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Hp&v^' * "-' Bftabliahed in 189L PRESIDENT CIVIL SERVICE PROTESTS RCKUNI io nErww'ATSS THAT PERNICIOUS POLITICAL ACTIVITY" ACTUATEO BOARD. COMMISSION NOW SELECTING Plat D?nlal Mad* That Examination* Are Not Conducted in 8trict Accord With Law and Rules. Postmaster T. B. Madden ot Columbia has received a letter trom M. A. Morrison, president of the civil service commission, In which he says that charges have been made that examinations for postmasters of offices paying above $2,400 have been so framed as to permit the postmaster general to place one of his confidential agents "behind the scenes'* to make sure as to the political affiliations and activities of the candidates, and in order to have his recommendations eount for four times as much as the actual examination in determining the rating of candidates. PruWoni ? flatly denies any truth in the charges and says the examinations are conducted strictly by civil service rules under the president's executive order issued March 31, 1917. To Develop Air Service. Capt. Charles J. Glidden. an officer in the IT. S. Air Service. Military Aeronautics, stated in Washington, this week: "All men who wish to take part in the development of the nation's air service as an aviator or dirigible balloon pilot, chauffeur, mechanic or work at some thirty other trades required in the air service, by sending their name and address immediately to the Department Air Service Officer, 104 Broad jitreot. Now York. N. Y., will receive an important communication on the subject which I have prepared, after serving as an officer several months in the Untted States army flying school at Southfleld. Americna. Oa? and the United Statee army balloon school at Fort Omaha, Nebraska.** School Payments Completed. . The State superintendent of education has finished the payment of all Ttiral graded school applications allowable this year. The table showing the disbursements by counties follows: Abbeville $ I ?00 Aiken 4.100 "Anderson 9 900 Bamhersr - i mo Barnwell l.aon Beaufort koo Berkeley i 700 Calhoun 2 non Charleston 1.700 Cherokee 2 4 on Cheater 2 000 Chesterfield 6 700 Clarendon 8.400 Colleton 4400 Darlington 6 ooo Dillon 6 700 Dorchester 2 Ron Fdgefleld 2 1 oa Fairfield 700 Florence #.2nn Georgetown l.ooo Oreenrllle 17 ooo Greenwood 2 son Hampton 2 ooo Horry a joo Jasper 1.1 oo Kershaw 4 400 Lancaster R.700 Laurens 7.700 Dee 4 600 Islington ? 200 McCormick l.goo Marion 3 goo Marlboro 2.700 Nawberry 2.700 Oconee 6.200 Orangeburg 6 000 Pickens R Ron Richland RiOO Saluda 6 300 Spartanburg 1R mo Sumter l.Ron Union 8.700 Willinmsburg 6.400 York 6 000 More Carolinian* Coming. Washington (Special.)?Densrture from France of a number of additional unit* of the Rainbow Division was announced by the war department. They Include the headauarters Sixty-seventh Field Artillery Brigade. One Hundred and Forty-first Field Artillery. One Hundred and Forty-ninth and One Hundred and Fiftieth Machine Oun Battalions, complete. One Hundred and Seventeenth Engineer*. complete ne Hundred and Seventeenth Engineer Train, One Hundred and Seventeenth Supply Train. Will Attend Conferences. Accompanied by several of the direct and co-operative members of his office, John E. Swearlngen, State superintendent of education, will go this week to attend important educational conferences in Virginia and Maryland, which have been called by the general education board of New York. Invitations to the meetings have been Issued by the general education boards to the State superintendents of education of all the Southern States and to the agents of the board in these States. - H _ ?? I ??" '? victory Loan Quota. South Carolina will b? ozpaetad to raiaa .924,948,900 in tha Victory loan. The State's quota in the Fourth Liberty loan was 932,425.000, or one-third in excess of the present quota. Five counties will be expected to raise amounts in excess of 91,000,000. Charleston holds first place by a wide margin with a quota of 94,891.400. Richland stands next with 93,507,000. To Greenville will be apportioned 91,* 715,000; Spartanburg, 91,358 , >0v, iau Anderson, 91,062,600. The following is the apportionment by counties as given out by C. H. Gerald, secretary of the State Liberty Loan committee: Abbeville 9 225.000 Aiken 307.600 Allendale 1*2.400 Anderson I,0b2,600 Bamberg 283,800 Barnwell 183.830 Beaufort 225.0CO Berkeley r 172, W Calhoun 186.00O Charleston 4,891.400 Cherokee 293,000 Chester 348.100 Chesterfield 355,050 I Clarendon Colleton ; 148.000 Darlington 487.450 Dillon 269.7lK> Dorchester 162 200 Edgefield 235.250 Fairfield 202.700 Florence 745.650 i Georgetown 227.000 Greenville 1,715.450 Greenwood 655.600 Hampton 195.0U0 Horry 187.500 Jasper 30.000 eKrshnw 225.000 Lancaster 303.550 Laurens '. 424.450 Dee 253 900 Lexington 310.800 Marlboro 447.2^0 McCormick 132 100 Newberry 456 900 Oconee 295.600 Orangeburg 960.550 Pickens 294 400 Richland 3.607.400 Saluda 187.500 Spartanburg 1.358.800 Sumter 745.650 Union 286.050 Williamsburg 292.600 York 866,150 Total $24,948,000 Smallpox Epidemic Feared. Smallpox has been reported recently from various sections of the State according to Dr. Jas. A. Hyde, State health officer, who said that there were cases in Lexington, Marlboro, Richland, Florence and other counties. | The disease is affecting whites and negroes in about equal proportion. In speaking of the situation Dr. Hayne said that he w.aa of the opinion that the outbreak of smallpox was due to the failure of school superintendents and trustees to enforce the law requiring school children to be vnccmaifn. ine fltseaae had practl rally #?sappeared from the State, and lta absence has brought about to a certain extent the abandonment of precautions against it. To Develop Rural Districts. Representatives of the Southern Settlement and Develonment Corporation, an organization which embraces . the entire South, met with Governor Cooper and representatives of Clemsod College and the State department of agriculture to discuss the program of rural development and settlement In South Carolina. The South Carolina branch of the organization was effected last, December and a campaign is now going for ward to enlist the co-operation of bankers, business men. land, owners and railroads In one combined efTort to develop rural conditions of the State. The four weeks a representative of the corporation has bsen In , the field more than 200 land owners have Joined the movement, these owning more than 500.000 acres of land. No membership fee Is collected, but the members pny one cent an acre each year na annual dues. Such procedure has been eminently successful in other StAtes. Governor Cooper is heartily In favor of the project and will lend his gym- j pathetic interest in efTorts to get the people of the State united in the idea of draining the low lands and to an v?"??no niiciiono hki ii iMiiire, live stock production and such other plana for community betterment. Secretary Glass to SDeak. Governor Robert A. Cooper unite? with the Woman's Liberty Ix>an com mittee for South Crrolioa in inviting Hon. Carter Glass, secretary of the treasury, to speak in the house of rep renentntives In the State House April 2ft with Mrs. Antoinette Funk, vice chairman of the National Woman's Liberty Loan committee. Finns are being made by the committee for an Important meeting which will arouse Statewide interest and Recretarv Glass' visit will ?rtve inspiration to all workers. Tanks to Tour State. South Carolina it peculiarly forto nate to get three tanks to be taker en tour over the State that tha people may see the workings of the "whip pets" that broke the morale of th? German army. There has been ?< much of romance and of mystery about these great crawling fortresse? that the people have a great curiosity to see them and they are proving r great attraction everywhere the] appear. Each of these tanks is mounts' with a French oce pounder gun. = TORT MILL A. F. ADAMS j A. F. Adams Is the new head of the | Postal Telegraph Company, appointed j by Postmaster General Burleson. He j formerly was president of the Kansas City Home Telephone Company. SOME PAPERS IiNGONvlOEB evening Globe, Strongly Anti-Wilson, Says That the President Takes an Impossible Attitude. London.?All the London evening newspapers devote their leading articles to President Wilson's appeal in connection with the Italian situation at the Paris conference and to Premier Orlando's decision to withdraw from the conference. The Westminster Gazette endorses the statement of the American executive, noting that Italy in her claims went beyond the treaty cf London in claiming Fiume ' .ib well as the Trentino and other territory assigned her by the London pact. "We are obliged to point ont," says the newspaper, "that in this very treaty Fiume was assigned to the Croatians. If, then, the appeal is to the treaty, we are as much bound not , to give^Fiume to Italy as we are bound to give her the other territories." If the tlalians claim Fiume under the principle of self-determination, adds The Gazette, that principle also applies to the Slav regions which were assigned to Italy under the treaty. The Evening Standard says it cannot pretend to be convinced by President Wilson's arguments, while The Pall Mall Gazette says that Italy is claiming the fulfillment of the treaty where Bhe is the gainer by its terms and its abrogation where it stands in the way of her full demands. "Her statesmen," Tne Pall Mall Gazette adds, "must realize upcn reflection that the second attitude undermines whatever moral force is Inherent in the trust." The Evening GTcsse, which Is strongly anti-Wilson, says the President has taken up an impossible attitude. It refers to his aDDeal as an insult t? Italians and suggests that his best course would be "to retire gracefully from a discussion which concerns neither himself nor the American continent." TO BE LITERAL ENFORCEMENT OF WAR TIME PROHIBITION New York.?The government proposes a literal enforcement of the wartime prohibition act. Including a ban on production and sale of all beers and wines, whether or not they are intoxicating. the department of justice announced through a special representative in the federal court here. While no steps will be taken to prevent brewing, pending a court determination of the law's constitutionality raised by brewers of the New York district, manufacturers will operate in peril of future prosecution, according to the statement of William C. j Fitts, special counsel, appearing for Attorney General Palmer in the beer litigation. The law prohibited sale after June 30 of distilled beverages as well as manufacture after April 20 and sale after Juno 30 of "beer, wine and other intoxicating malt or viuous liquors for beverage purposes, pending the demobilization of the military forces," SAYS WILSON IS TREATING ITALY AS BARBAROUS NATION Paris.?Premier Orlando d*>rln ? that President Wilson's proclamation is an attempt to place the government in opposition to the people. "He is treating the Italians." adds the premier, "as if thejr were a barbarous people." The premier says he has never denied that the pact of London did no' apply to Fiume. but the Italian ftaim was based on the principles of President Wilson's 14 points. MAY ORDER ALL Y. M. C. A. WORKER8 OUT OF ITALY Paris.?The possibility of ordering nil Y. M. C. A. workers out of Italy is being considered by John R. Mott, of the war work council 1 of the Y. C. A. There are 1 about 200 American workers in Italy assigned to various units of the 'tallan army and Mr. Mott was somewhat perturbed over the possibility that they might become invotved in manifestations of anti-American . feel'ng. I -tv-' y .v . , S. 0., THURSDAY, MAY 1, : THE RliSSIAK ARMY GAININGJTREN6TH DI8CONTENT AND REBELLION 18 REPORTED BY PRI8ONER8 IN ANARCHI8T HERD. SACRILE6E AND DESEGRAT DN Aymnathiea of Russians Alienated by Absolute and Wanton Disregard and Disrespect of Their Religion. Archangel.?The situation is still tranquil, though the breaking up ot the river may dictate the expediency of action against the btolshevista next week. Our flotilla is ready to go up the moment the ice is free. Reports of prisoners from bolshevist sectors indicate discontent and rebellion among the bolshevists. Civilian Russians here are watching anxiously the movements of the allies. The Russian army is gaining strength and fervor. General Ironside is doing his utmost to set them on I their legs and instill a belief in their own capabilities. The officers and men find entertainment in the evening, at dances and visiting different messes. Food is plentiful except vegetables. Sacrilege and desecration are becoming the outstanding feature of bolshevist terrorism. This is remarkable as it shows the lack of understanding of the psychology of the Russian peasant, whom the bolshevist , seeks to win to his cause. The Rus- I sian's religion amounts almost to | fanaticism and wanton desecration of churches alienates any fugitive sympathy with the enemy. Captain Hitching has Just returned from a special investigation of a village recently retaken from the bolshevists after being in their hands a month. The church was used for billeting troops, the baptismal font Oiled with ikons and broken sacramental garments sed as dusters, all the cupboards ransacked and the house pillaged. One villager, an allied partisan, had both his bands severed. Other districts report similar and worso orgieB. In one instance there was a mock marriage between a priest and a mare. From some villages they took, away the school mistress, but the vil- I lagers say there was no defilement of women folk. SPECIAL EFFORTS TO BE MADE FOR OVERSUBSCRIPTIONS Washington.?Special efforts to obtain over-subscriptions from communities to counterbalance possible under-subscriptlons from others will be made this week by Victory Liberty Loan committees at the request of the treasury. After canvassing the financial situation throughout the ecf.intry, national managers of the loan have discovered that vicissitudes of 'he post-war rei&ljustment period have reduced the ordinary ability of some communities to subscribe the same proportions as in previous loans, aunougn in many cases they have been assigned the same proportionate quota. SAMUEL GOMPERS 18 BADLY INJURED IN TAXI COLLISION New York.?Samuel Gompers. president of the American Federation of Labor. was seriously injured here when a taxlcab in which he was riding was struck by a Broadway surface car and hurled 20 feet to the curb. Surgeons who were summoned reported after an examination that two of Mr. Gompers' ribs had been fractured. his right hip sprained, and that he had suffered severe body contusion. Despite the advanced age of the labor : leader, who is 69 years old, the sur- ; geons declared that there was no like- j lihood of the injuries proving fatal. Mr. Gompers has been busy vir- | tually every minute since his return from the peace conference, where he . served as chairman of the commission on international labor legislation. He had Just started out from his hotel for an hour's relaxation when the accident occurred.^ SEAPLANE BREAKS WORLD'S RECORD FOR ENDURANCE Washington.?A naval sedplane of too r-?? I/ire, carrying a cmw <11 IOUT men. remained in the air at the Hampton Roads naval base for 20 hours and 10 minutes, establishing what naval officials said was a world's record for seaplanes. The machine covered a istance of about 1,250 miles, averag* a little more than 60 miles an hour, despite the fact that a gale of from 20 to SO miles was blowing. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO ENFORCE PROHIBITION Washington.?Enforcement of national war-time prohibition, effective next July 1, will be undertaken by the : department of justice. Attorney Gen- ( eral Palmer In a statement asserted that he possessed no powdr to grant 1 amnesty to any one who might manu- , facture beer pending an Interpretation ! of the law as to what percentage of nl- j eohollc constituent brings beer within the meaning of the prohibition j act. ' I '* * " ' vv ':*?-. 1 > if? -Y " -I I I jjjj 1 L919MARSHAL FOCH A new photograph of Marshal FocK commander of the allied armleo. This photograph was made in Paris while Marshal Foeh was attending the peace conference. VITAL CHANGE IN CONDITIONS Creation of Several New States Makes the Port of Piume Their Natural Outlet to the Sea. The Italian situation overshadowed all other questions throughout the day in Paris and was the sole subject of conversation in official and unofficial circles. . Proposals and counter-proposals were made between the members of the British, French and Italian delegations, and numerous stories of compromises were emulated. These were suddenly discredited by the issuance of President Wilson's statement, showing that the President was not a party to the proposed concessions, which were chiefly based on the supposition that Fiume could he given to Italy. The idea, which had been prevalent in Paris, that the Adriatic situation was a game of chess, in which the most skilful diplomats would win, regardless of the armistice conditions, was suddenly banished by President Wilson's action. It had been generally known that lie had prepared a statement which was presented to the entire American delegation, and that the delegation had approved it. But there was no suspicion that his position was so un.lt.-okV oCTnlna* -> i ?tvv??ui/ nrv-ici U I liliJiXIUL'Y. Declarations by the members of the American delegation that the President would not yield on the matter of Fiume were regarded by most European diplomatists, and especially by the Italians, as part of a political game, until even now many old school diplomatists seem unable to comprehend what has happened. In his statement President Wilson, explaining his position on the Adriatic question, declares that Fiume cannot become a part of Italy. The President points out that every condition concerning the Adriatic settlemont has been changed since Italy entered the war upon the promises of ftie pact of I>ondon, the Austro-IIungarian empire having disappeared. He notes that new states have been created from which Fiume is the natural outlet to the sea. SIMMON8 SAYS INDUSTRY WILL BE WELL. PROTECTED Washington.?Senator Simmons said that foreign countries will not be permitted to dump products in the United States to kill new industries aftor the peace proclamation is issued. "I doubt if there is any danger of such a thing but in case Germany, or any other country would attempt it. there would be legislation to block her," said he. "Democrats. I am sure, would oppose any such movement on the part of a foreign country, and propose and urge a revision of tho tariff laws to make it impossible. WARNS THOSE PLANNING LIQUOR MAKING AT HOME Washingtn.?Perrons who may be planning to mako liquor in their own homes after national prohibition becomes effective July 1 are to be forewarned by revenue authorities as to the penalties to which they will be subject. Tho Internal revenue bureau Kao mm-ry t tr. rovomiA an#l agents a summary of laws on the subject. and penalties with the suggtation that they be made known widely which will be done. DEVIATION FROM PRINCIPLE 8TERNLY DISCOUNTENANCED Paris.?In issuing his official statement on the Adriatic question, President Wilson let it be known that he desired once again to call attention to the fact that there were certain welldefined principles which hare been accepted by the people of the world as the basis for lasting peace. The United States delegation simply recalled this in oraet that there should be no derlation from these principles 1MES WILSON STMEMENl WAS NO SURPRISE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS MUST TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER PRIVATE PACTS. "THUNDERSTORM OFHONESTt" Exclusion of Southern Slavs From Conference on "Adriatic Question Barred Italians Also." Paris.?An eminent Roman Catholic prelate whom President Wilson received weeks ago when the prospects of the conference were dark prepared for him a little address consisting of one sentence: "Mr. President." it ran. "a thunderstorm of honesty." In the statement on the Adriatic question sent by wireless throughout the world. Mr. Wilson r-layed the part for which the eminent prelate cast him. The statement, certainly honest, has caused a thunderstorm. The fact that the President had prepared the statement for publication had for some davs -been an mu?n secret. FVom the very beginning the President has taken and will take the position that public engagements publicly entered into by the allies must ta^e precedence over seciet engagements whenever the two kinds of engagements were incompatible. The Italian delegation attempted to escape from this dilemma by asserting that Mr. Wilson's principles applied only to peace with Germany, but not to peace with Austria-Germans and Magyars. Mr. Wilson and the whole American delegation have steadily set their faces against this standpoint. The United States recognized the kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Mr. Lansing declared in the council of 10 that if the southern Slav dele! gates were to be excluded from the sitting of the council when the Adriatic question was discussed tho United States must insist that the Italians also be excluded. FIFTEEN THOUSAND NEW MEN WANTED FOR AIR SERVICE New York.?With a view to aiding the air service of the United States army to obtain 1.1,000 men "much needed" by enlistment, Capt. Charles Glidden, air service, U. S. army, has Issued the following statement: "All men who wish to take part in the development of the nation's air service, as an aviator, or dirigible balloon pilot, chauffeur, mechanic or work at some SO other trades required in the air service, by sending their name and address in care of the department air service officer, 104 Broad street, New York, immediately will receive an important communication on the Fubject which I have prepared after serving as an officer several months in the United States army flying school at Southern field, Amerlcus, Ga? and at the United States army balloon school at Ft. Omaha." BELIEVED PROBABLE THAT ORLANDO WILL COME BACK Paris.?Not a rupture, but a suspension of Italy's collaboration In the peace conference?that is how the situation was defined in conference circles. The Italian delegation, feeling that its representative character has been called in question In certain quarters, considers it its duty to refer to the Italian parliament, but it is believed to be probable that Premier Orlando will be back in time for the opening of the negotiations with the German plenipotentiaries at Versailles, which will not occur before May 1 or May 2. Until the Italian prime minister's return the Italian delegates will not attend the sessions of either the conference or its commissions, but in order to show that Italy desires to maintain good relations with the allies the Italians will continue to collaborate on the inter-allied commissions. I AMERICAN CIVILIANS IN GERMANY IN WANT Ooblenz.?A number of American civilians in various parts of occupied Germany are in serious straits he'cause of the food situation. AmonK those who have requeued the civil affairs officers of the third army to take some action toward the I relief of the Americans in question are several members of congress who 1 have been In Coblnz recently. It la ; proposed to send the food required by parcel poet. WITNESS. WHILE TESTIFYING IS SHOT IN MOUTH BY WIFE ChicaRO.?A divorce case came to a dramatic close when Mr3. Elmer R. Simpson shot her husband, who was on the witness stand, through the mouth. Simpson was testifyinc quietly. Suddenly his wife leaped to her feet. "That's a lie!" she cried, and flred Simpson cnmaplsd up in the chair blood cominR from his mouth. Mrs Simpson was arrested and court ad Journed. "'i - i SL25 Per Year. LEAGUE MADE PART ap np a A'f* vnp ivia jui- rtftUMKtMT BUT LITTLE ARGUMENT ANO NO DISSENSION MARKS FINAL GOAL TO SUCCESS. ITALY WAS NOT REPRESENTED When Decision Was Taken Mr. Wllsan Was Surrounded and Congratulated by Delegates. Paris.?The covenant of the league ?f nations in revised form, moved by President Wilson, was adopted by the peace conference in plenary session without a dissenting vote and without amendment. r? - J - - A. ... ricuiueiu g mouon also named Sir James Eric Drummond as secretary-general of the league and provided for a committee to inaugurate the league. Thus one of the notable works of the conference passes its flnal stage and is incorporated In the peace treaty. Italy was not represented at the session, but the name of Italy appears as one of the members of the league in the covenant as finally adopted. Nine labor principles were adopted for Insertion in the treaty. The session adjourned without considering the report on responsibilities. providing for the trial of the former German emperor by five Judges from the great powers. This report was handed in by the council of four and embodies ia the peace treaty a provision for the former emperor's prosecution . For the first time at the conference sessions Italy was not represented and the five seats of Premier Orlando and his colleagues at the right of M. Clemenceau, the presiding officer, remained vacant. The. other delegations presented full ranks, and tho scene was stirring as the French premier opened the session. When the decision w as taken President Wilson was surrounded by delegates and friends who. congratulated him on the constitution of the league which he had steered past many quicksands. THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE AGAIN FIXED ON ROME Paris.?The world is awaiting for definite news from Rome regarding Premier OrlnnrfiV# nlano fr?r omoi-i?ini? from the impasse resulting from the Fiume intransigience. All eyes in Parts are turned toward the German delegates who are doing their best to appear as distinguished guests, rather than the emissaries of a beaten nation. The Temps' Berlin correspondent sends an interview with Professor Schuceking, in which the professor, who always was the ardent enemy of the pan Germans, says: "ThiB epoch of German history is dead and buried. It was the epoch of Bismarck based upon force. !t was also the poch of Priisrla and the latter's downfall liberated the fatherland. We hope to bury at Versailles also the old regime based on the negative. sterile idea of European equilibrium and erect in its place a society of nations." REVELATION OF HORRORS DONE IN UNHAPPY RUSSIA Ivondon?Official revelAtlon of barbarities more revolting than any conceived during the Inquisition, is contained in a collection of reporta by British diplomatic representatives In Russia compiled to portray the conditions in that country during the b-'-! shevlst regime of the last two year*, which has just been presented to par. liament by command of His Majesty King George. The collection Includes photographs of unnamable atrocities and the descriptions of the cruelties and atrocious practices, the murder, rnpine, chaos and starvation that has prevailed in the distorted country since tho rise of holshevism are officially attested in all caser. by competent witnesses. WITHDRAWING AMERICAN TROOPS ROM FRONT LINE Archangel.?The American troryp* are gradually 'being withdrawn from the front lines, preparatory to thei? departure when the harbor opena. As far as poesible they are being replaced by new Russian trtoops, -who are being schooled at the front by American and British officer*. There are at present no American? on the Plnega or Kadlsh-SreimakrengJi fronta and the process of relief is underway on the railroad. CREWS ARE 8ELECTED FOR GREAT ATLANTIC FLIGHT New York.?The nary department announced here the personnel of the aviation crows?(Ire men to a plane ?who will attempt next month te | iroie the Atlantic in three huge hydro airplanes. Commander A C. Read and Lieut. Commander P. N. L.. Bel tnger will be the plane commanderi rRh the drat named in general charge ?f the expedition a week's wait Is e* 1 oected at the Rockwway station.