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CROP REPORT OF I SOUTH CAROLINA 0 .ATI CORN IN SOME SECTIONS 8UI KERINQ FROM TOO MUCH J RAIN AND QRA88. TOBACCO AVERAGE INCREASED General Average of Other Orain and Forfevge Craps Are Around 85 Per Gent of Normal; Fruit Poor. Columbia. A 'report issued by B. B. Hare, Souti, Carolina field agent of United State* Bureau of Crop Estimates, showji an increase of 4 per cent of corn ^cre&ge in South Carolina over that Mt last year, the estimated acreage feing 2,340,000 acres. Condition on J1|ly 1, was 81 per cent of normal, "equivalent to an average yield of iff bushels ner no re The eorlv I plantings range from "fair" to '"gooi." Intermediate plantings are genefolly "good," while late plantings in vdriops sections are suffering from too lftuch rain, many fields being foul withfigress and very much in need of cultivation. Considerable damage is reported to bottom lands from overflow j?f creeks and rivers, caused by recent excessive rains. THb acreage in Irish potatoes sho^ a reduction of 5 per cent as cornered with last year, while the acreage of sweet potatoes remains ( the tame. Condition of the former id i 85 par cent and the latter 90 per cent I of nikrmal. Acreage in tobacco has increased >' from 86,400 acres in 191 to 112,000 in \ 1919, Condition on July 1, is reported at 85 per cent of normal, equiva( lent'to an average yield of 765 pounds < M ?re. 1 W Acreage A peanuts has been re- ' duged 10^-Tper cent as compared with ' rjast'year, and a 5 per cent reduction in acreage of sorphum cane (fpr siruo is noted. Condition of both is 8a per cent of normal. The apple and pcaah crops are both repdtted at 48 per cent, or 2 per cent less than one-half of a normal crop. ..T*e condition of other crops is as , follows: Rice 88 per cent of normal; whe?t 75; oats 80; rye 86; hay 84; alfalfa 85; millet 85; cowpeas 85; tomatoes-, 85; cabbages 85; onions 86; grapes 80; pears 58; watermelons 80; cantaloupes and muskmelons 78. The estimated production of corn for .the entire United States is 2,815,000,^00 bushels, as against 2,583,000,000 bushels last year. The production of cbtton in round numbers is estimated at 11,000,000 bales as compared "with 12,000,000 bales in 1918. The production of wheat will approximate 1,160,000,000 bushels, or 244,000,000 bushels more than last year and 370,000^)00 bushels more than the fiveyear average from 1913 to 1917 inclu aive. The prices of wheat per bushel i on July 1, was $2.22 as against $2.03 i on the corresponding date of last year. Judge Henry H. Watklns. Washington (Special).?The long fight of the vacancy on the bench of the Federal court for the Western district of South Carolina was settled hexie by the nomination of Henry H. Watkins, a well-known lawyer of Anderson. Invited to New London. 3. M. Wolfe, attorney general, has been invited to deliver a 30 minute address before the National Association of Attorneys General, which holds its' annual meeting in New London, ' Conn., September 2. Mr. Wolfe will discuss "The Abuse of Law Making and Its Possible Results." The American Bar Association meets in Boston, September 3, 4 and 5, and Mr. Wolfe will also attend this meeting. Many Diplomas Issued. Twenty-six physicians, 74 nurses and three osteopaths successfully passed examinations, conducted hy the State board of medical examiners last month. Fourteen other young women took the examination for registered nurses, but failed to pass. Nine applicants for the practice of medicine also failed with one for the practice of osteopathy. Sheriffs Grieve for Rector. Resolutions on the recent death of thi late Sheriff Hendrix Rector of k Greenville were adopted by the South Carolina Uheriffs' Association, which Joffor fKn /?Anfprpnf?A IllVb lllllllVUiabVlJ HAW* w I of solicitors, sheriffs, magistrates and foramen of grand juries -with Governor Cooper. The resolution was offered v by Sheriff Cannon G. Bloase of Nejpberry and was adopted by a rising vote. The association sent a beautiful floral wreath, costing $50, at $he time the Greenville sheriff was kU$od July 4. Must Report Promptly. the meeting of the South Caroling railroad commissioners a letter wan directed to superintendents of the Atlantic Coast Line, Southern and Seaboard Air Line Hallways, calling fc>)their attention the importance of ^reporting promptly. In its letter the commission cites the instance of the orxtck occurring on the Atlantic Coast Line between Camp Jaqkson and Columbia, July 1L It la claimed that while the wreck occurred at 10:30 o'clock in the morning the commission was not notified until 4 p. na. lovsrnor to Call Meeting. Oorernor Cooper has been asked by he American Cotton Association to tall a meeting in Columbia at which he objects and purposes of the Amercan Cotton Amocixtion and the South Carolina Cotton Association may be ixpl&ined to the people of South CaroIna. This request has been made in tompliance with a resolution adopted >y the directors of the American Colon Association at a meeting held re? isntly. B. Harris, commissioner of arriculure; J. H. Claffey, president of the Itate Farmers Union; A. E. Padgett, resident of the South Carolina Bank>rs* Association; Dr. W. M. Riggs, >resldent of all the chambers of comnerce of the state and all other organizations interested in the developnent of the agricultural interests of he state have been asked to Join in he call. It is planned to make the nesting the biggest ever held in the itate. While the exact date of the big gathering has not been determined. It s hoped to hold it just before the big nembership campaign to he conductid by the South Carolina Cotton Assoiiation next month. Plans for this campaign are now being made at the leadquarters of the association in Coumbia by B. F. McLeod of Charleston, itate manager, and A. A. Protzman, or ;anization director. J. Skottowe Wannamaker of St. Mathews, president of the American Cot- u on Association, and also of the South Carolina Cotton Association stated M bat a similar mass meeting will ho or leld In every state of the cotton belt. Commission Not Authorized. I S. M. Wolfe, attorney general, Issued an opinion in which he held that :he railroad commission of South Car- Tl >lina has no authority to regulate :ontractual relations between the Augusta-Northern Railroad Company between Ward and Saluda and the American Express Company. ^ The railroad recently advised the er express company tnat ths returns from fG landllng the express were inadequate :o meet the expenses incident to the rj traffic. The express company refused p] io pay the railroad a higher rate, and fll leclared Its Intention to discontinue cc the express service over the route. The attorney general points out that It is clearly within the authority of tli the railroad commission to compel C{ the railroad and the express company b< to continue the servioe', but has no au- te thority in effecting the contractual jn agreements between the express com- ai pany and the railroad as to the re- 0< muneratlon to be paid the railroad for rc handling the express. Mr. Wolfe advises the commission to issue an or- d< ier prohibiting the express company from discontinuing the business be- Qi Lween the two places as previously de- th lermined by the company. jo in Smith Want* Notice Qlven. Washington. ? Senator 8mith of ^ South Carolina made a request of the authorities here that the old plan of in allowing 30 days notice by the interstate commerce commission before in- tt crease in freight rates effective be ap- c< plied Immediate!* in behalf of cotton seed linters in the South. The situa- p tlon is in such shape now, according to what he said, that it is unfair to increase the rate on linters without giving a reasonable time and oppor- b< tunity for those interested in the mat- hi ter to be heard. It is probable that m Senator Smith will be advised regard- tt ing this matter within the next day or ti two and he will then vei communi- 0| cation with cotton seed and linter in- n ttresta In the South so they may be present at thie hearing. tc Infant Death Rate 1918. st Out of every 1,000 children born In v' South Carolina in 1918, 133.2 died before they reached one year of age. a The total number of births in South c< Carolina In 1918 was 44.885. The total number of deaths of children un- tt der one year of age was 6,974. The r' deaths were distributed as follows: ^ Whte males, 1.105; white females, 808; c' negro males, 2,235; negro females, '1.- tt 826. ! These figures are official and au- 111 thorltatlve. 01 The total number of deaths In 1918 was 31,979. distributed as follows: tl Whites, 1?,188; negroes, 19,785; In- pi dians, 5; Chinese, 1. vl * ____ Lever on Farm Board. Q Washington (Special).?South Carolina must shortly have a new member of the house from the Seventh congressional district,- Representative A. F. Lever having been nominated for commissioner of the federal farm C1 loan board by the President at a sal- dl ary of $10,000 a year. Ten days ago it was stated in this correspondence that this nomination ai would be made, and although there 01 were a few persons who were skepti- ,fl cal, there were ample facts upon s< which to base the story. n Cooper Catohes Cooter. P OoTftmdV Cooper has returned to Columbia from a Ashing trip to Hilton Head in Beaufort county. Fish in abundance were eaught and also a " large turtle weighing between 500 and U COO pounds. The turtle could hardly an be lifted on a tied by two stalwart negroes. h In the party with the governor were ?< Senator Neils Chrlsteneeo Beaufort; It 8. M. Guess. Denmark; W. O. Peter- *1 kin, 8L Matthews; T. W. Dantsler. 8t Matthews, and T. O. Smith, ware o] home com mission tr. Columbia. p l MRS. PHILIP N? MOORE - w v^tS^L. v* f Tr*fr?P^ 4 .' / VywKp. A ^Dw3^UK^KBuP^Fw Mrs. Phillip N. Moore of 8t. Louis, o.t president of the National Council Women. i HE ACT MAY BE RE-MODELED % ~ Treats Freely Made to Hold Up the Bill Indefinitely Unless Daylight Saving Clause Is Retained. Washington.?Republican leaders of te house, supported by party lead- a in the senate, agreed to attempt ipassage of the agriculture approbation bill with its daylight saving der despite the President's veto, rovlsions of the daylight saving law lthoriaing the interstate commerce tmmission to fix standard time sones, iwevor, would not be discarded. In line with this decl0?r>n, made by le republican legislative steering >mittee, and after assurances had :en obtained that the iules commitin wmili) nnthnr<,ft ??? K repeal being incorporated in the >propriatlon bill, Chairman Haugen, ! the house agriculture committee, introduced the agriculturo bill. House republican leaders, although mbting tliat the romodcled measure, ith the repeal provision, would meet jjootions of President Wilson, eaid lat many democratic members would in with a majority of the republicans i passing the new measure. Chalran Oronna and other members of le sonate agricultural committee, ley said, had insisted on incorporaon of the repeal provision, tbreeteatg to hold up early passage of the ill without tho repeal section. For lis reason, they asserted, no other mrse of action was open. ROPOSED RADICAL ACTION ENDANGERING PROHIBITION. Washington. ? Conservative mem?rs of the prohibition faction in the ouse set out to curb what they de;rlbed as radical attempts to make te pending enforcement bill bo draac that it might create a revulsion ! feeling throughout the country on le whole question of liquor drinking. Warning was given by the conservaves that if the radical element went >o far and added other severe reactions they would be certain to in[te defeat in the senate and possibly ad all of their work thrown out by presidential veto. The need of wise mnsel was pointed out by the consrvatlve prohibitionists In view of le published announcement that Reppsentatlve Morgan, Republican^, oj klahoma, and a member of the judiary committee, had given notice tat he would endeavor to make It a lolatlon of law for a man to keep a ig of liquor in his own home for his wn use. Word was spread mirmg the day lat other prohibitionists were prearing to write into the bill a proIsion, stricken out by the committee, UAKAIMTEED WHEAT PRICE RAISED TO $2.30 BUSHEL Washington. ? President Wilson gned an executive order increasing le guaranteed prlec of the 1919 wheat rop to $2.30 per bushel at Oalveston ad New Orleans. It is expected chat the high price' Bt&bllshed for wheat at Oalveston nd New Orleans will divert a part t the crop's flow to export from Atintic terminals, and thus relieve the Ta(n on common carriers and termlal facilities. ROHIBITION BEING ENFORCED EFFECTIVELY Washington.?Prohibition is being r.forced effectively throughout th^ nited States. Attorney General Pal' i?r said. Sala of "hard" liquor, such i whiskey, gin and brandy, virtually aa ceased, he asserted, except for sattering violations of the law as are levitable with any. new restrictive :atute. Mr. Palmer said he expressed no pinion on enforcement legislation 1 ending in Congress. I .Oimf A ii"* SENATE TO HANDLE THE DAYU6HT LAW, the Agricultural bilL has ji BEEN PASSED BY HOUSE BY Ui 5 UNANIMOUS VOTE. v THE LAW CARRIES $33,900,000 : Several Sharp Clashes Marked on Elimination of Rlder^hat Drew V the President's Veto. Washington.?Renewed attenyits pf house Republican leaders to f*p?&l laylight saving through a rider to the >20 agricultural appropriation bilj, ,4 were defeated In tRef hotfsfc when'Republican opponent*. <9? repeal, jolpe^ with the Democrats In voting to eliminate the repeal provision. Immediate- ^ ly afterward, without a dissenting 1,1 vote, the agricultural bill, carrying *' J38.900.000 was passed and sent Urihe senate. , 1 .i . ..i . dj Final action on the daylight saving c, repeal came after a day marked by Bharp political clashes In both houses ~i H n fl pnmnilttnoa Horn rvor-ita A n olw/N. AI ing those favoring repeal, re/used to j ll Join in making the repeal rider In order, and In speeches on the floor attacked the Republicans as "playtog E politics." Republican leaders, how-, ever, tnslsted that the rider alone would assure early passage of the &g-. .ij riculttfral bill which Democrats said < was certain to be vetoed again by President Wilson, It it included the repeal provision. c * The senate, regarded as heavily in tf favor of repeal now has before It a u house bill to repeal the daylight snvlng law. The senate. It was said by 0 congressional leaders, may pass and send to the president the separate ? repeal measure. ,,, -7 n WITNESSES TESTIFY TO THE d 8TATUS OF TRACTION LINES r< U Washington."?Witnesses teettfylng from their experience in operating ^ traction lines'since the beginning of 1 C( the present era of high prices "tola , 0 tha, fodeyal electrj^ railways commls- e; slon again the story of failure to make 1 1 ends meet-in themauatry.-anflnrenewed the warning of an approaching-crl- p ta unless public sentiment permit, , the general collection of greater revo- ci nuos for their services. ,11 By securing testimony bearing' upon ri results in 9crahton-and Altoona, Pa.. Portland. Me., and Wilmington, Del., o) the railways laid beforg the commig;, N slon evidence daxlmcA *r? .?w,- ? higher ttivos had1 solyodl the problem it hi loodilffes where trlea. ^ j lj Francis H. SIsson. vice president of , e' the Guaranty Trust Company, of New l< York, ascribed most of the difficulties n of the street railways to a decline of 50 per cent since 1014 in the purchaa- ^ lng power of the dollar. I n Street railroad companies, he said, were about the only utility which the i c' government had not assisted during P the war. SI , f] FREIGHT EMBARGO PLACED. r ON COA8TWI8E TRAGIC. " ?.' < i?. 1 w New York.?A freight emhargp oj} coastwise traffic was announced by the leastwise steamship * companies, operating under federal control, as a|'' result of the strike of seamen and en- i 1) gineers along the Atlantic and Gulf i P coasts. The order for the embargo 4 was forwarded to shipping points by a the United States railroad admlnls- t< tratlon. u The embargo has been foreshadow- * ed for several days as a conseqnonce r of ttie rapid piling up of great quantl- ties of freight, much of It perishable, ? at Atlantic And Gulf ports through, the n tying up of ships by the strikers. O. e H. Urown. secretary of th4 seamen's e nnlon, defined that the ehtlro shlo- v pint? of the country would he virtually u tied up within two weeks if the strug- lj gle continued. jj AU8TRIAN8 MAY GET THE 9 COMPLETE TREATY 800N. Parlfi.?The missing clause* of the Austrian peace treaty will almost cer- t3 trlnly be handed to the Austrian def- t) egation in a day or so. ft Ten days will he allowed the ^us- p triana for consideration of the terms and for any representations they may ft desire to make. The council will q probably require 10 days more In a which to reply. w Consequently, the treaty can Scarce- <jj ly bo signed before August 10. ft FOREST FIRE8 CONTINUE f TO RAGE IN NORTHWEST. ? b?lJ"!?^ H \ Spokane.?Racing ^ oyer -flkrtmtain ridgea of western Montana and north- h era Idaho, fotest fires continue to n spread destruction and threaten.several small towns which have been ser- n red by the flamos from eomiuunlca- ft tfon with the-United States forest ser- b rice headquarters at Missoula, Mont., q The fire has Jumpdft the mountains a Into ths Myden gulch country., if here. * U Is said, thsre is practically fc* way r Of stopping It .,r'/' ** 'mm unnii it ft '~'uiTm\f* J -*** ' ^- k^SKBamw flHn * ^ Col. Walt C. Johnson of the gener atf, chief athletic officer of the . F., who Is ohalrman of the lnt? 1ted game committee, under who j^pices the big meet In Paris w ild. Colonel Johnson was well knov athletic circles during his colte iys. He staged the recent A. E. ismpionship games. > NOT A SUPER-GOVERNMEr ' f *'?.* \ [ * i1 ' ntertains Hopes That from the 6e That is Planted Tcday* In its Fruition Final Peace May be Found. .. , Washington. ? Characterising t ague of nations as a practical st ward world peace, Involving no si Hce Of nntlnnnl nrorclirnt. u"' Underwod, Democrat of Alabnn rged in the senate acceptance of t 'ague covenant without amendme r reservation . "The great causes of war," he sa thay be paraphrased in two word National selfishness.' Until the izatlon of the world is prepared ethrone its own selfish ideals and ^cognize the rights of other peopli le Inherent causes of war must ct nue to exist. "1 nm not prepared to say th lite ndoptlon of the present tres arries within Itself the eliminati f these causes o fwar, or that, In t nd there will be jio more wars, I do say that, within the folds of if aty we find an agreement betwe te great nations Of the world th robably will in the future carry t uestions,, of national dispute t0, ijurt of final arbitration, and in mar t not most instances, avoid the hi ?rs and Injustices of war. "I do not regard the organlzati t the league as a super-governintei ro fiuper-government could ex ffthout power to maintain itself, wli ! Itself, the league has no power yvy taxes, and without ivvenue a g< rtiment cannot long exist. T ague has no power to raise armi nd navioB, and without military fore t cannot defend Itself. With tl Ight to withdraw, I feel that there o need to fear the dangerous surr< ter of any of the fundamental pr IpleB and rights of the American p< le. Therefore, I am willing to fa ; and try it and hope that from t eed that is planted today, in rultlon the final peaec of the woi lay be found." 18,000,000 18 APPROPRIATED ? FOR VOCATIONAL TRAIN If ,Washington.?Eighteen million d irs for the vocational training of ired soldiers, sailors and marines rovided by an amendment to the si ry civil appropriation bill tentatlvi dopted by the house by a vote of 1 > 119. As the appropriation mei re originally passed the house a ras vetoed by the presdent, it a ied $6,000,000 for this purpose. Consideration in the house of t undry civil appropriation bill as lodeled to meet the objections ra d by the president in vetoing It, p Ipitated a partisan battle which p ented further progress on the mei re and ended only whon the Repi cans forced through a motion to i sum. JMMON8 PLEASED WITH' OUTCOME OF CON FERENC j : rn~"?1? n t fi hi Washington.?A rate hearing befc lie United States Railroad admin mtlon in behalf of eqnal table rat mm the interior to the South Atlan orte was a very satisfactory one, Largo dcl9pat4c,ns were prose :om North Carolina and other sou rn states and also from the midr rest. From North Carolina flelef ions wero present from WUmlngtc lharlotte. and other cities repreeei if? chambers of commerce, lORLESON SAYB POSITIVELY HE WILL NOT QUIT. CABJhE Washington.-*4Preskle*f'Wltoon a Ss cabinet met for the first time early seven months. Postmastef General ''Burleson i talped closeted 'with the Preside >r an hour after the meeting h een broken up. Responding to uirles, the postmaster general sa he left the White House that the ras "absolutely, no truth" in rece 11 mors that he was about to Iqa m cabinet ' U .,i AA. HOUSE III SNARL | OK PROHIBITION ALL ATTEMPTS TO ELIMINATE 1 CERTAIN DRASTIC SECTION8 IN LAW VOTED DOWN. IVI60R0US PROTESTS ENTERED ' In Proposed Bill, Trial By Jury of Persona Charged With Violating the Law if Denied. Washington. ? Prohibition forces , roted down In the house every attempt to eliminate drastic provisions of the general enforcement hill, and while in full and absolute control cut. off debate "at the word of their A loader despite the violent protest of >rJ the minority. se When they had raced through the as wa,r-time enforcement portion of the *n three-part tirtl" arid got: Into the conge stitlonel prohibltibn measure proper, F. there were only f>8\members on the floor and to much., contusion that a speaker could not make himself heard. It was 7 o'clock when the long IT roll call to obtain a quorum was start' ed, and -members had then gone home, uner declaring mere was no good reason for trying to force through a d bill to take care of a situation that would not ariBO until January. , Before the house got intq a snarl, however, the prohibition taction had he fought off every attack on their bill, ep For a brief moment late in the day ic- the minority'?described hy the proia hlbitlonists as the "wets"?swung into la, power, only to be thrown out by a dehe mand for tellers, which meant an acnt curate count on vote to amend the ' hill so that a person charged with vioInting a liquor-selling injunction ? might obtain and demand a jury trial. to ENORMOUS QUANT^tlES to OF FOOD IN STORAGE. es, i t m Chicago.?In a report issued officials of the Illinois department of agriculture declare tlmt enormous quanty tltios of meats, butter and eggs are on now In storage In Chicago warehouses hp, chiefly under control of the Ave big iut packers. The report states that since 1'B the la^t Regular compilation of figures June 1, the stocks of these commodltfes have' '^rowii in ahnoVmrtl proporhe tions and that thidr> releaso would go ? faf toward relieving the present shortly, age and ten4 to reduce prices. . i till ' i . ' i ' ?(l ; i I i ;8ENATOB BORAH .^DyOCATF.6 on REFERENDUM ON LEAGUE, fit. 1 , _____ *' , , , 1st Woshlngton. ?-? Proposing that the tq, ^eague of nations he left to popular >y- decision, Senator Borah, Idaho, speakhe ing in the senate, called upon the if?s1 league Bupportprs to join him in sees curing a referendum, he "The President," said Mr. Borah, ** "has been sending for senators and ?n- will, I understood, continue to do so 5n" until the quota is Ailed. It is a polf*0 icy I endorse, I only regret that he k* began it so late in his administration. ne But It 1* not In accord with the tenets its of republican government to settle so rid great a question behind closed doors either at the White House or anywhere else. "What I would do is to send for the people, and the way to do that Is to have a popular vote." ol- ' In,g NO AMERICAN CON6UL3 in IN GERMAN PORTS YET. in>ly 2Q Paris.?There are no American eonsuls in German ports as yet. British. n<H French and other European consuls rc. are alroady clearing ships. The American relief administration has cleared in German porta two food supply rP. "hips nnd one with cotton, hut Dljs rector General Hoover refuses to isrR sue to additional ships without legal r(V authority. R9. The cotton cargo was for Czeohojl,. Slovakia; the food ships carried carid goes privately owned for German adle. I ' I LIGGETT AND DICKMAN m ARE RETURNING HOME I I . ,re WashinKton.-i-JLdeutennnt Genera' is- TTuntef IvfRReft. fortnei" commander of the American a?mry of occupation in tic Germany; Marjot- General Joseph T. int Pickmnn and nlhe other Roneral offlth :^r? are abroad the trnn-sport AcHfi (plitana, due at New York July 20. the fJ?. war department announped. Assistant )n> Secretary of War Croweli and other -a mamhori nf tKii mofi/tnn mission also arb oh board. " * , y M I ..i ,1 .i.: 25 SHIPLOADS OF COAL T. L j,| FROM U. S. AT ROTERDAM. nd London.?American coal Is lnvadIn Ing TSurope. Twenty-jive shiploads, about 156.000 tons, hare been dls^ charged tbls month at Rotterdam ad alone, "being catrlea avong the Rhine j In barges.' Seventeen American vessols have arrived at Danzig' with not re only coal but cotton and foodstuffs. ?t It was stated In parliament that ^9 American coal was being sold at European point! at $30 to $33 a ton. ^ .twi An jf t ^ xa.T PEACE CONDITIONS HANDED AUSTRIA REPARATION SECTION IS NOT DISSIMLIAR TO THAT IN TREATY WITH GERMANY. ARMY IS REDUCED TO 30,000 Financial Terms Provide For Apportionment of Pre-War Debt Among the Several New States. Paris.?Thw full peace conditions cf the allied uiul associated powers are now in the hands of the Austrians. The first sections of the terms were presented to the Austiiun delegates at St. Germain on June 2; the final sections were delivered to them at the same place without ceremony by M. Dusatta, secretary-general of tho peace conference. The terms cornpi Ise the whole treaty which Austria la asked to sign, Including the reparation, financial, military and certain minor clauses, which were not ready for presentation when the official ceremony took place. In addition to the published summary of the terms of June 2 the new clauses provide for reparation arrangements very similar to those in the treaty with Germany, including the establishment of an Austrian sub-section of the reparations commission, the payment of a reasonable sum in cash, the issuing of bonda and the delivery of livestock and certain historical and art documents. Tho financial terms provide that tho Austrian pre-war debt shall be apportioned among tho various former parts of Austria and that the Austrian coinage and war bonds circulating in the separated territory shall be taken up by the new government and redeemed as they see fit. Under the military terms the Austrian army is henceforth reduced to HO.OOO men on a purely voluntary basis. ANOTHER SERIOUS BRANCH OF NEUTRALITY IS PERPETRATED Washington.?The most serious of the recently growing list of attacks on Americans in Mexico enme to light A boat loarl of American sailors from tho IT. S. 8. Cheyenne were hold up In the Tomesi river, on July 6. nlno miles east of the city of Tamplco, and tho sailors were rohhed. The American flag was flying from the boat at the time. Although the sailors were fishing, they were on official duty bringing hi food for their ship, and the American flag flying from the boat denoted that It was official business. UPPER SILESIA TO BE FREE, GERMANY DECIDE8. Breslau. ? The Silesian Economic News reports that the German government has finally agreed that Upper fltlesia shall become a free state. Oustav Noske, minister of defense, is said to be the choice of the governtnent to act as its representctlye before the entente commission for Upper Silesia. BELA KUN'S LAST SHIP 8URRENDER8 TO SERBIAN8 Berlin.?Advices from Budapest say that during the launching of the new Hungarian monitor Mar* on Friday the monitor Rzamos. the last unit of the Danube flotilla which had remainmJK IawoI TIA!? rr i - * ?* <tu iv.jtit iu mm null, IU*U UOWn IDO Danube and surrendered to the Serbians. FIOHT FOR SHIPS IN SOUTH MADE BY MARINE ASSOCIATION Washington.?Tho National Merchants Marine Association is making a tight for more ships for the South. "The full force of the association is hnck of tho movement for a fair rHJstrH>uthon of the Vessels of tho emergency fleet corporation to tho various ports of the United States." INTEREST KEEN ON DISPOSAL OF GERMAN PROPERTY HERE Washington.?Oerman people are interested 1n about $600,000,000 in the hands of the alien enemy property custodian of the United States. American citizens are interested in about $100,000,000 held in like manner in vro, liimi j. i no ponce treaty provides that Germany shall return the American property and that the German property In America be liquidated so It can be used to pay claims against Germany. KONENKAMP RE8IGN8 A8 ,( PRESIDENT OF C. T. U. * > ______ Chicago.?8. J. Konenkamp resigned aa president of the Commercial Telegraphers* Union of America. In his letter to the executive board, tendering his resignation, Mr. Kenencamp said his reasons for this action are purely personal. Mr. Konenkamp stated the next convention of the telegraphers S? scheduled tor October, but might be advanced to (August. His resignation aay sot be acted on until that tlma. a y i'