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MANY PRISONERS YET IN GERMANY FLEET OF SHIPS CHARTERED TO RETURN MEN. Nations Cooperate. SuPply Funds for Continuing Work of Repatriation;?Condition of the Prisoners Pitiful. London, England.?The prisoners of war still remain in Germany, Russia, Siberia and Turkestan?estimated to number approximately 500,000 persons?will be greatly benefited by the grants which have now been made by the various governments concern^ ed in the work of repatriation. It is r?r?r? that thfi errfiat.er nnr *0 U^AV4V* wvwv* v^v?v ? CP- ??- ? - jr tion of the 1,000,000 pounds required has been made available and the actual task of fepatriation is being rapidly carried out by Dr. Fridtjoff Nansen under the authority of the league of nations ^nd in cooperation with the international committee of the Red Cross and the German and Soviet authorities. The following credits have been received by the league of nations: Norway, Sweden and Denmark, 35,000 pounds each; Holland, 45,000 pounds with 10,000 pounds additional promised in case the other nations fulfill their allotment; Switzerland, 48,000 pounds; Great Britain, 113,000 pounds, with an equal additional sum promised in case the other nations meet their allotments. France has provisionally proimsed 115,000 pounds and Italy 85,000 pounds. The American Red Cross has alloted $1,000,000, and the American Y. M. C. A. has made a large contribution for the betterment of 'the conditions of the prisoners, and the provision of comforts. Ships Chartered. The sums actually received will allow the continuance of the work until October. If the French aind Italian contributions are received by then, the work will go on until all prisoners are returned to their home. It should be added that all the expenses for repatriating German prisoners are borne by the German government itself. To carry out the repatriation, a fleet of ships has been chartered in the name of the league of nations, most of which will travel between Germany and Russia in the Baltic, but others will make the long six weeks trip from Hamburg to Vladivostock. In order to keep the expenses at the lowest possible figure, cargoes have been booked on the longer voyage ships at the same time that prisoners are being transported. It is perhaps interesting that officials of the league of nations, in the extremely difficult and complicating task of returning prisoners of war to their homes amidst the most confused political conditions, are directing a small fleet of steamers, securing argoes, and overseeing all the work necessary to carry out this essential humanitarian work in the most economical way. The execution of the great amount of detail work involved is being carried out by representatives of the international committee of the Red Cross and by German government authorities. First Ship Sailed in May. On the Baltic, which is the most important route, 15 vessels have been chartered to ply back and forth between Stettin, Germany, and Navva and Riga in Esthonia and Bjorke in Finland. When the first ship sailed early in May last there were over 200,000 Russians still in Germany and an equal number of Central European prisoners still in Russia, Si- ' beria and Turkestan, of whom only about 25,000 were Germans, while the rest -were Hungarians, Australians, Czechs, Rumanians, Poles and Serbs. Up to the present time about 20,000 prisoners have been repatriated each way, of a total of 60,000 via . the Baltic route. The present weekly rate of repatriation on this route is 8,000 with the exception of reaching 16,000 to 20,000 shortly. The second route runs from Hamburg through the Red Sea to Vladivostock. By this route between 20,000 and 30,000 Austrians, Hungarians, Rumanians -and Poles still in eastern Siberia would be brought back and roughly the same number of east Siberian Russians still in Germany, taken out to their homes. Two vessels, each capable of taking 1,500 or 2,000 men per trip, have already been chartered for this work and cargoes secured despite the difficulty of finding material for export from Germany to the Far East. A third route, it is hoped, may be opened from southern Russia, where many prisoners are still detained, through the Black Sea to Trieste, whence Russian prisoners still in Germany might be embarked for south Russian ports. Dr. Nansen is convinced that un FIND BODY IN CANAL. Young Woman was Despondent Over Jx>ve Affair, it is Said. Columbia, Oct. 2b.?The body of Miss Elizabeth Beamguard, an employe of the State Hospital for the Insane, who disappeared from the institution last Monday, was discovered in the Columbia canal this mornirig. as it arose to the surface at the intake of the hydro-electric power plant of the Columbia Railway, Gas and Electric company. Last Sunday, according to the allegations, the young man to whom Miss Beamguard was engaged, called her on the telephone and informed her that he did not intend to marry her and that she would never see him again. They were to have been married last Monday. She became highly hysterical and had to be given medical treatment at the hospital, which she left Monday afternoon about 2 o'clock, after stating that she felt better. 'Monday, afternoon about 5:30 Dr. Catherine Monroe, woman physician at the institution, received the following telegram purported to have been signed by Miss Beamguard: "When you receive this all pain will be over. It is more than I can stand. My body will be found in the river." The family and the police immediately were notified and search was instituted for the yourig woman. The young man to whom she engaged was an employe of the State hospital for the Insane. He is being hunted by the police. Miss Beamguard is a native of .York county, coming to Columbia some time ago, and accepting the employment at the hospital. She is survived by a mother and several sisters and brothers. The point where Miss Beamguard is supposed to have thrown herself in the canal is about a mile from where her body was discovered this morning. FARMER MAKES UNIQUE WILL. Cotton in Storage Not to be Sold Be, low One Dollar a Pound. , Florence, Oct. 28.?A unique case of "beating the bears" in the present cotton situation is reported in the lower end of Florence county. W. M. Frierson, of Lynchburg, is building an individual cotton storage building under the provisions of the South Carolina laws. He expects to put 175 or 200 bales of long staDle cotton in it' this season. Then he is going to make'his will pertaining to this cotton. Mr. Frierson has a young son, about six years of age, jiuamed Jack He is going to will this cotton co Jack, under the provision that it is to be sold "when it will bring $1.00 per pound." Should long staple not bring $1 per pound within the life of Jack, the cotton is to be handed down the line?to Jack's son, to Jack's son's son and so on till there is a dollar market for long staple. While waiting for that "dollar market," Mr. Frierson is going to occupy himself at memorializing his friends on the importance of storing cotton. He is going to have the word "Jack" painted in big letters across the front of his warehouse so that everyone will know or learn of the circumstances. (Mr. Frierson is deputed one of the wealthiest and 'biggest cotton planters in South Carolina. Supply of box files just received at Herald Book Store. less all the interested nations give their most immediate and earnest aid to this problem thousands of men who have for years endured the most terrible suffering will not survive the forthcoming winter. JUST A I Royal Amer Fresh I Fresh < Evaporat Dried FRESH GOODS I QUALITY A PHO BAMSE SAVED HIS HORSE. Mr. R. L. Mclntyre, of Altoona, Ala., says: "Dr. LeGear's Antiseptic Healing Powder quickly healed some bad wire cuts on my horse. I defy | any stranger to find the slightest | soar on him." Dr. LeGear's Advice and Remedy j saved this valuable animal. He j warns you not to leave a wound, ! scar or cut exposed, but to dust on Dr. LeGear's Antiseptic Healing Powder, which instantly forms an antiseptic protection and promotes healthy healing. In his 2S years * of Veterinary Practice and Expert Poultry Breedi insr. Dr. LeGear has compounded a remedy for every curable ailment of stock or poultry. 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