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- THE UNION DAILY TIMES ^ ^ r , ESTABLISHED IN tSM-CONVESTKB TO DAlLlf T^IES OCTOBER 1. 1?17 /: . Vol. LXX. No. 830 . s= Union, S. Tueid<|r) Auguir^, 1920 =======*-??asanas#^. ^ pe|> Copjr BREST LITOVSK, LAS HAS FAUEN UNDI *? 1 1 " Warsaw, Aug., 3.?Brest Litovsk, the last great fortress guarding Warsaw from the east, has apparently fallen before a tremendous assault by the Russian Bolsheviki. North of that place, Soviet forces have smashed their way forward in their drive westward to a point only sixty miles east of this city. Over a front of 125 miles, Polish armies are being pounded to pieces before the rush of Bolsheviki hordes which are being hurled into the battle in a desperate attempt to capture Warsaw before the conclusion of the armistice conference at Kobryn. Reinforcements are being hurried to the front by the Russians to complete the defeat of the Poles before hostilities are halted. An * official statement, issued -late last night showed the Soviet armies had reached a line running from Koshaki to Ciechanowicz, which is l.. Gr\ ? al:- ? ?!J.U I vimy uu uiiicB iimu mm city, wim which it is.connected by an.excellent automobile highway. Great masses of Bolsheviki have been flung .against the Polish breastworks defending the part of Brest Litovsk cast of the river Bug. Fugitives who arrived here last night from that city reported the Soviet forces were in control of the eastern half of the town. It Is officially admitted the Russians have reached Mielnika, northeast of Brest Litovsk. Far to the southeast, near Brody, the Bolsheviki have rushed reinforcements into the line and is expected a terriffic attack Will^ be launched there for the purpose of capturing Lemberg before an armistice ia declared. ; On the northern sector Soviet troops have advanced and have reached the region of Ostrolensk, which ia but 60 miles from Warsaw.' Cavelry regiments from the extreme tip of the right wing of the advancing Bolsheviki line and here, too fresh forces ai c uciii); urougni, up. Apparently it is planned to carry the dnve much nearer this city before Wednesday, the earliest date, set by, the Soviet plenipotentiaries for reaching a decision .relative to an armistice with Poland. . T *3^ s tar\t, has'not yet been takeB The defensive works were captured Monday. ? The first Polish army, defending ' Warsaw, is retreating, notably between the Bug and Narew rivers, the advices show. The fourth Polish army, defending the Brest-Litovsk district, also is retreating. Warsaw, Aug. 3.?News of the progress of armistice negotiations between Polish und Russian Bolsheviki representatives was awaited impatiently by Warsaw today, but at 6 o'clock this evening officials said no reports had been received. In the meantime, reports from the front were not as encouraging as , they had been for several days, and many foreigners continued to prepare to leave the city in the event of its imminr-nt mnt-iirn K,? fVin O?.riof . armies. Word was passed around Americans here, upon advice from Washington, that those desiring to remain in Warsaw should it appear the Bolsheviki would take the capital, would do so at their own risk. It was said the American authorities would request their passprots, which will be returned afterward if individuals requested them. It was said the indications were that few, if any, Americans would remain, although some naturalized citizens might desire to stay in Warsaw. All advices today indicate that the situation in Poland, from the Polish allied standpoint, is approaching a crisis. The Polish delegation which went to Baranovitchi to negotiate an armistice not only failed to obtain terms from the Russians, but was sent back to Warsaw by the Soviet authorities, who demanded that the emmisaries obtain a mandate to take up peace negotiations. This will delay even the beginning of the armistice negotiations until tomorrow, at the earliest. Meanwhile the resistance of the Polish army, which apparently had been stiffening, has again relaxed under the tremendous pressure of the Bolsheviki armies. Warsaw, from which the Russians now are only 60 miles distant, seems critically menaced, if not (InnnioH to cuntni-n A ?v? ii?|/buiv. nmui l^aus remaining there have received official intimation that they stay at their own risk. Coincident with the serious military ^ developments comes an announce ment from Moscow that a Soviet government has been set up in the portions of Poland which the Bolsheviki have overrun. Applications for passport vises by persons wishing to leave Warsaw have more than doubled at the American consulate since the beginning of the Soviet offensive which now is hammering at the gates of Poland, ty Consulate employes worked all day Y Sunday and did not leave their desks until late at night, and today it was stated that upward of 3,000 vises are passed upon each week. Most of the I I GREAT FORTRESS t :r assault of the? f " INVESTIGATING 011*0 AVUTBRS '>? Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 3.?An in? vestigation was Btarted today by thp Coroner's office of the deaths of Lieut. Omer Locklear and Iieut.^ Milton Elliott, aviators, whose airV plane last night crashed to the ground near >Hoi 1 wood without havring righted from a tailspin started at a height of 1,000 feet. Locklear, known as a daredevil! aviator, was performing by searchlight. in an exhibition when the accident occurred. ' 4] Five Searchlights played on the air-' plane as it started into the spin, and! Lieut. Locklear, the pilot, dropped a rocket which he followed with the nose of his machine. Spectators sai&^Ldcklear attempted to right his machine at a height of -200 feet, but failed as the machine buim into flames. TheStolan%was ignited by the rocket, it wait; said. Both aviators were dead when motion picture employees reached, them a few seconds after they struck, the grohnd. , The bodies were burncn and mangled. ; COX ARRANGING :i CAMPAIGN ITINERARY y .. y y ;'/.? . - . Dayton; Ohio, Aug. '3.?State ^nd personal affairs had precedence .tod^y. before^fj&overnor Cox, following completion1 of arrangements for next Saturday's ceremonies- to notify him fpnWlr'of his'Democratic presidential. nomination. No visitors had en gagpment before the latter part of the week and by that time the governor hoped to have all state and personal business out of the way, and to devote himself to the Democratic campaign organization and conferences with many Democratic leaders coming for the notification. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the vice presidential nominee; is to be Governor Cox's guest for the notification. Although the governor had hoped to attepd Mr. Roosevelt's-, notification, August nmovyiSf^^feking" iffnerary-may preclude the trip to the Roosevelt event. The presdierttial nominee plans to spend' most of next week here planning up party, and personal affairs, to start his first extensive speaking trip week after next, probably in northern New York and New England a?ter addressing the Ohio Democratic convention at Columbus, August 17. Today was the first registration day for the Ohio primary elections August 10, but having a residence in a country township, where Trails End is situated, Governor Cox is not required to register. YOUNG WOMAN l?i FYftMPDATCn - ?- a jua^ Chicago, Aug. 3.?Samuel T. A. Loftis, head ujf the jewelry house bearing his name, who died under mysterious circumstances in his apartment last Friday, came to h?s death "from injuries suffered in a violent fall on the floor of his apartment after hitting against a door," a coroner's jury decided today. Miss Ruth Wood, a 25 year old bookkeeper, who was alone with Loftis when he died, and young Shayne, her fiancee, were released from custoday after the inquest. Miss Wood fainted twice during the hearing. "censusWashington, Aug. 3.?Ashtab"'a, Ohio, 22,082, increase 3,816 or 20.0 per cent. Michigan City, Ind., 19,457, increase 430 or 2.3 per cent. Mount Vernon, N. Y., 42,726, increase 11,870. Wyandotte County, Kans., including Knasas City, 122,218, increase 22,150 or 22.1 per cent. Cleveland Heights, Ohio, 15,236, increase 12,281 or 415.6 per cent. Newark, N. J., (revised) 414,216. Previously announced as 415,609. Error due to duplication. weather - *w? muuvii vaiuuua. J ill Ily cloudy in interior; probably showers near the coast tonight and Wednesday. applicants are women and children who have friends in America. Crowds jammed the streets near the consulate on Sunday, and extra gennarmes were stationed there to maintain order and to divert traffic to other streets. i As a war measure, the military authorities have prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages, with the exception of beer, in the Warsaw district. Meanwhile at various distances to the north, northeast and east of the Vistual, in a great semi-circle, the wor kof building trenches and erecting barbed wire defenses is beinng carried on with great haste. It is estimated that already about 120 American women and children have left Warsaw, most of them proceeding to Danzig. MUG WARSAW RUSSIAN BOlSHEVlKl ?r"; f t : ^ 4 a * MI mum 1 MEE1IIG II MM l'l's ' ' '* i*' The meeting in the interest oil bottom marketing scheduled to h* hejd in* tJrfion at 10 o'clock this morning;#** ; hot largely attended, but developed < vonside^ahle enthusiasm. >.' ~t y> Speeches, Ijrief, but with * vie# ? explaining the phases of <;ottou nlar- ' keting were presented. Hon. JjOwndes J, Browning spoke briefly and .announced the three committees oontem- ] plated in the campaign. The -commit- : tees are as follows: Cotton grading: J. A. Wijbqpi,' chairman; Hayden Smith and Qnpr T, Belue. t? 1 /Cotton /Association Mem be Whip: L. M. Jordan, Chairman; Sam Vaughaja and J. D. Hancock. . Warehousing? ' F. W. CarnoH* ; (chairman; F. H. Gamer and Ci, Anders, ' v y J" 35m codfcflnlttees are expected to.jUjokl ? i?t(r thd^Wntter involved and t<t pW*S j the movement:* i (; After Mr. Browning annon committees a brief speech ,was made by Mr. Mills, explaining tho detail*, or warehousing and related problems, v 'Mr. MeKeown waS next introduce? and spoke'briefly on the questistr?jdft cotton grading. He followed the line of his' speech at Santuc, andnriMT that Uniorf County, through the cqop$ oration of rfll the townships in twk j county, emplo? an official cotton. er. This cost would be $8,000 f?r thfr j The meeting will be held this a4$??S noon at 3 o'cftck in. Jonestill^^pr TWO YOLJNG MEN admitted today that two young Wiefi, ' said to be employed in a local bank, are being held in connection with the theft of $53,000 in Liberty bonds, reported several days ago to have been stolen while in transit between Cleveland and Toledo banks. It was reported that the two men had confessed stealing the bonds but placed the responsibility on an organized band of Chicago bond thiefs. WILL REPORT ON CONFERENCE Mexacali, Lower Cal., August, 3.? General Angel Flores and Senator Juan Pratt, representatives of the de la Huerta government today were on the way to Los Angeles where they expected to telegraph to Mexico City the results of a conference held here with Governor Estaban Cantu of Lower California. An effort will be made in the conference to compose the differences whicht caused Cantu to break off relations with the federal government. EMBARGO ON FREIGHT Cleveland, 0., August 3.?A one day embargo on outgoing freight was in eflFect on the four big railroads here today. Campany officials declared they were swamped with incoming freight and the embargo was necessary to bring about speedy unloading I of cars. Ijack of labor and general railroad conditions are said to be the cause of the congestion. m ( HARDING GETS BUSY \ l Marion, O., August 3.?Senator 1 Harding, the Republican Presidential ; nominee, is going to prove to the pub- J lie that he is a real printer, today he ( threw aside his coat, rolled up his 1 sleeves and "made-up" the first page of his paper while motion picture ma- . chines recorded his actions. All work at the newspaper plant suspended while the pictures were being made and employes gathered about to see their boss working while they loafed. The Senator kept up a ] rapid fire of conversation with his foreman while at work. 1 J. O. ARRIVES ; ???- i "J. O." arrived this afternoon, all j the way from Miami, Fla., to attend the booster trip next Saturday. We are glad to see J. O. and the flrirl correspondents are mighty glad too, judging from a conversation overheard in the office vesterday. Me mms cores ' Il' UUIIG DOT scorn ^ wfa1o,'Au&'. '3.?Confessions made tt uW district attorney here today by tfi|wr,boys allege that Norman KellfcMplh yeam old, was the slayer of 1 knrtfrd Pokgrant, a boy scout, who o 'fl# hhot dead in the woods near 1 Ibehezer oif Sunday. j( boys*, the confession alleges, w?re<-4n camp when Pokgrant and a toffirifcnion rede up on a bicycle. KelfeHjjU is claimed, first shot the tires offfPWc graft's bicycle and when the ho|iurnod-> run, fired another that r|ftMSj6F ALLIANCE pjT. yWf MARSHAL FOCH > yfaaVil^OB, August 3.?General tejn^s qwBw defensive military alliatioe between Prance and Belgium as jfe W *>y Marshal Foch of the I French Memy and the Belgian chief hi 'staff ^rere received here today in 1. official circles. 1 iMilitary support of France by Belgium in^ future armed conflicts is plfMfeed upon condition that France tpyve not to have been the aggressor, Belgium also Reserved the right to remain neutral in all disputes between the interest^of France and other nations in'Frances' colonial possession^. Details as to France's -pledge to Belfe^ia.have not yet ben received. The^lliance is to endure for a pftr^d of from five to fifteen years. lAttempts of Belgium to induce Gript Britain to join with France in d&jjlpfensive alliance, the official advices stated,'have so far been in vain. ? " ^ITINERARY ANNOUNCED York^ August 3.?The comAfcl itinerary of the Western speakWTiour of Franklin D. Roosevelt, I Democratic Vice Presidential .nominee, tailing ii\ Indianapolis August 31, was Announced at- Democratic national tekdquafters here today/-The tour .will pi mfide in a special car. Washington, national debt was reduced a total of $76,404,453 during July, according to the Treasury statement today. This leaves the public debt at $*24,222,917,013. The reduction was accomplished through the retirement of that amount' of treasury certificates of indebtedness. MAIL TRAIN IS WRECKED Omaha, Neb., August 3.?Plane number three of the mail trail blazing rquardron on its way from New York to San Francisco crashed into a house wiuie cnucttvunng vu iiiuhe u ^cwtwrty from Ak-Sar-Ben field here today and fell to the ground. Aside from a shaking up occupants of the plane escaped injury. The plane was wrecked. ROBBERS AT WORK AT CAMPOBELLO Spartanburg, S. C.p August 3.?The postoffice and two stores at Campobello, this county, wdre broken into and the safes blown last night. Only a small amount of money and a few stamps were secured from the postoffice and the thefts from the stores were neligible. There is no clue as to the robbers. NO TRACES OF POISON ON BRAIN New York, Aug. 3.?The autopsy on the body of Mrs. Eugene Leroy, whose body was jummed into a trunk here recently, showed no traces of poison on the brain, according to a report made today by Dr. Benjamin Schwartz, deputy medical examiner. Since all other vital organs were removed from the body, medical officials were unable to determine how the young woman met her death. ALABAMA RAILRADS WANT RATES RAISED Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 3.?Railroads operating in Alabama asked the Alabama Public Service Commission today for a "temporary order" making effective increased freight, passenger and Pullman rates at the same time the increased interstate rates become operative. A telegram from A. R. Smith, vice president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, said that the commission should permit intrastate rates to apply at the same time with interstate rates, and that the commission could then issue a citation to fequire the roads to show cause why the rates should not be lowered. The commission's secretary is permitted to order the increase without hearing evidence. HO NEW EVIDENCE IN KILLING OE RAY / 1 Graham, N. C., Aug. 3.?When adjournment was taken for lunch; the second days session of the investigation into the killing of James Hav during shooting around the Alamance county jail on Monday night, July 19, had made little progress. Ten witnesses had been examined, but no new evidence throwing additional light on. the killing of Ray by the militiamen, after a mob is alleged to have attacked the machine gunners, had developed. - . * Captain Jim Smith, who lives near the jail, testified that he had heard a faint first shot evidently fired fronv* chaep pistol and not an army automatic. The following shots, he b&lieved, were fired from automatic p?i tols. Many prominent citizens testified during the morning, but few of them knew anything connected with the alleged attack on the jail or the shooting of Ray. FIGHTING IN *7 * MESOPOTAMIA London, Aug. 3.?Further troubles for the British in Mesopotamia were reported by the war office today. A strong British column on the lower Euprates were attacked and roughly handled by tribesmen it was announced, bnt succeeded in cutting its ,oa,T K.w.L- - Uill-L * "?j va>.n iv iiumii, near trie site ot ancient Babylon, after sustaining 300 casualties and the loss of one gun and 12 machine guns. ARRESTED FOR ^ ACCEPTING BRIBES New York, Aug. 3.?Patrick Burke, detective sergeant and Benson p. C., Laverty, a federal prohibition enforcement officer, were arrested in Brooklyn today by federal agents oh the charge of accepting bribes from saloonkeepers. The arrests are said to be the forerunner of others in which police and authorized federal agents are involved. . , m , t TWO INJURED IN FIGHT } *: Sam Hunter, a colored "man employed at the Bailey Builders Supply Co.'s planing mill, cut and stabbed the foreman of the planing mill, H. C. Lancaster, making several ugly gashioacn_ the Lancaster, the latter struck himon the side of the head with a; piece of scantling, and wounded him severely. It is thought that neither has been seriously injured. The difficulty arose over some order given the colored man by the foreman. An altercation arose with the above results. STILL DESTROYED 0 Rural policeman McDaniel and Faucette captured a still and a couple of barrels of mash?about 100 gallons, on the Liinder place, in the Mt. Lebanon neighborhood, fourteen miles northwest of Union. Boyd Gault and W. F. Sumner aid ed the rural policemen in the raid. The officers brought the "worm," made of copper, to Union and it is now "in the Sheriff's office. COLORED WOMAN SHOT Eloise Sims, a colored woman who lived on the Adams place, near Adamsburg, was shot and seriously wounded by Wilks Chalk, a colored -man, on Sunday, at Mt. Rowell church. The woman was seriously wounded and is now in the hospital in Spartanburg; her recovery is very doubtful. The negro who did the shooting has been lodged in jail. PICNIC AND FISHING PARTY Messrs. L. G. Bishop and B. W. Sparks and their families, had a picnic and fish fry yesterday. The dinner was served at Mr. Bishop's home. The fishing was done on Tyger river. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Allison and son and Mrs. J. B. Willis, Mr. J. B. Estes, wife unu nuu, were guesis at tne dining All report a good time. NOTICE TO FOX HUNTERS It has come to our notice that certain parties in the county have been hunting fox contrary to law. We warn all parties concerned that we will call the attention of the proper authorities to this matter if the law is not observed hereafter. The law, says there is to be no fox hunting until after September 1st of each year. It. Fox Hunters Association. A motor operated machine places and drives screws as rapidly as material can be moved to receive them. SB UDIIS MB MM; (EI Off WITH S2OJ0O Mo^ine .111., August 3. Six men entered the Commercial Savings Bank here just before noon t'xlay, locked WoprOKa escaped witn #20,000 after a, running vevolver -fight with citizens and police. Charles Mohler, a barber, was shot and probably mortally wounded. five robbers fled in. an automobile. SOUNDS KEYNOTE FOR RENOMINATION r Convention K(hl! ,Saratga Springs, N. August, B.?Delegates to the democratic unofficial state convention mot at noon today effected temporary organization listened to the keytpte speech, of the temporary chairman, , Fraftk-H. Mott of Chautauqua, and adjourned until eight p. m. It was on the pragram that the evening" session be turned into an old time lo^e fea^t with all factions uniting in an enddorsement of- "Governor Alfred K. Smith's administration of state affairs, and a ^suggestion that he be renominated. ' v Renomination of the Governor was theonly principle upon which all the delegates were upited. Mayor . George R.. \ Lumn of Schenactady, candidate for renomination for United'States sen ator, but -whose aspirations do not revive encouragements from the Tammany Half and Up State organization leaders has declared his intention of vigrously opposition on the floor of the convention to any attempt to "Suggest" a ticket. He holds that "Reccommendation," "Designation" or '.'Suggestions" of candidates would Violate the'spirit of the direct priihary law.'- 1 Lieut. Governor Harry C. Wolker of Binghampton, wis reported today tQ be the choice of the organization leaders for the Senatorial nomination. Declaring that no apologies are necessary for the records in office of Governor Alfred E. Smith ai\d? and Prank H. Mott of Jamestown, paved /? the way fo;r his renomination in his k<mp^speech here today as tempor"6overnor Smith, v*' In the practical school of politics has not been a partisan governor," ne baid; "he has been the governor for all the people." "The purpose of the convention," Mr. Mott said, "was to ratify the platform declarations and endorse the candidates of the democratic national convention. Prolonged as followed his mention of the names of Governor Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt." "Prefacing his argument by a declaration that hitherto American problems have been largely local and provincial, but have now become international, and our destiny in separately interwoven with that of all the free nations." Mr. Mott devoted a large part of his address to discussing the proposed league of nations. PERSONAL MENTION Miss Mable Lawson, of Sumter, is the guest of Mrs. M. D. Huiet on Perrin Avenue. Miss Sadie Barnado has returned from Rock Hill where she attended the summer school at Winthrop College. Mrs. Frank Hough is visiting relatives in Newberry this week. Mr. and Mrs. Young, of Whitmire, and W. J. Hanna, of Chesterfield, were among the visitors in the city ' yesterday, returning from Hendersonville, N. C. Miss Pauline Milling of this city, afrd Miss Jos5e Lee, of Columbia, left this week for Philadelphia, Washington and New York on a sight seeing trip and will be away a month or more. Misses Sadie and Minnie SrhnfmM of Davidson, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Oetzel at the Clifford Seminary. Mrs. B. F. Walker and Miss Iva Walker, who have been visiting relatives in Spartanburg, will return to their home in coleraine tomorrow. ? Mr. and Mrs. John McDow and Mr. and Mrs. Tom McDow, of Lancaster, motored to Union this week to visit* * Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. McDow on South Church street. * CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR 1 he Christian Eedeavor of the First Presbyterian church will meet tonight in the parlors of the church at 8:15 o'clock. You are invited. ' J