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S" Abbeville Press and Banner ! ~ ? Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C? Wednesday, February 11, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76A Y?.r' 1 ^^======^=:=====1 | PHYSICIAN ELS OF WILSON'S CONDITION 11 Says His Improvement Has Been ' < Gradual and That All Rumors of j Setbacks Are Rubbish?Nothing , to Conceal Says Dr. Young. j President Very Much ] > Better. , Rfllt.imore. Feb. 10.?The Balti- < more Sun today published a copy- j righted dispatch from Washington in , which was given an interview with j Dr. Hugh H. X?ung of John Hopkins j hospital at Batlimore on the condition j of President Wilson. Dr. Young has been one of the physicians in at- T tendance upon the president. Dr. s Young, in part, said: ' f "From the very beginning the c medical men associated with the case have never had anything to conceal, s When I first saw the president in i October, a crisis had arisen of such gravity, owing to the development of prostatic obstruction that an j. emergency operation to relieve this! situation was 'contemplated, but by a I fortunate and wholly unexpected change in the president's condition 1 the obstruction began to disappear. c f in fnio roononf ? lie. lilipj. W CiilCUb AH biUO AVwyww j which has been steady is now com-j ple'te. The president was organically i sound when I visited him last week, but further, all the organs were functioning in a perfectly normal, healthy manner. "The president's general condition and especially the slight impair-j ment of his left arm and leg have j improved more slowly, it is true, butj surely, steadily. ' 4 j "There have been no setbacks, noj backward steps, and rumors to this | effect are rubbish. j 2 ? DECORATION ROW TAKES NEW TURN j Washineton. Feb. 10.?The con-!' troversy over naval war decorations | ^ took a new turn today before the j senate investigating .committee, the; question of just what was said in i f conversations between Rear Admiral ^ William S. Sims and a trio of members of congress in Paris during the war, displacing to some extent in- ( quiries into changes made by Secre- ; tary Daniels in decorations recom-11 mended by Admiral Sims. Secretary j1 Daniels before the committee had re-!( ferred to a speech in the house by) Representative Byrnes in/which the ( South Carolina representative assert- J ed that Admiral Sims had told him 1 the armistice was forced on the allies ' by failure of the American army to break through the German lines, the failure being due to a , collapse of the American service of supply. Admiral Sims today denied that he had j made such assertions, except as to i ' repeating rumors then current in ( France and which, he said, he warn- I ed his visitors not to believe. He de- I nied flatly other statements attribu- e ted to him by Representative Byrnes, i said to be belittle the part of the 1 American navy in the war, and as- r serted he had not told Byrnes and t his associates that the American I - ; merchant manne should not be f developed and the seas be left to \' Great Britain. Chairman Hale asked Representa-1 tive Byrnes and Whaley and Senator J Glass to come before the committee. 5 Representative Byrnes, the first of ? the three to be heard, not only reit-j eraited all he had previously said, but! added that he had personally re-' ported his conversation with Ad-i miral Sims to President Wilson be- i fore Mr. Wilson made his first trip! to Paris. j \ Senator Glass, who was a member ^ _ * j_V _ 1 1 _A ll A ' M _ ' . ox me lower nouse at tne time, w:iiie.] recalling the conversation with Ad-1J miral Sims much as Byrnes reported i it, put a somewhat different inter-1 pretation on what the officer Iv.d ; said. He did net understand ,-i-.ln:ii-,.l i Sims to wi3h to "discredit the army,".] ? he said, adding: '< "I rather believed that he was sim- 1 ply telling us what he had heard, i ;.t. *. s\ IS DETRIMENTAL TO FIGHTING SPIRIT OF NAVY, SAYS MARSHAL V Washington, Feb. 10.?Admir; William S. Sims today accused Se< Atarv nf the Navv Daniels of ou: suing a "defeatist policy." This po icy, Admiral Sims declared, is moi detrimental to the fighting spirit ( the navy than the worst form c Bolshevism is to organized goveri nent. Admiral Sims, who; resumed h ;estimony before the senate naval a: fairs sub-committee investigatin nedal awards, declared he is willin ;o make any personal sacrific t jrevent such a policy getting jermanent hold in the navy. "The policy of rewarding defes vhich the navy department openl ;upports, is more detrimental to th ighting spirit of our navy or an >ther military organization in th vorld, than the worst form of Bo ;hevism is to organized government, Admiral Sims declared. Would Sacrifice Self. "By injecting this 'defeatist gern nto our navy and attempting t nake it a permanent policy, I believ hat inestimable harm will resul mless something can be done t eradicate it before it becomes off nally established in the service. "I am willing to undertake an isk or make any sacrifice regardles >f personal consideration to preven his defeatist'policy from getting permanent hold. I believe it is mor mportant for the future safety o he country to eliminate it than t mild a dozen battleships. "What is the use of spending mi! ions for battleships if you are goin ;o offei special rewards for the off ers who sink them?" 50TH DIVISION RECEIVED 15 PER CENT OF MEDAL Washington, Feb. 10.?Enliste nen of the army received 63 pe :ent of the medals awarded for sei .rice in the world war, it is shown i statistics made public today by th var department. To enlisted men went 57 out of th 78 of the congressional medals c lonor awarded, while 3,593 out c ;he 5,109 distinguished servic :rosses were given to enlisted mei \U of the 641 distinguished servic nedals awarded for'meritorious sei rice, and not for acts of valor, wei :cnferred on officers. The 30th division, which, with th bwenty-Mwnth division, broke th caihOud Hindenburg line, received 1 medals of honor or 15 per cent of th total of those decorations awarded. News of Dr. G. W Swope. Dr. George W. Swope, at one tim >astor of the First Baptist church c Vbbeville and later servine as a >vangelist, returns to the pastorati le goes to the First Baptist churc 'hiladephia. Writing of his work a ivangelist, he says: In the fiftee nonths there have been added t baptist churches as new membei nore than 1,000, professions"" mor ;han 1,500, freewill offerings $4 >00. For all of these blessings I a: jrateful to God and thankful to th brethren."?Baptist Courier. A Call for Volunteers Col. Longshore has gotten right i ityle and has the flu at his room ? ;he home of Mr. J. D. Kerr. Co Longshore wants all the pretty w< nen in the Red Cross to volunteer t >nce to nurse him and to bring hii *ood things to eat. The Colorx :hinks if enough pretty Red Cro> lurses would volunteer to hold h hands an read* and sing to him li might get a little better between no mu Mummd time. ind thought to be true." Representative Whalev did not aj pear today because of illness. He asl 2d to be allowed to testify Monda but Chairman Hale fixed no date fc resumption of the investigation. GERMANS MEET TO STUDY EXTRADITION L DEMANDS OF ALLIES al Berlin, Feib. 10.?The committee c_ on foreign affairs of the national r_ assembly met today to consider the 1- extradition question. It seems im:e probable a reply to the entente de>f mand for the surrender of the Ger,f mans whose names are contained on the list recently delivered will be sent until a response is received iby the jg German government to its note of January 25. (In this note Germany g asked the allies to renounce the exe g cution of the extradition article of ,o the peace treaty, affirming that it a would inevitably cause political and economic troubles, the alternative it proposed being a trial of the persons y involved to be held in Germany with e the participation of allied representay tives.) The newspapers declare une animously the attitude of the govl ernment toward the extradition ques??| tion is unchanged. The association of German reguJ '.ar soldiers carried out a big demonstration yesterday against accept0! ance of the extradition demand. Simie' lar demonstrations were held in the ,f 1 provinces. oi In addition to the persons of Geri_' mans on the extradition list, the allied powers demand access to ary chives and possession of all German is documentary evidence, so that proseit cution may be facilitated. The cova ering note is understood to declare e1 the Allies do not propose to grant if j amnesty to men not named in the o list but will reserve the right to prosecute them, should they be apI prehended on entente soil. g The entente letter was described . I i- today as "not in the nature of an ultimatum." The text of the letter, it was said, ! has eased the situation considerably g I from the German point of view. The letter, it was learned, was d signed by Great Britain, France, Rust mania, Poland, Jugo-Slavia, Czechop Slovakia, Belgium, and Italy. It asn serts that the list does not include ie all the war guilty Germans, but names for the sake of practicability te only those who are chiefly responsi>f ble for war crimes. Germany can not conclude neces;e sarily that other war guilty have been granted amnesty, for the en:e tente reserves the right to prosecute r- them if they are found in entente ter'e rifory. Premier Millerand, of France, in ie a letter to Premier Bauer made pubte lie today, said France considered the 2 act of Baron Kurt Von Lersner, forte mer head of the German delegation in Paris, who resigned rather than transmit the list and its coverir^ letter to Germany, as purely personal and did not hold the German e government resopnsible. ,f i JS. C. LEGISLATURE VOTES h| $10,000 TO COMBAT lS! INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC n| Columbia, S. C., Feb. 10.?The senate today concurred in the houoC *s 'resolution providing for the borrow'C ing of $10,000 to be expended by the ' state board of health for combating the influenza epidemic now prevabr.t 6 I . I in various parts of South Carolina. I The appropriation will be utilized in {connection with the United States i.public health service in sending phy sicians and nurses into the infected n ' UI&LriCLS. it j Both houses of the general assem1. j by did a deal of work today, prin).!cipally in clearing their calendar.; of it'uncontested bills of local application. The senate adopted and sent to blithe house the Pearce bill providing ss^for sanitary inspections cf all h.ctcls is;in the state. This bill was sponsored ic by the traveling men of the suU'e. w! The first acts of the session were i ratified today by the general assemibly and sent to the governor for his ~ -signature. Twenty-four bills were vn + ;-Fi0^ >' Governor Cooper, who wa? slishlrly v- injured in an automobile accident iy here Sunday afternoon while out >r driving with his family, was in his office today. I ! LEAGUE DEBATE TO BE DELAYED UNTIL 1 EARLY NEXT WEEK i J Washington, Feb. 10.?The peace treaty referred to the senate foreign 'relations committee yesterday to technically rid of cloture, was re 'ported back today by the committee | without debate and without a record vote. Republican and Democratic leaders agreed, however, not ito take it up in the senate until next ,:week. | The committee's action was entirely perfunctory, the senate having given instructions that the treaty be (reported out immediately together I with the Republican reservations 'adopted at the last session of conjgress. The parliamentary result is ito bring the treaty and the reserva. tions again into a status where i I amendment to either can be offered ,and discussed without any limitation ion debate. The reason for delay given is that the conference report on the railroad bill is due this week and that I the diplomatic and consular approipriation bill should be acted on at | once. Senator Lodge wants to clear away pending legislation before takling up the treaty. In the meanwhile j intense activityMs likely in an effort ,to frame a modification of Senator Lodge's reservation on article X which will eret 64 senators' votes i | (the two thirds necessary for ratifi- j |cation), and at the same time be ac-l ceptable to President Wilson. j WOMAN SAYS "REASON" * j FOR SLAYING CHILD IS j ! SUFFICIENT TO FREE HER ! I j New York, Feb. 10.?Mrs. Emily1 May Favre, thirty-four, was arraign-j 'ed today on a charge of killing heri' i twelve-year old daughter, Emily! ! Margaret. She was held without bail I for hearing Saturady. j j Mrs. Favre was very cool andi smiled frequently, as she talked with!^ 'the magistrate. On her way from;1 'jail to the court she asked for the j1 'morning papers ,and after reading j' 'the accounts of her alleged crime!1 I] remarked that "when the time comes |J Jshe will give a very good reason")1 'for her act. She declined to explain!1 j what she meant. She frustrated | 'photographers by carrying her muff! before her face. I ' I CITY COUNCIL MEETS, j The City Council-met in regular session Tuesday night, received reports of the chief of police, the. i health officer, the Water and Electric, i / | Plant and the finance committee and j heard the reading of the minutes of j the last meeting. ! A committee from the Abbeville; Bonded Warehouse Co., appeared be-j i fore council and asked that if the ' 1 t ' i proposed warehouse to built by thiS| j company is located on the Seaboard | | Railway would the city build a six i inr.h main to the building in order (that proper water protection be ob-j ! tained, which in turn would insure, adequate insurance. ; It seems that two locations are, j open to the company for the ware- j j house, one at the Southern depot andj I >ne between the Seaboard depot and' | the cotton mill. Council adopted a re-j I solution to allow the market priceifor the present 4 inch pipe if the^ i Warehouse Co., would bear all ex-j penses of laying a new 6 inch main,1. ! ... I maKing present connections, etc. ; I FLU SITUATION IMPROVES i i j There were sixteen new cases of; jflu Monday and 19 new cases Tu.s-' day, making a total of 244 case:; re-i iported. Most of these cases have re-j covered and at present there are J^ss! than 100 cases of flu in Abbeville. 1 It" is very probable that the Buard' of Health will lift the quarantine on ^schools, churches and theatres this j a 11/win n or vflvinnt Miiivphhc ; """ * "I to hold services Sunday and the j schools to leopen Monday. Sick With Flu. Chief of Police J. L. Johnson is ! :jick with flu and is confined to his bed. The bad boys in town hope he < ! soon be out a?ain. NEWBERRY TRIAL IS SPEEDED UP BY GOVERNMENT \ Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 10.? Frank C. Dailey, special attorney general, continued questioning of witnesses for the prosecution today in the trial of Senator Truman H. Newberry and 121 co-defendants charged with violation of the election laws in 1918. Indications were that the government attorney was makihg an effort to speed up the proceedings, a Larger number of witnesses having been disposed of yesterday than on any one previous day of the trial. Newberry's correspondence regarding the Gold Star club, said to have been organized by Thomas J. O'Brien former ambassador to Japan, and other citizens of Grand Rapids, was introduced as evidence yesterday. In addition there was a telegram from Frederick P. Smith, manager of the Newberry estate in Detroit, to Commander Newberry, in New York, regarding election expenses, and another of the defendants was quoted as saying before the general election: Real Barrel of Money. "We are going to get a real barrel this time." The letters which mentioned Ambassador O'Brien were introduced while Claude T. Hamilton vice president of the Michigan Trust company and chairman of the Kent county Republican committee, was on the stand. The defense tried vainly to exclude them because they were written in September, 1919, more' f Vi q n a voqi* a-ffor flia in_ volved in the conspiracy charge. HOOVER LIKELY TO DEFEAT G. O. P. DECLARES TAFT Duluth, Minn., Feb. 10.?Herbert Hoover ^nd the League of Nations ire likely to exert considerable if not decisive, influence in the coming presidential election, former President William Howard Taft declared here today, in a political discussion with a group of prominent Duluth citizens. Mr. Hoover has declared he is with the party that supports the League of Nations," Mr. Taft said, "and should he be nominated by the Democrats and the Republicans chose to make the league an issue, Mr. Hoover would poll many Republican votes. I will not go so far as to say this situation would result in splitting the Republican party, but it might spell defeat instead of victory for the Republicans in the presidential contest." Leaves For New York Major Thomas Lyle Davis left today for New York where he will take a special course in the study of the ear, eye, nose and throat and the diseases of children. Mrs. Davis will remain in Abbeville for some while before joining her husband.' The major will be greatly missed by the setback contingent of Abbeville. On the Jury T. P. Perrin of Bradleyr Frank Sherard and B. F. Manning, of Calhoun Falls have been drawn on the Grand Jury for the March term of the Federal Court at Rock Hill. R. H. Stevenson, W. P. Wham and Furman Milford, of Calhoun Falls have been drawn to serve on t^e Petit Jury. Main Street Completed. Much to the delight of the inhabitants of Main Street the bithulithic paving on that thoroughfare has been completed as far as the Baptist church, traffic being allowed to use the street Tuesday. Greenville street will be the next street to be paved. Gone To Spartanburg. Mr. George White is in Spartan\ ~ r za. l? .1 a. tit ;uig J or a visit u> ins uaugncer, inrs. Frank Evans. Mr. White is recovering his health and stood the trip to Spartanburg fine. RAILROADS FACE 1 . SERIOUS SITUATION i I J&m I ? j Possibility of Strike Looms Large j In Closing Days of Government Railroad Administration?Out! . J3 come of Conferences During ; Next 24 Hours Will Det I termine Question. , Washington, Feb. 10.?The rail:road administration, nearing the. end , of its control over the nation's rail | transportation systems, tonight faced | a critical situation with respect to the wage demands of more than 2,(000,000 employees. Conferences tomorrow between Director General Hines and leaders of the workers' I unions, probably will determine the ^outcome of the situation. j Officials of the unions submitted ito the director general at today's : meeting a new statement which served to open up all important questions, on which the two sides were at variance, and will require further | discussion before a settlement can be I reached. Mr. Hines informed the union leaders he would reply tomorrow to their new statement of claims. 1 Meanwhile, W. G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, was pressing Mr. Hines for an answer to the demands of his .individual organization and insisting >:.* jthe trainmen were reajjy to strike unless a satisfactory settlement was Reached. Railroad administration officials aso received informal notice 'that they must contend with a strike called by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Shop I Laborers. Farther than admitting that he had given the railroad administration the required 30 days' i notice of intention to cancel the present wage contract on February 123, Mr. Lee declined to discuss the I plans of his organization. The strike vote taken under his instructions was said to show a large majority of the trainmen favorable to a strike. This last phase f of the situation jwas giving railroad administration officials concern because, should the ?. ti Itrainmen walk out, an almost complete tie up of traffic could be the only result. The thousands of engin eers, firemen and conductors could 7 v not operate the trains, for in many j states they would be forbidden to jwork under "full crew" laws unless i all trainmen required were on duty, jit was explained. Union by-laws also ! prohibit other employees from tak ing out trains not manned by the regulation number of brakemen. CAUCUS REJECTS MR. WILSON'SjADVICEv Washington, Feb. 9.?Rejecting President Wilson's advice, House Democrats in caucus tonight went on record as opposed to universal military training by a vote of 106 to 17. ! The President, in letters to Democra* tic leaders earlier in the day, asked that action be withheld so the party's stand might be left to its national convention. | j The rejection of the President's appeal was double in its scope, for ! oetore declaring against tne military i training the caucus rejected, 88 to | 37, a proposal that action on the I question be deferred "at this time." This vote, cast on the motion of RepI resentative Doremus, Michigan, came i after a three hours discussion behind j closed doors, and immediately afterward on the straight question universal training advocates dwindled to seventeen. s. COTTON MARKET. * Si V ^ V February 11. V V. Spot Cotton 39.00 V S V V March 34.72 V V May ... 32.34 V V July 30.30 \ V October __ 28.30 V \ December 27.73 V