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TALES OF ARMY PRISON HORRORS BROUGT TO U. S. BY CONGRESS COMMITTEE Now York, Sept. 26.-Bringing a re port of "outrageous cruelties P 'pe trated on American soldiers" in Iris ons of the American expeditionary forces in France, the congressional committee sent overseas to investigate t'ales of army "prison horrors" arrived here today on the transport Aganem 11011 from Brehit. The party was com Posed of Representative Royal C. Jolllson, South Dakota, chairman; Os car E. lland, Indiana, and Ilenry D. Flood, of Virgin-a. 'oliditions in army prison camps were found "very bad", with special emphasis laid on prison camp 2, near Paris, the committee stated. "Conditions were appalling," Repre sentative Bland said as soon as the Agamemnon docked. "Nothing like this treatment of our men had ever been known before in the history of the Americen army. We have copies of records, reports and testimony of in spectors, courtsmartial officers, so as to be able to definitely fix responsibil ity." Representative Bland held that Col. Grinstead and General Strong were directly resiponsible for the "unpre cedented cruelties" at prison farm 2, and that if General Strong who was over Colonel Grenstead did not know of conditlon5, lie should have. ille said tliat Genetral Harts for months was in the same building at 10 Rue St. Anne, where thousands of outrages were committed. Lack of food, heat, and all', and nauseating sanitary conditions were before his eyes, and the reports showing their condition were on file in his office, Mr. Bland said. The representative added that Gen eral Harts was the military guardian of the president, and "no man in the judge advocate general's or provost mnarshal's departments h'ad the bold ness to recommend his trial before a courtsmartial or efficiency board." "Three facts stand out," said 'Mr. Bland, "firat, that the most horrible and revolting cruelties existed; sec ond, that the higher offilcers responsi ble have not been made to atone for these wrongr third, that no reason able excuse for the same has been of fered by the war department. It is clearly up to them." Congressman Bland added, "it is the intention of the committee to see that every man in any way responsible for the outrages will be .brought to jus tice before the forum of public opin ion." Congressman .lohnson said the party would art'ivd 'in Washirrgton' early tomorrow morning and would immediately begin sorting the records brought over by them. * RESOLUTION OF SYM[PATHY. * Whereas, it has pleased the Supreme RuIIr of the Universe to remove from our midst by death, our esteemed Sov creign and co-worker, Robert Niles Pulley, wvho has for many years oc cupied a prlominlent rank in our midst, mlaintainling unlder' all circumstances a char'acter' untar'nlihed, and a r'eputa lion above reprloach, Ther'efore, he it resolved: Thlat in the deathl of .Sovereign Robert Niles Pulley this camp hlas sums tainedl the loss of a Sovereign wvhose fellowship it was anl lhonor' and a pileasur'e to enjoy, that .we b~ear' will lng testimony to Ils many virtues, to is unqluestionedi probity and stainless life; .that wve offer to his bereaved fam ily and mnourninlg friends, over' whom sorrow has hunlmg bher 5fa'ble mantle, our' heart-felt condolence, and pray that Infinite Goodness may bring speedy relief to their burdlened hoam'ta and ihspire thenm withl the consolations that Hope in fultulrity and faith in Goed give even in the shadow of thle tomb. Be it further' resolved, Thlat a page inl our1 minute book he dedienatedi to his memory', with a copy of these reso lultions spread -theroin. That a copy be giveni to the county paper for pubh lication and a copy presented to his bereaved family,, GICORGC CORIN, Ib.. .M. K ENNIDY, Committee. 14'arview Camp No. 422, WV. 0. W. WfOTICE. Tio D~ebtors and Creditors: All persons having claims or de mAnds against the estate of M. B. Poole, deceased, will present them to the undersigned, duly attested, and all persons indebted to the said estate will make payment to the undorsigned. MR8. JANIE BIAND, Administrator, Sept. 6th, 1919. Sumter, S. EG. 8-4t Rheum ti i's comipietely washed ( out f ti stem h time ceilbrtedi .Shivar Miit a 'aler. Po' ,irivcY guanranteecd by ni oney-backei otfer 's:es filn?; costs al Irif',. Delivered anly. -DROWNED MAN'S BODY IDENTIFIED Mrs. Hendersonk Claims Dody Found in Rtiver at Columbia iN that of Son. Officials Say It Isn't. 'Columbia, Sept. 25. - The white muan's body found in the Congurce riv ci last -Sinday afternoon was today positively identified as that of Wiliali Andrew lenderson, who was an in m1ate of the state hospital for the in sane, and who escaped one week ago today. The identiflcation was made by .\lrs. Rebecca Iilidersoln, the young %tan's mother, of Cokesbury. She caie to Columbia and eomployed coun ty officials to. disenter the remains IWith she migjt have opportunity to see if it was her son. As soon as she got a glimpse of the body today she was sure it was her son. Authorities at the hospital said they thought of Henderson a few days ago when they saw the remains, but their belief was that Henderson was too sm'all a man for- that found in tile river. She plans to take the remains to Hodges for interment. The young man was 211 years old and was committed to the state hos pital for the insane January 7, 1919, where he remained until Sept. 17, when he escaped. The body was found about eight miles below Columbia in the river last Sunday caught in a raft. It was brought to Columbia about I o'clock 'Monday morning and was bu ried , without identification Monday afternoon. iDr. 'C. Fred Williams, superintend ent of the State Hospital for the In sane, says he feels that Mrs. Hender son is mistaken in her belief that the body is that of her son. Dr. Williams and I)r. Munnerly, his assistant, were called in the morning the body was brought to Columbia. Decomposition had set in so 'badly that identification could not be made from the general appeara:ce of the features. Con'se quently they were compelled to look to records as to the .size of Vaughn and Henderson, both of whom had dis appeared. Vaughn was only five feet five inches in height, while Henderson was five feet seven inches in height and weighed one hundred and fifty-six pounds, as shown by the records In Dr. Williams' office. The dead man measured six feet, possibly a little bit more, the measurement being taken by the. hospital au-thorities, the county physician and the undertakers. It was further emphasized by Dr. Willianis tonight that Henderson had been gone only five days, and the belief of the undertakers, the coroner, the exam ining physician and others was that the body had been in the water pos sibly ten days or two weeks. INDIGESTION GOES, GONE! "Paph's Diapepsin" at once fixes Your Sour, Gassy, SAcid Stomach 'Stomach acl ty' ca .s indigestion! Food sourin , gi distress! Wonder .what up~set 0 r omach? \Vell, don't blotherI! The ment you eat a tablet or two of ape's -Diapepsin all tile lumps of I digestion pain, the sour ness, heartburn and helchling of gases, due to aclidity, vanish-truly wonder full Mlillions or people know that it is nelessC to be bothered wvith indiges tion, dtysptepsia or' a disordered stomn achi. 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Clemenceau admitited that tile treaty contaiined many imperfections, butt said it was tihe culminatIon of tihe work of "the coalition of libera-' tion," the first of its sort In the his tory of the world, as tile treaty was the dawn of a new era. lie recalled the dark (lays of 1917, and decclar'ed to tile oppionents of the treaty tyat if a peace. lroposal had been received then, returning Alsace and Lolrraine to France, no Frenechman would have deC mnanded the insertIon of any other clause, b~ut wvould have accepted it. Thle trilaty brought back more thban the lost provinces; It placed France on thte highest pinnacle of lame and honor, and it a few years W~ouild brin~g prtosperity. 'Thnen whn hnr1 annoren in the ,I, bate, the premier Pointed out, had criticised the details of the treaty, which must 'be considered accepted or rejected as a whole, whether the In strument was helpful or harmful to France. Tihe treaty was "the ensem ble of possibilities," which was worth what the future - ruling classes of France would maki It by their labor. The .premlier's effort was tremnCld ous. lie reimailne. on the tribune for more than two hours. Many times lie seemed to weaken, his voice becoming so low as to be almost inaudible be yond the first row of government benches, but he waved off the advice from all quarters of the chamber of "rest" and over the criticism, which has been prominent in the debate, that the French language is not the ofil cial language of the treaty, saying: "It is not my fault if the EInglish language is spoken by nearly two thirds of the civilized world." The chamber's apparent delegation to prolong th'e debate as long as pos sible 'was not deterred b'y the prem ier's request for a vote on the treaty today, for, while M. Clemenceau was speaking, several deputies inscribed their names on President Desohanel's list as participants in the debate. M. 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