The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, May 28, 1919, Image 1
VOL. XXXIX MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1919. NO.22
TIME IS UP FOR TH[
HUNS TOMORROW
Must Answer Allied Powers on
That Day
HAVE SENT -THIRTEEN NOTES
Berlin Claims Cabinet and Delegates
Are United in Request fo.
. Modification.
Thursday of the present week is the
time limit set for the Germans to
make known to the representatives of
the Allied and associated powers at
Versailles what Germany proposes to
do with regard to accepting or reject
ing the terms of peace formulated for
her.
Berlin reports still persist that the
German Cabinet and the peace dele
gates at Versailles are orie in their
intention to request modifications on
various clauses of the treaty, the pro
visions of which it is declared Ger
many will be unable to meet without
enslaving her self for lifetime.
Tuesday is spoken of in a Berlin I
dispatch, as the day on which, Ger
many's answer will be ready. The
latest note of the -.Germnns-their
thirteenth-digs up again the ques
-tion of responsibilities. Germany as
serts that the only thing for which
she is responsible is the violation of
Belgian neutrality. For this she is
ready to make reparation. It is as
serted that all the powers were re
sponsible for the war and that the
material damage was clone by the Al
lied armies as well as the Germhns.
The concession with regard to the
Sarre Valley agreed to by the Allies
provides that Germany may create a
prior charge on her assets or revenue
for the payment of the mines in the
Sarre region if the plebiscite to be
held in the region fifteen years
hence should be against the Germans.
The Allies refused discussion oral
ly with the Germans.
A new commercial treaty with
Switzerland under which Germany
-will give Switzerland coal in return
for cattle and produce, is being ar
ranged.
p
TO SIGN OR NOT TO SIGN
Von Rantzau is Despondent Concern
ing Treaty.
Berlin, May 26.-(Via London.).
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, head
of the German peace delegation, in an
interview with the Versailles corres
pondent of Vorwaerts said he went to
Versailles with the firm intention of
defending what remained for the wel
fare and happiness of the German peo
ple, but that even this remnant had
been destroyed by the peace treaty.
The Count said it was a question,
therefore, whether it could not be bet
ter saved by refusing to sign than by
submitting, as was desired by the In
dependent Socialists.
The chairman of the German dele
gation said he would certainly fight to
the last in order to try to improve the
lot of the working people by nego
tiation but that the delegates would
besihning against the Interests of the
working people if they signed condi
tions which signified only "perpetual
famine and unemployment."
"Should I, under pressure from our
own misled countrymen, sign this sen
tence of death ?" asked Count von
Brockdorff-Rantzau.
Questioned as to whether he feared
the demonstrations of the Independ
ent Socialists would be successful, he
said they would be unsuccessful in the
sense of ifioving him to abandon his
resolve not to sign what he believed
would be tantamount to the destruc
tiop of the nation. Referring to Herr
Hanse's statement that peace must be
signed and that the coming revolution
would make it a scrap of paper, he
said:
"Wh~en I came to Versailles I had
the firm hope that the time of scraps
of paper had finally passed and that a
new age would begin in wvhich only
treaties would be signed wvhich would
be respected by both sides. I have not
abandoned the hope of attaining
healthy international orality. A
mere scrap of paper will never bear
my signature."
IKEEP' THllE DOLLARS G;ROWING.
The Government's plan for making
interest earn interest will gain be
put into operation on .June 15th when
$36,638,000 will be paid to holders of
the Firs~t Liberty Loan Bonds. .June
15th is Interest Day and the Treasury
Department has arraingedl for the ex
change of interest coupons for Thrift
and War Savings Stamps in any post
office or bank.
"Keep the Dollars Growing" is the
. slogan that is being sent out from the
United States Treasury at Washing
ton. $36,00,000 in Liberty Bond In
terest Coupons if invested in War
Savings Stamps will nay four per cent
and is automatically compounded.
Children are being urged to carry the
Thrift message from their schools to
their parents. The Treasury is asking
chlrn to draw posters illustrating
tesogan aind the plan is to have
these posters scattered broadcast
throughout the country. The posters
may be drawn, painted or made of
cut-outs. T4'logap "Keep the Dol
lars Qsowbeg ##1 app.ar Qn ever-y
BRIEF LOCAL ITEMS
Two health meetings will be held
on Friday, May 30th. The first meet
ing will be at Lesesne Chal.el at 2
o'clock; the second, at Bear Creek.
at 4:30 P. M.
There will be a meeting of the
Manning Canning Club members at
the Court House on Saturday, May
31st, at 10:30 o'clock. Members urg
ed to come and bring their record
books.
There will be a meeting of the Man
ning Poultry Club members at the
Court House on Thursday, May 29th,
at 6 o'clock. All members are urged
to come and bring their record books.
Mrs. Edna A. McPherson,
The Manhattan Girls Company, who
are playing at The Pastime Theatre
this week, are putting up a clean,
laughable show. These people are
all experienced actors and actresses
and their performances are pleasing
the crowded house which are greet
ing them every night.
Miss Helen Creecy charmingly en
tertained at her home last Friday
evening, a host of her friends. Sev
eral games and a contest were en
gaged in. Mr. William Bradham and
Miss Bertha Clark winning the prize
for the contest, after which delight
ful refreshments of cream and cake
were served by Misses Margie and
Elizabeth Creecy. The guests report
ed a pleasant evening.
The W. C. T. U. will hold a meet
ing at the home of Mrs. T. F. Coffey
next Monday afternoon at 6 o'clock.
Mesdames F. Richardson and J. K.
Breedin will act as assistant hos
tesses. All membeu are urged to at
tend.
"Sheep" Deas, a freak character,
who left Manning some ten or twelve
years ago, came back yesterday.
"Sheep" still blows for :' e:o ng.
and hasn't forgotten the night Chief
Clark walked up on him when he had
a bunch of chairs in his arms. When
the chief asked him where he got
them, "Sheep" said he was "Just
moving a lady." The chief then rec
ognized the chairs as belonging to
the school, but before he could take
"Sheep" in, the train put on a full
head of steam, pullled the hell cord
and left for parts unknown.
Messrs. R. B. Terrill and F. G. Sat
terfield have arrived :n Manning to
stay for the tobacco season. These
gentlemen will run the new warehouse
opposite Clark's Warenouse, and as
both are hustling tobacco men they
will no doubt pull some tobacco to
ward this market. Manning has a
chance of being the leading market
on ihis side of the Pee Dee if our
bus'iess men will co-operate with the
warehousemen. There is not a market
in South Carolina that has a better
corps of tobacco men than this place.
With experienced tobacco men like
Clark, Cothran, Harris and Terrill and
Satterfield this market just has to
creep up.
The Pastime Theatre will have the
greatest bill they have yet played
on Friday afternoon and night.
"Fatty" Arbuckle will canter some in
his latest release "Love" and Wil
liam S. Hart, the bad man of film
dom will be there in all his glory in
"The Border Wireless." In addition
to these two big pictures the Manhat
tan Girls Company will give their
vaudeville show. This is undoubtedly
a strong bill and the price will not be
raised from that of the other nights
this week--40c and 22c. The manage
ment of The Pastime are bending
every effort to give the people of
Manning high-class amusement at
popular prices and while the attendl
ance is not what it should be for the
class of pictures that are being shown
they still have some hopes of drawing
larger erowds. It is the manage
ment's intention to improve the in
terior of the bk.,ding having secured
a three-year lease on the same. More
seats will he installed and more venti
lating fans put in, making it just as
cozy as eircumstances will permit.
Tfhey solicit a penerous xatronage
from their, friends in Manning and
vicinity.
The Home Demonstration D)epart
meat has recently con(Iueted a very
successful Poultry conte'st. The corn
no~sif ions were written by a number
of the club members on interesting
subjects, viz: "Poultry Management,"
"Marketing and Exhibiting Poultry
and Eggs" and ,"History of My Poul
try Club Work."
The compositions hati to be sent in
by May 1st, 1919. We regret that
one or two arrivedl too late. The
award was given by one of Claren
'don's best Poultry raisers, Mrs. F. P.
Irvin and consisted of two settings of
Blarredl Rock eggs. TJhe .successful
cotestants wvere Pauline Peavy, of
Manning, and Jake Wilson, of For
.'ston.
The object. of this contest was to
arouse intesest among the boys and
girls in thc Poultry Work ande we
trust the two members that won will
de'monstrate what can be ac'omnplished
in P'oultry Club Work.
Mrs. S. 0. Plowden,
Co. Home Dem. Agent.
Little Miss Marion Bradhamn Cele
brates Seventh Birthday.
One of the loveliest children's par
ties of the season was given at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ingram Brad
ham Fridav afternaon, the oasionn
being the celebration of the sevent
birthday of their little daughte
Marion
Little Miss Marion was attractiv
in a dainty organdie frock with ph
ribbons and welcomed tie little guesi
upon their arrival, accepting the be;t
tiful little gifts brought by the chi
iren as a birthday remembrance.
When the guests had all arriveu
series of outdoor games were enjo2
ed, "Needle and I were passing by
and "Here we go to London Towi
proving most popular.
Then the children were invited i;l
the (lining room, the table being lov<
Iv in its decorations of Dorothy Pt
kins roses, the centerpiece being
huge birthday cake iced in pink an
bearing seven tiny candles burn in
brightly.
Dainty cakes with ice cream whic
forther carried out tihe pink coh
scheme, were served by Mrs. Bra
ham.
The little guests were then shov
into the living room where an origin
fish pond had been made an'l -
child was given a pink ribbon whit
drew from the pond a unique to
which was a pleasing souvenir of 11
happy occasion.
The little guests included, Sara
('hewning, Harriett Plowden, Mart)
('hewning. Florence Davis, Janie Ma
-aret Horton, Marjorie Ennis, Belt
Ennis, Dorris Coffey, Gladys M
Grady, Mary Julia Bradham, Rosal
Weinberg, Virginia Broadway, Vi
ginia A'ma 3radham, Virginia Orvi
Lilian Rigby, Lula Lee, Gadd Nobl
3illie O'Brvan. shdrlu 3radhar
John ). Chewning, Conyers Ilorto
Warren Horton, .John D. Ilorto
Clyde Stokes and Carlyle Smith.
"Fatty" Arbuckle will be at Tl
Pastime Theatre Friday afternoon n
night. He will play "Love" his la
est release. William S. Hart will ph
in "The Border Wireless" and TI
Manhattan Girls Company will pr
sent their high-class vaudevill
.latinre at 4 o'clock.
ROY SCOUT EN'TERTAINMEN'
Tha first nig'.. of the School Cor
mencement was monopolized by
"laborate Scout entertainment consis
ing of a regular Scout program.
play called ".Jerry's Job" illuptrati
of the principles of Scout law in a
tion, and a minstre; burlesque "I
Culled Scogts."
The large the; tre auditorium w
packed from cei,iag (galleries)
front as this was the first exhibiti
of this kind in the history of Sul
merton.
The Scoutmast.er, the Rev. W.
Walton, opened by describing t
history of the Boy Scouts heginnii
with the battle of Mafeking in Sou
Africa and concluding with the Pre.
lent's Scout Proclamation dispatch
from France.
We appand the opening part in ft
as this is a new departure in Clare
don County.
I Bugle Call (the assembly).
2 First Scout Yell.
:3 Bugle Flourish.
4 Herald's Proclamation.
Troop No. 1, Patrols 1 and 2 B,
Scouts of America, Summerton, S.
5 Military March to stage, fold
colors (all rise).
6 Salute and colors to the fro
(free).
7 Bugle (To the Colors). Salul
Sing "The Star Spangled. Banner."
8 Scouts Oath of Allegiance. Colo
to the rear. Seats.
9 Address-By Rev. W. S. Trimt
Close with Scout Prayer.
10 lonors of Year. Honor Re
Scouts repeat singly twelve Sco
ILa ws.
Scout. Oath (in unison).
11 Colors to the front (free). Soi
"A rnerica."
13 Bugle sounds (Retreat). Mi
tary march. Scouts retire.
Bugle (Taps). Song.
As interludes between the two par
Miiss Lila Brigg~s sang most sweet
the old war song "The Vacant,Chai
in memoriam of the boys wvho will n
come back. "Peterkins and Polly"1
Richard Briggs and Esther Gordi
was an exceedlingly cute little pie<
The very little folks came out w<
;n this. Tfhe eleven little gim in "TI
Merry Little Witches" weren wonde
fully swee't andl interesting. The
training .'md the music generally w
most creditable to Miss Cora Cante
All who heard Miss Lake sing "'T]
A mericans ('ome"' will long rememb
its stirring ring.
The t r--niformiation ai1eeted in t1
boy by the Boy Scout training w
strongrly brought (ot b~y the pht
"Jehrry's Job" in which the adult par
w.ere tak'en MXessrs. Moss, Nelsbn ai
Emory Rogers and 'Je( two boys I
ElI Briggs and~ Geor ge Cain. As ti
arama 'roceded we we're temOpted'(
forget, that the actors were amateu
Foyn most have sonme funi ailwa
t oi in "De ('tllud Scouts'' with wvhi<
th" evening closed, they certainly ht
lo's of fan to the great amusemel
of the audlience.
T1hc Scoutt honors were as follow
Act ivity in sale of War Sta'm ps
Scouts Peterson Burgess. W. M. Ca
'-u. HT. A. Rlichhourg. These decor
tions ought to have been delivored s
months ago but the Illness of tl
postmaster dlelayedl. In consequen
the Scoutmoster had at first forgott<
who won the stamp.
Honorable mention for attendan,
t church and Sunday school--Scou
Ed Blrailrford. Phil Josepn, Ed Brigg
W. M. (C-rs, Delmar Rhame, Emoi
Rogers, Mclver Tisdaie. The highe
honors for all-round accomplishme:
were awardled to Scouts E. Roger
D. Rhame, H. A. Richbourg, H. Davi
George Cain and W. M. Capers. A
the above is for last quarter of yes
nly.
h LEAPS 200 FEET TO HIS DEATH
Hundreds Witness Tragedy in Air at
e Cleveland.
k
s Cleveland, May 25.--Hundreds of
persons saw Frank McCusker, of New
York, pilot of a small airplane, leap
200 feet to his death from a burning
a machine today. Fifteen minutes be
fore the leap he had announced that
he v"'ild attempt to establish a record
on I flight to Chicago.
Th cause of the accident is not
0 knowa. Witnesses stw pufl's of black
smoke come from the rear of the ma
chine, which was at a height of be
a tween 300 and 400 feet. McClusker
d was seen to climb from his seat to the
g frame: then the airplane plunged and
the pile' jumped. The empty machine
h flew forward 200 yards before it
nhmged 1 o the ground.
I McCusker was alive when picked up.
He (lied in a police patrol while b,
n ing takeil to a hospital. His skull was
ii fractured and his neck broken.
h MeCusker was formerly in the Brit
h ish naval flying corps, instructor of
6 the De Ilaviland airplanes at Eliza
e beth. N. J., and instructor at the Uni
ted States aviation field in Texas. He'
h is said to be the first fatality since
a the inau rairation of the government
airplane mail service.
n Superinte ndent .1. W. Gordon. of the
Shicago-leveland air mail service,
Ie arranged for the care of the body and
then started Pilot Lester Bishop to
Chicago with the mail, which escaped
" the flames.
1, McCu? h.er was twenty-three years
, old, the yountrest aviator in the Chi
n, cago-Cleveland service.
0
e 'T'IOOP' BARRACKS BURNED
t- Forty Soldiers of Artiy of Occupa
tion Perish.
.. ondon, May 27.--A building rs sd
c. as barracks by the occupation troops
at ludwigschafen has been destroyed
by fire. Forty soldiers perished an:l
i hundred were injured, according to
a Cent .d News dispatch from Berlin
via Copenhagen.
in Ludwisghafen is in Bavaria on the
t Rhine, opnosite Mannheim. The army
A of occupation at this point is believed
ie to be French. .The A merican army- of
e- occupation is stationed much farther
)e with the central point at Coblenz.
0
as
to GUNS BOOM NEAR PETROGRAAD
n- Panic Among Bolsheviki-Letts and
Finns Hold the City.
he Stockholm, May 27.-(By the Asso
ig ciated Press.)-The sound of a heavy
th bombardment has been heard within
i. the last few (lays in the direction of
ed Petrograd and Kronstaot, according
to advices received from Viborg. The
ill advices report a panic among the
n- Bolsheviki leaders in Petrograd, a
number of whom, it is asserted, have
fled with State funds.
Petrograd, according to the report,
is in, the hands of Chinese, Letts and
Finnish Reds, who are said to have
)y mastered the Soviet authorities after
C. heavy street fighting. Workmen are
ed patrolling the workmen's district to
prevent the Chinese from pillaging.
nt The Bilsheviki have placarded the
city, threatening to execute the Bour
e. geois class if they are compelled to
leave the former capital.
rs 0_
LARC[ OVERSUBSCRIPTiON
FOR VICTORY LOAN
g An Oversubscription of Nearly $750,
000,000 Announced
I('ICHMOND IS ???5,146,850
ts The~ Individual Subscriptions in This
V lDistrict. Numbher Ilalf
Million.
ot
~y Washington, May 26.-Total sub
" scriptions to the fifth, or victory lib
11 ('rty loan, were announced today by
"the treasury as $5,249,908,300, an
e overrubscript ion of ne'arly $750,000,
~rIt was estiat ed officially today
s that there were 12,000,000 subscribers
-y ote. on Nearly (10 per cent of
th toa, $2,63,154,850, was taken in
subscriptions of $1 0.000 or less.
snthe A tlantat district 320,699.
A P~ot ment of t he over-subscri pt ion
dhs been made oin the basis of 100 per
>v''it to all subscribers of $50,000 or
'ys 80 per cent to persons subderib
1w over $50,000) and up to S200,00J0,
toumt none to take less than $!,000o
rsandl less percentages on all subscri p
tion up to $50,000,000 subscribers of
which will receive only 42.39 Per cent
of the a mount asked for.
.AMEltICA'S SHARE
-To Retain 700,000 Tlojjs of Ships
-Seized in A mer ican
ix Ports.
e Wasl.ington, My26.--Presidlent
m Wilson has informed oillIeials here
that the council of four, at Paris, has
ye reached a full understanding by which
ts the United St:&te-. will retain the 700,
s, 000tons of German shiplping seized
-y in American ports when this count,
at enteredl the war.
1t Great Britain had propesed that this
s, tonnage as wvell as German ships
sseized in other countries be placed in
1a common pool an'dl allotted. The
ir U~nited States has steadfastly refused
I to aede to this plann
IAMiER AND CRIEV[
LAND ON ST. JOHNS
t. Johns Rejoices Over Rescue of
Daring Aviator
RAYNHAM HAlD EXPECTED IT
Icid Firmly to Belief Hawker Would
He Found Somewhere North
of Scot land.
St. .Johns, N. F., May 25.-Messages
'ri LAmndon today announcing the
afety of Ilawker G. IHawker, and his
lavigator, Lieut. Commander Mac
Kenzie Grieve spread through the city
us rapidly as airmen swept over it a
**(,J* ago, starting the transatlantic
light attempt which provided a seven
lay mystery.
Rejoicing was general, but was per
lais greatest among the group of
Brit.ish aviators who had been pre
'ring to follow in the Sopwith
>lae's uncertain wake.
Capt. Frederick P. Raynham, who
vas stopped in his attempt to follow
lawker, by the collapse of his Mar
insyde's under carriage, had held
irnily to the belief that. Hlawker and
:;rieve would be found somewhere
iorth of Scotland. The basis of his
mlinion l:y in weather reports upon
whiclh he and Hawerk jointly decided
n start and in subsequent reports
S torm areas shown north of the
Azores on the last may which Haw
oir saw before "hopping oil."
"This storm assumed the form of
in egg extending north of the
Azores." said Raynham. That. meant
that Hawker would first encounter
liortheast winds, the. easterly winds,
hvn a strong set of winds trom the
south, those from the south being
continuous and stronger than the
ithers.
"These would have blown him north
i to the course which the Mary pre
sumably followed."
Further apparent substantiation of
Rayndam's story was found in reports
brought here by the British freighter
Glendevon which arrived 4last night
fro' London after a stormly passage
Clifford Nixon, wireless officer of
the G lendevon, said that at 1.30 Mon
day morning (Greenwich time) he
overheard the steamer Sam manger
sending to "D. K. A." the Sopwith's
iadio designation, her position as 50
degrees, 8 minutes north latitude i'il
30 degrees west longitude. Sabse
ouently the Sam manger informed
Nixon that it had sighted the red
light of a plane to the north.
A few hours later the Glendevon
was overtaken by a northeast gale,
working down from the direction in
which the red light, believed to have
been that of the Sopwith plane, had
(disappeared.
Storm That Hit Hawker.
This, according to Raynham's the
ory, was the storm which Hawker
passed before being struck by the
violent southerly blow.
The Glendevon sent out repeated
calls to other ships, broadcasting the
reported positions of the Sonwith and
requesting that ships stand by to give
aid, but received a response only from
the c(a'bleship Faraday.
Tb" log of the Glendevon shows the
development of the weather which
lawke" v-ont thro'gh and which
Capt. H. W. Sudderby of the Glende
von said he stated at the time was
",o tempestuous that no plane could
live through it." During the twenty
four hours covering IIawker's flight,
the weather went from fine, with
light westerly winds and a moderate
se'. to a full gale with heavy rain in
which the Glendevon rolled and
strained heavily. Office'rs said that if
Hawker had started a (lay earlier he
wouihI have met ideal conditions.
--0
HAWK Elt'S OWN STOlRY OF T1'lIPF
London, M\ay 26.-The D~aily Mail
(odav~ PinIts a disnatch fiom Thur'so,
Sr'otland, giv ing the s imple' narr'at ive
of Hlarry G. Hadwker, the British av'ia
tor, redgalrdling the Ouccessful at
tempt to fly aceross the Atlantic, made
by himself and Lieutenant Comn
mand"' M acKenz/ie Grieve.
"'We had very dliflicult ground to
rise' from on th1e0 oither side," saidl
Hawker. "'To rise at all we had to
run dIia gonally5 aerioss the( 'curse'.
'"Once we got a way we eIi mhed well,
but~ aibout ten minutes up we piassed
f'rm a firim, c'lear weanth :r inlto New
founa'Ia lan for h banks. We' got we'lI
ovo r t Ms". howe'ver. and, of course,
ait d'ne' lost. s igh t of th(' sea.
"T'lhe' av was quinte clear for the
first four hon rs, when the v isibil ityv
ve('nme very', bad. H1eav y cloud1 hanks
were (enco(uniteredl anrd e'vent ually we
flew into a heavy stormi with 'rin
squalls.
"A t this time we weore flying well
above the clouds at a height of about
''We, of course', realized thiat unltil
he iiipe was ca red we could not rise
mnuc'h higher withlout using a lot oif
motor power. When we were about
12 1-2 hours on our way the circula
ion syste'm was still g~~'ing us troui
bile, andl we real i'zeod that we conld not
go on using up our motor power.
"Then it was that we reached the
first fateful decision to play for saf
ety We changed our course and be
',gr1 flying diagonally across the main
shipping for about twvo aund a half
hours, when to our great relief wo
sighted a Daniish steamer, which prov
e'd to be thec tramp Mary.
"We sent up our Very light dis
tress signals. These were answered
promptly and then we flew on about
two miles and landed in the water
ahead of the ateamer."
BIG HAUL NEAR AIKEN
Ten Whiskey Stills Captured at Brick
Yard.
Aiken, May 23.-Sheriff Howard,
accompanied by U. S. Deputies Smyrl,
Fanning, Rector and Coleman,' made
a big catch this afternoon in the illicit
whiskey line, at Hankinson's Brick
Yard, near Augusta on the Hamburg
side of the Savannah. The deputies
swooped down on the premises with
out any warning and; captured 10
stills, 200 gallons of mash also being
seized.
It appears that the night crew of
negro laborers have been in a com
bine for some time past in the whis
key-making business, and as the fire
and smoke of the big brick kiln acted
as a sort of camouflage for the
"booze" fumes, no one suspected that
such a daring business was in opera
tion.
The officers arrested- nine of the
men and they are now in the Aiken
jail.
This makes the third raid of the
officers this week. Yesterday a large
still was seized near Hamburg and
John Stevens was taken to the lockup
charged with moonshining. The stills
were too heavy and numerous to move
at once so they were placed under
guard.
Sheriff Howard and the deputies be
nve that regular business has been
done by the negroes of Hamburg
nein'hborhoo! for some time in sly
"booze" making and selling.
o -
Chinese Wireless.
Peking, May 26.-(By the Associat
ed Press.)-An agreement was sign
ed Saturday between the Marconi
Wireless Company and the Chinese
government for the formation of a
Chinese national wireless telegraph
company with a capital of $700,000,
half the anlount to be subscribed each
by the government and the Marconi
company.
--o
FAVORS REPEAL OF
SEMI-LUXUR' TAX
Washington, May 2i.-By unani
mous vote the House ways and means
committee today ordered a favorable
report on the resolution repealing the
so-called semi-luxury taxes in the war
revenue bill. Action on proposed re
peal of other tax levies in the bill
was deferred.
0 -
TM1ERICANS LAND AT DANTZI
Powerful Fleet to be' Anchored Off
Harbor.
Paris, May 27.-(Havas.)-British
and Ame.-ican marines have been
landed at the Baltic port of Danzig,
according to t dispatch received here
from Warsaw. A poweriul fleet, it is
added, will be anchored off the har
bor there.
Mr. and .Mrs. James Clark of Sa
vannah are visiting their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. D. Clark.
-0c
FR[NCII AIRMEN
ABANDON TRIP
Roget's Machine Damaged on First
Leg of Trip
WAS BOUND FOR BRAZIL
Frencnhman Claims to Have Beaten
the Record Made by the
NC-4.
Casa Blanca, Morocco, May' 25.
Lieut. Roget, a French aviator, who
left Paris early yesterday morning on
the first leg of a projectell transatlan
tic flight by way of Dakar to Brazil
landed at 6 o'clock last night at Keni
tra, thirty kilometers from Rabat. His
machine was damaged in landing and
the transatlantic trip will have to be
abandoned.
Roget came (Iown onl very difficult
ground. The machine had left Villa
coubley, France, at 5:10 o'c21lk Sat
urda~y morning, carrying as a paissen
ger Capt. C'ol, who previodsaly had
crossedl the Mediterranean. ('oli was
slightly bruised when the machine
came dlown. The' entire trip wvas cov
ered without a stop.
The aviators arrived last ight at
Rabat by automobile, where they were
the guests of Gen. Lyautey, the
Frein'h military comnmander. As their
machine cannot be repairedl here the
aviators will return to France by
steamer.
Lieut. Roget se'ems to have beaten
the re'ord1 of the American navy sea
plane, NC-41, which, in its recent flight
to the A zores, covered 1,950 kilo
meters (1,211 miles), while Roget
flew 2,170 kilometers (about 1,318
miles).
EIGHTY-FIRST IV!SION WILL
DEBARK AT CHARLESTON
Washington so Assures Reprersent
ative Whaley and Mayor
Hyde.
Washington. May 26.--Mayor T. T.
Hyde, of Charleston, was in Washing
ton todlay to see' if he could get the
Eighty-first division returned through
the port of Charleston. He saw Con
gressman Whaley, who took the mat
ter up again with the general staff
'of the ar-my and was~ assured that
it was the intention to send these
troops through Charleston.
Mayor Hyde also paid his respects
to the nnw Senntor. Mr. Dint.