The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 10, 1920, Image 7
The Partition of Turkey
France, Gr*ut Hrituin and Ital>
Reach Agreement as to
I Spheres of Influence
Pari?, Nov. 6.?(tb the Associated
men Win whirl? they undertake tu sup?
port each other la maintaining their
und Italy are revognl* l i> >? i
by the awme do< nut* nt.
The ?urtujTnt it developed today,
wae signed at Sevrva. August 10. (he
day thi public rci-i.ioni-tl of th?
aiarnln* of the pew* treaty wit If*
Turkey took place. Although the
agreement. It 1? vx\ luined. is not
considered a teeret. it iic\?rthelcs
has aever been made public until
now after a iapse of nearly three
month* -un- ?? tin- <unmg I'nHer tin
own Verms iho document was t?? come
Into force nnd be- published at the
time th" T?rken pei.ee tret ty shoubt
g* Into siTt t. Ttn.-i date s still an
uncertainty.
in*coni?ootion with exam nation of
the teat Of the agreement, i o\\ avail
able, attentnm is being ci lied here
to the fact that whlh the treaty de
teen the sphares or Influence ol
Franoe and Italy?recognising tho
>*1 Interests of France in Ctlicia
and Ilm western part of Kardialen
bordering on Syria and of Italyin
le IJ h Sphere ?
M knlhiaiiee are not only und ?fin? d
hut are n<d mentioned This has raised
the injection if the agreement is
sheecaw ftl ; hi Inb rpr< i atlon that
?he British lulereata may be held to
baten d to a ill the remaining
parts of Ihe Turkish empire.
?' The agreement pledgee the agree?
ing nation* to r ?? id r ? I -?? I. in iti.- sap
port u? each otlier in the icKinns
Seanes). ?.?-^
ie section uMkles for the e\
a?loit?itiott1 of thfe^aKdad ' rail >s .i. h\
*a eompanv in Whh h UrltHh. Kreuch
and Italian capital in e<tually Inter?
ested. It gives the exploitation of
the coal mines betet? n Kouleh and
Adan i t * Italy.
Argentina's Trade
Balance
Ruenoa Aires. No. :..?< uncial nudrea
just pubbahed show that for 11? 19 the
trade balance In favor of Argentina
amis St?6,192,06 I, gold at compared
?Ith ?10O.8CS.7:** in IUI?. Total 1m
sorU for IUI? were $t .o:;o:o; j.'.x and
uoe 1 i? lffc9lt4ff.4xH. I luring 1PI0
SjtBO.ta of live stock and derived pro
* bj were vabe d at |S4i
Farm prod pels exported amounted to
14 .!*. t is.ats.
Park?. Nov. Le Matin says it is
believed an agreement concerning the
9afanj to ho played by the reparation
eommission and the allied govern
meats in determining the amount of
the Herman idemnttv will be easily
reached and that tin at Prltain and
Fran? e differ doty in miner details.
Irera
I la In
* Cieat Britain and
. I .? I llMWlate aw e? -
of lullviente" in Turkev.
of the areas In which the
special interests o| Krane?
Regulation of
Coal Trade
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Coal Industr> Must Reform IU
self and Cut Prices to Reason?
able Hgures
N? w York. Nov. 5.?United states
s. natorn William Culder ami W. fcj,
Ifidga, memberi ??f tiie senate eom
miltee on reconatriallon, in a joint
I .omenl hero today announced that
? WuhMM the coal industry reforms it
>?lf and cuts prioi to a reasonable
Hgure by Dooerobor ? they will in?
troduce a bill for the/most stringent
i. ? d it i. n id every branch of the
business."
The senators declared they do not
und itaUe to say ' that this individ?
ual is a proiltcer and that this one
; is not. but the coal industry as a
whole stands sekf convicted of prac?
ticing grcsK extortion on the winde
public Of the' Culled States."
"We an- both Opposed to govern?
ment regulation as a policy," the
statement said, "but the gntcrnmen:
nWist assume responsibility for its
I people, and wc ?rill recommend a
{bill for entire ? ontr. ' of the Industry
just as far as possihh under the con
jstltutlon unless price* are materially
I reduced to thy public by Decem
] bor 6.
"We are deadly in eahiest about
(ins \V e arc both conservatives on
ths matter of goymjnraenl ownership.
I.'it we era al -rlntely disgusted With
tills Situation. The country has been
justified in the past in thinking that
an investigation of the kind con?
ducted ? by this commit tee never
amounts' to a hilt of beans. Our work
? ould be of no value if it merely
resulted in a report of 2,000 pages to
Ik? .tiled and not read The coal in
dtiNtrv stands self convicted. ,
l.e wrongdoing has been ad
nattted by l>. K Went*, represent?
ing1 the Natl mul Coal association, to
uni ioioa- rlyde li. Aitchison of
tie intsrstati commerce commission
md Dsmlel Willard, representing the
:lro;ois. There is a general lonlcs
y.u>:\ on the part of the industry even
I koutth gtillty Individuals haw not
been Identified. The reformation of
the . i s i s is their ow n concern pri?
marily. Most Of the leading coal op
1 orators realize that and arc seeking
i? day to cleatt up then business t?ith
n: That is the only salvation. If
they can't selve their own problems.
*vo will have to use drastic means
to solve It."
'i lie anators declared they are not
hi re Mto dccui! definitely who or
what particular element are guilty."
Thej asset ted. howivrr. that "then
is guilt somewhere among operators
and speculators, who tlx prices."
j "With 1?>.oo0,000 more tons of coal
j produced so far Id 1>20 over the
[asjne peuod of lino." the statement
added, "there is no reason for high
pr.cesc.nd coal shortage."
London, Nov. &.?-Mrs. Florence
Bramwell Booth, wife of General
Brumwell Bo< th of the Salvation
I Army, has taken oath as a justice of
,the pence for i^ondon.
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German 'President
I Not Popular
People Pay no Attention io Their
Chief Magistrale at Public
Functions
.
Berlin, Nov. ft.?Tho change which
has taken pln< ?? in I In? attitude (?1
Germans toward olficlal personagea |
[Was illustrated tho other day at Tem
jplehef Klcld where the German em?
peror, formerly twice, a year reviewed
the troops of the ttorlin garrison.
I President Kborl visited the HeULu few
days ago to wuteh th filming (?i u mo
tion picture but instead of tin- udaija-I
iiu>n which used to !??? accorded to tho
??mpuror, the crowd ot 4,000 costumed
performers tailed t>> recognize the
{president, jostled him and gave him
[scant show at the sandwich cohnter.
The Cor man president wandered'
about unacconfpanled and stood for
while beside tin* camera man while j
?ene was photographed. Later he
. mad*.- hi.- way again:,! the edge of a j
crowd witnessing u "riot scene." When
the crowd w.?s outen?- out of camera
I range, Herr JObert received no consid?
eration from the jostling spectators.
One of the crowd who recognised
him called attention to his presence
but few gave him any notice.
Japanese Consul
Interfered in Election
j Los Angeles, Nov. 6.?Officials of
tho Los Angeloo cornty anti-Asiatic j
association have announced that af?
fidavit* are being prepared for pre?
sentation to He state department sup- !
.porting tin charges that l\ Oy ma, the!
'Japanese consul at Los Angeles par-'
Iticipated in tin * n r ? p'tjgii in dc.'cul {
the California alien land bill. ,
Three Districts in Doubt
t *
I New York, Nov. ?? The results of (
the election in three of the nation's
435 congressional districts remain un
Idetermined as tht> niih day of the tab
j ulating of the tremendous Republican
sweep began. The 28tll New York, sth
, Minnesota and ;dh .Missouri are still
I missflig. The Republicans are assur- j
, od of r mi , rs to Us for the Dem
S ocrats.
norsr shortage in vienna.
Vienna. Nov. r?.?"A survey of hous?
ing just completed shoves that 23,000
[ families comprising about 70,000 pcr
, j on.e are'vii t\:,.U\ boniclcsr in Vienna.
Do great Is ihr? shortage of living prem?
ises In sp to of the requisitioning pro
ct ss tli i has been going on for a year.
Tins? people arc herded into pas?
sage way-, where often IG lo 2-0 per
i ona sleep iu places IUM il for other pur?
poses in the day-time, or itt tho pleas?
ant weather they sleep In parks, it is
[now proposed to permit them to erect.
Irluicks on nvalluble land throughout
' the i lty.
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The approaching term of the court
of common pleas will have heaviest
docket of any term In recent years.
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Japanese Should
Go To Korea
aemi-C'fficial Japanese Newspap?
er Says They Should Leave
California Where They Are
Not Wanted
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Seoul. Kofca, Nov. 5.?Japanese
settlers in California should all leave
ihe United Slates where Lhey are ap?
parently not wanted and come to Ko?
ren and Manchuria where they are
Very much needed says the Seoul
r> is, semi-official oigan of the Jap?
anese administration here?
The journal says: "By withdrawing
themseh.es en bloc from California,
the Japanese would economically lose,
but would score a greal moral victory.
There is plenty of room In Chosen
tKorea) and Manchuria.
"J eing; Industrious and diligent,
there is no reason why they cannot
!?ucce< u on this side of the Pacific as
on the other. We wish that the Jap?
anese statesmen in power were far
sighted enough to take measures for
recalling home all of them in order to
make them contribute to the economi?
cal and industrial development of
Chosen and Manchuria. We want here
efficient man-power and this is offered
by California. Why not accept it with
pleasure ?"
Peace With Siberia
Japan Announces That No Ag?
gressive Intentions Are En?
tertained
London, Nov. 5.? Representatives of
the Japanese military mission in Si?
beria have given assurances to the
leaders of the Par Kastern Republic
in Siberia ihat Japan has no aggressive
intentions t the present lime toward
Russia, but desires to live in close
neighborly relations with that country,
.says an official bolshevik wireless mes?
sage troi l ITcscow.' The announce?
ment of Japan's pacific attitude was
made at a gala banquet given at the
Veikhne-Udinsk in honor of the an?
niversary of Ihe organization of the
People's Revolutionary' Army by the
aid of which the Far Rastern repub?
lic was established.
The Moscow wireless states also
that Chinese representatives at the
banquet expressed friendship toward
Russia.
D'Annunzio Siezes
I San Mario
Kalian Freebooter Posts Troops
on t'\e Jugo-Slav Frontier
Triest, Nov. 6.?Gabriele D'An
nuzia ha soccupled the promontory of
San Mario as a protest against the al
I leged tiring by Serbian coast guard*
on an Italian steamer. D'Annunlo'fc
troops are now facing the Jugo-Slav
frontier.
Evidence Against
Building Trust
New York, Nov. 5?Forces of the I
law score?! (heir first point toil ay in |
1he fight against the alleged "build?
ing trust" when bench warrants
were Issued for tin arrest of ihr??-;
persons indicted by the additional
grand jury investigating the scan-I
?lab k
George Backer, millionaire builder
and alleged "go-between" in the j
"trust" of contractors and laborers
was directed to be present in court
tomorrow morning with bail of $-T>.
ooo. it was und? vstood an Indict?
ment for perjury had been sought
against him.
Robert P. Brindell, president of the
Building Trades council, who wafi re?
ferred to In testimony <d' contractors
as "king"' in the alleged trust, went
to the criminal courts building with
his counsel after it became known
bench warrants had been issued.
Possibility that exposes revealing
a countrywide combination in con?
trol of the building industry were in
tho offing at the dramatic scene be?
fore (In joint legislative committee
Inquiry, also seemed strong.
One witness testified that the lime?
stone business trade of the United
State-? was tight "in the grip" of the
National Association of Stone Cut?
ters.
John T. Kettrick, guiding hand In
the "code of practice" system said
to regulate eompoition in New York
has fled the city, it was reported.
Walking delegates of the "build?
ing trust" are said to have desert
?d their usual hab'tants and men
armed with subpoenas failed to find
'hem. said Samuel Untermeyer, coun?
sel for the investigating committee.
One witness testified thai a dele
gate of the "king" of lh?' admittedly
all powerful building trades conn?
ed warned him to "watch bis step"
ind "sit tight" while being quizzed.
Me was threatened with extermina?
tion fron^ business in the metropolis
if he fulled to do so.
This witness. Walter Melton, ap?
peared on the stand to reverse his
testimony of yesterday when he do
aied having paid Robert P. Brindell,
head of tho building trades council
P2.500 in connection with a Wrecking
contract. Melton claimed he was In
luced to retract his first story by
!iis brother and other friends.
Robert P. Brindell was pictured as
a domineering "Ring** by his associa?
tes in tho building trades council in
testifying before tho committee. They
told of his insistent demands for* large
-sums of money b?>foro he would give
I hem a permit to wreck or erect a
building. He demanded $25.000 on
we Broadway sky scraper it was stat?
ed.
The man. woman or child who rides
a bicycle on the streets takes very
lazardous risk, for the average auto?
mobile driver gives them no consider?
ation ami recognizes no rights that the
bicyclist has to use the streets on the
a me footing as a car. The slogan of
he road hog is, get out of the way
or be run' over.
Prof. H. T. Cook of Off
Rnngs New Evidence to
Greenville, Nov. ?The m
Question as to the parentage of
ham Lincoln, which has been re?
editorially by :outhohn newspsp
this wools, brought a new unserer^
hitherto unpublished, from tfce pea
of H. T. Cook, professor emeritus] a*
Furman University, who stales tfitt
Lincoln's own version that he was il?
legitimate ought to have some weight.
Prof. Cook in a communication to the
Greenville Piedmont, said- In pass?
ing final judgment on the parentage
of Abraham Lincoln, referred to in
The Piedmont, his own version that
he was illegitimate ought to have
some weight. His law partner. Hire
don, wrote a life of Lincoln in which
lie stated on the authority of Lincoln
himself that he was of illegitimate
birth. For some reason, the first edi?
tion was suppressed, it is said, and
? ? n the few < .pies Bold were ferr^t^d
out and recove cd. and another edition
With the statement about his birth
suppressed was offered to the public.
I One copy* of The first edition is now
[kept in a bank safe in the Pee pee
section and I have seen with my own
eyes the expunged statement. Now
unless the veracity of his law partner
is impeached or this story shown to be
another myth, it will continue to be
appropriate that the two men, Ham
ill 'ii and Lincoln, the most admired of
all for their genius in inspiring Ameri?
cans with an Illegitimate and uh?$9*
Stltutlonal love 01 seil auu .? iporu.
power, should themselves be classed
as illegitimates, born out of lawful
wedlock.
Bloodshed in Yucatan
Liberals and Socialists Have
Pitched Battle Over State
Election
Mexico City-, Nov..6.?Further clash?
es between socialists and liberals in
Yucatan, arising from the state flec?
tion campaign, rrere reported yester?
day from Merida. It is stated th<j?
several are dead and scores were
wounded as th< result of a pitched
battle Thursday night. Federal trootfs
have bevn rushed to several villages.
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Republicans Shoot
Up Alabama Towp
Haleyville, Ala., Nov. 5.?Shots put
fired into two drflg stores, two banks
and several other business houses hire
and practically every street light in
town was shot out last night duT:Trg
a celebration of the Republican fac?
tory in Tuesday's election.
Bullets flew thick and fast, m
windows being smashed by the
of missiles, and citizens berries
themselves in their houses for seVi
hours while the demonstration lasted
The authorities are conducting'%n
investigation."
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Come, to Sumter and have
a good time. We will try to
make you happy.
III!.
III?
Minium!
FALL FESTIVAL
Free Aerial Exhibitions.
Spectacular Street Parades.
Grand Concerts. Foot Ball
and other wholesome enter?
tainments.
Ii;:.,
NOVEMBER I
7, 18 and 19
In Connection With Greater Sumter County Fair
FREE ATTRACTIONS.
An Eastern Carolina Exposition of Re?
sources and Stimulating Pleasure* Lieut.
George T, Wright, The Death Mocking
Birdman, and Stilring-Startling-Sensa
tional Air Devil in a Double Airplane-Leap
Against Death from one Airplane to Anoth?
er goinp at Eighty Miles an Hour, and His
Thrilling Parachute Leaps. Only Appear?
ance of these Perf t rmances in this part of
the United States.
The Beautiful Delemeade Sisters in a
real Acrobatic and Sculptural posing.
Gorgeous and Spectacular Automobile
and Commercial Trades Display Parade
with Five Hundred Dollars in prizes for
best decorated Private Owned Car or Com?
mercial Cars. This contest open to the
World. Under auspices of the Sumter Auto?
motive Association. 2 Prizes of $250.0(; e ach.
Daily Open Air Concerts by the Royal
Scotch Highlanders' Band. Foot Ball, Vol?
ley BalL Basket Ball, Open Air Dancing.
MERCHANTS.
Bargain and Gala Week.
A Carnival of Price Cutting.
Every merchant and other business man
will put forth their best efforts to make
your visit profitable and pleasant.
Come to Sumter for Money Saving Bar?
gains, and plenty of clean, educational, high
class, pessimism exterminating, optimism
producing entertainment.
Sumter will show you how to resign from
the "Crepe Hangers' Union" and banish
you "Grouch To Jonah Land".
We are backing the Export Cotton Cor
poraion to "The Last Ditch".
GREATER GAMECOCK COUNTY FAIR
Greatest Amount of Cash Premiums Any
County Fair Ever Offered, in Agricultural,
Commercial, Livestock, Poultry, House
?
hold, Fancy Work, Educational and Me
chanical Exhibits.
The Great Fight Against the Boll Weevil
to be Planned.
Krause Greater Shows and Midway
Attractions r
Plenty of Free Attractions and Daily
Band Concerts. A Combination of Farrti
ers, Bankers, Merchants, and Professional
Men and Women to Co-operate for exterm?
inating the imaginary "Old Man Hard
Times" and having a "Jolly Good Time".
Forget Your Troubles and Come To Sumter Nov. 16,17,18 and 19
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