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f THE UNlS5|)AILY TIMES VOL, H. SO. 399 U^IOK^ s/lyATUHDAY, MAIU It 15,1919 ^ ^ ? WILSON UAHLtS I HA I LEASUE OF NATIONS TO BE PART PEACE TREA (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, March 15.?Secretary Tumulty receivec cablegram from President Wilson, saying the "plenary coui has positively decided that the League of Nations is to he a p of the peace treaty." The message was in response to an mkiu asking the truth of certain newspaper stories saying the lea( was not to be incorporated in the treaty. i ;q ; Wilson Plunges Into Work of Peace Conference Problei (By Associated Press.) PARIS. March 15.?(Friday.)?President Wilson plunj; into the peace conference immediately upon his arrival today, 1 ginning a conference with Lloyd George as soon as he rea".V the new residential residence. After luncheon he held a long c< ference. attended hv nil tVio main ? *?? ?* " . ..mill UI1CCI/1II^ iuxces OI Hie COlltl ence excepting Premier Orlando. Later Wilson visited Preside Poincare. :o: ? Nine Sailors Drowned When Transport Sanl , (By Associated Press) LONDON, March 15.?Nine sailors are reported drown in the sinking of the American naval transport, Yselhaven, bou from Baltimore for Copenhagen, which struck a mine on Frid mt.ming, according to Lloyds. Thirty-five survivors were land at Hartlepool by a British steamer. : o: German Delegates Accept Conditions (By Associated Press) BRUSSELS, March 15.? (Friday.)?The German delegai to the conference here regarding the Allies taking over the G< man mercantile fleet and provisioning Germany, today detinitt a 1 1 11 ' "" ^w)/.vu wiiuiuuiio niipuseu oy me Allies. The monthly rati of three hundred and seventy thousand ton? of foodstuffs w fixed by the Allies. *0; An Effort to Break Harbor Workers Strike (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, March 15.?In an effort to break the harb workers' strike the boat owners today planned to place the v< eels in operation with strike breakers and called on the police f ^^^bfSction. :o: New Premier to Be Elected (By Associated Press) BASEL, March 15.?The Bavarian diet convening Mond will be asked to elect a new premier to succeed Kurt Eisner, w was assasinated in February. :0: * Peace Conference to Create Machinery To Deal With Those Who Planned W< f (By Associated Press) PARIS, March 15.? (Friday.)?A sub-commission on i sponsibility for the war reported that strictly and technically t criminal prosecutions of those who brought about the strugj were "anomalous and unnecessary," acording to an official co munique. The report added that the peace conference "mis adopt special measures and even create special machinery to d< with those who planned the war. ;0: First Question to Be Considered is Boundary Between Poland and Germai (By Associated Press.) PARIS, March 15.?One of the first questions to be consider by the council of ten with President Wilson participating, will the boundary between Poland and Germany, unofficially kncr\ Danzig is included in Poland by the Polish boundary commissi and general territorial commission which are known to ha agreed upon the boundary which gives Poland the strategic poii which should make her an effective barrier between Bolshevis and Wesetrn Europe. RACE SUICIDE OUTCOME come exclusive and conservative wl it has won the privilege of explot Ltondon, Feb. 28.?(Correspondence the public for its own profit. It pr of The Associated Press.)?Race sui- ably will refuse to tax itself for cide, as the result of the "aristocracy benefit of the proletariat, so that wl of labor," will be the outcome of the the loot of the minority is gone, movement by which labor now seeks shall no longer support the was to destroy capital, according to Dean products of civilization. Inge, of St. Paul's Cathedral, in an "From the eugenic point of vi address recently at a meeting of the this will be an advantage, but si Eugenics Education Society. Eng- the cheap races must end by capt lanJ'a Janaa nannlatlaa l>? I . .... mm>u? 1#VKU..?.VU| i.c ing our trade, the privileged work wilT then disappear and the country muBt themselves decay. The tr will revert to the quiet, mral England unionist probably will be allowed of 1750, with London, j ifX. of her place only one son in his union i wealth, the "spiritual ( Jnval of the will take care not to have more. 1 world." industrial employment o' w>men t "Neither voluntary restriction of also lower the birth rate. Thus, births, which only lowers the death every class there will be a tendei rate," he said, "nor famine, nor pes- to progressive decrease, tileiice, nor war has much effect in 1 1 reducing numbers. The late war cost CROCKER DROPS DEAI 12,000,000 lives frbm the separation of husbanda and wives, in addition to W. R. Crocker dropped dead at about 8,000,000 killed. But those loss- home at Monarch about 11:80 o'cli es, he added, may be made good in a this morning. He worked in the r few years. . UP to shortly after 11 o'clock, w "But at home we must face the home and was planning to do s< fact that the upper and middle classes work in his garden. He had ; probably will be destroyed by preda- bfrought in a turn of coal and fell d tory taxation. We are witnessing the in front of the lire. Mr. Crocket creation of a new privileged class, an survived by his wife and several c aristocracy of labor, which will be- dren; he was about 45 years of ag< _ I 4 . r'. "3 . a' - * v - '/ 3f| (' * ' * ' v'; .. !N0 IDLE MOMENTS H FOR PRESIDE! Paris, March 14.?President Wils . returning to the peace conference f* ter his trip to the United States, t icil rived in Paris shortly after noon art day. The president's train, which I iry been delayed, reached the Invali< y(je station at 12:07 o'clock. The demonstration attending 1 president's arrival in Paris for his s< ond visit lacked the magnitude of tl upon the occasion of his initial app? ance last December. Nevertheless H? was spontaneous and cordial. The people had been purposely k? in ignorance as to which railroad s1 tion his train would enter. The pr< mrl J x ?J 1, ? jvu lucub 11t?u rcqucaieu uiis, as ne desn to come into the city, this time men lorj as a private citizen. Nevertheless, t population heard early in the day th ,n" the station selected was the Invalid er~ and they had assembled there in grc illt numbers by the time h?s train w due. The president was met at the si tion by President Poincaire and M ? dame Poincaire, Premier Clemencet Foreign Minister Pichon, Andre T? dieu, General Berdoulet, the milita governor of Paris, Major General M led dacq, head of the military cabinet nd ^e ministry of war; Secretary La jgv sing, General Bliss Henry White* ^ the peace mission, Ambassador Sha and Admiral Benson. Clemenceau on Hand President Poincare gave Preside Wilson a cordial greeting during brief conversation. With Premi Clemenceau the American executi spoke for some time, congratulatii ^eg the French statesman on his esca from death in the recent attempt er~ assassinate him. dy I President Wilson appeared to be OR excellent, health and iniritn as The president did not tar on the station platform. 1 let his hand linger longer in that M. Clemenceau than any one else a spoke earnestly to the premier they strolled down the long platfor After he had congratulated Mr. Clei enceau on his escape from death 1 or the assassin's bullets, the premi Jg_ turned and smiting said: "My hi is too thick for a little piece of lei or to de me any harps." < Emerging from the statfon'Tfei dent Wilson immediately entered 1 motor car which drove at high spe along the left bank of the Seir crossing the river on the Alma bridg Arriving in the Place des Etats-Ur av the streets were virtually deserted , fact sharply in contrast with the pr< dent's appearance in Paris just thr months ago today. To Tasks Immediately President Wilson got to work ii mpflintnlv nftor Viio nrriual of Viio ni residence in the Place des Etats-Un Premier Lloyd George was waitii there for the president and the t> had a long conference. The preside :e- then arranged for a conference at t he Hotel de Crillon this afternoon wi i Premier Clemenceau, Premier Llo George and Colonel House. m" The president is fully conversa fht with the work accomplished by t 3al peace delegates. During his voya from the United States, he was cc stantly in communication with Pa by wireless. Colonel House took Brest a large number of papers bes ing on the work of the confere [|y during the president's absence. ^ The president spent several hoi last night in going through the pape , and receiving explanations from C onel House. He resumed work wi be a grasp of the matters under disci vn sion. t ion r ; ve | Coming: and Going its V Mrs. V. R. Hawkins is spendi sometime in Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. C. M. Bailey of Kelton ien visiting in the city today, ing Miss Buchanan, who teaches the ( ob- hen School is shopping in the city 1 the day. iien Mrs. Frank Sanders of McBee we the guest of relatives in the city tl ite- week. Aubrey Rice of Wofford College Iew spending the week-end with relatin nce in Union. g*R I Prof. J. T. Spears of Laurens ade relatives in the county i the week-end. ?nd Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Brown a rhe James Berry have returned from will trip to Baltimore. in c Mrs. Manley Sanders of Columbia iicy the guest of Mrs. Haynes Harris South Church street. * Earl Greer, of the U. S. Navy is 1 guest of his sister, Mrs. P. B. Be h'8 on South Church street. Dck njjj Miss Trixie Mabry of Linwood C ent lege is the guest of her mother, M . Maude Mabry on East Main street, 1 >me lost a ,ew d*ytead Mrs. Francis Murphy and Miss B r is sie Murphy of Leonard Hall are hil- Union today, the guests of Mrs. Thi b. dore Maddox on South Street. ies that peace w^wenflHEw^ld not the ratified the pei j&eatjWmd there had cc been an exCh41F^of ratification belat tween WashuS^ and fc^ltlh js- by the senate^S^' finally exchhfUge of ed ratification. M after the Senate has dy acted, he sai$?e treaty could not bo he coft OperntlvAintil the negotiating iat governments W formally fetehanged >at In other qljunurs tonight it was as said that the^Mtclaxjstiorf of peace would have Hjfcffx effect on' war time a- prohflWtioff-'d'm3p> the x^ffdiibition act a- provided that wliaU reiiu^S effective tU) until compleljie&'f the demobilization or empoweringfch^Rvt,sident to t^fever of the railftmda |Sl the telephone and n- telegraph corajMhiea, pr$v$ded for the of control cj thejy ^nertie<? for spec ific rp period proclamation of Such war tmB^encies as the food nt administratioi^B^ fdel.edministraa tion and the wSfft ^AgUfiard also may [er be Ogg^ipued idBt j#o*lared, ag' Winding up tWjKffairs. \\ to Paris, Mary^WpEy the Assorted Press.)?Anyre^^ing question of in importance jfoejfffnitcd States has arisen he!re. l2b)jkffl its ariswer dery pends the/' yflljjHfed .operation of lo much war letfuVHo such as control nd manufacture jS. w ^of liquors and as similar enaetNtotsnBlth reference to m. the date on^ich/jfrewar officially by Assuming jay t wLrotary Lansing er will sign tM^ea^^npaty for the ad associated the^^iited States in lis will not become effective, as far as ed the United States is concerned, until ie, it is ratified by the United States senje, ate. Even if that body were favorlis ably disposed, it was stated today, a ratification might h? lonpf deferred ;si .because, the senate is in recess and ee so will ren\ain until called into special session by the president. It is tru* the president might dc -n- this by cabUd proclamation, his per;w sonal attendance upon the session not is. being require?|Ayj at best, it is ng asserted, it is ^^^yf&,hat the United wo States might ba^H^A in the peculiar nt position of tec^^mPef being alone at he war with Ger^^*e1ong after hei th associates .had ^*.?maU* concludec yd peace. ~' A 1 One solution of the problems thai nt has been suggested is that in th< UU rtnOOA fmoftr lfo rvl f 4-V* r? /In f A fn*? A IVJ pr.wvv tkCObjr ?vovu VIIC UOM? XV*I XV*I. Ilia fie ly ending the -war be placed fai ><i- enough in the future to permit ol i^s action by the senate in the interim .o but thus far no definite exclusion has *r- been reached, ice 1 CAPT. HUNTER OF THE MARINES ' <v _____ i irs x* ;r8 News has been received/in Unioi 0]_ that FVst Lieutenant Jai/ies E. Hun ith ter has bee?i^ronipte.Lt<> Captain am lg_ is with the First Company of Thirty Sixth Marines, at Guatanamo Bay Cuba. Capt. Hunter is the only son o JCapt. J. E. Hunter, of this city, am was graduated from Clemson College ng in 1913; while at Clemson he wa manager of the football team am is held a warm place in the hearts o his associates and friends, and hi ^0_ promotion is a source of great grat ifiication to them. ig FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH tiis Sunday school tomorow morning a 10 o'clock Services of worship, wit! 18 preaching by the pastor, will be hel es at 11 A. M., and atJ7:30 P. M. A the morning hour memorial service is of Lieut. Fred H. Sexton, who mad 'or the supreme sacrifice in behalf o the world's liberty and peace on th n(j battlefields of Fiance, will be helt _ The church and Dtator ertend a cot dial invitation to the public to at tend all ^the services Visitors an is strangef* in the m especiall he TALENTED VISITORS IN UNIOl Prof, and Mre^kT* Y. Honcycut prominent Y. Mi/?, A. wopkers an ? " talented musician^- will arrive in Ur 5s' ion today to be lM|tguests of Mrs. C ror M. McWhirter ofMptrt'h street. They will have 4flarge of the musi es- at the First Presbyterian church t< in morrow-?Mrs. 1 (telQrcutt will play th eo- organ and Pro .?Kpeycutt will sin several selectlo mk DEATH SENTENCE III FOR EMILE COTTIN Paris, Marsh 14.?Emile Ciottin, the anarchist who recently made an at-1 v tempt upon the* life ,ot Premier . -Georges Clemenceau, was sentenced to ?* death today hy the courtmalrtiAl which tr was trying liim. The ^verdict of the he courtmartial was unanimous. ' -j Cottin first conceived the idea of shooting the premier in Mjfy, 1918 according to an official record read at the courtmartial which opened today, ti' In May, 1918 the employees of avia- b tion. factories were on strike. Cottin ^ practiced shooting after that, it was . said. V. b? . .When the courtmartial opened the olerk reed the rfeport describing the p attempt on the premier. The report * 1 showed that Cottin fired twice without tnoving and then fired five times while running behind the automobile to which he was so Close that one witness believed he had jumped on the rear of the car. It was shown that pj Cottin aimed at the seat in which Premier Clemenceau was sitting and fired so accurately that two bullets almoat tobched it. U "Rarely has u crime," said the re- eti port, "been accomplished with .more sustained premediation, more design and-more implicable tenacity with a certainty of method which it seemed wott)B| infallibly lead to a fatal reJE^fctin is described in the report as primitive, vain and conceited and be- $1 himself omniscient. He was g a$;earTl ^ .francs a day easily, ^ yet, ^ptddng society badly, organized, <il?as dtesirous of destroying everything "J The document gives expert medical 'ejuhipb WTeservedly holding Cottin xb^ponMble for his action. mi tui w mm ask fob ? WlpM i|g$r<HU|i&tion of federal ftind^. for pM?pen|^ad contribution MM ^ pen6|^ u^^Ajtp*^ far Unioh Coujris^\il?* beSelf ' go, as we see it. *^Wie t^dverijment appropriation |s to supplement the County effort, it " e to BeeurMUlla* for.dollar. If Union Township will spend $125,000, the government will spend a C>J like sum. This matter is being look- ill ed into by County Supervisor, J. V. Askew. Below we give a letter re- ceived by Mr. Askew and also the re- f] j ply to that letter: ? Columbia, S. C. March 12, 1919. Chairman Board of Couhty Commissioners, Union, S. C. n [ Dear Sir: h With the additional Federal Aid \\ . which has been appropriated for the {] [ construction of highways in this j State it is necessary that this office ascertain as quickly as possible the j ^ amount of money which each county will ask for this year, j Please advise me as promptly as f possible the amount of money which ^ you have available for construction work in your county with which you could meet Federal Aid. Also advise t mc as to the type of road which you yi propose building with this Federal j| Aid, and also location of same. * It is earnestly requested that you c> 1 give this matter your prompt consid- f eration and advise this office. t j Yours very truly. ,T P/vtr Pnr>r.r.ll State Highway Engineer. t { Union, S. C., Mar. 15, 1919. j Mr. J. Roy Pennell, e Columbia, S. C. s My Dear Sir: F A Your favor of the l'2th to hand de- t f siring to know if we wanted any Gov- v 8 ernment Aid for good roads in Union ^ County. We have an election on the ^ 22nd of March and after that time I ^ can tell you whether the people want any of the Government money, that is, ^ for the Government to spend $40,000,- ( ^ 00 or more or some certain amount if , each Townshin will spend that amount " j > jj on roads. . Yours very truly, ' J. V. Askew, 8 _ . i e Supervisor, j f UNION COUNTY'S CONTKI- ? e BUTION TO THE NEAR EAST < CHARITY FUND ' 1 Hon. Macbeth Young, county chair- 1 ^ man for the Armenian and Syrian ' y Relief, reports $2,925.74 collected and ' it has been remitted to the State ' Treasurer. ' ^ Our allotment was $4,000.00; this : will make over 75 per cent of it and thereJ are no outstanding pledges, d Every cent collected was forwarded l" without a dollar's cost to the fund. j. Mr. Young says he cannot hold out much promise for collecting the full 'c amount; the epidemic of influenza hampered the campaign seriously, but Mr. Young and his lieutenants aro ? deeply grateful for the help given them and thank every one. EAOIIfi TKOfCHT RF BRITISH FOR IB NORMAL ' ' (By Associated Press) PARIS, March 15.?The British peace conference program is understood, contemplates signing of separate preliminary eaties with the Central Allies as soon as posible after Ct-r n-trv ijeen disposed of. And next would come the consi' i ly amendments to present the constitution of the 1 .yyi >1'tons and then-the league would whipped into shape. The ' ;ace treaty would follow and would include 'he League )ns plan. The leading thought among the Br-'ish now seems i to strip preliminary peace terms of all unnecessary in-: ance and secur^the signatures so the world can begin to tck to normal. :o: ershing Presents Eighty Decorations to n ? ^ - - Soldiers ot hirst and Second Divisions (By Associated Press) '? COBLENZ, March 15.? (Friday.)?Pershing inspected the irst and Second Divisions here today and presented more than ghty decorations and talked with the soldiers, all of whom exressed willingness to remain as long as it was necessary for the nited States to keep an army in Europe, although they were iger to return home. g r?:o: ;? Tomato Crop Damaged By Heavy Rains .4.' " > (By Associated Press.) r MIAMI, Fla., March 14.?Damage estimated at between >,000,000 and $6;000,000 was caused by heavy rains in Dade and roward counties today which practically wiped out the entire >mato crop. At the Miami weather bureau eight inches of rain ad been recorded up t$ 10:15 P. M. :o: Six American Women Decorated For Bravery %' (By Associated Press) * ; \s . NEW YORK, March 14.?Six women of the American hWJr ital at Buzancy, France, have been decorated by rnment for stamping out an epidemic ofy&T&tlipl11 lever last fall mong the civilian, population Of Buzancy and the vicinity of hateau ThiOT^^ikNon^ 'of the women are from the South. :o: Postoffice Department Calls Conference . . (By Associated Press) '* * WAStf DepartBieht-has ? died a conference here April 1 to 3 to discuss the improvement nd extension of the postal service. ;o: avitations From Peace Conference Brings Responses (By Associated Press) PARIS, March 15.?The peace conference's invitation to eutrals to participate in the discussion of the League of Nations as brought responses from Switzerland, Holland, Denmark. Norway and Sweden, which forwarded statements of their views to be conference secretary. :o: esting to Constitutionality of War Time Prohibition (By Associated Press.) NEW lOKK, March 15.?Preliminary action to warn he constitutionality of the wartime prohibition act "is ; lere today when suit was filed in the Federal court by ; \ v ?f the stockholders against James Everards breweries. the ourt is asked to restrain the breweries from suspending manuacturing activities May 1st, and its sale July 1st. as req: -d by he federal statute. The complaint alleges th;i 'M" en. c irohibition clause of the agricultural bill is una.. itional 'Ol'NTY AUTOMOBILE Davis, of Buffalo. Mr. Brock and Mr. ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED Cox have blanks and blanks can had at the Chamber of Commerce. Though there were but a few men who are intert sted in an organizat < resent to counsel with State Score- r\en if yon do not happen to own n.ry L. C. Hawkins and Field Super->achine aro P'^leged to join and a _ I cordial in jtation is extended to attend nor r. L Henlev, of the South C aro-1 , , . ? ' i the meeting next Monday afternoon tna Automobile Association regarding I , m he organization of a county Automo-1 COTTON MARKET >ile Association, the interest was sin ere and the discussion profitable. Mr. pocai market lawkins explained the purpose of the Consumption rep. rt for Feb7ounty unit and what the individual ruarv 4,33"'.10 advantages were and could be; also McNally Cotton Co. vhat had been done by the State As lociation in the matter of permanent, Clinton local market :!7 \c Highways in the State and what was m ilanned for this year. He was asked gERV,CES AT GREEN STREET nnny questions and expressed himself is being satisfied that a strong and l . \ ~ t , ,, . . * ., , . The services at Green street Metho apable organization could be set up ,. A , , .? , , ,, A 1T . . T. , ., , dist church will be held tomorrow as a Union County. It was decided , ? _ , , , . , . , . .. , ,, , . . ? follows. Sunday school at 10 o clock; :.hat notices should be sent to the men i . -vho had signed the application blanks! sormon at 11 O CIOCK ,n ine to meet in the Union County Cham-, at 7:30 in the ber of Commerce and Agriculture 1 * rooms next Monday, March 17, 1919, SERVICES AT UNITY CHURCH *t 5:30 p. m. and complete the organi zation by the election of officers and There will be preaching at Unity naming of committees. Those who Methodist church at 7:30 o'clock tohave signed are J. F. McLure, G. B. morrow evening and Sunday school at Barron. R .P. Morgan, O. S. Brock, B. *0 o'clock. F. Alston, Jr., M. M. Dixon, Dr. D. H. ' 1 Montgomery, F A. Sanders, C W. SERVICES AT BETHEL CHURCH Goforth, R. E. White, H. W. Cox, F. J Parham, Thomas McNally, W. E. The services will be held at Bethel Green, N. B. Morgan, Allan Nicholson, Methodist church Sunday morning as W. T. Powell, Rev. L. L. Wagnon, L. follows: Sunday school at 10 o'clock, M. Jordan, C. Allen, Dr. G. T. Keller, preaching at 11 o'clock and at 7:16 F. H. Gamer, all of Union; and H. L. in the evening. ' i ' ' 4