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President Sent Protocol to the;] ? . ' i Senate Yesterday After ?"*-?.- ! ^ noon WHEN IT WILL ] ; BECOME EFFECTIVE E?tification by Only [Three); Powert, and (xermany is all } .Thai is Necessary Washington, Aug. 1.?It was made known today at the "White Housed tlwtt the proptocol to the peace treaty which was sent to the senate late . yesterday by the president included an agreement that the German treaty shall come into force upon its rati fication by- three ' of the associated jwwers- and Germany. What else was contained in the protocol, :t anything^ was not disclosed. Great Britain and .Germany already have ratified the treaty and as.soon as it Fhail have* been approved by two oth er- of the associated nations it will taker effect, as far as those four coun tries are concerned", permitting the ' immediate resumption of full diplo matic and trade relations. The* protocol to the German peace treaty, defining explanations of the "greaty agreed to in memorandum, ex changed between German and "allied Plenipotentiaries, was laid' before the ?sn?ie- by'.-Vice- PresidentMarshall. The documents were U'afismitted by . Resident ""Wilson with the protocol ar^Vwere accompanied by explana tory letters. TOO MANY NEGROES Chicago WeitfdTani Back Tide of Blacks . Columbia, Aug. 2.?Governor Coop er yesterday received the following telegram from the Chicago Herald and Examiner concerning the possi ble number of Chicago's negro popu lation the State could absorb: "Many negroes who came here for w?r. work: are -anxious to return South if the South heeds them. Their spokes men* ask: us" to /inquire how many your .. State can al&sorb. Theyare of the more industrious class, distinct f r?..m the bad e^ment. -responsible ' for difficulties hereL-.: Flense rush answer, bur ex pense! "/ - . ' ' - .^The governor, made no comment, as n*''. though tthe . message was sufficient .'tore2pIain' itself. EOLITI(^ IN FRANCE Moderate Parties Form Coalition ' ; v Against Radicals ^.Paris, Aug. 2.?Negotiations which have been going on for some time for the'coalition of moderate political . parties of France for coming elections, against both the royalist and extreme socialists is reported on good author ity to bo making headway and likely "to succeed, x London, Aug. 2.?Semi-official Pol lish. sources have received reports that <5en. /Gregorieffs troops which are occupying Odessa surrounded the " Jewish quarter and began a mas sacre- which lasted three days and night. Russian soldiers of Gregorieff s command it is-stated carried out the massacre". The Jews of Ukraine arid "Bessarabia have proclaimed a mourning period of fourteen days. Proposes to Sell Wheat at Mar ket Price According to Law of Supply and Demand > rO MAKE UP GUARAN TEE OUT OF FUND People Who Eat Bread Will Be Benefited and the Wheat Growers Still Get Price Washington, Aug. 1.?Attorney Gen eral Palmer submitted at the hear ing of the house committee a proposal that the government sell this year's wheat crop at the market price to be determined 'by the law of supply and demand and to make up the guarantee to farmers out of the bil lion dollar fund appropriated by con gress. WILL HASTEN AC TION BY CONGRESS Demands By Railroad Employ . ees Will Force Railroad Leg eo lation By Congress Washington, Aug. 2.?Chairman Cunjmins of tkte senate ihtersta.te com merce committee and other members believe that: the*, demands made by railroad -employees for .increased wages to meet the high cost of living will hasten action by congress on leg islation establishing a national policy with respect to the railroads. Both house and senate committees have been working on such legislation for some time and the presentation of a tentative bill this month is expected. Chairman Cummins and other mem bers of the committee met informally to discuss the 'railroad situation, but no decision was reached. Some Re publican senators said the president had authority under !the vlaw taking over the roads to order wage and rate increases* and it is not necessary for congress to frame such legislation. UNREST IN vJAPAN Socialists Are Giving Govern ernment Trouble In Tokio Tokio, Aug. 1.:?Owing to activities of Socialists, the authorities have de cided to increase the number of gen darmes, and Tokio', especially will be kept under stricter surveillance. Sev eral meetings of Socialists have been prohibited. POLICE STRIKE IN ENGLAND Sixty-five Thousand Have Quit . their Posts London, Aug. 1.?The Daily Hera)5 the labor organ, in a late edition, says something like sixty-five thousand po licemen and prison officers throughout the country have gone on strike. Vienna, Aug. 1.?Unless the allioj assume the definite policy of forcibly expelling Bela .Kun, the communis! leader,' it is believed by Americans here, who are. informed as to the situation, he will continue as* dictator indefinitely. Power of Government Brought Into Play in Chicago j At Last MOB VIOLENCE j PUT DOWN I State Troops Accomplish With out Bloodshed What City Po lice Failed to Do _ Chicago, Aug. 1.?With State ; troops in full control in the "black ? belt," the rioting that had terrorized ? the section was pronounced by State land city officials "at an end" today. 'The total dead since the-fighting be |gan on Sunday is thirty-two?fourteen 1 whites and eighteen negroes. The :n | jured have not been officially tabulat I ed, but it is known that there are j more than three hundred and may j exceed five hundred. As many more j who were slightly hurt went to their [homes without reporting to the police. j THOS. WILSON SHOT j Saw Mill Man Fired Upon From Ambush ? -.- - /. i Camden. .August 1.?Thomas W. j Wilson, a xvcll known saw mill man ! of the Pine Grove section of West [Wateree, was shot from ambush this j morning while passing along < the ;road in a wagon. Two loads of buck shot were fired from a shotgun at close range the leads taking effect in i the left side of his face and shoul j der. He was brought to the Camden j hospital and is not considered dar.ger j ousiy wounded. ! Will Fmley a white man, said to be la native of BIythewood, who has been ! employed by the Hardaway Construc tion Company is being sought in con nection with the trouble. He fled, .it ; is said, and had not been captured at j midday. j POOR CONDITION FOR COTTON CROP j y_ .. ??. ' j Government Estimates 11,600, 000 Bales j ,? i Washington, Aug. 1.?A cotton pro duction of 31,016,000 bales this year j was forecast today by the depart ! ment of agriculture, basing its csti : mate on the condition of the -.crop July.'25, which it announced as 67.1 ? per cent, of a normal. j A forecast, of 10,986.000 bales was I made last month on conditions exist j ing June 25. Last year's crop was J 12,04^,5-32 bales. ! The condition of the crop June 2E 'was 70 per cent of a normal and or j July 25 a year ago it WaS 72.Sf|vfoilo i the ten. year July 25 average is 76.1. j Condition July 25, by States fol i lows: Virginia, SO; North Carolina 176; South Carolina, 71; Georgia, 67; F'lcrida. 50; Alabama. 64; Mississippi . 63; Louisiana, r>2; Texas, 67; Arjtan ? sas, 63; Tennessee, 67; Missouri, G7; ! Oklahoma, 75; California, 100; Ari zona, 93. ? Chicago, Aug. 2.?Street ear service was resumed today after a four-daj strike. The men will accept the nevi wage scale of sixty-five cents an houi for surface and sixty-seven cents Coi elevated employes. To My Friends and Patrons I take this means to inform my friends and patrons as well as the people of Sumter generally, that after August 1st, I will be associated with Mr. S. L. Krasnoff, at J:' THE BATTERY U .33 South Main Street, Sumter, S. C. I earnestly hope it will be my pleasure and privilege again to greet and meet my friends at the new post, as 1 have done since I was associated in business at Sumter, and I can assure you of my very best service. I especially invite the ladies of Sumter and vicinity to visit THE BATTERY this season, where I will be able to serve better , than ever before in Dry Goods, Shoes, Dresses, Waists, Coat suits, Goats, Hosiery and general line of ready-to-wear goods of every description, which will be on display in season. Thankiq^ you one and all for your past favors and soliciting a continuatibn of your patronage, I am, Very Respectfully yours, John D. Lemrnon, Sumter, July 28, 1919 Railway Employees Demand Another Big Advance . In Pay PROBLEM PUT UP TQ . CONGRESS High Cost of Living and Higher Wages Moving in a Circle Fur ther Complicate Puzzle Washington, Aug. 1.?A new labor crisis, growing: out of the high cost I of living, is facing the railroad ad ministration. I So pressing arc- the demands of the I railroad employees for more pay to maintain their standard of living that President Wilson, after extended con ferences with Director General Hines today, asked the house of representa tives to abandon a proposed recess of five weeks, beginning tomorrow and remain in Washington to consider the creation of a commission which would determine all questions concerning the wages of railway workers. The house tonight on the eve of its planned recess \oted to comply with the president's request which previ ously had been endorsed by the Re publican legislative steering commit tee at a special meeting. The president took a-neT? step In railroad legislation in suggesting to congress that the act to create the commission should make "the decis ions of that body mandatory upon the rate making body and. provide, when necessary, increased rates to cover any recommended increases in wages and, therefore, in the cost of operating the railroads." This was the first time that congress ever was asked by the chief executive to order the interstate commerce commission to advance rates. Mr. Wilson's letter addressed to Chairmen Esch and Cummings of the house and senate interstate commerce commit tees, virtually transfers to the floor of congress the question of whether there shall be an increase in transpor tation charges, long forecast by the steadily growing deficit arising from the failure of railroad income to equal the government. guarantee. . i Discussion of the ; traffic . situation before congressional committees, re cently had-led,to several suggestions., that congress should describe*a basis for rate making. This; it has. been suggested would be done by the pas sage of a law requiring the. inter state commerce commission, to. adjusts rates from time to . time,. in accord ance with-fluctuations in creating ex penses, so that investors would be as sured of a fair return on their, mon-. ' ,ey. .- - ff. . Net operating income of xthe roads, under federal-control 'amounted to ap proximately $51.800,0:00 in June, leav ing a deficit of $23,000,000 compared with one-twelfth of the guaranteed annual rental and ? a-deficit of $30. 500,000 as comoared with the average income in June of the'three year test period on which the' annual rental was,based. For the first' six months of the calendar year, the deficit amounted to more than $296.000.000 ^compared Vvith one-half the annual rental. The half year net income was less than 1 per cent on the $18.000. 000.000 of railroad property taken over by the government. Director General Hines declared the fnllin tt " in freight business continued to be an important factor in the deficit, combined increases in rates which have been on a much lower percent age than increases in wages and ?prices of materials. The bureau of railway economics make public figures showing that revenues in the -%&t sif months of I this year amounted to $2,353,943^01)0 jas compared with $1,565,:r?l.090 for the same length of time during th.%" test period, an increase of 41 per cent. Net operating income however, has been about 60 per cent loss, due to | increases of 78 per cent, in expanses { and 12 per cent in taxes. In the face of the growing deficit,! the railroad administration now has! before it demands for increased wages! which would mean an addition of be tween $800,000.000 and $1.000,000. 0(H) to the payrolls. All of the de mands are backed by statistics with the purpose of showing that steadily mounting prices for all things which a man eats or wears have wiped out all previous advances, leaving the i employees perhaps worse off finan cially than they were before. Indications of the unrest caused by such conditions, which union leaders frankly havo sa;d would result in "up heavals" if not corrected quickly, was the strike today of shopmen in jthe Middle West and South, notwith-j standing orders from union ollicials j to remain at work pending discussions! of their demands. New wage demands before Director! General Hines, upon which hearings', have been held, total $400,000,000 and . include $210.000.000 asked by the J1 shopmen. 3100,000,000 by the train men who have announced that they - would strike October 1 if no relief ' was afforded by that time. $50.000,000 J involved in the time and a half for overtime demanded by the four broth- ? erhoods when a general strike ,\vasL threatened in 191S and left for future! determination and $40,000,000 which j. would go to the conductor.-; if the ' trainmen's wage scale was adjusted ' as requested. Some of the demands would advance wag^s 120 per cent.), over the pre-war level. j - : t Belfast. Aug. 2.?(By the Associat- 1 ed Press).?Sinn Feiners today raid- < ed the depot at Fort Grcenniore and ( carriod off a quantity of rifles which J had just arrived from England. The rifles were addressed to the com- ^ manding officers of the Royal artil- t lery. < c PROMPTNESS ACCURACY BEAVER BOARD i For the whole house Let us tell you about it. Booth & McLeod. INCORPORATED Building Material of Every Kind. COURTESY QUALITY Republicans Dig Up Another Point .to Contest in League Covenant OBJECT TO ALIEN PROPERTY CLAUSE Seven Senators Who are Condi tionally in Favor of Ratifica tion Propose Compromise Washington, July 31.?Develop merits shaped up today for a sharpei definition of the senate issues raisec by the league of nations and t?u Shantung agreement, while anoint hitherto obscure section of the Ver sailles treaty, relating to alien enemj property, wa3 brought under fire h the foreign relations committee. In the league controversy seven Re publicans, all friendly r to the treaty ad'ded a new feature by agreeing to z definite group of reservations whos< wording they hope will furnish a mid die group attracting enough member: of both parties, to insure the leagu acceptance by the senate. Regarding Shantung, it beeami known that in the near future a dec lar?tion throwing light on Japan's in tentions' is definitely counted ch b: administration senators. It may come it is said from Tokyo but failing thai from the White House. / The alien property section, brough into question for the first time was de dared by Republican senators at j public committee hearing to "validr: ' in every respect the acts of A. Mitch ell Palmer as alien enemy custodian closing the door of legal appeal evei to American citizens who were mi nority stockholders in German con cerns taken over by the government They cited a blanket clause in th< treaty providing that "no questior shall be raised as to the regularit] of a transfer of any property" unde] war legislation. During the day: there was mori speechmaking on the treaty in th< senate and the president submitted for ratification along with the treatj the protocol agreed to at Versailles containing additional requirement: upon Germany. The president als< was told by two more Republicans ai the White House that reservation.4 would be necessary if the league \i Jto be ratified. , Of the day's developments th< ! agreement of the seven Republicans j attracted perhaps the widest aften i tion in the capitol. For several ? weeks senators of that party who de [ sire to see the league accepted have been shaping a reservation program ' designed tp further protect national rrnteriegts without Weakening the [league covenant. The rer***t of their ! work was a.'grouj> of four . .servations I relating to the powers of congress under Article 10, of the Monroe doc trine, national control of domestic problems and the right of withdraw al. The seven who gave their assent to these reservations in the phraseology as agreed on were Senators McCum ber, North Dakota; a member of the foreign relations committee; McNary, Oregon; Cummins, Iowa; Colt. Rhode Tsland; Kellog, Minnesota; Lenroot, Wisconsin and Spencer, Missouri, Al though the extent to which they .will be bound by their agreement was not revealed, it was declared they realized fully that they might hold the bal ance of power in any reservation vote and thus cut off any attempt for more radical qualifications ns well as pre vent unreserved ratification^ Negotiations are understood to be already under way with Democratic senators to induce the administration j to accept a reservation program, and i from the attitude of President Wilson! in his White House conferences some Republicans believe he will decide to . accede to the proposals. So far, how-; ever there has been no indication that ! administration senators were ready to abandon their stand for unreserved! ratification. Most of the stipulations! in the MeCumber-McNary reservations' ;ir" declared by the administration; leaders to be already covered m the; present language of the covenant, and I it is understood they have advanced ' [lie counter proposal that a separate! resolution be adopted giving the sen- j -.t'.-'s interpretation of these points so ' is to make renegotiation unneees- j sary No agreement with administration! senators or with the president is ex-' jected however, in the immediate fu ure. The question is being discussed . >y Mr. Wilson daily with the Republi- j ?an callers and it is understood he' lesires to be in possession of all the acts before he acts. j Criticism of the alien, enemy pro-! vision of the treaty came out while1 he foreign relations commit tee was luestioning Bradley Palmer, an ad IH?NT STARTED ! FOR PROFITEERS \ Federal Commission Appointed i to Investigate High Cost j of Living ! WILL REPORT FIND INGS TO PRESIDENT Committee Was Named at Con i ? ' ? I ference of Cabinet Officers: : Thursday: Afternoon , 1 -j Washington, Aug. 1.?The commit-,, ?jtee to conduct an investigation of the . i! high cost of lr ing and report to'. ? President Wilson was appointed at r! the conference yesterday of cabinet * j officers at the office of Attorney Geri > ! eral Palmer. This was announced tc t j day at the White House. ? jrRUSTEESDIS ( obey the law a j . \ ? ?, ?? ... ? .? ? ?. . jj Majority Have Placed Insurance With Sinking Fund 3 I - j Columbia, Aug. 2.?In the opih"-~ -!ion of the sinking fund commissibif 7 ! there are school trustees in the -State viwho are in danger. of - having trouble^ :,?with adjusting of*- losses . on school' j buildings in. case of fire. At the.; lfcsi t j session of the legislature an. act was - j passed requiring ? school trustees : to i j carry all insurance on school; buifd * j ings with - the' sinking Jf und com ? ! mission. All the school trustees: in ,! the State were notified and in about > three-fourths of the counties prompt -1 compliance was ,m'ade with. the act - but in several of the counties the tfhs . ] tees have paid no attention to the act. i: The opinion held by the commission i is that insurance placed otherwise nthan in accordance wrth the .act ^isr ir rjlegal that the payment of premiums jon the same is.without authority and * i doubt is raised as-to the validity of i j the property. I j Under the new law the system .??adopted by the commission is toviss'ie ? 1 one policy covering by schedule all 51 the school buildings in a county* and ) j deposit the policy *with - the county I! school superintendent of education. JThis process is being followed by Mal .ieolm Miller, the secretary ?f the com mission, with great satisfaction. . ; , j Mr. Miller, in speaking of the situa ; lion yesterday, said that manjvof.the ? ! trustees finding that the cost of re I' building has advanced so much are having their school buildings revalued /and increasing the insurance carried. [Recently the school trustees in Ander son increased the amoun: of iusnv-' , ance on the school building there "by .' ; j $50,000. Many schoo! buildings which , j were" erected at . a cost jof $20.000 are . :now valued at $00,000' atid'the insur-' iance on the same has been increased ?from $15,000 to $25,000. j This year has been an unusually j profitable one with the sinking fund j in its insurance department. The j losses have been remarkably small| rioting In i switzerland I Troops Fire on Strikers Killing Nine "T"""""""T j London, Aug. 2.?A despatch from I Geneva under date of August 1st says j that during days of fierce rioting : at f Basle in connection with the strike. ' troops tired on the strikers, kilting nine and wounding a large number.. viser to the American peace delega tion. Chairman Lodge and Senators Johnson. F?ll, and Knox, all Repub licans took exception to the section, Mr. Lodge saying it seemed designed to place "beyond the pale" of legal proceedings any act of the alien prop erty custodian's administration. ; The witness denied that the sec tion would deprive of legal resources any American citizen who had been a minority stockholder in German con cerns:, declaring the provision was aimed only at enemies. Mr. Lodge pointed out. however, that the words "all persons" were used in that con nection. Bernard M. Baruch, another of the Versailles advisers, made a brief state ment to the committee regarding pre paration of the economic section of the treaty and said he understood the question whether the United States should have part of the indemnity paid by Germany stilt was undecided. He probably will also be examined further at tomorrow's session. The treaty protocol sent by the nresident reached the. seuate just a?* it was adjourning and was not for mally received nor made public*