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ffHE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Esiao Consolidated Aug. 2,3 PRESIDENT ON WAY HOME Several Thousand American Soldiers and^a Number French War Brides Returning ON BOARD THE GEORGE WASHINGTON Brides iUJowed to Accompany Husbands Through Special Arranirments Made by Presi dent ?- " On- Beard the George Washington. Sunday, June 29.?Several thousand returning American soldiers and. a score of pretty French war brides are among the presidential ship passengers on its voyage to the United States. A number of soldiers /were members of guards at Paris ./at the "White House; and the Hotel de Crillon. Headquar ters provided no means for the brides, r? accompany their husbands and for a while it seemed they might, get left behind.- Tearful joint despatches to President Wilson led him to make ar rangements for their accommodation, however. ? ? ?> Wilson Returns To United States Sails From Brest, France, Sun day Afternoon Brest, June 29 (By the Associated Press-)?President Wilson, with the treaty which Germany signed, sailed from Brest today on his return to the United States. The U. S. S. George -Washington, carying the presidential party, steamed from the harbor at 2.20 o'clock this afternoon. The departure of the president from France caused little excitement in this port. There was only a- distance--of SO ?!eet from where his specialtrain stopped tft where a motor launch was ?-? waiting "to carry him to the George Y?"?Shington. There was little cheer ing and applause from the several thousand whoa had - gathered . at the embarkation pier. A procession of So cialists, sir ging the ''Internationale" debouched' from, the Rue Siam as tlte president walked across the pier. The president waved his silk hat to the paraders. Gathered on the wharf were French and American officials. The first > greet-the president were Admiral H. Salaun and Admiral E. N. Benoit of . the French navy. Rear Admiral A. S. Halstead of the American navy and Maj. Gen. E. A. Helmick and Brig. Gen. Smedley Butler greeted the pres ident in turn. Jtfrs. Wilson was presented with a bouquet of Brittany roses by Mrs. Josephine ].x?wis of CincinnaTi, Ohio, representing the American Red Cress in France. Mrs. Wilson wore a navy blue tailored dress and a handsome but simple little hat, apparently th latest creation from the Rue de la . Paix. She smiled and thanked Mrs. Lewis and then chatted briefly with her. Mrs. Wilson appeared tired and apparently was in a hurry to roach \the launch. * The band of the Tenth Chausseurs played "The Star Spangled Banner'' and the "Marseillaise" as the presi dent descended the steps . in the launch. As the launch went into the stream a company of marines and vet erans of the Vser presented arms While cries of "Vive Wilson!" "Vive Americque!" "Vive la Paix" arose. The president stood aft on th? launch waving his hat at the crowd on the national bridge. The launch Was lost to view down, the harbor just as the Socialist parade reached the cliffs overlooking the harbor. "This is America" were the presi dent's words as he shook hands with Capt. Edward McCauley aboard the George Washington. The president and Mrs. Wilson retired to their state rooms as the engines and. machinery began to roar and final orders were given. Luncheon was served at 1 o'clock and the meal had just been completed when the George Washington besan to make headway out of the haroor. The battleship Oklahoma <;d the way. The destroyers Woolsey and Tarbell were on the port and starboard sides, while the Wiekes and Yarnell brought up the rear. As the transport moved out tb^ president appeared on the bri Ige wearing a cap. Rear Admiral Gr?' .son, his physician, stood nearby. The president was silent as he ga.-?ed at the disappearing shores of- Krance. The weather was perfect and there it was scarcelj' a ripple on the ocean as ? the George Washington.emerged from the Brest roads into the Atlantic. The French destroyers Fancion and Gar Q?ois escorted the presidential squad ron to the Ushant light/ After salut ing with their sirens and guns, the French warships ret unfed to Brest. f& As the George "Washington disap peared in the suminer haze,, the pres ident stood on the b-:dge waving farewell in answer to the salute of the French warship. I Paris. Jur.<* 23.?MerSfeers of Pr-xi h dent Wilson s party which UZ* the Kthyalldes station tonight .for -Br?s* >j*werp: Mrs. Wilson. .Miss Margaret Wilson. R*ar AdmiralVCarey T. Gray *$Sgjp. the president's family physician; JUles J. Jusserand; -F^enclpimbassa gfcfced April, 18*0. "Be ftxst * L881. WILL PRESENT ! I PEACE TREATY ) ?,? i I Premier Clemenceau Will Go Be-; fore Chamber of Deputies This Afternoon j _ ! ' 1 ACCORDING TO THE FRENCH NEWSPAPERS iHas Important Statement Toj j Make Regarding Home and; j Foreign Policies j Paris, June 30.?Premier Clemen-j j ceau will present rhe peace treaty to j ! the Chamber of Deputies this after- j ; noon, The- Figaro says. The French j i leader will take this opportunity, the j I newspaper adds, to make a brief but i very important statement concerning j jhome and foreign policies. Will Ask Holland ! To Prevent Escape ! _. i i Allies Do Not Plan to Request | Extradition of William?Sen- j tence of Moral Character Amsterdam, June 29.?The allied and associated powers^ will not ask for the extradition K>f the former German emperor, the Paris corre spondent of The Telegraph says he j learns, but will ask the Dutch govern- j jment in the name of the league ofJ j nations to see that Herr Hohcnzollern j jdces not escape the moral conse- ! i quenCes. It is expected that as a ! j member of the league, Holland will j i inform the former emperor that he j j must appear before an international [court or leave the country. A highly j ; placed French authority on interna- j tional law told the correspondent that j the proceedings against the former emperor would be on moral grounds and the sentence would be of a moral j [character entirely. There is no ques- j [tion of a death sentence or of im I prisonment the correspondent told. I It is probable, the correspondent ? j continues, that the crimes of the j !former emperor against international) j morality in starting the war and i. ] j violating Belgian neutrality will be j [condemned severely, the Hoh'enzoHerns j will be declared forever deposed and j it will be made impossible for the j j former emperor to do further harm J j by assigning him a place of residence j from which he was not move. __ i Papers in Berlin In Black Borders I -? Press of Capital Thinks Signing' Of Peace Treaty Seals Ger- j many's Fate - ! Berlin, June 2'J (By the Associated j ; Press).?Some of the Berlin newspa-i l pers. announcing the signing of tue j j treaty, appear in black borders, with ; j captions on their Versailles items such j as "Germany's Fate; Sealed," ' Peace ! land Annihilation." > { ThO;Tages Zeitung, in elcsing an ed- j : itorial says: ''Clemenceau, Lloyd! i George and Wilson and their accessor- I ;ies have sewn dragon's teeth of eter-.j ! nal enmity." I ? The whole German press writes inj : the strain cf melancholy pessimism. ] j The Tagelische Rundschau says: "What we need is a despot to corn- j ? pel the nation to work. If we are j i unable to install him, our enemies will [send him." Dr. Dem berg in the Tageblatt, says: j j "The cup is drained to the dregs. ; There '.s no sense in continuing the! ! controversy. It is better to endeavor] \ quickly to find our feet. The conces-1 jsions made to us are not without val i ue and open the way to certain alle-j {viations." i : The Freiheit. Lokal Anzeiger and j ; Vorwacrts all protest against the idea I ' of revenge. Count Max MontegalasJ I writing in The Tageblatt, says: "There] : is no choice but to observe the treaty. to the extreme limit of what is pessi-' ble. Absolute candor and sincerity i must form th^ lodstar of Germany's] j foreign policy." ? ? i Turkish Delegation Ad vised They May Leave Council of Four Sends Note Stat ing Nothing Would Be Gain- ; ed by Longer Stay in Paris Paris, June 30.?The Turkish dele- i gat ion whieh is now in Paris has been sent by the council of four n , j,note advising that nothing would be] rained by its longer stay in Paris. The council advised that Turkish repre sentatives of the Ottaman government | would be informed in due course when the time has arrived for the exchange jof ideas which will be likely io pro-.-. orofi table. dor to the United States: Vance Me i Cormiek, American member of the supreme allied blockade council; B.. M. Baruch, American representative kon various commissions of the peace : conference, and Thomas W. Lamont. j representative cf the United States j peace delegation of the interallied ? financial commission. ; uA Ttmr not?Bet *n the ends Thou Al SUMTER, S. C, WEDN EFFECTIVE AT MIDNIGHT - Wartime Prohibition Hereafter. Department of Justice Ready To Enforce Law LAWS WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED Threatened Open Violation of Law Will Be Promptly Dealt With. Washington, June 30.?Wartime prohibition, effective at midnight to night will be strictly enforced by the department of justice in so far as ex isting machinery can function to that end. It was said at the department that open violation of the law, threat ened in New York and other cities would be promptly dealt with. Beer containing two and three-quarters per cent of alcohol is regarded by de partment officials a:> intoxicating and persons undertaking its sale wiii be arrested, it was said. -1 German Plan to Raise Revenue Minstry of Finance Completes Program Berlin, Friday, June 27 (By the As sociated Press).?The ministry of finance has completed a new financial program which will be submitted to the national assembly during the next session of that body. Since Dr. Schif fer, former minister ef finance, pro mulgated his original plan, the peace treaty has been framed, necessitating the raising of lS.OOO.OOO.OQO^marks more than originally estimated, so that a basic revision is necessary. Three of the bills to be submitted do not have a permanent money raising character, but are emergency meas ures. The tax on war profits falls into two classes and hits individuals and corporations. Excess profits over peace earnings would be taxed, in rhe case of individuals, on everything over 3,000 marks up to 10,000 marks at Z per cent. Above 10,000 marks the rate would increase proportion ately as the profits increase until it reaches 50 Per cent. Excess profits earned by corporations in 131!) will be taxed up to SO per cent, instead of 60 as in 191S. A "war surrender of excess income" wouM be resorted to in the work of collecting from individuals all income increases above 51,000 marks in 1910. No decision hrs been reached as to where actual c?nfis~atirn begins, the government maintaining that all above 240.HOO marks shall be taken. The financial commission is holding [out for 440,500. Losses* since December 31 shall be I calculated and taken into considera tion in ad just'ng the amount of tax ! to be paid. The inheritance tax would ! be more drastic than ever. A large ; inheritance received by wealthy per sons would pay as high as ?0 per cent, to the State. - The ta^es of individual German j States would be unified and real es tate near fortresses, which would be more valuable when the strongholds are dismantled would help to pay the empire's financial r?quiremems, .will be assessed <;t increased values. A tax on admission to amusements and all gatherings to which admissions is charged will also be imposed. The government estimates that the increase in taxes over last year from various sources will be as follows: Tobaccos, 4 0.000,000 marks; inheri tances* 4 70.000.000; si*gar, ISO,000, 000: recreation, 3.000.000: matches, etc.. 2?*'.000.000: res! estate 74.000. 0^0. and playing cards, S.000,000. The Income tax for 3 910 is expected to bring an increase of 1.2i">0,0OC,000 marks and ? property confiscations will brim: an estimated sum of 10,000, 00fi.CC0 marks. House and Children Burn Near Swansea Three Little Negros Left Asleep by Parents, Lose Lives in Coflagration. i - i Swansea, June 29.?Arthur T. GuJg-i nard. who lives about two miles; nor*hf-a;:t of Swansea, lost a good! dwelling by fire about 6 o'clock Sat- i urday evening in which three negro; children were burned to death. The! building was worth about $2.000, with! no .nsnranee. The house was occupied by a ne-j gro tenant named Burkitt, who had j come to Swansea, and his wife had : gone to a relative's house more than] a mile away and had left three chii- j dren, aged our. three and Jive years.! i:; room and by some means the! house got "ii tire. Mr. Busby*s family, i living a short distance away, heard ' "he screams of children and sawj smoke ")nr before M*'. Busby could; get there the screams had ceased and when he opened the dour where the | children were the room was full oi'j smoke and burst into S?mcs?at once.I The charred bodies were found in :i . corner of the room near :m unlocked'] Goor vi a pile, showing tbnt the chil i dren had-huddled together. mtt *t be thy Country's, Tay God't i ESDAY, JULY 2, 1919. DELEGATES I NOT YET OUT I g . ? j Their Refusal to Sign Treaty Does Not Withdraw Them From Peace Conference, ! - ! WILL CONTINUE j TO TAKE PART i ? ? j jThey Are Now Awaiting Further Instructions From Peking. Paris, June 30.?In spite of their refusal to sign the peace. treaty, the Chinese delegates are not regarded a*. I' having withdrawn from the peace conference and will continue to take part in the proceedings. The delega I tion is at- present awaiting instruc i tions from Peking, i j -* j Settles Dry Question i - j Opinion of Head of Legal De partment to Determine Duration of War Time g Prohibition y Washington, June 29.?The attorney general ai i not the war department 'will have to advise President Wilson whin demobilization of the emergency forces have been completed, military j experts said today when their opinion was sought as to the approximate date of rescinding of war time prohibition. The present composition of the mili tary establishment is so complicated it was said, that a decision by the highest, legal authority would be nec essary. The army is estimated today tr number a few thousand more than 1,000,000 men, composed of regulars, Xational Guardsmen in ' federal ser j vice, drafted men and volunteer re I cruits who recently "enlisted for th* j one and three year periods. ? The reg I Ulars, exclusive of '"duration of emer jgenoy" men, include nor more than j 40k,o^)0 men at the most, and the re j cently. recruited class totals 01,000 ! leaving 900,000 as the number which j apparently must be discharged before J demobilization can be said to hav? been completed and the president k gaily entitled to act. j The period required for demobiliza tion depends, it was said today, with in definite limits, on the size of the American force left with the army of occupation. The 150,000 men now comprising the American expedition ary forces in France and Germany j could be returned .by August 10 and j the camp machinery in this country j is capable of discharging the men as ! fast as the transports ran land them j The Siberian expedition does not I affect demobilization plans since tht I intention is to replace this force en j tirely with voluntary recruits. Arm} officers expected today to hear soon j that the Fourth and Fifth Divisions of ! regulars had been again released by [General Pershing for return. .? i Lansing Becomes Head i - Of American Peace Delegation In President's Absence I _ j- Paris, June 29 (By the Associat j ed Press)?With the departure oj j President Wilson. Secretary Lansln? f becomes head of the American peao ;' delegation which will carry on nego i tiations on the Austrian and other (treaties under consideration, i'.ur thfc ; arrangement will probably be only j temporary, as Secretary Lansing ex I pceis to return to the United States 'about the middle of July. Frank I*olk. assistant secretary .of State, will re j place him. j Henry While is leaving for a rweek's vacation at the seashore to morrow and CoL House is going to London; so Gen. Bliss and Secretary Lansing will be the only American I delegates in Paris for the next few days. All the delegates are so worn out ?>> the protracted negotiations that many of the delegates are taking leaves and it probably will be difficult to make much headway for the ncxi fortnight. County Fairs Escape Revenue Department Not to! Claim Tax on Tickets _ j Richmond. Va., Juno 29.?W. C. j Saunders, representing the American j Association of Fairs and Expositions, j returned tonight from Washington.! where he held a conference with j Revenue Commissioner Roper. Saunders announced that the reve-1 nue department had decided to elimi nate revenue tax on all county fair ticket?, admission and grandstand, where the fairs are not conducted for profit. Prince George Enters Monastery; Munich. June 20.?Prir.oe George, | ?Idest son of Prince Louis, of Bavaria, has entered the Jesuit monastery ai j Innsbruck, according to newspapers! here. urug Snob's." TEE TK?E RIOTS IN BREST, FRANCE - C'ash. Between French Civilians! and -American.Soldiera and Sailors !tWO KILLED AND OVER I A HUNDRED INJURED Several Others Severely Injured; Two American Soldiers Ex-' i pected to Die. i Brest. June 30.?Two French civil-j ians were killed and five American sol- j diets and sailors were injured severe ly, and more than one hundred wound- i ed in riots here last night. The two American soldiers are expected to die. j Can't Lift Wartime Prohibition Pres. Wilson Must Wait Till De mobilization is Completed Be fore He Can Move in Mat ter Without Congres sional Action Washington, June 2S.?President Wilson has decided he cannot legally lift the war time prohibition ban be | Tore the country goes dry at midnight Monday, but he expects to do so as soon thereafter as his power has been made clear by the completion of de mobilization. In a cablegram made public t?night at the. White House the president said he was convinced after conatil tation with his legal advisers he had no authority to act at this time. "V.TV,en demobilization is. termin ated,** he continued, "my power to act without congressional action will be exercised." The message expressed no opinion as to the authority of the president, when he does raise the ban, to make his action applicable only to beor and wine. Secretary Tumulty gave out the president's cablegram in full in the following statement: "The secretary , to the president, at Jie White House tonight, made pub .ic the following cable from the president with reference to war time )roh)bition: [ "I am convinced that the attorney Teneral is right in advising me that I t have no legal power at this time n the matter of the ban on liquor, w'nder the act of November 19, 19 IS, J ny power to take action is restricted. The acts provide that after June'"3$, j '919. 'until the conclusion of the pres-} ?nt war and thereafter until the ter- i -nination of demobilization, the date f ?f which shall be determined and pro- { claimed by the president, it shall *e unlawful, etc' "This law does not specify that the xtn shall be lifted, with the signing yf peace but with the termination ~f the demobilization of the troops xnd I cannot say that has been ac complished. My information from the war department^ is that there are 5till a 1,000.000 men in the service under the emergency call. It is clear therefore that the failure of congress to act upon the suggestion contained j in my message of the 20th"of May. j 1919, asking for a repeal of the act. of November, 191S, so far as it ap plies to wines and beer, makes it impossible to act in this matter at i 'his time. "When demobilization is terminat ed, my power to act without congres- j sionai action will be exercised." "Woodrow Wilson." I_ ? Bolsheviki Forces ! Evacuating Petrograd j - Reported Withdrawing in Haste, j To Blow Up Fortress and Des- j troy Bridges and Stations Helsingfors. Saturday. June 2S.? | ! J?vacuation of Petrograd by Bolshc- j viki is progressing hastily, according to j recent decrees of the Bolshevik gov- I ernment received here. War Minister Strotzky has ordered the fortress of i Kronstadt blown up before its sur- J render and that bridges and railway \ stations in Petrograd be destroyed be-! fore the last troops nre withdrawn, j - Serious Rioting in Rome Anti-Government Demonstra- j tions Quelled by Police Rome, June 2S?(By the Assbetited j: Press).?Serious disorders marked j anti-government demonstration inj, Rome last night. Demonstrant.*? at-j tempted 1o reach the residence of! Premier Xitti. but were ftriven back ( by large forces of military police. Or- j dor finally was restored offer mid night ! Prior to the demonstration a largely . attended mass meeting was held at j the Augusteum, where patriotic and < Inflammatory speeches were delivered.,] (Jabriel D'Annunzio was present and S made a speech, apparently, adding to. the excitement of the audience in the ; : hall, v nich began the demonstration, j ] ?? - ? ? '? ? ? SOUTHRON, EmbMabefi faa, W?* VoL XLVIII. No. 40. EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY Center of Earth Movement -in Florence District Caused Great Damage FATALITIES NUMBER ONE HUN?RED TWENTY Town of Vicchio Reduced to Heap of Ruins Other Villages Destroyed. Rome, June 30.?One hundred and twenty persons are. estimated to have been killed in and near Vicchio, the center of the earth movement Sunday in the Florence district, according to The Tempo. The town of Vicchio. has been reduced to a heap of ruins and a number of villages destroyed. Wilkins Commits Suicide Doctor Convicted of -Wife.Bfar der Hangs Himslf Mineola, X. Y., June 29.?Dr. Wal ter Keene Wilkins, who was convicted of the murder of his wife, Julia, by a jury here Friday afternoon commit ted suicide in the bathroom of;, the Xassau county jail tonight by hanging himself with a rope. Although the aged physician's pulse was still beating when he was cut down and every effort was' made' by the jail physicians to save his life, he died a few minutes after 8 o'clock. Dr. Wilkins' neck was broken, it was announced. Jail officials were unable to ex plain how the doctor obtained the rope with which' he ended his life During the. afternoon he - -had been busy writing in his cell. When he had finished writing he expressed a wish to go to. the bathroom. His two guards, John Mills and William- Hen derson, allowed him to enter thejropm, .where he climbed upon a. chair^ ad justed the rope and leaped off. ; When the guards cut Dr. r Wilkins down a short time later his pulse was still beating ?nd. they gave hin> first aid treatment, while awaiting;the" ar rival of physicians, who used a pnl moier but without success. The-rope. Dr. Wilkins used was new. He had been thoroughly searched on Satur day, jail officials said, and it would have been impossible for him to have concealed the rope about his person. He had no visitors this afternoon < x cept the chaplain. How the rape come into the prisoner's^-possession will be the subject of ah ihVesSga^ 'TN^erHa.y^-i-h? iait'ahd county authorities, it was stated. The doctor spent the entire after noon writing his letter of self vindi cation and two other letters giving directions for the disposal of his body, and care of several pets to winch he was greatly attached. 'Rather than be driven across the State of New York by Carmen plant (Nassau) detective and delivered up to Sing Sing prison." he wrote in the first letter, *T prefer to be my owii. executioner. Besides, it will save Jus tice Manning from looking into my face when he tells me I have had a fair trial. "I am absolutely innocent of this crime which the indictment charges ?tip with." The letter was addressed to J. P. Healey of Brooklyn, an acquaintance. The second was addressed to Mrs. Elizabeth M?ller, of Monticello, N. Y.. formerly his housekeeper, requesting her to see that his pets were well cared for. The third letter, addressed to Sheriff Phineas Seamen, requested that his body be cremated. Investigating Death Of Dr. Wilkins Mystery Surrounds Manner In Which He Obtained Rope to Hang Himself Minelo. June 30.?The manner in which Dr. Wilkins came into posses sion of the rope with which ho hang ed himself was the subject of investi gation begun today. Every precaution had been taken to prevent Wilkins from committing suicide. Bethea Wins His Case Jury Brings in Verdict for $8,000 Against the Record Columbia, June 2S.?After being out five hours and seventeen minutes, the jury in the case trying the libel suit of Andrew J. Bethea, former Lieu tenant Governor, against the Colum bia Record for $100,000 alleging ma-; licious libel. late this afternoon brought in a verdict for Major Be thea for $8.000. Attorneys for the Record stated tonight that the case will be appealed. The suit was the result of a series r>f articles printed in The Record the first part of the year, in which Major Bethea was alleged to have been' wearing uniform of a major of the reserve corps without Warrant of law. . .. ? r. . ....,' ??.