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TERRORISTS .CAPTURED IN CALIFORNIA Eight Men 'Charged With Plotting Reign of Terror in United ; States Los Angeles, Feb. .15.?A ter rorist program of international scope may be revealed through the arrest here last nig^ht of eight al leged members of a band of ex tortionists, it was said tonight by federal and other, officers who par ticipated in the arrest. Three men arrested recently in widely separated cities are believed to have had in their possession "un mistakable cvidencp" of affiliation xritfc the men taken into custody here, it was said. These three men were arrested in Salt Lake City. Des Moines and Cleveland, officers said, and they further declared clock bombs and duplicate written instructions were found on all three. ~AT&e eight men caught here last J?ght. .wore.trapped by federal agents, sheriff deputies and private -^^tectives after'an attempt to ex tort $25,000 from' ta prominent Los Angeles business man under threats, of death, and" after it was charged''they-had obtained largo sums-from other-men through sim ilar .m eans. _ It was said at least 20 residents of: Los Angeles have received threatening demands for money and have had their homes under guard for a week. Names of the men involved as well as the names, of the officers | working on the case are withheld j b^ the, authorities for fear veng ahce will be exacted by friends j - b?] the men under arrest. Efforts, to arrefet other alleged members' of the band here were continued . today, officers failing to find a trace of. a ninth man they believe they! wounded last night. Vit iis .said that the extortion; phase> of the alleged operations j fitere^ while on a' large scale, was i only a "side issue" with terrorism ; . as the n?ain. objective. Postal in- ! spectors said today that for weeks; they ; had been holding warrants charging use of the mails to de-j fr^ud. for the men caught last i .night. ~* ?- * ? ? REDUCING EX PENSE OF NAVY A?napolis Cadets May Be; Turned Baek to Civil Life \ . . Washington, Feb. 15.?The house ? n?v*al ;committee In -trying to dis- i * cover seme way of reducing ap- J prtfpriafions for the navai establish- J ment next year was reported today ! to have agreed informally to recom-' mehd that the first, class at An- i napolis. to be gradc.afed in June,' be turned back to e^yil life with- ? k OUt commissions !h the navy. i Although members declined toi dlscurs^this proposal, it is under-: stood that such a recommendation \ probably will be made'along with; tho further proposal that the num.-, ber .of ir.cn to be admitted to the: SJ^eriry; each year be reduced t from five to two for each member "of congress. Secretary Den by pro- | posed that they be cut on a con- j gresslOBal allotment from live to | three. I There are about 540 members of j the first class, all of whom natur-! ally expected to be sent to sea. A ) commiteeman. urging that the en tire class be dropped, declared fin-j il.decision on this question would be reached at the earliest possible; time in order to let midshipmen ; know -whether they co^uld expect to j remain on the government payroll. Vehrte the committee continued today.to Hear naval experts Nil. of the needs for the next fiscal year : under, what they describi-d as the! "treaty navy," house members tverc ; canvassing among themselves in an. effort to find how much could he cut from Secretary Denby's es timate of ?3r>a.000,00u for the next fiscal year. On all sides it was ad mitted that the drive for a reduc-j tion from that figure was gaining headway, although many leaders' insisted that to cut much under the Dcnby estimate vroald put the navy below the ratio rating fixed by the arms conference. The figure most persistently mentioned as the most probable to be set by the appropriations com mittee which will frame the navy bill, way $250.00,000. There were! many claims by "little navy nun" demanding drastic cuts ;har the house, at bast, would not stare! for more than $22&.d0O,OO0. .In asking for $550,000,000. Scc retary Dc-nhy explained that this amount would give the navy an en- i listed personnel of 90,000. or 10, 000 less than fixed by the last ap propriation bill. Nobody in author ity was prepared to say offhand what the enlisted personnel would bo if only $200,000.000 was au thorized, although all agreed it would scrap the "treaty navy" and give it an actual strength less than that allotted by the conference to Japan. i'.ig outside influences already are developing, according to reports for retention of many of the navy's shore stations which ar?- certain to be abandoned or curtailed. Chair man Butler declared that the same political influences which brought about the establishment of many yards and stations are at work row to ' keep tKem from being destroy ed: . Assistant Secretary Etoosevelt told the committee, however, that the department was not prepared to say at this time what stations might be eurtailed. all depending on thtr appropriation. OPPOSITION TO KENYON'S BILL ? ;Both Republicans and Demo i crats Take Exception to Some of Its Provisions ? "Washington. Fob. 1">.?Unexpect ed and bi-partisan opposition de veloped In the senate today to the I bill intended by Senator Kenyon f (Republican) of Iowa to aid the ! unemployment problem by ein . powering government officials to ! press public works during slack ! limes and retard them during pe | riods of prosperity. After Senator Kenyon. who is to j retire shortly to go on the. federal bench, had obtained consideration '? of the bill and explained its pro j visions. Republicans and Demo* j crats launched an attack on it with ; the result that leaders declared the fate of the bill, which went over * until tomorrow, was in doubt. Senator Kenyon. chairman of the labor committee, said he was press ing the bill mainly in the interest of labor. It had the indor-vment j of the American Federation of La bor, the,-United States chamber of commerce and other organizations, he add*.:!. I Senator Fletcher (Democrat) of : Florida said he feared the bill con-! ferred too large powers on executive ! ; officials over government work! while Senator Sterling (Republi can) of^South Dakota declared it was backed by "big business." Most j of the witnesses before the senate labor committee who spoke for the ? bill. Senator Sterling said, repre sented larger business interests."; j It appeared, he added, that busi- j i ness concerns desired, its passage, j not only for the profits they might j J make out of government work dur- ; j ingx times of depression but also; in order that they might keep their i ; forces together in. such periodsi Senator Kenyon said the bill was; ;a "concrete" result of President ; liarding's recept unemployment! iconference and its principles were recommended in resolutions of thej conference. Senator New (Republican) of In-! diana objected to a provision of the ! lull which he said would have the | department of commerce predict I panics and bad business condi-j tions. This, he declared, might' add to business difficulties when the facts would not warrant such predictions. Senator Kenyon in-j sisted that the bill did not call for j such predictions by the department ' but only for publication of facts { regarding business conditions. WAGON LOAD j OF BOND MONEY; Italian Hauls Half Dollars to) Police Station to Bail Out ' Friend Oakland. Calif.. Feb. 1C?To pro-! vide bail for Lorenzo Guissi. who is under arrest for failing to ren der assistance to a woman, run over j by his automobile. George Bruno, I drovo a wagon loaded half dollars : to the police nation. Gussi wosj not released until the officers com- ; pletcd counting the money. TAYLOR'S MONEY FOUND MISSING! _ j Another Development in Losj Angeles Murder Gase Los Angeles. Feb. 10.?Oil stockt and money believed ..o be a part of j the estate of William Desmond] Taylor are>missing. Charles Jones, j public investigator, states, after a J conference, with an income tax ex- ! l>*-rt. with hom Taylor discussed his j income tax a short lime before he i was killed, it is learned that Tay-I lor prepared a tax report on so- \ curities and money which have not! been located. BANK ROBBERS ARE ARRESTED! - .1 Four Taken Up by Police at Winston-Salem _______ Winston-Salem, N. C. Feb. 16.? | Four men were arrested early to-: day at Waughtown. charged with | attempting to rob the Bank of Kcr- : m-rsvillc. u slate institution. MINE WORKERS IN CONVENTION The Roll Ca1! is P]xpected to! Consume Day I Indianapolis. Feb. 10.?The roll '?all of delegates attending the; United Mine Workers convention is ! expected to require the entire day. delaying work uq the wage ques tion involving the threatened hat- j ion-wide coal strike on April 1st until tomorrow. Washington. Feb. IG.?President' Harding informed congress that a ! general sah s tux was fhe only feas ible method of raising funds for the soldier bonus. \n a letter he says that unless congress sees tit to enact the sales tax plan, for the bonus, it should be temporarily deferred. It was regarded at the Capitol as Paving ?!;?? bonus situa tion even more complicated than before. The senate ami house are to meet later in the day to consid er the communication. Washington. Feb. 10.?-The sen ate agricultural committee in a resolution a>!.s authority to visit Muscle Shoals in connection with MINERS MAY GIVE DECISION Deposed Chief of Kansas Union Gets His Case Be fore Convention Indianapolis, Feb. 15.?Marked l>y the preliminary victory of Alex ander Howat. deposed chief of the I Kansas United union miners, in his j fight for reinstatement of himself jand his expelled followers, the con tention of the United Mino YVork ; ers of America today abruptly stop jped work, delaying until tomorrow its linal decision whether it would I consider the expulsion order of In ' tornational President Lewis and ! other administration officers, j In the stormy session today, dur ? ing which Mr. Lewis declared that his life had been threatened during jthe last ten days, tho delegates al I most lost sight of their main work, j the framing of the union wage ; policy, and devoted themselves en ; tirely to debate of the union's in 1 ternational troubles. ' A vain appeal was made by Mr. ; Lewi.- to direct the delegates to the '? wase question. He referred to the I threatened coal strike on April 1 as j .'seemingly inevitable/' and pictured j the miners as a vast army that was [ asked to stop on the eve* of battle to "wash its own dirty linen." lie ; contended Mr. Howat violated the I union's law in seeking a direct ap peal to the convention. "The only issue here,*' said Ho-! ' wat in his appeal, "is whether we j fare entitled to a fair and impartial! trial." By a rising vote of 977 to SC I, the delegates decided to consider : Howat's appeal to override the ad ministration officers' order. To Those Interested hi Poultry We are asking a little space at the hands of the editor to say a ? word to those interested in poultry rasing. For the past wed- or morej several committees from the' Young Men's Business League have been earnestly at work v. ith one common object in view, to obtain a money market for Suinter coun ty products. Tho time has come when we must get money from other products than from cotton, j and careful inquiries are under; way. Results will be given out! just ?s fast as achieved. i Chickens and eggs; every one j eats them; nearly as many dabble at producing them. Not many: people, however, raise chickens. I they let the chickens raise them- ? selves. There is a great waste: from the time the eggs are put: under the hen to the time when the chickens have reached the cat ing age. Care and attention will cut down this waste tremendously. If you raise to eat it will mean that you will have more eggs and . chickens to eat. and therefore will! have to buy less of other things; if I j on raise to sell, yon will get lar ger money returns Proper feeding will give you not only a greater ecsulf in eg^s. hut it will give you ; faster growing chicks, and fewer deaths. Thor?; are many ways of ! taking care of fowls and chicks; practise them and see if it is not i worthwhile. The committee on this work j from the league consists of Messrs. J. H. Levy, S. F. Stoudenmire and : V.". M. Lev:. This committee is working on finding markets for egss and poultry. K has written: to dealers Sn Atlantic City..-and to: several other cities for names of; dealers. From some of the many : it is hoped that orders will come for Sumter products; then we murft : prove that our goods(:can be had just as easily, just as quickly and j:.st as reasonably as those from other places: than v,'i? can meet; competition In selling. Much can be dene in quantity selling here .'?t I home, if one is willing t?? put out a little energy in finding the mar ket. Wc have here bakeries, ho tels, a hospital and several restau rants. All bi these must have an j assured and a stead*' supply of \ eggs; ih<-y must he bought from s .me one; the Contract may as well hi- yours as the next ones. It i.. better to be able to sell several j dozen at one place on certain days' of t!ie week .than t'? have to carry them from door to door trying to find a buyer. ' During October. November und j December of each year hundreds '; of dozens of cold storage eggs are ; seid in Sumter. and at high prices. Why not sell Sumter county eggs instead? Why not put up your eggs during the spring and sum mer and sell in the winter'.' Mr. Levi has been interesting himself in trying to have establish es! in Sumter a hatchery by some of the large hatchery people. Here is a reply received Wednesday from a representative <>f one: "In reply will say I will talk to our firm re garding a hatchery h-cated in your territory: tin re is no doubt that we <"<>u!d hatch earlier in your I Climate, but it is a. question of get ting n good supply of eggs. I know <->f several hatcheries that arc interested in starting hatcher ies in the south hut they feel that it would be a hard matter t<> secure tin eggs*' Several of these hatcheries, each using about 4.?'09 eggs n month would be n big tiling for this lo cality. Could we furnish the eggs? Would we furnish the eggs? Money can he marie out of chickens and eggs, talk to Mr. I Levy or .Mr. Stoudenmire of Mr. T evy about it. The Young Men's Tmsinevs League. MINISTER TO CUBA RESIGNS Washington. Feb. 15.?Uoas W. Long, the American minister to Cuba sim .. i has resigned, ef fective at Once. BRITISH TROOPS ARE LEAVING IRELAND Belfast. Feb. 15 ?'Arrangements for the evacuation of strifish troops from southern Ireland w?-re r?*suui ...| today, after :i suspension lasting APPROPRIATION BILL TOTALS $5,671,685.47 Ways and Means Committee Presents General Appropriation Bill For 1922 to House Columbia. Fob. H.?Tbc goner- 'State Medical College, $12.000: John al appropriation bill, carrying an ?de la Howe School. $19.000: School aggregate of $5.671.6S4.47. for the j for Deaf, Dumb and Blind, $55,000: operation and maintenance of state j Superintendent of Education. $350, departmcnts; institutions and agen- j 000; State Hospital. $85.000: State cics for 1H22. was introduced in the I Penitentiary. $1.0,000: Industrial house of re])resentatives by thej Home for Boys. $56,000; Beforma ways and means committee tonight, j tory for Negro Boys, $1S,000: law The bill's total is $1,095,^50.83 b-ss enforcement fund. $14,000: Stute than the general appropriation j Board of Health. $71.000; State measure of 1921: Tho various de-1 warehouse commission. $16.000; partments and institutions asked for! State electrician. $33.000: State $8,097,542.95. and of this amount, j Highway commission, $44,000; Con $c.400,240.15 was recommended by j federate Infirmary, $31.000. the governor as chairman of the Of the colleges the university budget commission. 'gets an increase of $7.000 over the The ways and means committee j appropriation for 1921: Clemson has seen fit to reduce the clerical' College an increase of $10.000, and help of the state receiving more hue State Colored College an in than $1.200 annually 10 per cent of I crease of $4.000. their salary except in a few cases. | 'Winthrop was reduced about The salaries of state offices are not ; $2.000. reduced, nor do the members of j Among the .Items allotted the uni the legislature cut their own sala-1versJty was $2,0.00 for plans and ries. In at least one case, that of j estimates on a woman's dormitory th? corporation clerk in the office to be erected there in the future, of the. secretary of state, the posl-jThe entire building program of the tion is entirely abolished. No ?p'-1 Citadel, amounting to $386.100, was j propriation is made for extra audi- {disallowed. ! tors under the comptroller general. Tim house bill will come up for: to review county books. The wages ! second reading in the house tomor- : of all porters in the state house row. were reduced, some of them 30 per; The following is the racapitula cent. j tion. the first column showing thej Among the big cuts compared 1 total carried by the ways and means with the appropriations for 1921 j bill and the second column is th? were the comptroller general's of- ? amount appropriated for each no tice, $18;000: the Citadel, $290.000; j tivity last y< r: nccommcnilcd by committee. legislative* departments.$ 107,592.00 Judicial department .. ...... J56.888.6G Governor's o'tfice.18.469.24 Secretary of State's office. 7.450.00 Comptroller General's office .. ...... 772.576.31 Attorney General's office... 14,081.25 State Treasurer^ Office :_. /257.49G.62 Adjutant General's office. 31.202.50 University of South Carolina ._ .... 249.903.70 The Citadel... 161.419.80 Clemson College (public service) .... -- 242.SC2.or, Winthrop College .396.296. State Medical College .. State Colored College. . John do la Howe Industrial School-- - School for Deaf and Blind. Superintendent of Education's office. - . Historical eornnrissior.. . State library. . Confederate Museum.. State relic room. Confederate Home. South Carolina State Hospital_ State penitentiary . _... .. Board of Public Welfare. Board of Pardons ... Training School for Feeble Minded-- -. Industrial School for Boys. . Industrial School for Girls. Reformatory for Negro Boys -. Catawba Indians _".. Committee deaf and blind children.. - . Law enforcement department -- Board of Health. Tax commission ... Tax Board of Review .. .... Insurance Commissioner's office .... -. Bank Examiner's office. Railroad commission. Chief Game Warden's office. Budget commission. Board of Medical Examiners. Board of Law Examiners. Board of Fisheries. Board of Conciliation..'. Joint committee on printing. Commissioner of Agriculture's office - - - - Warehouse Commissioners offieo Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners_ Electrician aDd engineer's office. Highway department. Sinking fund commission ... Confederate Infirmary .. . Confederate Veterans* Association.. Commission on State House and grounds. State continent fund committee_ State Fair Society. Committee on approval of claims. S {,955.00 67.650.0U 38.222.04 Hit.020.00 1,186.700 4.260.00 3.9GO%0 0 10 o.011 l.OOO.OO ?f,000.00 699,972.73 f3.420.oo 25,604.50 300.00 4 5.2 u 3.00 70.780.23 13.43t'.5" 28,532.00 7.700.0') 500.00 12.000.00 128,055.0.0 40.475.00 1,800.00 19.226/23 23,725.SO 24.447.20 11.125.00 5.970.00 3,000.0" 450.0H 10,500.00 t ,000.00 70,331."0 70.000.7" 34.205.Oo 2,000.00 33.4 93.00 S8.H5.75 8.462.50 30.775.80 1.500.0" 4,525.00 69.000.00 5.000.00 7.g4s. 1~ Appropriated lor 1021 ?5 119.155.00 1 57.698.66 U.5S0.24 1 1.675.00 790.480.34 20.0oH.oo 258.212.27 35,SI 7.50 2 12.855.50 452.315 00 1! 2 6 14 i. 1 -j 33S.-394.K0 ? 100.1 LT.5G 03.COO.21 5 7.t fS.OO , r 1 ?!<,?? ?> -i 1,529,830.00 4.700.00 4.113.0H 100.00 1.000.'?0 4.000.00 73 1,1 23.4 t 1 03,093.08 29.:S3 6.00 300.00 45.00O.OO 11'0.2 7O.70 29,015.00 40.077.0c 7.7"H.!>0 500.00 2 S, 4 00.00 1 93.255.95 45.ZOO.00 1.500.oO 20.745.00 24.525.80 24.7 17.20 1 1.125.00 6.750.00 3.000.00 450.00 3 0.500.0,0 l.OdO.OO 50.4-?5.00 82,743.40 5".720.00 1.500.00 66.195.00 1 30.590.00 6.692.50 62.000.00 1.500.00 7.ICC.I") 75.000.00 5.00 0.(1!) Grand total.S5.67L684.67 $0.707.135.32 NO GENERAL ENROLLMENT AT INCREASE S. C. UNIVERSITY In Wages Will Be Asked by Mine Workers Stu Indian.')polls. Feb. 13.?-No gen eral increase of wages for soft co;j1 miners, but the direction of all ef forts toward retaining present wage scales was the policy adopted today by the scale committee of the United Mine Workers of America for submission to the union's spe cial convention that begins tomor row, according to semi-official in formation received by convention delegates. The committee's report on wage demands to be sought as the basis 01" new agreements with ove r- tors, effectivo April 1. vas adopted final ly -it a long afternoon session, out committee members said they had agreed to withhold all information until 'be report was submitted to the convention, probably late to morrow or early Wedm sday. Despite the announcement of the committee, which included the] twenty-seven district presidents of i the union, their report was under stood to include no proposal of u . strike and likewise made no de- j maud for adoption of the six-hour j day. five-day werk as proposed by the demands of 1919. The only comment on the possibility of a strike was that of International President John L. Lewis, who is sued this formal statement: "The United Mine Workers of America d<? not desire a strike. \\'e propose t<> do everything possible in a proper way to prevent such an pi < n: r.-m ??. ? feel sure when the convention has finished it- werk tie- public u ;ll realize this fa< t." \ There Are Now More dents Attending S. C. Uni versity Then Ever Before London. Feb. ML- ?The house of commons lias planned i" lake up the bill ? staWishing tin- Irish Free State. The debar- will proba My last iv... d:i\>. Columbia. Feb. 15.?The euroll nient of the University of South Carolina for the second semester of .he 1921-22 session, which started on the 6th. is the largest in the his tory of the University, according to a statement made yesterday after noon by President Currell. follow ing his compilation of the new m mester enrollment. There are for the last part of the 1921-22 ses sion 613 students enrolled at the University. Thirty-one new stu dents entered the University for the second half of the session. This enrollment compares with 01". the maximum enrollment last year, which number then included 27 soldiers from Camp Jackson. L< aving out the soldier students last year, there are this year, for the last semester, forty more students enrolled this year than last. The second semester has begun spb-ndidly at Mm University, it is re ported, and the second half-session is expected t<> see splendid work done. TROOPS BEING MOBILIZED Cavalry Division Concentrat ed on Mexican Border F.l Paso; T.xas. Feb. 16.?-The nr.' cuvalrj division was concen trated at Fort Bliss last night for tii.- first time in many months. Gen. it. L. Howe, division commander, rle. lined :.? ? ommont on wether ihe movem, ni had an\ connection K P h . ...ndift'?ns :it M- ?? ?? DUNCAN AC QUITTED IN BOSTON COURT Found Not Guilty of Assault ing Negro Policeman Last May Boston. Fcl). 15.?A jury in the [superior courl today returned a vor ; diet of not guilty fn the ease of James A. Duncan of Columbia, S. .(.'.. a graduate student at Harvard, university, charged with assault on '? David K. Blair, o negro policc : man, last .May. The jurors were out one. hour. Their finding re versed that of the lower court in which Duncan was found guilty and sentenced to three months' imprisonment. The charges grew out of an early I morning incident In a Southend \ doorway when Duncan, and his j fiancee. Miss Francs Shannon ot . Franklin, Tcnn.. now Mrs. Duncan. ! were interrupted by < ?fficer Blair j ; while kissing goodnight. The po- | liceman'fi remarks were resented by Duncan, the word "nigger" was used by Miss Shannon, then' was a,| mixup in which Duncan drew a knife and the couple then were arrested by Blair, who had been ! cut, it was testified. THAT AUTO LICENSE Police Department to Tighten Down After Additional Days of Grace Monday. February 20, is the day set hy Chief j. M. Harwick and j his co-workers as the day on which (?very motor vehioic. appearing on I'm streets of Sumter must dis play the license tag for 1022. They j state that if the old buss must be? brought out on that day with still J' the ant equated red and black tag}' tagging it. that it will be all right. . , rovided the owner has along al*o the necessary cash amounting to the equivalent of one Recorder's , tine. The office of the state highway department in Columbia made a; request to the local authorities that | i one week in February be granted; the automobile owners to supply: themselves with their new licenses.; before the strict enforcement of this law. Every car owner of this locality was given this requested (length of time and an additionall i period of days. The authorities have so far been very lenient and j : pativ.nl but they are now in readi- ? ncss to handle in the city court any j violation of this automobile- li- I cense law. RAINFALL IS HEAVY! j Streams in Upper Part of' State Rising Rock Ilili. Feb. 15.?More than ' j three inches of rainfall within the j past forty-tight hours, with the,. ground thoroughly saturated bc i fore, has greatly swollen all the : streams hereabouts and the Cataw jba river is up several feet. At. jCatawba Junction today it was up j sixteen feet and still rising. At the , Catawba dam it was holding steady j I after a drop of on^ foot from the ' j high mark of yesterday and in- ? dieations pointed to a further rise. j ! The mark this afternoon was 105.0. Monday night more than two inches : ; of rain fell here and last night \ about an inch. It has been rain : ing steadily all day. TWO KILLED BY BOILER EXPLOSION - Columbia. Feb. 13.?Barnctt Griffin of Gaston died at the Bap . t ist hospital at 7 o'clock last night j as the result of injuries received in a boiler explosion yesterday after- j noon which also instantly killed Grifiin's brother and injured a third man. Barnctt Grilfin was only about 15 years old. The explosion was that of the 1 boiler of a saw mill at Gaston ' ; where, according to Information j reaching Columbia, the two Griffin | boys and several other persons were j [working at the time. A piece of! flying debris struck Barnctt Crif ifin in the head. fracturing Iii-, i skull, while his left arm was also ; lacerated severely. The explosion j also caused a deep burn :ibout !h? ! abdomen. -? ?? ?. Southern Railway Made the Schod ule. Washington. Fch. 15.?During . tin- year D'L'l the Southern Ratl I way System operated I7y.t>35 pas senger trains many of them being through trains operated in con j uection with other lines and eover | ing distances of from l.??u to 1.50e i miles. Of this great number <d trains 17:'.!vj or t'5.1 per cent run [on schedule or made u;.? time while [on the Southern and IGC.277 or ? :'-.."> per cent reached final terminal on time. Vice President H. W. Mil h r. in charge oi operation, an- ; nounced today. Columbia. Feb. !??.?-The resolu tion to reduce salaries of state ofii ccrs was rejected by the house of representatives today, when the ways and means committee made an unfavorable report on it. The resolution was introduced a few days ago by Representative Clink scalcs. of Anderson, and the motion to reject was made by Represen tative Hendricks of Anderson. The resolution to reduce the paj of legislators from $400 to received divided report, majority unfavorable and this forecasts de feat for it too. As spring draws near our miner troiiIdes eease to I., major lronl>b*s. ARRESTS IN THEATRE CASE Nine Men Charged With Re sponsibility For Tragedy in Washington Theatre Washington, Feb. i I.?Nine men were ordered held for the grand jury by the coroner's jury which brought in a verdict tonight in con nection with the collapse of the roof of the Knickerbocker theater January 28. resulting in the death of persons. The nine men, all of Washington.; wer.-: lt. G. Goare, the architect; of the building: J. H. Ford, the en-] giue'-r who designed the roof struc ture; Morris Hacklcr, building in spector under whoso authority the theater was constructed; Frank i Wagner, builder: Donald Wallace,' superintendent of construction: It. G. Fletcher, superintendent of the Ilammett. Fire Proofing company.; which built the walls; John Mc- j Donald, the contractor who erected the steel: Thomas I,. Costigan. en gineer and computer for the Dis trict of Columbia building depart-; ment who passed on tin- plans, and B. It. Bowman, the assistant build- ! ing inspector when life building was constructed. The inquest was begun last Tuesday and scores of witnesses I were heard before the jury began its deliberations behind closed I doors. It was seven hours before, it returned its findings. The coroner's jury in its verdict j declared that "the collapse of the j roof was due to faulty designing] rind construction and inadequate! supervision and inspection." It also submitted a number ofj recommendations, one being that "all theaters and places where the ? public assembled be closed and j kept closed until such time as their i safety is assured." District Attorney Peyton Gordon j said tonight that the case would bo j submitted to the grand jury as soon j as possible. That body is in session j now and the opinion was expressed ; informally that it would be in a po-| sition to take up the Knickerbocker ' findings by the lart of this week Those who were recommended held for the grand jury were not taken; into custody tonight but it was said ' they would be given an opportunity; to appear at the district attorney's! otfico the first thing in the morn-! ing. Their* bond, Mr. Gordon said, j would be $5,000 each. The coroner's jury in its findings1 recommended that there-bo a thor-J ough revision of the building codo; in the District of Columbia with' heavy penalties provided for vio- | lation of any of its clauses. SEN. CROSSON FOR GOVERNOR; Senator From Lexington j Countv Regarded as a Pos- I i sible Candidate Columbia,??Feb. 15.?Dr. D. M. Crosson. state senator from Lexing- j ton. is being mentioned by his! friends as possible candidate for j governor, in the campaign this com-1 ing summer. Especially among hisj friends in the legislature is Dr.; Crosson ? being mentioned in con-; nection with the race for the chief1 magistracy. Dr. Crosson is a prominent plant er, business man. doctor and bank er of Lexington county. He is president of the Peoples' Bank of Loesvillo: he is prominent in the work of the cotton association: he has served his county twice in the state senate, and has taken a prom incut part in many public enter prises and movements, always standing for the best in the com munity. P. A. WILLCOX PASSES AWAY Prominent Florence Lawyer Succumbs After Severe Illness Mr. P. A. Willcox. a p rum in nt lawyer of Florence und general counsel of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, died this morning at 9.25 after a severe illness of about two weeks with influenza and <*om plications. Mr. Willcox is well known in all law circles through out the state as one of th? fore-* most and most capable members of the state bar. The members of tho Sun.ter b:ir among whom are many personal friends of Mr. Willcox. expressed a deep regret at learning of the news "f his death. NEWS OF COURT HAPPENINGS Mistrial in Murder Case Atter the jury bad remained in the jury rooms in deliberation from 11:30 in the morning until 5:3!l Wednesday afternoon, a period of six hours, with no apparent agree ment in sight, a mistrial was order ed by Judge S. W. G. Shipp in the ease of the State \s. Tommie and John Robinson, for murder. Tin- ease of the State vs. Source Brown, murder, was taken up dur ing the morning session of Wed nesday and continued through the afternoon session and into the morning session of Thursdav. This is cue of the carry-over ca.-?es. hav ing bee n previously tried during the last term ot the court of gener al sessions held in Sumter. Source Brown is on trial tor the shooting of Wulie Mills on the night o* >.Y vcmber 20, 1920, :ne shooting hav ing occurred at a negro hot sup per. The long and short of it in social WHO WILL PAY THE BONUS? Harding and Company Want to Obey Demand of Soldiers But Fear the Taxpayers ? Washington. Feb. 14.?President Harding thinks it is impracticably to raise by a bond issue* at this time o large sum of money to finance the soldiers" bonus, it was stated today at the White House, and he is unal terably opposed to the suge.^t^d eight point tax program or Lg a re turn to any of the taxes that have been repealed. The executive was represented* as being favorably disposed toward the bonus legislation and it was rmphosied that when he appeared before the senate last July to asK that its enactment be deferred he had not taken a position of hostil ity, it n'mj was stated that prom ises made by Republicans in the r!?2u primarbs had not been lost sight of but it was pointed out that :.o exact time had been fixed for the passage of an adjusted com pensation bill. The attitude of the executive, it was added, has to be that of finding a sane condition of the fulfillment ? of the promise made on the one hand and having regard for restor ed stability on the other. Holding that there was a ques tion whether there was the same sweeping determination at this time that there was during war's re sponsibility when the governmentT could have raised almost any sum. the president was said to doubt tho possibility of obtaining row through a bond issue the sum required for the soldiers' bonus without an advance in interest rates and the disturbing of the fi nancial tranquillity of the country. In this connection attention again was called that in the next 13 months the government must refund some $0.300,000.000 ot pledges in the shape of Victory notes and certificates of indebted ness. Secretary Mellon and other fiscal officers of the government have taken the position that these refunding operations would be handioapped by any additional is sue of bonds or short time notes in connection with the bonus. It. was said at the White Ilouso ? that the president's views as to the bonus would be transmit*ed in writing to the chairmen of the .sen-, ate and. house committees dealing with the legislation. The majority members of those committees met this afternoon with the expectation that the executive's letter might be* ready, for thorn but after a session of an hour members said the com munication was expected tomorrow. . >Vaiting for Letter. The president's position as out lined'at the White House was given informally to the committee mem bers who "withheld comment pend ing receipt of the official letter. Some of . them did say, however. f that on the basis of the informal information the question of how the bonus should be financed rested just where it did when the com mittee drew up the tentative eight point tax suggestion. Mr. Harding's objection .0 rhe suggested bond issue and tax pro posals was regarded in some quar ters as presaging a delay in the en iactment of the bonus legislatnon until a subsequent session* of con gress, but as far as was ascertain - fed this was not the interpretation at the capitol. j Chairman Fordney of the houso^ jways and means committee said !the bonus bill would be passed at this session and add*?d that it was ; his judgment that the first of the i cash payments would be made available to the former service men by next October 1. MANY CHILD MARRIAGES Census Bureau Reveals Sur prising Statistics j Washington. Feb. 10.?Sixteen '. hundred boys and twelve thousand.* : eight hundred thirty-four girls of ' fifteen years of age. in this country. were listed as married in 1920. the j census bureau announced. Eighty two boys and four hundred ninety^ : nine girls of the same age were re corded as widowed or divorced. SEN. KENYON TO RESIGN Washington. Feb. 16.?The res ignation ot Senator William S. Kenyon. of Iowa, to take effect on February "J4th. is today en route to. Gov. Kendall, of Iowa. Hague. Feb. 13.?The peace pal ace, which cynics during the war 1 labelled, "closed owing to bank ruptcy.*' was the sceno today of the inaugural of the permanent court of justice, the cornerstone of the league of nations. The mem-, hers of the court represent twelve nations and the eastern and wes tern world. The representative of the United States is Joan Dassett Moore. Columbia, Feb. 15.?No street jcars are running here today and (there is nothing to indicate there will be a resumption of service any j time soon. The men voted to strike* early today following the discharge i of twenty-one employees by the company yesterday. No reason was given for the discharge. ? Wahhink'*on. Feb. 13. ? The weather bureau today issued warn ing of a storm central over south west Georgia, and moving north ?:>sr. The bureau ordered storm warnings on the coast from Miami to Wilmington. Columbia. Feb. 1 b? Mr. Hughes, of Marion, lias introduced a bill which seeks t^ require the pas teurization of all milk used in the making of i.-.- cream, that is offer-* ?o tor sale, . if