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New-York tribune., 1919-10-01
blockade of Germany
Is Ordered Enforced
Failure of Berlin to Recall Soldiers of
Won der Coltz Fro IN the Baltic Region
Moves Allies 10 Carry Out Threat

WASHINGTON, Sept 30-(By The
Associated Press The State Depart
ment tonight made public the text Of
the note Of the supreme council at
Paris calling on the German govern
ment to comply Immediately with the
order of General Foch requiring evacu-
alton of all German troops now in the
Baltic provinces under the penalty Of
an Immediate restoration of the Ger
man blockade. According to Paris
report the blockade was to be enforced
to-day. The note follows:
Under date of August 81, Marshal
Foch, Commander in Chief of the AL
lied and Associated Armies, made
known the time had come for Germany
to evacuate the said territories and
summoned the German government to
proceed thereto immediately
"By its note of September 3. the
German government endeavored to
evade the engagement above referred
to by alleging prcteXts which the AL
lied and associated powers were un-
ale to consider.
"The Allied and Associated Govern
mcOts refuse particularly to admit
the German Government can. in order
to avoid responsibility incumbent upon
it, shield itself behind alleged inabil-
ity to enforce obedience OF its orders
by troops in the Baltic regions.
"Ihey. therefore, 1o1uest the Ger
New-York tribune., 1919-10-01
Jersey Posse
SrnokesNegro
Out of Swamp
Assailant of White
Woman Caught on Edge
of Stream Near Camden
After a Two-Day Search

Smoked out of his hiding place in a
swamp, nineteen miles east Of Camden,
n. j.. between Mount Holly and Haines-
port, by burning brush wood and oil.
James Whiting, negro, surrendered
last night to James Parker, a Burling-
ton County, n. j.. detective. The negro
had been sought by a posse since early
Monday in connection with an attack
Oh Mrs. Mary Motsey, the wife OF a
Camden shipbuilder.
and mile wide. formed by the back
waters of a creek. 1t is heavily over
grown with trees and scrub growth,
the dead leaves of which burned furi-
ously after they had been drenched
with crude oil. Detective Parker was
given permission to fire the swamp az
ter persons living in that region told
him they had seen Whiting.
Wind Drives Flames
Members of the posse. which was
armed for the most part with shot
guns, set the fire in the wind so that n
wide band of smoke began TO sweep
down the length Of the swamp. 1t was
nearly dark when Dctectivy Parker
espied the fugitive creepingH through
the heavy underground TOWARD the
llfel. he HAL Was w lLillit Il rev TOQS
of the stream, evidently preparing to
swim away when darkness settled.
Parker called on him to surrender.
"I']l Quit If you'll protect me- bar
gained Whiting.
Promises 2, ,Otcction
The detective assured the man that
lie vas TO be protected, and few mo-
menta later Whiting was in an auto
,OOhi lo ence1jny toward thc E,,rli li1vtoD
County jail. He was locked Up there
without attracting the attention Of
residents in the vicinity.
To make doubly sure against an
effort to take the man from the au
thorities it was planned to start him
for the Camden Jail at midnight.
During the time the posse has been
hunting Whiting the man said he had
been without food.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-01
Savings Bank Suspends;
Pays $l.7O on the Dollar
Advance in New York Stocks
Bought al Par Made Assets
Valuable
Special Corresroatdcnc,

MlDDLETOWN. Conn. Sept. 30
The Higganum Savings Bank Of Hig-
ganum, Conn, announced to-day it
would suspend all business as a say
ings institution and close out dcposi-
tors accounts at aproximhately $l.7O on
the dollar. The bank was the only
ono in the state paying per cent in
terest. the directors say lack OF bust
ness has caused the bank to close
Eugene G. Burr secretary, explained
the institution had been fortunate in
disposing of its securities. and that
stocks in New York banl,s that had
been purchased at par had been sold
at several times the original price. In
Che report to the bank comm. ssioners
these had been carried at par value
with The result that the bank itself had
surplus 20 per cent over its deposits
All the stock has been disposed Of by
the directors and the money obtained
has been invested in Liberty bonds
These bonds will be figured in the
settlement of depositors accounts.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-01
I. S. Marines Land in Spalato as Rival Races Clash;
Steel Mills Gaining, Make Americanism Chief Isst
Wilson Continues TO Gain:
Takes Up Routine Duties

WASHINGTON, Sept. so.-Prcsidcnt
Wilson. whose illness took turn for
the better yesterday, continued to i'm
prove to-day under the rest cure pre-
scribed by his physician.
After the first good nights rest he
has mad since he was taken i'll the
President was uD most of the day and
was permitted by DR.. Grayson to give
MS attention for q short while to
pressing executive matters. He signed
several minor bills and resolutions,
sent some nominations to the Senate
and dictated few letters.
During the afternoon he took an
other automobile ride and seemed to
enjoy it. Accompanied by Mrs. Will
son and his daughter Margaret, he
New-York tribune., 1919-10-01
DAnnssnSio 5 Zen
Hold Scvbi ~ ire
Regular Troops aid To
BE CO-oDerofi sg !! nh
Poet in The Campaign

ROME. sept 30 Ar-er marines
OF blueiackets are maintaining order
IN the city Of Spaato - ratia. here
Rear Admiral Philip Aforevs Il. sta
toned with his flagship Pittsburgh. aos
cording to reports reacl .as his city.
Il is indicated n rerolrs bat fcel-
ing is running high 10 Sp late and
that the Americans have been forced
10 intervene between tn ali.ns anG
JlEo-Slavs.
The Italians q Tran. baima' 81. lave
requested 'Se Italian y rornuort 20
send a ship - Trau q tneu pro-
lection. and also 80 ob'a d -ne r ease
OF promiuent Italians arrested hy tne
Serbians. The government n = replied
that it cannot Interfere tor the MAIN
tenanoe Of order n Sc ions Of DALI
malta entrusted 20 care ti ~ Amer
icans but that j. will flreS &c ap-
peal 70 the American .Aai - Rear
Admiral Andrews.
The Plume issue WI I'd befors
The Italian people on ". mi is. to-
gether with other matter "a which the
government. wishes TO q .ain "a man
date The Parliament Vii geas semole
on December J.
An order closing the ! zo-siav fror-
tier has led tho chief s'af of the
26th Italian regular army corps at
Abbazia 70 interview Captain d'Annun-
z:o's chef of STAFF and disc. s Inc sures
70 be taken. This Id -esult ia
sending some OF Captair Aunuazios
volunteers 20 hold the am stice hne.
according to the "Fpoca. nllca adds
the event shows the Co44.a= c-llabo-
ration between the d'Antun .roops
and the regulars
The Ministerial cfisls has opened
break between Premle II and For-
eign Minister Tittoni, rhloh Is appar~
emily irrcmediable,' newsrapc4
adds.
The Minister'S diFcre dely G. de-
cisions 10 be reached.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-01
Troops Ready Meet All
Attacks, Po,. Asserts:
Volunteers Arc Rushed
TO Hold Arm ,icc Line
New Balkan Crisis
Is Feared in Paris
u. 5. Senate Calls on viii.
son to Exp lin Why
Sailors Occupied Trau

United States marin 1--we been
landed at Spalato, Dalmatia, ten
miles east of Tral. ere an
American police fo-ce debarked
September 23, ana have inter-
vened between the Italians and
Jugo-Slavs, acco' ling to Rome
dispatches. The SIT ao.or is said
to be acute.
Speaking in the Mum pal Palace at
Fiume Monday, biele DAN
nuAzio proclaimed e'lte of war
to exist with Jugo-. and de-
clared his followers We ready to
meet any attack.
Senator News Re Il calling
on the President submit a re-
port of the Trau landr, was
adopted by the ed States
Senate yesterday, despite bitter
opposition of Administration Sem
ators, who accusec the Repubf-
cans Of heckling IL. Wilson and
filibustering on the neace treaty.
D'Annunzio troops age been sent
to guard the jug law armis1ice
line. following a Inference be-
tween the chief 9 staff of the
Fiume army and &c leadcr Of Tho
Italian regulars 1t Abbazia,
Rome dispatches say.
Possibility of war my cay was
foreseen in Paris Conference cir
cles, where the inflamed condi-
tons in the Adriat.o are causing
increased concern
Ihe Fiume controversy has srought
an "irremcdiablc broaA" between
Premier Nitu and = -e.gn Min
ister Tittonl. Of the Italian 0ov-
ernment, the Rome "fpoca"
states
New-York tribune., 1919-10-01

was away from the White House nearly
two hours, driving far out into the
country.
AS long as good weather continues
it is understood. The automobile ride
will be daily feature on tho Presi-
dents rest programme.
Dr.. Grayson would make no predic-
ton to-day whether the President
would be able to take any part in the
labor and industrial conference which
meets here Monday. Tie physician's
had a good nights rest, and is i'm.
proving"
A bulletin issued tonight at 10:3(
o'clock at the White House stated
"The President spent fairly comfort
able day and is Improving"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-01
Luxembourg Prefers France
To Rclgium rs Trade AllN

LUXEMBOURG, Sept. 30 BY The As
sociatcd Press Grand Duchess Chnr-
lottc continues to receive four votes to
one in the count of the balloting on the
question of her retention as ruler of
the state. In "A total Of more than
20 900 ballots 2v, 400 were recorded in
On the question of an economic alli-
nn'e the vote for France was 1884
and for Belgium D,006
New-York tribune., 1919-10-01
Truce Reached to Halt
Ship Strike on Pacific;
San Francisco Defiant

WASHINGTON. Sept. 30-A strike
of Pacific Coast shipyard workers,
threatened tomorrow. was believed
here tonight TO have been averted by
an agreement reached after an all day
conference, by which representatives of
the Shipping Board and the Navy De-
rartmcnt agreed TO permit acceptance
by 'hc men OF wage Increases offered
BY the shipyards on tho Western Coast,
provided the government would share
10 part of the additional expense.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3o.-The ac-
ton Of the United States Shipping
Board in deciding to permit Pacific
Coast shipynrds TO increase wages
comes too late to prevent n walk out in
the San Francisco Bay district at mid
night tonight, according to members of
the conference committee of the Bay
Cities Metal Trades Council
New-York tribune., 1919-10-01
Liquor Dealers
Storm Officials
For Licenses
Confident Wartime Pro.
hibition Will Be Lifted:
Baker Says Army Order
Has No Bearing on Ban

WASHINGTON. Sept. 3o.-"The
War Department has not reached
either positively or negatively any
decision on the question Of demo-
bilization.' Secretary OF War Baker
said to-day. in asserting that an err
roneous Interpretation was placed
on the War Departments announce.
ment yesterday concerning the com
missicned personnel of the army.
The Attorney General repeatedly
has been quoted as ruling that war
time prohibition would continue
until the peace treaty had been
ratified and the President had Of
tcially proclaimed the ending OF the
war.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-01
Senate Den, rnds
Facts on 7ruu'

y, York ,fasus
VA. ,rc'or bsfoca
WASHINGTON. Sept 3o.-Thc sem.
ate to-day. after sharp debate,
adopted the New resolution calling
upon President Wilson 70. a s,atement
of the facts about the landing Of
American marines at IrAn on the Dali.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-01
British Troops Occupy
Odessa, Budapest Hears

VIENNA, Sept. 30.-Troops from the
British feet in the Black Sea have
been landed in Odessa and havc occu-
pied tho city. according TO adviccs re-
cciVca in Budapest.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-01

The rcasontfor landing British troops
in Odessa is not clear. unless it was
desired TO release the Russian troops
under General Dcnikinc for active op-
erations against the Bolshcvik. Cen
cral Denikine has held Odessa for scv-
eral months.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-01

Liberty Bonds-s5O. 800. $500. $1,000
can be bought and soid instantly
John Muir & Co., 81 BroadWay.-~-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-01

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New-York tribune., 1919-10-01

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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-02-25
A SAD FUNERAL.

Mr.. Ralph Merck, of Gainesville,
died at his home Saturday morning.
Mr.. Marck was the husband of Mrs.
Lucy Syfan Merck, who with her in
fant child died Friday morning. Mr..
Merck, who was sick with Influenza,
was unconscious when Mrs. Merck
died and never revived enough to
know of her death.
The young couple were buried
Sunday afternoon in the cemetery at
Gainesville, this closing what prom
ised to be long and happy married
life.
Mr.. Merck was a prominent young
merchant and had only recently been
discharged from the aviation branch
Of the war service.
Mr.. G. w. Syfan, Mr.. George Sy-
fan and Mr.. Ben Cochran attended
this sad funeral from Abbeville.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-02-25
WORK ON TREATY
|SBE|NC PUSHED
Council Of Great Powers Adopts Res.
olution Ordering Haste to Have
Preliminary Document Ready for
Submission to Conference by
Time Wilson Returns.

Paris, Saturday, Feb. 22.-Results
of far reaching character were OBJ.
tanned at the meeting of the council
Of the great powers today when reso.
lutions were adopted requiring such
speeding up of all important
branches of the work of the peace
conference as to permit the formu-
lation of a preliminary peace treaty
by the time President Wilson returns
to Paris in the middle of March. To
accomplish this all commissions deal.
ing with the big questions of repair,
ations, boundaries and economic and
financial issues must report to the
supreme council within the next two
weeks. or by March 8, at the latest.
The reports, in turn, will form a bas-
is for the drafting of the treaty.
An extensive program has been
carefully matured within the past
few days and it was brought to a
elimination this afternoon when A.
J. Balfour, British foreign secretary,
and CO.. E. M. House, of the Ameri-
can delegation, called on Premier
Clemenceau in his sick room shortly
before the council convened. Each
found the wounded statesman dress.
ed and sitting up and keenly alert
concerning the work Of the confer
ence and fully agreed on the plan for
a rapid acceleration Of work on all
subjects.
This brought together the British,
American and French viewpoints for
a rapid course of action assuring the
earliest possible peace. Shortly af-
terward the supreme council met and
ratified the program. The official
statement issued after the meeting
announced:
"The meeting decided on proper
steps to be taken in order to accel-
crate as much as possible the labors
of the conference"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-02-25
LIEUT.. sWETENBURG HOME.

Lieut.. Carol Swetenburg, who ar
rived from overseas last week, sand
who has been transferred to Camp
Jackson, with his regiment, is expect
ed home today.
Lieut.. Swetenburg was one Of the
young men from Abbeivlle who re-
sponded to the country's first call for
assistance. He applied for entrance
and was admitted to the first officers
training camp at Fort Oglethorpe,
and in due time he graduated as a
second lieutenant.
He was transferred from Fort
Oglethorpe to Camp Jackson, and
was assigned to a company of color
ed troops, which he and the other
officers of his company trained for
overseas fighting. When the call
came he took them across, and in
France he was engaged with these
troops in many bloody fights, escap-
ing through it all without as much
as scratch, though many Of his
men were killed. His company in
one of the battles in which he was
engaged was cited for bravery on
the field of action. His worth as a
soldier is proved by the fact that he
was promoted from second to first
lieutenant after reaching France.
Lieutenant Swetenburg was in the
big parade in Columbia last week,
when the 371st. regiment received
so much attention. The work hav-
ing been finished he is anxious to
return to private life. He has many
warm friends in Abbeville who have
been honored by his gallantry in
France and who will be glad to see
him at home again.
He is a son of whom his parents
are justly proud, and young man
who is honored by his home people. I
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-02-25
ACCUSED Of PLOT
TO KILL PRESIDENT
Fourteen Spanish l. w. w. Held in
New York. All Sent to Prison. Men
Held for Investigation Said to
Have Planned to Assassinate
Wilson in Boston.

New York, Feb. o. Fourteen
members of the Spanish branch of
the I. w. w. were arrested by secret
service men and members of the po-
lice bomb squad in two raids here
late today. While they are charged
formally with having seditious liter
ature in their possession, govern
ment agents claimed to have evil
dence they were Matching terrorist
plot.
Frank Francisco and Edward j.
Dowd of the secret service, as well as
New York detectives who assisted
them in the raids, declared they had
obtained evidence which would be
used in an attempt to prove the pris-
oners had planned to assassinate
President Wilson in Boston tomor-
row, but this assertion was discred-
tied by Capt. Peter Rubin of the Sc
cret service, who directed the raids.
According to police the two Phila-
delphia men who readily admitted
they were anarchists stopped here on
their way to Boston and intended to
go tor that city tonight.
The grave nature of the alleged
plot and the imminence of the at
tempt to carry it into execution, it
was declared, made it essential the
men be imprisoned at once.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-02-25
J.F. LIVINGSTON DIED
SUNDAY IN COLUMBIA

John Fraser Livingston, one Of
Columbia's best and most respected
citizens, died at the Baptist Hospital
at 9 o'clock yesterday morning from
the effects of two operations he had
recently undergone.
Mr.. Livingston was president OF
the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens
Railroad, which office he had filled
since 1912. The funeral will be held
at the First Presbyterian Church this
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, and will
be conducted by the Rev. A. w.
Blackwood, pastor.
Mr.. Livingston worked his way to
the top by faithful and painstaking
attention to business. He was a ma,
tive of Abbeville County, being the
son of J. F. and Fannie McCarr Liv.
ingston. He was born March %,
1869, and would have been so years
old next March. He went to work
for himself when he was between II
and 18 years old, under P. D.
Mazyck in North Carolina but soon
came to Columbia and got a position
under Donald Mcqueen in the freight
office of the old South Carolina Rail
road, later merged with the South
ern Railway.
p November 12, 1895, Mr.. Livings-
ton was married to Miss Matte With
ers, who with two children survives
him. He is survived also by his aged
mother, Mrs. J. F. Livingston, Sr.,
one sister, Mrs. S. L. Mazyck, and
two brothers, H. B. Livingston of
Paris, Texas, and J. B. Livingston of
Charleston.-The State, Feb. "a.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-02-25
Joy IN RUSSIA
AMONG SOLDIERS
People Not Glad to Hear of Move
ment-Can't Leave for Time-No
Considerable Number of Troops
Can Be Sent Away Before
June.

Archangel, Feb. 21.-The an
nodncement from Washington that
American troops in north Russia are
to be withdrawn at the earliest posi-
BILE moment in the spring was receiv-
ed with joy by the troops themselves,
but official circles and also the Rus
sian population are anxious to know
whether other troops will be sent to
replace them or whether it means
the complete abandonment of this
front. Navigation is now closed ex-
cept for ice breakers incapable of
carrying a large number of troops
and according to naval advices, June
will be the earliest month for the
opening of the ice foes.
The American troops affected by
the announcement are the Three
Hundred and Thirty-ninth Infantry
and one battalion of the Three Hun
dred and Tenth Engineers, all draft
forces entitled to rehabilitation af-
ter the conclusion Of the war. There
is considerable speculation in Arch
angel whether they will be replaced
by regulars or marines.
De Witt C. Poole, Jr., Counsellor
of the American embassy, has issued
the following statement:
"In connection with the Washing
ton announcement to the American
embassy in Archangel the embassy
states it understands this announce
ment relates only to the disposition
of the American troops now here. 1t
does not determine one or another
the general question of the continued
presence of an American force in
northern Russia, nor is it understood
to disclose a decision as to the future
American policy in Russia. Detremi-
nation of this awaits upon a further
discussion by the peace conference
at Paris.
"From a consultation with compe-
tent transportation authorities, it ap-
pears that with normal ice conditions
the earliest possible moment at which
considerable bodies of troops can be
moved away from Archangel will be
in June"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-02-25
FUNERAL OF MRS. McILWAINE

The funeral services over the re-
mains Of Mrs. Ella McIlwaine were
held at her home Sunday afternoon
at three o'clock and were conducted
by Rev. H. W. Pratt. A large con-
course of sympathizing friends were
present.
All her children were present save
the daughter "a missionary in China.
Mrs. Milford from this county, and
Mrs. Morrow, of Spartanburg, sisters
of the deceased, were also present
foc the last sad rites. Interment was
az Long Cane Cemetery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-02-25
WHERE THEY ADVERTISE.

In Tuesdays and Fridays issues The Press and Banner
rd inches of display advertisements This be little
carried each week. but the number of inches of d
this January first and before
that the people who doing the advertising
believe that print journal which the the
people, The that the home advertisers making such lib
evidence the foreign advertiser that
reach the buyer and business through "The
Family Paper"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-02-25
A VISITOR FROM AUGUSTA.

Mrs. Herbert Hester, of Augusta,
is in the city for weeks visit to the
family of Mrs. A. W. Clark. Mrs.
Hester has found the fountain of
youth and by her charming manner
makes herself an attractive visitor
wherever she goes. Mrs. Hester is
the mother Of Mrs. George Clark,
whom our people all admire.