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THE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES 26th Year Florence, S. C. Saturday Afternoon, April 17, 1920. $6.00 a year. WOODRUFF GIRLS ( DOWN FLORENCE ! IN GOOD GAME LL . . _ Up Country Team Wins The State’s Cham pionship IN BASKET BALL Lassies From The Hills Took Early Start In The Game. ATTACKED OFFICERS WITH A FOOT ADZ IF'CE mmm NEGRO KILLED AT SALTERS YES TERDAY DURING WHISKEY RAID. 8 STILLS CAPTURED. Wlion officers entered his home in Williunisbur^ couniy, In the Salters section, yesterday to search for con traband whiskey,. Willie Matthews, who is described as ;u powerful n<> gro man, attacked them with a foot adz, and was shot and killed by W. iVI. Dor •h, a recently’ appointed pro hibition agent, who was engaged In bis first raid. The negro was calm until Hie of-! Woodruff, Spartanburg county high |j t . ers started to look behind a trunk ; school Rifls 1 wa lhed away with l' 10 i 1(J imd ftoveral gallons of block State cliampionBbip basketball t i,le [ j,,!,. w i,iskey (tinceaied. The officer, I on the University of South Carolina | rano(1 lo locate t | 1(i ptui, the wife of j court last night by winning from Hoi i jj ie | lian tieeing before they could ar-j once, the low country contestants, by j ros ^ | ier> a score of AZ to 21. The lasses from | Urohibition Agents Doroh and Cole; the hills took an early start and had man were in the house when the ne- i the ‘-ame sewed up before the end gro attacked them, and both were 1lj( . (irst half. Florence at no 1 struck on the army by the negro. 1-or-: ; tunatelv the blows were glam lug i nd| time was able to stop the s.eady has- : ltil . lkU(J oaly fk . sh wounds. Their keting of the Woodruff players and ! escape from death was narrow. ^ was forced to remain far in the rear I Detectie Eiehelberger had gone into! during the entire contest. Florence the yard to intercept the man's wife j - won the stat.i diamplonship here one v.-iio lie saw approaching the house, l vear ago from Clint in. 1 ,)Ut hearing the shots hastened back ' u;,!lowers of the cage game” were to the house. The negro came run-! MUTUAL COMPANY STRIKERS RAPIDLY l 1 REELECTS OFFICERS A A A A rm m Ml & V? kmm. mm ■ ft m BH ized •cntly, Th siplete women s patrol of the Lomloii po fern; lc Doliliics look after woiuc.i atid Mm ill of the war and was organ- ami children, 'especially. FINANCE RUIN given two good contests during the evening, and if any of those present went away without being completely satisfied, they may never expect to get tw 0 l)it K worth of amusement. Woodruff began such a barrage of goal shooting from the very first of ning cut and fell dead at his feet. in Wednesday's and Thursday's raids in Williamsburg county the o,- licers named above assisted by Sher iff Graham and Deputy Sheriff Cock- field seized seven stills, 2<mi g illons of beer and four gallons of blockade WILL BE RESULT GERMANY FACEC, riSASTEn -UN LESS PEOPLE REEOR i LIVING METHODS. COMMENCE MEN TO VISIT LAKE CITY CHARGE PREMIER WITH MURDER COUNTY INSURANCE COMPANY HAS NEARLY A MILLION IN FORCE. j _ t At a. recent meeting of the stock-, holders of the JNorence County Farm ers Mutual Fire Insurance company t ie present corps of officers were tin- 1 animously reelected, and extended a vote of thank.,- for the efficient man-, mv in which (he affair s - of the com pany had been managed The com pany has in force in tills county now nearly a million dollars in insurance which has cost the policy holders' less than $4 tier thousand per year. The stockholders also voted to mala* an assessment each year to he carried to a surplus fund in order to lake caie whatever losses they might have without having lo wait and make and collect the assess ments before a loss could be paid. In ibis manner losses are immediate- ly adjusted. RETURN TO WORK, SERVICE IMPROVE! Speedy End Of The Walk out Seems As- sured. MEN LOSE INTEREST Amount Of Traffic Handle Is Increasing On All Lines. STREET UNDERPiSS SURVEY- COMPLETED INVITATION BY SECRETARY HODGES. JURY HOLDS Ll.YOD GEORGE I E | SPONSIBLE FOR ASSASINA- RAILROAD SURVEYORS COM PLETE PRELIMINARY WORK. ACTIBE OPERATION SOON COMMENCES. Kp- edy termination of the transport tatioa Heap by the 'unaulliiorizec strikes of railroad employes seetn« assured today. Switchmen, yardmen and other employes of the Pennsyl-; vanln, Reading and Haltimore ant! Ohio railroad:' r< turned to work nn- cPr order-: of their strike leaders In' the distrii t from Washington to Bos ton. Men are returning rapidly in; t'.' N'ew York d is trice. Reports! i m a I sections, of the country Indicate that the swing hack to work 's gaining rapidly. This wa rn'le* t d both in the increased amount of traffic handled and the loss of enthusiasm for strike is af pa roc t in the attitude of -many of the strikers. « Financial 'and An confronts fler- Hodg invit .tion , secretary snooting iioui ne- *'•.> , i , , . ihe nlavmg that the Florence girls whikoy. Warrants have been sworn were lost for a few minutes. This con out for the arrest of six men and one lest although somewhat one sided, woman, all ot them being negro-s. was exciting enough for the most In Darlington county yesterday the placid onlooker and was replete with officers discovered amt destroyed' brills Manv hard and difficult shots! ancther still, making eight for the were'made bv plavers on both sides, | three days work. iDeteetive Kielicl- t his being especially true of Wood-; berger states that the prospects are, ...v The first half ended with ; that his record tor stills will surpass Woodruff 24 and Florence 2. During I that of last year in which he capiur- the second period the low country ed more than a hundred, girls played a much better game, but were never any real danger to Wood | ruff. Miss Gray Shows Skill Following up her good playing; Thursday night. Miss l-ldna Gray even surpassed this performance last night. Her playing was undoubtedly ihe best ever exhibited to basketball followers here This young woman made 29 points during the game, many shots being from difficult an gles. She was followed next in line by Mis s Leola McKee with 16 points. j n !!UMVC i t., the’rail of a number Stars for Florence were Miss Belva I n j> 4 .jf j Z on's. as pub'isiicd in ye.sieday's Haynesworth and Miss Ray Ander-1 u a i|y Tim-*-, a nnss m • ding was son. The contest developed man y j held at the court house last night fouls, the majority on the {jj,d the Florence Overall Club was Woodruff players, but Florence fail-, (liily nrganizeo Tim butting was ed to utilize this score making rouU ' | c-a lrd n order and Senator I;. Go:- to any great extent. don Raker wan eitM-tcd chairman, ile Woodruff will be presented fh . <0 , )j( , (! of th ,, meeting aiid the Carolina silver trophy cup ^y 11 ’® j called for discussion university extension in a short time nenry F. navi-: <t* cd ib -l tlie for having won state, honors. > Bei’iit, April F economical collupsf many within u year if tin* pimple do Ru not icalize the situation of Hit* coun- (o try and reform their methods of liv- fp i-me Cham her ing, Treasury Minister Wirt, declared visit Lake City v., ei I Lake City Chamber of ( om.m r o murder were brought SOUTHERN GROWN “SWEET” SUPERIOI OVERALL CLUB ORGANIZES HERE FLORENCE OVERALL CLUB OR- 1 GANIZED AT MASS MEET ING LASTNIGHT bcfoiv the national assembly. ACTION AGAIN DELAYED W ediinnu.n, April IT -Action the resolution looking to the peaciiment ot fant ti'ertL p , t nuij be delayed a week. EXTENDED H. R. TION IN IRELAND. The railroad engineers were here — . one day this week and made a sur- Cork. April 17. Charge;, of wilful vey of the track at‘the Clieeves street, aailnst rremler Lloyd Geor; u ‘" ssibg and completed all prelimi nary work and active operations will (onimenee at once on the underpass the officers and diroitor s of thei the jury in the inquest into the death a t i;, a , point. i — of Coinnio.e.‘ t- ; () |' Mayor MacCnrtain who was assas- h he raiivi ad v.lli first erect an NORTHERN LUNCHES WILL FEA' overhead bridge at ibis point after TURE EXCELLENCY OF THE wi ;.:h the eity authorities will take POTATO. SAYS BENTON over (he work and complete the un- YOUNG accepted, contingent upon the pica;-] MAKE CLEAN SWEEP ' ,0l ' ,iai,s ' Th,s v ’ 111 a m,,ch m ‘ R ' 1 ' tire and action of the director.ile. l»y i rc morning by the cal organization. ived Cos i .dnated in March. S3i retarv of t he lo-! - — The invitation was; COLBY’S EROOM WILL « < d Was f J ) 15) v GALL FOR THE STATE DEMOCRATS TO MEET on th<> secretary, who extended also a , im- return visit from tlu> Lak > City body, j Mz. George A. Adye. president of be Lake ;'ity liotly-, lias also wiitten - ' 1 he Florence Cliainber of Commerce; t. ting that Florence and Lake City; ho aid unite to compose a Florence county exblbit for the state fair. He: »urges tliesc tw,, cities should com ! biro and make up a creditable die- j play of tlie resources of the i iuntry. 1 oml the FlonJico; king on April 17 , i‘',-i i t cl.iy t!r> Ihe State d partment. improvement and will „ . .■mi. hcciou.iv l j on ()n j.; vans street, riargani/a-. _ , . " loa, y la ' The recently organized Plante '' l,1,:,te l,n ' 1 '«'nges- produce and Storage Company ha mapped out plans to market Florene SALESMEN MEET ON THE HOTEL PROJECT Tlie liuke City t ( hambers also are agreed on a co- operative plan to boost for better, Af leant 150 traveling men, within t Flatcr.ce Tirr.es Bureau, Wyatt A, roads in Flore;n.ce^ vomity._ Just as a radius of CO mil is of Florum.'J Taylor. Ccrrsspcndent. soon as sWfffi ' fmnredf.lte'ly 'pressing j F.. A call for the mati-ors are dispatched the roads qucs.j l )(> tion will be taken up actively and 1 vigorously. county grown sweet potatoes tl will mean much to the South as well as to themselves. T. B. Young, presl di-nt of the new company, expecti to effect connections with some ot tlie big New York department store that serve lunches, which will enable - him t ( , demonstrate to the North th< . Kir . 1JE . superiority of the Southern grov TEL h^ HE sweet potato. TO ACCEPT PRESIDENCY DOES NOT SEEK NOMINA TION, HOWEVER. “It. secm s fittin; ir having won state, onors. _ ^ . q v , ., j i, t « w:i> .mere Few sideline features were offered Jy ^ , t ,, sl lh( ist niglit. othei uni ( "lliigh <c:.t oY living and while the ijuads of universi . s. • • ! ( .j> cl.ithiiig liad advanced mil last squads of un.vcrsi.y "“T | price of , l-,thing had a.lvamed out supporting the >t «l! rearen and there was e.mr the other the low country represenia lives. , Following is the lineup and sum- jnary: Columbia, Apri 1..--A Democratic Club :, whic-lt are" tii held throughout the stale on Ftu- day, April 24. is today sent t > aT county Democratic chai.-meu by Ash ley, Tobias, Jr., of Columbia, secre tary of the state Democratic execu tive committee. Mr. Tobias has writ ten a letter to each count chairman, reminding hint of the date for the club meetings and making certain suggestions as to the county election machinery. Tlie county conventions \yill be HAPPY REUNION WAR VETERANS that 1 should say would' ho hc:e tonight were th;y t () you, my friends, that my whole certain of finding accotntnodbtiaiu» life has been devoted to the service ti,.., ....... .., nu . .var country, and. while in no sense .« ‘"J »'“““♦ . ° ‘ seeking Lite presidential nomination ard McLendon, rounty agent, a! I fee} tiiat no patriotic American * s assisting. F. L. Harkey, of the South Caro lina Imreau of markets, and Ge K. 1’rinco, extension hortieulturalli both from Clemson college, are operating with the officers of the company in realizing the plans. ciMmt. 'i ci cLiitatgrce this morniu . t t< i as a conservative estimate Tut. i- men vveuid spend the v. el. lead noi'c, it tiiey could find comfort the people, and lost over buaday, they stated Woodruff (65) Gray McKee Pearson Garrett Swiut Grow SubstYtutes: Florence (21) PARTING AT BIEfl OF FALLEN COMRADE !N .-LANCE MEET AGAIN AT DINNER TAELE HERE evidence of profiteering between the cot t '(it pi'o:!uction and the retail price, the same thing applied in a like manner to almost every other Tile meet in-, was •row and ( astle for Switit. Referee, Van Meter. Scorer, Foy. Umpire, Rich. Timekeeper, Henning. says Union Heads Are Responsible Haynesworth' article, citing shoe ; an example. Anderson lie thought a hare.hior c.i.h or a hu.- Keefe less club would be almost as appro Farmer prhue. However, be wa s ia favor Shipp of joining any movement that would King reduce the H. ('. L. for Kva He was follow ul by Mr. 1!. S. Ro!;‘ : who stated tlmt the high co-l of liv ing was the result of “high living'’ and that our people hud gone wild on p spending craze, citing exam- ph s whew prices mid been rais .1 without any appanr.t cause and the public had s.nbmiucd witliout a J imirmur of nr) st or ■„ letting up in 4 _ : buying. Mr Dakar slated that he For Labor Conditions j ; hougiit it vo t'd b- i xtravagant to buy overall t, ci:,. a-diug old clothes Topi’ka, April 16—Responsibi'ity whlyh might It - uti ized to better ad- or labor conditions m the Kansas i vantage. He favored th haying of •eal fields has been placeal on thr i m w overalls only wke i it was abso- \merican Federation of Labor Lyj lately t tcess.. •>• to discard the pres- ’overnor \ll?n, who said the orga | ent supply of old clothes now on fixation labor officials are lighting t<t, hand. K) jd thoir offices and net for the pro J Tue question was discussed pro cction of tiie workmen. * | :,,!j ' on - * ■ > _ rit" tact that Hie price of overalls DID NOT^^^ISURE UP | had increased proportionately with j the prices of other articles was forci Governor Ge^mal Dismisses Under- h'.v brought out. Sheriff Burch had fVftretary Vincent Morente | denned a. brand new suit of overalls ' i for which he paid $7.5t). The same Manila April 17—Vincent Mor overalls a few years ago sold for less held in all the county seats oh May Jrd. The state convention ineels oi May 19th. ■ ’ Mr. Tobfa’s letter to the county Iliad lo come - chairmen follows: i Meeting as si ranger.-; at tin mill 1 the primely view of ''I am taking i(u« liberty of re tary l.ier of a dearly beloved captain uhscri.jt! ens, hut evincin minding you (hat nndor the rules of ami boyhood fritmi just behind the {>., i]) . prepoitfon one oi tin Dm Democratic I’arty the clubs are tiring ]tn > in Fiance Dm day b.‘fore, prominent of the salesmen to meet for re-organization oh the Dm a ,:ni.stice was signed, and parting yi.ooit ti fourth Saturday in April, which this v . iDu ui 1 year falls on ihe 24th. it is not like : a , ,.j;- ly, of course, that this will he over- 1 (. i,) locked by you. but it is a matter of,, great imiHutance, ar.d ample notice, should’be given to the vresldents of j tlie clubs in your county so tiiat they nay designate and give notice of tlie | could decline t () serve in that high position if called upon to do so by ing his hand at bis P*»y says the Nt a .. Florentines, by demonstrating to iniDwi, and the new'hotel they s.uu q-Vits statement was made last them new ways of preparing an .would a.-muio Mcrcnce of probably night by Gen. Pershing at a recep- serving 'the .‘weet potato. One l ltd traveling men every nignt. ti<m tendered him at the Hotel Wash- IDs most popular receips is a c| j On moiiou of ivlr. N. Al. Low ranee, ington by the Nebraska Society, and died sweet potato, resembling ver ULomtei! by Mr. Henry ti. Wes sing- followed suggestions by preceeding sweet votato growers, while raisinfl rr, i/u' meet'iig went unanimously speaker;; that he is Nebraska's “fuv- pared for a pie, served with grateY Oil ieeoiM as ( luloising Dm mw liu- <>rite son” for the presidential nomi- parched peanuts sprinkled over it. tel p! eject and consldei tug it a spic i i»a ,ion - * “The Southern grown sweet pot .lid investment. I Pershing also expressed his , 0i *> states Mr. Young, after extensive views, as a Nebraskan, tis to labor'j nV pstjg a t.ion through the South and the North, “is not called with , . soliciting stock au : a^'.cmtura problems. the North, “is far superior to t| i le-ir r ui ii * , ’ ah " r ln Nebraska is especially North( , rn g ro wn sweet potato. Oh ' ' • honorable," he said, “and the labor- pota , ha8 m0 re candy and Is mor a- n * ma, ' th ®r® in >eld in high es- |ne||(|W than the Nor thern potato.” tooK-tpf.ni. Through his intelligence, he *■ ... , i --- sl,J ek. and Uie majority of occupies an important place in the ' k'couung maittaitit: (1. to meet j (t|.ise pieiienl stat 'd they would take >■- «•. _i„.i —aweet community. He is not carried away t ter , S' rgL i.ouis ml funner Harkey states New ptato growers, while uiDi In i nils around a dinner j stock in it. The suberiplions of the by vague or idle thcorie. of in Florence a year and a half Mtuveling met; are exptrt-'d to jmt ment and does not follow is Th< unieite record of former| the taL.l »ales over the $2i!(),000 revolutionary’ leaders. Nebraska la . maintains a sane and patriotic own us '*' Jers ralsint the Jersey yam for the market, plat a patch of Nancy Hall. Porto Rica or other Southern variety, for the E. Draue, of Savannaii, 1 mark, lieut'iiant Frank li., Imr I.,uvl.iit ottiit., tttiu |it.tttmtt. . . —, _. attitude towards our Institutions and ’ r,1B Phuilm’s Produce and Stoi designate and give notice of the j nt ' t .1 HOTEL STOCK ’^ dH f eve . r 1 r f Uy t to dpf t ? n ^ ‘ he ! 11 ' wRh^^GOo'naTd^inuTerect acl ii,.,,, .,.,,1 ..i,,,.,, ti.„ | Ihe stoty (ommims circumslnncfs ... „ „, _ It is io» all of us to see that he lie "'tn 5_f>.uou pant in, to creti u i-i 'Piito as unaktial as they are unfqlte.i CONTINUES SELLING always receive s - the consideration due n f sweet potato curing and stori its culminuticn was in the visit of him and his family, and that he be houses in this section, and to Mr. ?bane t > his sister, Sir/.. W'alka’! NEW HOTEL PROJECT CONTINUES not allowed to suffer in competition through its marketing plans. It wife o.' the S a retary of TO GAIN MOMENTUM— ' vitl > cheaper labor in 0 i' from foreign also conduct a pedigreed seed b; Al “As also you know, the county con j vent ion will meet at your county seat, on the first Monday in May, which ( tin's year falls on the ;ird, and to (•l- Johnson STOCKHOLDERS TO MEET which convention should be elected jibe Florem'■ Cltauther 61 Commerce. 1 $ from the Clubs one delegate for every! Jhivin g the dijiner, the conver:."*,-. — twenty-five members In the Club, ant'tion turned to expi ti'-nces at flmj Despite rain yesterday anti Sat- one delegate for a majority fraction J front, a number of v t rans of the unlay s business interferring will; thereof, based upon Dio number ot war being present, wearing tlie bat ; the stock sale s of the hotel project. nte. under /crelary of common . . IU ,.,*1, dismissed by the Governm ien'-ral because be had net lived up than $2.00 Tlie motion that the Florence Over all Club be organized and that the tin- standard of propriety and high members of the c’.ub be required t fiiided care required of government fficials. THE FAD SPREADS wear overalls ;ities on Western Coast Overall Clubs six days in every week donning th'> bit:.' denims Mon day, April 26th and keeping on tlie garb through Oct. 1st was passed. Rooks of mcml-erslnp were then Organize opened and the following are the | charter membfis (f the dub. I More tocome MAROONED IN ITALY San Francisco. April 17 -The vogue f overalls for business men was t , av spreading throughout Ihe I’aciht'i cist from California to Van Couv< r American .Ambacrador i Victim s ii protest against the high cost ot ^ tne General Strike ^ American Ambassador Johnson it WILL PREACH IN OVERALLS marooned somewhere in north-ui Italy as a result of tile general strike 'irginia Methodist Church Paster votes polled in the first primary of the preceeding election year. “At the county convention dele gates t Q the state convention must be. elected, each county to lie entitled) to as many delegates as double the number of ft* members in tlie Gen eral Assembly, and one of the dele tion should lie named by the county gates so elected to the state ennven- convention as a member on the com mittee of Credentials. The state con vention will meet in Columbia on tlie third Wednesday in May, which this years fa!7% 0 n the 19th. “At, soon as your county conven tion lias elected its delegates to the state convention, will you be so kind as to immediately forward to this of fice the list of these delegates, so that a temporary roll of (lie state convention cxiC be at once made up? In the event, of course, that you de cline re-e.l& tion a^ county chairman. , I will be obliged if pou will pas s . this letter to your successor and see that this list is forwarded to me prompt ly." oN SWITCHMEN IN FLORIDA I* JOIN STRIKERS RANKS / 1 Jacksonville, April 17.—Switchmen on tiie entire Florida Fast Coast rail way system walked out at noon yes terday. ton c.f tiie. American Legion. SgL "pprcxiinaD ly $2(10,000 was reported Druue lirp-genett to refer to the. d at it j in band at noo if today at the office of Ins captain, Theodore Rav mi "I, (if. ot' the Chamber of 'Commerge. Charleston, y. C.. and the esteom in ytilihtly more than $20,000 worth of which Itis command, tii<> kltfih ma-itlie flock lias been placed sine; lands.' Three ness. BURNED TO DEATH i I ' EXPERTS MUCH RAIN Men Die in Fire Boat House m Ohio May To Be Cool. Says Dutch We*th» er Prophet. chine gun battalion, held him. j Thursday niglit, when $177,200 worth “Was (’apt. Rave.nel your com- of tlie stock was subscribed in the maitder?” ragerly ; sked Lieut. Rain ; mass meeting, well. ; j Stockholders to Meet “Yes,” replied Sgt. Drano. . “Did; Very probably a Ineeting of tlie you know him?’’. , , stockholders finis far enrolled in tlie| ‘He and I were boyhood friends,’ project will l o called during Hi. I soared itogMher,” stated Barnwcdi. | camii g week. T here are several mat "Do vmt remember the man who tors < f Materia! importance pending came up to him after he was dead lot tiie at .ion of thestockholders.j am: m-,’; d for his ring to take to his Continue Sales wife?” j R< ginning Monday morning, a “Y. s" rep'ied Drano. “And you strong sales organization will make 1 wore the i rin. Well, do you remtm- an intensive drive to plaoe tho rm her the man who was standing by muinder oi the stock. The' euntpaign the pre-.iclter when you came up?, will be sbert. but is expected to be That was me!’’ Lieut. Barnwell wa in Can try. ('art. Rave ml was kHUd early tha morning o'' Nov. in, 191S. just the day before the armistice was signed, while he and a party were reron- nnltering in advance <.> the batalion. Y!i»y sfumltled right into the Get- Fort Clinton. O'.. April 17—Three i W. 1*. Houseal, the Dutch Weathe .'mn, were bunted to death and two Rrophet, bolds out little hope for no seriously burned in a fire in the Mat l,,a * temperatures generally for tl thews boat plant here. The men remainder of April. He said yeSt i were visiting yachtinen who «•'»'<• * n calling attention to the isle. r> in a boat house. were. fication of his February forecast excessive precipitation would invad -I. C’l r*-. t, . tlie South Atlantic states during Dr. olKCS J O Preach spring. Rain is to occur twice a w« T'lAtnnrrow according to his latest forecast, xicie xuiuunuw jnR Avrll Thfi noxt area of .. ,, .. ’ is imminent and will prevail withll Dr. F. \\. Sikes, president of < <>• ker College, will spend Sunday !r. Florence and will preach at both the the the next three days. It is also his cast that unseasonably cool weathe will prevail at varying periods morning and evening services al May especially about the middle < F'rst Baptist church. Dr. Mar- j| |e month. Peculiar atmospheric condltlc however, will preserve the fruit cf and vegetables from serious danu i tin, pastor of the clttirch is. condm I ing a meeting in Cliai'leston. I very succor, j^l. with the322rdi A mo ting for Die members of the l Stock sales organization ;vi!l lie held Monday morning, 10 o’clock, in the office' of the Chamber of Commerce. LABOR BOARD BEGINS ITS WORK SUSTAINS HEARST Strong for Movement WANT NO FENCE LAW Portsmouth, Va., April 17 The U< v Bartow. Fla... April 17- A confer- Denton pastor of the Elm Avenue cnee is being held here between cat- M (thodist church 'announced that lm tie raisers and citrus and truck grow- wnttld preudt in overa’la tomorrow if (is to decide on « draft for a no lie can obtain pair. t _ ^ 11 c • DANGER TO EGBERT'S . GOVERNMENT PASSES Paris, April 17.yThe danger of new uprisings against the Ebert govern ment apparently has passed, accord ing to Berlin advices. man line, In n fog, of their location, were supposed f > In* far H’ dr nctuat position. THE WEATHER L* loro knowing The Germans. ahoad of SUPREME COURT DISMISSES MO TION OF THE SHIPPING BOARD. TAKESUP QUESTION OF WAG!; DEMANDS OF TWO MILLION WORKERS. 1 NAMES NORTH CARLINIAN \V;vhington). 'April .17.—PYosid Wilson lias nominated Wliitel Kluttz, of North Carolina, to a men borshlp on the board of moditatlo and com illation. RETURN TO WORK Washington, April It- -The strll ing railroad employes of the Potoml Hearings yards, the freight gateway to Washington, April 18. - rm the wage demands of two million South, have returned to work. railroad workers began bv- the rail- —- Vice Presi- MEXICO MAKES REQUEST Washington. April 17. The Shinning Donrd’s motion to dismiss William , , Randolph Hearst’,. euit for an'intune- road lal,or , ’ oar ' 1 t0 (ia>. lion to prevent the sale of the former dent Doak, of t,,( ‘ Riotheflioud (l German steamers was ovemdml m Hallway Trainmen, presented the em- Washington. Avi-Jl U—M fxfz’ f hatt local show- the District FtT^me Court which Ployes case. .T B . lu|) ?r a, i > o have af;k ‘ >rt pmunission to move tr For South Carolina! , Cloudy with probably pd; and thunderstorms' ( night and snstoined‘wr. He'arto^riAt'ax «7 ♦«! ’^ n <*s1ablisl.ed at the union atn- through American territory in orde Runday. Not much chanc * in t ('in- paver to mainfn!-, thn ...If mi.“cm Hon. Tim board later >•11 (“tahMib f„ attack Sonora from the north. Nfl tent- payer to maintain the suit. The Ship P ’riu’ure. Modeuita variable wiudt;. Board will probably appeal. 4 headquarters in ( lucago action-was taken ou tUo rewMNb