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WEDNESDAY _ EDITION “%HER Unsettled - Probably Shpwegs Tonight; Thursday Warmer. UNIONS TO ASK FEDERAL PROBE OF WRECK Sibley Hears Strikers Plea after Regular Court Hours : NO DECISION TODAY Sometime Will"'Be Taken with Arguments of Both Sides ny International News Service) { ""ATLANTA, March 23—The hear-. ing before Judge Samuel H. Sibloy'in‘ Federal District Court on the petition of the striking employees of the At-l *ianta, Birmingham and Atlantic rail road for revocation of the wage cut order which caused the strike March fifth, was resumed at 3 o’clock this aftetnoon when Attorney Morris Bri\don, counsel for the Receiver, is expected to conclude his argument before the court, Officials of the A. B. & A. an aounce that service is “practically re stored” on all parts of the system. ¢ ° Stillman Alimony Depends On Infant Attorney for Wealthy Sportsman 4 Claims It Illegitimate (By International News Service) WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. March 23 —Alleging that Mrs. James Still man had taken as} her love an Indian dide who' became father of her in fant, Guy, Delancy Nicoll, chief counsel for the multimillionaire banker in his divorce suit, made a sensational fight in the Supreme Cqurt today against the wife’s demand fon"$120,000 annual glimony. Nicholl presented figures to show Stillman’s income last year was $536.-! ;060 not sufficient to meet the wife’s _demands. _*Thc hearing was brief. Justice wiorschauser reserved decision on the alimony action, ruling that the whole question was affected by the legiti macy of Guy, thirty months old in fant of Mrs. Stillman, and gave the ! lawyver until Saturday to file addi tiona! papers bearing on this issue. A ° ° AB.& A. Train Kills 0, 0 Aged Fulton Citizen (By International News Service) ATLANTA, March 23—James Baker, 83 years old, of College Park, relative of County Policeman Marvin L. Baker and father of Dr. L. P., Paul and J. Baker, was struck by an A., B. & A. train near. Ben Hill station iTuesday afternoon and died instantly The body was placed on the train and brought to Atlanta, where it was taken to the establisiment of Harry G. Poole pending funeral arrange ments. ® With Shotguns They ° ’ 4 Seek Child’s Seducer Four Enraged Relatives Hunt Man who Kidnapped Girl (By International News Service) ROME, Ga., March 23.—Armed with shot guns, W. W. Watson and three neighbors living in this county near the Alabama line today are searching for Joe Bannister who lives on the Alabama side of the line, ac cusing him of enticing fourteen-year old Nellia Watson into an automobile and disappearing. : Warrants are out in all cities and towns in this section. Bannister. s about fifty years of age and has a scar across left cheek. Coffee County Folks Inspect Curb Market Miss Edith O’Steen, Miss Norman, ‘home demonstration agent, and D. E. Sawyer, county agent, were visitors at the Fitzgerald Curb Market this morning. The purpcse of their visit was to inspect the market and learn its method- of operation, They were pleasantly surprised at the large number of people in attendance and at its large scale success,” - ; THE FIIZGERALD LEADER \g VOL. I, No. 14. e_oo Ireland Sees British Murder Toll Increase Nearly Sixty Die in Three Days, 18 Non-combatants (By International News Service) DUBLIN, March 23.—Nearly three score have been killed in Ireland in the past seventy-two hours and the death list is mounting more rapidly than ‘at any time since fighting be came severe. : S Since Sunday'r twenty-one soldiers, nine policeman and ten republicans have been killed and eighteen others not directly cdnnected with the con flict met death. ’ ° Justice Department ® Cets On Peace Basis Daugherty Names Vanfleet to Clean Out War Work Odds (By International News Service) WASHINGTON, March 23—At torney General has decided to reduce the Department of Justice to a peace footing. War agencies built up as a part of the legal machinery are to be abolished. i Judge Vanfleet of Indiana, was des ignated as the department organizor today and began the task of disman tling some routine branches devoted to war activity. Daugherty stated that substantial eccnomies will he effected. ; Bankers Here Cotton Crop Cut Advocated (By International News Service) MACON, March 23.—Qver four hundred 'Geargi.a bankers were pres ent when their convention opened today in the largest session ever held in Georgia. Discussing better prices for the next cotton crop, W. B. Thompsor, distinguished New Or leans’ banker, in_a speech declared that the only solution is a drastic reduc‘tiox) in cotton production, D. A. Bragg represents the First National Bank of Fitzgerald at the convention. Buckalew Released * Under $2,000 Bond Horace Buckalew, accused of as sault and battery and rioting in con nection with the whipping last Thurs day of W. F. Godwin, was yesterday released from Ben Hill county jail under $2,000 bond, $5OO in each case against him and $l,OOO peace bond. Young Buckalew has made no statement in regard to the alleged offense and has said nothing that could be construed as a confession, ‘although the claim has been made without foundation that he has con fessed. Young Buckalew was dis ‘charged from the service of the A., B. & A. about a year ago, the Leader understands, because of a fight in the Union News when he thrashed a man who had insulted one of the Ilady waitresses. He was not accused of inefficiency, although cerfain anti labor interests have said that he was. W. F. Godwin was not an employe of the Atlanta Birmingham and At lantic railroad gzt the time he was jou sem 9y jeyj pres 3uirey ‘paysey; in a sworn statement before Judge D. P. Adams. The Leader carried a complete and accurate account of the hearing in its Friday issue. ee e e e e . ® Farmer Gives Editor *® Half of Good Drink The editor if the Leader is indebt ed to Mr. D. F. Null for half of what is said by old-timers to be gne of the best drinks’ ever concocted by man. Mr. Null brought in a fragrant bunch of mint but neglected to bring the julep. Since prohibition, it has been found that mint adds a delight ful spice to iced tea and other harm less drinks and ‘the fine mint beds that are # .nd heré and there over this sectiori“3kill serve a godd use. FITZGERALD, GEORGIA,WEDNESDAY, MAR. 23, 1921 BENNETT TO HEAD School Board Elects Its Presi dent as Superintendent BOARD VACANCY LEFT Woman Member of School Board Iz Favorably Talked Wlric. J, Bé\{nett, president of the Fitzgerald Board of Education was last night elected by the board to be superintendent of the Fitzgerald Public. School system. Mr, Bennett l::v.ccepted the post. ’ Mr. Bennett is 3 graduate of the University of Georgia and of the University of Chicago. He studied law at the University of Georgia and took a special course in education at the Chicago university. He was for one year principal of the Fitzgerald high school but resigned that’ post to take up the practice of law. During his residence in Fitzgerald he was for a time gssociated with Attorney A. J. McDonald in the practice of law but more recently has been associated in business with Messrs. H. A. and Chester Burkhart as a partner in the Fitzgerald Auto motive ‘Company. His ability as an educational executive was attested by his election as president of thei board of education. My. Bennett will succeed Prof. E' G. Hall 3s superintendent. Mr., H‘all’ did not make application for reelec tion as superintendent. ’ The election ‘of Mr. Bennett as sup crintendent of schools disqualificdl him as president of the board of ed ucation. Dr. W. D. Dorminy, ati present member of the board from the Fourth Ward and who. has taken active part in developing the schools during several terms as member of the board, is prominently spoken. of for election as president at the prim ary April 18th, Should Dr. Dorminy consent to announce for president of the board, as he is being urged to do by friends’ of the schools as well as his own friends, a vac#ncy would be created on the board from the Fourth Ward. Several other cities in Georgia, including Savannah, hgve already taken advantage of the Woman Suf frage amendment to place a feminine metiiber on their boards of educa tion, and a woman member from the fourth ward is being urged in some quarters. There are a number of able women in the Fourth Ward whose advice and council on the school board would be invaluable in devel oping a greater system of schools. It is taken fof granted in discus sion of school affairs that the present members of the board, Lon Dickey, from the First Ward, S. W. Walker, from the second ward, and G. A. Jol ley from the third ward will be re elected at the April 18th primary. * Court Rules Against * White In Murder Case Alleged Slayer of Tommie Daniel of Douglas, Now Out on Bail DOUGLAS, March 22.—1 n Super ior court here today the case against George White, charged with murder for killing Tommie Daniel in Doug las, about five years ago, was called for triar. The defendant is out on ‘bail and he made a motion for con ‘tinuance on the grounds of some ab lsent witnesses, who have since moved to Atlanta. The solicitor and State’s counsel presented a petition to Judge Sum merall, asking that the order of the court admitting the defendant to bail be revoked, and that the defendant be returned to jail on the ground that the defendant had been continuing the case for several years. The court granted a rule against the defendant, requiring him to show cause tomorrow night at 8 o’clock why he should not be remanded to jail. The court also issued attach ments for the absent witnesses and is sending a bailiff to Atlanta tonight to get them. , SENSITIVE SPOT NEWS ITEM— Terrible accident! Automobile skidded and struck lady in safety zone.— Watertown Standerd. Union Men Will Send Delega tion to Meet Famed Visitor SPEAK AT OPERA HOUSE i ——l Will Discuss Labor Movement - and Railroad Ownership S il Arrangements for the visit here Friday of Glen E. Plumb, world fa mous student of railread and labor affairs and author of the Plumb Plan of railroad ownership and operation, have been completed by local union men, it was announced this morning by W. M. Martin, chairman of the joint federation committee of the thirteen striking crafts on the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic who invited Mr. Plumb to speak here, Mr. Plumb will speak at some time between 9 a. m. gnd 3 p. m. at the Grand Opera House, The exact hour will be fixed later and announced in Thursday’s Leader. W. M. Martin will preside at the meeting, which will ‘be open to the public, and will intro duce the spegker. The public is cor dially invited to attend the meeting. It is understood that Mr. Plumb will address an open meeting at Way cross tomorrow and a delegation from here will be sent to Waycross over the Dixie Highway to bring Mr. Plumb to Fitzgerald. On his trip to the Southeast he speaks at Atlanta, Waycross and Fitzgerald. ‘ The Plumb plan, of which the | speaker is author, came into genergl prominence while the proposition of government operation of railroads! was first discussed after America en tered the war. He proposes to have all railroads merged into a single sys tem operated by a central board composed of representatives of labor, of the present operators and officials, and representatives of the public, g board similar to the Railway Labor Board. 2 Bragg Withdraws I s ® ° In Commission Race TO THE VOTERS OF FITZGERALD: Some days since when announcing as candidate for member Water Light Bond Commission, it was not my intention or desire to create any discord in any source whatever, and it was my impression that such would not be the case. However, subsequ& “ ‘developments indicate that condition,‘ ‘and knowing that the best interests of Fitzgerald is paramount to the de sire of any person (or clan), and that of all time now is “The Time” for every citizen to assume that attitude which will be most heipfsl, and fur ther in consider action of the fact that to conduct a successiul cam paign would require much personal work, for which I haven't +he tirae, without neglecting my other duties, I have concluded it hest to withdraw from the race. ; In addition to the above reasons for withdrawing I am sure that sach action will deprive certain politicians of the privilege of using a contest for this office as “cheap politics.” In taking the above action I am not unmindful nor unappreciative of the absolute voluntary assurances of support that have come to me from many friends. Respectfufly, | | D. A. BRAGG. ® s ® Engineers Will Meet ~ In Atlaata Monday The Southeastern Association of General Chairmen of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will meet in Atlanta at the Piedmont Hotel Monday ant Tuesday, March 28-29, it was stated today by W. M. Martin, who will represent the engineers now on strike against the A. B. & A. wage reductions. Mr. Martin did not staie the purpose for which the meeting had been called. NOTICE NEWS ITEM- The l.easville Bi ble Ciass meets every Wednesday night unless there is a good show in town.—Denver Post. ° ® Mutiuy, Not Bombing, o Charged To Sailors Five Men Brought Back in Irons for Demanding Pay ~ (By Internationa! News Service.) NEW ORLEANS, March 23.—De partment of Justice . officials today declared that five men taken off the Steamship Rushville were being hcld; on a charge of a mutiny on the high\ seas and not in connection with the Wall Street explosion causing thirty nine deaths last summer, ) The five are charged with demand ing pay in American instead of Bra zilian money at Rio de Janeiro and organizing a soviet aboard the ship, City of Alton. NEW YORK, March 23—The five seamen charged with mutiny on the high seas now being held New Or leans, will be tried there, federal of ficials stated today.: Such instruc tions were issued today by the United States Department of Justice. ® . o [Tnple Association o 3 Of Nations Proposed Thinks U. S. Entrance in League of Nations Improbable ’ (By International News Service) - PARIS, March 23.—The corner stone of the new triple association of nations, the United States, England and France, may be laid at Washing ton by former Premier Viviani, now enroute to Americag on a special mis sion to see President Harding. He is due to reach New York Sunday. The view of a possible newes wciety of powers was set forth today by Secretary Franklin Bouillon, former member of the French cabinet and recently chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the chamber of deputies. He feels that under no circumstances will the United States enter the League of Nations or link herself in a military alliance with her two big allies in the recent war, but believes the three powers can coop erate effectively to maintain the peace of the world. ® No Fitzgerald Boys Hurt in Emory Blast Positive information today con firms the report in yesterday’s Leader that neither of the Fitzgerald boys, Derrick Jones and Elton Weaver were injured when an explosion in ‘the Physiology Building hurt four ‘teen students, and instructors. Both boys were attending chape! exercises when the blast occured. The cause of the explosion had not been deter mined today. . ‘ o o Derailed Engine Had Dead Wheel The right front wheel of the engine truck on the locomotive that was wrecked near Douglas yesterday was what is known to railroad men as a “dead wheel”, its flange so wi\n down and sharpened that it was not in condition to run and was of the kind most likely to “split” a switch, according to statement this morning by J. L. Upton, iormer fireman for ‘the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlan tic who is now on “vacation.” Mr. Upton went to the scene of the wreck with the crowd that flocked lout from Douglas immediately after ‘news of its occurence reached that lcity. He made a close inspection of Ithe locomotive travelled much farther ‘track with a view toward ascertaining for his own satisfaction the real cause of the wreck. “Because of the fact that the first !wheel which struck the switch was in such condition that it was- likely ‘to split it, because of the fact that hta lccomotive travelled much farther beyond the switch than it could have travelled if the brakes had been ap plied at the distance at which the engineer claims to have applied them, it is my personal belief that the en gineer did not see any open switch, but crashed into the switch with his bad wheel, thus splitting it,” Mr. Upton said. . SHORT AND SNAPPY NEWS OF THE WORLD . BY TELEGRAPH COTTON—Good Middling__ll 3-16¢ 6 Bales Receipts S No Sales TWO WRECKS ON \ A.B. & A IN A DAY Freight Train Hits Engine Head on Here Last Night DOUGLAS LINE CLEAR Build Track arcund Ditched Train; Wrecker Sent For ATLANTA, March 23.—1 t was intimated this afternoon by heads of the fourteen brother hoods that an Interstate Com merce Commission investigation of the wreck of train 4 near Douglas Monday will be sought. Receiver Bugg announced that a more complete report showed the derailment caused by a wedged switch. He said the bolts were removed when the rod was disconnected and found in the grass twenty feet from the switch. Engineer saw the dan ger too late to stop. After train bound for Brunswick split a switch at Douglas and was derailed in the morning, a second accident occured last night when En gine 57, pulling a light freight train from Thomasville, smashed head on into Engine No. 45, on switching service between Longstreet and Gor don streets about 8:30 o’clock last night. The pilot of 45 was splintered and the men on both of them badly shaken up. No one was hurt. No. 45 was carrying an extra crew, more than a dozen men in all, and sev eral were thrown off the engine by the impact. No. 45 was coming toward Fitz gerald on the wrong track, according to eyewitnesses, and both were mov ing so slowly th%t experienced train men who witnessed the smash de clare that both could have stopped in time to avoid a collision, Superintendent R. L, McKay handled the wreck at Douglas with dispatch, rushing a gection gang to the scene yesterday afternoon and building a new track around the overfurned locomotive in time to let the morning train today pass. Mr. McKay stated this morning that the wrecker is on the way .from Man chester to clear up the wreck, . It was announced this morning that railrcad officials working in con junction with Sheriff Tanner, of Cof fec county, procured track dogs and carried them to the scene of the wreck. A trail leading from the scene south for three or four hun dred yards to the Dixie Highway was picked up by the dogs. On reaching the automobile highway, the trail was lost and it is believed that an automobile was awaiting the train wreckers, ~ Special Agents Combing Section Special agents of the railroad’ and deputy sheriffs are scouring all sec tions of Coffee county in an effort to obtain some clue as to which direc tion the automobile went. It is rumored that the Department of Justice will take a hand in the 'sc’arch and that all of South Georgia will be immediately combed. It is understood that several par ties are under suspicion and a close investigation is being conducted to run down the evidence pointing to wards them, , The Coffee County grand jury will reconvene tomorrow morning and will begin at once an exhaustive in vestigation of the cause of the wreck, it was announced. ® Service Over New ’ ° Cable Satisfactory (By International News Service) MIAMI, March 23.—Service be tween Havana and Miami over the Commercial Cable Company’s new cable 'was satisfactoryily started to day, officials of the company have announced, 4 e Tl Mr. and Mrs. J. C, Wilson have as their guests at their pretty home on West Oconee street the latter's mother, aunt, and cousing Mrs, J. O, Haire, of Gretna, Fla, Mrs. F. W. Edwards of Quincy, Fla. and Mes dames J. W. Ferrell and W. C. Hodges of Tallahassee, Fla. :