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L?BORJISPUTE Decision That Agree? ments Remain in Force. Surprises Railroads and Employees Chicago. P ??>. 10.?Decision of the l'nh?d State* railroad labor board * tO?*f that 'ho national agreements ?halt renrtfu in force until complo tion of the p-enent hearing w.h char? acterised tot ighl >?y railroad em? ployee* an a \ letoi v, The rului? eaine as a surprise both to railroad and labor representatives and upset* plana of officials for a bombard in in of the railroad's re? quest lor Immediate abrogation of the a are en entw. Pot titled ,vlth a legal batten ? , gajOdOd by Krank I* Walsh, the labor repr?sentativ >* appeared today to an? swer Wa? re>i a ?t of w. w. Atterbury, ?peakIr g for the ruilroads. for quick abolKten of he national agreements. The beard's derision against grant lag th > reut est left Pttle for the labor men t< d<. except tile i state? ment \ ? par* d by 11. M. Jewell, pres? ident of the railroad employees' de? partment of the American Pedera tlon ot l,abor This statt inei^ and an amplitiea tion h. Mr Walsh . harmed th? rad -o?d? with being a party to a., at? tempt at wl dug out collective bar? gt inVtg ami crushing all labor organ laitrons. When they had finished ihey were unprepared to proceed With the regular rebuttal of the mi tread evi lenoe and the hearing eont qvur tin II Monday. Mr Jewell's request for time In Which to prrpare his testimony met With protest* from the railroad repre Senna'P-'es. hut he promised to ran Vitus he nltuiitlon tomorrow and sd Vlsn \h? boarl on Saturday when he W??i4l4 be realy to proceed. "I have be n up in an airship f i tea diva and a committee of IS men haa been woiking day and night on Mils reply to Mr. Atterbury/' wld 1ir. Jewell. We are wholly unprc SjgfSd to proceed now ' I loth sides of the controversy espreeoed grgttfloa tlon that the hearing would proceed In the regular manner. W. W. At terhuiy. spent ina f??r the roads, de? clared that ' if there was urgency on January 31. when I made the request of ?hf bond, there i* still more now December reports from the Inlcr stste comm. reo cominisMlon show that ll ."?.mm n iles o* railroads did not eorn their o?? nu'n; expenses and fixe? Charges for that month." The railroads have contended that abrogation of the national agreements would nean a big cut in their opera tlng Sfcpenscfl. .W. I. Lau<k, consulting economist for trie labor men however, declared the rtal Issve was not the ruh? themsl'he* but what they concrete Jy aa?rtlon?the principle of eollec live bUrgamm; on the basis of union recognition." When thl* principle has reached the board's a met ion no further dis? turbances or elite controversies wdll occur on the oads." Mr. Lauck said. SENATOR SMITH WANTS TO ACT Washington Krb. I- -The govern meigujwhl' h maintains that there is 'k OSgggfn large amount of cotton in tne south, de s the south the grave Injustice In depressing the* price of the Sil pie. in lie- opinion of Senator Mmith of South Carolina. la order that the facts frnlght be developed. Senator Smith this after? noon introduced a resolution requir? ing the agrtcilture committee of the senate to con luet a thorough Invi > tlgatlon in th ? situation. As a result the actual available supply will be ascertained. Senator smith >.-?? ves the depart meet estimated the volume to be un? ion /iy large. He found thut when the i uth is developed tin- world will W aotounded that Its available *up of . it-m js so greatly reduced from tho government h.vrex. and that th* price of the staple Will be hn mediately Increased. Tho resolution, w hl h authorize. an Investigation not only as to th ? amount ind gi ides of cotton, but of wheat aiso. will preva I, it is Indl catf-O. JAPANESE IN _ HAWAII Honolulu, T II . Jan. ii n 'orre spondere? <>f The Associated l?t i hat the Japanese in Ha* i , I ndlap*nan He to the production tue teriitoi\ s natural Wealth and Ihnl 'le v should realise the gi ivltj of ihetr reogenislblltt] toward lh< oontmuniix |fl w lu< h I mv li\.-. w m \mv\. of tin New Tear*! meosags ^i\ en the Japan?*?' colony in the Is? land* b\ .lapai ? i on- il gem ral, < ' v niii .1?? .. i. .i im the 4 olomns ol the Japane*e dnMy, Nippu .hil. Tim eoggpaj^general said accordng to the Mppu I i "Japuneae In Hawaii, through long years of re side re e, have come to l>lay an Important role In the affairs ??f thes,. inlands and the fuel iiuin Ihey has- b. ? oine an lndi-m? nsabl. element In th< production ol Hawaii - wealth should make them rcsJIas all the more ihe grnv|t) of thtlr respon? sibility t"\\ ai d Ho ? om nun I which f hey live, T gel Along h ?1 monlously and niivolj With Hh root of the i.p|< to the community they must dlochargi th< i dutloa," Philadelphia. Peb II t asm dated Press dispatch, * from Home stating that Archbishop Doughert) r adelpbla. would be rai*ed t?> flu . ;n dinaJato sr? confirmed today. Tie \orchb1*hop will leave for Home lit ten days to receive the red cap from tne pose, _m m_,_ BERGDOLL CASE STILL UNSETTLED House Committee Will Ask Con? gress for Authority to Investigate \\ ashlngh n, r< i). i". - Atter devel? oping some of the high spots In the rase of tifofrver Cleveland Bvrgdoll, Ihe houst military committee decided today to ask congress tor authority in Hnd out how the rich Philadelphiu draft dodger escaped from u military guard ami mudr Iiis gray to Germany, the country he had refused ??? n.yht. I rhe committee voted to go to the bottom of the case utter hearing District Attorney Charles McA\*oy of Philadelphia, who declared there was r.o evidence to Justify the charge that anybody connected with the war de .partment had been corrupted with Bergdoll money, The name of I), tfarence Uibboncy, counsel for Berg" doll, was brought Into the proceed Inga end Mr, MoAvoy was quite posl iu asserting the belief that <iii? boney was drowned In Mexico despite au anonymoul report received by the com ml ft ee that he was alive. The department of Justice knew ?s . uiy as last October that Bergdoll had escaped lo Qermany, the oommlt I tee u as told, Mr. McAvoy said if received thla Information through confidential sources early In October and Imme? diately communicated it to Attorney General Palmer, recommending at the an me lime that O'Connor, one of the department's investigators, i?e sent to Qermany. He added that thia was not done because of possible interna? tional complications, The witness declared that Bergdoll "lied" when he stated In Qermany that "Glbboney was to use the $105, t?oo to luiite somebody In the war depa rl Iii? ill." Chairman Kahn naked Mr, McAvoy if he had aver obtained any evidence to Indicate that tin- 1106(000 was to !>?? paed for "corrupt purposes," i tried in every noncelv\bh way," the district attorne) replied, '"and I was convinced that noi a single pri? son connected with the war depart? ment was corrupt*" Answering? Representative McKen? ale, Republican, Illinois, the n'itness aald ht> did not feel like criticising the in ails of the military eatahllah iiiiii,! in permitting "the release of this surf of prisoner on his Mimsy exeuse of buried gold." ? i>id Bergdoll escape through po? litical Influence?" he was asked, "?nojuestlonably, no." the witness n plied emphatically, Ohalrmari Kahn, who Introduced a resolution loft May providing for appointment of a special committee to conduct tin Bergdoll Investigation I announced tonight that enough evi? dence had been developed to indicate tin- necessity ?>i action at this time. Recent statements cgbled from Ger? many by the former military convict prompted the committee to renew effort. In view of the ruhnwuy'a charge that he had obtalried from the treasury depart m< nt and concealed in the woods 1]<>;,.mm |n gold to he is.'i in effecting his release through bribery of government ohlclala Leaving aside ? multltdc of de taiiH connected with Bergdoll's es? cape t'committee will seek to as? certain what Influence*enabled Berg" doll to obtain so much gold from the treasury at a time last y< ar When the supply waa being conserved, The moia- Important thread to be follow? ed, imune is said, was the ability of the piisomi's lawyers to obtain his release under guard fOT the purpose oi proceed ite..' t<> tin nd ? !' a rainhow In the hills of Maryland,to And and dig up his pot of gold. It was while he was out on the goldenchase that Bergdoll stopped over In Philadelphia to nisit his mother, Indicted with him, ? lmied his soldier guards and slipped away In Ihe same automobile he had used many t?an s for highWU) speeding. Mr. McAvoy testlfl id there was no doubt of the fa et tint Bergdoll got tho gold from the treasury. In ex presslng unbounded belle! that no high oflloiali of the war department had Ween corrupted, he said It was equally positive that the draft dodger had not escaped through political Influence, Most of the district attorney's tes? timony related to many ' irouin? stances lone ago revealed in connei - tlon with the aton of Bergdoll, i>< scribing the legal tactics of the form r prisoner's mother. Mr. McAvoy ln? dlcated I hat a Philadelphia lawyer, wis,? enough lo solve any court prob? lem, oould not satisfy Ihe woman, who constantly trailed one attorney for another, After Mrs. Bergdoll /had pud out $12*500 in fees she I ?i it it i old, im said und let Urover alone with his plan of buying his freedom. From Mr. McAvoy tin committee oldained a definite statement as to disposition or the $11,600, Five thou? sand of tns amount, he said, went to IgWmitel T Anselt, former Judge ad jvotnto ueneral of the armyi $6,000 to Uibboncy; the sum of $1,160 to former .ludsi J, w. Wescott of Penn "Jdvunln; a little to an alienist and .i little leas to ;I lawyer In New Voi u Mr. MeAvo) uiid In was ennvluc?>d that the lawyei h oi been grossly deceived, declaring they stood to win more h> obtaining Ins rclcusc than by permitting him to evade sent? ence. 1 The committee will endeavor to get early notion in the house on tht Kahn resolution by Obtaining a ru ? giving it privileged status. \\ . -I i ?raune, \\ J? ,\ I?. t I Tho mau \ Rdlson celebrated bis Tith hlrthda) it his home here today, The Inventor was assisted In the observ? ance of the anniversary l?\ the Kdl son pioneers, an organisation compos ad ol ins associates <>i fifty years ago Washington, r'eh, II, Lleuts. 'John Menken and John Wolfer ol the navy were killed 4o.ii I'.'iai t iiianio, Ctlba, yeaterday by wrecking then airplane, tin navy department reports. No dg.? tails. Menken was Crom Kansas and W?lfer from A'cnnsvlvMiia, LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS First Annual Convention oi Women Voters Meeting in Columbia Columbia, Feb. 10. There Is much Intercut in the 11 ret annual convention of tin swuiii Carolina l*eague of Wo mcn Voters i?> bold in Columbia today. Delegates: will.attend the iron ventl n from every county in the j sail. Tin- committee in charge has] arranged an Interesting program, in- , eluding addresses by women lend< rs j of national prominence. Mrs. Fred S, M unsell is chnirms n. in ,i rec? m address to 11 * * * alllliat? ed leagues in the several counties of the state Mrs. M unsell said: "For tii?) first linn tin- women of South Carollnu \\ 11! assemble in convention endowed with the power, and boar* Ing 'in- responsibility of full voting citisenshlp. The victory that we will celebrate together lias been won by tin- daily sacrifice, tin- heroic lorti-| tude and the llaming vision of hun? dreds ot* brave leaders and thousands of Inconspicuous followers in the light i for women's freedom* Lot us there? fore dedicate this convention to tm mem or j of tin women of yesterday wiio mad'- possible our victory of to? day. Then i? . us turn prayerfully to tin present and I'm- future ami ton suit together how we can use our bal? lots ami our new political Influence wisely to make s<>nih Carolina .a greuiter and belter state for our mi u. \> omen and children." Addresses are to be delivered by Mrs. Maud Wood i'ark of Washing? ton, chuirman of the national league of women voters ami chairman of I the joint congressional committee and Mis. James Paige, director of th.' tilth region. Tiny win discuss the mission of the league, Mrs. park will address the mem? bers of ihr genoml assembly Thurs? day night in the had ..i tin house be? ginning at v O'clock. I'hiday pftei'UOOn a' J o'clock the delegates will have lunch "it the v. W. <'. a. where all sessions are tu '<>* held, The following is the program of the convention; Morning Session I0:S0 V M. Mrs. Halle) and Mrs. Munsel] Pro siding. HKSO?prayer?Bishop Flnlay. l <i: :t n Welcome-?Governor Coop? er, Response?Mis* Flottepre Olvey, ?'halrmun. 10:45?Business and Professional w omen. 10:60- -League of Women Voters Mrs. James I'aige, National Director Klfl h I :? H ion. ll:o5 Annual Adtlress of Chair? man M. s, i *. s. m unsell, iteporl oi i iftlcers, 111 St? r? tat > Mrs. p. Brod aax, 11:13?Treaaurer ? Mrs. C. v. Hen m< r. Iteport of Special Committees: 11:20- -Flpances-?Miss Adele Mina hun. 11:2 S? Political Information?Mrs. Juhan is. Bailey, ii:i:.--Tna Reform?Mr. Nells < ?hrlstcnsen. Report of S anding Committees: 12:15?-Citisenshlp ? Mrs. Carrie Met!, Patrh k. 12:20 Education?Mr. Bwearlngen (2:30?'Illiteracy?-Miss' Will lam Gray, iL': hi Mothers Pension Law Mr. Croft Williams. 12:60?-Social Hygiene?Dr. Jane Bruce Guignard. Child Plac ing Bureau?"Mrs. YV. ('. i 'athcart. Afternoon Session 2 P, M. V. w. C. \ Mrs. Reamer nnd Mrs. Springs pit ? s'ding. _':>>" Reading of Minutes. 2:05? Report Constitution Com? mittee Mr.-. Salley, Chairman. 2:30?Publicity- .Mrs. w. i.. Dono vnnti Chairman. 2:35?Child Welfan?Mrs. Ruth I todd. :'. [?>.Juvenlli Courts Judge Kim hail. 2:65- Unification of Laws?Mrs. Ju? lia I >. i 'harh-s. :i:ir> Statt- Products?Miss Chris? tine South. 3:25- -Research Miss Edith I >< - Lor me. Women in Industry- Mi.^s Fanny Wilson. 3:20?Minimum Wage Law*?Mr. a. a. Herald. 2:45- r.i Supply and Demand Mrs. Unfits Pant. ::: 60 Elect Ion La ws ami Methods ? Mrs. a. w. Holmen. New business, Report of Resolutions .Committee, l: ad Ing of M Inutes, Adjournment. TEXAS COTTON CROP Commissioner of Agriculture Re? ports Heavy Reduction Columbia, Feb. lo.-r-Texas farm? ers are going to reduce their cotton acreage this year '<> anywhere from i per cent tu ?"??? per <?< o', ac? cording to .i letter received by thi South Carolina Division of tin- A'm i lean Cotton association Monday from ?Jen, P. Terrell, commissioner of tig rlculture nf that state, Tin- letter ironi M? T. rn il follows in full: "a sum pie of your cotton news' has found Its way hi my d< s|<. i ton pleased with the paper, and will !??? pit used lh i\ .? > on send It regu (ill Ij tut his ill". i it mo nt. I ii-?t.- the paper deals exten? s!vel> with tin Idoii o* rotton ncroii.tn reduction in tin south, an Idea ;" which this department Is committed ami wi ;ii. now sending out leullot?! u nd i tillet Inn in 1111 ge numbi rs d< < - ing with Hi.- situation, and with ev? ery fiber in our being We are appeal? ing to our Texas farmer* t<? reduce their cot to necreage this, year to anywhere from 1*8 per cen! to per cent, grating with you in that our work klage." Typhus Epidemic Menace to America President Called On To Exercise Authority to Shut Out Immigrants Washington, K h. ) ?.? Manned by : the Increasing1 number of cases of typhus union -? immigrants arriving i in tin p.at of Now Vork, federal health authorities tonight were * n- ; gaged in u sludj oC methods to pre? vent Introduction of tin- dread dis? ease Into the l 'nib d States. Tho situation at New York;, where more than 30 immigrants are aboard I ships suffering from typhus, was brought !?? the attention of Presi? de nt Wilson l od a} in a i> legram from Dr. itoyal S. t'opcland, .New Stork ihcalth commissioner. I >r. Gopeland I called ti>.- president's attention to provisions o,* the quarantine act of 189:1 granting the president author-' ity in the interest of the public health to prohibit in whoh or in pan tin admission t<> the l'nited States of persons and property front stich countries or points as he may des? ignate and for BUch a time as he may d em n> ? essary. , The telegram from the New STork health commissioner on receipt at the IWhite House was forwarded to the treasury department which has jurisdiction over the public health s.-r\u ?? and matters of public health. Assistant Becretary oJ the Treasury LaPorto, in charge of the public health s< rvlce, said tonighl thu pro visions of tho quarantine u< t refer? red to bi Ov. Copeland had been tho subject of study for several days, hut as the withholding of general permission to i tV r tho country would !?? o drastic step, officials hesi? tated to out it ijito effect. Most of the typhus cases have i.n found among Immlgrnntjs arriving from southern Europe, i modal ly from Italian ports, Assist i?. fturgeon General lt. II. '.'r? ? l, Becretary LaPorte said, has Is'cn sent to New Vork to mak< a I thorough study of the situation and I to cooperate with hoaljJi authorities there In handling the typhus prob? lem. IMMIGRATION BILL REPORTED DRASTIC Washington, Feb. 10.- Reatrlctions on Immigration said by committee members to bo more drastic than those proposed In the house or John? son bill are contained in an t*mer gencj measure approved and reported toda> hy the senate Immigration com? mittee. The measure decided on ati a substitute for the bill passed sever? al weeks ago by he house would be ?onu effective nexl April l and con? tinue in force only until June 1922. During the fifteen months the bill's restrictions would be effective senate leaders are con fid < m permanent im? migration legislation will be enacted md in the meantime t!m predlb'.ed IHood of aliens would be stopped. The bill, as r< port< d bj the senate committee, would limit the immi? grants admitted to the iTnlted States annually from any one country to ."> per cent of the nationals of that country In the l'nited States at the tinu the 1920 census was taken. The measure, however, specifically pro* vldes that it shall "n.?i lie construed as amending, repealing .or modiiying any law or agreement now exist in-; which forbids the admission of any alien of any nationality or geographi? cal boundary." This provision was In? terpreted to mean that treaties now existing between the United States and China ami the l'nited State.-, and Japan would not in any wise be affected. Senators who have studied tho im? migration iiuestion tonight pointed out the principal dlfferen 'oe lietween he .Johnson l?il! and the senate meas? ure. The latter, th y declared, would exclude more aliens than the John no n bill, 8<i(t,0o0 being estimated as the maximum number of admissions In the Urst twelve months of the sen? ate measure's existence. Admissions of r< latlves and dependents, authoris? ed by the housi measure, they said, woult" more "hau equal the number allowed by the senate measure. Another diffi rence between the two lulls was polntud to In the provisions for determining what classes of im? migrants would be admitted. The house voted to treu' all nationalities alike. Tin up pari nt disposition in Ihe nennte ns Indicated in the bill re? ported today is to legislate oi ly iigninst Murofkean Immigrants, In this connection Senator t'olt, of Ithode is? land, chairman ot tin- committee, de ?cribcd the bill as "one of t ?mporary use only and Intended to apply to eluropen n c<ami ries." Kloor leaders expressed doubl that the Will would pass :>i the present session because of tin- congested con? dition of the Senat? ealcndur. Man lugt* Licenses, iaae li The follow im; n have been Issued Mr. Ivy Langsion of Timmniurvlllo ami Miss Marian Llodgi ol Gartura Vllle. I Vilored: Willie Bmdls and Usxie Parker of Ku niter. Gregg llnrno and Georgie Garter ol Muyesville. Kock Lacy of Dalzell and Josephine Hold in o I I! o ? a ' i o Washington, Keb. 11. - Koi mcr Governot Ijowdcn of Illinois has been offen d H nd lias dec hied i lie post ol sec ret ar of the nav> under Harding. I uecordinu to friends here. ? 'lia.i leston, I eh. Ii. M rs. War- ' ren I >. i la rd ing, en route for St. Vugustlne, si>ent an hour here tins morning, her trnin being delayed by a derailed hagaa.'-a* ear. Tlolslngfors, i'< b. 11. a treaty <>f peace between sovlej Russia and Po? land was signed yesterday et. Riga, according to a Moscow digjg^filv Petition By Calhoun In Supreme Court Highest Tribunal Asked to Re? view Decree Reducing Amount of Damages Washington, Feh, I.e. An echo ?<:' the disastrous trn n wreck which oc? curred near Columbia, S. C? February 25, llllx, i':ini(! tutlay with the liling in the* supreme court ol a petition asking i' i<? review a decree reducing from $25,000 to $10,000 the damaged awarded to J. A. Calhoun for the death his sen. Thirteen persons v.ire killed and scores injured In the a* reck v. hi'-h result ?i from a rear- I erd collision. Calhoun. ;m his brief, asserted that the disaster was caused by the re? fusal of ;i tlagmun to "do his duty"' when the passenger train was stop? ped by i bursting air pipe. The low? er court awarded $10,000 actual and $]5.ooo "punitive" damages, but on appeal the latter Item w;is cancelled.] SAFE BLOWERS AT MARION Yeggmen Make Unsuccessful Attempt to Rob Postoffice ! Marion, Feb. 10.?The postofflce in Marion was entered lasl night and an ai U inpl was made to open the big vault where the stock oi* stan>ps and Iother valuables are usually stored. I The back door of the building was [shattered with n hammer and sev | oral cash drawers were rol>bed, about $50 in cash being taken. No small change was nceeivted by the robbers, I who took only the log money. A goodly iimouiil of stamps was left in la drawer n the general delivery win j dow, from wlfleli son.e money \\:us toien. in the main ofttce, which con ' Lai is a big outside soft* and a big vault, a great deal of damage was '; done. I L'pon entering the ofllce this morn j I ing clerks found that not only hod [the hack door been shattered, various cash drawers forced open, but the vault had been attacked with a good? ly load of "soup." Upon the lloor was a sledge hammer, which was found to II be the property of W. W. McBachern, j blacksmith, whose shop was entered dining the night; a medicine drop? per, with which the nitroglycerine was poured into the crevices Of the vault; a green wood stopper and the I hinge hatts and ;ho combination t knob to the \uult. The robbers had broken the butts from the two big hinges with the ?dge and had used the same tool to I break otf the combination. Thcji soap was cuj .'d about the opening, the j "soup" poured in and the fuse set off. The only result seems to h ive heon a goodly amount of soap thrown across the ofllce against the opposite wall, the stopper blown out and the vault door puffed out at the center of the explosion. So crude were the instruments vis d ihttt folk arc constrained to believe thai this was the work of amateurs, as it is not believed that a profes? sional yegg would have failed to have opened the vaull at the first shot. Uli the other hand, there seems to be evidence of the work of a "spot? ter" 111 i his case, as no less than three attempts were made to steal high j class and high powered automobiles during th ? night. The garage of Hen? ry Buck was forced open, but Mr. Buck had locked the switch of his ear and it could not be moved. An attempt was made to enter the garage of E. T. Hughes, but this at? tempt failed. At the home of If. I.. Tilghman. however, tne garage was broken into, a big Packard Six: started up and driven <>u' into the street, where the I driver In ids haste choked the en? gine. So patient was he, however, that he ran the batteries down In attempting to start the engine again. He had simply mistaken the spark heel- for tin gasoline lever a ml kepi the engine Hooded wr?r? gas. The ear was found in the street before the Tilghman home, a few blocks from the postofflce, early today. I Postmasti r J. R. Montgomery [promptly reported the matter to the government authorities, but us yet ??)<> ; steps are known to have been lukeu looking toward the apprehension of the burglars. Jv'o "ii ? nas been found who heard the explosl? n or who s.i^v any suspi eious characters In or near he town, j The night watchman felt unwell about il o'clock and went homo. One <??' the clerks worked at th< postoillee ui ''J midnight, and on leav? ing at 11n hour saw nothing t?? make I him apprehensive, Mariouites are I chagrined at having their nice, now $Mi.OO0 i"' oMce treated like a cross j loads groi ? ry store, I Vital Statistics of Siiniter County for 1020 Shows Increase to Count) Populat i?ni. Mirths Deaths I ctly of Sumter .. J Suinter township , * 'on- oi d To w nshlp . . ; Ma nehester Toa nsh i i? , Ma> es> lib* Tow lishtp. , Middh ton Township. I Prl va teer. i i 'i o\ idenee. j I hu t ing i 'reek . Ishiloh. Stateburg. 1 19 1 9 1 1 1 [Mi I T?? l:. i i i 1 19 6 T 1 - I I 7 1,541 7'.?:? Tin aumber of rhlldn n born in the county of Sumter Is ulmos twice the I number >?:* o aths that occurred as is shown by the statistics for Hie year 1920. ii is noticed tail ihe greatest number of d< aths <?f anj township oc i Urs within the ? ity itself, which is in? clusive of the Teunie. Hospital and ai.so Camp Alice. ? every week of delay ia imposed. The railroads sre i<? mine one of three en? gineers, theVlty of Columbia one and* these two a third, to make plans for Lhe elation. The railroad commis? sion and Columbia cpuncll have au? thority to ? Mend time i'or completing SUIT AGAINST SEC. HOUSTON William Randolph Hearst Askl For Injunction Against Loans to Foreign Governments Washington, Feb. 11. ? Bult" far an injunction restraining1 ^ecr^tary ll? Aon from making any further oans to foreign governmerite w.-us 11! - ? i in Ihe District of Columbia su prem ? couil today by counaol fog William Kandolph Hurst, who acted in his cnpacil> as n private citizen. Besides seeking an injunction to prevent the establishment, of farther credits i<? foreign governmental liurat also seeks to enjoin the socrw tary from making any further ad? vances on credits already established for Prance, Italy, Greece, Ckecho* vakia, Liberia and other countries. LEGISLATIVE BRIEFS Columbia Asks Law to Force Railroads to Build New Station ?Bond for Aviators Columbia, Pen, ll.?A hill to re? quire every aviator In South Caro? lina to deposit bond to the amount of (10,000 with the state insuranoo commission, to "indemnify any per* edn injured in person or property,** has been introduc?! In tho general assembly by Senator Duncan, of t'n lon. The bill would exempt aviators III United States mall service. Sund: > l*af I oic eits. Senator Iteasley, of w iiiiamsLuig, has in reduced a hill la amend tho statute against public sports on the Lord's Day, so as to prohibit "c??u eeits or musical cutertuinmenta with paid |K?rformera or to which seats have tuen ?od'' on Sundays. ?fury Exemption, Representative O'ftourke, of Char* '-? Hton, has Introduced a bill to exempt from Jury duty all employes of tho railway mail service, it would add. railway mail clerks to the list of per? sons already exempt from serving on juries. I .\pre-?. Discrimination. Representative Efydrick of orange burg has Introduced In the house of representatives a bill to make it un? lawful for an expt> ss company to discriminate In the delivery of ex j press in any city or town where* it is licensed to do business against any i |t- rron within that city or town. D cd Land to I'. S. I Senator Young, of Charleston, has h troduced a bill to deed to the Unit? ed Hates government .1 strip of land j In the town of Itoultrievllle; on Sui 1 livan's Island, to be used as '?clear I field of vn w from the lire control sta tlona pertaining to the defenses of Fort Mouitvie.** The bill specifies that a Jury shall determine the value and the price in I e paid hy tho government for the strip of land, in case agreement is not reached with? out success to jury trial. \ou Columbia Depot. The Eilchland delegation has intro? duced a 1 ill to require the railroads operating into the capatol city to erect a new union station, one that will ho In keeping with the traveling public Ol the state and the buatncSS done by the railroads in Columbia* to meet such requirements. The bill re qulrea that the station be completed within three years, that work start within two years, and a penalty for Waehington, Feh. II.?Salary in? crease of three thousand yearly, from twelve to fifteen thousand, was voted Cor Vi?? -president Cool Idas today by the senate. Senator Pomcrene, Dem? ocrat, offered an amendment to legis? lative, executive and judicial bill to increase the salary. Auto Lien Dill Killed. Columbia. Feb. 11.?Without even Ja demand lor th.- rod eall. the houss 01' representatives today killed the hill advocated for several years by the automobile dealers of South Carolina and endorsed by the bankers of the state, to give bonafide purchase mon ey mortgages on automobiles prior? ity over ordinary liens. Ilcpresontativn I Hupp, of Golumbla,' the author of the 1 ill, mad." a strong speech in defense of the measure; Itepivsentative Be* monhoff, of Charleston, and Asa Hall? of Choroke . w< re the opponents udio .'?iioIm e.ji the measure. The hOIMSS also killed today a bill to pro elds st ite regulation of the books taught In the nubile schools of the state. I Itcprcsentutivos Haialin and Kennedy I were authors) of the nit ensure. SUPT. S. L. 1UTITS PASSES AWAY Prominent Western Union Offi? cial Victim of Apoplexy Columl in, Feb. 12.?8. L. r.urts, of Atlanta, traffic superintendent for MSB \\. sh i n 'nioii Telegraph company, southern division, died at his home m Atlanta Friday night from a stroke of appoph xy which he suffered on tho KOlf links at his club Friday after? noon. He was a brother of Dr. C \i. Hurts, of Columbia, general secretary of the Baptist denomination in thOJ M ate, and of Prof. U. ?'. Hurls, prin? cipal of Itock ll;ll s? inn is. He was a native of 1 lonea Hath. t hicago, Feb. rj. The captains of ev< \ police precinct in tin- city wa re sumnioin .1 lo appear today before Chief of Police Kitzmorris to receive! instructions that tin/ must discov and report live hundred loafers the police department whom the sa>s he will dismiss. ??ne thing at least has lislnd l-v congressional, ?General < 'harles ft professing no radic