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WIRE CONIROL IS PARTLK RELEASED PR DIESIS REEDED POSTMASTER GEN ERA^, STEALS MARCH ON CONGRESS BY ANTICIPATING ACTION. BURLESON EXPLAINS REASONS Duty Compelled Return of Operative Control of the Various Properties to Their Several Owners. IRMAN PLEAS ARO SOUTH CAROLINA'S SOME LESSENING OF ASSUMED SEVERITY MAY BE RESULT OF DELIBERATIONS. FRENCH FIRM IN OPPOSITION -»*» m ass We Are ENIN CHI Always Ready GREENVILLE BECOMING „ NOTED t AS MEETING POINT FOR MANY ORGANIZATIONS. NOWWANTS REUNION OF BIST. Hun Government Orders Arrest of Dr. Dorten, President of the New Rheinish Republic. Washington.—Telegraph and tele phone companies, whoee lines the gov ernment has controlled since last Au gust 1, were ordered to resume imme diately operations for their own ac count, by Postmaster deneral Burle son. The postoffice department, how ever, under terms of Mr. Burleson’s ordet\ retains a measure of control of the services, pending final legislative action by Congress. Regulations prohibiting discrimina tion againstjwire employes because of union affiliations, maintaining exist ing rates and charges and instructing companies to keep special accounts to facilitate cost settlement between themselves and the government, are retained in effect under the order is sued by the postmaster general. Mr. Burleson accompanied th'e or der with a statement giving the rea sons which .impelled him to take the action. He asserted that the Presi dent having recommended the return of the properties, the sena.le.inlar^latA commerce committee having indicated that immediate return was advisable and the house committee having through hearings manifested a desire for action toward that end. he felt it his duty to return operative control to the various owners. CLEMENCEAU SHAKES FIST IN THE FACE OF LLOYD GEORGE London.—There is a probability that Germany may secure as a result of her strong counter proposals some lessening in the severity of the epace terms of the allied and associated powers. Germany’s pleas that it will be impossible to fulfill the financial requirements of the allies and her pro tests against certain territorial re linquishments have been held and are being discussed by the council of four. Paris reports' have it that in certain quarters of the peace conference the German viewpoint is receiving strong support A full discussiou of the German counter proposals especially concern ing reparations and other economic features of the peace treaty has been held by President Wilson and the staff of American experts of the Amer ican peace delegation. Great Britain is said to favor a number of conces sions to Germany but France contin ues firm in her stand not to waver from the original terms. On the other Claim It Made That City Ja Moat Cen trally Located for the Purposea of New Aseociation. Americans-are. declared to the ihr5t ^euTrto'n ot the veterans^''HS t Paris.- Acrimonious debates at se cret meetings of the big four regard ing proposed modifications of the financial clauses of the German treaty are threatening to disrupt the whole fabric of the new world order erected with so much care during the last five months. As things stand now, Premier Lloyd George is engaged in the bitterest fight of the whole peace conference, his principal antagonist be not averse to minor concessions but are not in favor of going to thfc extent that the British propose. The German government is in censed over the formation of a Rhen ish Tffpublic. It has ordered ihe ar rest of Dr. Dorten, the president ol the republic, and also has protested to the peace conference and the ar mistice commission at Spa against the behavior of the French authorities in the occupied Rhineland. ATTORNEY GENERAL PALMER CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION being M. Clemenceau, who, responsive to France’s appeals from the w'hole burgeois and propertied classes of France, maintained his firm stand against the proposed alterations. It is reported on excellent authority that the Tiger went so far as to shake his first in Lloyd George’s face, declaring that he would never consent to the impoverishment of France for the ben efit of the Boches. SHORT-LINE RAILROAD MEN APPLAUD SPEECH OF SMITH Washington.—Confidence that Con gress wolud dispose expeditiously of legislation needed to stabilize condi tions and return the railroads to pri vate ownership \^as expressed by Sen ator Smith, of South Carolina, forme, chairman of the senate commerce committee, in an address before the American short-line railroad conven tion. Senator Smith said he believeji tbre settlement o fthe problem would fol low the teachings of American democ racy, “giving each .man a fair chance in a free fight, rather than putting it all in one bag and pro-rating the earnings.” His statement was applauded vig orously. , *. AWFUL CATASTROPHE OCCURS IN WILKES BARRE TUNNEL Wilkes Barre, Pa. — Eighty-three men dead and 50 others burned and maimed, many of whom will die, is the toll of a disaster id the Baltimore tunnel of the Delaware & Hudson Coal Co., in the East End section of the city. Seven kegs of black powder, 3,000 pounds in all, were detonated and the dead and the maimed were literally roasted by the super-heated gas flames following the explosion.. Washington.—Charges of Senator Frelinghuysen reflecting on Attorney General Palmer’s work as alien prop erty custodian were met with a state ment by Mr. Palmer asking for a pul> lie hearing on the chargee and ex- pressibg “great pride In the splendid work" of the alien property custodian’s office. The charges were made by the New Jersey senator during considera tion by the senate judiciary commit tee of Mr. Palmer’s nonfination as at torney general. AVERAGE DAILY COST OF WAR MADE VERY RAPID INCREASE Washington.—The average cost of the war increased from $810,000 daily for the first three months to $27,400,- 000 daily for the period of July 1, ISIS, to April SD, 1919, according to figures prepared by the statietica branch, gen eral staff, war department, and made public here by the army recruiting of fice. The statement showed the dis bursements for the period of the war, minus the normal peace expenditures. GERMAN RUMORS DENIED BY BROCKDORFF-RANTZAU Greenville.—Greenville is becoming widely known as a “convention city.” No city in the state, and perhaps few in the South, has as many gatherings as the Mountain City. GreenvlUe scarcely finishes shaking hands with departing delegates before she is wel coming Incoming visitors. The Carolina Automobile and Fash ion Show, attended by 50.000 people, was the first big event to attract peo ple here from all sections this year. Then there was a meeting of tha grand lodge of the Improved Order of Red Men, a grand lodge meeting ol the Royal Arch Masons, a state cere monlal of the Dramatic Order of the Knights of Khorassan. the Southern Textile Exposition and the homecom ing celebration for the returned ser vice men. All these events attracted many out of town visitors here. Now, successful in securing the first annual reunion of the Thirtieth Division Association, she will make an equally determined effort to gel to serve you with good y° printing. 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GROVE'S signature on box. 30c. restores vitality and energy by purifying and.e» rlching the blood. You can soon fael Its Strength ening. Invigorating Effect. Price 00c. sociution of the Eighty-first Division, now coming home. It is contended that Greenville Is about centrally lo cated for the reunion, as the “Wild Cat” Division Is composed largely ol North and South Carolinians. House and Auto Wrecked. Gaffney.—A negro boy from Blacks bug came to Gaffney driving a large Studebaker car, and seeing two po licemen near the house of Boyd Petty In attempting to make a getaway, he ran the car against the side of Petty’s house, tearing out one side of the dwelling and demolishing the machine The house i$ the property of Dr. Billi* Gunter, ft appeared to be a case ol the guilty fleeing while no man was pursuing because the officers say thej ■were not looking for the negro at all Flow of Ancient Silver Coins. Charleston.—A flow of ancient sll ver coins ^ from the dredge Chinook into the Atlantic ocean, while that ves sel was discharging its load of mud sucked up from the channel bottoir during l*s work on the 40 foot project was discovered just too late by thf crew to yield them large returns They thought ttie metal disks wer« Iron washers and had about completed sending the coin to a permanent grave, when a couple <4 samples wer« picked up and examined. They prov ed to he Spanish pesos of 18th cen tury dates, one coin being minted In 1712. The dredge crew is now keep Ing a sharp lookout for further floe of treasure. Berlih.—Rumors in circulation ^n Germany that he is willing to sacri fice parts of German territory threat ened by the peace terms if the coun ter proposals are accepted are denied by Count von BrcckdorfT-Rjintzau. of the German peace delegation, in an interview with the Versailles corre spondent of The National Zeitung. The count’s attention was drawn to the feeling in Danzig that Germany was ready to sign peace at the ex pense of that city if the allies made concessions regarding upper Silesia, the former colonies and the merchant marine. The count said that all interests would be represented equally and equably. Great financial sacrifices can be made by Germany and offered, he added, only on condition that the Ger man counter proposals were looked upon as a co-ordinate entity. AUTHORITIES OF EIGHT CITIES INTERCHANGE BOMB PROBERS. Nevf York.—The eight cities in which bomb outrages were perpetrat ed have arranged for an interchange of police officers to facilitate co-opera tion of all the agencies at work run ning down the radicals responsible for the explosion, it was announced at po lice headquarters here. The state ment came at the close of a confer ence between federal agents and rep resentatives of the municipal police departments of various cities. ” VON BROCKDORFF-RANTZAU MAKES FORMAL PROTEST I Paris.—Count von Brockdorff-Rant- xau, head of the German peace dele gation, has sent a formal letter of pro test to the peace conference com plaining that the armies of occupation In Germany are arbitrarily protecting and favoring the individuals who are attempting to establish a Rheinish public. The protest adds thi armies also are preventing loyal' from manifesting counter feel- THE WITHHOLDING OF TREATY CAUSES SHARP SENATE DEBATE Washington—Senator Lodge, chair man of the’senate foreign, relations committee, told the senate he had seen in the hands of business Inter ests In New York a copy of the treaty with Germany given out by an American representative at Paris, but withheld from the senate. The statement- caused a sharp de bate upon the course of President Wilson and the state department re garding publication of the treaty text. TO ATTEMPT NON-STOP TRANS-ATLANIC FLIGHT London.—The British dirigible R-34, the largest rigid airship in the world, will attempt a flight across the At lantic about the middle of June. It if planned to travel from Scotland to a landing somewhere in the vicinity of Atlantic City where she will take on petrol and then return. The dirigi ble will have an American officer on bo*r£ a: a passenger. The trip Is ex pected to take about 48 hours, carry- tog a crew of SI. Pinned Under Auto. Gaffney.—While Bert Moore of Buf Halo In Cherokee county and J. B Gladden of Gaffney were riding in ar automobile at Cherokee Creek, wlthlr two or three miles from Gaffney, the) lost control of the car which ran of the side of the bridge and dropped into the stream, pinning both met underneath, where they remained un til they were rescued by a passerby Both men were severely bruised, Mr Moore sustaining a broken leg ant Mr. Gladden a number of bruises ant scratches. Mr. Moore is at the hos pital, where he was taken very soor after the accident, and it is hoped that no serious results will follow. Nureei Awarded Diplomat. Columbia).—Nine young ladles o> Columbia Hospital are now graduat' nurses, having been presented wltl diplomas from the institution at th< closing exercises of the training schoo by Dr. William Weston, president o the Columbia Hospital Association. Youth Dragged to Death. Lexington.—Karl Bouye, eldest sot of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Bouye, who llvi on the Augusta Road a few mllet west of Lexington, met with an accl dent which resulted in hia death. tAi he was riding home from where im haf been plowing, the’ mule threw bin and one foot became entangled In tb« gears. He araa dragged about half t mile and was about dead when th< mule etopped at the Bouye home, thi body having been badly bruised am otherwise injured. Posthumous Honor Awarded- Charleston.—A congressional meda of honor—the highest awa,rd of an: that an American soldier can win— has been received at the Southeasten department headquarters to be pre seated to the father of Sergeant Thos Lee Hall of Company^ Qr^One Hnndrei and Eighteenth Infantry. The meda was awarded posthumously, the hero! South Carolinian having been mortal ly wound 3d in action. Sergeant Ha! was flam Fort Mill. S. C.. at whfel place his father, William L. P&H, ff •ides. £ ^ r L! Y your smoketaste flush up against a listening post—and you'll get the Prince Albert call, all right! 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G Two Recent Stock Car Records 4370 miles in high gear without a stop, in Oklahoma P.cuod trip between Oakland and Los Angetea, 947 mil-*, 28 hour* 45 min ute*, average 24.28 mile* per gallon. >5- Tests That Show What Owners Know The fine appearance and comfort of the Overland Model lion 90 could not, alone,•have won it die deep public appreciation it enjoys. It is the character of this car that lies beneath all of its popularity—character as demonstrated by consistent, effi cient peri irmance. - < . The pride of more than 150,000 Model SO owners is built upon the daily service their cars render .under all conditions. Let us show vou a Model 90. ‘ OVERLAND HARPER CO., CLINTON, S. C. Overland KXcdel Ninety Five Fneeenser Tonring Car, 0905 Lo-b. Tclado unsiMnumi V \. / ■ton*.- -