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MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. 3. REACH AGREEMENT ON ESSENTIAL PLATFORM ELEMENTS $60,000 STOLEN EXPRESS MESSENGER AND GUARD BOUND SAFE THROWN FROM CAR ¢ R . Pay Roll for Marine Corps Taken From Express Car - Early Today. Augusta, June 30.—The pay roll des tined for the marine corps training station at Paris Island, S. C., amount to fifty-nine thousand seven hundred and twenty-five dollars, was stolea from an express car of the Charleston and Western Carolina railway, a few miles out from Augusta between five and five thirty this morning., After the hold up men had bound wii gag ged the express messenger and an arme { suard. The money had been expressed un der guard from Atlanta and was transferred at Augusta to the Charles ton and Western Carolina. When a few miles out of the city in the Savannah river bottom, it was said the hold up men entered the \:ar and overpowered the messenger and armed guard, then they three the safe containing the money out of the door. The robbery was discovered when a member of the train crew passed throught the car and found the men bound. VETERANS TO MEET IN ALBANY NEXT FALL Albany, Ga., June 29.—General James THomas, commeander of -the Georgia division of United Confeder ate Vqterans, today accepted an- in vitation to hold the state reunicn here next year. S. CATCHINGS WITH ROOBIN Mr. ‘S. Catchings has arrived in the city from Fitzgerald, and will be with L. J. Rookin in charge of the Dry Goods department, Mr. Catchings was for a number of years and his friends and customers will welcome him back. 10 & lac ————————————————— There scems to be a misunderstanding about the price of our hread. Prices ave the same— 10c and 15¢c—Size of the loaf has been slightly reduced, hut prices maintained. If your grocer cannot supply you phone us and we will. ——————————— Phone 121 C. L. Lifsey D. L. Bullock SN o it p THE CORDELE DISPATCH “SLIGHTLY MOIST” PLANK INCLUDED; HARMONY ON LEAGUE ALBANINIAN INSURGENTS TAKE ITALIAN GARRISON Belgrade, June 30.—A veport that the Albanian city of Avlen has been captured from the Italians by the Albian insurgents has been received by the news papar Prava in a dis patch from Uskub, in southern Serbia The reports said the entire Italian garrison was taken with the town. - MEMEBERS AMERICAN LEGION PATROL STREETS Miami, Fla., June 30.—Quiet reigns today in the negro section here follow ing a disturbance last night afier a dynamite had been thrown into a ne gro dwelling close to the color line, Three hundred members of the Ameri can Legion, called by the mayor, pa trolled the streets last night. | The authorities anticipate no fur ther trouble. : WAS FORCED TO LAND IN RAIN STORM. Mexico City, June 30.—tion Pelias (anes, war misister, last nizht order o the release of Lieutenant Staniej Mias, the American avial .2 who yils i ced to land in Mexice i Sunday w 1 le lost in ¢ rain storm, Ames has jcen in the custody of tive Mexican g, .uorities 2. M atamorss. THREE OTHERS SERIOUSLY IN JURED IN COLISION. Tuscaloosa, June 30.—Three yount women are dead and three seriousl: injured here today as a result of a coi lision last night between their automc bile and a Louisville and Nashvill passenger train. Miss Gertrud Yerby was killed outright and Misse Hazel Thames and Birch Bolling died from their injuries. CHARGED WITH GIVING ROME GIRL POISON HELD FOR MURDE:! Rome, Ga., June 29.—Claude A. Ta) lor, young automobile dealer, was tc day bound over to the superior cour. to answer to the clf:n'ge of murde preferred Ly relatives of Miss Willi Salmon, aged 19, a trained nurse, whe died from taking bichloride of mex cury. The mother and sister of the dead girl swore that she had, on he death bed, told them that Taylor hac given her bichloride tablets, and tha! she tcok them, he having told her tha they would relieve a delicate conditior in which she found herself. She lived five days after taking the poison. Taylor was first arrested charged with seduction, ond after the girl’'s death the charge was changed to murder. He is confined to jail anc will make application for bhond Wec nesday before Judge Wright. MAN WITH WHEELS IN HEAD ADMITS FIRING HOTELS 'Boston, June 30.—James Hobe Clifton, of New Jersey, a deserte from the navy, today con fessed that he set fire in the five hc telg here within the past week, accord ing to a stattement from police head quarters. He is ‘charged with arson The police said he probably will be sent to a psychopathic hospital fo observation because of his explana tion that he had “wheels in his head. At the swimming pool Friday nigh July 2, orchestra composed of five good musicians, all from the county Come and hear them, vou will enjoy it 6]29/7t i i s ~ Mrs. M. T. Horne, of Dublin, is thr guest of Mrs. G. IL Fouche. CORDELE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30,1920. PRESENTAI‘ION N COMMITTEE PROBABLY READY LATE TODAY 3 8 . NOMINATION FEATURE DAY Campaign Managers and Delegates Well Prepared for Arousing Enthusiasm. San Francisco, June 30.—The doni guratic convention as:semb]od today to hear the candidates placed in nom ination and wich the last minute changes of the plans of the McAdon terces which precluded the presenta tion of his name to the convention. Although it was said among admis istration chiefs that tlie platform sub committee had virtually agreed in all the important particulars, the sub committee, after it had been in con ference with the entire committee, made public the announcement that it was not ready to report and would work in secret until seven-thirty to night, when it will report again to the full committee. Administration chiefs declared that a “slightly’ moist” plank had been agreed on. ) S The decision to have Jenkins -speak was not reached definitely until today because certain of McAdoo's friends thought his last tetlegram, urging that the speech should not be made should be adhered to. The tottal McAdoo ‘strength on the first ballot, according 4o i Ry % iSRRI, ate three hundred votes, some say it will not reach over two hundred an: fifty. This far the McAdoo men say they have suifered only one defection, tha! of Maryland, which, according to in formation five are cut today and will cast their first votes for Ambassado: John W. Davis. The McAdoo sup porters say they expect the Maryland vole to return to them after a few bhallots. Both the Cox and Palmer force: viewed with evident satisfaction the scrimmage withing the McAdoo ranks which threatened to bring McAdoo to the front at-once and make the nomi nation, a three cornered contest from the beginning. Palmer headquayters, in a forme! statement said that the Attorney General's bositionl is “Ustronger than it has ever been before.” and an nounced his forces intact and claimed the votes which on the first ballots will be cast for favorite sons. - Despite the promise of the coliven tion to have a “Big Three” at the difl,:' sot, the dark horse talk was never' more persistent than at present. 'l‘hc' names of Marshall, Cummings and‘ Davis are always heard. The Com mings boom grew from a mere demon- ! stration of enthusiasm to formidable | nroportions in 24 hours after his open- i ‘ng address and today it had taken full | jorm with hand bills being circulated leclaring “a great moment has pro- | lnced a great man.” i e ! San Francisco, June 3\').—Stri‘p'pe'.lg ‘or action the democratic conventi(m‘ swung today into the business of se- | ecting a nominee, meeting an hour warlier than usual, under the program ! which permitted the presentation 01'§ randidates before the platform is adop | ted. The convention entered a day »f oratory and demonstration and it was pasgsible that all the speeches weuld pe o vored today in time for clearing the way for the presentation of the platform Thursday morning, if the committee completes it by it time. . At the eleveénth hour the friends of ;M(-Adon abandoned their efforts to orevent his name being place in nom [fnation by Dr. Burris Jenkins. A great crowd came to the conven tion hall preparf-(f for a day of ex sitement. Campaign managers andl {elegations actively supporting candi lates were well prepared. All sorts of devices for arousing enthusiasm ind for noise making purposes were brought in. AND DAILY SENTINEL TURKS T 0 RELEASE AMERICAN MISSIONARIES Constantinople, Tuesday, June 29.— American missioharios, Paul Nilson, and his wife, wllb were recently cap tured by Turkish bandits near Tarsus have been taken to Silvisk, according to a message received from Mevsina June 26th. The Turkish general in charge is reported tto have promised their immediate release. HAITIAN CAPITAL RAIDED, U. S. MARINE RESTORE ORDER Kingsten, Jamaca, June 30.—DBand its raided Port Auprince, the Haitian capital, according to passengers arriv ing this afternoon from that city. United-_ States maries restored order after killing the leader of the raid. \ADOO’S NAME NOT PRESENTED T 0 CONVENTION FINAL INSTI@iL’TIONS FROM EAST C@L PLANS JENKINS AGREES TO PLANS Eleventh HJ&?i)ecisions of McAdoo Forces Preclud ed Presentation Today. San Francisco, June 30.—After de finite and final instructions came from !the east today that, McAdoo's name be not formally ‘placedibgfore the g WM o, Thiwrls Jenk mfii&t‘fi'@gxfib again and decided to accede to the wishes of McAdoo’s managers, “This action was taken with my en tire approval,” McAdoo said today when he was informed that ‘“final” in structions had been received in San Francisco that his name not be placed before the convention. He would not ccmment further. Mrs. Wp W. McCollum is in Atlanta where she was called on account of the illness of her mother. AND Why b e bothered with these pests? Try a bottle of Walker’s Devilment A sure prevention. Don’t delay longer. Orderabottletoday. Price 35c. Just received Fresh shipment Log Cabin Pecan Rolls Half and One Pound 75¢ and $1.50 STEAD’S DRUG STORE WHIPPLE & McKENZIE BLDG PHONE 1 A. M. STEAD, Prop. SUBCOMMITTEE WILL BE ABOPTED AS WILSON WANTS IT AVERT THREATENED FIGHY Agree on Virginia Platform Endorsed by President - and Presented by Glass. San Francisco, June 30.—Some of the subcommittee are optimistic over the prospects of harmony on the League question. They had “slept on’ administration and other proposei planks stuffed into their pockets whea the meeting broke up shortly before twe this morning. Some -of them, even more hopeful, expressed the view that the threatened fight in full com mittee might be averted. There was no basis for the settle ment o fihe liquor dispute reported last night. 'When the subcommitten resumed work this morning the drys were said to be insistent in a prohi bition expression. The proposal to keep the platform entirely silent on the subjcet was also still prominently discussed. So far as the main body of the platform is concerned, the suh; committee found little trouble in | agreeing on the Virginia platform en dorsed by President Wilson and | brought here by Senator Glass. It is | said to have furnished the basis f(n'\ the declarations already agreed to re garding the general principles of party ‘ "z part of its deliborations was Geo.' Creel, head of the public information | bureau at Washington during the war. l It was said he had heen called to clari- | fv the language for the platform. It was said the agreement would preclude the adopticn of Bryan's bone dry plank. It was predicted further with finality the League of Nul.ionsl plank would Le adopted “just as Wil son wants it."” l A demonstration by the Cox (lele-, cation delayed the opening and it was| e¢leven thirty-six ‘when R()l)insonl brought the hall to order. The mlll was called for nominations immedi tely,, the name of Senator Owen he ing the first candidate to be presented. When Arizony yielded to Oklahoma, Line Baugh, of Muskogee, took the platform to make a speech. | Qx LOAD MELONS Mr. A. S. Stawell, of near Wenonu brought in today the first wagon load of watermelons of the season. The melons were sold to Mr. E, Bel cher who has a fruit stand on Eight! street South, where the lovers of the Georgia delicacy can go and obtai one, If watermelons are as good nocw & they always have been evervhod wants one or more than one, WANTED IN CONNECTION WITI KILLING SHERIFF Wharto, Texas, June 30.—Two nt groes were shot to death and two ot} |o rs hanged hy a posse early this wee) in thig county, it became known her lludu_\'. They were wanted in conne iliun with the killing of Deputy Sheri, ;.".I‘«-(‘tn'mi('k last saturday night. WILL ALLOW AUTOMOBILES | ON BASE BALL GROUND: | On account of the burning ofr th ‘;z,l'nndslun(l at the base hall park, aut mobileg will he allcwed to drive insid ‘(l:“ grounds to witness the game ‘until a new grand:stand ean be buil iTonun‘rm\- we play Hawkinsville an i('m-hr:m. The game will start promp ily at five o'clock. Let everybody com lnut and see the boys play since 1 lorganizing. Our new pitcher, M: Hines will be on the mound for th locals. ANTI BOLSHEVIK FORCES MEET SLIGHT OPPOSITION Seabatopal, Ju.n.(-- ”l’.u.w'l‘r(m])s of Gen, Wrangle, commanded of the anti !;plshrvik forees in (‘rimea is reported to be advancing against a slight op posiliofl. Berdiansk, on the northern shore of the Sea of Azov was captured by his forces on June 26th. G. 0. P. WILL FIGHT COOLIDGE URGES RETURN TO DESIRE TO OBSERVE LAW. Washington, June 30.—The republi presidential campaign will be based “‘on an appeal to restore party gov ment as a constantituional substitute for personal government,” Senator Harding, the party presidential candi date announced today after a confer ence with Governor Coolidge, his run ning mate and National Chairman Hays. At the same time Coolidge, in a formal statement, declared theve must be a “return of public opinion toward self control by the people, and toward a great and overmastering de sire to observe the law.” FOR 2,000,000 SACKS OF UNSOLD SUGAR. Havans, .luu:-m _‘:—ib.—(.‘uhzm cane growers, sugar mill owners and bro kers, claiming to control the sale of more than two million sa;'vks of unsold sugar, went on reau_?(\ toda_v,as’g:le& ‘nitoly. pledgest Hov g pifer .oy sugar for sale untilvthe price reached twenty-four cents a pound. The de cision was reached at a mass meeting here last night. FRUIT MOVEMENT WILL NOT BE HINDEDED BEY CONTROVERSY OVER PAYMENT. Macon, June 30.-—Although there ap pears to be a serious controversy he tween the Atlantic Ice & Coal Com pany and the Fruit Growers l«)xpressj over the payment of ice that is used for icing peaches shipped from l,hei Georgia fruit bel, lhm'e‘ will be no. danger of the crop going to waste, :mg coyding to information obtained by’ The Telegraph last night. ; The Central of Georgia Railroad has guaranteed payment for the ico pending a settlement of the coatro versy., This was satisfactory to the Atlantic lece & &Coal Company, it was learned through General Manager Dan Lee, and no cars will be shipped from the fruit belt without being iced. However, the situation became s 0 serious that the matter received the attention of the United States Attor ney General's staff, | Freight Embargo is Lifted. The embargo at the Potomac yards was completely lifted yesterday for all classes of freight. At the same time it was learned that the Ocean Steam ship Company also had lifted its em hargo against shipments to New York and New Jersey points. But it will take sixty days of hard work to clear up the congested conditions of the Northern railroad yards, according to reports received here. Foty-one carloads of peaches weoere moved over the Central of Georgia Railroad from the southwestern divi sion on Monday and more than ninety cars moved yesterday. The total movemet for each day for the halance of the week probahly will exceed 100 f cars. The big movement of peaches, how ever, will come during the coming week and the week following, railroad officials say. They have plenty of Fruit Growers Express cars, they say, Lor the movement. . Railroads in the South, in addition o boing taxed with the peach crop ,ooaich is unusually late, also are being !called upon to move the watermelon }vrop. already in full swing in Southery Georgig and Florida. AFTERNOON EDITION | | ' | i POLITICAL. EXPEDIENT AND NOT PERSONAL VIEWS Committeemen Said to Op pose Weakening Amend ment to Volstead Act. i San Francisco, June so.—Secretary Colby early this morning was waging l a fight before the platform subcommi: - tex for a light wine and beer plank. He is arguing it as a political experi ; ment and not necessarily as personal ; views. The fact that Secretary Colby conferred with the President befove leaving Washington added signifi cance to his stand. None of the com mitteemen are of opinion that the Vol stead act should be amended so as to make its enforcement less stringent. The subcommitte adjourned without completing its work, to meet again at nine-thirty, according to announce ment made by Chairman Glass. EDGAR KING, COL., IS KILLED An altercation with serious conse quences occurred ‘Sunday morning at a house on Fifth avenue West, Luke Smith, a young negro, is alleg ed to have struck Edgar King, also ‘colered, with a brick, inflieting o se vere wound on King's head. » Edgar King was caried to the col swore out a warrant forr Smith,Smith was arrested and lodged in jail Last night King died at the sani tarinm. Mr. A. M. Bell recently purchuséd from E. 1. Harwell, the bungalow on Thirteenth avenue, formerly occupied by Mr. Harwell and family. This is one of the prettiest and most modern Tungalows in Bast Cordele, and Mr. Bell and family will make it theiy home. The consideration was not learmed. AR ok PNe TR 4 Accessories We carry a complete line of Automobile As cessories. Parts for Ford Cars and the best Auto Pump on the market... Don’t forget us when in need of Dry Cells We sell the famous “Red Seai” the kind that is guaranteed to give service, Our prices are al ways right. I Thank You. Phone 483 OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT GEO L. RILES PHONE 483 EIGHTH ST. ! McCollum Building NO. 195.