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THK SU31TER WATCHMAN, ?stab Copsolidated Aug. 2,1 Heavy Losses Inflicted on Bol shevist Forces in Archangel Sector. ENEMY WAS DRIVEN BACK AFTER HARD FIGHT Chinese Troops .Are Fighting f With the Bolsheviki. Archangel, Feb. 5?By the As- ] p soeiated Press.?Heavy losses were in- j 0 dieted on the Bolsheviki by the |||&merican forces Tuesday and the j enemy was driven back in disorder ' from the village of Vistavka. on the " ~Vaga. The American casualties were [ ! five killed and several wounded. A Many Bolshevik soldiers were taken ^ .prisoner, by the Americans. ->',' The enemy early in the morning j /'/ began a bombardment with field guns and howitzers, and under cover of a j shrapnel and pompon barrage essayed; a frontal attack with infantry in the ? Arctic twilight at 3 o'clock in the aft- : ernoon. --The American troops, who j were rested after their retirement j from Shenkursk and were now es- j tablished in a good position, poured a i heavy fire lrom the artillery and ma-j " chine guns into the charging Bolshev-J v iki. whose ranks broke and fled into j the woods. Captured Bolsheviki declared that j the enemy had planned a flank attack j simultaneously with the frontal j _ movement, but this was abandoned j when the Vitastavka attempt" failed. Chinese and 3VJanchu troops are now j included in the Bolshevik forces op- j pesing the Americans on the Vaga.; So .far these have been held in re-! serve, but the Americans are pre-1 paring a warm reception for the yel- j yellow soldiers if they appear in the I fighting line, in view of stories reach- j insr them of the Manchu treatment of j prisoners in the Baltic provinces. Yesterday's defeat of the enemy on .' the Vaga, together with his failure on; the Dvina, typifies the spirit of the Ar.\?"2can and other allied troops, who j are fighting with the utmost determi- j ' ^r&%pan._ to hold theirs positions* until j ? reinforcements can reach them. These j defeats have considerably7 lowered the \ enomy morale, but the Bolsheviki are; be'ng constantly reinforced. and whHe their offensive has been tempo rarily checked, there are indications ? that it will be renewed when fresh Bolsheviki forces reach their line. Details were received at headquar ters today of the bravery displayed by a little squad of about 15 French men, who were victims of an enemy raid on.the village of Bolshire Ozera Monday. Mistaking the enemy for re turning Russian prisoners of war, the French detachment permitted the Bolsheviki to advance close to their - pc&tibh. Then they found themselves surrounded by a force of 150 of the Wtemy: Called upon to surrender, the French refused and tried to figh ffreir* way out. . Two were killed, three were wounded and six were un accounted for for a time. Four of these six turned up today, two of them wounded, apparently having es caped- from their captors. The situation is unchanged on the Dvina and railroad fronts. AlUed troops were again forced to retire in the face of Bolshevik attacks along the Pinega river, but the positions of the Americans at the town of Pinega have not been attacked. Attacks World League Senator Reed Refers to Plan as "Witches Cauldron." Washington, Feb. 5.?Another ad dress attacikng the proposed league of nations was made in the senate today .by Senator Reed, of Missouri, Demo crat, who criticised the plan as a "witch's cauldron" which might in volve the United States in.untold for eign complications. He referred to the Bryan arbitration treaties, adding: "WTiile we were swinging incense to the God of peace, Germany was -forging her weapons for war." "Today at Paris," Senator Reed de clared, "we are dreaming the old dream of a super nation, a brother hood of man, a common control of all the races of the world." Referring to reports that the United States might participate in the manda tories over Turkey, Senator Reed de clared that imposition upon "the un speakable Turk of American institu tions would be just as much a viola tion of freedom as imposition of Turk ish institutions in this country." Delay in making peace with the enemy was criticised by Senator Reed who estimated the loss by holding armies in the field at about $100,000. 00O daily. "All are awaiting peace." he added, 'and what is peace awaiting? Xot the settlement of disputes with Ger many and Austria; not the conditions of this war, but is dependent on glor ious dreams that have to do with South Sea Islands and remotest quar ters of the globe?conditions that can not be accomplished in ten thousand years." Paris, Feb. 6.?A meeting of the supreme inter-allied war council will be held Friday to decide the question as to the strength of forces to be maintained in service by the different entente armies. *&ed April, 1850. *<Be ixuft a _ \ 881. SI Big Five Controlled Policy of i Food Administration by Hav ing Employes on Board. - HOOVER SUBMITTED TO PACFER DICTATION Packers Appealed to President to Call Off Investigation With out ? Result?Packer Attorney Says They Never Asked for Hearing. Washington, Feb. 5.?Edward C. Lasater of the National Live Stock As sociation's executive committee charg ed before the house interstate com merce committee today that the poli cies of the food administration were determined by the five big packing concerns and carried out by employ ees cf the packers serving the gov ernment for .$1 a year. .Mr. Lasater formerly was chief of the administra tion's live stock and meat division and this was his third day on the stand at hearings before the committee on legislation for government regulation of the meat industry. In testifying before the house com mittee Mr. Lasater said that when Herbert C. Hoover first was appoint ed food administrator he had told the witness that he would not in. ite a sin gle packer to "sit at his council ta ble because they had a reputation that stunk to heaven." '"But such an influence was brought to bear on him." said the witness, "that he chose to disregard their odor. Within three weeks he had arranged to have the packers take sole charge cf the meat end of the industry." ! J. P. Cotton, described by the wit I ness as "a packer lawyer from New [ York," was appointed head of the meat division. Mr. Lasater said, and Hurry A. Wheeler, a "packer bank er of Chicago" was appointed* to sit with the packers at their meetings. Mr. Lasater declared that in addition Si a year men in the packers* employ served the food administration in many departments and thai, not a thing was done which was not known of and approved by the packers. Henry Veeder. counsel for Swift & Company, was the witness today be : fore the senate committee. He read i letters and telegrams relating to the ! unsuccessful efforts of the packing ; companies to bring about a change in [the federal trade commission's meth od of conducting.its "nouiry. i Mr. Veeder said he failed to obtain a personal interview with the presi '. dent and thereupon Louis F. Swift, president of Swift & Company, wrote the president, protesting that the j commission's investigation was un fair. Secretary Tumulty replied un der date of February 27. saying the president had "looked into the mat ter," and that "his inquiry had con vinced him that there would be no warrant for him interfering with the judgment and ac of the commis : sion." j Repeated efforts were made to in | fluence other officials to obtain a change in the manner of the investi gation. Mr. Veeder said, but they were unsuccessful. These criticisms brought from Francis J. Keney,-Cor djcting the cross examination a chal : lerge for the witness to name a sin gle case in which the nackers had been denied the right to be heard. Mr. Veeder said they had sought no hearing because they believed it would be useless. > Paupers Now Rieh Discovery of Oil in Drouth Re gion of Texas Enrich Ruined Farmers. Pallas, Texas. Feb. 4.?Some of the j West Texas farmers .who 'deserted j their homes last summer in pitiful whit** lines of old prairie wagons are now going back in automobiles. Driv en out by a three years drought, they jare going back as oil men. Stretches of land where the drought had virtually withered every leaf cf vegetation and from which the dis I heartened farmers departed for the ' cotton fields and other more pros perous sections, arc within the new oil district. Some of the farmers who strag gled, almost penniless, from the "parched zone" a few months ago can qualify as oil magnates, according to Vance Muse of the Port Worth Cham ber of Commerce, who has just com pleted a tour of Ranger. Eastland, Cisco. Breckenridge DeLeon. Moran. Gorman and other towns in the heart of the new oil district He says the population in many counties, almost completely deserted last summer, has reached unprecedented figures. Leases are being sold for a few acres at vastly larger sums than en tire farms would have brought a year ago and enormous investments have been made. The legislature had expected to adopt measures for relief of drought sufferers, but since the discovery of oil little interest has been shown in the proposed action. There have been abundant fall rains that assured crops in districts outside the oil territory. As soon as the price of steel and other material reaches a normal level steps should be taken to build the new jail which was authorized by legisla tive action several years ago, and for which bonds were issued. nd Fear not?Dot all the ends Thon AI JHTES, S. C, SATUftD House Leader Kitchen Presents Measure for Consid eration. I LAW Tv'ILL RAISE SIX BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR Burden Will Be Borne by Cor porations and Individuals With Big Incomes. 4 Washington, Feb. G.?With the sub mission to congress today of the long delayed war revenue bill, the Amer ican people were presented with their prospective federal tax budget for 1919 and ensuing years. The bill will raise something over six billions this year, and four bi'lions thereafter, sub ject to future revision. The bill was presented by Majority Leader Kitch en. It is regarded as assured of ; adoption by both houses. The bulk of the taxes are levied up I on war excess profits of corporations, [ and on incomes of individuals and 1 corporations. j The important income "tax section of the bill retains all the senate rates. ! normal and surtaxes, including that of [ twelve per cent cn corporation in comes cf last year, in excess of credits previously allowed, but fixes the rate for subsequent years at ten per cent. Must Sell on Credit - Not Enough Cash Available Says Expert. i Washington. Feb. 5?If the United States is to sell its surplus wheat to the allies this .year, the transaction must be on a credit basis, Julius I Barnes, head of the food administra tion grain corporation, told the house I agricultural committee roday at hear i ings on legislation to provide a meui I od for carrying out the government guaranteed piice of $2.2t5 a bushel for ; the 19ID wheat-crop, j The allies have not the financial ! ability to pay cash for the wheat, it j yrp* tft-plafnrfly -nmWhe-'Umted Startes j government will have to extend a ! credit. At present the treasury has ! no power to make loans to the allies ! after peace is declared, although ] congress is considering a treasury re i quest to be permitted to extend the junused portion of about SI.500.000,000 j of credits already authoriezd for war j loans to allies for peace time pur ! chases in this country. In this connection Representative : yi.ijn;; of Texas commented the* he . mid*rstocd Great Britain was going to j South America : grain because Ar ; gentina was ' ?ding money to finance I the deals, .vir. Barnes told the com i :r.i'*"~ 'Si at the allies had agreed tc ! irrender their resale option on 100. I 000,000 bushels of wheat contracted ! for in th's country and would take !the grain, the treasury having advanc \ od ?200.000.00G to finance the trans I action. Hubert J. Horan of Philadelphia said the 'fiour trade was much exer j cised over present conditions because a sudden break in the wheat mar 1 i:et would mean bankruptcy to deal ers carrying large stocks. Ships Strike Mines Three Vessels Believed to Have Been Sunk. Southshields. Eng.. Feb. 5.?The i UritiSh sloop Penarth is reported to have beep sunk by a mine 23 miles ? off the fyne River. Two trawlers have picked up 4 0 members of the crew. Two ships, a Norwegian fishing steamer and a Swedish steamer have been sunk by mines with the loss of 25 lives, according to reports receiv . ed here. The Norwegian vessel was blown up outside the. Norwegian port of Stavager and eight fishermen were killed. The Swedish vessel sunk was the steamer Sphynx of 1.572 tons. Tt was on its way from England to Swed en with coal and went down near Co quet Island, off the east coast cf Scotland with the loss of 17 members of its crew. Sympathy for Ireland House Committee Asks Peace Conference to Consider Claims of Irish People. Washington, Feh. G.?The house foreign affairs committee today or dered favorably reported a resolution expressing the hope that the peace conference would "favorably considei the claims of Ireland, to the right ot self determination." Cotton for Switzerland Car^ Space Obtained for Twen ty Thousand Bates. Washington, Feb. 6.?Switezrland has obtained cargo space for the im mediate exportation of twenty thou sand bales of cotton. i( was h arn id today. Chicago, Feb. 4.?Mrs. Leonora Meder. a lawyer and club woman and former city commissioner of public works, today announced her candi dacy for mayor. She said she would run as a non-partisan. axu't at be tby OoruKry*?. Thy God's m AY, FEBRUARY 8, 191 Bill to Fix Forty-Eight Hour' for Cotton W Voted Down. Day for Cotton Mills GOV. COOPER SIGNS ALLEN COUNTY EILL Committee Appointed to Ar-1 ^ range for Welcome of Thir-j ! tieth Division. i _. * j Columbia. Feb. 6.?South Carolina | I now has forty-six counties. Allen j : countv having come into existence at ,12.30 o'clock- today, when Governor ICocpor signed the bill passed at this! [session, creating the new county with , jjAIlendale as the county seat. It was. i the first bill signed by the new gov- j i ernor. - I- The house by a vote of 69 to 21 to- j I day killed the bill providing for a 48 j ; hours week, work in the < *ton mills i j of the State. This bill i - ;d a j j ion^- discussion. j The house also killed a bill requir- j ; Ing dealers in gasoline to measure J gasoiine sold to consumers openly, j I This bill was aimed at measuring con j trivances used by most dealers, j Speaker Cothran and Hepresenta ! tives Hamblin and Crews were ap j pointed a committee from the house! ! to arrange for South Carolina's wel-j j come to the 30th Division. North j Carolina and Tennessee legislatures 1 are asked to appoint committees. Neutrals to Get Ships Shipping Board Arranges to; x Permit Norway, Sweden, Den mark and Holland to Increase Imports. i - Washington. Feb. 5.?As a result of j j negotiations conducted at Paris, Nor-j j way, Sweden, Holland and Denmark j ire to be permitted to import increas ed quantities of essential commodities jirom the victorious associated nations! Iland a large part of the 910.079 tons j *bf Danish. Swedish and -- - Norwegian j ! shipping now under charter to the J shipping board is to be returned, i Simultaneous announcements of the ; ouceome of the negotiations were j I made tonight by the war trade board; [and the shipping board. Under the' i economic agreement the four north-; ; ern European neutrals will be en- j j abled to increase materially their im-1 ? ports of cottcn. wcol and leather and j their manufactures as well as pe- ; i troleum and products, edible and. in : edible animals and vegetable oils, to baccos and coffee. The shipping board announced its: readiness to immediately begin re- f leasing to the Scandinavian govern- j ments the shipping now under charter or to cancel the contracts and return I the vessels direct to their owners. It] was specified, however, that such ves- j , sels as might be required for the I use of the commission for relief in j Belgium or European civilian relief: or of the governments associated with ! the United States in the war be re-. Jarned until the contracts expired! ! Dutch ships seized by the United | [States already are beinrr released asi ' rapidly as their present voyages or ; commitments are completed and the I same procedure will be followed with \ respect to the other ships. There are f now under shipping board control bl : Danish ships of 373,246 deadweight, tons: 61 Norwegian ships of 273.495.; deadweight tons-. 46 Norwegian sail-j ine ships of 118.429 tons and 31 Swed- I ish steamers of 14.911 tons. The war trade board's announce- j meat called attention to the fact that the limits as. to the Quantity of im- j ports by the northern neutrals of j many commodities, including cloth ing, machinery and rubber tires, had I been entirely removed some time ago and said that licenses to export those commodities, as well as cotton, woo'.: leather and the others on the list made public tonight, would be granted freely to American exporters. The new arrangement provides, j however, that all guarantees against reexportation of the commodities to enemy countries are to be strictly en forced. Hun Assembly Meets First Session Heid at Weimar This Afternoon. Amsterdam. Feb. G.?Herman Chan- * ceHor Ebert will open the first ses- ' sion of the German national assembly - at Weimar at '.\ o'clock this afternoon. ? Berlin advices state thai many mem- ' bers for Alsace-Lorraine have pre- ^ sent* il themselves for the first sit ting. Strike in Seattle i AI! Business Suspended This Morning When Union Order- t ed Big Strike. f c Seattle. Feb. c.?a general strike ; was called promptly at 10 o'clock this rcci aing. First reports from the downstown section said the street cars were started for the barns, ole- I rotator operators in large buildings abandoned their cars, und many res taurants were forced to close their e doors when the union cooks and -c waiters left. 'v ?& Track'*" THE TR?i 9. When American Army Was Thrown into the War Huns' Were Outclassed. LACKED THE NERVE TO FIGHT ORGANIZED ODD^ I When Armistice WTas Signed United States Had Nearly , Four Million Man Under Arms ? Washington, Fob. 5.?The total strength of the United States army on November 11th when the armis tice was signed was 3,70.>,27S ofticer/ and men. including the Marine Corps on duty with the army in France, according to the war department figures issued today. This showing indicated that the al lies cn July 1st for the first time ex ceeded the Germans in rifle strength and that on November 1st the allied rifle strength of 1.485,000 represented odds of upwards cf two to one. -,?.-1 Side-Step Suffrage Democratic Caucus Failed to Get Record Trote on Question? Pollock for Suffrage. Washington. Feb. 5.?Strategy of opponents of equal suffrage was said to have prevented a record vote in in dorsement of the Susan B. Anthony suffrage constitutional amendment resolution at a conference tonight of Democratic senators. After more than two hours of de bate Senator Jones of New Mexico, proposed indorsement of the constitu tional amendment measure. Twenty senators voted favorably but ail of the opponents refrained from voting and Senator Martin, the Democratic leader, who presided, declared that the reselution was not adopted because a quorum was not present. Before the vote on the Jones pro posal a motion of opponents of the i resolution to adjourn was defeated, ! 23. .to 17.. s After adjournment, Sei 1 ->r Jones, chairman of the woman si j ige com mittee, said the conference action left the matter open fcr further considera tion and would not affect his plans to call up the resolution in the senate next Monday. "When we came to final action," said FenavOr Jones, "there was not a majority of the conference present and therefore no quorum with which to act on the resolution. A larger ma jority cf those present, however, were in ?avor of the resolution." The political expediency of acting ?on the suffrage amendment was the principal theme of debate, which was marked by its vehemence. At times senators spoke so loudly that their voices reverberated through the thick doors of the conference room and echoed through the corridors. Advocates of the resolution argued that the fortunes of the Democratic party would be aided by favorable action on the equal suffrage question and said if it was defeated future po litical benefits would be received by the Republican party. Opponents were said to have contended that po litical expediency should not be a fac tor in so serious a matter as amend ing the constitution. The meeting, the first held by the| Democratic senators during the war, broke up in a roar of laughter over the ruling of Senator Martin on the i point of no quorum on the final vote. I It was announced that one more' recruit for the suffrage resolution had ! been gained in Senator Pollock of j South Carolina, who spoke in its sup- ; pert. Friends of the resolution said pri vately that it will be brought before, the senate next Monday with at least' 63 of the 96 votes assuerd in its fa vor. This would be one short of the required two-thirds but advocates ex-. pr< sed confidence that the one addi tional vote necessary for its adoption could be secured. Siek Report Issued Nearly Hundred Thousand Hi Overseas. Washington. Feb. ">.?Hospital re ports from the expeditionary forces show there wore 95,962 ;sick and wounded among the American sol diers on January 1C. This was n net decrease of 97.4S6 from the total on December 19. The total for January comprised 67.293 soldiers incapacitat ed as result of disease and 2S.669 from injuries. Society of Nations Vlagna Charter for World Peace ' One-Third Completed. , Paris. Feb. 6.-7-The society of na- 1 ions commission of the ponce confer mce has virtually covered one-third jf its task, it was otlici;i!!y announced , his ;i fternoon. GEN. BCWHEREFF SAYS *nssia Needs Moral and Material Sup- j port More Than Military. s Vladivostok. Dec. 20 (Correspond nee of the Associated Press)?Gen- ? iral Boldereff, member of the erst- 1 rhile Ufa directorate which was abol-~ 1 s southron, e*ta!>Hsbed Jana. MM VoLXLvH. No. 51. 0LSHEV1KI WE _EEHN6 Agree to Send Representatives to Princess Island Conference. I ENTENTE MUST NOT IN I TERFERE WITH RUSSIA i -_ Anti-Bolshevist Governments! ml Russia Will Not Agree to ? Truce With Enemies. - London. Feb. 6.?Bolshevist for eign Minister Tchitchererin anounces in o wireless dispatch from Moscow^ picked up here, that the soviet gov I eminent is willing to participate hi i the Princess Island conference if the entente powers will undertake not to . interfere with the affairs of Russia. Paris. Feb. C?When Boris*. A* Bakhemettef, a member of the "coun cil formed by the anti-Bolshevist fac tions here, was informed of the soviet acceptance he declared he was unable-; lo say what the Russian committee;h*v Paris would do pending a discussion.? He expressed surprise however, saying? that heretofore the Bolsheviki have indicated that they would not Par ticipate. He said the Bolsheviki! would spread the report in Russia that the allies are afraid of them and<: are asking for peace. Members of the Russian committee maintain that the governments they represent will not consent to a truce with the - Bol sheviki. Conference With The Bolsheviks Five Gr'eat Powers Will Send Committee to Princess Island. Paris, Feb. 6.?The sup-c-me coun cil on receiving the acceptance of Russian Bolsheviki government of the invitation attended Princess Island conference, immediately made ar j rangements to send a joint committee' of two representatives from each of the five powers. To Pay for Cotton Claim Allowed for Seizure by Sherman in Savannah. j Savannah. Ga.. Feb. 5.?United j States court of claims has handed down a judgment awarding $176, 666.79 to stockholders of the old Iffi I porting Sz Exporting Company of the j State of Georgia for cotton seized by j Sherman in his memorable march to the soa in 1SC5. The litigation was j instituted shortly after the War. Be* ? tween the States. I When Sherman's army entered Sa jyannah the company had great quan ; titles of cotton in warehouses. Gen j eral Sherman ordered it confiscated* jSome of it was used by the army, but i the greater portion was shipped to [Boston and sold there. The proceeds j from the sale were deposited in the : United States treasury and the mon i ey has beet kep* intact. The su preme court in the early days after '"the war held that the money be i longed to the claimants. The loyalty ; test statute barred practically every. I Southern man interested. The loyalty i test was removed by congress in 1905. I E. H. Abrahams, attorney for the claimants, announced the decision of j the court of claims today. Appeal Cotton Case Government Objects to Paying for Cotton Sherman Stole. Washington, Feb. 6.?An appeal to the sureme court will probably be taken by the government from the decision cf the court of claims which awards $251,592 in four cases of cot ton seized after the close of the civil war. The award was made to the re ceiver for the Exporting-Importing Co.. of Georgia, organized by Gaza way B. Lamar and three other or ganiaztions in which Lamar was con cemed. An appeal was taken from, the award of $1.419 to the adminis trator of Alexander McDonald,' of Thomasville. Ga.. in similar cases. Refinery at Charleston Standard Oil Takes Option on Several Tracts on "the Neck." Charleston, Feb. 6.?For the pur pose it is reported, of erecting and operating a large oil refinery at Char leston, the Standard Oil Company has secured options on an aggregate of about 12$ acres of land on the Meet ing street road and the Cooper river, near the Country Club. It is generally believed that the great corporation will close its options soon and that :o time will be lost in getting the re 3fiery project under way. english strike spreading. KaKrcad Lines Outside Tied Up. London, Feb. 6.?The first step in h' threatened extension of the rail on .1 strike beyond the local lines in uondon was taken last night when lome of the engineers of the Brighton Lad Southwestern lines were called 'Ut. Ea~ly i-e.ins from the London erminus cf the Southwestern were 10t started this morning.