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VOL. XXXIII. No. 228.
THOMASVILLIf GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 9, 1922.
EASTERN SHOPMEN REFUSE HORDING PLft
i
FRANCE AND ENGLAND
FURTHER APART ON THE
60S WILLIS DROWIIEL
AMERICAN CONTESTANT
SPRAINS ANKLE IN PARIS
COU STRIKE SETTLEMENT IMMINENT
BIO FOUR TO REFUSE SOLDIER PROTEGTID«
Shopmen Will Not Grant Labor Board Right to Pass on
The Seniority Question, it is Stated to Jewell.—25,000
Represented in Decision—Big Four Men Ordered Not to
Report for Duty Where Military Protection or Defective
Equipment Makes it Dangerous to Them.
(By AinclitM Pr«i..
New York, Aug. 9.—Twenty-flvaj
thousand rail shop craftsmen through
David Williams, secretary of the Eas
tern strike committee, today tele
graphed B. M. Jewell, at Washington,
that they had refused toaccept Presi
dent Harding's proposal for submit
ting the seniority question to the
Railroad Labor Board.
STRIKE DEVELOPMENTS AWAIT
CONFERENCES OF FRIDAY
Chicago, Ill., Aug. 9.—Developments
in the railroad strike apparent! 1
were hanging fire today pending th
coming conference of the railway exe
cutives at New York and the rail un
ion leaders at Washington Friday.
Neither side was expected to reply
the President's new suggestions for
ending the strike until after their sep
arate meetings.
Meanwhile the threatened walkout
ot the Big Four brotherhood men,
glneers, firemen, conductors
trainmen on the Elgin, Joliet and
Eastern, began ear'y todya. The
gathered at the terminals but refused
to turn a wheel unless the soldiers,
who were called as a result of Mon
day’s outbreak, when two men were
killed and Sheriff Newkirf dangerous
ly wounded, were immediately with
Four striking shopmen were Indict
ed at Columbus, Ga., for assault with
intent to murder in connection with
an attack on a party of negro employ
es of the Central of Georgia.
BIG FOUR MEMBER8 WILL NOT
WORK IF LIVES ENDANGERED
Cleveland, O.. Aug. 9.—The chief
executives of the Big Four transpor
tation Ibrotherhoods have taken action
regarding the endangering of lives of
I brotherhood members through alleg
ed actions of armed guards in connec
tion with the shopmen’s strike. It has
telegraphed members to remain
from company property if their lives
are endangered.
Wairen Stone, President ot the
gineers' union, when told that
brotherhood men had quit at Joliet
last night, because of the presence c
soldiers guarding the railroad yardi
said that there would be hundreds o
mm e of similar cases soon if worl
ing conditions at railroad yards ar
not changed-
GERMAN REPARATIONS ||| STONE'S POND IT
EWfHOlLJISTIHT
Lloyd George and Poincare in
Conference Unable to Agree
On Plan Submitted by The
French Premier.—Plan Re
ferred Back to Experts.
London, Aug- 9.—Premier Poincare
and Lloyd George apparently are far
ther apart on what is to be done with
Germany than they were before they
net, and the conference of allied
itatesmen is in danger of breaking
up with the Franco-British relation!
se than they were, with no decis-
of moment on the reparation*
question.
unler Poincare has indicated
Lloyd George that things cannot <
tfnue as they are, and that France
may be compelled to take independent
ILLINOIS GUARD8MEN EN
TRAIN TODAY FOR JOLIET
Chicago. HI., Ac, 9. Six c °”»‘‘jb.Vh«7th7 B hlnV
ies of Illinois Guardsmen, entrained!
today for Joliet for strike duty. The
officers did not know whether the i
on duty there are to be relieved
whether additional troops were i
because of the walkout of thirteen
hundred of the Big Four brotherhood
members last night, the men refusing
to work under troop protection.
1 only part of Poincare's
agreed to by the British wa»
egardlng the taking over of the
forests and mines on the left
OTHER RAIL WORKERS NOT
TO WORK UNDER TROOPS
Cincinnati. O., Aug. 9.—Clerks,
freight handlers and station men,
on strike, have been ordered to
away from their usual places of
ployment, whenever their lives
endangered by armed guards, or
fective railroad equipment, union
headquarters announced today.
SHOPMEN ENJOINED AT AUGUSTA
Augusta, Ga.. Aug. 9.—Striking
shopmen of the Charleston and W
Carolina railway were perman
ently enjoined from interfering *
the operation of that road In an
der issued today by Judge Barrett.
HIDE TARIFF WOULD | MORE GOAL ORDERED
INCREASE SHOE BILLS; FROM WALES BY U. S.
(By Associated Praia)
Washington, D- C., Aug. 9. — The
proposed tariff on hides would in- j
crease the nation's shoe and leather j
bill, $110,000,000 a year Senator Walsh
Democrat, of Massachusetts declared
today In the Senate, opening the fight
against the rates proposed by the fin
ance committee majority and sup
ported by the Republican agricultural
tariff bloc.
Cardiff, Wales, Aug.
lean demand for coal,
of the miners' strike
-The
BANDITS GET MONEY
FROM MINNEAPOLIS BANK
(By Associated Press)
Minneapolis, lnd., Aug. 9—Three
armed bandits raided the Penn.
Ave., State Bank here today and
forced two girl employe* to lie on
the floor as they looted the place
during the cashier’* absence at
lunch, and escaped with $19,000
in cash and securities.
United
States, continues unabated. Orders
for an additional five hundred tho
and tons were received In the li
few days, making a total ot one n
lion and a half for delivery in August
and September.
NEW YORK FRUIT GROWERS
MAY LOSE HEAVILY
(By Associated Prsas)
Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 9.—The fruit
growers of western New York who
have the largest early apple crop in
fifteen years, are becoming alarmed
over the rail strike situation, fearing
that the lack of roiling stock will se
riously affect transportation,
peach belt In this section of the
also Is enjoying a bumper crop.
Are Yob Going To
Paint This Summer?
Now Is The Time
We can furnish you anything
in the Paint Line you may need
WE SELL
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The Prices Are Right
MASH-MILT0N DRUG CO.
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f ( i ' ; h ~-i Phones 105tod 106
Premier Theunys, of Belgium,
striving to bring the British and
French policies nearer together.
Londoi
Aug. 9.—As a. result of
three hour conversation between Pre
mier Poincare and Lloyd George, it
was decided today to refer back »o
the committee of experts, Poincare’*
plan for control of German finances,
with a request that the points upon
which the British and French differ
be re-examined.
J^ondon, Aug. 9—The proposal!
lade by Premier Poincare of France
or control of Germany’s finances, in
eturn for a moratorium for Germany,
eems not to have found favor with
he British and Italian financial ex-
lerts, mainly because they fores
he plan will involve the allies in
mbarrassing political entanglemi
hich would not he justified by what
might be gained financially.
The developed yesterday during the
discussion of the Poincare plan by
financial experts, when there w
il animated tilts. There was
ng yasterday of the conferei
proper, the time having been entirely
devoted to consideration of the French
proposal by the committee of exclude.
They did not have time to conclude
their deliberations, and will reassem
ble this morning, when they hope to
be able to draft their report for sub
mission to the conference in the arter-
- committee's tusk is merely to
study the proposals with regard to
their applicability and their probable
without passing Judgement on
them.
Among the new points examined
-sterday were the possibility of estab-
ihing custom barriers on the eastern
bonndarv of German occupied terri
tory—whether it would be practlc-
le to tax everything entering or
ving the Ruhr region: the question
s and domains on the left bank
; Rhine, and also whether the
cent, of custom* duties provid-
In the agreement of May. 1921.
which now goes to the allied treasur-
could. Instead, be paid to the
reparations commissions fund.
In yesterday's discussions the Bel-'
gians strongly supported the French'
viewpoint, in opposition to the British. ■ the administration of resusc-itu
the Italians leaned toward the methods and In a short while he
British positions, which appears to be covered and will suffer no Inconv
that It may easily be possible to re- euc-e from .the dangerous experie
o measures of such stringency, Steve Cook of the life saving co
defeat the object in view, while w *, nt to the scene after the acclc
Body Recovered This Morn
ing After AH Night Search.
—Picnic Party Riding in
Boat Which Sprang Leak,
Fell in Water—Heroic Work
By Young Men—Funeral of
Young Willis Tomorrow.
Gus Willis, thTyoiiiig son of M
and Mrs. B. O. Willis, of this city, w
drowned last night at Stone's Por
three miles from town, during u pienh
given by the Junior Barai
the First Baptist church,
was found this morning n
after an all night search of the pond.
The accident occured about
o’clock. A party ot young people
gone out into the pond in a boat, the
ty being composed of the deceased
lad and Misses Myrtis Yawn and Mary
Taylor, and Messrs. George Cochran,
Bill Burnett and Walter Henry,
mat sprang a leak and several
ters of the party became frightened
md yelled for assistance.
Four boy* Immediately put out
hore In another boat and the
pants of the leaking boat endeavored
get Into the rescuing boat,
ed within a short time. Parties
from the shore then attempted
the rescue, among them being
Messrs. Reeves Suber, Jack Seivert,
Duncan Brady. Herbi
Hicks. In the c<
young men rescued the girls aftei
le very dangerous experience
The ladies were brought to shore in
>rt time and all of the boys had r
ned, apparently.
n a check up of those who wei
on the pond it was ascertained
t Gus Willis was missing an
whole party then secured boati
le scene, hoping that
haps he had escaped. The lad
that he had drowned at once. Search
ing parties were organized and efforti
made to find the body. The water be
ing high, the dam was broken and th<
after
;ral
work. Mr. Dick Walden, working
with several others this morning
about 8 o'clock, found the body by
dragging and brought It to the
About Fifty I
abou
'Icnlc Party,
fifty people In
a Baraca picnic,
id Mrs. Jim Har-
he party, which wt
-haperoned by Mr.
Is. The accident
doom over the entire party and many
emalned out there during the major
portion of the night, endeavoring to
1st in finding the body. The work
of the boys who swam to the rescue
and those in the boat, was brave and
daring and not a single one of the
boys in the party would not have
s life to have saved their
friend and companion, had they been
re of his peril during the momant
escue and the excitement attend-
thereto.
i the resuscitation methods recent-
aught under the auspice* of the
Red Cross is attributed the saving of
life of George Cochran, one of the
boys in the bout. This boy made a
desperate effort to save the girls when
L-apsized but was unable to
handle both of them and went down,
afterward rescued by others
te to the scene, being uncon-
Ardls McDougald, one ot the
Red Cross corps of life savers, began
IN ATHLETIC MEET
One of the Leaders of the Am
erican World Athletic Con
tenders Seems to Have Been
Put Out of the Game at the
Colombes Stadium.
Pari,. ( Aug A, ^Olls, XV Batson,
of New Orleans, captain of the
lean girls athletic teams, her
competition in the international games
and champion girl hurdler of America,
sprained her left ankle and was badly
bruised while taking hurdles t
ombea stadium today, during the
opening practice.
THE OHIO ELBITIONS STRIKE BLISS FOR
HOBO CONTINGENT
Carmi Thompson Once a Coal
Digger, Nominated By Ohio
Republicans for Governor.
—Fess and Pomerene Also
Renominated in Primary.
(By Associated Press)
The Republican old guard retained
it* stronghold In Ohio, and the Demo
:rats of the Buckeye state gave sub-
tantial pluralities to the organize
candidates.
/ernor T. C. McRae, of Arkai
a lead of more than two to
Judge E. P. Toney for renomina
tion, and Judge W. W. Brandon, ap
•ently I* the Democratic nominei
Governor of Alabama as a resul
yesterday's primaries In thre<
Incomplete r<
led that Carmi A. Thom
by the Harding forces, a
I by the Anti-Saloon Le
iminated for (lover
i Ohio indf-
by
margin, while Congressman Fess
mbstantlal lead in the Republican
Senatorial race. Senator Pom
rently was renominated ii
THOMPSON STARTED LIFE
AS COAL DIGGER IN OHIO If A 1C CD PDGUCMTC
Columbus. O.. Aug. 9,-Carml Alder- IkHlOLR 1 ULIEniO
un Thompson who won the Republl-
n nomination for Governor yester-
ly at Ohio's state-wide primary,
arted life as a coal digger in South-
n Ohio Today he is reputed as
wealthy, and in the oil, Iron and ore
•ss. He was graduated in law
the Ohio University, and serv-
asslstant secretary of the Inter-
id private secretary to President
Taft. He
THOMPSON WINNER IN OHIO
Columbus. Ohio. Aug. 9.—The nomi-
itlon of Carmi A. Thompson, of
Cleveleand, the Harding admlnistra-
i and Anti-Saloon League candidate,
the Republican nominee for gov
ernor was indicated in the face of the
unofficial returns last night from 938
Incts out of apprxolmately 9.000 in
the state and representing 09 of the 88
•s. On these returns Thomp-
is maintaining a lead of more
than two to
petltor. and
w of the v
Thompson'
ver his neai
leading In ;
»rd frot
.-ornered race was C. Homer Du-
of Coshocton, the beer and light
Ine candidate; Congressman Charles
L. Knight, of Akron, who campaigned
as a Roosevelt progressive, was
ning third, and Secretary of State
vey C. Smith was fourth on thes
Indication. Point to Immediate Cessation of Strike Under
Agreement Being Made at the Peace Conference Be-
twen Unions and Operators at Cleveland Today.—Many
Roads Are Shortof Coal and Priority Shipments Are
Being Planned by Government.
(By .
Washington. D. C., Aug. 9.—Spec
ial priority lor orders for shipment of
fuel to railroads whose coal supplies
ire running dangerously low. is under
fonsideratlon by Federal Fuel Distrlb-
itor Spencer and the central commit
ee- Particularly acute fuel situation,
ire reported from Michigan and New
fersey roads and lines running out
Chicago Into Illinois and Southwi
from St. Louis.
Bos Get Free Transportation
To Accept Work, Stay
Day or So and Then Leave
For More Work in a Distant
Place.
Chicago. A HL^AuV^-"-Every
body may not be happy as a re.
suit of the rail strike, but ac
cording to Dr. Bon L. Reltman.
vice president of the Hobo Col
lege for Migratory Workers, it has
proven a season Of bill
ho-
Cleveland. O.. Aug. 9.—A virtual de
cision was reached today by union
leaders to conclude settlement of tha
soft coal strike with the operator*
gathered here for a Joint peace con
ference. The operators also are ex
pectant of an agreement affecting
practically all of the Ohio mines and
others scattered through Illinois, In
diana and Pennsylvania-
Final decision on the settlement
rests with the union's policy commit
tee. and Its members have been la-
formed that President Lewis had as
surance that the operators outside tha
four states, of their willingness to
reach an agreement, based on the one
negotiated at the conference here.
ILLINOIS OPERATORS PREPARE
FOR RESUMPTION OF WORK
Marion. 111., Aug- 9.—The coal oper
ators of Southern Illinois today began
settling their collieries In order to be
gin resumption of coal production, in
anticipation of an early settlement of
the strike.
SERGEANT WOUNDED AT
STAUNTON. INDIANA MINE
Staunton. Ind.. Aug. 9 -Sergeant
Charles Hopkins, a raemfber of the
Signal Corps of the Indiana National
Guard, suffered two wound* when
Rail officials here, however
it hobo labor would compri
lull portion only of the
i last night. His
i fir-
ys the migratory | CALIFORNIA TO VOTE
'° rk ' ON TEN MILLION BONDS
places and that the railroads fur
nish transportation, including
Pullman and dining car meals.
Arriving at the destination, the
hobo works a day or two and then
jumps the Job, signs again, and
departs for another distant point.
• (By Associated Pr«ss»
I Sacramento, Cal., Aug. 9.—Among
the thirty members that will go on the
, ballot at the November election in
! California, is the ten million dollar
I soldiers' bona* bill, Frank Jordan,
, Secretary of State, announced today.
PLAY BEING STAGED CHURCH ™ ED WHEN
—| SERVICE CALLED OFF
Berlin, Aug . 9.—Former emperor^
William has won his suit to prohibit
presentation on the stage, or sale of I
Emil Ludwig's Bisraarcklan play "Thoi
Dismissal", the court ruling that the
plaintiffs had a right to object to
s performance or book portray-!
ing them personally.
AIR VOVAOE TO BRAZIL STARTS
Aug. 9.—The giant air
rulser, Sampelo Correia will take off
from the Hudson river on the flrat
leg of its eighty-five hundred mile
Journey to Manaos, Brazil, on August
15th, It was announced today.
Walter Hinton, former N.
pilot,
Ellenton. 8. C.. Aug. 9.—Fifteen
minutes after the scheduled ser
vice was called off last night, be
cause of threatened weather con
ditions, lightning struck the
Steeple of the local Baptist church
and the structure was razed by
flames. The old church altar
and Bible was saved-
ROTARY PLANS BOY’S WEEK
Chicago, Ill.. Aug. 9.—The Internat
ional Rotary club officer* meeting
here, devoted today to plana for the
permanent establi*hment of a boy'*
week throughout the world. In the
will be commander reached! United 8tates. 194 Rotary Clubs have
rday from Esslngton, Pa. planned a week's outing for boy*.
The
vote from the 938 precinctj
Thompson^ 10,623; Durand,
(Continued on Page 8)
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