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j I i Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. ~ Abbeville, S. C. Monday, Dec. 20, 1920. Sinai. r?P;? r;?- 77iL Y ~ i EARTHQUAKE WIPES OUT VIWIGES MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED PERIHSED IN TRESPORTENAS AND THIRTY VICTIMS RE- ( PORTED IN COSTA DE ARAU JO PRACTICALLY ALL BUILD- ( INGS DESTROYED IN SEVER AL PLACES Buenos Aires, Dec. 18.?Earth quake shocks which on Friday after- ( neon destroyed several towns along the/Argentine slope of the Andes mountains were the most severe ex perienced in this country, since 1869 when half the city of Menodza was laid in ruins. Reports from the 1 . area where the shocks were heaviest 1 indicate great loss of life and prop- ' erty, upwards of 130 bodies having ' been already taken from the wrecks 1 of buildings. 1 At Tresportenas more than 100 1 perished and at Costa de Araujo 30 1 more were killed. It is feared that more victims still are buried under 1 the ruins in each town. Only a few houses remain at Tresportenas, La i Valle and La Central, and they are ] in hadlv damaged condition. No es timate of the number of persons in jured has yet been made. Minor shocks continued through- i out the district, one particularly ' strong tremor being felt yesterday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock in the j i towns of San Martin and Rivadavia. J ] The people are reported as being j panic stricken. The city of Mendoza was shaken but did not suffer any extensive damage. . :, Creates Geyser* ( In the town of Costa de Arujo.the seismic convulsion opened great ( crevices out of which hot water is j spouting. The water from one is these geysers reached a height of . about 15 feet nad formed a pool in which two persons were drowned. A ( Red Cross ambulance has reached , the village and set to work to rescue any sufferers who still may be ( alive in the ruins. More than 30,000 persons inhabit ( little villages along the eastern An- , dean slope and as reports continued , to add to the long list of casualties ( apprehension is felt that the final , figures will be very high. Rescue parties have been sent from Mendo za, but details from the scene of the j disaster are meagre as telephone I. and telegraph wires are badly disor-1 ganized. The earth movement during the tremor was from the northwest to soutneast and a number of small shocks followed the principal con cussion which lasted 30 seconds. The' latest reports from Mendoza said that the shock at Tresportenas had assumed the proportions of a catastrophe. Three relief trains have been rushed to the town from which ?. 3o dead and as many dying have Z > pe*a brought out At Costa de 2 ^i^raujo, which was '^rtually isolated f anotfcershocEof the -wofrt violent* character occurred at 8 -^lock 'thx^* morning. The death list was in creased by those reports to 81 so ! far counted in Costa de Araujo, witk 80 seriously injured. Relief Comet Slowly At La Valle terrible scenes were witnessed. The relief work was most difficult, owing to the condition of the roads, which had been broken up nad covered with water. The church at La Valle was laid in ruins and the municipal building's walls were cracked and the struc ture was likely to fall at any mo ment. TVia aismnvranV J?f +J10 MpuHora I institute recorded three shocks on Friday, the first beginning at 3 p. m. It was a sadden and violent one without the slightest movements usually preceeding. This lasted 15 seconds. The second movement last ed five seconds and the third 10 sec onds. The vibrations with lesser shocks continued for 30 minutes af terwards. Mrs. W. T. Storey and daughter, of Calhoun Falls, were in town Sat urday. DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS EXISTING IN NEAR EAST People of United States Urged Not To Abandon Little Orphans Be ing Taken Care of By Con tributions From This Country Columbia, Dec. 20.?E. 0. Black, treasurer of the Near East Relief, lias received from Henry Mongan ihau, former ambassador to Turkey, a telegTam telling of the deplorable conditions now existing in the Near Cast and making an earnest plea to the people of the United States not :o abandon the little orphans who are now being taken care of by the con tributions of the people of this coun try. "America won the admiration and gratitude of the Near East by disin terested altrusim and phinanthropy during the past four years. Peace and order have not been restored. These people are still helpless. Their land has agq,in been the battleground of contending forces. Their efforts to maintain independence have partially failed owing to the superior force of their neighbors. "Large number of refugees have again been dispossessed of their tem porary homes. Recent cables state that the roads leading to the various places of safety are crowded with ref A Unw/j Iirinfan Uoo V?nrm n T V? O ! Ugccs* n naiu uinvci uao uvgutt. a?v snow is knee deep in many places. These helpless refugees are again thrown on our mercy. Unless we heed their cry they will perish this winter by the thousands. "The situation is today worse than it was last year. The Near East Re lief is the only organization whose funds are used for this work. Hun dreds of thousands of these people are k living today who would have perish ed had it not been for American re- [ lief. Large number of orphans now1 in the more than two hundred or-| phanages maintained by the Near) East Relief are totally dependent up-1 on the Near East Relief for the sim- i plest necessities of life. They mustj not be left to perish after being res cued by us. No matter where these j people are or which faction claims the right to govern them the refugees are homeless orphans and helpless. Their faces are turned towards us in despair and expectancy. They are the Tiny Tims of the holiday season." .. All contributions should be sent to E. 0. Black, Treasurer, Near East; Relief, 211 Liberty National Bank Building, Columbia, S. C. A CHRISTMAS TURKEY President Wilson is not the only democrat in the United States who received a big turkey for Christmas. Col. John M. Gambrell has as fine a turkey for his Christmas dinner as the President. It was brought to him >? 1 ?r? Aii. tr^ir:n._ oy mr, ana jars. vjus iTiuiuumu ui Greenwood, today. When it is served next Saturday as fine a wo man as the "first lady of the land" will .sit at the otheT end of the taBle, and one just as good. We wish them st. day of pleasure, surrounded as they will be by their children and grand-children, and that husband and wife may live long to bless and give pleasure to these. RALPH WILSON SICK Ralph Wilson, a son of Mr. Sam Wilson, of near the city, is desper ately sick at Kansas City, Mo., with pneumonia. The young man has been in Oklahoma for about a year where he held a position as telegraph oper ator. He had started home for the holidays and was taken sick en route. nis irienas nope ior niin an eariy re covery. CHRISTMAS TREE The Christmas tree to be given by the Baptist Sunday school will be giv en in the church basement at six o'clock Wednesday afternoon. All the children of the congregation es pecially are expected to be present, and those of other congregations are cordially invited to attend. Fruit and candy will be distributed to all who are present. ? THE HOUSE COMMITTEE SEEKS BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT FOR EMERGENCY TARIFF?SOME QUESTION RAISED AS TO OTH ER FARM PRODUCTS NOT IN CLUDED IN THE FORNEY TAR IFF?WEST JOINS SOUTH Washington, Dec. 19.?An attempt to obtain bi-partisan support in the house for the Fordney emergency tariff was decided on today by the. committee representing house mem bers from agricultural districts. Recommendations that all members of the house regardless of political affiliation support the tariff meas ure which would put a virtual em bargo tariff on a score of farm prod ucts will be submitted by commit tee to a meeting tomorrow of West ern and Southern representatives who have banded together to seek aid for the farmers. The committee also decided to in clude in its recommendation for sup port the resolution to revive the war finance corporation and the Young Tichner bill directing use of $100, 000,000 of the profits of the federal reserve banks for livestock loans. The former measure was passed by the house yesterday but in different form than adopted by the senate. A lie VSX AV|/A VWV??vw I tives will be asked to throw their! support behind the resolution to the extent even of passing it, if neces sary over a presidential veto. "The situation is not without dif ficulties, however.' Representative Young (Republican), North Dakota, chairman of the farmers' committee, said today in discussing the farmer relief program. "There are minority members who feel that they have noc had included in the Fordney tariff all of the farm products that should have been taken in. There are like ? * ? - -C DAnnkliAana irrV* W15C SUII1C UX U1C iVC|/UUiivauo rr nw think the bill is not sufficiently broad in that it does not afford protection for more manufactured products. This committee proposes to seek the elimination of those party lines and other reasons for non-support of the measure.' Representative Young said today in explaining the committee's refusal to include such commodities as frozen beef, that it was felt ;hat living costs should not be boosted unnecessarily. He said a majority of the committee had expressed this opinion but they also believed the farmers required immediate relief or the whole coun try would suffer. Another house bill, that proposing repeal of general war laws, comes be fore the senate judiciary committee tnmnrrftw for initial action. The committee for initial action. The committee will hold hearings Tues day on a bill by Senator France, Re publican, Maryland, for relief of per sons convicted of violating the- : es pionage law?. r CHRISTMAS PAGEANT A Christmas pageant will be given at the Baptist church Wednesday evening, by the Young Woman's auxiliary of the church. Twenty-two young women, robed in brilliant-hued Oriental costumes, will take part in the exercises, which will begin a* half-past seven o'clock. The scene to be presented is that of the visit of the shepherds to the manger the nicht of the birth of Christ. The young women have been practicing their parts for several days, and the pageant promises to be interesting, instructive and pleasurable. The pub lic is invited to be present. There will be no reserved seats. A GAME SPORT Bill Calvert is at home from River side Academy, Gainesville, Ga., for Christmas. He is "diked" out in a fine uniform and handsome overcoat and is the center of attraction to a crowd of pretty girls. I WAR FINANCE BOARD APPROVED HOUSE PASSES SENATE RESO LUTION STRIKING OUT ONE SECTION?VOTE ON PASSAGE COMES AFTER DEBATE OF 5 HOURS?DECISION REACHED BY MAJORITY OF TWO HUN DRED TWELVE TO SIXTY-ONE Washington, Dec. 18.?The senate resolution to revive the war finance corporation as a measure of relief for farmers was adopted by the house late today in amended form and by a vote of 212 to bl. it now goes to conference for adjustment with the senate measure. The house struck out Section 2 of the senate resolutions, stating the opinion of congress that federal re serve banks should allow liberal cred its to farmers. The vote was 132 in favor to 20 against on the motion to strike out. The final vote came after 5 hours of debate. "The farmers have been deceived," Mr. McFadden said, "they have been told this resolution will help them. No advance to farmers has been made by the croporation for more than a year and could not be authorized un der the measure. Instead, the corpo ration has made loans to such insti tutions as the International Harves ter the Bethlehem Steel and the Bald win Locomotive woTks." Representative Mann, Republican, Illinois, supporting the bill, said he did not see how it would do harm and probably would do some good. Representative Mondell, Wyoimng, majority leader, said the bottom Had fallen out of business because pri vate institutions had not been able to extend the required relief. Re vival of the finance corporation would help the situation and could not under any circumstances, have a harmful effect, he said. Representative Stevenson, Demo crat, South Carolina, denied that the measure was class legislation. "The bands have gone the limit," he said, "and they can not extend credits further. We must do it by selling stock of the corporation to the investing public. Representative McFadden said the project was "nothing else than put ting the hand in the public treasury for the benefit of special interests." '"I don't believe honestly it is go ing to help the farmer in the way he expects,' he said. "You will be called upon to revive the grain corporation and other government war agencies. "Until the consuming public gets the full benefit of these declining prices, I think nothing should be done to interfere.' Representative Madden, Republi can, Illinois, said the measure would add another billion dollar burden to the back of the people. "Already Europe owes $12,000, 000,000," he said. "This would add another billion to that debt. It more over sustains hieh Drices and does not aid the working people whose wages are being reduced all over the country." Other speakers supporting the res olution were Representatives Strong, Republican, Kansas; Steagall, Demo crat, Alabama; Tincher, Republican Kansas, and Wingo, Democrat, Arkansas. PRETTY VISITORS LEAVE. Misses Helen McLeod, of Augusta, Elizabeth Smith, of Greer and Mary Hyman of Florence, all pretty Lan der college girls, left Saturday after noon for their respective homes to spend the holidays, after a short but pleasant visit to Miss Mildred Coch-, ran on South Main street. HOME FOR' CHRISTMAS Miss Caroline Reese is at home fox the Christmas holidays. She is as live ly as ever, despite the fact that she has been having her first experience as a school teacher. BIG BOND ISSUE PLAN OF BANKER Would Refund Practically . All Bond* .. ed Indebtedness?Jules W Bach New York Places Scheme Before Ways and Means - Washington, Dec. 18.?Flotation of a bond issue into which would be refunded practically the entire bond ed indebtedness of the American gov ernment was proposed to the ways and means committee today by Jules W. Bache, a New York banker, as a means of equalizing the burden of taxation resulting from the world war. , Bonds of the new issue proposed bjr Mr. Bache would run for 50 years They would bear a scale of interest rates starting at 6 per cent, for the first five years, 5 1-2 per cent, the sec ond five years, 5 per cent the third period of five years and permanent rate of 4 1-2 per cent, per annum thereafter until maturity. Mr Bache declared that such an issue would serve to bring Liberty bonds back to par, while at the same time permit ting retirement of 2 per cent of the outstanding Liberty bonds each year. The New York banker also sub litted a revenue program which, he declared, could easily produce $3,500 000,000 annually. Included in it was a sales tax of 1 per cent, which he es i timatad, would yield $2,000,000,000 I onriiicllw Pnrifinna + inn nf +V|P PYPPC? I taxes, yielding $300,000,000 a year, and the enactment of a tariff which .vould produce $700,000,000 annual j ly were also embraced in the pro gram. As regaras an income tfex, Mr. Bache recommended the enactment of a flat normal rate of 5 per cent, on all incomes, with an exemption of $5,00. Taxes on incomes below $5, 000, he declared, were small and did not come from persons fro;:n whom the government should seek revenue. He declared that the superincome or surtaxes had resulted in driving man frt invoaf oil tVlAlT TflAn.l 3^ in tax exempt securities and in "causing every crossroads town in the country to issue a lot of securi ties that some day will cause a lot of gri^f.' THE COTTON MARKET Cotton was weak again today. New York futures were about 25 i points down, January closing at 14.93 against 15.16 Saturday. The local spot market was about the same as Saturday, good cotton ranging from 15 to 16 1-2 cents. The government ginners' figures for the last period were announced, the amount ' ginned to December 13th being 10,878,265 bales. The figures were regarded as bearish] and were responsible for the de Inline. DECLINES CALL Dr. Charles. A. Campbell, the noted -Presbyterian preacher who 'dgaqie.'."to.: Abbeville and preached for ifo Ptes byterians Sunday before last, and to whom a call was extended by the church, has declined the call. Most of the people who heard Dr. Camp bell are sorry that he has reached this decision. GOING TO GEORGIA Mt. M. W. Baker, of Route 6, was here today on business. He in forms us that he will move in the next few days to Eaatpoint, Ga.# where he and Mrs. Baker will make their home with their daughter. He has the Press and Banner to follow him as he cannot get the news with out it. ANOTHER LITTLE YANKEE Announcements have been received n Abbeville of the birth of a son on Dcc. 14th, 1920, at Paulsboro, N. J. to Mr. and Mrs. Burke, Raymond Montgomery Burke, Jr. Mrs. Burke is pleasantly remembered here as Miss Sttla Allen and a host of friends :ongratulate her on the arrival of the young man. LEAGUE NATIONS LIVING SUCCESS MOST DELEGATES QUITE SAT ISFIED. OPINION EXPRESSED THAT ORGANIZATION HAS DONE ALL THAT COULD BE EXECTED OF IT IF NOT MORE ?FINAL DAY MUCH OCCU PIED BY DISCUSSION v Geneva, Dec. , 18.?The first meeting of the assembly of the league of nations closed this even ing in a burst of "eloquence after passing through one of the fullest days of its existence in a rather agi tated and not always clear debate. In farewell, speeches, Patxl Hy mans, president of the assembly and Dr. Guiseppe Motta, president of Switzerland, told the delegates the first assembly had proved the league was a living organism and a success. The opinion expressed by the delegates who have participated most actively in the work of the as sembly is that it has done all that could be expeced of it, if not more. A number of pet projects have met with disaster; yet there are few if any, delegates who remained for the entire assembly that will leave dissatisfied with the work of that body. The final day was marked by an AfKpr onnnnnfor Kofwoon -""S" lish delegation and the representa tives of the British dominion, Lord Robert Cecil acting for South Africa and C. J. Doherty for Cana da. . Lord Robert Cecil and Mr. Do herty criticised the council for hold ing back information about man dates and supported the recommen dations of the mandates committee the most important of which were that the assembly express the opin ion that the resources of the terri tories under mandate should not be exploited by the mandatories for their own profit or for the profit of the aliles and that the recruiting of troops should not be allowed in such territories. The recommendations were adopt ed unanimously, Mr. Balfour con tenting "himself by saying they would have no effect, instead of voting against them. Esperanto fell a victim to a sharp assault by Gabriel Hanotaux when the committee reported in fa vor of the expression by the assem bly with the object of encouraging the general teaching of Esperanto in the public schooTs with a view to making it eventually an internation al language and the language of the league. After a debate the assembly voted against the proposal. M. Hymans in his closing speech, dwelt upon the fact that the session of the assembly demonstrated to all the value of the league of nations. "The league has developed a con- - " sciousness," he said "and . now are solves to live, and will live. Through tfter-aetting up 61. an international court of justice, the ausembly had established a house of rights, and a place of peace." The activities of the assembly re specting typhus he declared to be a magnificent demonstration of hu man solidarity. When the assembly spoke of disarmament, M. Hymans said, the members of that body dis played keen anxiety to lift the weight of armaments from the shoulders of the world but at the same time realized that in the pres ent unsettled : conditiin of Europe nothing better could be done than had been. He referred to the fraternal spirit shown by the assembly the members of wmcn were separated only by shades of opinion, not by principles. He appealed to the youth of the world, the men of tomorrow, those who fought in the great war co construct a moral world inde pensable to the future of mankind and concluded: "Let us continue our ascending march towards the stairs.' Miss Helen Smith, of Ashley Hall, Charleston, is home for the holi days.