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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 INDICTED AS GAM BL ERS IN WHITE SOX B ASE.BAI.L SCANDAL B— : 1 .. ~ ’ ■ — f ' i... - W r Ik.” 5 ' jRf HIP ' i r z /' z ' / 1 ' z*^ /Z r 7 ’ J v X. z ;Zd - ‘ . ABE ATTELL WM BURNS HAL CHASE WHITE SOX PLAYERS WHO FACE CHARG ES OF CONSPIR ' KV r 7" W■‘ • r FELSCH - I ■» . 1 r r JACKSON / ' m ' x . . WEAVErW. 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 thetWesHrOrder - SHED iN THE OF - - W isS ’X- ~ GANDIL - 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 BETTY AND HER BEAU. I,i WROTE7 E 111 L REC'TB t'vyFLL POEM I ( rr m music ApOIIT VOD LrrrZfc 1! ? J BETTY ? r — 7 V/ MwM gf||it I, ■ ■ ZwV /1 i* OH IM IN ixb/E WITH APPl_£ Pie I > AS KN(>5. 4 ">g I and th(XX)h I CHERISH LEMON DROPS | < I LOVE a 111 more THAN those ’ I I SETH TANNER. a (iZofC I < ''Of Z Th’ oid-time young feller what used t* carry a tooth brush an’ comb in his upper vest pocket now ha shin hair cut t’ look like tZe bar ber had used a skull cap fcr a sten* 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 (Furnished by Rexall Store.) 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