Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Consolici&ted Aug* 3,1 Boll Cm Was Not Found Nee essary For Passage \ in Senate NAVAL AFFAIRS CONSIDERED NEXT ? -?- ) Bill Before Upper Hous& Carries Over Six Hurfdred Million Dollars ] ? Washington, June 25.-?The army appropriation, oijl, carrying $88S,00?, O?O and providing for ah average army of 400,000 -men next year?an increase over the; house hill of $171, 000,000 in 'funds fend':100,000 in per sonnel?7was passed lat,e today by the senate with.but a.roll call, and sent td conference. ' .-', ?' ? ' Before passage of the Senator Fall, Repabheaiv of New ilexico with ?^w%i?s|^tmendment to. declare the ?war TB?^^6ermai?y and Austria at an end, explaining; that he expected ac . tion within a day 'or two . on his. joint resolution .to the same effect as re gards Germany now ^before the for eign' relations conrmittee., , After disposal of the army measure the senate began consideration of the annual naval appropriation bill, car rying . $646,272,000, an increase of 545,000,000 over the house bill. Pas sage of the. naval bill tomorrow is de sired and leaders, in ; their effort to enact all .appropriation, bills needed by -July 1, plan then to. rush through the i$500,O00^)00 fundry civil budget. Final vote on the array bill was de layed temporarily today by protract ed discussion' of the peace treaty and league of jnationai; la this connection'? Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho I opposed ifye increase' of. the army for, ^9i^oxa^^O0&JiO^OOym men, but j /?^^ut^^eco^Voie ..the, senate. ap- j j^pved the '400,000' provision which is es?ia^tedTto g|ve pay and subsistence fojr;3J22,000 men in the.f army' after next S#ptejnb?p,. \ Aapassed by^fche senate, the prin-' ?ipal 'items*ofthe, army bill are* $215,-: J 1 1 - -my' pay; '$5^,9^1*000 ^anil r transportation; ^(TO^?OO^ ior aviation,, an increase oj^ ?bo?t,^?,0?0,000-over {he house appro'pr&tt?n; S12,215,000 for the Na t&hal Goifttd; $19,000.000 for ord nance, and $45.000,000 for storage and sMppmg facilities. The ?^raffte reduced from $3,230,000 to $2,W0,6? % the appropriation for. .^rchafie 6f the Dayton Wright avia tion field at Dayton, Ohio," under an amendment by Senator L?enroot, Re publican, ~gt Wisconsin, which also . stipulates that not more- than * $1,000, shall be spent in acquiring 1,500 additional ?fteres of land adjoining the Wright fiejd after appraisement and recommeh?ation by an^ army board. Another- amendment adopted and reap^roved' would limit the salary of C. M- Haw, in charge of disposal of surpJjns yfAr supplies, to $12,000 a year; a -rtfluction of $13,000 from Mr. Hare's present salary. A proposal by Senator Mckellar, I>emocrar, cf Tennesee lo strike put a provision for bonuses in government arsenals Was defeated, without a roll ?in.. Ireland Not Bound ?jrtes&eat" de Valera Repeals Sent ti> Peace Coh fereflceThrough Cleraenceau >?ew York. June 25.?Eamon. de Talera, "president of the Irish repuo-. lie," reiterated here tonight a state ment forwarded by him to Premier Clemfcnceau of France in May, warn ing thft peace conference that Ireland would tiot be bound by a peace treaty signed on her behalf by English peace commissioners. Imminence of the signing of the treaty, 3tft\ de Valera said, led him to recall the message to Clemenceau hi which ho declared "the Irish people will acrupuglously observe any treaty obligation to which they are legiti mately committed but the British delegates can not bind Ireland. The only signatures by which Ireland will toe bound are those of its own dele gates, deliberately chosen." Mr. de- Valera announced he had accepted an invitation to speak in Boston Sunday. Berlin Announces Peace Germans Urged to Fulfill Terms as Far as Possible %' London. June 25.?President Ebert of Germany, Premier Bauer and all i the ministers have -issued a "procla- j matlon to the German people, accord- j ing to a.wireless message from Berlin, j announcing the conclusion of peace j and urging as the first pressing need i the bending of all efforts to its fulfill- j merit. "As far as it is possible to carry it! ipvtX," says the proclamation, "the! treaty must be carried out." It declares faithful loyalty to bei threatened with separation from the j empire ?nd promises to intercede in; their befialf. "as we would intercede for ourselves." It concludes by cx horting the peopl* to realize the need lit work.and faithfulness to *luty for] the redemption of the country. I fcfced April, 18 SO. 881. _ PERSHING AND j HOOVER HONORED [Degrees Conferred Upon These Two Distinguished j Arnericans j BEFORE GREAT AUDI ENCES AT OXFORDi ! "t ! i I I Baron Makino, Marshal Joffre,! j Sir Douglas Haig and Others j j Similarly Honored Oxford, England, June 25 (By the Associated Press)?General Pershing land Herbert C. Hoover, represented ! the United Slates from the allied countries who were honored today by Oxford University with degrees of doctor of civil law. The ceremony wns held in the Sheldonian Theater. Ttj was the culminating feature of the inacania, cr ceremonial exercises, ) ?*The event was rich in ceremonial pomp fostered by the traditions of this famous institution. Nona.: of the spectators who crowded the theater followed the proceedings with a keen er interest than the handful of Amer ican army students who have been, studying here. Among those who witnessed the cermony was Mrs. Hoover. Earl Curzon, chancellor of the uni versity, presided and according to custom, solemnly went through the prescribed formula of proposing the degrees to the house. After the house had as solemnly granted the degrees, the recipients were summon ed in turn by the public orator. Those upon whom the degrees /.vere conferred included Gen. Pershing, Mr. Hoover, Baron Makino, head of the Japanese peace conference, delegation: Marshal Joffre, of.France; Vice Ad miral Sir David Beatty, Field Marshal i Sir .Douglas Haig, Maj. <?en. Sir Hen- J try Hughes Wilson, chief- of the-Brit-, ish imperial, staff; and Vice Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss; - first sea iordV Former, premier of Italy- and Premier .Jan ? Paderewski - of .Poland, received degrees: by proxy. * ' '.Bgth Gefi^Pi?shinjgr.?nd .Mr..Hoov-.? -?f were greeted. heartily, when' the' group filed into , the theater. Every seat in the building was occupied. The great audience arose as the dis tinguished visitors ? entered and pro ceeded to their places on the rostrum. The organ played "God Save the King/' " , American students at Oxford aban doned their plan for an informal re jceptibn in Gen. Pershing's honor,'be j cause of the uncertainty of his abi! I ity to leave army headquarters and come to Oxford for the ceremony. Most of the American students left i.here yesterday for Liverpool and j Brest on their way to their homes in t the .United Sta*es. Only thirty of j them remained1 here to participate in [a big victory pageant to be given by j the university beginning tomorrow. !_ j Council of Three Investigates t Takes Up Sinking of German Ships at Scapa Flow in All Details ( Paris, June 25.?The council of i three,; composed of Premiers Ciem i enceau and Lloyd George and Presi I dent Wilson, at its meeting today dis i cussed the scuttling of the German I fleet at Scapa Flow, according to the ] Paris office of Reuter's, Limited. The j council had before it and examined j fully, it is added, the facts relative j ? to-what took place with regard to the j } ships at the time the armistice was j signed. I Toe following statement, the news j agency says, may be regarded as^n j official explanation. ?'At the time of the signing of the ! armistice the British admiralty and | j the British government strongly urg- j j ed that the German ships would be i surrendered. , The French military i authorities, however, put forward the view that for the purpose of th ar mistice the surrender of the German ships was not absolutely essential.! 1 They were most anxious that the ?r- j ! mistice should be concluded, having | iregarded the very serious loss of life j j daily on the Western front. Insistence upon surrender of' the j 'fleet, they felt, might delay the sign- \ ling for which, despite rumors to the j contrary. Marshal Foch was as desir- i ? ous as any one. j "The French, therefore, suggested! I that the German ships be interned in j j neutral ports, a course which they be-; I lieved would not be regarded by the ! I enemy in the same way as would the j j surrender of the ships. This view was j j supported by Admiral Benson (Amer- j ! ican naval representative in Paris.) j "'Ultimately a compromise was] ! reached providing for the internment j of the ships in a British port.'' I _ i Paris. June 25.?The council de- j cided this afternoon to send two notes! to the president of the German peace delegation at Versailles, one regarding . the actions of the Germans in Poland ' in connection with a significant telo- : gram intercepted by the Poles and j ? the other relative to the sinking of the j I German fleet in Scapa Flow. j < The allies announce they will de-jl mand reparation for the sinking ofji the?eet. ad Fw not?fiel an the ends Thorn Ab SUMTES, S. C, SAT 01 LIQUOR LAWS TO BE ENFORCED Congress Shows Indications to Make Prohibition * Effective THREE LAWS UNDER CONSIDERATION War Time Prohibition Will Bej Kept Separate and Distinct From Constitutional Law Washington, June. 26.-?By. a ? vote of eight to six the se.nate interstate com merce committee decided to postpone action on the bill of Senator Poin-j dexter p: posing to prohibit higher] rate charges for a long railroad haul! than those of shorter routes. The! majority took the position that this legislation should b^ incorporated in the general bill. ^ Cotton Futimres $ Advance g ? ? -; . J Opening Decline Followed by a Rise, Establishing Records New York, June 25.?An. opening decline in the. cotton market was Tol lowed by advances which established new high records for the season on all deliveries this side of January, October j contracts sold,up from 32.03 to 32.93 and closed af 32.74, with the general list closing, steady, at a net advance of 40 to 55 points. The opening was "7 to 9 points lower owing to * relatively weak cables, re ports that Manchester: spinners had not accepted the strike settlement re ported yesterday and the circulation j of July:notices-estimtaed at from 15,- j 000 to- 20,000 bales. July sold-off'to 32.10 at'"the opening under scattered liquidation,, hut- there seemed to be. a good demand from that/position, ac c?mpa-hiedi '' by\ reports' 4hat - notices^ were 'being/ stopped -by houses %ith I?y^rpool and other foreign connec tions. This' helped the tone of The general list and prices very -*oon firmed up, with buyers encouraged by the forecast for continued showers in the eastern belt sections, and later.ly j the detailed reports showing heavy rains in that part of the belt. There were flight reactions after the publication of the bullish weekly weather report, which/ had evidently been discounted, but the unfavorable weather and crop news made itself felt again later in the day, and prices reached the best point during the af ternoon, with July selling at 33 and December at 32.87, and with active months generally showing net ad vances" of 55 to 69 points. The close wa*s several points off from the best under realizing. There were more unfavorable crop j advices from eastern belt sections! than recently and local brokers re- ? garded the news from the South as; increasing confidence in a low condi- j tion report this week. Riot in New York . -^ I Proposal to Form Cloak and Suit j -Workers' Union on Soviet J Lines f New York, June 25.?Rioting broke! here tonight at a meeting called by] radical cloak and suit workers for the j purpose of organizing a union along the lines of a Russian soviet and in I opposition to the Cloak and Suitmi k- | ers' T.'nion, affiliated-with the Ameri-j can Federation of Labor. About S00 persons, many of whom j were members of the present union, i were present when the trouble began, i Two men > in. the rear of the hall en gaged, in a heated argument. A policenian intervened, but before he could . restore order two other men came to blows. With scenes ofj great confusion, the fighting spread i to ail parts of the hall and efforts of] t* ?? police and of L. S. Chumley. bus-j j , manager of ''The Rebel Work- j ers," a radical publication, failed to, cheek the disorder. j The disturbance spread to the street! in front of the hall and continued un-; til a large number of policemen ar-; rived and dispersed the crowd. So j far as could be learned, none of the! fighters was seriously injured, but thej furnishings of the hall were wrecked. ! The meeting was held under the! auspices of the 'Workers' Council of ; the Cloak and Suit Industry." Amonff: the speakers scheduled were Johni. Reed. Rose Pastor Stokes and James L Lark In. ? J i: Faces Charge of Murder j J Huns Claim American Soldier.:' Killed Man and Woman Koblenz. Tuesday. June 24.?By th^j A.sociated Press.?Lieut. John Beggs, j 23d infantry, of Kansas Gity, is under; arrest facing a charge of murder in j connection with a shooting affair at j] ?eeburgT a village in the neutral zone \ < apposite the American area of occu- j 1 nation. The German authorities claim i ( that 1wo civilians, a-man and wo- h man, ?-ere killed. 's Sftt ft* be thy Country'?, Tftj God'i a itDAY, JOKE ?8, 1819. M PRINCE ! BREAKS JAIL Frederick William Hohehzollern :Has Escaped From Holland MADE HIS WAY INTO GERMANY German Government and Hol I land Have Another Problem to. i Settle i . -? ! Paris, June 2,6.?Frederick/William I Hohenzollem, former German crown ! prince, has escaped from Holland and j made his way into Germany.' [ ? ________' ' ? I Kaiser Suspected Of Designs Reported That He Will Seek To Return to Germany [ Washington, June 26.?Confidential reports that the former German crown prince. and also probably the former emperor would attempt to re enter Germany after the signing, oil the'peace treaty were received by of ficials here. This became known af i ter Associated Press dispatches had been received telling of the escape of the former crown prince. Prohibition Bill Reported ? Plan to Separate Constitutional Measure and War Time Provi sion Now Pending. j * Washington, - June 25>-A" straight' clear cut bill for enforcement of war; !time prohibition will be reported out tomorrow by the ho?se judiciary com-' imftteeJ \*. ? Decision ;to separate the war time S fr?nt t^e^^mist?ix^p&i -prohibition enforcen-?t measure?-said* tc.be the moat drastic liquor bill ever presented, to congress?was reached after an ail: day session which was much like, marching up the hill and then down! again. A proposal that two distinct bills be drafted was rejected yester day but it wasx brought up. again, to day by Representative Walsh, Re-, phliean, Massachusetts, and was pond?' ing when_a;motion to adjourn abrupt-, ly ended the discussion that was .'ani mated and heated. There was no indication as to how the committee would have voted, but. several of the leading prohibition members agreed tonight that in view of the manifest differences between the two issues and the possibility that the sale of beer and light wines might be permitted until January by pres idential proclamation, the wisest thing to do was to report out the war time bill the first thing tomorrow and the constitutional bill later in the day. In this way there is every assurance, they said, that the war time b?l would be passed probably by both houses before the end of the month,; at which time the "dry act" becomes effective. ' An amendment by Representative Steel, Democrat, Pennsylvania, which.: it was admitted later, would have] nullified the entire law, went through [ by a vote of 9 to 8, subsequently was reconsidered and defeated 10 to 7.1 The amendment stipulated that pro-1 visions x>f the enforcement act. except j as they relate to interstate and for-! eign commerce, should not be effective! in any State until ratified by the peo- j pie. It was said tonight'that one orj two members voted for the amend-; ment as a "joke." When the committee adjourned! without acting on the Walsh motion | for separate enforcement bills, Rep- j resentative Gard, Democrat, Ohio, re turned to the house and introduced) the enforcement bill offered at thuj last session. The committee measure! that will go to the house is consider ed much more simple and more direct, .i.nd far less drastic than the general bill. During the day Democratic J leaders in the house made inquiries j of Chairman Volstead as to when the I liquor bill might be expected and were! informed that it might not be re-idyj before Saturday. After more than a dozen commit-! tee roll calls on various provisions, p none of general public interest. Mr. J < Walsh. Mr." Gard and others jumped j : actively into the fight with a vigor-11 ous demand for passage of separate;2 measures, notwithstanding the pre-j - vious action of the rommiitee. Thenji if the president wanted to lift the;? ban it would only be necessary, he 11 said, to suspend the act providing forU war time-enforcement and not inter-p fere with legislation affecting consti-{ tutional prohibition. \1 -. |( rreaty Signers Named i Herman Mueller and Pr. Bell j* Selected N j Berlin. June 2f>.?Herman M?d er, foreign minister, and Dr. Bell, j t colonial minister, it was announced, j4 iave been selected as German envoys :o sign the peace treaty. They Will | ? eave Berlin in a few days for \r*fr [} ailles. M? Tmfc'f." THE TBIJI ' ? ' ?? ? g NO TREACHERY WILL BE ALLOWED Gennan Government Will Be Held Strictly Account able [ATTACK ON I POLAND FORBIDDEN |The Allies Are Determined To Enforce Order in Europe. Paris, June 26.?The German peace delegation has been informed in a note from Premier Clemenceau that the German government would be held strictly responsible for their un official support of any movement against Polish authority in the terri tory given to Poland in Posen and in East and West Prussia. Bank Bandit Sentenced Gordon Fawcett Hamby To Die In Chair New York, June 26.?Gordon Faw cett Hamby, who fired the shot which killed DeWitt C. Peal, paying teller of the East Brookolyn Savings Bank last December during a sensa tional daylight holdup, was today sen tenced to die in the electric chair during the week of July 28th. The attorney for Hamby announced that he..would ask for the appointment of -a commision to examine into his client's sanity. West Virginia To Pay Debt Settlement of Claim of State Of Virginia in Sight ," Charleston, W. Va., June '26.? State Treasurer . Johnson. ' and. State Auditor Darst leave tonight for ,New Yofk where they will sign bonds to taling approximately thirteen million, five hundred' thousand' dollars to be paid on the Virginia State debt which has been in litigation since the War Between the States. Hun Commander Resigns Gen. Groener Quits as Chief of i Staff Berlin, June 26.?rGeneral Menroal Groener, who succeeded Field Mar shal von Hindenburg as chief of staff, has tendered his resignation, but has agreed to remain at his-post until the situation' in the eastern provinces be comes stabilized. Pari" Growing Impatient If Huns Do Not Act Quickly Ul timatum Will Be Sent Paris, June 26.?It i9 nnderstoodj that if no official communication is] received by nightfall relative Jo the, plans of the German government -f.oz signing the treaty something in the nature of an ultimatum wlH beruht to Eerlin by the peace conference. Negro Rapist Captured - Mississippi Posse Had Hard] Fight in Swamp Laurel, Miss., June 26?After a desperate fight at.the edge of a cane brake, near Collins, Miss., John Harti-j field, a negro alleged to be the as- ? sailaint of a white woman at Ellis- j ville, was captured by a posse and rushed by automobile to an unknown.; destination for safe keeping.' Sartfe-J field was badly wounded. Record For Ms?Sbb^-| United States Marshal Says' Much Whiskey Made Greenville, June 22.?More whis-; key is being manufactured in South j Carolina at the present time than j ever before in the history of the State, j' according to a statement made today jJ by C. J. Lyon, United States marshal f j Cor the western district of the State, j A.t one time, the marshal stated, the j{ irt of making whiskey was practiced <'' ilmost exclusively by mountaineers, !1 >ut within the past few months il- !' icit distilleries have sprung up all j1 >ver the section. Scarcely a day passes that the local j \ -evenue men do not cut up one or j ? nore stills in Greenville, Pickens and i - >conee counties. The force of men em -1 ^ ?loyed in running down distilleries is ; ^ >oing increased, as it is thought that | * t larger number will be needed after ?one-dry prohibition the nation over ii roes into effect on July 1. _ I The Winthrop scholarship and en- I ranee examinations will be hold July ' th and 5th under the direction of thej bounty Superintendent of Education.: ?here are no vacant scholarships to j t >e awarded in Sumter county" this | $ ear. i & / 5 SOBOTBOST, Brt?MMnit lw,MH V0I.XLVIII. No. 39. BREACH OF I Sinking of German Fleet Was Violation of Armis tice I ALLIES WILL I j PUNISH OFFENDERS 1. Note Sent to Germany Setting Forth Position of the y Allies Paris, June 26.?Germany has been j notified in a note sent today.by the j allies that they possess the right; to i punish the persons responsibTe for the ! destruction of German ships and to. collect reparation, for the loss. The sinking of the fleet is denounced as a violation of the armistice and a de-; liberate breach in advance, of condl tions of peace. Saturday Peace Day^ Arrangements Being Made to Sign Treaty Paris, June2 6.?Efforts are being I made today to arrange for the sign-; ing of the peace treaty at 3. o'clock Saturday. The council of three' is apparently satisfied with the semir% official assurances that the Germans* would be on hand. Wire Control Ends Soon Agreement Finally Reached by Conferees,. Washington, June 24;?Agreement was reached late, today by senate, and. house conferees, on ? legislation to^re. peal government-control of telegraehr telephone and other wjre systems:-^e conferees adopted .the >house plan.-,*>f terminating, government. control'.' .at midnight on the last day of -Vhe calen dar month in which, the .law, IsV'a-p- ? fproved. - ' - '\- .k: - . Toll and local - exchange' ? telephone^ rates^would be continued fou^ mpi^jns unless sooner changed byv State com? missions under, the conference-a^gifee^ ' meht?a compromise between; the-'. 90 day rate extension clause of tb& senr ate bill and the six . months' con tinuance proposed by the house. * . The practical effect of the . legisla tion, the conferees- stated, will be' that1 ; all of the wires will be returned . to private control and operation, at mid night, July 31, as it is expected-eoli ifidently that the law will be signed by i the president early in July, j Action on the conference report iwill be had first in the house and I prompt ratification, of the conference, I agreement is anticipated in . ? both I bodies of congress, the time for end I ing government control and the teie I phone rate extension question, being ! the only subjects in dispute. Memorial to ?oldiers Commission Decides Building Be . Purely Memorial and Artistic Columbia, June " 24.?Theh. initial meeting of the South Carolina Me riaU Commission which is authoriz ed under an act ot the last genera1, assembly, to construct a building oh Ahe grounds of the University of South Carolina as a memorial of the South Carolinians who participated in ?e great war, was held in the governors office this evening and organized with the election of Dr. Reed Smith, of the University, as secretary, and Mrs. Fred S. Mur.sell, of Columbia, as treasurer.' The act named Governor Cooper as chairman of the commission and former Governor Manning as vice chairman. The commission decided to ask the people of. the State to do-, nate $400,000 to be added to the $160, 000 appropriated by the legislature for the erection of the building. The leg islative appropriation is contingent upon the people subscribing to -an amount named by the commission. This financial campaign will be ar ranged by a committee comp ad . of Mr. Manning, Dr. Smith and Mrs. Munsell. After a long discussion as . to whether the building should have utilitarian features, commission de cided to make the chapel- purely memorial and artistic, with no? es pecial practical features aside .from housing the records of war. It was decided that the selection of the architect for the building be left to the executive committee composed1 of Governor Cooper, Mr. Manning- and Dr. Smith. Other than the foregoing the 33embers attending the meeting were:. Min?. Leroy Springs, of Lancaster; A. P. McKissick. of Greenwood; P. F; Henderson, of Aiken; Col. W. .W. Lewis, of York; Mrs. C R. Wilson and ?o\. J. Monroe Johnson, of Marion. German Peace Delegates dentity Will Be Disclosed Thurs day Berlin. June 26.?The identify et he men to be delegated to go to Ver eines to sign the treaty will not be mnounced before Thursday.