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TUE SUMTER AYATCILMAX, Esta CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 Ici:^ INSPIRES CONFIDENCE New Premier Has the United and Enthu siastic Support of the Chamber 6 f Deputies Paris, Jan. 19.?Raymond Poin care, president of the republic dur ing the war and now premier of < France, with the French chamber practically unanimously behind him, served notice on Germany to -day'that, so long as he held office in conducting the destinies of his j country German? must fulfill the j obligations she entered upon at j ? Versailles and may expect no leni- i ency. "The Versailles' treaty binds us *to our allies," he said, "but it i binds Germany to us all. It must be carried out." These were his final words be fore leaving the Tribune after re-j ' plying to various interpellations, j His pronouncement summed up the whole program. Never since the Germans threat- j ened Chateau Thierry when Clem encau appeared before the cham ber to tell France that the ,war was not, lost yet, and there was still hope for *. victory, has a French premier received such an ovation as greeted M. Poincare today when he presented before the' deputies the ministerial declaration. He pleaded for national union, and, ex-. v.eept for the Socialist and Com-; ^ muists. who automatically oppose - any and aii French ^governments, the French parliament was as solid behind its government this * evening as When the/ Germans * crossed the frontier in 1914. Alert? and active, all the pent-up and suppressed energy stored up, during seven* passive years in Ely-J see Palace radiating from his phy- ! rically. small frame. M, .Poineare j instilled into the chamber the spirit; which has been lacking since Clem- j enceau's departure. Germany must honor her signature at Versailles?! declared the premier, not only with" j respect to reparations, which was ! a matter of "life or death to j France," but also disarmament and the punishment of -the-, war crim- j ?finals. ; ' . . ? j The premier openly declared that - should Germany.fail to carry out; ^ either o"f the two latter undertak- j ihgs it would be considered- .as a ^ violation of the Versailles : treaty, j ?;?ivi,:g France complete freedom of ^ action. He advocated the . virtual elimination of the Supreme Coun- | > cils with reversion ' ttt former dip- j ' lomatic channels in dealings be- i tween nations, with the Supreme Council "called upon from time to | time to confirm agreements, rather, * than?to negotiate them." This was another, radical departure from \ France's foreign policy. ? That"part of~>I. Poincare's dec laration dealing with reparations received the almost unanimous ap proval of the chamber, while some uneasiness was noticebale when he f reach *d the questions of'disarma ment and the war criminals. Hoots, howls and insults came from the " Communists, and there were shouts , for the Senatorial high court to try him on the charge of being re sponsible for the war. To these M. Poincare retorted-: "The nation, which is the highest court, would acquit me realizing that I did my duty. But. pointing * at the Communists. I know others who would not escape. n Discussing Germany's ability to pa>v the premier said: "Her corporations return enor mous dividends, her factories are in full activity. In a word, her eco nomic Strength grows every day and if the state itself is m ruins, the nation enrcihes itself. It was in the name of the German nation that the Versailles treaty was ac cepted. "France, in defending her rights, defends international accords and follows in no way the suggestion of selfishness. France wishes to \ . see Europe and the rest of the world recover from the painful uh-i rest from tfheh they suffered but general economic reorganization depend* first upon the restoration of the devastated regions. "The reparation* problem is the key to all others and.Jf Germany fails ot keep her engagements it w^il be necessary to consider after seeking the advice of the repara tions commission, what measures * to adopt. The first will certainly be necessary guarantees for the establishment of efficient control over the budget and the emission of paper and exportation. "On the other hand, so long as other conditions of the Versailles treaty, such as disarmament and I the punishment of the war crim inals are now'fulfilled we will bei compelled to keep in operation in penalties provided and. if neces . saury, take others." With reference to those guilty of war crimes, the premier asserted he would establish that there was a conspiracy between the Imperial j German high staff and the great j financial institutions to put the. French mines, the spinning and weaving mills ?and the chemcial, factorise* beyond the possibility et operating. Then closing a vigorous speech, he alluded id the accusation that he was responsible for the aon-dis armament of Germany, because be Wished April, 1S50. COAL STRIKE FRAMED FOR THEJPRING Secretary Hoover Is of the Opinion That the Clash Will Come ? About the Last of March "Washington, Jan. If.?Warning of an impending general strike in the country's coal industry was giv en today, by Secretary Hoover, who declared that the public should know what to expect when the national agreements covering the wages and* working conditions of miners expire April 1. "The stage." Mr. Hoover said, "appears to be ?et for a strike in the bituminous coal fields about the last of March." Mr. Hoover did not indicate what the government's plans for meet ing such an emergency were, but said that there had been no con ferences .between- representatives of the administraiion-and the oper ators for- about six weeks and no further discussions looking to ward adjustment of controversies. While he did not discuss what the government's attitude/might be in the event .of a general coal strike, the impression was gained that the administration was re garding without undue alarm the approach of such a strike situation. As'the time has approached for the conference of new wage scales and working contracts between miners and employers in the union fields, negotiations have been set on foot between the mine ? workers and the employers, with. Mr. Hoover as the representative of the govern ment taking a tentative part. Op erators in the union fields, declar ing that ; non-union coal produc ing' territory has been taking an increasing proportion of the busi ness, have announced their pur pose of reducing wages when the contract expires, while John L. Lewis, as president lof the United Mi^e Workers of America, has in speeches before union gatherings and statements asserted that the men would accept no 'reductions but would seek increases. Wage negotiations in the bitu minous industry have begun be tween an 'organization of operators in what is known as the central competitive field. i n c 1 u d i n g Pennsylvania. NOhio. Indiana and Illinois, and the union. The agree ment reached in this area has been the bas.'s of similar agreements in, all the union outlying districts. Cer tain..of the Pennsylvania operators have given notice that they would not* renew the wage negotiations this year in association with other sections of the central field, on the "ground that the West Virginia wage scales, chiefly non-union, were the chief competitive factor. Secretary Hoover some weeks ago induced the operators to meet with President Lewis and submit ted a proposition that the entire question be submitted to arbitra tion.- . This the union representa tives refused on the ground that the constitution of tneir organiza tion forbade the submission of the question to outside arbitration in advance of direct negotiations with the employers. This position has remained unchanged, although Mr. Lewis was called to Washington last week for a conference with Secretary Hoover. Working For World Peace Premier Lloyd George. States that to Be Prime Purpose Genoa- Conference . * London, Jan. 21. ? Premier Lloyd George, addressing the nat ional liberation conference, declar ed all nations of Europe, without distinction, would be invited to at tend the Genoa economic confer ence, "because we want to put an end to constant wars and rumors of wars." He said the" peace of the world largely depended on the good understanding between the United States and Great Britain and the Washington conference hud done much to restore that under standing. Railroad Wage Negotiations Chicago, Jan. 21. ? Railroad executives, representing a hundred lines m session here, discussed the proposed return to the negotiation of wages and working eonditious with train service brotherhoods on a regional basis, as was done before the establishment of the railroad labor board. National Agricul tural Conference Washington. Jan. 21.?Delegates are arriving today preparatory to the opening Monday of the nat ional agricultural conference. The agrie-ihural department has gath ered a great mass of data fur con sideration. iag president, he held tin- powci of making 'tre ities. "Vou will look in vain ??: the peace treaty for my signature " he explained, "but what was omitte.* then can he done now.*' Be Just and Fear 2 OVER SEVEN i i MILLION OF i I TAXES UNPAID j I n Some Counties : ; Two-Thirds Still j Outstanding ?Fig ures For 34 Coun ties (The News and Courier). In his annual message to the legislature last week Governor j Cooper said: "On November 1, 1921 j there was uncolleeted from taxes j of 1920 practically $1,250,000." ! Gov. Cooper did not say anything ias to how the 1921 taxes were be ing paid. The News and Courier -has undertaken to find out. On January 13 it wrote to the county : treasurer of each county in the j J state, saying: ; [? "We should be very much oblig ! ed to you if you would please let j us*know what part of the state ! and county taxes for your county t for 1921 has been paid and what j part remains unpaid." The response to thsi letter has ( been prompt and general. Thus far thirty-five counties have been I heard from. The News and Cour I ier believes that the people of the ! state generally will be interested ! in knowing the situation. The J legislature surely ought to be inter {ested. In Laurens county only the rc ' turns for the state tax were sent by the treasurer. In the other j thirty-four counties reports show that approximately $6. 131.323 has i been collected with approximately j $4,866,421 -still outstanding of the j 1921 taxes. ' It is brought out in a-number i of cases that railroads and cor j porations have paid Jheir taxes, j Even Tvhere half the taxes or more ] have been paid in the county it i does not follow that half the tax i payers have paid up. j. Mr.- R. B. Cheatham, treasurer i of Abbeville county, writes: "Ap I proximatejy 60 per cent.' of the i taxes have been collected. The j north side of the county is ? lying ! up fine?no boll weevil." The total j state and county taxes assessed 'against Abbeville county in 1021 [were $252.754.65. Sixty per cent of that would be $151.*" "2.70, leav ing $101,101.SO unpaid. Mr. J. I). Woodward, county j treasurer of Alken county. re ports : "Assessment. $552.633.43: collected. $300,930; balance still due $221,703.43. In Allendale county, according j ,' to Mr: J. A. Wideman. county treas-j ! urer, 33 1-3 per cent, was paid to I j December 31, 66 2-3 per cent, re- \ j maining unpaid. The assessment i against Allendale county for state \ and county purposes was $139.001. jln Allendale. therefore, about $46. ! 363 has been collected, and about ! individual taxes have been paid. Bam berg's total assessment was ($178.743. County Treasurer G. A. j Jennings reports $106,350.12 col I lected to date for all purposes, and I $S2.726 remains uncolleeted. ! In Barnwell. County Tresaurer j J. B. Armstrong "has collected about , 40 per cent of the state and coun ty taxes up to January 15. leaving j 51 per cent unpaid.* Mr. Armstrong I says that about 20 per cent of the j individual tax-s have bene paid, j The 4 0-per cent, referred to in j eludes ^railroads, banks and other I corporation taxes. Barn well's as sessment was $172.831.57, of which {it appears that something like $S7, 1 OU0 is still to be collected, j Up to January l Berkeley county i has paid in $101,804, with $78,624 j still io be collected, j County Treasurer P. L. Crider, of I I Calhoun county, reports that he J has collected very close to 50 per j cent of the taxes in Calhoun. which. ! would be about $65.592 on an as sessment of $131.004.83. The auditor's origina labstract, writes County Treasurer Martin S. Connelly. was .$1.252,900.21 for Charleston in 1021: to which $42, |850.21 have been added, making a ! total of $1.203.750.42 against which ; the following credits have been en- j jtered: payments to county trcasur- | er. $372,085^57; abatements al lowed by Tax Commission and I county auditor. $26,415.56, giving 'total credits of $898.501.13 and ! leaving the balance unpaid to Jan ! uary 30, $397.249.29. Mr. Connelly ! says that he feels ;hat this "is 'a! j very ^'ood showing for Charleston j j county." In Chester county $291.S69.39 bad been collected im? to December 31 on a total assessment, state and county, of $357,568.29. County Treasurer A. T. Henry says that "Chester county did as w ell almost I for 1920. hut we arc about $12. <j?/<? ahead of last year on tie- sane-! date^" ' j In Clarendon county, with an as sessment of $220.875.50. Count} I Treasurer L. L. Wells reports about! one-third collected. This would leave about $153.Oou Mill i?? be ' paid. Colleton county, with an assess- I incur of $259.702.10. had collect-j ed to December .'Ii. $105.908.75. leaving a balance unpaid of >1 j 733.3."?. writes <*<>uiity Treasurer B. II. Miley. County Treasurer A. I*. Mozingo. ? ?i Darlington, reports .*..' per cent. t?aid on .-j lotal assessment of, $532.579.2?"?. thus leaving upwards of $23f?.t??ui still t<? be collected; 'J !:; Dillon county, with an ass??ssr i: ent <?f $2X?,269.45, County Treasvj orei John B. Watson reports J lot?Lot all the ends Thou Aiuis't a Sumter, S. C, Wedne BIG DECLINE OF FOREIGN BUSINESS - I Exports of United; States Dropped Three Billion D?l-j ; Jars Last Year?Im ports Also Off ! Washington. Jan. 21.?Exports! of manufactures decreased two; billion dollars, exports of raw ma- j terial dropped nearly one billion ; and foodstuffs exports declined a i half billion during:**i921. the com-! merce department report says. Im- ; ports showed a similar decline. President Oforegon # Is Sick Man I Plans to Go to Rodlest ?i\ - Minnesota For Operation Mexico City. Jan. 21.?Permission from congress is necessary before President Obregon can go to Roch- j ester. Minn.z. for an operation, it is] said here, in connection with his'-J reported plan. j * ? j per cent collected. CO per cent un- i collected: Dillon county thus hair-! ing something like $175,000 of tax- i cs still unpaid. Dorchester, writes County Treas urer F. A. Gross, has collected a little over half the taxes for 1921. or about $11 ?.0O0 on a total as sessment of $ 1 y.5.347.02. County Treasurer J. L. Prince of Edgefield reports about one-third of Edgeficld's 1921 assessment col lected, which would be about $72.- ! 00U. with about $145,000 still out-! standing. ^ Fairfield county, writes Coun'.y j Treasurer A. Lee Scruggs, has col- j lected approximately $164.000 on a; total assessment of $242.000, ieav-1 ing about $78,000 still unpaid. County Treasurer H. W. Talle-: vast, of Georgetown, writes that he; has collected to January l. $08,-; 600 out of a total of all taxes! charged to Georgetown of $224.-. 000: thus leaving approximately j $125,000 unpaid. j In Greenwood county, says, County T^easuxfc& '? A ?Btttogfo $2SOJ)Q0 has been collected out of.j a . total of $480,054.85: leaving a balance uncollected of $209,054.85. County Treasurer R. -E. Causey.' of Hampton, writes; "One-third \ collected: 33 1-? per cent. Put' where, oh, where, is balance com-; ing" from with corporations and those who were able having paid?" Hampton's total assessment was; $167,369.16, so that approximate-i ly $111.000 is still outstanding and uncollected. About .50 per cent, of Hurry's, taxes have been collected, says Treasurer C. E. Barker; Governor Cooper giving' the county's assess- i ment as $216,*>92. In Lancaster County, writes County*Treasurer F. S. Hilton. 00 per cent, has been collected on an assessment given by Governor Cooper as $263,434.70. thus leaving approximately $105.000 still out-i standing. County Treasurer Ross D. Young.1 writes: "I find that Laurens'coun-' ty has $127.000 State tax charged' of which I have already collected ; $76.167.6.1. which is about 50 per cent of the state tax collected." The ! total tax assessed against Laurens for state and county purposes in 1921 was $438,217.82. Mr. Young1 docs not say what part of the county tax is uncollected. j In Lee County, writes County Treasurer T. C. Perrin. $30.956.80 has been collected and $44.562,-: 20 is uncollected of state taxes on a total assessment of $75,519*; while $60,496.25 has been collected ; and $165,279.86 remains uncollect ed of county and school taxes on a j total assessment of $2^5,766 ,1 1. It; thus appears that Lee county still has about $209.000 of taxes un collected. In Marion county $148.395.63 has been paid on a total assessment of. $256.507.50: leaving $108,1 1 1.88 un paid. t'p to date, writes County Treas urer Fred G. Davis, (in per cent, of Marlboro's taxes have been c d lectcd: thus leaving about $150. 000 unpaid en a total assess men I given by Governor Cooper an $:;7r., 761.03. County Treasurer W. Parks, of McCormick, reports one-third of tin- state a?d county tax collected: McCormick's total assessment be ing $102.080.31: thus leaving about $87.600 still unpaid. In Xewbcrry county. writes County Treasurer <'. C. Shumpert, $243.006.07 has been collected on a total assessment of $306.71!?.81: leaving uncollected $153.113.74. County Treasurer R. 11. Alexan der "fays that about two-thirds, possibly more, of Oconee's ass'-ss nient lias been paid: which would 1 <?.-1\ ? ? about $107.000 unpaid en a rutal of ?>?> 1 1.638.1". OraiKTCburg's assessment, writes County Treasurer A. 1 >. Fair, was $600.000, Of which $240.192.50 has been collected up t<> January i i; leaving $350.807.41 outstanding. In I'ickens County, writes County Treasurer Olar T. Elinton, about 7.'- or 80 pel' cent of the taxes have been paid n)> t<> .lauuai*> Iii. Tlie total fissessineut of Piekens. as stared Governor Cooper, was >::?:."..7>. which would leave about >7.:.'"ti. outstanding. County Treasure! I IT. DoLouch.j t be thy Country's, Thy God's and sday, January 25, 1922 BANK CRISIS ARISES IN PHILIPPINES _ i Governor General! Woods Says Govern- j ment Funds Are Needed to Keep! Philippine National! Bank Open Manilla, Jan. 21. ? Governor! General Wood declared today j that a crisis has arisen which must j be met from the general funds of' the government in assisting the! Philippine National Bank to keep its doors open until emergency; loans can be liquidated. Booze Gang Shoot Up Town ? *; i . ,? Blackshear, Georgia, Raided i in Early Morning by Crowd of Gunmen Blackshear, Ca.. Jan. 20.--A j gang of men believed to be mem bers of a whiskey distilling ring at an early hour this morning visited j ! this city and proceeded to shoot up, the business district. Many guests at a Icoal hotel had narrow escapes from bullets when the building was subjected to .a heavy fire. Ten other buildings in ^Phe city were riddled with .bullets. There were no casualties. ? . The hotel was owned and opera ted by Mrs. J. \V. Robertson, widow j of the former sheriff and mother of Sheriff Alin Boberson of this; county! j The postofficc windows were j broken by a bullet as were the win dows of the Blacks hear Drug com- j pa ivy. Strickland Bros, company, j S. 22. Cohen, and Dr. G. Hendrix. ? No one was injured and the men v ho did the firing ejsca]?ed. Former Sheriff Boberson was hilled . last ? August in raiding an 'illicit still near,?her'.- and the at tack on the town came within a few hours after the son who sue- j eeded to the office had seized a large copper stil'i during a. raid. The firing started about 1 :30 j -rrVlock and lasted for 20 minutes, 'pistols, shotgnns. and rifles being used by the outlaws. It is not known how many men were in the] ! party and it might have been that Ifhey were traveling in an automo bil". N<> arrests have been made j by Pierce county authorities. The g:uig evidently waited out side of the eity limits until the local: power house out off its lighting system for the night. With the town in total darkness, firing at random. Ther was littl shouting jabove the roar of their harking weapons. Residents oh the out skirts of tin- city said they saw Ian automobile go through town af ter the shooting had ceased They sav it was heavily loaded with num. EIGHT HUNDRED INJURED IN FIRE I Berlin. Jan. 21.?Bight hun dred workers were more or less 1 severely injured in a fire in a choo 14>latc factory; at Tempelhof. which ; caused fifty million marks damage. I of Saluda. writes that 35 per cent : of the taxes of that county have ! been paid. On Saluda's assessment of j 164.732.76 this would leave .around $1 O.T.ODO still to l>c collected. In Sumter county, writes County ?Treasurer B. C. Wallace. V.) 1-J per : Cfnt of the l!?2l taxes have been I collected to January I. Summer's total assessment being $409.631.71. ! this would leave approximately j $201.000 still outstanding. County Treasurer J. h. Bartles, I of Union, writes: "About 71 per I cent has hern paid in amount and about 3u per cent, in number of re ceipts." Union has ;i lotal assess ment of $397.730.05. which would leave about $118.000 outstanding. "Replying to your iiuruiry." writes County Treasurer tl. B. Smith, of Williamsburg, "will st;it<> that we have collected one-third of the 1921 cixis on the hook for col lection, and have written receipts for one-sixth of the entries on tin hook. The railroad companies have paid their taxes without even ih< l per ci nt. penalty for January. This accounts for the large dif ference between ih<- number of re ceipts written and amount <-:' taxes collected in dollars and cents." Williamsburg's assessment ;is given by Governor Cooper is $259.081.56. which would leave about $170.000 outstanding. County Treasurer 11. 12. Necl" of York, reports $4-48.438.5 I collected on :i total assessment of $632.750. 3S. leaving ;i bulance to collect ol $181.31 1.8 I. Krom eleven counties no re sponse was had. The assess ments in these counties were as follow s: Anderson ? 934.Gyt.27 I:<?;? tifort j 57.8 :? i.i> t *hi-roke*- 139.350.6 1 < 'hestertield :u i.ti tc.77 I [lorence .". I s. 11'.;:. 1 ' :r.-? n\ ill. U146J 7 i Jasper . 1 17; K e rs haw 331.466. ?>11 Lexington 32.i.f?2'0'.T5 Bichland 1.335.357; i 1 spartanburg . 1.340.959.17 Total Truth's." LEGISLATIVE REVIEW FOR TWO WEEKS Law Makers Appear j to Be Working More Rapidly and With a More Definite Aim Than Heretofore ! Columbia, Jan. 21.?Faster work i and a more definite aim than have : [characterized any legislature fori ! a number of years feature the pres- , lent session, after two weeks of j j work, and with live new revenue. j producing hills going through thej \mill. and with little else on the; surface as of state-wide import-j iance, the South Carolina legisla ture seems on the high road to ad- \ journment within the forty days al lowed for the regulation term. Then- is one central theme run- j tiing through legislation at this; , session, and aside from that there ' I is little else of importance?taxa tion, with a special eye to tax re 1 duction. There seems to be a pretty general understanding; among the leading members that! the total of appropriations can! hardly be reduced, but that new; revenues must be produced, and j ! before the second week ended Fri day afternoon five revenue produc ing measures had been introduc ed by tile ways and means commit-' tec of the house. Tin? lull to provide a tax on in- ! hcritanoes is with the senate judlc- j iary committee, where a few kinks! are being ironed out. The income tax bill has passed I the house and has gone to the sen- : ate where it is now being given ! consideration by the finance com- j mitte?', for initial approval or dis-l approval. j The bill to provide a tax on: j hydro-electric power plants has , ' been introduced in' the house and is on tin- calendar for second read-; ing. ? <> tfm j The corporation license tax bill is also on the calendar of the house, where it will probably re ceive attention during the week j ahead. The gasoline tax biU has passed! the house and is on the senate cal- ' j endar for second reading. Representative Simonhoff's bill., to require men to undergo physical examinations before marriage, pass ! ed the lujuse last year and is on. ; the senate calendar for third read- . ing. The bill by Senator Bonham, ; tj regulate traffic on the highways, j is scheduled for third reading soon. ' : The bill to provide a tax on mov- I ;*?ng picture films passed the house, ! j where it was introduced by E. A. '?? j Brown, of Barnwell, and is to be [debated in tin: senate early in the next week: The bill to enlarge the j ! railroad commission and combine it; with the public utilities committee,! l and the bill to require free t?*l?-! i phone service between towns, are i i to be debated early in the week.; There are Wight man bills to abol i ish the tax commission, the board ! of public weffarc and the highway! ; commission, but they are due to die i 1 hard. -? i + ! Scholarships For Athlete ? Greenville. 'Jan. 2u.?President ! w. .J. McClothlfn announces the presentation to Furman University , of the first athletic scholarship, or ? scholarships, in the history of the institution. The sum of ^?."?0 has j been pledged annually, beginning* j with the R*22-'23 session next Sep I tenaber. Just how many young ! men will be benefited by this aid j is not yet determined but it is ' likely that at least two scholarships for deserving young men. of prom ! fsing"athlVitc abilities, w ho an- in ; need of financial aid in acquiring a I college education w ill be provided j out of t in- funds. This scholarship is in the nature i of a memorial to Otis BaggoM i Prodic. P. A.. 11? 17. of Kitching's ' Mill. Aiken County. s=. C who. eu i route to join his regiment at Camp Jackson. S. C was killed in a [railroad accident in February I!> 1S. ! Tin- scholarship is provided by a i number of friends and college j mates of. the deceased, whose name i is inscribed in the roll of dead on tin- "Doughboy" statue erected on Furman campus last year in honor of the more than five hundred Fur man men who served in the army, navy and marine corps of tin- Unit ed States during the world war. Details for the administration of the scludai*ijhip are now being worked out by a committee repre senting the donors of the fund and President McGIothlin. representing the university. ? ^ * California Fruit Crop Injured San Francisco. Jan. 21. d.'?\\ temperatures throughout the citrus region have been sufficient to cause a heavy crop loss. S.-mi Francisco. -Ian '_'I. ? Onl\ ;i few more witnesses remain t<? be called i:i lie' second Arbuckle trial, it was said a: the opening of court today. Riga. Jan. 21.?Typhus i> spread ing i'i Moscow accordins to Novy put. tlie official Bolshevik govern ment asrent Inn-?'. THE TRUE SOL" POPE BENEDICT LIES IN STATE IN VATICAN j 1 Arrayed in Full Can onicals, With Golden Mitre- Gloves and Ring ? Gorgeous Ceremony Held Pope Benedict Dead. Rome. Jan. 22.? Pope Benedict's death occurred at G o'clock this' morning. I The end had been expected for several hours. The attending phy sicians. Cardinal Gasparri and other members of the pope's household were present at the bedside. From midnight all hope had been abandoned, and at 2 o'clock Dr. Battistini announced that the pope' could not live longer than four hours at the maximum. * Rome. Jan. 22:?Arrayed in full cannonicals, with golden mitre, gloves and ring the body of Bene dict XV lies in state in the Throne Boom, on the floor immediately I below the apartment in which he died. For many hours today to the room where the Pontiff had made his fight for life came a continu ous stream of officials, the repre sentatives oi foreign nations, high prelates and others. The;h. late i> the afternoon, in gorgeous pn.i?<.>; sion. composed of palatin guards gendarmes, the Swiss guard, seeiet < haraberlains? and honorary cham berlains, the body was solemnly transported do.wn the royal stair- i case, through Clementine Hall into | the Throne Room, where it was placed on a raised catafalque, be fore which the whole diplomatic corps paid devout reverence. The Sacristan Zampini gave, ab solution., and the cardinals sprin kled holy water. while prayers were chanted, answered by the kneeling onlookers. Immediately afterward the doors were opened to the multitudes desirous of look. ing for the last um?; on the de ceased pontifT. i The sacred congregation con 1 vened this morning when the car dinals were informed of the pope's death. With the exception of Car dinal ?Gasparri, the papal scrctary of state, they gathered in Bene dicts private apartments. Gas parri, in due and solmen form, es corted by the Swiss guard in full dress and accompanied by the pre lates and acolytes of the reverend apostolic chamber, entered the apartments a few - minutes later. He will administer the Holy See during the interregum. Cardinal ! Gasparri. surrounded by the car jdinals. then proceeded to verify the 'death of Benedict, extending over j the lifeless form a silver wand and j crying out: I "Giacomo.' Giacomo! Giacomo!" ! He opened the certificate of death 'and declared: j "Dominus papa noster mortuus est," thus announcing officially the , pope's death. ; On leaving the oontifical chain - j hers. Cardinal Gi ;>arri. still es ; corted by the Swiss guard. - de scended to the first floor, where the sacred congregation con vened. commencing its deliberations at 10 o'clock. i The official and semi-official j Vatican organs gave i) o'clock as 'the time of the pope's death, and th?> Rome newspapers did likewise j Monsignor Pizzardo. in describing 'the la^t moments said to the As sociated Press correspondent, who , was the only American newspaper , representative admitted to the. an te-chamber: "When the end was near I was 'called from my chamber, and hur Iried quickly to the pontiff's bed ! room. That was u few minutes be j fore 0 o'clock. 1 saw tin- Holy I Father breathe l?s last. As the other prelates knelt beside the si : lent and lifeless form I asked that t might tell th?- news to the press. 1 thereupon hurried to the ante chamber, where several newspaper men were awaiting events, and in ! formed them that tin- pope had : just died." The cardinal was asked at whai hour death had occurred, ami lie replied: I "Exactly .''t this minute." At this identical moment tie bells of bt. Pet? r's struck the first m; eke (?? >: ?'clock. j Funeral in St. Peters Rome, Jan. 23.?The body of Pope Benedict has been removed : from the Sistinc chapel in tlx- v*?ti I can to the basilica of Sr. Peters. i where it will remain until the fun ! cral ceremonies. The transfer was made in solemn state, thousands pa} homage to dead pontiff. Papal Election February 1st Borne. Jan. 23.- The sacred col lege will meet in conclave to elect tiic successor to the late Pope Benedict on February 1st or 2nd. ii is stated here. Iarbuckle trial still in progress San Francisco. Jan 23. ?Furth er testimony on the finger prints found on I'arv Arbucklc's hotel apartmeni Dooj was given today. The prosecution claims made by I girl trying to escape from .Vrbuckle. rHROX, EsfaWished June 1. I860. _VOL. LIL NO. 47 SIBERIA BEFORE ARMS CONFERENCE Tokio Not Ready to Withdraw Troops From Siberian Soil By the Associated Press. Washington. Jan. 22.?The prob lem of Siberia, the only topic 0n the agenda of the Washington con ference now remaining unexplored, is to replace the Chinese questions during the coming week as the par amount concern of the arms dele gates. By most of the delegates the Si beria?! situation is not expected to lead to a long discussion and it was predicted generally tonight .hat by the end of the week th? Far Eastern discussions would find themselves once more bareast of .ho almost Concluded naval nego tiations. The Japanese, who expect Siberia Lo be considered at tomorrow's meeting of the Far Eastern com mittee, received today from Tokio' an expression of policy by Foreign .Minister L'chida which they re garded as determmniug definitely the attitude of their government against withdrawal of Japanese troops from Siberia until a. rt::"?lc administration has been establish ed there. This position"the delega tion is exported to lay before the committee as soon as it begins its Sibreian discussions, bringing the negotiations at once to a consider-. at ion of the central issues involved in .the problem. There is no indi cation that any other power* in tends to stubbornly dispute the Japanese stand, or to bring on a prolonged debate over questions. Would Oppose Flan. In some quarters there is appar ently a belief that Japan should be iuvited to set a definite dat>e tor withdrawal of her military forces but the Japanese delegates say to night they had no nresent inten tion of dorhg so. Their troops, they declare, were in Siberia solely to I protect Japanese interest a during the present unsettled conditions j and therefore it would be wholly : impossible to fix a withdrawal date until there ar?* definite assur j ances of an improvement. Although the Far Eastern com mittee is about to shift its aitei>*~ tions to Siberia, a few of the Chi nese questions still remain to .iH^ disposed of and will re*"civc con sideration when the causes which prompted their postponement are removed. The . hinesc r-quest for abrogation of the 'twenty-* no de mands" treaties is among tln-se, but is not expected to conn- up until the Shantung negotiations arc con cluded. Other subjects i i elude the Chinese Eastern Kailwa> and the Russo-Chinese, alliance of- 1SH$, both of which are consit*'ired like ly to dovetail into th.? Sibeddn cHs j cussions as they proceed. I It seems to be a unai imo?s be I lief that the coming wee : n -i only I will see the Far Easter i Agenda j virtually exhausted, but aJ.sb will be I definite steps in the separate ne gotiations between the Japanese and Chinese over Shantung. The two groups will meet t"morrow "for the thirty-first time and two or three more meetings are b?-licved [certain to reduce the points of dif | ference to a stage where a compro i mise on the Tsingtao liailroad I issue will bring the whole Shan tung controversy t.. an end. Xo Naval Development. Over-Sunday conferences pro duced no development in the naval I negotiations, but all the delegates held to their predictions that,the [ Pacific fortifications settlement, the only point remaining at issue. I would be worked out without seri I otts trouble. It seemed to be the (prevailing opinion tonight that a plenary session of the conferences would be held during the v. eck to uresent the naval treaty in its fi nal form. in riew of the nnexpected delays that have U'-veluped in the past, most < f the delegates are chary ? f making further prophecies of j an j adjournment date for the>confer ence. No one seems to believe it I likely, however that tin negotia tions will run past the firs: ten day.-; of February, and In some quarters it is expected that the final ses^;on will tak?* place not later than two weeks hence. In its discussions of Siberia, if. was pointed out. the conference will be in a somewhat different j position than when it consider ; China, the Chinese government bc j ing represented here and Russia i being abeenr. Jr. this situation, the 1 policy of Siberian territorial iiitCg i rity is said to be regarded t*s in tthe hands <?? the powers, particu I larly since they agreed during the j World War to installation of j foreign treop.i en Siberian sbTT. Lawlessness in Georis^ ! Prosecuting Attorney and Sheriff Threatened With Death Waikinsvillc. Ga.. Jan. -?>? ? I red Gilleh. Oconce county solici tor, said tlrat he received a mc~ sage: ??Von will be dead before Monday night." Cillen said he was conducting an investigation into tin- lynching of three negroes. The sheriff and deputy also received threatening letters.