Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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.YING TO FOOL THE FARMERS American Cotton Association Warna Farmers Not to Plant Big Cotton Crop Columbia. Jan. .4.?The advance in cotton market during the past days ha* been very largely due the crowing impression: on the Tork ex:hange thut the farmers af rhe south ai * actually going to re? does their cotton Acreage this spring, says a statement given out from the headquarters of the South Carolina division of the American Cotton asso? ciation. Attention of the public wus called the association to the opinions of II known cotton tlrms which have printed In the papers recently. \l of these nrms arc quoted um Itae thai the reports that farmers freely signing the svresge rcduc k pledges hud Influenced the mur? al Waralng that the price of cotton light be forced up sround planting See in an effort to fool the farmers planting another large crop was contained m the statement. "We wish to urte the farmers to the pledges und live up to ," says the aseociatloa. "If they only do this we will be able to sell our cotton for what it The minute the market be convinced that we have re oar.acreage we believe there be a sharp turn upward. We not be stampeded by an si? tae, however, into planting anoth large rrep. If we are we will be worse fix neat fall than we are The only thtag that can save wili be a drastic reduction in rteon acreage and a very greatly In acreage in food and fced \V?> believe the farmers of south have awakened to this fact." CCO MARKETS VOTE TO REOPEN tit Growers Lay Plans to Hold 1920 Crop Islington. Ky.. Ian II.?All loon* tobacco markets throughout the ley district of Kentucky. Indiana. Ohio. closed lor more than a because of^unsatisfactory prices pi by buyers, will open Jenu 17. it was decided at a meeting .'trarehuueecoen here late today. IS vote was thirty warehouses for 'evening end twelve for remaining >d. Aurora. lad.. Brookvtlle, Ky.. reellle. Ky. and Walton. Ky.. vot eoiutl) against reopening, while out of three Carlisle warehouses id to open end one to remain clos Orewers* repr?sentative?, however, prior meeting had authorised tttoo of an orfunisatlon for hold the l?iS crop until AprU 16 und Una OUt the ltl'.l Crop entirely. A imlttee of one man from each leco ? row ins ocunty In Kentucky. and India, and from four Messesu counties, wss appointed to out the plan of organisation h eel la for signed pledges by rere that they will carry out the gsaaal Ikallaul Kattertalue th* attractive afiartment of Dr. C. K. Du rant waa made most festive Isj Hs plant and flower decoratioo on hast Friday whaa Miss Camilla Du Rant entertained a number of her gaung friends. The young hostess re? solved her gues's with that charm . Sgsd gentleness so characteristic of I gstr ana truly made her gueets feel j the happiness ef the hour. The af tamoon was pastxd In playing the, popular gern? of Hearts Dice, which Was played on six tables Ths count sag of the score honored Miss Doro? thy H. Howls of St Joseph Academy aHth the first prise, a box of dainty orepe de chine handkerchiefs, while the booby prise a ?? l to Miss Erllne ?I. who anil be laboroualy sngag durtng the neair future in vnaeter her A H Ca .t the conclusion of the game, re? ih men ts, les cream, cake and caa were daintily served. Little Miss la Daftsnt presided at the punch btrWL Z Mr* S K Rowland and Mrs. Ar? chie China were the chap.rones who did much to prorrote the happiness **f this very happy Afternoon. Among those present were Misses Dorothy flowle. of ttt. Joseph's Academy, Marie iltman. I*dt Byttenberg, Mildred ?rme. Hermeyne Mitchell of St. loeevh'a Academy. Arlie Mae Bar irn. Lula Gilb? of St Joseph s Acad >my Edna Baney. Ethel Bynum. Kr Carroll. Nell Ard. Helen Com ?der and Janie Bland. County Superintendent of Educa? tion Haynsworth is In receipt of a H^atted number of packages contain? ing garden and flower seed which have been sent him by the govern? ment for free dlsti ibu.ion. The seed "are preferably giv n to school chil? dren who win apply at the superin? tendent's office and express their de . sire to plsnt a garden. They have been on hand fm .ii.out a week and n number of packages have been dis? posed of. Arm.ok Mo vegetable seed sre beet*. pc*e. lettuce, carrots, rad? ish, beans and onions. The (lower ; sded are Calondulu, Candytuft, cos? mos, dlsnthua snd popples. < Admiral Y| <.o-vt.ui May Practkc Uiw. Washington. Jan. 14 ?Keur Ad? miral Samuel McUowun, retired, prominent So>?b t'aiollnian residing In Washington, will soon be an ur eredlted attorney, of tin District of Columbia har He will lie preseided to all the emirta, including the su? preme oourt ^f the Unites] States, by Charles Douglass, locat attorney, wr?" la another distinguished South Caro? Ha tan Admiral McUowan SSSS admitted to the South Carolina bar In till, but he has never practiced. It Is not an? ticipated that he Intends sctlvely to practice,_ s isass ? BRAMLETT PREFER THE GANG Greenville Courtly Murderer Aftks to Be Sent to Gang In? stead of Penitentiary QicsaalUe, Jan. lt.- Hugh T. Dramlett, con vie ted laat WOO) of the inurdor of hin mother In niir. Mrs. Lou Mi*Hugh, nnd recommended to the attftf Ol the court, was this af? ternoon sentenced by .fudge George K. I*r?nre to serve the remainder of his life at hard labor in the state pen? itentiary. Biainlett today withdrew his motion for a new trial. md an- j nounced through his counsel that be : was ready to receive aantonce. Bram lett asked that instead oi being sen? tenced to the state penitentiary, ha bjj permitted to serve itis aoatonoo on the chuingang here, where he would be near his family and his agt*J mother. This request, earnestly pleaded for by Hramlett's counsel and strongly opposed by Holieitor Martin, was considered by Judge Prince, who, after deliberation, sen? tenced Brumlett to serve in the state penitentiary, but included a provision that "in the event the physician of the penitentiary and the superin? tendent of the insane asylum unite in a certificate that you have entirely recovered your mental balance, you may be, on rtquest of the supervisor of Greenville county, transferred for hard labor upon the public works of said county for the remainder of your sentence." SENATOR SMITH WON FIGHT Washington. Jon. 14.?An impossi? ble fight was won In the senate this afternoon when, over Republican op? position, the senate enacted the air nitrate corporation bill. This meas? ure containing what is regarded as iiv.-alculate benefit for the farmers of the country was in charge of Senator K. I). Smith of South Carolina. He was warmly congratulated following the victory for the splendid manner in which he had conducted himself. Viet victory was In the nature of a surprise even to the friends of the measure and to the lobbyists against it a distinct shock. FOGLE IS LODGED IN PENITENTIARY Columbia. Jan. 14.?After fighting a mob with his bare fists Sheriff Hill, of Calhoun county, last night spirited Richard Fugle, the negro accused or shooting to death Earl Wadtord, a whits man of the Lone Star section, yesterday and of seriously woundlna Mrs. Wad ford and her four-months old infant, and Corbett Zetgler, a neiabbor of the Wadfords. to the Or anseburg county jail and brought htm i to (\)lumbia by a circuitous route thin afternoon. He lodged Fogie in the penitentiary for safekeeping. Mr. Zelgler, who 'had his r'ght leg amputated at the Baptist hospital here yesterday, is reported to be rest? ing very favorably tonight SENATE VOTES FOR NITRATE BILL Washington. Jan. 14.?By a vote of $4 to 29 the senate tat* today pasted the nitrate bill for perma? nent federal operation of the nitrate plant built by the government dur? ing the war at Muscle Shoals, Ala. The measure, which had been fuught vigorously for about two weeks and been made the subject of charges and counter charges of lobbying and wastefulness, finally was put through with the aid of a few Republican votes and new goes j to thu house where its future Is uu - certain. Radical changes were mado by the senate in the measure as re? ported originally from the agricul- . tural committee. I In today's vote on the Arial pa - ; sage, 39 Democrats were joined by four Republicans?-Senators Capp;r of Kansas, Gronna of North Dakota La Follette or Wisconsin and McNary of Oregon. Twenty-aeven Republi? cans and two Democrats, Senator* Gore of Oklahoma and King of Utah, voted in opposition. The bill was advocated as u meas? ure )>oth for the farmers' aid and as a protection in case of war, the ni? trite properties being designed for manufacture of fertilizer in times of peace and for nitrates, used in powd r making, in ease of war. Opponents declared that the plea of agricultural assistance was "camouflage," that the cost of making fertilizer would be excessive and that it was proposed to commit the government to de? veloping and .selling hydraulic pow? er from the Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals, now partially completed. As passed by the senate the nl Irate bill would create a government corporation with $12.500.000 capital stock owned by the government and managed by u board appointed by the president, under jurisdiction of the treasury department. The sen? ate today adopted amendments by Senator Wadsworth, Republican, New York, placing Um board under the ?re usury instead of the war depart? ment, because, Senator Wadswort Ii said. It could be operated better by civilians thun by army ofUcem. Properties which the corporation is authorised in the senate bill to take over are said to have cost the gov? ernment about $100.000,000 during the wur. i.'oidon. Jan. 15.? vVhat the POllOS ie< hired to I"' a big Sinn Fein plot to deetro] property in London vas un eOVOrod in court today, when Patrick Kenny, an Irishman chatg-'d with pai tlc lpattng In au attempt to murder two polloaaaen and trying tu lgnit" Im reis of oil on the premise*, of the Vacuum Oil company was arraigned A I " ? HW k thli morning the police <iis? oi red nfteen men neu- the premises. A tight followed ill which several shots wer? bud by civilians. Kenny was ai r ested, but the others escaped, NATIONAL THRIFT WEEK FOR S. C. Progressive and Public Spirited Banks and Merchants Will Co-operate in Movement A nailer l! "Thrift Week" will be observed beginning Januars i~ under] the general direction, it !? announc? ed, Of the V. M. C, A. in cooperation with the treasury department. The v. w. c. A. is also planning an ox tenalve par; tu the celebration. Or? ganisation* interested in tin* "Own Your Home" movement, banks, In? surance companies mid other aajoncies will likewise take part In making "Thrift Week" a success, Concerted efforts to teach the American people the Importance of putting every dol |Ojr in the nation at work in 1921 arc to be made during the week. The Savings Division of the United States treasury department is much interested in "Thrift Week," and through, the government savings or? ganisation in this federal reserve dis? trict is preparing to give valuable co? operation, it Is issuing a pamphlet entitled "Boss Your Dollars" for the use of boys and young men in in? dustries. The key-note of this /pamphlet is found in the statement ?"The time to begin to save is the day you begin to work." As a means of stimulating the ravings movement the United States treasury department will offer during 1921, two. new savings securities in addition to the 23 cent thrift stamp, the tG war savings stamp and the $100 and $1.000 treasury savings cer? tificates. Tho new offerings are a $1 non-interest bearing treasury savings stamp and a $2f> treasury savings cer? tificate which will bear interest at the rate of 4 per cent compounded quar? terly if held until maturity. These new iit&ues will, it Is believ? ed, not only help the savings move? ment in the public schools where it is already in high favor, but they will serve to stimulate, the work along other lines. It is to give the move? ment a rtrcng impetus that the Unit? ed States treasury department plans to co-operute so fully in the national Thrift Week" program. CHANGING COUNTY LINES Columbia, Jan. IG.-?Counties have gained and lost conaiderable territory during the past year, according to re? ports of elections made in the house of representatives yesterday. Eight separate transfers of county alle? giance were mentioned. The list as read out in the house wart us follow*: Lexington county to Newberry county; Colleton to Bam? berg; Kershaw to Lee; Clarendon to Sumter; Orangeburg to Calhoun; Berkeley to Charloston; XSdgcfleld to Mcronr.lok, MeCormleJk to Edtfe ileld. SMALL ARMY FAVORED Washington. Jan. 14.?Over the protest of the majority of Us mili? tary affairs committee, the senate to? day panned a resolution directing the secrt taiy or war to cease army re? cruiting until the slae of the regular army is cut down to 150,000 men. Senator Bhelan, Democrat, of Cali? fornia, after the adjournment of the senate, notified Vice President Mar? shall that he would ask the senate tomorrow for reconsideration of the vote on the ground that the senate hud not been tully informed concern- ; ing the objections of General Per shlng and Secretary Baker to the re? ductions. Should Senator Bhelan fail in his eudea\or to bring about reconsidera? tion, the resolution will go to the house. 1 chairman Wadsworth of the mili lary a (Tab s committee did not ask [ fur a roll call on tho resolution be? cause the senate, a few minutes be 'fore by n decisive vote of 34 to 28, I adopted a motion of Senator Lenr, root, Republican, of Wisconsin, ?x Ing the army's maximum limit at 160,000, thereby rejecting the com? mittee's proposal to make the llgure 170*000, This vote was taken, al? though General Bershlng and Secre? tary Baker at an executive session jwith the military affairs committee kjust before the convening of the sen? ate objected to any serious cut in the Blag Of tile army. General Per? ishing suggested 200,000 as the mini I mum limit. ? Hctiator NOW. Republican, of ln idlana. a member of the military af? fairs committee, who introduced the original reduction resolution, de? clared thai he did not consider the 100,000 limit "either expedient or saf"." while Chairman Wadaworth expressed opposition "to what is a very drastic reduction of our mili? tari establishment." Benator Dial, Democrat, of South 'Carolina asked If the number of oftl I ccr* wu.- affected, and Chairman I Wadaworth responded that the "only [way to discharge officers la by death i or court martial for dishonorable con? duct or bad debta." S> VOral amendments regulating the application ot the reduction were adopted, the moat important of Which WOUld require the war depart? ment to maintain all Services on an equal basis, equivalent to r>3 1*2 per cent, ot the total strength in each branch contemplated, by existing army reorganisation statuca Another would authorise the dia eharge of any enlisted man upon his application, If approved by the secre la ry of a ar. Vh? committee estimated the pres? ent else of the army about 213,000. Chicago, Jan. IS.-?A petition pro? testing against the employment of Judge K. M Laud In a. national base? ball commissioner has been sent to membyrs of congress from Illinois by UtiooiaiJ fSutlu rlandi u Chicago at ? tone y The petition demands ac? tion relative to Lmdis serving both as Indue gad as the agent of the bSSO' bull coiiuui&sion. BANK OFFICERS ELECTED Stockholders Meeting of The Sumter Trust Company Held The annual meeting of the stock? holder! of thi> Sumter Trust company was held Friday and the following directors and officers elected to serve for the ensuing year: Directors: I. C. Strauss, R. (?. Purdy, H. J. Harby, H. C. Hayns? worth, Q, A. Lommon, (leorge i>. ' Levy. Kell O'Donnell, T. H. Parker, A. C, Phclps, C, <;. Rowland, W. W. Sibert, C. U itubbs, I. a. Rytten berg. Officers: i. C, Strauss, president; it. 1 O. Furdy. vice-president; It. L. Ed? munds, secretary and treasurer; c. B. Huff, assistant secretary and treas? urer; Misses .Mary L'.elle Burgess and Carolina i'. Richardson, book-keepers. Trust oltlcer, Oeorge D. Levy. The following finance committee wag appointed: Neil O'Donnell, fj. A. Lemmon, VV. W. ?ibert, A. c, Phelps, H. J. Harby. Secretary of the board, H. C. Vlaynsworth. AMERICAN HELD IN MOSCOW JAIL Washington, Jxvn. 14.?Cap* Em mett Kllpatrlok, American lied Cross worker, who was reported last No? vember to have been killed by the bolsheviki, is in jail at Moscow, ad? vices today to the state department* said. It was added that he was cap? tured last October 29, while engaged in relief work along the front oc? cupied by the Wrangol forces in the Crimea. 1 Kilpatriek, whose home is in Union town, Pa., w.?j captured during a cavalry raid with C. Atechny, of the ! Mennonite Relief society. No word has boen received of the latter. When last seen, according to state depart? ment advices at the time, Kilpatrick had been stripped of his underclothes In gero weather and was being led away by the raiders. BIG DECREASE IS SHOWN "Washington, Jan. 14.?Cotton con? sumed during December amounted to 194,851 bales of lint and 21.018 bales \ of linters, the census bureau an? nounced today. I Cotton consumed during December, 1911), amounted to 511.711 bales of lint, and 25,031 of linters. Cotton held in consuming establish? ments December 31 was 1,258,837 I bales of lint and 239,029 bales of lint i ors, compared with 1,836,70:1 of lint and 269,190 of linters, and in pub lie storage and at compresses 5,023, 538 bales of lint and 337,890 of Unt? ers, compared with 4,164,208 of lint and 205.739 of linters. imports of cotton amounted to 25. ifm I^ile.s. compared with 48,594. Exports were 788,588 hales, includ Ing :s. J 71? bales or linters. compared With 870,343, Including 2,09 I of lint? ers. Cotton spindles active during De? cember numbered 29,879,402, compar? ed with 34,583.160. Statistics for cotton-growin? states show: Consumed 193,420 bales, compared with 271.703. On hand in consuming establish? ments 629,840, compared with 1,116, 005, and in public storage and at compresses, 5,266,039, compared with 8,940,415. Cotton spindles active 14,4 90,64 0, compared wdth 14,809,175. ANNUAL ASYLUM REPORT Columbia, Jan. 17.?Report of its annual inspection of the State Hos? pital is made public today by the State Board of Public Welfare, fol? lowing its inspection of the lnstitu 'ion recently. The report states that it cost the State Hospital S6.58 cents to care for [a patient per day last year. The per capita cert to the state of each pa? tient for the entire year 1920 was $31C91. The report refers to the recreation? al features of the hespitnl manage? ment, athletic sports, dances, moving pictures, conceits, checkers, a brass band, and baseball. The patients are also given useful occupation, and about 35 poi cent of Inmates restor? ed socially, through the occupation and recreation. There- are religious services every Sunday, In which the superintendent, Dr. C. F. Williams, takes an interested part. I The now plant Of the hospital is j ncaring completion, the renovation of the Taylor building to be finished I soon. The group of new und renewed Ibuildlnga Will afPord suitable pro? vision for patients of both sexes, as ''attractive In appearance and; etli cient in arrangement ;ls a congregate institution could reasonably expect to be." The report says that the one building that does not yet come up to i high expectations Is th< Thompson I building, tor negro inmates. The board recommends lhat more [professional help be employed at the j hospital. Theru are now 10 nursos and K<;> attendant:-, in care of the 2, IM) mentally diseased patients. The : hospital has In recent years found it difficult to net nurses and attend? ants. The board also recommends more adequate and comfortablo quarters for the negro patients "Shockingly inadequate" are the negro quarters at the hospital and also at the stale park, says the report. The report of the hoard also sup: gests that the slate provide a ward for psychopaths, it rofers to psy? chopaths as a "menace to good order, for they enter into all kinds of crime, stealing, swindling, forgery and like Infractions of the law. They are m>t morally responsible for their lawless I doings, nor should \\v*y he loud so by th" '?aie." The board says that a l aye itopn h Is i< person that his chronic abnorma social and mental reactions to the ordinary conditions of life. He is not an insane per sun, a neuroses or a mental defective. MAYOR OF CORK ' GIVES TESTIMONY OCallaghan Tells of Conditions in Ireland. Appeals For Cause 111 ? Washington, Jan. 14.??Lord Mayor O'Callaghan of Cork, who reached tho . ITnited States laai week as a stow? away .and without a paasport, com- ' pleted his testimony before tlie- com mission from the committee of toe in Vi itigating Irish conditions today and thereby accomplished the an nouncad purpose of his visit tu Amer-1 lea. Completion by the lord mayor of his presentment of conditions In his home land was followed a few hours later by submission to Secretary of Laibor Wilaon of u brief arguing that the Cork executive now In the United States on parole, be permitted to re- | main here as a political refugee en? titled under the law of admission without a passport. The brief was submitted through O'Callaghan'a counsel in accordance with a ruling of Secretary Wilson at the prclimin inary hearing accorded the lord may? or several days ago. Secretary Wil? son is expected to reach a decision in the matter of permanently admit? ting O'Callaghan tomorrow. Mayor O'Callaghan in completing his testimony devoted largely today to a description of the recent burn? ing of Cork, presented an appeal for support of the Irish cause. With the appeal he coupled the declaration that the ITnited States and England alike entered the world war pledged to the principle of self de termination for small nations and that since Eng? land had shown in her treatment of Ireland the pledge to be "smoke screen and humbug" the United States too unless showing a more real interest in Ireland might be made liable to the same accusation. "If wo are told," he continued, "that neither America nor any other nation which sees us bleeding to death despite1 all that was Raid about sclfdotermination meant what they eaid and that it is now admitted to ho 'humbug' in our case, it will not be humbug. We will continue the light, be the results what it may." Mayor O'Callaghan was followed on the stand by Peter MacSwiney, brother of the late Lord Mayor of Cork, and a fellow stowaway with O'Callaghan and by four sailors of the American steamer Wostcannon which brought the stowaways to New? port News. Knill Pezolt, of Oakland, Calif., one of the sailors, declared that he was robbed of his money, passports and other personal possessions, beaten al? most into insensibility and threaten? ed with death by a detail of British soldiers on the streets of Cork De? cember li, while the Westeannon was in that port. "The captain of the ship took the matter up with Mason Mitchell, con? sul at QueenHtown. who in turn re? ferred it to the British general in charge of troops in Cork, and was told that nothing could be done to find the culprits. Pezolt said he had written a let? ter to the state department regard? ing the matter. Henry Turk, of San Francisco. Har? old Johns and Ralph Taylor of Scott? township, Pennsylvania, corroborated main facts toold by Pezolt. The wit? nesses described the burning of Cork. JUDGE IS MUR? DERED WITH AXE ?_ Wife Jumps From Bed Scream? ing For Help i - Meridian, Miss.. Jan. 14.?Mrs. Moody Price was able tonight to give a more coherent account of the mur? der of her husband, Judge Price, whose body was found in bed beside that of his wife this morning, with his head hacked and mangled by the blade of an axe, ten blows having been dealt him by two intruders, either one of which would have prov? en fatal. According to Mrs. Price, who was dealt one blow by the marauders as she jumped from the bed screaming when her husband was attacked, she was rendered unconscious from the i blow, or fainted from fright. She and Judge Price were awakened by a noise, and as 4hey sat up in bed they were blinded by a flashlight, and she was only able to distinguish the out? lines of two forms. Her screams at? tracted her son and daughter and aon in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yarbor OUgh, asleep on an upper floor. Yar borough hurried downstairs, where he found Mrs. Price in tue hallway and Judge Price lying upon the bed, mortally wounded, the bloody axe on tho lloor. Telephone wires had been cut. Police investigation revealed that a crow-bar had been used to force an entrance through the bath room win? dow. On the rear porch were found the trousers of Judge Price, two re? volvers and a purse belonging to .Mrs. Price. A bloodhound was placed on tho trail about noon today, which led cast of the city, along a circuitous route, but the trail was lost when it reach? ed a public highway four miles.from the sei m of the murder, a coroner's Jury began an Investigation late to? day, but it is .stated that no li^ht has I beon thrown on the murder. The ? investigation will be resumed tomor? row morning. Judge Price was formerly United states commissioner here and deputy clerk of the federal Circuit Court. Ban Francisco, Jan. 15. All twelve of the P-5-L seaplanes thai were making nights from San Diego, Cel., t<> the Canal Zone arrived In the Ca? nal '/one yesterday. London, Jan. 1 ?'? Russian bolshe vist agents who have been engaged in enlisting German workers foi emigration to Russia, have been or? dered to leave Germany, a Berlin wlreleee message declares. RAILROADS ARE HARD UP Increased Ilates Disappoint as to Volume of Return in Revenue Relief Needed to Effect Set? tlement of Railroad Claims Washington, Jan. 14.?laaraaaai rales granted the railroads have tailed to yield anticipated rcveaasa .iiui many roads are in a precarious financial condition, in some inatancss without funds to purchase supplies, H group of railway executives de? clared today before the house com merce committee. Lrrging amendments of the trans portatlvn act to enable the carriers to obtain partial settlements for loosen sustained during the six months' guarantee period after gov? ernment control ended, the delega? tion, which included Daniel Williard. president of the Baltimore <Nc Ohio, and Samuel Rea, head ot the Penn? sylvania, told the committee that re? lief must be granted immediately if th* transportation system of the country is to function effectively. Others who urged quick action on relief legislation were William J. Hobbs, vice president of the Boston & Maine; M. L. Bell, general counsel for the Chicago, Hock Island & Paci? fic, and T. DeWitt Curler and Alfred P. Thorn, chairman and general coun? sel, respectively, of the Association of Railway Executives. Chairman Clark of the interstate commerce commission also advocated amend? ment on the transportation act to permit partial settlement of the rail? roads' claims. Mr. Willard declared that the Bal? timore & Ohio "has practically stop? ped purchasing supplies because its officials do not aee how they will bo ablo to pay lor them." The company at present, he added, is not even earning on its invest? ment. Mr. Pea said the earnings of the roads since they wen? granted higher rates had not been as great as an? ticipated, while Mr. Thorn explained that there had been an appreciable slump in traffic, resulting, ho added, in a considerable decrease in revenue. The situation was characterized by Mr. Hobbs as "exceedingly acute." The railroads, the executives con? tended, have been unable to file com? plete statements of their losses with the interstate commerce commission as required in order to obtain pay , ment of the amount due them because I many claims against the carriers have not been tiled and they are unable I to determine just what their losses ! will be. Washington, Jan. 14.?Payment of $15,000 to the Atlantic & St. Andrews Bay Railway company under tho guaranty provisions of the trans ?portation act was announced today by the treasury. This makes a total of $171 645.937 paid over to railroads under various sections of the act to date. JUDGE HYDRICK PASSES AWAY Associate Judge of Supreme Court Dies Suddenly in Washington Columbia, Jan. 15.?Word was re? ceived in Columbia today of the death in Washington last night of Associate Justice D. K. H.vdrick, of the South Carolina supreme court. Judge Hy drick had been in bad health for sev? eral weeks, it is said, but his death comes as a shock to the people of the state. He made his home in Colum? bia. He had been visiting his son in Washington since before Christmas. Nashville. Jan. 15.?Alfred Alexan? der Taylor was inaugurated governor of Tennessee today. Mr. Taylor is the third Republican to hold the of? fice of governor of Tennessee since re? construction days, and he enters the office thirty-five years after his first race for governor, which was against his brother, Bob, a Democrat, who de? feated him on that occasion. \ Mexico City, Jan. 15.?President Obrtgon contemplates the immediate /re-organization of his cabinet wnieh [will affect at least seven portfolios, newspapers here declare. Washington, Jan. 14.?At the close of recounting ballots of 045 of 2,200 Michigan precincts today. Henry Pord had gained 1.103 votes over Sen? ator N? wherry in the senate privi? leges and election committee can? vas of the controversy. Senator New berry's plurality was around 7,700. London. Jan 15.?Continuous suc? cess for the Greeks in their offensive against Turkish nationalists in the Brussell set tor nre reported in the lutest Qreek army communique. Washington, Jan. 15.?The war finance corporation revived over the president's veto and is now function? ing. It was announced today that it i* prepared t>> consider applications for loans to finance exports. In the same manner it considered advances prior to suspension of operations last May. Washington, Jan 1 ">?A joint reso I lution requesting the president to call I conference ot the nations of tha j world to consider universal dis? armament was approved today by the house foreign affairs committee with? out a dissenting vote. The commit? tee rejected the amendment of Rep resentattve Mason, Republican, Illi? nois Invitations to participate will be extended to Ireland and the I Philippines. Pttshurgh, .tan. 1."?.?Herbert Hoovw er's pies tor funds for European slH ;i. r at tin dinner here tonight Yasfl be Hushed by wireless telephona^H amateur radio operators withia a'sssa rtms of one thousand miles of Pjfl hurgh. sssss