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Texan Publicly Reprimanded : by Speaker?Has. Narrow Escape Washington, Oct. 27. ? Saved from being thrown: out. of the house; of representatives by a bare margin of eight votes, Thomas A. BlaiitpB * (Democrat) of Texas was publicly reprimanded late today by Speaker Gillett in accordance with a resolution of censure against which no man cast a single vote. Tv-es a moment later, as he waJk- { edx>ut of the chamber with all eyes upon Mm, he toppled over in a Heap.. Some of his colleagues who had. voted to expel him, picked him up and placed him on a lounge. But he did not stay there long. Rous ing 'himself, he stumbled out, the tears streaming down his cheeks and . as he walked away, he was heard to express the hope that he might never see the house again. . There was no doubt of. the fact, aa members expressed it, that the Texan was utterly crushed and "worn by his experience of the day, an experience that seldom comes during the life of a man in con egress. For an hour and ten min ^ates, with hostile eyes upon him, Ite fought to defend himself from the charge that he had trans ^gressed the law by putting into the Congressional Record a document l^ecribed as "unspeakably vile." j he got up to speak in his j behalf, it was the view of Re blicans and Democrats alike that on upon the resolution to ex ^him would depend upon his own attitude. He sat with folded hands as Representative Mondell of Wyoming, the Republican lead ^ er. pleaded earnestly to have him I east but. And then, pale and J sraiMng, he stepped briskly to the front, as the leader sat down. Kis voice was hoarse and brok || en. He touched rapidly upon the ^charges, and then his old time light ing Hre returned. Right at the be ginning he said he knew the house j was prepared to expel him. . Refusing at first to yield for questions, he permitted Represen tative Ixmgworth (Republican) of Ohio to ask him something and Republicans asserted tonight t^at ; the reply had turned the tide ? against him. The Ohio member C wanted to know if the report was .. true that Mr. Blanton had de clared an intention to mail 250,000 copies of the undelivered speech with, its offending affidavit, after the house had ordered it stricken from the record. Only a lack of money, he said, ? prevented' its mailing to every vot ' ?i'g. man in the United ? States. In-t ;V stantly half a dozen representatives |~^^e on their feet, trying to break S for1 Representative Blanton had ? reiterated that the publication had be3n sent out "in a just cause," that JttC-law had been violaed. Dra J xhaticaHy he pleaded with the ?; house, for the sake-of his wife and % children to put back into the rec ord *his own "undelivered speech in ;f which he declared there was not -one word calculated to give of ? ferise- But Republicans objected. : As the fire of questions started, Mr. - Blanton abruptly closed his speech, / with 20 minutes still due him, and j I ihot out of the house. ; f^ESte vote tc oust him, 203 to 123, ' ; with??? Sumners of Texas, an old V. political rival., votlig "present," up set the calculations of some Demo crats and Republicans, who earlier in the day had predicted that the Reptzblican leader was waging a Josiug fight. They agreed that the :, jeau?er, like a man staking ail on . the turn of a card, was determin - ed , that Representative Blanton tshonld go. A substitute resolution by Rep- | resentative Garrett of Tennessee, Democratic leader, censuring the Texan for printing "language so in ' decent, obscene, vulgar and vile" as to render the record unmailable, and directing the speaker to "rep ; rimand and censure him" at the bar of the house,, was thrown out on a point of order, prior 'to the vote on expulsion. But when the Republican leader lost his fight to oust the Texan, the JDeimoeratic leader getting the .master hand over procedure, call ed up his resolution for immediate irote. As the names were called -there was a shout of "ayes," half . the members going out as they an swered. The poU showed 293 to y7 with. 26 voting "present." As tiie word was passed along that Mr. Blanton would be imme diately hailed before the tar of the- house, members streamed back into the chamber. The sergeant at-arms had been directed to bring the Texan in. Members turned in their seats and crowds ra the gallery looked dSawn curiousiy as the main door -f&eiag the speaker's desk swung open and Joseph G. Roberts, hold ing Mr. Mlanton by the arm, walk ed down the front. Half a dozen members on the Republican side began hissing, but "the demonstration ended almost as . quickly as it began. Representative Blanton stood alone, one hand in -.Ids pocket, as Speaker Gillett de -'^ttvered. tfee reprimand. As the speaker concluded, Mr. Blanton went out a side door, his shoulders ..fMrooping a bit." Nervously he took out his watch, and had just reach ed a door to the Republican lead er's room when he fell. An hour later, however, the Texan was at his office without col lar or coat as he plunged into a pile of correspondence. His wife was with him. In censuring Representative Blanton, Speaker Gillett said: "Mr. Blanton, by ? unanimous vote of the house, the ayes 293,; the nays, none, I have been direct ed to censure you because when you had beert allowed by the cour tesy of the house to print a speech which you did not deliver upon the floor you inserted in it foul and ob scene matter which you knew you could . not have dehvered on the floor, and that disgusting matter which could not have be.m circu lated through the mail in any oth u Little Change in Cotton Situation General Crop Conditions Show Decline of 1.4 Points?Pick ing Far Advanced , New York, Oct. 27.?The Jour nal of Commerce will have the fol lowing to say on the cotton situa tion in its issue of tomorrow. Very little change has taken place in the cotton crop situation during the current month, and, ac cording to final reports sent in by nearly 1,800 special correspond ents of the Journal of Commerce, under an average date of October 22, there has been a deterioration of only 1.4 per cent from the con dition figure of 44.7 per cent esti mated in our previous statement. A year ag.? the decline was 4.5 per cent and in 1919 S.7 per cent. In each instance/ however, per cent condition was much higher, name ly 63.9 per cent and 56.8 per cent., while in October, 1918, a gain of 1.3 per cent was reported from a per centage condition of 82 per cent. The average deterioration during the past ten years is shown to be 3.4 per cent. Analyr s3 by . states, Florida suf fered-, the most serious deteriora tion and heads the list, with a de cline of 7.5 per cent. Georgia fell 2.4 per cent, South Carolina 2.2 per cent and Alabama 2 per cent. Lou isiana and Mississippi show reduc tions of 1.7 per cent and 1.5 per cent, and Arkansas 1.2 per cent. Texas reports a loss of l.1 per cent. North Carolina 1 per cent and Oklahoma .4 per cent, the smallest loss of all. Tennessee maintained last month's per cent condition of 59.5 per cent, while Missouri gain ed .5 per cent over the October 1 figure of 58.7 per cent. That a greater loss in condition has not been sustained is due almost sole ly to the uniformly favorable weather ' which has prevailed throughout October in all parts of the cotton belt. It is conceded that the improvement in climatic condi tions came too late to effect much improvement in the crop itself, but it at least served to prevent further serious deterioration, and greatly aided in saving much of the crop that would otherwise have been lost. The percentage .of cotton picked thus far is estimated at 91 per cent, or the highest for any year since 19515. Last year only 69 per cent was picked at this time: in 1919, 65 per cent; in 1918 and 1917, 82 per cent and 73 per cent, re spectively, while the two preced ing years (1916 and 1915) the av erage was 84 per cent and 72 per cent. Picking estimates by states are interesting in that in many in stances, they form sharp contrasts with the progress made in earlier years. Georgia, a state usually well advanced, reports 95 per cent pick ed, against 75 per cent last year. Alabama has 92 per cent, compar ed with 80 per cent, and Louisiana 93 per cent, against 90 per cent. Texas is far?, ahead with 94 per cent, against-77 per cent in 1920, and 51 per cent the year before that. Arkansas reports 86 per cent agaifist 53 per cent, and Ten nessee 74*per cent in comparison with 38 per cent. The Carolinas have also made good progress, 78 per cent for North Carolina, against 42 per cent and South Carolina 92 per cent, against 63 per cent. Mis souri and Oklahoma both "late" states, estimate picking as 71 per cent and 87 per cent completed, which compares with only 23 per cent and 39 per cent a year ago. This showing may be attributed not only to the ideal weather condi tions, but to the fact that so much cotton opened prematurely last month and also that labor this year is both cheaper and plentiful. Cor respondents say that wherever fields were worth picking and all cotton is being gathered very close ly, far more so than last year a fac tor which may exercise considerable influence to determining the final yield. Outlook Not Encouraging. It would be, however, useless to deny that the outlook is not encour aging, and that indications at pres ent point to a very greatly reduced production per acre. Unless all signs fail, little, if any, crop will be made this year. In many instances, weevil and worm depredations were so severe as to injure middle crops as well, so that only an indifferent bottom crop was left. Some of the sections most seriously affected re port cotton as almost a total failure and is heard of harvesting a bale to twenty acres. The claim is made that certain counties normally pro ducing 100,000 bales expect to make 25,000 while it is hinted in a num ber of instances that bales this year are running light. On the surface, at least, it would seem therefore that the gloomy produc tions of a substantial majority of crop observers earlier in the year are in a fair way of being realized and that the long array of adverse circumstances, lack of proper fer tilization, in ability to fight the weevil invasion through great dif ficulties at the beginning of the cotton season, excessive moisture followed '.jy weeks of unbroken hei:t and dought have all combined to bring about the shortest cotton crop ever produced. ? o ? Chain Gang Guards on Trial Spartanburg, Oct. 2 8.?Thomas Hatchette and Lee Porter, former guards on the Spartanburg county chain gang were placed on trial, charged with murder in connection with the death of Thomas Keelan, a convict. er paper without a crime was trans mitted to thousands of homes and libraries throughout the country to be read by men and women, and worst of all by children whose prurient curiosity would be excited by it. Because of that I have been directed to pronounce and I here by pronounce upon you the cen sure of the house." Letters of John Ruskin Over 200 Heretofore Unpub-j lished Now in Hands of Editor Bloomington, Ind., Oct. 25.?A series of more than two hundred and fifty unpublished letters of John Ruskin is being edited by Professor A. M. Brooks, head of the Fine Arts Department of In diana University, and will be pub lished soon by a-publishing house, of Boston. The letters present an epitome of Ruskin's life. They were writ- j ten by Ruskin during a period of twenty-five years to his friend, William? Ward, of Richmond, Sur rey, England. Ruskin and Ward were intimate friends and their j views were similar on most sub- | jects. The letters touch on all topics in which Ruskin was inter ested, including art, economics, literature and music. They are illustrated by a number Of drawings in Ruskin's own hand. The correspondence started; through Ward's association with j Ruskin in the establishment of a ! workingmen's college, organized to demonstrate Ruskin's principles of economics. v Professor Brooks was requested to edit the,letters, by William Ward, Jr.. son of Ruskin's friend, to whom the letters were written. The original letters are in an excel lent state of preservation and many of chem are now in the hands of Professor Brooks, who is a close friend of William Ward, Jr. ? ? ? ? Harding's Birming ham Speech Pro vokes Criticism Democrats in Congress De clare He Advocates Policy of Social Equality Washington, Oct. 27.?President Harding's address on the race question at Birmingham evoked statements today from Democratic senators censuring the executive's remarks, and from Republican sen ators commending the president's speech. Democrats who criticized the speech included Senator Harrison, of Mississippi; Watson, of Geor gia; Heflin, of Alabama, and Mc- j Kellar, of Tennessee. Republicans who in formal statements declared their approval of it included Sen ators Calder, of New York; Spen cer, of Missouri, and Willis, of Ohio. The Democrats declared that the president's remarks on the race question were inopportune and that j his policies would tend toward so cial equality of the negro with the whites. Senator Watson, of Geor gia, said the president's speech was j j "unfortunate and mischievous." "We are not going to permit so- j cial^or political equality of the kind i the president advocates," he de- j clared. Senator Wrillis said, "The presi dent's ringing statement in defense of political and economic equality, I of individual opportunity with rec-1 ognition of absolute divergence in j things social and racial is as cour- ! ageous as it is true." "There is no use in anybody get ting into a quarrel with facts," he j added. "The president has stated j the facts; political critics may wish the facts were otherwise, but that j does not change the situation. The country will applaud President Harding's clearness of statement j and patriotism of purpose." Senator McKellar declared the j president's speech was "ill-conceiv- j ed, ill-timed, ill-placed and can j serve no useful purpose." "It's only effect," he said, "will \ i be to arouse racial desire and ra- j j cial prejudices that had better been j left dormant. Speeches of this | Kind will not benefit the negro and may do him serious harm. "It is unfortunate that the pres- I ident should have seen fit to discuss in the very heart of the black belt the race question on his first trip J south after his election to the j presidency. There was no demand I for a discussion of the racial ques- j tion at this time." Senator Calder, Republican, of j New York, declared the president's speech courageous. "I thoroughly endorse the pres ident's statements," he said. "I en dorse his-views for political rights ! for negroes. We have elected ne groes to the New York city board of aldermen and to the New York state assembly. If they should have j the majority of votes they would j be entitled to a seat in the United States senate. Senator Heflin in his statement j said in part: "Lincoln in his debate with Douglas in 1859 said: "I am op i posed to making voters or jurors ! ! of negroes." There is no escape i i from the conclusion that absolute j j politicai and economic equality J between the white man and the I negro means the wiping out of all I color, lines in the partnership in j business in the election of negroes , to office over white people. So j cial equality is next door to such a i humiliating and disgraceful policy. So far as the south is concerned ' we hold to the doctrine that God | j Almighty has fixed the limits and i boundary lines between the two j j races and no Republican living can | ! improve upon His handiwork." Senator Spencer said that "the I timely utterance of the president! is all the more necessary if there : is any disposition to disagree to its \ j manifest truth." c m* m j REV. JAMES DAVIS CHAPMAN DEAD; Anderson, Oct. 2S.? Rev. James ' Davis Chapman, a Baptist minis- i I ter, died here today. Women who smoke didn't barn j it from a kitchen stove. Potentate of Omar Temple Killed Delano G. McAlister of Colum I bia Victim of Railroad Accident Columbia. Oct. 28.?Delano G. McAlister. veteran Southern rail way engineer and illustrious poten t?te of Omar temple. Mystic Shrine, j was instantly killed at 10:45 o'clock j last night when his engine was turned over near the corner of Rice j and Pickens streets. The fireman, i F. E. Turnipseed, jumped and es- j caped uninjured, it is said, except I for a minor briuse on the leg. The scene of the accident is the I intersection of the main line of the j Southern railway with what is I known as the Royster "cut off." { Mr. McAlister had just brought in local passenger train Xo. 20 from Augusta and was backing his en gine to the Blanding street round house, operating, according to W. F. Cooper, superintendent of ter minals, on what is known as a "permissive block." Mr. Cooper said that a ."permissive block" gives written permission to use the track, the engineer looking out for other trains. Freight train Xo. 84 was leaving j Columbia, northbound, entering the | main line at the intersection of the "cut off." Mr. McAlister's engine j and the latter cars of the freight train came together at the inter- | section, both going the samedirec- I tion, the force throwing Mr. McAl ister's engine over, according to Mr. Cooper. Mr. McAlister's body was found pinned under the control lever, in a sitting position, according to per sons who were there when the body was removed. After examination by a physician he was removed to McCormick's undertaking estab lishment. Coroner Scott announced last night that he would hold an inquest at the court house at 7 o'clock to night to investigate the accident. The main line track was cleared of the wreck at 12.25 o'clock this morning. Damage to the engine will not amount to more than $500, according to Superintend King. ? ? ?? Lloyd George To Defend Course British Parliament to Debate Irish Question Monday London, Oct. 28.?(By the Asso ciated Press).?Formal meetings of the Irish conference and of the ! committee entrusted with the task of finding a formula for further ne gotiations between the parties tem porary are in abeyance, but inform al negotiations, through certain channels will continue, and week end meetings of the Britsih repre sentatives are likely to be held at Chequer's Court, where Premier Lloyd George is to spend the week- | end. I Interest now centers on Mon day's debate in the House of Lords, of which the Irish question will be the subject. Former Premier As quith will speak, as will represen tatives of both the liberal and - la- j bor groups. The minority support ing the vote censure of the govern- j ment is expected to be very small, j On the ground that Sir James 1 Craig, the Ulster premier, assented to initiating the Irish negotiations, j which the vote intends to censure, I the Ulsterites will abstain from j voting. Ulster's demand is that j she be allowed to work her parlia ment, and the Ulsterites will oppose any interference with the status I granted this body. Should the prime minister in his speech indicate any yielding to the j Sinn Fein demands concerning Ulster, the latter's repi'esentatives | have made it known that they will take a hostile attitude. The at- ! torney general for Ireland, Thomas Brown, is an Ulster member, and it is believed he would resign from the ministry in protest., ' Senate Bonus Fight Reopened _ i Reed Launches Plan to Give Aid to War Veterans Washington, Oct. 28.?Another fight in the senate over the sol ders' bonus bill was launched to day by Senator Reed. Democrat, Missouri. who introduced an amendment to the pending tax re vision bill to enact the bonus legi islation which was recommitted to the finance committee last July at i the request of President Harding, j Senator Reed's amendment pro posed to raise a special fund in the j treasury department for expenses of the bonus plan by continuing excess profits taxes on corporations at 1921 rates. Republican leaders characterized the Reed amendment as "political play," and predicted the amend ment would be rejected, but Sena tor Reed, who has announced he would discuss the Republican at titude on taxation and the bonus at the Kansas City national conven tion of the American Legion, prom ised to make a hard light in its behalf. Republican spokesmen de clared they intended to follow Pres ident Harding's recommendation that action on the bonus bill be de layed until the national finances were in better position to bear the expense involved. Republican leaders said they planned to move to -aide the amendment as soon as it was pre sented, which would result in de hate being shut off. TAX BILL STILL IN THE SENATE Washington. Oct. 29.?The last ray of hope for passing the tax re vision bill this week had faded when the senate resumed this morning. The Republican leaders were determined to push the meas ure and another night session was in prospect. I Japanese Touring the United States ! Party of Commercial Leaders Will Spend 45 Days in Leading Business Cities New York, Oct. 28.?One of the most important business adventures since the war is the way some lead ers of industry in New York re gard the arrival at Seattle of a party of Japanese commercial lead ers who will spend 45 days in the United States, journeying from coast to coast. The party, due next Thursday from Yokohama on the Kashima Maru, numbers 23, headed by Dr. Takuma Dan, general managing di rector of the combined Mitsui in terests, and a graduate of the Mass achusetts Institute of Technology. I Their visit returns those made to \ Japan by three American groups within the last IS months. Be sides conferring with Chambers of I Commerce throughout the country, the delegation while in Washing ton will meet President Harding and his cabinet. Discussing the immediate results of the tour, Elbert H. Gary, head of the United States Steel Corpora tion, said: "I believe all that is necessary to insure continuing and perma nent friendly relations between Ja pan and the United States is per sonal and intimate acquaintance be tween the leading citizens of the two countries, and this will be se cured by the visits of the Japanese to the United States and by the Americans to Japan. These visits are increasing and the results are already pronounced." New Yorkers have arranged an , extraordinary reception for the I visitors. Industrial leaders here hope that, as a result of informal conferences, the United States and Japan will take the initiative in an international adjustment of trade relations in the Far East. Darwin P. F .gsley, president of | the Chamber of Commerce of New York city, holds this view of the visit: "It represents the passing of the old diplomacy in favor of a frank and co-operative discussion of mu tual problems by business men, I who, after all. are the ones chiefly j concerned. The spirit which has prompted this visit by the Japanese merchants will meet prompt re sponse from American business I men all over the country. This in i sures not only better business rela- j I tions but better political relations [ between Japan and the United I j States." j /Masanao Kobayashi, chairman of j jthe New York reception commit I tee, explained that the mission \ i would give and receive such infor- j I mation as to business methods and ! j policy in the United States as will [ render more practical and efficient j whatever mutual endeavors in the ? sphere of co-operu'.ive undertak ings may arise in the future. The delegation will visit Seattle, ' Chicago, New York, Boston, Pitts burgh, St. Louis and Washington, with supplementary trips to Du j luth, Gary, Fort Worth, Houston, j Galveston, New Orleans and Atlan j ta. Besides Dr. Dan, the delegation i comprises: Ginjiro Fujiwara. director of va jrious industrial companies; Ryutaro i Fukao, steamship man; Yukinori I Hoshino. banker and insurance man; Shinjiro Iida, member of the Chamber of Commerce of Kyoto; Katsutaro Inahata, manufacturer; j Takashi Isaka, insurance man and i manufacturer! Tetsu Ishii, steam ! ship direc'or; Shosuke Itami, j steamship director; Morimatsu Ito, j banker and business man; Jukuro j Kadono, business man; Manzo I Kushida, banker; Kyohei Makoshi, ! capitalist; Taro Masuda, /manut*ac I turer; Kenjiro Matsumoto, manu j facturer and banker; Seiichiro Mi i yashima, cotton manufacturer; Tat ! sumi Mochida, manufacturer; Ba ron Kumakichi Nakashima, mem ber of house of peers and manu facturer: Shintaro Ohashi, publish I er and business man, member of i municipal council; Tsunezo Saito, j business man; Tokutaro Sakai, I steamship director; Gisaku Taki I gawa, manufacturer; Norihiko Yashiro, banker, and Umekiohi I Yoneyama, banker. ? ? ? I Independents Winning 'Non-Partisan Governor May Suffer Recall Fargo, N. D., Oct. 28.?The 341 ! precincts out of the 2,094 in the j state had reported at midnight ? from todav's recall election in j North Dakota. The figures stood: j R. A. Nestos, Independent can ; didate for governor, 30,358; Gov I ernor Lynn J. Frazier, non-par I tisan, 17,466. These returns were I from scattered precincts in twenty j live of the state's fifty-three coun j ties and chiefly from the cities j where the Independents were con ] ceded a majority. Fire at Dalzell i _ : Residence of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Scott Destroyed Friday Night Dalzell, Oct. 29.?The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Scott was burned last night between 12 and ; l o'clock, the fire being of unknown ; origin. Mr. and Mrs. Scott, were I awakened by the smoke and found that the house was ablaze from ; front to back, and they escaped by j jumping from the window. The j house and contents were a total ! loss, it being impossible to save j any of the furniture, clothing, etc. ; There was some insurance on the j building, but not enough to cover j the loss. The house was locally ! known as the Scarborough place, t having been the old home of the j late Col. W. D. Scarborough. Railroad Wage Dispute Unsettled Executives of Railways Will Ask Railroad Labor Board For Reductions Chicago. Oct. 28. ? Railroad heads tonight declared the nation's carriers would go right ahead with their plans to seek new wage cuts through railroad labor board hear ings despite the announcement from the unions that their action In calling off the strike scheduled for October 30 had been influenced by the board's announcement that pay reduction petitions for any class would not be considered un til working conditions for that class had been settled. "The calling off of the strike will have no effect on the plans an nounced by the carriers October 14 to seek immediate wage reductions so that rates could be reduced," said Samuel Felton, president of the Chicago Great Western and chairman of the Association of Western Railroad Executives. "I \ don't know how long, under the board's ruling, it will take to reach a decision on any pay cut petition, but these petitions ' un doubtedly will be prt-:ented within a very short time. It will be up to the board then to decide when actior. should be taken. "I want it made plain, however, that we will seek these reductions in accordance with the law, post ing notices of cuts, then discussing them with the employees and if no agreement is reached, appealing to the board to settle the dispute." Mr. Felton's statements were echoed by Samuel Dunn, editor of! Railway Age, who, in an address I at a luncheon of the local railroad executives, declared that "the un ions' action settles only one thing ?that there will be no strike." "It dees not settle the question of further wage reductions or of rate reductions," he continued. "The roads are going right ahead with the plans to get furth er pay cuts and thus reduce rates. But, if the interstate commerce commission reduces rates and the labor board refuses to reduce wages the roads will be in a disastrous condition." With the code messages officially calling off the strike sent out today, only one echo remained of the rail road crisis which for two weeks threatened to develop into a gener al rail, strike. The'strike of 600 trainmen of the International & Great Northern railroad operating in Texas has been called off by the general chair man of the road, according to a telegram received here tonight by W. G. Lee, chief of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. The chiefs of the 'big five" left for their homes today and tonight and by midnight scarcely an out-of town union many as in the city. The labor board continued work on its decision on Wednesday's hearing and probably will render it tomorrow. The board tonight receive! a telegram from Alton B. Parker of New York, president of the Nation al Civic association, congratulating its members on procuring an an nulment of the strike order and declaring that the labor 'leaders announcement that they "could not fight the government" showed the difference between American and European labor. ? ? m* Commercial Mis sion to Europe Columbia, Oct. 29.?Clarence J. Owens, director general of the Southern Commercial congress, fol lowing a conference with Go v. Robert A. Cooper yesterday, an nounced that South Carolina would be represented on the commercial commission to Europe that would go abroad April 15 for the study of the questions of direct trade and financial relations between the southern ports and southern inter ior industrial centers and the mar kets of the European countries, heretofore in great measure neg lected by the south and eastern ports of the country. The commission is being as sembled by the Southern Commer cial congress, based on resolutions adopted at the 13th convention held in Washington in March. Each state will be represented by two delegates with official credentials from the. governors of states. Gov. Cooper has appointed, to represent South Carolina, former Gov. Rich ard I. Manning and E. W. Robert son, both of Columbia. Thomas R. Preston of Chatta nooga, president of the Hamilton National bank and also president of the Southern Commercial con gress, is to serve as chairman of the European commission and Dr. Owens will serve as the active di rector of the mission. The commission will go direct to Riga and from the Baltic states will tour the central powers and the countries around the Mediter ranean. ? ? ? Evelyn Nesbit Took Morphine New York, Oct. 2 9.?Evelyn Nes bit is reported to have almost re covered from the effects of an over dose of morphine which she swal lowed when the city marshal be^ gan to move the furniture from her tea room and apartment for over due rent. Federal Read Funds Washington, Oct. 28.?The dead lock between senate and house con ferees on the $75,000,000 bill for federal aid in road building was broken today when the latter, un der authority given by a special house rule yielded to the senate demand for a straight appropria tion to continue federal aid to the states as a substitute for the house provision merely for an authoriza tion of funds. Other road legisla tion was left unchanged and im mediate enactment of the bill was generally conceded. i j Texas Strike Not Settled Will Not Be Called Off Until Status of Strikers is De-' \ termined _ Chicago, Oct. 28.?The code mes sage calling off the railroad strike has not yet been sent to the Inter j national and Great Northern train j men in Texas, who went out on a j strike last Saturday, it is learned ; here. The message has been de | ferred pending the determination ; of their opportunity to return to , work. [Harrison Congrat | ulates Railroaders [President of Southern Railway Sends Message to it;ni ployees Washington, D. C, Oct. 28.?The following executive bulletin ad dressed to all employees was issued this morning by President Fairfax Harrison of the Southern Railway System. 'With heartfelt emction I con- j gratujLate you on the news fro~.| Chicago that the threatened str; :e has been called off. During tho I past anxious week I have made r "> ['public statement of my sentim^r ; I concerning the situation, nor b /e ! I sent you any message, hoping tl at jl had your confidence as I kn >w i you had mine. I sympathized g< p j ly with you collectively an?? Ln I dividually for I know the dif ic d ties of your situation but I fe - re that when the time came fo . lal election you woulc remain lc > a to the service of the public in v) rh with mutual respe.ct, we ha\ >r so many years been engaget to gether." ? m ? ? - Gompers Says Labor Unions Are Resentful Head of Federation of Labor Bitterly Objects to Govern mental Regulation j Washington, Oct. 28.?Expres sion of administrative opinion on the withdrawal of the call for a railroad strike awaits the report j sent President Harding by the rail road labor board, it was said today in high official circles. While the board does not usual ly report to the president upon its proceedings, it will do so in this instance, it was explained, having been charged by the chief execu tive with the responsibility for meeting the strike situation. IBeyond expressions of gratifica tion that the threatened tieup of the nation's transportation system ! had been averted, cabinet mem i bers generally evidenced a desire to defer comment until more de tailed knowledge of the basis of settlement was a* hand. The only expression of opinion from labor circles here came from' Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, who declared the "spirit among railroad men today is one of resent ment." "The railroad strike will not take place?now" Mr. Gompers said, "but if the railroad labor board goes on cutting down wages and working conditions, the present American railroad labor organiza tions?which are the most rea sonable in the world?will be suc ceeded by organizations which will voice the sentiment of the dissatis ' fied, the restless and the discon-, tented." Mr. Gompers emphasized his opinion that the establishment by I the Esch-Cummins law of the" la ! bor board was an error in govern mental policy. "The board says it has 1,300 cases on its docket now," he said, "and nothing could be a greater in dictment of the law. It has made representatives of the employer ! and employee in the railroad world j litigants, bound to put the most I extreme force into all of their de | mands and to yield nothing. "There has never been a case i where the government has set up i such a tribunal to treat with labor ? matters that it has not resulted in muddling everything up. "The government's position has always come to one of coercing la bor or threatening with jail and injunction men who consider strik i ing, yet the fact is that American I labor is made up of citizens of til 3 j republic who are not going to drop j back or to allow withdrawal of their standards of living which they have attained by their efforts." President Harding is understood to be considering recommending to congress the transfer of the labor board's seat of operation from Chi cago to Washington. j Japanese Steam er Sinks i Seattle. Wash.. Oct. 2S.?The j Japanese steamer Fukui Maru sank j nearly four hundred miles off Cape : Flattery in a hurricane, but all of j her passengers and crew were pick ed up by the freighter Westivan, j according to a wireless message re ! ceived here. Wounded in Gun Battle. Newport News, Oct. 2.?Five rc-n two of them government narcotic j agents, were wounded here tonight ' in a fierce gun battle at close quar | ters when four federal agents at i tempted to secure evidence what ; they termed a 'dope joint* on Wash ington avenue. A. J. Anderson, chief of the federal operatives in this district, was shot through the cheek, and J. Gold one of the other agents was shot in the hand. About forty shots were fired in the fight. Ja-panic and Japoplexy; but it is only Yappin-geeae. Reprieve For Convicted Rapist Gov. Cooper Will Investigate Case of Abraham Williams Who Was to Die To-day Columbia, Oct. 28.?Governor Cooper today reprieved until De cember 2 Abraham Williams, the Orangeburg county negro, who was sentenced to die in the elecrric chair today. The reprieve was granted that the Governor might make a thorough investigation of of the petition recently filed with him and signed by the trial judge and nine of the jurors who sat on the case, asking that the sentence be changed to* life imprisonment. Williams was convicted of assault ing a fifteen-year-old white girl near Branchville several months ago. Guilty of Hus band's Murder North Carolina Woman Pleads Guilty as Accessory Before the Fact Snowbill, N. C, Oct. 28.?The trial of Mrs. Sarah Whitley,. chargr ed with first degree murder in connection with the killing of her husband by Wright Rouser negro, abruptly ended when defense plead guilty of accessory before fact and accepted a life sentence. House was sentenced to be electrocute on January 2nd. The School of Meth< Gratifying Attendance of Sun day School Workers A gratifying attendance of Sun day School workers marked, the first day's session of the Sumter School of Methods, with the Pres bj-terian Sunday School leading fn attendance, Trinity Methodist, second, and the Christian Sunday school third, while several others competed for fourth place. ' ' ~_ C. M. Hurst, member of the Stat^" Executive Committee of the South) Carolina Sunday School Association and associate dean of the School of Methods, presided at the after r.'xfa session, and Rev. E. W. Rey noldsof Salem Baptist Church con ducted the devotional " services. State Superintend Leon .C. Palmer spoke- on "Preparing the Lesson" and, Dr. M. A. Honline lectured on "Principles, of Religious Educa tion". Separate departmental con ferences for each division of the Sunday school were then held, with specialists in charge of each con ference. Supper was served by the young people's societies of the Presbyterian church, and was the occasion of a very delightful so cial hour. a Dr. S. H. I" 1 inmii 1 i 11 Ml I ' lliilM' tendent of schools and member of^B the Educational Committee of the State Sunday School Association. ; presided at the evening session, while Dr, John A. Brunsen, pastor -of Grace Baptist Church, led the devotional services. "Modern Ideals in Religious Ed ucation" was discussed by Super intendent Palmer, who stated that the modern Sunday School was now the chief factor and had the majoi responsibility for the religious ed cation of the American people. Dr.. M. A. Honline, who repre sents the International Sunday School Association, lectured ok "Fundamental Principles of Relig ious Education". He stated that environment, heredity, and educa tion, each had a share of responsi bility for the development of the individual, and indicated the re spective contributions of eacb. This afternoon's session begin ning at 3:30 p. m., w?l follow the same general schedule as yester day's. A study of the life of Paul and th ecurrent International Uni form Lessons wiU be conducted by Leon C. Palmer, fol lowed by an address by Dr. Honline. Special problems and practical plans for each department wiU be considered in the departmental con ferences. Supper wiU be sejjped at a nominal cost, and all ar^StVited to remain for this feature. The evening service .wiU open promptly at 7:30 p. to., and will be featured by two addresses of spec ial interest to all, regardless of Sun day School affiliations. Sunday morning Dr. M. A. Hon line will address the men's bible class at the Presbyterian church and Superintendent Palmer will speak at the regular preaching ser vice. Mr. Palmer w?l also speak at the Christian Church tn the even ing, using as his subject "The Big. Boy Problem". The climax session of the School of Methods will be held Sunda*7 af- j ternoon at 4 o'clock, in four sim- 1 ! ultaneous meetings. The- Men's Mass Meeting will be held at the j Presbyterian church and will be | addressed by Governor RobL A. j Cooper, who is chairman of the j State Advisory Council of the South Carolina Sunday School Assooia- ' tion. The women's mass meeting will be held .in Grace Baptist ; church, and will be addressed by j Dr. Honline. Marshal Woodson of Columbia, young people's superintendent of the South Carolina Sunday School Association, will speak to the young people of the city, from all denominations, at the Episcopal church, while the children of the city* will have a "Story Telling Hour" at the Christian church, conducted by Miss Abbie Bryan, children's superintendent of the Sumter County Sunday School As sociation. All Schools Asked to Participate Washington, Oct. 29.?Ail the schools of the nation are asked to co-operate in the memorial services for the unknown dead at Arling ton on Armistice Day by the Wash ington committee of educators.