The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 22, 1920, Image 6
ME. McKIEVER
REPLIES
Farther Diseussions of (the Con
ditions at Lighting Plant
EditorSumter Daily Item:
?Bepiying. in part, to Mr. Brown, the
cit}* manager's letter; in the Item, of
24&y 14th, because of my letter to
."-.-. epuncil regarding conditions at the
power statiohl I will state that I did
not accuse Mr., Brown of being capa
ble of operating the lighting plant
itpr would accuse him of being capa
ble -of operating the water plant or
v any other'department of the city. So
far'as my knowledge of his ability he
.may be able to operate any one or all
or none. [<cl
However. I do assert that he is em
ployed by the city as city manager and
. he ."has repeatedly in official notices in
the Xtem signed his name with that
? tili* after his name. " Such being" the
?case it is to be supposed that the title
carried or should have carried with
/ ?" it a general supervision, under direc
Hg&cn of council, of all the departments
and affairs.of the city, except health
and possibly the police departments,
an even touched them more or less
and that it was his duty to see that they
^cere operated efficiently and econom
ic?lry'hy the managers in charge, and
- if this was not being done to call it to
S the attention of council if he could not
/get results so council could act.
^^^^^Ifurther assert that it is not nec
< eSsasy for a successful manager to be
- ^ an ^tpert in even one department or
eyen have a passing knowledge, al
though, if he was an expert or had
Siich .3tnowIedr? it would lighten his
Sanols. AH that is required is that the
person who would successfully fill the
position have plenty of common sense
id itioW what is required and *"\pre-:
vpst something being put or "lini,
ability to" ask questions, s^.ticieifit
5^iftgment fo^ digest the information
tJttjaobtained to get at the facts, and
?Uf?cieh't go to put the job over.
A3, to. whom is due the.blame (Jt
knycn?) "for the poor service and the
conditions at the power plant I do
hot know. That I have asked council
to determine. When I went to .the
plant to find out whether or not ^1?
should continue to depend on power
fr?ret the station' or install my own
plan::, not finding Mr. Olsen there, I
inquired of Mr. Brown what was the
V^uble and he told me the motor on
the /circulating pump had burnt out.
J did "not go there to examine the
plant nor did I do so. The only thing
t^aiy. was that the -: circulating, pump
conid' be operated by either steam or
Electricity. S*atiirally I asked why
tfe htean end was not being used. He
" ^pH^/tft'at;^'w?s\worh out, but that
;t^^ !had tried to get along with it and
?tfrEt it finally gave out about half past
t^e^re the night before. It was while
^|^iag.,^ith htm that he furnished
the, i olormatron that the other big en
gine was inj condition to run except
for A he-, belt" being apart, and that .in
replyv to my inquiry as to how long it
^d?s in. that condition, he did-say two
aonihsv He. did not - say two or threje
wee*: as he now. claims. Mr. Ois&ji
hs?Tsipee.. infbrhied me that it . lir&ir
ca5n<> loose about* six weeks before and
that he-had it repaired and that itfl
came loose again a second time about
two . weeks before. Evidently Mr.
Brown did not know this nor did he
... correct me about the length of time,
when I criticised it being allowed to be
in that .condition for two months. Evfe
dently also failed to acquire that
knowledge in the course of the gener
al supervision that he admits it is his
duty to give.
1 The grounds for the charges of in
> efficiency and carelessness in my let
. ter to.Council were based upon infor
mation, given me by Mr. Brown in re
piy/to my questions. If the informa
tion was correct- then the charges
ren?st be sustained, if-they are not the
charges will fail and I will gladly re
tract them. It was also upon this in
formation that I said .it showed poor
management. T did not charge him or
any one else with being responsible.
I 'dp not now undertake to say who
was to blame. He. however* must
have felt in some way to blame for he
replic*! that he was managing^he best
he JcneW Y ow to, which I replied that
I*ciaimed-it still showed poor manage
ment. It was then that he remarked
that be .objected" to. bein$r criticised.
He having taken my criticism person
ally, I e?uld only assert my right as a
citizen and taxpayer to tell him - T
wo?t3 criticise him or any one else
when I believed I had a just cause.
Mr. Brown is correct as to it bei:\g
necessary to leave one lap of the belt
uncemented until put in place on the
engine. >. When this information was
given I had not seen where the belt
had to pass under and over the ce
mented floor and as a consequence
was mislead into making a charge
that I have since told Mr. Olsen was
groundless and will so tell Council
wher I appear before fhem.
I woul dask. the public to suspend
. judgment either for or against any I
one conected with the city goverr -)
.jnent until a complete investigation is
had and the full facts are at their dis
posal. If the facts brought out by a
thorough investigation show that every
thing that could be reasonably done
.by competent management had been
done then.the management should be
exonerated from all blame, just as
\ readily as.it should be condemned ;f
it is shown otherwise. Every true
citizen should give a square deal even
to their officials as well as to expect
it. I am sure Council welcomes this
investigation as well as the public and
we' should all remember that while
we elect men to office to do certain
things that we as individuals can not
<io &ir duty to them does not cease
with " casting our ballots, but having
placed heavy responsibilties upon
their shoulders we should at least
silence captious criticism and petty
fault-finding even if we will not unite
with them by calling to their attention
such things that appear to us as
wrong or as affecting the city's inter
est for better or worse.
This motive was the cause of my
letter to Council as much as anything
etsfc As regards the eventful suc
cessi"nl venture of the city into the
ownership of its lighting plant, I have
I
WILSON CHARG
ED WITH WASTE
Republican Investigating Com
mittee Presents Partisan
i i
Report
! .'Washington, May IS?The Republi
i cans charge reckless waste and ex
j.tr?vagance and condemn the govern
jmenCs entire war time nitrate pro
jgram. The Democrats, defend it and
j charge partisan bias by the raajoriiy
lin the reports presented to the house
j by the investigating committee. Re
? publicans blame President Wilson for
I the nitrate'program, entailing the ex
jpenditure of about $116,000,000.
Dissension In Ne
braska Convention
I Bryan's Brother Serves Notice
of Bolt Unless His Dele
gates Are Seated
j Omaha,, May IS.?Nebraska Demo
erats are meeting today in State cpn
i vention. William Jennings Bryan is
absent, but his brother, Charles W.
Bryan, served notice that unless the
Lancaster county delegation is seated
he Anil leave the convention.
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Letter" From Capt Phelps
The following letter from Captain
"A. C. Phelps, dated ' Liverpool, May
4th, was received this morning. The
friends of Capt. Phelps will be glad
to know that he is* enjoying his long
? stay overseas.
May 4th, 1920.
Just a line to tell you that your is,r
sue of April 21st reached me this
morning, just 13 days-from Sumter,
which I consider most excellent time.
Am glad to see the" agitation for good
roads; am sorry I will not be in Sum
jter-to help in the good cause: if the
j people could only see the. roads in
[ this country and the loads that can
be hauled by teams I think they would
vote the necessary funds immediate
ly. ' ?m leaving for the continent to
night and I hope I shall receive as fine
treatment there as have received in
England.
Everything, except tobacco prod
ucts are much cheaper here than at
home and one can put his feet up on
the rail of an Ameican bar at just
about. 1-1-6 the-cost-of the "Potheen"
in Atnerica.
Hope you are O. K.. With kind re
? gards. Yours sincerely, '
. ' " JA. C. Phelps.
. P. S.?This place is full of Ameri
can cotton mill men?many-of-them
selling the next crop for forward de
livery. The market is de,ad, for spot
cotton at ^present, due to the fear of
a strike of the Lancashire workers.
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Marriage License Record.
-.- -
White:
T. W, Nichols and Miss Edelle Bark
ley.. Tind?l.
Robert S. Smith and Miss^Laurr-. Cv
Cutter, Sumter.
J. D. Weake and Miss Maude Strick
land, Olanta, S. C.
... Colored: / ' .
Alma Washington and Annie McAr
thur, Brogdon..
. Johnny, Brown and Annie Wright,
Sumter. .
Robert Jones, Darlington, and Ro
sie Zimmerman, Syracuse, S. C.
Briston Daniels and Victoria Jef-:
fer son, Mayesville.
.-Earl Burgess and Molina Wilson.!
Sumter.
Claude Small and Elma Wells. Pine- j
wood.
[ Petition for Half Holiday.
I ? : _
j A petition is being circulated by the
[clerks of the retail stores of Sumter j
j to the effect that they be granted a,
I half-holiday every Wednesday after- j
noon. They ask that all stores close
at 2 p. m. on Wednesdays from the
first Wednesday in June to the last
Wednesday in August.
A few of the leading merchants!
have been seen and they seem to be!
favorably disposed toward the pro- j
position. All of the merchants will j
be seen in regard to the matter and
annouz*cement 'will be made later as
to their decision.
Washington May IS?Responding to
telegraph appeals. State and Public
Service Commissions, are working with
the Interstate Commerce Commission
to relieve a practically nation-wide
?freight congestion.
no doubt as long as we have at the
head of its government its present
mayor or a man of similar qualities
and character, for he has never failed
^s far as 1 have knowledge in the
thirty years I have been in Sumter. to
successfully put over the top whatever
h?- undertook, whether in studying law j
under great disadvantages while a
youth, down to the other day in as
sisting in putting over the two and
one-half; million dollar hard surface
road bond issue. Yes, he has. and will I
continue to make mistakes, being iiu- J
I man, but the only effect of his .':iis
I takeR has been to cause him to re
double his efforts and profit by them.
I have not heard of his making the
same mistake twice.
In conclusion I would request that
any one who has personal knowledge,
either in favor or against tb_e man
agement of the power plant to be
present at the next meting of Coun
cil to testify, or if they know of on<j j
who has such knowledge that they j
give in his name of the party to tWoj
clerk of council. Rumors are worth I
less and not wanted nor are com-]
plaints about poor service. We all j
know that is a fact and is acknowl
edged by alL What is wanted Is in-j
formation that will determine wheth- j
er or not the management is to btamej
and wherein the service can be im- \
proved until the new plant can be;
completed.
Respectfully,
J. W. McKiever.
May 17th, 1920.
STATE AID TO
i HIGH SCHOOLS
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! More Monev Needed to Meet the
Increase Of Teachers'
Salaries
Columbia, May 17?Xo better index
to public school conditions, progress,
land needs can be found than that af
f forded by the status of the High
[Schools. For the pupils -n the seven
'elementary grades the goal of youth
iful ambition is admission to :h.^
I eighth grade. The colleges find their
! recruits among the High School g?-ad
I uates. The four years of secondary
training constitute, therefore, a 'piv
otal point in the State's educational
system. *
In disbursing to the 132 high school
districts the State appropriation of
$175,000 the inadequacy of _he ap
propriation was the first problem to
J demand attention. The deficiency was
? the direct result of the more liberal
[salaries for teachers and of the heavy
'enrollment of rural pupils,
j The salary schedule authorized by
j the law has risen from $55 :; month*
j for the scholastic year 1 91 (>-l 7 to $ 110
la month -for the scholastic year 1 <?:???
|'21, a clean gain of 100%. The strong
! er high schools in the large.* cities
jand towns are exceeding the Slate
maximum in the program f?f*- ne:i#
year. The increased ??r.co.ne m'-thos*'
districts is being raised from increased
local taxes. An annual-salary' of
for efficient high school teacher rcal
jly provides only $<5 for twelve months.
( The increment- of $45 r'or a second
year's and $90 for a third year's ser
vice in the same situation is far below
the corresponding figures for well
supported schools in South Carolina
and in other States. The bulk, of the
teaching must be done by these as
sistants; hence it is imperative,-to in
sist on personality, scholarship, train
ing, and ?>perience if high school
students are to be held in the class
rooms.
Gefteral accpetance of this minimum
?standard by boards , of high school
I trustees next year will require approx
imately $140,000.
I Every high school now employing
(three or four teachers ought to main
|t:.in this'corps. The amount allowed
i for this service during 1919-20 will
j>robably increase about 25 per cent
during 1920-21. Such growth will re
quire about $45.000.
The tuition paid by the State for
outside enrollment of high school :pu
ptts during the. scholastic year 1919
20 was scaled 3*2.8 per'cent. The to
tal amount earned was $45.048. The
exhaustion of the appropriation nec
essitated payment on the basis of 87.2
per cent. In no case was tuition al
lowed for a boy or girl enrolled from
a home district maintaining a recog
nized high 'school.
This group of outside students num
bered 2,462, of-whom 1.951 qualified
for the tuition allowance. The remain
ing- 511 serve to make up the average
of fifteen high school pupils per teach
er-or were ineligible because of resi
dence. The experience of recent years
indicates a rapid and gratifying de
velopment in this feature of high
school service. While the location of
the majority of these high schools is
in towns and cities, the growing num
ber of purely rural high schools . is j
significant. The Rural Graded School
law has brought better organization to
nearly a. thousand districts. Hun
dreds of pupils from ninth and tenth
grades of rural schools with three,
four or* five teachers will be seeking
ninth, tenth and eleventh grade in
struction in neighboring high schools i
?next year. If this group of pupils
I should number 3.0?0 during 1920-21
the. schools in which they enroll ought
not to be made to.suffer because of
this service.
This policy of the State tuition was
inaugurated in 1919. The payment
of tuition for the scholastic year 1918
19 had to be made on the basis of 4 2.2
j per cent. The high school appropria
tion for the current year was largely
j increased by the Legislature, the scal
ing was again necessary in 1919-20.
If this item next year should call for
$60,000 the amount woul*n not be ex
cessive. The investment, moreover,
would reach and help one of the fin
est and most deserving groups of high
school students.
Communities that had to drop their
high school classification because of
influenza and other handicaps will
seek restoration to their former classi
fication. There are. perhaps, a dozen
such districts in the State. The possi
bilities of the. centralized high school
are interesting several populous sec
| tions heretofore too much "split up
; into small districts. A half dozen more
t cf these co-operating communities
would greatly strengthen the rural
schools. These two elements will re
quire an expenditure of, perhaps, :$ 15,
000.
This analysis indicates the need for
$250.000 or $260.000 in* the high
.school during the scholastic year
1920-21.
From the data now available it is!
difficult, if not impracticable to calcu
late'exactly the cost of the eighth. |
ninth, tenth and eleventh grades, in
the State aided high schools. This*
cost is supplied only in part from di
rect State appropriations. The re
mainder of the money is derived from
regular school funds or from local
taxation.
The teaching corps during the
scholastic year 1919-20 was made up
of 536 full-time instructors, with 33
part-time teachers. The State sup
plies an average of only $326 per
teacher. Existing salary schedules,
therefore, indicate that two-thirds of j
all high school expenc"~?res must be \
derived from other sources.
The total enrollment was 11.829. The!
per capita cost from State funds was.
therefore; less than $15 per pupil.
The total cost hardly exceeded $45 per!
pupil. This tandard is exceeded in j
most of the States of the Union.
In the best school systems the high i
school enrollment ranges between ten1
and fifteen per cent. To reach this
standard South Carolina will have to
double the number of her.high s^^pl
pupils. Progress now is substantial I
and gratifying. It needs to be. accel- \
erated, rather than retarded. " >
"NICKY" ARNSTEIN [
Sketch of the Notorious Bond
Thief Now On Trial In
New York
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New York, .May LS?Jules W. I Xic- !
ky) Arnstein, who surrendered to dis- ;
trict attorney in New York last week, j
after being sought by the police of two i
continents, and who was placed cm :
trial yesterday in United States court1
in New York, as the alleged head of a j
band ~f swindlers who. by connivance j
with bank and brokerage messengers, |
I are said to have stolen from '$1.500.-;
000 to $5.000.00(1 in bonds and other'
securities Crom Wall Street firms, is;
the husba) of Fannie .Brice. an act- ;
ress. who he married in 1917. He dis
appeared fron' New York, where; he
maintained two lavishly appointed j
j apartments, besides a country home .
at Huntington. L. ly on February 12 \
last, since which time he has been re- j
ported in various' parts oi" the country j
or on the eve o? "surrendering" to the !
authorities. j
Arnstein is the son of a New York '
business man and is 42 years, old. The !
police, say he is ?s well known in
France ?ud England' as in the United
States.
He is a flashy dresser. Once, when'
arraigned in court, Jne appeared in a
blue serge suit, a polka dot necktie
and a pink silk shirt.
! Eight years ago Arnstein was ar
rested in London and extradited to
New York for swindling William E.
Shinks, of Springfield. Mass.. put of
$15,000 by,means, of worthless stock.
Sentenced to two "years' in Sing Sing
prison, Arnstein served less than a
year. Six jtthers members of the
gang were later arrested in San Fran
| cisco, Tokio and Baltimore.
I Shortly after Arnsteins disappear
ance last February, a Federal judge
in New? York issued an order enjoin
ing. 500 or more banks and depositories
in the metropolis from disposing of
any" money, stocks, bonds or other se^
curities Arnstein might have on de
posit in them. He was known to have
six safe deposit boxies in various pub
lic valuts. According to the police,
Arnstein, together with his associates
obtained the stolen bonds' and .o^her
securities from the messengers and
runners artd took^Uiem to various
cities where they were put up as'col
lateral for loans. The boys or men
who committed the thefts received
less than one-quart *r of their value
and. in some instances, nothing at all.
More than $500.000 was 'said to have
been "buried" in Canadian banks iri
this way? About .$750,000 is said to
have been traced to Philadelphia,
Washington. Baltimore and Cleveland.
Assistant District Attorney Dooling.
of New York, who has been'.prominent
in" the investigation . of the Arnstein
case. t said that in four months, from
Optober. 1919, there had been more
than 500 bond ,robberies, ranging
from $500 to $17S.0OO/a~d that most
of them were "office" . job?, that is.
j doned by employes of banks,and brok
j erage houses. He said the- "system"
j had connections in every large city
in the United States. Bonds stolen in
Cleveland, Chicago, or San Francisco,
he declared, were forwarded to fences
in New or other cities who put them
up -as collateral for loans.
"Hidden strings are being pulled."
declared Bernard .J. McGinn, manager
of the claim department of the Am
erican Surety Company "through un
derground channels which seem to
undermine most of the financial dis
trict. Leaks, it seems, are .taking
place within' stock exchange houses
and it looks as- though an organized
intelligence service is in operation."
Arnstein's name, according to the
police records, came into prominence
in the case last February in connec
tion, with the arrest in New York of j
Joseph and Edward ?Gluck, two i
brothers; also Herbert and Ru
dolph Bunora and Edward Furey,
bank and brokerage" messengers in
Wall Street. He was specifically
charged with receiving $42,000 worth
of Crucible Steel certificates, stolen
from a New York brokerage house.
Some of the prisoners stated that Arn
stein and his alleged partner, Nicholas
Cohn, for whom rewards of $2,500 are
offered, had received from them and
disposed of more . than $2.300;000
worth of bonds and other negotiables.
Shortly after Arnstein's flight last
February,. hearings were held in the
Federal court in New York to have
him adjudged 'an involuntary bank
rupt. It was there charged thai "hisj
assets consist of many thousands of
dollars.". A few weeks later, a New
York lawyer, who said he was counsel
for the fugitive, reported he had "met \
MISTRIAL IN
GREENVILLE!
_ j
Jury Fails to Convici Jake Gos-j
nell for Murder of Hendrix
Rector
?
Greenville, May IS.?A mistrial re-:
suited in the ease of Jake Gosnell, |
charged with the murder of Sheriff.'
Hendrix Rector July 4th. last year. I
PALMER HAS
OPPOSITION
One Faction of Pennsylvania:
Democratic Organization
Fighting Attorney
General !
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Phialdelphia. May 18?Delegates to |
the Chicago and San Francisco con
ventions are being elected in the Penn
sylvania primaries today. Attorney
General Palmer is opposed for presi- j
dential endorsement in fhc. Democratic .
\ primary . by one faction.
The League of Nations. j
; Manchester, Eng., -May* 12?Lord.
Deading, J^ord Chief Justice of Eng
! land and former Ambassador to Wash- |
j ington, talks hopefuly of the prospects >
I of a League of Nations. : .. -
j "Whether the League becomes a j
; weapon for the preservation of peace,
j or whether it withers and dies does.'
i not depend upon the government, or j
j statesmen or politicians, but upon the I
' peoples of the member countries,'7 he j
i told the Manchester Chamber of Com- j
jmficc. "In time to come, if the pub- j
.lie pi the various countries will put!
their heart and soul into it. we may J
,: eventually arrive at a. stage when war j
; ni>ghr be regarded as a thing of the 1
.'past.'* - r
Lord Reading said the words . of
! Washington's farewell address were
! treasured by the American people "as
[perhaps never had words of man been
j treasured." This he cited as illustrat
; irg the very strong and conservative
Uradi?ohs of theJ United States which
'i'he asked his audience to'take*into ac
j count in considering the present A m
I crican attitude toward the League.
; Quite an excitement was caused
: out in the third ward at noon Tues
i day when the tenant house at" 111
! South?Purdy street, occupied by Katie
! Butler, caught on fire. The fire de
i partment was on hand and sucqeed
;ed in putting out the.fire before it had
[ gained any headway, only; the roof
being damaged by the fir^. All of the
; furniture was saved by neighbors. The
i cause of the fire/is unknown, but prob
j ably) ca tight *frbm. the kitchen flue.
] Arnstein if\ Cleveland* and . that he
j had told him he was'?innocent" of the
j bond theft .charges and would sur
j render if bail was fixed at $35,000. He
?* said. Arnstein had rheumatism and
'feared imprisonment in^a cold, damp
; cell in the Tombs if more than this
! amount of bail were demanded. He
j said Arnstein had told him he had
I won $18.000 in a crap game in-Cleve
land and lost $S2,000 the next night
t in the same place,
j The bond thefts,. which have been
j going on for months in New York,
j took a tragic turn in one - case.
I Benjamin M. Binkowitz, a messenger
I employed by Richard C. Whitney. &
Co.; bankers and brokers, who disap
peared in August. 1919, with $178,000
I worth of securities, was stabbed to
j death and his body left alongside ai
I road near Milford. Conn. Arnstein I
i and his associates have not been con- j
! nected with the crime. The police, inj
j working on the Binkowitz murder said j
I it was committed by the same band
which participated, in the killing of
Barnet Baff, wealthy New York poul
try merchant, in November, 1914.
During the bankruptcy proceedings,
David W. Sullivan, of D. W. Sullivan
& Co.. a former brokerage firmS of
Washington, D. C, stated under pro
mise of immunity, that his firm had
obtained- six hundred thousand dol
lars worth of bonds from Arn
stein and Cohn during the past
year, all of which, he believed, were
stolen. Sullivan said he tried to break j
away.from the pair but that Arnstein!
said: '"You haye gone this far with usl
and if you do. I'll kill you." Among!
the numerous arrests made in bond |
theft cases in New York, from time^
to time, were tbos'e of James Keane'
and James Haines, two private detec
tives from Montreal, who are held as
?material witnesses in the Tombs. " K
rENNESSEE WO
MEN POLITICIANS)
Women Democrats and Repub*
licans Hold Joint Con
vention -Jh 1
_ f? ~X:
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Nashivile, Tenn. May 18?The Ten*,
lessee League of Women Voters, with;..;
prominent women representatives of:
joth political parties present^ opened.
i two-day session this morning.
CHICAGO
LABOR FEUD
5*
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:;
Head of Stock Yards Labor
Council Fatally Injured
In Fight
Chicago, May ;I8?John Kakulski*
head of the Stockyards Labor Council^
is the latest victim of labor feuds. Hef-j?
was beaten and shot and his wounds^
may prove fatal. ? : ?"
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SOVIET PLOT m$
IN FRANCE
Radicals Planned to Establish a
Bolshevik Government as
/ Result of Strike
Paris, May. IS?Soviet rule would
have been established , in France if
the revolutionary strikes on May 1st
had succeeded, the police assert, say
ing that they have obtained evidence,
from docum.G-i.ts to this effect.
PENROSE MADE
USE OF SIMS
Republican Boss FormufeUs? the:%
Slanderous Charges Against
> The Navy
Washington, May 18-~Senat?r B?if ;
I Penrose and not- Admiral Sims origin
ated the basic charges against '-?thd
Navy Department, contained in- Ad
miral Sims' letter of January 7.. Sec
retary Daniels, asserted before the in
vestigating committee* today.
SUGAR PROF
ITEERS INDICATE?
Ray City, Mich.. May 18?Two sugar
brokers have been indicted, cltargra
with violating of the Lever act,
Republicans Are
Framing Platform
I Washing'-ton, May 18?Will K Hays;
{National chairman of the Rep_blican
j party, began conferences with Repi-Sin- --
j lican leaders today, which may 'h?ye
. an important bearing on the platform "
I declarations. ? - .- .
j TOBACCO DEALERS
PROTEST TAX
Washington, ' May 19?President
Eiselohr assured the tobacco mer-:
chants' association meeting here that
tobacco and liqi >r would not bp b_r
ied in the same grave. He protested;.; \
against further-increases in taxes on
tobacco products.
INDIANA EN- W>
DORSES Wn$g?
_________ ? I ?*.
Indianapolis. May 19?Indiana Pe
rn ocrats who are gathering to ejjet
delegates to San Francisco are.: -fx-/
pected to endorse President WUsph'sjl
administration, the le- .*s declare.
GEORGIA RAILRO
CLERKS STRjfp
' Atlanta May 19?Union clerks in
freight offices of the Central of Geor
gia Railroad are still out. in a half
dozen cities.
OHIO TOWN SHOT UP
Toledo. May 20?Six men shot up
the main street of Delta, . Ohio,
wounded one nian. invaded a bank and
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