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j> ~* T v 1* jt :' ? . % _ , .... ^ * ? THE CHERAW CHRONICLE VOL. 22. 1 ;., OHBBAW, S. C? THIJESDAY, JULY 10, 1919 NO. 36 ?. " " LABOR EMPLOYMENT: BUREAU CONTINUEOi n< CHANGE COMES OVER SPIRIT n< OF DREAMS OF OFFICIAL8 h, AT WASHINGTON. w WORK DELAYED BUT ONE DAY = ai fo Appropriation of $400,000 Will Enable Bureaus to Continue Operations m Pending Passage Permanent Bill c. Columbia. Offices of the United States Employment service throughout the country, which were abolished by the director g( -general, John B. IJensmore, because . Congress had failed to appropriate necessary funds for the continuance of the work, were reppened by an order from Mr. Densmore revoking m his previous order. This action was p taken after Congress had passed the p' sundry civil bill carrying $400,000 for e* the employment service. Ul The appropriation" "of$400,000 will lc enable the service to continue for two months and by this time it is believed the permanent employment service bill now pending in both T "houses will be passed. In the mean t ? uiuo uia uiutea win conunue inoir work as before, except they will be Qj supported entirely by federal aid and n] will not rely upon outside help which j( "has enabled the work to go forward ^ since the latter part of March. cl th "Work Ahead R. R. Commission. te r1 The South Carolina railroad com- , mission 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 connec- 4 tlon is made to Walterboro. d? The same day the commission will > go to Ehrhardt to consider the urgency of additional train service between . Walterboro and- Ehrhardt over the Ll L Walterboro branch of the Atlantic ^ _y... Lin*. The question of the ere*?, at W Hon of a hew depot at Ehrhardt will cl f be considered the same day. fe While in Walterboro and Ehrhardt OI the commission will make an inspoc- al tion of the physical condition of tho s< Toadbed and equipment of the Walter- RI boro branch of the Atlantic Coast *a X<ine and the Bamberg, Walterboro E1 and Ehrhardt Railroad. *' p July 17 the commission will have a. sc "hear In a in the Columbia office rela tlve to the necessity of additional. *! train service between Boston and An- p. drews In Georgetown county. On this same date a hearing will be 1 given relative to the plea for add!- tlonal service over the Seaboard Air a' X.Ine between Savannah, Charleston a and Georgetown, and also additional service between Georgetown and Andrews. V Car Fare Reasonable. ti Holding that the plaintiffs in the v case against the Columbia Railway, S Gas St Electric Company, who sought o: to have an injunction issued against g< the company restraining it from col- a lectlng seven cent street car fares in Columbia, do not appear to have suf- ti fered any Injury other than that com- S mon to all other citizens who may 2< wish to use the lines of the street car w company. Judge W. H. Townsend refused the application .for a temporary ft Injunction. The effect of the refusal of the court to grant the Injunction a is that the street car company will G continue to collect ceven cent car s fares as it has been doing since July c< 1. G ii Schools Making Progress. t( One hundred and seventy-nine dis- ii tricts in 22 'counties participated in g the disbursement of state aid under h the terms of the eaualization law for needy schools. The amount paid out a totals $58,120, leaving in the state treasury an unexpended balance of n $65,880. j It. C. Wright, publisher of the Col- w timbla. Record states that he will ap- b peal from the Bethea libel verdict, to v the supreme court. s] Edwin Robertson Commended. C Edwin W. Robertson, who gave his services unreservedly to the country si during the war period by acting as n state chairman of the first four Liber- n ty loan campaigns and district chair- t< man of the Fifth Federal Reserve Dis- m trict organization in the Victory Loan drive, has received a very compli- <; mentary letter from Carter Glass, see- s retary of the treasury. w "You hare served loyally at the sacrifice, of your personal interests, and d y#u deserve the gratitude of your si country," the letter concludes. ti Board Exports and Marketing. $ The hoard of exports and marketing, which has recently been appointed by w Governor Cooper, has chnrfce and regulations of the corporations that may t] he organized for the purpose of en- tl gaging In the business of exporting |> commodities from the United States 1 to foreign countries or to the insular ft possessions of the United States. c< When a concern organizes to engage Bi in the export-business, it shall enter n into articles of association which shall' R state the object for wbleh the assocla? c ion Is formed. .. f, Ku.'f. *the? Wins Libel 6ulL 9 Jury in the case of Andre# J. ethea against the Columbia Daily ecord brought in a verdict for |8,>0 for the plaintiff after deliberating K>ut six hours. The' 12 men retired : 12:50 p. m. and the verdict was anjunced shortly before 7 o'clock. Attorneys for the defendant gave )tice that a motion for a new trial ill be made. Judge Townsend will ?ar arguments during the coming eck. a The plaintiff sued for |100,000 on ac- J >unt of several articles which ap- |1 mred in the. Columbia Record com- "P onting on hlB connection with the my and his right to wear the nni- f rm of a major. The defense endeav ed to show that the stories printed | the newspaper wera privileged com- | unications. sciety Is Doing Well. ' < . Recently Secrotary Williams of the > ate hoard of charitlei and correc- ^ ons. made an inspect'on of the juth Carolina Children's Home Soety, and finds the society doing of uch good work. co He says there is a. general niov'e- Pr ent in the country toward the re- co acing of orphanages by a system of ^ acing the children in homes at an irly age, so that they may become P sed to home life and get in closer ' ' iuch with the real world. The on manages are becoming agents for acing the children in the beat homes. ar Heel Women Invited. Mrs. Fant in conference with Miss oberts, director of woman's division ' war loan organisation of the treaa- mi ry department, and with President ori l'hnson of WInthrop College, Was aulorired to invite the North Carolina ed ub women to Winthrop College Jor pr le club women's course on the same rms as those offered South Carolina ^ uh women, and she extended .this vitatlon in person at Hendersonville. ne rs. Alice P. Norton, editor of the po nirnal of Home Economic*. *nd for fo' any years associate profesbor of )me economics .at the University of hicago, will be sent by tne treasury apartment as our instructor for the CP irlft pnuru 88 - CO ? . I utheran Sum mar School. . 1ft, Many Lutheran* throughout the ml to f the ?? asses and Twstnrs civnUB To be of- or red at the Lutheran: summer school of lening at Newberry Oollege July 13 po id continuing through July 18:- The At isslona are usually largely attended of id prospects now are bright for a rge body of Christian workers to be in< en to prayer which will be followed pa 7 a meeting of leaders at 8 O'clock, gr ourses will be given in Sunday ad >hool work, mission study, music, or- ag inization, principles of young poo- ur le's society, woman's home and for- nn gn and children'9 liiisionary sociees, literature and many others. nc The faculty is one of the best that pr ijthorities of the school have been re ble to secure in the eight years of ed le school. K< /ant to Annex Greer. Governor Cooper has received a petion signed by 650 people of Greenille for the .annexing of a portion of Wi partanhurg county, including the city Pr f Greer, to Greenville, and asking the P*1 overnor to appoint the commlsion to rrange the election on the question. The petition asks for the annexa- ol on of 32 square miles of territory. In partanhurg county, which holds 4,- '>e 30 people and has taxable property rnrfh noowltr n Ml I/m* *1 1 ~ ? v/i vu uuui tj u iiiiiiiuu uunai n. . Cll latters Military. un According to information given out t the office of the adjutant general, ,>e reenville had 69 men ready for in- st pection when the official arrived. No ap ompany has yet been formed v at m reenwood. General Moore, who wai i Barnwell, plans to go to Charles- ,sl >n. where two companies, the "Wastaigton Light Infantry and the Sumter 1,1 uards will be formed. One company ns as been organized at Pelzer. ac se ftfl ppointed Supercargo. Washington.? (Special) ? Senator ' inl has secured a position for Boyce . Whitehead of Union as supercargo * rith the United States shipping ('f oard. Mr. Whitehead has been In nr Washington for some time with the 1 s t hipping board. ' ommlsslons and Amendment. In the office of tho secretary of tate an application for an amendlent to the charter of the Bank of iorway was filed. The hank wishoH ^ > increase its capital stock from $26. oo to ?r?o.oon. IM A commission was issued to the si uarnnty Loan A Trust Company of t. Matthews, the capital stock of ' hiih in to he $50,000. A commission was issued to the An- (j, rows Country Cluh. The capital ^ Lock is to he $f>.000 and the organizaon social in its nature. CH outh Carolina Day. gg A fact not connected with the world rar is that June 28 is known as South Carolina Day," so named for ie victory which was achieved over :ie British by the Americans at the P0 attle of Fort Moultrie on June 28. sj 776, In the War of Revolution, and tj, lso hoc&use 100 years later at the e(] olebratlon of the centennial annlver- -pi ?ry of that battle 4n Charleston,, th$ to lovement was set on foot, which re- w ulted in the "fltraightout" Democratic ^ ampaign that redeemed the stats si rom carpetbag mlsgorernment. c< . WILLIAM D. UPSHAW ?--^ ^ yjpyf & >*,; |Hs 1 n.[*f vtHKMWaH9^nM^MKMBMBnwxRSw ^wv. *r.-: ' : -: :Cx^:waw:i?8a vw<rt^v.,?w|-vs..v/^>:v.;.< > t y:-': :-;<^w?MiiwM?< Xvwiv.v/ '^*^ . .T*' . # Representative William D. Upshav Atlanta, Ga., went to the nationa ngress from the pulpit, being b) ofession an evangelist. He hae beer inducting a revival In one of thi ashington churches. LEASANT WIRES APPROVAI sw Corporation Will Not Confllc With $100,000,000 Cotton. Export Financing Cohcern. New ' Orleans.?Plans for a syste itjc campaign. In the cotton belt fo gnnizin^TVobniies of the states fo ndling the annual crop were launcb bore at the second meeting at th< 8,sent conference of directors of thi nerJcan Cotton association. J. S annamaker, of Columbia, S. C.. prea snt, said that $400,000,000 would b< eded for forming the planned cot ration to properly dispose of on< urtta of the crop. ThlB corporation, according t< eetdent Wanrtamaker, will not con ft with the proposed $100,000,00 ttbn export financing corporation the former will limit' ita work t tton for domestic use. ^ . . Governor Rtiffin Pleasant, " Loui aa, chairman f>t the executive com ittee of the export organisation, tel New Orleans, a directbr of.the qi rt corporation, explained to .th] liorican Cotton association the plan the former. The plans for organising, adoptei elude the forming of county am rish organizations in every -cottoi owing state and a resolution wa opted requesting commissioners o rieulture and presidents of farmers lions to issue joint calls for the firs petlrigs. Telegrams are beir.g. sent to govei >rs of cotton growing, states .am esidents of organizations Jnterestei questing that state meetings be cal! in July. * ... * DNENKAMP HAS CALLED OFF GREAT TELEGRAPHERS STRIKI 4. . Chicago.?The strike of telegrapher is called ofT by S. .J. Kononkamj esident of the Commercial Telegra iers' TTnfon of America. President Konenkamp called off th riko after he '"had conferred witl her officials of the union. A statement addressed to the merr rs of the organization .by Presiden onenkamp read lhv part: "When the present strike was d< ared against the telegraph companie ider control of the wire administrc >n, It wait understood It would no i made an endurance contest. Th rike was to be the Anal protes ;ainst the unfair and unjust treai ent we have received since August 18. at the hands of the wire admii tratton. "We realised that in order to mak 13 protest effective it would be ne< sary to make the strike sufficient! ute to compel action. This does nc em possible now, either through on rorts or the efforts of others we r< >d upon to help us. Acting upo Is conclusion and with a view t rvlng your best interests, I hereb 'dare the strike at an end. and yo e instructed to work without fui er delay. Yoti have made a gallon ruggle for your rights as America itrklngmen and women. IGH COST OF LIVING CAUSES RIOT IN ITAL Forli, Italy.?After a great meet In "? I r> ??!? I oK a vnot neavurd nrntooto :?inst the high cost of living, th *oplr\ excited by inflamraator >eeches, atta-cked. sacked and di roved many shops which refused t II commodities at lower prices. Soon the fury of thn mob made n stlnction and had no limits. 'A 0 principal shop* were plunderoi id the mobs controlled the entir ty. U MILES SILK RIBBON "FOR VICTORY BADGES Washington?Orders have Just bee laced by the army quartermaste >rps for 105.000 yards?60 miles?< Ik rii>bon, but of which will be mad e service stripes that men who sor 1 In the war are entitled to wen hough the authorization for the "Vl< ry badges.' as they will be callei as Issued by the >ar department o prll 9. it was found Impossible sooi to start the manufacturing pr its. RATIFICATION OF LEAGUEEXPEGTED OPPOSITION TO TREATY WITH PEACE LEAGUE CLAUSE IS RAPIDLY CRUMBLING. | DEBATE MAY CONSUME WEEKS I f 5 Two Great Elements, Business Men faod .Moral Forces Are Supporting Program of Administration. I Washington.?As the President api proaches the White House, the oppo' sltion to the leaRue of nations crumbles. It has been apparent here for ' days, ever since Elihu Root fired into ' the Knox resolution, that the republif cans as a party would never oppose 1 the league of nations. s A few personally ambitious senators . of the Borah and Hiram Johnson typo, are out for applause from the gallery, but plain, practical statesmen of the Penrose and Will 11. Hays type, are, like "br'er fox," saying notht ing. Secretary Daniels has Just returned from a speaking trip in Ohio, Illinois and other states of the middle west. He is convinced that the President i. is very strong there, r It is believed here that after a splr r ited debate of days, or perhaps wee'ts, r the war will be closed by the ratlflea5 tlon of the treaty, including the league B of nations. I. Two great elements, the business i- men and the moral forces, are sup a porting the program of the admlnls - traticn. Senators Knox. Lodge and B others of the anti-Wilson group are looking for a soft landing place, and o they can't prove that the plan of the i- Pres4(lent will not work. 0 **" -- SUPER-DIRIGIBLE R-34 NOW 0 RESTS ON ROOSEVELT FIELD ? 8 * Mineola, N. T.?-Great Britain's su J' iler-diriglble R-34,^tm, first lighter ing field,- after an -aerial voyage of 101 ? hours' and 12 minutes which coveree ? 3,130 knots or approximately 3,600 lane 8 miles. Passing through dense banks o ? cloud, with the sun and sea visible ^ only at rare intervals, the R-34 wa: n forcod to cruise 2.050 knots to read 8 Trinity nay. N. F? from East Fortune * Scotland, and 1,080 knots from then 1 to Mineola. t THE PRESIDENT IS INVITED TO SPEAK AT ASHEVILLE d ^ ..Asheville. N. C.?President Wilsot '* has been Invited to attend the session of the Southern Labor congress, whicl meets here August 20. is the announce nient of Secretary W. C. Puckett, o E Atlanta. He was also asked to de liver an address during one of tin 0 sess'ons of the congress. The letter sent to the President In L. forms him that the congress propose 1 to deal with legislative, social an< a economic questions that are actlvel; h before the people at this time and th< labor congress feels the need of hi t. presence and advice. t EARTHQUAKE OF MODERATE ?- INTENSITY 18 RECORDED s i- Washington.?An earthqunke o 't moderate Intensity, believed to hav< e had Its center in Central or Soutl t America, was recorded early by th< 1- seismograph at Georgetown universi 1. ty. The eerth tremors first were rf ?- corded at X: 11 o'clock and continue) until 4 o'clock. The distance of thi e disturbance was estimated at 2.30< 5- miles from Washington. y t ALABAMA CONGRESSMAN r SUES BIRMINGHAM PAPER s n Birmingham, Ala. ? Congressmai o rienrnre Huddleeston of the ninth Ala y hama district. has filed damag u suits against tho Ape-Herald Publish r lnp Company aggregating $!.300.00C it based "' rtoons and articles put n lished during tne congressional cam paign last year. PRESIDENT OF PERU HAS Y BEEN THROWN IN PRISOl K Idma. Pru.?Augusto TV Loquia ha d ; assumed office as provisional pros e I dent of Peru and took up his res y ! dence in the government palace as V result ot the successful overthrow c o President Pardo. Renor Pardo. all his ministers an o n number of high officers of the arm 11 ; and navy lire in prison. Pardo bein J. I in the penitentiary hero. Virtunll *e no fighting and no casualties mark p. tho overthrow of the government. I. W. W. AGITATION IN r MEXICO IS RENEWEC n Wnshlnrton--Agitation hv tlie It T dustrlal Workers of the World ha >f boon renewed in Mexico, according ( In official reports received h^ro. Whil v- no actual violence has been reporte r. it was aald there had been threat B* of serious trouble, tl. With the forcible deportation r< m cently of a number of lenders wh n- caused the strikes. Mexican nuthoi o- (ties believed they had com pie t el suppressed the 1. W. W. agitation. OEORGE^^TOH | George A. Saxton of Dcr-hester, Mass., is West Point's perfect young ' man. He is a physical and mental i giant, and is rated at 100 per cent perfect. Saxton is six feet one and a half Inches tall and weighs 210 pounds. Up to five years ago he was ill constantly; now he Is in perfect health, cured by open-air life. He has won high scholastic honors at Vale and Harvard. He la eighteen years old. FIVE BILLION IS APPROPRIATED i 1 Congress Also Repealed Bills Footing > Up More Than $15,000,000 Passed BY the Last Congress. Washington.?Congress adjourned I at midnight until July 8. after enacting all appropriation bills needed by governnu..! agencies for the new fiscal year. Success crowned the efforts of releMtrt *t<r ctophw tee necessary appropriation measures, but only after hours of delay which at times almost threatened to block their plana. The final bill, the army measure, carrying $775,000.000; the sundry civil bill, carrying $605,000,000; the District of Columbia's annual budget pf $15,000,000 and a deficiency mens* b ure of $25,000,000, all were completed and sent to the white house. With enactment of tne final hills including measures passed at the I. last session of Congress, more than $5,000,000,000 has been appropriated i for federal needs during the new year, s Congress also has cancelled more than "i $15,000,000 of war appropriations previously authorized. f f COTTON CROP ESTIMATE B UNDER 11,000,000 BALES. Washington.?A cotton crop of j ? about 1.000,000 bales smaller than last , 1 year's was forecast by the department ; Y of agriculture in estimating prospec9 tice production at 10.9S6.000 bales, s Acreage this year shows a cut of i 8.7 per cent from last year's, the de- I crease being 3.247.000 acres, the total being 33.960,000. Tho agitation for a >. reduction In acreage which the department of agriculture jays occurred in f every cotton-growing state, the scarn city and high price of labor and uni favorable planting weather caused the e heavy decrease. i i- AFGHAN PEACE DELEGATES d ARE BACK FROM FRANCE. e 0 Simla, India.?Afghan peace delegates have arrived at Jalalabad. Reports indicate that all Is quiet on the frontier and the belief Is growing In t. India that peace will be arranged. The general official and non-official a opinion appears to be reflected by the i- Pioneer's comment that Fhnir Amanule la's overtures are obviously those of a i- weak, repentant ruler and that the >, spirit of contrition renders magnani> mity posslblp. The heat on the fronl tier continues abnoimal. Inflicting hardships on the troops. TERRIFIC TRAIN WRECK SI CAUSES TWELVE DEATHS. s Dunkirk. N. Y.- Flnglneer Clifford, 1- of the New York Central's Westerner I- j express, tried, according to his dying n statement, to avert the rear end cnl>f lision with train No. 41. which caused | tno ueain or is persons. (1 i Witnesses said tho siren was still v screeching for tho hand brakes when g ' tmo Westerner. going f?0 milos an hour, y , plo'vod into tho rear coach of No. 41. d j Clifford's almost dying words were "Oh! I tried to stop." CONSCIENCE OF FIGHTER ). VS. THAT OF OBJECTOR. i- Washington.?Tn refusing n request a of tho amnesty committee of Chicngo o that ho make an "open," unequivocal e appeal to President Wilson for Immodd iate release of all conscientious objects tors. Secretary linker declared the abolition of future wars "was ImmeAS?. urably more advanced by the cono science which led young men to give r- up their lives for It than by the cony science which found Itself limited to protest." ILHELM MAY QUI! S HOLLAND AI WILL S IN THE EVENT OF A REQUEST P' OR DEMAND FOR SURRENDER HE MIGHT BE DETAINED. RED TAPE IS GUIDING POWER S Tribunal Under Whose Jurisdiction i AI Party Resides Must Finally Pass On Matters in Question. Amsterdam,.?There Is nothing to prevent the former German emperor' "a sr the former crown prince fronij St leaving Holland at their pleasure, ac-- od lording to a high government author- ca ty at The Hague quoted by the Am- ev sterdam Telegraaf correspondent. If ed ?ither of them should leave, however, ha Lhe official quoted suid, the surprise ga af their departure would be "unpleas- re ant both for the Dutch government th and the Dutch people." d< "Should there come, however, a demand for the former kaiser's extra- d< ditlon," the official said in an inter-- ac view, "and should he then want to P< "depart suddenly, it is possible he th would he prevented. He can, accord- th ing to the law of extradition, he 'arrested.' at the request of a foreign in government, but a demand for his si extradition must be made within a fo certain period. bi "When the demand for extradlton 8< comes It will be examined in the light of laws and treaties first. The )' law to he considered Is the extrsdi- " tlon law. Article II whereof specifies al offenses for which foreigners will not he extradited. Extradition is also w subject of a number of other restric- a' otlns, formalities and guarantees. Should there come a demand which is technically correct and In order. " the government must first obtain the s< advice of the tribunal under whose le- u gal Jurisdiction the person wanted is residing. Amerogen. being in the de- c< partment of Utrecht, the tribunal of y that department -would have to decide. --c ....jf.j. ........ .. ^ au GLORIOUS FOURTH FITTINGLY ? OBSERVED IN CAPITAL CITY Washington?Return of world peace wa sthe dominating spirit of Wash- n ington's celebration of Independence f, day. Pageantry in which the call of r. Industry and other civilian occupa- w Hons to returning soldiers and sailors rj were displayed, and a parade in which t] all of the nations arrayed against Ger- p many and Austria were represented n were the features of he observance. u Sevn pageants showing the call of w art. of the land, of commerce, husi ness and professions, of the children, p of labor, of liberty, and to the world 0 service, were given late In the day p on the lawns of department and oth- a er public buildings. These panto- y mimes wer emerked into a great ^ pageant entitled the "Offering of Peace." which showed the peoples of g, the world, having passed through the a horrors of war, returning with cour- p age and anticipation to teh pursuits p of peace. h REAL WILD WEST PARADE PASSES THROUGH PARIS. Paris.?A gala performance of h "Faust" at the opera, with Marshal b Foch and General Pershing as the ape- j< I cially honored guests, concluded the a | notahle joint French and American ti celebration of the Fourth of July. The t day opened with an early morning re- t, view commemorating France's participation in the American Revolution nnd f the celebration afforded varied enter- f, tainment for the thousands of Amerl- t can soldiers marking time in Paris d while awaiting transportation home- ? waid. 0 There was even a real wild went T parade down the Champs elysees and t through the Place de La Concorde, n given hy an American army circus e. showing In Paris. The cowboys, cow- t girls and Indians, riding gaily through c \ the Place de La Concorde to the mu- d sic of a wild west hand, proved a far d I greater attraction to the French than c the brilliant military spectacle. j HOHENZOLLERN3 ARE NOT V CONSIDERED PRISONERS. Amsterdam.?The Telegraf understands that the attitude of the Dutch f 'government regarding the ex kaiser may be sntrarixed as follows: First of all. it should he made clear 8 that a recent message about the al- t , leged fPght of the crown prince w<s ^ j based upon the misconception thnt the c ilont'iizoiMMns arc prisoners. un u;e < contrary, they have full liberty to t leave and thoir denartnro would even c be welcomed by the government. t TRIAL BOARD TO BE PRESIDED I OVER DY JOHN A. HAMILTON. London.?John Andrew Hamilton. Lord Sumner, will preside over the five judges representing the United States, Great Britain. France, Italy, and Japan at the trial of the former German emperor. Sir Gordo;-. ITpwnrt. solicitor general of Great Britain, will lend for the prosecution. WiTliam Hohenzollern. it Is said, will be defended by German counsel, assisted by British | lawyers, if he wishes them. QMEBODY SEEKING HOW INJJMELIGHT IFRinCMT'O cnocuAMncnuraa w vnuiinnuui/H DISTORTED INTO EVASION OF THE LAW. EVEN MEN REAL GOVERNMENT I So-Called War Legislation Was Determined Upon Weeks and Months Before War Was Declared. Washington.?-Seven men formed a lecret government of the United ates" which working "behind closI doors." determined all of the soiled war legislation "weeks and en months" before war was declarI against Germany. Chairman Graitn of the house committee investiiting expenditure, charged after ading into the record a digest of e minutes of the council of national fense. This commission, he added, was> signed by law to act purely in an Ivisory capacity to the council, com)sed of six cabinet n >bers, but e president, he asserted, made them e real executives. After Mr. Graham had read to tho vestigating committee a digest degned to show that the military draft, od control and press censorship had een discussed by the commission veral weeks before the war was deared. Representative Reavis, Repubran. Nebraska, interrupting, asked "all this was prior to the president's >eech on armed neutrality, in which ft said he was not contemplating ar." The chairman answered affirmtively . Later in the recital of the digest. [r. Graham said that the censure of le council and commission, uttered In mate and house, led Mr. Coffin to rge that "a definite channel of conict" be established between the Duncil and congress. "In other irordff." commented the chairman. Congress ought to be educated." IAOIO STATIONSt!pNTRA*e 11 J* " FOR AERO MAIL PROTECTION. < New York.?The postoffiee departlent at Washington has contracted jr the erection of three high-power ftdio stations, the first of a chain of ireless communicating centers in vaious cities to be uned primarily for tie direction of mail carrying airlanes handicapped by fog. it was anounced here by Emil J. Simon, manfacturer of radio apparatus for the ? rar and navy departments. Stations will be established at Belle onte; Pa., with a third at some point n Long Island or Newark, N. J. Apropriatlons for them already are vailablo. Others will be erected at Washington and Chicago as Roon aa ongress provides funds. Each station will be equipped with teel towers 200 feet high and 300 feet part and will have a range of aproximately 400 milei to mail airlanes. 1ESSAGE TO CONORESS READY; 5,000 WORDS LONG. On Board the U. S. S. George Washigton ?The President's message, to e delivered to Congress on Thursday, i comple?ed. The message will take bout 20 minutes to read and consins about 5,000 words, devoted to he peace treaty and protocols and he work of the peace conference. It is understood that the peace conerence subjects are dealt with on road general lines without taking up he large questions of the treaty in etail, as this probably will come later fhen the foreign relations committee f Congress examines the details. The resident also will have an opporunity to go over these matters with nembers of the committees. In this xamtnatlon of the terms he will have he co-operation of a number of speialists, now returning with the presi ential party, who have dealt with the I tailed branches such as thoBe conerning reparations, tentorial readustment and economic questions. VANT DIRIGIBLE AS WORKING PATTERN Now York.?Purchase hv the Unied States of the 11-34, the big British rans<At1antlc dirigible balloon, or its ister ship, the 11-33, as a working nodel for dirigible development here, vas urged bv Henry Woodhouse, halrman of the dirigible committee >f the Aero (Mub of America, in a itatement issued here. Mr. Woodhouse idded that army and navy aeronauical experts favored the plan. MINORITY COMMITTEE WANTS PROHIBITION ACT REPEALED Washington.? Five members of ths louse ujdiciary committee. In a milority report on the prohibition en'orcement bill, made public declared ongress should repeal the war-time prohibition act. While this report was being pre >ar??d, Chairman Volstead, of the Jullciary committee, announced that h? lad askod for a rule to make the gen >rnl enforcement bill in order for imnedlate consideration.