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t i The Florence Daily Times THE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES 26th Year Florence, S. C. Friday Afternoon June 18, 1920. $6.00 a year. FLORENCE SECRETARY PLANS OF HIGHWAY HARDING ACCEPTS MANY VAGRANTS GEORGE W. PERKINS. DETROIT MAKES ATTACKS PURPOSES OF DEVELOPMENT BD. COMMISSION GIVEN STRONG BACKING WILSON CHALLENGE FOR REFERENDUM FACE RECORDER POLICE DEPARTMENT ROUND UP BIG BUNCH, FINES ASSIST i CITY FINANCES PHILANTHROPIST. ANSWERS LAST CALL MOST RAPID GAIN IN CENSUS COUNT GOMPERS SUFFERS - i A GENUINE DEFEAT IN LABOR MEETING Very Spirited Meeting Held Misunderstandings Were Willing To Allow American' hSH i i.is i. : .mi» n.n In Columbia Yesterday , Cleared Away At Meet- , People To Vote On j today in diupcnsinK municipal justice Afternoon. ing Here Today. j Question DEBATE To NIGHT! ELECTION JUNE 22' LEAGUE OF American Magnate Dies At Is Now The Fourth Largest Federation Of Labor En- His Home In Stamford, 1 City In The ! dorses Government Own- Connecticut. i Country. | erships Of Railroads. WAR W O R K E R DISPLA CES ST. LOU I (VETERAN MAY QUIT Senator Christensen Wires'Florence County Will Vote President’s Interview On' the center of the stage and the doses Active Pc"t In War Outstrips Many American Says Not Sure Whether He t_ 1 .... I handed out will forcibly remind the „„ , ^ • | Cities In Ponnlatinn rtnr. O* i and‘there wasem a du I moment dm ling the hour the recorder heard tes- kj a ! timony and dispense.? justici*. with an 1 IVJINo 1 ( . Vf , n j.^1 steady hand. At todays matinee the vagrants held Mr. Johnson Concerning His Charges. $450,000 For Road Improvements. At a meeting today of the Florence Republican Platform Stirs Harding. easy living class that Flor •nee is a city of activity and a workman’s town and it is safer to have a job than to Work Campaigns. 1 Washington dune 18--The presl- run the risk cf explaining to the city Kins, financier ♦ JOHNSON WILL BE THERE + r ° lint >’ Hi 8 1,w ay Commission with (dent’s challenge to submit the peace. + Mr. Johnson stated today he + the members of the Florence County, treaty to a referendum of the Amer- (iy up iwenty live bones as a ♦ would meet Senator Christen- delegation to the l.egis'ature and a lean people was accepted today by H j, re ,y 0 f appearance at the'bar ♦ sen at ‘jintier this evening. He ♦ # ew interested citizens, all misun- Harding. “1 am sure the Republican ^f justice and the perfectly good nr. ♦ tVpJJn "nrol. n't u!l. r l.u 1! derstandings regarding the proposed l )arl y will gkidly welcome the r.jer- were droped Into the city’s strong ♦ evervthtn’i h« hflA «„v h h I '•°» d issut -* r ° r L'ood roads which will ^ndunf on the question of the foreign b-x when Isabell fail 'd to answer to + had said nothing in the Closed J ibe vote<1 0,1 TueHdav Jlhlft -- wen relationship of this republic and the her names call at the appointed time. good be voted on Tuesday Jitne, liJ wen 4. meeting nt th« ... j. cleared away, and the meeting went ) nl> lean attitude ot pre ^-rvedi ♦ m . ting ot the Secretaries in + rw . or( . .^ii ( i| v as favorine the idan nationality will he overwhelmingly ♦ Columbia yesterday, that he had ♦ “ n mor t ,1 , al> d! ’ lU , rlng (1 l , n< ( .n,|„rsed ” he said llardlne’s state ♦ net unis in the nn«n a. for read improvement outlined by < nuorseu, n< sain. iiai(iin„s suie ♦ net said in .he open meeting, ♦ ^ Highway Commission merit was in reply to an interview + when Mr. Christensen was pres- +1 ll,Kllwuv • "mmission. ‘ ♦ ent. He stated, also, that he ♦ ♦ had taken no position, or opposi- ♦ Carrie lomg, was then 1 to answer New York, June 18.'—George W. Per- died at Stamford. • ( onn., today. It became known last week that ho h id suffered a nervous breakdown bul bis family did not intimate that that Ills life was in danger. The affection is believed to he the result of influ enza followed by pneumonia which Cities In Population Dur ing Past Decade. • Will Stand For Re-election. Washington Jiinu 18—Detroit isj Montreal. June is.—The American now the fourth largest city in the | Federation of Labor's Indorsement country, displacing St. . ouis and out'yesterday of governfen: ownership of ranking Hasi.m, t’l •v. land, Haliimoie' ,l "‘ niilruids at its annual convention and Piltsbureh. all nf which w-re Was »ast to lr*r name and defend herself of was contracted while serving with ie a similar charge. Carrie is an old Young Mens Christian Association n offender and a constant attendant at. France during the war. the Highway Commission. mem was in reply to an At first there was danger of a with Hie President published today in j these matinees, but she proved that (break In Hie meeting but later all whi<h President discussed the Lea- *he had slightly mended her ways , „ The B’m of Nations issue and the repub- and was now a faithrul washerwoman years a member ot me turn or j. i George Walbridge Perkins, for ten : differences were harmonized. rift* was caused by the report that 1< ‘ ;m platform. ♦ tion, relative to the Develop- ♦ ♦ ment Beard, which he is not fu!- ♦ .. ,, , , ... „ . . ♦ ly able to sustain, cr that he is ♦ the Hommission S sell the bonds ♦ not warranted in taking. + ' at a A ' , ‘«' ou, ' t ' vhlc , h ' v I oul ‘ 1 amo " nt > «. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ $40,000 It developed that a pro (vision ot the act prevented the bonds Senator Nells Christensen of Beau-i frnm beinK so!<1 !it an y thin * less t ha " ipar the bonds would not be plac“d fort, Prerldent of the South Carolina on the market until conditions chucg TRUNK OF WHISKEY SEIZED AT STATION Development board sent thefollcwing ( pd. t'legram to Walter J. Johnson, Sec- Another development of interc i r* lary of ;he Florence Chamber of. arisi "K dl "’>ng the course of tl». Commerce meeting was to the effect tha\ Sena ICHLEB'BGER MAKES BIG HAUL AT A. C L. STATION HERE THIS MORNING . tor Baker has been reported as being At the meeting Ir. Columbia today ] unalterably opposed to the proposi-. (Ti|tirsdayj cf presidents and secre-jtion. Senator Laker mud ' his jiosi- Cldcf state constable W. C. Ichle- tari^i of chambers of commerce of j Hon very clear by declaring that h? '""K"r returned t-j Florence this Soulb Carolina, you representing the Florebce- chamber of commerce, com posed of Florence citizens. mad< charges after 1 bad left the room t }, 0UK j lt t | lat ji u , intent ion of the , ! ‘ Ph'< k l.ahel variety, a brand that cd which in effect that that the South i"*.'., liU 1111 1 . i. nrni.oniwed exeeHent commission io wait until the iu.l ,s prononiu eu excellent She liad se\(-ral witnesses to testify Morgan & Company, was reputed to in Iter l ehalf that she had done som.; have first suggested to and persuaded laundrying for them within the past “big business" to adopt profit-shar* few weeks. The evidence however ing, insurance, service bonuses, sick was not sutficient however to give her ([benefits and old-age pensions, a clean sheet and the sentence of the it was Perkins who was also said court was that she oe lined $100 or to have Inaugurated the plan which "0 da v -s which would besuspended dm permitted employes of the Lpited ing good behavior. States Steel Corporation and the In- Rosa Williams, Elizab Vi Hinas lemational harvester Company, in and Gladys Rodgers, three negro wo both of which he was at one time an men up ou the same charge vainly at executive, to purchase stock on Instal tempted to prove that they were ments and at less than market value was deelared by labor night to have been the-first, genuine ’; foal of Samu'•l Gompers, Its veteran lation announced today, fi!».;,7:!fi, an president, lias suffered in years. The increase of 527!l7:t crlDl.t percent, final vote wa*\ L'D.Or.9 for government ‘ownership and 8,:i:i9 against. ! The decisive vole, it Is reported, promoted the labor chief to state be for the convention late yesterday that ho "was not quite sure" he would be a candidate for re election. Mr. Gompers fought hard agalnstj the convention action, declaring U was a step toward the “enslavement of the workers as government em- •plovees. who, he said, nad been de nied many political and economic rights under the past administrations. largei ten years ago. Detroit’s popu 1 FARMERS SUPPORT THE BOND ISSUE PLAN OF HIGHWAY COMMISSION APPEALS STRONGLY TO THEM "With the proceeds of the $4r.rt,000 He received only a mild ovation bond issue which will be vot. v l on T|lf> I?nit(1(1 Mine y orkprs and |h „ Tuesday June it win be possible ipowcfu, railroad corners’ organiza- to give the people ot Florence county , ions ( . 0 n,in.'d to bring about Presl. a system cf good roads that will Compers' defeat. They had the serve them for years raid a mem-.. 8UppMrt of n:ach , n8ta . unio ’ and |ho 1 working women. One of the trio had on the assumption tha J ^ ndU8tr,al s Ton‘today, ‘"u'is our 'plan to7mi d ful'‘Joti^Sctor^" iZafIOn ’ ^ P ' ,Wer ' justice is the most profitable of In- at lpds , y , h nn)fM (> , san(1 ,. lav roads> "U" "JrnenterJ- , a u that Justice promotes and VV( . an , th , 8 W( . win h.^inv trad o^m^ ? , the p thn RVv . ouiininv tiaua organrzation stood loy ally by Gompers but were overwhelm been dish washer in a cafe for days within Hie past three* months vestments, I was opRoserl to selling Him bonds ai naming from a days raid in Dillon another bad been hired as a nurs»‘ peaie. peace promtes prosperity and be j. j c n for t h e svs- *|a discount of spmetliing like ten per in Hmc to get u steamer trunk and lield the job down for a whole that the workmen’s prosperityis neces t(jm |)f hard Kin ' fa( . p( | roads that ' iH ; i cent or more, and opposed selling ::t Hie (’oast Line station containing alieriioitf before being fired by her rary to the prosperity of the business brnnd (0 ( 0in ‘ p jn ; . lp future. The ' I them at any discount at all. He - 0 ‘l ,l,irts ,,t Si-otch whiskey of mistress and the last one (>!»<• co «- man.” pians call for the surveying of conn ed. Carolina Development board is gov-i erned by sinister purposes. Fortu ; nately for Imth you mid me, 1 was scheduled soine days ago to make an address in Florenc- tomorrow < Fri day! evening. I shall devote the whole of my time or so much as may be necessary to giving you theoppor ami that sell. if such were permissible, throe declared or lit) days. worth of the bonds could be obtained would^ should lie made generally known as 5,1 $- i ’ l ,, ‘ r qmiri. The owner of tin* soon as possible. Senator Baker Hunk may get same by making appli stated Dial Ir* w.is In favor of good c.iiion to Mr. iehleherger, who has roads first last and all tin* lime,, and Hu* trunk with its contents safely added that while he, nad been under r nway* It came from Suvun the impression that the aet provided ,,ub - at least three meals within the Mr. Perkins was born in Chicago, past sever.:I weeks. ’I hey wen* an January .11. He entered the in guilty and given plans call for the surveying ty roads both trunk and lateral, the straightening out of all tin and turns, the matter of proper drain age, I uilding of culverts and bridges, in f;*.« t a I of the preliminary work necessary to constructing concrete roads. When this is completed the After the federation’s action, the executive council, whose members crooks * , 1 ,, ' porte(1 Mr - Gompers. is said to be placed in an embassing position. They must now take steps to hrlng about government ownership which they have opposed or resign, it was stated. ’ i for permanent roads, he was willing ,n bis raid *" Hillon yesterday I to join with the Highway Commit assisted by the Federal prohibition | sion in its efforts »o get ready for agent they captured 1 stills, a quan tity of beer and a few ga’lons of -“Pride of the Swamp" a new brant e ven a whiff of which will make a rabble spit in a bull dog’s face and date him to take up the fight. A federal warrant was issued for one white man and for one negro and a state warrant for a negro. Tills is the first day’s work of the road beds will he covered with sand ' () S , U J 1 por . te 1 r , s GomP p rs declar clay making them as smooth as , s ^tng it that they would urge him them and at the same time provide better roads for the count BOND PEfjfiONS IN CIRCULATION RE Petitions for elections to vote bonds Weather and Crop tunity to prove or withdraw your charges.” The telegram is the result of Mr. Johnscn’s opposition to certain phas- ... , » es of the Development Boards plans bptter roads for the county and purposes as expressed by him at a meeting in Columbia yesterday of state secretaries an« presidents of chambers of commersq. The Columbia State has the follow ing account of the meeting: • The meeting developed a spirited debate, and at times a sharp ex-[ change of words over the Proposal' WORKERS on the one hand to indorse the South ONl - Y H"^ p Carolina Development board and the 1 SP ° ND TODAY WORK other to go on record as opposing i’ TODAY, theactivities of the board. Walter J. j Johnson, of Florence led in the light', , .... , . . to oppose the development hard, he • for im P ro vements in the municipal being the main man present criticis- ? vater works and streets, were pu ^ ing the policies and aims of the board ! ll . < ir , < ,l . at , on _. to< u y b J„_ a < Throughout attempted on record hut faile "gentleman's agreement’’ was enter- ^ (, ' ,a ‘ s * ^ ple ?, “ l ‘“ c * ^ | backward, and complaints of lice dc ed into whereby it vas agreed that ot ,be Chamber olj Commerce! ^ ( ■■ no resolution indorsing any organi- 1 wbere persons may call anl sign them j at(! ^ zation or plan would be put before they wish. . . f . jm, m)V ed in color an.I the meeting I Not more than half enough workers , aI, ‘ , iiie iiiteniig. | it <•„_ vigor. Wheat and oat harvest are Just a few minutes before the meet responded this torning to the call for gen ,. ra) with satisfactory returns ing was abut to close Seeey Snqll [ volunteers to circulate the petitions. (>at harvest is nearing was calling to the attention of the About halt the prospect cards are yet new body for a thorough cooperation Hn the office of the secretary, who still by all organizations for the advance- wishes more men to take them out. Some wit attending the distribution o fthe carls this morning remarked that he could teli those who wished a during bath, and those who don't care wheth secre-ier he has one or no’-.and also those $L'.'i surance business In Chicago when lf> as a clerk, becafe hookkeeer, an Clian.’iie Green, Rebecca Cherry agent and subsequently manager of w» re < ach represented at the hearing a Cleveland office. He went to I)en- by proxies representing each twenty ver and in 1901 was made vice presl- 11 ve of the iron men bearing I'ucle dent of the New York Life Insurance Sams stamp and good the world over Company. His achievements attract- i for $2. r » so far is it goes during these ed the attention of the elder Morgan g j a ' 8} , prevision for The proper main to reta ' n ,fl odership of tao federation times of H. c. L. Their charge was and in 1900 lie was invited to bo- tenance of these roads is one of the an,i so '! k rfl * elfi otion for the 39th time, vagrancy and they must have been come a member of the Wall street ni .,j n | t?IHS ,i H , coi^nlsslon is look-' .Hcs p ite the protest and desire of so for they failed to answer to the firm. He remained with J. P. Morgan | n g 0 „ t ( or j n its program. The farm ^ ir ’ Hampers, ihe convention increased roll call. & Company until 1910. meanwhile be ers ot - every part of the county will bi Hsalary as president from $10,000 Robert Johnson, the only male mem coming a director of numerous largo p,, piovid«d with good roads over' to a Year. I.' i r of the entire vagrant group was corporations. which to bring their produce to mar! ,n n,akin 8 an appeal to thede’egates not there to reclaim the 29 bucks! Retiring from business a few years k ,>t there is no doubt that they not ,0 K,vw a raise, Mr. Gompers de- which he had previously deposited biter as he said “to devote myself w j|| support the bond issue to a man < ’* arod Hiaf $10,000 Is all suifeient for with the policeman making the ar- ( to other work of a public and semi- , a m an living in the ordinary modes of rest. j public nature,” Mr. Perkins wrote and MANY ^TUDFNT^i t0 Hat * 8 ^ y bim and b ls needs.” „ , ,, , , • Guside Crawford on the samecharge spoke frequently on the subject of In- m xllt r^r-. a a i Tb ° sa,ary of Se<rf!tar y f'rank Moi- officer since his reported demis* and w*.ts the onlv one accused who came dustrial justice and when Colonel IN TRAINING CAMP 1 'Ison also was increased from $7,500 all who believe him dead have ano-, ( .|(>.. n 0 f the charge. Her mother, a Roosevelt became Progressive candi- ' ,0 $lfi000 a year. Organizers’ wages thor thing coming as the owner ol | ROud „i ( | colored woman appeared in date for the Presidency in 1912 he be- HUNDREDS OF COLLEGE STU ----- .(her think coming as the owner of j,,,,. behalf and on her testimony that came chairman of the National Execu ,1101 only alive but very much alive. t he girl had worked iu her place at live Committee of the party. Pre-! the note! some ami had done some viouslv he had been n nemiiiii'ean DENTS FROM THE SOUTH AT CAMP JACKSON. (Wyatt A. Taylor.)* 18/—Hundredk of were increased frof $48 to $60 per week and their traveling allowances from $G to $8 per day. This was de clared necessary owing to the high cost of living. The convention called upon eon- some viouslv he had been a Republican, washing assisting her mother she | Mr. Perkins early in the world Conditions " as * et g0 witb lbo warning Horn the war interested himself in the matter Columbia,,! /June | recorder that she had b *st continue ( ,f American preparedness. He was college students in Reserve Officers gress to enact ‘.necessary legislation I to help her old mother with the a K eve critic of President Wilson. Training Corps, are pouring into Co- to establish the United States employ es I work "hh'h she had taken on her- in a speech in Indianapolis in 1915 he lumbia today for the six weeks mlli- ment service as a permanent bureau ' I ! self. (declared the "United Ftafes was un- tary training camp which opens at lr > the department of labor with ample general! dat ’ k8 ° n . ‘barged with being prepared for war" and urged Inimedl-'Camp Jackson today. An attendance appropriations.” ii 'what 1 <,rUnk an<1 ,liso " ,or, y dropped a 15 action. After the ^United States of between 1.500 and 2,000 is expect-! The executive council was instnict- i.-.. ,ir. do,,ar b 9 nd in Hie city chest when entered the struggle he endeavored «d. These young men are all of fine od to render all vossible assistance to I to stimulat food production and by appearance, being college 'and high '‘abolish present unreasonable speed he failed to show up for trial. continue. Corn, which had a m is still about 10 days hack 1 or^rfy condurt'did' m»rf : H,.”the 'ro Estell Lesesne, chiirged with dis- large purchases of provisions at dis- school students. They come from all tests, time measuring devices and' the ment of South Carolina, when Mr. Johnson of Florence again took ex ception to the development board. A "hot" word battle ensued, which Mr. Snell resignes as indebtedness ol The total sum is $575,000. tary and said he would have nothing , who liked good streets to'ride on, or further to do with the state chamber. I those who were conten* to rile over Mr. Snell challenged Mr. Johnson mud. dust and boles. Those who wish- more than a half dozen times to test el improvements, responded to circu the meeting as to whether or not late the petitions. those' present were in favor of the There are three scpar.;*e petitions •t>velopment board. .Mr. Johnson in the following sum: made his motion again calling for an( $10t),0<>.) fo water works and sew- expression of disapproval of the erage extension. board, but several members present- $150,000 for streets and sidewalk rushed to his side and persuaded him improvements and repairs to withdraw his motion. After this] $l25,d00 for hack had been done and a motion passed the city, to refuse to accept Mc^Snell’s resig- The mi; nation, the secretary fltreed to con- ,",ho .,!» 1 QUALIFIED FLIERS During the debate the Florence sec CONTINUE TRAINING retary wrgued heatedly against the hoard, emplfpzing that he know GOVERNMENT TO ASSIST IN FUR- what was behind the movement and; THER TRAINING OF WOULD did net care to have anything to do AVIATORS with its activities, lie charged that! the board was along the same line as! Washington. June 18.--Qualified the old South Carolina Landowners’, aviatoA holding commissions in offl agnation and the Southern Settle- C ers reserve corps will be permitted to ment and Development board, both continue their 'training iat selected of which wenr.failures, he said. D. C arniy fields, the War Department has imboden of Marlon and others were announced. Equipment will be fur- not so outspoken in their words ni s h e ( | hy the army, the purpose is to against the movement -assist fliers to keep in tra ning The meeting 6pen ed at the Jeffer-, f imining. son hotel shortly before 2 o’clock with E. O Black, presiding. Mr.) (Continued on Pago Two) DR. GORGIA8 DANGEROUSLY ILL Divorce Seekers Must Wear Clothes Sprinkfield o., June 15—Frank W. Geiger, of common pleas court, today London July 17—The condition of a warning that women who ap Major General William C . Gorgias, P |y f° r divorces in his court, must former surgeon General of the Unit- j be , careful of their dress, ed States Army is more serious than | T’le judge told attorneys that ”1 his friends here heretofore been fare if it is as hot as—, these willing to admit. It was reported j wo,nen have got to wear more elo several days ago hope for his reeov-1 w h‘*n they come into court. This ery was abondoned but that he had , Hipig of peekaboo waists and see- rallied. He, is still dangerously ill. ^ ,nore s Kirts has got to stop.” completion in the southern sections; the stubble lands are being turned mostly to cowpeas for hay. The white potato harvest is about com pleted, with highly satisfactory re turns. both as to quality and price Sweet potato transplanting continues Tobacco lias improved to good con dition generally, and peanuts are fair to good. Apples and peaches are promising, and peach shipments con tinue; strawberries are rather scarce! and expensive; blackberries continue plentiful, and raspberries are ripen ! ing. Rice prospects in the lower! countries arc good. Forn, field truck gardens, tobacco and pastures need good rains for host growth. tant points sought to avert a war-time States • of the South. One hundred unreasonable standards of personal c-order on the charge but allowed her shortage in New York City. He wnn have come from Texas, others from , effiftency In the postal service.” bond of $2.« to go to the* city trea.s a ] s0 active in Red Cross, Liberty Arkansas, and large detachments from The proposal of James Duncan of ury uncontested. (Loan .and other patriotic drives. Aft- l-ouisiana, Mississippi. Alabama, Flor 1 Seattle for an “Initiative and referen M. R. Cannon charged with speed-1 er t j ie war p erk | ns wont to France da. Georgia and South Carolina. ^duf” clause in the federation’s oon&t! ing had his sentence suspended. ln investigate charges of waste and i The first three clays will be devot- tution was defeated after a lively de- L. Nicholos and 1-. K. Honor each jnoflu-iency against the Young Men’s ed to preliminaries. The scenes at bate, charged with speeding fail to answer Christian Association workers abroad. Camp Jackson today are like those' Military training In the schools was Mr. Perkins farried in 1889, Miss that marked the opening of training condemned as ’’the first step In the de- to their names call and forfeited each i a $25 bond STATE CHAMBER DULY ORGANIZED E. O. BLACK ELECTED PRESIDENT • AND A. V. gNELL, SECRETARY j Evallne Bali, of Cleveland. O., to camps during the war. Men are be .. velopfent of mechanical and un-iues. (whom two children wore horn. Doro- ing vaccinated and Innocntated; quar Honing obedience vhtcl. resuPs in the ,4hy and George W. Perkins, Jr„ the ters are being assignee?; equipment is ai!;ing of initiative•• latter of whom was a lieutenant In being distributed. The actual train-! Com puls iry military training wan the American Expeditionary Force May Recover Baby Within 24 Hours ,ere8ls of tbe sta tc. especially c- ^ I mcrciully. (Wyatt A. Taylor.) Columbia, June 18—E. O. Black, of Coiuml.ia. was elected president and A. V. Snell, of Charleston, secretary of the State Chamber of Commerce, organized here Thursday afternoon. The organization will work for the in om ALBANIANS SLAY ITALY’S PRISONERS , ing starts Monday. also declared "unnecessary, unjustlffa- i In July 5, in commemoration of the b l p an d un-American.” I national holiday, there will be a big T h ? membership of the executive track meet. In which many of the stu- council was ordered increased from 11 dent soldiers who are athletes will to members, participate. The churches and other' — organizations of Columbia are plan- ;take up case of ning to make the off-hours of the •' r ttt\XX7T/"' tut a T*'r*r**.m young men interesting. » LUDWIG MARTENS t>.. iimA io i The next meeting of the state chain Norristown. Pa. June 18-Revenge. I , )er win b( . ^ * ( , olumbia jn o< not ransom, probably was the motive f h . it ,. for the kidnapping of Blakely Cough- ‘ ‘ s lin the months-old son of Mr. and of conimertlal bodle8 .present. The Mrs. Coughlin who was stolen from his ,. tat) ALBANIANS TAKE REVENGE FOR MANTTFACTTTPFPQ SLAYING FORMER EHAD ivl/\I\l U 1 UKthKo PASHA. SAFE ON SUGAR HEARINGS RESUMED BEFORE IM MIGRATION OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON expected that there will be at least one hundred officers Washington June 17—Deportation proceedings against Ludwig Martens, Soviet agent in the United States’. crib Hire months ago. was the state- a reusing meeting. All officers of ment issued by Major C. T. Lar- J ( . a i chambers of commerce are ex- zeler. attorney for the family. i pe( . tf . d to become Developfents today, he sahi m.ve led , Ht ate chamber, the parents of the missing child to ) J to buy their, DISASTROUS FIRE members of the 1 °! Albania, in Paris, and attributed his death to Italan intrigue. abandon their efforts baby's freedof and turn again tc, the police for aid. While he aid he was not at liberty to disclose the nature of the developments the attorney de- CITY dared that Mr. and Mrs. Coughlin have become convinced that the ah ductors did not wint money. Charles Eller, chief of the Morris- Havana, June 18.- Geneva, June 18,—Three hundred PRESERVERS AND CANNERS TO and thirty Italian prisoners were kill- HAVE THEIR WANTS FILLED ed hy Albanians according to Belgrade ' advices. j New York. June 16 Distribution of won “ res,1,l ‘ e ‘ 1 •u'la.v before the imml (lliR ...jii i,p made' [, t is said the Albanians were mad s,, K ar t0 Perserve manufacturers and g !‘ i ' I ,io 1 n ott " ial - s c f the Department 1 0 . dened by the assassination of Ehad ‘‘aiming concerns, pro rata according of l.ubor. Pasha, former provisional president to refinery capacity, was determined | upon at a conference here today be tween A. W. Riley, special assistant' to Attorney General Palmer; Marcus L’.akemore of Louisville, president of Hie National Preservers and Fruit Products' association, and represen i tatives of two large refineries. Mr.| Blackmon* wired the 67 members of- • Ids association, wliich is said to rep 1 NATIVE COLUMBIAN IS CHOSEN resent 90 per cent of the jam and, SECRETARY STATE HIGH* jo ly output in America, that “there j WAY COMMISSION fore the sugar crisis is ended, as re- - fineries have agreed promptly to sup *• Thomas of Columbia has ply sugar where needs are urgent. , 1 0 "' ‘‘ ,t ‘‘‘ t “d secretary of State High Commission according to an- here today by A. commis- SWEEPS SANTIAGO RAILWAY AND POWER PLANT GO UP IN SMOKE. FIRE BUG BUSY IN NEW YORK CITY DETECTIVES LOOKING FOR MAN WIELDING FIRE BRAND. THOMAS ELECTED i SECRETARY New York. June 18—Five fires with- The Santiago ... town police, after a conference at tho electric light, railway and power plant *" a ba 'f mile area today started de- Coughlin home, said that the police was burned today. Virtually all the t‘‘‘‘lives searching for a firebug whose now have a definite clue and tha; re-,cars were destroyed. The loss is es- activities arq thought to he responsi ^sults could be expected within twen ty-four hours. TO ORGANIZE OPERATORS timuted to be one million, two bun , b, ° f ‘>r driving seven hundred scantily dred thousand dollars. ,, dressed tenement dwellers into the i street. WAR ON RATS | — Galveston—Federal, State, County, WEATHER REPORT Montreal June 18—The American ' and city officials began a war on rats, —■ Federation of Labor today .authorized, here today following th<* death yes- laical showers and thunderstorm.-, a Nation wide campaign to organize terduy of a hoy from what physicians ( this afternoon and tonight. Coo'er teleplione charters. Organizers'will diagnosed as probably bubonic tonight. Saturday fair. Fresh South begin work impiodiutely. | plague. ‘winds shifting to north-west. 1 • i | way 1 nouncement made 1 B. Ijunglcy member of the. Womens Clubs Meet In Annual Convention Sim and chairman of Committee an- | thorlzed to select the executive, ofti- Dea Moines, Iowa, June 17—Re- cer Mr. Thomas Is an expert account ports of the various committees of ant for thirteen years he has been the general Federation of Womens connected with a big lumbercompany Clubs were heard today in the first in Florida lie is native Columbian be session of the Fifth Annual Conven- will assume the duties office July tion. ! I* 5 ** A