The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 17, 1919, Image 6
Naming For Soldiers \
?a2ifon?a Artist Originates'
System for Vocational
Training
2**?- York, May lo.?Miss Juh?*j
Hey^ieman of San Francisco, per- j
tseit painter and writer arrived here:
the. other day on a tout montns'
lea^e of absence trcm the British
Red iCrcss, with a new distinction
for an American woman, that 01 being
-y ,tite originator of .a system of voca
tional training for . wounded soldiers
by means of which thousands of Bri
tish,.. Belgian, French and American
Jighters, - crippled apparently opyond
repair, have been restored to lives
of happiness and nsefulnes.
Before* returning, .to. England, Miss
Heyneman will make a transconti
- -nental tour of America, speaking be
. * tdre various women's clubs, Red
: Cross and Belgian war relief organi
- zations on her work abroad. Her intin
erary at present includes Philadelp
hia, Chicago, Washington, Baltimore.
Boston, .San Francisco, Pittsburgh,
St. Louis and Denver..
-This little American woman, who
landed in England on the day Ant
werp feH^to the Germans, found her
self ih a whirl of war terror and con
fusion. Belgian civilian refugees, old
v and young, penniless and despairing,
and Belgian soldiers, terribly wound
ed; were arriving in London by train
loads. She established in London,
after much difficulty, an institution
which she named "California House,"
?fter her native State where the(
disabled defenders of Namur andj
Liege and other Belgian strongholds..
were nursed back to health and)
strength and taught languages or vo
cations that fitted them to earn their]
own living. I
So succesful was this adventure j
Is war philanthropy that the British!
Held Cross two years later enlisted j
Miss Heynenian's services, took over
her institution and established three )
similar big homes hi London known
as "Entchener Houses" No. 1, 2. and 3.
_he California woman was aided in
her wor? by other Americans wh
?3 sustained the enterprise by volun
tary donations. Everything was sup
plied free to the soldiers and in three
years more than 60,000 meals were
given them.
The-grateful Belgians, desirous of
perpetuating the work for fellow war
sufferers in their native land, be
sought Miss Heyneman to establish a
tgraiiar reconstruction center -there
and to this end she visited Queer
Elizabeth at La Panne and was assur
ed her sympathy and support. The
Queen of the Belgians, upon request.
..designated the Edith Cavell Sehe:!
for Nurses in Brussels as the insti
tution likely to benefit most by tb-r
expansion such as Miss Heyneman
proposed, that of establishing * a 1
least 25 beds and entailing an outlay
of$5,000 each. One of the founders of
the school named for the martyred
British nurse was Mme. Marie De
page, a Belgian woman, who perish
ed on the Lusitania. According t
the plan each bed is to be dedicatee
to the memory of some fallen Amer
ican soldier and already the mothers
of two officers have indicated the
desire thus to honor the memory c
-v. their heroic dead. yAfter her tour in
H\ the TJnited States Miss Heyneman i? '
tends to return to Belgium to put he j
j&an into effect.
"I have passed through four and
a half years of the nightmare of war,"
said Miss Heyneman. "I never would j
have believed until I got into this work j
that ? could ever have done it. Itj
* has been a severe but beneficial ex
perience Of the 600 men who have
, passed through California House,
once practically helpless cripples, 90
per cent have been fed and cared for
and made self-supporting. The British
Red Gross, as the result of our inia
tory efforts, is now similarly re-edu
cating and training 6,000 wounded
soldiers a year, in the Kitchener
Houses and we believe that untimate
ly the British War Office will put
the work upon a permanent basis."
' Miss Heyneman said she was a !
member of the Execuive Committee j
ot Vocational Training for England
of which Major General Fielding, of
. the British army, commander of the
London district, is chairman.
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Horse and Mule
Demobilization
300,000 Animals Being Scatter
ed Though the States
Dallas, Tex.,. May ii?Demobiliza
v tion of the army mule and horse is
going forward rapidly, according to
figures on government sales jusi com
plied by C. O. Moser, livestock in.;
spector of the purchasing quarter
master.
The figures show that during the
war the government bought 115.000
head of horses and mules at a total
cost of $27,000,0000 in the southern
and central purchasing zones. When,
hostilities ended the government own
ed about 500,000 head of horses and
mules, 300,000 in the United states
find 200,000 in Franc?-, only 70,000
of the latter number having been
shipped from this country.
Because of the big demand for these
animals on central west farms the
^./jgovernmenl has: been hurrying dis
tribution, and when auctions now ad
vertise^ are completed 150.000 am.
. mals will have been placed on farm;
since Jan. L
Cavalry horses cost the governmen'
a,n average of $165. artillery horse
'$190 and mules $190, according to
these figures. At the sales cayalr
horses have brought an average of
$85, artillery horses % 150 and draft
. mules $160. The sales have include
many worn out animals, some s^iiinr
for as little as $10. On the other hand
' many animals have brought fancj
prices. .
London. May 14.?The Italians are
landing a large military force on the
Dalmatian coast, according to a
Renter dispatch from Belgrade. The
troops are moving eastward and
fortifying the ridges and mountain
Germari Marines
jsome Are Loyal Soldiers, But
? Many Thieves and Spartacists
Are Wearing Marine Uni
forms
With the American Army of Oc
cupation, April if. (Correspondence
of The Associated Press.)?In the
opinion of American arm> officers
who follow day by day the process of
demobilization and readjustment of
enemy forces it appears likely that
General von Lettow-Vorbuck. the
German cqmander who returned to
Germany in March from Africa, is
rapidly uniting under his command
all the loyal marine units.
Writing in the summary of intelli
gence of the Third United States army
of recent date one of the American
experts who specialize upon the move
ments of ah German armed forces,
says: "Such a division (marines) may
he expected to be one of the most
powerful instruments of the present
government?and might even he a
reactionary power."
Owing to the popular apprecia
tion of the services of the marines
during the war and to the initiation
of the revolution last November by
marines, numerous marine volunteer
units have appeared in Germany dur
ing the past few months seeking to
capitalize the popularity. So many
of them, however, developed into rob
ber bands composed of men in marine
uniforms who never served in the ma
rine service that of late the average
German civilian has begun to look
upon any man in marine uniform as a
probable thief.
During the past few weeks the stat
us of the marine units has been clear
ing up and from information gather
ed by the Third Army officers it is
now possible to give a general idea
of the marine units. In an article in
the summary of intelligence issue
by the Third Army one of the Amer
ican officers says:
"The marine units of Spartacist or
doubtful leanings may be considered
first. Most important of these is the
\ o.ksmarine division which went
over to the Spartacists in the Janu
ary and March troubles in Berlin, but
has now been suppressed in Berlin.
However, it has a branch in Braun,
schweig of clearly Spartacist pur
poses. Many who we^e prominent in
:he dissolved unit in Berlin are now
in this unit, which appears to be the
foundation of the present Spartacist
control of Braunschweig. At least two
Home guard units of marines are
known, one at Munich and one at
Frankfort on Main. Neither of these
has been fairly tried, but^ both are
unquestionably of strong Spartacist
leanings.
"Supporting Minister of War Nos
fce and the present government are
I several marine units of excellent mo
I rale, which appear all or nearly all
to be in the process of uniting a>t the
present time under control of General
von Lettow-Vorbeck the German
commander who returned from Africa
in March.
"Most important of these is the
'Iron Marine Brigade' or Marine Bri
gade Rohden under Colonel von Rob.
den. This was organized in Kiel, of
ficered evclusively by officers of at
least fifteen years' service. It sup
pressed disorders early this year in
Bremen, 'Cuxhaven. Wilhelmshaven.
and Emden, and had a large part in
the restoration of order m Berlin, es
pecially at Lichtenberg, in March."
NC-4 on the Way
Flight From Halifax to Tre
passey Bay To-day
Halifax, May If,.-Naval sea
plane NC-4, which I'l't today for
Trepassey Bay to join xc-l and NTC-2
for the trans-At lam io flight was forc
ed to descend a few miles east of i his
port. She took the air again in a fen
minutes, however, and continued the
trip.
I
British Flyers Ready
St. .Johns. May I."..?Weather re
ports received today led Hawker and
Payham. the British pilots, to hope
a start would he possible today in
their long delayed attempt to fly to
England.
Short Courses for Club Boys.
Clemson College, May 10 ? The time
for holding a short course in agri
culture for the prize winning club
boys from each county has been fixed
for July 7 to July IS inclusive. The
firsl and second prize winners from
each county according to the official!
rule* of the club work, are entitled to
the short course free of charge and
expenses except railroad fare. The
(third prize winner may be needed as;
an alternate m ease the first or sec
! ond fails to attend. j
Mr. L. L. Baker, Supervising Agent
of Club Work, calls attention to the]
fact that in counties where Corn
Clubs wer'- not conducted tie- winners
in pig clubs are entitled to the short
course, and also to the fact that club
members who are not entitled to a
gcholarship at the short course ma\
attend by paying the sum of j 12.
which will cover expense? of board,
tuition, and laundry, during th>
course. Doubtless there are man;
club member- who would like to take
advantage of the opportunity becaus
it will he a chance tor not only valu
able instruction but delightful trip
and outing. Mi-. Baker desires there
fore the names and addresses of
thore club boys who may wish to at
rend in addition to the names and ad
dresses of tic- prize winner: IN- ex
pects to have at least lOu boys in the
course this year, and is arranging
with Iii- agricultural wo "kers at the
college to make it the most success
ful ami profitable short course yet
held Club membei ; and county
agents should remember tie- date.
Juiy 7 to July IS. and make all prep
arations to attend. The boys are ex
pected to reach the college on the
aft-rnooii of July 7. and iea-'e on the j
morning of July 19. J
To Keep Peace in
Toledo
Citizens to be Sworn in as Spe
cial Policemen
Toledo, Ma> 10? Severn] thousand
leading business, professional and
working men. of Top-do?members of
the city's liberty loan bond selling
organization?will be sworn in in
dividually as special policemen Mon
day nisht in order to insure suffi
cient police protection during the la
bor troubles at the Willys-Ooverland
automobile plant, where approxi
mately ten thousand workers were
[forced out of employment this week
I when they refused to work forty-eight
hours instead of forty-five hours a
week.
At a meeting today the liberty loan
workers pledged their support to
Mayor Schreiber and to_night the
mayor issued a proclamation urging
the loan workers to attend a. mass
meeting Monday night and be sworn
in as policemen. Admittance to the
meeting will be by liberty loan work
ers' badges only, it was said.
Mayor Schreiber and a committee of
five Overland employees were in con
ference most of the day with officials
of th? company in an effort to reach
an adjustment. Xo announcement of
results was forthcoming when the
meeting adjourned until Monday.
France Calls for Papers
Seized and Carried Away by
Germans in 1870
t Paris, Thursday. May S.?The
clause in th?peace treaty calling upon
Germany to return to France papers
taken in 1870 belonging to Eugene
Rouher a prominent French states
man under the empire, has caused
much speculation as to the nature of
the documents. Kouher. who was min
ister of justice when the Franco
Prussian war broke out." had secreted
a great number of private ami official
documents in his chateau. These were
seized and carried away by the Ger
mans when they invaded France and
were never restored.
The treaty does not ray to what
questions the official papers related
but it is recalled that Rouher was
violently opposed to Theirs in Ps<;7
on the question of German unity and
Italian unity as well as on the ques
tion of confiscating the property of
the Orleans family.
Rouher was a refugee in London
during the Franco-Prussian war and
was among the followers of former
Empress * Eugene. He returned to
France in 1S71 but Theirs had him
conducted to the frontier. Afterward
he became a member of the chamber
of deputies and was active in attempt
ing to reorganize the Bunapartist
party.
Enlarged Air Service
French Experts Working On
Plans for International
Aviation
Paris. April 17 r Correspond en ee
of the Associated Press)?Elaborate
i plans for international air services are
now being worked out by the French
government and it is probable that
some of them will lie inaugurated
soon after the Peace Conference has
finished work and promuglated its de
cisions for the control of aviation. In
addition Frame will establish air
routes which will he entirely within
her own boumiriex and therefore un
der her (. oiii roJ a lone.
One of the most pretentious
schemes is that for a service which
will i im London-Pa ris-Marseiilos
R orne-Xaples-Brindise-Consta ntinople.
Amcher fine will be established be
tween Paris and Morocco, ami Paris
and Madrid probably will he linked
up.
There are at present two services
out of Paris, one to London and the
othehr to bilk- and Brussels. The form
er is at the moment for military bus
iness only but plans have been laid
for a service that will benefit the
general public. So far there is no in
tention to make this a passenger ser
vice but the feasibility is being dis
cussed of sendimr telegrams and spe
cial delivery letters between the two
capitals by air. U takes only about
three hours for the trip so that a tel
egram could be delivered quicker in
! this tnanner than bv wir?-. It is prob
j able ihat a charge of perhaps three
francs would be made for the car
rying of letters.
The line between Paris and Brus
sels is for passengers and an airplanei
is making one trip a week each way.
The fare is about three hundred
francs. This service is a private en
terprise run by one of the big airplane !
firms, although it. is government con-1
trolled. j
Two other firms are about to start]
similar services with the permission!
of the government. In view of this
ii is probable thai no regular govern
ment service will he established, al
though of course, military airplanes
are carrying supplies and despatches
to the front daily. The time required
to llv to Brussels from Paris is about
two hours and a-haIf.
-
May Be New Embassy I
Geneva, May 14 (French Wireless) !
?Rumors thai He- seat of the French !
embassy in Switzerland would be !
transferred to Geneva are based onj
a misunderstanding, according to in-j
formation from Bern**. Ii is said that!
the rumor has some connection with
the fad that the committee on organi
zation of the league of nations i-: ex J
amining the question of creating a|
special diplomatic branch, which will
enjoy ih<- same privileges with gov
ernments as embassies and legations,
such as rh? righi of extra territorial I
ity :i nd i he u: e of ciph< rs and diplo- j
malic eoinle )..?:.
it t his step i: finally decided upon !
it i--. probable thai the great powers!
will have two distinct diplomatic mis-i
sions in Switzerland, one :,i Perne j
with the Swiss government and the
other at Geneva, the seat of the
League ?f nations* j:
The Hall of Mirrors
The Famous Room in the Cha
teau of Versailles Where the
Peace Treaty Will He Sign
ed
Versailles, France, April ?'? (Corre.
spondence of tlv Associated Press) ?
Thai much discussed and still pro
jected peace treaty has already been
signed seah-d and delivered in spirit
scores of times from the historic cha
teau here if. indeed, the good in
tentions of hundreds of energetic
j young American soldiers count for
anything. It would he difficult to find
a F?nkee warrior who. having got as
near as Paris, has not come to Ver
sailles to express his approval or dis
approval of the place where the real
treaty will be signed, and to subscribe
his name to peace document of his
own for the folk back home. Having
sought out the wonderful Hal! of Mir.
rors, doughboy and officer alike in
variably make their way to the table
i upon which it is said the treaty will
j be signed, and with much inking of
j fingers from leaky pens indite post
card memorials which begin.
?'This is being written in the fam
ous Hall of Mirrors in ifto Chateau of
! Versailles, upon the very table" etc.
(etc.
j The doughboy is by no means alone
1 in his desire to see the renowned
jpalace in which the world peace will
I he concluded. Thousands of French
I people have been Hocking to Versail
les for many days on sightseeing tours.
I In fact Versailles has become a. sort
j of Mecca which is drawing the na
I tionalities of the world who wish t"
j worship ;it the shrine of peace.
All th'- pre_war splendors are rap
idly returning to the palace under the
practiced hands of expen workmen
j who are renovating the vast halls
and replacing the priceless relics for
the advent of tie- peace delegates.
[When th?- Germans were threatening
Pans the Chateau was stripped of .-ill
I portable valuables which were taken
i to Bordeaux and other places for
j rate beeping. During the past few
j days ancient tapestries of untold
value and furniture worth ransom of
a king have keen reappearing in
their accustomed places, and the dust
of many months has been cleared
away from walls and floors.
Today beng Sunday people Mocked
to Versailles in great numbers, for
it was the first really sunshiny holi
day of the season. Hundreds of Amer
ican officers; doughboys and nurses
j were among the pilgrims who filled
J the huge Chateau and overran the
lawns and already green woods of the
beautiful grounds.
The doughboy for once was see#
?ing something which had no counter
part at home. The Woolworth build
ing was higher hid?well, they could
hardly be compared after all, they
were so different. His first impression
was one of amazement at the grand,
tier, and the thought, came to him:?
"What a lot of money it must have
cost." Then he got interested in art
for art's sake.
The Hail of Mirrors, where tin
treaty will he signed, held him long,
as he ga2ed in awe at the myriad re
flections and the superb decorations
of tin* ceiling, lie found his way to
the exact spot where hi InTi stood
the dais from which the foundation of
the German Empire was proclaimed,
and heard his guide say that for rea
sons of sentiment the table upon
Which (he treaty will he signed would
probably be located in the same
place.
The great hall, the doughboy was
told, win be reserved for tin- treaty
makers, but the ceremony will be
witnessed from adjoining rooms by
members of the press from many
countries and by some distinguished
guests. The wife of President! Wilson
will probably be one of those who will
see the President and other delegates
place their mimes to the most impor
tant document <?f history.
Then- was little that the doubhgoy
didn't see today. The apartments 01
King Louis the Fourteenth, and the
Council Chamber of that monarch am!
his sucessors. alii of which will be
fused for conference purposes, proved
attractive to his imaginative mind.
The boudoir of Madame de Mainte
non, which also is to be sacritied to
committee work, drew many wise I
shakings of the head from the dough-j
I boy. who said little but looked as
j though he could tell a. great deal
'about the fair occupant of bygone
days.
The Gallery of Itattles with its
painted history of the glories of
France on the bold of honor appealed
to the boy in khaki immensely, per
haps because he himself had been liv
ing similiar martial scenes over al
ready historic ground. This gallery
is to he assigned to the press of the
world, tin- guide said. All the great
paintings held the doughboy long, but
the one which struck his fancy most
was that of Washington and Lafayette;
standing in from of their headquar
ters just before the i>.-ittle of York
town.
"Why, if there .-lin't. old George
himself." exclaimed one delighted boy
in uniform, and in the ecstacy of his
discovery he summoned all his pals
forthwith to see '"old George."
For i In- purposes of the conference
some of the sacred rooms are being!
modernized, temporarily undoubted- j
l.v. by the installation of the tele
phone. For the firsi rime in histor.\
too. tea will he served to the delegates
from :i 1111lf< l thai is being installed.
.lusi how many Germans will come
to Versailles is noi known. Inn plans
are beim- made to ;u eomm?date about j
200, including secretaries and s<-r- j
vants. 1
? l gu< ss tin- lii i re old Company, j
American Expeditionary Force could
handle thai mam boehe, all right.**!
commented one doughboy thought-J
fullv. i
St. Johns, M;i> I.".. X.iv.il dirigi
ble C ... scheduled for .-< possible
non stop Itighi from this port to the
British Isles arrived here today af
er a day and nighl cruise from Mon
lauk Point. ,\. V. The balloon had
?een in the air twenty-live hours: and
ort/nfive minutest
Humbert Freed
Lenior Must Die j
French Senator Acquitted on;
Serious Charge
> i
j Paris. m:,y ? fp..v the Associated]
I Press?.- Senritor Humbert, who has
been on ivia 1 by eourtsmartial ..n a
? charge or having had dealings uiin;
the enemy, was acquitted today,
i Capt. Georges [.adoux; former chief'
j of the intelligence bureau of the min
jistry of war-, a eodefendani with Hum
bert, was acquitted. Pierre Lenoir.
jstili another of the eodefendants. was
'sentenced to death, while William
I Desouches, was convicted and sen
tenced to five years' imprisonment.
Charles Humbert, senator and form
er editor of Le .Journal, was arrested
t in February of last year during the
{trial of Polo Pasha, and .the directors
I o'* the (lormnnophile newspaper. Bon
net Rouge. Bolo was put to death for
treason. Tt was brought out that, he
had bought an interest in Le Journal
(with money that came from the Gor
[man foreign office through banking
j houses in New York. Later alleged
j fresh evidence charging Humbert with
?communication with the enemy was
I discovered.
1 Proceedings were begun last March
(against Captain Lado?x in connection
iwith th?- Bolo Pasha and Bonnet
I Rouge ease and he was arrested.
\ charged with the loss of a document
relating to persons said to be ini
I plicated in a case alleging trading
j with the enemy.
j Lenoir was accused of trading with
[the enemy. When arrested his case
iwas placed in importance to the gov
ernment higher than that against
Bolo Pasha. He was a Parisian capi
! taiist and with Desouches bought Le
[ Journal in 1915 for 10,000.000 francs
'and later sold it to Humbert The
(money was declared to have come
i from a German source. Lenoir tes
! tried ;it the preliminary hearing that
he had received the money for the
pin-chase of the paper from Swiss
merchants who desired to control a
large French newspaper.
Desouches, although nearly 60 years
old, fought with the French before
Verdun. The prosecutor in present
ing the ease against him said he
knew that the money with which
Lenoir- bought l>e Journal was Ger
man, but that the defendant's record
at the front as a volunteer liaison of
ficer might permit the court to iight
en his sentence on conviction.
Quick Construction
American Engineers
Build Big Hut in France in
Thirtv-three Hours
Paris. April K> (Correspondence of
The Associated Press.)?To have
erected in 33 hours a building of 15,
000 square feet floor space, including
a 1 heater, social rooms, two canteens,
class rooms, kitchen, offices and five
sleeping rooms, the whole being what
in army parlance is known as a "hut"
is an achievement of which the 101st
Engineers, of the 26th (Yankee) Di
vision, American Expeditionary Force,
may well be proud.
The "Vork Harbor Y. D." hut of
the Yankee Division, opened by the
Voting Men's Christian Association at
Le Mans, owes its inception to Miss
Grace Thompson of New York, who
raised a fund for the purpose in York
I Harbor, Maine. Owing to the early
return of the 26th New England di
vision to the states, the origina. plan
was modified to the extent of allowing
the New England boys to erect a hut
by their own la bor.
Time was pressing, but that was a
detail which only put the eager ben
eficiaries of the scheme on their met
tle. Foundations had to be leveled,
j French municipal authorities had to
he deal! with for Ihe site and for the
location of sewer-, water- and electri_|
cal connections; one car of material
carrying tie- iloor- joists went astray!
and other timbers had to be cut at I
a local mill. Notwithstanding all these
difficulties, the hut, which is the lar
gest one used by the A. E. F.. was!
erected. New England stone fireplace
and latticed doorways all complete,
in a space of time that made the
people of Le Mans rub their eyes in
amazement.
Suitably decorated for the dedica-l
lion ceremony, the big hut was turned
over by th<- 26th Division to the
use of the American army en its way
home.
George Y\\ Perkins of the National
War "Work Council made the formal
presentation to the 2t>th, whose com
manding officer, Major General Harry
C. Hale acknowledged its acceptance
oir behalf of the Division.
After the war-, the hut will he han
led over- io the people of the city of
Le Mans, "as a token of cordial
friendsip. "as said Major General
George W. Read who. in his capacity
as commander of the American Era.
barkatibh Center, committed the ope
ration of the "New England Home/*!
to the care of the Y. M. C. A.
Report of Carnegie Library l*oi*
March.
Now mem hers in March. >"
Previously reported .. ... . _:*7
Total membership.:)34
Number of books lent in .March l,26l j
Previously lent.12.226
Total number of books lent . 13.487 j
Financial Report.
1 tui-a 1 mem borships
Fines;
Pay I lOOks.J16.1S
Total.$1 fi.lS I
Report of Carnegie Library for April ?
\'ew members in April . -7 j
Previously reported .. .. .. j
Total membership.!'|>1
N'umber of books lent in April
I 're\ iouslv lent.1 3,187
Total number of hooks lent 14,41? j *
Financial Report. I
Rural memberships. 1
Fines p
Pay Rooks.$12.40 j,
Total .. .. .. ?. t?t i c l . $i2.i0 \
Booze in Ohio
What Will Happen to Traffic
After May 27
Columbus ?.. May y?Just what is
going to happen to the liquor traffic
in Ohio after May 27 when the pro
hibition amendment to the State con
stitution adopted last autumn, be
comes effective, is a problem that is
bothering state and local officials.
The State faces the situation of hav
jing a dry constitution but no statu
jtes to enforce it. The General Assem
bly enacted enforcement measures
' but they must run the gauntlet of a
referendum in November before they
jean become operative and should the
[voters disapprove of them there will
jbe no particular authority by which
to enforce prohibition, it is said. An
jti-saloon league officials say they have
: not given up hope of obtaining some
; legislation that will be effective May
i -7
j Most of the saloon-keepers are plan
ning to cpjit business May 27 and
jthey may have to retire even befo're
ithat date. The license year of saloon
| keepers expires May 24. None has
j applied for renewal of license and the
time for making application has pass
ed.
The Ohio Home Rule Association,
the '"wet" organization, is planning
its campaign to defeat the enforce
ment bills next November. It has
also started a referendum on the res
olution ratifying the national pro
J hibition amendment, but this is 1 e.ng
j resisted in the courts by the Anti
? Saloon League.
- Aztec Culture.
J Mexico City. April 17.?A statue of
"Xochipilli". Aztec god of flowers^ has
been discovered by William Niven. an
I American archeologist who has been
j conducting .investigations for many
! years in this city. The statuette, the
i first representation of the god known
I to have been discovered in virtually
I a perfect state of preservation in med
fern times, was dug up at Atzcapotza
lco, a suburb of the capital and which
{prior to the coming of Cortez was the
[seat of a powerful Indian nation, but
j'which at the time of the conquest was
the great slave mart of the inhabL
tants of Tenoxtitlan. home of the Az
tecs and the site of the modern city
! of Mexico. In addition to its slave
j trade. Atzcapotzalco was noted for its
I expert, jewelers and wonderfully culti
vated gardens. "Xochipilli" is sup,
j posed to have presided over one of
these ancient gardens.
Aviation Casualties
_
Deaths at Three Texas Fields
Number 106?Tail Spin and
Nose Dive Responsible for
Majority
Fort Worth, Texas, May 10.?A
hundred and six men were killed at
the three big government aviation
fields here between November 15,
1917. and the recent close of aerial
activities, according to official figures
just made public.
In the same period, the three fields
now being closed turned out 1,475
finished aviators, most of whom were
sent to the western front. A thousand
i commissioned aviators were also sent
J here from other schools to finish
their gunnery course at Taliaferro
field.
The statistics made public show
that during the training period the
actual dying hours at Carruthers field
totaled 35.000, at Barron field 26,60S,
and at Taliaferro field, 52,488.
The tail spin and nose dive were
responsible for a large majority of
the accidents, according to officers. In
{the entire training period not a single
American cadet was killed on the first
solo flights This is attributed to the
thorough instruction in ground work.
I Three British fliers were killed on solo
i (lights.
While the tail spin and nose dive
were chief factors in the fatality list,
there were many other contributing
causes.
Captain Vernon Castle, the Ameri
can dance interpreter, who had faced
j death numerous times over- the Ger
man lines as a British aviator, swerv
ed his machine sharply to avoid bit
ing another aviator here. He lacked
height for the manoeuver, crashed
and was killed.
x The young son of General Peyton
C. March, chief of staff, was killed at
the gunnery field while engaged in
combat practice at a height of 2.000
feet. The wings of his machine be
came entangled with those of his op
ponent's plane.
Captain Robert Isett, of Providence, .
post adjutant at Barron field, fell from
the greatest height, 5,000 feet. Two
men fell from their planes at great
heights because of frfilure to strap
themselves in.
The Cotton Corporation
Convention Today Will Find
Scheme for Cotton Move
ment Ready for Consid
eration
New Orleans. May 13.?Subcommit
tees meeting in advance of the con
vention tomorrow of representatives
from ten cotton growing States today
developed plans for the organization
Of a $100.000.000 cotton exporting
corporation and the permanent or
ganization of cotton growers, dealers
md bankers in the cotton growing
States.
The plans will he submitted at the
general conference, which opens to
norrow with Governor Pleasant of
Louisiana as chairman. Governor
Pleasant said tonight he expected the
inance corporation plans would he
>Iaced before the conference Thurs
la y when Go v. W. P. G. Harding of
he federal reserve board would be
?resent. That there will be some
dans was made evident by the filing
ate today of a minority report. Gen
ial sentiment, however, according to
eading advocates of the plan, strong
y favored it.