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YHE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Esti CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2, ] WOULD GIVE FORD PLEN JF 11 Gen, Beach Questions Policy of Govern ment on Length of Leases Washington. Feb. 0.?The- advis ability of reducing the time clause in Henry Ford's offer for the lease of the Muscle Shoals, Ala., govern ment-owned lands, from 100 to 50 years was questioned Indirectly to day by Major Gen. Irnsing II. Beach, chief of army engineers, in testimony before the house mili tary committee. Referring to the general policy of the government not to lease its properties for a . period exceeding 50 years, Gen. Beach, in his testimony at the sec ond day of the hearings of the committee on the Ford? proposal, said that "it is not always advisa ble to apply one general rule to things big and small." Secretary Weeks, wha was heard by the committee yesterday at its opening session, declared repeat edly that in his opinion it would be unwise to perr..it the lease of public iands of properties to pri vate interests for so loftg a period as 100 years. Gen. Beach, however, - said today that it was "a question in- as big and important a matter as this whether the fifty years rule would not work a hardship." - It was his belief, the general continued,, that in disposition of the properties at Muscvle Shoals, the paramount consideration should be the effect upon the nation's de fense rather than the manufacture of fertilizer. .The country, he said, ' should not be "caught again" with out an adequate nitrate supply. The' disadvantage of installing power plants in Alabama and es tablishing a market 'for their out put were dwelt upon at length by the engineer chief. He said it would be comparatively easy to in stall a plant at Niagara Falls, with a market close by, but it was quite another feat, from the standpoint of time, to do* so in' a sparsely settled region like that about Mus cle Shoals, with only four cities v/ithjn reasonaJ)lj*JUstanee. The engtoee^ officer-was pre coded on the . .witness stand by Major Oen. Williams, chief of ord nance, who occupied ihe. greater part of the day's sessions' explain ing valuations of properties in volved in the Ford offer. He es timated that the Warrior Power Plant and Transmission line could be salvaged for $3.000.000, cr more, and declared under examination by committee members, that figure was three-fifths of ail that Mr. Ford had offered for the nitrate plants and other properties. These properties, it was estimated, had a scrap value to the government of $8,812.000 and would be worth $16,272.000 if made partially opera tive and the remainder salvaged. The policy of the WaY' depart ment, Gen. Williams explained, however, was opposed to the scrap ping of the properties concerned. He added later, in response to questions, that it was intended to complete the Wilson Dam and maintain .nitrate plant No. 2 in the event private development failed. Chairman Kahn received word today that Mr. Ford would" hot ap ? pear personally before the com mittee but world eend properly ac credited representatives. Edison is SeveMy-Five Famous Inventor Celebrates Birthday by Working r*s Usual West Orange. N\ J.; Feb. 11. Thomas A. Edison celebrated his 75th birthday by following his usual working routine. Congratu lations came from many parts of the country to him. ? ? m - Financal Circles More Hopeful New York Money Changers Think Conditions Are Im proving New York, Feb. 11?The strength of International exchanges and the comparative ease of the domestic money rates were factors in a more hopeful .feeling this week in finan cial circles. CHINESE T0NG WAR IN WEST Conflicts and Killings Oc curred at Several Places San Francisco. Feb. I i ?Chi nese tongmen throughout the w?-^t are reported on guard todav as the result of the outbreak of i long war last night. Two Chirfese wtre killed and one wounded in Seattle, one was slain at R?tte, Mont.. one was shot, probably fatally, at San Jose, California. The shooting was done in characteristic tong war fashion. iblished April, 1850. .881._ LUXURY TAX BILL PASSED BY HOUSE i _ -? Debate on Measure Consumed Morning Session and Part of the Afternoon Colmbia. Feb. 10.?The House of Representatives voted in favor of the luxury tax bill Thursday night. ; 78 to 34. by that record vote refus ing -to kill the bill. The vote fol lowed a debate that started in the morning and continued for hours, but final vote was held up until Friday morning, to allow for amendments. At the night session Represen tative Carey, of Charleston, spoke i for the bill, as taxing other than I South Carolina products. Repre sentative Sapp spoke for the bill, as a means of relieving the bur jden on small . property owners. I Representative Blease also favor ed it, as did Representatives Jack i son, Hanahan, Britton and Ballard I Representative Glenn of Chester I made a strong, clear cut speech [against the bill, the bfcst speech on [that side of the question, and he jwon many sympathizers for his ar gument. He argued that the bill would lay a penalty on small busi ness and on spending. He said the [tax burden should be ph?^ed on j those able to bear it. and he favor ed a double income tax, rather than this bill. Asa Hall of Anderson [also opposed the bill, anruing that : it was a tax on the small spender. The bill, as introduced by the ways and means committee, pro posed to tax soft drinks from ce reals, and fruit jukes, unferment ed. six cents a gallon, 'sirups f.ir soft drinks, five cents per gallo?.: moving pictures and other theatri cal productions, one cent for each j CO cents of admission: cigarettes.; on ecent for each 10: cigars sold at j less- than 7 cens. one cent each: j over 15 cents, two cents each ci- I gar; tobacco, one-half cent for j each 10 cents* worth: snuff. 10 prr cent; automobiles, . one per cent.1 of the selling price; ammunition, j $1 for each thousand rounds. May Not Take Part in Genoa Meeting; , France Wants Better Under standing on Certain Points ?Agenda is Criticized Paris, Feb. 9?The note of the \ French government to the United i States and the Allies regarding I the Genoa conference points out j that France, being one of the pow jers that issued the invitation, to J the conference, does not need to accept or decline the invitation, but adds that "France might ab I stain from partielpation, however, i if the invitation is accepted under conditions that might menace its interests or compromise its right." The official reply to the invita tion from the Russian Soviet gov ernment. Premeier Poincaire men tioned in the note, "m; kes no allu sion to the conditions of January 6. If the Soviet or any other gov ernment should give to under stand that it did not accept these conditions entirely, the French government could not send dele gates to Genoa." After strongly advancing the I principle that the agenda as fixed j at Cannes, must be adhered to. that j the existing treaties *must not be ! discussed and that it must be un derstood that the delegates by their very presence at Genoa accept this condition, the note criticizes the agenda in that it fails to make clear what it means regarding non-intervention into the interior affairs of States. It asks whether that means that the powers would undertake not to interefere in the mterior organization of the Ger man government if the restoration of the Hohenzollerns were in volved, or the restoration of the monarchy in Hungary." **Il is necessary to know." says the note, "exactly what is meant i by non-interven*ion, otherwise this clause might be dangerous for the peace of Europe." The note concludes by saying j thai first of all. the allies musi [come to an understanding as to j the interpretation of the resolu | tion adopted by the Sppreme Coun ci lat Cannes, since the practical I application of those principles is jibe first item on the program. "The governments desiring to oppose the conditions laid down on January (;," says Premier Poineare in his not?', "will not give warning of their intention. I.tit they would introduce dangerous questions and endeavor to pass them through the holes in the program if it is m>r prepared rigorously on a plan i not open tr? discussion." j Th Genoa conference must no; [ be allowed to substitute itself for tin- League of Nations in the tasks which the treaty of Versailles at tributed to it. the note says, and [?oints oin that the engagement to abstain from all aggression upon neighboring states covers eases coming within the province of the league as fat- as it em.rns Eu rope, which alone is in question :;f Genoa, The way to feel at home is to stay there. "Be Just awl Fear > ! POPE PIUS XI CROWNED IN ST.JETERS I Sixty Thousand Spec tators W i t n e s s e d j the Ceremony in the j Basilica- 20,000 j Gathered Outside Rome. Feb. 12 (By the Associat-i od Press).?Pius XI was crowned pope in the basilica of St. Peter's | today amid scenes of pomp and en J thusiasm and in the presence of j princes and dignitaries of the j church, the diplomatic representa tives of foreign countries, members of the Roman aristocracy and a vast assemhlance filling the great structure to the very doors. The 'ancient custom was carried out with j impressive ceremonies and the new ' ly elected pontiff now occupies the i throne of the first pope reported j crowned. Leo III. who reigned j from 795 to 81G. j With the exception of Leo XIII land Benedict XV, who owing to .the j strained relations existing between the QUirinal and the Vatican in 1S7X and the World War in 1014. pre j ferred to be frowned in the sistine I chapel, the coronation of all the ! popes elected since.the erection of (the basilica has L.on celebrated' i there. I Pius XI again blessed the crowds ! from the outer balcony of St. Pe-i j ter's. this time nearly 2?>.n00 poo j pie cheering "Long live the pope" land waving handkerchiefs and ad I mission tickets to the Vatican which had failed to find them room in side the great church. It had been announced that i "owing to the er?*d weather" the j pope would not bless the crowds ! from the outer balcony, but such I was the insistence and warmth of ! the cheers, lasting three-quarters 'of an hour, that the pontiff finally j decided he must enswer the call. Thus it was h og after 1 o'clock I in the afternoon- when the holy father appeared on the balcony. I surrounded by Cardinals Vanutelli, I Casparri, Mercier and Bourne, and ! bestowed the apostolic benediction, j again giving the familiar little i shake of the hand as he disappear ed into the interior of the basilica. Previous to this 60,000, gathered within the editico and rising spon taneously, had cheered the holy j father as Cardinal Loga placed ? upon the pope's head the tiara, em j blem of supreme sovereignty. The ! cheers continued for so long a] time that Pius was compelled toj make signs with his hands as if i seeking silence in order that the j eercmony nw'ght continue. Old Ro Imans who had witnessed the coro j nations of several popes say, that ; the enthusiastic reception accorded j the present pope has never been ; equalled in their memory. j Good will, sincerity and hope j were the dominant emotions pre j vailing in Rome as the new spir j itual leader was receiving the triple crown -.with the magnificent cere j monies of the Roman Catholic church, but with a tinge of tin- mat ter of fact and business-like man ner obtaining in the world today. ' j Silver bugles of the ltd It century i announced the coronation and the j red robes of the aged cardinals, l mingling with the uniform of the j Swiss guards, recalled the middle i ages, but the crush of spectators at the heavy bronze gates of , a j formerly forbidden Vatican reveal ed that something was changed in i Rome. I ! Sixty thousand persons were packed in the noble and impressive basilica of St. Peters, silent and reverential, with one thought per vading all?that the saintly old man within the vatic a vails may yet enjoy that which was the recrea j tion of young Ratti of Desio. climbing the Alpine mountains of his native land. Today he is a j prisoner within the Vatican walls, but tomorrow, the hope is freely expressed, he may be free to mingle j among the crowds of the common : people he loves so well, j The first message sent out broad- j jcast over the world by Pope Pins) expressed the wish for universal i pacification and declared that while j the holy see should not abandon ? any of tin- church's temporal pre j rogntives, a satisfactory arrange j merit wher.-by the Vatican eoulu j rule spiritually only would be vvel | corned. ! Standing upon the throne direcf | ly under flu- cupola of St. iv ! ter's. Michael Angelo's masterpiece, I Pius XI. with head adorned with rthe tiara bestowed the blessing up [ on those below, in which many traces and many creeds mingled. .The Gregorian psalms and hymns of jjoy rendered by the choir were! j taken up by the assemblage in ; Latin in which various accents. Anglo-Saxon. German. French ami j Scandinavian, were noticeable. Sealed in the papal chair, wear-! ing a great while cape embroidered with gold anil tin- precious mitre, the newly elected pope blessed the worshippers who lined the cor ridors <>f the Vatican and lb,- en trances of St. Peter's. Surrounding the chair with drawn swords were Swiss guards. Offices of ib.- noble guard and officials of the pontifical | court, with two huge Swiss gunids. I closed I he procession. The cinsh inside |he basilica was terrific, many women fainting: these were cairied to the emer gency hospital installed in a .ona'l chapel to the rear of St. Peter's, lot?Let ?II Hie ends TIion Aiius't ?? Sum t er, S. C, Wednes, SEC. DENBY ECOMMENDS REDUCTION Outlines Plan For Re duction o f Naval Personnel and De stroyers that Would Mean a Seventy Mil lion Dollar Saving Washington. Feb. !?*'.?Secretary. Denby before the house naval com mittee recommends the naval per sonnel for the fiscal year be fixed at ninety thousand men and six thousand apprentices compared with the hundred thousand and six thousand respectively now author ized. He rusks thai no reduction of existing strength of line officers be made. First class Annapolis stu dents be graduated, commissioned and apointments to academy re duced to three each for each mem ber of congress. He als?, recom mended that a hundred destroyers be placed out of commission and estimated this would mean a sev enty million dollar saving in next year's budget. GRAND JURY BETRAY OFFI CIAL SECRETS Judge Townsend Summons Anderson Grand Jury to Investigate Loose Talk Anderson. Feb. 11.?Judge W. II. Town send has summoned the grand jury to appear .Monday morning in regard to an editorial which ap peared in the morning paper con cerning the case of .1. S. Fowler. Jr.. and Rupert .Miles, charged with violation of the prohibition laws, in which a '"no Pill" was returned. In this editorial it is stated that in behalf of the grand jury who did not vote for a "no bill" a member of the grand jury had let it be known that he and ten other memv hers of tin- grand jury did not vio late their oath. l>nt stood for re turning a "true bill." Judge Town send is calling this grand jury to gether to fmd which one of the men violated his oath by talking of things which happened in the grand jury room. * "Some member of the grand jury has evidently violated his oath." said Judge Townsend* "in repeat ing or telling of things which oc curred in the jury room. We must summon the grand jury and have them determine which of their members violated hi., oath in ? r der that he may hi- punched. To talk of tilings which jurors are sworn t'? keep secret is contempt. Such talk is dangerous, for it might deter a Juror from expressing his untrammeled opinion on some cases Such talk will destroy the effect of the jury trial system." Tins case was brougrht over from last year, and is the same one in which Judge Thomas Sease scored the grand fury on returning a "no bill" at that time. Solicit* r Leon W. Harris has stated that as long as he is solicitor he will hand this hill to the grand jury, unless there is a true bill re t urned. St. Louis. Feb. 13.?Jewelry' val ued at one hundred thousand dol lars was obtained by bandits who looted the safety deposit boxes of the Washington hotel. but there is no record of any one having been seriously injured. The pope appeared pale, ill ai ease aiid nervous as he emerged from the (diapel of holy sacrament, seated high in the pontifical chair, hnt as the ceremony proceeded his face became Hushed, h-ads cf perspiration standing out on his forehead when a few minutes af ter midday Cardinal Lega. in the absence of Cardinal Bisleti, pNccd the marvelous jeweled tiara on the pontiffs head. From the chapel of holy sacra ment across to the basilica to the (diapel of St. flregory the cortege proceeded in solemn silence, passing through the great assem blage which for the moment seem ed to have forgotten the religious symbol, for the human factor dom inated, subdued cheering being heard now and then. With little gestures of his left ha mi. as on I ne day of Ids election when he wav ed to the crowds outside of St. Peter's. Pius XI conveyed to the faithful that he was thoroughly democratic and one of them. At the entrance of the hasilica tlie pope was received by Cardinal .Merry Del Val, archpriest of St. Peter's, w ho rendered homage. The customary tpiaint ceremony of burning hemp was carried out dur ing the progress across St. Peters. One of tie- papal officials halted at the eha ir and knelt t hree times before the pontiff, on each occa sion setting fire to n small bundle of oiled hemp, chanting "Pater S'ancte, Sie Transit (Moria Miinda" i Holy father, thus passes the glory of the \\ olid, i The til . t I v\ o o! : he lit ! le bund ICS I?iirued with great rapidity; h?i the third failed io catch lire, an assist ani Ibric?< relighting it before it was finally eonstimed. Those giv en to signs interpreted this to no an that the pope's glory would be last ing and his reign long. ?t he. thy Country*.*, Thy Cod's und ', lay, February 15, 1022 SUMTER SUES GUARANTY j COMPANY i i I Asks Reimbursement ' Cost of Repairing j Paving Which Was' Guaranteed For! Five Years i j Columbia, Feb. 13.? In the court'' ;oT Common Pleas here today, the ; jetty of Sumler is suing the United j jrStates Fidelity and Guaranty Com-j Epany and George W. Waring, of I Columbia, contractor, for the cost j of repairs to paving of Sumter'sj ?Main Street which paving was] guaranteed for a period of five [years. It is alleged that some of I the brick work in the paving chip ped off and was repaired by the I city ?.f Sumter at a cost of $650. i the bond covering the paving work j \.u:. for $5;tV00. I AUTOMOBILE LICENSE REPORT j _ '?More Than Fifty Thousand i Machines Have Been Reg j istered i _ j Columbia. Feb. 12.?At the close j j of business yesterday the state j highway department has registered i ".O.ljJ.1 automobiles. 4."?27 trucks. 1 4 ! trailers. 2d'J' motorcycles and :!2? dealers for 1022, according to fig-' j i.res compiled by W. VV. Goodman, i j chief of the motor vehicle division | : of the department, and announced ! by L. IL Thomas, secretary, j This total registration brought in ? 1456.5 16.34: Mr. Thomas said, and; ' of this total figure SO per cent, will j ne returned to the counties for road I maintenance or construction, j The time for registering motor1 i vehicles expired February ! and a' j large number are yet to he licensed. The department will in all proba bility request peace officers, ?throughout the stnte to begin en ! forcing the law within the next few j i days and those who do not want; . to pay fines are advised to act i>e- j fore some policeman mis. EASY MONEY ! IN CHICAGO j Shrewd Swindler Obtained j $-4',5?(HOOO From Gullible ! Public Chicago. Feb. 12.?Raymond J. j Bisehoff. taken into custody yester- ? ? day after involuntary proceedings] ?in bankruptcy had been instituted I ragainst him by creditors, today ad- j (mined that he owes about $4,500, [000, representing the savings of; ? 6.000 Chicagoans, mostly foreign-1 ters. Less than $1.000,000 worth, j ?of oil and gas stock of doubtful1 : value is available to meet the oh- i i ligations. it was announced. Bisehoff, whose financial opera-j tions apparently rival those of Charles Ponzi. the Boston "wizard,"! ?expressed relief when taken into custody by deputy marshals. He I had received threats from those! I he is alleged to have fleeced, he! j said, ami was afraid to venture j i into the sbuthside and westside dis- ; j tricts, where most of his victims j l live. i ? The Central Trust company was yesterday ^appointed receiver fori I Bischoff. Gelix Streyckmans, at-j Torney for the creditors, said he believed Bisehoff s liabilities will .run near $7.000.000 and that the [receiver will be lucky to realize half j j of the face value ot the stock held! ; by him. Bisehoff is 25 years old. j By paying large returns on money j borrowed in a few particular in- | (stances. In* gained a reputation as ,a financial wizard among the peo j pie with whom he dealt, according! ? to federal agents. Profits of 4a I I per cent, on short time loans were ' said to be common. j I 1 According to Mr*. Streyckmans. ; only the creditors that objected to long waits were paid in actual j [cash. The rest, he said, were con-1 tent to accept their alleged earn-l ings in mere notes. Some of the* people sold almost all they owned to give Bisehoff m one v, Mr. Streyel;-| mans said. One man, he said. I sohl his hem,- for ?7.0iMl and! turned over $6.200 to Bisehoff. .James .J. Kelly, attorney for Bisehoff. today asserted that hi client had violated no law, but has! simply lost money by speculation. Creditors may receive ten cents! On the dollar. Mr. Kelly said, when j Ltisehofi's holdings are liquidated, j Federal authorities intimated j there was n?.? i>;tsiN for pro?*? ci:r.Joii. j -? ? ? RETAIL FOOD PRICES DECREASE Washington, Feb. I '?' Furthei deer eases in retail food prices shown by figures for the month, ending January 15th were issued; toda> by the department of labor :<?! twenty-seven of the country's larger eil i? s. Washington. Feb. 13.?-Joe Can non, the oldest member of the house has announced that lie will not be a candidate for re-election] as representative from tin Eight eenth Illinois district. truth's." PREACHER AND ACTOR IN DEBATE _ Remarkable Proceed ing- Staged in New York P> a p t i s t Church New York. Pel). 12.?The Calvary Baptist church today became tin scene of an uproar when William Brady, theatrical producer, in set-th ing phrases took issue with the Rev. John Roach St rat ton. I). 1).. Its reformer-pastor, on the resolu tion that the modern stage is n menaee to public morals. For three and a half hours the rhetorical battle raged hot as tides of enthusiasm rolled back and forth among the congregation, which now hung with approbation on the words of f>r. Stratton and again rose to its feet to shout ap proval of Mr. Brady's defense of Iiis profession. Throwing to the winds consider ations of the day and most rules of parliamentary procedure ? though the discussion had been an nounced in advance as a formal de hate, with William II. Anderson, stare anti-saloon leader, as chair man and judg<?the speakers suc cessively shouted their convictions from the pulpit. They interrupted each other at the pinnacles of ora torical heights and were interrupt ed and momentarily silenced by scores of their hearers who again and again leaped into the fray. When the meeting was begun it appeared that the debate was to he onesided. A call for Mr. Brady failed to bring a response and Mr. Anderson introduced the minister who launched into his attack on the proposition: "Resolved, That conditions and tendencies on the American stage are a menace to sound private and public morals." He had spoken for some time when .Mr. Brady rose in the center of the church, asking permission to reply. "I'm not here to engage in an argument." he began. But an in-, stant shout arose, demanding that he take the platform. "1 will, he replied; mounting the pulptt. Then he began by saying he thought a Sunday church service! was not the correct place lor, threshing out their difference.;, be.t added that he eould not allow the minister's statements to go un challenged. "I do not come to this church of Cod to defend the black sneen." he said. "I come to defend the decent J men and women of the profession." Applause greeted this start. ?Thon shall not slander thy neighbor." he continued, turning ! toward J)r. Stratton. Me said the minister was unfair in singling out the theatrical profession from so many others for attack. "I can cite you more crimes, murders and degeneracies perpe- j trated by ministers of the Gospel| than by ail the theatrical profes sion." tse went on. "I can prove to you there have been more raur- j ders committed by ministers und there arc more ministers in jail j than stag" people. I have court records to prove it." Here the congregation rose to its feet, the shouts of its nu n indicat ing divided convictions. Both speak ers begged for nuiet. When he could make himself heard again Mr. Brady pleaded for "a stpuare Lleal for t.he stage." When Mr. Brady ceased speak ing, Dr. Stratton again resumed his indictment, and in turn his latest statements were answered by the tin atrical producer. The meeting ended only when Dr. Stratton, who .said he would like to "slay until morning," ex plained that the church must be irleared for regular evening service. Mr. Anderson, in announcing the i-onditions of the debate, said: "We shall take a collecton, not for decrepit, sensational preachers, lo quote Mr. Brady, but for the home for aged actors." CANADA HELPS RUM RUNNERS Court Decides That II is Legal to Transport Liquor to Border Buffalo. X. V.. Feb. 12.?The re ?ent Canadian court decision that it was legal to transport liijuor 10 I he border for export pu'rposes has ?hanged the whole business of rum running across the Niagara river. The night clangers are eliminated. J'he iuiiugglers now load their fast motor boats on Ihe Canadian shore under the supervision of Canadian i-ustoms officials and dart off to the American side, where tiny land long before warning can be tele phoned the American customs oftl ?eis. ; The Americans have redoubled their vigilance but tin- river bank j presents ;i long strei? h of possible] landings and so far there has not: lieeii enough men 10 check Ihe rush ! >f liquor. Vigilance has been re iloubled, however, on the ferry and nn the bridges and automobiles are heing thoroughly searched. It the years must have l:'; months spring is the time to add one. | THE TRCE SOI J.C WALLACE i IS INNOCENT SAYS COCKERILL i _ j Makes Affidavit i n Face of Liability to Prosecution for Per ! jury j On the thirteenth day of Decem !ber, 1921, X. B. Cockerill, the chief ! witness for the prosecution and ? upon whose testimony mainly rest ! ed the conviction and the sen I teneing of J. C. Wallace to electro : cution on th?- charge of attempted 'criminal assault upon a young girl appeared before A. W. Holman in Columbia, a notary public of Rich ] land county, and in spite of the j warning and in the face of the ! fact that he was laying himself j liable to prosecution on the charge ! of perjury, made, and signed the following affidavit: i ??Personally appeared Newton I Cochenell who being duly sworn, ' says: I "That the testimony given against I J. C. Wallace at the October j term of the court of general ses sions for Sumter county by himself, ? for attempted criminal ravishing I was erroneous and wholly un ; founded and was prompted by per j suasion and malice: and deponent , further says that the complaints j made to him by-was about ] getting a whipping and not about j rape: that deponent is hard of j hearing and had be?*n drinking on j the night is question and could I not say positively what happened; j that deponent was shocked at the ; verdict and cannot hold this man's blood on his hands any longer, and makes tnis affidavit of his own free will and accord, j '?Sworn to before me this 13th day of December. A. 1)., 1021. (Signed) "N. B. Cockeriliy A. W. Holman, Notary Public, j South Carolina. i To this affidavit made by Oook i erill was attached a certificate made i by A. W. Holman, dated Decem j ber 21, in w hich Mr. Holman stat I ed that about a week prior to this j date, Newton Cockerill appeared ! before him and made an affidavit , eoncerninfr his testimony given for j the stale in the case against J.- C. : Wallace for rape or attempted ;? rape: deponent appearing to be per- ! jfectly rational, and appearing to j ; know what he was doing. He stat- j led that he advised him at the time I i that he would be lfuble to prosecu tion for perjury for making said] [affidavit and that Cockrill signed) 'the affidavit after he had been so j advised. j On the 2Gth day of December, 1921, a Mr. W. II. Hatchell. a (salesman for the Peoples' Furni-J ture Company, of Columbia, made] a special trip to Sumter and re-1 quested that Attorney A. S. Harby of the Harby, Nash & Hodges law I lirm take his sworn affidavit under j tin- seal of a notary public. Mr. i Hatchell made a statement at j length, saying that he had known! I J. C. Wallace for Several years, and 1 i that he had learned of his convic- ] it ion and of the sentence imposed iupon him. ' He stated that he had written : to Wallace offering his aid but that i he had heard nothing further until ! on the 12th day of December, 1921; j j Newton P. Cockerill came to his [house and Introduced himself. ? Said that Cockerill then told him" j that In- had come to Columbia for I the purpose of recalling what he I had done, that he wanted to give j Wallace justice in the matter, and i also wanted to give himself a "get away chance." Cockerill then told i Hatchell in detail the substance of j which his affidavit taken before j Attorney Holman contained. Coek j erill was taken to Attorney Hol man by Mr. Hatchell. who further ?stated that when he went out of ' the office together with Cockerill, iand when they reached the street, I that Cockerill threw back his head .and raised his hand, and s:..."1., .??Thank God, 1 have got that bur | den off of myself.'* He stated that I Cockerill then appeared as a man , w ho had been relieved of some thing that had neen pressing hint down, and that he seemed more cheerful. ; Wallace, it is remembered, is yet ! in jail with his sentence to elec trocution temporarily stayed on ac count of the tiling of an appeal for a new trial. A motion will be j brought up during this term of ? court before Judge Shipp that Wallace's sentence be set aside. NO CLUE AT LOS ANGELES District Attorney Has Made Progress in Taylor Mur der Case Los Angeles. Feb. 13.?Although j a legal holiday, the investigation by t!ie district attorney's office of the William Oesmond Taylor murder; i w ill proceed today. Thomas I.e-? WooHvine. district attorney. an-] j n on need that witnesses would be I summoned tor fjUesttomng here-: after only when the preliminary work of officers indicated a discov ery of mote than usual importance. Woolwine in his statement con demned "faked and fraudulent in terview % " OH t\u e THRON, Established June 1, Isti?. _VOL. LI IL NO. 1 HARDING APPEALS TO THEJENATE President Urges Re publican Majority to Approve Treaties Framed by Confer ence Washington, Feb. l? (P.y the As sociated Press).?President Hard ing today avk.-ri the senate to give approval to the arms conference treaties in order that America's professed desire to rid the world of war may not become "a hollow mockery.*' "if we can not join in making effective these covenants for peace," he said, "and stamp this conference with America's approv al, we shall discredit the influence of the republic, render future ef forts futile and unlikely, and write discouragement when- today the world is ready to acclaim new hope." Delivering his message in per son, in a voice and n..inner that betokened deep emotion the presi dent was answered repeatedly by applause from floor and galleries, lie asked that ratification be given without delay and liefere he left the capital senate machinery was set in motion to has;en a vote. Five principal treaties and two supplemental agreements, the frui tion of 12 weeks of negotiation just concluded here, were in the bundle of international cover-ants taken to the senate chamber bj Mr. Hard ing. They propose, in short, a limi tation on naval arrmment. a new bill of right for China and a four power concord to preserve peace in the Pacific. All of these agreements; said the president, are related portions of ? ffort "to put an end to contradic tions, to remove ambiguities, and establish clear understandings." No Alliance Involved. None of them, he asserted; "com mits the American government to any kind of alliance, entanglement or involvment." i After the^address was. completed, both Republican and I>emocratic leaders predicted that the treaties would be ratified without long de bate and by substantial majorities. Only one, the four j ower Pacific pact, is threatened r.ov with or ganized opposition and its oppon ents have not yet dem ms: rated how large a vote they can c ommand against the strength rf party lead ers on both sides of t.h? chamber. Actual consideration o: the cove nants is to begin tomorrow at a meeting of the forc-gn relations committee, to which they w? re re lerrert without delate aid on mo tion of the committee chairman. Senator Lodge of Massat husetts. it is though unlikely, however, that tomorrow's meetings wil. do more i than make a preliminary e\ami j nation of the information which j comes before it along with the treaties. Included in this data a tran script of the proceedings <>f the conference and e >mmi:te- s "and a long report by the .vrrreHe-mdel egation to the conference declar ing the treaties are the result of ?the world state ot mind tending away from suspension and appre hension and toward rveftsai ; trust and confidence." These .documents were given to the senate by the president for Its :, :aian<e during the ratification debaeei Prompt action was requested by the president because, he said, it would bo impossible to shape thej j naval policy of the ::<?; eminent un jtil it was known whether the naval 'treaty is to become ihe .^oepced eovenan: of the nation t'ntil the whole se.-ies is ratified, he decfef ed. the necessary readnjstments can not be made "in full confidence." ??First Actual Itciicf.? The naval agre m?Mr. 'lard ing characterized as "the first ac tual relief from naval burdens which peoples have been able to acclaim s'nee steam and steel com bined to add to naval strength in j warfare." Tie predicted that the Chinese treaties would go a long way toward realizing of the long cherished hope for a stable and free China. I hit the greater part of his ad dress the president reserved for the four power Pacific pact; against which opposition has been organ izing both on the Republican and (Democratic sides of the senate. He ; pounded the desk and put an add ed vigor into his words as he de clared the "treatv contains no war commitment ' and "no alliance nor written or moral obligation to 3om ?n defense.*' The American nation, said Mr. iHarding. had shown it desired no such commitments, and in conse quence the unwillingness of this government to enter the league of nations had been borne constantly in mind as the conference treaties w< re negotiated, on the other hand lie declared the United States must take its share in contributing to good world relationship. Adding a personal word, he recalled his own experiences in the senate and said that he since had come to have a closer view of "world relation ship." "Either these treaties must have your cordial sanction," he said, "or every proclaimed desire to promote peace and prevent war be comes a hollow mockery."