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Abbeville Press and Banner So v ' V"v : '* '' "' 'i'-V' -' ' ' ' t ' ? ; '5 I-r 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, January 31,1919 Single Copies, Five Cento. 75th Year^ |j COLONIES ARE STILL MDISTOED v ^pc- _ ,i Supreme Council Will Follow Wilson's Plan - -tT" ' v-7*.7 ; on German Colonies v * RUSSIANS SEND IN DECLARATION >v ' ;-v tke Instructions to Be Taken by CoBmiuioii to Poland Ducuutd? President - WiUon May Have ' to llelce Second Trip to Europe. ' ' , Paris, Jan. 29?The supreme council met .at 11 o'clock this morning s>-:; with a full attendance and discussed the questions of the German colonies tand instructions to the commission ' s< : w3tii4i k *i* Ka to Poland. tTWVM 4W WW . t I The German colonial question is ripe 4or decision, as great progress was made1 yesterday concerning it It is understood a,compromise is to be adopted which will fully preserve President Wilson's plan for international administration but giving the various mandatories certain liberty } of action in executing their control of the colonies. g Labor Plan Complete. ' \ Hie British plans for an international labor bureau have been completed and forwarded to London for consideration by the employers. As soon as they are returned here they will be laid before the peace confer ence, coming as tne jsntisn view. . Two' official communications on the peace proceedings were issued today. The first says: president~ of tre United! V States, the premiers and ^ foreign | , ministers Of the'allied and associated governments and the Japanese representatives;held two meetings on ,ranuary 29.- The morning sitting was devoted to! hearing feports on delegates who made general statements On'the Polish situation and Polish claims. I nthe afternoon the |t . Csecho-Slovak delegates gave their views on the question of the industri' a! basin in Silesia, situated between Bohemia and Poland." The other communique says: "Since Monday last, Mr. Barnes, (British minister without portfolio) >" | had been conferring with prominent British trade unionists and repre*?ntatives of India and the dominions on the draft of a scheme for the international regulation of conditions of employment.- The seheme v has been closely examined, and the expeienced of all present at the conference has been freely placed at Mr. Barnes' disposal. Many valu. " M>le-suggestions have been made and it is felt that full light has been given to the views of organized British . trade unionists"The conference concluded a oon Janitary 29 and the draf ' : scheme agreed upon will be submit . ' ted to the international rommission en labor reflation whcih was appointed on Saturday last at. the " peace conference." j. . DEATH OF FRED WILSON! > r . . Fred Wilson, the son of Mrs. Azile Wilson, died at his home Monday, < Jan. 27th, after a short- illness of pneumonia, and was buried at Bethia n Tuesday. He was just entering young manhood and his friends hoped for him a prosperous future. He was a nephew of the late Mr. Hugh ?r*1 9 J A If- TX vriison, ,?na s grana-son ox ?r. u. - ~ i Hj Howard, who is well known in Abbeville. t ' MR- SMITH IMPROVES. r ?- 4 . /, - ' s v. Mr. J. Allen Smith, who ?has been dck at his home for a week has suffcfe </'; , "ficiently recovered to take his* place at the National Bank. He feels like r>faimself again, and does not appear to have been doing anything except ^ taking a rest with plenty of good ?t> fjZ'j St?- : ?.% . :/\ / - r' . " ' FIGHT OF BRITISH INTERESTS TO CONTROL TRANSPORTATIOl 1 * Startle* U. S. Shipping Board?Grei Economic War Now on in Earnest. Reduce Rates After Garnering Cargoes For Three Months Business. > ' , ( Washington, Jan. 28?British shij ping interests have come into th open in their fight for control o ocean transportation. Long full concealed indications today were tha the great economic war which ha been threatened is on in earnest. Shipping board official circles wer startled by what officials term unfai competition by the British. On the heels of the announcemer of a reduction of 66 2-3 per cent i rates to Great Britain it was aaser ed here that British shipping iptei ests have garnered cargoes suffic ent for three months business an these, it was declared, were contraci ed for before the rate redaction an therefore at the previous high rate. A}1 cargoes now offered whic have not been placed under contrac were said to be accepted'by the Bri ish at the new rate. This, it ws pointed out, ties up all cargoes fo which British interest? have bottomi In addition to this, it was asserte among officials, British interests hav begun chartering American owne vessels. , It was evident from reports r< ceived here that the chartering o American owned ships was bein done by the British to provide spac for all cargoes offered under the nen rates. The shipping board immediate! met the British rate reduction. Bt in shipping circles, it was said, the when American vessels obtain th cargoes, many hardships in the wa of foreign port facilities are foun to be in their way. On. the' othc hand when the consignment is shij ped in British vessels, the "ways ai greased," reports indicate. Government officials were sore! disturbed. But among shipping boat officials, the. unveiled policy of mee ing the new conditions squarely wf ncnin rpit.arated_ v BIG CUT MADE IN OCEAN COTTON RATE ' Meant Higher Price for Crop, Set Pollock Declares?Shipping Board Cuts Rates from South Atlantic Ports from $22.50 a Bale to $6.50. Washington, Jan. 28.?A rise < at least three cents a pound in co ton prices was predicted today t the cotton states senators followir a conference with the shipping boai as a result of which sharp redu tions were made in ocean freigl rates on cotton. The rate was ci from $2^.5$ a bale to $6.50 fro; Sooth Atlantic ports and from $23.E to $7.50 from Gulf ports. .... "This reduction means that fo eign buyers will be able to pay higher price for cotton, because the will pay lower freight," said Senat< Pollock, of South Carolina. DEATH OF JOHN McCASLAN. i John McCaslan, of Troy, died la week at his home after an illness ? about two weeks. He Is survived t his mother, Mrs. R. J. McCaslan, at a wife and one child. He was young man of promise and*his deal is regretted by a wide circle of rel tives and friends. Mrs. McCaslan, who makes h< home in Abbeville with her * nephei Mr. Charlie McNeil, was with hi son during his illness. She has sincere sympathy of everyone. ANOTHER PRESIDENT. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Johnson ai proud in the possession of a ne boy which the stork,brought to the home on the 27th. The young mt is doing well and will soon be able ' take a place at the Peace Confe ence table or in the White House. WOULD CALL HALT || D ? IN IMMIGRATION^ ?? it House C?nmittee Unanimous in Pro- R posal?Cuba, Mexico, Newfound' -r.\ land and Canada Would Ba rfi Exempt From Bill's Provisions. ' ,.' v4 -Vy >- Washington, Jan. 28.?Prohibit^ e of immigration for four years aftijfr-c< f the war except from Cuba, Mexico p: y .Canada and Newfoundland wasVjfeu it greed upon unanimously today by n .s the house immigration committee. 01 4 Chairman Burnett announced that he 8 e would ask for a special rule to per- h ir mit" early consideration of the meas- h . ..it': . - ' . / ure by the house. t< it i "if the bill is not passed by tie n present congress, its purpose wify be a t- partially defeated," Mr. Burnett ^ > said. "It is intended to prevent a ^ i- great .flood of immigrants coming ^ d here as soon as peace is signed*- and t- driving our own .people out of work d and also to keep out thevBolshevflri/* A number of amendments adopted P b permit the admission of relatives, of $ t, aliens already ii| .this country and of * t- persons skilled in certain occupations c is and professions. . >r. . - J- ft i h ^ Paris, Jan. 28.?The European p workers believe labor has the right ^ ^ to go and come freely wherever em- 0 ployment is to be found regardless of a frontiers, declared George' NjcoD e ^ Barnes, labor representative on the n ' British peace delegation, in discdss- ^ g ing the proposal to prohibit imm)- p e gration ihto the United Spates for ? w some years after the signing of the c peace treaty. European l^bor, he ? y said, was strongly opposed to such 1 a law, although it was unable to preit * , vent its passage. _ 16 4 c y The European labdr market, Mr. g ^ I Barnes pointed out,. was full while t< 1 the field for employment in the Un- h 3_ ited -States hardly had beeq scratch*; ti , ed over. Mr. Barnes said he thought t< a provision should be made, however, p for employment of emigrants before p ^ they embark for a foreign land. 1 Mr. Barnes was in conference to- t, j day with delegates from the British v i trades unions- regarding the draft of a measure for the proposed interna- t tional labor bureau which when com- n pleted woul^i be submitted te the t S representatives of British employers. I c After this has been done the measure! n a. will be taken before the peace con-'t [ j ference. Other drafts, it is expect-1 e ed, will be submitted by' other na- j l, tions, All are to be compared and,i< ' 1 1 consolidated into a final, project for \ submission to the conference. a >f o ^ BOARD CANCELS ,y ORDER FOR SHIPS t ' *d! ' t c_j Washington, Jan. 28.<?Orders to ^ shipyards not to begin work on ships j. jt| aggregating from 1,000,000 to 1^250, m j 000 deadweight tons, the keels for ;0! which ordinarily would not have been laid before next August 1, are now r_ being sent out by the shipping board.; ^ a Charles Piez, director general of the! s ,y Emergency Fleet Corporation, said ^ )r | today that yards on both the Atlan- j r tic and Pacific coasts were affected. ? t e "The steel for the suspended ships ^ has not yet been rolled in most cas- o es," said Mr. Piez, "and the order gt does not affect immediately the op^ eration of any yards. It is not to be jy1" assumed that the ships contemplated l(j will not eventually be built. _ "The reason for the order is that th ^Pes ?* ships which it will be found 1 a_ advisable to construct under peace * ronditions are being determined by i Br the committee of experts which is j ^ _ now at work. Their report is not yet, i I er available and will not be available:1 ie for some time but it is fairly certain j c that it will not be advisable .to start, t the construction of some vessels that t were contracted for during the war emergency. Contracts are therefore s re being suspended. 1 ^ "Ships now under construction are J irj.not affected by the suspension orders < in nor does it affect any ships for 1 to which keels will be laid in the yard 1 r- under normal pressure up to Aug- 1 ust" 1." ' t < ATE MAY BE FIXED * 1 FOR WIRE CONTROL evolution Ordered Favorably Re- 1 ported When 3 ^Democrats 1 Join 7 . Republican* in Favoring That Government Administration be Concluded This Year. Washington, Jan. 28?Government Dntrol of telephone and telegraph roperties would end December 31 nder a resolution ordered favorably sported today by the house postffice committee bjy a vote of 10 to . Chairman Moon announced that e would present the measure in the. ouse tomorrpw and ask for a rule ) give it right of way. The resolution made no mention of able properties and that phase of ie situation was not discussed at I le meeting of the committee. Memers later expressed varying opinions s to the effect of the legislation on ederal control of those properties rhich was assumed by presidential roclaihation last November under f ' \ \ ' ,i. autuux ii, y given in uic lai ; l^re ^control legislation passed by 1 ongress last July 16. / \ Chairman Moon said the new legisition 'would not affect the original < iw ill so far as it applied to cable i roperties, control of,which would ] ave to relinquished with the issuing f a proclamation by the president nnouncing the signing of the treaty f peace and its ratification. , Other lembers expressed a different view, toed upon the fact that the cable rdpterties were controlled by the Blegraph companies. They thought ontrol of the cables would be autolatically extended. Various Date Suggested. Various dates for termination of ontrol of the telephone and' teleraph companies Were suggested af er tne committee naa conciuaea its ;i earings on the original administra-, 1 ion-measure by examining Postmas- i er General Burleson. The .first pro-, ] osal w^s for restpration of the pro- < erties to private management next| fay 30, but this and another* to ex-j; end the time to December 31, 1920,: ' rare voted down. As introduced by Chairman Moon, !. he resolution authorized the post-' aaster general to negotiate ' con-| racts for the purchase of telephone! ompanies and to have an appraise-j lent made of the telegraph proper-1 ies, but these provisions were strick-j n out by the committee. Mr. Bur-i eson and other proponents of the egislation insisted that the purpose ras to extend the period of control j mjl not to bring about government; >wnership. On the final vote as anounced by he committee, three Democrats joinid with seven Republicans to end he period of control on Decehiber 11 and seven Democrats and one Proubitionist opposed it, as they desirid extension for a longer period. ' Mr. Burleson favored a longer period of government control than next ^ocember 20, a date suggested while ie was before the committee. He aid "danger" would be that congress l rould have been in session but a nont& and declared that he regardsd the question as tone tff great imlortance because manufacturers and ithers must have "proper service" in irder to develop their business." I 1 LOSSES VERY SMALL. Washington, Jan. 28.?A dispatch o the state department today from Charge Poole at Archangel describng the evacuation of Shenkursk by American, allied and Russian troops n the face of superior Bolshevik orces, said the retirement was sucessfully accomplished; that the roops were in good condition and heir losses were very small. Mr. Poole reported that the Rus;ian soldiers cooporating with the alies conducted themselves admirably. V report that had not been confirm;d by Mr. Poole was forwarded to i ;he effect that the Bolshevik revolu;ionary forces destroyed a part of the town of Shenkursk and murder' sd many citizens. 3IG SUM NEEDED i FOF WHEAT CROP Million Dollar Bill Before Commit* ee>?Too Byroad Say* Gore?Oklahoma Senator DeclaVes He Will Not Introduce it in Upper House. Washington, Jan.. 28.?An adminstration bill appropriating $1,250,)00,000 to enable the government ;o. carry out itsguarantee to the Farmers of a price of $2.20 a bushel idr the 1919 wheat crop, was transmitted to the chairmen of the senate irtd house agriculture committees ;oday by the food administration. The measure which was drawn by officials of the food administration ind the department of agriculture, was described by some senators as an jmnibus measure which would permit the president to continue , the food administration in operation and to eercise all of the powers conferred upon him by the food control act Senator Gore, chairman |of the senate committee, announced that he would npt introduce the measure in the senate. ' , "It is broader than I think is necessarv." he declared. "I mav, take it as a bask for another bill, which [ may ltroduce." - Continuation of Control. Jnder the bill as drawn government authority to control grain dealers, millers and elevators "by license or other like powers would be continued and the president would be authorized to "create an agency ar agencies" to buy the *1918 and 1919 crops, "wheat products and oth er foodstuffs and feeds" at the guaranteed prices, regulate export and import wheats require preferential railroad service as long as the railroads are under government control; control grain exchanges and .prohibit trading upon them "at such time or times as may be deemed desirable oi proper to meet market conditions and competitive prices of foreign grown wheat and to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary to protect7the government of the I 9 United States from paying the guaranteed aforesaid for any wheat other than that covered by proclamation." In addition the president through the( agency he would designate could also sell either domestically or by export wheat, wheat produots or by-productssat a profit or loss "as in the judgment of such agency may be necessary." He also could lease, buy or requisition storage space and prescribe the terms to be paid for it. In transmitting the measure to the committee chairman, William A. Glasgoe, Jr., chief counsel for the food adm {nitration wrote that ,the legislation was requested "in order to maintain the guarantee in their integrity to the farmer and,save the treasury of the United States from loss if that be possible." The department of agriculture has requirements for Europe, including Germany and Austria, would likely exceed 72,000,000 busheJs this year, "If the total surpluses of othei countries are exhausted and Russia is * * LT-: ?1*:* not renea upon ior uiiytniiig mu year," said the statement, "the United States will be called upon to export 233,000,000 bushels and would have to carry over into the next year foi 44,000,000 bushels." The department also has estimated that European needs for other grains will be so great that the United States estimated that the total import wheat will beable to supply only the required amount of oats, falling short on rye, barley and corn. RELIEF BILL NOW GOES TO PRESIDENT Washington, Jan. z?.?nnai legislative action was taken today bj Congress on the administration bill appropriating $100,000,000 requested by President Wilson for Europear famine relief. The conferees' re; port was adopted by both Senate anc House without debate and the meas ure now goes to the President fo: approval* - :: PROHIBITION MOVE r Proclamation Issued at State Department by Secretary Polk.v AMENDMENT SIGNED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY \ Mr. Bryan Also Present?Proclamation Dated Jinuary 29th, 1919, But Legal . Authorities Say the , j Lawi is Effective January ' 6th, 1920. . . ' . *. t Washington, Jan. 29.?Ratification of the prohibition amendment to the federal Constitution was proclaimed formally today by Frank L. ' ;; ? Polk, acting Se^ret^ry of State. The proclamation is dated today, but legal authorities of the department say* Ratification was accomplished when ; the thirty-sixth States acted favorably on January 6 and that under the terms of the amendment itself prohibition becomes effective one year from that date. The proclamation wsa signed by /i Mr. Polk exactly at 11:20 a. m.f in ' the presence of'Senator Sheppard, of Texas, author of the resolution; far- /,.> * y mer Secretary Bryan, Representatives Charles H. Randell, of California, prohibitionist member of the House, Nnad officials of the Anti-Sa- * loon League of America, the Women's Christian Temperance Union> and other anti-saloon organizations. Mr. 'Polk used several'; pens in af! fixing his signature and presented jthem to Senator Sheppard, Mr. Bryan, Representative Randell and oth,1 ' ? . am. -T. The Proclamation. j The proclamation follows: i j To all to whom these presents shall < \ come, greetings: Know ye that the j Congress of the United States at the \ .^f| second session, Sixty-fifth Congress, r I > s ' I begun at Washington on the 3r? day > j of December in the year 1917, passj ed a resolution in the words and figures following, to wit: r.. V''> j. Joint resolution: Proposing am ! amendment to Ihe Constitution of . > V (the United States. f-i ' I , *H", : ' V , i Resolved by the Senate and Hons* . ,'j of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each house con- f.; ^ , curring therein), That the following' I afendment to the Constitution be, and hereby is, proposed to the States, . to become valid as a part of the Constitution when ratified by thA Legislatures of the several States as , provided by the Constitution: i "Section 1. After one year from the' ratification of this article th? i manufacture, sale or transportation . of intoxicating liquors within, th? r importation thereof into, or the ex,! portation thereof from the United j States and all territory subject to th* i' jurisdiction thereof for beverage i purposes is hereby prohibited. | "Sec. 2. The Congress and thfc ; several States shall have concurrent ij power to enforce this article by ap j propriate legislation. J "Sec. 3. This article shall be in11 operative unless it shall have'bee* i ratified , as an amendment to th? ? Constitution by the Legislatures of ; the several States,-as provided in th? Constitution, within seven year* i from the date of the submission hereof to the States by Congress." / * SENATE SUSTAINS * INSURANCE VETO Columbia, Jan. 29.?By a vote ?f t r Oft 1 Q fViu Runofa [ the veto by Governor Masnin^ of th? act providing state insurance for cofct ton warehouses. The House gave final reading to1 day to the bill abolishing the Tax - Commission and creating a Stat# r Board of Assessors of 14 member*, one from each judicial circuit. '