The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 16, 1919, Image 1
WMiaiB WATCHMAN, BAH
Ocaiaolldated Aug. 3,1
Senators Have . practically
Agreed on Basis of Com
? \-* ?' ? " ?
^ f promise.
CONCESSIONS ARE MADE >
TO SECURE ACTION
Senator Lodge is Expected to
Submit to the Will of the
I Majority
Washington, Aug. 13:?>The tend to
ward agreement on reservations, ,in
the peace treaty reached the stage to
day where the group of Republican
senators advocating reservations . re
ceived' assuranee which they accepted
as.;guaranteeing Democratic assent, to
their/program.
Word reached members of the
group, it was said, that as soon? as
they could pledge a score of Repub
lican _Vb"tes. for, reservations to the
league of nations covenant along the
line recently agreed on by seven Re
!publican. senators, the administration
?rces .In the senate would be -willing
to line up on that basis for ratification
of the .treaty.
^Tnere was an intimation also that
the,^ T^eServationists had reason to be
li*ve their ranks' eventually would in
clude : Senator1Lodge chairman of the
iorogn relations committee and Re
publican leader .of the Senate.
Jr./Twenty Republicans, it was declar
"would be enough with the Dem
|$? make up the two-thirds
for ratification. The pro
which it is sought to unite
-?. elements contemplates reserva
^n\ttoVfurther. protect- the Monroe
I>o<$:rlHe,"-' to insure .domestic'* controT
^^pestic .Qliesti?ns,Vto; amplify
" Cof withdrawal and to-fortify
of congress to decide -<jues
^of - peace " or war under Article,
^declared the information that
Is w?re :Jn a ^receptiyer.mood
^p^-aVjroposai did'not .come
Hitchcock of Nebraska,
r le^d^Autfrbni;a
. iretd entirely anthbrlta
|e Nebraska \ senator, himself;
kt. he,,had ,tak^;partvin any
;4}^^^i^^t^tion&<and;2i? advocacy of
ui^served r^ratuicatton remained inn-r
^iag^fed.-. -'-?Er. Lodge also denied that
j^V&ad-g^yen assent to the. proposed
^SseHations.
ltime,. however,, after, a. .meet
the foreign relations corimittee,
Hitchcock gave notice that
the committee completed with
mt- uiidue delay its considerations of
treaty, some independent action
?be.expected on the floor of the
ite." ? In "the suggestion for speedy
ftction Chairman Lodge concurred,
and-the upshot of a heated discussion
. M*as an - announcement that the com
?itttee would begin tomorrow the
Iconsideration of proposed amend
ments.
: ^liAlth'ough Senator. Hitchcock said no
definite plan for independent senate
action had been formulated, it is
known that the possibility of taking
f, ?le treaty away from the committee
' arid bringing it to a vote has been dis
cussed informally in many conferences
anxong senators. Both the-'Democrats
:??4i$fr.tiit' reservation Republicans have J
.bjeeri insistent that public sentiment
c^^temands disposition of the treaty
:?&fiboxit delay.
/"Among many, senators the day's de
velopments were interpreted as mark
ing the beginning of the end of the
- long -treaty fight This prediction was
> *ijy.' ho means, unanimous, however;
^f^me Republican members of . the
committee believe they should have
more information before they act and
two of them,: Senators Johnson and
??rah,. of Idaho, wrote a letter to
Chairman Lodge today asking that
; General Bliss, Colonel House and oth
ers connected with the Versailles ne
rgnti?ti?n be asked to appear before
the committtee.
f The general expectation was, how
. ever, that the committee would not
change the plan to proceed to a-decis
ion on the. treaty and that outside
".the committee events might shape up
even more rapidly. After they heard
. fr?m - the Democrats today the reser
vation Republicans began a "poll to
assertain just how many of their party
t&ey could count on in their negotia
tiofi. ,;
. It was asserted there has been sev
eral additions to the group, but no
senator has publicly amrrmced his j
adherence to the plan since it was
agreed on by the original seven sena
tors. These seven are Senators Mc
~Cumber, McNary. Kellogg, Colt? Cum
mins, Lenroot and Spencer.
The exact basis for their hope that j
Senator Lodge will join in the move-;
meht was not revealed by the reserva- \
tloh leaders. It was pointed out |
however, that in his adress to the
1 senate yesterday he did not plead for j
rejection of the league entirely, but:
(outlined objections to the covenant]
provisions dealth with by the proposed
reservations. In one instance he |
spoke of changing one of these pro
' Visions.
Kriends Of the foreign relations
chairman have declared that he would
insist at least on reservations or
.amendments "with teeth in them"
afld Republican members of the com
mittee who want to defeat the league
? covenant entirely declared tonight
' they were confident that .Lodge woui a
feted April, im.
"?8 fts*|
Butcherjr in Asia Minor Is Not
Elided By the Coming
of Peace
EVEN ??YS CANNOT ES
CAite TERRIBLE TURK
The Allies Have Not Completed
? Task 'bt Making the World
t Safe to Live In
Londoh. Aug-. 14.?Nicholas Anger
Wis, scout master, and twenty Greek
Boy Scouts were murdered by Turks
at Aidin, Asia Minor, according to of
ficial advices.
AN?REW CARNE
GIE'S FUNERAL
Simple Service Held at Country
Home ;-':'
Lenox, Mass., Aug. 14.?Andrew
Carnegie's funeral was helil today at
Snadow. -ferook, his country home, j
There w?s ho eulogy and no palK bear
ers. Tbfc service was the simple ritual
of the Presbyterian church conduct
ed by Dr. William Pierson Merrill,
pastor of the Brick Presbyterian
church, ftew York, where the Carne
gies attended. Sixty persons attended,
half being members of the household.
The body was taken to Tarrytown for
burial in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
The floral tributes were numerous.
FORD LIBEL SUIT
Judge's Charge in Favor pf
? ' ? Plaiittiff ?.
?jMount^emens, AugJ. 14.?rThe Ford*
libel -p&e .jrerit; to the jury ,toda$*, the
judge instructing the- jury ; that the
01aintif?.s charges of pro-Germanism
ind s?ifi.sli interest in- advocating in
bervehtt?n in Mexico /had not been
' ?
..... S;V-,.';. ... ? . V . ?., ',' -~-?
?ote .%itli them in that . proposal.
The situation in the" committee; may
>e. bfoii^ht .to.a head ,-byi the letter of j
Senato'fe Johnson' and Borah asking|
ifiat f?rfher witnesses be 'called/ The
iuestton probably will come up to
morrow. Senators Fall (Republican)
of 'NSW,Mexico and-Moses Republi
can) Ne w Hampshire also are un
derstood to have sugested the call
ing 6t. more witnesses with today's
meeting. Senator Fall also is said
to ha,rd declared the cofnmittee could
not be. Expected to pass intelligently
on all the obligations embodied in the
treaty Until the other treaties being
negotiated at Versailles were before
It
Senator Hitchcock told the commit
tee that virtually every senator had
made hp^ his mmd how he would vote
and that the country wanted the
treaty disposed of ens way or an
other., v
Besides General Bliss and Colonel
House, both of whom were - members
of the American Deace delegation,
Senators Johnson and Borah are un
dersto?d to have suggested in their
iettef Hhat the committee hear E. T.
WiUArfiBi former head of the State
bepafi^nent's Far Eastern Division,
S. K. Hornbeck and William Bullitt,
all advisers to the commission who re
signed while the negotiations were in
progress. It has been reported that
Messrs. Williams "and Hornbeck left
the commission because of the Shan
tung^, settlement and y[T. Bullitt be
cause he was dissatisfied with provis
ions-affecting Hussia.
Although discussions about reser
vations have centered in the league
covenant the Shantung provision has
not been lost sight of by opposition
senators and it was said today that
an amendment covering it would be
urged.both in the committee and in
the. senate. It is expected that Sena
tors .will urge an amendment strik
ing, but all reference to American rep
resentation on jthe various commis
sions to be set up to supervise recon
struction in Europe.
What amendments or reservations
will be attached to the treaty in com
mittee is said by members to depend
largely oh Chairman Lodge. The Re
publicans have a majority of three
and one of them, Senator McCumber,
is - expected to vote with the Demo
crats against any radicol amendment.
Should the Chairman also accept a
reservation probram to the McCum
ber-McNary plan, the anti-amendment
group would be in the majority.
Estimates of members as to how
long the committee would require to
consider amendments and reservations
differed widely. Some thought a report
might be possible within two weeks.
Tomorrow sections other than the
league covenant are to be taken up
under present plans, the members
having many proposals for change in
the economic and political provis
ions.
What may have been the part play
ed by the White House in the negotia
tion between Democrats senators and
reservations Republicans has not been
revealed. Members of the latter group
who h&vetafked with President Wil
son h?ve been confident that he would
be willing in the end to accept such
a program but publicly there has been
no change in his stand for unreserv
ed ratifications. ...?,<..,. ^
ad Mar sot?Set ao the end* rboa At
H7MTER, 8. C, SAT?R;
ARMY FOOD
SALES SUCCEED
A Saving of Eighty Percent to
Those Who Take Advan
tage in Chicago
PUTS THE FOOD PROFI
TEERS ON THE RUN
War Department Proposes to
Continue the Sale of Large
Stores of Food
Washington Aug. 13.?Reports from
Chicago and other cities that the first
sale of army food had been a success,
resulting: in the saving of eighty per
j cent by purchasers. The, war depart
ment is prepared to continue this aid
to the government in reducing the
living :cost.
SOME SENATORS
FOR REPUDIATION
I_
Determined Fight On Treaty in
Prospect on the Senate
Floor
BORAH AND JOHNSON
ARE IRRECONCILABLE
"- ...- . <; .? -
Senator. Fall: Also Obstinate in;
Opposition to League of Na
tions Covenant ?
/ \ By Associated Kress..
Wash>bn,; .Aug. 14.^Acfh>n* on:
the' peace treaty is .being: hastened" by"
the Senate, foreign committee with in
dications that a determined fijjht will
be made on-the floor to eliminate
the league o? nations. Senators Borah
and Jbhnsi^ ;are determined to ad
vocate repudiation of th.e league by
the senate. ,. Senator Fall wants to
strike out' all references to American
participation .on the yaridUs commis
sions of the league, which "would nsu
pcrihtend reconstruction In Europe. *
While gratified that the senate
committee"has "decided to speed up
treaty, consideration, President Wil
son has not receded from his posi
tion against reservation.
Washington, Aug. 14.?Secretary
Tumulty said the President would
very likely start on a speaking tour as
soon as the treaty was ratified.
LICENSES FOR
SUGAR DEALERS
Attempt is Made to Reach the
Profiteers
Washington, Aug. 14.?The depart
ment of justice hopes to reach sugar
profiteers through license regulations
and the power of the food adminis
tration to cancel licenses. I
GREAT BRITAIN
IS TO WITHDRAW
Troops to Be Recalled From the
Caucasus Region
Paris, Aug. 14.?Great Britain is-ex
pected to withdravr troops from Cau
casus tomorrow.
THREE QUITTERS
ARE TO TESTIFY
Senate Will Call Members of
Peace Delegation Who
Resigned
Washington, Aug. 14.?The senate
foreign committee will call three
members of the American peace dele-,
gation who resigned because of dis
j agreement with the conference decis
ion.
KOLCHACK ARMY
FALLING BACKi
London. Aug. 14.?Admiral Kol-j
chak's forces continue their retreat <
toward the Ural mountains. The Bol
jsheviki drove a force of Cossacks back
i sixty miles south of the Urals \nd are
endeavoring to separate them from j
j the main body. It is admitted here j
j that these reverses are a serious blow!
I to the policy of the Entente in Rus- j
j sia. j
COTTON CONSUMP
TION STATISTICS
"Washington, Aug. 14.?Cotton con
sumed during July was 509,793.
bates, lint, and 21,177 lintfrs. tho cen
sus bureau reports.
Btt M he thy riantrjr'?, I*j Gcd'i I
PAY, AUGUST 16, 191fi
CAN CONGRSS
FIX PRICES?
Attorney General Submits the
Opinion of the Food Ad- .
ministration
ELEVEN CENTS STAND
ARD PRICE FOR SUGAR
i
Committee at Present Wrestling
With the Question of Legal
Authority
Washington, Aug. 14.?The attor
ney general has transmitted to the
state committee investigating the
high cost of living an opinion of the
food administration officials that 11
cents a pound is a fair price for sug
ar. Committee members are doubt
ful if the government can ? fix prices
except during the actual'war-period.
SENATE CALLS
THE RRESIDENT
Will Ask Him to Discuss the
Peace Treaty From Many
Different Angles
NEW MOVE INAUGURATED
BY PARTISAN LEADERS
What They Expect; to/Gain By
j Making Such a Request * is
Unknown ?-? - -
i; Washington, Aug. 14. , The sen
%fe~f6reign committee has jnotified-the
President it wished. to c?H; cm him
to discuss the peace treaty.
COTTON CROP
REPORT ISSUED
General Prospect is N.eax Ten
Year Average;"
Reports as of Aug. 8?-sent in by
correspondents of the Commercial Ap
peal indicate that there has..been ho
marked change in the general condi
tion of the cotton crop since the e?id
of the July period,, and that fair to ex
cellent progress has been made.
We place the condition of August
8 at something between 68 and 69
per cent of a normal, compared with
our condition figure, 69.9 per cent as
of July 20. Definite percentage fig
ures as of Aug. 20 will be issued' with
our summary and condition report of
August 25. The ten-year average de"
terioration between July 25 and Au
gust 25, as shown by the government,
was 7.6 points.
The reports herewith cover a pe
ripd of nearly three weeks from
July 20 to August 8, and is based on
correspondence covering in detail 782
counties embraced in the ten princi
pal cotton growing states.
Boll weevil numerous 'in South and
Central'Alabama, but less active, scat
tered complaints plant fruiting poor
ly; but general condition- Alabama
crop exhibits no marked change. Ar
kansas ha9 held its own or better.
Georgia crop going backward in south
but improved elsewherte. iwithout
much alteration percentage condition
as a whole. Looks much better in
Louisiana. Mississippi delta counties
showing splendid progress, but else
where in the state only fair to good.
Oklahoma reduced by drouth, but
still a brilliant prospect except for late
rress. Both the Carolina's holding up
in most encouraging way, and little
change in crop prospect during period:
Tennessee shows improvement but
rain would help. Boll worm in 14
counties of Central Texas, but with
exception east and southeast divisions
looks better than a few weeks ago.
Picking has started in a few counties
:in Southwest Texas and in Florida.
Scattered open bolls in many sections
of the belt. Crop a few days to about
<a month late.
TAKE ADVICE TO
LEAVE BUDAPEST
^Roumanians Heed the Advice of
Paris Council
Amsterdam. Aug. 14.?The Ruman
ian troops are about to leave Budapest
following the receipt of the note from
the peace conference, a Vienna dis
patch states.
NAVY NEEDS MONEY
Asks For Fifteen Millions For
Repairs
j Washington, Aug. 14.?The navy
department has decided to ask for
fifteen million dollars more to re
pair ships.
?6 3Mfc*> EBB TB?I
I.
OFFICE HUNTERS
MAKE CHARGES
Campaign Meeting at Lexington
\ Characterized by Person
alities
COOPER MAKES ATTACK
ON MANN'S WAR RECORD
Race For Lever's Old Shoes Bids
Fair to Be Free For All
Scramble
Lexington, Aug. 13.?Voters in Lex
ington county here today got a slice
of political campaigning of the qual
ity ib which the state has been period
ically subjected for more than a quar- j
ter-.of a century when candidates for i
public office dissect the opposition j
without a sympathetic quake of the
nerves or a, qualm of conscience for
^he writhing victim on the impro-.
vised operating table. And the audi
ence was like most crowds at political
campaign meetings in South Carolina
and like the Irish, always pretty ev
enly, divided, if not quartered in about
three halves.
The two rifts in the meeting today
about which interest mainly centered
was a tilt between John Hughes Coop
er and "W. A. Coleman, of Columbia,
relative to the "Gervais street ring,"
on which Mr. Cooper let down a bar
rage at the meeting in. Columbia
Tuesday and some exchanges between
Mr.- Cooper and Ed. C. Mann, whose
war record Mr. Cooper brought out in
answer to the Calhoun county candi
date's statement in Columbia about
"Mr. Cooper's failure to get in the
war.
The meeting was attended by pos
sibly more than 400 voters, the court
-house being fairly well jammed, some
.good - Democrats sitting on the floor
and their neighbars' feet nudging each
other occasionally for a little more
room. . The speaking moved along
with an even; shamble, only here" and
there ? an occasional wave or sunny
spot which /elicited a thin volume of
applause, until George Bell Timmer -
man. "tfee""fifth and next to the. last
speaker, had* conciu^e^T^MrT Trmmef
man, like McGregor,: was "on his na
.tive heath"- and a .goodly portion of
his.clan was around-him. Consequent
ly at the end. ofc this, fifth iialf hour
speech, the last being Lexington's
?own candidate, a good many of the
crowd began- to; shuffle and go out.
"Don't go, the.show is just about to
start," John Hughes Cooper, the last
speaker shouted -out, half in banter,
and full of the ring of prophecy. And
the show began.without the formality
of preliminaries.- --
Briefly sketching what he thought
the qualifications of a candidate for
congress ought to be, Mr. Cooper got
down to yesterday's meeting in Colum
bia and charged that Mr. Mann in Co
lumbia had uttered a veiled insult
and indirectly insinuated that every
man was a coward who was not in
the war. He was referring to Mr.
Mann's retort yesterday when the
Calhoun county candidate expressed
the hope that Mr. Cooper would walk
over him, shod in the hobnailed boots
"he wore on the field of Flanders."
Mr. Cooper was not in the war, but
produced official papers here today
which showed he had volunteered for
service in the navy and his name was
among-those on . the waiting list. He
had also made application for an of
ficers' training camp, stood the physi
cal examination, was accepted and
was then prevented from going be
cause of the discontinuance of the
camp when preliminaries to conclude
the war were begun.
After Mr. Cooper had called several
times, "Where, O where, is Ed C.
Mann?" Mr. Mann came into the room
from the' rear entrance, and the
speaker, without waiting for a reply,
kept challenging, "I volunteered for
the navy. Did yt<u? I tried to get in
the army. Did you? In filling out
my questionnaire. I waived all exemp
tions and asked that I be put in Class
1. Did you?" Mr. Mann made sev
eral attempts to get in a. reply, but
Mr; Cooper would not allow any in
fringement upon his time. "You have
.made your speech and I propose to
make mine. I expect to punch you
from now on.^ When all the drives
and campaigns were on over the state,
where were you ? In every commun
ity all the available public speakers
were out, calling on the people to
conserve food and buy liberty bonds.
Why weren't you speaking for civic
preparedness?" At the St. Matthews
meeting tomorrow the speaker prom
ised to try to show that Mr. Mann hid
behind his wife's skirt when the coun
try was mobilizing its man power. Mr.
Cooper showed letters thanking him
for his services in these campaigns,
in which he said Mr. Mann had no
pa rt.
When this cross fire had ceased Mr.
Cooper looked to the oppositte side
of the room where Colin S. Monteith,
congressional candidate also from Co
lumbia, was sitting, and calmly said:
"Don't look so scared. Mr. Ring Man.
I'm not going to jump on ymt today."
W. A Coleman, of Columbia, who
Mr. Cooper says, it at t&e- head of
the "Gervais street ring.** and who is
managing Mr. Monteith's campaign,
thought the injunction was directed to
him and replied, advancing to the
middle of the floor as he did so:
"Don't for a minute think I'm scar
ed." "I was talking to Mr. Monteith"
(Mr. Cooper retorted, "but I do say
! SOUTHBOW, ZfaabltlM Jua, MM
VoLXtlX. Nb.lwJ
BOLSHEVIK RULE
GAINING GROUND
All Russian Government of Ad*
miral Kolchack Near -
Collapse ;
WILL BE FORCED" t
OUT OF O
Only Strong Support by the ?R
lies Can Prevent Triumph of
the Reds -
Washington, Aug. ll.-M"Tompifet&v
collapse of the Kolchak movement^
Siberia ?was forecast in reports reach
ing Washington today. The Kolchak
forces have fallen back almost 2ff0
miles from their former advanced
lines and Omsk was said to be. threat-'
ened with evacuation. :
Failure of the allies and associate^
governments to . get adequate'supplies -
to Admiral Kolchak, the advices said. "
had forced him to fall-back steaigty A
before the greatly : superior Bols?e
viki forces composed of veter??ta^^^
whose officers include many GerxbaB*^^
who fled: to Russia when the armistice
was signed.
Officials here arc known to regard,"
Kolchak's efforts at ah. end unless
most radical measures are adopted b^ ;.:-;
outside governments and it was sug*
gested that the President might .call
the attention of congress to the;im
minence of Bolshevik control of al!
Siberia.
The proposition of extending aid to
Admiral Kolchak received the support
of President Wilson and his asso
ciates at the peace : conference . ein
Paris, but the getting of supplies to
him was found to be more of a jn?ir
tary than a diplomatic problem.
France, England and Japan were/'in
position politically to offer- supplies;,
but the position of the United States .
was not so clear oq that "point. : Some'
officials here held-r* that the United"
States to participate in any extens^fe
support, either in supplying the force
or ' in adding manpower to .th^ .a^Dtty,
congressional: action wguld Jb^e, neccflr
:sary. ? , - ' :v V ^^^8^"
The American forces alreadyM?9tl
beria is far from thf Kolcha1c-B(
viki lines. It. .was "placed there
the announced specific purposev?T '
guarding of supplies at Vladiyoslbk
and the' protection of the trans-Sibe
rian railroad. : The status of .' Che*
ish force was quite -sunlcient^fjor;the &
mission of that, army was to^ estate v
lish a communication rwith Admiral
Kolchak's army making possible?the 1
ufee of Archangel as ? base of -sup
plies. It lias failed. The stretch be- ;
tween Archangel and Kolchak-has in- \
creased until it is now apparent little1'
hope remains of Kolchak recovering
unless much large forces are sent* to
his support.
The supplies the French and Brit
ish have succeeded in getting through
have been almost negligible and: Ja
pan, because of the distance and her
location, has not been able to con
tribute even a small part.
Thje probable withdrawal of Wie
British volunteer forces before \ an
other winter is construed officially
here as due to a desire of the govern
ment not to add to the already rse-A
rious disturbances of political condfc;
tions at hom?. ?H?i
JUSTICE FORTJ
FOOD SHARKS
Government Agents Redouble
Efforts Against Profiteers
Washington, Aug. 14.?Fbllowmg
the conviction and fine of the '-first.'
profiteer in New York, government''
agencies redoubled their effort^ to
bring food sharks to justice and/?ore'
convictions are expecte'd in the near
future._ .'_ -
you are the head of the ring." . The
two men got up' directly in front of
each other and a general mixup was
possibly averted by C. M. E^rd, coun
ty chairman, who walked between .and
asked that there be no disturbance.
Mr. Montieth also urged Mr. Coleman
back to his seat and the meeting-^pro
ceeded without further confusion.- .
John T. Duncan, who was thevj.Brst
speaker, made a slight variance today
from his speech of yesterday,. being ?
somewhat liberal in his criticism of
those who are directing the forma- .
tion of the American Cotton Associa
tion in South Carolina and in .,the
South in general. Mr. Duncan says ,
he fears the organization is now in
the hands of manipulators since:-J.
Skottowe Wannamaker and "his logr
rollers" have got In full control. ....
Candidates Fulnxer. Mann, Mon
teith and Timmerman made little.
change in their speeches here today
! from those delivered yesterday in Co
lumbia. Mr. Mann, Mr. Timmerman,
Mr. Duncan and Mr. Cooper reiterated
their opinion of a man who has claim
ed tc be a Democrat and who now
"bolted" the party and went into the
general election, thereby endangering
white supremacy, as the act was
equivalent "to inviting the negro
vote.
At the conclusion of the meeting;
Mr. Mann took time to say he would
be glad to answer any charge car ,h>
sinuation Mr. Cooper might litter.
The meeting tomorow will be In
St. Matthews, Calhoun county. ...