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t- ??-" ? Colared School Day -_ Sumter County Colored School's Field Day a Success Notwithstanding- the many inter ruptions of the year, the Field Day was in every way a success. Thirty one^ schools of Sumter county, led by Kendall Institute of the city, formed in line in ; front of Shi lob Baptist church, April 25th and marched to the Court House and after taking their places listened n?ost attentively to the rendering of a most interesting programme. There were not less than 1.000 present. After singing by the schools. lie v. jRL M. Jackson, of Ebenezer school /^d\in prayer, after which Mr. A P. Spears, principal of Stone Kill school, introduced Dr. .1. H. Hay::sworth. the county superintendent. Dr. Hayns worfh, who assured us of his contin ued interest and as proof of his pres ence with,us\?ach year. He spoke of the good work being done in the coun ty under the supervision of Dr. Bragg; Anthony and expr'essed himself as be- i ir.g satisfied and felt that she was in j every way competent ami asked thei cooperation of all to help in the sfug-: gte. He -introduced Rev. .1. P. Ma- | rion who delivered a most excellent j practical add re's s on .practicing of the j virtues of* truthful industry, reliable- j ness and morality as being the proper' foundation on which to build enesj ??pUfe ti?*e structure and as being the; necessary essentials for trite man- \ hood and womanhood. . Mr. R. TV. West berry in his most ? characteristic way entertained and j then introduced Mr. Hurst, the Sher- j iff,-who so kindly spoke to us in the I absence of Mr. E. I. Reardon. Mr. J . Hurst emphasized reverence to God i and urged the men to protect their | homes.tp keep the law. not to hide or i cover up those who in any way broke! the. law- but to help the common-j wealth in giving justice to all through a. proper tria'i of the offenders. He also urged negro men to have respect fp.r- their women. After such splen did instruction and advice the school formed in line, led by the j same school, marched up Hamp-1 ton avenue to Washington, then back j to the church, where after some little [ time the immense crowd was greeted j and the program carried out. The I salutatory was delivered by Ella Tis-1 dale of Ston eHill of the class pro? j in a very bmeautiful way in a i little poem con;posed by Dr. Bragg! Anthony for -.the occasion. The] . valedictory by Sophia Ballard of Pri-! vateer school was delivered in an ex-1 celient manner, also a little poem by tke. same author written for the oc- ' easion. After which the following members of the class promoted were instructively addressed by Prof. C. A. Lawson. principal of Lincoln City schools. Ella Tisdale, Stone Hill. ?? Henrietta Glisson, Beulah No. 2, Tourney. j Vermelle Haynsworth, Beulah No. j 2, Tourney. ; Mary Ella Montgomery, Buleah No. I 2, Tourney.. Sophia Ballard. Privateer. { Gordina Cantey. Privateer. , Elizabeth Haryin, Privateer. Rosa Willis, Shot Pouch. Hattie Tension. Shot Pouch. Martha Tension. Shot Pouch. The prizes are awarded as follows: j judges brought in the decision too; late. . The rizes are awarded as follows:! JThe school having the largest num- j ber in the parade?Clark's. Oswego. Teacher, 31 rs. Estelle Cordes. Prize! given by Knight Bros. The school having the best kinder garten, work?Congruity. Teacher, Miss Maggie Sanders. Prize given by Miss Mammie Glover. The school having best educational stitches?Tram Road school. Teacher Rev. J. W. Gregg. Prize given by Burns & Son. The school having best models <?f' garments?Privateer. Teacher, Mi^sj Elizabeth Brogdon. Prize given by! Miss Louise Lpwcry. ' The school having the best exhihit i -Stone Hiil. Teachers. Mr. A. P. j Spears. Miss Pauline Samson. Miss? Elmse La Van. Prize given by Mr. '. McVe?. Tb, sehool doing work in ail six j grades-- Privateer. Prize given by j Mrs. Emma Andrews. The school making the h*:<i blow : line measuring i! yards?Ebenezer. j Prize given by Mr. \V. Westberry. The individual of the promoted <dussi 'having the nest work ? Stone Kill.] Charity Port tri Prize given by Dr. j "R. S. Wilkinson, president Stale Col-j leg", ' ?rang? burg. * | The individual having the neatest; cook book?Privateer sehoo', Gardina Cantey. Prize given by Dr. Gardina \ Birnie. Tin- school having best manual ? *? framing work?Beulah No. 2. Teach-1 er. Miss Carrie Dozier. Prize given by! Dr. Hearon. To the two little girls playing piano j : solos present were awards given by! Ehe Ladies' Shop and Levy ?.V- Moses, j ' The sehoo: having tin- largest <\ivit\-\ tity of work Shot Pouch. Teacher, .Mrs. Maggie Glover; Sailers Town school. Teacher Mrs. Anna Murray .raised ?>>?"? added to the ??>25 given by?Dr. .1. H. Dillard, presi ? d'-mi or' Jeans and State funds. added on a domestic science room, have ;> home makers club, a kitchen outfit and the club was in uniform at Field \ Day. Five new schools have worked this year. Four have made improvement at their schools. Two new sebool houses built, one in District one in I District ... One supervisor has been trained in the county. Mis. Diana Branson is now supervisor u.' Dillon county. Two teachers are being trained in home demonstration work. ., Nim- hundred models made during this year. Seven teachers have done the graded work themselves. Eleven have done 1st and 2nd grades. Eleven pnpiis finished the 0 grades industrial work of the county. Three hundred and fifteen visits made by the super visor up to March 1st. Amount of .money raised $?$0.00. Thanking all who have heiped us and cooperated with us. L. Bragg Anthony. M. D.. County Supervisor ! Wilson Made Clear Bis i Position to Orlando j ? _ Statement by Italian That Pres ident Went Over His Head To Make Known His Views Not True Rome. April 2.9 (By the Associates] Press.)?Premier Orlando, in his ad [dress in the chamber of deputies to Idayadmitted that ho received on April 111 tlie American memorandum dcal j ink' with the Adriatic question and [added that until that time he had al ways been assured that the American I delegation had not reached any defi nite conclusion regarding Italy, ran.;. April 29 (By the Associated Press)?The memorandum delivered; to Premier Orlando on April 1-1. deal ing with tne Adriatic situation, con-; tained the salient points of the text; of the statement issued by President Wilson April rj. In the. memorandum, the president] said, he felt hound to square ever}' j conclusion reached l>y him as ae<-u rately as possible with his l-1 points1 and principles laid down in subse quent addresses, which were formal? iy adopted with a single reservation by tii'- powers associated against Ger-. many as basis for peace with Germany and that he did not feel at liberty to suggest a new basis for peace with j Germany and another for peace with! Austria. Alter pointing out the complete dis- i solutien of the Austro-Hungarian ,em- ? pire had given a new aspect to' the ! settlements which must be effected re- j garding the eastern boundaries of Italy, the president said he was quite \ willing that Italy be accorded along! the whole of her northern boundary in contact with Austrian territory all that was accorded by the pad of Lon don but that it was clear thai the London pact no longer was applicable j to a settlement of Italy's eastern! boundaries. After conceding that the greater part of Istria and the ports of Triest : and Pola should be ceded to Italy, the president said Fiume was not Ital- i ian but by all circumstances of its de- j vclopment was an international port, serving the countries east and north of the Gulf of Fiume. and could not j be subordinated to any one sover- j eignty. The memorandum said there was common agreement that the Island of Lissa should be ceded to Italy with port Volpna ami that the fortifications built by the Austrians on the islands of the eastern coast of the Adriatic should be dismantled. Regarding the interests of the Italian population in the territory which is to be incorporated in Jugo slavia the memorandum said theyj would be abundantly safeguarded by \ the league of nations. British Endorse - j Monroe Doctrine) ? ??? IM Delegation to Peace Conference Issues Declaration of Cove- ! nant of League - Parh> April 29.? (By the Associated] Press.)?The British delegation issued j today a series of commentaries on the covenant of the league of nations ex- j pressing their definite views and j making some chang? s from .the ofli-! cial analysis issued on Sunday. With ( regard to the section dealing with the Monroe Doctrine the commentaries I said: "Article -) makes it clear that tin-j covenant is not intended to abrogate j or weaken any other agreements sol lon^ as they ;ire consistent with its own terms, into which members may* have entered or may hereafter cute for the assurance of peace; Such agreements would include special treaties for comp.uls**r ' arbitration j and military covent: iS that arc genuinely defensive. ) "The Monroe Doctrine and similar ] understandings are put in the same category. They have shown them selves in history to be. not instr.u-j hients of national ambition, but gnur- ! ah tees of peace. The origin of the! Monroe Doctrine is well known. :yn ;l proclaimed in 1823 <o prevent Anier-! p-a. from he>-*?luing a theater (Or in.-' trigucs of European absolutism. Ai : tirs? a principle of American foreign I policy, it has become an internatJoi?rl, understanding and it Ts net fllegiti-j mate for the people of the United j States to say that the covenant should j recOghize ;1 at fact. *Tn Its essence it is consistent with ] the spirit of the covenant and indeed, the principles of the league as ex- ! pressed in article I represent the ex ! tension '?" the whole .world of thej principles of {his doctrine: while,:] should any dispute as to the mean- i ing of the latter ever rise betweeni the American and European powers; the league is there to settle it.*' i! is particularly noted thai the commentaries state thai the .Moor:)?-; i>octrine "has become an international | understa riding." May Meet in Washington Paris. April 29.? A proposal is on foot to hold the first meeting of the League of Xations in Washington this year. Should the assembly meet first! in Washington, it is said President Wilson will doubtlessly be asked to become the first president of the ! league. Washington, April i".'. The State department was advised today of a se vere earthquake yesterday :.: San Salvadore. There were forty deaths, many injured and heavy property i damage. Yokohama. April 29.?*Khe loss in ! the great fire that occurred yester day is estimated at nearly seven and I one-half million dollars. Thousands ;are homeless. Two persons were kill ed and-thirty injured. Sixty blocks wer?? burned. It was the most disas I trous fire in the city's history. Memorial Address. ; < By J. Sprole Lyons. .lr.. Chaplain j llSth Infantry). Under the sod of Flanders holds where today the crimson poppy ! blooms and on the sides of those hills [beyond the Sommc. whose rare beau_ ! ty four years of the hatred of the i Hun has failed to more titan mar, resfc the remains of Carolina lads who gave I their all. There they await that final bugle blast which shall call them from their sleep to pass in review before the Grand Commander of the universe i-to receive from Him their eternal dec orations and to hear from Mis lips j "well dom; thou good and. faithful servant.*' I In .till their service they were nev er heard to murmur or complain when duty called. When comrade and pal.and sometimes brother we're falling by their side, willingly, yea eagerly; they embraced the task I which they all but knew must be their I last. Why? . They believed in the 'righteousness of their cause. Why'.' Patriotism was the very air they breathed. Why? Often for days and nights their only meat and drink, that from which they drew their strength to endure and their courage io pcr servcre. was the loyally which surg ed through their beings to the rythm of the i-)''-'1 ' of their hearts. Our Souto Carolina men were the finished product of military science. They were equipped for every phase of the fighting man's career. They were given and were able to receive the very best instruction which mil itary experts could impart. Yes and they had received and were able to appropriate and guarded as their j choicest treasure that finest religious instruction which is given to man kind, that which a man receives as a boy at his mother's knee. "Mother" always had her appropriate place in the thoughts before the battle and j her name was most often in the j hearts and on the lips of the dying, j Eloquent testimony adorns the pages i of th~e history of the war that these! men. and fighters, met their duty j bravely .intelligently and with an j irresistable. energy and when the books of the universe are balanced.] they will bear their testimony that.; with the same intelligence, prepara tion and bravery, they met their I death. On the third of July. 19IS, the j ll.Sth Infantry inarched, late in the afternoon, into the little French town of Wyider. on the Belgian border. It was one short day's march from the front. As we entered the town we had the unique experience of seeing a town near the front gaily bedecked with Hags and a curious flag hanging from the town hall. It had twelve and one-half stripes and twenty Stars. The mayor explained its sig nificance. When the villagers heard that English-speaking troops were to be billeted in the town for the first time and that the men belonged to the first American unit to enter Bel gium, they decided to decorate their town in our honor. When they brought out their flags, it was discovered thai they had the flags of all the allies ex cept the United States. The mayor called the ladies together and asked then: to make an American flag. AH j their red. white and bine cloth was.) brought to t1i$> town hall and the; /lag. when finished, had twelve and j one-half stripes because the cloth j gave out, and twenty stars because no one in thai town knew the number of stars in the American Mag. When we had our first casualties in Belgium and wepe preparing to bury the fallen, there was but one Ameri can flag to be fond in the whole 30th Division. Aii the others had been) turned in when we exchanged ouri American for British equipment, lj wen: back to Wyldeij explained our predicament to tbe mayor ami asked him if he would donate the flag of] Wyider to the Itsth Infantry t<> be used as a burial flag. Me readily agree(; to do so and called together! the ladies who had made the das-, i 'I'll** president and vice president of the organization signed 'hep- names in the lower left hand corner and that j fla^ was the burial Haq; of the 118th Infantry during its campaigns in Bel gium and before the Hindenburg line. To my mind it is altogether appro-{ priate that such a flag should be used ; as a burial flag in the A. E. F for \\ j illustrates the spirit of the m?;j in j nur expeditionary forces. Those wo men of Wyider knew what they ward- l e?i )o rlo. they wanted to make an American flag. They bad the right! spirit and .-: willingness to work but j i hey were ignorant <? ftho details of I their task so they simply did the. best ] they could with tie information and'j materials at hand. Xot one man in a thousand in ihe expeditionary forces knew that details of that for which he w;is fighting, but he knew [hat if was a cause wort" lighting for and he did the best h ;;ould even to ihe enduring of hardships and Ihe laying down of his life, if necessary. He did 'his all the mere willingly been use he] knew that there were those at home who would take up the task where he laid il down and carry it through to s a glorious completion. Could those j meii stand beside me today, I know I the message Lhoy would bring to li::. I it would ii"! be :t message pi**: ding! for oar sympathy or our tears. Our sympathy does go out to loved ones left behind and we shed an uncon scious tear, ii is the involuntary trib- I j utc we pay to their greatness and j their nobility. But their message! would be (his simple appeal. "Make i sure the things we died to secure. We ] I gave our lives. We gave them wil : lingly. See to ii that we have not given them in vain." Someone has truly said that death to o--e who has lived rightly is not a death bin a liberation, ft is not the soul which dies huf it is sin ami suf jfering. that which causes anxiety and! [sorrow, all thai is ugly and repulsive] I that dies away from the soul. The j soul, freed from these fetters, bounds I into a glorious existence where- is found that peace and contentment j and happiness which man craves from ihe cradle to the grave and dials not.! in its fulness, this side the grave, it i is a comfort of priceless value to j know that such was the death of ourj ;men who gave their lives on the bat-1 tlefield. And such being the death ofj ? our men .'is individuals, we must seel ito it that their collective death shall' [have a similar meaning l*ur the world; j As their dying was but the passing I from their lives of all that was un lovely, their death must mean the ! passing Crom the. world of the condi tion which brought about their death land against which they fought. condi i lions wherein it is possible for a mere man. masquerading in the garb of I divine right, to impose his will upon [and to the detriment of others. There [must no longer be conditions whereby the accidents of geographical loca Itioh or a portion of the goods of t - ' ? ?world shall decree for some an un jequal chance in life. 1 have seen a man bound by the j shackles of vice and sin and habit; I going, as it were, headlong into the j open pit of perdition. I have s?en i that man. with a vision of the prin ciples and ideals for which our men 'died, take those principles into his life i ? and I have seen him come forth into ja newness of living, a, resurrected man, ushered into the real joy of life j and service- I have seen a pool where was death and stagnation and over i j hung the'miasma of fever. I have jscc7i that saine pool when the lily has j pushed forth her stalk and first put Lout the wondrous bud and then the; i full blown flower, glorios life out of* j seaming hopeless death. Those of us I who went to France saw nations which had been bound by the. shackles of; j vitiating habits and practices and! j Towness of vision. Only those who! I ha ve visited ^Europe in peace, time j know how* truly r speak. We saw (hose nations pass through their trial [ by fire. The toll of life has been paid and it is for us who remain Lo answer the question. 'Shall there come out of that scene of death and desD altion a resurrected world, one whose j sorrows and the causes of sorrows! have been buried .a world come into j the fulness of the joy of healthful iiv-J ing and mutual service?" Xothhg) short of this is the minimum of ourj duty as it is also our privilege as we take up the unfinished tasks of our fallen heroes. To attain this is the only appropriate memorial. in this generatio)!. to the memory of those on our roll of honor, for to do this means to realize and to perpetuate the principles and the ideals for which they died. Such a memorial to their greatness is a monument as it should be. For its foundation it will have the four corners of the earth; into its structure will go the blended .lives of all nations and its peak will reach to the very heavens themselves, bringing them down to us in spirit and carrying us up to them in body. The proceeds of our Victory Loan will be so largely used for this jmrpose that it might with equal propriety be called "The Memorial Loa n." Since my return T have heard dis cussions about the erection of memor ials lo our men buried on the other side. That is all right but it is ani impossibility for us. with our hands, to erect to their memory a suitable and appropriate memorial. Nor is it necessary, they have erected their own memorials: they arc in the hearts of their feilowmeri. All the .marbles of Carrara, fashiom J by the chisel of Angelo into the mimicry of breath ing life, could never convey to the senses .in impression half so appro priate, half so eloquent, as that which these men. by their living and dying, have stamped on the hearts of their fellowmen. Yes, and when those marbles and tin- halls in which they stand shall have crumbled- into dust and passed into the limbo of the for gotten, these memorials to our men. whose stones are lives and their mor tar blood and love, will be retained in all their pristine freshness and purity wherever liberty, heroism and devotion to an ideal arc cherished by mankind. And the Recording Angel took down the Book of Heroes. Opening 1 where he had left off inscribing the! names of those who wore the Gray.' he- wrote tin- names of their sous and grandsons, men who were one time! clad in khaki and are now garbed in robe:, of eternal glory. Asquith May Be The Next Likely to Succeed Earl of Read ing as Ambassador London, April 2y. Herber! H. As-! ?p.'itu. former premier, is likely to succeed the Earl of Reading as am bassador to the United States, accord ing to the livening N'ews today. The newspaper says if understands! that Mr. Asquith was informally of-j fered the post a few months ago and declined but not in such a way as loj preclude an. offer later." The Evening News states its belief! that all the cabinet ministers strong-j ly favor Mr. A.sqi.iith*s appointment I and that In- may consider it hi:; duty, to accept. * j Lodge About Faces Republican Leader Sends Out Hurry Call to Followers to Keep Their Mouth Shut Washington. April 2t?.?Telegrams were seat to all Republican senators! today by Senator Lodge. Republican! floor leader, asking that public ex-j pressions of opinion on the league of nations covenant be withheld until' tin- Republican conference had decid ed what attitude should he adopted. World's Greatest Warship! Superdreadnaught Tennessee Launched To-Day at New York Navy Yard Xew York. April 30.?The world's! most powerful battleship, the super-1 dread naught Tennessee, was success- J fully launched this morning at the1 Xew York navy vard. > i Tokio. April 30.?General T?naka. j minister of war. in an official state-) ment today denies the existence of j anything calculated to menace thej friendly relations between American j and Japanese troops iu Siberia. i Missionary Conference Meeting For Sumter District Held at St. Matthews The Woman's Missionary Confer-j 'nice of the Methodist Church fori Sumter district met in St. Matthews.: S. C. opening Friday night and dos ing Sunday night. A number of dele gates from the various charges of the] district were present and the work was! carried on with much vim and en thus-] iasm. A number '?f talks were given in] behalf of the greal centenary move ment of Methodist church. It was an! especial treat to those present to have Mrs. .lohn Rice, the newly, elected president of the State con ference and Mrs. Perry, of Tennessee, on hand. They with their clear and forceful speeches wore a great in ispiration to all. In addition to these, a number of shorter addresses were ade by various members of the con ference. The delightful music also added, much to the occasion. The first session of the conference was opened Friday, evening with a de votional exercise by Rev. J. T. Peel er, assisted by Rev. Daniel Ivcrson of the Presbyterian church. Miss Jessie Curtis, district secretary, then took the chair. An address of welcome was given by Mrs. J. (1. Stabler for the adults and Miss Delia Cain for the juniors, responded to by Miss Leila Co.rb.ctt Mrs. Rice was then introduced and delivered the ad dress of the evening. Tile second session of the confer ence convened at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. Devotional exercises being conducted by Miss Curtis. Quotations from the bible on prayer were read by various persons in the audience. Mrs. Rice then gave an inspiring talk on "praying." Xcxt came organization. Miss Cur tis gave report of the work in the district for 1318. In spite of the work being retarded by the influenza epi demic, advancement has been made over the previous year. Echoes from the State meeting held in Bishopville. were given by Mrs. Glaze. A motion was made and carried that a tele gram be sent to Mrs... Wait, former president, to let her know that the conference was thinking of her. Mrs. Rice gave a report from the general council tnceting. "The task before us is a great one. It is the biggest Jung in the world today." Presenta tion of literature was given by Mrs. Glaze. "We cannot do the Lord's woi'k without classes. Wc can not organize the uninspired, wo can not inspire the uninformed." Miss Hoover, deaconess of Orange burg, gave an account of her work there. She is doiug a splendid work. "Our work in the centenary" was pre sented by Mrs. Rice. After the ouiet hour, led by Mrs. Rice, conference adjourned until afternoon. Third session of the conference convened at 3.30 o'clock P. M. De votional exercises were led by Mrs. G. Vj. Edwards, "Faith" being the theme of thought. Reports from va rious societies were given by dele gates. Report on young people's work was given by Mrs. Edwards, then an interesting paper was read by Mrs. F. W. Andrews. A discussion on mis sionary work in our societies was led by Mrs. S. J. Summers. This was a very helpful talk. The following- resolutions on exten sion work was read by Mrs. Law. Realizing the importance of im mediate and efficient efforts in the ex tension of our work be it resolved (1) That we put our goal for the year the organization of an adult aux iliary in every church and where the young people and children are not al ready organized, to organize a young people and juvenile societies. (2) That we recommend an ex change of visitors between auxiliaries. (3 That we heartily cooperate with our conference and auxiliary su perintendent of publicity in giving information to the public concerning Our work. Mrs. E. D. Law. Chairman, Mrs. H. T. Strange. Mrs. J. L. Green. Social service was discussed by Mrs. Rieo. After accepting an invi tation from Mrs. C. M. Houscr to meet in Kershaw in I&20, conference ad journed. .Ml ihe delegates were then given an enjoyable auto ride, after which they returned to the church where delightful refreshments were served and music furnished by Mrs. Kellar. Mrs. Perry occupied the pulpit. Sun-[ day A. M.. being introduced by pre- j siding elder. Rev. D. M. McLcod. The j address of Mrs. Perry was a telling appeal for the cause. The meeting dosed with a sermon by Rev. D. M. MoT/eod Sunday night. All delegates returned to their homes feeling that they were better filled to do the greaf work which they represent, the following being their si oga n: Everybody coming. Wheels all humming. Everybody working, Nobody shirking. Fvrry bod y praying. Everybody praying. Do it. Mrs. M. M. Brown. Programme of Ver sailles Conference Versailles. April ?The first ses sion of the peace congress will he de voted to the verification of the cre dentials of the delegates. The text of the peace treaty will be presented to the Germans at tin- second session. Copenhagen. April. 2!? (By the As-i so-dated Tress) liiere have been j noisy a nli-American demonstrations . in Fiume. American officers were j hooted in the streets, according to a report received by way of Germany. British and French troops, the re port said, maintained order with dif ficulty. _ Paris. April 30.?A formula for the j solution of the Kiao Chau. problem,: which it is hoped wiH remove any possibility 'of a definite break and prove mutually acceptable to China and Japan has been reached by the powers, it was stated in authoritative Cjuarters. today. I Senators Wife Injured4 By Bomb j Infernal -Machine ^ Setti- tfr Mrs. iiardwick Through the Mail Atlanta. April 29.?Mrs. Maude Pi Hard wick, wife of Former United States Senator Thomas W. Hardwick^ was painfully injured .and her negro maid suffered the loss of both, hands in the explosion here today of an in fernal machine sent through the mails to the home of the former Georgia senator. He was at his law office, at the time. The package which came in a pa I per wrapper bore a New York City. I postmark ".and had been mailed^ to [Senator Hurdwick's former home at Sandersviile, Ga. Postoffiee officials j there had forwarded it to his apart.-, j rirtent here on Peachtrec Street. The j package was about six inches long and j some three inches wide. Mrs. Hard i wick, jhe senator said, decided that j it was a sample of pencils and told j the maid to open it. I What the police .believe to have j been nitric acid was exploded by con | taet with some other acid as the jmaid. Ethel Williams, unwrapped I the parcel. A number of metal slugs j added to the effect of the explosion j which.literally blew the .maid's hands j off. .Airs. Hardwick was burned I about the face and upper part of the j body. A piece of metal made a severe : cut across her upper lips and loos-. ! ened some teeth. . .. j Mrs. Hardwick and the maid were 1 in the kitchen of the apartment: . at j the time of the explosion and a kitch : en cabinet was wrecked and other j pieces of furniture damaged. A. rain I storm at the time caused neighbors to surmise that, lightning had struck the. building. Both the .former .senator "and local police and federal officials expressed the belief that the explosion wag'the work of anarchists, operating- in. New York. The senator could assign no particular cause for the attempt on his "ife. The package bearing the typewritten address, "Senator Thomas W. Hardwick, Sandersviile, Ga.,M was marked "Sample" and had. a wrapper bearing a return address of "Girahel Bros., 32nd and Broadway, New York." It was the word "Sample!* that caused Mrs. Hardwick to. think *.t was some merchandise and to have opened it in her husband's absence. After leaving the United States sen ate. Mr. Hardwick came to. Atlanta and engaged in law practice.*.. On leaving his home at Sandersviile, he did not know what his office address would be so he gave the postmaster the number of the apartment he [.had taken here. For that reason the pack age was not sent to his office but to his home. . . - Police described the infernal ma chine as being composed of a piece of wood about six inches long,, three inches wide and probably an inch thick. A hole had been made in. the wood and the acid container, which they believed was glass, was placed in this. It was so arranged, they said, that untying the wrapper loosened a coil spring which allowed the larger quantity of acid to come in contact with sonic other acid and the explo sion followed. The piece of wood and pieces of the wrapper were found. The wood was burned black in places. The small metal lugs appeared to have been wrapped around the wood. Attention was called to the fact that an infernal machine received yesterday through the mails at the of fice of Mayor Ole Hansen in iSeattle also came from New York and-bore the return address of "Novelty De partment, Gimbrel Bros.. New =York City." The police were inclined to connect the two attempts to destroy life and said that the wrappers of a New York firm were used to avert any possible suspicion before opening the packages. The bomb sent to Seat tle did not explode. New York. April Isaac Gimbel, . president of Gimbe! Bros., said " to night that He attached no importance to the fact that the bombs mailed in Xew York to Senator Hardwick and Mayor Ole Hansen of Seattle were wrapped in paper bearing the nam^ of his company. . - ~' ^ "Our store." said Mr. Oiinbel, "sends mil thousands of packages every day wrapped in paper bearing pur name. A person who made two purchases would get two wrappers. One who made* a dozen purchases would get a d ozen w rappers.'' .Mr. Gimbel said no investigation had been started at the store to trace the bomb wrappers, asserting that such an investigation would be futile unless clews other than the wrapper could be furnished. German Newspapers To be Represented Reporters Will Have Free Hand to Send News to Germany Versailles. April 30.?Fifteen Ger man newspaper men accompanied the German representatives to the peace conference. No censorship will be imposed upon their dispatches to Germany, but they will not be allowed to communicate with allied diplomats or newspiiper men. .-5 '? i \ ? War in Albania Turbulent Tribesmen Revolt Against Would Be Italian Rulers Saloniki. April 30.?The revolt in Albania against Italian troops of oc cupation is spreading, according to advices to the Greek newspaper Hel las. The commander of the rebels is said to have a force of four thou sa ml. Athens. April 30.?A proclamation has been issued in the DodecaneSus Islands declaring that the islahds will become . united with Greece. Italy has laid claim to the islands, basing its sovereignty on the' rights secured following the Turco-Jtaliatt war of 1911-12.