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Abbeville Press and Banner! Established 1844. $1.50 the Year. - Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1918. Single Copies, Fiye Cents. 75th Year. |l chamber! arouses Woodrow Wilson Disputes Statements of Sen. From Oregon. REVEALS POSITION ON CONGRESS PLAN War Department and Its Head Praised for Accomplishing Task of Unparalleled Magnitude. Washington, D. C., Jan. 21.?All doubt as to President Wilson's view ?T proposals in Congress for reorganization of the government's war making machinery was swept away tonight by a statement in which the President said the War Department had accomplished a task of unparalleled magnitude and difficulty with 'extraordinary promptness and efficiency, denouncing the congressional war investigations and declared that reorganization by legislation was proposed after effective measures of reorganization had been perfected > Truth Distorted. The President's statement was issued as a result of a speech in New York Saturday by Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the Senate military committee, and after he had asked the Senator on the. telephone whether he had been correctly quoted. Senator Chamberlain's reference to "inaction and ineffectiveness of the - ? ^ - t> :J? * flotN, government xne rresiucm uavij called "an astonishing and absolutely unjustifiable distortion of the truth.'' The President said he regarded Secretary Baker as one of the ablest public officials he had ever met. Averts Great Struggle. In the statement most observers at the capital saw the collapse of what nromised to be a historical . strugglp. Senator Chamberlain, whose committee has framed bills to create a war council all powerful under the President and to provide one-man control of munitions and supplies, declared he would continue his fight in spite of presidential objection. It was rather genrally conceded, 1-1 ""onoiiToe WnillH however, mat uic liicaoui vo *f liave but little chance in the Senate and probably none at all in the house. Chamberlain Replies. Senator Chamberlain made a state ment In reply to the President, saying he spoke extemporaneously in New York and that his criticisms were directed at the War Department only and not at other branches of the government. Early today word that the President opposed the war council plan ?- aA fn the canital. with WO? WUW^-VM the assurance that the legislation would be fought to a finish. HAD DONE ENOUGH. Wellington, Kan., Jan. 16.?During the recent drive for Red Cross memberships here, a man was approached and asked to take out a membership. He.declined flatly and declared he had not subscribed for the Y. M. C. A. fund and the liberty bonds, and didn't propose to join the Red Cross. When pressed for a reason he aaid: "Why, didn't I pay $600 for a substitute to take my place in the ranks during the civil war? That is enough for one man." MRS. FRANK WELSH ILL. Mr. W. D. Barksdale was called to Monroe Sunday ... aftsjrno.o'h. ; by news of the serious illness of his daughter, Mrs. Frank Welsh. We are glad to say that she is better as we go to press. AISPEECH PRESIDENT ! UNCLAIMED QUESTIONNAIRES : List of the Registrants Whose Questionnaires Were Returned. j List of Registrants whose ques I tionnaires have been returned to th< office of the Local Board, unclaimed If your name appears in this list j please call at the Local Board Of j fice at once, and get your queustion j naires. I Momoo T.nst known address j Lonzo Bert McDuffie Addison Lowndesville, S. C 1 Parish Black, Abbeville, S. C 1 Wm. Bryson, Abbeville, S. C 1 Frank Crawford, Abbeville, S. C ; Hiram Cowan, Abbeville, S. C ' Jos. Clinkscales, Lowndesville, S C i Henry Chiles, Abbeville, S. C 'j Judge Carter, Abbeville, S. C 1 Alford Campbell, Lowndesville, S ( Russell Conley, Calhoun Fals, S. ( Howard E. Cowan, Honea Path, S. C | Abner Clinkscales, Calhoun Falls '! S. Car | David Faulkner, Ninety Six, S. C James Gilbo, Due West, S. C tt j aui ..:n_ o n i Willie xia??aiu, auucvuic, o. v-/ Fred Henry, Abbeville, S. C John Hodges, Mose Harper, Lowndesville, S. C Jim Johnson, Lowndesville, S. C Walter Jackson, Abbevile, S. C Willie Johnson, Donalds, S. C Nelson Jackson, Alex Jackson, Abbeville, S. C Solomon Lee, Calhoun Falls, S. C Ben Lewis, Abbeville, S. C Ben Morton, Abbeville, S. C .Tfthn Martin. Arttrpvillp S C. Fred Moragne, Abbeville, S .C James A. Miller, Honea Path, S. C Elijah McBride, Abbeville, S. C Shep Martin, Lowndesville, S. C 1 Sandy McCray, Lowndesville, S. C Thomas Oliver, Lowndesville, S. C Peter Patterson, Lowndesville, S. C Clarence Sylvester Prince, Leve Land, S. C Jas. R. Phillips, Porter Dale, Ga James Robinson, 64 William Street Buffalo, N. Y j G. T. Rouse, Abbeville, S. C i iancey xurner smitn, Westminster S. Car ! Wm. Tate, Abbeville, S. C Henry Tillman, Lowndesville, S. C Urlus Thomas, Abbeville, S. C James Thomas, Abbeville, S. C j Derry Watts, Calhoun Falls, S. C j Joe Williams, Abbeville, S. C j Lewis Williams, Abbeville, S. C. j Jesse Williams, Abbeville, S. C, "Richard Walker, Verdery, S. C. Joe Wright, Abbeville, S. C, John Edwards, Calhoun Falls, S. C. Andrew Roul, Calhoun Falls, S. C Limmie Power, Abbeville, S. C. Richard Frazer, Iva, S. C. Will Roul, Calhoun Falls, S. C. Feaster Hatten, Antreville, S. C. I James Johnson, * Abbeville, S. C. NOTICE TO KNITTERS FOR THE RED CROSS Everyone knitting for the Red Crsos are urged to have all work turned in ready for shipment by February 1st, 1918. Mrs. E. R. Thomson, Sec. Knitting Committee. l-23-3t The paper u issued this of Tuesday morning, usual. Hereafter we will issue the paper on Tuesday morning as usual?no work being done in ' the office on Monday, however, except on the issue for Tues* day. STONE MS ROW f 1 IN SENATE! j ! Senator From Missouri 1 I Causes Display of Par;j tisan Feeling CALLS T. R. KAISER'S AGENT.!' i I Republican Senators Reply With < Warmth, Making Counter-Charge# Democrat* Join in Fray. ; Washington, Jan. 21.?Smoulder. ing fires of partisan feeling were set , okia in tVio SpTinfA t.rtdav bv Sena- , - j tor Stone, with a long prepared | speech accusing Republicans of j i playing politics in their criticism of | the government's conduct of the j ? war, and calling Theodore Roose-! velt the most seditious man of con sequence in America. There had been plenty of advance1 | notice of the speech, which adminis-' ; tration leaders sought vainly to in | duce the Missouri senator to aban- j don or postpone. The Senate galler-j ies were crowded and Republican '.'spokesmen were awaiting with re-! j ' plies. There were many sharp in-1 I terruptions during the two hours; ' | Senator Stone was speaking, and, " j when he closed Senator's Penrose, "'Lodge, New, and others on the Re' j publican side answered with vigor-1 "jous defense of their right to make; ' I proper criticism of inefficiencies and j1 j with counter-charges of partisan-, ship. Democrats Join Fray." ~r~ Senators Lewis, Kirby and other j Democrats joined in the fray, which lasted until the session ended to; night with adjournmnet until Thurs1 day. It was suggested in the lobbies that the two days recess was arranged in the hope that both sides would cool off and permit the con- 1 ! troversy to be dropped. Many senators who did not take the floor to- ' day were busy with notes, however, and doubt is generally expressed if another outbreak can be prevented. Senator Johnson of Calfornia I'was particularly busy with his pen ' ?1 O i _ Cli. _ 11, 1 cu wnen senator oiuiik uuatncu Col. Roosevelt. Caused Lauguhter. < In spite of the vigorous laughter 1 j used by the debators, much of the,' j time during today's battle the gal-'1 | leries and floor were in laughter. ' ! Senator Penrose's sallies would set 1 ! the chamber into a titter when the 1 j discussion was taking its most sen- i j ous turns. Several times Vice-Pres- ' ident Marshall threatened to clear the galleries, and once he actually ordered it done, but Senator Jarae3' 1 point of order that most of the dis- ! order was among the senators them- 1 , selves prevailed. I _ ] I * , OUR DEMONSTRATOR. ' ,! < j The many friends throughout the j j county of Miss Mary B. Martin hopej I she will return to Abbeville for the | j coming year. Miss Martin has been j | most efficient and most capable and t | is a general favorite with our peo- { | pie. She is now at Winthrop tak- t ing the special course of six weeks ] offered at the beginning of the ( ; year. j * ^ CIVIC CLUB. . / ; ^ c The Civic Club held a very please j 1 ant meeting Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. P. Greene. _ I] Mrs. Riser read a most interesting ^ article on Home Life of the Women of France. It was decided to send F a box of books to the soldiers at ? o Camp Sevier. This has been done. As is usual light refreshmenst of tea and crackers were served. ' .. c \ , a V COTTON MARKET V 5 V Cotton 32c. r V Seed $1.06 1-2 V a VVVVVVVKV^VVVVVVvv 1 ?am TWO AIMS REACHED GARFIELD DECLARES Homes Warmed and Coal Moving to Seaboard rHIRD AIM NOT ACHIEVED Clearing of Railroad Freight Congestion Hindered by Unuaual Weather Conditions. Washington, Jan. 21.?Two oJ the chief accomplishments sought bj the government in closing down in dustry by cutting off fuel suppliei have been achieved, Fuel Adminis fcration Garfield announced tonieht. Homes throughout the East, h< said, are receiving coal in largei quantities than has been reportec for weeks, and bunker coal is agaii moving to seaboard in sufficient vol ume to supply transatlantic shipping A third aim?the clearing of rail road congestion?has not been at tained as yet, Fuel Administratoi Garfield declared, because of unusu al weather conditions. .First Heat'et# Monday. The first of the ten Monday holi J?"? >" rranoyollir uaya waa uuowvcu gwu^iuuj and business everywhere in th? East was at a standstill. Report! tonight told of few violations of th< orde rand said that thousands of es tablishments were closed ever though they had a technical right t< remain open. . .. Tomorrow will be the last of th< five days' shut-down of manufactur ing plants and on Wednesday in dustry generally will go about iti business as usual. Reports tonight said that New York had on hand tonight enoug? :oal to fill the bunkers of fifty vessels and Hampton Roads had received supplies sufficient for the more than one hundred ships held in port "We are supplying coal to th? piers," said Dr. Garfield. "It now is a question of putting it aboarc ships." McAdoo Opposed to Embargo. In declining to put an embargo on the receipt by railroads of general freight, Director General McAdoc it was learned today, acted againsl the advice of the war conference board. The Pennsylvania Railroad with the approval of A. H. Smith, director of Eastern railroads, todaj accepted only food and coal for ship ment, and made an effort to movt freight already on its lines. Reports received during the daj indicated that business generally observed the spirit as well as the letter of the closing order. "The results," said Dr. Garfield to light, "of the operation of the or, ier, both as regards the industrial :losing and today's general shutlowns, are fully up to. our expecta:ions." .. T?n HMtleii Monday?- ' 1 Asked toirigftt if he would extend Jie five days industrial closing if it ippeaired that the accomplishments lought had not been fblly obtained, Dr. Garfield said he did not Wish to toss that bridge untilhe came to t. There will be ten heatless Monlays, Dr. Garfield said, despite of )ressu:re, to have their member reluced. ' * ' iii selecting Monday for . general losing Dr. Garfield enid the fuel adn ninistzation. took into consideration Washington's Birthday, in February rhich falls on Friday* Since most ilants give a Saturday half holiday* fficiala expect a four-day industrial hutdoMm in February. Nearly *11 1 x - ? nants inrcugnout me cuuqu> lose on Washington's Birthday, and ,s njost of them work tmty imtf *i*y, Saturday, officials believe they would lot open up at all that day, making l four-day fciacttfve p?l4od from 'hursday to Tuesday. AUSTRIA TR nu in i n II MWAKV I i VOICE OF PEOPLE . NOT PROVIDED J ' . Russians and Germans Still Far Apart?One ( Big Question. London, Jan. 21.?A Idng report j E of the proceedings of the eommis1 sion for the regulation of political - and territorial questions at Brests Litovsk Friday, sent out by Berlin, - discloses the fact that the centra). \ powers and the Russians are no < 2 nearer agreement on the point of ( r how the populations of the occupied ] i territories are to record their desire 1 i for self-determination. The discus sion concluded with a reply by For- , . eign Minister-Trotzky that the Rus- - sians adhered to their proposal that ] - a referendum should decide the fu- : r ture formation of these countries. , Trotzky also declared that one sided and independent treatment of'; the territories occupied by the Aus- j j trians could not be g-ranted to the j j Ukrainians ,but he believed an agreej-, ! ment was possible between the Uk-; ^ ' j rainians and- Russians. * ! j | i Th Bolshevik foreign minister re- j j served his reply, whereupon tne ae- . j liberations of the political commis- } ' sion were adjourned until January s [ 29. The economic commission con- : i tinued its work. I, !! - I' J IS DEATH OF MRS. TURNER. * i ? i: i Mrs. Georgiana Turner died Sat-: 7 urday morning at five o'clock at the * ' home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe '! Jones. She had been sick only a; few days and her death was unex5 pected. Mrs. Turner was born at '.Coksebury 71 years ago. She has ' spent her life in doing what she 5 could for the betterment? of her ' neighbors and those whom she came ! in contact with. She was a mem- j , ber of Siloam Church, near Ninety! ; Six. The funeral services were held there Sunday afternoon about ( one o'clock. Mrs. Turner was first married toi ,;Mr. George Johnson and to them i two children were born, Mrs. Joe, | Jones and Frank Johnson. After j the death of Mr. Johnson, Mrs.i Turner was married to Mr. Alexj , Turner of hear Ninety Six. To them! '.. , * t if T? I i were born tnree aaugnters, mrs. n. r i T. Bell and Miss Lula Turner of | Spartanburg, and Mrs. W. J. Rich | ardsori of Bordeaux, and two sons, j Thos. Turner of Spartanburgfi and i1 ! R. J. Turner' of Ninety Six. I She fe also survived by the fol- j II lowing sisters and brother, Mrs. But-' ler Pirisoh df Ninety Six, Mrs. War- t reii Fouche' 6f 'Coronaca, Mrs. T. H: p Klugh, Mrs'. W. W. Klugh; and1 Miss I Dora F&nklm of Greenwood, and a Mr. Ben: FVanklin of Greenwood. b The bereaved ones have the sym- d > pathy of the community. ' 'T ( DEATH OF MISS FRITH. J l, ' Miss Betilah Frith died'" at the jj home of her father, Mr. Larkin Frith j Monday mcrrning after &niIlirea?o? ^ r ooitomI . Aam> 'rsf'tiriettmflh'h illL''Btineinlx al services Were held Tuesday after- ^ noon and tike tattiAl waft1 at LeltaionJ^ , . She was- * member' of the. Presby- < I terian church, and a young woman I, of- lovely disposition ^nd was well , liked by all who) knew her. ^ The State iienate may l^elrieh with its' feaiiks and Nickles but over n ;*n the house' whUt ? Joe DnekwortJW # ?Columbia Record. B " . CJ The Contractor has Stan toff, work n on tin ate Partial to?. D OUBLED WEARINESS | internal Strife Cohtin- 1 ues to Tax Ingenuity M of Government | DNLY MEAGRE NEWS ] COMES FROM VIENNA M Internal Strife in Kaiser's Kingdom J Veiled by Censorship. No Big | Battles, ' The crisis in Austria, arising from J9 the discontent of the people over the .ja sontinuation of the war, the scarcity 1 of food and a general desire for M peace, has resulted in the resignation of the Austrian cabinet. > For weeks there has been bitter ,-'t opposition to the government-on the ^|j part of the people and during theydg list few days this has resulted in , nationwide strikes and some disthrbances. - 'tfgj Newspapers Suppressed. . No newspapers in Vienna were^-j novmiffA/1 loef Colil*/1ov Tlin' 1 Anl^r i ^'.7 p^iuiibvwu inoi uabuiuaj JL nv umj -^'-2 publication allowed ' was'1 a sirigle < sheet bulletin which told of the de? A tails of the nationwide strike and the developments in the peace ne- ' > jotiations at Brest-Litovsk. As usu- M il, the hand of the German propojandist was to be'seen in this one $ sheet bulletin, for the notifications iL. it >.were from the German social ler&ocracy of Austria. This lay stress on last year's declaration of' * , ;he Austrian foreign minister, Count Uzernin, that the Central Powers vere ready to make an immediate ? general peace without annexations >r indemnities. Failed to Placate. Recently, however, this statement . > ailed to placate the strikers in Vi:nna, who sent a large delegation j ;o wait upon the food minister to , nform him of conditions among the vorking class and to impress on him hat their desire for peace overshalowed and took precednece over all .! ither demands. In Hungary also the people are. / mrlaavnrino fn QCOOrtjlin what flTC I he prospects for a cessation of hos- ./r ^ ;ilities and a return to the normal. -v- -J So insistent has been- their effort hat the Hungarian premierhas 7. ^ >een forced to announce that the .' J government adhered to the principle . if peace without anneratioris or in- v lemnities?that even the King shar-: sd in this view. The premier, how^ o- iver, added that the question of Usace-Lorraine should not at the resent time enter into the situaion. ? The right of the German emperor ^ i o the exclusive making r, \ leace has been reaffirmed ?-4he v 'russian chamber of * lords in the doption of a resolution presented y Berlin representatives, said ispatch from Bern*"<: A TV".* i '? , >? .-W !'X if' Thkt guvernmentValpp?a>o geitrf)#* .* ave been instrmrted to ases where* the local'draft" bbttd^r ave 'gMnfeesd" deterred cfrES6Mtaatta?v><' i"either clkw tono ?r four' betmt^?. f' marriages sineer'ltey 18 lfcst,v f-: jfiui ipv. eudb mown (unttjr. ?!> iken to sscture anifozfeitjr ?f Ktioa f? * v.?. ?v n The Stat* Teachers Association ill BM?t i? eot?inbla in Uartk 146. At THE *t>EEFO." Judge Hyianr the new mayor of " ' w Tfork, has made a role foir all t'&e boys to be at work at 9 A. M. ut it was the mayor's cook who une late for three mornings, handinning, as they say at Donnald'a , eepo."?Colombia Record.