Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, March 13, 1919, Image 1
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VOL. 22. CHERAW, S. C., THURSDA?|aARCH 13, 1919 - NO. 19.
CLOSING HOURS OF
GENEUE1L1
APPROBATION OF $400,000 IS
WADE FOR BENEFIT OF CONFEDERATE
VETERANS.
124,000 FOR TMM SSI
Usual Benison on Occasions of Thii
Sort Pronounced Over the Members
By Governor Cooper.
The first session of the seventy-thirc
general assembly was concluded ai
7:25 o'clock Sunday morning, whet
the house adjourned. The senate ad
journed at 7:14.
Throughout the lust (lav notn nouses
had time hanging heavily over them
Many biUs were ratified. Free confer
ence reports on all amended measures
which were in contest were occupying
trauch of the attention of both bodies
Several bills of Statewide import
ance were acted upon on the final day
of the session.
%
The house accepted the senate's
^ amendments to the bill to regulate the
sale of tonics and bitters with suffi
cient alcoholic content to be used as
beverages.
The house also accepted the senate's
amendment to the bill to create a pen
y sion commission and appropriating
Jr?00.000 for pensions for Confederate
soldiers. The senate reduced this ap
propriation to $400,000. which is $100,
000 in excess of the amount appro
? printed last year.
The house also accepted the sen
$ ate's amendments to the bill to regu
late hunting and fishing in the State
\ and to fix hunters' licenses.
The senate refused concurrence in
.the house resolution "that all member?
of the general assembly are herebj
authorized to receive payment of $1
"pey^ay as expenses for all time in
excess oi days spent oy mem m at~-T
rCTOai?cS ?nJ&n the general assembly
This little matter was like Banquo'ir
ghost, somewhat hard to down, but th?
senate in the end proved itself equa
to the task.
All state officers and clerks and em
ployes have had their salaries in
creased over 191S and that the' aver
age increase is 21 per cent.
The senate included a paragraph in
the appropriation bill which requires
""that the office of each and everv de
* partment of the state government be
kept open continuously daily from i
a. m. to 5 p. ni.. exclusive of legal
"holidays.
The only effort made to change the
appropriation bill in the senate a* it
was reported was the nnsuccesfu!
plea of Senator Baker and Mr. Wat
"kins to provide for a heating plant
at the Industrial school at Florence.
Another interesting feature of the
appropriation bill is that the chie!
clerks or assistants in the various de
partments are all raised to $2,400 each
end the heads of the departments are
only getting $2,500. making a differ
ence of $100 each.
The senate bill carries $7*4.000 in
aid of the public schools of the state
?*- - * u:u
ine nous*1 UIII uil un HIT Iium 11.11
carry so much, hut it provides that
unexpended balances. apprpntine
about $160,000 should be expended
whereas the senate bill simply inolu
ded nil these unexnended balances in
the direct appropriations, which wil!
be expended if needed.
The general appropriation bill went
to free conference, and various and
sundry differences were smoothed out
The most important and significant
chorpe in the senate bill was the acceptance
of an amendment providing
for $24,000 by direct appropriation for
the use of the tax commission in discoveries:
and eett'up on the hooks
propertv that is now avoldinp taxation
e"d qu'ckqeninp the equalization of
t'X^S.
This is providing monev for the
commission to ha''n teeth
Governor Cooper forwarded a ?-e:.
th*nk?ne the m^ui'mr* for <h,.;r
O'tieent efe-ts t-> enact lei?'sl-it:/>n
1'Mkine to the betterment ef conditions
in South Caroline. and Vddfnv
them Cods peed in their return home
Rush Order Quickly Filled.
Only one hour and 15 minutes were
required to ft!! a rush call for work
men hv the 1'nitod Stales employment
.service lier>\ A representative fro;ii
a contracting firm at Win.nsboro came
to the employment office on Wash
iugton street and asked the examine;
it; charge. Philip J. Smith, to securc
him one commissary mummer, ont
<-ook and eight brick masons. Thf
order was an assorted one but tin
examiner was equal to the oc easiur
and when the Winnsboro man left he
purchased 11 tickets instead of one.
Wm. Sanks on Commission.
"William Banks of Columbia accept
ed a position on the public service
commission, thus completing the per
sonnel of that body. The commission,
composed of three men. is as follows:
S. B. Earle. acting president of ('Jem
son College; W. R. Del^oach. an at
tomey of Camden, and William
Banks, former editor of the Columbia
Record, and lately government inspec
tor of explosives in this Stat". Mem
t?ers of the commission are appoint
ed by the governor, by and with th*
consent of the senate.
Meeting, State Board Education.
Governor Cooper has called tin
State hoard of education to meet ii
. his office March 21. This will be th<
initial meeting of the board under hii
administration.
The constitution makes the gover
nor ex-oflficio chainnan and the Stati
? superintendent exofficio secretary o
the State board. It also provided fo
the appointment by the governor o
the other members, who shall serv<
for a term of four years. The presen
I hoard was appointed in April. 191(1
and will hold until April, 1920. Ex
Governor Mannir.g. in selecting an<
appointing the board, chose an entire
1 ly new man from each of the sevei
congressional districts. The ap
pointive members now are. J. M. Nath
I ans. Charleston, first district; W. Ja;
t McGarity, Aiken, second district; S
^ J. Derrick. Newberry, third district
Dr. H. N. Snyder. Spartanburg, fourtl
district; K. A. Montgomery, Blask*
burg, fifth district; W. L. Booker
, Florence, sixth district; S. 11. Kd
munds. Sumter, seventh district.
Among the important matters to hi
considered by the State hoard at the
1 meetiug are the appointment of thi
; several county boards of education, ar
rangements for the regular teachers
examination, consideration of publii
school appropriations and of nev
school legislation, settlement of tui
tion and scholarship appeals and thi
; formation of whatever plans maj
. seem advisable for the betterment o
. the schools.
i Each county hoard of education ii
composed of the couuty superintend
i ent of education, ex officio. togeth.-i
. i with two members to be designate!
; by the State hoard upon the notnina
> tion of the representative front thi
. congressional district in which thi
. county is located. It is customer:
. for the hoard to ask each county su
perintendent to nominate the mem
hers for his county.
-t The new apnropriat'ons are now he
fng checked no in the comptroller"!
office. A full statement front Comn
i ! troller General Osborne w>ll be m tni
i J hands of the State superintended
r within a few days. This statemen
> will be given out nrontptlv in ord??i
i that interested trustees and teachen
may learn what to expect
Some comyvrenehsive and^faf^eacH
i ittg legislation was enacted by the leg
> islature?the high school law was re
I vised and liberalizcd. the equalizatior
1 lot*! mo3 eoon Rnfh of fho5<
. | laws provide increased salaries foi
..teachers and carry larger appropria
. tions.
The compulsory attendance law wil
i open np many new problem* and pos
i sib'lit?es. The effectiveness of thi)
law will depend largely upon the cn
operation of count" suoer'ntendents
>; and county boards of education.
1 The act providing for vocation**'
training in cooperation with the fed
i oral government is one of the mosi
constructive nieces of legislation dt:r
I i irg recent years. Activities ttndei
I this law will he directed mainlv froir
: ! Clemson Collec. Winfhrop Collegr
and from the State Colored College.
? The library law was revised, sun
I pi-fled and unified. A new library lisl
will be published bv the State hoard
, at the earliest practicable moment. Ai
? nresont the purchase of library book*
is olmosf impossible.
Ore of the most timely nieces o!
i I legislation is the act to relieve th<
. I schools as fur as practicable of |b?
i financial couseouences of the in
j fluenvu epidemic and the ronsequenl
j health nuarantme of ?he Flftp board
, | This prt has already boon distributed
I bv the Sfete superintendent of edu
' oat:on 'n the hone that trustees overv
I where wiU conf:nne to run then
I schools as the attendance of pupil!
! iu<>t:fles the expend'tnre
j Manv rural eraded schools will b?
1 added to the list because of a chonet
: ! in the law affecting two tenchei
| ??rhnols. In such a school the mavi
nnin penp<red enrollment jfl now 4(1
; Tbj-? reduction will enable manv com
: oiunit'es to receive r:ni Kr*?iei
: | rpViri] aid in the two teacher class,
i Th > teuch?rs' rerUtrnt'nn and cm
, nlovm^nt hnrpnu v?s al^o removed
from the d'vi.-t'op .^r!,i supervision nl
. <he Si :te spn?rsctprj?1.'*?t. out! madf
j pn independent nrit of the tS-'t"?'s
ed'jc ' t ion >] ? :te?M T" "!.*< ?he new
pet the 3,* .?. '"f cd"c*?t'on T*l''v;
! f-nr? i??)l s rep'st"?r ' o ' *1*?rv r.f '1
?nn ??p v?>,r Ti>"n < "ooi"*n?<>pt i*i]'
Wii'r'iv h-? in.n/> at *':?* Hpprv.'tliins
] West Point Appointments.
Washington itl? Appoint
meut oi candidate.-: for tti?? West Poin'
Military Academy "..is announced bj
i the war department include;
' South Carolina. S >n -or Smith's firs
appointment: Harry M. Ho per. McColl
first alternate. I.ya:i:i O. WMliarns
j Parley; sec.aid alternate. William A
' j Dotttrcr. Iii3 Ashley Avenue. Charles
j ton. Second appointment; Francis ?.
' I Cot lira n. Greenwood: first alternate
1 Lucieti C. Whitaker. 'I itutledge Av
I enue Charleston; second alternate
David J. Jenkins. Florence.
First Duath From Small Pox.
Fir the first time in three years, i
* ' * ?- -J ? C.oitli r'op/^Iinf
' oeatn nns o*rnriru m
t'rom small pox. according to a repor
vvhi' h has reached the office of Dr
Jamas A. Hayne. Stat? health officer
The victim was a negro living ne;n
Johnsonville. in Williamsburg county
i . Dr. C. S. Kir!7>?r has started a mm
i paien of vaccination in the commun
ity. and rigid quarantine will he en
forced in order to prote< t the people
Dr Hayne said that this death fron
' small p? x : the first that, has l?eei
reported to h;s office :a thr *?? year*
MAJ. GEN. W. L. SISERT
f '
Had the war not ended when it did
^ ! the Germans would soon have been
j smothered by amounts of gas which
, ! they still believe impossible, accord
' 1 Ing to Maj. Gen. William L. Sibert
i chief of the chemical wa-fare service
! NONE LEFT TO PARLEY S
Preliminary Terms of Peace Should
Be Submitted to Germany By Last
> Week of March at Least
! Paris.?The news from Germany
1 continues to become increasingly dis1
quieting and will, it is hoped, have
r the effect of speeding up the peace
1 conference. Of course it has to be
at -aaoh moment-ot
^ffrisls betwee^the allies and~Gef
n..any. since the signature of the first
armistice, the Germans have broken
1 ojt in more or less spontaneous popu!
ltr semi-bolshevist agitation.
r The renewal of Spartacism. on this
occasion, has been heralded by a violent
campaign of the press against the
teims which the allies now have prenared
for inclusion in the preliminary
j peace treaty. How far the fresh dis;
turbance is prompted by the require'
| ments of the German peace policy
j I cannot, of course, be judged with anyj
degree of accuracy from Paris. But
~ one thing is certain, that unless rapid
stops are taken to supply Germany
[ with food, on a larger scale than is at
present being done, there will he the
| j risk that negotiators here may And
j there is none left in Germany with
i whom to sign a binding peace,
t j Apart from certain reservations of
I some importance, made by the Arnert
iosn admiral as regards naval terms.
, there is complete agreement on the
general terms of military, naval and
r aerial nature to he imposed on Ger,
many. Such being the case, in the
, opinion of Marshal Foch at any rate.
. the preliminary terms of peace ought
I t be communicated to Germany hefore
the end of the month so that he
I Germany delegates mav he ablq^fo
. enme to Versailles, if Versailles he
. spot chosen for the meeting on
r March 20 and so that the actual ia,
'ore of peace might be fl.ied f -he
beginning of April.
1 BANKERS TO ESTABLISH -L
r TO FINANCE THE RAIL AOS
Washington. ? Director General
Tfines determined to eal! a conference
I of leading bankers and railway corporation
representatives in Washington
to discuss possible solutions of
I 'he problem created by a failure of
f Congress to appropriate funds for tin
' railroad administration. The persons
' to he invited have not yet been select'
cd.
I Reports reached Washington that
<:?v?jr il bankers s{n?"? or
1 Por. cress had the ?<hisah'
"lit.t>( psf>iblis!iine a !ii?l\'r<' pool
1 "'-I :?s !>!]< h to r:< iro*;j
iMt-ivsts.
! JUST CATS ARP SFLL1NG IN
' j RUSSIA AT THREE DOLLAPS
! .or. -Starvation pr?*vnU* thrnj
out Russia and is killing ?"fT
+h'? ion bv thousands. Dis
s no rampant and food is >o
scarce in ." rogrud :i*:?1 M.si-nv that
sell rea lilv f?:r 5" each. The und?r':ik-Ts
cannot ? -??*?? with condition*.
?s thci " is r-?r etnuch wood for oofIns.
These r?T)or's have boon
brnupht to the attention of the
R*'?ish government within the last
w ">ek.
1 STEP TOWARD FORMATION
1 OF PEACE TREATY TAKEN
' I
i Paris.?A sfp toward the formation
'r I of a treaty of peace was token by the
j supreme council when it adopted the
*:ropo??! n? t!io American delegation
* 'o l?ave t!:e various ?*??i?ii?jivjiion.< pr?.
cut to the e?un? ii reports and
oitclit-ioiis in the form of articles to
' )> inserted in 'lie peace preliminaries.
' The council also discussed th > miltary.
naval and aerial cond.tions to
je imposed on the enemy.
ill HUNGEBp
ID SPEED! RICE
UR-iENT NEED OF APPLYING
GERMANY WITH FOOSFULLY
RECOGNIZED.?
ITALIAN BOIPilRY jlESTION
Lloyd George's Plan InvoIV**' 'Abandonment
of Military Conscription In
r?. ^
Paris.?Stephen Pichon, the French
foreign minister, in his ta& with the
correspondents, discussed ?ie bearing
of the food situation in Qftrmany on
the speedy conclus:on ot'fleace. He
said that the urgent need of supplying
Germany was recognized "ft Paris.
In signing the armisticeflast January.
Germany acreed to Aim] m-pr
I her commercial fleet, to be used in revictualling
Europe general! , and Germany
particularly. Yet. coi tinued the
minister, at a recent meet ng at Spa'
the German delegates def ared that:
the arrangement was uai itisfactory
and that they would "rbsolu ,ely refuse '
to part with their shi
The allies were w .ing. Itr. Pichon ,
went on. not onlv to suppljf food, ' nt ;
to accord credit to Germanj, but Ger-!
many must first declare ?r willingness
to live up to the coMitions of
the January armistice.
! As soon as the terms <w the Ger-1
; man peace have been con?uded, Mr.
j Pichon said, the council ^onld take
i up the Austrian peace wtflch wguld
J involve the future boundarUg hetwaen j
I Italy and former Austrofiungarian !
territory. The subject bag already J
been discussed recently.
The council has adoptef p.-emicr'
Lloyd George's plans for reg)'aiing the
future military strength oGGermany.
| according to the minister i
; ed the fact that this ItWUrrv the
abandonmeiU'^of conhvroi'.,
{terrible picture is prawn
of conditions in russia
j
! Washington?David R. Prancis. j
who went to Russia as American ami
bassador in 1016 before {the over-:
throw of the monarchy anld who re-'
; mained there until after tlje bol-hevists
had seized the government, in
j testifying before the senate commit-i
tee investigating lawlcsa propaganda.
| warned that should the bolshevists be
I permitted to remain in power a'-l Russia
would he exploite I by the Germans.
Within 10 years under such
: eonditTons. he said. Gsr.nany would
be the victor of the war in that the
\ nation would be stronger in every
. way than it was in 1914.
; He painted a vivid picture of the
terror that reigns and told of one in-1
' stance where the gutters from a court-!
yard in Petrograd actually ran with j
' blood from the victims of the bol- J
shevists. Many wpre krtTfcd without !
| even charges being" made against;
| them and on several occasims. the:
! ambassador aserted. wholesale kill- j
: ings were indulged in. He said more j
1 than five htindred innocent hostages ?
| were ki!l?d at one time, and his .oh-;
i servation of conditions and affairs in ;
Russia IpiI him to believe the bolshe
i vists in their every-day practices com- !
ir.it'e-j excesses far beyond even the j
wildest dreams of anarchists.
j AMERICAN SHIPS NOW CARRY
J PPUUUOiS TO^ND OF E A. FU*~ i i
" j
j Washington.?For the flr.-.t time
' since the days of the famous "Clipper" j
ships. American merchant craft nov ,
: are plying the seven seaa. carrying
, products of the United States to th? 1
' farthest corners of the earth and i
bringing home both essentials and :
j luxuries.
The shipping board announced that
the American merchant marine fleet.
; bu'U tip und^r the spur of war's ne- ;
j oessitv. now reoresented nearly one- !
fifth of the entire sen-going tonnage j
i of the world and comprised 4?? per.
I cent of ;>1! ships clearing from United
i States ports, as compared with 9.7
j per cent before the great war.
I ?- > j
NO RADICAL CHANGESMN
CONSTITUTION OF LEAGUE j
On Hoard 1". S. S. George Washing-!
ton.?The impression gathered by :
those who have come into contact
with Presdent \\ il.-on is fhat the op- |
position which has developed to the ,
league of n irions covenant has not
caused him to decide that any radical i
changes are necessary. I t is recog- j
' n'zed changes in phraseology and mi-.
1 nor particulars are possible, but Pres1
-dent Wilson is not looking for any j
I fundamental alteration.
I RAILWAY SHOP EMPLOYES
? o i*-1mr- cr\o uir.ucn waccc
nor\i r vn jnvi ?.?? VI r\wuv? |
Washington. ? Several hundred ;
I 'thousand ralroad shop emrHoyes have j
| -.t.sked 'he ralroad admiiKstrntion to
; increase their wages ah >ut 2a per j
ont. The hoard of rallfload wages
md working conditions ias agreed !
tentativ dv to hear their aae
Th" shop trade employe v> ,> were j
given one wage advance last year In
addition to the general jincreaes in
lioay. now ask that the bapic rate per;
I hour he changed from 68-*<) 85 cents.
J
A
FRANCIS TUDELA
| a> * ' v^'' .v. .w.. - ^f. . .. 'I il Mp. S. .vi> . *
Francis Tudtla, new ambassado
from Peru, has arrived in Washingtor
i He is the first representative from hi
i country with the rank of ambassadoi
that republic having been previousl
represented by a minister.
LEADERS SOUGHT PR01TIGI
Immediate and Thorough Investiga
tion is Made Because of References
to Mons and Cambrai.
Toronto.?All Canadia has bee:
stirred by charges made in the housi
of commons by Sir Sam Hughes, fot
:nor minister of militia, that officer
commanding the dominion's forces ii
Prance had needlessly sacrificed thi
liver, of ttuyr men in order to advanci
themselves.
Sir Sam opened his attack with tin
announcement he had protested sev
oral times to Premier Borden "agains
the waste of the Canadian boyi
lives in unnecessary stunts on the bat
tlctields." He then read a letter hi
"had^ent to Sir proteatini
i * *? S' . "
slaughter at Cambrai and stating h
had drawn attention of the prime mic
ister on previous occasions to th
"massacres at Lens, Passachendaeh
etc., where the only apparent objec
was to glorify the general in com
mnnd and make it impossible, througl
butchery, to have a fifth and sixth i>;
vision and two army corps."
He declared any general who wouh
undertake the attack at Cam bra i l>
suburban or street fighting should b
court-martialed. The same was trun
he said, of the officer who had ordei
ed the storming of Mons four hour
before the signing of the armistice.
Some of the newspapers hint-Si
Sam's attack was Inspired by chagrii
at the faliure of his son. General Gai
net Hughes, to get to France as th
commander of a fifth brigade of Ca
nadians. but all are unanimous h
their assertion that the charges cai
for an immediate and thorough inves
ligation.
NEW CHINA WANTED, FREE
OF ALIEN INTERFERENCI
Paris.?There is going to be one o
the liveliest sessions of the counci
of ten when the Japanese claini3 t
Tzingtao and the Pacific islands corn
up for formal consideratin. The do!
eg.-.ti-n-'Tom Peking is ready to figh
to the last against permitting Japai
to get away with what the Chines
openly denounce as "aggressive im
perialism."
Basing their attitude on the WT
soninn idea of the league of nation*
the Ch'nese delegates make no scor
of their hope that out of the pear
conference will com* a new China
free of all alien ir.tarf >renr-e. N'or d<
they hesitate to al'lrni that utiles
the far eastern qnesfjin is solved a?
cordinj; to the fundmi oital pr'nripl.
of the right of everv nation to dispos
of itself, then the hopes of preve.vi:1.!
or minimizing the rhince of fnttsn
wars l y the le.jjue <?f nations are i!
lusorv.
CHAM9FRLAIN SAVS CROWDER
MADE FALSE STATEMENT
Washington. ?Another chapter i:
the controversy between congress a.t
lie war department over the K->n r;'
quest ion r ;f roilitarv Justice was ad;l
ed hv Senator (Ihaniberlain.-ehnirr.ia
of the niilit.irv committee in the Ins
senate, who issued a statement devlai
ing "erroneous and false" statement
were contained in reoiy of Majo
General f'rowder. judge advocate gm:
eiai. ro the senator's address in th
senate last December.
*?.? nnoi/ oDnnnrrc
rurtrv runr\ rnv/uw i v
TAKEN OFF EXPORT LIS"
Washington.?Removal of pork am
pork produi ts from the export ror
servetlon list was announced by tic
war trade board, effective at once. A
the same time the board rcsrinde
the regulation by which all applies
tion.s for licenses to export rhes<
commodities to European destinatioi
were required to hear a eertifieat
from the fond administration showini
the administration had approved tic
sale Drice.
!SERIOUS BREAK IN PLl
SPA NEGOTIATIONS U
SATISFACTION EXPRESSED BY ANAI
HUN PAPERS IN COMMENTS I. V
ON THE SITUATION.
S A BLUFF FOR BLUER TERMS OBJI
c5
| Conditions in Central and Southe -n Radic
% Germany in Respect tc Food Are Th<
Not Bad if Correctly Reported.
|
| Weimar.?The negotiations concern- Wa
|; ing shippiug and food at S;>d were
ruptured with the support of the rep- sin(e
| resentatives of the German shipping disck
H interests, including Director Heineken radic
of the North German Lloyd, who de- fectjr
r clared that it the Germans met the ^
t. allied demands it would mean thr
? ruin of German mercantile and sea Amer
r, trade interests. "bloo
y In commenting on the news, the ment
Dentscheland expresses satisfaction ing t<
with the attitude of the German rep ate r
II resentatives and s\ys that the Ger tor I
1 man people will endorse and support ment,
tiieir attitude. publi<
Det
Geneva.? While Germany has hrok radic;
en off official relations with the allies for tl
at Spa over the question of food sup- cause
plies, travelers arriving in Switzer- Lama
land recently from aeross the Rhine propa
I ] report food conditions in central and was I
g j southern Germany are not crit'cal larity
I and do not demand immediate relief, measi
g ! The travelers say the statements of statei
| the German government are only a Accor
II [ bluff in order to get better terms sever
s from the allies. matte
e; Travelers from Austria and Hun- agand
1 garv declare the populations there are later,
e, really starving and need immediate par
-. help. These reports are confirmed by the s<
. Gritish and American coinmisions in qatiofl
vhese countries. try, b
* ?????????? was t
*j NEUTRALITY OF BELGIUM tion i
WILL BE ELIMINATED "has
* I uncaa
! investigating the differences betwee* cause
l", Belgium and Holland, was mibmittel ?Tj,
e to the council of the five great powert flve ,
j,. It advises the three treaties of 1839,
t establishing the status of Belgium
i an I Holland, be revised by the conn- pera
l* < il as they are now "useless and dl.? ^p j,
11 j s.dvantageous to Belgium." publi<
] The proposed revision of the trea* organ
I i-?s will restore Belgium's complei/
j yovereignty and eliminate her neutra' 3EN1
! i'y, which afforded no protection a;.J
I is now distasteful.
Wa
*. LAUDATION OF IRELAND BBY espioi
-! REPRESENTATIVE STEDMAN. ist le
s j news]
Washington.?The Irish question were
i has been bobbing up here now and fn ur
r I then for several years. The house juatI-(
Q ' finally adopted this resolut.on. which tencft
was advocated eloquently by Reprvs- (morj
e entative Stedman:
k. "Resolved. That it is the earnest con8f
hope of the Congres of the United jn pff
n States of America that the peace con- enuaf
ference. now sitting in Paris, in pass- 0pjnj(
; ing upon the rights of various peoples. an jn
; will favorahlv consider the claims of aj rjR
Ireland to self determination."
uei
"For manv years." said Mr. Sted- ^ t *|
E man, "I have been interested in the
OD P f,
future of the people of Ireland. obstr
f I hive been attracted to them by throu
il their love of liberty, by their atta<h- ca
f) ment to their homes, by their appeals twn f
e for justice to this republic, whose <nff ti
I- friends thev have ever b?en and
t whose theory of government. whose ?r1WJW
it traditions, and whose declarations ?OI,rg
e forbid the exercise of sovereignty
i-! over a weaker nation against its will
j bv armed force. WOR
t. London.? Notice has been given in
th? house of commons of the inten ^rr.,
e tion of Ronald McNeill to ask the
i, secretary of state for foreign affair# inVoli
r> whether he has any official informns
tion of the report of the resolution ^0r)Of:
- having been adopted by the American rf> j);)
e bouse of representatives on the sub nnnnc
? i r?f Ireland, and if ><o. will 1 e (
; make a forma! protest against the M)p c
e interference of a foreign legislature M,orf?
I- in th" domestic affairs cf the United j.irfl
Kingdom. rP.)r,,
AUTHORS Oc 0RFAT WAR ARR JNg
S TO BE SEVERELY PUNISHEC
n Paris. ? VJiile it is impossible to
J give any forecast of the terms of the
1 report of the commission on response 011 * 1
I- hilivf for the -war. which report is orra*!
n about completed. It may he said that he th
t those who have "been urging that under
ilrastic action should b" taken against be us
s the principal authors cf Germany's war tive ]
r crimes will not be disanpointed in Repre
! r?if? conclusions or rne commission mvun
e The report will incYid?? a general Demo
historical survey of events. throw
WILSON AGAINST SINKING FRAf*
T OF SURRENDERED SHIPS
I
1 Washington.?President Wi'scn has Wu
i- written Represen'ative Fuller, of Mas- refusi
e aachuaetts. that he opposed the .sink- readji
t ing of the surrendered Oerman war are t<
j ships, hut that his judgment wjs eot rison.
i- final because he had not yrt had the eratic
a opportunity to dlscnis tne matter critic
i with authoritative naval men. ?ral i
e The President's letter said the nro lishet
^ posal to destroy the warships seemed hullel
e "like the counsel cf those vho do no: sliou
! \aow what else 'o lo " ral |
DT10 DEM
. 3. GOVERNMENT
RCHISTS. TOGETHER WITH
V. W.'S AND OTHERS, FORM
AN AMALGAMATION.
ECT, BLOODY REVOLUTION
;al Element* of Country Think
sy Have Found a Common
Cause Upon Whjch to Unite.
ishington.?Mail matter seized
the signing of the armistice has
)sed that the I. W. W. anarchists,
al socialists, and others are "perig
an amalgamation" which has
ts object the overthrow of the
lean government through a
dy revolution" and the establishof
a bolshevik republic, accord>
a memorandum sent to the seniropaganda
committee by Solici,amar,
of the postoffice departThe
memorandum was made
5 by the committee,
daring that in bolshevism th*
al elements of the country had
tie first time "found common
upon which they can unite." Mr.
r said his information showed
ganda against the government
>eing conducted with great reguand
its magnitude could be
ured by the "bold and outspoken
nents" found in the literature,
npanying his memorandum were
al hundred excerpts from road
r showing the trend of the propla.
These will be made public
ticular reference was made by
ilicitor to the activity of the dialed
foreign element in the counut
he said perhaps the I. W. W.
he most active in the disseminaof
the propaganda because it
at its command a large field
knnTra u ""TMitfri iimf- -
i singly in the furtherance'of
:
lis organization publishes at least ^
newspapers in the English lan!
and nine in foreign languages,
list comprises only official paand
does not take into account
irgo number of free lance papers
?hed in the interest of the above
ization."
rENCE OF DEBS TO TEN
YEARS IN PRISON UPHELD
shington.?Convictions under the
nage act of Eugene Debs, socialader.
and Jacob Frohwerk. a
pap?r pdltor of Kansas City,
sustained bv the supreme court
lanimous opinions delivered by
?e Holmes. Both men were send
by thn lower courts to 10 years'
sonrn Vt.
ile not nassing directly upon the
'tutionality of the act. the court
ect did declare valid the so-caTled
ment section and reaffirmed its
>n that the esnionage law is not
terference with the constitution:ht
of free speech.
>s was convicted on thr^e counts.
he court passed dirpctly on orW
?f those, that charging hfm wlfh
acting recruiting: and enlistment
gh statements made in a speech
nton. Ohio. Inst .Tune. The other
onnts charged him with attempt,
n incite insubordination and disy.
and also with uttering lan?
intended to nrevoke and enge
resistance to the TTnited
s government.
K 0"? NFW RAT-H PS HI PR
HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED
shi"fton.?Possihiiitv that the
> cruiser urogram of th?? new.
ring "n expenditure of nearly
n hi'l'nn deilnrs ev'll he abnoI
in favor of a pew txm" of cruisftlesh-'p
was irdimtpd bv an au?,.mnnt
that Seeretarv Daniels
iwdp*,?d susnens'^n of work on
'r ''not cp'^ri aireadv on-of?
as tn t*>e fntvne
of capital ship could he
ed.
Rcrnr npMnCRATS ARE
MAKING FIGHT ON CLARK
shinjrton.?A fieht is being made
aeaker Clark by insurgent Dent
5 who claim that he should not
e minority leader of the house
the Republican regime soon to?
hered in. Indirectly RepresentsKitchin.
of North Carolina, aud
sentative Dent, of Alabama, are
red. It was asserted that 70
crats had been pledged to overMr.
Clark.
?'K MORRISON TALKS
OF PRICE READJUSTMENT
shington.?Organized labor will
? to "share in the result" of price
ustments if its "living standard-i
> be endangered." Frank W. Morsecretary
of the American Fed
>n of Labor, said. Mr. Morrison
ised the declarations by the fed
reserve board in a recently pub
I review of its forthcoming
:in that all factors in prediction
ild bear their share In the genprocess
of readjustment."