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Democrats Accept His Challenge to Put Treaty to Final Vote in Senate TfcEN THE REPUBLI CANS BACKED DOWN Lodge Crowd Declines When Question is Raised of Ratifica tion Without Reservations Washington, Nov. 6.?Whether to ratify the treaty with Germany with out reservations or amendments seemed for a while this afternoon about to be decided by the senate. Thrown into the thick of a dra matic parliamentary battle, a request to? an immediate show down on un qualified acceptance of the treaty got the. backing of the leaders on both aides, who seemed anxious to outdo each other in pressing for a roll call. Bot before the stage of action was reached, the move was blocked by Republican senators who objected that it might cut off any later attempt to put reservations- into the ratification. Then the senate got back to its regular order of business and, having voted down the last of the long list of proposed amendments began work on the reservations presented by the for eign relations committee, said to hav the hacking of a majority of the sen ators. When, a recess was taken until tomorrow the first of the 15 commit tee proposals had hot yet come to a rete. The reservations got before the sen ate only after a point of order against them had been overruled by Vice Pres ident Marshall, who declared no tech nicalities of the senate rule would b< permitted to stand in the way of the right of the senate majority to frame its ratification of the treaty as i chose. The ruling which followed an hour of bitter argument, was accept ed as containing a significant declara tion of policy with respect to the par liamentary tangle developing around f fee treaty. ' Headers were as much at sea as ev er tonight over the date when a final vote, on the treaty might be reached,' but/they declared every effort would be made to hasten the reservation de bate.. Democratic senators, at an ? evening conference; threshed over the WhOle situation and sought some method Of bringing 'the long fight quickly to a conclusion. ? gjtejttfttee White House officials re vealed that plans were on foot for an early conference between President Wilson and Senator Hitchcock of Ne traska. the Democratic leader, regard ing the senate situation. It was said at" the capitol tonight, however, thai no'sucli appointment- yet had been made or requested by Mr. Hitchcock, who thought several days might elapse before the reservation fight became acute. The fiurry over an immediate vote on unreserved ratification came just after the senate had voted down, 67 to 16 the amendment by Senator Gore, Democrat, Oklahoma, to make any feclaration of war under the league of nations contingent upon a popular referendum. Two more amendments had been prepared by Senator Eorah, Repubican, Idaho, but he decided to withhold them and offer them later as reservations. That cleared away the last of the amendments, and Senator Dodge of Massachusetts, the Republi can leader, called up the commit tee reservations. Immediate objection came from the administration forces. Senator Underwood. Democrat, Ala bama, declaring the proposals could net properly be considered until the resolution of ratification came before th*> senate. He was assailing the Re publicans for delay and charging that their methods were designed to pre vent a direct vote on the question of unreseived ratification when Senator Dodge asked: "If the senator Wants to hasten ac tion, why doesn t he ask for a vote Tight now on ratification without re servations," ; "I'll do it" returned Senator Un derwood, and he did. The move brought a half dozen sen ators to their feet and in the maneuv ering which followed the chamber presented a scene of continuous con tusion. Senator Hitchcock. ..rst got ^the floor to present formally a unani mous consent agreement for a vote. :and although the Republican manag ers interposed no objection, failed to meet the approval of some sensa ors on that side and a sharp debate ensued. Senator Fall. Republican, Is'ew Mexico, objected that the parliamen tary situation would not permit such a vote, since the senate was acting, as a committee of the whole. Senator Hitchcock then modified the request to permit the session as committee of the whole -.o be terminated, but Senator Lenroot. Republican, asked that a provision be included to per mit a later ratification vote that should include reservations. Then Senator Jones, Republican. Washing tori, ended the discussion by objecting directly to the whole arrangement. Having failed to secure unanimous consent. Senator Hitchcock then made a motion to the same effect, but Sen ator Dodge called attention that his motion to take up reservations was the pending business. After the vice president had overruled Senator Un derwood's point of order, the reser vations at last were formally laid be fore the senate. The firs* paragraph of the reserva tion group, the onlj part considered today, recites that the reservations -must be accepted by three of the oth-j er four great powers to make the treaty binding. As presented if had been slightly modified from th* orig inal committee draf*. ?o that the ac-' SAVING FUEL FOR PUBLIC Government Adopts Programme to Protect People of America FOREIGN SHIPS CAN NOT GET COAL HERE It May Become Necessary to Discontinue Some Trains to Save Fuel , '-7 Washington, Nov.- 6.?Still hopeful that court developments at Indianap olis Saurday might point the way to an early ending of the coal strike, government agencies nevertheless put forth lenewed and more determined efforts today , to protect the public against distress almost certain to re- j suit from a protracted suspension of; mining operations. Realizing that the country is burn ing three times as much coal as the mines are turning out, the railroad administration, great coal distribu ting agency through its recently cre ated central coal committee, took drastic action in ordering that the 'supplying of coal to foreign owned ships in American ports be stopped immediately. With calls for assistance from com munities suffering from a coal short age growing more numerous, the rail road administration turned loose ev ery available car to meet the appeals made for fuel. Orders went to regional directors of the nation's railroad from Director General Hines to eliminate train serv ice where not absolutely necessary in the public interest, but it was offi cially announced that no general cur tailment of service was contemplat ed. The discontinuance of foreign ton nage bunkering ^as the first general step taken Jby the government since the coal strike began last Saturday to ward curtailment of transportation. The central committee made it plain that American owned ships and ton nage under the American flag would continue to receive coal supplies, but all other vessels as the situation now exists will be compelled to wait the end of the strike. explains growth of peanuts The Department of Agriculture Sends Chester J. Hunn to Sumter Fair to Give Instruction Washington, Nov.. 7.?Today Secre tary Houston informed Senator Dial that in accordai ce with a request from the senator the department of agriculture would detail an expert on peanut growing to give instruction to farmers interested at the Sumter fair, November IS to 21. inclusive. The expert designated, Chester J. Hunn. is already familiar with the problems on which he is to give advice, being associated with experiments which the department is conducting in South Carolina with peanuts and sweet po tatoes. blizzard in northwest Heavy Snow and Sleet Inter rupts Telephone and Tele graph Service Lincoln. Neb., Nov. 10.?A mild blizzard in western Minnesota, eastern. and North Dakota. South Dakota, Ne braska and Colordo today greatly in terrupted telephone and telegraph service. There was a heavy fall of snow and sleet. lloyd george ! causes sensation: Hints at Peace With Russian! Bolsheviki j London. Nov. 10.?Premier Lloyd] George's hint in a speech Saturday j night of an attempt to negotiate peace i with the Bolsheviki in Russia has ere- j ated a stir. Th.' anti-Bolshevik press! is indignant over the suggestion. brazil rati fies treatyj Chamber of Deputies Adopts It! Without Discussion i Rio Janeiro. Nov. S.?The Chamber: of Deputies ha--, approved . Versailles j peace treaty without discussion or amendment. It now goes to the sen- | ate. c^ptance would be secured "by ex- i change of notes.'" Senators Lodge and Edge. Republi- j eans. spoke on support of the pream-j Me and Senator McCumber, Republi-i can. North Dakota, and Thomas. Dem-j ocrat. Colorado, against it. During the day two new reserva-j tion proposals were placed before the senate ard. together with several oth-l ers presented by individual senators, will be taken up after the committee list. One was bv eSnator Know lie-J publican. Pennsylvania, proposing that the United States become only a "consulting member** of tlv> league! with full liberty to government its own 1 course in all respects, and the other was by Senator Johnson. Republican.' California, relating to equalization of i " Oting power in the league. Gompers' Organization Pledges Support to the Striking Coal Miners GOVERNMENT DENOUNC ED AS AUTOCRATIC Injunction Against Strike By Coal Miners is Bitterly As sailed Washington, Nov. 9.?Holding the action of the government in injunc tion proceedings against striking bi tuminous coal miners to be "so auto cratic as to stagger the human mind." the executive council of the Ameri can Federation of Labor declared to night in a statement issued after a four hour meeting that the miners' walkout was justified, promised for the strike the etnire support of organ ized labor and asked aid and endorse ment for it from the general public. The Lever act, under which the government acted in the court pro ceedings, never was enacted to apply jto workers, the council asserted, and I its use against the miners was classed as "an injustice not only to workers, but to all liberty loving Americans." The action was taken without any par ticipation of William Green, general secretary of the mine workers, who jis a member, but all the remaining 'principal officers of the American (Federation of Labor vfcro present. The council began fits sessions at 14:00 o'clock after its members had ibeen hastily summoned together and 'the statement which formulated its j action wits carefully revised and re written by Samuel Gompers and j Frank Morrison, president and secre tary, respectively of the federation, j The council in its statement pre sented at length the history of the [negotiations which led up to and pre cipitated the strike, declaring almost in the first sentence that the "officers (of the United Mine Workers did ev jerything,in their power to avert this {great industrial ' struggle." It re jserved its bitterest words for later comment on governmental action ! th"reaf ter. There were 2,200 delegates, repre jrenting 560.000 miners, seated in the I convention which called the strike, jthe statement said, after briefly sketching in complaints cf working \ conditions in the industry, which it is jasserted, the miners seek to remedy jby striking. The instructions of the j convention were taken through the j usual committees into conference [with the operators and then lifie j statement puts it, "our government in 'terjected itself and applied for an 'injunction:" j The statement characterized the 'action as "invasion of the rights of i miners, intended to starve the min lers into submission by cutting off ; their benefits, and demanded the with drawal of the injunction secured Sat jurday at Indianapolis "to restore con jfidence in the institutions of our j country and respect to courts." j "By all the facts in the case fhe I miners' strike is justified" it con j eluded. "We indorse it. ? Wc are con jvinced of the justice of the miners' I cause. We pledge to the miners the ifull support of the American Feder ation of Labor and appeal to the [workers and citizensship of our {country to give like indorsement and jaid to the men engaged in this mo ; mentous struggle." The statement of the executive council, which members refused to in terpret or discuss in any manner, and which is addressed to "Our Fellow Citizens and Our Fellow Workers" follows in part: "The executive council is of the opinion that the.officers of the United {Mine Workers of America did every thing in their power to avert this great industrial controversy. Dur" {consideration has never been given to jthe danger surrounding the coal min lers. The condition of the miner and j his family is such that he is practical jly deprived not only of sunshine and i fresh air. but to a certain extent he is ; deprived of association and compan j ienship of all other human beings out side of his own particular class who : a re themselves engaged in the danger ous and unhealthy occupation cf coal minig. Authentic statistics show that the [miners have less than 200 days of em iployment ?-ach year. "The high cost of living has pre sented itself in perhaps a more se rious form in isolated mining camps than in large industrial centers. There is usually not the same oppor tunity for the miners in the mining camps to make their purchases to such advantage as is presented in oth er localities." The statement th?-n goes on to de scribe the efforts to reach an agree ment with the operators at Buffalo and later in Washington. The min ers* scab- committee, th<- statement said, "had full power to give and take in the Buffalo conference, but the emn'oy-rs refused to make any offer whatever. Continuing the statement sa ys: "The machinery whieh has existed for years and whieh has been suecess ful in bringing about agreements be tween the miners and operators still exists ami they as representatives of the min< rs were and are ready ami willing [?> enter into negotiations j without reservation t'? reach an , agreement. "At this time our government in terjected itself and applied for an jr.-. junction. "A temporary restraining order was granted by a federal ittdge whieh re strains tln> officials of tin- miners from in any way advising their member ship on the situation or contributing] any of the moneys of the minework ers to the assistance of th^ men on strike, also restraining them from discussing, writing or entering iutf> any kind of eonv<-rsation with th^-fr Lumber Flooring. Coiling, Siding, Casing. Mouldings, Framing Lumber, Red Cedar Shingles, Pine and Cypress Sliinglcs, Metal and Composition ?>hin; Doors. Sash and Blinds. Brick, ? 3jime, \ Cement, Piaster, Fire Brick, Fire Clay. Sewer Pipe, Stove Flue, lies,Terra Cotta Thimbles Mortar Colors and stains Building Material Hardware, Paints, Oils Forth Columns and Ballastcrs, Water Proofing Mineral. Beaver Board. Corrugated Metal Roofing, Valley Tin and Ridge Roll, Asbetos and Composition Roofing. WIRK FENCING. IRON AND WOOD Locks, Hinges, Nails, Grates, Saws, Hatchets. Hammers, Door Hangers, Carpenter's Tools, Paint Brushes. Pa&its and Oils, Inside Decorations, Calsomincs and Cold Water Paints, POSTS EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE ooth & McLeodj Inc. SOUTH CAROLINA SUMTER, membership on the strike situation. | "The government then" proceeded to i I further invade the rights of the min- j jers, not only by restraining the min- j Jers, their officers and members from ! [furthering the purposes for which the I ;men contended, but went to further j I lengths of demanding from the court! ian order commanding the officers of ; the miners union to recall and with- j j draw the notification and the court [Complacently complied and issued the ! order. ! j "Never in the history of our coun try has any such mandatory order 'been obtained or even applied for by ? the government or by any person, :company or corporation. "Both the restraining order and the ; injunction, in so far as its prohibi tory features are concerned, are pre jdicated upon the Lever act, a law en ;acted by congress for the purpose of [preventing speculation and profiteer i ing of the food and fuel supplies of j the country. There never was in the : minds of the congress in enacting that I law or in the minds of the president !when he signed it that the Lever act ?would be applied to workers in case fof strikes or lockouts. Every assur ! ance from the highest authority of 'our government was given that the jlaw would not be so applied, i "la the course of President1' Wil ison's address to the Buffalo conven tion the American Federation of La hor, November. 1917, among other (things he said: j "While we are fighting for freedom, 'we must see among other things that ;labor is free, and that means a num iber of interesting things. It rntans 'not only that we must do what we jhave declared our purpose to do, see I that the conditions of labor arc not j rendered more onerous by the war. 'but also that we shall see to it that the instrumentalities by which the conditions of labor are improved are not blocked or checked. That we jmust do." "The autocratic action of our gov jernmcnt in these proceedings is of tsuch a nature that it staggers the !human mind. In a free country to j conceive of a government applying for and obtaining a restraining order pro hibiting the officials of a labor crgan jization from contributing their own I money for the purpose of procuring ?food for women and children that [might be starving is something when ;known will shock the sensibilities of jmcn and will cause resentment. Surely the thousands of men who are [lying in France under the soil, whose j 'blood was .offered for the freedom of the world, never dreamed that, so shortly afterwards in their own country 400,000 workers endeavoring to better their working conditions j would have the government decide j that they were not entitled to the as- ) Isistanco of their fellow men and that i itheir wives and children should starvf I 'by order of the government. "It is a well established principle that the inherent purpose of the in junction processes, where there is no j other adequate remedy at law. was I for the purpose of protecting property |and property rights only, thereby ex ercising the equity power of the courts to prevent immediate and ir reparable injury. "it was never intended a net there is no warrant of law in all our country to use the injunction power of equity | courts to curtail personal rights or regulate persona] relations. It was never intended to take the place of government by lav.- by substituting personal and discretionary govern ment. "The Lever act provides its own penalties for violators of its provi sions. The injunction issued in this case had for its purpose not a trial by court and a jury, but an order of the court predicted upon the assump tion that the law might be violated and by which the defendants may be brought liefen- the court for con tempt without any trial by jury. "We declare that the proceedings In this ea.se are unwarranted as they are unparalleled in the history of out country, and we declare that it is an injustice which not only the workers but all liberty loving Americans will repudiate and demand redress. Th? citizens of our country cannot afford j to permit the establishment of maintenance of a principle which j strikes at the very foundations of jus- | tice and freedom. To restore the con- j fidence in the institutions of our j country and the respect due the I cmirt.-;, this injunction should be with drawn and th-' records cleansed from I so outrage,,us a proceeding. "By ah the facts irr the case the miners' si like is just hied. We en dorse it. \\'e are convinced of the justice of the miners' cause. We pledge t<> the miners the fall support of the American Federation of La- j bor and appeal t<? the workers and j the citizenship of our country to give like endorsement and aid to the j men engaged in this momentous strug- j gle;" SHORT LINE ROADS WTLL BE ASSISTED Government May Give Financial Aid on Same Basis as : Large Systems ! _ j Washington, Nov. '7.?With the re i turn of the railroads to private oper ation, short lines roads although they ! have not been under federal control I would teceive the financial aid from |the government similar to that given j the larger systems now operated by j the government, under a provision I adopted today by the house interstate j commerce committee as a part of its ! draft of permanent railroad legisla | tion. j The new sections approved by the j I committee provide payment for six! j months of amounts equal to the ren- j tal of the short lines would be entitl- | ed to have received under the raii | control law. had these lines been re- j tained lor operation by the railroad administration. The short lines also would be given considerable privilege of obtaining government loans. Considerable opposition to the sec tions was manifested during the com mittee consideration objections being raised that subsidies were being granted the carriers. All provisions' ot* the house sub committee draft of th-> railroad bill relating to extension c\ -ontrol by the interstate commerce commission over coastwise and irland water carriers were today eliminated by the commit tee which twice voted to deny the commission control of port to port rates. The committed began consideration of the labor sections of the measure but no decision was reached The dis cussion indicated that anti-strike leg- j islation similar to that in the senate bill would not bt adopted, although i Representative Webster, Republican, Washington, announced his intention | of offering sucu a proposal. j WILL DEPORT ! ENEMY ALIENS I - Government Adopts Drastic Policy in Dealing With Radicals Washington, >iov. ^Raids in near ly a score of cit:es by department of justice agents were directed chiefly against the ring leaders of the union of Russian workers, an organization described today by Attorney General Palmer as the most radical in the country. The deportation of two hun dred or more ot" men and women ar rested has been determined and it was said that it wou.d be the policy of the government hereafter to seek the de portation of all radical aliens. i SWAP COAL FOR SUGAR Appeal From Cuba Meets Coun ter Offer Here Washington, Nov. 7.?Appeals of sugar refiners in Cuba for coal were met conditionally tonight through or ders issued by the railroad admin-1 istration central coal committee which' modify the original export coal em- j barge. Under the new regulations the Cuban refiners will be permitted to buy coal here provided they sign . agreements to ship their sugar pro-! auction to this country. The sugar shortage in the United; States was admitted to have been the j deciding factor in the discussion tor change the committee':; embargo. Es- J' fmates of the amount of coal requir- j ed by the Cuban refineries varied, but officials believed the amount would' net be sufficient!} l?rge to affect ma terially the American coal stocks. Re- j lief from the sugar shortage obtained , as a result of the exchange now per mitted is expected to be felt .vithinM the next two weeks. _ * COLOMBIA RATI- j! FIES TREATY ; Also Agrees to Join the League of Nations Buenos Aires. Nov. 10.?Advices to j the Colombian delegation here reportjc the ratification of the peace treaty by y the Colombian congress and off a pro- g vision for adhension to the League of ;c Sat ion:; covenant. ?, GOVERNMENT MUST CONTROL PRICES It is Necessary to Have Laws To Protect Public Washington, Nov. 7.?B\ .ision of the Lever food and fuel control law for six months after the proclamation of peace is necessary to protect the country from high prices, Attorney General Palmer today told the house agriculture committee. ; ? "Unnatural economic conditions/' the attorney general said, "'would be taken advantage of by unscrupulous I people to make prices high unless the i powers granted under the act are con | tinued in force." These conditions, j he said, prevail throughout the world. I "The conditions in the country im ! mediately following peace make it ! even mere necessary that the law bo I continued than the conditions that prevailed and led to the enactment of the original act," said the attorney I general. j "The act originally had for its pur pose the increase of production and to protect the people from war time con-: ditions that result in very high prices. Since the armistice prices have very largely increased and unless the gov ernment control is continued over some commodities the after v~r con ditions might result in higher prices than during the war itself." Suggestions by committee members that extension of all sections of the law was unnecessary were answered by the attorney general by urging blank j et extension for he said unexpected I "situations might arise" and that the [mere existence of the law would.be j of wholesome influence, i "The main purpose of the extension j would be to stop profiteering," declar ? cd the attorney general. Answering questions regarding the j bituminous coal miners' strike, the at torney venera' said the department or ; justice had no legal plans other than j its injunction suit at Indianapolis, for j deabng with the strike situation. "The failure of the men to carry out the contract to work at a certain j wage during the war is the primary cause." he added, in reply to a ques tion as to whether the strike was due I to the war conditions. ' Under the law, the attorney gener al declared in response to a question the president had power "to take over. the coai mines, if he saw fit." He also said that under the law the resur rected fuel administration could con tinue for six months. Price fixing of food also is possible under the law, but the attorney general said he knew of nothing that contemplates "use" of th is authority y Mr. Palmer said he was not certain that the conduons making extension of the law advisable wouid end in six months but he declared that such a period would be as "short as con gj ess would undoubtedly wish to make it " No suggestion was made daring tlir hearing about an effort to block the president in lifting wartime prohibi tion but in referring to the section of the Lever act prohibiting manufacture or import of intoxicating liquors tlv* attorney general said facetiously, "it would not be needed after next Jan uary' when national prohibition be-, comes effectve. t Action on the attorney general's re quests, both as to the extension of the food control and making appropria tions for an educational campaign against the high cost of living to meet the present campaign of "buy now," was deferred until Monday. REPUBLICAN COM MITTEE MEETS Laying Plans For Next Presi dential Election Chicago. Nov. 10.?Republican na tional ccmnritteenien from a dozen states held an informal conference here today to discuss plans for the presidential campaign in 1920. Na tional Chairman Hayes, who is presi ient, said the chief object of the con ference was to make preliminary ar rangements for a meeting of the full committee next month in Washington, vhen a place for holding the national ?onvention will bf chosen. Marriage Licenses. Colored?Levan Herriot, Sumter. :nd Eloise Vaughn, Sumter; Willie (ones. Sumter and Salina McFadden. >umter; Daniel McKnight. Sumter and -la trie Keels. Sumter; Jim Lemon, iumicr and Lessie Hodge. Sumter; :amuel Femming. Sumter and Han lah Felder, Sumter.