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VOt. 22. OHEKAW, U. 0, 'i!)9H|^^|9tt26, 1919 " NO. 34
SITUATION AS TO .
BOLL WEEVIL PEST ?
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THIS IS THE THIRD 8EA8ON IN ??
BEAUFORT AND 8ECOND IN ^
JA8PER AND HAMPTON. tt
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LOST TERRITORY IS RE6AINE0 H
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Amount of Injury That Will Be Done *>3
This Year Depends Altogether on
Weather For Next Six Weeks.
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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<
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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
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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.
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>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.
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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. ^
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. MRS. E. M. HOUSE
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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.
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reps TAKEN TO PROTECT ?
ALL AMERICANS IN MEXICO d
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"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.
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BIG FOUR \
TO FURTHER jSBjHHBT
IN THE
100,000 American Tron^^BpM
In Invasion of Hui|?&^i 1/
Order to Advanm^^m-;
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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.
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. NATS PRAISES PEANUTS
FOR PERIOD OF HALF HOUI
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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.
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RESIGNATION OF
6ERMANCABINET
'REPONDERATING OPINION1 18
THAT OE8PITE OPPOSITION . [
TREATY WILL BE 81T3NED.
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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
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SENATOR SIMMONS
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OUT ONWAR PATH
USURPATION OF LEOTSLATIVKy
AUTHORITY BY DEPARTMENTS ['
AND BUREAU8 MU8T STOP.
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COHON PRICES ENDANGERED
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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."
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t WASHINGTON RECEIVES NEWS
3 WITH PROFOUND SATISFACTION
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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
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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
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