V PROCEEDINGS OF
' THE LEGISLATURE
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SECRETARY ROAD COMMI&8ION
IS TO RECEIVE AN ANNUAL
8ALARY OF $3,000
PREVENT SIEZURE OF AUTOS
The House Kills Resolution by Alkln
Member Which Would Relieve
Counties of Fine for Lynching.
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Columbia.
On t*L ~ ? a- * ' * " 1
? ou. ?v.?iiMi sunuie passed 10 irwra
reading a bill to amend the act regu
lating the running of motor vehicles '
in the Rtate so as to make a bona fide <
purchase money mortgage prior to any ,
liens that may hereafter be taken on I
m car except, of course, liens for state 1
and county taxes. '
The House.
The house at 2 o'clock adjourned un- *
til Monday night. During the legisla* <
tlve week Just concluded much work 1
has been accomplished.
A favorable report has been made '
on the bill to provide for a statewide 1
bond Issue of $3,000,000 to create a 1
state fund for public buildings at 1
state institutions of learning, penal '
and charitable institutions and administration
buildings. 1
New Bills. % i
Feb. 23.?Senator Duncan: To au- '
thorize the issuance of bonds by all 1
cities and towns for the purpose of
funding certain past indebtedness and <
to provide for the payment of such
bonds. i
Mr. Young: To require the county i
commissioners of Kershaw county to y
make an accounting in the operation i
of the ferry across tho Wateree river 1
near Camden during the years 1916, t
1917, 1918, 1919 and 1920. ) "
The 8enate. c I
Feb. 24.?The state senate disposed
?f a mass of uncontested matters and c
discussed bills at considerable length, t
Senator Laney: To encourage the |<
teaching of agriculture. Industry and i<
domestic science in public schools. [ t
The highway bill was discussed at ! 1
length. The senate has amended the 1
bill as proposed by the joint commit* 1
tee by making the secrelary of the J
commission the executive officer in* 1
stead of the chairman and making his
salary $3,000. (
The House.
The plan of requiring teachers to t
ctay in school for a longer day than ,
five hours was lost, when Represent*- {
tlve Pulmer's bill to fix the school day (
at seven hours was lost by being con* *
tlnued. t
The house by a vote of 60 to 33 con- |
tlnued the bill to prevent the union t
labor "closed shop" in South Caro- a
Una after the longest and sharpest de- ,
bate of the entire legislative session. <=
The Senate. ?
Feb. 25.?At the night session. Senator
Christensen called up the house
bill of Mr. Oliver to prohibit animals
from running at large within the state.
The bill amended was passed to a t
third readinr. * 8
The Home. e
The house passed to third reading. *
without material opposition, the bill 1
by Mr. Berry of Orangeburg to pro- 1
hlblt the sal9 after January 1, 1921, of 11
any new wagons or other vehicles of 1
other than a standaid tread of 56 r
Inches. The bin exempts trucks and
tractors with the dual tread. a
Joint Committees. 0
The house by a vote of 61 to 23 c
voted to continue the resolution by
Nr. Buckingham of Aiken to have the f
constitution amended so as to relieve
counties in which a lynching occurs to n
damages to the amount of 2,000 to rel- f
atlves of the victim of the mob. This p
action kills the resolution. p
The House. g
The Joint committee from the two ?
houses appointed several days ago to ?
Investigate the conditions of the heat- f<
lng plant of the state capitol made $
their report. In this they recommend- 8|
ed that an appropriation of S50.C00 bejf,
made, which fund shall be expended < *
in the installation cf a heating plant cl
adequate to heat the building. j y
Cotton Association Advises. A
"The high coat of living should designate
the year of 1920 as a slogan for jn
*hog and honilnv* on everv cotton j p
farm In the South," says a statement h
0 Issued hy the American Cotton a9so- a;
elation. "If the cotton grower does a
""not produce ample supplies of food gi
and feed crops on his farm this year tl
because of a wild and unbusinesslike js
scramble to grow cotton and got rich, f*>
the result nevt fall will he flnnnclal m
depression and a chaotic condition m
which It will take years for Southern hi
farmers to recover from. a]
Interest In Women's Conference. F
Interest In the series of state eon*
feronces for women that are being c<
held throughout the country parallel* la
In* tho pastors' state training confer- A
nces, which begin February 18 and ai
*111 continue to March 19. will be em- si
Phaslzed Is Southern territory begin- cl
ling March 1 at Nashville. Tenn., and m
Richmond, Va. From March 3-6 wo- 8'
men's conferences will be held at Bir- oi
flJlnghiun, A!s,4 and Columbia. On ai
March 8. the oanter of interest will ti
hltt to Grenada, Miss., and Charlotte, st
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Hairls on Segregation.
Commissioner Harris has issued, a
statement .in which he advises the mUl
managers to be particular in observing
the laws relating to the segregating
of races in cotton mill work. In
another matter the mills are urged
to take heed of the law and that is
with reference to sanitary conditions
in the mill buildings. The inspectors
have reported some mills to be in bad
condition.
"Upon the examining reports made
to me by Inspectors I. J. Via and O. H.
Lucas." says Mr. Harris. 'T find- that
there have been a number of prosecutions
within the last week and it has
been alleged that some of the cotton
miUs were violating the laws, mainly
the segregation act. This department
did not enact the law but is responsible
for its observance. Inspectors
have Instructions to see that labor
laws are complied with and that those
violating any of the laws shall be
prosecuted.
"There has been some discussion as
to the kinds of work permitted under
the segregation act. and I therefore
wish to present a ruling from the office
of the attorney general in response
to an inquiry from me. He
has sent me the following letter:
" 'Dear Sir: In response to your reluest,
I advise that the act pertaining
Lo the segregation of races in textile
manufactories, approved February
16. 1915, does not exempt a person
amployed by a textile manufacturing
concern who is doing the work of a
sweeper, even though such person
may be employed in doing other work
ilso.
"'As to what constitutes an o'lTense
[ take the position that under thii
?ct each individual employed con
trary to the provisions of the acl
would constitute a separate offense.
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Pansier of Tirzah, III.
James Cansler, railroad commis
doner is a natient at the Rantist ho.i
?ital. Reports from the institution
wore to the effect that he was resting
'airlv well. Mr. Cansler has scores of
Iriends over the state who will regret
o know of his illness.
Home Demonstrate, s Confer.
The district homj 'Snnonstrat'oi
igents and farm (lemonstratlon agents
neetlng with D. W. V-'Aiklns, act
llrector of extonsi-ti ?vt rk in 3 >utn
Carolina, Miss Christine N. South,
.fate home demonstration agent; I.
L- Baker, director of boys' work and
VI >88 Laura W. Bailey, girls' worker,
u Id an all day conference at the
refferson hotel discussing matters reating
to extension work.
Pontine is Expected Soon.
J. L. Corzlne, new superintendent
J the rural Sunday school department
the Baptist state convention, is expected
to arrive here within the next
ew'days from his home in Illinois
rhe rural work is a new* feature of
he Baptist program in South Caroina,
having been -create^ by the geniral
board at its last session in Januiry.
The department comes under
he direction of the commission on
lunday school, B. Y. P. U. and colportige.
'Outside Mone/* Not Barred. '
From various sections of the county''
comes the Information that dis
loiea veterans oeueve uiai uie ieairal
board for vocational education
rill not permit them to keet> money
hey may earn while in training, other
han that provided by the gosrernnent.
says A. Q. Field o? the informaion
bureau, but this ts entirely eroneous,
Mr. Field says.
The federal board is glad to see
ny young mtfh make "outside money"
ther than the $80 a month which
omes to bim from the government.
larvard Scholarship is Open.
Some one student from South C&ro*
ua is to be given a scholarship to
larvard university next year, accordig
to a telegram received by Dr.
^eed Smith of the University of
South Carolina, state representative
f the Associated Harvard clubs. The
tfer is made by the Harvard clubs
>r a one year scholarship, valued at
Ii50, to be given preferably to a
tudent desiring admission to the
-eshman class. The gift, however,
rill be open to students entering all
lasses in any department of the iini
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,uto Men Confident.
The senate having* parsed the hill
taking mortgagea on automobiles
rior to any liens that later may he
isued on cars except llena for state
nd county t'sea, tho South Carolina
utornotive Trade association has isnod
an appeal to the house to pass
le measure before the adjournment
i reached the coming wtek. Thu .
>r no opnnait'on has developed to the
leasure in the house and the auto.
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luuro Hsw.'innrn r>nresses the
r?rxs that rune v.'il. *Thf: measure
Iso has the support of the bankers.
relght Embargo Unjust.
The embargo now In force against
srtalr. articles of freight on the At
mtlc Coast Line and the Seaboard
lr Line railroads It "unfair, uniuat
nd uncalled for." according to a
atement issued by Prank W. Shealy.
lairman of the state railroad com
ilssion. No such embargo, Mr.
healy thinks, should he put on with
it the permission of the commission
id It Is probable, Mr. Shealy says.
>at the commission will make soms
ich a rule wben the roads pass bach
> the private owners Mauh L
PEOPLE TO DECIDE
IMTTERJF TREATTf
EFFORT8 TO BREAK DEADLOCK
IT 18 CONCLUDED, 18 A
MERE WA8TE OF TIME.
A COUP OF IRREGONCILABLES
Compromise Negotiations on 8ubject
of Major Reservations to Article
Ten Are to be Dropped.
Washington.?Convinced that for
the present their labors to break the
p^ace treaty deadlock are a waste of
time, senate leaders moved to get the
treaty out of the way of pressing legislation
and to let ths Issues raised by
the ratification fight go Into the political
campaign for decision.
Under the plan agreed to and apparently
acquiesced in by all elements
of both parties, compromise negotiations
on the crucial reservation to article
ten are to be dropped, readoption
of the republicaif reservation program
of last session is to be completed ,
as a formality, and then a flna^ ratification
vote is to be taken to put the
treaty out of the senate and into the
campaign.
*nw A iL- *?? ? ?
me i>uu)f ui iii? irnji'oireiianiPS in
thus bringing the treaty light to a
truce wag a virtual repetition of the
move by which, several weeks ago,
they ended the bi-partisan compromise
negotiations by bringing pressure
to bear on republican loaders.
GOVERNMENT OF BOLIVIA IS
TRYING TO SECURE SEAPORT
New York.?Bolivia's commercial
ambition is to obtain th? seaport of
Arica through an agreement it is proposed
to make with Chile nnd Peru.
AMERICAN IN FOREIGN ARMY
IS KILLED IN LITHUANIA.
Warsaw.?An American named Harris
is reported to have been killed at
Kovno. Lithuania. Harris joined the
Lithuanian army a few months ago as
instructor. *
165,000 ACRES GOVERNMENT
LAND WILL BE SOLD 8OON.
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Washington.?'Public sale of 165.000
acres of land in the former Cheyenne
river and Standing Rock Indian reservations.
in North and South Dakota,
was ordered by Secretary Lane.
AMERICAN FEDERATION TO f
TAKE NO FURTHER ACTION.
Miami, Fla.?No further action will
be taken by the American Federation
of Tjlhor In room *?*! ?11??J
, ? ... i vr>?>u lw iuc i aiu uau
1)111, signed by the president over the
protest of organized labor. Samuel
Gompers, president of the federation,
said.
2.5 PER CENT BEER HELD
LEGAL BY WISCONSIN COURT.
Milwaukee, Wis.?Manufacture and
sale of 2.5 beer in Wisconsin was legalized
in a decision handed down by
Federal Judge Oelger In the test case
brought by the Manitowoc Products
company for an Injunction to halt enforcement
of the Volstead act.
SENATOR BANKHEAD. ALABAMA,
HAS DIED FROM LA GRIPPE.
Washington.?Senator John H. Bankhead
of Alabama, died here after an
llness of several weeks from la grippe.
Senator Bankhead was 77 years old
TUDPr DCrAUMCimAVIAi.a - ~ ?
. ..L.WWI?IUII_IIU? I IUIXO Mttt
MADE BY NON-SECTARIAN**.
New York.?Banishment of the Turk
from Europe; and of the Moslem government's
control over Christians and
fulfillment of the allied pledge to Armenia,
were urged In a resolution
adopted at a non-sectarlan mass meeting
here. Copies of the petition will
he forwarded to President Wilson and
the supreme council at Paris.
STRIKE SITUATION AT PARIS
APPEARS SLIGHTLY IMPROVED
Paris.? Railroad men moh'l'red hv
the Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean
system were r^nort'ng In increasing
numbers and what little change there
is in the strike situation seems to
be for the better. So far, the general ;
strike may be said to be a failure, as j
iMiuiutMH oi raiirona men, even union
adherents are refusing to quit, particularly
in the provinces.
Inconvenience is being suffered and
freight service dislocated, however.
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PROCEEDINGS CAN ONLY BE
BROUGHT AGAIN8T EMPLOYERS
Washington. ? Georgia supreme
court decrees holding that proceedings
under the federal liability act can
only be brought against an employer,
were upheld by the supreme court.
The opinion wns rendered in appeals
from the dismissal of damage proceedings
brought by B. C. Lee for in- j
Juries received while employed by the '
Central of Georgia Railroad, but in
which he also had named another employe
as one of the defendant*.
WOULD PROVOKE FUTURE WARS
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Counts Upon Co-Operation in Efforts
to Maintain Direction of Affairs
Initiated by ?eace Conference.
Washington. ? The conclusion of |
President Wilson's latest note to' the
supreme council reiterates his former
position and is as follows:
Referring to Italy's sacrifices, advanced
in the correspondence as reason
for her claims, the President's ,
reply was: ?
"Such consideration cannot be made
the reason for unjust settlement,
which will be provocative of future
wars. A course thus determined 1
would be short-sighted and * not *ln
accord with the terrible sacrifices of
the entire world which can be Justified
and enoDled only by leading finally to
settlements In keeping with the principles
for which the war was fought.
The President asks that the prime
ministers of France,. Great Britain
and Italy will read his determination
in the Adriatic matter In the light of
these principles and settlements.
"He confidently counts upon their
co-operation In this effort on his part
to maintain for the allied and associated
powers that direction of affairs
which was initiated by the victory
over Germany and the peace conference."
NEVER AGAIN WILL APPEAR
ON A CONCERT PLATFORM.
London.?Ignace Jan Paderewski,
former Polish premier, will never again
appear on the concert platform, nor is
he likelv tn rwinfpr nnlltlno nppnrit.
ing to The Vevey, Switzerland, correspondent
of The Daily Mail.
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MARCH HAS NOT PLANNED ANY
SUMMER CAMPS THIS YEAR. ,
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Washington.?The war department ]
does not plan to hold training camps i
for reesrve officers this summe/ and |
in no case will reserve officers be called
this year without their consent, <
General March announced.
TO BUILD PIPE LINE FROM 1
NORTH TEXAS TO CHICAGO.
Chicago.?A pipe line to carry oil
from the Kansas, Oklahoma and north- ,
ern Texas flelds to Chicago, with a
distributing center at St. Ixmlb, will 1
be constructed and in operation In 1
the next twelve months, two petroleum
journals announced. I
A VERY VALUABLE SAPPHIRE
HAS BEEN FOUND IN INDIA.
1
Bombay, India.?A sapphire eight '
Inches long and weighing more than 1
five pounds. Is reported to have been <
found at Mogok by a Burmese. Its
value is estimated at between 35,000 |
pounds sterling and 50,000 pounds
sterling.
ARMY REORGANIZATION BILL ,
18 NOW READY FOR THE HOU8E t
Washington.?Its provision for unl- t
versal military training eliminated, the
house army re-organixation bill laying
down the general principles on which 1
the nation's military establishment
would be based, is ready for presentation.
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MEMBER8 R. C. COMMISSION 1
RELEASED BY BOL8HEVlkl. 1
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Washington.?Release of Edward H.
Charette. of Stockton, Cal? and Dr. *
PrdTlerick L. Barnum, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
members of the Red Cross commission
to Siberia who recently were captured
by the bolshevikt, was reported to Red (
Cross headquarters from Vladivostok. t
WILSON BRAIN QERMS NEEDED ,
BY SOME FOREIGN PREMIEA8 t
Manchester. England. ? President t
Wilson's letters in the Adriatic cor-j
respondence. Just published, are con- |
sldered by The Guardian as a refutation
of "the reports that his illness
has caused soma loss of mental force
and balance." It aaks: "If President g
Wilson Is suffering from any malady
of political Judgment, could not some ,
American bacteriologist convey us a|f
few germs that we may inoculate our j
European premiers?" c
SPECIAL ADVERTISING TRAIN j
FOR PORTS ASSOCIATION USE
Savannah, Oa.?Five Port3 Association.
consisting of representatives
irom the cities of Savanah, rirunswlck. K
.luilisonville, Charleston and Wilming- *
ton, laid plans here for sending a big' i
special train throughout the middle- i
western states on an advertising and
trade building m'ssion. The co-oner- ^
ation of the states of Georgia. North 1
Carolina, South Carolina and Florid.* ; i
w:H be sought. Tentative plans call i
for a Pullman party. I I
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THE HONDURAN GOVERNMENT 8
HAS DISBANDED ITS TROOPS
San Salvador.?An official dispatch
from Tegucigalpa says that the Hon-! r
dnran government has disbanded ltsjt
troops, leaving only small garrisons; \
In the departmental capitals. This ac- t<
tlon was decided upon, the dispatch t
states, because of faith In the prom- 1
lees of President Chamoro og Nica- s
ragua, that he would not permit the
snemU-s of the present government of j
Honduras to obtain arms on Nica- t
raguan territory. fc
ROADS RETURNED
TO THEIR OWNER!
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DIRECTOR GENERAL CONTINUE!
IN HI8 PRESENT P08ITI0N
UNTIL ABOUT MAY
MANY EMPLOYES LOSE JOB!
Of the Gigantic Organization Whicl
Waa Created Aa a War Expedient
Pew Retain Their Positions.
Washington.?America's rail trant
portatlon systems, operated as on
great one public utflity since Dt
:meber 28, 1917, again will be dt
rided among tbeir 230 respective coi
porate owners when the governmen
releases control.
Director General Hines, as the agen
at the President, handed over th
properties and equipment, valued a
approximately 120,000.000,000, to the!
old direction free except for the Juris
diction retained by the government li
the new railroad reorganization bill.
While all arrangements for forma
restoration of the carriers to thel
awners wero completed by Mr. nines
instructions went out to operatini
representatives of the railroad admic
Istration, informing them that the;
would "report to the proper official
of the corporations which resumei
control at 12:01 a. m. March 1.
Of the gigantic organization, ere
ated by former Director General Mr
Adoo as a war-time expedient, onl:
a small part will remain. Some o
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.. cor unid kuiiv ubuk io mcir lorme
places as officials of the corporation
while others have entered into nev
lines of endeavor.
Mr. Hines will continue in his pres
ant capacity until about May 1.
DERCUM IS SITISFIED WITH
THE PROGRAM OF PRESIDENT
Washington.?Dr. P. X. Dersum o
Philadelphia, paid a visit to Presiden
Wilson and expressed the greates
satisfaction with his continued prog
ress.
LA8T OF THE AMERICAN~ARMY
HAS REACHED VLADIVOSTO*
Washington.?The last of the Amei
ican army detachments along the SI
berian railroads Is now believed t<
save reached Vladivostok for th<
<i?vubiiuu ui miinriuiin iravps.
BIG SEIZURE OF CONTRABAND
HAS BEEN MADE IN CHICAGC
Chicago.?Two carloads of paten
nedicine said to contain 55 per cen<
ilcohol were seized by federal au
horitles. on warrants issued bj
he United States district attorney.
KNOXVILLE IS CONFRONTED
WITH SERIOUS FUEL DEARTH
Knoxvllle, Tenn.?Coal yards ol
Knoxvllle are practically empty, anc1
mless relief is offered soon it Is be
ived the city will be confronted witt
i serious fuel dearth.
'LOCAL COLOR" QUEST IS
DENIED TO VASSAR GIRLS
New York.?The quest for "loca
rolor" and night court "atmosphere"
>f seven Vassar girls who came hen
o see at first hand New York's under
irorld was baited when District At
orney Swaan disapproved the visit
>f the co-eds and refused to assist
hem. *
rUEL ADMINISTRATION POWER
HAS NOT BEEN DIMINISHED
Washington.?Coincident with the
ilgning of the railroad bill Presidenl
Vllson issued executive orders pro
dding for continuation of the power?
if the fuel administration, but divid
ng them between the director general
if railroads and a commission of four
SOLDIERS HAVE OFFERED AID
TO THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT
Paris.?The un'f>n of former sol
tiers with more than 400,000 member?
ias otfored its services to the govern
tnent to operate trains during the
ailway strike.
The offer of the soldiers' union
vas made through Secretary Bertrand
fe said he was oreDared tn nffor
lot only to run trains but to man
notor trucks and vans to revlctual
'aris.
TEADY PROGRESS BEING MADE
^TOWARDS PEACE WITH RUSSIA
London.?Steady progress Is being
nadfe by the allied supreme eouncH
owards peace with soviet Russia. It
vaa learned that the foreign minisnrs
of Poland. Rumania, Latvia, LIhuania
and Esthonla will meet at
Varsaw to discuss peace with Rusia
under the sanction of the allies.
Esthonla has already concluded
>eace with soviet Russia but it may
>e Included in a new general treaty
Deluding all the border states.
COLBY IS-AN LX-3ULL MOOSE J
1 Not Even Among Those on the Insids
Y of Administration Circles Was a
Thought of* Such a Selection.
^ Washington. ? President Wilson qj
again upset the expectations of official
and p<0ltlcal Washington by naming
Bainbridge' Colby, a New York attorney
^rho left the republican party with
Theodore Roosevelt in 1912, as secretary
of state.
a The selection caused scarcely less |"|
of a sensation than the dismissal of
Robert Lansing from the state portfolio
two weeks ago, and was received
h with such undisguised surprise in the '
Senate, where the President's choice
must be approved before Mr. Colby
can take up the duties of office, that
none of the leaders cared to predict
l" when confirmation might be voted.
e Not even among those on the inside ^
h of administration circles had there
I. been any expectation that the selec>
tion would tall on Mr. Colby, who told c?
Inquirers that he himself had been
* given only a very brief notice of the
President's intention. Te
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6 ITALIAN LABOR CHAMBER HAS
1 CALLED SYMPATHETIC STRIKE ml
r so
l' Naples.?A general strike in sympa- th
n thy with striking metal workers has pr
been deolared My the labor chamber. Ipr
1 V [ so
r i lot
, FORMER PREMIER ASQUITH a
p AGAIN SENT TO PARLIAMENT la|
i- I ne
p London.?Former Premier Herbert j
? ,H. Asquith was elected to parliament; ha
j 1 from the Paisley constituency in the ce
recent by-election. co
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A VOTE ON RATIFICATION OF Qr
I TREATY MAY COM? ANY TIME pr
f I 22i
1 Washington.?A vote within the next
two weeks on ratification of the treaty
8 | of Versailles is contemplated by sen1
late leaders Af
" |SOUTH CAROLINA'S ASSEMBLY
KILLS "CLOSED SHOP" BILL. !
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Columbia. S. C.?After one of the ^
f most vigorous fights of the legislative
isession which finally developed into ?e
' {a filibuster, a bill prohibiting "closed
* shops" In South Carolina was killed CC
t in the South Carolina general assembly.
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CHIEF OF KAYUSE INDIANS sei
ASPHYXIATED IN CHICAGO, of
^ ml
Chicago.?IT. M. Sum Kim. chief of co
'* the Kayuse Indians, of Umatilla coun
Br, Oregon, who was en route to Wash- pF
5 Ington on business for his tribe, was
* found asphyxiated in a hotel here.
|The police were of the opinion that ^
he had blown out the gas. on
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j GERMAN CABINET MINISTER ce|
OF FINANCE RESIGNS PLACE qu
t! ma
t ] Berlin.?Mathias Erxberger tender- an
ed President Ebert his resignation as |
r minister of finance, basing his action ;ol
upon a desire to have the investigation
of his alleged falsified tax returns
proceed without prejudice or conaideration
for his official position. ^oi
THREE AND HALF PER CENT
r BEER WINS IN NEW JERSEY
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rai
Trenton, N. J.?Amid scenes of . ,
i tal
1 tumult and cries for recognition by
members on the floor, after two hours
debate, the New Jersey house of as-T'"
sembly passed' a compromise "wet"i
. bill Axing three and a half per cent \
alcohol by volume which is declared 1
I to be slightly stronger than the 2.75 Mr
' beer of war-time prohibition days as
? the legal limit for beverages In New cul
Jersey. tio
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t ALL ALTITUDE RECORDS HAVE Tu
t BEEN SMASHED IN 8KY DRAMA dr<
Dayton.?An airplane carrying MaJ. AN
R. W. Schreoder, chief test pilot at I
, McCook field, fell over five miles
after reaching an altitude of 36.020 f
feet, said to be 6,020 feet higher than Le
t the world's record. A * urn
Instruments on the machine Indi-!tri<
i cate that it fell more than five miles tai
. In two minutes. While still 2,000 feet din
I aboye the ground the airplane righted,Gri
, itself and glided to a graceful landing, iwil
IRON COUNTY REVOLT TO BE SE
THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED
Washington.?A complete investlga- 1
( tion of the prohibition controversy dor
in Iron county, Michigan, will be fro
made by the bureau of internal reve- wh
> nue. Commissioner Roner nnnmmfou*
I H. M. Oaylord, deputy prohibition fee
; commissioner, will leave for Grand I
Rapids and Iron River city to take me
i j up with the authorities there the con-: On
i troversy which led District Prohibition , vie
' Commtsloner Dalrymple to declare tbe len
county in "open revolt" and
SERIOUS LIVING CONDITIONS HL
ARE REPORTED IN PETROGRAD
Helslngfors, Finland.?Reports of I
serious living conditions at Petrograd era
have been received showing that liet
i typhus, cholera and influensa are tioi
taking a heavy toll. |refi
; The reports state that up to Janu- cou
ary 15 deaths in Petrograd were me
reaching a total of 3,000 a day. The Jud
| coffin factories could turn out only the
j 1,000 coffins dally and most of the A
| bodies were being carried into the ass
j country on sleds and left in the snow. (mai
IN IMN
OF MILL PROFITS >
*
HARQE ,13, COTTON MILL MEN
HAVE PROVED THEMSELVES
WORST OF PROFITEERS.
RICES UNREASONABLY HICK
10 Spinner, in One Month, Clears en
Investment of $200,000, the Neat
Sum of $56,000.
Washington.?After hearing charges
Representative Tllson, Connecticut,
at cotton mill owners are "profiteers
the worst sort," the house Interstate
mmerce committee ordered a favorle
report on his resolution directing
e federal trade commission to instigate
the necessity of the higher
ices In the industry.
Both New \England and southern
Ills had reaped big profits, Mr. Tiln
declared, but the latter had mada
e greater net returns. He cited
ospectuses of financial institutions
omoting sale of cotton mill stocks,
uthern press comment on "the fabujs
worth of cotton mill stock" and
summary of market prices for the
?t several years as proof for the
?d of an investigation.
Although the cost of the cotton yarn*
d increasod several hundred per
nt, Mr. Tllson declared that ravr
tton and mill lahor had each ad- *
need not more than 15 per cent,
le spinner in one month made a
oflt of $55,000 on a capitalization of
00,000. he said he was authoritar
ely advised.
JTWERP SHIPPING r.nwrrpw
BUYS TEN SHIPS FROM U. B.
New York.?Purchase of ten stand[i
3.000-ton steel steamships from
a United States shipping hoard has
en announced by the Lloyd Royal
ilge of Antwerp.
tLLEGE FRATERNITIES ARE
STILL UNDER BAN OF 8TATK.
Columbia, S. C.?The South Carolina
aate struck out the enacting works
a bill whereby college fratternltles
ght have been authorized in stats
lieges by the board of trustees.
1ICE OF NEWSPRINT PAPER
HAS AGAIN BEEN ADVANCED^
New York.?The price of newsprint
International Paper Company conicts
will bo increased from 4 1-1
rits a pound to five cents for tha
arter beginning April 1, C. W. L.yin.
vice president of the company,
nounced.
JARANTINE ON AGAIN8T THE
DREADED CORN BORER PEST
Washington.?Discovery of the com
rer in broom corn shipped from Italy
Now York caused the imposition of
quarantine by the department of
riculture against the importation of
ft broom corn, Indian corn and cern
related plants.
<E TURKISH PROBLEM SEEMS
TO HAVE BECOME A HANDICAP
Londorn?After a long speech by
. Ronar Daw, who declared that ha
lid not imagine anything more eaitated
to mako the league of iu^
ns a failure at the outset than to
pose upon it the burden of thai
rklsh problem, the subject was
>pped.
IENDMENT TO LEVER ACT IS
DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
3t. Ixiuis.?The amend'ment to th?
ver food control act was declared *
constitutional by United States Dia?
ct Judge Paris here when he snannd
a demurrer of the defense and
missed the case of the L. Cohen
scery Company, which was charged
u muKiriK an unjust profit on sugar.
ISMOLOGIST FROM NAPLES %
IS HERE ON WAY TO MEXICO
^ew York.?Professor Emelle CM10,
noted seismologist, arrived here
m Naples on his way to Mexico,
ere he has been sent by his goviment
to study the cruses and efts
of tho recent earthquakes,
le brought his new invention for tho
asurement of energy and motion,
the trin acrnw * ?? ? " - "
m r ??hv umm tut) Qf*?
e for measuring the amplitude,
gth and duration of ocean wares
I their effect on the motion.
IN GENERAL8 AND ADMIRALS
AGREE TO STAND HUN TRIAL
ierlin.?A number of prominent gen- t
Is and admirals accused by the al- ^
i of war crimes issued a declare- y
ii, which, while reiterating their r
jsal to appear before a foreign
rt, expresses the willingness of the
n to go to trial beforg a German
ge, in whose fairness they dederw
lr confidence.
k German Judge, the declaration
arts, will proceed according to Ge^
a law.