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WORKING ON
STATE BUDGET
Ways and Means Committee j
Have Annual Appropriations i
, Under Consideration
Columbia, Jan. 22.?State finances j
for the year 1920 are now in the
hands of the ways and means commit- j
tee of. the house of representatives.'
and what promises to be a hard grind j
of :appropriation work began yester
day afternoon with the first hearing of
the committee, meeting jointly with,
the budget commission. 1
j Before the ways and means com- j
m&tee -are members of the budget,
commission and also Ben M. Sawyer. |
Clerk of the commission, these offi-j
cials explaining the routes by which
they reached the various * items in
the' State's 1920 budget, which was j
presented to the legislators at their j
session-Tuesday night. Every day from
now till the last part of the legislative
se^ion the ways and means com
mittee and the Senate Finance. Com
miiee will hold sessions, working out
the annual problem of the State ap
proifetinns.
-- The report of the budget commis
sion.-has been the cause of much com
ment among legislators, State officials
and" persons interested in State finan
ces. It is a bound volume, an inch j
in thickness and 10x14 inches in' di-l
mensions. It represents the work- of j
a year and contains some of the most j
far-reaching and widely-departing!
recommendations - ith regard to State!
finances that have ever been advanc- j
e9: in the State. * I
\: This budget is to be the basis of,
? the financial program of the legisla-'
tyre this year. The adoption of the!
'?Appropriation bill, based on this |
\fcudget, will. be the last act of thej
legislature, six weeks hence, but the;
bill will have to run the gauntlet of
?tfoth the house ways and means com
mittee and also of the senate finance
committee before this end is attained.
> While the~ budget will form the ba
j sis" of the appropriation bill, it is also
1 probable tEat many changes in the
?appropriation program will be made
by' the two committees on finances.
WORLD TRADE
COMMISSION
International Body to Deal With
Monopolists j
Washington, Jan. 22.?Creation ofj
sin: international trade commission td!
wka* those who seek a world mor j
'?&?^-^$c<uce-: in ..-a- position to injure ,'
nj:^oai^ t?e consumers in their own
'o^hljry,-but.those. . in foreign nations f
.^?weUVwaS .recommended by Huston,
' ^hom^sei, J of the . Federal Trade j
"CMnmfesjoh,* in an. address" today be-?
, tRe..Second .Ean-AmeFican Finari- :
f?^s Conference.. ...
V-^oinj^mts-shouid come through
n^itiOnaL trade, com m issior s, Mr.
ttjol&psori! said, and each cause tried
before;."representatives of the inter
li^bf^r; body . not; .belonging to the
?."U^tfori..whose citizens were involved inj
the litigation..
'"The definition of what was an un-j
lav-trade practice before this com- j
mission c uld be found in the trade
practices'already condemned by the
l?5vs ,of-many nations, both ancient i
^nd.; modern/*.- Mr. Thompson said.
;V|hWrnlings of the respective trade
,^3?Q(imiss;cias, the 'trade practice "sub
.njfttai lists,' su.ch as our commission
h?s already received ? from some of
'iu/riiadiKtnles. the p. aouncements of i
-^ofttteal- economists, and above all.
h): thecommon sense of those before
whom the case was. prest nted after
tnyestigation and hearing..
."'"In ? the universal publicity of the
.Jfir'jli.ags of such a body would lie the
iB?rrective.
; v*:J' have been asked who would po
3ice-the- committing of the offenses.
*Xhe..e#swer is the same'^s in our do
mestic business?the . competitor. Is j
tKere not every reason to believe that i
under .the inspiration of the respectivel
2-irtional -Trade Commissions the in-i
?vstrivv> in each nation would write I
their own 'trade practice submittal;
Usi,v of unfair practices just as they]
are. doing in this country?"
A-national trade mark, established
by" congress, as a means of increasing
national pride and controlling the
. Q>?aftty of'goods exported from the
Fnited States also was urged by Mr.
Thompson. Failure on the part of an
eiqiorter to deliver goods of the same
gra.d<t:and ' quality as samples would
be sufficient cause for refusing per
mission to use the trade mark.
BEL A KUN ILL
Soviet Monster May Die in His
^ Bed
-Vienna, Jan. 22.?Bela Kun. form
er*cojamunist dictator of Hungary, isj
ff^o-Aed seriously ill at Karlstein, j
wheve he is interned.
Centennial of Bra/Jllan Independence.
iFUo de Janeiro, Jan. 1.?Proposal
hr.s been made that a national pan
theon for all the illustrious person
ages- of Brazil should be erected here
in connection with the celebration of
the centenary of Brazilian independ
ence in 1922.
".Plghs for this 100th anniversary!
which have been submitted to thej
Chamber of Deputies would cost $12,
r.?'e>,6>?C. They include an expos ition j
of line arts, erection of a national!
h;.c,<orical museum, and composition of
an historical opera and drama.
The scheme also provides for the
organization of a great university.
Sports will be. one feature of the cele
bration.
'It is proposed to hold the celebra
tion in September. Brazil separated!
from the Kingdom of Portugal and
' -?? proclaimed independent by Don
Pedro I, the first emperor of Brazil,
'"Member 22, 1822. This proclama
tion took place in Sao Paulo and it is
pr ;r?osed to erect there one of the
ft* --: commemorative monuments in
the new .world.
MAY END WAR
WITHOUT TREATY
Congress Considering Adoption
Of Joint Resolution
j Washington, Jan. 20.?Possibility of
the introduction in congress of a joint
concurrent resolution declaring the
war with Germany at an end loomed
tonight, following a sharp break in
the compromise conference which has
been trying to adjust disagreements
between Republican and Democratic
senators as to the wording of the
Lodge resolutions.
The assertion of President Wilson
that he was willing to submit the
question of the adoption of the peace
treaty with the league of nations to
a vote of the people, which has been
approved by Senator Johnson of Cal
ifornia, and other political opponents
of the administration has led some
to believe that this may perhaps be
the best solution of the treaty con
troversy. .
In the meantime, it is pointed out.
something should be done to stabilize
trade relations with Germany while
the treaty issue is still undecided and
a resolution deel *ring the war at an
end is one remedv which has been
considered by both sides in the con
troversy. '
Open ruptur'e today of the leaders'
conference was avoided temporarily
by passing over the dispute* on the
Lodge resolution regarding equality of
voting in the league-of nations. The
bipartisan conference will meet again
late tomorrow but with leaders of
both factions doubtful as to the pos
sibility of ultimate agreement.
Prospects of failure of the leaders
conferences and of formal suspension
of their sessions today moved "mild
reservation" Rep tibi icans and a few
Democrats not members of the
leaders committees to discuss inde
pendent steps toward a solution of the
treaty situation. -One "mild reserva
tion" Republican spokesman said such
a move should be forthcoming if con
ferences of the leaders fail within a
few days to give more of a compro
mise.
Participants in today's conferences
of the informal committees of which
there were two. said an impasse and
suspension of the compromise move
ment was virtually reached at the
first session as a result of inability to
get together on the equal voting
reservation to the league of nations
covenant. After more than two hours
spirited dispute the whole subject was
out Over.
Better progress, however, was re
ported at the second session. The pre
amble to the Lodge reservations, re
quiring formal acceptance by three of
ihe five principal powers of Ameri
can reservations was taken up and, it
was said, a tentative agreement was
reached. The proposed compromise on
the preamble was said- to provide that
if'the principal signatories do not file,
formally, objections to the reserva
tions before their deposit* for ex
change of ratifications the American
reservations shall be deemed to have
been accepted.
In the leaders dispute over the
equal votinr reservation several com
promise drafts were brought forth,
including drafts by Senators Sim
mons. Democrat, North Carolina, and
Walsh, Democrat, Montana.
SUFFRAGE AMEND
MENT REJECTED
House of Representatives Strong
Against Votes For Women
Columbia, Jan. 22.?By a vote of
93 to 21 the Soutb Carolina house of
representatives Thursday passed a
concurrent resolution to reject the na
tional suffrage amendment Several
efforts were made to postpone debate
on the question, but these were all in
vain. Representative Hamilton made
such an effort and spoke in favor of
the suffrage. Representative Belser
of Sumter urged consideration for the
amendment, not that he felt it had
any chance, but that South Carolina
might not pass lightly on such an im
portant matter which has been en
dorsed by the Democratic party. He
sa'd he did not know whether he was1
wholly for suffrage and he thought
the majority of The- people'are oppos
ed te it, but "we gain nothing" he
said "by passing this rejection reso
lution."
A heated parliamentary fight and
debate took place in the house today
on suffrage rejection resolution. Rep
resentative Cooper ,<?f Beaufort was
the first representative to dare take
a stand for ratification. In a strong
speech he urged that South Carolina
not go against the nation. "We ar<
bound to have the suffrage, why tight
a losing fight," he said. Mr. Cooper
was applauded by the ladies in the
hall who have been working hard forj
ratification.
An indirect vote on a motion to
-'end *he rejection resolution to the
judiciary committee, was 85 to 26,
showing a large sentiment against
suffrage.
Representative Poik, of Newberry,
read a long spech against suffrage. He
paid a tribute to woman, but said he,
was against "pettycoat government."
He quoted scripture t<? prove suffrage
is wrong. Iiis remarks provoked
much laughter.
Associate Justice R. C. Watts, of the
Supreme Court: Judge J. W. Devore.j
of the llth Circuit; Judge S. W. G.
Shipp. of the 12th Circuit and Judge I
Jas. E. Puerifoy, of the 14th Circuit.!
were re-elected to succeed themselves
by the general assembly in joint ses
sion.
London Trio.-, to Stabilize (lie Curren
cy.
London. Jan. 5.-?A new organiza-'
tion called the Second Currency Asso
ciation has been tormed to aid in
eliminating the inflation of currency,
restore the pound sterling to its par
value and the return to the gold j
standard. The first meting was at
tended by bankers, economists and!
members of Parliament,
DROP IN BRIT
ISH EXCHANGE
A New Low Record is Made
Today
New York, Jan. 22.?British ex
change fell to a new low record at the
outset of todays' trading in foreign
remittances. Demand bills were of
fered at three dollars, sixty and one-j
half cents.
A QUEER TURK !
I _ 1
I The New Sultan Will Have !
Only One Wife
Constantinople, Dec. 20.?Turkey's j
next Sultan, Abdul Med.iid" now the1
heir apparent, will be the first to have
I out one wife, and as such she will en-|
! joy the same romantic position as the
celebrated Roxalana, the ail-powerful
favorite wife of Suleiman the Magni
ficent whose tombs for centuries have
attracted visitors to the Suleiman
mosque in Constantinople.
Abdul Medjid is regarded as one of
the most interesting personalities of
Turkey. For years he was a pris
oner in the house of his father, Al>
dul Aziz, who was Sultan for 15!
years until his deposition and death j
in 1S7G. i J
"I was happy during those longj
I years," he said to The Associated I
[ Press "because I married early, at
1.24, married for love, and then I used
my time improving my mind, drawing
Wisdom from the works of the world's
philosophers." He is no longer otri-,
jcially a prisoner. Since the dethrone
| ment and sudden ? death of Abdul
I Hamid in 11*0S, and the advent of
the young Turks, he has won hhJ
I way to liberty at least so far as travel
I in Asia, or in Constantinople, is con
cerned, and also to a certain freedom
I of speech.
In person he looks not unlike the
oidfashioned gentleman . farmer of
England or America. Stout, bluff,
hearty, his dress is of rough, loosely
fitting homespun, with only the red
fez which Turks wear in or out of
doors to indicate his nationality.
When he doesn't smile, which is not
often, his greying hair and mustache
and wide, Circassian blue eyes give
him the thoughtful air which has led
Turks to declare he will be a great
Sultan if the whirligig of politics, in
ternal and international, give him his
chance to fulfill his dream of salvag
ing the wrecks of the Ottoman Em
pire.
"We have the makings yet of a
great people, of a people that will get
I ahead in .the arts of peace and indus
try under proper .conditions," he said
with an air of deep conviction. "Why
won't America give'us a start?" he
! asked in a quick, pathetic manner
! common to many of the men of the
I nations defeated in the war.
"Why should we have those hostile
I war vessels in our harbor a year af
j ter the armistice?' he asked, pointing
j to the ships swinging in the Bosphor
/ us. "Why not settle cur affairs; let
I us rest from the wars without num
j bers which we have had?"
I The Prince was looking out from
I a second story window, as he talked,
of the Dolmabaghcheh Palace, the
show place of Constantinople, where
he has the use of one wing.
"Arent' the Turks anxious for an
American mandate because they
thereby see an opportunity to save
themselves from partition and the loss
of Constantinople?" he was asked.
Here the Prince dropped iiis French
I and began talking rapidly in Turkish,
j to Ahmed Ernin Bey, a graduate of
I Columbia University and editor of the
j nationalist paper, Vakit, who inter
I preted as follows:
i "We have no means of letting the
people in America know what kind of
j people we are and what we think.
The Turks want the Americans be
cause they know the Americans
would treat them honestly and help
them develop a rich country to the
profit of both. The Americans have
never traveled here much, nor got
ten to know the possibilities of our
people, who are reasonably honest and
hard working. It cannot be said that
the Turks have ever betrayed their
foreign friends so long as the latter
j acted in good faith. We have a long
\ tradition of friendship with liberal
[western powers. After the Turkish
revolution of 3?0S. we were most
anxious to continue these relations.
"But here came our difficulty. These;
powers (England and France) wish-1
ed to maintain good relations with j
the Russians who, without our seek-1
ing it. were hostile to us, and finally j
the Russian influence became soj
strong that every person favorable to
Turks in the French and English em- j
bassies were drawn home by their j
governments. I personally went to
the French and English ambassadors
and warned them that if this policy
wft'c continued we should be driven
into a German alliance which would I
injure both the French and English!
and ourselves. This warning had no j
.effect, and the Germans began to send j
us big military missions, also our offi
cers were trained in Germany, so wc |
entered the war on the G' rman side. \
'Tf the Americans don't come to u?5
now. the end of it all may he a par-!
tition leading to other wars in which
America may be involved. Jt might
be cheaper for America to risk mil
lions on us n<>w rather titan to spend
billions later on a new war."
Asked if he were a partisan of the
Nationalist movement, the Prince an
swered: "A person in line for the
throne can't become involved in par
ticular movements but must repre
sent his entire people."
The interview ended by the Prince
saying: "Now let me interview you.
Will America keen her word and
sign the peace and enter the League
of Nations?" Then he shook hand?
warmly, and touched his heart and
forehead in sign of farewell, and mo
tored buck to his home and'studio
where he is painting new pictures of
his beloved Circassian wife and his
son and daughter.
"Believe me" it is to be great!
The Schwartz White Sale.
E R
Lumber,
Flooring
Ceiling:,
S?iing,
Casing, ;
Moni dings,
Framing Lumber,
Red Cedar Shingles. .'
Pine and Cypress Shingles.
Brick,
i-liimev
"-Cement,
Plaster,
Fire Brick,
Fire Clay,
Sewer Pipe,
Stove Flue,
Building 1
Material
Metal and Composition Shingles, Terra Cotta Thimbles
Boors, Sash and Blinds, Mortar Colors and Stains
Porch Columns and Ballasters, Water Pz-oofing Mineral,.
Beaver I3oard, Corrugated 3Ietal Roofing,
Valley Tin and Rids*e Roll, Asbetos and Composition Roof in*
Locks,
Hinges,
ails,
Grates,""3'
Saws,
Hatchets,
Hammers,
Door Hangers,
Carpenter's Tools,
Paint Br?ishcs,
Faint9 and Oils,
Inside Decorations,
Calsomines and Cold Water Paints,
Hardware,
Paints, Oils
WIRE FENCING, IRON AND WOOD POSTS
EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE
Booth & McLeod, Inc.
SUMTER, , SOUTH CAROLINA
I SOCIALIST LEADER !
MAKES THREAT!
-
j Morris Hillquitt Predicts Bloody;
I Revolution Unless Socialists I
j . I
/ Have Their Way
j Albany, X. Y., Jan. 20.?Morris
! HillQult. chief counsel for the five'
j suspended Socialist assemblymen, de
; ciared-today at the opening of their j
j trial that if the assembly permanent- j
; ly ousted the defendants the act "w?l!
i loosen the violent revolution which wc \
j Socialists have always endeavored and I
j are endeavoring, to .stem."
Mr. Hillquit added this: "One word
i of solemn warning" after asserting
: that the Romanoffs and all instru
! ments of oppression in Russia had
! been destroyed after the government
i had tried to outlaw the Socialist move
i ment and that "wc are not afraid of
j suppression at the time one-half the
worldf is under Socialist control."
This "warning" was later inter
! preted by Martin .W. Littleton, asso
; ciate counsel for the. committee as "a,
! warning to the country, a threat to
J the committee and an admonishment
I to the assembly that they do not dare
j deal with the gentlemen he represents
! unless they wish to invite revolution
I to this country."
j Mr. Hillouit denied that, his ro
j marks were intended as a "threat'*
'and said instead he had "made a sort:
j of love offer" that "we Socialists are i
I ready to see the thing through in. a I
constitutional manner, and by peace-'
i ful methods.
i 'T was merely imploring you to bo
! as good and peace loving as we So-1
j eialists are." he said, "and not to bo
i high handed in your procedure."
j "That was an entreaty and it was
; intended to be."
The judiciary committee opened the
trial by excluding by a vote of 7 to 4
i the New York City bar association
i committee headed by Charles E.
i Hughes, from independent participa
i lion in the proceedings after which
(the committee, submitting a brief op- j
j posing the assembly's action in sus
\ pending the Socialists, withdrew. The
j delegates mad'1 it plain that they did
; not represent the Socialists.'but the
! "public interest."
! Then Louis M. Martin, chairman of
[the judiciary committee, read a state
! ment assuring the defendants that
j they will "receive fair - play"- and
"the case is not prejudiced."
I Mr. Hillouit challenged the asser
; tion that the case was not prejudiced
{and made three motions, two of which
were denied. The committee reserved
j decision on the third which provided
jfor dismissal of the proceedings as il
i legal and unwarranted,
j The motions overruled by the com
i mittee challenged the fitness of the
j committee as a whole and its members
} as individuals to serve as judges on
' the ground that they played also the
j roles of accusers and the vast majority
I was "committed in advance to one
j side."
I In the case of the committee, the
motion urged that the body vocom
mend to the assembly that the case he
tried by a special committee elected
by the lower house and not appointed
by Speaker Sweet, "who appears as
the first accuser."
Building Durable Highways.
Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 21.?Pennsyl
vania led the nation in 1919 in mile
age of contracts let for road con
struction, according to the State High
way Department. Up to January 1
the State awarded contracts for the
buHding of G79.26 miles of durable
Mghways. Its nearest competitor was
Illinois which contracted for 510.70
miles.
Pennsylvania's l?20 program calls ;
for the construction of approximately!:
s<!0 miles of roads. The department!,
says that Pennsylvania is far ahead1 j
of other States in the organization it |
has perfected to build durable high-1 <
ways. !,
She Stole Theatre Costumes to Wear, j"
Eisenach. Germany, Jan. 4.?The j
run of "Parsifal" at the Eisenach City'
Theatre was sadly handicapped re-!
cently when it was discovered that
(he eostume.s for the play had been j
.stolon and could not be replaced. AM L
efforts to trace the thief by means of -
the historic costumes failed, and th"
play was about to be postponed, when
the theatre manager strolled through
the house, and discovered the ward
robe mistress dressed up like a pea- <
cock, with some of the stolen finery, j i
Her husband was arrested and all the U
r-toIen costumes were recovered, 11
somewhat the worse for wear> \
CRIME REPORT IN
SOUTH CAROLINA
Attorney General's Report j
Shows Increase Last Year
?One Hundred Convic
tions for Murder
Columbia, Jan. 21.?A total of 2,
r>80 crimes were committed in South
Carolina in 1919, according to the an
nual report to the legislature of At
torney General Wolfe, just placed on
the desks of the solons. The total
number of crimes for 1918 was 1,844.
The attorney general's report for 1919
shows an increase of crime over 1918.
Of the 2,r>80 eases handled in the
circuit courts of the State during 1919
there were 276 "no bills." There were
406 persons indicted and found "not
guilty." Of those tried 1,891 were
convicted and given sentences,
j, The most common crimes in the
State last year, as usual, were assault
and battery, larceny and violation of
the prohibition law. Manslaughter
and murder were somewhat com
arion. There were 291 eases involving
life and or these 12>2 were found
guilty. Of these 152 found guilty of
taking human life there were an even
hundred convicted of murder. The
others were guilty of manslaughter.
There is little probability of At
torney General Wolfes suggestion for
abolition of the death sentence and
j'unking of the electric chair becom
ing law during the present session of
: he general assembly. The attorney j
general states that he has been unable!
<o find any member of either house)
who is willing to introduce and father
:he bill. The attorney general has
approached a number of legislators to
feel them cut on this suggestion, and
all thus approached have expressed
their unwillingness to stand sponsor
for the measure. They feel that the
"times are not ripe" for such an act.!
Other recommendations made by the
attorney general in his.report are be
ing worked into new bills, among
these being the suggestion for a new
codification of the statutes, the matter
of higher salary for the office and
others.
STATE FINANCES
Proposition to Change the Fiscal
Year From January
to July
Columbia, Jan. 22.?Representative
Joseph A. Berry, of Orangeburg, is
author of a resolution providing for a
change in the State's fiscal year,
which resolution is now before the
general assembly. The resolution
would provide an amendment to the
constitution of the State fixing the j
fiscal year as from July 1 to July 1. '
If Representative Berry's resolution
passes the legislature, it will provide
for' a referendum on the proposed
amendment in the election of 1920.
The amendment would be to Section
10. Article 10 of the constitution,
which now fixes the fiscal year as from
Jan. 1 through Dec. 3f.
There have been many endorse
ments of the new fiscal year idea, and
the resolution will likely pass both
houses. Governor Cooper in his an
nual message asked for the change, J
:\.ad Comptroller Osborne in his re-j,
port called attention to the need. It .
is held that there will be great ad- j'
ran tage from many viewpoints in 11
having the end of the year and the!s
legislative session to come a half yearjj
ipart !t
There will likely be several amend-! ^
ments to the State constitution pro-jj
posed at the present session of the!c
general assembly. The house of rep- !
?esentatives Wednesday killed the res- j ^
ilution for a constitutional convention.! f
md the argument was advanced dur-'
ing the death knell debate, that if
manges in the constitution are need
ed they can be accomplished by, j
unendments. There are already ajt
lumber of amendment resolutions on
he legislative calendars.
ALLIANCES SAV
ED THE WORLD
Vew French Cabinet Strives to
Keep All Allies
3
Paris. Jan. 22.?The maintenance
d* "alliances that haw saved the
rorld" will be one of chief aims of
he new French cabinet. Premier Mil- ti
erand announced today in his min-jn
sterial declartion of policy. i:
THE METHODISTS
AGREE TO UNITE
Joint Commission Approves
Plan of Merger
Louisville, Ky., Jan. 20.?Recom
mendations of the joint commission of
the Methodist Episcopal churches,
North and South, that the . two.
branches again be reunited were
unanimously adopted late today >by
the convention here of the 100 or
more bishops, pastors and laymen of
both churches. The merger plan
provided that the unified churches
be named the Methodist church.
The recommendations of the com
mission will be submitted to the gen
eral conferences for final decision. A
committee of ten was appointed- to
prepare the recommendations for sub
mission to the conference.
Under the new constitution of the
Methodist church, there would fee a
supreme general conference composed
of seevn regional conferences. Six of
these would consist of white mem
bers averaging about 1,000,000 mem
bers each and the other one would
embrace the entire negro membership
of 302,000.- ?
The general conference which has
governed the churches since their dir
vision in 1846 after a disagreement
over the slavery question will lose
seme of its power. Regional and local
conferences would have entire control
of their respective regions except in
general matters. Bishops would be
chosen by local conferences subject to
confirmation by the general confer^
enee.
A judicial council of 15 member^
will review constittuional matters of
all conferences and in fact will be th?
final court of appeals.
The merger recommendations :pro>
vide that a general council shall be
composed of 800 members chosen by
the regional conferences in1 proportion
to the membership. It will met ever>:
four years.
It was said after the meeting'had
been adojurned tonight that / the
Northern church conference will mee?: ?
next May in Des Moines, Iowa, to v?t?f
on the merger plan. The Souther^
church will call a special session.ef
its conference to vote on the unificar
tion provided the Northern church
ratifies the proposition, it was pointed
out.
Both branches of the church claim'
a combined membership of approxi
mately C,000,000 persons with about
10,000,000 persons who attend the
churches but have not become mem
hers.
Europe Pushing Trade with South
America,
Valparaiso, Dec. 23.?Italy, Franco
?nd Sweden have taken steps to open'
South American markets by establish
ing steamship lines to Chilean ports.
One Italian steamship company, com
posed of the * Trairsatlantica Itaf
iana and the Nacional de Naviga<~
tion. already has sent two steamers to
Chile by the Panama route. It is any .
nounced that the company intendsjjt?'.
idd ten more ? steamers to the line,
making a total of six -passenger and
six; freight vessels which will voyage
ilternately by the Straits of Magellan.,
ind the Panama canal.
The government of Chile has agreed?!
:o subsidize these ships by payment of
"00 pounds for each cargo shipped"
md 900 pounds to each passenger-,
tnd freight vessel.
More recently the Italian Naviga*
ion company has sent to Chile its. ,
teamer La Veloee. The Compagne...
Generale Transatlantique announces^;
hat direct communication will be est
ablished between Havre and Val
faraiso by way of Panama by the use ;
f the steamer San Luis. The Swed-..
?h company has resumed service to
"hile and there is talk of a Dutch line;
f steamers from Java by the way of $
Australia.
As a result of these activities'/^
reights have begun to decline. This.,
as stimulated the commerce of elf
lie west coast and especially the e :
ortation of nitrate and the agrlcvl-);
.iral products of Chile.
lexican Army .to Be Reorgani2< .l;
Mexico, Jan. 8.?The Mexican army/:
ill not be reorganized in President::
arranza's term but will be left f *?r.
is successor, with congress deciding
to number of men and officers to be
icluded in the permanent establish
lent. says the Excelsior .
General Jaeinto B. Trevino, who h
ist returned from a tour of Europe,
here he studied military organuri
ons, is preparing a number of reco; i
lendations for the proposed reorga.i
:ation. ....