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THE SOSTER WATCHMAN, Esta-blisJ ; CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,181 6 England and France in Complete Agreement j on How to Deal | ; With Germany c I . London, May 1 (By the Associated j Press).?The British and French gov- I eraments have- reached ?n agreement \ on how to deal with Germany to com- j pel payment of. reparations and ex- j . act immediate, guarantees, in broad j outline, it is agreed iliat the allies will make a declaration tomorrow but not to Germany. They will an nounce that the reparations commis sion will notify Germany as to the amount she is required to . pay and how it is to be paid together -with the proposed financial controls. The allies will then announce that within ten days, this period being subject to Bpossible modification by the supreme council tomorrow, they will proceed to carry out the penalties if the terms are not acceded to. The plan provides for a compre hensive scheme of . supervision and control of Germany's sources of rev enue. It is not yet completed, but while the experts are still working on it, France will proceed with all her limitary preparations for the oc cupation of the Ruhr. The (French government Will tomorrow order the mobilization of one additional class. Thii is the general result of an agitated day of conversations and conferences that seemed likely to end in sharp disagreement among the al lies. The agree^ci c was brought about by the in._*-vtntion of the Bel gian foreign minister, M. Jaspar, at a meeting of the supreme council this afternoon. The whole situation sub ject will come up for discussion again a: another meeting of the coun cil tomorrow morning. Both sides feel that they measurably succeeded in having their- - policies accepted. The French parliament is nof in ses sipnt so M; Briand way able to ac cent a short time extension -without. . Haves' to explain- ?t? Khe chamber &rfhwithi while'-Mr. ?Lloyd:George h&~$8t??Red to some ^degree- oppos ^rThe French premiers asked for British ^naval cooperation, suggesting the blockade -of; Hamburg. *The. Brit ifeh' ""prime -minister u replied that American*-public' opinion would riot approve of.. such a course .and, he could not agree to -a blockade- which woujd ^ring the-, allies into con troversy with the United States. M. Briand -agreed to this . point of view. He added tha? the course of the fenited States had been absolutely cor . fccct.. . ? Uneasiness stiff exists among the Erench delegates, over the possibil ity that W'asbin&con may endeavor to mediate; they declare this would ??t-"be'acceptable to them. The cause it> this' impression is not clear, but jSome of the delegates have made it understood that it does not originate With, the French ambassador, M. Jus Seraaid. --Ml-Briand and .the whole French delegation are sitting late tonight with General toilet, president of the Interallied commission,, who was sum ' raonedv.by- the French, premier from Berlin to give his views.... Notwith standing .the .a$?eejment.- the French are not entirely satisfied with today's developments and-the idea of an ulti matum,- which is believed to have ibeen. largely due to the influence of the British ambassador, to 'Ger many.' Lord D*Abernon. M. Briand was averse to delay, and it is re ported that he had undertaken that, falling Germany's compliance, some move should be made today. - Indeed the Flinch premier had de clared J>efore tlje meeting of the council: **I am decided upon the com menceemcnt of new penalties from to day. I mean by this that the necesr sary. order for mobilization will be given, this evening. Such is my position. I ean not act otherwise." London, May I - (3y thse Associated Press).?A plan for reconciliation of the British and French views with regard to the steps to be taken to enforce thse payment of reparations tyy Germany was submitted by M. .Jaspar. Belgian foreign minister, at a meeting of the supreme council 4hi3 afternoon. This plan fs now un der consideration by the.British cab inet, the allied, experts and the other delegations and will be further dis cussed at another meeting of the council at 11 o'clock Monday morn ing. - The plan would allow France to continue her preparations for the .penalties to be applied in view of the failure ?f Germany to comply with the terms of the treaty with respect to reparations and-war criminals and at the same time would meet this British view that Germany should be given a short extension of time to meet the allied.terms and give guar antees. - Berlin, May 1?The German gov ; ernment does not propose to jet into touch with the London conference ? whiffr awaiting; President Harding's answer to the German proposal. This declaration was made today ? by a member of the government, who. in discussing the rumor that a sug gestion was coming from the entente that Germany present fresh counter "proposals" directed to the supremo 'council ?t London, said: "So long-as the door to V/ashing *t<?B is open to us. we do not propose to kiiock at other doors." The government took a holiday tb ??ay, and most of the members of oed April, 1850. "Be Just i Bl. ULTIMATUM TO BE [SENTTOGERMANY ! Foreign Ministers of Allies Agree to on Form of Notify- j cation to Be Served on Germany | MUST MAKE DEFINITE AN- j SWER WITHIN 12 DAYS ^ i Demand for Payment of Repa ration? Must Be Accepted Without Conditions or Military and Naval Penalties Will Be Inflicted London, May 2.?Germany must give, with in twelve days, a categori cal answer, yes,*or no, to i:he Allied reparations demands, or suffer th? inflicting of military and naval penal ties, according to the terms of the ul timatum drawn up by the Allied For eign ministers today and submitted to the supreme council,, for approval. Ultimatum provides that Germany shou.d be advised of the Allied terms witMir six days and then have six days to answer yes or no, without condi tions, negotiations, being considered at an end. A British naval demonstration in the North Sea was stated to - be one of the consequences that will follow the refusal by Germany. The supreme council did not finally act on the ultimatum, but adjourned after an hours consideration until 5 P. M. The Council, after receiving the report of the foreign ministers agreed in principal to the plan of Minister Jaspar, of Belgium, provid ing for an ultimatum and for military measures, should Germany default. London, May 2.?The allies have virtually decided to send an ultimat um to Germany notifyiag her of the ?amount' she must', pay in, reparations and. warning, her, bf .the 'penalties*. U' payment Mp QOt made or adequate guarantees given. ... The,' experts.?met this -morning, to put t he ultimatum in form for submission to^the su?r^me_ council'later in the.day.'" ... " , ; ' French Ambassador >Jusserand ; at .Washington has cabled here an out line of the conversation he has had with. Secretary Hughes stating that the American government, desires,* to take no "attitude on the" reparations question that would irritate the al lies. According to M. Jusserand..thc state department has no further communication to make to Germany. Secretary Hughes indicated his pref erence that Germany should settle without the, occupation of the Ruhr region as such occupation suggested a kind of _ war. The conversation, Am bassador Jusserand stated, was entire ly, informal. FRENCH RECRUITS CALLED TO COLORS Mobilization of Class of J919 J Ordered on Account of the Probable Occupation of Germany Paris, May 2.? Order*- for the jnobilizatioh of the class of 1919 to take, part in the probable occupation j of Germany is expected to be issued j today. I To Bar Hearst Papers j Ontario Legislature Unanimous ly Adopts Resolution Toronto, April 30.?Shortly before the adjournment of the Ontaria legis lature today R. A. Fowler, member for Lennox, secured an unanimous vote of ?the members present on Jus resolu j tion that all "Hearst" publications j should be excluded from circulation in Canada and that the federal gov ! eminent take immediate steps in con j nection with the matter. Before the 'vote was taken ' Premier Drury said ?that while no doubt all lamented '"the i mischief being done by the papers." I he doubted the ad\ isibility of inter fering in a dominion government nk. |ter."-. I "It seems to me we are always put ting in our nose where it dons hot [belong," said the premier. ! The resolution carried without a jdissentipg vote. jthe cabinet were not even informed ?of the passage of the Knox rosolu jtion. The foreign office also is with i our news from Washirqton which (?might forecast the early prospective 1 receipt of a reply to the German counter proposal. I Washington, May 3.?Official at j the state department marked time i today -pending- final developments in ; regard to German reparations at the ; meeting of the Allied supreme couri !cil in London. Interest was man ifested, however, as to the amount of i reparations it had been decided to j impose as a result of the agreement .reached between the British and j French today. All comment was withheld because jof the session of the council sched juled for tomorrow and there was no I intimation oi* what steps would be j taken in case the situation should j warrant further action by the Unit ed States. wid Fear Xot?-Let ail the ends Thou A SUMTER, S. C, WEDNE I. W. W. TRAITORS j JUMP BOND I - j Leaders of War Time I Conspiracies Believed I To Be Working For Revolution Chicago, April 29.?The rea'. lead-j j ers in the group of Industrial "Work- ] ;ers of the World, convicted of anti-j [ government .wartime conspiracies, I have jumped their bond and now are j j believed to be furthering revolution- | ary ideas, federal officials said today, j j after a final checkup of the forty seven men, who were to report to [ Leavenworth penitentiary, following [the/refusal cZ the United States Su preme Court to review their cases. Nine men are at liberty, only one of i the leaders being accounted for. th9 j others.in prison, being'termed small i I fry. Ask For Executions Petitions Filed With Gov. Cooper Respecting Two Murderers I -~ I Columbia, April 29.?Eotfrta are 1 j being made by citizens to bring I j about the electrocution of two ne groes, now in the death cell at the1 state penitentiary, whose death sen-, tences have been reprieved two or thre times each. The negroes are I Albert Wilson, charged with the mur t der of Bryant E. Butler, a Colura i bian, whom he shot on a crowded j street car near the University here on March 20, 1920, and Harvey Wha ley, convicted as party to the mur- j der of Earl Wad ford, at Lone Star, in Calhoun county, on January 12. ' ] A delegation of men from Lone Star, in Calhoun county, headed l>} W. P Shirer, and Sheriff Hill, is ifc ; Columbia Friday, to confer with Gov. j Cooper, and to ask that he have the {execution of Whaley carried out. A petition vivas,received by the govern ?or recently' from Calhoun county ash ling that .Whaley be electrocuted, y, j ' WhaieF was to.' ^have paid 'th.s j death penalty o'ii : April 8s .sbb( his senS itgnee was'reprieved until May 13,_fol: ipwin.fr ,V hf?metfe by FeeTfcr^ Fogle,. aj^ tonyicted of the mcrdeV of ?.,&&*..; Wad ford;: just "before he w'&* electrocuted ori March 25, to the ef fect that pWhaley is not- guilty, li the g?v^mor honors th?S petitions ^nd [ the reguests of< the citizen* who arc [ conferring^ vrith him Friday, Whaley : will die Jn the electric chair on the j 13th oX..v.21ay, two weeks hence. ] The-governor received Thursday af j ternoon a petition signed by a large \ number ?f citizens of'Greeieyville, io j WUiiamb^urg county, asking that no j further s?ay of the execution of Albert j Wilson bj^ granted. Mr, Butler v whom : this negro killed, lived at Greeley i ville at one time, it is said,' and th j citizens, there are interested in th* {case. WHson was first scheduled to ? die .on March 22. This was postpon I ed. to April 12,- and then anothe? j reprieve lengthened the man's fife j until May 8. It is alleged that Wi! i son's crime was not premeditated and ,| that his guilt is of manslaughtei j rather than of murder, j If Wilson's sentence is not inter i ferred .with further, he will die \u the electric chair next Tuesday* Officers Make Raid Capture Three Stills of Large Capacity . j Florence, April 28.?Three days or j raiding ajong the Big Pee Dee river i by local and state officers have net ? ted good ? results. Stills were can itured at the rate of one a day. They j were of .150, 120 and 40 gallon cap lacity. Along with the stills the offl j cers destroyed 1,000 gallons of mash, ; 20 fermenters and a quantity- Oi j blockade whiskey. The stills were j located on the Marion side of the j river, but the operators are thought j to be -Florence county men, at least ; j they are so named in the federal j warrants which have been issued for I their arrests. The oificers used row ! : boats in patrolling: the river. Taking j pa it in the raids were Deputies Maxie I B. Burch and Joe Conner of the j ; sheriff's office and State Constable 'Eichelberger. .1 i . i Freezes Damage Fruits! Washington, April 28.?Repeated freezes in the central and east cen- 1 ?tral states have severely' damaged the j j early fruit crop, the bureau of crop j I estimates announced today in a re- j view of conditions. I Keports were said to indicate, how- J ; ever, that the usual acreage of corn j would be planted. Recent cold weath- j er was reported as having checked ; somewhat the growth of winter wheat Seeding of spring wheat waa i j said to be nearing completion. ; Freezes and poor germination were give ?as the causes for replanting: of cotton in parts of Ai*kansas, Lou- ! isiana. Texas, North Carolina and | South Carolina. Much cotton was ; reported up and chopping in progress i in Georgia. The Irish potato crop throughout I the Southern section was reported good, planting was? said to be making ; fair progress in the central section. I '-: I Washington. May 2.?The -comp troller of the currency today Issued a, ; call for a report on the condition of' ! national banks at the close Of busl !ness Thursday, April 28th* 1 r ims't at be thy Country's, Tfey God's a SDAY, MAY 4, 1921 IS HUGHES A PRO-GERMAN? In Pace of Allied Rejec tion of German Pro posals He is Said To Be Hopeful of Negotiations j Washington, April 29.?President Harding and his cabinet are under* I stood to have discussed German rep-I arations proposals again today, Sec retary Hughes laying before them j the views of the principal allied pow ?rs with regard to the offer. Mean time the American reply to the Ger man communication was held up. While the cabinet was considering the question it became known that Britain and Italy had not definitely rejected the German offer as unac ec'ptable as a basis for negotiations, but it is understood the French and ?e'gian view as transmitted to Sec retary Hughes were that the termt ?vere unacceptable. Acording to in formation in usually well informed .juarters Secretary Hughes is still hopeful that negotiations between the allies and Germany can be reopened. Electric Plant Bought City of Georgetown Now Fur rushing Light ^Georgetown. April 28.?The pur chase by the city of Georgetown Railway and Light Plant has been re tried completed as of date March 1, 1921, and since that . date the electric , service has been furnished by the mu nicipality to its citizens. This move wO make the eleccrie light plant a pub ic service utility was started about j a year ago and the good results art- i already manifest in a direct saving tc , che city and the creation of an ever I increasing sinking fund toward th<~ iquidation of the debt incurred in ! making, the 1)urbhase. For the 'present no reduction is./contemplated .in- rates .'ermerly, charged for < lighting. Th\ j municipal weter works service hai t>een' combined with' that of" the elec tric UghUngv, ,*all bein^' under the s? Oieriaten^epce.pf EL C. Haselden,vfor* .nerly :Tnanager -of the ; " Georgetown Railway and Light company.- /Cdnsid ?rrabie .rep/iifs ana improvements aix ; planned by city council as well as ex ension of service with'r.eg?rd to the | electric plant. 'The lighting-Will bt Operated from the old municipal wa ter works plant, arid all?account? handled by the city cjerk and treas arer, J. J. McKeithen. MARLBORO MAN COMMITS SUICIDE P. R. Mangum Hangs Self Wiin Chain to Joist in Bara ? Bennetts* Hie, April ?Press R Mangum hanged himself with a' cov. '?hair, from a joist o-. his barn at hfc home hi the northeastern part of th- i -county yesterday morning. No mo :ive has been assigned for the act Mrs. Mangum said he had been act- , ing as if he were worried for several lays, but she did not know th'. \ cause unless it was financial de pretsion. He arose early yesterday i <norning, chopped some stove woo* and stayed about the house a while He then went to the barn. As h?. did not return as promptly as usual 9ome one Went to look for him am found him suspended by a chain and dead. He had evidently placed th\ cow chain around hi* neck, climbed upon the joist, fastened it around th< joist and jumped off. The body wa yet warm. He had gone from th. house only about 20 minutes whst. found. Mr. Mangum was 42 years ole and is survived by his wife anu three children. He was a son .01 Press B. Mangum, who for many years has beer, one of the most prom inent farmers of eastern Marlboro. On account of ill health, the senior Mangum has for several years been spending most of his time at and nc-ar Rocky River Springs, Stanley county, North Carolina, in order to get the benefit of the water there, j His son, Press R. Mangum, has been j occupying the old home place on the | road to Mason's Cross, about half way j between McColl and Gibson, and was regarded as a good farmer and in j comfortable circumstances. The fu- j nrral was at the Fletcher cemetery) at 10 o'clock this morning. NO NEW TRIAL FOR TRAITORS Minnesota Supreme Court Re-; jecte Appeal of A. C. Townley and Joseph Gilbert St. Paul. April 29.?The Minne sota supreme court has rendered ?* j decision denying a new trial to A. C. Towniey, president of the national ; Kon-Partisan League, and Joseph Gil bert, manager of the league, who were convjeted on the charge of con spiracy to teach sedition. ? Washington, April 29.-?Represen tative business men conferred with Secretary Hoover today on the re- j Organization of the department of i commerce to enable it to better the j i?>eds of the industrial and comnier- : cial community. I sd Tntth*s.,% ?*? ? ?? l THE TRUE S< SEAMEN'S STRIKE NOT GENERAL Some of the Marine Workers j Have Walked Ont Rather Than j Accept Cut, But Others Wait on Arbitration I Washington. May 1.?While reports' to both the shipping board and rep resentatives of the marine workers here today indicated that some work-? ers are walking out rather than ac cept the wage cut of 15 per cent. I which became effective at midnight last night, Secretary La vis con-j ferred with union heads on the wage controversy which threatens a gen-i eral tie up of shipping at Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf ports, but without apparent definite result. Inasmuch as the unions have re quested that a wage commission be! appointed by direction of President j Harding to adjust the dispute and j shipping board officials have said! they would follow the wishes of the! president, it was said tonight thatj the next move would perhaps coraej from the ship owners. Some confusion was apparent to night regarding the appointment of l commission by direction of the pres .dont to decide the controversy as i requested by union heads. At the| White House it was reiterated that1 the matter had been placed by the | president entirely in the hands of Secretaries Davis and Hoover. At the department of labor, how-! aver, it was said that Secretary Davis had not been so informed by the ^resident and it was indicated that the matter was still in the hands of the president so far as the ap pointment of a commission was con cerned. Secretary Hoover, commerce department officials, said, has as yet taken no step in the matter. Union heads declare that they also were without information as to what ac tion the president had taken in re sponse to their request While orders for a 15 per cent wage cut were issued F'riday after :he marine workers' refusal to ac 1 :ept Chairman Benson's proposals Tor a .new wage agreement,-shipping board officials-declared 'the final ad justment of" thd controversy would iwait any action * president Harding might "tike. So :ffcr. board offic Lais .tatest, few -tehin-s- HaveVbeeii . bald :irv port becanse" ?t th? men, refusing .to *ign; at-ttie reWec? wage.- jfi ' .; ,..r . Ultimate disposal-oj . the vmarihe .labor problem been, plaeed in the hands- of.^cretarie*.Da*is\ And ?Hoover;-accoraiitg >to White House statement, it was believed that the labor department conferences with union heads might be preparatory to a wage commission. Selection of a third party by the ' two secretaries to serve with them as a board, it ? as said, would fulfil! the require ments of the union's request* New . York. May 1. ? Although tnion leaders declared tonight that t strike had not been, called, three narins workers* unions, meeting bete oday voted to reject the 15 per cent sage cut proposed by the United. States shipping board until the pro posed" working conditions are modi led, - r . The three organisations were, the Btenjational Seamens' union, the Ma ine' Firemen, Oilers and Watertend rs union, and the Marine Engineers mionl At all three meetings the marine, vorkers voted to reship. only on ves iels . offering the' former wage scale with former conditions which have :een refused by private owners and he shipping board. Union leaders here term the sus >ension of work a "lockout" and de clare that the owners,, are attempting lo restore the 12 hour day without oayment for overtime. This, the .mlon men insist, amounts in reality o a wage cut of 40 to 50 rather than 15 per cent. The marine workers predict that! tpproximately 20.000 seamen and 10,- j ?)00 oilers and firemen will leave ; mips pow in port here within the next 24 hours. No pickets will be j posted, it was said, unless steamship j r.vners attempt . tO employ strike j breakers. Members of the Interna- j tioual Seamen's union 'took no action ! >n the report of Andrew Furuseth,' its ; oreaident, who ifi in Washington I awaiting results of an appeal to j President Harding to prevent a na- j t ion wide tie-up of seagoing vessels. ; following the failure of the confer ence between employers and workers. : The action taken by the marine j workers h^re today was reported by I wireless to all ships flying the < Anierican flag. The crews oi vessels at sea, it was said, will not be af Cected immediately by the walkout j vote as they are signed under the old conditions to the end of the voy age. Thomas B. Healey, business agent for the Marin?? Engineers' Beneficial j association, one of the organizations: which voted to reject the shipping ; board proposal, declared the-engi neers would observe the conditions ' imposed by their licenses before quit- j ting their ships. The conditions re- \ quire tlv* engineers wi giw 24 hours' ' notier and to leave all machinery in 5 their rare in good condition. Healey predicted H.Q^O engineers would leave their ships within 24 hours. "Butter,*' says a trade authority,, "is steady." But. then. ? the real ' wurm weather hasn't started yet.?S**- ! atlle Times. "Put it in the- safe," said the busi- ! tress man drowsily:?Boston -Trans- j )UTHRON, Establish ?d Ja?e t, 1S?S. VOL. UL NO. 22 A NATIONWIDE ' STRIKE AVOIDED Employing Printers in Many Large Cities Ac cede to Demand of Unions For 44-Hour Week Chicago, May 2.?The acceptance fey employers in many of the &rger cKkjs of the forty-four hours week in the printing industry today appeared to have avoided a nation-wide strike in the book and job printing shop*% al though strikes in a number of news paper plants and job offices have been called today. "Big Six" Union in New. York voted to defer the strike .one week. The strike included nine hundred printers in Denver, four hundred ih San Francisco, twelve hundred in. Albany, New York; newspaper offices in Chambersburg, Lancaster and But- ' ler, Pennsylvania and Glens Falls?, "New York, a thousand in Pittsburgh, two hundred in Raleigh, fofty in Chattanooga, four hundred in iJalti-' j more, two hundred and fifty in Bir-. ; mingham. * I In New York the forty-f nir hov - : week was granted to fifteen u^ousf: j printers in various establishm*^' Cotton Reduc tion Estimates Decrease of at Least 25 Per Cent in Southwest?More in Some Sections Washington, May 1.?Cotton con- . sumption figures for April were" un* available, but for March in the coun try ?s a wliole amounted to 487,938 bales, or less than 25 per cent belojw j the total for March of last year,*acr cording to a review issued by the . ! board of trade A continued increase! Jin' the manufacturing-'.activity--^* the j silk' mills'was reported. ' 1 > - ' ?i - While the earlier reports Indicated I a very large reduction in: cotton acr**^ j age,*feduc:ioVls now generalry under ! stdodc to'be not so great *s. had - pre* j viously been indicated, the bond's ( April business and financial ' revieW says. Ih the southwest; the announce* I ment says, it is reported the decrease I will' be - at least 25 per cent" and As j much as 50 per cent in, .s^ine ^^o-??. j in the southeast, it saysj conservative j estimates place the reduction at ltMtb j 20 per cent from last year's acreage. - j In California and Arizona the ecreage this season will be reduced as much 'as 50 per cent in sosae sections, and i much of it will be volunteer cotton j grown from last year's plantings. } The use of fertilize;? for cotton lias j been eonsiderahry H-ss :th?i;duringr previous years," being estimated; >?t I about one-fourth to- ^one-thijnft as iused ? year ago; the report states. ? ? I GUILTY BUT ES-i iCAPES PUNISHMENT j Supreme Court Finds a Way to ! Exempt $?nater Newberry I Frpm Servfng Time in - " i" . . ' Prisott i Washington, May 2.?The eonvie jtion of United States Senator Truman j New berry and sixteen other defend ants in the federal.courts of Michigan : xor conspiracy to violate the .corrupt I practices act, was set aside by the I supreme court, which held that con ?gress was without power to regulate the primaries. MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT GIVES AWAY PROPERTY Hyde, Eng..- April 12.?Austin Hop kinson, a member of the house 'of commons, -has just given to the -local governing council of Hyde his, man sion, valued at $150,000 and 20 other, houses and he has gone- to live in an old bai n on whal was once a part cf his estate. He. has taken this ac tion because he believe-i that a man ifestation of the spirit of self-sacrifice on the part of public servants would avert any danger of a revolution, in England. Mr. Hopkin's other deeds of gen erosity include the disposal of his turniture to friends and' the needy, partly by sale at bargain prices f.nd partly by free gift. He gave his handsome automobile to* his chauf feur. The latter has now started in business with it. His former employ er, the donor of the machine, is one of his best customers. To questioners, Mr. Kopkinson has said his intention was to live the life of a simple workingman and to help others as much as possible. In his own workshops, he has introduced a protit-sharing system that is without precedent inasmuch as the highrr the yield, the less he receives, and after a certain sum is reached, he is to receive nothing at all. ?D?ring the war. Hopkinson was an. officer. He was discharged as unfit, hut rejoined as a private. Chicago, April 30.~-Seyenty-one indictments charging corporations, contractors, unions J&i& individual^ with conspiracy to restrain building operations in Chicago Wc?re returrefi by the federal grand jury today