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>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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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."
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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
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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.
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COMPULSORY WORK
FOR ALL THE WOMEN
"
To Be Imposed Bjjr Bnlgama Pmi? ' a,
ant Goreraineat?TrieJ
First in Sofia., ' "'/.'l
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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
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