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Riotous Strikers and Troops Engage in Bloody Battle. -j TWO THOUSAND STRIKERS ATTACK IRON WORKS Sreet Car Lines and All Indus tries in Buenos Aires Are Paralyzed. Buenos Aires, Jan. 9.?Another bat tle.^between the strikers here and the government fprce.s... began this after noon at the Vasena Iron Foundry. Meanwhile the strike movement is spreading and more than 50 unions have joined. -In - the fight at Vasena Iron Foundry this afternoon 20,000 strikers surrounded the plant in an attempt jboforce strike breakers to leave it. The government rushed up a squadron of national mounted police to escort the. workers to safety. During the afternon street cars and taxis were overturned or destroy ed. As night approached the situa tion admittedly was assuming grave proportions. ; Nearly all the industries of the city, including the transportation lines, have been paralyzed by a 24 hour general strike called in protest against the'"use.of force by^the state" in the fight Tuesday in which five metal workers were killed and 30 wounded. The strike was declared by the re gional labor federation. The strike ? includes- more than 50 branches of trade and affects more than 100,000 laborers. Strike committees visited commer cial houses and department stores during the afternoon and requested employers to close their places of business in order to enable their em .ployees.to join the one day strike. By four o'clock all the big houses down town had closed their doors and shiuttered their windows and the em ployees were in the street throughout the, afternoon as there was no means of. transportation out of the city even if they had desired to leave. A..thousand strikers former a fune rai procession during the afternoon for/ the five persons killed in Tues day's disorders. The coffins of the victims were draped with red flags. The bodies had lain in state Wednes d?y~night in the Metal Workers' Un ion headquarters. Ajgroup of.British subjects appeal-' ?ejd .tpday .to the .British minister for protection) The minister promised to consult 'the Argentine foreign office with regard to tfte safety of foreign ers.. There was violence in all parts of the city as the strikers forced all workers to join them. They unhitched horses and turned them loose in the streets and attempted to burn the po lice station near the scene of Tiles day's fighting. Three policemen and several laborers were wounded. In another section, an automobile carrying a police chief was fired upon after the chief refused to get out and walk. The street car employees, accord ing to the officials, refused to leave their cars until they were forced to do so. Police armed with rifles are patrol ling ? the city tonight, assisted by armed firemen. TLo only motor cars allowed to operate undisturbed are those flying the red flag, which indi cates that they are carrying strike ag itators. High Priced Meat Fishier, Representing Marketing Committee, Declares Law ' Will Be Needed to Curb i Packers. Washington, Jan. 9.?An era of ex treme profiteering in meat prices af ter the food administration ceases to function unless control of private cars, stock yards and terminal re frigerator plants is taken from the packers was predicted today by Wal ter L. Fisher, counsel for the market ing committee of the American Nat ional Live Stock Association and former secretary of the interior. Mr. Fisher was testifying before the sen ate interstate commerce committee at hearings on the pending bill providing for government control of these mar keting facilities. The witness declared that "prices would bump the ceiling" and at the same time th^re would be danger of diminution of production if the gov ernment took no action to curb what he described as a practical monopoJy maintained by the five leading pack ers. Stock raisers, he said, would has- j ten to sell even breeding animals to get a share of the temporary high prices which the packers would force. I and thereby produetion of new ani mals would decrease. Mr. Fisher urged that the stock j cars, refrigerator cars, stock yards! and terminal refrigerator plants be j taken over by the railroad rather than i by the government for permanent op- J eration as a means of promoting "real competition" among the packers. The public commerce committed heard Edward Burke. reprpsent::five of the American National Live Stock Ass-, ciation on behalf of a similar bill before the house. Germans Fall Behind. London, Jan. 9.?Germany had fall en behind in the last month in turn ing over material required by the terms of the armistice. A chee'emg I , date shows a shortage of C<sr> heavy! guns, 7,000 machine gun-.. 1.000 ] trench mortars, 600 airplanes, engines, 5,000 motor lorries and I ! 000 railroad cars. J MUCH EXPECTED OF LEGISLATURE Constructive Programme Out lined for Several Depart ments of Government. TAXATION THE PARA MOUNT PROBLEM Other Subjects for Considera tion are Education, Good Roads and Public Health. Columbia. Jan. 11.?Much construc tive legislation is expected at the ses sion of the general assembly which convenes Tuesday at noon. "Educa tion, good roads; public health and taxation are expected to be the topics around which will center the great est interest of .the session. Both houses will be called to order at noon Tuesday. J. Wilson Gibbes, clerk of the last house, will call the new house to order. If he is in the State at the time, Lieut. Gov. Andrew ."). Bethea will call the senate to or der. Should he not be able to be present, Senator LeGrand Walker, oi Georgetown, will call that body tc order. Thomas F. Cothran of Greenville will be reelected speaker of the house and J. Wilson Gibbes clerk. There is a contest on for reading clerk be tween A. E. Hutchinson, the incum bent, and S. McGowan Simpkins ot Edgefield, a former reading clerk J S. Wilson of Lancaster will be reelect ed sergeant at arms without opposi tion and so far as is known Rev. L. E Wiggins will be unopposed for chap lain. In the senate none of the old offi cials will be opposed for reelection anc that body will organize very quickly. The governor's message will proba bly be read on Tuesday immediate!:, after the organization of the tw< houses. There seems to be little room tc j doubt that ,t strict compulsory- edu ! cation law will be passed at this ses {sion. It is understood that Gov. Man I ning is gping to ask for it in his an nual message and it is known thai Gov. Cooper in his inaugural is going to stress the necessity of such legis lation. Mr. Cooper is going to as^ the passage cf a law without an> loopholes in it. one that will compel every child to attend school. Mr. Cooper has other edueationa legislation that he is going to ask. It seems pretty generally agree?! j around Columbia that the good roa<':: legislative program agreed upon by the central good roads campaign committee following a conference with the State highway commission on Wednesday will be put through by the general assembly. This committee is asking for legis lation paving the way ofr a big bond issue in 1920 to construct a permanent State highway system. The legislature is asked this year to change the State highway commis sion so that it shall be composed ol I one representative from each congres i sional district and the three senior I professors of civil engineering in th? ! State colleges, the Citadel, the Univer ! sity of .South Carolina and Clemsor i College. This commission would be given the power to appoint and fix the compen sation of its engineers and employees and the power to lay out, construct regulate and maintain a system ol j State highways connecting even ; county in South Carolina; such high ways to be so constructed and surfac ed as to take care of the traffic which may be developed upon them. The commission would further b? instructed to investigate the cost ol the construction of such a system oi highways and to report to the nexl session of the legislature what State bonds would be necessary therefor and the estimated annual license tas necessary for the retirement thereof, after providing for proper mainte nance of the said highway. . The general assembly will also be ] asked to raise the annual license tas {beginning with 1921 on motor j vehicles to SI.00 per horsepowei (for automobil" and motorcycles j and $2.00 per horsepower fo7 motor trucks and the license for dealers to $50 for each make of car handled, and to fix the license ol trailers at $10; all of which shall be turned over lo the State highway com mission for the construction of I bridges on the proposed highway sys: tern and for the construction and sur i f.icing of such portions of State high way as may be practicable in con junction with any federal aid which may be provided for roads in this State. The people cf South Carolina are ! awake as nover before to the neces j sity of good roads and it is believed ! here that the good roads committee is J ^oimr to get all that it asks for. j A lively row is expected at this ses i :<.:i on the tax commission. An ef | fort will undoubtedly be made to j abolish it but the friends of the sys I tern are going to put up a mighty j strong fight against it. On the question of taxation Gov. Cooper is going to recommend the adoption.of the Virginia budget sys tem and the county unit plan for as sessing State tnxes. A largely increased appropriation is going to bo asked by th" State health s rvice this year. The ravages of the ?'i!u"' have brought to the attention of the people the necessity for im proved health conditions in the State. The movement for the holding of a constitutional convention was given an impetus by the action of the Stato ''ouncil of Defense in coming out in favor of such convention. A strong fight was made at last ses sion for the submission of a constitu tional amendment to the people look ing to the calling of a convention and ih" bill almost got by the senate. It was thought for a while that it hud SOUTH HATERS EMIT VENOM Republican National Committee at a Loss for Real Issue, Raises Old Cry. I CAMPAIGN TO AROUSE SECTIONAL FEELING For Next Two Years Party of Special Interests Will Preach Gospel of Hate. ? Chicago, Jan. 10.?Declaring for universal female suffrage by constitu tional amendment and applauding speeches condemning Socialism, Bol shevism and government ownership, the Republican national committee today conferred on Chairman Will H. Hays', who opened the meeting with prayer, what was taken to be full power, to conduct affairs of the party ir its efforts to defeat the Democrats at the next national election. Resolutions laudatory of Theodore Roosevelt were adopted as introduced by John T. King of Connecticut and plans were made at the sugestion ot Chairman Hays to erect a permanent monument by popular subscription. The Democratic national adminis tration was denounced by committee men for what was termed its ten dency to socialism and for placing control of the government depart ments in the hands of the minority 61 the South, while the majority of the Xorth paid SO per cent, of the taxes as worded by Governor Beckman oJ Rhode Island. ? It was declared by Chairman Hays and others that it was too early tc consider a cand^ate for president bui many names were mentioned in the informal talk of committeemen whih a separate meeting of Illinois Re publicans made arrangements to per 1 suade Gov. Frank O. Lowden to an nounce himself as a candidate. Two women took part in the delib erations as holders of proxies anc their assistance was sought in all th< doings of tha meetings. Mrs. Medil McCormick of Illinois, chairman o the woman's executive committee read a long report outlining plans fo: woman's organizations in every Statt and for the active participation o: women in the national affirs of th< party. Governor Beekman of Rhode Islam referred to the recent victory of th< Republicans in the congressional elec. 'ions and said that the people of th< Xorth were tired of paying 90 pei cent, of the taxes and having it ex oended by the minority of the South which dominated the Democratic na tional administration. Gov. Burnqus ^f Minnesota, denounced Bolshevism anarchy and Socialism and said th< hope of the country for the future wa: in the election of a Republican presi dent. He spo'se of ihe activity of th( aon-Partisan League in the Northeas and said the sympathy of the Demo cratic party had been with that or ganization. Governor Harding' of Iowa criti cised the Democratic national admin ;stration for its extravagance and in efficiency, and referred to W. G- Mc Adoo, federal director of railroads, a: "the crown prince." ''This is too big and too great 2 country to be ruled by one corner 01 it, said Governor Harding. "I hop* ?he Republican congress will see thai the railroads are returned to theii owners without delay." Congressman Royal Johnson ol South Dakota, who appeared in the uniform of an army officer, and oth ers made similar addresses. The committee gave Chairznar Hays a vote of confidence and au thorized him to name an executive and other committees at his discre tion. The committee settled, a contesl over the national committeeship in Louisiana, which has. been pending since the' last' Republican national convention in 1916, by seating Emil Kuntz. a negro. F. C. Labit. was the unsuccessful contestant. Both fac tions agreed to abide by the decision of the committee. AMERICA TO PAY NORWAY. The Sum of $11,000,000 for Requisi tioned Ships. London, Jan. 9.?Edward N. Hurley and R. B. Stevens, of the American shipping board, after conferences with representatives of the Norwegian ship ping Association, have agreed that the United Statr-s shail immediately pay the Norwegian ship owners $11, 000.000 which is the amount the Nor wegians actually had invested in contracts, material and ships when they were requisitioned by the United States. The matter is left unsettled, ! however, as the amount is far below what the Norwegians claim. Further claims will be taken up in Washing 1 ton. The Norwegians declared that some concerns faced disaster unless they j obtain funds immediately. j passed, having received a majority, j but the point was later raised that it j had to have a two-thirds vote, j Senator Nickles of Abbeville, who ! led the fight for it in ih<> senate Last (year, will not ho back this year, but some other senator will probably ta! e the initiative. There will be many new face? in both the senate and house this year. There are only about 25 old member in the house. Thor?- will be deep regret in the senate over the announcement of Sen ator Niels Christensen of Beaufo t that he will resign at the close of thJs session. Senator Christensen is lookr ? ed !:p:>n as one o~- the leaders or \\ e' upper body an< his colleagues are planning to urge him during the ses-.j si on to reconsider his announced in-1 t' iition ofresigning . I BRITISH PEACE DELEGATES Lloyd George, Balfour, Bonar Law and Barnes to Sit in Peace Conference. PREMIERS OF DOMINIONS WILL ALSO ATTEND England's Interests to Be Rep resented by Four of Her Vet eran Statesmen. London. Jan.. 10.?Premier Lloyd George, Chanceller Bonar Law, for eign Secretary Balfour and Privy Counselor George Nicholl Barnes have been appointed British peace plenipotentiaries, according to The Express and The Mail. The premiers of Canada, Australia and union of South Africa will have seats when the congress takes up bus ! iness of interest to the dominions, it is said. When Carthage Surrendered Only Historic Precedent for the Action of German High Seas ; Fleet. ; London. Dec. 20.?(Correspondence : of the Associated Press )?The Bish ? op of Durham has found an historical * precedent for the surrnder of the f German fleet in the pages of Livy That ancient chronicler tells how, a? 3 an article of the peace agreemem ' which ended the second Punic war 1 Carthage had to surrender to Rome * the whole of her battle fleet. 1 Rome, the article points out, was " the great military power and Carth " age was the great naval power o: ? antiquity, just as Germany and Eng land in modern times. Rome bea ? Carthage?the soldier beat the sailor 1 In the conflict Rome revealed an ex ;i traordinary adaptability for nava J warfare, and Carthrage gave interna C weakness. "The German writers," the Man r ehester Guardian comments 4;antici = pated .a. similiar course for a war be ? tween Germany and England. The: ? : were confident that the German mili tary mind applied to naval warfar< 1 would prove its superiority to th? s English, and that England, put to thi - j test, would, be proved rotten?a grea ; illusion." r i Explaining why the parallel o - j antiquity "was deceptive the Guardiai ,I proceeds: - i "It should not too hastily be assum tfed that ttie British Navy displayed ai , intellectual superiority derived fron ? long tradition which no young nav; 3 could hope to overcome. We are O] - j safe ground if we say that the German * navy, unlike, the navy of ancien t, Rome, showed itself singularly wood - en and unadaptable. Sir Davi< - Beatty has pronounced its strategy and its tactics contemptible. "If the comparison of German: . with Rome was false, still falser wa; . the comparison of England witl . Carthage. Carthage was a narrow 3 oligarchy resting upon a peculiarly harsh slave system, and defended bj t a mercenary army recruited from al f the Mediterranean peoples. Carth ? age's lack of freedom was her weak t ness, and England's freedom he] r strength. But gentlemen of the schoo of Treitschke could not be expectec f to see that, for they despised politica > freedom." Weaken the Navy I House Naval Committee Rejects Daniels' Recommendations Washington, Jan. 10.?A temporary - naval force of two hundred and twen |_ ty-fivethousand enlisted men for the J year beginning next July, was decid ed on today by the house naval sub committee in beginning work on the ! appropriation bill. This is twenty five thousand less than recommended 1 by Secretary Daniels. The Roosevelt Fortune Oyster Bay, N. Y., Jan. 9.?Col. Theodore Roosevelt's will, made in Hi 12, was read to members of the family at Sagamore Hill today and probably will be filed with the sur rogate of Nassau County tomorrow. Although tbe value of the former j president's estate was not made known, it was understood to amount to not much more than $500,000. Ac ! cording to Attorney George C. Cobbe, j of New York, who read he will, the document provides that the entire j "state, with the exception of the fam j ily silver and plate, shall be held in j trust for the widow during her life land gives her power to dispose of it j by will as she sees fit. In the event j she leaves no will the estate is to be j divided in equal parts among the chil j dren. j The silver and family plate. Mr. I Cobbe said, are to be divided among j the children, as is a $60,000 trust fund 1 left to Col. Roosevelt by his father. The will named as trustees Lieut. Col. Theodorse Roosevelt. Jr.. and W. Ihn in Roosevelt, a cousin of the Col one;. A. C. L. STRIKE EXDS. Repair Shop Men Leave Grievance With Board. Wilmington. X. 0.. Jan. 0.?After having been out almost a week be cause of the presence of non-union workmenin the local Atlantic Coast Line (?:))? repair shops here. ."00 or more union workmen will resume work tomorrow morning, leaving the cause of the strike to l>e adjudicated by G. I).. Rosser, their representtaive, and Wiljard Kells, general superin tendent of motor power for the rail road." " ' SPARTACANS NOT YET WHIPPED I . The Fight in Berlin Goes On I With Unabated Fury. THE SPARTANS STILL HOLD PRINTING PLANTS Report That the Government Had Captured Police Head quarters Denied. I Berlin, Thursday; Jan. 9, 5.30 P. M. ?Government forces are in complete control of that section of the inner city between the Brandenburg gate and Friedrichstrasse. The government has issued an or der prohibiting all processions. Government troops have captured police headquarters, which has been one of the Spartacan strongholds. The government gave warning that its troops have orders to shoot to kill without waiting for the Sparta cans to begin. The Spartacans failed to summon a mass meeting of their supporters today. Berlin, 7.30 Thursday Xight, Jan. 9.?Determined attacks by govern men forces on the printing plants of the Tageblatt and Vossische Zeitung which are still in the hands of the Spartacans have been going on since noon. It was learned this evening that police headquarters is still in the hands of the Spartacans. Not Many Casualties. Berlin, Thursday Noon, Jan. 9.?11 is estimated that two hundred persons ! have been killed in the fighting since Monday. Farm Demonstration Work in This State A Number of Changes in Work [ ing Force of Extension 1 Service. Clemson College, Jan. 9.?The nev . year finds a number of changes in th< working force of the Extension Ser r vice, especially as to county agri cultural agents. Mr. W. H. Barton i ? resignation as district agent of th< ? second district was effective Januar; j first. As previously noted, Mr. A. A \ McKeown, county agent in Yor] county, has been made district ?gen I of the third district. ! Three much regretted resignation of county agents are those of A. I ? Baker, Horry county; J. A. Riles i Chester county; C. S. Adams/ Beau i fort county. Mr. Riley - becomes sb I perintendent of the Coast L<and Ex i periment Station. Mr. Baker and Mi i Adams are leaving county agent wor. t to enter other fields of activity, great - ly to the regret of the Extension au I /horities. Former agents H. G. Boyistor Barnwell county; W. O. Davis, Horr; r county, and A. B. Carwile, Union c?un ; ty, return to the work after havini t served in the army. . Mr. Caiwils , however, goes to Edgefield county in - stead of Union. S. W. Foster, Lexington county; C I A. Vincent, Beaufort county; D. R Hopkins, Darlington county, and H C. Wilburn, Clarendon county, ar< ? newly appointed agents. All four o: ; these are Clemson graduates wel fitted by training and experience, l-if-:?_ ' Change in Income Tas Corporations. May Pay Mon Than Expected. Washington, Jan. 9.?Corporations will pay income taxes of 12 per cent, on their 1918 earnings and 10 instead of 8 per cent, thereafter, under agree ments reached late today by senate and house conferees on the war reve nue bill. The conferees adopted the 12 per cent, rate for 1919 collection as pro posed in the bill as it passed the sen ate, the house managers agreeing to elimination of the house provision levying an additional 6 per cent, on undistributed dividends of corpora tions. In revising the corporation in come tax affecting earnings of 1919 arid subsequent years, which the sen ate had fixed at S per cent, the sen ate and house managers reached a compromise making the rate 10 per 'cent. It is estimated that under the new rates the corporation tax will yield about $750,000,000 this year and $600,000,000 annually thereafter. The conferees alsd adopted sub stantially the senate provisions allow ing deductions in calculating corpora tions' income taxes, of dividends re ceived from other corporations. They also approved the senate provisions exempting so-called personal service corporations from the corporation tax rates, but added an amendment to deny such exemptions to these corpor ations where 50 per cent, or more income is derived from profits or commissions on government contracts. The senate plan of providing for pay ments of income taxes in four install ments, instead of three, as propos ed by the house bill, also was approv-' ed. j In revising the individual income, tax section the conferees adopted the! house provision requiring individuals with net income of $1.000 or more to, tile returns, striking out the senate j amendment requiring returns if gross; income is S 1,000 or more. ' _ i Newport News. Jan. 10.?Brigadier; General Walter A. Harris, of Macon. Ga.. in command of the Hundred Seventy-fourth brigade of the Eighty ?eventh Division, was among those who landed from the transport Mada-i waska this morning. The troops a!so included twelve hundred rick : and wounded. MAKE C?ACT EQ0AL SPOTS Senator Smith Explains Amend ment to Cotton Futures Act. WILL HELP THE PRICE OF ALL GRADES Says It Will Make the Contract Reflect the Real Value of . Cotton. Washington, Jan. 8'.?Senator Smith of South Carolina is receiving many letters and telegrams in refer ence to an amendment offered by him yesterday to the cotton, futures act, in explanation of which he makes the fol-owing statement: "I have introduced an amendement to the cotton futures act restricting delivery to five grades, namely, low middling, strict low middling, mid dling, stirct middling, and good mid dling. "These grades comprise about 80 or 85 per cent of the cotton crop of the South. Under the practices al lowed by the administrators of the present law a vast number of grades and kinds of cotton are allowed to be delivered on contract with the re sult that the small per cent of low grade cottor is used to depress the price of the 80 per cent This is made manifest by the presnet mar ket quotations, to wit: Contract cot ton is quoted from $15 to $20 a bale less than spot cotton in identically the same markets. "The reason for this is that the purchaser of a contract has no. idea within a wide limit of what grade or grades of cotton would be tendered him and ultimately, at what differ ence in price from the basis grade. Under the proposed amendment ..the purchaser would know that he would get one of the real mercantile stand ard grades. The seller of a contract under the proposed amendment would be forced to sell at its real value be cause he would not be allowed. such' a wide latitude of grades out of which to substitute something of doubtful or uncertain value. "Such a contract as I propose will make the contract price, fori cotton equal to the price of spots, and will in no way affect adversely the sale of the grades excluded; in fact, it will enhance the value of 'all grades. It will make the contract reflect the real value of cotton rather than the pres- - erit confused miserable state of af fairs. I sincerely hope that every pro ducer of cotton will lend his support to the early passage of this neces sary amendment." ? -'?<?? Why U-Boats Failed English Sailing Vessel Sank Two Submarines in One Day. Falmouth. England, Dec. 20.? (Correspondnce of the Associated Press.)?Two German submarines were sunk in one day by the Mary B. Mitchell, a sailing vessel, one of the "mystery ships" of the war- now exhibited here. This craft was one of the first, if not the first, of the decoy ships which played havoc with the U-boats. This vessel went into the decoy service early in 1916, un der command of Lieutenant John Lowrie. All her officers and crew volunteered for the hazardous work.. She was provided with a twelve pounder and two well-concealed- six pounders. She sighted the first submarine three miles away and loafed along awaiting a chance to bag it. The German craft followed at. a safe dis tance for a time, but finally crawled closer and after satisfying itself that it had superior speed and gun power, opened fire. Failure of the mystery ship to re turn fire at once baffled the German officers. They were quiet for fifteen aainutes. and then resumed fire. When the submarine came sufficient ly close and was in good position abeam, the concealed guns of the sail ing ship were brought into play and landed six mortal hits on the sub marine, which was unable to fire an additional shell. Just three minutes after the first shell hit. the submarine was blown up by a shot which holed it just below the foredeck and caus ed an explosion which threw a vast column of water high into the air. Later the same day another Ger man submarine approached the Mary B. Mitchell and opened fire at a dis tance of about two miles. After the sixth round the mystery ship was j stopped and a boat put off. The sub i marine approached the supposed j wreck at full surface speed. Then it i submerged for a time and suddenly j rose to the surface again j The gunners of the Mary B. Mitch- ^ i ell landed a shell just below the con lr?ii?r tower fnd pierced the side one ?foot above the water. A flash of j brilliant blue flame and a dense yel j low smoke came from the hole. Al ! most instantly another shell struck 1 forward and the submarine was en ' veloped in black smoke and sank in ! to the water bow foremost, with a j loud gurgling and hissing. The official report does not say that the .Mary B. Mitchell was filled with wood to keep her from sinking, but this was doubtless the case, as other mystery ships were so equipped and were able to float in spite of any damage inflicted on them by tor pedoes and shells. Their guns were frequently hidden behind doors in the sides of the ship which could be swung open. Dublin. Jan. in.?Serious disturb ances have taken place at Mount joy prison wh< re a number of Sinn Fein ers have been imprisoned as ordinary prisoners. While claiming treatment as political offenders, the prisoners arc reported to have broken windows and damaged the celt's.