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SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION
Of the City of Tboduurflh
and the County of Tbomilf
VOL X. No- 54.
THOMMVILLB, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1922.
$1X0 ’PER ANNUM
RIGID INVESTIGATION OF WRECK THAT
COST 37 LIVES IN MISSOURI STARTED
BY CORONER; 136 PERSONS INJURED
Fast Steel Train Crashes Into Local of Wooden Caches.
When Engineer is Supposed to Have Overlooked Block
Signal Set Against Him.—Impacts Hurled Cars Down
Embankment and Wounded and Dead Were Caught in
The Wreckage and Debris.—Investigation Underway.
Sulphur Springs, Ho., Aug. 1.—Eye
witnesses were summoned today be'
fore the Coroner's Jury at DeSoto to
recount details of the rear-end conta
in of two Missouri-Pacific trains here
Saturday night, when 87 persons are
known to have been killed and 138 in
Jured.
Coroner Elders promised a thorough
Investigation of the circumstances
causing the disaster.
The crews of both trains were sum'
moned by the Coroner to. give their
versions of the accident.
Officials of the road, Including as
sistant general manager Cannon, de
clared that the block signals
wreoklng crews, cranes and horns of
visiting automobiles
found in order after the crash, and
all were unanimous in their asser
tions that Engineer Glenn did not
heed the warning signal.
AH day yesterday and Into the
night, rescuers removed bits of the
wreolmge in their search, and a ghost,
ly silence hung over the scene, brok
en only by the muffled grind of the
Sulphur Springs, Mo., Aug. 7
Failure of an engineer to heed a block
signal caused the rear-end collision on
the Missouri Pacific here Saturday
night in which thirty-eight persons
were killed and about 187 injured. 85
seriously, according to John Cannon,
assistant general manager of the road.
Train No- 4, a fast passenger vesti
bule steel train, running at full
speed, crashed into No. 23, a local
composed of five wooden day coaches,
a baggage and an express car as the
engine was taking on water with the
coaches stretching back on a trestle
over Glaze creek.
The Impact buried two of the local
coaches down a fifty foot embank
ment edging and telescoped four
other coaches, crushing a number of
passengers to death in their seats-
PRESIDENT HARDING CALLS ON SHOPMEN ,
TO GO TO WORK AND SUBMIT DIFFERENCES ON .
SENIORITY TO THE RAILROAD LABOR BOARD
Washington, D. C., Aug. 7.-—
President Harding today called
upon the striking railroad shop
men to return to work, and re
quested the railroads to assign
them to work and asked that both
fhe workmen and carries submit
the disputed question of seniority
to the Railroad Labor Board
(Continued on Pag* Four)
JOLIET. ILUN HANDS CHICAC0EL1TEDAN0
OFMILITIAFOLLOWING SURFACE RAIL STRIKE
SEVERE STRIKE RIOTS ENDS BY AGREEMENT
• I
Two Men Killed and Sheriff Twelve and One-Half Per
Wounded in Disorders in the Cent Wage Reduction With
Railroad Yards at That City.' Pre-Strike Working Condi*
—Chicago Troops Sent To tions is Agreed on and Cars
Scene.. j Are Again Running.
Joliet, ill., Aug. 7—Rioting In the
railroad yards here* this morning re-* Chicago, III., Aug 7.—Chicago work-
aulted In the killing of Special Agent er " todaT fou<1 normal transportation
Phillip, of the Elgin. Joliet and East- restor *<l * rter » »'* d »y strike on the
ern Railroad, and an unidentified * nr, »«e » nd elevated ear lines. The
- striker, and the serloua wounding of- c * rn,cn who f** 1 Monday, ac-
Sharia James Newkirk. The local c ®P'®<f » wage reduction of approxl.
authorities, are planning to call for, mstely twelve and one-half per cent
state troops. !and retained the eight hour day, and
__ former working conditions In ' the
CHICAGO GUARDSMEN I agreement ratified late yesterday.
ORDERED TO JOLIET. The company had directed approxl-
Chicago, 111., Aug. 7—Two hundred mately a 17 per cent reduction.
Chicago guardsmen have been order-j . ______________
ed to Joliet where two men were kill-
GERMAN STRAW VOTE
IS AGAINST LIQUOR
ed and the sheriff wounded in a rail
strike riot today.
BOYS CONFERENCE AT ATHENS
.. Aug. 7—The State
boys and girls economic conference
opened today at the Georgia State
College o! Agriculture, assembling
mar* than throe hundred young peo
ple from all parts of the state lor
Bielefeld. Germany, Aug. 7. —
The first straw vote ever taken
In Germany on t$e question of
prohibition resulted In an over
whelming majority today In favor
of the abolition of alcohol as pro- _
scribed In the United States.
NOT KNOWN HOW RAILROAD
EXECUTIVES WILL TAKE IT
New Tork, Aug. 7.—Robert H.
Binkerd, assistant to T DeWItt
Cuyler, chairman of the* Associa
tion of Raiyway executives, said
that every consideration would be
given to the President's latest
prpposal for settlement of the
shopmen's strike, ibut declined to
Indicate how he believed It would
be received by the railroad heads.
MAINTENANCE WAY CHIEF
GOES TO WASHINGTON
Chicago, Ill., Aug. 7_—E. F. Grable,
head of the maintenance way men,
left here at noon today for Washing
ton to attend the conference of lead
ers of union men not on strike, which
Is called to discuss the general sltua
tion of the shop crafts strike and pe
tltlon President Harding for an audi
ence-
STRIKE LEADERS IN
CAPITAL OVER SUNDAY
Washington, D. C. Aug. 7—Leaders
of the striking railroad shopmen, B.
Jewell, president of railway em
ployes of the American Federation of
Labor; W. H. Johnston, president ot
the machinists association, and J. P.
Noonan, chief of the electrical work
ers' brotherhood, watted over Sunday
in Washington, expecting the report ot
President Harding today on the nego
tiations (or strike settlement which
were reopened on Saturday.
There was In the meantime a gath
ering of general chairman ot the
strike organizations over several East
ern railroad systems, chiefly machin
ists representatives, who reported on
existing conditions, and discussed
strike policies with the national lead
ers.
Nothing Was forthcoming from the
White House concerning the possible
new negotiations which result be
tween railroad executives and Presi
dent Harding in furtherance of the set
tlement attempts. In spite ot the re
fusal of the road managements to ac
cept President Harding’s request that
all strikera be reinstated with full
seniority in consideration ot a call
ing off ot the strike, It is known that
paths of communication between the
administration and the more promi
nent railroad heads remain complete
ly open.
Union representatives remained firm
In the opinion that President Harding
would not ask them to compromise
further on seniority points, held ont
the impression that they bad gone to
the limit in accepting his original of-
fer, and professed complete Ignorance
ns to what hit reconsideration of the
problem might develop.
The union leaders expect other rail
road unions not on strike to follow
up to-day the program of making
representations to the President con
cerning the bad condition Into which
they claim the strike has put rail
road rolling stock. This was begun
Saturday by legislative agents of three
ot the train service brotherhood or
ganisations, the engineers, ^rainmen,
and firemen and englnemen, and the
intimation left tbat while not con
templating actual strike, employes In
transportation service outside of the
shop crafts might adopt a policy ot
refusieg service. In a seml-organlsed
fashion, on trains, or at line points
where difficulty and danger in work
ing trains or (acuities is claimed to
exist because of Improper or Insuffi
cient shop work.
The separate conference between
the shop craft spokesmen on the
Southern Railway and the manage
ment will begin today after a two day
postponement. The Southern, acting
apart from all other large railroads,
has ottered to settle with its men ex
actly on the basis of President Hard
ing's proposals. The union policy has
been hitherto emphatically against
slpgje line settlements-, , .
INJURES SEVERAL OTHERS ON IRELAND
HARDING DECLARES
HE DID NOT SPECULATE
IN COTTON FUTURES
Governor of Federal Reserve
Board Says He Has Not In
terested Himself in Cotton
Speculation Since Becoming
A Member of the Board.
Washington, D- C., Aug. 7.—Gover
nor Harding of the Federal Reserve
Board today addressed a letter
Chairman McLean of the Senate
banking and currency committee, de
claring he had never speculated nor
taken a personal Interest In the cot
ton market since becoming a member
ot the board. /
Although the letter mentioned
names, It was Indicated that it was
written in connection with the
speech Saturday by Senator Heflin,
of Alabama, who expressed the be
lief, which he said was shared by
"lots of people," that Governor Hard
ing had speculated In cotton during
what he described as tbe deflation
period.
RADIO ACCIDENT
KILLS ALBANY BOY
Aerial Came in Contact With
High Voltage Wire and Lad
Was Electrocuted in Atlanta
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 7—Ben Camp
Harper, aged 17. ot Albany, Ga.,
was electrocuted here today when
tbe aerial tor a radio set, which
he was helping Install, came In
contact with a high voltage wire.
GEORGIA ROADS MUST
COLLECT SURCHARGE ON
PULLMANS AFTER SEPT.
Washington, D. C„ Aug. 7.—Rail
roads within Georgia were ordered to
day by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to begin oolleetlng surcharg
es from Pullman car passengers on
September 26tb, notwithstanding or
ders .from the Georgia Railroad Com
mission against the charges when ap
plied 4o passengers making loaineys
wholly within this state.
In a formal opinion, the flaamls-
slon ruled that abolition of the sur-
obarge as ordered by the State Com-
miaeion in December 1921, constitut
ed a discrimination against interstate
commerce. * ." ... ~-
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION FATAL
TO TWO NEAR BRUNSWICK
Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 7—News was
received In the city yesterday of
frightful accident Saturday at Atco,
a camp of the Hercules Power Com
pany on the Atlanta. Birmingham and
Atlantic Railroad, in which Dewsy
Crews lost his left arm and left eye
and was otherwise injured. Both
men were residents of this city and
were in the employment of the com-
pany. The two men were members
of a woods force and ware engaged in
dynamiting stump*. It Mem* that
they had bored a hole in a large stump
and plaeed in it a stick of dynamite.
They waited longer than usual for tha
explosion and had decided that the
fuM was a dead one, As they walked
up to the stump to see What
caused the trouble a trrlble explosion
occured, gnd both men were knocked
unconscious from flying piece* of tha
stump. Others working near rushed
aid to their assistance and as soon as
passible they were brought to this eit*
and received medical attention at the
city Hospital. Crews' left arm was
amputated Just above the elbow. AU
except the ones mentioned above were
bruised about tha face and body.
larities in Disposing of Gov
ernment Property. — Old
Hickory Plant Involved.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 7.—Indict,
ments were returned today by tbe
special grand Jury Investigating al
leged war frauds, against Ernest C.
Morse, former director of sales for
the war department; Everly M Davis,
President of the E. M. Darts'chemi
cal Company, New York, and Alexan
der W. Phillips, associated with Davis,
all of New York, ebarglng them with
defrauding the government out of
more than a million dollars In connec
tion with the sale of the war built
plant of the Old Hickory Powder Com
pany, near Nashville, Tenn.
The Indictment against Morse
the second returned by the special
grand jury which was empanelled by
authorization of congross and at the
direction of Attorney General Daugh
erty to Investigate alleged war frauds.
The first Indictment, which was
handed down on July 18th. resulted
from an Inquiry Into disposition ft
surplus lumber after the war, and
nlue others were Indicted with him
In the lumber case.
Morse Is president of tbe Foreign
Sales Supply Corporation, and Is be
lieved to be Poland.
Tbe Indictment today specifically
charges felonious conspiracy, combi
nation, confederation and agreement
to have the Noahvllle Industrial Cor
poration purchase the Old Hickory
Plant “(or a sum greatly less than
It was reasonably worth."
Bolt Strikes House, Doing Damage, Instantly Kills Kath-
rine Austin, And Knocks Two Other Women Uncon
scious.—Bed, on Which Young Baby Lay, Set Afire and
Building Threatened.—Four Children Felled to Floor.—
Accident Occurred Late Friday Afternoon.
Lightning killed one woman, shock-, dead woman was standing and on tha*
ed several other persons and tore off bed lay her week-old baby. The cloth-
part of a negro house on the Ireland I?® “A.* 11 ? ?** J®* afire, and
place six miles from town. Friday; e , n e th ' e sligMe.t dJTf h”?£
afternoon. The flash came about 51 coming from those In the room soon
o'clock, during a heavy thunder show-; enough to keep it from being burned,
er, when ten persons wore In the three-1 The occupants were In a hysterical
room tenant house about a quarter of'condition Immediately following tha
a mile back of the Ireland residence, j accident but had presence of mind
One woman, Kathrlne Austin, was in- enough to save the baby's life and pro-
stantly killed. Onother woman, her'vent the further destruction of the
sister, Hattie Austin, was knocked un-l building by fire. It has not bean de-
consclous. The effect of the shock termlned by what exact medium the
threw another woman to the floor and lightning entered the building or how
felled four children, who were In the the eight persons pesldes the one kill-
r0 ®J n - , , ed and the other dangerously Injured.
Help was summoned at once, and were spared worse Injuries. All were
parties on the place rnshed to the Hying on the Ireland place. No other
ecene. The lightning bad torn off one reports of accidents nearby or In this
whole side of the house, broken down vicinity were reported yesterday
tbe chimney snd had set fire to the
MORE INDICTMENTS IN
WAR FRAUD CASES BY
SPECIAL GRAND JURY
Ernest Morse Indicted a Sec
ond Time for Alleged Irreeu 1) ® d ' Dr J®®®» K e| d was summoned Negro Woman Ole*—
• — *-‘*'-5'-“ . und went at once, making an examine- The negro woman dangerously burn
tion of the people, who were struck or hv at ,h.
.hocked by the lightning. He found !, l *“ tnln « * “*® Ir ®'“ 4 P 1 "®-
the one dead woman, and her sister, dled Saturday afternoon at a late hour,
still unconscious and In a very pre- She was taken to the hospital hers
carious condition. She was taken to
tne City Hospital and Is Still partially
unconscious with no definite change
for the better in her condition. .
The other woman who was knocked
temporarily unconscious, and the (our
children, have completely recovered
from the affect of the shock. The bed
was very close to the place where the
In the hope of saving her life, but it
was a very slim chance, for her con
dition was precarious from the first.
Tbe funeral of the victims occurred
yesterday afternoon, being attended by
a large number of colored people from
tbat section.
OHIO CAMPAIGN WILL YOUNG GIRL FALLS OFF
DECIDE ENDORSEMENT
CLIFF IN YOSEMITE
PM INTO RIVER
Seventeen Year Old Daugh-
Wet and Dry Question In
volved in the Primary which 1 ter of Chemistry Professor
Nominates Governor, Sena-j At Princeton Ltses Life in
tor and Several Congress- National Playground When
men.
THIRTY-SEVEN KU KLUX
ON TRIAL AT LOS ANQELES
Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 7—Trial of
thirty-seven Ku Klux Klansmen
charges growing out of a raid on the
22nd ot April on tbe home and bonded
winery of Fidel and Mathias Bldurey-
nu at Inglewood, was on today’s dock
et of the Superior Court.
The defendants are free under $46.-
000 bonds, end Include William H. Co
burn of Georgia, formerly grand gob
lin of tbe Klan’a Pacific domain.
The alleged connection ot the Klans-
men with tbe raid was brought out at
the Inquest over the body of Con
stable M. B. Mosher, one of the alleg
ed raiders killed. Tbe defendant* are
charged with assault with deadly
weapons and with Intent to commit
murder, kidnapping and false Impris
onment.
HIBERNIANS OPPOSE KU KLUX
Atlanta City, N- J. Aug. 7.—Reso
lutions deploring the situation In Ire
land and opposing the Ku Klux Klan
were adopted today by the National
Board of the Ancient Order of Htbera-
tans meeting here.
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Special For This Week
ALL WHITE SHOES GREATLY REDUCED
. If -I 1 ; ;,'•*/ i -- L >t'if e*.7 -vK <
MWUwR^ Ckat Odo^ la ^^ $3.50
AH Black and White Sport Oxfords, $6. to $7.00 QQ
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SmithrMad^Shae Co.
Columbus, O., Aug 7.—Whether the
national administration Is to receive
the endorsement ot Ohio voters will
be determined largely by the success
of Carmia Thompson, of Cleveland, in
tomorrow's primary.
Thompson, a former United States
treasurer, who has been closely Iden
tified with the Harding administra
tion Is one among the nlue Republi
cans making tbe race tor tbe guber
natorial nomination.
In Thompson's race also will be
determined In equal measure the ef
fectiveness of tbe activities of tbe
Anti-Saloon League, Thompson having
tbe support ot tbat organisation.
Candidate for the United State*
Senate and a full congressional dele
gation also will be nominated.
The wet and dry fight, however,
revoivse about C. Homer Durand, a
Coshocton attorney, and leader in tbe
She Slipped Over Cliff.
Yosemlte, Cal , Aug. 7.—Miss
Elisabeth Jones, 17-year old
daughter of Professor L. W
Jones, head of the department of
chemistry at Princeton Unlversl-
ty, met a tragic death In the Yose
mlte Valley late yesterday, when
■he slipped and fell over a cliff
Into the swirling waters of the
Mercede river.
former wet and dry fights Durand la
running for the gubernatorial nomi
nation on a beer and light wines
platform. Even dry leaders expect him
to poll a heavy vote In tbe Republican
rare
All of the present Ohio oongress-
ment. excepting Charles L. Knight, of
the fourteenth district, and S. D. Peas,
ot the eighth district, and candidate*
respectively for the Republican nomi
nation for Governor and United Stat
es Senator are seeking reaoainatlon.
Tuesday Special
Gordon Silk Hose
Black, White, Brown.
$2.50 Values, Tuesday $1.79
2 pair for $3.50
ALL LADDS' NECKWEAR
cr Pe >. <
331% off
Including aM cottar materials, gniropes, etc.
ThU U a day of Real Specials, So Don’t Miss.
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THE WOO OF QUALITY ON THE CORNER ff
The home of Hart!
9c Mar* Gotha.