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| Columbia, March 17.?James B. Waliiie
and Lee Bourne, the two young
.ytrfcite men lodged in the state penitentiary
Monday afternoon on the charge
wf criminally assaulting two young
t&hite girls in Abbeville Inst Sunday
^f|ernoon, will be released today on the
statements of the two girls that WalJace
and "Bourne were not their assail7L
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kmmB. ;ine iwu yuun^ wuraun wen*
brought to Columbia yesterday lo see
tlife prisoners, and are most positive
|n their declarations that the incn ui?
dor arrest are not -the guilty parties.
Qus-ernor -Cooper will order the release
soon as authorized by Solicitor
jHomer S. Black well of the Kighth circuit.
-The governor will also oiler a
Reward; tor the apprehension of the
jtodn who committed the dastardly
britne. A speciul term of court Would
have bCen requested had identification
jbcfn ostablishod.
I 1 \Y. Terrin, veteran clerk of ^ourt
1 ?f Abbeville county, was in Columbia
l last night attempting to get in touch
'tvith Mr. Black well of Laurens to get
Authority for the release that the
?)ting men might take the early tru;n
16k to tlreenwoo<l this morning.
fact dcvelope<l yesterday I
an that it was a touring car and
tfot a truck, as previously reported, in
which the young women were tnken I
to ride. They were on their way to
Church in Abbeville laRt Sunday afternoon
when overtaken by two young
Men in an automobile and invited to
ride. They reluctantly accepted," but
ftsked to be put out at the church
trldch was further down the road.
Arriving at the church the driver refused
to stop, driving to the country
hiApiul whoro tho orimo wna oomtnif. I
t*rvs>?Vaetii
lending to the arrest were that
ijio cat1 wnit first reported to l>c a
truck, and Wallace and Bourne visited
Abbeville; Sunday in a truck' belonging
to the Waldrop Plumbing company ot
Greenwood, which company employs the
#*0 young men. ThiB was the only I
truck seen on the streets of Abbeville
that day and the arrest of Wallace and
(kiQrne were easily effected in Greenffcwd
Sunday night. Mondny afterig>qn
the prisoners were brought to the
ftaio penitentiary, one of the young
Women-rat being able to make the trip
Honda*.#? Greenwood to attempt to
Identify.
p*yhe young men were seen yesterday
at the penitentiary, but refused to disenss
the matter. They had employed
fh? law firm of Grier, Parks & Nichol- I
fcri of Greenwood to defend them. Both I
prisoner^ were reading magazines.
Bourne, the younger of the two, appended
somewhat despondent, but Walhui
was in a wholly indifferent frame
of mind and chuckled freely over some
ngcjinngcs of repartee with a Columbia
friend at the cell door. Wallace
hi a Columbia hoy and a plumber
trade. He was employed seven years
fly; the W. B. Guimarin company of
Cnlumbia, leaving the state capital
or four years ago to work for
Waldrop Plumbing company of
Mp^k Hill which company hns a branch
djhye in'Greenwood.
SAYS MERCHANDISE IS
PLENTEOUS IN GERMANY
^'New York, March 15.?Arriving here
y? stardny on the Mauretania, was Irving
T<- Bush, who went to Ixuulon at
the end of December to see the ornnml
broken for his torminnl building whirl:
iff to br erected in the center of the
city within ? stone's throw of Temple
Bar nnd Somerset House on the Strand.
It "will he an eight-story building covering
the entire block and what rooms
arc not required hy the Terminal company
of which Mr. Bush is the head,
will he rented to Ifrms connected with
various industries. The cost will
he $3,000,000, Mr. Bush said, nnd the
building will he completed within a
year. ?
' Frond England Mr. Bush, who was accompanied
by his wife, went on the
continent and visited France, Belgium.
Holland nnd Germany.
v,\Ve went to tho occupied territory
first," he continued, "and then drove
ahout "300 miles through Germany
proper, including the city of Frankfort,
hut did not go to Berlin. 1 had
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been informed there was no merchandise
in Germany, but I found the warehouses
packed with it everywhere I
went. The people went about their
work in a quiet, determined manner
aud kept their grief to themselves. I
never heard the German people com- ,
plain about their losses through the
war in lives or property, and they never
discussed the Kaiser or the Crown
I'rincc in my hearing. The country can .
>cst be described as the land without <
i smile, because I never saw a Gernai^
man or woman laugh while 1 was ,
n their territory.
"It is all right to nurse a hate and
'emember the sinking of the Lusitaniu
?nd other atrociti<s of the war, but it
we wish Europe and the world general- |
ijr Ml ICVWCI AIUIII Hit? eUlTlH OK Kilt* I
awful struggle of the past five and h ;
half years we must lend n liaml to ,
the countries of Centrnl Europe to get
!>aek their trade and commerce. Food
conditions were better in Germany.
Meat was scarce and dear, but there
was plenty of poultry at low prices.
"I am not surprised to hear of the |
fall of the Kbert government. It was
expected when I was in Frankfort. Tn I
my opinion, Belgium will be the first .'
ouutry on the continent to recover, i
from the war, and Germany will be the
second." I
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RUSSIAN '1 KADK DELEGATION |
TO BE ADMITTED TO ENGLAND
London, March 10.?Replying to u
question in the House of Commons ,
Premier Lloyd George announced that
the Government would permit the visit
of a delegation of the Russian Co-opera
live Societies, subject to the right to (
exclude individuals.
In this connection the Premier em
phasized that Maxim LitvinotT, the
Bolshevist Assistant Commissioner of
Foreign Affairs, could not bo admitted .
because on a previous occasion he had
taken advantage of his diplomatic priv- |
.lege to engage in political propaganda
in England.
Every faility would bo given for the
coming to England and the returning tc
Russia of the delegation, the Premier |
.ulricd, but it mutit be clearly understood
hut the delegation would be forced to
online its work to commercial linen.
Still for Lower Freight Rates.
Washington, March 17.?Senator i
Krelinghuysen, of New Jersey, toilay <
introduced a bill requiring the rail- '
roads to reduce their freight rates 011
:nal during the summer months, fif- '
teen per cent, in order to stimulate buy- 1
ing during that period.
The bill would ullow the roads to in rease
their rates on coal 15 per cent
ibove normal trallic during the winter '
in-compensation for the reduction durmj
the summer.
It was Btateil by the New Jersey
senator that the reduced rate would
result in dealers buying more heavily
luring the summer and would enable
them to offer coal at lower prices during
the summer. The net result would
he that many consumers would lay in
their winter supply and the dealers
would have bigger stocks on hand, thus
relieving to considerable extent tin
ongestion in the winter.
Benet May Run for Senate.
Columbia, March 17.?Christie Bcnet.
f Columbia, \vl(o served in the United
States senate for the unexpired term of
lie late Senator Tillman, is being menioned
in Washington ns a possible canlidate
for the United States senate this
year. When asked about the matter,
ollowing the receipt of adviecs from
Washington stating that, lie was being
talked aiiout as a possible candidate
dr. Bcnet had nothing to say. Many
f his friends in Columbia and other
.arts of the state arc interested in
having him make the announcement. K
Soodwyn Rhett, prominent Charleston
ail. is also mentioned for the race.
Mr. Benet knew of the dispatch from
Washington regarding his candidacy
and made no objection to its publico
11.ii, but he stilted that he had no statements
to make.
Advices from Washington state that
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vn?un? \ iti\Mira Will UT^r
lie appointment of a prominent Soidh 1
arolinitui, other than Former Oovernoi ,
\ I. Manning to the Interntate Com
noree Commission. The name was un
ler com nitration before Mr.* Minium*- '
\va? Hiippexted. Tlie name of the Caro (
niiun in withheld, but lie in a prominent
il?nrr in the business world.
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ALLEGIANCE OF PEOPLE
DIVIDED IN GERMANY
Rerlin, March . 1ft.?Reports -^received
licro "today from various parte pf tl.e
puipire indicated that Germany ~Vt' di-'
rated in her allegiance to the new revo
lutionary government established last
Saturday and the old republican government
of President EherU The Soiith
iernian states, according tc*-- advices,
invent accepted the new revolntion.
Fear is expressed in many quarters
that Germany is in the beginning of a
jrave clvij, war. Reports from Wessen
date that serious disturbances have oe urred
there, while another report is
urrent that l)r. von Kapp, dictator of
no revolutionary govern mint in ready
:0 resign his charge and the coalition
mrties form a new revolutionary gov mment.
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A general strike was called late Satirday
by President Kbert. and (Justav
Voske, minister of war. before the old
government left llerlin, the strike bong
largely effective today. Reports as
to the present whereabouts of Kbert
ind Noske are conflicting. There has
icon no confirmation of the report late
hiturdny that they had been placed unler
arrest. . ... ^ v",
From some quarters came reports to
lie effect that Noske is raising a military
force to act against the revolutionists.
Frankfort. Germany, March lit.?The
winter-revolution is meeting with
varying success in western Gcrmnny. ac ording
to unollicial reports received here
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The old government has been defeat d
in several cities, following y bloody
igliting, reports indicate. The forcch
oyal to thi> Kbert administration nre
aid to have been forced to withdraw
rom Schwcrin. At Weimar the new
rovernment is also said to have been
ictorious and the counter-revolutionary
lag is flying over the barracks at Mulleim.
the volunteer corps at that place
supporting the von Kapp regime.
mo workmen's council, apparently
>wning allegiance to neither the von
\app nor the Kbert government*, bus
tssumcd power in Bochnm and dinarmed
he inhabitants,
TiOiwlnn, March 15.?A dispatch to
he Exchange Kelogfnph, received by
vny of Amsterdam, stated the new
ernian revolutionary eabinet will meet
omorrow.
The cabinet, according to the dismtch,
has ordered the arrest of Matthias
Erzberger, former minister of
Inance under President Kbert. A news
igency dispatch from Berlin says I'resdent
Kbert and Chancellor Bauer will
>e arrested on charges of high treason.
Berlin, March 14.?The two governncnts
of (Jermany are now matching
.vits and force to gain control of the
cpnblic.
Dr. Wolfgang Knpp. who proclaimed
he new order at. Berlin ami himself
hancellor, is employing nil his efforts
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to assure ill* German people that government
under him and those he selects
to administer affairs will mean true
democracy* increased productiveness and
Conservation pi the rights of tlW working
people. ; r
Freidericli Kbert, president of the old
government, who. with most of his ministers,
hastily withdrew from Berlin
wlwn the revolting troops' marched in
jfiul Kupp" and Von Luettwitz took control,
is variously reported to be at Dresden
or Stuttgart, and from his point of
security is calling upon the socialists
and working classes generally to stand
by the old government and to use the
strike wcupon bo that the counter revo
lution may be promptly suppressed. ;
In response to this appeal a general
strike lias been proclaimed in many
places, but in other parts of Germany
the call for a strike lias not been received
with favor. - i
A bloodless revolution thus far lins (
character ixed the movement* npon Berlin,
where the people are viewing events
with tliut serenity to whicli they have
l?cen accustomed by the occurrences of
recent years.
There is, however, an undercurrent
of anxiety because barbed wire entan- 1
glcments have been thrown up in front
of the great public buildings, near Unter
Den Linden and Wilhelmstrasse, cannon 1
and machine guns are posted at the
rose streets and other points of vantage.
and heavily armed guards are
stationed throughout the city. This is
an ominous sign of possible clashes |
when those opposed to the counter revolution
marshal tMir. forces for future
action.
.Mavenos, March 17.?Marshal Foch
and the allied commanders have decided
that the allied forces now along the
RJiine are suflicient to meet any emergency
thnt may be caused by the German
revolution.
General Foch has returned to Paris,
and it is understood no move will be
mode to reinforce the present troop orirnnirat
Inn a u n inn ml on floeman
Berlin. March 14.?The Social Democratic
Party (Majority Socialists) has
issued the following proclamation:
Workmen, Comrades: The military
revolt has come. Erhardt's naval division
is marching on Berlin to enforce
the reorganization of the Imperial Government.
The mercenary troops who
were afraid of the disbandment which
hail been ordered desire to put the reactionaries
into the Ministerial posts.
We refuse to bow to this military
constraint. We did not makp the revolution
in order to recognise again today
the bloody government of mercenaries.
We enter into no covenant with the
Baltic criminals. }Vorkers, comrades,
we should Ih> ashamed to look you in
the face if we were capable of acting
otherwise.
We any "No!" And again "No!" You
must indorse what we have done. We
carried out your views. Now use every
incans to destroy this return of bloody
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Strike. Cease to work. Throttle this
military dictatorship. Fight with all
your means for tU* preservation of the
republic. Put aside nil division. There,
is only one means against the return
of Wilhelm II. Paralyze all economic
life. Not a hand must move. No proletariat
shall help the military dictatorship.
Let there be a general strike along
the entire line. Lot the proletariat act
as a unit.
The manifesto was signed by President
Ebcrt, Premier Hauer, (iustav
Noske .the Minister of Defense; Herr
Sohlike, the Minister of Labor; Dr.
Schmidt, the Minister of Food; Dr. Editanl
Duvid, Minister Without Portfolio,
and Dr. Herman Muller. Miniotai
Foreign Affair*; the Social Democratic
members .of the Government, and by *
Otto Wels for the Executive Committee
of the German Social Democratic Party. '
Chancellor Kapp's proclamation declaring
the National Assembly dissolved
says that body lacks any moral I
right to longer existence. i
"Its attempt to postpone the elections '
and thereby despotically prolong its
mandate," the proclamation continues,
'is. in contradiction to the will of the 1
people. The constitution which has just .
been adopted is arbitrarily treated by
the Assembly as a scrap of paper. The
majority of its members would prefer ,
to have the Imperial President elected,
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Bryan Speak^ of Campaign. ;
"Washington, ^Mareh 17.?Th* presidential
campaign must be fought oht
on big domestic issues of interest to all,
but prohibition and the peace treaty
liould not be among them, according-Co
William J. Bryan in an Interview liero
tcdny. . . ;
Mr. Bryan said they should pi(t
planks in their platforms and nominate
candidates pledged to law enforcement.
The former secretary of state suid JiL
appearance in Washington hud nothing
to do with the senate treaty tight, ih'
.aid he tliouglit it tlie duty of t^iie
demoerats to refuse to join the irrwoniliables
and defeat the treaty. He spid
Hie people were culling for rntifieatibn
with reservations and this should "Mi
i>ivcn tin in regardless of party lines^;
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The Times is now established in -it?
new home on Confederate street, opptiaite
the local telephone exchange.
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