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ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS OF THE WORLD THE TIL._ published in thf iMERICUS; 'ORDER HEART OF DIXIE' WEEKLY EDITION —J —v-1 ut.«Kuin, Inumufti Ariutnuun, UL1UUKK 21, 1920. Jt*RICE FIVE CENTS. linger Striker MacSwiney Fed While Unconscious l RIO CROWn IN UADTMMntn ■' 1 I “ ' # I.. ■" ll t I^BIG CROWD IN HARDING'S TOWN HEARS GOVERNOR C0x|ifflX HAMMERS FALSE CRITiaSM OF ARTICLE TEN Given Food By Prison During Period of Delirium Last officials Bankers told Night; Process Repeated Today IN MARKETING Declares Misrepresenta tion Propaganda Has Been Circulated MARION, O.—Marion may be a <mall town—and everyone governor Cox had a big end enthu.i.stic crowd when he .poke m.r.on. .no uemocral.c cand.dale .poke Card*the'ohio >C yo.*rnor when * P ° r * i0n ° f * h * Cr ° Wd ?** Marion may know Senator Harding, but Marion.. The Democratic candidate spoke 2 WHITES FOUND SLAIN IN |r TRIPLE LYNCHING TOWN DR WHEELER’S BROTHER DIES Wounds Received From Father’s Slayer Prove . Fatal Feeling Tense In Florida Town After Dis covery ™ Mrs. M. H. Wheeler left last eight for Mayfield, Go., on receipt of word from Dr. Wheeler, who was called there Tuesday night, that hia brother, Forrest Wheeler, who waa wounded in a shooting affray Tuesday evening, had died of his wounds. Dr. Wheeler had wired yesterday that there appeared to be a good chance for his brother’s re covery. A special dispatch from Sparta, published in The Atlanta Constitu tion this morning, tells of the shoot ing as follows: "Sparta, Ga., Oct. 20.—A family feud, growing out of a shooting which occurred over a year ago, re sulted this morning in the death of J. A. Humphries and the acrious in jury of Forrest Wheeler, when the two . met in the store of A. L. and C. F. Reynolds, at Mayfield, . MACCLENNEY, FLA., Oct. 21. Feeling was tense here today after the finding late yesterday, near here of the bodies of two white men, Frank Conner and Frank Deoley, both riddled with buckshot. The killings followed the lynching of three negroes here on October 4, after the killing of John Harvey, a whito man, and the finding of sm other dead negro on the street. The bodies were still bleeding when they were found yesterday Pastor’s Mother 83, Has 111 Living Descendants English Strike TAKES ON NEW AND GRAVE TURN Rail and Transport Men Threaten To Go Out, Too LONDON, Oct 21 (ByAssoclat- ed Press)—The coal strike situation took an unexpected and grave turn this afternoon when ithe railway men and transport workers announc ed they would strike in sympathy with the miners unless negotiations between the government and miners opened this week. SAVANNAH, Oct. 21.—Mrs. Sa rah Matilda Huckabee Moore, mother of Rev. W. A. Huckabee. pas tor of Grace Methodist church, who is 83 and has just gone to Atlanta to spend the winter with her daugh ter, is in many ways a remarkable woman. She has 111 living descend ants, consisting of children, grand children, great grandchildren and ereat great oTandcnildren. During the Civil War Mrs. Moore, who lived in Fannin county, did - .. . great deal of work to keep her family -. .. .... “ 1S together while the grown male mem- county, and instantly began shooting bcra gone off to fight with the at each other. Three bullets struck |g., u them array. Wheeler, while Humphry was killed she cultivated the fields, did almost instantly. “The tragedy grow out of a fam iiy feud of long standing. Mora than a year ago young Humphrey •hot and killed -Dan Wheeler. . A sensational court trial followed and Humphreies was acquitted. Since then Forrest Wheeler has been living in Macon most of the time, but about three weeks ago ho camo homo for » visit, No warrant has been sworn out yet, as Wheeler is at the point of death. Wheeler was a meter reader for the Atlanta Gas Company His residence in Atlanta is at 143 South Forsyth street. "Humphries has been • of Mayfield all his life. Both young men are very prominent and eacn has many friends and relatives. Au thorities are watching carefully t stop any further trouble.’ Postmaster Young a At Leslie, Resigns Announcement was made today that Postmaster Young. of tas resigned, effective when his sue oessor is appointed and ‘targe, and that an examination to fill the pending vacancy will be hem November 17. The official notice of the examination follows: . „ "At the request of the Postman" General ‘he United States Civil Ser vice Commission has announced an examination to bo held at Americas. »n November 17, 1920, for the post tion of postmaster at Leslie. great deal of work at the loom and made all the clothes the family wore. One of her evidences of wartime thrift was when Bhe cut up her hus band's broadcloth coat to make hats for the <rirls of the family. She ran the Sunday school in her community while the men were away and did this so well that the men insisted upon her remaining in charge when they came back. She has been a verv active woman all of her life and her activities have not ceased with the passing of the years. Tech Plan Praised By Peru School Advisor ATLANTA, Oct 21.—JL E. Bard, advisor of the minister of instruction of the government of Peru yesterday inspected the Georgia School of Technology. „ ut _ „ j. Actress’ Illness Due To Poisoned Bon-Bons LONDON, Oct. 21. — Peggy O’Neil, the American aertss who about a month ago was taken seri ously ill' during the performance of a play at the Savoy Theater, has just returned to her place in the cast. She declares her illnesa was due to an attempt to poison her. She said a box waa sent to her dressing room anonymously and that it con tained chocolates. She ate some of the candy and soon was taken fll. One of the chocolates was given to her pet dog and the animal soon died. An analysis of the candy, it is said, showed that it contained arsenic and strychnine. (In accord with the more generally accepted tpelling of the name of the Lord Mayor of Cork, the Time.-Recorder today adopts the form of MacSwiney, instead of MacSweenoy, which was first authorised fay the Associated Press and is sitll held to hy some publications and news agencies.) 15,000 Jew Refugees Stranded Over France PARIS, Oct. 21.—A special meet ing pf the executive committee of the Jewish central relief organisa tion/ created recently by the Jewish Relief Conference in Carlsbad, was held today to deal with the problem created by 16,000 Jewish refugees at present stranded in various parts of France. The committee decided to create a special body to provide the refugees with employment and otherwise protect them. Bomb Makings Found Near Hotel In Milan C As the result of his tour, it MILAN, Oct. 21.—A bag con- taining five bombs, two tubes of explosives and several pounds of ma terial for Shrapnel, was found today under a bench in a public garden near the Hotel Cavour, where bombs probable that the sam® vnte* of^ed- *ere” expanded while dele- ucation which has been su congress of the League aSBttSa 5 Nation. ™ .« <1. BUI SusTasUcTn his“pprov/of Geor- Ki “tam opinion." he said, “Georgia Tech has struck the happy medium between Boston Tech, which la almost exclusively an engineering school off theory, and Camegie Tech at Pitts burg which is devoted mainly to vo cational and industrial training. o. postmaster uv A loknma Labor May office has an annual compensation of AlaDama of *uoo. ._ | Back Mine Strikers To be eligible for this cxamina-; hon.an applicant must be^Jit'xen | , RMrNGHA M. Oct. 2L—A spec- meeting. of the_Alab_ama Federa un applicant wiubu ^ - - „ > of the United States, must actually £* ld « within the delivery of the of - ml WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 21.— A special drive against critics of Ar ticle Ten of the League of Nations and against the false criticism they wero said to have uttered was made here today by Governor Cox. "Nation-wide propaganda of mis representation” regarding Article Ten has been circulated, the candi- asserted, emphasizing the conten tions that congress only, and not the league, has theauthority to declare war, and the league council’s decis ions must be unanimous and are merely advisory. Governor Cox’s address here open ed his Delaware and Maryland campaign. This afternoon and to night he will make two addresses at Baltimore, where President Wilson was nominated eight years ago. The term “advise” in Article Ton, relative to the league coil era. was declared by Go' to be limited solely to ad' ing the —-ovision for council action. Governor Ci "We should never in wiggling statements pronouncements, lose sight, of the in- contrivertiblo fact that under Article Ten the council can render only ad- vice, and that even this action can not be taken unless and until ever; representative, including our own, votes in the affirmative." One of the Hitchcock reservations, ‘voted down by the treaty wreck ers,” declared no American sover eignty- was relinquished, he said. Explaining the league’s operations. Governor Cqx said conciliation or “a joint diplomatic note to all law-abid ing nations in condemnation of any offending nation and severance of diplomatic relations or an economic boycott would be the mean! employ ed before consideration of more “drastic measures." Even then, he continued, congressional approval would be required. Governor Cox was given an- en thusiastic reception when ho spoke In the theater here this morning. There were hisses and booes from the audience when Senator Lodge’s name was mentioned, and more hisses and groans when the governor spoke of Senator Harding. Probably the most prolonged applause followed his statement of attitude toward the Irish question. Governor Cox yesterday sent a telegram to Elihum Root asking him to “correct” what the Democratic candidate declared was a “false” statement In Mr. Root’s address Tuesday regarding the governor’s position upon the League of Nations issue. The governor denied Mr. Root’s stament that he demands the league “just as Mr. Wilson negotiat ed it,” and called npon Mr. Root for a retraction. In making public his telegram to Mr. Root, Governor Cox issued a statement declaring that Mr. Boot, LONDON. Oct. 21—Official con firmation came from two sources this morning of reports that Lord Mayor MacSwiney had been fed during pe riods of unconsciousness. A bulletin by the Irish Self-Determination League announced that the prieon doctors forced meat juice into Mac- Swiney’s mouth during a fit of delir ium last night and from the govern ment side it was stated at the home office that the lord mayor was fed last night. The League bulletin said the prison officials continued todav to put li quid nutrimgnl into MacSwiney’s mouth during periods of delirium. In Commons today Edward Short, home secretary, .answering a ques tion, said the condition of MacSwi ney was very Serious. He said un til yesterday the doctors had given the lord mayor only medicine, bat yesterday during semi-consciousness they gave him liquid food. In this case, he said, forcible feeding con siste’d in holding a cup to his lips. Swallowing, he said, was vountery. MAC SWINEY PREVI0USLY FED, ADMITS OFFICIAL IN REPLY TO DIRECT QUESTION BY J. HERBERT DUCKWORTH LONDON. Oct. 21—How has Lord MacSwiney, of Cork, been able to maintain his hunger strike? I am told on the authority of an official of the government Irish of fice that MacSwiney has been re- ceiving nourishment at the hands of his friends. The lord mayor’s relatives deny that they are giving him qny food, except the daily communion cracker. The attitude of the governraentls summed up in the opinion that “the less said about the lord mayor the better.” It is admitted that if any of Mac Swiney’s visitors supplied him with concentrated nourishment no' Steps wonld be taken by the Brixton pris on officials to prevent it. On Sept. 19, MacSwiney, In a mes sage to Irishmen, said he attributed his endurance to the “spiritual strength which I receive from my daily communion; bringing me bod ily strength, assisted by a world of masses and prayers.” However, when the question, “Is the lord mayor of Cork getting any food?” was put bluntly to the Irish office officials, theanswer was: “Of coarse he Is." MacSwiney is confined to a largo room in. the prison hospital, which room he hBs to himself. The temp erature of this chamber h maintain ed very high. If he should catch cold, in hie ad mittedly feeble condition, It might prove quickly fatal J There is a trained nurse always In attendance, but no other official! stay In the ’ room. MacSwiney’s relatives are allowed to visit him at any time. Excellent food, suitable to his weakened condition, le kept; constantly at his bedside. According to a medical authority, MacSwiney, if he has totally .really fasted since he started the hunger strike, should hare lost nearly all his fat, over one-fourth of his muscles, nearly one-fourth of the blood one- fifth of the substance of the skin, one-sixth of the lungs andone-eigth of the bones. Hesrt or nerve sub stance need not have been affected! “HU body,” says this phyeiean, should be shrunken, hie eyes hollow and wild, hie skin parched and shriv eled, his muscles flabby, hts limbs wasted, hie tongue dry and hard and his tongue weak and whispering. Al though in starvation the mind often remains clear, mental effort Is very difficult; giddiness and noises in the ears greatly trouble the patient, “Tlic well-nourished body ha3 a vast store of material it can draw upon when deprived of food. By feeding on their own fat, muscle and other tissues, one men lived 68 days, •and another, who was a lunatic, 61 days without any food (the record starvation ease in medical litera ture.) “But the average duration of lifo in starvation !• seven to ten days." Ms; tor MacSwiney’s relatives say that his hand Is steady enough for him to shave himself every morning and that ho reads his daily newspa per with interest. THEY MUST HELP Farmer Must Be Assur ed Of Fair Profit, .x j Says Hirsch tfarg WEST CANADA BACKTOUQUOR British Columbia Upsets Prohibition By 15,000 VANCOUVER, B. C., Oct. *21.— umiueiiiK uu, Ivuul , Repudiation of the British Colum and thirty other prominent Repub- ! > !. a J! n n Pr<dl, ! >1 j? n a t W ’ lleans signing the recent statement j 5 ' 000 * lr cody reporte<I in behalf of Senator Harding, the! ( r ° m yesterday's plebesito, today Republican nominee, were “attempt-1 brought government offiicels to a ing to deceive.the voters because *»*«"«“ tnl they are permitting their partisan ship to rise above their patriotism and trusting perhaps that the last woble of Senator Harding may be in their direction " COOL1DGE DENIES ENDORSING LEAGUE. ON GOVERNOR COOLIDGE’S SPECIAL TRAIN, Oct. 21.—Cover- nor Coolidge today campaigned in the piedmont section of North Caro line. After a half dozen speeches in the day he will hold a meeting at Charlotte. In a statement today Gov. Cool idge denied he had endowed the gue, has the authority to declare elc< Welcome to President Wilson at Boston in February, 1919, when the president, returned from his first trip to Europe. TO CELEBRATE MAGELLAN. SANTIAGO, CHILE, Oct. 21.— Uruguay, Panama and Venezuela will be represented by special mis sions and Costa Rica and Salvador by their consuls here at the Magellan celebration to be held late this fall. Makinf , tlle firat ’ ap ’ ccc jJ of h ; g cam . HARDING DENIES HE FLOPPED ON LEAGUE. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Oct. 21.— fic shall be administered. The vote was, on preference be tween prohibition and “an act to pro vide for government control and sale in sealed packages of spiritous and malted liquors.” Columbus To Play Aggies Here Friday The Aggie football eleven will Tumi play a Columbus prep team tomor- row at the playground here. This is the second gemo of the season here for the Aggies and they are expected to. put up a scrappy battle. Last Friday they went to Ashbum where they met a town team and suffered defeat by a score of. 27 to 0. This game served to show up the weaknesses of the Aggies RUSSIA HUNGRY, BUT IS ORDERLY H, G. Wells, Back From Soviet Land, Ridi cules Reports London, ocl 21.—conditions in Petrograd were summarized in one phrase, "hunger and want, but order," by H. G. Wells, Britlih au thor, when he arrived here last night from Russia. He implied similar conditions prevailed throughout Rus sia. Wells said he had a talk with Rus sian Bolshevik Premier Lenine and that he went about freely without a guide in Petrograd, Moscow and oth er places. He said he was amused when he read of disturbances and in surrections in Russia, adding “all that is just humbug." WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—tfontti S. Drum, of San Francisco, was elected president of. the American j Bankers Association here today.'The j question of par clearance pt cheeks. was referred to a special committee. The bankers can and should aid the farmers by assisting in the es tablishment of co-operative ware houses and selling organisations, J Chairman Joseph H. Hirsch, of the agricultural commission of tho American Bankera Association, de-Si dared today in presenting his re-' port to tho convention. “Many of tu have been fearful of ente-ng the field of marketing, be- ' ceuse We have been afraid wo would i come in conflict with our own custo mers, tho middlemen, who are buy ing the farmers’ products," the re port said. “But it is high time for tho bankers of tho country to rcal- izo that a more economical method of distribution of food products i - absolutely essential to tho success of American agriculture and that un- less the farmers can produce and sell their crops with somo reasonable as surance of fair profits, there will be an increasing tide of men drifting ,r ™ the fqrms to tho ctics.” Tho ennnvf i , Husband Slain, Sues. On Accident Policies SAVANNAH, Oct. 21.—Mrs. Ben- lah Lenehan, widow of <Rlchard F. Lenehan, who was murdered July 24, filed two suits in the city court yes terday on accident insurance cer tificates tuned to her lathe husband. Oneof her suits against the Or der of United Commercial Travel ers of America for *6,300, with pen- COTTON AMERICUS COTTON SEED. Lower, 26 per ton. AMERICUS SPOT COTTON. Good middling, 20 cents. NEW YORK FUTURES. spots. The Columbus ounch will the an eleven composed of Columbus ^ _ boys who have had prep school foot- S aign "in New York state, Senator I ball experience and will have many anting today again challenged his good players. Dan Chappell, coach, has been hard l aities and the other against'the at work strengthening the weak Travelers’ Protective Association for Democratic o pponents to show by Harding’s public utterances where he has changed his position on the League of Nations since he accept ed the Republican nomination. Re stating his stand, he declared the nation “can not take seriously the Democratic insistence that the cove nant shall be considered for accep- delivcrv of the 3 - of ; nbor , together wtth all. p c 0 u am 1 pm close * »nd have so resided at the ti e {.""thrrhood of Railway employees ^ j 9:!5 f 9 j 5 19 . 0 o 19.00 18.95 —- -- ———- — --- e Present vacancy occurred. , | f armc rs unions has been called f 3 19f , 7 18.87 18.80 18.85) tance as it stands, and added that tteir C tw! ) C n"fflrat m b?t niTthc" «Sth for October fflUn B.rmmffham^ta , ^ 19 . 1? 18.80 18.78 18.761 for “such_. rejection" he h.d j stood The line-up for the Aggies is an nounced as follows: Walker, e; J. Simmons ig; B. Simmons, rg; Nich olson, rt; Wall, It; Easterlin, le: I. Hines, re; Davis, qb; Stone, Inb; Phinizy, rhb; McLendon, fb. Subs will be McKennon, Hines, Childress, Martin and Roberts. kirthdav on the date of the examina- hon. j , „ . “Aonlication form 2241 and fu '"formation concerning the reouire '“nts of the examination may be sc- '"“td from the postmaster at t E ac ‘‘ Of vacancy or from the Civil “"•vice Commission, Washington L “■ Aoplications should be pro rj Routed and filed with the eommis- !‘° n at Washington. D. C.. in time “ »rrange for the examination of the •tnlicant" offer active sunnort and co-operation ■ cn 19 ; 02 18 ) 77 18 ; 80 18 .' 65 unfailingly. He also asserted that . I llina Workers in the I * * y I ho fnt7f\raA onneictorttlv an Intarno. the United Mine Workers in coal strike. Argentina To Check Imports From U. S. he favored consistently an interna- NF.W ORLEANS FUTURES. ) tional association in tile interest of PC Onen 9 am II am Cloie peace. But he said he could not, un- ing Argentine impel BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 21.—Lead- i*e: ' - ' ORLANDO RFACHES , 8 89 18 7 j X8.64 18.61 18.30 dcr the present conditions, frame American goods met this afternoon Rio JANERIO (Wednesday) ucr. y £ |() ; 74 , g 55 18 49 18 48 18 2 o definite and specific plans. , and adopted resolutions to limit to Former Premier Orlando. or fjj'jj J 8 'gj { 8 44 18,.77 18.05) “I am not that kind of a candi- absolute'necessities future importa- ... — .■■'PP'iint. d .in 18 _ 42 18.20 18.20 17.90 date,” he continued. “It la easy tions from the United States until ambassador to Brazil. M here May 18.18 IB. today. Before landing j A . Mills and G. W. Isreal, Jr.,j to lose to say almost anything about, of exchange. The rate rose today to diee, payable on delivery, through ferred to the Italian cru ’ s r a t , on of t h e 17th district, were visitors the League of Netioni, or any future 1.27 1-2, a new high record for the this mail system, which exieta in a no, where he was «iven » reception | o t[| . s aftcrnoon . I plane for America.” American dollar. number of countries, by members of the Italian coion*. ^ ! enough for a candidate who is going, there is an improvement in tho rate $6,660. May Quarantine To Keep Out Citrus Fly WASHINGTON, Oct. 21—Public hearing will be held December 20 by the federal agricultural board to consider the advisability of placing a quarantine on fruit and vegetables from Cuba, the Bahamas, Jamaica, the Canal Zone, Costa Rica, India, the Philippines, Ceylon and Java, in an effort to prevent the spread of the citrus fly to the United States. World Postal Union Talks Packet Post MADRID, Oct. 21.—Delegates of the International Postal Union con gress here began today discussion of the packet post with the idea of en couraging the establishment of a general system of sending merchan- The report urged tho bankers to support appropriations for larger pay for exports employed by the de partment of agriculture, and sug gested state conferences of bankers formers to enlist co-oporation ot Un™(oral development. Ano McFaddcn bill proposing a tax on gold used in industry and the arts, to bo paid in turn to the mining companies to stimulate- production was attacked and defended. The special committee appointed to study" the measure, .submitted a rcpoi-t ’ vigorously opposing, the bill ns an at- . , on . “ l0 “bttsic clement of g«.,t standard. McFaddcn, who proposed the law, declared tho addition of new gold to the nation’s rescue would assist in deflating and stimu late a healthy return to normal Tho committee held that the with, drawal for industrial purposes li.-t year of *22,000,000 of gold from too country’s monetary stock was not a national emergency calling for special treatment of tho gold mining industry so as to stiumiato the gold output. 6 "Diminished gold production periods of high prices and high co tends to reduco price aud eo again, eaid th 0 report, wn.'cu , clared that tho offer of a premium on gold would load tho world to as sume that tho United States was in danger of going on a paper money bash and that Its dolla? waa not as good as gold. A three-year thrift campaign . thlfk. * Verjr in tl10 country ‘„ a * .*'?* "° hank account wus pro posed to tho association today by its conmitteo on public and prfvara thrift. As a part of the campaign, officiale would be called “f°" i°/ rac V£ e utmo3t economy ,,, M to reduce the expenditures ol the federal government bua, “ e »» must purge it- !*“ °J lta ® wn misdemeanors" b_- J* **“ h °P« *0 exert the fullest influence in the affairs of the na- nfth J ?*a eph a H ’ P oFrcc3 - President rn l/»f^ ber Commerce of the draratod'y. 108 ' deCl “ rCd in aJ ’ "One of the most fruitful sources of the unrest in this country at the f. re,e . n ‘‘1”°’” Mid Mr. DeFiees, "i. .^e part of a great number that bnsiness in many m- u ,“£? rin .? an inordinate profit It la the theme of the agi- “ d ‘l °**d M justification for various‘unfair exactions which are put upon business. We are quite read y to complain in the public in terest, about excess profit taxes and inadequate production for a fair wage. Let ua do all we can to cor rect our own misdemeanors and then our voice of protest will have a larger influence in correcting those of others.’’ Girl’s Braid Shot By Disobeyed BUFFALO, Oct. 21.- of a New York Central yards here early today the wounding of a ' netted the robbers lc A braid if hair was ... head of Mary Jane Bmith, a t old girl, who d'sobeyed the mand of the bandits that a congers remain' In their berths their seats. FORECAST FOR GEORGIA— F»!r toniebt nnd Friday; only little change in temperature. ^ ; ~ i Vi '