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Established in 1891. FREE USE IS MADE OF GOVERNMENT RIO rtONEY TO MEET FEDERAL AP PROPRIATIONS BEING RAISED ON ALL 8IDE8. GREAT AMOUNT IS AVAILABLE State Highway Engineer Saye That Two-Thirds of Counties Show Willingness to Co-operate. A number of counties over the State are fully appreciative of the honeflts to be derived by raising money to meet the requirements of the federal government in the matter of securing funds with which to build roads. The Sumter county board of supervisors and the county delegation held a meeting recently and delegated authority to the hoard of supervisors to borrow $08,100 with which to meet federal aid appropriations for 1919. Allendale county will put on a special seven-mill levy to raise money to meet the government appropriation. The levy will raise approximately $33,000 and the federal aid will give an equal amount, making $06,000 to be used on the State hieliwav svstem on roads during the present year. Cupt. J. Roy Pennell, State highway engineer, in Rpeaking of the disposition of county ofT01als towards tho "highway department said: "Approximately two-thirds of the counties in tho State have shown themselves morq than willing to co-operate in way possible with the State sHpfirfty department for the improveof the highways." I Increase. largest shipments of that ever came into i came through Sumter ago consigned to Oaroarms. Foreston. There of native Missouri and orns and Herefords. All been tuberculin tested iment before shipment, are larger and have lality than native South . They will be sold as >le in this State after ? registered Hereford earingen, State superintendent of education, has just issued a bulletin on laws relating to education enacted by the general assembly at its 1919 session which he is mailing out to all school men throughout South Carolina as well as all State sii? perintendents of education in the United States. Fourteen laws of Statewide importance were enacted or revised by the legislature and the bulletin carries the full text of these laws, among which are the eomnulsory attendance law, equalization funds Tor needy schools, high school nnd rural school laws, relief from the disabilities of the influenza epidemic, vocational training, flexible tax levy in school districts and public school libraries. Auto License Fees. The State highway commission through the State treasurer will illstribute $240,525.40 among the 46 counties of the State from automobile license fees paid for '"119 up to Aoril 1. Jn 1918 the automobile license fees to Anrll 7st amounted to $195,512.40. The collections irf 1919 w^re approximately $45,000 in excess of those In 1918 up to the snme date. Ion 11 of the act approved Feb10, 1917. creating the State ir commission nnd Imposing a ;tax on motor vehicles, provides >e monev from the license tax |e used by the counties "only rconstruction nnd maintenance |? and bridges." From reports last year, it appears that fhe counties turned the monKl automobile license fees into ir.ral county fund and did not Ls required by law |for Rifle Meet. Ki. W. W. Moore. adlutnnt ikes the following appeal rjranizatior of rifle clubs: the contemplated national Istol matches to he held luring the month of Authe auanlcea of the navy , I am exceedingly anxious ?na1 civilian rifle clubs be it once throughout the ry assistance will be renclubs In their organization. Ishlng the necessary rifles iltlon for their practice." Masting of Flee Chief*. The State Firemen's Association meet tn Columbia on Thursday, Api^l 17. The sessions will be held at th+j Jefferson Hotel. Chief Louis iston Is sending out irlous chiefs urging a meeting. The flreI their conventions er months and hold lament This que* sed at the meeting About 40 delegates The Penslow Checks Sent Out. Rutledge L. Osborne, comptroller general, has sent out from his office $298,172 to the clerks of the couit of the various counties to pay the pensions for 1919. Ail matters pertaining to pensions i are from now on to be handled bv the commissioners. D. W. McLaurin has the work in charge and is known as "State pension commissioner." Mr. Osborne says the only change of any significance in the pensions pa>?l by him is that the widows and soldiers in Classes C 2 and C-4 will receive $36 each this year, which is $4 more than they have ever been paid before. The following is the distribution j throughout the State by classification 'and by counties: ? Abbeville. $4,488.00; Aiken. $12,204.00; Anderson, $17,196.00; Bamberg. $3,096.00; Barnwell. $5,796.00; Beaufort. $984.00; Berkeley. $3,612.00; Calhoun. $1,044.00; Charleston. $9.324.00; Cherokee. $6,468.00; Chester. $4,896.00; Chesterfield. $8,040.00; Clarendon. $4,344.00; Colleton, $9.516.00; Darlington, $6,036.00; Dillon. $3,744.00; Dorchester. $4,428.00; Kdge fleld, $3,408.00; Fairfield, $3,660.00; Florence. $8,088.00; Georgetown. $2.280.00; Greenville, $16,488.00; Greenwood. $4,164.00; Hampton. $4,704.00; Horry. $9,828.00; Jasper. $1,704.00; Kershaw, $4,752.00; Lancaster, $5."TA AA . T ? n A. A A A * iw.w, uauiDiis, fj.u12.uu; L?ee. *z.820.00; Lexington, J9.072.00; McCotmick. $2,400.00; Marion. $5,760.00;. Marlboro. $3,900.00; Newberry. $5.644.00; Oconee. $9,444.00; Orangehurg. $.8124.00; Pickens. $7,356.00; Richland. $14,160.00; Saluda. $4,020.00; Spartanburg. $18,840.00; Sumter. $4.596.00; Union. $8,232.00; Williams, burp. $4,176.00: York. $8,304.00; total, $295,812.00. Specter of 1914. The specter of 1914 stalks before the cotton farmers of the South, declared Senator George K. Lraney. of Chesterfield, who was a Columbia visitor recently. It is his opinion that if the farmers plant a large crop of cotton and the restrictions on the exportation of the staple are not removed that the South will face disaster. Senator L?aney. who has a farm himself, says that the cost of production of this year's cotton crop is going to be as heavy as the cost of producing last year's crop. The farmers cannot afford, he derlarnd. to raise two crops and sell them at below the cost of production. It means ruin for many of them. The Chesterfield farmers are reducing heavily, said the senator, who declared that they were going to raise more foodstuffs than ever before. "They are playing 'safety first* and are not taking any chances." he said. Renator I,aney believes that if all restrictions were removed around the exportation of cotton, that the price of the staple would soar to great heights, but the farmer is not able to take the chance on the removal of these restrictions. Things are a little too unsettled. South Carolina CasuaTtles. x iiniiaiiieK among soutn Carolina troops overseas, as recently reported by the War Department, are as follows : Killed in Action: Privates W. H. Harrison, Spartanburg; Rufus S. Avers, Greenville; Andrew Mitchell, Midland Park. Died of Wonnds?Corp. Thoe. A. Thornwell, Riverside; Private Ivy W. Beverly. Conway. Died of Disease?Cook Ralph Barksdale. Fountain Inn; Private Jim Leatherwood and R. L. Ulster, Greer; D. M. Burdett, Pendleton; Ulysses Davis, Jonetrville; Howard Thomas. Bennettsville; James Coins, Greenville. Died of Accident?Mechanic T. 15. Smith. Fountain. Severely Wounded?Private W. D. Trussoll, Honea Path; Cleveland Ard, Columbia. Slightly Wounded?Privates Geo. Topshe. Columbia; Charlie Clybum, Camden; R. McKnight, Manning; L. F. Spencer, Pelzer. New Trial Ordered. The Supreme Court has reversed j the lower court in the case of Rowe j vs. State of South Carolina. The su| preme tribunal held that the lower court had erred in holding the bondsmen of the last term of office of the ' last term of office of the late Sheriff Huckabee of Kershaw county responsible for shortages which were nlleged to have extended beyond the last portion of the administration. A new trial was ordered. Few Oversees Enlistments. Nearly 100 men have re-enlisted for domestic duty in the regular army. There were only 27 who wished to go overseas hadly enough to sign up for three years. This can be explained by the fact that so many wish to remain in the organizations they are now attached to. Seaport camps or camps nearer the ocean enlist most men for overseas duty. An average of all the re-enlistments in the United States shows that half wish domestic and half foreign duty. Re-enlistments numbered 127 at camp last week. Student* Are Turned Away. The senimar being conducted by the Rev. Thornton Whaling. D. D.. at Columbia senlmary. is proving a decided success. It was deemed best to accept only a few for work in the course, consequently a number had to be turned away who applied for admission. Among those pursuing the course are: The Rev. C. R. Bailev laurel Hill. N. C.; the Rev. W. D Ratchford. Cross Hill; the R??v. Be' Rivers, tf Baptist m'niater of Chester field; the Rev. G. C. Gardner, paato of the Methodist Church at Beth una Foir FORT MI PRINCE LIVIO BORGHESE The important and delicate taak of representing Italy as minister to Serbia has been assigned to Prince Llvlo Gorghese, who has mads his mark as I councilor to ths Italian embassy in 11 London. Hs Is ths second son of Prince Paolo Borghese, the head of the great Italian family which arose in Siena In the thirteenth century and produced Pope Paul V (1605-1621). HAVE NEVER BEEN DEFEATED American Officers Rapidly Learning Why Germans Were Detested Even Long Before the War. Coblenz.?The increasing insolence of the Germans in this area is a matter of concern to those here who hoped the Germans, defeated in the war. would mend their manners and learn a lesson in dealing with foreign nations, but it would appear from local indications that all such hopes have been in vain. The Germans insist our presence on the Rhine is no sign of defeat; that we are here as the result of agreement; and this line of argument leads them to expound curious ideas arf to the rights of German civilians in the occupied areas. A few days ago a case came before a military tribunal of Americans in which a German was charged with breaking one of the American regulations. The solicitor for the Germans calmly arose and announced that the Americans had no right to submit German civilians to trial under military law. "Why." exclaimed the American, "had not the Germans military tribunals in Belgium and France?" "Yes," agreed the German, "that is true, but then we were dealing with conquered countries and conquered territories and you are here only as an outcome of the armistice." One can imagine the amazement of me Americans. Such instances of German insolence are daily brought before the American officers here who have to deal with Germans and they are learning rapidly why the Germans were detested by the rest of Europe before the war. NEAR MUTINY OF AMERICAN TROOPS AT ARCHANGEL CAMP Washington.?The war department issued an official statement confirm- ' ing advices from Archangel that what amounted to a mutiny occurred among the American troops there on March 30. A company of infantry, the message stated, refused to entrain for the front until personally urged to do so by Colonel George E. Stewart, commanding the American contingent, i Open thrents were made of general | mutiny unless a definite statement from Washington insuring early withdrawal was forthcoming. The war department's paraphrase of the message follows: "March 30. a company of infantrv. having received orders to go to the railroad front, was ordered nut of barracks for the purpose of packing sleds : for the trip across the river. "The non-commissioned officer who i was in charge of the packing soon rennrted to the officers that the men | refused to obey. At this some of | the officers took charge, and all ex- j cept one man began reluctantly to pack after a considerable delay. MONROE DOCTRINE PROVIDED FOR IN A SPECIAL SECTION Paris ?The league of nations commission adopted a new section to the covenant specifically providing that the Monroe doctrine is not to be affected by provisions of the covenant. I It a-nn *-? t na/? # nil thnt !?? ?.? ' v .... vA|fuvivu viiuk v??r; ja^aurnr amendment also would be brought up again. The President's call on Baron Makino, head of the Japauese delegation. had a bearing on this amendment. ENGLISH LABOR PARTY HAS CERTAIN DEMANDS TO MAKE London.?The national executive committee of the labor party formulated a statement of policy, demanding that the Paris conference put an end to discussions and make pence in accordance with President Wilson's ; fourteen points. The labor party also i demands the withdrawal of the conscription hill .the cessation of military interference in Russia and the speedy withdrawal from the country of British troops. mmM r Mi LL, S. 0., THURSDAY, APR! $4,500,000,000 IS AMOUNT OF LOAN THE SIZE OF THE LOAN MUCH SMALLER THAN HAD BEEN GENERALLY EXPECTED. TAX EXEMPTIONS A FEATURE Rates af Interest Vary According to Option Taken by Purchasers; Bonds Mature in Four Years. Washington.?Terras of the Victory Liberty loan were announced by Secretary Glass, as follows: "The Victory Liberty loan, which will be ofTered for popular subscription on April 21, will take the form of 4% per cent, three-four-year, convertible gold notes of the United States, exempt from State and local taxes, except estate and inheritance taxes, and from normal federal income taxes. The notes will be convertible, at the ui/uuu ul me norner, tnroughout their life into 3% per cent thtee-'our-year convertible gold notes of the United States, exempt from all federal. State and local taxes, except estate and inheritance taxes. In like manner the 3-% per cent notes will be convertible into 4\ per cent notes. "The amount of the issue will be $4,500,000,000. which with the deferred installments of income and profits taxes payable, in respect to last year's income and profits, during the period covered by the maturity dates of treasury certificates of indebtedness now outstanding, will fully provide for the retirement of such certificates. The issue will be limited to $4,500,000,000 except as it may be necessary to increase or decrease the amount to facilitate allotment. Oversubscriptions will be rejected and allotments made on a graduated scale , similar in its general plan to that adopted in connection with the first Liberty loan. Allotment will be made in full on subscriptions up to and including $10,000. "The notes of both series will be dated and bear interest from May 20. 1910. and will mature on May 20. 1923. Interest will be payable on December 15, 1919. and thereafter semi-annually on June 15 and December 15. and at maturity. All or any of fthe notes may be redeemed before maturity. WAR MINISTER OF SAXONY IS KILLED BY MOB OF SOLDIERS Copenhagen.?Herr Neuring. war minister in the government of Saxony, was killed at Dresden by disgruntled soldiers to whom the minister had re- 1 fused a hearing. The war ministry was stormed by demonstrators who dragged out Herr Neuring and threw him into the Elbe, where he was shot and kilted as he tried to swim to the bank. .Wounded patients in the Dresden hospitals, says the Dresden dispatch detailing the occurrence, collected in the morning in the theater square to protest against an order issued by Herr Neuring to the efTect that the wounded in future should receive only peace-time pay. Five or six hundred men formed a procession to the war ministry and sent a deputation to see the minister, who refused, however, to receive them. ONLY THREE OUT OF WIL90N*S 14 POINTS ARE NOT INDORSED Paris.?If onef would gain a real appreciation of what has been accomplished. it is necessary merely to keep foremost in mind {he basis upon which the peace conference was called into being. President Wilson's 14 points. How fsr has the conference progressed toward their realization? To this extent, that with the except'on of three nnestions?Russia, the Serbian outlet to the sea and Italy's frontiers?and these latter are Independent?the American peace delegation K.,o - ? - - ruvirrtirn in mrcing rnroucn the acceptance of the entire nrncnm. It is understood that thp question of Russia was debated at a r?eent session. hut probably thp ultimatp derision will he to leave it for the league of nations. VESSELS OF SEVERAL TVPES RECENTLY ADDED TO FLEET Washington.?America's battle fleet was augmented last month hy 10 destroyers and one submarine, besides the superdreadnaught Idaho, which will join Admiral Mayo's forces upon thpir return from Ouantanamo hay, Cuba, within a few days. Five auxiliary ships also were completed In March and present expectations are that more than 1">0 additional ships will be delivered before the end of the year. EUGENE DEBS IS ON WAY TO THE FEDERAL PRISON Cleveland. Ohio.?Kugene V. Debs, many times candidate for President on the socialist ticVet. gave himself , to the federal authorities here and started for the federal prison at Moundsv^le. Va.. In charge of United States Marshal Charles W. Lapp to , begin servtag hia 10-yaar sentence for violation' the espionage act The party win reach MoundsviUe late if the neces?ary ' transportation eon LL T] L 17, 1919 LORD PARMOOR | ? <mbM n e e v Lord Parmoor, judicial member of a the privy council and attorney general o to the prince.of Wales. a PEACE OBSTACLES REMOVED ^ I d While the Tension Has Been Greatly ( Reduced It is Yet Far From Being { Entirely Removed. a Paris.?The responsibility of the F German etnperor for the war and the e means for bringing him to trial by 5 one of the ullied governments, probably Belgium, have been definitely de- ? termined upon by the council of four, j This follows the definite decision on r the term of reparations for war dam- c ages, whereby <5.000,0000.000 must be; paid within the nert two years, and <] an Inter-allied commission assess the ? remaining damage for a period of 30 t years, beginning May 1. 1921. j v Thus, two of the great obstacles c which stood in the path of the rapid a attainment of peace have been re-1 moved within the last twervtyffour F hourw, and the period of extreme ten-| slon over the inaction and the failure to secure tangible results is succeed-; ed by revived confidence over the I great aavance made towards a perma- r nent settlement. | n How far these results are due to the c intimations conveyed by the summon- j 0 in* to France of the Unitod States ^ transport George Washington by Pres- t ident Wilson is only conjectural. But r it is at least a coincidence that the ? main difficulties began to dissolve c from the time that this decision became known. | c Theexact nature of these dicicul- 0 ties are not disclosed. Friends of the ? President maintain they were largely c of a minor character, not involving large principles. though the presi- I dent's adherence to his "fourteen ti points" as the rigid limitation of the g scope of action appears to have run t all through the deliberations during i the tense period of the last few days, t While the tension hae been greatly d reduced, it is not entirely removed, as a much depends on the continuation of r progress with respect to the remain- t ing obstacles, notably the Saar Val- t ley. the Rhine frontier, the Adriatic's issue and a number of lesser issues r which are still short of final agree- a ment. | d The agreement on responsibilities for the war is understood to have f been a compromise between divided reports represented by the com mis-' sion of which Secretary Lansing is chairman. There was a practical agree- t ment on the general responsibility of > the German emperor for bringing on (the war, but division occurred on n whether it was feasible to bring him j to Justice before an international tri-,r bunal. I , 4 \[ ENGINEERS PERMITTED TO PARADE AT WINSTON-SALEM ? Washington.?The war department. yirougn General March, consented to j' permit the 10F?th engineers of the Jftth r division to parade at Win don Salem, ^ soon after they arrive at Charleston. . which will be the 14th or 15th. It is ' believed the parade will take place ubout the 17th or 18th. T r THE MISSION TO HUNGARY HAS RETURNED TO PARIS Paris.?The mission to Hungary, of which General Jan Christian Sinuts is i * the head, has returned to Paris and r confirms press acounts that complete | c nationalization is a practical bolshe- 1 ^ vist ruse. J p The members reported that the de facto government was well installed, . and said during the conferences with the mission it showed an obvious dis- 4 position not to quarrel with the allies [ but to meet them amicably. ATTITUDE OF THE GERMAN A ARMY IS CAU8ING ALARM Stockholm.?The attitude of the army in Germany is especially pointed n out as causing alarm. The soldiers, c dreading the moment when they have to return to work on being disbanded, f| are aiding with the rioters to intro- r dure a proletarian government In ^ Berlin, following tho disarmament of * the Augusta repWpent. two other regi- ^ meats had ^JwjpllifcMded for fraternizing frith jflfedftrtfr elements of the * town. . -,4sfe&4 / ( m>: v ?? % [MES UN CHAMPIONS MONROE DOCTRINE NTRODUCTION OF INSTRUMENT It OPPOSED BY FRENCH AND CHINESE DELEGATES. SPEECH CLOSED DISCUSSION There Wat No Vote Taken and Failing Further Remarks President Declared Amendment Adopted. Paris.?Discussion of the Monroe loctrine amendment by the leageu of lations commission is described by hose present as having been of a draaatic character, concluding with a peech by President Wilson deprecatng the oppositiou which had been xpresBed. He declared the Monroe doctrine ras enunciated to combat the holy .lllance and to hold back the threat >f absolutism and militarism. It was i source of surprise and discouragenent. the president said, to hear oppoition expressed to such a (doctrine .nd such a purpose. The British attitude had been 'in loubt until the lust, hut Ix>nl Robert 'ecil turned the scales by announcing that he saw no objection to the .uiciiuiuuni in me rorin presented by he president. M Igirnaude, of the French delegation. followed laird Roberts with objections to inserting the rlonroe doctrine. The Chinese also offered objection o the amendment on the ground that ts language was so extended that it night validate certain principles and laims affecting Chinese affairs. The president's speech closed the iiscussion. There was no vote and rhen there were no further remarks he chairman said the amendment vould be considered adopted. The commission then took up the next irticle of the covenant. HOW CAN ALLIES DEMAND ON GERMANY BE ENFORCED Paris.?While the members of the Iritlsh ?ond French parliaments are nohilizing for a proposal to exact lothing less than full indemnification if the allies by Germany for all the osts of the war and are insisting on Jermany's ability to pay the full bill, he American representatives on the eparations commission express coniderable doubt whether even the acount to be presented to Germany unler the plan adopted by the council if four (estimated at about $45.000.. '00.000. with the payment spread over i period of .10 years) can or will be olleeted in full. They assert thhy can see the poasi lility that the ways and means of tolding Germany Ho payment will ;row weaker as the years pass and hat Germany may take opportunity n Vater years to repudiate her obligaions to the present allied powers unler the peace treaty. They recall the iCtion of R"?sia in repudiating the estrictive Black sea clauses of the reaty imposed at the conclusion of he Crimean war at a moment when new political constellation in Europe ;ave the emporor of Russia a fair mount of certainty that Russia could lo this with impunity. UGH PRICE SAID TO HAVE BEEN OFFERED AS BRIBE Albany. N. Y.?Emphatic denial was he answer of Richard H. Burke, of Jew York, to the charge of Senator leorge P. Thompson that Burke had iffered him a bribe in the form of a 500.000 campaign fund for the govxnorship as the price of the senaor's support of the Carson-Martin hill o permit street railway companies to ncrease fare rates. Burke, who Is vice president of the Ipecial Service Flooring Corporation nd connected with the Federal Signal 'onipnny. not only denied making the 500,000 offer about which Senator Thompson had testified earlier in the lay. but said he had never bad any onversatlon concerning the governorhip with the senator. iOMPERS PROTESTS SHIFT IN LABOR LEGISLATION Npw York.?Samuel Gompers cabled 'resident Wilson, protesting against eoponing the report drafted by the ommfttee. Mr. Gompers' action was ased on the announcement that the denaiy adopted the report, with an mendinent offered by G. N. Barnes, abor member of the British cabinet, ecognized that "conditions peculiar 0 the^orient make absolute uniformity a labor legislation impossible." iCKERSON PLACED IN FULL CHARGE OF SHIPBUILDING Washington. ? Chairman Hurley lade the first announcement of hangea in the shipping board's staff 1 preparation fofr continuing succespully the tremendous merchant mains program started, during the war. tr. Furley appointed Naval Constnjc or J. L.j^cwoq Director lencral emer ? ' V?1 S1J25 Per Tear. ' QUICK SETTLEMENT 15 NOWJN SIGHT HUN PLENIPOTENTIARIES ARE INVITED TO VERSAILLES ON 24TH OF APRILMANY MATTERS CLEARED DP The Adriatic Situation, Chiefly Affecting Italy, Has Present Precedence Over All Other Questions. Paris.?A statement by President Wilson in behalf of the council of four says that the questions of peace are so near complete solut'on tlvt they will be quickly and finally drafted. Tho text of President's Wilson statement follows: "In vie?w of the fact that the questions which must be settled in the peace with Germany have been brought so near a complete solution that they can now quickly be put through the final process of drafting, those who have been most constantly in conference about them have decided to advise that the German plenipotontiaries be invited to meet the representatives of the associated lielligerent nations at Versailles on the 25th of April. "This dees not mean that the ninny other questions <*>nnooted with the general peace settlement will he interrupted or that their consideration which has long been under way will ho retarded. On the contrary, it is expected that rapid progress will now he made with these questions so that they may also presently he expected to he ready for final settlement. "It is hoped that the questions most directly affecting Italy, especially tho Adriatic question, can now he brougfit to a speedy agreement. The Adriatic question will he given for the time precedence over other questions and pressed for continual study. ONE HUNDREO BILLION GOLD MARKS ASSESSED AS DAMAGES Paris.?One hundred billion gold marks is the amount Germany must pay the allied and associated governments for losses and damage caused in the war. plus other billions to ho determined by a special commission on which Germany is to be represented. This is the final and definite conclusion which has been reduced to writing after wefiks lof negotiation which took a wide range and involved frequent changes and modifications. The payment of the 100.000.000.000 gold marks is to he ri'vMnrt into threw distinct amounts as follows: First, twenty billions within two years. Second, forty billions during thirty years beginning in 1921. Third. f*-?'v billions when a commission shall determine how it shall he done. NO LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR I nmrurH/tiVltNT OF DRY LAW Washington.?Local advisors of gov j eminent agencies interested in liquor regulation examined statutes and executive orders without finding spo rifle legal authority by which the internal revenue bureau might on force war-time prohibition after July 1st. President Wilson, under the Over man net. giving him nower to transfer functions from one department to another. might delegate the authority to the revenue bureau, some lawyers declared. However, this still would leave the tmronu -without adequate funds to pay the costs of maintaining a largo federal police force. KAISER'S YOUMGF ST SON WOULD COME TO AMERICA Geneva The former Prince Joachim j of the Hohenzoliern family hopes ta emigrate to America after peace Is j ignod. according to reports. Joachim who is the youngest son of the former German emperor, lias arrived hern from Perlin and expresses his intention of remaining in Switzerland until after the peace settlement. HEAVY FIGHTING RAGES IN THE STREETS OF MUNICH Rerlin.- The latest news received here is to the effect (hat the communists in Munich have not yet been mastprod anil tho? h <*??%? * ndui; iiKiiuiiK is raging in the streets of Munich between red guards and troops loyal killed or wounded. The central railway station, the postoffice and telegraph office and several other public buildings again are in the hands of the communists, who used heavy mine throwars. CREDENTIALS OF MANY ARE FOUND INADEQUATE Paris.?The credentials committee of the peace Conference held its flrst raeeUtfK and elected Jules Oamhon. of Prance, lJ^Sidont. On examining th<? cr-rteMlifc t of the various delegatoH, the'Committee found manv to be inadequate and incomplete. Henry White, of tjie American delegation, said this apparently had resulted from a failure ?o understand the requirements and could be corrected and made to con'otto to the rules. * * < '* ' ,1 ;v'