted the position and entered npon his new duties several days ago. He will move his family to Laurens as soon as possible. Mr. Wright will continue as head of the Banna Mill in addition to taking on the active management of Watts. He is ope of the most suc cessful mill men in the state, the position he has just accepted com ing unsolicited and in recognition of his worth and ability in the manufacturing business. As a citizen, Mr. Wright is one of the most popular business men in the city and has a wide circle of friends who regret to know that his ne wvvQjrk will cause him. and his family to leave the city. He is president of the Commercial Club and is also [(resident of the Auto mobile Association, and one of the most public-spirited citizens in the community. Clinton hates to give him up. TRACE OF OPTImTSm APPEARS IN BERLIN RETURNS WIRE LINES TO PRIYATE OWNERS Germans Think Kantian Holds Slight Advantage Over Allies in Statan of Negotiations. Berlin, June 5.—While the German correspondents at Versailles continue to take a gloomy view of the forth coming answer to the German coun ter-proposals, officials in Berlin, judg ed wholly by surface Indications, ap pear more hopeful regarding the fu ture trend of events. The" slight tone of optimism which hga projected itself into the Berlin es timates of the situation are born of the conviction that a basis for verbal negotiations is gradually being cre ated, a position for which Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau an Ihis colleagues in the peace commission have been maneuvering diligently since the firs,t notes were' exchanged. Suspicion pre vails in some quarter^ in the Wll- helmstrasse that the entente probably will avail itself of neutral interven tion by way of breaking the ice. Political observers ‘beieve tl^tt Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau at pres ent bolds a slight advantage for rea sons outside those that might be con tained in his counter proposals. The trace of optimism which has been asserting itself in the past 48 hours is explained by events which it is believed here will ultimately work out to Counbvon Brqckdorff-Rantzau’s advantage. These factors are to be found, in the Paris strike, fresh Polish aggrandizement,* French machinitions in Rhenish Prussia and the reported American and British opposition to the entente terms, all of which, it Is be lieved In Berlin, are conspiring to bring the entente’s alleged adamantine front into immediate jeopardy. Germam optimism is by no means ov erreaching Itself. It is baseci rather on the expectation that in view of the liberality and boldness of the German counter-draft the entente leaders will not dare to assume the moral respon sibility of slamming the door In the f ace of Count von Brockdorff-Rant- zau and his fellow envoys. mn (M at . . Commencement Ex Begin Sunday With Ba laureate Sermon. not be 1 finaq-| 1 Miss Ruth MeCrackin spent chautauqua week with Miss Lois Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Will Leake and children are spending several weeks with relatives in Williams burg county. Mr. R. Z. Wright has been spend ing a fetv days at home. Postmaster General Issues Order to Become Effective Immediately. Rates for Service not to be Changed. Washington, June 5.—Telegraph and telephone companies whose lines have been controlled and operated by the government since last August 1, were ordered tonight to resume Immediately operations for their own account by Postmaster General Burleson. The postofflee department, however, under terms ot Mr. Burleson’s order, retains a measure of control of the services, pending final legislative action by congress. Regulations prohibiting discrimina tion against wire employees because of union .affiliations, maintaining ex isting rates and charge? and Instruct ing companies to keep special ac counts to facilitate cost settlement between themselves and the govern ment are retained in effect under the order issued by the postmaster gen eral. Mr. Burleson accompanied the order with a statement giving the reasons which impelled him to take the action. He asserted that the president having recommended the return of the pro perties, the senate interstate commerce committee having indicated that im mediate return was advisable and the house committee having through hear ings manifested a desire for action to ward that end, he felt It his duty to return operati\e control to the various private owners. “The president having recommend- ^ the return of the wire systems and the control of the owning eompanies with certain legislation designed to stabilize their operation,” Mr. Burle son said, “and' the senate committee having taken action looking to their immediate return and the house com mittee in its hearings on the proposed legislation having indicated concur rence in the suggested immediate re turn with or without legislation so recommended, I feel it my duty to now return actual control of operations to the companies. “Some days ago I directed the neces sary orders to be prepared to accom plish this and have today issued same. These orders do not affect questions of rates and finance with which the con gress may determine to deal. The rates now’ in force and the financial rela tions between the government and the companies and t^he order of October 2, 1918,. prohibiting discrimination be cause of union affiliation will continue unless the congress in its wisdom may decide to change them or the ‘emer gency’ is terminated by the proclama tion of peace. “By the action taken, honyever, the wire companies resume actual control perty and are free to formulate and put Into effect their own policies un restricted by government control which is to continue in any case buf a few weeks and thus will be able to prepare themselves for a compete re- sumption of the management of their property. It wll be necessary for eafch company to so keep its accounts In a few days now and the 1919 commencement season will be a thing of the past and the thoughts of the young college folks will, travel on toward another year’s work. The college completed its year’s work last week and the young men left for they* homes. The public schools closed last week also and school books and troubles have been laid aside. All thoughts are now turned to ward next week when the com mencement exercises of the Thom- well Orphanage will be held. The closing program covers four days and promises to be a very interest ing qne. the Thorn well Memorial church, the baccalaureate sermon before the graduating class will be preach ed by Rev. E. D Way, pastor of one of the Presbyterian churches of Jacksonville, Fla. - ~ On Monday evening the young ladies of -the William Plumer Ja cobs literary society will present their annual entertainment. On Tuesday afternoon the an nual meeting of the board of trus tees wiH be held. Tuesday even*- ing the graduating exercises of the collegiate department will take place, at which f ime Dr. Jas. R. Sevier, pastor of the First Presby terian church of Augusta, Ga., wall deliver the literary address, and this wiH be’ Mowed by the usual delivery of diplomas, medals, priz es, etc. Wednesday night the exercises close with the “big exhibition’’ in which practically all of the children of the institution will participate. All of the exercisc» are open to the public and a cordial invitation is extended to all to attend. DETROIT C/HIS HALTED BY SUDDEN STRIKE Hundreds of Theater Goers and Sat urday Night Shoppers Marooned Down Town. Detroit, Mich., Jane 7.—Street car service in Detroit came to a sudden halt at 10. o’clock ton’ght when mo- tormen and conductors of the Detroit United Ra-.lways Companies struck to enforce the’.r demands for increased pay. The action was taken on the recomr mendation of W. H. Mahon, president cf the AmaUarahted Association of Street and Electric Rad way Employ ees, who iwas informed by President Frank W. Brooks, of th»' traction com- uany, that a higher schedule of fares, noon which increased pay for the men was contingent, had been refused by the city council. Following the vote the car men were instructed to take their cars to the barns immediately, leaving hundreds of Saturday night theater-goers and shoppers marooned in the down town district, it having previously been an nounced the strike, if '’ailed, would not become effective uiUll 4 a. m. Sun day. . . The walkout, union officials declared, undoubtedly would later involve em ployees ot the company’s interurban system and its city lines in Port Huron. Ann Arbor, Mount Clemens. Flint and Pontiac. Mr*: J. R; Little and (laughter, ‘ #• Miss lua, spent the week-end in the city with relatives. • during the continuance of government control, that its books may be closed on the day government control ends in order that a full and accurate state ment may be promptly made when it is called on for same.” Strikes threatened by telephone and telegraph employees’' union had no bearing on the department’s action, of ficials said.