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'*- iH|Hp| } / THE CHERA?HRONICLE VOL. 22. ' " ~ CHEBAW, S. P., TH?'ff?8wSl"^^9 " NO. 34 SITUATION AS TO BOLL WEEVIL PEST ? THI8 IS THE THIRD SEASON IN BEAUFORT AND SECOND IN JASPER AND HAMPTON. LOST TERRITORY IS REGAINED Amount of Injury That Will Be Done This Year Depends Altogether on Weather For Next Six Weeks. | Columbia. j "The boll weevil is already showing considerable activity this season in western Beaufort County an dalso in ( parts of Jasper and Hampton Coun- 1 ties," says Prof. A. F. Conrad of the 1 South Carolina crop pest commission. ( Owing to the mild winter Mr. Weevil , wintered well and his family is now quite numerous, and active earlier than usual. "This is the third season of the j weevil in Beaufort and the second in , Jasper and Hampton, but he received ( a backset in the winter of 1917-18 and . lost all of Beaufort except Daufuskie . Island. Last season the pest regained all of this lost territory and increased In such numbers that the outlook in some sections appears threatening. 1 "The amount of injury that will be . done this year depends of course altogether on the weather conditions in 5 June and Tulv If thn r.- * ing that period of the year is do*, the ( damage will be very greatly reduced; 1 but should that period of the year be * moist, then we may expect very sharp 1 damage on a number of the plantations in that territory. ? 'Mf we have another favorable winter the most serious damage may be expected next year in the territory above referred to, and it is hoped that f accurate data may have been obtained I by that time in regard to the prac- c ticability and effectiveness of poison- c ing. Poison should not be looked t upon at the present time as a per- s / fected remedy. w "Will Pay Indigent Pensions. > The State pension board has ad- 0 jorned. Another meeting will be call- g ed within the next few weeks to com- j, plete all details as to the distribution ^ of the extra $100,000 appropriated at g the last session of the general asssem- ^ bly for Confederate veterans, who heretofore had not received any pensions. The lists of awards have not been completed. " W. D. McLaurjp, pension commissioner, said that the commission had c enrolled of these about 2,800 veterans. 0 These are dvided into two classes, the d classification being determined by n physical condition, financial circum- c stances and age. The more indigent i class will receive $40 and the other *sz. inere are anoui 4&u in me nrsi c class and about 2,300 In the other. t n Commission Visits Charleston. v The railroad cominisioners of this s State held a public hearing: at Charles- t ton, at the Chamber of Commerce of r the Consolidated Company's petition c for increased rates on the navy yard a line, the company taking the position v that improvements in the service this c year Justified the higher charges c necessary to yield a fair profit on operatiAis. Incidentally, a discussion of the shuttle train situation was held. ^ Navy yard employees, through representatives, appeared at the hearing * to protest against increased fare, de- c daring that the service now rendered < did not Justify higher fare any more t than the service previous to improve- s ments did, although it was admitted e that improvements had been made. * Should the shuttle train be discon- I tinued, it was declared by the egi- i ployees, additional traffic would prove ? too much for the trolley facilities. 1 ( Married by Governor. < Governor Cooper a few days ago. performed his first marriage cere- 1 mony. The couple came to Columbia 1 from Charleston and were married at the executive mansion at 3 o'clock in * the afternoon. The bride was Miss ' Katherine Ruth Salmoner. The bride groom, William Hughey Dtxon, is a ] chief petty officer in the navy. 1 Decreased Demand For Labor. J Common and agricultural labor In South Carolina is still short despite 1 an apparent decrease in the demand. < Men at Camp Jackson are needed but 1 not to such an extent as a month ago. < Farm laborers are needed practically all over the State and Industrial plants < are also calling for men. John L.. * Davis, federal director of labor for i South Carolina, said that the demand for all kinds of laborers was decreas- 1 ing and he looked for an equilibrium 1 between the supply and demand be- 1 fore the end of the year. Phone Operators Arrested. ( Postoffice inspectors who have been working up cases against the tele- ( phone and telegraph strikers here arrested two men, Jimmy Cline, an em- ' ploye of the Southern Bell Telephone 1 company, and Ernest Oreathouse, a transfer driver, who has been leading in the acts of the strikers. The men are charged with violation < of the federal statute against interference with the delivery and transmission of telephone and telegraph : messages. They will be given a preliminary hearing soon. k ? A * V iV a. .**.?. . . i'.iv il Highway Office Force Increased. The fact that 42 out of the 46 counties of the state have applied for all ror parts of their allotments of federal aid for road or bridge *b?.\llding has forced the state highway commission to expand its engineering forces both in its office and in the held. Each new road or bridge project approved ^ for federal aid by the state highway commission calls for a large amount of expert engineering work, both in the field and in the office of the commission, before the United States secretary of agriculture can legally approve it and cover the funds dollar for dollar which the counties have available. g The field work and ofTice work done I by the engineers and draftsmen em- I ployed by the commission is an in- I teresting phases of its activities. The ? public is much more familiar with I the commission as the branch of the i | state srovernmont tn which antnmAhiin I license fees are paid. Unlike hghway commissions in some of the Dther states, the South Carolina commission pays for all engineering work done on the state highway svs- 1 :em in connection with securing fed- I jral aid for buildng roads and bridges. j On January 1, 1919, the employees | }f the state highway commission in ( its engineering section consisted oi | he following: Acting state highway | ingineer, one; office engineer, one; j :hief field engineer, one; chief drafts- | man, one; assistant field engineers, wo; resident engineers, two; draftsnen, three?total 11. On June 1. 1919. in its engineering th< jection the state highway commission coi lad the following employees: State lighway engineer, one; chief of con- rf jtruction, one; chief of surveys, one; :hief inspector, one; bridge engineer, >ne; office engineer, one; chif draftsnan. one; chief of parties, five; field Be ngineers. 12; resident engineers, 11; -| Iraftsmen, five.?total 40. State Revenue Classified. I Classification and objects of all rev del rnues and expenditures In the differ>nt departments of the state governrag nent have been scheduled by Ben M. Inil sawyer, budget clerk, under the re :ently created budget commission. In 3U he foreword to the classification, Mr. 'n<* Sawyer says: "The design of the classifications is I ill foHh T?Txac?*Torm" all the j ems of expenditure and all sources f revenues in connection with the aga overnment of the state. With such rutj lformation at hand, it will be possile to conduct the business of the (or< tate along lines which are Justified tha y the experience of successful busr ?ati ess enterprises, public and private, gie. lace Clash Imminent. 1 The timely arrival of Policeman fl rg !arter and Huntt prevented a clash n a street car between a negro sol- . lier, a negro civilian and a white man. ^ 'he trolley was running toward the amp, and the white man was carry- ^ ng a mail pouch to the cantonment. The negro soldier boarded the car S6C m Main street and took a seat next to he white man who offered objection. The negro refused to move and the vhite man landed blow. In an intant three knives were brandished in an^ he air and the passengers were ter- ^rB orized. ' Officers Carter and Hunt ?' aught the trolley at the city hall and irresteci the negroes. The white man PIa vas allowed to carry the mail to the So. ;amp, but will be brought before the cor :ourt. val has foung Woman Lawyer. , Seventeen young men and young e(| vomen, 16 of whom received their liplomas from the University of South Carolina, were admitted to the prac- ma ice of law in South Carolina, the pre- jug tcribed oath having been administerd by D. E. Hydrick. Those admitted gT vere: Mary Guthrie Sledge, CheBter; "). B. Stover. Greenville; James DeTrerille, Walterboro; Paul P. Haigler, Or- i ingeburg; Marion A- Wright, Trenon; Harold Major, Anderson; John J. Simms, Barnwell; John Inglis Rice, rp,j, Columbia; Thomas I. Smith, Cheraw; VInrion P. Winter. Moncks Corner; lussell D. Miller, Bennettsville; Edward P. Hodges. Columbia; John C. Taylor, Honea Path; W. W. Moore, lr., Columbia; William E. Bowen, flp, Pickens; and Harry Simonhoff. C. C. Shell of Spartanburg, who was not a prp nember of the class, was also admitted to the bar. FC Several New Enterprises. The Strawberry Club of Charleston was commissioned with a proposed j capital stock of $10,000. The cluh _ will deal in real estate and agricultural products. ^ The E. M. Hall Boat Yard Company e sf Mt. Pleasant. Charleston, was also e* commissioned with a proposed capital ? stock of $10,000. *hf The Dixie Produce Company of ,n* Union was commissioned with a proposed capital stock of $10,000. A wholesale fruit and produce company hie la />nntorn<ra1 tu vvM?.?m|/*HVVU*. D Governor Glvss Good Advice. KC Governor Cooper In his literary address to the graduating class of the University of South Carolina appeal- - < ed to the young men and women to of leave their alma mater with a broad Ru view for service and to aid the State sal which has given them value returned for their stay In college manifold. The gn governor asked that no efforts be left unexpended ot raise the State from he the illiteracy mire it is now in. "II po you would serve the state In the most pw sacrificial way today I would point you trj to the school room," he said. po; 9 ; . I / ' idV MRS. E. M. HOUSE ^HWl'' IS * ^Nk ?B^*x ' "' sK?-'I ^ x> ,jA^v 4^1^^ J * very late photograph of Mre use, wife of Colonel House, one ol American delegates to the peac< *feren?*?? jUALITY, NOT NEUTRMITl Igium Has Come Into Her Owi rhrough Great Valley of Suffering Which She Has Passed. Brussels.?In his address before th< Igian chamber of deputies Presi Jt Wilson said in part: The enemy committed many out ;es in this war, gentlemen, but th< tial outrage was the fundamenta rage of all. They, with insolen Ifference, violated the sacrednesi treaties. They- 'showed that thej not care for the honor of anj i^fv. Miy 'tafcirywun care for the independence of any ion, whether it had raised its hand inst them or not ;that they weri iless in the determination to have iT whim at their pleasure. . There?, it was the violation of Belgium t awakened the world to the realiIon of the character of the strugA very interesting thing came out that struggle, which seems almost illogical consequence. One of the t things that the representatives Belgium said to me after the wax :an was that they did not want ir neutrality guaranteed. They did want any neutrality. They want equality, not because, as I under od them, their neutrality was in ure, but because their neutrality them upon a different basis of ac 1 from other peoples. I honored this instinct in them I it was for that reason that the t time that I had occasion to spenfc what the war might accomplish foi Igium, I spoke of her winning i ce of equality among the nations Belgium has, so to say. once mor? ne into her own through this deei ley of suffering through which sh? ^ gone. Not only that, but her cause ha? fed the governments of the civiliz world together as if instinctively o a league of might. They hav< the whoVe power of organizet nhood behind this conception o: tice which is common to mankind EPS TAKEN TO PROTECT ALL AMERICAN8 IN MEXICC Washington. ? Ste|>s to protee terican citizens in the Mexlcai te of Chihuahua from possibli iel attacks have been taken by th? xlcan government. General Candid* uilar, confidential ambnssador fron xico to the United States, informe* ! state department. Calling at th< jartment to pay his farewell r* jets to officials before going t( w York and thence to Europe. Gen il Acuilar expressed his satlsfatcioi the handling of the recent Incidenl >CH CONTINUING TO MAKE PREPARATION FOR INVASIOf 'arls.?While the members of th< rman peace delegation are still r? rted unofficially as violently oppof to signing the treaty and the greal part of the German cabinet to b similar mind, latest indications ar it the feeling In Germany Is ten<! f toward recognition of the fac it the allied demands must be mel Meanwhile Marshal Foch continue i preparations to meet any contlz acy that may arise. ILCHAK'S GOVERNMENT POLICY 18 ANNOUNCEI "VnaaV \f Panlnloff nonr rr?4nlatn the interior for Admiral Kolchak' isstan government, in an interview id: 'Until we reach Moscow our prx im of social reform cannot yiel lit, nor can any constructive wor achieved while Soviets rule. On licy must, above all, concern th asant fanners, who are the com '"s backbone, and the bulk of th pulatlon. * KAISER MUSM?jk ; 100,000 American TroopAytyjfl , assist I In Invasion of Hun Tj&tor] If Order to Advance jP^Qtven. j Berlin.?Germany will <sj^n the I peace treaty of the allied?n4 associ| ated powers. The nation^ Assembly by a vote of 237 to 138 dec^agfto ilgn. The assembly also voted" confidence in the new government officer Raimr 236 to 89. 1 Before the vote of commence was taken, Herr Bauer, the nL premier, declared that ?the govenJL,nt would sign the treaty, but withiJt acknowlf edging the responsibility &f the Ger \ man people for the war fed without i A accepting the obligations 4>atalned In | * articles 227 to 230 in thef-eaty relat|| ing to the trial of the foH^ emperor and the extradition of fler German ^ personages. ?/' ' Paris.?The council of fotfrhas defl- ' nitely rejected the GermtlfjtafgagtJon that further alterations bh tuade in fthe peace treaty. ^ The council received foufttotes from t the Germans, which are fjyposfij to f have been prepared in aWranc/ and t were held to await advic^J frjpji Wei- t 1 mar on the result of the.yetlng of c the assembly. PresidentvWaon went j. at once to the residoncp_ Premier j Lloyd George, where th'*^clncii took a 11 n rnnalHoroHnn r\f iha ? Coblenz.?2^ore than !j{<jAmjUion 1 . allied soldiers In the oJMH|AjirM8 1' 3 are ready for a furthri of ii Germany. The troop C ordered by Marshal Focl^^B W,n t completed up and down thfi^^B- irpd " , every detail has been WOij^By^Ar b r an advance; in the lunM^H " a r many does hot accett| t tlona, printed in German, as framed ? are ready for distribution Foch, tricts and villages taken o^BPthe dis allies. One order in the ?^Ber by the lations says that any ft^Wtary regu which civilians may flrB^ftuse from marching troops shall bw^Bupon the mediately. Another orM^Bmryed imfor the requisitioning of fh^B^rovides telegraphs, telephones an* H) railways, , ties as well as those m^Bjther utllii these services. About 100.^Sployed 'n . cans will move forward if Amerl der comes. final orI KNOX RESOLUTION HA* POSTPONED FOR THEB BEEN PRESENT Washington.?Senate lea<fl ing the league of nations rs oppostheir plan to try for a tes^vandoned the immediate future on vote in resolution, and turned thedr^Le Knox ' to crystallizing sentlmer* "\|^? ttempts [ Root's proposal that tb'Z^^^Bd Elihu nant he ratified with i coveThe decision was tal ^Htlons. ' cast that the league a fore' main in a quiescent sta ^^Vould re} coming week and proba ^^Brlng the 5 treaty is submitted for a ^^Kmtil the League supporters have ^HKcatlon. ' all along that they had suif^Vnaintalned to defeat the resolution a^lcient votes r Hitchcock, senior Democra^vd Senator eign relations committee, of the for' er had expected that th^pid he nevc would be brought to a rolB measure "I am not at all surpiHl call. Mr. Hitchcock, 'at the dlsi^Blsed," said lire of the Knox resolutiffletrous fail * disappointed its friends i^Bn. It ha? ^ the Republican party." ^|nd divided 1 LIFT OF NEW CABINET HDECLARED PRH ? ECARIOU! ' T^nitnn ?rnmmAiifinar nH 1 carious life of the new cn^Bv the pre 1 peace is signed, the ReiHbinet, ono< 5 spondent in Berlin says t^Bter corre * accident or a few abstentiHiat a men 1 any moment result in its dHons may a ' centrist and socialists ^Bfeat as thi 1 which it depends. comman^Bnbloc, oi ' out of the 423 deputies. Ba only 2S! HUN FLEET AT 8CAPA?r> 4 COMPOSED OF 7W1FLOW ? VESSEL! B London.?When the Qe^B est fleet surrendered last^Bman hiet and was taken to Scapa F^B Novembe prised nine battleships, JBow. H con fi cruisers, seven light crulJ^Blve battl e destroyers. As far as Is^Bera and 6 the ships are still at Soaji^B known, a 1 The bettleehlps at Scapula Flow. the Kaiser, Kalserin, Kofln Flow si s Baye'-n, Markgraf, Kronpri^Bnig Alty^r ' Prinaregent Lultpold, OroBi WiJbeln furst and the*Frederick ,Kue ?_^Br OW>s?e. GOMPERS RE-ELECTED ^B? , 0 OF FEDERATION ^BHEAD ' Hot labo t Atlantic CKy. ? Samt^H was re-elected president Oompe w lean Federation ot Labor ^^B the Am< Izatlon's convention and ^^B the orgm > salary of 910,000 a year. ^Bas voted (1 voted against the re-elec^Hbna radio k Oompers and a handful ^Klon of M ir sat In their chairs vhfkBl delegat ? staged a demonstration t^B the re *- their leader who said his H honor organised labor's answarJ^B lent ion wi doners and opponent*. H to Its D | COMMANDER GRIEVE Commander Mackenzie Grieve, navlgator of the Sopwlth plane In which he and ^Harry Hawker tried vainly to crosa the Atlantic. IS NO HIDE-BOUND PARTISAN! r Considers Opposition to League Constitutes an Unpardonable Offense ?- Against Future Generations. Washington.?The league of nations vas supported in the senate by Senaor McCuinber, of North Dakota, a Remblican member of the foreign relaions committee, who argued in a hree-hours speech that the league :ovenant offered a Just and practica>le plan for the preservation of world >eace. The North Dakota senator replied o arguments of Senator . Knox, of 'ennsylvania, and other Republican saders and declared he could not be nfluenced against the league plan by tarty tfbnsiderRtinna "Partisan that I am.- he asserted. I hope I shall never be so hideoond or so hllndejl by party exigency B to oppose Utot position taken or a ^ aaclarea ?/ h member of any f againstany roasonable^^^n 1 preservation 6t world peace with a conviction that would folio* me to the grave that I had commit ted an unpardonable offense againsi all future generations." The North Dakota senator charget that there had been a campaign o misrepresentation against the league He opposed as a proposal calrulate< "to sound the death knell of an; scheme to preserve peace" the resoln tion of Senator Knox, which would de clare the senate's opposition to ai cepting the league covenant aloni with peace terms. RUMORS OF ANOTHER BOMBING ATTEMPT GAINING CURRENC' Washington.?The menace of horn outrages still hangs over the countr in the belief of officials of the depar ment of Justice. William J. Flynn, chief of the d< naetmant'a Kiirnoii r%t inunstlao t ini said that he believed there wei "more bombs to come," but said was impossible to say when the ne: attempt to create a reign of terror I explosions might be made. Supplementing Mr. Flvnn's stnt ment, the department made public te . timony of Attorney General Palm< . before the house appropriations cor . mittee asking for a special fund i $500,000 to carry on the hunt for ra icals. The attorney general told tl I committee, as the testimony reveale . that government officials had been a , vised of a day set for another attem I by radicals "to destroy the gover ment at one fell swoop." REJEQTION OF TREATY TERMS i ADVISED BY HUN DELEGATIC Basle.?The German peace delep 8 tlon advised the cabinet to reject t i- peace treaty, according to a dlspat 8 sent from Wpimar by the correspor t ent of The Frankfort Zeitung. d The corespondent added that t i experts with the delegation also wf 5 of the opinion that the treaty shoi be rejected. SENATOR GORE INJURED S IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDEf *- Sioux Falls. S. I).?Senator Thorr >r P. Gore, of Oklahoma, was injur l- when an autoomblle in which he w e rushing from Mitchell to Sioux Fa 0 overturned, throwing the senator < 11 on to the ground. Senator Gore was not seriously Jured, according to attending phj L clans. His shoulder was badly bruli but he suffered no Internal injur) ^ The Oklahoma senator was speed to Sioux Falls to catch a train. I SENATE PRAISES PEANUT8 * FOR PERIOD OF HALF HO n Washington.?Praise fbr pean fi"" was voiced in the senate for a 1 n' hour. Edible and other properties * the nuts are extolled in bi-parti ** approval on an amendment, by Se [r tor Swanson, of Virginia, to the a cultural appropriation. bill propos 111,000 for collection and dlstrlbui o* by the department of agriculture market information on peanut coi tlons. The peanut proposal Am was adopted. / RESIGNATION OF I GERMANGAB1NET PREPONDERATING OPINION" 18 C THAT DESPITE OPPOSITION i TREATY WILL BE SIGNED. \ EBERT STILL IS PRES'DENT C So Confused Is Situation That It Is H Impossible to Obtain Even a Fair < Idea of Existing Conditions. Paris.?Latest advices from Berlin are to the effect that the German cab- ec inet has resigned but that temporarily gr President Ebert is to retain office. gc Various conflicting reports as to the ^1 situation in Germany surrounding the intentions of those in high ofTices to sign or to leave unsigned the peace th treaty of the allied and associated gov pa ernments are current. The prepon- ec derating opinion as expressed in the to numerous dispatches, however, indicated that, notwithstanding the fact ar that there was much opposition to ^ them, the terms of the allies finally an would be met, even if the signature of UI i the treaty necessitated the resigna- a tion or even removal of those at pres- ha ent in the high councils. ^r So confused is the situation that it re is impossible at present to obtain mi even a fair idea of conditions in Ger- in; many as they really exist, but there G? seems basis for the belief that it is qu the intention of the Germans finally i da to acquiesce in the allied demands. President Wilson has retuWied to th Paris from his trip to Belgium and, de with Premier Lloyd George of Great th Britain and Clemenceau of France. fr< discussed both the Italian cabinet cri- er sis and the German situation. cl< atl BITTER EXCORIATION OF HIS ?? SENATE ACCUSERS BY PALMER pr Washington. Attorney General m( Palmer, at the first public hearing in ha the fight to prevent confirmation by the senate of his appointment, turned fr< ''charged that they were aligned with J " German interests. ' During the year and a half he was " In charge of the office Mr. Palmer declared he had been denounced by i every enemy alien and every friena * I and attorney or every enemy aiien iu this country, and that in Berlin he {was characterized as the "official American pickpocket." i Every friend of the 40.000 aliens j , whose property had been seized were attacking him. he said, because his K organization had seized enemy property and captured the German industrial army in the United States. It would be shown, he told the commit; tee. that the particular charges lodged ^ ! against him were not based on the I grour.d that he had sold enemy plants h J at too low a price, but that he had y I sold them to Americans who had j. turned them to profitable account. HEARINGS ON REVISION OF TARIFF SOON AFTER JULY 4 a I Washington. ? General hearings ctj looking toward a general revision of the tariff will be started by the house j ways and means committee soon after e" ! July 4. Chairman Fordney, of the s" committee, announced at the close of ?r hearings on the request of the potash n* and dye industries for protection. Statistics and data. Mr. Fordney said, now are being assembled and ie the committee proposes to go extensively and exhaustively into the whole "* subject with a view to drafting a bill pt revising the tariff in accordance with n" the campaign promises of the republican majority in Congress. STRIKE CUTS RAILWAY >N LINES OUT OF WEIMAR ca- Weimar.?Weimar is completely cut he off from railway communication with oh oil coctlnrn nf P.prnmnv because of a id- suddenly called railway strike. Airplanes and the telegraph are the only he means of communication. Oovern>re ment circles see in the strike a new >ld spartacan attempt against the government. HAVAS DISPATCH ALSO S,T "CARRIES" RESIGNATION las Paris.?A Havas dispatch from Pa,p<' eel carried the same announcement 'aB of the resignation of the German cabInet as thnt received from other 31,1 sources. It was added that the ministry would continue to direct affairs n* until President Ebert had formed a f*l" new government. led The resigning cabinet, the dispatch es- stated, persisted In looking upon the ,UB peace treaty as "impossiDie or execution and unsupportable." ADJUSTING DIFFERENCES UR ON AGRICULTURAL BILL uts Washington?Senate and housf con ia" fereea on the $36,000,000 agricultural ?' appropriation bill began adjusting difBan ina- '?irencC8 failed to reach the rider gri- proposing repeal of the daylight sar >ing ing law. Agreement on the rider Jon wan predicted with its. acceptance by of the senate and house and it was ndi- planned to seek no action in the sen ally ate on th? separate house bill repeal ing the daylight measure senator simmons out am path 8URPATION OF LEGrSLATIVE AUTHORITY BY DEPARTMENTS ' AND BUREAUS MUST STOP. OTTON PRICES ENDANGERED; ereafter Action by Any Departments* Calculated to Hold Down or Lower ' Prices Will Be Looked Into. Washington.?Senator Simmons filli his ammunition hag with hand enades and went after officers of" vernment bureaus that are meding with cotton.. The war trade >ard aroused his ire. . . Senator Simmons served notice on . e floor of the senate that the usur-.. Ltion of legislative authority by e*;, utive departments and bureaus had cease. One of the particular things which oused the senator, was a repor?' at Germany is, at this time. Very ixious to purchase, immediately- . ton the signing of the peace treaty, very large amount of cotton, per* ,ps as much as one million five huned thousand bales. According to'the port, one of the executive departents or bureaus contemplated issug certain orders that would restrict" >rmany's purchase of cotton to small antities at a time, at periodical, tes. .. Senator Simmons is determinedat hereafter any action of any, partment calculated to hold dowij; e price of cotton and rpRtrlot ?h? ?edom of trade in this great southn staple, shall be subject to the' isest scrutiny and any unauthorized tempt to lay restrictions upon the tton market should be called omptly to account. , At the conclusion of Senator SimDns' speech, in a colloquy which he d with Senator Fletcher, of Florida, was disclosed that in the matter of sight rates between American ports ;lc "States are very' grossly' disbrlml- " lated against. Senator Simmons* lander is up. *N 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 organization 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 inalienable 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 people and not a master of the people." WASHINGTON RECEIVES NEWS WITH PROFOUND SATISFACTION Washington.?News that the- German delegation had been instructed to sign was received by officials here with profound relief and satisfaction. Reports of violent dissensions among the various Germna elements < pjid of powerful Influences working to compass the rejection of the treaty, even at the cost of an entente military occupation of Germany, had caused apprehension in some quarters that even at the last moment the negotiations might fail. GERMAN SIALORS SHOT BY THEIR OWN OFFICERS Thurso. Scotland.?German sailors were shot by their own officers when they attempted to obey the commands of the British officers to return to their ships and shut the seasocks. This statement was made by Lieutenant Nuttall, of the steamer Alouette, who reached here from Scapa Flow. SENATE ADDS $40,000,000 TO AIR SERVICE APPROPRIATION Washington.?Taking up the $888,000,000 annual army appropriation bill and continuing its consideration at a night session, the senate tentatively approved an appropriation of $55,000,000 for the army%air service, an increase of $40,000,000 over the amount voted by the house. Although the army bill was under consideration little progress was made, action upon many committee amendments being deferred. 44 HOUR WEEK FOR WORKERS 18 PRE8ENT MECCA OF LABOR Atlantic City. N. J.?The American Federation of Labor at the cloning session here of its annual convention, pledged Itself to obtain a general 44hour week for workers in ail craft* throughout the United- States and for employes in the government service. The demand was based on a determini ation to prevent unemployment, which the delegates delcared is one of the - two primary causes of industrial unrest. e /