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35INERS NOT RADICAL writy Vote Overwhelmingly ilt Endorsement of Action of Officials ???lumbus. Ohio. Jan. 7.?Interna J^aJTonlcers of the United Mine 'fcrers of America .will go before ?commission, appointed by Presi ll^lfirson to arbitrate final settle it of'^the controversy between the ier? and Operators with the backing *4>f the rank and file of the miners of the country as a result of action here today Of the'reconvened convention of miners' organization. By a vote of 1,639 .to 221, the con vention-"adopted the motion of Philip Murray; president of the Pennsylvania Soft Coal "Miners, to indorse the ap tioir of the ? international officers in c*Htng~'?ff the strike and agreeing to accept the president's proposal which ^provides for a. 14 per cent advance in wages and agreement to submit all Questions in dispute to the president's convention adjourned sine die and acting President Lewis and Sec |: retary Green will meet with the inter naijonA> executive board of the miners' organization here tomorrow before go ing-, to Washington where they are to appear next Monday before the presi dents'coal commission. The hearing Washington is called for the pur pose of.allowing the miners scale com mittee of the central competitive field tq ~"pfese?t the miners' case to the commission. John P. White, one of th?*members of this commission, was present at the convention when the vote; was. taken. l^ * . Union- chiefs of the miners organi zation were happy tonight over what is* regarded as a complete vindication ?f their action by the convention. The vote came after three days of debate and a stormy windup in which a smalLbut noisy minority, tried to swmg^the convention in favor of post poning aceptar.ee of the president's proposal until after the commission h^ made its-reward. *'Ih explaining why he had decided to accept the president's proposal of set tlement, Lewis said he "had no de rfrV(to.'<fefeat the United States gov erniueht in a contest" .~- ul: ,'shall never lead any organiza tion :but an American, organiaztion," J^wis- declared, "and if the day ever comes when this organization is domi nated by people who are false to American traditions, that day I will ceas^to be an officer in it." '? Lewis;pointed, out that throughout the 4ft-'days .strike, not a single life wardst and said he was grateful "be cause ab ^widows lamentations or wails of- o^hahs assail our ears." He said ^oorganiaztion had emerged un scathed whereas, continuation of tbje^rike and revolt against the gov ernment would have meant disaster. BBVALERA MAKES BITTER SPEECH in Seeing England ?>?'?? ? "Beaten By Any Foe'' ' it; ? . ^. Washington. Jan. 7.?Hope that the Ojtd^Irfoh cry of "God give us war in j our time" would be the watchword | of the Irish until the overthrow of! Sritish^ruie was accomplished, was| expressed by Samonn De Valera. pres ide^ of the Irish republic tonight in( ^his;first address in Washington. . -**Ottr condition in Ireland is so un stated1' De Valera added "that we shall fcafco an interest in seeing England ?oeajten by any foreign foe, whatever." Commenting on Premier Lloyd George's'plan for settlement of the "Irish question De Valera asserted that *fcere was no homogeneous Ulster and ??taf?-the .fact that the boundaries of NClslcr could not be fixed by the Brit ish premier was proof that Ulster did %ftt exist. In a plea for the recogni V?na'of the Irish republic by the Unit ed "-States the speaker asserted that I Amctica by giving a passive judgment ''jfc? favor of the wrong done Ireland '"?bready- had "meddled" in the Irish -Jtteslion, " *- TPSe meeting which was held in 'X.iberiy*Hut. a few blocks from the oapitol was preside over by Repre sentative-Sherwood. The Rev. James G. Mythen, of 1 Christ Episcopal church, of Norfolk, was ajwther speaker, and made a plea that the.American people "Answer the challenge of Robert Emmett when he -itood. on the dock facing the hangs 'teaa's "noose and said: "When Ireland; Stakes her place among the nations of j 5 the earth, then and not until then let! my epitaph be written." ARCTIC EXPLOR ER RETURNS Harold Noice Spent Four Y^ars In Frozen North Seattle, Jan. 4.?On his way out of " the AfOtic, Harold Xoice. American ' *eacpiorer, is making Iiis way. on foot, with a dog team, overland from Vie ira - Land, which lies in the Arctic Ocean, southeast to Port Xelson. in - "tue Hudson's Bay country of Canada, iiccbrding to letters received here by 'his mother from him. Notice is fol lowing.-for a considerable distance, "the route of the northeast passage. Maps and charts of portions of Vic toria Land were made this summer ''"iyjr 'Nbfce, he said. He did not state * whether or not he ventured into the interior of Victoria land, which ac t Cording to other explorers who have come South, has never been visited by men ?f the outside world. Xoice has been in the Arctic since VaIZ. He joined the expedition head ed by Vilhjalmur Stefanssou but when iStefansson turned south Xoice renr-iined in the north. He expect* to aV;ive some time next summer. I Mealed City. Dec. 15.?A scientific expedition headed by Leon Salinas. tmi^yscretary of Commerce and In dustry, expects to leave soon for *3bo^er--California to investigate that State as a field for petroleum devel opment. THE "RED" HUNT i GROWS EXCITING Government is Determined to Capture All the Revolution ary Anarchists Washington, .Janj: 7.?Complete co i ordination of all government agencies, j together with an awakened congress, [tonight had given the campaign to rid ! the nation of radicals a broader as j pect. While Assistant Attorney Gen ? eral Garvan's force continued its raids, [including a search for Ludwig C. A. K. j Martens, self styled envoy of the j Russian Soviet government, there J were evidences of new activity and ! more determined cooperation in all I other departments of the government, j. Congress received a bill, introduced I by Representative Johnson, Repub {lican, Washington. which would i make every government employee an agent for ferreting out undesirables. Each clerk would be given the duty of reporting any information concern ing alien activities to the department i of justice and the immigration author j ities. I The treasury secret service was also enlisted in running down persons for whom the immigration authorities have issued warrants. Customs offi cials also have been asked to report any information they gather, while the army and navy intelligence arms j of service will cooperate both in the [gathering of evidence and searching rout of radicals. ' Secretary Baker ordered the vaca tion of all buildings and other facili j ties used by the army at Ellis island ] in order to make room for handling the. hundreds of aliens who are held there pending deportation proceedings. The department of justice has had to deal with a serious problem in the detention of the" radicals arrested since last Friday, as Ellis island already was overcrowded and an epidemic of meas les was reported to have broken out there.. During the day the department of justice announced that a warrant had been ordered for the arrest and depor tation of "Russian Soviet Ambassa j dor" Martens, and tonight S. Nbur ! teva. secretary to the ambassador. ! made public a letter to Attorney Gen eral Palmer in which he assured Mr. ; Palmer ' any information the depart ment desired to transmit^ to him. j.Xourteva said Martens and his party ^had established temporary headquar ters in Washington, so that Martens would be able to appear before a sen ate foreign relations subcommittee when that body desired to have his testimony. Department of justice officials work ing on plans for the deportation of the radicals arrested in the recent raids decided to request the use of two transports, both of which will be larg er than the Buford. which carried the .249 radicals away before Christmas. INVESTIGATION OF TRADE COMMISSION General Inquiry to Be Made By Committee From Senate Announced Yesterday Washington. Jan. 7.?A general in vestigation of the conduct and prac tice of the federal trade commission, including charges that a number of the commission's employees have been J and are engaged in radical propagan da will be made by a committee head-| ed by Senator Townsend. Republican of Michigan, and composed of Senators! La Follette and Watson of Indiana.! Republicans and Myers of Montana and Wolcott of Delaware, Democrats. The members of the committee were appointed late today by Chairman Cummins of the interstate commerce committee under authority of a reso lution introduced by Senator Watson and adopted by the senate, declaring the belief that employees of the fed eral trade commission have been en gaged in 'furthering the organization and growth of socialistic organiza tions." The resolution also asserts that if bolshevism was to be overcome in this country it would be necessary, first to oust all adherents and advo-' cates of that doctrine from public of fice. The Watson resolution adopted by the senate October 20 directed that an inquiry be conducted by the inter state commerce committee which to day authorized Chairman Cummins to name a subcommittee for the work. There was no intimation as to when hearings rni;;ht begin or what wit nesses would be called. THE NEW SPAN ISH OPERA The Author Was a Victim of German Submarine Paris. Dec. 19.?Enrique Granados' opera "Goyescas" was produced today at the Paris Opera House. Maria Molina. Spanish dancer, aroused great interest in h^r interpreatio.ns with thej result that there is a sharp cleft be tween "molimsts* and "anti-molinists"J among her sisters of the ballet. Granados. it will h?> recalled, perish ed on his return voyage from America! aboard the Sussex, which was torpe-l doed by a German submarine. Ni-S< son Eduarde attended the rehearsals. ) His likeness to his father is striking.' NOT A CANDIDATE \ Senator Underwood Does Not: Aspire to Office Washington. Jan. Senator t'n-j derwood in a statement today, an nounced that In- would not be ;< can didate for the Democratic presidential nomination. The members of the graduating class of the High School havie decided to issue a school annual. This will be the first annual issued by the Sum ter High School and plans are being made to iiave it a credit to the school AGED MAN CHARGED WITH SLAYING WIFE Wilson IL Brookaw in Jail at j Newport News?Woman Beaten to Death j _ j Newport News, Va.. Jan. 7.?Wilson I ;H. Brokaw, Sr., 75. was placed under1 j arrest here this afternoon, charged , iwith having beaten his wife, 45 years! fof age, to death with a hammer, it is [charged the crime was committed at ' Camp Eustis, near here, where the j Brokaws had made their home for the; j last month, coming here from Chicago j ! to be near their son. Wilson H. Bro- i jkaw, Jr.. who is a lieutenant in the: j army stationed at Camp Eustis. { It is said that the feeling is running: ! high tonight at Cam]) Eustis and that] ja strong guard has been placed about j the military jail where Brokaw is in carcerated to safeguard him until he] can be turned over to the civil author-: I ities tomorrow. It is said by people?living near the, I Brokaws that the man was seen up j Jat an early hour this morning. About j 9 o'clock screams were heard and I 1 when several men rushed to the scene j j they found the dead body of Mrs.; Brokaw in the house, her head crush- j ed by blows from a hammer andj j Brokaw in the yard. lie appeared to J be entirely unconcerned, it is said, at | the time, and when told of the crime j said that some negroes had been i [about the place during the day andj that they must have been guilty. It I is alleged that his bunds and cloth-J ! were spotted with blood when he was j arrested. ! Lieutenant Brokaw was almost I prostrated when the news was brok en to him and declared that he knew| ! of no reason why his father should I have committed such a crime. The ! body of the dead woman has been I brought to a. local undertaking es tablishment and will be sent to Chi I cago tomorrow. HEARING OF PACKER SUIT J- N j Attorney General Palmer Gives Information I Washington, Jan. 7.?More was ac complished through the government's 1 settlement of its anti-trust proceed | ings against the five big Chicago meat j packers that could have resulted from la court decision adverse to the pack ers .Attorney General Palmer told the I senate agriculture committee today, j He appeared there by invitation of the [Committee in connection with its con sideration of what legislation is yet j required for the meat packing indus } The government, the attorney gen j eral declared, surrendered no right* ! to a further profeeeotion of the pack ers.? eliminated the packers from the j conduct of industries not directly re ! lated to meat packing and does not j at present contemplate further j proceedings, either civil or criminal ;as the "cases against them have been j won." There were sharp interchanges be tween Mr. Palmer and committee members. The suggestion of Senator Norris. Republican, Nebraska, that criminal counts against the packers, past and prospective had been "for given" by the agreement brought a fiat denial. Senator France. Republican. Mary land, intimated' that by bringing civil and not criminal proceedings against the packers the department of jus tice had "laid itself open to the charge of failing to prosecute multi-million-1 aires while its agents had been spying upon members of labor unions and making summary arrests." i "It does not lie in the mouth of any' man high or low, to say that the at torney general of the United States is a respecter of persons." retorted Mr. Palmer. He added that he had brought complaints against the pack ers exactly as he had brought com plaints aginst the miners' union dur ing the recent coal strike. Commenting upon the general ef fects of the agreement Mr. Palmer I said he saw no hope of immediate 'lowering of food prices by reason ofi it. i Recounting for the first time the I immediate history of the prosecu tions against the packers. Mr. Paint er said that while a Chicago grand j jury was considering the government I evidence Robert J. Dunham, vice pres-] {ident of Armour Ac Co., had opened j negotiations for the settlement after he had informed the packers that if they desired to come with the idea of j surrendering to the government and I would state how far they were will-1 ing to go in complying with certain j requirements by the government he would be willing to meet their repre ! sentative. i In the settlement that resulted. h?-| said, the packers agreed fo accept a j court decree perpetually enjoining them from monopolistic or other un lawful trade practices," from engaging in the wholesale grocery and other j business not directly in their lines j and from control of stock yards and! stock yard terminal railroads. The government had not insisted that they relinquish poultry, eggs and; cheese distribution, he said, believing! that there was economic advantage in I their system of Handling these pro-1 ducts in refrigeration along with meat! products. CLARK HOWELL ON COMMITTEE Georgia Editor Will Write Reso-1 lutions For National Committee Washington. Jan. 8.?Clark llowell <>:" Georgia was appointed chairman I of the resolutions com mitte, which in-, eludes John Gary Evans of South Car-J olina. A request from tie* national j association of federal employees for a statement on the attitude of party on j the request of government workers for increased wages was referred to tht resolutions cocjuiittee. LumberSL. Building ??_ Hardware, aterial Hatchets, PailltS? O?S Hammers. / Flooring. Tf f__..f*riek? ? 1 1 ? Locks, Ceiling, Siding, Casing, Plaster, Grates, Mouldings, F?re Brick. I raining Lumber* Fire Clay, Red Cedar Shingles, Sower Pipe. ~ " " ~ Hammers, Pine and Cypress Shingles. Stove Flue, Door Hangers, Metal and Composition Shingles,Terra Cotta Thimbles Carpenter's Tools, Doors. Sash and Blinds, Mortar Colors and Stains Paint Brushes, porch Columns and BallaSiCrs, Water Proofing Mineral, Paints and Oils, Braver Board, Corrugated ?fetal Roofing, Inside Decorations, Valley Tin and Ridge Roll, Asbetos and Composition Roofing. Calsomines and Cold Water Paints, "-? WIRE FENCING, IRON AND WOOD POSTS EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE Booth <& McLeod, Inc. SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA GREER ELECTION STILL IN DOUBT Board of Canvassers to Meet Next Tuesday to Go Over Ofnciai Returns Spartanburg, Jan. 7.?The vote in Greer area election will not be can-, vassed until next'Tuesday, according j to the chairman of the Spartanburg i election commissioners, who said this afternoon that the law read that the vote should be canvassed and the re suit declared on the first Tuesday fol lowing the election. There were p.o developments today save a report i from Cashville that the vote there was; 11 for Spartanburg and not seven, i which adds to Spartanburg"s margin, j Election managers returning the j boxes from the area today said they had no idea the official returns: would change the result, since the voting and the counting of the vote had been done under the most watchful eyes?ci representatives of both sides. If there were irregularities they will be fully investigated and reports of such things coming to the Spartan burg headquarters today will be fol lowed up. without delay. There are stories floating around t<> the effeel that votes wore influenced here and there and these will be run down, but nothing definite is given out. John A. Lewis, chairman of the Spartanhure- county highway commis sion, has a. ointed a committee oi citizens fron the Greer area to con fer with his body tomorrow concern ing the developments of the roads ol that area. He declared today wort would be begun without delay. TO BUY HOME FOR MARSHAL HAIG Movement on Foot to Purchase Famous Mansion London. Dec. 22.?The prophecy o: Thomas the Rhymer, who wrote "Tyde whay may betyde, Haig shall be Haig of Beniersyde," bids fair t< be fulfilled. A movement is on foot here to purchase the Scottish estates of Bemersyde together with the his toric mansion and to present them to Sari Haig. who adopted the title of Earl Ibii.^ of Bemersyde on his elevation i<> 11 *?- peerage) a rec ord of the British, people's admira tion for bis triumphant leadership o! the British armies during the war The property is owned by Lieuten ant Colonel A. ii. Haig. It was to Bcmcrsy.de where Turner the painter was taken by Sir Waiter Scott, the poet, f<>r .the. purpose oJ making drawings to illustrate the seen.cry of Scott's poems. The estates, which include the famous mansion, have an area of 130(j acres and the 'market value i: put at $2CS.OO0 for which sum i; ha* been decided to appeal. They hav. been owned and occupied by the Haig; continuously for more [than seven centuries. Bemersyde is situated in the parisl: of Mertoun, Scotland, in the very cen tor of a district which for more than .'{(jo years was the battleground of two hostile nationalities as well as the scene of almost never-ceasing in ternal conflict, rapine and dissension. Of the hundreds of forts and cas tles which once existed on the Scot tish side of the border, Bemersyde is the only one that is still inhabited as a manorial residence and inhabited, too. by the family that were its origi nal founders. Bemersyde Hons.- it self stands on an elevated rocky bluff i overhanging one of the most beauti ful reaches of the rived Tweed. On the opposite bank of th<- river is the I promontory of Old Mclrosc. the spot on which the Saxon disciples of Ai dan. more than J200 years ago. up lifted th<- symbols of Christianity. Contributions toward the purchase i-f ihe estate arc to be accepted by every bank in England. _i Refused Noble Prize Stockholm. Dee. 21.?The real reason why no \obel Prize for Liter- j .itimp w:is awarded this year, says 1 the Dagens Xyheter, was that the < Secretary of the Swedish Academy. < tie- po<'t. .M. Karlfeldt. who had 11 h*?cn selected as th<i prize winner, de-j j clincd to accept the distinction offered. 1 - , Sum tor county is spending consider- ' i able money on the public roads- -the 11 high cost of labor and materialsf-1 making the expenditures grow by i leaps and bounds- but if there is any ( improvement in the condition of the rounds generally it i? hard to find. i NEED BUDGET FOR WORLD MOVEMENT Evangelization of Churches Will Cost More Than Five Hun dred Million Dollars Atlantic City. N. J.. Jan. 7.?A budget of'more than $500,000,000 will be necessary to evangelize the world, according to leaders of the survey conference of the Interchurch World movement of North America, launch ed here today with Dr. John R. Mott. chairman of the executive committee, j presiding! More than 1.000 delegates.! representing 2S denominations, re- j sponded to the roll call. Dr. Fred P. Haggard, head of the I survey department of the movement j outlined the great task confronting! the Protestant church and pictured j the extent of the job of building up ? the material involved in the world j survey. Samuel Guy Inman. in charge ot the Latin-American survey, declared that American mission boards are the only organizations which have devel oped a practical, comprehensive and) inclusive program of solving the Me.v- j ican problem. Mr. Inman said the Mexican problem was not a question >f a "revolution to be squelched but an evolution to be guided.'' "Mission boards." he added, "are planning to help Mexico solve her land problems by establishing eight agri cultural schools: her social problems >y setting up social centers in every j own of more than 15.000 people: her: dueational problems by establishing! i university in the city of Mexico, and j ?nlarging and multiplying high! schools, normal and day schools." SOCIALISTS LOSE ! NEW YORK SEAT ; Five Are Denied Places in State Assembly Albany, N. Y., Jan. 7.?Five Social st members of the assembly of the \*cw York State legislature were de tied their seats at the lower branch's j opening meeting of the 1920 session i oday. A resolution questioning vhether they could be loyal to their ?aths of office when bound to act sub ect to instructions of the Socialist >arty w;is quickly passed. 1)0 to 6. af cr Thaddens C Sweet speaker, with Iraniatic suddenness order?d the ser reant at arms to bring the Socialist nembers before the bar of the house. The Socialists must now prove their itness; to their scats before a tribu uil selected by this assembly. The Socialist. August Clacssens of New York, the party leader: Samuel V. Dewitt. and Samuel Orr of Bronx;: ?harles Solomon of Kings County and >u;is Waldeman of New York county, vcrc ushered before the speaker's! lesk in the pit of the house. "You are seeking seats in this body j -you who have been elected on a ?latform that is absolutely inimical to ho best interests of New York State tnd the United States." the speak er said. "That platform is the doc rine of the Socialist party. It is not truly a political party but is a mem bership organization admitting with in its ranks aliens, enemy aliens, and minors." The preamble of the resolution de nying the Socialists admission to the floor sets forth that the August con vention of the Socialist party in Chi-j 3ago declared adherence and selidarityj with, the revolutionary party of soviet] Russia, and pledged its members to I rhe furtherance of the international! Socialist revolution that by such ad-j herence and declaration the Socialist party has indorsed the principles of the Communist internationale at Mos cow which is pledged to the forcible and violent overthrow of all existing organized governments: and that un der the constitution of the Socialist) party of America a member may bej; 3xpelled or suspended from his party j "for failing or refusing when elect- j ?d to public office to enrry out such instructions as- he may have received from tie- party organization." New York. Jan. 7. The live mem-! bcrs of the Socialist party, who were |1 ?suspended from the state assembly to-j lay. conferred until a late hour to- j 1 light with members of the city, coun-i ty and State Committees of the Social ist party. No statement was issued i >ui a member of tin- committee an- : l?unced th.-t the >.pcration of the abor unions of New York city would I !>o soughi hi the fight to secure the 5 ?einstatemcnt of the suspended legisla . ! i ;ors. Things are going tu hum as they)1 did before, lie prophesied; COLONIZING DIS ABLED SOLDIERS Meeting to Be Held in New York to Make Definite Plans New York, Jan. 5.?Officials of the federal government and prominent New York men will confer here to morrow at the Eankers' Club at the invitation of Mrs. Wendell Phillips, president of the Carry on Association, "to make definite plans tor the ex pansion of the Association's work of housing and colonizing of disabled soldiers." The organization, now operating in several cities, and supplementing the I help the government gives through pensions and vocational training, pro vides board, lodging, laundry and en tertainment for. disabled soldiers for $10 a week while the veterans are being taught new trades and profes sions. ; Its work is said to have the approval of The American Legion and the Federal authorities. All the government departments concerned with the problem of the disabled soldier, it is said, will be rep resented at the conference, including R. G. Cholmley Jones, head of the War Risk Insurance Bureau, Uel Lambkin. Director of the Federal Board of Vocational Education and Colonei Rucker. representing the Sur geon General of the United States army. The public it. is said will be repre sented by Franklin D'Olier, grand commander of The American Legion, Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roose velt, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Wil j Ham Fellowes Morgan. Ogden Mills, Colonel Francis Robbins. Colonei William Donovan. C. A. Coffin, Morti mer Schiff, George E. Vincent, Captain I Cosmo Hamilton, Charles H. Sabin jand others. t ? (CHINESE SENT BACK HOME - i Coolies Who Worked in France Finish War Service I _ I Paris, Dec. 18.?Ninety thousand I Chinese brought to France by the j British army for war work behind the I lines are being returned as their three-year contracts expire and by the pud of February it is expected ?uly about L'o.Ooo <>f them will remain. These will be picked groups re-en j gaged for a two year period. About j 10,000 of the Chinese who worked for the French army have been or soon will be sent home. For two years the Chinese have been brought into close contact with the j Young Men's Christian Association. 11. M. Hersey, formerly general sec retary of the American Y. M. C. A. at Tien-tsin, who has been in charge j of the work among the Chinese, said they were going back home better I equipped mentally and morally than when they came. Little religious work has been done by the Y. M. C. A.. Mr. Hersey said. Patriotism was accentuated; moral ity was extolled; and the meaning of the war was explained so the men might not go back with critical, de pressing views of European civiliza tion. Leadership was developed among them and as a result, Mr. Hor sey said he hoped the thousands of Chinese would become a leaven for China. AGREE ON RE VOLVING FUND Conferees on Railroad Bills De cide on Amount Washington. .Ian. 7.?Senate and boas.- conferees, working today on the Esch and Cummins railroad bibs, agreed upon $:>00.000.000 as tl.e amount 'of a revolving fund from which carriers would be permitted to borrow to tide themselves over the period immediately fob*wing their re turn to private operation. The Cum mins bill, 'passed by the senate, fixed Lhc amount at S?UO.OUO.OuO and the Esch measure, passed by the hour-, nade it $250.000.000. School of Civil Aviation In Brazil Rio df Janeiro. Dec. l?.?The Bra zilian \ero Club intends to found in this city a school of civil aviation, the graduate pilots of which will be i natural reserve for army and n;r v idiots. Steps are now under way to raise the $130.000. which it is esti mated it will cost to inaugurate tee school.