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THE STOTER WATCHMAN, EstabKs Consolidated Aug. 291 PRISONER S STILL IN SIBERIA Two Hundred Thonsand Sti2 Re-1 main in Captivity in \- Far East Stockholm. May 2S?Two hundred thousand prisoners still remain in Si- ' beria, according to the Swedish Red. Cross and an equal number of Russian prisoners remain 'in Germany. Rep-1 aration has been hindered principally by the lack of transportation. BRISTOL IN HANDS OF MILITARY Governor of Rhode Island Main tains That City is In State of Insurrection -- Bristol, R, I., May 29?Cavalry and coast artillery patrolled the streets "to day to prevent a recurrence of the riots that, occurred yesterday when striking employees of the National Rubber Company sought to prevent workers from entering the plant. Goy. BOeckmau has declared that the city is in a state of insurrection and is ex pected to come here to inspect the sit uation personally. No effort wasf mad? to open the plant today. BENETIS IN HOT WATER -_; Suffrage Leaders Not At All Pleased With His Ex planation Columbia," May 28?The South Caro lina Equal Suffrage League are find ing it hard to understand the action of the Democratic convention last week in refusing7 to amend the rules of the party so as to allow women the right to vote as Democrats in the pri mary when the suffrage amendment is ratified and women have the right to vote in general elections, which is con ifldently expected, at an early date, be fore the elections of this year. The suffrage leaders axg also insisting that former Senator Senator Christie B^uet of Columbia, produce proof of the charge which. he made.at the conven tion with regard to the leaders of the suffrage cause in -the state being paid workers. The. suffrage leaders have addressed another letter to Mr. Benei asking that he produce the proof of his statements. /? v The letter to the'former senator is .signed by Mxs,. Julian B.. SaUay, -of Aiken, president of the South Carc& Una Equal Suffrage League, and reads as follows: "In a letter, to you-May 21st we ^li ed upon ycu to produce proof of your charges made, on the floor of the State Democratic convention; that the wo men . leaders of the suffrage cause ,m. South -Carolina were paid workers. We regret that this letter remains un answered. ?n May 24th there tspear ed over your name, a. communication in the newspapers, in which you have repeated the allegation that 'tsonie of the most active workers in the, State have been paid.' It' is evident thai you have avoided the point at "issue, and we can, in no sense, regard or ac cept it'as a reply, since it ignores our request that you substantiate these al legations. You have sought to take refuge behind the fact that your words were twisted... However, the inference . from your remarks, as distinctly un derstood by those present, was too elear to be escaped, viz.: tha: some of U^e South Carolina suffrage loaders were paid propagandists, working for money rather than the cause. We have only asked that you either produce proof - to substantiate your statements, or if you cannot do this", that you pub licly acknowledge your error. In jus tice to yourself and to those South Carolina women" leaders of the suf frage cause Cn whom you say you in tended no reflection, we trast we may have an immediate reply. - ; . ?-? HOMICIDE IN ROCK HILL Two Mill Operators Have Shoot: ing Spree on Streets Rock Hill, May 29.?M. S. Butter was shot and killed tonight' about 9, o'clock and O. N. Dawson is said to have fired the shots, the tragedy oc curring on West White street. Butler was rushed to a :^>spital but died shortly after reaching there. Dawson lias not been taken into custody and i( is understood that he is on his way to York late tonight to surrender to the sheriff. He is said to have been wounded, also. Both of the participants are mill operatives. Butler was 60 years of age, and Dawson is about 50 years of age. Butler was shot three times. Details of the trouble were hard to obtain here tonight. It is understood that some words passed between the men just prior to the. shooting. HUNGARY SEEKS AMERICAN AH) Budapest, May 31?Former Premier Fiusea will leave soon for America to seek means for the reparation of Hun garian war prisoners in Russia. Washington, May 31?By unanmous consent the senate agreed today to vote at _4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon oh the resolution declining to grant President Wilson authority to aedept a, mandate over Armenia. bed April, 1850. "Be Just 5 881. ?????????????????????????????Ml American Aviator Escapes Bolsheviki * , - ???? ? Lieutenant Rorison Has Excit ing Adventure On the Polish Front -. Warsaw, May 29?Lieut Harmoh Rorison, of Wilmington, Nl C, is safe, according to word from the front. He is a pilot of the * Kosiusko - aerial squadron, who was previously report ed missing. A pullet pierced the air plane's gasoline tank over the Bolshe vik lines* but B;orison returned with in the Polish lines safely. President Endorses Virginia Platform Forecast of Woodrow Wilson's Attitude on .Democratic Party Platform Washington, May 2S?President Wilson's endorsement pf the Virginia Democratic platform advocating the prompt ratifiication of the treaty ; of Versailles withoutv reservation was looked upon generally today as fore casting his attitude'in regard to the national platform to be adopted at San Francisco. STOCK LAW IN CREASES WEALTH Free Range Stock Cause Great Damage to Forests ? * Columbia, May 28?That the live; stock law enacted by the recent gen eral assembly will save to the State of South Carolina thousands of dollars in the-next few years is the opinion expressed by members of the South Carolina Tax Commission after a brief conference in Columbia this week with representatives of the lumbermen's association of the State, the conference being called for the purpose of dis cussing a number of taxation matters with, the commission. - The point, stressed by the lumber men is that hogs and other animals that have .run at large heretofore in many counties caused heavy losses to the State in the destruction of trees and growing plants. The lumbermen mentioned particularly one kind of animal that lias in the free-range coun ties causedv m uch 1 oss to trees, the! "razor-back hog," or "pine-rooter," as he is called in the lower part of the I State. This animal roots into thej , ground, and eats. nff.4i*fefe nuts -thaih grow on the roots of the trees, the J lumber men state, and thus kill fhe j treesT One hog can kill twenty trees j a week, it was stated. * ] The tax commission was met by a j large delegation of lumber dealers, in- j structed by a recent State convention j Of lumber men to handle certain mat- : ters with the Commission. The main point before the lumber men with re gard to the making of returns on their property was logs or the lumber made from the logs should be returned for t*x??tion. The ruling of the commis sion was that the law requires the re turn on the logs, in that it specifies the manufacturers shall return on arti cles purchased for the purpose of manufacture. Members of the tax commission state that the return of lumber plants this year will show a large . increase " over last year. Members of the lum ber delegation stated that they were pleased with the work of the commis j sion in putting all manufactories .. on the tax books on the same basis. The tax commission is making special ef ' forts now to Tet all manufacturing es tablishments assessed for taxation on: the basis of 42 per cent of full prop erty value. BONUS BILL WILL LIKELY DIE] ~- i j Measure Goes to Senate Commit-! tee?"Interment" Ex l pected I ? - i j Washington, May 30?-The soldier j bonus bill, passed yesterday by the House, 289 to 92, will be received to morrow by the Senate. The inaSure j will follow the regular course and be: referred to a committee. Inasmuch as a recess and possibly j adjournment will be taken by Con-<j gross Saturday until after the political I J convention^, the bonus bill seems! doomed to a long sleep in the Senate! committee. If a recess is taken, lead- j ers do not" contemplate reconvening; until about September I. Some Sen- j ators are quite frank in saying that! the bill will never get any further and j that tomorrow's reference to a com- j mittee will in fact be an "interment."! Opposition to soldier relief has been | more pronounced in the Senate than in- the House, where yesterday's i vote showed only forty Republicans! and fifty-two Democrats recorded [ against the measure. Tax provisions j of the bill are considered particularly j odious by a number of members of the j Senate. OKLAHOMA TRAIN j WRECK Nine Killed and Hundred Injured in Collision of Frisco Trains Tulsa, Okla., May 31.?It is report ed that nine people were killed and j between 75 and 100 injured in a head-I on collision today of 'Frisco passenger] trains 50 miles east of Tulsa, ind Fear Not?Let all the emis Thou & SUMTES, S. C., WEDN BATTLE ON DNIEPER RIVER Poles and Bolsheviki In a Death Struggle In Old Battle Une London;, May 29?Fierce fighting is : in progress on the- left bank?df-the Dneiper river, where the Bolsheviki are attempting -to dislodg? thfe^Poies, according to a -'Soviet ? offietar^istate-! ment. ?? . i. f$? ,-'"' RALEIGH STIRR BY DR. R Most Forceful Sermon In One Years Delivered at College Conunence-I^ -meat:. : v:-dK The Raieigh, (N. G.), News a|fcffer server makes the following cojttmenis cm the sermon delivered by Dr. J. A. Rice at the State College compehce M&fc, ? ' ? . I ? ; Four baccalaureate sermons| before I the graduating classes of four colleges iu Raleigh began' the commencement season yesterday for State College, St. Mary's Peace Institute "and Meredith CoVaz".. For the hrst time in the re cent history of these iastitutiojis, the closing events of lheir year's work cc cw at the same time. Today and to morrow will withess the final chapters ; of the year with graduating exercises, I and other -formalities that accompany the completion of four year's "college work and launch the young people upon the serious business of making a life. ' Dr.- John A. Rice preached tfcjfc bac calaureate at. State College lasti night before an audience that crowded Pul len Hall to its doors;, Dr. Wallace E. Rollins spoke, before the graduating class/ students, parents and friends at St Mary's yesterday motningj'in the absence of Rev. C. E. Raynali, >D.'1>^ Dr.. W. McC. White preached the serr mon to the class at Peace Institute in the First Presbyterian church; and at Meredith- College, Dr. W. 'L. McGloth lin delivered the sermon. I Dr. Rice Powerful Speaker State; College's senior class was brought face to face with an eloquent (challenge" when Dr. Rice addressed I them last night, a. challenge to "take what God had given them through the college and use, it for giving bafck to the State a service that seeks not self but the realization of the Kingdom of God as Christ planned. No more elo oju.erX ?no i more forceful sermoJr^TB?sj [heen delivered in the SI years of the history of the college, President Rid j dick declared after the service. [ Dr. Rice possesses ? -power that his [audience did not guess when he arose |and began to speak quietly, taking a text as other preachers take texts, and laying down a proposition that he in tended to prove. . Before he had been speaking five minutes something of his power began to be felt and at the end of his 50 minutes the 800 people present were spellbound under the driving force of his oratory. He brought the seniors a new Christ a living, fighting, inspiring revealer of God; with a plan for the salvation of I the world, not for final use in heaven but for making the earth, "through the billion years that are to come," a place such as Christ Would have it He challenged them to grasp the realiza tion of God and pour their lives into j it. I "If you are going out from this col j lege to aggrandize yourselves into i power, you are a menace to the civili zation of this State," he told them. "Do not gather yourselves tip in your 'holier-than-thou' robes, and be blind to the cry of the hungry world about you. ' See to it that they eat of your flesh, and drink of your blood, and j they will crawl across the world to i you." ' Then came a powerful pfcture-of the (militant Christ, Who, through men. I will create the world, not anew, but !as a continuation of the process that j began billions of years tago. He des cribed Christ as the greatest lawyer, ! the greatest doctor, the greatest man !of letters, the greatest statesman, the [greatest teacher, the greatest preach ! er, and the greatest walking delegate [and agitator in the world today, j "And the challenge of the hour, to you men here before me. is the terri ble risk of being alive with him," he I exclaimed. "There are two ways of accepting the challenge: stick to the old individualistic philosophy that made 40,000 millionaires in America and turned four million soldiers back to their homes with not enough to buy a suit of clothes. I challenge you to stand with Christ, who is the only hope." LEVER ACT SUSTAINED Federal Judgo Upholds Its Constitu tionality , ? New 0? cans. May 20?Jute.? P?'us E. Foster * :ting in federal c-strict court today upheld the constitution ality of the Lever act and overruled demurrers to indictments against four wholesale grocers and one retail mer chant, charged .with profiteering in sugar sales. In his opinion, Judge Foster ruled that the price fixing provision in the Lever act is not unconstitutional. Through their attorneys, the defend ants had filed demurrers attacking the right of the government to set a price for sugar. All the men were arrested recently by agents of the department of justice charged with profiteering and were indicted by the federal grand jury. The decision means that the de fendants will have to stand trial on-the profiteering charges*. ims't at be thy Country's, Thy God's a E8DAY, JUNE 2, 1920. Republicans Decide Convention Contests Steam Roller Working Smooth ly In Advance of Chicago Convention Chicago, May-28?Excision in four contests among the. delegations to the Republican national? convention will probably settle all of the disputes, in volving- over 122 seats, consideration oti which begin on Monday, members of the national committee said. The -precedent in the four major rulings will govern all points raised in other cases. Aside from' contests in three districts all are from the Southern! States. STATE CAMPAIGN I ITINERARY Campaign Open June 22nd, State Officers at Columbia?Sen atorial Candidates at Suniter Columbia, May 31-^Two political campaigns are to be waged in the State this year, according to announ cement made by the State Democratic Committee's sub-committee on itiner ary today,; one for State officers and another, for Senatorial, candidates. The State officials' campaign will start ati Columbia on the 22nd of June. The Senatorial itinerary will strat at Sum terxm the 22nd. The last speaking date will be August 28. There will be two eight-day mtermissions in the "twb-nhg circus." Every county seat is* to be visited. Entries will colsse at noon on the 21. Solicitor George Warren, of Hampton, is a candidate for the senate, against E. D. Smitli. He has opened an office in Columbia for his campaign. Thom as H. Peeples and Christie Benet, of Columbia, have been mentioned as* candidates, but have not so far de fiiniteljl announced." PERSHING SPEAKS AT ARLINGTON (Tribntes Paid to Men Who Fel! In World War (Washington, May 31.?Gen. Persh ing was the principal speaker at the Arlington - cemetery -snernertaV exer* cises today where the 'veterans of all wars paid a .tribute to. those falling in the, world war. The memorial amphi theatre recently dedicated was used ?for the first time. The holiday was generally observed by government de partments. Congress, however, held a session. BOLSHEVIKS IN PERSIA \ Resht Most Important Port on Caspian Sea Captured 3 Constantinople, May 31.?Resht, Pershi?'s most important Caspian sea port, has been occupied by Russian j Bolsheviki, the Persian delegation here has been advised. INVASION OF MEXI CO RECOMMENDED Senator FaD Makes Report to Foreign Relations Comittee . Washington, May 31?The recom mendation that full recognition of the Mexican! government be. withheld un til an agreement to revise the consti tution of 3 917 in the form of a treaty entered into, was made by Senator , Fall, of New Mexico, to the foreign relations committee today in a report on the subject of the sub-committee, which has been investigating Mexican conditions. The failure of the Mexican ! government to restore order and peace in Mexico and to protect citizens would be followed by- the plan suggest ed 'by the sub-committee by the des patch of armed forces into that coun try. NEW YORK TRAIN WRECK Engineer and Fireman Killed ?nd Passengers Injured Elmira, N. Y.. May 31?The engi-j neer and fireman were killed and j three passengers injured in a collision I between a Legihg Valley passenger! train and a double header freight I near here today. Spa Conference Is Postponed to July Rome, May 28?England and France have agreed to postpone the allied and German conference at Spa! until July 15th. according to the news-1' paper Tribuna. Fire gutted the renter of a business J block of Springfield, S. C, early Wed- ? nesday morning. The loss is estimated j to be over $100.000. Several brick: builiings and th* postoffice were b;id-! ly injured, the stock of several furri-' t.ure and grocery stores belog com-j pletely destroyed. - i nd Truth's." THjE TRUE S< MEMORIAL SER VICES IN FRANCE American Legion Will Be Offi cially Represented at ' Juvigny j New York, May 29?The Paris .Div ision of the American- Committee for devastated France has been asked by the American Legion to officially rep resent it at the Memorial Day demon stration at the cemetery at Jtrvigny tomorrow. '. FRENCH FORCE ENTERS AINT?B ' ? - ? ? Fierce Fighting Reported Be ?. tween French arid Turks In Syria London, May 29?A French column fougnt its way into .AintabrSyria,.and after heavy fighting succeeded in re lieving the town, it is officially an-' nounced. The Turks suffered heavy ! casualties. * AUTOMOBILE RACE STARTS Twenty-three Cars Represent* ing Enter Great Contest at Indianapolis Indianapolis, V May ?l?The racing starts1"with four,; nations lined up to day for the 500-mile automobile race; with indications pointing to the larg-v est attendance in motor racing history;. Ralph DePalma, who- won the race in 1915 was the four to one favorite to win today. ' Twenty-three cars started. A. C. L. RAILROAD CLERKS STRBXE Force at Atlantic Coast i Line Freight Station Walked Out This Morning * j/' ^i? The 'freight sei-vice of the Atlantic Coast Line at this point, is.piacr.ieauy tied up as the result cf a strike of the force of clerks employed at the freight station. .Mr. E. 33oneyv the agent, and Mr. George W. Lo? Ing are the only^ .per^nsjen^jduty^ exce^Jlr. ':Horace Emerson, '? a former commer cial agent of the company, who a? a volunteer"assistant to Agent Bcney in the emergency. ? ' No statement has been f^r?ivde? by j the strikers respecting the.r griev ances and the cause of the strike, but I it is reported that they wah*- a out on j orders from headquarters :?? the un ion with which they are affiliated. J and that the strike has no relation to } local conditions. * " So far a;? is known ther*: has been no dissatisfaction with local condi tions and no demands hav.o been pre sented by the Sumter clerks. The strike is -causing great incon venience to the public and if contin ued for any length of time wilP to a great hardship to all business inter I ests of this ,community and. vic-nyy j and will entail heavy loss on the pub lic. ? ? ?? j [ Workmen have the undoubted 'fight to strike for just cause when all oth j er measures fail to. bring the relief to which they are *en titled.! but arbitrary strikes that s.re not based upon a just cans? cannot be approved or condoned by the -public that suffers loss and inco ivvnionce. The business; li fe of-Sumter will be stagnated by this strike, and the loss will .run into a large sum if the strike is not quickly;called off. If the clerks Have quit work'without cause, mere ly because union officials at some dis tant point order them to do so,.it is a condition that cannot be patiently j borne by tW public and the striker will not receive the sympathy, of the people at large. Unless thy striking clerks can justi fy their action in leaving their jobs it is probable that there will be concert ed action by the business men of the community to organize a volunteer i force to carry on the. work at the ! freight station. There are a sufficient j number of business men in Sumter } who were formerly in the railroad ser i vice to fill all vacancies made by the [strikers and to carry on the work ef I ficiently, and this plan may be resort- j j ed to here as it has been elsewhere to prevent the stoppage of business, un-j j less the clerks return to work or con- i : vince the public that they have merit | and justice in their cause. CUMMINGS CONFERS] WITH W ILSON I j v Washington. . May 31?Chairman! Cummins of the Democratic National! committee is conferring.with President' Wilson today at the White House. REVOLT SPREADING ! IN BERLIN! ,- i William Hohenzollern Has Hopes ; of Regaining Power in Ger many j London. May St.?Rumors that an impending revolt is steadily growing in Berlin are reaching Holland. Ad vices declare that William Hohenzol lern is in high hopes of a successful roup and believes that he will again become ruler of Germany. ?THRON, Established 3nse U 1*86, Vol. L. No. 32. HOME DEMON- " STATION WORK Courses of Study In This partment Offered at Wm-5 throp Summer School For the first .time* courses in:hwa?M. demcnstrat;on work will he ; offeree!., this summer in the imrriculum of Winthrop College Summer Mitch serious thoughts and' th?rohi preparation have been given to courses by Miss Christine X. Sta$e Home Demonstration^, Agei and her assistants. There are three of these coars one in food conservation, one in^^me^ tho&rand the other in practice.; In^ ; the food conservation course the tstu< r dento will be given an opportunity to gain practice in methods of .preserv ing goods; The coursemU- ; fjuniistf ? :?. abundant,.practice in the best meth^Sfi of canning, preserving, pickling, jelly: making, drying, brining, preservation.:' of eggs and an}' other methods .of foo^i preservation that may become, nec^? sary. ''? , I The course in methods is for purpose of :tcquatnting the student;^ who plans to become a county" agent^ with, the best methods of carrying-%^^ field work including - organizing and ^ conducting home demonstration^-oan^g ning and poultry clubs, conduct^ngw community, county and1 State -fair e^rS hibits. Instruction will be given^by"' a successfuF trained field worker wheg can speak from practical . exper^f" of field. pv?^l^^tpi)^Y The last of these courses elude the. giving of demonstr?tions,; various kinds, which is a great;) of the demonstration agent's this course the student will an opporunity to see dem0& made by the best demonstrator in? country, and under expert suj?er^?ori'r will be given practice in teao^|^3?g doing and in presenting- infprni^otit^ gained in more or less technic^^cour ses in suclf.a way that it appeals tu ; the popular mind. Further information in'-J^affr jto ' these courses may be obtetinedV front Home Demonstration Department o? Winthrop College. Those who1 are. in terested and-wish to attend: the Sum mer School for these courses* are asked .*? to make arrangements as sdon-as pos-:\ sible. ? - . -<., MEN ARE FROM Federal Officer Coafiseat^;^ .Quantity of Liquor - - Columbia, May 30?J. W. Ott, eral secret service officer, operating, iit Columbia; W. H. Brown, a railrbstd employe, and William Neil ley, a .trahVk fer driver, were -shot in LexSngtoh county under rather, curious circritn stances Friday night It appears thast the federal officer on Friday aftevnqon ' went to where a cache of bu ?or ;wj?* burred and confiscated it. He arrested two men whorn he found near where' the contraband was stored acd whii?. being brought to Columbia tlic men escaped. last night Officer Ott ac? cording to his statement, went bacJi} to the cache in an effort to apprehen.'fc; the two men, whose* 'names, he>"'d'id%?t/ know. He was accompanied iby BrOwn in the car of" NeUly... W near the scene they were shot, at two* men, from the fcark. Tb e fe off icer,.had his left leg broken:" Bvowri was shot through the back, the bulled: lodging in the groin, and -another penetrated i:\e left, arm and Jcit vieg^. His wounds are considered . serious, Neilly was shot in the left leg'but^thcrv ( wound.was superficial and "^r|^ ! charged from the hospital this zaarn.? *?* ling. The shooting occurre<l a?:out 131; o'clock Friday hight. . The two nieri who did the shooting have not bceen caught. Mr. Ott claimec! that : hiJj' party did not do any shooting. AMERICA'S NEXT PRESIDENT] I ________ j ? I Hungarian Prophetess PredktSt J That Bald Headed Man Will Be Elected Budapest/ May Sl-^ybiline ! langh, the Hungarian national p phetress, says that the next Preside) of the United States will be a m; who is blonde, slightly bald, we glasses, and is surrounded by children. She also asserts that Am ca will yield.1 to popular sentiment turn anti-prohibition.. The prophetess declared he was th most popular man in America whose selection is demanded by masses of people. She adds that attempt was made to assassinate wit hin. the last two years. REPUBLICANS HEAR CONTESTS Opening Battles of Contending: Candidates for Nomination Begin In Chicago Chicago. May 31.?The Republican national committee today opened the hearing of the 137 contests for seJtr in the national convention. An exe cutive session opened the day'* bust* ness. The first contest involving the Alabama district is not exacted to be reached before this afternoon. The Alabama. Arkansas and Florida con-* tests will probably be beard today.