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•FFMUL OltAI
Of the City of TKpUMvfOc
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RUSSIAN COMMISSION STRIKE SETTLEMENT PREVENTED BY
CANT AGREE1 ANY
PLAN O F REPARATION
Useless to Continue, the Con
ference With JChisJBodjv it
"Is'Stated at the Hague. —
Lloyd George ’Knows of No
Definite Rupture.
ThJ {nigue,’ July ^18 .—The non-Ros
alia ajb commits Ion on private prop
erty of the conference op Russian af-
fafrs, unanimously adopted today a
resolution declaring that in the light
Ht view* expressed yesterday by the
Russians concerning restitution of
foreigners’ property In Russia, II
'"would serve no useful purpose to
continue tod'meetings with the Rus
sian commission.”
REFUSAL OF THE RAILWAY EXECUTIVES
FOR CONFERENCE VlMi LEADERS
i Rail?
i.ijjty
Chairman Hooper of the Railway Labor Board, However,
Is Still at Work on Plans for Peace, and Jewell of the
Shopmen is Optimistic That Results Might Be Obtain
ed.—Only Sporadic Acts cjf Violence Htei Been!
ed.—Shopmen in Louisiana Agree to Clear Wi
UfOYD GEORQE ANNOUNCES
j DEADLOCK AT THE HAGUE
i London,, Jnlylh—Lioyd Oeprce told
the House of Commons this afternoon
that he was afraid a deadlock had oc-
onxred at the Hague, but that he had
no ^Information that there bad been a
break-down of the conference on Rus
sian affairs.
jiXSUE CONFERENCE DISSO-
" LUTION TOMORROW PROBABLY
a The' Hague, July It—The actual
dlssolUtlOu of the Hague conference
on Russian affairs probably cannot
take place before tomorrow, as the
Ka bis' bMB pottponed until tnBa ana
no; meeting 1* planned for today be-j
the Rudjfan jtod non-RtNstsh
Chicago, HI.. Juljri-1*.—The railway
executives, union leaders and Labor
Board members, apparently suspend
ed their peace activities temporarily
today. Chairman Hooper, however, 'is
still at work on new plans to bri&fc
the warring factions together.
Chairman Hooper, In a private con
ference with the railroad presidents,
declined to discuss future plans, but
B. M. Jewell, the shopmen's leader
still maintained a hopeful attitude.
Jewell indicated late today that he
would Issue a pointed reply to the
executives’ answer of last night to
Chairman Hooper, declining Ua over
tures tor a conference with the strik
ers.
Small outbreaks dotted, the' strike
ap today, but the situation
while wae quiet.
'• ‘ Shreveport, La., July .1*.—In W*
der that 4 tie-up of the mails may
In this territory:have .blade a
written otter to the companies
that 'they will form ''Volunteer
crew* to clear; the mainlines of
wnefeq. that may occur while-the
strike Is'id progress. '< -■ tr '
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WHISKEY
OFFICER
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STRIKEBREAKERS AND
GUARDS SUFFER INJURIES
CroviUe, Cal., July 13.—Numerous
strike-breakers and guards were in
jured several seriously, when shout
75 men speeding into town early to
day in automobiles charged the Wes
tern Pacific roundhouse here. The at
tacking party then motored away.
Four guards who are missing are be
lieved to have been kidnapped.
Chicago, HI., July 13—Poison
ed whiskey added another victim
-today This time it was a prohi
bition officer It- was learned to
day when the death of It HF- Fri
bourg, of Decatur, Bis., was an
nounced at proUbltton beadquar-
JEWELL SENDS TELEGRAM
TO PRESIDENT HARDINQ
r, Chicago, 111., July 18,—B. M. Jewell,
head of. the striking railroad shop-
j men, today sent a-telegram to Presi
dent Harding replying to the Presi
dent’s proclamation on the strike situ
ation and opening a new phase of the
grievances of the striking shopmen.
The telegram wan signed also by the
Presidents of the six shop crafts. It
said tbe-moe bad walked out because
the -wages fixed by the Labor Board
iwas In violation of the provisions of
#AL OPERATORS IN SESSION ! tbe transportation act, because of vto-l
— — ,-latlon of the Labor Board’s decisions
J ashlngton, D. C., July 18.—Repre-j by the railroads
stives of the bituminous coal op-; The strikers insisted that tnterrup-
«raters associations’ went Into con- tig,, 0 f commerce or Interference with
ferences today with Secretary Davis the malla had been caused by any
after conferring with Hugh K. Krwln,! unlawful act, by the shopmen
•okiif-of the bureau"df oOnriBalldn of , ’ The telegram laid such interference
thr department. I directly to the attempt of the rail-
— | toads to Operate with Incompetent
.TWO DEAD IN KATV WRECK > OTto ~- v , , , ,
j Jewell and hie associates also
Kansas City, Mo., July 13.—Two iterated a desire to cooperate In any
white men and tour unidentified ne-| e ff 0 rt to bring peace, but declared
greet are dead and 48 persons Injur-' that to the present, the rail executives
ed, some perhaps fatally, was tbe toll bad refused to meet ton represutatlves
thla morning, of a .wreck tn tbe out- j of the employee,
skirts of the city last night In whtcbj T ‘ r -
the Missouri-Pacific flier number II,J SHOPMEN TELL STRIKBSREAK-
crashed head on Into a local freight e*' ERS AT DENISON, TIX., TO LEAVE
a ’resuit of contased orders. I Denison. Tex., July IS.—Two la*
The wooden smoking car was tele-; ported.workmen were seised early to-
scoped V» steel bsggsge ’ car, and: day by a band of men and taken to
mtot of toe Injured were in the smok-l toe Red river, five miles distant,
er, many of them negroes. {where they were lectured and. told to
lea-vp Texas. Two other a
ed the band and are being sought.
Tbl* is said to bo tbe first, result of
the avowed Intention of union leader*
to .prevent any, strike .breakers from
arriving In Denison.
shopmen closely guarded
__ to Si. K. t. shops,
roundhouses end other plants, as a re
sult of an iuniooac*mettt that arrange
ment* had -been mid* tor a number
of deputies to come here.
MAINTENANCE WAV MEN '•*
, WILL PRISS WAGE .MATTf M
r WHke.ibarre, Pa , July 13.—Twenty-
two system chairmen of the brother-
hood of maintenance way employe*
representing seventy thousand men,
employ*^ reads in.the middle
Atlantic states . have .' agreed, ifpon
"concerted' action’’ Its presenting wage
demands to the railroads during the
ibonto Of July!
William D. Roberta, Eastern vice
chairman, staled tost It bad been de
cided to ask the companiea Individu
ally and simultaneously for restora
tion‘of the scale prevailing before
July first, restoration of toe time and
a half clause and slight wage Increas
es for certain classes.
B. E O. CANCELS SOME
OF ITS FINEST TRAINS
Baltimore, Md., July 18.—Declaring
It la unable to get assurances of pro
tection to the live* of its employes
and property, at Important points, the
Baltimore end Ohio road today snout
ed eight of its cralck' passenger trains
between Chicago and the Rut, These
train* are said to be among the roads
finest' extra fare equipment.
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CHESAPEAKE CLERKS MAY
..... BE. ORDERED TO STRIKE
Richmond, Va, July 13.—H. J. Os
born. general chairman of toe broth,
erhood of railway clerks, announced
today that strike orders were being
; to seventeen, ..Jocola. on the
Chesapeake and, OWo. rood • He add
ed that the walk opt probably would
not become effective "for several
toys.” .
RAIL EXECUTIVES REFUSE
.TaMEET-WiTH JEWELL
Chicago. July 13—A flat refusal
to meet with B. M. Jewell, head of the
striking shopmen, to discuss peace
proposals was the answer last night
of railway executives to a proposal
made by Ben W. Hooper, chairman of
the United States Railroad Labor
Board.
In a letter to Mr. Hooper, the execu
tives declared that the tsiue raised
is not one for consideration between
the carriers and the representatives
of the organised crafts on strike ex
cept through the further orderly
processes before the United Sttaes
Railroad. Labor. Board.”
Asserting that the strike was a re-
sal to accept the results of the ar.
tration of the labor board, the letter
clarei * tut go'^- eonference con-
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50,000 MOTOR GARS FOURTEEN DIE IN
WRECK OF MOSQUE
In Event the Suite Tied! Up Roof Fell iiiW'Celebrators
Transportation, Post Office On Occasion of Feast of the
Department Can Operate this Patron Saint ~ Antiquities
Many Cars at Oncfci'Foat-i Aiso’Damaged to a Material
master General Work Says. Extent.
Washington, D C-, July IS —Po*t-l Cairo. Egypt, July J3.-rFo.irlien
master"" General Work today prepared! persons were kllled snd twenty others
a letter to President Harding, notiry- sevlouely Injured through too fall of
Jng the executive that a survey pre- j the vbof of the Abue Elela mosque
pared by all departments of the gov- during toe celebration of toe feast of
ernment showed that a thoroughly or- the Ptttron Saint today. Orest dam-
ganized fleet of fifty thousand motor w »» dopeto antiquities In toe so-
vehlcles could be mobilised within' cr *<* etructore. ( ,
24 hours, should toe shopmen's — —
sr«"srjr*” BANK OF ENGLAND
LOWERS DISCOUNT RATE
TO THREE PER CENT
DUPRE DENIED
NEW .TRIAL; MAY
HANB IMMEDIATELY RAM PROPERTIES
COMPROMISE
ON SOLICITORS GENERAL; _ ,
CAimiroil flDnilT 6Al ADv! 11^'July "iWlie Bank of
dUUlnfitin UKUJ11 MLAKi Bngmnd ioday lowered the discount
PArntn DV irnoi ITn»C rJt * to a > r *e pet- cedt, * rtKhittlon of
lAllUli DI LLuldLAlvKj onohalf per cent .from the figure es-
. - I.' ; I (abltshed June 18th.
A comp{t>tlsU Ugiaement has been I
reached regarding toe salary of toe WILL NOT AFFECT FEDERAL
iloUclfpr General •« -"toe Sdutoera
Circuit by fhe representatives of toe
ooenttoa ‘affected. |ton.,'#. I. Haqls-
tyre bais tent die following communi
cation which explains toe entire mat
ter tn detail as tar *a toe new MO to
>*?♦*■»* rate « ow j
“The -■ Representatives ' from , toe » erTe system.
Southern Circuit have come to on
agreement as to too Solicitor's sal
ary.
At present toe counties contribute
to tbe salary, aefordtng to popula
tion,'end as follows:
Brooks .
Colquitt .
Lowndes
Thomas .
Echols . .
As agreed by the
3 738.64
...... $ 879.36
3 766.48
J 990.60
3 99.82 .
Representative's
' RESERVE DISCOUNT RATE
Washington, V. C., July 13.—The re
duction of the rediscount' rate of the
Sank of England to three per cent, ia
regarded today at the Treasury as be
ing unlikely to effect tbe rediscount
rate of the American Federal Re-
High treasury officials declared
that no occasion Is seen for a reduc
tion of, the Federal Reserve system
rate below four .per cent, as a new
low rate is not being Insisted.
METAL TRADES WILL
REFUSE REPAIR WORK
Washington, D. C., July 13.—Mem-
In caucus, s bill will be Introduced' bent rf ail ,union$affiliated with the
providing that in future the counties! metal,. trades , department, of the
contribute to the Solicitor's salary as
follows:
Brooks 3 900.00
Colquftt (1.800.00
Lowndes (1,000.00
Thomas (1400.00
Echols ( 200.00
American Federation Of labor were
instructed in orders sent out
day from the headquarters here that
no. further repair work will b*
authorized on locomotives coming
from railroads on which strikes are in
! progress to outside shops employing
As will be seen there Is practically union labor,
no change in the amount Thomas! The order, sent out by A. J. Berrea,
county U to pay and very little to 1 Mcretary-treasurer of the department
toe amount Brooks and Lowndes are WM to ^ effective at, once. Indentical
to pay. The principal Increase it in cop - M wont to the presidents of sjl
Colquitt county where toe Solicitor, in terna‘tionala affiliated with the metal
General now does all of toe work of a! tradea w h 0 were instructed to
local County Solicitor In adlijion to noti f y their locals.
work such as Is dons In the other
counties, there, being qoy oo city or
county court In Colquitt (suntr.
Echols county wlU contribute a
hundred dollars more because ’ the
present contribution hardly meets
necessary expenses. ,
Thomas county will pay 49.40 more .
per year than before If toe sew
passes.
The total salary will be (4,904.00 out
Of Which all assistance and expenses
will have to be paid."
GEOROIA COTTON GROWERS
WILL PET FINANCIAL AID
Washington, XK C.. July M.—The
application of toe- Georgia Cotton
Growers’ Cooperative Association for
an advance, of .Jiot ntoje. than Ore
million dollars for financing and or
derly marketing'or CottOUT was "ftt
proved today by toe war finance cor
poration.' The ihouks of the district*
are expected to do the major part of
the. financing:
The unions affected include boiler-
makers,.eleetric workers, pipe fitters,
plumbera, painters and carpenters, a*
well as machinists and blacksmiths-
The American Locomotive Works,
to which many of the railroads
affected by the strike have been send-
their hauling equipment for
JAPS WANT TO BUY SAKHALIN
Tokto, July 18 e—The Japanese gov
ernment is considering sn offer for
toe purohase of too island of Sakha-
lien from Russia, according to the
newspaper Yorozu.
necessary repair, was specifically re,
ferred to in the order. In a statement
last night, Mr. Berres declared there
was "enough work on new locomotives
in the plants of this company to keep
the workmen busy and there will be
no cessation from work unless at
tempts are made to force the men to
do the repair work.”
"This-action was taken upon the
earnest solicitation of the organiza
tions affiliated with the railroad de
partment of the American Federation
of Labor,” he said, many of whom
are so affiliated with the metal trades
department. Every aslgtanee that
can be given to the shopmen now on
strike on all railroads should be given.
COSTA RICA HAS BIQ
WAREHOUSE FIRE
Son Jose, Costa Rica, July 13. —
Damage estimated at two and a half
million dollar* was -wrought by s fire
which swept through warehouses here.
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Famous Slayer of ‘Adanta
Detective in Jewelry Store
RobBefry Date* New ,triil
By tte Sup® Court. -
Execution Date to be Set.
Atlanta, Ga., July”13.—Frank B. Du
pre, convicted of tho murder of De
tective Irby Walker In tbe bold-up of
a Jewelry' store here last December,
was denied a new trial Id k'decision
by tbe Supreme Court today. Tbe date
of execution probably will (4 set this
week.
EXTENSIVE OPERATIONS BY
FREE STATE ARMY KITH
COLLINS AT HEAD PLANNED
General Believed That Effort
Will Be Made to .Qean Out
The Republican Trouble
Makers and Better Govern
ment Instituted.
Dublin, Irejind, July 13.—Michael
Collins has been appointed comman
der In chief of toe Irish Nstlonsl
army, it was officially announced to
day. Collins, Richard Nulcahy and
Gen. Owen O’Duffy, will form the war
council In supreme charge- of military
operations throughout the country.
FREE STATE PLANS BIG
MILITARY OPERATIONS
London. July 13.—The Provisional
Irish Free State government’s dects
Ion to concentrate Its energies
overcoming the Republicans and es
tablishing order throughout toe coun
try before summoning toe'new parlia
ment; Is taken to Indicate that mili
tary operations on * considerable
ecale are Impending.
The Republicans since their defeat
In Dublin have strengthened ttelr re
sit loo In the southwest and'are now
prepared to put up a big fight
FEDERAL T000P5WILL
Secretary bf the War Depart
ment Alter Visit to the Prai-
■ Indicated That Troops
May Be Sent to Centers of
Recent Disorders.
Washington, D. C., July 1J.— .
Secretary Weeks today Instructed j
Major General Hines, of SOa An
tonio to prepare sufficient troops:
to protect the Katy lines which
ere In the hands of Federal re
ceivers.
FEDERAL TROOPS TO BE
SENT TO STRIKE CENTERS
Washington, D. C, Joly 13.—Or
ders may be Issued by the War
Department sometime today for
the movement of troops to cer
tain localities where disorders
have occurred In connection With
the railroad strike. Secretary
Weeks indicated at one oclock, aa
he left tbe White House after a
conference with tbe President on
the situation.
REPUBLICANS CAPTURE
FREE 8TATE FORCE8
Dublin. Ireland, July 13 A Repub
lican communique. Issued at Cork,
says that In the county of Limerick,
tbe Republicans have captured Briga
dier Generals Hayes and Connolley of
the Free State forces with • their
men and twenty rifles. Sniping Is In
progress In Limerick.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAV0RERS
MEETING IN HOT SPRINGS
Hot Springs, Ark, July 18. — The
fourth all-Southern Christian endeav
or convention opens a five day meet
ing here fonlght with addresses of
welcome, disposition of preliminary
business and afi address of toe ■ Vital
izing power In Christian Endeavor,"
by Rev. R. K. Klrkpatriek, of Ander
son, S. C.
MERMAIDS RUN STRIKING
LIFE SAVERS BACK TO JOBS
Ocean City. N. J„ July 13.—
Learning that a bevy,,of mer
maids, headed by Rthelda Blelb
tra and Ada Taylor, champion
swimmers had volunteered ’ to,go
Into the life-saving business in
tbe “Interest of bnmaalty,’’ toe
mate beach guards have called off
their strike for more pay.
COLUMBIA MAYOR
GETS FEDERAL JOB
Washington, D. C.. July 13.—W. A.
Coleman, Mayor of Columbia, 3. C ,
has been appointed Federal director
of employment service, for the state
of South Carolina and W. T. Willing
ham, of Columbia Is appointed exam
iner to represent the employment ser
vice. It was announced today.
WOMEN RUNNING FOR
COUNCIL IN AUGUSTA
Augusta. Ga„ July 13.—For the
first time la Its history Augusta is
voting today In a municipal election
where women are candidates for Ihs
city council. Mrs. W. E. Reeves, In
the fifth ward Is opposed by two men
and Mrs. Martha Benton in the first
ward is opposed by one man.
AIKEN FARMER ATTEMPTS
TO END HIS OWN LIFE
Aiken, 3. C.. July 13.—After
telling his wife that he was tired
of living, J. Luke Williamson,
a magistrate and farmer of tots
county, went Into the closet of a
bedroom and was found latar with
s shotgun 'wound In his side. He
may recover.
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