The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 07, 1920, Image 3
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!
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E Agents Ordered to New York |
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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.
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SOUTH FREE OF |
LABOR DISPUTES!
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According to Report of Gov-j
ernment Officials
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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
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?.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
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! 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
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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.
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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
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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 $1.000,000 to
ihe American Baptist home mission,
society and *1.000.0<?0 to the foreign ;
mission society.
CHRISITAN SCI
ENCE DISPUTE I
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Legal Action Against Publish- !
ing Society Authorized
i
New York, Jan. 3.?Twenty-live j
hundred members of the Christian j
Science churches of Greater New
York, after a mass meeting issued :
l call for a State conference to take '
legal action or any otheq action that
may seem advisable against the trus
tees of thr Christian Science publish- j
ing Society of Boston. This action is ;
.'.aimed to restore the rights of the'
Board of Directors of the Mother!
Church of Boston and safeguard the!
iuercsis of ibe Mother Church.
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Quebec. Jan. 3.?The fifteen personsi
?vho were threatened with starvation
>n ladle Isle because of the founder
ing of the government supply steam
?r, have been rescued.
Paris. Jan. 3.?Families of ten and!
twelve children are being urged by;
Premier Clemencea.u in his tour
through the department of war. hiSn
constituency, lie points out- that-!
Kran.ee needs re-peopling. I
BOLL WEEVIL
CAMPAIGN
President of Cotton Association
Suggests Plan F$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,