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IHK SUMTER WATCHMAX, Eitob OoDSolidated Aug. 2,1 LODGE STARTS NEW HEARING v ? f l ? Republican Members of Com mittee Question Peace Con ference .Witness CHARGES MADE THAT FACTS WERE SUPPRESSED - Bullitt Says That Secretary Lan sing and Other Delegates Are Opposed to Treaty \: "Washington, Sept. 12.?The asser tion, that Secretary Lansing opposed; ratification of the peace threaty and j league of nations covenant, although ! \ was a member of the American j peace commission that drafted it, was i made today before the senate foreign relations committee by William C:v EtiUUt. of Philadelphia, formerly; /employed by the mission at Paris, in j ?a confidential . capacity. The test:-1 mony, purporting to give Mr. Lan- i sing's private opinion expressed in. a conversation with the witness the day the latter resigned from the mission . because he was not in sympathy with the treaty or the league, popped out suddenly and sensationally. Bullitt had just expressed relutance at the idea of revealing any part of a pri vate conversation with . the peace! commissioners, and members of the i committee quite agreed with this view Near the close of a three hour hear- ; ing, however. Chairman Lodge asked j how the treaty and its covenant was regarded at Paris. Secretary Lansing. Henry White and General Bliss, all members of the American commis- j sion "expressed vigorous opinions." j Bullitt said, adding, in reply to an i:i-j qjuiry by the chairman, ''that thes* opinions were not enthusiastic. x Then "from a memorandum of the conversation, dictated, he said, while V it ^Tfas' fresh in his mind, Bullit quoted the secretary on many points '^cyingr that Mr. Lansing opposed the j ajeard of Shantung tu Japan, that he j considered the league thoroughly bad, that the large nations would pay lit-! tie attention to the small nations, and that- the^wrorld had been arranged ac-| cording to the desires of the big na- j t&fcs at the peace conference. The most sensational statement at tributed by the witness to the secre tary of state was that if "the senate j and the American people knew what! the treaty meant it would be defeat-j e(L" Senator Knox really would un- j derstand the treaty. Mr. Lansing said, j according to the witness, and 'Mr. ? Lodge would, but Mr. Lodge's nosi- ! tion would become purely political." There were no Democratic,senators in attendance when this testimony Was given nor at any time during the hearing, and nobody took up the cud gels:for the American commissioner. When news of Bullitt's testimony Spread about the capital it was ex tensively discussed, and senators said they were anxious to hear from Mr. leasing. When some o<* them en deavored to reach him at the state de partment they found he was out of \town, and an Associated Press dis patch later from Watertown, X. Y., said he declined to make any state ment and had gone fishing. Bullitt, formerly a newspaper cor respondent, went to Paris with Pres ident Wilson's party and was attached to the mission. He was summoned to testify before the treaty was reported out by committee., but was in the "!Waine woods on a camping trip and the notice did not reach him until a few days ago. This was explained by Chairman Lodge to show why the hearing apparently had been reopen ed. A wealth of information, regarded ais more or less confidential, was giv en by the witness during this three hour statement. In February last he flaid he was sent by Secretary Lansing to Petrograd to bring back from the soviet leaders a statement showing the exact terns on^which they would ?gree to peace. This report, which told among other things of "good or der" and established by the Bol Bheviki. "Lenine's desire for peace, his readiness to compromise at many points in order to obtain it and his promise that all foreign debts of tho Kovereign government bo padi" never wns made public, Mr. Buliitt said, be cause the president would not agree. Lloyd George wanted it printed, he said, yet later the premi"r denied all knowledge of it when questiond in parliament. Bullitt described himself as a clear ing house of information for the dele fa'ion and worked generally under Col. E. M- House. showed the committee the president's original Jeague proposal, written on the presi dent's own typewriter and bearing u n inscription by Colonel House at testing the latter's high regard for the witness. Bullitt quoted Col. Hons ? freely, and when asked why he had resigned produced from a great stack of papers a letter he had written the president expressing his' lack of sat isfaction with the way the peace ne gotiations were proceeding and par ticularly voicing disapproval of th? league of nations. About the only part of the president's league proposal in corporated in the covenant, he said, vas the widely debated Article 10. which remained intact. One;- in Paris Bullitt had an engagement with the president, which he said, the president called off because of a head ache. He laid before the commit hked April, 1850. "Bn Jut al 881. Mlm??ser" trails wilson _ I ! I Hiram Johnson Attacks Wilson and Peace Treaty in St. . ; Louis APPEALS TO THE 3 ANTI-BRITISH FEEMNG Charges That Wilson Surren rendered Eights of United; States to Great Powers St. Louis, Sept. 12.?When ^enator i Hiram W. Johnson of California, step- j Ped on the stage of the coliseum to night to plead for the defeat of the league of nations covenant in its pres ent form, he was given an ovation j that lasted 18 minutes. The coliseur.? > is the largest hall in,tl\e city and it' was packed to- the doors. Hundreds 1 were turned away unable to find J standing room. j As scon as Senator Johnson made his appearance the crowd rose to its; feet, waved flags and cheered. Final- j ly the band ended the unusual dem- j onstration by playing **The Star! Spangled Eanner." the large audience i joining in singing the song. The crowd shouted, "what'.': tbo matter with Johnson, h^'s all right.") For several minutes when Dr. John | A. Simonds, a prominent Democrat: and 'local head of league for the pres- ! ervalion. of American independence, j who presided at the meeting rose to j 'ntrcduce Senator Johnson. ' The United States senate today | stands between you and your libe^-1 ties," said Senator Johnson in begin- j ning his address. "In my brief career I have never failed to accept a chal- i lenge from an opponent whether hp j be a president or an hurnUe private i citizen. "I want to deny Mr. Wilson'.?-; j charg? that ihr- American people are quitters if they refuse to approve the i league of nations. The American peo- ! pie never quit. When Mr. Wilson j went to Paris to demand his 14 point1 and came home without them, the American people did not <juit. some body 'else quit." Senator Johnson brought the crowd to its feet cheering when he declared: "The real question in this controversy j is whether we are to do our duty as I we see it in the future or whether we are to be subject to the will of Great ! Britain and Ja];an." The crowd hissed several limes, when Great Britain was mentioned \ by the speaker. The real purpose of the Jcagne of j nations is to guarantee the tilings; ?iat the peace treaty provides, Sen ator Johnson raid. '?Our allies want us to protect the! spoils given them by this pence treaty. Thnt was why the president insisted on combining into one document the peace treaty and the leaguo*of na tions. ; "Did the president, when he was! hero, explain why Cv.-.i Hritain was . siveu six votes in the league of na-j I tions and the United Stt es only one?" j {There were r:hcut.s of "So." "Of' 'course he did not find he will never. because he can'?." sa'd th? senator, j There were hisses wVn speaker I said the president had declared that ! Article 10 cf the league of nations j was only a moral obligation, j "Th" ?.Tonrc<- doctrine is handed j over to the sinister foreign powers j by Mr. Wiison and his league of na ! tions." said Senator Johnson. "We don't have to become the partners of ? burglars: simply because we can't j prevent burglary." i NE^PA^HR-RE PORTERS STRIKE jNews Writers of New Haven Demand More Wages New Haven, Sept. 15.'?News writers ion all the local papers struck today ? for increased wages. MONROE'S OLD HOME SOLD I -, Historic Old Home Bought by New Yorker Winchester, Va.. Sept. 15.?Oak Hill, near Leesburg, the former home of President Monroe-, has been sold to Frank C. Littleton, of New York, for .* 260,000. STRIKE SETTLED IN FRANCE Marseilles. Sept. 15.?The general strike here has been .settled. tee his letter tilling the president why he had quit tie- mis-ion hut ill" committee did not finest ion him about it. Along with Iiis report of condi ?i '"s in Russia. Bullitt gave the com mittee the soviet pence proposal, which never went to the peace con ference, and which was dropped. he testified, because the people in Par is became lukewarm when they read that Admiral Kolehak was heading for Moscow, after a 100 mile advance, und was due there in two weeks. od Fear not?Ijet a? the ends Thou ?ii [TER, S. C WEDKESE FREE PEOPL SUPPORT LEAGUE Civilization United to Preserve Peace and Justice in ' | World - I PRESIDENT OUTLINES j BASIS OF COVENANT Says United States Has Come1 to the Crisis in the History of j the World j Taooma. Wash,. Sept. 1 3;?Pr?si dent Wilson speaking here today de- j clured that all the free peoples of the j world must underwrite civiliza'ion j and free peoples only can join ihe j league. "The league is not only a union of; free peoples to guarantee civilization, j it is something more than thai." fie- ; clared the president. ? "It is a league of nations to al vance by substituting something that ! will make the improvement of civili-! zation possible." : The tevt of President Wilson's ad-! dress in part was as follows: ; "I feel as 1 am sure you feel, 'hat \ we have reached one of the m'QSi'i critieal periods in the history ci the-l United Staffs. "The shadow of the war is now lilt- j ed from us. and we have just come on: I of the depths of the vali -y of death, i "I thought it'might be useful if i remind you of :l few things. lest we . forget. It is so easy with the strong: tides of our life to be swept away ' from one situation into another; to j forget the real depths cf meaning | which lie underneath the things that j we are merely touching the surface ? of. . ': '! "Therefore, I thought it would not I be impertinent on my pari if 1 asked | permission to read you the concluding ': passage of the address in which I re- i quested the government of the United j States to accepi Germany's challenges j cf war. a" ;We shall fight, 'I said, 'for rnoj things we have always carried near-J est our hearts, for democracy, "for ihej right of those who submit to authority j to have a voice in their own govern- ! ment. for the rights and liberties of] small nations, for ?i universal domia- , ion of right, of such a concert of free j peoples as will brine; peace and uni- 1 versa! safety to all nations, and make; the world itself at last free. To such J a pass we can dedicate our lives and | our fortunes, everything that we are. I everything: that we have, with the I pride of those who know that the i time has come when America in priv- ! ileged to spend her blood end her; might for the principles thai gave herj birth, of happiness and of peace which . she has enjoyed. <^od helping her, she can do no other.' "That is the program we started i out on. That i; the program .vhich ! all America adopted, and shall we i now falter at the very critieal mo- : ment when we are finally to write I our name to the standing- pledge ? which we then took? "We went into this war to do a thing that was fundamental for the] world, and what 1 have come out noon : this journey for is to ascertain wh- th- ! er the country has forgotten it or not. 1 have found out already. The country has not forgotten it and will never permit any man who stands in the way of the fulfillment of these great pledges ever to forget the s?oi> rowful day when he made the at tempt. "It is of particular importance to remember at this moment when some men have dared to introduce party passion into the question that vjmc of the -leading spirits. perhaps I might say tile leading spirit ;?: i?^ conception of this great idea, were the leading figures of the Republican party. . "One of the thinprs that this tr-nty incidentally does is to absolutely in validate all secre t, treaties. I hope no attempts will be made to qualify or embarrass the great process whicn is inevitable and i confidently pro.IU.t that some day we shall look ?aefc with surprise upon the fact that men in America above all nations should ever have hesitated to do this great thing." At a public dinner which President Wilson attended, before going to the arena where he was to deliver his night address, he said he had been impressed by the uniformity of -min ion among the people from ocan to ocean. Detailing the purposes for which the United States entered the war a* they were set forth and accepted by congress in this war message. Presi dent Wilson told the people of VYash' ington toda?; that the issue square!;, facing the country in the treaty <!? - bate was whether that program should be carried through or aban doned. He tailed to mind also the cost in money and in human life. h\ which the war had been won and as serted that those opposing the treaty proposed the sacrifice- be of no avail. Repeating man.', of Iiis arguments he has used previously against t;ual ification of the treaty by reservations or amendments, the president again appealed to Republicans of the coun try to "forget that there is an ejec tion in 1920," he asserted his purpos to read "the riol act" t<> any one v. h !??! political conditions dictate :i:s course in relation to the treaty. "Theor is no essential division," he ni't st be ibj ?oiujtrjr'u, X'hy God? t> AY. SEPTEMBER 17. ] Governor jof Massachusetts Flatly Reif uses to Reinstate ! Strikers GOMPERS'PLAN REJECTED BY B?ST?N OFFICIALS Governor Ccolidge Endorses and Sustains Course Pursued By Commissioner Curtis Boston. Sern. A.?Determination "to defend the sovereignty of Massachu setts" was expressed by Governor Coolidge in a telegram sent tonight to Samuel Gompers. president of the America;] Federation of Labor. Th - telegram was in reply to one received froj)! the I;:bor leader last night in which .Mr. Gompers asked him to take ?' a bread view" of the. situation brought about by the. policemen's strike. The governor told Mr. Gompers that the sugestioh of President Wilson I hat orders forbiding the policemen of the oiiy of Washington to affiliate with tin- American Federation ol La bor be held i.i abeyance pending the iabor, conference to oe h'olcl ai the White }Joii;ie^?^^^ct^w-r^ t> did not applv to Boston as the Washington T , i , ... . pOi <s nad refcamed c-n duty. Iteiter atinj the fact'that 11? members of the Boston polieejn m's union had been tried for violation of the order against affiliation and] had been removed and that the places of the other strikers had been declared vacant, he added: "I can suggest no authority outside the courts tojtake further action." The governor's telegram follows: "Replying to your telegram, 1 have already refusrd to remove the police commissioner!of Boston: I did not ap point him. B> can assume no posi tion which the courts would uphold except what the people have by the authority of their law vested in him. He speaks oi$y with their voice. The right of the police of^Eoston to af filiate has always h^Bfemestion'--d. ?2v-ver'grar.4^#^^^iJPonibiied. The Suggestion ol i*re.~idttnt" Wilson to Washington does not abply to Boston. There the police have, remained on duty. Here the policemen's union left their duty, an action which President WI! sen characterized ' as against civilisation. "Your assertion that the commis sioner was wrong can not justify the wjjong of leading the city unguarded. That furnished the opportunity; the criminal element. furnLsaed th'o aetiftn. There is no ri jhl to strike against Lh public safety* at any time. "You ask again be placf crime by anybody; anywhere. tin a public safety ,:k! - of these same policeisWT while [they continue :n disofoeyanob of the laws of Massa chusetts and |n their refusal to obey the orders of the policy department Ivineteen men have bee movd. Others having al duty, their plices have been declaredjvacant in the attorney igen e ra 1 tried and ro andonld their hnder the law jlhe opinion of I can sugges. sist in taking situation. A s on all of no authority djmside the [courts to take further actior ??i wish to join and e a broad view* of every gr:?< ve respcntibil i ty res, ?js. You ean depend oi^ mo to sup port you in '-very le^l action and sound policy, l am equally determin ed to defend the sovereignty of Mas sachusetts and to maintain the author ity and jurisdiction over fcer public of ficers where it has been blaced by the constitution and laws of i?>r people." The policemen's union made nu an nouncement as to how it (was planning to meet Commissioner Curtis' refusal to reinstate the strikers, who had voted to return to work if the departs ment's orders against affiliation were not enforced pending the White House conference. Many other tcc:tJ unions voted today and tonight on the rjuestion of striking in sympathy with !he police. The ballots will l>(' count ed by a committeee of the Central La bor Union which has been erap/owered to set a date for a general strike if the votes of the different locals fa \ or such action. Frank H. McCarthy. New England organizer of the American Federation of Labor, who has been advising he policemen's union leaders, conferred with Mr; Gompers in >Cew Vork today. He returned to this city tonight. OIL FIRE IS STILL BURNING Great Conflagration Will Con tinue Two Days NTew V'irl-. Sept. \%?Th'f> huge oil fir<- ?>m Lou*-: Island is still burning with the explosion of two naphtha tanks today. Three hundred firemen ; -re right'ng the rtames. whjich started Saturday. The i>la^-* is eknected to continue two more (.lays a; i>uw "?? ach : wo million doll id the !<>?;.-? i rs. Raid', speaking ai the dinner, "in the thought et purpose of th^i American people. v > amount of tleb^tr will s-?: l hem <>n" t heir ha la nee." \\\ the world was lookmg >"? the rnive-l put world relit; ? ba-U5. h> sal <o n-or'd would net he disj otxrte.cn hundred tickets m'ttr? on aiding tha^ appointed. h:id been THE TRCK 1919. "Nearly $500,000 Distributed During Year According to Report \ - j $6,012.24 FOR SUMTER, SAYS SUPT. SWS ARINGEN j Superintendent Says Larger! Appropriations Essential to j Proper Growth Columbia. Sept. 14.?Xearly ?500,-! 000 in Slate aid has been distributed among the public schools of forty-five counties of the State for the fiscal year ending June "0. 1319, according to a careful analytical sttaement given to the press today by John E. Swear ingen. State Superintendent of Educa tion. The amount distributed totaled $''97.558.7$. among various cf the 1. >.S7 school districts of the State. Sev en hundred and fifty-seven districts re ceived ?200.000 under the Rural Grad ed School Act; 11-7 districts. $97,060.-' 54, under the High School Act; 6-76 districts. $62,393. under the Term Extension Act; 177 districts, $58,120, tinder the Equalization Fund for Needy Schools Act; 5S districts, -*lo, 7*0. under the Public School Ruild iugs .Vet. The report shows that $31,686.51 h r: . heen distributed among school dis tricts for vocational training under the j Smith-Hughes Act. Of this amount I 25." districts received $24,517.62 for iagricultural training; 14 districts. $J, 27S.2'; for trade and industrial edu cation: 1 district. $673 for home eco nomics, and 21 districts. $5,215.63 of iState aid for agricultural education. Eighty schools for adult illiterates, day and night, received $7,320.80: 53 i negro schools received $7,320.80 lor j the betterment of their condition; CO : public school libraries were given j$684, while 107 schools participate? in prizes amounting to $1.920", disbursed I-by the South Carolina School rmprove ; ment Association. The income from jthe permanent school fund credited to ;the county beard fund and distributed Jamcnr the counties totaled 310.512. 59. whi;e the distribution among the [counties from the Statt- dispen&rrv l al liance credited to the county bor rd [fund aggregated 510.994.S8. ; 'The total amount of State aid dis tributed among the oountk-.r: is as fol : lows: Abbeville.s 5.025. 'S Ai:<en. 10.1.?5.6,'4 Anderson. 27.20S 95 Bamberg. 4.075.95 j ' Bamweli. 7.iSl.?7 ! Efeaufort. 2..j;i7.v'i Berkeley. 3.497.*:6 CaJhour. 1.7 *;0.i?f> Charleston. 2.177.95 Cherokee. 5. .32.:?7 Chester. 5.3 19.:'3 Chesterfield ?? 20,;Ji>.00 ('larendon. 7.514.:t7 ?. Cherokee. 2.177."-5 Dillon. 12.057.17 Darlington .. .. 17.6"3.22 Dorchester .. .. 6.225.3S Edgelield. 5.7 73.25 -airfield. -5.22S .2? Florence. 17.195.73 Georgetown .. .. 5,702/60 Greenville. 22.795.96 Greenwood. .. .. 7.556.50 Hampton. 0.947.^1 j I lorry. 25.067.63 Jasper. 1,495.07 Kershaw. 14,014.65 Laurens. 3 6.600.63 Lee. S.943.15 Lexington. 15.069.73 McCormick .. .. 4,906.92 Marion. 10.S91.S3 Marlboro. ll.040.4C Xewberry ?? ? ? 12.171.39 Ocor.er. 16,60S.57 < >rangeburg . . . . is.402.20 Pirkens. 11.541.46 Riehfond. D.r.os.r.o Saluda.?.. 11.120.97 Spartanburg .. .. 34.42l.43 Sumter. 6.0^2.24 Hnjon. 7.558.46 Williamsburg . . 17.l29.2S York. 13,149.93 In speaking of the State's policy of granting aid to tin- schools the State Superintender. i says: ??Critics of the principle of State aid to the public schools originally fought the policy on the ground of economy. Various laws providing State aid have been enacted year by year and bit by bit. They might be simplified, harmonised a:vl unified with great advantage to the schools. Their techincalitics neeo to b" care fully studied and closely discriminat ed by Hie friends and advocates or education. The'r benefits are recog nized .'Mid admitted ev*?n by their op ponents; Their advantages must he extended and their appropriations fjiust bo quadrupled before anything like an adocuate standard of State wide education can be obtained." NATIONAL BANK STATMENT CALLED National Ranks Asked For Re port on Condition Washington. Sept. 15.?-The comp ?-elior of the treasurj today issued a ( oil for a report on the "cmdition of all national banks at ihe clos~ cf business on September 12th. 80CTHR05, Eltabttxbcrf Jims, 1 M VoLXLIX. No. 10. GALVESTON HIT BY HURRICANE Wind Blowing Sixty-Five Miles An Hour And All Streets x Under1 Water NO HARM HAS BEEN DONE TO SHIPPING Huge Waves Break Harmlessly Over Sea Wall?No Damage From Wind Galvcstcn, Texas. Sept. 14.?With a 65-mue wind, high tides and heavy seas,- the tropical storm struck Gal vrston this morning tidewater from the bay Hooding the business section of the city and the north side of the island with three feet of water. Huge waves broke harmlessly on the sea wall and th<-re was no material dam age from the wind. Shipping in this vicinity weathered the storm. The wagon bridge across the bay was not damaged and tonight was open to traffic. Two thousand feet of track on the causeway and railroad bridge connect ing Galveston with the main land was washed out. destroying rail communi cation with the outside world but of ficials of the Gulf, Colorado and'.San ta Fe railroad said this would be re paired within twenty-four hours. Water early tonight still stood to the curb in the streets for five blocks from the bay, and residents went about necessary business in boats, top boots and bathing suits, accepting the I situation good-naturedly. Galveston residents apparently re garded the approach of the storm with j equanimity and took it as a matter or i course when, it struck. At midnight i there was a light wind and no rain but -the streets were practically de- . sorted. Small crowds gathered on the boule vard which skirts the sea wall, but they soon dispersed. Later, when the water backed in from the bav, refugees began struggling through the streets, carrying bundles and babies;' some' o?.N them in night raiment. A number of refugees found shelter J in office buildings. Others were hous j ed in the court house, the public lib rary and the city schools. ! "Water was standing in Market j street, center of the business section, ' when some stores were thrown open |and emergency workers began carry i ing merchandise to top lioors. The . I work -was finished before the water j entered the buildings. Wheat and other grain stored in i elevators Awaiting export had been j moving to the mainland for two day3 I and it was said there was little left to i be damaged. More than one hundred I train leads of wheat was hauled out yesterday. When day broke the rain, which for ! a while had ceased, began to fall I again. Pieces of driftage floated on j the water in the streets. A buggy land an ice wagon appeared and here and there men waded hip deep t in '. water. Soon gasoline launches came up Twenty-second street and hungry refugees waved greetings from win , dows and called out eagerly, but the j launch chugged on. v Before noon the streets were a car : nival. Motor boats, sail boats, skiffs, wagons and buggies passed back and ' forth and a number of negroes astride large timbers, poled their un ! wiedly craft along. Boys pretended at fishing, ducked each other, peddled their papers or turned somersaults in j <he streets. ! Men and women in bathing suits, some with raincoats flying in the wind straight back from their shoulders, promenaded arm in* arm. Women fas tidiously dressed swished about in i water to their waists. The rain fell in torrents. CAMPAIGN FOR REINSTATEMENT Boston Policemen Call on Feder ation of Labor For Help Boston. Sept. 15.?A campaign to regain for the striking policemen the places they lost by order of the city authorities was begun today with the assistance of Samuel Gompers and other heads of the American Federa tion of Labor. The city is quiet and a part of the military forces wer* withdrawn from patrol duty. Police <'ommissioner Curtis, who refused to reemploy the strikers agreed to a con ference today with the union chiefs. CONCESSION MADE TO KOREANS Japan Will Treat Korean Offi cials Same as Japanese Tokio. Sept. 15.?Gov. General Saito ot Korea has announced that he would place Korean officials on the same footing with Japanese otlicials as a mi ans of settling the unrest, of v. hieb the recent bomb throwing epi sode was an outcome. MONUMENT TO ABE LINCOLN Manchester. England, Sept. 15.? The statue of Abraham Lincoln erec-t ed here was unveiled today.