The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 12, 1919, Image 8
REJECT TERMS
HUN SOVIET
Gen. Smufe Receives Cool Re
ception From Hungarian
tf Bolsheviki
SLAP IN FACE FOR
PEACE CONFERENCE
Entente Powers Accused of Bar
barous Persecution By Bol
shevists
Budapest, Sunday; April 6 (By the
Associated Press).?Gen. Jan Chris
tian Smuts, the peace conference com
missioner to Hungary, placed his
proposals before the Hungarian
Communist government Saturday.
They* included the following:
The Hungarian government to
XrithdraT all troops -west of line
which General Smuts outlined: Ru
manian troops be ordered not to ad
vance beyond their present positions
and, that the territory between the
line drawn by General Smuts and the
Rumanian army be neutral and be
occupied by the British, French, Ital
ian and if possible, American troops.
. That the Hungarian government
accept the terms of the military con
vention concluded last November 13
hy the Hungarian government with
the allied powers; that the aforemen
tioned line of demarcation has no in
fluence on the territorial arrange
ments in the final peace conditions
and that General . Smuts will propose
to the peace conference to raise
the blockade of Hungary immediate
ly and afford facilities for the imme
diate import of prime necessities, es
pecially fats and coal. General
Smuts also sugested that he would
propose to the peace conference that
before it finally determined the po
litical frontiers of Hungary it should
invite the Hungarian government to
send representatives to Paris. These
representatives would formulate their
standpoint on the frontiers and the
Questions arising from them in a spe
cial conference with representatives
t>t the Czecho-SIovaks, Jugo-Slovas,
Romanians and German-Austrians.
A representative of the; allied pow
er? would be chairman of the spe
cial conference.
The government replied to General
Smuts thanking him, for his civility,
bnt::declaring that the conditions pre
sented were' unaccptable except as an
crder to thosewho might be inclined
to ;a.ssume the government of the
country on such terms.
/.'But," the government's reply add
ed, "relying on the good will dis
played in such an unaccustomed
manner by you, we beg you to inter
pret A the following proposals to the
entente powers:
*,."First, \ the soviet government also
is disposed to create a neutral zone
butisoiely on the condition that the
frontier thereof is shifted eastward
to the Maros line and that the soviet
republics shall administer without in
terference in the territory occupied
by, the allied troops, thus allowing the
soviet, republic to be reestablished in
Szegedih and Arad. . There shall be
free intercourse from the neutral zone
Ojoth in the direction of Hungary and
Rumania and free transit in the
Transylvania territory occupied by
Rumania.
. "Second: At the same time we re
quest the complete raising of the
blockade and the supplying of the
republic with coal and fats.
'?Third: We request that the pro
posed conference should include rep
resentatives of the Hungarian soviet
republic, Bohemia, Rumania, Serbia,
Jugo-Siavia and the German-Austria,
and that it meet at the earliest mo
ment possible at. Prague or Vienna
so as to proceed simultaneously with
the peace conference.
"Fourth: We request an exchange
of economic representatives between
Hungary and foreign States.
"Fifth: We request the entente
powers immediately, to "ease the bar
barous persecutions to which every
Uxbor movement in the occupied re
gion is subjected."
.The document is signed by Premier
Garhai and Foreign Minister Bcla
Kuh..;.
Plight Oversea on 16th
Shortt Brothers Will Leave
Newfoundland for Ireland
"London, April 7 (By the Associat
ed Press).?The airplane of the
Shortf- Brothers, one of the entries
f?r'the 10,000 pounds race across the
Atlantic, will start for Ireland for
New Foundland on April 16. weather
permitting. The airplane is expected
to make the journey in twenty hours.
Woolworth Dead
The Millionaire Ten Cent Store
Magnate
New York, April S.?Frank W.
Woolworth, who started a live and
ten cent store in Utica, New York,
forty years ago on a capital of fifty
dollars and eventually became the
millionaire proprietor of a great chaiti
of these stores in the United States.
Canada and England, died suddenly
today at his home, at Glen Cove, L.
I. In addition to establishing a bus
iness with profits totaling nearly eight
millions yearly, Woolworth built the
celebrated fifty-one story Woolworth
building in New York, said to be the
tallest in the world.
I Paris, Monday, April 7.?The draft
ing? committee of the league of na
tions has now completed work on the
covenant. As revised it contains 27
articles. A full meeting of the
league of nations cojnmittee will ba
held tomorrow to consider the re- j
draft and covenant.
PENSION MONEY
FOR COUNTIES
Comp. Gen. Osborne Has
Just Sent Out
$298,172
ROLL OF VETERANS
SAME AS FOR 1918
I After This Year Newly Created
I Pension Commissioners to
i Handle Matter.
lj Columbia, April 6.?Comptroller
(General Rut L. Osborne has just
j sent out from his office $298,172.00
to the clerks of court of the various
counties to pay the pensions for 1919.
The rolls for this year are the
same as the 1918 robs, due to the
fact that the new pension law does
not allow the old State Pension Board
j to change them in any manner. The
comptroller is now ready to turn
over a balance of $10l,82S.OO, which
is left of the $400,000.00 appropriat
ed, to the newly created Board of
Pension Commisioners.
All matters pertaining to pensions
are from now on to be handled by the
commissioners. Mr. D. W. McLaurin
has the work in charge and is known
as "State Pension Commissioner."
MT. Osborne states that the only
change of any significance in the pen
sions paid by him is that the widows
and soldiers in Classes* C-2 and C-4
will receive $36 each this year, which
is $-1.00 more than They have ever
been paid before.
The following letter was sent to
each clerk of court along with the
check and the roll for the county:
"Clerk of Court:
?'I beg to enclose herewith the
pension rolls for your county, along
With warrant receipt and warrant
for $-. Please sign the re
ceipt, as indicated, ami return to me
by return mail.
"An act passed by the recent gen
eral assembly requires that the pen
sions for the year 1919 be handled
as heretofore by the comptroller gen
eral and the clerks of couW. After
this year, however, pension matters
will be handled by a newly created
board, known as 'Pension Commis
sioners.' and the judges of probate.
You will, therefore, take up any and
ali matters pertaining to pensions
that may come before you with Hon.
D. W. McLaurin, Pension Commis
sioner, Columbia, and also make
any refunds th.it you have left
j through Mr. McLaurin.
1 "It will be noted that the roll en
j closed herewith is the same as in
11918. The attorney general has ren
i dered an opinion which does not al
I low any changes to be made In the
! 1918 rolls by the old State Pension
Board, hence there are no new j^i
Bioners nor are there any raises.
"The pensions must be paid strictly
according to the roll enclosed here
with, as follows:
"Class A. $96.00: Class B, $72.00;
j Class C-l, $48.00; Class C-2, $36.00;
Class C-3, $48.00; Ciass C-4. $36.00."
The following is the total amount
of pension money distributed by coun
ties:
County? Amount.
Abbeville .? 4.4S8.00
Aiken. .. .. I2;204.00
Anderson. 17.190.00
Bamberg. 3.096.00
Barnwell. 5.796.00
Beaufort. 984.00
Berkeley. 3,612.00
Calhoun. 1,044.00
(Charleston . 9,324.00
I Cherokee. 6.468.00
; Chester. 4,896.00
j Chesterfield . 8,040.00
{Clarendon. 4,34 4.00
Colleton. 9.516.00
J Darlington. 6.036.0a
1 Dillon ... 3,744.00
j Dorchester. 4,428.00
! Edgefield. 3,408.00
Fairfield. 2.660.00
Florence. 2,088.00
Georgetown . . .. .. .. 2,280.00
Greenville. 16.48S.00
Greenwood. -5.164.00
Hampton. 4,704.00
j Horry. 9,82$.00
(Jasper .. ........ . .. 1.704.00
K>rshaw. 4.752.00
I Lancaster. 5.700.00
Laurens. 0.012.00
j Lee. 2,320.00
I Lexington. 9,072.00
McCormick. 2.4 00.00
Marion. 5.70o.0o
Marlboro. 3.900.00
Newberry . 5,544.00]
jOconee . 9.444.00]
I Orangeburg. 8,124.00 j
j Pick ens. 7.356.00
Richland .. ] 4.160.00 j
ISaluda. 4.020.00
JSpartanburg. 18,840.00
JSumter . 4.596.00!
jL'nion .... . S.232.00 i
j Wiiliamsburg. 4.176.00 I
I Y?>rk. 8,304.00 j
i -1
Total.$295,812 00 1
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! Tension Not Relaxed I
i Peace Conference Circles Hope
ful But Not Confident of
Agreement
I Paris, April 8.?The council of
j four met this morning at the resi-!
I denco of Premier Lloyd George, j
I President Wilson was not able to at- j
j tend the meeting this afternoon at 1
j the Paris White House. The over- j
; night tension in peace conference
j circles had not been dispess^i when j
rthe coundil met. In conference cir-j
teles, however, it is felt that the ses-j
ision today would serve to clear the
'atmosphere. i
Copenhagen. April 3.?Demohstra-i
:tions have occurred in Munich against
;the new revolutionary government of
^Bavaria, according to Berlin dispatch- i
! es today. The demonstrators were1
dispersed by troops, the advices state.
Appeals to Attorney General
To Prosecute Cotton
Association ?
ALLEGES VIOLATION OF
ANTI TRUST LAW
Cotton Farmers Will Not Be
Intimidated But Will- Hold
Cotton and Reduce Acreage.
St. Matthews, April 8.?J. Skottowe
Wannamaker, chairman of the South
Carolina Cotton Association, today
, received a copy of the telegram sent
by Oov. Henry J. Allen of Kansas to
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer
charging that the cotton acreage re
duction movement is in violation of
the federal law. The telegram fol
lows in full:
"I have expressed the view in a
telegram to Hon. J. S. Wannamaker,
chairman of the South Carolina Cot
ton Association, that the combination
for acre reduction of cotton and hold
ing of present supply now being or
ganized in many States of the South
is in violation of federal laws, which,
in my judgment, are being violated
by this combination. From circulars
sent out by the. organizers support
ing this combination. I learn that the
organization is composed not alone of
cotton growers, but bankers, cotton
speculators and business men. Their
purpose is to raise the price of cot
ton which they are now holding and
aJso to permanently raise the prfce
. of cotton hi the future. This is deii
nitely expressed in their circulars and
appears to be not alone in the inter
est of the Southern farmers bui of
all persons who are holding and pos
sibly securing a corner in the cotton
now on hand against the time of ih<
lifting of the embargo. You. of course,
knew of the anti-monopoly act of
July 2. ISMO, which declares every
contract combination in the form of
trust or otherwise or conspiracy in
restraint of trade or commerce i?
{hereby declared to be illegal and ev
I ery person who shall monopolize or
{attempt to monopolize or combine or
I conspire with another person or per
i sons to monopolize any part of . the
j trade or commerce among the sevor.
j al States shall be deemed guilty of
[ a misdemeanor.
! cite this law. realizing that you
j are familiar with it. You may wish
; thai I give you the very familiar
[quotations from the supreme court ol
I the United States in defining wlrai Is
meant by the words 'combination,
trust and monoply.' Should you so
desire 1 would be pleased to give you
definite citations."
Chairman Wannamaker, upon re
ceiving copy of the above telegram,
i issued this statement:
j "1 frankly admit the contention
; that the organization of Southern cot
| ton farmers means high price cotton,
i As a result of this movement, the
! South, instead of facing calamitv this
j
? fall, as it would most certainly if a
; large crop were planted this year,
j wiil face prosperity and will receive
I for its small cot ion crop the highest
j price paid for cotton since the War
j Between the States. The entire cot
j ton belt is absolutely determined to
I raise supplies at home and live at
j home.
j "The whole South confidently
I awaits the decision of the honored
j attorney general, knowing that he
! will not take away from it the rights
J that are guaranteed to its people, as
'free people, under our constitution."
Appeal to Allies
?.?
j German Government Consider
I Request for Troops to Keep
j Order
i
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j Paris; April 9.?At the latest ses
jsion of the German council the gov
ernment considered eventually mak
ing an appeal to the allied armies to
j maintain order in Germany in the in
j terest of the whole of Europe, the
i Zurich correspondent of L,e Journal
I reports.
Pans. April 9.?The newspapers
I declare they understand that Gen.
i Humbert, former commander of the
j French Third Army will be appoint
i od ?'commander of the allied troops
j in central Europe."
Five Billion Dollars
I - ;
First Installment of the Indem
nity That Germany Must
Must Pay Announced
i '
Paris. April 9.?The preliminary:
peace treaty will require Germany to!
make an immediate indemnity pay-'
ment. on account, of five billion dol
lars in cash and raw materials, ac-l
cording to The Echo d<> Paris. The!
treaty .ii declares, will not leave un
certain the total amount which Ger
many must pay. as thai amount will 1
l
be written im<> the document.
Tornado In Oklahoma !
Six Person Killed and Many In- j
jured Near Du rant
Durant, Okla.. April 9.?Six persons;
are reported kiled and many others!
seriously injured and much damage
to property in a storm thai swept ;
through this county Tuesday night.
It passed fiv<> miles from here but did;
not hit any towns.
Copenhagen. April 9.?The capture j
of seven villages, five hundred pris '
oners and a large amount of war
material is reported in the official j
statement issued from the Esthonian
army headquarters. The Esthonians '
continue their advance, according to, .
the statement. *.
NEWS OF THE DAY
FROM COLUMBIA
Governor Cooper Appoints J.
E. Jones, Treasurer of
Abbeville County
SUPREME COURT OPIN
IONS HANDED DOWNj
; Three New Members for Board
j Of Pardons?The State's New
Enterprises
Columbia April 8.?In* a decision
handed down by the Sate Supreme
(Court the section of the act creating
(the Riehland county court making it
mandatory to appeal rases from the
j magistrates' courts to the county in
; -lead of the Circuit 1 *oun is declar
jed unconstitutional. The opinion held
j that an appeal can he made direct to
the Circuit Court.
The act creating the Richland
County Court was for the purpose of
lightening the congested condition of
the Circuit Court, and for that rea
son it was thought wise to make the
appeals from Ihr magistrates' courts
direct to the County Court.
Governor Cooper has appointed J.
E. .Tones of Abbeville, treasurer of
Abbeville County to succeed the late
James Chalmers, who died last week.
The appointment was made on the
{recommendation of J. Howard Moore,
senator from Abbeville county. The
j new treasurer is a brother of A. W.
Jones, chairman of the StaTe Tax
I Commission.
Mr. Jones' term of oflic* will ex
pire in July. A primary election will
j be held for the full term.
Governor Cooper today reappointod
! Dr. E. W. DuRant, of Georgetown,
chairman of the state board of lish
[ erics. Dr. DuRant's salary is $1,800
a year.
Acting on tin- reouesl of the pres
ent board that it be relieved of its
duties, their terms having expired,
i Governor Cooper today appointed W.
j I\ Conyers, of Greenville; B. F.
j Pegues, of Cheraw, and Jos. L,. Net
tles, of Columbia, as members of the
j State Board of Pardons. The present
j board consists of D. G. Ellison, of
Columbia, chairman; W. E. Jenkin
! son, of Kingstree, and J. B. West
| brook, of Chester. They were ap
; pointed by former Governor Manning,
i The board meets on the first Wodnes
i day in January, April. July and Oc
? tober of each year, at Columbia. The
'duties of the hoard are merely ad
[ visory. and the executive abides by its
rrecommendations if he sees fit or can
dismiss them.
I Cotton Prices Advance
I
i' -
j Acreage Reduction Movement
Has Been Big Factor in
j Market
i.
I ?
j Columbia, April S.?That the cot
i ton acreage reduction movement has
! been a big factor in the recent ad
vance in cotton is conceded, even by
j New Vork newspapers, says a state
Jment issued today by the central com
mittee of the South Carolina Cotton
[Association. That the price of cotton
; is going to soar sky high when the
! crop is 'planted and it is seen that
j there has really been a big reduction
j in the acreage, is the opinion en
| tertained by the committee,
j To substantiate its statement that
I the cotton acreage reduction mov--*
Jment has already affected the price of
j cotton, the committee presented some
j comment from absolutely impartial
land unbiased new sources,
i "The report by the South Carolina
{Cotton Association to the effect that
j the curtailment of acreage would be
j over 30 per cent was issued last
j Thursday afternoon after the close
j of the market for that day." say.-:
j the committee's statement issued to-j
day. -The New York Times in its
Saturday morning's review of Satur
day's market said:
"News developments were general
ly good and favorable to higher
prices. Cold and wet weather was
again reported over the belt, and a
great deal was made of the mo-re- j
ment to reduce acreage. Reports!
sent out by those who are behind I
j this movement insist that the aero- i
ago put in this year will be fully
one-third less than last year and
may amount to more."
"The Associated Press in it-: review
of the lasi week's market said: Re
ports of unfavorable weather for ::.j,,v
crop preparations and the claims of'
the leaders of the Southern organi- i
nations who have been working tor!
the reduced acreage' that pledges'
have been secured pointing to a cut!
of .-thorn 30 per cent were also fac
tors on the advance."
Bulg-ars Attack Greeks
_
Troops Sent to Srunmitz to|
Surpress Uprising
~ !
s-n lonik'. April ft.? Bulgarian
troops have been sent to Strumnitz]
to suppress an uprising of irridentist
Greeks. |
Bolshevism Agitators j
Wealthy Americans Supply l
Money For Propaganda
Washington. April ? Reports fh.it
th" Bolshevist agitation in the United!
States is heing financed by a number']
oi" wealthy persons, particularly wo- I
men. have reached the department of!
justice. 1 ut are not taken seriously so
far. One report related that a!
wealthy American woman had under-1'
taken to pay the expenses of agua-i<
tors to work among the negroes in 11
the ijouth to get them to organize [<
soviet committees. No evidonC'3 of 1
this agitation has developed. 'c
BUILDING MATERIAL OF EVERY KIND
BOOTH and McLEOD, Inc.
THE HUNS LOOT
RED CROSS DEPOT
Storage Sheds and Food Depots
At Nuremburg Pillaged by
Armed Crowds Tuesday
i GOODS WORTH 700,000
MARKS STOLEN
I Germans Prove Once More That
They Are No Respectors of
Properly And Have Neither
J Gratitude or Decency.
Basel, April 0.?The storage slmds
'of the American Red Cross and the
1 food depots were pillaged by armed
j crowds in Nuremberg Tuesday, ac
I cording to dispatches received here.
Goods valued at severs hundred thou
Isand marks are s:iid to have been
Itaken from tlm various food depots.
Wilson Attends Council
j Short Meeting Held With Pre
miers. Tension Relieved
j Paris, April S (By the Associated
I Press).?President Wilson met with
I the premiers of Great Britain. France
land Italy today for the first time since
he became ill. rm" discussion of re
l sponsibility for the war and the
j Sarre valley, which was unfinished to
j day will he continued tomorrow.
It was not indicated whether the
; president made any reference to the
(summoning of the ?leerte Washing
i ton.
I on account of th" president's
! weakened condition the afternoon
session was comparatively short, Mr.
I Wilson lying down immediately after
j its adjournment although it was stat
J ed at the "White House" that he was
j gradually improving and expected to
I artend all the meetings of the eoun
| cil hereafter.
The return of President Wilson to
j the council of four and the progress
; on various questions has removed
much of the tension which existed in
j conference circles and has led to re
newed confidence in an early and sat
isfactory conclusion.
The reparations problem now is
considered definitely settled and only
minor .details concerning the func
tions of the commission to allot the
j annual installments from Germany re
i main to be arranged. The Polish
j question, including the status of
1 Danzig, is also nearing settlement on
the basis of internationalization of
the city, Danzig as a free port and
avoids the necessity of recognizing
the claims of either Poland or Ger
many while the former will have a
corridor of the Baltic to the limits of
the Baltic to the limits of the inter-j
nationalized town. j
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The Claims of Poland {
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Premier Paderewski Before j
Council to Present Case of i
His Country
Paris. April ?Premier Paderew
ski, of Poland, was summoned before;
the council of four today to present
Poland's claims. M. Paderewski will ;
urge that Danzig must be given to,
Poland and that Poland must have"
the coal fields of Leschen. Silesia.
Sidney Drew Dead
Was a Favorite on the Stage and I
Before the Screen
Now York. April 9.?Sidney Drew. |
an actor on stag*' and for the screen.)
died today at his home here from'
Uremia, due to nephritis. He was? ?
54 years old and a native of Xewj
York. ! i
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Stike at Berlin
_ j 5
Army of Thirty Thousand Loyal
Troops in Readiness in Case j'
of Trouble L
I
Paris. April 9.?A general strike i <
has been proclaimed in Berlin and j 1
suburb of Spandau, advices received j!
here say. Minister Defense Hoske isM
reported to have concentrated thirty
housand loyal troops at Berlin gates;?
'or use in the event of trouble. jJ
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Turks Present Claims;;
? ; j
Even The Butchers of Armen- *
ians Granted a Hearing
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Constantinople. Tuesday. April 8.? a
!*he Turkish commission appointed to ;i
I raft a report dealing with national t
ights of Ottomans before the peace t
conference has concluded its labors. rd
ieport will be submitted to the high
ommissioners of allies directly, p
PUBLIC MONEY
GROSSLYWASp
I Department of Justice Uncovers
I Extravagance at Tennessee
Nitrate Plant
i _ <
i CRIMINAL LIABILITY NOT
YET ESTABLISHED
[War Time Government Enters
j prises Seemed to Breed Reck
i less Disregard for Reasonable
! Economy in Use of Money.
i
i - ?.. .
{ Washington, April 0.?Extrava
jgance in connection with the expendi.
j tures for the government nitrate,
?plant at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, bias
' been uncovered by the department of
' justice in the investigation of the
: project, it was learned today. It has
' not yet been determined whether
' there is any criminal liability. \
Tour State With Battle
Film
Captain Lump kin and Lieuten
ant Glenn Pressed Into
Service
i Columbia, April 8?Capt. Morris
: C. Bumpkin, assistant attorney gen
eral .and Lieut. L. M. Glenn of An
i derson, both of whom have recently
returned from the battle fields of
. France, have been lined up by the
I State Victory Liberty Loan organiza
| lion to tour -.he State with the film?
j ' The Price of Peace," which Is t? be
shown in every county. Captain
Lumnkin will have the upper half of
the State and Lieut. Glenn the low
j er half. The film was taken of the
action on the battle lines in France.
Captain Lumpivin commanded Com
j pany D of the One Hundred and
Seventeenth Machine Gun Battalion
' and Lieut. Glenn was with the Third
Division, which saw much heavy
fighting. Both of these young men
; arc well known throughout the
.State. Before entering the service
j Capt. Lumpkin was secretary to Con
! gressrrran Lever and was also a mem
ber of ihe house of representativeso
j from Richland County when he vol
1 unteered.
I Lieut. Glenn has held responslbfe
I newspaper positions in several cities
' in this State and at the time of the
United States entering the war was
editor of the Anderson Daily Maih
His newspaper training and instinct
caused him to observe very carefully
and he has a wonderful fund, of
reminiscences of France. As is the
case with all other good soldiers, he
does not talk of the things in which
he took part, but has a store of nar
ratives of the deeds of others.
He was in the first great "show" at
'haieau Thierry and witnessed some
of the things which will'live in his
tory as long as time lasts. He was
gassed severely in July and was used
on detached service when he became
convalescent. This duty took him to
many parts of France, and he has
observed very closely the habits of
thrift and the spirit of patriotism of
the French people. Mr. Glenn has
been in this country for some time
and the Victory Liberty Loan Man
agement has had lines out for him.
Charles H. Barron, State chairman
said yesterday that he felt that he is
very fortunate to get Mr. Glenn and
Mr. Lumpkin to assist in this drive.
Plea For Engineers
New York. April S.?Relatives of
men in the Eleventh Engineers who
with picks and shovels fought the
Sermans during a temporary reverse
in the British army's drive under
General Byng at Cambrai, voted at a
necting here today to send a petition
>y wireless to Secretary Baker, en
?ouie to France on the steamer Le
?iathan asking him to return the:
Eleventh home at once if military
exigencies permitted. 5
Secretary Baker was urged to "ter-"
ninate immediately the prolonged
liscrimination against that regimen*
n violation of your sound and defi
litely announced policy of 'first over,
irst back.' "
The Eleventh was "first over"
tmong the engineers, was the first
Lmerican unit to suffer casualties and
ought with the British, French and
lmerican armies. It was declared
oday that the unit had been on the
?riority list since January, but sailing
lad been delayed.
Copenhagen. April 9.?Government
roops are marching on Essen where
collision occurred between strikers
ntl Christian workers organization,
lie members of which desire to con
inue their employment, a Berlin
ispafoh announces. The strikers
aye occupied the Krupp munition
laut, the message adds.