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f *pfl '^=n The Union Daily Times lid PRESS . day. Continued warnC, * > , ,/ DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Established in 1850?Converted to The Uixlon Dailv Times OctoWr 1. Itl7 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY $ A? 1 1 ? 1 ? 1?= Vol. LXXII No. 1228 Union, S. C., Friday Afternooi^ November 18, 1921 * -3c Per Copy DEATH CLAIMS ABLE ATTORNE / Aiken, Nov. 18.?Col. Dan S. He derson, prominent lawyer and citiz< of Aiken, died at 1:15 o'clock th morning after an illness extendir through nine weeks. He was 72 yea old and had practiced law in Aik< since 1876. Mrs. Henderson di< only last February. The funeral will take place Sui day morning at the First Presb; terian church. He is survived by thn sons; P. F. Henderson of Aiken; ] S. Henderson, Jr., of Columbia, ar T. Ripley Henderson of Augusta, Ga Colonel Henderson was born i Walterboro in Colleton county 1849. Before he was 18 years old 1 entered the Confederate service ar served as a courier to Gen. Stepht Elliott until the end of the war. TT _ J a- J + - * years an elder in the Prcsbyteria church. He also served as a trustt of different institutions, having bee on the boards for Davidson college the College Of Charleston, the Pre! byterian Thelogical seminary an South Carolina college. In 1875 h married Miss Ripley of Atlanta. j > . Big Powers Reach Decisioi Washington, Nov. 18.?The actio of the British in ordering suspensio of work on the capital shipbuildin created no surprise here. In any cas the deliberations by a technical con mission, headed by Assistant Sccri tary Roosevelt and including the higl est naval officials of the five big pov ers appear to have reached a poir where the capital shop ratio may t considered settled as far as the Brr ish and American fleets are concernei , ^ , Supreme Court Decision Washington, Nov. 18.?The si preme court decision in the Newberr case makes it unnecesary for the car didntes for the United States senal to file a statement of the receipts ar . expenditures in connection with eitlu - v the primaries or the general electioi so Attorney General Daugherty ii formed the.house committee. Eastern Virginia not to Have Judg Washington, Nov. 18.?Provisic for a new judge in Eastern Virgin was eliminated when the bill to creal additional federal district judges wi formally reported to the house. Fine Farms Soli7 Yesterda The Southern States Realty cor pany, associated with E. F. Kelly Bro., local land men, sold the Ja< Farr farm yesterday. The lands wei purchased by S. R. Aycock and L. n/r~ A tr/iA/.u u:,i,1: u n opruuBC, ivir. nytutn uiumn^ in n larger acreage. The total price pa by the two purchases was around $32 000. The farm contained 375 acres. This handsome price does not lot like the boll weevil scare has affect) Union county land values. Spirit of Caution Develops in Japa Tokio, Nov. 18.?With the fadir first enthusiasm over the anticipate relief of the armament burdens, tl spirit of caution has developed in J pan with the inclination to look f possible advantage to the Unit States, and expressions favoring more equal balance of power have b dome conspicuous. Mrs. W. H. Herndon returned to h . home in York today after a visit Miss Minnie Walker. ? ' .... > fell xie was graauatea irom v^nariestc college in 1870 with first honor studied l?w in that city, was principi of the Male academy at Chester whi pursuing his law studies, and was a< roltled to the bar in 1872. He at on< began the practice of his professio in Aiken, where he made his home u to the time of his death. A veteran of the Confederate \va his love for his state was further ev denced bv the o-allant nart he nlavc in Reconstruction days immediate! following the war. He took an acti\ part in all matters political, and fc many years was a participant in stal Democratic conventions. He was delegtc to the national Democrat) convention in 1884 when Grove Cleveland was first nominated. H served six terms in the state senat but practically retired from politic in 1880. While a member of the general a; sembly, Colonel Henderson we author of the bill to prevent duellin in South Carolina. This inhibition we put in the constitution of South Care lina in 1895, Colonel Henderson bein a member of the constitytional coi vention. The author introduced th measure first in 1881. The oath is no' taken hv everv officer in t.Vie sfnl BRITISH EXPERTS | 1 STRONG ON SHIPS | n_ Washington, Nov. 17.?An nuthoriJn tative statement of British naval ia views obtained tonight disclosed that aircraft are not regarded by the Britrsi ish as having displacea capital ships ;n I in naval warfai'e. Aircraft have a ;d distinct place in war, however, and it wag said that even aircraft bombardn. ment of cities might be justified bey. cause of the pressure such attacks ex2e erted on enemy governments. The 0, British spokesmen pointed out that ,d bombardment of London and Paris from the air during the war had been at effective in this way and it was indiin cated that the British delegation ie would not favor too sharp a limitation (d on aircraft operations if the question ?n comeg up at the arms conference. By contrast the British position of ,n abhorencc of submarines was exo nlninoH J1? Hlin fn tVin fnolin- !.? 0> , 4 vv ivwihij; vnao uit* 31 j submersible was a "mere instrument lelof assassination" and incapahle of exi. erting any such influence on peoples ;e and their governments as air raids on ,n cities. The British reply to the sugip gestion that the submarine was the weapon of the weaker powers was rt that^- the weak had never been opi pressed by the Brttish navy when >d there were no submarines, y Comment was denied by the Brit-e ish spokesmen on the Japanese modi>r lication to the American arms limita;e tion proposals, disclosed in part tort day by Baron Kato. The Japanese ic suggestions were a variation of the ?r program proposed by the United [e States and a subject for conference e, discussion, it was said. :s It was denied that in thinking of continuing certain building for technical reasons during the proposed ten is year holiday the British had ever forg mally proposed to pioduce a ship is a year. Such a building program )- would amount to a repudiation of the g American,holiday plan, it was added. It was declared that nothing of the ie kind had ever been suggested in any w official British statement. Many plans jo had been considered for continuing technical knowledge, but the British y <lolegation was not couxmitt^d_t(pdai;. ? n There is no feeling among ^British se officials that the committee of naval n officei*s of the five powers now e> threshing out the American proj. posals and,various modifications sugd gested should be called upon to report ie in a matter of hours or days. The American plan was described as the most far reaching ever laid before naval officials, coming as a complete surprise to the British, and of neces^ sity, it was said, would take time to consider. The group of admirals, it n was added, is working at full speed n __ j i ? ana aireaay nas maae some progress, K but the nature of this was not disie closed. It was added, however, that the American ratio for submarines, ' the point about which the British proposed modifications, had not been r" considered as yet. it . * Japan's Delegates a. Prepare Views Washington, Nov. 18.?The whole committee sessions stood at adjourn* ment to give Japan's delegates the opy portunity to prepare the presentation views of China's poposnls settlement 'e of the Far Eastern questions. The ld British delegation is to push work to'r day formulating the detailed position n> of the American armament proposal t- and the Far Eastern program. Henry Ford's Proposal q Washington, Nov. 18.?Secretary Weeks and the war department engineers reviewed Henry Ford's Muscle IP ( I Shoals offer today at a preliminary hearing to the conference late in the is afternoon with Ford. Would Not Affect y Manufacture of Steel 11- New York, Nov. 18.?Negotiation & of a treaty which would prevent fu;k ture wars in conjunction with an re agreement to limit the navies was J. urged by Filbert H .Gray, chairman of le the board of the United States Steel id Corporation, in ar> address here before the American Iron and Steel Institute. He also belittled the sugges>k tion that the armament limitation 2d would reduce the manufacture of steel. Eight Members n of Family Killed Mena, Ark., Nov. 18.?Eight mem2(j bers of the family of R. E. Weems at Wickls near here were killed last a night when the house collapsed duror ing a violent storm. Details are lackti(j ing as wires are down. Four Hunters Shot Madison, Wis., Nov. 18.?Although er the deer season is only Ave days old to four hunters are reported shot aecidently.' I Li r JJk&i mi >ii11 I/i'I * -j CHINA'S PROGRAM |< CLAIMS ATTENTION Washington, Nov. 17.?The Far Eastern nations await the reply of i Japan to China's declaration of rights, ? and thq American move for limitation i of naval armaments is slowing up be- c cause of objections raised both by Ja- I pan and Great Britain. 1 j Discussion of the Far Eastern prob- t lems, which for the moment are in i the foreground of the arms confer- 1 ence, was advanced by the big nine I today to the point of an agreement I that a general exchange of views on s China's program should precede any i consideration of specific points. Such i a general presentation of views Japan i was unprepared to make, and the big c nine adjourned until Saturday. I Meantime Japan made known form- I ally her desire to modify the Ameri- V can plan of naval limitation so as to give her a "'slightly greater" relative 1 strength and the opposition of the c British to the submarine quota sug- 1 gested by the United States gave evi- t dence of such determination as to c attract the attention of the whole i body of delegates. s The day's work seemed to indicate r that the first impetus of the confer- 1 ence was giving way to a period of I more _ deliberate discussion which s might preclude the possibility of out- c standing developments for the imme- r diate future. Plans "Were made, how-1 r ever, to tackle the third big job of the 1 conference, the limitation of land f armament, early next week at an open c session at which Premier Briand will make a far reaching declaration of the ( views of France. a The big nine's session on Far East- r crn questions today was largely given c over to a discussion of the method of \ procedure. The decision to permit f each of the powers to present a gen- c eral statement on the subject before t attempting to settle specific problems t is understood to have had the in- v dorsement of all the heads of delega- t tions, although Japan made it plain o she accepted the Chinese plan only "a? s a basis of discussion." It was decided ^ also that when specific points ?re li to be interlaced in determining de c tails of procedure. 1 A contributing factor to the two t days' delay was said to be the illness s of Baron Shidehara, the Japanese am- fc bassador who is in charge of Far t Eastern problems for his government, s It was understood, however, that the time required to communicate with a Tokyo and the determination of the f Japanese to give most careful exami- o nation to the Chinese proposals, have r combined to make an immediate state- I ment of Japan's views impossible. It c is expected that when this presenta- v tion is ready, it will be given to the c public as an evidence of Japan's wil- I lingness to proceed with the discus- s sion in the open. " m ' a Cessation of v All Shipbuilding J London, Nov. 18.?Admiralty an- * nounced that it had ordered the cessa- } tion of all work on the four battle- 1 ships of the superhood type. The ship- 1 building firm is notified not to incur s further liabilities on the new naval 8 construction until further notice by v the admiralty. , m . c Irish Question Again \ t London, Nov. 18.?The Irish peace t situation is deemed in authoritative f circles not to have been made actually t worse by the Ulster cabinet's deter- ] mination to adhere to the position. \ The Daily Mail says it has authority for asserting that the government j now thinks it can see the way \ through. 1 * s Eugene Drane Dies 1 s Mrs. R. A. Oliphant received a mes- 1 sage yesterday from Americus, Ga., 1 stating that her brother, Eugene ' Drane had died from an accidental gun shot wound. ( The details are unobtainable as we go to press. Albert Oliphant of Greenville and Alex Oliphant of Chester hurried to Americus upon receipt of the tragic news and will remain 1 until the funeral services are over. Friends in Union sympathibze deep- 1 ly with Mrs. Oliphant in this sorrow. r I In Hands of Receiver I Miii-fiii Pnr?ifiii?o 1 ??... ? WK?I?VW?V vuiujiaiij' ui Jonesville, S. C., has gone into the hands of a receivers. Judge John S. Wilson has named A. D. Cooper of Union receiver. Mr. Cooper has al- i ready taken charge. i ] Favorable Report on Bill Washington, Nov. 18.?The senate adopted a conference report on bill outlawing beer and. malt liquors for. i medicinal purposes, voting 66 to 221 i ?house already acted. The measure J < goes to the President. t COLUMBIA MEN IN PISTtp DUEL Robert Duncan and'Willman Dunlaway were seriously i?ounded in a ipontaneous pistol duejpt the corner >f Gervais and Huger .Streets at 4:45 >'clock yesterday aftcAton, both men >ein^ now under treatment at the Coumbia hospital. Duniap was shot hrough the left lung, tfce bull pass:ng entirely through the bq&, missing the leart by a bare two three inches. Dunnaway was hit ?tv?he groin, the >all severing a small wtery and possibly shattering the bAfe from which t ricocheted probably?# bury itself n adjacent musclti.-^R>ll) wounded nen are considered tpSp.in a serious :ondition, Dunnaw^yy thought, laving the better chaw^of MCovery. 5oth are charged >? assault and >attery with intent; to Ail 1, " The shooting, accoMing to J. D. 3unnaway, chief Xf?the Richland ounty rural police* ' d brother of Tillman Dunnaway,:'-<?& of the paricipants in the affairrarew out of a dash between the byn men in Lexngton about ten day'jljlgo. Duncan it this time, aecordiiiifij'to Chief Dunlaway, asked Tillm&w'wannaway to et him see a pistol,"tvfcch Dupnaway iad with him. Duijnfefcay, histfctother iaid, handed the pJat??over to Dim:an, who, it is aUqtf4dp$truck Dunlaway in the head^pvi ?hc gun. Duntaway at the ho^nBrlast night *>xlibited a barely ffhJmA wound on the orehead, which,. other said, wasl aused by Duncan'?e:?ow. The two m^n mel4it the corner of Jervais andjHiJ^er reets yesterday ifternoon, ^Ceofdini* to . information caching Police'mafl the first ifficer to rcafth thefftene, and thon vent in ,between t^w^ittle stores a , 'ew dtfyi-B below tk? Arner jUp, talk iver ^eit. previous, tinuble. TDjte the roubly began, DurBwway, According 0 Duncan, fired first y?hot and vounding Duncan, "wAft, aft?i be had rcen shot in the lung) *rcor<llt}g t? 'hfr wn statement, rushe&JtaffiHfoay and uceeeded in securin^Ttbiy^Wjk with vhich, he said, he iidMzE/fl tSvflre, fitting Dunnaway fhe ii?woy .thtnrdrew &Aer . an says, and the ^fight confiWea.1 'here were no eyewitnesses of the ncual shooting, although S. S. Rogers ays he arrived on the scene to find 10th men lying on the ground, locked ogether in h tussle over the guns and till firing. Policeman Banks reached the scene 1 few minutes after the first shot was ired, he said, to find Dunnaway lying n the street with a small 32 calibre evolver near him, and Duncan, Mr. tanks said, was standing up in the rowd, holding a 38 calibre revolver, which, according to the policeman, he laimed belonged to Dunnaway. Mr. tanks took charge of both guns and ent the two men to the hospital. Here they were placed in the ward, i few beds apart, but later Dunnaway was moved to a private room afer he threatened to leave his bed in he ward and renew the fight with )uncan, according to hospital authoriies, who experienced some difficulty n controlling him and finally tele honed to the sheriff's office for asistance, which was sent. "Give me i knife and I'll got him yet," Dunnaway said, according to the physicians ind nurses, who were attempting to Iress his wound in the ward. This and lis efforts to leave the bed led to his emoval to a private room, where laer the wound was dressed and found o be apparently less serious than at irst supposed. The bullet had not ieen found, however, and physicians ast night were undecided as to vhether they would operate. Cases against the two men were >laced on the police docket last night, >6th being charged with assault and lattery with intent to kill. The herifF's office, although furnishing a leputy at the request of the hospital tuthorities, is taking no further aeion in the casp since the fracas occurred within the city limits.?The State. Concern Moves Into New Quarters Caro-Vet Remedies company have noved into their handsome building, :orner of Main and Church streets, ecently occupied by Bolton's Garage. Bolton's Garage has moved into the Townsend building, formerly occupied jy Brock-Morgan Automobile Co. Vrmament Conference Meets Monday Washington, Nov. 18,?The armament conference is called by Chairnan Hughes to meet at 11 o'clock Monday for the third plenary session. m+m * Arbuckle Jury Sworn In San Francisco, Nov. 18.?The jury :o try Roscoe Arbuckle, charged with manslaughter in connected with the leath of Virginia Rappe, was sworn in ( today. JAPANESE SEEK ( GREATER TONNAGE Washington, Nov. 17 (By the Associated Press).?Admiral Baron Kato, A head of the Japanese delegation to the e armament conference, announced to- S day that Japan would ask moditica- t< tion of the American naval limitation s< program which would permit Japan to 1c maintain "general tonnage slightly greater than 60 per cent" of that of o. each of the other two powers. f< Japan also would ask. Baron Kato A said, for the right to maintain a type T of vessel of strictly defensive char g acter, the tonnage'approximating that J; maintained by the other two .powers. M A statement issed by Baron Kato el said: ol "Because of her geographical posi- si tion, Japan deems it only fair at the sc present time that the other inter- ft ested countries should agree that she M should maintain a proportion in gen_ifi< erni tolpr^ge slightly greater than 60 cl per cei...,'and, in afyf?* of veses of a ft strictly defensive character, she ft might desire to even approximate t< that of the greater navies." a Baron Kato's statement was issued J, at a conference with newspaper cor- b respondents as to the modifications h his delegation would submit, saying jv this was for the conference to dis- y cuss. It was assumed generally, t< however, that the "slightly greater" cl general tonnage the Japanese de- S sired would include the battleship 11 Mutsu, probably just commissioned, \v and that the type of defensive vessel ti referred to was a light cruiser suit- ci able for policing the waters of the Orient against pirates and the like. I Would Keep Mutsu. The Mutsu is a ship of some 83,000 tons armed with eight 16-inch rifles. She is comparable to the American Maryland class, and, according to Sec- <retary Hughes' program, each nation would retain but one ship of this, Q class.', ' . t Great Britain has no battleship of ,g this typd* If the Mutsu is later added to the ships Japan is to retain she t will make the second 16-jncr gun ship SSfeMlW&M i egation would desire to retain th t West Virginia of similar characters r tics, to be launched next Saturday. tl Admiral Baron Kato made hi h statement in the presence of M. Han a ihara, the vice minister of foreign affairs, and several other members o'* It the Japanese delegation. He wa- v then asked to define more clearly tl what he meant in stating that "in a f< type of vessel of strictly defensive h character she might desire to approx. n imate that of the greater navies," p and in reply said he wanted to make it perfectly clear that the above res- o ervation did not apply to capita' tl ships, but to other ships of a defen- a sive character. w In reply to another question he w added that the reservation did not a refer to submarines. w - C( Union County Baptist Training School J, si Despite the unfavorable weather conditions the school has not missed C( a single class. Eighty-five people <] have been in attendance upon the classes and conferences. Twelve of a the twenty-four churches in the as- 2 sociation have been represented in p the work of the school. The work has n been of a highly profitable character and the results are highly gratifying ti to the promoters of the school. v< The two series of addresses by Dr. w T Claireett Skinner, nastor of the tl First Baptist Church, Columbia, have been strong and valuable. At the (~ morning hour he has discussed various phases of Christian Stewartship. The evening addresses have been very practical but of a most popular char- a acter. 0 The classes begin their final even ing's work at six this evening. I.unch s will be served at seven and the final c assembly of classes will be at 7:4">. 0 At 8 o'clock Dr. Skinner will bring his final message. His subject will be "The Church and Community Life." -y The Public is cordially invited to hear -y him. jy The lunches served by the ladies of jy the First church have been most enjoyable social occasions and the ladies ^ who have served them are deserving of the highest praise. This school is to be an annual af fair and will in the course of the year's work prove nothing less than a j L.I; it. -.-i i_ ...i i revolution in tne scnoois wnose worn era avail themaelvea of the advant- j ages offered. I Snick Struck by Train 1 Ca8h Grocery company'a truck, * driven by Roosevelt Gilliam, colored, was struck by a shifting engine at the I crossing in the rear of Capt, Farr'a residence this morning. The driver saved himself, except for bruiaoa, 1 by jumping. The truck was badly i smashed. The engine was pushing two! . box cars, in front when the truck was ) struck. I < CONVENTION OF D. A. R. CLOSES Charleston, Nov. 17.?Mrs. St. John Jison Lawton of Charleston was lected second vice repent of the outh Carolina branch of the Daugh?rs of the American Revoultion as-j ambled in annual convention in Cliarsston today. Mrs. Lawton succeeds] liss Louise Fleming whose term of (lice expires and who is not eligible U* reelection. Mrs. Paul Earlc of ndc-son succeds Mrs. K. G. vonresckow of Camden, third vice 10ent, resigned, because she leaves in nnuary to make her home in Chile, (iss Minnie Clyburn of Car.ulen was lected to succeed Miss Alice Moses f Sumter, recording secretary, replied on account of prolonged ab'iicc from the state. Mrs. Fay A. csportes of Winnshoro succeeds Irs. Mamie N'orris Tillman of Edgeeld. auditor, term expired and not ligihle for reelection; Mrs. Ilayne ice of Aiken succeeds Mrs. W. B umey of Columbia as assistant hls^ irian for the same reason and tlv. ppointment by the board of Mrs. L . Haines as treasurer was confirmed y unanimous vote. Mrs. F. H. Cab oun was similarly reelected as a lemher of Taniassee school. board Irs. Lawton's election was a tribute ? this ex-regent of Rebecca Mottc tiaptcr who is now president of thi outh Carolina division of the United laughters of the Confederacy. Th re 'Cl'O no other offices recnitrino cms, Spartanburg was the* favorite ity for the next convention. Eastern Star Supper A Grand Success! Many attended and enjoyed the up ictizing supper served by Martha Chapter No. 79, O. E. S., in the Armey last evening. The menu consisted if fried oysters, chicken salad, oyser stew and coffee prepared unci erved well. The Silhouette Roam was the cen er of ^attraction after supping a no njoying the beautiful music furnish d Jjy Q"Shields string bjyid. A~%rrorlf'1 trh* tpwV o those who entered this interesting oom. In horizontal panel style on he walls hung more than 7f? *ilouette faces of Union's noted men nd women. There were all kinds of faces. The irge face with the heavy jaw, abbreiated nose and short neck. There was he short head with the scoop stylo urehead and stumpy nose. The thin ollow face with the long pointed ose and sphinx like expression was resent. The faces were done in black crayon n card board about half the size of his sheet of newspaper, the work of gifted local artist. Each silhouette as numbered and the contestant* rere furnished with pencil and paper, nd prize of a box of chocolate candy as offered to the one who guessed urrectly the largest number of faces. Some of the faces could be recogized almost at a glance while others uzzled the most careful observer and tudent of physiognomy. The facer f the women were excluded from t bluntest owing to the fact of this being heir second exhibition. There were three faces that puzzled j imost an contestants, one ot the, ISo. 3, was Jiggs, that celebrated and opular character of modern fiction tade famous by McManus. Mrs. P. E. Wilburn and Miss Netie Vaughan guessed the most faces, asulting in a tie. Straws were drawn rith the result of Miss Vaughnn as lie winner. ireat Britain Helping China Washington, Nov. 18.?Great Britin has come to the armament confernce for the purpose of doing everyhing possible to enable China to asume her proper place in the commerial world, so the British authorities mphasized. Standing of Contestants Iiss Tracy . : 150,550 Irs. Jones 02,(500 Iiss Swayingem 39,450 Iiss Bctsill 37,550 Contest closes the night of Noverner 25th. Today's Cotton Market Open Close anuary 16.60 16.20 flarch 16.63 16.75 lay 16.53 16.58 uly 16.15 16.25 lecembor 16.80 16.87 J. Y. Spots 17.30 *)cal market 16.00 Miss Alice Arthur of Converse colege will spend the week-end in Unior with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D \rthur, and will be accompanied bj Miss Sadie Wilson, also of Convers< college. GERMANS FOLLOW UNITED STATES Berlin, Nov. 17 (By the Associated Press).?The promotion of Ellis Loring Dieses to the rank of American ? charge d'affaires in Berlin will be answered by the German government f with the appointment of a foreign *" official of similar rank as Germany's temporary representative at Washington. Baron Edmund von Thernnnn now is 011 his way to the United j States, but he has merely been given instructions to prepare the premises j of the former German embassy there for official occupation. It is not expected here that he will be promoted to the rank of charge d'affaires while on his way, shice he is a comparative newcomer in the German diplomatic service. At the foreign office today it was said that the man to be sent to Washington as the German representative would be selected from the staff of routine diplomatic officials of whom there were said to be plenty available for the Washington assignment. His appointment will be announced before the end of the week. The appointment of Mr. Dresel to the position of acting envoy with full'credcntials meets with the heart appro vj.1 of the German foreign office, which considers him well qualified for that post by virtue of his first hand knowledge of the political and oco? nomio conditions of post-war Germany acquired during the last 18 .. months. . . :? m . Why Germany Wag Beaten Berlin, Nov. 17.?Why German;, was beaten is again a topic of acrimonious newspaper controversy, now y that the third anniversary of the collapse of the German war machine is at hand. Opinions arc as violently expressed and as widely divergent as ever. An. impetus to hitter recrimination bar. been given by an interview with Field I Marshal von Mindenburg, which ap peared the other day in the Hamburg .. , Tageblatt. In it. the aged army, chief ntV??n f 1 in. tl.u "dagger thrust in the back of the"-' j army''?the treacherous breakdown of civilian support for the military loaders. | The sequel has been the publication >f a mass of official material, notably by the Vorwaerta, to show that it was certainly not the civilians who lost the war. Major Deutelmoser, the former chief of the official German press bureau, writes in the Berlin Tageblatt maintaining that the blind faith of the German nation in its military leaders continued to the bitter end; in fact, until it was pi:.in to all that the military idols had come to grief irreparably, "because they were just soldiers and not statesmen, which was the deplorable mistake made by the people at home," says the writer. The extreme radical press is even more hitter in its denunciation of the military failure. Tire Freiheit publis:hr?t: 51 l.tnf tirl icln trw German people wore systematically deceived; that they had no conception of the true situation at the front, and that the supreme army command deliberately spread false reports. Furious denials of these allegations come from the conservative organs. The Tageszeitung wrathfully accuses the '-vile agitators'' who, it says, had long ago whetted the weapon of treachery; while Count Reventlow in the Abendblatt declares that it was neither Foch's genius nor the British blockade that overcame Germany, but "the venomous work of deserters and traitors behind the German front, who had been infected by ^tho pacifist and revolutionary virus." Adolph Koester, a former minister in the Socialist cabinet, who says that the dagger thrust story is "one of the most insidious and stupid of war le | genets." Kocster produces official eviI dence from reports of commanding I generals, themselves, that the German army was well and truly beaten; that it had no efficient reserves; that the Allies were incontestably superior in I men and material, and that the British blockade had Germany by the throat. "No Bolshevism, and no pacifism had anything to do with that," the writer declares. There is no sign that Germans ever will agree on the question why they I were defeated. Mr. and Mrs. W. Lester Davis have moved to Greenville to make their future home. The good wishes of hosts of Union folks will follow them. I Mr. Davis has been connected with ^ Bradley-Estea Furniture company for a number of years and is held in the highest esteem by his business as so- ' I ciates and friends. Mrs. Blackman of Jonesville is vitI iting in Union today. I Zinc chloride on timber restrains r! fungus growths. il Italy is encouraging the use of peat 1 instead of coal. *i: / ' * y? 'y "