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* THE STTMTER WATCHMAN, Estts
CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1
HARDING
GIVES JOB
TOJOLBERT
Boss of Black and Tan
Republicans Given
Eecess Appoint
ment as United
States Marshal
Washington. Oct. 2 9.?Joseph W.
Volbert, whose nomination as mar-!
shal* of the Western South Caro
lina district failed of confirmation ?
at the last session of congress, was
appointed today to that position]
by President Harding. Tolbert ist j
Republican national committee-!
man of South Carolina.
Greenville. Oct. 19. ? Joseph
Warren Tolbert of Greenwood
ofcunty, Republican national com
mitteeman, has been appointed
United States marshal for the wes
tern district of South Carolina, and,
will assume the duties of that of
fice as soon as he files the usual;
bond. j
He received a recess appoint- j
ment from President Harding andj
will hold office for an undeter
mined period, pending the action
of 'the United States senate up
on his nomination by the presi
dent, which remains ^unconfirmed j
due to the opposition of Senator)
X. B .Dial of this state.
Information of Mr. Tolbert's ap-i
pointment was received here this!
morning by federal ofliciaLs, his j
commission having been forward- i
ed by the United States depart- j
ment of justice to District Judge!
Ii. H. Watkins.
Mr. Tolbert. for many years, hasi
been the head of the Republican j
party in this state and is a mem- j
her of the South Carolina, Repub- j
bean national committee. When;
informed of the appointment of j
Mr. Tolbert. the incumbent, C. J. j
Lyon, said he had no statement!
to make.
BUL COXTIXFES FIGHT.
Tslbert Will Not Hold Job With,
Senator's Consent. j
Laurens, Oct. 19.?Senator X. B.I
Dial was this afterhoon_adyjsed of j
the recess appointment "Of Joseph j
W. Tolbert as United States mar-i
shal for the Western district of j
South Carolina. Senator Dial has.
opposed Tolbert's nomination front
the first and he Indicated tonight
that he was not through with the
protest.
The fenator wired District Judge
Watkins protesting the qualify'ng
of Tolbert, citing the fact that the
appointee has been convicted in
Jh* United States courts of crimi
hiii acts and in all probability he
is disqualified to take the oath and
hold office under the constitution.
The senator also wired Gen. M L.
Bonham to take such steps as nec
essary to prevent Tolbert from
holding this important post. He
pointed out to General Bonham
that unless Tolbert has been par
doned, he can not qualify for che
office and the senator says that he
does not know of any such pardon
having been granted. The conyi-.- j
tion of Tolbert referred to was for
alleged embezzlement and larceny
afxer trust according to the rec
ords, says the senator. Senator
Dial says that wken Tolbert's norc.n
ination was sent to the senate he j
objected to confirmation where- i
Hr?on the case was referred to aj
subcommittee of three members of |
the judiciary committee. Charges 1
were filed and the committee w is j
urged to have Tolbert come before j
it for a hearing of the case, as it i
was the intention of the senator
to cross-examine him before the
committee. A demand for a com
mittee proceeding was made sev
eral times, but Mr. Tolbert did not
appear, although this was urged by
the senator.
Considering these grave charges.
enya Senator Dial Dial, which were
.unanswered and unanswerable, he
consider it an outrage to the de- 5
cent people of South Carolina for j
the Republican administration to
try to force a man of such charac
ter on this district and state.
Continuing, Senator Dial said |
that if Judge Watkins allows Tol- i
hert to qualify, possibly all his of- :
ficial acts will be illegal. In thf
event, however. that Tolbert is#!
permitted to qualify, the senator j
rays he will do all in his power to !
have the nomination rejected when j
it comes up in" the senate for con-[
firmation.
?> my ?
Saves Bantam Brood
Engineer Stops Train to Save
Chicks
Graniteville. Oct. 10.?An inci
dent, which attracted the attention
61 bystanders near the railroad
tracks here, was the stopping of a'
train before a diminutive bantam j
hen with her bird-like brood thatj
hopped and fluttered in vain to
cross the rails. The little motherI
realized her predicament, as she!
jumped back and forth from the j
track, then retut^d to her baby
Chicks which were unable to fol
low. The engineer stepped down
and out on the ground, removed
with his hands each helpless little
chick to a place of safety, then
mounted to his engine and resumed
his way._.
ibUshed April, 1850.
881._:
f?NTENH?N p
OVER BOOZE
RUNNERS
British Government
Stands on Techni
cality t o Prevent
Enforcement of the
Law
Washington. Oct. 19.?Repre
sentations of the British govern-'
ment' to the state department in
protesting against seizure beyond
the three mile limit of the Cana
dian schooner Emerald, held as a
liquor smuggling suspect, were of
wider scope, it was learned today,
than at first known. In addition
to dealing with the specific case j
of the Emerald, the British com
munication presented the view tuat
the recent American executive or
deit limiting prohibition enforce
ment operations to territorial j
waters- should apply to all pre- j
vious seizures of British craft. |
where it had not been established j
as a matter of fact that the vessel j
wais sending contraband ashore in
her own boat.
The American answer to this
claim that the government's pres
ent policy should have retroactive
effect and automatically release a j
considerable number of British j
vessels seized as smugglers will be I
deferred until official data as to j
the Emerald case is at hand. The j
state department transmitted the j
British communication to the j
treasury department with a re- j
quest for a statement of the facts j
of the Emerald seizure. A detail- j
ed official report from the officers j
reported for'the seizure has not j
reached the officials and it may j
be some days before the state de-!
department can reply to the British j
memorandum.
The claim for retroactive effect j
of the administration's announced j
policy on liquor smuggling seizures'
presents a possibility of complica- j
tion. since some of the cases in- :
vbived are now before the courts. I
It is understood here that a num- I
her of the seizures made prior to j
President Harding** order restrict- j
ing activities to the three mile.'
limit' of territorial waters do not
set up the claim that the ship was j
in touch with shore by means of j
her own boats. The British n?Am- ;
orandum contends that such vessels j
automatically should he released j
and any property taken aboard ;
them and also held should be re- j
turned. What legal grounds such
action might establish for subse
quent damage claims against the;
American government by owners \
of craft which had been seized and !
released, no. officials here cared to
discuss.
In any event the legality under !
Americap laws and American in-!
terpretation of international law j
is in process of court determinu- j
tion and .a controlling decision !
may he handed down before the j
questions raised by the British!
protest in . the Emerald ease have
been threshed out in a diplomat
ic way.
"CO-OP*
CONTRACTS
BINDING!
Courts of.Three States Up-!
hold Marketing Association |
Contracts
Columbia, Oct. 21.?Sweeping
victories for co-operative market-1
ing were won in the courts of
North Carolina, Texas and Oklaho-1
ma during the past week, accord- [
ing to statements issued yesterday j
by the South Carolina Co.ton J
Growers* Cooperative Association, j
In Texas and Oklahoma the cotton
contracts, which are practically
identical with the contract signed
by members of the South Carolina)
association, were upheld by the J
courts and permanent injunctions!
granted restraining members of!
those associations fron? disposing!
of their cotton except through the;
association. .Temporary injune- j
tions had been secured against six j
members in Texas and against sev- j
eral in Oklahoma some time back. I
In North Carolina a desperate ef-!
fort was made by enemies of the j
Tri-State Tobacco Association to
have dissolved an injunction which!
had been issued against two mem- j
bens of the association. Several of ;
the ablest lawyers in the state:
were employed in the effort to
have the contract declared uncon-1
stitutlonal but the court in its de-;
eision made the injunction perma- j
nt-nt. declaring the contract sound, j
Very great interest was taken*
by South Carolinians in the North
Carolina hearing. The attempts :oj
havf the injunction dissolved m:id?- |
before Judge Erank Daniels. H. i
<*?. Connor, Jr., <>: Wilson, chief>
counsel for those attacking the le-i
gality of contract, argued that the j
association is aimed to create a !
monopoly and that i' is a combi-!
nation irr restraint of trad*-.
During the course of the speech
of one of the attorneys for the as
sociation, the court room which
was tilled with farmers interested
in th?* outcome of the trial, broke
forth in applause.
Bankers know where money is.
They held a convention in New
Tork during the world series.
"Be Just and Fear
CONTROL OF
i GERMAN
! FINANCES
_
?French Officials Pro
pose Plan to Insure
I Collection of Repa
rations
Paris. Oct. 20 (By the Associat
ed Press).)?Complete and rigid
I control of all German finances,
(power to veto expenditures and reg
jular taxation, and authority to dic
l t?te the arrangement of the budgets
{of the various German states'are
?among the chief proposals con
tained in the plan of the French
government for a solution of Ger
many's financial difficulties and'for
the placing that country in a po
isition to meet her reparations pay
j ments.
I The plan was submitted to the
i reparations commission tonight by
I Louis Barthou. the French repre
sentative on the commission, and
j discussion of the project will begin
[tomorrow. Although not men
jticned in the official summary, M.
iBarthou's plan contemplates a
meeting of leading business men
of the world to determine Ger
many's capacity to pay and to con
Isider the question of inter-allied
: debts.
I The plan, in effect, is a reply
to the British reparations project
: recently placed - before .the com
; mission by Sir John Bradbury. It
differs radically from the British
i point of view.' M. Barthou urges
the calling of the Brussels confer
ence to deal with a broad repara
tions commission to the applica
tion of new v guarantees and re
forms for Germany, leaving the
more comprehensive issues to an
international meeting.
The proposition would gradually
put Germany, on a gold basis, be
ginning with ah issue of gold treas
ury securities. M. Barthou would
have Germany pay her outstand
ing obligations in paper currency
and he calculated that Germany's
paper circulation would be nlO,
OOO.OrtO.oOO marks, which at rthe
present rate of exchange are worth
less than the reichhank gold re
serve.
The moment has come, according
to M. Barthou when the allies
must take energetic steps or else
be faced by a Germany proclaimed
before the world a ruined nation,
despite the fact that her actual
capital is intact.
*"We don't accept the contention
that Germany is-.totally incapable
of paying." says M. Barthou in his
plan. "Despite Germany's enor
mous budget, difficulties, she retains
tremendous richer and has great
strength to continue production
and maintain her national vitality."
The French plan would so inter
pret the theory of prohibition of
interference in Germayn's internal
affairs as to permit this radical
control of German finances:
The budgets of the various Ger
man states will be supervised
thoroughly to prevent extrava
gances, regulate expenditure and
make provisions for Indemnity
payment. A committee would be
permanently established in Berlin
and would have charge of the
carrying out of all new reforms. In
case Germany should refuse im
mediately to observe the new de
mands, she would be declared in
voluntary default by the commis
sion under the provisions of the
treaty of Versailles. A minimum
of receipts would be fixed and a
maximum oL expenditures for Ger
many would be set and Germany
would be required to float inter
national loans at an opportune mo
ment. Neither the government
nor the states would float loans
without allied authority.
M. Iiarthou's memorandum con
cludes with seven proposals as fol
lows:
First: To place immediately
Germany's public finances under
control of Germany's creditors, as
previously outlined.
Second: To take all measures
necessary to, balance the budget
and keep it balanced, meanwhile
progressively including repara
tions payments not otherwise pro
vided for and the interest on loans
floated for reparations payments.
Third: To forbid the German
treasury to discount any bonds o:
any sort with the rehhbank an.i
to require submission of all issue.-:
Of treasury obligations, either of
short or long term, t?> the allied
control authorities*.
Fourth: To place the reichs
bank under allied supervision in or
der to see that it observes all al
lied requirements affecting if.
Fifth: To strengthen to what
ever extent the allied supervisory
authorities deem necessary prep
arations taken to prevent the ex
port of capital and the hoarding of
foreign exchange.
Sixth: As soon as circumstances
permit t<? b?-fcin the issuance of golo
treasury securities, the flotation of
which is to be facilitated by cer
tain fiscal advantages, the receipts
from tin- issues to be devoted ex
clusively to the strengthening of
the reichbank metal reserve, su far
as necessary, so as to Insure sin -
cess of currency reform and a!s.?
to repay reparations not covered
in the budget.
Seventh: The German govern
ment would continue to collect in
g<dd or in foreign exchange at lea*t
25 per cent, on the value of ex
ports. These receipts from these
Not?1>1 all the ends Thon Aims't
Slimier, S. C,
BOLSHEVIKS
I SUCCEED
! JAPAN
Vladivostok Falls into
Hands of Red Army
When Japs Retire
_
j Tokyo. Oct. in (By the Asso
leiitled Press).?General Dietrichs
and all his officers who are able
j to reach Vladivostok in their flight
! before the victorious Reds will eni
jbark on transports for China Oc
;tober 20; according to official dis
j patches received today from Vla
I divostok.
J The administration of the city,
,' pending the entry of the Red forces,
j will be left in the hands of mu
'nieinal assembly. Committees
'have been' organized to maintain
iorder and to protect life and*prop
jerty until the arrival of the Chita.
or Bed troops, who are reported
? approaching Vladivostok,
i . Representatives of the Chita
government of the Far Eastern
I republic have promised that out
' rages will be guarded against, but
that all persons suspected of
I having participated in the ami
Red revolution of March, 1!)22, wih
.be punished.
; The ?civil government at Vladivos
tok has refused to take over the
arms and ammunition held by the
Japanese, who are arranging for
their disposal in conferences at
Tokyo with Charles B. Warren,
American ambassador, and Sir
Charles Eliot. British ambassador.
.Japanese officials have express
ed the opinion that the one Amer
ican cruiser, one British cruiser.
, the Japanese cruisers and thr^e
.Japanese destroyers in Vladivostok
harbor will insure the safety of
foreigners, among whom are ap
proximately 50 Americans.
I The Russian colony here, howev
er, is much concerned regarding
their nationals and fear previous
massacres may be repeated. They
believe that, while the govern
ment officials of Vladivostok will
be able to obtain accommodation
on vessels commanded by Admira.
Stark, many thousands of Rus
sians are in danger of punishment
by the Reds for supporting the
! Whites. These are making their
way southward as fast as condi
tions will permit, but much suf
fering is reported among them,
i Japanese evacuation of Vladix6s
t?k will not be completed until
October 2<;. and Japanese auihor
i ?
ities have announced that any Reds
entering the neutral zone before
that date will be disarmed,
j The Japanese are removing
i large quantities of arms and am
munition and what is left., it is.
said, could be easily rendered use
less. ? '
New Evidence in
Hall-Mills Murder
Authorites Are Confident the
I Mvsterv Will Soon Be
Solved
j New Brunswick. Oct. 21.?Sup
ported by information in an affi
davit by a witness to the Hall
Mills murder the authorities are
confident the mystery will soon be
solved. With guards keeping the
leading characters under surveil
| lance no fear is felt that the sus
pected persons might escape.
Working separately of all other
I investigators, prosecuting attorney
: Strieker, of Somerset county, has
. prepared to question at least five
i persons in an effort to obtain suffi
cient evidence to warrant an arrest.
The vestryman of Rev. Hall's
j church who said lie had been in
! the neighborhood of Phillips bouse
[in company with a young woman
1 member of the church on the night
; of the murder, will be questioned,
j Investigators intimate they have
established a motive but some of
the links in the chain of evidence
are not properly forged.
IpresTdent
takes oath
j Santo Domingo. Oct. 21.? (By
i the Associated Press). ? Juan
j Bautista Vivini Burgess took the
oath of office as Provisional Pres
ident of Santo. Domingo, before
i
the supreme court justice here to
i day. ending American occupation.
The ceremony took place in the
presence of th?* representative of
? the president ??f the United States.
I diplomatic and consular officers and
ihigh officials, and was accompan
j ied by popular demonstration of
gratification over the restoration
. of independence.
j collections, as well as customs du
ties on exports and imports, would
be paid into a special reichbank
[account in the name of the K^verr.
I mem guarantees and under tie4
committee's control. The German
? government would dispense with
this guarantee as long us tin:
I reparations commission found the
j German government fufilled obli
' gations which had been or would
I be. imposed by the commission.
"Jf at any rime the commission
j finds otherwise," says the mem
orandum, "then the commission on
guarantees will take possession ot
[the sums to its credit in this ac
; count, and the collections made
thereafter, which it will see are
regularly paid into this account."
?t he thy Country's, Thy God's and
day, October 25,1922
ELECTION TO
BEHELD
IN ENGLAND
i ?_
Co n t e ri d i n g Parlia
mentary Parties
i Will Appeal to The
Voters of the Nation
London, Oct. 20 (By the Asso
ciated Press).?Tn the still highly
speculative political situation to
; night, only two facts stood out as
"definite?-Th:it there will he almost
immediately a general election and
. that parliamentary ratification of
?the Irish constitution is safely as
sured.
i Andrew Bonar Law, who is to
i lead the new government to -takt
the place of that of David Lloyd
Ceorge, in a message to an evening
newspaper confirmed his hven::"?n
to advise King Ceorge to inme
jdiately dissolve parliament and
added that ^iis fact would ?!ve
ample time to deal with the Irish
.legislation. He did not indicate.
; however, iwhether the present par
liament would reassemble accord
ing to schedule on November 14 to
deal with the Irish question or
whether general elections would
be held immediately and the Irish
legislation left to. the new par
liament. Either plan will be prac
ticable, the only point being that
ratification of the Irish treaty must
i lie effected before December
Lloyd George, in a message s*-nt
to William f'osgrove, president m
the dail eirean, has removed any
fear of opposition from him in his
n^w position as leader of the oppo
sition in parliament. The Man.uis
! r?t Salisbury, on behalf of the "Die
Hards." has made a similar ,?rom
: ise. So there is no party in th?^
l house of commons that is likely to
offer any hindrance to the carry
jing of the Iri.>h treaty into effect
The retiring premier, left today for
; Leeds with his sword in his hand
j as he asserted in a short address
at the St. Pancras station prior
I to his depanure.
i Although he delivered live ad
dresses from the rear of his car on
the way to Leeds he has left until
I tomorrow's speech in Leeds anv
revelation of what his tactics will
he. There is intense curiosity ev
1 erywhere as to what the line of his
peroration will take?whether he
I has new domestic reforms or legis
lative plans to propose as a new
election battle cry. There have
j been rumors that he has some new
plan for unemployment insurance,
with a view to detaching the labor
vote from the Labor party, bring
ing it into the fold of his proposed
new Center party. '
The rebel Conservatives, who are
headed by Bonar Law. Sir George
Younger and Stanley Baldwin, who
I brought about the fall of Lloyd
; George, have contended they were
j trying to get back to the party
system. Only the result of general
j elections will show how far they
have succeeded in this intention.
[Up to the present the only conse
quence of their tactics has been
i the adding of still another group
j to the existing party groups, there
I by bringing the British parliament
? still nearer to the group systems
; of the Kuropean parliaments.
! Lloyd George, who during the
war split the Liberal party in:o
: two sections, has now done the
same thing by the Unionist party.
Thus instead of the two original
. parties there are now four, with
the Labor party making the fifth.
There no longer will be an Irish
! parry, which for so many years
j during the great home rule agita
' tion was able to dominate the
Westminster parliament hv throw
i
.ing its <o members to whichever
side it chose. With the five sepa
i rate parties, it is clear no single
[party can form a big enough bloc
[to carry on a government not aid
jed by further alliances. It has to
[be remembered that the whole of
.the eleetoral machinery and the
! funds of the Conservative party
! belong to the rebellious Younger
[section of that group.
Lloyd Ceorge is credited with in
tentions to create a Tenter party,
i This would necessitate the crea
tion also of new party machinery
land party funds, for the former
I premier has no such funds or ma
chinery at present at his dispos
i at.
CONSTABLE
SUSPENDED
Columbia. Oct. 21.?Governor
j Harvey announced today that he
had suspended Stare ronstable. II.
i L. Johnson, of York, for improp
jer conduct, and stated that he
Would probably suspend Magis
trate Bob Lee. of York county, as
a result of charges filed against
I hint. Johnson and Lee are ehurg
ied. in complaint's filed with the
j governor, of having been occupants1
I of an automobile in an unfit con- I
dition when it ran into another ma- i
chiin- on :i public highway.
Presno, Oct. Ji'.i. -? Justifiable, j
homicide was the verdict today re
turned by the coroner's jury which j
I inquired into death of Mrs.
[Clara Marlow. whose husband,
i George A. Marlow, was said to
: have dubbed her to d^ath, when
I he found her in eompany with a
! young man.
If golf interferes with your work
' get a job as boss.
Truth'a."
FIFTEEN
IMS LOST
IN BIG FIRE
'Seventeen Injured
and One Hundred
Fifty Made Home
less in New York
New York, Oct. 23.?Jwo sepa
rate inquiries were launched today
into the origin of a fire early Sun
day in which fifteen lives were
lost, seventeen injured and one
hundred and fifty 'made homeless.
The fire is thought to have started
under the main stairway of a Jive
story double tenement structure.
Six members of one family were,
burned to death and five of the
six members of another perished.
FIFTEEN" I
BURNED
TO DEATH
Incendiary Fire in New York
Tenement Takes Heavy Toll
of Children
j
New York. Oo:. 22.?Fifteen1
persons, most of them children,
lost their lives early today in a fire,
believed by city officials to be the
work of a Pyromanie. The flames"
swept with murderous suddenness
from cellar to attic of a five story
brick tenement at Lexington ave
nue and One Hundred and Tenth
stree; in the thickly populate! East
Side.
The blaze apparently started in
i baby carriage under the stairs
in the lower hall under almost iden- .
tical circumstances as the recent
incendiary fire in an upper West
*ide apartment house." which re-!
suited in seven deaths. So quickly
did the flames spread througn the
building that a number of the dead
were found in bed. burned or suf-:
foeated without the slightest op- I
port unity to escape.
Nathan silver and four of his
children were among the victims.!
Mr. and Mrs. Abraham MatilskyJ
and Sidney and Catherine Sugar-j
man. brother and sister "of Mrs \
M itilsky. also perished.
Shor'ti^ar^r'r^olock rhis morn-j
ing City Marshal Joseph Lazarus, \
while on his way home, saw smoke ?
issuing from the hallway of the ?
building. He ran to the next joi
ner and turned in an alarm. When .
i he returned the vvhole build:ng. ?
Ithe ground floor of which is occu- j
I pied by stores, was a mass of flames j
[and exit by the 'Stairway was cut:
Loft. Most of the persons on thej
second floor succeeded in making
heir way down the tire escapes, i
but those on the uper floors had to,
battle through smoke and flames!
pouring out of the windows.
Several tenants perched on up- \
per story windows threatened to:
jump but were prevailed upon by j
firemen to remain until ladders j
could be raised. One aged woman,;
Mrs. Mary Onglass, disregarded the1
warning and leaped from the j
fourth floor, receiving injuries;
which caused her death tonight, i
While the firemen were at work j
on the second floor and preparing;
to fight their way to the one above.5
the third floor collapsed, but not!
before a warning roar had sent.the
firemen to safety. \
Nearly a score of persons owe'
their lives to 17 year old James [
O'Donnell. a mechanic's helper,!
who was eating at a restaurant in s
the vicinity when he heard a wo-,
man cry for help. Running to the'
street lie saw the woman leaning j
out of the window on the second;
floor of the burning tenement with j
'wo small children by her side, j
The young man clambered on the
sill of a store window, jumped.
and caught a swinging sign and i
pulled himself up to the window. ?
Me led the three frightened tenants
down the tire escape to the street j
and then raced back and rescued :
the woman's IS months old baby.:
who was asleep in a crib. Later ho |
went to the roof of an adjoining;
building and by throwing a board ,
over the alley space made it pos- '
sible for a number of tenants, who
seemingly had been cut off from .
escape on the roof, to cross in
safety.
William Ponners. 22. who lives
with his mother across the street
from the burned building, also res- '
?iit d a number of persons from tin
third floor, including Mrs. Silver. ?
He was badly burned when a gust j
of, rlame burned the elothing from :
his back as he was walking down
the tire escape with a woman in \
his arms. ;
Assistant District Attorney Hen-i
nis. one of the first officials to visit \
the scene wliile the blaze was in
progre:-^. noted the mark d sim
ilarity between today's lire and
lhat in the West Side apartment
house several weeks ago. when sex
en persons were burned to death.
A: that time, in a doorway next
to tin* building burned, a tenant
reported that jus; before the fire
he had discovered ;i blazing baby
carriage in the had. lie extinguish-]
ed ii. a?d a? he did so. saw a man..'
unknown t?? him. come from the]
passage to the cellur. He ques-i
tinned the stranger and the lat-j
ler answered: I
*"l just thought there might be
a fire, so 1 came to see." then he ?.
disappeared. ,
The charred frame of a baby!
carriage was found today in the
THE TRITE SOt
FORMING NEW
i CABINET FOR
GREAT BRITAIN
Bonar Law, Conserva
tive Party Leader,
j Will Present List of
Ministers Today
I London: Oct. 22 (By the Asso
ciated Press).?With the departure
'of Lloyd George for his country
?residence and the secretariat at
; No. 10 Downing street busy pre
, paring for removal, political inter
j est today shifted to Onslow Gar
j dens, where Andrew Bonar Law is
[giving the finishing touches to his
j cabinet list for presentation to the
i king tomorrow.
[ Lord Cave, the former horue-see
\ retary, visited Bonar Law today,
j but nothing developed to throw
light on the future.
The Sunday papers are full of
predictions regarding the program
of the new government and the
composition of the cabinet. All
give advice to the prospective
prime minister on the necessity
of settling fox*eign affairs, so that
the country's trade may be carried
on. The Sunday Observer appeals
?for fair play for Bonar Law and ;
his colleagues and urges the im
mediate clearing up of foreign ai
fairs. "For." it adds, "the coali
tion has left behind it a far more
serious situation than the country
has yet begun to realize. . 'uie
Chenak crisis, reacting far and
wide on the rest of our external
connections, has worked to the pro- !
found prejudice of our whole world
policy and of our own most vital
interests. After a disastrous six
weeks the general situation is no
longer what it wa? before?it is ;
deeply changed to our detriment." I
Referring to Lloyd George, The
Observer says:
'"The retiring premier is by far
and away the most brilliant popu
lar leader in the world. His peace
ministry was much below his war
ministry in merit> A greater ten
ure of office and power will return
:o him in due seaspn?not. we
hope, before he has had leisure ,
enough to. refresh and deepen hip j
thoughts." -
The Sunday Time* in an editor
ial says:
"For the time being the great
est personal force and the most
fascinating figure in our politics is
out of power."
The paper considers that it
should be recorded that "there is
one-portion of his career that will
always be blazened in letters of
gold in / British annals. * * * By
his transcendent services in the
war. first as minister of muni
tions and second in the premier
ship, he brought about victory, on
which alone his whole being was
centered. Throw into the fcxtle
every defect of personality tha. \
criticism may discover and every i
mistake in policy that may be im
puted to him since the armistice.
Lloyd George still remains of all
living Britons the one to whom the
country and the empire are most
indebted."
The Sunday Times thinks that
the country will be safe in the
hands of a prime minister as level
headed as Bonar Law.
"He is not a great man. nor a
clever man." says the paper, "but
Great Britain just now is looking
for a man whose character it can
trust and on whose not too excit
ing abilities it hopes to repose in
tranquility, and it is disposed to
believe that it has found what it
wants in Bonar Law."
Regarding the rumors of Bonar j
Law's health, the political corre- j
spondent of The People claims to j
know that the statement that Bo- j
nar Law's medical advisers warn
ed him against taking a heavy re
sponsibility is not correct.
"The new leader was never in
better health," he declares, "and
his doctor gave him a clean hill of
health."
- ? % m
Xew Brunswick, X. J.. Get. 23.? j
The prosecution is expected to lay I
the evidence in the Hall-Mills case j
before the grand jury today. At the t
same time detectives are busy j
rounding up old and new witnesses J
for an examination at the secre (
headquarters where most of the t
witnesses have been taken re-;
centl-v to avoid newspaper men'
working on the case. !
. ? . > _i
ruins of the building where 'he l - i
persons lost their lives. In one'
morgue, Rdward Pine hurried to j
the body of his "fiance. Sarah Sil
ver, and identified it when other-)
had failed to do so. A party had I
been planned in the fiat today at
which the engagement was to have
been announced.
Miss Stiver, a survivor, says she
had on<-e passed the danger point
in the hallway on her way to i
safety but returned to her room for]
her engagement ring. In a mo-1
ment the flames blocked the cor
ridor. Miss Silver jumped from aj
window. She died of a fractured I
skull.
The card on the bedstead of.
Pred Stokkach. who is recovering i
in the hospital from the *>f?Vvt? oft
smoke, hears a notation that ]
makes him one of the heroes of]
the tire, "lie saved the lives of l$t
persons." the notation says. It is]
signed by Patrolman Cash, who
was on duty at the fire. Strok
kach said nothing about it today.
THftthS,tiwtMito-a J*?e t. i*?g.
VOL.LIIL NO/21
RED FORCES
NOW HOLD
i Bolshevik Power/Su
preme Throughout
the Former Russian
Empire
I Vladivostok, Oct: 22 (By the As
jsoriated Press).?The Corwin. has
j heen rung down on the to rre.r.')
! of the Rusiari revolution. - Those "?
j who defended this last outpost.. o?
opposition t<v the Soviets .are
pu ng. A few hundred persons
have been billed and the people are
siting hack wa i ting 'for. t h ei r n e.
rtilers. -the" Soviet - leader*: of- th?'
Fa r Eastern republic or Chita gov
ernment,-to arrive:
White guards ^pf the, ysdivos
tok government fought desperat?-;
ly for October 8, the* day rhey
came in contact. wifb the Soviet
forces at Shaska, until nearly two
weeks later when' the Reds -ut
terly defeated them and foreed . .
them to cross the Manehuriain
frontier. . ' ' ?? 1
The men who bore the bruht cl
the fighting were soldiers. wbf? ha?f";
retreated from \he Volga. r:v??r -t-5
this last stronghold . of the ;vVbite '
guilds.
Vladivostok sent General iiied>
richs only 176 men in reply to .mV."
call for reinforcements.
Tokyo. Oct.'22 (Ry the Ac*o- :
crated Press).-?The danger to re5;-.
ideot* of ^Vladivostok after th.i itp
proachihg evaluation of the Japa
nese-forces fakes place, arise:; from
the. presence around the city- of
! bandits who are ready to plundrer V
Vladivostok .In the interim between
the de??rtufe of the Ja-pane.2*? and .
the occupation, by the Bed army?
of.the] Chita government, accord
ing to persons who' arrived t-,d.*y
from Vladivostok. ?
It is feared that the Chiti. ^v
errmeiit has not sufficient trooj^*\
present to, cope with the. :aany>
bandits threatening the eity.v
The /danger Is believed so gjresr f
that all * steamers leaving1 - V^dsf
?o.-tok are crowded. Vessels ie?y:- *
ing for Japan tins so crowded wifcV
Japanese Jhac few other foreig^
M?sr Ru^ians^wtebing. to: tjo>1?
Japan are unable /procure:yti#f:[^
tb fa?i^r\M because They have hi-' '
sufficient money to meet :bejjre-^'V
qitirements of the immigration. ^
laws. "Russian steamorsr are tak- ,?v
ins a feJky-?iissians, chiefly officers '
and their ^amilies to China. Orr;5 ^
ers who feared to.remain in Vis-'.'
divostok are trying to escape 'by .
any means possible towards K^j^a : *
and Manchuria.
Moscow. :'G<-i. 22 (P.y the. A ssoS' ?;.
I clatedv .Press). ?? GeneraL ?I'hore-.. ?
I vitch of-the Far. Eastern rVpuhlle's
revolutionary- army has begun-ne
gotiations With the Japanese com
mander .ai?d the- Vladiv.wok vm
i stilar ? r^reientaJjves for the^sur
render of Vladivostok, according to
advices received by-^the Soviet go v.- -
ert?nent from jChita.
I Dispatches " say- the American
consul banded General Oboreytteb. *
a note requesting .him to guaran
tee"' the personal safety of Amer- :
ican citficenk Similar revests
wer? made on behalf of the Brit- $
ish and Japanese consulates and'"
the safety of foreigners 2 and "Df .
"property was assured by -General
Cborevitch on condition the fled,
army be allowed to cater; Vlath- ~v
vostok immediately.
Additional-advices tAJ.tKS^g^l
ermnent say the Red army en
countered at Okeanskaia. Japanese ;
detachments which were covering
the city. ? Representatives of rhV'
Japanese Command reached Olr^wfc
*kaia Friday^and warned, the P^r
Eastern, troops to retreat fmre
miles to -the. north of that pfcjce.
The dispatches assert that .-).
orders broite out in various paris
of Vladivostok in connection srka
the Japanese retreat and that> the
American consulate sent word I**
ter to General Bborevtreh that the
Americans were impatiently axVab- '
ing the Var Eastern troops to re
v-tore order.
A govev.nhte.nl annnuriceme?f
says great danger threatens Com
murrst workmen and Far Ea&ern
sympathisers-who are in prison at
the hands of the remaining Tv"pv^?
Guard hands. The government de
clares responsibility for anv ex- .*
cesses will rest- entirely upon th^.
.Iapane.-e command, which .13 ra-'
tarding the entry into Vlldavosttdc
of Russian Rod troops.
Young Woman Hurt;
in Wreck of Auto
Spart an burg. Oft. 22.---Ei?>t>a i
Green, 1H year old daughter.of A.
A.. Green of Grwnville, was per
haps fataily fnjhred this afternoon &
in ^n atitomnbtl; accident on ihe g
Xatlonat' highway between Spar
tanburg and Greenville 4: a poant
just west of Duncan. Miss Green,
in company with Marie Green, uft^
derstood to bo a .Ister, ' Rabert
Burgess and Paul Chandler, w?c
going in the ? direct ion of Green
ville .it a rhpid r.?te of speed when
something went wrong, with owe of
the rear Wheels and the car twrhi
ed over. Miss Green, was late*
found to have a fractured eknli.
The other occupants escaped with
out injury.