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I ryr.~--.v- j The Florence Daily Times i HE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRES& DISPATCHES VOL. XXV FLORENCE, S. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JAN. 24, 1919 NO. 80 SECOND SESSION OF PEACE CONFERENCE MEETS TOMORROW INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION ON LABOR TO BE TAKEN UP . PROTECTION TO BE PROVIDED FOR LABOR As to Whether Panama Canal Should Be Inter- nationized Lays Entirely With the United States Paris, Thursday, Jan. 23.—A question as to whether the Panama Canal should be interna tionalized under the League of Nations depends entirely upon the attitude of the United States, according to the belief expressed here tonight by Lord Robert Cecil, who has submitted to the Peace Congress a draft on British view of con struction of the League. , Paris, Jan. 24.—During the consideration of the question of reparation at the meeting of the Supreme Council yesterday in Paris edition of London Times was made to pay indemnities in addition to full cost of reparation. An instance of the British Representatives the paper also adds, discussion is also begun on the question of abolition of conscription, and general disarma ment. CONTROL OF FOOD DOES GREAT GOOD Washington, Jan. 23—Louis F Swift, profcident of Swift & Company, told the house interstate commerce committee today that the food admin istration in stabilizing the live stock market haa accoa plished “wonderful things both for the producer and the consumer’’ and that Us control was needed now as much as ever. “This is a critical time and every body is loaded up witn meat,” said fMr. Swift. “We haven’t had many shipments. The only possible way to have made shipments abroad as we d'd was through food administration corftrol.*’ The witness declared that a decline of one cent a pound in the pork mar ket would mean a loss of $2,500,000 to his firm or the great amount of meat, it had prepareu for the world. He expressed a belief that with gov ernment control continued prices would he high for some months, but then probably would decline. The bill before the committee to license packing plants and permit the government to take over adjuncts such as stockyards, market news papers aul refrigerator cars was op posed by Mr. Swift as class legislation and certain to be hurtful to 'the gen eral public by crippling the industry. “Government supervision” through full access to 'the packers’ books was advocated by him as a “less danger ous” mchod of procedure. FREIGHT RATES ONLY TO REMAIN HIGH TRAFFIC WILL BE RE DUCED, Washington, Jan. 23—Director Gen eral Hines said today that present in- SEVERE FIGHTING ON IN RUSSIA BOLSHEVIK TROOPS SHELL ERICANS AND ALLIES iffligel, AM- Archkii Tuesday, Jan. 21. (By dications pointed to a reduction* of ithe Associated Press).—Bolshevik freight traffic this year, and conse- 'troops are heavily shelling the farth qpently he did not expect any great J® 81 80uth portions of the American reduction in the general level of rates R u8s ^n armies at Ust Padenga, ten the Waga River, 30 miles south of Bhenkursk. They also are showing fconsiderable activities west of Shen kursk on the Tania River. It has teeen impossible to determine whether Yhe attack wTU develop on a greater scale. The enemy has mobilized the peasants in the vicinity of Vilsk and .apparently is prepared for a general ^offensive in the Shenkursk sector. Sunday the enemy, under cover of heavy bombardment, attacked with Infantry the American and Russian positions at Ust Padenga. The allied outpost withdrew, but the Bolshevik kttacks on the main positions were re pulsed with heavy losses. There has been no infantry action since, thougn Paris, Jan. 24 — (By Associated Press)—The second session of the Peace Congress meets to morrow, like first, will be open to the Press. The first subject to be taken up is International Leg islation on Labor. Anumber of recommenda tions from labor representatives will be referred to the Committee. American and British views are believed to harmonize in many respects, to provide International protection for labor. PLENTY OF WATER FOR FLORENCE SANITARY ANALYSIS OF WATER FROM NEW ARTESIAN WELL „ Sanitary Water Analysis No. 2071 of Water Received Jan. 20, 191;», From City of Florence Water Dept., Flor ence, S. C. Marked new well. Results in parts per Million Color 30.00 Chlorine 9.00 Free Amfonia 0.03 Albuminoid Ammonia 0.02 Nitrogen in Nitrites 0.O0 Nitrogen in Nitrates ..0.00 Total Solids !84.0'» Quar err. of the American army of oc Bacterial Analysis cupalion lo replao" big guns winch Bacterial Indications of Contamina j failed to nice' requirements. With tions Negative. I thfe deMv«ry of the parts for the 72 REMARKS: Analyses indicate wajcannon and the arrival of the other ter to be of good quality and frep 80 delivery of heavy artillery ‘o Buildings As War Memorials War memorials in England are to take Ihe form largely of spacious build'nss, if the plans so far made may be laken as an indication of the general program The United States Department of Labor has just receiv ed information regarding it. The most ambit ions project yet pro posed is that of the Veterans’ Asso ciation, which is planing an “Imperial Memorial.’> to induce erection and endowment of buildings for a Veter ans’ Club,” with at least 1,000 bed rooms, and a convalescent home for discharged men. It is estimated that at least $1,000,000 will be required to carry out the project on adequate pre liminary lines. Another important plan calls for ,the erection of an “Overseas Memori al,” a VHst hotel for the use of all men and women from the overseas possessions. It will be built in the heart of London. Glasgow University purposes to erect a small citapel on the west side i.of the present buildings. , 800 Men Training | In Machine Shops Coblenz, Jan 23—The Krupp plant at Essen began working for the Unit- y 1 ? Major General Leonard Wood ed Slates government Tuesday, The * s determined .o be as active and use- task undertaken oy the Krupps con- P 088 '^® f n whatever position he rates late in»the year. No definite conclusion regarding the future movement of rates can be reached at this time, Mr Hines add ed, because the question of how much traffic the railroads will Tiave this year is largely a matter of specula tion. Mr. McAdoo, before retiring as di rector general, sail! if the volume of traffic in J919.qont(nued as in 1918 it might be possiMe to lower freight rates late in the pear. The falllng^ff of traffic In war ma terial is considered, the principal rea son for a prospective reduction m freicht transportation. Speedy restoration and betterment of the pre war standards of passen ger service was urged today by Direct or General Hines in an address be fore the American Passenger Traffic Associatioin here. "Now +hat the war is ended,»’ said Mr. Hines, ‘we must endeavor to rees tablish the same convenient and com- fortahlo former passenger service which was availably before and we must do everything we can to find yithin reason ways in which to make hat service more convenient and more comfortable than It was before. I have particularly in mind the point of providing adequate information for the public and the point of seeing .bat there are facilities adequate for com- Portable travel." GREAT HONOR TO BE CONFERED ON PRESDENT Woodrow Wilson Likely to Be Awarded the Biggest Commission at the Hands of All Nations Paris, Jan. 24.—President Woodrow Wilson will likely be offered the Presidency of the Com mission of League of Nations, Echo de Paris to day says. By commission is probably meant to be a pennanent Executive Body for conducting National Leagues affairs. I. A. L. POWELL Mr. A. L. Powell, of Marion, who . has ill for some time with in- there has been a constant rain of . fluenza followed by pneumonia, died shells on the village. The American [yesrenlay in Florences. He was re- MONARCHY HAS BEEN PROCLAIMED artillery is vigorously replying. Yesterday, flying in a temperature of 16 degrees below zero, one Ameri can airplane bombed the enemy and secured direct hits on important posl tions. The fighting is going on in teold, clear weather, but the tempera Resides numerous friends he leaves a 1 part Lisbon Garrison nas gone wife, several children and a sister, i over to Monarchists, according to rq Mrs. C. F WORKS FOR UNCLE SAM KRUPP PLANT IN NEW GROUND FOR TIME Unused Military Chemical Plant Gretna, Eng., Jan. 24.—With the ending of hostilities the British gov ernment has on its hands unused a $50,000,000 military chemical plant, the most important in the empire, em ploying during the war 22,000 persons. cently brought to this city for treat M adrl <L Jan. 24.—Monarchy haa ment when the seriousness of his case . een proclaimed in Lisbon, according was realized, but the besl of medical to a telegram from Valencia, on For attention proved to be of no avail Mr ‘ tu S ues e border. * Powell lived in Florence for several years, whs well known in this seciion. Vigo. Spain, Jan. ture is so low that It is difficult for the infantrymen to remain in the open any length of time. 24.—The greater has C. V Hazellon of this city, i P° rts from Coimbra, Northern Portu While living in Florence he was for a ! ga ! ant * ot k e r localities. Reports re The Bolsheviki also are shellihg j on? tlni0 on tho po , ico force and j ceived at Badajos, Spain say that •the American positions on the Volog da Railway. With the exception of a few days early in January, when allied forces attempted to improve their positions southward on the Ka dish Railroad and on the Onega sector •the offensive on the Archangel front for several months has been in the hands of the Bolsheviki. They are teoasting that in the vicinity of Ka dish they will “drive the allies into fche White Sea in March.” Along the Murmansk Railway front the Russian and allied troops yestei Jeer, sinco residing in Marion has been ! Monarchists movement is making no read superintendent of Marion county headwa y south to Portugal. and was considered one of the most | —— practical road men in the state Fun- I SeCOnd Red ’ eral services will be neld at 3.30 to- j vyawoB day. Interment at Mt. Hope cemetery. “Flu” Don’t Effect War Fund Not Paid . Notices are being sent out by the Chicago Churches I Trea8ure r to those who have not paid v,mill,IIC»| their subscription8 tQ the gecond ' T , fid Dr. J A. Haynie, State Health Offi- j ^ nd ’ U ‘ 8 Probalby not r, brought out the fact in his ad- /J comm i unity . that over me IvUSbian ami -'•imu iiuwijb uui in mb dU- joa aaa nt *1,0 i. -i •, , day raided the village of Rugozerka,!.dress before the house yesterday that , 6 ai | 10 “ nt subscribed to •SO miles southeast of Soroks, wl ere (if a quarantinft were put on in the city • 8 - una - 8 not been paid - 11 i3 Apparently the government is unde/ did not suffer a sinele casualty. •they either killed or captured all the i.of Chicago—though this would be an 'Bolsheviki garrison. T1 ey took 110 I almost impossible accomplishment— rifles and, other equipment and nu|the closing of the churches in that merous documents. The allied forces j city would only effect 5 per cent of cided whether to try to utilize it or to abandon it. Economists say it is too inaccessible for private commer the population of the great mun'cipal- jity, whereas to close the churches in Defeat for Bolsheviki iLondon. Jan, 24.—The Bolshevik i a rural community in South Carolina forces in Northern Russia have su 1- • There are many Lhings to i the hope of the Treasurer that it will not be necessary to put on a personal canvass for the collections of ihc'.e ; unpaid subscriptions, but unless i there is a ready response to the no jtices now being mailed out, the local [ Chapter will be forced to resort to “ * canvass. The need for . , . . „ , — .would effect about 50 per cent of the p ^ 80 P al . o cial use and that Its plant and ma |jr ered a 8 p, V ere defeat, a'-eordlng to ad 1 people Ther*’nmnv h\ n ^ ♦Ai ,he runds is 38 Pressing as ever, and chinery should be scrapped and the | v i CC8 received by the Excba^ee Tole consider in connection with a quaran- J! * b ' s j 8 realized as cr-am, PAnA. h^pn The dis Haa ^hose who have government should pocket the loss The workers are rapidly being de mobilized and the population of Gret graph from Copet.hagen. The dis tine, patch ados that great peasant revolts | , have been reported from many parts! BUTTER DROPPED na has shrunk to 5,000. Recruited, 0 f t i ie country and that Ihc Bolshevik as they were from almost every; ki commander ordered his troops toj FIVE CENTS A POUND branch of industry, many of them uni surrender the town of Sinovenff with ’’unston Kas., relative to the training ! ™ akin R the most of it. As this wage )f soldiers under his care during the ,S ™, uch l ° a * than . tbe v received while is placed is shown by an order just >_ issued by Ihe commander of Camp F of soldiers under his care during the coming winter. General Wood, em prising as ever,.is resolved tha 1 . “euth man who comes to Camp Funston and ;remains any length of time shall re- from contamination. Fine For Germany Sad For Roumania The reports (hat are coming out of Roumania show that country ’o be in a deplorable state. The Germans, when they had overrun the country, stripping it of food and of everything else of value that could be taken. Thus did Germany seek to ‘civilize’ by destroying. The spread of German civilization results that way. All for Germany, none for the conquered peo ple. Fine for Germany: sad for the conquered —Union Times. the Amcr'can will have been com pleted. The American allotment call ed for 132 heavy gunn. Epidemic Of Influenza In Mexico sists of making parts lor 72 incom-( plete cannon, rejected by 'Lhe Ameri can authorities as pan of the war ma terial offered by the Germans unde the terms of the armistice. The Gorman commission which has been in Berlin considering 'the ques tion of the heavy guns turned down . . , , , by the American authorities has ar- c ^ ,ve do only military training but rived at Coblenz and reported thit 80' o * 1 ' r •re*n |n K niay he of use cannon have been shipped to the head a *\ d "enhance his citizen- .ship and indus rial efficiency and make him a more valuable member of his comunity on returning t<i civil life.” General Wood has arranged to have fOO men trained in the machine shops of the Kansas Agricultural College. A number of professors from the in stitution wil give instruction to the men at the camp in various brandies of animal husbandry and agriculture. Whatever a man’s natural bent, he is to have facilities for Us devlopment. All illiterates are to be given spe* ial instruction. It is proposed to devote the winter period to work which will tend substantially to imnrove the men ins ead of a term of idleness. The system of intensive training for sol diers before they return to civil life, instituted by General Wood, is charac terized hy experts as the most effici ent ye 1 devised. This is not surpris ing. General Wood himself is the nersonificaiibn of efficiency. While H'.ie admin is‘ rat ion did not see fit to ava'l of his remarkable talents, to his everlasting cred’t be it said that he has not sulked in his tent.—PKsbugh Chronicle Telegraph skilled and inexperienced, the absorp ; out a tion of these workers into the new i economic order is giving no little con cern to the government and to them selves, for economically Great Britain has not yet recovered her balance. / The unemployed munition workers, —and Gretna is onlv one government activity of many similarly affected,— i^are taking the “unemployment wage” 'provided by the government, and arc REPORTED HEAVY Chicago, Jan. 23—But.er dropped five cents a pound today, wholesale. This makes a total fail of 15 cents a pound in less than two weeks. ^ Wholesale trade in butter today was described as not merely demoralized ibu 1 : paralyzed. Demand, both foreign and domestic, was almost at the zero .point. it should he, expressed their i.iten tion of aiding in the great work wfJch the Red Cross is doing will, no doubt comply promptly with the agree anents. There is room for some misunder standing and possible confusion on nc count of the fact that both Red C,oss subscriptions and United War Work subscriptions are being collected at the same time. Subscriptions to the Red Cross War Fund should be paid to Mr. E. H. Lucas, at the Palmefto Bank & Trust Company. SubscrlTT tions to the United War Work Fund should be deposited at the City Sav Mexico City, Jan. 34.—El Pueblo, a semi official government organ, states that the epidemic of influenza, in tne state of Oaxaca alone has claimed 21, 000 lives. DID NOT ESCAPE BUT WAS CAPTURED Basel, Jan. 24—Leon Trotzky did not escape from Narva after Esthon ians had defeated Bolsheviki, but was captured, according to advices receiv ed here from Libau. These advices also say owing to intervention of Fin nish troops in northern Esthcnia and in Livonia the country is completely rid of Bolsheviki forces. Resumption Of All Public Improvements Immediate resumption of public con struction is urged on State, county, and municipal authorities in a tele- srram sent hy Secretary of War Baker, chairman of the Council of National Defense, and approved by Secretary of Labor Wilson, to all State councils. The telegram follows: “Reemp’oyment of discharged sol diers, sailors, and war workers re leased from war industries is one of the most important tasks now before country. We strongly urge t'hat in sc "’ions where surplus of labor exists all public improvementri he advanced in order to ah«orh labor. We ask that you use all ■influerct with State, county, and municipal autlvo-ities to this end. Preliminary stens should be taken immediately in "rder that necessary authority nray be secured in time for opera‘ions upon open'ng of construction season.” —< Stoppage of government and foreign Paris, Jan. 24.—Lithuanian troops buying as a result of cheap supplies in S s Bank or turned over to the Coun i inflicted defeat on Bolsheviki near abroad especially from Australia and jty Director of Collections. Koszedare, midway between Kovno, (jAnth \mr-T\ra started the decline making shot and shell, being about vilna according to reports from Kov $7.50 a week, there are fears they! no today. Bolsheviki casualties are will soon miss their high wages and , reP orted very heavy, they are said to in time may become the cause of in'have i os t sixty live hundred prison dustrial unrest. Kome time must ers< elapse while militarv plants are be { tnsr transformed into factories that -[-i „ j ijrill produce the things needful in or I; Ullfl l;Or IN dXlOIlal dinary life. The factory has a wonderful hous in'* svstem with comfortable homes, churches and recreation halls for the South America, started the decline ( Excessive h'gh prices in the domesticSHIPPERS trade did the rest. Merchant Marine ROSA LUXENBURGS BODY FOUND Liverpool, Jan. 24.—J. Bruce Ismay, workers, and in ordinary clrcumstan |’8°n of the founder of the White Star ces It ought to be useful for many '^hipping line, has given ->,000 lbs} 11 . ‘ years to come. But the highly ex jWar Loan stock to inaugurate a .a. Inlosive nature of the product necessi tional Merchantile Marine Fund the %ated the planting of Ihe Industry out ijpbject of which, he says, is to mark side the ordinary walks of commerce I'bis admiration of the very splendid and manufacture. This marks it f l ' nd gallant manner in wMch the offi of fcers and men of all ranks of the BIG FIRE IN GREENVILLE, S. G. 4 Greenville, Jan 24—Fire of un known cause destroyed building of Craig, Rush Furniture Co. and Hobbs Henderson Dry Goods Co. this morn ing. Loss estimated at one hundred thousand dollars. PRESIDENT WILSON ATTENDS OPERA Paris, Jan. 24.—(Associated Press) President Wilson who is. as all Am ericans know, fond of going to the Theatre makes his first real visit to the Theatre tonight, since leaving Washington, when he will attend a Gala night at the Grand Opera House Especially arranged for him. TO WITHDRAW ARBITRATORY POWERS Washington, Jan. 24.—A bill to with drawal Immediately by Congress of Arbitrary Powers possessed by President was introduced today. reasonably certain in the minds economists that Gretna will have be abandoned. to Improved Homes For Citizens Boston, even before the announce 'ment of the Federal Government's re construction building progriin, had under way a housing plan aimed to demolish the city’s slums an:l to re •lleve congestion as much as possible The situation is complicated in that city by the high fares on the street of British mercantile marine have ‘car ried on’ throughout the war.’ The fund is intended primarily to provide grants or pensions to seamen and to provide for widows and or phans of British mariners. MILDNESS OF WINTER SAVES FODDER Amseterdam, Jan. 24—Body of Rosa Luxemburg, Spartaca leader, was killed by mou, was found yesterday In Landwehr Canal, accord ing to Berlin report. Organization To Help Build Homes Caoperalion by associations on a WILL FILE PROTEST Tampa, Fla., Jan. 22—Fruit and vegetable shippers and growers of this State in a two day session here 'ending today adopted resolutions de [claring that the proposed new scale of increasing charges put forth by the railroad administration to becomo effective if the interstate commerce commission approves aye unjust, ex orbitant and discriminatory against. Florida. A delegation will be sent from Florida to the public hearing to be held at Washingtoa February 24, at which time the proposed new rates for refrigeration will be thresh ed out. Figures were presented at the meet ing to show that the proposed rato car of produce to Chicago, 1.200 bu lo.ng and loan |for ^ fritit}T . Atins a , „ t r ™ , e , I from Sanford. Fla been proposed to the Division o Pub ig $72 , 3> or at fhe rate of $6>03 lie Works of the Department of Labor « 1 a ,, rim rati> from Washington, Jan. 24. The mildness of winter has resulted in a saving in this railway system, which tend to klc Pjcountry of two hundred twenty thou workers massed near the places 8a nfi tons of fodder stuffs which cm where they are employed. i be gent European neutrals in t'his Several other cities were also con forni of ol , ( . ake and oil cake . meal templating housing programs on a con The War Tradc j> nard rst ima‘cd to ns t means of aiding homo building during the next few days. The retarded building devlopment during the war has lett i somewhat 'serious condition of congestion in many large ci ies, and almost every where the amount of housing is below tnormal.On the other hand, many workingmen who have been working overtime during the war and who siderable scale when the Department 'bf Labor made its plan public. CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION Washington, Jan. 24.—The total losses of the Thirty Fifth Division (Kansas, Missouri National Guards) in killed and died of wounds during the entire service in France were eight hundred and twenty seven men. Secretary Baker told the House Rules Committee today. Resolution for Congressional investigation reporting the' excessive losses in this Division were under consideration. day after consultation with the Food Administration. Former Florence Men Elected To Phila. Chamber Of Commerce for luO miles, whereas ihe rate from Ashland, ( re., to Chicago, 2,600 miles, is $77.50 or $3 per 100 miles; Sacra mento. Cal., to New York, 2,200 miles, $75 or 83.41 per 100 miles. K was contended that, the rates from Florida are the highest in the country and that instead of being a raise of 16 per cent, as the railway administra ftion says, the rates from Florida will have saved their money believe that increased approximately -(> per this is a propitious time to put some ce ut. of their savings into a home. Tho building and loan associations, it is pointed out, can function in be half of tbe home builder much as the farm-loan banks aid 'the agriculturist. .Certain difficulties are in the way of a national organization of this work, but It is nelieved that tnese can ail be surmounted. WEALTHY MAN DIES IN NEW YORK "Wilmington, Jan. 24—News receiv ed toda tr here that Pembroke Jones, one of the wealthiest and best known men in the SouDh, died at Thompkins- at Florence and Mr Law was original- Lville, N. Y. this morning after an op ly from Darlington. eration. Freest Trigg was unanimously re elected president of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce for the third time at i meeting of Ihe board of di rectors yesterday. Alba B. Johnson, A. C McGowin, Charier P Vaughn. Powell Evans, Howard 1). French and William A Law were unanimously chosen vice- presidents Mr. Evans formally lived The Effects Of A Dry Naton Up to Tuesday night only six states were needed to Ratify the amendment to the federal cons'.imiou which would bring about national prohibi tion. That there will be six states to do this Is a certainty. In fact i. is be lieved that not over half a dozen states will fail to ratify the amend ment. The country is face to face today with absolute prohibition. For no matter how one may wish to other wise, when the whole nation goes dry, it will he dry sure enough. And a majority of the people want this nation dry, dry let at be and our belief is that it will be better for tho nation.—Greenwood Index.