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ASSOCIATED
PRESS NEWS OF
THE WORLD
FORTY-THIRD YEAR.—NO. 61
RAIL WAGE BOARD SUMMONS 4 EXECUTIVES
JUDGE REFUSES
STATEDELAYIN
WHITE SOX CASE
Declines I o Remove In
dictments From Court
Court Call
CHICAGO, March 13.—(8y the
Associated Press). —Judge Dever
today refused to comply with a mo
tion by the state that’the trial of
the White Sox players and others
under indictment, set for today, be
taken off the court call. Ke order
ed another hearing for next Thur.,
day, when it is believed the date for
the trial will be set. The men are
charged with conspiracy to “throw”
the 1919 world’s abseball series, in
which the White Sox lost to Cincin
nati.
The investigation into alleged
gambling, bribery and game throw
ing in major league baseball was
opened officially in September,
19$0, when Judge Charles A. Mac
Donald, Chief Justice of the Crimi
nal court, charged the- Cook county
grand jury- with investigating re
ports which had come to his atten
tion concerning “fixed” games.
SIO,OOO Bribes
The grand jury investigation
which followed, brought league pres
idents, club owners and star athletes
to the witness stand. It finally
resulted in the indictment of eight
members of the world champion
Chicago White Sox team, two for
mer -world champion pugilis't on
charges that they had conspicd for
the White Sox team to deliberately
lose games in the 1919 world series
with the Cincinnati Reds. It also
was charged that certain Sox play
ers had accepted bribes ranging a.-i
high as SIO,OOO to throw games.
Through the investigation ,a world
champion team was wrecked ami
conditions were revealed which
eventually resulted in a new deal
for baseball with Federal Judge
Kensaw M. Landis as civilian base
bal commissioner with superems
powers to run the professional game
as-he saw fit with the object of keep
ing crookedness out of it forever.
L While Judge MacDonald’s charge
* Till'’Jury was the official opening
of-the investigation by the state,
there had been many rumors since
the close of the 1919 world series
that it had not been played on the
square and testimony given the
grand jury revealed that various
baseball officials had conducted pri
vate investigations for months, but
without definite results.
These rumors came to a head when
a Chicago paper, in a copyrighted
article, exposed an alleged attempt,
to “fix” a National league game in
August, 1920.
Cicotte Confes-.es
The jury investigation then was
ordered and the investigators start
ed «n the 1919 world series. The
days that' followed produced one
.sensation after another until finally
Edward V. Cicotte, White Sox pitch
er, once rated the best in the Amer-
League, with tears in his eyes con
fessed that he had received sfo,ooo
to throw games and named seven of
his teammates as associates in the
alleged deal.
Following Cicotte’s confession,
the jury voted indictments against
him, Claude Vyilliams, leading south
paw’ pitcher of the league, Joe Jack
son and Oscar Felsch, two of the
game’s best outfielders. Buck Wen
. ver. a brilliant third baseman, Swede
Risberg, shortstop. Fred McMullin,
utility player, and Chick Grandii,
first baseman of the White Sox in
1919 but not with the club in 1920
The indictments were voted the
day Cicotte confessed September 28,
1920. As soon as they were an
nounced, Joe Jackson went to the
jury and confessed to receiving $5,-
000, saying it was given to him bv
Claude Williams. The next day Wil
liams confessed to receiving $lO,-
000 and to giving $5,000 of it to
Jackson. The money was given
him by Gandill, Williams said.
Williams named Gandill and two
gamblers who were introduced to
him as '“Brown” and “Sullivan” as
the go-betweens who arranged the
deal with the White Sox players.
Indictments immediate! j? were
voted aggainst Brown and Sullivan
Later Hal Chase, once known as
tne “prince of first basemen,” Bid
Burns, former major league pitcher,
and Abe Attell. ogee world cham
pion featherweight fighter, were in
dicted as the men who helned engi
neer the alleged deal to throw the
► series.
Bettor Defrauded
The' indictments charged conspir
acy to do an illegal act and obtain
ing money under fal'.e pretenses.
.Charles K Nims. a'local sportsman,
was 'named in the indictments as
having been defrauded of $250
through the series, ho having bet
that -amount on the White Sox.
Cicotte told the grand jury his
S I'o,ooo was given him before th Q
series started. It was. placed under
his piilow, he said. Concerning the
actual throwing of the games, the
pitcher confessed to' only one delib
erate misplay. He said he purpose
ly hit Rath, the fibst man rip in the
first game, but then repented and
after that nlayed his best through
out the series. Cicotte talked to
several officials before going to the
grand jury chambers. These offi
cians quoted him as confessing to
other misplays, but the hitting of
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BERLIN PROTEST
GOES TO LEAGUE
BERLIN. March 13.—The govern
ment has addressed a note the sec
retariat of the League, of Nations
protesting aganst the penalties being
enforced by the Entente.
Birmingham Shaken
By Incendiary Blast
BIRMINGHAM, March 13.—Bir
mingham and the country for 5J
miles around was shaken by- an ex
plosion- at 6:30 o’clock this morn
ing of a magazine at the Dolomite
Mines of the Woodward Iron Com
pany, 14 miles from tne city. No
one waa injured, according tj6 re
ports.
The exnlosicn was attribted to in
cendiaries by the authorities.
Rath was the only one officially re
ported to the grand jury by the
pitcher. •
Williams and Jackson said they
did not actually throw any games.
The other players claim that they
did not receive money and did not
throw any games. Jackson, Wil
liam sand * Cicottc were the only
indicted players to go before the
grand jury.
Williams said the eight White Sox
players met with Brown and Sulli
van in Cicotte’s room in a sma'l
southside hotel and there discussed
throwing games. The players made
individual deals; concerning the
amounts they were to receive, he
said, after first being offered adn
refusing $5,000 each.
Near the -end of the investigatior
all of the indictments were revoted
for technical reasons, Brown am?
Sullivan being indicted as “Rachel
Brown and Joseph J. Sullivan, gam
blers of New York ami Boston.” •
The confession of Cicottc,'which
resulted in the indictments, came
only after days of investigation
made more tense by unconfirmed re
ports linking Cicottc and others with
the case. President Charles A. Co
miskey and Manager “Kid” Gleason
of-the White Sox told the jury they
had conducted a secret investigation
J’or several months. Certain play
ers. were shadowed and every effort
made to -obtain convicting evidence,
but without result. Presidents B. B.
Johnson and John Heydler of the
two major leagues confirmed this
testimony and told of private inves
tigations they had made.
Testimony was given that Kai
Chase had sent telegrams to friends
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RUSSIAN REVOLT
REPORTED ENDED
Helsingfors Hears Upris
ing’ls Quelled After
Street Battle
COPENHAGEN, March' 13.—(8y
ihe Associated Press). —Advices
from Helsingfors today sgy the for
tress of Krasnayagork has been re
captured from the revolutionists by
Soviet troops and the garrison now
consists chiefly of a cadet corps I
from Moscow. The uprising is re i
ported to have been quelled after >
the severest of street fighting.
saying the series had been “fixed”
Cicotte was mentioned as one of the
bribed players. The pitcher denied
the charges, but gradually the cir
cumstantial evidence became strong
er and stronger.
Finally Billy Maharg, former
prize fighter, in an interview with ;
Philadelphia paper, named Cicotu- I
Attell, Jackson and others as taking i
part in the alleged deal.. This,
seemingly, was the final straw, fcr
a few days later Cicotte confessed
to Mr. Comiskey.
Cumiskey immediate! suspended
the seven player then with the club,
telling the he “would drive them out
of basehall forever” if the charges
were found true. Cicotte was taken
to the grand jury and the indict
ments followed.
On February 14. last, Williams,
Weaver and Jackson filed demand
with Judge William E. Dever for ■■
bill of particulars in the case. In
affidavits accompanying the demand
the three players swore, they nev.-r
coitspired to throw games and never
actually attempted throw games.
Williams and Jackson, however, did
not deny that they confessed to re
ceivdxig bribes. Nor did Wilbam -
deny meeting Brown and Sullivan
in Cicotte’s room, but said he did
not know whether they were the
same Brown and Sullivan that were
i.idmted. The players also denied
knowledge of Charles K. Nims.
The grand jury also indicted sev
era! base-ball pcrnl makers and heard
tesimony indicating that various
players had knowledge of game
throwing the big leagues aside from
the world scries.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 14, 1921.
DEMOCRACY FOR
ARMOUR PLANT
Workers To Have Equal
Voice With Em
ployers
CHICAGO, March 13.—Armour &
Company today called an ejection in
ail of its plants tomorrow for em
ployes to choose representatives to
form an industrial democracy in
which the workers and employers will
have equal representation, and which
would settle all questions of working
conditions, wages and hours ifi the
Armour plants. >
The representatives elected tomor- |
row will form a temporary board |
which will work out permanent plans. |
After an all-day discussion by
heads of the packing industry Satur
| day, a telegram was sent to James J.
i Davis, secretary of labor, at Wash
ington, accepting his suggestion that
they send two representatives to
confer with h.m and two representa
tives of the employes regarding the
present situation in the industry.
The telegram, which was signed by
•Armour and Company, said:
“Your message received. Will be
glad-to follow your suggestion.”
A statement was giVfRU out at the
| same time that the telegram was
i made public, said:
“We assume that the justice and
( necessity of wage cuts will not be at
( issue. Nor can there justly be an
■ issue on the matter of hours.”
I Secretary Davis’ offer of persona',
mediation in an effort to avert a
threatened strike in the industry also
was accepted by the union leaders
$200,000 POSTAL
LOOT RECOVERED
TOLEDO, 0., March 13.—Postal
inspectors today announced the re
covery of $200,000 of loot in the
million dollar postoffice robbery
here February 12. Bonds have been
recovered in New York, Detroit and
Philadelphia.
MARK ETS.
AWERICUS SPOT COTTON
Good Middling 11 l-2c.
II NEW YORK FUTURES
; Pc Open 11am Ipm Close
. May 11.50 11.50 11.27 11.43 11.50
July 11.94 11.92 11.47 11.43 11.50
Oct. 12.50 12.48 12.43 12.39 12,45
ALL VICTIMS IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
WILL RECOVER
Little Helen Sheffield '
Undergoes Operation
l or F ractured Skull
Information Monday afternoon
from the bedsides of all the several
persons injured in the collision of
two automobiles late Sunday after
noon cm the River road at an inter
section in the Rylatider farm prop
erty, was that all were doing well
and recovery of all was to De ex
pected.
S. K. Baker, of Decorah, la., fath
er of Mrs. Willis A. Hawkins, who
was considered the most seriously
hurt, because of his advanced age of
77 years, was declared to be resting
well and to exhibit signs of complete
recovery, after having been para
lyzed at first in the lower part of
his body from the shock.
Little Helen Sheffield, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Sheffield, suf
fered a fracture of the skull and
early Monday morning underwent a
surgical operation, conducted by
Dr. C. C. Harrold, of Macon, in
which a piece of the skull was re
moved after an X-Ray examination.
She was declared by Dr. Harrold to
be doing well and to be on the road I
to rapid recovery unless complica
tion should! develop.
Robert T. Hawkins suffered three
fractured ribs, but otherwise war,
said to be uninjured; and, although
in severe pain, was said to be pro
gressing normally.
Miss Eva Weeks, the only other
person hurt, suffered a bruise on th-,
face, which did not confine r.er.
Occupants of Cars.
The accident was caused by the
collision of a large car belonging to
John Sheffield and driven by Robt.
Hawkins, well known young attor
ney and brother of Mrs. Sheffield,
and a smaller car beloning to Miss
Annie Cawood'. In the Sheffield
car were Mr. and Mrs. Sheffield,
their daughter, Helen, Mr. and Mrs.
Willis hawkins, Mr. Baker, who Is
here on a visit to bis daughter, Mrs
Hawkins, R. T. Hawkins and Jean
Curtiss. In the Cawood car were
Miss Cawood, Mrs. Hattie Cawood,
i Mrs. A. B. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Lat
son, Misses Nella and Eva Weeks
and Miss Elise Chappell, of Sumter.
Both cars were badly smashed. The
drivers, it was said, did not see each
other, because of an obstructing
embankment near the road intersec
tion, until they were within a few
yards of each other, and each driver,
thinking to clear the road ahead of
the other, speeded by and the two
came together with a crash, stopping
from the impact within a few feCL.
It was this sudden stopping that
! caused the chief injuries to the vic
■l tims.
Passers by rendered first aid and
brought-the occupants of the oars to
Americus, where the injured were
given immediate attention. Robt.
Hawkins was taken to the Sheffiel.i
home and Mr. Baker to the city hos
pital.
Little Girl Becomes 111.
While members of the Sheffield
family and ‘the physician were in
attendance on Robert Hawkins, who
was in much pain from the rib frac
tures, little Helen Sheffield develop
ed nauseau which continued without
> interruption for several hours. She
was immediately taken to the city
(hospital and a’telephone call made
i for Dr. Charles Harrold, Macon spe
cialist. He came in his automobile,
arriving in Americus at 1 a. m., im
mediately going to the .hospital and
• making an X-Ray of the child. A
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20,000 GATHER
AT DUBLIN JAIL AS
SIX IRISHMEN DIE
Whole City Stops Work
During Protested
Executions
DUBLIN, March 13.—Six prison
ers, convicted' of complicity in the
killing of British intelligence offi
cers and members of the crown
forces in Ireland were executed at
Mount Joy prison here this morning.
The men were hanged in pairs at
intervals of vie hour.
Twenty thousands persons gather
ed outside, the prison and all work
in the city stopped until 11 o'clock.
Even the postoffice closed and tel
egraph service was suspended.
There was a striking demonstra
tion Sunday in protest' against the
execution.
Banners bearing such legends as
"England Murders the Innocent in
Vengeance” were borne through the
streets in a procession arranged
hastily by women over night. The
procession started at noon from St.
Stephens’ Green, and the paraders
marched four abreast, in military
order to complete difiance of the
military regulations. They received
constant accessions in strength from
women and girls coming out of
the churches and also were joined by
thousands of citizens, including
many hundreds of Irish volunteers.
There was no interference from the
police.
Reaching Mount Joy prison the
women lined up two deep along the
prison wall and planted their ban
ners opposite the gates. Then they
knelt and recited the Rosary, after
which they silently, departed.
fractured skull was believed to be
the condition and a trifle operation
was performed.
Dr. Harrold is now the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harrold at theii
home on College street. In speak
ing of Helen’s injuries, he states
that the fracture occurred in the
safest place on the head, and that ap
I inch or two in another direction
might have proved instantly fatal.
Approximately 400 vessels, with a
total, of 650,000 tonnage, were
launched on the Clyde rivpr during
tht last year; the output almost
reaching the record of ship construc
tion on the Clyde.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
UNIONS BALK AT
HEARING UNTIL
CALL GOES OUT
Only Two Divisions Os
A., B. & A. Without
Any 1 rains
CHICAGO, March 13.—. The fed
eral labor wage board today request
ed four railroad heads to appear
Wednesday morning l.« tonify in the
hearing over national ag.cements
They are Dewitt Guyler, chairman
of the Association of Railway Exec
utives; W. W. Ait bury, president
of the Pennsylvania; Lari Grau,
president cf me Union Pacific and
K. S. Binkerd, assistant to Attar
buiy.
The request followed notification
by the railroad labor unions thru
they couldn’t proceed with the hear
ing over national agreements unless
the board compact! with their re
quest to subpoena various railroad
representatives to appear before
the board. The board adjourned at
10:20 and went' into executive ses
sion to consider action.
The board was prepared today to
continue hearings on rebuttal of
labor chiefs to the executives’ plea
for nullification of the agreements
ONLY 2 DIVISIONS OF
A. B. & A. TRAINLESS.
ATLANTA, March 13.—Resump
tion of partial train service over al;
but two divisions of the Atlants,
Birmingham & Atlanta Railway, in
grip of a general strike since March
5. was announced this morning by
Receiver Bugg.
The divisions without service of
any kind were between Douglas and
Cordele, via Waycross, and between
Cordele and Thomasville.
Partial freight service will be re
stored over practically the entire
system during the week, Bugg as
serted.
Hotel Altercation
Case Off Till Friday
A case in recorder’s court against
Bennett L, Williams and ( has. U.
Rogers, manager of the Windsor
Hotel, as the result of an alterca
tion in the hotel lobby Sunday morn
ing, was continue'! by Recorder For-,
until Friday Ma.im.vtr Rogers being
unable to appear, having been badly
cut about the face by broken glass
from his spectacles in the encounter.
The trouble arose when Mr. Bog
us, who objec t’d to the hotel’s
seats, provided for guests, being
utilized by the lads about town, as
has been the habit of many, and or
dered young Williams from the
hotel. The latter retaliated, knock
ing the manager down twice before
they could be separated.
Will Help To Organize
Farm Loan Bank Here
Anticipating some interest, in the
Federal farm loan bank for Sumter
county on the part of farmers, fol
lowing the action of the •supreme
.court in declaring the" farm loan act
valid, after it had been suspended
for many •months, County Agent
George O. Marshall asks that any
farmer; desiring to take steps to
take advantage of the cast see him. ’
at once. The act permits the organ
ization of a farm loan bank by 10
property owners, and provides for
the making of long term loans on
farm lands at low rate of interest-
Steps were under way for the or
ganization of such a bank here t
when the act was suspended.
Anti-Jewish Outbreak
In Vienna Is Halted
VIENNA, March 13.—(8y the
Associated Press). Anti-Jcwish
disorders, which broke out here last
. evening, threatened for a time to'de
velop into a serious situation, but
the police succeeded in scattering
the crowds on the streets and pre
venting possible loss of life.
Shops owned by Jews were dam
aged by stones and in a few cases
Jews were beaten.
The disorder began at . the con
gress of the Austrian anti-Semitic ■
Association .which been in ses
sion here several days.
J. M. Wainwright To
Be Weeks’ Assistant
WASHINTON, March . 13-—<•
Mayhew Wainwright, New York
Lawyer, was nominated h’y President
Harding today to be assistant sec
retary of war. *
WEATHER.
Forecast lor I Georgia .-Shower:
i and thunderstorms probably tonight
I and. Tuesday. No change in terne
eraturc. ww
Unsettled weather is indicated for
the week, with frequent rains. Tem
peratures will be below normal, with
frosts in the interior.
AMERICUS TEMPERATURES
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4 pm 7-1 4‘am . 6(1
6 nm 71 6 am -.GO.
Bpm 66 -8 am 66
10 "m 64 10 am -62
Midnight ...62 Noon 70
2 am 60 2 pm 72