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Impbrtant steps looking towards the further control of malaria in South Carolina were taken at the meeting of the executive committee of the state board of health when it was resolved to oo-operate with the United States jbtc. r yuum: ueaiui wnice ana witn uie international health board for the control of the disease. By the arrangements perfected, the United States public health service v -will, upon the request of a town, send two engineers to make a survey of the town without expense to the community. These engineers will later report to the authorities what steps are if ,. necessary to eradicate the disease and the approximate cost of the work. Report on Vocational Work. A preliminary report of vocational work in the trades and industries under the Smith-Hughes law has been filed with the state superintendent of education by Charles S. Doggett, director of the textile department of Clemson College, who Is also state supervisor of trade and Industrial education. This is the first report of the kind ever filed In the state superintendent's office. The field of effort Is new and.untried. The method of approach was experimental, depending linnn 1nr??l' finnHIHnns nnnn Initio. tive, tact and personality of the state V ./ supervisor, and upon the co-operation of. mill officials. ^ Vocational evening - classes have been conducted In 14 'mills in seven K;' counties. These mills (represent 948,424 spindles, approximately one-fifth of the splndleage of th<jl state. I Road Projects Approved. | The state highway comn\ission at Its.- monthly meeting approved two bridge projects and five road projects for federal aid. The total amount of federal aid asked on these projects vras $158,698. The projects approved by the commission and the amdh'nt of federal aid Tequested on eAch of them by the county road authorities follows: Charleston-Colleton (joint request), bridging the Edisto river at Jacksonboro, $30,000. Greenwood, building approximately *30 miles on Dixie Highway from city of Greenwood to Edgefield county > line, 120,422. Oconee, building approximately 35 miles of road from Clemson College -via Seneca and Walhalla to Russells, $31,176. , ' . Darllngtop, building approximately 27 miles of road from Darlington via Hartsville /to Chesterfield county line, $20,000. Chesterfield, Mt. Croghan township, building 12 mles of*road beginning at Courthouse dowbship line via Ruby and Mt. Crogjfan to Old Store township ' Una t?4 AAA' ??UV| f ?i1|VVVt Marlboro! biiildlng approximately 20 , miles ot ros^l from Ctaeraw Bridge via Bennettsvllle and Clio to Dillon county line., *35,000. Marlboro, building two concrete culverts dfl'* Washington-Atlanta Highway between Cheraw and North Carolina l$e, $3,000. r';' ??? Large Profile Ohown. The State 81nklng fhmd Commission in the insurance department has made a net profit during the first six months of the year of 917,193.74. Interest and premiums collected amount to 931,898.86. Disbursements for expenses, fire losses and reinsurance amount to 94,706.12. Mnlcom J. Miller, secretary of the commission, says the last half of the year should produce an even wider margin on the right side of the ledger. Condition of Cotton. According to a report issued by B. B. Hare of the United States bureau * of crop estimates, the condition of cotton In South Carolina on June 26. was 78 per cent of normal. The condition on the corresponding date of last year was' 83 per cent, 71 per cent in 1817 and 74 per cent in 1816, the ten year average beinjj 77 per cent. The estimated acreage shows a decrease of 11 per cent compared with klaat year, the total acreage planted and standing on June 25, being 2.706,006 acres. Cffect ef Lever Report. Quite the moet Interesting bit of political news received In Columbia lately la the report that there Is a probability of Asbury Lever, of Lex* lagton. member of Congress from the seventh congressional dlstriot, resignto accept a presidential appointment as a member of the farm loan hoard, created six years ago. tt la a safe bet that there will be unite a "sovey"' of would-be oongrets; ' \ STanat1'1**1 ** '' *****' Crops flui nod By Potash. "I found a calamitous condition In a large section of Darlington county which I visited," said Dr. . C. Summers upon his return from a trip of inspection which he made at , etate chemist at the request of Com- j missioner Harris. It had been report- ' sd to the state department of agriculture that a large number of farmers In Darlington county had suffered because of the purchase and use of the socalled American potash, and the de-, partment was urged by Bright Williamson to make some investigation. Mr. Willtamson, who is a banker and plants extensively himself, had made . a preliminary Investigation to see if there were any cause for so many different fields of tobacco and cotton dying and withering. In his letter informing the department Mr. Williamson said, "the result of the use of domestic potash on tobacco and cotton showing up now is most alarming. Dr. Summers states that Mr. Williamson presented the matter conservatively. The loss in Darlington county alone will run up into the hundreds of thousands. Other counties in the state have not reported and h they may not be affected as seriously, but !n Darlington, through the activity of J. M. Napier and Mr. Williamson, an effort has been made to locate all of the fields affected. There have * been individual cases reported from * other counties. ^ \ Q Dr. Summers endorses the state- t ment of Mr. Williamson that "the f evidence of the poisonous and dlsas- _ troui results of the use of potash fs _ positive, overwhelming and spectacu- 1 lar." It can not be alleged that the widespread destruction of plant life* is due to too much moisture, for by a process of elimination it was shown F that ope part of a field where the potash had been spread has suffered greatly while in another part where uerman xainit or otner lorms or potash were used the plant life w^ heajthy and the amount of molstnre j over the entire community was the same. ^ - a 12 000,000 Bales Needed. That It will require at least 12,000.- j 0#0 bales of cotton t<^ supply the de- t mand from August 1, 1919 to August p 1, 1920 is the estimate made by the a bommittee on supply and demand at * the meeting of the directors of the American Cotton association in New r Orleans. The report declares that 0 the amount of cotton produced in c America the last four years lacked 8,- j, 000,000 bales of supplying the demand by the mills. * It is declared by the committee that^ (* Europe consumed nearly 16,000,000 more bales of cotton during the last ^ four years than she consumed in'the previous four years and that Europe is today shorter of raw cotton and manufactured goods than in the last 50 years. t The committee says that financial t arrangements will be made that will F enable Europ-s to purchase sufficient 0 cotton to supply her pressing needs. ( e t Navv Wanta M?rh?nlc The board of labor employment at a the Charleston navy yard announces a b continued shortage of labor to carry ' v on the work In hand in the following r trades and occupations: Boilermakers, c boilermakcr helpers, chlppers and i calkers (iron), sailmakers, loftsmen, t rivet heaters, shlpfltters, floor or vise a hand machinists, pipefltters, firemen, c sheet metr.l workers, and locomotive r crane engineers. c Persons with experience in any of t the above should file their applications with the board of labor at the navy T yard, Charleston, S. C. It will be useless for wartime mechanics to apply, expecting employ- t ment, especially those who reside any ( great distance from Charleston. It is p also needless for persous who are not < V native born citizens of this country and who will not be able to obtain ? their final citizenship certificates with- a in 60 days, to apply. 8 rj Lever May Be Appointed. t Washington. ? (Special) ? Representative Lever, of South Carolina, it G is understood will be appointed on the farm loan board to succeed Herbert Quick, who will resign. This would give Mr. "Lover a permanent place at t a good salary and the hoard a good C man. o Bacteria for Typhoid. I' Nearly 10.000 ampules of typhoid vaccine have been sent out to physioinn. 1 t ? * ? %#t vi niv oiaio own c jniiuai / l, 1919, according to the records kept ot t the laboratory of tho state board of health. The ampules have gone Into practically every county and have done much to keep down the death e rate from this disease, many cases ot which have been reported. t The records show that 9,493 doser e of the typhoid bacterln. or vaccine as ii It is generally called, have been sen* a out. t Damage to Cotton Heavy. U Labor conditions In South Carolina are satisfactory at the present time, with a substantial shortage of skilled e men of the mechanical trades and s f small surplus of common labor and n clerka, acoordtng to John Davis, of li Columbia, director of the federal em- u ployment service in tfiat stato.whc C spent the night In Charlotte on his o return home from Hendersonvllle, where he attended the summer cere taoulal last week of Oasis tempi# ot * CHARLES H. JEFFRltS j *i MDSHBBHH^^^^^HA Y+yy ' '**. : ? J$ C Despite the feet that the doughnut ae not yet been introduced In China, he Salvation Army la making great trides in that- country, and already he converts number 2,000, according o Commissioner Charles H. Jeffries, errltorlal commander of the 8alvaIon Army In China, who returned to lan Francisco recently. Jeffriee oranlzed the army in northern China wo yeare ago. He has headquarters at *eklng. AXES TOOK CARE OF MUCH urtner Isaacs Df Bonds Will Not Be Necessary Before Maturity Or Redemption of Victory Notes. Washington.?The war cost the I Jnited States $30,177,000,000 up to une 30, 1919. Secretary Glass made this estimate n submitting to the congressional ppropriations committee the prelimnary statements of the treasury on ne conaition oz tne nation'!* finances, le arrived at the estimate by subracting the average peace-time ex- 1 enses for the same length of time, ^ t the rate of $1,000,000,900 annually, 1 rom the total expenditures, $32,427,- 1 00,000, during the war. ? Taxes and other revenues than bor- t owed money took care of $9,384,000,- t 00% or about 29 per cent of the war t ost.. The remainder came from Lib- i rty and Victory note issues and sav- < rigs stamps. t Further issues of bonds, Mr. Glfss <j aid, will not be necessary "before he maturity or redemption of the Victory notes," which have four years o run. LOCKADE QUE8TION UP TO ATTORNEY GENERAL. 1 Washington.?While ratification of \ ho peace treaty by tlie German na- t ional assembly at Weimar makes possible the raising of the blockade 1 f Germany, it will be for Attorney eneral Palmer to determine to what j xtent commercial relations between i, he United States and Germany may ! ? resumed. Should the allied and ' 1 ssociated powers agree to lift the | < lockade, Attorney General Palmer I. rill have to render in son,* more for- |} rial shape than he has already indiated in informal statements an opin- . on as to whether provisions of the t rading with the enemy act can be uspended or,abrogated by executive >rder in advance of the formal tev nination of the war through final exhange of ratification of the peace 1 reaty. < AR HEEL JOURNALI8T MADE MEMBER OP TRADE CONQRE88. Washington.?It was announced hat Wade H. Harris, editor of The Charlotte Observer, had been appointed a member of the ' Southern Commercial Congress commission to go to European countries, under the ipproval" of the departmont of state >nd commerce. The commission will f o rf oKnuf fVta 4K 4 /v# wm* w nwvu? VilV lift CSV U1 OC^bCIUUCi. | ?he first date fixed was August 1, but hat has been changed. iERMAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY* 1 HAS RATIFIED THE TREATY. * Weimar.?The resolution ratifying 1 he peace treaty was adopted by the ( Jerman national assembly by a: vote 1 f 208 to 115. < \ , . FALIAN PREMIER URGES I CONCLUSION OF PEACE. Rome.?Premier Nitti, in a speech efore parliament, uYgeff that the eace negotiations be concluded and hat friendly relations with the allies, specially France, be maintained. The premier informed the deputies t,.? ~ii _i?i J i? 1- i- ? I iiBwoTi CTTv7TT3BTTtJUlU UtS I limit5 U) restablish the country on a peace foot- r ng, lower the price* of necessaries r nd bring about orderly conditions s hroughout Italy. c I. &. TAX COLLECTORS I TO RECEIVE A 8HAKEUP. Washington.?There n to be a genral shake-up in the tax collecting orces of the United States in the J oar future. North and South Caron.i, as well as other Southern States, * nil be affected. Internal Revenue !ommissioner Ropor is going to re- c rganixe his forces. 1 It is understood that some jobs will f e vacated, or abolished, while others 1 /ill be created. The entire nation is c FIGHT TQ BEGIN L ON RATIFICATION ?RE8IDENT HA8 TEMPORARILY PUT MATTER OF TREATY QUITE OUT OF MIND. COMMITTEE TO MEET OPENLY , lapan Will Derive No Parmanant Ban- ^ aflta from tha Shantung Mattar During Reconstruction Pariod.. Washington.?Senate leaders In -the eague of nations controversy ooninued their conferences in prepareion for the ratification fight which will jegin when the senate reconvenes. Vhlle It was said the exact lines of livision might not be drawn for some ^ lays," further progress In solidifying w heir forces was claimed by both sides, a President Wilson, having delivered "~ he treaty to the senate and offered to T supplement it with all the lnforma- " Ion in his possession, apparently put he matter temporarily out of his nind. He saw none of the senators R vho have been active in the fight and, vhile be conferred with Acting Sec etary Polk at the state department, t was understood other subjects turnshed, the basis of their discussion. Whether the President's ofTer is to >e accepted by the foreign relations Jc committee remained an open ques- , ion. Some of the opposition leaders a* ire known to oppose inviting him be'ore the committee, but his support- w ;rs believe they can secure his ap>earance should he request that they lo so. There were increasing indlca- 1X1 , 4%__A ^ e . ? W .ions mat me sessiops will be open to " he 'public. It developed that In his conrersaions with senators at the capltol. Mr. *l iVllson went into great detail regardng the Shantung agreement. He ?( vas( quoted as saying that the under t)' itanding that Shantung would be reurned to China after a reconstruc- n( Jon period was of a rery definite naure, and that the only gain to Japan ai vould be such benefit as she might lerlve from tempoarry use of the Oernan railroads and other Gorman iroperty in the territory. b< ol ro ACT JOINTLY FOR ly BETTER MAIL SERVICE P< El * . tt Washington.?Joint action by the yi >ostoffice department and the cham- 8t >er of commerce of the United States A st .0 extend and Improve mail facilities w ind eliminate delays ws announced. 1C Following a conference at the de- tli >artment here of postmasters of the tfl >0 largest mall centers, handling aptil iroximately half of the mall business pt >f the^pountry. it was agreed that the to lational chamber would undertake to ai lave each chamber in those centers w >rganize a committee on postal facll- re ties to study existing conditions and ei hen confer with the local postmaster vhn will 1u> InitritMail h? dl nent to co-operate to the fullest ex- Pl ;ent. These committees In most cses 9t ilready hare been framed. ol th _________ ei CHARGES ARE FAL8E SAYS JOHN SKELTON WILLIAMS pi Washington.?In a statement John Dkelton Williams said he would make 10 specific reply to the "charges and **< nsinuatlons" made against his adminstraton of the office of comptroller ' intil allowed to testify before the sen- 0 ite In his own behalf. "When that opportunity comes." " wr. wiuiams said, "I shall rely on written evidence and official oourt ecords to prore directly and squarey that the allegatons of unjust dls- w (rimination. of use of my position as t{| somptroller to reward friends or pun- ar sh enemies, political or personal, or ar >f undue harshness in erqulroments or rom hanks are false and unequivo- w (ally false.** rj 3ELA KUN MOVEMENT IS A| . DISCUSSED BY COUNCIL Paris.?Marsfhall F*och and reprelentatlves of Czecho'-Slovaka and Jugo- K\ flavin were before the supreme coun- ha :I1 of the peace conference for a dls- 11* ainslon of tho movement of the par- re tsans of Bela Kun. Hungarian com- le nunlst foreign minister. c* TJie different representatives were fr isked to confer wit hthelr governnents to find out to what extent they ha ire ready to participate In military tr perations against Bela Kun's forces. 9t( IAKER QUESTIONED ON CAMPS BY COMMITTEE * Washington?Questioned by a house #l] rar Investigating sub-rommlttee about m he location of most of the army trainng camps in the South, Secretary po i?ker declared that the campa were de ilaced in the South rather than In pf he North solely bocause better, wrath- ga or conditions obtained there and he dded that no tfiVuence that he knew ; if was exerted to send the men to the j pt AMEER OF AFGHANISTAN This l? m photograph of Amanullah, ie new ameer of Afghanistan, against 'hom General Barretts of the British rmy has begun operations. 0,030 CHILDREN GREET HIM eceived In New York By Committees Headed By Gov. Smith, Mayor HyIan, and Countless Thousands. New York.?President Wilson has turned to the United States, and, his first speech delivered on Araeran soil sinco the peace treaty was gned, declared that peace concluded Paris was "a just peace which, it can be preserved, will safeguaru the orld from unnecessary bloodshed." The only reforence the President ade to his political opponents as when In referring to the negotlaens at Paris, he said: "I am afraid some people, some perins, do hot understand that vision, bey do not see It. They have lookI ton mnrh nnnn thw ground Thov ive thonght too much of the interests lat were near thom, and they have 3t listened to the voices of their ?ighbors. I have never had a moant's doubt as to where the heart id purpose of this people lay." 10,000 Children Qreet Him. The President arrived at the Ho:>ken army pier, formerly at the dock ! the Hamburg American line, shortbefore 3 o'clock. Tho army transit George Washington, on which he tiled from Brest, w^s escorted up te bay by the battleship Pennsylin'a and more than a score of deroyers and smaller naval craft. i long the New Jersey .shore, the ate which first honored Mr. Wilson ith a political office, were massed 1,000 school childron who welcomed te chief executive of the nation with ie strains of the national anthem. Through the lines of the children, 1 dressed in white, the President ?ssed to the ferry which earled him > the Manhattan side of the river. He rived in New York at 4:16 p. m., here he was greeted by the official iceptlon committee, headed by Gov nor Smith and Mayor Hylan. From le ferry terminal to Carnegie hall, a stance of about three miles, the residential party passed through the reeta lined with cheering thousands ' men, women and children who ironged the sidewalks and filled ] rery available window and rooftop. LAN8 ON FOOT TO CONTROL I YADKIN AND CATAWBA RIVE.38 Washington.?A plan is on foot jre to control the waters of the Yadn and Catawba rivers to prevent i )ods that sweep away crops and ] her valuable things. The real pur- : >se of the Weeks law was to inaugu- ' ite a system of forestry protection i at would hold the rushing waters In 1 leek. ' j Senators Simmons has taken up 1 rest in Wilkes, Alleghany, Ashe ] Ith the forestry service a proposl- 1 &n of establishing a new national id Watauga counties, the wAter- ] id WatAuga counties, -the. watershed . i each side of which lie the headaters of the Yadkin and Catawba 1 vers. t ] USTRIA'8 ADMISSINON SOON < TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS i UI IS. jrr-iltllUK CCIIinifnon OI mOI ustrlan treaty, which It la hop*d to I a md Chancellor Ronner Boon, the al- j id and associated governments have plle'd to the Austrian note on the 1 ague of nations. The reply is ( uched in ono might almost say a t lendly tone. ' I r The powers assort that there never i: is been any Intention to exclude Aus- ri la from the earliest possible admisan to the league of nations. t )HM FOX, JR., AUTHOR, / VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA Big Stone Gap. Va.?John Fox, Jr., rthor, died at his home after a brief ness pf pneumonia. a Mr. Fox was one of America's most c ipular writers <tt Action, his novels ) aling with life among the mountain n opies of the Aouth having a wide le. is leading bohs are considered t be "The Little Shepherd of King- h m Come," "Trail of the lonesome p he," "The Kentucky**." and "The t sart of the Hills." r VARIED COMMENT P ONWILSON SPEECH >PPOSIT!ON NATURALLY FIND DJ CAU8E FOR CRITICI8M OF I f SEVERAL PblNTS MADE. INSWERS HIS OWN ARGUMENT M According to Borah, the President's Ob Argument for a League of Nations Re Is One for Alliance of War. Washington. ? President Wilson's address to the senate transmitting laii idf the peace treaty was praised by dem- ' aeratic leaders as one of his best state papers, but republican senators gen- 1 erally. \rere inclined to criticise it. tul Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, and pr' Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, declined to comment. co Senator Borah, Idaho, one of the ,h< leading opponents in the senate of thi the league of nations, also doclined mto comment except to say that President Wilson "completely answered" ?c his own argument that the league of nations is a league for peace by his sn statement that it is "formed as an al- he liance of war." Senator Smoot, Utah, characterized ac the address as "another Wilsonian &r essay, but not quite up to the stand- Bn i >m. "! "It was a fine comprehnsive* presentation of the case," said Senator wc Hitchcock, Nebraska. "It was a dis- Th passionate and convincing statement <*a of the reasons that led tht represen- ca tations of 1,000,000,000 people to by agree on its re-organization of the bu world." ali Senator McCumber, North Dakota, an a supporter of the league of nations, lai said the address was "very imp res- wl sive." hn "The address," said Senator Swanson, Virginia, is "magnificent, able, Ve sloquent, and inspiring. The reasons presented for the ratification of the l)u treaty, including the league of na- ov tions,?were strong, cogent and unan- . swerable." tll| "I think," said Senator Williams, qU Mississippi, "that in breadth of vision, in height of humanitarianism, in fundamental word, statesmanship, and in delicacy of dovetailed English, it is the greatest thing he has ever suggested. His words are a fitting close to his magnificent and unselfish and ail upon the whole effective work at tei Paris." fo: Tt AMERICAN PROHIBITION ta! WORKERS ARE IN LONDON. w< wc London. ? American prohibition . workers have arrived in London. The RtJ vanguard is led by William E. Johtv j)n son, who says he first made Oklahoma dry, then Kansas and afterwards largely the United States. ^ ' Johnson is established in a fine office on Fleet street. He said to a reportor for The Daily Mail: m< "Your British organizations have ca' been at us for over a year to come wc over here. The whole thing has been rn in response to their asking. We are ^r going to teach them how to get this ld? country drj^ I have reported to my P? headquarters that the position here in is entirely different to that way back P?* some, but it is far from being as ha hopelss as appears on the surface." elt ev must have wllt at:d power to fulfill obligations. r_; Paris.?Austria will be admitted to membership in the league of nations as soon as the allied and associated alr powers consider that she possesses a )f responsible government with both the will and the power to fulfill its international obligations. The Austrian >eace delegation has been so Informed * in a reply by the supreme council of the peace conference to an Austrian plea for immediate admission to the ?'r league. The Austrian note, embodying the tJn plea was sent by Dr. Karl Renmer, the Austrian chancellor and head of the dlr Austrian peace delegation, to Pre- 'si mier Clemenceau, as president of the peace conference, on June 23. ma CONTRACTS AWARDED FOR THE M> BUILDING OF BATTLESHIP8. Wshington.?Contract for the con- 1 truction of battleship No. 53 was let prr >y the navy dopartmcnt to the New- hai >ort Now3 Shipbuilding & DrydocK lar ^o. The" contract price for the vessel, the he next to the last tf tbo six dread- An taughts authorized In the 1916 build' inc ng program to he contracted for, was dei ict announced by the department. Ca The battleship probably will be Rn< tamed the Masi.achuoetts or Iowa. na, ATTITUDE OF 8IMMON8 ON SITUATION IN HI8 STATE. Washington.?If thero has been any i loubt as to where Senator Simmons Ma tood in tho gubernatorial race, it was H'< Icared. Mr. Simmons is for Cameron Hit .forrlson, and will do his very best to be< lomlnate him. Qo It has been reportod here rocently th? hat Mr. Simmons and Mr. Morrison tl iad become estranged. When this re- -et iort was brought to the attention of Mh he senator he auaerted tint there was -ei o truth la it Qa , "i ' ' mm-. ' * 4 . ' ' ' \ i Kir RESIDENT VETOES 1 AGRICULTURAL ACT | kYLIQHT SAVING CLAUSE IN LAW WAS CHIEF CAUSE OF WILSON'8 DISAPPROVAL. ? UGH 6000 IN EARLY RISING I servatlon of Happy and Benefloenf aulta in Thla and Othar Countriaa Impelled Uae of Executive Axe. Washington.?The daylight saving ?j v was rescued from repeal by Prea>nt Wilson's veto of the agrtafcltu- j appropriation bill. In regard to returning the agricul- M nl bill without his signature, the ?sldent said: j.jjl 'I realise, of course, the grave Innvenience which may arise from s postponement of the legislation at is time but feel obliged to withhold r sgnlature because of the clause ich provdes that 'at and after two lock a. m.. Sunday. October 26, . VS 19, next, the act enitled an act to . ve daylight and to provide same reb.v is repealed.' 'I believe that the repeal of the t refirred to would be of very eat inconvenience to the country d think that I am justified in say C that ft would constitute some* Ing more than an Inconvenience. It >uld involve a serious economic loss, le act of March 19; 1918, to 'save yllght' resulted not only from a reful study of industrial activities competent men familar with the slness operations of the country but so from observations of the happy . d beneficial consequences of slmir legislation in other countries lere legislation of this character s been in operation." "It moreover served the daily con-*\ nlence of the many communities of e country i na way which gave all ' **1 t universal satisfaction and the erwhelming testimony of its value, lich has come to me convinces me fit I should not be justified In ao- . j iesconce in its repeal. sITI-SUFR AGISTS GO AFTER WILLIAM J. BRYAN Washington.?The ItfeWnal Assoclon Opposed to Woitn?* Suffrage ut- ^ ed n blast against North Carolina's romost visitor, William J. Bryan, le "anti-Buffs" took Mr. Bryan to ik for saying that "the forces of evil re lined up against the ballot for imen." They emphatically deny the arge and demand a retraction. "When you say." the organisation ites. "tht the forces of evil are ed up against the ballot for woBn, we challenge not only the ' itement Itself, but your sincerity making it. You know that some ine noDiesi anu mom rt-spwciea ww ?n In America are conducting the mpalgn against woman suffrage. You ?uld not dare get up before any audlce in America and declare that Mrs. over Cleveland Preston (vice present of the National Association Oj* sed to Woman Suffrage) who, while the white house, did more for temranee in public life than any woman s done since, is associated with her liquor interests or any other 11 Interests." J4 COMPLETS ROUND TRIP TO UNITED STATES AND BACK. Pulham, Norfolk. Eng.?Groat Briti's mammoth trans-Atlantic air>neer, the dirigible R.-34, arrived ? re at 6:56 o'clock, Greenwich mean le, completing her round trip from ) British Isles to the United .States d return. The R-34 poked her tioee out of the <uds northesst of the village and. er circling the flying Held three les. glided gently to the ground and 1 minutes later was housed In the -lgible ^hod. The voyage from Uong and was without particular incint and was completed in appro* 1itely 75 hours. * <88 MEETING PLANNED IN PROTE8T OF LEAGUE. Washington.?A mass meeting in >t?Bt against the league of nation* ? been arranged "In nearly every ge city" said an announcement by > league for the preservation of lerican Independence. 8 peak ere inue senators ReedT Missouri, a nhcrat, and Borah, Idaho, Johnson, tlfornla, Polndexter, Washington 1 former Senator Beverage of Indiaall republicans. UOR QEERAL LEWIS IN COMMAND AT CAMP GORDON. Itlanta. ? Major General Edward inn Lewis, who commanded the "Old rfkory" division, comprizing the ndenburg line breaking units, has sn placed in command of Camp rdon. General Lewis commanded > 30th Division from July, 1918. unllast March, when the division urned to the states. General Lewis m was called to duty ai American leral headquarters where he reined until returning to the State* {,<? JL 1 9 ^ . I ''