Oy Associated Press will be opened at Columbia tomorrow by the interdepartmental nitrate plant board, consisting of the Secretaries of War, Interior and Agriculture, and army engineers. Plans for the South-east trip were completed today, and the board will leave tonight.

After Columbia, the board will visit Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia to inspect sites. The trip will end March 16.

Fight on Grayson Losing Strength
Opponents Conclude It Will Be Useless to Attempt Another Fight on the Senate.
WASHINGTON, March 7—Republican opposition to the confirmation of Dr. Cary T. Grayson, President Wilson's naval aide, last renominated as medical director and re-admiral, is not expected to develop much strength at the present special Senate session. Senator Weeks, who led the fight in the last session, is said to have concluded that it would be useless to attempt another filibuster, and the Democrats will vote almost solidly for confirmation.

The Grayson nomination is one of the few on the long list to be continued likely to cause debt, and if the rules controversy is cleared up without an extended fight, the Senate's extraordinary session probably will be short-lived.

SCOTT REAPPOINTED
The House of Representatives has been in session for several days, with the Senate's executive committee reporting a bill to be reported to the Senate.  Of Navy Achill Detailed
By President Wilson for That Position.
WASHINGTON, March 7.?Major General Scott was retired as chief of staff of the army today by President Wilson. Because of his intimate association with the Secretary of War, the chief of staff has to be reappointed when a new administration begins during his term. 