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WON'T WUT FOR SENATE. ADAMKON KAYS WUBUDEtfTK 'PROGRAM WILL BK PI Sil F.D. T?> He RnMhed *r ovwani In 'Reuse 1H? ?Pitr Drtajr in Upper Hou*e-r-DlH Makes It Omipul<*ory for Striker* to Utve HUtr Da. * Notice Before tasking. Washington, Jan. 3.?Railroad leg? islation desired by President Wilson to supplement the Adamson law is to be greased in the house without wait? ing for action by tlie senate. After e inference with the president today, end while the senate committee was continuing it* hearings on the sub? ject, Representative Adamson, chair? man of the house commerce commit? tee, announced that within u few days ha would Introduce and seek the pas? sage of bills designed to prevent rail? road employes from striking without giving fO days' notice, and to empow? er the president to place tied up road* in the hands of military authori? ties in case of public necessity. It has been understood that the presi? dent had wanted th? railroad pro- | gramme completed b/ amendments to a measure now pending in the senate. Mr. Adamson seM today, however, [ that he wan tired of waiting for the I senate to ?e:. I "They will run on with these hear? ings for I don't know how long," he /feddid, "and I doubt If the members know much more about the subject when the hearings am over than they do now." Mr. Adamson will press his pro k posed special rule, now In the house vules commute for ? Immediate con? sideration of hi" resolution to extend mhf life of the Newlanda railway in* ?restlgating committee for one year. Bfh* lrfe of this/cotnmlttee will ex ?ire next Monday unites It Is extend? er Objection by Repr?sentativ Bay P*rn of Texas today .docked unani? mous consent for consideration of the resolution. Vigorous opposition t d the proposed compulsory notice measuri from or? ganised labor generally Is anticipated. It was to fight such proposals that the four railway brotherhoods and the American federation oi Labor repre? sentatives recently alliet them sei vee anomeially. They oppose all meas ioreing men to labor. -" officials are expected that passage of the Adamson hills by the house would not Interfere**with j the senate procedure. The senate has "'before it a hilf passed by the house I at the last session to enlarge the in? terstate commerce commission, and any house measures easily could be 1 attached to it as amendments. Ac? tion on tho entire bill in conference then would bo prompt, it is argued. Judge William L. Chambers of the federal board Of mediation and con? ciliation; Everett P. Wheeler, repre? senting the Reform club of Now York, and Amos |* Hathaway of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, testi? fied today before the committees. Judge Chambors, without giving his views on the merits of the pro? posed compulsory arbitration bill, suggested that congress should amend the present arbitration law to em? power federal courts to enforce awards under it. One of the chief grievances of railroad employes is that there is no adequate machine *y for award enforcement. He also ad? vocated amending tho present law to roqulre both N parties to r. railroad controversy to notify the mediation board. Mr. Wheeler contended that su? preme court decisions showed the power of congress to legislate forbid? ding an organised strike interfering with interstate commerce. Such leg? islation, he said, would not make a railroad employe an involuntary ser? vant and would not affect his right as an Individual to quit work. Mr. Hathaway thought the bill to give the interstate commerce commission pow? er to fix railroad wages would be a more logical solution of wage prob? lems than arbitration legislation, but doubted its expediency. Death. Miss Sara Flemming, daughter of the late Josiah Flemming, died at her home near Alcolu, Clarendon county, on Thursday, December 28th, 1916, aged 83 years. The deceased is sur? vived by five nephews, three nieces, and one sister-in-law. Washington, Jan. 4.?The peace terms proposed by Germany will be in the president's hands "very soon," probably within three days, states a high diplomatic authority today. The outline of these terms is expected In advance. _ Washington, Jan. 3.?Secretary Lansing took^the senate, foreign af >fs^s>nW^m Into* the administra? tion's confidence today regarding peace moves, it Is expected to result in congress endorsing the president's peaco note. MIMMMMIMMIMMMIMIII.MMHMMMMMI? J. i. HUH ? it ?OF f* . i The Klng-BIanding Live Stock Co. Hm Reopened Business at C. W. Smith & Co'* Stables Epperson's Old Stand, Opposite Court House. Just back from the Market with a Carload of HORSES AND MULES. 3 CaM and look this lot over i! ? in need of Horses or Mules. ??IM M.MMMMIIMtM?IMtl?? fmmmLmtmmMFmmmm wuw. To The Planters ????'1 ? ? ?.?? ? "' ???? j. of Sumter County We want you to call upon us before you buy your Fertilizers this season. We can anal will save you money. Fertilizer materials are higher 'propor? tionately than mixed goods. It will pay you to talk it over with us be? fore you buy. Respectfully, HARBY & CO., Inc., SUMTER. S. C. FORWARDS ALLIES' ANSWER. KElTlY REJECTING TEUTONIC? OFFER SENT BERLIN BY UNITED STATES. President Wilntin Undecided on Any Furt her l'eaeo Move at This Time? Reply is Presented to Senate by Senator liiteheoek. Washington, Jan. 2.?The entente reply rejecting the peace proposals of the central powers was cabled by the state department today for pre? sentation to Germany and the other belligerent governments whose dip? lomatic interests the United States represents at allied capitals. To save time the cabled English translation was dispatched from here an '. Ambas? sador Sharp was instructed to for? ward the French text direct from Paris. It was authoritatively stated that President Wilson had not decided what if any further move in the in? terest of peace he might make, but was keeping an open mind on the subject while waiting for the entente's answer to his note proposing a dis? cussion of terms by the belligerents. No official comment was forthcoming on press reports from Paris indicating that the reply to the president in ef? fect would be the same as that given the central powers. Discussion of the advisability of legislative action approving the course of tho president in sending his note occupied the senate for more than an hour and will be resumed tomorrow. Action was delayed by unanimous con? sent because Republican senators in? sisted that the question was too im? portant to be disposed of hastily and should be considered by the foreign relations committee. Particular interest attached to statements by Senator Stone, chair? man of the foreign relations commit? tee, who had an hour's conference yesterday with President Wilson. Ad? ministration officials made it cleor that the president did not seek action by congress, though of course he would not like to see a proposal to indorse his policy defeated. The discussion began when Sena? tor Hitchcock's resolution to approve the note automatically came before the senate. Democrats urged that the resolution should be passed without delay in order that the president's position might be approved by a co? ordinate branch of the government which has authority in international affairs. Senators Lodge, Gallinger, Boreh and other Republicans Insisted that Senator Hltchocock consent to let the matter go to the foreign relations committee. They expressed the viesv I that the proposed action was fraught with such international Importance that it should not be acted upon wit! - uot very careful consideration and not until a senate committee had oppoi tunlty to study the exchanges of bel? ligerent and neutral governments which have followed the original.Teu tonlc note suggesting discussion 01 peace. There were strong intimations to? night that the Republicans will in? sist upon thorough debate if Sena? tor Hitchcock persists tomorrow in his demand for a vote without refer? ence to a committee. Suoh a discus? sion, It was pointed out, mighty lead to another general debate on the Eu? ropean war situation such as charac? terized the controversy over the right of American citizens to travel on arm? ed ships. Senator Stone declared that the is? sue was whether the senate should indorse a movement calculated to open the way for bringing about peac.3 in Europe. For the senate to hesi? tate would destroy the moral effect of the proposed indorsement. Views of many Republican senators were epitomized by Senator Lodge, who declared the resolution opened up a "very large, grave and Impor? tant subject." "I trust," he added, "that It will be realized that this thing can not bo rushed through, involving, as it does, our relations to all the world." A resolution similar to that of Sen? ator Hitchcock was introduced in the house late today by Representative VlcKellear of Tennessee and referred to the foreign affairs committee. It was stated at the State depart? ment that no more neutral countries had replied to the president's note. Congratulatory and optimistic telo grums from abroad were received to? day from the Swedish League for the Democracy of Justice, the Central Hoard of the Social Democratic Wom? en's Association of Stockholm, the Congress of Belgian Socialist Work? j men In Holland, the Swedish section of the International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace, the General Dutch alliance, the Federa? tion of Christian Teachers of Hol lnnd and Colonies, the Swedish Peace committee, the Liberal Dutch I*abor federation; the Dutch Theosophloal Association of World l'eaeo and the Women's Christian Temperance Un? ion of Swodcn. I Miss Agnes Bryan left this after no en eft her return to Lanoaster, Foreign Agencies for Reserve Hank?, No little significance is attached to the action of the Federal Reserve] Hoard, announced at the beginning! of the present business week, where- | by the Federal Reserve Bank of the I Second, or New York, District is au- ! thorized to constitute the Bunk of I England its agent and correspondent' in Great Britain. It is furthermore! understood that the federal reserve1 banks of other districts may if they so desire establish similar relation? ships with the Bank of England. In? deed, there is some disposition to believe that the matter may have a wider application, and that the Bank of France, or even German Reichh bank, if such an arrangement is prac? ticable, may be likewise constituted agents of the reserve banks of this country. The step now tuken in re? gard to the Bank of England is cov? ered by section 14 of the law estab? lishing tlie federal reserve banking system, which empowers federal re? serve banks, with the consent of the Federal Reserve Board, to open ac? counts in foreign countries, appoint correspondents and establish agen? cies therein lor the purpose of buy? ing, selling and collecting bills of exchange arising out of commercial transportation. In granting author? ity under the above section the board has thus authorized the New York Federal Beserve Bank to maintain accounts either with or for the Bank of England so that operations of an international nature, both in Great Britain and the United States, are rer.tiored possible. In some quarters this development has been regarded as constituting amends on the part of the Federal Reserve Board for its recent warning against investment by the national hanks of the United States in the treasury bills of England and France, which action, it will be recalled, caus? ed the abandonment of the plan to place short term obligations of the above description with banks in this i oountry. This, however, is appar? ently unfounded. It is understood that the Reserve Board has had the matter under consideration for some time, and that the underlying motive is the widening of the field in which the federal reserve banks at New York ani other centers of the coun? try may operate in connection with the country's foreign commerce. The bills of exchange which the agent bank may buy on behalf of the New York Reserve Bank must be those iftsr -celgiMe for purchase or redis? count under the regulations establish? ed by the board; that is they are to be those created or accepted in con? nection with purely commercial bus? iness, instruments originating in con? nection with dealings or investments in bonds or stocks, etc., being etri?r ly barred. Intimation is given by the board that it may from time to time issue further regulations to meet the conditions which might arise in con? nection with the large volume of exchange business possible of devel? opment under the new arrangement. Appreciation is expressed on all sides of the part which the plan is capable ^f playing in connection with the foreign exchanges of the coun? try. In some quarters it is held that it will take off the American market a considerable amount of bills against commercial exports from the United States which are now or? dinarily sold in the New York mar? ket and which constitute a weight upon the foreign exchange situation. It is also argued that when it is put in operation it will aid materially in lessening and regulating the heavy shipments of gold to this country which England and her allies have been obliged to make. At the same time, it is realized that the amount of such business which is possible is limited by the resources of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, and that to render the arrangement fully ef? fective the reserve banks of the oth? er districts would have to participate. Moreover, there are practical ques? tions to be solved in relation to the amount of eligible bills which will be available for purchase in the London market and the rates at which they can be obtained. These and other features of the situation have to be tested, though in the main the plan \n one which promises to have gootl results. It is manifest that the es? tablishment of large credits at the foreign financial centers by the feder? al reserve banks, which Is a possibil? ity under the arrangement, would be advantageous to the entire banking community in tho United States In connection with the great readjust? ment which is likely to be a feature when the present Europan conflict ends. Paris, Jan. 4.?A news dispatch says that Germany and Austria are calling for a million fresh troops. There are hints at the violation of Switzerland's neutrality and threat? ening Milan and the rich Lombard)! Plain. 1 London. Jan. 4. 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