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THK SlMTF.It WATCHMAN, Kstablisl CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2, 18 MILLIONS IDLE IN ENGLAND Three Million Unem? ployed Seek Govern? ment Aid Ixtrulon. Dec 16.?It Is estimated* that over three rnllflon people are suf f er i i?k uom unemployment In Great Britain. The government has been u?kt d la aid them. COOLIDGE CALLED IN CONSULTATION Hording Invites Vice President To Express His Opinion ????? Marion. Dee 16?Senator Harding, according to his campaign promise to give a more active part in the gov? ernment to the vice-president in the next administration, conferred with ' Vice-President-elect Coolldgc on ad? ministration policies, domestic prob- ! terns and the association of nations. ONE MILLION UNDESIRABLES Riff Ralf of Centra] Europe Try? ing to Reach United States l Borlln, Dec. 16.?Emigration to the United States from Central Eu? rope has reached a stage where It threatens to dump into America rearly l.OOO.OOO of the "most und* strahle peoples of Europe." says a official of the American state depart? ment who r.a* been watching the re? cent exodus with much concern. The emigrants are principally from Huasia gnd Poland and large numbers of tinun. who are very' poor, have been directly sasisted with money and alv'ee from America, the correspond out was tol l. Consular offices are* sv.smped with their applications for igeports and steanship aecommodi t ons are inudcqua c to carry all who have permits to sail. "There Is virtual y no ( heck on this mevtment. which beyond any ques? tion must soon be a most serious prob? lem in America," the correspondent was Informed. "An eftort ha? been Otuoe to keep out the so-called 'reds,' but that, tob. Is futile for it is impos? sible to investigate the applicants osrefully enough to exclude undesir rhles "The on'y thing that can be done, It seems to me. is a new immigration law sharply curtailing this business of dumping the down-and-out* of Eu? rope upon our shores. And that, too, la going to bo a dimVr.lt thing for there will always be t h?? possibility of discrimination against classes that aroubt mnko. valuable citizens. If , immigration should be stopped entire? ly for a few > r?-irs, five. w,? m.ghc wake up to the situation in America and *eek a way out of the trouble. "Th?? government's agents have been doing th? Ir host to meat the meiy.n, . with the machinery of the law, but that is pitiably inadequate. About ail that can be done is to send departmen? of Justice agents to New York and 'wsrn' the grafters and the more radical promoters of this im? migration that they must not resort to illegal means Sonn? of them v. ho were reaping rich rewards out of the passport business pretending to secure proper papers for sums paid in hand saws booa frightened off. but there are others still at wo? k "'in?' of these grafters has moved to Herlin and prohuMy Is doing a t hit vlng business. Nothing cast be done alKiut it. He Is within the law, . us tar as we are concerned, lb- n go out and collect any amount < f fees for 'assisting/ immigrants to Secure passports?and whether he succeedl In Letting the papers, which cannot i ? held up if the applicant meets roquu ?unents. or not he can keep the ?ney The applicant wa n t squeal.' However, such men hi> only a I hi i>f tho scheme operating to shift immigran s into America." NExTsI^RETXrY OF AGRICULTURE Miami. Dec. 16.?Senator Cummins said Henry 0, Wallace, of low ft, farm editor, would proi ahly he the gOXt secretary of agriculture. He said Harding was coming to Miami In Feh. ruary. FOUR NATIONS" ARE ADMITTED o.nevi?, i>ec i? I'onr near nations ? been idtmttcd ?" the !eai;. nations by the lagsnji saneeably: Ihil Ksrla, Costa Itiea. Finland and Dux ? mt?ourg. ANTI-STRIKE BILL IS PASSED nh.n.',,, Di II - The senate f eased the antl-strlke MM making In terfsrence with Interstste cominet < ? s Mm, ihm: m miiim kti:\iss is PIIOMOTI'D w Mhonrie,. i ?,.,. , -, aaa, A )to|,.. at jiist-ph Mraosa will be appoint od eomamlrr kg chief of I he Astn ile ?? with tbs rank of admiral In recogn) lion of hh. none Imn i n?o ,. ... ip. ?North a*9m. led April, |M50. Be Just I 81. A. H. BARBER SERIOUSLY SHOT His Sister-in-Law, Mrs. H. L. Brunson, Fired Three Fatal Bullets ? - At an early hour Ih? mm n ng A. II. Harbor was shot at the home J ot his brother in law. MR 11 I* Hr*l?? son, who lives just ejtf of IfWn, Mr. Harber was arrested last night by the police on the ch .1**44 ??' be itmg and maltreatir.g his wife, but he had put up a bond and had been released. Very late last night he went out to Mr, Brunson's home and demanded of ?Mrs. Brunson that she withdraw the charges that she had agaimt him. 11 j Is st.i'ed that for three hours ho tried continually to break into the houso. Mrs Brunson had finally armed her? self with a .32 pistol and Mr. Biun son with a rifle. Tho door to the house was finally opened, the shooting occur , ring soon after. I Six shots were llrcd, five from the pistol and one from the gun, two of them taking effect In tho body of Bar? ber. On* bullet passed through his shoulder and the other entered his abdomen, passing through his liver. The, wounds reociveo. by Barber will In all probability prove fatal. Barber was brought to Sumter this morning at about 4 o'clock by Sheriff Hurst and placed In tho Tourney hos? pital. AU possible attention has been given him but almost no hopo for his recovery is held. REGULATE COT? TON FUTURES Senator Dial Introduces Resolu? tion Similar U Comer Bill Washington, Dec. 14.?An amend meirt* to the cotton futures act, ot Identical purposes as tho amendment Introduced last seaalon by Senator Comer of Alabama, but which failed to pass, was presented to the senate, today by Senator Dial, of South Caro? lina. The Comer amendment would have recpuirud cotton exchanges to deliver to purchasers of cotton one-half in grades us good as middling. The Dial amendment provides that the buyer shall have the right to demand one half of the amount deliverable under contract from two grades to bo spe? cified by him, und that the seller Shall have the right to tender tho other half of the amount in two graflsg to be specified by the seller. The present law pirmits the seller to tender tho amount purchased in either id ten grades. Such latitude granted the seller is unfair, accord? ing to Senator Dial, und permits stock exchanges to indulge in specu? lation to the destruction of agricul? ture, and the embuu russment of manufarturei s. Si nator Dial declared today that His department of agriculture which did not support the Comer amend mettt has capitulated to the extent of admitting that the law as it stands at present is obviously unfair. The Comer amendment passed the senate but died In the house as result of opposition of rspresentattves from Mississippi, I/oulsiuna, Texas and Oklahoma, where low grade cotton is the principal production. Senator Dial explains that his amendment can not be opposed by these represen? tatives inasmuch us it does not elim? inate u market for the low grade , cotton. The opposition of the cotton ex? change is expected, according to the South Carolina senator, however, as results of hearings before the com? mittee of ugrlculture ho expects to make such a showing us to the tin Bairn SSS Of the stock exchanges operating under UlS present condi? tion that their guns will be spiked. Senator Comeri who by his speeches and newspaper advertisements last season aroused interest through the south, Will artend the heurings. MARTENS MUST LEAVE COUNTRY Washington, Dec 15 (By the Asso? ciated I'rsssj).?Deportation of Dud wig C. A. K. Martens, self-styled Rus? sian soviet ambassador to tho United States, Is understood to have l>een virtually decided upon by Secretary Wilson, who has had the rase under advisement since the conclusion a week ago of the h taring! in the de? portation proceedings. .[csttfication for Marten's deporta? tion is understood to have been found hy Paar story Wilson in the oonten- I ItOlM of immigration and department' Of .b'stice authorities that the Bol ?hovlll agent held Office under the soviel regime, which they nay, alma at the Overthrow Ot the government of the United States by force and yioh .'ce. Presidsnt Wilson, whom Secretary Wilson has consulted as to his opin? ion, is Understood to have expressed himself as willing to approve* the determination Of the secretary of la DOI The question Of Marten's de? portation is said to have been brought up at yesterday's cabinet meeting arol discussed generally. VO PI. ICt FOB ARMENIA NOW. Geneva, Dag, I ft?-The Lowi*1 *dt? gem My voted against the admission of Arm? nia at piesent. but p ii a I a re? solution hoping that President Wil asft'i sfforti VTOUld save Armenia and sotnbtlSh a stable governm m. pa i mit ting her to enter the leagu* tmi Fear Not?I?et nil the ends Thou A SUMTER, S. C, SATURDi PROGRAM FOR WORLD COURT Assembly Accomplishes First Important Constructive Act in Work of the League of Nations TEETH LEFT ON OUTSIDE _ South American Countries Op? pose Program and Declare It Ineffective Under Present Construction Geneva, Dec. 13.?The assembly ac? complished today the first important j constructive act in the work of the league of nations in adopting a statute for a permanent International court of Justice. The organtaatkan as planned still lacks the obligatory appearance of both parties to the dispute and pro? vides no penalty for non-compliance with the decisions of the court. Tfre advocates of the project, how? ever, believe that it is the most com? plete plan that could be accepted by the different governments and are con? fident that the good will of the nation will remedy its defect- The plan will go now to the different states for rat? ification. If twenty-two, or a majority of the members of the lague, approve it be? fore the next meeting of the assem? bly, the Judges will bo elected and I the court will come Into existence in tho month of September. Adoption of the plan came after an oratorical duel, with Latin-America on one side and Europe on the other, over the question as to whether the Jurisdlcticn of the International court ought to be obligatory or voluntary. , Raoul Furnandez, Brazil; Dr. Carlos Cruet a, Colombia ; Harmondio Arias, Panama; Arist'.des '' Auger6, Cuba; Ken or Blanco, CrugCgty, and SbnOr Aramayo, Bolivia, Insisted with great force upon the necessity of obligatory Jurisdiction to make the court really effective. Borne of the speakers made refer? ence to the small majority in the committee which had forced a large minority to bend to- its will.' It was also declared thatt ho big powers had used their greater influence to defeat the most important features*qf the measure. The greater number Of the fifteen speakers were skeptical as to the Value of optional jurisdiction as i provided for In the project. Leon Bourgeolae, France; A. J. Bul four. England; Dr. George F. Hager up, Norway, and Giuseppe Motta. Switzerland, defended the plan as the best that could be set up for a begin? ning. Mr. Balfour also made a de? fense Of Europe against what he termed "a united attack." No country, he said, had been more strongly in favor of arbitration than Great Britain. He argued that !t wa? necessary to make a beginning. The Whole project might be rendered In? operative If that beginning were not made with dUie regard for certain real? ities. Though the debate could not Change the viewpoint of the majority, it BOrvad to relieve the feelings of the delegates, which had reached a high j pitch in the long discussion in com I mlttee. CHARGE BY SMITH AGAINST MILLS - Senator Discusses Profit in Cot? ton Manufacturing I Washington. Dec. 15.?Cotton mills of the south and New England were I declared by Senator Smith, Democrat, South Carolina, in an address in the senate today, to be in a position to make greater profits now with cot I ton selling at a low price and with their products cut 38 1-3 per cent, than during the recent days of 40 cent cotton, when, he said, the profits of many mills amounted to 300 per cent. The South Carolina senator charged that the mills had not reduced the price of their products to corro ipond with the drop In tho price of cotton, and also in mane cases in the wages of workers. The price of raw cotton, he said, had declined 200 per cent., while the price received by the mills for the finished products had fallen only 3 3 per cent. "Conditions in this country are frightful," Senator Smith declared. ''Senators come in here with line spun theories instead of trying to do some? thing t'. assist tho farmers." The senator upbraided those who, lie said, had declared "lot the fanners tfilte their medicine In the form of tailing prices." 'Many millionaires Were made timing the war, but not One Of them came from the farmers," he continued. "You stand here hag? gling about anti-trust laws breaking the hearts of the farmers when thou? sands are suffering." Senator Smith declared there was as much or more profiteering today "in dollars as there had been a year Hgo in "commodities," although no word of criticism was heard. He quoted Secretary Meredith to the ef? fect that the fanners already had !ost over 16,000,000,000 this year through shrinkage m the value of their prod? ucts. The Hague, Dec, 15. Dutch "dry" leaden have announced they will make | determined effort to se are adoption of 11 local option bill b> the Netherlands parliament , tms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's a kY, DECEMBER 18, 1920 FARMERS RELIEF PLAN ADOPTED | Directs Secretary of Treasury j and Others to Revive War Finance Corporation j LIBERAL CREDITS | PLAN IS FAVORED Expected to Assist in Financing the Exportation of Agricultur-j al and Other Products Washington, Doc. 13.?The senate j lato today passed the agriculture resolution directing the revival of the War Finance corporation as a meas? ure of affording relief to formers. The second section of the resolution, which as introduced would have di? rected the extension of liberal credits to farmers by the federal reserve sys? tem, was amended to make the desira? bility oi such a course only an expres? sion of opinion of the congress. The amendment mailing tho change In the section of the resolution relat? ing to the f?deral reserve system was proposed by Senator Morris, Republi can, Nebraska, and was accepted by a vote of 47 to 16. Another change made in the reso? lution On suggestion of Senator Smith, Democrat, Georgia, broadened the status of the finance corporation to include the financing of exportation of products other than those produced on the farm. Amendments submitted by Senator Harris, Democrat, Georgia, to make the rate of discount on loans to farmers 5 per cent, and by Senator McKellar, Democrat, Tennessee, to make cotton factors' paper eligible for discount, were rejected by overwhelm? ing votes. A substitute for the reso? lution presented by Senator Spencer, Republican, Missouri met a similar fate. Final action on the recolution was without a record vote. The measure now goes to the house, whero a num? ber of similar farmer relief measures are pending. Tho section of the resolution direct? ing revival of the War Finance cor? poration, as adopted, redds: 'The secretary of the treasury' and the members of tho War Finance cor? poration are hereby directed to revive the activities of the War Finance cor? poration, and that said corporation be it once rehabilitated with the view of assisting in the financing of the expor? tation of agricultural and other prod acts to foreign markets." The resolution as adopted refers to the extension of credits as follows: "It is the opinion of congress that tho federal reserve board should take such action as may be necessary to permit the member banks of the fed? eral reserve system to grant liberal extensions of credit to the farmers of he country upon the security of the agricultural products now held by I .hem, by permitting the rediscounting of such notes of extension at a fair ind reasonable rate of interest." The senate agriculture committee .luring the day continued its hearings with a view to framing other meas? ures looking to the relief of the farm? ers from the conditions brought about by falling prices. The house received an addition to !ts collection of relief measures in a bill offered by Representative Young, Republican, of North Dakota, propos? ing an embargo on imports of grain I and grain products, livestock, and their products for one year. CONFESSED BEFORE DYING Spartanburg Negro Could Not Go to Chair With Lie on His Lips Columbia. Doc. 14.?"She told no atories on me, and I'm sorry' I did it," said Grocer Butler, the Spartanburg county negro, who paid the death penalty in the electric chair just be? fore noon today. Despite his denial yesterday, the negro made a full con? fession of the crime today. He said he was ready to die. The execution was successful. He was convicted in September 1919, of criminal assault on a young white woman of Spartanburg. His case was appealed, but the lower court's decision was sustained. INTRODUCE THREE BRIDGE BILLS Washington, Dec. 15.?Representa? tive r. H. Stoll has introduced two bills authorizing the stta* highway de? partment. In cooperation with local bridge commissions, to build bridges in the Sixth district with the ap? proval of the war department. The first of Mr. BtOll'S bills is for the construction, maintenance,' and operation 0 fa drawbridge across the Be Dee river at or near Mars Bluff Ferry between the counties of Flor? ence and Marion. The second is for a bridge across the Santee river at or ne ?' Murray's Kerry between the counties of Berkeley and Willlsms burg. Representative Edward C, Ma.m, of the Seventh ?listriet, has introduced a bill authorising the state highway department, in cooperation with th< local county-authorities, to bridge tin V/ateree river at or near darner'. Kerry between the counties of Rich land and Sumtei\ nd Truth's. THE Tltt'fc SO FARMERS MEET ! INj>L LOUIS Sixteen Organizations Consider Plans to Pre? vent Bankruptcy St. Lou la, Doc. 16.?Farmers' rep? eating sixteen farmers' organiza* lions throughout the United States are in conference here seeking relief from the falling price of farm products. The delegates declared that present prices . meant bankruptcy and are not due j to the law of supply and emand. The j plans include a national market and i the establishment of banks through cooperation with the farm organiza-) itions. TAX CONFERENCE i TO-MORROW Governor Calls Meeting to Talk Over Situation Columbia, Dec. 1C.?To come to some definite understanding as to what may bo expected of the general assembly at its approaching session in the matter of taxes, Governor Coop? er has called a conference of leading members of the senate and the lower houso to be held here tomor? row. The conference has been call? ed in order to get an idea of what the legislature will do in regards to the appropriations, which will of ne? cessity be higher this year than in any past year, according to the requests* j already mado by the various depart? ments of the budget commission. The crying need at present, author? ities say, is to devise some means of ralbing additional revenue and not raising the tax levy. As is well known, South Carolina depends al? most entirely upon the' property tax for revenue and at the ratio the prop? erty Is returned the conditions, are becoming decidedly unsatisfatcory, it i is said. j The' levy of 12 mills the present ! year was the highest in the state's j history ?lid the levy in 1921 will go j above 12\mills unless some other j method of taxation is presented. In j advocating 'other forms of taxation I the general principle of the citizens paying taxes on his ability to pay is said to be the \ only sensible plan. Goovernor Cooper is an ardent sup? porter of this scheme and the Joint legislative committee in Its report also recommends this plan. At the conference Friday Governor Cooper will put the Question square? ly up to the members of the new general assembly and ask their views j on the subject. It may be that some ! chango in the method can be worked ] out. Sentiment among the orticlals j who know the subject of taxes is be ; coming tlxed on tho fact that a radi? cal change from the property tax must be made. The governor,has asked some 20 odd members of the senate and house to come to Columbia Frida:- for the conference, and at thois meeting fig? ures on the requests for 1921, reach? ing nearly $10,000,000, will be pre? set! led,, The governor has said that he saw no way to make any material reductions, although some have al? ready been made. He wants to get the sentiment of the new assembly on the matter. JUDGE H. A. M. SMITH MAY RETIRE SOON Likely to Be Succeeded by Re? publican Washington, Dor. 15.?South Caro? linians visiting Washington bring the report that H. A. M. Smith, federal Judge of the Eastern district of South Carolina, contemplates an early retirement on account of age. Should .fudge Smith resign prior to March 4, President Wilson would In all probability nominate a Democrat as his sucv essor. While the nominee would probably fail of confirmation there is little chance of ;? Democrat succeeding to tin bench should Pres ident-elect Harding be chief executive on the date of the resignation. BUREAU CAN'T GRANT RELIEF Washington. Dec. 15.?The intern? al revenue bureau is powerless tin- ( der the law to grant any relief from I penalties to be Imposed Oil Individ- I unls and corporations who because I of "tight money," ?'business depres- I sion" or for other reasons were un- i able today to pay the last instalment i on the III 19 ine?.mos. This statement i was made tonight by Commissioner i Williams when his attention was i ('ailed to reports from various parts of the country that persons and cor- ! potations had informed revenue col- I lectors that they now were financial- I ly unable to pay taxes on the money i they earned last year. I BRITISH EXAM] AMERICAN CABLE t Washington. Der. l ? All Agaeriean cable messages leav ing G re;U 'fha ta in i are examined by Hie British naval in- I telllgence authoi Ities, President Carl- Ii ton of the Western Union, told the sen- \ ate committee. He said the action Is was taken presumably to throw light jd on Ireland and boUhevism, 't U THRON, Fstubllblicd VOL. LI. AUSTRIA Gl SEAT INLEAI Nation That Precipitated W< War Re-admitted to Familjr of Nations NO OPPOSITION TO ADMISSN Suggestion That Germany Admitted Provokes Violei Protest From France 1 lUJ AS Geneva, Dec. 15.?The assembly of the league of nations elected to? day the first former enemy state member of the league without op? position. The vote on the admission of Austria came after an expect-* ed passage at arms between Giuseppe, Motta, Switzerland arid M, Viviani, representing France. M. Motta, speaking on the report of the committee which was called, for the rejection of Germany's appli? cation for admission by the peace conference, saying that Switzerland had always regretted it and that there were now three places vacant in the league, which ought to be filled by the United States, Russia and Ger? many. At th( mention of Germany, iff. Viviani sprang up and asked for tho floor, and upon the conclusion of M. Motta's speech in which the Swiss Jelegate appealed to the assembly for justice, Mr Viviani mounted the tri? bune and launched into a fervid de? fense of the French viewpoint. It was soon apparent that the assem? bly was with him and his remarks were greeted with frequent applai When he descended from the tril he received the greatest ovation the assembly. The voting for the admission of Austria, which immediately followed, developed 35 vote's in favor of Aus? tria's entrance, two members were absent and four abstained from vot? ing. The four elective members -of the league council chosen by the assem? bly today were Spain, Brasil, Belgium and China, the final success of China j coming after several ballots, being greeted with enthusiastic applause. Chuv.' today took rank among the principal powers directing the affairs of the world through its entry into the council of the hague of n&ftHM in succession to Greece. The elec? tion of China had been discounted largely since the assembly prevlotisljl hau adopted the recommendation ol the committee on organisation that another elective member be alloted to Asia. It was doubtful up to the last mo? ment, however, whether the members who for the last few days had been advocating Slav or Scandinavian representation would not succeed with their argument that the Asiatic races could not expect two places on the council while two important Euro? pean countries were not represented at all. ' The majority of the delegated however, held to their implied prom* ise, but the success of China was duo largely to the personal strength that Dr. Wellington Koo of the Chinese delegation has acquired in tho assem? bly. The cclegatea appeared to be less interested in the election of neW states to the league and followed the recommendation of the committee on the admission of new states which it had long been known as a foregone conclusion they would approve. Woman made her debut In the league today and was cordially re? ceived and welcomed by the assem? bly. In the discussion of action to suppress the white slave traffic Mile. Henri Forthammer, a substitute for Denmark, took the floor and in tho purest English gave the delegates) an example of clearness and consciseness) which, if it had come earlier, might have shortened the meeting of the as? sembly. FARM ASSOCIATIONS ARE EXEMPTED Senate Passes Copper-Hersman Bill Without Record Vote. Goes to Conference Washington. Dec. IB.?The Capper Horsjnan bill exempting farmers' co? operative marketing as**ociations fromj the provisions of the Sherman anti-i trust law was passed today by the senate without a record vote. Tho bill now goes to conference for con? sideration of the senate amendment ?roviding that the federal trade com? mission instead of the secretary of, agriculture shall pasu on complain** igainst any cooperative association. Other amendments adopted by the lenste provide that complaints igainst the cooperative associations lhall be heard in the federal judicial listriet in which the principal office it the association is Incited and that my attempt to create a monopoly >r resort to unfair methods of com? petition in commerce shall make tha issoclatlon liable to prosecutions un ler the anti-trust laws and tin Clay on act. Associations formed under tho? rn asure must operate for the mutual tcncflt of the nu mbers. No member s permitted t,? have more than one ote, regardless of the amount of tot k or membership capital and divU lends are limited to s per cent Q? he capital stock.