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T11K Il MTKK W ATCHMAN, KstabtMnM April, 1850. "iv Just i CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2, 1881. STATE POWER TO LEVY RAILROAD RATE DENIED Commission Orders Railroads in New York to Ad? vance Traffic Charges ONLY ONE DISSENTING OPINION AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS Intei'state Commerce Commissioner Eastman Contends This Is Up to the Intrastate Body Washington, Nov. 18.?In its first dectstoi on the right of the fcdoral government under the transportation ?et to lequir? railroad rate? within a ?tat? ' o correspond to the higher levels of Interstate tariff*, the inter ?tots eo name roe commission today ordered the railroads of New York to establish passenger and luggage rates osi tntrastate traffic conforming to ad? vanced Interstate schedules. Similar proceedings aro pending uffecling more than halt the states in the an I ja. By us order of hist August tho com maauon authorised ip the New York region an Increase of 40 per cent in freight rates. 20 per cent in passenger fgre^. excess baggage Chargen and ral?a on nil Ik and cream, and also a ?nroharge of 10 per cent on Pullman asvommodatlon. The New York pub lie service commission granted the freight advance except milk, but de? nied the other tnrreu*ea within the state and the carriers appealed to the Interstate commerce commission. The fed**ral body held that there was a general obligation reetlng upon H "to ?servlse control over intrastate p6mra?rce so far as It affects inter? state commerce." ??The decisive factor/' th? ruling said. "Is whether the rates under con siderat?'-u injuriously affect interstate commerce." Congress directed that rates be al? lowed * hk h would yield an aggregate rotnrn of from five and one-halt,to ?is per cent on the value ot the rail? way propertfc*. the commission stated, adding "There can be no doubt of the pow? er Of congress to devise and provide for carrvm* Into effect a plan for assuring the nation's interstate rail? roads a fair return upon the value Of their property, and the full con tee) of congress in this matter it* not tobe denied on the ground thai the fefihierV aggregate earnings axe a commingling of Intrastate revenue and interstate revenue. The record ahowa that the refusal of th? Stat? of New York to permit the carrttrs to Increase the rotes and fare* hei? In controversy to the ex? tent approved by us la costing tho rsllroads between 9 li,000.000 ai d $11.000.0^0 annually In other words, j th? annual earnings of the interstate <arrlras operating ?n New York are now between $11.0 00.000 and 112, ?OO.OeO leas than they would be if th| general level of rate? and fares ? pproved by us had become effectt\e on Intrastate traffic; and to that es tont the declared purpose of rongresa Is defeated by s prefereutiat hasia of rates and tares maintained by author? ity of the state of New York A dissenting opinion was handed down by Commissioner Eastman, who contended that the decision of tho msjorlty was beyoml the lawful pow? er of tho commission. "The objection Is more than techni? cal.* he neclated. "for It concerns the baste reUitlons between the state and the federal government, a matter of great moment." Orders Issued by the commission required the ne* rates to become ef? fective by December 18 on the filing of five daye' notice to the commission and tho public. Increases on com? mutation fare* unit (hargts on < \? . ?s baggage carried In connection with ?uch fares were cm epted from the general order and reserved for future decision by the commission. Water Cure For 1 Prohibition Officer PrltontTM Treat Glenn Young Rough When He Wan Placed in Jail on Charge of Murder Springfield. HI , Nov. 1*.? 8. OtPtHI Young, prohibition enforcement ofll v?s bentsn and panned with bot water by the priaonera In county Jail when Young wan locked up charged with the murder of alb gad bootleg- 1 ger Young ws? released on writ of habeas corpus today. Socialist Party Reports Campaign Receipts Washington. Nov. 20 ?The Socialist h\bo* party has reported campaign receipt, of eighteen thousand and ninety-nine doiUr* und e-m pendltures ?tsieen thousand one hundred and forty-mIs dollar*. Greek Army Command Given Prince Andreas Athens. Nov JO.?It is reported that chb-f of th. srmy command is t > pg given to Prince Andreas, brother ot the former King Constantlne. Washington Nov. *o.?All bnw erlea manufacturing t*?er containing more thsn one.half of one per cent of alc**?i will lie seised, the Internal revenueX bureau tndk?et?d today. UNION LABOR ADOPTS PROGRAM Opposition to Radicalism by President Gompers Receives Endorsement of Organi zation Washington. Nov. 1? (By the Associated Press).?The execu? tive council of the American VM crution of Ia\hor concluded its work here tonight without mak? ing any formal announcement as to what had been accomplished during its two weeks of discus? sions. Although members of the council, including President (Jumpers were disinclined to talk of proceedings in the execu? tive Saisons, It is kmawg that certain programs were discuss? ed which by common consent will practically become policlea of the < organization. These include what was described as a healthy stand against radicalism within organ? ized labor, and for sharp restric? tion of immigration. There fc-aa also an almoat u .ruinous agreement among the labor heads, it is understood, for closer cooperation between la? bor and industrial enKioecrs. In this, labor leaders believed thoy were accomplishing the dual purpose of eliminating waste and In* ltlciency and creating an at? mosphere which would foster gpeater production. The council was said to have made plain in Mm discussions its realization of world needs la this respect and members of the council held that, labor's SOndttCl should be such that no bin PIS for low output could attach to the workers. It w.is said that council mem rers hail planned a series of con? ferences with Industrial experts looking to gradual establishment of a cooperation which many deem invaluable. Some such conferences have been held dur? ing the last year, including that with Herbert Hoover, former federal food administrator, who met her?? with the council early this week. Mr. Compels v as represented as belni highly pleas? ed with the results of the Hoover and other conferences and hav? ing expressed a desire to con? tinue tletn. The plea was made in council sessions here on more than one occasion. It was said, that labor leader* SWiplOTSd every effort to clear their attitude of suspicion which some leaders declared hail attached to labor's position when aeeking reforms. The belief that this ntJghl handicap labor in sccKing the advice of industrial experts as the labor program de? veloped, was said to have been expressed Unqualified support is said to have been given the stand against radicalism, within and without organised htbor, as voiced by Pres. dumpers and Vice Presi? dent Wollt whose denouncement of the borers from v Ithln has been spread broadcast among tile workers. The Statement ttf the federation president us regards radical foreign labor and the ???!> piession of destructionista also w js accorded lbs council's entire approval. Legislation to be urged upon < 'tigress was disiussed by the council but the nature of these ptnns wars not disclosed, it was regarded SS certain, however, that r.(. apers or his aides, would ap? pear many limes before conejrej pfOJMU committees during the com? ing session and. since the fed? eration claims an increase of friendly members in each branch, leads re are oonAdent of pushing through much of ihelr program. Some leaders hinted that the federation aipsotOd to devote a great deal of time to lighting leg? islation whiiii it opposes and many not. therefore, conduct a campaign to put through bills it desires immediately. The major? ity of the conned, however, ap? parently boilers is offensive to be better than I detcnslve stand, and the introduction of mos sores the federation favors is to be c\ pOCled, It S as said. Korrlotown, penn . Nor, l#..August Paso, un is, the rraaat, was sentenced to life imprisonment on the plea of ?ultty oi anktnapping Beakoly Cough? lin. the thlrt?-on-uionths-oid son of Mr. and Mrs (icorgc Coughlin of Nor nilown Sentence was suspended on the Second degree murder * hai >.?-. nd Fear Not?Let all the ends Thou A SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESL LEAGUE ELECTS NEW OFFICERS Six Vice Presidents Named at Geneva i - LEADING FIGURES OF THE SESSION j Organization Completed at Ses-j sion Filled with Action?Non European Countries Fare Well i ________ Genera. Nov. 18 (By the As- j eoclated Press).?In a somewhat agitated session' today the league j of nations assembly completed its organization by the election of* six vice presidents, who, with the I si.v. chairmen of the committees J elected yesterday form a sort of executive committee of the as? sembly. The non-European na? tions, for Whom much solicitude was shown yesterday, had no complaint to make, as they ob? tained four vice presidents, in? stead of the three they had asked for, .These, were: Viscount Iphli, Japan; Honorio Pueyrredon, Ar? gentina; Sir Geo. E. Foster, Can? ada, and rtodrigo Octavio, Brazil. The other vice presidents are H. A. Van Karnabeek, Holland, and Dr. Eduard Bencs, Czecho-Slo vakiu. Picturesque features of the ses? sion were furnished by p?aron Hayashi, head of the Japanese delegation; Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, of Norway; Gustave Ador, Sg> president of Switzerland and the two leading members of the Bra? zilian delegation. Baron Hayashi, usually an Im? pressive observer of the procede ings, attracted attention when he arose to ask the delegates to vote for Viscount Ishli, Japanese am? bassador to "france, if Japan was to have a.vice president. The Whole assembly looked on with great interest when, after M. Ador, who is also an ex-president of the international Ited 'Cross .had graciously replied to the re? marks of Dr. Nansen regarding the Hed Cross, the explorer rush? ed down a side aisle with charac- , terlstic steel-trap .action to grssp M. Allot s hand in a handshake so warm and real that the sentiment was cOmniunlcated to the spec? tators. ;1 A curious result of the first ballot for vice presidents was a tie between Dodrigo Octavio, the Brazilian under .secretary for for? eign affairs and Dr. Gastoa Da Cunha. the Brazilian ambassador to Prance for sixth vice president. While the assembly was discuss? ing the proposed vote for the re? maining vice president an ani? mated discussion of the Brazil? ians, each candidate insisting that he be allowed to withdraw in favor of the other. A second ballot was taken, however. As an act of courtesy, Giusep? pe Mooto, president of the Swiss confederation who had delivered the address Of welcome was elect? ed honorary president of the first assembly of the league. Rumors which had been cur? rent all week that certain com? binations had been formed to carry pre-arranged programs through the assembly were de? nied today from two sources. M. Pueyrreden, for the Argentine delegation, said that it was ab? solutely untrue so far as Argen? tina is concerned that the South American republics were In an understanding with other neutrals to force the admission of Germany Into the league. The British dominions' repre? sentatives made it clear that they wore here to represent their par? ticular dominion without refer ence to sister dominions or moth? er country. All the delegates appear to be satisfied With the progress made In the necessary preliminary pro? ceedings, the work having boon gone through with a minimum of friction, and they expect the final results tO satisfy all the friends of the league. Geneva, Nov. IS ?Lord Hoheit Cecil and II Ja! mar Planting, at Ihe first meeting of the commit? tee on disarmament, economic blockade and mandates, today put through ;? motion that the session of the committee tomor? row would ho open to the public thus profiting by the latitude left by the assembly for the holding of the Committee deliberations behind closed doors or not. Much curiosity is evinced here whether the example will be fol? lowed by other committees. ? Census Shows Racial Populations Washington, Nov. 10.?The racial populations announced by the census bureau show Increases In negro pop? ulations since ||10 in Memphis and Knoxvlllo gnd decrease In Nashville. Bolsheviks Capture Borgia in Siberia Peking, Nov. 20.?The bolshevik! gave resumed attacks against the anti liolshevlkl in Kasten? Siberia, captur? ing the town of Borgia. iius't at Ikj thy Country's, Tliy God's at >AY, NOVEMBER 21, 192G QUEEN MOTHER ACTS FOR KING _______ Plan to Recall Constantino to the Greek Throne Being Rail roaded by Anti-Venizelos Crowd MESSAGE FROM QUEEN MOTHER OLGa| Tells Greeks She Accepts Re- j gency on Account of Absence' of Her Beloved Son Constan tine London, Nov. 19.?An Athens dis? patch to the London Times uuys Ad? miral Coundourlotls has resigned the | regency in favor of Queen Mother i Olfra, who issued a message unnnunc |ng her '.Hsumption of office "on ac- ) count of the absence of my well be- | loved son Constantine." Athens, Nov. 18 (By the Asso oclated Press).? Parliament will be convened next Thursday and Queen Mother Olga will take the oath of regent. Great Britain has notified Tremler Rhallis that it will re? fuse a credit guarantee for a new issue of bonds amounting to 400, 000,000 drachmas . Former officers and civil ser? vants under King Conatantine are heing reinstated, while the Veni zeliets are resigning office. It is expected that General Ni der will be the new commander of the army. If the Balkan balance is upset I it 's anticipated here that the Serbs will seize Salonika. Athens was quiet today except for scattering shots at various places. Soldiers were walking up and down the principal streets joyfully firing their revolvers and rifles. The portrait of Constan stine hns replaced that of Venize los in the shop windows. Athens. Nov. 17 (By the Asso? ciated Press.)?Acceptance of the premiership by George Rhallis was conditioned upon the written resignation of Former Premier Venizelos. assurance that or? der would be maintained and that plots by Venizellst officers would be suppressed, the new premier said today. "The regent already has been assured by the commander of th?i troops in Athens, Ceneral Othen acs" he continued, "order will be kept, and that there will be no attempt at a coup d'etat. Con- 1 stanrine is wanted by the people or what can be the meaning of this demonstration at the lxtl lot box. in which M. Venizelos j himself was 9,000 votes behind the least successful of h's partv's candidates in the district of At? tica? The reasons for the defeat of M. Venizelos were: First, the Greeks had a chance to revolt against the regime of arrest and nutrder which has been in power for the last three years. I. myself. ! was several times in prison and all the people you see about me were persecuted and '.ocked up. Second the Greeks voted against the for? eign domination which was sup? porting If. Venizelos." London. Nov. 18?The Greek le? gation announced today that the new Greek cabinet formed by j George Rhallis was as follows: Premier, minister of foreign affairs and justice, George Rhal? lis. Minister of interior and ad in? terim of eomunications. M. Bale dris. Minister of finance and of food | supplies. Nicolas Kalogeropoulos. Minister of war, Pemetrlor Oounarb;. Minister of education and pen s ons. Theodore Zaitnis. Minister of national economy and agriculture, Petro Muuromo ghaotis. Minister of marine, John Rhal? lis.. Lucerne. Switzerland. Nov. 18. ?Kx-KIng Conatantine of Greece has received a dispatch from Athens stating that Queen Mother Olga had been appointed regent of Greece and would take the oath today, it was announced this morning by Georgeois Streit, for? mer Greek foreign minister, who is with the ex-king here. Price of Wheat Tumbles - Bears Control All Grain Pits and Crush values Chicago, Nov. 19. ? It was a field day for bears in all the grain pits today atid wheat reached new bottom figures for the period which has fol- 1 lowed the end of government control, and resumption of future delivery trading. Liquidating sales of corn and oats acted as the chief immediate depressing factor. Wheat finished nervous. 3 to ic net lower, with De? cember at I SO 1-2 to 1.80 :i-4 and March' at I.ft 1-2 to 1.69 3-4. Corn ' lost 1 1-2 to 2 :i-Kc iind i?ats l-2a5-8 I to I l-4c. In provisions the outcome var'ed from 30o decline to 20c ad van on, i outhftm. id Truth's." THE TIUt SOl'TimoX, Established June 1, 186?, VOL. LI. NO. 28 GERMANY DECLARES VERSAILLES TREATY NO LONGER BINDS THE HUN Question Raised in Reference to Disposition of German Colonies in Note of Protest ALLJES CHARGED WITH NOT FULFILLING THEIR UNDERTAKINGS Assembly of the League of Nations Has Many Knotty Problems to Solve Geneva, Nov. 10.?Mandates, open diplomacy and the admis? sion of former enemy states to the league of nations furnished to? day's material for discussion in the assembly of the league Of na? tions. For the first time the word "revision" was pronounced In connection with Article is of the covenant <d the league, which provides for the registration of treaties or international engage? ments, for the first time also the viewpoint of labor as regards the league was presented. The views of labor were pre? sented by George Nicoll Barnes of the Britah delegation, who grained applause when he declar? ed that, "a general peace is im? pf sslble until labor gets its full share of the product of its own effort." Twice again the admission of former enemy states into the league was advocated. Labor was quoted by Mr. Barnes as in a large majority demanding it. There now have been represented in the demands for the admission of the former enemy states South Afri? ca, Great Britain, Switzerland, Argentina and Scandinavia, it still appears, however, that no one of the delegations is ready to take the initiative in proposing the election of Germany to member? ship. Lord Robert Cecil of the British delegation has said that he will r ot do so, and Honorip Purreydon. h,\ul of the Argentine delegation, ?vho has spoken strongly in fa? vor of Germany coming in, de? clares that he will not nominate her. Neither will the Dutch and Swedish delegations, which are supposed to be Germany's strong? est supporters, propose her ad? mission to the league, notwith? standing the fact that sentiment favorable to her membership crops out in every debate. It is now generally considered that the question lies entirely with a committee, as delegates who hesitate to propose Ger? many's admission from the floor of the assembly are quite free in bringing up the discussion in committee. Opinion is about equally divid? ed between the probability of postponing admission of all form? er enemy states until the next meeting of the assembly and the admission of all of them with the exception of Turkey during the present session. A protest by Germany against the manner of the distribution of mandates for her colonies today created a marked impression in the assembly, particularly on ac? count of the fact that it was ad? dressed to the assembly instead of the council of the league of na? tions. Germany consistently has maintained the attitude that the council of the league does not possess sufficient authority to deal with such questions Since a ma? jority of its representatives form u group of former belligerents, and that the assembly alone is representative of the entire league ami therefore competent to deal with the question. Giuseppe Motta, president of Switzerland and head of the Swiss delegation, in a speech today held that the council and the assem? bly were two separate and Inde? pendent organisms, and it is prob? able thai the committee on gener? al organization will be called upon to solve the problem. M. Motto's appeal for the most open diplomacy through the pub? lication ?>f treaties made a great impression on the assembly. He made an error in detail, however, when he said that only nine treaties had been registered, live of Which were Swiss. Fifty-live treaties have been registered, but nine of them only thus far have he?-n published. Of the 55 nine are German. Including the treaty of Brest-Litovsk and the treaty with Letvla. it is not exfiected In league circles that treaties such as the Franco-Belgian military under? standing \sill he integrally regis? tered, since their defensive value largely depends on secrecy. Geneva, Nov. 10 (By the As? sociated Press).?The German government no longer considers Itself bound by the ? lause of the Versailles treaty by which Ger? many surrenders her colonies to the allies, according to an official note of protest which pas ' ?'*'n presented to the league <>i ";l" tions. The note declares that lh? Hen have not fulfilled rh*lr un? dertakings regarding t,1,, 1 ,?US.C of the treatv concerning th* f1* lotment of the German colonies and mandate:-. , Tt adds that having signed the pact of the long?? of nations. League of Nations to Use Force Great Britain and Spain Directed to Send Troops to Vilna to Keep Peace Between Poland and Lithuanians <HWa. Nov. 18 (By the As? sociated Press).?Great Britain and Spain will Mead military con? tingent* to Vilna to maintain or? der during the "popular couMiha tiou of ihe hdutbitaids.'' This an? nouncement was made this even? ing by the assembly of the league of nations. It was added tiiat the French and Belgian governments already l?ad agreed to dispatch contingents thither. There *iad been no intimation hei-?' that this action by the Be* sembly was iiupcndiug. The communication issued this evening avoids the use of the word. "plebiscite" in connection with the dispatch of the troops. When < i i U raj Zellgouski entered Vilm*, witii his outlaw troops some tinn* ago h<- announced It a* his porpoac to allow the inhabitants to determine their government, Madrid, Nov. 18 (By the Asso? ciated Press)Tlie represents tlve of Spain at the league of na? tion* assembly at Geneva has In? formed the government officially that S|Miiu probably will be re? quested to send troops to Lith? uania. Tl?e authorities conse? quently are making preparation to undertake the BflCpntttfOtt. They are putting warships In comlitlon and organizing forces belonging to the in;>rinc infantry for the pur |M?SO. (^)vcrnuu-nt officials declare that spain feels itself honored at being selected to join in the exe? cution of the task before tlie league in Lithuania. The marine infantry. Wilsen is a remarkably well disciplined unit, will 'ye daOS> en for the purpose because it is in I letter condition for a foreign ox. peditiou than any otTier "?mneli ??f the Spanish aimed forces. Scholarships Open Placets to Be Filled at Annap? olis and Also at West Point Washington, Nov. it*.?Announce* tnent was made here today by both Senators Dial and Smith that exami? nations for tilling vacancies ^t An? napolis would soon be held. Those of Senator Smith Will take place December 11 at Charleston, Orange burg, Columbia, BpartSBburg and Oreenville, and those of Senator Dial at the same places on January S. Senator Dial also has an examination for West Point at the same timo and plaeea Senator Dial has one vacancy each at Annapolla and West Point. Sen ator Smith has two at the naval academy. Those desiring to take these ex? aminations are requested to send in their names to the South Carolina senators in order that they may be forwarded to the civil service com? mission and in order that they may receive from the buresu of naviga? tion of the navy department, pamph? lets giving full information regard? ing the mental and physical require? ments. Spot Cotton Market at Los Antfeld International Cotton league Plan to Open by First of Year LOS Angeles. Nov. ?.?The Inter? national Cotton t-esgoe ot the west has voted to eats**"* a **** cotton market here by ?N' u ^r "s Germain understood she would be admitted le the league and cones ?ke part n the allot ,m>rf Ot mandates, but that BOW ?he so longer considers herself ,?,und by that clause of the treaty. Geneva Nov. d? - In an Inter \ ii w today Boron ttayashi, one of the member! of the Japanese Bel? egst ion, said thai despite the ele? mental y character of the league, it was working in a wonderful manner. He deplored the absence of the United States from the gethertag snd also the fact that the time was not rips for the in? clusion of enemy countries In the league, for, he mid, the leagnsj must be a world institution am no: merely represent ? portkej ot humanity.