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CONSOLIDATED AtUG. 2,1
IRISH TREATY
CAUSES WIDE
SPLCTJN DAIL
Fate of Agreement
Still in Doubt After
Two Lengthy Public i
Sessions at Dublin
Leaders Are Uncer-j
tain I
i
Dublin, Dec. 19.?When-the Dail j
Eireann adjourned tonight after!
lengthy public sessions devoted to
earnest debate, nothing- tangible
had developed to indicate how the
members would vote on the ques
tion of ratifying the treaty de
signed to set up the Irish Free j
State.
Immediately after adjournment,
the correspondent interviewed four
prominent Sinn Feiners. All of
them declared it was impossible to
make any estimate of the relative j
strength of those favoring and j
those opposing the treaty, or to j
hazard a guess as to which side
would eventually gain a majority.
The - uncertainty of even the i
prominent leaders regarding the re- |
suit was reflected on the one side j
on" Michael Collins' declaration that
ne might never again address the
Dail Eireann, and, on the other
side, Charles Burgess* pointed
statement that he was "still in of
fice," indicating to the listener-* his
apprehension that he might possi
bly be defeated.
The proceedings are certain to
last through tomorrow as many of
the minor member* have indicated
their intention of speaking. Xo
time limit has been ?et for the
speeches, and seme think that the
debate may even, continue through- j
out the entire week.
An outstanding feature was the j
attempt by tne delegates to the
London conference to deprive Mr.
De Valera of his claim of adher
ence to the republican principle by
demanding the publication cf his
plan for an alternative settlement,
which it was_ revealed had been
submitted at last week's private
sessions of the DaiL The argu
ment wa*? that the nation had a
right to know what were the two
policies they were expected to de
cide upon, and.that_?ja.a matter of
fact, neither was republican.
Mr. De Valera defended publi
cation of his alternative plan, ex
plaining that it was put forward
only in an attempt to secure unan- j
imity in the Dail Eireann, and was
now irrelevant. He promised, how
ever, at a later time to indicate
in his own way the alternative
proposal.
The division in the Sinn Fein
parliament cuts across all ordinary
lines. It is not a case, as today's
proceedings clearly showed, of the
Irish army arrayed against civil
ians, for notable army leaders were
found both for and against the
treaty.
De Valera, Griffith, Collins,
Childers and several other promi
nent men in the councils of the
party spoke today on either side
but it is generally agreed that the
most sensational and most impres
sive contribution was Robert Bar
ton's narrative of the circumstances
under which he and other delegates
were, according to his statement,
forced to sign the treaty without
referring it back to the cabinet
at Dublin.
Mr. Barton said his oath to the
republic was the most sacred bond
on earth and he had broken it as
the lesser of two alternative out
rages forced upon him and he was
compelled to choose immediately.
Mr. Griffith, he explained, had
repeatedly sought to have the terms
referred back to the T*a?i Eireann,
but this, Premier Lloyd George di
rectly negatived. The signature of
every member of the delegation
was necessary or war would fol
low at once, and the prime min
ister gave the delegation until 10
o'clock to make up their minds.
Griffith, Collins and Duggan
were, he said, for the signature,
but he and Gavan Duffy were
against it. lie held out, and that
placed the responsibility for war
on him; so he signed, rather than
commit the Irish people to war
without consultation.
"And so," he explained, "I now
fulfill, my undertaking, and rec
ommend to you this treaty."
Loud applause followed his
speech coming partly from the op
ponents of the treaty, who appar
ently recognize in Mr. Barton's
narrative a serious attack on the
agreement and partly from the
supporters of the treaty, who wel
comed preservation of the solidar
ity of the London delegation, as
there had been rumors in Dublin
indicating Mr. Bartons intention to
separate himself from the signa
tories. s
Hungry Christmas
For Coal Miners
_ j
Many Are Destitute as Result!
of Unemployment
Washington, Dec. 21.?Wide- j
spread, unemployment among coal j
miners will cause a cheerless1
Christmas for the miners' children. !
according to the editor of the Unit - j
ed Mine Workers' Journal. Miner*:
are reported to be destitute in West
Virginia, Alabama, Texas and Ten
nessee,
Wished April, 1850.
881.
ALL IRELAND
ICK OVER
TREATY ROW
Little Probability of
Settlement This;
Week of Fight inj
Dail Eireann
Dublin, Dec. 20.?At the close of
today's session of. the Dial Eireann
it was clear that a decision on the
treaty would not be taken before
Thursday afternoon at the earliest.
Some of the members were even of
the opinion that adjournment over
the Christmas holidays may be
necessary, among them Michael
Collins.
Arthur Griffith, l>ead of the plen
ipotentiaries, and Eamon De Va
lera, who is strongly opposing the
treaty, are agreed, however, that j
suspense would be bad for th<;
country. As a matter of fact judg- j
ing by the attitude the people of ;
Dublin, the whole country, is fairly
sick with uncertainty and anxiety.
It was made evident today that
the Dail Erieann will tolerate no!
form of cloture. Twenty additional
members, the speaker announced,
have sent in their names, and prob
ably others will desire to be heard,
the idea appearing to prevail that
each member is in duty bound to
expiain his vote to his constitu
ents.
The trend of sentiment in the
parliament is eagerly watched, and
observers present throughout the
day's proceedings were of the opin
ion tonight that the prospects of
ratification have improved. One
speaker sharply criticized the atti
tude of some of the members, sug
gesting that though they would
vote against the treaty they really
hoped it would be approved. This
tended to confirm the reports that
several deputies, though unwilling
to expose the country to the conse
quences of rejection, wish to main
tain their personal position as true
Republicans.
The main force of the attack on
them was based on the argument
that even De Valera has abandoned !
the idea of a republic and framed j
an eath recognizing the king as:
head of the community of nations j
with which Ireland is to be associ-!
ated.
The most exciting speech at to
day's meeting was that of Dr. Pat
rick McCarlin, known as the "first
ambassador of the Irish Republic"
to trie United States, who condemn
ed everybody impartially and de
clared emphatically that the repub
lic had been abandoned in Dublin
before the delegates crossed to
London. He evoked great applause
by expressing preference for Grif- i
fith and Collins, who he said, did
their best, over the "quibblers." j
among whom he included De Va
lera. who criticised the delegates
in the Dail Eireann. while pro. ? or
them on no difference of serious '
principles.
Dr. McCartan denounced the
wnole Dail Eireann, saying they all
went into the boat of British im
perialism. He was an uncompro
mising Republican, recognizing
kings as out of date, and he object
ed to any association with the Brit
ish empire. There was no real dif
ference between the opposing sec
tions of the cabinet, he asserted;
they were all wrong. The men
who died had died neither for this
treaty nor for the De Valera docu
ment. The republic of which Ea
: mon De Valera was pres:"dent was
dead.
In conclusion Dr. McCartan saw
! no way out. for there was a divided
! cabinet, a divided Dail Eireann, a
divided army and a divided country.
! He dtclined to vote for the treaty,
j or for chaos, and therefore, would
abstain from voting.
The narrowing of the issue be
tween the opposing sections in the
Dail Eireann cabinet was the main
feature of the debate. Several mem
bers endeavored to elicit the terms
submitted at the private session
last week by Mr. De Valera. with
the object of proving that his dis
agreement with Mr. Griffith was
not worth fighing for. One of the
speakers suggested as a way out
of the difficulty submission of the
question to two typical constituen
cies, naming South Cork and East
Glare, the latter being De Valera's
own constituency. De Valera laugh
ed loudly at this suggestion.
War as an alternative to the
treaty was gent rally recognized by
ali the speakers, and it is under
stood that the retirement of the
members into private session for an
hour in the afternoon was for the
purpose of examining the position
of the Irish Republican army in
ease the treaty was rejected;
Children Used
For Experiments
Chicago, Dec. 21.?An in\ istiga
tion has been ordered of (barges
that the city contagious hospital
physicians are using children pa
tients for experimental clinical
work. Mothers have complained
that children have been innoculut
ed with "ither diseases and kept in
ho1-; . . " as long as four years. The
health commissioner said the
charges are falsehoods.
FLORIDA WOMAN
ILL WITH TYPHUS
Boston. Dec. 21.?A woman trav
eling from Jacksonville, Fla., was
found here suffering from typhus.
"Be Just and Fear
WITNESSES
FOR WATSON
TESTIFY
Investigation of Army
Hangings Shift
From France t o
Army Camp at Ma
con
Washington, Dtc. 21.?Testifying
before the senate committee that
is hearing Senator Watson's
charges, aMrion J. Wallis, Athens,
Ga., said he saw a corporal shoot
a private at Camp Wheeler. He
said the corporal was named Craw
ford and the private was named
Halley. of Tampa, Fla. Wallis said
Crawford was courtmartialled, giv
en a thirty day furlough and then
made a sergeant.
A telegram was introduced from
W. F. Brock, of Lindale, Ga., saying
Halley was killed because he was
ill and unable to work and that
Crawford was not courtmartialed.
Under the cross-examination Wal
lis admitted that he had been
courtmartialed twice for being ab
sent without leave, losing ten days'
pay and confined forty days. He
said that reports that Halley was
shot while resisting arrest were un
true.
Fire at Camp Sevier
Nine Young Women Welfare
Workers Narrowly Escape
Death
Greenville, Dec. 19.?Nine young
women, social welfare workers,
and the seventy-year-old mother
of one of the patients, trapped in
the upper story of the Red Cross
building, barely escaped with their
lives today in a fire which de
troyed this structure and damaged
the Federal Vocational Building
at the United States Health Ser
vice Hospital, Number 26, at Camp
Sevier.
The women, who were rescued
in scanty atire, lost all their ef
fects and Recreational Director
Staigg. champion swimmer of the
Sourn. lost sixty-five medals.
Col. James E. Dedman. com
manding officer, said the fire was
thought to have originated in the
furnace room of the Red Cross
building. He anounced he would
appoint a board to investigate.
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Kidnappers Busy
at Belfast
Belfast. Dec. 21.?Armed gangs
last night kidnapped tifteen men
and carried them to an unknown
destination.
m c? ?
Bandit Holds Up
B. & 0. Train
i Chicago. Dec. 2! ?The police are
investigating the report that a dap
per bandit with suave manners held
up single handed the observation
car passengers on the Baltimore &
Ohio flyer and escaped in automo
bile driven by woman. Ho robbed
j only men.
Officer Sent To
Chain Gang
j Birmingham. Dec. 21.?The state
I court of appeals in upholding the
! lower court decided that W. H.
Knox, state law enforcement ollicer,
must serve thirty days on public
roads and pay a five hundred dol
lar fine for assaulting Phil Paint
er, a newspaper man.
? ? 4? <P
Bloody Crime in
Philadelphia
Philadelphia. Dec. 21.?Two wo
men were shot and killed, a third
wounded and Cornelius Con*, the
slayer, committed suicide. The
outburst was caused by bis mar
riage being opposed.
BUTCHERY IN
BIRMINGHAM
Birmingham. Dec. 21.?Joseph
Monteone and wife were found to
j day mutilated in their home from
I axe blows. Tlu- woman was dead
J and tin* man is believed to be dy
i iiig.
PORTUGUESE PARLIA
MENT DISSOLVED
j Lisbon. dPc 20.?The Portugese
j cabinet has issued a decree dis
I solving parliament and fixing Jan
| uary Sth for a general election.
I MILLION DOLLAR
ROBBER ARRESTED
Chicago^ Dec. 2A.?George Kog
' ers. the Toledo. Ohio million dollar
; robbery suspect, bar; been arrested
! here.
i
-
Atlanta. Dec. 20.?Two persons,
j believed to be P.. L. Join s aid
! wife, of Fitzgerald, were killed
j when their automobile ran off a
I bridge to souther n tracks below
and was struck by it passenger en
gine.
man
Not?Let all the ends Thou Aims't a
Sumter, S. C, Saturt
DEBATE ON "~i
IRISH TREATY I
RUNNING OUT
{
Discussion in Dailj
Eireann May Possi-j
bly be Concluded!
Tonight
_ i
Dublin, Dec. 21. (By the Associa- j
: ted Press).?The possibility of con-''
eluding the debate on the Irish
treaty and reaching a decision by
tomorrow night was indicated by
Eamon de Valera at the close of
today's sessions when he suggested
that if the discussions were con
cluded tomorrow afternoon an [
evening session should be held to j
"finish it." j
Arthur Griffith, criticising Mary j
McSwiney for speaking so long 1
(her address occupied two hours j
and 40 minutes), thought that 15
minutes would be sufficient for
each of the remaining speakers to
express his views. One deputy ex
pressed the opinion that no more J
speeches were required, and in this
he appeared to voice the Impati
ence of many members to vote
without further delay.
For the first time there was a
Disposition tonight on the part of
certain members of the Dail
Eireann supporting the- treaty to i
predict difienitely that it will be
ratified. The character of the ap
plause today and the incidental re
marks of the speakers tended to
support this prediction.
Near the close of her long
speech, Miss McSwiney not only
said that she might never have
another opportunity to address that
assembly unless Ireland became a
republic, but marked out her
future policy and that of the Re
publican party of rebellion against
the free state. She has had oppor
tunities of ascertaining the views
of the members of the Dail Eireann,
and these references were taken as
pointing to her considered opinion
as to the probable result in Sinn ]
Fein parliament.
George Gavan Duffy and other j
speakers for ratification seemed to j
take it for granted that the Dailj
Eireann would approve the treaty j
but. despite these indications, a
large element of the Dublin pepu- j
latmn continued apprehensive re- ;
gnrding the outcome. i
There were several refer^nc? ?
today as yesterday to a plebiscite,
whatever the dail decision may be.
in order to obtain a free exprsesion
from the electorate on the issue and
[ thus "clear the air."
Mary McSwiney spoke passion- i
j ately for a republic denying repeat- ,
I edly that the idea of a republic was ,
dead. j
"If the president of a united cab- j
[not stood for the treaty." she de- !
dared, "we would still stand for a i
republic." i
She asked for a plebiscite of the |
women on the question of the re- j
public, saying that the women and
children of Ireland would continue i
to stand for it even if the men
turned their backs on it.
"Ireland should choose extermi- j
nation before dishonor!" she ex- i
claimed. j
Miss McSwiney attacked Premier j
Lloyd George, the treaty and the
press, including the American press, j
which she said was unfair to the
republican cause. She bitterly re
sented the action of a number of
the supporters of the treaty who
tiled out of the room when she be
gan to speak. j
Belfast, Dec. 21.?Fifteen men
who were taken from their beds
Tuesday night in the Limavdv dis
trict of County Derry by alleged
Sinn Feiners and made to tramp 15
miles through the mountains across
the Derry border were rescued by
a detachment of special constabu
lary of County Tyrone after a
spirited fight today.
The constabulary at dawr. ob
served the men coming out of Hi
bernian hall at the foot of the
Spring mountains and gave pursuit
with bayonets fixed. The captur
ed men made their escape and their
former captors opened fire, to
which the constabulary replied.
After a chase of two miles, five of
the alleged Sinn Feiners were seiz
ed near a chapel in which w;is
found an arsenal containing bombs
and other explosives and trench
ing tools.
Bond..n. Dec. 21.?The Exchange
Telegraph account of the figh i>? -
tween the constabulary and Sinn
Feiners in County Tyrone says that
six Republicans arc reported killed
and 20 wounded.
Plans to Rehabili
tate Europe
Commission of Interested
Powers to Be Named to Pre
pare Plans
i
By the Associated Press.
London, Dec. 22.?The allied su
preme council, at the coming meet
ing will be asked to invite interest
ed powers to appoint a commission
to elaborate a comprehensive
scheme for the rehabilitation of
central Europe and Russia. The
United States will be invited to be
represented. Germany will also be
represented.
t he thy Country's, Thy God's and
lay, December 24, 1921
HARDING
QUICK TO
CHANGE
% _
Recants' Opiniq^ on
Pacific Treaty and
Agrees With Arms
Conference Delega
tion
Washington, Dec. 20.?President
Harding, in a statement issued to
night, stated that he had no objec
tion to a construction by the
armament conference delegates
that the four power treaty include
the principal islands of Japan in
its application. The statement
said:
??When the president was re
sponding to press inquiries af the
afternoon interview today he ex
pressed the opinion that the home
land of Japan did not come within
the words 'insular possessions and
insular dominions' under the four
power agreement, except as the
territory proper of any other na
tion which i3 a party to the agree
ment.
"This expression," the statement
continued, "has been emphasized as
a division between the president
and the delegates to the conference
in construing the four power agree
ment.
"The. president announced to
night that the difference in view in
no wise will be permitted to em
barrass the conference or the rat
ification of the agreement. He had
assumed all along that the spirit
of the conference contemplates a
confidence which pledges respect of
territory in every way which tends
to promote lasting peace.
"lie has learned from the United
States delegates to the conference
that they have agreed to the con
struction which includes the home
land of Japan in the term *insu
lixjr possessions and msular domin
ions,' and ha? no objection to that
construction."
Tlie language of the treaty thus
brought into question has also been
the aubject of senate dsicussion, and
in response to inquiries based on
the. assertions of the opponents of
ratification, spokesmen for the
American delegation have said re
peatedly that the major Japanese
vrhup rnust be> regarded as includ
ed within the provisions of the
agreement.
When he *>l forth an opposite
view today, Mr. Harding was said
by officials close to him to have
acted without consultation with his
state department advisers and with
out any definite purpose of an
nouncing the attitude of the admin
istraton it was declared that he
merely was voicing a personal opin
ion, and had no thought of precipi
tating a clash in conference cir
cles.
The effect on ths delegates, how
ever, was immediately apparent.
None of them wouid comment, but
among Americans, British, French
and Japanese alike there ? as evi
dent a desire to have the attitude of
the American government clarified
at once. The American delegation
held a meeting and as Senators
Lodge and Underwood were hasten
ing to the White House a British
spokesman pot directly connected
with the British delegation was
telling newspaper correspondents
that a view directly opposite to
that of the president had been
communicated to the other powers
by the American plenipotentiaries
during the negotiations.
Baron Kato, head of the Japa
nese **as one of those who show
ed greatest interest in the presi
dent's attitude. A pledge of secre
cy, said the Japanese statesman,
prevented him from divulging
whether there had been an agree
ment as to application of the treaty
to the principal Japanese islands
and he added, "the meaning adopt
(?d at the time of signing might be
changed in the future, so I can say
nothing at this time."
In Dritish quarters it was said
that the Dritish and the Americans
took the lead in framing the treaty
so as to apply to all the Japanese
group, and that the Japanese for a
time oppo&ed the arrangement. Ar
thur J. Balfour. head of the Brit
ish, was declared to have been in
sistent on Including the major Jap
anese Islands if the Dritish domin
ions Of Australia and New Zea
land were to be taken in.
Definition of the geographical
scope of the treaty, as finally
agreed, to, is included in Article 1
of the agreement, and is as follows:
"The high contracting powers
agree as between themsleve? 10 re
spect their rights in relation to their
insular posse^tdons and insular do
minions in tlie region of tin- Pa
cific oceau."
Ah interpreted by Mr. Harding in
his conference with the correspond
ents, this language would not apply
to the mainland or socalled "main
land islands" of any of the con
tracting powers. He was said to
feel that Japan proper would no
more be included among the Pa
cific islands, tor purposes of tlie
treaty, than would the mainland
of the United States. The islands
ot' the chief Japanese group were
considered by him as constitut
ing a party to the treaty rather
I than a possession or dominion to
be dealt with by it.
Washington. Dec. 21.?Tin- Brit
ish delegation has cancelled steam
er reservatio!!;,- for December Ulst.
believing that they will be unable
to leave before the middle of Jan
uary.
Truth's."
COURTS MAY
ENJOIN STRIKE
PICKETING
Decision of Far Reach
ing Importance
Handed Down by
United States Su
preme Court
Washington, Doc. 19?The states
in the exercise of *heir police pow
er have no authority through leg
islative action to prohibit the courts
from enjoining picketing in labor
disputes, tho supreme court held
today, in a decision involving an ye:
of the state of Arizona.
In the opinion, upon which the
court divided five and four, it was
held that the lower courts erred in
refusing to consider an applica
tion for an injunction which was
sought to restrain certain methods
of picketing. Chief Justice Taft
delivered the opinion of tho court.
Justices Holmes. Pitney and Brau
dels separately stated dissenting
views and Justice Clarke joined in
the opinion announced by Justice
Pitney.
"The legislative powers of a state
can only be exerted in subordina
tion to the fundamental principles
of right and justice which the guar
anty of due process in the 1 -Itli
amendment is intended to pre
serve," declared the chief jtutiee,
"and that a purely arbitrary or ca
pricious exercise of that power
whereby a wrongful and hightly in
jurious invasion of property rights,
as here, is practically sanctioned
and the owner stripped of all real
remedy is wholly at variance with
these principles."
The chief justice stated that ille
gality of the means used in the
present case to drive away custom
ers was "withput doubt and fun
damental."
"Thu makes this plan an un
I lawful conspiracy," the decision
j continued, "the means used are the
j libelous and abusive attacks on the
J plantiff's remployers') reputation,
i threats * * * of such attacks on
' would-be customer*, picketing and
i patroling of the entrance of their
j place of business with these ac
I companiments and the consequent
obstruction of free access thereto.
all with the purpTse of depriving
the plaintiffs of their business, to
I give operation to a statute whereby
j serious losses inflicted by such un
; lawful means are in effec t made
j remediless ? The constitution
! was intended to prevent experl
| mentation with the fundamental
I rights of the individual."
j The chief justice asserted that
j holding the Arizona law invalid
j would n?-? necessitate holding void
j Section 20 of the Clayton act re
j kiting to immunity of labor organ
izations from certain laws prohibit
I ing combinations in restraint of
[commerce. The construction put
} upon the Arizona law by the Ari
zona supreme court makes that
j law and the federal statute as dif
ferent "in meaning as if the}' were
in wholly different language," he
said.
Tho state court, however, in the
I opinion of dissent delivered by
I Justice Brandeis. should be sus
tained "because in applying its
rule in regard to boycott and peace
ful picketing Arizona did not de
prive the plaintiffs of property
without due process of law or deny
them equal protection of the law,"
and "because if Arizona was pro
1 hibited from adopting this rule of
! substantive law it was ?tili free
I to restrict the extraordinary reme
dies of equity where it considered
their exercise to he detrimental to
the puldic welfare, for such restric
tion waH not a denial to the employ
era of either due process of law or
I equal protection of tin- fciws."
i The real object of an injunction.
Justice Brandeis said, was to pre
, v. at injury to person^ or lungible
property, and unless there was a
! threat of such violence an injunc
; tion should not be granted in the
i Arizona case.
j Justice Pitney's line of reasoning
j in announcing his dissenting views
wus .similar to that of Justice Bran
ded, holding it within the police
power of ilie state to regulate and
control all acts in breach of peace
or of violence whether originating
in labor disputes or otherwise, lie
stated that the employers had
ample protection of all their rights
in the courts through other meas
ures than injunction.
The case arose our of a strike in
i Bisbee. Ariz., in which William
Truax and other employers sought
Jan injunction to prohibit former
j employees from picketing.
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Second Savannah
Bank Fails
Savannah. Dec. 20.--The Realty
Savings and Trust Company posted
notice today that it would suspend
payment of further demands on
account of unusual withdrawals by
deposit OVS.
Savannah. Dec 20.?The Peo
ples' Bank failed to oper. today af
ter a run yesterday.
4M 4P 4>
MOLASSES FOR
ARMY HORSES
New York. Dei1. 21. - Army
horses ami mules are being given
an experimental diet of horse
bricks containing molasses and
oats, as campaign rations.
THE TRUE SOt"
LL CAUSES
TTERDEBATE
j House of Representa
tives Engaged in a;
Hot Fight Over Re-!
publican Measure
Washington, Dec. 20.?The de- j
? bate on the anti-lynching bill was
; continued-in the house today.
IANTI-LYNCHING BILL
DEBATE CONTINUES
Washington, .Dec. 19.?After a
j bitter fight the house tonight vot
i ed to take up the Dyer anti-lynch
j ing bill under a rule limiting gen
i eral debate to ten hours. Leaders,
I however, have agreed that the
I measure will not be pressed to a
i final vote before the Christmas
i recess.
j The vote was 17? to 42, with five
members voting "present." and
. was reached only after more than
i two hours' delay through quorum
: calis demanded by Representative
j Garrett, of Tennessee, the Demo
cratic leader who directed the op
1 position to the bill. Twice the
! seargeant-at-arms was sent out
! with warrants to arrest absentees
i before quorums were obtained.
Two hours uv-re devoted to the de
| bate, which ended in the bill be
i Ing given the right of way in the
; house.
General debate on the measure,
j according to plans of leaders, will
! be stretched over the days remain
I ing before the rece-ss, which prob
| ably will begin Thursday.\ More
j than ten hours may be devoted to
I discussing the bill's features, Chair
; man Campbell of the rules commit
j tee said, "to permit comprehen
sive consideration of a question
that cannot be side-stepped."
j The bill, introduced by Repre
! sentative Dyer, Republican, of
J Missouri, would provide heavy fines
j and imprisonment for persons par
i ticipating in lynchings and for of
! ficials who failed through negli
: gence to prevent mob violence? It
j would also require counties in
! which iynehings occurred to for
' feit $10,000 to the family of the
j person killed.
j Among those urging passage of
! the measure were Mr. Campbell,
i of Kansas, and Representatives
j Fess, of Ohio, and Ansorge of New
; York. Republicans, while those who
; spoke in opposition included Mr.
i Garrett and Representative Pou,
; of North Carolina; Byrnes, of
j South Carolina, and Aswell, of
I Louisiana, Democrats,
j Mr. Fess declared the bill was
.not aimed at the south but was
; designed to deal effectively with
j mob violence wherever it occurred.
One of the most "indescribable"
lynchings had occurred in his own
j state, he added. Mr. Ansorge said
j passage of the Dyer bill would
j "forevermore wipe the stain of
j lynching from the pages of Amer
i ican history."
j On the other hand, Mr. Garrett
I asserted the measure should be en
i titled "a bill to encourage rape"
j and Mr. Pou said its purpose was
"to pay a political debt." Mr.
Byrnes characterized the measure
, as a proposal which, if enacted and
! held constitutional, would prove in
; effective, while Mr. Aswell con
tended passage of the bill would
j have a tendency to increase rather
j than prevent lynchings.
! Representative Begg, Republi
j can. Ohio, broke into the discussion
to tell of the robbing of a bank in
Cleveland. Citizens he said, turn
t ed out to apprehend the robbers
j and one of the bandits was shot.
! "Under the terms of this bill."
' he asked Mr. Campbell "would that
county be required to forfeit $10,
I OOu because a criminal met death
i at the hands of a group of citi
I Zens?
: "I'm not prepared to answer
that question." replied Mr. Camp
i bell.
j When Representative Kelley, Re
i publican. Michigan, followed with
j a query as to whether the bill
j would penalize a county which did
? its best to prevent mob violence
! but failed Mr. Campbell said ap
plication of the bill's various pro
I visions would have to be determin
j ed during the debate.
! Representative Bankhead, Dem
l oerat. Alabama, inquired what
i would be gained by passage of the
j bill transferring jurisdiction to the
I federal courts.
j "Aren't judges and jurcrs in
state and federal courts actuated
by the same desire to enforce
i law impartially?" he asked.
Misuse of Bank Funds
: Charles D Jones Placed Un
j
I der Bond to Answer Five
i
Charges
j Charleston, Dec. 20.?Charles D.
Jones of Lancaster was arrested to
. day on five warrants charging him.
with "fraudulent appropriation and
conversion" of funds of the Lancas
ter Mercantile company, of which
he was preside; t ami general man
ag* r, in the aggregate sum of
?30.000 on various days.
With Ira P.. Jones. Sr.. former
chief justice of tlie state supreme
court, as surety. Jones was released
on bonds of $10.000. Leroy Springs
and John T. Stevens, respectively,
president and manager of the con
eern at this time, made affidavits
in support of the warrants.
?KR?N', Established Jnne 1, 1866.
* VOL. LIL NO, 38
si?TT~"
PASSES TH
RELIEF BILL
0
Twenty Million Dol
lars Appropriated
to Feed the Starving
Russians
Washington. Dec. 20.?The sem.te'
late today passed the house bill ap
propriating $20,000,000 for the re
lief of the starving and distressed
in Russia, with two amendments,
one appropriating $500,000 to be
uaed for the hoepitalizafion of
former service men in Arizona, an 1
the other netting aside $100.000
for the use of the government hf
relieving unemployment.
The United States government
can not escape some responsibility
for present conditions in Russia,
Senator Borah (Republican) of Ida
ho declared during the discussion
on the measure. He urged a
change in the attitude of the Amer
ican government toward Russia,
adding that, in hie opinion, 'the de
facto government, as such, ought
to be recognized." $
i The present government in Rus
sia, the senator said, had stood four'
years and -had demonstrated that it
could stand against the situation.
? "And I regard Lenin," he contin
ued, "as one of, the two or three
great intellects uncovered by the
war. I may say, too, that the*gov
ernment there is better than the
czar's government. It has poten
tialities and possibilities."
With respect to respon ^bi3tie3
which he said this country bore,
Mr. ;Eorah asserted that the gov
ernment "by not raising its voice,
has connived" against Russia at
times when she most needed a
friend. He said that the allies had
used an "indefensible, cruel, bru
tal, and unendurable policy" to
wards Russia after the armistice
and that France had further ag
gravated conditions by sending
military expeditions into Russia to
"harass them."
In the course of the debate Sena
tor -Wadswortb (Republican) of
New York declared that he did not
propose to let the senate "con
tinue to fool the farmer.". His
statement followed an explanation
by Senator Nelson (Republican) of
Minnesota that tho bill would r. \
only permit absorption of som/
the grain now held throughcu
country but would open trikde chan
nels with Russia. .
"Such talk," Mr. Wadswcrth
said, "is misleading to t ie farmer.
It may make him think that the
purchase of the grain wiil enhance
prices of his products. That's net
true, its fallacious in every respect,"
the move is not economic. I* is
purely charitable, and 1 want the
county to know it."
The question of the censrltutlon
ality of the measure' was injected
by Senators Dial of South Carolina,
and Watson of Georgia, Democrats,
who claimed that the cougr >ss was
turning the government Into 'an
international alms hous*." and "a
world Santa Claus."
Mr. Dial sought, however, to
amend the measure to appropriate
$10.000,000 instead of 520.e00.003
but the amendment was rejected.
Florence For Bonds
$350,000 Issue Authorized For
Paved Streets
Florence, Dec. 20. ? Florence
voted for paved streets today 10 to
r. Out of a total vote of 926 only
sixty-one people cast their ballots
against the proposed bond issue of
$350,000 for street improvements.
; Under the property abutting plan
the bond issue will make $1,000,
0?C worth of paving available.
This amount will go a long way
toward paving all of the principal
streets of Florence. There was
rejoicing here tonight when the
vote was announced. All day long a
hundred automobiles have sought
out voters and carried them to the
polls. Under the direction of the
Chamber of Commerce the effort
1 to carry the election was strongiy
organized.
? ?? ?
Ohio Bank Robbed
[ Columbus, Ohio. Dec. 21.?Five
j armed bandits held up a bank hero
! today escaping with ten thousand
I dollars.
I ? ^
YOUNG NEGRO HANG
ED AT AUGUSTA
Augusta, Dec. 21.?Henry Lacf-y,
a young n<*gro who was convicted
of an attack on an eight-year-old
white girl, was hanged today.
ARMS CONFERENCE
TAKES RECESS
Washington. Dec. 21.?The arms
conference stood in recess today
pending the preparation of data by
the foreign delegations.
Washington, Dec. 21.?A bill pro
hibiting blocs in congress for af
fecting legislation introduced by
i Representative Ansorge, Republi
can, of New Y'ork, would fine sen
ators five thousand dollars for bloc
affiliation. He said blocs encoura^
led class and sectional legislation.0