The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 11, 1922, Image 1

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THE SOrnSR WATCHMA^, Esta ^ CONSOLIDATED A?Gl 2,1 I OUTLAWED "! 1 BYPOlERSi ' ,. - - . " ?..?:> - . I jWjfc. ,_? 5 -Motion Adopted a t Arms Conference Purging Sea^ For m ever of Hidden Menace to Peaceful Craft Washington. Jan. 5 (By the As sociated Press).-?The five greatest J naval powers of the world decreed today as between themselves abol c ishment of submarine warfare against merchant ships. * To purge the seas forever of this hidden menace tcTperceful folk and ships. " the world is -asked to subscribe to j the decree as a new principle of international law._ As adobted by the naval commits toe of the arms conference the res olution by Ehhu Root-and amended by Arthur J. Baifour to ?ecome immediately effective between the five signatory powers runs as fol lows: 'The signatory- power? recognize ' the practical impossibility of using j submarines as commence destroy ers without violating, as they were violated iii the recent war o 191S, th? reQuiremoms i:niversally accepted by civilized nst.ons for the protection of the lives of neutrals :*.nd non-combatants, and to the end that tire prchibitio 1 of the use j of submarines as commence de- j srroyers shall be tmiversally acceptr ed as a *>art of law of nations, they \, now accept V* hat prohibition as! henceforth binding as between I themselves, and they invite all other nations to adhere thereto.*' Five Powers PlivlgeiL* ? Action of the committee is final so far as the'conference and the five nav^.1 powers are concerned, the conference merely" will give formal ratification to . the anti submarine pact when the five pow er treaty in which it will be incor porated comes irp Irl open session. The naval . mmitt-.-e also adopt ed the first Root proposal to de - dare i:: simplest cert as the rules of international law tip plying to S merchant vessels, then full appli cation to submarines and the in .vftation of^ the fiv\s~powers to all other nations to join in the declar : action. When the naval committee ad journed, the thir? Root proposal to declare violations of the rule? laid down by submarines acts of piracy, for which submarine com mander could be held to account personally, regardless of orders ^ they may have received from their government, was still to be taken up'. It was indicated that It also would be adopted and the final link forged in the chain of world pro nouncements designed to rid the seas of the perils to non-combat ants that came with German sub marine terrorism. In its final form the resolution declaring submarine v warefare against merchant ships abolished, so far as the five powers are con " cemed, showed a direct relation to . the German war time practices not included in the original Roof draft. The clause, "as they were violated - in the recent war of 1?14-191S;" was inserted on motion of the French delegation. Suggestion by French. Some significance may attach to the fact that it was the French t groap which made this amend ment in vie\t~ of the "misunder standing" of the French #attitude on-* submarine warfare which , brought "the committee delibera- j tions to tense moments when the I question of limitation of subma- j *rine tonnage was under discussion. ] Jn that connection Lord Lee for j the British group took the oppor tunity to express his appreciation ! of the prompt, official repudiation by M. Sarraut of the French group of the writings of Captain Castex * Of the French naval staff sustain ing the German theory of subma rine warfare. Lord Lee had read extracts from these writings to the . committee to explain. British ap prehensions as to France's desire for increased submarine tonnage. M. Sarraut replied to Lord Lee today, indicating that the incident had served to ch ar the air between the French and British groups of any possibility of misunderstand ing as to France's attitude. A moment later, on motion of the French, the specific repudiation of j the whole German theoryt and * practice as to submarines was in- j corporate?! in the anti-submarine! resolution, apparently closing the i incident. With its chief lemaining topic? the anti-submrfrine declaration? i favorably disposed of. the naval committee was moving swiftly to ? wards culmination of Its work in the final drafting of the. five pow er naval limitation treaty. The naval experts worked away during ^ the day at details of tho technical fjtiestions still to be settled and as i fast as a clause was completed, if was hurried to tht legal experts of the conference for overhauling so as to permit its incorporation into the treaty. It was explained offi k cially that the treaty would not l>?* brought up before the naval com- j mittee f- final action until the, Jegral exi^erts bad finished wiih it. \ * so there would i>e no necessity for j delay while and group "consulted its lawyer" before giving formal as sent. ? ? ? Honesty is the best politics. r Wished April, 1850. 881. _ SUBMARINE OUTRAGES ACTS 0|PIRACY| Five Naval Powers j Formulating Laws! For Punishment of j Commanders of U Boats Who ^Violate Rules Washington, Jan. 6-*-Having agreed upon the abolition as be- j tween themselves of all submarine i warfare against merchant ships j it remained for the five n?val pow- I ers of. the arms conference to re- j fnforce this declaration through i the adoption of the third Root pro- j posal to declare the violation of the j rules laid down for submarines an j act of piracy for which the subma rine commander could be held per-I sonally accountable. The indica-j tions were that this proposal would be adopted. ? The submarine questions con cluded when big five naval commit- i tees adopted the Root proposal, de- : claring submarine commanders who violate international law on I submarine warfare to be guilty of piracy. The Spirit of Optimism Gov. Cooper Declares There is a Security Among the ? . People ? Colombia, Jan. 5.?Frugality by and close cooperation between the people and the business interests of the state for 1922 are urged by Governor Cooper in a statement today. "While I believe the storm of pessimism, due to adverse busi ness and crop conditions has been dissipated to a large extent and a. feeling of optimism has replaced it," said the governor, "and I am sure the people have been taught the lesson of frugality and fortitude in adversity, yet I hope they will not forget these lessons soon, but will treasure tbem as a guide for the future." The governor was emphatic in his belief that there should be the closest cooperation between the business interests, particularly the banks, and the people during the year, each helping the other. "The banks of the state have weathered the storm." he continued "and there is a feeling of security among the people who believe in their fiduciary institutions. Of course there are some who -are pes simistic about any agency that handles their money, and they are the foolish ones who pur their spare cash in a stocking or bury it. making themselves a prey, to the criminal. However, these are few. The vast majority of the people ?assist the business interests with their spare capital, and these are the ones who are putting their shoulders to the wheel of pro gress. "Tt is my sincere hope," he con cluded, "that amicable conditions of labor and capital will prevail j throughout the state in 11)22, and that a,sane, firm prosperity will be the fortune of South Carolina and the country this year.'V Public Health Institute , Health Officials of Three States to Meet in Cbtumbia Columbia, Jan. C.?Three or four hundred health officials from the Carolinas and Tennessee are ex- ] petted in Columbia next Monday for the Public Health Inistitute, | I to be conducted by the state board ; of health, in cooperation with the! United States Pu?lic Health Ser [ vice, and to last the entire week. Prominent medical authorities of the nation will be in the capital to discuss problems relating to pub : lie health. The sessions will be held in the Town Theater, the theater of ! the Columbia Sta^<* Society. Dr. C. V. Akin, of Columbia, will j ihave charge of the sessions. Mrs. Fred S. Munsell, of Columbia, lpresident of the statt' league of wo men voters, will preside over the woman's conference, to be held in connection with the institute. Out-of-state specialists on the program are: Dr. H. H. Hazen. Washington, I>. C: l>r. Rachel s. Yarros. of the 1'. S. Public Health Service: Miss Permelia Shields, At lanta; l>r. F. P. Leslie. Augusta. Ca.: and numerous South Caro lina physicians and health officials will address the ^institute. Mexican Bandits ?Kill U. S. Citizen Mexico City. Jan. 6.?The war department has ordered pursuit of the bandits who killed an American citizen. Timothy Costello. of Pennsylvania. His partner, James Kelly, a British subject, lied t<> safety thrOUgn a hail of bullets. Washington, Jan. ?;. ? Grade crossings will i>e eliminated wherever possible on roads con structed under the federal high way act, the bureau of roads an nounced today "Be Just and Fear > 4? TRADE WAR j SHOULD BE ; JTOPPED Chairman Hull of Democratic Com ? mittee Says That There Should Be In ternational Trade Agreement New York. Jan. 5?Early sum moning of an international trade agreement conference to iron out commercial differences which he declared were the root of most modern warfare, was urged by Cor dell Hull, chairman of the Demo cratic national committee, in an address tonight at the Jackson day dinner of the Tennessee society of New York. "During past years," he said, "we have seen practiced, with immun ity ail forms of tariff discrimina tion and |retaliation. referential right of entry of ports, violations of the "open door" of copyrights trade marks, trade brands, wrong ful interference with a*ade routes, unfair utilization of bounties, bo nuses, subsidies, drawbacks and re bates, the economic and financial violation of small, uncivilized alli ances, trade concession and other preferences by special agreement. Many of these are trouble making, war breeding practices. "International steps have already been taken in a measure to deal j with certain phases of these dan gerous , practices and- policies. It is certain they can only be dealt with and abolished by international agreement. The most feasible plan, he sug gested, would be adoption by all nations of "the most favored nation doctrine in its unconditional form." While such. a program would call for sacrifice by all nations of cer i tain profitable special arrangements i these would be outweighed by ad vantages shared by all, he said. Without referring directly to par* ty. Mr. Hull laid on the shoulders of the Republican administr&tios a large share of the responsibil ity for the present industrial con dition. America, he 'declared, was in a wonderful condition "at the close i of the war with a national wealth of nearly $300,000,000,000. an in ternational commerce of $75,000, 000,000, gold supply of $3,079,000, 000, foreign commerce of $10,300, 000,000, trade balances <f $4,000, 000.000, a foreign indebtedness In j our favor of more than $11,000,-1 000,000; annual savings'of $1,5.000, 1 000,000 and a great merchant ma- I rine. "The nation was immensely pros perous," he continued, "We had become the centre of the world fi nance and commerce. We had no inflation of currency and no un controllable inflation of credit. The other half ',of the world was starv ing for our surplus, every banker and business man was then ore dieting for America an unparal leled prosperity. "Why then did this nation later plunge over the economic preci pice? Why did every prediction made during 1911) by our ablest business men and.financiers for the first time completely fail?" The answer, he declared, was that America failed to recognize the necessity of extending credit to stricken Europe until she could get back on her feet. Thus American foreign trade was "choked to, death," and industrial stagnation in the United States was inevitable. Hearing in Pine wood Case Today Columbia. Jan. 6.?A delegation of about fifteen men from Sumter and Clarendon counties appeared before Governor Cooper this morn ing in regard to the proposed elec tion on the return of the Pine wood section to Clarendon county. The Sumter delegation! is headed by ^Ir. Reardon, uecretary of the Chamber of Commerce, and the, Clarendon delegation spokesman is Charlton Du Rant, of Manning. The I'inewood section of Clarendon county last year voted to join Sum ter county and th^- courts upheld the election result. A movement is now on foot to have the section in question revert to Sumter county, andi the governor has been asked to order an election. The oppo nents of the new movement asked for the hearing today. The govern or took the matter under advia?- I mcnt. after hearing both sides, it ! is stated, however, that it' the re- j quirements of the law are met, j there will lx* no alternative but I for the governor to Order th<- ele< ! t ion. Moscow. Jnn. 6.?William M. Haskell, director of the American i Relief administration, believ that j tiie twenty million dollar appro-! pnation by congress for purrhas- j ing grain will help save from tie.- j t<> ten million Russian children i and adults, who would otherwise j have starved to death. Plans hiivo Imc.i made I ?y the Young Men's Business League to hold a big barbecue :d Mayor .Jen nings' farm next Thursday :it which tiito- election Of officers will In made and a central booster meet ing held. Jot?Let all tlie ends Thou Aiins't ; Sumter, S. C, Wednesd; BIDDING AGAINST HENRY FORD Frederick Engstrum, of Wilmington, N. C, Submits Propos al to Secretary of War Weeks For Lease o f Muscle Shoal*_ ' ? Washington. Jan. 5.?Another offer for private lease and opera tion of the government's nitrate and water power properties at Muscle Shoals. Ala., was received today by Secretary Weeks of the war department. It-was presented by Marion Butler, former United States senator from North Caro lina, acting as attorney for Fred erick E. Engstrum. president of the Newport Shipbuilding com pany of Wilmington, N.C, and-was accompanied by a lengthy state ment explaining the offer in detail and comparing it with that submit ted by Henry Ford on which con ferences will be hem next week with Secretary Weeks. The secretary was asked to give Mr. Engstrum a hearing at his convenience for the purpose of making further explanation than was attached to the offer when it was delivered today. The, new proposal Is the third offer received by Mr. Weeks, that of C. C. Tink ler of San Francisco being the sec ond. Negotiations between the secretary and proponents of the various interests involved, it was said, would proceed independently until a final selection was made and the whole transaction submit ted to congress in a report by the war secretary for. Its ultimate de cision. Chief provisions of. Mr. Eng strum's.bid, which guarantees com pletion of the dams and nitrate plants, the latter being remodelled' to .manufacture that product ac cording to the mast approved sys tem for commercial products of the kind, call for an expenditure of $36.900,00.0 by a corporation to be formed, operation of at ,leatit one plant within a year alter the property comes within his pa-*se,s sion, and covers a "period of pro-, ductions for 50 years. Another feature of the otter in volves sale of excess power de veloped and use of the profits de rived in a way that is intended to reduce the selling price of ferti lizer to farmers and other buyers to a rate equal or lower than that at which the Chilean product could be sold for in this country. The price would be fixed by the secre tary of agriculture and the govern ment would have two directors se lected to care for its interests in the property affected after they pass into possession of the cor poration. The full proposals and conditions follow: . , "Tolake the property in its present condition, to complete the power stations and dams Nos. 2 and 3, and such other works as are required in accordance with such plans and specifications as may_be agreed upon by the power company and the secretaries of war and agriculture, and to oper ate the nitrate plants as hereinaf ter specified. "To commence cons;ruction with in GO days from the late of pos session und to complete construc tion within four years thereafter; '?To complete at least 25 per cent, of the construction work during each fiscal year. "To protect the government for the full and faithful performance of the contract by giving a good and sufficient surety bond, tu be approved by the government: "To market the excess power un der this contract at a minimum price of one mill per kilowatt hour; "To operate the nitratep lants, the operation of at least one plant to commence within one year from the date of possession, and to invest and expend annually in such operation the net receipts, up to and including one mill per kilo watt hour, from the sale of the excess power, over and above that required to operate the property, in addition to the gross receipts from, the sale of the. nitrate pro ducts. "To sell the products of the ni trate plants at the price and terms to be fixed by the government "To Operate a research depart ment in cooperation with the gov ernment for the purpose of de veloping the process of fixation of atmospheric nitrogen, the cost of >.iid department to be charged to operaiinv. expenses. '"To place the property, or any pan thereof. ;it the disposal of the government in the event of war <>r any other- public emergency and flu ring the period the plant is not operated by the company the proceeds from the sale of excess power t<? be paid into the I'nited St.ites treasury. "To construct for the govern ment the loeks or- lifts to be used for- the purposes of navigation, the additional < <?st thereof to he paid by the government ;it the same unit of value, work and material as shall have been agreed upon be tween the corporation and the gov ernment for the dams and power stations. ?aid cost to be in addi it he thy Country's. Thy God's and ay, January 1I> 1922 AGREEMENT " ON SHANTUNG : !' IS POSSIBLE I _ I Controversy Between1 Chinese and Japa-! L nese May be Solved One Waj* or Other ? Washington. Jan. 4.?After a i five-day New Year's breathing I space the arms negotiations were ? resumed today with an- impetus i^hat swept some of the most j troublesome problems of the con jferenee almost to the point of de I cision. j I Uppermost among the separate {discussions which appeared tonight to be approaching a conclusion was i the controversy between the Japa | nese and Chinese over Shantung. It jvras indicated that the oonversa [lions might end tomorrow, one way lor the other, and that the predom inating belief was that the result 'would be an agreement rather than la final deadlock. j A final agreement also was in sight on the question of a revised j Chine.-" tariff. After a long argu I ment the tariff subcommittee came ! together on a proposal to increase China's tariff subjects under an in j terr.ational commission plan, and Ithe Far Eastern committee of the I whole is expected to ratify the de cision tomorrow. Among the naval experts so much progress was made with technical details of the naval limi tation plan that in some quarters it was declared final disposition of the subject was only a question of hours. Precise regulations for scrapping ships and details of re placement were numbered among J the day's agreements in the naval i subcommittee. .On the question ^of submarine regulations which has waited on further advices from the foreign I capitals. Japan contributed anoth j er step towards decision by accept ing in principle the. Knot resoiu {tions proposing' to outlaw the use ] of submarines against merchant I vessels and to make violations of submarine regulations acts of pi ! racy. -Italy '-alone- remains to*ao j eept the propositions. ? At tomorrow's meeting of the < Far J2as tern committee, however, i new troubles may be encountered ; through China's request that the ? famous "twenty-one demands" be j brought up for conference discus jsion. protest , was lodged by Ja \ pan just'before the last meeting of ! the committee adjourned, and what I promises to be a stubborn debate i hi expected by some delegates be fore the. point is decided. j In some quarters, also, consider ; able discussion is believed likely ; before there is a definite decision : on the Root/submarine proposals, i France has indicated a desire to isee some of the terms of the resolu j tions fully discussed and clearly : defined, and although the French jsaid tonight they did not propose ! to press the point it was indicated jthat some troublesome points prob lably would be. injected into the j conversations sooner or later by i some one of the foreign powers. tion to the consideration hereinaf ter stated. "To furnish to the government, ? free of charge, not to exceed 5,000 j kilowatt hours of electric current i per day for the operation of the j locks or lifts. ! "In event the development of } power for use and sale from the ! Muscle Shoals project should prove insufticinet to keep the nitrate ! plants in satisfactory operation, j the power company further agrees ! to construct within four years from } the date the government acquires I sites there four hydro-electric pow j er stations and operate them in ac cordance with the general terms of J its U-ase to supply such deficiency, j The plans for such construction j shall be agreed upon between the j secretaries of war and agriculture j and the pc wer company, and the j cost to the power company shall ! not exceed $5,000,000 unless other | wise provided by special contract. . less the amount necessary for al ; terations. extensions and better j ments of the nitrate plant. Such : improvements shall become the I property of the government upon ; payment of the value thereof at the ?' expiration of the lease, j "In consideration of the per ! formancc of the foregoing pro ! posals and conditions the govern j ment shall agree to pay to the power company the sum of $36, ? 000,000 in tour equal annual in stallments, plus the cost of con struction of locks or lifts for navi gation, referred to in paragraph ! 3-.T. ! "Should more than the specified per cent, of the construction ' be performed in one fiscal year the I government further agrees to con ; sider such excess amounts as <!<? ferred payments to hear Interest ;n I the rate of i< per cent, per annum j until liquidated. "All of the proceeds from the ..??ale of power the company has as ; its compensation and repayment [for the undertaking of this pro . [Vosal. "The government shall agree j thai should the present founda I tion of dam No. ? i><- found ?i.-t'?-. tivc o rshow excessive leakage dur i tnjc ihe four year period of con-' J struct ion it will pay t<> th.> power! I company the expense of tin- nec essary repairs, plus 10 per cent, for ?us.; of tolls and 'superintend I ence." i (Truth's. Med council getting down to business _ I - Allied Supreme Coun- j cil Takes Definite; Steps to Rehabili-l t?te of Internation-j al Business _ i Cannes, France. Jan. 7.?The al- j lied supreme council planned to i begin consideration of the qucs- j tion of Germany's economic repa- j rations in an atmosphere cleared i by yesterday's decision to get to- , gether with Russia and Germany in an international financial and j economic conference. It is learned that experts have , agreed on a plan for partial remis- ! sion of cash payments by Germany for a period of year* involving the ! payment of five hundred million i gold marks and a billion gold ! marks in kind yearly. Tobacco Growers' Organization j ??? South Carolins Branch, of Tri State Marketing Associa- j tion Will Elect Officers ! Florence, Jan. G.-r?Returning to night from the Tri-State Tobacco ; Growers' Cooperative Marketing; association meeting in Raleigh. T. B. Young announced immediately plans for electing officers and or- j ganizing in South Carolina. Thus state is entitled to two directors! for whose election the tobacco belt! has been divided into two districts j as follows: District 1, Florence, I Dillon. Georgetown, Marlboro, Ma-1 rioit and Horry counties; District1 2, Darlington. Lee. Sumter. Clar endon. Williamsburg, Berkeley, ; Dorchester and all others growing j tobacco. January .10 each district will have a convention of member; growers who will elect delegates j on the basis of one for each 1,- j 000,000 pounds tinder contract.I February 2 these delegates will! I meet at district headquarters and I elect directors from-their respective! districts on the basis of one dircc-i tor for each' 1 5,000,000 pounds. South Carolina tobacco growers' contracted 30,(?00,000. pounds in the : tri-state association. Mr. Young announced tonight this represents | around 4,000 planters, many of; j whom signed for several tenants, j The sign up is 2,r?00.00?> in excess' j of the quota. I Contracts will be- accepted up to j February 2, when the directors will' take charge and make further poli- j j cies. Mr. Young states. Contracts ! must bv signed prior to January 30 ! j to participate in the elections. I The meeting in Raleigh mention -j I ed especially the support of the ? I South Carolina press and passed a! I highly conWendable resolution in | I favor of it. The extension service J I was commended highly also in a | j special resolution, reports Mr. i j Young. ' j Governor Cooper will be asked ; I to name a representative of the; j public from South Carolina to the I j tri-state directorate. Similar representatives will be j I named from North Carolina and ; j Virginia by their governors. m # ? Federal Reserve Act I _ j j Agriculturists Want Repre-1 sentatives on Board j Washington, Jan. <:?Inclusion i I in pending legislation to amend the I j federal reserve act of directions to j I select representatives of agricul- j ture along with representatives of ; commerce and industry in appoint- 1 ments" to the Federal Reserve Hoard would meet with no objec-1 tions from the administration, it ? was said today at the White House. ; President Harding, it was added, j is of the opinion that agriculture; as a primary industry entitled to consideration along with other! such industries in the composition of the reserve board. The views of the president who j is was said made no definite de- 1 cision in the matter of the pending] legislation, were put forth in con- - nection with the statements of the j Senate agricultural bloc that Mr. . Harding yesterday in conference ! with bloc leaders bad declared! bis disapproval of the bill which: would direct the president to muni- i n.-vte a farmer to the Federal Re serve Hoard. ?? ? ?-? Justice Watts Improving Columbia, Jan. 7. Associate ? Justice Watts. ??!* the Supreme Court, is doing nicely at a hospital here, where he was operated upon t his week. Reports from the hos pital today indicate thai his ?<<t! ditiou is ood and that be will s??on be i>n the road t.> full strength again. I -? ? ? RIVERS AND HAR BORS CONVENTION Washington. Jan. 7. Ajmounce ment was marie today that the nat ional rivers and harbors convention w ill i..- held here Ma reh ! si and 2nd. 1 THE TRI E SOn IRISH AFFAIRS j GROW MORE CONFUSED j President De Valera! Resigns Office and I Then Reconsiders Action Pending Vote on Peace Treaty _ / Dublin, Jan. G (By the Asso ciated Press).?Eamon de Valera today, before the Dai! Eireann, resigned his post as president of the Irish Republic. Later, however, he was under stood to say that he would post pone his decision to leave office, pending a vote on the peace treaty with Great Britain if the vote was taken within 4X hours. He coupled his resignation with the statement that whatever happened he would retire to private life, but almost in i he same breath he sopke of se lecting a new cabinet if he was' re elected chief executive. From these conflicting assertions the inferencew as drawn by those the inference was drawn by those that if the treaty was rejected de Valera would remain in office and endeavor * to negotiate a new treaty with the British govern ment on the basis of his alternative proposal, but that if the dail ac cepted the treaty, he would defi nitely retire from public life. The dail adjourned this evening at 7 o'clock to meet again tomor row for a further discussion of the j treaty. Several of the members j told the Associated Press tonight i that a vote on the treaty undoubt edly would be taken before seven o'clock Saturday evening. Supporters of the treaty con tinued to express confidence that it would bo ratified by a smali majority, but the people of Dublin are showing great anxiety over the outcome. With the dail so divided, fears are entertained that accept ance of the treaty will not neces sarily solve Ireland's troubles, and fears were expressed in some quarters today that' there is great danger of internecine strife! Mr. de Valera threatened to re sign during a private session of the riaii this morning at which an eleventh hour attempt was being made by the peace committee to effect an agreement between the opposing factions. When the dial reconvened in open session this af ternoon, Mr. de Valera carried his throat into execution in the course of a speech during which he was moved to such depths of emotion that tears stood in his eyes and his voice occasionally was choked with sobs. The members of the dail appear ed much affected by what seemed the farewell of its president. The president waxed eloquent when he referred to having been reared in laborer's cottage in County Lim- j erick and in his uncompromising declaration for Ireland's separate nationality. He said that he was not now or ever technically a Brit ish subject, and that he would die without, becoming one. Although he was not a member of the Irish Republican brotherhood, he said, he hoped when he died he would have a Fenian grave. ,Tlie protests against diverting the Dail Eireann from the main point in dispute before it, namely, the ratification 'or rejection of the treaty, revealed the leaders on both sides of the chamber as equally anxious for a speedy vote and eventually Mr. de Valera declared j that if a ballot was taken within j 4S hours he would be quite satis fied. Meanwhile, although he did j not say so expressly, it was under- j stood that his resignation would be tn abeyance. Mr. de Valera was elected presi dent at the first Sinn Fein conven tion held in 1917, Arthur Griffith, chairman of the Sinn Fein organ ization, standing aside in his favor. During his absence in the United States Mr. de Valera appointed Mr. Griffith acting president. Mr. de Valera's disappearance] from the presidency would remove: what he described in his speech to- j day as the connecting link between] the Cathal Brugha (Charles bur-j gess) section of the Sinn Fein and j Mr. Griffith. Both men have strong followings throughout the country. It would leave the extreme section favorable to die treaty in direct j conflict. Dublin, Jan. 7.?Acute suspense j and anxiety prevailed in Ireland, over the peace treaty as the Dail' Eireann reassembled this morn- i ing. Speaker McNeill read a mo- j tion. prepared l>y himself, calling upon the Dail to affirm that Ire-! land is a sovereign state, deriving its authority from tha will of the' people. Cheap Money on Wall Street Interest Rate on Call Monev Drops to Three and a Half Pev Cent New York. Jan. 7. ?The most interesting feature of the fi:st week of New Year in the financial markets was the fall of the interest call <??: money to three and one-j hah* per cent., the lowest rate since | lust July. 1 rjIKOX, Established June 1. l.Stt?. VOL. LII. :;0. 43 HARDING OPPOSES JFARMERS Power of Administra tion Being Used To Break Agricultural Bloc in Senate Washington, Jan. 5?Presidnot Harding was said tonight by mem bers of the senate agricultural bloc to have indicated to bloc leaders at a conference today his disapproval of bloc sponsored legislation provid ing for farmer representation on the federal reserve board. ? The views of the president with respect to the legislation which is to be taken up in the senate for final consideration January 17 were outlined to Senators Kenyon and Capper, both Republicans ana bloc leaders, who called at the White House, accompanied by Senator Kellogg, of Minnesota, a Republi can member of the senate finance ?committee. None of the :hree senators would discuss the White House visit, but other members of the agricultural bloc said it was their understand ing that the president had indica ted his emphatic disapproval of the legislation. Some of these bloc members said that the president went so far as to indicate he might veto the bill if passed, but other members said this was not their understanding. The president, it was said by ? bloc members other than those who took part in the White House con ference, stated he desired in every way to promote the interests of the farmers of the country, but that the pendin'g legislation would tie the hands of the executives with re spect to appointments. He was represented as haying declared fur ther that the bill would set a pre cedent in the direction of appoint ments from particular interests which he did not regard as a de sirable development in govern mental affairs. War on Bootleggers Congress Appropriates $9r 250,000 For Enforcement oP"" Prohibition Washington, Jan. ?The house late today passed the first annual supply measure drafted under the budget system?the treasury ap propriation levy carrying approxi mately $169,0000.000 of which $?, I 200,000 is for enforcement of pro hibition during the. fiscal year be ginning next July 1. The measure was sent to the senate without a record \ ote, prac tically no opposition dev. loping to its various provisions. Only one amendment was adopted while sev eral actions were eliminated on I points of order. * [ Representative Hill. R M'i-'lican, ?Maryland, made an unsuccessful [attempt to cut the amou..t provid ed for prohibition enforcement to $250,000 but this amenc'.met.t was quickly snowed under. At the outset the Maryland mem ber proposed that the amount for enforcing the 12th amendment be slashed to $250.000 with the added provision that if any' additional *funds were needed states, which he said had acted concurrently with the federal government in bringing op prohibition, should contribute as they saw fit. This proposal, hovy ' ever, was knocked out on a point of order, and Mr. Hill then called for a vote on the straight ques tion of reducing the appropriation. Little discussion was provoked and once the Hill amendment was disposed of the house proceeded to consideration of other features of ' the bill. On a point of order, by Representative Walsh. Republican, Massachusetts, provision for a $10. 000 salary for an under-Seoretary of the Treasury was eliminated. The effect of the budget system, members said, was evident in the few changes proposed. A year ago the various appropriation bills were the target of dozens of amendments and points of order. Chicago Furnishes Guard For Haynes Chicago, Jan. 7.?A police guard met Federal Prohibition Commis sioner Haynes when he arrived from Washington as the result of death threats. $100,000 Liquor Haul New York. Jan. ?<?Prohibiiion agents today raided Jack's Restau rant, at Sixth avenue and Forty third street, and hauled away near ly $100,00 worth of liquor in mo tor trucks. A large crowd of shop pets witnessed the raid. The agents left a summons for the proprietor, John Dunston. Some employes of the restaurant claimed that the liquor comprised his per sonal .stock, kept in his home in the same building his establish ment. Baseball Moguls Meet Chicago, Jan. 7.?The draft and other affairs of. baseball were dis cussed here at the meeting between Judge Landis ami Presidents Ileyd ler ami .Johnson of the National and American Leagues.