The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 22, 1919, Image 3
EX Wo mi
FOUND GUIL
Forty-Six Defendants Convicted
After Trial in Sacramento
Court.
CONSPIRACY CHARGE IS
SUSTAINED BY JURY
Sentences to Be Passed on For
ty-five Men and One Woman
To-Day ? Chief Government
Posecutor Uses Strong Lan
guage.
: Sacramento, Cal.. Jan. 2 6. ?A!! the.
46 defendants in the I. W. W. conspi
racy case were found guilty by a jury
in the United'States district court here
tonight.
7 The verdict ""guilty as charged" was
returned at 6 o'clock after the jury
had been.out since 4.35 o'clock. Sen
J^nces^will be imposed tomorrow by
.United States Judge Frank II. Rudkin
of Spokane.
. -In his charge to the jury Judge
Rudkin said:
"The more fact that th^se defend
ants are Industrial Workers of the
World should not justify a verdict of
?-?Bfity.-.'-'v.Tiie fact that they may be
found to be conscientious objectors of
war should no: be held against them
in the consideration of this case.
Opinions which they hold in oppo
sition. t&. war and which undeniably
stand alone are not an evidence of
guilt."
Judge Rudkin interpreted the legal
meaning of conspiracy and rend cer
tain portions of the conscription act
..which, the defendants are accused of
.. conspiring to violate.
Referring to the "silent defense" of
43 of the defendants who have spoken
,.*r? word and;have been unrepresented
by counsel throughout the trial. Judge
Rudkin said that such silence should
?bt fee held' against them. The .iurv
retired after Robert Duncan, chief
?government prosecutor made the
^concluding statement in which he
said:
"The I. W. W. represent no flag but
the red flag. They would drag us
all down to the level of the lowest
man."
He read at length from journals cf
the organization which were alleged
to have. stated that "no peace office"
Could be a member of the T. W. W."
?te "uniform of the United States sol
dier is merely the livery of the 'scab'
and salSotage' .is a sign of courage."
._J&iss. . Theodora Pollok, the only
woman-defendant, was called by Dun
can "just as disloyal as Fill Hay
wood,** the executive head of the or
ganization.
^'^Sh& could have cast her let with
the. United States when it was sadly
in" '.needr.pf talent," he said, "hut she
jchose, .to. cast it. with this treasona
biei. disloyal outfit. She had money to
give this I. W. W. organization but
not,one. cent to give her government."
The writing and circulating of
"poems" and songs threatening capi
talistic "parasites" with the menace
of the "sab-cat" and "wobbly" are
" ainpng the overt acts charged in the
indictment under which the 46 al
? Jegsd Industrial Workers of the
World were tried here for conspiracy.
"Several defendants were charged
"3#thr having in their possession in
l Sacramento at various times copies of
^'Wfi.y?^. ..S.ongs to Fan the Flames
<s? Bisconterit,'* among which was
one written by Joe Hill, or Joseph
Hillstrom executed in. November.
1915, for killing a grocer and his son
at Salt Lake City, Utah.
Miss Theodora Pollok, the oniy
woman defendant, gave an outline of
her career. She was born in Balti
uaore, ?Md., in 1S79 of a Southern
? abolitionist family, established in
America for at least five generations.
According to her account she took up
social settlement work in New York
and; Chicago, prior to going to Los
Angeles, Cal., in 19OS where she lived
in the women's university settlement
and taught in the Rev. Dana W. Bar
tlett's. Bethlehem Institute. Tn 1915
16 she was. assistant to Prof. Arthur
Upham Pope of the University of Cal
ifornia in the American neutral con
ference. She was employed by the
city museum of Newark, N. J.. for a
time and in 1917 was assistant execu
tive secretary of the California con
ference of social agencies.
.. During the winter of 191.1-14 Miss
Pollok was executive secretary of the
International Defense Workers'
lu?jfcgue then active in behalf of IT. T>.
Suhr. and Richard Ford, later sent' ne
ed, to life imprisonment for the mur
der of K. T. Manwelh district attorn
ey of Yuba County. Cal. For ejtrhf
months of 1916-17 she again worked
for the league in connection *** 'th
the San Francisco preparedness day
bomb case defense.
Under the general indictment here
Miss Pollok was charged with 'w?n
spiracy to prevent enforcement of the
espionage act. to obstruct the draft, to
viclate/the United States constitution
and to hamper wariwork. Overt acts
charged- against her were the alleged
writing and circulating of a "f**ee
Verse" poem on "The Soldier with
the .Broken Xose" and conspiracy
with Baslle Saffores of San Francisco
t? send T. W. W? literature to Holland.
T?12 KTJ/LIXC; OF LETBKXEcriT.
Socialists Claim His Killing Was !>e
llberate Without Attempt to Fs
.London, Jan. IS.?Independent So
cialists at Berlin assert that Dr. Karl
Liebknecht was deliberately killed by
soldier guards and was not trying to
escape when he was killed, according
ta.a-Copenhagen dispatch, which adds
that the Friheit is calling for a gen
eral strike in protest. <
Amsterdam* Jan. 17.?Armist roe
between the alli-s and Germany '-as
been extended, the agreement b log
signed by Mathias Erzberger W ? d
nesday . at Troves, a coord big to i ;? ? r
liS dispatch.
jThe Supreme War Council Con
siders Only Two
Subjects.
I THE RUSSIAN SITUATION
AND PRESS POSITION
I Discussion of Affairs of Trou
? bled Countrv Seems to Have
I Been Confined to Agreement
to Exchange Available Infor
! rnation.
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?| Poris. Jan. 10 (By the Associated
Press).?The meeting of the supreme
[war council at the foreign office this
i morning, occupying two hours, was
I the only formal gathering of the
j peace delegates today. As summed up
j in the official communique the Rus
i sian situation and the conference's
i relations with the press were the only
j subjects treated.
! After the meeting. President Wil
son. Premier Lloyd George. Secretary
j Lansing and Mr. Balfour remained for
[some time in the ante chamber of M.
i Pichon's office in earnest conversa
j tion.
i The discussion of the Russian sit
uation appears to have been confined
to an agreement to exchange avail
able information, though the deter
j mination to have a joint examination
I of the subject as stated in "the official
[-communiQue indicates that the Rus
sian situation will be one of the sub
! jects to Vie taken under the earliest
j considera tion.
j "The problem of the relations be
j tween the. peace delegates and the
j press, that is. between the govern
I ments and public opinion, is made
I particularly delicate," says The Temps,
! "by the following considerations: On
the one band, equality of treatment
; for the press of all countries must be
I assured. As the United States and
i Great Britain are reluctant to impose
j restrictions on their newspapers, the
[only course is to allow the widest tol
I era nee to all.
i "On the other hand, it would be
j harmful to lay bare to the enemy
j governments differences of opinion
i\vh:<:h inevitably arise in discussions
between delegations. The very es
sence of every debate is that contra
dictions should arise. Such contradic
tions will assuredly be reconciled but
it would' be very unfavorable that
j Germany should know the details day
j by day and week to make capital out
j of th?-m."
j The draft of the league of nations
j ip the form of treaty enactment has
j not proceeded pnuch further than
? jreneraliy supposed as a result of re
j cent conferences between Lord Pob
j ert Cecil. .Secretary Lansing and Col.
j House, ar which the best features of
j the various pi-ojoets were embddiecl
in concrete form of enactment: This is
called v convenant, instead of a treaty,
and reembraces 13 articles and cighl
supplementary provisions which bring
[together the main features of all the
plans presented.
The covenant which is subject to
much revision probably will be ready
jfor the congress or committee when
' j ever the subject is considered.
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! Paris. Jan. 10.?News of the resig
nation of the Italian cabinet has been
received here. The present crisis is
> said to be due to the conflict in the
> Orlando ministry between those fa
? vorinsr and those opposing the policy
? of Foreign Minister Sonnino for ih<?
i largest possible territorial annexation
and for no concessions, particularly
' to the Ju go-Slavs.
The Italian peace delegates here
? express the belief that the resignation
i followed when it became known to
Premier Orlando that the United
States representatives are not in en
1 tire agreement with Baron Sonnino's
' j views concerning Fieume.
j Taris. Jan. 10.?The Temps under
stands that Slam, which participated
actively in the war will have no rep'r
resentatives at the peace conference
' and not one, as previously stated.
I The newspaper added that certain
powers are expected to enter a protest
Saturday against th<- decision giving
them only two delegates to the con
ference.
ADDRESSES SENATE.
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j Senator Borah Says Open DpHonuiey is
i Being Discarded.
! Washington. .Tan. 3 7.? Senator
i Borah addressed the senate today in
j-proteSt against the secrecy * at the
j peace conference. He said the ques
I lion was whether Wilson's point for
open diplomacv was discarded entire
SUMMONED TO SPA.
j ^larshal Foch u> Talk Over Financial
i Matters With Genuan Banker.
_
I London. Jan. 17.?president Raven
[steini, of the Imperial Bank, has been
ordered to i'v.i i>y Marsha] Foch, ac
cording to Berlin dispatches, to at
tend a conference concerning entente
financial demands on Germay.
RSGl'LATIOXS SUSPENDED.
Fuel Administrat! :) Removes. Regu-|
laf ions on Coke and Coal.
Washington. Jan. IT.? Zone and
price regulations on coke; all coal, ex
cept Pennsylvania anthracite, were
suspended by the fuel administration
effective Fet<ru;!rv 1st. Notice given!
with the suspension is subject to rein
statement if price, wage, labor and
other conditions require.
Ro?ne, Friday;"Jan; ?0. The French
steamer C.h;*:proi struck a mine in the.
Straits of M-ssiti-r. sinking in a few
minutes. Five hundred passengers,
mostly Greeks, Serbians and Rus- j
:;ans wee drowned. Another steam-]
?r saved one hundred and fifty. '
! The Secretary of Interior Gives
I Idea of Possible League
of Nations.
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j PRESIDENT'S JOURNEY ?
OF HIGH IMPORTANCE
Tells How Possible Future Wars
May Be Avoided by Prompt
and Powerful Concerted Ac
tion.
New Tor!:. Jan. 16.?Appealing for
the support of President Wilson's
idea of a league of- nations by tin
business men of the United States, de
claring that the president's plan would
in no way invalidate the Monroe doc
trine and that Mr. Wilson had gone
to Europe "not as a conqueror but for
the healing of the nations." Franklin
K. La.no. secretary of the interior, in
an address here today before the
Merchants' Association of New York,
gave an outline of what the funda
mental elements of such a league
'?must he." Its basis, he asserted,
"would ^e international cooperation."
.Mr. Lane's address was previously
advertised by the association as be
ing an answer to the question, "What
is it that President Wilson has gone
to Paris to bring about? How will
it preserve pence and help human
ity?"
Mr-. Lane explained how through
the formation of a eague of nations,
quarrels between nations could be ad
judicated by an "international court,
following investigation of the case by
an "international council of media
tors." how a delinquent .nation "could
be encompased by a circle of iron''
completely shutting off its economic
life and isolating it from the rest of
the world: how, if this failed, the
members of the league of nations
could as a last resort: return to war.
The' speaker declared that Presi
dent Wilson had gore to Europe "as
a. representative of .an ideal of the
statesmen of "many centuries" and he
recounted the struggles for democ
racy from ancient to modern times.
?He said the time s emed propitious
for this association of nations, that
when the war ended it was costing
the United States $:>0,000,000 a day
and that the burden was "borne by
your sons and mine."
LaFoIiette's Seat Safe
Senate Dismisses Charge of
Disloyal Speech.
Washington. Jan. 16.?By a vote ot
T?0 to 21 the senate today .adopted a
resolirtion recommended by a ma
jority of ihe privileges and elections
committee; dismissing disloyalty
charges brought against Senator La
Follette of Wisconsin by the Minne
sota Public Safety ^Commission be
cause of his speech- on the war. de
livered before the Non-Partisan
League at St. Paul. Minn.. September
20, U>17. The resolution said the
speech did not justify any action by
the senate,
j On the vote, which was preceded
I by a severe arraignmrtt of Senator La
; Pollette by Senator Williams of Mis
. sissippi. S3 Republican senators and
17 Democrats supported the resolu
? tion, while 20 Democrats and one Re
. publican. Senator Smith of Michigan,
i voted against it. Among those vot
? ing in the affirmative were Senators
Martin, the Democrtaic leader; Sen
i ator Lodge, the Republican leader,
and the two Minnesota senators, Kel
. logg and Nelson. Those opposing the
re olut'on included Chairman Pome
rone of the privileges; and elections
; committee, and Senator Saulshury of
Delaware, president pro tern, of the
j senate.
Suspends Con
stitutional Guarantees
Is it a Move Against Lenine,
Who is Reported to Have
Landed at Barcelona?
London. Jan. 17.?The Spanish gov
ernment has published a decree sus
pending constitutional guarantees in
the province of Barcelona, according
to a wireless dispatch from Madrid.
j Madrid, Jan. it.?Nikolai ten;he
was among a party of Russians who
j landed at Barcelona, according to
newspapers here.
Wisconsin Ratifies Amendment.
Milwaukee. Jan. 17.?The Wisconsin
legislature coi *??eted ratification of
the federal prohibition amendment to
day.
More Troops Prom France.
Washington. Jan. 17.?Tin- trans
ports Melita, Orizaba, bringing forty I
three hundred Americans from France
was announced today.
FOOD PRICES TO KEEP CP
j
Process of Rend just-ins Price, Will
Require Years. i
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New York, .hin. 1.".?There is no!
m mediate hope of an apprecial !e re?
luction of food prices; accord ng to
'ylvan L. St !x. president o." the!
holesale Grocers' Associath a. inTi
iddressing the annual convention of j
h:<t body, heb! le re today. Mr. St?x
leclared tb? process oi readjusting,
oiod prices will extend over a number j
>f years and probably will n -v r iv-!
erl t ? their old standard. '>ra- '-.-a i
on was the increased production of j
Old.
Domestic :\nd foreign demand
-ould fuUy take care of food stocks}
ow i:- sight until tli ? next eroj) pc
iod, he said. '
Dr. Karl Liebnecht and Rosa!
Luxomberg Are As
sassinated.
PURSUED TO THEIR
HOTEL BY MOB;
One Beaten and Shot by Mob, ?
j the Other Shot by Soldiers?
I While Trying to Escape.
Berlin, Jan. 17.?Dr. Karl Lieb
necht and Rosa Luxemberg have been
killed. When it became known yes
terday that they were at the Hotel
Eden in the western part of *'ie city,
a crowd stormed the lobby. Both
were spirited to a side entrance but
the mob forestalled the efforts of the
troops for their safety. Rosa Lux
emberg was beaten to insensibility,
and was thrown into an automobile by
the crowd, intending to take ,her to
prison. A few blocks down the street
a second mob halted the car. A man
jumped on the running board and
shot her through ihe head. The mob
then dragged the body off. It is sup
posed that the body was thrown into
the canal.
Meanwhile the troops started with
Liebknecht for prison in another car.
Punctured tires slopped the auto
mobile, and when Liebknecht tried to
escape the soldiers shot him.
] Dr. Karl Liebknecht, rthe .Spartacan
j leader, was captured, it was learned
by officers and men of the division of
mounted rifle guards.
The Spartacan leader is said to
have been seized and taken to the
fashionable hotel Eden in the western
part of Berlin. Private telephone
communication with the hotel was
cut off abruptly soon after it was re
ported that he had been taken there.
Halt'Parade of
L" W. W. Singers
Twenty Mounted Officers and
Automobiles Filled With Arm*
! ed Men Stop Demonstration.
j Seattle. Wash., Jan. 16.?Approxir
j mately 500 persons, leaving an open
air mass meeting and starting a pa
rade through the city's business dis
trict singing I. W. W. songs, were dis
persed early tonight by 20 mounted
police officers, supported by five au
tomobiles containing police armed
with carbines and behind these a pla
: toon of police with clubs.
; -The paraders marched down Third
i Avenue to Voder Way. but .hardly
i had they turned into Yesler Way when
I the police appeared. Most of the
I men in the parade fled immediately.
I Through the groups remaining the
? mounted officers rode back and forth
and later kept up a patrol of the
streets in* the vicinity. No violence
j was reported.
j The parade followed an open air
] meeting under sanction of the metal
j trades council and central labor coun
i cil attended by several thousand per
i sons. Fred Nelson, vice president of
j the metal trades, announced that
j next Sunday a meeting would be held
j to organize a soldiers, sailors and
j workingmen's council.
Montenegrins In Revolt
20,000 Insurgents Busy Driving
Serbians Out of Their Land.
Washington, Jan. IG.?Occupation
of Montenegro by Serbian troops has
resulted in a revolt by the Montone
grians. according to an official state
ment issued here tonight at the
Montenegrin legation. Insurgents
numbering about 20,000 have succeed
I eel in occupying several towns from
which the Serbian forces were driven.
The insurgents, the announcement
said, have sent a delegation to ICir.g
Nicholas at Paris asking that Ameri
can troops be sent to Montenegro to
preserve order.
Some weeks ago the State depart
ment was informed by the Montene
grin people had met and deposed King
Nicholas and voted to join the coun
| try wiih the federation of the Serbs,
j Slovenes and Croats under the Ser
! "dan dynasty. Later representatives
! of the assembly went to Belgrade to
reporl des action and the country
was formally accepted by the King re
gent as a part of greater Serbia.
The Montenegrin government has
insisted and has so informed the State
[department that the assembly which
deposed King Nicholas was without
authority. The legation's statement
tonight called attention to the fact
that ;h<- victorious associated nations
had decided that Montenegro should
have a representative at the peace
conference.
Ohioans Against
Former Secy, McAdoo
Public Utilities Commission Re
ject Order for Increase of
Express Rates.
Columbus. Jan. 17. ? The Ohio pub
lic utilities commission today formal
ly rejected the order of Mr. McAdoo i
as director general of railroads, pro
viding for in< rcasi in zone express
rates, so far as operation in Ohio is
concerned.
Sti"; Ffnrttmg; Deserters.
Atlanta Jan. 17.?Search for Geb".
CrawJey and others, alleged deserters
and slackers in the mountains around i
"'lai'- villt- b\ United States troops i> ?
believed ??> be continuing' today but *
notbb'.s: b:is been received here as t<? ?
results of the chase. ?
i
Extended by the Agreement!
Which Was Signed at
Treves. |
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MARSHAL FOCH MEETS
WITH THE GERMANS!
Mathias Erzberger, Represent-:
ing Huns, Takes Occasion to. j
Voice Protest at Country's!
Plight.
Amsterdam, Jan. IT.?The armis
tice between the allies and Germany
bus been extended, Hie agreement to
thai effect eing sighed by Mathias
Erzbrger, the German armistice com
missioner at Treves late Wednesday,
according to a Berlin dispatch receiv
ed here. .
The meeting between Marshal Foch
and the German delegates was fea
tured by protests by Mathias Ezrber
ger. representing the Germans,
against lie- status in which Germany
was left during the period of the
armistice. "The financial and eco
nomic dictatorship of the.entente was
the theme of tie- main protest."
"When will you raise the block
ade?" Erzberger asked. "The food
conditions in Germany are daily grow
ing worse and hunger will produce a
mental slate which the allies can not
'desire. Your people themselves are
not proof against a world revolution.
"Will the entente," he continued,
"undertake binding obligations re
specting the return of tin- German
pi isoners of war? When will you be
i in a position to conclude a prelimi
nary peace? Germany has asked six
times for negotiations for a prelimi
! nary peace, but has received no re
ply."
Herr Erzberger, who made these
statements in a speech opening the
proceedings, declared the Germans
had. fulfilled the terms of the armis
tice up to the limit of possibility. In
the cases in which the terms had not
been pomplied with, the entente was
responsible, ho insisted, especially so
regarding the delivery of transport
materiah
Herr Frzberger complained that
freedom of movement had been im
peded -between the occupied territory
and the rest of Germany, and he de
clared the measures taken by the al
lies in Alsace-Lorraine proved thai
Franco aimed to anticipate the deci
sion of the peace conference by an
nexing the provinces without respect
i ing the right of the people to self
! determination.
Berlin, Thursday, Jan. 1C.;?Und?
the terms of the prolongation of th<
armistice Germany must deliver b:
Fehruary 17 some 58,000 agricultur
al machines of various kinds. As j
guarantee for the fulfillment of th(
j demands the entente also reserves th<
I right to occupy the sector of the fort'
'?ess of Strassbourg, formed by th<
fortifications on the right bank of th(
Rhine, together with a strip of terri
tory from five to ten ki ometers ir
front of it.
Henry Ford's Claim
Before Committee
Petition Contesting Election of
Newberry as Michigan Sena
tor Being Considered.
Washington, Jan. 17.?In taking up
Henry Ford's petition contesting the
election of Truman H. Newberry to
the senate from Michigan, the sen
| ate elections committee decided to
day to hear ail evidence in open ses
sion.
Henry R. Bodman of Detroit, coun
sel for Newberry, in announcing the
latter, desired to cooperate fully with
the committee in preserving all evi
dence, declare.l the bill introduced in
the Michigan legislature to have the
Michigan supreme court take charge
of the ballots would protect all in
terests: Senator Pomerene and other
Democrats contended tin- senate itself,
through the privileges and elections
committee, should act.
The committee reached no decision
and deferred further consideration of
the case until tomorrow.
TERMS FOB EXTENSION OF AR
MISTIGE.
Additional Clauses Added?Time Ex
tended One Month With Under
standing for Renewal.
Paris, Friday, Jan. 17.?Agreement
for the renewal of the armistice as
signed yesterday extends the armistice
for one month and the extension to
? v. renewed thereafter until the con
clusion of peace, subject to the ap- i
oroval of the allied governments.-The
principal terms are substantially asl
previously reported and in addii'e ?
contains a clause whereby the a. ? j
reserve the right to occupy certain !
forts across Rhine from Strasbourg.!
(>ther clauses provide that the Ger
mans must turn over large quantities!
r>f industrial and agricultural imple
ments in place of supplementary rail-j
road material; and give control of I
Russian prisoners in Germany to the
ill ids for repatriation. A*s<> provides j
hat tin Germans must \ turn over all I
submarines, submarine chasers, mine I
ayers. sweepers, salvage ships, float
ng submarine docks and stop the
Building of submarines and dismantle
>r destroy those partly built.
ANOTHER GER3IAN WHINE, j
lorlin Enfcrurban Railway Suspends j
Reeause Allies Took Engines.
Berlin. Friday. .bin. 17.?Berlin's
titeiairban railway has boon com-1
'.?He,] in suspend operations as a j i
esiilt of the delivery o* its host Epco-ji
lYOlives to the allies, according to'the!:
thcials of the company. <
FIGHT EPIDEMIC
-; ? ;1
Many Graduate and Under
graduate Nurses Are Also ;
Needed. j|
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LEGISLATURE MAKES i
LARGE APPROPRIATION;
?_? n
Money Given by Legislature to
Be Expended in Giving Aid to
Stricken Communities.
Columbia. Jail. 18.?Dr. C. V. Akin,
United States public health service,
in charge of influenza control meas
ures in the State, was gratified withi
the quick response which the gener
al assembly made yesterday to the call
of the State health department for an
emergency appropriation of $10,000
which will be used in combatting in
fluenza.
-The legislature has given the
health department what it asked for,
aial it is now incumbent upon us toj
get results with this money.
"We want to get in immediate
touch with a number of physicians,
graduate nurses, undergraduate
nurses and nurses' aides who are iri
position to go any section" of thef
State where the need may arise.
"Physicians will be paid a salary of
$20n monthly, will be given an allow
ance of $4 per diem fdr board and
lodging, and traveling expenses will
be paid.
?'Graduate nurses will receive from
to $35 per week, their traveling ,
expenses will be paid, and the com- j
munity to which they go will providej
for their accommodation.
"Undergraduate nurses will be paicT
from $35 io $20 a week, traveling ex-"
oenses will be paid, and the comrauh-^
ity will make provision for their up-j
keep.
"Nurses' aides will be paid accord-'
ing to their experience. It is our planj
to send about two nurses' aides to-j
gether with a registered nurse to- com-]
munities requiring considerable at-l
tention and when the work has been!
well organized, the nurse can be sehtj
to other communities, and the aides]
carry.on the relief measures.
"Counties suffering most severely!
from influenza at present are G'reen-|
wood. McCormick, Laurens. Chester,!
Florence, York, Lexington and]
Lee. McCormick has many casesJ
Parksville and Troy have also suffer-1
ed; Mullins has been undergoing a|
4ego by the disease; BishopvilleX
Rock Hill and York have all suffered.!
"In Lander College, GreenwoodJ
there are 50 patients in bed. and^ al
nurse and physician are wanted. Thef
church home school in York has also!
asked for assistance as a number ofj
teachers and pupils have already been!
affected by the disease, and others]
are being infected daily.
"There are many ^instances of dis
tress and suffering over the State, in
many places several members of the
family have boon ill at the same time,
and help was unavailable.
"The call for nurses and doctors is
urgent, and I hope that physicians
who can safely absent themselves
from their practices will get ina
touch with me, so that immediate
steps may be taken to cbeck the fur-J
ther spread of the mal?.dy."
Cotton Men Confer
. D. Hammett Interested in!
General Manufacturers'
Business.
Washington, Jan. 17.?J. D. Ham
mett, a, well known cotton mill man]
I of South Carolina, is in Washington]
' conferring with mil! men from other]
sections of the country relative to a]
general conference of cotton men to'
be held in Washington in the nearj
future. Not only will all phases off
the cotton situation be discussed, both'
from the standpoint of the grower]
and the manufacturer, but efforts will]
also be directed toward sendiaig rep-j
resentatives to the peace conference.
GllEAT EXODUS OF TROOPS.
Nearly 27,000 Americans Leava,
France in Week. ?
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Paris. Jan. 10.? During" the wooX'1
ended January S American troops to *
the number of 26,98$ left France for
the United States. The homeward
bound contingents comprised 1,1S3
officers and 25.797 men.
The week's departures raised the
total of soldiers returned to the Uni
ted States to 178,104, of which num
ber 13.613 were officers and 166,4S65
enlisted men.
DUIXKERS' LAST KESOUT.
j ionic ?.IaUc Wine. Says Counsel for*
1? rowers.
New York. Jan. 3 0.?Home made
wine, from "devices already on the
market for making alcoholic bever
ages in the home" will be the last re
:or; of drinkers under nation wide
prohibition, according to a statement
tonight by Wm. H. Hirst, counsel for
the United States Brewers' Asso
ciation. Mr. Hirst asserted that ''peo
ple are going to have wine just as
long as nature produces the materi
ils."
"Already there are 'devices on the
market for making alcolholic bev
rages it: the home." he said. "Nei
Lher a federal amendment nor any
?ther device can stop the Amieriean
oeople from making their own wine."
The bright lights of some of New
\ ork's carbarets will not be dimmed
?y prohibition, according to their
nanagers. who said their establish
ments were "primarily restaurants
tnd liquor is not the largest item iri
>ur business." j