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Section One Pages to 8 Seto 8 - -L MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1921 "GOVRNOR WiLl ASK FOR RETURN Of T. U. VAUGHN To Issue Requisition Papers Early To day Requesting Custody of Former Carolinian SUICIDE IS ATTEMPTED Confined in Straightjacket in Padded Cell at Tampa-Woman Re leased on Parole Columbia, April 5.-James A. De rieux, secretary to Governor Cooper, anounced tonight that the Governor would issue requisition papers on the Governor of Florida early tomorrow 'for the return to South Carolina of 9 T. E. Earl, who was arrested in 4 Tampa, Fla., Monday afternoon and believed to be Thurston U. Vaughn, , who escaped from the State Hospital for the Insane here two years ago. Dr. C. Fred Williams, superinten dent of the State Hospital for the In sane, is confident that Earl and Vau ghn are the same man. Sunday Dr. * Williams was informed by a former Columbian who was in Tampa that he had seen the mai he believed to be Vaughn. Later (levelopments led to the arrest of the man, and a woman who was a former nurse at the State Hospital it is stated. The Governor will dispatch the proper official of the law to Florida to bring Vaughn back to Columbia, if the requisition papers are honored. Vaughn escaped in 1919 while an inmate in the State Hospital for the Insane. le had been convicted of a charge of assaulting young girls who were inmates of the Odd Fellows' Or phanage in Greenville. He was sen tenced to (lie in the chair, but was ad judged insane. After being in the asylum for several years the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows asked that his mental status be again investigated and it was while this was being con sidered that Vaughn made his escape. Tampa, Fla., April 5.-Mrs. T. U. Vaughn, formerly a nurse in the State Insane Asylum at Columbia, S. C. who was arrested here yesterday with her husband T. U. Vaughn an escape from that institution was paroled in custody of friends by the local police today, pending arrival of officers from Co lumbia. Vaughn and his wife have been liv ing at Port Tampa City, nine miljs from here, for several months as "Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Earl" and Vaughn had secured the position of assistant prin cipal in the public school there. Mrs. Vaughn, the police state, inti mated today that her husband's name is Vaughn and that he is the man who escaped from the South Carolina institution, to which he was committed as insane after he had been condemned to (lie in the electric chair after con viction on the charge of assaulting four young girls at the Odd Fellows' Orphanage near Greenville, S. C. Vaughn is in the county jail here, confined in a straightjacket in a padd ed cell. le made three attempts to take his life after being arrested yes terday, but aside from a slight gash in his throat which he inflicted with a penknife he sustained no injury. Greenville, April 5.-Under an or der signed by Judge J. F. Peurifoy here in September, 1919, it is expected that T. U. Vaughn, said to have been arrested in Tampa, FIL., will be brought to Greenville shortly 1'fter he is returned to this State for an ex-. amination as to his 3anity, it was said by Solicitor David W. Smoak today. Vaughn escaped from the State los pital for the Insane before the order was executed. It .was pointed out today by .J. R. Martin, former solicitor, at whose in stance the order was issued, that Vaughn has never been adljudlged in sane, but was committedl to the insane asylum with the consent of a former solicitor some years after his con viction for attacking several girls at the Orphanage in 1912. 'rhe movement to have him sent here for examination as to his sanity was started by the* 0(dd Fellow's State organization, which owns the Orphanage near Greenville, at wvhich Vaughn is al legedl to have committedl the attack. At his trial here Vaughn wanived his Plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty, throwing himself on the mercy of the court, and on the standl made a full statement. The jury returnedl a verdict of "guilty," includ ing no recomimendlation. E. ID. IJIGHAM TO COIEMBlIA Columbia, A pril 5.-Edmund D). Bigham, of Pampl ico, Florence coun ty, who was recently tried and con victed of miurdler in the first dlegree in the Court of General Sessions of Florence county was today lodged in the State penitentiary pendling the hearing by the Supreme Court of his catse. Bigham was chargedl with the murdler of live members of his family, imcludling his mother, brother, sister andl two of the latter's adoptedl chil (ren. Bigham wvas tried directly on the count alleging murder of his brother, Smiley Bigham. lie was con vlctedl andl sentencedl to die in the elec tric chair on April 8, but this sentence is stayedl pending the hearing by the higher court. It was statedl that so many visitors wished to see Bigham in the Florence county jail that it became an annoy ance and he was therefore brought here after the Florence sheriff had conferred with Governor Cooper. Monday was salesday. The Bank of Clarendon building andl fixtures was. sold and bought in by Mr. J. A. Weinberg. The Strange house was bought in by Mr. R w. LouAe. SOUTHERN BANKERS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO AID COTTON TRADE Genuine Progress Is Made, SayE Managing Director of War Finance Corporation. Washington, April 4.-Formation of a program designed to aid the cot ton interests in reviving export tradc was begun at a conferere here to (lay between representative bankert from twelve Southern States and See retaries Hoover and Mellon as well as Governor Harding of the Federal Res serve Board and directors of the War Finlance Corp6ration. Although no formal actioi was tak en today propositions for government aid in financing cotton exports were suggested and tentatively indorsed, The program, initiated at this time specifically for giving relief to the cotton growers, it is expected, will eventually be broadened to apply to the other farm products. A committee wias named by the con ference to pursue further studies of plans to create local or sectional bank ing syndicates which would serve ats agencies to combine the financial strength of interest in the cotton crop. Around these, it war-proposed, would be erected .machinery for the exten sion of credit to stricken European States where long term credit is nec essary and where there is no niarket unless the exporters is willing awail conversion of the raw product into finished merchandise. The discussion was franic and Gov ernor Harding took occasion to assert that the cotton growers lacked con fidence and that any relief that could come must have its origin -among those interested and not in the gov elri ment. After the afternoon session, Manag ing Director Meyer of the Vinance Coropration, under whose auspices the conference was held, declared 'genuine progress' had been made in the di rection of a plan which ultimately would restore life to the cotton busi ness. He warned however, that the situation could not be remedied over night and that only through combined action of those interested in connec tion with such financial help as the government would give in the shape of loans would better conditions pre vail in the cotton belt. While the conference today did not go into details of the program, it is underunod in general to be the Purpose to use the collective resources of banks in sections wlhere cotton is tied up. The banks aidiig in the fi nancing of the exports, it was pointed out, could, with their own paper, ob tain further funds from the War Fi nance Corporation so that their ac tivities would not be curtailed by lack of money. O-gaunization of export corporations under the Webb- Pomerene and Edge acts also wats uIged upon the bankers. Secretary Hoover especially indicated that, in his belief, the cotton inter ests should, under those two acts and with the assistance of the War Fin ance Corporation, be able to establish a successful export trade. Secretary Mellon suggested ware house depositing of cotton and some other non-perishable products, on which loans might he obtained from the government, as a means of ena bling the producers to continue opera tions. He said the copper producers had resorted to that plan when they were confronted with no market for their mine output. Money borrowed on tile warehouse receipts was being used he explained, to keep the mines riun ming in the hope that eventually a iarket would be available for the stored stocks. Several bankers urged a re(luction in cotton acreage until the world con suilption catches up with production. This brought from Governor II arding the assertion that there was no actual over-production, but a dlecrease in tile buying powver of thle Europeani Start< mito whiichl Amnericanx coimmodities fox' nmerly went. T1he job of the cotton ex prorter- axnd his finanlcial blacker, Mr-. Ilardixng add~edl, was to recreate thle buyinlg power- by supplyint; Some (ciedlit on souxnd ecoxnomlic lines. The situation in Eturo, ', as viewed b~y the reset-ye boaird, he added nleedled staib~lzatioli, and hle adldedl that oxie way to aid mi tis stabilization was bry assisting those countries ini m~anu fac tur-ing. A commirittee wvas aplpoinited to study the locali situaitioxn, and1( includes: Robert 1". Maddox, Atlanta,. chai m~an ; D). M. A rmstr-ong, Menmphis ;,Na than Adrams, D~allas; Chrxles Clai b~ornle, New Oxrleans, and Richard I. Manning, Columbia, S. C. WVOUL[D DECLARE WAR New Or-leains, Apiril 5.--Declarinig it was "tulme to declare wvar ox these' pin-heaid goverjnent agents whlo ptece' togetner a few scratt-ieed bits andr~ triy to make criminals out of us" John II. -Kirby of Houston, Texas, for-mer- pr1esident of the Southern P~ine assoc-iation, in an add~ress dleliveredl late today at tile opening session of the Southern Pixie associationi's an.. ual convention called upron thlose present to adlope a motion that J. Ii. Luctas, goener-al counsel for the asso ciution, be ixstructed to expedite to the utmost "tile trial of o flicers andi dlirtetors of thre association chai-ged with violating the Shernman anti-ftrust law.' Mr. Kir-by's address unxexpeetedlly delhveredi, followed speeches by Mr-. Lucas anxd A. L. Clai-k of D~allas p~res ident of tile associaution in whicfi thecy r-eviewecd the gover-nment's sum madr-ies iregar-ding the activities of the Souther-n Pine association, scored government interference and pro elaimed innocence of wroxng doixng by the association. LOCAL HAPPENINGS Of IWENIY YEARS AGO April 10th, 1901 Miss Bessie Barroi of York, is in IMaining on a visit to -elatives. Mrs. Beulah Dinkins of Rome, Ga., is visiting relatives in Manning. Mrs. J. 1'. Stukes has returned homew from an extended visit to her parents in Florila. Messrs. Frank Barron of Wysacky, and Sam Barron of Greenwood, camne home for the Easter holiday. Miss Mayme Harvin, who has been on a visit to her sister in Orangeburg, has returned home, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. D. D. Salley. Dr. Clarendon W. Barron, of New Brookland, accompanied by his sister, Miss Lucie Barron of Columbia, spent Easter Sunday in Manning. The Manning Street Railway has received its passenger car, but will have it overhauled before putting it in operation. The car is one of the iscarded horse cars from Charles ton, and had been in Summerton, for some time where it was sent through the influence of Major R. R. Briggs for the purpose of carrying passeng ei-s to and from Silver to church ser vices and became known as the "Gospel Car." 'Dr. Plumer Clark, who graduated at the South Carolina Medical Col lege in Charleston recently with dis tiction, has accepted a position as pharmacist at the R. B. Loryen drug store. H1OL LA DA Y-lIlI'l"'ON On Thursday afternoon, March 31, 1921, at half-past three o'clock the home of Mr. and Mirs. J. P. lolladay, of this community, was the scene of a quiet, but pretty wedding, when their eldest daughter, Miss Susan Emma, became the bride of Mr. S. P. Britton of Salters, S. C. Only the relatives and a few friends of the contracting parties were pres ent. The bride was becomingly attired in a traveling suit of mid-night blue tricoti ne. Shortly after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Britton Britton left by automo bile for their home at Salters. They have the wishes of many friends for a long and happy life. U1. S. WILL, MAKE SEPARATE PEACE WITl GElRMANY Washington, April '.--The I lai-ding administration intends to terminate the war between the United States ans Germany by Congressional resolu tion, M. Viviani, the French eivoy ex traordinary to this country, is under stoor to have been infornied tonight at a dinner at the home of Senator McCormick of Illinois. The former premier was also in formed, it was said, by Senators pres ent, that the program of the adminis tration did not contemplate entrance of the United States into the league of nations. The French envoy, who was accom panied by A mbassador Jusserand, was said to have been informed that sen timent of Republican leaders was vir tually unanimmous for adoption of the Knox separate peace resolution, sub ject only to possible amendment from its original form, early in the special session of Congress. M. Viviani was described as appearing "reconciled' to the situation. Those at the dinner said that M. Viviami had been told frankly that it wasii useless to d iscuss the possibility of American membership in League of Nations. Most of the Republican nmemb~ers of the Senate foreign rela tions committee and Col. G;eorge Hiar voy, of New York, prospec'tive am bassadlor at the Couirt of St. JIames were among those present. .At the same time the Senators madle it clear' that .the United States would take no action which could be in any way c'onsider'edl as "'helpf'ul"' to Germnany, especially in the ma ttei' of r'eparations anmd fulfilling other ob b gations involved in the peace settle ment. In discussing the prop~osed separate peace reso)lution, the Senators, it is undlerstood, asser'tedl their intention to imtiodluce it imnmedliately upon the coni veining of Congress and ui'ge its pr'omipt addoptioni. I loweveri they add ed, that if President Hardfing should reqiuest de(lay in the matter' of a vote, this undoubtedly wvould be arranged. CRIJ SlIERS (CONFEit WITI[ HOOVER Washington, A ril 5.-A t the ('oin elusion of a. conference todlay between repriesen tatives of Southbern cot ton seed crushei's and Secretary IHoover the latter said the problem pre'sented biy the crushers was mainly one of transportation. Unide'r presenit c'onditions, Mr. lHoov eri dec'lared the (rushers ('an move their product to Bost on b~y way of England, cheaper than tikey can ship chriect b~y 'a il and he indIicatedl that the government wvill give considera tion to some method for afford(ing re hief fronm existing rates. Tihe con ference he said was one of the so i'ies being held wvith the 'otion men mi cooepr'ation with the war' finance corporation. Mrs. George W. Williams spent Pal mafesta~ week in Columbia with Mr's. R. E. Harlee. LIBRARY ASSOCIATION HOLDS M[[TIN( The association held a meetint Wednesday afternoon to elect officern for the coming year, fifteen present. Mrs. W. C. Davis was elected pres ilent, Mrs. A. C. Bradham, vice presi. dent, Mrs. A. T. Helms, secretary an< treasurer. After the election of officers it wa carried that Mrs. Davis could nol serve as president, so Mrs. W. P. Legyp will continue in office. Mrs. A. T. Helms was appointe( the delegate to represent the associa. tion at State Federation at Camden accompanied by the president, Mrs W. P. Legg. Hope the members of the associa. tion will take a more active interesi im the Library this year, and makt it the very best year of its history Not often is our little library brough before the public, and we sometime, wonder if the people of Manning i). preciate their privilege of owning such a beautiful building and theii opportunity of using the books foi the small sum of one dollar a year That entitles them to two books : week, one hundred and four book, a year, less than one cent to read . good book. Out of a membership o more than one hundred, about thirty pay their dues. We try to hold a business meeting the last Wedi'esday in each mont' :nd I roully believe if the members would attend these meetings they would become so enthused, and inter ested in the work, that the Library would be one of the most attractiv places in our town. We have nice fixtures for w'ter ii the house and yard, but no water, as we have not the means to pay for it and city does not furnish it. Though it would take a very small amount foi us:e in the house, and it is impossiblk to grow flowers on' the grounlds without water. We have nice electric lights and I am proud to say that Mr. Lucious Harvin is public spirited enough to f.urnish electricity, free of cost to the Library. We also have a board of trustees Mr. Charlton DuRant, Mr. A. C Bradham, and Mrs. C. R. Sprott. Last summer the house was leak ing, damaging the walls, the Ilome Bank aid Trust Company loaned tl money to repair roof, the association giving a note which was paid in Feb. ru ary. . Since I have been Librarian, many stranigers visting ithe townl nave gomi through the library and so often I have heard said, "few smdl town have such a beautiful building, Mann ing should certainly be proud of it.' Hoping that the new officers will take hold of' their work with the de terniination to do their best, that the association will help them in every way possible, that the trustees may come forward, realizing their respon sibility, and advise and direct, and help in anyway that is in their power working with the new officers t carry out the object of this associa tion, that is, "the establishment and maintenance of a permanent library im the town of Manning. 'lhe new oficers will take charge at once, and as soon as a Librarian is appointed, the library will open as usual every Wedneslay and Saturday afternoon from five to six o'clock. Mr's. Fur'man Blradham, l ibrarian. GENERAl. WOO) lAUDS L.EGION G reenvill', A pril 5.-"he A nierican Legion stands for the best American isi and should have the support of all good A mericans,'" declared Majoi (en. Leonard Wood in a imessage re ceived at State headquarters of th<. legion here today. The legion has just launchedt a membershilp di'ive in this dlisti'ict and the message fromr Geni. Wood is encouraging to those working for' the benefit of the veter ains' organization. Many ex-service men in all part3 ol South. Carol ina ar'e joining thme legion at this tinme, according to re'ports from State headquarters5 G. lleyward. Mahon, Jrm., coammandler of the D~e pamrtment of' South Carmolina, and R. II, Watkmns, adljutant, are pushing the diive foi' members art ei(x pected te see a big in cr'ease in thew legion. Posts ofheicas of the State have pledged their support in the campaign and it is expectedl here that south Car molina, will soon rank high as a legion State. Ge'n. Wood's message follows: "Th'le A mericani Legion st and~s for the best Amerieanism andt should hmave the suipp)ort of all good A mericans. It emboydies and repriesents the sir it of sei'vice andI universal obligation for sei'vice ini wari as well ats in pe'ace., All honor to it." WOULD C'UT SA LA RIES Macon, Ga., Apruil 5.--Reeivers for the Gainsv ileI M idlanrd railroad, a short line, atppea led to JIudge D). Evans late today to tut salaries of its 200 employees by apprl~oximately 27 per cent. TIhe case was only parmtly hearid here tonight the receiver's testimony being taken, also the testimony of one tail road employee, the latter in op.. Position to the proposal. TIhe r'ail rondl i 72 miles long and it- is claimed it is losing money. Attorneys foir the employees de elared that the ciase' should lhe sent to r'ailrmoad laboi' hoarid in Chicago, JTudge Evans saidl he woul comlelte the hearing oif the case at Savannah on Tfhursday of next week. Miss Birighan of A tlanta who is to coach the play whic'h the Aamerica n Legion will hut on, arrived this morn.. OPERATING COSTS .KEY TO SITUATION Washington Officials Reoprt, on Stir vey and Give Wholesome Advice. Washington, April 3.-Cotton p growers can me'et the present price situattionl by "carefully considering'' operating cxpenses ain reducing them whenever there is a likelihood of ob taining a low vield per acre, the de- ' partment of agriculture said in a report today or the results of a sur vey of basic requirements and cost of producing cotton. By applying last year's man and mule rates for labor and pay then paI for seed and fertilizer to the i basic, requirements in an investiga- S tion in Mitchell county, Georgia, the ti average operating expense of cotton i )roduction was fixed at approximate- t ly 33 cents a pound there. t Man and mule rates for labor in t this investigation and seed and ferti- i1 lizer costs, the department says, a constituted 84 per cent. of the total Operating expense, exclusive of land h rent. Other expenses amounting to t 16 per cent. of the total included such t items as ginning, manure, equipment, t taxes, insurance and overhead. Man 4 labor wias charged at the rate of :0 1 cents an hour, mule labor 30 cents a an hour, seed $81 a tonII and fertilizer t at $46 a ton. From the total cost i of $56.16 an acre, a seed cre(it of it $8.90 was deducted, making a total t net cost of $52.26. t Asserting that the rates for labor d and seed did not start to decline n1 until after the 1920 crop had been e produced, the report adds: "With cotto around 12 to 15 cents r per pound the returns not only allow ed no interest on capital, but failed S to pay operating expenses at going g rates for labor and prevailing prices b for agriculture. With cotton at 15 U cents per pound it would require 1 1) yield of approximately 450 pounds P of liit to cover operating expenses. s .'The application of the basic re- I quiremients of production in] estimat- h mg the costs should be of vital inter- b est to growers at this time," the re- u plort adds. "The history of the year a 1920 will .not be forgotten immediate- ti ly and will b(. safe to say that the lessons of this period will bear some w f ruit-" ti Ih PERSIING TO GET C' SPLENDID POST n Washington, April 5.-Secretary I Weeks' recent statement that he a would announce shortly a detail of a d luty for General Pershing "coamen- s surate with his rank," has cause:I " considerable interest and specula- ' tion in the war department. Several A possible assignment for General a Pershing, whose rank as general of j tI .the army places him above any rou- g tine, detail, have been discussed by officials it was said today. b It has been rumored that the gen- O era would retire to accept. diplo- 1 matic post pnrobably that of A mbas sador to Japan to' succeed Roland ' Aorris, whose resignation Presi ;en'1. Hardig recently accepted. It. is tl. (.erstood that this would be the most acceptable diplomatic post General P( ishing could he offered. A nothe, h diplomatic pos; mentioned for himi I' Paris, but it is believed that if given t his choice he would prefer Tokyo at l this time. d On the other hand large numbers " of arimy oflicers bel ieve that Gen- s eral Pershing will either be made b chief of staT to succeed Maior (Gen. Peytoni C. Mirch or th tt Secretary Weeks vill seek from congress legis- I I I tion placing the entire army oi a field basis with him as ge' l o the armily at the head of the organ- b 124ttionl. In the e-vent that ,11ch a " course is followed, it was pointed oun V the geneial will havw a chief of stall" A not her a.ssign t freeitly P mentiiedl in conne'ction with Gen eral P'ersh ing is that of governor gen cmrl of the Philippines, but it is be hieved that such a dletailI woul not be accep table1 to Ihi m. A tour of tw world under the crEeentials of a ('nvor e'xtriaordinary~ simlrto tours mnole bvh oer alilied, h-l---r b after' the war, also has been mn t ionedo. Newv Orieanus, A pri I >.--Jouri min in threce farmers ani a met(rchantI, were' airr('stedl late toiy by the sherifT oif ,JefTerson piarish in (ionne-tioin with Itt the theft of' 12 dinums of' d(nat ureid " alcohe! from a moving Texas anid Pa cific freight tra in this morn inig. Tlhe alcohol was found hiihlen in some. bushes this a fternoion. Thel f'our imten chtargedl with the theft. tonight were Ii ttuned over to the federal anuthori ties by the sheriff' and arme Ib'inug held r in the .Jetfferson piris;on. Tlhey 'in' Anathony, Guy anid .Josephil IJelwil I,. brothers, andl A nthony Loria ." Ac(corii ing Lto the sher iff, the arrests 1 were brought about through the Iindi I- ti ing of a plart oif an automobile trtuck" niear where' the alcohol wvas stolden anrd iln lotllowing th(' truc'k 's t racks' th rough the U~chelloa farmt to the spiot whecre the alcohol was foumnl. d 'Phe sheriff' dchlires the piece of h woodl titteid perfectly on a triuck h (ownied by Loriia, a me(rc'han t anil that it ant e'xai nation of the truck reveal-I ed traces of paint sa id to c'orrespoindt with the coloi' of the paint on me h stoileni drums.r TI'he stolent alcoh ol w'as parit of a LI two car load shipment fronm a local 4 distillecry to a wholesale drug com jtany~ int Ohio andi was take'i from the. freight traim wvhile it. was mot~vinyg si through the railroad yards ntea' Gretna . n)1 -------------------------. tU Senator JI. W. Wideman andl little(" Ida visited Due WVest last week. I M isse's IFannie .James D~avis and Maud.Sprott oif Converse College are B apendimg the laster vacation at home. fc IARDING FAVORS PLAN OF WATCHfUL WAITING residelt irowns On Anyt hing 8 rd ering On Haste Vith le gard to Matter. lAY USE KNOX PLAN AS LEX El? (P Force Allied Nations to Think Well of America's League -Subtitute Washington, April 5.--W- Vhatever lay be the expectations of Republican enators who want ati early declara on of peace with Gc.' any, it was iade know authoritatively today !at President iarding had nlot irown the influence of his adminis '-Ition behind the movement but was iclied to look with disapprova! on ny prospert of precipitate action. It was l'evealed that the President ad not, il. fact, committed himself > any detinite progralm for the res >ration of peace, though he was said > be learning more and more tl> a dief that the Versailles covenant !an At in any practical way be used now s a basis for his association of na ons. lie is canvassing the situa on carefully in the light of infor ation and advice which has c-ame a himl) since inauguration, and :1 iough a part of his program may bem 1citled on soon, it probably will be mn yweeks before it revealed ii :ts itirety. In his considerat ion of tle peace ,solution, which some of the Senate aders wvant to press to ai early pas kge in the special session of Con ress convening Monday, Mr. Iharding tilderstood to have taken the posi on that in the settlement of so :m mrtant a question the nation must. rOC(eed with care and prudence. It is lid that lie has not withdrawn the piproval he gave the resolution when ! supporteld it in the last Congress, At is convinced that the present sit Ation (oes n(ot require haste so i-.ih i it requires painstaking delibera On. The administration has not revealed hat elements are involved in the ie rImillation of its attitude, but tle're ive been imdicationn that it would mlsideler itself in a better position to ake advances for aln association of itions if the peace declaration were layed. Intimations have come to hcials here that some of the leading lied statesmen wouhd Consider pas Ige of the measire a great handicap I the negotiations for a peace c-n rt, .weakening the position of the llerican government with its former isociates in the war and making em, less susceptible to A merican sug .tstioln. It has beel hinted to the Presi'ient. v some of his advisers that like the itstaniding war debt, a pending reso-. tion of peace migh t. he used as a itential lever to bring the Allied veIll me1(nts into accord with the iro oSals f this government. At a dinner here last night some tlie Selnators most promillemL ill >reign relations are understoo; to v' informed M. Viviani, the forier ch prenlicr' who is visiting here, lilt his governmelnt. need not hope mlt a1 peace declanation would be long -layed. They plan to bring the meas re qickly imto the program of t1 >eei session and they express unI Mnd Conl tidence I hat it will he lopted quickly. 'I'helre has beell no indication :hat w President woul malIke an1 opwn tlht, to delay action, but what hI' Lys that his ImIessage to (nigress will studied carefully for <hlicate shale Semlliig, ald the impression he iveys is expect.ed to have 1imtch eight with maly Selatol's of hi; Irty. l'VEit lI Al) ()" II I M. ilh the idientit. oIf 1P-ot. Albelrt mlstent waIs the expllanat~lion givenl it hhiohling his vo'IteI toda~y onl aI res.. uItionl m tile board of LahlernILn ex 'lmling I t freedomI of t he ('lv to the Ited( prlolpoundler of (lie t heory of' h11t1ively and ther promLinellnt tin-I (n(oSte rso lutelinl requirce un (ous vote ollfaeord l ut thie ll I .stei nw , AhIlerman' - Ii ah-oner LiI I Sygr liflnlter ca.~II.hlld a01 spee liit iof the 'tboard for1( next Frd recosi~ derli'~ th l Ile resolution. o athl'eI oard l heetinI Aderman a me eb ecivldyce the .LLl'l IllhlI (n0 (' fuasetngive "Inlhd nl'ever' ly r (''teli unte ilo ay." ei il' J~ I!il eioon afer Mitaylie ('Lym h il4. oll~y ifceieds the deleg tion'o omss m illhe ity' hlI ad 'lhiolll igiiwnt to Cabls lishfo naa Stnelast. ine ek. n ,te eo to