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CONGRESSWORKS'TO AVOID EXTRA MEEl MEMBERS ARE DOWN TO HARC WORK IN EFFORT TO FINISH LEGISLATION. "LEAK" PROBE HAS INTEREST Senate is Considering Water Power Leasing Bill.-District of Columbia Prohibition Bill, Passed By Senate, May Strike a Snag in the House. Washington.-Whfile public inter est in Congress is centered upon the so-called "leak" investigation. the leg islative nmaclintery of both houses is grinding away, and members have settled down to hari1d work in an earn est effort to (lear the decks and avoid an extra session. The senlate still is eonsidering the public lands waterlpower 1,and(i leasing bill, but it may be side-tracked any 1 (lay for either the legislative or In dian apiropration bill. Hearings on the nominees for the shipIpinIitg board cotiinues before file commerep committee. When the nominations reach the floor, Senator LaIollette will protest against some of the shipping ideas of Bernard It. Baker, the Haltimore .nmilnee. The Interstate Commerce Commit tee is Ireparinig to report on the President's railway legislation pro gram after holding extensive hear ings. The so-called "ompIlsory ar bitration" feature of the bills will be modified, if it is reiorted at all, it is understood. The senale bill for pro hibition in thi District of Columbia. Passed re (ently. in about to be coiside-e-ed by the District Committee of Ihe house. Sentiment inl the cominmittee is said to be unfavorable to it unless there is a provisiol for a referendiumn vote in the District. louse leaders say. how ever, there will be a vote on tle hill rogardless of what may be the action of the District Committee. SAILORS ARE COMPELLED TO ABANDON -U. S. CRUISER Three Hundred Jack Tars Fought for Lives Against Heavy Sea on California Coast. E-ureka. Cal. --Shortly tufter .9 o'clock at night the last member of the -rew of tle eruiser Milwaukee. which went ashore lnar here early in lhe day. was landed on the beach. Not a life was lost. and but one man was hurt in the rescue of IIe hundreds aboaid the stran(le vessel. In a light for their lives against a heavy sea, more Ithan three 1i(udred tUiniled Sittes sailors were brouight ashore in breeches buoys from the .ilwaukuiee, which rolled in the surf, with possibilit y of being a total lOss, on the uorthern California coast where site struck shore in a fog. Hreakers were spraying ever he wvarship'iis siuirsitr ture, and thl i n i eessat pounmdinmg of thle wa v was driving thle ivessel fum-thleri ashore in lie santd.- Thei .\l ilwaukee fal so hot - tom was flooded in an e fiort to anmchuor her against the washt of thle sea. Na val officer-s a shore said it was harudly liossibhle thaiit th l ui ser i( w-oult lii ver float again.. The Mihvauike'e is stuck on the -sand~ only a few hundried yard-(s for-m lie subhmaritne 11-3. ieb il gro(undel(d a month ago. ineari thle cntrtance to I lum holdt. bay. The cruiser was attenmpting to salvage thie submersible at the time of thle necidett. Within forty or fl fry miles on this par-t of the coast. 5ix ethi er' ve-ssels have struck shore during the last feat- yeatrs, and ntie of themi haebeen saved. CENTRAL POWERS HAVE WELL-DEFINED GOAL. Blerlin, v-ia C'alville.--Futther- com ment on the note of the Entente Powv era to Presidetnt WVilson lays enmpha als on the decisive character- of the declrations which clear the air, the newsepapers say, and give the Central Powers a Well-defined goal-defense against the plan of their opponents for re-making the map of l~utrope. VILLA CHIEFTAIN AND aORT MEN KILLED. wer kiledinthe fight January 10, 10mesnorth of Parral, according to dtail ofthat action receivedl fromGen.Pablo Gonzales, comn maningtheGovernmenut troops in the field. TeCarranza troopS lost Col - Lozao andthree officers and eight menkill besidecs a nmber of wouned.They capturedl a small nubrof prisonetrs. FORMER OFFICERS OF VILLA ARMY IS SHOT Mexico City.--Marcelo Caraveo,. former Villa general, who was imprit! oned in Chihutahuta City by Genera Trexino and liberated when V'illa~ ai tacked the town last 8eptomber, wa shot at T'eot/tlan, del Gamnino, Oaxaci Generat Caraveo, seen after being il e rated by Villa, surrendered to th Cariadza authorities and was brough to Mexlco City and confined in th - Dententary.He had escaped from 4 ~ the penitentiary last week. 'EXPLOSION WRECK MUNITIONS PLAN] MILLIONS IN MUNITIONS AND POWDER ARE LOST IN bIG FIRE. ' TWELVE INJURED, 2 MISSING Plant of DuPont Company at Haskell, N. J., is Almost Totally Destroyid. -No Estimate of the Loss Is Ob tainable. New York.-Four hundred thousand pounds of powder was destroyed 1))' fire and explosion at the las!ell. N. J., plant of the du Pont Powder Con pany. Officials of the companyI de elared, after checking up the mem bers of the night shift at the works, that only two men were mis nog. Tw-elve others were cut by flying debris, but none of them was serious ly hurt. No estimate of the loss was obtainable. Until investigation is completed no further statement will be made as to wihat evidences of incendiarism have beenl found, an officer of the coi pany said. It was explained that the danger of fire or of explosions from purely av cldental causes was reduced to a min imuni by the fact that no completed ordinance was on hand at. the plant. The officers said the propelling charges for the shells were not at tached litii they reached the battle field, and that the same was true as to the detonating caps by which the trinitrotuluol In the shell bodies is exploded. T'he- statement said the Kingsland plant was used for the assembling, packing and preparing of these shells for shipment. Large quantities of these shells have been shipped to lis sia. "The buildings (lestroyed were val ted at $750,000. The value of the 'outents destroyed amounted approxi nmately to $16.000,000. of which $6, 000.000 hvlonged to the company. The company was protected to the amount of about $3,000,000 in Insurance On buildings and coiteits. The rest Is a total loss. "So far as we have been able to as certaIn, no one was killed or serIously injured as a result of tihe fire and sub se(ueit explosions. "An exanilnation into the circum i stances attending the origin of the fire in building No. 30 has created the impression that it Is possible. If not wobable. that the fire was of incen diary origin." SITUATION AS TO PEACE UP AT SESSION OF CABINET. Entente Reply Gone Over in Detail. In President is Only Hope of Peace. Washington.--At the Cabitnet meet I ng the peace negotiations11 were d is. i'ussedl only in general t erms. but1 a1ft erwar S( ecr'etaruy L ansing remained for' a (0onference with t he Pre'sident, and it. waIs under~stoodl they went over [lie Ent ente reply In (letall. The attitude of Pr'esident Wilson towar'd the r'eplies of the warring nations to his suggestion ht at an op. phor'tuit y be giveni for compariing pea3ce tem r''i5ieminied unde~lterinediiC. Prelliminary% discussion of the quies. tion was begun at the eabiniet meet ing and at 'onifencesli'0 bet ween the Presidlent andl Secretar'y Lansing and1( between the PresIdenit and1( Col. E. M. 1HTuse. wvho spent the (lay at the White House. Informally, officIals expressed the opinion that the problom facing the President is how to reconcile the ('on flct ing attitudle of the Central Pow ers and the Entente Allies on the questIon of 'omparig terms. The Contral Powers having offer'ed to (dis enas peace at a conference of repr'e sentatives of the belligerents and the Entente Powers, though vir'tually de elining to agree to a coniference, have given their br'oad terms publicity, it was suggested that the PresIdput might seek a new method of having terms compared. SILENT SUFFRAGE "SEN'PINELS" SALUTE PRESIDENT WILSON' Washington.-Although the temper ature was 11 degrees below freezinj and a cold wind was blowing, the 1: suffrage "silent sentinels' 'again tool up their picketing of the White Hlouse to impress their cuase upon Presiden Wilson. When President Wilson re turned from golf, the silent sentinel stood at salute with their right handi raised to their hats. The pr'esiden smilingly returned the salute. REMOVAL OF THAW TO NEW YORK TO BE FOUGH' Philadelhpia.-Plans for the r'emov -at to New York of Harry K. Thaw I who recently attempted to commit sul -clde as he was obout to be surrenden a e4 to the New York authorities oi ,charges of kidnapping and assaultinj . rederick -Qump, Jr., of Kansas City e as soon as he is able to leave the hos tpital, were discused at a conferene a here between counsel for Oliver A Brower and representatives yf thi jThaw interest. PEUD MEN BILL IS FIXED BY HOUSE AGREEMENT ON APPROPRIATIONS IS REACHED BY HOUSE COM MITTEE. Virginia Will Receive $438,434; North Carolina's Part is $709,775; and South Carolina Will Get $355,000 as Her Share. Washington.-Final agreement on th9 annual rivers and harbora appro pilation bill was ieached by the house committee. The measure carries $38, 155,339, of which something over $10, 000,000 is for new projects tand the remainder for cont inning or maintain ing existing projects. Chairman Sparkinmn will report the bill at once with the hope of having it taken up as soon as the pending postoffie bill is disposed of. An ad verse minorit y report. will be made by Representative Freer of Visconsin. The bill carries $438,434 for Vir gnia, of which $311.434 is for new projects; and $355,000 for South Caro lna. of which $120,000 is for new pro jects. These figures do not include $1,000,000 for the improvement of the inland waterway between Norfolk and Beaufort inlet.: and $3,000 for the maintenance of the Inland waterway between Savannah and Beaufort, S. C. I'rhe new project i-.re as follows: Virginia-Norfolk harbor $270,000, Tangler Channel $1.434. Pagan River $25,000. North Carolina--Shallow Bag (Man too) Bay $28,000, Beaufort harbor $15, 900, Scuppernong Ri ver $31.800, North east Itiver $254375. Newbegun Creek $5.000, Thorough fare ay $5,200. South Carolina- -Charleston harbor $7o.000, Congaree River $50,000. Api)ropria ions for improvements or imtprovr(-nenvts aml maintenance are Vir1ginia- .\at a pon i iiver- $2.000 Pamitunikey ti ver- $3i,000, Ranppahan nock ltivet- $10.000. Nanzmond Rliver $63,000, James River 5i.000t. App~lOma~t tox River- $sI.ii00. North Carolina--Shallow hag ( lant teo) $500, Ca p( I ,ookou ta hrbor- of rcfuge $425.000, lBeau fort harbor $4, 500, Iteaufot inlet $1-4,000, M1orehead C itv harbhor $2.0'00, Ro~antoke River $2, 500, Senttperntiotg fRivetr $3,500, Pamli ci) and T1ar Rivers $4,500, Cdmt etrinea ICt-eek $1,000. Neuse Rivet- $2,000, Trent. Rivet- $4,000, WVatertway fr-om Patmlico Soutnd to Bieaitfot-t Inlet $15.. 000, Nor-theast River- $3,000. Black River $2.000, Cape Fear- River at and belowv Wilmington $1 15,000. South Carolina-Winyah flay $150, 000, (harleston hatrbotr $50,000, Gr-eat Pee Dee River $5,000, Congaree River $30,000. NEW CRISIS HAS ARISEN IN POLITICS OF RUSSIA. New Premier, Prince Golltzine, a Strong Reactionary, Makes Signi ficant Statement. Petrogr-ad, via London-Thte politi cal situation durin-lg the last two months, for which the wordl "crisis" seems entirecy inadequate, has taken a new tur-n with the ,resignation of Alevander- Trepoff from the Premier ship and of Count Ignatieff, Minister of Public Instruction, and the appoint ment of a new Premier, The official announcement of this change, which has fallen upon the country, continu ously excitedi andl emotionally exhaust ed by the dr-ama of swift changes and~ vhimaxes, har-dly created the effect which wouldi have been natur-al undeor other- circumstatnces. Trhis time, the tide has suddenly shifted and is running strongly in the rever-se dirtec-tion, Prince Golitzine, who succeeds Trepoff, is a member of the extr-eme conservative group REMARKABLE HEALTH RECORD FOR GUARD. - San Antonio, Texas,--In an army of more than 150,000 National Guards - men and regulars, only 274 deaths * have occurred in the last seven months, accordhing to the annual re port of the chief surgeon of the South ern Department. Of the deaths 108 were classified as caused b~y violence '- while 166 were causedl by disease. -Those figures, it was declared, prove the generally healthy condition of the army as a whole while in service. I' AVE MET _ PROIBITION SEEMS SURE BILL TO ABOLISH SALOONS IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AFTER NOV. 1, 1917. Friends of Sheppard Bill Say It Is Cer, tain to Get Majority When it is Brought Up in House.-Party Lines Abolished. Washington.-The Sheppard bill tc abolish saloons in the National Capi, lal after November 1, 1917, was pass ed by the senate and now goes to the liouse, where its friends claim it is assured of passage. The vote in the senate was 55 to 32. While the measure prohibits th( ;ale of liquor in the District of Colum. bia, it permits unlimited importatior ror personal use. An amendment wvhich would have submitted the pro, posal to a referendum of citizens o 'he District lost before passage by a le vote, 43 to 43. The vote on passage follows: Ayes: Democrats-Ashurst, Beckham, Bry. in, Chamberlain, Chilton, Johnson, o South Dakota; Kern, Kirby, Lea, Mar tin, Myers, Overman, Pittman, Rands dell, R'obinson, Shafroth, Sheppard Shields, Simmons, Smith, of Georgia Smith, of Maryland; Smith of Soutl Carolina; Swanson, Thomas, Thomp son, Vardaman, Walsh, Williams-321 Iepublicans-Borah, Brady, Clapp Clark, Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham Fall, Fernald, Galliger, Gronna, Jones K. nyon, McCumber, Nelson, Norris Oliver, Page. Poindexter, Sherman Smith, of Michigan; Smoot, Sterling Sutherland, Townsend, Watson, Worki -27. Total ayes, 55. Noes: D~emocra ts-Bankhead, Broussard Culher'son, Hardwick, Hiltchcock{ Hughes. Hlustings, James, .Johnson, o. Maine; Lee, Lewis, Martline, New Iandls, O'Gorman, Phelan, Pomerene Reedl, Saulsbury, Smith, of Arizona; Stone, Tillman, Undlerwood-22. Republicans-Brandegee, Colt, Dui pont, Harding, Llppitt, Lodge, Mc Lean, Penrose, Wadsworth, Weeki -10. Neither the vole on the referendun amendment nor that on the passagt of the 1)111 was on party lines. Ther< were 26 Democrats and 17 Republi cans voting for the referendum and 23 D~emocrats and 2; Republicans voting against It. Most of the Republicani of the so-calledl Progressive group vo tedl against. it. HARRY THAW INDICTED ON CHARGES OF KIDNAPPINC Slayer of Stanford White Breaks Intl LImelIght Again-Man Said to be His Bodyguard Also Held. New York.-Hiarry K. Thaw, whi was legally released 15 months agl from an asylum for the insane where he was sent after he killed Stanfor4 WVhite, was inicted here, charged witl kidnapping Fred Gump, Jr., of Kansa: ('ity, Mo., a youth of 19, and assault ing him with a whip. RESIGNATION OF RUSSIAN PREMIER IS TENDEREI London.-According to the Reute correspondent at Petrograd both Pr4 mier Trepoff and Count Ignatieff, mit ister of public Instruction, have r4 signedl. Prince Golitizine, a senato and member of the council of the ett pire, has been app~oinlted premier. Ber ator K(ultchitsky has been appointei minister of public instruction. M1 Neratoff, deputy foreign minister, ha b~een appoInted a member of the cour ci of the empire. IMPORTANT WORD FROM GERMAN CHANCELLOI Amsterdam, viaPai-Dr. von Betl man-Hoellweg, the German Imperis chancellor, may be expected to makS an important declaration about tb middle .of the present month, accori ing to a dispatch to The Tfijd fros Berlin. The reply of the Entente I President Wilson ir being 'awaitei says the dispatch and the -Chancellt after its contents are known,'wilt fu ther' define in the Rteichstag the pos tion of Germanm. ENTENTE ALLIES SEND PEACE NOTE PEACE SUCH AS WOULD BE SATIS FACTORY IMPOSSIBLE AT PRESENT. SENT JOINT COMMUNICATION Separate Note From Belgium Gives Same Answer.-Germany Issues Statement Placing Further Respon sibility of Bloodshed on Allies. Washington.-The Entente Allies, replying to President Wilson's peace note in a joint communication, ex press the belief that it is impossible at the present moment to attain peace that will assure them reparation, re stitution and such guarantees as they consider are essential. In a separate note the Belgian Gov ernment expresess its desire for peace, but declares she could only accept a settlement which would assure her reparation and security for the future. Both of the communications made public by the State Department are dated January 10, and were transmit ted in translations from the French text through Ambassador Sharp at Paris. The Entente reply to President Wilson's peace note is regarded in all quarters here as putting an early peace practically out of the question, but still leaving an open door for the President to make further efforts. The official view on first consideration is that it constitutes a complete answer to the President's note. The German diplomats regard the reply as even more severe than they expected. They declared it evidenced that the enemies of Germany are wag. ing a war of conquest to crush and dismember her. The Germanic Al lies, they declared, never would agree to any such terms. President Wilson's next move, which now becomes the center of attention, will not be decided upon until a care ful and detailed study of the replies of both the Central Powers and the Entente has been made. HARRY K. THAW ATTEMPTS TO END LIFE WITH RAZOR. Attempt at Self-Destruction Comes as Sensational Climax to Hunt For Thaw by Detectives. Philadelphia.-Ijarry Kendall Thaw, who with two so-called body guards, is under indictment in New York for an alleged attack on a 19-year-old high school youth last Christmas, at tempted suicide in a house in West Philadelphia by slashing his throat and wrist with a razor. TI aw's attempt at self-destruction was the climax to a hunt which be gan here Tuesday, following the an-. nouncement by District Attorney Swann of New York that he was wvantedl to answer a charge of attack ing Fredlerick Gump, Jr., of Kansas City in a Newv York hotel, and as a sensation it rivaled the wealthy Pitts burgcr's shooting of Stanford White on the Madiason Square roof garden and his later escape from Matteawanl Asylum. Trhaw gashed himself with a razor belonging to the husband of Mrs Elizabeth Tacot, in whose home he was known as "Mr. West.". He had slashed his throat twice, which re quired 30 stitches to close, and also hacked the artery of his left wrist. Had the wound in his neck been one eithth of an inch deeper he could not have lived, according to physiolans. Several poison tablets were found in Thaw's pockets. FEDERAL TRO'OPS PAY HIGH HONOR TO CODY. -Denver, Col.--Federal troops from Fort Logan and National Guardsmen participated in the funeral of Col. Wil I 11am F. Cody (Bufralo Bill). These . honors with others were accorded Col onel Cody because of his rank as chief - of civilian scouts attached to the Unit ed States Army. SUBMARINE MENACE NEV5R R O GREAT'TO SHIPPING. r . London.---~"The submarine menace .to the merchant service is far greater .now than at any period o~ the war, and r it requires all of our energy to corn . bat it,"' said Admiral John R. Jellicoe, .first sea lord, in a speech at a luncheon given in his honor in London. Admir .al Jellicoe said the menace must and s would be dealt with. Of that he was .confident, but the British would have to make good their inevitable losses. JERSEY MUNITIONS PLANT IS WRECKED BY EXPLOSION. .New York-The plant of the Cana il dian Car & Foundry Co., one-half mile e east of Kingsland, -N. J., in which e were stored hundreds of thousands of i. three-inch shells ilestined for the Rus a sian Government wvas destroyed by fire o and a series of explosions which con 1, tinued for three hours. So -far as r could be learned, no one was killed r. or injured although it was said' 17 i. workmen are missing. No estimate of tbels as nanbtainable STATE' MUNERSITY HONORS FOUNDERS NOTABLE CELEBRATION SIGNAL.. IZED ROUNDING OUT OF 112 YEAR'S WORK. MANY ALUMNI ARE PRESENT Dr. Dabney, White and Gadsden o' Charleston Are Speakers.-Moor. man Heads Alumni Association Columbia.-One hundred and twelve. years and a day the University 'or South Carolina has stood as a memor ial to the statesmanship of its found ors in establishing the first perman ent institution which for more than a century has met a real need of ther commonwealth in bringing to the peo ple of the state the bassis of all per inanent progress and civilization education. Since the opening of thew South Carolina college, January 10, 1805, many institutions have perished, but the university r'emains unimpair ed in its forward march of ever in creasing usefulness, distinguished for its loyal alumni whose services to the state and nation have crowned with success the wisdom and courage of its founders and with honor the sacri fleas of the state. The university, in an even greater measure than the War Between the Sections. has united the people of the state in bonds of friendsihp, so that today within its historic walls to youths in equal num bers from all sections of the state are imparted the ideals of service and de mocracy cherished by the illustrious men whose most distinguished service to South Carolina was the founding of its 'university. Founders' day in the University of 4 South Carolina was celebrated in a manner worthy of the statesmanship of those through whose devotion to truth the university was nourished through its infancy and the trying days of Reconstruction to become the stalwart servant of the state. To the alumni and students gathered for the exercises, will long be memorable. Officers of the General Alumni As sociation were elected as follows: President, Robert Moorman; vice pres ident, John T. Roddey of Rock Hill; secretary and treasurer, Prof. A. C. Carson, Phillip H. Gadsden of Char. leston was elected trustee of .the loan fund to succeed Edwin G. Seibels of Columbia, who has held this position a number of years and has done much In promoting the interests of the fund. The executive committee con sist of Edwin W. Robertson, chair man, Columbia; H. Lee Scarborough of Sumter, W. W. Ball of Columbia, and A. W. Smith of Spartanburg. Those who gathered for the exer Ases in the university chapel seemed deeply impressed with the worth whileness of the celebration. The academic procession of students, fac ulty, alumni, trustees and, distin gui'shed speakers moved from the library to the chapel. The exercises were presided over by Lieut. Gov. Andrew J. Blethea, wvho paid a tribute to the part the university has played in realizing for the state the motto on its seal. Added Wealth to State. Atlanta, Ga.-The eradication of the cattle tick has added $1,589,885 to the wealth of 20 South Carolina counties which have "dipped out" the pest since 1914, according to Dr. W. K. Lewis. federal inspector in charge in South Carolina, who addressed the conference of federal and state ox ports on tick eradication here. Dr. Lewis said there had been an annual loss in these counties of $540, 665 due to the tick before the' work of eradication began and a conserva tive estimate since the tick head been eliminated had placed the increased value of cattle at $7.50 per head. This he asserted, has been accomplished by $90,000 expended by the state and a like amount furnished through the federal bureau of animal industry. Dr. R. E. Jackson, federal inspee tor in charge in Alabama, spoke of the assistance given the tick eradica tion campaign in Alabama. by the newspaper Much Building For Greenvilie. Greenville.-Building soperations ir sight in Greenville for the new yeam aggregate approximately $1,600,000. according to estimates of costs fur nished by the leading architects, con tractors and real estate dealers of the city. In 'this list are included strue tures of practically every description. Among these are the court liouse, two hotels, the textile hall, the city bos pital, two churches, several school buildings, a system of -warehouses, several mercantile buildings, three manufacturing plants, etc. Admitted Criminal .Assault. Orangeburg.--John Williamns, a young white man of the Nesses sec tion of Orangebuirg County, by ar rangement of counsel, pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal assault, with recommendation to mercy of the court. Such a consent verdict was written and signed by the foreman of a .jury empaneled for that purpose. Thb. defendant was sentenced to serve a term of 40 years in the state penetentiary. The crime waseo mitmed about three weeks ama.