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THE S131TEK WATCHMAN, Establis) "Consolidated Aug. 2,1 FRANCE PACES TROUBLE ALONE Friction Between Allies Over Oc cupation of Rhine Region j By French Forces Not Removed Paris, April 12.?Nothing lias as yet been decided as to Premier Mil lerand's attendance at the supreme council meeting at San Remo, and it I was declared today in reliable sources j that if the conference there was to i ., jdiscuss the misunderstanding between j Prance and Great Britain, he would i not go at all. A personal talk on the subject with j Premier Lloyd George would be wel- I corned by the French premier if Lloyd i George could find it convenient to j ?v\-come.to Paris, but it is considered in official circles that as the point at jssuo interests France and Great Britain only, it is needless to discuss it before the representatives of the 1 other powers. It is held here that the British gov ernment in persisting in the discus- j sion has put the mattes in a form "" Where it is difficult to see what satis faction it is possible to give. France has not been tasked to evacuate Frankfort and the impression is gain ing ground, it was indicated, that what was sought above all is to dis cipline' France. ? The Earl of Derby, Great Britain's ambassador to France, attended the council of ambassadors here today. The Hungarian treaty was the sole matter under discussion. Premier Millerand's reply to the latest British note has not yet been made public, but it is declared to make no material change in the situation. It expresses regret^that there has been I occasion for any ' controversy, but j points out that if France acted alone j in " her occupation move east of the j Rhine, it was because she was left alone in the face of a situation which required prompt action. The note assures Great Britain that j France is determined to remain fnith ful to the alliance, but it intimates I that the government can not promise J to abstain from defending the :nter- j est4! confided to it when its action isj not .contrary to the objects of that j alj&nce. The foreign office has not received j any further replies from the powers] to its notice of the occupation of Prankfort, but it :is learned that Ba - jrpnr MatsuL the Japanese ambassador, lias .unofficially stated that Japan has no objection to the action of France. The softened tone of the corre spondence with Great Britain is not fed with some surprise, it was said, that while negotiations over ques- j tions disagreeable to adversaries of j the entente were conducted with a deliberation that was some times wearing to patience, the British gov ernment had established a record for rapidity in developing its grievance against an ally. Paris, April 12.?Verbal explana tions which may eliminate differences! of opinion between England and j France relative 'to the advance of! IFrench forces east of the Rhine ac- j ^(^anied Great Britain's answer to ier Millerand's latest note, ac cording \to the Parisien. Other news papers point out that it is to the in terest of the allies that any contro versy between France and Great Brit ian be settled before the meeting of the supreme allied council at San Remo. - j I Premier Millerand was asked by the j ~ British ambassador when he was go- j ing to San Remo and the French pre- j mier replied he would probably leave on April 19. but would not settle defi- j nitely the date until he had seen the J reception given his latest r te, says | the Echo de Paris. The premier in- : tends to postpone any declaration on ; the situation in the chamber of depu-! ties until the controversy with Great Britain is settled, the same newspa- j per remarks, but, should it continue, j / it is possible he may ask the French ' parliament to approve the policy hcj has adopted. . 'Decision to lift the tax of 10.000 j marks levied against the city of; !Frankfort for aggression against i French circle chasseurs, is announced j by General De Metz, commander of \ French forces in the city, according to a Mayence dispatch. This is a re- 1 suit of steps taken by the Burgomas- ? ter of the city and on account of tin good behavior of the people during! the last few days, it is said. GENERAL WOOD RESUMES DUTY Cancels Leave of Absence and Hastens to Chicago Boston. April 13.?Major General Wood has eaneelled the leave of ab sence which he obtained to cam paign for the Republican presidential nomination. He said that he would leave at once for Chicago. He said his action was due to the strike situa tion. FREIGHT EMBARGO AT WASHINGTON No Freight Received by Rail roads to or From Wash ington Washington. April 13.?The rail roads placed an embargo today against all incoming and outgoing freight to Washington. led April. 1850. Be Just ; 881. !AN ANCIENT TIME PIECE j - i Associate Justice Fraser Pre- ; sents Seventeenth Cen- : tury Clock to Su preme Court j _ i Columbia. April 13.?An old banjo! clock, more than a hundred and twen-j I ty years old, has been presented by [Associate Justice T. B. Fraser, of Sumter, to the South Carolina Su- j preme Court, and the clock stands on j a mantel in the court room. It is one! j of the finest pieces of old furniturej in the State and it is said it would] bring- hundreds of dollars if offered for sale. The clock was bought by Judge] Fraser's great grandfather, Thomas! Boone, before the your lSOO. M-.j Boone bought the clock on his-wed-j ding trip. ' The clock passed through the! earthquake of 1S12 without injury. In! recent years it has been in the homoj of Judge Fraser and his father. He- j cently Judge Fraser gathered the) pieces of the clock- together and had the clock rebuilt. It was out of the Fraser family at one time. The handsome old clock is more than r-yo feet ti.ll. It ha? a broad rectangular -base section, a narrow stem-like bo.iy and a lov.nd top piece, containing the face, the general outline of the clo:k being in the shape of a banjo. GENERAL STRIKE IN IRELAND Protest Ag&.<iSt Treatment of Political Prisoners Begins In Dublin Dublin, April 8.?A general strike has begun in Ireland as a protest against the treatment shown prison ers in Mount Joy prison, who are on a hunger strike. Latest reports say that the hunger strikers are all weak, some nearing the danger mark. A HEAVILY ARMED AIRPLANE Fighting Machine Is Equipped j With Eight Machine Guns Tested on Bordet - Washington, April 13.?An army airplane remodeled to carry eight | machine guns has been sent to the j Mexican border for an official test. ; HIGHWAY MEET- ! ING OPENS I Annual Good Roads Convention! Largely Attended Hot Springs, Ark., April 12.?The annual Convention of the United j States Good Koads and Bankhead I Highway Association opened here to-j night with addresses by Governor Brough, of Arkansas, who is president of the Bankhead Association, and j Governor Russell, of Mississippi. Governor Brough urged the strict- ? est econmoy on the part of persons at \ the head of the various building! movements, that public conhdence J might always be kept in the work, i The Albert Pike Highway Associa-j tion, with Hot Springs and Colorado j Springs as its terminals, will have! a full day on the program. More | than 2,000 delegates have registered, j AIRPLANES FOR CHINA; i Americans Establish Commer cial Enterprise at Hong Kong ? Hong KoP.g. April 12?Sixteen avi-: ators and mechanicians, mostly Am- j ericans have arrived hero and eleven ? American airplanes are on their way] from New York to the Orient to es-1 tablish the first commercial aviation; enterprise" in China. It is announced] that this aerial service will connect: [Hong Kong. Canton and the Poi*tu-j guoso colony of .Macao. Later, it hi; stated, the company plans t<> extend! its activities to Manila and Tokio.j touching at centers <>n the Chiehsej coast. The airplanes to be used in this: service are understood t<> have been1 built originally for the United States: navy and equipped with Liberty mot ors but have been remodelled and are said here to be capable of mak ing continuous flights of ti?O miles, carrying 14 passengers. Walter Bon ner, a veteran of tb^ United StateS; Naval Flying Corps, is to be general superintendent of the new company which has been financed through the efforts of (\ r*. YV. Iticau. a Macao capitalist. BRYA^AGAINST . PROFITEERS Comes Out for Anti-Profiteering Plan In Democratic Plat form ! IVymar. Neb.. April 14.?W. J. Bry an favored an nti-profiteering plank; in th?- Democratic platform, in speak-1 iug here. I mm uid Fear Not?Let all llie ends Thou A sumter, s. c., sat ?b railroad labor \ board named President Appoints Men to Arbi- j tr?te Differences Between Railroads and Their j Employees Washington, April 13.?President j Wilson has appointed the railroad, labor board as follows: Geo. W. Hanger, Henry Hunt and i R. M. Barton, representing the public; j Horace Baker, J. H. Elliot and Will-; iam L. Park, representing the rail- j roads; Albert Philips, A. 0? Wharton j and J. J. Forester, representing the! employees. _ I freight traffic is paralyzed; - Washington, Gateway to South, Closed to All Freight Traffic Washington, April 13.?The gate way to the South, through Washing ton, has been closed to freight traffic as the result of the spread of the un authorized switchmen's strike at Po tomac yards. Superintendent Colver said that all the men. including con ductors, brakemen and switchmen, numbering 200, have walked out. paralyzing the yards. No estimate is given of the number of cars tied up, but normally 3.0U0 are handled daily from the South, including pro duce. Passenger traffic is curtailed. The single trar:k bridge across the Potomac is the only railroad inlet southeast of Cincinnati. officers not benefited Soldier Relief Legislation fori Soldiers and Sailors Only Washington, April 13.?Commis sioned officers of the army and navy during the war will not benefit under the soldier relief legislation, it is' learned. few spit-ball artists Only Ten Pitchers in American! League Have Qualified _ j Chicago, April 13.?Only ten pitch era are eligible to use a Spithal! in the! American League, according to Presi-j :'.ont Johnson. street car serv ice is suspended; Strike Forces Columbus, Ohio,;' People to Walk Columbus, April 13.?One traction j company here has withdrawn all lim ited cars from service, being unable to j obtain fuel. volunteers aid in moving trains! Passenger Schedules Are Main-j tained, Officials Say j Pittsburgh, April 12.?Claims of I striking railroad yardmen that their i numbers have been largely increased during the day were met tonight by statements of railroad officials thatj through and local passenger sched-: ules had been maintained with a minimum of delay, the majority of! trains arriving and departing on time.; This result, ottieials said, had been i achieved through the aid of volun teers, many of them coming from the { company's offices here. One depart- j ment 308 men for work in the yards, j and another 108. Present plans, it j was said, contemplate the same) through service tomorrow. The freight situation remained un- | changed from that of yesterday with > the exception that an embargo was j placed upon all express passing! through Pittsburgh. To this the; company made the exception of per-: ishable matter, which is being car-1 ried in baggage ears. banIw'decol" I lette dresses Catholic Church at Phoenix,; Arizona, Posts Notice Phoenix. Ariz. April 14.?All en trances to St. Mary Catholic Church bear notices saying, "'entrance into this church is forbidden to women wearing low-necked dresses." the war in mexico Sonora Seceders Preparing to Give Carranza Forces Kot Reception Aguaprieta. Sonora. April 11.? Preparations for defense are being made against Carranza troops, which, will attempt to bring Sonora back i into the Mexican federation. The gov ernor declares that the entire state irf supporting the secession movement. r inis'i at be thy Country's, Thy Cod's a DAY, APRIL 17, 1820 FORCE AGAINST LAWLESSNESS Said In Washington That Gov ernment Will Not Permit Unauthorized Strike to Demoralize Country Washington, April 12.?Determinu-. tion of the geovernment's course in I ,the railroad strike crisis tonight! awaited further information from: ?'field agents of the Department of Jus-j tice. . Attorney General Palmer, aft( r numerous conferences with govern- j ment officials, said that a decision might be reached tomorrow, adding i that the government would not shir!-.! its responsibility. Meanwhile official announcement; was made tonight at the While House j that President Wilson would send to: the senate tomorrow the namos .n' ? nine members of the Railway Labo.i Board, created by the transportation j act. j Kramers of the transportation act,! including Chairman Cummins of t?u '? senate interstate commerce commit-1 tee, were firm in the opinion that the; labor board would prove an effective; agency to deal with the present ra.l-j way crisis For that reason. Senator Cummins' committee deferred action j on proposals for a congressional in- J quiry into the strike. J Independent of etiher of the inve*- j tigation by the department of justice! or the creation of the labor board, j the government. entered the strike Situation directly today -through ord ers sent by the postoffice department to its inspectors and railway mail offi cials throughout the country for prompt reports on any obstruction or delay of the mails. Many official reports from strike j centers have indicated Industrial Workers of the World in connection with the railway situation and offl cials said it was proposed to deter mine definitely whether this or any other organization was carrying out a i program that would bring it within! reach of federal statutes. Not only j it was said, would such activity be! dealt with summarily if the facts war ranted'legal proceedings but steps! v.'ould be taken to prevent extension | of the unrest among railway men to any other industry. In discussing the attitude of the j government in the crisis. Mr. Palmer J declared that if federal action was taken the government would not enter1 ?ic controversy as a supporter of eith-1 er the strikers or the railroad com panies. Its action, he said, would be; governed entirely by its responsibility, to the people "by whom the govern- j ment was treated and whom it was! to serve.?? j Jt was indicate.! again today that] the department might employ crimin al statutes if it decided on legal pro ceedings. Injunction proceedings, sim- i ilar to those in the bituminous coa! j strike were not being considered, it J wa# aid because of the peculiar condi j tions under which intervention must j take place if it is ordered. Agents of the department reported J I. W. W. fomentation in a score of trouble centers. otTiicials declared. | They were said also to have revealed that members of that organization are) offering financial as well as moral support to the cause of the strikers, j Federal district attorneys and field j agents were instructed to deal with j individuals and firms "making exorbi- t taut profits out of the situation" un- j der the profiteering statutes The motor transport corps of the army is ready to move 'to the aid of any city imperiled" by the strike, ac cording to announcement by the coun cil of national defense. Vigorous action will be taken if! there is any interference with the i transportation of the mails as a result j Of the railroad strikes, it was an-j .nounced today at the postoffice de-] part ment. Of.to Praeger, second assistant post master general, bus seat the following telegram of instruction to all super intendents of the railway service: "Instruct all chief clerks, transfer] clerks and others to report any ob-j strucUors, directly or indirectly, by conspiracy or otherwise with passage I of mails as result of strikes, together! with names of person or persons in-! volved. Bring to immediate attention. j of local postoffice inspectors, inspectoi-j in charge and United States district) attorney with request that offenders, be vigorously prosecuted if facts war-! rant. See Sections lG'.'O. 171 t and! 1718 postal laws." Reports to the posfoffic? depart ment were encouraging. Chicago re- ! ported that local conditions were! "very good." and that the '"railwav companies handling all mails prompt ALABAMA MUR DER MYSTERY Authorities Hunting for Slayer of Oscar Atcheson Frankville. Ala.. April ]'?).?Au thorities are investigating the death] of Oscar Atcheson. whose charred i body was found in the woods near i here. KANSAS COAL | MINES CLOSED _ i Almost Complete Paralysis of i Coal Industry Reported Pittsburgh. Pa.. April 13.?The al most complete paralysis of the Kan sas coal industry is reported. nd Troth's." THE TRI E S< COTTON MARKET MANIPULATION Bureau of Markets Makes Public; Correspondence With New York Cotton Ex change _______ New York, April i_.?Correspond-'' eneo between the Federal Bureau of! Markets and officials of the New York! Cotton Exchange which has just been i made public here, indicates that the! suspension of the rule limiting daily:' fluctuations in futures to 200 points,! may not be restored to again in the; case of maturing contracts. This fluctuation rule was suspend- i ed by the exchange in the case of! March contracts from March 22nd to! March 25th, inclusive, owing to ap-j 'prehensions that it might give rise; to claims of an unintentional failure: to make deliveries of actual cotton! or properly cc lac the. terms of the j contractu It seems that such ap- ; prehensions had developed out of a j misunderstanding of the c-xact char- j acter of the New York contract and trading- rules providing for a penalty, of 25 points above the spot price in \ the case of an unintentional default. The existence of the impression in the South and elsewhere, that shorts Of maturing contracts might avoid deliveries without incurring severe penalties, was brought to the atten tion of the exchange authorities' by the Bureau of Markets in a letter re-, questing exact information. Replying to the inquiry, Leopold S. Bache, vice president of the exchange, emphatically denied any possibility that a member of the exchange short of the maturing month, who waited until the last day " and then, failing :o find contracts for sale at the maxi mum price, would be given the bene fit of this provision, and added that in his opinion, "such action would subject the member to, a severe pen alty as the proceeding under no con ception of the rule could be consid ered as an unpremeditated and unin tentional default, unless there were some other qualifying conditions." This official statement from the vice president of the exchange, who also informed the Bureau of Markets ihat in order to eliminate the possi bility of anybody claiming an unin tentional default by reason of the cent trading limit, the limit would be removed on March contracts for the period from March . 22nd to , March 25th. was acknowledged by George Livingston, chief of the Bu reau of Markets, as definite and as clarifying ' certain misunderstandings which had developed among some members of the cotton trade in re gard to the nature of the contracts leak in on the Exchange. "With a I ear .mrtcrstanding by all parties con cerned of the interpretation of the rule regarding defaults which you rnunciated In your letter," wrote Mr. Livingston, "it ought not to be nec essary to remove for any period what ver the rule prohibiting fluctuations beyond the 2-cent limit." DETROIT FACTOR IES SHUT DOWN One Hundred Thousand Men Thrown Out of Work By Fuel Famine Detroit, April 13.?One hundred thousand factory employees are idlo here through the shutdown of factor ies which are unable to obtain fuel, i FORMER EMPRESS IS VERY SICK ???? j Berlin Newspaper Reports That Her Condition Is Grave Berlin, April 13.?The former em-, press' condition is grave, according) to the Deutsche Tags Zeitung. FOUR HELD \ FOR MURDER! ________?_? Finding of Body In River Leads j to Arrests In Nashville Nashville, April 13.?Four negroes, j tnd one white man are being held j pending the investigation of the find-j :ng of the body of Frank Smith in ; :he Cumberland river. : _ SIGNALS TO MARS Amhurst College Professor Will Make Attempt With Bal loon Omaha. April 14.?Prof. Todd of Amhurst college will attempt to sig nal Mars from a balloon April 23, acocrding to Stevens, the bal loon expert. REMEDY FOR INFLUENZA American Chemical Society Say Chlorine Gas May Be Preventative St. Louis. April 1 I.?That chlorine gas may become of use as an influen za preventative is the opinion of many members of the American Chemical Society. I JUTHKOX, Established* AID ACCEPT] BY BROTHER] Union Representatives erating With Voh Workers to Break Strike New York, April 13.?By accept! the aid of citizens' co-operation representatives of the railroad brot erhoods were enabled to move an creasing amount of food into the j with volunteer crews. PREMIERS TO HOLD CONFERENCE Lloyd George and Millerand ^ Discuss the Occupation of German Territory Paris, April 13.?Premiers Miller and and Lloyd George will meet in; a discussion of the controversy be tween France and Great Britain re lative to the advance of French tvoops in Germany prior to cohveh-J ing of the Supreme Council at Sah Kemo, according 4o Le Matin. THE SUMMER WHITE HOUSE - ; +V> Wcodshole, Mass., Being Unsuit able, Other Places Are Un der Consideration Washington, April 13. ? White House officials are considering posafcv ble sites for summer headquarters, whei President Wilson will have a; complete rest, following the elimina tion of Woods' Hole. Mass. _ " - NAMES OF STRIK- ' ERS WANTED Department of Justice A* Railroads to Furnish List of Striking Employees j - u i Washington, April 13?The Deparf j ment of Justice has asked the Penn i sylvania and New York Central rail ! roads to send in the names of thef? striking employes and to indicate. f which are the leaders. Officials As ' fused to discuss the meaning of the t messages. AMERICAN KILLED IN GERMANY Citizen of New. Jersey Shot While Evading Military Arrest \ Berlin, April 13.?Paul Roome Do Mott. of New Jersey, was killed in the Ruhr valley recently while attempt ing to escape military arrest, cording to an official announcement^ OHIO COAL MINERS IDLE Railroad Strike Throws Miners Out of Work By Suspend ing Traffic Columbus. April 13.?The soft coal miners of this district have been thrown out of work as a result of the railroad strike, traffic being sus pended. ' MORE REDS FOR DEPORTATION S^gy;^' f.i - a - Nearly Four Hundred Anar chists Ordered Shipped to Europe Washington. April 13.?Three hun dred and ninety of the three thous and persons arrested in radical raids against the communist and commun ist-labor parties have been ordered deported by the department of labor. LOUISIANA TOWN IN DARKNESS Lighting Plant Destroyed By Incendiary Fire Monroe. La.. April 13.?The Mtn roo light plant which had just been rebuilt was again burned today. In iustrial plants operated by electricity arc idle. The authorities suspect in cendiaries. WILL PROSE CUTE HOW ATT Governor Allen of Nebraska De cides to Take Action Against Union Offi cials Topeka, April 14.?Governor Al ba has announced that criminal pro ceedings would be instituted against President Howat. who advised the miners to stay on strike.