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I-' ; .MM wL' THE CHERA?HRONICLE - * :. * 1 ~"^g^ ... . . f ^ VOt. 22. OHEKAW, U. 0, 'i!)9H|^^|9tt26, 1919 " NO. 34 SITUATION AS TO . BOLL WEEVIL PEST ? b< ~ ' n< THIS IS THE THIRD 8EA8ON IN ?? BEAUFORT AND 8ECOND IN ^ JA8PER AND HAMPTON. tt m LOST TERRITORY IS RE6AINE0 H ai ' i Amount of Injury That Will Be Done *>3 This Year Depends Altogether on Weather For Next Six Weeks. th Columbia. 8t "The boll weevil is already showing li considerable activity this season in w western Beaufort County an dalso in ot parts of Jasper and Hampton Coun- m ties," says Prof. A. F. Conrad of the v South Carolina crop pest commission, te Owing to the mild winter Mr. Weevil er wintered well and his family is now quite numerous, and active earlier o( than usual. "This is the third season of the ti, weevil in Beaufort and the second in eE Jasper and Hampton, but he received cll a backset in the winter of 1917-18 and m lost all of Beaufort except Daufuskie Island. LaBt season the pest regained m all of this lost territory and increased in such numbers that the outlook in some sections appears threatening. se "The amount of injury that will be J*? done this year depends of course altogether on the weather conditions in s* June and July. If the weather, dur- c j __ a , _ . .. ftTI *"b vu?. iiciiuu ui iue year ib ary, tne damage will be very greatly reduced; m but should that period of the year be en moist, then we may expect very sharp <*r damage on a number of the plantations in that territory. gt 'TO we have another favorable winter the most serious damage may be expected next year in the territory n above referred to, and it is hoped that en accurate data may have been obtained mi by that time in regard to the prac- ga tlcability and effectiveness of poison- ce Ing. Poison should not be looked tb upon at the present time as a per- aa fected remedy. T, A;: Will Pay Indigent Penslona ' The Stdte pension board has ad- 0; jorned. Another meeting will be call- g(y ed within the next few weeks to complete all details las to the distribution bl( of the extra $100,000 appropriated at Bta the last session of the general asssem- by bly for Confederate veterans, who ne] heretofore had not received any pensions. The lists of awards have not been completed. W. D. McLaurin, pension commissioner, said that the commission had. Ca enrolled of these about 2.800 veterans, on These are dvlded into two classes, the <ji, classification being determined by Th physical condition, financial circum- ca stances and age. The more indigent inj class will receive $40 and the other $32. There are about 450 in the first nn class and about 2,300 in the other. th< . Tl Commission Visits Charleston. WI The railroad comtaisloners of this 8tj State held a public hearing at Charles- th > ton, at the Chamber of Commerce of ro the Consolidated Company's petition ca "for increased rates on the navy yard ar line, the company taking the position W{ that improvements in the service this ca year justified the higher charges co necessary to yield a fair profit on operatidhs. Incidentally, a discussion of the shuttle train situation was held. Y< Navy yard employees, through representatives, appeared at the hearing to protest against increased fare, de- di claring that the service now rendered C? did not Justify higher fare any more tic than the service previous to Improve- bc merits did, although it was admitted ed that improvements had been made. w< Should the shuttle train be discon- D tlnued, it was declared by the em- vl ployees, additional traffic would prove too much for the trolley facilities, to ' Q. k.. Cr mai i icu vjy vju*01 iivi Governor Cooper a few days ago, M performed his first marriage cere- R' mc&7. The couple- came to Columbia from Charleston and were married At Ti the executive mansion at 3 o'clock in Jr the afternoon. The bride was Miss pi Katherine Ruth Salmoner. The bride- 31 groom, William Hughey Dixon, is a m chief petty officer in the navy. to Decreased Demand For Labor. . S< Common and agricultural labor In < South Carolina is still short despite wi an apparent decrease in the demand, oa Men at Camp Jackson are needed but w not to such an extent as a month ago. tu v Farm laborers are needed practically all over the State and industrial plants of are also calling for men. John L. cc Davis, federal director of labor for >t South Carolina, said that the demand ior au tunas 01 moorers was aecreas- u ins and he looked (or an equilibrium ?< ' between the supply and demand be- w fore the end of the year. 1? Phone Operators Arrested. 0 Post off ice Inspectors who hare been working up cases against the tele- di phone and telegraph strikers here ar- U rested two men. Jiminv Cline, kn em- e< ploye of the Southern Bell Telephone le company, and Ernest Greathouse. a vi transfer driver, who has been leading * In the acts of the Strikers. fo The men aye charged with violation *< of the "federal statute against Inters tn ference with the delivery.and transmission of telephone and telegraph T* messages. They will be given a pre- ? Hmhtary hearing soon. tc J'itmfr r":ty V*y ?'; **??!roa I*v V/ ft*>r :. . {. V .' ' +% Vv ignway Office Force Increased. The fact that 42 out of the 46 courses of the state haye applied for all r parts of their allotments of federal id for road or bridge 'balding has treed the state highway commIcon to expand its engineering forces 3th in its office and in the field. Bach iW road or bridge project approved ?r federal aid by the state highway >mmission calls for a large amount ! expert engineering work. both in te field and in the office of the comlesion, before the United States sectary of agriculture can legally ap ove it and cover the funds dollar >r dollar which the counties have rallab)e. The field work and office work done t the engineers and draftsmen emoyed -by the commission is an inresting phases of its activities. The iblic is much more familiar with ie commission as the branch of the ate government to which automobile cense fees are paid. Unlike hghay commissions in some of the her states, the South CarnKnn mm. isslon pays (or all engineering ork done on the state highway sysm in connection with securing fedal aid for buildng roads and bridges. On January 1, 1919, the employees ' the state highway commission in 9 engineering section consisted ol e following: Acting state highway igineer, one; office engineer, one; lief field engineer, one; chief draftsan, one; assistant field engineers, ro; resident engineers, two; draftsen, three?total 11. H On June 1, 1919, In its engineering ti ction the state highway commission a id the following employees: State ghway engineer, one; chief of con- C ruction,' one; chief of surveys, one; L iief inspector, one; bridge engineer, le; office engineer, one; chif draftsan, one; chief of parties, five; field gineers, 12; resident engineers, 11; aftsinen, five?total 40. ate Revenue Classified. Classification and objects of all rev- B< ues and expenditures in the differt departments of the state govern&nt have been scheduled by Ben M. iwyer, budget clerk, under the re tiwiwa ouaget commission. In "* e foreword to the classification, Mr. 'a iwyer says: jj mi of expenditure and all sources ^ revenues in connection with the ^ rernment of the state. With such ru ormation at hand, it will he possi- ^ i to conduct the business of the (OJ ite along lines which are Justified thi the experience of successful bust sa ss enterprises, public an<{ private, gi< ee Clash Imminent. * of The timely .arrival of Policeman *n rter and Huntt prevented a clash a street car between a negro sol- . ir, a negro civilian and a white man. .. te trolley was running toward the * mp, and the white man was carry- n? ; a mail pouch to the cantonment. ? The negro soldier boarded the car B 1 Main street and took a seat next to 86 a white man who offered objection. te negro refused- to move and the 1 lite man landed <a blow. In an taint three knives were brandished in an e air and the passengers were terrized. ' Officers Carter and Hunt of ught the trolley at the city hall and rested the negroes. The white man P*: lb All^^J a- - - ? - " ?' ?? biiuhou 10 curry iae man to toe ? mp, but will be brought before the c0 urt. i ______ ha >ung Woman Lawyer. ^ Seventeen young men and young ed )men, 16 of whom received their plomaa from the University of Southr ^ irolina, were admitted to the prac- m :e of law In South Carolina, the pre- ju ribed oath having been administerby D. E. Hydrlck. Those admitted gjre: Mary Guthrie Bledfe, Chester; B. Stover, Greenville; James DeTrelie, Walterboro; Paul P. Haigler, Ortgeburg; Marion A. WrighL Trenn; Harold Major, Anderson; John gt Slmms, Barnwell; John Inglis Rice, re >lumbia; Thomas I. Smith, Cheraw; arion P, Winter, Moncks Corner; jssell D. Miller, Bennettsville; Ed- ^ urd P. Hodges, Columbia; John O. yj lylor, flonea Path; W. W. Moore, Columbia; William E. Bowen, 8J ickens; and Harry Slmonhoff. C. C. j^( tell of Spartanburg, who was not a eI ember of the class, was also admitd to the bar. w tveral New Enterprises. The Strawberry Club of Charleston as commissioned with a proposed pital stock of $10,000. The club ill deal in real estate and agrlculral products. J* The E. M. Hall Boat Yard Company Mt Pleasant, Charleston, was also e* tmmissioned with a proposed capital ? ock of $10,000. * The Dixie Produce Company of 10 nion was commissioned with a pro>sed capital stock of $10,000. A holesale fruit and produce company M contemplated. f avemor Qlves Good Advice. K Governor Cooper In his literary ad ess to the graduating class of the ntverslty of South Carolina appeal I to the young men and\ women to oi are their alma mater with a broad R lew for service and to aid the State si hlch has given them value returned it their stay in college manifold. The gi nrnrnnf ulrxl that iia mltrvrtm K? 1aW a ^expended ot raise the Stat* from ^ te Illiteracy mire it is bow In. "11 p( m would mtts tile state In the meet p, icrlflclal way today I would point you tr i the school room," he said. ^ It- ' \ i'-v . 's* * * * . ' . i . MRS. E. M. HOUSE .^^BZyr-tfl^MKx^^^H i 4 A very late photograph of Mrs. louse, wife of Colonel House, one of ie American delegates to the peaoe >nferenr? QUALITY. NOT NEUTRALITY elglum Has Come Into Her Own Through Great Valley of Suffering Which 8he Has - Passed. Brussels.?In his address before the algian chamber of deputies Presi?nt Wilson said in part: "The enemy committed many outget In this war, gentlemen, but the itlal outrage was the fundamental itrage of all. They, with insolent difference, violated, the sacrednesa ^treaties. They "showed that they tion, whether it had raised Its hand Q ainat them or not ;that they were a thless in the determination to have ti sir whim at their pleasure.. There- a M I* n* 111 i?i a v n mo uio viwiawiuu vi wiqiuu* m at awakened the world to the real I- ^ tlon of the character of the Strug- n i. n "A very interesting thing came out '' that struggle, which seems almost illogical consequence. One of the " at things that the representatives Belgium said to me after the war c gan was that they did not want d eir neutrality guaranteed. They did it want any neutrality. They want- * equality, not because, as I underaod them, their neutrality was lncure, but because their neutrality it them upon a different basis of ac>n from other peoples. | "I honored this Instinct in them, r ,d It was for that reason that the t( st time that I had occasion to speak p what the war might accomplish for B ilglum, I spokft of her winning a ace of equality among the nations. c >, Belgium has, so to say, once more n me into her own through this deep Q illey of suffering through which she t is gone. "Not only that, but her cause has a iked the governments of the civilis- t I world together as if instinctively j to a league of might. They have e IV VliO WUUK iAJWCI U1 UlftailJACU 0 anhood behind this conception ot v stice which is common to mankind. I J reps TAKEN TO PROTECT ? ALL AMERICANS IN MEXICO d - t "Washington. ? Ste|>s to protect tnerican citisens in the Mexican i ate of Chihuahua from possible bel attacks have been taken by the exican government. General Candido suilar, confidential ambassador from c exico to the United States, informed t e state department. Calling at the 8 >partment to pay his farewell re- a >ects to officials before going to a ew York and thence to Europe. Gen- c al Apullar expressed his satlsfatcion , : the handling of the recent Incident. c OCH CONTINUING TO MAKE > PREPARATION FOR INVA8ION Paris.?While the members of the erman peace delegation are still re >rted unofficially as violently oppoe- a I to signing the treaty and the great- { ' pare or tne uerman caoinex 10 oe ( ! similar mind, latest Indications are f lat the feeling In Germany is tend- t ig toward recognition of the fact tat the allied demands must be met. t Meanwhile Marshal Foch continues j Is preparations to meet any contln- j mcy that may arise. I OLC.HAK'8 GOVERNMENT ( POLICY 18 ANNOUNCED Omsk.?M. Poplaielf, new mdninter f the interior for Admiral Kofohak's usslan government, in an interview ild: "Until we readh Moscow our proram of social reform cannot yield ult. nor can any constructive work ? achieved while Soviets rule. Our ?llcy must, above all, concern the aasant farmers, who are the count's .backbone, and the bulk of the jpulation. a , 1 i * M >.:?$$ik':i < h BIG FOUR \ TO FURTHER jSBjHHBT IN THE 100,000 American Tron^^BpM In Invasion of Hui|?&^i 1/ Order to Advanm^^m-; '' Berlin.?Germany ?eace treaty of the 'li^^Hlpbeiited powers. The nat>n8|H8L^.it^y' >y a rote of 237 to 138 <I*^HB|pSiSl The assembly also ' yotH^QtMsats n ?_ _ - ? ? uon tureiuuisut V_K<Bauer Before the vote of wu aken, Herr Bauer, the premier, 5 leclared that ,the gorerfA^ would t lign the treaty, but wlthgA,^.trt^T.^ c Jdging the responglbllltyjfcr^t T Ger^ nan people for the war without 1 icceptlng the obllgatlonaafc|LiBft1| ^ I irtlcles 227 to 230 in relatng to the trial of the exdperpr ind the extradition of fljp 1 Qennaa- ^ Paris.?The council ' lltely rejected the Genp4tfE||?kro hat further alterations |A|a4? fa The council received f^W^fhwi T he Germans, which ajw||^H|c)Mg xo iare been prepared In'j^B&ar J* vere held to await adrhfl|Sin(^pt|. nar on the result of tt^KfeUng of he assembly. PreBlrier.b^wK,^.- ?' it once to the residencyPremier jloyd George, where thewWn took ** ip consideration q< the |?, 11 9 tc Cobleni ?l^pre than h?]J&b(ion P dlled soldiers-in the ire ready for a further** 1 Jermany. The troop. V* irdered by BftrshM & ompleted up^nd floirfltt re ready for dlstrtbtttlak-^^E^P^b lets and Tillages taks&jfl^Hr the dlsUles. One order in the ^^Ker by the itlona says that any ^^Btary regurhlch clTllians may flr^^Huse frail larchlng troops shall b^^Bupog the ledlately. Another orfl^Aux^Sd tatsr the requisitioning of CBK?bTMes slegraphi, telephones antf^Ewlways, les as well- as those XHgher utillieae services. About lOB^Hdoyed in ana will move forward il^^VO Amerier comes. J^Hs final or:nox resolution kaiKT postponed for the? been (present Washington.?Senate leafl )g the league of nations ?grs opposbeir plan to try for a tsifi^vandoned be immediate future onj^B Vote in esolutlon, and turned the?^?e Knox o crystallising sentlmer*'^^^PtteniptB Loot's proposal that tbZ^^^Rd Blihu ant be ratified with ) ^He coveThe decision was tal ^^Htlons. ast that the league fi\ a forenaln in a quiescent sta ^^Vould rooming week and proba ^^Brlng the reaty is submitted for iy ^Hintll the League supporters .have'-^Blcatlon. 11 along that they had sulfBnaintained o defeat the resolution aHcient votes Iltchcock, senior Democra Aid Senator ign relations committee, iB of the forr had expected that th^Ltd he nevrould be brought to a roB measure "I am not at all surpiB call. 4r. Hitchcock, 'at the dlsBlsed," said ire of the Knox resolutiB^.trous faillisappolnted its fridnds/ An- It has he Republican party." Hnd divided .IFF OF NEW CABINET . v> DECLARED PR! HECARIOUS London.?Commenting oH j arious life of the new caftv the preface is signed, the Rei^fclnbt, once pendent in Berlin says tSter correiccldent or a few abstenti^vat a mere my moment result in its dAn may at entrlst and socialists Btfeat as the rhich it depends. cOmmanHmbloc. on ?ut of the 423 deputies, Only 168 HUN FLEET AT 8CAPAjHr, COMPOSED or 7?'LOW - ) VESSELS London.?When the OeH ?st fleet surrendered laari^Aman high ind was taken to Scape Norembei rieed nine battlsahlpi, 'Iff. tt com iruisers, seren light crut^Bn* )>attl< lestroyers. As far as' ts^Bers and 61 he ships are still at 8ea|fl|hnown, al The battleships 'at Seei^A^EIow. he Kaiser, Kaiserld, VHm Eft 3ayern, Markgraf, KronprJ^Bnig Altytnl >rln*regent Lultpold, Oro^As Wll>e1m urst and the'FrederfTh djHear /Kaet i Otmss. iOMPERS RK-ELECTEdB- / OF FtOBRATIO<4^Hr?/0> ' ras re-elected pre*idenT^? Oomper can Federation of Lefeot the An? cation's conTantion a*4 tUn orgac alary of $10,000 a T?r.Hu *Oted roted acalnat ffedki | COMMANDER GRIEVE Commander Mackenzie Grieve, navt- li jator of the 6opwlth plane in which s te and ^Harry Hawker tried vainly to ti iroee the Atlantic. e S NO HIDE-BOUND PARTISAN r ti ti ronelders Opposition to League Con- * atltutes .an Unpardonable Offense tj >* Against Future Generations. el Washington.?The league of nations is ras supported In the senate by Sena- e1 3r McCumber, of North Dakota, a Re- m ublican member of the foreign rela- s< Ions committee, who argued in a ti hree-hours Speech that the league tc ovenant offered a just and pradtlcale plan for the preservation of world p eace. w The J^orth Dakota senator replied B > arguments of Senator ^Knox, of di ennsylVania, and other Republican si adftrp- and declared he could not be H10 IU Wilts itwtv wuaw i udu cum u? > w~ ted an unpardonable offense against all future generations." The North Dakota senator charged that there had been a campaign of misrepresentation against the league. He opposed as a proposal calculated "to sound the death knell of any scheme to preserve peace" the resolution of Senator Knox, which would declare the senate's opposition to accepting the league covenant along with peace terms. RUMORS OF ANOTHER BOMBING ATTEMPT GAINING CURRENCY Washington.?The menace of bomb outrages still hangs over the country in the belief of officials of the department of justice. William J. Flynn. chief of the department's bureau of investigation, said that he believed there were "more bombs to come," but said it was impossible to say wh?n the next attempt to create a reign of terror by explosions might be made. Supplementing Mr. Flynn's statement, the department made public testimony of Attorney General Palmer before the house appropriations committee asking for a special fund of I590.000 to carry on the hunt for radicals. The attorney general told the committee, as the testimony revealed, that government officials had been advised of a day set for another attempt by radicals "to destroy the government at one fell swoop." REJECTION OF TREATY TERM8 ADVISED BY HUN DELEGATION Rattle.?The German neace delexa tlon advised the cabinet to reject the peace treaty, according to. a dispatch sent from Weimar by the correspondent of The Frankfort Zeltung. The corespondent added that the experts with the delegation also were > of the opinion that the treaty should be rejected. 8ENATOR GORE INJURED I IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT Sioux Falls, S. D.?Senator Thomat * P. Gore, of Oklahoma, was injured * when an autoombile in which he wai > rushing from Mitchell to Sioux Fall! I overturned, throwing the senator out I on to the ground. Senator Gore was not seriously In Jured, according to attending physl ? clans. His shoulder was badly bruise* but he suffered no internal Injuries * The Oklahoma senator was speedlni to Sioux Fall* to catch a train. 1 ' I . NATS PRAISES PEANUTS FOR PERIOD OF HALF HOUI ________ p / ?_ 8 Washington.?Praise fbr peanut ^ was voiced in the senate for a hal k" hour. Edible and other properties o * the nuts are extolled In bl-partisa: J approral on an amendment, by Seni r- tor Swanson. of Virginia, to the agr * cultural appropriation /bill proposln $13,000 ,or collection and dlstrlbutlo * by the department of agriculture c *' market Information on peanut coqd h tkms. The peanut propoeal flnall was adopted. K:. ' ; RESIGNATION OF 6ERMANCABINET 'REPONDERATING OPINION1 18 THAT OE8PITE OPPOSITION . [ TREATY WILL BE 81T3NED. * . EBERT STILL IS PRESIDENT lo Confuted It Situation That It It Impottiblt to Obtain Even a Fair Idea .of Exiatlng Conditions. Paris.?Latest advices from Berlin re to the effect that the German cablet has resigned btlt that temporarily 'resident Ebert is to retain office. Various conflicting reports as to the ituation in Germany surrounding the itentions of those in high offices te ign or to leave unsigned the peace reaty of the allied and associated gov rnments are current. The preponerating opinion as. expressed in the umerous dispatches, however, indiated. that, notwithstanding the fact lat there was much opposition to iem? the terms of the allies finally ould be met, even if the signature of le treaty necessitated the rdsignaon or even removal of those at presnt in the high councils. So confused is the situation that it i impossible at present to obtain pen a fair idea of conditions in Gerlany as they really exist, but there ;ems basis for the belief that it id le Intention of the Germans finally < > acquiesce in the allied demands. President Wilson haa retuHied to aris from his trip to Belgium and, ith Premier Lloyd George of Greatritain and Clemence&u of France. Iscuased both the Italian cabinet cri s ana uie uerman situation. ITTER EXCORIATION OF HIS 8ENATE ACCUSERS BY PALMER Washington. ? -Attonie* General Mm?r? Atthe first-public hearing In with German interests. During the year and a half he was In charge of the office Mr. Palin&r declared he had been denounced by every enemy alien and every friena and attorney of every enemy alien in this country, and that in Berlin he was characterized as the "official American pickpocket." Every friend of the 40.000 aliens whose property had been seized were attacking him, he said, because his organization had seized enemy property and captured the German industrial army in the United States. It would be shown, he told the committee, that the particular charges lodged against him were not based on the ground that he had sold enemy plants at too low a price, but that he had sold them to Americans who had turned them to profitable account. HEARINGS ON REVISION OF TARIFF 800N AFTER JULY * Washington. ? General hearing! looking toward a general revision o the tariff will be started by the hous< ways and means committee soon aftei July 4, Chairman Fordney, of th< committee, announced at the close o hearings on the request of the potasl and dye industries for protection. Statistics and data,' Mr. Fordne; said, now are being assembled an< the committee proposes to go exter alvely and exhaustively into the whol subject with a view to drafting a bil revising the tariff in'accordance wit the campaign promises of the republ can majority in Congress. 8TRIKE CUTS RAILWAY LINES OUT OF WEIMAI Weimar.?Weimar is completely ci on irum iturnny vuiiiiuuuii.*iiuu mi all sections of Qermany because of suddenly called railway strike. Ai planes and the telegraph are the onl means of communication. Goreri i ment circles see in the strike a ne i spartacan attempt against the gover ment HAVAS DISPATCH ALSO "CARRIES" RE8IGNATIO 1 Paris.?A Haras dispatch from B 1 eel carried the same announceme 1 of Che resignation of the German ca 1 inet as that receired from oth ' sources. It was added that the min try would continue to direct affai - until President Ebert had formed new government. 1 The resigning cabinet, the diepat stated, persisted in looking upon t f peace treaty ae "Impossible of exec * a t? lion miiu uuiuypuimuir, ADJUSTING DIFFERENCES I ON AGRICULTURAL Sll Washington?9 an at? and housf a 1 fereee. on the $36,000,000 agrlcuKui lf appropriation bill began adjusting t k ferences (ailed to reach the rfd 1- proposing repeal of the daylight, si g lng law. Agreement on the rid n was predicted with its*acceptance it the senate and house apd 'it u 1- planned to seek no action in the s y ate on the separate house bill reps jing the daylight meaaure 1 . ' &' > , / v ' 1 *W' " %r SENATOR SIMMONS . *** OUT ONWAR PATH USURPATION OF LEOTSLATIVKy AUTHORITY BY DEPARTMENTS [' AND BUREAU8 MU8T STOP. . ? COHON PRICES ENDANGERED t %? Hereafter Action by Any Department" Calculated to Hold Down or Lowet * Prlcee Will Be Looked Into. Washington.?Senator Simmons filled his ammunition bag with hand grenades and went after officers of*' government Dureaus tbat are med-dling with cotton.. The war trade board aroused his ire. Senator Simmons served' notice on. the floor of the senate that the usurv. pation of legislative authority by eg;, ecutive departments and bureaus hul to cease. One of the particular things which' aroused the senator, was a report: " that Germany is, at this time. Very anxious to purchase, immediately* o/> upon the signing of the peace treaty, a very large amount of cotton, per* haps as much as one million Ave hundred thousand bales. 'According to'the report, one of the executive departments or bureaus contemplated issuing certain orders that would restrict' * Germany's purchase of cotton to small quantities at a time, at periodical, dates. Senator Simmons is determined.that hereafter any action of . any, ' department calculated to hold dowq,r the price of cotton and restrict ther freedom of trade in this great' south-' , era staple, shall be subject to the* closest scrutiny and any unauthorised attempt to lay restrictions upon the cotton market should be palled promptly to account. ; ? ^ At the conclusion of Senator Simmons' speech, in a colloquy which he had with Senator Fletcher, of Florida, it was disclosed that in the matter of freight rates between American ports gi'oaiy mmw ~ nated against. Senator Blmmood* dander Is up. AN APPEAL FOR PROTECTION AGAINST SECRETARY DANIELS Washington. ? President Henry Breckenridge, of the Navy league, appealed to Sherman Butler, of the house committee on naval affairs, for protection for his organisation against Secretary Daniels. In a lengthy letter he replied to an attack made on the league by Mr. Daniels two weeks ago. "We are imbued with no malice against Mr. Daniels," said: Mr. Breckenridge, "but following out the in' alienable American right of petition, ' we do petition, so far as you may be able to protect us as American citizens from the unjust application of the power of an official of the executive arm of the government, who by all our traditions is a servant of the I people and not a master of the people." i t WASHINGTON RECEIVES NEWS 3 WITH PROFOUND SATISFACTION r ? 9 Washington.?News that the'- Qerf man delegation had been instructed to \ sign was received by officials here with profound relief and satisfaction, r Reports of violent dissensions among i the various Oermna elements tfLnd of i- powerful Influences working to eome pass the rejection of the treaty, even II at the cost of an entente military och cupation of Oermany, had caused ap1 prehension in some quarters that mnmonf tha nnentU. CTOU <& l tttU mav uiuutut* v ?mv mvqv ? tlons might fail. R GERMAN 3IALOR8 8H0T BY THEIR OWN OFFICERS it ? h Thurso, Scotland.?German sailors a were shot by their own officers when r- they attempted to obey the commands ly of the British officers to return to n- their ships and' shut the seasocks. w This statement was made by Lientenn ant Nuttall. of the steamer Alouette, who reached here from Scapa Flow. SENATE ADDS $40,000,000 TO N AIR SERVICE APPROPRIATION ;a- Washington.?Taking up the $888,nt 000,000 annual army appropriation bill ,b- and continuing its consideration at a er night session, the senate tentatively Is- approved an appropriation of $55,000,rs 000 for the army*air service, an ina crease of $40,000,000 over the amount voted by the house, ofe Although the army bill was under consideration little progress was >q. made, action upon many committee amendments being deferred. 44 HOUR WEEK FOR WORKERS _L IE PRESENT MECCA OF LABOR m Atlantic City, N. J.?The American raj Federation of Labor at the eloetng see* elon here of 'its annual convention,' pledgpd itself to obtain a general 44hour week for workers in all crafts *T* throughout the United- States and for r employes in the government service, by The demand was based on s determln* '*? atlon to prevent unemployment, which w- the delegates delcared Is one of the >*1- two primary causes ef Industrial unr rest . i