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" V" , | DAl^fc^Pf luND^^^tabluhed in 18S0^onverted U^ P^ Times October 1, 1917 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY
Vol. LXXI No. 1157. - ; "_ 1Jnion s csEinlay^tc^oW Au^27, 1921 ^ ,Vr Copy x ^
MARCH OF MINERS 1
,BROUGHT TO HALT
; ;
. Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 27.?The
^ United Mine Workers Reader, Keeney, t
T' ( and the vanguard gl ^marching miners ?
?umed back from their march to Min- -0
- gQ coal iiekta yesterday and arrived r
' - I early this morning.
' Madison, W. Va., Aug. 26 (By the
Associated Press).?The march of g
. miners from Marmei to Mingo, in I
^protest Against martial law, came to 1
... an end late today' when President C. p
J' F. Keeney of Dtrsfriot 17, United 5
f \ Min Workers of America, induced
.i-'. 600 to 600 men to agree to return to c
. ? , their homes, Keeney said that spe- ^
cial trains would be provided for the v
men here while the thousands along 4
the road between Madison and Pey- J!
* tona ' had already taken the bacx '
track. ^
Keeney said he was trying to have r,
a train here tonight. it is only a ..
short run over the Coal River branch
ef the Chesapeake & .Ohio railroad
to- St. Albans, on the main line, and _
an- equally short one from there to r
* nhhrloutAn
Bo planned, he said, to get the men g
here aboard the train at the earliest
possible moment, for they were' foot- t
sore and weary and many of them I
hrid marched a long. distance before
re**ched Marmet. P
-'A a meeting of the advance guard ^
- i^bout 200 miners was held in the *
V PaI"k hero, the men occupy iUijW
'ing^wt'e grandstand. Enough strag- *
had come .in along the Paytona- *
J? gpladison road to swell the gather- *
??g to about 600, . < i
and listened intently while Mr. Kee- b
The men sat in,the bright sunshine J"
hey and Secretary Mooney explained >
to them the details of the conference
they-Had had- with Btig. Gen. r
H. H. BandKoltz, U. S. A.,^repre- ?
senting the War department,'t in ?
Charleston this morning, i Mir. Keeney ?
told the men that General Band- ?
.holtz had insisted that; the. march end I
at. once and- explained" the" possible F
course* of the federal governnient - If F
ty the inert persisted in their determina
tio*ti, to'paaS through Logan ancf into C
Mingo county. C
, --' ..A- Jw ot three of the miners,- who J
' >. Sfid to be leaders nsmehg the J
men, also addressed the meeting. The
!ij,? mofb conservative of these speakers *
* ": ? urged the men ti> take- such /aovifce *
s aslMr. Keeney had to oflfei'J j
^ itlr. Keeney" promptly told thepi. to ^
. SIMS'
Welch, *&. Vk., Av*Yt*26*?Shhrlif p
W. J- Hatrteld in response to a tel- j
egram from Sheriff Doi* Chafin of Lo- ?
$J8rafl cbuttty asking frfr 300 men to S
^help maintain and preserve order, is S
in readiness to leave ?jjn the-morning I
.by automobile with between 4400 and \
500 men all of whom volunteered "V
service when Sheriff Chafin"s appeal
was made known. ,
S. C* Holds Unique
^ Place in Freemasonry
South Carolina has the unique dis- t)
tinction of having the oldest Grand b
Lodge and the youngest Grand Master t.
of Freemasons in North America.! oi
Solomon Lodge No. 1, A. F. M., at j]
Charfeston, S. C., is the oldest Blue K(
Lodge on. the continent of North g]
.. America. ^
The Chapter degrees which are em- c
bodied in Royal Arch Masonry under j
tlln nf flpJin/1 Pnvnl
Arch Chapter of South Carolina wore
first conferred at Charleston in thisi^
country. ^
The deerrees of Royal and Select "
Master embodied in the Grand Council ^
of Royal and Select Masters of South (t<
Carolina were conferred in Charles- jS
ton by authoritv of the Ancient and,if
Aecepted Scottish Rite of Freema-'
sonry. k
Charleston, South Carolina, is the
Mofher Supreme Council of the World r<
of the A. & A. S. Rite of Freemasonry h
of the Southern Jurisdiction. The Su- t<
preme Council of the 33rd and last n
degree of the Rite was founded here .
in the year 1801. 0
The greatest authoritv of Freemasonry
in this country. Albert G. Mack- p
ey. was a native of South Carolina
and lived at Charleston. Mackey was ?
the author of a number of books on r
Freemasonry, which are considered by ~
the best scholars of today as authentic.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Conner. Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Cooper and C. C.
Cooner sp^nt, Friday at the Cooksey
family reunion in the Cannon Camp i]
Ground settlement six miles beyond (
Spartanburg. n
Miss Dorothy Jennings is- visiting
friends in Greenville. h
M inn Mnmin OoItpI will annn/l Iho I ^
week-end with her parents, Mr. and j,
Mrs. George H. Oetzel. * ?
Miss Sarah Grist, of York, is the a
>JL guest of Mrs. B. B. James. p
'Miss Miriam Jennings has returned
frt>m a visit to Greenville. 8
Mrs. Ryan Jeter, of Santuc, is
snending sometime with her mother,
Mrs. M. C. Ca'veny. of Rock Hill.
,Mrs. Paul T. Harris has returned to ?
her hoirte in Whitmrre from the Wal- d
lace Thomson hosnital, where she un- *
derwent an operation.
^ Miss Ida Clement returned last d
evening from a fortnight's stay in the t>
') North Carolina mountains. s
Miss Bessie Flynn has returned to
her home in Augusta. Ga.. after a v
' few days' visit to Miss Marguerite c
Flynn 6n West M/iin. street. ' n
*
WHITES MAKE
GAIN IN STAT1
pr . . .
'* ?#'
Washington, Aug. 26.?The popula
ion of the state of South Carolint
is recently announced by the burea'
if the census, department of com
nerce, is 48.6 per cent white and 61.
>er cent negro. In 1910 the percen
age negro was 65.2.
The negro population, which wa
135,843 in 1910, increased to 864,71
n 1920, an increase of 3.5 per cent
?he white population in the sam
eriod increase from 679,161 to 818,
>38 or 20.6 per cent.
The white population of the stat
onsists almost entirely of nativ
American parents, the total nativ
/hite of native parentage being 799,
18, while the foreign element is rep
esented by 6,401 foreign born whites
,925 native whites of foreign bori
invents, and 5,694 who had one paren
oreign born, the other being native
"he total population includes als
j04 Indians, 93 Chinese and 15 Jap
nese.
In most counties of the state th
ercentage of negroes hs deacreasei
id in 19 of the 46 Counties there wa
,lso a decrease in the number of ne
;roes.
The percentage of negroes in th
otal1 population of each county ft>l
ows: ?.
County > ' 1920 191
Ibbevillie 56.9 64.
liken . . . 52.6 64.
Allendale',. 77.6
tnderson ..- .. 34.5 37.
lamberg .. 68.5 69.
larnwell '.. : 67.-5 72.
leaufort .. 78.4 86.
Jerkoley .. 72.5 77.
Calhoun .. .. 88-6 76,
Charleston .h .... 59.2 * 63.
Cherokee . .. 31.2 32.
Chester 57.9 65j
Chesterfield . .. .... 39.6 40:
Clarendon ,. > 72.0 72.
Colleton .... .... 58*1 63.
)arlingtoh .. .... .. . w 66.7 69.
)HIon .! .t. .. 51# 51.
)orchester .. I. ... .v';?.i58;8 -61.
Mgofield .. .. **
'lorence V .. 49# '67:
leorgetown ...... .. 66.6 12J
Ireenville .,-,.26.6 . 30.
Jreenwood . . . .*52.8 62.;
[ampton .. ...? ii?P.6 64.
lorry*.. .. 24;
Jasper . .. .. . '. y 7.. '*.1
Cersnaw .. -!.\rfe.O 60.
.ancaster^: A ., ..... ..' 46.6 49.
4Hiren?-*rr ;. 61.9 64.
jbq ,. , ^ . . y ^ J6*7.3 68.
SBe L- ' 1 '212 25!
rangeburg .. .. .. 65.8 65.
'iekens .; .. .. ... 17.4 21.'
Lichland .. 46.7 53j
laluda \ .. .. 32.7 53;
ipartanburg 29.1 31.
lumter 70.9 73:
Jnion ...... .... .. 46.3 51.'
Williamsburg: '66.0 61.'
rork .. 47.9 53:
"Organized sipce 1910.
[oboes Crowding
Spartanburg Jai
Spartanburg, Aug. 26.?Never ii
le history of this section have ther
een so many hoboes roaming ove
le country. They are found lyinj
lit- i M >VlA Kuobno ? "'
in 'i/iiv uuoiiwo tut'* wwum lira
[ayne junction in drover. 7 hey ar
ometimes found sleeping in th<
hade of trees actually piled up. hav
lg their heads on each other. Th
aunty chaingang is full and most o
lem are white men.
The magistrates ha\j? shown i
reat deal of leniency in dealing witl
lem. Six and eight a day are triefi
le largest number on one day b: inj
4. If there seems to be anythinj
a a man he is given a chance. Th
alvation Army has been invaluabl
1 handling deserving cases. The inei
uein to be roaming the country aim
sssly.
One day recently one of the rail
Dad policemen called to a man whori
e saw on a freight train at Hayn
> come down. To his surprise eigh
len jumped off the train. He coul
ike only four of them, however. Th
ther four made their escape. Out o
lore than 100 sent up by M. H
Ivans, one of the railroad .policemer
nly six wer<? from South Carolin
nd three of them. Mr. Evans say5
e believes were not telling the truth
hey did not talk like Carolinians.
Monarch
Mr nrl Mra P. T P.hollr on t\ fom
Iv spent a few days this week ii
Cherokee county with Mrs. Chalk'
nother, who cccompanied them homt
Miss Mazie Gregory has returne
lome after spending: awhile wit!
riends and relatives in Columbia.
Mrs. C. H. Wilson spent a few day
nst week with her parents. Mr. an
drs. C. C. Rochester, of Whitmirt
nd attended the meeting at Blac1
lock. ?
Mrs. John Wyatt has been on th
ick list but is improving:.
Orphan Annie.
The third finger on the left han
n which the engagement and wed
ling ring are worn is anatomicall;
he weakest of the ten.
The witness who appeared in a Lon
Ion police- court recently had hi
aid head totooed with stars, birds, i
tag, and other animals.
Some people had rather be caugh
/earing last year's clothes than to
aught riding in a last year's auto
nobile.
CARRIED JOKE M,
I MOST TOO
Olar, Aug. 26.?What was inteajS
t| for a joke on the part o^ four or.*K
u young men of Olar to scare nuoiftt
- young man caused high -exciteufjH
4 in this section of the state last puB
i- and caipe near ending in scriUS
trouble.
s . About 8:16 o'clock one of the yopM
y men of the town came running IB
frightened half to death, saying Li*
c another young man in town aakH
~ him to take a ride &ith him and t?B
when they approached a branch uhflB
? a mile out of town a volley of sl^H
e were fired at them, and that ho ?#t
? out and ran, and- that the last. Mm
heard was his companion ' scrfeamiral
T "Oh. my Lord." i
* The news spread quickly and iifyj
t few minutes almost every manB
town was on the scene?most of thai
o with guns and pistols. * ?
Thev expected jto find the missi$j
man dead in the road, but neither M,
e nor his car could be found, anilli
d was then supposed that his. car bjf<
S been tnken by robbe^, and be tafc?)
Sheriff Ray of Bamberg y/as noW?
e fied immediately and he at ot#p- t?R?
s phoned to sheriftstand p^toemen-jK
neighboring towns. In the .hieifhtifi
~ armed men in automob}(es jotfoftH
the trail of the missing car, whw
they came pear overtaking: "ana JjM
A they done so, in all probability juM
't young men who played tho seriolB
Q joke would have been killed.
y It was soon learned that the mflw
(5 jng car" fyul gprte to its home ?(3
g then the imissing young man was 4a2
cated. t H^'having learned of the
5 citment tefo on his way pp town^IJ
0 atop the excitement, which had fewtfl
1 entirely too for. v
7 The sheriff of Barnwell soon atsPf
0 ed with eight deputies to .reedeKai
1 sistance. It is understood that apMl
0 100 men were on the job at 'FairiH
4 guarding, ell roads around' FatiSfc
* and holding up every ear. , 'S&
^ This wap also done by the. pccpt
? pf Bhrhardt and otheiv suProumSbz
J to\*ns.v Even- this manning telepfcpm
?J messages were coming in fcom WW
Ty pie "that had not been reached byiMl
n orrected jrflpoft. r JMt
The people of Olar ap^r$ciate/j?|
|! occurrence, . . ^ .
1 This should be a Warning ,ags?t
lijattcmpting such as this,
7' and was ..for a
T while qjjite' ill, but *he-is mdking im|
provement. - " #
J Chester Sells Bale
4
G Chester, Aug. 26.?The first bale of
0 new cotton in Chester was bought
7 here today by the S. M. Jones com7
pany. It was raised by W. R. Hair
0 of the Halsellville" section. The
grade was good middling. The price
paid was 15 cpnts a pound. The first
bale came in last year September 3
and brought 30 cents.
Sixteen Cents
n| For First Bale
e
^ Manning, Aug. 25.?The first Hale
.. of new cotton was brought in today
_ by W. T. Briggs and sold to W.- G.
, King at 16 cents per pound. Mr.
Briggs has an extensive farm and last
year made 187 bales on 125 acres. On
9 the same acreage this year he will
probably gather 25 bales.
II Burglars Make Big Haul
i.
1 Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 27.?Bur5
glars early today stole a 400-pound
e safe containing $120 000 in bonds, silP
ver, etc., from the home of F. L.
n Mosher.
Crop of Millionaires
~ is Dwindling
e
t New York, Aug. 27.?New York
J states that the crop of the million
o dollar Income men dropped from 81 to
f 25 between 1917 and 1919 and during
[# 1919 only three persons in the state
reported incomes as high as $5,000,000.
3arade Against
High Prices
T> 1!? A C\n Ta a a 1 -1
Duruii, auk. 61.?rorty mousanu
people participated in thp demonstra"
tion against the high prices and thd
11 reactionary methods of the Bavarian
3 authorities, resulting one being killed,
so the dispatches say.
d m
For Baby's Sake
s
^ A dear little boy in this town made
? $1.00 running errands for his folks
and generously gave it to the Baby
Hospital.
e The Union baseball team made the
treasury richer by $16.00 and we may
yet get the $100.
Previously reported $39.00
d Little boy 1.00
- Union baseball team 16.00
y %
$56.50
?
8 A convict in the Kansas penitentia
ary has asked the governor for a p?rdon
on the plea that he fears he will
t corrupt his fellow-inmates. He finds,
e hfe says, from what the others say,
>- that he is the only guilty man behind
the bars.
JljRY CONVICTS
I FtoER AND SON
<K6n.vjllo,'<AuK. 2(i.?WjilWr and
Gajw-TOaimdr8> father and son, who I
,Wep \pTac9k on trial in the court of
geiraar'&^aions herd Wednesday on
tnaTch^gCof murder for the killing
jbf |A|4k< rWdUa, young farmer of
TrfUeIe?? Reatr vrere found guilty of
mmstaughteV with recommendation
to fjnerc$ tnia afternoon by a jury
Ui? deliberated over three hours. Noma;
of a' -motion loir a new trial was
gSfen before Judge ,R. W. Memming**
Monday. *
.Jtndy ^Wells died two days after he
w2s struck about the head and chest
InF a. hght he had with Walter and
Carl TJowers in a garage at Travelers
Rest' May 7 last. The fatal blows
were inflicted with an iron axle.
Blinks Damage Estimate
Is Too Low
\ 0^ A
, ^ T. Norwood Graham, a large farm;
A* of the Hodges section, a member j
m the,county board of commissioners,]
J 'jjeclarcd yesterday that he believed the
(Jhtimatea average damage from the]
jjfMl weevil in this county would lie
I More than 50 per cent and nearer 76
I Ber jCent. He said he had made trips
Jver jthe entire' county and the lower
4?lf*would Yhnke scarcely any cotton.
Examination of bolls on the stalks
Rowed that practically all contained
Erfdbe. Mr. Graham said he believed
HiaNU the salvation of the farmer deWmp^icd-on
raising j>lenty of food crops
feud doing without so much money. He
feeeldared he igds. strongly in favor ^f
cOfO^crative marketing associations
!f6? growing produce , for shipment
Aarcth and believed it would be one of j
UK-means of helping the farmer out
raids present condition of dependence |
; ojHrcottou, Mr, Graham mentioned>
I ISttanuelonS as. one of the crops
I fWtichv he believed icould be grown sucj
?8$sful]y id .county if farmers
P'kuld organiseso as to insure enough
ship nqrtb in eaij.lots.?Greenwood
4ex->Ioomal.
Jlasons Will Use
^Famous Lafayette Trowel
nor sfcone laid^ihtlje (jfUnloYTTiy
the M.\V. Grand'Lodge, Afieient?Fr?e
Masons, and this occasion will mean
much to the members of this ancient
and noble ^institution.
The 'cornerstone- laying ceremonies
are very beautiful and impressive and
there is ho doubt that many will avail
themselves of the opportunity to witness
these- ceremonies.
Bishop Finley of the ' Episcopal
Church of Columbia, S. C., will deliver
the oration. Appropriate songs
and music will be furnished by the
choir of the Church of the Divinity.
The famous Lafayette trowel will
be use(l by M. W. Grand Master Samlie!
Tuckec Lanham. This tool is the
property of the Most Worshipful
Grand Lodge Ancient Free Masons of
South Carolina, and was first. Used by
our distinguishsd brother, General
Marquis de Lafayette, to lay the cornerstone
of the Baron De Kalb monument
at Camden, S. C., on March 9th,
1825. The following inscription appears
on this beautiful trowel, which
'is made of silver Mexican dollars:
"Made For Brother Lafayette
To Lay The Corner Stone
Of De Kalk Monument
1825"
The following are officers and members
of the Most Worshipful Grand
Lodge Ancient Free Masons of South
Carolina:
Grand Lodge officers: Grand Master
Samuel T. Lanham, Deputy Grand
Master, J. Campbell Bissell, Senior
Grand Warden Charles K. Chreitzkerg
Junior Grand Warden Charlton
Du Rant. Grand Treasurer Jesse
Sharp*?, Grand Secretary O. Frank
Hart, Grand Chaplain William E.
Thayer, Senior Grand Deacon Ira C.
Blackwood, Senior Grand Deacon L.
M. Gasque, Junior Grand Deacon H.
A. Tibbs and H. R. Chreitzberg,
Grand Stewards J. W. Crum, Jr., and
J. W. Hamel, Grand Marshal Thomas
I. Swygert, Grand Pursuivant George
W. Williams, Grand Tyler W. J. Lamble.
Many prominent Masons throughout
the state are expected to be present.
Among them are Past Grand Master
George T. Bryan of Greenville Past
Grand Master Governor Robert \.
Cooper, Past Grand Master William
W. Wannamaker of Orangeburg,
Claude C. Campbell, 32nd degree K. C.
C. H., Columbia, Sov. Grand Ipspector
General Hiram W. Witcover, 33rd degree
of the state of Georgia and
South arolina and Grand Herald of the
Supreme Council,- 33rd degree Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
in*_ r* i t i ?:ii ??
AUt vrtttliu Will UfH'll 111 ITIrtsonic
Temple of Union Lodge, No. 75,
A. F. M.. and march directly to the
church. The folowing are officers of
Union Lodge, No. 75:
Union Lodge, No. 5, A. F. M., has
a membership of over 256 with the following
officers:
Worshipful Master, Ben L. Berry;
Senior Warden, J. G. Hughes; Junior
Warden, Charles B. Counts; Treasurer,
Paul Elijah Wilburn: Secretary,
William C. Lake; Senior Deacon, Oliver
E. Smith; Junior Deacon, J. H. D
Eubanks; Stewards, J. M. O'Shields
and Julian E. Hughes; Tiler, J. L.
EisofL
LLOYD GEORGE
SENDS REPLY
London, Aug. 26 (By the Associat
ed Press).?David Lloyd George, thi
British prime minister, today sent s
prompt rejoinder to the . letter' ol
Eamonn de Valcra, president of the
Irish republic, which rejected the
British government's* terms for peace
in Ireland.
The premier's note constituted a
firm reiteration of the government's
former standpoint, that Ireland
could not be permitted to withdraw
from the empire. He said he thought
he had made it clear in conversations
and previous communication;that
ttye government "can discuss no
settlement which involves a refusal
on the part of Ireland to accept a
free, equal and loyal partnership in
the British commonwealth, under ,pne
sovereign." .......
Mr. Lloyd George, ip- concluding
his note, still held open the door for
further negotiations with Mr. de
Valera and his colleagues if they are
prepared to examine how far the
government's considerations "can be
reconciled with the aspirations you
i*epresent." He declared, however,
thafthe government Could hot, "prolong
a mere exchange of notes." .v
In his communication Mr,- Lloyd
George preserved- the same .Xtiendly
tone that characterized his Termer
letters.,to Mr. De--Valera. Today he
buttressed the government's standpoint
by quotations from Irish patriots
and Abraham Lincoln, lie warned
Mr. De Valera that a needless prolongation
of the negotiations would
serve to'*$lay into the hands of the
extremists, who he declared, were
only anxious to wrecfc the negotiations
and terminate the - truce.
A hopeful.-aspect of the situation
ps it is? viewed in London political
circles is that neither Mr. De Valera,
in "his lftt6st i-pmhmnicatiojv *noi? Mir.
Lloyd G??<wr)5? has yet. closed the dopr
on the $fc?otfcii|op&.
PebsWai khdw Bfrte Today
' .Washington,- Adg.' "27.??-Eugene V.
Lebamay- know,^whether he* is^to^
disgury,
died hcx^'todnyv . *
Warfare Among the Crew
Quebec, Aug. " 27.?Four Chinamen
were killed and two injured during the
warfare among the crew of the Collier
Maskinonge anchored here ia midstream.
Incendiary Fires
in New Jersey
Long Branch, N". J., Aug. 27.?Six
separate fires of an incendiary origin
destroyed two schools, the railroad
station, an automobile plant and two
homes with a loss of $00,000. Burlap
soaked with kerosene was found on
the scene of each blaze.
Henry Lincoln Johnson
Suffers Stroke
Washington, Aug. 27.?Henry Lincoln
Johnson, the Republican negro
national committeeman of Georgia,
has suffered a slight stroke of paralysis.
Itnnrlifu flof PavrAll
A'UH\?avu V? VV JL MJ 1 VII
Morganton, W. Va., Aug. 27.?Four
masked bandits got the $28,000 payroll
and escaped after holding up the
paymaster of the New England Fuel
& Transportation company at Lowesville
early today.
Has New Press
Gaffney, Aug. 25.?The GafTney
Ledger's issue today is an eight-page
seven-column sheet instead of a sixcolumn
issue as heretofore. Editor
DeCamp says that his new press has
a capacity of 4,000 papers per hour
and that it is a great improvement
over the press which he has just discarded.
This is the fourth press which
the Ledger has installed since it was
established in Gaffney.
Woman Confesses
To Murder
Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 27.?Mrs.
Helen Stubbs is said to have confessed
to the police that she is Maude Moore,
wanted in Knoxville, where she escaped
after the conviction of the murder
of Leroy Harth, an automobile
dealer, on Sept- 9, 1919.
Diplomatic Relations
Are Resumed
Constantinople, Aug. 27.?The resumption
of diplomatic relations with
the United States is being considered
by the Turkish government.
I ' # '
Rev. and Mrs. George P. White and
children are the guests of Mrs. Sarah
Clement, returning to their home in
Bamberg from a visit to Asheville,
N.C.
1
TROOPS MAY
BE WITHDRAW^
, Wshington, Aug. 2(3.? Intimations
? were (riven in high oflicial quarteVa to- .
i day that withdrawal of the American
f troops from the Rhine will be seri- .
. ously considered as soon as the peace *
, treaty signed yesterday in Berlin has '
. been ratified by the senate and the ' *>L
German reichstag. No definite predie-^ ? <?.' \
tion was. made but it became known' ~y
. that once peace actually was estab- ?''i*
i lished the administration would feel . ' *
there would -be no- necessity of bur- . ' s
dening Germany with the supj^rt of
' an army of occupation, . 'J *
Under the new' treaty Qermany y
agrees to perpetuate the promise she '
' made in the treaty of Versailles to pay ^ s <j?jj
the expense of occupation, but there is u,*
no direct mcriUo'n of the subject which,
i it is understood, could be ip.terpr?te<i-vjK ,
as in any way affecting the.
situation of binding the Unitdd St3t
either to remain or withdraw. -V'-'.?
The Versailles agreement fixed 15 V: ,
years as the maximum period of occu\- p
pation. So far is kribwn there was
no consideration of the subject In -the* 1 f
negotiations leading up to the pres-^
out treaty, and officials take-^he view
here that the decision lite Wholly wltK f %* .%
(his government. -It is suggested -v"''
those favoring an early withdrawaliyi v*-: ?/.
However, tRht maintenance of the-v; * v X
forces of occupation might impose U'*' *
j-suuh a financial burden on Germany *
as to delay materially her payment of
reparations'.
Around Fourteen Thousand
I,a<t available figures place the .
number of American troops in the
army of occupation at 14,000, whose' cost
of maintenance is nearly a million
dollars a ruonth. uOnlv a small part of , "j,
the maintenance bill has been met by * - 4
the German government thus far, up- . \
wards of $250,000,(100 being due and \ $
unpaid to the United States on account ?
of occupation; *
? Despite the, predisposition of the*admintegration
'to dteengage American Xj
Velati^n^ ^roni any unnecessary entan-> ( , ^
glemflnte in Europe, many questions .
will'mite*, into consideration of the
question of troop withdrawals. Prob- t y X'V'
lerrts. growing out of the occjHpjufkm ?*. "y
already have led to disagrh|^j|ats .
among the European allies, aaru jkr. .
the manifest hope of American ot- * . \
ficials to.avoid offense to any at thdVn
t jftr'the roarse it adopts. V->-' . . ;"
Mr No Decision ^tow,
T,It is^considered .unlikely that there ' t
JtHl he a definite decision pending rat*;
} Jficetiok of the t>y the senate
IWd byvthe reiclurtAg, both of which V
^vi'Srs?^ 1>re*,d _ ^JOg
Although . the* treaty, signed yelttfet^ v^[p
.day covers.in a.general way the ijties- ..
tion of trade relations By reaffireitiMr V i'
many, commercial, provisions of ^Hoe
Versailles settlement it was disclosed - "
today that' a separate trade treaty
-vith Germany probably will be sought
in the near futdro. It is possible that
negotiations to that end may begin
even before the general treaty* has
been ratified.
business Firms Resume
Peace Time Relations
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Berlin, Aug. 21.?The American
and German business firms will resume
peace-time relations immediately
without waiting: for a ratification of
the peace treaty which was signed
Thursday.
American Victims of
ZR-2 to he Shipped
to America
Hull, England, Aug. 27.?A further
search of the wreckage of the dirigible,
ZR-2, failed to reveal more bodies.
The bodies of the three Americans
which were recovered are being prepared
for transfer to the United
States. i
Wealthy Manufacturer
Is Arrested
Canton. Ohio. Aug. 27.? Z. W Dn- *
vis, a wealthy manufacturer, was arrested
today charged with using the
mails to defraud in connection with
the gigantic "swindling trust," alleged
to have been uncovered by the Chicago i
authorities following the arrest of
widey known financiers.
Ten Day Speed
Boat Regatta
Detroit, Aug. 27.?The initial heats
in the five events marked the opening
of the ten day speed boat regatta on
the Detroit river that will determine
the championship in two of the
world's power boat classics and 11 oth
VI CVCIIVO.
Today's Cotton Market
New York
Open Close
January 15.60 16.03 '
March .. 15.70 16.14
May 15.78 16.20
October 15.30 15.65
December 15.50 16.03
N. Y. Spots . 15.60
Local market 15.00
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Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Buchanan moved
today into their new home on Douglass
Heights.
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