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l»es^H \ M d UPSET BY WILSON A)LD world aroused by new ^ DIPLOMATIC SITUATION AUSTRIA MAY STOP WAR International Neis Service Claims - Germanjv Censored Count Czernins * Viterances Hefore They lteache<l Allied Centers—Would N©| Pro tect All of Germany’s Present Holdings. * %- . „ • • ; «, President Wilson’s peace speech of Monday has whipped the old world out of its winter lethargy into fev- " ferish action. Every hour is now making historv. The question of ques tions over which the leaders of at least three great belligerent powers —Great Britain, Germany and Aus tria—are hopelessly split, is whether peace by the Wilsonian diplomacy is possible, or w hether blood must ren der th'e ultimate verdict, in the Arm ageddon on the west. . JCventa moveifHast within the last L’4 hours. D^lails^of what happen ed in Berlin and Vienna are for the moment still loTKed in the desks of the Teuton censors.. But two devel opments beta me known: . 1. Count von Hertling is said to oe preparing n reply to President Wilson to be deliver in the reich- ' stag. 2. An empire-wide campaign has been launched by the German social ists against the proposed supreme ffive in the west, because it would Hell the sacrifice of at least anoth- million men t Tu nip this campaign In the bud Indenburg is expected in nt least Ml well Informed qnarter to lattnrh the. drive nt time* In toanetilon witli this vipretation significance la attached to dispatches (rum Uanish sources reconntlaa the pnssaae through the tlhsgeral|. Into the Noftll sea. of lorao numbers of German deutrvi)ers In the aame % • in| y man> stthmaiines have been sighted daring tfco last feu devs. these ad* tires added German war evperta hate frequently predated that the western offensive util he m*ompun* led hv n sen drive .%u»irtn util wot hettle fur German rr*uqm s's in either lletptum or Hue* sle s • ordiua tu thw* iMwvdMMHMMi New 4 defy|re There ta m the handdi uf the state deportmeui iu>tt*t> <faMp Ipwldamre «»f U otde split between the AnalVhlW end German f**r»tgn pul tries It nos • hi* r» *f• ** #• un<* h promp ed l*rss- tdeot \\ tlsou to teptf tu CumM f’Sef • ulu ns he did* It Is runshlered Ithrly that tha Both uf this evidence IU laaodun led King George and l*lupd‘Guume lu disagree mth President Wtlsun s in* letpretatlun uf the lusiriau mier t vSeweti I CALLS FOR WORKERS Tillman Makes Plea to Men of Mouth 4 • Carolina Many replies are coming in from all parts of the State and Horace L. Tilghman is in charge of the Work of preparing an eligible list of men available for work in the shipyards of the country. Mr. Tilghman's of fice is in the Xatiodal Union Bank Building, Columbia. He feels optim istic about getting the 4,000 men needed from South Carolina'. Wed nesday night, William Banks^eiji- tor of the Columbia Record, w‘ho Is Assisting Mr., Tilghman in this^work, received the following message from Senator Tillman, in Washington, chairman of the Senate committee on. naval affairs: ” ' . “On America rests the responsibil ity of placing her almost infinite stores of men and munitions and food quickly on the western front to crush, once for all, the strength of the German Junkqrs. America: now has the trained men and re sources to accomplish this end..Only one thing is lacking to place tlvose resources where they will prove de cisive, and that thing is ships. “She has the materials, she has the plants to produce them, but to produce them she mirnt have the men, preferably trained mechanf?s. ready to assume the task and with willing ness and enthusiasm push it to a successful conclusion. Can the re sponse for a moihent be doubted? “The registration places are open. It Is for the mechanics of America, whose stake, in this war Is perhaps greater Uvin that of any.other class, to come to the* colors, not as fighters on the front line trenches, but, jnd as vital at the moment, as fighters in the shipyards of America. With their aid the end cannot he doubted *i think'if we have any men In Mouth Carolina who can help build shi|>s they ought at on«*e to make up their minds to go to work for l‘*e government and enlist In that great cause. General Pershing and, hi* gallant army need re-enforremeats and any one who ran contribute In the least ought to get to work Im mediately •* RUSSIA QUITS WAR BOLSHEVIK! DECLARE STRIFE OVER AND DISBAND ARMY NO TREATY SIGNED KMXES VII'ON No. Formal Papers Mark the Knd of War AVith Germany, Austria, Bul garia ami Turkey JTut Slays Now Have no Fight With Central Pow- 1 _ers. , , / ■. . # ' , * * • Russia has declared, the Mate of war to be at an end "and has ordered the demobilization of Russian forces on all fronts, according to a dispatch deceived at Amsterdam Monday from Brest-Litovsk, dated Sunday. The'dispatch follows: “The president of the Russian del egation at today’s (Sunday’s) sit ting stated that while Russia was.de- sisting from signing a formal peace treaty, it declared the, state of war to be ended with Germany, Austria- Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria, sim ultaneously giving orders for com plete demobilization of Russian -forces on all fronts. Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevik! for- edrn minister, alluding later to the further diMtiS'dnn* that will arise from the situation created between the Central Powers and Russia for the establishment of reciprocal dip lomatic. consular, legal and econom ic relations. Indicated a method of direct Intercourse between the gov ernments concerned, as well as em ployment of the com missions of the quadruple alliance.„wtit<)i already are at ivtrograd • A dispatch to The Kirbange Tele graph from Amsterdam snya: -There la great ew Gcrvnaoi over the of the state of t Uo>*4 taut «4 the t revetted ihvaUMh %< aod ttttlas tha a art ■. •**» far a* haab* tagtoa knows lasndon has only the test fir*! went here la January. The test pasaed through fbe bauds uf the German t«-a«ocs The moat star I ling point of difference between (he tuo tevt# ««»af eras the Belgian prob lem It vaa illaatrated by the fol low lag deadly parallel as the Gey* maa tensor* let It go to Gan dun “In s«i far at these propositions tWflsoas foarteeni concern her allies, whether la the case of Ger ms ay’s possession of Itelgtam or lu Ibe « aae of Turkey-Austria• Mangary, faithful to ker engage ments to fight to the end in de fense of her allies, will defend the possessions of her war allies an 'she would her own" As the uncensored tezt reads: *’As far as the proposals relate o our aHIcs. and In them (here s mentioned of the German hold ings of Belgium and of the Turk ish empire. I declare thaC faithful to the duties of the alliance which 1 have accepted, I sm determined to go to every extreme in defense of our allies... The state of prop erty of our allies hefore the war we shall defend as our own.'* The difference between the Ger man a ml Austrian viewpoints are fur?her accentuated throughout Uzer- nin’s refer* aceaLto the Uussiun peace, liecla ring that ‘ Austria-Hungary 11eats with Russia on the strict “no annexations and * no indemnities" basis, (’zernin promises that not a foot of Russian territory will Aus tria-Hungary accept. Nor will Aus tria pay Russia a penny of indemni ty. Austrian tfoops. he points out, occupy but insignificant st ren hes of Russian territory. ^Fhen treating of the German prob lem with Russia, he merely states the German contentions with regard to the province her troops occupy. Far from defending the German eon- __tention for these provinces, he im mediately follows with a statement of Russia’s demands; Not only v does he refuse to sus tain Germany’s contentions against, those of "he Russians, but the im plication is plain that, he.considers the Russia argument to hold much truth. ‘ ' - j Byt it was the distinction of Czer- nin in alluding to the property of her ivHyr^befoie the war*“When Ger many had title to neither Belgium nor ttfe Russian provinces, that call ed Secretary Lansing and Colonel House into conference with the pres ident la*t week and brought forth •the speech of the president on Mon day. The effect of calling attention to lit underlying reason for the Wil- speerh Is expected to be far* reaching. It It toanteA upon to con iine# the world that the defm on of German* * major nil# It more than n potalbiUty Paflftameai rw#emht»d Tar*4#y on tlp*«»e with rartqpjty a# la haw I* ram lev l.tayd (J*««fta aaatd meat FrasIdeal Wtleaft’t fealawt 4e* Urallaa and the dteaaiufanuva aMalfemed by t IP ft (an af the pveea and pa bib aver i he Versallle* rwaoHI and aWa a# la ha# far II M AsqnMh. tha fanner premle«. wanld rvofmnd ta tha demand af the eft re ms w|a**wf fallawev* |«r the ahandanmani of the paltry af hantvalmf t«> narde tha gavemmaai la favor of anive oppomtiaa hawed an a dlaap pfaval of the geawml war polby. and •epeetally the enlargement of tha fwartton* af the enprome war «| ivvbwp* ibe one the van trawl In tha the pramlwv and the fnrmer pro mler aith reforanre la brvwbleat H Hann a epeovh Khlle Mr Aaqailh endataed (ally the Fra at d sat a view, ••vernier Lloyd G**srae did aat even meatbHi Mr WUssaTw laal apaerh. and der lined la aae in I‘anal i*aer- ala a abatement any neater approach la reawonahle tetmw than ta t'aaat ioa Hertliag s- Moraaver. the pre* mter regarded the German rhanrel- lor • demand that Grant Mtitala give up her coaling alattana aa ptaviag tally that the r oat roller* af tmmaa polkv were la ao mood ta roa»oaahle terms of NEED MORE MONEY *■» WAR PROGRESS CAUSES Bib LION DEFICIENCY BILL **%rvy nhete* Afr the# Me BOLD r«si* TO ME t rxmd* t Without (hr slightest tremor. Ilolo Pasha, convicted of high treason, heard folonel Voyer. president of the court mart la I, pronoume sentenca- of death upon him Thursday amid an impressive silcYice In the courtroom Merely shaking his head and shrug ging his shoulders, as if to say it wits hopeless to fight against the odds, Bolo returned to his cell. Awed by tho soldiers wirh fixed bayonets those who had assembled In the court, room .refrained from all demojisttafion. hut The great crowds outside the eHnrt house uttered a ter rific ro:*r and cheers* of approval as word of the sentence reached Them, plainly showing the favor winch the sentence of death round among the French people. \ • 38 CHILDREN BURN \ INiinneiy Destroyed i:t (aihphk— l'iJHW ''VhW'<VnVhV'«V' ‘'*^ ’fliousaml Fsf'aiM* .... \ / The charred bodi^is of JIN children had been recovered late Thursday night from the ruins of N the fcrey Nunnery at ’Montreal, (’anada, which was destroyed by fire.- It is feared many more perished and searchers believe* the toll of death might reach 100. All the inmates of the Grey build- irigs except the children are believ ed to have escaped. These includ ed nuns, nursing sisters, woundfd or sick soldiers from over seas, aged, sick or crippled men and women to the number of almost 1,000. INDORSE SUFFRAGE Ucmocralir 4'ommittcc Vote* to Give \ Ballot to Women Indorsement of the federal nine nd- ment for woman suffrage was voted by the asomtlve committee if Wash ington Monday after a «referendum la tha mmmtt»eem#n tepceventlnn the 4t afntaa In tMe eaornttve raqimtttoe the #nla wm Mua la Ian CM tha ft flM* jaemhr*# af (be naGonql taaa- nMR«*« * ’«ad fhf tha ma KaJ n# 1 *+ pmSSESl “If hn* been arranged that the «eat ml aronomb •ammisaMMi hi lv trngrad shall settle the details mi tha reanmptmn af relatlana hataenn ttaasta and the Fentral Foaa«s ** Germany dasttaa peace, hat It tan ha aMaiaod teroanlaa thrn Gr*m«s vb tovwas. Kmperar WUimm said in tapty ta on oddvaso peesonted by the ha»gamne«er af llambarg an the can* ciadab af peace a|th the I fetal**' Tha Ifmneror’s reply, as givan m a Mevltn dlspai< h f«db»s* “We have nano Ihraurl time*, evetyane haw had a *a heat*- anajeiy, i Mho Is l Ian and aat the • ho ••sad* hefafe yaa Is him nave camhtaad the rate and grtef far the entire paapbt m lie savrana MV eften oalofod falta paths Ismd pofhud ant la ns by a hard schawl the path hy ah Ml ao •hwnld •» The anrhl. ha«*«*« at the aame time has met bean i • isht path M# Germena ah beta ideal* ahaald earh ta abaat hattat ttams Mr chndi fight tar rinhl and mornlMF Unr l^ard God a tehee aa la have peace, hat a pence a herein the world wlh strive to dh shot Is Vtfbt and goad We oarht fa bring pence t» the uoorbi We shall seeh Ml ececy nay to da h. bath an end was achiev ed Ha tarda* in a friendly meaner with an enemy wbbh. beaten by war armies, perceive* ao reason far fight ing longer extend* g hand la as and receive# ear hand We Hasp hands Hat he aha util not arenpt hat. aa the caairaty^ drcilaea. | tag ant tha blood of hi# ewa| of oar own people, must he forced to have pea«e We desire to live in friendship with neighboring pie#, bat the victory of Gcrmsii must be first M*«»gtii<«*l. Our troop# under the great Hltidenburg mill con tinue lo win It. Then peace will come.* ■ Russia step* formally out of the wsr by set of the Bolsheviki Gov- ernmtnt which mixed the reins of power in Detrogrsil Inst November a u*l almost imtuiMlhttcly opt.Mied P»*ucc negotiations with the (Yntral Kmpirc. The Authority of this gov- ♦‘rnnieni seems virtually un<|ucstioti- *•*1 at pres4‘n4 Hi.. .Northern Ru^via anfl the Teutonic Powers already have assurance of tbc cessation of even nominal hostilities along vir tually all the remainder of/th* 1 oiig- iual long line in th** east by signing a peace, with the Ukraine and iso lating Rumania. • / Although cutting little figur" in the war for nearly a ^zear past, Hus-. Kin’s great, indeed vi'al part in the conflict comes forcibly to' mind as the circumstance^ leading up to her exit.Arp revteweg. Becoming a belli- gerent on August through Xlermany’s declaration *)f war upon her, )»er trpops were soon sweeping through East Prussia, creating a di- iversihn which hampered The Ger mans their first dash throtigh BelgiumN(nd upon Paris. Though disastrously defeated by Hindenburg at Tannenberg she rallied quickly and by winterAvas hammering again at the German borders and her great armies overrunning Austrian territory in Galicia v were at tl*e creata of the Carpathians and threat ening an ’invasion of Hungary.. It took the bulk of the Au*trian armie* and a largo* proportion of <H k rman'g virtually an entire )ear'* cam|»al|piing in I PIN to break Hu*- *la’* hodd on (■aUHa, drive her out. of Poland and the lower Baltic let- litory and force her armie* to the line at Bre*l-IJtov*k. But not yet di-organi/ed #he fought through IhU rreatiag havoc among the Aa*- trlaa armie# la Vdlhyala and GallHa and la Aria Minor, driving tha Turk# no* af virtually all Tnrkuh A*are- $377,732,800 FOR BOMBS , ,, , ' •; ^ *. . ' ' > .* ’ . ' - > Charleston Figures in Vast Totals, to l>e Spent Tlieie for Storage DpjMd ttiid Ordnance IHv pdt is to b© Built Also—(ireat Siiins to he Spt*nt to Got War Machinery Ready. . A billion-dollar urgent detictency appropriation bill, the largest of its kind in the history of Congress, Was favorably reported to the House by Chairman Sherley, of the appropria tions committee. Principal items for- the army in the billion-dollar urged deficiency appropriation bill favorably reported to the house includes |277,7’.I2,<h(U tor bombs -airplanes. IIuo.ohm.ouO for quarter master storage plants on the seacoast and at.interior points, and $81,000,000 for mounted, field, seige and other artillery, in addition to the billion dollars already spent for ordnance and contract authoriz ations (or $7iImhio.ihmi additional. * In asking for an appropriation of IIou.ihhi.hihi for storage and ship ping facilities, ‘with an authoriza tion of f.*'•».uuo.oiHt more MaJ. Gen. G. W. Gocthals. acting quartet master general, dmclosed that It ta proptwed to »pend from l-'Gvoo.goo to $• ooa.otoo t-oiarging the Hush termln- ala a| Brooklyn. Storage plant# nt Norfolk, Va., will «o«t $.• #«•••» hum. nt t’hnrlaston. H C • 13,j»m*.«•••*, nt Bnltlmore, fh.feia.ooo; nt pbilatlel- pbln. tt2.totl.nta and at Boston. Iia.iaa.mia, Th# intertar plan*a. th# baratian# of ahbh w#r# not given will «ua l^a.mKt.aaa Ta r««mpi#t# the *tamga nt Gav • (•.^ad. N Y l^.aoa uoa fe a*fertf ahila n atafng# haaa#' at New * nth* v, Jj . ntu r«a»l It ##•*.*•••• yttov- ngc haw*#* nlraad) hava he* 1 a hatlt ni Harrmun. J , and Natfoih Th# hill nlna t#v#al# that tha ar my medtral carp* ronfemplnteu an n«gr#«si# «a»« af |i.a#a.aaa (•# n* •to*# haaani at Naa Varh. I w hlln4#l- phla, t hbmMa. M* l^*ai* dan Fran* tawn. luoaluvilW. Washlngtan. Wa- levtana, Maa Antania and Atlanta Tha ardnaar# 4* part HUNS ARE SUSPICIOUS Central Powers l nea*y Over AtU* tnde of Trotzky Cneaslness over the Russian ait- uation in German and Austrian offi cial circles" la ^indicated In reports in the German 11 press. The central powers are said to be uncertain con cerning the future attitude of For eign Minister Trotzky and the Bol shevik government and one Berlin newspaper says that the announce ment ( tlj’at the Russian army had been, ordered de mobilized was a 'sham jjjhneuver." „ * German- leaders are said to have held conferences as to the best course to'pursue. One report is to the ef fect that military operations against the Bolshevik! might be resumed, but both Berlin and Vientfa appear to be anxious over the probable fate of the many thousands of Austro- German prisoners in Russian hands. Circulation of the message order ing the demobilization pf the Rus sian army, the German paper says, was halted three ho’urs after the or der was* sent out. INVESTIGATE WORK LEGISIATURE OVER AUGUST KOHN REVIEWS ACTS FOR NEWS AND COURIER •f . LITTLE ACCOMPLISHED Columbia Correspondent of Charles ton Caper Sends Interesting Letter About l/egislative Doing*—*Gener- al Assembly Acted With Unusual Independence. Wilson-^Orders Probe Into Ship Building Near Fbilailelpbia Investigation by life department of justice nt (he American Interna tional .Corporations construction of the government * big fabricating steel shipyard at Hog Island, Pa, was ordered by President Wilson with the view to criminal proaem- tU»n if the lacta develop more (ban icrklcs* cfejM'iiditure# of government money. * At the Mine time Chairman Hur ley of tnc shypping board, who had requested the move, indicated that th# corporation’# contracts for build ing the yards and ships Involving many million* of doliara. might be cancelled, wtilth nns taken to mean that tbe governmeni might tab# over th# yard, complete Us construction and balld tb# ships Itself PACIFISTS VeET DEFEAT Charleston. Hslt m-r* « hfe>#n» Fh*#««en ttjjwi •II. Ptevetnnd f* d Me** ttssrk Istnnd dan Fran rtsms and Hmli n. nith •imrm&m Inr napbmves st Itnvtann Kivor. M J Th# *mnel corps s sai* momg# at liisvton « incinnnti Huflal* M mmm given lo the commit«## hy meat cn et* during the po* The tesitmony of « s>on< nf th# ordnance depart mu the* the total emonnt avnilaht# for this purpose since th# hsctnntng mi the unr under direst appropriations and contract aathoruaiions una II.- vIfe.nop.ouu. of uhhrh amount or der* hnv# been ptmod reqnlrtng ul timate eapendKare of fl.SeS.nnn^ nno, leaving still ataftlaM* far con tracts |:M.#ne.oo# ||e «etd the It.- fel fe.aen.sog Was intended in ammunition An amendment prop wag in th# itvttmh parliament hy Miehard Mott, mdhml. eipreoiing regret that “In eexotdence otth th# d#rtstnn# mi III# supr#ms nnr conhrtl nt \ eranUle* I the pfcooc ullon of the military effort Is In he th# only immediate ie*a nf the a-* era meat ’ nns ro|#rted hy a vote of let in ft, • Th# mMartiy composed mainly of pnrtfmta land llegh Cevrtl had declared that the adapt Ian nf the amendment involve the reovanniion af tha About a generation ago the dis tinguished A. Bi Williams wrote sketches about the South Carolina General Assembly for his newspa per. the Greenville Times. In de scribing a Legislature that had then just adjourned, he called It tha “June bug" LTpgislature, and ex plained that be used this name be cause the Legislature had been tied by a string from "downstairs" and that whenever “downstairs"—that is. the Governor’s' office—wanted anything done, It pulled the string and that was all that was neces sary. That was In the days of In tense feeling. John Gary Lvans was in the gubernatorial chair. Things are entirely different now. If this General Assembly is entitled to any dUtlnfiilshing name. It would be tbe “butterfly" i>gislature, because th# member* flit about from flower to flower, sipping the nectar, and go ing on to the nett flower, entire ly independent and ignorant of the existence of any |’downsta!ra" or any one else If there ever was n Legis lature that waa eatlrely and abso lutely foot-louee. It waa tb# 0#n#ral Assembly that has Just adjourned. There are tbr#« reasons for thin: Flrsi. there waa no Intensity of foe- tlonol feeling wbfteh brongbt elonv- ago la tb# voting. #erond. because i .li M h. ed them sufftcteoity Ml tbe making of bta appoint mint#; and. third, hm cause Govv sad la a er thaa a politic Ian. as a he |* * distinct failure, as rut. honest type of adl Is o die' There or tm meat gome norden fight f the any tine nf do if H Wilma s lolQQ^ apoorh SI B TILL tisioaol governmeni, I •hy. a* m-fitster of war In Jnly. Ikl«, began an offensive In Volhyata and GallHa which waa In the full tide of surrees when dis affection among her troop# broke out and etopped tbe effort Hlnro Augast last Huasla has fig ured In the great world conflict aa a military factor only by rea*on that slid still held' numbers of Germans and Austrian troops on her fron tiers, awaiting the forces of dlsor- ganizatiooi wRidt) to bring about her final disfntegrffHon.v^sJp struggled against in vtnn by Keren sky. was constantly acreb-rated by virtue of the divided authority set up at IVtrograd. The council of sol- diers anti* work men, representing the proletariat and claiming' virtually supreme poncis. finally In Novem ber last formally took over the pow er it had long in fa'-t exercised. \ The rest is < omparatively recent history. Under Lenine and Titrtzky an armistice was brought about on all Russian fronts on December 4 and peace negotiations \yiMi ' (he (’entral Powers were miened at Brest-!Atovsk on December 23. The (’entral Empires agreed to adhere to the general principles of no an nexations. no indemnities and self- (leter mi nation of peoples and there was held open tp-tlie Entente Fowers the opportunity of joining in the ne gotiations and have them lead up* to a general peace No favor was found for this proposition among the Allied nations, however, the good faith of the .Germans in particular in making this offer being doubted. This doubt was lately found by the Russians to be well founded.' Notwithstanding thjs, however, the negotiations were continued. Meanwhile Russia was fast splitting up. District after district declared its independence. Finland and Uk raine being th»* notable example*. The Ukraine opened separate negotia tion^ with th* 4 Uentral Powers and these culminated last Saturday in the siRolng of a peace agreement. It has been made fairly Hear, however, that Germany had no idea of yielding to the Ifolahevlki on the goe»Hon of evacuation of JfuasAaa occupied temtorv which had been the •ticking povm hi the nogntm- MhM*. amt that she waa preparing virtually in Aae# the Hofcfcevihl aa hmg the canid mahe peace wthh the f'ktwsne dad mwaga of X Pd of which ho# not yot boo# b* Walking by fbe am th la the . admiralty statement CM theee thirteen l.gee ton# or more, under that tonnage. of the quantitle# needed, for 2.t»M. 4 t*oo men, inHudlag the ammunition needed for the light trench mortars. The $ HI,tHjo.ooo additional he de clared. is asked as the result of a change in the military program. In cluding new requirement* for a large number of Hhell, for ammunition process for gun* mounted on tank*, and $7, : OttO.oou for a plant designed for the filling of projectiles with gases and $2,000,000 for a plant for the same purpose to be erected in France. At this examination oefore the committee, Chairman Sherley’s re port sai<L General Wheeler, of tire ordnance bureau, Jnought out that the government-had an arrangement with the French to supply artillery and ammunition to. a certain num- _ "Nothing ** The help up hfto two band# and largo “naught 1 ■ egg,’ tb# third said that In bln opin ion the moel Important thing bad been the establishment of tb# Horn## for Feebl#-mln#d and Wayward Girls, invovlvlng at tbe outset an ex penditure *of $100,000. Handling the vice situation, the Austrian bal lot law and Htate Insurance and cot ton might well have been added. The fact I* that the General Assembly is now getting to be largely a court for the decision of local matters. When the statutes are published It will, be found that 98 per cent of the legislation enacted, outside of the appropriation bill, is strictly of u local character; and that the re maining 2 per cent covers what is of general and Vtyte-wide import ance; • In one of the modem dramas, 4ho statement is made that Jhere are only two real problems in life, and that every other Issue is kindred to her of American troops arriving in Ftatvee, but after these units are sup- . __ w „ plied the United States would fully p t^ ese two problems; they are prop- eqmp additional troops. ~~ jr ’ Major General Squire, chief signal officer, testified the signal corps has spent or (^ligated all the $640,000,- »M»0 appropriated to carry, out its air plane program, and has incurred ob ligations that wiH x equal $90,000,- 0(i0 in addition and may go beyond that, for-the present fiscal year. He asked 7 7,732,000 to procure bombs for the airplanes.! Discussing storage and shipping facilities, General Goethals said ap proximately $100.00,000,. with au thorization of $50,000,000 more, is needed for storage of quartermas ter supplies along theTTelTcOasfTTn- cluding huge amounts for various specific terminals. Federal Food Administrator Hoov er said the combined food and fuel administrators so far have had total appropriation*'of $5,513,000 out of which there ha* been an actual ex penditure of $1,985,429, and there are now outstanding obligation* of 92.272Jfe3, leaving. $1,257,950 bal ance. He asked *|2,o00,ov0 more now. Frovost Marshal Frovdtr. la ask* lag aa approprtatJoa of aa aMHioa- o! Ita.ewe.we# ‘for draft vegi«tr»- t •otifiod uhft hrg»*«f»t .«# ••> lastodiSM Mihail •elertfeuo. i eoSieW't fl oa4 Mr l^gMSdjfOO •hpiOisM af II add Id erty and* sex. In South Carolina, and particularly in the General As sembly, this Is no doubt- true; but liquor certainly ought to be added. These topics cover the sum total of the important legislation, both af firmative and negative. The lack of cooperation 'between “downstairs" and the legislative body Is perhaps responsible for the decided tendency of the ' Genera! Assembly to take unto itself as much of the elective ahif appointive power as possible. 'Tnis was the fundamental fight in connection with ^tth the Council pf JtefeiLSfi legisUu. tlbh, and those who insisted upon the legislative delegations naming the personnel of the membership from the counties now without Rep resentation won. It was the same in the game warden situation; the only bill that had a ghost of a show (Continued on Page Seven) BURY AMERICANS % h tim* of >r* lodd to Up to Tusodlf eight, th# daaostor. Ill •wvw tjlod T< at dd a #o#k ftOMW AM