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The Washington herald., 1920-03-25
MUNICH BREAKS
WITH PRUSSIA rs
BAUER STEPSOUT
Policy Of US.
Toward Berlin
One of Waiting
Dispatches to State Depart
ment Tell of Assembly
Meeting.

Fresh dispatches from American
representatives at Berlin have been
received at the State Department
They carried the outstanding fact
that the national assembly was
scheduled to meet in the German
capital yesterday, ..
Normal conditions at Munich and
Magdeburg were reported. At Ha-
gen and Dusseldorf order was be-
ing maintained by civil guards. it
was said.
According to the dispatches, both
the majority Socialists and the labor
unions are urging the resumption OF
work. At Leipzig. the strike has
terminated and the government
troops control the city. At Bres-
lau, the strikers voted to resume
work on March 2z.
Berlin without Newspapers.
Conditions at Berlin have seri-
ously interfered with the publication
of the press. Beginning March 10.
no newspapers appeared for four
days.
Indications are that the admins
tration's policy is for the time De-
ing. at least, a "watchful waiting
one. State Department officials deny
that Ambassador Wallace had been
instructed to interfere in one way
or another in the Ruhr Valley sit
uation.
However. American officialdom op-
poses the giving of money or food
or other reconstruction aid to any
Soviet Germany. The President.
through the State Department, Is
believed to have communicated such
\ sentiment to President Ebert.
sailor. Break Discipline.
The Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Cour-
ant published on March %. tele-
gram from Hamburg stating that
the strike is diminishing at kiel
and that business life is gradually
returning. Noncommissioned Of
hcers and men of the navy have
demanded that the officers shall not
come on board again and that these
shall in future be elected by the
crews They threaten that il this
is not conceded they will disband
tn" naval formations and return
home. This demand. according to
the Courant. has been granted in
order to retain military organiza-
further prepared If it should be
necessary to act against any re-
volt on the part of the Communists.
The otterdamsche Courant on
March - said the majority So
ciaIists are fraternizing with Com
munists and Independents, that
Gen. Waiter, who is commanding
the government forces in West
Germany, has to face attacks from
Red armies that are well armed
and are standing under discipline.
that he has concentrated his forces
near Munster and Wezel and that
it is anticipated that some decisive
military action will take place very
shortly. The German government.
according to the Courant, is MAX
ing considerable concessions to the
Spartacans. In the cast Kapp's
troops arc still stationed, nobody
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The Washington herald., 1920-03-25
SO G. 0. P. VOTES
CLAIMED FOR
> GEN. WOOD
New York Headquarters Of
Candidate Lists Elected
Delegates.

New York, March PA bulletin
announcing that ffty-eight elected
delegates to the Republican Nation
al convention had pledged them
selves to Gen. Wood was issued from
the Wood headquarters tonight.
The list included six from AriS
zona. ten from Minnesota, eight from
New Hampshire. two from Oklaho-
ma. ten from South Dakota, ten
from Tennessee and two from Porto
Rico.
. Col. Proctor said Gen. Wood had
won in South Dakota.
South Dakota Results.
Pierre, S. Oak. March 24.-Work-
ers for the candidacy. of Hiram
johnson and Gov. Lowden here to-
day conceded a ma jority for Wood
IN the Republican Presidential pri-
mary in South Dakota. yesterday.
James w. Gerard appeared to be
the Democratic favorite after a NOM
inal conts:t with J. o. Munroe. IlIi-
nois.
with reports from fifty-three of
the States sixty-three counties, Gen.
Wood had a lead of approximately
3,40o. His representatives here
claimed remote county precincts will
report pluralities for the general
sufficient to make his lead in the
State 1000.
Poindexter Vote Light.
Gov. Lowden and Senator johnson
were running close for second place,
with Lowden slightly in the lead.
Only scattered returns were made
for Senator Poindexter.
The vote on the Republican candi-
dates In the fifty-three counties
stood: Wood, 23,547: Lowden, co.
106: Johnson. 1890.
Woman North Dakota ncIegate.
Bismarck. N, Oak. March "a
North Dakota will send a regular
Republican" delegation to the Re-
publican national convention, prac-
tically complete returns from last
weeks primary indicated today.
One woman-Miss Minnie ]. Nelson
and nine men delegates to the
convention were named.
Nonpartisan League leaders de-
MED claims of the regular Repub-
licans" that the league had suffered
a defeat in the primary.
Hiram johnson, the only Repub-
lican Presidential candidate in the
primary, was indorsed by both lead
ing factions of Republicans. VIII
lam ]. Bryan was indorsed by both
sides in the Democratic primary.
While the State law says dele
gates to the national convention
shall follow insofar as possible"
the mandate of the primary, which
went overwhelmingly for johnson,
it is known that at least eight of
the delegates favor Gen. Wood.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-25
Gen. Pershing and Hoover
To Talk to Boy Scouts
tBy Herald Leased Wire,

= New York. March 24.-Gen. John
J, Pershing and Herbert Hoover
will be among the guests of honor
and speakers Friday night at the
tenth birthday dinner OF the ma
tionaf council of the Boy Scouts of
America. IL was announced tot3av
al Scout headquarters. The organ
izstion's annual meeting and birth
day dinner will be held at the Hotel
pennsyivania. 2
The Washington herald., 1920-03-25
Commission to Arrange
Franco German Trading

Paris. March 24.-Appointment of
, Franco-German commission to ar
.ange direct exchange of merchan-
iise between France and Germany.
Without intermediary money. was
announced here today.
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The Washington herald., 1920-03-25
George Perry Morris

the editorial page Of The Washington
Herald.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-25
100000 Fire at Macon.

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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
FAVORS ALLIANCE
OF ALL BAPTISTS
DR.. J. F. Love Presents His Report
At Baptist Convention In
Washington.

Washington, May 13.-Southern
Baptists should lay plans for an ALI
ance with Baptists of all the world,
DR.. j. P. Love, secretary Of the for
eign mission board declared here to-
day to the Southern Baptist ccnven-
ton, in his annual report.
AS a start in that direction it was
announced there will be a conference
of all European Baptist missionary
organizations at London mex, July to
consider a European Baptist pro-
gram.
Indicating the growth IN foreign
mission interests of Southern Bap>
fists during the last fifty years, the
report said that in 1870, Southern
Baptists had II foreign missionaries
in the field with a church member
ship there of 250, while the home
people contributed during the year
IT, the cause $21,983. twenty-five
years later, or in 1895, when the con-
vention last met in Washington, the
denomination had 81 foreign mission
aries in the field, 3,493 church mem
berS there and the collections for
foreign missions amounted to $780,
349. Now, the convention has more
than 400 missionaries in ten foreign
fields, many thousands of church
members, and the contributions for
the last year to foreign missions ran
into the millions. The number of con-
vc.ts on many CT the fields during
the last year has been larger than
ever before.
In addition to making available
more money for the prosecution of
foreign missionary work, the rs mil
lion campaign has produced more
workers for the foreign fields, the
report said, with indications that
more than 500 of the best trained
young men and women among South
ern Baptists will offer themselves for
tie foreign fie'. during the five
year period of the campaign.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
DE3S CANDIDATE
FOR FIFTH TIME

New York, May 13.--The national
convention Of the Socialist party to-
day acclaimed Eugene Y. Debs, fed
oral convict No. 1888 in the Atlanta
Ga. penitentiary, it's candidate for
the fifth time for president of the
United States A 81 minute ovation
followed Debs formal nomination, as
Lincoln of the Wabash" Seymour
Stedman of Chicago, general counsel
Of the party was nominated for vice
president by unanimous vote on a
second ballot. The first vote for him
was 1915 against 26 for Mrs. Kate
Richards O'Hara Of Kansas City,
now serving a sentence in q Jeffer-
son City,, Mo-, prison for violation of
the espionage act.
In nominating Debs the Socialist
party of America signified it's deter
mination mot to recede one inch
from our revolutionary program
Morris Hillquit, of New York leader
of the conservative forces declared.
Socialism in the United States
has not changed and does intend to
change" he said.
Another ovation greeted this
declaration.
Tonight a special committee of
five, headed by Hihquit will leave
for Washington where tomorrow it
has an appointment with Attorney
General Palmer to plead for amnes-
" for all 'political prisoners
throughout the country.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
CARRANZA FACES
CERTAIN CAPTURE
OBREGON SAYS FORMER
PRESIDENT IS SURROUNDED
WILL BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE
COUNTRY-TO BE FURNISHED
GUARD TO VERA CRUZ.
FORMER

Ell Paso, May 13.-President Car
rama of Mexico is surrounded and
in desperate straits at Rinconadam,
near Esperanza STATION, in the state
of Puebla, according to a telegram
from Gen. Alvaro Obregon received
tonight by Roberto V. Pezquiera,
financial agent for the revolutionists
here.
Instructions have oeen given to al
low Carranza to leave the country IN
safety. General Obregon's message
said.
"Carranza has not been made pris-
oner," the telegram, which was dated
today, read. "He has been surround
ed for the last three days, having
fought at Rinconadam, near Esper-
anza Station, and l think he can not
stand much longer. Orders have been
sent to the officers directing the at
tac!: that they notify Carranza that
he can go out of the danger zone in
order that his life may be spared,
Offering him a guard to escort him to
Vera Cruz that he may leave the
country and be free to go wherever
he wishes.
Colonel Orozco, noted for his
criminal proceedings, has been cap
tured at sea by one of our naval
vessels, together with Gen. Jose
Murguia.
AS the shooting Of prisoners to
which you refer, can assure you
that it is only newspaper talk, as we
do not yet know the casualties on the
enemy side"
(Siened) "a Obregon."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
COL. KERR RETURNS

Col. ]. D. Kerr, who has been on a
visit to Washington, New York and
other financial centers, has returned
to the city. He spent most of the time
while away with his rich Drother-in-
law, Col. Austin Stillman. When
Col. Stillman could not give him any
attention, he visited Cousin Percy.
He visited all the furniture stores in
New York, but tells US that none of
them are finer than the stores run
by Calvert & Sons and Hall Invest
ment Company. In going through
Baltimore he saw Col. Marston which
caused him to see a good many other
things.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
FARM LOAN AID is PROF. - ,

Washington, May Pr pr j.,
sentative w. F. Stevenson, OF Che
raw, who is a member of the commit
tee on banking and currency says
that his committee has agreed upon
legislation to relieve the emergency
in the farm loan situation caused by
the attack upon the constitutionality
of the farm loan act.
The Supreme Court has postponed
until next fall the rearguments of
this case, aid in the meanwhile the
farm loan board is tied up, and so
are many millions of dollars worth
of mortgages which have already
been executed, but on which no
morey has been advanced. Mr..
Stevenson SAYS that the matter is one
of great Importance to South Caro-
lima.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
NEW LATIN TEACHER.

Miss Annie Radcliff, of this coun
ty, has been elected as teacher o
Latin in the High School Tor mex
session. Miss Radcliff Is a daughte
of Mr.. w. F. Radcliff, of Long Can
township. She graduated severa
years ago from the Woman's Colleg
of Due West, since which time sh
has been engaged in teaching. Fo
the past several years she has bee1
teaching Latin and Mathematics IL
the Brunson, IS. c. High School
where she also acted as principal
and at Dublin, Ga. She ranks well a
Il teacher, and will be a valuable ad
dition to our schools.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
VOTE SATURDAY ON
PEACE RESOLUTION

Washington, May 13.-The provi-
sion of the Republican peace resolu-
ton requesting that the President
open negotiations with Germany for
a separate treaty was stricken out
today on motion of Senator Lodge,
of Massachusetts,, the Republican
leader.
After this provision had been
stricken out, an agreement was
reached for final vote on the reso-
luton at four o'clock Saturday.
The agreement was made by unan-
imous consent after negotiations be-
tween Senator Lodge and Democratic
Leader Senator Underwood, of Ala
bama.
Mr.. Lodges motion was made at
the conclusion of an address by Sen
ator Kellogg, Republican, Mimi,
supporting the resolution and it
came as a surprise. The Republican
leader did not explain the reason for
his motion, which was sustained in
the absence of any objection.
The section of the resolution
stricken out had drawn part:
fire from the Democrats &nl from
Senator McCumber, Republican, of
North Dakota, who spoke against
he resolution Monday.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
REFUSES TO TESTIFY
AGAINST THE CORPORAL

Columbia, May 13.-The trial of
Corporal Maston, charged with MUIR
der of William S. Chaplain, promi-
nent Columbian, on the night of
January 10Th, was halted at the
camp today when Lieutenant T. B.
Fowler. one of the four soldiers
charged with murder, refused to
testify against the corporal. The
corporal states that he will not
testify when Lieutenant Fowler is
tried, and Fowler refuses to testify
against the corporal. The matter is
to be referred to the southeastern
department at Charleston for a rul-
ing as to whether the Matson trial
shall proceed without the Fowler
testimony. The Judge advocate
states that he will not consent to
Fowler's trial until the Matson case
is ended.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
MAIL THEFTS CHARGED

Spartanburg, May 13.-Postof1ice
Inspectors here today arrested three
negro men employed in the handling
of the mail at the local transfer sta
tion on the charge of stealing from
the mails. 1t is estimated that goods
valued at several Thousand dollars
have been taken from the mails at
his post within the last six months.
Robert Shelton, Thu1mond Kelly and
Cleve Ellington are the men being
held for preliminary hearing be-
fore the United States commissioner
tomorrow. The inspectors who
made the arrests are E j. Mansfield,
w. H. Tafel, and William P. Lathe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
CHARGED BY
SECRETARY DANIELS S
Cablegram Exhibited by Sims MOI
Genuine, He Says-Traps the
Rear Admiral.

Washington, May 13.-Charges
that cablegram produced before the
senate naval investigating commit
tee during the testimony of Rear Ad-
miral Sims bore a forged signature,
we're made today by Secretary Dan
iels. He referred to a message which
Admiral Sims had presented as part
Of his criticism of the navy depart
ment and which purported to have
been signed by the secretary.
"Somewhere somebody was guilty
of signing my name to an official dis
patch which the original, he repro
duced, shows I never signed," Mr..
Daniels told the committee, 'or of
altering a dispatch by erasing the
real signature and substituting "Dan-
iels."
The concluding paragraph of the
cablegram read: "In regard to con-
voys, l consider that American YES
sells having armed guard are safer
when sailing Independently"
Mr.. Daniels testified that immedi-
ately upon reading the admiral's tes-
.mony lie knew that he never sent
such a cablegram and he started an
investigation.
Il knew" he said, "that if my
name appeared on such a telegram it
would be because somebody had
forged my name to it."
The secretary said he finally found
the original of the disparch In the
British embassy, through which it
lad been sent, and that the name
signed to it was A. F. Carter, by di-
rcctions of the chief of naval opera
tions."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
RUNNING WITH BIG MEN.

The Press and Banner has receiv
ed a letter from Uncle Jim Stark
who is in Washington attending the
Baptist Convention, or rather who is
there ostensibly for that purpose
He says in the letter that he has
been running with Senator Dial,
Cotton Ed Smith, Jim Baker, "and
the other big men around Washing
tan." The whole city he tells US has
been turned over to the Baptists.
From Washington he and Mrs
Stark will go to New York where he
expects to call on some of the bank
ers and tell them how business is
run down in this section. If there is
any loose real estate he may take it
sver for Bishop Link and himself.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
BAP FISTS TAKE Up
PROH| QUESTION
DEMAND is MADE UPON BOTH
PARTIES TO TAKE DEFINITE
STAND ON ENFORCEMENT OF
18TH AMENDMENT-NO LONG.
Err QUESTION OF POLITICS.

Washington, May 13.--Taking the
position that prohibition is no
longer a political question" but a
question of the authority of the
whole people expressed in law the
Southern Baptist convention today
called upon both the Democratic and
Republican parties to declare openly
for the enforcement Of the eighteenth
amendment and to nominate no one
for the presidency who is not COM
mitted to this policy.
BY a standing ballot the 1000
messengers enrolled at the conven-
,ion unanimously adopted the lesolu-
IN offered by DR. A. ]. Barton of
alexandria, Va, which recited that
it is the will Of the representatives of
100000 white Baptists that prohi-
bition as the law Of the land shall be
strongly maintained.
Regret at his inability to attend
the convention was expressed by
President Wilson in a letter in which
he said that sit is of special signifi-
cance and timeliness that great
Christian convention should be held
II Washington because the nation
now faces nothing less than the
~Iestion whether it IS to help the
Christian people in ether parts Of the
world to realize their ideals of justice
I'D orderly peace
Questions of education and the ex-
pansion of foreign missions were dis
cassed at the morning session today.
E. J. billiard of Birmingham, Ala,
spoke of the need for Christian edu-
cation among the students of the
South and DR.. John E. White of
Anderson, S. c., described the IL
literacy prevalent in the South which
lie declared it was the duty of the
Baptists to remedy. Dr.. A. P.
Robertson of the Baptist Theological
seminary, Louisville, KY, discussed
lie problems of theological training
for ministers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
EVANS WILL NOT RUN

Spartanburg, May 13.-John Gary
Evans, ex-governor of South Caro-
lima, and now chairman of the state
Democratic executive committee ant
national Democratic committeeman
r"Hm South Carolina, announced to
,';,--' nat he will not accept the stat
craftsmanship again. 1t is reported
here that T. P. Cothran of Greenville
may be put forward to succeed Mr.
Eavns.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
CITY COUNCIL MET
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
In Regular Session-Grants Twenty
Year Franchise to the Tele-
phone Company.

The City Council met in regular
session Wednesday night with all the
aldermen present. The usual routine
matter of receiving reports from the
various city departments, auditing
CT billts, ETC., being disposed of the
matter of granting a franchise to E
w. Gregory, who recently bough
the Abbeville Telephone Company,
vas taken up.
Mr.. Gregory appeared before
Council and asked for 20-year
franchise. On motion of Alderman
Henry this was granted, the fran
chise to be prepared by the city at
torney and approved by Council
The request of Major J. D. Fulr
that Council extend aid in the mat
ter of getting out handsomely il.
lustrated booklet of the Abbeville
City Schools was referred to a com
mittee to investigate and report.
Water was ordered placed OF
Whitehall street, committee of citi
Zcns appearing before council and re
qucsting that this action be taken.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
PRINT PAPER COMBINE TO
LIFT PRICE is DENIED

Washington, May 13.-Existence
Of combination of print paper
manufacturers to fix prices and to
"act in concert on contract adjust,
ments," was denied Thursday by
Maurice Hopes, president of the
Finch-Pruyn Company, manufactur,
ers of Glen Falls, N. Y, before the
Senate subcommittee -. investigating
the print paper situation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
MISS RUDISAIL LEAVES.

Miss Mary Rudisail for the past
eighteen months stenographer of W.
P. Greene, left Friday afternoon for
Spartanburg, where she will max
her home with her parents. Mis-
Rudisail has endeared herself to a
large circle of friends in the city
and county and they will regret to
learn that she is leaving Abbeville.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
MEMORIAL EXERCISES

Major Henry Tillman, of Green
wood, and Major R. B. Cheatham, Of
Abbeville, have been invited to make
addresses at the memorial exercises
here Saturday morning. The cxcr-
ciscs will begin on the Square at
II o'clock. Dinner will be served to
the veterans at the Eureka Hotel.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
HEARING The MUSIC

Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Greene, Mrs
J. S. Cochran, Miss Mary Greene and
Bill went over to Greenwood this
afternoon and attended the music
recital of Miss Ruby Hill Devlin at
Lander College.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
INDIANA NAMES DELEGATES

Indianapolis, May 13.-Indiana
Republicans here tonight named &c
delegates to the national convention.
Six were instructed by their dis
tricts to work for General Wood for
the presidential nomination, four for
Senator Johnson and the others were
uninstructed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
SPECIAL COURT TO
HEAR IRISH CASES

London, May 13.---The British gov
.rnment has decided to create spe-
al judicial body 10 examine the
asses of Irishmen who are under
arrest, it was announced in the House
+ commons today by Andrew Bonar
Inv, the government leader.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
VISITING THEIR SON

Judge and Mr5. Frank B. Garv
teis Thar3l,.y for Annapolis, where
they will spend several days with
Frank B. Gary, Jr.. who is a second
year cadet in the navy. Frank will
soon leave on a tour which will take
him through the Pacific instead of
European waters as was first intend
ed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
Mrs. Norwood Better

Mrs. Ellen Norwood, librarian,
who has been quite i'll for some time,
is greatly improved and her friends
will be glad to learn that she will re-
sumo her duties at the library in the
near future.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-05-14
HAYS MADE CHURCH ELDER
Surprises C. o. P. Committee By
Opening Session With Prayer.

Opening Session With Prayer.
Sullivan, Ind, May 13.-Wil H.
Hays, chairman of the Republican
National Committee, was ordained
an elder in the Presbyterian church
here today. He takes the place left
vacant by the death of his father,
John T. Hays, nearly year ago. The
father had held the place for thirty
years.
Chairman Hayes, who has been ac-
tive in church work from boyhood,
surprised the members of the Ma
tional Committee when he opened
The first meeting after his election
with prayer.