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Mattia UrMlkdcltt 3o it vnal VOL. XXII. NO. 104 RAILROAD UNIONS • MET Dll CHICAGO TODISCUSSWAGES "Concerted Action” Is Plan ned by Brotherhoods If La bor Board Award Proves Unsatisfactory CHICAGO. July 19. —The first grand council for more than a year of executives, general chairmen and general committeemen of the sixteen recognized railroad brotherhoods, opened in Chicago today to pass upon the wage award of the railway labor board. The board’s decision, it has been announced, will be made public tomorrow. Approximately one thousand union officials are expected to be present when the countil takes final action on the award, and more than half that number already have reached Chicago. Preliminary meetings were held yesterday by early arrivals, but no statements were given out as to what work had been done. According to union rules, all ques tions of a wage increase must be submitted to a referendum vote of the entire membership of the unions, but union officials pointed today that the call for the grand council stat ed the purpose of the gathering to be “to consider and pass finally upon the award made by the board.” Under these circumstances it was not known whether the board’s award would be submitted to a ref erendum or whether final action would be taken by the union chiefs in session here. Leaders today de clined tp comment on the latter. Samuel E. Heberling, president of the switchmen’s union of North America, declared last night that if it was decided that the award was unsatisfactory "concerted action would be taken by the sixteen broth erhoods." The wage increases asked by the railroad workers, of whom there are nearly two million, would total more than $1,000,000,000. The de mands range from 25.3 per cent for shopmen to 66.4 per cent for main tenance of way employes. UNION POINT MAN KILLED SUNDAY IN AIRPLANE CRASH TULSA, Okla., July 19.—Albert W. Newsom, of Union Point, Ga., and Robert F. Midkiff, an adopted son of Madame Schumann-Heink, and son of a minister at Decatur, Hl., instantly killed in an airplane fall near here Sunday. Newsom, pilot of the machine, was maneuvering for a landing when one of the wings suddenly dropped off and the plane fell about 3,500 feet. Newsom was manager of a commercial flying field at Okmulgee, about fifty miles south of Tulsa. . One of the wings dropped off tne machine as they r were engaged in “stunt” flying preparatory to “’2*s" a lower level to land. The machine had successfully looped the loop and had gone into a “barrel roll,” .turning over and over on its side, when the accident occurred. Both men were former army air pilots. Newsom had been connected with a local airplane company for about a year and recently went to Okmulgee to take charge of a field at that place. The men formed a friendship while serving as instruc tors at Love field, Dallas, during the W Midkiff is said to have graduated from college at Galesburg, 111-, this year, and he had been visiting Mad ame Schumann-Heink in California. It is said she was attracted by his splendid vocal attainments during one of her tours of the army cat tonments during the war and adopt ed him as a son. Midkiff came here Saturday and was to have been connected with an airplane company here. He went to Okmulgee to visit Newsom. TWO AIRMEN BURNED TO DEATH IN ’PLANE OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., July 19. Lieutenant Rollo Browne and his mechanician. Sergeant George Burle son, both from Post field, J ort faill, Okla., were burned to death here Sunday when a plane piloted by Browne fell about seventy-five feet and burst into flames immediately after taking off from the Chamber of Commerce field. . Browne and Burleson left Post field early in the day and flew here. They were beginning the return journey when the accident occurred. Both bodies were charred beyond rec ognition. . Friends of the dead airmen, who were at the field to bid them good by jokingly remarked upon the fly ing qualities of the ship which was to be used on the return journey. Burleson is said to have replied: “This boat is nothing more than a coffin without handles.” Ten minutes later the shi pwas a blazing mass its two passengers were being a crisp. France Protests on ; Hun Officers Conduct BERLIN, July 19. —The .French charge d’affaires has protested to the German government against the ‘se rious incorrectness” of th© officer commanding the reichswehr company at yesterday’s ceremony of saluting the French flag, in permitting the soldiers to sing “Deutschland über alles” as they marched off after the salute. The protest points out that the conduct of the troops evoked dis agreeable demonstrations by the crowd. Bolshevik Emissary Is Ordered Deported I LONDON, July 19- —Santeri Nuor teva, who recently arrived in Eng land as the emissary of L. C. A. K. Martens, Russian Bolshivik repre sentative in the United States has been ordered deported, according to the Evening Standard and is now en route to Russia. Shoots Owl Attacking Law FREDERICK, Md.—Judge Glenn H. Worthington shot a large owl that had become a menace to pedestrians. About two weeks ago two owls took refuge in the tree in front of the house. A few nights later one of them attacked a young man and broke his straw hat. Another time the cap of Policeman Winpigler was nearly knocked from his head and several times later the birds attacked pedes trians, ; Little London Messenger Who Crossed Atlantic to Deliver Several Letters ft ' Lol ■ 1 I-'ll Sidney E. Richardson . Crossing the Atlantic to deliver several messages didn’t even raise a ripple in the young life of Sidney E. Richardson, a London district mes senger boy. Sidney, twelve years old, took his trip to New York as a matter of course, just the same as though he had been sent around the corner from the office in London. He bore a special message from a London contractor who wished to beat a business rival to the Ameri can customer. Young Richardson also brought several letters from members of the New York City ad ministration from London officials. Another was for the president of Yale from President Walton, of Man chester university. SHIPPING PACT IS MOMENTOUS FOR GERMANY HAMBURG, July 19.—(8y the As sociated Press.)—As further particu lars come to light regarding the agree ment between the Hamburg-American Steamship company and the Ameri can Ship and Commerce corporation, by which the former German trade routes are to be opened to Ameri can shipping, the belief is deepening in shipping and financial circles here that it constitutes one of the most momentous events for Germany since the war. Through It the Germans see the means of regaining touch with the putside world and an oppor tunity for Hamburg to re-establish a semblance, at least, of its former position as a great port. But apart from the commercial benefits expected, the Germans at tach much political significance to the agreement. This was emphasized today by Wilhelm Cuno, general manager of the Hamburg-American line, who In an Interview with the Associated Press, declared: “I call your especial attention to the fact that the agreement must not only be considered from a busi ness viewpoint, but must be regard ed as a trial at re-establishing good relations between the two countries. The way we have taken will be the only possible one to resume relations between Germany and foreign coun tries in the near future." Herr Cuno stated that the Spa conference supplied the “best proof that co-operation of nations cannot be effected by a victorious govern ment dictating decrees to a beaten government.” "The experience of our negotia tions with the United States con firms this,” continued Herr Cuno. “From the first day we took up dis cussions with the full knowledge that this first renewal of friendly re lations on an Important and vital point would have to be sincere and binding.” Herr Cuno said he was satisfied the agreement would prove a success, believing It would be the re-openlng of peaceful working relations be tween the two countries. It is understood there is no found ation for reports printed in German newspapers that American ships I would be placed at the Hamburg- I American line’s disposal. That a huge shipbuilding program is contemplated not only by the Hamburg-American company but by other German lines is evidenced by preparations now in progress. It is learned a meeting will be held this week between the principal shipbuild ing concerns and steel manufacturers to discuss the amount of material available in Germany for new con struction. It/ is believed if the conference discloses that sufficient material cannot be had, arrangements will be made to import American steel, which at the present rate of ex change, can be laid down cheaper than the German product. Meantime, on the lower end of Hamburg harbor, a new shipbuilding plant, which, it is said, is destined to be the largest in Europe, is near ing completion. The Hamburg- American line is one of the principal stockholders in this concern, which will begin operations within eight een days and facilities for quickly doubling its capacity. Cuban Senate Passes Bill For American Nations Hall WASHINGTON, July 19.—Passage by the Cuban senate of a bill ap propriating $200,000 towards '"the cost of a special hall o f the American nations to be built In connection with the permanent office at Havana of the international trade mark regis tration bureau was announced here today by Dr. Mario Diaz Irizar, di rector of the bureau. BIG PBLITIML WEEK FOB BOTH PARTIES HIS BEGUN IN OHIO Members of Both Commit tees Arrive for .Session. Harding to Be Notified of His Nomination Thursday COLUMBUS, 0., July 19.—Ohio? home of the two presidential candi dates, today entered upon Its first big political week of the campaign. Several members of the Democrat ic national committee arrived during the day for their first meeting hete tomorrow with Governor Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic nominees. Tomorrow’s meeting is expected to develop preliminary plans for the campaign. Members of the executive com mittee of the Republican national committee will meet here Wednes day preparatory to going to Marion Thursday for the Harding notifica tion ceremonies. Thousands of persons are expected in Marion Thursday when Senator Harding will be officially notified of his nomination, and to listen to his address, which is expected to be the keynote of the Republican cam paign. Members of the Democratic state committee will meet in Columbus to morrow morning to fix a date and place for the holding of the Dem ocratic state platform convention. COXIS ASKED BY HARDING TO STATE LEAGUE POSITION MARION, 0., July 19.—Assurance that the League of Nations will lead all other issues in the campaign, is seen by the advisers of Senator Harding in over-Sunday develop ments around the camp fires of the two big parties. The announcement in Washington that Governor Cox stands in perfect with Presdent Wilson is tak en here to mean a straightout plea by the Democratic party for vindi cation and perpetuation of the Wil son foreign policy a poll,cy against which Senator Harding and all of his lieutenants here are ready to make the fight of their political lives. Even before yesterday's White House conference was concluded, Senator Harding had conjectured this significance and outcome and had taken the aggressive in a public statement demanding that the “mys terious foreign commitments” em braced in the president’s program be outlined in detail so the American people might know what they were asked to support. AX the same time he gave assurances that the Repub lican party never would acept that program. Challenges Cox The senator’s statement called di rectly on Governor Cox to put him self on record in regard to Article ten ,the Armenian mandate and other subjects on which Mr. Wilson has found himself in conflict with the Republican senate and with some influential Democrats. The feeling in the Harding camp today was that the next move was up to the Demo crat nominee. The alacrity with which the league issue has come to the fore has caus ed manifest surprise at Harding’s headquarters here. Many of the sen ator’s close associates had not ex pected Governor Cox to take counsel wit hthe president at the outset of his campaign, nor to take any ag gressive measures to hold up the hands of the present administration, with which he has not been closely asociated. In that event they con sidered it possible that the league issue might be thrust more or less in the background for want of a di rect point of conflict between the two parties. So far, however, the other ordi narily important issues have failed to supply a paramount point of conflict and that circumstances is ex pected to help keep the league con troversy in the spotlight. The Hard ing managers are not unmindful that within their own party there is some division of opinion regarding the league, but they believe that on a direct issue of acceptance of the Wilson policy without the dotting of an “I” or crossing of a “t,” they can count on a united Republican front. They also are confident that such an issue will drive a wedge through Democratic solidarity and they do not propose to overlook any oppor tunity thus to carry the fight into the enemy’s territory. Senator Harding’s statement Senator Harding's statement fol lows: “The president and the Democratic nominee for his successor are. in conference today, and at the (con clusion it will inevitably be an nounced that they found themselves in complete accord, that harmony reigns and unity is established in the Democratic party. The signifi cance of that announcement will not be missed. There is just one way that one can establish accord between himself and the president —that is by yielding his own opinion at every point to that of the presi dent. When the nominee establishes accord with the president, it means that the latter is in charge of the campaign and will be the real force of the next administration, it it is Democratic. “Therefore, in connection with the announcement of harmony between the president and the Demcratic nom inee it will be pertinent to inquire the basis of the agreement. “The country is very anxious to know if an unqualified acceptance of the League of Nations program is agreed upon. “Second, has Governor Cox pledged himself to ratification of the treaty and league without essential modi fication? As to Article X “Third, has Article X been ac cepted? It has been repeatedly de clared that Article X is the heart of the treaty, and that to cut it out woujd ‘break the heart of the (Continued on Page 7, Column 4). ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1920. HARDING COMPLETES ACCEPTANCE SPEECH; TO TIKEJOBE REST Republican Nominee Will Be Formally Notified at His Home in Marion on \ Thursday MARION, Ohio, July 17.—Senator Harding gave his speech of adcept ance its final polishing tonight and then prepared for a day of complete rest from the arduous task of a com position which has occupied his at tention almost exclusively for a week. He planned to spend tomorrow very quietly and in the early days of the coming week to take more time for recreation. Since he began work on his address he has been out of doors scarcely at all, and the con finement has tried his nerves and taken away his coat of golf links tan. He said tonight he was feeling “tired and cross” from want of exercise. During today the senator worked again as in days gone by in close co operation with the composing room of his newspaper, the Marion Star, where his speech was put into type by installments for printing the ad vance copies that w’ill be distributed to the press. A relay of messengers carried copy and proof between the newspaper offices and the senator’s residence, and once he went downtown and paffi a visit of inspection to his composers. Speech Is Quite Long The speech, which will be delivered here next Thursday at the formal notification of his nomination for the presidency, exceeds in length the candidate’s expectations and will run well beyond thy? four-column limit he originally fixed. It has been pre pared with particular care, because he regards it as an important mile stone in his campaign and has en deavored to have it express compre hensively his stand on all of the im portant issues. With the speech out of the way the speculation of those close to the Republican nominee swung toward the possible significance of the meet ing tomorrow between his Democrat ic opponent, Governor Cox, and Presi dent Wilson. It was a persistent topic of conversation among the local Harding managers tonight, for they expected it to put the spotlight again on the League of Nations and per haps to show up more clearly what lines the campaign en tiwkt issue will follow. Senator Harding himself had noth ing to say about the conference, though he did not conceal his inter est in it. It was said that any public expression from him regarding the league or other important campaign issues probably would wait now until notification day. His close advisers are said to have counselled that course, especially regarding the league, urging that he stand on his recent statement that President Wil son had forced Governor Cox to take his cue on the treaty issue from the administration. Result of Conference The Harding partisans argue that the logical result of the White House conference will be to develop defi nitely whether Governor Cox will stand with the president regarding the league or with Democratic sena tors and others in the party who have advised ‘ acceptance of the Re publican reservations. They count on Mr. Wilson to use his influence for complete vindication of the adminis tration, and they take it for granted that those who disagree with the president, many of whom supported Governor Cox at San Francisco, will bring pressure to bear in the opposite direction. Whatever the decision, the Harding men declare, the result will be to widen the breach over the treaty within the Democratic party. They assert that the Republican candidate would profit if the Democratic nom inee either broke with the president or disappointed his advisers of op posite convictions. WILL HAYS TO ATTEND EXECUTIVE MEETING NEW YORK, July 17. —Will H. Hays, chairman of the Republican national committee will attend a meeting of the executive committee of the national committee at Colum bus, Ohio, next Tuesday morning, it was announced here today at the headquarters of the national com mittee. After attending the Senator Harding notification ceremonies in Marion, Mr. Hays will spend a week at Chicago it was stated. Chicago Man Shot by Woman Who Afterward Kills Self With Pistol CHICAGO, July 19.—Julius Jonas, brother-in-law of Leo Feist, New York music publisher, was near death here today, the victim of a clandestine lov ewlth Miss Pauline Meglitseh, thirty-six years old, who committed suicide after shooting Jonas while they were in her home Sunday morning. Jonas early today was reported in a critical condition. The bullet sev ered his optic nerve. “He said he loved his wife and family more than he did me and that he was through with me,” Miss Meglitseh explained in a note ad dressed “to the public,” explaining her act. Jonas left his home Saturday os tensibly on a business trip to Kan sas City. He paid a “farewell” visit to Miss Meglitseh before his train was due to leave. He intended it to be his last visit with his “soul mate.” Jonas explained he was de tained until after train time and ar ranged to spend the night in the Meglitseh home. Early Sunday morning Miss Meg litsch' came into his room, fired a bullet into his head as he lay asleep, and turned the weapon on herself. Jonas’ outcries aroused Miss Meg litsch’s sister, Helen, and her moth er, and they notified authorities. Mrs. Jonas kept vigil over her husband all last night. “Os course we will stand by my'husband,” she said. “He has been good to us.” Be fore he was taken to the operating room, she forgave him. Jonas and his wife were recently reconciled after Mrs. Jonas sued for separate maintenance. SKETCHING CLIFF DWELLINGS ACROSS canyons in Zion National park, six miles wide, by means of high powered field glasses, is the new form of art introduced here by Miss Dora Mon tague, local University of Utah girl, former war nurse. Miss Montague is seen posed on an abyss 1,506 feet deep. Six miles away from her. as reproduced by the telephone camera, in a niche of the rock is a cliff dwelling which men of this age never have been able to reach. The pretty artist brings it near to her eyes with her long-distance glasses and by her skill reproduces on her can vas the ancient ruins in the cleft of the rock. ST' ■ CITIZENS OF CORK ATTACK SOLDIERS; 60 TO 70 INJURED CORK, July 19. — (By the Asso ciated Press.) —Two militarf lorries loaded with soldiers, which passed through the streets of Cork at 3 o’clock this morning, were attacked by civilians with boijibs and blown up. Between sixty anfUseventy sol diers were injured. The civilians threw twenty-nine bombs. This city was in a state of terror last, night as a result of street fighting, which broke out after a bayonetting incident in the street, in which a former soldier was killed. About 10 p. m. indis criminate firing started in virtually all sections of the city. The casual ties reported up to this morning were one dead and fourteen wounded. The firing, which was participated in, it is stated, by military patrols tn motor lorries and armored cars, caused consternation. Frightened women and children hurried into side streets and doorways. Volun teer patrols went to their assistance, but several young girls and former soldiers already had been hit by fly ing bullets. The rush of civilians from the principal streets was followed by the volunteers, who warned the people to lie down while the volunteer guards watched the movements of the ar mored cars. After midnight the streets were comparatively quiet, with the milita ry patrolling them. There was occa sional firing up to 2 o’clock this morning, however, the patrols once in a while letting go a volley. Publishers Elect 68 New Members At Asheville Meeting ASHEVILLE, N. C., July 19.—Six ty-eight newspaper men were elected members of the Southern Newspa pers’ Publishers’ association at the opening session here today of its eighteenth annual convention. This number is equal to the total mem bership of the association at the time of its first meeting in Asheville eight een years ago. Aside from election of new mem bers, the main business on today's program was the address by Presi dent James H. Allison, of Fort Worth, Tex., this morning. „ Following the hearing of reports, the convention was addressed by H. N. Kellogg, of the Associated News paper Publishers’ association, who spoke on the labor problem, and Wal ter G. Bryan, publisher of the New York American, who led a discussion on five-cent dailies, ten-cent Sun days and nine-column paged papers. Discussion of the wood pulp situa tion was scheduled to follow an ad dress on the subject at the afternoon session by E. A. Sherman. Belgium Consents to Exhume Americans WASHINGTON, July The Belgian foreign office has informed the American embassy at Brussels that the Belgian government has consented to the exhumation of the bodies of American soldiers buried in Belgium. The exhumation is to begin not earlier than October 1, 1920. Some of the bodies will be re turned to the United States while the others will be placed in the perma nent cemeteries in France. Scentist Isolattes • Yellow Fever Germ SAN SALVADOR, July 19.—Dr. Salvador Peraita Lagos, a prominent Slavadorean bacteriologist, who has been conducting a series of investi gations here- on victims of yellow fever, has isolated the micro-organ ism of that malady, according to an announcement. Memphis Union Is Trying to Settle Strike of Firemen MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 19.—With 300 state militiamen barracked in the city, Memphis entered the fifth day of the firemen’s strike today withj interest centered on a general meeting of labor union leaders call ed for tonight. Talk of a general sympathetic strike has been growing for the last few days and it is believed this will be the chief topic of discussion at tonight’s meeting, which will be at tended by officials and business agents of every union in Memphis. The two companies of local guardsmen, which have been held in readiness since the firemen walked out, were reinforced yesterday by a company of 100 infantrymen from Nashville and a machine gun com pany of fifty men from Knoxville. Soldiers marched through the streets with fixed bayonets and slept last night in temporary at the courthouse. Thus far there has been no trou ble in connection with the stride and local union leaders have shown eag erness to end It by compromise. These leaders declared today that they do not believe there will be a general strike. THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL r(V FROM NOW rAc 3v TO JAN Ist. 3u ( The National Conventions of both the Demo cratic and Republican Parties have met and nomi nated a candidate for president. Now comes the campaign between these two parties trying to convince the people that their candidate is the best. There will be some “hot times” in these United States for the next three months. Keep up with them by reading The Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal. We will now send it to you. More Than 5 Months 50c This will pay your subscription till after the national elec tions in November, giving you all the campaign news as well as the results of the election. We are making a special offer to send The Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal to you from now until January 1, 1921, for only 50c. SEND YOUR 50c TODAY If you wish to secure your subscription without cost to you send us four new subscribers at fifty cents for this offer and we will send you The Tri-Weekly Journal till January Ist, 1921, for your trouble. THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, Atlanta, Ga. Here is 50c enclosed, for which send me THE TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, from now until January 1, 1921. Name R. F. D P. 0.. State MACON PASSES AUGUSTA IN NEW CENSUS FIGURES WASHINGTON, July 19.—Revised figures given out by the census bu reau this morning give Macon,-Ga., a population of 52,995 against 52,525 as previously announced and which was*ju»t 23 less than the 1920 pop ulation of Augusta, Ga. The gain for Macon under the revised figures is 12,330, or 30.3 per cent. Unless revised figures for Augusta virtually equal those for Macon, the standing of the two cities will be reversed. Other figures given out today fol low : i Henderson, Ky., 12,169, increase of 717, or 6.3 per cent. Millville, Fla., 1,887. St. Andrews, Fla., 1,310, increase of 635, or 94.1 per cent. Huerta Has Authorized Committee on Petroleum MEXICO CITY, July 19.—Pro visional President de la Huerta has authorized the formation of a con sulting branch of the department of industry, commerce and labor for the Handling of matters relative to pe troleum. During May and June revenues de rived from the exportation of pe troleum were the highest ever record ed in this country, amounting to nearly 4,000,000 pesos. WILSON IND CM ARE IN ACCORD ON LEAGUEOFNATIONS President, iwminße and Roosevelt Issue Harmony Statements Fo 110 wingThei r Meeting in Washington WASHINGTON, July 19. —Unity of opinion on the League of Nations in particular, and the Democratic plat : form in general, was acclaimed by ; President Wilson and Governor Cox I in statements published today treat . ing of yesterday’s conference at the I White House. President Wilson’s statement said ’ he and the party nominee “were ab ; solutely at one with regard to the great Issue of the League of Na tions” and that Mr. Cox “is ready to be the champion in every respect of the honor of the nation and the secure peace of the world.” Governor Cox, in summarizing the results of the conference, said it brought out that hv and the president “are agreed as to the meaning and sufficiency of the Democratic plat form and the duty of the party in the face of threatened bad faith to the world in the name of America.” Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Demo cratic candidate for vice president, who also participated in the con ference which lasted about an hour, said “splendid accord” was shown in the conversations between Mir. Wil son and Mr. Cox. Party leaders here expressed sat isfaction today over the results of the fifty-hour visit of Governor Cox to the capital. In addition to the conference with President Wilson, the nominee saw a number of sen ators, representatives and other offi cials .before departing for Columbus late yesterday. , Text of Statements The statement issued by the presi dent follows: “The interview was in every re spect most satisfactory and gratify ing. I found what I indeed already knew and what Governor Cox has let the whole world know in his speeches, that he and I were absolutely at one with regard to the great issue of the League of Nations and that he is ready to be the champion in every respect of the honor of the nation and the secure peace of the world. Governor Cox will have the vigorous support of an absolutely united party and, I am confident, also of an ab solutely- united nation.” Governor Cox’s statement said: “From every Viewpoint the meet ing was delightful. The president was at his best, recalling any detail inquired about as bearing upon the international situation and*enliven ing the whole conference with a hu morous anecdote now and then ia his old-time characteristic way. We-are agreed as to the meaning and suffi ciency of the Democratic platform and the duty of the party in the face of threatened bad faith to the world in the name of America. His thought is still of the war and the pledges we gave to those who sacri ficed. One easily sees that as the leader of the nation who asked for our sons and our resources upon a very distinct understanding and ob ligation, he is resolved that the faith shall be kept. To this his thought and life are dedicated. ’What he promised, I shall, if elected, endeavor with all my strength to give.” Mr. Roosevelt’s statement said: “I wish that every American could have been a silent witness to the meeting between these two great men. Their splendid accord, and their high purpose are an inspira tion. I need only add that my re gret in leaving my post under Presi dent Wilson is softened by the knowledge that my, new commander in-chlef will be his wholly worthy successor.” GOV. UOX ARRIVES IN COLUMBUS, OHIO COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 19.—Gov ernor Cox, who conferred with Pres ident Wilson yesterday in Washing ton, arrived in Columbus at ‘7:45 o’clock this morning, prepared/ to work on matters of state business to day and to meet with the Democratic national committee tomorrow. Massachusetts Mayor Will Seek Reopening Os Woolen Mills There LAWRENCE, Mass., July 19—Due to the serious industrial situation here, William M. Wood, president of the American Woolen company, will confer with Mayor William H. White today in an attempt to work out some solution. Fifteen thousand employes « American Woolen company Ji-v --been out of w-ork for several weeks, following the shutting down of four plants here. Mayor White terized the situation, as “grave.” He planned to ask Mr.'Wood to reopen the plants on a part time basis, at least. The city council was to meet today to consider the situation and try to find some means for ralief of fami lies suffering from lack of funds. Lightning Causes Disastrous Blaze MERIDIAN, Miss., July 19.—Dur ing a thunderstorm today lightning struck the furniture store of F. A. Hulett & Company, in the heart of the business district, setting the building on fire and entailing a loss variously estimated from $35,000 to $50,000 to building and contents, flees in Charlotte, N. C. An August HEALS SfOMA-CH TROU- BLE AND TAPE WORM AT HOME A sample home treatment which gives quick and lasting relief in all forms of stomach trouble, Including tape worms or other worms, is being supplied to sufferers by Walter A. Reisner, Box C-64, Milwaukee, Wis. He is so confident of results that he guarantees absolute satisfaction in every case or there Is no charge for the treatment. 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