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Friday, February 17, 1922 ; ' . Single Copies, Five Cents. >TH REPUBLICANS AND DEM OCRATS TAKE EXCEPTION TO SOME OF ITS PROVI SIONS?WOULD AID PROB LEM OF UNEMPLOYMENT Washington, 'Fefb. 16.;?Unex ted' and bi-partisan cppositioin iereioped in the senate today to the bill intended by SenatQr Kenyon (Republican) of Iowa to aid the iemployment problem by empow govarnment officials to press >lic works during slack times aid retard them during periods of prosperity. After Senator Kenyon, who is to retire shortly to go on the federal b^och, had obtained consideration of the bill and explained its pro visions, Republicans and Demo crats launched an attack on it with the result that leaders declared the fate of the bill, which went over uatil tomorrow, was in doubt. Senator Kenyon, chairman of the labor committee, said he was press ing the bill mainly in the interest of labor. It had the Indorsement of the American iFederatioi* of La-* bor, the United States chamber of commerce and other organizations he added. Senator Fletcher (Democrat) of Florida said he feared the bill con ferred too lazge powers on execu tire officials over government work while Senator Sterling (Republi can) \of South Dakota, declared it was backed 'by "big business." Most , of the witnesses before the senate Jabor committee who spoke for the bill, Senator Sterling said, /represented' large business inter ests." It appeared, he added, that business concerns desired its pas sage ?ot only for the profits they might make out of government work during times of deressions but a&so in order that they might keep their forces together in sueh pari- j ods. Senator Kenyon said the bill was a "concrete" result of President Harding's recent unemployment conference and its principles were fecotomended in resolutions of the conference. Senator New (Republican) of In diana objected to a provision of the titi t? ?:J +v,Q 1)111 WU1CJ1 HO DttlU vVTVUlU uat^ V*AV> ; department of commerce predict panics and bad business conditions. This, he declared, ' might add to business difficulties when the facts would not warrant such predictions. Senator i'Kenyon insisted that the bill diAiot call for such predic-J tions of acts regarding business! conditions. ; $140,000,000 SWINDLING CASES | Take One Judge Million Years to Try Them, Daugherty Says ? Washington, Feb. 16.?Dockets of the federal courts throughout the country are swamped with fake stock swindling cases in which more than $140,000,000 has been taken from incautious investors, Attorney Gener al Daugherty said today. There are, he added, a total of 480 of thes^ cases in the federal courts in which 874 persons have been arrested or iadicted. "It would take one judge, working twelve months a year, 1,000,000 years to clean up the docket," Mr. Daugherty said. That most of the cases, be explain ed, were fake oil stock companies, although the swindling schemes rang ed from bucket shops and mining st?CKs to patent eiepnam, catuu?r promotions. Rich harvests are reaped by swindlers, he asserted, because people do net take pa;ns to investi gate- what they put their money into. ' COMMISSION MEETS The Abbeville County Highway Commission meets tomorrow in the ofice of L. W. Keller in the court house. n-tjVvt*: ... . i a Li EIGHT MEN ARRESTED IN LOS ANGELES?(NAMES OF ALL CONCERNED KEPT SECRET. BELIEVED TO BE EXTOR TJONISTS f Los Angeles, Feb. 16.?A terror ist progTam of international scope may be revealed through the ar rest here last night of eight alleg ed membrs of a band of extortion ists, it was said tonight by federal and other officers who participated in the arrest. Three men arrested recently in widely separated cities are believed to have had in their possession "un IUii9M?A?UlC VTiUUiivc vi HuiiiMVi with the men taken into custody here, it was said. These three men were arrested in Salt Lake City, Des Moines and Cleveland* officers said, and they further declared clock bombs and duplicate written instructions were found on all three. The eight men-caught here last night were trapped by federal agents, sheriff deputies and private detectives after an attempt to ex tort $25,000, from a prominent Los Angeles business man under threats of death, and after it was .charged they had obtained large sums from other men through simi lar means. ^ It was sa!id at least 20 residents 6f Los Angeles have receaved threatening demands for money and have had their homes under guard for a week. Names of the men involved as well as the names of the officers working on the case are withheld by the authorities for fear venge ance will be exacted by friends of the men under arrest. Efforts to ar rktVioT* gllacpsr) mowKpTS of the. er 01 th "s th 24 ,h? M cli se ac th Wi tr band here were continued today, officers failing to find* a trace of a ninth man they believe they wound ed last night. It is said that the extortion phase of the * alleged operations here, while on a large scale, -^as only a ' "side issue" yith terrorism as the main objective. Postal inspectors said today that for weeks they had been holding warrants charging use of the mails to defraud for the men caught last night. NEW TRIAL FPR WARE Abbeville County Negro Getl An other Chance. Calhoun Ware, who was found guilty of murder by an .Anderson jury Thursday afternoon for the kill ing of A. JJacy, road foreman, has been granted a new trial by Judge Townscnd, and pending this time he has been ordered held in the state penitentiary. Ware is a Calhoun Falls negro who is known to many Abbeville people. Sheriff FcLane, W. 'L. Peebles, C. J. Bruce and Magis trate McComb were called to t eft if y in the case. HAS FINGERS TAKEN OFF J. C. McLane is recoering from the ordeal of having one of his fingers amputated. This was done by Dr. Gambrell Monday and the young man will soon be his usual lively self again. Some time ago J. ,C. was bad ly burned by an electrical shock while at work for the paving com pany and as a result of the?,burn on' his hand he has had to have his third and fourth fingers on his right hand taken off. RECEIVER IS ASKED FOR A RAILROAD BROTHERHOOD Toleda, 0., Feb. 16.?Appoint- th: racnt of a receiver for the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railway Shop Laborers is asked in a petition filed in federal court here late yesterday scl by the Bacon Brothers- Company of po Toledo, it became known todaV^ ms ( RCLARES SECRETARY MEL LON CAN NOT LEGALLY HOLD PLACE PLACE?SAYS TREASURY HEAD CAN BE IMPEACHED AT ANY TIME Washington, Feb. 16.?Secretary ellon is holding the office of sec tary of the treasury in violation ' the law and t&r\ be arreted for taining the place if any one sees > tu avvcai UU^ a vr?xxauu v^axg~ g him with the offense, Senator atson (Democrat) of Georgia de ared in the senate late, today tie law which Mr. Mellon is violat g, 'Senator Watson said, prohibits e secretary of the treasury from [gaging in any kind of business commerce. Senator Watson told the senate at Mr. Mellon could be impeached my time we see fit" and read to e senate the provision of Section 13 of the revised statutes which, . declared expressly forbids Mr. ellon to retain his . place. He de ared that by staying in office the cretary was violating the law, [ding that it was generally known at Mr. Mellon was one of the ealthiest individuals in the coun y. The assertions by the Georgia hator, were made In 'connection ith several speeches of the accom ishments of the two tmajor politi 0 \ ,1 parties. He informed the sen e in the course of his remarks at the law, now listed as Section was passed in the first con ess of the United States, and that iring the administration of Pres A T iCfaurovf V* o /I cub U A. ?U l/f Al JL WbVfTMAH uuv* thjdrawn after ibeing named sec tary of the treasury when atten >n was called to provisions of the t SIX INCH SNOW FELL IN VIRGINIA * . . > f ' \ ' 'i / eather Disturbance Off Cape Hat teras is Moving North eastward Richmond, Va., iFeb. 16.?Crip ad telephone and trolley service Richmond and vicinity, and simi r conditions in many other parte the state were reported early day, as the result of last night's ow storm,1 which resulted in six ches depth. \ Fears were expressed by the lo 1 weather bureau director that mage has been wrought to trees Virginia's fruit belt. A disturbance of considerable in nsity is central this morning off ipe Hatteras and moving rapidly i rth eastward. There have been ows and rains within the last 24 iurs in West Virginia, Tennessee id in the south Atlantic and east llf states. Rains are heavy in the irolinas and Georgia; freezing mperatures prevail this morning far south as extreme northwest orida. The temperature will rise iday in the east Gulf states and e interior of the south Atlantic ites. Storm warnings remain di& ayed on Atlantic coast at and rth of Cape Hatteras. MR. BROWN DIES I. C. Brown and Asbury Brown tt for Anderson this morning, llowing receipt last night of a sssage that their father, an old >nfederate veteran* and former sident of Abbeville, had died ere yesterday afternoon. Mr. own lived here several years th his sons, moving to Anderson ree or four years ago. POSTPONED MEETING The American Legion meeting heduled for last evening was stponed. Announcement vrill be *de later of the next meet. : J. L ARMFIELD RETURNED FRO* MEXICO CITY?ONE HUNDREI AND1 SEVENTY-FIVE THOUS AltD DOLLAR BOND REQUIREI IN NORTH CAROLINA. Lexington,'N. C., Feb. 16.?J. L Armfield, former president of th Bank of Thomasville, N. C., ' whicl failed August 22, was brought bac] here today from Mexico City by Chie of Police Geoige B. Wimberly, t face chaises of embezzlement, ab straction and misapplication of th bank's funds. Chief of Police Wim berly arrived here shortly after mid day with his prisoner and after Arm field had remained in the office of hi attorney for several hours he wa taken to jail in default of bonds i the sum of $176,000. i * '* It is understood that habeas corpu will be brought before a superio court judge at an early date in a: effort to have the size of the ,-bom reduced. In describing his arrest and retur from Mexico Armfield is alleged t have told Sheriff Sink that "I hav been through hell" and burst int tears several times during the rc cital of his experience'. Armfield de clared the Mexicans who arrested his 1 read no Warrant to him and, did no tell, why they wanted him. He wa held incommunicado, he declared the last night he was in Mexico Cit; being confined in a room that he sail was practically a dudgeon. It was no until he was delivered into *the cue tody of the sheriff of Webb count; Texas, Armfield said, that a warran was read to him. That official, it wa stated; had been proided with extra f dition papers and turned ' Armfieli over to Wimberly. BRYAN IS WILLING TO HEAR,DUTY'S CAL1 r. t r ) If His Many. Friends Insist He Jus Capn<>t Refrain From Being A Candidate Miami, Fla, Feb... 16.?The fol lowing statement was given out b; William Jennings Bryan today: "To those who have 'been} kin< enough to write me in regard t< 'the Senatorship, greetings; "I have been actively engaged ii politics for more than thirty years with the exception of less than sev en years my work has been done a a private citizen, and I prefer t< continue to serve the puiblic with out the cayes of officc. If the Demo cratg of Florida felt that as a Sena tor I could render a service to th state and to the party in the natioi sufficient to justify them in callin) upon me to represent them a Washington I would consider th . natter from the standpoint of dut; and in connection with other claim upon me, but I have no thought o: entering into a contest for the of fice. "The nominations that I have re ceived?two' for congress, one foi f-.hek Senate anH three for the Presi dency?have been ' tendered mi practically without opposition, an< I have prized them as expression of confidence. No friend will expec me, at my period of life and whea my political record ig known to all to solicit support or to take the risl of alienating those pledged to as pirants. I am looking forward t< congenial association here wit! Florida Democrats who have beer my co-laborcrs for a quarter of i century?I am sure that our rela tions will he pleasant so lpng as mj plans do not conflict with the ambi tions of others or with their per sonal preferences. "With profound appreciation oi the expressions of friendship anc esteem that have come to me, I am "Very truly, "William Jennings Bryan." ' J. -v-.iiii'; I P. .A. WILLCOX DIES AFTER / ) BRIEF ILLNESS?TRUSTEE Of . UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CARO > LINA AND COAST LINE SO LICITOR. ' ' u Florence, Feb. 16.?Philip Allstoi rrr *ii i - jt , i_ _ i wmcox, general solicitor 01 me lega department of the Atlantic Coas Line railroad, and recognized as on of the ablest lawyers of the South died here this morning after an. ill ness of three weeks. He was 55 year old. The faneral services will be heli at the Methodist church of which h was a member at 3 o'clock tomorro\ f afternoon. Mr. -Willcox'8 death was due to : combination of diseases which offerei stubborn resistance to the efforts o his physicians,. who passed days am nights at his/ bedside and exhauste all known means. News of his death was ;recerte< here and elsewhere with profouni sorrow and' regret. Hundreds of tele grams of sympathy have come to,th q stricken family today. M^. Willco: o was held in love and affection an< e esteem everywhere he was knows 0 He was greatly admired for the bril s- liancy of his mind. As a lawyer h had few, if any, equals in the state q being a master of the law as a scienc< t-and a trial lawyer of the highest at s tainments as well. He was a man o I, the broadest culture. His library i 7 one of the finest in the state and i 1 was his pride. One of the fines t traits of his character was his inter i- est in young men, many of whom hi y had helped .to procure, an education t At the timfe of his death he was i 8 member of the board of trustees 0: the University of South Carolina, ai institution very dear to him an< i from which he graduated in the clasi of 1887. ' , ' Mr. Willcox was prominent in th< South Carolina Bar association an< ^ the American Bar association, in botl of which he had held office. He wai t president of the South Carolina Ba: association in 1919 and 1920. He wa a valued member of the Rotary dul of Florence. Florence is mournin] today the death of a true and loya friend in whose passing the city an< the state have sustained a distinc oss. ' THE CALHOUN CREEK BRIDG1 ! ' $35,000 Included Bridge Orer Lit tie River Also In the announcements that wer printed in The State, The Press am Banner and elsewhere this week ii regard to request of Superviso Keller for federal aid. it was sail that he asked for $35,000 to plao a bridge over Calhoun Creek. Thi was a mistake. The request wa3 fo $35,000 to build bridges over Cal houn Creek and Little River, whicl is an entirely different matter. SAVANNAH RIVER IS STILL RISINC Augusta, Ga. Feb. 16.?The Sa vannah river will reach a stage o.1 between 33 and 34 feet here thil afternoon, and bat for th^ levee * large section of the city would b? covered with water. This is th< statement of Meteorologist E. D Emigh, of the weather bureau here A river stage was reached in the Augusta flood of 1913, before th< levee was built. BUYS HENRY INTEREST R. C. Philson has bought the in -i terest of the Albert Henry estate ii . I+v.o PViilsnn and PTenrv stora ant hereafter he will operate the busi ness under his own name. ..AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Rev. C. B. Williams is ex pected to preach in the Presbytcrl an church next Sabbath. HAVE DECIDED TO TURN GRADUATES BACK TXj CIVIL LIFE?HOUSE' HAS PLAN TO : : SAVE MONEY - ?i- : i Wshington, Feb. 16.?Tke house '( . > , 1 !u __ . V. .. J ,i navai cuiuuiibbee in trying to ais t cover 3ome way of reducing appro- $ e priations for the naval establish lf ment next year was reported today . to have agreed \ informally to , rer , s commend that tK& first class at ^n- vi .' i napolis, to <be graduated in June, be ;A| e turned hack to civil life without ' v commissions in the navy. ; " y Although members decline^ to a discuss this proposal, it is under- v|^P & stood that such a recommendation r A, f probably will be mad? along with li-'V j the further proposal tbatrthe num d ber of men to be .admitted to the _ academy each year be reduced from \ j five to two for each member of . ; U r S ' ,j confess. Secretary Denby propos- ^ ed that they be cut on a. congres e sional Allotment from fire *o three. x There are about 640 member* of j the first class, all of wfy>n natural- )$?$?< u ly expected to be sent to sea. A . committeeman, urging that tke en e tire cl?ss be dropped, declared final , decision on this question would be 'J , g reached at the earliest peesible >. time in order to let midshipmen ? know whether they oould expect to %'M s remain on the government pay troll. , i t While the committee/ continued ' /. $ . today to hear naval experts, tell of e the needB for the next fiscal jrear ? under what they described as the" i "treaty navy," house members were f canvassing among themselves in anr ' i effort to find how much could Wj > : i cut frpm Secretary Derby's esti- V. b mate .of $350,000,000 for the next ./,vl fiscal year. On all sides it Wm ad a mitted that the drive, for a reduc- ' 'a'0, j tion from that figure was gaining j headway, although many leaders 1'^. :,^ 5 insisted that to cut much under the ^ r Denby estimate would put the navy ? s below the ratio rating fixed by the , : - ^ [, arms conference. . ' , I The figure most persistently men- \''-K { tioned a8 the most probable to be ^ i set by the aonronriati^ns commit tee which will frame-/the nary > bill, was $250,000,000. There were many claims 'by "little navy men" demanding drastic 'cuts that the house, at least, would not stand for y'.rV more than $220,000,000. . ' ? ' COMPULSORY WORK FOR ALL THE WOMEN " To Be Imposed Bjjr Bnlgama Pmi? ' a, ant Goreraineat?TrieJ First in Sofia., ' "'/.'l ' ?? . Sofia, Feb. 16.?Compulsory. * work for women is to be imposed ; v _ - by the Bulgarian peasant govern- v ment< The peasant women who do manual labor, say partisans of the ' > law, will take pleasure in "seeing : those ladies in silk stocking" rustle ,^ " about a bit. Premier Stambolisky, justifying the new law in a recent> speech, said: j ' ?, '/ "A peasant woman works m the country, plowing, the ground, often doing more than hear husband. She spins the wool ' and weaves the cloth for the family's clothes. What ; does the town lady do? She walks t j and chats and does not birth to children. We must, at least, com pel her to labor for the state." The law is to be applied first in the. capital, Sofia, and the* in the - smaller cities and eventually in ttte 1 villages and country, where, how 1 ever, custom and necessity leave few idle. TO VALIDATE BONDS The bill to validate the Abbeville - school bond election has been pass ed by the Senate and it is now be Tam/i Unno a o rtf i am iUiC U1C UU UOU 1U1 m,b*VU<