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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-12
BACK FROM
RUSSIA TO TELL
OF HORRORS
Captain of Relief Steamer Re-
lates Terrible Stories of
Conditions at Odessa

Baltimore, April "a tale OF
famine, brutality and other hor-
rors was related by Capt. NJ. l..
Hart of the steamer Deepwater.
which returned to this port today
from Odessa, Russia. The Deep
water was one of the Russian re-
lief steamers which left here in
January
Toward the end of February the
Deepwater reached Odessa and was
met at the docks by thousands OF
children. Practically unclothed and
showing unnlistakabie evidences Of
starvation. they swaTmed about
ready to beg for food as soon As
unloading OF the grain was begun.
but only to be driven away by Rus
sian soldiers.
Captain Hart said those who re-
sisted We're bayonetJed. 1t took nine
days for Go half starved stevcdores
to unload the ship by hand. Two
of their number We're killed in
quarrels among themselves.
Captain Hart refused to allow
any of his crew TO go ashore, but
one night two Cf the men slipped
away. They spent Il night Of hor-
ror before they We're able TO work
their way back on board. accord
ing TO stories they related on their
return. They told Of seeing mel,
stood up against wall 10 be shot
by 4 firing SQUAD; of seeing men.
women and children drop IN the
streets exhausted from hunger. and
as climax 10 their night OF ad-
venture. they saw three ,rainloads
OF dead being shipped out Of the
once tiourishinS city to be thrown
into Il hole in the outskirts.
Captain Hart SAID the Russian
people had had their spirit broken
by the harsh and brutal methods
OF the Russian soldiery and were
offering prac,icH" no resistance.
The people believe the J. w. w.
has conquered the United states
and that they are sending the Gra III
over to them. The people as n
whole also believe that Bolshe-
visn has gripped the whole world
and that resistance is useless:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-12
OFFICIALS
STATE VIEWS
OF HARDING
Declare He Will Not
Wreck Civil Service.
May Make Changes

Washington, April Any inten-
ton by President Harding 10 i'm
pair the operation OF the civil SER
vice law was specifically diSciaim-
ed today after the presidents re-
cent bureau Of engraving dlsmis-
sails had again been the target Of
Democratic attacks in the senate.
The intention OF the chief eXecu-
tive il was said by officials in his
confidence. was not in any sense
to break down the spirit of the let
ter Of the civil service regulations
IN rather TO improve the efficiency
OF governmental machinery under
those regulations.
The president was said to take
the position that as head Of the
government he is responsible for
efficient governmental adniniStr;l :
ton. ii there is anything in the
civil service that tends to tie the
hands OF theseYcutive. il was said.
it will be looked into but without
any efforr TO undermine or attack
the civil SerVice system.
1t also asserted that there is no
Intention at present Of changing
the method of selecting postmasterS
under presidential appointment. The
system under which the present
administration is working. that is
Of taking one of the three highest
under competitive examination. Is
regarded by the White House as
giving on the whole fairly good
satisfaction.
The administration recognizes
that there is considerable criticism
in some quarters over the present
method OF appointing postmasters.
however, and officials suggested
if there was too much irritation the
president might be forced to- with
draw some postmasters from under
the modified civil service plan.
An alternative has been suggest
ed. i, was added. for the prcsi-
dent in case the irritation increa>-
ed to withdraw the first. second.
and third class poStmasters from
the civil Serv where they are
placed by executive order and to
have persons desiring appointment
as postmaster take civil service
examination upon recommendation
OF their congressman so that post
masters could be named from this
! list
Ii was made clear. however. that
the administration had no intention
Of abandoning the present system.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-12
SEMEN0FF
LAUGHS AT
BOLSHEVIKS
Chieftain Of Cossacks
Knows Nothing Of
c. ON p any He IS
Charged With Rob-
bing

] New York. April Cen. Greg
orie Semenoff, ataman, or chieftain
of Cossacks. enjoyed a hearty
laugh today-the first since the
sheriff Of New York county sur
prised him with an order OF ar
| rest last night-at the expense OF
the courts of Harbin, Manchuria.
The. terror of red battalions, "
as he likes to be called, apparently
thinks no more of the Hardin
courts which are said to have re-
turned a Judgment Of s47s,57S
against him. than he does Of Nico-
,ai Lenine.
81 know nothing of this Yoroveta
Home and Foreign Trading COM
pany which charges that | stole
their goods at Chita in Trans
Ba:kalia and that they obtained
judgment against me in Harbin, /"
h. said today
THE courts Of Harbin- can not
believe you are serious" he said
to his attorney, then threw back his
head and laughed long and loud.
. These. Harbin courts-they are
like the wind-here now and gone
|. tomorrow" and he snapped his
fingers.
Who is Yoroyeta?" he asked.
II never heard of him. Where
is the proof that stole these goods
at Chita ?"
Thus General Semenoff defended
himself in an interview at the Of
fees OF his attorney. He had just
returned from the Office of Peter
B. Olney. referee in bankruptcy,
where his wife had given testi-
| nonys regarding their financial stat
us.
Madam Semenof. formerly Hell
ten Viktorovna, repured cousin of
the former Car Nicholas, testified
that she and the general were
married in August. 1920. They left
Russia with limited funds and
wardrobe and would have been
unable. to get this far had NOT their
friend. NJ. A;vazofY, of Vancouver,
p. c., advanced the funds, she
added.
General Krupsky and his brother.
| Nicholas: friends of the Cossacl:.
also testified. They We're question
ed in connection with the vast
fortuae the general is reported to
hold.
George said he was a colonel and
former military attache 10 the Rus
sian embassy in Paris. Neither he
| nos his brother, he testified, had
any financial relations with the
general and denied that they had
been in constant telegraphic and
i postal communication with the
general see his arrival in Ameri-
| ca. There was some talk about
q mysterious treasure box, but the
| brothers declared they knew moth
ing of it. The general also denied
/ knowledge Of the treasure.
| General Semenoff will appear to-
morrow in the law Offices of Davis
H. Kahn. attorney of the receiver
of Yoroyeta, ,. for examination.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-12
VICTORY WEEK
STARTS WITH
ENTHUSIASM
Reports of Contracts
Of More Than Ten
Thousand Bales Re-
ceived at Columbia
Headquarters

Columbia, April l0.-Although
Victory Week" was not supposed
to begin until today, over 10000
bales Of cotton were signed TO the
cotton cooperative marketing con-
tract Saturday, according to re-
ports received at the headquarters
Of the South Carolina. Cotton Grow
ers' Cooperative Association today.
From every county came reports
OF the greatest enthusiasm and of a
determination TO put the cam
paign across.
Over 1000 bales were received
this morning from York county.
200 bales from kershaw and sew
eral other counties sent in from.
800 to 1000 bales Following an
address by Thomas c.. Mcleod.
over 800 bales We're signed at
kinsstree Saturday. Reports re-
ceived this morning indicated that
the Victory Week committees
Went TO work early in many OF the
counties and a heavy sisn-up was
indicated for today
An interesting development Of the
past IS hours is the great interest
being displayed by the banks. All
over the state the banks are giving
their advertising space in the pa
pers this week to the campaign and
many OF the banks have wired
asking that contracts be sent them
so that they can urge their farmer
customers to sign when they come
in the banks. The Palmetto Nat
ional Bank Of Columbia in an ad-
vertisement in the Columbia papers
Sunday urged the farmers OF Rich
land county and OF South Carolina
TO sign the contract The National
Loan & Exchange Bank and the
Liberty National bank also had ad-
vertisements endorsing the move
omept and urging the farmers to
join.
With the sentiment Of the state
so strongly behind US do not be-
lieEe that We can possibly lose, F"
said Harry c.. Hammer, president
Of the association today. DR..
Clarence Poe, editor of the Pro-
gressive Farmer speaks Friday at a
big barbecue 1T Greenville. Satur-
day morning he speaks at Winns-
boro and Saturday afternoon at
Chester. j. d. Coghlan. dirt farm
cr from Texas. is speaking three
times a day this week.
y telegram from Dillon brought
the news that J. II. Manning, one
OF the largest cotton growers in the
state, signed the contract this
morning az 10 O'Clock. Before
signing the contract, Mr.. Manning
had made an exhaustive study OF
the plan and OF its workings in 9TH
err states Dillon county has nov
signed over | l 900 bales and Il tele
gram from A. V. Bethea, county
director. said The campaign was
going splendidly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-12
GOVERNMENT
PRINTING Of
flee CLOSED
Bureau of Engraving
Closed Indefinitely
Until Inventory Can
Be Taken
- W. ~

Washington. April S.-Divisions
of the bureau of engraving and
printing engaged in the pro6uc-
ton of bank notes. bonds and
postage stamps will he closed to-
night for an indefinite period to
take inventory OF the plant from
which James L. Wilmeth and
twenty-eisht chiefs, superintend-
ents and foremen were removed by
presidential order week ago.
Hints also were given that dur
ing the closing the bureau could
be further reorganiZed. or Hard
ingiZed,'' as one official put it.
The bureau employs six thousand
and it is estimated that four thou
sand would be affected by the clos
ing. Officials said the closing is to
aid in taking an inventory, repair
inS machinery and to issue new
steel plates. such as used in print
ing currency The old plates are
so worn that counterfeitinS il
easy. they said.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-12
BANKS
ARE RAIDED

Belfast. April S.-Ulster Bank at
LaneSborough, county Roscommon.
was raided Yesterday by armed
civilians who took away 100
pounds. The raiders were resisted
by Free State troops and during
the lighting Capt. Cox. a Free Stat
ed.
Another Ulster bank at Castlerea.
County RoScommon, was robbed
OF 200 pounds, today by armed
civilians. who held up Cashier
O'Dougherty and his assistant.
The banks manager had just lett
with the funds, otherwise the booty
would have been much larger.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-12
ROCK HILL.
YOUTH WINS
IN CONTEST
First Place Goes to Bruce
Fewell in Catawba Orator
ical Meet

Chester. April 1.-The annual
defamation contest Of the Catawba
f0ratorical and Athletic association
was won here tonight at the Ches-
ter opera house by Bruce Feweil of
Wiathrop training school of Rock
Hill with the subject. "Bel3haz-
zar's Feast" Second place went TO
William White Of the Chester high
school, his subject being Should
Lees Statue Stand In the fall of.
Fame?" Third place was won by
a RockgIIill boy, Crosby Steel. on
the subject, Lay Down Your
Arms lie was from Rock Hill!
high school. a large crowd was
present The field day events will
be staged here tomorrow after
noon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-12

The desperate state of the Ad-
ministration is indicated by the
heartlesS discharge of the 2S chiefs
OF the various divisions of the Eu
reau OF Engraving and Printing.
where stamps. paper money and
printed 1t is the most wonderful
shop OF its kind in the world and
has been considered Il model of
cfficicny. The best opinion here.
seems To be that Harding needed
jobs for his clamorous and hungry
followers. end BY pattine Ecpuhli-
cans of his own choosing into all
the head places he could have then.
providing many hundreds of place..
Senator Harrrld Of Oklah"ma. one
OF The accidents of the last cleo
ton. gave out Il statement 10 the
effect that the administration
found that many OF the chief office
holders reported more Frequently
to Nh. Tumuliy, President Wilson $
secretary for eight years. than To
the present heads Of The govern
ment If this were true it would be
a damaging proof of the utter
weakness OF the Harding control.
Those who know Washington and
paliiics have observed with ap-
proval the very proper conduct Of
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-12
FIVE MEET
DEATH IN AIR
COLLISION
Planes on Paris-Lon-
don Route Crash
Two Americans Are
Dead

Paris, April (By the Associat-
ed Press. Five persons We're.
killed today when airplanes on the
Paris-London aerial express route
collided over the village Of Thieul-
10y, 20 miles north Of Paris, and
crashed to earth.
The dead. are Bruce Yale. a New
York exporter, and his wife, who
were homeward bound by way Of
England in the French machine
NJ Bouriez, air passenger in the
French craft.
Aviator Mire, pilot of the French
machine.
Mire's nlechanician and the cab
in boy of the English machine.
The entire personnel OF both ma
chimes except Pilot r. F. Duke Of
the English craft met death, either
in the crash or flames that follow
ed
Duke, who was seriously injur-
ed, was still unconscious late to-
night. The cabin boy in his ma
chine wore q suit adorned with
brass buttons Late tonight it was
asserted that the American VIC
inns of the disaster had registered
at a Paris hotel as Mr.. and Mrs.
Christopher Bruce. They are said
TO have arrived in France on
board the steamer Empress OF
Scotland, which sailed from New
York in February on tour. Two
women friends We're TO have .ee-
companied the Americans to Lon
don but changed their minds at the
last moment on account Of the
stormy weather prevailing.
London. April !. (By the Asso-
ciated Press}.-The British air
plane which coliided with a Frenci,
passenger liner in France today
carried no passengers, only the pi-
lot, named Duke, and possibly
cabin boy on board, according to
authoritative sources in London.
Tie British machine was one
of a number operated daily in the
London Paris service for passeng-
erS, .naE and goods by three
British and French companies.
The first machir7eA in the daily
service usually leaves London with
the morning. newspapers about
O'Clock and is followed at inter-
walls by. others until,7 o'clock in the,
evening. They all leave from and
arrive at the Croydon airdrone,
where in case OF fog those equip
ped with wireless apparatus are
guided on their course.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-12
Arrest Preacher:

Greenvillc, April S.-BettriX Be-
co. said 10 be a preacher for q
Holiness" church near the city,
was lodged in Jail tonight by fed
eral prohibition officers on the
charge Of manufacturing whiskey.
Officers said they searched his
home on the SpaTtanburg road
and found $50 gallons OF mash.
though no whiskey Or any part OF
dislilling apparatus was found.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-12

Some Of the employees Sumnlar-
lily fired by Harding had worked
for scores OF years in the Eurclu
and are now thrown out in the
most htarllrS$ manner. with no
charges filed against them. but
branded iy innucndu. It is aS bad
.ts the discharge of 100 Navy
Yard employees on the day tho
Arms Conference. ended. II is still
the fixed belief "l Washington
lha, il was done in order that The
hi.; newspaper headlines might
make Il deep impression on the for
cisn delegates who were about TO
leave he city These men were
not even given ten minutes notice
They came 10 work With their
!Hncli baskets and We're told they
We're not wanted And Yet this is
q Government Of the people, for
the people
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-12

Indianapolis, April s.-Idle coal
miners started today receiving
their last pay. estimated at thirty
million dollars By union officials
and regarded by them as strike
funds. The big wage distribution
is an important factor in the min
ers' ability TO continue suspension
OF work.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-12

Griffith. with all the support OF
the Irish people and the Irish in
America hut failed. 1t wasn't De
Nalcra'S fault. but what De Valera
had failed 10 secure from the most
friendly country in the world he
,iid not believe the people OF Ire
land in :, few months could make
England consent 10 give them.
Mr.. Griffith characterized the
tactics OF De Valera and his fol-
lowers at the present time as
meaner than those OF the Black
and Tans
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-12
RIOT AT IRISH
MEETING

Tulamore. Ireland. April 10
George Gavan Duffy, minister CT
foreign affairs OF the Dail Eireann
cabinet, was seized by 4 crowd OF
young men and women and drag
ged from the PLATFORM where he
was making an address ut a pro-
treaty meeting. The disturbers
shouted Long live Devalera. Long
live Republican Ireland"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-12

Mr.. Tumulty, who. like his chief.
has given every evidence of the
correct attitude in the circun-
stances. Mr.. Wilson's silence has
almost been cqualled by that OF Mr..
Tumully who is quietly practising
law. Harrcld'S charge is the only
thing that has caused the former
presidents s secretary to break his
silence on .lnrc!s, politics. though
ii nus, be admitted that he shat
tered it 10 bits at the expense OF
the Oklahoma senator. giving the
latter Il dressing down that Will
abide with him for some time ana
do much toward retiring him TO
thar private existence for which he
seems better qualified than for tn.
hurly-hurly OF Washington life.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-12

Washington. April 1o-Reports
that he had been asked 10 return
10 Greece and resume u premier
ship were characterized as ridice-
lous by Former Premier Tenize!os
today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-12
TORNADO HITS
OKLA. TOWN

oklahoma. April S.-Five per-
sons were killed and scores injured
in a tornado which struck Lawton,
Okla, to-day Reports to the
telephone COMPANY indicated that
a number OF buildings We're de-
styoyed. a half-mile Of telephone
poles We're leveled outside Of
town.
Fort Worth, Texas, April S.-A
tornado struck Cisco. Texas. wreck
ed the depot and destroyed a num-
Der OF residences. Communication
With the town is impossible.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-12
STAND ON
UNWRITTEN LA "
Oklahoma Corcrer's Jury / &
onerates J. p. Day For Eli
iny OF Col. Beck

oklahoma City. April S.-H d
ing that Jean '. Day, promii. ~
attorney and oil man was justified
in the killing Of Lieut.. Col. Paul
Ward Beck at the Day home early
Tuesday, a coroner's jury returned
a verdict aere tonight recommend
ing that 20 charges be preferred
against Day.
On the witness stand in pack
ed court room here tonight, Jean
p. Day and his wife told. with emo
ton. of The Staying of Lieut.. Col.
Paul W. Beck. In broken voice.
but with u sleam OF determination
in his eye. Day said he killed the
army aviator accidentally when he
sought 10 drive Beck from ms
home after finding him attempt
ing 10 attack Mrs. Day early Tues
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-12
Text OF Verdict.

The text Of the verdict follows;
we. the coroner's jury. duly
sworn and cmpanelled 10 inquire
into the cause of the death OF Paul
Ward Beck. after hearing evidence
introduced before us from Wit
ncsSeS. and after viewing the body
of Paul Ward Beck. do upon our
oath lind and report:
Thar Paul Ward Beck came to
his death nj the hands of Jean p.
Day and from the evidence sub
mittcd to MS conclude that Jean 7.
Day WAS justified in defending his
Wife and himself even though the
unfortunate affair resulted in the
death of Paul Ward Beck. and we,
therefore. recommend and advise
that no charges he filed or prose-
cu.:un Instituted against Jean p.
BAY
The verdict was SIGNED by all
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The verdict WAS signed by all
six of the jurors.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-09-18
NELLIE RILEY'S AMBITION.
CHAPTER !

CHAPTER !.
Nellie Riley had ambition. That
is, she had one ambition that loom
ed larger---to be an office girl in
New York. To take down letters
in shorthand, to play on the keys
of a typewriter, represented both
independence and happiness to her.
Not that she knew much about
it, for Nellie never had been be-
.yond Hudson Corners, where as
soon as she was old enough she
helped Miss Carter who kept a
rooming house. But one of the
Hudson Corner girls had gone to
New York, and was doing well in
"a brokers' office, and what Nellie
heard Of Cora Bakers success only
made her the more determined
some day to try her luck in the
big town" as she heard it called
by man who occasionally stopped
at the boarding house.
Nellie's schooling had been an
uncertain sort of an affair. Miss
Carter keeping her out as often as
she dared. But Nellie never grum-
bled because of this. Some time in
the dim past a boarder had left a
typewriter when he departed; Nell
lie never dreamed he left it volun-
tarily-she knew Miss Carter too
we'll. But when her work was
done. and often when it was not,
Nellie stole to the attic where the
typewriter reposed in company
with various cheap trunks and
bags-Miss Carter was a good bust
ness woman-and with painstaking
diligence slowly. laboriously. taught
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-09-18
HEART BEATS RESUMED
AFTER So MINUTES

London. Sept, II (by the Asso-
ciated Press) "A remarkable feat
Of modern surgery was performed
recently by DR.. II. &. Russell Of
London, when a man whose BREATH
ing and heart beat ceased for more
than an hour was restored to life.
The patient. who was q years
old, underwent an operation for
the throat. apparently dying be-
fore it's completion. Efforts at
artificial respiration failed.
Adrenalin then was injected into
the heart and it resumed beating
after fifty minutes had elapsed. At
the end OF an hour the man breath
ed and lived again.
The beating continued twenty
seven hours, when the patient died.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-09-18
100-MILE AUTOMOBILE
RACE WON BY 0RMSBY

Toledo, o., Sept. 17.-Homer
Ormsby of Fort Wayne Ind, won
the 100 mile automobile race here
this afternoon after his elder
brother, Ralph, had set a new
track record and apparently
clinched the event,
The younger Ormsby negotiat-
ed the distance in one hour 80
minutes and IS seconds. The elder
Ormsby crossed the finishing
mark two laps behind the winner,
Ralph Ormsby's record was 4S,
2-5 seconds for a mile.
At the 55-mile post, Ralph
Ormsby was two miles ahead of
his nearest competitor and was
steadily gaining for third lap.
At the siXty-siXth mile he was
forced to the pit by engine
trouble.
Kingsley then took the lead I'M
til he also was forced into the
pit leaving an open field to the
younger Ormsby. Before Ralph
Ormsby could get his trouble re-
paired, his brother had gained
six miles on him.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-09-18

shabby little slavey. gave her a
fairly decent looking dark blue
tailored suit. Nellie was in costa
sizes, and when man passing
through gave her a dollar. she
bought a sailor hat at the general
store and felt herself equipped to
face the world.
A train passed through the Cor
ners at midnight. She would take
that. She had no intention of TAX
ing anyone into her confidence
she would never be allowed to go il
she did. SO the day she had $25
aside from the amount necessary
for her ticket. she borrowed one of
the cheap suitcases from the attic,
and at midnight quietly stole away,
all her worldly possessions not fill
ing the case.
Il didn't steal It! I'll send It
back when 1 get in an office" she
said as she tugged it to the station
Tomorrow-In the Big Town.