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pRepttblicans Are Dealing The Cards at Washington ' :f For New Hand PROFESSIONALS SITTING 2 IN FROM BOTH PARTIES .Not Much to Choose From When Lodge on the One Hand and . Clark on the Other Control k 3-hings. Washington/ May 19?The Sixty sixth, or "Reconstruction." ^Congress, called into extraordinary session hyj President Wilson from Paris, con vened at noon today and Republican majorities in senate and house organ ized both sides. Representative GiUette of Massa chusetts was elected speaker of the house over Representtaive Champ Clark of Missouri, Democratic candi date and former speaker, by a vote of 225 to 172. . Senator Cummins of Iowa, the Re publican candidate, was chosen pres ident pro ..tempore" of the senate over Senator Pittman of Nevada, Demo crat, 47 to 4 2. Several Democrats were absent but all Republicans were in. their seats, two withholding their votes. The Republicans of both sides also elected full slates of other offices andj . thus, for the first time since 1911, re-! turned to control of the American ?ia-; tional legislature. Routine affairs of organization comprised the opening day's pro :ceedings, both bodies adjourning un til tomorrow when President Wilson's cabled, message will be read in the senate and house by the clerks. The ...senate today concluded its session in ??^?O. minutes and the hou.se in two hours and 20 minutes. Although keenly realized by all members, there was no outward evi dence in the initial proceedings of the enormous amount of work ahead. The g&peace treaty with Germany including the league of nations covenant, the Austrian treaty and the proposed con vention for the protection of France, are not expected before next month. All hold promises of dramatic debate. Appropriation bills which failed in the . filibuster . last March will be ?rushed immediately in the house. Chairman Good of the house app> b priations committee tonight, called a meeting for tomorrow to begin, work on . the general deficiency measure. ? Legislation dealmg with railroads, telegraph and telephones, woman suf frage, prohibition, repeal of the lux ury-taxes and other pressing subjects are promised ,in the.van of import ant economic and reconstruction ques tions. This, legislation is expected by leaders to "hold congress in session al most continuously until the presiden tial convention of 1920. Investigation planned by the Republicans of nu merous administration acts also are expected to begin in the near future with inauguration of work probable in the house in connection with ap propriation bills. The flood of bills which is expected to make the new congress momen tous began in the house today and the senate's initial measures will be presented tomorrow. House resolution No. 1 was the woman suffrage con stitutional amendment measure, in troduced by Former Republican Lead er Mann of Illinois. Despite the formality of today's proceedings and the absence of the president?the first time congress has opened with a president on foreign ? soil?overflow crowds in both the sen ate and house galleries witnessed the 1 birth of the new congress. Many cab " inet officers and other high officiais were spectators in the house, where cheering and speech making lent a t?ne of popular interest. When house members were sworn in, Representa tive Victor Borger of Wisconsin, the lone Socialist member, who was con victed of violating the espionage law. was prevented from taking the oath, on objection of Representative Bal linger of Massachusetts, chairman of the elections committee. He was or dered by Speaker Gillette to stand aside and was not allowed to address the house, which adopted unanimous ly a resolution to investigate his right to membership. No objection was raised on the sen ate floor to the seating of Sen.*.tor Truman H. Newberry of Michigan, Republican, whose election is being contested by Henry Ford, Democrat. Formal notice of renewal of the Ford contest, with a request for a commit tee investigation was filed. In addition to electing officers the senate adopted the usual resolutions ?of procedure with a departure in that for notifying the president, bo cause of his absence in Paris, of the! convening. The senate committee of; notification,1 Republican Leader Lodge : and Demcratic Leader Martin, met late today with the house commit-! tee, Republican Leader Mondell, Representative Mann and Former] Speaker Clark, and decided upon dif ferent course. The senate leaders sent a cable merely advising the pres- j ident of the senate's formal action j today, while the house committee ] sent a letter of notification to the' White House. j Major committees of the house! trere organized today but senate com -' mittee arrangements went over. Sen- j ator Lodge appointed the Republican j conference committe on committees, to make assignments, selecting two leaders of the Progressive group, j Senators Borah of Idaho n.-id John-\ son of California. Both advised Mr.! Lodge that they did not wish to, serve, but will be urged to accept.; The committee will begin work to-1 morrow. i Mrs. O. H. McKagen and O. H. Jr., are visiting relatives at Kershaw. Leader of Republican Party Prefers War to Peace Made by Wilson CLAIMS THAT LEAGUE IS MENACE TO AMERICA j Statement Issued Predicting j That Senate Will Reject j ' Peace Covenant. ! I - I Washington. May 19.?Senator Ix>dge, Republican leader and chair man of the foreign relations commit tee in a statement tonight declared that the revised league of nation's "is unacceptable." and predicted it would not be accepted by the majority of the senate without amendment. Characterizing the new league cove nant as included in the peace treaty as "distinctly worse than the old and I more dangerous to the peace of the world and to American rights and in terests," Senator Lodge declared that none of the suggestions from the senate or from Elihu Root had been carried out. * , Senator Lodge's statement follows: "So far as I can judge?and I have had conversations with many sena tors, including members/of both par ties?1 am satisfied that a majority of the senate feels very strongly that the league as now presented must re ; ceivc amendment, that in its present J form, without any changes, it >s. un I acceptable and would not be. accept ed! ! "To say that the amendments put \ forward in the senate and those pro-' posed and formulated by Mr. Root on the suggestion of the State depart ment have been met, is without any foundation. Not one of the sugges tions of the senate, not one of the amendments proposed by Mr. Root has been carried out. Some have been entirely rejected, and where there is an appearance of their hav ing been adopted examination shows that the hew form is distinctly worse than the old and more dangerous to the peace, of the world and to American rights and in 11crests. i It is impossible now to enter upon j a detailed analysis because, although j we. may suppose that the draft of i the league sent over in the press dis j patches is fairly accurate, we have j no knowledge of the treaty with Ger | many or its relation^ to the league, j The summary which was sent out was ; not only incomplete, but vague and in 'accurate and it is impossible to gather ! from it what the terms imposed upon Germany in many respeets really are. ?"There Is no desire beyond the tim-2 necessary to understand it but we must have it before us in the ofllcia! form. As to the league of nations the American people must know what they are to be asked to agree to. By I that league they are invited to take the gravest step ever taken by the ?United States affecting our future peace, and no manufactured pres sure of any kind will swerve the sen ate from its high duty of laying be fore the American people exactly what the league involves and what jt means to the United States to the fu i tu re of the world." Votes For Women j Federal Amendment Expected to Pass Today I _ { "Washington, May 21.?The woman j suffrage resolution which has been i before congress for more than 40 ; years, was taken up in the house to j day as the first real work of the extra J session. Four hours' debate and the (adoption of the resolution before ad journment is planned. A vote is ex jpected about 6 o'clock. Favorable i action is regarded as assured. { Consideration of the suffrage reso j lution began in the house shortly af j ter noon today under an agreement to i close the general debate in two hours I and with the leaders cxpet ring to j vote immediately afterwards. 1 - Washington. May 21.?The Susan ; B. Anthony suffrage amendment res j loution passed the house after less ? than three hours' debate. _, i i Cok'Tibia Seeks ! Reunion j Bids for Thirtieth Division Re union Fair Week Columbia. May 20.?Columbia has, entered in the race for tin- city in j J which the first annual reunion of the I Thirtieth division is to be held this! year. I>. F. Efird. secretary of the j State Fair Association, will go to Ral-j j eigh. X. < \. and appeal io tin- com-i mittee to elect Columbia for the re union Fair Week this fall. J. D. Miot. I 'chairman of the board of directors of1 ! the Columbia Chamber of Commerce.! said tonight the Columbia commercial! body would also get behind the move- j ment and would likely send a delega-J tion to lialeigh for the meeting Sat- j urday at the Raleigh Hotel. _._i Rushing Suffrage Vote Washington. May 20.?Republican! .Leader Mondell announced in the house today that a resolution propos-1 tag the submission of the equal suf-j frage constitutinal amendment will! bo called up tomorrow for passage. The announcement followed ;i favor-1 able report on the resolution by suf frage committee. A similar resolution! was offered in the senate today. I SEAPLANE NC-3 COMES INTO PORT Commander Towers Brings Air ship Safely Through Ter rific Gale MISSING PLANE AT PONTA DEL GADA Bellingers Machine Too Badly Damaged to Continue Flight. Reid Waiting on the Weather Washington. May 19.?After weath ering- a 6u mile gale and heavy seas, the missing seaplane NC-3, flagship of the American naval trans-Atlantic flight squadron, enterd Fonta Del Gada harbor today under her own power, nearly hours from the time she was forced down by fog when al most in sight of the Azores on the record breaking tiight from New foundland for Lisbon and Plymouth, England. Searching battleships and destroy ers were scouring the seas and naval officials had all but abandoned hope for the safety of the dying ship and her crew of five when warships at Ponta Del Gada saw the plane "tax ing" across the water headed for the tiight objective in the Azores. Rear Admiral Jackson immediately dis patched the tidings to the navy de partment by cable, relieving the anx iety of officials and ending the long vigil 'Mrs. Towers had kept since first news came last Saturday morning that her husband's plane had been lost in \ the fog 300 miles from the Azores. The story of the plucky fight the tiight commander and his men were j forced to make for two days and ! nights was not expected at. the navy I department before tomorow, for of i ficials realized that the aviators must have been almost exhausted when they reached their haven. With the crew safe the matter of greatest moment was the condition of ! the plane and whether it would be ? able to continue the flight to Lisbon, j No information as to this had reached j the department tonight, but officers I would not be surprised if it was found i that the ship could proceed without ? extensive repairs. Meanwhile Lieut. Comndr. A. O. ! Read with the NC-4 still was weather j bound at Horta and the NC-1, third j ship of the aerial fleet, was officially I described as in an almost sinking j condition. 20 miles off Corva Island. I Azores, with the destroyer Fairfax j standing by. Lieutenant Commander j Bellinger and his crew of the NC-1 are aboard the cruiser Columbia at I Horta. definitely out of the race, ac | cording to Bellinger's own report on i the condition of his machine. < : With his. arrival at Ponta Del Gada.' ' Commander Towers again takes active I command of the llight situation, i Whether Commander Read in the NC | 4 shall proceed alone at the earliest j possible moment or await refitting of ; the NC-3 to resume the llight de pends on the condition of the latter ! plane. Officers here believed the i NC- i commander would be ordered to proceed on the next lap soon as [ weather permits. A cable fiash from \ Rear Rdmiral Jackson announcing, j that the NC-3 has been sighted ap i proaching Ponta Del Gada on the I water under its own power lifted the gloom that slowly had settled oven ! the navy department as the hours! ; passed with no word from Towers and j i his men. The good news ran like j j wild fire through the corridors. ! Even under the depression of j I earlier hours, however, officers were j quick with tributes to the gallantry j I of Harry G. Hawker, the daring Aus-j I tralian whose single handed attempt j to cross the Atlantic by air, staking ! his life and that of his pilot on pure luck, appealed to them strongly as a. [sporting venture. Officers said, shou'd the Australian succeed, from no one would he receive heartier corigratula I tions. News of Commander Towers' safety meant that not only had 17 officers of the American navy flung themselves through more than 1,200 sea miles of space to arrive at a tiny group of is lands in mid-ocean: but that Ameri can seaplane construction had stood j the test of storm on Lie surface as well as having conquered the air. Tt had been a saying of the service that the planes are bui.'ui to ride anv seas in which they could land. The NC-:; did more than thru. She rode out on a gale that is said to have ap proached a 90 mile rate at times and j came serenely taxing into port hav ing kept steadily on her generali course under guidance of her skillful I crew. This spoke loudly to officers her?, of both sound building and raie skill and ingenuity. it established, they said, record for the service.) probably for the world. IVlnn Secretary Daniels got word! of Towers' safety he promptly per-' sonally telephoned it to Mrs. Towers.! wife of the officer, who had clung] courageously to her faith and hope j through tin- endless hours of waiting* I hTe secretary also flashed to the] officer a. message of congratulation! and asurance as to Mrs. Towers' knowledge that he was safe. Lat^r Mrs. Towers received a cablegram I from he;- husband saying only "safe and well." but full of meaning to her. j Reports on weather conditions! about the Azores, cabled to the de-: partment tonight by Admiral Jack son. were not altogether favorable far j a start by the NC-i on the next leg: of the flight. Lain squalls still over spread that part of the ocean and thej sea visibility remained low. Berlin, Wednesday, May 21.?The; greater Berlin soldiers' and workers'j' council today adopted a resolution de-j! manding that the peace treaty be signed and appealing to the prolo- 1 tariat of ihe allied countries. i , & I_ HAWKER'S FATE STILL UNKNOWN Storm of Irish Coast Prevents Search by Airplane Scouts HE WAS PROBABLY LOST AT SEA London Has Not Even a Rumor j Of The Fate of Daring Avia tor." London. May 10.?London spent the i day in tense excitement and sus ' pense waiting the result of Harry ! Hawker's hold attempt to fly across I the Atlantic, and after a day of anx ieties, inquiries and unverified rumors and speculation the fate of the pilot and his navigator. Mackenzie Griev, is still unknown. A Sopwith machine, supposed to be Hawker's, acording to an admiralty wireless report, descended to the sur I face of the ocean 4 miles west of the j mouth of the Shannon. Later admir aly reports said that this information was not considered reliable. Early, unverficd reports were that i the Sopwith machine encountered a > gale which reduced iis speed to 40 I miles an hour and finally compelled ii ; to descend owing to exhaustion of j gasoline. I Crowds of people waited the day ' long at the Brooklands Airdrome, j where Hawker learned to fly, beiiev t ing that the aviaeor would make his j landing there, athough- experts had j expressed the opinion that Ilnwker j would unlikely be abb-1 ro fly there ! after f> o'clock this afternoon owing j to his limited supply of petrol, j The vigil was kept after dark, how ever, on the chance that the aviator might arrive. Mrs. Hawker remained at the airdrome until 9 o'clock. Her faith in her husband's skill had en abled her to endure the suspense calm ly but on leaving for home she was unable to conceal her anxiety, al though she still remained com para - tivey cheerful. The fate of Hawker and Griev can not be definitely stated and tonight it is impossible even to assert that j the machine at sea is Hawker's, j The weather off the coast Mon ! day was boisterous with rain and haze. The admiralty has sent out all available ships to search for the avia tor. ' London. May 20, 1:4.' a. in.?Ac cording to the Dutch Mail admiralty quarters in Queenstown when ques tioned at 11:15 o'clock last night, de nied having received a Wireless dis patch from the Castletown station saying Hawker's machine had landed j 40 miles west of the" mouth of the J Shannon, or any other wireless. Moreover, it was asserted, the sen j sitive. wireless plant at B?llybunnion. ' on the northwest coast of County j Kery. Ireland, did not receive the j message. j The admiralty in London is in vestigating tho mystery. London. May 20.?11.00 A. M.?The weather is so bad off the Irish coast that the airplanes ordered to search for Hawker's machine were unable to ?fly today. There were strong winds, rain and fog during the night. All communication centers in London ! were silent as to the news from ! Hawker and Grieve. Even the ru j mors which prevailed yesterday and I last night had died out. It is the opinion in admiralty e.'r j cles that Hawker came to grief *oo i after starting. It is pointed out that h;j almost certainly would have sent a farewell message before getting on", of radio range had an accident no; befallen him in the m?-ar:t:me. Hun's Intrepret Wilson Base Reply to Peace Terms On Their Own Version of Four teen Points Berlin. May 20.?Germany's reply to the peace terms will be handed to the representatives of the allied as sociated powers Thursday, The Tage blatt says. The contents of the re ply, it is added, will adhere closely, to the German version of President Wilson's fourteen points. Poles Win Victory Ukrainians Decisively Defeated After Bloody Battle Warsaw, May 20.?The Ukrainian campaign against the Poles has been ! completely broken, according to an official communique. Alter hard! fighting the Poles occupied Earica and Xovasiolki. The Ukrainian loss-; es were extremely heavy. _'_ i Aviation Camp at At Paris Island Washington. May ]U.?It is official- j ly announced that th<> principal avia tion training camp of the marinej corps will be transferred to Paris! Island, S. C-. from Maimi, Fla., as soon as the present graduation class' at Maim: completes its work. This' will be in a very short time. Paris: Island is regarded as the ideal lo-j cation for the permanent center ofj marine corps aviation activities. Washington, May 20.? Representa tive Vandyke, of St. Paul. Minn., commander in chief of the United Spanish War Veterans, died in a. bos pita 1 here today. He was a Demo-! erat serving his third term in con- j ?T0SS. ' *? - BUILDING MATERIAL * Boild Now Production depends on Construction U. S. Dept. of Labor W. B. Wilson Secretary Rough and dressed lumber, brick, lime, cement, plaster shingles; in fact everything for the builder. BOOTH & McLEOD, INC [All Points of Notes Fully An swered by Peace Con ference GERMANS HAVE MIS STATED FACTS The Allied Powers Have Neith er Desire Nor Intention to Destroy Economic Life of Enemy. Pans. .May 19 (By the Associated ! Press).?A reply by the allied and associated governments to the German note protesting against the economic j terms of the peace treaty as being cal culated to cause the industrial ruin of Germany has been delivered to the 'German peace plenipotentiaries. The reply is under 11 heads and answers each German contention. It declares that the allied and associated governments in framing the economic terms "had no intention to destroy Germany's economic life." On the contrary the report poiats out that in the reconstruction of the world's affairs Germany will have her part in the progressive development but also will share with the rest of the world in the economic losses and disadvantages inevitably resulting from the war. The reply points out that the Ger man note falls to take into considera tion the fact that the disarmament of Germany and the end of militarism wi 1 relieve the German people of an immense burden of taxation and re turn to the ranks of useful production millions of men formerly in the army from industrial or agricultural activ ity. The reply a^so makes an emphatic rejoinder to the German complaint that the loss of the German merchant marine will throw out of work thousands of German merchant sea men. The allies answer is that the destruction of merchant ships, chiefly by German submarines, has had the unfortunate effect, of limiting the op portunities for work of seamen j throughout world, allied powers being the greatest sufferers. It adds that there clearly is no reason why Ger many should be exempted from its share of the economic disadvantages growing out of this destruction of merchant ships. The reply on the economic objec I tions is regarded as one of the best documents in the exchange of notes, j Many persons attribute it to President Wilson. j Senator Sherman to Introduce Resolution1 _ Proposes Separation League of Nations from the Peace Treaty j Washington. May 21.?Senator Sherman announced today that he would introduce a resolution Friday I in the senate proposing a separation of the league of nations covenant from the peace treaty. He then plans to speak on his resolution. Must Watch Huns Visit of Gen. Pershing to Lon don Indefinitely Postponed London, May 20.?Gen. Pcrshing's proposed visit to England has been indefinitely postponed. It is inferred here that the posponement was due to the official view that it would be inadvisable for the commander of the American forces to leave the Rhine until the Germans have signed the pea^e treaty. Given Up For Dead Other British Aviators L?sel Hope of Hawker's Saftey St. Johns, May 21.?All hope for the!' safety of Hawker and Griev, who have { been missing since they started from L hero in an airplane Sunday for Ire- L hind, was virtually abandoned today t by the British Flyers who are prepar-L ing to follow in their wake. L Wa rsa w. M a y 21.?Drohbbyoz. j | Boryslaw and Mikolajow have been captured by the Poles in their Ga lician campaign, according to an of ficial statement which adds that th?v| Poles crossed the Dniester river near j Rosewadow. The statement says that :?? rast quantities of war materials ahdjl: many prisoners were captured andjj th:it the eneni.v is dying in panic. r THE PRESIDENTS SPECIAL MESSAGE j Important Policies Outlined. Re publicans Must Decide Be tween. Reaction and Progress ! APPEAL OF WAR TIME j PROHIBITION ON BEER _ : Railroads and Telegraph Line to Be Returned to Private Own ers at Early Date?War Tax j es to be Revised. ???' ? ? i . Washington, May 20.?The pr?si : dent's message recommended the re i peal of the wartime prohibition laws, ! insofar as it applies to wine and oeer i ! only; announced definitely that the railroad systems and the" telegraph j and telephone lines would be returned j to private ownership?the railroads !*t the end of the calendar year; urged [the revision of the war taxes,'phr I ticularly to abolish manufactures' and iretail sales excises; outlined generally ; a program respecting labor. I He again urged the enactment of j the woman suffrage constitutional (amendment: recommended that the ; tariff laws be supplied with teeth to ! protect American industry against j foreign attack; spoke for legislation i to facilitate American enterprise I through the expansion of shipping; j backed Secretary Lane's program for ! land for returning soldiers, j Of the Paris peace conference and ! the league of nations the president ; ! merely said it would be prematuro to i discuss them or express any judgment ! now. He also avoided discussion Of domestic legislation at length, be cause of his long absence from Wash ington. Washington, May 20.?The receipt of the president's message, cabled from Paris, was the principal feature i of the second day's session of the new ? congress. The message was read sep ! arately by the senate and house clerks without a joint session. Actual work on legislation was begun in the house j today with the meeting of the appro i priation committee. Steps toward sen ate committee work were also taken, j the initial meeting' of the conference committee on committees being sched uled. ?.- ? ? >? President's Recommen dation Being Held To Keep Repeal Measures ii* Committee Until After July 1 Washington. May 21.?^Notwith standing the president's recommen- . dation for a repeal of the war-time prohibition law which relates, 'to wines and beer, the opiniontatf?noe?^ to gain ground at the capitol today that all repeal measures would be. kept in the committee until after July 1st. Destroying Stills Constables Get Two More in Pee Dee Section Columbia, May 21?W. C. Eichel berger, chief state constable, and J. O. Kelly, State constable, with the aid of some of the good citizens of John-" sonville, last Friday night captured two copper stills?one 30 gallon and one 20 gallon capacity. One still was captured on the Williamsburg side of the river and one man arrested - and a small amount of blockade whis-i ? key seized. The other still was across the river on the Florence side. This i makes seven stills captured by Mr Eichelberger and his force in the Pee Dee section in the last few weeks. Towers Out of Race Seaplane NC-3 Toa, Badly Dam aged to Resume Flight ' Washington. May 20.?Seaplane XC 1 will not be able to resume the trans atlantic flight. A message -to the tavy department today from Horta said the damage from the buffeting it ?eceived when forced to light near he Azores definitely put her out of ho race. It was also reported that he xr-4 is still storm bound at Horta tnd would not attempt the flight to ?onta Del Gada this morning. Fighting in Galicia Vienna. May 21.?Fighting of the npst severe character is in progress ?etween the Poles and Ukrainians fn eastern Galicia, according to reports eceived here.