The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 04, 1921, Image 1
THE SOSTER WATCHMAN, Esta-blisJ
; CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,181
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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 - "
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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