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DEER HUNTING ^ DURING HOLIDAYS Scores of Animals Fall During Final Days of Season Georgetown, Jan. 2.?The deer hunting season expired Wednesday"; 'All during Christmas week especially the woods within a twenty-mile radius of Georgetown^rang with the sound of herns and hounds, and many fine bucks and does fell before the deadly fire of the hundreds of hunters who came from far and near to enjoy the royal sport. On Bernard Baruch's and Dr. Isaac Emerson's splendid preserves on the Waccamaw. a large party participated in the chase and a^ score of deer were bagged within the last few days of the season. The . landlords of these vast acres of hunt ing lands were present, personally and dispensed generous hospitality to their ? invited guests. On the Santee the DuPonts. of the Kinloch Gun Club. \ had a grand hunt: J. L. Wheeler, with his iorty odd guests of the South Island Gun Club, held a great hunt Tuesday and Wednesday. The writer ' saw this party as it gathered at sun set Tuesday and counted thevrow of ?>ig. sleek, fat doer that lay along the rpadside on the carpet of pine needles under the tail timber, eleven in all." . of which nine were bucks. The hunt ers, on horseback for the most part, some, in cars, and the hound pack pos ing and watching the dead, deer made a scene not soon to be forgotten. On Chat Island' another party of .ten bKought down four deer Tuesday, the party breaking up early for the late afternoon mallard shooting in the abandoned rice fields. In other parts of the county deer hunts were staged, the . results of which have not yet been reported. Old Georgetown coun ty still holds the title for game, and with measures' for adequate protection will long continue the Mecca for sportsmen fhe country over. DOG CATCHES A MOONSHINER Glenn Young's "PaF Plays a Prominent Part Asheville. X. C., Jan. 2.?"Pal," the Belgian police dog. owned by S. Glenn Young, special agent depart- I ment of justice, figured today in the i raid made by revenue officers op j three illicit stills in Polk ^county here, j the dog capturing one of the.opera-i tors. . . ; .Surrounding the spot where the j stills'had been hidden, the officers sent the dog in to rout out the op- ! erators. In a few minutes he came j out behind one of the men, who was { captured by one of the officers who I then rushed the plant, capturing o\er j 1,000 gallons of beer, several gallons of hot liquid and three complete out-J fits. A fight was put up by the opera- ] tors in an effort to save the plants, i but they were overpowered by the of- (. ficers. This makes 5S stills captured j .?ia this, secti<*i in six weeks, and the J ? 22nd operator. SLEUTHS BUSY ON MOONSHINERS! _ I E Agents Ordered to New York | ? <? . i From Kentucky Mountains j ; New York. Jan. 2.?Eleven revenue! ' agents from the "niopnshine country" of. Kentucky. Tennessee and West Virginia, ordered from stalking raoun- i tain stills to plunge into the prohi- [ bition enforcement campaign in | Brooklyn, went into action today by j arresting two of the proprietors, a j bartender and a waiter of one of the j biggest and most popular of that bor-1 rough's cafes. \ The Southern agents were brought i here to replace eight inspectors trans-j ferred elsewhere alter the discovery i that Brooklyn was the source from ; which came much of the poisoned j "whiskey" weich spread death j throughout Connecticut. Shortly after noon William D. Al- j ' len,v-Jrv chief of the revenue- men i from the "moonshine' country" and] one assistant entered the "'Assembly.''; ordered sherry, obtained it promptly j and paid for it in th<- presence of two' of the proprietors, they said. The!' j they arrested the owners, the barton- j der and the waiter who served them ! and took all to United States District I Attorney Ross' office. Later the men were arraigned before a federal j commissioner, who released them on j bail. _ I SOUTH FREE OF | LABOR DISPUTES! - f According to Report of Gov-j ernment Officials _ j Washington, Jan. 2.>?The Unite ! j States entered the New Year with j fewer pending industrial disputes than at /any time during the past three years, asserted Hugh L. Kerwin, di rector of Labor today after reviewing reports from the department's eon-; dilators in the thirty-five great in-j dust rial centers of the country. With the exception of th<- steel j strike, the actual strikes throughout , the country are few in number and of minor importance. Mr. Kerwin de- j clared. There are now. said. Kn I industrial disputes before The depart-j ment for adjustment, only twenty-one j of which have reached the strike stage. Industrial disturbances -in the South are few :in<l insignificant, ac cording to Kerwin's reports. In At lanta Jess th.-iii fifty men are involved in three lockouts. Only a few case; of minor importance remained 'un settled in St. Louis, it was reported, and less than 1.000 workers are idi> as a result of industrial disputes in Texas. Reports from the coal indus try show that practically all the j iminers are a: work With the exception; of one or two ?>J" the smaller fields, be j said. TRACHOMA BARS SCHOOL DOORS Pupils Suffering From Disease Will Be Excluded / " ? ?.Columbia:. Jan. 3.?Children affect ed with trachoma will bo excluded from public schools on the ground that the disease" is contagious. Dr. James A. Hayne, slate health officer, I said yesterday. j The State board of health, according to Dr. Hayne, intends to stand square ly behind Dr. John McMullen. United States public health service, in his ef forts' to 'conserve the eyesight of j children ? in Xewberry county. A j clinic has, been o'pened in Xewberry and Dr. McMullen himself is in charge I of it, though it is probable that he j-will leave Xewberry today or tomor I row. Dr. Hayne said yesterday th:V the [attorney general of the State would be ] requested to render an opinion as to j the authority <*f the Stale health offi i cer to exclude a child from school in ! case the child is suffering from tra choma according to the diagnosis of j public health officials and at the{same ! time has a certificate from another ! physician to the effect that it has not j trachoma* Dr. Hayne will ask the j attorney general if the State board of j health has final control in such a case. I The trachoma situation in Xewberry ! has been more or less in the public eye for some weeks, and a number of children of that community have cer tificates to the effect that they have not .trachoma. It is possible that public health officials will diagnose some xof these cases .as being tracho jma. In such a case some controversy may possibly arise as to the jurisdic tion of the state board of health. - At its recent meeting in Columbia, before Dr. McMul lenken t to Xewber ry, the executive committee of the State board of health passed a reso lution to the effect that it regarded as final the findings of |Dr., McMullen. This action was taken as a result of a controversy over diagnosis of cases in Xewberry,. Dr. J. W. Jervey of Greenville, holding that several of the children whom he examined did not have trachoma while other physiicans j held that they did have the disease. j When Dr. McMullen went to Xewber i ry in company with Dr. Hayne. he ex amined many children and diagnosed many of the cases as trachoma^. WHATEVERYONE SHOULD KNOW The Fourteenth Decennial Census of the United States is on! Under the immediate direction of Julian S. Wolfe, Supervisor of the 7th Congressional census district of South Carolina, census enumerators will call at every dwelling house in this community to secure the information necessary to fill out the questions contained on the printed census schedules. Questions covering the following points will be asked of every person in thi: United States: Coior or race, Age at last birthday, Whether single, married, widowed or divorced: Birthplace of person enumerated and birthplace of father and mother, giving names of both county and province if foreign born, Occupation, specifying trade or profession, also industry in which em ployed, Whether atteding school, Whether able to read. Whether able to write. Whether able to speak English. Whether home is owned or rented, and if owned whether home is free of encumbrance or is mortgaged, Persons of foreign birth will be questioned concerning these addition al points: \ i'ear of irftmigration to the United States, W hether naturalized, and if so the year of naturalization. Mother tongue or native language. Every Farni Visited. Census enumerators also will call at every farm in this community to secure the information necessary to fill put the questions contained on the agricultural schedule. Each farmer will be asked ques tions concerning the acreage and value of his farm: whether he owns, rents or partly owns and partly rents the 'and he farms: the value of the buildings, machinery and implements belonging to his farm: quantity of all crops raised on his farm during the year 1MK*: anScl many other ques tions \which cover all po: Ible farm operations. An absolutely accurate and complete census vitally concerns the welfare of this community and of ev ery person living in it. The official population for the next ten years will be determined by the census of 1920. Ee ready with your answers when the census man calls at your house. HEAVY DEFICIT IN RAILROADS Eleven Months' Operation Cost Government $331,000,000 Washington. Jan. 2.?The govern ment deficit from railroad operation during November will be approxi mately $64,500,000, a low record for the year, according to figures com piled and made public tonight by the bu-eau of railway economics. The governments net loss, the bu reau estimated on the basis of int< r state commerce corn-mission figures. has reached $548.000..i in the rwen-i ty-ihree hfoffths of railroad operation. The bureau placed the loss for tie eleven months <.f 101 y a! more than */?:; 1.060,000. REMOVE AMERIC AN DEAD FROM FRANCE Paris. Jan. ?The Erench govern ment has granted permission for re moval pf bodies of iwentj thousand AmericsMi soldiers ?>uri<-tl in F::inee.. The bodies do M": iVieliMle those in I army zones. j COLONIAL MAN SION BURNS j "White House" Near George town Is Destroyed i _ ! Georgetown, Jan. 1?'White House" : the old colonial mansion on the plan ' tation of the same name, on the Pee I Dee river, near its confluence with ' Black River, and close to :George ! town was burned down Saturday af i ternoon, December 27, having caught j from a forest tire that swept across ! the entire plantation that day. J "White House" was the ancestral i property of Mrs. Elizabeth W. Prin ! gle, relic of the late John Julius Prin i gle of this county and well known j throughout the country under the per i ! name of "Patience Pennington" in 1 j "The Woman. Rice Planter," a book j depicting vividly and faithfully the j j life of the Southern rice planter af ! ter the war. . * . \ j "The house burned was in this book | j ku< wn as Cas: abianca, and to the old i plant..: -?n .Mrs. Pringly was greatlj i attached. / Many valuable books, rel I ics handsome pieces of statuary and : mahoganv furniture were destroyed with the house. Aiso some magnifi- ; ; cent trees close to the mansion .were ! : consumed by the devouring flames. j j "White House" standing on the banks of the Pee Dee River, was a | j landmark for boats navigating the j river for many years, indicating the ? distance of ten miles from George I town. The plantation was abandoned ! and it is impossible to say positively ! how the lire originated. Probably a ! spark from a passing tugboat fell j among the dry- leaves along the bank ! and the parched undergrowth and j broom-straw carried the flames to the ? old dwelling." ARMY OFFICER j IS MURDERED i Major Hendrick Shot by Un known Man i _ i Xew Orleans, Jan. 3.?Major Hen i drick, who was shot by an unidenti j fled assailant Thursday night, died in {-the hospital today. The police have l'<ound no trace of the murderer. j _ j State??*eist From the Adivsory Com mit tee. I To Our Fellow Citizens: j During the roar it was thought de ; sirable to prohibit the sale of liquors j to men in the army and navy in order that their minds might be clear and ?their stamina unimpaired. There is no ; question as to the wisdom of that, j Competent authorities state that the prohibition promoted steadiness in the! j service. The same prohibition ap- j j plied to civilians at home because of! j the necessity to conserve foodstuffs \ land fuel. It was thought, further,! i that under prohibition there would j be the maximum of industrial pro j duction. There is general agreement jas to the good effects of prohibition j in all lines of business, i The Anti-Saloon League champion ' ed all the measures of prohibition be- < i f ore the people, the leigslatures and; congress. The request from President j Wilson to Bishop Cannon, that the j i Anti-Saloon Leaivu?* not insist upon j j certain legislation on one occasion,) j proves the leadership of that organ- [ jization. It will be recalled that the | i Anti-Saloon League immediately ac-j j ceded to the presidents' wishes. War j I prohibition and prohibition by consti i rational amendment are largely the] [ result of the constant effort of the j Anti-Saloon League through its cam-j I paign in every part of the nation. This j is true also of the measures for en j forcement. in addition to its efforts I to arouse and sustain a wholesome j and militant sentiment for prohibi j tibn the Anti-Saloon League has main Jtained a staff of legislative experts in! I Washington. It has been guided by a; \ sense of obligation to build securely j and permanently and has not been [spectacular for the sake of applause, j j Now that the war is over some of j lour people arc inclined to think that; j the work ot the Anti-Saloon League; j has been accomplished and that it] should disband. We do not think so. i i'This is :> serious time in our nation-; ! al life. Upheavals of many kinds, j ? suggest to us the need of a calm, j j sober judgment in every walk of life, i jit is desirable, we think, that no ef-j .fori be spared that may win over to [an attitude of sympathetic under-j islanding and cooperation many thou- j I sands of citizens who feel that they j have been denied a fundamental \ j right of citizenship. Those who vio late the law should be brought to jus tice. The campaign - will build up . anew and sustain a sentiment for the ; law and a sense of obligation to sup I port the officers in the discharge of j their duties. j The Anti-Saloon League plans to j publish in twenty-live languages the j j facts about prohibition, the effects of j alcohol on the human body and mind i and its demoralizing ctTect in indus-j I try. The men of foreign speech who j j live here have been victims of the! j liquor interests which have misled I them. The ignorance of our language, i our laws, and our traditions make?* i it necessary that they be given the I truth so that they may judge intelli-1 : gently. Such programs are expensive. Sym pathy is desirable, but there >s need; for substantial support. We arc our-1 : selves contributing to this campaign, ; being prompted to d<> so by motives of. good citizenship. We commend it to j you. No great cause flourishes spon- '? taneously. There must bo organ-; ization and leadership. The liquor; j interests are still alert and aggros-' I sive. Shall we withdraw and give i hem the Held 1 Olficers Thames, Gamble and Peavy have been after the.moonshiners the last Cow days: l-ast Saturday they took ;i stP! from Arthur Smith near' Summerton. Sunday Ransom Waters' place was raided and u still taken.; Monday January Stukes fel a victim! of the officers. He also had still inj Iiis possession. All of the parties arej ,,?.,;,(??,..! and they i>m up :i $200 Pond if;- iiu-ir appearance at court. - I Manning Times. j. WILL CLEAN UP STATE HOTELS The Travelers' Protective Asso ciation Receives Complaints of Unsanitary Condition of State Hostelries Columbia. Jan. 3.?J. H. Dudley, chairman of the legislative committee of the Travelers' Protective associa tion, said.yesterday that the committee had received letters from all over the State expresing strong approval of the committees efforts to secure the passage at the next session of the general assembly of legislation pro viding for regulation of the hotels of the State. The traveling men he said, are backing the committee very strongly and many other citizens of the State have also written assuring the committee of their support. Among the letters received is one from Id. M. Mattison of Anderson, general agent of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance company. Mr. Matti son says in his letter: '"I have noted with much interest what has been said' recently about the efforts of the traveling men to clean up the hotels of this State. I want to say, as one who is on the road quite a good deal, that I appre ciate the efforts of you and your asso ciate commiiteemen, and I sincerely hope you will be able to remedy what is now a most unsatisfactory situa tion. 'There is just one thing I want to 1 emphasize, and that is the fact that the average hotel is not properly screened. Only a few days ago in ; the dining room of a hotel, consider ably above the average. I complained about the flies when I was told by the I waiter that they could not keep them 1 out as they came from the kitchen. I The waiter seemed to think there j might be some objection to a fly in, j the dining room, but none to his pres ! ence in the kitchen. I have seen two places recently where, 'honestly, I could not eat what was placed before me simply because I had seen flies crawling all over the food. The hotels do not hesitate to charge us, so I sincerely hope that a way can be found to protect us against the danger of typhoid fever, as well as to clean up the. hotels in many other respects." Mr. Dudley said that the letter from ! Mr. Mattison was typical of the let ters of complaint being received by the committee. AMERICAN TRADERS REACH ARGEEMENT With Uruguay?AH Commercial Disputes Go Before Arbi tration Committee Washington, Jan. 2.?An agreement to arbitrate commercial disputing be tween merchants of the United States and Uruguay has just been concluded by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States . and the Camara de Comercio of Montevideo. Similar agreements have been made with Ec uador, Argentine and Panama. The agreement with Uruguay pro vides for an arbitration committee of nine members in each country. On the American committee five members will he nominated by the Chamber of Comerce of the Cnited SStaOos and approved by the Camara de Com ercio and four will be nominated by thc Uruguayan organization and ap proved by the American. Chamber. The personnel of these committees will be announced, soon. There jwill also be named a list of official arbitrators in each country to contain sixty names, thirty of these being selected by each organization in the same manner as the arbitration, com mit tecs are chosen. When parties at dispute in the two countries agree voluntarily t? ar bitrate their differences they may se lect any persons they choose as ar bitrators. When one party refuses to arbitrate the arbitration committee selects arbitrators from the offlcia; j list of sixty names. MAKES GIFT - j Of Two Million Dollars to North- j ern Baptists New York. Jan. 2.?A gift of $2, 000.000 from John D. Rockefeller was! included in a sum of $8.000,000 which! the national committee of the North- j ern Baptist laymen announced today j 'had been raised in their victory cam-; paign, which closed December 31. Mr. I Rockefeller contributed $1.000,000 to ihe American Baptist home mission, society and *1.000.0<?0 to the foreign ; mission society. CHRISITAN SCI ENCE DISPUTE I -? Legal Action Against Publish- ! ing Society Authorized i New York, Jan. 3.?Twenty-live j hundred members of the Christian j Science churches of Greater New York, after a mass meeting issued : l call for a State conference to take ' legal action or any otheq action that may seem advisable against the trus tees of thr Christian Science publish- j ing Society of Boston. This action is ; .'.aimed to restore the rights of the' Board of Directors of the Mother! Church of Boston and safeguard the! iuercsis of ibe Mother Church. _ Quebec. Jan. 3.?The fifteen personsi ?vho were threatened with starvation >n ladle Isle because of the founder ing of the government supply steam ?r, have been rescued. Paris. Jan. 3.?Families of ten and! twelve children are being urged by; Premier Clemencea.u in his tour through the department of war. hiSn constituency, lie points out- that-! Kran.ee needs re-peopling. I BOLL WEEVIL CAMPAIGN President of Cotton Association Suggests Plan F$r Com bating Pest Columbia, Jan. 1.?A* plan for com-1 batting the boll weevil which he says j has been successfully used in quite a number of other sections of the west was outlined by R. M. Mixson, president of the South Carolina Cot ton Association, in a statement is sued last night. Mr. Mixson said that he had traveled extensively in the j boll weevil section of the belt this year and that he had interviewed the I farmers who had met the situation the most successfully. His statement presents the plan used by most of j them. """"H I The statement issued by Mr. Mix son follows: "The boll weevil is in our midst [and in the language of a distinguish I ed ^"ntleman, that is 'what is the [matter with our midst?' "This is a very serious matter and \ calls for considerable thought and a i lot of work. "We can't give up cotton planting j eternally. Providence has given the j South the soil, the sunshine and rain i fall necessary to growing and pro ducing cotton. As far as we can do so profitably we ought to produce cotton. The world is dependent on the staple for clothing. And the South is better adapted to the produc tion of cotton than any other section of the world. N "But there is no moral or legal reason why the South should grow cotton at a loss either from the rav ages of insect pest or on account of inadequate prices.- The man, who, in j the face of past experiences and Jhe ! present invasion of the ooll weevil, will increase his cotton acreage, is a fit subject for the lunatic asylum?^ and the man who will advise him to do so is either crazy or has an axe to grind. "This is a serious question, one af fecting the financial interests of the State, but not one to get panicky ovpr. Let's preserve our wits. Don't go off at a tangent. Let's look the ! matter squarely in the face, and with j cool deliberation based upon the best I information that we can get covering [the situation meet it squarely and j with .determination. The situation I can be met, it has been met and so ! far as the interests of the farmers ! are concerned, has been in a large ! measure overcome. , "In advising the farmer how to proceed. Jet's keep his interests in mind. Donv't advise him to do things which will benefit other interests at I his expense. He has- been the slave i of these interests long nough. He has been made the cat's paw to pull the chestnuts of other interests out of the fire long enough, and he shall not be so used any longer if L can prevent it. . /'I have spent four months this fall j in the boll weevil sections of Flori i da, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas, j I investigated and discussed the situa i tion closely. I met the best posted j planters in these States and discussed j the best method of combatting the j boll weevil.- My views are based up I on the best information I could gel j from the best farmers in the cotton I States mentioned. j "First, plant not over ten acres in j cotton to the plow. Don't plant any ! bottoms in cotton. Bottoms are* the I home of the weevils and subject to (greater damage by them. Plant "your j cotton on uplands. ! ^Second, prepare your lands ihor i oughly by a. thorough breaking up ! early. Harrow the field over-at .least ! once before bedding for cotton. "Third, put your rows three and a half to four feet apart. Bed by April ! 1st. ~ J . "Fourth, put from six,to eight hun I dr'ed pounds of a high grade fertiljz } er to one acre, a 10-4-4 preferred, j This must be distributed as you bed i the land. "Fifth, if you have any soda to use, I apply it on top of the bed just after I the cotton.comes up. "Sixth, before planting harrow your beds so as to get the soil in first ! class condition for the germination of ' the seed. ! "Seventh, don't I plant too early. ; Take no chances of having the plant killed by frost, but plant as early as. you can l>e safe. A crop planted over will be late and more subject from weevil. 4 "Fight, commence cultivating early. In chopping your cotton to a stand leave your best 'and healthiest stalks. Leave the hills about twelve inches apart, two stalks to the hill if possi ble. "Ninth, plow your cotton every week if possible. Don't neglect this. Light and rapid cultivation is an important factor in the fight. "Tenth, when your cotton begins to put on squares the boll weevil will commence his ravages. This is the time to do your most effective work. Set aside every Monday to gather the fallen squares and burn them. If you value your crop, don't fail to do this. For every first square gathered and burned will save you from gath ering a thousand thirty days later. "Some will gather squares until August and stop. I am convinced that it will pay and that handsomely to continue to pick up and burn squares as long as your cotton con tinues to grow and fruit. "Eleventh, an early maturing cot ton should be planted.- I found that! some^>o-called early varieties had been ! abandoned in lower Alabama and they j plant practically nothing but the i Cleveland big boll and Toole vafie- i ties. They say that they get better; results from these varieties. "If the average planter will follow these plans. I see no reason why he j should not make a fair crop of cotton, j most especially with a normal June1 and May. So far as rainfall is con cerned excessive moisture is very fa vorable to the boll weevil." London. Jan. 3.?Sir John S mon. j Liberal candidate for the House of J Commons in the Spenvalley, by-eteo* j tion w:is defeated by Tom Myers, the j labor candidate. coal mm. are Dm Acting Pi^idest - Charges ?petfatt* Instances of Bad Faith Indianapolis, Jan,-2.;?John is .acting president of the.U? Workers of America, ^today. had reports of operators oL the bituminous fields disci workers with a view ^f breakti$r|i the unions. r'. Such action of some of the I tors in discharging men is regarded by:; ! the miners as bad faith,...Mr. Lvetris"' said, because under the agreement j with the federal government by which [the miners returned to work, the Status of October 3i, the day before ! the strike, was to obtain. i- Mr. Lewis will go to -ColuflfchfijS,;; I Ohio, tomorrow to attend the ivened convention of the United J Workers next week; given AUm(MS% .: to fix rah, rates __________ Under Conditions; toetstate Body May Suspend Ordees of State Commission . ??? Washington, Jan. 2.?An agreement .; to give the interstate commerce: com- . mission supreme authority -in-,''??1&fag-.:% railroad rates with power.to suspend . aud annul rate orders'x>f State c?v?^ H missions was reached today by tb.6 ^ senate and house conferees in Con jsidering^the Each-Cummins railroad reorganization bills. . ? .The interstate commerce commis sion, under the agreement,. t woqld-.be authorized to substitute .its flndinigs and rate orders for those of Stdie commissions when the; latter give .'an unfair advantage to or discriminate against interstate commerce. The conferees agreerifent prpvf&ft: for little change in the existing ia-w, . but more definitely eiatahVishes the supreme rate making power of the federal commission and is denned-to remove doubt, raised in several cases before the supreme court; -as td vthe authority of the commission o^r;J?cni interstate tariffs. The power of^S|a?e railway .commissions, howeyer,^.otdd not be hampere'd nor encro?ched^prp?n by the federal commissiw:in':l??^?^ of intrastate rates if ^uch"/ ,;?osn$t prejudice or discriminate against^fi-^ terests outside of the S^teL^'jnter fere with interstate comi^rcel ? _.. The conference agreement, 'Cliia^r man Cummins aunoen'^d: "t?niJfefct; provides for adoption ,of tfcje State bill's provisions. The hou/5e jplan^f authorizing the federal . c?l^miss^j to sospend'State rates, If su^n^pli^^l * an -"undue burden" upw mterst?te ? commence, was believed toy :^rae~vv-stt the conferees to involve conferring upon.the commission power to SUpefr-; vise an State rates. german SHfl? I put ON Shipping Board to Sett iVi Formerly Pride ef Herman ? Merciiant Marine W?; Washington, Jan. 2.?Thirty^prmer , German passenger ships seize? when I the United States entered: the ? war^ including the Leviathan, -jj^iWIilsQ vessel afloat; the Agamemmon,.;.t^fc George Washington. and?^^ej^^jh^|t were the pride of the ?amVah-inWr chant marine, were 'ctQEa&&?ite^tim today .by the shipping W^L-'-t^.f'i Proposals for the .purchase ^f:the vessels,, which may ha'-|V$?jfy. I January 20, will; be. 0riiy/&6ra^^|?r can buyers and must iiieh^e:,a 4 i to use the ships on lines j by the shipping board. , Many of the vessels were^used^ I the department as transports ^bd|h I before and aifer the armistice,' arm j the cost of refitting, theni lorc-iiaB)?^ ] ger service has been. estfnaa^^v^bV I shipping board officials at ^.approxa ! mately $50.000,000. '4i Sale of the ships will, be only to. [American interests. The vessels 'of ! the first class passenger type' OjCferejd ! for sale are: Leviathan,' Agan^eni^on, i Mount Vernon, Von Strueben,. George j Washington, Martha Washington (Austrian), American, DeKalb, ?e?^ lus, Huron, Princess Matofka, Rsefca hontas, Callao, Moccasin, Black Ar row and Otzgo. Fourteen others.r<jf the intermediate type, adapted/for steerage and cargo, including the Pres ident Grant, ^ntigonne, Mercury>find Amphion, also are offered to huyets. The ships are to. be turned overJtp the" successful bidders upon pay&?iit I'of 25 per cent, of the purchase prfce i and satisfactory fulfillment of other terms of sale. ? ?. $' LATEST IlIGfiT * RECORD CLA1MH9 215 M&cs in 83 Minutes F?r Air Mail Pilot Washington, Jan. 2.?Ai;. American records of a nonstop flight of more than 200 miles are believed by.po$fcr office department officials to "/nave been broken today by James H. Knight, an air mall pilot who.flew with a load of mail from Cleveland .to Bcllefonte. Penna., a distance of ,215 miles in S3 minutes. The night was made at an average of 156 hiUeS'ah hour, was seven minutes better than a similar trip made by. Knight. last September. The start from Cleveland was made in a snow storm. denekine govt, London, Jan. 3.?-General Deni kine's government in. southern Rus sia has been overthrown and General Romanovaisky has been chosen to re place Gen. Deniken as> the antirBpl shevlk chief, .according ; to ; McsC?w wireless dispatches, quoting _4y1ms from Tajrenrog,