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TARIFF FRAM ERS AGREE Foreign Valuation to Be Un derlying Prihcr^Ie of New Law Washington. ? April S.?Foreign valuation as the underlying prin ciple of the so-called permanent tariff bill finallyawas agreed upon tonight by Republican members of the senate ] finance committee. The vote was 7 to E*w how the com mittee members divided on the ballot was withheld;,: With the settlement Qf the valuation question,.; the majority practically completed its many months of worfc on the tariff meas ure and it was stated that it would be presented to the. senate either on Tuesday or Wednesday after the I>eraocratie members of the com mittee have been given opportun ity to cast their, votes on the bill. The majority report also has yet to be drawn up. The valuation"-ft^an as adopted includes several .bolstering pro visions designed to take care of un usual situations- jgrowing out of present world. w conditions, and, more particularly, the marked de preciation of currencies in a num ber of foreign countries. These, provisions are. in -line with rec ommendations ma,do to congress by President Harding.-in his first an nual message last..December. Where investigation established the. fact that conditions existed in foreign countries..,, that enabled those countries, tp. , produce goods, and sell them in the United States at prices after .payment of duty below: the cost of.,producing and marketing similar^goods in this country, the president would be given authority to. increase any* rate of duty by 50 .per cent of the , figure fixed in the hill. * Should investigation develop that-, such percentage.of increase on the foreign valuation principle was too small to protect-American industry, the president .would have author ity to transfer foreign valuation to the American . whloesale selling price of 'the imported goods and then to increase, ox decrease by 50 per cent the rates fixed in the bill. The president also would have the right to change-, the classifica . tioji as fixed in .the bill, that is, to remove items.from the free list to the dutiable: list. Senator Smoot, of Utah, ranging. Republican on the committee, w~hpdre,w the original bolstering provisions.: of the bilL said be did not. think it ever would be necessary for -that power to be exercised by the president. POLAR 4&PL0R 1ERIS HURT Captain A^jinqsen Injured When Airplane Turned Over Clarion, Pa., April 10.^-Capt. Raold Amundsen,. Arctic explorer, and four flying..companions, nar rowly escaped ? death at Miola, -near here, today when the mono-: plane in which they were going from New York to .Cleveland on the first lap of a; continental journey turned over when.; it was forced down in a. field/,.,. All occupants were reported: .slightly scratched and bruised but -otherwise uninjur , ed. Those with Capt. Amundsen were H. T. Lewis ?p Bellefont, Pa., r?_ U. Cade of New York, E. Buhl and J. Ondell. Captain Amundsen intends, he said, to go to Cleveland by train to morrow. Jlr. Gade, who was1 slight ly shaken up, said he expects f o go j to Xew York". .-The* other men will remain here to .direct repairs to . the monoplane, the wings of which were broken. ._ . ? In a statement? Captain Amund sen attributed, ihe-^raccident to an ovehheated motorr which forced him to descend, after he had reach ed an altitude of 6,000 feet. In making the landing; the plane turn ed over. ? ? ... The monoplane, left Xew York -this morning. CHARGES ; AGAINST DACGHERTY Washington,' AifrrV it.?Repre sentative Wdodruff^'Republican. of Miehiga:.. said in the house today if Attorney General did not look to the interests of! government in the pending Vlaim (suit against the Lincoln Motor company he would consider him gulhry of misfeas ance and move 'for1 his impeach- j ment. NEW TARIFF BHL IS COMPLETED Washington, April 11.?The ad ministration tariff, bill, as rewrit ten by the - senate, finance c om mittee of Republicans on basis for foreign valuation -With provisions for flexible rates and proclaimed American valution as President Harding recommended, was pre sented to the senate today. It was announced it would he taken up April 21st. A. tongcfight is predict ed. Taken as a whole experts say the bill will average slightly higher than the Payntt^Aldrich law. RETURN TO OLD JOBS Indianapolis, April* '11.?Ex-ser- ! vice men are asked ' to return to j their home towns to get jobs in an appeal by Han ford MaeXider, na-! tional commander of the Ameri- i can Legion. He a' rced the Asso-1 ;ciated Press to broadcast the mes- j sage to jobless'veterans, who. hej said, are congregating in the larg- i er cities where unemployment is becoming worse. ? ? ? <?? America leads the* world in chew ing gum and the rag. People who dance cheek ?o cheek should not ?at onions. STRONG BACKING FOR TOBACCO MEN Judge Robert w; Bingham, of Louisville, Ky., Speaks to Big Meeting to Raleigh Raleish. X. C April 10.?Judge Robert Bingham of Louisville. Ky.. leader of the Kentucky Burley Growers' Marketing association, told a gathering of the Raleigh chamber of commerce and officers from the chambers of commerce from all cities of North Carolina j tonigh how the association of Bur ley tobacco growers had revolu tionized an industry more than 1100 years old within 30 days and stated that it could be done in Vir ginia and the Carolinas as well as in Kentucky. Josephus M. Daniels, addressing the leaders of the Kentucky Bur ley growers, the directors of the Virginia-Carolina Tobacco Grow ers' Cooperative association and the guests of,the local chamber of commerce from all parts of the state, said Judge Bingham had done more than any citizen of Kentucky in half a century to help the farmers of that state. ' Telling how 30,000,000 pounds of tobacco had been sold at one time to one large company for satisfac tory prices by the association of Burley growers, Judge Bingham stated that this system was proving more satisfactory to both growers and big leaf dealer than the auc tion sales. "The cooperation move ment is undoubtedly the great movement of the immediate fu ture," said Judge Bingham, who stated it would mean the last glimpse of barefoot women and ragged children in the fields of either Kentucky or the Carolinas. Pointing out how the growers of California ' now enjoyed schools, j roads and homes equal to those of ? the cities, Judge Bingham prophe sied that with cooperative market ing changing the receipts of the grower from eight to 48 cents of the consumer's dollar the future wealth of the country would be long to the south. More than ?5,000,000 worth ofj warehouses have now been turned over to the organized Kentucky growers, according to President Stone, and the 90 day loan of mil lions of dollars borrowed by the BVirley association was entirely re paid within 40 days. Prophesying similar 'success for -the 70,000 organized tobacco grow ers of Virginia and the Carolinas, who have arranged to take over i more than 150 warehouses in the i three states, Manager Stone con j gratulated the directors of the To | baeco Growers* Cooperative asso j ciation upon their great achieve ' ment. Features of the reception ac corded to Judge Bingham, in addi tion to the smoker, tendered by j the local chamber of commerce,] I were a dinner given by Josephus j |M. Daniels, ex-secretary of the I navy, and a luncheon under the j auspices of the Rotary club, among | 'those present being Oliver J. Sands' of Richmond, Va., manager of the Tobacco Growers' Cooperative as sociation; Richard R. Patterson, manager of the leaf department of that association and formerly manager of the leaf department of the American Tobacco company; C. B. Cheatham, former district mai.ager of the Universal Tobac co company and now with the or ganized growers; President G. A. Norwood and all directors and of ficial's of the Tobacco Growers' Co operative association. Oliver J. Sands, manager, and G. A. Norwood, president, of the To bacco Growers' Cooperative asso ciation, were other speakers at the smoker, who told of the progress and prospects of the organization of 70,000 Carolina and Virginia growers. Exclusive Trade Contracts Invalid Washington, April 3 0.?Contracts of sale made by manufacturers, requiring retail dealers exclusive ly to handle their products, which may have tne effect to lessen com petition 'substantially; *were today held to be invalid by the supreme court. The opinion was delivered by Justice Day in a case brought by the Standard Fashion company, a j New York corporation, against the| Magrane Houston company of Bos ton, and sought to compel the re tail company to observe the terms of a contract which the supreme court declared was one of sale and j not. of agency or joint venture. Being a contract of sale, Justice Day stated, the only question which remained for the court to deter I mine was whether the facts es tablished that it would substantial ly lessen competition. Adopting the. findings of the cir cuit court of appeals for the first l e'reuit of the results obtained j I through the contract, the su> | preme court reached the conclusion "ihat the contract, properly in- j terpreted. with its restrictive cove nant, brings it fairly within the section of the Clayton act under consideration." It therefore af firmed the decision of the circuit court which held the contract in : valid. Under its contract the Standard [Fashion company agreed to sell its! I standard patterns at a discount of j I ."?() per cent, from retail prices and] I to allow certain return privileges [when between certain dates semi-j [annually it would receive in ex-1 change at nine-tenths cost discard-! led patterns. In July, J:>17. the Magrane Houston company decid i ed to discontinue the sale of the' [Standard Fashion company pat-; [terns attd placed on sale in its store patterns of a. rival pattern company. It was to enforce its contract that the fashion company brought suit. ? ? ? If this coal strike was in Germa ny they would't worry. Over there they have money to burn. Absence makes the hear: go wan der. M*CAXt- P?TTEftN COMPANY G^hatn will he more popular than ever this year, even silks 'mas querading in gingham effects. Ging ham wiU be used.for draperies and upholstery coverings in nurseries and cottage bedrooms, as trimming for the smartest frocks and blouses, for bathing suits and even more widely for informal frocks, _ Uke those above, -tz 1 * IRON WORKS DESTROYED AT DARLINGTON Large Tobacco Warehouse is Partially Destroyed Darlington. April 11.?Fire broke out here this morning and destroy ed the Darlington Iron Works, partially burned the large tobacco warehouse of Sydnor ?.V: Stem and destroyed two near-by negro cot tages. The high winds made it al most impossible to control the flames, and it is understood that Florence and Timmonsville depart ments were asked for aid. but the fire was gotten under control 1 about 5 o'clock this afternoon. The j amount of damage is unknown. Allendale Comes Back. (News and Courier) Allendale county, in the south western part of South Carolina, bordering on the Savannah river, was one of the first counties in this state to be invaded by the boll wee vil. It is one of the first counties to find the way back to prosperity by way of diversified farming. N. D. Willett, who writes on agricul tural topics for the Augusta Chron- 1 iole. has been looking into the hog \ situation in Allendale, and has made up a list of 29 commercial herds "all having around a hundred head and shipping possibly one car each per year." There are, of course, a good many other commer cial herds in the county. Indeed, the Allendale County Citizen says that whereas three years ago "there had probably not been two cars of hogs shipped from Allendale coun ty." now "scarcely a week passes that at least, one carload does not leave some station in this county for northern or eastern markets." The Citizen continues: "Xot only hogs, but every other farm product that can be imagined, are shipped from this county ev- j ery week in proportions that sounds like fairy tales when spoken of in regrartl to this section which only aj few years back was so completely under the rule of King Cotton. Hogs, cuttle, poultry, eggs, pota toes, hay, grain, beans, peas, vege tables of every kind, truck in great ly increased quantifies, and every other imaginaVd. product that Al lendale soil can produce, leave here daily for a ready market in testi mony of the- most complete and rapid transition from an all-cot ton system to the most diversified system of any in the St;ite, that has ever been brought about. "A large part of the credit for this needful and aggressive change is due to the county and home demonstration agents of this coun ty, backed, of eourse, by an in telligent farming class with fore sight and business acumen. The only changes that have been brought about in the transition was tersely stated a few days ago by a visitor from another section. He said in part: 'About the only change I notice in Allendale Coun ty is a complete change in the at titude of the people here in theii mode of living?-a change which will accomplish a world of good in their behalf. They have found ">it. and not to late, I hope, that fine automobiles, useless luxuries and things bought for the sole pur pose of show, never have and nev er will be o true index to prosperi ty. They have found out tb;it a farm. food ahd a Ford are better by far than cotton, consternation and ;i Cadillac." Allendale County has come back and so. tOO will Other ???uinfie.s ot South Carolina come back when! they learn, as Allendale has learn-j ed that cotton is not the only crop' of which the people of ibis section can make a living and more than] ;i living. Five years from now we shall all look back on i he period through which we are now pass ing und marvel thai we should ever haye been discouraged over hayingl to give up cotton ana the one-crop system, j HOMICIDE ON STATE LINE Thomas Lindsay Surrenders to Greenville Sheriff For Killing at Lynn, N. C. Greenville, April 10.?Following an alleged attaek about 12:30 o'eloek last night. Thomas Lindsay, former Greenville man. shot, and mortally wounded Rome Durham at Linn, N. C. just across the state line, and then, saddling a mule, came toward Greenville to surrender to sheriff Carlos Rec tor. He was arrested about 13 o'clock this morning on the Bun combe road approximately 15 miles above this city and committed to the Greenville jail for the North Carolina authorities. Soon after Lindsay's apprehen sion word was received from the Polk county authorities to take in custody Early Harrison. Greenville county man. as an alleged acces sory to the crime. At a late hour tonight this arrest had not been effected. JDurham died at a. Spartanburg hospital about 11 'o'clock this morning without regaining con-] sciousness. it was stated. The shoot ing is said to have begun when Durham made ;in attempt to beat down the door of Lindsay's home in an effort to avenge his sis ter, who accused Lindsay of cursing her. After he had opened the door, he declared Durham dealt several severe blows and then reached toward his pocket before | he. Lindsay, drew his pistol from his shirt and fired several times. Lindsay, officers state, has re tained a Greenville law firm as counsel. He was a juror during the last term of the court of com mon pleas arid is well known over this county. Spartanburg, April 10.?Rome Durham, a white man. of Tryon, N. C. died at the General hospital here this morning about 11 o'clock from gunshot wounds inflicted last night at Tryon, it is said, by a man named Lindsay. No details of the shooting could be learned here. The dead man was shot through the abdomen with what was ap parently a .44 caliber revolver. An inquest was held this afternoon by Magistrate Brissie and the testi mony of the surgeon was taken. This evidence was forwarded to Tryon, where the regular inquest will be held. The remains will be sent to Tyon for funeral and inter rnent. Asheville, N. C, April 1.0.?Call ing on a young woman Jerome Dur ham, farmer of Tryon, was shot twice through the heart and ki: stantly killed before her eyes late Sunday night, according to infor- i mation received here. Thomas Lindsay, said .to have! been a rival for the young woman's j affections, is being pursued by a sheriff's posse in the ".Dark Cor-1 ner" section otn the South Cairo- j lina line, as the slayer. The shoot ing occurred at Lynn, in the moun- I tains wes' of here. CRIME KEEPS ON j IN METROPOLIS j . New York Votes Sum to Em-; ploy Extra Policemen New York-, April 11.?While the police today were confronted with two new murders, two gun fights and minor crimes, the board of aldermen, after listening to an at tack on Police Commissioner En right, authorized a $400,000 bond issue to pay 350 of the 1,192 ad ditional patrolmen he requested last week from the board of esti mates. Although Mr. Enright contends no crime wave exists, Distiict At torney Bantbn addressed t. com munication to the board of alder men in which he said: "Serious -consideration must be1 given to existing conditions in view of the number of murders now be ing committed daily, the absolute contempt for the duly constituted authorities and the boldness toeing ! shown by the lawless element in the city and county, as exhibited I by recent crimes of violence und robbery, in broad daylight, in the homes of our citizens as well on our most prominent thoroughfares. "The calendars of the Court of General Sessions have grown to such proportions that any malefac tor who obtains his release op bail is practically immune from trial for about two years, thereby per mitting him to prey on the com munity. The constantly increasing number of crimes of violence and robbery necessitated that immedi ate relief be granted and at least two or more additional parts bei added the genera* sessions t o us- ! sure prompt trials of defendants] whether in or out of prison." j DECREASE IN FOOD COST Reported by the Department of Labor Washington, April 10.?A de crease in the retail cost of food to the average family in March as compared with February wax re ported today by the bureau of la bor statistics of the department of labor. Prices as of 4:*. food articles in 51 important cities were consid ered] Seventeen of these articles siiowed decreases ranging from less th:m live-tenths of I per cent. On butter and tea to 34 per cent, on strictly fresh butter, 21 articles in creased from less than live-tenths j of l per -.???in on cheese to 11 per cent on oranges, and six articles rema med unchanged. During the year, March l.">, 1021, to March !?">. 1 *?L'L*. the bureau add ed the average decrease i?i the re tail prices of ibese foods was l!j per c.-ni. articles declining and' eight increasing. In the nine-year period ending March 15, the aver age of increase was placed at 4.'. \ per cent. ' RADIO REPORTS FOR FARMERS Clemson College Arranges t? Transmit Reports to County Agents and Farmers by Wireless Clemson College. April 10.?: Clemson College, through its ex- j tension service, will serve the j farmers of South Carolina through still another channel: namely, the ' radio, the hoard of trustees at its j meetings here or April F> having | authorized an appropriation for! the establishment of a radio equip- j ment the primary purpose of which will he to receive and relay agricultural information and to j transmit to county agents, field ag-j rieultural specialists and farmers j such timely news and suggestions j about agriculture as may be ad vi? j aide or necessary. To this end the physics division. I under the direction of Prof. W. E. Godfrey, will install as soon as po? ! sible a long distance receiving j equipment so that advantage may be taken of the reports sent out j over radio by the United States; department of agriculre, as well as j the necessary transmitting equip ment to relay these reports to county agents and Other field workers and to any farmers who! may put in moderate distance re- ! ceiving sets. The offices of the county agents and the three dis trict extension headouarters will be equipped with the receiving sets. , It is estimated receiving sets suf ficient to receive at any point in the state may be put in for $25 to { $50 according to quality, and these i would be well within the moans of many farmers. But weather, mar ket, and crop reports, sent daily to county agents to be posted by j them would serve the mass of j farmers who would not see tit to j put in receiving sets. The instal lation of the more costly long dis tance receiving sets and relaying i apparatus at Clemson College will relieve the farmers of the expense which would be necessary other-! wise. The question of marketing of farm products is just now perhaps the most prominent one in-agri culture, and it is the purpose of j Director Long of the extension service to use the radio to the greatest possible extent and ad- j vantage in promoting better mar-J keting. It is clear that the United States department of agriculture intends J to make wide use of the radio phone in scattering agricultural in formation for the farmers' benefit, and the decision of the Clemson College Board of Trustees to put j in a radio outfit is in line with the institution's general policy of maximum public service. Aside! from the service to agriculture, the j more, general use of such an out- ' fit for educational and entertain-, ment opens up an inviting field of! possibility. STATE INCOME TAX BLANKS: Columbia. April 12.?The state; tax commi^ion is this week send ing to every person in South Car-' olina who made a federal income j return, a blank affidavit, to bei filled out and returned, stating; the amount of income tax paid to; the federal, government. These af fidavits will be the basis for the; collection of the state income tax this year. The first installment of the state; income tax is due May 1. By that; date affidavits must be sent to the j state tax commission, each with i check for the full amount or forj one-fourth of the amount due the! state as income tax. Each person} in the state who paid the federal j government an income tax is due; the state exactly one-third of thari amount. The tax commission offices are a busy place these days. An enlarg ed force of clerks is busy mailing! out the income return affidavits: and also handling the mass of of fice work connected with the col lection of the gasoline tax, which is being paid briskly now. For the first month of the operation of this uew tax only a small amount wasj collected, the only gasoline taxable I then being that on hand with the retailers, and this : was a small amount. Now the wholesalers are sending in the tax, paid on the gasoline brought into the state and! payable when the gasoline enters! the state. The tax commission es timates that between $U(?,f>(n> and, $70,000 will be collected the first ' month, ending April 20, and that! for the whole year almost a million ! dollars will be the state's income from the gasoline tux. WILL NOT RUN I FOR SENATE ' ! Miami. Fla., April 11.?William I J. Bryan in a statement to the As-: sociated Press today announced his final decision not to be. a candi- , date for the United States senate, from this state, saying that at his; age he could not turn from the: "enjoyable" work of lighting fori Democratic principles and policies! as a commoner to personal poli-j tics." ; Greenwood Man to Build Mansion Columbia. April 12:?Plans have been received by the Columbia Builders' Exchange for what will he. it is said, the handsomest resi dence in the state. M. S. ('hip ley, of Greenwood, has perfected plans for a $100,0f>0 home, to be] of lb- Renaissance type. It w ill be j a hi-ronni house. with marble columns, mahogany wood work.! plate glass windows, and 'he finest nutteria Is i hroughout. Congress will be glad when flies gei back. Then people will have something beside- congress to swat. LLOYD GEORGE MAKES PLEA British Premier Urges Na tions to Agree on Basis of Real Peace Genoa. April 10 fBy the Asso ciated Press). -? Premier Lloyd j George in his speech before the conference said: ; "This is The greatest gathering j of European nations which has I ever assembled on this continent, and having regard for the magni- i tude of the assembly, the character of its representing and line im portance of the topics we are here j to discuss, the results of the con- j fe. moe will be far-reaching in their effects, either for better or for worse, upon the destiny not ? merely of Europe, but The whole j A'Orld. "We meet on equal terms, pro vided we accept equal conditions. ! We are not here as allied and enemy states: we are. nor here as! belligerents or neutrals; we have ' not come together as monarchists j or Republicans or Sovietisfs. We j are assembled as the representa- ! tlves of all the nations and peo- j pies of Europe to seek out in com-; mon the best methods for restor- ; ing the shattered prosperity of this continent. I "These conditions inviting the 'powers were laid down at Cannes.! They apply to all alike: they are j the conditions which heretofore have been accepted by all civilized | communities as the basis of inter- i national good faith. I will sum marize them in two or three sen- j tences. "The first is, when a. country en- 1 ters Into contractual obligations j with another country or its na-1 tionals for value received, that con tract can not be repudiated when- j ever the country changes its gov- ; ernment without returning the j value. The second is that no court- j try can wage war on the institu tions of another. The third is that one nation shall nor engage in ag gressive operations against the ter ritory of another. The fourth is that the nations of one country shall be entitled to impartial jus tice in the courts of another. "If any people reject these ele mentary condi'ions of civilized in tercourse between nations they can not be expected to be received into the comity of nations. "Europe undoubtedly needs a common effort to repair the de vastation wrought by the most de- i structive .war ever waged in this ] world. That war came to an end j three years ago. Europe, exhaust- ! ed with its fury, with the loss of i blood and treasure it involved is! staggering under the colossal bur- ! dens of debt and reparation it en- ! tails. The pulse of commerce is beating feebly, wildly; in some! lands artificial activity is stimu-1 lated either by demands for-repair- 1 ing the ravages of war or by gen- I erations of thrift by the frugal and industrious among the people; but j legitimate trade, commerce and in-; dustry are everywhere disorganized J and depressed. "What is the first need of Eu rope??Peace, a real peace. We propose to study the currency - - - Good! We propose to examine the question of exchanges. That also is good. We propose to discuss transport and credit. That is all good. But, unless peace is estab lished, and good will amongst na tions, all these discussions will oe of no* avail." BIG LEAGUE : GAMES START Giants Entertain Dodgers While Yanks Go to Washington New [Yoffc, April 11?Major league baseball will make its'1922 debut in four Eastren cities tomor row morning. In the National League the New York Giants will entertain the Brooklyn Superbas at the Polo grounds in this city and Boston will appear against the Philadel phia, teum on the tatter's field. American League combinations I wihch will assist in the opening' are the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox, who meet in Bos ton, and the New York Yankees and Washington Senators who meet in the capital city. In all four cities elaborate cere monies have been planned to marici the beginning of another long pen- j nant chase and while there is little i likelihood of departure from the j traditional flag bedecked stands, j band concerts, parades of rival; teams and the official throwing of balls, the fans have shown un-j doubted desire ro witness in per- ! son these preliminaries and thej subsequet diamond battles. MEN SENT TO PENITENTIARY Timmons and Willard Begin Ten-Year Sentences Laurens, April 11.?Appeal Pro ceedings having been abandoned ! Luther Timmons and Monroe Wil-j lard, who were convicted of man- | slaughter three weeks ago in the court of general sessions here and given sentences of ten years each in , the state penitentiary, were taken | to Columbia today to begin their; prison terms. Sheriff S. C. Iteid j and a deputy carried the men to the capital city <*? automobile. Relatives and friends of the, young men were permitted to spend , a short time at the county jail yes-j terday. the visitors including the ' fat her of Timmons. Following their conviction of manslaughter, with recommenda- j titui to mercy. Judge Wilson, after j refusing a new tiki!, passed sen tence. Now they jtead oi r,r? . aybe he wai waiting for the instead of ."0 nv , . ? 11" s,,,s> Maybe he wor* V!,. ' :tll < Aesthetic Aprons Do aprons have styles? You bet! The "bungalow" is still the most popular cut. Gay cretonr^s right now find highest favor among the materials, being used to trim plain chambray, or as the entire aprcn with plain trimmings. The more old-fashioned the calico apron the better: ?? ?? ? Odessa, the Famous Chicago of Russia Odessa. March IG.?This former Chicago of Russia, and destined soon to be again the principal ex port and import center of the new Ukraine Soviet Republic, today presents the appearance of a house from which the owner has been away on a long journey and left it in the charge of careless keepers. Despite the many conflicts which have taken place in this city since the workmen captured it in the fall of 1917, the well built docks, the solid business houses and the splen did residences are in good repair, externally and seem to wear an expectant air ready for the old prosperity to return. Unlike Baku and Tiflis. Astrak han. Batum and dozens of other cities the correspondent has visited in Russia, there is not the air of linality of destruction and hopeless ness that so characterizes them. There has been destruction, of course, but not so much from war, as from necessity. The huge pub lic market, covering several city blocks has been torn down and its stones used in street repairs. On the waterfront the port looks in good condition. \ But the lack of fuel in the city for several years has led to the de struction of a part of the grain elevators, once capable of storing 1)00,000 tons of export wheat. In some instances their wooden roofs are gone. A quarter of a mile of the loading apparatus, consisting of steel and wooden frames for handling the belt and bucket sys tem of pouring wheat into the ships alongside has been torn down for firewood. The Peresk ware houses must be restored. Coming into the city, along the railway line from Kiev the train runs for half a mile, along the gaunt walls of big buildings the roofs and upper stones of which are gone. For all this the city maintains itself solidly. The sewage, water works and electric light systems function. There is no doubt that Odessa can and will come back quickly. The saddest feature of- Odessa's life has to do ivith the immediate present. Coming in on the train, there was a whole car full of dead people, frozen during long weeks of travel or dead from hunger or from typhus. On the very streets of once proud nnd prosperous Odessa where bread could be had by the basketful] there are daily/dropping dozens of people, ill and dying from hung er and typhus. In the only large restaurant in the city famishing people beg the privilege of sweeping the scraps from the table and these scraps they eat. These hungry persons were once well-to-do people now thinned down to the skin and bone. The thinness of the people a ad the beauty of the city arc the two first impressions of the strang er. Dennis McSweeney, the long shore boss sent in for the Ameri can Relief Administration ships, had a not lie!- impression. "The grils are prettier here than in Mos cow, I'll tell ye." he said. "But they wear too much rouge on their lips'." MANNING TOWN COUNCIL A. C. Bradham Election is Un opposed Manning. April 11.?The town flection for mayor, aldermen and a ?om missioner of public w orks pass Mi off quietly here yesterday, there l>eing eight candidates for alder men, with to i)e elected and the mayoralty and commissioner can didates unopposed. There were no issues involved and only IS- votes were polled. The following is the new council for the next term: Mayor. A. ?' Bradham: aldermen. L If. Rigby. lt. C. McKelvy. W. 1\ Legg. C. C Chewmngr. Fred Les >sne. t*. .\. Sprott: commissioner, of public works, w. M. Plowden. And so science can split up ele-j ments? Well, well: perhaps the politicians will be aide to split up the farmer element. j FIGHT OVER NAVAL MEAS URE IN HOUSE i Byrnes, of Soiith Carolina, Supports Committee?Par ty Lines Are Split Wahingtonr April 10.?The fight j on the naval appropriation hill be } gan in the house today with mem j hers insisting that it did and that j it. did not actually carry out the ! r>-r>-:; ratio, as fixed"fey treaty. All j day the discussion centered around ; this one lug question in dispute. ; Chairman Kelley, of the- suh ? committee on appropriations, which ! drafted the measure and others, in i eluding an enlisted force ot v?5.000 j plus 2,000 apprentice seamen, was ? adequate to maintain the navy in ! accordance with the arms coafer ! *-i\ft> raring, others, however, in cluding Representative Padgett, Tennessee, ranking Democrat;on j the naval committee which in for I mer times proposed the navy bills, j asserted the figures were so low I '-as to destroy the efficiency of the : American navy" and give it a j standing the same as or lower than that of Japan. J In -;ii there'were seven speeches } during the day, three for and four : against the measure. Representa I tive Dyrnes. South Carolina, sup j ported the committee proposals joining Chairman Kelley and Mr. Mondell in its defense. On the oth er side the speakers with Mr. Padget were Representatives Tink I ham. Massachusetts, Husted, New I York, and Vare, Pennsylvania, all ! Republican members of, the ap j propriations committee who sign j ed a minority report urging a j force of So.not?, plus C.O00, and 1 who declared the committee "fig | ares disrupted and ignored the ! treaty. \ There will be two full days of. I general debate, with more kttei j when the personnel section ia I reached. The name of the president wa3 I brought into the debate and there i were many verbal clashes as a re ! suit. Mr. Mondell questioned the j propriety of the inclusion in mi . nority views of a statement that ! the president had urged S6,000 j men or 10.0U0 less than the nam? j her requested by Secretary Denby. j Asserting that 50,000 men would I not accomplish the aims of the i treaty, Mr. Padgett suggested' to ! the committee that if it was un i willing to accept the solemn judg* j ment of the secretary of the navy# somebody ought to be put in nil ; place whose advice would be &e icepted. I NEGRO ESCAPES ELECTRIC CHAIR [Sentence ' of Abraham Wil liams Commuted by . Governor ( j Columbia. April 11.?On the dec* i' laration of the State Pardon Board's recommendation that j "the weight of the undisputed fact J is ..decidedly inclined to the ne* i grp's'favor," Governor Cooper thJ? j afternoon commuted to life impris onment the sentence of death pro nounced on Abraham Williams, a negro convicted last year by aa Orangeburg county court. Williams was convicted of at? tempted criminal assault on a six* teen-year-old white girl near Branchyille, while she was deliver ing, it .is alleged, a letter to his wife... Clemency was recommend - j ed by the. trial judge and ten of the jurors which convicted Wil liams. According to the pardon I board recommendation, the giri is j suffering from a disease which ? causes her to be in a highly nervous (condition at times. "In its extend i ed report, the pardon board states j that the demeanor of the negro, i the circumstances surrounding the alleged crime and the physical con dition of the girl after her report to her parents raise a strong presump tion of doubt of the guilt of the negro." The Next Queen? i Latest photograph of Lady Rachel" Cavendish, daughter of the Duke of Devonshire, who may be Great Bri tain's next queer.?if the Prince of .Wales doesn't select one of the other half a dozen bride* that have been picked lor him.