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VOL. X. No. 49.
TH0MA8VILLE, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1922.
11X0 PER ANNUM
TO J
IN ONE BIO STRIKE
Socialist Leader Calls on the
' Workers of Country to Cut
Loose Prom Political Parties
And Henceforth Strike, Vote
And Fight Together.
Chicago, III., July 17.—Eugene V.
Debs, leader ot the great American
railway union strike in 1894, today Is-
aued a statement to striking railroad
men and other unions that the time
has come for the rank and file
unite and “strike together, vote
getker and fight together."
Debs concluded bis statement with
an appeal to union men to convene
the craft unions into a "powerful be
dustrlal union," and declares, “You
have got to cut loose once and for all
from the rotten political parties of
your masters."
STRIKING SHOPMEN AND
MINERS REFUSE TO ALLOW
CLEARING OF TRAIN WRECK
Chicago Mail Service Superin
tendent Reports to Postmast
er General That Strikers In
terfered With Work of Clear
ing Wreck, Delaying Mails.
Washington, D. C.. July 17.—Super-
Intendent of railway ipail service.
Brauer, at CMcago notified Postmast
er General Work today that Burling
ton train No. 27, left the tracks yes
terday at Lovllia. Iowa, and that strik
ing coal miners, shopmen and sympa,
thizers bad persistently refused to
permit wrecking crews to clear the
N. C. T
Tl
Gov. Morrison Orders Adju
tant General to Have Sol
diers in Readiness for Duty
At Strike Centers, Including
t A. C L Shops.
Raleigh, N. C, July 17.-Oo». Mor
rison today instructed Adjutant Gen
eral Meets, to order soldiers to Rock
ingham, Wilson, Rocky Mount and Dur
ham, to be held in readiness at these
points for possible duty In connection
with the railway strike.
WANT TROOPS SENT TO ROCKY
MOUNT TO PRESERVE ORDER
Raleigh, N. C„ July 17.—L. V. Bas
sett, representing the city ot Rocky
Mount was here today, prepared he
eald, to urge Gov. Morrison to send
troops to Rocky Mount to maintain or
der, and that the situation in connec
tion with the shopmen's strike at
tha Atlantic Coast Line shops contin
ues threatening.
BRITISH MISSION WILL
REACH U. S. IN SEPTEMBER
London, July 17.—A special British
delegation will arrive in the United
States early In September In connec
tion with negoUatlons for funding the
British debt to America, U was an
nounced by Lloyd George In the
Mouse of Commons this aftornoiu.
MARCHING MINERS DISPERSED
Washington, D. C„ July 17.—Sher
iff Leullen, and deputies and state po
lice, early today broke up the march
of men who were on their way to the
Lincoln mill mine near here. Nine
arrests were made. The mine bas
been operating with non-union men
si floe the coal strike was called.
tracks.
Passengers, train and wrecking
crews had been driven from the train,
he added, and the track blockaded,
thus delaying the malls.
RISK INSURGENTS
NOW CONTROL
TO
HAVE BEEN KILLED IN
W. VA. MINE BATTLE
Weilsburg Reports Fight Be
tween 300 to 400 Alleged
Miners and About 20 Police
In Which SheriH and Eight
Others Were Killed.
Gty is Reported to be Suffer
ing at Hands of Republicans
Who Are Running Things to
Suit Themselves and Rob
bery is on the Increase.
Belfast, Ireland, July 17.—Reports
reaching here today, represent tha
city of Cork as suffering grievously at
the hands of the Republican Insurgent
forces, who are said to be in aibsoluta
control, and the port of Cork
been closed. It said, ships not being
allowed to enter or leave. Business
premises have been seized and their
contents appropriated for Republican
troops, many of whom are billeted
with the civilian Inhabitants and sev
oral thousand people are out ot work.
Refugees also report that there has
been on outbreak of robbery and de
struction.
500 REPUBLICANS CAPTUREO,
Dublin, Ireland, July 17.—During
week-end operations, notional army
troops captured about live hundred
prisoners from the Republican Insnrg-
ents, It was announced today. These
Included three hundred who were cap
tured at Dundalk.
SEABOARD TRAIN DERAILED
NEGRO PORTER KILLED
Suvannah, Ga., July 17.—Five
coaches on the Seuboard Airline
train number three, turned turtle
at 5:30 oclock this morning, one
mile South ot Cox, Ga. The ne
gro dining car cook, was killed
and several passengers injured.
The train is said to have struck
a broken rail. The locomotive
and two cars remslned on the
track.
NEW ENGLAND TEXTILE
STRIKE SPREADS TO LOWELL
Boston, Mass., July 17.—The New
England textile strike which Is now in
Us seventh month with 60,000 opera
tives Idle, spread today In force
Lowell, Mass., where strikes have
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Wheeling, W. Va„ July 17—Sheriff
H. H. Duvall, of Brooke county, and
several of his deputies were killed
this morning in a light at the Rich
land mines near Wellsbnrg. according
to information received here, and
Governor Morgan has ordered Sheriff
Clouse of thin county to take charge
of the situation. State police and all
of this county's deputtee are enroute
to the scene.
TEN MEN KILLED IN W. VA.
FIGHT WITH COAL MINER8
Weilsburg, W. Va., July 17.—Police
headquarters toduy reported that Its
information from the Richland mines
was that ten men Including the sher
Iff of the county, met their death In u
tight this morning.
The chief clerk in the police depart
ment said the trouble started about
five oclock when otriking miners are
Bald to have marched from across the
Pennsylvania state lines and fired a
tipple.
LONGING FOR MOTHER
AND HOME BROUGHT
MAN TO ADMIT KILLING
Birmingham Officers Hold
Pittsburgh Man Who Says
He Killed Walton in Pitts
burgh Beer Garden Recently
And Wants to Be Tried.
Birmingham. Ala., July 17.—John B.
Wilson, of Pittsburgh, who Is held
here at his own request, for officers
from a Pennsylvania city. Is quoted by
the police as saying that his longing
for home and mother, was stronger
than his desire to escape trial for
killing a man namod Walton in the
Pittsburgh beer garden on July 1st.
He asserted that he killed Walton lu |
self-defense. '
Weilsburg, W. Va., July 17.—Sheriff
H. H. Duvall and eight men are known
to have been killed and a larger num
ber wounded In a light at the Clifton
mine Ot the Richland Goal Company,
near the Pennsylvania state line to
day. Tho dead -were brought to Wells
bnrg and the wounded taken to Wheel
ing.
H. Duvall, who wag with his fath
er at the mine when the fight toon
place, accompanied his father's body
to his home here. Describing Che
trouble, he said there hod been ru
mors (or some time that the mine was
to be attacked, but nothing had hap
pened until about daybreak today p Mce Negotiations Practical-
when firing began from the top of the - — —
hill above the mine opening. He said
the sheriff's forces had repiiod to the
tiro, and then started up tho hill.
He said the mob seemed armed with
all sorts of guns and had plenty ot
ammunition. Duvall said be counted
at least eight dead among the mob,
which must have numbered between
three and four hundred men. while
the sheriff had about twenty.
.Tl
DAMAGE WHEN BIG
Twenty Million Gallons of
Water Flooded Section of
Chicopee District and People
Forced to Second and Third
Stories of Homes.
Chicopee, Maas., July 17.—Twenty
million gallons of water Hooded a
large part of the Williams district
here early today when the Langwalds
dam and another dam at Roberts
pond gave way and occupants of the
| houses on Chicopee street were forced
to nee to the second and third itorl'-s.
No lives were lost, but the property-
loss will be heavy.
LEADERS MARK TIME
ly At An End for Present.—
Neither Hooper Nor Jewell
Have Anything to Say. —
—Rumors of an Armistice.
Chicago, Ill., July 17—Peace nego
tiations In the railroad strike were
temporarily at a standstill today. Rail
execuUves and strike leaders expect
ed today's developments to Indicate
more clearly the ultimate outcome.
However much Importance la attach
ed to the number of shopmen return
ing to work today as this day marked
the time limit on many roads for re
taining seniority and other rights.
MORE RAIL WORKERS ON STRIKE
Cleveland. O., July 17.—Approxi
mately 125 members of the American
Federation of railway workers,
ployed on the New York Central Pnes
went on strike this morning against
the wage reduction. About 150 mem
bers of the stationary engineers, fire-
men and oilers union struck here at
ten oclock this morning. There were
no disorders.
GERMANY IN BAD SHAPE,
FRANCE MARKING TIME
Reports From Europe Indi
cate Economic Situation in
Germany is Bad, With Aus
tria Improving and France
Watching the Situation.
Washington. D. C., July 15.—Ger
man economic conditions are bad,
France la marking time, while Aus
tria shows some signs of Improve
ments, according to reports to the
Commerce Department from Its repro-
ssntallvos In those countries.
The failure of plans for foreign
loans have brought a new period of
currency depression In Germany, It la
repooried but German Industry In gen-
oral is profiting by the decline as it
gives a new opportunity for dumping
abroad and for Increased Inland
sales.
FARM POPULATION OF U. S.
Washington, D. C.. July 17.—
The farm population of the Uni
ted States on January first, 1920,
was 31,814X69, or 29.9 per cent ot
the total population of the coun
try, according to an announce
ment by the Census Bureau today.
been called against three plants
which employ over ten thousand work
ers.
BITTERNE8S ON THE WANE
AT LEADING STRIKE CENTER
Chicago. July 17.—A veil of silence
descended like a blanket over the rail
way strike situation today as both
railroad heads and strike leaders turn
ed hopeful efes toward the momentous
developments the new week was ex
pected to bring forth.
The bltterneas which lias marked
the progress of the walk out at times
AUSTRIA CUnUTC PA INC during the past two weeks- seemed to
nUiJllUil OnUnO tlJUiviJf hare been succeeded by a peace almost
approaching an understanding.
The hurling of verbal challenges,
claims and counter claims, ultimatum!
and defiances, apparently had ended
through exhaustion or the hope of an
early agreement.
Railway executives who declared
their willingness Saturday night to at
tend any meeting called by the United
States Railroad Labor Board with
view to effecting a settlement that
would not nullity, but would uphold
and carry out the board’s decisions,
spent the holiday away from their of
fices and In seclusion.
B. M. Jewell, leader ut the striking
shopmen, visited his almost deserted
headquarters tor a abort time only to
run through his mall and telegrams.
He read the railroad executives' state
ment with a quiet grin, but refused to
comment on It. “There will be noth
ing over the week-end,” he said.
"I can’t say a word, son—not a
word," Ben Hooper, chairman of the
labor board sighed wearily, throwing
bis arm across the shoulder of the re
porter. who had found him alone In
tho offices of the board.
Despite the silence of the leaders,
with accompanying rumors of a tacit
armistice or truce to follow fuller con
sideration of point! brought out dur
ing the week at mediation conferences,
hopes of an early settlement were ex
pressed freely In both railway and
labor quarters, although no tangible
basis for these exceptions was given
In any case.
One ot the factors most often quoted
to Justify a belief that the drift was
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ADMITS COTTON GOODS
MANUFACTURER ASKED
FOR HIGH TARIFF DUTY; POLICE
Lenroot Charges That Provi
dence, R. L, Manufacturer
Had Suggested Additional
Tariff Duty, Conceded By
Senator Smoot. j
Washington, D. C., July 17.— j
Senator Ijenroot charged today in
the Senate and Senator Smoot
conceded that that section of the
new tariff law imposing an addi
tional duty of twelve per cent ad
valorem on fancy cotton clotha,
was “word for word,” as proponed
by Tormer Senator Lippltt, a cot
ton goods manufacturer of Provi
dence, R. I.
GERMAN GOLD DEPOSITED
TO PAY JULY REPARATIONS
Haris, July 17.—The reparations
commission was notified today that
Germany bad deposited 32,000.000 gold
marks In designated banks to meet
her July 15th, reparations payment
BELIEVE COAL OPERATORS
WILL ACCEPT HARDING'S
ARBITRATION PLAN
Washington. D. C., July 17.—Over
night discussions of the bituminous
coal operators who met here to re-
spend to President Harding's offer of
arbitration as a means of settling the
coal strike, developed a great diversi
ty of conclusions, ft appeared like-
ly, however, that there would be In
the hands of the President before
night, an acceptance of the arbttru-
70 Workers and 7 Police Vic
tims of Poisoned Food Pre
pared for Strike-Breakers^—
No Deaths Reported,—Matter;
Being Investigated.
Chicago. III., July 17.—Seventy new
I shop employes of the Chicago, Milwau
kee and St. Paul railroad, and seven
j city policemen are suffering today
from poisoning after eating food pre-
I pared for the workers who are replac-
! 'Ing strikers.
The men were stricken during the
i lost three days, ten of them yesterday.
| A score of health department work
ers have been assigned to cover every
railway yard in Chicago and rigidly
NEGRO KILLED IN SHOOTING
AFFRAY AT MADISON, GA.
Madison, (la., July 17—Sid Simpson! * ns i >ect served to workers to
a negro was shot and killed and Percy j prevent a recurrence of the trouble.
McAdams, u young white man, was I ^ was indicated today that official*
Horioualy wounded during an alterca* h av ® information which Is expected to
tlon last night. jlead to diacovery of the poisoners.
PITTSBURGH HAS
ORGY OF MURDERS
Two Women and Three Men
Killed in 24 Hours in lle-
gheny County and Authori
ties Are Investigating Af
fairs as a Result
Pittsburg, pa., July 17.—The kill
Ing of two women and three men it
Allegheny county during the pusi 21
Hours held the attention of tho tu
tlon proposal practically without con-| thorltles today. In the V’jr v os
dttlbn, and that a majority ot the em
ployers would Join In its support.
ATLANTA MEN TAKEN
FROM HOME AND BEATEN
Atlanta, Ga., July 17.—B. L.
Ramsey and sou, R. H., were tak
en (rom their home early today by
a band ot fifteen men and severe
ly whipped. They were employed
as boiler makers at the Nashville,
Chattanooga and St. Louis shops
here.
Railroad officials said the men
were warned several daya ago by
striking shopmen to leave the city.
hagueconference
MAY BE RESUMED
The Hague. July 17.—A communi
cation from the Russian delegation to
day held out prospect that the confer
ence on Russian affairs here, which
seemed on the verxe of a final break
down, might be resumed.
NON-RUSSIANS TO TAKE
A CONCILIATORY STEP
The Hague, July 17—The Cetttral
or nonRussian commission officially
took a new conciliatory step Saturday
night, paving the way for the reopen
ing of the conference, when M. Patyn
J iresident of the commission, sent a
etter to Maxim Litvinoff, head of the
Russian delegation, declaring that it
was the unanimous opinion of the
presidents and members of the three
subcoromissiona that if M. Litvinoff
withed to make a statement modifying
his previous declarations, the new
statement would be taken into con
sideration. In such event, it would
be possible to eontinue the negotia
tions.
M. Litvinoff conferred with Kdward
F. Wise, of the British delegation
Saturday, after which rumors were
circulated that the negotiations were
to be resumed.
The Russians said Saturday night
that they have had no i natructions
from Moscow, but they insist that the
other delegates have misinterpreted
their position on private foreign
iroperty nationalized in Russia. M.
.Itvinoff declares that his statements
hare been distorted.
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township. Mtb. Grace Ollber'., was
summoned to the door ot hoc home,
and was shot down. Her nushund,
from whom she was separated 1 as
been arrested.
Mrs. Katherine Daley was shot to
death in a rooming house. Witnesses
sold she bad quarreled with her bus-
bund.
Thomas Jones, BeDjamln Chasel
and an unidentified man met violent
deaths.
MEN AT CHICAGO OUT
25,000 Workers Said to Have
Walked Out Without Orders
From National Officers and
They May be Outlawed by
Union Leaders.
Chicago, 111., July 17.—Approximate
ly 25.000 maintenance way men have
struck without permission from Presi
dent Grable. It Is estimated today by
J. C. Smock, vice president of the
union. Smock said the strikers prob
ably would be outlawed by their nat
ional officers.
WILL NOT EXPEL MAINTENANCE
WAY MEN UNTIL AN INQUIRY
Detroit, Mich., July 17.—Members
of the brotherhood of maintenance
way employes, who engaged in an un
authorized strike will not be expelled
from the union "tor the moment," but
union organizers will be sent to inter
view the strikers and attempt to per
suade them to remain at work pend-
riDTHDPn IN MHYirn i ,nB a ,lnal decUlon »" ,0 • naUo,,aI
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Miami, Fla., Julyle—A communl=u- 1 Bald 'op
tion from Mexico City wus received'
here yesterday by county officials! LEAGUE MEETING IN LONDON
saying that Ludwig Kohlwelss. want-
ed In Miami as the suspected slayer | London. July 17.—The Council of
of Cap!., James Pine, Feb., 23 1921 l * ,B League of Nations met iu London
wus under arrest there under tl,e' toda >' (or lhe Bnt tlme ,n two
name ot Peter Paul Fiacher. j'° Kr-upple with a series of world t-reh-
_ , I lems instead of dealing with details
The letter said that K ° h '”‘“' establishing the League'. m.Ch'u.ry
alias F lacker was charged with hav 1^ „„„ , he c „ |ef „ ork u lu pr0 „.
ing attempted to hold up a bank. HeJ ouii meetln(t here The mogt lmport .
Is confined in Helen Prison, In the; agenda Is ratifies-
Mexican capita.. Local officials laal-L^ ” ^ ndat „.
night communicated with the Depart-)
ment of Justice toward having the Kohlwelss home. What la said to hav*
prisoned deported to the United
States. Kohlwelss, a native of Austria,
was a truck farmer here and fled
three days after the murder of Capt.
Pine, whose body waa found near tbs
been owned by Kohlwelss. Circum
stantial evidence, the officials say.
points to the guilt of Kohlwelss and a
warrant Hes here tor his arrest on lire
charge of murder.
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