The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 22, 1919, Image 2
Students Askf?e
movalM Dr. Curreil
Petition Calling for Resignation
$f Present Presented to
Trustees of S. C.
Uni?ersity
Columbia, March 18.?At meeting
'?f trustees of the University of South
- ?.Carolina today a petition signed by
X?6: ont '6t 246' students asking the
resignation of Dr. W. S. Curreil, the
pr%ident, was presented. The trus
tees went into executive session to
consider the matter.
The students allege that Dr. Ciir
ieiji is' unfitted for the ^office, but
made, no" charges against his charac
ter or scholarship, it is said that
. trouble has been brewing at the Uni
versity for" sometime.
Governor Makes Appeal
Designates Bays for Jewish
Welfare Canvass
Columbia, March 18.?Gov. Cooper
yesterday issued a proclamation des
ignating April 7, 8 and 9 as Jewish
war relief days in South Carolina,
and calls upon the people of the State
to- respond to the appeals for starving
peoples in Europe. The proclamation
reads:
For centuries the great majority of
Jewish peoples have been oppressed
BpBtically. and in other ways have
been harassed. They have had no na
tion, and no home, except under the
dominion of other peoples. But the.
Jews, have not allowed their race to
. be;..Jost, Respite autocracy and the
^^jFiendiy. attitude .of many of their
European rulers. Palestine, their an
cient, home, has long been under the
heel of the cruel Turk; old Russia,
-where, approximately half of the 14,
000,000, Jews of the world resided, i
was none too kind to them. Auto- j
. crxi.?c Austria-Hungary where anoth-j
.eV million lived, gave them small op
portunity for self-assertion. Rela
tively few Jews have enjoyed the
freedom of England or France, and
only some 2,000,000 to 4.000.000,
enjoy the freedom of the XTnited
^States. ;
The Jews have subsisted ' in the j
hope of a better day. The dawn , of j
that day is at hand, for rights of the!
smaller: peoples have been written!
into. ..international ethics. But the!
Jews ot Europe can not see nor at- j
tain, the end in rags. Their plight in
Poland is pitiable, as it is in other
parts .of old Russia; neither do those
residing in old Austria-H.ungary enjoy
fu?.opportunity. ...
Haying given generously to ? va
rious war funds and haying fought
well in the battle lines, the Jews of
.America now ask their Gentile fellow
citizens to come to their assistance.
They. can not alone rescue their
.brothers in Europe. Their appeal to
"the,populace as a whole is a worthy'
appeal. The world owes much to the
Jew of old and to the Jew of today.
Therefore, I, R. A. Cooper, govern
or of South Carolina, do designate j
April. 7, Sand 9 as Jewish war relief
days in this State, and w.e call upon
the. people, to lend an attentive car to
^e cries , of distress from the Jews in
Surope.
fax Payments
|C Mist Be Made!
Installment Privilege No Longer
%-2j r Applies.
Washington. = March 17?Persons}
;;.%ho have neglected to pay the first in
s^Hment of income taxes last Satur
day have lost the installment payment
privilege- and must now pay their en
tfrc tax upon demand of a revenue
collector
. :To avoid the penalty of 23 per cent, j
in addition to the regular tax, per-!
sons "who failed to file returns Satur
day may now submit belated returns
Vith a. sworn statement of the reason
for; delinquency. Without this the
penalty will be. imposed.
These policies announced today b
Internal Revenue Commissorier Roper,
are intended to grant a degree of len
iency to those who for some legiti
mate reason failed to file their returns
when they were due. By law, how
ever the installment payment privi
lege is removed from all failing to
make payments on time and the in
ternal revenue bureau has no author
ity to change this provision.
A revenue bureau statement in ex
planation follows:
/?Revenue cllectors will accept all
delinquent returnes presented after
March 15 and deposit any payment
made therewith. Under law failure to
make first payment by March 15 auto
matically makes the whole tax pay
able immediately. Tax payers filing
(rre<?me returns subsequent to March
13 therefore must pay in full, but if
. tjje. tax payer submits a partial pay
ment he will be notified of the balance
due later in the regular procedure of
listing and sending notices. In refer
ence Co the penalty of 2". per cent ad
ditional tax'for all delinquents the pol
icy will be to proceed sympathetically
in accordance, with the regulations
permitting ihe tax peye'r, if hie desires
feo file an affidavit within ten days, ex
plaining the cause of delinquency."
The statement was tak?-n to indicate
that persons who paid their taxes la
ter than Saturday may have as nn:el
as 'JO days in which to pay the re
maining three quarter:?.
nevemio collectors have been in
structed to use their own discretion
io deterniihng what constitutes a rea
sonable cause for- falure t<> make re
turns or payments on time.
In some cities, according i<? reports
reaching Commissioner Roper today,
collectors' offices were unable t" ac
commodate the last hour rush of ap
plicants and these came in today to
file returns in person and make pay
m exits. In some of these eases ji ?s
Possible that the requirement that lhe\
pay all installments on demad may
not be enforced.
Reports t??day showed thai himd
rvds of thousands of small tax payers
paid Iheir entire taxes Saturday and
faJW to take advantage of the in
stallment privilege.
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j Saxitee River Bridge
iVahce Suggested as the Place
to Build it.
j To the Editor of the News and
[Courier: 1 have noticed your article
{in this morning's paper on the pro- i
J posed bridge across Sautee river. IJ
j do not wish to get in any argument'
j or meddle where J have no business.!
j but it strikes me that the place to
build a bridge across the Santee river!
; would be at the old C. S. and X. Rail-!
road bridge, near Vance, S. C. It is j
! probable that the engineers or the'
jI persons making the survey for this
j bridge have considered this crossing j
;and have found good reason why it is'
j not the proper place. It is possible |
! that the railroad company cannot be j
i induced to give up the right of way. ? J
j There is no swamp on the Vance j
jside of the river. On the Clarendon!
Iside of the river the swamp is about!
jone and one-half miles wide, but this*
?is across small islands or hills, being!
I a very small portion across low, J
I swampy land. "
j But it seems to me that the most
j important point in favor of a bridge
I at this place is the fact that there is'.
j now an embankment already filled in j
[by the railroad company from the!
[river to the. hill on the Clarendon
! side. This embankment is wide J
! enough at all places for a road and |
I at most places where it extends!
j across the small islands or hills as j
[mentioned before, it can be made as
j wide as desired. There are. a few j
! breaks in this dam caused by heavy j
i floods, but these could be trstled. j
1 which would insure against the re- j
currence of this trouble.
Aside from this feature there are j
istill the concrete piers of the old rail- ]
road bridge, which could be used at !
least for the foundation for the more j
modern piers of the proposed bridge, j
The. railroad company keeps a man :
I employed at this old bridge all the !
: time, to clear away the drift and to j
keep light? posted on the old piers, j
It seems as though they might be j
willing to do away with this expense;
unless they are retaining the right of
way for future reference.
Considering the present location of
roads and the country to be benefited,
it seems as though this would be the!
logical location for the bridge. ThisJ
is.about five miles below Pinokney
Landing, which is spoken of as n J
possible loeatio.;. 'Interested." {
Charleston. March 17.
?1 ? s.S. . ? : : -.T*> '? -? ? ? I
Booze Dies Hard j
Brewers Go Into Courts to De-1
? feat Prohibition '
i
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New York. March 19.?A local j
brewing company, bringing a test j
suit in the interest, of the United I
States Brewers' Association today]
applied "to the federal district court j
for an injunction restraining the col
lector of internal revenue and
the United States district attorney
from beginning any proceeding to in
terfere with its contemplated produc
tion of beer of two and three-quar
ters alcoholic content.
Phoned Aeross Atlantic
Marconi Company Established
Communication. Between
Ireland and Canada
London. March 19.?The establish
ment of wireless telephone commu
nication between Ireland and Cana
da- was announced today by the
Marconi Company.
Study American
Methods
Czecho?Slovaks Sending Com
I mission to this Country
j Paris, March 10.?The Czecho
| Slovak republic plans to send a _-ora
mission to the United States in April j
to study American methods of Indus- j
try, social welfare and sanitation.
JEWS IX PALESTINE.
Organizing for Government and Gen
eral Improvement of the Country.
Jerusalem, Feb. 1G (Correspond
fence, of The Associated Press)-rA
! call to a Constituent Assembly of
j Palestine Jewry approved by the
I British government in April 1918.
;has been sent out by the Zionist Com
j mission in Palestine, it was announc
j ed here today.
All Jews of both sexes who have
roached their twentieth year are en
titled to vote and all who have
reached their twenty-fourth year are
[eligible for election. One of the other
j qua.'ficat ions necessary for candl
j dates is that they wiil be able to read,
j write and speak Hebrew,
j The provisional Constituent As
sembly ejected Dr. Cham Welzmann
arid Mr. Xahum Sokolchv. the Zionist
i leaders, to represent them at the
j Peace Conference.
It instructed its delegates to urge.:
"Thai the powers should nominate)
I Croat Britain as their representative!
j or trustee end should confer on it thej
government of Palestine with a view}
; to aiding the Jewish people in blind
ing its commonwealth.
? '"That an executive council should
; !;c nominated by.-Great Britain in
|agree"men< with tin- World Zionist j
i; ??anizaiion representing. t!k> entire
j Jewish people."
There has been great activity]
amongst (he Jews oi Palestine since
[ General All'en-by Creed it from the ?
I Turk: Efforts are being coneentrat-j
f?d on procuring agrieultiial ma
chinery, the purchase of liv?> stock.;
and development of credit facilities,i
i wl.ib- the American Zionist MedicalI
Unit is .establishing hospitals and
I medical aid stations in the colonies,
j Everyone ."-'?(?mis* inspired with the
j hope rh.-r a splendid era of prosper-1
! jty, of big agricultural, industrial and '
' comnioTfi.il enterprises are about to
opr-3) out. A society of Jewish entri? I
heers has been recently started which
is working In conjunction with so
cieties of Zionist engineers in Russia
and the United States,
Ten Cent Cotton
Liverpool Expects Farmers To
Act as Usual
'?Liverpool is expecting: to buy the j
1019 crop of cotton at ten cents perl
pound," said Commissioner Harris yes- j
Xcrday. ''Believing that the South)
will plant a large crop or at least nor - j
mal one this year, Liverpool, which is i
one. of largest markets in the world \
is counting on a very iow price. The j
information is reported by a Liverpool j
dealer who has. just come from Eng- j
land, And this is just exactly what j
will happen if cotton planters o.'.' the J
South do not heed the warnings of i
thoso who know conditions.
??.Time and again it has been proved I
clearly, that a 10,000.000 bale crop has !
brought more money than a 15,000,- j
000 balcerop, Why should the farm
er raise 5.000.000 bales of cotton for
nothing? Just look at the waste of
time and energy and of money, loo.
"In 1918 the government urged the
farmers, to plant a large acreage in I
food crops. It was necessary in order j
to win the war. In spite of this great j
opportunity and disregarding the ap- j
peal of the government, the farmers (. j
the South planted the largest acreage ;
in cotton that they ever had; and if
good Lord had "not cut the bales the j
South would have been ruined. It has!
been well said that He has a special ;
providence over children, drunkards:
and fools.
"I hope the farmers will do right;
thing this year. Our farmers have j
b*cn warned of the disaster that will I
befall them if they do not give heed j
to the advice of those who have i.een '
watching the ebb and flow of condif \
tious for many years. Now what is the |
right thing to do? Her?.- is the advice
of the combined thought of the leaders
of .tjie South.
"Hold your 1918 crop until the price J
reaches 35 cents and even then sell1
sparingly. Cut your acreage 33 1-3 i
per cent. Ji" this is done, we will win
the fight-and save the Smh from bank- i
ruptcy and slavery. ;
"Investigation shows plainly what:
the South has been.losing annually by;
th?! slipshod method it has had for j
selling cotton. The Soui-h lias been!
losing annually $180^)00,000. 1 can!
prove this and may do so at another
time when space penults. Can this'
system of selling he changed? It cam :
How: By organization and cooperat
ion of the farmers, backers and bnsi- '?
ness men of all classes. ?
"Have we ever had over production!
of cotton? 1 would answer, ho.' but;
We have had under-consumption, as 1 j
will prove. There has been no over- j
production so long as our people in
the South have not enough clothing!
when the weather is cold and bad. It :
was not over production of cotton that j
caused the price, to be low?but under ?
consumption of cotton goods. It is o ?
fact, strange as it may seem, that;
the farmers who produce the j
cotton and the labor that spins and
weaves it into cloth are the most poor
ly clad people in the country, as a |
rule. There has not been one family irt j
fivae hundred that could not have used j
three times as much cotton goods if;
their real needs could have heen met,
but the price of cotton was so low. th?"-j
product selling at cost of production, j
that no money was left to purchase j
clothes. 1 have known many a farm- j
er to have not enough money left to i
buy even one garment apiece for his j
family after he had sold his last bale, j
"When is the system of cotton go- \
ihg to be changed? It is starting Inj
aow. in 1910; and in 1920 the farme'-1
will have, the privilege of saying to the
world; 'You will give, me my price.' j
How is this going to.be brought about? I
By the organization and cooperation i
which I have pointed out, and by i
sticking to it.
? "I will say to the farmers, when this |
is done, you will break the Hindenburg '
line. The bear speculator,* or tho Huh, j
is about ready to sign the armistice, as ;
h* must have cotton to deliver to tho j
spinner who is calling for cotton as]
the supply of the mills is very,. very j
low and they cannot spin wind con- j
tracts into thread and cloth. Now'
?.vhen he puts cotton up a little bit. b
don't take, the bait. Sit stoady in the:
boat. Have patience and detennina- j
trion and it will come out all right.
Peace League is
Harmonious I
New York, March IS.-r-The League j
to Enforce Peace, of which William i
H. Taft is president, issued a state-!
ment tonight denying that the organ- i
isatlon is split by serious differences'
Of opinion among oi?cers and men- j
hers over its endorsement of the Par- '
is covenant of the league of nations.
".Since the league announced its in
dorsement," tin* statement declared.:
'only eight members have resigned .
our of a total list of 30*0,000.
h\\y three of these, are officers." j
<None of ilo* league's 7,300 volunteer j
speakers or 'JvOOO cP/rgyjuen all over!
the country has withdrawn Iiis pledge!
to work under the P'ague's direction.'
it was asserted.
"Mr. Taft's attitude! which is sub-j
stantiaily thai of th.e league." the
statement said, "is that he would ac
cept the Paris covenant as it stands;
and thank God for it: that it dors
not, however, fully meet his ideas, not
being :is strong in some respects as ,
the piau ive have been advocating;
"hat he would like to sc?- amendments!
dial v.'Criil.d strengthen it and thinks it
eis?? make changes that will make
still more clear the meaning which we
understand it to carry. Fie is also
favorable to snaking changes thai
will placate opinion, and especially in
'he direction of <l<-imite acceptance of
the ;vf,onr<?c doctrine which we. under
rtand is already the real basis of the
mstr.um? rit.
"Neither Mr. 'f:!ft nor the league.
however, favors amendments after
the treat j is thiaity adopted in INtIs
as amendment would then prob-ibly
mean defeat of the league."
Pari.-. March 1 The inclusion <d'
ihr league of nations covenant in 'he
preliminary peace treaty will not <ir
h<y ibe sicnimr of tin- treaty which it
is hoped will be accomplished within!
'Wo works, said Lord Robert CevJl of
Croat Britain, in talking to Britfch
Americap newspaper correspondent*;
tonight. . i
Brewers Will Fight
Two Score Companies Plan Rev
olution.
. Torli, March 17.?The larger
beer brewers' board of trade of New
York, representing 4 2 brewing con
cerns in New York and New .Jersey,
announced today that on. advice of
counsel its members would resume at
once sale of beer containing 2 3-4 per
cent, alcohol content. This was for
bidden by a ruling of the internal
revenue department which interpret
ed President "Wilson's proclamation
effective December 1, last.
Upon representation by the board
to Elihu Root and William D. Guth
rie, counsel for the organization, that
beer of the alcoholic strength soeci
fled was not intoxicating the attorn
eys advised the organization toilay
that sale of the 2 3-4 per cent, pro
duct would not he. contra ty to law.
The opinion held that the internal
re.venu* department had acted with
out authority in decreeing that . sale
of beer containing more than one
half of 1 per cent, of alcohol was
contrary to the president's proclama
tion forbidding the use of foodstuffs
in brewed products except those which
were non-Intoxicating. The brew
ers' action, anticipating enforcement
May 1 of the regulation limiting use
of cereals to "non-intoxicante" con
taining one-half of 1 per cent, of al
cohol, was taken under the internal
revenue rule permitting, until that
date, manufacture of 2 3-4 per cent,
beer but requiring the product to be
de-aleoholized to one-half of 1 per
cert, before being shipped for sale
frort: the breweries. As the brewers
have been making a 2 3-4 per cent
brew since January 30 when the pres
ident issued a proclamation permit
ting the production of "near beer,"
no change in manufacturing methods
will be necessary, it was stated, to
carry out the plan decided upon.
Assuming that the government!
"may summarily attempt or threat- J
ex: to enforce" the revenue depart-;
xnct't.'; interpretation. Messrs. Root j
and Guthrie advised the brewers iiij
this event that suit in equity be
brought "to enjoin any wrongful in- j
terference with your business or ar- f
rest of your employees."
Washington. March 17.?Officials;
of the internal revenue bureau de- j
dined to comment officially tonight j
on the announced ' decision of New'
York and New Jersey brewers to re- !
Hume manufacture of beer containing!
2 3-4 per cent, alcohol pr-nding ex- j
aminatiou of the brewers* statement
of If gal authority for the action.
Beer containing one-half of 1 per
cent, or more of alcohol by volume is
considered intoxicating by the in
ternal revenue bureau. 'Officials ex
plained that this standard was based
on a. number of laws and court deci
sions in the past and was not an arbi
trary executive ruling.
On !he face of the situation it was]
rraid, unofficially by some bureau offi-!
ec.rs, the brewers' action would con- j
stttute a direct violation of a recent
revenue bureau ruling. :
War Risk Bureau
Suffers!
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Secretary Glass Calls on Pres? I
ident
Washington, March 17.?Secre
tary Glass has asked President Wil
son to set aside more than $3,000,
000 from th'e presidential war emer
gency fund to cover the, cost of con
tinued operation of the war risk in
surance bureau for the next few
months until congress can remedy its
recent failure to appropritae funds
for the' bureau. The president has ]
not yet given an answer and If he does!
not make the money available, ihe!
activities of the war risk bureau may I
be greatly curtailed.
Tt wan officially stated today that j
the bureau has funds to cover allot-1
merit and allowance checks to be sent j
out during the remainder of March]
and during April. This really means]
March allowances since the checks j
are distributed one month late. Un
less some available funds are fouad
early in May, allotment and allow- ;
xnee checks may be greatly delayed.;
The funds asked of the'president
tvould be. spent only for administra- J
tivc expenses of physical Operation of
the bureau and not for actual cover
ing of ? allotment und allowance j
cheeks. With approximately i.r>.O00 j
employees the bureau's pay roll now j
is more, than $1,000.000 a month.;
About 1,200.000 cheeks' for allot- j
meats, allowances, insurance and
compensation now are mailed month
ly amounting in the aggregate to
more than 840.000.000. Nearly half
of this sum comes from the war de- j
partment and represents soldiers' al- \
!olm?mtS. There is no shortage in the]
f?/id? for allotments since this is de-I
ducted from soldiers' pay. but the;
funds available for allowances added j
to the allotments aro limited.
Secretary Glass explained to.lay!
that although he has not specifically j
recommended early reconvening of I
congress to deal with this situation.;
lie has presented "certain facts" inj
regard to the government's financial;
situation from which the president :
may make his own deductions. !?>
this connection it was learned today
other eabiijcj nlembe.Js have cabled}
'. im president reports of serious condi- !
tioris in their departments caused by j
failure of congress to appropriate]
fnmls.
YfMrational Education
Federal I?i>:ird Prepared to Givej
j. Training
Washington. March l!i.~-Tir..i,'L:ii
(lie large donations to the gift tund
authorized by congress, the federal;
board for vocational education. w
nouncfd today that it is now able to
offer vocationa! retraining f<> Amer
ican citizens disabled whl!?' serving ?; .
tlie armies <>1' the allied nations. !
Paris March The chamber of!
deputies yesterday authorized the re- i
moval of the special fortifications
:ibeut Paris erected shortly after the
war began. j
Railroad Labor Troubles
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Director General Hines Issues ;
Statement in Reference To
Strike by Clerks
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Washington. March 14.?] regret to
j learn that efforts are being made to:
j prevail on various railroad employees1
i in the Southeast to quit the service j
! of. the government and thereby'
j hamper the operation of the rail- j
! roads because of dispute which has!
j arisen between certain clerks and:
I their superior ollicers. I call atten- |
j tion of the employees to the fact]
. that adequate machinery has been I
f provided by the United States gov ??
iernment through the railroad admin-!
j istration to deal with all cases of dis-!
putes and grievances and that em-j
ployees ought to submit their griev
ances in accordance with this ma
{chinery and not otherwise. The
j trouble arose through certain local
j organizations of clerks on the X. C.!
! & St. Louis demanding- the imm.p-!
! rriate discharge of the Federal Audi- j
tor of that railroad. These clerks did j
not resort to Board of Adjustment j
No. 3 which has been created in J
Washington and which consists of
four representatives of the employees
and four representatives of the man
agement and which has been created
to deal with) alt such grievances.
They refused to resort to. this ma- j
I chinery notwithstanding the fact that]
the Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks!
of which they are members agreed to
I submit all grievances to that board
j and has a representative on that j
board. It is indispensable that these,
problems shall be handled in an or- j
derly way. It is of the highest im-j
portance to the employees themselves j
that this orderly procedure shall bej
adopted in all cases and that they j
shall exercise the patience and self
restraint necessary to permit of the
carrying out of these orderly prac
tices. If this is not done the effort
which the United States Railroad
Administration has made to recog
nize and promote the just interests
of labor will be rendered unsuccess
ful and ihr- employees who are re
sponsible for interfering with this or
derly process wiil put themselves in I
a position before the public which I
will react injuriously upon the em
ployees and their future interests. I
Every employer- who is asked to dis-j
regard this method of adjustment and j
who is asked to try to hamper the!
government in conducting the rail-:
road business is requested to r-onsider:
from the standpoint of his own best j
Interest the following points: I be
lieve that any employee who wilt
think over this matter will agree that
during the last ten months more pro
gress has been made toward improv
ing the wages and working conditions
of railroad employees as a whole than
was ever made before. This has be?m
practicable because the railroads
have been under a unified
management' which has had as
one of its leading purposes the
recognition of the just interests J
of the employees and the provision of
reasonable wages and conditions for
them. The great improvements could
not have been accomplished except
through the establishment of a uni
fied management directed by a cen
tral administration. Necessarily con
clusions must be reached in cases of
dispute by the machinery thus pro
vided. While in specific cases there
may be some delay in dealing with
such matters the delay is far less than
would have been involved under form
er conditions. In fact in the past, la
bor movements have in many cases
taken from one to two years, have in
volved enormous costs to the labor
organizations and even then have fre
quently produced exceedingly small
benefits. Whatever delay is incident i.
to the method of the central admin- j
istration is relatively small compared i,
with the delays which would have
been experienced under other condi-1.
tions. No business can be success- .
fully conducted without the exercise (
of proper authority and discipline, j
This is true particularly of the rail
road business. Ample machinery has j
been created by the central adminis- j
tration to correct instances of abuse i
of authority or the exercise of dis- (
ciplihary measures in an unfair way. \
It is indispensable that these orderly ,
methods of settling these "questions ?
shall be followed pending disposition ^
of these matters in the reasonable ,
ways which have been carefully work
ed otit. There must be a recognition
of authority and a submission to dis
cipline. Otherwise the railroad ^
business would become chaotic and -
the public which in the last analysis t'
has to pay the bill would resent the ]
resulting excessive cost and inerfi- ,
cicnt service and the reaction would j
be exceedingly unfavorable to the ,
employees themselves. r
I having an abiding faith in the in- j
herent intelligence and reasonableness |
of the railroad employees. In my ;
early life l came in contact a great j
deal with these employees in all ranks t
of service and during all the rest of ,
my life 1 have been in touch with the ,
situation sufficiently to appreciate the (j
capacity and intelligence of the;
average railroad employee. I {
therefore feel justified in ask-L
Ihg these employees, as men of in-j.
telligence ami reason, to think over!s
these things in a dispassion- J t
,it;>- way and t" redouble their j
efforts to make the Railroad i (.
Administration a success by do-},,
ing their work to the best of their t
ability. by exercising patience ;
and self-restraint where ques- j
tions arise which call for set
tlemcnt. and by accepting the!
handling of ;i!l these problems!
through th.- regular channels which! s
have been carefully provided ?*?>? that ^
purpose By doing these things they j
can justify am' strengthen tin- ; ?? at
advantages which have come to labor
since the United States Railroid Ad- \
ministiiiton began it:: work. If they j
fail to do these things the> discredit (
the efforts ?-f the Railroad Adminisivn- j
:ien. injure !h?ir own best inter.*sts
and seriously hamper tin- efforts , f
:iiose who are sincerely trying to con- j
tinue t?> protect and promote the rea- v
scnablc interests of railroad cm- ^
ployees. t
(Signed) WALKER D. KINKS (
Director General oi Railroads t r
FligKt Across Atlantic
British Aviators Will Make At
tempt to Fly From New
Foundland to Ireland
London. March 18 (By the Asso>
ciated Press).?British aviators arfe
to try for a flight across the Atlantic.
A secretly' built airplane, accompan
ied by Harry Hawker, as pilot, and
Commander Mackensie Griee, Royal
navy as navigator, was shipped front
England yesterday for St. Louis, N F.,
frr: n which it will start at the ear
liest possible moment in an attempt
to win The Daily Mail prize of 10,000
pounds for the first machine to fiy
across the Atlantic.
The machine is a two seated biplanfc
with a 37.") horse power engine. The
fusilage is boatshaped and will sup*
port the machine in the water.
Hawker said he believed that the
flight would occupy about 19 1-2
hours. The machine, he said, had
llown 900; miles in nine hours and
five minutes, on one-third of its pe
trol capacity and is capable of main
taining a speed of 100 miles an hour
for 23 hours. 1
Harry G. Hawker won the British
Michelin prize for 1912 by a flight of
eight hours and 2?, minutes. He has
made many long distance flights along
the British coast. He established a,
world's altitude record of 2S.5O0 feet
in 1916.
Newfoundland lies nearer to Europe
than any other part of North Amer
ica, the distance being about 1,900
miles.
Money for Railway Use
Hines Gets Fifty Million Dollars
Washington, March IS.?Fifty mil
lion dollars was loaned today to. Di
rector General Hines by the war!
finance corporation as the first ad
vance for the railroad administration
since it was left without funds.; by
failure of the. congressional ' appro
priation. Other loans will follow as
rapidly as they can be arranged.
The war finance corporation today
also approved an application from
the. Central of Georgia railroad for an
advance of $1,121,000. These loans'
are in addition to the $70,000,000 ag
gregate advances made heretofore to
individual railroad companies. The
$50,000,000 loan was made to the di
rector general as representative of
railroads which the war finance cor
poration considers essential war in
dustries. Adequate collateral was
given in the form of railroad bonds
and notes. The loan was made at 6
per cent., the same r?-.te as is charged
by the director general for most ad
vances to railroads, and is payable
July 15, with the right on the part of
the director general to repay before
that date.
The loan will replenish the rail
road administration's funds which
were almost exhausted owing to
Zieavy demands and the failure of
congress to pass the measure appro
priating $750,000,000 for the revolv
ing fund. The railroad adminlstra*
tion is expected to use the money for
its more pressing obligations.
RIOTS LX LAWRENCE, MASS. &
Serious Clashes Between Police ^?^B|
Textile Workers. .
Lawrence, Mass., . March 18.?En
counters between policemen and tex
tile strikers and strike sympathizers,
which started today when the police
broke up a parade, were resumed to
night. The disturbances were the
most serious since the operatives went
on strike six weeks ago.
. Shots were fired at policemen from
tenement houses while they were
struggling with leaders of the parade;
and tonight the police exfchanged
shots with occupants of a housie who
made an effort to prevent them from
arresting a man" who had thrown a
??-tone at an officer. There were two,
other conflicts in which no shots were
fired.
Twenty-one men arrested during '
Lhe early rioting were held under
*5'00 bonds each on charges of incit
ing to riot. Four men arrested be
cause of tonight's disturbances, .will
be. arraigned tomorrow. The police
jsed their clubs freely today after the
itrikers had thrown stones and bot
tles, and many of those arrested
rere bruised and cut.
Clothing the Pressing Need.
This is the cry from the destitute
var stricken countries. The week of
March 24-31 has been set for a na
ion-wide collection by the American
led Cross for used clothing, shoes
md blankets for the refugees of al
ied countries. Every Red Cross chap
:er will be asked to assist in this
mammoth undertaking. Minimum al
otments, based, on :i national total of
.0.000 tons of garments, have been
unsigned each division, and it is ex
pected that the success that attended
he campaign lor the Belgians will
>c duplicated. The destitute Marne
?efugees also number some 100,
100.
During the two previous campaigns
or the collection of such clothing
he people of Sumter, the entire coun
y. ami especially the merchants re
sponded heartily. It is believed that
his campaign will meet with even
rrcater success, as the need for arti
cles of clothing is so great. Th?
?arhpaign begins next Monday. March
he 24th and will extend through the
tlst. Gel your contribution of cloth
ng ready and watch the prtpors foC
art her a nnOuncemehts.
London. "March 10.?Eight. German
steamers sailed from Hamburg this
veek for foodstuffs, according to Ber
in advices.
Washington. March 19.?The Rain- v
?>ow Division will sail from Brest be
ween March 2Sth and April 19th,
"Jen. Pershirig informed the war de
partment today.
London. March 10.?Official re
ports hero indicate that a critical
?t?te of affairs extst in Odessa. No
onfirmation can be obtained here of
he rumors that Odessa, is being
waouated bv allied forces, but the
eport is not denied. J