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IMPORTANT NEWS | THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SKVEN DAYS GIVEN THE NEWS IT THE SOUTH . What It Taking Place in Tht Southland Will Ba Found In '1r Brief Paragraph* % 0 Foreign? ^11 countries whose nationals have suffered damages from Mexican I revolutions have been invited by President Obregon to appoint delegates who will meet Mexican representatives and form a permanent commission to pass upon claims. The invitafyt tion was issued in the form of a presidential decree promulgated recently, and it will be sent to all interested na* tions by the foreign office. Two German submarine lieutenants, Ludwig- Dittmar and Johann Boldt. were placed on trial here recently in the supreme court charged with murder in the first degree for firing on life boats alter the torpedoing of the Canadian hospital ship Llandoversy Castle in the summer of 1918. Rioting o-xurred in Vere street in Belfast recently, says a Central News dispatch from Belfast. Two constablec were injured and three civilians were take nto a hospital suffering from gunshot wounds. The Italian government has sent a communication ^o Washington saying [ it will receive sympathetically a pro poeal for the reduotion of armaments. Premier Lloyd-George and Earn on de Valera, Irish "president," had tea to' gether in the premier's official residence in Downing street, London, one afternoon recently, and discussed plans to settle the age-long differences between the English and the Irish. Turkish Nationalists and Greek soldiers are locked in battle before Kutaia. Airplanes are taking part in the struggle for Moutnain Heights, near the town. % ' El Chucha is the name of a new dance which, it is claimed, will carry all before it in England and on the : , continent next winter. It is the combined product of 18 British dancing instructors and was exhibited before ? the International Conference of Dancing Masters. Discovery of what he believes to be 4V? a #Acictll*A??l ramoino r*f o Knara nro. IUO WOOUUiCAU 1 CUlUiUO VI a, UU50 yic" historic animal In the Pasqual Hills, Canada, has been reported by Doctor jnis of the Dominion geological department. Washington? * Appointment of W. A. Smith, of Lafayette, Tenn., as federal prohibition director for the state of Tennessee, was understood recently to be under consideration by Commissioner Blair. Internal revenue officials, however, declared that definite decision upon a new director has not yet been made. Louis E. Elkins Is the present director. Of tremendous importance to the firman r?f tha Snnlh la tha nrnvisinn In the Fordney tariff-bill now pending in the house which provides for the levying of a protective tariff of |50 per ton on imported potash. The state department has been notified of Japan's acceptance of the invitation to a disarmament conference. Henry Ford has a two hundred million dollar idea that the great uncom- j pleted Muscle Shoal (Ala.) nitrate I plant started by the government during the war, is a good commercial venture, and the auto king has disclosed offers to take over, complete and operate the plan. President Harding and Secretary of ^tate Hughes have begun work on establishing the definite machinery for International discussion of armament limitation and far eastern problems. Among the division of experts will be those on far eastern affairs, army, , navy and air forces and cables. Thomas Laraont of New York is said to be slated for head of the far eastern division, and former United States Ambassador to Tokio Rolland Morris is also to be placed on this division, it is stated. . Leaving Washington with the most distinguished group of aeronautical experts assembled .since the signing of the armistice the United States navy transport Henderson put out for the Atlantic fleet's practice grounds, 100 miles, to sea4 where the bombing and gunnery tests being conducted bv I the navy department is under way. The naval appropriation bill, authorizing $410,000,000 in expenditures and carrying the Borah amendment for .a tri-partite disarmament conference, is now before President Harding for his signature. The senate recently confirmed the following nominations: Alva McDonald to be United States marshal, western district of Oklahoma; George C. Hopkins, collector of internal revenue for second district of Texas; James W. Bass, collector of internal revenue for first district of Texas. Attacks on various schedules of the Fordnev tariff bill came from the Republican side in the recent general debate on the measiye. The duties on oil were opposed by Representative Tradway, Massachusetts, a member of tKo move onil moQna nnmmittoo i.UV n U T O M14U UAVMUW vvtuuitvvvvi Appointment of Robert H. Kohloss, of Salisbury, N. C., as federal prohibition director for North Carolina, was announced recently by the national revenue Mireau. He succeeds Thomas H. Vanderford. At the same time the bureau announced the appointment of A. B. Coltraine, of Trinity, as assistant director. Before the bill to grant funding powers to th esecretary of the treaspowers of the secretary will endeavor to learn fro mthe secretary on what terms the administration proposes to fund the debts of allied governments. k ' J The world cotton crop for the rear 1920-21 Is placed at 19,595.000 bales of 50-pound gross, or 478 pounds net, by the bureau of markets and crop estimates, department of agriculture, which based its calculation on the best information available. The bureau of the census, commerce department, places the world production of commercial cotton at 19,830,000 bales of 500 pounds net, exclusive of llnters, basing its calculation on published reports, documents and corresppndence. The white population of Virginia Increased 16.4 per cent between 1910 and 1920, while the negro population increased 2.8 per cent, the census bureau announced recently. The total population in 1920 was divided: White 1.617,909; negro, 690.017; Indian. 824; Chinese, 278; Japanese, 56; Hindu and Filipino, 103. Informing congress that this nation is on the way to such destruction as overtook Babylon, a large delegation, led bv .Noah W. Cooper, of Nashville, and representing the conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. South marched to Capitol Hill recently and futlrAri spnatnrs anrt rpnrpspntntivps tn pass laws for Sunday observance, including one forbidding the running of trains on the Sabbath. A letter from Premier Lloyd George to President Wilson, dated August 8, 1920, and dealing with a proposal for cancellation of inter-allied war debts, was placed in-the record of the senate finance committee recently by treasury officials during hearings on the administration's allied loan refunding bill. John Skelton Williams, former comptroller of the currency; Governor Harding of the federal reserve board and other persons in financial positions will be among witnesses asked to appear before the joint congressional committee of agricultural inquiry. Pledges of a wide majority of votes to lay aside the soldier bonus bill were claimed by Republican leaders and were conceded by opponents after President Harding in an address to the senate had made formal requests for temporary postponement of consideration of the measure. In making his request, the president called attention to the condition of the treasury, saying that enactment of the legislation at this time would "greatly imperil the financial stability of our country." The conference report on the naval appropriation bill finally was adopted by the senate and house, and the measure, which carries funds for the navy for this year, has been sent to the president. The soldier bonus bill, if it is stopped, must be stopped in the senate, house leaders declare. This, regardless of what the president may think of the matter. Domestic? i An airplane from the Jacuzzi Brothers airplane factory in Berbely fell at Modesto, Calif., killing the pilot and three others. An ordinance of the city of Pomona, Calif., prohibiting Sunday amusements for which an admission fee is charged, has been held unconstitutional by a superior court judge, and will be taken to the state-supreme court. The Edisto river stood more than a loot over tne west nusseu street bridge at Orangeburg, S. C., as a result of heavy rains July 14. Several mill pond dams have been broken in the county. No lives lost. Steps have been taken by the New York Coffee and Sugar exchange to prevent publication hereafter of the total sales on the exchange of coffee and sugar futures. The drowning of Charles Quinn, two years old, in the flooded yard at the Charleston, S. C., home of his parents, is the only fatality reported from a torrential rainstorm in that city, causing water to rise several feet in many hiiainoos hnncus gnH rvnralv7ir?c streftt UUOIUVOU uvuovtl MUU I'm ?**. p w?? v W? car servic^ for several hours. It is stated that the federal reserve board has instructed the federal reserve banks in the cotton states to discount all cotton paper presented by member banks when the paper is secured by sufficient cotton. The 100 anniversary of the birthday of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate general and organizer of the Ku Klux Klan, was celebrated at Chapel Hill, Tenn., his birthplace, on the 13th of July. The Elks at the Los Angeles convention decided to build a three million dollar edifice commemorating the soldiers who fell in the world war. The next meeting will be held in Chicago. W. H. Knox, leader of the state law enforcement forces, now operating in Mobile, Ala., was recently formally charged with violating the prohibition law himself, and placed under arrest. A iob as baron is likelv to go beg ging because Dr. F. M. Tretbar-Dros- j ten. of Aurora, 111., had rather be an American citizen than have a title. He says Switzerland can keep her title. "I am an American citizen and I like it fine." The bonus limitation of armaments and a plan for national guard organization were discussed by delegates attending the second annual convention of the Rainbow Division Veterans' Association at Cleveland, Ohio, with a view to outlining the division's stand. tti 4/criouiio aic ivryui iuu iu na>o perished and one is known to have been killed, thousands of head of live stock lost, scores of ranch homes near Andrews, Neb., have been destroyed and fields devastated by the cloudburst which recently deluged the White river canyon country. Prohibitionists opine that the rally in the United States senate to save "medical heer" as a substitute for booze is intended to offset the prohibition amendment. The Southern Methodists recently sent a petition to the president asking that he support the effort of orthodox Christian religion to make Sunday a day of rest and worship. Rates on livestock are held to be unreasonable, and the interstate commerce commission has been asked to see that substantial reductions are immediately made. 1?Massachusetts delegates lu to eysuckle Lodge, tiome of T. Suffern T> spend their vacation. 3?Supreme Co. their husbands are sworn in as cltfc NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS 1 Harding's Plan for Armament Reduction Conference Is WeH Received. _____ INVITED NATIONS ACCEPT Pacific and Far Eaat Problem? Also J Will Be Discussed? Irish peace Meetings Begin ? President Asks Senate to Defer Soldifer Bonus Bill. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. 4 The United States last week resumed Its leadership of International affairs, and President Harding's world policy unfolded In a way that leads his warm supporters to believe his plans for an association of nations to preserve the peace of the world are on the eve of fulfillment. This comes about through the President's Invitation to Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan to send representatives to a disarmament reduction conference in Washington, and his suggestion that the meeting, If held, also undertake a settlement of the Pacific and Far Eastern problems, China being asked to participate In that part of the conference. , Of course, the Invitation was informal In nature, but the nations named have received It with acclaim, and all have signified their willingness to ac cept me iormai luviiauuu wueu u 13 Issued, so it may be considered cer[ tain that the conference will be held, probably in the coming autumn or possibly early next year. All the world Is evincing intense interest in j the plan, and certain of the lesser powers are eager to take part In the great conference. That the discussion will 1 not be limited to the subjects men- ' tioned is almost beyond doubt, and there is reason to believe that the as-' ' sociatlon of nations with which Pres- I ident Harding hopes to silpplant the League of Nations will be born at the Washington conference. Not only did the President forestall 1 I the action of congress, which was 1 I passing flnalty on the naval bill con- 1 taining the Borah amendment asking | the President to negotiate a naval holiday with Great Britain and Japan; ; be also went further than Borah and his followers desired and broaderied the proposition to Include land armuments. It was feared by many that Italy, and especially France, would refuse to reduce their military 1 strength. Frhnce feels that she must be guaranteed against another attack by Germany, and Italy's main strength Is her army. Borah and others thought the inclusion of land armaments might defeat the whole j plan, but the administration thinks their fears are groundless and that an agreement for naval reduction may be If niKwtl.m nf rpdllflntr ' armies Is found einbarasslng. Indeed, the governments of France and Italy were as prompt as that of Great Britain .to accept Mr. Harding's invitation. China's approval of the plan came next, and Japan, after carefully considering the Far Eastern phase of the matter, instructed its embassy at 1 Washington to accept, so far asarmament reduction is concerned. Before President Harding issued the informal invitations, the leading statesmen of Great Britain were consulted by Ambassador Harvey and also by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, who was reported to he unofficially assisting Mr. Harvey in the matter. It Is said they informed Washington of the 1 psychological moment for tnking action. Then Doctor Butler went to I'arls and talked with French leaders, ' j and told correspondents that Presi| dent Millerand was highly enthusiastic over the American plan. "French and : British statesmen agree with me that : President Harding's proposal marks a 1 I turning point in the history of the < world," said Doctor Hutler. 11 i Premier Lloyd George's announce- |' OFFICER GIVEN WIDE POWER ] Capt. Arthur Lee Willard Takes Hold as Aid for Navy Yards of the Country. Washington.?Capt. Arthur Lee Willard, recently detached from command of the dreadnaught New Mexico, has arrived In Washington under orders to report as aid for navy yards to the ' secretary of the navy. This Is u new | office, and its creation marks the In- j itiation of a. system of co-ordinated | < ?..jinstiHii uuueavor parade during t< iller at Newport, R. I., where Preside irt Justice Gannon, New York, makiug tens. ment of the project to the house of commons and of the government's approval of it was greeted with prolonged cheering. A few days later there was talk in London of a separate conference th re on Pacific matters before the Washington meeting, because the premiers of Australia and New Zealand said It would be impossible for them to go home and return to America almost immediately. When this suggestion reached Washington the administration let It be known that efforts to divert any part of the proposed conference from the American capital would not be acceptable< It was said Lloyd George and Lord Curzon, foreign minister, would come as the representatives of Great Britain, and this stirred up an amusing row over there. The Times declared editorially that neither of those men is fitted "by his position, his temperameht, and his past career to take a direct part in these negotiations. The premier retorted with an order that representatives of the Times, the Dally Mall and the Evening News, all controlled by Lord Northcllffe, should be denied access to information given out to the press generally at the foreign office and by the prime minister's secretaries at 10 Downing street. How Lloyd George can Justify such a blow at the liberty and Independence of the press remains to* De seen, remaps he will not try to do so. It Is Interesting to note that a committee of the League of Nations met in Luxembourg on Saturday, under the presidency of M. Vivlanl, to consider disarmament. Officials of the league at Geneva assert the league Is not yet considering abandoning Its disarmament plans because of the action of the United States. It will be still more interesting to see what will happen If both the league and the Washington conference adopt different disarmament projects. While the great powers are thus moving toward peace for the world, England and Ireland are moving toward peace for the British Isles. Eainonn De Valera and other Irish leaders Journeyed to London, and there the "President" and Premier Lloyd Beorge on Thursday held a private preliminary conference to prepare the ? * ->i 1 rrn. . nay ior runner uiscusstuus. rue gwu Intentions of both sides to put an end to the age-long discord were made evident, and there was a general feeling of hopeful optimism. "I am sure th? atmosphere in England and Ireland Is right for peace," said Mr. De Valera. "The only thing that is necessary now Is for us to get down to rock bottom, rhls Is simply a private conference with Mr. Lloyd fleorge, instead of a longrunge bombardment, to see what can be done at close quarters." Sir James Craig, premier of Ulster, also went to London to act as spokesman for the northern Irish In case he Is called upon. However, he has been bitterly opposed to any parleys between the Britlkh government and Sinn Fein. In Ulster^ alone the truce agreed upon has not taken effect. There has been a lot of fighting In Belfast and a number of persons have been kli'ed since the rest of the Island abandoned hostilities. Onlv 12 mpmhera of the southern Irish parliament attended its session Wednesday in Dublin, and the lower house adjourned "until his majesty shall be pleased to declare his gracious will." Under the home rule act the parliament might now be dissolved and a crown colony government set up, but the British government will take no such step until the result of the peace negotiations is seen. The god of war Is devoting his attention these days mainly to Asia Minor, where the Greek offensive against the Turk nationalists is fairly getting under way. The wings of the Greek army advanced respectively from the Brusa sector on the north nnd the Ushak sector on the south. The movement converged on Kutala. on the main line of the Bagdad railway, nnd at last accounts the two forces were engaged In a t^sperate battle for j ossesslon of tlmt titwn and the mountain heights nearby. The Greeks are using bombing planes with effect. Kemnl Pasha, leader of the l'urk nationalists, went to the front management of the navy's Industrial establishment, which Includes the gun factory at the Washington navy yard and the construction of dreadnaughts and other war vessels at the navy yard located in Brooklyn, N. Y., and various other naval stations. Captain Willard was In charge of the gun factory at the Washington navy yard several years, and under his direction the main battery guns for the latest types of dreadnaughts were produced. He also hac^ charge of the construction of the railroad batI ~~ 1 tVtiP ^BvSsfl^^EsBi^H e convention tu .*?* xurtv. 2? Hon* nt and Mrs. Harding are expected to wives take the oath of allegiance as from Angora. He has warned the allied high commission at Constantinople that If there should be any evidence that the Greeks are making use of that city or of other points In the neutral zone In their operations, the nationalists will be obliged to avail thepiselves of the same privilege. Ke-' mal told an American correspondent the nationalists would welcome arbitration by Secretary of State Hughes or some other American. There was a report that White Russian volunteers, well armed, were restoring the old Polish-German battle lines and that the Polish Irregulars under General Zellgowskl were attacking them with armored automobiles. In the Vllna district, It was said, the entlr^peasant population was In revolt against Zellgowskl^s rule, and was making successful attacks on his forces. Backing up the statements of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, President Harding went before the senate and urged that action on the soldier bonus bill be deferred Indefinitely. The reasons given by both the President and the secretary were purely financial, and both of them declared In effect that If the bill were passed tax reduction would be Impossible and the financial stability of the country would be Imperiled. "I know the feelings of my own breast and that of yours and the grateful people of this republic," the Presl dent said. "But no thoughtful person possessed with all the facts, Is read^ for added compensation' for the healthy, self-reliant masses of our great armlee at the cost of a treasury breakdown, which will bring its hardships to all the citizens of the republic." At the same time the President declared himself most emphatically in favor of the fullest measure of relief to the disabled veterans of the World war. He^sked that the bonus bill be recommitted to the finance committee, and suggested that congress concentrate on tax and tariff revision, especially the former. He told the senate that "there Is confessed disappointment that so little progress has been made In the readjustment and reduction of the war-time taxes." The Democratic senators began a fierce fight against the motion to recommit the bonus bill, Senator Robinson of Arkansas assuming the lead-> ershlp because Senator Underwood la opposed to the bonu?. However, it was taken for granted that the motion would prevail. The Sweet bill, providing for adequate relief for disabled veterans and for the consolidation of relief agencies, was favorably reported by the subcommittee to the senate finance committee, but Its progress was halt ed again when the senators heard Mr. Sraoot's prediction, based on official estimates, that the probable Increase of expenditure to carry out the provisions of the measure would be ciose to $o00,000,000 annually. Though the French declare the Leipzig trials of alleged war criminals are farcical, and have withdrawn from the commissions watching the proceedings, ? the trials are going on, and last week there was revived interest because two German lieutenants were arruigned charged with submarine frlghtfuincss. They commanded the U-bont that sank rne ?rmsn nospuui snip i_.auuovery Castle, and are accused of attempting to murder the entire personnel of the vessel, including the wounded and the Red Cross nurses, after they realized their mistake In sinking the shin. The defendants refused to testify, but members of the crew told how it was decided to. hide all traces of the crime and how the overcrowded lifeboats were shelled and sunk. The court then surprised the allied watchers by calling a dozen Germans who testified to alleged British atrocities at sea. and made the charge that tho steamship Baralong flew the American flag when it sunk the German submarine U-31. Some of them swore the British used lifeboats as decoys and carried troops and munitions aboard hospital ships; All of this was Intended to justify the acts of the submarine commanders." terles sent to France for use on the American front The appointment of Captain Wlllard followed an order by Secretary Denby, issued June 16. changing the system for control of Industrial activities and restricts the authority heretofore held by industrial managers. The system of piecing Industrial managers In charge of plants at the yards which were building warships or engaged in other important construction work was started at the Norfolk yard by Secretary Daniels. a' i j P^m Sdefe i > ^Gilbert I 1 t qxvthor. I c ^ ^ ^ ^ \tt7A\?n i t vy in i uinje* wno nas i rj romances by Parker find him at his stroi The setting is Ireland, Englai and the West Indies, with sc carry it to the shores of Amer days of the French Revolution The story has a dramatic si irresistible. The author with i great artistry, has contrasted temperaments; as a result, : humorous touches enliven the In all respects a very unus selected it for serial reproduc Regular readers are requestc others should subscribe now ii first installment V tyGjajtsEK Only a very limited number of Canadians have received me aisunction of knighthood. Among them Gilbert Parker stands out most prominently, for he has the unique record of acquiring the honor solely as a recognition of his literary gifts. Since making him a knight in 1902, the British Empire has conferred additional honors upon him. He was created a baronet of the first class in 1915, a privy councillor in 1916 and later made honorary colonel of the ancient and aristocratic Kent Royal Garrison artillery. He also has a collection of regular and special college degrees. To most of us he is more impressive as plain Gilbert Parker, one of the foremost novelists of the day, who was once a poor boy and who rose to his nresent prominence through the sheer force of ability. Mo has written about thirty novels, book of poems, several successful I plays and some books on travel. It was the great Canadian story, "The Kight of Way," which established I him firmly. This paper has secured I i one of his very successful stories, I * "No Defense," for serial printing. It I * ' will start soon. Do not miss it. L_. Grant is Adjutant General. Fort Major Rufus W. Grant, assistant Tt sdjutant general, was appointed by han< Governor Cooper to be adjutant and ber inspector general to fill the vacancy low? caused by the recent death of Brig. Amc Gen. W. M. Moore. Major Grant will one name an assistant within the next few Sum days. whic Major Grant is a former service whe man, having been stationed on the ann< Mexican border with the old second 10 a louth Carolina Infantry, and was In rltor he world with the 30th division, being This eelmental sergeant, major. trovi ) I NSE ILJ3ERT PARKER I , "i * ' ead the fascinating knows what it is to lgest, as in this tale. id, the Atlantic Ocean ime connections which ica. during the stirring veep of action that is .< >enetrating insight and the Irish and English ?*v; many deft and tragitale. naTtawi^*, we have tion in thesbtfolumns. d to watch fol&and i order not to mS^Jje i" ' " jj V Splendid Story by a . Great Writer *; J i y . r * - I'-T, I ii-j it n r v Novetense By Sir Gilbert'Parker Seldom do you get an * ' ^ opportunity to read a story by Gilbert Parker in serial form. Aa*a rttle . they appear as novels,'. the minimum price *of" .J ll ] which is $2.00. Only recently has the great ' Canadian author c^ sented to their publicstio^n otherwise. W.9 have taken advantage" of the opportunity and secured for our readers "No Defense," one of his most popular tales. It is a real Parker romance with the high lights and deep shades, swiftly moving plot, * unexpected and unusual developments, the warm human love and absorbing interplay of soul upon soul, which distinguish his writings above all others. * . I Vatch for the Opening \ nstallment in This Paper! y-Seven Opinions Rendered, le South' Carolina supreme court led down 47 opinions hen, a num? of the decisions reversing the ?r court in important' cases. >ng the interesting opinions was \ in reference to the Clarendoniter county annexation row in * '* - -- ? ?a ?-t.-tJ. *k .'[1 me >uuri upauius law nicvuua reby a part of Clarendon voted lo ?x to Sumter county and refuses illow a part of the proposed ter? y to be annexed to withdraw, ends somewhat qf a bitter coa?, arsr. i M ^ M