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\ Florence Daily Q . Mb -Altbl AttSOCIATED PRE8I J'8PATCH£ft V^OL XXV FLORENCE, S. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEB. 18, 1919 NO. 101 SENATOR BORAH REFUSES TO ATTEND PRESIDENT’S DINNER INTIMATES THAT M R. WILSON WANTS TO MUZZLE THE S ENATE ON THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS MATTER POINTDEXTER WILL S PEAK TOMORROW Senators Can’t Wait to Unload and May Disre gard the Presidents .Polite Request. Var- damann Mixes In Today Washington, Feb. 18—Senator Bo. rah of Idaho, has asked <io be excus ed from attending the White House, dinner at wlhieh President Wilson will discuss with members of the congress ional foreign relations committee the consismtion of the p - iposed League of Nations. In a letter to Secretary Tumulty. Senator Borah said it was the custom to hold in confidence in formation re ceived such gatherings, and he was not willing to be bound to sil ence in such an important subject on which he and the President disagred fundamentally. He added that nothing could make him agree wK h the league’s consti tution as it now stands. enator Pondexter formally gave notice today he expected to speak to morrow on the League of N* ions. Senator Borah has plar.f.ed to ad dress the senate on Thursuay. VAR.DAMAN STARTS AND ENDS DISCUSSION Washington, Feb. 18—Discussion of the League of Nations developed un expectedly in the senate today. Sen ayor Vardanian of Mississippi, declaim ed tjhe league unconstitutional and criticized the President for s»king congress to remain silent on tne sun ject until he r<* urned to Washington H$ spoke oniy a few minutes. There was no other discussion. OPERATE ON SOLDIER AS WAVES TOSS SHIP BRUSSELS RESOMES J HER JOYOUS LIFE barred from their native shore AMERICANS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM RUSSIA SURGEONS ON CRUSUR CHARLES TON SUCCESSFULLY TRE PAN SKULL CRUSHED AT SEA. New York, Feb. 18—Fop and drizzly rain made the harbor look somewhat dfsiitil yesterday when the Unitea States cruiser Charlestcn and U. S. transport Finland arrived yesterday from France with 402."> men on board which included a number of sick and wounded. Some of the gloor* saused by »he weather was dispelled when the Patrol with the Mayor’s Welcome Uommi’Jec and band met the ships and otheered the heroes who lined the rails leaning on their crutches, while others stood with empty sleeves. Tli* 1 coldiers cheered heartily in re spouse to the greetings and sthou ed: “Are we down-hearted? No!” Both the Finland and the Charleston were delayed by the severe westerly gales and high seas the <iitcountered on the way across from the French coast and the soldiers were very glad wihen they sighted Sandy Hook and knew that they would be able to ft and on something soon that would not move wildly under their feet. When i he storm was c| its height last Monday afternoon and the wind w^s blowing /with ihurrtcane force. Private Theodore Caron of the 50th GAY NIGHT SCENES NOW IN THE • BELGIAN CAPITAL, LONG SUBDUED BY GERMANS High Prices Are The Rule And Only the Wealthy are Reallv Enjoying Themselves—Workmen Find It Hard to Live The following is a copyrighted dis patch to The New York Times from Fdwin L. James, Special Correspond ent: Brussels. Feb. 18.—-One has always heard that King Albert fought for a principle. A visit to Brussels these days convinces one that a principle was not all King Albert fought for. The capital of doughty Belgium is to day Brussels. The joyous Brussels started celebrating the day the Ger mans left, and it found the celebration pleasant It has not stopped vet This city of elegance and heauti* an '•imity, of classic buildings and no ble boulevards, is possessed of joy nowadays, joy that is the outpouring of abundance of reaction from the sombre life of four years of war. A one bad not known what Brussels suffered one might say its joy is the nent up joy of fifty two months. Possessed as it is of this wonderful joy, incidentally Brussels is possess ed as it is of this wonderful joy, in cidentally Brussels is possessed of a hatred of the Hun which seems to me to trancend the hatred of the French for the boche which, by the by. is no mean hatred. Being within motoring distance or Brussels I came here because I had beard that President Wilson was com *ng to call on King Albert. The trip was worth about as much as mos: tips newspapermen get. but the trip is worth the trouble, and it may be se- forth that President Wilson denied himself great personal pleasure by not coming. For the name of Anted c a is something to conjure with here n-he^e thev tell you they would have sranred had it not been for America, qnfi here the name of Wilson stands for all that is admirable. Bn’s«els is ♦he heart of Belgium. nn»t Belgium’s heart beats strong for the U. S. A. GERMANY CLAIMS IAMI WOULD RENEW HOtflUMi mSm Foreign Mm is'e man Government Makes Threat Jo gn if Certain Condi tions are I t Met • w > m / am ••••• ■**»/*'" do* StnHCt :• vfr>Xv. .%vivivi; Three officers of the British air service, but Americans by birth, have been barred from landing on their native shore by a peculiar ruling. Lieut. Edward Hurtles of Brooklyn, Lieut. It. It. Knapp of Brooklyn and Lieut. W. L. Haight of Chicago arrived at Boston on the transport MHftn. Because of a ruling which bars all but returning American troops from landit g. ihe three Americans must return to their starting point at Brest. started playing, making the dancing continuous. And the music was all American music, every last piece. I asked why and the orchestra leader replied that Brussels wanted Joyous music, and the American ragtime filled the bill. And those orchestras! About sixty pieces in each. They played our rag time well, but performed an awful operation on “The Star Spangled Ban FARMERS OF STATE MEAN BUSINESS PLAN UNITED ACTION IN HOLD ING AND REDUCTION MOVE- MOVEMENT PLANS ARE MAKING FOR BOYS’ WELCOME * B sc!, Feb. 18—Count vo” B' ock- *ha Ger.oan Foreign Minister, ‘joe German C ibinei on Sunday e would resign if Germany’s condt * o; in reference to the renewed U' M ce were ihjevted. according to a Weinar Dispatch to the Franklin * Z. Brig, which said it was impossi REPRESENTATIVE MEETING be for him .o continue his foreign HELD AT CITY COUNCIL .policy wbi'e ktha French were notori CHAMBER YESTERDAY. cusly aiming at a resumpt on of hosMUties when fie armistice was County Organization | lgned Will Be Perfected DECIDES TO REMAIN j Copenhagen, Feb. 18—Count Von Day will be Proudest in the History i Erock U>rfl Ranthua has decided to of Florence County. Everybody retain h-'s portfolio as secretary of County. Everybody should Respond. A meeting was held at the Council Chamber yesterday afternoon to set In motion plans for an adequate we. come td the Florence County men who have been in the service of their country Wh'le nn': largely attended, the meeting was representative. foreign affairs, the Weimar corres- pendent of the Poliliken wires. IN THE SENATE , Coumbia, Feb. 18.—The senate to day passed the bill raising the sarar Mrs. L. T. Burch, the president ot of Justices of the Supreme CourC the auxiliary to “K. Co>.', stated the j to $4,600 a year, and providing that objefl; of the gathering and requested ' until the >’ become eligible for the in Mayor II. K. Gilbert to act as chair- J Crease they shall be allow ed $1,600 a man. | year for expenses. The House discus T|lie proceedings were of an alto- sed good roads legislation, taking up gether informal nature and plans and be biU « ,rovidin " " separate auto United States CoaY Artillery was.- . . oiling through a closed porU'on'inKe’ There are many in America who As Pledge Day to Cut Acreage One-Third and Fertilizer One Half •— , ( .-w- 1 - *— Columbia, Feb. 18.—The farmers of ENGLAND DECIDES TO BRING HER TROOPS OUT AND AM ERICA CHANGES HER ! COURSE, ACCORDING TO ANNOUNCEMENT BY GEN. BLISS Washington* Feb. 18—American, and Allied Iroops operating in North Russia wili be withdrawn at the ear liest possible moment weather condi tions in the spring will permit,’ to facilitate this movement and to im prove lines of communication for the supplying of the forces that have pene trated into the country President Wil son has approved the sending of ;-.vo midway trains to Archangel. This information, cabled to the 'far Department by Gen. Tasker H. Biles at Paris by direction of the President, was transmitted today to Chairmen Chamberlain and Dent of the Senate and House military comimttee by Sec retary Baker. The announcement brought expressions of approval from several Senators, including $ rator Johnson, of California, Republican, who has been pressing his resolution providing for a declaration by the Senate in favor of withdrawal of the American forces. gun deck when a huge wave, estimat ed to have been nearly forty-five feet. ' ' underedi ;<eainst the glpf-.s and smashed it to pieces with such force that the soldier's skull was fractured ami his eye torn loose. te order to save the man’s life it was necessary to operate at once, •rad Caron was conveyed to the operat iing room and laid on the rable. As | the crui'ser was rolling and pitching considerably, it was a difficult lasfc forVhhe surgeons *o perform Two seamen and the chaplain. Father F J, Harnsev held the patient on fjie tab'e white Dr W. A. J. Wright, with six seamen braced against ‘hem for steadiness successfully trepanned Caron’s skull, replaced the eye. and took four titche in IVie big wound op his cheek A1t''gether. the operation occupied ♦ wo hour, as the surgeons were only able to work when rihe vessel was on -ra even kel for a f o w' minutes in be tween the rolls. When the Charles ten was made fast at her pi'e-r in Ho* bokon yesterday at' I o’clock, Private Caron was doing well, the surgeons said, and on the high road -to recov ery. SHIPS ARRIVE WITH FOOD FOR POLAND PRESIDENT WILSON IS TAKING A REST ner" because one leader persisted in T|_ • j liVK OQ putting ragtime into it. It could just 1 vll F cD» ao be recognized. By 1 o’clock the place was packed to the doors. We stayed until 3; . ^ o’clock, and left the place still crowd ^'7 ed. They said the crowd would thin out about 5 o’clock. Nezt morning we decided to stay over a day. and, being well equipped tb^Ute seem to mean business in with marks but without francs, went <heir h(>1(ling movement and acreage to a bank to do business. reduetion drive. A meeting of the “How much are marks worth?’ central steering committee was held the banker was asked. I in this city yesterday and J. Skottowe “Nothing.” was the reply. t Wannamaker. of St. Matthews, was '“But/’ we said, “you understand elected chairman and J. Rutledge Mc- W we for miles vop pass down riVeets tbc raarks ,nu "' be w ^ h something. Ghee of Columbia secretary. It was , ; - , ( , p ,,i nr itv everv I Tke Y are worth something in Paris decided to make Feb. 28 “pledge day” where with fateful ^ a ' ar tv J ve ^ I We wish to sell swne marks for some ! a nd on that day every farmer in other bouse is destroyed, and then on franc8 „ . South Carolina be y asked nn t „ s; ^ “American friend of mine,’ replied a Pledge to reduce his cotton acreage ,the banker, “marks may be worth ® ae third this year and to cut the would find things to shock them hi Uniseelg. Fvery n'ght is much like ■ra dd fashioned New Year’s Eve on B’Viadwav. Bio who denies Brussels ♦he right to celebrate? Coming thmneh ravaged T-onvaln projects were freely discussed. Thr only positive action taken was the ap pointment of a committee on invita tion, composed of Mrs. T. S. Burch, Mrs. E. J. Burch, Mrs. D. M. McEacn- ern, Mrs. E. E. Howell, Mr. C. G Broun, Mr J. M. Lynch. Mr. F. L. WM- cox and Mr. J. F. Stackley. This committee will issue personal invite t ons to representative men and wo- men of every sdiool district in the county to attend a meeting in Flor ence on Friday at 1:00 P. M. at the Bluebird. At .his meeting a county organization will be perfected and it is possible that plans for the celeb' - ? Mon w’ll then assume definite shape, it is to be specially impressed on ncr-nip.-af Florence. Town and mobile license ta . the concluswn if permanent road*. The bill was re ommended for certain changes ana will be voted on tonight. Both houses will meet tonight. The Sen Ate today rejected a bill to raise tne Isalaries of Senators to $600 a year. to the ancient paved road that leads *nfo the fnrast to the cist of the cant- til. Winding through this beautv a gran- Knnlpi-nrd with a something somewhere, but they are snot, you come ^ worth nothing in Brussels/ uses amount of fertilizer which he Ms year 50 per cent. Mr. Stuckey Patriotic A splendid example of modest pa- riotism is offered bv Wiiiium a ntvl wide rondwnvs on dther sld - * | what he said was tnie. No one There is nolhing in America to crat-h ' would give a ce ntime for marks in O notlsm is offered by William A it. It was dark when we remUed the Brussels. Leaving there, we found t . t “» k ®^’_® b ®i rma . n of the Eastern Dis Going to tv>e Palace Hotel, near that on all sides there was the mosr * ' city. __ the Gare dn Nord, we were told there intense hatred for Germans and were no rooms. After an hour things German. This was true even epnrr-h we got into the Hotel Metro-^ 3 , nong the shopkeepers, whom the noie, in the Place * Brom-kere. which Germans had enriched in many cases tntXi o , , had in«t been onened after the nm by t heir war Mules. The Belgians, nme^mr i, Uin *° f ? ''? 1 , an<1 the f 0 ™ 161, nrietor. as be told us. had spent are through with the Germans and all ™--- as .. tur " ed tIlem ov <-T to tfio trict Exemption Board for South far ohna. Mr. Stuckey lias endorsing his checks each month and turning them over to Governor Manning for devotion to war work. The checks Basel, Feb. 18—Three American steamers with foodstuffs for Poland arrived in Danish Gulf Monday, ao cording to Danish advices here. '“GEORGE WASHINGTON” IS MAK ING GOOD TIME O* TRIP TO AMERICA. On Bovrd the U. S. S.«George Wash ington. Monday, Feb. 17—President Wilson’s ship is 700 miles out and rumiing fast toward the Azores which wil! probably be passed (tomorrow. The President continues to take the rest enforced by his physician, Dr. received ' Grayson He has taken little exer cise so far on the trip. weeks in cleaning it. The Germans. tr.iugs German, bad lived in it. We made a tour of the beautiful capital from 11 to 1 o’clock through streets well nigh deserted, for the city had not then awakened. It found. They make the proprietors of,£° U ,!? take volumes to tell of the .I,- ^ — | beauty of Brussels. Touching a few high spots—there is Palais de Jeac, one of the handsomest buildings on earth, standing at top of hill with rt magniJcient view. Near by is the new royal palace which looks like .... „ . . twenty of the finest Fifth Avenue re- < ‘! nne 1 r _ j wa f,7® sidences rolled into one. The Hotel de Viile looks more like a cathedral than a City Hall, and the world knows the dignity of Cathedral Saint Gudule. The Stock Exchange is a handsome Roman building. There are scores of magnificient buildings in this capital which grip one with their glory. One must mention the monu FRANCE OPPOSES UNDUE HASTE IN CONaUDING PEACE TREATY Some of the Entente Po we^s'Want Quicker Ac tion so That the Soldi ers May Return to Their Homes ’ We hadn’t asked the price of our rooms, and so the great shock await ed us at dinner. The prices of Brus sels are the highest I have ever the boulevard cafes of Pasis look cheap. In the cafe of the Hotel Me- tropole an orilcr of fish is 15 francs, steak 22 francs, and ice cream 7 2-2 francs. I know, because I paid for them. o’clock. We called the head waiter and asked him what was open at that hour. “The Palace Cafe, the biggest,” he said, “is not open. It opens at It Sir. You may find some few places open, but is is rather early. Sir. They are all open by midnight, how ever." Now, we had come from the Rhine, | ments an d arches which dot the city, where the lid goes on at 7 p. m., ami -^ter luncheon we found the city had been to Paris, where nothing is awake a sain, its streets filled and joy to be had after 9:30. So we were eve fywhere, ii: seemed. But then we surprised. began to learn that the city, bright Major Bozeman Bulger, who was aRd beautiful and joyous, the city of with me, said the Palace Cafe would j w * na and son K we had seen, was only Pdris, Feb. 19—Some of tho En'which cannot bo accomplished ci* tente powers are planning as soon as tirely in advance of the conclusion the Russian people are disposed of, and a few more hearings accorded the small nations, to take up "the of treaty of peace. Public sentmient in America and England, Austria and Canada has impressed their representatives here of the necessity for taking steps for the return of the soldiers home, of a Peace Treaty. The French government i J fully aware of this feeling and expresses sympathy with »Me motives underlying it, but holds there would be dangerous complica Uons and failure to realize the ne cessary fruits of victory, if undue hast^ is taken in the conclusion of a trea/y of peace. do, so we started. We wont out into • street ablaze and crowded with civi lians and soldiers, Belgian soldiers. Every here and there was a French soldier, but no Americans. Every other house seemed to be a cafe. I rom Hie doors of the firsj. we passed oani<! the strains of “Are You from Dixie?" We both were, and so the evening seemed well started. Reach ing (lie Palace Cafe about 11 o’clock, we found it half filled, but filling rap Itly. There 1 saw the first evening clothes since leaving New York a year ago. There were Innumerable pretty girls, and every one was un comfortably attentive because we wore American uniforms, and Ameri can stock is high in Brussels, as I have said. We found the same high prices we had met at dinner. The Palace Cafe is fine. I know of no cafe in America so large. There j was a large orchestra at either end. 'and the moment one ceased the other tlie glimmering surface. We saw that the shops were /filed and that there was meat mni food to be seen, but at what ,i price! We saw the street cars were not running, and learned that lhare was a strike of employes who said they could not live on iheir wages. Vp learned that there is much distress among the poor people, ami tint food and employment condi Mods are hot good. I learned that Brussels, bra live Brussels, was turn ing her best face to the world. GOVERNMENT HAS HEAVY FIRE LOSS TEN BUILDINGS BURNED LAMBERT’S POINT, NEAR NORFOLK, TODAY The Faith In Them Red Cross. Mr. Stuckey made no dis ,, , , , , play whatever of his patriotism but hand and a beairty we there was not a citizen in South Caro • boys when they tome hna who was more loyal and more ‘ devoted to the cause of his country than he was. To Handle Cotton ... Parsaant 1 to suggestions made bv 'V. I. Harding, governor of the feder , r «serye bank, in ids speech Imre as week, a bill has been introduced m tlie General Assembly providing for the organization of a cotton corpora i n under the Webb act to stimulate „ European cotton markes. Mr Harding in his address before the shm n a T n,bIy decIared the states should do soiaei.-ing t 0 relieve the distress of the cotton growers as the selling price of their product is now below tho cost of production. The Plan he suggested wars tlie organlza- tfon of two corporations, one for the Gult states and the other for the At lantic states, these corflorations \o become the selling agents in the for eign held. Mr. Harding said that all artificial ailmulaiion o? ,hc c„,™, market could thus De eliminated and a definite amount of cotton assignee kets 1 y Th r V 0 h 0 " 10 and forei *n mar ‘I farmcrs wou,d know how b ,i COtt0n Would b0 needed and »nH , f l r e 011 the tost of Production and a fair profit. Credit would o.; Mr y n U u nd .? r the - , proposed corporation, Mr. Harding said, and all needed moti ey could be secured through the Fed eral reserve system. On Federal Trade Commission linin’;,I 6 ‘f a rep ? rt >» circulation that United fatales Senator William Pei- gues Pollock is to be appointed a member of the Federal Trade Com mission at a salary of $10,000 a year Chaplain Lyons Here ( liapiain .1 Sprolea Lyons, Jr., of the old First South Carolina Rem- ment, is visiting in Columbia. Mr , yon8 married a Miss Lyles of Colum biu and is visiting at tho ,.r u.- Decide On Equal Representation Paris, Feb. .19.—Equal representa tion for Governments employers and labor was decided on by the Coramis ion of International Labor Legisla Vion yesterday, adopting plan f tlu , ' , eeting of the proposed annu ! nlc g..tional labor conference. COL BENNETT YOUIT IS SERIOUSLY LL Jacksonville Fla., Feb 1 The Condition of Colonel Bn f’ Voung, past commarde- ’ ’he Un'ted Confed" Is seriously ill here, i p Men Of St /'’h- Meet On ”” A } n s 1 f , : j co ple;ed for the “ge -tog er” meeting for the men of St. John’s Ep’scopal Church, o”. Thursday n'rjat This will lie the fete diy of every [of this week. Supper will be se^v- "ian. woman and cM'd in F’orence jtirt at the Parish House at eight county and it is hoped that eaijli one ! o’clock, by the ladies of t)he Parish, will respond to the call for a glad |at a nominal charge of thirty-cents. elcome to our An interesting and instructive pro gram has been worked out!, and every man who atends is assured of a pleasant and profitable evening. The meeting is solely for the pur pose of bringing the men of the con gregation irj.o closer fellowship, to the end that a spirit of effective co operation may bo fostred among all the men, for carrying on the work of f-he church during the fcomifig l months. '•minty, that this celebration takes in mi only the thirtifth division, whesf* r eturn will nrnbab'e bp the nrapHo* 1 "non W’blob H will be heM. but ovn-- "an oi' Florence county who, serve' 1 ’’i** county on land or sen, or in the air whether abroad or ! n this eountrv Al’ fh'so who lhave re’urned fro" trpinltvr <*j,?r>p nr overseas service w*’’ he ''nv’tpd to itfend. T» fs boned to mike this tiho h’eeest "Reddest, proudpcf dnv in the tdotn-v e* fbp onimtv It Is its? felt ♦!'»* o ovy* nm il ~ li ~ $ A •—i ♦Top cjowyTop n f tjmn 0 * 'tYwlq TYI nji. yyli TP* croyn onrl no /Inn**' 4 n t 1 - n nomoq of t*Hor*n * w o <r1r*~Tnnc /vv'ncqflprq nr***oo nn^iTtrr in vivi.** ,o»*p pr*lt?rtrr o 1, Vtn <500 tbp mnp c 0 f nniiTi f ^v that onorofp 4horn flrnrn fhpir A1 Norfolk, Feb. 18.—Fire destroyed ten buildings occupied by the Govern ment Harbor and Floating Equipment Board, today at I^amberts Point. The loss is one hundred and forty thous find dollars. The Narragansett Refloated Today Morally, Eeb. 18-~The steamier “'Narragansett” which ran on a. rock off the Isle of Wight on February first was refloat on Londoit American ed today. WILL BUILD A NEW CITADEL Columbia, Feb. 18—Tho Houae of Jlepresenlatives today passed with •seven dissenting v/>tes bill providing for a new 1 South Carolina Military Academy ait Charlestcn, and appro priating $100,000 for three years, and proceeds from sale of present site and buildings gor the construction of tho new inslitution, which will be erected \sliley River on a site given by •the city of Charleston. London, Feb. IS.—Who’s who at the peace conference? The French „ , - Prime Minisier and Marshal Retain vvjie s narpniV le lo,ne his are agnostics. Marshal Foch is a Ro serv j cc chaniain 1 elore enter lng the man r«,bnHP Marahal Haip an.l Prp S ? rV) ® e ChapIa111 EyOllS man Catholic. Marshal Haig and Pre sident Wilson are Presbyterians. Fi** mler W. M. Hughes of Australia, is a staunch Baptist. Austen Chamberlain iis a Unitarian. UQUOR DEALERS CALL FOR A REFERENDUM ON PROHIBITION Claim That Result Will be Changed in at Least 13 States and Thus D efeat National Pro- hibi tion „ „ - was paslor of Green vine. 1 He^ha^ jimt gotten 1 out StateS CU Federal p, ' Qbibitl «« amend of a hospital having been gassed in| ment > according t!o an announcement France. Imado by the National Assoclm'.ion of Cincinnati, Feb. 18.—A referendum | Distillers am| Wholesale Liquor election will be held in fourteen Deaiters hero today. Arkansas Is the only Southern State on the list. The distillers claim at least 13 of these thus defeat national prohibition. Illius defeat national prohlbtion. ... ...