Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WiQ''Be' Met at Sea and Escort . ed to Port by Part Gf Atlantic Fleet 2 MiLLAND AT NEW YORK MONDAY Welcoming Committee Will Be Aboard Flag Ship Pennsyl vania Washington, July 1.?Tentative plans, for welcoming President Wilson at*'New-.-York on his arrival, probably Monday, provide for part of the At lantic fleet to meet his ship at sea and escort her to port. The welcoming committee will be aboard the Pennsyl vania, Admiral Wilson's flagship. HbBweg's Plea Not Effective Can Not Be Substituted for W. Hohenzollern Washington, June 30.?International law experts of the entente embassies in Washington hold that since Dr Theobald von Bethmaun-Hollweg in his capacity of chancellor of the Ger fc . man empire was responsible solely to the former German emperor, the one * T*ir>e raler of Germany can not escape full responsibility for any and all the acts committed by his subordinate. ? State department officials expressed no.opinion for publication as to the plea, set up by the former chancellor /that he be -substituted for William HohenzoDem in the indictment and trial which under the terms of the treaty must be had of guilty German officials. It is known, however, that Secretary Lansing, as head cf the peace conference commission on re spor.sibili.ty, has contended from the first, that the German emperor could .not be held to personal accountabil ity; Seme international lawyers here are inclined to. the belief that the former emperor might .be expected to escape trial and punishment at the hands r.i such a. special tribunal as the peace treaty proposes by challenging iia lairriess, and demanding a change of vemie on the ground that the mem bers of. the court would be at once his .accusers and judges. Officials in a position to know the sentiment of neutral governments are Gl tha opinion, that The Netherlan :1s neyer w?l-: VotuntrUy. surrender the former emperor under extradition pro ceedings and they say that inasmuch as - there has been no serious sugges . tioh that.force be used to apprehend him his trial may proceed in his ab sence. ? Escaped Again, Back Again Conflicting Reports of Where abouts of Former German I Crown Prince Continue ^ to Be Received and Denied London, July 1.?Aid given to the former German Crown Prince at Weir ingen was emphatically denied durins the telephone conversation yesterday saying the Crown Prince h3d left the island, according to an Amsterdam dis patch received by Reuters. A Brussels dispatch quoting , the Amsterdam telegram to Soir receive*.' last night, stated the Crown Prince .had escaped from the island Sunday. Edgar Morris Guilty Sentenced to Serve Eighteen Years in Penitentiary ? m _____ Charlottesville. Va.. July 1.?Edgar Morris .was found guilty today of sec ond degree murder in connection with the killing of Justice Sullivan, a :-tandarsville, several month:; ago. II? was sentenced to serve eighteen years in the penitentiary. Change in Command Of Atlantic Fleet Booming of Salutes Marks Cere mony by Which Mayo is Suc ceeded by Wilson ? t' i - ? ? ? New York, June 30.?To the boom j.ing of salutes from the big guns on the flagship Pennsylvania lying at anchor in the North River. Com mand of the Atlantic fleet changot hands today when Admiral Henry T Mayo, its war time commander, was "piped over the side" and Admiral Henry B. Wilson, who commanded th naval patrol forces overseas during the war, succeeded him as senior ad miral of the fleet. Hundreds of naval officers of the Pacific and Atlantic fleets and then guests participated in the festivities attendant upon the transfer ?f com mand of the Atlantic fleet. Many of the warcraft of both fleets swung at anchor in the stream nearby decked with flags in honor of the occasion. -Admiral W. S. Benson, chief of naval operations and representing Secretary Daniels, assumed the cen ter of the ceremonies on the Pennsyl vania at 5.15 p. m.and officially an-i nounced the transfer of the command j of Admiral Mayo in his old rank as rear, adronv.l :o the office of the chief j fit naval o^ rations at Washington. Spartacans and Communists Are Ousted By Government Troops WERE IN POSSESSION OF CITY A WEEK Despatch from Copenhagen Re | Ports There Was No Fight ing. London, July 1.?Hamburg:, which has been in possession of Spartacans j and Communists for a week, was oc j cupied this morning by government j troops. An Exchange Telegraph dis I patch from Copenhagen reporting the j occupation, says there was no fight : ing. - Press Association Meeting For Year Annual Convention Opens in Greenville, Address by Pollock Greenville, June 30.?Preparations ?were completed today for the 4;>th an nual convention of the South Carolina I Press Assoeiation and indications are 1 that it will be marked by a record j breaking attendance. The vanguard ot the guests arrived this morning and there was a lively gathering tonight for the opening session of the conven tion which will continue through Wed nesday night. The locai committee is figuring upon zn attendance of 150. Many of the newspaper men will bring their wives and children. An especially large rep resentation is indicated from the low er part of the State, j Prominent speakers'are included in ! the program. Former United State? Senator W. P. Pollock of Cheraw spoke tonight. Col. Reginal F. Foster commander of the Fifty-second In fantry, for many years in the business department of the Xow York World, will be the speaker Tuesday night, while Dr. W. J. McGlothlin, the new president of Furman University, will be the principal speaker at the ban j quet Wednesday night. About 60 leading business and pro I fessional men of Greenville have con tributed to a fund for the entertain ! ment cf the newspaper men. The con [tributors have manifested a generous ! spirit and have done so in a desire to j help Greenville by giving the news j paper men the largest possible hos j pitality. j Special features of the entertain j ment program will be a luncheon by ? the Rotary Club, a visit to Judson ; Mill and to the Greenvilie-Atijrusta j baseball game, an automobile trip to j Hendersonville, X. C, with dinner at j the Kentucky Home and a banquet Wednesday. The banquet and the Rotary lun cheon will be in the large dining room of the Imperial Hotel. The Rotarians. I have devised a special program f--! their luncheon in honor of the r.ews lsaper men. There will be some snap l'py singing and brief addresses by J. j L. Mann. Rotarian. J. L. Minis, pres ident of the South Carolina Press As sociation and Dr. W. W. Bell of The State. Special trolley cars will take the newspaper men to Judson Mill and to and from the ball games. The local entertainment committee is composed of F. M. Burnett, secre tary of the Chamber of Commerce and J. Rion McKissiek. George R Koester. B. H. Peace and J. C. Keys representing the local press. Among those .who will attend are: J. L. Mims, Edgefield Advertiser; X B. Jordan. Dillon Herald: H. G <~>steen. Sumter Item; Joe Sparks H. C. Booker. Columbia; August Kohn Charleston News and Courier bureau. Columbia; Dr. W. W. Ball, The State-i S. J. Leaphart, Lexington Dispatch: J Robert Quillen. Ton a) a in Inn Trib- ; une; Ma.i. J. C. HemphiW. Watson! Bell, Sparlanburg Journal: C. O Hearon,* W. W. Holland. P. p. Hamer. Spartanburg Herald: Ed TT. DeCamp. Gaffney Ledger; L. M. Rice, Union j Times; Allison Lee, Liurens Adver tiser; Augustus G?ssett. Tngaloo Trib une; Mason Brunson. Florenc Times: Robert Lathan, News and Courier: T. R. Waring. Charleston Post; W. E. Duncan. Columbia Rec ord; L. Wigfall Cheatham. Edgefield Chronicle: H. R. Sims. Orangeburg Times and Democrat. Ready for Shriners j Extensive Plans Made in Hen-J dersonville Hendersonville, X. C, June 30.?Co lumbia Masons will be pleased tu I learn that one ton of fried chicken [and one-half ton of boiled ham have j been ordered in partial preparation' i for the coming picnic ceremonial of Oasis Temple. A. A. O. X. M. S., to be j held here on July 0 and 4 and which j will be attended by many thousand.] The Hendersonville board of trade and the Shriners' club cf this city in- j vites Masons of the South, and ;?:;.!?- j ticularly of Columbia, to particlpat? \ in the ceremonial. Many have al ready accepted this invitation, among | them the shriners* club of Atlanta,! which will send its fine band and pa- j trol. Two years ago the famous} ?"chanters" of Atlanta ma.de a Listing,' impression here. "The Treat 'Em Rough ceremonial.; to be held on the third and fourth' days of the Great Thirst, in the Oasis! of Hendersonville," promises to corn-' pletely fill the town with delegates and visitors, but ample arrangements have been made to care for ail rwhb may come. Police Haid Foreign Quarters Of The City at Montreal TONS OF BOLSHEVIKI LITERATURE SEIZED Chief of Police Belenger Con ducts the Raid Montreal, July l.?Tons of Bolshe vik and Socialist literature were seiz ed in a raid on foreign quarters? 01 the city, chief of Police Belanger conducted the raid. Inquiry By Catts Made in Forida Governor Investigates Charges That State of Peonage Ex ists in Phosphate Mines Lakeland, Fin.. June 30.?Coy. Sid ney J. Catts arrived here from Tlta hassee this morning to make a per sonal investigation of charges that a virtual state of peonage exists at some of the phosphate mines in this section. Strike breakers are now being used to break up a strike of some *.000 min ers and other help which went on strike some two months ago. Tue strikers claim that armed guards at ;orne cf the mines compel the men now employed to remain at work. In company with Sheriff Logan '.he governor visited several of the mines today but refused to make any state ment as to what he found. , The mine owners indignantly deny that, any man is forced to remain at work and state that the armed guard? are maintained at their properties 10 prevent possible depredations by the strikers. .There have been only mi nor clashes so far. The men are on strike for shorter hours and recognition of their union. ?????j - y<i, "Dry Spell" Arrives Saloon Keepers, Hotel Proprie tors and Restaurant ears Will Keep Bars Open, However New-'York, June 30.?After mid night tonight Xew Yorkers will have all evidence of '?hardness" removed from liquor consumed outside their own homes, according to a decision reached this, afternoon by more than 6.000 hotel proprietors, rostauranteurs and. saloon keepers. After meetings held in various parts of the city, the "wets" an nounced they would obey the war time prohibition act "in letter and Rpirit*'?but would keep their ?fcars open. Gliding across these mahogany barriers, however, would be only 2.75 per cent, beer and light wines, they said. If the alcoholic content of these wines proved too high, it would "be modified with seltzer" they add ed. It was n day. of conferences in New York. On the. eve of the mcst "arid* 'spell Broadway has known, dispensers of liquor held counsel as tc what their course should be while a (parley held at police headquarters in dicated that custodians of the city's peace were no loss anxious to chart their course. Put while these conferences wer< in progress Xew Yorkers showed their determination not to be cheated ou1 of what might prove their last "del uge." Xot a seat was to be hsd this evening in cabaret or hotel and it vas perhaps this avowed determina tion of New York to celebrate that caused orders to be issued from the police headquarters that all.reserves were to hold themselves in readiness from midnight tonight until noon to morrow. Many thirsty Xew York<?r.'\ hew ever, had an eye to the future and "stocked up"' in an eleventh hour rush on wholesale and retail liquor estab lishments. The police received orders tonight to enforce tlie br>n on '"hard" liquo) after midnight, and precinct chiefs were notified that saloon keepers in the various districts wert to be in formed that "any one offering whis key or spirituous liquors for sale, after midnight will be placed under a.rresi :ni<! arraigned h< f?..-r- United State commissioners." Intimations that there would be no ? bun.- , riminate arrears" for the ?ab 01 2.75 per cent, beers and wine.-" were made at th? offices of William X ?fflc-y. agenl 01 the department of fustice. and (Jnited States District At torney Francis <:. Caffey. Evidence of Violations, however. it was said mighi be taken and accumulated for prosecutions some time within-the three year statute of limitations, if a federal court decided .1.17? per cent. beer is "intoxicating." _ i ?- ' 1 Wild Charges Made Irish-Amei ican Dele&aces Ac cuse British of Horrible Crimes Pan's. .June 30.?Irish-American delegates, here in the interest of the Irish independence movement, scut aj new note to Premier Clemencau to-j day in v.liich they charged tin* British] with bombarding Irish towns from airplanes, "wantonly murdering wo-j men and children." They said also the British are issuing frequerit**or dc-rs of banishment. They asked the appointment of? aj special investigation commission. WOULD RESCUE CROWN PRINCE German 'Counter Revolutionaries Want Frederick William to Head Military Forces LAUNCH READY TO AID IN ESCAPE I _ Dutch Queen Sends Consort to i I Persuade Him From Partici I pating in Movement - I London, July I.?The German [counter revolutionaries have a motor ': launch in readiness to rescue the former Crown Prino. Frederick Wil ; !iam. wishing h hi to appear as its ! head of tho military forces to Ger [ manj', according to a Rotterdam dis j patch to Tho Daily Mail. Tho Dutch ; queen, the dispatch adds, has sent her i consort to persuade, the former prince 'that such action would be detrimental ? to Holland which granted him hospi ; tality. if he participated in the move Iment by revol?ng Germany, i _^ I Bills Signed I On Board Ship ?President Attends Duties While At Sea I _ Washington. Jane GO.?President ! Wilson signed the railroad appropria j don bill, the Indian bill, some minor (measures and other documents which i needed signature to become Jaw he j fore July 1. in mid ocean at 8 a. m. j Greenwich time today. On Beard the 1". S. George Wash | in?.ton, June 20 (By wireless to The j Associated Press>.?It was at 11.1'. jo'clock this morning (ship's time) j that President Wilson, en route- home j from Europe signed th" Indian ap I propriation bill and the railroad de ! ficiency hill. i At the present rate of progress the j George Washington will arrive at j Hoboken at. noon Monday next. I The transport Great Northern, with i mail pouches direct from the White House i>. Washington containing the Indian and the railroad bill, hove in sight early this moraing. The moetir.p at sea between her and the George Washington had hem previously ar ? ranged by wireless. j The Gre.n Northern approached on [the port side of the -presidential fleet j and then came to a stop, and a de stroyer transferred the mail bags to I the president's ship, j The bils waiting the president's signature and documents relating to j much other governmental business j were soon spread on the president's desk for his attention. In addition ir, the two important supply bills there were a number of army and navy courtmartial reports and several re ports from the department of justice, j The last day of the liscal year thus found the president handling current affairs in mid Atlantic. . This is the first time, in history that such operations of receiving and sign ; ing bills in mid ocean had taken place and was commented upon on board as marking another record breaking ad vance in modern methods of com munication. On Hoard ihe U. S. George Wash ington. June 30 (By Wireless to the Associated Press).?President Wilson was 357 miles out t noon today. The George Washingtoi. was running knots an hour, Wnich indicates her arrival in port about Monday noon. It is expected tha?. the presidential party will proceed to Washingto:: without stopping at Xew York and that the president's first official utter ance in America is likely to be when i he in person will present before con | qress detailed statement of the pro ! coedings of the peace conference. He rarries with him copies of the treaty. President and Mrs Wilson are en Joying the balmy air and sunny breezes of an ideal passage. They j spent much of the day on the upper i deck. The president wore his cus tomary tweed can and Mrs. Wilson a j blue tamo'shanter. At 11 o'clock in tb?- morning the! alarm sounded for boa; drill and the] president went through the maneuvers with the rest taking a place with his j wife and the others in a life boat, j The president complimented Captain j McCauley on the smartness of Irs ! crew in manning the boats und hav- j I ing everything in readiness. j I Jury Fails to Agree No Verdict Reached in Morris ; Case. j Charlottesville. Va.. June ?.0.?After being out :in hour and ;i half the jury in the ease of Edgar Morris, charged with the murder of Magistrate Blu ford Sullivan, during a court session ;:t Standardsville, Va., failed to reach ;i verdict and was called in by thel court at tonight and adjournment taken until in o'clock tomorrow) morning. Arguments in th'- ease consumed; five hours of heated discussion today. ! One incident of particular interest stood out in the session. While Attorney Hammer, counsel I for the defense, was arraigning the dead magistrate, declaring ?*hc feared neither mail nor God," Ihe Mev. li. W. Lewis, an Episcopal clergyman, in charge of the mission home, near the sce ne of the tragedy in Greene county, shouted: "You're ;i liar." i Mi-. Lewis was called to the bar of Hie court :?n<i. after apologizing fcrji his remark at the request of the court.h was lined $10. Build Build Build Build Make times good by building NOW j Own a home for your children's sake. ? Build now schools, churches a.id roads. I \ Build now the homes the war has stopped Set your money to work en building a home. Construction aids to the wealth of the country. Booth & McLeod, Inc, Building HeadqnartCTS eight killed train wreck Rear End Collision on New York Central Causes Eight Fatal ities, Over Forty Injured OCCURRED AT DUNKIRK, N. Y. Engine of Rar Train Buckles Through Express Car. Dunkirk. X. Y., July 1.?Eight per sons are k: own to he dead and more than forty were injured in a rear end collision on the Xew York Central here early this morning. All the fa talities occurred in the first passenger car of the rear train when its engine buckled 'back through -the wooden express ear. ! Tramp Said to Have Caused Wreck I Washi" gton, July 1.?An unidenti fied tramp, killed in the wreck at Dun [ kirl: this morning, was according to I reports to the railroad administra tion, probably the cause of the trag I edy. Mechanism controlling the flow of air from the locomotive to the { brakes on the train was found shut j off. at the place where the tramp I was riding. |R-34 to Attempt Start Wednesday - Weather Conditions Are Now Favorable for Trans-Atlantic7 Flight East Fortune, Scotland. July 1.? The British dirigible R-34, it is ex pected will start on its attempt tc fly across the Atlantic at 2 o'clock Wednesday morning. Weather condi tions here today were favorable fox the flight. New Bank For Union State Institution Expected to Be gin Business Soon Union, June 30.?A new bank has I been organized in Union and will be gin business at an early date. It will I be capitalized at $"?0.0u0 and will be a State bank. Most of the stock has I dready been subscribed and applica i tion for a charter has been tiled. i Among the promoters of the new [enterprise are Clarence C. Sanders. K. F. Kelly. P. E. Wilburn. John W. W? banks and George T. Keller. The institution will be located in the store room now occupied by the Burris Furniture Company and will begin business as soon as ;he plans can be carried on;. Mr. Sanders, who is one of the pro moters. and who will probauiv oe president of the institution, lias for the past ten years been eashte.- cf the Citizens National Bank here. It has not y? t been determined who w.d be the cashier and who . will hol'd the other positions in the' bank. Dies in Stream Charleston Convict Makes Effort to Escape Columbia. July 1.?David Burns alias David Byrd. negro convict on th?* Beul Farm in Kershaw county, es caped last Tuesday and his body was found Sunday night floating in the Waleree 1 liver several .miles below Eastover. The remains floated while a pair of shackles were bound to both; legs. The body was brbught to Co- \ lumbia for burial. I Burns alias Byrd was serving a live: year sentence. Be was convicted oi'j burglary and larceny in Charleston on! February 24, 19 Hb Magistrate Thompson of Eastover j was notified Sunday that a body was; in the river and he notified the deputy ) sheriff. Mr. Heise sent word to Coro-j tier Scott and he wen; to Acton early; yesterday morning. The body was; resting on light logs and raft and wasi decomposed! News of Signing Treaty Taken To Former German Emperor VnvTone^i. Julv I.?News of the signing of the treaty at Versailles was, taken to Amerongen castle tonight by a correspondent of The Associat- ' ?d Press. The entourage of the form-; >r German emperor appeared to re-i jard the event calmly because they: iad been convinced ifco ceremony was inevitable. [ADVANCING I AGAINST KURST jAnti-Bolsheviki Forces Seeking a Way to Moscow Wireless Message Says NOW 250 MILES SOUTH OF MOSCOW ' Message is Quoted From Official Bolshevik Organ, the Izvestia. ? ? ???^ j London. July 1? AntiTBolshevik ? forces are advancing against Kursk, I two hundred and fifty miles south of i.Moscow and Voronezh, hoping to find a way to Moscow, according to a. j Russian wireless message quoting the official Bolshevik organ, The Izvestia. I Body Found in Road - ? Henry Emery Killed in Upper I Section of Greenville County -; Greenville, June 30.?The dead ? body of Henry Emery, a young white j man of Glassy Mountain township, ; was found lying in the road early j Monday morning near Piney Grove j Church in the extreme upper section j of the county, according to a tele-. j phone inessage to Sheriff Rector from ! John Lindsay. Young Emery had ! been shot several times, it was stat" jed, and death appeared to have been j instantaneous, as the body was cold j when found. ; Another member of the Emery j family was missing, according to tho I telephone message from that section, land it is feared that he also has been ! slain. No information was had as to iwho the slayer-of Emery might have : been and no arrests had been made. ! Sheriff Rector and Coroner A'lii I son left for the scene of the shoot i ing this morning to make a thorough j investigation. The place where Em iery met his death is said to be almost j inaccessible. iMany Units Arrive Aboard Powhatan i _ i Troops Reach Charleston From j Overseas Service to Come Im mediately to Camp Jackson Charleston. June 20.?With 2,S8* officers and men from o%-erseas the ! transport Powhatan docked this morning at the port terminal and in j the early afternoon the soldiers were jsent to Camp Jackson. Units aboard the Powhatan era | brace: The One Hundred and Sixty [ first Provisional EattaKon,; 11 officers land 432 men: battalion headquarters, [four officers, one man; Five Hundred |and Twenty-fourth Engineers; metH | eal and headquarters detachments land Companies A and D, seven off icers, 20 while men and 503 negroes: i Company B. Three Hundred .tod ! Fourth Service Battalion, three o.Tl jeers and 391 negroes; One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Battalion hendqua? jters and th^ following units of the [Twentieth Engineers: Companies t?; j 7. S. 25 and 27. and 2f> officers 'and 1.469 enlisted men, of whom (are negroes; Five Hundred and Six teenth Engineers, Co. IX one offi cer, six enlisted men and 11?6 negroes: Three Hundred and Thirty-sixth Field [Remount Squadron, three officers ird ^"?0 men: Fifty-fourth ?Pioneer In fantry detachment, Company IT., one i officer. 101 enlisted men; Tenth Com pany. Transportation Corps, three of ficers. 228 men; Three Hundred .4 ml Twenty-sixth Machine Can Battalion. 18 officers; Sixty-sixth Field Artillery Brigade detachments, three officers: Three Hundred and Sixth Supp'y Train detachment, two officers; Ptt'M Arkansas Casual Company, and the following companies: One Thou sand one Hundred and Fiftieth d< charges. One Thousand One Hundred and Fifty-third marines. discharges; One Hundred and Seventeenth dis charges, ten officers and 1?; I enlivt. d men. and four medical and two Infan try casna] officers. Attacked By Negro Farm Hands Rescue Young Wo man in Anderson County Anderson. June 30. Elliott Lewis, a voting negro recently discharged from the army, was placed in the ccuntv jail today for attempted as satih on a young white woman, which occurred aboul oighl miles north of the city. From the account given tho sheriff, who tM;i<l<- ihr arroxt. it seems thai the young woman broke away and sere.-uued and some farm hands came to her rescue.