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MEETS DEFEAT
BBftSIMtiT WARDING SAID TO
HAVE LOOKED WITH DISFA.
. VOIR ON SUGGESTION OF
COMBINATION WITH THE AL
LIED DEBTS.
Wrairaytoa, J*a 13?The soldier
boao? bill will tot be made a part
of the allied debt refunding bill,
said Chairman
senate finance
after a series of conferences had
been held between senate lead,
en to discuss the desirability of
metering the two and it had become
known a* the White House that
President Harding' did not look with
favor upon the suggestion that they
be combined.
The foredg* debt bill, Senator
HeC umber said, would be taken up
by the finance committee Monday in
the hope that it would be put into
shape at that time for reporting to
the senate. It was the intention, he
I added, to eliminate some of the
features to which the treasury de_
[apartment has objectd ' and which
have resulted in the measure being
held in committee for several weeks.
These include provisions for semian
nual payment of interest and that
the rate shall not be less than 5 per
^ . C"'
cent.
Although the merger plan was
originally received favorably by
num/ber of senate leaders the presi
dent was said to regard it as imprac
I teal and his view was reflected in
F further conferences today be_
tween the senate leaders.
The president's objections to the
Jmerger were said by callers at the
'White House today to be based on
his desire for the assurance that
f provisions definitely would be made
for payment of the bonus. So far as
'the refunding bill is concerned, he
was said to believe that the re_
funding process should b? developed
to insure returns from the allied
loans before steps were taken to
pledge them for a bonus.
He was represented, however, as
not hostile to the suggestion that the
* interest or principal of the allied
loans be used for paying the bonus
ionce they were- available. It was
stated definitely that he also would
not oppose a sales tax for the pur_
pose of paying the ibonus if con_
gress should decide upon that plan.
The president, however, was said
to regard as impractical a sugges_
tion that over $4,000,000 in the
hands of the alien property cus_
todian be used for bonus payments, i
*' These fmada, it was said, were re. i
garded as pledged technically to pri- j
vate individuals whose property was ]
taken. .
PARENT-TEACHER MEETING
Will Be Held at Graded School Build- ]
ing Tuesday at 4 O'clock
The Abbeville Parent-Teacher as- ,
sociation will meet Tuesday after
noon in the graded school building at
4 o'clock. There will b? a short en- j
tertainment given just before the
i? v..?; TVi/?
reguiai uuoiucas ocooivu* xuc vaon
** prizes for attendance given to grades 1
represented will be awarded. It is 1
hoped that all*the members will en- '
deavor to be present at this meeting
of the New Year.
MUST WAIT ONE WEEK
Canadian Government to Conduct j ]
Inntiirv.
Hamilton, Ont., Jan. 15?Immigra
tion officials stated tonight that a
week would elapse before a hearing
could he granted in the extradition
case of Matthew Bullock, a negro,
sought by authorities of Norlina, N.
C., on a charge of inciting to riot. The
department has served a warrant on
the governor of the jail requiring
tk&t Bullock be kept in Canada un
til a board of inquiry renders a de
cision.
FOR JUDGES AND TRUSTEES
VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS?W.
H. CANFIELD, PENITENTIARY
DIRECTOR FOR RE-ELEC
TION
Columbia, Jan. 13.?The legisla
ture Friday adopted a resolution
providing for the election of judges
trustees of various institutions at
noon next weanesaay.
The officers to be elected and
those they succeed are as follows:
Judges for the first circuit, to suc
ceed Judge I. W. Bowman; for tho
second circuit, to succeed Judge H.
F. Rice; for the third circuit, to
succeed Judge John S. Wilson; for
the fourth circuit to succeed Judge
Edward Mclver; for the sixth cir_
cuit to succeed Judge Ernest Moore;
for the eighth circuit to succeed
Judge Frank B. Gary; for the thir
teenth circuit to succeed Judge T.
Mauldin.
State insurance commissioner, J J
lfelfaban. '
State warehouse commissioner,
J. . Rivers.
One trustee of Winthrop College
J R. McDonald.
Three trustees of Clem son to suc
ceed J J. Evans, I. M Mauldin and
R. H Rawl.
Two members of the board of
visitors of ,the Citadel, to succeed J.
P. Thomas and J. H. Hammond.
One trustee of the John De La
ftowe Institute, vice J. M. Nickles.
Two trustees of the University to
succeed L P Hollis and the late C E
Ji|^UIVUJk
Two directors of the penitentiary I
to succeed W h Canfield and A h|
Hawkins.
Two trustees of the colored Nor_
mal Industrial and Mechanical
school to succeed g D White and c
L Brooks.
The legislature adjourned Friday
bo'meet again Monday night.
Chicago, Jan 13?The senate
resolution seating Truman H New_
berry was attacked in an address to
day by Senator M 0 Stanley of
Kentucky as "the latest example, of
Hardingesque wobbling."
"We are told," said Senator Stan
ley, "that the president was the real
author <^f this anomalous resolution
just passed by the senate at once
damning and saving the senator
tronr Micmgan. we can iwi sume
sympathy, I suppose, fop an ad_
ninistration which comes to the
rescue of one who has saved its
jacon in time of direct need.
"The league of nations was re_
pudiated through the organization
by one vote?a vote- that was out
an /bail.
"The Harding followers accused
Woodrow Wilson of weary wob
bling. There certainly is-- no danger
jf the present president growing
weary of wobbling for that is his
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natural gait.
NEW IRISH PARTY WILL
FIGHT IRISH FREE STATE
London, Jan 14?The Daily
Mail's Dublin Correspondent says
that Erskine Ghilder's party has sent
urgent cablegrams to the United
States appealing for funds to enable
them to began the election campaign
in opposition to the new free state
Toverameat
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IN MINE
THREE OTHERS SUFFER INJU
RIES NEAR SCRANTON?BIG
FORCE DIGGING . INTO MASS
OF DEBRIS FROM THREE
ANGLES.
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Scranton, Pa., Jan. 14.?Four men
were entombed, three were injured
and several others had narrow es
capes from death today when 20
acres of land dropped in a mine cave
in of gigantic proportion in the Na
tional mine of the Glen Alden Coal
company. Seventy-five men attacked
the mass of debris, coal, rock and
earth from three different angles, but
had not obtained any trace of the
missing men late tonight. W. W.
Inglis, president of Glen Alden com
pany, personally supervised the work
of the rescuers and was hopeful that
the men would be found alive.
With the exception of the four en
tombed minprs, all other employees
in tne anectea area naa Deen ac
counted for by company officials. The
missing men are: Edward Hughes,]
section foreman; A1 Reese, electrician
and prominent locally as a sprinter
and athlete; Jolin Barrett, laborer;
Michael Kelly, laborer.
President Ingtfs in a statement
this afternoon attributed the cave-in
^or "in-squeeze" to the small pillars
which had beeta left standing by an
other company which formerly oper
ated the mine and which had started
to disintegrate by reason of the huge
weight they supported.
The area affected by they cave cov
ers five city blocks. Fissures in the
surface are discernible for 800 feet
west of Pittston avenue. But not
withstanding its great size the cave
caused comparatively small damage
to the surface property.
Three injured men were removed
from the mine shortly after the acci
dent and taken to a hospital. All are
exDected to recover.
Great excitement prevailed in the
vicinity of the affected area. The
squeeze was accompanied by a roar
and rumbling that could be heard for
a great distance and which continued
for about five minutes. Throughout
the day there was further evidence of
settling, but it was not so distinct as
that which accompanied the first
shock.
CUNNINGHAM PREACHES
Makes No Announcement of Plani
In Regard to Call."
The Rev. John R. Cunningham,
who preached at the Presbyterian
church yesterday, left today for his
linmo in flrpn a ATicc rrivinrr nn
positive indication whether he will
accept or decline the call extended
him sometime ago to the pastorate of
the church here. At hoth the morn
ing and evening hours the Rev. Mr.
Cunningham made a most favorable
impression on the large congregations
which heard him. The hope has beenjwz
generally expressed today that he
will finally accept. He said this morn
ing that he felt it would not be fair
to make any definite announcement
since there were 30 many considera
tions involved in regard to the work
here and that he would have to give
up should he accept.
WILL INSURE HAYS
Two Million Dollar Policy To Be
Taken Out.
New York, Jan. 15.?The life of
Postmaster General Will Hays will be
insured for $2,000,000 when he re
signs his cabinet'post to head the na
tional picture combination, it was
today announced after a pieeting of
a sub-committee of motion picture
men.
#ni _ ^1; 111 t. 1 ;
xne policy win ue uiaue m
event of his death, to the reorganized
National Association of the Motion
Picture Industry and the amount be
distributed among several oonpaB&s.
m MAKE RULES
10 SCRAP SHIPS
EADS OF FIVE DELEGATIONS
DISCUSS QUESTION.?PROPOS
ED TO CONVERT CERTAIN
CAPITAL SHIPS UNDER CON
STRUCTION INTO AIRPLANES
Washington, Jan. 14.?Discussion
' the rules for scrapping capital
lips by the beads of the five dele
tions has involved suggestions from
>th American and Japanese repre
ntatives that certain ships now un
?r Construction for their navies be
inverted into airplane carriers?the
iperareaanaugnis Jiaga ana iosa,
),000 ton ships of the class immedi
ely following the Mutsu?while the
iggestion of American naval officials
as that the battle cruisers Lexington
installation and Saratoga, each of
hich is more than 30 pr cent com
ete, be utilized for the same pur
?e.
Conversion of the Japanese battle
ips into carriers would involve
ripping them of armor and of the
ain batteries of 10 16-inch guns
.ch for which they were designed,
so the removal and destruction of
eir turrets and turret structures,
s would reduce their tonnage to
proximately 27,000 tons displace
em ana Dring tnem witnin xne orig
al proposal to limit the size of air
aft carriers to that weight. The
moval of the arms and armament
the three American battle cruis
s, however, would not lower their
signed displacement of appropri
ately 43,000 tons below about 33,
0 and if the conference ultimately
cided for economic reasons that the ;
e as air carriers of the three cruis
s is desirable a provision must be
ade in the treaty to fix the jnaxi
am size for airplane carrier*at 33,
0 tons instead of 27,000.
Another problem as to the scrap
rig rules arose over tne Japanese ,
sire to retain some of their old ;
ttleships as training ships for gun
rret crews. It has been the practice
the Japanese navy to give prelimi
ry training to turret crews aboard
peranuated battleships. The Brit- :
1 have turret and guns for this
lining purpose installed at a gun
ry school ashore while in the Am
ican service turret training is given
oard active ships ^of the fleet.
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FIRE FRIDAY NIGHT
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image About $400 to Buildiag and
Goods.
Fire early Saturday morning did .
mage estimated at $400 to the .
^ldiner and contents on Vienna
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*eet near the Seaboard Station be- .
nginp: to Dr. G. E. Calvert. J. R.
yens whose grocery business was |
:ated in one of the rooms suffered ']
loss of^300,1;he building itself be- (
? damaged about $100. The ad
ining store room was filled with
ur belonging to Dr. Calvert. This ,
is uninjured except slightly by
iter.
It is .not known how/the fire origi
ted.
Carpentier Defeated Cook '
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London, Jan 14?Georges Car_
intier, who decisively defeated
jrge Cook of Australia, here last
ght, may ask another fight with
.ck uempsey, wonaa ciuunyiun
avyweight, after meeting Ted
Lid" Lewis, the Evening Standard 1
is informed today by Francois
2scamps, Carpentier'a manager.
>ys Told To Go And Sin No More '
Charlotte, <N C, Jan 14?In super- 1
r court here at noon today Judge] I
nley ordered warrants charging j
e yoaing white boys, some of j
ominent Charlotte families, <
anged from the charge of store- 1
eaking and ilarceny to that of for- j
>le trespass and told the boys to <
q and sin do more.0 s
NEWBERRY SEAM
BY A PARTY VOTE
RESOLUTION WHICH SEATED
NEWBERRY SEVERELY CON.
DEMNED EXCESSIVE CAM
PAIGN EXPENDITURE?VOTE
WAS 46 TO 41
Washington, Jan 14?The New.
(berry,' case in the formal records of
the senate had passed into history
today. The senate chamber, with
that body in recess after ike strain
of battle ended iby its 46 to 41 vote
yesterday that the senatorial choice
of the state of Michigan in the 1918
election Tntnn*n 0. Newberry was
entitled to sit in the senate, was
strangely sHent. The more than
three years of uncertainty and sue.
pense resulting from the contest of
the seat by Henry Ford, Senator
Newberry's defeated democratic op
ponent in the election, ended with
the final vote at 6:28 p. m.
Supporters of the resolution spon
sored by republican leaders declar
ing the Michigander la entitled .to
his seat were all republican senators
of that party joined 32 democrats
in opposing. Three senators were
paired for and three aagxnst the
resolution and three did not vote.
The resolution a!s adopted carried
an ameiKuneni lnxroaucea ?y ?ena_
tor Willis, republican, Ohio, by
which the senate "severely con_
deraned and disapproved" excessive
campaign expenditures "as harmful
to the honor and dignity of 4&e sen
ate and dangerous to the perpetuity
of a free government." The
ment was accepted by the Newberry
supporters as a substitute for the
orignal clause declaring unfounded
the charges involved in the Ford
contest that the Michigan senator
was not entitled to his seat because
of campaign expenditures.
Senator Newberry accepted the
action of the senate in & subsequent
statement as a "complete vindica. j
tion of myself and all concerned,"
definitely answering statements
made during the closing hours of
debate that he did not approve of
the resolution in its final fonn.
IKtAlY KAIIrltU
MORI ORDER
Dublin, Jan. 14.?Interest in the
political uation tonight centers in
the meeting which will be held to
morrow by the southern parliament
for the ratification of the peace trea
ty with Great Britain. Invitations to
the session were issued today, signed
by Arthur Griffith. They were direct
ed to all deputies elected for the 26
southern counties, including Eamon
Do Valera and his adherents. It is
not expected, however, that Mr. De
Valera or any of his followers will
attend.
The meeting will be held in the oak
room of Mansion House and unless
some members opposed to the treaty
:lecide at the last minute to attend,
it promises to be a somewhat per
functory ceremony.
A chairman will be elected, the
treaty formally ratified and a pro
visional government established. Mr.
Griffith and the members of the new
:abinet, according to present plan,
.vill comprise the provisional govern
ment.
With the establishment of the gov
ernments the decks will be cleared
for the complicated and laborious
;ask of transferring authority from
the British to the Irish government.
\11 the members of the cabinet con
ferred at Mansion House today dis
:ussed not only the future duties and
:he responsibilities pf the provisional
government, but the immediate nec
jssity for dealing with the threatened
itrBce of the raflwaymen.
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TO MEET REPARATION . PAY
MENTS NOW DUE-^-DUKlNG
DELAY GERMANY MUST PAY
31,000,000 GOLD MARKS EVE- ; , '
RY TEN DAYS < M
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Cannes, Jan. 14.?The sapieme
council today examined the aataation
created by the* departure ,?i the s ..
French delegation and ruled that de- s l
cisions on which a complete agree
ment had been reached should be-1
come operative, especially that re
garding the Genoa eonfereace ior
Which Premier Bonomi ?f Italy was
charged to issue invitations. I
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The council determined that these * '
decisions which were not definite
should be reconsidered.
.
The members of the reparations $
commission were then ushered \
the chamber and M. Dubois, of 'M
France, its president, read the
commission's decision, reached' this ^
morning. The German delegation
was then introduced to beer a re- : >
reading of this decision. .!
The decision stated that the repar
ations commission had decided to
grant the German government a'
provisional delay for payment of the
sums due January 15. and February . * i
15, so far as these payments were
not covered by payments in cadi, or in v
kind, on certain conditions. * . v
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These conditions are: ,: .
"First?During the period of pro
IyinvuBt uciMjr vjcriuauy must paj III
approved foreign securitiee/^ijWK),
|000 gold marlcs every ten days^ the \
! first payment to be] January 10.
"Second?Germany within a fort
I night must submit to the eonuna&on, v -f
a plan for reforms or . appropriate l v
guarantee for its budget and paper
currency, and also a program for
reparation payments in cash and in ' , '
kind for 1922. ,
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"Third?The period of provisional ' &
delay shall''end when the eeMuaitn
or the' allied governments hare
reached a decision in regard to the
plan and program mentioned in the - -
sccond condition, the balanee due be
coming payable a fortnight after the ?
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commission or the aiiies Have react
ed a decision." % r\}'
Dr. Walter Lathenau, head of the
German delegation, took nete of the
decision in the name of his govern
ment He added that Germaay had
not defaulted in her payments, be
cause negotiations had bee* takem' y
up regarding the payments due Ja*- *
uary 15. He also took note ?f the
invitation to Germany to take part
in the Genoa conference.
All the delegations called here by
the supreme council meeting are ?
leaving Cannes today.
LID CLAMPED DOWN
IN ROOM Oil. TOWN
Forty State Guardsmen Reiaforce
the Texas State Rangers
in Mexia.
Mexia, Texas, Jan. 14.?The lid
was clamped down tight in this boom
oil town tonight when the small focra
of state rangers on duty since last
Saturday to enforce martial law was v
reinforced by about 40 staty guards
men.
Immediately after detraining, the
guardsmen were addressed by Brig.
Gen. Jacob F. Wolters, commanding
officer, and told in substance that
they were assigned to guard prison
ers at the detention camp and per
form other duties. They were told
chat if it was necessary to prevent
escapes they should shoot and that a
miss would mean courtmartial.
General Wolters announced that
the police have been assigned to look
ifter minor law violations;' reports
of felonies, gambling and illegal
liquor cases are to\be turned over to
he rangers for investigation and ac
tion.
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