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r Abbeville Press / Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S.'C., Wednesday, Feb. 23, 1921 .s Single Copies, five Cents. 77th Year. WE OFFERS : ' RAILWAY RELIEF OPPOSITION TO WINSLOW BILL BROKEN UP?MEASURE DI3 POSED OF BEFORE EXPIRA TION OF TIME ALLOTTED FOR DEBATE ON IT?VOTE NOT NECESSARY Washington, Feb. 22?Th? opposi tion to the Winslow bill to permit partial payments to railroads from the government guaranty fund col lapsed completely today in the senate and the measure was passed without a record vote two hours before the | . expiration of time allotted for debate on it. / ' | Senator Townsend, Republican, Michigan in charge of the measure insisted that no one line in the bill, as passed by the house should be changed in the senate, lest confer ence and ensuing parliamentary ob struction delay what he describ^as action absolutely necessary to pre vent bankrupty not only among railroads^ but also among railroad creditors. The senpte'followed his advice and the measure was sent to the president. Debate on the bill today was very brief, barring a six hour speech by * Senator La Follette, Republican, Wis consin, who attacked it as designed to enlarge the government's original guarantee to the railroads. In a roll i call, the senate defeated 47 to 19 an amendment offered by Senator La Follette which would have required the interstate cdiTTmerce commission to investigate railroad fccpenditures before further payments are made. Senator Townsend, describing the A , situation which he said made the bill 1 emergency legislation, assertecT' that the railroads because 'of reduced earn .... , x-x-, Li mgs were enuuea 10 a toiai payment of $600)000,000 under the govern men^guarantee againgt losses during the six months following the en>^ng of government control. The carriers he, said, had received $250,000,000 of that amplnt "and congress supposed ' ^ in passing the transportation act that the balance of approximately $35^,-. 000,000 could b~L p^id them in in stallments, upon certificates of the interstate commerce1 commission though in the nature of the case many settlements can not be completed in j' f years." - * The comptroller of the treasury, Senator Townsend further explained - had ruled that a final account must be rendered the government before the roads could receive any addition al amounts and said this threatens to bring about bankruptcy not only to % weak roads but to concerns which have sold to railroads materials lor which payments can not be made until the government acts. Railroad credit in general he said,, was endan gered by delay. The bill as passed would require the interstate commerce commission to certify to the treasury amounts which it actually finds to be due rail roads regardless of whether these con stitute the entire claims of the car riers. It further would require the secretary of the treasury to pay out all sums so certified. 5,000,000 BUSHELS CORN FOR STRAYING CHINESE Peking, Feb: 22.?The all-Ameri- ] can ^ommittee for famine relief in f China t9day announced acceptance J of the tentative offer of 5,000,000 1 * bushels of corn made , by American farmers for the relief of the famine ? sufferers. The committee stipulated that the grain in order to accomplish the purpose intended, should arrive in China by the middle of May. i ? ENRICO CARUSO HAD ' i A RESTFUL NIGHT i New York, Feb. 22.?Enrico Cait> so, convalescing after an attack of 1 pleurisy and heart trouble, passed a ] restful night, his physicians announc- i ed today. The tenor's fever has j i dropped. , J1 MARKETING BILL WINS IN HOUSE Would Establish Cotton Marketing Bureau?Measure Sponsored by American Cotton Associa> tion Carrier^iiy Three Votes. The house Monday night passed to a third reading the cotton marketing bureau bill following a three hour debate, featured by attacks on the commissioner of agriculture, the American. Cotton association and the American Products, Export and Im port corporation. A motion, proposed by Representative H. 'b. Hendricks of Anderson to strike out the enact ing words of the bill was killed by a vote of 41 to 44. The bill as amended would create a marketing bureau, which would have charge of the supervision of the grading and stapling of all cotton so^d in the state. Official cotton graders would be employed for this purpose, the bureau sending a grader to any place where 50 or more bales are gathered together. The presi&ent of, the South Carolina division of the American Cotton association would be made director pf the bu reau. To provide funds for the fin ancing of the bureau and the grad ers the bill - authorizes the levying of a tax of 25 cents upon each ba^e of cotton ginned in the state, this amount to be collected and turned over to the state by the ginners; The bill further.provi^es for the licensing of all ginners requiring them to pay a fee of $100 annually upon e6ch gin. Would Help Planters. Representative J. W. Moon 01 Greenville and Representative Geo. W. Binnicker of Orangeburg lead the attack on the measure, both contend ing that the bill was not framed to help the "horny handed sons of toil" but only the "cotton planters." Mr. Moon saw in the bill, he said, only an effort to bolster up the Ameri can Cotton association and the export corporation, both of which institu tions, h? stated, were deaft and had done no good for the farmers of the state. The bill* has been indorsed j by the American Cotton association and would^ in the opinion of Repre sentative R. J.'Wade save the farm- , srs of the state approximately v $3,- , 000,000 annually. This amount, Mr. Wade said, .had been taken from the pockets of the cotton farmers bj the "cotton gamblers and speculators" 1 secause no marketing bureau existed ' fUso speaking in favor of the meas urfe were: Representatives ' W. J. i Moore of Greenwood, Julius S. Mc i tnnes of Darlington, and Claud N. Sapp of Columbia. Opposing the bill an the floor were: Representatives H B. Hendricks of Anderson, J. W. ] Moon of Greenville, R. Bucking- . bam of Aiken a,ncl George W. Rin- ' nicker of Orangeburg. Tax on Gasoline. The ways and means committee ; Mil, imposing a license tax on gas- i jline and oils sold or brought into < the state for sale, which was passed ( ;o a third reading Thursday night af- 1 :er a heated debate was sent to the < senate last night. This is^ the sec- ( ?nd of the new revenue measures to < be approved b^ the house, the inheri- j mce tax bill having been sent to the j senate last week. Representative Dickson's bill to re store discharged inmates of the State hospital to their property and con tractual rights without the legal procedure now necessary was also sent to the senate. This measure has also been the occasion of lively de bate during the past week. SECOND SNOWFALL IN NEW YORK THIS WE^K New York, Feb. 22.?New York af- < ber having suffered two days as a i result of one of the most severe < snow storms in years awoke this ] morning to find a second heavy fall in progress. More than 20,000 snow fighters, i who with improved snow moving ap- f paratus worked throughout the night i n an effort to clear the streets, set i n anew when the big flakes began i ,o fall at 7 o'clock. t SELECTS EDWIN DENB^, OF DE TROIT, MICH., FOR NAVY SEC RETARYSHIP -^-CHOICE WAS FIRST BIG SURPRISE AMONG PORTFOLIO SELECTIONS.? OTHER MEMBERS NAMED The new cabinet as selected by Fresident-elect Harding will be: Secretary of State?Charles Evans Hughes, New York. Secretary of the Treasury?An drew Mellon, of Pennsylvania. Secretary of War?John W. Weeks of Massachusetts. \ Attorney General?Harry M. Daugherty, of Ohio. Postmaster General?Will H. Hays of Indiana. Secretary of the Navy?Edwin Denby, of Michigan. ' ^ Secretary of the Interior?A. B. Fall of New Mexico. Secretary of Agriculture?Henry Wallace of Iowa. Secretary of Commerce?Herbert Hoover, of California. Secretary of,Labor?Jam^s J. Da vis, of Pennsylvania. St. Augustine, Fla., Eeb. 22.? President-elect Harding completed his cabinet slate today by a virtual selection of Edwin Denby, of Detroit, Mich, as secretary oi tne navy. The choice was the ! first big sui/ prise among- the cabinet selections, Mr. Denby's nanle having never ap peared in newspaper speculation. He is an attorney and a former member of congress and has served as an enlisted man in wartime in both the navy and marine corps.. Mr. Denby served three terms as a member of Congress, from 1905 to 1911 and is veteran of both the Span ish-American and world wars. In the former he was a gunner's * * <te on the U. S. S. Yeosemite and in vthe world war he was a sergeant in the marine corps. He was placed in the service with rank of major on Janu ary 1, 1919. A native of Evansville, Ind., Mr. Denby is the son of Charl^ Denby, former American minister to China, He was educated in the high school at Evansville and went to China in 1885 with his Chinese imperial cus toms service father.-Mr. Denby was in the Chinese imperial customs ser vice for several years, returning to this country in 1894. Mr. Denby was admitted to the bar in 1896 and was a member of ths Michigan house of representatives from 1902 to 1903. \Va> Member of Marines. Washington, Feb. 22.?Edwin | Denby, whose appointment as Secre-| tary of the Navy was announced to day enlisted as a private in the Unit ed States marine cbfps at the out break of the European war and was sent to Paris Island, S. C., the re-s :ruit training camp for the eastern section of the country. Completing the regular "boot" training given all marines, he was transferred to the non-commissioned officers school where he won corporal's'' chevrons. He proved an efficient drill-master and rose through the rank trom ser geant to second lieutenant. St. Augustine, Fla.; F^b. 22?Her bert Hoover, of California and James J. Da\4s of Pennsylvania, virtually have been chosen for membership in President-elect Harding's cabinet, leaving open but one place which now seems certain to go to a dark horse. Attentative offer'of the portfolio of sommerce is understood to have been made to Mr. Hoover and the general expectation here is that the former food administrator will accept. Mr. Davis, who was a former steel worker ?wid now a banker, is to be secretary'of Labor if the cabinet slate roes through as it now stands. It :s believed no final offer has been nade to him although he has been isked to hold himself in readiness for :he appointment. TO COUNCIL OF LEAGUt OF NA TIONS?FIRST TIME UNITED STATES HAS DEALT DIRECT. LY WITH LEAGUE?NATION MU$T HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS IN MANDATORY TERRITORY ' Washington, Feb. 22.?The Am erican government has communica lea airecxiy to tne league 01 na tions council its' views with regard to mandates as set foifh in the note sent by Secretary Colby ^to the Bri tish government last November, it was announced today at the State Department. Acting on an official intimation that since the council already had taken action on the question of mahdates, the opinion expressed in Mr. Colby's note to Lord Curzorf, the British secretary of state for foreign affairs, should be conveyed to the . council, a communication that was described as practically a duplicate of that note was dis patched to Paris last night. \ While no reply has been received from Great Britain it has been un officially stated that the British gov ernment was preparing an answer that would go far towards satisfying " * J J.? 1.1 A. ..^1 I the American contentions mat equui I opportunities fnust ibe provided for the citizens of all countries in all I mandate territories. It has been, suggested that Sir Auckland, who returned to the United States yes terday after consultation with the foreign office in London, had been empowered to convey the ideas of his government on the subject. Offi cials of the Deparment declined to say from what quarter the intima tion came that the question should be taken direcrtly to the league, but it was believed it came from Great Britain and that the returning Bri ish ambassador bore the message. America's First Action Communications have been re ceived by the department from the council and a certain amount of cor respondence 'has followed, but this is the first time the United States initiated any action before that body. Officials insisted that it was ?* ~ 4-^l.^v, nB on inrHnafirm IlUt wU UC bfl'IVCli c*o utt that the United States wa:> to be come involved in controversies of the league, but rather as a manifes tation of the determination of the United States to insist upon its rights even though it is not a mem ber of the league. In his note to Lord Curzon, Sec retary Colby said the United States did not propose to be excluded from participation in the rights and privileges secured untfer mandates provided in the treaties of peace and it expected to be heard regarding the terms of those mandates before they were put into force. This note was in reply to one from Great Britain under date of last August 9 and which dealt with the application of the principles of equalty of treatment to the territo ries of the Near Ealt to be placed under British mandate. The Ameri can government took issue with what was described as the British position that mandate agreements and treaties were to be considered only by state members of the league of nations. Mr. Colby said that the " United I States, as a participant of the world war, "and a contributor to its suc cessful issue, cannot consider any of the associated powers, the smallest not less than itself debarred from discussion of any of its conse quences, or from participation in the rights and privileges secured under the mandates provided in the trea ties of peace." The Newberry papers carry the news that eggs were twenty-five cents a dozen in that towr Satur-. day. MRS. J. S. COCHRAN RETURNS FROM MARKET Brings the News of All the Latest Styles?Harding Blue to Take ? Place Cotton Blue?Prices High?Still Buying?No Rest for Weary , Mrs. Jas. S. Cochran, who has just returned from the m&rkets of the North in both Baltimore and New York, has much to say that is of in terest to the followers of fashion. In freezing weather and during a snow sform is a good time to talk of spring styles and it was at such a time that Mrs. Cochran . told the style editor of the Press and Banner of the styles to be .found in the big stores, and along the great white way. i "In the years of Presidential elec tions there is a saying that as New York goes, so goes the election. It is always so in the styles and fo^ this reason our women will lengthen their dresses , to about high boot top length and will put a little more flare around the bottom. The extremely short, tight dresses are a thing of the past. ' ' Mrs. Cochran tells us that one may lerok for hours and see wool stock ings qnly on children and very young girls, turned at the top and bare knees shoeing.' Women .know when they are well o^f and cling ?o the go?>d looking silk hose. The season is to be one of gay col ors, every shade of yellow holding fVio nreferpnr??? '"Alcnnmiin" is the !name of the new shade and it is be-{ ing worn by women of every age and complexion. "Harding" Blue, a shade between Alice and Belgian blue, es pecially) becoming to middle aged women with white hair, is popular for suits, though nothing will ever 'take the place of the navy blue serge suits. v The "sport" hats are in many cjol ars and are in the soft and "floppy" variety. The general utility hat is small, with the flare off the face and in every conceivable color. The dress hat for summer wear is to be large and profusely trimmed in flowers, fruit and lace. Many of the big merchants are taking: a cheerful view of the process of "deflation" and .say Jiieir'tra^e is as good as it has elver beer/ and as many merchants are coming on to trade as is usual. Others say thaj their trade is not as good and that those who buy are buying in small quantities. There is very little change in the price of imported goods. Straw braids, milan straws, trimmings and such things are about the same price as last year. There is a small demand for cotton goods and they are cheap er. There is little difference in fine dress goods and linen cannot be bought, in fact the summer war^rooe is going to- cause the head of thr; i house and his better half, many an anxious thought between now and the good olftvsummer time. Mrs. Cochran has bought an ex tensive stock of goods and sh,e pro poses to fit the women out in the lat est styles, the gayest colors, the most becorping veils and other ac cessories to a stylish costume. v JONES HOME BURNED. I Mrs. J. Y. Jones, who lives in the Smithville section, had the misfor 1 AHA Uam Ut? nrSl/iP LUUtT LU 1U3C IlCi ilUUSC UJT.II1C Jl uvo day. Mrs. Jones lives near her old home, the Tolbert place,' on the Ab beville Greenwood read. Tuesday she ; spent a portion of the afternoon at i 'the Tolbert home with her sister. ] Wnen she returned her own home ( .vas fotmd to be in flames. She ar- ( rived in time to save only a few ] household effects. i The house' was insured in the Ab- ; beville-Greenwood Mutual for a i small sum, which will make Mrs. : Tones loss a serious one. . i A SICK BABY Little Eliza Gary Briggs is sick with measles at the home of her grandfather, Chief Justice Eugene { B. Gary. Friends of the little girl t hope she will sofln be well. ] / SENTRY FOUND TO BE EX CUSED ON ACCOUNT OF MIS INTERPRETATION OF REGU LATIONS BY HIS SUPERIORS BUT GUILTY OF DECEPTION IN HIS TESTIMONY Washingtorl, Feb. 22.?Regret on the part of the Japanese govern ment over the fatal sjiooting of Lieut. W. H. Langdon, an American naval officer, at Vladivostok early in January is reiterated in the reply of that government to the note from the United States government. The hope was expressed by the Japanese government "that the gov-^ ernment of the United States' will fully appreciate the sincere spirit in which -the Japanese government has acted in dealing with this most un fortunate incident." , The Japanese government inform ed the American government that Major General Nishihara, command ing the Japanese garrison at Vladi vostok had been' removed from the active list of the Japanese army and that various officers under the com mand of General Nishihara had been subjected to punishment of various degrees. . The state department made public a paraphrase of the Japanese gov ernment's reply, based on a cable gram from the American embassy at Tokyo, to whom the communica tion was delivered yesterday. The paraphrase follows: "A most thorough and exhaustive examination was conducted by the courtmartial resulting in the* re moval from the active list of the Japanese army of Major General Nishihara commanding the Japanese garrison at Vladivostok. The court martial held that General Nishihara had been guilty of a misinterpreta tion of the barracks regulations and had thus incurred primary rasponsi bility for the unfortunate incident. He has been deprived of the com mand of the garrison and of the rank of brigadier commander which he previously held. The barracks of ficer of the rank of major has been adjudged guilty of responsibility of the matter and sentenced to confine ment for 30 days. The assistant bar racks officer and a lieutenant have both been sentenced to a similar punishment for a period of 20 days; the company commander has been sentenced to a lesser period. "The commander-in-chief of the. Japanese expeditionary ^force in Vladivostok has paid a visit to the United States cruiser Albany and expressed to the commanding offi cer of the ship his regret at the oc currence of the incident. The sen try who fired the fatal shot has been held to be excused by the or ders and actions' of his superiors upon whom responsibility has been squarely placed and who are to be punished vas above stated. The sen - e J try, nowever, was luunu gun^ ui deception in his testimony as to the circumstances' of the fatality and for this has been sentenced to con finement for 30 days. ' In addition to the expressions of regret on the part of the com mander in-chief of the Japanese ex peditionary force, the minister of foreign affairs in communicating the action of the courtmatrtial conveys to the American government the ex pression of deep regret on the part af the Japanese jrovernment at the occurrence of this sad event and ex pressed the hope that the govern ment of the United States will fully ippreciate the sincere spirit in ,vhich the Japanese government has icted in dealing with this most un fortunate incident. COTTON PRICE UNCHANGED There was little change in the jrices quoted <tn cotton futures oday. The best cotton is selling for 13 1-2 cents. >