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THE CHERAW CHRONICLE VOL. 22. , CHERAW, S. 0, TBOTtSDAY, JULY 10, 1919 NO. 36 LABOR EMPLOYMENT BUREAU CONTINUED CHANGE COMES OVER 8PIRIT OF DREAMS OF OFFICIALS ; AT WASHINGTON. WORK DELAYED BUT ONE DAY Appropriation of $400,000 Will Enable Bureaus to Continue Operations Pending Passage Permanent Bill - Columbia. Offices of the United States Employment service throughout the country, which were.abolished by the director general, John B. Densmore, because Congress had failed to aDnroDriate necessary funds for the continuance of the work, were reopened by an order from Mr. Densmore revoking hie previous order. This action was taken after Congress had passed the sundry civil bill carrying $400,000 for the employment service. The appropriation ofs $400,000 will enable the service to continue for two months and by this time it Is believed the " permanent employment service bill now pending in both houses will be passed. In the meantime the offices will continue their work as before, except they will be supported entirely by federal aid and will not rely upon outside help which has enabled the work to go forward since the latter part of March. work Ahead R. R. Commission. The South Carolina railroad commission has some busy weeks ahead.The commission will hold a hearing in Walterboro, Colleton county, July 10, relative to the stopping of through trains at Green Pond, where connection is made to Walterboro. The same day the commission will , go to Ehrhardt to consider the urgency of additional train service between Walterboro and Ehrhardt over the ^ Walterboro branch of the Atlantic Coast Line. The Question of the erection ftf a nofrtdepdt at Ehyharftt^isM "be considered the same day. While in Walterboro and Ehrhardt the commission will make an inspection of the physical condition of the Toadbed and equipment of the Walterboro branch of the Atlantic Coast Line and the Bamberg, Walterboro and Ehrhardt Railroad. July 17 the commission will have a bearing In the Columbia ofTice relative to the necessity of additional train service between Boston and Andrews In Georgetown county. On this same date a hearing will-be given relative to the plea for addi tlonal service over the Seaboard Alt Line between Savannah, Charleston and Georgetown, and also additional service between Georgetown and Andrews. Car Fare Reasonable. Holding that the plaintiffs in the rase against the Columbia Railway, Gas A Electric Company, who sought to have an injunction issued against the company restraining it from collecting seven cent street car fares in Columbia, do not appear to have suffered any injury other than that common to all other citizens who may wish to use the lines of the street car company, Judge W.. JJ, Townsend re fused the application for a temporary injunction. The effect of the refusal of the court to grant the injunction Is that the street car company will continue to collect ceven cent car fares as it has been doing slnoe July 1Schools Making Progress. One hundred and seventy-nine districts In 22 counties participated in the disbursement of state aid under the terms of the equalization law for needy schools. The amount paid out totals $58,120, leaving in the state treasury an unexpended balance ol $66,880. R. C. Wright, publisher of the Pol umhia Record states that he will ap peal from the Bethea libel verdict, tc the supreme court. Edwin Robertson Commended. Edwin W. Robertson, who gave his services unreservedly to the country during the war period by acting as state chairman of the first four Liber ty loan campaigns and district chair man of the Fifth Federal Reserve Dis trlct organization In the Victory Loan drive, has received a very complimentarv letter from Carter Glass, boo retary of the treasury. "You have served loyally at the sacriflce of your personal Interests, and ypu deserve the gratitude of your country," the letter concludes. :? .'a Board Exports and Marketing. The hoard of exports and marketing, which has recently been appointed by Governor Cooper, has charge and regulations of the corporations that may he organized for the purpose of engaging in the business of exporting commodities from the United States to foreign countries or to the insular possessions of the United States. When a concern organizes to engage in the export business, it shall enter into articles of association which shall state the object for which the association Is formed. B?thea Wins Libel Suit 'fha Jury in the case of Andrew ; Bethea against the Columbia Dail Record brought in a verdict for $3 000 for the plaintiff after deliberatin about six hours. The 12 men. retire at 12:50 p. m. and the verdict was ai nounced shortly before 7 o'clock. Attorneys for the defendant gav notice that a motion for a new trie will be made. Judge Townsend wl! hear arguments during the comln week. The plaintiff sued for $100,000 on a< count of several articles which ai peared in the Columbia Record con I menting on bis connection with th army and his right to wear the un form of a major. The defense endear ored to show that the Btories printe in the newspaper were privileged con munications. Society Is Doing Well. Recently Secretary Williams of th I state board of charitlei and corrcc tions, made an inspection of th South Carolina Children's Home S( ciety, and flnda the society doin much good work. He says there is a general mov< ment In the country toward the r? placing of orphanages by a system c placing the children in homes at a early age, so that they may becom used to home life and. get in close touch with the real world. The oi phanages are becoming agents fc placing the children in the best home: Tar Heel Women Invited. Mrs. Fant In conference with Mis Roberts, director of woman's dlvisio of war loan organisation of the treai ury department, and with Preslder Johnson of Winthrop College, was at thorized to Invite the North Carolin club women to Winthrop College fc the club women's course on the sam terms as those offered South CafOlin club women, and she extended thi invitation In person at Hendersonvllb Mrs. Alice P. Norton, editor of th Journal of Home Economics, and fc many years associate professor < home economics at the University c Chicago, will be sent by tne treasur department as our instructor for th thrift course. LutherJIk Summer School. Many Lutherans throughout th opening at Newberry College July 1 and continuing through July 18. Tb sessions are usually largely attende and prospects now ar.e bright for large body of Christian workers to t given to prayer which will be followe by a meeting of leaders at.8 o'clocl Courses will be given in" Sunda ^ school work, mission study, music, o ganization, principles of young pei pie's society, woman's home and fo eign and children's mislonary socl< ties, literature and many others. The faculty is one of the* best th? authorities of the school have bee . able to seehre in the eight years < the school. Want to Annex Greer. Governor Cooper has received a p tition signed by 650 people of Greei i ville for the annexing of a portion < , Spartanburg county, including the ell of Greer, to Greenville, and asking tt ; governor to appoint the commlsion 1 arrange the election on the question The petition asks for the -annex tion of 32 square miles of territory, 1 Spartanburg county, which holds 4 200 people and has taxable proper) worth nearly a million dollars. Matters Military. i According to information given o\ i at the office of the adjutant genera I Greenville had 69 men ready for 1: ' spection when the official arrived. N ' company has yet been formed i Greenwood. General Monrs whn w? in Barnwell, plans to go to Charle ton, where two companies, the Was ington Light Infantry and the Sumt< Guards will he formed. One compan ' has been organized at Pelzer. Appointed Supercargo. | Washington.? (Special) ? Senate Dial has secured a position for Boyc J. Whitehead of Union as superearfi with the United States shlppln board. Mr. Whitehead has been 1 Washington for some time with tt shipping board. Commissions and Amendment. i In the office of tho secretary i ' state an application for an amen i ment to the charter of the Bank i Norway was filed. The hank wish* to increase its capital stock from $21 000 to $50,000. i A commission was issued to tl Guaranty Loan & Trust Company < St. Matthews, the capital stock i which is to he $50,000. A commission was issued to the A ! drews Country Club. The 'capit ' stock Is to he $6,000 and the organic tion social in its nature. South Carolina Day. A fact not connected with the wor1! ' war Is that June 28 is known i "South Carolina Day," so named f< the victory which was achieved ov< - the Ilritish by the Americans at t> ' battle of Fort Moultrie on June 2 1 1776, in the War of Revolution, ar ' also because 100 years later at tl celebration of the centennial annlve 1 nary of that battle in Charleston, t! ' movement was set on foot, which r I suited in the "StraJRhtout" Democrat ' campaign that redeemed the stai from carpetbag misgovernmant WILLIAM D. UPSHAW J | C e v ^ . > Representative William D. Upshaw ^ 8 of Atlanta Ga., went to the national ^ congress from the pulpit, being by c ,. profession an evangelist. He has been t] }. conducting a revival in one of the (f Washington churches. ; PLEASANT WIRES APPROVAL I ir n e ? : t; 'r ii 3 New Corporation Will Not Conflict With $100,000,000 Cotton Export f, Financing Concern. a ?' f n New Orleans.?Plans for a syste- ? roatic campaign in the cotton belt for organizing counties of the states for H j. handling the annual crop were launch- 1 a ed here at the second meeting at the fc ir present conference of directors of the 0 e American Cotton association. J. S. a Wannatnaker, of Coluqibia, S. C., pres- 11 [s ident, said that $400,000,000 would be r 9 needed for forming the planned cor- t e poration to properly dispose of one ? >r fourth of the crop. ,f This corporation, according to t President Wannamaker, Will not non- J y flict with the ..proposed $100,000,000 e cotton export financing.,corporation, ? .as the former will; Limit fits' work to cotton tot domestic use. GoreiTjor Ruffln Pleasant, Louis ian'a, chairman of; the executive conj- . e mlttee of the export organisation, tel- ( >1 of New Orlearis, a. director of the ei- j. 8 port corporation, explained to the. ie American Cotton association the plans E d of the former. a The plans for organising, adopted c ie include the forming of county- and f d parish organizations in every cotton f k. grewing state and a resolution was ^ y adopted requesting commissioners of ? r- agriculture and presidents of farmers' t o- tmions to issue joint calls for the first r- meetings. . .. . , * e- Telegrams are beirg sent to governors of cotton growing states and it "presidents of "org'a'nifcatldWs interested in requesting that state meetings be call- j. 3f ed in July. ^ . c r KbNENKAMP HAS CALLED OFF r GREAT TELEGRAPHERS STRIKE > e- . -. 1 n. Chicago.?The strike of telegraphers 8 was called off "by S. J. Konenkamp, y president of the Commercial Telegra- ' ie phers' Union of America. t President Konenkamp called off the ? strike after he bad conferred with t a. other officials of the union. i ln A statement addressed to the mem- I I. hers of the organization hy President ly Konenkamp . read . ip part: . I "When the present Htrlke was declared against the telegraph companies under control of the wire administratlon, It was understood it would not r .? be made an endurance contest. The h ' strike was to be the final protest i -0 against the unfair and unjust treat- a mont we have received since August, t 1918. at the hands of the wire admin- c istration. t w "We realized that in order to make <! sr this protest effective it would be nec- r ^ h.^mary in umno mw nuinv buiiiliouiij acute to compel action. This does not > seem possible now, either through our efforts or the efTorts of others we reJr lied upon to help us. Acting upon ,e this conclusion and with a view to ( ' e rving your best interests, I hereby | * declare the strike at an end, and you h I are instructed to work without fur- i ther delay. You have made a gallant t struggle for your rights as American i workingmen and women. I f HIGH COST OF LIVING f . CAUSES RIOT IN ITALY dForli, Italy.?After a great meeting ^ here in which a vast crowd protested p against the high cost of living, the <" people, excited by inflammatory <" speeches, attacked, sacked and df?- r stroyed many shops which refused to I nrn i uiiiiiiuuiiirn at iuwci jii ircn. Soon tho fury of tho mob made no r n* distinction and had, no limits. All , p tho principal shop* were plundered, i a* and tho mobs controlled tho entire r city. \ t 60 MILES SILK RIBBON I ,d "FOR VICTORY BADGE8" is 51 Washington?Ordqrs have Just been 5r placed by tho army quartermaster f 16 corps for 105,000 yards?60 miles?of 1 silk ribbon, out of which, will be mado c the service stripes that men -who serv- r 16 ed In the war are entitled to wear. I r" Though the authorization for the "Vic- c l? tory badges.' ns they will he called, ?- was Issued hy the war department on t 'c April 9, It was found Impossible soon- c t* ar to start the manufacturing pro- i cess. I* 1ATIFICAII0I OF LEAGUE EXPECTED. fi.i (PPOSITION TO TREATY WITH PEACE LEAGUE CLAUSE 18 RAPIDLY CRUMBLING. IEBATE MAY CONSUME WEEKS y 'wo Great Elements, Business Men and Moral Forces Are Supporting Program of Administration. Washington.?As the President aproaches the White Bouse, the oppo- t ition to tho league of nations crum- J les. It has been. apparent here for P ays, ever since Elihu Root flred Into P he Knox resolution, that the republi- f ans as a party would never oppose J he league of nations. f A few personally ambitions senators f the Borah and Hiram Johnson ypo. are out for applause from the allery. but plain, upctical states- ft icn of the Penrose and Will H. Hays ype, are. like "br'or fgx," saying noth> M; Secretary Daniels hhs Just returned mi rom a speaking trip -In Ohio, Illinois 0i( nd other states of tjhe middle west. Pe le is convinced that the President ha 3 very strong there, r. po It is believed here that after a splr- ill ted debate of days, or perhaps weehs. he he war wi.l he closed^by the ratlflca- w< iqo^of the treaty, including the league an < nations.. . ?h Two great elements, the business nen and the moral Jforr.es, are sup- f I ?ortlng the program-of the admlnisraticn. Senators Ku?x. Lodge and thers of the anti-^Bson group are ooking for a soft iSJhing place, and Co hey can't prove that^lhe plan of the iresldent will not Woflpi iUPER-DIRIGIBLE R #4 NOW REST8 ON ROOSBMBVT FlELp. at Mineola. N.' Y-jjojkt Britain's sh- *c Mr-dirigible fc-34C^W flr?<v lighter- c* ban-air machine to>c|ees the Atlantic tours and 12 mlnuMs which covered on ,130 knots or approximately 3,600 land tii nlles. pl Passing through dense banks of :loud, with the sun and sea visible ca inly at rare intervals, the R-34 was ci orced to cruise 2,050 knots to reach Di rrinity Bay, N. F.. from East Fortune, of Scotland, and 1.080 knots from there ur o Mineola. an rHE PRESIDENT IS INVITED in TO SPEAK AT ASHEVILLE. la - $5 ARhevllle, N. C.?President Wilson fo las been invited to attend the sessions c? tf the Southern Labor congress, which $i neets here August 20, is the announce- vi nent of Secretary W. C. Puckett, of Atlanta. He was also asked to de- c< lver an addross during one of the lesn'ons of the congress. - The letter sent to the President inorma him that the congress proposes al o deal with legislative, social and yf tconomie questions that are actively Gf >efore the people at this time and tho ti< abor congress feels the need of his >resence and advice. g cr EARTHQUAKE OF MODERATE br INTEN8ITY 18 RECORDED, re m Washington.?An earthquake of ev noderate intensity, believed to have ci tad its center in Central or South fa America, was recorded early by the he leismograph at Georgetown universiy. The earth tremors first were re- Al iorded at 3:11 o'clock and continued int.ll 4 o ciock. i ne distance or tne listurbance wan estimated at 2.300 niles from Washington. ga t pc ALABAMA CONGRESSMAN fr SUES BIRMINGHAM PAPER. In Birmingham. Ala. ? Congressman oi leorge Huddleeston of the ninth Ala- PI >ama district, has filed damage la nilts against the Age-Herald Publish- w< ng Company aggregating $1,300,000. sp lased on cartoons and articles pub- m ished during the congressional cam- tl< ?aign last year. ha >RESIDENT OF PERU HAS Tl BEEN THROWN IN PRISON Idma. Pru.?Augusto B. Lequia has Lssumed office as provisional presi- of lent pf Peru and took up his resi- ex lencp in the government palace as a st esult e<f the successful overthrow of li< 'resident Pardo. tb Senor Pardo. all his ministers and i number of high officers of the army sr ind navy nre in prison, Pardo b"ing th n the penitentiary here. Virtually | pi io fighting and no casualties marked he overthrow of the government. "C . W. W. AGITATION IN CI MEXICO IS RENEWED. Washington.?Agitation by the Tnlustrlal Workers of the World has of ?eon renewed in Mexico, according to th ifflclnl reports received here. While ni >o actual violence has hnen reported in t was said there had heen threats to >f serious trouble. at With the forcible deportation re- in :ently of a number of leaders who sc :aused the strikes. Mexican nuthor- ui ties believed they had completely sc nippressed the I. W. W. agitation. pr GEORGE A. SAXTON m w George A. Saxton of Dorchester, mai sss., Is West Point's perfect young ^iti n. He Is a physical and mental v,e' ?nt, and Is rated at 100 per cent *dei rfect. Saxton Is six feet one and a If Inches tall and weighs 210 ' Ing unds. Up to five years ago he was res constantly; now he Is in perfect goi alth, cured by open-air life. He has ext jn high scholastic honors at Yale cer id Harvard. He Is eighteen years cor VE BILLION IS APPROPRIATED r tloi off< ingress Also Repealed Bills Footing HUj. Up More Than $15,000,000 Passed otii BY the Last Congress. Sh< is Washington.?Congress adjourned t*ie midnight until July 8. after enactg all appropriation bills needed by Ral erament agencies for the new lis- re8 I year. pai Success crowned the efforts of re- tha Lblican leaders to complete^ the necily after hours Of delay which at nes almost threatened to block their ans. 1 The final bill, the army measure, wa rrylng $775,000,000; the sundry in* vil bill, carrying $005,000,000; the j da; istrict of Columbia's annual budget i in< #io.uuv,uuu anu a deficiency meas- no e of $25,000,000. all were completed we id sent to the white house. all With enactment of ine final hills ma eluding measures passed at the we st session of Congress, more than < .000.000.000 has been appropriated arf r federal needs during the new year. ne! ingress also has cancelled more than I 0f 5.000.000 of war appropriations pre- se, ously authorized. on er DTTON CROP ESTIMATE ml UNDER 11,000,000 BALES. pa| Pe Washington.?A cotton crop of thf tout 1,000.000 hales smaller than last ho tar's was forecast by the department i agi agriculture in estimating prospec- of ?e production at 10.986.000 hales. Acreage this year shows a cut of 7 per cent from last year's, the deease being 3.247.000 ai res, the total ling 33,960,000. The agitation for a duction in acreage which the depart- ' ent of agriculture :?ays occurred in ery cotton-growing state, the scarty and high price of labor and un- r,a vorable planting weather caused the no savy decrease. ? ei da; FGHAN PEACE DELEGATES v,f ARE BACK FROM FRANCE. Dal th? Simla, India.?Afghan pence dele- tai ites have arrived at Jalalabad. Re- ral >rts indicate that all is quiet on the ontier and the belief is growing in wa dia that peace will be arranged. The general official and non-official pa linion appears to be reflected by the thi loneer's comment that Emir Amunul- gl^ 's overtures are obviously those of a shi eak. repentant ruler and that the gir Irit of contrition renders magnani- th< ity possible. The heat on the fron- sic i?r continues abnormal, inflicting gr< irdships on the troops. th( ERRIFIC TRAIN WRECK HC CAUSES TWELVE DEATHS. Dunkirk. X. Y.?Engineer Clifford, the New York Central's Westerner sts .press, tried, according to his dying ' go atement. to avert the rear end col- msi sion with train No. 41, which caused 1 e death of 12 persons. thi Witnesses said the siren was still lop reeching for the hand brakes when ha e Westerner, going r>0 miles nn hour. He owed into the rear coach of No. 41. coi Clifford's almost dying words were le.i lit! I tried to stop." be DNSCIENCE OF FIGHTER TF VS. THAT OF OBJECTOR. Washington.?tn refusing a request i the amnesty committee*of Chicago j,(1 at he make an "open," unequivocal , qv )peal to President Wilson for tmmed- st; to release of all conscientious ohjec- an rs, Secretary linker declared the q,. edition of future vara "was immeas- < ahly more advanced hy the con- Pr, ience which led young men to give th, [> their lives for it than hy the con- iPI ience which found itself limited to Qr otest." la, ILHELM MAY QUIT JLLANOJT WILL THE EVENT OF A REQUEST R DEMAND FOR SURRENDER HE MIGHT BE DETAINED. D TAPE IS GUIDING POWER bunal Under Whose Jurisdiction arty Resides Must Finally Pass On Matters in Question. msterdams?There is nothing to vent the former German emperor the former crown prince fronij ring Holland at their pleasure, acting to a. high government authorat The Hague quoted by the Am rdam Telegraaf correspondent. If ler of them should leave, however. official quoted said, the surprise their departure would be "unpleasboth for the Dutch government the Dutch people." Should there come, however, a dead for the former kaiser's extrnon," the official said in an inters w, "and should he then want to >art suddenly, it is possible he ild be prevented. He can, accordto the law of extradition, be 'arted.' at the request of a foreign rernment. but a demand for his radition must be made within a tain period. When the demand for extraditon lies it will be examined in the it of laws and treaties first. The r to be considered is the extradia law. Article II whereof specifies ?nses for which foreigners will not extradited. Extradition is also >ject of a number of other restricts. formalities and guarantees. Duld there come a demand which technically correct and in order, i government must first obtain the rice of the tribunal under whose leJurisdiction the person wanted is iding. Amerogen, being in the de tment of Utrecht, the tribunal of it department would have to decide. OBSERVED IN CAPITAL CITY EVashington?Return of world peace sthe dominating spirit of Washjton's celebration of Independence v. Pageantry in which the call of lustry and other civilian occupans to returning soldiers and sailors re displayed, and a parade in which of the nations arrayed against Germy and Austria were represented re the features of he observance, ^evn pageants showing the call of , of (he land, of commerce, bnsi *s and professions, of the children, labor, of liberty, and to the world vice, were given late in the day the lawns of department and othpublic buildings. These pantomes wer emerked into a great geant entitled the "Offering of ace." which showed the peoples of ? world, having passed through the rrors of war. returning with courp and anticipation to teh pursuits peace. :al wild west parade passes through paris. ^aris.?A gala performance of aust" at the opera, with Marshal rh An H n^n prn 1 Parohlnnr o llv honored guests, concluded the table Joint French and American ehration of the Fourth of July. The r opened with an early morning re>w commemorating France's particltion in the American Revolution and i celebration afforded varied enternment for the thousands of Ameri1 soldiers marking time in Paris tile awaiting transportation homeid. There was even a real wild west rade down the Champs elysees and ough the Place de La Concorde, ren by an American army circus owing in Paris. The cowboys, cowls and Indians, riding gaily through * Place de La Concorde to the milof a wild west hand, proved a far >ater attraction to the French than ? brilliant military spectacle. >HENZOLLERNS ARE NOT CONSIDERED PRISONERS. \msterdam.?The Telegraf undermds that the attitude of the Dutch comment regarding the ex-kaiser iv be sumnrized as follows: First of all. it should he made clear it a recent message about the ailed flight cf the crown prince was sed tin.in the ni'senneent inn flint ih? ihenzollerns arc prisoners. On the ntrary, they have full liberty to ive and their departure would even welcomed by the government. tIAL BOARD TO BE PRESIDED OVER BY JOHN A. HAMILTON. 1 am don.?John Andrew Hamilton, rd Sumner, will preside over the e Judges representing the United ites. CJreat Britain. France, Italy, d Japan at the trial of the former man emperor. Sir fiordoi". llewart. solicitor genii of Oreat Britain. will lend for s prosecution. William Hohenzol n, it is said, will be defended by rman counsel, assisted hv British aryers, if be wishes them. SOMEBODY SEEKING SHOW INJJMELIGHT PRESIDENT'S FOREH ANDEDNESS DISTORTED INTO EVASION OF THE LAW. SEVEN MEN REAL GOVERNMENT All So-Called War Legislation Was Determined Upon Weeks and Months Before War Was Declared. Washington.?Seven men formed a "secret government of the United States" which working "behind closed doors," determined all of the socalled war legislation "weeks and PVPn mnntha" hofnro mnr woo ^ ?? ed against Germany, Chairman Graham of the house committee investigating expenditure, charged after reading into the record a digest of the minutes of the council of national defense. This commission, he added, vat designed by law to act purely in an advisory capacity to the council, composed of six cabinet n ubers, but the president, he asserted, made them the real executives. After Mr. Graham had read to the investigating committee a digest designed to show that the military draft, food control and press censorship had been discussed by the commission several weeks before the war was declared. Representative Reavis, Republican, Nebraska, interrupting, asked if "all this was prior to the president's speech on armed neutrality, in which he said he was not contemplating war." The chairman answered affirmatively . I^ater in the recital of the digest. Mr. Graham said that the censure of the council and commission, uttered in senate and house, led Mr. Coffin to urge that "a definite channel of contact" be established between the council and congress. "In other word<f." commented the chairman, "Congress odfeht to be educated." New York.?The postoffiee department at Washington has contracted for the erection of three high-power radio stations, the first of a chain of wireless communicating centers in various cities to be used primarily for the direction of mail carrying airplanes handicapped by fog. it was announced here by Emil J. Simon, man uraciurer or radio apparatus lor the war and navy departments. Stations will be established at Belle Fonte. Pa., with a third at some point on Long Island or Newark. N. J. Appropriations for them already are available. Others will be erected at Washington and Chicago as soon as Congress provides funds. Each station will be equipped with steel towers 200 feet high and 300 feet apart and will have a range of approximately 400 milei to mall airplanes. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS READY; 5.000 WORDS LONG. On Board the U. S. S. George Washington.?The President's message, to be delivered to Congress on Thursday, is comple'ed. The message will take about 20 minutes to read and contains about 5,000 words, devoted to the peace treaty and protocols and the work of the peace conference. It is understood that the peace conference subjects are dealt with on ftroad general lines without taking up the large questions of the treaty In detail, as this probably will come later when the foreign relations committee of Congress examines the details. The President also will have an opportunity to go over these matters with members of the committees. In this examination of the terms he will have the co-operation of a number of specialists. now returning with the presidential party, who have dealt with the d tailed branches such as those concerning reparations. tentorial read justment and economic questions. WANT DIRIGIBLE AS WORKING PATTERN NTew York.?Purchase by the United States of the It 34, the big British transatlantic dirigible balloon, or its sister ship, the R-33, as a working model for dirigible development here, was urged by Henry Woodhouse, chairman of the dirigible committee of the Aero Club of America, in a statement issued here. Mr "Wmxlhouse added thnt army and navy aeronautical experts favored the plan. MINORITY COMMITTEE WANT9 PROHIBITION ACT REPEALED n'oolilnnl/u, Pl..? ... ?... \ ...? ?U. c*oaiuifs ivrts. r i?r u riiiLirin m IIIQ house ujdlclary committee, in a minority ' report on the prohibition enforcement bill, made public declared cor Kress should repeal the war-time prohibition act. While this report was beinK pro pared. Chairman Volstead, of the Ju dlriary committee, announced that h? had asked for a rule to make the Reneral enforcement bill In order tor immediate consideration.