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The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
DEATH CLAIMS
ABLE ATTORNEY

Aiken, Nov. 1s.-Col. Dan S. Hen.
derson, prominent lawyer and citizen
of Aiken, died at lis O'Clock this
morning after an illness extending
through nine weeks. He was ~ years
old and had practiced law in Aiken
since 1876. Mrs. Henderson died
only last February.
The funeral will take place Sum
day morning at the First Presby-
terian church. He is survived by three
sons; P. F. Henderson of Aiken; d.
S. Henderson, Jr., of Columbia, and
T. Ripley Henderson of Augusta, Ga.
Colonel Henderson was born at
Walterboro in Colleton county in
1849. Before he was Is years old he
entered the Confederate service and
served as a courier to Gen. Stephen
Elliott until the end of the war.
He was graduated from Charleston
college in 1870 with first honors,
studied lew in that city, was principal
of the Male academy at Chester while
pursuing his law studies, and was ad-
mi.ted to the bar in 1872. He at once
began the practice of his profession
in Aiken, where he made his home up
to the time of his death.
A veteran of the Confederate war,
his love for his state was further evil
denced by the gallant part he played
in Reconstruction days Immediately
following the war. He took an active
part in all matters political, and for
many years was participant in state
Democratic conventions. He was a
delegte to the national Democratic
convention in 1884 when Grover
Cleveland was first nominated. He
served six terms in the state senate,
but practically retired from politics
in 1880.
While member of the general as
sembly, Colonel Henderson was
author of the bill to prevent duelling
in South Carolina. This inhibition was
put in the constitution of South Caro-
lima in 1895, Colonel Henderson being
a member of the constitutional con-
vention. The author introduced the
measure first in 1881. The oath is now
taken by every officer in the state
from governor to coroner.
Colonel HeHderson was for many
years an elder in the Presbyterian
church. He also served as trustee
of different institutions, having been
on the boards for Davidson college,
the College Of Charleston, the Pres
byterian Theological seminary and
South Carolina college. In 1875 he
married Miss Ripley of Atlanta.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
GERMANS FOLLOW
UNITED STATES

Berlin, Nov. II (By the Associated
Press) s)-The promotion of Ellis Lor-
ing Dresses to the rank of American
charge d'affaires in Berlin will be an
swered by the German government
with the appointment of foreign
official of similar rank as Germany's
temporary representative at Wash
ington. Baron Edmund Won Their
mann now is on his way to the United
States, but he has merely been given
instructions to prepare the premises
of the former German embassy there
for official occupation.
1t is not expected here that he will
be promoted to the rank of charge
d'atfaires while on his way, shice he
is comparative newcomer in the
German diplomatic service. AT the
foreign Office today it was said that
the man to be sent to Washington as
the German representative would be
selected from the staff of routine dip
lomatic officials of whom there Were
said to be plenty available for the
Washington assignment. His appoint
ment will be announced before the
end Of the week.
The appointment of Mr.. Dresel to
the position of acting envoy with full
credentials meets with the heart ap~
proval of the German foreign office,
which considers him we'll qualified for
that post by virtue of his first hand
Knowledge of the political and eco
nomie conditions of postwar Ger
many acquired during the last 1s
months.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
Fine Farms SolT Yesterday

The Southern States Realty COM
pany, associated with E. F. Kelly &
Bro, local land men, sold the Jack
Farr farm yesterday. The lands were
purchased by s. r. Aycock and l.. J.
Sprouse, Mr.. Aycock bidding in the
larger acreage. The total price paid
by the two purchases was around $32,-
900. The farm contained 375 acres.
This handsome price does not look
like the boil weevil scare has affected
Union county land values.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
Union, S. c., Friday Afternoons November 1s 1921 -
CHINA'S PROGRAM
CLAIMS ATTENTION.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE Far
Eastern nations await the reply of
Japan to China's declaration of rights
and the American move for limitation
of naval armaments is slowing up be-
cause of objections raised both by Ja-
pan and Great Britain.
Discussion of the Far Eastern prob
lens, which for the moment are in
the foreground of the arms confer
ence, was advanced by the big nine
today to the point of an agreement
that general exchange of views on
China's program should precede any
consideration of specific points. Such
general presentation of views Japan
was unprepared to make, and the big
nine adjourned until Saturday.
Meantime Japan made known form
ally her desire to modify the Ameri-
can plan of naval limitation so as to
give her Slightly greater" relative
strength and the opposition of the
British to the submarine quota sug-
gested by the United States gave evil
dence of such determination as to
attract the attention of the whole
body of delegates.
The days work seemed to Indicate
that the first impetus of the confer
ence was giving way to a period of
more deliberate discussion which
might preclude the possibility of out
standing developments for the imme-
date future. Plans were made, how
ever, to tackle the third big job of the
conference, the limitation of land
armament, early next week at an open
session at which Premier BRAND will
make a far reaching declaration of the
views of France.
The big mines session on Far East
crn questions today was largely given
over to discussion of the method of
procedure. The decision to permit
each of the powers to present a gen
eral statement on the subject before
attempting to settle specific problems
Is understood to have had the in
dorsement of all the heads of delega-
tions, although Japan made it plain
she accepted the Chinese plan only "as
a basis of discussion" 1t was decided
also that when specific points gre
lfeacheds the Chinese, Stem spointsp Are
to be interlaced in determining de-
tails of procedure.
A contributing factor to the two
days delay was said to be the illness
of Baron Shidehara, the japanese am
bassador who is in charge of Far
Eastern problems for his government.
1t was understood, however, that the
time required to communicate with
Tokyo and the determination of the
japanese to give most careful exami-
nation to the Chinese proposals, have
combined to make an immediate state
ment of Japan's views impossible. 1t
is expected that when this presenta-
tion is ready, it will be given to the
public as an evidence of Japan's will
lingness to proceed with the discus
sion in the open.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
BRITISH EXPERTS
STRONG ON SHIPS

Washington, Nov. 17.-An authori.
tative statement Of British naval
views obtained tonight disclosed that
aircraft are not regarded by the Brit,
ish as having displaced capital ships
in naval warfare. Aircraft have a
distinct place in war, however, and il
was said that even aircraft lombard
ment of cities might be justified be-
! cause of the pressure such attacks en-
| erted on enemy governments. The
British spokesmen pointed out that
bombardment Of London and Paris
from the air during the war had been
effective in this way and it was indi-
Gated that the British delegation
would not favor too sharp a limitation
on aircraft operations if the question
comes up at the arms conference.
By contrast the British position of
adherence of submarines was ex-
planned as due to the feeling that the
submersible was "mere instrument
of assassination" and incapable of ex-
erting any such influence on peoples
and their governments as air raids on
cities. The British reply to the sug-
gestion that the submarine was the
weapon of the weaker powers was
thatS the weak had never been op-
pressed by the British navy when
there were no submarines.
Comment was denied by the Brit
ish spokesman on the Japanese modi-
tication to the American arms limita-
tion proposals, disclosed in part to-
day by Baron Kato. The Japanese
suggestions were variation of the
program proposed by the United
States and a subject for conference
discussion, it was said.
1t was denied that in thinking of
continuing certain building for tech
nical reasons during the proposed ten
year holiday the British had ever for
mally proposed to produce a ship
year. Such a building program
would amount to reputation of the
American, holiday plan, it was added.
1t was declared that nothing of the
kind had ever been suggested in any
official British statement. Many plans
had been considered for continuing
technical knowledge, but the British
delegation was not compaittedtoday:
There is no feeling among British
officials that the committee of naval
officers of the five powers now
threshing out the American pro-
posals and various notifications sug-
gested should be called upon to report
in a matter of hours or days. The
American plan was described as the
most far reaching ever laid before
naval officials, coming as a complete
surprise to the British, and of neces-
sity, it was said, would take time to
consider. The group of admirals, it
was added, is working at full speed
and already has made some progress,
but the nature of this was not dis
closed. 1t was added, however, that
the American ratio for submarines,
the point about which the British
proposed notifications, had not been
considered as vet.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
Would Not Affect
Manufacture of Steel

New York, Nov. 18.-Negotiation
of a treaty which would prevent fu-
ture wars in conjunction with an
agreement to limit the navies was
urged by Ebert H Gray, chairman of
the board of the United States Steel
Corporation, in an address here be-
fore the American Iron and Steel In
stitute. He also belittled the sugges-
ton that the armament limitation
would reduce the manufacture OF
steel.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
JAPANESE SEEK
GREATER TONNAGE

Washington, Nov. II (By the Asso
ciated Press).-Admiral Baron Kato
head of the Japanese delegation to the
armament conference, announced to.
day that Japan would ask modifica.
ton of the American naval limitation
program which would permit Japan tc
maintain general tonnage slightly
greater than 60 per cent" of that OF
each Of the other two powers.
Japan also would ask, Baron Kate
said, for the right to maintain a type
of vessel of strictly defensive char.
acter, the tonnage 'approximating that
maintained by the other two powers.
"A statement issed by Baron Kato
said:
Because Of her geographical posi-
ton, Japan deems it only fair at the
present time that the other inter
ested countries should agree that she
should maintain proportion in gen
erai toeage slightly greater than 60
per eenD, land, in a yIye of veses of a
strictly defensive character, she
might desire to even approximate
that of the greater navies."
Baron Kato's statement was issued
at conference with newspaper corr
respondents as to the notifications
his delegation would submit, saying
this was for the conference to dis
cuss. 1t was assumed generally
however, that the Slightly greater
general tonnage the Japanese de
sired would include the battleshir
Mutsu, probably just commissioned
and that the type of defensive vessel
referred to was a light cruiser suit,
able for policing the waters of the
Orient against pirates and the like
Would Keep Mutsu.
The Mutsu is ship of some $4,000
tons armed with eight 16-inch rifles
She is comparable to the American
Maryland class, and, according to Sec
retary Hughes program, each natior
would retain but one ship of thi:
class,
Great Britain has no battleship O
this type. If the Mutsu is later added
to the ships Japan is to retain sht
will make the second 16-incr gun shil
fss Japan and, it was. assumed thta]
if this was granted, tht American DEF
egation would desire to retain tn
West Virginia of similar characters
tics, to be launched next Saturday.
Admiral Baron Kato made hi
statement in the presence of M. Han.
ihara, the vice minister of foreign
affairs, and several other members O.
the Japanese delegation. He wa.
then asked to define more clearly
what he meant in stating that "in q
type of vessel of strictly defensive
character she might desire to approx
innate that of the greater navies,
and in reply said he wanted to make
it perfectly clear that the above res
ervation did not apply to capita
ships, but to other ships of defcn.
sive character.
In reply to another question he
added that the reservation did not
refer to submarines.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
Big Powers
Reach Decision

Washington, Nov. 18.-The action
of the British in ordering suspension
Of work on the capital shipbuilding
created no surprise here. In any case
the deliberations by technical COM
mission, headed by Assistant Score
tary Roosevelt and including the high
est naval officials of the five big pow
ers appear to have reached a point
where the capital shop ratio may be
considered settled as far as the Brit
ish and American fleets are concerned.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
Eugene Drane Dies

Mrs. R. A. Oliphant received mes
sage yesterday from Americus, Ca,
stating that her brother, Eugene
Drane had died from an accidental
gun shot wound.
The details are unobtainable as we
go to press. Albert Oliphant OF
Greenville and Alex Oliphant of Ches-
ter hurried to Americas upon receipt
Of the tragic news and will remain
until the funeral services are over.
Friends in Union sympathibze deep
ly with Mrs. Oliphant in this sorrow
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
Irish Question Again

London, Nov. 18.-The Irish peace
situation is deemed in authoritative
circles not to have been made actually
worse by the Ulster cabinets deter
mination to adhere to the position.
The Daily Mail says it has authority
for asserting that the government
now thinks it can see the way
through.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
Why Germany Was Beaten

Berlin; Nov. .17.--Why Germany
was beaten is again a topic Of acri-
monious newspaper controversy now
that the third anniversary of the col
| lapse of the German war. machin, is
| at hand.
Opinions are as violently expressed
! and as widely divergent as ever. An.
| impetus to bitter rccrimination haG
been given by an interview with Field
| Marshal Won Hindenburg, which ap-
peared the other day in the Hamburg
Tageblatt. In it, TIE aged army chief
unce--ncresaflssaAsGl~ hisai,eliefsi sths.
dagger thrust in the back OF the
army'-thc treacherous breakdown of
civilian support for the military lead
ers.
The sequel has been the publication
If mass Of official material, notably
by the Vorwaerts, to show that it was
certainly not the civilians who lost
the war.
Major Deutelmoser, the former
chief of the official German press bu-
reau, writes in the Berlin Tageblatt
maintaining that the blind faith Of the
German nation in its military leaders
continued to the bitter end; in fact,
until it was plain to all that the mil
itary idols had come to grief irrep-
arably, because they were just SOL
diers and not statesmen, which was
the dcplorahle mistake made by the
people at home," says the writer.
The extreme radical press is even
more bitter in its denunciation of the
military failure. The Freiheit pub
fishes a long article to show that the
German people were systematically
deceived; that they had no conception
of the true situation at the front, and
that the supreme army command de-
liberatcly spread false reports.
Furious dcnials of these allegations
come from the conservative organs.
The Tageszetung wrathfully accuses
the ''vile agitators' who, it says, had
long ago whetted the weapon of
treachcry; while Count Reventlow in
the Abendblatt declares that it was
neither Foch's genius nor the British
blockade that overcame Germany, but
1.-The venomOus work of deserters and
traitors behind the German front, who
had been infected by the pacifist and
revolutionary virus"
Adolph Rooster, former minister
in the Socialist cabinet, who says that
the dagger thrust story is zone of the
most insidious and stupid of war le
sends" Rooster produces official evil
dence from reports of commanding
generals, themselves, that the German
army was well and truly beaten; that
it had no efficient reserves; that the
Allies were incontestably superior in
men and material, and that the Brit
ish blockade had Germany by the
throat. "No Bolshevism, and no paci.
fism had anything to do with that y
the writer declares.
There Is no sign that Germans ever
will agree on the question why they
were defeated.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
Japan's Delegates
Prepare Views

Washington, Nov. 18.-The whole
committee sessions stood at adjourn
ment to give Japan's delegates the op-
portunity to prepare the presentation
views of China's poposals settlement
of the Far Eastern questions. The
British delegation is to push work to-
day formulating the detailed position
of the American armament proposal
and the Far Eastern program.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
Sruck Struck by Train

Cash Grocery company's truck,
driven by Roosevelt Gillian, colored,
was struck by shifting engine at the
crossing in the rear of Capt. Farr's
residence this morning. The driver
saved himself, except for bruises
by jumping. The truck was badly
smashed. The engine was pushing two
box cars, in front when the truck was
struck.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
Cessation of
All Shipbuilding

London, Nov. 18.-Admiralty an
nounced that it had ordered the cessa-
tion Of all work on the four battle
ships of the superhood type. The ship
building firm is notified not to incur
further liabilities on the new naval
construction until further notice by
the admiralty.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
Great Britain
Helping China

Washington, Nov 18.-Great Brit
ain has come TO the armament confer
ence for the purpose of doing every
thing possible to enable China to as
sumo her proper place in the CONNER
cial world, so the British authorities
emphasized
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
In Hands of Receiver

Martin Furniture company of
Jonesville, s. c., has gone into the
hands of receivers. Judge John S.
Wilson has named A. D. Cooper Of
Union receiver. Mr.. Cooper has al
ready taken charge.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18

Mr.. and Mrs. w. Lester Davis have
moved to Greenville to make their
future home. The good wishes of
hosts OF Union folks will follow them.
Mr.. Davis has been connected with
Bradley-Estes Furniture company for
a number of years and is held in the
highest esteem by his business asso-
ciates and friends. z
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
Henry Ford's Proposal

Washington, Nov. 18.-Secretary
Weeks and the war department engi-
neers reviewed Henry Ford's Muscle
Shoals offer today at a preliminary
hearing to the conference late in the
afternoon with Ford.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
Spirit of Caution
Develops in Japan

Toxic, Nov. 18.--With the fading
first enthusiasm over the anticipated
relief Of the armament burdens, the
spirit Of caution has developed in ia
pan with the inclination to look for
possible advantage to the United
States, and expressions favoring a
more equal balance of power have be-
come conspicuous.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
Favorable Report on Bill

Washington, Nov. 18.-The senate
adopted conference report on bill
outlawing beer and. malt liquors for
medicinal purposes, voting Sc to %
house already acted. The measure
goes to the President.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
Concern Moves
Into New Quarters

Caro-Vet Remedies company have
moved into their handsome building
corner Of Main and Church streets
recently occupied by Bottoms Garage
Bottoms Garage has moved into the
Townsend building, formerly occupied
by Brock Morgan Automobile Co.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
Supreme Court Decision

Washington, Nov. 18.-The su-
preme court decision in the Newberry
case makes it unnecessary for the can
didates for the United States senate
to file statement of the receipts and
expenditures in connection with either
the primaries or the general election
so Attorney General Daugherty in.
formed the house committee.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
Eastern Virginia not
to Have Judge

Washington, Nov. 18.-Provision
for new judge in Eastern Virginia
was eliminated when the bill to create
additional federal district judges was
formally reported to the house.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-11-18
Eight Members
of Family Killed

Mena, Ark, Nov. 18.-Eight men,
bers Of the family Of r. E. Weems at
Wickls near here were killed last
night when the house collapsed dur
ing violent storm. Details are lack
ing as wires are down.
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Armament Conference
Meets Monday

Washington, Nov. 18.-The arma-
ment conference is called by Chair
man Hughes to meet at IL o'clock
Monday for the third plenary session.