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WEATHER FORECAST
For Georgia Generally fair $
tonight and Sunday.
~Sni?rYTOURTH YEAR.—NO. 206
THREE GREEK
. ARMY CORPS IN
WILD RETREAT
Crushing Blow Delivered Greeks
By Kemalist Force Os
Turks
■\DAN. Asia, Minor, Sept. 4. (By
the Associated Press.)—Three Greek
army corps i nthe Eski-Shehr sector
of Greco-Turkish front have been
dispersed and almost annihilated by
Turkish Nationalists, according to
dispatches received here Monday
from Angora .scat of the Kewalist
government.
The Greeks are retreating in dis
order and the Turks have advanced
within twelve miles of Brusa.
TURKS CAPTURE AN
IMPORTANT POSITION.
ATHENS, Sept. 4. (By the Asso-i
ciated Press.)—The capture by J
Turkish Nationalists of Uchak, an
important position on the Greco- ,
Turkish front in Asia Minor, was ,
confirmed here Monday. The dis-1
iat‘l to newspapers indicates that
E’rusa also may soon fall into the i
bauds of the Kemalists.
POLICE SEEKING
MACON GIRLS
Think They Have Departed With
Salesmen —One 19—Mar
ried —Other 15
MACON, Sept. 4.—A nation-wide
search has been instituted for Mrs.
J. Garnett Starr, of Macon, and her
sister, Miss Valeria Lamar, it was
learned last night. Dispatches have
been sent by Sheriff James R. hicks I
to the principal cities of the United
|B| States requesting authorities to ■
look out for them and to arrest H. j
F (. Graham, Atlanta insurance agent, ,
I who is believed to be with them, <.
The disappearance of Mrs. Starr, ;
19, and her sister, 15, has created
a ssnsation in Georgia.
I (06WORKERS
ONTHECENTRAL
SAVANNAH, Sept. 4.—President
W. A. Winbr.r\ today issued a state- j
meat in which he emphasized the fact
that the rolling stock of the Central
of Georgia road is in good condition,
and gave out figures showing the
amount of traffic moved during the
past month and #iep. employed. His
statement follows: A „
Mr. Winburns’ Statement
The traveling and shipping public
is well aware of the manner in (
which the Centr laof Georgia rail- .
way has handled both passenger and
freight traffic during the strike pe
riod of July and August, however, ;
some figures may be of interest.
It has been charged that locomo
tives in an unsafe condition are being
operated on some railways. The best
answer to this, so fad as the Central
of Georgia is concerned, is the fact
that in July the safety appliance in
spector of the Interstate Commerce
commission inspected 35 locomotives,
none of which were considered unfit
for service. This company has 269
locomatives in good repair.
rhe traffic moved during August
amounted to 61,044 revenue loads,
an increase 0f“9,198 revenue loads,
m n.l per cent over August of 1921.
wa salso a heavy increase in
traffu during July, a ll of which dur
"!fr both months was handled without
appreciable delay.
an/' ■ ' ln ' ,et fl* ere were 1,-
J 1 11 hopnie nin the employ of t'ihs
f' ,". 11 '’ W , hich is 76 per cent of the
K employed on the day
More the strike. I n case it is de
t9 r 'T n,it the forces to the
n> h- i i du ' y ls t, which will
I . ’ ” not be necessary, there will
, 'ican->.. s for only 505 strikers,
J’J™* r to return ’ or that many
A ' ngs for new employes.
Many attend sing.
itm acT nUmber attPD( t«t the sing
at the agricultural grounds Sun-
Os th T n °.° n - One of the futures’
J,,* daV ? P ro K''am was the per
m m a C ° rdple <l uarte t. which
Wr a H th e following persons: T. 0.
bi?’ Dor ough, S. L. San-
OW• i» S RU a Sanders > Mrs. T.
t „ t light also accompanied the quar-
rOOTBALL CALL ISSUED.
he wane . Ist1 st ann,,unc ed today that
forth ,J. mee t a " the candidates
th r' school football team at
e Carnegie public library Tuesday
be at 5 °’ Clock - will
i Start w tv r <he Poetise which will
. 6tart w ‘thm a few days,
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geles manufacturer, who was shot lo
death while his wife (above) was
locked in a closet in their Los An
geles home.
LABOR URGED
TO KEEP GAINS
Labor Day Message Emphasizes
This Need—Lee Urges
Labor Peace
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—Only
by organization and more organiza
tion can the workers of America se- I
cure a full measure of economic j
justice. President Samuel Gompers
of the American Federation of La
bor declared tonight in a Labor Day
message addressed to the American
people.
A four-year “anti-labor war,’’ Mr.
Gompers said, had demonstrated the
power of the trade union to protect
its members against organized em
ployers, before whom unorganized
labor had /ound itself “weakened, I
scattered and helpless.’’ He added
that the time had come for labor- j
ing men and women at last to pre
sent “a united workers’ frontj to
the powers that prey.” The message
in part follows:
“Every contest with the owners
and manipulators of industry accen
tuates the truth that the workers
have but few outside their own ranks
who sympathize with them in their
I determination to emancipate man
i kind or support them in their efforts.
■ “The uncounted victories that or
-1 ganized labor wins, the few ternpor
; ary setbacks that labor experiences,
cry aloud the divine truth thatjustice
■ for those who toil can only come
i through the workers’ own efforts,
i their own organization, their own
| persistency.
“Now is the" time for the workers
; to rally more completely under the
| standard of the union.’?
LEE SAYS TURN FROM
DESTRUCTIVE THOUGHTS.
CLEVELAND. 0., Sept. 4. A
I plea to forget destructive thoughts
I and turn time and energy to con
i structive policies is contained in the
' Labor Day message of W. G. Lee,
president of the Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen.
Labor is charged with being mili
tant and the‘charge is true,” he said
“The same may bo said of any nr
tion or people who have accomplish
ed anything. Had labor not been
militant the relation of master and
slave would still exist.
‘‘Whatever labor has gained it h-”
secure d by its strength either direct
ed through the force of its organiza
tions or through the enactment of
lavVs and has done so against th<*
I combined forces of the employer.
| “Instead of continuing a program
j of reprisals’.both capital and laboi
I must agree tn a common sense, fan
and.’ practical .adjustment' of their
differences -or there will be what
amounts to conscript inn of certain
classes of both in the interest of
common welfare.
LT. HINTON HOPS OFF
FOR SOUTH AMERICA
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Sept. 4.
Lieut. Walter Hinton and his South
American bound flyers hopped off
for Key West on the second leg of
their trip in Sainpaio-Corteia II at
8 t 35 ..this morning.
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TH E TIMES’’RECORDER
PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF lsix',e~g®VH
METHODIST FUND
PASSED $103,800
SUNDAY NIGHT!
With Salvage And Insurance
Building Committee Sees $40,-
000—Need $20,000 More
Responding to an address by!
Bishop W. N. Ainsworth, in which ’
the well known Methodist leader put i
every ounce ox his tremendous en-!
ergy and religious fervor, the mem- ’
bers of the First Methodist church J
of Americus, assisted by some able |
friends, raised the total amount of j
subscriptions last night to $103,-1
810. The meeting was held in the j
Rylander theater, the building being |
packed to the doors.
The building committee is now but;
$20,000 short of the mark they have
set for the rebuilding of the edifice, ;
a beautiful building that was situat- !
ed at the junction of Church and '
Lee streets and which was destroyed ;
by fire a few weeks ago.
With the $103,000 pledged over ai
five-year period and $17,000 insur
ance with the $20,000 salvage that I
will be gained in the standing walls
of the church, the total value of the
building fund today reaches the mag
nificent total of $140,000.
The meeting in the Rylander the
ater last night, followed an enthusi
astic session at the Windsor hotel
Friday night at which time $90,000
was raised. Bishop Ainsworth was
present at both meetings and ex
pressed his pleasure at the conclus
ion of his labors here. Presiding
Elder W. C. Lovett, of Dawson, also
spoke at last night’s meeting. The
complete list of subscriptions to the ■
church fund to date includes the fol
lowing: \
SIO,OOO C. M. Council, Mr. ana <
Mrs. L. G. Council, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Lanier and sons, Mr. and Mrs. ;
R. L. McMath, Sr. ’
$5 000—Mr. and Mrs. John Shef
field,Mr. and Mrs. John W. Shiver.
$2,500 —Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Ans
ley, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Ellis, Mr.
arid Mrs..A. D. Gatewood, Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Taylor.
$1,250— Judge and Mrs. Charles
R. Crisp and Chas. F. Crisp, Dr. and
Mrs. R. P. Glenn, Mr. and Mrs. R. J.
Perry.
SIOO0 —Mr. and Mrs H E Allen, Mr
and Mrs D R Andrews, Mr and Mrs W
M. Andrews, Mrs. Mary B Clay, Mr.
and Mrs. S. R- Heys, Mrs. J. B. Hud
son; Lady Member (name withheld),
T. O. Marshall, Mrs. George Oliver,
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Stackhouse, Sr.,
Woman’s and Hortense Tinsley Mis
sionary Societies and Circles.
s7so—Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Humber
and children; Wible Marshall and
Mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Sullivan.
s 6 oo—Dr. and Mrs. L. F. Grubbs,
G. W. Riley.
SSOO—R. E. Allison, Mr. and Mrs.
George Anderson, Dr. and Mrs. E. B.
Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. An
drews, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Bell, Mrs.
W. C. Barrow, Mr. and Mrs. L. W.
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Joe M. Bryan,
Mr. and Mrs. Neon Buchanan, Mr.
and Mrs. D. F. Davenport, A. G. Dun
can, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Furlow, Can-
Glover and family, Mr. and Mrs. B.
C. Hodges, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Mash
burn, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. McMath,
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. W. W. McNeil and
: family, Mrs. George S. Nix; Steve
I Pace, Joe H. Poole, Mr. and Mrs.
: Walter Rylander, H. M. Stokes, Su
sanna Wesley S. S. Class; Mr. and
I Mrs. W. E. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. G.
A. Turpin, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Tur
-1 pin and son, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. WaL
i S4OO Mr. and Mrs. J. Ralston
i Cargill.
i S3O0 —Mrs W U Barefield Miss Re
i becca Cowles, C. F. Giddings, L. L.
> McCloskey, A. R. Royal, Dr. and
i Mrs. H. A. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
B. Turpin.
I $250 —Mr. and Mqst R. ,G. Chnst
-1 ian, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Coleman and
- son, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Dupree, Mrs.
i W. O. Easterlin, Mr. and Mrs; R. L.
(Continued On Page 2.)
Gompers Labor Day Message
I abor Day is Labor’s own holiday, won by Labor, created in recognition of Labor s status in civ
ilized society, and devoted each year to promulgation of Labor’s principles for the betterment of all who
tOl ’ Labor Day this year s is signalized by a great unity and solidarity among America's toilers.
Their minds arc upon the issues uppermost in our country.
They came back from a great victorious war against autocracy and junkcrism, and they found
another war against autocracy and junkerism thru ust upon them.
Splendidly Victorious
In this they have been splendidly victorious thus far, and they are determined to be entirely vic-
permit deterioration or destruction of our standards of life and living means to permit destruc- j
tion of the best that America stands for.
It means taking the life out of Americans. ■ . -i
America must continue to be the land of justice for the toilers, the land of opportunity, the land
of opportunity, of freedom and of democracy. . .
It must remain above all others, the land where men and women may find realization of their hopes
and their dreams.
Progress to the Fore
Labor's struggle today is to keep progress to the forefront. That should find the support and
sympathy of every true American.
A better America, founded upon sound American traditions, making®possible. a better, nobler,
freer manhood and childhood— ‘ . t
That is what Labor wants.
That is worth the seeking, if life is wsrtij the 1 iving. . SAMUEL GOMPERS,
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 4, 1922
15 YEAR SEARCH FOR LOST BOY ENDS
BY PHILIP J. SINNOTT.
SPOKANE, Washington, Sept/ 4.
—Seventeen years ago Cecil Brit
tain, 4, left his parents’ camp to
go to a store at a vVashiugton moun
tain resort. He never returned.
A paroled convict, familiar with
the mountains, offered to return the
youth in exchange for a full pardon.
He went into the hills alone, and re
turned —alone.
“It would be impossible for me to
get the boy and bring the two of us
out alive,” he said. Later, he in
timated that kidnapers had stolen
the boy, believing him to be the son
of a wealthy Walla Walla, Wash.,
merchant, from whom they expect
ed to demand ransom.
Mrs. R. L. Brittain, the mother,
grieved for her boy, kept up a. search
for him and hoped against hope for
his return through the years that
followed.
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G. R. Stark, a friend of the family,
had a premonition 15 years ago
that he might have a part in the un
raveling of the mystery, should it
ever be unraveled.
“It will require years of observa
tion, of careful deduction,” he said.
The premonition was so strong
upon Stark that he took a course in
detective work, soely with the
thought that some day he might
bring liappiness to the mother of the
missing boy.
Stark taught himself to scrutinize
faces, to notice minor features and
peculiarities that others would not
notice, features that probably would
never change with, the years. And
he studied the last picture taken of
Cecil Brittain until it was indelibly
fixed in his mind.
Meantime the mother up
her search. News of the kidnaping,
if such it were, had traveled to all
parts of the country and detectives
REGISTRATION
NEXT MONDAY
Schoo! Children Prepaung For
The Opening Os Fall
Term
Plans for opening of the public
schools are being completed and it
was announce-d today that the regis
tration books would be opened next
Monday, those for white children at
the Furlow school and for negro
children at McKay Hill.
There were about 1900 pupils in
school last year and it is expected
that this year’s enrollment will pass
the 2000. A week from Friday the
pupils who wish to be re-examined
for promotion will present them
selves.
The same courses that have been
so successfully taught in the past
year will remain unchanged and the
faculty will be practically the same
in all the schools.
RESCUERS HEAR
TWO EXPLOSIONS
Miners Entombed Last Week In
California Mine May Be
Alive
; JACKSON, Calif., Sept. 4.—The
I night crew of rescuers working in
' the Kennedy mine in an attempt to
j reach 47 miners entombed in the
Argonaut gold mine, declared on
■ coming to the surface today that
‘ when two signal blasts were fired
■ on the 3700 foot level they were
| positive they were answered by five
! explosions coming from the Argo
' naut mine.
Roy C. Owen, salesman for the
Harris Grocery company, is ill at
j his home on Elmore street with den
! gue fever.
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Would you recognize him? At the right is Cecil Brittain as he looked
when identified by G. R. Stark from the baby picture (left) which Cecil’s
mother (inset) had shown Stark years before.
I everywhere were upon the lookout. |
: Many times reports came that the
' boy had been found. But the ab
' sence of peculiar scars on lip, head
; and body proved all those reports i
■ wrong.
j Stark did not take up detective >
work as a profession. Instead he be- !
came an employe, of a hotel here. A 1
fellow employe was Cecil Lenighen,
a porter. Stark studied his features I
carefully, as he did with everyone >
he met who might, from his age, be
the missing boy. And the result —
Cecil Lenighen is now Gecil Brittain, j
every mark of identification true, j
and happy in his mother’s homo. ® '
‘WHISPERING CLIFF I
CALLED ‘INVISIBLE
CANDIDATE’ NOW
ALANTA, September 4.—Friends
of Governor Thomas W. Hardwick
announ.ee, through Arthur . Lucas,
chairman of the campaign commit
tee, that Governor Hardwick would
carry 130 or mote counties in the
primary on September 13. Governor
I Hardwick’s “siting around the Cir
cle” in which he has covered every
I section of the state,'has aroused the
greatest enthusiasm, according to
j Mr. Lucas, and the news coming into
i campaign headquarters from every
section of the state is very encourag
! ing. The governor has really made
a splendid impression on his speak
ing tour and has 1 won inany new
friends. In Atlanta and over the
state the people are wondering what
has become of his opponent. Wal
ker has not made a speech nor is- 1
sued, a public statement except ;
through his campaign managers. He j
has been designated by the governor ■
as “Whispering Cliff, the Invisible I
Candidate.”
To Make 14 Speeches.
Governor Hardwick will make 14 j
speeches this week. He will open I
hi* campaign for the week in Law-|
renceviile, Gwinnett count; will i
speak in the afternoon to the rural I
carriers in Atlanta and on Tuesday i
will go to Marietta. In the after- i
noon he will speak in Winder. Wed-1
nesday at noon he will speak at Dan- 1
ielsville and Wednesday night in Ath- :
ens. Thursday he will go to New- ,
i nan. Friday he will make three j
speeches, first at Statesboro, next at I
Metter and lastly at Lyons. Satur-1
day he will speak at Jackson and in
the afternoon at Monticello.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
THIRD ASSEMBLY MEETS
GENEVA, Sept. 4.—(By the As-
I sociated Press.) —The third assem
j bly of the League of Nations was
I called to order this morning by
' Chairman Domicio Da Gania, of Bra,
j zil. There was a large., gathering of
i spectators.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Cecil cannot remember the early ,
incidents which followed his disap
pearance, but was able to tell of be-;
ing passed from family to family in |
Oregon. How he got to Oregon he >
does not know.
“The last of the families with |
whom I lived was the Lcnighen !
family in Portland,” he said. “I !
took their name, and they sent me !
to school for three or four years.
Then I went out to shift for myself,
knocked around a bit, joined th*!
army and finally came to Spokane
after having lived in San Francisco,
Sacramento and other cities of Cali-;
fornia.”
PACE SPEAKER
AT' BARBECUE
Labor Unions Are Entertained
Ry Brotherhood Os Loco
motive Engineers
The principal feature of the Labor
Day celebration in Americus was
the picnic which the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers tendered the
striking railroad shopmen, which ■
consisted of a barbecue dinner and
addresses by prominent men of the
state.
Stephen J. Pace, candidate for!
senator, was one of the speakers of |
the day and railroad labor officials j
were also introduced.
The various banks and public
buildings were closed for the day
although most of the stores were
open. The post office observed the
usual holiday hours. •
OLD CHARTER
CLUB TO MEET
Will Discuss Manager Plan To
night—Registrars Lists Will
Be Filed Today
The registrars who have been pre-'
paring the list of voters for the elec-|
tion to adopt or reject the city man-I
ager plan will complete their tasks i
today.
There will also be a meeting of '
those who have joined what is known
as the “Old Charter Club” and which
it is understood will actively oppose
any change in the city government
at this time.
Petitions have been placed in the
stores of the city and very liberally
signed, these petitions calling' for ■
opposition to the city manager plan.
The registrars who have been !
purging the lists are: J. A. Fort, R.
C. Lane and W. M. Jones. The elec
tion takes place September 27.
HARD COAL MEN
END THEIR STRIKE !
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4.—The '
scale committee of the janthracite
mine workers early today approved j
the agreement entered into by its >
sub-committee with the mine opera-;
tors and set next Wednesday after-;
noon as the date for the tri-distriet j
convention to ratify the proposal, >
thereby bringing suspension to end
formally. ■ The convention will be i
held in Wilkes Barre.
MUST HAVE REAR LIGHT
Chief of Police John T. Bragg
stated today that he had issued ord
ers to the officers in his department
to start making cases against those
who are operating automobiles at
night without anv tail light showing.
Beginning tonight the officers will
pick autoists who do not show
such a light.
CO-OPERATIVE HOG SALE. 1
A farmers co-operative hog sale
will take place at the Americus pens
Wednesday, September 20.
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CRITICISM‘LOOSE
TALK’OPINION
OF DAUGHERTY
Says Government Will Answer
Critics In Court—Agents
Watch Labor Day Events
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. The
government is paying no attention
to loose and irresponsible talk about
the injunction procured in Chicago
against the striking shopmen, Attor
ney General Daugherty said in a
telegram to the New York Herald,
a paper which invited him Sunday
to reply to charges that lawful acts
are prohibited by the injunction, and
that it is in violation of the Clayton
act.
Attorney Genera) Daugherty add
ed, the “ the government’s answer, t
to all discussions will in due tipis
be made in open court if it is nscss
sary.” . -j
AGENTS PREPARE TO
WATCH DEMONSTRATIONS.
CHICAGO, Sept. 4.—Labor Day
and the 66th day of the shopmen's ■
strike dawned today with
marshals prepared to keep a cidso
watch on all labor demonstrations
throughout the country. Central la
bor bodies in many cities adopted
resolutions dealing with the strike.
DAVIS POINTS TO
LABOR’S ACHIEVEMENTS.
MOOSEHEART, 111., Sept. 4.
American labor has marie great
strides in the past year, Secretary
of Labor Davis declared today in
his Labor Day address. In spite of
unemployment, he said, it had fought
off all attempt to decrease the wage
levels set up during the war and
had safely passed the war crisis.
“Working mert whb have grown
accustomed to comforts in life not
tasted before now find them preserv
ed throughout the future,” he said.
ASHEVILLE SITUATION
RELIEVED BY OFFICIALS.
ASHEVLLE, Sept. 4. Freight
and passenger trains are moving out
of Asheville on schedule time to
day, following a re-arrangement of
guards at the Southern depot yester
day satisfactory to railway switch- i
men and foremen, who walked out
Saturday night because of the ap
pearance of guards to the shopmen
who were quiet bri’aV.fe of the tem
porary removal or the guards to ap
pease the strikers.
5500 U. S. MARSHALS
ARE MOBILIZED.
CHICAGO, Sept. 4.—(By the As
sociated Press,,) —The beginning of
the tenth week of the country-wide
strike of the railway shopmen found
5,500 United States marshals mobil
ized to uphold the drastic temporary
injunction obtained by the govern
ment on Friday to prevent lawless
violence and keep the nation's trans
portation machine running.
From Chicago, as a center of the
railroad activities, was directed the
work of enforcing the injunction
pending the hearing to make it per
manent on September 11. A mass
of complaints and allegations of con
spiracy and attempts to ruin proper
ty and jeopardize life were being
collected today for the use of Attor
ney General Daugherty in support
of his application to make the in
junction permanent. It will not ba
alleged that the strikers are guilty
in most of .the outbreaks of violences
reported, but the government, it was
said, will maintain that actions of
the strikers or : trike leaders caused
the violence.
OMAHA JUDGE HITS
FEDERAL INJUNCTION
OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 4.—Federal
Judge Woodrough, in a decision ren
' dered Saturday night on a petition
-of railway shopmen, declared the
Daugherty injunction could not ap
ply to Nebraska strikers.
“The Daugherty injunction is op
erative only in Illinois, .. Judge
Woodrough said. “The. Illinois court
has not. jurisdiction to grant injunc
tions for other federal courts,” he
stated.
One thousand shopmen in mass
meeting here Saturday night voted
unanimously to ignore the injunc
tion. -
SEVEN DIE IN FIRE IN
PITTSBURG SHOP.
I’ITTSBURG, Sept. 4—(By the
Associated Press.) —Seven car re- .
pairmen recently employed, were j
burned t<> death; ten men were in- :
jurvd, several severely, and proper
ty loss of $220,000 was wrought by
fire which started at dawn yester
day in a hunk house in, the Thir
teenth street yards of the Penjjsyl- j
vania railroad, and swept through
the building with almost incredible
speed.
Nearly all the bodies were charred
beyond recognition.
ASHEVILLE MAN KILLED.
ASHEVILLE, Sept. 4. Homer
Ray, 26, was killed and two other
men injured when their automobile
was wrecked near here this morning.