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rSK &UMTEK WATCH2E&X, Eetab Consolidated Aur. 2,1 TOBE REDEEMED Constantinople Will Be Taken From Turks and Placed Under International Control ?. - i TURKISH GOVERNMENT TO BE REMOVED TO ASIA, Details of Plan For Government; oi the City Not Yet Made' Paris, Dec, 31.?The international ization of Constantinople .and the Straits of th* Dardenelles has been decided upon' along: the lines laid down by Lloyd George in a recent speech, according to the Matin. It 'seems certain, the newspaper says, that the seat of the Turkish govern ment will be transferred. to Asia Mi nor and will be located either at Brus sa ?r .Kanieh. The details of the f?nn of international control which * wiH be established over Constantino ple have not yet become known. THE STATE GETS PACKARD TRUCKS Twettty-two Machines turned Orer to State Highway Department ? .Columbia, Jan. 1.?Twenty-two PacKard trucks will be received today "fey the State highway department; from the war department according to advices received by the highway de The ' trucks will he sent out to the various counties to be used in high- ] yffcy construction. The department j has received from the war depart-} ment a large quantity of road build- | ing equipment during the past year,! i&# i&d & is boing put to good uSe over"" the State. T?ACHOMA IN ; NEWBERRY CO. ^ttmtmt Expert Agrees With Goodwin Ne^bciry, Dec. 31.?Surgeon John McMullen, medical officer in charge bf trichoma. stations in Kentucky and jfennessee with headquarters in Louis- j viUet. eaihe to Newberry today to ex amine ichildr^ suffering with ? form of ey^,-trouble that Dr. John L. Good tWi?t the federal health service de ^ared' recently was trachoma., There has f been a good deal, in the news papers on the subject and much dif ference of opinion among the doctors aje' to the correctness of Dr. Goodwin's diagnosis. } A "Week ago by Dr. J. W. Jervey of (^reenville and Dr. C. L. Kibler, of Co lumbia, came here, as experts, on in vitation and request of the local and State boards of health and they ex amined about 60 of the cases pro nounced trachoma by Dr. Goodwin, j Ih\ Jervey declared there was nof a 1 case, of trachoma in the enire list; j Htj; Kibler $ai? ten cases were not j trachoma and the others were. Dr. McMtillen was then sent here by Surgeon General Blue at the request of Congressman Dominick and Dr. j. A. Hayne, M.D., State health offi- j cer. '' He examined 80 odd cases to day in the city and diagnosed more than 50 of them as trachoma: the oth ers a* conjunctivitis. The city board of*health decided at once to establish a clinic here and Dr. McMullen was accompanied to Newberry by Dr. Hayne. They returned to Columbia this ^evening by automobile. Dr. Mc Mullen will come back to Newberry tomorrow night and open the clinic Friday morning at 9 o'clock. WOMAN ARREST ER FOR MURDER Mount Clemens, Jan. 1.?Summons was :issued today for the return of Gladys Summit, whose implication by her room mate, Mrs. Cecil Vester, caused a warrant to be issued for the latter, charging her complicity in the murder of J. Stanley Brown. ADD Mount Clemens HRF Lloyd Prevost. a cousin of the slain man's widow was "taken in custody this morning. No charge has been made against him. but officers say he will be questioned as the result of further information. THE HALL CASE COMING TO END Manassas, Va.r Jail. 1.'?All- testimo ny was completed and the arguments began today in the trial of State;pro hibition Inspector Hall, who is charg ed with the murder of Lawrence.Hud sort, 'and it was said it is possible for the case to go to the jury before night. . Columbia, Jan. 1.?Governor Coop er yesterday appointed G. B. McCoy of Lucknow on the commission rela tive to the proposition to annex a portion of Kershaw county to Lee cdiiity. i Mr. McCoy is to fill the plies made vacant by W. H. McCas kiil, who declined. ifcfced April, 1810. "B* AM I 881. S ITALY'S CLAIM ON DALMATIA Premier Nitti Explains Italian Case In Address to the Senate HE STANDS FOR NO COMPROMISE IN CASE Is Confident that France and i. England Will Recognize It aly's Claim Rome, Monday, Dec. 29,?The sen ate today heard addresses by both Premier Nitti and. Foreign Minister Scialoia, who gave assurances that nothing had been compromised con cerning the Adriatic settlement. Both statesmen left Paris hopeful for a peaceful solution of the subject of Flume, as both* Great Britain and Prance had agreed to some changes in1 rUly*s favor in modification of the! last proposals of President Wilson, put forward after the rejection of the i propositions made by former Foreign Minister Tittoni. - j Neither of the speakers stated spe cificaUy what President Wilson's pro posals were or gave an idea of what the possible modifications might be. Signor Scialoia said the treaty of St Germain did not become effective, unless ratified by at least three of the I allies. So far only Italy and Austria have ratified it. But, he added, even if the Versailles treaty (with"' Ger many), had been ratified by three of the allies it was not yet effective be cause the ratifications had not been formally deposited. However, in both cases several clauses of the treaties already were being executed, the allies trusting in the good faith of the contracting par ties, i.,,;. . ?'. The memorandum handed to him inj London;? by Premier Clemenceau of i France, Mr: Ljoyd George, prime min ister- of'<t J-at Britain, and Mr. Davis the American ambassador, Signor Scialoia continued, did not have the valuer attributed to it by the news papers.. It contained explanations of Secretary- Lansing's, statement re garding former -Foreign Minister T^t^ ioaVs s proposals tbgetfier .with a text of the proposal. The memorandum went -into both. sides of the Question and's! W i a certain, leaning towards the American proposal he added. "This would be grave," Signor Scia loia continued, "if verbally they had not declared to me that the memoran dum did not contain any character of pressure to be exercised over Italy but j must be considered simply as a means j of reopening the discussion and not as j an attempt to close it . Earl Curzon! of Keddlestons (British foreign secre-J tary) already had notified me of the: contents of the memorandum. I *old him 'that 1 would not accept it. Earl Curzon replied that it was not a question of accepting it, or not, be cause.it was aimed exclusively to give us the [possibility again to discuss the question. M. Clemenceau and Lloyd George told me that if France, England and Italy agreed, even going beyond the terms of President Wilson, they be lieved they eould present the agree ment to President Wilson and induce him to accept it in the interest of Eu ropean peace. The reproach made against Italy. Signor Scialoia continued, was that she asked for Dalmatia and also Fi ume, although Fiume had been award ed to Croatia under the terms of the pact of London, which would make the pact contradictory. "In reality," he said, ' there was no contradiction, as Italy has a treaty with France and Great Britain which unfortunately is not recognized by the United States, granting her Dalmatia, Italy asked for the fulfillment of that treaty but did not ask for Fiume. It was Fiume which asked to be annexed to Italy." Applause greeted these words. "According to the principles of na tionality and self determination Signor Schialoia proceeded, "we could not help supporting the claims of Fiume which had the right to decide its own fate. We may . renounce a part of what was promised us but this must ; be done spontaneously. So far no renunciation has been made. There ! have been several compromises sug gested but no renunciation. "Concerning a direct agreement I with - Jugo-Slavs, we are ready to try i it, but on condition that the Jugo slavs government . bo free and not guaranteed the minimum of its claims I by some power; I can not tell what our position in-going to Paris is. That I would make negotiations impossible i but I -can proclaim that our aims are !to guarantee, the Italianity of Fiume. 'protect Italian Dalmatia and insure ! the safety of the Adriatic." j The object of Italy, said the foreign .minister, was twofold?the protection 'of the Italian nationality of Fiume and. Dalrpatia and military defense of the Adr atic. He said that Secretary Lansing proposed neutralization of the Dalmatian island and of the surr rounding sea a? far as Ragiuso. but declared that this would leave a part of the Italian coast exposed to the same attack as in the late war. "This is intolerable." exclaimed Signor Scialoia. "We do not want any protection which allows us to attack atr-opposite coast, of which at tack there is no thought; but we wish aid Veor Bot?Let sfi Hie ends Tfcoo At UMTBR, S. 0., SATUR1 COURT LEAK PROBE FINISHED ? '.i Evidence Gathered Relative to] I Alleged Leak in Decisions' i Ready for Jury i IT IS SAID TO BE OF CONCLUSIVE NATURE^ I , ] j Officials Decline to Discuss Na-i ? ? ? i ture of the Evidence Which; They Obtained j j . Washington, Dec. 30.?The evidence gathered by the department of jus tive relative to the alleged leak in the decision of the United States su preme court will be submitted to the federal grand jury here in January,' it ?'as announced today at the depart-! ment of justice. The government's I case is practically completed officials ^ said. The nature of the evidence ob- I tained was not disclosed, except that) officials predicted it would be "con- ] elusive," WILSON IS NOT A CANDIDATE President Has Not Accepted En dorsement of Sooth Dakota Democrats ; Pierre, S. D? Jan! 1.?No accept ance of the Democratic State con vention endorsement :of Woodrow "Wilson, to succeed himself as' presir dent had been filed up to midnight last night, the expiration of the* time limit for ?filling, according to the secretary of State. As a result his name. will, not appear on the March' primary ballot with.; the party en dorsement. . ANARCHISTS SET FIRE TO WHEAT ^Argentina Having Trouble With j Agitators* - ::; .... . v* v.. .-"?*?? ?' Buenos Aires, Jan. 1.?A fire thirty miles in width in' the neighborhood of San Germain is being extinguished af ter six hundred acres of wheat were! destroyed. It is believed to have been set by agitators. MANY ARRESTS IN CONNECTICUT Thirty-five Men in Jafl For Sell ing Alcohol New Haven, Jan. 1.?Thirty-five men are under arrest in Connecticut today as the result of the investiga tion into the wave of fatalities caus ed by poisoned whiskey. to be sure that, we can not be at-, tacked." The foreign minister again was ap-j plauded when he asserted that in Asia j Minor and the Eastern Mediterranean Italy asked for influence proportion ate to her economic and commercial interests. He denied that the relations of J Italy with the allies were not cordial.; The excitement of the past few days due to the opinions expressed by M. i Clemenceau. produced justified appre-; hension in- Italy, he said, but he urged that Italians must not exaggerate these opinions. ! "However, much I regret what M. Clemenceau said," Signor Nitti de clared, "'there were in his words some historical inexactitude. Italy did not pledge herself to give Fiume to Cro- j atia, which was not a contracting j party, it is true that Fiume was not I j included in the past of London, but it I is also true that if the pact of London j were executed .Dalmatia would imme-! ; diately be given to Italy. The pact of j j London also said that we would never ; fight alone against Austria. Despite; ! that fact we did fight alone against j Austria, Naturally, now there are ac | founts to make which are rather an- j j noying. We must recall to the allies I our friendly attitude when we were ! not asking for any territory but risk ! ing our entire nation's existence. I Signor Nitti urged the senate always j to 'use friendly language towards! i Italy's, allies and to make known ! throughout the country the advisabil- j : ity of speaking about the allies in j tones of sympathy and cordiality, be- j I cause there still was a long road on j ! which to walk together. He also urged I j them . to- demonstrate the loyalty of j I Italy's conduct ? j i He' expressed the hope that Serbia! { would remember the assistance she| i had received from Italy and that Jugo j ! Slavia would understand that there] was in no part of Italy an idea of; i domination?only a desire to open her! i markets to neighboring peoples. He said the question of Fiume, j Dalmatia and Albania were closely connected with the international sit uation in Italy and with credit abroad. Since last September, he asserted I I Italy had been unable to obtain any '< loans, either in allied or neutral coun-; ; tri'-s.. because they feared that if there j I war? not an actual war there would I be such a situation in the country aai to cause grave consequences. net mt be thy Country'*, Tfcr God'f a )AY, JANUARY 3, 192< SIGN TREATY NEXT WEEK: Supreme Council Circles Now Hope For Ratification Last of Week i GERMANS WILL AC CEPT THE PROTOCOL i i Treaty of Versailles Will Be come Effective By End of; 1st Week of January Paris, Dec. 30.?Hopes are again; raised in supreme council circles ol j an early exchange of ratifications of the treaty of Versailles. The end of the first week of January is given now as the probable date when the treaty will be put into effect.. PRICE OF SUGAR j Governmental Regulation Ne-j cessary For Relief Wa ?Xon, Dec. 31.?Although it was sl. at the White House early to night that President Wilson planned to approve the McNary sugar relief bill before midnight thus insuring con tinuation of federal control of sugar' through 1930, at that hour it could notj be learned whether he had signed the: measure or had decided on eleventh hour disapproval. As those on duty ; at the White House tonight said no communication had come from the] president before he retired his decis ion on the bill will not be made known until tomorrow. It was said that decision of the president to sicn the measure, which .was passed December 20 just before congress began its holiday rece?s fol- | lowj&d.- a. conference, held today in; Philadelphia by Secretary of Agri culture Houston with members of the sugar equalization board, under which iederal control , is exercised. On Sec retary Houston's return to Washing ton late in the ,day, Secretary' Tumul ty discussed the matter with him and jhen- conveyed. :the resuls of the Phil adelphiarzConference ,to the president. The board iira report submitted re cntly .to the- .president recommended that it be permitted to dissolve. The board held that under the law of sup ply and demand the sugar situation would be relieved more quickly than if federal control were continued. Un der the law creating the board, It jvould have automatically passed out of existence tonight at midnight. BANKS MAKE NEW RECORD Washington, Dec. 31.?An unprece dented increase of approximately 51, 000,000,000 in the resources of nat ional banks for the year was reported tonight by Comptroller of the Cur rency Williams. On the date of the?last call, Novem ber 17, national bank reserves ap proximated $22,500,000,000, nearly $1,000,000,000 more than before re ported. The increase in deposits and total assets, the comptroller says, were scattered widely throughout the country. The increase in resources of the "country" banks,, or national banks outside the reserve cities, since .Tune 30 was nearly $800,000.000. The resources of the "country" banks in Texas increased in the past six months alone $134,000,000, or 34 per cent., while in North Carolina the increase was over $51,000,000, or 38 per cent. miSH NEWSPA PER SUPPRESSED Dublin, Jan. 1.?Suppression ot Freeman's Journal, which was sus pended for publishing an article ad judged contrary to pol.-ce discipline, has lasted a fortnight. This is the longest any newspaper was penalized even during the war. NEW YORK'S ANNUAL ORGY New York, Jan. 1.?The New Tear's celebrations along the great white way continued until dawn, the revelers taking advantage of what was considered the last opportunity to celebrate new year in the. tradi tional hilarious manner. BALTIMORE HON ORS OSLER Baltimore, Jan. 1.?Impressive ser vices in honor of the late Sir William Osier, were held here today at the same hour as the Osier funeral at Ox ford, England. 1 Louisville, Jan. 1.?Christopher Schott, the physician charged with the murder of Elizabeth Griffith en joyed his freedom today, being re leased on eight thousand collar bail last night. London, Jan. 1.?The capture of Yeketcrinoslav on the Northern Rus sian front and Novomoskovsk, fifteen miles northeast of Yekaternoalav is announced by the Bolshevik authori ties 1 ? ?4 Traisa.? THE TBO 3. about new plan to nur weevi Will Try to Eliminate Cotton ,! Crop Pest Through Coun- j ty Action SOUTH CAROLINA MUST RAISE COTTON W. W. Long Has Idea of Con-j tinued Production?Movement Indorsed Columbia, Dec. 31.?Following the recommendation of W. W. Long of Clemson Colege, Dr. W. M.> Riggs and D. W. Watkins, of Clemson, a radi cal change was effected at the meet-1 ing of the Anti-Boll Weevil association and interested parties here yesterday. Under the new plan adopted by the entire conference counties. where the pest is present In large numbers will be grouped into units of three and men experienced in handling the boll weevil employed to. work these dis tricts and fight the. pest The funds will be supplied by the various coun ties by the county supply hill In the general assembly, if the plan recom mended yesterday is perfected. Clemson college and the depart ment of agriculture of the United States would have control of the men and direct the work in the various groups; .Under the plan of Mr. Long about 30 counties would be grouped into ten groups for fighting the wee vil. While this is an abandonment of the first idea adopted here some time ago it does not mean the abol ition of the Anti-Boll Weevil assooia-j tion, but rather a strengthening of this body which will cooperate and aid In directing the work in the groups, for eliminating the weevil in the1 State. . Those attending the meeting including members, of the executive committee of the Anti-Boll Weevil as sociation, and Interested business men from over the State approved the new idea and it will be recommended to the various county delegations for ac tion. ; W. W. Long, who advocated the county fight* plan, in speaking -of the j new schenie ?16*6X6*1 materially with cotton leaders in the State and advo cated, the continuance of raising cot ton where it was possible and said he was not one of the men who wanted to see the South's great staple crop abandoned. The boll weevil is no blessing in disguise, but a clamalty undisguised, was Dr. Long's state ment. Mr. Long was emphatic in his statement that he was not in favor of abandoning the cotton crop of the South, but thought . diversification; should be practiced enough to permit a farmer to well care for his wants and then plant .cotton. Dr. W. M. Biggs, president of Clemson College, heartily endorsed Mr. Long's plan as did Dr. J. N. Harper of the soil im-, provement committee of the South-? ern fertilizer association. These three men are among the South's leading citizens and their ad vice will be followed by many South Carolinians. Following is the ad dress of Mr. Long in which the new plan for fighting the weevil is Outlin ed and some very interesting state ments about rai?iing cotton. "As I understand it, the object of this meeting is to formulate plans for raising $25,000 by the oil mill men, bankers, automobile association and other interested parties, the sum se cured to be turned over to Clemson' college to be used in its campaign in meeting boll weevil conditions. .: "The acceptance of this sum in- j volves a matter of policy that I have no right to discuss and that can onlyi be taken up by the president, who isj present and who will, I am sure, bo | glad to present any proposition you ean make to the Clemson college board of trustees. "From whatever sources additional j funds are secured, it should be with j the understanding that this fund will! be continued for not only next year J but for several years to come. In order to accomplish anything, the ad ditional men proposed must be left in the field for some years. You must understand that little can be accom plished in one year, and the amount j <>f money you hope to raise will only! employ five or six men and the work j naturally will be of a propaganda! character rather than that of close organization, which to my mind Is absolutely necessary if real results are to be accomplished. - j "After conferring with Dr. Riggs, it seemed to Mr. Watkins and myself j that the wise thing to do will he to! group the counties where the infesta- j tion is present?say, three counties toi a group?and let the legislative rep-! resentatives provide the funds in coun ty supply bills for employing the necessary number of men for each j group. In this way you can secure a close organization that necessarily; mean more effective work to meet the ! situation. Under this method all thej people will bear their proportionate! part of the expense. To aeeurgytfaese j appropriations we must have your j great influence. "There are two others* festtwes in connection with this boll weeviE situa tion that I think it well to call -to your attention: First. I am not one, of those who subscribe to the doc- j trine that the boll weevil is a blessing j in disguise. I hold that his presence j is a calamity undisguised. *The South is naturally a cotton producing sec-' C BOUTHBGH, Vol. XLIX. No. RAILWAY ENDORSE Meeting of Brotherhood Lead ers at Washington Issue Declaration of Principles THEY OPPOSE THE CUMMINS' LAW They Go on Record, in Opposi tion to Legislation Thit Wotdd; Make Strikes Unlawful Washington, Dec. 29.?Reppwehta- if tives of the four big railway brother? hoods adopted tonight a declaration of principles opposing legislation. w&feh;y would make strikes of railwa^ljm^V-':> ers unlawful. The declaration framed at a con ference with President Gompers of the American Federation of I^bor^eclar-. ed it the sense of organized' railway pmployees that penalty clauses in pending railroad legislation .ygisMnst;"' workers ceasing. their empj^yme^t should be eliminated. . ,HV[.:.' At the conclusion of a, .five /hour session President Gompers dictated this statement: , - --: "On Friday last a number o^' thVT representatives of the railroad cw^gan izations, both shopmen and the tnjjh -- service, met at my office and we- dfe^ cussed the situation regarding;Jitf&?<?. railroad i legislation and I issui^a^' invitation to the executives of the "teny'-. shopmens' organizations am^iafcod^witn: the American Federation1 of Labor and to the four \railroad brx^her-. ? hoods, asking them to meet. in:^p?- , ference with me here, today. We l?^ gan our meeting at 3 o'clock ap^^f ^ journed after S. The entire time, w?? ^ taken up with a discussion : j^??gfc i-i parliamentary situation \ptja&\ijjfy^ road bills. ' We reached' these ^n^idri jsions: ^ '" r^s J "That it is the sense of the $g i ence that the control ofcTthe should be exercised by the gove; of the United States Jpr a pe^ not less than two years in* ordei a proper test may be made as to gov ernment control. , ^ - . 0?/That such "a test has. not^ en a fair opportunity during thel times or since. "This conference is opposed*.'toJ islation making strikes of unlawful. It is the sense of the j ference that penalty clauses 'in pei j legislation on railroads, against ! ers ceasing their employment ahoul? be eliminated. ?. ; , v-' 'That the conference favors-fh^l^ actment ofbeneficial features c^^ie bills which tend to establish j relations between the empl^ees (the carriers. ' ~ . ' r": r..* i "That the beneflcisi* clauses stf<^&^ j be extended to the sleepmg ;cax;^dv. I Pullman company employees.*, : ? V While'the conference rOUerateet-.Oi*. : demand of organized: labor ' ta^/ttte-: 1 government should hold the railroad* for a peace time test of two years the Union officials explained. that. , they had no reason to doubt the carriers. would be handed back March" 1, the _ date specified by the president, regard* less bf the enactment meanwhile legislation for protection of the prop erties, v _ - ' . tf?n; its most profitable crop- is cot ton. Would you call a pest tha^^er [stroyed the corn crop of Iewa oi* the ! wheat crop of Kansas or. hog chOl ! era in the pork producing-states -a j blessing in disguise? Do you beHeye I that the people in those sectfons, j where they have had the boll weevil I for several years, are as prosperous as the people in our own State, where the weevil has done, as yet, but little * damage? Their bank accounts and I land values compared with ours, will I show that they are not. Don't.you be lieve if they had never been inflicted^ j with this pest they would be just as prosperous as we are today? ' If this [is true, then why all this talk about ; the weevil being a blessing in dis guise? We do not need the boll wee I vil to help us establish a safe and sane agriculture in South Carolina-; ! Our people are gradually growing into ia system of diversification, as is prov ed by the fact that there are raore>; ! hogs and other live stock in the State * 'than at any time in the last 60 years. ! and there are a greater number. of j farmers each year producing the necessary supplies to run their farms. "The second feature fs that itvwi?. I be the policy of the extension sery i ice to advise against the reduction jof cotton production for /next y^ear. j Do not understand that we are advo-..y i eating in the heavily infested- conn- - (ties the same acreage to the plow. I We believe that the farmers, after I producing the food necessary f?r man I and beast on the farm, 6hould produce 'every bale of cotton that theypossi [ bly can. We do not believe it a-wise ! policy to reduce production when the - i prices arc higher than they . have j been in a great many years and the ' I world is demanding greater produc tion. If there is any good, reasori.for advising the fanners of the. South to reduce the production of cotton in t|te face of the high prices that we may expect and the great need of cotton in ?the world, the same reason Would, hold good as to the corn, the wheat and the.: live stock farmer. If this advice Were accepted, the farmer would be out of pocket and the world would be in a sorry place.'* , f .