Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, July 22, 1920, Image 1
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Established 1891.
SHORT NEWS STORIES
FROM MANY SOURCES
Mrs. Noll Schroder was convicted
ill lh<t r*nlnniIkiii rlt v court Tncmluv
morning on a charge of reckleiw driving
and the recorder Imposed a tine
of *100 or 30 days in Jail. Notice of
appeal was served on the judge.
Jack Johnson, former heavyweight
champion pugilist of the world, who
I crossed the international boundary
line from Lower California Tuesday,
was taken to Los Angeles Tuesday
nlglil from San Diego and lodged in
the county jail. He was to leuvc
yesterday for Chicago to begin
serving a sentence for violation of
the Mann act. federal olllcials said.
Paul Anderson, 11 years old, of
Illvcrdnlc-on-Hudson, N. Y., who was
admitted to Ltellovue hospital. New
York city, Saturday, has 12 toes and
12 lingers, the small toe Mid small
linger having been duplicated by
Mother Nature. He was admitted to
the hospital to permit of the amputation
of the superfluous toes and
lingers.
(irover Cleveland itcrgdoll, rich
Philadelphia draft dodger, who escaped
from the army guards in Philadelphia
May 21, was captured in Atlantic
City at 10:30 o'clock Saturday
night, according to a department of
J11titicc agent in that city. The federal
agent also said that Krwln itcrgdoll.
a brother, also wanted for evading
the draft, was with drover, but escaped.
deports from practically every section
of Lexington county indicate that
Ihc boll weevil will do considerable
damage this year. Farmers report
that since tile recent rains many
punctured squares arc falling from
the stalks. Some of these fallen
squares from a Held near Gilbert were
sent to Clcmson college for examination
and practically evcrv one was
found to he Infested with the weevil.
Tohneoo markets opened in the Pee
Dee seetlon of the State Tuesday.
A large volume was offered at the
initial sale and |>riees paid were considered
favorable. Good quality tobacco
was being offered. Prospects
lor a Rood crop this year are excellen<
thioughout the tolineeo area, although
there Is a smaller acreage planted
than previously in some portions of
the tobacco belt.
A life Jacket, silent remembrance
of the tragic sinking of the l.usltnniu
live years ago. and bearing n strand
of faded blonde lialr, was picked up
a few days ago in the I?elawnre river
near Philadelphia. The name of the
ship the Germans torpedoed still remained.
clear and distinct, on the
wave-beaten canvas, which has been
adrift on the sens throughout three
years of war and two of peace.
Mrs. IOdna IUirgcss. 4 4, shot and
killed her husband, Guy Rurgess, superintendent
of the signal system of
the Atlantic Coast Tdne railway, at
their home in Florence Tuesday even.
ill IT lit K nVlrw.W Tl... 1- -?
w ? - - - ?v... . ,M ? nan
boon married only about one year,
the ceremony having been performed
ir Jacksonvillo last July. They had
lived In Florence only a few weeks,
going there from Charleston, where
I largess was also in the employ of
the Atlantic Const I-ine.
The body of former Empress Eugenie
of France was laid to rest in
Farnshorough, England. Tuesday between
the tombs of her husband.
Napoleon III, and her son, the prince
imperial, in a crypt in St. Michaels
abbey. Those present at the entombment
were King George, and Queen
Mary of Great Itrttain, King Alphonso
and Queen Victoria of Spain, the
Puke of Connuught. the Prince of
Monaco, members of the Ttrltlsh roynl
family, the Italian. Spanish and
French ambassadors and other members
of the diplomatic world.
ills-death sentence once commuted
tc life imprisonment by an acting
governor, only to have the governor
return, Issue n statement that the
records of Ids office did not show n
commutation and order him from
the State farm hack to the death cell,
Charles II. Ivy, 65. Tuesday was
hanged In the little red brick jail in
Plttsboro. Miss., for the murder of
l.ove l'.agwell in 1919. In a last
statement Ivy declared he did not
regret the killing of llagwell declaring
he hail to do It and if the affair
hail to he gone over again he would
do just as he had done.
When M. K. Walker opened in Columbus,
Ohio, Tuesday a collln sent
htm hv the war ilenartment he footwl
the boily not that of bis son, J.
Walker, but Instead that of .Tamos
Walker, consigned to Mrs. Margaret
Walker, Sandy Springs, S. C. The
death certificates-had been transposed
from one box to tlio other, enusing
the mistake, both being on the same
ship eonting from ltrest, France. The
body of the t'olumbos boy Is being
tracked. It probably has been sen*
to South Carolina instead of Columbus
Charges that the Republicans were
raising a campaign fund "sufllclont
to shock the sensibilities" were made
Tuesday night at Columbus. < thlo. by
Governor Cox. Democratic presidential
candidate, in an address to the
Democratic national committee, which
perfected organization for the campaign.
Governor Cox added: "We
enter the campaign. not hopefully
but in the absolute contidence of
victory, because we deserve to win.
Wo are confident because we have
fought for progress before and we
have met and conquered reaction hefore.
The stronghold before us is not
new to us. Nor Is there anything new
l.i the antagnost before us (Senator
Harding) magnificent gentleman
that he Is. our friend and neighbor.
In 1012 he fought for the cause of
reaction. We won because we stood j
for progress. And we shall win
again."
Phe F
COUNCIL. NAMES RKCOKDER.
Dp. A. Ij. Ott Chosen to Provide Ovop
Fort Mill Ptillce Court.
At the regular semi-monthly meeting
of town council Tuesday evening,
Dr. A. L; Ott wns chosen judge
of the police court of Fort Mill. For
some time council hns hud under con.
shlerutlon the recommendation of
Mnyor F. K. Ardrey that n recorder
he elected by council to relieve him
of the work, but not until Tuesday
evening was the matter tlnnlly dlspesed
of. Dr. Ott was unanimously
ejected, the entire membership of
council being present at the meeting.
It wns said that Dr. Ott had not been
consulted as to whether he would accept
the olflce ami yesterday In response
to an inquiry by The . imes
he stated that he wns considering the
matter anil would reach a decision
within the next day or two. The
nope was expressed more or less genernlly
that Fr. Ott would decide to
accept the office.
The election of a police recorder
means a financial loss for Mayor Ardrey,
who proposed to council that
his salary he paid to the new olllria!
In lieu of sin appropriation hy council
for the purpose. It was with this
understanding that council elected the
new offleiiil. Wednesday Mayor Ardrey
stated that he found the duties
of attending to the police affairs of
the town annoying and that he was
more than willing to give up his salary
to lie relieved of the annoyance
At the meeting- of council Tucsdav
evening members of council expressed
the opinion that the town was not
getting adequate police service and
Mayor Ardrey w,as requested to investigate
the matter with the view of
Improving the service. Particular at
tention was called to the non-enforee
n cut of the ordinance against speeding.
due. it was claimed, to the failure
to bring cases against offenders
WAHIHIOFSKR FOIl COTTON'.
York County's Facilities for Honshu:
Staple Alton! Half Xormal Crop.
J. It. Hlair of Sharon, demonstration
agent for York county, ' spent
scvera! hours in Fort Mill Tuesday in
the interest of the cotton meeting to i
lie hold hore Friday morning. Whilo !
in town Mr. Blair said ho was hopeful |
that the meetings to he hold this weok
at Fort Mill. York, Clover and lllekory
drove in the interest of hotter
marketing of ootton and a county cotton
grader woidd do much to stimulate
interest in these important subjects.
"'With the completion of the warehouse
In Fort Mill and the erection
of the contemplated warehouses in
Clover and Hickory Grove, York county
will then bo prepared to store
21,000 hales of cotton, a little more
than half the normal crop." said Mr.
ltlaio "But we ought to have facilities
to cure for several thousand
more hnles and I am hopeful that additional
warehouse- soon will be
erected."
Speaking of the coming to York
county of the boll weevil, which already
is as close by as Kershaw
county, Mr. Blair said he was not one
of fhe number who thought that the
pest would destroy the cotton industry
of the county. "I think," said
Mr. Blair, "that the weevil will do
great damage here, hut if our farmers
will ro about the growing of cotton
as has been done In other weevil
infested sections of the South, the
damage will not amount to more than
front 20 to 20 per cent."
THKY'llK AMF.RICAXK NOW.
editor Resents Attempt to Trace
Ancestry of Hurtling and Cox.
Hetroit News.
The Kdinburgh Scotsman has made
the happy discovery that Senator
iiuriiiiiK x minor is " oi Moot en descent."
Governor ("ox repudiates (he
statement that he is of KngMsh-Gcrmnn
extraction and Scotch descent.
Of coarse If the two candidates are
going to ran on the records of their
16th century ancestors, they can do
so. Rut It is and has heen the general
impression of the American public
that both candidates' chief and only
title of this kind to the White House
was American citizenship.
Why go beyond that? It is interesting.
if true, that both men should
he of Scotch extraetion. if only to
emphasize the tendency in that hardy
race to survive all trials and reach
ruling positions. Rut, even if inter
vrilUH, II I.- Mill Illl ISSIir 111 Jin rtllll T- !
Wan presidential campaign.
So far as this country is concerned
Senator Harding can claim distant
I 'nship with Julius t'nesar and Governor
Cox can prove his relationship
to the Sherif of Mecca, hut neither
Item would or should help in the election.
It Is time this country began to forget
this ancestor business. Cox and
Harding, and Coolldgc and liooscvelt
are Americans. That's why the country's
to vote for 'em.
S|M*n?iiug IloncynusMi Near Town.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Windle of
Yonkers, N. Y., are spending ji ten
days' honeymoon at the home of Mr
Windle's brother, W. II. Wlndlo. in
the Gold 11111 neighborhood of Fort
Mill township. Mr. and Mrs. Windle.
who was Miss Mat'hla Ncldig of
Yonkers. were married on July 12
and immediately canie to Fort Mil!
to visit relatives in this section.
Mr. Windle was a former well
known cltl7.cn of Fort Mill township
who left here in 1889. Since then
he has lived in various sections of
the country, but for the last 20 years
hns made his home in and around
New York city. He Is an expert
printer and proofreader and Is now
employed In the latter capacity by
the Federal Printing company of
[ New York city.
iws/r.
ORT ]
FORT MILL, S. C., THE
TROUBLE WITH JAPAN
SEEMS ALMOST CERTAIN
The Now York Evenln* Qlobo
prints a l^os Angeles special dispatch
readins:
"Troublo Is looming up between the
United States and Japan?very serious
trouble. The local anti-Japanose
sentiment in California Is rapidly
rising to a point where action may
soon bo taken which will make a con
Unuance of the present cordial relations
between the two countries Impossible.
"The congressional committee on
immigration and naturalization, which
has opened hearings at San Francisco,
is not beginning a moment too soon,
in the opinion of thoughtful Californtnns.
to call the nation's attention
to u most serious threat of ottr peace.
California already has a law forbidding
any Japanese to own land and Is
about to pass a law forbidding the
subjects of the mikado even to lease
land. The tirst law has been bitterly
stalled l?y the Japanese government.
What will follow the passage of the
tew law?which Governor Stephens
has promised will be put through in
short order?one can only guess.
"Kvcn more menacing, in the
>\ Titer's judgment, is the likelihood
of riots by Californiums directed
gainst the Japanese, in which some
of the latter may l?c killed or severely
injured. Those who know Japan best
say that her ruling class is in no mood
'o tolerate indignities of this sort ami
'hero is also tho fact which must he
borne in mind that Japan is having
serious troubles at home, to which
the solution, according to the orthodox
Prussian philisophy, so popular
'i Japan, is to arouse the enthusiasm
ol the populace with a thumping big
aggression against some foreign pow
or.
"The writer is far from wishing to
lie an alarmist, but after talking to
leading men In four rities of the State
liul cheeking this knowledge against
previous experience in too years'
residence in California, lie wishes to
state it is belief that the Japanese
question is more serious than it has
ever been in the past.
"The outstanding asjieets are as
t? Hows:
"The conflict between Asiatic and
Caucasian is an economic conflict, in
which the Japanese always win. liecause
they work harder than we do
and have a scale of living far below
our own, they secure ultimate control
of every industry they enter.
"The anti-Japanese "movement is inspired
by small land holders and directed
against the Japanese agriculturists.
It is only slightly a movement
of union labor, which was the
main anti-Asiatic inucncc ten years
ago. The big ranchers who employ
large numbers of laborers are not
interested in ^t.e light, and 011 the
contrary are glad to employ Japanese.
"The law forbidding Japanese to
own land is a dead letter today.
1 lummy corporations are formed, with
white men as the nominal directors,
to hold land actually owned by Japanese."
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Cheater l'fdjilr Said to Ho IHssatlslied
With Present Conditions.
Chester Reporter.
There is snitl to he serious discontent
in certain sections In the eastern
purl of the county, and talk of lotiviitK
Chester county and annexing to
York. How general this talk is. and
how serious the disaffection referred
tr we don't know: hut it Is a generally
known fact that Randsford township
was bitterly disappointed by the
way the road work turned out, that
township receiving nothing li^e its
pro rata part of the worWcontemplated
and one or two meetings have been
held, at which there have been expressions
evidencing decided dlssatlsfaction.
The area that would leave Chester
county and join York, provided this
plan should be carried out, includes,
according to our understanding, the
greater part of I-andlord township,
and is the territory included between
the York county line ami Rossvllle
township, and bounded on the west by
Fishing creek.
As stated we don't know what this
talk means?whether it merely expresses
the sentiments of a few Individuals.
or denotes community sentiment.
At any rate it is further rea
son wliy. as Mr. K. \V. Cihson suitsr<
sts. flic citizens of Chester county
should eotue together in a groat mass
meeting anil discuss road conditions
the completion of the 2t?l miles
originally planned and new roads
not included in the original plans
Put .just as hadl.v needed its some of
those originally ordered.
Objected to I loll.
A itavelmg salesman, whose homo
formerly was in York hut whose head,
quartets are now in Columbia, some
time ago accepted a position with a
Columbia tirm and was getting along
very well until one day at noon he
heard a hell ring, the sound of which
did not please him. Approaching the
manager. h?- asked to have explained
to him the purpose of the hell.
"That bell." said the manager, with
considerable gusto, "is to inform the
employees of this establishment when
they are to begin and leave off work.
Its principal duty is performed at *
a. in.. 12 noon. 1 p. m. and r?:.10 p.
nt. i >ver there you will observe that
we also liav e a time clock which you
are expected to punch as the instructions
attached to it state."
"Count me out." replied the York
county man. "The black slaves of the
South had to work by a bell, but none
01 it for me. 1 would see you nnd
your establishment in?well, pay me
for the few days I have been here and
I'll get out." j
VflLL
RSDAY, JULY 22, 1980.
COTTON MEETING HOUR
10 TOMORROW MORNING
The hour for the meeting In Fort
Mill tomorrow In the Interest of the
grading and warehousing of cotton
has been changed from 3 o'clock in
the afternoon to 10 a. m. The meeting
is to be held under the auspices of
the American Cotton association and
n number of distinguished South Carolinians,
Including former Congressman
Anbury F. I-ever, now a member
of the federal farm loan board, are
en the program to deliver addresses.
Others who will speak at the meeting
are MaJ. John G. Richards.
Ix.wndes Browning, both former candidates
for governor, J. A. Kvnns and
W. H. Mills.
The meeting ndvertlsed for Rock
Hill tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
has been cancelled and the speakers
will be heard in Fort Mill at that
hour. It Is hoped that every Fort
Mill township fnrmer as well as the
farmers of the eastern section of the
rounty generally, will be present to
bear the reasons the speakers will
give why the cotton association should
be supported In Its claim for the necessity
of expert cotton graders and
for a system of warehouses so that
the cotton crop may be systematically
marketed instead of passing out of
tne hands or the Rrowrr, regardless of
price. immediately it Is ginned. there1>y
annually costing the South mlllicns
of dollars.
In its efforts to encourage tho hottor
marketing of cotton tho America
11 Cotton association is being supported
hy tho State warehouse commissioner.
tho extension department
of Clemson college and the federal
department of agrlculHire. Meetings
already have lieen held at n ntimhr
o* places In the State and the attendance
has lieon large and much interest
shown in the plans the speakers
have outlined.
From Fort Mill the party will go to
York, where a meeting will he held ir
the court house tomorrow afternoon
at 3 o'clock, and Saturday morning
at 10 o'clock a mooting Is to l?e held
at Clover, followed hy a meeting at
Hickory drove at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
There is much interest in the meeting
to lie held in Fort Mill tomorrow
morning. Aside from the opportunltv
it will afford to hear men of Statewide
reputation, and the ease of Mr.
Hover, a man of nationwide reputation.
tho discussion. considered
especially timely In the face of
the proximity of the boll weevil to
York county, will bring out feature*-o;
the grading and marketing of cotton
worth the serious consideration of
every farmer.
The meeting will open in Fort Mill
promptly at 10 o'clock In Confederate
park and one of the largest crowds
seen hero In years is expected to he
present.
In a news article Monday afternoon
In reference to the Fort Mill
meeting the Hock Hill Rvcnlng Herald
prints the following:
"ThrouKh mistake. It was announced
that the meeting would he held at
Hock .Hill instead of Fort Mill. However.
the importance of the meeting is
so great that it is believed many
farmers and business men of the
community will tlnd time to attend the
meeting in Fort Mill and aid in making
the occasion the success it is
meant to he. The campaign for cott<
n grading and marketing has been
conducted for the past week and In
all counties visited the enthusiasm
has been most encouraging. It is believed
that many counties will have
an official grader this fall, as a result
of the campaign, while plans are being
made for many warehouses for
the storing of the eotton crop so as
to provide for a gradual marketing.
It is announced that In Anderson
county last year the farmers estimate
they saved thousands of dollars
through the county cotton grader,
which added several cents a pound to
the value of their cotton crop. The
government agents feel that such a
saving would lie effected in York if
a grader is secured."
Verdict for Mr. .Massey.
Yorkvllle Knquircr.
Presiding over the court of general
sessions for York county Monday
morning. Judge Krnest Moore of I,?n.
caster directed the jury in the case
of Henry Mnwtey of Hook 11111 vs.
the Massachusetts Hooding and Insurance
company, to return n verdict
for the plaintiff in the full amount of
the policy involving?fT.SOO together
with interest from May SO. 1019.
Mr. Massey, who is a farmer and
business man of Kock Hill, brought
suit through his attorneys Messrs
l>unlay A- Dunlap of Itock Hill against
the insurance company to collect a
nolicy which he held on the life of
his son, the late It. Hurton Massey,
who wn? killed at Catawba Junction
or May 30, 1919. when his automobile
collided with a Seaboard Air I due
freight train at a grade crossing.
Young Massey. according to the
testimony, was Insured as a farmer
and member of a road contracting
firm of Itock Hill. The Insurance
company, it is alleged, refused to pav
the premium on the ground that
Massey was on a pleasure trip at the
time of his death and was not within
the terms of his policy.
John King, a farmer living near
Durham, N. C., found two of his cows
lying in the pasture In a stupor, apparently
suffering from some strange
malady. A verterlna-ian was called
and after lengthy examination pronounced
the animals as merely
"beastly" drunk. A search for the
cause led to the discovery of a big
"moonshine" still in a secluded corner
of the pasture. The .cows had
eaten a quantity of the mash usod
by the Illicit whiskey manufacturers.
Time;
STANDING TOGETHER.
U'lluon mul r/?w In 1
-vw ? - ? *'*? iu i?v\ *? % \?n uunr^
of Democratic Party.
Complete agreement on the league
of Nations and unity In the policies
of the Democratic party was declared
by President Wilson and Governor
Cox following the conference at the
White House Sunday morning. The
statement Issued by the president follows:
"The Interview was In every respect
most satisfactory and gratifying. I
found what I indeed already knew
and what Governor Cox had let the
whole world know In his speeches,
that he and 1 were absolutely at one
with regard to the great issue of the
league of Nations and that he is
ready to be the champion In every
respect of the honor of the nation and
the secure peace of the world. Governor
Cox will have the vigorous sup.
port of an absolutely united party and
I ntn confident also of an absolutely
united nation."
Governor Cox's statement said:
"From every viewpoint the meeting
was delightful. The president was at
his best recalling any detail and making
inquiry into its bearing upon the
political situation and enlivened thi
conference with a humorous anecdote
row and then in old time characteristic
way. We are agreed as to the
meaning and sufficiency of the ?"?->?? >?
c ratio platform and the duty of the
I arty In the face of threatened faith
to the world in the name of America
His thought ? "> of the war and
the pledges we gave to those who
acritlced. One easily sees that :> - the
leader of the nation who asked for our
sons and our resources upon e very
ri.stinot undertaking and obligation
he Is resolved thr.r the faith shall 1>
kept. To this his thought and life or<
ll-llll-ltlt-U. ? !!.. I Ml' IHIPIIIMMM
If elected. ondrnvor with nil r**strenRth
to Rive."
xrcw kra in wiirc.vr iifix
Tractors. Harvester Threshers an-'
Trucks K|s-ed l'|i Work.
Haste l.s said to ho the motto in th'*
year'R harvest of the wheat anil ra*
and barley crops in western Kans:>
and the newly invented machinery i
not only meeting the emergency, he
Is now threatening to revolution!*/
farm work in the harvest season. I
other yenrs only an occasional traetc
was to he seen during harvest; thl
year it is said that at least one-thlrof
the wheat is hcing cut with th
tiactors while the farm horses hraxvs
in the pnstnie or eat choice hay I
I he shaded ham yard. This year t leaare
many farms on which the when'
crop has been raised without the ir? '
of a slnRl? horse for a minute for an
purpose. Tractors prepared th
ground and harrowed and seeded it
Now the same tractors are pulling t'*
tarvesters which have attached t
them the harvester thresher. Truck
'...m- ..unit- llm Drill II I irimi (tin irr.-i 1.
is in the elevator within an hour fron
the time it is cut.
The harvester thresher is regardc?
hy wheat raisers as the greatest ir
vcntion in recent years and it Is do
elared that next year will see nian>
inure at work. <>ne farmer neaSalina,
Kas., raised 200 acres owheat
without the use of a horse
This machine not only gets the when
out of the way, hut It is operated at
much less expense than the ordinar
thresher and there is not the slighte
danger from tire, which has alway
hcen the dread of the wheat growe*
at threshing time.
l-'lood Anniversary Noted.
t'harlotte observer.
The Oastonla CJazctte of Mondax
afternoon devotes considerable space
and entertainingly so. to the anni
versary of the great Catawba rive
flood, which four years ago mad
clean sweep of all bridges. railroa<
and county, from the upper reaclu.
of the river in this State to the st 11*
water section in South Carolina. No
only were the bridges destroyed, btt'
the bottom lands were washed out t<
he sand and clay foundations, tin
devastation being of such an apallin:
character as to make land-owner
despair of river bottom crops agaii
Hut in many sections there are con
lichls where the flood left sand bank
.? and on the other hand, some of tin
sand beds were piled up so enorimuely
as to Invite commercial utilization.
and many landowners arc yet
receiving minnsomc royiimes i r *? i: i inHitlc
of mind. At one point on th
Cut awl ?ii. near the crossing of tin
Southern railway between Stutesvilh
a I'd Newton, a railroad has been Iniil
Into the sand beds and a rcgu In*
plant of supply has been established
The bridges have since been replace
all liner and higher structures thin
before, and while there may be th'
usual ran of minor floods in the
tawba the people of this generatiol
stand in little a|>prehension of an
other visitation of the kind, nnd on
of the host safeguards against a re
currenee is the retaining reservoir*
built by the Southern Power company
in the vicinity of Bridgewatcr.
A Fort Mill damage suit which wa?
expected to come up for trial in coar'
at York yesterday was that of Mrs.
J. J. Broom against T. <?. Stockton
for alleged injuries to the 12-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Broom, who lives in
the village of mill No. 1 of the Fort
Mill Manufacturing company. It Is
alleged that several months ago
the child was knocked down and severely
injured by an automobile driven
In a reckless manner by Stockton.
A few hours after the accident Stockton
nnd three men who were In the
automobile with him were arrested in
Chnrlotte nnd brought back to Fort
Mill.
$1,25 Per Year
WORLD TALKS OF PEACE
RIITTUCPr IC vn du a rr
w a a a aj a % Ms iij IIV/ 1
Although the World war closed
nearly two years ago, big wars and
little wars, revolutions, lililtuslers.
lrtots and intrigues are slill going on
in every direction. Some of llieiii have
attracted tittle attention; others are
fraught with important possibilities
to the entire world, as in the case of
I'oland's struggle against the might
of the Russian soviet.
Here Is only an incomplete list of
the fostered spots:
Poland?The new republic set up by
the Versailles peace conference is engaged
in a desperate struggle against
the lfolshevist hordes of UuksIii. The
lied legions are closing in on the
Polish frontier and unless the soviet
government accedes to the allies' demands
for an immediate armistice,
P may be necessary for Prance ami
Great Itritain to send troops to the aid
of the Poles, in addition to supplies
of food, clothing and ammunition.
Albania?The Albanians have been
endeavoring for weeks to drive the
Italians, who have taken tbe "mandate"
for that unfortunate part of the
world, from their country and set up
a free government.
Pi nine?Guhriele M'Annnn/.io, Italian
poet and lire enter, still holds
this former Austrian port, the bone of
contention between Italy and Jugoslavia.
Occasional clashes oc -ur from
time to time and both Italy and the
kingdom of the Serbs, fronts and
Slovenes are engaged in a game of
watchful waiting that may break
forth into actual hostilities if either
makes tin overt move.
Turkey?The "sick man of Kurope"'
is one of the real problems in the way
of world wide peace. The nationalist
party has aroused thousands of
Turku to resistance to the allied dejnands.
Prench. Ilritish. Greek, and
Italian troops are all actively engaged
it* trying to put an etui to the nationalist
revolt, but it persists.
Ireland So tense is the situation 'it
the Emerald Isle that Great Itritain
Is constantly increasing its military
forces there. I'lster threatens to tiltpose
Sinn Pein domination by resort
to arms and police fall victims to Sinn
Pein bullets almost every day. There
have boon serious clashes in I.ondon.
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< in ii?* i* in whs nmi real civil
vnr may hreak out at any timo.
CJrecce?Aniliitioiis to restore ttic
former glory ami might of (5 recce in
the AoKPnn, flreece is lighting the
Turkish nationalists on tlie one hand
and defying Italy on the other. ? ?nI\
yesterday Oreek and Italian troops
clashed in Asia Minor, where the aspi
rntl(M^? of the two nations are in
pftnfff^t." fn addition. Orr"?ro is watch
ing the A lhanlan* sit ua t ion with the
hope, perhaps of deriving hcnelils
should the Albanian rebels lie success,
fill against the Italians.
Persia?The Itolshevilsi have added
another part of the world to their
program of revolt ami con<|ue?t. Several
thousand lied troops arc holding
ports on the Caspian sea. while others
are pushing south into Persia, which
has been regarded hen tofore as a
British sphere of inlluence. The British
are fearful of an attempted I tot shevist
movement toward India from
Persia.
Mexico The regime that overthrew
fnrranza is hardly settled in power,
hut it is facing revolts in several
states. In addition. Francisco Villa,
handit extraordinary, has made der
>ands so impossible to the new government
that a further reign of leri
or in northern Mexico seems assured.
Bolivia- A new government has as
samed charge after a brief revolt and
the Peruvians are welcoming the
"linage as evidence that their neighboring
republic will aid in cheeking
Chilean aspirations. There has been
latter feeling between Peru and Chile
ever since the war between the two
countries, in wineli the Peruvian
province of Africa was wrested away.
Siherin?Japan. seeking to establish
? hufl'er state in eastern Siherin. |s
oposed h.v the I'.olshevik i. There has
heen more or less fighting ever since
Japanese troops lirst landed at Vladivostok
three years ago.
I'lgypt?The nationalist cause in
Kg.vpt is growing and tlreat I'.ritain
ir administering the affairs of the
| country with dillicuitv. The Kgyp iiins
want cotn|?letc Independence and
only it powerful force of P.ritkh troops
under one of their hes| leaders. Alienby,
is holding the nationalists In
check.
China?ISad feeling lie|v.'i'< n the
north and south lias heen e- -ideal for
some time .and recent troubles in lite
cahinet in Peking have led several
leaders to the verge of rebellion,
r.nndltry and outlawry of all kinds
are prevalent and I'.olshevist intrigue
is said to he going on.
Armenia Kurds, Tartlirs and I'.ol
sheviki are making life for the new
Armenian republic rvcirdint'lv preen
ions. Inslrail of finding fro'-dom and
prncc through the Versa ill *s treaty,
Ilio Armenians have suffered even
greater wrongs.
Sontliern Knssia ? tJenernl Wrangel
successor to Monokine. h- attempting
to overthrow I lie Itolshevlki. lie has
had some success in ha tiles fought so
far and has penetrated a eonsideraldo
distance into the interior.
tliiry Acquit* Itawsin.
f)liver N. l>awson. loom fixer at the
Parhartt mill in I took Hill, charged
with the killing of M. S. Ilutler. also
a textile worker in lioek Ilill. May
2R, was acquitted hy the jnrv in York
last Wednesday evening, following a
deliheration of .10 minutes.
The tragedy occurred at a market
on Kast White street In Work Ilill and
followed the exehnnge of a few angry
words when Hutler repaid I>awson
some change the latter had loaned
lhitler's son.