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VOLUME NO. 9
THIRD DAY SHOWS NO BREAK ANYWHERE IN BRITISH STRIKE
LITTLE VIOLENCE 1S SHOWN
AND REPORTS SAY SITUATION
IS UNCHANGED. ‘
LONDON, May 6—(#)—The grip
~ of the general strike gives no signs%
of lessening. The third day finds both
government officials and labor
chiefs proclaiming determination to‘
fight to the end.
The administration’s new mouth
piece, the British Gazette, declared
“there can be no compromise of any
kind, cither the country will break
the general strike or the general
strike will break the country.” :
The official communique reiterat-l
ed that there would be no ncgotia-l
tions before the strikers return to
work. Trade union officials, denying
all peace rumors, announced trsely,
“the situation continues satisfactory”,
Meanwhile attempt of strike sym
pathizers attacked and set fire to a|
motor bus. The government con-i
tinued efforts to assure a food sup
ply. Further movement of naval and!
military forces was reported. I
The evening of the third day of
the general strike found the Brit}sh!
government and trades union con-{
gress steadily entrenching and forti-l
fying positions without indication of
a break anywhere. ,
The British worker strikers organ,
in a bulletin issued at five o’clock]
declared the situation unc‘nanged.'
The government is slowly increasing
volunteer transportation services but
economic life remains paralyzed.
"‘ No Serious Disorders
} ~ LONDON, May 6—(#)—The home
office announced over the radio this
afternoon that there had been no se
rious disorder in London in the last
twenty ffi hours. |
German Sympathy ‘
ESSEN, Germany, May 6—(#)—
Miners of all factions, including the‘
Christian Trade Unions, issued al
joint appeal to Ruhr valley miners toi
prevent shipment of fuel to England
and to refue to work over time.
No Peace Parleys
LONDON, May 6—(A)—No indica
tion was given in the government
communique to the press at noon of
any resumption of peace pearleys.
It was emphasized that the govern
ment adheres to the attitude that te
strike must be called off before ne
gotiations are reported.
... Situation Reveiwed
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MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thirty Passengers Are Lost In Sinking Russian Ship
{NEITHER SIDE CAN
’OVERPRODUCTION OF COAL DE
MANDS INCREASED MINING EF
FICIENCY
WASHINGTON, May 6 (#)—Vic
,tory for either miners or cperators in
‘the Britis strike will bring no solu
tion of the problems facing the Brit- .
ish coal industry, is the opinion ()ff
'the institute of economics announced
today by its director, Harold €. Moul- |
Aon, |
| Basing his conclusion on the stud
lies of two staff men, Moulton said thei
crux of the present problém is Great |
Britain's inability to sell enough conl]
to keep the industry alive, and lhei
'pressing needs are reduced coal cost
‘and increased mining efficiency. ‘
; The institution suggested complete |
i reorganization of the DBritish ccal in
|dustry to include the ax:nalg;umation'
,Oof the collieries and adoption of a
Ilarg'e scale of production. '
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PEACEPARLEY
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NOW BROKEN OFF
'F RENCH MILITARY LEADERS
i PLAN TO RENEW WARFARE |
WITHIN SHORT TIME i
OUJDA, French Morocco, May 6 () |
—The peace conference of the Rif-!
fians and Franco-Spanish, ,vle]eg:rtes‘
broke down today. French military |
headquarters have been established |
at Taza and operations will begin as!
soon as conditions along the present
front permit. ;
Riffian ,delegates returned today
from consulting Abdel Krim, their.l
chief and told the conference they
must maintain their previous atti
tude. Thereupon General Simon,
chief delegate and chairman of thel
conference, declared the negotiations |
at an end. I
l HELD OFFICERS OF TRUST AND
WERE ACCUSED OF SPECU
' LATING.
‘ MOSCOW, May 6—(&P)—Three im
portant finance ministery officials,
Volin, Chepeliovsky, and Rabinow--
itch were executed today by order o!
the G. P. U.—state political police
The trio was charged with abusing
a trust imposed in them by the fov
ernment to advance their own inter
ests through speculation. Theye were
said to have worked in league with
professional speculators, a number of
whom were imprisoned. |
strike situation was reviewed at a
full ‘meeting of the parliamentzn'y;
labor party this afternoon in the
house of commons. Under the chair--
manship of former Premier Ramsay?
MacDonald, executives of the miners!
union are to confer with parliamen
tary labor leaders later. |
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Japanese Sympathy |
TOKYO, May 6 ()—The Japanese |
Federation of Labor today ple(lged}
moral and financial support to the |
British strikers and cabled rosolu'
tiong to England. A special commit
tee was appointed to solicit funds. {
: Passengers Injured
EDINBURG, May 6 (#)—Many pas
gsengers were injured when a crowd
attacked a train at Musselburgh, near
here today. Showers of stones \\'(-1'0!
thrown, shattering windows. |
Communist Goes to Jail ‘
LONDON, May 6—‘(/P)—Shaprurji'
Saklativa, lone communist members
of parliament., was sentenced to t\’.’o!
months imprisonment for making a
seditious speech., He chose imprison-{
ment rather than the alternative of
providing securities to keept the
peace, |
CORDELE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1926
FIRE DESTROYS THREE MILLS
AND TEN MILLION FEET OF
LUMBER. .
CARYVILLE, Fla., May 6—(#)—,
Fire of undetermined origin carly’
this morning destroyed three sawi
mills, a dry kiln, planer miil, and ten|
million feet of lumber at a loss of
over a million dollars. l
The property was owned by th(-,‘
Brown tlorida Lumber company. The,
fire fighter;, after several hours,
brought the flamcs under control and
caved the big commissary building
and contents and residence of the!
company’s employes near the mills. I
No lives were lost. !
The fire loss is partly covered by !
insurance. Approxinately one tlmu-l
sand men were thrown out of wm-k.'
The plant rwill be rebuilt immediately, !
it is said. E
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CONVICT ESCAPES FROM i
PRISON ARE RECAPTURED,
LEONORE, 111., May 6—(#)—Two|
convicts who escaped with five oth-- |
crs grom the state penitentiary near
Joliet were captured on the farm
of John Rose, near here, today. They
were found buried under the hay in%
the barn loft. [
One convict was captured last
night and is in jail at Streator. An-|
other was riddled with a buckshot
and is in a hospital there under guard
Three are still at large. {
Half Million ‘‘PlayHouse’’
For John D., Junior
TARRYTOWN, N. Y. May 6—(#)
—A half million dollar “play house,’
where John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and
his five sons can enjoy many kind:
of sports together under a single
roof, i 3 nearing completion on his
cstate at Pocanticio Hills.
Inside the two-story building are
bowling alleys, a basketball court
swimming pool, volleyball court, bi'-
liard room, card room, music room
lounge, a dark room for develop
ing and projecting films, and a
breakfast room and kitchen, as well
as play rooms especially designed for
the younger sons of the capitalists.
In a {enced area surrounding the
building a baseball diamond is being
laid out, and a tennis court and cro
quet ground are already completed. :
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LARCE NUMBER PEOPLE PAID
. LAST TRIBUTE OF RESPECT
TO FORMER CORDELE MAN.
With heart-broken widow and little
girl sitting close by, and the -house
well filled with sorrowing friends
the funeral services of Alfred Eu--
gene Jordan were conducted this af
ternoon at four o’clock by Rev. J. B,
Johnstone, pastor of the First Metho
dist church, Thc.('hancol and the ros
trum of te large church were a solid
bower of sweet flowers in all sorte
of designs sent there by devoted
friends from all sections of this
state and Florida. |
Beautiful tribute to the chris!i:m!
life of the deceased was paid by Rev }
Mr. Johnstone, who declared that the
christian never dics. He read Paul’s
seripture in Corinthians on the r(:sur-l
rection and made touching reference
to the life of the Iriend and fellow
who had gone. j
Mezsrs W. L. Robuck and R. E |
Harris, and Mesdames O, T. Gower
and Ed Jones sng two selections
one at the opening of the services
and the other at the close The re
mains were laid to rest in Sunnyside
cemetery. The pallbearers were
James Gary of Americus, Steve Cole
man, of Jacksonville, C. L. Sanders,
of Fitzgerald, W. M. Joplin, Lake
City, C. W. Pullen and H. C. Luken
bill of Jacksonville,
I'rom Monticello, his old boyhood
home, came the folloring to be pres
ent at the services: Mr. and Mrs. A.
T. Gray, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Bradley,
Mr. and Mrs. Rolin PPowel] and Mr. E.
H. Powell. From fillanlu ceme Mrs.,
M. D. Berrien and from Jacksonville,
Messis A. F. and Allen Churchwell
came with the remains last night. |
Mr. Jordan was a Mason., a member |
of Cordelia lodge. ‘
PROGRAM MAPPED OUT
\
TO BRING IN FARMERS
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ATLANTA, Ga., May 6 ~‘/l’l-—-—/\':-i
ricultural development of the state
was the topic of di:cussion today of
the Georgia Association working for,
the upbuilding of rural sections, in
the sixth annual meeting here. !
The meeting prepared a map out
of the definite program for the next!
twelve months to induce farmers in
other states to settle in Georgia. l
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Haymarket Riot Veterans '
Held Chicago Bamqueti
CHICAGO 1l May G—(P)—Forty,
years ago tonight 200 policemen I
ranked in squads upon the outskirts
of an anarchist rally in l[nymzu'kcl!
square on Chicago’s west side, lost m‘f
of their number in kiilled and wound
ed when a seditionist bomb explml(-«l.l
Last night a corporal’s guard of
feeble heroes, white-haired survivors
of the bloodiest chapter in Chicago’s
history, paid tribute to the men Wlmf
stood beside them that May night in
1886, ’
The men, members of the Iln_v-,
market Veterans Association, retold
about the banquet table the story of
the Haymarket riots, l
For some days prior to the riots
two radical newspapers, one printed
in the German tongue, had incitwl!
labor against its employers and.
against the police as “the body-|
guard of capitalism.” 1
733 Cases Handled l
By Columbus Police '
COLUMBUS, Ga., May 6—Traftic]
violation and drunkenness were re
sponsible for the majority of the 73.‘11
cases made by the police department
during April, according to Chief M.
D. Gill’s report yesterday to the
city commission, Two hundred and
twenty-five cases were made for vio
lation of the traffic ordinance, while
144 were arrested for being drunk
and disorderly.
Fifty-nine cases were made for
violations of the prohibition law,
HOUSE GETS BACK
Sk
NIGHT SESSION PROPOSED TO
LET ALL MEMBERS SPEAK ON
PROPOSED MESAGES.
WASHINGTON, May 6—(/P)—The
house got back to consideration of
ferm relief measures this morninge
and will devote attention to that sub
ject the rest of the week.
So Many members are eager to
speak on the problenis that Chairman
Haugen of {he agriculture committee
has decided to ask might sessiéns to
provide time for the discussions.
Three bilis are pending the, Hau
gen price stabilizing measure, the
Tincher credit proposal, as well a
the commodity marketing plan, |
American Plans To Race
; Fonck Across Atlantic
’ Kew York, May s.—(4)—Lieuten-
I.'mt Noel Davis, of the United Statoes
raval reserve, has entered as a con-
Itostunl azainst Captain Rene Fonck,
French ace, for the Raymond Irteig
1525,000 prize, for the first successful
Inon.fllnp New- York to Paris fligit,
it is announced.
The announcement was made at a
irivate dinner in honor of Captain
Fonek who arrived here from Europe
last month to make test flights wilh
’a plane being especially built for him
at the Sikorsky plant at Roosevelt
Field L. 1.
Captain IFonck said his plane would
be an airplane. rather than a sea
‘pl:m(‘ because he doubted that a ma
could make the trip, An airplaine, he
‘rredicted. could fly from New York
‘to Paris in 20 to 40 hours, if the winds
are favorable. He expects to make
his attempt early in August.
2 Florida Realtors
Arrested For Fraud
Miami, Fla., May.—«(P)-—Cenrge
N. Hager and G, Knutsen, operators
of the Southland Realty company, of
Miami, were arrested here today oi
warrants from St. Petershurg, IFla,
charged cach with obtaining $l,OOO
under false jpretenses from Graydon
C. ofee, of 'St. Pelershurg The
transaction was said to have been in
a real estate deal.
Three St. Petershurg officers ar
rived late in the day to take the two
men back to the west coast city,
The new Directory for Cordele in
which data is being taken will be ex
tensive in its scope, taking in a great
deal, if not all on the routes for
miles out, the circulation will be
Jarge locally and by a vast circula
tion in many of the principal cities
and towns throughout the country
shows and advertises Cordele and it
surrcundings more or less to all part
of the world,
MARKETS AT GLANCE
NEW YORK COTTON
OPEN CLOSHE P. C.
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ctober ... 1759 1763 1749
January 1704 1743 1695
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Middiing closed ... 16 14
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LOCAL CREAM MARKET
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ESTABLISHED IN 1908
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BISHOPS PRAISE
* COOLIDGE FOR HIS
~ RIGIDI NSISTENCE
| METHODIST BISHOPS VISIT
WHITE HOUSE AND COMMEND
PROHIBITION PROGRAM
WASHINGTON, May 6 (/#)--Bish
ops of the Methodist Kpiscopal church
today congratulated President Cool
idize on the succeess of his administra
tion and particularly on the “rigid in
sistence” that the prohibition amend
ment be enforeeed.
In reply the president expressed
profound appreciation of the “good
wishes and support” given the govern
ment by “that vast body of communi
cants and adherents” embraced in
Methodism.
The address to the president was
detivered by Joseph F. Berry, senior
bishop of the denomination when the
ehirreh dignitaries visited the White
louse,
S
WHITE SOX CLEAN
UP WITH BRAVES
YESTERDAY' GAME WAS BETTER
ARTICLE OF CITY LEAGUE BASE
BALL "
The White Sox came out with a
seore of cighteen to thirteen against
the Braves in yesterday's game in
the City League, the good work with
the bat of a number of the White Sox
team members telling the story of
the victory.
T.P. A. SESSION OPENS
TODAY IN COLUMBUS
COLUMBUS, Ga., May 6—(P)—
State President John W. Haley of
Augusta, the thirty-second annual
convention of the Travelers Protec
tive Association opened here this
morning. i
Several hundred delegatee from
various Georgia cities were present
Mayor J. Homer Dimond delivered
the welcome
Steve Harris, post A, Savannah
responded, Many entertainment fea
tures were planned for the delegates
and their wives,
More than 2,900,000 bicycles were
manufactured in 1897. /
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TRAGEDY OCCURS mg
NUMBER DROWNED WHEN SHIP:
~ GOES DOWN, SAYS REPORT
| e 354
PARIS, May 6 (#)—Thirty pasdens
gers were reported drowned by thbg
sinking of a Russian ship near K“’i
tenje, on the Black Sea In m.mgn(n_.,,
save a dispatch to Information m;
‘Bucharest. e
Relatives Claim
Corpse Of Eklum;i;;
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., May 6={®}
—Relatives today claimed the bo‘ifi
of Eric A. Eklund, 50. at one timd
recognized as one of the countyry'd
leading experts in submarine eon¥
struction, feund in the harbep 'M‘N
last night by a doek worker. l
Mr. Eklund, as genersl m:pclrfij
tendent of the Lake Torpedn Co@-g
pany from 1917 to 1923, supervie
the construction of 24 submagin
for the United States government,s
cluding the ill-fated S-561. He .- m
heen missing since February 2, .SM
is believed to have committed,i:g
cide when unable to find suitable &
ployment after the Lake plank cw
e At s &
Vanderbilts Give o
Gift To Columbia
NEW YORK, May 6—(#)—Coltni
bia University has received a gift 8¢
$500,000 from Frederic W.. Vandgée
bilt and Harold S. Vanderbilt,-w
dent Nicholas Murray Butler ‘-:QE
nounced. The funds will be m
the development of a new ¢olk
medical center. ; LT
Dr. Butler also announced r"é‘o!"l:
of $125,000 from an anonym"gqfi
donor for the medical school $5O; fi'
from Mrs. James P. Dunahue; ‘Or
the school f dental and orul,sutflh,
an anonymos gift of $lO,OOO fbr’
scholarship and $6,000 for a - laWw
school scholarship. r ’,'
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GERMAN MINISTER RESIGNS
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BRUSSELS, May 6 (/)—Fisande
Minister Albert Janssen, resigne_d“w
day. 'This action follows the reoibni
tions yesterday of Henri Carton, ?fi,!-
ister of colonies, and Baron mohard
Itolin Jacquemyne, minister of ,tl;@_'fi
terior, e,
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