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v} \ Abbeville Press and Banner % 4 Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, January 21, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. . ITALY RHUS OFFERS OF SLAVS I Adriatic Question Hanging in Bal-j a*cer?Supreme Council Disbands Wiihout Reaching Settlement of Vexing Problems?Ultimatum to Jugo-SIavs. Paris, Jan. 20.?With the disband- i ing tonight of the supreme council without a settlement of the Adriatic question. Premier Nitti of Italy, de- { clared he stood by his ultimation that' if the Jugo-SIavs did not accept j Italy's terms tonight he would withdraw his compromise offer and that "Italy will demand that France and I Great Britain execute purely and . i ! simply/the treaty of London of Anril ?' Prior to the breaking up of the i council of the Jugo-Slav reply to ' Italy's demands had been presented. J Signor Nitti declared the terms unac-J cepcable. The Jugo-Slav note said it! constituted "The supreme effoi't" of j Jugo-Slav to bring about an agreement with Italy. This fact, taken in connection with Premier Nitti'sj statement apparently leaves the situ-1 ation a tense one. The council this afternoon held a further discussion on Great Britain's announcement of her inability to . send her quota of troops into the, plebiscite areas. The discussion resulted in the British offering to send aaral detachments to Memei ana Danzig. During the session Hugh C. Wallace, American ambassador, Premier Lloyd George, Premier Nitti and Baron Matsui, the Japanese ' ambassador, extoiled M. Clemeni ceau in brief formal farewell addresses. No definite arrangements were ( ma&e by the council before disbanding for turning over the Turkish, j Adriatic and other problems to other, hands, but it was indicated that the proposed conference of ambassadors would be empowered soon to con-, tinwe this work. !< Signor Nitti, the Italian premier,,' left this evening for Rome and David, Ll?yd George ,the British prime minister, will depart for England tomorrow morning. DECLARES LETTER TO DANIELS IN NO ^ SENSE A PROTEST N Washington, Jan. 20.?Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo, commander-in-j chief of the United States fleet during the war, told the senate committee ini vestigating naval awards today, that his letter to Secretary Daniels on! December 23, declaring that the' Knight board did not give sufficient! consideration to service at sea, particularly to the duties and responsi-l bilities of members of the staff of the commander-in-chief of the fleet, was| not to be considered in any sense one of protest. He read the letter at the request of Chairman Hale. Admiral Mayo took a view diame-: * i trically opposed to that expressed by j Rear Admiral Sims, who told the subcommittee of the Knight board, in | granting awards, gave too little conpi sideration to the records of officers ^ vrbo served on shore. The navy department made public Admiral Mayo's letter on the subjecc some days ago. BIG SUM RECOVERED Berkeley, Cal., Jan. 18.?Securities and other loot valued at move than $100,000 taken from a mail car of a Southern Pacific train by a lone bandit last night were recovered by railroad detectives near here today. : . That the robbery may total $200,000 or more is the belief of railroad officials. The exact amount can not be determined until a check is made of the recoDds. No trace of the robbers was found during the day. ? h Miss Sydelle Graves is expected fcwne from Winthrop today. WORLD SCANDAL IS STIRRED BY SIMS, LAWRENCE ASSERT I ; Washington, Jan. 19.?Admin Sims, referred to jocularly in navj circles as the "best British admin in the American navy," because o his sympathetic attitude toward th British navy, for which America sailors always have entertained th keenest rivalry, has stirred up ar other international scandal. Once before, President Taft fel obliged to reprimand Commande Sims for what became famous a his blood is thicker than wate speech. Whether a reprimand is i store for Admiral Sims this time i conjectui*al. Certainly Secretar Daniels never told him that he "mus not let the British pull the woe over his eyes," and "that Americ would as soon fight the British a tlie Germans." If anybody said tha to Admiral Sims, it was a high nava officer in the department who reliei on Admiral Sim's discretion not t report that admonition any mor than the remarks' which naval of fices have been wont to expres about every navy under the sun ii the confidence of their own privat conversations. Indeed, if everything some of ou high' naval officers have from tim< fr* fimo flhnnf nt.hpr nAvif*?; won to appear in print, more than on< government would he demanding ai apology and a retraction. And i: everything the British naval officcr have said about the American nav: of the British staff officers have sai< about the American army were to b< published, more than one America! would be hot under the collar. Bu what naval and military men sa^ publicly in all countries is unsuallj tempered by the knowledge tha' diplomacy and international courte sy forbids the making public of sue! remarks because of irritating effect; on international relations. HOLLAND TO RELY ON CONSTITUTION TO UPHOLD POSITIOr1 The Hague, 'Jan'. 20.?There i: every indication here the Dutch gov ernment will refuse the allied de mand for extradition of the forme: kaiser. The allied note, signed by Pres ident Clemenceau, of the peace con ference, arrived here late Sunday brougot by a special courier fron Paris. Then were excellent reasons t< believe, it was learned in officia quarters, that the government wil base its refusal upon certain clause in The Netherlands constitution am special treaties. The Dutch reply probably wil point out that Article 4, of the sam constitution assures every persor whether of Dutch or foreign birth the same rights of protection. Thi fact, it was said, probably will domi nate the reply to the supreme cour cils note. The principle was estat lished firmly by a law revised i 1886. In addition, to conform with th law of 1886, Holland conclude treaties with France in 1895, En^ lanH in 1 nnr) tVip TTnifpH Sfn+n in 1887 that every demand for e> tradition must be treated accordin to these treaties. LANSING WANTS FUND TO SHUT OFF RADNCAL | Washington, Jan. 20.?An ac |ciiuonai appropriation 01 $4oU,UUU t j be used during the fiscal year of II 20 in keeping alien revolutionisl and other undesirable aliens out c [the country was asked today b ' Secretary of State Lansing. This is in addition to $150,00 j previously appropriated by congres I for the enforcement of the war-tirr nassnort restrictions un to Mnrrh 1921. I Called to Piedmont. I ?? W. R. Miller, of the street pavir j f'trce, was called to Piedmont on la Friday on account of the serious il Iof his mother. ABBEVILLE BONDED iD^ WAREHOUSE ELECTS S! DIRECTORS TUESDAY l | d A meeting of the stockholders of: 1 * 1 j the Abbeville Bonded Warehouse, inv iljwas held Tuesday afternoon, Janu-'cha i arv 20, in the office of Dr. G. A. me ! Oj Neuffer and the following directors ma n I were elected: Dr. G. A. Neuffer, J. qui e|S. Morse, J. Allen Smith, Jr., R. E. ora i- Cox, S. J. Link, C. E. Williamson, J. pre ,F. Clinkscales, W. H. White and Al- tod t'bert Henry. These directors elected mit r|the following officers': Dr. G. A.! } ,s Neuffer, Pres.; W. H. White, Vice- Sin rjpresident; R. E. Cox, secretary and par n treasurer. adr s' A committee of three, S. J. Link, dep y |J. S. Morse, and W. H. White, wereltha ,t I appointed by Dr. Neuffer to look in- fro djto the selection of a location for the j ant a'warehouse. This committee will make waf sjits report this week, after which the, tjlocation will be purchased for the,Dot ,1'warehouse. rat< i Mr. Bishop, trainmaster, Southern an o Railway, accompanied by his engi-jfea e neer, visited Abbeville for the pur-;sen -ipose oi locating a siaetracK 101 tne hui s above vri rehouse. 1 Dei i The capital stock of the warehouse,1 ^ e instead of being .$50,000 as called! * i for in the charter, will only be $40,r. 000 and the books are still open withi^e e^about $6,000 to be subscribed. ' is r e It is hoped that the remaining!,, tn6 e portion of the stock will be sub-", % DG i scribed by the farmers of the county. j! * Dar s | HOME SERVICE SECTION l"0 the H RED CROSS MEETS , i the ' " j The Home Service Section Com\ mittee of the Red Cross held a most t interesting meeting yesterday after- c^ar ; i noon. The meeting was the first to 1 ! fVlP / be held this year and was well attend- " t ed by the new committee. Pin* be The business of the afternoon con- g 1' sisted of a report by the Executive coni 31 Secretary, Mrs. M. T. Coleman, and the discussion of plans to increase w the efficiency of the Section and ere- com ate greater interest in the work. Mrs. Coleman's recommendation as to an 0? * emergency committee for consulta- stre tion was unanimously adopted and the members present further agreed by to meet with the Secretary once a par week for consultation and conferr ences. Under this plan the members were divided into groups of three or four, and certain cases will be presented to them, as committees, and ' the responsibility of adjustment will v 1 T V be shared with the Secretary. |j The Home Service Committee tisa j consists of the following members: res< j J. S. Morse, Dr. Louis J. Bristow, por Hon. J. M. Nickles, Major J. D. Fulp, pen ^ C. H. McMurrya, H. B. Wilson, W. of M. Langley, Mrs. C. C. Gambrell, Mrs. lati U J. D. Miller, Mrs. J. F. McLane, Mrs. gar Chas. Gilliam, Miss Mary Lou Bowie, Les ^ Miss Eliza Lindsay, and Miss Jennie I ! JDOyd. mei '?I J nfea s INFLUENZA IS EPIDEMIC ;mo. '"! IN ARMY CAMPS wc, i- i i j '"j Washington, Jan. 20.?Influenza CC!V1 n j has become epidemic among; Ameri- .<ni I can soldiers at Camps Grant, and a ^ e j Rockford, Illinois, and the Great jf jc ^ Lakes Naval Training tation, Sur-'cor *" geon General Ireland, of the army,|fer IS announced today. Smaller epidemics jng ^ Uoita >?Ar\ rtnf/ ?r\ Pvn rv-\ T rwr r\ TTiolrl ' nave uccn icpviicu ixuiii uuvc 1 itiu, TlOt ^ | Texas, and Fort Sheridan, Illinois,' <; | General Ireland said, and the disease mo j is prevalent among American troops ion gjin Europe. Jwa: ; jjol j Benj. Smith Barnwell. J . i I 0 1 vot j_ j Benjamin Barnwell, the young son cQr tsjof Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M. Barnwell,] f jf! shocked his parents Monday by wa ,yj "breaking out" with a first class case nrc } of measles. The little fellow is get- j. iQiting on nicely and will soon be him-] ,s j self again. H( ie | 1 I LAND SELLS FOR $200 PER ACRE i ' I J. C. Raines sold Tuesday 41 1-3 a < j ncres near town to Sam and Henry th< | Carlisle for $200 per acre. The price )as ig paid is all the more remarkable be- be*' st. cause there is no house on the land fai 1- rr.d it does not touch upon a public mi I vcr.d. ' (in .NIELS INSISTS ON FUBLIC GETTING ALL FACTS ON SUBJEC1 kVashington, Jan. 19.?Complete estimation of Rear Admiral Si mi: :rges against the navy depart nt's conduct of the war will b< -1_ 1 viAtir i CiC uy tliu ftU UCUII1III1 tLCC nvw HI ring ijnto the award of naval dec tions as soon as it completes it sent task. This decision was mad* ay by the full senate naval com -<je. iVhile refusing to discuss Admira is' letter of criticism of the dc tment, Mr. Daniels indicated th< niral frequently clashed with th< lartment through his insistence t more destroyers be withdrawr m troop convoys to augment th< i-submarine forces in EuropeaT :ers. motion by Senator Pittman nocrat, Nevada, to have a sepa ? subcommittee named to mak( immediate investigation was "tie ted. The motion to have the pre t subcommittee conduct the inry was made by Senator Walsh nocrat, Montana. Daniels Aroused. Jnlcss the senate investigation ot niral Sims' charges of failure oi navy department of co-operate y with the allies during -the wai nade to the entire satisfaction ol American people, an inquiry will made by a naval'board, Secretary liels announced. He added that ur?iiiji?aijuii in tue nistury ui world ever did abetter job than American navy.'' The paramount duty of the erican navy," Mr. Daniels <-red, "was to protect the passage American troops to Europe and safeguarding of merchant ship*, vital as that was recognized to necessarily was secondary." ecretary Daniels emphasized that trary to the popular impression niral Sims throughout the war subordinate to Admiral Mayo, imander-in-chief of the Atlantic t. He indicated fhat on the questhe disti-ibution of destroyer ngth as well as on the other quesis, Admiral Sims was overruled Admiral Mayo as well as the detment. ADLOCK APPEARS CERTAIN IN SENATE i OVER PEACE TREATS Washington, Jan. 20.?Seriat? iers participating in the bi-par n conferences for compromise jrvations to the peace treaty reted today they were close to sus sion to the conferences because disagreement over foreign reons committee reservation re ding equality of voting in th< igue of Nations. Soth Republican and Democrats tubers said the conferees wer< r a complete break, but that one re effort toward adjustmen jld be made. v Vn independent movement fo: ipromise was considered today b? ild vfiiCAwrofiAn^ PnnnKliponc n ( *roup of Democrats desiring rat :ation, who were said to have be ne convinced the bi-partisan con ences of senate leaders discuss compromise reservations weri ; producing i*esults. rhis reservation covers one of th< st hotly-contested points in thi g treaty debate in the senate. I s adopted as a substitute for th< inson amendment to the treaty ich was beaten by only threi ;es. Its proponents in the presen iference are determined it shrJ ; be modified in any substantia y. If it is, they declare the com miise worked out will not get six four vote:-. )SPITAL RECEIVES CHECK FOR $4,000.0' City Clerk T. G. Perrin made ou check Tuesday for $4,000, half o i .$8,000 loan authorized at th t meeting of Council,' for the At ville County Memorial Hospital, i /or of Dr. J. R. Power, treasurei fl the money will he used at one the buihlinsr account. 'developments,of WEErv vViLL LitL r fate of treat I I i! j Washington, Jan. 19.?The pr jsent week is expected to show co -jclusively whether a compromise cz 2 be arranged on the peace treai -jthrough the medium of the bi-part - san conference now going on. I sjthis method fails, other compromi. 2 \ attempts will doubtless be made, bi - failure ot tne present eiiort wou ' be exceedingly discouraging, sen: Ijtors said today. * The chief reason so much is he 3 to depend on the bi-partisan confe - ence is that Senator Lodge, the R Jj publican leader, and the man upc 1 (whom more than any one else in tl ? I senate compromise depends, is or ^of the conferees. Should the' pre ent discussions demonstrate to Sen; ' tor Lodge that Democrats will n< ' yield on articlelO, the Monroe do ,r - trine and the other major points i that he will be reluctant to have an; " thing to do with any other proposj "jfor bringing together the disagrei ' ing groups. There is a growing feeling in th ^ senate that the discussions now n , ing on will result during the wee in an "agreement to disagree" whic will onec again demonstrate that th , Democrats are standing fimji) | against any repudiation of America obligations under the League of Ni tions, and that the Lodge group c [ Republicans are iust as firm for th Lodge reservations. 1 i Tly? bi-partisan conversations wi; be resumed this afternoon in Senato Lodge's office. Both Democrats an Republicans indicated that today" meeting may become the decisiv one, although efforts will be mad to stave of* the final break as lcn as possible. I While senate leaders in the peac treaty controversy prepared for re .'sumption of the bi-partisan confei ence oh^.compromise reservations t effect ratification, Senator Boral Republican, Idaho, made public a lei ter to Major General Leonard Wooc candidate for the Republican pre:?: dential nomination, requesting hi . views on treaty questions, and Sent tor Owen, Democrat, Oklahoma, i: sued a statement regarding the con pro'mise negotiations of which he i the sponsor. '' Senator Borah asked Generj 'Wood if he favored permitting th 1 people to vote on the issues involve jand inquired as to the general ; | position on League of Nations an -i other treaty problems. The Idah -j senator recently sent a similar le jjter to Governor Lowden of Illinoi i another Republican presidential cai - didate, and is expected to write i j; like vein to all Republican aspirant j Senator Owen, in his statemen declared that forty Democratic sen; j | tors would support "reasonable re ?!ei-vations," and predicted that Pres t'dent Wilson would accept reserv; |tions adopted by two-thirds of tl rj senate. Mr. Owen deplored repor / of a disagreement between Presidei 1 i Wilson and former Secretary < - Stae Bryan. \ . i - SUPT. HIX RESIGNS - j AS MANAGER OF e! WATER AND LIGHT PLAN e I Superintendent C. E. Hix of tl c | Abbeville Water and Lipht Plant, r f 1 signed this morning to accept a po: e j tion with the Electrical Applian ': Company, Concord, N. C. Mr. H c i will -be general manager and vie . president of this firm. He has ask1 ' *; to he relieved by February 20 ai *; will assume his new duties March 1 ~i Mr. ITix came to Abbeville t\ years ago as manager of the loc plant, and has had a marked succc 1 4 ' in his work, the business having i q creased 50 percent since he toi j charge. One feature of the busine ' wViifVi Mr T-Ti\Mi:is nil shod h:is hpi f the electric stove, of which he h -i installed more than 100. He has al . ! greatly increased the sale of all kin | n! of electrical appliances. J The friends of Mr. Hix and 1 e fumiy will regret to learn that thi :.ro to leave Abbeville. i .10 DECLARE THAT 1 WAR IS ENDED 1 in' by; . , Sharp Break Comes in Compromise j Conference of Two Factions? Doubtful of Possibility or 50 RnarKinflr AofAomonf An ?VMV.....6 ^6.WV4..V..t w. Peace Treaty. lc! "j Washington, Jan. 20.?Possibility ;of the introduction in congress of a joint or concun'ent resolution deT~ cir.vir.g the war with Germany af an e";end loomed tonight, following a ,njshnrp break in the compromise con-' ie fcrcnce which has been trying to sdie i just disagreements between Republis"ic:xn and Democratic senators as to I " fn a~! the wording of the Lodge resolutions. : '3 c"; The assertion of President Wilso* >n | that he was willing to submit tke V-' question of the adoption of the peace _ *1;treaty with the league* of nations t? -~ a vote of the people, which has been * ' . approved by Senator Johnson, of ie California, and other political op3 ponents of the administration has led k some to believe that this may perh haps be the best solution of tke ie treaty controversy. y. In the meantime, it is pointed out, n .'something should be done to stabi i- lize trade relations with Germany if while the treaty issue is still unde- . o tided and a resolution declaring the war at an end is one remedy which 11 has been considered by both sides in v the controversy. ,1* Open rupture today of the leaders' 0 conference was avoided temporarily e by passing over the dispute on the e Lodge resolution regarding equali- \ 2 ty of voting in the league of nations. { The bi-partisan conference will fneet again late tomorrow but with leaders of both factions doubtful as to the possibility of ultimate agreement. ' Prospects of failure of the leaders conferences and of formal suspenl, j sion of their sessions today moved , "mild reservation" Republicans and j a few Democrats not members of jg the leaders committees to discuss in-' t dejendent steps towarl a .solution of the treaty situation. One "mild , reservation" Republican spokesman - said such a move should be forthcoming if conferences of the leaders fail within a few days to give more of a compromise. ie * diPARKER LEADS IN 's, LOUISIANA RAC? (1 10! New Orleans, Jan. 20.?On the '".face of incomplete returns John M. Parker, of New Orleans at midnight 1"!had a slight lead over his opponent, 'njCol. Frank P. Stubbs, cf Monroe, in s> [ the Democratic primary for nominate [tion for governor. a" With forty precincts of the 157 in s-iNew Orleans missing ,the official i*a i jority for Stubbs was 4,147, It was a_; estimated the final majority wonld le ! be 5,200 in the city. ts ^ Incomplete returns from 344 of^ itith? State precincts, including 100 in ^f the city of New Orleans gave Parker . 129,496 and Stubbs 28,040. FLU IN CHICAGO. U Chicago, Jan. 18.?Twelve humored new cases of influenza were , reported to the health department i during the last 48 hours, Health e. (.oi'.'.r.'.ir-ioner Robertson a..:.ounced 51! tonight. Deaths from influenza and ce .. ! pneumonia during that peri??l totalled 51. 0Operating from the eight municipal tuberculosis dispensaries, .a* army of C25 volunteer nur.-es will take the field tomorrow and visit vo every case of influenza. al i >ss n~ WV VVV V \ VVV.V \ k V COTTON MARKET. \ V V SS V January 21. V en \ Spot Cotton 40.00 V as . \ v s0.v January 37.75 V (is V March . 35.76 V \ May 33.73 ' S. is \ Jul; 31.7* \ jy , r- 20."! V . \ - s % \ v v \ -v % % \ \