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SIXTEEN RAILROADS SIGN PEACE PACi
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ENGLAND TO BAR TURKS FROM EUROPE
WH S. FIGHT TO
MAINTAIN FREE
DARDENELLES
Catastrophe At Smyrna; 2,000
Perish In Flames $100,000,-
000 Property T'**'S
LONDON, Sept. 16.-(By thc As ‘
p r e«)—The British govern
ment has adopted the attitude that
J h ,. effective and permanent free
dom of the Dardanelles v“
-ity, for the sake of which it
/prepared to make exertions, it is
l Lr itively aftCrnon °-
JUGO-SLAVtA AND
FOCMANiA READY
BELGRADE, Sept. 16.— (By the
, ,ted Press.)- Rumania and
i j:,ro.ylavia have completed an ex
change of views regarding the at-
I titude they will adopt in ease the
Bulgarian advance toward Saloniki,
stcording to the newspaper Politika.
2000 PERISH IN
SMYRNA HORROR.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 16—
(By the Associated Pres:;.) —Upward
I of 2<tOO person; perished in the fire
I pi Smyrna; 2500 buildings were de-
I stroyed and all American property
| was wiped out.
T! - catastrophe is much greater
in proportions, according to advices,
than the conflagration at Saloniki
I in 191 f which caused 109 millions
I damage.
LnJEA EAjfeftN PROBLEM
Pagain •m FRONT.
| LONDON, Sept. I<3. — ty the As-
I soceted" Press.)—With the utter
| coll; i "e of the Greek army in Asia
Iy r i!■)ore the Tui the lofig
smouldering Near Eastern problem
I again has uddenly been brought, up.
I a nd in ome quarters is considered
I as constituting a threat against the
pea; e and well-being of Europe, ow
ing to the differing interests and
conflicting vie of the principal Al
lied governmen* . It is considered no
longer a mere question between the
Turks and the Greeks, but to have
developed into direct conflict be
tween Turkey and the Allied pow
ers.
The center of the problem con-
I cern:, the future fate of Constanti-
I nople and Thrace, and herein lies
I the principal difference befXVeen
I Great Britain and France. Great
I* Britain desires to keep the Turks out
(T Europe, and France, on the oth
er hand, is believed th sympathize
I with the Turk.; and to desire them to
I regain ea stern Thrace.
' Jugn-Eiavia and the other nations
lof t. I ittie Entente would, howev-
I er, fieri , iy oppose the Turks being
I readmitted to Thrace, and it is be-
I lieved in some quarters that any
'■vrlopmcnts would throw the
Balkan question agjain into
>t. Then there is the
n of Soviet Russia’s attitude,
" Soviets seem to be giving
I .. 11 ■ ’Nm'alih? support to the preten-
I vni of the Kcmalites.
There is a' general feeling reflect-
I. h :n B ° n . icia! L ' in 'F‘s in London that
. »: h policy toward the Turks
l h [\ [ )( ' cn apparent for several
I I\ v; n ' ( . continued to the bitter
: known that the Turks
I /‘- Fhc been of the belief that
I , ntain w as seeking their ex
their reduction to a
I of .“ Y : people incapabte
I W '! ;ut ln Europe’s'affairs.”
I IF, ~U IT avowedly ready to
I of the national peace
I which they • declare al-
I bln.consecrated by the
Id-..r A:' ;,ry thousands of their
I' n "m- 'quart e,. <k T dl< | l Ck ** tho(iß:ht
I atr,i whirl i to have hr*n cre-
I able f3Hh rea k l,l ° macy may not be
PDA I ' • g K K , CONVENE.
I J ti-Ku Klux 1 KiaTn Convcntion
| to Democrats of
| asf>; n = t | ~ a f' an didate to run
I' lr ! tiited ol . -iayfield, nominee
I (t‘- *• -I ... .‘, Ur : enator, tod ax. at.
attention
If ■ Mavfi; , ' e i;° ,: r ,al| y "entiop-
I
| ‘ 'ecent primary.
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liners wm-e k’„ ept 16 —Street
I f !t a straw h as the rc-
I fr '" 1 the Batterv h . at not oxt ending
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Map showing the trouble area of Asia Minor, where Turkey gave Greece
a drubbing.
EXPECT HARDING
TO VETO BONUS
As Passed By Congress Yesterday
Soldier Measure Contains
Four Options
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—The
I soldier bonus bill is now up to the
! president, Congress Friday passed
; the bill and sent it to him to sign.
Prompt action by the executive
was anticipated, but opinion at the
capitol as to whether he would veto
or approve the measure still was
divided. #his question entered
largely into the debate yesterday
which preceded senate adoption of
the conference report, 36 to 17.
Conceding that while the question
of the president’s attitude was, as
Senator Harrison, Democrat, Missis
sippi, expressed it, “up in the air.
Senator McCumber, Republican,
North Dakota, in charge of t\e bill,
said he ‘‘hoped to God’’ the president
would sign it’.
“I think he ought to sign it,” he
declared, adding that if senators who
wanted to “help the" soldiers” would
remain in Washington until “a final
vote” there would be sufficient votes
to pass it over a veto.
Some leaders in the house were
of the opinion that if the president
decided to veto the measure it would
I be returned to congress early in the
coming week. In that event it was
I the plan to bring up speedily in the
j house the question of overriding the
1 veto. Proponents of the legislation
i were confident that necessary two
! thirds majority could be obtained,
; the house having passed the bill by a
majority of more than four to one.
i As it goes to the president today,
the bonus bill would provide four
i options:
i Adjusted service pay if the vet-
J eran’s.adjusted service .credit at the
I rate of $1 a day for domestic serv-
I ice and $1.25 a day for foreign 1
j service did not exceed SSO.
' Adjusted service certificates hav
| ing a face value equal to 3.015 times
! Ihe amount of the adjusted service
| credit, and payable at the end of
| 20 years, or soon at the death of the
i veteran.
j Vocational training aid at the
j rate of $1’.75 a day after January 1,
•192:>, with the total payment limit
ed to’l4o per cent of the" adjusted
' | service credit.
Home and farm aid in an amount
j equal to th.e adjusted service credit
increased by 25 per cent.
Banks would be authorized to
make on the "service certifi
| cates during the first three years in
amounts not to exceed 50 per cent
| of the adjusted service credit, which
1 e(i it wUuld be limited to SSOO in
the case If veterans who had no for
?'* n •?'/ e and $625 to those who,
had fort'/G service. After three
years the- o-nmenf would make
loans on the certificates.
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Strict Middling,ego.' 3-4c„ *“'>
NEW YORK FUTURES
I „ Oct. Jan. March
l rev Close 21.34 21.58 21.50
! Open 21.32 21.43
10; L5 am 21.34 21.44 21.55
j 10:30 21.37 21.52 21.6,5
10 =45 21.43 21.54 21.63
=OO 21.40 21.50 21.51
! 11:15 21.26 21.40 21.50
11:30 21.30 21.40 21.50
! Close 21.25 21.34 21.45 i
THE tfM^SS^RDER
IN HEARf'or Dl)OE~ff<r^
AMERICUS, GA„ SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 16, 1922.
40 CARS COTTON
ADD TO FIRE LOSS
New Orleans Visited By Great
Conflagration—Estimated Loss j
Six Million Dollars
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 16. Six
million dollars loss was estimated
early today as the result of a fire
destroying government commodity
warehouse wharves along the water
front last night. Reports, of five
lives lost have been confirmed. For
ty freight cars loaded with cotton
were also destroyed.
BALI. ARD LEADS
SCHOOL CONTEST
Walksr’s Vote Has Gone To 300
Brown "And Perry
Elected
ATLANTA, Sept. 10— While of
ficial returns from forty counties are
; still not reported, N. H. Ballard has
apparently been nominated for state
school superintendent over M. U.
Duggan, although the margin is not
wide and returns from counties
which have not yet reported might
reverse the result. Returns compiled
from all but forty counties gave Mr.
Ballard 180 county unit votes and
Mr. Duggan 118. 207 unit votes
| are required for nomination.
In'the absence of complete re
i turns which have not yet been filed,
it was indicated Friday that Mr. Wal
j kcr had defeated Governor Hardwick
! by a wide majority, Mr, Walker hav
| ing carried 118 counties with. 300 ;
| unit votes as against 42 counties
and 112 unit votes for Governor
Hardwick. Friday’s returns increas
. ed the majority by which J. J.
, Brown defeated his opponent A. O.
. Blalock and O.M. Houser in the race
for commissioner of agriculture. The
compilation of almost complete re
turns for places on the railroad com
mission made the nomination of J.
, j A. Perry and Walter McDonald al
: ! most assured. For state prison com
, misisoncr R, E. Davison won a com
j plete victory over his opponent, Dr.
, ! W. C. Bryant.
JOHN W. CLARKE IS
PENSION OFFICIAL
ATLANTA, Sept. (6.—Governor
Hardwick appointed Friday Colonel
John W. Clark, of Augusta, Con
federate veteran and one of thc most
, popular men in Richmond county, as
pension commissioner to succeed the
late John W. Lindsey. Colonel
Clark will take over the duties ol
his office at once. The new pension !
commissioner was formerly engaged
in the fertilizer business in Augusta,
but retired a few years ago. He
served two terms as sheriff of .
Richmond county, and was also post
master of Augusta, being appointed
on the recommendation of Governor ,
Hardwick while he was in thc United
States senate.
CRUCIAL SERIES STARTS.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 16— (By the
Associated Press.) The three- ;
j game series, generally believed to |
t decide whether the l world series will j
;be another New York event or a ;
struggle between thc East and the
Most, was begun today when the
Yankees meet tlm Brown’s in the [
final-contests of the season between
i the two.
SUMTER COUNTY
SCHOOLS PLAN
i FAIR EXHIBITS
•
Great Interest Already Being
Manifested By Students In
Community Exhibits
Sam R. Heys, president of the i
Sumter County Fair association, and
George O. Marshall, county faim j
demonstration agent for Sumter
j county,, and Mses Bonnie Parkman,
I home economies agent tor the Coun
! ty, have just Scanned from a yisif. j
1 to the schools throughout the coun
ty in the interest of the exhibits of :
the fair.
The schools visaed this week in
cluded New Point, Shiloh, Concord,
Plains, Leslie, Pleasant Grove,
Thompson and Thalean, where splen
did enthusiasm and co-operation
1 were met. The meetings were held
in the auditorium of the schools,
; and the comVnurmy met to Th ais?
| plans for exhibits at the lair heio
in September.
The entire purpose of thc visit was
i 1 y create interest in community ex
i hibits, and each community promis
ed to co-operate thoroughly. The I
exhibits are to include agricultural
products, canned exhibits, home
grown fruits and vegetables, and .
needlework.
Premiums for 'the best community
exhibit have been subscribed, these *
to range from SIOO for the first, i
$75 for the seqpnd, and $25 for the
third, with a prize of $lO being !
awarded to each community aside j
from the first premium.
In addition to community exhibits, j
there will be exhibits from the va- j
rious schools, each school eontribut- j
ing some work of the pupils as a |
whole to add interest to the fair, j
Committees have already been ap
pointed from each community, with
the chairmen and their assistants
planning the class of exhibit to be
shown.
The club girls and boys of the
county are also evidencing much in
terest in the fair, and these will
send club exhibits to consist of fine
poultry, canned products, sewing, j
basketry, and other departments in
which they have excelled for the
past year or more. A prize of SIOO
has been offered to the club work
ers, besides a scholarship valued at
approximately S3O, to be awarded
the girl making the best year rec
ord in canning club work.
Thy woman’s department will be
one of the outstanding features of
the fair. Capable supervisors have I
been appointed to look after this in- i
tcrest, and each department will be I
j under the direction of a chairman
j who will give the best attention to j
the details. Canned products, cakes, !
candies, sewing, fine needlework and j
j other work will be included in this
; exhibit.
Next week other schools will be I
I visited in thc fair interest, and it is
l expected that the same enthusiasm
: and co-operation will be met, which
! promises for Sumter county one of I
| Die best fair exhibits ever held.
ARCHITECTS AT
WORK ON PLANS
I
; Iwo atrehiteets are engaged in i
submitting plans for the proposed ;
$150,000 church t 0 be built by the'
members of the First Methodist j
church to replace the one that was !
burned early in"*th.e summer.
! Committees are still at work on !
j the building fund and it is reported :
that a total of $150,000 will be rais- j
ed before the committee completes !
Us final tabluation. More than !
SIOO,OOO of this amount was raised [
ai she two mass meetings last month
and the remainder is being donated !
m small subscriptions throughout the i
1 city.
«" is expected that work on the
building will be started as soon as
Plans can be made and approved by!
I the church. I
FIND BODY IN ROADS
| NEWPORT NEWS, Sept. 16. -J
he body found in Hampton Roads
Hast night is now believe ! to be a
Norfolk man name ! funnel and not
r award Moon, of biehmonfi. Ffr,„. t . i
will, be made today for a positive |
j identification, j
SURVEYSHOWS
UNEMPLOYMENT
IS ON DECREASE
Despite Strikes, Industrial Out
look For Country During Win
ter Is Good
By H. B. HUNT
WASHINGTON, Sept ’l6. As
1
compared • with one year ago, when i
more than 5,000,000 men faced the j
winter jobless, the present employ
ment situation is declared most en
couraging by the U. S. Employment
Service.
True, decreased coal production
and the handicap of impaired trans
portation due to the strike of rail
way shopmen are reflected in a i
downward curve in employment, in j
some localities, according to the lat
est figures gathered.
But the government report pre
dicts that if only sufficient coal can
be delivered to keep factory wheels
turning, and if the railroads are able
to move this coal to the shops and
haul away the shipments of finished
products, the demand for workers in
most industries will prevent any gen
eral recurrence of unemployment
during the coming months.
To date the percentage of unem
ployment resulting from the coal and
railway strikes, other than of men
directly involved in the strikes, is
small, but it, is recognized that these
factors are the ones most seriously
threatening the employment situa
tion through the coming winter.
That American business generally
was getting out of the dumps and
was rapidly approaching a period of
sound prosperity at the time the
coal and rail difficulties developed,
rs indicated by the increased employ
ment in! many lines of industries
which have surmounted the situation.
Although latest figures show a
small total decrease in employment
of 65 leading cities for which em
ployment data is compiled, 39 show
increases as against 26 reporting de
creases during the month of August. f
The chemical industry scores the
largest percentage irqrease in
numbers of men employed, with :
leather and leather products, stone,
clay and glassware next.-in line.
Declining employment was reflect-1
ed in returns covering iron and steel, |
textiles, lumber, automobiles, paper
and printing, metal products and |
beverages.
Local situations in the various j
states, summarized from detailed re- j
ports from both industrial and agri
cultural centers, are given below: |
MAINE: General improvement, j
Small shortage of workers in textile
industry. Shoe industry shows de
cided improvement. Practically all j
plants working full tijne.
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Many cot
ton mills reopen and large numbers j
of employes return to worjf. Sur
plus of workers in granite and rail
road shops, due to labor* controver
sies.
VERMONT: Textile mills operat- j
ing full time. Shortage of workers i
in hosiery mills. Build-*|
ing trades active.
MASSACHUSETTS: Textile in- j
dustry fast approaching normal. Shoe
factories running nearly full capaci
ty. Granite plants approaching nor
mal. Decided improvement in ma
chine industries.
RHODE ISLAND: Jewelry and
silverware show improvement. Nut
and bolt plants operating overtime.
Genera! improvement.
CONNECTICUT: Condition ex
cellent. Typewriter factories operat-
normal basis. Hat fac
tories running night shifts. Brass
and copper lines register shortage of ,
workers.
NEW YORK: Momentum of busi
ness restrained by labor controver
sies, fuel and transportation diffi
culties. Shortage of all types of la
bor and experienced tradesmen ob
tains in nearly all districts of state.
Supply unequal to demand for ex
perienced farm hands and workers
needed in fruit harvesting and can
neries.
NEW JERSEY: Encouraging cm-:
oloyrnent gqjns throughout state.
Big demand for unskilled labor, j
Shortage farm hands.
PENNSYLVANIA: Labor *eon- ,
troversies have checked operation;
in many industries, chiefly in iron
and steel trades. Record-breaking
building construction. Labor short
age in building trades, common labor
and agricultural workers. With, fuel
rnd transportation problem», out
look would be bright.
. ILLINOIS: Demand for factory ;
(Continue on Page Six.) I
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
* *
Here she is Miss America, “the
prettiest girl in the U. S. A.” Miss
Mary Katherine Campbell is her
name. She is a 16-year-old Colum
bus, 0., high school girl, and she won
the beauty title in the Atlantic City
Beauty Conte t. Girls from cities all
over the land competed. Miss Amer
ica is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs
133 pounds. She attributes beauty
!to swimming, riding, dancing and
. general outdoor exercise.
1500 STEEL MEN
TO BE EMPLOYED
Youngstown, Ohio, District Will
Put Time Workers At Tasks
Monday
YOUNGSTOWN, Sept. 16 —More
than 1500 additional workers will
be given employment in the inde
pendent steel plants of the Youngs
! town district next week, it was an
| nounccd today. . »
FORD PLANS TO CLOSE
HrS DETROIT PLANTS
DETROIT, Seri. 16.—Henry Ford
late yesterday took steps to close
his Detroit automobile plants, begin
ning last night, thereby throwing up
wards of 100,000 workmen in the
Detroit district out of employment
for an indefinite period. He asked
officials of the Detroit Street rail
way to re-arrange its schedules to
care for the night force:, at his.
various factories who will be dis
missed at 11 o’clock it wa announc
ed.
CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH
PLANS HOME COMING DAY
A most interesting ‘Home Coming’
service is planned for the Central
Baptist membership and congrega
tion next Wednesday evening from
7:30 to 9 o’clock. Special music
by the « : good
old-time go p< , inging will be en
joyed by every one. Refreshments
| W 'H be served by the women.
MRS. E. L. BELL, Chinn.
.POSTOFFFICE HARD HIT
BY FEVER EPIDEMIC
The postoffice department '•< hart
hit with dengue fever for at the pres
ent time five of the men are out sick
and two are sick but are continuing
at work. Postmaster Davenport re
quests that (he public make allow
ances for the unusual condition and
accept the service that is rendered as
j the best that can be done under the
| oircumstancesr
■ H
SOUTHERN ROAD
CONFERENCE IS
j ABANDONED
»
Strikers Demand That All New
Employes Be Discharged Ends
Hopeful Parleys
CHICAGO, Sept. 16.—Sixteen
railroads signed separate agreements
with various labor unions today
through methods in vogue before the
United States Railroad Labor Board
was created arbiter of rail disputes.
These settlements do repudiate
the board, but. rather are* “in accord
with the transporttaion" act,’’ says
Ben W. Hoopfcr, chairman of the
bofli'd. _
CONDUCTORS CONCLUDE
CHICAGO TRUCE.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 16, — (By the
Associated Pres:;.) —Agreement has
been reached between the chairmen
of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen and the Order of Railway
Conductors with officials of the
Pennsylvania railroad over wages
and working conditions," W. G. Lee,
union official, announced t,odYry.
— ft —
C. & O. WILL MEET MEN
WHO WANT WORK.
RICHMOND, Sept. 16.—W. #.
Kalahari, president of the Chesa
peake and Ohio railway today an
nounced that the Chesapeake and
Ohio i:s not involved in the Chicago
strike settlement plan. He added
that his company, however, is ready
at all times to meet with its men
with a view to bringing about an
adjustment of differences.”
SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
IS ABANDONED
| WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. _ De- .
mnnd by union leaders that all men
taken on during the strike be dis
charged immediately upon return of
the strikers to their jobs is under
stood to have broken up a confer
ence today between the Southern
railway officials and general chair
men of the shop crafts which was
designed to bring about a settlement
on the basis of the Warfield-Willard-
Jewell agreemeiit.
L. & N. REFUSES TO
ACCEPT AGREEMENT.
j LOUISVILLE, Sept. 16—Efforts
of: officials of the federated shqp
crafts to effect, a settlement with
| the Louisville arid Nashville officials ,
: met With failure when the railroad,
officials refused ihe terms ,Os the
Jewell agreement. „
• _
ILLINOIS ROAD SIGNS
PEACE PACT.
CHICAGO, Sept. 16—(By the As
j soicatcd Press.) —A mutual" agree
-1 rnc7i embracing a pew schedule of
j rate; of pay and working rules has
: been reached between “direct repr&j
tentative., of the present shop craft
employes’’ officials of the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy rail-’
road.
NEW YORK CENTRAL
LINES ACCEPT PLAN.
NEW YORK, Sept.* 16—(By the
1 Associated l't <■ . TJv> beginning
1 of the end of all the laboy thiubles, '
I (fiat have from time to time beset
the transportation lines of the na
i tion for the past several years was
believed by many railway heads and
union chief to have onrae today
when th'e New York Central lines
made peaceful settlement with two
of the operating brotherhoods and
the Pennsylvania system began
negotiations toward a similar
end. Arrangements for like
conference:, here next week between
brotherhood leaders and six otheO:
big Eastern carriers were under way
, last night. (
POSTPONE DEDICATION OF
NE WTHOMPSON SCHOOL
• * LAIN,, Sept. 16.—Ait a meeting
held recently-of the trustees, ani
patrons*, of Thompson school, it,was
decided to postpone the dedication
1,1 * ' n ‘ J r i ( ' w : ehoo! building until a
later date. This step was rendered
'• ;' r - v **n ace#unt of unavoid
able delay in securing material and*
sufficient held. For these ‘ reason*
work has been practically at a stand
still during the past four or fives
weeks.
; During tht- prose lit week,
j these handicaps have been overcome,
a,! ‘l '• on' r.'.ctftj- Welle!];, is m.-iting
le\c) y effort to have a sufficient'
number of rooms ready for opening
of school at S o’clock, Monday, Sept,
j 18th.
Announcement as tq the formal
opening of the new building will be
made through these columns later.