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CHE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Est&b Consolidated Aug. 2,1 COMPANY WANTS] COTTON CONTROL! Mill Men Forming Mammoth! Corporation to Buy South em Warehouses ? w O^.V^* v : ?? I ^ - { ...". ?' , ? . ' i COMPETITION WITE COTTON ASSOCIATION j ?????? ?s ? - ? ' 1 Control ; of Warehouses and Compresses -Sought By the Syndicate Washington, Jan. L?Arrangements are practically complete for the for mation of a. gigantic corporation to combine and .standardize a large por tion of. the Cotton compressing and warehousing , facilities of the South and- establish >new ones on an unlimit ed scale throughout the cotton belt, effecting Charleston, Columbia and Greenville. t Announcement of the undertaking was made today by Ru ft? R, Wilson, secretary of the Na tional Association of Cotton manufac- \ turers. Mr. Wilson is also president! of the World Cotton conference which j at its recent meeting in New Orleans, j declared adequate warehousing to be i a "paramount necessity" in handling ! a?d distributing the American cotton i crop,- Identified with the undertak- j ing are many prominent Southern and eastern :cotton spinners, producers, broker's and bankers. Arrangement already has been made, declares Mr. Wilson, for acquiring established prop erties worth millions, including no fewer than 65 compress plants. The corporation in process of for- 1 mation will "be known as the Union j Warehouse Compress. The organiza tion is being perfected by the Union Cotton Warehouse corporation which i has had experts survey the whole) fieid^., of'warehousing and compressing j of ^ewton and work out plans of de- j yeiofctoent that have, been approved! , hy ^e* backers of the enterprise. Op- j tibia have/been taken on scores of; compresses and warehouses as well ?s j sltefe.fbr new. ones, in various locali ties \of the ' South' where additional! facilities are needed. - "It has long been'well known in I the^ cotton industry" says Mr. Wilson j "t^t> sufficient facilities already exist ! to:.house most of the cotton offered j fotv^gtoragB.B^ougWRer; ^e, allocation I oijthe warehuses is such that they do not adequately serve the storage needs of this producer, merchant and spin ners. They "are not located with re spect to distribution so as to best Serve the needs of the trade. For this reason much cotton that ought, t?- be stored is now kept in open lots, ; streets and -on plantations with the j result that each year's crop sutlers | from 'country damage,' many of the f existing warehouses are so poorly j constructed and carelessly operated j that insurance rates for cotton stor- j e?^in them are abnormally3 high and receipts for stored stocks are in many j cases unsatisfactory collateral for I hank loans. | "Many Southern bankers declare j they "would rather loan money on cot-i ton than on real estate but the troub- j le has been and still is with the char- j acter of the warehouse receipts as j evidence of the cotton's safety, own ership, weight and delivery ability. "Fully co""ersant with these con ditions and the need 'for improving them, both in the interest of the grower andj spinner, a group of men concerned from various ahgies w;;h the cotton industry are organizing aj corporation for the purpose of stan- j dardizing warehouses in' both the! South and the North." In as much as cotton warehousing j and compressing are allied opera- ; tions the Union Warehouse and Com press companies will enter extensive ly into the compression of cotton with I the view of compressing as many bales' as possible to an even density. High density presses will be installed ] in those plants where such presses j are not used. And the most of the warehousing facilities will be increased. The com press plants to be taken over by the j new organization Mr. Wilson an- \ nounced are those of the Atlantic Compress company with 12 plants in j Florida, Georgia and Alabama, those j Of the Newburger Cotton company j with 28 plants in Arkansas, Tennes- j see, Mississippi and Louisiana and ] those of St Louis Compress company Controlled by the Lesser Goldman in-1 iterests chefiy in Arkansas will be \ taken over. Special attention will be; paid by the company to the compress- ' es and storage facilities at big con- j centration points like Norfolk, Char- ! leston. Savannah, Atlanta, Mobile. . Houston, St. Louis, and Memphis and to supplying them with increased and : standardized service. It is also planned to organize a I subsidiary corporation whose busi ness will be to buy and'sell cotton re ceipts and .acceptance thus facilitat ing the financing of cotton in storage. ? The movement is in line with recom- ! meitdation made by representatives of all cotton interests at the world j conference held in New Orleans. ' They pledged their support to under takings looking to the development of a better warehousing system for cotton. An efficient and adequate' system of warehousing will be of great advantage to both producers and consumers and Wilson declares it will prevent the losses now occur ring because of the hasty way each bi? cotton crop is marketed, will tend ??ed April, 1850. 'B* dun a 881. Stl FIVE THOUSAND REDS ARRESTED Foreign Anarchists Planned a General Uprising of Aliens in America COUNTED ON COAL AND STEEL STRIKES Menacing Revolutionary Plot Nipped in the Bud By Decided Government Action Washington, Jan. 3.?Radical lead ers planned to develop the recent steel and coal strikes into a general strike and ultimately into a revolu tion to overthrow the government, ac cording to information gathered by federal agents in Friday night's wholesale . round-up . of members of the communists and communist la-' bor parties. A definite program to expand the, two ] labor disturbances for the purpose of blotting out every semblance of organized government was disclosed in evidence gathered in I half a score of cities. This data, of ficials said, tended to prove that the nation-wide raids had nipped in the bud the most menacing revolutionary plot yet unearthed. Officials indicated that both groups of radicals were only awaiting an op portune moment to carry on among other classes of workers the same sort of agitation employed among the steel workers and coal miners. Among the foreign element of the communist and communist labor parties informa- : tion describ-'d as conclusive revealed | that the pay rolls had been loaded with agitators to be sent suddenly to every fertile field in support of a gen eral strike campaign. During the last two w^eks of the> coal strike, communist agitators were! discovered. to have penetrated practi-! cally every mining-center east of the j Mississippi river. Evidence showed that,in several instances, where, min-1 ers had voted to return to work, the communists had spread their propa ganda of" destruction of the govern ment to such- an extent,' it was said, that jfew, If any,. miners actually got back to; tlteir jobs. . . jAttempts to incite the. mine work ers to violence were the most bold in "West -Virginia, officials said, serious trouble being narrowly averted there, j But 'all soft coal regions were infested j and much of the data leading up to Friday's nation wide raids were gath-j ered by secret agents circulating j among the mine workers and com- ; ing in contact with the agitators them- ? selves, it was disclosed. The raids also disclosed that a "slush fund" had been created by the two parties, against whom the gov ernment moves were directed. Much of this money, said to run into sev- j eral millions, had been set aside for ! use in baling out adherents of the; doctrine in case of arrest for sedi- j tion and teaching of violence. Proof was said to have been ob- 1 tained that in the case agitators who went among the steel and mine strik ers funds for bail were made avail- ; able in every section frequented by j "Red" agitators. Their plans for or ganisation of the workers in support of the communist cause were pictured as more complete than even a politi cal campaign. It was evident, offi cials declared, that the movement was J "ripe" and that settlement of the coal! strike had been a keen disappoint- j ment to the radical leaders. Assistant Attorney General Garvan j made public tonight the department's 1 memorandum submitted to the Bureau j of Immigration, upon which was j based the government classification of j the communist and communist labor j parties as coming under the Espion- I age Act. This disclosed that both ; groups were pledged to fight any sug- j to stabilize prices and insure proper I distribution of the crop which now is I worth more than $2,000,000,000 a \ yearj The Gordon McCabe company com- j presises at Charleston and Colum-j bia will be taken into the Union com- J pany. They will be much enlarged. | The Standard Warehouse company at Columbia will also be taken over. | Cooper and Griffin of Greenville and I Spartanburg will be absorbed and en- j larged and storage facilities increased. I while at Rockhill a Warehouse will | either be purchased or built immedt- j ately. This is the most gigantic plan for warehousing on a large scale ever i undertaken and is the outcome of > many conferences and much deliber- ! ation on the subject. Greenville, Jan. 1.?Reports from j Washington received here tonight con- ! raining the statement that the Union I Warehouse compress, a gigantic cor- i poration now being formed to com-j bine cotton compressing and ware housing in the South "will absorb ; Cooper and Griffith at Greenville and ! Spartanburg" occasioned a statement: from Cooper and Griffin to the effect ! that while approaches had been made : by the corporation lookiner to the pur- j chase of the Piedmont Bonded Wan-- j house and Compress company; which is controlled by Cooper and Griffin, no purchase of the property has yet been made, and no option has been secured upon it. Nothing definite in the matter of purchasing or taking over the plant has yet been consum mated it was stated. od Fear not?Let aH the ends Thon An fMTER, S. C, WEDNES HALL FACES THIRD TRIAL f - Virginia Jury Could Not Agree On a Verdict As to ! Hall NINE JURORS WERE FOR CONVICTION Hall Secured His Release on $2,500 Bail For Trial Next! April J Manassas, Jan. 2.?Unable to reach a verdict the jury in the case of Prohibition Inspector Hall charged with the murder of Hudson, was dis missed today on the motion of. prose- I cuting Attorney Lyon. The third trial ofr Hall was set for Arpli 5 th and Hall was released on a. $2,500 bail. The cases against Deputy Inspectors W. G. Dunleavy, Harry F. Sweet and J. j H. Sullivan, who were jointly indicted with Hall, were nol prossexl. The! jury was out eighteen hours. It is I Understood that nine were for con- j viction and three for acquittal. WILL NOT BUY I CUBAN SUGAR; Apparently There is a Sufficient! Supply in TKis Country For American Needs SAYS PRESIDENT WILSON IN DISCUSSING SUBJECT Power of Price Control to Be In voked if Necessary in Public's j Interest . ? I Washington,. Jan. S.?President] Wilson bias decided not to exercise powers conferred in the McNary su- 1 gar control bill authorizing purchase and distribution of the Cuban suga.-, crop, according to a statement issued tonight at the White House. The statement said the president j had decided on the basis of facts pre sented for his consideration and the recommendation of the sugar equali- \ zation board that this power should I not be exercised. ! In a long statement announcing the president's decision, the declaration is. made that apparently the avilable. sugar supply is sufficient for Amen- j can needs "even on the present un necessarily large basis of consump tion" and notice is given that the power of price control through the li censing system, authorized by the bill will be invoked if necessary in co operation with the Department of Justice. gestion of military action by America against the Soviet Russians. Mem bership applications revealed that both groups were indirectly under the control of the Russian communist council. I Significant among other features of the communist labor party's doctrine was the enunciation of the following principles: "We maintain that the class strug- i gle is essentially a political struggle, to conquer the capitalistic State, whether its form be monarchical or! democratic or republican, and to re- j place it by the government structure adequately adapted to the communist transformation. j "The most important means of cap- j turing the State power for the work- [ ers is the action of the masses, pro- ! ceeding from the places where the workers are gathered together?in i the shops and factories. The use of I the political machinery of the capi talist State is only secondary. The working class must organize and train itself for the capture of State power." Federal officials deplored weak nesses in the present laws governing j the procedure preliminary to depor- j tation. It was pointed out that, in most cases, persons arrested as have been the radicals taken in these raids can obtain temporary freedom on bail j of $1,000. There was an apparent feeling that if bail were granted some ! of the most dangerous of the "Reds"! would gladly forfeit that amount to J avoid deportation The department plans, however, to keep all under sur- j veil lance and rearrest any who at- j tempt to lose themselves in the masses of foreign born in America. I Late figures received by Mr. Garvan ! showed that a total of 2,635 aliens; were being held, with evidence which j federal agents believed was sufficient! to warrant deportation. The total | number of arrests was estimated at j close to 4,500 although this estimate | was changing almost hourly. As more cities reported it was evi- j dent that the number of American j citizens cauprht in the raids would ex- \ ceed expectation. Among these were | many "parlor Bolshevists," who, it j was admitted, would have to be turn-1 I a?'i Hl be ?i> Coi?MFy'!? IIa; wxi ? at! DAY, JANUARY 7, 192 CONGRESS MEETS1 IN LONG SESSION ) I _ i i i i No Prospect of Adjournment; Before Late in the Fall RECESS FOR THE i I PARTY CONVENTIONS j _ fi ^embers Face a Staggering Ar- j ray of Great Problems Domes-1 tic and Foreign - ' i "Washington, Jan. 5.?Returning to j work today after a two weeks' holi- j day congress faced one of the busiest,1 session/ in its history and a staggering j array of problems awaiting solution, j Adjournment is not expected before j fall and the only break in the long [session members can look forward to? I is a brief recess to be taken coincident i with the holding of the national party; ! ocnventions during the summer. Po- ' j litical speeches in record-breaking I numbers are looked for. SENATORS HOLD PEACE PARLEY 'Conference Eeld to Reach An Agreement on Ratification of Treaty r I . HOPED THAT DEAD LOCK MAY BE BROKEN Senators Lodge and Hitchcock Leaders of Two Factions,! Take Part | ' Washington, Jan. 2.?Efforts to, break the peace treaty deadlock in the senate were renewed today as sen ators of both parties began returning from their holiday trips preparatory j to the reconvening Monday of con- i gress. The only surface developments to indicate the trend of the negotiations were a number of conferences in which both Senator Lodge of Massa chusetts, Republican leader, and Sen- I ator Hitchcock of Nebraska, acting j leader of the Democrats, were promi-1 neht figures although they did not see; one another. All of the conferees de- ? clined to go into details, but they gave; an impression of hopefulness that the j days work had advanced the situation toward an agreement. Who should make the first open movement for a compromise, how-1 ever, continued to be a warmly de- j bated question, each side apparently! maneuvering while the negotiations went on under the surface, to force the other side to be the first to break j from its former position. Senator, Lodge still maintained that any com- j promise move should come from the Democrats and Senator Hitchcock in j sisted that the initiative should be taken by the Republicans. In declaring formal compromise of fers must come from the Democrats,! I the Republican leader reiterated that i enough senators to defeat ratification ! were pledged to accept no compromise j 1 that would impair materially the ma- i S jority reseravtion program of last ses- j : sion. To this Senator Hitchcock- re | plied that there were enough on his j I side of the chamber to defeat ratifi- ! cation who were pledged against any compromise that did not impair mate- j Irially the majority program, j Yet both sides betrayed confidence i that in the end enough senators to : ratify would be able to agree in their ; definitions of the word "materially" j ;as applied to modification of the res- ' i ervations. BRITISH SHIP IS ON FIRE Former German Liner Damaged i One Hundred Thousand i Dollars i New York, Jan. 5.?A fire of unde j .ermined origin caused one hundred j thousand dollars damage to the steam ship Pretoria at the pier this morn iug. The vessel was a former German liner recently delivered to Great Brit tain by the United States. This was the third ship reported on fire from an undetermined origin along the Staten Island shore within the last few days. ed over to State authorities. Only, about ten States have laws adequate to handle this class of disturbers. Mr. Garvan said. I Deportation hearings in the cases of the radicals in last night's raids will begin as soon as possible, Arthur) Caminetti, commissioner general of| Immigration, stated tonight. t s? 23rwar3.; OiJb. IK! i 50 QUICK ACTION AGAINST REDS1 Attorney General Palmer Urges Congress to Enact Sedi tion law NO REASON FOR ANY FURTHER DELAY Under Existing Law It" Is Im possible to Prosecute and Pun ish American Born "Reds" Washington, Jan. 4.?Unable to prosecute the socalled parlor Bolshe vists, long, haired men and short hair ed women, who encourage agitators and promote sedition as a pastime? Attorney General Palmer.today issued an appeal to congress for prompt ac tion on the bill submitted by him sev eral months ago which would strengthen the hands of the depart ment of justice,,in dealing with Amer ican citizens considered dangerous to the nation. Coming on the heels of the most sucessful nationwide raid ever made in this country on centers of radical propaganda, Mr. Palmer's statement was regarded with unusual interest by representatives and senators here for the reconvening of congress tomor row. At least one of the. men taken in the raids is a city official and numerous others are natives of this country or have taken out citizenship papers af ter Ion gresidence. It is these that Mr. Palmer desires to handle through the federal courts rather than to leave their punishment to State tribunals, and in the absence of a federal law he is unable to do so. "In order that the department of justice," Mr. Palmer's statement said, ' may deal forcibly, effectively and quickly wtih seditionists who are American citizens but who are seek ing to injure or destroy the govern ment. I hope very earnestly that congress immediately upon the recon vening on January 5, will enact into law a measure adequate to meet the grave situation now confronting us. "There exists no reason for further delay in the enactment of such a law, and I confidently expect that there will be none. That seditionists should be punished is denied by no loyal cit izen and that our present laws are inadequate is questioned by none fa miliar with the facts. "Several months ago, in appearing before a senate committee I made clear the fact that the department of justice was unable toj proceed prop erly against seditionists because of a lack of statutory definition of the crime, \and I also suggested the kind of a law which I thought would meet the situation. 'Since tnat time, the bill I outlined has been introduced in the house by Representative Davey, Ohio, and is now in the hands of a subcommittee consisting of Representtaives Huested. New York; Graham, Pennsylvania, and Gard of Ohio. Epitomized, the bill, after properly defining acts of se dition, would provide for a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment of 20 years or both, for any person guilty of sedition; a fine of not more than $10,000, or imprisonment of not more than ten years, or both, for any person guilty of promoting sedition; for the deportation of any alien con victed of either of the foregoing crimes, and for the denaturaliaztion and subsequent deportation of any naturalized citizen guilty of either or both of these crimes. "The country's response to the in troduction of this measures leaves no excuse for a single moment's unneces sary delay in the passage of it. "The patriotic press of virtually every state without regard to politics, has endorsed the bill as the kind which must be enacted into law if the supremacy of our government is to be maintained. Organizations of~many classes, including posts of the Amer ican Legion, have gone op record un qualifiedly in favor of the measure: individuals have written hundreds of letters indorsing the bill. In truth, it has been hailed .generally by red blooded Americans as a measure 'with teeth in it* and that is the kind of a measure the department of justice must have if it is going to stamp out this grave menace of sedition." CLEMENCEAU TO CALL MEETING League of Nations Council to Meet Soon Paris, Jan. 3.?The informal call for the first meeting of the League of Nations Council will be issued by Premier Clemenceau, the Supreme Council today decided. The call for the league of nations co l ncil meeting is regarded as simply a notification to enable delegates to reach Paris in time for th*> meet ing, formal notice of which is stil! intended to have President Wilson issue according to the present pro gram. Although issue of the formal notice devolves upon President Wil son under provisions of the treaty. ?t is held that in case his inability to act, any other representtaive of on^ of the five principal powers couli is sue ?otice. i SOCTHRON, EeubHsbed Jtue. I SN. VoLXLIX. No. 42. LOWDEN CALLED ON TO SPECIFY Sena cor Borah Asks Presiden tial Candidate to Sate Views on Treaty THE FIGHT IS TAKEN INTO THE CAMPAIGN Reported That All Candidates Will Have to Come Out In the Open . % Washington, Jan. 1.?Intention of Republican senators opposed to the. j league of nations to request all Rer i publican presidential candidates to j place themselves on record as:io the. j issues involved in the league was dis^ j closed tonight by Senator Boria, Re j publican, Idaho, who made public a j letter addressed to Governor l/owden I of Illinois, an aspirant for the Re j publican nomination, j Governor Lowden was asked tc say j v. hether he favored any "policy aHi-^ I ance, league of partisanship . . . to j abandon our traditional foreign pol- ? j icy and enter into understandings?-? ? and combinations which would . sm> , j broil us in all European conflicts :?.nd j turmoils." i "Those for*, whom i 'speak," Sena*. I tor Borah said, "have no intention of j confining these and ^similar questiott$V to yourself." Senator Borah charged to his let ter that powerful European and.?;, j American interests were co-operating, i to draw the United States into .E?l-;, i ropean affairs, through "the league of. 1 nations if possible and if not/ "hY^ secret and tacit agreements." De-, claring that the questions and: policies involved must come before the next administration regardless of AJMeri ca's entrance into the-league the Jda- - ho senator said the personal views^ of presidential candidates shoulslr^be. stated. ' / ?' 1 ' "For nearly 150 years," said the:, senator's letter, "we have in. thJSrl ountry regardless of parties adhered1 to a distinct foreign policy?-no eijjm tangling .alliances or partisaiishipe^^ with foreign powers and uo-interfer-'^ ence by foreign powers in. American. ? ; affairs. Jgik [' If you should be n?mia?fed 'amST? I elected president would you eXpec$$ ; your influence and influence of ; yotifcV: I administration to maihtam thia -'for^ I eign policy or would you consent ! any to its abandonment or its- sub>>; stantial modification? Do you believe in other words, that time has. corner when we should abandon >this policy.. of no entangling alliances, no part-; nerships with European powers, axyL; j enter into alliances of understand ings with European powers? "I ask these questions because re-: I gardless of what may or may not be7 j in the platform the next administra i tion will have to meet this issue in.; i different ways. . . . powerful foriqes ! in this country co-operating with ! equally powerful and persistent fore j es in Europe are determined to ^IraW the United States into association and\ partnership with European powers, to embroil us in all European lurmpil-/ and conflicts, to utilize our young men in policing the territories and fighting the racial and dynastic ba?-:^ ties of the old world and placing upon ! our tax payers the burden of finan cial economic life of both Europe and J Asia and these forces wjil continue" I their effort to bring about these things after the election. If they can hot'.; I do it in one way they will do it in another. If they can not succeed by I open agreement they will endeavor, to succeed by secret or tacit agreements. We, many of us, feel -therefore, that we would like to know what your ? views are upon this problem and what;' it will be your purpose to do should you be honored by an election as president." " ' Senator Borah said American op erations in Russia were in violation of the constitution - and against (the - wishes of the American people but ifct furtherance of a secret agreement made in Versailles. "This is but an intimation." said Mr. Borah "of what is to happeng should we conclude to abandon our;; traditional foreign policy and enter v! into understanding and combinations ; , which would embroil us in all Euror : I pean conflicts and turmoils. Out young men would be asked to sacri- ?: ! flee their lives in just such secret and unconscionable affairs as this in Rus--' sia. And Mr. Taft, as I understand from his public statement, is in fa- ? vor if necessary of conscripting of our young men for that kind of service. I "Are you in favor of any such pol icy or of any alliance, league or par ; tnership which may lead to such -a> program? What is to be your poliicy ? with regard to such affairs?" TERROR INTURKEY American Report of End of World Scared Them Stiff Constantinople Jan. 2.?There was widespread terror throughout Turkey' on December 17th on account of re ports reaching this country from America that the end of the world was predicted on that date. Children were not sent to school and a large number of persons were afraid to leave their homes. Many Turkish and Armenian women became insane.