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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Est CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2, SUMTER ~ Jury in Federal Court Returns Verdict . Against Railroad Men Who Attacked Strike Breakers . Columbia, Nov. 9.?"Guilty" was the verdict brought in by the jury in the United States district court yesterday in the case of the gov ernment against C. D. Wltherspoon, J. P. JButler. Collie Hinson and M. B. Hinson, who were charged with contempt of court in that they were alleged to have violated th8 order of the court that they -re . frain from interfering in any way with men who had accepted em ployment on the Atlantic Coast J line railroad in South Carolina. The jury was out only about 20 -minutes. Judge Smith will pass sen- ( tence upon the convicted men to morrow. - The progress of the case against j the four men was followed with in- j tense interest by a crowd that filled the court room to capacity, and the testimony of the witnesses for the; government and for the defense was listened to closely. The judge's charge, too, was heard; in a court room that was very still. The witnesses for the govern-j ment, Jesse TimmonswR. O. Hair,| R. D. Timmons and C. F. Griffin, j told of agoing to work for the At- j lantic Cost Line in Sumter last j August, while the railway strike; was-on, and of living in the shops,! which were under guard, They toldj of having visited a house some dis-; tance away one afternoon, and of; having' been followed by Wither- j r spoon, striker, who, they said, dls-j appeared after a time. - When they were returning to their place of employment, they say they were, confronted by men and said they returned to the house .they had left. They said threats^ wej|e -uttered against theim and one or more said a gun had been -procured from the house for their, protection.; Other witnesses told of the* appear- j ance of the strikers near the. house where the strikers had gone for a visit ' "The def endahta i placed -upon the"! stand said they had-gone on strike in July and based:,, their defense strictly on an alibi, saying that they had nothing to. do with, the attack; on the strike brehkers, and did not know who took part in it. One; claimed to have been hauling wood at the time threats were alleged to. have been made; two others claim ed to have been preparing to go on a fishing trip and another, Witherspoon, said -he walked down the railroad track but denied hav ing shadowed the strike, break ers. Practically all Of the defend ants said they had been on picket duty during the railroad strike and said their duties were to keep watch on the" rolling stock of the railroad and make note of deter-1 ioration and report on it at the meetings of the local union which were held daily. Judge Smith, in his charge to the jury, said that men had the; right to quit %ork, or strike, that | such a procedure was "lawful but when men. he said, in the pursu ance of their designs said that not j only would they not work but that' they would not allow others to work, if they did that, "they cross ed the line between law and law-! lessness." The judge told of the order issued by the court that men refrain from interfering with or in-^ timidating other men who were in. the efnploy of the railroad, said that the order of the court had been served on all the defendants, and told of the necessity of the op-" eration of the railroads so that produce might be marketed, the people cared for and mails deliver- - ed. In reference to the strike break ers, who had been kept in the yards at Sumter, where they ate and slept, Judge Smith said "What a com mentary upon conditions when' a man who is exercising his legal right to work has to do so under armed guards." 'This is a serious case," the judge said. "It is to determine whether this country is to be run. by the courts, the legislatures and the machinery they have set up or by unions." "The moment any union?be it a union of lawyers, a union of bankers, a union of agri cultural laborers or a union of rail way employees?undertakes to ad minister the affairs of this coun try it becomes a lawless mob." After having said that the gov ernment's witnesses aaid the de-, fendants took part in the alleged attack upon them and that the de-, fendants denied having had any thing to do with the attack, the judge concluded his charge. The jury returned with a verdict of gulity in a few minutes. Bandits Rob Bankers Successful Hold-Up on Street Of Kansas City Kansas City, Nov. 11?Three ban dits held up officials of the Central State Bank here today, obtaining two thousand dollars. The bankers were in autos returning from an other bank where they bad obtained the money. abllshed April, 1850. 1881._ COTTON MARKETING ASSOCIATION : - '?State Farm Cotton j I Turned Over to Co-! operative Associa-1 tion Columbia, Nov. 10.?The board of directors of the state peniten j tiary decided Wednesday to de j liver to the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative Association all of the state-farm's old cotton, 466 bales. Under the terms of the Contract, signed by the State of South Carolina, delivery of any cotton grown prior to 1922 was op tional, the same as with othe:" members of the association. At the meeting of the directors of the penitentiary today, the mat ter of delivering the 466 old bales of cotton, which the board has been holding over, to the associa tion, was brought up and the board voted unanimously to take ? this step. The association was imme diately notified. The board has already turned! over all cotton produced in 1922 to the association and the old cot ton will be delivered tomorrow by Col. A. K. Sanders, the superin tendent. At the 1922 session of the gen eral assembly a joint resolution was passed authorizing the superin tendent of the penitentiary to sign the cooperative marketing contract of the association and subject ths state to the provisions thereof. Officials of the cooperative asso ciation, state that much enthus iasm., for the association prevails in every section of the state and credit, is being generally given the cooperatives of. the belt for the ?steady advance in the price of cot ton.' New contracts 'continue to pour in from every (section of the state, over 100 having been receiv ed during'the-past week. Of these, thirty-two came from Fairfieid county alone?* Many growers, not members of the association, who sold thei r 1922 crop as soon as it was ginned are now disgusted with themselves, officials of the associa tion say, and are signing the con tract, to deliver all cotton grown during the next five years through the association/ : i? sionary Union ... , ' ' Annual Meeting in Columbia Adjourns?Meeting in : Florence Next Year -;- ? Columbia, Nov. 10.?The Wo man's Missionary Union of the Baptist-state convention of South' Carolina adjourned sine die in Co-| lumbia Thursday afternoon, after a j three day convention. The 1923 gathering, it was decided, will be held in Florence. Mrs. J. D. Chapman, president, and all other executive officers were re-elected, with the exception of the corre spnding secretary, Miss Von nie Lance, Of Spartanburg being select ed to succeed Mrs. Chapman, who acted in- that capacity during the last year. Other officers of the union are: Mrs. Edwin Carpenter, vice pres ident: Mrs. C. B. Bobo, vice president of the Northern division: Mrs. E. W. Masters, vice president of the Northwestern district; Mrs. D; W. Alderman, vice president of the Eastern division; Mrs. C. M. Scott, vice president ' central di vision; Mrs. T. T. Hyde, vice presi 'dent Southern division; Mrs. J. S. Harris, vice president, Western district; Miss Jessie King, treasur er; Miss Bessie Major, recording secretary; Mrs. Geo. E. Davis, Y. W. A. and College correspondent: Mrs. W. J. Hatcher, superintendent "Sunbeams;" Miss Azi'ie Wofford, Royal ^tenbassadors; Mrs. T. B. ClarksonT mission study; Miss An nie Ulmer, auditor; Miss Wofford, field Worker. Miss Pauline White, of Brazil; Miss Lora Clement, of China; and Mrs. P. H. Anderson, also of China, missionaries, were speakers for the closing session of. the convention yesterday afternoon. VOTE BIG BOND ISSUE $500,000 to Be Expended by Fairfieid County Winnsboro. Nov. 9.?The $500. 000 bond issue for road improve rnent for Fairfieid county is now a certainty, the result of yesterday's election being 4 to 1 in favor of bonds. After an active and vigorous campaign waged for bonds for the pa?<t several mnths the result is considered "fratifying. This bond, j issue means much to the people of Fairfieid county it is believed, j CLEMENCEAU SAILED TODAY 'French War Premier Coming to United States Havre, Nov. 11?Former Premier Clemenceau sailed today for the United States on a self imposed mis sion to further the entente between France and Amrica. "Be Just and Fear REPUBLICANS HAVE BARE MAJORITY Complete Unofficial Returns Show Re sult of Election? Democrats Made Tremendous Gains Chicago, Nov. 9.?A continuation of Republican control in congress, but with a majority of 165 in the house slashed to 15 and a senate majority cut in two, was assured tonight by practically complete but unofficial reports from last Tues days elections, ? Close races and belated returns left the exact majority in doubt since election, but on the face of tabulated returns tonight the 68th house of representatives will be composed of 225 Republicans, 207 Democrats, one Socialist. one Farmer-Labor and one Independent In thef senatorial contest, late returns which indicated the elec tion of Lynn X Frazier, recalled Non-Partisan league governor in North Dakota, and the victory of Clarence C. Dill, Democrat, in Wahington, did not change the gen eral complexion of the upper house. ? These returns forecast that the next senate would have 53 Repub licans, a loss of seven, 42 Demo crats and one Farmer-Labor sena tor from Minnesota. In the Washington senatorial race, returns from 2,304 precincts out of the 2,446 in the state, gave Dill 127,597 and Miles Poindexter, Republican incumbent, 123,417. The victory of Frazier, Republi can, fn North Dakota, was conceded late today by T. G. Nelson, state secretary of the Independent Vot ers' association, supporting J. F. T. O'Connor, Democrat, Frazier's op ponent. Retention of Republican majori ties in both the senate and the house was declared to be "very gratifying" in a statement issued by John T. Adams, chairman of the Republican national committee. - Mr, Adams . attributed the out come of the election to unrest fol lowing the world war, an unusual prominence of local issues over national issues, the use of "fake'is sues" to befog the general situation and the tendency of people to vote for a change in off years. "Discontent looking for a sacri fice" was the way Gov. H. J. Allen of Kansas analyzed the elec tion results. Complexion of Congess. Next house: Kepublicans. 225; Democrats 207; Socialist, 1; Farm er-Labor, 1; Independent, 1. Present house: Total member ship, 435. Present membership: Republicans, 296; Democrats, 130; Socialist, 1; vacancies, 8. Of these eight vacancies three were filled at Tuesday's election for unexpired terms ending March 3, 1923, as fol lows: Illinois, at large. First and Eighth Nebraska districts. The re maining five vacancies were not filled at this election for the Sixty seventh congress. I Next senate: Republicans, 53; Democrats, 42; Farmer-Labor, 1. Present senate: Total member ship. 96. Present membership: Re publicans, 59; Democrats, 36; Re publican and Progressive, 1. Line Up of Congress Washington, Nov. 10.?On the face of practically complete un official returns of Tuesday's elec tions the lineup of the sixty-third congress will be: House?Republicans 225; Dem ocrats, 207; Socialists, Independ ents and Farmer-Labor one each. Senate?Republican, 53; Demo crats, 42; Farmer-Labor, 1. FEDERAL LAND BANK LOANS Columbia Branch, Operating in Four States, Has $43, 395,926 Loaned to the Farmers Columbia. Nov. 10.?The Fed eral Land Bank, of Columbia, op erating in four states, the Carolinas Georgia and Florida, has $43,395. 926 as net loans in force as of Oc tober 1, according to a statement issued by the bank and made pub lic here today. The amount loan ed by the bank In South Carolina totals $13.389,705; the amount loaned in North Carolina. $12,450, S10: the amount in Georgia, $13, 508,21, and the amount in Flor ida. $4,626,460. These amounts represent 19,000 loans made to farmers through 516 national farm loan associations, and through pur chase of the assets of two joint stock land banks. The capital stock of the federal bank is $2.621,210, paid up. The surplus and undivided profits total $392,600, and the dividends paid, according to D. A. Houston, the president, total $111,219.65. Shanghai, Nov. 11.?Two Amer ican missionaries not yet identi fied are ;unong the foreign captives of bandits in Honan Province, ac cording to word received today from Madame Soderstorm of the Lutheran mission, who has been re leased by the brigands. Not?Let all the ends Thon Ahnst i _:_^ Sumter, S. C. #e<ines LITTLE NEWS ! COMES FROM | ! FAR EAST i ! - ! .Telegraphic Commun-j ication With Con stantinople Remains Interrupted. Lon don Ignorant of De velopments j London, Nov. 10 (By the Asso- I ciated Press) .?Telepgraphic com-! munioatton between London and j i Constantinople continues inter-j rupted. The only news coming in ; is reaching London slowly and j through devious routes. j Dispatches dated Wednesday, re- j jeeived by the foreign and war offices today by naval wireless, indicated ' jthat the allied commissioners} Ithen still were waiting a definite I reply from the Angora government] to their demand that the Turks j recede from their attitude, which' the allies regard as out of accord j with the Mudros and Mudaniai conventions. The dispatches show- j ed that the allied representatives also had. lodged a strong protest! with Rafet Pasha, the Nationalist j governor, against the execution of j I Ali Kemal Bey, editor of Sabah, > jan anti-Nationalist organ. ! - That the situation continues t strained is shown by the fact that the Earl of Derby, secretary for war, was compelled to cancel a political engagement he had in {he North tonight. He explained that! things were in such shape as to make his presence at the war office absolutely imperative. Pour parlers are continuing be tween the allies regarding the date! for the Lausanne conference, on! j Near Eastern affairs, which was originally fixed for next week. It is! 'still believed here a postponement [will be taken until Noember 20. ; Danger Draws Frafcce to England. j Paris, Nov. 10 (By the Associat ed Press).?The success of the. al ! lied powers in obtaining an ?rmfs itice for the Greeks is far from be j ing decisive. Premier Poincare told j the chamber of deputies today, j The Turkish Nationalists are no ? longer in the state of mind in which J.they were when they signed the i ! Franco-Turkish agreement, he said, | : and the recent incidents showed jthat full accord between France and Great Britain was more neces sary than ever. Poincare paid tribute to Lord j Curzon, the British foreign secre- j tary. for the effective part he ttlay- I ed in preventing graver develop-1 ments, and said his loyalty and high j minded views of the situation j j weighed heavily in the bahjiice of j peace. The Mudania peace corifer j ence, however, was not a personal I success, and not a French success j?it was a common success^ which i was far from being decisive. In explaining the withdrawal of the French troops from Chan?k at the time the British declared their j determination to hold the town in the face of the Turkish advance to- j ward the Dardanelles, the premier declared it was an error to interpret the French action as an abandon ment of her allies. - Lord Curzon, he added, thought, as did the Freich government thati a show of military force would be insufficient to stop the Turks, and that the position could not be de | fended. Poincare said that he was very happy to find that Lord Curzon would remain at the head of for eign office in the new British cab inet and that the latter would be presided over by another friend of France in Bonar Law. ANXIETY OVER NEAR EAST London Newspapers Agree That Situation is Serious, But Have No News London. Nov. 11.?The situation in Constantinople where the Turks j want the allies to get out and the allies are determined to sit tight, is still very critical, all morning papers agree, but none carries defi nite news to justify that view. Even the government is declared in some quarters to be largely in the dark, owing- to the difficulty of communicating with the Near East j due to the cutting of the cable re- I j cently. j Will Aid Livestock j ?Government to Stimulate Use! of Meat Washington, Nov. 10?The gov ernment has decided to come to the laid of the livestock industry and do ; whatever it can to stimulate the use i I of meat. A decrease of more than! j 2"> pounds per person in the amount of meat eaten a year in the United ; States is shown by latest statistics. } "Many persons still hold to the; j belief, which was largely the out- J i growth of unfair and misguided j propaganda that meat is not heal-i thy. Medical science has proven, j over and over that a large number of ills once charged to meat eating i are due t.> the infeeton of teeth, tonsils and other organs," the De- j p?rtment of Agriculture said today.! So many ministers are being shot there should be a law against it. at be thy Country's, Thy God's and ;day, November 15,1922 EXTRASESSION OF CONGRESS _CALLED Republicans Will Make Desperate Ef fort to Put Party Measures Through Congress Before : March 4th Washington, Nov. 9? Congress was called by President Harding tonight to meet in extra session November 20, exactly two weeks in advance of the regular session. The call set forth as is usual in the form of a proclamation declar ed the extra session was made necessary by public interests. The text of the proclamation follows: "Whereas, public interests re quire that the congress of the Unit ed States should be convened in ex tra session at 12 o'clock noon* on the 20th day of November, 1922, to receive such communications as may be made by the executive, /'Now, therefore, I, Warren G. Harding, president of the United States of America, do hereby pro claim and declare that an extra ordinary "occasion require the con gress of the United States to con vene in- extra session at the cap itoi in the city of Washington on the 20thr day of November, 1922, and 12 o'clock noon, of which all persons who shall at that time be entitled to act as members "thereof are hereby required to take no tice. "In witness whereof, I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be af fixed. ? "Done at the city of Washington, this ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord, 1922, and of the Independence of the United States, the 147th. Warren G. Harding." Announcement that the call would be issued either today or to morrow had been made early this week from the White House and prior to that statements made by congressional leaders after confer ences with the president indicated that the executive had practically made. up. his mind..to convene; con gress in special session, although the call would not be sent out until after the election. The call of the special session two weeks in advance of the regu lar meeting has been approved generally by Republican leaders in congress, who have felt that by get ting an earlier start on legislation than; would be afforded by the regular session practically all im portant bills including the apro priation measures could be dispos ed of by next March 4 when the Sixty-seventh congress must ad journ sine die. Leaders have asserted that unless the spe cial session were called it would be necessary to have an extra session after March 4 and work into the summer months. Although the nature of the pres ident's recommendations to the extra session when it convenes No vember 20 have not been definite ly outlined, the opinion of Repub lican leaders has been that the house will proceed directly to con sideration of the merchant marine bill. The president agreed to post ponement of action on this meas ure at the last session upon assur ances of party leaders that it would be taken without delay when con gress reconvened. While the house itself is working on this bill its appropriations com mittee divided into subcommittees will work, on the supply measures, which really provide the most im portant task facing congress at the regular session. The members of the appropriations, committee have been called by Chairman-Madden to meet tomorrow to begin work of providing the government with appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, and budget bureau estimates for most of the departmnets are virtually complet ed. Leaders hope to have four or five appropriation bills ready for the house by December 4, when the regular session will begin. The senate has several important measures left over from the last session, including the Dyer anti lynchng bill, which has been pass ed by the house, and it is prob able that President Harding will make some definite recommenda tion at the outset of the session as to the changes in the transporta tion act. The senate also will re ceive a number of nominations soon after it convenes, including the name of the successor to As sociate Justice Day of the supreme court, appointments to the more than a score of federal judgeshifts created by congress at the last ses sion and many others. Except in the case of vacancies none of the new members of con gress chosen at Tuesday's election will take their seat until after next March 4. Two new faces probably will appear in the senate when it meets November 20. Walter F. George was elected Tuesday in Georgia, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Watson, and. if a recount in Delaware confirms the unofficial returns showing Thomas F. Bayard. Dem ocrat, to have been elected over T. Coleman DuPont, Republican, who is serving out the unexpired term of J. O. Wolcott, resigned, Mr. Troth's." ENGLISHMAN ! SLANDERS ! AMERICA _ j Weeks Issues Order. That John Forteseue Not Be Allowed to! Address West Pointj Cadets as Scheduled j for Today ??? ; Washington, Nov. 10.-^-Brig. Gen. j Slayden, commander of the Military j Academy at West Point, has been! directed by Secretary Weeks to re- ! call an invitation, given to John! Forteseue, president of the Royal Historical Society, to address the cadets on Armistice Day. A for-; mal statement issued today by the War Secretary, said the reason for, his action was found in statements" contained in a recent book written j by Forteseue, entitled "British' Statesmen of the Great War." The secretary quoted this pas-. sage: j " 'Americans eteem a good bar gain, even if gained by dishonorable. means, to mark the highest form of ability. The United States can' not engage in any form of com petition with us, from athletics to diplomacy, without using foul play. They must win, if not by fair skill, then by pre-arranged trickery or violence; if not by open j negotiations then by garbled maps and forged documents. VThere Is the? fact. It may be unpleasant, but it can not be denied.'" I "An author entertaining these' sentiments," Mr. Weeks said, "is not considered to be a proper per-' son to address the students of a' government academy^.' Mr. Forteseue Is understood to' be visiting the United States for j the purpose of delivering a series of lectures. i STATE TAX COMMISSION Work of Assessing Property in South Carolina Completed \ Columbia, Nov. 10.?The state tax commission has completed the work of assessing property' in!. South Carolina, and the results of the years work are being tabulated now. No indication of what th * total assessed valuation of property, in the state will be is available .is, yet, according to members of thej tax commission, who stated today that while they cannot say what the taxable property of the state is worth oh" the tax books, it is probable the total will be slightly! lower than last year, due to the. general deflation of values. The commission yesterday began hearings on Columbia protests against assessments fixed by the j local board of assessors,- on the; basis of a recent survey of property j in the capital, which was used by! the local board as t^he basis of as-j sessment values. In several cases property holders alleged certain differences between their figures and those of the board, and their petitions for adjustments are being j considered this week. Announcement is made by the J tax commission that the returns! from the state's gasoline tax for! the year has so far reached about j $900,000, and that for the entire} year the proceeds of the tax are! expected to reach a million dollars.! Delinquent tax payments for! 1922 are being reported to thej state tax commission now at the i rate of about $2,000 a day. Howard Manning Struck by Train! _ I 1 Young Man of Dillon County j Loses Life Near Latta in Accident Latta, Nov. 11.?Howard Man ning, son of former State Senator and Mrs. J. H. Manning of Latta was killed this afternoon about 3:30 o'clock by a through freight train just north of Latta. The funeral services will be held at 11 o'clock Saturday morning at the home and interment will be made at Magnolia cemetery, Latta. Cut Rates Refused Interstate Commerce Commis* sion Denies Request of Railroads Washington, Nov. 11?Applica tions of transcontinental railroads for authority to decrease rates to and from Pacific coast terminals on traffic originating east of the Rock- i ies or destined there, were denied by the Interstate Commerce Com-; msision. Bayard will take his seat when the | special session is convened. Two women will sit in the house at the same time for the first time when that body meets November 20. Miss Alice Robertson of Okla homa is a member of the present congress and Mrs. Winnifred M. Huck was elected in Tuesday's elec tion as a representtive at large from Illinois to fill the seat in the Sixty seventh congress left vacant by the death of her father. Representa tive William Mason. jrraiu THE TRUE 80? FRANCE -* WEARY OF WAITING Premier Poincare Tells Senate That France Will Act Alone Against Ger many If Brussels' Conference Fails to Give Satisfaction Paris, Nov. S (By the Associat ed Press).?Premier Poincare told the senate this evening that the French goernment had decided to act alone with respect to Germany if the Brussels conference failed to give France satisfaction. He ex presred the opinion that no gener al settlement of the reparation's problems was possible unless the ouestion of interallied debts was rolved at the same time. "France is not imperialistic." he declared. "I can say that she is the least imperialistic ot the na tions, but she has rights to defend. , We do not contemplate any per sonal action before the Brussels conference, but if we do not ob tain satisfaction there is nothing in the world that can prevent us from acting alone in the fullness of our rights." "There is not one Frenchman who 1 doubts the solidarity o France, and no foreigner has the right to doubt it," Premier Poin care declared. The premier rejected the idea of establishing a customs barrier along the Rhine for the benefit of the allies on the ground that it would result simply in turning traffic in other, directions. A The question; of resorting, to com pulsion agains/t Germany to. force her to execute her obligations will be taken up at the Brussels con ference, he said. ? _ The premier was replying .to Senator Hubert, who-asserted...thav occupation of at least . part, of the j Ruhr district was* indispensable ta bring the heads of German Hindus-, try to a reasonable aititude on the execution of the Versailles-.treajty and the payment of German rep arations: ? ~ M". ^Pomcare agreed that* ener getic action was necessary,1 -but avoided the questioh'of occupying the/ Ruhr. He recalled that he was ready last August to present ? gen eral plan for the payment of rep arations and interallied debts, but the British cabinet issued a note in which the debt to Great Britain was linked with the British debt to the United States. At the same time, continued M. Poincare, Mr. Lloyd George declared solemnly that it was necessary to accord a moratorium to Germany with out charging her default against her.. "I remarked at the time," said M. Poincare, "that a moratorium was a purely negative measure; that it could not contribute to uplifting the Reisch or the world.1 I proposed that before granting a moratorium the allies take as pledges 60 per cent of the dye in dustries and aviation and estab lish customs houses on the Rhine, but I met with opposition, par ticularly of Belgium." The Allies Buck Up Against Turks Constantinople, Nov. 10.?The allied high commissioners this af ternoon handed a note to the An gora government representative here demanding the repeal cf all measures relating to customs, pub lic debt, sanitary and other ser-} vices which conflict with the stip- } ulations of the Mudros armistice! of 1?1S. London, Nov. 10.?If any mes sages on the Turkish situation have been received from Constan tinople up to noon in official quar ters, no British official was will ing to admit the fact to the press. Dne>government official went so far, however, as to say that the situation was "ominous," and nothing had been received indicating that con ditions are any better. Constantinople. Nov. 10.?Ismet Pasha, the Turkish nationalist for ?ign minister, who left this after noon for Lausanne 'to attend the peace conference scheduled to be gan there Monday stated to the As sociated Press representative that lie was sincerely anxious for peace 5,nd was confident of achieving it if :he allies adopted a reasonable at itude. Coal Exports Larger Quickly Recover After Decline During Strike Washington. Xov. 10?Exports of joal from the United States, which ieclined rapidly during the strike, ire quickly recovered according to <n analysis issued today by the Commerce Department. Shipments of bituminous coal in September, aggregated 1,112,000 ons. in August and 366,000 tons in July, while anthracite exports for the month were 285,000 tons as against 29.000 tons in August and 17.000 tons in Juiy. National Women's Party is de-1 manding equal fights for women. ? TO RON, EsUblbdwd Jone 1. is?0. vol.liil no. 27 LIEUTENANTS CAPTO " Two Prominent Irish Republican Leaders Arrested at Wick low?De Valera Es capes i Belfast, Nov. 10.?A . message from Wicklow says that Erskine Childers, one of Be Valera's lead ing lieutenants and another-prom inent Republican were captured there early today. It is reported that De Valera also was in the house ; where the captures were effected but he escaped arrest. GUERILLA WARFARE IN DUBLIN Dublin, Nov. 30.?Heavy firing crackled in various parts of the city during-the night when irregu lars renewed their attack upon the Wellington military barracks and fired on the Porto Bello barracks. Machine guns were used. ? T_yK? civilians were found dead this morning on a suburban road and two soldiers lay-wounded in the center of the city. EXTRA SESSION SCORED BY HULL Declares Harding is Flaunting Public by Action Washington* Nov. 10. ? Presi dent Harding* by caling a special session.'Of pohgress' "for the pass ing of thej8hip" subsidy. bill, luv* shown; that he. has not profited by the lesson^ of Tuesday's great Den\ ocr?ticT victory/* Cordelt HtruV chairman of-the'national Demo? cratfc- commiUeja, declared tohigbv in a. formal statement.; ' Mr Holt said that theI president' *presumabi jyacted on the advice' of men Bke Da?gherty and Lasker "and hadjfe^ cided to-daunt' public sentiment by asking, a repudiated Congress to", sanction .r-repudiated measures ? Th^^l^Jmfitlon. Mr. - Hun cofttinued, -should "preserve the splint of parliamentary govern^ meni" i>y .asking adoption of a legislative'prpi^tm, which :he said, should 'Ihelud^^efeat of the mer chant marine legislation repeal of the 'Fordhey^MpCumber tariff hUL increases of'the farm loan ticlitk' from^S.ee^.oft^ to $ioo,ooo,<hw and tie unseating- of Senator New berry^. Sh?oti?^alffair ih Greenville Man Looks For Wife and Ar guments Lead tO ShotS; GreenviUe, Nov. 10.?W. M. Wat son; well-known farmer of the Unity seb??n, near SirapsonvHle, received four flesh wounds and Plumer Rfd&e. of Greenville, was 3hot about the face and is believed to have been badly injured in a shooting affray that took place this afternoon in the Watson home. Riddlfc left immediately after th? shooting in a car that waited out side : the Watson and his where abouts were not known here to night >' Riddle i? said to have <?one to the Watson home in search of his wife who was visiting her father, ? Mr. >fcietel!a, on the Watson farm. Not finding his wife at his. fatherjjln-tew's, 'he went to. the Watson home and finding his wife there, is said. to. have started an argument which Watson attempt ed to end by ordering Riddle away. Riddle then drew his pistol and* emptied it at short range In the directioii of Watson, according , to. information given a stafT corre spondent of the Greenville News who visited, the scene tonight. Though, wounded, Watson seized a revolver and' fired at Riddle, but none of the bullets took effect* and he then secured a shotgun and fired once, the load taking effect in Riddle's face. The latter then re treated. The shooting affair took place iiv the presence of Mr. Wat son's aged*1 father and his wife, other members of the Watson family aild Riddle's wife. e??c?tTon^ conference comes to close Columbia, Nov. 11?An education conference, called by Governor Harvey, to plan for education week,, December 3-9, came to a close here this noon. It .was attended by about *, a hundred prominent South Caro linians. Resolutions memorializing the legislature to give the schools of the state full support were adopted. A committee to handle the program for legislative educa tion was ^appointed: J. R. West moreland. D. L. Lewis, P. W. Be thea Miss Mattie Thomas and Miss Will Lou Gray. Each county is to be organized with a committee com posed of the county superintendent, the city school superintendent in the county, seat, one prominent citi zen,, a representative of the Amer- * ican Legion and member of a wo mari'r organization.