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Japanese Pledge Given Conference 0 ? Guarantees to Withdraw Her Troops From Siberia When - Orderly Conditions Are Restored Washington, Jan. 23 (By the As sociated Press).?A sweeping disr ' clarmer of any design against the ? territorial integrity of Russia, coupled with a pledge to withdraw the Japanese troops stationed in Siberia as soon as orderly condi * rions are restored? vas presented to the amis conference Far East ern committee today by the Japa nese -de-legation and was -received with a great show of satisfaction by the representatives of .other prin cipal, powers. Formal discussion of the Japa nese policy was postponed until to morrow, but there was no indica tion tonight that any of the dele gates woiild oppose acceptance of 5* the declaration-at it* face value. The general view was that the whole Siberian problem, touched upon today for the first time, soon would foe disposed of on the Jjasis of the Japanese pledges. At the same time the long con tinued. Shantung negotiations also appioacheS their conclusion. At their 31st meeting to discuss the ^subject the Japanese and Chinese - virtually completed an agreement of all of the issues involved' ex cept the central ouestion. of the * Tsjngtao-Tsinanfu railroad, und there were signs of impending de velopments regarding that Mr. Soo, Washington representative of the unrecognized Chinese -govern . meat of Canton, announced that a railroad settlement already had "* been reached. In connect'.on with ? the Japanese statement regarding Siberia...<il was revealed that the American government had address 1 ed a communication on that sub ject to, Tokyo shortly before the arms conference met. and that the ' Japanese foreign oflice had replied Virtually in the same terms laid down at today's committee meeting by- Baron Shideftara. The> exact ^purport of the American "note was not disclosed,- but it was sai<l. to have ponite^ e-ut that the Ameri can forces haying been withdrawn f rom Siberia there was much spec ? ulafckm as to why the. Japanese troops remained, American spokesmen .would not discuss the subject tonighc in ad vance of the formal stateinent to ~be made at tomorrow's; committee meeting, bat it was learned that American government was deep ly impressed with the ..Japanese statement and was disposed to re gard it as a solemn pledge behind trhich the conference ^.conid not properly go. Moreover, > in both American and British circles it-was conceded- ?hat there mighty much justice in the claim that. present f .conditions in Siberia make;-,some euis?de protection necessary to safeguard the rights of foreign nat 'ionals. ? / . * . The Chinese declined,~to.< reveal - .^beir attitude toward Japanese - polk-y and the only note of criti Cism: ca^ae.from -outside the confer ence in a statement'^issued by the delegation ?ent to Washington by the unr-r-cognized Far Eastern re public of Chita, Japanese^ promises of withdrawal from Siberian soil, the , statement declared, had been Aa "chroiiiu statement" of the Tok yo government since August, 1920. As put. before the "committee by 1 Baron Shidehara, the territorial * imegrity pledge of Japan regarded as the most ecsreise and definite yet to be made by her- in regard to "Siberia cnochtded as follows: 'The Japanese delegation is au thorized tjO declare that it is fixed and settled polity of Japan to re spect the territorial intergrity of yr 3E.ussia and to. observe the policy of ST non-intervention in the internal af fairs of that country as well as the principle of equal- opportunity for -?the commerce and industry of all nations in every part of the Russian possessions." The withdrawal from Siberia. -Baron Shidehara declared, awaited only di arrangement for protection ..of foreign ;rterests there while -^Japanese troops' would remain in the Russian province of Sakhalin only until a stable government had been established . and hacL. made ^fitting restit-ation for the massacre of Japanese nationals in 1.^20 at Xikolaivsk. Flood Waters Rise Chattanooga. Jan. 2?.?It was . estimated tonight that more than familiics had been driven from ^ their homes by flood waters today. - all the motor vehicles of the city government being- called into play :o move the victim?* to higher .-^ground. The, river tonight had reached a stage of 35 feet and was I slowry rising. - Weather "observers predicted that the crest of the flood will reach j tftd city by noon tomorrow and that the maximum stage will be be tween Zi\ and Z~ feet. * All river stations below Chatta KOQga reported a eorrtimral rise, a stage of :p> feet having been record ed at (JuntersviJle, Ala. Several sections of the city and outlying -suburbs are affected by flood waiters. - the baseball park foeing und?*r water and several fam ' jli<\s in that section being compel led to move. . A majority of the ^ people affo-eted are rrogroes and many: of them h>*e been tempor ?arily housed in ouildings owned by the; city, while white refugees have been placed-in the municipal butid ing. j ? ? ? Washington. Jan. ,25*.?Congres sional leaders are studying the secretary of ihe treasury's reasons for opposing the soldiers' bonus, wrdch the administration plans to put through. Secretary Mellon #said :-iiv a communication to the congressional committee that the honns must come from additional taxation. % o ? ? Spring is only three tons away. Colleges Should Not Be ^Crowded iSays Dr. Shanklin, President df Wesleyan College * _ Middleton. Conn.. Jan. 22.?The limitation of- the size of the under graduate body, the problem of which was unique in collegiate ; circles when Wesleyan University ; set herself to solving it six years ; ago. has today become common to many colleges and universities. When Dr. William Arnold Shar ! klin was installed president 01 Wesleyan 12 years ago he stated that the college would hold its en rollment a<s nearly as possible to I 500 men: that she did .-not claim j j to teach all things to all men. out i that her task was to teach the es- j ; sential things to a small group of j ! resolute and well-prepared stu- j I dents. Three years ago. Weslcyan's j enrollment suddenly jumped from 590 to 600 men. At that time the president and the faculty request ed the trustees to impose the 500 limit. This was done, and the size of, the 'student body has T>een steadily reduced to near this num j her. 'Tt is desirable that a college ; should have as many students as j its physical facilities and jts in ;structk>nal staff can properly care ?! for. Beyond that point new stu dents are a liability and not an as ; set." said Dr. Shanklin. 'We arc resolved not to yield to the craze for numbers. Wesleyan does ! want more students, but desires to j do work unequalled for those whom j she, does admit." Onfy 181 fresh I men were admitted lasl fall, and ? these were carefully selected from j more than three times as many j applicants. With ^25 undergrad uates and 55 faculty members at j present; there is a faculty advisor \ for ovyery group 10 students. ! w : = . 1. ' - - '. , :_? _. ? ' ?: ?? Balloting For Pope Early Next Month _______ t Rome. Jan. 23 (.By the Associated j Press).?The interment of Bene dict XV has been tentatively fixed j for Wednesday afternoon'. The j body will lie in state in the basilica j of St. Peter's only a day and a half I more, according- to the present 'plans. Benedict's wish not to be j embalmed necessitates departure ; from the custom that the pope's body lie in state for three days. Final decision will be taken on this question Wednesday morning but the present view of Vatican is that it will be impossible to keep the body" exposed beyond Wednes day afternoon. The statement also I was made tonight, but not official ly, that the coffin would be closed j within a few hours and that thus ! the usual ceremony of filing past, j kissing the uncovered foot of the i dead pope, would be eliminated. The removal of the body fro-*i ithe throne room lo the basilica, this i J morning was the occasion of an j imposing ceremony. The bier was ; held shoulder high by ushers clad in costumes of - scarlet, flanked by noble guards. The sacred college 'followed, headed by the dean, i Cardinal Varmutelli. each taking ?his position according to rank, j Cardinal Gasparri walked a con siderable distance behind the dean, although occupying 'the: post of cameralingo or-head of the Roman church during the interregnum. Pubhc Views Body. t On entering the,.main door of St. Peter's the funeral party was received by the clergy, who escorted the cortege down the main central j aisle to a-position in the center of j ithe church-just opposite the statue j of St Peter. There absolution took 'place. The bkr was then raised ! aloft and was passed into the J chapel of th'e Holy Sacrament ! where the public can view the body j through the immense iron gates. j Austrian Poverty j j Only the Money . of Soviet Russia is of Lower Value t .. Vienna. Dec. 20.?Only the mon- i I ey of Soviet Russia is now cheap- ; ; er than the currency of Austria, j {a^nd prices in crowns are'rapidly ; 1 approaching the same fantastic fig ures as in rubles, 1 Of the 120.000.000.000 of crowns i in circulation on December 1. 72,- j "no,000,000 have been issued in | ten months. Effective December 1, new fed- ; . eral taxes .are calculated to yield j about 150.000,000.000 crown, prin- I cipally on pubhc utilities and the ! ? state monopolies. The increases range from S<> to 250 .per cent. Taxes on all spirituous and malt Ii- i ouors are increased enormously. It is nearly impossible to esti mate the increased cost of food. ! j varying as it does in different ? parts of the city, but fats, milk j bread other than the rationed ar- I tide, white flour, are rot only far beyond the reach of the average Viennese but very difficult for any ! one to obtain. Fin-wood has ad- ! vanced 100 per cent. and coal ! about 80. Thus far the government has re fused to consider an internal loan or a compulsory levy of foreign monies and securities advocated by the Social Democrats. J Efforts to reduce tin- enormously disproportionate civil list, compos- j ed of 253,000 civil servants and ; 57.000 pensioner? have been abany ; 'doncd despite th fact that, <d" a total population of 6.000.000. nearly one-fifth live on government pay. The civil servants and their j friends and families stood as one man against it and their oppo sition was so powerful that tin scheme was hopeless. It is now considered likely that Finance Minister Guertler's plan for the abolishment of food subsidies ! may he delayed as i? is contended that it would result hi SUCll an :ul vance in prices th:it tin- people could not buy bread. -?~. Some people will doubt :i die , l iona ry. Income Tax Issue Discussed Leading Merchants and Busi ness Men Present Their Views Dillon, Jan. L'o.?A large num ber of the leading merchants and I business men of the county met ; here today for the purpose of dis I cussing the income tax issue which is how up before the general as j sembly Tor legislation. J. Fi. Man ching, former state senator, was chosen chairman, and L. Cotting ' ham. secretary of the meeting. A. "B. Jordan read a letter from tl\p secretary of the South Carolina \ Taxpayers' association which ex I plained the views of the associa tion on the subject!, Then- was j considerable discussion of the in come tax measure from the view point of .the farmer and business man. Dr. Wade Stackhouse in troduced the following resolutions: "Resolved. That it be recom mended to the Dillon delegation and to the general assembly that an income tax of not more than to ; per cent, of the federal income tax ! be^levied by the state ami that this j tax be ascertained from the fedeYal I income tax reports, and that the [levying of this tax not'be made , retroactive." < The resolution was unanimously I adopted. ? .Mr. Manning surrendered the chair and after, a spirited address upon the extravagances of the dif ferent departments of the state government/ Offered the following resolution, which was adopted: ^'Resolved. That it is the sense of, this meeting" that tin- generalvas I sembly cut expanses of the state [government i 11 every way possible." I P. L. Bethea. state senator was ! present and expressed himself in accord with the meeting-on the in come tax issue. .Mr. Bethea warm ly defended the work of the state highway department, which had come in for criticism. The ouestion of deferring the payment of county and state taxes was discussed in this county. It is practically certain that if the 'payment of the t^ix?'s is deferred, the public schools will have to close down before the school year [is out. On this question sentiment was divided. Senator Bethea, when calledaipon. said that due to much, sympathy for the taxpayers, he felt that the time for the payment of taxes should be extended, but for how long he could nut say definite-, ly. Jus?before the close of the meet ing, L,. A. Manning. Jr.. of Latta offered the following resolution, ?vhich was adopted* '"Bq it resolved. That the general assembly be urged in so far as pos sible to do away with levies on general property for state pur poses.?/ The consensus of opinion of the meeting was that it is going to take some time to work out the tax question so as to do away with the many inequalities of the prescht system. Every one favored the income tax measure, but **ot an excessive one. Shippers Will Meet Cotton and Flour Men to Gather Soon Washington. Jan. '1?,.?Meetings to be held between cotton and flour shippers to the south in New Or-, leans January 25 and 26 were an nounced today by W. J. Love, vice president of the shipping board emergency fleet corporation. Wil liam B. Keene. manager of the tariff department, will represent the corporation at the meeting. All of the gulf operators of govern ment ships also will attend, it was Faid, while numerous representa tives of the dour and cotton inter ests will be on hand to discuss shipping questions. Chokers Again High collars again! Collars which ? xtend to the ears! This Poiret frock lias the popular round neck effect but a white organdie choker con ceals the throat and extends quite up to the chin and cars. When * there are collars at all this season they are \ try high. j Bryn Mawr's Champion Beauty Dryn Mawr College challenges other girls' school" to produce a I beauty as perfect as Bessie "Lee Harvey. She was recently selected as i the most perfect physically of all the Bryn Mawr students. Another Degree for General Wood CT) "This picture, just received in America, shows General Wood on the way to receive his sixteenth degree from an institution of learning. This: was an "L.L.D." given him when Dr. Guy Benton Potter was installed as president of the Philippine University. On Wood's right is Manuel1 Quezon, president of the Philippine Senate, and on his left, Sergia Os-; mena, speaker of the House of Representatives. The "Get There" Gets There The "Get There," manipulated by Henry Applegate and Reuben White, is sweeping everything before It in the early races of the ice yacht regatta on the Shrewsbury River, Red Bank, N. J. The pictures show the "Get There" at the start of the latest race Human Ice-Boating Is New Sport < ? Thi?> is a familiar sight on Xew England rivers these days. A pair of skates, a bamboo pole and a shed?mal you are a human ice yacht. Uut if the fellow in the lead mkc:< a spill you're u human wreck. Cotton Ginned For Counties Bureau of Census Announces Figures Columbia. Jan. 24.?The depart , mi'iii of commerce, through the bureau of the census, announces Ihe preliminary report oh cotton ' ginned by counties in South Caro lin;! for the crop of 1921 and 1920. Quantities are in running bales counting round as half hales. Lint ers are not included: County. Abbeville .. Aiken _ Allendale . Anderson . 1921. 17.0.17 1 3.8S3 4.42-") <;2.sr>4 Bamberg _ 4.003 Barnwell .. Berkeley.. 1 Calhoun .. Cherokee.. Chester_ : Chesterfield Clarendon. I Colleton _. Darlington I Dillon .. . ; Dorchester Fdgefield .. ._ 7.90:? L083 r,, 3 :i I .. 14.900 2?:.3X3 . 24.420 .. 8.138 .. 2,0 30 22.700 34.560 1.082 7.52 8 FairfieM .._10,143 Florence .. _21.041 Georgetown .... 470 Greenville- -_42,945 ??Greenwood _ 14.051 . Hampton. 3,OSS Iforry ... .._ 3.941 Kerstiaw.12.040 I Lancaster_... 10.190 Laurens. 35.083 i Lc?? .. .. .. _. 1 9.451 j Lexington . /_ .. 9.184 I aicCormick .. .. 4.381 .Marion.* 1 1,9 01 Marlboro.50.410 ! Xe wherry .. ... 19.037 Oconee .. .. 21.74 0 Orahgeburg_ IS,425' Bickens.22.314 Bichland.. ... .. 8.390 i Saluda .. 9.188 I Sparlanburg. .. 79.706 I Sumtet* .._il 8.53S L ni?n .. .._17,249 W'lliamsburg .. 7.47!? i lork._41.002 ?All others. 1.417 .1 920 31.080 42,387 13.2:?1 77.210 20,457 28.1 99 7,800 37,050 18.741 34.0 01 32.702 46.176 6.080 49,454 37.630 9.550 25.011 20,945 42.894 4,027 43.848 38.398 G.960 9.078 3S.1S2 22.724 5S.792 45.551 31.550 1 5.700 19.508 03.33S 43.841 20.891 90.755 18.120 35.24 7 2 9.451 77.818 5 5,57 3 23,675 31.302 40,075 2.0 77 Total state ..770.001 1.454.044 Reduction of Land Forces Washington, Jan. 24.?Although President Harding believes the work of the Washington conference j will eventually lead to a reduction : of both naval [arid land armament, he is not prepared now to recom mend a radical reduction of land forces in the United States. Gets Three Years For Living With 'Angels' Iteval. Esthonia, Jan. 24.?Vladi mir Taz-abeyev. the monk who started the new religion sect, claim ing wonderful healing powers and who selected several women as his angels who lived in the house with him, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment. MISTRIAL IN CASE OF A. H. STEWART Macon. Jan. 24.?A mistrial has been declared in the case of A. H. Stewart, former city treasurer, charged with embezzlement, when the jury failed to agree. Boston. Jan. 2 4. ? Ambrose j Molanson. whose skull was frac ! turcd in a boxing bout has died. St. Petersburg. Fla.. Jan. 25.? Mayor Frank Pulver has been"re quested by the Purity League to appoint a bathing suit inspector on beach to protect married' men from sea-vamps. Youngstown. Ohio. Jan. 25.?An armed body guard is protecting I Mayor Oles as the result of threat - j ening letters .which he has receiv I ed on account of his cleanup cam paign. Beach Boudoir Many new things are being in troduced at the Florida resorts to attract visitors this season. Full length mirrors have been erected at Miami Beach. In beach or street costume the girls are thus enabled to see that their appearance is per fect Hines Denies His Charges Ex-Director General Says Government Maintained Over-equipment Washington. Jan. in.?Former Director General 01" Railroads Hines. before the interstate com merce, committee refuted Iiis charges that the railroads were ' turned hack in a broken down con dition, saying the government over maintained equipment. Will Name Senator Harvey Fixes Date For Elec tion in Chester , Chester. Jan. 23.?Wilson G. | ; Harvey, lieutenant governor, has j I ordered an election to be held in i j Chester county Tuesday. January ! 131, for the purpose of electing a [successor to Associate Justice J. j j Kardin Marion, senator from Ches- I ; ter county until his election to the | supreme bench recently. David Hamilton of Chester has J announced his candidacy for the j office of senator. .Mr. Hamilton Is one of Chester's most prominent ! attorneys, being a member of the j ; law firm of Gasten & Hamilton. \ I He has served Chester in the house ! : of representatives. o ?? ? Ford Offer Reported! Weeks to Send Contract to j Congress j - Washington. Jan. ?Legal <>f- i ficers of the war department com- j pleted today the final draft of the : contract which Secretary Weeks will send to congress with "com ments" attached covering the pro posal of Henry Ford for purchase and lease of tl>e government pro perties at .Muscle Shoais, Ala. Fit a touches were given the document after it had been care : fully studied by Mr. Ford's repre sentatives here and said by them to 1 be a very satisfactory presentation , of the offer. It is expected that I Secretary Weeks may receive the document tomorrow and forward it immediately to Detroit for Mr. Ford's approval and signature. Secretary Weeks said be*would not make tho contract publrc until it was submitted to congress for ; final decision1. i - Washington. Jan. 24. ? Henry ? Ford's proposal for the purchase and lease of the Muscle Shoals property is embodied in a contract form mailed by Secretary Weeks to Mr. Ford. Secretary Weeks said when it returned he would submit the contract immediately; to congress for ^action. * ? ? Marries But Does Not Change Name -? Washington. Jan. 24.?Elsie Hill. : the national woman's party leader, has confirmed the report of her marriage to Prof. Albert Leavitt, saying she would not change her name as no law and only custpm I makes women change their names j after marriage. - Nothing Small About Him Washington, Jan. 24.?Herbert j Myrick. editor of Farm and Home, j proposed before the agricultural , conference that the United States > buy the entire navies of the allies and sink them in the Pacific, o ^ ? Burglar Was Good Provider Xew York. Jan. 24.?Mrs. Maryi IGrubb, testifying in defense of her! husband. charged with killing George Corcoran! a burglar, said; the burglar frequently visited her; [presenting gifts stolen in his1 I prowlings. but that their relation-! ship was only platonic. .-o ? o BAPTISTS MEET AT CONFERENCE Columbia. Mo.. Jan. 24.?The first conference between Northern and Southern branches of the Bap tist church siueo the civil war were I held here with laymen and divines j of many parts of the ' country present. -?? o ? Thousands Mourn Death of Late Pope Horn.-. Jan. 24.?While thousands passed the hier of Benedict the XV t>> pay reverence to the dead pre late, the cardinals from foreign countries are hurrying to Rome to participate in the election of the new pope. Interment of Benedict is fixed tentatively for tomorrow;, the ceremony being curtailed be cause the prelate requested in his will that tho body no: be embalm ed. Girl Scouts Meet at Savannah Savannah. Jan. 24.?The nation al convention of the Girl Scouts of America opened with a welcoming address by Mrs. Juliette Low, founder of the organization, say ing-one hundred and ten thuosand girls arc now members. -o ? ? R. R. RATES INCREASE Washington. Jan. 24. ? Railroad proposals to increase the rates on grain from the southwest to Car olina territory have been found justified by the interstate commerce omnvtssion. NOTICE OF ELECTION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SmirteT County Pursuant to an order' of Gov. R. A. Cooper, dated January 11, 1922. an election wjjl be held on Tuesday. January 31st, 1 022, at the residence of M. A. E. Felder, at which.qualified electors; residing^in all that certain territory or portion of Sumter county embraced within the following lines and boundaries, will be entitled to vote: "Beginning at a point on Santee riv?-r 72 feet northwest of the cen ter of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail road running from "Sumter to Or angeburg. run north '46 degrees 50 minutes east for a distance of 9521 feet parallel To railroad, thence north 41 degrees two minutes east for a distance of 5653 feet to a point 72 feet west of center of rail road: thence north 16 degrees'east for a distance* of 7,251 feet parallel to railroad: thence noxth,26 degrees 50 minutes east, for a distance of 8,650 feet, to a paint. 72 feet northwest of railroad. Thence south 87 degrees east for a distance of 0.804 feet, thence north 12 de grees 30 minutes ec.st for a dis tance of 8,840 fett, thence north 87 degrees 30 minutes.east for a distance of 5,920 feet, thence south 15 degrees 30 minutes east for a distance of 4,330 feet: thence south 65 degrees west for a distance.of 2, 370 feet: thence south 9 degrees west for a distance of 3,432 teet: thence north 85 degrees east for a distance of 13,200 feet; thence south one degree 20:minutes east ;for a distance of 10,479 feet, to the intersection of Hungary Hall branch and DesChamps branch: thence up the run of DesChamps branch in a southwesterly direction,to the pub lic road; ther.ee south..7S degrees^ west for a distance of 16^390 feet;' I thence south 2 degrees 30 minutes west for a distance of 13,2)0 feet; ; thence south 30 degrees west for a j distance of 4.000 . feet; thence I north 47 degrees west for a distance jof S17 feet: thence south 42 de grees west, for a distance of 2,240 'feet; thence south 40-degrees west J for a distance of 2,260 feet; thence j south 37 degrees 30 minutes .west ?for a distance of 13,260 feet to a j point onr Santcc River," thence up ? Santee river to the, .beginning 'point 72 feet northwest, of rail ; road." | Said election being" ordered for ! the purpose of allowing said ?qual ' ified electors to vote jm. the ^ues j lion of whether or not said terri j tory shall bo annexed to the coun i ty of Clarendon, those' in favor of j proposed anmexationbto \*ote "Yes," i and those opposed to *"ote; "No." j All electors of said.county resid j ins within so id territory, qualified j to vote at the last general election, : and all electors of said county, re | siding in said territory j becoming j qualified sinA: that 'time, shall be j entitled to vote in said election up i on production of registration' cer tificates and proof oi the payment of all state and county taxes for the year 1921, except that .those who failed to pay said taxes on or before December 31st, 1921, are dis i qualified from voting, under au | thoriry of a decision of the state supreme court, in case of ?ber I nathy; et al. vs. S. M. Wolfe, at j torney general, et al.. landed down ; on November 9, 1921. >? Before the hour fixed for opening the polls Managers and Clerk must Stake and subscribe thc; Coristitu ! tional oath. The Chairman of the I Board of Managers can administer ! the oath to the other members and I to the Clerk; a Notary Public must i administer the oath to the Chair 1 man. The Managers elect their ?' Chairman and Clerk, j Poll at voting place must be opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closed Lat 4 o'clock p. m. The Managers have the power to fill a vacancy, and if none.-of the j Managers attend, the citizens can j appoint from among the qualified voters the Managers, who, alter be ing sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election the Managers and Clerk must proceed j publicly to open the ballot beeces and count the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is completed and make a I statement of the result and sign the - same. Within three days thereaf i ter the Chairman of the Board, or \ some one designated by the Board, ! must deliver to the Commissioners of Election the poll list, the box ! containing the ballots and. written I statement of the results of the clec : tion. * The following Managers of,Elcc ; tion have been appointed to hold i the election: A. E. Felder, D. W. 1 Elliott and <\ T. Richardson. The Managers are requested to ; delegate one of their number to se , eure box. registration books, blanks ! ?id tickets from E. * F. Miller, j Clerk, of the Board, at 115 North I Main St.. Sumter. S. (':. on Satur day. Januaryl 28th.? 19-22. * JOHN B. D?F?B, Chm. T. E. HODGE. R. M. JONES, commissioners of State and County Elections for Sumter County, S. C. January 16. 1922. NEW YORK BOY RUNS AMUCK New York. Jan. 24.?William Berman. age fourteen, shot his mother and aimed the pistol at Ins sick father when disarmed by b\ a policeman. ? ? g? ? i i? Bordeaux, .bin. 24.?Former Em press Seita of Austria-Hungary has left for the Island of Madeira to rejoin the exiled Emperor Charles after attending the operation on her son in Switzerland. Washington, Jan. 24.?Virtual settlement of the Siberian question as far as the Washington confer . nee is concerned is understood to have been readied at the meeting ot the Far Eastern Committee with the acceptance of the Japanese statement, promising the with drawal of troops from Russia when a stable government had 1 e. n established.