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THE 81 Mil II WATCHMAN, KstnblH! CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2, U CORK GIVEN TOTt BY MILITARY British Policy of Reprisal Cul? minate* in Terrible Outrage HEART OF IRISH CITY DEVASTATED Fire Started in Revenge For Shooting of Constables by ?inn Feiners?Loss Estimated to Be $15,000,000 By Th-? Associated Press. London. De. 13.?British regulars stood guard today over the blackened rutns left by the fires which swept through Cork, irHmJ Charge* are made that police .auxiliaries, mad doned by the killing of their com? rades by ambushed Sinn r'dners, loos od the Are d<mon on the city with a loss) estimates at 1U.000.000. The ter? rorised districts are now quiet, with military orde-ed to shoot looters on sieht. Dublin. Dee. 13 (By the Associated Press).?Several largo sections of Cork were dnvastnted by fire Satur? day nbjht and today. The conflagra? tion followed tho shooting from am buab of a military party Saturday. On the aoui.h hank of the river Leo the Carnegie library, the com ex? change and other buildings were rased by the Are while In the terri? tory between the northern and south? ern branches of the river much havoc was wrought by flames In the business section. Late this evening it was reported that the tire was under control, but It was said that the damage don* by the lam** was estimtaed at between t.000,000 and 8,000,0U0 pound* aterllng. Dublin. Dea. It.?Several blocks of buildings in the heart of the busi? ness district of Cork were destroyed by Ore during the night, constituting the costliest destruction of property since tho reprisals began In Ireland. A group of public buildings on Al? bert Quay, including the city hall, the Carnegie library and a portion of the corn exchange also were burn - od. as well as private residences in various parts of the city. Early es? timates place the damage at between t.000,000 and 3.000,000 pounds ster? ling. The fires extended to St. Patrick's street, from Cook street to Maylor street, and t>wept entire rows or bulldlnga?on liotn sides of Winthrop street. It was reported from Cork yester dayp afternoon th?t newly arrived part lea of auxiliary cadets marched through the itreeta holding Bp and searching pedestrians and dring into the sir tollowng the ambush of aux? iliaries w thin half a mile of the barracks. 12 of them being wounded by a bomb thrown from a lorry. Between 7 and 8 o'clock a period of intense quiet fell on tho city but near v o'clock uniformed men beaan to display great act^ Ity In various parts of Cork. At some points tram cars wore held up and passengers taken out. It was reported that a BjSJOBbOff were ? eaten and others placed against the wall and clonejy quca ttoned but wire finally allowed tu proceed. Id the Summer Hill district, the Stone of the ambush shortly utter SSJffear, two brother.! named Delaney are reported to have been taken from their homes and shot. one fatally. During the hour before curfew lor* rorism held sway ami when the streets were emptied of civilians, loud explosions and rifle and revolver abota kept up until early morning. The explosions appeared to come from incendiary liombs, as persons who ventured to look from their windows saw bonfires break out in St. Patrick street and daylight revealed the full extent gd the damage. It is got improbable thut lives have m lost in the flies; already sev d sjgjssjgsja connected with the de? atroyed houses and business prem? ises sre reported missing. At I o'clo k this afternoon the people were just beginning to ven? ture again Into the streets; the whole sjgj east then in control of the mili tsry and It is understood that tho officer in command assured the popu? lation that the military would re? main on duty indefinitely to prevent farther destruction. Tho troops are in full flghtmg or der pickets with machine guns be? ing posted at all vantage points. <>nly one large draper establish? ment In Isft Intact In Cork. There bus BOOS no official con? firmation of g report that lighting occurred during the burning botWOOa the BSXgjSS Sad military. The only sjMai gesaaassj sWrsag on tins re< Mil was a statement that the an <ll larles had ?been tired uj <m intermit* iy between * and 11 o'clock last night The labor saga, mission is plann in* |? semi members to Cork on UM first trim tomorrow morning, The lasarHlsf Incline to the opln ion thst the pi o.-lam it ion of mi lal law will greatlv impi.?v?. |fte stOUt it of the peopb- and ?hat o g IS m BlrtSJted primarih with the Object of checking excesses by the new lores of Irregular ptdue and bring them und? r control. Belfn-t. Dec |j A *? orof flresj bad binned thSgSSJSHfSa out In Oortl by 4 o'clock \hh afternoon sad tin hol April, 1850. "Bo Just i $81. IE FLAMES WITH GREAT LOSS HOUSE PASSES IMMIGRATION BILL Senate Expected to Be Subser viant to Trans-Atlantic Lines and Trusts Who Need Igno? rant Foreign Labor Washington, Dec. 13.?The John? son immigration hill, prohibiting im? migration for one year, was passed, by the house, but lenders predict its defeat in the senate. HAMPERED BY THE ALLIES One of the Causes of the Failure of the Shipping Board Washington. Dec. 13.?The ship? ping board's operations during the early war days were handlcaped by the allies insistence', particularly Oreat Britain, that the United States facilities be used in the construction of their ships, Williams Den man, the first shipping board chairrrian, tes? tified before the houso investigating committee. COTTON IN STORAGE State Warehouse System Has More Cotton Than Ever Before Columbia, Dec. 13.?The South Carolina state wurehouse system , is bulging with cotton. There are more . ales atored in state warehouses, ac? cording to Warehouse Commissioner J. C. ItiVera. than were ever held in stato warehouses before. The total ?n storage today la three times the 'argest amount evet stored at any one time before, said Mr. Rivers today. There are, according to the com? missioner, approximately 250.000 balea In state warehouses today. In the statt- syutnm there are also more warehouses, than ever boforev ap? proximately 800 being "active." Many other8 are contemplated. The state warehouse system has made money this year. Mr. Kivers says that he will have turned Into the state treasury by the end of the year a total of approximately $80.000, this \mount being taken in Since March 1st. The office forco at the Columbia office of the warehouse commissioner is rushe I to htop up with the large I volume of business handled by the I warehouse system. FATAL SHOOTING IN CAFE Oreenvflle, Deo, 12.?As a. result of i disturbance arising In a Main sireet cafe at 7 o'clock tctvght. Grady Pr i nee, ag'-d tWOItty-oeven and un? married, is dead and Charles Spen? cer, proprietor of the cafe and well known Greenvil.e resident for twen? ty years, is lodged in the county Jail. Charged With the shooting. Ipcnoer frankly admlA It Ii said by the poi re, that he died tho lone bullet which pierced Prince's heart, saying that the action was taken as a i.-.* resorti V/hOn Prince and another young man. Shirley Styles, attacked him. Styles attacked him first. Spen ssjf tohl the police, and Prince later joined in. Spetuer, who is about for? ty-three yean Ol age used a 32-callber revolver. Prim m is a veteran of the Kighty first division, having served over? seas with the Greenville 323 ambu? lance w?nipany .i corporal. He livoa <?n th-? Buncombe roai Just beyond the elty limits A large number Of ,>ers<->ns were In ths restaurant when the slmotlni Occurred and a large crowd qua kly gathered in and about the pl.ice. Momphta Dee, 11.--The education? al needs of the southern states were d isr usscd today at the conference of SOhOOl ottU-ials and United States Commissioner of Kducutlon (Maxton. firemen were in possession of the ruins. At fi:30 this evening a special train left Dublin f"r Cork carrying i'iiptaln Myers, chief of the Dublin brigade, and a motor engine with crew. A deputation of the citiiens ot Cork, says dispatch received here Including the Protestant bishop nnd the town clerk, waited on the officer 'ommanding the Cork troops and re? quested him to take measures to pre? vent a recurrence of the appalling damage to property. He promised to Bond out special military patrols. The destroyed city hall in Cork eras only sacolted In point of size in Instand by Belfast's great civil build? ing Thin s/US the tt ird time it had ?Si as Um, the firemen being I driven nut at the point t>f revolvera. i ht get it hall, senting 3.000 and 1 Ans organ, shared the fate ,"l IhS municipal premises. No confirmation has been received her? or itir hooting of the Dolanoy brothers, but If is officially stated thai one man was unied and II wtrs woundod in the ambush which remitt? ed In I ha repi Pals. The t i t that no serious casual I ,.s wert 1 1 used bv the bombs Is sx plnlnod by ths statsmsnl that warn? ing wan gftvtn |Q A|| oocupanti of |bulldlngl to leave prior to tin- at - t O I s. nid Fear Not?Inn all the ends Thou AfirnVt at be thy Country's, Thy God's a SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1920 PRESIDENT WILSON DECLINES 1 LEAGUE OF NATIONS'INVITATION Great Disappointment Evinced in Assembly That He Declines to Send Delegate to Co-operate I Geneva Assembly Hoped to Establish Point of J Contact With America President Wilson's Decision as to Armenia Has Not Yet Reached the Assembly j Geneva, Dec. 9 (By the Associated |Presa).?The outstanding features in connection with the league of na? tions assembly and the Commission today wore: Disappointment evinced over Pres? ident Wilson's declination of the in? vitation that an American delegate cooperate with the commission to discuss disarmament. Recommendation of .the commis? sion on the admission of new states that Bulgaria be admitted to the league, this being due largely, to Marshal Koch's report that Bulgaria was meeting her treaty obligations. Fixing of December 16 by the reparations committee for a discus? sion of the reparations problem, E1 imination of the provision in the report for permanent finance, transit and health commissions, to which the Canadian delegation . strenuously ob? jected. The official statement of the rep? arations commission says: ' The conference of experts ap? pointed by their governments in ac? cordance with the Franco-British* agreement of November 6, J920, will meet at Brussels on December 16 to discuss the problem of reparations." The admission of Bulgaria to the eagiio of nations has been, voted by the commission on the admission of new states. This action was taken after * report submitted ey Marshal Koch had been read, in which the marshal declared that Bulgaria had made sincere efforts to live up to the> treaty terms. Even the "little entente" countries which had been strong in their oppo? sition to Bulgaria, vqtod for.her ad? mission. The commission also decided to .per? mit Armenia, Albania and Georgia to participate in the work, of the tech? nical commissions. Lichtenstein was refused admission, but will be al? lowed representation of its Interests In the league by Switzerland. Tho Baltic States were not ad? mitted and the only remaining ques? tion ia the disposition of Lithuania. . Franco refrained from voting on he question Of Bulgaria's entry,' os? tensibly in order to be consistent in her opposition to German owner? ship. The budget committee decided that all tinanclal questions shall go to the exports for their report to the next assembly. Dr. Gaston Da Cunha, Brazil, has introduced another scheme for com? pulsory arbitration by the interna? tional court of justice. It provides UNCLE SAM'S GROWING NAVY More Than Two Hundred War? ships Including One Dread naught Were Completed This Year Washington. Dec. 8.?Nearly 200 warships. Including one superdreud naught and 96 destroyers, were com? pleted for the American navy during the fiscal year ended lust June 30 and more than 100 others, including elev? en superdreadnaughts and six great battle cruisers, were building at that time. This is shown in the annual report jof R?-ar Admiral David W. Taylor, I chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, to Secretary Daniels, made public today at the Navy De? partment. For continuing work on the ships building, Admiral Taylor esti? mated that $119,000.000 would be re? quired during the fiscal year begin? ning next June 30. This compares with $59.000,000 last year and Is the larg? est total ever proposed by the Ameri? can navy In peace time for continu? ing construction. It is explained by the fact that work on many of the craft authorized in the 1910 building pro? gram was halted during the war. Admiral Taylor's report also dis? closes that the navy department Is en? gaged in developing and constructing new types of aircraft, including great r'gld and semirigid airships and sea? planes similar to those which under? took the trans-Atlantic flight last year. Besides the dirigible which is building in England for the United States, the navy is building a dirigible at home. Airplanes and seaplanes building Include four of the NC types for ser? vice with the battle fleet, making a total of eight of this class. In the four new craft now building are embodied the lessons learned from the trans Atlantic flight The navy also is building a small number of int? tvhangeablo land air planes and seaplanes for the Marine Corps nnd tWO types of torpedo carry? ing seaplanes, one to he of all metal const ruction, I 'To provide fl Innji seaplane for [(lest umb" ,v* admiral Taylor "the i that compulsory jurisdiction shall ap? ply to all states whose parliaments ratify it Geneva, Dee. 9 (By the Associated Press).?President Wilson's negative reply to the league of nations invi? tation to name an unofficial delegate to cooperate with the commission to be appointed by the assembly to dis? cuss disarmament, has caused groat disappointment here. The chief de? sire of the assembly members seems to bo to maintain as many points of contact as possible with the United States and it was thought the dis? armament investigation afforded an opportunity of which President Wil? son could take advantage without committing himself. Mr. Wilson's decision regarding the Armenian borudaries has not been received here. It is thouhgt in league circles that hla reply had more likely been sent to London or Paris, as it is a matter for consideration by the supreme council 'of the allies rather than by the league of nations. Canada, whose delegation has made a great impression on the assembly, scored again today when it secured elimination of the provision in the technical committee's report for par manent finance, transit and health commissions. The assembly, impress? ed by the growing expense oZ the league and the international labor bureau accepted that Canadian view. The Canadians argued it Was prefer? able to work with temporary commis? sions having consulting power only until it is possible to see more clear? ly Just what may be done with spe? cialised organisations. The prospects of a prolonged stay in Geneva are beginning to worry the delegates and officials Of the as aembty. AH the members of the j league delegations are making every < effort in committee or full sessions j to increase the speed of their work but with little success thus far. Aft? er two days spent entirely upon the r?rport of the technical committee, President Hymahs of the assembly today made an earnest appeal to the delegates to cut their remarks short. President Hymans held over the I heads of the delegates the menace j of two sessions dally and advanc I Ing the morning session by half an ' hour. A number of delegates have , arranged to leave Geneva Friday or ; Saturday of next week. Meantime j there remains to be disposed of the report of the committee on the ad ! mission of new states and the inter | national court besides a number of smaller questions. 1 e_Bsecmm ? j.i ,, g mm i I - [bureaus undertook the development of a design for a seaplane larger than any in existence, "a 60.000 pound fly I Inpr boat. The design embodies aev erval new features, Including metal .wings and a unique power plant of j nine liberty engines in three groups, j each group being geared to a single ' propeller." 1, With the delivery of the superdread ; naught Tennessee this year by the Now York navy yard, the first line .battleships with the Atlantic and Pa j cific fleets were increased to eighteen. I Besides the destroyers added to the fleet last year, other new ships com? pleted included eighteen submarines. 45 eagle boats and ten mine sweepers. In addition a number of naval tugs were delivered. I Besides the eleven battleships and six battle cruisers building, there are under construction ten scout cruisers, 71 destroyers, and 47 submarines. Some of the destroyers have been de? livered since last June 30. Only two tof the eleven battleships are expected to be delivered next year, the Tennes? see and Maryland. To* Colorado is ;to be delivered in 1922 afnd the others in 1923 or later. ? i Admiral Taylor devotes par1 of his j report to tests conducted with some of jthe German submarines turned, over i to the United States for experimental purposes and says on the basis of these .that "on the whole vessels could not I he said to be superior in design and [capabilities to corresponding vessels I of the United States Navy " I "Tills is a matter of interest", the admiral says, "in view of the exager i rated ideas of the German submarine j prevalent during the war, when they were still a mystery." I _,_ L/ondon, Dec. 10?Martial law will be applied In certain areas of Ireland, premier Lloyd George announced in tho House of Cotnona. He said that a proclamation will be issued de? manding that all arms and uniforms be surrendered within the prescribed ; areas and unauthorized persons p<>. goosing arms will be treated as rebels jond are liable to the death penalty on conviction In a military court. - i ..-. London, Doc. 10?A bomb was thrown among the members of the Roumanian senate Thursday, shortly alter its assembling. One member and a bishop was killed, says ? Budapest dispatch^ tul Truth's." TUE TRUK S(J STATE OFFICIALS I NEARLY TEN I WILL NAME MORGENTHAfc President Wilson to Appoint Former Ambassador Mediator With Turkey Washington, Doc. 13.?White House officials intimated that President Wil? son would name Henry Morgenthau, former ambassador to Turkey, to act as his personal representative to me? diate between the Armenians and Turkish nationalists. REPUBLICAN EMIS? SARY IN EUROPE Senator McCormick Making Po? litical Tour of Various Countries Geneva, Dec. 13.?Senator Medill McCormick attended the league as? sembly from press gallery this morn? ing and left for Budapest this after? noon. He will go to Rome to discuss Italo-American relations, according :o the Italian foreign minister. REIGN A MASS _OF RUINS Prosperous Baltic City Practical? ly Destroyed by War Riga, Latvia, Nov. 20?Riga, which was known before the war as the pearl of the Baltic and ranked as Russia's second poC is one of the sad? dest monuments to the destruction wrought by six years of ceaseless fighting, much of which took place on the soil of the .new republic ot I Latvia, erected on the ruins of the old Russian governments of Livonia and Courland. Hatf a million persons lived in Riga hefore the war and over 400 iarge factories kept it busy and prosper? ous. Now there are only about 200, 000 inhabitants and less than a score of factories are operating. The empty shells of various industries stand awaiting the return of machin? ery which the Russian shipped eastward before the German advance. Lenlue and Trotsky have promised to return all the machinery which be ?onred to Russian subjects. But many of the factories were owned by for? eign capitalists and consequently can? not hope to recover their plants. Great rubber plajQts, carshops, wood working shops Tsna saw milla stand idle awaiting capital to buy machinery. The river Dvlna and va? rious lakes and inlets lying about the city are tilled with logs. But there are no mills to convert them into tim? ber, no ships to cary them into for? eign markets. The docks axe idle. Few trains operate and those are fired with wood. Of the 1,500,000 personn in the new republic, nearly all are dependent up? on agriculture for e. living. The crop3 were a failure this year and conse? quently the outlook is blue for the new government headed by Ulmanls, the American'-trained Minister-President. But tho Letts have learned the Joy of freedom in their few months of independence. They fought bravely agr.inst tho bolsheviki and later against the Baltic barons who tried to enslave them under General Bermonot. And they are courageously building up a national life and a national conscious? ness in the face of terrible odds. Unlike most parts of Russia Latvia was a country where education was general and only a amall proportion of its population was unable to read and write. It had been well in the line of European culture. Its port* of Riga, Libau and Windau had al? ways attracted many foreign traders. The country had been so attractive to German business men that German culture was firmly embedded In the leading cities. Ria,a is more German than Russian in its appearance. Its broad streets, nuigrdi'.cent, well-kept parks and digniried public buildings igive it the air of a German city. Us 1 numerous Lutheran churches similar to those found in any of the Hanseatic I Leaguo cities. Its university is or? ganized along German lines. But the great majority of lt? people nave no sympathy with Germany's effort to continue its influence in L e tv I a through the German barons, whose es? tates have been confiscated. Tho opera in Riga Includes all the standard German, French and Italian operas in the Lettish language. Its schools teach LetMsh. The state the? ater gives plays In Lettish, chiefly .^translation of the great English. Scandinavian and Gorman masters. Otis of the new p'avs recently pro? duced in Riga was written by a Lett about the life of Weesters, a Lettish knight of the fourteenth century who attempted to resist the German dom? ination of Lettland, it is bitter in its denunciation of German methods and has been well received by a public which seems thoroughly determined to maintain its independence at any cost. Columbia. Dec. 11.?The Columbia Post, Xo. ?. of the American Legion. has launched plans for I basketball tram and a Legion basketball league. One game with Newherry has already been arranged. Marcus W, Pi ice and Herbert Weiu. of the Columbia post, are in charge Of the league plans and j.i accepting; da ten tot game; IL'THKON, Kstabltslictl VOL. LI. CALL FOR MILLION J)0J Estimates of State Appropi tions Fifty Per Cent. Greats Than Last Year DEMANDS EXCEEP ABIL? ITY OF PEOPLE TO P^ Legislature Faces a Budget Ft 1921 That Calls For Dra*ti4 Use of Pruning Knife Columbia, Dec. 13.?Total appro? priations of approximately ten mil* lion dollars will be asked of the 1911 legislature, by the budget commission, according to a tabulation of budget requests made by various state de? partments, published by the commis? sion Saturday. This is nearly four million more than the appropriations for 1920. The exact total of all budget re? quests for the coming; year is $0,868. 206, which is $3,771,0*$ more than ? was appropriated bv the legislature of 1920. The greatest increase gakedi 1 is by the department of education, approximately two and a half million 1 dollars more th.ui was appropriated *j for 1920. Of this, the state superin- ! tendent of education is asking for more than a million excess over 1920 appropriations. The University is asking ror a quar? ter of a million more than last, year, the Citadel for $224,000 more; Clem son for $68,000 more; Winthrop col? lege for $415,000 more; the State Medical college for $54,000 more; the John de la Howe Industrial aohool for an increase of $8l.U00; the School jfor the Deaf and Blind $92,000 more; ! the state superintendent for $1.31<5, | 360 more than the last year appro, priation of $931.i y0 for his office; the State Historical (Commission for $4, $16 increase. . " The State Hospital, .is* askjnf? an pt ercase of $61,558; the board of pub? lic Welfare wants $8.36? mc*c*ser the State Training >Bchoot for FefAflo Minded asks an increase of $112,4*?, to c?rry out its building progtath, s!ftd the industrial school f^r bo>s, jit Florence wants $132,614 more. fite Peformatoty .for Negro Boys asiks $89,113 more than last year. For law enforcement $7?.O0O is ask? ed, as compared with $27.000 'jdjsti year. The state boar.l of health Agks increases totaling $?'0,234. The ta< commission needs $23.350 more; thd railroad commissions needs call for $10,171 additional appropriation*; the committee on state printing asks1 for $36.000 increase; the eommias^ort er of agriculture asks for $135,OiO, on increase of $55.000; the public servh e commission asks for $23,048 more ;han its 1920 appropriation of $1. 891. The State Highway Commission i? asking for an enlargement of ita work, its budget calling for $453,243, as compared With $130,113 tor 1920. The state pension office is asking for an in? crease of $151.447 over 1920 appro? priations of $607,000. The adjutant generals budget calls for $133.908 more than for 1920. due to the National Guard reorganisation program. Appropriations for this de? department for 1920 totaled $19,199. Slight increases are asked for a few other departments. A few of the de? partment budgets call for smaller ap? propriations, notably the engorssing department, the comptroller general's office, tho attorney general's office; the state industrial school for girls; the Catawba Indians; and the state sen? ate. ESTATE'S FED? ERAL TAXES South Carolinians Paid the Gov? ernment $27,074,436 This Year Columbia .Dec. 13.'?A total of $27. 074.4336 was paid to the federal gov? ernment in taxes by the people of South! Carolina. during tho year which ended June 30, 19 20. according to announcement made today by the collector of internal revenue. Of this amount $23.943,518 was income taxes. Tobacco, occupational, documentary, artd whiskey taxes made up the re? maining amounts. The amount col? lected from retail liquor dea'.ers was $2.169. from wholesalers $722. To? bacco brought in $116.383; documen? tary stamps produced $541,550, and public utilities $158.775. The manu? facturers' excise tax was $638, S17; the occupational tax $796,394. GREENVILLE ROLL CALL Red Cross Campaign Was Not a Success Greenville. Dec. 10.?Because the recent Fourth Bed Cross roll Call was not the success e\oected in Green? ville, this city may lose the home ser? vice seetion which has been doing work during the war and since, it is learned from officials today. The to? tal contributed to the roll call here ?*as *2.?>2. and this amount grill not cov? r e. penses tor more than a few weeks longer. Metchen, N. J.. Dec. IS.?The ex* press office nd postofAce here were robbed of over ten thousand .dollars 11 ' nish*. ^ i