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. ITALY RHUS
OFFERS OF SLAVS
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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
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simply/the treaty of London of
Anril
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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
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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-:
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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
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; 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.
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Called to Piedmont.
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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
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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-",
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i scribed by the farmers of the county.
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s | HOME SERVICE SECTION l"0
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H RED CROSS MEETS ,
i the
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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
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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
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s INFLUENZA IS EPIDEMIC ;mo.
'"! IN ARMY CAMPS wc,
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'"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 .
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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(
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1 I LAND SELLS FOR $200 PER ACRE
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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
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.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
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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.
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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.
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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. \
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- 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
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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
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n! of electrical appliances.
J The friends of Mr. Hix and 1
e fumiy will regret to learn that thi
:.ro to leave Abbeville.
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.10 DECLARE THAT 1
WAR IS ENDED 1
in'
by;
. , Sharp Break Comes in Compromise
j Conference of Two Factions?
Doubtful of Possibility or
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Peace Treaty.
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"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.
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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
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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.
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diPARKER LEADS IN
's, LOUISIANA RAC?
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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.
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