The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 15, 1919, Image 3
?ETTING TOGETHER!
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Coal Miners and Operators
Agree to Meet in Con
ference*' 1 <: 1 1
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Indianapolis, Nov. 11.?The way i
for the final adjustment of the eon- |
troversy between the bituminous coal |
operators and the United Mine Work-;
ers' of America, which resulted in a!
strike of 425,000 union miners and ?
action by the government in the fed-,
eral court,.appeared in sight tonight.!
While representatives of the min-:
ers who early in the nay had agreed i
?to comply with the maadate of Unit-!
? fd States District Judge A. B. Ander
son and late today mailed an order
reminding the strike, were discussing I
the future policy of the organization, j
telegrams were recived from W. B. j
Wilson, secretary of the United j
States department of labor, and |
: Thomas T. Brewster, chairman of the {
operators scale committee, by John j
L. Lewis, acting president of the mm- j
ers. inviting the miners* representa- j
lives into^a conference. .
Mr. Lewis, on behalf of the mine j
workers, accepted the invitation of j
??Secretary Wilson to meet'the Wtu-1
milieus operators of the country in [
Washington next Friday morning at
11 o'clock and replied to Mr. Brew- i
ster,. who requested a meeting of the j
central committee with the operators j
of the district in Washington Mon- j
^l&y, November 17, **to .negotiate a!
.contract to be enforced upon the ter- I
mination of the contract now in ef- |
feet," that the miners already had j
accepted the invitation of Mr. Wilson. I
Copies of the Miners' telegrams to!
Mr.. Wilson and Mr. Brewster were j
not available early tonight, hut their i
contents, were made public.
In commenting on the telegram j
from Mr. Brewster, Ellis Searles, ed-|
itor of The United Mine Workers' J
Journal, and other officials of the or- I
ganization who were% under the im-j
pression that Mr. Brewster's inessage'
was .sent after he had received Sec- ]
retary Wilson's invitation, declared j
they saw in the operators' offer a de- j
liberate attempt-to. entrap the miners i
into a tacit acknowledgement that the I
"Washington wage agreement was stiH
in force. The miners have contended
throughout the controversy that the .
?wage contract has expired. /. .
~it was a neat little political meve
on the part of the operators" said -Mr.
Searles. "They behoved we would ac- \
cept their proposal and in so doing,
admit that the Washington wage
agreement was still operative. The
miners, however, accepted the offer
of Secretary Wilson to meet him in
Washington next Friday and merely j
wired Mr. Brewster to that effect. J
Also Mr. Wilson's message was timed
one hour earlier in filing than Mr. j1
Brewster's. We have maintained all]
along that the Washington contract
died with the war activities and that
at present the mine workers have* no!
contract with the operators of the j
central competitive field."
It was said at the international j
headquarters of the organization herej
that'.-practicalry an -of .'.-the copies of j;
. the order which called off the nation j <
wide hittraimous coal strike were in j >
the mails before the time limit set j
by Judge Anderson, 6 o'clock this j j
evening. The recall order previous
had been submitted to the court, who i |
characterized it as a "good faith ef-1
fort" to comply with the court's man- i
date. This was after the general com- j
mittee of the miners, composed of the j
international officials, district presi- M
dents and members of the executive
hoard and scale committee had been
in session approximately 18 hours
and at 4:10 o'clock this morning de- | (
eided to comply with the mandate of j.
the court.
" A Lady in Chicago Telegraphs for Rat-;.
..Snap. j . -.v J:
Read Mrs. Phillips* wire: "You-j(
ell's Exterminator Co., Westfield, N. L
J. Rush $3 worth of RAT-SNAP.' i'
Later ree'd following letter. "RAT
SNAP arrived. It rid the house- of
rats in no time. Just moved here
j! from Pa., where I used RAT-SNAP j
if: with great results." Three sizes, 25c. j
': 50c, $1.00. Sold and guaranteed by J
Sibert's Drug Store, DuRant Hard-j
ware Company, and ^'Donnell & Co. j
?Advt. ? ... j
HOLD EXPOSITION \
AT ??SSELS;
No German Exhibitors Will Bej
Admitfed
Brussels, Oct.> 14.?This city will j
have an exposition April 4 to 21, next
year. It is announced that German j
exhibitors will not be admitted. The j
exhibitors will be limited to Allied
countries and neutrals.
James Watson Says. TU Never For
get When Father's Heg? Got
Cholera
One morning he found 20 hogs dead
and several sick. He called in the
Vet. who after dissecting a rat caught
on the premises, decided that the ro- i
dents had conveyed germs. Since |
then 1 am never without RAT-SNAP, j
It's the surest, quickest rat destroyer ;
I know." Three sizes. 25c, 50c, $1.00. j
Sold and guaranteed by Sibert!s Drug j
Store, DuRant Hardware Company,
and O'Donnell & Company.?Advt.
MINERS STILL IDLE
I >r* ;i ? * ' i ? i
Chicago. Nov. 13?Bituminous eoal j
miners throughout the country are j
generally showing a disposition to j
await formal notification by their im- j
mediate union officials of the strike ,
recall, before returning to work. Re
ports received here indicate that work ;
is being resumed in many fields, how
ever.
A Rat Tliat Didn't Smell After Being
Dead For 3 Months.
"I swear it was dead at least three
months." said James Sykes. Butcher.:
Westfield. N. J. "We saw this rat ev
eryday. Put a cake of RAT-SNAP
behind a barrel. Months later my i
wife asked about the rat. Remem- j
bered the barrel, looked behind it.
There was the rat?dead, not the
slightest odor." Three sizes; 25c. 50o.
$1.00. Sold and guaranteed by Sibert'si
Drug Store, DuRant Hardware Com-j
pany and O'Donnell & Co.?Advt.
SENATOR SMITH
FILES PROTEST
Republicans Plan to Destroy
Charleston Navy Yard in
Committee
v
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Washington. Nov. 11.?When the
senate nayal committee met this
morning- to consider the Calder and
Kenyon bills which would repeal the
acts of 1918 permitting the dredging
of a 40 foot channel and the construc
tion of a large dry dock at the Char- !
leston navy yard. Senator E. D. Smith
was present in the interest of Charles- j
ton. He told the committee as for- j
cihly as possible that this was a mat- j
ter for the commerce committee to j
handle and not one for the commit
tee on naval affairs, that the dredg
ing of the channel was purely within
the jurisdiction of the commerce!
committee and that inasmuch, as the ?
building of the dry dock was contih- i
gent upon the digging of the channel
that there was no possible way by j
which the naval affairs comittee would
take cognizance of the matter.
It was in this shape that the matter
was left when the committee ad- !
journed its hearing for the day.
Senator Smith will continue to j
work along this line and of course
tike whatever other steps may be
come necessary should the proposi
tion take a different course.
He said he feared either Senator
Calder or perhaps some one else
might offer a resolution directing the
navy department to take .no further
3teps toward either the digging of j
the channel or the building of the j
3ock until these bills could be passed j
upon, and that as the present session j
r>f. congress was a? out to close., this
night delay the work for some time, i
NO DEALING WITH
THE BOLSHEVIKS;
Lloyd George Denies That He;
Sought to <Open Nego
tiations
I
London. Nov. 13.-?Premier Lloyd !
George, declared h\ the-House of Com-j
mens' today that no person, at any
time, on his behalf or with his knowl-1
?dge had interviewed Bolsheviki rep- j
resentatives to learn whether.negotia- j
tions for peace might be opened.
SUMTER YOUTH
itrW |g: SELECTED!
Samuel Sanders Selected Byj
Mann for Naval Academy
Washington. Nov. 12.?Representa-|
:ive Mann today sent in the namina- j
ion of Samuel Sanders, Jr., of Sumter, j
for appointment as midshipman in j
;he United States Navy. Mr. Sanders is J
a present a cadet at the Citadel and I
dioyld have no trouble in being able
:o pass the -entrance examination in j
February and in June enter the United
?tates naval academy.
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TO HOLD CONFER
ENCE AT TILSIT j
Commanders of Factions in Bal-i
tic States Invited
London. Nov. 13.?The Interallied :
Commission to the Baltic States at its]
.'irst sitting at Koenigsberg it is learn- !
:d'here, invited Colonel Availoff Ber
nondts, Chief 0f Staff, and the Com
tianders of ;..dependent detachments j
o attend the discussion at Tilsit. The j
jommission has promised the officers j
>afe conducts.
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OUTBREAK IN
^CALIFORNIA!
_ i
Citizens Raid Headquarters of |
Av 'Communist Party _ j
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Oakland. Cal.. Nov. 12.?A crowd of
citizens entered the headquarters of j
the Communist labor party here early j
today and wrecked the interior of the |
place, obtaining a large quantity ofj
radical literature. The red llgs and i
the furniture were burned in the!
streets by the mob.
BAN PUT ON MUNI
TION SHIPMENTS
United States Trying to Cut Off
Shipments to Mexico
Washington. Nov. 13.?Efforts are
being made by the American govern
ment to prevent the shipment of large
supplies of arms and ammunition pur
chased in Europe by the Mexican gov- j
ernment.
PRINCE VISITS
THE PRESIDENT !
The Next King of England Pays |
Respect to President
Wilson
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Washington. I). C. Nov. i::.?The j
Prince <>f Wales was today t?> visit j
President Wilson and g?> to Mount
Vernon. He de: orated eighty Ameri
can officers and enlisted men this \
morning.
PEACE WITH
THE BOLSHEVIKI
Esthonians Open Negotiations
~ 5 4 With TRussian Reds
Hels ngfois. Nov. 13. ? Peace nego
tiations between the Esthonians and
Bolsheviki began Sunday. The Lith
uanians will not participate.
RED CRIMINALS
ARE ARRESTED
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Outraged Citizens Determined
" to IftaTte Clean Up of
I. W. W.'s
Centraiia, Wash.. Nov. 12.?rides of
west (M o Washington joined Centraiia
today in arresting members of the In
dustrial Workers of the World and
raiding their headquarters following
the firing on an Armistice Day parade
here yesterday. Four former American
soldiers are dead and a fifth is re
ported dying as a result of the shoot
ing and one alleged 1. \V. W. has been
lynched.
Twenty-two men and one woman,
reported to have radical beliefs, were
placed in jail here and later four of
the prisoners, including the woman
\.ere removed to the Lewis county jail
at Chehaiis by National Guardsmen,
v ho patrolled Centraiia today. Raids
were conducted in Seattle. Tacoma
and Aberdeen on the Industrial Work
er" headquarters.
In Seat Je 11 men and tons of "liter
ature," according to the police, were
taken to police headquarters. The
Tacoma police arrested 34 alleged
members of the Industrial Workers
and seized a quantity of radical lit
erature. At Aberdeen large quanti
ties of literature and the records of
the Aberdeen local of the organiza
tion were taken.
Prosecuting Attorney Herman Allen
announced D. Lamb, 16 years old, who
was arrested he^e as an I. W. Wr., con
fessed to belonging to the organiza
tion. The.boy, .Aden declared, said he
had heard his father. James Lamb,
who. also was arrested, talking of a
plot to start trouble here yesterday.
The father, according to Allen, con
fessed last night radicals had four
former service men marked for death
because, of theiv activities in a fight
waged by Centraiia citizens to rio! the
city of the L W. W.
"The 1. W. W. expected trouble here
yesterday and they were prepared for!
it." Allen said. "When the.parade wasj
almost over without trouble appearing
they decided to start it themselves."
Dr. David Livingston, who served-in
the war as a captain, was one of the
four marked by the T. W. W. for death
according to Lamb's alleged confes
sion. Livingston is the coroner here.
He announced the inquest will be held
tomorrow over the bodies of the four
former service men.
The body of ct'Briek" Smith, report
ed to have been an I. W- W. secretary.,
was found in th^ Chehaiis river. The
rope by whieh he was lynched last
nisht was cut early -today and the
body fell into the river.
Centraiia was "quiet" today and
Judge George Dy.sart said citizens had
promised to let the law take its
course.
"Las- night I talked to*.them and
promised that every I. W. W. arrested
here would be gr en a quick and just
trial." said Judge Dysart. "The former
service men promised to aid officials
jail the men."
H^nry. S. White. United States im
migration commissioner, was reported
en route to Centraiia to investigate
the records of all alien T. W. W. and
endeavor to deport them if they are
held in connection with the shooting.
"Prick" Smith who was lynched was
reported by officials to have a police
record in Washington. During the war.
it was said. Smith caused trouble in
Western lumber camps and a lumber
company wrote to a patriotic organiz
ation that Smith was a menace and
asked that he be arrested.
Smith was arrested at Cedar Falls.
July. 1917. when hp and other alleged
1. W. W. defied a freight train crew
at a time farmer-: complained of sabot
age being practiced in the grain fields j
and fruit orchards.
Mayor C B. Fitzgerald of Seattle,
late today issued a statement warning
all radicals to "Rave" Seattle off their
future itineraries. The statement was
made after two raids had been made
by the Seattle Police. . ]
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Spokane. Wash.. Nov. 12.?Resolu- j
tions opposing clemency to any one j
convicted of the murder of the four
ex-service men at Centraiia and call-1
ing upon state and national authori-j
ties for a1 national campaign of sup-'
pression against radical organizations i
were passed at a meeting of the ex- j
ecutive committee of the local Ameri-J
can Legion post here today.
Commissioner J. M. Tilsey of the!
municipal denartment of public safety
in a statement today blamed the fed-j
eral authorities for failure to deport
agitators in this section and declared j
the police wouid round them up and
furnish evidence for such procedure!
whenever the government was ready
to act.
Washington, Nov. 12.?General Per
illing tonight issued a statement in
whieh he said:
"It Is a serious outrage that vet
erans of the wcrld war. parading in
uniform in celebration of our national
victory, should be shot down in cold
blood as was dOhe in Washington yes
terday.
??'Too drastic measures cannot be
taken \o rid our country of the class
of criminals who inspire or commit
such c:imes."
Seattle, Wash. Nov. 12.?"War to
the death*' is now on against the In
dustrial Worke r.? of I he World. Rob
ot C. Saunders. United States district
attorney declared here today. No fur
ther evidence than the Centralis mur
ders is needed, he asserted, to pros
ecute all L W. W. to the extent of
the law.
Seattle police today raided I. W. W.
headquarters here, arrested three mei
and seized what they described as a
"ton of literature/'
Mr. P. LaDnke. Fanner. Says. "Yoi
Bet Rats Can Bite Through Metal."
"I had feed bins lined with Zins
last year, rats got through pretty
soon. Was out $1S. AH pkg. or
RAT-SNAP killed so many rats, tha:
I've never been without it since. Our
collie dog never touched RAT-SNAP."
You try it. Three sizes. 2r>c. 50c. $1.
Sold and guaranteed by Sibert's Drug
Store. DuRant Hardware Company,
and O'Donnell & Co.?Advt*
BRINGS PL?NE
TO SUMTER
Willcox DesChamps to Give Ex
hibition Flights in Curtiss
Air Ship , :
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j Wilcox DesChamps, formerly an in
jstructor in flying both in the United
I Stales and France. left yesterday for
; Montgomery, Ala., to purchase and
[bring: back to'Sumter u J-N Curtiss.
[C-4 aeroplane, which he will'use h?re
land elsewhere for exhibition flights.
? Mr. DesChamps, will fly back to Sum
mer in the plane from Montgomery
[and is expected to arrive this after
jnoon or tomorrow.
Mr. DesChamps was a skilled avia
: tor in th" Air Service of the United
[States Army before securing his re
? lease from the service. He took the
j ground course and secured his com
jmission as" a flyer at Arcadia, Fla.
iFrom there he was sent to Fort
Worth, Texas, the biggest flying field j
in America, to teach flying to officers |
and cadets. After being there for!
I several months he was sent to France,
where he was instructor at the big
j flying school at Issoudoun. He has
[ had experience at seven different fly
|ing fields in America and France and
/expects lo give, the people of Sumter
'some thrills when he gets his plane
j here.
WRECKED IN THE .
ENGLISH CHANNEL
t '
Twelve Lives Lost When French j
Bark Went Down |
Dovor, Eng.. Nov. 13.?Twelve lives"
were lost when the French bark Rol
j bort was run down in tne English
I Channel off Portland by the British
'steamer Dunerie. Two survivors were
I landed here. - .. j
COAL MINERS RE
TURN TO WORK
Reports as to Number Obeying
Order Slow
,_
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 12.?Re-!
ports on the number of miners re- {
turning to work are slow in reaching
the headquarters of the United Mine
Workers here today, chiefly because
the order rescinding the strike call
has not yet been received in many dis- j
tricts.
MINE OWNERS
ACCEPT TERMS
Are Ready to Negotiate N?w
' : Wage Scale
Washington. D. C, Nov. 12.?Chair
man Brewster o? the local coal oper
ators scale committee, announce^ that
the mine owners had accepted Sec
retary Wilson's invitation to meet rep
resentatives of the miners here Fri
day to negotiate new wage agree
ments.
PRESIDENT LEAVES
SICK BED .FIRST TIME
Washington, Nov. 11.?Two events
of national importance not on the ar
ranged program?the arrival of the
Prince of Wales as the guest of the
nation and President Wilson's leaving
his bed for the first time since ill
ness forced him to abandon his speak
ing tour last month?marked the cele
bration of Armistice Day in Washing
ton. A general feeling of relief in
[ official circles ov?-r the decision1 of the
soft coal miners to rescind the strike
order was another high point during
the day set apart to commemorate
the ending of hostilities in the war.
Balance Wheel Activities.
The. balance wheel of an average
I watch m?kes ZOO vibrations every
j minute, 18:000 each hour, 432,000 in a
I day or 157,788,000 a year.
Have Some Pickled Kelp.
An addition to the delicatessen line
I is pick Jed keip. put up in glass bottles,
I It is hot only edible, but really deli
f clous._
Cocoa a "Divine Plant."
Cocoa, from the leaves of which co
caine is produced, was known among
the Incas as the "divine plant" long
before the western world was thought
of in the East.
The Correct Word.
"Old Brown won't live long; he hat
one foot in the grate already."
"You mean one foot in the grave."
"No?he's going to 1-e cremated."
Have Some Pickled Kelp.
An addition to the delicatessen line
! is pickled keip. put up in glass bottles,
j It is not only edible, but really deli
i clous.
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In a Book Store.
Cutomer?Have you a book of syno
I nynis? .
Green Clerk?Til see. madame. (To
department head:) Do we carry Mr.
Synonym's works?
Getting It Straight
"Does Cholly live on the avenue?"
"No. Cholly lives on his father, who
lives on the avenue."
Remarkable Tattooing.
Perhaps the most extraordinary tat- I
toning idea ever carried out was that i
of a French coachman, who, at the
time of the celebrated Dreyfus trial,
had his body covered with no fewer
than 120 illustrations of the case, in
cluding portraits of the leading person
ages. TU? work occupied nearly two
j;sara,_
W??/prohibi
tion held up
Rhode Island Judge Grants Tem
porary Injunction Against
United States Officers
Providence. R. 1.. Nov. 12.?Judge
Arthur L. Brown, in the federal dis
trict court today issued a temporary
! injunction .against Harvey -A. Baker.
United states Atterney. and George F.
Shaun.nessy, colic-Mr of internal reve
nue, restraining them from enforcing''
the provisions of the war time prohi
I bition act. . The injunction was issued
upon the petition of the Narragansett
Brewing Company.
The sale of 4 per cent, beer was im
mediately resumed by Providence li
quor dealers.
I The court in handing down its de
cision, said:
'?in view of the possibility that the
act. in question will ultimately be held
unconstitutional and of the irrepara
i ble damage that would result from its
immediate enforcement, and as, in
view of the evidence offered by the
presidential proclamations and other
circumstances its immediate enforce
ment is not imperative. I am con
vinced that the plaintiff's right to a
preliminary injunction is clear/
The decree will be entered tomor
row when it will become effective.
l w. w.'s indicted
for murder
j Twenty*six Members of Organi
f zation %tt> Be 'Prosecuted
?
Centraiia, Nov. 13.?The man lynch
ed Tuesday night, after four members
of the American Legion had been
shot and killed during the Armistice
Day Celebration, was identified today
; as Ernests Everetts, said to be an in
dustrial worker of the world organizer.
Criminal information against twenty
' six alleged members of the industrial
Workers has been prepared" for filing
with the county clerk today by the
County Attorney. All the information
it is understood would allege either
participation in or criminal knowledge
of the killing of the four members of
the American Legion.
social work
%H iM conference
Annual Meeting of State Social
Workers
<?
A number of the most desirable as
well as splendidly educated and cul
tured ladies and gentlemen, visitors
ito.Sumter, recognized leaders through
out South Carolina in educational,
I church, Sunday school, T. M. C. A.,
|War and welfare work. Red Cross,
jand other social and important prob
lems will be in Sumter next week at
jtending the South Carolina Conference
of Social Work, and Sumter's reputa
tion for hospitality as well as Sum
ter*s reputation as a good place to
[hold conventions are at stake.
I Unless; the people of Sumter, and
(the people who are in position to en
tertain will open, their homes to these
Visitors, to a certain extent during the
, crowded conditions* of hotels . next
week. Sumter is going to suffer in its
reputation for hospitality.
If Sumter doesn't wish to be a con
vention city why then the Chamber
of Commerce will immediately quit
putting forth any further efforts to
secure conventions and meetings of all
kinds for Sumter.
The richer and more fortunate cit
izens with large" homes and spare
rooms are the biggest property own
ers and derive more financial benefit
from the advertising Sumter receives
and from the money spen# by con
vention visitors than any other class
of citizens perhaps, in the long run.
If Sumter wishes to be a convention
city then Sumter's well-to-do citizens
must make up their minds to help
out occasionally when conventions of
men and women who pay their way
and pay for what they get meet in
Sumter, because there are occasion
ally times, and next week , is one of
these times when hotel accommoda
tions will be taxed perhaps beyond the
ability of the hotels to accommodate
visitors for sleeping- quarters. The
eating accommodations can be hand
led at restaurants and in hotel dining
rooms, and in other ways. Visitors
naturally expected during their visits
to cities with county fairs and con
ventions that they will have to eat
where they can get things to eat. and
be glad to get it. But visitors of all
kinds expect to sleep somewhere in
any event.
? The Chamber of Commerce has al
ready been forced to write Or tele
graph at least twenty ladies and gen
tlemen that we are sorry we can not
reserve rooms for them at our hotels
or guarantee you any sleeping quar
ters, in other words tho Chamber of
Comerce could not guarantee a
single member of the South Carolina
Confereice of Sooal Work that he
or she wiil have a room, but all in
quiries had to be answered that "we
will do the very best we possibly can
for you." That means of course, that
many who wanted to come will re
main away, naturally, and no one can
blame them, especially ladies who can
not, like men, put up with any kind of
.-:ecommodations. Our local hotels
\v uld not reserve a single room in
advance for any one because the man
agement doesn't kow how many
guests these hotels will have next
week.
If Sumter is to be a convention,
county fair, or other "big week" city.
Sumter must build another hotel to
accommodate the crowds, build more
large houses to run first class board
ing houses in. or abandon convention
city ideas altogether, or in some way
fix to guarantee visitors that Sumter
can furnish sleeping quarters without
[visitors having to walk all over town,
like hundreds have to do now, beg
ging somebody to take them in off the
streets until the very next train going
to the visitors' homes leaves Sumter.
Be a regular American?join the
[Red Cross.
'SENATE CONSIDERS
RABLROAD PLANS
Question of Government Owner
ship Comes to the Front
Washington, Nov. 11.?Expressions
ofx opposition in the House today to
j government ownership of railroads
jdrc-.v applause from both Democratic
?and Republican members, when de
bate of the House railroad regulation
.bill began.
: "'After hearing opponents of the
Plumb plan for government owner
ship wh h employee opoation the com
mittee was convinced that govern
ment ownership was not and never
j can be the solution ot* the railroad
i problem," declared Representative'
j Esch. Wisconsin, chairman of the ? in
terstate commerce committee, which
j framed the measure and the applause
i he received was repeated when, others
; uttered similar statements. ' .
"The only suggestion of the trans
S porta-tion problem-as a 15*20 campaign
issue was raised by Representative
Sims. Tennessee, ranking Democrat
committeeman. While supporting the
committee plan, centering on the ex
tension of the authority of the inter
state commerce commission, Mr. Sims
reserved the right to offer a substi
tute proposing continuance of govern
ment control until the end of 1-921.
j "l>y that time the campaign will
? have passed, the congress will have
' been elected, labor will have .gone
through its reorganization,.-and so wfll
Wall street." he said.
Consideration of the bill was begun
under a program calling for sessions
continuing until late into the night.
'House leaders hope that the measure
j can be parsed by Saturday, .permit
ting early adjournment of the special
session so far as the house is . con
cerned.
The debate devolved opposition to
many features of the committee meag
ure. Ptr-presentative Sanders, Demo
crat, Louisiana, declared against it
as "funcanvnta'.ly wrong" and likely
to result in the nnal burial of "steam
boats."
Discussion was connned largely to
explanation of provisions cremating
boards for the voluntary adjustment
of labor disputes, with provisions for
collecting damages from carrier to
union violating * wage contract.
Chairman Esch described the biH as
j a superstructure built on a plan that
i had proved well laid, referring to the
interstate commerce Commission and
pa^t commerce acts." Other commit
teemen also spoke, prolonging the de
bate well into the evening.
Small Farms for Sale. /
,The Chandler place within tw^o miles
of Sumter will be cut up into small
farms and sold within the next few
days. Two nice dwellings on farm,
D. C. Shaw.
MANY UNEMPL?Y
ED IN GERMANY
The Greater Number Are in the
Cities
Berlin, Oct. 16. ? Approximately
650,000 persons throughout Germany
are now drawing the .unemployed
benefit insurance, says an official labor
bulletin, ^ince June, it is stated, the
number of work less had gradually de
creased, the largest proportion of them
being in the big cities. In Berlin they
average 42 to every 1,000 of the popu
lation.
THE WETS CARRY
ONLY ONE STATE
Close Victory Scored in the
Ohio Election
Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 12.?The fed
eral prohibition was defeated by Ohio
voters by a we; majority of 543, ac
cording \to final official figures an
nounced late today by the secretary
of state. The 2 75 beer proposal was
defeated by a dry majority, of 29,667;
the proposal to' repeal state prohibi
tion defeated by a dry majority of
41,849 and Crabbe state prohibition
enforcement act defeated by a wet
majority of 26,S3S. The classification
tax amendment was defeated by 77,
?41 majority.
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