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SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION
Of the Gtj of ThomaaviDe
and the County of Tbocsuu.
VOL. X. No. 47.
THOMMVILLS, GEORGIA.TUESDAY, JULY 11, 11
SUM PER ANNUM
BLISTERED BY SN1
PARTY ESCAPED FROM
YELLOWSTONE PARK
Mrs. Percy Rockefeller and
Party Arrive in Bozeman
Slightly Worse for Their
Dangerous Experience on
Mount Washburn.
Bozeman, (Mont., Jjtly 10. - With
ihelr faces bronzed and almost bit**,
and from the biting blizzards that
swept the peaks of Yellowstone Park.
Mrs. Percy Rockefel’er and party are
ih Bozeman today, rooting after
thrilling experience atop of Mount
Washburn.
"We were not lost," she said, “but
were caught Id a fierce snow-storm
that raged for nearly two hours on
the. rery summit of Washburn." Our
party took refuge la a log cabin, which
probably eared their lives.
d ijprt. Yellowstone, Wya, July 10.—
Being marooned 10,000 feet above sea
fcvql la an Intense allow storm in July,
M not altogether enjoyable Mrs. Percy
Rockefeller and other members of her
party, fold Horace N. Albright, super
intendent of Yellowstone National
Park yesterday before leering for
Bose man, Moot Mrs. Rockefeller re
ferred to h er expe r I en c e of flaturday,
she, her son, her daughters,
d and Paith, and a party, of
wdr* cattfht near the top of
nt Washburn by a sudden bliszard.
, —r. Albright said that the party was
at no time In bodily danger. The mer
cury registered twenty-fire degrees
above aero and a wood fire made by
U^a party on a stone lookout station
deed by forest rangers, kept the tour
ists horn .being chilled.
“The party was not really lost, but
simply marooned, aaid Mr. Albright.
'There were two rangers with them
and an automobile road runs to the top
t ot the peak. The station where the
party took refuge is shore the timber
and consequently, wood is scarce,
a the sudden bllssard cume up all
busy and gathered what wood
1 b* found."
The Rockefeller party, guided by
Mr*. Byram, is touring the West by
automobile. They left for Bozeman
yesterday.
CRUCIAL STA6E OF SHOPMENS'STRIKE
WITH BLOWING OF FINAL SHOP WHISTLES
Men Are To Be Deprived of Their Seniority and Pension
Rights, Say the Railroads.—Sporadic Outbursts Are Re
ported From Various Sections.—Troops Called Out ih
Many States to Protect Property and Rights of Work
ers. — Many Trains Annuled.
, ' —
Chicago, 111., July 10.—The crucial ( with such a program, some of the rail
roads, bar* asked for soldiers to pro
stage of the rail strike was reached
today, being the tenth day, since the
shopmen's nation-wide walkout, and
shop and roundhouse whistles shriek
ed the final notes ot the railroad ultt-
tect their shops, while others expected
to afford private protection to those
who wotkfd.
While the railroads predicted that
.many afalkers would flock back to
matum cancelling the seniority and work when assured that protection
pension rights of strikers who refus- wpuld bb Afforded, union headquarter*
ed to return to the shops today.
National guardsmen are on duty in
Illinois, and under arms in several
other states United States Marshals
are in charge of the law enforcement
machinery at various points, while at
other centers the roads retied on fed
eral Injunctions and the local authori
ties for protection.
Many Trains Annulled,
maintained that the strike
la daily becoming more effective.
With ..the federal courts already
intervening in a number of places to
prove tit picketing by strikers, the
week was alio expected to reveal to a
large extent the attitude of the De
partment pt Justice towards tne
strike- From Washington came the
announcement that the department
was
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mails and Charles Clyne, United States
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HARDING SUBMITS PROPOSAL FOR EARLY
RESUMPTION OF MINING OPERATI
Belonging to Mr. Chreride
Phillips. — Three Women
Also Detained.
W. t>. Joiner, who gives his head-
quartern as Jacksonville, Is In the
county'Jall charged with the theft of
the oar ot Mr. Clarence Philips, and
Mrs. Sims and her two daughters are
held in the city pending an Investiga
tion ot the circumstances connected
with thla affair.
Joiner was caught at Live Oak Frl
day night, after taking Mr. Philip*’
car from Broad, street Friday after
noon. With him were the three women.
Joiner says that ha merely borrowed
tbe car and would- have returned as
soon as he took the ladles to Newber
. Fia.
Mrs. Sims Mid her daughters state
that theflwere being shown around by
Joiner. They had recently given np a
hotel at Crystal River, Fla., and were
seeking a location. One of the young
ladles was reported engaged to Joiner.
... . _ The ladles said they knew nothing ot
ras investigating report*, that sfhke the theft of the car and had no part
llaordqra wen interfereing with the
ARRESTED FOR THEFT
OF AUTO AND HELD
FOR INVESTIGATION
W. L. Joiner Lodged in Jail
Charged With Theft of Car President's Plan Urges Miners to Return to Work at Wage
Scale Existing When They Quit on April First and Con
tinue Until August Tenth.— Will Appoint Arbitration
Board to Negotiate New Wage Scaler—Miners and Op
erators in Joint Conference Unable to Agree.
Officials of the Missouri-Pacific an- District Attorney, said Saturday he
nounced the annulment of thirty paa-l^M received InsUnctions from Attor-
„„ Iney General Daugherty to use force
sengcr trains on the Company s eatt-, g necegstr y to keep the mall* jmd
era division, adding that trains on interstate &mmerce moving,
other divisions probably will be dis- At Clinton, III., where the troops
continued at the same time. I were sent aftejL* boy had bean killed
All train service on the Internation-. and two men, one a striker, had been
al-OraH Northern, from Oooraeto-n Yn!T imndr"ce*53
to Roundrack, Tez„ has been suspend- wu report «d quite yester-
ed. .....
Gov. Taylor of Tennessee has
celved appeals to send troops to Mem
phis to protect thg properties and
employes of the Frisco Hnes.
Disorders spread to the East when
tbe homes of two 1 Baltimore & Ohio
employee who refused to join the
strike were bombed at Newcastle,
and a striker shot at Newcastle.
TROOPS GUARD RAILROAD
PROPETY IN SERVEAL STATES
Chicago, July 10 With soldiers
on active duty in Illinois and troopi
mobilized in five other state*, the
ninth day of the {trike ot the railway
shopmen paased quietly while many
railroads prepared to resume active
operation of their shops to-day,
several carriers haring warned strik
ing employes to return by that date
or forfeit seniority rights.
B. M. Jewellt head of the railway
employes department of the American
Federation of Labor, had nothing to
eat iimiiASHimun a a ea say at strike hearquatters here and
IN GRANDMOTHER S LAP; no n< ‘ w " *** forthcoming from either
UTILE GIRL KILLED BY
LIGHTNING WHILE SITTING
Hartwell, Os., July 10.—While
seated, in her grandmother’s lap
yesterday, (seven-year-old L. T.
Gilbert, was killed by lightning.
Her grandmother was not hurt
tarkmaly.
TRIAL OF NEGRO PULLMAN
PORTER MS CONTINUED
the carriers or the United States rail
road labor board.
While the Sunday holiday was un
eventful. the rest, of the week was
fraught with possibilities. This morn-
in* member* of the board who averted mj no j* Central round house here
a atrike of 400,000 maintenance of “
way men and 14,000 signal men
day. State cavalry and infantry were
mobilized for duty in eight down
state towns, however.
The entire state guard of Missouri
has been mobilised, while in Indiana
California and Kansas state troops
have been ordered to be prepared for
an emergency and the Michigan atate
police at East Lansing, Mich., received
orders.
State Troopi at Clinton.
Clinton, HI., July 10.—With three
companies of state troops on duty
hare, Clinton was quiet yesterday
after Saturday’s disorders which re
sulted in the death of a 12-year-old
youth and the wounding of his father
and another striking railroad shop
man between striking shopmen and
guards employed by the Illinois
Central railroad. %
Officials of tfie federated shop
crafts demand yesterday that local
civil authorities request Adjutant
General Charles E. Black to with
draw the.soldiers, while William E.
Smith, state’s attorney aaid that Sat
urday’s shooting will be investigated
by the regular grand jury meeting
September 11. He said It might stir
the smouldering sentimpnt of resent
ment to a dangerous pitch to call a
special grand Jury.
Three shot* were fired in the direc
tion of a sentry on duty near the
through negotiations with Union
officials last week, are expecting to
confer with E. H. Fitzgerald, head of
the clerks' union, in an effort to pre
vent the issuance of strike orders to
this organization. Confidence was ex
pressed here last night in quarters
Cullman, Ala., July 10. —The case
against Walter Hayea. negro dining 1 £ IoM to tbe labor bo*rd“th*t tflecierti*
o»r waiter, charged with an attempt- would follow the example set by the
ed attack on a Montgomery woman j maintenance of way and signal men
I ^WiTth. carrier, urging atriking
CoDaan recently, was continued to "! rn , p ioye* to return to work, prepara-
day because of failure of the proseco-! tlons were complete on a score of
tlon witness to appear. The court or- lines to attempt to resume active shop
dered Solicitor Almond to visit Mont- work to-day. Vacancies in the ranks.
^Mna.ctrcrtto'oc.tcth.m,.. jggft*
lug witness. Realising the possibilities for trouble
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Joiner brought the ladles to Madl-
son In 4 Dodge car and swapped It
there tor an Overland, but did not have
tbe money with whlqh to take the car
out. He Is said to bare gone to Quit-
man In a truck from Madison, and
there had driven a car belonging.to
Mr. H. H. Dewey to ThomaavtUe. Tbits
car was a Ford about (even years old
but In fair shape, and he sold this car
to Mr. Bill Bibb for forty dollars and
prlred part of the money to the women
at Madison, to pay hotel bIHs.
When Informed of the loss of the
Quitman car, the night police got busy
and found the car in Mr. Bibb's pos
session. who Immediately surrendered
It. Chief Milton, Deputy Jack Wil
liams and Mr. Philips returned from
Live Oak at 8:30 o'clock Saturday
nlgbt, bringing Joiner and the ladles.
Tbe latter were housed in a local hotel
for tbe night.
BEVERLY'S MILL
DAMAGED BY FIRE
Washington, D. C., July 10.—
The President submitted today to
the bituminous and anthracite op
erators and miners a proposal that
tbs miners return to work at tbe
wage scale existing when the men
quit on April first, and -continue
work on teat scale until August
10th, meanwhile an arbitration
board being appointed to nego
tiate a new scale.
MINER8 AND OPERATORS IN
JOINT CONFERENCE TODAY
Washington, D. C-, July 10.—Tbe
govrenment prepared today to put Its
own plan of settlement of the bitumi
nous coal strike before tbe represen
tatives of the miners and operators
who reconvened In a conference call
ed by President Harding.
Separate preliminary meetings by
tbe operators and miners were held
lost night .qiter which the President
was informed ot the situation, and
he proceeded to draft a pronounce
ment tor presentation to them on con
vening today.
The conference adjourned its ses
sions today to go directly to tea
President at the White House. The
participants said they had been un
able to reach an agreement.
Secretary Daria on behalf of tbe
government, it was learned, read to
tbe joint conference, a proposal that
a committee of six operators and six
miners be appointed to outline dis
tricts in which negotiations would be
set up between the United Mine
Workers and operators, the govern
ment assuming responsibility for dif
ferences which could not be negotiat
ed. It was evident that both sides
found the proposition unacceptable.
The President. It was learned from
a White House visitor, has In mind
a definite offer of government arbitra
tion, and failing in this, the White
House caller said the President had
determined to take strong measures
to bring about the mining of coal
TWO STRIKING MINERS
KILLED AT UNIONTOWN, PA.
Unlontown, Pa., July 10. — Two
striking miners were killed and
third wounded fatally late last night
by shots fired by two deputy sheriffs
on the property ot the Atlantic Coal
Company, at New Genera, according
to word received here. The nuthori
ties are Investigating.
U.S.
PRESERVE ORDER AND
;qgterd*y. The soldier reported to
Maj. John 0. Smith in command of
the troops, that he beard two bullets
sing past hla head and heard the re
port of a third ihot. The firing was
traced to a garage near tbe round
house, Mnjor Smith said. Two men
In uniform were seen near there
earlier in the day, he declared, and
advanced the theory that they may
have been radicals, masquerading as
soldiers firing tbe shots to stir ill.
reeling. — •
While union officials wanted the
troops withdrawn, public officials ex
pressed a different sentiment. Sheriff
John W. Persons of Dewitt county
•aid he would not recommend the
withdrawal of troops for several days.
About 400 local shop crafts members
met here yesterday and unanimously
expressed themselves against the im
portation of strike breakers to work
under protecting guns of militiamen.”
The local maintenance of way organi
sation also held • meeting yesterday
and decided to return to work but to
protest against working .with armed
guard; on watch.
RESTRAINING INJUNCTION
AGAINST HAH. STRIKERS
Ul, July 10.—Federal
f today granted In-
1 tjpnols Central and
Wo&uh railroads, restraining atriking
shopmen from picketing and Intimi
dation of non-union men, and acta
of violence. day.
Sawdust Room of This Plant
Burned and Entire Mill for
A Time Threatened With
Destruction. — Fire Depart
ment Did Good Work.
The sawdust room of the planing
mill of W. E. Beverly caught fire yes
terday at about 12:20 oclock and
threatened for a time, the destruction
of this enormous plant The room Is
located across the track, jrat immedi
ately adjacent to the mill and dry kHn.
At tea time tbe fire broke out there
were five freight cars standing on the
aide track which separates the bailer
and sawdust rooms from the main
plant. ,
The cars caught fire after the Gamez
got a big atari in the sawdust pile, but
the fire department had two streams
of water on the blaze In a very .short
time and the work of the deportment
not only prevented tbe destruction of
tee freight care but confined the
flames entirely to the bolter room and
sawdust pile. It .was a hard fight but
It waa accomplished in a vary short
time. , .
Mr. Beverly's losses will be (tight
compared with what might have oc
curred had the wind been blgb end tbe
flames spread to the main shed ot the
miU plant Nothing waa damaged be
yond tee two .freight cars, tbe boiler
room and the sawdust shod, which waa
of flimsy construction and not particu-
culariy valuable. It If expected that
tee mill will be In operation again
wltbln a very, short time. The tire is
believed to bare started in tbe pile
oear tbe boilers, although bow this oc
curred has not been determined. A
Urge crowd went to the Are when they
saw the immense column of smoke as
cending.
GERMAN REPARATIONS i KANSAS TROOPS TAKE
WITH MORATORIUM PLANS CHARGE MINE DISTRICT
WITHOUT ANY NOTICE
Arrive in Town Without Any
Previous Notice and Estab
lish Quarters From Which
They Will Protect Property
And Employes.
Parsons, Kas., July 10.—Adjutaut
General Charles Martin and three
hundred national guardsmen took
command of the strike situation In
Parsons today. Without any word lo
city or county officials they arrived in
CHIEF DISCUSSION TODAY
Extension of Two Years is
Sought by Germans, Say Re
ports From Paris Today. —
Reparations Paramount in
Interest W England.
Paris, July 10.—A proposal provid
ing for the payment of all remaining
cash Instalments due this year, pro
vided Germany la granted a moratori
um of at least two years, was brought
to Paris today by German represen-
Attomey General Daugherty
Announces Plan of Govern
ment to Insure Continued
Transportation of Mails and
Protect Life and Property.
Washington, D. C.. July tO.— |
Tbe government throught the ap- j
pointment of deputy marshalls '
will make sure that law and order
ts preserved and property tod life
protected, and the transportation'
of the malls continued, despite
the strike of the shopmen. Attor
ney General Daugherty announc
ed today alter a conference with
the President. He said he already
had authorized the appointment
of a number In tbe Middle West.
DAUGHERTY BEGINS STUDY
RAIL STRIKE SITUATION
Washington, D. C., July 10.—Attor
ney General Daugherty on hla return
to Washington this morning after «
week's absence in Ohio, Immediately
took up consideration of the railroad
atrike situation with Allred P. Thom,
general counsel ot the Association of
Railway Executives.
Daugherty, sifter a half hour confer
ence with Thom, left his offices for
the White House to see the President.
At the same time the poatofflee de
partment received an appeal for gov
ernment protection from President
Taussig, of the Wabash railway com
pany, who cited an attack on a mall
train at Moberly, Saturday night.
tatives, according to unofficial Infor
mation which reached the reparations ,own ,nd wcm quartered
RAINBOW DIVISION
AT GREENVILLE, S. C.
commission.
GERMAN FINANCIAL SITUATION
OF PARAMOUNT INTEREST
London. July 10.—Germany's finan
cial crisis continues to be the sub
ject of paramount concern in tbe
British press, which today stresses
the danger confronting the whole of
Europe.
According to the Daily Telegraph's
diplomatic expert, a committee ot
the cabinet is considering the situa
tion. which it is understood comes be
fore the full cabinet tomorrow.
at the Missouri, Kunsas
railroad athletic field.
VIRGINIA NEGROES WANT
FORD FOR PRESIDENT
Richmond. VaTTuly 10.—Resole
tlons are to be submitted, calling up
on Henry Ford to stand for the
Presidential nomination. J. R. Pollard
negro chairman ot tbe advisory com
mittee of tbe negro or "Lily Black”
Republican party In Virginia, an
nounccd today in oalllng a meeting
of that body at Buckroe Beach for An
gust 6th.
CHICAGO STREET CAR
STRIKE THREATENED
Chicago, 111., July 10. — Thirteen
thousand employes of the street car
lilies of this city began balloting
day on the question of a strike
their answer to the 25 per cent wag*
cut proposed by the surface lines.
The executive board of the elevated
MEXICAN BANDIT
THREAIENSTOBLOW
UP OIL PIPE LINES
Washington, D. C., July 10. -Goro-
zavc, Mexican bandit, active recently
in the Tampico region, baa threatened
to begin the blowing up of oil pipe
lines and pumping stations unless be
receives payment ot 15,000 pesos by
today, according to a message from
Consul Shaw at Tampico to tee State
Department, reporting information re
ceived from the British-owned LaCar-
onae Company. The company said
tbat Gorozave la making his bead-
quarters at its Pecera camp.
Greenwood, 8. C., July. 10.—Veter
ans of North and South Carolina ot ...
the "Rainbow" division opened their I railway employes conferred with corn-
third annual reunion here at noon to-| pony officials on renewal
tbelr
present agreement.
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REPUBLICAN MOVEMENT
SAID TO BE COLLAPSING
EXCEPT IN CORK DISTRICT
Reports From Belfast Indi
cate That More Trouble is
Yet to be Expected in This
District Before Provisional
Government is Safe.
London. July 10.—Latest report*
from Ireland indicate that the Repub
lican movement is collapsing every
where except In the Cork district,
where It 1» believed that Important
events may be expected soon.
GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP Of
WORLD TO BE SETTLED
AT CHICAGO
Chicago. III.. July It.—More than a
hundred golfers today started la tbe
qualifying rounds in the notional
open golf tournament at the Skokl
course in which 325 of tee world's
greatest players form a field eo repre
sentative that tew will contest the
claim of tbe winners to the title of
world's champion. The qualifying
round? lust three days.
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