The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, August 22, 1919, Image 1
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68TH YEAR. NO. 89. SEMI-^
PRESIDENT WILSON so
INTERPRETS LEAGUE
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lens ijOQge tommuiee morai
Obligations Are More Binding
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PRECEDENT IS SMASHED the
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In Contradiction to Precedents eiec
of 100 Years President and Put
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Senate Committee Holds of
Round Table Discussion. win
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Washington, Aug. 21.?President *
Wilson, interpreting the league of na-t
tions covenant for the senate foreign '
relations committee, declared it linpre
posed no legal obligation for the use
of American military forces in procur
toctlng the territory or independence
of any other nation. , .
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But he added that the covenant
ern
might involve, in certain circumero
stances, "an absolutely compelling
moral obligation" which might bo j
even stronger than a legal promise. j
Pressed for a more exact definition .
teri
by the committee members who insisted
that the whole arrangement
was "a rope of sand," he asserted plo
that on the contrary he considered It
t n ?
as placing the nations In "an attitude
of comradeship and protection,"
which would compel respect for the ^
principles of Justice and liberty.
Meeting the committee in a round sou
table discussion in the East room of ton
the White House, in contradiction to stn
5
the precedents of more than a century,
and with the whole nation lis- So"
tening through the medium of a relay BUC
of public stenographers, the president p,a
went into many of the details of the ln
Q re
peace negotiations and touched on all
the hotly debated questions which * e
have divided the senate in its consld- ron
eration of the peace treaty.
Article 10 of the covenant, guar- 'ro
anteeing the integrity of the league :l,s<
members against aggression, he de- wn
clared should leave to each nation atri
"complete freedom of choice as to the ?ra
application of force." Even if the
American representative on the coun- TH
ell Joined In a unanimous recommendation
for military action the
final decision for peace or war must _
Coi
rest so far as concerned the United
States with congress, he said.
Japan's Written Promise.
Whatever advice the council gave
under its authority to take such action ?
as is "deemed appropriate," must also wj,
be deemed appropriate by the United HUj]
States to bind this government, he jnt
argued, though in the background jn
would be such a potential moral forco an(j
that he doubted if the nation would nff
often decline to act. a c
The president revealed that Japan's feri
promise to return Shantung province af^
to China was reduced to written form \
in the minutes of the peace confer- nie
ence. He asserted he had "every 25
confidence" that the promise would
be carried out and told the senators tj,e
it was "the best that could be got" 5y
out of the negotiations, Japan having tra
given notice she would withdraw rrom
the conference if her demands were (JK
refused. The American delegates, he
said, had tried to keep the nation free j
from obligations in European afTairs |(ai
"so far as it was honorably possible spo
to do so," but he assented that it Am
might be necessary to keep some
American troops in the Rhine district his
under the treaty for the ne*t ir?
? time
years. (
He declared the nation would be Its wo,
own sole Judge whether Its obliga- )ft j
tions had been fulfilled under the dis- the
putcd withdrawal clause of the league ^he
covenant; that purely domestic ques- Ar*
tions were safe from the league's Interference,
and that the Monroe doc- I*'lt
trine was clearly preserved.
The league, the president explained. 1
was built on the plan of General ney
Smuts, of South Africa. froi
Some (Questions Not Answered. 'nK
Mr. Wilson revealed that he had ^e'
suggested that the United States take P?r
no part of the German reparation but GXpl
had asked that the conference reserve
dlsposlion of the German Pacific Is- 8?n
land of Yap on a suggestion that It ^an
was needed for an American naval ^
atation.
Some of the senators' questions the to 8
president declined to answer on the P??
ground of International policy. How n,e<
the American delegates voted on mnJ
Japan's proposal for a racial equality
clause in the league covenant he said tlc8
r see
(Continued on Page Two.) bee
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WEEKLY. LANCASTE1
UTHERN POWER CO. |? YPFf T fipfl
CAN KEEP POWER ON EAlLl/I t\LL(
? INFLUENZA F
ort? of Contemplated Strike Move LULllLH L
President to Declare Plants
Will Bun. Experts Are Look
ease Breaking C
lharlotte, Aug. 21.?Current wide- i \ri?i?a
uvan t 11 mem
sad report# to the effect that the
trleal workers In the employ of
Southern Power company were COOPERATION I
templatlng a Btrike In sympathy
h the striking street car men and
itrical workers of the Southern State Health Offic<
>iic utilities company, called forth Hayne, Stresses I
statement by W. S. Lee, president ? ?
the power company, that "there Promptly Report
1 be no cessation of power from Authorities.
Southern Power company."
'resident Lee further said that he Cqlumbia S C I
I received no notice from the em- thero w,u bQ rec*ru<
yes that they contemplate a strike. influenza pan(iemIc
explained that the company was the world ,a8t faH an
pared to continue the operation of op(nlon vo,ced by R
system even should a walkout oc- They dQ nQt believe
recurrence of the ma
^he Southern Power company fur- guch vlrulence a8 ,t8
ties electric current to the South- . ????
Deaths may be expe
Public Utilities company, to num- ... . ., .
1 " but in not as high a
us municipalities and hundreds of
ustrial plants in the Piedmont sec?
of North and South Carolina. The Prevalence o
). L. Goble. organizer for the In- South Carolina Is no.
national Brotherhood of Electrical to tll? rocor^H al
rkers, said that he knew of no re- 8tate board of heillth"
sat having been made of the em- 1Iayne* health of
yes of the power company that tbat ,liert* weie onl;
y strike in sympathy with those of P?rtP(1 during the mor
utilities company. Profiting by the ex
..... .... . . epidemic last year, the
iVhlle not publicly announced, it .. , .. TT .. . ,
. K ties of the United Stat
i learned from an authoritative ...
a cooperative uniflec
rce that the utilities company con- . .. , .
keep the spread of th<
iplates resuming operation of its , , .. ... ^
f . hounds if possible. T
set cars within the next few days. ? . .
. . ,. . . Acuity now being expi
5. V. Taylor. president of the ... , , ,
w. . .. .. ... . medical profession is
ithern Public Utilities company, is- ... .
... . , pert information abo
d an ultimatum to the striking ... , .. .
..... which makes it hard t
tform men and electrical workers
this city, Winston-Salem and Dr HaVne and r8
lenvllle, S. C., that at the close of Akin-- M- PaRat*d
day Tuesday all men now on the geon? United States pi
lpany's roll not maklne aDollcatlon v'ce. who is in charge <
work would hereafter be debarred cal W(>r n OUt 1 aT
m the employ of the company. He ing arranK*n,entH t'>
> stated the new men being trained Bituation s lou ( n 1
uld be placed In the Jobs of the headway in the ata
1 > * i#1 ka authorities will be bet
king men and cars would be op- . .
. . .. .. ... with the malady than
ted in the three cities. , ,
there was a dearth of
nurses because of the
IE TRACTION STRIKE of them are out of 1
IN NEW YORK SETTLED can be called upon t
light.
nprom'se Kntls Trouble That Par At a recent meet in
, , u ? , ... ?. . officers at Atlantic Ci
alyzcd Subway and Elevated
states were represent!
Lines for Two Pays.
committee of nine wi
make a study of infliu
s'ew York, Aug. 21.?The strike mt a campaign to flg
ich for two days "has paralyzed 'ho which could be adop
iway and elevated system of tin states. A subcommltt
erborough Rapid Transit company Dr. James A. Hayne,
Manhattan, the Bronx. Brookly i ffcer of South Carolini
I Queens, has been formally called Rankin, state health
by a vote of the strikers to accept Carolina, and Dr. Enn
ompromise offered them at a con- state health com ml?
ence of city and state officials this glnia. was appointed t
ernoon. ommendations to th<
Jnder the terms of settlement the nine. This subcomo
n will receive a wage increase of making a study of the
per cent and it is provided that the manner in which a u
stion of whether they shall receive should be made again
additional 25 per cent demanded meet at Raleigh shor
them shall be submitted to arbi- jt.g report.
l'on* Dr. Hayne, in disci
^ I
e<m? aiM'illMMi
NEItAL PERHHING TO SA1I, influftnzn itself does
FOR AMERICA SEPTEMBER 1 morfaIitv; lt is pneurt
>aris. Aug. 21.?Before leaving for lows it whIch makPS
ly General Pershing told eorre- ?p also ala(ps fhat u
ndents that he expected to nail for of prove(, Vft,up jn (f
erica about September 1. and pruMimonla which car
rtly after his arrival would visit tjveiy
old home in Missouri and would * , .
The state health nffl
j ko to Cheyenne, Wyo. , , _
, * , . , . in an influenza epid<
leneral Pershing said that he ,, ,
_ ., other epidemics, an i
jld recommend that a monument ,
? . , is the prompt report
>laced at Romagne, where occurred . ... .
_ . , . . the county health boa
bitterest fighting encountered by , A .
mediate transmissal to
American armiea In the Meuse- . , ... , ..
, of health. Without tt
tonne battle.
^ health authorities are
IGHTKXKD DEALERS SAID TO the,r nKht There is
BE SHIPPING POOD TO CUBA *ta,u,p books requirir
Tampa, Aug. 21.?District Attor- r?P?rt contagious disi
H. S. Phillips received a telegram disregarded more ofte
in Attorney General Palmer stat- Bprvpd. I nless these r<
that since food libels had been if ,s almost impossibl
d In Tampa recently it was re- health officer to kno
ted 2,000 tons of perishables in oase ^Ra reached e]
eaa of normal shipments had been "onB anf' *? <a^e meas
pped or were in tranait from Jack act 'ts progress.
vllle wholesalers en route to Cu- Ouring the epidemi
dealers over one rail line alone. cording to the annua
Ir. Phillips has notified the proper Btate hnRf(l of health
nts to investigate at once in order . ,c/. ...... ,
, . ? * ? tween 150,000 and 1
tscertain if the movement of these
ds is designed to forestall libels in,luf*nza in South ( ai
1 against Jacksonville firms who proximately 5,000 dea
/, In the opinion of government au monla directly attrlhu
rities, be hoarding food necessl ease, Kvery county o
Mr. Phillips is investigating to visited with more or
if similar shipments to Cuba have The disease caused m
n sent from Tampa. million deaths in the 1
2ASTER
Et, S. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1919.
JRRENCE|COMPROMISE PLAN |m
IPIDEHIC IN TREATY CONTEST?.
ing for Dis Pittman Proposes Reservations
>ut But in To Be Kept Apart From
Form. Ratification. Ne
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NECESSARY BUT REPUBLICANS OBJECT Ve
em
ert
er. Dr. J. A McNary Group Insist on Reser- bIe
mportance of vations Being Part of Ratifl- r,?
ing Cases to cation Instrument?Borah Op- a.
poses Article X. "n
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be
tug. 21.?Thu Washington, Aug. 21.?The first po
iescence of the open move for a compromise in the nij
which ravaged league of nations fight came from ad- pr<
d winter is the ministration quarters embraced in a
ledlcal experts, proposal that the senate adopt inter- Ch
however, that protative reservations, but that they nil
lady will be of be kept apart from the actual ratifies- ro
original stage tion of the treaty. lr<
icted, they say, The overture met with no immedi- tie
i volume as in ate success on the Republican side of Mt
the chamber, senators of the Republi- Mi
f Influenza in ca1> reservation group declaring they roi
rmal, according could not recede from their position "b
e office of th that 1? be effective the reservations an
I)r. James A must go into the ratification itself. ha
fleer, said today Senator Pittman, of Nevada, a otl
y 19 cases re Democratic member of the foreign reith
of June. lations committee, presented a com- en
perience of the promise proposal in the form of a res- tei
health authori- olution embodying in effect that foutf sei
es are planning reservations agreed upon by seven let
1 campaign to Republican senators and declaring
; malady within them to constitute the senate's undel tn
he greatest dif- standing of disputed points in t>?,th;
erienced by the r<>vftnant. wa
the meager ex tbe Republican draft, however,
ut the disease 's expressly provided that the reser- dif
o combat. vations "be made a part of the treaty pr<
ipt Charles V by instrument of ratification," a fet
assistant sur Prov,8? which Senator McNary. of'ni
iblic health ser- ?reK?n' and others of the group of to
of epidemtologi- sevt;n Republicans said they consid- bo
olina. are mak ered absolu,ely necessary if enough 1 Ar
cope with the Republican votes are to be gained mi
to secure ratification of the treaty. Pa
tenza gain anv
le The health To ove,come this objection, Senater
able to cope lof R?*tinan proposed in a speech jin th
last year, when the 8enate that the r*8?*ul,<>n b* Fr
physicians and adoPted at once and submitted to the in
war Now many othor Powers who win be represented
the service and on lhe leaKUe coun(il A funeral de- th
o assist in the ba,e developed during which Senator, a'
Borah, Republican. Idaho, and others 1?
took exception to President Wilson's,
g of the health . , , , ,
distinction between moral and legal
ty, at which 43 ,. , .. I
ogligations under the covenant as ex:d,
an executive , . , ..
pressed in yesterday s W htte House Ti
*s appointed to oonferencft between the President and n<
inza and to map , , . 4. ... i
the foreign relations committee. ( ht
the epidemic
ited by all the Embodies President's Views,
ee consisting of Although Senator Pittman said he ,b
state health of- bad not submitted his resolution for FO
i; Dr. Wilson S. tbe President's approval, he asserted
officer of North ,hat 11 carried into effect Mr. Wil-. n<
Ion O. Williams, | son's views on the subject of reserva-l *>!
1 or
isioner of Vir- H?ns ?8 expressed to the committee ^
o make the rec- yesterday. Me indicated his firm be;
committee of ,Pat l',e administration would go to
littee has been no'further toward a compromise be- ,u
disease and the cause >l feared that inclusion of the! m
nifled campaign reservations into the ratification I')f
st it. and it will w?uld reopen the negotiations with ,i(
tly and compile Germany.
Leaders of the MeNary group. nev
-i i. ertheless, insisted that thev had inussing
the situ
^ , . .u . formation that in the end their plan
to the fact that
not cause large WO!,!d have 1)pnior'?'ip *?PP<?i.
ton'a which fol- An aUack on the Pro" pr
a .u ii 4 vision of the treaty was made in the < f
the death list.
senate by Senator McC'ormirk, Repub- iss
lere are serums .t
, lican. Mlinois, who asserted that by '<
te treatment ofi
, , _ I aCCeDtlne the nrnvlalnn T'^14? 1?'
. w . ,?,?M UIV UUItQU
, u?eu cnec-i States would beoomr a party to one of V1
"hypocrisy and violence" in the
cers stated that j worid 8 history.
f?mie, as in all The Shantung provision also was
irgent necessity under consideration before the forIng
of cases to pjRn roiations committee, which was
rds for the lm- told l)y pr j c. Ferguson, adviser to ,vs
i the state hoard the Chinese president, tliat China re-,<lf
lose reports the paPded American acceptance of the 1
handicapped In spttiement a? a deviation from the ,M
i a law on the traditional policy of American friend- *r
ig physicians to ahip to th? Chinese government and ,r
eases, but it is peopie. flr
n than it is oh- jn argument that reservations
>ports are madeLhould not he Incorporated in the rat- rh
le for the state iflcatjon itself. Senator f'ittman de- ^
w when a dis- cjared Germany was awaiting an op- 80
pidemlc propor pnrtunity to attach "hundreds of res- ?
ures to counter- ervations" and that to reopen the
subject would submit the Unltei
c last year, ac- States to a needless risk. His resc1
report of the lution went over without action
there were be Borah Again Object*.
70.000.caM. of Question, by Senator Borah turne.1 |
the debate to a discussion of the,
rolina, with ap- mora, and lppal obligations assume,:
itli8 from pneu under article X of the. covenant, by
table to the dis- which the members agree to preserve
if the state was one another's territorial integrity
less virulence, against external aggression. The arore
than half a ? 1
United States. (Continued on I'age tngut.) I L_
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SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR
ENE CASTLE MARRIED, MCYirO A^K\ THAT
VT PICKENS, S. C., MAYBE! "?lAIIU AuAj itlAl
nugh She iiiul Her Husband Say TROOPS WITHDRAW
Not and Don't Know Whore .
Pit-kens is. Protest of Carranza Government
Received in WashingGreenville,
S. (., Aug. 21.?The
w York Herald's new article to the ton.
ect that Irene Castle, widow of
rnon Castle, was married at Pick- NQ REpj y IS YET MADE
i on May 21, 1918, to Lieut, ltobE.
Treman, has caused considera
: interest here, it being alleged in Fm,r i>an(ijts Have Been Killed
? New York story that the marge
was performed by Rev. Frank American 11 oops After
Julian of this city. Lieut. Treman Desperate Fight in Adobe
d Mrs. Castle were married in New , ..
. . .? .. Block House,
rk only a few months ago. it will
remembered, and at that time, rerts
were current that they had been Marfa, Texas, Aug. 21.?Four
>rrled in Greenville several months Mexican bandits were killed by
PViOUS. A m prion n t f.w.r.c fr, --?* 1
... .. in ..icAico veoieruay,
Kev. Frank A Julian, rector of Capt. Leonard Matlack. who arrived
rist Episcopal church, refused to- here by airplane tonight, reported,
ilit, as on previous occasions, to They were surrounded in an adob?
11 fir in or deny that he married Mrs. block house that the Mexicans hail
?ne Castle, widow of Vernon ('as- constructed in a mountain pass,
i, to Lieut. Robert E. Treman in The bandits fought desperately
ly, 1918. On former occasions Rev. when they found they were trapped
. Julian when questioned about this ami two escaped. When the Anieriport,
declared that he felt bound t?an troops approached the blockhouse
v promises to the parties involved" with the intention of searching it. the
d that any announcement would Mexicans opened lire from port holes.
ve to come from them or from some
tier source. Washington, Aug. 21.?Immediate
I have received telegrams from sev- withdrawal of the American troops
il New York papers about the mat' novv on the trail of bandits in north r,"
he said tonight, "and I have orn Mexico, was asked today by Mexiit
them all to Mr. Treman. I will jean Ambassador llonillas, who called
liini do all the talking." at the state department to present
Mr Julian, however, went further a formal protest from the Carranza.
an on previous occasions and said government. The text of the protest
at he could say that the marriage was not made public and officials,
is not performed at Pickens. would not discuss it further than tr?
Information secured over the long say that no reply had been made,
dance telephone from the judge of At the war department it was said
ooate in Pickens county is to the ef- that no additional reports on the op;t
that there appears on his books erutions of the American forces had
record of a marriage license issued been received from Major General
"Irene Blythe and R E. Freeman, Dick man, commanding the southern
th of New York on May 21, 1918." department. The troops now are well
cording to this official's records the |nto Mexico and army officers hop?
irriage was performed by "Rev. that before returning they will clean
nil A. Juhan." out bandits from the stretch of terrlWhen
the information in regard to tory 20 miles south of the border
is record was communicated to Kev. where they are operating.
ank A. Juhan, he said he had nhth- Whether a reply to the Mexican
g to sav In retard to ti
? ? ... protest will be sent has not been anAccording
to the World Almanac pounced. Such protests have been
e real name of Vernon Castle, avi- raarte heretofore without drawing a
or, who was killed February 15. response, officials regarding them as
18, was Blythe. having been submitted largely for the
. record.
Treinan Denies Deport. Went on "Hot Troll."
Ithaca. N. Y., Aug. 21. Robert I' The American forces went into
email denied a report published in Mexico on a "hot trail" seeking the
5w York city that he and Mrs. Irene bandits who held the American army
istle were married at Pickens, S. (V. aviators. Lieutenants Davis and PeterMay.
1918. He says that at that son, for ransom, and it was indicated
me he was near Detroit in army today that the Mexican protest would
rvlce. not hasten their withdrawal,
Mr. Tremnn said that neither In- Daily advices to state department
>r Mrs. Treman ever had been in aro keeping officials here informed as
ickens, S. C., nor "do we know to tjie state of public opinion in Mexhere
it is " jco as reflected in the newspapers of
"The article undoubtedly was g ven Mexico City. Reports received today
paper by some one who wished to show a general belief in the capital
irt us," she- said. "Mr. Treman and tj,at fanure to solve the petroleum
yself are divinely happy and cannot problem is an important factor in the
affected by such a misrepresenta present strained relations between
an of facts and we know our friends Mexico and the United States,
ill not believe it." The Universal is quoted as saying
that official opinion in Mexico deCastle
License Produced. mamls a complete change in the cabGreenville.
S. C., Aug. 21.?The inet.
arringe license records of judge of "Undoubtedly the key of our difffobate
at Pickens. S C.. clears up oulties lie3 in Article 27 of the conistle
story showing that license was stltution as it affects petroleum." tho
sued to Irene Blythe (Vernon Cas- paper says. "This fact must he faced
a's real name) and R. E. Tremalne. squarely and and patriotically."
id that they were married at Green- Tho pap?.r then expresses dissatislle
May 21, 1!?18. The third party, faction because the house is wasting
sning name E. C. Mercer, secured li- tiim. discussing the labor law "which
nse. must and will he vetoed because of
" the wild radicalism it contains" and
Faith Justified by Two Soldiers. oldsWashington.
Aug. 21.--One of the "Kxoelsior comments on Atnbassaro
American soldiers sentenced to (lor pitcher's extended stay in Wash ath
for sleeping on outpost duty in (ngton and finds a connection between
ance and subsequently pardoned by (his an(J ^or(l Harmsworth s recont
esident Wilson was killed in the announcement that Great Britain
eat Aisne offensive in July, 1918. Would not send any diplomatic repid
the other was twice wounded and
........... ,v> .iicjicu 11 ii111 me latter
tally honorably discharged. country changes its policy toward forThis
was disclosed today l?y an o\ oign capital or, as Excelsior puts it,
ange of correspondence hot ween u nt i 1 our government has seen tit to
cretary Baker and President Wil
n. (Continued or. Page Eight.1
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Hyde Has Majority of One \ole
Charleston, S. ('., Aug. ?At Nito o'clock tonight the city
Democratic executive ronimittcc will meet in tlie Hibernian Hull for
the purpose of considering tlie returns from the city IViiiik ratir primiiry
e'ection held Tuesday. On the fa< e of the returns as announced
through the executive romm flee, Tristram T. Hyde, incumbent candidate
for mayor, has a lead of one vote over John P. (tniee. their
respective totals l?eing :t,42! to H.420.
Each side presented petitions to the city Democratic executive
committee instituting proceedings before that committee, a recount
hc'ng requested both by Mr. (trace ami by Mr. Hyde.