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THE SFMTFJi WATCHMAN, Este
CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1
SEMENOFF
BY SHERIFF
Anti-Bolsheviki Mili
tary Leader in Si
beria Arrested
When Kg Reaches
New York
New York, April 6 (By the As- ,
soeiated Pre^K^-g|^ Oregorie i
uron his arrival here iroin Wash
ington today by S*erinl|2$agle; In
the custody of six de-pijty sheriffs,
he was takenv tei the ^aldorf - As- I
toria hotel, where arrangements j
were under wayno have him re
leased on $25400<J bail.^.
The arrest was' made* in, a civil
action involving- nearly $5pO,0C0
on an order issjied by Supreme
Court Justice r^gSfe^nfy.
General Semenott.* charged
with the theft of >wooleh stuffs an 1
property of the now battlerupt: firm,
furs valued at about: $4?5.O0f?,
Yourevata H'o.-ne q^f&gffgn Trade
company, inc. The:.theft was al
leged to have been made in oir near
Chita. Trans-Baikal!*, in 191?.
The order of arrest had been re
quested by counsel, for receivers of
the Yourevata. company. Their re
quest was accompanied wich affi- |
davits from Ma* Gen. 'Wiittata S. J
Graves, commander of the Ameri
can expeditionary force in Siberia,
and Charles Ft "Smith;American
representative on the inter-allied
railway committee. Bysh were said
to have denounced t||^ge?eval in
their affidavits, ?ref^^^;*^to- him
as a "bandit ?d-^r^anV' The
general when attested .was aooom
panied by his wife, a ^eautifirl wo
man exquisitely jgfowji;?! and wear
ing a necklace-of get as she said
was worth ?50,0&0 and his.secre
tary and interpreter, ^ivazofi,
who was employed" at Vancouver.
B. C
The anti-Bolshevik leader had
been told, he s^id^/ThaVhe would
be cordially recfe|f? Jpa >\?V York
and that he wc&l?->b^ jgiv?n quar
ters befitting *Tlyl^'i^/'ji^-fRed
Battalions." The sfierkf." Iiis dep
uties, two sc?ads of reporters.and
a Pullman porter eompsed. the re
ception committee. *
One of the deputies, who had
learned how the generalvwon fame,
stepped, forward timidly, handed
him the order of arrest/then jump
ed back as if he e^I^ct^d ^a sword
thrust. Then vhe general bowed
and Madame Semenoft smiled. Tho
general evidently was preparing to
deliver an address of thanks when
his interpreter Stepped into the
scene.
When Aivazbff had convinced \
General Semenoff that he was un- j
der arrest, Madame Semenoff burst
into tears, tookTofT her necklace
and .offered it. as security if they
would let her husband go free. But
the general quieted her and asked
permissjon to go to.th* hotel for
several hours before being taken
to jaV?.
He said he thought he could find
freinds who would help him.
.The charges a^j^\*Mhi^he an
swered as follow?^^^ftW r\
All
time.
Everybody took tt'hat ^ey thought
they could use or sel\y The Bol
sheviki stole from me. stole from
the Bolsheviki. ^-Boih "of us stole
where we found something to steal.
How am I to rfem?tnj??r- whether
I took these particular tcoods?"
"I have no recyUectVgir of it. A
was chaos in Silvia dfcCthat tim
). New York. A|?Vir Arrested
here upon his arrival'^m Wash
ington in connection- with a civil
suit involving the/*Kfcf|^ifc Trans
Bailaklia in 191 i> of good's valued at
$475,000. Gen Greegorle Semen
off. anti-Bolshevik military lead
er in Siberia, was released on
$25.000 bail shortly before mid
night after being held under guard
in the "Waldorf Astoria hotel for
five hours.
ROCK HILL
YOUTH WINS
IN CONTEST
First Place Goes to Bruce
Feweli in Catawba Orator
ical Meet
Chester. April 7.?The annual
declamation contest of the Catawba
'Oratorical and Athletic association
was won here tonight at the Ches
ter opera house by Bruce Feweli of
Winthrop training school of Roek
Hill With the subject. "Belshaz
zar's Feast." Second place went to
William White of the Chester high
school, his subject being "Should
Lee's Statue Stand in the Hall of
i'am*1?" Third place was won by
a RoekjeHill boy, Crosby Steel, on
the subject, "Lay Down Your
Arms." ile was from Rock Hill
high school. A 1-rge crowd was
present. The field day events will
be staged here tomorrow after
noon.
Indianapolis, April 8.?Idle coal j
miners started today receiving!
their last pay. estimated at thirty
million dollars by union officials J
and regarded by them as strike
funds. The big wage distribution
is an important factor in the min
ers' ability to continue suspension
oZ work.
ib?shed April, 1850.
SSL_
fSEMi?FF I
! LAUGHS AT j
i BOLSHEVIKS!
Chieftain of Cossacks,;
Knows Nothing of !
Company He is]
Charged With Rob
bing
-%
New York. April 7.?Gen. C.reg
orie Semenoff. ataman, or chieftain
of Cossacks, enjoyed a hearty
laugh today?the first since the
sheriff of New York county sur- !
prised him with an order of ar
rest last night?at the expense of
the courts of Harbin, Manchuria.
The "terror of red battalions," 1
as he likes to be called, apparently <
thinks no more of the Harbin
courts which are said to have re-'
turned a judgment of $473,578 ji
against him. than he does of Nico- j1
lai Lenine. j!
"I know nothing of this Yoroveta
Home and Foreign Trading com- i
pany which charges that I stole
their goods at Chita in Trans- \ <
Ba'kalia and that they obtained j
a judgment against rne in Harbin,"
h..- said today. <
"The courts of Harbin? can not !
believe you are serious?" he said j
to his attorney, then threw back his
head and laughed long and loud, i1
"These Harbin courts?they are ; <
like the wind?here now and gone j.
tomorrow," and he snapped his);
fingers. ,
"Who is /Yoroveta?" he asked, i
"I never heard of him. Where ;
is the proof that I stole these goods ]
at Chita?"
Thus General Semenoff defended <
himself in an interview at the of
fices of his attorney. He had just
returned from the office of Peter ,
B. Olney. referee in bankruptcy, ,
where his wife had given testi
monj\ regarding their financial stat- '.
us. . !.
Madam Semenoff, formerly Hel- '
en Viktorovna, reputed cousin of ;
the former Czar Nicholas, testified j
that she and the general were j
married in August. 192U. They left f
Russia with ? limited funds and]'
wardrobe and would have been j
. unable;to get this far had nor their
friend, M. A*vazoff, -r>f Vancouver, j,
P?. C, advanced the funds, she j
added. ,:
General Krupsky and his brother. !
Nicholas, friends of the Cossack. 1
also testified. They were ouestion
! ed in connection with the vast j
fortuue the general is reported toi'
hold. 11
j George said he was a colonel and j
! former military attache to the Rus
sian embassy in Paris. Neither her
! nor his brother, he testified, had j
jany financial relations with thej
'general and denied that they had j
[been in constant telegraphic andj
postal communication with the!
general >""ce his arrival in Ameri-|
ca. There was some talk about ;
<t mysterious treasure box, but the
brothers declared they knew noth
ing of it. The general also denied
knowledge of the treasure.
General Sernenoff will appear to
morrow in the law offices of Davis
H. Kahn, attorney of the receiver
of Yoroveta.,for examination.
?- ? ? ?
BACK FROM
RUSSIA TO TELL
OF HORRORS
Captain of Relief Steamer Re
lates Terrible Stories of
Conditions at Odessa
Baltimore, April 7.?A tale of
famine, brutality and other hor
rors was related by Capt. M. L.
Hart of the steamer Deepwater.
which returned to this port today
from Odessa, Russia. The Deep
water was one of the Russian re
lief steamers which left here in
January.
Toward toe end of February the
Deepwater reached Odessa and wasj
met at the docks by thousands of j
children. Practically unclothed and;
showing unmistakable evidences of!
starvation, they swarmed about
ready to beg for food as soon as
unloading of the grain was begun,
but only to be driven away by Rus-.
sian soldiers.
Captain Hart said those who re-i
sisted were bayonetted. It took nine
days for 65 half starved stevedores
to unload the ship by hand. Twoj
of their number were killed in
tiuarrels among themselves.
Captain Hart refused to allow)
any of his crew to go ashore, but i
or.e night two rf the men slipped [
away. They spent a night of bor-1
ror before they were able to work'
their way back on board, accord-j
ing to stories they related on their'
return. They told of seeing men
stood up against a wall to be shot
by a bring sound; of seeing men.
women and children drop in the
streets exhausted from hunger, and!
as a climax to their night of ad
venture, they saw three t rain loads !
of dead being shipped out of the,
once nourishing city to be thrown
into a hole in tin- outskirts.
Captain Mart said the Russian
people had had their spirit broicen j
by the harsh .ami brutal methods)
of tiiH Kassian soldiery and were
offering practiclly no resistance
The people believe tin- I. \v. \\'.\
has conquered the United states
and that they air sending the grain j
over to them. The people as a |
whole also believe that ?olshe-1
vism has gripped the whole world j
and that resistance is useless.
tU (it
"Be Just and Fear 3
TIDE TURNS
AGAINST THE i
TOUCANS
_ !
In Local Elections in'
All Sections of the!
Country the Demo-!
crats Are Winning:
Decisive Victories j
By Wallace Bassford
(Special News Correspondent) |
Washington. April 8. ? When
scores of Republican towns and |
cities elected Democratic mayors
last November, the administration I
leaders said the results were due ;
to local causes. It appeared strange j
at the time that the various and j
varying "local causes" brought the
same results all the way from Prov- j
idence. Rhode Island, to the cities j
of Utah, but the Democrats, still:
smarting from the drubbing of j
192t'?. were backward in pointing
diu the significance that seemed to
lie therein. But when various
rities in Maine kicked out their
Republican officials about a month :
ago. the trend began to be of more !
[Wmite character. This week |
Hartford, Conn., overturned a ma- i
*mino that had held the city for the
Republicans the last twenty years, j
while Kansas City,. Missouri, in a
straight party fight, elected a
Democratic mayor by 12,000 ma- j
jority. The Republican Governor j
of Missouri, Hyde, went into the.
fight with all the help the State
and National machines could give
him. backed by a big Republican
majority at the last election, but
suffered a great reverse.
These elections are strongly re- .
mindful of the sorry condition in j
which the Democrats found them- I
selves during Cleveland's last ad- j
ministration; llarding's situation is |
very similar to Cleveland's, if not
fully analogous. It will be recall- i
ed ihat Cleveland came into office
in March, 1803. just after pros-j
perity had takep wing. He got the !
blame. For a year and a half he
struggled against th? inevitable. \
He had a Congress with an un
wieldy majority and dissensions in !
the ranks?just-as Harding has
today. Cleveland had hardly got-;
ten his chair warm before the city !
elections began to come along: in? I
side of six months the reports had
begun to grow monotonous?just J
one Republican elected after an-1
other. At first Democratic lead- ;
ers said the results were duo to!
"local causes," but that was soon j
worn threadbare. It made little,
differences where the electins were!
held?the results were very similar.
The difficulty seemed to be that j
the people were so disheartened
by.hard times (begun muter liar-;
rison's Republican administration);
that they would not support any j
man of the same political faith as
the man who headed the existing i
government. Today the Republi-j
can leaders find the same diffieul- !
ty in getting the people to vote the
ticket of the party in control at]
Washington. If the analogy goes
as far as next November?seven |
nonths from now?Harding will)
vceive the ram* sorr of repudi- J
it ion as was suffered by Cleveland, !
/or in the middle of the latter's j
term an antagonistic House was re
turned by a very large majority. ;
Some queer thing's occurred; '
Champ Clark was defated by an!
itinerant music teacher while
^ichard P. Bland was beaten by a ,
horse doctor. The biggest Denn.- J
crats in Congress were turned out.
while many of their successors j
proved to he "Congressional jokes. '
Many of them had been allowed to
fake the party nominations because!
they were in districts so strongly]
Democratic in the past that the |
Republican nominations were con- j
sidered worthless; had the abler.
Republicans seen a chance of get-j
ing a seat in Congress there would]
have been a different tale to tell, j
And it behooves the Democratic
organizations in the various states
to see to it that only able men are
nominate,! against the sitting Re
publicans, for the signs of the
times indicate that scores of Re
publican .seats are to he vacated. |
A landslide seems to have no re-I
speet for previous majorities.
The desperate state of the Ad-j
ministration is Indicated by the)
heartless discharge of the 28 chiefs
of the various divisions of the Bu
reau of Engraving and Printing, j
where stamps, paper money and j
Liberty bonds are engraved and;
printed. It is the most wonderful!
-hop of its kind in the world and
has been considered a model of
efficieny. The best opinion here
seems to be that Harding needed
jobs for his clamorous and hungry
followers, and by putting Republi
cans of his own choosing into all
the head places he could have then:
remove those below them. thus
providing many hundreds of places.!
Senator Harreld of Oklahoma, one
of the accidents of the laSI eh e- |
lion. ga.vc out a .statement t<> the
effect that the administration
found that many of the chief office
holders reported more frequently
to Mr. Tumults. President Wilsons
secretary for eight years, than to
the present loads of the govern
ment. If this were true it would be
a damaging proof of the uttei i
weakness of the Harding control.
Those who know Washington and I
politics have observed with ap
proval the very proper conduct of|
?fot?Bot all the rials Thou Aim.s't a
? uniter, S. G., Wednes
Youngest A. A. U.
Dorothy Hucknall, 13, of Philade:
to win a place in an A. A. U. Mic
She finished second in the 10&-yard 1
born she weighed only three pounds.
GOVERNMENT
PRINTING OF
FICE CLOSED;
Bureau of Engraving
Closed Indefinitely
Until Inventory Can
Be Taken
Washington, April S.?Divisions
of the bureau of engraving nnd
printing engaged in the produc
tion of bank notes, bonds and
postage stamps will be closed to
night for an indefinite period to
take inventory of the plant from
which James L. Wilmeth and
twent>*-eight chiefs, superintend
ents and foremen were removed by
presidential order a week ago.
Hints also were given that dur- j
ing the elosin.it the bureau could
be further reorganized; or "Hard
irigized," as one official put it.
Tiie bureau employs six thousand
and it is estimated that four thou-'
sand would he affected by the clos
ing. Officials said the elosing is to
aid in taking an inventory, repair
ing machinery and to issue new
steel plates, such as used in print
ins currency. The old plates are
so worn that count erf eil ing i::
easy, they said.
ULSTER BANKS
ARE RAIDED
i
Belfast. April S.?uister Bank atl
Lanesborough, county Roscommon.I
was raided yesterday by. armed
civilians who took away TOO
pounds. The raiders were resisted
by Free State troops and during!
the fighting ('apt. Cox, a Free Slat-'
or, was killed. The raiders escap
ed. I
'Another I'1st er bank at Castlerea.
County Roscommon, was robbed}
of 2??o pounds, today by armed;
civilians, who held up Cashier;
O'Dougherty and his assistant.
The hank's manager had just left |
with tin- funds, otherwise the booty
would have been much larger.
Arrest Preacher?
Greenville, April 8."?Bettrix Be
eo. said to he a preacher for a j
"Holiness" church near the city,
was lodged in j:iil tonight by fed
eral prohibition officers on the
charge of manufacturing whiskey.
Officers said they searched Iiis;
home on the Spartanburg road i
and found 150 gallons of "mash," j
though no whiskey or any part of.
distilling apparatus was found. |
Mr. Tumulty, who, like his chief,
has given every evidence of the
correct attitude in i he cireum- i
stances. .Mr. Wilson's silence has:
almost been equalled by that of Mr. j
Tumulty, who is quietly practising
law. Harrvld's charge is ihe only'
thing that has caused the former."
president's secretary to break his!
sib-nee on i arren; politics, though '
it must admitted thai he shat
tered ii to hits at tin- expense of
the Oklahoma senator, giving the]
latter a dressing down that will'
abide with him for some time and
<Io much toward retiring him to'
that private existence for which he!
seems better ipialified than for thei
hurly-burly ?>f Washington life.
i
Some of i lie employees summar-i
ily fired by Harding had worked!
for scores oi' vears in the Bureau '
and a:?- now thrown out in the-!
most heartless manner, with no
charges filet] against them, but
branded h\ innuendo. Ii is as bad I
.is tie- discharge of I.XhO N'avy:
V:nil employees on tie- flay ih- ;
Arms Conference ended. It is still,
i In- fixed belief of Washington
that ii was done in order that the j
hi:- ucwsiKtper headlines might j
make n deep impression on the for-j
eign delegates who were about to'
leave the pity. These men were''
not even riven fen minutes notiee.
They came to work with their
lunch baskets and were told they
were no\ wanted. And yet this .-is
.i '^Government of the people, fori
the people?" I
? :
t bo thy Country's. Thy God's and
day, April 12, 1922
Swimming Champ
pnia, is the youngest swimmer ever
-Atlantic swimming championship,
jreast stroke. AND when she was
i
OFFICIALS
STATE VIEWS
OF HARDING
Declare He Will Not
Wreck Civil Service.
May Make Changes
Wushington. April 7?Any inten
tion by I'ivsnh-nt Harding t<> im
pair the operation of the civil ser
vice low was specifically disclaim
ed today after the president's re
cent bureau ?d* engraving dismis
sals had again been the target of
Democratic attacks in the senate.
The intention of the chief execu
tive it was said by officials in his
confidence, was not in any sense
to break down the spirit of the let
ter of the civil service regulations
Wt''rather to improve the efficiency
of governmental machinery under
those regulations.
The president was said to take
the position that as* head of the
government he is responsible for
efficient governmental administra
tion. If there is anything in the
civil serivee that tends to tie the
hands of the.ex*'cutive. it was said,
it will be looked into h?t without
any effort to undermine or attack
the civil service system.
It ulso asserted that there is no
intention at- present of changing
the method -of selecting postmasters
under presidential appointment. The
system under which, tin- present
administration is working, that is
of taking one of the three highest
under competitive examination, is
regarded by the White House as
giving on the winde fairly good
sat is fact ion.
Tim administration recognizes
that there is considerable criticism
in some quarters over the present
method of appointing postmasters.
howeVer, ami officials suggested
if there was too much irritation the
president might be forced to-with
draw some postmasters from under
the modified civil service plan.
An alternative has been suggest
ed, it was added, for the presi
dent in case the irritation increas
ed to withdraw the first, second,
and third class postmasters from
the civil serv ? where they are
placed by executive order and to
have persons desiring appointment
as postmaster take a civil service
exa mittat ion upon recommendation
of their congressmen so that post
masters could he named from this
list.
It was made clear, however, that
the administration had no intention
of abandoning the present system.
ENDEAVORS
HOLD STATE
CONVENTION
Several Hundred Delegates at
Meeting Now Being Held in
Greenville
Greenville. April 7 With several
hundred deleagtes from all parts
of the state in attendance the a u
nual convention of the South Car
olina Endeavor union opened this
afternoon in the First Presbyter
San church here to continue through
Sunday evening.
"The Hour Square Christian'' is
the theme of the convention, the
four places for Christian service 1?
i'l- the church, home, community
and woi*TiI. Heaturlng today's ses
sions was an address tonight b*>
!>r. Haniel A. pnliug of New York,
associate president of the Interna
tional and hit ei'il.-notninat ion Uni
ted Society of Christian Endeavor,
who declared that the organization
is laying the found: ii>>n of an in
ternational brotherhood that will
abide, Included among ihe speak
ers today were: Marshall Woodson.
Columbia: | ?r F. Kirkpatriek,
Anderson: S. VVitkes Deivdy. Held
secretary for-this'state, whose honte
is Seneca; l>r. 10. I:. Quick. Atlan
ta, and \Y P. Conyers. Greenville.
Wyatl A. Taylor. >>( Columbia,
the state president, is pre- iding over
the convention.
Ti iitirs."
IRISH THEIR
; OWN WORST
MIES
I Conservative Leaders
Clearly See That
Country is Drifting
Headlong Toward
Civil War
j London, April 0.? ir was rumor
ed in London and Dublin Into last
nigh: that the secret meeting of
the Irish Republican army in Dub
lin yesterday deposed Eamon De
Valera as leader of the Republi
cans, says the Daily Mail this
morning.
The newspaper adds that what
actually happened is a mystery,
but says some confirmation of the
rumor is given by the statement
that "De Valera now has no gov
erning part in the Republican
army."
Dublin. April !> (By the Asso
ciated Press).? In a speech de
livered at Wexford today Michael
Collins, head of the provisional
government, declared that unless
there was an immediate ? hange in
the u?ne and tactics of certain of
the people 'it looks as if civil war
can only be averred by a miracle."
.Mr. Collins added that in such
a contingency there was little
doubt the British would return to
restore the order which the Irish
would have shown themselves un
able to ]>reserve.
Train holdups and attempts to
prevent pro-treaty meetings con
tinued today. A Dublin tram on
which Mr. Collins was supposed to
be traveling to Wexford. found the
rails had been taken up near
Arlow. Armed men prevented the
repair gang from replacing the
rails. Mr. Collins had foiled his
opponents by making the trip dur
ing the night.
The place where the rails were
removed was on a bridge over the
river Avon. After they were even
tually i t laid and th# train readied
Enniseorthy, armed men who ar
rived in an automobile kidnapped
the engine driver so as to prevent
the train from reaching Wexford.
Thousands of persons attended
the meeting in :Wexford. There
were only feeble signs of opposi
tion to Mr. Collins. De declared
that the language of Eamon De Va
lletta had become that of a danger
ous despot and De Valera, while
posing as a lover of liberty and
shouting the name of liberty, was
trampling its form underfoot,
i "The language of our oppon
ents." declared Mr. Collins, "is that
of treason?not patriotism. Our
existence is threatened as no ene
my from the outside ever has had
the power to threaten it. and there
is grave danger of another period
of long agony before the country.
Unless there is an immediate
change in the tone and tactics of
certain of the people if looks as if
civil war crtn only be avoided by
ja miracle. In case of civil war
(the British wilt return to restore
{the order which the Irish people
; have shown themselves unable to
j preserve."
.Mr. Collins concluded by again
appealing to De Valera to pause
and consider where his language,
??which is being translated into ac
tion, is hurrying the nation.*'
Dublin. April !? (By the Asso
ciated Press).?-That section of the
Irish Republican army which is
Opposed 10 the Free State authori
ties today held in private in Man
sion House, the convention adjourn
ed from a fortnight ago.
It is reported that the draft of a
j n<-w constitution for the army and
resolutions proposing a military
I dictatorship were discussed.
About l'."'' delegates from various
parts of the country attended tin'
convention which was in session
I throughout the day. a guard of
j young men in citizens' clothes,
'armed with revolvers, lined the ap
proaches to Mansion House.
Tin- following official report of
I tin* convention was given out this
[ evening: "Ai the general conven
I tion o! the Irish Republican army
the number of delegates exceeded
'those attending the convention
March The temporary execu
tives elected at that convention
submitted a constitution and dee
I la rat ion of aims, which after dis
I mission wi re unanimously adopl
j ed.
I "The constitution provides oer
j taitl methods for the selection of a
permanent executive, and this pro
cedure look effect upon the adop
I tion of the constitution. The
executive elected ai tie.- previous
convention havhig resigned a new
body was chosen to replace it.
"Many army mailers were dealt
with. The proceedings closed at s
o'clock this evening."
The executive council appointed
h\ the convention does not admit
that it is subject to any exist Tu?;
civil ant horny.
The mayor and othei county
councils are reported lo be pro
ceeding to a revision of the reg
ister of voters foi tiie next elec
tion in accordance with the ? on
tentions of bJamon De Valera.
Ca van, Ireland, April I By t he
Associated Press). Arthur Grif
fith, addressing a large meeting
outside the town hall here this af
ternoon referred to what ho term
ed Bam on De Valera's strenuous
bui vain attempt during his \ i<ii to
the t'nited Stales to secure Amori
an recognition of an Iris hrepub
ic.
He tried for IS months, said Mr.
THE TRUE SOU'!
VICTORY WEEK
I STARTS WITH
ENTHUSIASM
j _
I Reports of Contracts
of More Than Ten
Thousand Bales Re
ceived at Columbia
Headquarters
j Columbia, April 10.?Although
? ''Victory Week" was not supposed j
to begin until today, over 10,000]
I bales of cotton were signed to the
! cotton cooperative marketing con
tract Saturday, according to re
; ports recevied at the headquarters
! of the South Carolnia.Cotton Grow
ers' ('o-operative Association today.
; From every county came reports
: of the greatest enthusiasm and of a
;; determination to put the cam
! paign across.
j Over 2.00a bales were received
this morning from York county.
2,200 bales from Kershaw and sev
eral other counties sent in from
500 to 1,000 bales. Following an
address by Thomas G. McLeod.
over 300 hales were signed at
: Kingstree Saturday. Reports re
ceived this morning indicated that
the ?'Victory Week" committees
I went to work early in many of the
; counties and a heavy sign-up was
indicated for today.
An interesting development of the
? past 4n hours is the great interest
being displayed by the banks. All
over the state the banks are giving
their advertising space in the pa
i pers this week to the campaign and
many of the banks have wired
J asking that contracts be sent them
i *o that they can urge their farmer
j customers to sign when they come
I in the banks. The Palmetto Xat
? tonal Bank of Columbia in an ad
vertisement in tin* Columbia papers
j Sunday urged the farmers of Rich
< land county and of South Carolina
? to sign the contract. The National
j Lean & Exchange Rank and the
? Liberty National bank also had ad
! vertisements endorsing the move
I mont and urging the farmers to
:join.
"With the sentiment of the state
! so strongly hehind us I do not be
j lieve that we can possibly lose,"
; said Harry C Kaminer, president
of the association today. Dr.
: Clarence 1'oe, editor of the Pro
? gressive Farmer speaks Friday at a
big barbecue at Greenville. Satur
, day morning he speaks at Winns
'?. boro and Saturday afternoon at
1 Chester. J. D. Coghlan. dirt farm
j er from Texas, is speaking three
! times a day this week,
j A telegram from Dillon brought
ihe news that J. 11. Manning, one
i of the largest cotton growers in the
j state, signed the contract this
.morning a; 10 o'clock. Before
! signing the contract. Mr. Manning
j had made an exhaustive study of
j the plan and of its workings in oth
i er states. Dillon county has no'~ i
I signed over 11,000 bales and a tele
j gram from A. V. Bethen, county
'director, said ihe campaign was
going splendidly.
STAND ON*
UNWRITTEN LAW
Oklahoma Coroner's Jury ? c
: operates J. P. Day For B il
in* of GoL l>eck
Oklahoma City. April S?R d
ing that Jean .'. Day. promin-nt
attorney and oil man was justilied
I in the killing of Lieut. Col. Paul
?Ward Peck at the Day home early
jTuesday, a coroner's jury returned
,a verdict here tonight recommends
|ing that ..o charges be preferred
against Day.
On the witness stand in a pack
jed court room here tonight, .lean j
j P. Pay and his wife told, with emo
tion. <?f the slaying of Lieut. Col.
Paul W. Peck. In a broken voice,
hut with a gleam of determination
in his .ye. Day said he killed the
army aviator accidentally when he
sought to drive Beck fron; his
.home after finding him attempt-,
in- to attack .Mrs. Pay early Tues
jday, I
Text of Verdict.
Th?- text of the verdict follows:
"We. the coroner's jury. duly
.sworn and empanelled to inquire!
int.i the cause of the death of Paul
! Ward Beck, after hearing evidence
introduced before us from wit
nesses, ami after viewing'the body
of Paul Ward Beck, do upon our
oath find and report:
"That Paul Ward Beck came to
ibis death at the hands of Jean P. |
Day and from the evidence sub-i
I mitted to us conclude that Jean P. j
I Day was justified in defending his!
i wife and himself even though the i
unfortunate affair resulted in the
[death of Paul Ward Beck, ami we.
therefore, recommend and advise
that no charges be filed or prose
cution instituted against .ban P.
j Day ."
The verdict was signed by all j
si\ of J In- juror-. j
CriMith. w ith all the support of j
the Irish people arid the Irish inj
America but failed. It wasn't De j
Yah ra's fault, but w hat De Valera 1*
; had failed to secure from the most
[friendly country in the world he]
lid not believe the people of Ire-'
land in a few months could make
England consent to give them.
Mr. Griffith characterized the]
tactics of De Valera ami his fol
lowers at the present time as
; meaner than those of the Black
I and Tans."
PHRON, Established June i, 1866,
VOL. LIII. NO. 17
FIVE MEET
DEATH IN AIR
COLLISION
Planes on Paris-Lon
don Route Crash.?
Two Americans Are
Dead
Paris, April 7 (By the Associat
ed Press.)?Five persons were
killed today when airplanes on the
Paris-London aortal express route
collided over the village of Thieul
loy, 70 miles north of Paris, and
crashed to earih.
The dead, are Bruce Yale, a Mew
York exporter, and his wife, who
were homeward bound by way of
England in the French machine.
M. Bouriez, air passenger in the
French craft.
Aviator Mire, pilot of the French
machine.
Mire's mechanician and the cab
in boy of the English machine.
The entire personnel of both ma
chines except Pilot R. E. Duke of
the English craft met death, either
in the crash or flames that follow
ed.
Duke, who was seriously injur
ed, was still unconscious late to
night. The cabin boy in his ma
chine wore a suit adorned with
brass buttons. Late tonight it was'
asserted that the American vic
Lims of the disaster had registered
at a Paris hotel as Mr. and Mrs.
Christopher Bruce. They are said
to have arrived in France on
board the steamer Empre*sa of
Scotland, which sailed from New
York in February on a tour. Two
women friends were to have .^c
eompanted the Americans to Lon
don but changed their minds at the
last moment on account of the
stormy weather prevailing.
London, April 7 (By the Asso
ciated Press).?The British air
plane which collided with a French
passenger liner in France today
carried no passengers, only the pi
lot, named Duke, and possibly a
cabin boy on board, according to
authoritative sources in London.
The British machine was one
of a number operated daily in the
London-Paris service for passeng
ers. ma.H. ,:and _ goods by three
British and French companies.
The first ma^hirJe. in the daily
service usually leaves London with
the morning newspapers about 7
o'clock" and is followed at inter
vals by-others until .7 o'clock in the
evening. They all leave from and
arrive at the Croydon airdrome,
where in case of fog those ^quip
ped with wireless apparatus- are
guided on their course.
COMMITTEE i:
WANTS FORD
TO APPEAR
?Jr '
Washington. April 7.? represen
tative Julius Kahn of^ 'California,
chairman of the house committee .
on military'affairs, will insist that
Henry Ford, who has submitted a
bid for Muscle Shoals, appear as a
witness before his committee. It
is understood that President Hard
ing is very anxious that Ford ap
pear. It is not believed, however,
that the Detroit manufacturer will
accede to the request of chairman
Kahn. Mr. Ford passed through
Washington last night. W. - B.
Mayo, one of bis representatives,
went aboard the train and "left
with Mr. Ford. He will return for
appearance before the house com
mittee on military affairs Tuesday.
It is understood that Mayo will tell
Mr. Ford of- Washington's impres
sion of the Muscle Shoals situation,
and will inquire as to whether or
not Mr. Ford is willing to amend
his offer by an elimination of the
Gorgas steam plant on which the
Alabama Power company lias an
option. Mayo understands, it is be
lieved, that unless Gorgas is elimi
nated, the committee will not re
port the Ford offer.
TORNADO HITS
OKLA. TOWN
Oklahoma. April S.?Five per
sons were killed and scores injured
in a tornado which struck Lawton.
Okla.; today. Reports to the
telephone company indicated that
a number of buildings were de
stroyed. A half-mile of telephone
poles were leveled outside of
town.
Fort Worth, Texas, April S.?A
tornado struck Cisco. Texas, wmn.
ed the depot and destroyed a num
ber of residences. Communication
with the town is impossible.
RIOT AT IRISH
MEETING
Tula more, Ireland. April lt>.?
George Gayaii huffy, minister of
foreign affairs of the Dail Eirehnn
cabinet, was seized by a crowd of
young; men and women ami drag
ged Prom the platform where he
was making an address at a pro
treaty meeting. The " disturbers
shouted ?'Long live Deyalera, Long
live Republican Ireland**'
Washington. April 10?Reports
that he had been asked to return
to Greece and resume a premier
ship were characterized as ridicu
lous by Former Premier Yenizelos
today.

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