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Bl??dy Plans of Revolutionary Griminals Uncovered by Government Agents. OVERTHROW OF THE GOV ERNMENT THE OBJECT .The Establishment of Bolshe vism on the Ruins of Constitu tional Government advocated. Washington, March 10?Mail mat ter seized since the signing- of the arm istice Has disclosed that the I. W. VS. ancharists, radical Socialists and oth ers are "perfecting an amalgamation" which has for its object the over throw of the American government " through bloody revolution and the ? establishment of a Bolshevik repub * lie, acording to a memorandum sent r the senate propaganda committee 'by Solicitor Lamar of the postoffice de . partnxent. The memorandum was made public today by the committee ^and chairman Overman said it would be read into the record tomorrow. ^Declaring that in Bolshevism the radical elements of the country had for the first time "foum1. a common cause upon which they can unite," Mr. Lamar sa.d his infqrmatfbn show ed that propaganda against the gov . ; ernment was bemg conducted wuh great regularity and that its magni tude could be measured by the "bold \ and- outspoken statements" found m ie literature. Accompanying his imorandum were several hundred ?excerpts irom mail matter showing the trend of -the propaganda. These ill be made public later. < Particular reference was made by the solicitor, to the activity of the dis satisfied foreign element in the coun 'try,~but he said perhaps the I. W. W. was the most active in the dissemina tion of the propaganda because it hi'.s "at its command a large field force known as recruiting agents, subscrfp \ tion agents, etc., who work unceasing ly in the furtherance of the cause." Mr. Lamar's memorandum to which was attached a list of newspapers printed in English and foreign lan guages alleged to be regularly- con ? ducted and published by the I. IV". V7. '"This propaganda is being conduct ,ed'.with- such regularity that its mag nitude; can be measured by"" the bold and' outspoken ? statements contained in' these publications and the efforts n^ade ?ierein-to- inaugurate a nation wide4 reign of terror and overthrow the government : . Tin classifying ' these statements they:are submitted in a major or gen eral, class as: follows: I. W. W., anar chistic,-radical socialistic and social istic. -It.will-be seen from these ex c*rpjts,.and it is the first time in the history of the socalled radical move ment: in the- United States that these Radical elements have found a com mon cause (Bolshevism) in which they can all unite. The I. W. W., an archists, Socialists, radical and other wise-T-in fact, all dissatisfied elements particularly the foreign element?are perfecting an amalgamation with one object, and one object only, in view, namely, the overthrow of the govern ment- of the United States by the means of a bloody revolution and the establishment of a Bolshevik republic. "The I. W. W. is perhaps most ac tively engaged in spreading this prop aganda and has at its command a large field force known as recruit ing agents, subscription agents, etc., who work unceasingly in the further ance of the. cause. ."This organization publishes at least five newspapers in the English language and nine in foreign l^ngr; :ige, as shown in th.o list given bolow. This list comprises only official pap ers of the organization and does not take into account the large number Of;fre*? lanc<* papers published ir> thf interest of the above organization.'* / The newspapers listed were: The Xew Solidarity. English weekly. Chic ago, One Big Union, English Monthly, Chicago; Industrial Unionist, Englisn. weekly, Seattle, -.California Defense Bulletin, English, weekly, San Fran cisco: The Rebel Worker, English, bi monthly, New York; La Neuva Soli daridad, Spanish, Weekly, Chicago: Golos, Truzenta, Russian, weekly, Chicago; Li Nuova Prolatario, Italian weekly, Cchicago; Nya Varl den. Swe dish weekly, Chicago; Der Industrail er, Arbiter. Jewish, weekly, Chicago; A Fels Baduls, Hungarian weekly. Chicago. The information furnished* by Mr. Lamar coincides to an extent with the statements reiterated today by Ray mond Robins, former head of the American Red Cross mission in Rus sia, when he again appeared before the committee primarily to answer statements concerning him made Sat urday by David R. Francis, American ambassador to Russia. Mr. Robbins insisted that it was the desire of the Bolshevists to overthrow all the governments of the world and in their place set up terroristic govern ments similar to those in Russia. He said he did not know of his own knowledge that Bolshevists from Rus sia actually were engaged in trying to accomplish this purpose in the United States but that he was convinced cer- I tain people here were eti^rmod in propaganding Bolshevist ideas. "The I. W. TV.," he added, "ha*! been doing it for 20 years." In reply to questions Mr. Rohms said he did not know whether Bolshe vik agents were being sent into South America but he agreed with Senator King of Utah that it was quite prob able the Russian Reds would under take to aid any radical groups where ever operating. Turning to Ambasador franc's' tes timony last Saturday Mr. Robins de nied that he had gone to the head quarters of the Bolshevists in Petro grad, asked about their principles and indicated his approval of them. Efe also denied that he had ever pretend ChairmaiK Wannamaker Makes Detailed Statement of As sociation Work. JNO. L. M'LA?RIN WRITES LETTER He States His Views on The Situation and Outlines Ideas as to Solution. St. Matthews. March 11?J S. Wan namaker, State chairman of the South Carolina Cotton Association today is sued a detailed statement cf what the association is doing-. A large batch of telegrams, letters and petitions, a great many of which it is impossible to answer, is keeping a busy office force, worked to exhaustion, strug gling with 'the correspondence and making every effort to keep the peo ple advised of the chairman's efforts to put his plans squarely before the people. Mr. Wannamaker has fur nished the following detailed state ment: ?'The South Carolina Association is in receipt of the following letter fron the Hon. John L. McLaurin of Ben netttsville, S. C. ' If Senator Smith can prevent de livery of the low grades on old con tracts they will become very valuable and spots wiil go above 20 cents be fore May 1. If the double contrad I system is put over by Brand's aid, ? will destroy the effect of the amend ment and our low grades be still fur ther sacrificed. It would' have beer better not to have had the amend ment. Obligation of a contract eanno be impaired by legislation nor depart mental ruling. Mr. Brand should hav< his inspectors see that the law is com plied with as "enacted by congress in stated of rules passed by the board o governor.-; of the New York exchange. '''There was a large short interest i? the market. This whole thing of th( double contract is a scheme to permi them to escape without huying in th< open market. While they hold th< new contracts down they balnnc? trade between the bears and bulls. I ? is short interest that puts the mar ket up when they take fright, think this is the most rotten deal th< exchange ever pulled off. When thi; short interest escapes, there will be n< buying power cf a speculative natun left in "the market The technical po sition will be 'against an advance ^x cept by the slow process of a spot-de mand. "In the press reports which T ,sav the amendment was credited to th< Ilor. Hole** firoith instodcl of to Hon Ed. Smith This caused the error ir my first reference to the amendni~m I am glad to know that Senator Ed Smith is the author of this amend ment. If action is not taken, howevei to curb Brand, the ^oitth v.ill l.">se tn?' benefit. "Here is what I think is heir? done. Brokers are w>ing ?and writ ing all over the country systematical ly urging bulls to close their old con tracts. The country has been flooded with telegrams to this j^ffect. As they close the old contracts, they sell new contracts and hold th? market down. "I saw a. letter tod? ?/ from a firm in New York through whom a vast amount of cotton is handled. They cuote JJrand's ruling and urge partie? who purchased cotton on old contract e:ther to close contracts or transfer to the new. T understand tha* every or^ practically who has *made pur chases on the New York exchange on old contracts has been flooded with telegrnrns from their r"*ot<e?-s ouotinv Brand's ruling and urging that trv \ promptly close their old contracts, f_>i course it is realized in many ea^*"1 ?->!0'-n yionnlo follc.w this advice thc\ will not repurchase. "A "*'ast nmourt of cotton has been bought by people throughout the belt. Th" found it a. good business proposi tion to buy cotton instead of plantin? it. as theycould buy it cheaper. As the matter now stands in. many cases where they are nduced and persuaded and frightened into closing the old contracts which they hold they will probably not rebuy .Jt all. The situa tion now, however, is practically un der stood throughout the belt and people are refusing to close old con tracts as they realize and have infor i mation from well posted men that led to represent the American govern ment in Russia. Ambassador Francis j told the committee he had learned Mr. Robins was spoken of in.Moscow as the mouthpiece ot' the American government and as a consequence the Ambassador thought it wise to make a |)ublic announcement that state ments coming from sources other than the American embassy were not authoritized. Mr. Robins submitted to the com ! mittee copies of cablegrams which he said passed between Ambasador Fran cis and the state department, and tele grams and letters which he asserted were sent him by the ambassador. The witness explained that his pur pose in offering these documents was to show that at all times his relations with the ambassador were valued and cord'a.l and th-it he was authorized by American ambassador Francis to maintain contact With the Bolshe vists. Others of the documents were ero den* fa Is. They were rir^co^?-.^ hy Mr. Robtns as indicating the specific char acter nf his unofficial relations as "special representative of the ambas-j sa'ior with the soviet Erovernment" Members of the committee told Mr. i Robins that Ambassador Francis had j not intimated in his testimony that i Mr. Robins' recall had been brought j ahout by anything else except the reg- j uTar routine business of the Red \ Cross. They also pointed out to him that Ambassador Francis had been particular to say that Mr. Robins had rendered valuable services in main taining contact with the Bolshevik!. lOpen to Commerce of All Na tions Without Dis crimination. WILL BE CONTROLLED BY A COMMISSION j Peace Conference Working Out j Plans for Use of Kiel Canal I Also. Paris. March 12.?The recommen dation that navigation of the Rhine be opened to all nations with , <;ut discrimination was made in the [ report to the peace conference today by the commission on international regulation of waterways, railways and ports. It is suggested that the Rhine be conrolled by a commission similar to the Danube- commission. The status of the Kiel canal will be settled by the commission on the basis of freedom of use for all na tions for merchant vesel or warships in times cf peace. The canal would continue under German ownership and operation. even under Brand's ruling the old contracts will probably show a pre mium over the new contracts, and aside from this, well posted men feel : cenvneed that this ruling will be re versed. Had this action not been tak en by Mr. Brand, as stated above, the ' old contracts would have become very valuable and spots would have gone to 30 cents before May 1, and -in all 1 probability the fact that holders of " these contracts are now standing pat and the further fact that as a result ' of Senator E. D. Smith's efforts Brand ' will see that the matter is corrected cotton will be put to a much higher * level before May 1. "I spoke to considerable crowds in Dillon and Marion on Saturday. Kav ' h'-en speaking in various other pla.ee?; ' I believe our people are in earnest. " But of course there are slackers in both war and peace. I realize tha1 ' this fight involves a princple and means a great deal to the entire South If I can be of any assistance in the. ' matter at any time, be sure to call on ? me.'" : '"Secretary Houston of the agricul 5 tural department advises the plantin? ' of food crops. Although food crops are on an extremely high level, informa tion from Europe contends that there j will be an enormous flemand f-,r com and other food crops a.t much higher . prices The cotton association is now '..-iking the matter up direct with Mr. However for the. purpose of getting di rect information. With the informa tion before them they urge the planting of corn and food crops, not only as a matter of patriot ism but as a matter of a great mon ey crop, and it is understood that the special statement concerning represen" natives of the food department in Ku rope will be made pointing out to the farmers the safe, 'sound business j bl icy they can adopt by planting corn and other food crops which will to in great 'demand at extremely high prices. "Reports in from governors of the various States and from the heads of the cotton department of various States show a marvelous growth of the campaign and the absolute certainty of its success. Personal letters from 'governors and heads of the cotton associations and various ether business .'? dies of practically every State in the belt, are just received by the chair man of the South Carolina Cotton Association. The success of the move ment is assured beyond a question of :loubt and in many sections they will '??'duce in excess of Z.j 1-:;. Decreases cot*on acreage and increase in food crops will be startling. Many of the States have completed their first can J *ass and are now rechecking and veri I Tying the correctness of the figures in ! reduction whieh are in excess of even i :he most sanguine ?exectatio ns. i "The Central Committee meets on j Thursday, in all probability the time j for completion of taking of pledges I will be extended to April 1, upon the J earnest plea of committeemen from various townships. The work of course is a monumental one and it is necessary to be accurate and correct j in the figures. The committee is of [course fully posted and are in posses sion of full information and it can be put down as absolutely certain that [South Carolina will reduce and show ja total reduction of fully V>i) per j cent. The man who fails to back this movement is becoming extremely un popular. People realize as never be fore that the South is facing the j dawning of a new day. which means [however, a vast change in all business j life of the South and belt. It means j improved educational system and im proved roads. In fact, it means so j much to the South that people rallied; to the campaign as a. matter of pat-j riot ism and as a matter of good busi- ! ness and as a matter of fighting to j win a principle. I "Tiie farmers, bankers, merchants, { land, in fact, the entire South have decided to dissolve business relations :nd partnership and the unholy alli I ance existing beween the South and j Ithe gamblers of the New York cotton' exchange whieh alliance has been in existcnc< for <;<? odd years. j "The bankers in each and every j State are being asked and art* cheer-1 fully complying and standing behind! the movement and are refusing to ex tend credit to farmers and merchants) who decline to back the movement. The fact ;hat Texas is carrying over I < !.0G0;000 bales of cotton, a large part ; of it being loaned on to the extent of j < SO cents per pound, resulted in the i tankers and business men there form- ' io'X plans to curtail crops except}; wlure pledges are complied with, as < they have a vital interest at stake injf high price cotton. ; ' > "The intest ruling concerning new { contracts Ls'that only ten grades will t Military Power to Be Completely Wiped Out by Peace Treaty. ARMY WILL BE LIMITED TO 100,000 MEN i _ Arms and Munitions to Be Sur rendered and Forts on Rhine j Destroyed. Paris, Monday. March LO.?Military Germany will go out of existence as the result of the adoption oy The su preme council tonight of tk<- military terms for German disarmament as [ they go into the peace treaty. The terms provide Cor the reduction of the German military establishment to one hundred thousand men. The army will be recruited by the volun tary system for a period of twelve yeras. This limits Germany's mili tary strength to less than that 01 Switzerland's. Other provisions limii arms and munitions that Germain may possess-to a quantity sufficient'foi one hundred thousand men. All th remainder must be surrendered oi destroyed. German forts along th; Rhine will also be destroyed and th? j Imperial general staff will be abciis".. 'ed. Marshal Foch favored voluntary enlistment, as the conscription pla; providing *wo hundred thousand m : serving on<? year terms would giv< Germany a trai -ted army of two mil lion in ten year*. The progress made with the fraim ing of the peace treaty insures iU completion by March 20th. The pres ent purpose of the supreme counci is to call the German delegates V Versailles soon aft^r that date. Tin document will then be sent or deliver ed to the Germans. In case they ar? not prepared to sign immediately ihey will be given an opportunity t( return to Germnay to consider it anc return for the formal signing. The Status of Austria jPIan to Neutralize Country Un der Discussion. Paris, March 11.?While the pos sible neutralization of Austria is yet t< come before the "Big Five" in a form al manner, it is being discussed -here j Certain socialistic elements in Aus j tria are striving hard to prevent neu I tralization but other influences ar< J anxious to see it effected as it woulc i give Austria protection similar to tha j enjoyed by Switzerland. ! Albania Not Satisfied j _ j Protests ??ade Against Appoint ment of Pro-German. j Saloniki?Vigorous protest is bein: j modo in Albanian circles against th< designation of Turksan Paska, as Al ?abanian Premier and Mehmed Bey, a: j representative of the Alabaman feder I ation in Europ to submit the claims o: j Albanian to the peace conferenel. I j is declared they have maintained "su I sp'cious relations" with the Turks anc ? Geimans. Popular Authoress Dead,. j New York. March 11.?Am elir: E j Barr, authoress, died here last night ? be deliverable. This makes i! of vita! \ importance for the farmers only t<: [piant such cotton as can be gatherer! 'without damage and thus receive th? j big premium for the good grades. The new contract is clearly and absolute ! 1" a white contract. Middling tinges, (strict middling, yellow stains and good middling blue stains are to be cut. out. I-This will be a tremendous impetus to j farmers to limit their acreage as good grade cotton will be at ;i tremendous premium over off grades, the differ ence being far greater than ever in the past. "Merchants, bankers and business men are urged t<> fall n sin*- with the business interests of the other sec tions and donate and use their adver tising space either entirely or in part for th'N purpose of advertising and pointing out the vast advantage to be gained in the campaign for the com mercial freedom of the South. Mer chants in many sections are vieing w:th each other in personally prepar ing and writing catchy advertise ments which they are inserting in ad vertising space in the leading journals for the purpose "f pushng this cam paign to a successful completion. "Throughout the entire cotton belt the leading press editorally has not only approved this campaign, but ad vises that large farmers, as a business and a patriotic proposition plant their entire lands in grain, which will be j greatly needed at very high prices j and to purchase the amount of cotton j they so reduce on the New York ex change for October delivery as long as the prices below the o<>st of produc- | tion, as under the new contract, they! will be sure of the delivery of white cotton. In like manner this will result j in removing from the market sur-j plus cotton, which the bears claim is, rloprcssing the market. "(mi- association urges that busi-j ness firms in South Carolina adopt a i slogan for their letterheads and mail to be used for the purpose of instill- j ing patriotism into this fight which; means not only the present cottoni :rop, and which means a chanpe not >nly for the present year, but a perm tnent change for endless years to ? ?ome. and which means the savngs ofj nillions to South, which means that he entire business interests and mi act every phase of life in the South ' i.-nj receive untold benefits :-s the re-j -h of this campaign. Much interest 1 s- being taken throughout the o?*lt nil he adaption and use of "aatchy, pa- ' ciotic slogans.*' ' THE ROOl One Member of Legislature Will I Escaoe Blame for Failure of Good Roads Bill. I BELLAMY OF BEAUFORT DID NOT TAKE SEA! High School Athletics at Uni versity of South Carolina? Ciemson Men in War. . (By Harold Booker.) . Columbia. March 10.?There wo; [ one South Carolinian elected to th< , iast house of representatives who ha: , never qualified and death was not th? cause either. His name is James Ro ; Bellamy and he. was elected iron Beaufort county. Pressure of busincs I is understood to have** prevented hi: [ coming to Columbia during the ses sion to take the oath. In the legislative manual Mr. Bel lamy is listed as vice president of Bel lamy Bros. Co., truck farmers. Re U a native of Virginia and only moved t< . Beaufort in 1911. This is. so far as is known. one oi the first instances of a-member elect - ed to the general assembly failing t< > take his seat except on account o ? death or long continued illness ii . many years. Col. J. W. Kill, who v;.. ? elected from Colleton county, did no ? live until the general assembly con 4 vened. There have been other in stances of members-elect dying befor : taking their seats. With Mr. Bellamy however, it seems to have been a cas< of pressure of business interests pro veniing his taking his seat. High School Track Meets. During the next two months ther< will be held at the University of Soutl r Carolina a series of high school coo ; tests. Th-.- series will begin with th . State high school basketball conte> ; for the boys the latter part of Marc! . followed by the State championshh I basketball game between the haV: l school girls early in the spring, the: . the preliminary debates between th [ i high school teams of the South Caro Una High School Debating Leagu which will take place about the 20ti of April and then the final debates a the University on Ma}- 1 and 2. The tenth annual interscholastic tracl meet, oratorical and expression con test will also be held at the Univer sity on the last mentioned dates. Clark at Olar Tonight. lion. Champ Clark, speaker of thf last house of representatives, wil' speak at Olar in Bamberg county to night. Governor Cooper will g down to Olar this afternoon to intro duce .Mr. Carl:. Reports from the little Bamberg county town are to the ! (?!?"? ct that a great crowd will "near the i distinguished Missourian speak. Every I seat has been sold, it is said. There : is right much interest in the speech ?of Mr. Clark tomorrow night in view j of the report that he is going t-? come {oat against the League of Xatiorfs. Ciemson Men Who Made Sacrifice. The last issue of the Ciemson Tige: gave the following list of Ciemson men who made the supreme sacrifice during the war with Germany. Atkinson. R. L. 3 91S-3 919?Died. Garrctt. C. S.. 1 in 7?Killed in ac ' tion. Horton, ff. C. 1919?Killed in ac tion. Johnson. R. H., 1915?Killed in ac tion. McCord, G. L. 1911?-Killed in ac tion. Mclntosh, J. M., 1914?Killed in ac tion. Madden, A. A.. 19IS?Died. Monroe. />. B., 1917?Killed in ac tion. Pearce. It. R.. 1917?Died. Richards. S. M., 1915?Died. Ryan. J R. 190$?Died. Sanders, o. T.. Rill?Died. Salters. E. P.. 1913?Killed in ac-j tion. Stewart. F. S., 1921?Killed >.\ ac tion. Suggs. H. 1... 19I??-Killed in action. Simpson. .J. A., 191C?Lost on the Ticonderoga. Taylor, G. B.. 1916?Died. Trotter, A. 1915?Killed in ac-; tion. ? * ! A Five Year Job - ! T?rkei From England to France Would he Big Under taking. London. March 11.?Five years yould be required to complete the pro )osed tunnel under the English chan nel from England to France, accord ing i>? an authoritative estimate. The ??>si would bo nearly one hundred nitlion dollars, : '? OF AGES KT Material Needed in Your Building c. Sumter, South Carolina I Stigma of Guilt to Be Placed I Upon Him by Solemn Dec laration of Peace Con ference. I RESPONSIBILITY FOR WAR FIXED BY COMMISSION I Even His Own Country Will Be i j Required to Subscribe to Dec laration of Council. Paris. March 11.?It v/Ul he the fate of Former Emperor William to be branded for all time as an arch, crim inal by the solemn declaration of all nations assembled at the peace con ference, to which even his own coun try may be called upon to subscribe in the peace terms, according" to the present plans of what is believed tp be a majority of the commission fixing the responsibility for the war. T&o report of this commission will be ready within a few days. I Acreage Reduction j Campaign i Central Committee is Receiving II Encouraging Reports From all Sections of State. I Columbia, March 8.?The five urg ! ent present objects to be aimed at in j our campaign are these: j 1. The definite crystallizing of sen i timent in favor of the movement. ! 2. The thorough carrying: out j the pledge canvass in each county so [that every man in the county will be ' seer.. 3. The appointment of follow-up committees (if this has not been al iready done), and careful attention ? by this committee to insure the car r ! rying out of all pledges. , j Sustained work on the part of yi tht Finance Committee to see that sufficient funds are forthcoming to : ; wage an effective fight. . j 5. To keep constantly before the j people the matter of cotton reduction > j and increased flood crops. . j As a matter of encouragement I I may say that every mail brings high . i ly gratifying reports from various : j committee men and county chairmen . i throughout the State. In many coun | ties the work of taking pledges is practically completed. Our central committee urges that you complete" j this work of pledge-taking as soon as j possible and submit reports from ! your county showing the number of j farmers who sign and those who fail j to sign, together with the total acre age planted in 1918, and to be plant ed in 1010. I We urge that you write to both ? your county paper and also to the ! State press your views on the cotton ! situation and the urgent need of re | duct ion in acreage, i There is no more important work in (any county than that of the follow i up committee; It is their duty to keep I constantly in the closest touch with the situation and upon their act. abil | ity and determination will depend in large measure the ultimate success of j the entire campaign, j The Finance Committee likewise has a great deal of responsibility upon it. We are entirely dependent upon donations for carrying on this work, which takes a large amount of money, j We are employing a big force and are trying to put across a big undertak ing; The ten cents per acre should ' be contributed by all. as well as indi vidual contributions be made by bus iness men and business houses. The Finance Committee should act prompt ly and report to headquarters. This light means so much to the entire South that now is the time for every man to make known where he sura.Is. He is either for us or against us. If against us, he is standing against the commercial freedom of Somit Carolina and of the entire South. If this movement succeeds, it will succeed not for this year, but for endless years to come, and will not only change the business methods of the past 60 years, but will revolution ize the social, educational and eco nomic system of the South. To back the movement is both sound business and good patriotism. It is generally understood that before the movement is over feeling will be extremely strong aganist the man who has fafl : d to support it. A great day for the entire South is 1" w;i:ng. I feel that you will not only rejoice an this account, but also because you. srourself. are personally taking part in the work and helping to usher in the Yours respectfully. J. S. Wannamaker, Chairman. Liberty Ponds brought victory. Vic ory Bonds and War Savings Stamps >ring the boys home.