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ABS ST?TER WATCHMAN, Eeteb ?ousolidated Aug. 2,3 AVIATORS HELD FOR RANSOM Mexican Bandits Demand $15, 000 For Lieutenants Davis and ^Peterson STATE DEPARTMENT RE OFFICIAL REPORT .Will Pay Ranson to Save Air men's l|^es. Relations Be twe^iCcpntries Strained San Antonio, Texas, Aug:. 17.?Maj . Gen. Joseph T. Dickman, commander j of the Southern Department and staff j officers. werell?pN conference late to night over iwfets from Candelaria, Texas; that ^Seutenants Davis and .Peterson, arnry aviators are being held "by Mexican bandits for $15;000 ran jsom, which, army authorities have been advised, must be paid Monday to DawkiTi3 Kiipatrick, a storekeeper at Candelaria, under penalty of death for the aviators, if the money is not j forthcoming. General" Dickman said reports re ceived indicate that the two airmen came down at the little town of Do lares, which is on both sides of the) Rio Grande. He declined to state what steps had been taken to rescue the men, or whether he had been in communication with Colonel George T. Langhorne, commander:of tfie^Big Bend District. He also said a report ?f .the incident had been telephoned to Washington. Marfa Texas, Aug. 17.?Letters pur porting: to be from Lieutenant Paul H. ' Davis and Lieut. Harold G. Peterson, f American army aviators, missing since last Sunday, were received here today at- militar;' headquarters. The letters stated the aviators wer? being held by Ib^^itsltff $15,000 ransom somewhere ^/Mexico and were threatened with id^ath unless the ransom was paid t demand for the ransom was re j5sre today and a report; made ^^^on*?o to Major General Dickman, con>imin"der ? of the - Souther^ J^ppart' .i&???m&ln also"! received here that aviators. :were B$ld at a point close to the terican border and that Chico Cano, famous bandit of the Big: Bend district, was the leader of'the it band holding the aviators.. v Washington Aug. 18.?The state de partment has received official reports from Major .General Dickinan, com mander of the Southern Department, concerning the detention by Mexican bandits.of Lieutenants Paul - Davis and Harold Peterson, army aviators, for'wham $15.000 ransom is demand ed. The arrangements have been com pleted for the payment of the ransom t? save the airmen's lives The relations between the Ameri can government and Carranza are strained and are consideredt to be i bordering on the acute, on account of the failure to pro.act American lives j below the border. The detention of the. aviators is regarded as a breach tsi International laws. Vigorous mes sages have been sent Carranza by the State department. BUCK PRIVATES FORM SOCIETY Overseas Soldiers Fornfing Or ganization From Which Of ficers Are Excluded With the American Forces In Ger many, July 24.?The Buck Privates Society organized at Montabaur by members of the First Division an nounced recently that headquarters in the United States would be opened in1 Chicago late in August with Edward j M. McGuire, national field representa-j tive, in charge. Branches are to be established in every state in the Un- i Ion, according to present plans. Private Paul F. Collins. Battery D, Sixth Field Artillery, of Los Angeles, Cal., is president of the society, which has several thousand members. All he&dquarters of the society in the different states will be known techni cally as "dug outs." A woman's aux iliary is also planned, which will in-; dude in its membership all women who served with the American Expe ditionary Force, such as welfare workers, telephone operators and nurses. ! As its platform the society has adopted these planks: Broader Edu cational work; cleaner politics: com pulsory schooling for all boys over sixteen years of age; to make bigger and better Americans and to interest ourselves in industry, commerce and labor. The society is characterized as a "great monument for the heroic dead of the A. E. F." and it is planned to make fathers and mothers of men who died in action in France honorary members. One of the duties of mem bers of the society will be to make an annual visit to thf homes of sol diers who died on the battlefields of the world war. Membership in the society is re stricted to privates Washington, Aug. 18.?The parcel post sale of army foodstuffs began to day with postmasters acting as sales agents for the war department. Ifefced April, 18*0. "ftfl Jwtff .881. ST FIREMEN'DEMAND WAGE INCREASE ?Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen Call on Director General For Bid Advance MANY OTHER COSTLY CLAIMS BEING MADE Expense of Operating Railroads Mounting to Dizzy Heights? Halt Must Come or Failure Cleveland, Ohio, Augr.17.?A' 35 to 65 per cent increase in wages is de manded for 117,000 firemen and hostlers on railroads in the United States and Canada in a wage scale adopted before adjournment, today by 1300 general chairmen of the Brother hood of locomotive Firemen and En ginemen in session here since Tues day. Another demand to be presented to the director general of railroads is [that all coal burning locomotives in [road service weighing 200,000 pounds I and over shall be equipped with me ; chanical stokers and that two firemen ! shall be employed on all such locomo tives until they are so equipped. About half of the 80,000 engines m the United States will come under this proposal, only about 5,000 of which are equipped with mechanical stokers at present. In accepting the report of the wage committee appointed at the opening session last Tuesday and which only completed and presented its report Saurday morning, discussion of which took up ysterday's and today's con ferences, some modifications were made, but the report was adopted in the main. The more important sections of the report follow: Rates of pay for firemen and help ers in passenger service $6.50 per day of 100 miles or less, except when Mal let engines are used, when $7.20 shall be paid. * Overtime in passenger service will be computed ,on the present basis at a speed of 20 miles an" hour. In freight service on engines weigh ing less than 200,000 pounds, firemen shall be paid $6.50 and on engines weighing over 200,000 pounds $6.80 per day of 100 miles or less, overtime to be computed on present basis at a speed Of 12 1-2 miles per hour. 'Firemen and helpers employed in local or way freight service mixed trains, mine runs and other service shall be paid a minimum of 50 cents per 100 miles or less. in adition to the through freight rates. Firemen employed on all other trains in unclassified service shall be paid through freight rates according to class of engine used. Firemen employed on Mallet en gines In al service except the yard service shall be paid $7.20 per day for 100 miles or less. Firemen and helper?- cm?.'loyed in yard service shall be paid 54.50 per day of eight hour^ or less, except when Mallet engines are used and when rate of $8.80 shall.be paid. A demand for time and.a half over time in ail classes of r.er-vice is made which will apply when, men are used on Sunday or holidays. ? Inside hostlers shall be paid S6.80 per day and outside hostlers 87.20 per day, and hostl^s helpers $6.50 per day. eight, hours or leg ? constitute a day's work, all time ?.ork in excess j of time and a half. ? In addition to the demand that all I coal burning locomotives in road serv j ice weighing over 200,000 popnds be j equipped with mechanical stokers, a [demand is made that all coal burning locomotives less than that weight shall be equipped with mechanical coal passers, a mechanical device op j crated by steam to keep the coal with ! in the reach of the fireman and that ! all coal burning locomotives shall be equipped with power grate shakers and automatic fire door openers. It is estimated that it will cost $200, 000,000 to equip the locomotives in ! the United Stattes with the difficult mechanical devices demanded by the firemen. Another working condition demand ed is that on railroads where firemen are required to clean locomotives they shall be relieved of such work and that firemen shall be relieved of re moving tools or supplies," loading coal, j filling lubricators, etc. London. Aug. 18.?Lloyd George told the house of commons the war cost forty billion pounds. j Budapest. Aug. 18.?Four Hunga rian monitors manned by T ritish sail i'ors. under *he command of Vice-Ad miral Trowbridge, have arrived here. -,-. I Paris. Aug. 18.?The supreme coun cil discussed the Hungarian situation ' today. The American, British and : Italian delegates returned from a bat jtlefield tour to take part in the con 1 ferf nee. - Washington Aug. 18.?The attorney general endorsed the suggestion to have a committee of governors con fer with him to reduce the living cost. Washington.'Aug. 18.?The railroad administration has been notified the shopmen's strike is ended and is ask ed to take up the question of wage demands immediately by the employ ees representatives. Mid Fear not?Set an the ends Thon At JMTER, S. C WEDNES BOLSHEVIKS ARE FAST LOSING OUT _ i1 They Have Been Driven From Odessa By the Populace of the City - BRITISH WAR OFFICE RECEIVES THIS REPORT' iSoveit Forces Steadily Evacuat-, ing Kiev and Entire Ukraine Districts London, Aug. 18.?The Bolsheviki garrison has been driven from Odessa by the populace and the Soviet forces are evacuating Kiev and the entire Ukraine, according to reports received by the British war office. IS THE FATHER OF 52 CHILDREN Cherokee Citizen Is Hale and, Hfearty at Ninety Years Gaffney, Aug. 16.?The mostre^j markable character in Cherokee coun ty, or indeed anywhere in the United | States, is John H. Lynch, of Cherokee j Falls. The old gentleman will be] ninety years of age next April. He came to Gaffney to have a warrant is sued for a neighbor who had threat ened him, the difficulty having arisen over the fact1 that neighbor's calf had been trespassing on the old man's pea patch, which he had' himself , planted and cultivated. Mr. Lynch, in spite of his great age. is hale and hearty and does his daily work in the field. He has been mar ried four times and is the father of fifty two children, nearly all of whom' are living. His youngest, child was born the 'year that President Wilson was inaugurated and is named Wood row. . '? ... . v . ? In . his younger days Mr. Lynch was ? miner, having worked at many bf> the prospects in both Norti ahdjS?rrth1 Carolina.: He has the appearance of being not over sixty years of age. LONGEST AIR ROUTE Regular Aerial Service Between Australia and London Sidney, Australia. Aug. IS.?Survey of the route of the first section of the projected, aerial service between Sydney and London was recently com pleted. The.- Isection extends from Sydney to Darwin, which is on the j north coast of Australia and relatively near the Malayan Archipelago. The service will be carried on by a Syd ney company. From Darwin the route will cross the sea to the island of Timor, pro- j ceed along the Malayan Archipelago to India and thence run to Bagdad orj Port Said?probably the latter. From Port Said it will cross Europe to Lon- j don". The survey of the second section j of the route, from Darwin through Malay to Delhi, is now going on. It is expected that the first flight will be made within the next few months, and it is planned to have the proposed passenger and commercial services in full operation in about two years. If the company succeeds London will be reached regularly J from here in six and on*1 -half days. I The Sydney-Darwin section is 2,000 miles. But the survey partly travel ed about 4,000 miles in order to se lect the most |satisfactory landing places or relay stations. When the flights are in full swing business between Sydney and London will be greatly facilitated from the fact that letters may be answered within two weeks of their despatch from here. SUGAR SHORTAGE TO BE RELIEVED General Irwin Tells of Plight of Army Aviators in Hands of Mexican Bandits New York. Aug. 19.?The sugar shortage in this country soon will be, relieved, according to the United States sugar equalization board, which has announced that it had more than 100 ships engaged in bringing sugar from Cuba. Some of the ships al ready have arrived, others are ex pected Monday and about 50 are load ing in Cuban ports. The board ex pressed confidence refiners would be j working at capacity in another week. NOMINATE PALMER AS ATTY. GENERAL Washington. Aug. 18.?The senate committee ordered favorably reported jthe nomination of Palmer as attorney general. j Paris. Aug. 18.?Morrocans BanditS j under Raisuli are reported to have ambushed a Spanish force near Sa guedla. killing twelve soldiers and wounding-many. j Coblenzr. Aug. 18. ? Information! reaching American authorities indi-' cates that the German police force at Cascl is being militarized, contrary to 'the term?'of the armistice. ' ant at be thy Country** Thy God's ? WAY, AUGUST 20, 191 BOLSHEVIKS ARE AGAIN WHIPPED Dispatch From Helsingfors States Several Battalions Are Wiped Out COUNTER OFFENSIVE SOUTHWEST PETROGRAD j Message Says Losses Include Large Number of Machine Guns and Munitions I/ondon, Aug.| 16.?Several battal ions of Bolsheviks were wiped out in a new counter offensive in northwest ern Russia, along the Luga river, southwest of Petrograd. A Helsingfors dispatch states that the Bolsheviks lost a large number of prisoners, ma chine guns and ammunition. THE GERMAN NAVY Once Mighty Armada Cut Down To Two Small FlotiUas With the American Forces In Ger many, July 27.?The Germans have organized two flotillas of torpedo boats since the armistice, and these constitute virtually all the warships left in active service in the German Navy, according to information re ceived here. One of these flotillas is described in Mitschiffs, a German naval periodical which has reached the American ..headquarters, as the Iron Torpedo Boat Flotilla. It consists of twelve torpedo boats which, the periodical says, have been engaged in maintain | ing order on the western coast of Germany. : Some of the vesels of the flatilla have been used on several'occasions I for. police. work in the port pf> Ham - burg, doing duty guarding allied, food shipments to the Cseecho-Slovaks and similar work., during- periods- of disor vd^c^_jrjfee_?otina has its headquarters Wilhelmshaven. A landing corps of i about 360 men is. distributed' among the twelve boats, each of which, has a platoon of thirty command"?^ by a naval lieutenant. The cl?thfx and arms of members, cf. this; Jajiding corps are the same as in the* infantry. The other group of vessels- called the Haff Flotilla is supposed xd: be do ing similar duty on the Battic coast near the Russian boundary wtih head quarters in Koenigsburg, .The boats are armed with machine guns'and in some cases with 3.7 centimeter guns as well. The flotilla was Organized for operation in connection' with the East Prussian Freiwillige corps arid was until a few weeks ago s.ubect to the commander of the northern army. WEEVIL NEAR BLACKVBLLE Dreaded Pest Makes Appear ance on Buck's Farm Blackville. Aug. 19.?Boll Weevils were reported on Pceston Beck's place, three-fourths of a mile from Mixsori's Siding. H. G. Boylston, county agent for Barnwell county, was sent by the department to the farm and he re ports that they are the geuine boll weevils. The weevils were found on about 20 acres, but the infestation is light so far. Mr. Boylston states he will have another expert with him next week and.wilf cover the county thoroughly to see just to what etent the weevil has covered the country. THE "EDITOR" IS LAUNCHED Ship Named in Honor of News papermen Seattle, Wash., Aug. 19?The steam er Editor, named by the United States Shipping Board in honor of the news paper men and women of the United States and Canada, was launched here today in the presence of cheering scores of members of the National Ed itorial Association's 1919 convention. Mrs. Guy U. Hardy, of Canon City, Col., sponsored the big boat. Mrs. Hardy, is the wife of Representative Hardy, who is president of the Edito rial Association. The Editor is a 9,600-ton freighter. NEW YORK FOLKS HAVE TO WALKi Strike Ties Up the Rapid Tran-| sit System of Greater New York New York, Aug. 18.?More than two million persons who travel over the Interbouough Rapid Transit's sub way and elevated lines in Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, were i obliged to walk tD work today or use \ busses and improvised conveyances when fourteen thousand employees. struck* for 50 per cent, raise in wages. | Not a* wheel turned on 250 miles of track. Six thousand policemen guard ed the company's property and tried to cowrol the crowds. 1 a* fcndtfi.? noc TRUE L9. THEY ARE AFTER THE BIG FIVE Senate Cimmittee Considers the Control of the Large Pack ing Industries TAKE UP THE KENYON BILL AS A SOLUTION j Wm. Colver Tells How Packers Bought Up Live Stock of Prin cipal Markets ?_ Washington, Aug. 18.?The . senate committee today took up the Kenyon bill providing a federal control of the packing industry and was told by Wm. Colver, chairman of the federal trade commission of the pool by which ' five of the big packers bought up live stock in the principal markets of the I country. COLE L. BLEASE WILL NOT RUN Says That He Never Had Any Idea of Doing So Columbia, S. C, Aug. 1.?Special: Despite his statement of several weeks ago that he was a candidate for Con gress from the Seventh Congressional District in the general election i.o be hold October 7, Cole L. Blease, for mer governor of South Carolina, in another statement issued today, said that he is "not now, has never been and never expects oo be a candidate for that office|" His last statement says that he had a reason for moking the announcement that he did, and at present he will let any man suggest to himself what the reason was. It was-intimated in this' coirrespond ence last Monday ? that Mr. Blease woujld not run in the general' elec tion. His friends have stated ? that he made the statement that he did in or der to, get the white people to register "in his district so that the negro regis tration, which is only about 2,500, would not be a menace: However, in his first statement he-called on his factional followers to remain away from the primaries so that they could support him in the general election if they so chose.' " Since Mr. Blease made his former announcement he has come in for a deal , of criticism for his stand, both by newspapers; and by individuals. Candidates now making th.e canvass for the Democratic nomination, in the Seventh district have stigmatized Mr. Blease's action as a "b-ot" in "in ef fect an appeal to the i ^ro vote." Tn reference to these candidates Mr. Blease, in today's statement, says that they sohuld thank him for his an nouncement, "for they would not have^ had any speech without it, as they haven't brains enough to make an in telligent argument upon important issues." The following is the ex-governor's statement: "I have never had any desire to be a Congresman, am not now, have never been and neveY expect, to be a candidate for that office." "I had a purpose in making the an nouncement that I' did in reference to the Seventh district vacancy and may some day say what it was, but at present. I will let each man suggest to himself my reasons, and don't care a finger snap for the reason that he may accept. "My intimate friends knew thafc I would not be in the race, and I so stated by letter and in person to oth ers; in fact all of my associates knew that I would not accept that job if of fered it unanimously. "I received by letters and personally many assurances of support and some people would be surprised to know how many endorsed my position and the names of men who promised sup port, they being, like myself, tired of such primaries as we have had in re cent years. "Certain announced ca^dllates for the place should thank me for that announcement, for they would not have any speech without it, as they haven't brains enough to make an in telligent argument upon important is sues." TOBACCO SALES MADE TODAY Markets Reopen, the Embargo Having Been Raised This morning both tobacco ware houses were flooded with tobacco. The j embargo having been raised by the j railroads, caused the great amount of tobacco to be sold today. The sales began as early as nine o'clock and were not completed until two o'clock. The prices are probably better than I usual. The number of pounds sokl will ex- J ceed considerably the hundred thou sand mark. The managers of the warehouses could give no close esti mate as a great amount of tobacco was still to be placed on the floors for sale, j NEW FINNISH CAB INET IS FORMED Helsingfors Aug. 18.?The new cab inet of the Finish republic hns been formed. _ r ****** Ml I W-H 2 SOUTHRON, Jftrtahttrfw* SmmA, MM VoLXLIX. TO BE STANDING ARM Y OF 576,000 This is the Size of the Standing Army That Secretary Ba ker Would Hfcve ?' ALSO WANTS UNIVERSAL MILIT?R AY TRAINING Asks the Senate Miiitary Com? mittee For a Favorable Re port Regarding Question Washington, Aug; 18.-:-Sficr>tary Baker urged the seriate military; cont-7 mittee to report favorably on a stand ing army of 57^00 and a universal military training. TWO ARE DEAD AS RESULT OF WRE# Freight Train and Auto Collide With Fatal Results ^ % Columbia, Aug. 18.?C. P. prominent merchant of Ridgeway, wais. instantly killed and his wife receiv&a injuries that caused death before, medical attention could be procured, while three others lie seriously wounded at the Columbia Hospital as the result of a collision of a south bound Southern, freight train and Mr. Wray's car at Smallwood late .yesteiv day afternoon. Mrs. Joseph Park^rTIs' injured in the spine and may die. Sur' gene McCarroll and Arthur McCarrnll, nephews of Mrs. Parker, are perhaps fatally wounded. > \ The fatal collision occurred about 7:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon when Mr. Wray drove his machine across the track at Smailwood and.|J&?'. freight train, southbound for>Cq4^^;:. bia, crashed into ..the tp?h^'wKt ': Wray instantly andr throwing *>.tue other occupants from the* machine" Mrs. Wray was cruslred 'in tte-4g^& .. and her hodyr "n^g1e^*^Sfie:*,'3j^'j* placed aboard the ?train* for.' Colunf?/ but died before reaching the hospk&jli Mrs. Parker and- her -two nejhe^ii j. Arthur and Eugene' MeCarOttj,; too were visiting? her/ were Arown^'out, the machine and .seriously .injured. One lad is. not ; expected to live, bis skull having, been' crushed by the ,fcn- . pact and his head badty raashed. Th? ^ other received ? severe - puncture "In the forehead and is ccns|dered. in very serious condition." ftfrs. Pitker"3 two children, Elolse and Ahn?bei,.. were not seriously Injured.- ' They." were thrown from the* car 'jtnd naf* rowly averted death. Louise Cozart, granddaughter .of Mrs. Wra& .was not injured, although sho was- pitched out Of the machine. > All those wounded, were, rushed kto ' the Columbia. Hospital, where medi cal aid is being1 given. Mrs. Parker's condition was said to be hopeful early this morning. One of the- McCarroll boys is not expected , to live and the other was not doing as well as had been hoped for early this morning; The party warf^ut motoring in Mr. Wray's car yesterday afternoon, and/ was returning home- whth- the acscir ' dent occurred. Eye witnesses say., it ; was impossible to see the approaching train. The party was composed of .Mr. add . Mrs. Wray, Mrs. Joseph Parker and" her two children, Arthur and' Eugene McCarroll, Mrs. Parker's nephews from Concord, N. C, who were visiting.; her; ^Louise Cozart. of Columbia, granddaught of Mrs'. Wray, and ?Willie Nelson, of Ridgeway. Mr. Wray was one of the best known merchants in South Carolina, and had built up a prosperous'busi ness at Ridgeway. He first began , business when the town was- a flag station and since that time-has'-be come widely known and respected. ' He has relatives in Columbia) among" thesel being Edward Robertson.. Mrs. Parker and her two nephews are also of a prominent family. The freight train that crashed into the motor car was running extra No. 4601, with R. J^ Walker at the throt tle. Mr. Walker said last night that the automobile appeared on the cross ing immediately in front of his en glne. .* . U . -^-j;-. JAPS IN CHILE Facts Conserving Their Immi gration and Holdings Cited By Santiago Papers Santiago, Aug. 18.?News papers here call attention to the fact that Japan has purchased more than five million dollars worth of mining prop etries in Chile and that Japanese im higration here is growing consider ably. PRINCE OP WALES IS AT HALIFAX Given Ovation By People of City When He Lands From Cruiser Today Halifax, Aug. 18.?Prince Wales de barked today from the cruiser .Re- _ nown. He was saluted by the garri son and given an ovation by the peo ple of the city, im \ M?