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President Wilson Explains To . 14 Senators Peace Conference yfeQ^I Issues >??? i ' ??: THSEE REPUBLICANS CALLED YESTERDAY Straightforward Effort Being Made to Lay Facts Before : Congress ? Washington, July 17.?How the Ver sailles conference reached many of the agreements embodied in the treaty ?f peace was described by President "WHson today to three Republican senators invited to the White House at.the.head Of a long list of Republi can -members whom he purposes to take, into his confidence. - Afterward one of his callers. Sena tor. Colt ..of Rhode Island, said Mr. Wilson had been able to place the Shantung settlement in a new light and had., clarified other disputed points H^tiie.^caty. Senator McCumber of North Dakota and Senator Nelson of Minnesota, " the other senators who 5&rW.;the. president, were reticent as to &e/subjects discussed but said the president ~iiad given much interesting Information. : Senator Colt who announced his general approval of the league in a aerrate speech delivered shortly before he went to the White House indicat ed, after .the conference "that his doubt over ' certain portions of - the league covenant had not been remov ed- He said he was not ready to ex press an opinion regarding Shantung and intimated that the presideni might make a public statement soon on* the subject. ?'"Senator McCumber is the only Re publican. member of the foreign rela tions' committee who has favored .the league , and it is understood Mr. .Wilson talked over with him commit ted .action on the treaty and the gen eral-situation on the Republidan side o?. the. ^senate. Senator Nelson never baa made a public declaration for or a&aihst the treaty. To all of his call i ?r? thie:.president is said to have reit ' era ted his opposition to reservations otiany character .in senate ratification " or. fthe .treaty.' ? ,A . % The president tomorrow will con tihtie . his .talks with senators inclined " to "be -friendly toward , the treaty pro A^iqhs^ though" it is expected, that la ts& he will seek -a.conference with .a^\jally 'everjr Republican senator in cluding'tty>se who have most bitterly (jppQsed. ratifications. Senators Kel . '? logg*. ^Minnesota, and Kenyon, Iowa. \>Qiih~pt whom have kept open minds ?#r<J*ae treaty* have been invited to ixaty^ on. , the president tomorrow morning' and Senator McNary, Ore gon,, a ^league-supporter, and Capper, Kansas, who has taken no definite .etaad, in the afternoon. ?he ~ position ' of the foreign rela tifltns.tommittee with regard to meet ing /the president as a body was ex plained in a statement tonight by Chairman Lodge, who said no con gressional committee has any right or should have any right to summon a president before it and that Mr. Wil sen had not asked to appear. K made .no prediction whether the com mittee would accept later the Presi dent's offer to receive it^^d-re Whit( .Notice,-hut roiNted ?u4*flTfar commit te5p consideration of the treaty is in its preliminary stages. ' While the president was holding hV White House conference the senate debated the Shantung settlement and the league and adopted without a record vote, a resolution by Senator Borah, asking for "information rela tive to the Shantung negotiations. Specifically, the measure which, was ' hot;, debated, asks the president for .apy-information v as to whether the Chinese- delegates were "in-timidatea"' hyc the Japanese and requests a copy of letter said toVhave been written on beha? of General Bliss, Secretary Lansing .and Henry White protesting aga4ast". the Shantung settlement, - In his address announcing accept ance .of the league principles Senator Cl?t declared the covenant would not conflict with the American constitu tion nor create a super government as asserted that "if it is unthinkable for us ,ta desert England, France and Italy When'the world is in chaos, then we "inust become a member of the league as-providing the only machin ery for the restoration of peace and order." t He withheld judgment, however, as to the Monroe doctrine and other fea tures. Senator Sherman. Republican. Illi nois, attacking the Shantung provis ion asrstep towards the "dismember ,?erit_of China and the enthronment "of. aifV.asiatic kaiser" at Tokyo de clared Japan never intended to give Up the peninsula passing to her con trol under the peace treaty. He char '?acterizedthe league of nations as the j "colossal confidnce game of the j ?pses."- ,-. . A referendum to determine the state i of 'popular sentiment on the league | was proposed by Senator Borah, who j charged that information of public j opinion abroad had been distorted. He j read editorials from four European! publications to support his claims j ?that the people of Europe were gen- j erally opposed to the league, adding i that "the purveyors of news do not j carry on this information." Senator Borah called on supporter? of the feftgue today to aid in obtaining a referendum. During the day it developed that - some administration senators were urging steps to ascertain whether cer tain reservations proposed by the op position might be acceptable to thej ?other- governments signatory to the treaty. It was suggested that much discussion might be saved in.the sen ate, should it'develop that these res-' Nominated By President For j Place on Farm Loan s Board WILL RESIGN WHEN ? SENATE CONFIRMS j Place Pays Ten Thousand Dol lars a Year and Is Permanent Berth Washington, July 17.?South Caro lina must shortly have a new member of the house from the Seventh con gressional district, Representative A. F. Lever today having been nomi nated for commissioner of the federal farm loan board by the president at a salary of $10,000 a year Ten days ago it was stated in this correspondence that this nomination would be made, and although there were a few persons who were skepti cal, there were ample facts upon which to base the story. Mr. Lever will not leave the house until he is confirmed by the senate, which will he within the next ten days, and then qualifies for his new position. Upon assuming the duties of his new office, Governor Cooper will be informed by Mr. Lever of his resigna tion and a special election for the Seventh district will be ordered. Shot by Moonshiners - i State Constable Seriously Wounded Near Camden Cam den, July IT.?J. F. Bateman. State constable, of this city was shot an dseriously wounded this afternoon when he and A. G. Whitaker, chief of police, made a raid on an illict distil lery located in the Beaver Dam sec tion of Kershaw county about seven miles east of Camden. The officers ran upon Sant Barrett and Jim Sheron in a wood. Barrett is said to have opened lire at the ap proach of the oflicers and constable Bateman fell with a bullet in his left breast about four inches below the heart. The officers returned the fire and Barrett fell with a broken thigh. Sheorn fell also, but after bringing < Mr. Bateman to Camden and return ing to the scene Sheorn had made his escape, but it is thought that he was also wounded: Earrett and his young son, about 11 years of age, were arrested. An ex amination of the woiinded officer was hurriedly made n.nd Dr. Guerry from Columbia will reach Camden tonight to assist the local physicians in an effort to save his life. He is thought to be seriously wounded. Mr. Bate man is about 4o years of age and was for a number of years chief consta le, stationed at Charleston. Barrett is said to be about 60 years of age and sheorn about 45. The still in that lo cality is said to have been in opera tion fox- a Ions: time. Injuries AI! Business Crisis in Electric Railway Indus try Will Have Disastrous Effect Washington, July 18.?The crisis in ?}*cfric railway industry is capable of having widespread and disastrous effect upon every business. V'ce Pres ident Sisson of the Guaranty Trust Company, of Xew York, told the Fed eral Electric Railways commission today. Mr. Sisson said every purchas ing power of the dollar had decreas ed about fifty per cent since 1914 but street railways, in most instances, had continued operation under a fixed rate of five cents. ervations considered objectionable by the administration only because th--y might necessitate reopening negotia tions really would be readily accepted abroad. In this class wer" said to be '!:?? propesed reservations stipulating be yond doubt that the Monroe doctrine was to remain a nation.-! 1 policy, that there could be no declaration of war under article ten without a declara tion b;> congress and that such ques tions as immigration and the tariff were to be left solely to domestic de termination. Administration sena tors say the reservations already are made in the present language of the covenant, and they oppose addjng oth er stipulations embodying them be cause of the fear that any additional stipulations would mean renegotia tions unless the other interested na tions assented before hand. There was no evidence that any step had been taken to communicate with the other governments at this time on the subject, but seme senator:; wouldj not be surprised -should such a stop develop. The position taken by President-! Wilson in his talks today was und? r stood to be that the United Statesj could not undertake to decide the i force of any reservation adopted, no matter how general might be the agreement that it did not vitiate the covenant. It was said the president regarded the treaty in the light of ;i contract and that the effect of any' change or reservation whatever ?nust j have the acquiescence of the other parties and could m>f be interpreted j by the participants, Mr. Wilson is understood to hav. discussed the new treaty with France! and many minor questions brought j up by his callers. He was said to! have been especially insistent in his position that Article 10 was essential to the league and to have expressed an earnest desire that the French treaty be ratified. Congress Wrangles Over Pro hibition Measure For Hours LIQUOR MEN MAKE BITTER FIGHT Debate Reminds One of Old Times in South Carolina Leg islature. Washington, July 17.?Prohibition forces voted down in the house today every attempt to eliminate drastic pro visions of the general enforcement bill, and while in full and absolute control shut off debate at the word of their leader, despite the violent pro test of the minority. When they had raced through the war time enforcement portion of the bill and got into the constitutional prohibition measure proper, there were only GS members on' the floor and so much confusion that, a speak er could not make himself heard. ' It was 7 o'clock tonight when the long roll call to obtain a quorum was started, and members then had gone home, after declaring there was no good reason for trying to force through a bill to take care of a sit uation that would not ixclie until January. Before the house got into a snarl, however, the prohibition faction had fought off every attack on their bill. An amendment to strike out the min imum fine for those convicted of vio lating the war time act. was fought over and defeated, GS to .".7. This was offered by Representative Reavis, 1 Republican. Chairman Volstead of the judiciary committee and patron of the bill, pre sented an amendment which was adopted without debate and which made the measure a bit more drastic in that it added the word "manufac ture" to the many tilings a man was not to do with liquor in his office or home. For a brief moment late in the day the minority?described by the pro hibitionists ?s-the "wets"?swung into power, only to be thrown out by a. demand for tellers, which meant an accurate count on a. vote to amend the bill so that a person charged with viola :ng a liquor celling injunc tion migh . demand and obtain a trial by jury. This m' tion, offered by Representa tive Card, Democrat, of Ohio, and warmly supported by Former Speaker Clark, ha-1 provoked an hour's debate which was bitter at times, when the house put on the lid and started to vote. Th;-re was a noisy shout from the ayes who appeared to have won. Jnsta.ntl> there was a. demand for a division and after members had been counted, the result was announced, ayes TO; nays 60. The viete;-y was not expected, even by the wets, and they real:zed they could not have won ex cept bef< re the larjje number of ab sentees <! l the ^ther side. While th. house was marching through the cen ter aisle to be coutited after Hie de mand for tellers had been made, calif were sent out for prohibition mem bers who came piling in in sufficient numbers to beat the jury trial amend ment by two voter. After rounding up a, quorum th* house took up the constitutional pro hibition enforcement bill, set down a part two of the measure, and defeat ed, 71 to 35, an amendment by Repre sentative Igoe, Democrat, of Missouri, eliminating the definition of intoxi cants. This was precisely what was done the other day to the war the act. and was in accord wjth expecta tions. Although debate was limited to five minute:.; for each member it ran all the way horn the old fashioned at tack on ' John Barleycorn" to poetry, with a few word.-, of near profanity thrown in once by Former Speaker Clark to put a little punch in a story he related to show the importance cf trial by jury in injunction cases. Tt remained, however, for Represen tative Goodylcoontz, Republican, of West Virginia, to enlighten the house as to the extremes to which some members cf the judiciary committee wanted to go in a far reaching bill. .Mr. Goodyknootz is a member of the committee and he started out.by.-say ing it was composed of three groups each with a different school o! thought. "One school." he said, "wanted !? draw tin- bid so carelessly that if it were enacted into law it would carry no force and effect and would be in nocuour. Another school was so ex treme thai it wanted to bind the whole thing up so as to pat every man in manacles. :.;> !h.-'! he could no! move in any direction. Tin- bill as brought Jo us carried provisions to the effect that it was unlawful tc manufacture or seJl*grapc juice or to manufacture any of these malt drinks of which there arc hundreds sold un j der different names and so that it | would be illegal to manufacture or i sell flavoring extracts. And one man. | 1 believe, suggested thai we put the preachers under bond Cor sacrameii t a 1 win< :-\" Th- bill as reported, he raid, repre sented tin- third course and steered between the two extremes. The house was proceeding rathei rapidly wtih consideration of Hi'- bid with Chairman Volstead preparing Lo close debate when the minority pro tested. Meanwhile amendments wer b' ing offered and voted down without ceremony, while these presented by the chairman went down in rapid suc cession. There were many bitter thrusts particularly after Representa tive Gallagher, Democrat, Illinois said the bill was going to put more men out of politics than other law ever JFFICERS SENT TO DENMARK Fhe Sheriff Takes Steps to Pre vent Renewal of The Trouble GOVERNOR READY . TO AID White Men Wounded Still Liv ing, But Ray Very Low; Den mark Quiet Columbia, July IS.?To obviate any chance of a renewal of racial trouble at Denmark, of which he ha:; no fear, Sheriff Ray. has sworn in sis deter mined and trustworthy deputies and has sent them to Denmark to pre serve order, according to information received here tonight. lie instructed them to prevent lynching at all haz ards. At a late hour tonight Henry M. Ray, who was seriously wounded with two other white men in the tragedy at Denmark Thursday evening and who was brought to the Columbia hospital for treatment, was still alive. James R. Thompson, who was also brought to Columbia for treatment of his wounds, was reported to be getting along nicely. Carrol Moblcy. the third man shot, was not sent to Columbia for treatment of his wounds Sheriff Ray telephoned Covernor Cooper from the. bedside of his son that the doctors give no hope for th^ young man's recovery, as his spinai column had been cut. Governor Cooper told Sheriff Kay tonight that in case trouble arose in Bamberg county, which could not 1"> handled by his peace officer, the full power of th ? executive . office with all the assistance necessary would he behind him. Ozell Anderson, one of the negroes allege*! to have been implicated in the snooting affray at Denmark yes terday, in which two negroes were killed and three white men were in jured, two of them seriously, was brought to Columbia today by W. J. Hutto. chief of police of Denmark, and placed in the State penitentiary for safekeeping. Chief Hutto captured Anderson about one and three-quarter mites from Denmark this morning. The negro was armed with a Win ehester rifle and was partly drunk, said the officer. The negro made no effort to resist arrest. While there was a great deal of excitement because of the shooting! said Mr. Hutto. there was no effort at violence toward tire prisoner, hut he thought it wise to bring the ne gro to Columbia. Mr. Hutto. who has been chief of police at Denmark of! and on tor the past fifteen years, wa? an eye-witness of the shooting af fray. According to his version a gang of telephone workers were stringing wires at Denmark when one of th< negro laborers. George Stevens, raid ed the watermelon patch of Agent Broun, another negro, who pursued ??.t.ev? i:s until they came up to the white telephone worker;, who pro tected Stevens, it is said. Brown th*"-!! .ook the matter to the magistrate's ^ourt and Stevens was acquitted. Car roll Mobley. a white man. being the "hief witess for the defendant. When the party got outside of th^ magistrate's court on the street, sai'' Mr. Hutto. some words, in his opin ion. passed and the shooting began He stated that Agent Brown com menced firing at Mr. Mobley with an automatic revolver, which held nhv steel-coated bullets. Two shots en tered the chest oi Mr. Mobley, ne on the right and the other on th ieft, juLt below the her.rt. He ther turned and ran down the street, get ting behind an automobile and ?ner^ fire on. Brown, killing him. Browr shot Henry M. Ray. a young whit? maic aged 22, son of Magistrate Ray through the bad; of the neck, para lyzing him. llr- is now at a 1 )cal hos pital here in a serious condition. T the melee following the firing of the first shots a negro man from Mari etta. Ca.. who was a witness in the trial and who did not participate in the affray, was killed. Ozell Ander son, the brother-in-law of BiMwn. who was with the latter a* tin* ihn*1" ?f the affray, j;- said to have shot .1. Ralph Thompson, a white man. aged employee of the telephone com pany, through tin- arm. shattering the bone. Thompson is, now in a hos pital here. Mr. Hutto said that Mobley was, seriously wounded and that his pby-! ;lcian said i; was useless to bring! him to Columbia, as he might not j live through today. Young Ray, one) of the injured men. he said, was no! j irmed. parsed in this country. Representatives Uoldfogle of New York and Igoe took exceptions to i what they construed to !>'? "stcamr all-! er" tactics. Mr. [goe declared that Mr. Volstead was pursuing 'he wrong course when In.- refused to permit j lawyer members of the house to dis cuss the constitutional questions in volved for the benefit of those who realiy wanted information. "AH this talk about not being able to enforce prohibition laws is tommy rot absolutely." Mr. Clark said, in urging the house to adopt trial by j jury" amendment. When the house unit work at 1"; Vrlock tonight it was in-the midst ofj the utmost confusion over a series of fcuiendments offered by Chairman! Volstead relating to flavoring extracts', iad it wa ^agreed to have them print-j ?ii in the record so members could see; '-hat it all was about. Mr. Volstcad's statement that the change met the tpproval of flavoring extract pecpie raused Representative Card to ask if yv was chairman of the judiciary com pri it tee or the flavoring extract as sociation. Without debate the Proui ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD? We Sell Everything For Any Building. Booth & McLeod, INCORPORATED I Mr. Wannamaker Gets Manufac turers Viewpoint CONDITION POINTS TO BIG SHORTAGE Says Spinners Will Soon Be Glad to Get Cotton at Any Price Columbia. June 18.?In a eta to rn rut issued here J. Skottowe Wan namaker. president of the American Cotton Association, declared that he had recently laid before the largest manufacturers of America and iarg est dry goods bouses and best ex perts of America the question, "What is a pound of middling cot'.on worth, based, on the price of the manufac tured product today, after deducting the price for manufacturing and a fair pre tit to the manufacturer?" Mr. Wannamaker says in bis statement, "their answer- to this inquiry- is that it is worth from 6."? to 75 cents per pound basis middling." Mr. Wannamaker further declared in his statement that, "based on sup ply and demand the world is facing the greatest shortage in raw cotton it ha:; ever fa ecu since cotton was first introduced into America, 1 am firmly of the opinion that the New England and English :pinners are terribly un easy on account ot the tremendous advantages which the American Cot ton Association is.bringing to the en tire cotton interests." said Mr. Wan namaker. "They are terribly uneasy on account of the fact that they re alize the world is facing a great shortage; that the producer will nev er again operate his farm except up on a busings basis and will not over produce. "Before this time next year the spinner.; will be glad to buy cotton at any price. If their spirit and lib erality is such as many of their friends claim, they have a golden op j portunity to prove thb: now by pay ing a fair, just price for cotton based '-n the manufactured pioduct, which would be 65 to 7T- cents per pound basis midlign, instead of continuing to buy at present prices based on the manipulated prices of the New York Cotton Exchange. The price being paid at present is absolutely unfair. Mr. Wannamaker yesterday re ceived the following letter from Uni ted States Senator E. D. Smith, com mending his recent article on supply and demand: , "I want to congratulate you on fol lowing up by actual States the tre mendous shortage in the supply of cotton as compared with demand, a careful .study of war conditions, pre war Conditions and now post-war con ditions will he wonderfully instruc tive to cur farmers and to the world at large. The world consumed prac tically fifteen million bale.- cf Ameri can cotton while the embargo was on the Central Powers and while we were still at war. American consumption rose from about fiver millions to seven millions, now with all embargoes lifted .and with the supply of cotton goods necessarily depleted the world o've**. just what price cotton is going to is hard to say. The supply of cot ton goods throughout the world is depleted from two tremendous and far-reaching causes: The drafting of operatives and labor from mills, the demoralization of business and then the tola! inadequate supply of the raw material. Xow that employment J is being sought by those released j from military duty and the world is j clamoring for cotton goods, and no j embargoes, prohibitions or restrictions resist and the supply so manifestly short it is only a question of what the world is willing to pay or rather! can pay. The outlook, from all 1 r;i:i ' gather, is for perhaps a .'harter crop j than even last year. "I hop" in ;h" near future to give! ecu an interview on this cotton ques-i tion that will be of aid in the fight." Paris. July IS..- -The committee of the chamber of deputies which is con sidering the treaty of peace today tooi; up the c'port on the German solonies. The report says the return of Togo land and Kan:, run to France only re vises prior rights of France from a politic.! 1 viewpoint. It adds, however, that the recent accord between France and Great Britain fixed tin* limita tions and rights of each in these colo nies. bitionists vote,-] down a set of amend ments offered by Representative Gard that would have made the bill more drastic. An amendment by Representative Wilson. Democrat. Pennsylvania, to permit, a citizen to make wine and cider for his own use was defeated. 12 to r?o, ATTACK IN MEXICO TOPIC OF HOUR I No New Reports on Holdup and Robbery of American Sail ors by Mexicans ; THE SITUATION IS GRAVE ONE s ^Additional Information Is Ex j pected by Washington With in Next Few Days - Washington. July 20.?Although I neither the State nor the navy de partments received any further infor i motion today regarding" the attack ! and robbery on July 6 of a boat load ; of American sailors from the U. S- S.\ I Cheyenne in the Temesi river, near Tampico, Mexico, the incident contin ! ued to eclipse all else in interest m official circles. There was no attempt I to minimize the gravity of the situa j tion as expressed in official circles ! when the first reports reached the ! State department yesterday. ? Additional information is 'expected : by both departments within a vevy j few days, probably tomorrow^ At j the navy department it was said that i there had been nothing received to I indicate whether the note of inquiry ; addressed by Secretary Daniels late ?yesterday to Commander Earl Peck i Finney, of the cruiser Topeka, at i Tampico, who reported the attack, jhas been received by the office. ! Some delay in the receipt of the ar_ iswer to the secretary's message of in jquiry was anticipated because of in : ability to communicate direct by wire less with the Topeka?due to the ex istence in the Gulf of Mexico to what is known by radio experts as a "static." While Commander Finney undoubt edly has investigated the affair thor oughly, it was pointed out that, in view of the request for a "fuller re port and result of investigation.'* Ire might deem it expedient to inquire further before replying. It was learned today that the point of the Temesi river where the Ameri can soldiers were attacked is only . three miles in a direct line from the outskirts of Tampico. Officials here in close touch with the Mexican offi cials estimate that there are at ieast 11,200 Carranza troops in the Tampico district. Ambassador Boniilas, on returning ' recently to Washington from Mexico City, told of a conference he had with Gen. Diguez, the Carranza military leader, who recently left Tampico j Gen. Diguez told the ambassador, ac cording to the latter, that he had pacified the entire Tampico district j and that no rebels whatever remained I in the Tampico region. Girls Kill Father i ???. 1 Florence. July 18.?Brutality of an ; almost inconceivable nature marke'd j the killing last night of Sylbert Myers, ja respected negro farmer, by his two j daughters. Lillian and Rebecca, aged" j respectively 16 and is years. Csing an axe as a weapon the tw? I girls truck their father on the back j of his head while he was seated at J the table eating his supper. The I blows were struck from behind. Myers j lived only a short while after the first j blow was struck. j According to the statement of his daughters. Lillian first attacked her ! father. She brought the blunt part I of th< axe down upon his head with ! terrific force, breaking in the skull. As the man leaned over on the table [she struck again, and he fell to the floor. Rebecca then took a hand and grabbing tlm axe from her sister's hand, struck the man as he lay upon th<- floor. They then dragged him out info the yard where they watched him din. After hiding the body of their fath er in llie woods tin- girls returned to the house dressed, in their Sunday clothes and went to an ice cream sup per just a few hundred yards from tin;- spot where the body Ia3'. Ask Vote of Confidence TariD. July 19.?In view of last night's vote in the chamber of depu ties after interpellations on the high cost of living, the cabinet has decid ed to demand a vote of contidencc by the chain her on Tuesday next. A general debate on the government's policies arc considered probable. Berlin. July 1!>.? Fiemmding social ists of both frictions that martial law still prevails in Berlin. Gustav Xoske. minister of defense, points out that the holding of open air meetings and parades within the limits of Greater Berlin, must not be permitted during next month.