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SUMTER WATCHMAN, Kstsb'o Consolidated Aug. 2,1 AC PICNIC IN ALABAMA More Than Thirty Women and Children Drowned in Warrior River PLEASURE LAUNCH CAPSIZED SUNDAY Twenty Bodies Have Been Re covered and Twelve to Fif ' teen Are Still Missing. /_ Tnscaloosa, 'Ala., June 16.?The bodies of twenty persons drowned yesterday when a pleasure launch overturned in the Warrior River, near here' were recovered and identified by noon today and twelve to fifteen are still missing-. T^xe launch carried fifty-three persons/' the majority wo men and children and the death list is made up largely of children. CRY OF LABOR Demonstration Planned in Wash k ing This Afternoon By Federation of Labor ATTEMPT TO IM PRESS CONGRESS Speech Will Be Made on Capital Steps by Samuel Gompers Af ter the Demonstration. Washington, June 14.?Labor pro tests against prohibition insofar as it applies to light wine and beer, was to be brought \>ef ore congress late today in a demonstration participated in by 'ir^TOirg^esTIm^a^^ tcThulh ber one hundred to one hundred and fifty thousand. Led by Samuel Gompers, president of* the American Federation of labor, the delegates in tend to march to the capitol steps, sa lute the flag and make anti-Bolshevis: and pro-American sentiment and then listen to speeches by. Gompers and members of congress. Prohibition Repeal Urged Seventy Thousand Representa tives of Labor Expected to Gather in Washington Today Washington, June 13.?Seventy thousand representatives of organiz ed labor, headed by Samuel W. Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, will participate in a flag day demonstration to be held on the steps of the capitol tomor row in favor of repeal of the war time prohibition law and exemption of beer and light wines under the na tional prohibition amendment. President Gompers. who will be ac companied to Washington by 700 dele gates to the American Federation of Labor convention, now meeting in At lantic City, will address the labor representatives from a platform to be erected on the top landing of the marble stairway immediately in front of the senate entrance. Labor delegates from many Eastern cities, according to union officials, will be on hand to participate in the demonstration of protest in addition to 50,000 members of local labor un ions. Plan Uprising in Cities Warning Given of Revolution ary Masses During First Five Days in July New Orleans, June 14.?Warning of an .uprising of anarchists planned for the larger cities of the country during the first five days "f July was contained in a letter received to day by Mayor Martin B'.-hrman of New Orleans from the New York headquarters of the American De fense Society. The mayor was urgr-d by the so ciety to swear in as special officers re turned soldiers, sailors and marines to be ready to co?je with any dis turbances that may arise. The letter explained the object <?f the plan was to produce the belief that revolution was in the air and added: "Advantage is to l?e taken of the confusion to be created by the simul taneous appearance of disorder and reliance is placed in the effect pro hibition will have after July 1 to increase the disorder. Where disord er prevails for a few hours it is rum ored jails and penitentiaries will be opened and those confined released X<> aid iu the object of the {?.?an.-1 fefeed April, 1850. 4<Be Just an 15" s ; Vickers-Vimy Bi-Plane Flew,. From New -Foundland to Ireland in Sixteen Hours - ,. i FIRST N0N STOP FLIGHT ACHIEVED! -:_ j Way For Air Route Across At-! lantic Blazed by Two British! Army Officers. Trip Made: j Hazardous by Fog. ! London, June 15 (By the Associat-j |ed Press).?The final goal of all the! i ambitions which flying men have ven- | j tu red to dream since the Wright | ! brothers first rose from the earth in j ? a heavier than ah machine was j i realized this morning when two young ? British officers, Capt. John Alcock and I Lieut. Arthur W. Brown, landed on I the Irish coast after the first non | stop flight across the Atlantic ocean. ! Their voyage was without accident and without unforeseen incident, so far as can be learned. It was a straightaway, cleancut flight achieVed ,in 16 hours and 12 minutes?from Newfoundland- to Clifden, Ireland, a distance of more than 1,900 miles. But the brief and modest descrip tion which comes from the airmen at Clifden tells of an adventurous and amazingly hazardous enterprise. Fog and mists hung over the North At lantic and the Vickers-Vimy biplane climbed and dove, struggling to ex tricate herself fron* the folds of the airplane's worst enemy. She rose to 11,000 feet, swooped down almost to the surface of the sea, and at times the two navigators j found themselves flying upside down j only ten feet above the water, j Before coming to near near the J Clifden wireless station Alcock circled j the wireless aerials, seeking the best spot to reach the earth. But no suit S able ground was found, so he chanced fit in a bog. The wireless staff rushed to the aid of the aviators. They found Brown dazed and Alcock temporarily deafened by the force of the impact. As scon as they were able to bo es corted to the wireless station, th:y telegraphed the news to their friends, then had breakfast "That, is .the best way to cross the i Atlantic," said Lieutenant Brown, af ter he had eaten. ? FIGHT ACROSS OCEAN. Alcock and Brown Make Non-Stop Flight Without Acg&UaKy London. June 15.?Capt. John Al cock and Lieut. Arthur W. Brown, in their Viekers-Vimy biplane, landed at Clifden. Ireland, this morning, com pleting the first non stop airplane flight across the Atlantic. Their trip from St. Johns. N. F., was made in 16 j hours. 12 minutes. I The landing was made at 9.4 0 (o'clock, British summer time. In tak j ing the ground the machine struck i heavily and the fusilage ploughed into I the sand. Neither of the occupants j I was injured. j Much of the flight was made j through a fog with an occasional dri.s I zle. This hampered the airmen con ; siderably during their journey, i Captain Alcock explained the si lence of his radio instrument during! j the trip by saying that the wireless j j propeller blew off soon after the air- j ! plane le-ft Newfoundland, j "Wo were much jammed by strong j ! wireless signals not intended for us.*'! i he added When .vord was received here of the [ j accident to the machine in landing. [ ? arrangements were made for mechan- j i ics to leave London immediately to I I make repairs. j Word came from Clifden this after-j I nooon that the pilot and the navigator 1 (of the biplane were leaving for Gal-j i way. whence Lieutenant Brown [ j planned to travel by train to London, j ! arriving there Tuesday morning. Cap- j tain Alcock, however, hoped to be able; j to fly to London in the machine which ! : made the record flight as soon as it j ? could be repaired. It was planned to j have him give an exhibition over Lon ! don in the machine, if possible. Tin- Aero Club received a message from Clifden not long after the trans-: Atlantic fliers landed signed by them,]: which merely stated that they had! completed the flight in 16 hours ard 12 minutes. They requested instruc tions from th" club. In reply the cluoj telegraphed Captain Alcock: !. "Keep machine intact until observer . arrives." The air ministry stated that certain marks were put on the airplane at Newfoundland which must be official ly identified by a member of the roy C. air force before the flight is declared to be officially completed. It was said at the ministry that it was prob- . able one of its officials would leave ( Dublin in an airplane to relieve Alcock and Brown. It was hardly believed there that the machine could be re paired before several days had passed and it was thought l>oth the aviators would proceed to England by train. ' Alcock and Brown stood the trip well. RELATES HARDSHIPS OF FLIGHT OVER SEA. Captain Alcock Says. "We Mad a Ter rible Journey*'?Traveled in Dark ness for Horn's. London. June 15.?Describing the experiences of himself and Lieutenant td Fear not?Det ail the en?a Thou AU JUMTER, S. 0., WEDN: NEW SCHEME An Eleventh Hour Attempt to Re-Open Reparations Questions PROPOSE CONTROL i OF RAW MATERIALS! i ?- I Plan to Control Economic Devel opment of Germany D?ring Operation of Commission. Paris. June 13.?The British ha\ made an eleventh hour attempt to r< open the reparations question. Tin have submitted proposals introducing! into the functions of the permanent reparations commission the principle of control of raw materials, etc., fur nished Germany, thereby enabling the commission to control Germany s. economic development during th2 pe riod of its operations. The British effort did not meet" with a sympathetic reception by] the reparations commission, to whichJ it was referred. It seems improbable* that the proposals will be accepted/ but they constitute one cause of the delay of completing the reply to the Germans, which, it was rumored to day probably would not be presented until Monday. WILSON WE WAGE CAMPAIGN Speaking Tour in Support of League of Nations Has Been Planned LODGE AND HIS GANG ON THE DEFENSIVE \ .A Woodrow Wilson Will Appeal From a Partisan and Reac tionary Congress to the People of America. Washington, June 16.?President Wilson on his return home will tour the country speaking in support of the League of Nations. Secretary Tu multy has aranged a tentative itiner ary for the trip, but the places where the president will speak have not been announced. Villa Forces in Flight American Cavalry Chasing Re bels Driven Out of Juarez Juarez, June It'..?The Villa troops driven frm Juarez early today by American infantrymen sent across the ?.-order at midnight to stop firing into El Paso by Mexican rebels, are in liighl southeast of Juarez headed to ward Guadalupe, opposite Fabcns, Toxas, thirty-two miles from here. The United States cavalry was in pur suit. Brown. Captain Alcock. in a message from Gal way to the Daily Mail, says: "We had a terrible journey. The wonder is we are. here at all. We scarcely saw the sun or moon or star-;. For hours we saw none of them. The fo.^ was very dense and at times we had to descend within :iOO feet of tiio sea. "For four hours our machine was covered with a sheet of ice. carried by frozen sleet. At another time the fop: was so dense that our speed indi cator did not work and for a few minutes it was very alarming. "We looped the loop. I do believe, and did a very steep spiral. We did some very comic stunts, for 1 had no sense of horizon. "The winds were favorable all the way. northwest and at times south west. We said in Newfoundland that we would do the trip in 16 hours, but! we neve?- thought we should. An houri and a half before we saw land we had no certain idea where we wore, but, l)o]ieved we were at Galway or ther - abouts. "Our delight in seeing Eastal island j and Tarbot rslar.d five miles west ofi Clifden was great. The people did i no* know who wo were and thought) we were couts looking for Alcock. We i encountered no unforeseen conditions.] We did not suffer from cold or exhaus tion except when looking over the side: then the sleet chewed bits out of our faces. We drank cpffee and ale and .'it*' sandwiches and chocolate, riur flight has shown that the Atlan tic flight is practicable, but f think it should be done not with an airplane i.i- seaplane bat with dying boats. "We laid plenty of reserve find left, usinfr only two-thirds of our supplv. "The only thing that upset me was to see the machine :it the end got damaged. From above the bog looked| like a lovely field, but the machine! sank into it and fell over on to her side." .__ .a. ' ma't at be thy Country's, Thy God's a ESDAY, JUNE 18, 1919 All Rio Newspapers Came Out' With Editorial Attacks on France -, k GERMAN MERCHANT i SHIPS THE CAUSE, I France Is Reported To-Have! I Raised Objection to Brazil I Keeping Ships. I Rio Janeiro, June 13.?All news-1 I papers here made editorial attacks' j yesterday upon France on account of I reports indicating that France was! opposing the keeping of former Ger man steamers by Brazil. The gist of the comment is that France is being disclosed as a false friend if the re ports are true. ' Reward for Levien Bavarian Government Put_, Price on Soviet Leader Zurich, June 13.?The Bavarian government has offered a reward o:" thirty thousand marks for the arrest of the communist leader Levien, the I only soviet leader woh has ecaped ar I rest. PEACE TREATY BEING REWRITTEN !No Change in Principle But Text Clarified and Explained More Fully j ORIGINAL TEXT NOW OBSOLETE I Treaty Lodge Saw and Had Pub | lished as Party Propaganda j is Nothing But a Scrap of Paper. _ Paris, June l?.?The peace treaty with Germany will be entirely rewrit | ten and reprinte i for the incorpora j tion textually of explanations and j clarifications contained in the allied i reply to German counter proposals. ! While unchanged in principle virtual j ly a n?'W document will be presented j to the Germans. It is understood ! that the new treaty will be made pub-: (lie on the day of its delivery, or the j day after. It was commented on in 'peace conference circles today that : this action renders obsolete the text! [published in the United .states. ' The council of four today devoted; j both its sessions to the revision of the j 'treaty text. When the afternoon ses-j sion ended the council had sent +' -he" ; revision commission eighteen v> .s. Among those remaining to be passed an- those referring to the Saare Val ? ley. Alsace-Lorraine and the league of : nations. j Automobile Plant To Reopen _ i Thirteen More Departments Are Scheduled to Return to Work this Morning Toledo, Ohio. June 13.?Thirteen ; more departments of the.VVillys-Over j land plant are scheduled to be re-j opened tomorow morning and 201 more on Monday following resump tion of operations in 50 departments this morning under federal protec-; ] tion. I nder direction of Percy Jones, son! of "Golden Rule" Jones, former To ledo Mayor, United States deputy mar shals were on guard at the plant and there was no evidence of disorder. .1/ nes was appointed by Federal Judge Killits after the latter issued an in junction requiring the opening of the plant to till agency contracts. The' plant was closed a second time on j June 3. after rioting. Overland officials said they were satisfied with the situation and the number of men returning and that ? the number would steadily increase. There has been no statement as to the approximate number. Union leaders, in turn, say not enough men have returned to enable the plant to pro duct- automobiles. Demobilizing Army Only Two-Thirds Disbanded and Will Not Be Completed With in Three Months Washington. June 14.?The army is only two-thirds demobilized, the war department announced today and it will take move than three months to j complete the work at the present rate, . - ad Tmt?'O-" THE TRUE Mention of Name at Great Mass Meeting Was Loudly Ap plauded by People j _ i CAMPAIGN FOR LEAGUE OF NATIONS* British League of Nations Union Starts Movement to Popular-! ize the Peace Plan. London, June 14.?A campaign to popularize the League of Nations "was i launched last night by the British! League of Nations Union at a meet- j ing which \va saddressed by promi- j nent officials. Lord Robert Cecil twice referred to President Wilson, which mention was vigorously ap plauded. He said that if the league is to be a reality Germany and Rus sia must be included. Citadel Commencement Thirty Seven Seniors Graduated ?Award of Medals Charleston, June 13.?A class of 37 seniors was graduated at th* annual commencement of the Citadel this morning, the annual address being made by William S. Lee of Charlotte, N. C1., an alumnus of this famous mil itary college. W. C. Hane of St. Mat thews made the annual address. Francis E. Cothran of Greenwood, now at West Point, was first honor man and will be forwarded the gold medal awarded by the board of trus I tees. /The medal for the best drilled company went to Capt. H. C. Jones of Walterboro, commanding Company A who also was presented with the James H. Holmes. Jr.. memorial med al, donated annually to the captain of I Company A. The Star of the West ; medal, offered for a year to the best drilled cadet, was won by Cadet Sergt. J. Ii. Whitten of Anderson. The John O. Willson ring was won by Cadet Lieut. T. C. Cannon of Honea Path. I j voted by his classmates the "man- j I liest,'purest and most courteous mem j ber of his class." ?he-mai3csmanshfrr I medal will be presented after the na j ticnal rifle matches in which a cadet : team will compete. Tonight, the Association of Grad ates of the Citadel held its annual meeting and banquet. The board of visitors held an -adjourned meeting this afternoon. Members of the graduating class .ire: Chester Alexander, Alex Taylor Brown. Laurens Earle Bush. Mark! Lane Bush. Thaddeus Carlisle Cannon, j James Hearst Coleman. James Karl | Coleman. Francis Eugene Cothran. Terry Taylor Dill. Thomas- Euger.e Dunbar, Frederick Wentworth Ford. John Duglas Fuller. George Thomas Magan. William Clarence Hane, Jesse Blondelle Hart. William Clarkson Huggins. Milton Kennedy Jeffords. Jr.. Howell Carlisle Jones. Junius Webb Keels. John Kuticdge Lawson. John Calhoun McGowan. Eugene Joseph MoMnnus, George Wilson Nicholson. Milton Pearlstine. Archibald S. Rey nolds, John Hargett Rivers, Edgar: Wetzell Rugheimer. James Henry j Sanders. James Joseph Still. Jr., Ar-: rhur Lining Street Mandlo. SuraskyJ Feathcrstone A. Thompson, William j W. Wannamaker. Jr.. Sinkler Warley. j Jam' s Walton Wilson. John Thorn-j sen Witsell and William Charles j Wolfe. Gen. Foch Sends Ultimatum j Germany Notified That Passage j Of Polish Troops Must Continue Coblenz. June 14.?An ultimatum I demanding the immediate continua-! tion of "he movement of Polish troops,' across Germany has been sent to the \ German government by Marshall! Foch, according to Spa despatches. Orders were issued recently at Berlin ; to stop Polish troop trains. Missionaries for Europe Baptist Foreign Mission Willi Send Many New Workers to ! War Torn Countries Richmond. June \ 1.?The annual meeting of the foreign mission board Of the Southern Baptist convention1 discussed sending many new mission-] aries to the war torn countries. J. F. | Love, secretary of the board, goes; to Russia and Siberia as soon as con-, ditions improve. Chinese Cabinet Resigns Agitation Against Pro-Japanese Govrnment Causes Crisis Pekin, June l-l.?As a consequence i of difficulties created by the popular movement against pro-Japanese mem bers, the cabinet has resigned and President Shis Chang also has inti mated his intention to quit office. : Strikes continue throughout the conn- \\ ! SOUTHRON, Ertabllsbed June, UN VoLXLVIII. No. 36. BAKER URGES STRONG ARMY Goes Before Senate Military Committee and Insists That Congress Provide Support COUNTRY NEED HALF MILLION Tells Senators That Army of Three Hundred Thousand is Entirely Inadequate. Washington, June .10.?Secretary Baker before the senate military com mittee today insisted that congress provide for an army of five hundred and nino^t^ousand men, until a per manent^ military policy is adopted. He declar-ed th^tftf[A nf three hundred thousand proWsea in the annual army appropriation bill, as passed by the house was inadequate. BATTLE FOUGHT WTTH MEXICANS American Cavalry Defeats Villa Forces in Pitched Battle At Juarez CROSSED RIVER TO KEEP ORDER Fight Occured at Race Track at 2 O'clock .This Morning:. Villa Forces Defeated. El Paso, June 16.?American troops that were sent into Mexico last njght; to stop indiscriminate firing across the border fought the first general engage 'mVhT~wlth"Ther"Mex:rcan?ret?eT~Torcesf of Francisco Villa at Juarez race track shortly after 2 o'clock this ! morning and the Americans were victorious. Villa's troops were driven from the race track by rifle and ma chine gun fire and many prisoners are reported to have been taken by Unit ed States cavalry, which took up a position on the east and southeast of rhe track, according to official report at military headquarters. Mexican rebels and federal troops fought on Juarez streets Saturday night and Sunday, many of both sides being killed. Many bullets from reb el guns came across the Rio Grande and two persons were killed and sev en wounded on the American side of the border. Using Artillery Against Villa Fighting Grows More Serious On Border El Paso, June IS.?Artillery fire against Villa forces was opened at 10.30 today, with the second battalion of the Eighty-second field artillery, firing shrapnel. The artillery .fire was i:c miles from Juarez in the vicinity of the cavalry fighting hear San Lorenzo. Battle at San Lorenzo War on Small Scale Started in Mexico El Paso. June 10.?Fighting is in progress between United States cavalry and a'Villa detachment in the vicin ity of San Lorenzeo, opposite Isleta, Texas, twelve miles east of El Paso, according to a message received at military headquarters here at 10.20 this morning. Help for Brewers Allied Medical Association Adopts Resolution Endorsing Beer New York. June 16.?The allied mutual association of America, com prising all of the various schools of medicin^ in the country, today adopt ed a resolution at the convention here, declaring that properly brewed lager beer is absolutely essential in the treatment of certain cases and favor ing the manufacture of beer contain ing not more than two and three quarters per cent of alcohol. Light wine, if pure, is also endorsed as bcne.icial in certain medical cases. Reply to Germans Terms of Allies Made Known This Afternoon Paris. June 16.?The reply of the allies to the German counter propos es will be delivered at Versailles at four o'clock this afternoon.