Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-01

THE NEWS
OF THE DAY

A great deal has been made by
the opponents of the president, who
are opposing the League Of Nations
Of the alleged fact that the return
ed American soldiers were against
the League. According to re
rorts. it was a band of marines
which cheered Senator Lodges vi
t,ioIc attack on the League a few
weeks ago, breaking the senate gal
1erv rules. Pains have been taken
to quote returned soldiers as be-
ing against the League on every
possible occasion. But charges
have been made that the foes of
the League "packed" the senate
gallery for Senator jim Reed, of
Missouri, when he was given that
great ovation recently when he fin
isbed a TRADE on the League, and
it is more than possible that the
same method was used in the case
of Senator Lodges speech. Such
things have been known before,
and have often been used on other
occasions by Reed and his kind of
politician. Sc"
But what are the facts in regard
to the attitude of the returned sol
diers on the League Of Nations?
This question was put to its first
real test yesterday at Greenville,
S. c., when the men of the Thir-
tieth division were holding their
first reunion, the soldiers voted
almost unanimously for adoption of
the peace treaty, which includes the
League of Nations, as it stands and
without amendment. Here is what
the news report from Greenville
said of the occasion:
"The Thirtieth division associa-
ton, having a membership of eigh-
teen thousand men, mostly from
Tennessee and the Carolinas, today
at the closing session of its first an
nual reunion, adopted resolution
favoring the immediate ratification
of the treaty of peace with Ger
many in it's present form without
amendment or reservation.
"The resolution brought about
spirited debate but was finally
adopted almost unanimously and it
memorializes the United States SEN
ate to do it's part to ratify the
treaty, including the League of Ma
tions covenant"
The election of officers, the selec-
ton of the next place of meeting,
the adoption of other resolutions
and the presentation of Distinguish
ed Service Crosses to Brigadier
General Lawrence D. Tyson, of the
? 59th Infantry brigade, and to Cor
poral Herman McManaway, of the
118th Infantry, were among other
features of the session.
Colonel Holmes B. Springs, who
commanded the trains of the Thir-
tieth division and has served as
chairman of the organization com
mittee, was elected president of the
association for the ensuing year.
Frank P. Bowen, of Knoxville,
Tennv was elected secretary and
treasurer Other officers elected
were: First Vice resident, Ser
geant M. M. Frost, of Chattanooga; /;
Second Vice President, John L.
Williams, of North Carolina, and
Third Vice President, Sergeant E.
M. Milford, Anderson, S. C.
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Herbert C. Hoover has retired
from public Office" and is to de-
vote the future toward making the
So and Sc day salaries of Stan
ford University professors more
commensurate with the SO and SO
wages of home building artisans,
and to various relief measures in
Europe, according to a letter re-
ceived from Hoover by a San
Francisco newspaper. The letter
was in response to one sent Hoover
asking about his future plans.
He also is to return between 81
million and 90 million dollars in
foreign obligations to the United
States treasury in part liquidation
of the 100 million dollars voted
by Congress for relief purposes, he
wrote.
The Missouri Press Association
at its session at Springfield, adopt
ed a resolution appealing to the
publishers of all the large daily
newspapers of the state to dispense
with the publication of Sunday fea-
ture and magazine sections until
the crisis in the paper shortage sit
uation is passed.
The resolution asks the Missouri
publishers to take the lead in the
movement, declaring that there can
be no relief until the utmost paper
conservation is practiced.
The news print situation in the