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I Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, Wednesday, March 31, 1920 Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. MOB SWOOPS DOWN ON OFFICERS ID TJKF PBISIMIFF B llllia I III W W mm t For;ty Men Capture a Negr< and Hang Him to Teiegrapl Pole Near Kentucky Town Paris, Kentucky. March 30.?Swoop ing down unexpectedly upon officer: who were taking Grant Smith, negro to the jail at Paris, last night, < crowd of 40 men captured the negrc and hurried him in an automobile ou< the Mayesville-Lexington pike to Mays Lick. Fleming county, where he was hanged to a telegraph pole. Smith, who is 40 years old. disap' v peared two months ago after allegec attacks on the 14 yeai old daughter o: a farmer of Flemingsburg. Ky. He was arrested in Michigan last wee* and was being taken from the trair last night to the Paris county jaii when the forty unmasked men came " *?nWcnnoi iroill UUIKIUigs UIIU iuuiv uk. from Sheriff G. W. Powell and CliieJ of Police Link. A quickly formed posse of countj authorities unsuccessfully endeavored to overtake the mob in automobiles When they arrived at Mays Lick tlu crowd had disappeared but the body of the negro was found hanging by the neck at the end of a rope tied to the top of a telegraph pole. It was nol mutilated, although threats were made at Paris to burn him. His arms were wired to iiis side and he was still handcuffed. According to reports reaching here, the negro lived fifteen \ minutes after he was swung up. Flood Conditions Serious In Unoer Mississippi River La Crosse, Wis., March 30.?Flood conditions in the upper reaches ol ssissippi River today had as sumed a serious aspect. The river had passed the 13 foot mark, flood stage, here and was rising at the rate cf 3 feet every 'twenty-four hours. At Winona, Minn., 30 miles up the r:vt , t.ie Interstate bridge was closed because of fear of a washout. The lowlands on the Wisconsin side of the river were flooded for miles and the west end of Winona was undei watei* Residents of North La Crosse used rowboats to remove household effects. Thousands of acres of the farir land were under water today in the La Crosse river Valley, because ol the breaking of a dam at Perch Lake Sparta. Service in Army Proved Advantage To Every Man Washi^ton. March 30.?Service in the armv durine tihe world war grave an average increase ner man of 3.35 pounds -? ?4- OQ 1 *1 nllAP 1TI ill WClKlit cuxu .au iixoiigo ui heiehti according to compilation ohvsical measurements oi 873.159 men. The average weieht oi men on being inducted was 141.54 pounds and "the average height 67.49 inches. which were increased 8t the time of discharge to 144.89 nounds \ and 67.72 inches. A decrease of one-tenth of an inch in height was lost by American men between the civil war and the world-war. The averaere heieht at the time of the former was 67.6 inchesCensus Statistics Washington, March 30.?Popula tion statistics announced today bj the census buearu included: Hanibal. Mo., 18,950, an increas( of 609 or 3.3 per cent over "] 910 Belleville. Ills., 24.741, increas< 3.6l9 or 17.1 per cent. Jeffersonville, Ind., 10,066, in crease 314, or 3.0 per cent. Frederick, Md., 11,066, increasi 6o5. or 6.3 per cent. Clinton. Ind., 10,962, increase o 4.733. or 76.0 per cent. Batavia, N. Y., 13,541, increas< 1.928 or 16.6 per cent. Cortland, N. Y., 13.249. increasi 1,790, or "J 5 . 6 per cent. Lockjort. N. Y., 21.30S. increasi 3,338 or 18.6 per cent. Geneva. N. Y.. 14.648 increase o 2.202. or 17.7 per cent. ONE OF STANDARD OIL New York March 30-?The Continental Oil Company, wliich todav declared a 200 percent stock dividend in Denver, is one of th* seeree-ated companies of the S'mdard Oil Company cf New Jersey. vr. t> a.. nc i .wu ivevuiumip un iuhv i. Paris. March SO.?M. Bidegaray general secretary of the federation <> * railwavmen. dtfnied today that h told the congress of the gpnornl fed eration of labor here yesterday th;i the railroad inon must ho rc?i*y frrevovlntion on May 1. / Delaware May Vote Tomorrow Dover. Delaware. .March 30.?Repub-1 Mean .leaders in tiie lower house of the Delaware legislature planned to I report from committee today, without recommendation, the woman suffrage ratification resolution which was introduced in the House last week. It is "also planned to report a similar * resolution from the Senate. l A vote is not expected fn either House before tomorrow and the roll call on the resolution might be further delayed. While every influence is being ? brought to bear upon the legislators , cne way or the other, there was no i apparent change in the situation when > the two houses met today to transact t miscellaneous business. 5 I 5 Ranchers in West Meet Army Worms \ In Deadly Combat El Centre. Calif.. March 30.? 1 Mil'ions of army worms, report- J 1 ed traveling toward the green ! fields of Imperial vaHev from | | the desert westi of Dixieland, in i c this countv were met and fouelit j bv ranchers who Were prepared todav to place poison on the I bridees across the irrigation .) ditches and preventi the entrv of '| the worms. Where the worms came from : is not known. The desert is re- ! ! I ported covered with, them over j i an area of several sauare miles!| Thev are moving1 in what those ;! who nave seen inem aeciare 11 seems a never-endins- migration ; I Iio the cTowine- crops of the val1 i lev. Where the worms have crossed Daved hiahwavs automobiles skid as on a srreasv pavement. Bolsheviks Express Willingness to Talk i l Peace With Poland | London. March ^ 30.?Georee I Tchitcherin. the Russian soviet foreign minister, has notified ' j Poland of his willinemess to open ueace negotiations on April 10. as Poland had suggested. accord- ! j i"g to a wireless message irom i f Moscow today. M. Tchitcherin suggests that j . | the meeting be held somewhere in Esthonia. The Poles had asked that the l negotiations be conducted at Borisov. on the Beresina river between Minsk and Smolensk. LABOR PARTY CANDIDATES WIN IN IOWA ELECTIONS ' Des Moines, Iowa, March SO.?Re-1 turns compiled today from municipal, elections throughout the State of. Iowa yesterday, show that labor par-1 ty candidates were, for the most| In Sioux City, the labor candidate! i part, successful in the large towns. I apparently was successful In his | campaign for re-election. He met| keen opposition from the business! element of the city. LIFEBOATS CALLED OUT FOR DISABLED STEAMER t Deal, England, March 30.?Life boats were hurriedly called out early today to the relief of a large steamer, believed to be an American, stranded on Goodwin Sands, seven I miles off the coast. 200 PER CT. DIVIDEND IS DECLARED TODAY! Denver. Colo.. March 30<?Di- i i rectors of the Continental Oil J I Comuanv have decided to pav a stock dividend of 200 oercent ! each stockholder to receive two j additional shares for one now . | held, it was announced todav. Books close aeainsti the disburse- | ment Aoril 10. and uavment , will be made before the end of i the month. e 10,000 ACRES OF TDTBER LAND DESTROYED BY FIKE Winchester, Ya., March 30.? Fire, fanned by a stiff wind, swept ? J n c : ir .. i..: uimii mrtrn .uuunuun, West Virginia, last night, destroyf ing approximately 10,000 acres of timber land, and at noon today liad ^ approached the outskirts of (Jerrardstown, Berkley county, en2 dangering many commercial apple orchards. ? Residents of Girardstown. according to reports received here, f were prepared to flee at any moment. The Sftft acres of timber land has also been destroyed by another fire orisriiintiiiK* in the Bin* Kidire mountains near Linden. Warren county, Ya? and is still burning. 1<? Injured in Derailment Punxutawnev. Pa.. March oft.?Sixj teen persons were injured four of: cnrinncll' ll-hnn unuonnirrt" I ........ .-.V. .W .. |Fll.TfVl.h ' | . train on the Huffalo, Rochester and j f; Pitt.-'hurch railroad was derailed a' d Savan. Pa., this morning. t!:?- ? -ncrine., !'we. ears and two conches left t. tin? track. A sperinl train carrying > ' (doctors and nurses has hren sent tM'in .here to the scene of the wreck. 1 SQUADRON 1Y I SOLVE PROBLEM ! 0 WiS O MSi I Amherst Professor Has Idea j They May Be Able to Discov-! er "Nests" of Cyclones. Philadelphia, Pa., March 20.?Dimiunition of damage caused by violent wind storms through the agency of air sciuadrons properly equipped to find the "nests'" in which such elements j are "born" was declared a possibility ; in a statement here by Professor Todd.1 conservatory director at Amherst Col- } l<ge. He said that such squadrons, noting. direction and velocity of the storm i might be able to discover how cyclones and typhoons are formed, and aside j from warning people of their paths. I might "nip them in the bud'' before j they were well under way. "The daring airmen of today" Pro-1 fessor Todd declared, may be able to apply the necessary human means U.: apprehend tornadoes or cyclones in their infancy and bo shatter and scat- , ter their embryonic energy that they j will be dreaded no more. Who knows but a cyclone that devastates portions of Illinois and Indiana may have been born when an innocent zephyr struck a cliff in Arizona or New Mexico and v.as sent spinning on its way. gaining momentum and size at every mile. Slayer of Three is On Trial for Life Tupelo. Miss., March :>l).?The defense began presentation of iis ease at the resumption this morning of the trial in circuit court here of. Charles Marshall, charged with the murder in January near Amory of Wm. Miller, infant, whose mother, , Fannie Green Miller, 17 and her fath er and her brothers were killed at the same time. A jury was selected and the state's' case was completed yesterday. Pearl, May Miller, 14. only survivor of the; tragedy, was the chief witness, identifying the defendant as the man she! said she saw kill the baby. The infant was alleged to have; been Marshall's son. and civil pro-; ceedings brought against him in this connection were advanced yesterday; in the-testimony presented by tlie j state as a motive for the crime. Strike Holds Up Stock Shipments To Chicago Yards Chicago, March 30.?Livestock, shipments to Chicago, with the ex-! ception of horses, were under an em-! bargo today as the result of a strike j of 900 members of the livestock han- ( dlers union employed by the Union j Stock Yards and Transit Company, j Continuance of the strike for a week, i packing company officials announced | would cause a suspension of work at i their plants and throw 50,000 employes out of work. Hundreds of cars of stock were J held on the outskirts of Chicago to-1 day and provisions were being made | to divert them to other markets. Cat-1 tie receipts dropped to 1500 head yes- j terday and hog receipts to 2,000 be-1 cause of the embargo. I PRY GOODS ASSOCIATION MEETS IX SAX FRAXCISfO j New York, March 30.?The National I Retail Dry Goods Association will hold its spring convention in San Francisco, i i: was announced today. ' either in late May or June, will be j arranged so that a group of i!0 promi- j nent British merchants, who will tour the country under the directnn or t:i? association, can be present. SOCIETY MEET APRIL 9-11. , Christian Endeavors Gather at Soar-i tanbure. Spartanburg March 29.? (Special) The Sovth Carolina Christian En-1 deavor Society meeting in convention here, April 9-11 promises to bring to the city more than 200 delegates) from all parts of the State. The; meeting of the body will be held in ; the First Presbyterian Church. Extensive preparations are being made j locally for the convention and the entertainment of visitors. All visitors i will be the guests of the young people j of Spartanburg at a banquet. YOUNG PAUL LITTLE. WFO WASi ON NOIBER OF TKOOI'S Paris. March 30.?Assurances have been given by the German government that it will not send into the Ruhr j valley more regular troops than are; allowed by the terms of tlie Versailles treaty. A German delegation !'>?rl on J'mnier Millerand late last night, told him the German troops in the Ruhr district did not exceed the number; a i lowed and declared no more such ; troops would be sont there without au'Iiorization from the allies. Receiving members oi" (ho French : ; j.! <- Inst evening. ZVT. Millerand do-1 c-!;ir<-?l if the Germans vio'nted (In ' i terms of the treaty by sending a strong aimed force into the Ruhr dis tric-t. France would occupy part of (he neutral zone, whether (he allies ngreed or not. i J. ONERS GIVEN MORE TIME TO SHOW Ml Question of Jurisdiction is Rais ed by Gen. Bonham and Posl ponement is Taken Columbia, March 30.? (Special.)The case of J. Olin Sanders to sho' cause why he should not relinquis the office of Sheriff of Anderson count which came up in the original jurisdk tion of the State Supreme Court thi morning was postponed until April 2 on a question of jurisdiction made b Gen. .M. L. Bonham, of Anderson c council for Sanders. Under the cod Sanders had twenty days to answe the complaint against him other tha the day of service. The court held ths the answer did not have to be read until tomorrow as this was the twer tieth day as the court merely was i special session today. It was decide to adjourn the cause until the com was in regular session. The case i being brought by Chas. Guerdon Kinf who was appointed sheriff on Janu ary 2:; by Governor Cooper when th executive removed Sanders for allege immoral conduct. Sanders refused t relinquish his ofl'ica and the litigatio pending is in effect ouster proceed IT: crc MAJORITY SAYS SOCIALISTS SIIOl'Ll) HE KICKED 01 ' Albany, X. Y., .March oO.?Charge ol unfitness against the live socialis members of the New York state assem lily?Louis Waidman. August Claes sens. Charles Solomons. Samuel A. De witt ami Samuel Orr?have been sus mined by a majority of the assembl judiciary committee in a 20,000 won report submitted to the legislature to flay. It says their seats should be de clared vacant. Enactment >*t' a law to prevent an; organization which admits aliens to it membership from occupying the posi lion of a political party on the oliicia iiullot of the State, is advocated. The socialist assembly men, the find ings state, "are not obedient to tli constitution and laws of the Unite States and the state of New York, no desirious of the welfare of the coun try nor in hearty accord and sym pathy with its government and inSti tutions.'' s ADMIRAL MAYO REPLIES TO SIMS BEFORE NAVAL INVESTIGATING COMMITTE1 Washington. March 30.?Rear Admiral Mayo, war-time commander of the Atlantic fleet, replied before the Senate naval investigating committee today to many of tie charges made against the navy by Rear Admiral Sims. Mavo told the committee that the national Dolicy of neutrality, confirmed bv the people in the Presidential election in November. 1916. was primarily responsible for the inability of the United States to tihrow the full weight of its resources into the war immediately upon entering: it. There was a fueling, he said, nc only among our legislatures, but "ej tending to some extent to our mil tary establishments" that the part cpation of the United States woul consist largely of furnishing mone and supplies. Replies to Sims. Taking up Sims' charges that th Navy did not have a broad generr policy when war was declared, h said the office of chief naval opers tions. responsible for preparing sue plans, was not organized until 191 and that without this ofttce cond: ? - ? ? - ? ~ j ~ ? ~ iluiib hi Lilt; iiav,y iiiiiiit?uiciicij pi ing and during the war would hav been "chaotic." The admiral testified that the im pression given "in previous testimon that submarine movements were at curately followed from the time th United States entered the war an that consequently no destroyers wer needed'to screen and protect the A1 lantic fleet was not correct. "As a matter of fact," he said, "i was not until the latter part of 191 or earlv in 19 IS that the svstem c locating submarines became accurat and reliable and even then all a sufc marine had to do to avoid being lc cated was not to use its radio. Henc taking the ships of the fleet to se without screening them was not jus tified." COLCMItlA WILL TEACH" cornsk ix athletic: Now York. March 30.?An advanc course in which college coaches ma learn more about football, basebal trnrk work, basketball and wrestlin will bo given at Columbia I'niversit this summer, it was announced toda\ Modern methods of*coaching in tlies sports will be taught both in the !e< iurr? room and on the field. Dr. .1. \Y. Wilce. coach at Ohio stat rnivorrity. will he in charge of th !"?!>al I course* Charles Ward law o i'lainfiftld. X. J. baseball: and Ilenr !,. lljllnmn, Dart mouth coach, trac itid field events. i French in Agreement | With the President I On Turkish Question | Paris. March : 0.?It was said at the i I ini'picn nffir-o fnHnv thnt Hio EVen^li a point of view regarding Turkey and j Armenia is in agreement with that of' " President Wilson as to the desirability of the largest possible Armenian 5. state and the expulsion of Turks from 1 i Constantinpple. I The question is raised, however, as J to how these ends can be accomplishI ed without the force necessary to deal j with the trouble certain to result a- j ? i niong the Musselman population, w | (President Wilson's note on the [ h Turkish question was delivered to Pre- * y nier Millerand by Ambassador Wallace * during the session of the council of ( is ambassadors in Paris yesterday). 0 \ y About to End the i e | Fig-hting in the n I Ruhr District | -< it i y 1 Essen, March 2fJ.?All stipulations } l" of the Berlin government relative 1o a ( nlcessation of fighting and#maintenance d j of order in the Ruhr district have v "t : been accepted, with one exception, by j , s 1 the Central committee in charge of; | anti-government operations here, ac-1 [ l" | cording to a modification sent to Ber- j t C;Iin tonight. Exception was taken in'q d 1 ' eference to the fourth condition re-1 \ ? : garding the surrender ot arms and am-1 {. n | munition. The government was in-L, I-1 t'ormed that this condition would be i (. j accepted if construed in accordancejj [with the Bielefeld agreement with the>e [understanding that agreement will be i r I : fulfilled. s' The government, in sending its ulti - jg Hmatum^to communists in the Ruhr j :i "i district, stipulated its conditions mustic "! he accepted by tomorrow. i c " i j * Municipal Clerks in In Chicago Strike j s For Higher Pay' y , Chicago March 30?Municipal clerks,: ? s ' stenographers and bookkeepers went I p - on strike today for higher salaries, | j, ljthereby threatening disruption of city'], 1 u^iness. In addition 13G garbage hand-1 -1 lers were out, shutting down the mun-, j| e j icipal garbage reduction plant and | d ! causing suspension of garbage collec-; r tion. A concerted strike of groups of the j t - 18,050 municipal employes all of whom ib " have demanded increased salaries, re- , o duction of the police force and pos- j e sible wholesale resignations of police-' ii men and firemen, also became a possi- j f; bility when the city council early to- j t; day rejected a revised budget carry-|l E I ing $4,000,000 to meet salary raises, j t After an all night debate over the city's financial tangle the council re- { cessed until 3 o'clock this afternoon when it will take up the original budget which carries no pay advances. Three hundred of the 1,000 clerks voted for the strike last night. They ! receive $1500 a year and demand a $300 j raise. i C I c TAR HEEL GENTLEMAN LOSES CAR AND LIQUOR!? Anderson, March 30.? (Special).!b I ?A Marmon car was seized by the Ia j police in front of Hotel Chiquola Sat-j* urday night containing whiskey, and 1 * was later taken over by the federal I 11 (authorities. The car belonged to aj (gentlemen from North Carolina who! ,t | had been'to Atlanta, where lie pur-j c_-chased the car, and was on his wayj? 1-jhome and stopped over here to spend if |.j the night. !s d | There were two men in the car, j j. y 1 with a second car in the party, driv- i ; en by a negro. v and the cars were j parked in front of the hotel. The p e j seizure was nfade after midnight Sat- a tliurday night and the parties put un- j elder arrest by the city. Bond was giv. i-ien and the case will come up for j ^ h , hearing next week. The owner of thej0 5 car is not a drinking man and denies is i-lany knowledge of the presence of the ^ I-j whiskey in his car. One fact that r el would substantiate his statement was t I that the whiskey was left in the car 0 1.1 in the most public place in the city. I ^1 T? -P *.Urs j uiurcuuc rayutSp ui 111c uuucu i- States revenue service, came to the j v e city this morning and seized the car i ^ d for the government. Bond was given !0 e and the car released. The seizure wasip made under the Volstead act which ln is full of teeth. Under this law any ^ i, t vehicle may be seized that contains |e 7 whiskey, whether the owner is aware !S( f of it being in his car or not. The'p e owner of the car in this case is a.?? >- high toned-business man of North t; >- Carolina, who has a number of .0 ei friends in this city, who gave him r\U 'n a'the assistance possible in his unfor-,rj i-1 tunatc situation. ,1, HAS FIGHTING CHA17CE. J s i f; i Jones Sallev Mav Recover From Bui- _ v-j le?i Wounds. j ^ 1.1 g| Columbia March 29.?(Special).? i Vt.Jonas Salley. who has tliree b;id *.! wounds from bullets received at Salp i lev. Aiken county. Staurdnv iu'rIii. -j when three otlier ineii were shot to !d?-:ith by Carters Corbitt. has a fiffhti i ?? rr r>1i..nnn fni* 1 i t'o cnnr> l :i 1 i v: t ? -it tli<? c!Columbia Hospital say. An opera-, if j I inn was performed today, both eyes v; having to be removed because of ink'jurv from a bullet which passed 'through tlie frontal bone of the head, g MID JURY FIRES FIRST GUN IN NEW YORK'S VICE WAR First Witness Called is Officer Who Has Accused Assistant uistrict Attorney dmith New York. March 30.?The extraorlinafy grand jury today opened fire in sew York's vice war by calling Deective John J. Gunson, recently inlicted on charges of bribery and exortion. &s its first witness in the inestigation of the conduct of Assistant district Attorney James E. Smith. Polce Inspector Dominick Henry, under ire from Smith's office, recently made uiblic six affidavits charging the asr:tant district attorney with seeking o bargain with him lor the sale of olice protection to gambling resorts, ienry is in command of the police in he "Tenderloin district." After the extraordinary grand jury vent into session Assistant District attorney Smith appeared before Judge Ialone in the supreme court to ask hat preference be given on the April rial calendar to the cases of Former "hird Deputy Police Commissioner lugustus Drum Porter, indicted 011 harges of intimidation of detectives nd neglect of duty on evidence proured by Smith and of Gunson and )etective Frederick Franklin, indictd for the same offense as Gunson. udge Mulone granted the motion. WhrMi flnnsnti wnu n?tiovo?l int/-i rand jury room there were gathered 1 an ante-chamber awaiting the jury's 11 Police Commissioner Enriglu. Seond Deputy Commissioner Win, J. <ahey; Inspector Henry; ' Captain Honest Ban" Costigan, who was deloted from inspector by Commissioner :nright a short time after the commisioner took office and Commissioner of Lccounts Uirshfield, who recently lade public a statement that Assistant )istrict Attorney Smith had sought to rocure police protection fcr gaming ouses in which Smith was alleged to ave been interested. IKITBLH'AN WOMEN THREATEN A STRIKE Albany. X. Y.. March 30.?Warning liat Republican women who are memers of the Xew York State League ? Women Voters will go on strike on lection day or go into other parties f the state legislature does not act avorably on welfare bills, is conained in a letter sent by the league oday to Will H. Hays, chairman of ue rtepuDucan national committee. Sen. Hart is Ready To Answer Charge Of Cruelties New York, March 30.?Brigadier leneral Win, W. Harts, who was ommander of American troops in the 'aris area, after the armistice, arrivd from France today on the steamhip Lorraine He is expected to anwer charges of other army officers hat he was resnonsible for cruelties 0 soldiers In prison camps. His lome is in Nashville, Tenn. Sneaking of Loose Nuts Every man should give his business 1 close and careful study. If he inds a loose nut in his business, he hould tighten it up.?Conway Times. There are several loo^e nuts in this uxsiness. all of whom are in our busiiess/)ffire.?A. 0. A. Column. The business office usually considrs it beneath its notice to pay any ttention to the drivel emanating rom the alleged brainerv upstairs, nd this screed would have passed innoticed, because very few people utside of the man who amuses himelf by practicing 011 such stuff and hp nnnr nrinfpr nnrl nrnrifronrJpr ovor ead it. some fellow wno had little o do chanced to read it and called , ur attention to it. It was a thrust below the belt, for he reason that the business office, rhile having to pay for getting out he paper, including salaries to a lot f drones who spoil reams of good aper and otherwise waste time and loney for the publishers is not alDwed to edit the vile stuff perpetratd by the editorial "nuts" and "cheap crews," even when it reflects on its ersonnel. Heretofore the editorial wise-acres" have always contended hat the business office was composed f "tight-wads." instead of "loose uts." which is another evidence of lie general inconsistency of the sapeaded crowd up there. We dare you r\ nri'nt thfc Huci'tipcc Offipp Scathing Eh, what??Little Rock rkansis Gazette. COTTON MARKET. Spot Cotton 41.00 May - 39.77 Tulv 30.00 October -. - .".'*.78 December 33.03 January "12.4S t 3.^^ i^j"S"5.'5J5jf5J5.r2J2r5f5/5f5.r5.r^J5.'5.r5.'^ "11