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Great Powers Will Support Wil son's Plan for League of i . Nations. I ?pmAL PROBLEM IN PROCESS OF SETTLEMENT Ig?gae of Nations Will Keep ?Supervise Administration of C&srman Colonies. Paris, Jan .30.?The announcement ?w^. made in authoritative quarters today that the great colonial pow ?? erfis^ notably Great Britain and use, had accepted in principle the proposal put forward by ident Wilson for the league cf >ns exercising supervision over German colonies and allotting ? -administration to mandatory _ .The communication issued tonight makes the official announcement that '^satisfactory provisional arrange ments were reached for dealing with the Qensau colonies and the occupied IfitfjSteviee of Turkey in Asia," The provisional arrangement to which, the .communication refers is : tife acceptance of the principle of President "Wilson's plan of mandatory ^dmmi^ering of the colonies. ?The reference to the occupied ter Trjt5ory.-;o? Turkey in Asia indicates that Mesopotamia, Palestine, Armenia and :". Syria ar-s brought within the scope ;pf/' this new pohcy of dealing with t&'eolonies. -? Thns -has suddenly come within of .practical accomplishment one of the most sweeping changes in co loajal management that ever has oc '?K?red. ,'The basic idea of this policy that the colonies will be ad minis ^red by mandates for the benefit of ifie?? own people and not exploited as profit making enterprises by the papers claiming them. -J^ While acceptance of the principle is T^lth the condition that details may "^.worked out on a practical basis yet &?ehanges among the powers led to .^ie belief that the details will be formulated for acceptance by all the cronies and powers, including Great Qggjtain, France, Japan, Belgium and [^pttag&L: The most formidable op come from Premier les of Australia, who has. main tained that . anything short of out :?^^t\ annexation of New Guinea to A^ralia might, endanger the friend :-3y?feeljtogs\ towards the mother coun ty :;Thls, . however, is in process of be .tnjjr reconciled by concessions on de 3??3*put in any event the opposition ..^vjoonsidered to have lost its effec .^ytscess since the British home gov ernment and South Africa are favor >^ new colonial policy. ? Prudent Wilson has taken a lead ing part in the animated discussions add acceptance of the new principle 5? being credited largely to his deter- \ Sained attitude. There is no desire: fas American quarters, however, toi herald a victory, hut on the contrary ] an "earnest desire is shown that the; mandatory powers shall not be ham pered in the least by the administra tion of the .colonies. ?Acceptance of the new principle is] construed as applying not only to the] colonies but also as the establishment df ;a precedent of the fair dealing which will prevail when the large ter ritorial questions come up for decison fetter.. ;X>wing to the important decision reaches the following precise infor mation concerning the mandatory plan was made available: Three broad ?proposals for the disposition of the German colonies were advanced. The, first proposed annexation, much as the. Pacific Northwest was annexed asj American territory. \Th& second proposed international administration similar to the first in ternational control of the Congo, w^dfei proved a failure, as did similar systems in Albania and Morocco. The third proposal was the mandatory* S3*stem which was Included in the American plan for a league of na tions. There are two conceptions of this mandatory -system now under exami nation. One plan makes the league of nations trustee of the colonies work ing through particular states as its agent, but reserving detailed powers of oversight. The second is that the ?trustee shall be one of the members of the league of nations and working -tear, justice administration. Certain military principles obtain ? concerning the mandatory system. The state chosen as a mandate should be chosen as the choice of the peo ple to be governed. Another princi ple is the open door and equal oppor tunity. All nations are forbidden to have a greater military force than is required for police work and all have .the right of appeal to the league for any injustice. Opinion inclines also to give the mandate in perpetuity in order to stimulate development, but with the reservation that the mandate is re- j vocable . for misgovernment or through the people reaching the stage : of self-government. Tbjy^tare the main features of the mandatory, system which the powers novr i^aw* -accepted in principle and which the great powers are engaged in 'formulating the practical details. London, Jan. 31.?Telegrams from Belfast depict a situation which seems ekin to that which recently obtained jn German cities under revolutionary role. The Daily Mail says the city i8 ruled by a strike committee, in stead of city officials. Xew. Tork, Jan. 31.?Twb hangars j were destroyed by fire at the naval aviation station at Rockaway Point today, but the commander of the sta tion reported that the six planes in each hangar were removed before the] flames attacked the buildings. AMERICANS NOT DICTATING PLAN League of Nations Will Be Formed by Combined Ef forts of All Allies. AMERICANS DELEGATES IN RESPECTIVE ATTITUDE The General Purpose of the Pro posed League is to Secure World Peace. Paris, Jan. 30.?No distinctively American" plan will be submitted ini tially to the committee of the peace conference appointed to work out the details of the constitution and the functions of the league of na tions, as had been suggested, it was learned today. The American repre sentatives, it appears, believe it will be easier to secure the results desired by, them and insure the energetic pro motion of an acceptable plan if some other power than the United States stands sponsor for the scheme. The American plan is to occupy a receptive position, favoring such por tions of the different projects ad vanced as seem desirable, though it appears to be accepted that the basic plan will be that which was framed by Lord Robert Cecil and is to. be proposed by Premier Lloyd George. An effort is being made to hurry the consideration of the league of na tions plan of organization by the spe cial committee of the conference but it is not expected that the committee will be ready to report at the next plenary session of the peace making body. Concerning the league, Capt. Andre Tardieu of the French peace delega tion said the general aim of the peace conference was to establish a league. As the conference went on a number of questions would arise, and these ,/ould be solved in the same spirit as that underlying the league of nations. Florida Truckers Make Protest Appeal to Iner-State Commerce Commission Against Increas ed Refrigerator Car Rates. Washington, Jan. 31.?R. Hudson Burr, representing Florida Public JUtilities Commission, told the senate interstate commerce committeee that the railroad administration had agreed to postpone for one week the effec tive date of increases in refrigerator car rates, which were to be effective ?tomorrow. Floirda shippers have been called to, meet in Washington next week to protect against the in crease. -.? Half Million Men in Regular Army Military Committee of Honsel Unanimous for Force of That Size. Washington, Jan. 31.?A regular army of five hundred thousand was unanimously decided on today by the house military committee as basis for determining the appropriation for army pay for the year beginning next July. The committee members said that number is expected to b? aver age force during the year. The Russians Are Obdurate Two Independent Governments Refuse to Meet the Bolsheviki. Paris, Jan. .31.?The peace confer ference so far has had two rep"; s to the invitation to various Russia gov ernments for a conference at Princes Island. The government of North Russia formally refuses to meet the Bolsheviki. The Omsk government, while less categorical, expresses strong reserve. -? The Legislature Bill for Good Roads Bonds In troduced in House. _ Columbia, Jan. 31.?The house of represent?, rives today passed the bill providing for the election of the State Game Warden by the legislature and sent the compulsory education I bill to the senate. A bill was introduced in the house I providing for an election on an issue j of $25,000.000 bonds for good roads. I Expressmen to Strike j - Dislike Officials and May Quit Work in Consequence. St. P<iul, Jan. 31.?The taking of a strike vote throughout the country has been started by the Expresmen's Union, Eugene J. Gardos, chairman of th<> executive committee, announc ed today. The men are said to be dis satisfied with action of officials, who are hold overs from the staffs of pri vately owned companies, in opposing the unionization of employees. New York, Jan. 31.?Three persons are reported missing and twenty were removed to the hospital following an explosion which wrecked the plant of the Products Corporation here ioday. All the victims were employees. Annapolis, Jan. 31.?Secretary Dan iels presented commissions to one hundred and sixty-three members of the fifth and final reserve officers' class at the naval academy today. HOUSE EXPLAINS FAMINE RELIEF An Allied Commission Will Di rect the Work of Relief in JSurope. ALL THE ALLIES WILL SHARE RESPONSIBILITY People of Enemy Countries Will 3Be Provided With Food as Well as Neutrals. "Washington. Jan. CO.?Correspond ence between Col. E. M. House as the American representative of the su i preme war council and the foreign ministers of - Great Britain, France and Italy showing the origin and development of ;.he commission for world food relief with Herbert C. Hover as director general was made public today by the state department. The original plan as suggested by President Wilson presiding among other things for the use of the Ger man passenger tonnage in returning American and British troops home and carving food on the return trips was accepted subject to a few changes recommended by the ^ench govern ment and approved b^ uie other gov ernments. These include provision for a commission to direct the work through the director general rather than that this responsibility be left with the supreme war council. While readily agreeing to the pro posal that America should take the management of tho administration of the relief, the French foreign, minis ter said it was vital that the aid be given as coming from all the allies "and that the enemy should not con sider that divergence of views exists as lofty as that which the associated governments actuated by the same spirit are pursuing." To prevent .profiteering, the presi dent's plan provided that the director general make his purchases directly from the respective food administra tions of the associated governments cr from established agencies in neu tral countries and this was approved. The correspondence shows that the activities of the organization contem plate aid for enemy populations asj . well as for those liberated from ene my yoke and the neutrals continguous to enemy countries. The enemy must pay for their supplies, but" money would be loaned other nations for the purchase of supplies except in some cases where charity would be necessary.. *?"? Reformatory Opened Industrial School for "Girls at Campbeilo Completed.^ Columbia, Jan. 30.?By a procla mation Gov. Cooper today announced I the opening of the Industrial School for Girls at Campobello. The procla mation follows: Whereas the South Carolina In dustrial School for Girls at Campobel lo, created by act of the general as sembly in j 1918, has been'equipped with buildings and other facilities sufficient to receive inmates of which fact I have been formally ad vised by the board of trustees, and the provisions of the act creating the South Carolina Industrial School for Girls having been fully complied with; "Now, therefore, I, Robert A. Coop er, Governor of the State of South Carolina, in conformity with section i* of said act do hereby proclaim the South Carolina Industrial School for Girls ready to receive inmates ac cording to the laws governing admis sion to the institution; and I do here by charge and requme that girls and young women offenders against the laws of the Stat?> failing within the provisions of the said act shall upon j their conviction be committed to the South Carolina Industrial Schoo1 forj j Girls such magistrates. probate courts or whatever tribunals before whom they are tried and convicted, instead of confinement in municipal or county jails cr the State peniten tiary." Charges Are Made Against Packers Names of Witnesses and All Evidence to Be Turned Over to Congress. Washington, Jan. 31.?The names of the witnesses upon whose strength of testimony charges of collusion among the five leading packers were 1 made by the Federal Trade Commis- 1 sion will be submitted volun arily by ' the commission to the hot inter- ] state commerce committee, togetherj< with all other testimony and evidence j gathered during the investigation of (( tho meat industry. Chairman Colver { : of the commission so informed the j 1 committee today. j1 Nat Goodwin Dead i, New York. Jan. 31.?Xat Goodwin, j }> the famous actor, died at a hotel j i here early today after a brief illness, p Death was due to a general break j < down, following an operation for re- ; 1 moval of the right eye several months i 1 ago. He was born in Boston in 1857. U -h Glasgow. Jan. 31.?Several persons [ \ were injuieci today when the police if charged a crowd of strikers with batons. The mounted police wer*-' called out and many arrests wereM made. ! 1 Washington. Jan. 31.?Unanimous t nppjoval of the administration's newjf three-year naval program, with the t number of capital ships reduced from 11 sixteen to ten because of differences | c among experts over the value "of bat-Id ?He cruisers, was voted todny^by the j r house naval committee. ' t PARIS BANDITS USE UNIFORM Criminals Masquerade as Amer ican Soldiers and Bring Un merited Blame on Them. PARIS CHIEF OF POLICE MAKES STATEMENT RirT Raff of All Armies and the Paris Apaches Jointly Create Reign of Crime in France Paris. Jan. 30 (By the Associated Prest.)?That Apaches of all nation alities dressed in American uniforms v.Tere mainly responsible for the acts of violence which have caused broad east publicity to ho given to an al leged American orhae wave in Paris, was shown by an investigation- con ducted by the Associated Press today. It was further ascertained that as saults and hold ups are infinitesimal in number as compared with the pub lished figures of the crime wave, ex isting nearly exclusively in the vivid imagination of sensational local news papers. An opportunity was presented to verify at police headquarters the fig ures respecting crime during; fast De cember. Thirty-four murders charg ed to Americans were discredited and dwindled to two; 244 hold ups and assaults were reduced by SO per cent. There have been numberous fistic encounters, however, but they were mostly between Americans, old fash ioned rough and tumble brawls, -in which arrests are rarely made in American cities where for the most part -the pugnacious individuals would be merely requested by the police to go home, or a humorous policeman would advise: "If you want to fight, go to Europe." Brig. Gen. William W. Harts of the United States army, in a state ment given out today, says: ' The reports concerning the large number of murders by American sol diers in Paris are untrue. They, are greatly exaggerated. The number of military police in Paris have been in creased merely because of the greater number of soldiers passing through the city, not because of unusual dis orders. The statistics show that the American soldiers are maintain ing their high standard of discipline in every detail, wherever they may be." The Paris chief of police, M. Mou | ten, said he was greatly pleased at the cooperation of the American . de tectives who have recently arrived here. , "We have established a liaison be tween the dmcers of the American provost marshal and police head quarters," he added. "The French and Amer'can police are working in harmony." Chief Mouton refused to make a statement on the extent of crime, but said that outside of some thefts of automobiles, to the prejudice of the American army, American soldiers did not deserve the hard reputation which, had gone abroad through va rious reports. A high official at police headquar ters referring to the^ department's records previously mentioned and the street brawls said: "Xot all of these may be charged to Americans as there have been many cases in which the similarity of the uniforms of Australians and Americans has led to the Americans being blamed for fights and hold-ups in which the Australians were engag ed or committed. There have been some arrests by the British military police of Australians for misdemean-' ors and crimes, where at first Amer icans were thought to be guilty. There are also many men, who are engaged in labor at the various Am er-1 ican departments, recruits from among working men of all nationali ties and who were discharged after the armistice. They are wearing dis carded American uniforms and in sev eral cases they have been found guilty of holdups. "Also, our own Apaches, strong in the belief of immunity through the popularity of the American uniform, have obtained by hook or crook some of these uniforms and have gone about their work in earnest. "Surely there are some real Amer icans guilty hut the percentage is not nearly as great as that publish ed." THE DEADLY GAS. Will Xo%v bo Utilized in Making Op tical Glass. New York, Jan. 31.?The deadly phosgene gas once used on the battle front in France now has been employ ed in the peaceful pursuit of bleach ing sand used in the manufacture of eyeglasses and optical lenses, accord ing to Dr. David T. Day of the Geophysical Laboratory of the Car negie Institution. This gas is com posed of chlorine, oxygen and carbon monoxide. It destroys the iron oxide which causes the red and brownish tints of sand. says the American Chemical Society. It adds that the [Jnited States has a lirm grip on the nanufacture of phosgene gas with vhieh this country was prepared to ! overwhelm the German armies. This ?jas given the United States an op )ortunity to manufacture optica1 i class which formerly was imported md it is announced that all the 121 'arieties of glass now can be produc- 1 ?d in this country with ease. i A bill was introduced by Senator t ,Y. P. Baskin last Friday and also ( >y Representative R. M. Cooper. Jr., f n the house the same day to have i h<> tax levy for Lee county reduced rom s 1-2 mills to 6 1-4. It seemed r hat the assessment of property in ,?>o was raised out of proportion to >ther counties and our wide-awake 3 telegation took in the situation and t >ad this reduction made to equalize i he taxes.?Bishopv?le Vindicator. 1c STAB WILSON IN THE BACK Lodge and Knox Viciously Criti cise Colonial Plan Accepted * By Peace Conference. STEEL TRUST KONX SAYS IT IS PREPOSTEROUS Mouth iece Lodge of the Old Line Stand Pat Republicans Berates President Wilson. Washington, Jan. 31.?Republicans in the senate today sharply attacked the plan for dealing: with the German colonies and occupied territories of Turkey in Asia, which, it was an nounced in Paris yesterday, had beer i proposed by President Wilson and ' accepted in principle by the supreme I council. Senator Lodge declared the report o ' 5 plan was "absolutely un helievable." Senator Knox asserted that the proposed obligations would involve a "stupendous and preposter jous undertaking." The Auomobile Tax Why Car Owners are Willing tc Bear the Burden of Good Roads Taxation. Columbia. Jan. 80.?The legislator which will be asked at this session ol the General Asembly looking to th( construction o fa system of permanent roads in Souih Carolina will not oal for an election on a bond issue bu' will provide for the taking of cer j rain steps paving the way for an elec lien on the bond issue in 1920. The Rock Hill Record recently h commenting on the proposition to re fund a bond issue of this sort by c tax on automobiles declared Ilia this would not prevent the propose*, j bond issue from being a liabilit: against every taxpayer in the State R. A. Wilson, of Rock Hill, reply ing to The Record, declared that statment was correct and added tha all State bond issues are. "The question naturally arises,' says Mr. Wilson, "as to why the tax payer should pledge his credit fo sueh a proposition. Tn consideratioT of "this credit the auto owners ar< willing for the public to have fre' use of these roads without one cen of cost to the taxpayer. Now wha will such a system of roads be worti to the taxpayers? It is my humbh opinion that such a system of road: will do more to increase the mater la!, educational and religious inter ests of the community than anythinj that we can do. It will save million: of dollars in the cost of marketin? our crops alone and how much mor< it will save in the cost of transport ing other commodities is impossible to figure. "It will be a promoter of the con solidated rural school in that the pu pil will be able to travel a greater distance to school in less time and a1 iess cost than at present. "It will promote better attendance upon church services because the churches will be more accessible to the rural members. "It will promote social intercourse between people living in the country' and those living in the towns and cities. "It is useless for me to waste my time and yours in trying to enumerate the many advantages of good roads for you and all other thinking peo ple know what they are. "Now if the auto owners are wil ! ling to do something that will be worth so much to the taxpayers, isn't it worth while for the taxpayers to 'end their credit for this purpose pro vided he is convinced that the auto owner is able and willing to pay the bill. The only guarantee that we have that he will be able to pay the bill is precedent. The number of autos licensed in the State in the past three vears were as follows: Tn 103 6. 19.000 j ?n 1 f> 17. 37.000: in 1918, HO.000. Now is it not reasonable to suppose that we will have not less than 100,000 by 1921. t "Of course it is unreasonable to suppose that the increase will stop here, but if it should, the revenue from the number of cars will be suffi cient to pay the bill. You might say hat it is possible that autos will go out of style within the next ten years. Of course it is impossible to foretell the future, but we must believe that the time will never come when there will not be som^ kind of motor driven vehicle to use the i oads and pay the tax. The man that buys the bonds has no more of a guarantee that there will be any taxable properly in the State in ten years than the taxpayer has that there will be' autos to pa1", ->ff the bonds. Both the man that ?>uys the bonds and the taxpayer will have to apply good old "hoss sense" to the proposition and figure the fu ure by what has taken place in the ->ast. 'Now as to the constitutionality of che proposition it sterns to me that, f it is constitutional to tax autos 25c :>er horse power for the privilege of blowing through muddy roads, with out even asking their consent to th? ax, .t certainly ought to be constitu ional to tax: them $1.00 per horse >ow.^r for the privilege of gliding over i system of paved roads. Most es >ecially when he is proposing the tax. "If there is any State in the union hat de??! n?">t tn\- aut^s f?r the priv lege of using the roads, I have nev >r heard, of it and I am not willing! o believe that the live million auto iwners in America are so good natur d that they would sit and to be taxed n violation of their constitutional ights ofr bumoing over the kind of oads we have had in the past." New York. Jan. SI:?Christy fathewson may become manager of he Giants, according to reports cur ent in well informed baseball cir-11 les today. j t FOOD DEALERS ! HAVE FREE HAND ?Control by the Food Adminis tration Has Been Re laxed. FEW ARTICLES REMAIN UNDER THE RESTRICTION ?_ . r e "S i ? j ? ? Cotton Seed Products and Eggs Still Subject to Regulations of Administration. > Washington, Jan. 31.?Removal of all restrictions on margins of profit 1 on foodstuffs except cottonseed pro ducts and eggs and cancellation of ? mont license requirements on import i ers and distributors, effective tomor- . I rov.- were announced today by the ? food administration on authority of J a proclamation signed by President ? Wilson at Paris. 1 The following, only, remain under 1 license: - Importers and distributers of wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley and elevators and warehouses storing these .grains and rice. Importers, manufacturers and dis tributers of fresh or canned beef, ? pork or cotton, cotton seed, cottonseed products, lard, butter and eggs and sugar. Importers and manufacturers., of rice, rice flour, wheat flour and wheat 1 mill feeds, and cold storage ware f houoe men. ' The margins still allowed are: Re- . *L tail cold storage and fresh eggs, sev 1 en to eight cents a dozen; cotton.seed t lard substitutes at wholesale,, one and quarter to two cents a pound on " more than 50 young packages, 8;to" 10 per cent, on less than 50 pound. 1 packages, and five to six cents or 18 " to 22 per cent, at retail. Wholesale 1 margins on eggs''differ according. to/ ^ the number of services performed by the wholesaler or jobber. ' In addition to the regulations can celled by the proclamation, all re maining special regulations governing ? manufacturers and distributers of ' butter were repealed. In making its announcement the food administration warned dealers that the provisions of the food .con 1 trol act, prohibiting profiteering and 1 unfair practices would be rigidly en s forced. I This*action by the president virtual ? ly brings to an end the activities bf 1 ihe food administration except for the 1 continued control of the ' excepted ' commodities which, officials explain 3 ed, is necessary either because of con tractural obligations of the govern " ment or because of determination to r maintain stabilized prices. It wa? prfe s dieted by these officials that most ? remaining functions would cease be- * - fore March 1. - - Eight Hour Day Is Demanded Demonstration to be Made in New York Monday. New York, Jan. 31.?Orders direct ing 700,000 members of the United Textile Workers of America to es tablish an eight hour day Monday re gardless of objections of employers were issued'today by the union's ex ecutive committee, according to an announcement here tonight. John Golden, general president of the union, said the order had been telegraphed to 380 local unions j throughout the country, and that re sponsibility for the next step was up to the manufacturers." We are put ting the eight hour day into effect,** . he said, "and if the manufacturers don't like it, it is their next move." Many mill owners, it is said, have announced their determination to shut down the mills if the workers insist on altering working hours. Union officials said that for the present a 44 hour week would be put into effect with an eight hour day and a half holiday on Saturday. The un >on is said to be willing, however, to sign an agreement for a 48 hour week with a. working day of eight and three quarrer hours, and a half holiday on Saturday. The present working week . Is 5-5 hours. Sunday School Convention Forty-Second Annual Meeting to Be Held in Florence. Florence, Jan. 31.?Florence will be the host of the forty-second annual State Sunday School Convention, ac cording to an announcement made here today. At an enthusiastic meet ing of pastors and business men, art invitation was extended to the State Sunday School Association to hold their annual convention in Florence on June 3-4-5. Mr. J. B. Aiken, a prominent business man, was elected general chairman of the convention arrangements. Associated with him .is chairman and members of commit tees will be some of the strongest business and professional men in Florence. The State Sunday School Conven tion, held annually, is without doubt :he 'argest gathering of religious vorkers held in South Carolina. At he last convention, which was held in Greenwood, in addition to the 1,998 ?egistered delegates, there were a arge number in attendance who did tot register. The convention will be :clf-entertaining.<as was the case last ?ear in Greenwood. Glasgow. Feb. ' 1.?Thousands of roops have arrived here and sentries rith fixed bayonets are stationed at trat^gic points about the city. Every hing is quiet this afternoon. One of he strike leaders in the Clyde dia rict has been arrested.