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SSO? STOCfcSR WATCHMAN, Egtatrt Oousolidated Aug. 2,1 LN COAL Seventy-Eight Miners Lose Lives in Wilksbarre .. . T Mine - CAR OF POWDER BLEW UP Men Were Literally Blown to Pieces and Few Can be Iden tified. Wilkesbarre, Pa., June 5.?Seventy eight men lost their lives and thirty one /were injured in an explosion and fire in a coal mine here today. Ac cording to the list given out by offi cials of the mine at noon, forty-one bodies wsere ? identified. The injured Est is not complete and: it is believed., the injured will reach forty. Trolley Wire Broke Spark Ignited Car of Powder Wilkesbarre, June. 5.?Between 7'? and 100 workers were killed, several score injured in a tunnel of a mine here, today. A car of powder attached to a train of mine cars on which men were riding to chambers in the mine exploded. An electric m,otor drew the cars. The trolley wire broke and sparks ignited the powder. The men were blown everywhere, but most deaths were caused by fire and suffo cation. Identification of the bodies, is almost impossible Many chared be yond recognition by fire which fol lowed the explosion. Limbs of some, neads of others are missing. The train , caried one hundred men. Those not- killed outright or died since, are so hadiy injured it. ,is believed that deathis" only a question of time. Cotton Seed Prices -HjV Dabbs Reports on Hearing HeM by Food Administrator Effiot! . : - -.. . . ?Editor Daily Item. . ~ I went to Columbia yesterday to at- ] tend further hearings before Mr. El liott on cotton seed irregularities. To my surprise when I reached, his office at 11.20 the hearings were over. He showed me the testimony .in the cases with ? exhibits of letters\_ bearing on .them. To my further surprise he! totd me not a complainant had ap petared. None but the defendants pat in appearance. Whether it is the proper thing to J do the defendants are paying to the | farmers and dealers the difference be- I tween the price at which the- bought! the seed, and the stabilized price. I rj j some cases a claim is made for car price where less than car was deliv ered- In such cases, if $68 was paid there is- no valid claim. ?r\ 1 have been told that recently in this county men who ought to know better have made trades for seed be 16w the stabilized price. Also that some who bought at $57 last August have never paid their customers the '$12.00 difference bet-ween $57 and $6s* the then stabilized price. I shall be Vfery sorry to see the dealers whom I have labored as hard to help out of their troubles as I have the farmers, \ in fact my strongest plea in Washing 5 ton."" has always been for the dealers who were told by the. government, "you must pay so much for seed*?I shall be very sorry to see them de fendants in the Federal Courts on the charge of profiteering and that is the place they will land if these things are reported to the department of jus tice. It is not necessary for the sell ers to make claim for what is due them, or to sue either, to put these cases in the Federal Courts. "A word to the wise is sufficient." Some deal ers and mills have been very reluctant to make the adjustment. When told the matter would have to go into the courts they promptly reply "no, we will pay." I have no personal interest in those deals, but, having been appointed by the Food Administration ot represent the farmers on all matters relating to cotton seed, I have at considerable sacrifice of time, and expense, tried to.protect the farmers: .interests. All control of seed was taken off June 1st, but that does not mean that offenses prior to June 1st will be condoned. Some dealers thought control was taken off May 1st, but they, are now finding to their cost that it was a mis take. * ' \ E. W. Dabbs. Member Cotton Seed Committee of the Food -Administration for S. C. P. S. In my report of the toll mat- | ter as brought out by Mr. FitzSim- | mons at the Washington hearing, I j was severe in my criticisms. I wish id state that his company, so I am told, by Mr. Elliott and others, has; not taken advantage of hte ignorance j of any one, but have lived up to the ? requirements. I know they paid j promptly the difference of $12 ton last September when prices were stabilized at $69 and $72. * Paris, June 5.?It is doubtful if the council of four will be able to send the reply tr the German coun ter proposals to the peace treaty terms before the end of next week, ftcpofding to Paris office of Beuters. fcfced April, 1850. "B<? Just a 881. RED RULE ON THE WANE Ukrainian Bolsheviki Driven Back By Gen: Peltura > I ! RAILWAY CENTERS i HAVE BEEN CAPTURED j Reported Capture of Czernowizj By Bolsheviki Was Fake. I Berne, June 5.?Troops of Gen. Pet j Iura, the Ukrainian anti-Bolshevik ! peasant leader have captured the rail j way centers of Proskurov and Berdi jchoff, in Western Ukraine, according to Ukrainian pre s bureau here. The bureau denies the report that Bolshe viki had captured Czernowitz, capital of Bukowina. v ??????? Winthrop Com mencement Rock HiU, June 4.?The 24th ses sion of Winthrop College at Rock Kill came to a close Tuesday night when! graduating exercises were held in thej college auditorium. Diplomas .and certificates were presented to "258 graduates and students pursuing spe : cial courses. This is the largest grad uating class in the history of the col lege. . The address before the graduating class was dehvered by P. P. Claxton, United States commissioner of educa tion, of Washington, D. C. Mr. Clax ton, who is an eloquent speaker, hold ing the close attention of his audience throughout his address, set forth a few of the present-day needs in edu cation. He declared* that the body should be trained as; well as the mind and quoted statistics showing how the failure of such a large^number of men under draft age to qualify physi cally for%military service might have meant the downfall of this nation had the enemy outnumbered the American soldiers to'a -greater extent. While the. body should be built up, the aaus cles- developed" :and a ' high physical standard maintained in order to suc cessfully cope with the tasks of life, the careful cultivation of the mind should not be neglected, the speaker stated. Physical training and mental training/ should go hand in hand. Each is handicapped without the other. The most important thing today, Mr. Claxton declared, is the education of the masses. The government of this democratic country is upheld by the masses and its stability depends upon thir knowledge and ability to think clearly. Crime, 'he stated, can be greatly reduced in this nation by j educating the child away from it, and j poverty, crime and unrest will last as long as the masses are uneducated. The presentation of diplomas and certificates was made by Dr. D. B. Johnson, president of the college. In a brief address before presenting their diplomas to the graduates Dr. Johnson reviewed the work of the college during the past year and told of a few of the plans for Ahe coming session. He stated that during ?> j period 22.792 country girls and .vo j men have been enrolled in canning ! clubs, poultry clubs, home demon ; stration clubs and war garden clubs, j The work on the new dormitory which I was started last January is now rap i idly progressing and Dr. Johnson an | nounced that it will be sufficiently > completed when the fall session opens to accommodate 140 students, which will enable the college to accommo date all of the high school graduates J who heretofore have been turned j away for lack of room, j The college now has on hand $101, ! 500 to be used in the construction of a Y. W. C. A. building, Dr. Johnson i stated. Work on this building was j not begun last year because of the i ruling of the war industries board (prohibiting all construction work ex- | j cept that which was vitally necessary, j Mr. Rockefeller has agreed to extend ! the time limit within which this j building was to have been completed , under,the conditions of his gift, 12 j months, or until September 17. 1920. ] The A. Markley Lee scholarship! ! which is awarded each year to the. i junior who completes the work of her ' class and who is judged by the fac i ulty as excelling' morally, mentally ! physically, was presented last night I i to Miss Marie Tedder of Dovesville Honorary* scholarships were awarded , j to three juniors. Misses Helen Bailey. ! Lila Foy and Pauline Marion: fourj j sophomores, Misses Louise Geddings, j I Ella Stout. Clara Hammond and Hel ren Derrick: and five freshmen. Misses! I Mary E. Blackman. Alice Wells, Sarah L. Foster. Anna Sullivan and Elise Faye Ford. Those graduating with honor were \ Misses Grace Beard. Sarah Godbold. Elizabeth Gooding. Cecile Hardee. | Martha Marie Sanders. Louise Simril. j Harriet Sullivan. Virginia Thomas and Aline Williams. Greeks and Turks Fight ! Saloniki, June 5.?Greek forces yes-1 terday occupied the towns of Aivaii and Rhira on the Gulf of Adraimti, j west coast of Asia Minor, according to an official statement from Greek head quarters. A Turkish detachment at tacked the Greeks at Ava Pi. but was 'tepulser ^_ ^ _ jMj.j<ni-|jii?r' w II? ill l?ll ' ' od F^ftp not?Set mil the endi Thon AI SUMTER, S. C, SATE RUSSIANS PLAN OUTRAGES Radical Headquarters in New York Directing Reign af Terror L W. W. LEADER ARREST ED IN PITTSBURG < Johnson Makes Partial Confes sion Implicating New York Radicals. Pittsburgh, June 4.?Evidence that the anarchists responsible for bomb explosions. here Monday night are operating under orders from Russian radicals whose headquarters are in New York, is in the hands of the lo cal police today. John Johnson, president of the lo cal I. W. W. who was arrested after a fight with a detective, was directing a general bomb plot in this city, ac cording to the police. In a partial confession Johnson is i said to have named a Cleveland man as maker of the bombs exploded I here. .This man as well as Johnson, is said, to have operated under Or ders from radical headquarters in New York. WOMEN WIN LONG FIGHT *?;. v \ * V ' ' ? \ ? i ? i Suffrage Amendment Passed in In Senate by Vote 56 to 25. MEASURE FORTY YEARS j BEFORE CONGRESS ? ; ?- J Majority of Votes Against Bill j Were by Southern Senators Washington, June 4.?Action by j congress on equal suffrage?subject of a fight of 4 0 years' duration?end-ed late today in adoption by the senate by a vote of 56 to 25 of the historic Susan B. Anthony constitutional amendment resolution. I The proposed amendment, adopted j by the house by a vote of 304 to 89,! May 21, as the firts act of the newj congress, now goes to the States, rati fication by legislatures of three fourths of which is required for its in- j corporation in the federal constitu-! tion. The roll call today showed two! votes more than the necessary two-! thirds for the resolution which was drafted by Susan B. Anthony in 18751 and introduced by Senator Sergeant of \ California in 1878. Counting paired j and absent members, the senate, ac-1 t?ally stood 66 to 30 for the measure. Loud applause, unchecked by the presiding officer, swept the senate chamber when the final vote was an nounced after two days' debate and i many jubilation meetings were in j progress tonight at headquarters of j various women's organizations which j have been active in support of the j measure. Immediately after the senate's ac tion, ? the resolution was taken to | Speaker Gillett's office and signed. It was rushed back to the senate for its! presiding officer's signature, but ar- j rived after the senate had adjourned and will be approved tomorrow. Pres ident Wilson's signature, it was stat ed, is not necessary, although the res olution will be sent to the White House as usual and may be signed by the executive. It will be certified to the States by the state department. Jury Acquits Wm. Staub Was Charged With Murder of Brother-in-Law j Columbia. June 4.?The jury trying] the case of Wm. StwUb, a young white j man of this city, who was charged j with the murder of his brother-in-law, | Charles H. Markey, a discharged sol- j dier, native of New York city, ac- j quitted Staub here tonight after aj few minutes deliberation. Staub fa-! tally shot Markey on the corner of Main and Gervais streets here May 3, Markey dying from the effects of his wound about a week later. The defense was plea of self-de fense, testifying that Markey had made threats to take the life of his j brother-in-law. The Sixth General Laymen's Con- I vention of the Southern Presbyterian church convenes in Atlanta on June! 10 for a three days session. A num-, ber of Sumter Presbyterians are j (planning to attend this convention, j leaving here on Monday night and re-1 turning Friday morning. The railroad i administration has granted a special' rate of one and one-third fares for the occasion. Atlanta is a great conven tion city and says she will be amply, able to take care of the large crowd j ?tte?fliaij this convention. _ _ ?? mat at toe thy Country's, Tky God'l a fRDAY, JUNE 7, 1919. UNCLE SAM FOR GUARDIAN v Germans Making Efforts to In duce United States to , Act as Protector ! LION'S SHARE OF U ? . I TRADE THE BRIBE j Remarkable Propaganda That Is Now Reported From Ber lin. Berlin, June 4.?There seems to be a wide spread demand on the part of Germans that efforts be made to in duce America to enter ir.to a sort of limited alliance with Germany or take the protectorate over this country, giving Germany . financial aid and protection and taking in return the lion's share of the profits of -this coun try's industrial activities. This senti ment which first made its appearance last Demember appears to Tiave be come stronger recently. ? Copenhagen, June 4.?Herr Levine, of Munich, editor of the Bed Flag and revolutionist leader in Bavaria, was sentenced to death after two days' trial, according to a Munich message. PROTEST FILED m PADEREWSKI Premier of Poland Protests Against Changes in Treaty I 7 ? t K ? a * HE WANTS PART OF SILESIA Peace Conference Having Hard Time With New Nations. Paris, June 5.?Premier Paderew ski, of Poland, has protested to the peace conference leaders against any change in the terms of settlement of i the Silesian question. Famine in India Followed by Appalling Number of Deaths New York, June 5.?Deaths are occurring in India in appalling num bers on account of crop failures, says I Rev. A. Hune of the National Mis | sionary Council of India,, who arriv I ed here todajr. Crops and World Politics. Pisgah, June 4.?The farmers are j having a fight right with grass. It has [ been mony years since we have had I such a wet May. Last week a perfect jjflood fell here in this section, which I did more harm than good. It ex tended over a few miles and retard ed all ** farm work for several days. Crops are looking very well but large ly in the grass^ The laborers have a feast in getting big pay. Wheat cutting will go on next week. This and last week much oats were cut?the crop is fairly good. It would make you feel Mr. Editor, that you were in the land of Egypt to see some of the gardens about here, but guess you have them around you too. There are a few scattering peaches and full crops of plums. Miss Van Ray Kenney, who has been at school at Burlington, N. C, arrived home yesterday to the pleasure of her many friends. Miss Lois Elmore who won one of the prizes in the tomato clubs of Lee county has gone to Winthrop College. She is a bright young lady and will make good. Next Sunday. 3 p. m., will be Moth ers' Day at Pisgah church. Hons. L. T. Mills of Camden and Tatum of Bishopville will spenk. It would be in good and just taste to have father in it too. The man that bears the brunt of life for his family should be duly honored. The League of Nations hangs fire. I hope the United States senate will sift it to the bottom. President Wil son has made some as big mistakes over these as when he appealed to the country to elect a democratic con gress. The Republicans resented it and elected a Republican congress, j The Republicans in congress have been just as patriotic in supporting the war as the Democrats. Tis true they filibustered during the last days of the session. So have we at times j when they controlled. They are j Americans and are just as patriotic!; and true to their country as much j as we do, and why should they not i and none but an unjust person would say different because we differ from ! them politically. Fairness to all who 1 have rendered their country any ser-, ? vice should be giv^n honor for the ? same but that is hard to do in politics. 1 ,*' ? v ?i Tmkw ram true HITCHCOCK CALLS FOR INQUIRY Would Locate Reported Hold-i ers of the Peace Treaty In New York SENATE FIGHT r TAKES NEW TURN i Lodge and Borah Who Made . Statement Anxious for Probe, They Claim. Washington, June 4.?The senate fight over the treaty with Germany branched out into new channels today with the introduction of a resolution by Senator Hitchcock, ranking Dem ocrat of the foreign relations com mittee, proposing that the committee investigate statements by Chairman Lodge and Senator Borah, Republican committee members, that copies of the unpublished treaty are in the hands of certain interests in New York. Senators Lodge and Borah promptly announced their approval of such an investigation, which, under the res olution, would seek "the names of the persons, corporations or. interests which have secured copies of said treaty and from whom they were se cured and by what methods." The first prediction was that the measure would be adopted virtually without opposition and that an exhaustive in quiry, possibly involivng testimony by members of the Paris peace dele gation would result. Senator Borah also announced '.hat could he get a copy of the treaty from New York he would put it into the senate record and thus give it to the public. He said he had asked for a copy for that purpose and might re ceive it tomorrow. The presentation of Senator Hitch cock's resolution - surprised many Senators on both sides Of the cham ber. Early in the day the Nebraska s -itor had conferred with Acting Secretary. Polk at the State depart ment, but neither of them wo'uld dis cuss the conference, introduction of the measure resulted in no discussion on the senate floor and" tinder the rules it went over .without action. The day's developments, however, were taken as forecasting another bit ter debate tomorrow when the reso lution of Senator Johnson, Retwfcft can of California, asking the Stai ie partment for the treaty text, again, comes before the senate. . Senator Johnson hopes to press his resolution to a vote during the day. He expects it to have the support of all opponents of the league of nations and of some of those who favor the league. The leaders on both sides, however, conceded that the vote would be close. Whether the State deartment will accede to the senate's request should the Johnson resolution pass has not been revealed by department officials. They have consistently declined to make any comment on developments in the senate. It was assumed, how ever, that the time of publication of the treaty either would be or had been referred for decision to Presi dent "Wilson and Secretary Lansing at Paris. Senator Hitchcock had not decided tonight whether he will call up his resolution tomorrow. He may do so during the first two hours of the ses sion, but at the end of that time it automatically would be replaced by the Johnson resolution. Ha good News and Views. Small grain nearly all harvested and in good condition. As theretofore noticed in your columns much of the wheat is badly damaged by rust, so prevalent this spring. Corn is looking well and the stands are generally tine, notwithstanding the bill bug. Cotton is fine, especially when you consider the very cool weather we have had this spring. There is some complaint of root lice, an evil difficul ty to cope with as we know by ex perience. Never were gardens finer and Irish potatoes are just splendid. > Our community has been particular ly favored of late by good preaching i and fine addresses. Awhile ago, R. L\ 1 Epps, Esq.. of your city dropped in on them with a most excellent ad- " dress. On the third Sabbath of May : Rev. W. L. Wait, in behalf of the 1 Centenary compaign, delighted us with a fine sermon. Then on the fourth Sunday the old Scotch minis- j ter, Rev. James Russell, of Chester. J and last but not least we had thatj fatihful servant of God, twice pastor! here. Rev. J. C. Chandler. , W. Hastings Freeman and wife with Mesdames T. R. Moody, Elijah Sanders and Miss Curtenay Atkinson ire in attendance upon interdenomi iational State Sunday School oonven :ion which convenes at Florence this 1 rear. j * Mrs. 11. C. Bethea, notice of whose j ] "ailing health you have had, after ta- j < Lense suffering for days and nights, < ippears to be better. ' j r "Hagood." ' \ Rembert, June 4. j ? Copenhagen. June 5.?The persis-j ent reports that Petrograd has oeen 1 japtured are "very premature," ac- t wording to a statement from the of- j a icia.1 Esthouian press bureau-here, if southron, VoLXLVIlL No. MARE'S NEST Raises Hue and Cry in-the Senate Over . Report Aboufcc the Peace Treaty HEARS THAT COPY IS IN NEW YORK Story Used as Basis For A?q?i^ er Partisan Attack on Presi dent. Washington, June 3.-?Senator' Lodge, chairman of tfie^enate foreign relations committee, told the senate today he had seen in the ha^ds of ha rness interests in New York a - copy of the treaty with Germany, given out by an American representative at.Par is,, but withheld by the state de partment frdm the-senate. ? ? r The statement caused a: sharp- .^de bate upon the course of President Wil son and the state department regard ing publication of the treaty teit. 'The treaty is in New York,"said Senator Lodge. . "I saw a copy of-\ it yesterday. I was offered a copy.; But I re'ur^d to accept it, saying it could not cc m e into my hands without be-y" ing published." . ' . Senator Swanson of Virgin^kv* Democratic-member of the fprefgn re lations committee, inquired whether the Massachusetts senator could, /say where the copy he saw came. from", ? "Copies were given out in Elris?w replied Senator. Lodge.- . "They found that some of theni-: were coming to this country ahd .it was stopped." "By whom were they given put?" asked Senator Swanson. "By our representatives ttikre?''^. "What representatives?" * r ^T-jr' "I presume by some of the' ijt&& dent's fblowers." ? \ - ?\: . *' & ' ?The1 first sugge^on.;'teat..tr?a^'$e^t - was. available ..in Ne.w' . York;*>v$as; made by Senator ^ Bprah : 6fv Jdahb>', when- a request ?.was' made -? by- v^64r tor Johnson of California fhafb^ olution asking' the. state- dept for'the text' be allowed to ^o:<h^^ til the'woman suf?-ageftarm?i" was disposed' of by the senate/ Senator Swanson asked fhe;.at|i ity for: tWs statement'and jit flrastf,*. that Senator Lodge announced he.41 . seen the. treaty. Senator Swansor. said an Associated Press- "dispatch . had stated President Wilson had; -ajfl$& not to make the ' treaty 'public y/it present and argued -that the- Johnson resolution Would amount to- a request that the president break his wnjrd. Publication abroad, he said, was due probably to the fact that some ^one else had broken faith. .: ' Senator Swanson: urged that the. resolution be referred. to the foreign relations committee. > Senator'Lodge said that would .be a farce. "People . were given ;'thes? copies abroad," he continued, "some may have been mailed. Yet ' we are told that this is a delicate question." Senator Swanson said neither the British nor French parliaments had been given official copies. "Because Germany broke faith is no reason for the senate to ask the president to break faith," said; ~Mri" Swanson, adding that the committee could meet tomorrow summon the acting secretary of state . -zd learn why the text is not public. "Regardless of any agreement I as sume that when the president learns ] that New York interests have-it in their possession the president will no longer be under any obligation to keep faith." Senator Borah interrupted: ',1 think the copies did not come from the Ger mans." Senator Swanson suggested that the s committee investigate. "I don't want any investigation," said Senator Borah. "I want the president to know that those people in New York are using it in a senai public way for their private Jnforhta tion." "If the president made an agree ment not to give it out, there is> \ no reason why the president should not idvise us of that fact, if it is a fact [f that is true, that copies, have .gone Into the hands of special jWweafcSf^J^ :hink the president would" feelyreflev ?d of his agreement and give up th?r xeaty." .. Senator Johnson interrupted to urge :hat the debate be closed and. the-wo man suffrage resolution be passed and Jie incident was closed. .... -. ?? -,*:-\-? Rosa Luxemburg Not Found rhe Body Taken From fcanal Not Identified Berlin, June 5.?An autopsy on the )doy of a woman found in a canal rune 1. failed to establish that it was itosa Luxemburg, who was killed >arly in the year by a mob. The ondition of the body precluded defl ate identificaton. No trace of bullet rounds or bruises were found, how ver. Lisbon, June 5.?President Canto r. Castro presented his resignation o congress yesterday. Congress, mid acclamations, voted to . ask the resident to rexjonsider his action. ^