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A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL V Section One Pagesl1tol12VLtI1jPaelo2 VOL. XXXIX MTANQNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1919 Xf ~ TREATY WAR MAY END AT AN EARLY DATE Underwood and Lodge Put Heads To gether and Talk Real Business SENATOR HITCHCOCK BUSY Some Members Express Confidence That Matter Will Be Settled Before January 16 Washington, Dec. 22.(By the Asso ciated Press.) -Compromise efforts for ratification of the peace treaty moved forward with increasing impetus to day, when the leaders of both parties in the Senate, released from legisla tive duties by the holiday recess of Congress, came actively into the nego tiations for an agreement on reserva tions. Lodge and Underwood Meet Notable in the (lay's long series of conciliation conferences was a meet ing between Senator Lodge of Massa chusetts, the Republican leader, and Senator Underwood, of Alabama, a prominent Democrat advocate of a speedy compromise. They are said to have discussed the whole range of possibilities for bringin; together on a common ground enough Senators to insure ratification. Hitchcock Is Busy Meantime the acting Democratic leader, Senator Hitchcock, of Nebras ka, canvassed sentiment on both sides of the controversy and arranged dur ing the coming week to see every l epublican Senator who remains in Washington over the holidays. As soon as Congress reassembles he plans to have a general conference of those woh favor ratification with or with out reservations. ieVw of Mild Group In his talk with Senator Under wood, Mr. Lodge had before him the views of the mild reservation group of Republicans who presented to him at a conference yesterday a plea for support of the compromise negotia tions that have been proceeding every since the treaty failed of ratification at the last session of Congress. Reservations Readopted Modifications in the language of the reservations, as agreed on by the Sen ate majority, are understood to have been suggested by the mild reserva tionists, although it was said the ques tion of the language to be adopted would be left open for the present. Redrafts of some of these reservations have been submitted to various Sena tors by prominent Republicans outside of Congress, while many suggestions for changes have come from other sources. All of these, it is understood will be taken into consideration as the negotiations proceed. It was not revealed which of the 1 fourteen majority reservations the mild group would be willing to modi fy, but compromise discussions hereto fore have centered about the article 10 anualification and the preamble, which requires that the reservations must be accepted by three of the great powers before the treaty becomes binding. There also has been talk of changes in regard to Shantung and several other subjects dealth with in the majority program. A protest against the action of the foreign relations committee in report ing Saturday the resolution of Senator Knox, Republican, Pennsylvania to de clare a state of peace, .-Jso is said to have been made to the Republican leader yesterday by the mild reserva tionists. They are understood to have {removed all possibility of Senate ac tion on the measurie In the neair fu ture by ser-ving notice that they would not support. it unless and until it be came certain the treaty (-ould not be ratified wvith reser-vatioins. As a -esult of yesterd(ay's confe ence and of activity amnong the D~emo er-ats, the whole subject of reserva tions seemed tonight to have beeni op~enedl widle, with bo1)th side~s profess ing a wvillingness to enter- whole heartedly into an energetic give-and take effort at c-ompromise. Predictions oif early action on the treaty multi plied. manny Se.nators dleclar-ing action was likely before the end of January. Some of the more optimistic ex pressed confidence that the ratifica tion would come before .Januar-y l16 tus formally establishing peace and erm~nitting the Pr-esident to lift pr-ohi bition for a brief wet spell before the constitutional prohibition amendment becomes effective on that date. 'e There were other Senators however-, who took less stock in the compromise movement, predicting that in due time it would Qollapse like all its forerun nes It was pointed out that Presi dent Wilson might again intercedle if ilutions accepited by members of party in the Senate did not meet ~#jh his approval. MINISTER COMES IIOME~ New York, Dec. 22.-William E. Gonzales, retiring minister to Cuba arrived here from Habana todlay on the steamship Esperanza. Hie will spend a few weeks in this country preparatory to leaving for his newv post as ambassador to Peru. ANARCHISTS RUSHED TOWARDS NEW YORK FOR DEPORTATION Radicals and Undesirables From All Sections of Nation Speeding to Ellis Island to Join Colony Bound for Soviet Russia. New York, Dec. 19.-Anarchists and undesirables fro' mall sections of the United States are being rushed by special trains tonight to Ellis Island to join the large colony of radicals already assembled there awaiting de portation to Soviet Russia. Immigration officials asid that the transport which will take the radicals, including Emma Goldman and Alexan der Berkman, on their homeward jour ney will probably sail some time Sun day. The radicals were told tonight to hold themselves in readiness to go aboard the ship. Three special trains-one from Pittsburg, another from Buffalo and a third from Philadelphia-will arrive here tomorrow with contingents of radicals for deportation, it was learn ed at Ellis Island. The Pittsburg train will bring forty anarchists, but the number that will come on the other trains could not be leiarned. Wives of the Russian radicals being held at Ellis Island tonight sent a let c'r to Commissioner General of Im nigration Caminetti, containing an ap peal that they and their children be '! ported to Soviet Russia with their husbands. The petition was signed by eight Russian women as a committee representing the wives of the men held on the island. 0 THIS FISH STORY IS OUT OF SEASON. BUT IT'S TRUE MEN, IT'S SURELY TRUE New York, Dec. 22.-Fulton market today opened New York's Christ mas eel sales to retailers who cater to Italian Yuletide tables. What the staid and dignified turkey is to the American Thanksgiving dinners, the restive and wrigley eel is to the fes. tive Christmas season of the sons and daughters of tialy and to meet this annual demand for big, little, dressed and live eels, wholesalers were ready to start marketing this morning, something like 400,000 pounds of them. Law-abiding eels have been yank ed from the fresh waters of the St. Lawrence river and various streams in Maine, Delaware, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina to disport themselves in fancy sauces and gravies at Ital i feasts. They command high prices, live ones range from 30 to -10 cents a pound, according to their wriggling ability, and dressed ones bringing 16 to 20 cents. Before the war invaded the eel market, they cost only 25 cents a pound alive and from 6 to 14 cents dressed, dealers said. I)KIANCE OF COURT MEANS JAIL, JUDGE TELLS COAl, MINERS Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 22.- Declar ing that violations of the federal court's injunction under the Lever act against furthering the coal strike in Kansas must stop if persons guilty have to be put in jail and kept there, United States District Judge A. B. Anderson today permitted Alexander Ilowat, president of the Kansas dis trict of the United Mine Workers un til next Monday to prepare his de fense of charges of contempt of court. Ilenry Warrum, chief counsel for the International organization of the noriners, and Ilowat were given unti 2 o'clock this afternoon to present to the court some evidence that viola tions of the injunction charged against miners district officials will not he continued (luring the interim from now until the hearmng on next Monday. Otherwise, .Judge Anderson, .lehelaredl, hie would send I lowat to jail. - __ SUGAR UICENSE REVOK(ED) Savannah, Ga., D~ec. 22.-P-Iermit to sell sugar granted under the United States Food License to Solomon Sh ef tall Brother and Company, of Savan nah, has been revoked according to notices servedI on the company today by Special Agent Muz, of the Depart nment of .Justice. Revocation of the permit is the result of a sp~ecial hear ing held on November 26, when (barges were miade that the company had been selling sugar above the reg ulation price. Solomon Sheftaill, who was head of the company wvhien the charges were Orst made andl who was saidl to be he wvealthiest individual in Savannah died suddenly on D~eceaiber 8. TO [DIVIDE MILLIONS .tNew York, D~ec. 22.-Mrs. Marguer st .Lebaudy, who ki!!ed her hus hand, Jacques Lebaudy, "Emperor of the Sahara," at their Long Island eouantry home a year ago, consentedl todlay to dlivide his millions with his sister, Countess Marie Theresa JTeanne Lehnudy (Ie Sels of Paris. Under an agreement filed in court Mrs. Lebaudly and her daughter Jac ouhinie will have half the estate and the countess the other half. Mrs. Lebaudy agreed to resign as adlministratrix in favor of two admin istrators. TWENTIETH CENTURY MOTHER'S CLUB Quite a number of the progressive mothers of our town met at the Red Cross Rooms on Thursday afternoon, December 10, 1919, for the purpose of organizing a Mother's Club. Mrs. Floyd of Atlanta and Mrs. J. P. Lackey of Kentucky, State organiz ers for the Carolinas presided-Mrs. Floyd as Chairman; Mrs. Lackey as Secretary. After stating the aim and purpose of the work, through a short heart to heart talk, with the mothers -the election 'of officers was then conducted: President, Mrs. J. C. Plowden; Vice-President, Mrs. L. I1. Harvin; Recording and Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. J. E. Arant; Treasur er, Mrs. F. 0. Richardson; Musical Directress, Mrs. C. N. Sprott. The regular meetings to be held the 2nd. Friday of each month at Red Cross Rooms. At their next meeting the by-laws will be read, story hour for children arranged for-picture how committee appointed and father's meetings discussed. The president then assigned the fol lowing program for the next meeting, January 9, 1920. Paper.-What constitutes a modern Good Mother ?-Mrs. C. R. Sprott. Selection-"The Calf Path" Mrs. A. C. Bradham. Selection-"She was a Phantom of Delight," Mrs. J. L. McLeod. Poem-"Marriage," Mrs. Legg. Sol ,on-"The College Woman," YV Williams. ' neak Gently," Mrs. C. N. I", ers of this Club are as fo. Mrs. F. 0. Richardson, Mrs. J. A. Weinberg, Mrs. J. E. Davis, Mrs. C. N. Sprott, Mrs. C R. Sprott, Mrs. J. W. Rigby, Mrs. L. 11. Harvin, Mrs. Isaac Appelt, Mrs. J. B. Cantey, Mrs. H. H1. Bradham, Mrs. W. P. Legg, Mrs. W. S. Plowden, Mrs. J. C. Plow den. Mrs. A. C. Bradham, Mrs. G. W. Williams, Mrs. J. D. Gerald, Mrs. Morris Ness, Mrs. J. E. Arant, Mrs. .T. L. McLeod, Mrs. J. H. Rigby, Mrs. I. Dubrow, Mrs. L. Crouch, Mrs. S. G. Skinner. -----0 PAXVILLE ITEMS The home demonstration club met Thursday afternoon at the high school building. A demonstration in pastry making was given by Mrs. McPherson and the school improvement asociation met in connection with this meeting. The Sunday school of the Methodist church will give a Christmas enter tainment Christmas night with a tree. Those who are directing the children in their respective parts are Misses Ida Davis and Vivian Curtis. The public is cordially invited to attend these exercises. Since the mercury has dropped a good many hogs have been killed and others are being killed. The gr-ided school here will close for the Christmas holidays Tuesday, after the class work is finished for the day. Principal R. II. Iluckabee, and sister Miss Nannie Iluckabee, an as istant, will spend the holidays at their home 'near Woodruff. Mr. ,. A. Brown, a resident of this town for the past few years died at. an early hour Saturday morning, after a two weeks illness. The funeral ex ercises and interment were held Sun day afternoon at Andrews Chapel church, and conducted by his pastor, Rev. Ingraham. Miss Iva Geddings came Saturday from Winthrop college to spend the holidays. Mrs. Dave Wilson is at the Tumey hospital having recently undergone an operat ion. Rev. Hill, fromi Conway, wvho r'ecent ly acceptedl the Baptist pastrate here is moving in this week. He filled the Baptist pulpit on last Sunday. LKIE AMERICAN WAY Paris, Dec. 4.-Libr'ary work among the American soldiers has caused at least two new countries, Poland and Pz/echo-Slovaokia to ask A merican aidl in establishing and reorganizing their libr'aries. Poland recently sent a dleputation to Paris to obtain information and a plan of work from Burton E. Stevenaon the E'uropean representative of the Amer' ican Libr'ary association which hand-. ledl the Ame'rican army library work. Czecho-Slovakia's request 'ame to Mr. Stevenson in a letter' from Drm. Alice Masaryk, sister of President Masaryk. She assured him the gov ernment would suppoi't the work and asked himi to undertake :'eorganiza-. tion of her country's libraries andl es pecially to establish children's (depart ment. SUJRVIVORS OF" SRIlP WRECK PICKED) UP New York, Dec. 21.--Nineteen sum' vivors of the British steamer Manx man, which foundered 400 miles ofF Nova Scotia on D~eccmber 18, arrivedl here today on the British steamer British Isleq. They were picked up fro'n a lifeboat and a raft. The party included the secondl officer, five of the engine room crew, the chief steward, one firemen andl 'eleven seamen. The r'aptain and pmIl the other members of the crew of fifty..nine npetshed FANATICS AND RADICALS CHARGED WITH PUTTING - PROHIBITION OVE Why should the Anti-Saloon Leagt of America be so active today? E way of answer to this question M J. K. Breedin, Superintendent of ti South Carolina Anti-Saloon Leagu has requested publication of the fo lowing statement: First, some 500 distillers in th country have pledged the entire va uutin of their plants, something ove one billion dollars to prove the pry hibition amendment unconstitutional Second, The National Associatic opposed to Prohibition, by the moj sinister methods of propaganda, working to defeat National Prohib tion. The Association claims to I composed of individuals who have r direct relation whatever with tI liquor trafile in any way. They ai sending broadcast throughout tI States a strong appeal against proh bition, combined with a request ft financial support for fighting sam very extensively. They have the representatives in factories, goin from bench to bench among the labo ing men asking them to sign a pr test against National Prohibition ar to pledge their financial support f< carrying on the propaganda in. i interest. Again, they are sending ref resentatives into the foreign sectior --Holy speaking workers into the io sections and so forth-telling ti foreigners that prohibition has be< put over by a few fanatics and radica and will not last long and that th< need not pay any attention to prohib tion laws as they will never be ei forced. (We have found that whc foreign speaking prohibiticin wort ers have been sent among their r spective peoples telling them thi prohibition is now a part of the la of the lan'l and of the Constitutic which they swore to support wh< they became American citizens, at leaving literature with them print< in their own language showing ti beneficent social and e;onomic resul of prohibition, that this wet prop; ganda is efficiently overcome.) The liquor traffic is now going ini the District of every Representativ both State and Nat.Ional, who vote dry to defeat them in the primari< and elections and cut up in the places representatives pledged to sui port a wine and beer amendmen The supporters o'j the Anti-Salo( Lea gne, and proh.ibition folk genera ly, will be the worst ingrates if thc do not rally to the defense of the men who have given us State and N: tional Prohibition and protect the: fro ", brewery influence. I- answer to the objection that ti Fer'eral Government will enforce ti National Pbohibition Law, the amen ment itself provides for concurrent er forcement eindl the designation "coi current" ws's put in the Amendimer at the insistence of the Southern Rei resentatives who sought to prote< States' Rights at this point, the idt of being that the Federal Governmer shoul-l ertablish a parent law whic will he conformed to by the Statt Legislaitc rs: and that the States then selves ahall enforce their own laws en't'..t, the lFeleral Government stet ping inl only upon failure of the Stial to grapple with the situation. It is argued that th:- federal Go' eriniment has appropriated two millic dollars to enforce Prohibition. 'ThI is about forty thousand dollars to State on an average, with very Iittl for each county when the calculatio is nadle on the basis of the numib of counties in the United States. an particulaily when you think (If th suprieme obligation of the Governmer to use strong measures in those Citic and States~ which have always bee wvet and which are now only dIry to thi extent or the available sunply. It is generally known that througli out t he nat ion the great organ izatio which has led the fight for proh ibitio and the me'asures of enforcementi the A nti-Saloon Le'ague of A merica. 'This is not saidl in dlisp)aragement C' the extraordinary efforts of compam ion organization, but the famous lette from PrIesidlent Wilson to Bishop Can non, Chaiirman of the Legislative Con mittee of the Anti-Saloon League o America, recalls that ne every stag the A niti-Saloon League held the posi Lion (of recogn ized leadership. Thler is today the same need for intelligen; priogr'essive and resourceful leadershi in this matter' as there was (during th skirmishes in Congress. ,J. K. Breedin, Manning, S. C. IIEILD FO(R FATlHIt'S D)EATlII Asheville, Dec. 22.-Charged witi killing his father while the latte was said to he in a drunken condi tion, in defense of his mother an helpless brothers and sfsters, Edwar< Lail, said to be thirteen years old is held without bail eat Monganton near here, following a c'oroner's in quest. . The shooting occur'redl in the hear of South Mointains, in Burke county andl the boy's mother Is said to be seriously woundled as a result o blowvs which, she said, her husban gave her, after which the boy kille< his father wIth a shotgn. NEGRO LYNCHED BY GEORGIA MOB Columbus, Ga., Dec. 21.-A negro known as Charles West, alias Johnny R Webb, was taken from a train near Smithville Ga. today and shot to death by a mob of about 50 men bent on avenging the death of a Stewart coun ie ty farmer. Y The account of the affair received r here by telephone said the negro was C being brought back from Jacksonville e, Fla., where he had been arrested charg ed with the murder of Emmett L. Brightwell, a returned soldier. Bright well was shot and killed December 12 by a negro whom he had ordered not r to hunt on his farm. The mob en tered the train when it stopped at Smithville before (lay break and con n ducted itself so quietly that the mem t bers of the train crew said they did r not know what had happened until Deputy Sheriff Johnson had been fore e ed to give up his prisoner. 1 After seizing the negro the men en 1 terel automobiles and drove to the scene of the crime where the body was e found later, bullet riddled and hang ing to a tree. A coroner's inquest re r turned a verdict later in the day that , the negro cane to his (loath at the ir hands of unknown persons. g Feeling had been running high in r Stewart county over the killing which was said to have been unprovoked, d1and a subscription of $400 had been r' aised and offered for the negro's ar rest. This, it was said, will be paid to the Florida authorities who caught sI himl. BOILER EXPLOSION Is KILLS THREE MEN reConway, Dec. 20.-Word has been sreceived here of a terrific boiler ex plosion at L. D. Sugg's saw mill, eight mikewest of Loris in which the saw yer, ,ohn Smith, the fireman, Mack t Smith, and Alexander Grainger were v instantly killed Bethel Smith, father of the two boys, and Mr. Cannon were seriously wounded. d The larger boiler exploded Friday d morning and when the impact occurred it was blown through the tree tops for a distance of 120 yards. The en tire plant with the exception of the carriage and big saw was wrecked. o Mack Smith was blown about 50 yards e, away while his brother, John, was c, found on the yard with his body wrap ped around a stump. Young (raing er was blown about 100 feet in an ir other <irection. So violent was the t. explosion at the time houses for miles around trembled while the noise was heard for fully 15 miles. e INQUEST IN IRELAIND OVER SAVAGE'S BODY liblin, Dec. 21.--The inquest over eC the bodyof Sagae, one of the assail ants of Viscount French, who was I shot opened yesterday evening at the Bess Borough police barracks close to the scene of the attack on the lord it lieutenant. A strong force of constab urar ly was outside the court from t which the general public was ex-lud a ed. Only the coroner, reporters and r court officials we're present. h Addressing the jury, the coroner briefly detailed the circ'umstances say ing Viscount Frc('h was attacked at o a cross roads by a body of men one of whom was "the unfortunate deceased.' e lie proposed to take only formal evi dence, such as identification of Sav age. n A grocer namied Kirk testified that t Savage was on" of his assistants, hav a ing been in his i'm ploy for two years, e t'id that he lived at the grocer's n house and was tin ma rried. The coro ,ner adjourned the inqoniry after ask d n' the iury to ioin him in congrat u e lating Viscount French on hiis e'scape. ", APPlROVES 'i*IAN New 'York, D~ec. 21.- --A ppr'oval of' - the plan uirged by II erbert I loover tol ni supply food to Central Europe on' n criedlit by using the ('apital oif the Unit 5 ed( States G;rain 0(orplorait ion was an.. nounc'ed tonight biy ,Juluis II. Barnes, f pre(sident oif the cor'porationt, and1( Unit - - ed States wheat director. Thle pro r fits, of the corporation are qunite ma - termal, MIr. Ba rnes ex pIned, and - miighit "wvellI be i ntere'istedl in such hut f nmanitarian relief."' e- 'The wheait director added tha tin - te-ul of losing $1 .000,000 in discharg.. e ing the pledge of a guaranteed price ,to thle wh~eat producer, as had been cx p iiectedl, "it is very imn~rob~able that the L' ntioni~'al treasury will have any loss whatever' from that sout'ce. ie siug Restedl that c'ongr'ess authorize the loan oif $l00.000.000 or $200.000.000 oft this amount in support of the Hloover' plan. 1New York, D~ec. 22.--The proniosed r sale of 9,000,000 pounds of Cuban - sugar to consumers at I19 to 20 cents I e ponnd with $100,000 rnroflt was held I up today by Arthur Williams, federal ,food administrator because the fixed , riwe i 11 cents. - The sugar' is aboardl the stnamship Monison. which nrrived recently from t- Cuba. Mr'. Williams lnfor'med Em ,manuel Rionda, nmember' of a firm of 3 brokers to which the car'go wvas con ! signed thant the aid of the sugar equal I ization boardl would be invoked, if I necessary, to prevent the sale at the price proposed. HOWAT FINDS BERTH IN INDIANAPOLIS JAIL Judge Orders Kansas Head of Mine Workers Held. WHO SHALL CONTROL, Declaration From Bench That Judge Anderson Must Vindicate Law or Abdicate in Favor of Howat-Decision as to Bail Next Monday Indianapolis, Dec. 22.-President Iowat of the Kansas district, United iMne Workers of America, is in jail here awaiting hearing on the charge of contempt of court for alleged vio lation of the federal court injunction against furtherance of the strike of coal miners. Hlcaring has been set for next Monday. Howat appeared in federal court this mornmg at the order of United States District Judge A. B. An Icr son. He was under bond of $10,000 provided in the form of a check on a Kansas bank. Judge Anderson dis. approved of this form of bond and immediately after the afternoon ses sion of court began at 2 o'clock re manded the miners' official to jail un til he reached a decision as to the amount and kind of bond which will be acceptable. Judge Anderson this morning de nournced Howat for his attitude in con nection with the court's injunction against the strike and declared: "Either I have to vindicate the law or abdicate in favor of Mr. [lowat." Dan W. Simms special assistant 'lis trict attorney, representing the ,ov ernment outlined the evidence against Howat. He declared the Kansas min ers' official had issued several state ments or given newspat)er interviews in violation and asserted that th' local strike was merged with the ge'neral strike on October 31, and thereafter was affected by any action which had to do with the general strike. In reviewing the miners' case. .Judge Anderson declared that the Lever act under which the action was brought was still in force and pointed to the United States supreme court decision on the war time prohibition law as a parallel case, upholding the theory that the war measures still are effec tive. Ile said he had defined the law on Nov. 9, and that the miners of. ficials had knowledge of that defi'i tion. "'hlis defendant," he declared, "ac cordin-r to the statements in the veri liecd bill of information which was fil ed here on December 3, violated this order (the court's injunction) and the I.ev( r Nw every hour since that time. Now ?'" emi'";ttio is. what shall I do? It is " ntly plain that this ann had not in go"', - -''tttennted to omiici'lv w ih the' order of this 'ourt. It is quite ator;ont that there is am ple 'round for the grand jiury to bring a hill against, hime for a felony. What should I do under the circunrit''''es? Why hold him, of coi' rse. That is what. I have to do. Now I 1--ive con tinued this case to a time whie'i he could get counsel as he wants an : the government can tet its witne-ses here to prove as to whether he has been ('ontumac-ious and in the meiantira' I am going to hold this man right here unti(er the .i'r'is(liction of this court." I)'urinv the -ratline of the govern ment's case by .lMr. Simmns it was de elared. that (uiine 33 months before I) ""eml e'" 31. 1918. there were :314 strikes in the Kansas field unler the lr'gm"rh int of i Tow" t. It weas st ated that liowat pr'obaly didl not call all of the str'ikes but that he was re.. s;ponsiblo "or the organ ization which nmnde them nossible. -TIdr i"'.u ler'son assert.ed tb it he con "iered t h ' situa tion ini the Kansas feld as int olerable and a id that I lowat would have to change his at ti tudel toward the law and the court if he exneeg 'd t~o secuie his libn'ity. 511OW ('A UJSE, COURT IPlS UJNCLE SAM, AS WETS MAKE APPlEAIL Washington, Dec. 22.--The' supreme court today ordered the government to show cause on January 5th why original nroceed ings should not he in stituted by the state (of Rhode Island and Newv 'Jersey retail liquor dlealers to have dlet ermined the constitutional. tv of the national 'orobibition c'onsti.. tutional amendmient. A pnlientions for pe'rmission to con test the ame'ndment's validity and seek injunctions against its enforcement in those states wei'e presentedl last week. In bo0th instanc'es the amendment was alleged to conflict with the state police powers and with the federal constit u tion. In ordering the government to show cause, the court, accord(ing to govern ment author'ities, followed an unusual nr'ocedlure(, ais ordinarily in such in' stances, per'misnien to bring sue.'~ m:o rec'dings is give" andl a ,' e fixed when they are retitrnable. Tlhe court, however, was generally '>elieved to hav'e been prompltedl b" ;he fact that as the amendment lNi:omes effective on January 16. "xt, the procedlure followed woil .1 npnanla mate..