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r Ml WEEVIL PEST THIS IS THE THIRD SEA80N IN ^ BEAUFORT AND 8EOOND IN JASPER AND HAMPTON. f LOST TERRITORY IS REGAINED Amount of Injury That Will Ba Done Thla Year Dependa Altogether on Weather For Next Six Weeks. to*-'" ^ Columbia. "The boll weevil is already showing considerable activity this season in * -western Beaufort County an dalso in jhu^us oi jasper ana Hampton Counties," says Prof. A. P. Conrad of the ^8outh Carolina crop pest commission. "Owing to the mild winter Mr. Weevil -wintered well and his family is now quite numerous, and active earlier than usual. "This is the third season of the weevil in Beaufort and the second in Jasper and Hampton, hut he received ^backset in the winter of 1917-18 and lost all of Beaufort except Daufuskle Island. Last season the pest regainepl >.all of 'ills lost territory and increased in such numbers that the outlook in some sections appears threatening. "The amount of Injury that will be done this year dephnds of course altogether on*the weather conditions in June and July. If the weather, during that period of the year is dry, the damage will be very greatly reduced; but should that period of the year be moist, then we may expect very sharp damage on a number of the plantations in that territory. 'If we have another favorable winter the most serious damage may be expected next year in the territory above referred to, and it is hoped that accurate data may have been obtained by that time in regard to the practicability and effectiveness of poisoning. Poison should not be looked upon at the present time as a perfected remedy. Will Pay Indigent Pensions. ^ The Btate pension board has adJorned. Another meeting will be call?d within the next few weeks to complete all details as to the distribution of the extra $100,000 appropriated at tho last session of the general asssembly for Confederate veterans, who heretofore had not received any pensions. The lists of awards have not been completed. W. D. Mcl?aur|p. pension commissioner, said that the commission had ?nrolled of these about 2,800 veterans. These are dvided Into two classes, the classification being determined by physical condition, financial circumstances and age. The more Indigent class will receive $40 and the other $32. There are about 460 in the first class and about 2,300 in the other. Commission Visits Charleston. The rallroa^ commlsioners of this State held a public hearing at Charleston, at the Chamber of Commerce ol the Consolidated Company's petition for increased rates on the navy yard line, the company taking the position that improvements in the service this year justified the higher charges necessary to yield a fair profit on operations. Incidentally, a discussion of the shuttle train situation was held Navy yard employees, through rep resentatives, appeared at the hearing to protest against increased (are. de daring that the service now rendered did not Justify higher fare any more than the service previous to Improve ments did, although it was admitted that improvements had been made Should the shuttle train be discon tinned, it was declared by the e\p ployeeB, additional traffic would prove too much for the trolley facilities Married by Governor. Governor Cooper a few days ago performed hia first marriage cere mony. The couple came to Columbia from Charleston and were married ai the executive mansion at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The bride was Miss Katharine Ruth Salmoner. The bride groom. William Hughev Dixon, is 8 chief petty officer in the navy. Decreased Demand For Labor. Common and agricultural labor ir South Caroline Is still short despite an apparent decrease in the demand Men at Camp Jackson are *;*rd?d ^Ul not to such an extent as a month ago Farm laborers are needed practically all oyer the State and industrial plants are also calling for men. John* L r_ - - - - - ... LHhria, federal director of labor foi South Carolina, said that the demant for *11 kinds of laborers was decreas tag and he looked for an equillbrlun between the supply and demand be for* the end of the year. Phono Operator* Arretted. Poatoffice Inspectors who hare beet working up cases against the tele phone and telegraph strikers here ar rested two men, Jimmy Cllne, an em Si , ptoye of the Southern Bell Telephoni k company, and Ernest Qveathouse, i ^^HfegggMnr drtyer, who has been leadini roHMlif 1-iiLi <rf the strikers. : a&argad with viola tlot "2'1'Inter and BeiCV- \ ' -> I Highway Offloe Fare* ImratMi The fact Oat 42 oat of the 46 coontiaa of tha ataia have applied for all or parts of their allotments of federal *ia ror road or bridge -bWldlng has forced the state highway commission to expand its engineering forces both in its office and in the field. Each new road or bridge project approved for federal ajd by the state highway commission calls for a large amount of expert engineering work, both in the field and in the office of the commission, before the United States seoraiar/ of agriculture Cau legally approve it and oover the funds dollar for dollar which the counties have available. The field work and office work done by the engineers and draftsmen employed by the commission is an interesting phases of its activities. The public is much more familiar with the commission as the branch of the state government to which automobile license fees are paid. Unlike hghway commissions in some of the other states, the South Carolina commission pays for all engineering work done on the state highway system in connection with securing federal aid for buildng roads and bridges. On January 1, 1919, the employees of the state highway commission in its engineering section consisted of the following: Acting state highway engineer, ono; office engineer, one; chief field engineer, one; chief drafts.man, one; assistant field engineers, two; resident engineers, two; draftsmen, three?total 11. On June 1, 1919, in its engineering section the state highway commission had the following employees: State highway engineer, ono; chief of con struction, one; chief of surveys, one; chief inspector, one; bridge engineer, one; office engineer, one; chif draftsman, one; chief of parties, five; field engineers, 12; resident engineers, 11; draftsmen, five?total 40. State Revenue Classified. Classification and objects of all revenues and expenditures in the different departments of the state government have been scheduled by Ben M. Sawyer, budget clerk, under the re cently created budget commission. In the foreword to the classification, Mr Sawyer says: "The design of the classifications la to set forth in exact form all the items of expenditure and all sources of revenues in connection with the government of the state. With such Information at hand, it will be possible to conduct tho business of the' state along lines which are Justified by the experience of successful bust ness enterprises, public and private. Race Clash Imminent. The timely arrival of Policeman I Carter and Huntt prevented a clash on a street car between a negro sol1 dler, a negro civilian and a white man. The trolley was running toward the camp, and the white man was carry; ing a mall pouch to the cantonment. The negro soldier boarded the car - on Main street and took a seat next to the white man who offered objection. The negro refused to move and the wiiue man landed ** blow. In an in1 stant three knlvca were brandished in the aiir and the passengers, were terrorized. Officers Carter and Hunt caught the trolley at the city hail and arrested the negroes. The white man was allowed to carry the mail to the camp, but will be brought before the court. Young Woman Lawyer. Seventeen young men and young wbraen, 16 of whom received their diplomas from the University of South Carolina, were admitted to the practice of law in South Carolina, the prescribed oath having been administered by D. K. Hydrick. Those admitted were: Mary Guthrie Sledge, Chester; D. B. Stover, Greenville; James DeTreville, Walterboro; Paul F. Haigler, Orangeburg; Marion A- Wright, Tren ton; Harold Major, Anderson; John G. Slmms. Barnwell; John Inglis Rice, Columbia; Thomas I. Smith, Cheraw; Marlon F. Winter, Moncks Corner; . Russell D. Miller, Bennettsville; Edt ward P. Hodges. Columbia; John C. [ Taylor, Honea Path; W. W. Moore, , Jr.. Columbia; William E. Bowen, , Pickens; and Harry Simonhoff. C. C. . Shrll of Spartanburg, who was not a t member of the class, was also admitted to the bar. Several New Enterprises. Thn Q?-, ryl-.l. ? 1 .US uiianucnr Iiiuu UI unnnesion i was commissioned with a proposed capital stock of $10,000. The cluo t will deal in real estate and agricultural products, r The E. M. Hall Boat Yard Company i of Mt. Pleasant, Charleston, was also , commissioned with a proposed capita) stock of $10,000. I The Dixie Produce Company of . Union was commissioned with a proi posed capital stock of $10,000. A . wholesale fruit and produce company is contemplated. Qevernor Qlves Qood Advice, i Governor Cooper in his literary ad. dress to the graduating class of the . University of South Carolina appeal. ed to the young men and women to i leave their alma mater with a broad i view tor service and to aid the State ; which has given them value returned for their stay In college manifold. The l governor asked that no efforts J>e left . unexpended ot raise the State from . the illiteracy mire It is now in. "lb , von would serve the state In the meal . sacrificial way today I would point you to the school room." he saidgkjaife.lvW l ""' MMpjwBjK A **' '# Iv^KvfflrraJ^ ^W* COMMANDER GRIEVE <lt N?w?atH?r Unt Jt Commander Mackenxle Grieve, navlgator of th? 8opwlth piano In which ho and Harry Hawkor triad vainly to oroM the Atlantic. IS NO HIDE-BOUND PARTISAN Consider* Opposition to League Constitutes an Unpardonable Offense Against Future Generations. Washington.?The league of nations was supported in the senate by Senator McCumber, of North Dakota, a Republican member of the foreign Mictions committee, who argued in a three-hours speech that the league covenant offered a Just and practiceble plan for the preservation of world peace. The North Dakota senator replied to arguments ot Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, and other Republican leaders and declared he could not be influenced against the league plan by party considerations. "Partisan that I am." he asserted. "1 hope I shall never be so hidebound or so blinded by. party exigency as to oppose a just position taken or a truth declared by a member ot any opposition party. I could not cast my vote against any reasonable plan for the preservation of world peace without a conviction that would follow me to the grave that I had committed an unpardonable offense against all future generations." The North Dakota senator charged that there had been a campaign of misrepresentation against the league. He opposed as a proposal calculated "to sound the death knell of any scheme to preserve peace" the resolution of Senator Knox, which would declare the senate's opposition to accepting the league covenant along with peace terms. RUMORS OF ANOTHER BOMBING ATTEMPT GAINING CURRENCY Washington.?The menace of bomb outrages still hangs over the country in the belief of officials of the department of Justice. William J. Flynn, chief of the de parimenrs nureau ot investigation, said that he believed there were "more bombs to come," but said it was Impossible to say when the next attempt to create a reign of terror by explosions might be made. Supplementing Mr. Flynn's statement, the department made public testimony of Attorney. Oeneral Palmer before the house appropriations committee asking for a special fund of $500,000 to carry on the hunt for radicals. The attorney general told the committee, as the testimony revealed, that government officials had been advised of a day set for another attempt by radicals "to destroy the government at one fell swoop." REJECTION OF TREATY TERMS ADVI8ED BY HUN DELEGATION Basle.?The German peace delegation advised the cabinet to reject the pence treaty, according to a dispatch sent from Weimar by the correspondent of The Frankfort Zeitung. The corespondent added that the experts with the delegation also were of the opinion that the treaty should be rejected. SENATOR GORE INJURED IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT 8loux Falls, S. D.?Senator Thomas P. Gore, of Oklahoma, was Injured when an autoombile in which he was rushing from Mitchell to Sioux Falls overturned, throwing the senator out on to the ground. ' Senator Gore was not seriously in4ll pa/1 m ! *?? *?* ?-1 * ?iwuum* clans. His shoulder was badly bruised but he suffered no Internal injuries. The Oklahoma senator was speeding to Sioux Palls to catch a train. NATS PRAISES- PEANUTS FOR PKRIOO OF HALF HOUR Washington.?Praise for peanuts was voiced In the senate for a half hour. Ddible and other properties of the nuts ace extolled In bi-partisan approval on an amendment, by Senator Swanson, of Virginia, to the agricultural appropriation bill proposing $12,000 for collection and distribution by the department of agriculture of market information on peanut conditions The peanut proposal Anally y . w SL * *. >. vfl- : - - V** * " * * ! ' ^ k," ' 5-' '/ Vv; r ^ ,|p i ".;' *" ' '.* \jj * .T ' jjfc- 4MV* DLL, S. 0.. THURSDAY, J UK mrr GERMAN CABINET ' ffVPONDERATINO OPINION 18 I THAT DESPITE OPPOSITION TREATY WILL BE SIGNED. " EfiERT STILL IS PRESENT %o Confused Is Situation That It Is Impossible to Obtain Even a Pair Idea of Existing Conditions. Paris.?Latest advices from Berlin are to the effect that the German cabinet has resigned but that temporarily President Ebert is to retain office. Various conflicting reports as to the situation in Germany surrounding the Intentions of tho^e in high offices to sign or. to leave unsigned the peaco treaty of the allied and associated gov ernments are current. The preponderating opinion as expressed in the numerous dispatches, however, indicated that, notwithstanding the fact that there was much opposition to them, the terms of the allies Anally would be met, even if the signature of the treaty necessitated the resignation or even removal of those at present in the high councils. So confused is the situation that it is impossible at present to obtain even a fair idea of conditions in Ger | many as they really exist, but there I seems basis for the belief that it is the intention of the Germans Anally to acquiesce in the allied demands. President Wilson has returned to Paris from bis trip to Belgium and, with Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain and Clemenceau of France, discussed both the Italian cabinet crisis and the German situation. BITTER EXCORIATION OF HIS SENATE ACCUSERS BY PALMER Washington. ? Attorney GenerkT Palmer, at the first public hearing in j the fight to prevent confirmation by j the senate of his appointment, turned sharply upon his accusers and boldly charged that they were aligned with German interests. Durtng the year and a half he was in charge of the office Mr. Palmer declared he had been denounced by every enemy alien and every frlena and attorney of every enemy alien in this country, and that in Berlin he was characterised as the "official American pickpocket." Every friend of the 40,000 aliens whose property had been seised were attacking him, he said, because his organisation had seised enemy property and captured the German industrial afmy in the United States. It would be shown, he told the committee, that the particular charges lodged against him were not based or. tho ground that he had sold enemy plan ts at too low a price, but that he had sold them to Americans who Lad turned them to profitable account HEARINGS ON REVISION OR TARIPF SOON AFTER JULY 4 Washington. ? General hearings looking toward a general revision ot the tariff will be started by the house ways and means committee soon after July 4. Chairman Fordney, of the committee, announced at the close of hearings on the request of the potash and dye industries for protection. Statistics and data, Mr. Fordney said, now are being assembled and the committee proposes to go eatenslvely and exhaustively into the whole subject with a view to drafting a bill rovlslng the tariff in accordance with the campaign promises of the republican majority In Congress. STRIKE CUT8 RAILWAY LINE8 OUT OF WEIMAR Weimar.?Weimar is completely cut ofT from railway communication with all sections of Germany because of a suddenly called railway strike. Airplanes and the telegraph are the only means of communication. Govern ment circles see In the strike a new spartacan attempt against the government. HAVAB DI8PATCH AL80 "CARRIES" RESIGNATION Paris.?A Haras dispatch from Basel carried the same announcement of the resignation of the German cabinet as that received from other sources. It was added that the ministry would oontlnue to direct affairs until President Ebert had formed a new government. The resigning cabinet, the dispatch stated, persisted hi looking upon the peace treaty ae "Impossible of execution and unsupportable." ADJUSTING DIFFERENCES ON AGRICULTURAL BILL Washington?Senate and house conferee# on the 9S4,000400 agricultural appropriation bill began**djeeting differences failed to ranch the rider proposing repeal of the darfght saving law. Agreement on the rider was predicted with Ks aoeeptance by the senate and louse and it was LL T] IK 26, 1919 s - MRS. E. M. HOUSE ^HKP ^W^QK^?\ k ^jl iB^k A vry laf photograph of Mra. I House, wife ?f Colonel House, one of American delegates to the peace conference I UNIVERSAL DISMAY IS FELT: Failure to 8lgn Would Have Serious Effeots In Germany Because of 8pread of Bolshevism. Berlin.?The impression of those who engaged throughout the night in translating the reply of the allied and associated powers is that it will be utterly impossible to sign and that it is probable a negative reply will be ' wired to Dr. Haniel von Halmhausen for submission to M. Clemenceau. It is also considered possible that Count von Brockdorff-Rantxau, head of the German delegation, will not return to Versailles on account of the ' demonstration there against the delegates, resulting in the injury to Minister Oelsberts, Frau Dorlbluah, Attache Meyer and others, all of whom were hit with stones. Herr -Meyer's eye was injured by glass. The changes in the peace terms, as indicated by the red interlineations in the text of the old treaty, are so slight as to cause universal dismay Government circles stated that they , cannot conceive any government willing to sign such terms, though it is admitted that the treaty will be fully discussed. because it Is realised that serious effects, with the spread of bolsKaelam let Asrm.e. wm.ld Ka asitatl miv* ioiii iu uciuiau;, tvuuiu ruiair ed in refusal to sign. MADDEN WANTS PROBE OF PARCEL8 P08T INSURANCE Washington.?After testimony of Third Assistant Postmaster General Dockery by ths poatoffice committee, showing that the government had averaged a profit of $1,000,000 a year on parcels post insurance, Representative Madden, of Illinois, asked that his resolution calling on the department for an itemized account of this business be placed on the table. Mr. Dockery said $9,800,000 had been collected in insurance fees since June 1, 1913, while claims paid have totalled $$,391.000 with 20.583 outstanding claims amounting to another $100,000. FEDERAL FOOD 8TOCK8 TO BE INVESTIGATED BY COMMITTEE8 , Washington.?A separate and immediate inquiry into the disposition of surplus food stocks by the war department was indicated by developments in both house and senate committees. C. W. Hare, director of sales in the department's demobilization organization. was questioned at length by the sennte military committed In thin connection during hearings on the army appropriation bill and later a resolution calling on Secretary Baker for detailed reports as to quantities of food stuffs held in storage was introduced in the house by Representative Treadway, of Massachusetts. KNOX ADVISES AGAIN8T HASTY ACTION BY SENATE Washington.?A plea sgainat hasty acceptance of the league of nations i was made to the senate by Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, in a carefully prepared address analyzing feat- , nres of the league covenant and cautioning that Its ratification would i mean a far departure from American traditions. 1 The league, declared the former secretary of# state, would inevitably ] result In a super-government. I DISFRANCHISEMENT THREATENS I MANY VIRQINIA 8OLDIER8 Richmond. Va.?Practically 10,000 Virginia soldiers were disfranchised , * tn aa opinion handed down by attorneys ropreeentlng several state departments. j Under the Virginia law poll taxes j must be paid six months prior to the i elections. At that time nearly all of the man disfranchised were either in ! ~ r~ . "* I liHtAI StNIIMENTS UITEREOBY WILSON INITIAL CRIME COMMITTED BY THE HUNS WAS FUNDAMENTAL IN ITS CHARACTER. EQUALITY. NOT NEUTRALITY Belgium Has Corps Into Her Own Through Great Vriley of Suffering Which She Has Passed. Brussels.?In his address before the Belgian chamber of deputies President Wilson said in part: "The enemy committed many outrages in this war. gentlemen, but the Initial outrage was the fundamental outrage of all. They, with insolent Indifference, violated the sacredness of treaties. They showed that they did not care for the honor of any pledge. They showed that they did not care for the independence of any nation, whether It had raised its hand against them or not ;that they were ruthless in the determination to have their whim at their pleasure. ThereFore, it was the violation of Belgium that awakened the world to the realisation of the character of the struggle. "A very interesting thing came out of that struggle, which seems almost rn illogical consequence. One of the first things that the representatives of Belgium said to me after the war began was that they did not want their neutrality guaranteed. They did not want any neutrality. They wanted equality, not because, as I understood them, their neutrality was Insecure, but because their neutrality put them upon a different basis of action from other peoples. "I honored this Instinct in them, and it was for that reason that the first time that I had occasion to speak of what the war might accomplish for Belgium, I spoke of her winning a place of equality among the nations. So, Belgium has, so to say, once more come into her own through this deep valley of suffering through which she has gone. "Not only that, but her cause has linked the governments of the civilised world togethor as If instinctively into a league of might. They have put the whole power of organized manhood behind this conception of Justice which is common to mankind. CRISIS IN ITALIAN CABINET ADDS TO EXISTING PROBLEMS Rome.?As an addition to the uncertainty prevailing with regard to Whether Germany will sign the peace treaty has com teo a crisis in the Italian government to perplex the peace conference. Failing to secure a vote of confidence In the chamber of deputies In Romo on a demand by Premier Orlando that the chamber in secret session listen to the government's explanations of its foreign policy, the Italian cabinet has followed precedent In parliamentary affairs and resigned. This action probably will still further complicate the work of the peace oonference, especially In straightening out the tangle that long has existed as regards Italy's claims to Flume and the Dalmatian coastal region. The vote of lack of confidence In the government was an overwhelming one. being 269 to 70. Prior to the vote the premier in a statement to the chamber had announced that the various economic and financial questions concerning Italy had been solved or were about to be solved. 8TEP8 TAKEN TO PROTECT ALL AMERICAN8 IN MEXICO Washington. ? Btefr>s to protect American citizens In the Mexican Btate of Chihuahua from possible rebel attacks have been takon by the Mexican government. General Candldo A mi 41ft v orxn^/4anHal arehaeen/te. ? > i?< n? i . v,uiiunruuoi nuiunnaauui uiriil Mexico to the United States. Informed j the state department. Calling at th6 I department to par his farewell re- | spects to officials before going to New York and thence to Europe. General Aguilar expressed his satlsfatdon I at the handling of the recent Incident. | FOCH CONTINUING TO MAKE PREPARATION FOR INVASION j Paris.?While the members of the j German poece delegation are still re- i ported unofficially as violently oppoe- ; ed to signing the treaty and the great- j Br part of the German cabinet to be i of similar mind. latest Indications are ; that the feeling in Germany is tending toward recognition of the fact that the allied demands must be met. Meanwhile Marshal Foch continues hie preparations to . meet any contingency that may arise. KOLCHAK'8 GOVERNMENT POLICY 18 ANNOUNCED Omsk.?M. Poplaleff, pew minister r>f the Interior for Admiral Kofchak's Russian government, in an Interview said: "Until ws reach Moscow our proprrcm of social Reform cannot yield fruit, nor can any constructive work be achieved while Soviets rule. Our policy must, above all, concern the peasant farmers, who arc the roun ' . :f ^BBH * % ' . ' _';" > V ^Pai SL2S Per Tmt. 7'JS GERMANS AGREE tO 1 SIGN Tffi TREATY | IQ FOUR DECLINES TO AGREK ' U fun i HtR ALTER AT i Or*? IN. THE DOCUMENT. KAISER MUST STAND TRIAL | 100,000 'American Troop* Will Assist Sr. Invasion of Hun Territory If Order to Advance Is Given. Berlin.?Germany will sign the peace treaty of the allied and associated powers. The national assembly by a vote of 237 to 138 decided to sign. The assembly also voted conQdencs in the new government of Herr Bauer 236 to 89. Before the vote of confidence was taken, Herr Bauer, the new premier, declared that the government would sign the treaty, but without acknowledging the responsibility of the German people for the war and without , . accepting the obligations contained in articles 227 to 230 in the treaty relating to the trial of the former emperor and the extradition of other German personages. , ^ Paris.?The council of four has definitely rejected the German suggestion that further alterations be made in the peace treaty. The council received four notes from the Germans, which are supposed to have been prepared in advance and were held to await advices from V/simar on the result of the meeting of the assembly. President Wilson went m uuin 10 ine resilience 01 I'remier L4oyd Goorgo. where the council took up consideration of the notes. Coblenz.?More than half a million allied soldien In the occupied areas are ready for a further Invasion of Germany. The troop concentration ordered hy Marshal Foch has been completed up and down the Rhine, and every detail has been worked ont for an advance, in the event that Gen many does net accept the terms. Even orders to the civilian popnlatlons, printed in French. English and German, as framed by Marshal Foch, are ready for distribution in the districts and villages taken over by the allies. One order in the military regulations says that any house from which civilians may fire upon the marching troops shall ho burned lm mcuinieiy. Anorncr oraer proviaee for the requisitioning of the railways, telegraphs, telephones and other utilities as well as those employed in these services. About 100,000 Americans will move forward if the final or* der comes. KNOX RESOLUTION HA8 BEEN ' 4 POSTPONED FOR THE PRESENT 1 Washington.?Senate leaders opposing the league of nations abandoned their plan to try for a test vote in the immediate future on the Knox resolution, and turned their attempt* to crystallizing sentiment behind Eliha Root's proposal that the league covanant be ratified with reservations. The decision was taken as a forecast that the league fight would rej main in a quiescent state during the coming week and probably until the treaty Is submitted for ratification. League supporters have maintained nil n Inn tr thmt thou ha A oulffoln*.* wmmm ? ?" O ? ? V?IV/ ?*WU OUIIIVIVII V to defeat the resolution and Senator Hitchcock, senior Democrat of the foreign relations committee, said he nerer had expected that the measure would be brought to a roll call. "I am not at all surprised," said Mr. Hitchcock, 'at the dlsastrbus failure of the Knox resolution. It has disappointed Its friends and dtrlded the Republican party." LIFE OF NEW CABINET DECLARED PRECARIOUS Dondon.?Commenting on the prerarious life of the new cabinet, onco peace la signed, the Router correspondent In Berlin says that a mere accidont or a few abstentions may at centrist and socialist* enhloc, on which it depend*, commands only W5 out of the 423 deputies. Ht>N FLEET AT SCAPA FLOW COMPOSED OF 71 VESSELfl London.?When the German highest fleet surrendered last November and wae taken to Scapa Flow. It comprised nine battleships, Ave battle Bruisers, seven light cruisers and 50 destroyers. As far as is known, all the ships are still at Scapa Flow. The battleships at Scapa Flow the Kaiser, Kalserin, Koenig Albert. Bayern, Markgraf, Kronprinx Wllhelm, PTinrregent LultpoM, Grosser Kvsa furst and the Frederich der Grosee. QOMPER8 RE-ELECTED HEAD OF FEDERATION 6F LABOR 'Atlantic City. ? Samuel Gompera was re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor at the organ* ixatlon'a convention and was voted a .salary of 910,000 a year. One radical voted against the re-election of Mr. Gompers and a handful of delegates sat in their chairs While the rest staged a demonstration tn honor of their leader who said his election WJW> . . :