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Republicans Unable to Discredit Work of President i Wilson KNOX RESOLUTION TO BE DROPPED i Senator Lodge Says He Favors Ratifying Covenant With Reservations. Washington, June 22.?Senate lead ers opposing che league of nations ' abandoned today their plan to try for *-test vote in the immediate future on the Knox resolution, and turned their attention to crystalizing senti " ment behind Elihu Root's proposal that the league covenant be ratified with reservations. The decision was taken as a fore 'c^st that the league fight would re main in a quiescent state during the coming week and probably until the treaty is submitted for ratification about two weeks hence. There may be some debate on the subject and possibly an attempt to get "action on a substitute for the Knox :?' -; measure, but in the main the opposi tion seem certain from now ?on to center on the final ratification fight itself. Republican Leader Lodge in a state ment tonight announcing that the Knox. resolution would- not be called up . tomorrow said the decision had been prompted by a desir. to give un AivfaJed senate attention to pressing il^ropriation bills. Other league op '?;. j^Ofixdm are known to feel also that itetien now would be inappropriate Since the resolution, introduced two #eeks ago by Senator Knox (Repub . .ifcean) *f Pennsylvania was designed . 'principally to request a provision in the peace treaty by which the senate could ratify the document and still . 'xfeserve judgment on the league. '% am very strongly in favor of the Knox resolution," said Senator Lodge in his statement. "I think the league and "the peace with Germany ought . not to be interlocked. We ought to be able to ratify the peace with Germany at once and ^thent give the proper dis cussion to the covenant of the league y if ^nations which involves the entire 3 future of the country. ^;'T- ^hofUld like to bring the Knox " rje^olu,tion' to a vote at once, but after ;^nl8ultation with Senator Knox thi^ x "^[ternoon, I have come to the conclu . ,?|pn that in the present situation o:" appropriation bills, and especially, tie army bill now before the senat .we ought, not. to press the Knorc res olution atethfe-moment because it will lead to debate and nothing should b* allowed to interfere with the passage o^the* appropriation bills before July 44.;, We propose to pass them before that date and shall sit night and day if necessary to do it 5 VI am more willing to accept this postponement because the resolution is'growing stronger daily and the ab solute necessity Of amending the league if it is to be made safe for the j United States and for the cause of! peace has just been freshly demon-1 strated in Senator Root's letter with ! extraordinary force." H ':^Despite Hr. Lodge's inference that the resolution might be taken up la ter, the general feeling was that with today's decision the measure passed into history. Besides the separation proposal it contained several declara tions known to be objectionable to some league opponents and the ques tion as to what should be done with it has been a source of many animat ed conferences. The prediction most commonly heard tonight was that if it 'were- revived its friends would modi fy it in several respects. League supporters have maintained all along that they had sufficient votes to defeat the resolution and Senator -?Hitchcock, senior Democrat of the foreign relations committee, said to night he never had expected that the measure would" be brought to a ror call. T am not at an surprised," said; 2kfr. Hitchock, "at the disastrous fail- j ure of the Knox resolution. It has dis- j appointed its friends and divided the! Republican party." There still is considerable sentiment j among league opponents for a resolu tion to declare the war at an end in order to remove from the senate the onus of. continuing the war conditions while ratification of the treaty is de 'lityed. It is understood, however, that the leaders will oppose any such step for the present Bolshevik Cruiser Torpedoed British Warships Sink The Sla va in Golf of Finland Helsmgsfors. June 23.?British war ships Wednesday torpedoed the Bol shevik armed cruiser Slava, which sank immediately. Richland county land owners are deeding property to the United Stacesj government. Ten transactions were recorded last week in the office of the j county auditor. The deals that havOj been closed and registered transfers j 3,620 acres at a cost of $115,513.92.* The smallest tract consisting of 19 acres brought $599. The largest deal specified 1,600 acres which sold for $61,354. One transaction recorded the transfer of 1,192 acres for SI and other considerations. The rain Saturday evening came just in time to save the corn crop. The rainfall was heavy and general throughout this section of the State as far northeast as Society Hill. In some sections the rain was accom-| panied by hail. ROOT PROPOSES SCHEME TO LODGE New Angle to Fight on League Of Nation's Cove nant SEPARATE LEAGUE AND TREATY Letter to Lodge Endorses Knox Resolution and Urges Its Pas sage. _ \ Washington, June 21.?Former Sen ator Root, in a letter to Republican Leader Lodge of the Senate, made public late today, strongly urged sep aration of the league of nations from the peace treaty, recommended adop tion by the senate of the Knox sepa ration resolution and favored adop tion by the senate of reservations to the peace treaty. The principal treaty reservations p oosed by Mr. Root relate to Amer ican action under article ten, the ter ritorial guarantee clause, the Monroe doctrine and for withdrawal of Amer ica from the league by its own action and without consent of other nations. Mr. Root declared, the Monroe doc trine clause "erroneous in its descrip tion of the doctrine and ambiguous in its meaning," while the new I provi sion for withdrawal leaves a doubt whether the nation could not be ikept "in the league indefinitely I against our will." The ratification reservations rec ommendation by the former secretary were: "(1) In advising, and consenting- to the ratif ication of the said treaty, the senate reserves and excludes from its consent the tenth article of the coy nant for the league of nations, as tt> which the senate refuses its consent "(2) The senate consents to the rat ification of the said treaty reserving article 10 aforesaid with the un.-': : standing that whenever two year.-, notice of withdrawal from the league of nations shall have been given provided in article 10, no claim char-.: or finding that international obliga tions or obligations under the cove nant have not been fulfilled will be deemed to render the two years' no< ineffectual or to keep the power giv ing the notice in the league after the expiration of the time specified in the notice." |." "(3) Inasmuch as in agreeing to become a member of the league of nations, the United States of Amerfc. is moved by no interest or wish to Intrude upon or interfere with the polit;cal policy or internal admV.e tration of any foreign state and by no existing- or anticipated dangers in the affairs of the American continents, but accedes to the wishes of the Eu ropean states that it shall join iis power to theirs for the perservation of general peace, the senate consents to the ratification of the said treaty, excepting article 10 aforesaid; with the understanding that nothing there in contained shall be construed to imply relinquishment by the United States of America of it3 traditional attitude towards purely American questions, or to require the submis sion of its policy regarding questions which it deems to be purely Amerl . ? questions, or to the decision or com mendation of other pwers. '?This reservation and these expres sions of understanding," wrote M Root, "are in accordance with long es tablished precedents in the making of treaties. When included in the in strument of ratification they will not require a reopening of negotiation but if none of the other signatories expressly object to the ratification with such limitations the treaty stands as limited between the United States and the other powers. Bandits Rob Bajik iWoman Cashier and Teller Bound *0 And Safe Rifled Toledo, June 21.?-Two bandits, af ter binding Miss Tessie Trudeau. tell er and cashier of the Ironville Branch of the Peoples' State Savings Pank, East Toledo late Friday after noon, escaped with $800 in cash. De positors entering the bank frightened the bandits away before they eould open the vault in which was $12.000 in currency. The robbers escaped in an automobile. Wonderful If True He Fed Sugar to a Mad Bull Mexico City, May 24.?The Teatro El Toro, one- one of the most pre tentious of bull-fight arenas, is now the home of grand opera as a rseult of President Carranza's decree that bull-fights should cease. Interspersing grand opera, dancers and concert ar tists have appeared in the arena and it is stated that these various form?; of amusement will be offered until some definite action is taken as to the future of bull fighting. It was in this arena that what is said to be one of the most remarkable spectacles in the historn of the sport was staged. A bull El Bonito known as one of the fi'-rccst fighters, on being brought into the arena charged and killed three horses and injured as many men without! being touched by the estoque of any matador. As tho bull stood bellowing d? ance and with no one apparently will ing to attack him, Miguel Rallo, a picadar who was a spectator in one of the boxes, leaped unarmed into the enclosure. In his outstretched hand he carried two lumps of sugar j which he nonchalantly offered to the | bull. The animal suddenly ceased its ] bellowing and in a frw moments do-j cilely licked the sugar from Dallo's hand. The latter returned unharmed to his box amid the plaudits of the] spectators, f j Great Economic Enemy Tuberculosis is One of The Seri ous Problems of Industrial Life Atlantic City, June 17.?Tubercu losis must be considered not only as a deadly scourgct to be feared but also as one of our greatest economic enemies, declared Walter S. Ufford of Washington, before the annual meeting of the National Tuberculosis Association here today. "Sickness." he said, "is the great est single factor in bringing about pov erty and dependency. Among the var ious ills found in dependent families none plays so big a part as tubercu losis. "The public must be aroused to grapple with the problem of tubercu losis as it now affects our civilian pop ulation,; on broad lines of health re construction. For this purpose depart >f>artments of health everywhere should be charged with the control of tu berculosis as a contagious disease. These departments should not on3y be given legal authority to cope with the problem but should be provided also with the necessary funds to deal with the disease in its contagious stages as a menace to the family and the neighborhood." ^ In a plea for health insurance, John A. Lapp, former Director of the Ohio Health Insurance Commission, i pointed out that there can be no so lution of the tuberculosis proble'm among workingmen without it. "Men cannot stop work long enough to take treatment", he says, "because as is well known, the great mass of workingmen are living only a few weeks away from actual want. Some means must be devised to enable them to stop work and to receive, adequate medical treatment. There are only two possible ways tot do it, one, through charity, the other, through health insurance." The ? Public attitude toward tuber culosis must be changed," said Miiss Mary A. Meyers, of Indianapolis. "Formerly the masses of people thought the disease was hereditary and that nothing could be done about it. "Now," she said/'due to education al work, there are few grownups or children in the country who do noi know that tuberculosis is a prevent able and curable disease." Fatal Western Tornado Two Hundred Reported Dead in > Minnesota Fargo, N. D., June 22.?Approxi mately 200 persons were killed by. a tornado that struck Fergus Falls, Minn., this afternoon and wiped out three blocks in the business section of the city. A report from Staples to the North ern Pacific here said that the Grand Hotel had been razed by the wind and the Northern Pacific depot demolish led. , :. The telephone operator at Battle Lake, Minn., about IS miles west .of Fergus Falls, reported that the entire town between the Grand Hotel and the brewery had been wiped out. The hotel is situated in the eastern sec tion of the city and the brewery is lo cated in the weste/rn part. The opera tor also reported that 200 persons had been killed. Fergus Falls has a pop ulation of about 7,000. St. Paul, Minn., June 22.?Reports of a severe tornado this afternoon at Fergus Falls, with more than a hun dred homes leveled in that city, were received here tonight. A Great North ern train was blown from the tracks 21 miles west of Fergus Falls, only the engine and one car remaining on the tracks. Reports said three were killed. Railroad men on trains returning from the vicinity of Fergus Falls said reports were 200 may have been killed in the cyclone. It was reported that the Grand Hotel at Fergus Falls had collapsed in the storm and that 75 persons had been buried in the ruins. Governor Burnquist Adjutant Gen eral Rhinow and 75 men of the san itary corps. Fourth Regiment, Min nesota National Guard, left on a spc ] cial' train late tonight with doctors, nurses and 20 officials. Other National Guard units in the twin cities and in towns near Fergus Falls were ordered to hold themselves in readiness for guard and police duty. The special train was to arrive at Fergus Falls at 3 a. m. Monday. Shortly before midnight a severe electrical and, wind storm accompan ied by a heavy rainfall struck the twin cities, further interfering with telegraph and telephone service. The train blown from the track of the Oreat Northern was the westbound Oriential Limited, crack train of the railroad. It runs between Chicago and Seattle using the Chicago. Bur lington & Quincy tracks between St. Paul and Chicago. Request Flatly Refused Germany Asked Forty Eight Hours More Time Paris. June 23.?Germany today re quested an- additional forty-eight hours within which to sign the peace treaty. The council of three flatly refused the request Reply in Paris German Answer Regarding Peace Treaty Delivered Paris. Juno 23.?The German an swer regarding the peace treaty was. received by the peace conference this afternoon. The contents had not been revealed up to 3.45 o'clock. A commission has been issued to the Bishopville Clothing Company of Bishopville. The capital stock is $15. 000 and the petitioners S. R. Smoak, L. S. Colciough. W. E. Stafford, \Y. A. Bryan. Everybody should turn out for the bicycle and foot races. CROOKED DEAL ! IN THE SENATE John Sharpe Williams Boldly Ex: poses Partisan Plot of Re publicans COMMITTEE STACKED AGAINST LEAGUE In Reply Republicans Make Counter Charges and Criticise President Wilson. Washington, Juno 19.?Debate on the league of nations shifted to politi cal ground again today in the senate ! with a resulting flurry of party feel ing which ended in an admonition by the chair that senate rules must be observed. The flare up started when Senator Williams of Mississippi, a Democrat member of the foreign relations com mittee, charged that the Republicans had "stacked" the committee against the league. Senator Moses of New Hampshire, a Republican member, made a spirited denial and Senator j McCormick, Republican, of Illinois, de clared the Paris peace mission had , i been "stacked with Democrats." Other senators quickly got into the discussion and still others were ask . ing recognition when Vice President , Marshall called a halt, ruling that the j . discussion which had interrupted a speech by Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Colorado was out of order. The Colorado senator then resumed his address, declaring against the . Knox resolution by which the senate would ask an opportunity to accept j the peace treaty without the league '. of nations covenant incorporated. Senator Williams' charge followed one by Senator Thomas that the Re publicans first hp.d put the league into . politics by the celebrated round, robin of the last session, and now were condemning Democratic support of the league as partisan. Mr. Thomas is one of the Demo cratic senators who have no definite ! stand regarding the league, but in his speech today he head many extracts from historical' worlds to show that in the past beneficial proposals often had met the same arguments as now confront the league covenant. The Knox resolution he opposed as . improper, in that it would overstep the power of the senate in treaty ! making and would be interpreted as ' a presumptive effort to dictate to the ' peace conference. Answering the plea that the people should have morej time to consider the league proposal, he asserted there already had been ' wide discussion of the subject for sev eral years. "If there is a man between the two ? oceans who has not discussed it and [ reached some conclusion regarding j it," he said, "the fact argues for his ,\ ignorance and for the impossibility of [ i his ever reaching any conclusion." i After Senator Thomas had con cluded, the senate resumed work on other legislative matters but the de bate will be resumed tomorrow when Senator Sheppard. Democrat, of Texas will speak in support of the league, and Senator Sherman. Republican, Il linois, a league opponent, will address the senate on the influence of the Vatican in the league. There was no effort during the day , to bring the Knox resolution up for a vote and there were predictions in I some quarters tonight that it would be permitted to die on the calendar. Its supporters apparently have lost . hope of forcing a roll call before Monday when the German delegates must submit their decision on the peace terms. To pass the measure after the treaty has been signed would be idle, senators say, because the request it contains could not then be granted. It is possible, however, that the resolution may be called up tomorrow j or Saturday and an effort made to take a test vote revealing the exact di vision of senate, opinion. Leaders said tonight their pans were indefi. nitc. Various proposals for coordinating the speaking tours of senators who are to reply to President Wilson were much discussed during the day. There is considerable sentiment favoring a special car to follow th. ^resident on his speaking trip, but se u:al leaders are opposed to it and the general pre diction was tonight that the senators would go out separately. f \ Discussion of the league broke out in the house today also, Representa tive Temple, Republican, of Pennsyl- j vania criticising President Wilson's refusal to send the treaty text to the senate until completed. The presi dent, Mr. Temple said,thad declared he found no precedent for sending a treaty still in negotiation, whereas such a precedent was established by Washington and followed by Polk. Lincoln, Johnson and Grant. Search For Hid den Treasure Mexican Bandit Who Died Last ' Fall Buried Quantities of !. Loot in the Mountains Mexico City. May 25.?Search for the lost treasures of the bandit Chavez Garica, who, before his sud- 1 den death from influenza last fall, was!1 said to have buried large quantities of'1 loot in the mountains of Mich oa can, |' has almost been discontinued, with j the location of the treasure still a < mystery. It was reported that; Garica buried much of his looot in a ! labyrinthian cave near Penjamila.' Michoacan. and the people of that vil- J l?ge for months have maintained an enthusiastic but futile search for it. A similar search was made in the State j of Durango where Thomas Urbina. i another bandit, was said to have hid- i den a largo amount of stolen gooocta. I Build Build Build Build Build Make times good by building NOW ; Own a home fox* your children's sake. Build now schools, churches roads. Build now the homes the war has stopped Set your money to work cn building a home. Construction adds to the wealth of the country. Booth & McLeod, Inc. Building Headquarters Chamber of Deputies Refuses i Vote of Confidence Asked By Premier KING RESERVES HIS DECISION Orlando Delivers Address in Which he Outlines Peace Con ference Policy. \ Rome, June 19.?The Italian gov ernment resigned this evening after an adverse vote against it in the chamber of deputies. Premier Orlando, in announcing his resignation and that of the cabinet, said: "King Victor Emmanuel has re served decision as to accepting." The chamber of deputies had by a vote of 259 to 78 rejected Premier Or lando's motion in favor of discussing the question of confidence which re lated to the foreign policy of the gov ernment in secret session. Prior to the vote Premier Orlando in addressing the chamber said: "Italy's peace with Germany and Austria has been solved in a manner with which, on the whole, I feel sat isfied." Insisting on the necessity of a secret session, the premier declared that the government needed greater confidence and would treat this mo tion for a secret session as a ques tion of confidence. The Socialists immediately opposed th:*s. Signor Orlando in his answer said Italy's position had been considerably aggravated by international events during the second fortnight of April. He referred to President Wilson's mesage regarding the Adriatic ques tion. The Italian delegation at the peace congress, the premier said, had followed this policy. "First: Maintain with firmness all the essential points of the Italian I claims, without which Italy is con vinced peace would be neither just nor adequate to the j immense sacri fices suffered. "Second: Remain faithful in you** duties toward the allies. "Third: Avoid any blind form of obstinate intransigeance. Indeed, fa cilitate conciliatory suggestions cap able of producing accord in the con ference over the problems concern ing Italian frontiers." Signor Orlando urged parliament to separate the discusion of foreign affairs from the internal policy of the country, the latter being virtually ab sorbed in the' grave question of the high cost of living. Past history showed. he said, that internal pertur bations were transtory and that equili brium soon would be regained. The government, the premier con tinued, was determined to strengthen the defense of consumers against the cupidity of speculation, which had as sumed almost the form of folly. The overnment intended to suppress to the utmost possible the machinations of the middle man and aid in bringing about cooperation among consumers. Having complete control of bread, rice, cereals, sugar, and petrolum, he added, the government would sell them at low fixed prices. Meat would be imported he said, and distributed at the cost without profit and without tax. In suming up the situation Sig nor Orlando said: "The deep unrest throughout the world leads to pessimism such as was never experienced during the war. Immediately after the armistice was signed the peoples in general, Italy in particular, never went through such dark days as now. This is the most acute phase of the immense crisis arising from the war. Nevertheless. I am not discouraged, believing as I do that the situation gradually will ameliorate." i Oppose Prize Fight Congress Urged to Interfere With Willard-Dempsey Bout New York. June 21.?Every State supervisor of Presbyterian Board of Home Missions is urged by the board to send a message to congress asking that the governor of Ohio be asked to forbid the desecration of the nation's holiday through the holding of the Willard-Dempsey fight on July 4th. French Strike Ends Adoption of Eight Hour Day Satisfies Coal Miners Paris. June 21.?The striking coal niners returned to work everywhere n Fr.-mce today with the adoption of he bill applying the eight hour day May Deport All Radicals | Government Seriously Consid ering Situation. Will Use Re turning Troop Ships to Send Them Back New York, June 21.?It was dis closed here today that the govern ment is considering the wholesale deportation of' Bolsheviki anarchists and other radicals, using returning i troop ships to take them to their na | tive lands.' ? j Samuel Gompers Reelected 1 - T j Makes Acceptance Speech as President American Federation Labor at Atlantic City. I Atlantic^ City, June 21.?-Samuel Gompers was today reelected presi dent of the American federation of la bor. ' in his speech of acceptance Mr. Gompers said his election was'Ameri can labor's "answer to its traducers ? and opponents." . ' Cotton on the Rise All New Crop Months in New High Ground New Ycrk, June 20.?A renewal-of excited ccneral buying sent all: fhe *ew crop months into hew hig.'i gCound in the cotton market here today. "Oc tober contracts sold up to 32.46, or 18 points above the closing prices of-yes terday. 492 points above the low level touched on the early June reaction and 23 points above the previous high record established toward the end of May. Sharp reactions followed, with Oc tober closing at 31.83 and with the general list closing steady net Un changed to 60 . points higher. ' The opening was somewhat irregu lar, first prices being 2% points lower to 6 points higher, with July relative ly easy under liquidation in- ad vance of the notes expected next Wednesday. The early weather map was a shade better than expectedi hut Liverpool made-a firm showing;' and the early offerings were soon absorb ed. \ Brokers with Japanese and Liver-' pool connections were among buyers' while there was active connection, with the demand becoming more gen eral and excited following reports ! that the German Cabinet had fallen1. ? This was evidently taken to mean that a new government would be formed to sign the peace treaty and i the market advanced very, rapidly, late in the morning July sold up to 32.75 and December to 32.25, or about 52 to 78 points net higher on the ac tive months, and the buying was probably encouraged by the detailed weather report showing showers of rains in Texas. Th^ advance attracted heavy realiz ing, however, and while there appear ed to be no speculating in peace views, prices broken during the af ternoon, with the close showing re action of about 55 .to 62 points from the best. - - A prominent local authority esti mates the acreage at 38,045,034 acres, compared with 41,107,420 last year, or a reduction of 7.45 per cent. Traders have been talking of an acreage de ch'r?c- of from 8 to 10 per cent, bui' today's report was not considered an important factor. Found Guilty of Murder ..?*_ ? ?' Four Negroes Receive Life Sen tences at Laurens Laurcns, June 20.?Special: The four negroes, Allen Williams, Cleve Garlington, Sam Rice and Charlie Ferguson who were held on the charge of killing Wash Reeder, a returned negro soldier, at Clinton about a month ago, were found guilty of mur der, with recommendation to mercy, in the Court of General Sessions here this week. Life sentences were given the negroes by the presiding judge, Frank B. Gary, of Abbeville. Charlie Ferguson had made an alleged con- , fession of the crime, implicating the other negroes and he was used as the principal witness for the State. He was permtted to enter a plea of guilty as to himself and the court directed that a verdict similar to the others be returned in his case. After beating Reeder to death with clubs and rocks the negroes concealed the body in an open sewer, where it was dis covered about a day later. Italy's New Premier King Commissions Signor Nith to Take Up Orlando's Work Rome. June 21.?King Emanuel has requested Francesco Nitti, former minister of finance to form a new cab inet, succeeding that of Premier Or uindo. according to semi-official news paper reports.