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WEIGHING PI The opening session oi the ind Henry C\ Stuart, Samuel W. MeCall, ry J. Waters, Martin H. Glynn, Kiel W. Wickershain, Henry M. Kohinson, mrniin n*7T All OLtbnO WHLC MU j^g | ?,KK^ ^ ilMEmSKfr ^ ^ ft $ This photograph shows what hap] rected by Austria on the square whe when the Czeeho-Slovaks again becnn NO SIGNS OF "DR\ U'??i<trn .N r ? Such a thing as prohibition is qu rtiicf industries in that country is th< >hotograph shows a grower polling t wine mukinc. OLD VESSELS TO BE TARGET! Bluejackets to Test Marksmansh: on Electrically-Controlled Craft. Washington.?American bluejacket will have nn opportunity to test thei marksmanship on real battleship steaming at full speed under actus tattle conditions, if plans now bein worked out at the navy departmec materialize. The bureau of ordnanc* it was leurned, contemplates takln Mayor I'eters, ot Boston weigh . NEW INDUSTRIAL ~Z, y ~ ?IZE WINNERS IN BOSTOl my two of the perfect lots entered ill u hul CONFERENCE IN SESSION lustriliI conference in Washington. Lett Thomas W. Gregory, Stanley King, and \\ turd Hooker (ubove) Herbert Hoover. W. < I'rof. Frank W. Taussig and Owen L). You STRIAN MONUMENT ^ j^ -v.---.-. <" - - ^W.J^)jj||^P|<^. >?. vrji&eHw&iiKaP*'^ ? ?* ?* wg^ttgawBtjR lened to the monument which had been | re in 1G20 many Bohemians were killed | le supreme in their country. I 'NESS" IN HUNGARY f i yzsr. : V( : tin 1 T1111 <r*i I* v livid (ill** (if tlli* < 1 e cultivation of the grape for wine. The ; rapes by the tulit'ul to u merchant for fi n ? t several obsolete ships to the target li range and using them for targets tnov- k p ing at full speed. There would, of t! course, be no crews aboard the target I ships, which would be steered by an g electrical "distant control" system, c s probably from an airplane or another r vessel. is v d Soldier Digs Own Grave. h g Tneoma, A'ash.?Thomas Prescott, a e it Civil war veteran, was burled recently f i. In the grave he dug the morning be- v g fore at the Old Soldiers' home at Ort- c \l BABY SHOW Inn1 >y sliow recently held In that city. IN WASHINGTON HHMBHaBnr v- p ? '*?' iJBBSS to right. suited. Julius Uosenwuld. .Milium B. Wilson. Standing: Hen- ^ 3. Thompson, Oscar Straus, George 1 ng. - I PRESENTS A NOVEL IDEA i A really novel and commendable ea Is at present being fostered by ^ me. Grace Porterfleid Polk, eminent unposer, who has established in the nail city of Greenwood, Ind., the Jreenwood Community House" where e struggling unknown composers uiy occasionally meet and exchange ens with the veterans and successil members of the profession. Id lis manner Mine. Polk hopes to eree a center for composers, and there; to foster and help tlie composition ' masterpieces expressing the ideas id ideals of the people of today, and | ? make America a real "Land o: l ' | nng" by means of yearly conventions Why Worry? Multitudes of people seriously mat u-ir lives by continually dwelling pon disagreeable possibilities, anticiating unhappy experiences, most of < hieh are never realized; many seem < > he so made up that they are the Ictims of worry, just as some peopU | re made up to he gullible, says New access They catch every excuse that nines along for indulging their worry ig propensities. A colored woman reminded her easyoing husband that the rent had to bi aid in six days. "Then we sure don't have to worry bout it for the next five days." h? .11 .J UI.*? A ~ ... A* . t'piieu. u s in hi jin iu worry on tut iiv it Is due. when it must lie paid." Some people might learn a lesson rom this philosophical husband and ot worry until they have to. tig. It Is the custom at the home to teep one grave dug in advat.oe Vcnuse he work is hard foi the elderly men. rescott spent the day in digging the rave. After returning Indoors he beame sudaenly ill and died. Newark. O.?Rev. George 3. Baldwin, eighty-three years of age, oelerated his birthday anlversary the othr day by walking six miles to his arm. husking 20 bushels of corn and miking back to the city In time to ast a ballot at the election bootlk A TALL BUILDING FOR GREENVILLE TWO NATIONAL BANK8 ARE TC ERECT DURING 1920 FINE OFFICE BUILDING. TALLEST IN 10 (US Several Hundred Thousand Dollars ai Bonuses Are Being Distributed to Cottorf Mill Operatives. Greenville.?Robert I. Woodslde president of the Farmers and Mer chants bank and~*l!he Woodslde Na tional bank, announced that a corpor ation to be known as the Woodsid* Securities company would be organiz ed immediately to erect a 16 storj bank and office building on Mair street here. Plans for the structure have been perfected and the construe tion is to begin in January with the expectation that the building will b< completed in about 11 months. Th< building will be the talles tin the twe CaroUnas. In connection with th< building will be the tallest la che twe holders of two banks will later con elder the matter of consolidation of th< Institutions so that the combined bankf will occupy the new building and hav? a capitalization of $1,000,000. Several hundred thousand dollari are being distributed among the opera tives by cotton mills of Greenville ae Christmas bonuses/ a large majoritj of the mills in this section havini adopted some plan whereby each em ployee obtains a substantial bonus. Camden.?Paul K. Sinclair an* Charlie Marsh were painfully cut anc bruised in an autornooue accident ul Main street when a car crashed intc them, knocking them through a plate glass window. York.?There is now under consid eration by the local Masonic lodge t plan to purchase the Rose hotel prop erty and convert it into a handsome Masonic hall. \ ________ Sumter.?This season some of the banks of Sumter have paid out ii Christmas savings funds just aboul $57,000. On account of the manj drives during the year and the demanc for placing savings in Liberty bonds and war savings stamps, the banks die no soliciting. Sumter.?Richard I. Manning, for mer governor, ha* accepted an appoint ment from the secretary of the txeas ury as a member^^the finance grouj Df the Pan-Amer^Hj^nference. Gov ernor Manning wnygoto Washingtor for a meeting of thje group January 1( and will be thereabout ten days. Hartsville is the latest South Caro lina town to acquire a post of the American Legion. The application foi the organization of the new post wai received and approved at the statf headquarters, being forwarded to th< national headquarters from where th< charter will be l?sued. R. R. McLeoc is the organizer of the post. Georgetown.??At a called meetlnj 3f the county executive committee held in the court house, which wa! crowded with people taking a deei Interest In the proceedings, the que* tion of the recent election on th< stock law was taken up agaiu. Attor ney Jennings of Sumter represented the proponents of free range, and At torneys Hines of Kingstree and Smitl at Andrews, the opponents. The contest of the election revolved around the validity of the ballot at Andrews. Gaffney.?Local officers who ar< not engaged in suppressing the whlB key trafTic in Cherokee county an busily engaged these days in servinj papers which involve settlements be tween landlords and tenants. Then seems to be more of this class of lltl gatlon this season than ever before which can be attributed to the hlgt price of cotton. Searching for Absconders. Qaffney.?Sheriff Thomas and his deputies -were scouring the highways and byways of Cherokee county in the vain effort to locate a man by the name of Childers from Gastonla. N. C. and a woman with him who is a fugi live from the state of North Carolina It seems that the brother of Childers went on the woman's bond for her ap ;jearance at the next term of the Gas ton county supreme court, and thai she and the brother of Childers lefl Gastonia and came over into South Carolina. New Enterprise For Georgetown. Georgetown.?A new and abundant ly capitalized industry is about to b< established In Georgetown, to be oper ated under the name of the Pennsyl vania Stave Company. This plant .ii to manufacture barrels and staves or a largo scale, and building ooerations have already begun on the banks o the Sampit river, hut several block.' above the site of the great mills of th< Atlantic Coast Lumber corporation whose surplus lumber will be used it addition to the large amount of lum ? l-u: ,? u*;r uuiuuigo uuun i/ynvu. Gambler Churchman Arraated. Gaffney.?Officers C. T. Allison ant Charles Byers, while looking for con traband whiskey ndar the North Caro Una line flushed a[covey of gambleri In the woods near the store of Vlrgl McCraw. All of the participants, botl white and black, made Rood thei: escape except a negro named San Adams, whom the officers captured Sam denied"bTtferl^ that he had beer engaged in gambling but stoutly main talned that he was on his way bom< from church, whei j he holds an iiu lorUnt off lee. \ 1?Radicals hoarding the "sov ernl Pershing with some of the woui which lay on n reef in the Straits of with a cargo of wool worth $1,2300,(X I NEWS REVIEW OF it CURRENT EVENTS i President Proclaims Return ol the Railroads to Their Own\ ers on March 1. 600D PROSPECTS FOR BILI I First Shipload of Deported Reds or I Its Way to Russia?Admiral Sims 1 1 Refuses Medal and Accuses Sec 1 | retary Daniels of Injustice. By EDWARD W. PICKARD." President Wilson, having been con " vlnced of the dangers that would b< 1 Incurred If he carried out his an * nounced Intention to return the rail * roads to their owners on January 1 since congress could not or would not pass the necessary legislation by thai * time, yielded to the situation and or 1 Wednesday issued a proclamation set t ting the date for the return as March r 1. In the Intervening two < months I he believes, the railroads and express ? companies should be able to prepar< I adequately for the resumption of theli i business under their ownership and control. This action pleased suet * i congressmen and railway officials as * were Interviewed, and the latter ex - pressed the belief that the roads > would be ready by March 1, to carry on * Of course they expect congress to en i act suitable legislation and the inter > state commerce bill to permit such rate Increases as will make It pos sible for them to borrow the monej . for needed equipment, extensions and ? Improvements. Immediately after the Issuance ol I the president's proclamation Diree i ! tor Oeneral Hlnes made an appeal tc ? ! all officers and employees of railroads , to redouble their efforts to product I the best and most economical railroad service possible during the remnininj period of federal control. This reallj f was directed especially to the rallwaj brotherhoods, which have been hold J lng in abeyance their demands foi }' wage Increases amounting to nearlj a billion a year to see whether th( j government's efforts to bring dowr the cost of living would have, anj I marked effect. They do not seem lm pressed by the present success 01 { those efforts and are growing restless It remains to be seen whether thej j will now wait much longer for th( t decrease In prices, which the attorney general has said are likely to begir to appear next month. The prospects for early legislator i for the rpturn of the railroads to theli owners hnve brightened very consid * ernbly. The senate having passed th< f Cummins bill, conferences began tc adjust the differences between thai ' and the Esch bill passed by the house " The clauses concerning wage adjust ' ment, the forbidding of strikes ar.r 1 voluntary or compulsory arbltratlor presented tbe greatest difficulties. Tlu conferees salil they hoped to makt considerable progress before eongres: 1 reconvenes on January 5. ! Loud cheers, metaphorically speak ! Ing. sped ou Its way the depnrtint transport Buford when at the begin nlng of the week It started for Bo rope. No one wanted over to see anj 1 part of the cargo come back, for thai cargo consisted of 249 rabid and dan " porous "reds" who were being deport ed by Uncle Sam for his own sake True to type, the radicals cursed tlx 1 United States venomously as thei , were herded onto the vessel, ant threatened awful deeds when they re turn. They were headed by Ktnmr - Goldman and Alexander Berkman ' who for many years have preachei their unisonous doctrine In Americr almost unhindered. The delectable 3 Kmmn shouted, ns she passed uf i the ganaplauk: "This is the begin ! nine of the end of the T'nlted States.' t Just where the unsavory gang Is t< 3 he landed wns unknown even to tlx > captain of thp transport until hi , opened his orders at sen. It was pre 1 mimed, however, that they would lu - put ashore at a Finnish port nnd sen) thence by rail to Russia. j FIUME TO BE FREE PORT _____ Italian Government Announces It! Position as a Result of the Plebiscite Taken. In consequence of doubts regnrdlnf the first plebiscite at Flume, anothei 1 was taken which resulted In 75 pei " cent of the votes being cast In favoi 1 of the Italian government's proposal! " relative to the future occupation oi s the city, according to Glornnle d'ltalla MaJ. Glurlatl, chief of Capt. Gabriel* I let arK," otherwise the transport Bu1 ;i(|ed Yanks on whom he called will I Magellan fur twenty years and recentl, X). If the Chicago Federation of La was seeking a way to "get In bad' could not have found a better one tl In Its action Indorsing the work Emma Goldman and Berkman and I nounclng Its opposition to the dei tntlon of aliens who are members any union atliliated with the An ! loan Federation of Labor. No s t ? ,1 ] AVAmnfUn UlilZtMl (Jl'llltlHU If II 11IC CACI1I|7<.IWII any "class" from punishment crime was ever heard, at least America. The decent citizens America, who after all form the \ majority In the country', have she plainly that they are tired of the ien radicals and their vicious act ties, and the sooner union Inhor i 1 ognizes that fact, the better for As might have been expected. Willi Z. Foster, erstwhile apostle of f ilicnllsin and sabotage and organl of the fizzled our steel strike, supp ed the nntl-deportntJon movement . the Chicago meeting. It is planner extend throughout the land the p to snve union men from "banlshm . and exile." A recent example of the work of t ^radicals was revealed when the at \ transport America bringing the pe i commission from France, docked Hohoken with 11 members of i crew In irons charged with mut and other crimes. The troubles, wii t broke out on the eastward trip, w > instigated by bolshevik and I. W. agitators. Admiral Sims, who common* ' America's naval fighting forces In war, started what may develop I ' a real "navy scandal when he deem ' to accept the Distinguished Sen medal awarded him by Secretary the Navy Daniels. The admiral. 1 his letter to the secretary, accused latter of injustice and discrlralnat In making up the list of those to ceive medals and navy crosses, i , expressed his Indignation at the glv of the medal to swivel chair offic and to officers who lost their vesi at sea under circumstances that ml not he to their credit, while It 1 refused to others who displayed gr hi a very and gallantry In coml ' Many of the latter, recommended K the decoration by Admiral Sims : approved by the board of awn j were cut from the list by Mr. Danl The admiral said such Injusthe wc go far toward destroying the moi of the navy and he did not wish countenance It by accepting the m( awarded to him. " Secretary Daniels said there was basis for the charge of favoriti ' that he was determined to decoi 7 every commander of a torpedoed s ' ?Ms son-in-law,. Commander Bag Is In that category?and that the 1 Is not yet closed. It was said Washington that the admiral's acl \ was very likely to bring about a < gresslonal investigation of the wl [ matter. ) t Great Britain will never consent . separation of Ireland from the - pire, but Is willing to give It the h I est possible measure of self-govt i ment and to give this at once. S ; was the statement of premier LI ? George to parliament, and he t 3 proceeded to give an outline of home rule bill which the governn: will introduce when parliament r< - sembles. The measure will create : legislatures somewhat on the Ar - lean model, one for the southern i - ? i 1 iU or lroiiino IIIIU Hie UUIIIUII ? <1111 r pnrt of Ulster, and the otlier t i'rotostant Ulster. Almve them will - tne council of Ireland, elected by - two legislatures. Tlie latter hot have the power to combine at ? time without the consent of the I' tsh parliament. All powers not 1 served to the imperial British par - merit are given to the legislatu i These reserved powers include pp . and war. foreign affairs, the army 1 navy, defense, treason, trade out; i of Ireland, navigation, wireless > cable, coinage, trade marks. llj ? houses, and the appointment of - higher judiciary until the leglslaft ' agree on a plan for the nppointm > of judges. Also reserved are the 1 come tax. customs and excise. ? the excise may be reclaimed by ihnd by agreement of the legislatu 1 Ireland Is to collect ail of the tn t and retain all hut n fair contribut to the Imperial expenses. ' ( d'Annunzlo's cabinet, is reported j have resigned. Vmi-onnnneo ctntn fho KoclQ r\f fl fTI ment wns as follows: The Italinn government will keep Its possession the whole of the ar , stlee line, reaffirming the right p Flume to decide Its own fate. N r is taken of the wishes of Flume as p pressed Oct. 30. 1018, and renfflrr 3 Oct. 30, 1910, and It Is declared II j will never accept any other solutl Flume will receive financial ass ? nnce, so that It may be able to * If , .. * " \ '<i | I ford, for deportation to Hussla. 2?Gene in Chicago. 3?The Alejnndrlna, y arrived at New York from Patagonia bor The house of con mons as a whole " It received the scheme with approval, lian but there Is little hope that It will of please any of the Irish factions. In an- that fact, It Is said, lies the best )or- chance of Its success. Lloyd George of took occasion to say what he thought ler- of the recent attempt to assassinate uch Viscount French, lord lieutenant of of Ireland. He declared It was not only for despicable and dastardly, but one of In the most foolhardy political crimes of In history. 'RSt 1' . >wn Delay of the Germans In signing the protocol rendered futile the hopes of 'v'* the supreme council that peace would rec" be proclaimed by Christmas. Though the council had Indicated that It would l&tn lessen Its demands for reparation for !>'n* the scuttling of the interned German i/.er ! ivnr viw?i>lc If flip nprrii!in<3 could art" prove that they could not turn over the 'n material required, Von Lersner, chief ' to of the German delegation, felt It nec'an essnry to carry the amended terras ent to Berlin for submission to the government. It was announced In Lont,,e don that Premier Lloyd George would go to Paris this week to confer with are Clemenceau. at __ the ' Addressing the chamber of deputies, n* the French premier made the first 1 ( 1 authoritative statement concerning the ^re conference In London. The two prin* .cfpal decisions made, he said, were not to make peace and not to compromise with the soviet government ded of Russia. The allies were dcterthe mined, he added to be the allies of nto ad peoples attacked by bolshevlsm and ned would maintain a barbed wire around qce Russia, notubly by aiding the Poles, of Roumanians and others along the In frontiers. He expressed full confine dence In the Anglo-Franco-American Ion pacts and predicted a solution of the re. Flume difficulty. The chamber theresnd uP?n ?ave the government a vote of Ing confidence, 158 to 71. ers * sels Really, the Flume dispute seems at ght this writing to be on the eve of setivas rlement. The Italian cabinet has ap eat proved an agreement with D'Annunbat. zlo on the basis of proposals made by for the government. This. It was reportnnd ed, was that Italy should keep in Its rds. possession the whole of the armistice els. line, reaffirming the right of Flume iuld to decide Its own fate and assisting rale It financially to resume Its activities to under the regime of a free port. The ?dal recent plebiscite In Flume resulted In 75 per cent of the votes being cast i no in favor of the Italian government's sm. plan for the future occupation of the ate city. It was said that Captain D'Anihlp nunzlo declared he would not accept ley. this result and that he departed from list the city. In As for Russia, the bolshevik! seem tlon to be getting along very well In a milton itary way. They have beaten Petlura iole and his Ukrainian army, and are said to have cut off the retreat of Denlkine's volunteers so that their only to way ?' escaPe's 'nt0 Romania. The em Esthonians and the bohshevlki, It Is announced, agreed on the questions ?rn of frontiers and military guarantees. uch oyd A compromise proposal concerning hen the peace treaty was formulated last the week by Senator King of Utah, a Demlent ocrat who supported most of the pus- Lodge reservations. Taking these as two a basis, he so modified the wording nor- thnt he hoped It would be acceptable mri to all the senators who favor the ratolie ification of the treaty. Senator Hftchfor cock was not so sanguine that the King I he plan would solve the tangle. the i lies I The bituminous coal operators, af nn.v tor registering an objection to the irit- I statement that they had agreed to the re- terms of the settlement with the strik liit ers, have ncceped the agreement, at res. least in the central competitive field, '. tee The president named the commission and that Is to Inquire Inro the situation dde and determine wages ami conditions, and lie appointed Henry M. Robinson, eht- John I*. White and Rembrandt Pea'e. the representing respectively the pnhl'c, ires the miners and the operators. Allent ready some of the larger operators ? in- have let it he known that they Intend but to pass on to their customers the 14 1 nili-nnpo In W!iff><s hilt the res. 1 federal department of justice official? xes say such action will result In proseIon j cutfons If the consumer Is asked to I pay more. to establish Its life and resume Its activities under a regime of a free port, ree- The government will not accept any solution tending to separate Flume ) In and the surrounding territory from the ml- mother country, and meanwhile will of occupy and guarantee the Integrity of 'ote Flume and Its territory with regular ex- troops, which will he exclusively of ned Italian nationality. The rights of the aly local militia, which the city of Flume Ion. has established, will be respected. list re Trouble knows no eight-hour day