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OWNERS TO RESUME CONTROL OF ROADS THE GOVERNMENT GUAR ANTEE3 AMPLE REVENUE FOR FIRST 8IX MONTHS OPERATION. i * ' - ? _____ , HOUSE VOTED 203 10 159 Representative Kltchln Attack rd tye Labor 8ection as Leaving Sottic* \ ment of Disputes to the Unions. Washington. ? The railroad bill, pro Tiding for private ownership and op eration of rail carriers under broad federal supervision, was passed by the house, 203 to 169. The measure goes to the Benate but it will not be taken up there until the regular ses sion in December. A majority of the democratic mem bers opposed the bill, after their fail ure to eliminate the provision for gov ernment guarantee of revenues of the carriers for the first six months of re newed private operation. Representative Slmms, Tennessee, ranking democratic member of the house interstate commerce commit tee that framed the measure, led the fight on the guaranty, declaring it a "subsidy." A motion to eliminate it was defeated, 200 to 166, on substan tially a political division. The house re-afflrmed. 253 to 112, its stand on the labor sections, provid ing only for the voluntary concilia tion of labor disputes. Representative Kitchen, North Car olina, former democratic leader, at tacked the labor section as leaving the settlement of disputes largely with the railway unions. He declar ed "the brotherhoods could nullify the provision 10' days after passage of the bill by refusing to appoint represen tatives" to the boards created to set tle controversies, Preceding the final "show-down" by separate " roll calls, the house Bpent the day in considering numerous ex tensions of the powers of the Inter state commerce commission. Its last Important act was to "place" thA com mission rfinr control of all capital Is sues of the roads. CHICAGO JURIST DEC-LA RES LIQUOR LAW CONSTITUTIONAL Chicago, '-f* Tbe," llqt^dr *"4ntefest4 wbre given another setback when Judge (Jeorge A. Carpenter handed down a decision In the United StateB district cbiirt wlilch held that the wartime prohibition act and the Vol stead enforcement act were constitu tional. Judge Carpenter announced that Louis Fltslumrjr, of Peora, ,JU? had eoncurred Ifj the decision. v _ , a STATE OF KANSAS TAKES OVER COAL PROPERTIES lr ? "/ . 'if. < ?"I'V ?' Topeka, Kas: ? The large coal min ing properties of Crawford and Chero kee counties passed Into the control of the state of Kansas when the state supreme court Issued orders and nam ed receivers for the properties. The action following: the filing of quo war ranto proceedings by Attorney Gen eral Richard Ifopkins to bring about the receivership. MANUFACTURING PLANTS MAY | BE FORCED TO CLOSE DOWN Atlanta^ ? Orders limiting deliveries of coal In the southern region of the railroad admnlstratlon to thet first five classes on the fuel priority list, which does not include manufacturers, were issued at headquarters here. The ac tion on Its Pace means the closing down of cotton mills and manufactur ing plants of almost all descriptions as soon as their present supplies are nsed up. These supplies generally are understood to be scanty. Curtailment elf coal consumntfon ?was made necessary, the statement said, because "ooal prod\ictlon Is still below the absolute requirements of the 'first five classes of consumers." SENATE ACTION D18CUSSED IN CONFERENCE CIRCLE8 Parks. ? The news of the adoption by the United States senate of ten reservations to the German peac<> treaty was received with great Interest ihn peace oonference circles. The point apparently being most discussed by the delegates In general Is as to whether the senate will ultimately In sist upon the Reservations being form ally approved by the other govern ment*. The French government la not prepared to give Its formal approval. IN WEST VIRGINIA ONLY DO ALL MINER8 RETURN TO WORK Ohtoago. ? While operators and union leaders had predicted reJjump tlon of mining on n large scale In the bituminous ooal flolds of the country where more than 400,000 miners have been on iitrlke for sixteen days, only In Virginia were both sides con fident tllat 'VII the men" would ho ? Ibeo.k at work the day. ' In the other fields the men showed a disposition to A wait further results of A* conference At Washington .. . i . i >. ? , ? T ? fh ...? ?. ? h. PRESIDENT VETOES I. G. G. RATE BILL / GOVERNMENT WOULD LOSE ALL POWERS WHICH NOW ARE OF URGENT NECESSITY. WILL NOT' PASS OVER VETO Chairman Cummin# of Interstate Com merce Commission Says No Effort to Overrldo Veto la Likely. Washington. ? President Wilson has vetoed the bill restoring to the Inter state commerce commission Its pre war rate-making power. The President's veto message will bo transmitted to the senate in which the bill originated. "This bill," said the President's mea mage, "deprives the government of the United 8tates,' while still charged with the exclusive responsibility for oper ating the railroads during federal control, of any power to make change In any lntra-state rates, fftyje. charge, classification, regulation or practice without having first secured the ap proval of the proper state regulating tribunals, whereaB under the federal control act, as originally enacted, the government of the United States has the same power to determine the intra state matters as it had to determine similar matters of an interstate char acter." Chairman Cummins of the inter state commerce committee, author o* Ihe bill, said it was not likely that any attempt would be made to pass the measure over the President's veto as the rate-making powers of the com mission would he restored when the roads were returned to private opera tion January 1... THE GARY 8TEEL MILLS ARE NOW WORKING ON FULL TIME. Gary, Ind. ? Steel mills at Gary were running at normal capacity for the first time sinc<? the strike of steel mill workers was called, mill officials announced. Seven hundred more strikers returned to work and the twelfth blast furnace was put into op eration with a full complement of men. NATION-WIDE ATHLETIC < LEAGUE FOR THE LEGION. Chicago. ? The American legion has launched plans for a nation-wide ath .etlc league to be composed of legion men and which will include every branch of sport known. Under pres ent plans the nation will be divided Into eight tones WHOLE MEXICAN SITUATION DISCU88ED BY THE CABINET. Washington. ? The whole Mexican, situation, including the arrest of Wil liam O. Jenkins, American consular agent at Pufcbla, and oil legislation was discussed hy President Wilson's cabinet. But If any decision was reached It was not made known. RAILROAD BROTHERHOOD CH I EFS END CONFERENCE. Cleveland, Ohl6. ? Chiefs of the fout railroad brotherhoods closed a two day conference here. The last day'* session was devoted largely to thf consideration of the offer of Directoi Oonoral Uines for time and a half fo. slow freight employees. COMPROMISE MOVES TO 8 AVE THE LIFE OF PEACE TREATY, Waahlngtfln.-^-Compromlse moves te rescue the peace treaty from a threat ened deadlock made nuch progresi that Its friends declared it had mor? than an even chance for life. flo far as it had taken definite form the compromise program pointed to .ward acceptance of the reservation* of the foreign relations committer without the requirement that thej must be assented to affirmatively bj the other pow?rs. THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES WILL BE PUT IN FORCE Paris. ? Ttegnrdless of the Amerlc.nr government's attitude, the peace trea ty of Versailles will be put into force according to the prevalent view hor? following receipt of the report thai President Wilson might withdraw treaty from the United States senate Whatever happens, the feeling It French circles la, tfoat France cannot meej thp ' Qernan plenipotentiary again and K.?ee,n opinion Is that Italj and Vlfeat "D'rftaln have a like feeling 6,000,000 .CV PIES OF THE , t ^RESS DE, PARIS PRINTED r ' ? "-to ? Parls^ ? All record* for dally news paper ovulation wore vbfoken . vhrn six million copies of.tbe Preshe d* Paris were distributed. <Copy was cen trnllsted at the office of th*. Petit Par fslen. where proof-readers and mak* up men were kept busy and where, th* ?tereotypers prepared the plates. Th< presses of the Petit Parlalen proylm Inadequate, plate* were sent to th? offices of th* Matfh,Vournal Fetti Journal. . .. 1 , m PEACE PRACTICALLY DfflD LODGE RESOLUTION TOG$"li*BW WITH RESERVATION 3 W^8 DECISIVELY REJECTED. LEFT TO ANOTHER SESSlOK Failing After Three Attempt* t? Get < Together Sortate End* Speoial ? ion and Member* Go Homi, Washington ? Failing after thr^e at tempts to ratify the poace treaty; tho senate laid it aside, ended the special session and went home. , All compromise efforts to bring1 rati fication failed, the three resolution qf ratification all going down by over whelming majorities. The Republi can leaders, apparently despairing of bringing two-thirds of the senate to gether for any sort of ratification, then put in a resolution to declare the war at an end. T wx3 of the three ratification tote* were taken on the resolution drafted by the Republican majority, confin ing reservations which President Wil son had told Democratic senator* ,;in a letter earlier in the day would mean nullification of tho treaty. On each of the votes moat of the Democratic suporters of the treaty voted against ratification. Republican Leader Lodge declared the voting constituted a final decision on the peace treaty unless President Wilson circumvented the enate rules by withdrawing It and ?hen submit ting it again to the sen^'e. In other quarters there was some difference of opinion, but the general sentiment seemed to be that there was only a slender chance that the treaty would come up at the beginning of the next session of congress One effect of the senates failure to ratify the treaty will be the continua tion of various wartime laws and reg ulations at least until the new ses sion opens. Among these Is the war time prohibition act. HOU8E ALSO ADJOURNS AND MANY MEMBERS HAVE GONE Washington. ? 'Six monthR <o thJe day aftej- congress convened In spe cial session, the house formally ad }0 uttied after reoelvinfc word' from President WllRon that he did not ob ject to this action. The adjournment resolution was adopted by a vote of 55 to 6. NO TRUTH IN REPORT SAYS GOVERNOR HARDING Washington. ? Governor Harding of the federal reserve board set at rest rumors that federal reserve banks were preparing to withdraw credit to cotton planters. In a telegram to the cotton committee of the National Farmers' Union, at Meniphla* he said there had been no change In policy an to loans by reserve or members banks on cotton as security. OPERATORS BLAMED FOR LOSS IN COAL PRODUCTION Washington. ? Rofusal of the coal operators to re-employ striking miners unless they renounced their union momberirtilp, as charged by the men. Is causing a low In coal production, the house was told by Representative Den Ison, Republican. Illinois. "I hope tho department of Justice will enforce the law against tho opern tors as It did against the miner."' said he. ONE TON COAL IS ALLOWED TO SOUTHERN HOU8EHOLD8 Atlanta, Oa. ? 'Domestic consumers of coal In the f*outh were put on a war-time basis by orders issued by the coal committee of the southern re gional comtnltteo of the railroad ad ministration limiting purchases of coal for home use to one ton to a household. STEPS TOWARDS ADJOURNMENT ARE TAKEN BY THE HOUSE Washington.? Tho house took final steps toward adjournment, six mOhthr after It met In special session. A committee composed of Republlcsn liOadbr Mondell, Minority Leader (Mark, and ReprosentHtlve Towne/r, re publican, Iowa, were appointed (o in form the Presldrtnt that the house was ready to adojurn. Passage of a resolution permitting the s?n*t* to ndjourn was accom plished. URUGUAYAN SECTION APPROVES OF INTERNATIONAL GOLD FUND Montevideo.? Subject to ratification by legislature, the Uruguayan section o flnternatlonal high commission has ,approv*d In general of the </ohven ,tlon proposed 'by centra) comrftlttee at Washington for an international gold fund to regulate exchange be tween part- American countries. Two modifications ere suggested, on* re lating to form of. the agre*men| and the* other oaks a* understand lug us to kind of gold coin to be deposited. . ?? 6UGH1S HOPES OF "WETS" WAIJ TIME PROHIBITION WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT TILL PEACE 18 DECLARED. RUMORS SET AT BEST No Christmas Liquor Unless Buprsm# Court Declares the "Dry" Law Is Unconstitutional. Washington. ? While the supreme court was hoaring argument on the validity of the war-time prohibition act, word went out from the white house that President Wilson would not rescind the "dry" act until peace formally had been declared. This was expected to set at rest the ever recurring rumors that the "dry" ban would be lifted by the president Irrespective of early ratifi cation of the treaty of Versailles. Failure of the senate to act on the treaty at the extraordinary session was regarded by many administra tion officials as precluding the ending of the technical state of war much before the constitutional prohibition amendment became effective next January 18. Should such prove the case, the only possibility of a "wet" Christmas would be for the supreme court to declare the war-time act unconstitu tional. The right of Congress to prohibit J the manufacture and sale of intoxi- j oating liquors was sharply attacked | and vigorously defended during the j rguments. Solicitor General King and William j L. Frierson, assistant attorney gen eral for the government, argued that j a state of war atill existed and that It was congress* interest to provide j war-time prohfbltlon until the peaco j treaty was ratified. PALMER ON VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN Washington ? 'Attorney General Pal mer was reported on the verge of a nervous breakdown and under orders from his physician to gef away from work and take all the rest he needs. Mr. Palmer's physician has told him. It was said at the department of fustlce. that "unless ho quit work for more than a week he would not be re sponsible for t.he consequence." GUARDSMEN 8U RFEITED WITH MILITARY ACTIVITIES Washington. ? National guardsmen t-eoently discharged from federal ser vices "are surfeited with military ac tivities,' 'according to the annual re port of Major General Jesse McT. Car ter, chief of the militia bureau, issued here and summarrizfog reports from various departments. Those who serv ed In France "not only decline to enter the national guard but by their talk disincline others to do so." re ports from the southeastern depart ment said. WAR-TIME COAL RATIONING EFFECTIVE IN NORTHWEST j Chicago? Chicago and the North western railroad region were placed on a virtual wartime rationing of coal. Coal officials Instructed retailers {o refuse to make deliveries to persons with at least one week's supply on hand. Generally the coal situation had not Improved and the tension In some districts was tighter. INJUNCTION 18 I6SUED AGAINST COAL MINERS Denver. ? A restraining order pre venting the strike of Colorado coal miners was issued here by District Judge PVank J. Morley. George 0? Johnson, district presl dent, H. C. Stewart, secretary, and other officials are restrained from putting tho strike Into effect. TWENTY PER CENT INCRF.A8E 18 OFFERED COAL MINERS Washington. ? An Increase in wages of IB per cent per ton and 20 por cent over existing day scale, to become ef fective Immediately tho bituminous coal miners return to work, was offer ed by the operators at mooting o! wage scale committees In tho central competitive field. Thomas T. nrowstor. chairman of .the operators' wago scale committee, said the operators had proposed the existing working conditions. ONLY ONE OF OUR PROMINENT OFFICIALS TO STAY IN PARIS Paris.? Joseph C. Grew, secretory ol tho Amorlcan delegation to the peace conference, probably will bo tho only prominent official of the delegation re malnlng In Paris aftor Frank L. Polk. Henry White and General Tasker H Bliss, the American delegates, nail for . the United States on board tho trans port America, December r> or 6. The Hotel de Orillon, official head* quarter*, wilt be retained for only s short time. ! 1 1? -'a* v >-t;' NOW BAD OUTLOOK FOR COTTON OIL MILLS ^UEL FAMINE BEGINNING TO PROVE EMBARRA68ING TO COTTON SEED CRU8HER3. APPEAL MADE TO GOVERNOR President of Crusher* Association Says Serious Loss Is Imminent and Advance in Price sf Fats. Hartsville.? ? Fuel shortage In South Carolina Is beginning to prove em barrassing to cotton seed crushers in South Carolina. J. J. L?awson of HartBville, president of the South Carolina Cottonseed Crushers Asso ciation, sent a telegram to Governor Cooper, emphasising thut many of the mills have a supply of fuel for only a few days more. Mr. Dawtoti urged the governor to appeal to I)r. Gar field. federal fuel administrator In Washington, and in compliance with Mr .Lawton's request, Governor Coop er sent a telegram to Dr. Garfield asking that immediate relief be pro vided. Dr. Daw-ton says delay In the crush ing of the seed may cause serious loss to the crushers in spoiled seed. He also says that It Is likely to advance the price of fats to $1 a pound. There is great depreciation in the seed, fol lowing heating. Greenville. ? Should the coal supply I be cut off from the cotton mills of \ Greenville county and this section for i five or six weeks, the majority of the mills would be forced to close down. ! I I Union. ? Willoughby Byron Mathis, j of this city, died at the base hospital | at Camp Sevier, Greenville and wa? [ buried here. He enlisted in the am y j and was In the thickest of the fight J last winter. Columbia. ? Malcolm J Miller, sec retary of the sinking fund commission, has Just Issued an Insurance policy for $27,750 to protect 23 public school buildings in Richland county. This provides adequate insurance for all buildings not protected. Camden. ? The contract for the con struction bf 2.2 miles of road from Camden to the river bridge has been let, according to Capt. J. Roy Pennell, state highway engineer, who has re cently vistted Camden. The road iri to be of gravel and will cost $20,349. Spartanburg. ? The Spartanburg chamber of commerce through Frank Evans, superintendent of the city schools, will Invite the State Teach ers' Association to hold Its 1920 ses sions In Spartanburg. The Invitation will be extended at the meeting to bo held In Columbia. York. ? W. A. Painter, white, who has been In Jail for tho past ten days on the charge of attempted crimlaal assault, has been released following application for habeas corpus before Justice R. C. Watts of the state su preme court, who held that the charge was not borne out by the testimony taken at a preliminary hearing before a magistrate here. Greenwood. ? Dr. Wlllson announces that there will not be held an official meeting of the Dander girls attending the State Teachers' Association. The same officers will serve for another term. While many Dander girls arc teaching every week appeals come t the college lo help supply the deart of teachers throughout the state niacksburg.? After a continuous ser vice of f>4 years in the ministry of the Methodist Rplscopal church, South, the Rev. J. B. Traywlck, at his own request, w'as placed on the supnran nuated list at the conference held re cently In Greenwood 8evier Claims Adjusted. Greenville. ? All awards concerning damages to land and to timber at Camp Sevier hnvo been acted upon by the war department board of apprais ers, according to a telegram received here by W. O Slrrlne, attorney for the chamber of commerce This Infor matlon will be of interest to owners of lands at Camp Sevier who have been awaiting patiently settlement of clalibs against the government two ye>ars ago. The matter has been be fore the Washington authorities for more than a year. Meet Death In Auto. St. George- ^Aeton A. Hill and T,ee M. Bridge lost their lives when the automobile In which they were riding plunged from the bridge spanning tlr? Mdlsto river between Colleton end Dorchester counties. noth young men were well and fsv orbaly known In St. Oeorgo . Mr Bridge was employed as a salesman In the general mercantile estXbllshmen' of JT. W. Whetaell and Mr. Hill wap manager of the *tore of I>, M. Heaton The former was about 33 years of af #hll? Mr. Mill was about 21 years old HAIR FALLING? HERE IS WHERE IT SHOWS Don't worry! Let "Danderlno" tav? your hair and doublo its beauty. V ' To stop falling luilr at onoo and rid the scnlp of every particle of dandruff, got a small bottle of delightful "I>an derine" at any drug or toilet counter for a few cents, pour a little in your hand and rub It Into the scalp. After several applications the hair usually stops coming out and you can't 11 nd any dandruff. Your hair will grow strong, thick and long and appear soft, glossy and twice as beautiful and abundant. Try It !? Adv. The Easy Way Out. W. C\ Hullitt. an "'Xpert <>n foreign affairs, was talking about tin- bol sheviks. "The boisbi'vik 1 ? ? r\ ? 1 ? ? r??." lie said, j "are in a had way. They will pmhn i bly iibandoii the bolshevik vr: 1 1 1 1 1 > short ly. but tirsi they will smash lip every j tiling. "It will be like the case nf the two boys who wore sent out to buy a | pitcher of milk." Mr. I till 1 1 1 1 cmifiii ued. "The boys hel|?>d themselves to the milk t'reely on the way home; then i 'i the last minute their cminige failed them. ! " '( Josh,' said the lirst buy, 'we've drunk too much of it ! What shall we do, Joe?' " "That's easy.' said .loe, 'We'll drop the pitcher.' " WOMEN NEED SWAMP-ROOT Thousands of women have kidney and bladder trouble and never suspect it. Womens' complaints often prove to be nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder disease. If the kidneys are not in a healthy condition, they may cause the other or gans to become diseased. Pnin in the back, headache, loss of am bition, nervousness, are often times symp oms of kidney (rouble. Don't delay starling treatment. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a physician's pre cription, obtained at any drug store, may be just the remedy needed to overcome such conditions. Get a medium or large Bite bottle im mediately from any drug store. However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer A. Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention this paper. ? Adv. An Oversupply. The help problem bothers them in the Orient also, but In a different way. A gentleman who bad returned from India remarked : "The worst thing about the plaee is the nuisance of nu merous servants. Why, when I was :t I lloggly wallah I bad four servants to look after my ,,!pe alone." "Four snrvant o attend to your pipe?" "Yes. The first one brought It to me ; the second tilled it ; the third 'it It?" "'And tin* fourth?" "Oh, be smoked It. I never could abide tobacco in any form, you know." Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured l>y local applications as they cannot reach tlie diseased portion of the ear. There ts only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness, and that 1b by a constitutional remedy. MAM/8 CATAUIUI MEDICINE acts through the Blood on the Mucous burfaces of the Hystem. Catarrhal Deafness Is i Aimed by an Inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Imperfect hearing, and when It ts entirely dosed, Deafness Hh the result. Unless the Inflammation can be re duced and tills tube restored to Its nor mal condition, hearing may bo destroyed forever. Mnny rnses of Deafness are caused by Caterr-h, which l? on Inflamed condition of the Mucous Surfaces ON K HUNDRED DOM, ARB for any case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot be cured by IIAM/B CATARRH MEDICINE. All Druggists 7fic. Circulars frea. y. J. Cheney A. Co., Toledo, Ohio. Reasons for Corduroy. Klghi-ycar-obl John had been sent along with his young aunt to buy a l>a Ir of blue serge school troutjers. The sidesman showed them several differ ent pairs, bill none seemed to stilt John. Finally while the salesman was bunting for some others, .lulin took occasion to say to his aunt . "Oh, auntie, please ask him to show us somo corduroys. The principal at. our school hav? a brand new paddle." flora fCyo?, Hloofl flhot Watr?ry Btlck? Fly**, all promptly with night* ly application** of Tloinnn Ky<? Hstlnftm. Adv. Fettered. Mrs. Nexdoor * How do you manage iO keep your cook so long? You've tiad her two weeks Mrs. Skeeiner ? - 1 gave her some of those stylish narrow skirts to wear ill the kitchen and she won't be able to walk a block from the house till they're worn out. "What fools these mortals he" If 'A fool and his money are noon irted." !,i