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?a Manned Why He| Approve Peace By Resolution /WAShington, May ?7. ? President | rilson -vetoed the peace resolution to ?nd ""Informed Congress he could \ become a party to the peace pro framed by Republican leaders! in the Senate and Ho se because he considered it would put "an. inef ?\I ^ieeable stain*- on the nation's honor. To establish technical peace by such a. method, the President said in his Veto message,, would be to effect "a complete surrender , of the rights of ... t^e United. States so. far as Germany - is;c^cerned": ai?Cto relinquish all the high[-"purposes which led the nation inta war and which were embodied in the rejected treaty of Versailles. ..The- President's -act apparently brought to another and final deadlock t^'etSorts of the present administra-! I'z tioh and congress- to agree on a peace . seltiem'ent. Republican readers con ; <^ to pass the resolution over the executive's veto; though an attempt will be made to morrow in the house, and on both ?kies it was predicted that the issues or the treaty controversy would have, to :be fought, out in the political cam: -?paign, with Democrats and Republi cans blaming each other for the fail /to consummate a state of peace. ;--"_;>J*tf nis message the President did not indicate whether he'might, again subV r?it the treaty to the Senate for rati fication, but he said the resolution /-raised', again- the question of whether ignited States cared to:- draw apart |^^; ..-the rest of the world or join other nations an attaining the ?*WTwlu^v&e'treaty was- framed: $ip&e veto had" been expected by the i^^publican leaders and they ruade >tans to dose the incident; promptly /?*r\a record vote on repassage of the " ffejseiution. The message went first to ?je'iious? where its reading was greet e^ iRith cheers by Bemoerats and de xi&6n by Republicans. Without dis? cussion it was agreed to take a vote 'f?fcj?s&ifa:' tomorrow.; ? ,;The gener-ii prediction on the Re publican r* xo Was that the resolution tall short by only a. few votes ? ist the two-thirds necessary to repass In the senate, However, it was c^htjeded that the prospect was ?lto :^jc&h&r hopeless, the Democrats stari?E?"; ii?* almost solidly with the President^ "F?r the most part senate and house leaders refrained ff ^ comment osr ifie President's .actioa. The general ten^r of the talk on the Republican;: ?iife, however, was that the exeeutrve a?*$ not congress, - now must bear the t&s?bt^ilii? if the nation continued ^H?Ry*?t war; while among the iber?ts "it was reiterated that the . would still hold the Republic J^i^nate to account for its failure toVriU?fy'thetreaty. R^re^ntative ' Fess, Ohio Chair ^Sj^Hofj the -Republican congressional edir?nitteer declared in a formal state T?S^ttt "that the President4 alone was t$:>bf- ?ie and that the- people were the -Republican leaders in their? attempt-to.-emi "through the resolu tion* an t?mtole^abie*sit^latioh.', 3g? Decide On Plan Leadei-s of Labor Party and Committee of Forty - J/ Eight Confer ? Cleveiand, May 28.?Combination or | eo-operation during the poHtical pres-j Initial campaign was considered in arineeting of the officers of fixe, Nat ional labor 'Party* and the Committee of fprty-eight here today. Wmmm cam PAIGN FUND California Backers Raised More Than Hundred Thousand . * Dollars for Primary - Expenses Washington, May 25?A fund of - between ^10^,904 and $125.000 was , raised, by the -California campaign or ganization of Senator Johnson, Re publican senator, the campaign inves tigating committee was told by Alex ander McCabe, treasurer of the John son organization.. McCabe did not * have the records with Iiim but offered to send for them. ' McCabe testified that approximately $2011.000 had been raised in California for Johnson's national campaign, ex clusive of sums raised in other parts of the country. Woman Assistant Attorney Generali Washington. "May 29?William L.. F'rierson, of Chattanooga, assistant attorney general, has been nominated solicitor general of the United States, and Mrs. Annette Abbott Adams,- of San Francisco, now United States at torney, for Northern California, has been nominated an assistant attorney general. ?. - \ FIRE IN BKHOPViLLE Cahn Brothers' Stables and Coca-Cola Plant Destroyed. J3jshopvilIe, May . 2 7? Firy broke oat in Cahn Bros,! stable on East Main street this morning about 3 o'clock and before the flames were controlled the stables were burned, also the Cor ca-Cola bottling works and several small buildings. The bottling works j being metal covered held back the] flames and enabled the firemen to save the old stables of Mr. A. B. Du Rant. Several horses arid a cow were burn ed to death in the stables. The Coca Cola Co*s. loss was heavy, as a bigj s*ock of supplies had just been receiv ei. Mr. B. B. Epps had a new acto mobile burned, which he had in lhej rear el the bottling plant Armenian Mandate Rouses Opposition Democrats As Well As Repub licans Object to President Wilson's Request Washington, May 26.?Democratic opposition developed today to Presi dent Wilson's request to Congress for authority to accept a mandate over Armenia. Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, ad ministration leader in the peace treaty fight, joined Republicans opposing the measure and" there were indications that other Democrats would stand with him. Announcement of Senator IJitch cock's purpose not to support the ad Ministration in this instance was made while Republican leaders of the house" were trying to agree upon the speedi est method of disposing of the whole question. The meeting of the foreign affairs committeee, called to obtain the views of Secretary; C?lby, was postponed be cause of the secretary's inability to attend, but there were many informal conferences by both parties at which members expressed strong objection to any proposal which .'would send American troops to Europe or Asia Chairman Porter indicated that the president's message would be consid ered briefly and then laid on the ta ble, which would end it. Inasmuch as the senate had failed to ratify the treaty, -with its. league of nations covenant Republican mem bers of- the house committee declared there were legal objections to the president's proposal. They .contend ed* that to accept a mandafe would be like Indirectly that congress had not permitted to be done directly. The house committee-is not expect ed to meet- until Friday,-but the sen ate foreign committee will probably take up the mandate question to morrow.. In the senate as..in the house the general desire seemed to be to table altogether there was . the'. sug gestion that he might call congress in specialsessionduring the summer for its consideration. The presid *nt was'asked in a reso lution introduced by Representative Mason, Republican, Illinois, for full information as to the cost and num ber of troops required in connection with the m?ndaate proposal. Kassians and Japan ese Stop Fighting Halt Called On Recent Hostili ties in Siberia I ?ondoni May 28:?Hostilities be tween Russians and - Japanese in Si beria ceased .on. May twenty-fifth, ac cording* to a *Reuter dispatch from Vladivostok WILSON REMEM BERS DOUGHBOY Orders Wreath to Be" Placed On Statue In France Paris, May 2S.?President Wilson today ordered a'jhemoriai day wreath to be placed on the statue of the American Doughboy in the Suresnes cemetery- and Ambassador Wallace will place it there Sunday. Dr. Re?vis Remains kt The Seminary _ .? Columbia, May 27?Presbyterians of South Carolina will be interested in ah announcement'made in Colum bia today, from Dr. Thornton Whal ing, /president of the Columbia' Theo Jogical Seminary, to th* effect that Dr. James O. Reavis, member of the fac ulty of that institution, will not like ly leave the Seminary to# take up the work of the-field secretaryship ~of the foreign missions committee of the de nomination, to which place he was elected by the General Assembly ofi the church at Charlotte Tuesday af ternoon. Dr. Whaling wired to the Columbia Record, from Charlotte, as! follows: :.j "i>r. Reavis has been- elected, be- i fore and declined. He has recei/ed | jnany calls and declined them to re-J main at the Columbia Theological j j Seminary. I predict that Dr. Reavis j will decline again and will stay with \\ls at Columbia. It is, however, a dis tinguished compliment to our profes sor.". ?? ; Dr. Reavis is in Tennessee and no i j expression has been received from him.. , , French Women Express Sympathy ! Paris, May 2 8.-^-Sisterly affection and deepest sympathy for the women of America whose loved ones fell in France during the war, is expressed tin a message received by the Paris I Memorial Day Committee from the so ciety of homes composed bf French women who know the horrors and heartaches of war. WAR RISK INSURANCE Government Representatives to At tend Meeting Monday Night Mr. j'. H. Wlderman, government representative in this State, who is caring for the interests of the ex service men as to insurance, com pensation and all matters pertaining to their needs, will attend a meeting at the Court House at 8 o'clock on Monday, the 7th of June, at which time he will give a full explanation of everything that may be needful to assist ex-service men in their insur ance matters, or in adjusting any claims of the government growing out "%e war. An old warehouse near the Atlantic j Coast Line, formerly used by the Ly nam Brokerage Co., for the storage of nitrate of soda, caught on fire this morning from a spark from a passing locomotive and the fire department was called out About twenty-five dollars damage was done to the roof. ARBITRATORS ARE IGNORANT Representatives of Railroad Con ductors Say They Do Not Enow Enough to Be Fair Chicago, May 28.?Representatives of the public on the arbitration boards do not know enough about labor prob lems to be fair, president Sheppard. of the railway conductors told the City Club. Rhode Island _Strike Riot Two Men Wounded in Fight at Bristol Rubber Plant '--? . - Bristol; R; I.; May 2?.?Two strike sympathizers were wounded during a riot today outside the ''Rubber Co., plant. 0 Wife Killer Accepts Sentence R E. Harrington Will Not Ap peal From Life Sentence ? _ v - Macon, Ga., May 28.?R. B, Her rington, who was convicted of murder ing his wife, will not appeal from the sentence of life-imprisonment, his at torney said today. \ Georgia Railroad Strike More Than a Thousand Other Cferfe Go Out In Sym pathy With Central Strikers ,\. . \ -? -? . ? . . .> . T. Atlanta, May 28.?While officials of the Central of . Georgia Railroad and he striking clerks'were conferring in Maeon, mone than a thousand clerks of other roads went out in sympathy, according to estimates of union lead ers. GUNMAN STILL IS AT LARGE Police Are Searching for Mur derer of Saloon Keeper Chicago, May 28.?Police are seek ing .Eugene Geary, alleged gunman and labor slugger, for the shooting! of\Reckas, a saloon keeper. CANDIDATES FOR STATE WFICES Columbia, May 27?S. M. Wolfe, at torney general, announces here today that he wiH be in the race for re-elec tion this summer. This is the. first indication of Mr. Wolfe's plans, and he is the last State o. .cial to indicate his purposes .with regard to the elec tion this year. So far Mr..Wolfe Is .without opposition'. There are very few offices, for which there is;< more than one contender' 'The of lieuten ant-governor and the chairmanship Of the railroad commission will -likely have more than one candidate. Mr. Wolfe, states that he offers: him self simply on Iiis record in the office. Mr; Wolfe has made a fine states offi cer vahd* has accomplished much for the State. His recent report for last year shows that collections made by the attorney gerteral through V. suits and otherwise totalled $25,918,'" and judgments obtained but not collected until the first part of this year totalled $12,400, or a total saved the State of $38,318.' Many other important mat ters have been handled since the re port was issued, and other matters are Tending. For the office of governor, Gov. Cooper will run without opposition. There are several candidates for the office of lieutenant, governor, among them Oscar K. Mauldin, Greenville; Wilson G. Harvey and Octavus Cohen, of-Charleston. Wr. L. Mishoc, of Con-, way. may offer, and Walter Duncan, of Alken", will be a strong candidate." For the office of Secretary of State W.-Banks Dove is so far unopposed. Adjutant General Moore will be op posed by A. H. Marchant. of Orange burg. Frank Shealy. chairman of the Railroad Commission, will offer for re-election, and" Jack Smith, connect ed with the department of agriculture, in Columbia, is mentioned as a cai.'U date. The Commissioner of Agricul ture B. Harris, Comptroller General Osborne, Superintendent of Education Swearington, and State Treasurer Carter will not likely have opposition. The entries close at noon' on June 17. SOUSA IS A MARKSMANj Columbia,4 May 27?John Philip Sousa, the great band leader of world wide fame, will come to Columbia to shoot in the Columbia Gun Club shoot of June 7, 8, 9, an event to be attend ed by sportsmen of many States, in cluding shooters from New York.. Florida. Georgia and other 'States. Mr. Sousa* will be acompanied by Mrs. Sousa, and it is likely that a number of attractions will be shown the dis tinguished guests during their stay. Mr. Sousa is a great lover of .sport, and is a crack shot. He recently'par ticipated in the meet at Pmehurst, X. C, and also in a shoot at Washington, at which time Columbia sportsmen iri vited him to the Columbia shoot. In addition to the great musician, the Columbia event will be attended | by Homer Clark, of the W-estern Cart ridge Co.; Walter Hough, of the Du Pont Company, and Boyd Duncan, ofi the Winchester Company, all crack J shooters.; There- have been no announce- j ments of candidates for the legislature but it is-generally understood that Messrs. Belser. Jackson and Moise mil} I offer for re-election and will be elect- ll cd. ,; BOOZE PRESCRIP TIOI^ LIMITED Doctors Allowed to Issue One Hundred Prescriptions for Liquor Each Ninety Days Washington, May 28.?In effort to defeat the indiscriminate sale of liquor on physicians' prescriptions commis sioner Williams of the Internal. Reve nue Bureau has issued a' rule limiting the number of permits allowed each physician to one hundred in. each three months, except with good cause. GOMPERS ?ND ALLEN DEBATE Crowded House Will Hear Both Sides of Labor Question New York, May 2S.-r--jQemands for seats f*r exceed the capacity of the hall here where Gov. Allen, of Kan sas, and Samuel Gordpers, president of the American Federation of Labor will debate tonight on the merits of the Kansas Industrial court law. KAISER NOW A TAILOR Discards His Saw For Pair of Shears ? _L._? London, May 28.?Former Kaiser William, of Germany, is how trying his hand as tailor;" according to a Central News Dispatch from Amster dam. The dispatch quotes a trade paper as saying he is excellent at the job. - i $} Capitalists Have Not Claimed Rights New York, May 28*.?Judge Elbert H. Gary, head of the. steel trust, de clared that the capitalistic group here tofore had been backward in pro claiming their rights and insisting upon proper consideration. Murderer Makes Insanity Plea v- Selma, Ala., May 28.?The attor neys f or Andrew Mullen, who "is being tried for the murder of Carlton Ward, today continued the effort to prove that Mullen was insane at the time of the tragedy. Profiteers Pined Heavily Syracuse, May 28.?Weeds, Inc., Clothiers, were today found guilty in the Federal Court charged with profit eering, and fined ^thirty-one thousand dollars. STRIKE IN FLORIDA ?. .? East Coast Clerks Quit Work In Sympathy With Georgia Strikers St Augustine. Fla.. May 2S.?The clerks in the general -offices of the Florida East Coast.Railroad here) walked out in sympathy with the strike of" the clerks-on'the Central of Georgia. MARTIAL LAW IS DECLARED Bristol, Rhode Island Said to Be In State of Insurrection Bristol, Rhode Island. May 28.?The military was ordered out by the gov- j ernor after the strike sympathizers at tacked the women clerks of the rub-1 ber company. The town was declarer ! in a state of insurrection. I D'ANNUNZIO HAS j SEIZED DURRAZO Dictator of Fiume Establishes; His Power at Albanian Port _ Paris, May 2S?D'Annunzio, whoj has been holding Fiume, has seized Durazzo, according to a Zurich dis patch to the Petit Parisien._ P?AN TO BLOCK LEGISLATION Supporters of Soldier's JJomas Bill to Make House Con sider Question Washington, May 28.?House sup porters of the soldier relief legislation planned today to block all measures before the house, thereby hoping to expedite the consideration of the sol diers' bonus bill. ACCUSES BARUCH OF BIG SWINDLE Advocates o? Soldier Relief Plan i to Force Action on Blil . Washington, May 27.?Advocates of the soldier relief bill served notice in the* House today that beginning~to-x morow they would seek to b*oek all legislation Until the measure . is brought up for passage* Representa tive Mason, Republican, of Illinois; made such amannouricement amid loud applause and"*. later Representative Murphy, Republican, of Ohio, repeat ed iL Representative Fordney, Republican, of Michigan, in charge of the meas ure, said its passage might be attempt ed Saturday, but, some other leaders thought it might go over until next week. ? _ ' - Prolonged debate on the bill' though bitter at times, disclosed no open op position to. it. Mr. Mason, in answer ing affirmatively a. question by Rep resentative Rainey., Democrat, of Illi nois, as to whether.the former favored an 80 per cent war/profits fax to finance the proposal, charged that B. M. Baruch' had stolen $50,000,000 on war profits on copper." "I'm willing to vote to have your attorney general bring suit against Barney Baruch, the chief man,, the closest, man to the President of the United States, who stole $50,000,000 in copper alone. Representative Mason did not elab orate on this charge and his remarks passed without comment .from the j Democratic -side. Embargo on $ugar Exports I Senate Agriculture Committee < Votes for McNary Bill j Washington, May 28.?The Senate I Agricultural Committee has ordered I a favorable report on the McN'ary bill I providing for an export embargo ori sugar by a vote of six to three. : MAY BOLT FROM LdEGIOX y /. - ? ' - - State Executive Committee Wants Ev ' erything Its Way Columbia, May 28?Th.e advisability of withdrawal on the part of the ^Soutfc Carolina department of the American Legion from th-3 national organization, will be considered at a special State convention of the organ ization to be held in Columbia, June 25, resolutions calling the convention having been passed by the executive committee last Saturday.. \ In its resolution the cemmittee ex presses the opinion that the request 'for cash bonus readers the organiza tion liable to "suspicion ori its sin cerity and unselfishness of motive, and is debasing and inconsistent with the high ideals on which it was founded" the position of the Legion in, South Carolina has always been against tak ing part in agitation for a bonus. Next Meeting of Convention. . Columbia, May 28?Spartanburg was selected as the place for the next annual convention of the American Legion in South Carolina by the State executive committee at a meeting to day and the date set for the State i gathering was one month prior to the j dates for the.National Legion conven- I tion in Cleveland, to be held during the fall. The resignation of George F. Wan namaker, Jr., of St. Matthews, as a member of the State executive.com mittee, was accepted, with regrets. Mr. Wannamaker is to be a candidate for county superintendent of education in Cal houn county this summer. . H. H. Johnson, of Aiken, who has been prominent in' Legion work in Western Carolina, and who was a del egate to the recent Minneapolis con vention was elected as successor to Mr. Wannamaker on the State com mittee. PRESIDENT'S VMO_STANlS Attempt to Override Veto of Peace Resolution Fails . In Hoose / Washington, May 28.?The effort td over-ride- President Wilson veto.: o$ the peace resolution failed in. the House-. . BUTTING IN IRISH TROUBLE ?? l Committee Recommends Reso lution Expressing Sym pathy With Irish ^ Washington, May 28.?The House Foreign Affairs Committee reported-'ai resolution viewing with grave concern conditions in Ireland and expressing sympathy^ with the Irish people. Tarheels for McActoa McLean Says Overwhefeninj: Sentiment of State for f% Former Secretary of ???. ? Treasury Washington, May 2 S ? Angus . Vp. McLean, of North Carolina, a director of the war finance corporation denied before the Senate investigating com 'mittee that he was a sort of SbUtherri (manager for McAdoo's Campaign. He declared that he told McAdxfer there 'was an ."overwhelming sentiment- in [my State" for him. ^ Bolshevists Increas ing Army Stteng^h Reinforcements Being Up Everywhere Oh Polish Front Warsaw, May 23?Kussian Bolshe-i viki re-inforeceraents are being , brought up everywhere in, the o?en Isive against the Poles, Which is- in ' creasing in violence ^along the north ern sectors, according to an official statement . 1 ?-? ', SENTE??OEib FOR LlFE While Man" Convicted of Offense Against Negro Girt Bristol. Tenh.-Va., May 28^b;arJg4 Noe. a white man, 21 years Old, w^? sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Vines in" criminal c^urt at Blountville, Tenn., today afiei| a jury jhad found h.im guilty of a st^ufory j offense committed against a 12 year j old negro girl. The jury's verdict wfcs accomplished by a recommendation rfor^communti?n of the deatbl penaffy. j Xoe was tried under an mdictme^tt j containing two/counts. 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