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> Cotton * - Warehouse System State Divided Into Twelve Dis . triets With Manager A For Each rr.. . .-. ? .o . Coianahia, May 6.?For purposes v of efficiency and service to the farm ?-the ^tate -warehouse commission >-^lj&B5?livide?rthe state into twelve dis :~*t*icts. For each district a cotton grower and warehouse manager is to be employed, this official to have -V ehar&e. of the state warehouses in fcis" district As yet the graders have , ?dt all been employed, but J. C. .| Rivers, state warehouse com mission - : ?r,-state? today that the warehouse bx^d' would employ these at an .; early .d?te? communication being had i?oV~withmfn for the several unlill ed positions. f :The twelve districts and their head quarters are as follows: Pievens, Oconee, Anderson and $ Greenyille counties, headquarters at Easjey. 'Spartanburg, Cherokee and Un ion counties, with headquarters at ,-? Sparenburg. ? "McCormick, Laurens, Abbeville and i Gyeenwood counties, with headquar . tera.atv?reenwood. \ 4s?ge?eld, Saluda and Aiken coun tries^"'with'headquarters at Edgefield. "dewberry, Lexington and Rich Ixnd counties, with headquarters at cVinmbja. 'fiarnwell, Bamberg, Hampton, Col . ie^oit^ ;Shd Jasper counties, with headquarters ar Fairfax. ' p^ngeburg, Calhoun and Dor Chester counties, with headquarters at\ Oraugeburg. "York,. Chester and Fairfield, with headquarters at Chester. -pjfesterfield, Marlboro and Dar lington, headquarters at Cheraw. ^Lancaster, Kershaw and Lee, head quarters at Camden. . ... ittBon, Marion. Horry and Florence counties* with headquarters to be at Marion or Florence, this yet to be de cided. - ?? ? Sumter, Clarendon, Williamsburg. Georgetown and Berkeley counties, with .headquarters at Manning. , ??The' district grader aiid manager w?l'have his office at the headquar ter^ town. He will grade all cotton ^?*^r?J in all the state warehouses isS?jiir his district. ,'?>T&e.state warehouse system is now pj'eparing to handle other commodi fie^atich as truck, tobacco, peanuts, andy.ihki .like. Details concerning in ^reihee and other phases of the sys temexpansion program are now be |hi^6rked our. ALLIED , ULTIMATUM ^Z?nd?r.. *May -5.?(By the Associat .^^^sVl^-JFlie text of the allied ulti ^um'W' Germanv;reads'as follows: .^?^tp- allied' powers, taking note of the* *act' thsaV despite the successive . .4^4icession's -made by the-allies since jfeSe-.?sisitot?re. of the treaty of Ver 4*^iea^nd ?despite the warning and -?^^inib^yagree^i upon at Spa and I*aTiS/:air well as of the sanctions an \n?unoed' at: London and since ap plied; "the German? government is ?tili *in* default in fulfillment of the <?^^ti?ha incumbent on it under th.d.^tenns of the treaty of Versailles as s regards. ^ F4rst, ".disarmament; V ?^JBecqhd,: the payment due May 1, |92i>-under article 235 of the treaty y?ifch.:the reparations commission al irea^'fhds called upon it to make a! thia "iiate: ?" '!.v'ijThird1 the trial of war criminals 'i?J'- further provided for by the al Sed notes of February 2 5 and May % .1320, and, V^Fourth, certain other important Inspects, notably *' .-j which arise under articles 26* and 2C7, 269, 273, 821, 322 and 327 of the treaty, de cide*/ V. *'(A) to -proceed from today with allt necessary preliminary measures 1tor-^hVoectij.ation of the Ruhr valley by allied troops on the Rhine under the eoswJitior.s laid down. ; "^.In accordance with article 233 & |h? {Versailles treaty to invite the . allied reparations committee to notify t&;0erman government without de ?rjlfe 'i^ /the time and methods for the discharge by Germany of her debt and to announce its decision on this point- to the German government by May. 6 at the latest. v*-(C) To summon the German gov ernment to declare categorically; within six days after receiving the I above decision its determination (1) i to" execute without reservation or condition its obligations as defined by fh*e reparations commission; (2) To accept. and realize without reserva tion or condition in regard to its ob ligations the guarantees prescribed by the reparations commission; (3) To execute without reservation or delay measure* concerning miUtary, naval, ami aerial . disarmament of which Geraiany was notined by the allied I nations in their note of January 29. j those measures in the execution ">f wljich they have so far failed to com ply with are to be completed imrae diately and the remainder on a datr* si:i]-to he fixed; (4) To proceed with opt reservation or delay to the trial I Of ^wsr criminals and also with oth- j e?..rpartsr of the Versailles treaty j which have not as yet been fulfilled, j To proceed on May 12 with the-: occupation of the Ruhr Valley, j and to undertake all other military j and naval-.measures should the Ger- ! man- government fail to comply with j the. foregoing conditions. This occu pation will last as long as Germany ; continues her failure to fulfill the i conditions laid down." Nashville, May f>.?More than 10o i bookbinding and job printing shops j in.-the Southeastern states, which are j affected by the strike of printers for i a; 44 hour week, have decided to op- j ?rate upon the open shop plan. Roy ! FT-Williams, president of the South- \ eastern /Typotheta? association, said j tbstight. Be declared also that he j itii4i received reports from New Or 2?&ns that 20 shops there had gone ityon a non-union basis. LABOR FRAMING NEW DEMANDS Executive Committee of Federa tion of Labor Working on New Program of Principles Cincinnati, May fi.?The principles and program which the organized la bor forces of the country will be asked to support and uphold during next year were being drafted here today by the executive council of the American Federation of Labor. This declaration, when completed, will be incorporated in the council's annual report and will be presented to the annual convention of the * federation at Denver in June. DIAL STILL AFTER LANDIS Favorable Report by Senate Committee on Bill Washington, May 5?A favorable report has been made hy the Senate Committee on the judiciair on .the bill recently introduced by Senator Dial to require Federal judges to de vote their entire time to the duties of their office. If the bill should be enacted into law it would make it impossible for Judge K. M. Land is, of Chicago, to hold the office of Federal District Judge and at the same time receive compensation for acting as referee in matters affecting the management of the national baseball organizations. It is believed that the bill has ah excellent chance of passing the Sen ate, but there is some uncertainty as to its fate in the' House. Its language as reported by the Judiciary commi tee, is as follows: "Every district judge shall reside in the district or one of the districts for which he is apointed and shall de vote his entire time to the duties c," a judge, and shall not engage in any other employment' or vocation for which he receives compensation, and for offending against the provisions o this section be deemed guilty of u high misdemeanor." The bill is in the form of an amendment to the existing Jud.ciary act. Irish Cannot Agree Unionist Leader Will Not Con sider a United Ireland Dublin, May 6.?Conversation be tween Sir James Craig and Eamonn DeValera. is said in well informed quarters to have reached an anim passe over the quest ion of the repub lic for Ireland, it is stated that De Valera in a lengthy appeal tried to win over Sir James to the idea of a republic for the whole of Ireland. Sir James, replied that no negotiations on such a basis could occur it is as serted and the interview terminateu ! __________________ NEW PRESIDENT OF SEMINARY Columbia, May 0.?A new presi dent of the Columbia Theological Seminary has been selected, as has a new professor of theology, to fill the two places made vacant" by the ? resignation of Dr. Thornton Whaling, who goes ne.vt fall to the Louisville Theological Seminary. The names of the two new men for the Columhia institution have not been made puh lic, but a committee has been ap pointed by the trustees to approach them on the subject and receive their acceptances. This committee is com posed of Dr. Alexander Sprunt. oi Charleston; Dr. B. H. McCaslin, of Montgomery, Ala.; Dr. W. M. Me> Pheters. of Columhia. and Col. \V. W. Lewis, of York. BUILDING MATERIAL FREIGHT RATES i Columbia^ 'May 6.?The question of lower freight rates on sand, brick. cla\, cement and other such building commodities, and also the ? question of a lower freight car weight I minimum were thoroughly discussed [by shippers and prominent railroad I officials in a conference that lasted lall of Thursday. The railroad com mission took the two matters under (advisement and will render their de cision later. [ The railroads were to have submit ted a new rate schedule on the build ing materials, but this they did not jdo. Instead, they submitted evidence to show that South Carolina now has a lower interstate rate and also a lower intra-state rate on these ma terials than either North Carolina or Georgia. The shippers contended that it should be lower regardless of i his. Warsaw. May 6.-?Unconfirmed re ports say that Adalbert Korfanty. former Polish plebiscite commission er, who proclaimed himself leader of the Polish insurgents in Upper Silesia lias been arrested by the in ter-allied plebiscite commission. London, May ??Confidence in an enduring British-American amity and firm belief America would come in to the peace treaty in manner n> make plain her dvsire to fulfil her duty to the world wev,. expressed by Bainbridge Colby, former secretary of statt-, speaking at the American Club luncheon today. Marriage License Record Marriage licenses have been is sued to the following cwored couples: Frazier Stack of Buckingham. N. C, and Delia Purdy <>f Lumber Bridge, N. C. John W. Jones and Carry Hasty of j Snmter. Tom Williams and Bosetta <"ox of Dalzell. I BUDGET MEASURE PASSES HOUSE By Vote of 344 to 9. Changes Are Made in Bill Washington. May ?"?.- -The budget bill was passed today by the house, but with some changes as adopted by the senate. It now goes to confer ence. The vote was :M 4 to 3. The bill as passed by the sen:!To provided lor creation of a budget bu reau in the treasury department with both its director and his assistant to be appointed by the president. The house retained the senate method of appointing both officials, but voted to make the bureau'independent of the treasury department; Provision is. made for abolishment of the office of comptroller of the treasury and creation in its place of a comptroller general to be selected by the president. The measure as ap proved by the senate provided for a seven-year term for the comptroller general and made him subject to re moval by joint congressional resolu tion, which requires the signature of the president. As passed by the house, however, the bill provides for his removal by concurrent resolu tion, which does not require the pres ident's signature. In vetoing the budget bill passed by the last congress. President Wil son objected to the provision dele gating to congress the power to r ? move the comptroller general on fhe ground that it would be Usurpation of executive authority. New Republican Party Plans Under Way to Enlist New Crowd of Office Holdeis in This State Columbia. May G.?Considerable in terest has been taken in the an . nouncement made Thursday, of tin tentative plans for a new Republican party in South Carolina, and the out ?come of the conference in Washing ton later in the month will be await ed with intense interest. One of the features of the proposed plans of the new party organisers is that they are not taking out their battle axes to cut off the political heads of all Democratic office hold [ers, simply because of party differ ences. It is understood that the lead ers and advocates of the new party idea intend to recommend ths in some cases the present office hold ers. Democratic be retained, because of their fitness for office. In a num ber of cases the new party leaders propose to appoint prominent Dem ocrats to office. The idea is to cre ate, not a Republican party of the type that has been know?* in South Carolina in past years, but a "pure." white organization, one that will stand for the best men in office and for efficiency and right in govern ment. This is the expression of the men who are leaders in the proposed movement so far. As yet the name of the leader of .he new party has not been divulged, but the prominent Columbian who iias been in Washington recently, in conference with administration lead ers, states that be will be a man of unquestioned character, a man of ability and good standing, who has never been in politics before and wiio desires to see politics in South Car olina put on a high plane of cleanli ness and honor. The appointments which tin- new pafty proposes to recommend are not announced as yet. and only in a few cases is it known who will ;^<-' mo "?plums" that have, been rip.- and ready to fall for so long. The Col lector of the port at Charleston is an important office which is still "in the dark." The marshal! of the Wes tern district is also an important "job" to which no name has ;is yet been bung. Two persons are "being considered for the position of mar shal! of the Eastern district, S. .1. Leaphart, of Lexington, and another mail, designated as being "in the low er part of tin- state." Speculation has alighted on Jas. L. Sims, of Orange burg, the present marshall. For district attorney in the Wes tern district Ernest Fi Cochr?ne is said to be slated, and it is understood he will accept the appointment. For the Eastern district a "prominent white lawyer of Columbia" is to be the man it is said, and while no inti mation is given as to who this will be. it is thought possible that the present attorney, Francis H. Weston. might be reappointed. ? < \ C. Campbell, prominent Colum bian, former Republican in the s'ale of Ohio, and an acquaintance ot . :i ? president, will he appointed revenue collector, it is said. Cid Republican leaders are not to be considered, it is stated that .im?. L. McLaurin. of Bennettsville, whose name has been mentioned as the possiole "dispense.-" of patronage, will no! be the man for this duty. Washington, May ?>.? The president and cabinet considered today the in vitation from the allied supreme council that the I'nited States send representatives to sii with tin- coun cil and other allied commissions. As the cabinet assembled there was ?..? indication of a decision which would lie taker., tin- officials refusing to dis cuss the subject. Washington. May 7. -The senate finance committee, behind closed doors, today heard testimony regard ling the qualifications of David Blair; of Winston-Salem. X. <".. nominated for* internal revenue commissioner bv President Harding. Doth Blair and Senator Johnson, of California, who is opposing Blair, appeared. The committee deferred action. Will re fume the hearing Thursdav. _' London. May t;. -Hope Coat thj meeting in Dublin between Sir James Craig and Famonn DeValera may be the sign of rhe dawn of peace in Ireland pervaded newspaper com ment here today. BALD PROPA GANDA ALLEGED Railroads Charge That Repre sentatives of Unions Are I Dodging Main Wage Issue j Chicago. May 7.?Statements pre sented to the railroad labor board by [Jett Lauck, of the railroad labor i unions, charging ?hat large sunib "i I money are being wasted in the finaii i elal and operating management of j railroads, have no relationship with j the question now before the board, i; was contended in a statement tiled I'with the board today on behalf of the J western railroads. The sole purpose; ? of these statements is to divert pub ! lie attention fronv matters actually pending bei ore the board. They are I bald propaganda, intended to discred it private management and promote I the Plumb plan. We respectfully j protest a.-ainsi the board continuing to allow the hearings to be mad.- the j means of spreading this propaganda, i the cai riers said. Garners Ferry Bridge iHichland County Commissioners : i i Demand Signed Obligation to Provide Fund to Build Approaches i I _ i Columbia. May ?;.?County eom i missioners of Bichland county are ?n [special session Bridav afternoon, to give further and possibly final con sideration to the matter of tin- build Iing of the proposed bridge over the j Wateree river, between Bichland ant. | Sumter counties. The bridge has been under dis Icussion .for many months. The i bridge has been decided on by the I two counties, but the main hitch just now seems 10 be the matter of approaches to the bridge. To date a joint agreement relative to the approaches on the Sumter and Richland county srdes of the bridge has not yet been signed and until j qualified persons have signed such i an article the movement for the j bridge promis- s to be delayed. ! The Sumter chamber of com i merce?and the Columbia chamber of commerce have had the bridge matter up several times. Once there was a joint rally of Sumter land Bichland residents in the city I of Sumter, but it appears that one I obstacle was removed only for an other to develop. The cost of tin- bridge has been estimated at $125,000. The contract has ix en awarded f??r the building of tin- bridge, both counties pledg ing that its share in the cost shall i be taken from its automobile tax ; money, matched off by federal aid. j DR. BARBOT GOES TO JAIL Richmond. Va.. May 5.?Affirming j tin- judgment of tin- district court at [Columbia, the federal circuit appeal court today heid thai Dr. Louis i >. ! Darbot, physician of Charleston, S. j''.. must serve three months in jail and pay a line of $1.000 .'or violation of the Harrison auti-nar-'Otic act. j "It appears." observed the appel late court, "thai for a considerable time the defendant was the chief source from which narcotic drugs w'ere obtained in Charleston, and his I own record disclosed that most of ? che habitues of drugs were in almost 'daily attendance upon him. It also appears that the doses furnished ? them were frequently in larger and sometimes steady increasing doses." Be was formerly professor of anat omy in the South Carolina Medical college. Dr. E'arbot insisted as a licensed physician lie had a right to prescribe opiates in the manner a~ charged against him and insisted j further that in so far as the law in I h? it. d him front doing so it was in l j cootfravontion of his constitutional (rights. j The appellate court in its opinion I written by Judge Waddill said: I "A careful review of the decisions as tiny exist at the present tinu {makes it clear that when a physi cian is charged with unlawfully sell ing Or prescribing drugs under the Harrison act the ease turns largely i upon ins good faith in prescribing 'dimes to his regular patients for ma'adies requiring administration oi the drug or whether he prescribed for persons seeking his professional I .lid merely to procure tin- drug, in i ; lie latter case, the physician might perhaps in a single instance afford temporary relief for one whose con dition demanded immediate treat j meat. Co no further than this j would enable every doctor to do just J what the defendant did here, namely, : j to furnish the drug to addicts or af ford an opportunity to them to pro- i cure all tin- narcotics they desired.*" ! - j l Mexico City. May 7.? Deputy Mo-j guel of tlie Yucatan legislature was; I shot ami killed while walking through ? the main plaza im" Merida yesterday. ) I pour men riding in an automobile lired the shots. Deputy Gonzales was. j wounded. Paris. May 7.?French newspapers i express great satisfaction with America's decision to resume i I her part in the supreme allied eoun- ! oil and other allied missions. It is do- , clared ihai America's action is tin- ! result of Kreuch diplomacy. j Oppeln. May 7.?German requests ] thai the frontier between Germany land Silesia l><- opened and all po I litical prisoners held by allies in Up-I per Silesia be released have been j granted by the inter-allied co-minis- j sion. London. May 7. The battleship Katori, bringing th<- Crown Prince of j Japan on a visii to England, arrived today and was saluted by British j warships. The prince will remain ; aboard the Katori over Sunday and arrive in London Monday. HARVEY ON ! SUPREME COUNCIL Ambasador to Great Britain Will Sit With Body as Representa tive of President and Not .Government of United States Washington, May 6.?President Harding accepted today the invita tion of the allied supreme council that the United States be represented ill the meeting of that body as well as those of the conference of am bassadors nd the reparations com mission. George Harvey, newly appointed ambassador to Great Britain, will sit <>n tin- supreme council and "take part as representative of the president of the United States in the deliberations of that body. Repre sentation at the conference of am bassadors in Paris and the repara tions commission will be unofficial, the ambassador to France will be the observer on the former and Ro land W. Boy den will sit in an un ofiicial capacity on the latter. De cision t;> accept the council's invi tation was reached today at the reg ular cabinet meeting and formal an nouncement of it was made at the White House. Soon afterward the text of the American reply to the invitation was mad'- public at the state department II follows: "The government of the United States has received through the Brit ish ambassador the courteous com munication in which you state that with the unanimous concurrence of the powers represented at the allied conference in London, you are to in quire whether this government i.s I disposed to he represented in the fu j ture, as it was in the past, at the al ? lied conf< rences. at the conference I ?> - of ambassadors in Paris and on the : reparations committee. ! "The government of the United I States while maintaining the tradi tional poiicy of abstention from par ticipation in matters of distinctly Eu ropean concern, is deeply interested in the proper economic adjustments and in the just settlement of the mat ters <>i worldwide importance which are under discussion in the Confer ence? and desires helpfully to cooper : ate in the deliberation upon these questions. "Mr. George Harvey, appointed [ambassador to Great Britain, will be [instructed on Iiis arrival in England [to take part as the representative I of the president of the United States i in the deliberations of the supreme j council. Thf American ambassadoi ito France will be instructed to re sume his place as unofficial observer on the conference of ambassadors, and Mr. Roland W. Boyden will be instructed to sit again in an unofli j cial capacity on the reparations com i mission. "The government of the United States notes with pleasure your ex Ipression of The belief of the repre ; sentatives of the allied govern ' ments assembled in London thai I American cooperation in the settle j ment of the great international ques tions growing out of the world war [will be of material assistance.*' j This communication was delivered [late today to Sir Auckland Geddes, [the British ambassador, who on yes [terday handed to Secretary Hughe? I the invitation of the council which \ was signed by Premier Lloyd George j of Great Britain as its president, [this invitation read: ! "As president of the allied con : ference which is just completing its i sittings in London. I am authorized [with the unanimous concurrence ol all tire powers h -re represented to ? express to the United States govern ment our feeling that the settlement 'of tire international difficulties in [which the world is still involved would be materially assisted by the Cooperation of the United states, and I I am therefore to inquire whether Ithai government is disposed to !>? I represented in the future, as it wa? at an earlier date, at allied confer ence wherever they may meet, at the I ambassadors' conference which sits at Paris, and on the reparations ... commission. i j "We are united in feeling that American cognizance of our proceed ! ings, and where possible American participation in them will be best facilitated by t his." In the highest administration circles i; was emphasized that the? action taken today did not mean the participation of the United States in any project "of a world government or world league." It was said that it was inevitable that the United States have an advisory part in the settlement of the vast economic and other problems growing out of the world war. These settlements. :i was explained, must necessarily af fect the United States as well as the resl of the wo ld. Announcement that the invitation had been accepted came late in the day after the senate had adjourned. Republican senators generally, how ever, expressed their approval while Democratic senators gave voice to disapproval and disappointment. Re publicans took the view that the president's representatives would perform principally the function of obtaining informal ion. I >emocratic senators said they were disappointed because the 'president had nor de cided to have the government oili cially participate in the deliberations of the three bodies. Administration o ulcers made it plain thai Mr. Harvey would s'.t with the premiers of Great Britain, France and Daly and the representa tives of Belgium atid Japan on the supreme council as the personal rep resentative of the president of the United States and not of the Ameri can government. W'liiie he will par ticipate iti the deliberations of the council, he will he without authority I?' bind the United States to .any ac ton taken. Mr. Harvey will be in a position to ceep the president fully informed on ! ill subjects with which the council j ias to deal. Upon this body has de- ! .olved the settlement of the more ' TINKHAM FORCE BILL DEFEATED Massachusetts Representative Makes Demand Fc|r Immedi ate Consideration of Reso lution Affecting the Rights of Negro Voters in South Washington. May 6.? Rising to a question of the highest constitution al privilege, Representative Tink ham. Republican, Massachusetts, I threw the house into an uproar to I day over a demand for immediate j consideration of a resolution affect iv the rights of negro voters in the jsouth. j The battle, mainly along parlia mentary lines, raged for two hours, I but in tin- end. the proposal was re jected on a point of order by Repre [sentative Mondell; Republican leader. I Still determined to press the fight Mr. Tinkham appealed from Speaker ^Gillette's decision sustaining the j point of order, but tin- house stood 1 by 283 to 46. The Tinkham resolu tion, substantially the same as that ! presented during consideration of the reapportionment bill- at the last ses sion, had been expected and Dem ocrats were ready to jttrap into the ?fray. The Republican leader went I to the front, however, and won tha ! day alone. As fiamed by the Massachusetts member, the resolution would have i directed the census' committee to ! proceed forthwith to oake diligent inquiry respecting the extent to [which the right to vote is denied or [abridged to citizens of the United States, prior to preparation of a bill I for reapportionment of the h.ouse. 1 In the course of a long argument j Mr. Tinkham declared the resolu tion was iii order ahead-of all busi 1 ness, that the measure offered be* I fore was never reported out by com i mittee, and that if referred again it ! would meet the same fate. He de ! manded immediate action, a proceed | ing which Mr. Mondell opposed on the ground that if the Tinkham plan should prevail members could come I in any day with other complaints I against enforcement of i>rohibitidn j under the 18th amendment and thus ; unset the regular business of the body. The only Democrat to break in [during the debate was Representa tive Gallivan, Massachusetts, who j warded to know how long Mr. Tink I ham expected to speak. ! "I want to vote with him but if he J talks too long he may iose a vote," i Mr. Gallivan shouted, and the house i roared. ! Representative Garretr. Tennessee, acting Democratic leader, sought rec ognition as Mr. Mondell eoncluded his answering argument, hut Speak | er Gillett said he was ready to rule. 'This was accepted as conclusive even 1 before the speaker began a long statement that the Tinkham 'plan had failed. .. i It was largely on demand of Mr. Garrett that the house voted on a I straight out question oC sustaining I the chair, rather than on a substi tute by Mr. Mondell to table the Tinkham appeal. This settled the j issue definitely so far as action tit this session goes. Members said later 'the Gillett decision probably would j stand longer than the lifetime of . the I average representative. Mr. Mondell, in quoting authorities, recalled that a Republican house 20 years ago refused to rush through a similar proposal. He declared the Tinkham resolution was precisely tin- same in form as that offered by Representative Olmstead of Pennsyl vania in 1501 and- thrown out on a point of order with Speaker Hender son in the (.-hair. FORCE TO BE USED AGAINST POLES Paris. May 7.?The allies have sent the allied high commission in Upper Silesia an urgent request to act energetically in suppression of the I Polish uprising in that district, using I the allied troops for purpose. They I also urge the commission to report j as quickly as possible on the settle { ment of the boundaries between Po land and Germany as the result of j: In' plebiscite. ! W. J. Bryan For Senate Washington, May <?.? In connection with tin- statement made here today that'William J. Bryan will be connect ed with a prominent Washirgton law firm in international practice. ?t I is declared, that he will continue to reside at Tampa. Fla. Gossip in politi j cal circles i* to the effe- ; that Bryan I is establishing citizenship in Florida j in order to run for the Senate next year. Senator Trammel's term ! expires March 4. 1923. Xew York. May 7.?Trie substitu tion of motion pictures for books in the nation's elementary schools would : in twenty years bring about the ad I vancement of ton centuries in civil ization, Thomas A. Edison said today, ?lie declared the present primary school systems were poor a id unat tractive to children. The remedy he said is to eliminate boresome books and teach with motion pictures. This is a. more vivid and nun ? compelling method of holding the child's atten tion. ' mmmmmmmuammmmmmmmammm^mmmtimmmmmmmtmBm important questions resulting from the war and to it has been ret erred the American protests to the league of "ations against the award to Jap an * i a mandate for the island of Yap. The supreme council also is ex pected to take up the whole subject of mandates which was* reopened by Mr. Hughes' recent note to the gov ernments of Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan in which he dealt specifically with the mandate for the Pacific island. Many other questions of large importance also are be fore it.