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__ THE CHERAW CHRONICLE VOL. 22. CHERAW, S. C., THURSDA?|aARCH 13, 1919 - NO. 19. CLOSING HOURS OF GENEUE1L1 APPROBATION OF $400,000 IS WADE FOR BENEFIT OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS. 124,000 FOR TMM SSI Usual Benison on Occasions of Thii Sort Pronounced Over the Members By Governor Cooper. The first session of the seventy-thirc general assembly was concluded ai 7:25 o'clock Sunday morning, whet the house adjourned. The senate ad journed at 7:14. Throughout the lust (lav notn nouses had time hanging heavily over them Many biUs were ratified. Free confer ence reports on all amended measures which were in contest were occupying trauch of the attention of both bodies Several bills of Statewide import ance were acted upon on the final day of the session. % The house accepted the senate's ^ amendments to the bill to regulate the sale of tonics and bitters with suffi cient alcoholic content to be used as beverages. The house also accepted the senate's amendment to the bill to create a pen y sion commission and appropriating Jr?00.000 for pensions for Confederate soldiers. The senate reduced this ap propriation to $400,000. which is $100, 000 in excess of the amount appro ? printed last year. The house also accepted the sen $ ate's amendments to the bill to regu late hunting and fishing in the State \ and to fix hunters' licenses. The senate refused concurrence in .the house resolution "that all member? of the general assembly are herebj authorized to receive payment of $1 "pey^ay as expenses for all time in excess oi days spent oy mem m at~-T rCTOai?cS ?nJ&n the general assembly This little matter was like Banquo'ir ghost, somewhat hard to down, but th? senate in the end proved itself equa to the task. All state officers and clerks and em ployes have had their salaries in creased over 191S and that the' aver age increase is 21 per cent. The senate included a paragraph in the appropriation bill which requires ""that the office of each and everv de * partment of the state government be kept open continuously daily from i a. m. to 5 p. ni.. exclusive of legal "holidays. The only effort made to change the appropriation bill in the senate a* it was reported was the nnsuccesfu! plea of Senator Baker and Mr. Wat "kins to provide for a heating plant at the Industrial school at Florence. Another interesting feature of the appropriation bill is that the chie! clerks or assistants in the various de partments are all raised to $2,400 each end the heads of the departments are only getting $2,500. making a differ ence of $100 each. The senate bill carries $7*4.000 in aid of the public schools of the state ?*- - * u:u ine nous*1 UIII uil un HIT Iium 11.11 carry so much, hut it provides that unexpended balances. apprpntine about $160,000 should be expended whereas the senate bill simply inolu ded nil these unexnended balances in the direct appropriations, which wil! be expended if needed. The general appropriation bill went to free conference, and various and sundry differences were smoothed out The most important and significant chorpe in the senate bill was the acceptance of an amendment providing for $24,000 by direct appropriation for the use of the tax commission in discoveries: and eett'up on the hooks propertv that is now avoldinp taxation e"d qu'ckqeninp the equalization of t'X^S. This is providing monev for the commission to ha''n teeth Governor Cooper forwarded a ?-e:. th*nk?ne the m^ui'mr* for <h,.;r O'tieent efe-ts t-> enact lei?'sl-it:/>n 1'Mkine to the betterment ef conditions in South Caroline. and Vddfnv them Cods peed in their return home Rush Order Quickly Filled. Only one hour and 15 minutes were required to ft!! a rush call for work men hv the 1'nitod Stales employment .service lier>\ A representative fro;ii a contracting firm at Win.nsboro came to the employment office on Wash iugton street and asked the examine; it; charge. Philip J. Smith, to securc him one commissary mummer, ont <-ook and eight brick masons. Thf order was an assorted one but tin examiner was equal to the oc easiur and when the Winnsboro man left he purchased 11 tickets instead of one. Wm. Sanks on Commission. "William Banks of Columbia accept ed a position on the public service commission, thus completing the per sonnel of that body. The commission, composed of three men. is as follows: S. B. Earle. acting president of ('Jem son College; W. R. Del^oach. an at tomey of Camden, and William Banks, former editor of the Columbia Record, and lately government inspec tor of explosives in this Stat". Mem t?ers of the commission are appoint ed by the governor, by and with th* consent of the senate. Meeting, State Board Education. Governor Cooper has called tin State hoard of education to meet ii . his office March 21. This will be th< initial meeting of the board under hii administration. The constitution makes the gover nor ex-oflficio chainnan and the Stati ? superintendent exofficio secretary o the State board. It also provided fo the appointment by the governor o the other members, who shall serv< for a term of four years. The presen I hoard was appointed in April. 191(1 and will hold until April, 1920. Ex Governor Mannir.g. in selecting an< appointing the board, chose an entire 1 ly new man from each of the sevei congressional districts. The ap pointive members now are. J. M. Nath I ans. Charleston, first district; W. Ja; t McGarity, Aiken, second district; S ^ J. Derrick. Newberry, third district Dr. H. N. Snyder. Spartanburg, fourtl district; K. A. Montgomery, Blask* burg, fifth district; W. L. Booker , Florence, sixth district; S. 11. Kd munds. Sumter, seventh district. Among the important matters to hi considered by the State hoard at the 1 meetiug are the appointment of thi ; several county boards of education, ar rangements for the regular teachers examination, consideration of publii school appropriations and of nev school legislation, settlement of tui tion and scholarship appeals and thi ; formation of whatever plans maj . seem advisable for the betterment o . the schools. i Each county hoard of education ii composed of the couuty superintend i ent of education, ex officio. togeth.-i . i with two members to be designate! ; by the State hoard upon the notnina > tion of the representative front thi . congressional district in which thi . county is located. It is customer: . for the hoard to ask each county su perintendent to nominate the mem hers for his county. -t The new apnropriat'ons are now he fng checked no in the comptroller"! office. A full statement front Comn i ! troller General Osborne w>ll be m tni i J hands of the State superintended r within a few days. This statemen > will be given out nrontptlv in ord??i i that interested trustees and teachen may learn what to expect Some comyvrenehsive and^faf^eacH i ittg legislation was enacted by the leg > islature?the high school law was re I vised and liberalizcd. the equalizatior 1 lot*! mo3 eoon Rnfh of fho5< . | laws provide increased salaries foi ..teachers and carry larger appropria . tions. The compulsory attendance law wil i open np many new problem* and pos i sib'lit?es. The effectiveness of thi) law will depend largely upon the cn operation of count" suoer'ntendents >; and county boards of education. 1 The act providing for vocation**' training in cooperation with the fed i oral government is one of the mosi constructive nieces of legislation dt:r I i irg recent years. Activities ttndei I this law will he directed mainlv froir : ! Clemson Collec. Winfhrop Collegr and from the State Colored College. ? The library law was revised, sun I pi-fled and unified. A new library lisl will be published bv the State hoard , at the earliest practicable moment. Ai ? nresont the purchase of library book* is olmosf impossible. Ore of the most timely nieces o! i I legislation is the act to relieve th< . I schools as fur as practicable of |b? i financial couseouences of the in j fluenvu epidemic and the ronsequenl j health nuarantme of ?he Flftp board , | This prt has already boon distributed I bv the Sfete superintendent of edu ' oat:on 'n the hone that trustees overv I where wiU conf:nne to run then I schools as the attendance of pupil! ! iu<>t:fles the expend'tnre j Manv rural eraded schools will b? 1 added to the list because of a chonet : ! in the law affecting two tenchei | ??rhnols. In such a school the mavi nnin penp<red enrollment jfl now 4(1 ; Tbj-? reduction will enable manv com : oiunit'es to receive r:ni Kr*?iei : | rpViri] aid in the two teacher class, i Th > teuch?rs' rerUtrnt'nn and cm , nlovm^nt hnrpnu v?s al^o removed from the d'vi.-t'op .^r!,i supervision nl . <he Si :te spn?rsctprj?1.'*?t. out! madf j pn independent nrit of the tS-'t"?'s ed'jc ' t ion >] ? :te?M T" "!.*< ?he new pet the 3,* .?. '"f cd"c*?t'on T*l''v; ! f-nr? i??)l s rep'st"?r ' o ' *1*?rv r.f '1 ?nn ??p v?>,r Ti>"n < "ooi"*n?<>pt i*i]' Wii'r'iv h-? in.n/> at *':?* Hpprv.'tliins ] West Point Appointments. Washington itl? Appoint meut oi candidate.-: for tti?? West Poin' Military Academy "..is announced bj i the war department include; ' South Carolina. S >n -or Smith's firs appointment: Harry M. Ho per. McColl first alternate. I.ya:i:i O. WMliarns j Parley; sec.aid alternate. William A ' j Dotttrcr. Iii3 Ashley Avenue. Charles j ton. Second appointment; Francis ?. ' I Cot lira n. Greenwood: first alternate 1 Lucieti C. Whitaker. 'I itutledge Av I enue Charleston; second alternate David J. Jenkins. Florence. First Duath From Small Pox. Fir the first time in three years, i * ' * ?- -J ? C.oitli r'op/^Iinf ' oeatn nns o*rnriru m t'rom small pox. according to a repor vvhi' h has reached the office of Dr Jamas A. Hayne. Stat? health officer The victim was a negro living ne;n Johnsonville. in Williamsburg county i . Dr. C. S. Kir!7>?r has started a mm i paien of vaccination in the commun ity. and rigid quarantine will he en forced in order to prote< t the people Dr Hayne said that this death fron ' small p? x : the first that, has l?eei reported to h;s office :a thr *?? year* MAJ. GEN. W. L. SISERT f ' Had the war not ended when it did ^ ! the Germans would soon have been j smothered by amounts of gas which , ! they still believe impossible, accord ' 1 Ing to Maj. Gen. William L. Sibert i chief of the chemical wa-fare service ! NONE LEFT TO PARLEY S Preliminary Terms of Peace Should Be Submitted to Germany By Last > Week of March at Least ! Paris.?The news from Germany 1 continues to become increasingly dis1 quieting and will, it is hoped, have r the effect of speeding up the peace 1 conference. Of course it has to be at -aaoh moment-ot ^ffrisls betwee^the allies and~Gef n..any. since the signature of the first armistice, the Germans have broken 1 ojt in more or less spontaneous popu! ltr semi-bolshevist agitation. r The renewal of Spartacism. on this occasion, has been heralded by a violent campaign of the press against the teims which the allies now have prenared for inclusion in the preliminary j peace treaty. How far the fresh dis; turbance is prompted by the require' | ments of the German peace policy j I cannot, of course, be judged with anyj degree of accuracy from Paris. But ~ one thing is certain, that unless rapid stops are taken to supply Germany [ with food, on a larger scale than is at present being done, there will he the | j risk that negotiators here may And j there is none left in Germany with i whom to sign a binding peace, t j Apart from certain reservations of I some importance, made by the Arnert iosn admiral as regards naval terms. , there is complete agreement on the general terms of military, naval and r aerial nature to he imposed on Ger, many. Such being the case, in the , opinion of Marshal Foch at any rate. . the preliminary terms of peace ought I t be communicated to Germany hefore the end of the month so that he I Germany delegates mav he ablq^fo . enme to Versailles, if Versailles he . spot chosen for the meeting on r March 20 and so that the actual ia, 'ore of peace might be fl.ied f -he beginning of April. 1 BANKERS TO ESTABLISH -L r TO FINANCE THE RAIL AOS Washington. ? Director General Tfines determined to eal! a conference I of leading bankers and railway corporation representatives in Washington to discuss possible solutions of I 'he problem created by a failure of f Congress to appropriate funds for tin ' railroad administration. The persons ' to he invited have not yet been select' cd. I Reports reached Washington that <:?v?jr il bankers s{n?"? or 1 Por. cress had the ?<hisah' "lit.t>( psf>iblis!iine a !ii?l\'r<' pool 1 "'-I :?s !>!]< h to r:< iro*;j iMt-ivsts. ! JUST CATS ARP SFLL1NG IN ' j RUSSIA AT THREE DOLLAPS ! .or. -Starvation pr?*vnU* thrnj out Russia and is killing ?"fT +h'? ion bv thousands. Dis s no rampant and food is >o scarce in ." rogrud :i*:?1 M.si-nv that sell rea lilv f?:r 5" each. The und?r':ik-Ts cannot ? -??*?? with condition*. ?s thci " is r-?r etnuch wood for oofIns. These r?T)or's have boon brnupht to the attention of the R*'?ish government within the last w ">ek. 1 STEP TOWARD FORMATION 1 OF PEACE TREATY TAKEN ' I i Paris.?A sfp toward the formation 'r I of a treaty of peace was token by the j supreme council when it adopted the *:ropo??! n? t!io American delegation * 'o l?ave t!:e various ?*??i?ii?jivjiion.< pr?. cut to the e?un? ii reports and oitclit-ioiis in the form of articles to ' )> inserted in 'lie peace preliminaries. ' The council also discussed th > miltary. naval and aerial cond.tions to je imposed on the enemy. ill HUNGEBp ID SPEED! RICE UR-iENT NEED OF APPLYING GERMANY WITH FOOSFULLY RECOGNIZED.? ITALIAN BOIPilRY jlESTION Lloyd George's Plan InvoIV**' 'Abandonment of Military Conscription In r?. ^ Paris.?Stephen Pichon, the French foreign minister, in his ta& with the correspondents, discussed ?ie bearing of the food situation in Qftrmany on the speedy conclus:on ot'fleace. He said that the urgent need of supplying Germany was recognized "ft Paris. In signing the armisticeflast January. Germany acreed to Aim] m-pr I her commercial fleet, to be used in revictualling Europe general! , and Germany particularly. Yet. coi tinued the minister, at a recent meet ng at Spa' the German delegates def ared that: the arrangement was uai itisfactory and that they would "rbsolu ,ely refuse ' to part with their shi The allies were w .ing. Itr. Pichon , went on. not onlv to suppljf food, ' nt ; to accord credit to Germanj, but Ger-! many must first declare ?r willingness to live up to the coMitions of the January armistice. ! As soon as the terms <w the Ger-1 ; man peace have been con?uded, Mr. j Pichon said, the council ^onld take i up the Austrian peace wtflch wguld J involve the future boundarUg hetwaen j I Italy and former Austrofiungarian ! territory. The subject bag already J been discussed recently. The council has adoptef p.-emicr' Lloyd George's plans for reg)'aiing the future military strength oGGermany. | according to the minister i ; ed the fact that this ItWUrrv the abandonmeiU'^of conhvroi'., {terrible picture is prawn of conditions in russia j ! Washington?David R. Prancis. j who went to Russia as American ami bassador in 1016 before {the over-: throw of the monarchy anld who re-' ; mained there until after tlje bol-hevists had seized the government, in j testifying before the senate commit-i tee investigating lawlcsa propaganda. | warned that should the bolshevists be I permitted to remain in power a'-l Russia would he exploite I by the Germans. Within 10 years under such : eonditTons. he said. Gsr.nany would be the victor of the war in that the \ nation would be stronger in every . way than it was in 1914. ; He painted a vivid picture of the terror that reigns and told of one in-1 ' stance where the gutters from a court-! yard in Petrograd actually ran with j ' blood from the victims of the bol- J shevists. Many wpre krtTfcd without ! | even charges being" made against; | them and on several occasims. the: ! ambassador aserted. wholesale kill- j : ings were indulged in. He said more j 1 than five htindred innocent hostages ? | were ki!l?d at one time, and his .oh-; i servation of conditions and affairs in ; Russia IpiI him to believe the bolshe i vists in their every-day practices com- ! ir.it'e-j excesses far beyond even the j wildest dreams of anarchists. j AMERICAN SHIPS NOW CARRY J PPUUUOiS TO^ND OF E A. FU*~ i i " j j Washington.?For the flr.-.t time ' since the days of the famous "Clipper" j ships. American merchant craft nov , : are plying the seven seaa. carrying , products of the United States to th? 1 ' farthest corners of the earth and i bringing home both essentials and : j luxuries. The shipping board announced that the American merchant marine fleet. ; bu'U tip und^r the spur of war's ne- ; j oessitv. now reoresented nearly one- ! fifth of the entire sen-going tonnage j i of the world and comprised 4?? per. I cent of ;>1! ships clearing from United i States ports, as compared with 9.7 j per cent before the great war. I ?- > j NO RADICAL CHANGESMN CONSTITUTION OF LEAGUE j On Hoard 1". S. S. George Washing-! ton.?The impression gathered by : those who have come into contact with Presdent \\ il.-on is fhat the op- | position which has developed to the , league of n irions covenant has not caused him to decide that any radical i changes are necessary. I t is recog- j ' n'zed changes in phraseology and mi-. 1 nor particulars are possible, but Pres1 -dent Wilson is not looking for any j I fundamental alteration. I RAILWAY SHOP EMPLOYES ? o i*-1mr- cr\o uir.ucn waccc nor\i r vn jnvi ?.?? VI r\wuv? | Washington. ? Several hundred ; I 'thousand ralroad shop emrHoyes have j | -.t.sked 'he ralroad admiiKstrntion to ; increase their wages ah >ut 2a per j ont. The hoard of rallfload wages md working conditions ias agreed ! tentativ dv to hear their aae Th" shop trade employe v> ,> were j given one wage advance last year In addition to the general jincreaes in lioay. now ask that the bapic rate per; I hour he changed from 68-*<) 85 cents. J A FRANCIS TUDELA | a> * ' v^'' .v. .w.. - ^f. . .. 'I il Mp. S. .vi> . * Francis Tudtla, new ambassado from Peru, has arrived in Washingtor i He is the first representative from hi i country with the rank of ambassadoi that republic having been previousl represented by a minister. LEADERS SOUGHT PR01TIGI Immediate and Thorough Investiga tion is Made Because of References to Mons and Cambrai. Toronto.?All Canadia has bee: stirred by charges made in the housi of commons by Sir Sam Hughes, fot :nor minister of militia, that officer commanding the dominion's forces ii Prance had needlessly sacrificed thi liver, of ttuyr men in order to advanci themselves. Sir Sam opened his attack with tin announcement he had protested sev oral times to Premier Borden "agains the waste of the Canadian boyi lives in unnecessary stunts on the bat tlctields." He then read a letter hi "had^ent to Sir proteatini i * *? S' . " slaughter at Cambrai and stating h had drawn attention of the prime mic ister on previous occasions to th "massacres at Lens, Passachendaeh etc., where the only apparent objec was to glorify the general in com mnnd and make it impossible, througl butchery, to have a fifth and sixth i>; vision and two army corps." He declared any general who wouh undertake the attack at Cam bra i l> suburban or street fighting should b court-martialed. The same was trun he said, of the officer who had ordei ed the storming of Mons four hour before the signing of the armistice. Some of the newspapers hint-Si Sam's attack was Inspired by chagrii at the faliure of his son. General Gai net Hughes, to get to France as th commander of a fifth brigade of Ca nadians. but all are unanimous h their assertion that the charges cai for an immediate and thorough inves ligation. NEW CHINA WANTED, FREE OF ALIEN INTERFERENCI Paris.?There is going to be one o the liveliest sessions of the counci of ten when the Japanese claini3 t Tzingtao and the Pacific islands corn up for formal consideratin. The do! eg.-.ti-n-'Tom Peking is ready to figh to the last against permitting Japai to get away with what the Chines openly denounce as "aggressive im perialism." Basing their attitude on the WT soninn idea of the league of nation* the Ch'nese delegates make no scor of their hope that out of the pear conference will com* a new China free of all alien ir.tarf >renr-e. N'or d< they hesitate to al'lrni that utiles the far eastern qnesfjin is solved a? cordinj; to the fundmi oital pr'nripl. of the right of everv nation to dispos of itself, then the hopes of preve.vi:1.! or minimizing the rhince of fnttsn wars l y the le.jjue <?f nations are i! lusorv. CHAM9FRLAIN SAVS CROWDER MADE FALSE STATEMENT Washington. ?Another chapter i: the controversy between congress a.t lie war department over the K->n r;' quest ion r ;f roilitarv Justice was ad;l ed hv Senator (Ihaniberlain.-ehnirr.ia of the niilit.irv committee in the Ins senate, who issued a statement devlai ing "erroneous and false" statement were contained in reoiy of Majo General f'rowder. judge advocate gm: eiai. ro the senator's address in th senate last December. *?.? nnoi/ oDnnnrrc rurtrv runr\ rnv/uw i v TAKEN OFF EXPORT LIS" Washington.?Removal of pork am pork produi ts from the export ror servetlon list was announced by tic war trade board, effective at once. A the same time the board rcsrinde the regulation by which all applies tion.s for licenses to export rhes< commodities to European destinatioi were required to hear a eertifieat from the fond administration showini the administration had approved tic sale Drice. !SERIOUS BREAK IN PLl SPA NEGOTIATIONS U SATISFACTION EXPRESSED BY ANAI HUN PAPERS IN COMMENTS I. V ON THE SITUATION. S A BLUFF FOR BLUER TERMS OBJI c5 | Conditions in Central and Southe -n Radic % Germany in Respect tc Food Are Th< Not Bad if Correctly Reported. | | Weimar.?The negotiations concern- Wa |; ing shippiug and food at S;>d were ruptured with the support of the rep- sin(e | resentatives of the German shipping disck H interests, including Director Heineken radic of the North German Lloyd, who de- fectjr r clared that it the Germans met the ^ t. allied demands it would mean thr ? ruin of German mercantile and sea Amer r, trade interests. "bloo y In commenting on the news, the ment Dentscheland expresses satisfaction ing t< with the attitude of the German rep ate r II resentatives and s\ys that the Ger tor I 1 man people will endorse and support ment, tiieir attitude. publi< Det Geneva.? While Germany has hrok radic; en off official relations with the allies for tl at Spa over the question of food sup- cause plies, travelers arriving in Switzer- Lama land recently from aeross the Rhine propa I ] report food conditions in central and was I g j southern Germany are not crit'cal larity I and do not demand immediate relief, measi g ! The travelers say the statements of statei | the German government are only a Accor II [ bluff in order to get better terms sever s from the allies. matte e; Travelers from Austria and Hun- agand 1 garv declare the populations there are later, e, really starving and need immediate par -. help. These reports are confirmed by the s< . Gritish and American coinmisions in qatiofl vhese countries. try, b * ?????????? was t *j NEUTRALITY OF BELGIUM tion i WILL BE ELIMINATED "has * I uncaa ! investigating the differences betwee* cause l", Belgium and Holland, was mibmittel ?Tj, e to the council of the five great powert flve , j,. It advises the three treaties of 1839, t establishing the status of Belgium i an I Holland, be revised by the conn- pera l* < il as they are now "useless and dl.? ^p j, 11 j s.dvantageous to Belgium." publi< ] The proposed revision of the trea* organ I i-?s will restore Belgium's complei/ j yovereignty and eliminate her neutra' 3EN1 ! i'y, which afforded no protection a;.J I is now distasteful. Wa *. LAUDATION OF IRELAND BBY espioi -! REPRESENTATIVE STEDMAN. ist le s j news] Washington.?The Irish question were i has been bobbing up here now and fn ur r I then for several years. The house juatI-( Q ' finally adopted this resolut.on. which tencft was advocated eloquently by Reprvs- (morj e entative Stedman: k. "Resolved. That it is the earnest con8f hope of the Congres of the United jn pff n States of America that the peace con- enuaf ference. now sitting in Paris, in pass- 0pjnj( ; ing upon the rights of various peoples. an jn ; will favorahlv consider the claims of aj rjR Ireland to self determination." uei "For manv years." said Mr. Sted- ^ t *| E man, "I have been interested in the OD P f, future of the people of Ireland. obstr f I hive been attracted to them by throu il their love of liberty, by their atta<h- ca f) ment to their homes, by their appeals twn f e for justice to this republic, whose <nff ti I- friends thev have ever b?en and t whose theory of government. whose ?r1WJW it traditions, and whose declarations ?OI,rg e forbid the exercise of sovereignty i-! over a weaker nation against its will j bv armed force. WOR t. London.? Notice has been given in th? house of commons of the inten ^rr., e tion of Ronald McNeill to ask the i, secretary of state for foreign affair# inVoli r> whether he has any official informns tion of the report of the resolution ^0r)Of: - having been adopted by the American rf> j);) e bouse of representatives on the sub nnnnc ? i r?f Ireland, and if ><o. will 1 e ( ; make a forma! protest against the M)p c e interference of a foreign legislature M,orf? I- in th" domestic affairs cf the United j.irfl Kingdom. rP.)r,, AUTHORS Oc 0RFAT WAR ARR JNg S TO BE SEVERELY PUNISHEC n Paris. ? VJiile it is impossible to J give any forecast of the terms of the 1 report of the commission on response 011 * 1 I- hilivf for the -war. which report is orra*! n about completed. It may he said that he th t those who have "been urging that under ilrastic action should b" taken against be us s the principal authors cf Germany's war tive ] r crimes will not be disanpointed in Repre ! r?if? conclusions or rne commission mvun e The report will incYid?? a general Demo historical survey of events. throw WILSON AGAINST SINKING FRAf* T OF SURRENDERED SHIPS I 1 Washington.?President Wi'scn has Wu i- written Represen'ative Fuller, of Mas- refusi e aachuaetts. that he opposed the .sink- readji t ing of the surrendered Oerman war are t< j ships, hut that his judgment wjs eot rison. i- final because he had not yrt had the eratic a opportunity to dlscnis tne matter critic i with authoritative naval men. ?ral i e The President's letter said the nro lishet ^ posal to destroy the warships seemed hullel e "like the counsel cf those vho do no: sliou ! \aow what else 'o lo " ral | DT10 DEM . 3. GOVERNMENT RCHISTS. TOGETHER WITH V. W.'S AND OTHERS, FORM AN AMALGAMATION. ECT, BLOODY REVOLUTION ;al Element* of Country Think sy Have Found a Common Cause Upon Whjch to Unite. ishington.?Mail matter seized the signing of the armistice has )sed that the I. W. W. anarchists, al socialists, and others are "perig an amalgamation" which has ts object the overthrow of the lean government through a dy revolution" and the establishof a bolshevik republic, accord> a memorandum sent to the seniropaganda committee by Solici,amar, of the postoffice departThe memorandum was made 5 by the committee, daring that in bolshevism th* al elements of the country had tie first time "found common upon which they can unite." Mr. r said his information showed ganda against the government >eing conducted with great reguand its magnitude could be ured by the "bold and outspoken nents" found in the literature, npanying his memorandum were al hundred excerpts from road r showing the trend of the propla. These will be made public ticular reference was made by ilicitor to the activity of the dialed foreign element in the counut he said perhaps the I. W. W. he most active in the disseminaof the propaganda because it at its command a large field knnTra u ""TMitfri iimf- - i singly in the furtherance'of : lis organization publishes at least ^ newspapers in the English lan! and nine in foreign languages, list comprises only official paand does not take into account irgo number of free lance papers ?hed in the interest of the above ization." rENCE OF DEBS TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON UPHELD shington.?Convictions under the nage act of Eugene Debs, socialader. and Jacob Frohwerk. a pap?r pdltor of Kansas City, sustained bv the supreme court lanimous opinions delivered by ?e Holmes. Both men were send by thn lower courts to 10 years' sonrn Vt. ile not nassing directly upon the 'tutionality of the act. the court ect did declare valid the so-caTled ment section and reaffirmed its >n that the esnionage law is not terference with the constitution:ht of free speech. >s was convicted on thr^e counts. he court passed dirpctly on orW ?f those, that charging hfm wlfh acting recruiting: and enlistment gh statements made in a speech nton. Ohio. Inst .Tune. The other onnts charged him with attempt, n incite insubordination and disy. and also with uttering lan? intended to nrevoke and enge resistance to the TTnited s government. K 0"? NFW RAT-H PS HI PR HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED shi"fton.?Possihiiitv that the > cruiser urogram of th?? new. ring "n expenditure of nearly n hi'l'nn deilnrs ev'll he abnoI in favor of a pew txm" of cruisftlesh-'p was irdimtpd bv an au?,.mnnt that Seeretarv Daniels iwdp*,?d susnens'^n of work on 'r ''not cp'^ri aireadv on-of? as tn t*>e fntvne of capital ship could he ed. Rcrnr npMnCRATS ARE MAKING FIGHT ON CLARK shinjrton.?A fieht is being made aeaker Clark by insurgent Dent 5 who claim that he should not e minority leader of the house the Republican regime soon to? hered in. Indirectly RepresentsKitchin. of North Carolina, aud sentative Dent, of Alabama, are red. It was asserted that 70 crats had been pledged to overMr. Clark. ?'K MORRISON TALKS OF PRICE READJUSTMENT shington.?Organized labor will ? to "share in the result" of price ustments if its "living standard-i > be endangered." Frank W. Morsecretary of the American Fed >n of Labor, said. Mr. Morrison ised the declarations by the fed reserve board in a recently pub I review of its forthcoming :in that all factors in prediction ild bear their share In the genprocess of readjustment."