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WORK STOPPED ON AMERICAN NAVALVESSELS President Harding Di . rects Suspension of Construction on Fourteen War ships Washington. Fob. s\?Construc tion work on 14 capital ships was suspend**! today by order of Secre tary Denby under direction of President Harding. The step was taken in anticipation of ratification of the naval limitation treaty which resulted Troirf the Washington con ference and. under which only three erf the vessels involved will bo completed as war craft. The oth er 11 will be scrapped or convert ed, to merchant ships under the j treaty provisions. Secretary- Denby acted after As- j Eistant 'Secretary- Roosevelt had ; discussed with President Harding the terms. of the treaty a ffecting ' the new ships. Mr. Harding ap- ; proved the suggestion that work be brought to a' standstill immediate- ; ly- on the eight super-droadnaughts add six battle cruisers, pending, final action <>n\the treaty. In round | figures, the building operations thus halted have cost the govern- \ ment .approximately $ 5.000,000 aj month. { Following ratification of the : treaty, contracts for the new ships i will be cancelled. The ultimate j cost to the government of this1 cancellation cannot be determined in advance, but naval officials be- j Ueve that a considerable saving] will be made through today's ac- ; tion. Onl5r one capital ship under con- , sthictioih* was exempted from to day's suspension order. She is the; Colorado, more than 90 per cent. [ completed, and which will be re- ; tamed in the permanent fleet. Ships on which work was step-; ped Included eight first class battle- j ships: the WTashington at the New j York Shipbuilding Corporation; the j West Virginia. Newport News ? Shipbuilding and Dry X>ock Com pany; the South Dakota, -New York j Navy Yard; the Indiana. New York j Navy Yard; the Montana, Mare Is- ; land Navy Yard; the North Caro-: lina, Norfolk Navy Yard; the Iowa, j Newport News Shipbuilding and j Dry Dock Company, and the Mas-; sachusetts. Bethlehem Shipbuilding! Corporation, Fore River, Mass. - Work was*'also ordered suspend-' ed on. six battle cruisers as fol-; loves:?-Lexington. Bethlehem Ship- j building Corporation; Constellation.! Newport VNe*rs Shipbuilding and j Dry. Dock Company; Saratoga. New ; York Shipbuilding Corporation; j Ranger. Newport News Shipbuiid- j ing and Dry Dock Company: Con-1 sritution and T mited States. Phila- ; delphia Navy Yard. "' [ ? To Complete One. | While work on the battleships] West Virginia, and Washington was ! ordered stopped one of these ships' will beTcompleted and added to the; fleei when finished. Which is to j be selected for completion has not | *>>en-decided but it has been indi- \ ^ecirt^at:the West Virginia prob ably will be named. It is believed j -v .navy officials that she can be ?nJsbedZ more cheaply than the s Washington, a sister-ship of the' post-Jutland class. "Colorado, the vessel thus selected for completion, will make j up th-s two battleships "dT the I West. Virginia class" which the) United States is to retain to re-! -place the Delaware and North Da- ! kotAvOf the present, fleet which will : be scrapped on c ompletion of the j nesf vessels. The pair form the; American equivalent under the i 5-5-3 naval ratio agreement of the j treaty for Japanese retention of; the'battleship Mutsu. The other battleships on which \ work was stopped are of the 4<*.- j 600-ton type armed with twelve. 16- j ^incb guns excluded from future naval establishments of the treaty ' power. Of the sjx battle cruisers, two j are to bo. completed as airplane; carriers but work of converting ; 'them to tha; type will not be un dertaken until the treaty has been -ratified. Plans for the conversion in accordance with treaty restric tions are now in preparation. Three of the ships are practically at tiie same point in construction. The ? two'to be retained have not been selected. Proposal to Side * Track Ford's Bill % Washington. Feb. 0. ? Major General Williams, chief of army ordnance told the house military committee that is considering Henri* Ford's Muscle Shoals : imp osition that the government is morally obliged to give the Ala bama power company the right to purchase the properties before any private lads are considered, as the company came to the aid of the government during ihe war. Alaska Volcano Steaming Up . Anchorage. Aiasfca. Feb. f.? Steam clouds are reported rising from Mount Redoubt and th<- na tives are apprehensive of an erup tion for the first time in eighteen years. MORE KIDNAPPING IN IRELAND - Belfast, Feb. ;>.?Additional kid napping occurred today in county Fermanagh and prisoners were carried off in the direction of Bally bay* LEGISLATURE ! WILL HAVE A LONG SESSION j _ I There is No Prospect j o f Adjournament Before March 12th! or Perhaps March ? 18th ? ?? "' ? ? Columbia. Feb. 9.?It now ap pears certain that the legislature will not be sure to adjourn sine die j until March 3 2, or possibly the lSth. making one o? the longest! sessions in recent years. This cal- j : dilation is based by members of; I the General Assembly and by leg-' 'islative experts on progress made so far with the annual appropria tion bill, the last and most import - jaut measure of the session, j E. T. Hughes, chairman, of the ways and means committee of the House of Representatives, where the appropriation bill originates, j st?ted on the floor of the House J yesterday afternoon that the ap-j propriation bill would not be intro-' dueed until next week. He wast asked the direct Question by an-! other member, if the appropriation } measure could reach the House by! Friday and he replied in the nega-] tive.>"lt might be introduced Sat-] urday." he added, "but as we have j no session Saturday this means next j week." And the chairman of the j important committee went on to j say that it is now* a matter of un- j eertainty as to when the bill will j be introduced. Should the appropriation bill reach the House the first of next j week, say Monday night, the first | session of the week, the debate in j the house, the hearings before thej finance committee of the Senate, j the arguments on the fiuor of the ; senate and clerical work at the va- j nous stages ol its passage would j consume, it is estimated, a mini- j mum of four weeks, and there is possibility that more time will be! consumed. Some legislators esti-! mate that there is a possibility of | adjournment by March 4, but the ' majorii v think that this estimate j too short by at least one week, pos- j sibly two. The ways and means committee of the house has been liaving sc?- j sions in the morning, afternoon and night of each day of the ses sion so far. The committee is giv ing minute consideration to every detail, y ith a vew to cutting taxes j wherever possible. Numerous head ings have been held. In addition the committee has had to prepare j the big revenue producing meas ures, and > these have called for \ hearings. The reformation of "the ta~ system has been one of the big gest tasks before the legislature and especially before the ways and r means committee in recent 3"ears. i and the bigness of the task will, it; now appears, call for more than j the usual 40 calendar days of the legislative period. ^ The scheduled date for adjourn ment of the assembly is February IS. at the end of next week, but this is absolutely impossible now. j The reduction of taxes is a mat- I ter of practical impossibility, with- j out crippling departments or in- i stitutions the only solution lies in j new sorces of revenue. It now! appears that new state income will j be provided and the state tax levy will likely be reduced, thereb3r j shifting the burden to property ; heretofore untaxed. -+++ Merchants Favor Bad Check Law' Columbia. Feb. It.?The South j Carolina Retail Merchants' Associ- i a''on is enthusiastic over the sue-; cess in the House of the "bad check j bili", which was passed today to j the Senate. The record vote on the measure in the House was 70 to 22; in favor of the bill. The amend-; mei t. which would eliminate its operation in Connection withi checks given for past due accounts is aot expected to weaken the cred it-protecting purpose of the bill. The bill would make utterance of p bad check prima facie evidence j of intent to fraud. A statement from the merchants body today indicates that ultimate success of the measure is confidently expect-j ed. The bill, if made into law, will bring relief to the business inter- j ests of the state from the common evil of giving bad checks. ?? m ? i Circus Troupes Reaping Harvest Xew York. Feb. 0?Great unem-J ployment is reported among actors, but tlm small town circus troupes are apparently reaping the usual rieh harvest. ? ? ? Kidnapped Unionist Released Belfast. Feb. :?? Major Miles, of j South Donegal, one of the kidnapp ed leaders has returned home. The others are reported to have been released. - ? ? ? Famine Relief Used as a Cloak Washington. Feb. f?.?Secretary Hoover is understood to have sub mitted to President Harding a re port on the activities of certain , Russian famine relict organiza-1 ' ions in the United States and their j supposed connection with the so-1 viet government. Re said some' were no* interested in feeding tie starving. INDIRECT ATTACK m FORD Secretary of War Weeks Insinuates in Statement to House Committee That Cheap Fertilizer Cannot Be Produced Washington, Feb. s.? Opening 1 sessions of the house military com mittee's investigation of the Ford ! contract offer for purchase and j lease of the government properties] at Muscle Shoals, Ala., revolved to- j day principally about the clauses' relating to manufacture of fertil-j izers for the nation's agricultural! need?:. .Secretary Weeks, of the ' war department, appearing as the ; first witness, repeatedly declared j his doubt as to whether fertilizers I could be manufactured cheaply at | Muscle Shoals and expressed his be- j lief that amendments to safeguard \ better the government's interests in the $106.00?.?vQ. investment al ready made should be incorporated : in the offer as it was drafted. To alter existing government j policies regarding the lease of real; estate, or other properties and per- j mit a 100-year lease of the water! power machinery and dams in Ala bama, the secretary asserted re peatedly, would be an unwise act and should not be permitted. He' advocated a reduction in the time j clause from 100 years to 50, in the i event congress should decide to ac cept the offer. another often recited suggestion, involving a change in present lan-: guage of the offer, the secretary j pointed but, would require a fixed capitalization for the operating i company Mr? Ford is to create. The1 secretary said no provision existed: in the offer guaranteeing a capi- j talization which the government might recover, in whole or in part,: in the event the contract was vio- j lated. A provision of some sort was advisable, he said, which would per mit the government to impose1 through legal means a penalty or; forfeit should the company fail to j carry out the terms of the offer. "'Anything might happen in the! next 100 years," he said. "While I : have not the slightest doubt1 as to : the solvency of Mr. Ford, nor of j his intentions to execute the agree-1 ment in good faith, neither he nor I will be here during the life ofj the contract. In considering this! question we are ? providing for the j future generations." Regarding the manufacture of: fertilizers and their cheap delivery! to the farmers of the country, Mr. ! Weeks said there was no reason- | able certainty in his mind that that was possible; \ "If I thoughi that development i of the project by Mr. Ford would j effect a material reduction in the i cost of fertilizer," he said, "I would j vote for his proposition, if I were; in congress. But, I am so in doubt j as to that. I should hesitate to give : any advice unless assured of a! guarantee." I Asked what the annual consump- i tion of fertilizer was. the see re- 1 tary said it approximated TS.ouo,-! 000 tons and the Muscle Shoals plants could only produce at a max imum 200.1)00 tons. That amount, ! he asserted, would not, in his opin- I ion. affect the existing market. The war secretary nrevipusly. had told the committee that Mr. Ford had declined to guarantee fer?- | til&er production osvr a given number of years and had informed \ him in conversations that he would not manufacture the commodity at a loss. j Although pressed repeatedly by several committee members. Ihe secretary did not express an opin- j ion as to whether the offer should j be accepted or rejected by con- ? gross. At one point he was asked f whether the properties should be salvaged or Mr. Ford's offer ac cepted but he replied only that the j government would not salvage the j project in any event and repeated { his intention to complete the Wil- J son dam if the offer was rejected, i He said the dam could be com- 1 pleted without taking a dollar from ! the treasury by a bond issue based ' on commercial value of the proj- j ect a< u water power development. : . Major Jones For Revenue Collector Columbia, Feb. f>.? Vd vices front Washington are to the effect that the name of Major J. F. Jones, ofj Blacksburg", has hot as yet been j sent tn the president for appoint ment to the olfice of collector of I internal revenue at Columbia. Mr. Tolbert has endorsed the name of Major Joner tor the office. It is stated however that he will be in Washington this week {?< dose up the deal for the appointment, and Republican leaders .are expecting to be blinded ::t any time by the sunlight flashing from nude and immodest collar-hui ton. 400 Gallons'of Booze Seized Roanokc. Feb. '.' Fottr hundred gallons of whiskey have been con fiscated by revenue agents in u rail road car consigned to Washington. FIFTH BODY RE COVERED FROM RUINS Riehmond, Feb. :? Another bod\ recovered from the Lexington H??tel h;is been identified as R. .1 Kosh, of Richmond. 'Phis brings the k now n dead t o five. Fine motto: L>k* living. Home Demonstra tion Department Gardening For February? Visit of Poultry Specialist ?Oswego Club Meeting February garden ope-rations, ac cording to Mrs. Dora Walker: Sow in ho*t beds, egg plant, tomatoes and pimentos. Sow in open ground I early peas, spring kale, beets, car- j rots, celery, spinach, parsley, let-! tuce, radish, asparagus roots, onion j sets, and hardy lettuce plants. Early planting of potatoes can be made, j On Tuesday and Wednesday] morning of next week Miss Eula Atkinson, poultry specialist from Winthrop College, will be In Slim ier county to attend meetings of) the recently organized poultry as- '? soclation, at the following places. All association members arc urg-; ed and any interested person cor-1 dially invited to attend these meet- j ings. The special-study discussed; will be hatching and care of baby; chicks. Concord?Tuesday. Feb. 14th. at i l? a. m. Salem. Tuesday, Feb. 14th. at 1 p. m. ; Mayesville, Tuesday. February Hth. at u'oO p. m. Providence. Wednesday, Feb.] 13th, at 10 a. in. Oswego tilrls' Clnh Meeting. The Oswego Girls' Home Demon- j stration club held its regular meet- j ing at the school house on Friday. ? February 3rd. The meeting was called to order J by the president, the roll called \ and the minutes of last meeting i read and approved. TL * meeting! was then turned over to Miss Tru- ; luck who discussed keeping of rec-; ords and the year's work. It was decided to let the secretary keep \ all record cards and have them fill-! ed at each meeting. After this the; sewing lesson was given. Each one' began a sewing hag. We have six teen willing workers but we think; that we like cooking better, be-: cause we have something to eat. Janie Robinson, Pres. ' Agnes White. Secretary. j For Governor > |. . .;'.J| Helen PettigTew. 23, former shop j girl of Kansas City, Kan., is a can- | didate for the Republican nomiair j tion for governor cC Kansas. She'a j president of the Kansas Anti-War I Club and is now on a political tour of the state. j Japanese In Hawaii Adlvscd to lie! Americans Uilo, island of Hawaii, T. 11.. I Jan. 10?Japanese residents in Ha-j waii have been admonished to rear j their American born children as, good American citizens, ''even to the point of instructing them that they must tight for their native j land. America, against the land of their ancestors, Japan," by M. Zu- j moto. editor of tlm Herald of Asia, j who is staying here several days' on his way back from the interna- j tional conferences at Washington, i according to an address he deliv- i ered today before an assemblage of plantation managers and busi- j ness men. "I find Japanese here are very j contented with their lot. with the i treatment they receive and with j the cordial attitude and friendly | ways always extended to them by j their white neighbors." Mr. Zumo- i to said. "Among other things I j have tried to impress upon the Jap- j auese people, who are Japanese subjects, and under the exsting laws j cannot very well expect to be ad- : in it ted as Americans, that they are) Japanese subjects and would pro bably die Japanese subjects; that ; circumstances had located them on J this island for good. They have i found themselves rooted lo the soil j and whether they like it or not j most of them intend to stay. "As they are under the protee- i tion of the American law and ob-j taiaed a very good living under the hospitality of. the American &*>\ - ' eminent, they must consider them-1 selves American citizens in spirit, i if not in fact, and should identify j themselves with the local interests of Hawaii. As for their children, ! v. ho are already American citizens; and who are being taken carv of I very well in the public schools, they! should so bring them up a? home] as to .^iv<- them every opportunity ! and encouragement t<> become wood and loyal citizens of the United ' State-. The demand for politeness is great: but the supply is short. According ti? daughter urn of sty I es is out .?! lw?*k. \'.\l t-> keeping; a good man 1 down the hardest tiling is keeping .i had one up. h .in;*./ is ?I* in;; it is flinging a ' CVieki d aw a n s< >i\;\. Then* isn't any use hi sayingj time unless you know Whai t" do with it. ? ? ? Don*I ask how far to a garag? when the car stalle?it's five miles. I Tax Reform Before Assembly Today Heated Debate Takes Place When Bills Are Discussed Columbia. Feb. :?.? A heated debate on two of the revenue bills 01* the tax reform program occu pied the Time of the general assem bly today. The house Launched Into debate on the passage of the bill to eax luxuries. The senate spent hours debating whether or not if. would take up the income tax bill for debate. Re p rasen tat vie Wn n n :i ma k er. who moved to strike out the enact ing words of the bill made a lengthy speech against the bill. He argued that the accounting neces sary under the bill would be heavy on the merchants and that the im position of the tax would prove to be a "thorn in the flesh of the body politic" of the state. E. T. Hughes s.poko for the bill and urged that it was a measure to relieve- the overburdened taxpay er, by making the unneeessary lux uries help bear the tax burden. Mr. Sapp waxed warm in defense of the blil. stating that he is in favor of the bill in principle, that such non-essentials as tobacco, soft drinks, automobiles and movie tickets should help relieve the poor barefoot farmer with the tax bur den, lie advocated taxing, also, lip sticks, cologne, face power and jewelry. Mr. Sapp was heard at tentively and there were many voices of approval of his tax re-; form arguments. Representative Glenn, of Chester. I ? said he felt the lull would prove ; unpopular and would hart the tax ; reform program and the election I results in the fall, j Representative Edgar A. Drown, of Bamwell, spoke agamst the tdli. ; taking the position it would not be ! popular and would not be fair to all the people. He spoke of the : food value of soft drinks. He said j the movie manufacturers should be i taxed and not the small boy who j pays his nickels to see a show. Then? was strong opposition to the bill, but Representative Sapp's (speech swung many members In j favor of the bill. Saving Money on the Navy I Federal Reserve and Officials Not Agreed - j Washington. Feb. ? (I>y the As isoeiated Press).?A saving of about ! $200,000.00(1 for the United State? I on the present building program of I the navy will result from agree [ merits reached at the limitation of larmaments conference, the federal i reserve board declared'in a state j meat tonight. High naval oflioials, ! 1 owever. were of the opinion that I tiie board's estimate was too high las. it was explained, the scrapping ; of ships now under construction would involve the payment of [Claims to the builders which might I offset a considerable portion of the 'savings resulting from halting the I building program, j Limitation of armaments decid ed upon at the conference will ef jfect immediately, the board de clared, savings only In the three countries?the United State?. Eng land and Japan?whose finances [are already in a relatively sound I condition. Savings in England and Japan, the board estimated, would I be approximately equivalent to those of this country, j In France and Italy, however, the board explained, no increase in the naval armaments had been con templated s?> that their immediate j problems would not be .affected. Any savings in England and France [resulting from decreased expendi tures during the next year, it was declared, probably would have to ! be. applied to debt reduction while jin Germany any balancing of the Ibudget was complicated by the ifluctuations of the mark and large [increases in taxation planned. Italy, i: was added, was finding it diffi cult to increase government reve nues to expenditures. "It is particularly important in the present situation." the board said, "not only that government budgets should be balanced, so that short, time borrowing by the gov ernment may be discontinued but also that the sum of government expenditures should be decreased in order to reduce the tnx burden of the business community. In most countries, however, curtail ment of taxes seems highly prob lematical. At present only in the "United States has it been attempt ed." Maria Theresa Necklace Paris. Feb. '.(.--Jefferson Davis Cohn, a Godson of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, has pur chased the celebrated pearl neck lace once owned by Queen .Maria Theresa, of Hungary, for two hun dred thousand pounds. Jt was pawned by former Emperor Charles. BALL PLAYER HOLDS OUT FOR HIGHER SALARY St. Louis. Feb. I?. - Rogers Ilornsby. the leading National League batsman is holding out foi ;i twenty-five thousand dollar year ly salary. ... i? Relfast . Feb. '.' ?The I 1st er frontier is virtually a line of steel .-.^ the result of raids when many 1 uioiiists were kidnapped It is cummed Rial liv. thousand men a re [loliein:: I be lines -<? ? o London. Fell !>- Former Premier Orlando, "i Italy, has failed in the attempt to form ;i new cabinet, ac cording to exchange dispatches. Mayesville News Items A Number of Cases of Influ enza Reported?Personal Mention Mayesville. Feb. 8.?We. arc still having rainy weather, but as soon as the ground is lit for work there will be a large acreage of Irish po tatoes planted. It looks as it' the fanners are waking up and will not rely on all cotton this year. .Mrs. .). Van McOoughin of Fayetteville, X. C. was a visitor at the home of her sister, Mrs. D. -\. Berry, last week. Mr. A. K. Ragan. our former elerk and operator here, who bid in the Pinewood railroad agency, has decided to return to Mayesville. We are certainly glad to have him back with us. Mr. .1. F. Ida ml this week fired up Iiis gin and ginned about 50 bales cotton. It sounded like fall: only the weather being cold con vinced us it was still winter. It is reported that about half of the town people are suffering with flu. Mr. J. M. Currle and his en tire family are in bed with it. It is reported that three negroes died today with it, but they were in tint country and we did not learrr their names. Mr. R. A Stephens, route agent of the American Express Company, of Sumter, spent Monday here cheeking over accounts of the company. Hope in the Dairy Cow Dairy Farming Offers One Way of Escape from the Boll Weevil Clemson College, Feb. S.?Un der bol! weevil conditions the dairy cow holds out one strong hope for. the South Carolina farmer. There will necessarily be a surplus of feed crops resulting from diversified farming and these may be market ed economically through the dairy method not only reduces the bulk of the product to be marketed, but results in a product more easily and more satisfactorily marketed besides which there is the matter of increased soil fertility through dairy farming. The income from dairy farming is sure and quick, since cream is produced every day. and marketed several times pAr week, enabling the farmer to buy for cash. Amu her consideration is that the milk cow gives returns from pastures which are otherwise wasted. A natural question is, "What re turns can he expected from say four average cows?" Four cows each producing two gallons of milk :??-r day testing 4.5 percent butter fat would produce ?.OO pounds of butter-fat daily, which at the present value of 40 cents per pound would be $1.2:1 daily from the sale of cream. Other profits, would include (aj calves, the value of which- is determined by ;tbeir breeding and development; (b> skim milk for feeding and man agement; (d ) increased crop yields from the use of manure. However, not every farmer is likely to succeed in dairy farming. The one best suited to dairy farm ing is the white, land owner, tvho with his family will do most o'f the work. This type of farmer usually cultivates to 60 acres and can feed and manage probably four to fifteen cows and the necessary young stock. In order to secure small herds to begin with it will be necessary for many farmers to borrow mon ey. This involves loans important to the banker and the farmer. A plan now successful in Mississippi and other cotton states is to accept dairy cows as security.. If a farmer is selling cream and dosirr-s to pur chase two more cows the banker makes the loan ami accepts as se curity tiie two cows purchased and two others already owned. Repay ment of the loan is arranged for by taking one-third of the cream check every month until the loan is settled. Then with four cows owned tin"* farmer may borrow for four more if he can satisfy the banker that he has sufficient feed for eight cows. This method will encourage farmers to grow into the business on a safe basis. ?t is very desirable to fake ad vantage in South Carolina of the opportunity offered by the war finance corporation for the pur chasing of livestock if the dairyi cow is to play an important part in South Carolina agriculture. At) present then-arc only 213.000 dairy] cows in tin- state, less than one half enough to meet the needs. This means that more cows must be pur chased fr?>m the dairy states and the war finance corporation funds which are now available, should be used to supplement our limited local capital. Creameries are not considered advisable unless sufficient cows and feeds are available. The profitable! operation of a creamery requires-j a continuous supply from not h-.-s thao?6?O cows and the feed for these cow.- must be home grown. The big purpose of a creamery is to tarnish a market for the feeds grown <?n the farm where these feeds are converted into cream. The extension service is in posi lion to furnish information and sistance in dairy farming, includ ing visits from specialists. :?> ^i\e assistance to farmers in starting herds, planning barns, mill; houses and silos, aad advising in feeding, breeding and herd management If will also assist in organizing creameries and working o.ui mar keiitif; problems. This assistance js of course based upon the success ful experience of other sections which have had to overcome sim ilar pi i.i>l< las. form of cream. This l'^gr. arc feeling so ehenp r-hey hate to go up with their old trend English Rule in India Denounced by Lawyers as Campaign of Repression and Abuse Calcutta. .Jan. 1?The action of the Indian government in arrest ing many hundreds of agitators in ! the non-cooperative movement | and others known res Congress ot'i Khalifat volunteers in consequence j of the riots ar.d other incidents] which attended the visit of the! Prince of Wales to India has evok-j (d several formal protests. The government's attitude is de-j nounced in a protest signed by lOu '. lawyers at Madras as "a campaign] of repression and abuse of the or dinary provisions of the law for; political purposes, involving un warranted and unconstitutional Interferences with the liberty of! eh izens." "We conssider." the lawyers as-, sorted, "that the wholesale and ttn-j justifiable arrests and imprison-! ments of public-spirited citizens'; for political activities constitute a grave menace to public safety and! express our firm conviction that! such measures inaugurated in a time of law and order are really subversive to law and order." Seven leading members of thei moderate party in Calcutta have issued a manifesto deploring the initiation of a repressive policy si multaneous with the visit of thej Prince of Wales. They declare | that coercion is no remedy for po-; litical unrest and that a policy ofj repression will defeat its own end i and lead to serious results. Lord Leading, the Viceroy, how-! ever, contends that tthe govern-1 ment policy is not one of repres sion. Defending that policy in re plying to an address presented by j the Bengal Mahajan Sabha, he de clared that "no greater fallacy ex lists than to suggest that the gov-[ I eminent means only to govern byi resort to force." He pointed out that the govern-j ment was bound to maintain law j and order and protect law-abiding ! ; citizens and that it became neces sary' for the government to exer-j I else power and authority to combat I intimidation and coercion brought j i to bear upon persons to force' them to take action in which they; ' did not believe. j The Viceroy charged that the ar- j I rests in Calcutta were in most in- j [stances forced upon the govern-1 ' ment. He aserted that the. politi- \ cal leaders had defied the law for j the purpose of being arrested and j obtaining sympathy. Then, he said. demonstrations j are made to force the government j to make arrests. * ' That he said was the situation; dispassionately staled. Although! he would be sorry to say one word j that would increase the state of tension already existing, the Vice roy said that the. policy of the gov ernment in preventing intimidation and unlawful oppression and of enforcing due regard for law must] persist. The Viceroy reiterated state ments he had previously made! that there is no intention by the j Indian government to interfere j with opposition to the government j or with the expression of strong! feelings against it. provided that ' the law is observed. "The government has never wished to shut out discussion." he i asserted. "Quite the opposite. L have on many occasions since 1 ar-; rived indicated that my govern- i ment wished to know and remedy legitimate grievances. Nothing that has happened has changed this policy." * * tj U. S, Transport Burned %._,?. New York. Reb. 8?The transport Northern Pacific was destroyed by fire forty miles off the New Jersey coast. The crew abandoned the ship in small boats and were rescued by passing vessels. New York. Feb. 8?The United States transport Northern Pacific was burned practically to the wa ters edge. It is believed the crew were rescued, but first reports said several were missing. ? ? i Regulating Public Service Corporations Columbia. Feb. 0.? Senator Crossen, of Lexington, is introduc ing in the state senate a bill to pro hibit the receiving by water, gas and electric light companies of a cash deposit ori contracts before giving the service specified in the contract, unless an interest bearing receipt is given for the money de posited, the interest to run until the ser\ ice starts. No Developments in Taylor Murder Los Angeles. Calif.. Feb. 9.?The investigation into the Taylor mur der mystery has centralized in dis trict attorney's office. Letters writ ten by Mabel Normand have been found in :i boot in a closet and a handkerchief has been discovered initialed "M. M. M." The search for missing Butler Sands continues. May Cheat the Gallows Chicago. Feb. 0.?-Harvey Church, v. h<> is under sentence of death for the murder of two automobile salesmen, has been denied a stay of execution by the state supreme court and i< scheduled to be hanged February 17;h. Church, who is on a hunger strike, has lost forty pounds. The Jailers are a la rmed; We cannot tell a lie. Washing ton's birthday comes <n the 2-22 Party Caucus at White House Leaders of Republican Party Discuss Legislation With President Washington, Feb. 7.?A legisla tive program contemplating ratili eation or" the treaties growing ort of the arms conference :md pas sage of the tariff, soldiers' bonus, farm credit and merchant marine bills, with adjournment oi con gress about June 1. was said to haw been agreed upen at a White House dinner conference tonight with President Harding, attended by membt rs of the senate and house steering committees. It was the understanding .that the treaties which the president expects to submit to the senate this week, or as soon as fhe Amer ican delegation can make its re port, would be given the right of way in fhe senate until such time as tin- tariff bill was reported by tin- finance committee. The plan then would be to consider the tar iff measure and the treaties alter nately. It was said that the president has been assured by senators that there would be little if any opposition to ! the treaties. The president, it is added, gave no indication as to whether hi' would present the treaties to the senate in person. I The bonus bill was said to have i been discussed at the conference [ hut the problem of financing it was ! not touched upon. Some of the . president's callers said they were * I satisfied to leave this to the ma jority members of the house ways j and means committee and the j senate finance committee. This was j in line with the agreement reach j ed by the president and members I of those committees yesterday. ! President Harding's guests left the White House with the impres sion that it was the intention of the executive to submit his recommen I da tions as to merchant marine leg- ' I islation within ten days. The farm credit legislation con } temp la ted. it was explained, will [ be drawn with a view to carrying j out the recommendations of the i special congressional commission ; which has been inquiring into con I ditions in agriculture. In its re j port this commission emphasized !* j the necessity for adopting existing I bank facilities to fill the gap so as :o extend long time credits to the farmers. ' ' * I ? ? ?_ I Tribute to j Senator Clifton I State Senate Heid Memorial i ! Service Tuesday Night I Columbia; Feb. 7.?The senast j Tuesday night paid tribute to tho j memory of two of its late members, I Senators John H. Clifton of Sum I ter and Frank K. Alexander of I Pick ens, who died binee .the last ! session. ; Beautiful tributes were paid to I the deceased legislators by Sena j tors Moi.se of Sumter, Watkins of I Anderson, Young of Charleston, I Butler of Cherokee. Laney of Ches terfield, Johnstone of Xewberry, Black of Bamberg. Mason of ! ?conee. McChee of Greenwood and [others. ! The senators in their eulogies of j their departed brother-members emphasized the fact that the two J men were so nearly alike, both j standing for what they thought : was right. regardless of the j opposition against them, both strong for their opinions and un | yielding in their beliefs J>ut both j friends to all who knek them. Both of the members; were characteri2 I ed as na n who made friends easi i ly. The two deceased senators, it j was said, were also alike in their abilities to relieve the tension of de j bate at moments when tftf clouds J appeared to be gathering and by J their native wit and'humor to brim* the sunlight through these clouds, j Senator Clifton was a veteran j member of both houses of the gen j eral assembly while Senator Alex-. ' ander was serving his first term as j a legislator in the senate. Touching i eminiseenoes were re lated of the service of the two sen ators. Senator Laney characterized a* [one of the mos? powerful debates , he had ever heard on the floor of j the senate, the speech by the late j Senator Clifton several years ago when the Sumter senator answer ed the eloquent speech of the then United States Senator Bailey of Texas before the South Carolina legislature urging the legislature to vmc for the federal constitutional amendment providing for the fed eral income tax. Lexington Hotel Fire Death List Bichmond. Feb. ih?Twelve, per sons are still missing in the Lex ington hotel lire, as tiie clearing away of the debris continued. The workmen plan to raze the threat ening walls. The known dead are four. Mrs. Matie Blackwell, the j housekeeper, who was seen at a window with her clothing ablaze ! has not been found. m ? ? iA. C. L. Employees . i Re-employed - Waycross. Ca.. Feb. 9.?One hun dred Atlantic Coast Line employees I returned to work today, leaving ? only a small number cut of work in the car repair department. _ ? War Debt Conversion Washington. Feb. 9.?President Harding has signed the bill creat ing a commission for conversion of the eleven billion dollar debt owed the United States by the allies.