Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Buy FIGHT #mL BITTER Anti-Wilson Faction Will Not Accept Compromise Propos , ed by Seven Republicans I _ OTHER ISSUES IN CONNEC TION ARE BEING RAISED ? ?? ? I ? fj -?r President Wilson Takes Position That Neither He Nor Congress r Can Declare War at End Washington, Aug. 21.?Tire com v promise proposal ? to - have the senate adopt peace treaty reservations but keep them separate from the ratifica tion itself was put aside indenfinitely today after Democratic* leaders had declined to assume responsibility for it, and Republicans of all shades of opinion had given notice they could not accept it. Among the Republicans the de velopment was interpreted as mean ing that action never would be sought on the proposal in its present form and Democratic leaders generally said they had no plans for bringing it to ?' a-^vote.. ?i 'Meantime a White House announce ment and; an executive session of the r foreign., relations committee brought torthe surface again two other issues of the treaty fight. -President Wilson, replying to a sug gestion that he might put the country on a peace basis by declaring the war gge-at an end, announced that he not only considered himself ^powerless to take : such a step? but considered a peace declaration either by himself or con gress prior to ratification ; of the treaty would "pit a stain upon our national honor" by evading' responsibility in the worlcl peace settlement. The foreign relations committee got into another argument o*?r prompt committee, action on the treaty which .ended by a decision without a record vote, to continue its hearings to re Ipceive . the cases of the Irish, Greek, Egyptian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Esthonian and Lettish races. 'In every Democratic quarter, includ t i?ig the White House, it was indicated ^that the .compromise proposal as pre sentedyesterday in'a, . resoluttion by ^Sentaor Pittman of: Nevada, a Demo crat of the committee, .was not speci fically sponsored fcy thc^- president, though it followed, generally the lines p"f *. his suggestion, to the committee :T^jesday. regarding -reservations. Senator Pittman issued a, statement L ;3saying the president liad no knowl edge -6? . the resolution and Senator Htichcock of Nebraska, the adminis Nation leader, indicated that in no I;tfjense-was the move to be considered ,T. as inspired 'by the administration. Hhere' was rio formal expression from Y the. White House. ' In; his statement Mr. Pittman 5aid ttL; -idea in presenting the measure C ^W?s to. expedite action on the treaty. ..He insisted ,that he would ask for ac tion, later." He argued that acceptance ;.:the reservations proposed could be ..gzined from the nations who will con trol the league of nations council, thus making it possible to ratify the tretay :with the assurance that the disputed sections of the. covenant will not be Interpreted to the disadvantage of this country. .There was increasing evidence dur ing the day; however, that the group of' Republicans who have agreed on reservations similar to those in the Pittman resolution, would withhold their approval'from any plan not con templating inclusion of the qualifica tions in the ratification itself. Repub lican leaders said they were ready for a vote.today if the Democrats wanted to bring the resolution to a roll call. -President Wilson's announcement . cC his stand against a peace declara tion; was- made in a letter to Senator "Fafll, Republican. New Mexico, in re ply to a list of questions submitted by tfele latter. " At the same time Mr. "WTson - explained the treaty provis ^'fioa turning over the German colonies to the big five powers, by saying it vested only ? a trusteeship over the colonies pending a permanent ar rangement for their government. A provisional agreement in the matter had been reached, he said, but it was contingent on the league of nations. ? The president* wrote that it was deemed wise to have American repre sentatives in various boundary com missions because it would add "a use ful* element of entirely disinterested judgment'.' Replying to another question he staid his belief that ratification of the i treaty would reduce the cost of living wa*? based on the assumption that ratification would have the effect of "restoring production and commerce to their normal strength and free dom." ; In deciding to hear; additional wit JtVSesses the foreign relations commit tee overuled a protest from Demo cratic members who are said to have taken the general position that it was imperative to proceed at once to act on fhe treaty. The case of Egyptians is to be pre sented Saturday by their counsel. Joseph W. Folk, and the others prob ably will be heard next week. The decision to hear the case of the Irish ". -S in response to a request from the friends of Irish freedom, whose representative to appear before the ctmmittee is to be chosen later. The committee finished its questioning of T>\ .7. C. Furgeson, adviser to the president of China, regarding the Shantung provision, and tomorrow Pro/. E. T. Williams, formerly head of the Far Eastern division of the eiste department, will be heard on the gam? subject. Professor Williams was ar adviser to the American peace del egates at Versailles but resigned, it was reprted. because he was dissat isfied with the Shantung declsin. i Drive to Be Made Through South Carolina to Organize ? the Farmers IT IS GOING TO BE A FIGHT FOR FREEDOM ? The World Has Heretofore Dio ; tated the Price of Cotton Against Producers Columbia. Aug. 23.?With or-ganiza ! tion perfected in every county in the State, all is in readiness for the canvass for members for the South Carolina Cotto:a Association, which will be conducted on next Tuesday, i Wednesday and Thursday, August 26, ? 27 and 28. Every school district, : township, city and county in the [ State will be canvassed. Officials of the association say that they hope to . secure not less than ? 50,000 members . and hope to secure possibly as many ; as 75,000 members i Every farmer, merchant, banker, i business and. jpfrof^ssional man in i South Carolina will be asked to join the association. Officials of the or . ganization declare that the prosperity ! of the South is dependent upon the : cotton farmers and that this way ; every citizen of-the South is, or should be, interested in the associtaion. The organization of -the associa tion will extend to the townships of ? the State. Each township organiza tion shall elect a chairman, a vice : chairman, a secretary and three mem ! bers of the county board of direc tors, at least one of whom shall be a farmer." The county board of directors, con sisting of one from each township and city ward, shall meet on certain day to be fixed, prior to the annual meet ing of the State Associtaion, and elect a president, a vice president, a secretary and an executive committee consiting of the president, the vice president and five members of the board of directors, and three mem bers of the board of directors a*, least one of whom shall be a farmer. The State organization will eousil of a board of directors, consisting ol three members from each cotton-pro ducing county of the State, at least one of whom shall be a farmer. The ? board of directors at each annual meeting will elect at its annual meet ing a president ,a first vice president, a secretary . and an executive com mittee, consisting of the president, the first vice president, and seven other members of the board of direc tors. The plan for the State organization also calls for a state manager and a treasurer. . The South Carolina Cotton. Associa tion will be a branch of th,e Ameri can Cotton Association. The objects and purposes of the American Cotton Association of which J. Skottowe Wannamaker, of St. Matthjews, S. C, is president are: 1. To protect the interests of the cotton producer and to improve his condition. 2. To promote economic regula tion of cotton production to the end that supply shall be so adjusted to demand that the producer shall at no time be required to sell his pro duct at less than a fair and reason able profit. 3. To promote intelligent diversi fication of crops, and tok develop mar kets for such crops, other than cot ton, as may be profitably raised. 4. To improve and enlarge pres ently existing warehousing facilities and to secure additional facilities to the end that the producer may car ry his crop, or such part as he may desire, at the minimum of expense and physical damage and at the max imum of security and financibility. 5. To tbroaden the market ? for raw cotton and to enlarge the uses for cotton and" cotton goods. 6. To improve and increase trans portation and distribution facilities. 7. To collect information as to both domestic and foreign consump tion of cotton, the state of trade, the extent of acreage, supply and condi tion of crop, and all other informa tion of practical interest to the cot ton industry, and to disseminate' the results through the several sub-organ izations to every member of every community, together wtih directions as to the course to be pursued in or der to secure the best results in view ;of the facts disclosed. 8. To do all and singular what soever may be conducive to the sta bility and profitableness of the cotton producing industry. The American Cotton Association will establish offices in every cotton consuming country of the world. The experts in charge of these offices will report regularly to the American Cot ton Association as to the supply and demand, etc. The American Cot ton Association will send these re ports to the State Association and th^y will be sent out by them to each individual member. The American Cotton Association has already accomplished much and with permanent organization cover ing every cotton growing county in the South it will be in position to ac complish wonrl^s. it has been de clared by c *k of the associtaion. who are in position to s^e what it mn accomplish, that its organization will mean a new South. It has beer declared on the floor of the United States senate that the organization of the American Cotton Association has already saved the South S500.OCO.000. The statement has been made by J. Skottowe Wan namaker, president of the .association that but for its organization cotton would today be selling at ten or fifteen cents. It is declared by officers of the nsfiocintion that there are dozens HOOVER TAKES HAND IN GAME Recommends Immediate Dis placement of Archduke Jo seph in Hungary RETURN TO POWER OF HAPSBURGS FEARED Re-establishment of Rule of the Hated Monarchy Believed to Be Object of Party in Control ? Paris, Aug. 21 (By the Associated Press).?Herberi Hoover, head of the international relief organization, whu has just returned from a two weeks' trip through central Europe, told American correspondents today that it is imperative that decisive diplo matic action be taken immediately tc displace Archduke Joseph as* head ol the Hungarian government and give Hungary a chance to establish a pop ular government. The countries of central Europe Mr. Hoover said,'are terrorized by the tolerance shown toward the setting up of the Hapsburg government ir Hungary. - Mr. Hoover, who left Vienna Mon day night, appeared otday before th< supreme council and made his com ments on the Hungarian situation" t< American newspapermen after he !efi the council meeting. In discussing the Hungarian situa tion with the newspaper men, Vx Hoover asserted that Archduke Joseph's resignation can be forcec within five days if the supreme coun cil takes a firm stand, but that blood shed will result if such , action is post poned for a month. The United States can prevent th< restoration of Hapsburgs, Mr. Hoovei said, by refusing to recognize or d'ja with such government. It is beyonc the endurance of any red bloodec American, he said, to see his govern ment tolerate the restoration of th( Hapsburgs as the United States enter ed the war to banish from the worlc that form for which the Hapsburg: and the Hohenzollerns stood. The Rumanians, Mr. Hoover added still are requisitioning Hungariar food. Only yesterday, he said, tin Rumanians, under the eyes of Ameri can officers," seized eight truck load: of medical supplies and food destinet fo rthe children's hospitals of Buda pest, paying no attention to the warn ings of the supreme council. SEN. FLETCHER SEVERELY HURI Struck By Street Car While or Way to His Home Washington, Aug. 21.?Senatoi Fletcher, of Florida, was struck by 2 street car late today and severely in jured. . He sustained a bad scalr, wound, a contusion and a badlj bruised arm. The Florida senator was on his way home ' from the capitol and as he alighted from a street car near1 .his residence he was struck by another car coming from an opposite directioi The physicians attending the sen ator late tonight said examination had established that Mr. Fletcher suf fered a concussion of the brain, but that his chances of recovery were good. His wife and two daurfciter* were summoned to Washington. 'The senator's view of the approach ing street car, it said, was obscured by an umbrella which he was carry ing. Upon regaining consciousness an hour after the accident Mr. Fletch er said that the motorman of tire street car should not be held to blame. TO REDUCE SHOE PRICES Many Styles of Footwear to Be Discarded Atlantic City, X. J.. Aug. 22.?Offi cers and directors of the National Shoe Retailers' Association, in special session here, deny there is any organ ized profiteering among the retail dealers in the United States. A statement authorized by the meeting stated that many styles ct footwear would be eliminated for the spring season of 1920 in an effor: to reduce prices. Washington, Aug. 22.?More than three hundred million dollars have been advanced to railroads, public utilities and cattle growers by the war fiinance corporation, it is announced. of broke gamblers in New York todr.y as a result of the activities of the association. South Carolina is well organized for the membership campaign next week. Meetings were held in every county in the State this week and addresses made by some of the prominent men in the State. All of the meetings were well attended and the people evinced great enthusiasm for the as sociation. No difficulty is anticipated in securing members. The dues of the association for farmers are from date of joining to .'January 21. 1921. the sum of 25 cents per bale of cotton produced in 1917. and 25 cents per thousand dollars capital invested in mercantile and other clashes of business, banks, or manufacturing plants. The dues for professional men are $3 a year. South Carolina will be the first State in the cotton belt to organize. A membership campaign covering ev ery other State in the cotton belt will be conducted in October. Prepara tions for this are already under way. i !T0 REPORT SOON ! ON THE TREATY Senate Committee Indicates Dis position to Quit Talking and Get to Work OPPOSITION TO COVE NANT IS STILL STRONG Public Hearings Will Be Discon tinued and Amendments Con sidered by Committee . Washington, Aug. 22.?In a deter mined effort to report the pence treaty before the end or next week, the sen ate foreign relations committee sud denly interrupted its public hearings today and arranged to go to work to morrow on proposed amendments and reservations. Although one witness will be heard Monday, members think that might be v the last hearing before the treaty was reported. It was indicated that the waiting list of others who arc to ?p ! pear later would notl be permitted to ? stand in the way of an early report. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, the Democratic leader, declared his belief that- the report would be laid before ! the senate during the coming week and asserted that he had been assured i the Republicans would cooperate tc . that end. Some Republican-members agreed with his prediction, but Chair man Lodge declined to say when he thought the committee would act. Late today plans to expedite the consideration of amendments wem ? discussed at a conference of Republi can members of the committee and ? they will go over the subject agair tomorrow morning before the com ' mittee session begins. It is likely thai ? among the first amendments voted or 1 w?rbe one proposing to strike oui I or modify the articles giving Japar I control in Sha * ang province, China The story of the negotiations re s salting in the Shantung provision wa ? told to the committee today by Prof l Er. T. Williams, who was technical ad > viser to the American peace delega tion. He said he had "strongly ob , jected" to the ? settlement reached t and thought the American delegate: : should not ha:*e assented vto it. During the day there was "more de i bate on the treaty in the senate, Sen I, ator Thomas, Democrat, .of Colorado ? criticising the provision for an inter ? national labor organization and Sena tor Fall, Republican, of New Mexicc talcing exception to information giver the committee by President Wilsor regarding the, resumption of trad* 1 with Germany. Although he refrained from saying whether he would vote for the tretay Senator Thomas expressed gravt dcubt as to the wisdom of the laboi provisions and said there were articles in the labor section which seemed tc (violate the American constitution, bj delegating legislative and judicial functions to international bodies. 1 Senator .Fall, referring to a state ment by the president that so far as he knew the United States was no1 trading with Germany, declared them had been a suspension of the tradin? ; with the enemy act which could be effective only by presidential author ity and that merchant vessels wem sailing direct between American and German ports. The export trade to ' Germany in June, he said, amounted to $8.000.000. No explanation was made of the decision to begin work on amend ments at once in the committee but if is known to have been reached after Democratic members had renewed their requests for early action and after some of the Republican sena tors not on the committee had ex pressed strong disapproval of delay ing a report to hear the additional witness summoned yesterday. On Monday the committee will hear Joseph W. Folk, who was to have appeared tomorrow, on behalf of the Egyptians. The succeeding days up to Friday are to bo devoted tc work' on amendments in the hope of agreement on a report by Thursday night. On F^ 'w the Greeks and oth er mid-Eur< .t peoples are to be heard, and on Saturday a session will be devoted to Irish claims. William C. Bullitt, another Versailles advise probably will appear during the fol lowing week. Once in the senate the treaty is ex pected to be under debate for some weeks before final action, and com mittee members pointed out that a supplemental report might be filed should it be warranted by any hear j ings held after committee action has been taken. Developments today point with increasing certainty to the complete, collapse of the effort to pass a compromise resolution along the lines of President Wilson's sugges tion for reservations apart from the ratification itself. Republican lead ers declared presentation of the res olution only had ^cleared the air so far as they were concerned had re vealed beyond doubt that the group of Republican reservation advocates would insist on having the Qualifica tions a part of the ratification. On the Democratic side it was as serted the move had accomplished its purpos-e of showing that the Demo crats and a large number of Republi cans stood for ratification with res ervations of the same sort, differing Only in the methods to be pursued, and that textual amendments of the treaty was out of the question. The Democratic leaders indicate*?, howev er, they had no intention of bringing the resolution to a vote. Tt was pointed out today that both in this resolution presented by Sena tor Pittman. Democrat, of Nevada and in the reservation draft agreed on by sewn Republicans, there was a pro vision regarding the economic boy cott which, under an interpretation placed on the boycott by President LUMBER * M- PAIKT . I-1 ^ ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD? 7 \ We sell everything for any building ^ \ BOOTH & McLEOD. Inc. / f BUILDING MATERIAL x BUILDERS' HARDWARE Polish Troops Administer Crush ing Defeat and Are in Hot Pursuit FORTRESS ROVNO AT VOLHYNIA CAPTURED General Denekine Continues a Successful Offensive in South ern Russia By Associated Press. Copenhagen, Aug. 22.?Polish troops have administered a crushing defeat to the Bolsheviki and Soviet forces who are being pursued every where. . The Polish general staff at "Warsaw announces the fortress Ro vno in Volhynia was captured by Poles after hard fighting. The Poles are apparently advancing east of Brest and Litousk. General Denekine is continuing the offensive in south ern Russia successfully, according to London reports. WILL HOLD AMERI CANS INGERMANY War Department Announces Seven Thousand Troops. Will Remain There Washington, Aug. 22.?About seven thousand American troops will re main in- Cermany after September 30th, the war department announc ed. ? FRENCH PUNISH ING PROFITEERS Nearly a Thousand Convicted in Paris Criminal Courts Paris. Aug. .22.?The criminal rec ords show nine hundred and twenty seven convictions for profiteering. The authorities are increasing their dili gence in arresting the speculators to prevent the recorrence of the recent outbreaks. The police demand that the retailers display the price lists fixed by the government. MILLIONS OF EGGS Government Seized $500?000 Worth at Nashville Nashville, Aug. 22.?The federal district attorney for this district has filed libels against five hundred thou sand dollars worth of eggs, which were seized here and will be sold by the government to the public. ODESSA IS CApT" TURED AGAIN Lithunians Claim to Have Driv en Out Bolsheviks London. Aug. 22.?The Ukrainians have captured Odessa, it is announced b ythe Ukrainian .mission. SPANIARDS AR RESTED IN MEXICO Held Under Charges of Plotting Against Carranza's Gov- / eminent EI Paso, Aug. 22.?More than twenty Spaniards were arrested re cently in Pachuca. Mexico on charges of plotting against the Carranza gov ernment, according to Mexico City pa pers rccived here. Wilson, might have far reaching ef fects. In his White House conference Tuesday with the foreign relations committee the president stated that while under articles of the league covenant relating to the use of mili tary force, the members would have only a moral obligation and would j he free to exercise judgment, "the breach of certain articles of the cov enant does bring on what I have des ignated as an automatic boycott, and j in that we would have no choice." In the Pittman reservations it is j provided that the economic measures j "can only be carried out through the voluntary separate action of each of the representative governments." While the Republican draft provides that failure of congress to furnish "such military or naval forces or economic measures"* as are called for in the covenant shall not constitute a violation of the treaty. SAY JAPAN HAD STRONG SUPPORT Shahntung Given Japan As the Result of Jtw.tehee of England and France j SECRET TREATY PROVED ! TO BE BINDING IN EFFECT j Former Member of American j Peace Delegation Testifies Be fore Senate Comittee ; ^ Washington, Aug. 22.-r-Prof.^. T. Williams, a former member - of tne American peace commissionin Par- - is, who resigned, told the senate for eign relations committee that Japan was given the Shantung rights, after England and France had insistently backed Japan's claims on account of a secret treaty. A REMARK ABLE STATEMENT St. Louis Butcher Says People Want to Pay More Washington, Aug. 22.?Tfcttmas Dunn, a St. Louis meat dealer told . the senate agriculture committee that there is no profiteering in thev -retail meat and grocery business and} that high prices are the result - of the peo ple wanting to pay more for food stuffs . MAY GO AFTER RENT PROFITEERS Although Voted Down in" House Senate May Consider Measures Washington, Aug. 23.?Efforts may be made in' the senate to include- hv the food control bill the amendments against rent profiteers andraganist f excessive charges for kerosene and gasoline, which were voted down'in the house. COAL COMMISSION TO AID GERMANS _ Will Co-operate to Help Avoid Disaster at Sileas Paris. Aug. 23.?A coal commission has been appointed to cooperate with the Germans in an effort to avoid the disaster threatened by a shortage in Silesa, ??? ? MUCH HOARDED FOOD RELEASED . ? _ _. . . ? . ' ' ' ' Threat of Jail Sentence Bring Profiteers to Terms ? $ ? * ? ? - .> * New York, Aug. 23.?Thousands, of. pounds of stored food have been re leased for consumption after the agents of the federal attorney's of fice threatened the owners with . jail sentences. Attorney Barnes said he preferred ,to circulate food rather N than to prosecute the hoarders. FOOD CONTROL LAWS EXTENDED Senate Receives Amended B?l From House Washington. Aug. 23.?The bill ex tending the food control act to peace time and providing heavy penalties for profiteering wont to the senate ; today. _ #? . PAGE HAS RESIGNED Famous Novelist Vacates Post At Rome Washington. Aug. 22.?Thomas ? Nelson Page has resigned as ambas- : sador to Italy. RADOLSLAVOFF'S PARTY DEFEATED Sofia. Aug. 23.?The party headed by former Premier Radolslavoff has been overwhelmingly defeated in the legislative elections, the Left and Agrarian parties gaining most of the seats. Los Angeles, Aug. 23.?Forty car loads of food for American troops on the border is held up on account of ihe trainmen's strike.