The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 11, 1921, Image 1
THE S?MTKR WATCHMAN", Establish
GONSOLIDATEP AUG. 2,18*
RELIEF FOR j
FMJODJICllMSi
Colorado Disaster Being!
Coped With?Many
Families Destitute
Pueblo Colo. June 7.?Plans have'
bene mapped out for taking care of I
the destitute; establishing of refugee !
camps and centralizing relief work, i
The death list includes fifty-two. Four
bodies have been recovered and ?
twenty-two declared dead in the j
towns of Avondale Vineland and ;
Boone. Hundred and fifty-two Italian !
families are marooned on the hills i
northwest of Arkansas river.
Death list now stands at fifty-five \
when three more bodies were found.
Denver, June 7.?Ffty-five rersons
have: been rescued from a train which
turned over in the Pueblo flood Sat
urday. Thirteen are still unaccount
ed for.
Negro Given Five Years
For Wrecking Train!
William DuRant Declared Guiltyj
by Jury in Court Today
Charged with wrecking Seaboard I
? Air Line passenger train 23 in which j
Engineer Harmon and his fireman Joe
Jenkins were hurt, and a number of
passengers shaken up, William Du
* Bant a negro was today declared guil
ty by a jury in the court of general j
sessions and sentenced to serve five j
years in the state penitentiary.
DuRant. it will be recalled, threw
the switch at a side track near Flor
> ieace derailing the locomotive and one
- car of the passenger train. The negro
had pasted white paper over the tar
get board to cover the red sign and in
dicate a clear track to the engineer.
Durant had no attorney. He show
ed but little interest in his case, be
'?}'' yor.d an unsuccessful attempt, as the
' V Jury* saw it, to prove an alibi. When
vrh.e> accused man declared that he
haadfitnesses- who would testify that
he-was- not-in the vicinity of the scene j
of, thy.accident at the time it occurred
.,r/J1S8ge'-Shipp granted*" the time for
"^&ilvsummoning. Two of the wit
nesses were brought into court but
tfieir testimony-held little weight with
injury: Senior Wright, colored, was
the- principal witness against DuRant.
He teat!5ed to' having seen DuRant
bending over the switch thirty min
utes before the arrival of the train j
heating on it with some heavy instru
ment. DuRant had tried to hide from
him, the witness declared.
V.
Columbia Gets
Golf Tournament
WilBam M. Shand F^cted Pres
ident of Association
Greensboro. N. C.? June 7.?Com
bining their qualifying round with
the club team event Greensboro's
four today won the right to keep
" the P. P. Capers tearq cup for a year
and each member of the team had a
miniature copy of the cup. Malcolm
Jones, Greensboro, captured the
gold medal for low score at qualify
ing round, Carolinas Golf Associa
tion tournament play, with 77. Fred
"Hyatt amateur champion of Colum
bia, ? s. C, and Fred Newnham.
Greensboro, won an exhibition match
against Goebel. of Charlotte, N. C,
and Phillips, amateur, Pinehurst N.
C. One hundred and 46 players have
- qualified- The first year's custody
of the Pinehurst trophy cup. for best
ball, team play, was won by Co
lumbia whose balls were as follows:
.Columbia, S. C. 66; Greensboro 6!f; j
Pinehurst. 72; Charlotte 73; Green- {
ville, S. C, 73; Asheville 79; Sails-!
bury 81.
The annual meeting of the Caro
lina Goif association was held at the
country club tonight. By unanimous
Vote Columbia, S. C., was elected as
the place for the next tournament.
The tournament will be held on the
course of the Ridgewood club, ?ffl- j
cers for the. year were elected aa ;
follows: W. M. Shand. Columbia, i
S. C? president; T. R. Brem, Char- ;
lotte, first Viet? president; H. C. :
Bridges, Tarboro, second vice presi- '
dent; J. M. Milam, Greenville, s. C, j
secretary-treasurer.
Search For Hospital
?-?
Government Seeks Site in!
Southern State
Washington, D. C, June 7.?Direr- j
tor C. R. Forbes of the war risk
insurance bureau, notified Southern ;
members of congress this afternoon !
that the government was desirous of i
securing a site of 30?? acres for the
erection of a hospital for the treat- j
ment of ex-service men suffering ;
from tubercular and nervous disor- :
ders.
The climate of the South forced j
the construction of the hospital in
that section of the country, it was j
said.- The hospital will carry a j
monthly payroll of $30,000.
The specifications were dispatched ;
toniglit into every congressional dis- j
trict of the south.
Birmingham, June 7.?A heavy
vote is /expected at the special con
gressional election today of the fourth
Alabama district. The fight between
the bemocratg and Rerib]?cans is
spirited;
ted April, 1850. "Be Jost a
a.
BODIES OF WAR !
HEROSARRIVE
Shipment of 45 Bodies,1
Twenty-three of Them j
South Carolinians,
To Reach Colum
bia Today
The bodies of one Lieutenant Col-!
onel, and one first lieutenant are in-'
eluded in a shipment of forty-five
bodies of war dead, twenty-three of;
them are South Carolinians, which
will arrive here today. The bodies
are being sent to their homes on the
first trains. The Lieutenant Colonel
was R. H. Willis. Jr., of Simpsonville,
in Greenville County. The First Lieu-j
tenant was Louis A. Freeman, of |
Spartanburg. The South Carolinians:
whose bodies came aboard the funer-J
al train were the following:
Bartow Haseldon, Andrews, S. C. \
Barney L. Abbott. Darlington, ?
Geo. E. McDowell, Dillon.
Ernest M. Vogr Holly Hill.
Leroy S. Brown, Lake City.
Chariton H. MeFadden, Lynchburg. |
Walter Jefferson. McColl.
. Wiade Thompson, Sellers.
? Frank Gadsden, Sumter.
Lieut. Coionel R. H. Willi?, Jr.,
Simpsonville.
Levi Chavous, Aiken.
Lee Jackson, Bath.
G. L. Painter, Chesne.e.
Henry B. Cook, DeKaib.
James M. Shu.er, Ellcree.
Larkin F. Csx, and Sterling Moore,
Greenville.
James M. Bagwell, Pickens. j
First Lieut. Louis A. Freeman, j
Spartanburg.
Joseph A. Barker, Wellford
Frank Myers, Fairfax.
Richard Hays and Henry C. My
rick, of Ulmers.
Army Bill Fight
Not Yet Decided
Test in Senate to Be Followed!
by Another
^.Washington, June 7.?Committee
provision for a minimum army of
170.000 men for the next fiscal year
wra? accepted today by the senate in
considering the army appropriation
bill.
The vote was 34 to 30, two Demo
crats, Senators Fletcher, Florida, and
Myers, Montana, joining with the Re
publican majority and 11 Republi- !
cans voting against the amendment.
The Republicans voting against the
170,000 total were Borah, Idaho; Har
rels, Oklahoma; Jones, Washington;
Kenyon. Iowa; Ladd, North Dakota;
La Follette. Wisconsin; JtfcNary, Ore
gon; Norde'ok, South Dakota; Norris, j
Nebraska; Smoot, Utah, and Town
send. Michigan.
The vote on the amendment fol- j
lowed two days of heated debate, j
participated in by a group of sena
tors who advocated economy in gov
ernmental appropriations and argued
that the United Stato?'_ at the pres
ent time was not in need of an army
of 170,000 men. This group after j
today's roll call said they would !
seek another vote on the provision j
governing the size of the army. The ,
army at present has an enlisted ;
strength of about 220.000 men and !
the bill as passed by the house pro- j
vides for an average of 150.000 men. |
Th* bill as presented by the senate j
miJ^Lary affairs committee, carries a i
tof_3 of $305,000.000. Chairman j
Wadsworth tonight was hopeful that j
a final vote might be obtained before j
adjournment tomorrow.
Removal of American troops from j
Germany was touched at some length ;
by Senators Reed. Missouri, and Wat- |
son, Georgia, Democrats. Roth de- ?
cried delay in passage of the reso- !
fution establishing p?-ace with Aus- ;
tria. . !
Bankers Meet Soon
Anderson. June 7.?South Carolina !
'Bankers' association will hold its an- j
nual convention at Kanuga Lake, j
Hendersonville. N". C, July 0 and 7, !
according to announcement made
here toda.v by Lee G. Holl man. sec- j
retaiy.
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Wavhing'.on. Jon*' 8.?International |
Revenue Commissioner Blair annonne
??d that regulations governing the
prescription of be?-r for medicine'
would not be ready for ten days.
Denver, June 8.?The prohibition
director announced that all liquor
restrictions would be bfted for thirty
days at Pueblo as an emergency
mea.suie.
Globe. Ariz, .inne 8.?Red "Whis
kers'' Burnett, a notorious outlaw i<
sought in connection with the mur
der of Mariona Teague, who was
.shot and killed by a searching party.
Dublin. June fc.?streets here were
swept for twenty minutes with bul-j
bts. followin_pHie attack on a British
lorry with bombs and revolvers, five
constables and some civilians v.>i >?
wounded.
Salt Lake City. Utah, June.8. Tie
anti-cigarette (aw is effective here.]
The store shelves have been cleared
and no advertisements allowed.
Washington, June 8.?The first in-'
stallment list of the war deparunen:
draft evaders, approximately lour- !
teen hundred will be published in
the Congressional Record. I
ad Fear Not?Let all the ends Thou AJ
SUMTE?. S. C, SATURE
WEEKS AGAINST
DISARM
War Secretary Says ?.
S. Must Be Prepared
To Defend Itself
Against All Other
Nations
New York, .Tune S.?Declaring it
would the height of folly for the
United States to disarm first said War
Secretary Weeks in addressing the
New York University graduates, he
said he hoped to see this nation pre
pared to defend its rights, sovereignty
and citizens until the day comes when
all nations by mutual consent will
dismantle their fortifications and
scrap their navies.
Republican Leader i j
Claimed by Death;
.?^? i
Alvin T. Hert of Louisville, Ky.,'
Dies Suddenly at Hotel in
Washington
Washington, June 7.?Alvin T. ;
Fieri of Louisville, Ky.. and Repub
lican national committeeman from
that state, died suddenly today at
the New Willard hotel here.
Mr. Hert, who was 56 years old,
h*d come here to attend the meeting
of the Republican national committee
tomorrow. Death was said to have
been due to apoplexy. He was taken
ill on a train while coming here Sun
day night for the meeting and since
had been confined to his room.
Only recently Mr. Hert had de
clined to consider appointment by
President Harding as ambassador to
a foreign country or as the presi
dent's representative on the govern
ment reorganization commission.
During the last presidential campaign
tie was a member of the Republican
executive committee of five and at
ihe national convention at Chicago
was a floor leader for Governor Low
den of,Illinois; He also had been
prominently mentioned after the elec
tion as a cabinet possibility and later
as the next Republican national com
mittee chairman, but he declared he
could not accept the latter if it was
rendered to him. In the 1916 presi
dential campaign he was western
manager for the Republican party.
Representatives Langley and Rob
ison of Kentucky and John M. Chil
ton. a personal friend, were with him
when he died. He had remarked that
he was feeling better and started to
sit up. it was said, when death came.
Funeral arrangements have not yet
been made.
Mr. Hert is survived by a widow.
Physicians Open
Boston Convention
Boston. June 7.?Several thousand J
members of the Amerk in Medical j
association assembled in the Boston j
Opera house tonight to open the or- j
ganization's 72nd convention by inr
stalling Dr. Hubert Work of Pueblo, |
Col., as president for the ensuing I
year. Dr. Work, who is assistant j
postmaster general of the United i
States, succeeds Dr. William C. Bruis- !
ted of Washington.
The delegates were welcomed to
Massachusetts by Cow Canning H. j
Cox, and to Boston by Mayor An- {
drew J. Peters. J
The medical charlatan and the j
physician who prescribes alcohol j
promiscuously for the sake of the. tec
were branded as criminals and a spe
cial menace, by Dr. Work in his
inaugural address.
Deterioration of mind and the "in
evitable loss of respect for our in- '
dividual rights our traditions and J
our highest ideals through a submerg
ing mass mentality," are more to be i
feared in the future than war, he t
said.
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General Hays is
Elected Chairman!
!
Washingtt.n, June S.?The Repub- !
licun national committee meeting j
i 'ected Postmaster General Hays as
chairman, anil decided on basis of I
representation for southern states.
The next Republican national con
vention will be' composed of 1,037
delegates under the new basis sub- i
mitted by the subcommittee. This .
will represent cuts of twenty-three
votes in seventeen states.
Text of Treaty
Is Withheld
Washington, June K.?Text of Pres- i
idem Obregon's communication re- ?
lating to proposed treaty between j
Mexico and me United States withheld j
safeguarding the property rights of
Americans on ?nie condition.
MESSAGE SAYS STEAMER
STRUCK AN ICEBERG
Boston. June 8. Announcement
that a steamer had struck an iceberg
and was believed to he sinking has
been received in radio message at the
navy yard. i
The freighter, "Sen pool" which
struck an iceberg was making for
St. Johns, with forefoot broken ana,
forepcak fuil of water. '
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nis't at l>e tby Country's, Thy God's ai
>AY, JUNE 11, 1921
OCEAN F?LL
OFDRIFTICE;
Conditions Worse Than!
at Any Time Since the I
Titanic Distaster
Washington, June 9.?There is j
more heavy drift ice in the North At
lantic and farther south now than at
any time since the Titantie was sunk, !
according to Hear Admiral Chandler, 1
head of the naval hydrographic sei - ;
vice. Broadcast reports have been '
sent throughout the world.
Newberry Case
Called Up Again!
Senate Inquiry into Hen ry Ford's j
Protest
Washington, June 'i.?Senate in
quiry into Henry Ford's contest for
the seat of Senator Truman H. New
berry of Michigan, growing out of
the 1918 election, began today and
ran through & brief but stormy ses
sion. John S. Newberry, brother
of the senator, testified that because
of "love affection and loyalty" he
had opened his bank account through
an agent for unlimited and unsuper
t'Jsed campaign expenditures con
cerning the amounts of which he j
had never inquired, and the manner
of which he knew nothing except j
as ne read it in the newspapers. The I
total drawn was placed at $99,000 I
by the witness. j
Henry B. Joy, a Detroit capitalist, j
was called but an attorney presented
a physician's certificate declaring j
the absent witness was suffering]
from a heart ailment which might ?
kill him if he were put on the stand. |
Alfred Lucking, counsel for Ford, 1
jumped to his feet, with the de- I
mand. "We want Mr. Joy." "He
was out on his yacht when the pro
cess server sought him." Mr. Luck
ing continued: "He gave $45,000 to j
this campaign and he is a brother- |
in-law of Senator Newberry. I'll |
never agree to proceed . without " his j
presence."
Aiter three lawyers and five sena
tors got into' the discussion a ten
tative agreement was announced by
Chairman Spencer under which two
heart specialists will be deputized
ro examine Mr. Joy, and determine
whether he can be called without
endangering his life.
There was a partial agreement to
the effect that the Newberry cam
paign and advertising expenditures j
were to be classed as "very large"
and that the committee should take I
he record of the criminal case j
ay.:iii)i:t Senator Newberry, which j
was invalidated by the supreme court I
last month, as to the facts, with Mr.
Lucking permitted to prove larger j
amounts than the $^76.000 admitted j
there, if he could.
Small Army Men
Score in Senate
I\Tot Less Than One Hundred and
Fifty Thousand
Washington, June 8.?Rejecting i
committee previsions for a minimum j
army of 170,0oo men for the next ]
'?seal >rar. the senate today passed j
the army appropriation bill carrying j
a total of $334,000.000 and making
provision for an army of not less ?
inan lrt?.ouu men. The house had j
previously provided for an average j
..trength of 150,000.
Advocates of economy and a smali )
army came to the front in the final
.hour of debate, poure a hot attack i
>n the committee provision for an j
enlisted personnel of 170,000 and then j
mustering their forces voted down, {
36 to 32 the committee amendment. !
By a like majority of four votes. J
the senate yesterday had accepted i
the 170.000 figure, so ;hat today's!
vot'- constituted a direct reversal.
The army budget now goes to con- j
ferenee for the compromise of senate j
and hiai.se differences. The house bill j
carrieJ appropriations t o t a 1 1 i ng !
about $14,000,000 less than the senate
measure.
Two Democrats. Senators Fletcher
Florida, and Myers, Montana, voted |
with 20 Republicans to support the ;
military affairs committee as to the ;
size of the army. Thirteen Repub- j
licans voted with 2J Democrats :
against the 170.000 figure.
Committee amendments other than
for the pay oi enlisted men were
accepted and the senate added an j
appropriation of $200.000 to prepare i
plans fi>r development of the Great
Falls of the Potomac as a source of
hydro-electric power for Washing-;
ton. * I
Senator Dial. Democrat. South
Carolina, attempted to attach an,
amendment prohibiting use of any
of the appropriations to pay Ahum ? i
lean troops ir. Germany, France and
Belgium, 9" days after approval of
tic act. II was voted down by a
chorus of noes after Chairman \Va.dt=
worth had characterized it as "most
unwarranted interference in the in
ternational affair-: of the nation."
PRES. OF TEXTILE WORK
ERS DIED IN BROOKLYN
Fall River. Mass.. June 9.--Word j
war received here of the death of '
John Golden, president of the Unit- :
ed Textile Workers of America in
Brooklyn. 1
ad Truth's." THE TRUE SO
GOETHALS TO |
BUILD ROADS
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Willing to Take Charge
of Work in Cuba to j
Employ Idle
Workers
Havana. June 9.?Major General j
Goethals, who has gone to New York, j
is reported to have expressed a wil
lingness to take general charge of the ;
government's project to build a sys- ?
tern of Cuban highways to relieve un- I
employment. i
Memorial at
Hampd?n-Sidney:
**
Hampden, Sidney. Va., June 9.? j
Ground has been broken at Hampden- :
Sidnye college for memorial gates in i
honor of the men who gave their lives
in the world war.
Long Trial in Prospect j
Prosecution of Postoffice Rob-j
bers Will Take Three Weeks
Toledo, June 9.?The prosecution
estimates that the trial of the eighteen ?
suspects in the million dollar poet
office robbery will take thi-ee weeks. \
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Prison Sentence
Imposed on Bates
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Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
Charges
j Charleston, June 8.?W. T. C Bates,
i Jr., of Columbia, pleading guilty be
I fore Judge H. A. M. Smith in fed
eral court here this afternoon of an
indictment for embezzlement of j
[over $150,000 from the Liberty Na- J
j tional bank, of which he was assis-j
j tani cashier, was sentenced to pay
a fine of $5.000 and costs and to']
I serve five years in the federal prison j
[in Atlanta. On plea -of his counsel,
j spokesman for whom was Mendel L. j
[Smith, the sentence was suspended;
j 2u days under bond of $20,000 to al- j
I low the defendant to perfect a peti
tion for pardon. Mr. Bates will be
[ in custody until the bond is turn- ;
I ished. arrangements being under j
; way to do this promptly.
Mendel L. Smith made an eloquent
plea on behalf of his client. Other
attorneys representing the young
j man ?wer?.? E. C. Mann and D. O.
Herbert. Attorney Smith stressed {
the facts in mitigation that the |
shortage was not detected but be- .
came known only wher: the defen
dant had called the cashier's at
tention to it, that he had made a full
confession of the situation, had made
all reparation possible, that the
money abstracted had not been
used in speculation, but was absorb
ed in an automobile business in
which the defendant was interested, j
that the bank suffered no inter
ruption c>f business, and that the de- |
r'endant had paid back a large pro
portion of the shortage from his own
resources, other arrangements, com- I
?pleting protection of the bank's in- !
terest so it had lost nothing. Mem
bers of Mr. Pates' family were with j
him in court. He made no state- j
ment and accepted the sentence j
calmly.
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Whitewash for
Newberryj
.
Senate Resumes Investigation 01!
Michigan Election Scandal
Washington, Jun?* 9.?The senate j
committee today resumed taking testi- j
mony in the Ford-Newberry election j
case. The Newberry witnesses are !
being examined. '
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The Cause of
Mai-Nutrition
i
Specialist Says American Hustle;
is Hard on Children
Boston, June 9.?American hustle;
is one of the chief causes of malnu
trition among children, according to
Dr. Weder of St. Louis in a statement
before the American Medical Associa
tion.
TO DISCUSS OVERSEAS
TRADE SITUATION
Washington, .June 9.?Secretary
How. er lias instructed commerce de-j
pattment representatives to report to
Washington to discuss the overseas
trade situation.
FLOOD DAMAGES TO HIGH
WAYS AMOUNT TO 20,000,000
Denver. June 9. -Estimates of twen
ty million dollars will be required to
repair the highways and bridges as
a result of the recent "flood.
Mrs. Paul Reynolds is visiting her:
friends and relatives in Atlanta.
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If we get any rights on Yap, let it
r e understood that there is to be no
$25^000,004 come-back.?Toledo News
Bee. '
LTHRON, Established Jaii? 1,
VOL. LH. NO. 33
um um in i ii ii in i Ii ini ? ?iIi ii sts wami um h mn\ imimii n
SUBS MS BY
HIS SPEECH
Rear Admirai Says He
Does Not Repudiate
Single Word and
See Nothing Un
American in
What He Said
Dondon. June 9.?Rear Admiral
Sims said he would stand by' his
speech on the Irish question, accord
ing to Press Association. "I will stand
by all 1 said, every word of it. 1
shunt's repudiate a single word I
said, and I see nothing un-American
in it," he said.
Peace Preservation
By Sovereign States
Pres. Harding, Delivering Amer
ican University Commence
ment Address, Departs
From Prepared Manu
script to Disciiiss Free
dom From Strife in
Future
Washington, June 8.?President
Haiding, delivering a commencement
address today at American university
here found the subject of world peace
occupying so prominent a place on
the program.that he was prompted to
depart from his prepared manuscript
and declare for the preservation of
peace by sovereign states, without
the mterference of world "super
power."
The president's remarks followed
an address by Newton W. Rowell,
K. C.. of Toronto, Canada, who sug
gested that the best cortribution
North America could give to civili
zation was "for men on this side -of
the water" to stand together behind
the movement for peaceful settlement
of international disputes. Another
speaker who touched on the question .
of peace was J. J. Jusserand,' |pe
French ambassador, and the general
discussion developed such a- trfen*d
that Bishop John W. Hamilton, the
presiding chancellor, referred to the
gathering as a "peace conference."- 4 \
An added touch of the same char
acter wa3 given by the singing of
song which appeared on the com
mencement program under the title
of "An International Anthem," and
which, rendered to ';he tune of
"America," and "God Save the King."
recounted how "two nations by the
sea, two nations great and free, one
anthem raise." ?
Before the singing began the
American, British a^d French flags
had been raised together over the
out-door speakers* platform.
"I do not 'think I could let the.
occasion pass," said the president. -W
beginning his address, "without jv
ing assent to many of the approp ate
and appealing things just uttered by
Dr. Rowell. I like his express m.
that American and Canadian .id als
are in common, and when he ;<>ke
about North American eontribu* ;o-. to
present-day civilization and to the
world, it occurred to me tha* the
example of two great peoples r ing
side by side in peace in con le ice
and in mutual understandi g is
about the finest contribution th .: wo
nations could give to the world
"I have said o., many occasion * it.
if all the nations of the earth we as
honest and as unselfish as our repub
lie, there never would he another
war. 1 will revise it today and say
that if all the nations of the earth
are as unselfish and devoted to their
ideals as the ITnited Siates and Can
ada, there never will be another war.
"But if I say so without a discor
dant not1?for there is none in my
heart?I call attention to the fact
that the United States of America and
the Dominion of Canada have dwelt
side by side and setfh-d their contro
versies satisfactorily without resort
to a super-power but by the exercise
of th?r sovereignty of free people
dealing with one another. If we can
commit.civilized humanity t<? abiding
righteousness and everlasting justice
and inspire them with our example,
we will have made a long stride to
ward the peace the woild craves."
With that Mr. Harding plunged into
his prepared address in which he en
joined the graduates of this June all
over the CJnited States to dedicate
themselves to the task of restoring
stability in a world? where "almost
nothing" remains secure from the
attacks of iconoclasts.
Humanity, he said, never before
had siich need of sober, unselfish
leadership.
In introducing the French ambas
sador. Bishop Hamilton declared that
the American and French armies had
plighted a: Yorktown "a marriage
bond" which actually was sealed
years later in Flanders.
Another Freighter
Strikes Iceberg
Radio Distress Message From
Off Newfoundland Banks ?
Halifax, N. S.f Jnne ?The Ameri
can freighter Chariot struck an ice
berg two hundred miles off New
foundland coast, according to a radio
message. The steamship Columbia is
proceeding to her assistance,. ,