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REPUBLICANS SEAT JOHNSONDELEGATES FRON MINNESOTA
GOPCOMMITTEE
VI LUI LA
TURNING DOWN
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- LILY WHITES
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SEAT TWELVE UNINSTRUCTED/
LOUISIANA DELEGATES
Pickett Fight Based - on
Claim He is State Chair
man in Georgia. ~
Chicago, June 2.—Resuming
work on the convention contests,
the Republican National Commit
tee seated twelve unihstructed
delegates from Louisiana headed
by Emile Kuntz, of New Orleans,
National committeeman, and dis
missed the contest of the lily !
white group led by C. S. Herbert
and Victor Loisel. The New Or
leans, Florida and Georgia cases
passed temporarily.
Lead Georgia 1, |
Chicago, June 2.-—claims of cun-i
testing delegations from Florida and
Georgia continued today to omupy'
the :tieniion of ithe republican nation-!
al committee. The committee hasi
planned supplemental hearipg for the |
regular reported Iflor,ida (lelegation.i
headedn by National committeemui
Bean, and' the delegation hcaded by
E. L. Anderson of Jacksonville, Gt
With Florida once disposed of, thel
committee has planned to pass on the
Gequgia contest, which occupied sev-.
eral hours of ‘the committhe’s time,
vesterday considering the claims of
the Picket and Johnson factions. The]
latter delegation, headed by Henry‘
Lincoln Johnson, an “Atlanta negro,
claims that it is the wegularly repor
ted delegation. This claim is dispu
ted by the delegation known as thel
Pickett faction, which contends that
it should be considered the regularly
accreditted delegation, claiming Ros
coe Pickett to be the accreditetd state
chairman. ; :
The Johnson faction favors LoWdenl
while that of Pickett is for Genorall
10 & lac
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There seems to be a
misunderstanding about
the price of our bread.
Prices are the same—
10c and 15¢—Size of the
loaf has heen slightly
reduced, but prices
maintained.
If your grocer cannot
supply you phone us
and we will.
C. L. Lifsey D. L. Bullock
Phone 121
THE CORDELE DISPATCH
BOARD OF TRADE FINDS WARM
| SUPPORT OVER WHOLE CITY
TEAMS WORKING
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d DR YR |
EVERY BLOCK IN
RAPID MANNER
STRONGEST BOARD N MANV‘
. YEARS i
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IS PROMISED AS RESULT
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Funds Readily Given inl
Most Business Places to ]
Campaign Workers.
' Those‘wlio went after the member-‘
ship for the Cordele Board of Trade
today found a medked enthusiasm and
splendid support and Mr, R. L. Huie@
and his teams quit the day with lh('l‘
L:est showing that has been made here
in years. It was g remarkable dispo
sition they found to support the busi
ness hody and lend the financial sup
port which will be required to operate'
for a larger Cordele. |
“] want my town to know,” one man
daid, “that 1 am willing to back up
the Board of Trade, and I want the
-outside '»forld to know that we gdc
things..” It was the general expression
Individualsas well as business con-’
‘Board of Trade in membership repre:
‘cerns threw in and joined and now the
sents, very. neatly a hundredy per. cent
‘of its business men.
I. The teams members were at their
Iwork early and sought to find every
}Jjody. There are still members to be
located and brought in, for some of
them are out of town. The campaign
I\was virtually closed today, but Mr.
' Huie and Secretary A. S. Bussey will
?Sp()t those yetto be brought in before
the close of active work. If there are
‘men, either as business individuals,
or ag concerns, who have not heen
Freached, it will be well to settle the
}BOard of 'l‘rade membership right now
| A phone message to Mr. Huie of Sec
lretax-y Bussey will make it possible to
' connect up. They want nobody left
}out' and they urge everybody who has
‘an interest to "see that the other fel
low is a member.
} The membership throughout the
| community ought to be concluded this
‘, veek, according to officers of the body
' who are in charge. The campaign is
“intgnded to take in the farmers where
'aver they are willing to join the bus
)nnss,body. g
Wood. ¢
$ * Sent Johneoh Men. .
(‘Licago, June 2.--In its first decision
aitecting the Jjohnson forces in the
convention the republican national
committee voted thirty-six to twelve
to seat the delegates from the tenth
Minnesota district who are counted
as favorable to the candidacy of the
California senator. They were repre:
sentatives M. Schall and L. M. Mithum
HUERTA TAKES
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OATH OF OFFICE
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PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT RE-’
PUBLIC OF MEXICO
Mexico City, June 2.—Adolfo Dela
Huerta took the oath of office as pro
visional president of Mexico late this‘
afternoon in the chamber of deputies, “
There was gréat military display.
The galleries of the chamber were
erowded and thousands thronged the
streets. :
Honolulu-—Japan has hroken off re
lations with the Russian Bolsheviki
for the formation of a buffer state in
Siberia, according to g Tokio cable:
gram .to Nippu Jiji, the Japanese lan
guage newspaper here,
AND DAILY: SENTINEL
BERGDOLL ESCAPE 1
BE INVESTIGATED
UNDER HOUSE REPOR'.
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Washington, June 2.-—Resolution !
prdering a congressional investlgfltion"
of the escape of Grover Clevelanu i
Bergdoll, the rich Philade!phiia drafr
evader, was ordered favorably repqr-i
ted today by the® House rules comm‘it-l
tee. 5
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WILSON APPEALS |
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FOR SUFFRAG:
Bt
ASKS DEMOCRATS IN DELEWAREI
TO VOTE FORYMEASURE. ]
Washirgton, June 2.—President |
Wilson has telegraphed three mmn-'
bers of the Deleware legislatute urg
ing every democratic in the legisla ‘
ture to vote for suiirage amendment.’
The message went to Assemblymc:ff
Mulvena, Nulrine and McNab, demo- |
crats, who are said here to have op—.
posed the amendments. 4
CUBA FIGHTING ,
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FOR SUGAR SUPPLY
N SV a
PLANS TO KEEP SUGAR WITHIN
TH E‘ ISLAND
Havana—Havana chamber* of com
merce today petitioned the Cuban gov
ernmen to take the mnecessary steps
to gee that four hndred thousand sacks
of sugar of the present ¢rop be retaii
ed, on ‘the Island and withheld from
‘export, The ‘chamber explained ‘tha
uniess this measure was taken <the
shortage of sgar in Cuba would he
very acute.« 3
CLERKS STRIKE |
4
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HEAD OFFICIALS SAY LAW MUST|
BE OBEYED {
Atlanta—Despite additional telc-g
grams from the national headquarters |
of their organization declaring theirl
strike illegal, it was announced today |
that the striking railway clerks here !
had voted last night to remain out, s
Telegrams came from J. E. McQuadeli
of Cincinnati, chief clerk to E. H. Fitz-|
gerald president of the brotherhood !
of railway clerks, and stated that on |
Tuesday Fitzgerald would put an en-:
iire clerks strike hefore the national |
labor hoard in Chicago. :
In the meantime McQuade quoted!
I"itzgerald as saying that he had never?
authorized the strike and adding thati
the laws of ‘the clerks’ organization|
must be obeyed. }
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IKEATING SAYS |
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NO MONEY GIVEN
PLUMB PLAN LEAGUE IS NOT!
ACTIVE |
Washington—The Plumb Plan Lea-!
gue, organized in the interests of thoi
proposal for the tri-partite ownership;
of the country's railroad system, hasi
not contributed “a dollar” to the cam
paignes of any of the candidatcs, for!
the Republican and Democratic presi- |
dential nominations, according to the?
testimony of Edward Keating before|
the semate committee investigating |
lpre-conveution campaign expendiluresi
today. l
l Keating, a former member of cong-|
ress from Colorado, now manager of:
' the Plumb Plan I,eagué, testified that|
lhis organization was taking no part|
in the campaign, except-as it is dis-|
itributing information through vits’
!weekly newspaper, “Labor.’ !
‘ Keating - said that sixteem railmad'
labor unions supporting leaguie had a
r:émpaign committee of which he is a |
member, cooperating with the cam»-!
paign committee of the American
Federation of Labor, the duty of
which would be to convey information
to members of the organization, prin
cipally about senators and congress
! men. |
CORDELE, GECRGIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1820.
- FOR CONGRESS
3 - OVANUE AR
MAY BE NEEDED
ki A ARV ERS |
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SENATE SPECULATES ON WiL
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SON’S ATTITUDE |
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ADJGURNMENT UP SENATE
May -Be Necessary for
President to Call Special
Séssion in July. |
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"~ Washington—""ha question of ad
journment of Cengress next Saturday.
was ptit up to the Senate toduy when!
he house resolutfq‘n adopted yester
day was received. Under this measure
congress would adjourn sine die next
Saturday afternoon at four o'clock.
Leaders were speculatizg on the
pribable attitude of President Wil:on
towerds adjournment. Some, sug
gested that he probably migint call a
special session about July ninteenth
should the adjourniment resoluticn be
‘adonted by the senate.
FIGHTING BOLSHEVIKI ON AN
OTHER FRONT 3
Warsaw—VPolish troops have turned
to the offensive between Borisov and
Bobruisk on the center of the fmnt',
which is under attack by the Russian
Bolsheviki and on May twenty-seven
they occuypied the line of the Beresina
river, according to an officicl state
ment issued at army headquarters
here today.
PECAN
ROLLS
JUST RECEIVED
FRESH
SHIPMENT
FAMOUS
Martha
W ashington
PECAN
« ROLLS
“Goodness Knows
They’re Good”’
$1.50 per Pound:
Alsonice assortment
Elmers Chogolates.
STEAD'S
DRUG STORE
WHIPPLE & McKENZIE BLDG
PHONE 1 A. M. STEAD), Prop.
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EONNIWELL SCORNS PENNSYL
VANIA CAMPAIGN : J
PALMER ATTENDS HEARING
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Bonniwell Claims Palmer
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Made Direct Appeals to
Liquor Interests.
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. Washington—Charges ihat ‘the cam 1
paign nof the nomination of Attorniy
Gencral Palmer as Demceratic candi |
dute for the presidency had heen oon-i
ducted in Peunsylvania with an openl
appeal to the distillery” and hrewery
interests in the state were made m!
day before the senate inv(\stigqting
committee hy Eugene €. Bmmiwulll‘
of Philadelphia. 1
Benniwell, who distributed stickers
during the primary campaign secking
the nomination of McAdoo, said s
loons :fnr] bonded warehouses in gome
parts of the state were now runing
wide open under the eyes of feredal
‘cfficers appointed “with Palmer vise.”
of Americus, and Hal Lawson, of Abbe
tville, who represent- the defendants.
Propérty involved in the litigation is
‘estimated to be worth from $1,000,000
to $5,000,000, and the suit when first
indtituted was generally refered to as
the “Million Dollar Bauxite Case.”
SHIPPINGBOARD
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-~ REMAINS FIXTURE
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! HOUSE AND SENATE CONFEREES
i AGREE ON:MERCHANT MARINE
| Py o s
| WasEhington. - June 2.—Completé
iagreoment fon the house ‘mierchant
i marine bill was reached by the house
| and ssenate conferees today after vir
‘ tually an all night session. Under
[ the azreement the senate provisions
!m‘m-’idin::: for a nermanent shipping
l board of seven members was retained,
}l'-ul, the senate amendment authoriz
[ ing the hoard to set aside annually for
the néxt five years fifty million dol
i lars from the proceeds of charters and
| sates for 'the construction of new
’s:hips. was modified to provide a re
| serve fund of only twenty-five millions
| annually.
: The bill also would redquire seventy
| five percent of the stock of companies
é(-nguged in coastwise trade to be
- American owned as well as the major
ity interests in organizations engaged
/in foreign trade.
. 'The sale of American ships to for
&cign interests, if after diligent effort
the shipping board js unable to dis
pose of thm to Americans, is provi
ded in the bill agreed upon.
SENATE VOTES DOWN PRESI
DENT'S REQUEST.
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Washington, June 2.—The Senate
resolution declining to grant authority
for an American mandate over Arme
nia, as requested by President Wilson,
which was passed yesterday by a vote
of fifty-two to twenty-three was sent
today to the house foreign atfairs com
rpittee, which was expected to recom
mend its adoption unéhanged and
submit it -to the house tomorrow for
consideration.
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SIXAREKILLED -
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MINE EXPLOSION
Pittsiurgh, Pa.—At least six mern
were killed by an explosion in g coa!
shaft of the Ontario Gas and Coal
company near Cokesburg today. The
‘men were buried under tons of earth
. Formen said he would be unabl:
to tell the exact number of the dead
until the bodies were recovered.
COUNTRY HAS '
POOREST CROPS
"HTIRRK IDVITRY Q 6 )F
HERE IS THE SCHOO,
A it ¥ Y 3 XY
DRESS FOR KVERY
3 TACHT 2 v e . ~ v -
MODEST MAN’S MONEY
Austin—A school dress fop Spring
and Fall which «ost two dollars and
eighty-Seven ' cénts and which was de
siged and made and worn by Miss
Aline Johnson, of “‘Houston, won the
[irst prize in the'state-wide high school
Girl’s clothing contest conducted by
the niversity of Texas, it was an
nounced today. There were {ifty cun
fries.
PALMER TURKSTO |
RADICALS AGAIN
et} & ]
WENT . BEFORE HOUSE RULESI
COMMITTEE. ; ‘
Wachingten, June 2.—Attorney Gen- '
oral Palmer turned aside today from |
his prepared answer to the criticisms’
of Assistant Secretary of Luh:w Post
{0 disenss before the House rules
committee criticisms of the depart
ment of justice regayding the deporta
tion proceedings eontainoed in the re
polt of the commitice of twelve law
vors recently made public by the Na
ticanl Popnlar Covernment League
Palmer said be did net know all tlm'
giguers of the report but was not fa
vorably impressed by those he did
know, “We find several of them ap
pearing as counsel for the communist 1
and’ coviimunist labor party members‘
“3 the d,\l‘:p!)l‘t&li(.)fl hearings,” he said.;
~ “Are you going to take the word of
lliv:e;{s for all the churg_'ag’;@g%@ij
hlwm*mm%fim 4
‘ay the whole report simmers down o
his,” he asserted. = ° : -
Bongiwell charged that the Palmer
ampaign in Pennsylvania had been
ghastly and a debsaing degradation”
{ the law. He added ‘that the cam
aign hg conducted for 5\'[(:.%«100 wis
catirely the work of himself and. his
‘olleagues and against the specific
sersonal refusal of McAdoo to allow
4is name to be used.
Attorney General Palmer appeared
i the senate campaign investigating
ommittee room just before the after
woon gession began. He was the first '
! the presidential nomination cfindi-']
2tes whose campaigns are under in- -
‘egtzaton who ‘has appeared at the;
nquiry. |
’LEAS MADE FOR
4
- FILIPINO FREEDOM
REPUBLICANS ASKED TO ADOPT
PLATFORM PLANK
(‘hicago—The fight for a platform
Jeclaration by the Rvpu'i:li(-an party
for full independence of the l"hil'pipr-;.:
vas taken up today Ly 'a delegation
irom: the Islands, headed by Jaime
Deveyra: . :
“By the Jones law of Augus# twenty
aine, nineteen” gikteen,” declares De
. eyra, “the Phillipines were _p.r::.'ni.w-'!
< hejr independence as soon as & stable
rovernment could he established, on
the lelands. The Phillipices have that
table government today. Amer.ican
Ir‘i‘!'i~i:|!s representatives in the Philip
ines testifies to its existence.”
A ——— e 4 S— .
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DENY VATICAN
OFFERED BERTH
O OFFER FOR MEMBERSHIP IN
LEAGUE
. Rome—Reports published last woek
hat A. J. Balfour, former British sec
rotary of state for foreign- affaivs, had
reposed the admission of the vatican
‘0 the League of Nations, are denied
iu an official statement priazted by
Ogservatore Romauvo, the organ of th
atican. :
It is also said that “no other person”
a 5 made any such proposals.
108 T—Cameo Pin in Sterling Siiver
' Lace frame . Return to Mrs. 1,. E.
larvell, Richell, Ga., for reward 6-2-3 t
AFTERNOO!
EDITION
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AVERAGE OF SIXTY-TWO AND
FOUR TENTHS . ¢
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HEORGIA ONLY FIFTY FIVE
Mo Forecast of Production
Was Given by Depart
ment in Report.
Washiugton, June 2.~—HReporting the
condition of the cotton crop on May
twenty-fifth ai sixty-two and four
tenths percent normal, the depart
ment of Agriculture announced that
this was the lowest mark in its re
cord of fifty years and that the recur
ring statement was the “worst ever
Fnown'' was confivmed.
Cotion is reported as poor to bad in
1l cotton sttates and in almost every
county of the cotton belt, the ‘depart
ment statement said.
No forecast of production was made,
ondition figures hy states reported
Georgia’s crop as fifty-five per eent of
normal; Florida sixty-two; Alabamg
lipightes e it
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HOUSE RESOLUTION ©
TO REPEAL WAR TIME
. EMERGENEY LAWS
Washingtin—By, uzanimous vott the
house jdiciary Conlnli';tee 'ordei'e'd: ”&fif‘
a resolution repealing alk war gm}e
emergency legislation excepting the'
Lever food control act, trading with
the enemy, a lgw in the District of Col
uinbia, and the rent profiteering meas
LAWN MOWERS
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Its good exereise. We
have the mowers’ for
Yyou. Ko :
Good ones and cheap
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