The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 13, 1922, Image 1

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TEE SCMTER WATCHMAN, Est2 CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 PREMIERS MEET IN _L0ND0N France Regards It as Last Effort to Obtain! United Action by Al-j lies on German Rep arations Paris, Dec. 7 (By the Associat ed Press).?Premier Poincare will 'leave a? noon tomorrow for Don don to attend the conference of al lied premiers which is regarded by] many here as the last great effort 1 of the entente to reach an agree ment .on Germany's reparations bill J before France sets out independent ly to collect in her own way. The meeting is looked upon as in j many respects the most important} since the armistice, involving as it j does the continuance of friendly co-} operation between France and I Great Britain. A lesser, but none the less important factor, is the prevailing-impression that M. Poin care's political existence is at st?ke in the policy for which the pro posed Brussels financial conference stands. Unless the premiers decide in London to convene the Brussels j meeting many observers, believe M. Poincare will ,find his useful ness at an end. Others think that the ^rench premier, in the event of a disagreement at London, will proceed to the execution of his plans for the occupation of the Ruhr valley and the exploitation of the occupied Rhineiand before making way for someone else, but faith in the efficiency of this scheme of penalties appears to be j decreasing in official Quarters, and | many say it will never be resorted to. French optimism over the makeup of the new British govern ment has given way lately to a feel ing pf pessimism in view of certain definite indications that Prime Minister Bonar Law holds to sub stantially the same views of rep arations as did Lloyd George. Although the British have dis closed no stated policy since the resignation of Lloyd George, Pre -m*er Bonar Law seems to agree with his predecessor that Germany should be given ? long moratorium from cash payments, that the to tal of the indemnity should* be re duced and that no military meas ures should he used in attempts to force Germany to pay. M. Poincare's much discussed plan of settlement, although with held on the eve of the London meet ing because of the sensational Bal f our note, is expected to be placed before the present meeting, but it appears that he will reveal it only in its broad outlines, reserving the detailed plan for the Brussels con ference. However, it is learned that the following definite propositions, while not constituting the plan, will ?r?babiy guide the French in their arguments in London: 1. No. moratorium to Germany without the surrender of productive guarantees such as mines and for ests. 2. Reduction of from 40,000, 000,000 to 50.000,000,000 gold marks in the German indemnity only on condition that there, be a parallel reduction in the French and other allied debts. 3. Revision of the percentages of the German payments in favor of France. France, at present is entitled to 52 per cent, but would claim Great Britain's 22 per cent, in return for fixing the indemnity at the suggested amount. 4. When the voluntary de fault of Germany is definitely es tablished or when Germany refuses to carry out the financial reforms of balancing her budget and sta bilizing the mark, penalties would ?he imposed. These would include extension of the allied occupation of the Ruhr so as to permit a cus toms cordon around that territory, and the economic exploitation and general administration ? of the Rhineiand. On the other hand, the British, backed by Italy and Belgium, hold that it is useless to convene the Brussels meeting unless there is a clear preliminary understanding on certain points which M. Poincare would leave for consideration at Brussels. These are the fixing of a reasonable sum of indemnity and the methods of its payment: re distribution of the payments among the. allies, cancellation of the al lied debts so far as possible with out affecting America, methods by which Germany's finances can be restored under allied control, and the raising of a loan for Germany. The Belgians have frankly said that they will not issue invitations for the Brussels conference unless there are bright hopes of its suc cess. It was evident tonight that an allied agreement is impossible if M. Poincare insists upon military measures to coerce Germany, but there are indications that Bonar Law will agree to seizure of the German mines and forests if France abandons her socalled Ruhr plan. When the allied debt comes up it is certain the position of the Unit ed States will be thoroughly dis cussed. Therefore there is much speculation regarding the presence in London of the American am bassadors to Germany and Bel gium, a few days before the pre ibKshed April, 1850. 881._ TURKEY'S PLAN CONTROL OF DARDANELLES! Amounts to Exclusion! of Other Nations at Will of the Constan tinople Government Lousanne, Dec. 8.?Turkey today presented counter suggestions for control of the Dardanelles and Bps phorus to the Near East peace con ference. They asked guarantees against.surprise attacks; limitation of naval forces:; interdiction upon' maintenance of warships in Black1 sea and the free passage for mer- : chantmen in peace and war: forti- j fications around Bosphorus: right j to move troops, from one part of i the country to other through neu- ! tral zones. After hearing Ismet! Pasha make the suggestions the: conference adjourned until after- \ noon to give the allied leaders I time to consider the proposals, i Russian Foreign Minister Tchit- ' cherin again insisted that the' straits be closed to all except Turkish warships. HARDING ' ADDRESSES CONGRESS Intends to Invite Governors to Conference Washington. Dec. 8.?President! Harding in addressing congress to-} day announced his intention to in- [ vite governors to a conference1 with the view of adopting definite policies for co-operation in enforc ing the prohibition law, which he declared was unlikely to ever be repealed. He asserted if statutory enforcement was contrary to pub lic opinion a rigorous enforcement would concentrate public attention oh the needed enforcement. He proposed the abolishment of the railroad labor board, creating aj labor division for the commerce j commission and caid some step was necessary to provide a tribunal, that could enforce decisions and I safeguard: the public... He urged co-ordination of all transportation facilities, railroad; water and mo- j tor trucks; more extended credits >. to farmers and* registration of aiieps and a strict examination of, emigrants, and . constitutional amendments giving congress au thority over child labor and re-1 stricting the issue of tax exempt securities. He said American for eign relations were without a threatening cloud. STRAIGHT TALK ON BOOTLEGGING Commissioner Haynes Holds Conference With Prohibi tion Agents in Colombia Columbia. Dec. 8.?Plain talk is said to have been handed out by Prohibition Commissioner Roy A. Haynes at his conference here to day with state prohibition agents. Reporters were barred from the conference, but it is understood a report of a recent secret investi gation of conditions in the state was made. It is also stated that at least one change in the per sonnel wa3 suggested, as a means to more efficiency in enforcement methods. Attending the conference with the commissioner was his assistant, Sherman A. Cuned, Judge Jamev J. Britt, of Asheville: Col. L. G. Nutt, of Washington, chief Of pro hibition agents. State Director Bowen of Greenville, and R. Q. Merrick. divisional enforcement chief of Savannah. A reader writes in to ask if su idr gloves come from Sweden. No. miers" meeting. The question is asked, will America play some important part behind the scenes or openly during the conference. So far as can be ascertained in Paris the American ambassadors are not in London at the sugges tion of the state department, but it is believed they would not meet just prior to the allied conference without the consent of the Amer ican government. Ambassador Harvey's recent ref erence to the premier's meeting as the most important since the ar mistice also is regarded as signifi cant in official circles. The participation of Premier Mussolini of Italy adds a note of uncertainty in the opinion of offi cials since he has announced he will demand a greater share <>f the German indemnity for Italy. The respite given Germany on August 31 last expires January 15, when she is scheduled to pay 500. 000.000 geld marks, (me thing ap pears certain, namely, that if no agreement is readied in London. France will never consent to fur ther relief for Germany without the definite guarantees already suggested. There is the slight hone that Chancellor Hugo Stinnes may pro duce some satisfactory plan at the last moment to prevent the occu j pation of the Ruhr but no indica ! tion of such a plan has yet been I seen. "Be Just and Fear T?RKSPLAN TO EXPEL ALL THE GREEKS Proposal Meets With Strong! Opposition from American Rep resentatives at the Lausanne Peace Conference Lausanne, Dec. 7 (By the Asso ciated Press).?True to its tradi tional humanitarian policy, the United States government took a strong position at the Near East em peace conference today in pro testing against expulsion of the Greek population from Constanti nople. Apprehensions that the Turks would insist on deporting all the Greeks from their sacred city. proved to be we.l founded when j at a meeting this afternoon of the I subcom mission on the exchange of populations a Turkish representa tive arose and announced defi nitely that departure of all the Greeks was one of the features of their program concerning the ad justment of populations. The American representative then took the floor and read the following statement: "The American delegation is not in accord with the proposals for new compulsory movements of pop ulations unless it is clearly shown that good purposes will be served, as might be the case in the ex change of prisoners or of popula tions where exchange is necessary to serve humanitarian ends. "Without discrimination between the parties to the negotiations for exchange, the American delegation | is unable to approve the movement from Constantinople of the Greek population of that city, particularly under conditions which will send an urban people, used to partisan ship and commerce, to a rural dis trict. "We will not hesitate to express, in pursuance of our legitimate hu manitarian interests, our protest at any such* dislodgment of human beings." Subsequently the representa tives of France. England and Italy joined in the discussion and strong ly advised the Turkish delegates to change their minds about send ing the Greeks away from Con stantinople; they urged the Turks to reflect and not act harshly on this important question. They pointed out that Turkish insistence on such deportation would en danger the entire negotiations rel ative to the exchange of popula tions and prisoners of war. The former Greek premier. Venizelos. declared he would not sign any agreement whereby his fellow citizens would be obliged to leave the city where thej^ had re sided for centuries and had done so much for the prosperity of all. He made it clear that the Greeks would accept the exchange plans only on condition that the Greek residents were permitted to remain in Constantinople. The Greek delegation issued a statement that the holy see's ap peal in behalf of the Christians in Constantinople was not based on Grecian information but on ob servations by Vatican representa tives that the Greeks were being mistreated. "Turkey should listen to this high cpiritual authority," says the state ment, "and take measuies to re assure the Christian populations of Turkey." PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT National Commissioner R. A. Haynes Spends Day in Columbia Columbia, Dec. 8. ? Roy A. Haynes. national prohibition com missioner, arrived here this morn ing, and during the morning went into conference with the. prohibi tion agents of the state. It was expected that sensations would de velop at the conference, as it was learned before the meeting that re port of an investigation which has been under way secretly for six weeks would be made to Mr. Haynes at this time and that the report was severe on the agents in this state, charging them with in efficiency in enforcing the prohibi tion law. Later in the day Mr. Haynes will address a msas meet ing of citizens. JUDGE FRANK B. GARY DEAD Charleston. Deo. 7.?Judge FranK B. Gary of the Eighth circuit dio'l this afternoon at the residence of his sister. Mrs. Marie Bason, after an illness of several weeks. Mem bers of Iiis family, including his brother. Chief Justice Gary, were at his bedside. Judge Gary was brought here from Allenrlale quite ill. suffering from what was thought to be ma laria and later recovered suffi ciently to cause his family to be lieve that he would get well again. A few days ago his condition be came worse, following a relapse and little hope was held that he could survive. The end came late this afternoon. l)iuq h mb Not?Let all the ends Thon Aims't at be thy Con ?trjr's. Thy God's and ^Sumter, S. C, Wednesday, December 13, 1922 sdherm?n KILLEDIn a. c. l train wreck - I ? I _!_ Ike Ewards Died To-day in Charleston Hos pital from Injuries Received This Morn ing in Wreck of Atlantic Coast Line Train - Charleston, Dec. 9.?Twenty persons were injured, two f seriously, when the second section of train No. 80, of the Atlantic Coast Line, crashed into the rear of train No. 52 at Hanahan Station, twelve miles from,here.. George Scruggs, of Greenville, mail clerk, and Ike Edwards, of Sumter, were I seriously hurt. The injured were brought to a hospital here. The collision occurred in a fog that obscured the signals set by No. 52. which had stopped on account of a hot box. A relief train was sent Jo the scene, and doctors proceeded by automobile. Train No. 52 is a local between Charleston and Greenyille. The second section of No. 80, consisted of baggage and express cars, the passenger section leaving several hours earlier, hit a steel Pullman, the rear coach of No. 52, which tore into the day coach of the local. r I. A. Edwards, of Sumter, died in a local hospital here several hours after the wreck. Hospital officials said eighteen others were injured seriously enough for treatment, including W. A. Williams, of Florence. Mr. George G. Tweed, who attended the Shrine meeting in Charleston was returning home this morning on No. 52 and was in the wreck, escaping with only slight bruises. He was ; seated about the middle e? the day coach when the accident occuri^d and while the shock of the collision was tremendous, I he escaped injury. He did not know that Mr. Ike Edwards was on the-train. \ ' ' ,_ WAR TO THE 1 DEATH IN ! IRELAND ?Free State Govern ment Executes Four Rebel Leaders i n Reprisal For Assas [ sinatfoif of Repre sentative Hales j Dublin. Dec. 8.?Roit O'Connor,} Liam Mellows, - Joseph McKelvryj 1 and Richard Barrett, all pwnni-1 nent Irish Republicans, wcre ^e-i ! cuted in Mount Joy prison today, J says an official announcement. The | j official army report states that the j j executions were in reprisal for the. ' assassination of Sean Hales, Free j j State deputy yesterday and as a ; solemn warning to those associated j with them "'in a conspiracy of as sassination against representatives of the Irish people." Roderick (Rory Doderick), ? O'Connor and Liam Mellows were j leaders of Irish insurgents who held the four courts building in ! Dublin against Free State troops ! lost June. Both were taken" pris ! oners when the building was cap | turcd after a three day siege. ! COTTON GTNNERS' REPORT i - j Washington. ,Dec. 8. ? Cotton j ginned to December 1st totalled j 9.318.141 running bales, the cen-'j sus bureau announced, including] 157.725 round bales, counted as half bales; 22.610 bales American Egyptian and 4,945 Sea Island. South Carolina 493,034; North Carolina, 790.766. REBUILD SUMTER CAMDEN ROAD Camden. Dec. 8.?The county board of commissioners at their meeting Tuesday, let a contract for building 3 4-10 miles of sand clay road leading from L. W. Boykin's j land to connect with the hard sur-1 face road from Sumter county soon to be built. This road will be of sand clay construction and will cost $10,958. the county to pay one half the cost and the federal aid to take care of the other half. Thomas E. Hook of New Brook land was awarded the contract. Work will commence about the1 first of the year. A new bridge of creosoted timber will be erected over Swift creek on the same stretch of road. It is to be 111* feet in length and the cost to bo $2,800. The contract for this .work was awarded to Kershaw I county. This road.and bridge have i long ho*Mi a bad spot to travelers to j and from Sumter and the letting! of this contract will be good news ! to parties using this roadway. At the same meetiner the board j of commissioners ordered the open j ing of the old road leading from J Camden out York street, where it i intersects with the new Bishopvillej j road a distance of about one milej from the city limits. This will j j give travel from Bishopville two] 'roads into Camden. one entering! the lower section of Main street j and another the eastern end ofi De Kalb street. Suppose you were the sultan of Turkey?he is away from home and 300 wives running up bills on him. NEW COTTON MURES LAW I INTRODUCED Congressman Steven son Introduces Bill to Enable Buyers to Get What They Buy Washington, Dec. .7.?A bill to amend the cotton futures act to enable buyers of contracts to de mand delivery of grades of cotton they desire for use in manufacture was introduced today by Represen tative Stevenson (Democrat) of South Carolina. The bill would divide contracts Jnto three classes, "A," "B," and "C." Class A would include mid dling fair, strict good middling, good middling and strict mid dling. Class B would include strict middling, middling, strict low mid dling and good middling yellow tinged. Class C would call for strict low middling, low middling, strict middling yellow tinged and good middling yellow tinged. I ' Under the bill a trader would stipulate the class of his contract and the grade of cotton wanted. Delivery of one-third of the con tract would be required in that grade and the remainder permitted in the two grades next in order. Mr. Stevenson said passage of the bill would tend to equalize the price level as between the futures market and the actual value of the cotton, which he said had worked to the disadvantage of the actual product. It also would 6ave the spinners and others the necessity of an extra transaction, he added, when delivery to-them on contracts included cotton they could not use. ? ? ? MURDER / I MYSTERY SOLVED _ ! Kentucky Case Reopened as i Result of Investigation by Convict i Harland, Ky., Dec. 9.?An iirle ! pendent investigation by .lohn !Bramley. a former convict was ] started while he was in prison land continued after his release, today was credited with the re [ opening of the Laura Parson's ' murder case here. A Harlan coun : ty grand jury has indicted John : Marcum. former head of a con vict road camp at Dillon; Jerry Reed and James Robinson, con ! victs. Miss Pardons was killed in ! lj>2.0. Dr. H. C. Winnes, of Cin cinnati, a veterinarian, was tried I for the crime, but the jury failed to agree and the ca3e was later dis ! missed. ! TRAIN HITS CAR Kingstree, Dec. 8. ? Roland Floyd. 21*. and Leland Floyd. a younger brother, drove their car into fast train. No. 83. at a cross ! ing at Cades, nine miles north of Ithis place, this morning. Roland I ioyd was killed instantly while Leland was seriously injured. He was brought here on the train and is now In the Kelley sanitarium, i where an X-ray will be made to [ night to determine the extent of [his injuries, as he is not resting so well as he was earlier in the day. Roland F'loyd was married and is survived" by his wife and several children. > Truth's." NEAR EAST SITUATION CLEARING Russian Attitude Less Hostile Now ?Bol shevik Foreign Min ister Approves in Part Turkish Pro posals for Regula tion of Dardanelles Lausanne, Dec. 8 (By the Asso ciated Press).?Georges Chicherin, the Bolshevik foreign minister, abandoned his previously extreme ly hostile attitude regarding the Dardanelles question at this after noon's peaceful cession of the Near Eastern conference and express ed approval of the Turkish pro posals for regulation of the straits .with the reservation that he must see the actual words of the sec tions covering the various points at issue before he could give full ap pro^! to them. Japan today spoke for the first time on the straits problem. Baron -i;ayasfii. the Japanese representa tive, said that Japan, as a power having great .shipping interest in ihe Mediterranean, hoped for trade in the Black Sea and.was vitally interested in the regulation of Near Eastern waters. He was entirely in accord with" the words of Richard VVashburn Child, the American ambassador, concerning the. straits and liberty of com mr rce in the Black sea and raid he had listened with great delight to the statements of Ismet Pasha on behalf of Turkey, who had ap proached the difficult problems in a sympathetic and conciliatory manner. Baron Hayashi added that the address of Lord Curzon, the British foreign minister, had "assured Idm that a solution of the strait3 question was hearing. Review by Curzon. Lord Curzon opened the session with a long detailed review of the points on which the Turks differ ed from the entente plan and re plied to questions on which Ismet Pasha had asked further informa tion "* at ^the^.morning session. His address indicated that most of the questions on which the entente and the Turks, differed were proper sub jects for discussion in an infor mal way by military and naval ex perts, and expressed the opinion that such discussion would bring forward the necessary technical in formation which would undoubt edly form the basis for agreement. The only harsh note of the ses sion came when M. Chicherin and M. Rakovsky. also of tlie Russian delegation, demanded 'that Russia be admitted to all informal dis cussions which may take place be tween the military and naval ex perts of the Turks and the entente on the straits question. Lord Curzon held this would be impossible as these discussions would be informal and wholly un* official. He said Russia had no right to demand xepresentation when the other powers interested in the straits were making no such re quest. In case the problem of the straits was discussed in full con ference or by a subcommittee. Lord Curzon explained that the Russian experts would be welcom ed. Acceptance by Turks. In opening the session. Lord Cur zon said he was glad the Turks had accepted the principle of demili tarized zones on the straits, provid ed they were assured adequate pro tection; that the Turks had ac cepted the principle of free passage of warships and merchantmen in times of peace or war, and also in principle an international commis son to regulate commercial navi gation. He added that the Turks had laid down the basis of the regime they desired to see applied to the straits and that it seemed possible to harmonize this with the entente views. The Turks withdrew their sug gestion that the powers should not be allowed to maintain warships in the Black sea. so that the question was not discussed at the afternoon meeting. Taking up in order the sugges tions Ismet Pasha made at the morning session on which Turkey desired further explanation. Lord Curzon said that on the question of [ guarantee that Constantinople I would be free from attack the al lies felt the allied proposals were adequate so far as military and naval guarantees were concerned. He indicated, however, that, as in the case of Thrace, further inter national guarantees of a political character were worthy of consid eration. This question had been a matter of study on the part of the allied jurists in order to reconcile their views. On Ismet Pasha's suggestion that there should be a limitation of naval forces entering the Black sea. Lord Curzon declared he thought, the principle laid down by the allies was sound, but that the allies were willing to interpret it in a liberal way and felt sure a satisfactory formula could be worked out after conversations. Commentng on Ismet Pasha's point that there should be liberty of passage through the straits in peace and in war for commercial ships, with Turkey having the THE TRUE SOU: SHIPPING ! BILL NEAR I COMPLETION [Amendment Eliminat-' ed and Compromise1 Inserted in Its Place.1 Before Senate Soon Washington, Dec. 8.?Considera tion of the administration shipping bill was virtually completed today by the senate commerce commit tee with the elimination of the jiad den amendment attached by the house and substitution of the Willis Lenroot compromise and with the approval of more than half a dozen other important changes. The measure will be approved finally by the committee and pre sented by Chairman Jones to thr senate tomorrow and on Monday che long and. hard senate fight will begin. The rejection of the Madden amendment and the approval of the compromise substitute ended, a deadlock which had existed in the committee since it began consid eration of the measure. Wednes day. The committee acted after Chairman Lasker of the- shipping board had appeared before it arid had accepted the compromise on ^eing told that unless either the Madden amendment or the com promise were retained the bill could not be reported. Mr. Lasker previous to his appearance before the committee had declared fhe proposed substitute unsatisfactory. The compromise, which was.sug gested by Senator Willias (Repub lican) of Ohio and drafted by Sen itor Lcnroot (Republican) of Wis consin, provides that the approval of congress shall be required for an increase in the amoanfof* govr ernment aid to ship operating com panies over the amount fixed in the initial contract. The TVfadden amendment. which President Harding a few days ago informed the senate committee would Jeop ardize the whole government aid program, provided for government aid through annual appropriations by congress. , - The other changes made l>y the senate committee in the - bill in clude: ?' - Insertion of a provision limiting the total annual aid to. he given by the government to ship operatin'g companies to $30,000,000 dollars. Elimination of sections^ giving -essel owners income tax exemp tions on profits invested in the *>uilding of new ships and on re ceipts from the sale of vessels, ?rovided these receipts are used to build new ships. Addition of a provision that no contract between the government and a ship owner for the extension of government aid shall extend more than 15 years. Insertion of a provision that no application for a contract for gov ernment aid shall be refused until after public hearing. Addition of a provision that loans from the construction ftmd shall net be extended to- corpora tions for the building of vessels to ?arrv the products of the corpora tions. Reduction from 75 to 50 per cent, in the amount of tonnage which a vessel* owner must have under the \merican flag in order to receive government aid. The income tax exemption sec tions were eliminated after the shipping board had informed the committee that no special benefit in the production of pew tonnage would be derived from such exemp tions. The proviso inserted with respect to the construction fund, it was explained, would prohibit gov ernment loans for the building of ships to such concerns as the Stand ard Oil company and the United Fruit company, which use their ships largely to carry their own products. The administration shipping bill was reported favorably to the sen ate today by the commerce com mittee. i The last rose of summer has j gone, but the last rose of the rum mer is yet to come. right of search in case she was at war. l ord Curzon said the allies were agreed. While the British foreign minister said the allies be lieved the Sea of Marmora ooulcl not de definitely excluded from the demilitarized zone, as Ismet Pasha desired, because the sea is a geographical continuation of the straits, it was quite possible with out interfering with the right of free passage for the defense of the Sea of Marmore within certain j limits and this question doubtless I could be worked out by the experts. J Replying to Ismet Pasha's con tention that the demilitarized zone was too large. Lord Curzon said it might be possible to make changes in it in the vicinity of Constanti nople. The allies, he added, would grant the request of the Turks that Turkish troops be permitted to cross from one side of the demilitar ized zone to another if they were in transit. As to ismet Pasha's sug gestion that Turkey must have ar senals in the demilitarized zone Lord Curzon declared this ques tion would not be difficult to settle but that it could naturally better be considered when the military and naval clauses of the treaty were reached. < rHRON. Established June 1. 1 VOL.LIIL NO. 35 HARDING CHANGES HIS Clemenceau Co ments on $ to Congress Washington, Dec. 8 (By the 1 sociated Press)?Georges Clem* ceau, closing his visit to Washi ton this afternoon with a "torn address, expressed the hope diplomacy would find the way bring America back into Eure affairs through what he ifitei ed as an "overture" by^JPresit Harding in the annual message executive had read xto congrecs' few hours earlier. "I was greatly comforted',' the war time premier of France^ i'"when I read in the message' or your president the following lines! They are not very long, but; they** arc very suggestive: " The four power pact, which ? abolishes every probability of war on the Pacific, has brought a new confidence in maintained; peacei and I can well believe it" might'.. be made a model for like assur-, ances wherever in the world anyv\" common interests are concerned,"*:'; "So you 'see,*' continued thW Tiger, ~rhr.t even these . who . are. supposed io. disagree, really agr.ee at the very bottom of ..their-f ce&?g v and reasoning power-That isjyhat;^ I ask. and I hope ihis i? some^ thing like an overture,, tnat some light will be coming, and I wilt be very glad if it comes from America and I hope that dipfe^ macy will have something to say about it, and talks may be engag ed'in, which, I am sure, cap. bring nothing but good for us all." When Clemenceau's reference to the president's message was called to the attention of the. White : House, it was said that there no comment, to be made .and...that, there was no intention of elab--: orating on the president's state-' ment to congress. .Clemenceau's address, delive?^;' before an audience, which includ ed many diplomats, goverrunenit officials and- members t)f both houses' of . congress, was, its--'-es sence the "peace message" he* j-first delivered . inChicago. Butr apparently "sensing that bffie?al : Washington would Judge of him and" hi? mission by this speech. 8&>' ' spoke -deliberately and chose hi* words\jtf{h''?reat ..precision. The former premier ans.v?t-k*j the aiguhlent that the A*tui^H taxpayer Can not pay France's bill with ? the ?'? asserti on that Francr could not nay those of Germany, I and argued that Ameri -a should help to make Germany payr;,\ M. Clemenceau asked why- the United States, went to war; wheth-/ er it was to help France or to make democracy safe. If it was for the latter reason, he asked that the. United States look, afar and the barbarism of the Turks j the anarchy of Russia. ? The "Tiger" boarded his special: train shortly after 9 o'clock to gor to Philadelphia, where he is sched : uled to speak tomorrow morning. - Daughters Close Annual Mee i _ I Next Convention to Be Held in j Newberry?Will Mark Place j of Dead IL..-7 Greenwcod, Bee" 8 ?After^chos?s?: I ing ^ewberry as -the ^nei?^TB^b^ i place and electing offfce?Si. t?e 36Th annual convention of the South Carolina division. United Daughters 'of the Confederacy, adjournedfbere .tonight after a three-days' session^ j Mrs. Chapman J. Milhng-of JBar I lington was reelected president. [The constitution was amended so jas to create the offices of firjst and [second vice' presidents and do^away I with third and fourth vice prest ! dents. Under the new amendment each of the four districts Of SsutJr J Carolina will have ? a district -di 'rector instead of a vice president" , j Mrs. J. H. West of Newberry was j elected first vice president; Mrs. Alonzo Kellar, Greenwood, second 'vice president: Mrs. Martha Rivers?, James Island, corresponding" secre tary; Mrs. Janie B. Flowers. Bisb>^ :opville, recording secretary ; Mrs, ? 'S. J. Mauidin, Pickens, treasurer? Mrs. A. Wood son, Edgefield , "record ?er of crc.-fles: Mrs. O. D. Black;; j Johnston, regist rar and Mrs. Frost" ? Walker, Union, historian. i Resolutions of courtesy ' were ; adopted at the close of the meet ing, thanking the city of Green ? wood, the Robert A.' Waller and jJohn McKellar Reynolds chapters j for their hospitality and others who !had helped to make the convention !a success. Officials said it was one {of the most successful conventions in the history of the division, i A'banner was presented -the ! Robert A. Waller chapter. Tureen -! wood, for having enrolled the grea* \est number of new members of ?any chapter in the division, j The convention voted to under take the work of marking the spot j where 200 Confederate soldiers were ! buried at the crater at Petersburg, and $189 was pledged to this fund on the floor of the convention. Most of the delegates left for their homes tonight. Fuel hint: You can save coal by going visiting.