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" 4i VdtUME XXXVII. * LA.UR04N SOjUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY; JULY 20, 192 1. ~NME S8ImPING BORD. :SHOW8$ST otmeit Loss Is Much Larger Than Thought BOOKS ALSO IN BAD SHAPE Oierations of the Shipping Bloard's Fleet siows a Loss of over 30, 004j00O, Says Chairman La sker. Astuunding Case of Absolgte Decep. *bn. Washington, July IS.---Operations of the shipping ooard's fleet for the fiscal year just ended resulted in a loss of approximately 380,000,000, "hairitpan 1asker of the board annouiced today; This defielt was greater by $280,000,000 than previous estimates fron ofllejal sources and was made following an examination of all board accounts. The government's venture in the ier <hant marine business last year in vol.ed a total expenditure of $1;80, 000,000, so far as could be ascertained fI'om the board's book; which 'Mr. Las ker described as in bad shape. The new chairinan estimtatedl that it would cost the government $300,000,000 to carry on operations of the fleet' this year. In stating that an examination of the books showed that $380,000,000 had been expended from the public finds of the'shipping board last year, Mr. iJaskcer said that this "revealed an as toundjng case of absolute deception to the country and congress." "The president was astonished and dishtayed that such a condition could exist when I laid these fIgures before him this afternoon, but he wanted me r A.o give.the public the facts," he added. I 'TotaL expenditures over recel'iIts appeared to be approimately $380, 000,000, P r. Lasker said, instead of. $99,518,068.11, as previously shown by ,';the board's books. A commercial con cern operating on a similar basis would have been in the hands of a re ceiver some time ago, the chairman asserted, stating also that he knew this's'tte of affairs was not the fault I of Admiral lienson, former chairman of the board, nor of Controller Twee dale. aile sai( that it was due to the system started during the war and continu'ed until recently. The money whidh Is unaccountled for was said by the- chairman to have been'disbursed by operators of government owned boats for which a full accounting has not been made. '1he chairman further asserted that of 9,000. vo3agcs made only 3,000.had been acedunted for and that 200 auditors were now working on the books of these operators to Iind out what happened. - "I am asking congress for 3:00,00, 000 for the year," Chairman Lasker said, and I' fear that I may throw a lot of sand into the gear box of tax revision, bitt .we estimate that it will take from $200,000,000 to $2265,000,000 to run the next six miohths. But w3 plan to pay for all losses of C',era tions and settle a part of the claims aigainst the shipping board amounting1 to more -than $300,000,000.' These may be settled at no more than 50 cents on the dollar because they gtre believed to be padded." As an example of how great losses have been entailed upon the board, Chdr~lman ILasker cited the 'construc tion of the American besion, a vessel which ~went into service out of New York this w'eek, and wvhieh, he said, was re'desdned and rebuilt og the waysi, so that her final cost to the government wvas betwveen $6,000,000 and $7,000,000, or twice her value. Beome of the opoeators of shippIng board vessels,. he said, also took a I commission of 5 per' cent. on fr'elght < handigd under their contrmol, though thelf, boats wvere piling typ a dleflcit whdch~ the board had to meet. '",hopiever the board has sold pr'op-1 erty, he. added, the money has been tiurned back Into its operations, and . ot accounted fom' -to the treasurer in al fWay. A recent enactment of conm gre *, however, wvould end this prac thee Sid force stricter accounting of ~ome Coing~ At fInng~itOn ] ~00'Coming exercises will be held 4 this month, accor'dlng to a no ~10.tt t~ tihe Adivertiser, the pub 'gto:ttnd MASKEI) MIEN WHIP FLORIDA MINISTER Coat of Tar and Feathers Also Ap. plied. Ordered To Go Away. Miami, Fld., July 17.-Eight mask ed men waylaid the Rev. Phillip S. Irwin, archdeacon of the English Episcopal. church and head of the work of that 4vhurch among south Florida negroe ,it.t the close of his evening services tonight and applied1 a coat of tar and- feathers to him le was theni placed' in' a sack and taken in an automobile fto i spot near the business conter of this city an4 dumped on to the street from ii car. Certain doctrines of Archdeacon I - win, said to have been objectionab'e to whit'e residents,' are thought have been the reason for the doel. His assailants have not as yet bedi apprehended. ..... ... Before being tarred and featherel, Irwin was carried into some woo(h near Miami, where he was strippeL4, tied to a tree and whipped. Tie group of masked men outlined the.r program to him before it was executed and then gave him 48 hours withm which to leave Miami. According to the story related :y Irwin at police headquarters he was just driving into his own yard \'en two cars drove up in front of .ts home.. A man stepped out of one car and asked for the 'loan of a wren(@. [ rwin supplied the tool and carried it o the car when four masked men stepped out of each machine and siez ?d him, affixing a pair of handcuffs a his wrists. A mask was placed ver his face and the two cars drove ,o the piece of woods whei'e the whip >ing was staged. "They told me that unless I left inmi within 48 hours they would ynch me," said Irwin. "They tied ne to either a tree or log after strip )ing me and applied a strap to my iaked body about 40 times. The mpg hen poured tar over me -and applied eathers to the tar. "The -nen told me that I had been >reaching social equality to, the ne Proes and that I had advocated inter narriage of. the races and that as his was the South, this doctrine is kot tolerable and any person who >reached it is threatened with death. "I was then asked if I intended iceding- the warning given me and told them no, and.that I would not cave until ordered to do so by some >roper authority. They then placed Ssack over my head and drove me >ack to the city and threw me into he'street." He was picked up by a policeman nd taken to p'olice headquarters. He efused to say whether or not he ad preached the doctrine of racial quality in ,his church. He is a Brit sh subject and has been a resident of Miami for five years. The-con regation of St. Agnes Episcopal hurch, of which he is rector, is com iosed entirely of negroes. Three other white men and several tegroes are to receive the same reatment as that accorded Archdea on Irwvin, according to the story re ated by the victim of the tar and eather party. The masked men vhile applying the coat of tar told jim that they were prepared to give hese others the same punishment and varning. Several weeks ago, a negro preacher amed Hliggs wvas taken from Coconut 3rove, near here, andl after being vhipped, wvas ordered to leave the ountry. He sailed for Nassau, Baha na Islands, two days later. TIARitED ANI) FEATH'IEIIED hWoman TIaken From Hotel Porch In Texas. Shreveport, L~a., July 17.-Mrs. eu ah .Tohnson was taken from the porch fa hotel in Tenaha, Texas, strippled, arred and feathered, according to ad 'ices reaching here today. The assailants, masked andi weaf ing vhjte uniforms are saidl to have made *h dr attack Saturday night. Three iutomioblle loads of men, all arnied, ire said to have filed out in front of he hotel, placed the young wvoman in ne of the cars and taken her to a >oint two miles in the country. There, ifter her o'othing had been removed, ihe was. tarred and feathered,-again )lacedl in the machine and carried iack to town. Mrs. Johnson claims to have been vorking at the, hotel as a maid and ook. She says she did not know any >f the men in the automobiles and ~hat all were msked. CIVIC LEAGUE WIDENING PLANS Holmes Spring Plot to be elunutliei Next. Co-operation of City (ounell Sec ured. I lohnes' Spring on the cast ide of the city has been called to the atten tion of the Civic League and plans are being iade for the limp1rovement of its surroundings. , Said a well known citizen yester- 1 day' " If the wonderful transformatilon of the coouit house grounds from- a < barren an(l unsightly spot to Its i*cs i'ent beautiful grass plots andi flower beds is a sample of what the League I can, do, I am sure we will all lie will- I ing to lend otr aid and encourage I Ithese faithful workers In their efforts ito beautify this little shady retreat--I for it is already a favorite place ,with I many of our citizens who enjoy thq oo ervs-a waters of ti Is s jrIng.' The City Council met with the Civic: Liague Friday afternoon and agred i to kend their aid in the improvement I of this spot as.a small park. Laurens i Mill also offered to bear half the ex- ] 1iense of the work. - - - u.A. In the early Spring the Civic T.eague offered prizes for the most attractive 'Ind the mos0t Improvedl lawns. .Trhis a Week a committee of otil-of-town Judg- I es will inslect the lawns of the city: and these prizes will be awarded. A committee .will also examine the I flo(wer beds of the children competiong I I for the prize offered. 11. G. P'OTTERi RE.AD Former ResIdent of This City Died at lils Iome in GalYney Sundauy. News was received in the city Suni day afternoon of the death itn Gaffney of Mr. L. G. 'Potter, who spent his t boylhood days in Laurens and was well a known by the older residents of this I city. Although lie left this city when t qifttO;,,;ung - mau,- ho Wts known ' have held his friendships here in C affectionate remembrance and o num- r bers *f occasions hadsfound .pleasure f in retirning here to view the scenes of his boyhood and to mingle with fl- rigitdms of earlier days. At the ime of hs dath he was 6-1 years of age. .\t. Potter entered the mill busi carly in life, being associated with prominent Spartanburg inter e(ts. At one time he was in charge of the mill at Enoree and from there went to ChatIeston to direct a cotton mill erected to be opqrated by negro i help. This was destined to be a fall- f ore and later he went to Gaffney, where he remained for about IS years ftnd up to tle time of his death. When F he died lie was president of tihe Globe H .\Ianufactirinig Company in that city ' and secretary of.the Gaffney Nianufac toring C'oipany, besides taking an f, active part in church, educational and a fraternal organiztions. ~ 5 The decesod is survived by . three b daughiers, Mrs. [owls Wood, Mrs. ' Ilenry C. Moore and Alits [ess Pot- ai ter, all of Gaffney. Th'le futneral services weire held ina (Gaffney yesterday morning and inter'- y ment took place at Spartanburg. A number of his former friends of this Place at tended the funeral, including . Mr. and .\rs. John F. liolt, Mr. E. 0. .\ M.h in. O . Anderson, .\l rs. A. II. Sant- I der's, Miss Lola Anderson, Mrs. John 3 I". pohlt, Mirs. Allie Tiemileton and Mrs. W. C. *l. IRobertson. lind a Ig ic~ lnie Th'le I nte'riiediat e and Senior Chr is-t lIan Endeavor Societies of the FIIrst Presbyterian church had an enjoyable pien Ic at Yairboiough' s MIll Inst Tu'ies uay .evening. lieslides the excel lent pIcnic lunch, games of various kinds ai ln hathin' contri buted to the plcas uires of the evening. TIhe younger 'folks were chanperonted by several of the church members famnous for pe ciuljar julcn ic accomplishments .wheure r chicn is the princlipal article of fare,.i who uphileld his re'putat ion as a eon dui)seur of picnic meals beslA'es adding g to the gaiety In the watey. It Is rell-i ably reported that the dge, who ha not been aflhlated with the "spot ting" element long enough o establish title to a bathing sut, had to borr'ot one of the 'garmeonts.before caving to~vn, but 1 all of his ntt~ actiu intancest being ata theo la)C "1e 'tas vNduced to' the ex- 1I tronmitty of 4rowing one frdmi a lady d friend. It- is hakl .that his costume and e his ."ample' apropor'tions' contributedc no little tojt. attractiveness of the 'seems VIANY CLOTHES WERE COLLECTED Qllnnfs of Old Clotlies for )estitut Europenans firingrs out many mun dics of Clothinur. Not e(i Too 1a1te to Give. "Considering existing conditions, the 'esUlt of the CanlaVIs Was v''V gratify ng indeed," writes N. C. II ughes, iiairman of the committee appointed >y the local organizat ion of tie lIed 3ross to (aTnvta. tle city for obld lothes tor the destitiut( in 'lhtrope 'uoesday was canvassing day, state Ir. Hughes, but anyone who was ne ready or who may have been ove - ooked, may send their c ntributio o Mr. l. '11. 'Hunter. Mr. Hlughes has written the foil w ng letter of thanks to the publie editor The Advrtiser: wish, tho'Qtgh your paper, to t UI n behal( of the local ehalter the led Cross, all tle good peop for halir generouls re.ponse( to the Pieal or old (ol~tlhing and shoes for t des itute peoples of I10astern and entral 'urope, as was evidenced by e can f.a,i on Tuesday. Also L wo) 1d lIke n sijtf6 for the benefit of t) se who vait to it0k 1 a Contri)ution, 'tt were lot ready at the thil .of th Shouse to 1011se canvass, that they Iy either enud or tahe their contribu on to lIr. I. -II. Ilouter, of Ilunter ros., I141I ens, an( he will be gh:'r to receive hem and place them wit the cloth nig already (o1lected. Pi t. action n tll.s matteor wIll be ntch appre lated as collections will lose on July I.t. Packing for sliii Wiat will I e egun as soon after -ugust ist as ossibl. I f ithler w ish to ex -ress in behalf f the ollieials of tle cal ehapter' of lie Red Cross, their sincere thanks (d appreclation to - I those who so eartily and earnest - entered Into he iritof' this In etent and gave ukq- valuable servie and coopdreion. 'onsldering existIne conlitions, the exult of the canvalz was very grati ving Ilfdeed. I ipectfitilv,. N. C. Ilhl'mibIiFs, Chv -.n of Committee. oairens, .fIly 1: . .. FISH1 IN ( Ei'A'1 DANGEII eternis (of 111 d 111141 tcI Disln'rse in All Direcion In Seareh of the Finny Tribe. This week -ill be a hard week on shi, judging y the niumliber of anglers oli tlis (. - wiio have taken their nds and r -1; to go out after the nny tribe. .ohn Wells Todd, JIr., 'leming .h es and Vance I rby left aturday f r U'ridgewater, N. C., mak 1 a det r of a few miles by Mon roat to endl d unay. On Monday Alowing. Dr. W 1 Dial, B. .\. WVolff nt Ju(l .1 lohn N. Wright left fo' the aUMe de tinationi. Fishing Is said to e goo(I righi now on tile big Bridge *ater 1 ke and all of the'se gentlemen re co iting on a big cat cih. D~r. . 'ii. Teague and Alsy .\iller Iso 1 ft on a combined ishing and liii g expieditioni the lati*ar 'part of he i k, going to Alt Pleasant, near 'hare(ston. where they will visit M\r. hill r's brsthle r and sister, Mr'. and Itr: ii eWitt 1 ing. They were accomn a: ed by .\llartin Teague andl Ja ck. till anothIer' paty comtiposed of lb. Blllackwell and W. "Pick"' Iludgens eft a few dlays ago for' Pawley's Is nd tlierle' theuy also w ill tisht an d r'est. sat Is, prtovid'd some good htonnewife athe ne (ighblorhiood doesn't get her ewing machinei' out of ordler or her' air-net tangled, in whieh case .\tr. l udgnus will li kely be called( in to tr'aighten~ thtings out. Plente a it lirii Springtps Seeny-'u youngl pe'oplo of t h. foutntville 13. Yi. P. 1'. with their pres lent, Mtrs. hi. W. Btryson, enjoyed a iost plensatnt Ilienic at 1Ihtrriis Springs 'rlday evening, Jluly 8. Invited 'guests 'ere( 'ir ls. Agn'ew from Mlullins, Mrs. V'. L, Y. MarshallI and 1her chatrming au'ghiter, MIss Carrie, from Sumuter', )r and M rs. M\arion from Roanoke, 'a Ice Cream Supper Tlhe nummbers of' the WV. M. U. of ieaver'dam church, will ser've a r'eal Id fashioned ieo cr'eam supper' at. thte ome of Mrs, J. Y. ilenjaumin, Satiur ay evening, July 23, betweenl si and loven o'clock. Alany interesting etgko ontests have been pllanned' f'or the ounger.L set. The tiniblic is invited to (tend. DIS l1MAMENT MOVES WAITING FOlR JAPMAl Toko Government Deliberates Wheth to Consent to Broad Discission of Far Eastern Problems at . Conference Planned in Washington. 0%Washington, July 16.-Diplomatic reliminaries to the disarmament con. 4 erence went into i period of quies . nce today while Japan deliberated whether to consent to the broad dis cussion of Far Eastern nroblems con sidered essential by this governmeni if a serious disarmament effort is t< be attempted. So far as could be learned no word had come to the state department to night in response to the informal ex, planation made to Japan yesterday re lative to the probable scope of th< conforortge. - 6flicials, however, mad 'no secret of their continued confidenci that Japan eventually would jolt Great Britain, France, Italy and Chim in accepting full participation in the discussions. ' : It was emphasized in oicial circles .thdt no hasty (leelsion- was sought and that there was no desire here to have the Toyko government accept un reservedly until it had satisfied itself of the exact purpose and good faith of the United States in proposing the conference. The general expectation was that several days would ensue be fore the next important development. Meantime those who are to be in charge of the conference began to turn their attention to some of the physical difficulties involved in providing suit able quarters here for so important a gathering. No meeting place has yet been selected, although the suggestion has been made that the Pan American building probably would provide the best facilities available in the nation. A questior of far greater moment arises from the necessity of provid ing also living accomodations and of fice space for the variouasattending commissioners. It is thought not un likely that several hotels and apart ment houses may have to be taken over to accomodate the visitors. 'NEW OFFICERi SELECTED Officers for Eisuing Year Elected by BolsITerre Clu 'ib 'hursday lheinlmg. At the regular annual meeting of the iois Terre Country Club, held at the club house between Laurens and Clinton Tiursday evening, Geo. H. Fllis, of Clinton, was elected presi dent, succee(ling Geo. M. Wright, of this city, who, under the by-laws of the club, could not he ree-lected to the same oflice. Mr. Wright was elect ed vice president. The following dI rectors Weire elected: from 'bautrens, Ge. . right, -N. C. 111ughes, M0. D. Easterby, Dr. W. 1). Fergiion, I. Rt. Nickels; from Clinton, Geo. 11. Ellis, Dr. A. I. Spencer, Dr. Jas. R. Cmpe land, E. 1. Adair, John Spratt. At a sulbsequent meeting of the dlirectors it. ). Hlenry, of ClInton, was elected see retary, and t reasu ret, and W. I. Me Cuen. of Lau rens, wa.s made his as sist ant. NominatIons for the club of Ileials were madle by a nominating eomiltteec prid'~ed for' by a special re&soluation andl named by. the chair. A resolution of thanks to the retilring ollcers i ntrod(1uced by .J. F. J1acobis, o1 ('liniton. wvas passed uanimolutsly. PrIor to the regular annual mieetiny a called meetisg was held at which th<( otll(ers of the club wvere auithlorl'zed t< sell bonds in the amount of $1 5,0100 t< rt'(tire (curirent indiiebtecdniess and to provide for fut iher ex pansion of thIt clubl's facil it ies. 11en "Itob" Jones to Preach R1ev. "h''Ibb Jones. evangelist asso ('iaited .withI theii Soithti Carvoli1na Sunda: Association, will preach ait thte Fits hapti1st ('lhurch Thursday evening a :30 o'clock. 'Ibaurrens Is one of numtsber' of cit i" in Mouth Itaerollina be lng visited by R1ev. .Jones under thIi atuispiices of t he assoclat in. A spiai pirograim orf music' w Ill lbe tendered an deri the dlirect ion of Rev. .M. S. Wood son. Th'e public Is InvIted to1 attend~ .Won't Pay Ils 'Taxes D~oorn, Jluly 13.---The formner (Germoi emperor' is inoring the repeated dle mnd os foir payment of his munile~a taxo's on the plea that hIs stay Is In voluntary, to whlich the mntielpallIt; rotoits that It bz,'i not the slightes objectIon to hIs departure. WIllIam is daIly becomIng more un ptopular', he can not shto* himself il the roads wlthout, beIng hooted ani jeered, swhereas a few months ago h was regarded wvith pity or indiffer R*iiD CONFUSION IN CONVICT PRISON Prisoners Riot and Start Several Fires. EIGHT CONVICTS ARE HURT Priioners in Western Penitentiary at Piltsburgh 'lhrow Iinstitntioi into Wild Conlfuslont. Aid from Ci ty Pollee ad FIremen Re(uired to Quell Disturbance. I'ittsbupgh, July I.S.---P1risoners JI) the Western polnItentiary ber'g.. - broke all i nired if .our hulding.4 and for a time kept. the in40tution in an uproar, while prison guards, deputy sheriffs and po -livemei, reinlforced by arimed citizens, battled to put down the disorder. Six convicts .werg shot and two others cut in the battle ' .. -- Prison oflicials said that throo or four of the wounded would likely die. The outbreak, timed to start with the ringing of the first lire gong, be gan inl the dining room where the convicts sought to attract the atten tion of guards from the first. oiicials said. Alarms solnlded from four 'places in the institution almost simultaneously, when guards (iscov ered the prisoners had fired the build ings wi-th any material avilable. Some 600.prl.soners had just taken their seats in the bkg dining room when one of them sent a soul) bowl careening (IowN one of the long tables. Instantly the room was in an uproar for at the same moment the fire gong sounded an alarm from the construction shop, the linen shop, the kitchen and the ehajiel. The guards in the dining room tried to luell the outbreak,' but the tho oughly maddened piIsoners pelleted them with tableware an( cutlery, all -the time slireking and howling. The fire department, finding the blaze was beyond control, called the city fire department, .while riot calls were sent in for the police. Meantime the guards in the dining room had rogained In part their con trol and forced some of the men back to their cells, but 200 or more dashed for the prison yard and when faced by other guards backed Into a build ing and ran for the tol) of a tier of cells. From this vantage point they pteled the guards, now reinforced by every available man in the prison, withl bricks torn from the top of the wall. )epty sheriffs and police from every precinct. li the city soon added to the fighting force within the en closure and it was not long until the prisoners had been chased from the wall to their cells. They signalized their reincarceration by breaking tho glass in the windows antd shrieking and howling to the thousands5 of per sonis 'galtered ini thle streets andi fill ing the housetops nearhy. 'Within two hlours the fire ,was'uander contraol butt not untjll a number of buildings had been destroyed with an estimlated loss in excess of $50,000. John1 M. lIagonl, parole officer, after t(tuiet hadl been r'estored, said that the ouf break was the result of a period of discontent among the I,135 ,persons confined ini tihe inIstitutionl. About S800 (If these, he saidI, wer~e long term mn, many of them desperate criminals. liecentily a party of convIcts was brought hecr; fromh then Eastern penil tentIa ry in Phlailadelph11Ia. These men andi women, Mr. WKagon said, madeo nmany demands(1 which wereC not recog nized in any penal institution, but1 whlichl, whenl deieid, only added to the discontent. So many cell locks were broken that' tonight pickedl men from Pittsburgh police are on guard in tl',.e 'orrdidor, ,while outside the streets are bteavily' platrolledi. Mrs. Watts D~avis llentd The many friends In this city of Mrs. Larn Glenn Davis, wife of W. Watts D tavis, of Clinton, will bo sorry to learn of her death, which took place early Mlonday morning., Mrs. Davis was a sister of Mirs. A. J. Chlristoplier, of this city, andI was raised near NeoV iberry. Besides her husband and s I ter she leaves several children to 3 mourn her loss. The funeral services - were held ini, Clinton yesterday ng