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The Florence Daily Times
26th Year
THE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
Florence, S. C. Tuesday Afternoon, June 22, 1920.
$6.00 a yeai
THE SENATORIAL
CAMPAIGN OPENED I
TODAY AT SUMTER
S.C. AUTO DEALERS TO
1 MEET IN CHARLESTON
SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF AU
TOMOTIVE TRADE ASSO
CIATION THIS WEEK
WETS MAKE FIGHT
FOR BEER PLANK
IN THE PLATFORM
ROOSEVELT WOULD
REFORM FEDERAL
GOVT. CONDITIONS
Senator Smith Addresses Columbia, June -Z—The semi-au-
Letter to Voters of the ! »ual meeting oi the South Carolina
State.
QUAKE MUCH WORSE
AT INGLEWOOD THAN
AT FIRST REPORTED
TO EXPEDITE MOVE. |
MENT OF NITRATE OF'
SODA TO FLORENCE
GEORGE E. FORD
TAKES OWN LIFE
WITH A PISTI
.•W-'
CANDIDATES SPEAK
Warren, Irby and Pollock
Seek Smith’s Seat in
The Senate.
Automotive Trade Association will!
bo held at Charleston on the Isle ofj
Palms on Thursday and Friday.
June 24 and 25. All indications (
point to a very large attendance,
j’tosu. vations nave already been!
made for approximately two hun
dred dealers and distributors and it
is believed that the total attendance
on the convention will approximate
live hundred.
There will be some of the most
prominent men in
Liquor to Consume Valuable! Says System Is Both Cum- Twenty-One Business Build- Local Chamber of Commerce Well Known Printer Com
Time In Democratic i bersome and Waste- ! i n gs Were Practically j Most Active In This mits Suicide During *
Convention. f u l. j Destroyed. | Work. | Last Nlight.
FEW LEADERS THERE 1 GIVE s'InSTANCES’ PERSONS INJURED; EARLY ACTION BODY FOUND TODA
J - i j !
San Francisco, However, 1Ir£r _ Re C i ass ifi C ation In Re P orts of Damage Are Re- ( Several Towns In County Bad Health Is Given As th
r, • . ™ , /-* v urges Keciassmcauon in r-_ r-o; Wo,,-tt™- 1
Begins to Take on Con
vention Air.
Work and a Real Bud
get System.
ceived From Other Cali
fornia! Towns.
Have Asked For
Assistance.
Reason For the
Tragedy.
Sumter, June 22— The Senator
ial campaign opened heretoday. YV.
C. Irby of Laurens. George Warren
of Hampton and W. P.
Gh,eraw are contesting
Smith's re-election. There was not Harper president of the National
a large crowd aL the meeting today. Automobile Dealers Association,
All the candidates were giveu a re- j,ss been asked to be present
San 1'ianeiseo, June JJ While YVashington. June 22.—Federal gov
the hotel lobbies began to r#sem. ,, ,
ble scenes of a national convon- <Mnnu! j| t conditions in this country]
the automotive I lion only a few democratic chief are cumbersome, wastefulyand need
l.os Angeles ,Cal., June 22—A su:
•'ey of the damages from tho euith
'inake last night indicated that In
„ , , — — i . . glewocd, ten miles southwost of
Pollock ol i m |„ s t rv in the United States In «t lauis bad arrived. Dinu-t develop-;extensive revision, in the opinion of . „ , ■
Senator tendance on the meeting. Harry U meats of the day were confined to Franklin D. Roosevelt. Assistant Sec-1 ht ' r0, sl,fle, ' ed more •» uvere *>’ Uiat i
‘ the preparation of the municipal' re tary of tho Navy for the last seven!' 1 was fi rst reported. Twenty one
auditorium for the convention. Out years, and he has so expressed him-! business buildings were practically , ' u ^ . aana,ea
ol much talk came an inerjising HO if j n a letter to Represent Clifford, destroyed, and the town deprived!, 10 ' 1 ? ‘ 1 ross - Traftic Manager
and
spectful hearing. Senator Smith is make an address and has promised rumble of wet and dry maneuvers. Ireland of Illinois in reply to a re
The Chamber of Commerce today
took up with the South Carolina Rail
road Commission the matter of pro- oT' liis ’ sistcrrMrs.^ir iT llTr-
curing cars for the movement of ni rison at 6 Howard street sometime
trate ot soda, from Charleston, and bet we V midnight and daybifcak
oi lei ports, to i-lorence county, for the niis morning bv shooting himself
farmers who are very badly needing through the temple with a pistol.
,s ma ' lei being handled au( j health is assigned as a reas
on for the act. Ford had threaten
George K. Ford, a white man 38
years old, committed suicide at the
plank.
on his way to San Francisco to at- to do so iT he finds it possible. Neal
lend as a delegate the Democratic y. Adair, editor of Motor World,
national convention and the fo.low- w jn b e present and make a speech
lug letter from him was read by the and \\\ L. Matheis. presi Liit
chairman: I the t ^ >rgia Automotive Dealers
I Association, will bpeak. Other
Senator E. I). Smith being on the speakers will be Jehu O. Munn,. of
way to San Francisco for the Demo- Toledo. Ohio. J. V\'. Skittowe \\a:i-
crutlc Convention had the following uamuker, president of the American
letter read by tho county chairman: , Cotton Association, and R. Good-
"Air. Chairman:— | win Rhett. of Charleston, chairman
"It is not merely in the gratifies-' of t he State Highway Commission,
lion of personal pride but with the Members of the Charleston Auto
belief aud expectation of doing some- motive Trade Association, who will
thing, of being of service to xmr a( . t as hosts, have made great prepa
great Democratic party that I am to rations for the entertainment of the)
he absent from the state for the first visiting dealers. Commitu V . w j , ‘_ newe. «~.r>
few meetings during the campaign to meet the trains Wednesday night CAMPAIGN OF S. C. D OP-
select a nominee for the United an ,( Thursday morning and drive al | MENT BOARD MAXING
States Senatorship. I would prefer, visitors to their hotels,
for some reasons, to be at home among
ray
sentativ
ington and feel the constraint of that
atmosphere, it Is a real delight to get
ol lights and gas. Scores of dwell-■ 5°" J! ie f bamber or Commerce of Co „d several days before to kill him-
.umb.a to represent, personally, and , se u but it was not thought that he
No definite statements have come ,juest for Mr. Roosevelt's views on ings were seriously damaged. Man..,,,. . , —
from leaders already here, but it placing the governmental establish , were shattered, and several brick meal association, before ,would carry cut his
clearly Indicated they expect a fight ! ,,.p Pt „„ a mo p e m0( i ern an( j ^1^(111^ j pi ale 5.,,,^ windows in Los Angeles! f”* 11 ' 01111 .commission, on matters was a printer by trade
on the floor of the convention over basis. *. f 1| : , ings otherwiraf injured,
eftorts make the plattoim advocate letter reads in part: ; vere struck by flying
a modification cl prohibition and “First you ask me. ‘Could any re- ] from the chimneys,
he. enforcement law tarougli a b *cr organization or reform be introduced 1 Hong Beach,
in your department, through legisla- y„ n j ( . ar(
] • ien or otherwise, tending to increase
its pfil( iency and decrease appropria
tions by the establishment of more
Santa Monica, and
threat. He
...,b ... . — - e aud had
.Persons whuhare tasen up from here. This worked at the Pee Dee Printing j
past two weefcq
om his homo
_ a few weel
'matters which the local Chamber has ago.
. «■ trroUIlr. . * ivcru mr 1 rc
brick shaken 1 ai, ,f U * e ,!| T,ent ’'Uludes a plan. also, to Company for the pas
s-in PpiIi-ii 1 e , s * , b ,, cooperation and support of having come here Not
Jlls s,ate Railroad Commission, in Petersburg. Va.. only
REPORTS ENCOURAGE
LOCAL OFFICIALS
your department, through legisla- Voni .. ( 1( . nortfif i ininor ‘“"Ti" " nas ago. He retired last night at ti
Y.mu art leported ininor damage., to take before the Interstate Com- usual hour and his sister heard J
inerce Commission. *jap a t 12 o'clock but uotliin;*, strii
modern business methods?'
own people, for whom we repre- S evera J Killed And
atives of the people go to Wash- Wounded In
Londonderry Riot 1 :
PROGRESS
Reports have been received by J.
W. McCown from two counties of
the district of which Florence is
the center on results of the first day 1
ot the Campaign Week for the
South Carolina Development Board.
At noon yesterday J., Nelson File
rson of Co umbia spoke at the cam
paign luncheon, and a good number
of memberships weie obtained, in
cluding the banks of the county.
Ace ol United States Senator During cbi„a iatilies' fHWfiflK j Frb
both terms of my office as senator I Peking. June 22.-Chinas ratifica-l B . ' , ., r „ at wcrk
have endeavored to served the best tion of the Austrian peace treaty has / T ^ jH ,. a mpaign is directed by the
“The answer to that is primarily.
this: The entire system of relation
ship which exists between Congress
and the executive department is fun 1
da mentally wrong.
"Let me illustrate: 1 made an of
‘fer this Spring to (he Appropriations
Committees of both the Mouse audi
LEAVES QUESTION
Large ^Movement
Requests have been received from
Pamplico. Cowards. Ebenezer and va-
rnn PnUOinCDATinkl ri0UK 0,hnr P l0ces of t 11 ^ county, by
lull UUdOlUCnA HUH <1,e seeretay of the Chamber of Com
1 merce. for assistance in getting ni-
trate. whi< h has been delayed, because
.'SUPREME COUNCIL OF ALLIES ct ,acl{ cars t0 move it. When
DOES LITTLE AT BOULOGNE , t,IR ,i<,t closed at noon today, the
MEETING 1 Chamber of Commerce had eight or
home again and get the angle of ob-
sevation and of action of the people
who make the country what it is.
“Another six years is rapidly draw
ing to a close. During this period I
have striven faithfully to meet the
duties aryl responsibill'ies of the of
Senate .telling them that I would to- j
’morrow discharge 15 per cent of the'
employes of the Navy Department if' Co , mci r ot - the Allies adjourned to moved at once.
they, the commltteees. would give ^ l0 meet ln Brussels on July 2.' Early Action
ten drloads of nitate on which it ini-
Bologue. June 22--Tlie Supreme mediately began an effort to have
j was thought of this. His body
found out in the back yard
morning lying face up with a
lying nearby and a pistol ball wou*
penetiating the bead at the teraj
Coroner Smith viewed the bp
and it being evidently a case
suicide did not hold a forma!
quest. The deceased is survive^
by itis sister here and several broth
ers and sisters who live in Pctere'
burg. Va.. where his body will bu
taken this evening for burial.
Londonderry. June 22.—Firing was
resumed in several parts of the city
today after comparatively a quiet)
night.
Several were killed in the rioting
vesterdav and scores were wounded.
ROTARY CLUBS OPEN
ANNUAL CONVENTION
NEARLY FOUR THOUSAND DELE
GATES IN ATTENDANCE AT
ATLANTIC CITY SESSIONS. *
interests of the state and the nation, pggn promulgated. It is held this en-
I recognize that the foundation of our Htles China to participation in the
prosperity and South depended large- -league of Nations.
ly upon the prosperity of the agricul- ,
tural Interests. I have devoted a
lage portion of my time to the inter
ests of the farmers of the South. No
section of the world had such a mo-1
noply of a world’s necessity as the 4
South had in her cotton crop, and yet
she became absolutely Impoverished
In the production and sale of this ar
ticle.
"I introduced and had passed a bill j
to regulate the cotton exchanges so as
to make their transact ions reason-
able, fair and Just, so far as legisla- Atlantic City, N. J., June 22.—The
tion could do so. After several years' nth annual convention of the Inter-
trial it became necessary to amend national Association of Rotaj-y Clubs
this law. The reason this amendment wa s opened here last night with near-
bet-ame necessary was because when jy 4,00) delegates in attendance. The
the bill first passed the number of gathering will be in session five days,
grades of cotton standardized by the , The opening was marked by an im-
government were about nine, and pressive pageant of nations, interna-
were of such a nature as not to affect tional officers and overseas delegates
seriously marked transactions in their being escorted to their places on the
delivery. The bill provided that e'er- platform by ladies of the internation-
tain standard grades should be deliv a l Rotary In native costumes, by
ered on contracts. Under the pro 1 scouts, jailors and committeemen,
visions of another law the agricultual Countries represented were Canada,
department was empowered to stand British Isles, Cuba, Hawaii, Puerto
ardlzc the grades from itime to time Rico, Uruguay, the Philippines, laitin
and to promulgate the same. This it America and India,
did. increasing the number of grades] Albert S. Adams of Atlanta. Ga..
to 21 or 22, taking in such character j the international president, called tho
of cotton as to make It possible for j convention to order but deferred his
the exchanges under the la to perpe annual address iiutii today. During tho
me complete authority to take one-’"j th ' e
hull of the salaries of the employes so
discharged and add this one half to
the salaries of the other 85 per cent
of the employes left in the depart-
ment In other words. 1 would guran-
le* a monetary saving to the govern-
tn
th.
me
tent where it would do the most method of
questions on in part, the delayed receipts of soda
Miss Wilson Broke
the program undecided. 1 he are attributable to the late arrival of Borrows Ten Cents
German reparations probl ^Ti was ships at ports from the foreign fields'
relened to experts who will meet 0 f produc.ion. However, much of it
in Paris to endeavor to conciliate has been tied up since a, i rving In port
regard f or i ac k of ears. Tl,e Interstate Com-
the viewpoints of the Allies
From Bus Dri\
New York. June 22.-—Miss Margaret
Georgjiown Chamhar of Commerce
Reports to date indicate about *
one tenth of the quota has been ob-i
tuined in the counties of
town and Williamsburg.
good.
No Diccetion Given to Executives
“Of course, however, under the pres
Gciirge- p,lt Congress would not
think cf giving executive discretion of
pay. I. rat.
Mr. T. B. Youtii?, county chair
man is ‘ engaged in perfecting plaus
for this county
this kind. Congress, for various rea
sons, has so tied the hands of the exe
cutive officers of the government that
they have no discretion in the funda
mental questions of employment.
hardly more than half cs , 4 ^ , ,, ,
! their equipment at home, this neces duttor t0 P ay her £are - wording to
. sarily meaus, that they must be left l A e curren t issue of Bm Lines, the
BIG TRUNK OF BOOZE on less than half the necessary roll- bus t;om P an >' s Periodical.
SEIZED AT EFFINGHAM ing stock t0 handIo their frcight move She mounted the bus at 34th street
„ — , , , ' ments . he Chamber ot Commerce and Fifth avenue anR proWerea u 061,1
\\. C. hichelberger. chief state hopeH to h ave very carlv action on ‘ to R a Lynch ' the conductor. He
1 —“ — 1 remarked:
but this is a Penny,
voman searched her
uiema 1 queeuona 01 employment. 1 thc same by negotiating with Mr. bl wil , b ; unab . p Ur( , e and then, embarrassed, said:
do not believe, ot course, that the Eichkbergw if he really desires to m ' ucb • “ini afraid I must get off. that pen-
ci\il service system should be wiped, recover his confiscated property.! ... jny is all I have.*
MEET MONDAY TO
FORM ASSOCIATION
NEGRO CONVICT
ESCAPES GANG
out, or that we should return to the T his trunk was very similar in ap
THROUGH STRATEGY HE GETS ‘HPoils’ system, but there is altogether! p carance s to the one seized at the
GUARD’S PISTOL AND MAKES *00 much assumption in this govern- 1 sta tion here last Friday when the
ESCAPE ment that executive officers will use constable captured 20 quarts of
I ,hc>ir authority for political purposes.' g 00 d Schotch whiskey, but the con
Some days ago John B^st. negro, 51V own wonder is that, considering tents in the trunk taken this mom
convicted of obtaining money by the existing circumstances, the cm- j ng ( | 0 Ilo t come up to the same
false pretense at the March term of ployes of the government are as eft''- 1 standard.
court and sentenced to servo three cient as they actually are. I
years ou the county gang, made 1 ,- “As conditions exist, Congress legis! ij Anrw r f'nvinoTon
a raiher sensational escape from f lates for every minute item of em-j rieiir y '^yvuigi.u
the gang. Since being on the gang ployment. It tells me mat I can have Dies In Pensacola
ho has made an excellent record as in a certain office, for instance, ton ! -n y . .• 1 u i 1 !
a prisoner and through his good be Merles, of whom one can get $1,800, News was received in the city to- rile f,ecrela, ' i ' J s and Presidents of
havior and excellent work bad won per year, two can get $1,400 per year,, day of tho death at Peqsaeola. Fla., ’ tbe Iour Chambers of Commerce of
some consideration from the chain-, two can get $1,200 per year, two can {of Mr. Henry' L. Covington, a brother Florence County, will meet in Flor-
ny
"Remain where you are,' replied
the conductor, who was unaware of
her identity. “I will be glad to lend
you 10 cents/
She accepted his offer and took hisj
name. A few day# later he was s
prised to receive a note written
____ | White House stationery arfd sight
FOUR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE ‘‘^“rgarot Woodrow Wilson,’
OF COUNTY WILL WORK ! for courtesy and lp<
IN HARMONY ] in S a dime -
gang guard Mr. McBride. He went get $1,000 per yea,-, one can be a
to the guard Mr. McBridoi an dask- messenger at $720 per year In the
ed to borrow his knife and while first place, the scale of pay of em-
of the late Dr F P Covington of this 1 Dice, Monday night at 8 o'clock.
Nebraska’s Wheat Crop
Lincoln, Neb.. June 22
- . — Feder
10 and state officials state that Ne!
city, and one of the pioneer citizens effect a county association, which k ’ a - s wheat
of Florence As a member of the firm will handle matters of mutual inter jg.129 00O bushels
the guard had his hands In his pock ployes is entirely inadesuate, especial.of Covington Brothers. Mr. Covington ests to the four organizations. Be d e i- the 1919 production
ets for the knife the negro snatched ly' so at the top and bottom. In the lived in Florence for a number of side tae officials of the association
c a’i
crop will roachl
or 4.540,000 ua-;
rate approximately the same abuses as
they had before practiced. I then In
troduced and hud passed an amend
mont to the “cotton futures act” re
stricting the number of grades that
might be delivered on contracts so
that abuses might not be practiced
again.
"i also introduced an amendment
to a bill and secured its passage,
giving six months time for all notes,
drafits and bills issued ,for agricul
toral purposes, thus giving the farm
ers time to produce something to
meet the liabilities incurred in pro
duction.
“The Federal reserve act properly
administered has proven itself to be
the greatest piece ■ constructive leg
islation as affecting the prosperity of
.ibis couj^-y. ever passed in the his-
tory^^Congress, and the liberal treat
menWheq|yi accorded the farmers has
done mor^erhaps than anything else
in bringing about the present prices
for his produce and his consequent
prosperity.
“When the problem of a cheap and
^dequate supply of fertilizer is solved
^lie prosperity and well being of this
country is solved. Bread and meat
has been and always will be the foun
dation of the prosperity of any conn
try' and 1 am glad that I have been
able to contribute something to the
permanent solution of this question.
After the war broke out the price off
nitrate of soda soared to such a
price in the hands of manipulators as
'to lay an almoat prohibitive burden
bn the farmers of this country. Chili
was the country from which we got
our supply of nitrate of soda. I found
that the price in Chili was such that
if it could be bought and transported
by the government that a material
saving for the farmers could be secur
ed enabling hjm at less cost to pro-
duce for himself and for the country.
(Continued on Page Four)
past year the association has increas
ed its club enrollment from 450 to 600
clubs.
Hfth district Rotarians, including
the clubs of New Jersey. Pennsylvan
ia. Delaware and the District of Co
lumbia, opened a “hospitality hut” on
the steel pier, and it is here that the
blast will greet the West.
McADOO INSISTENT
New York June 22—Wm. G. Me
Adoo today telegraphed Jenkins re
questing that his name not be sug
gested for nomination. The mes
sage was sent when he! had learned
that Mr. Jenkins had announced
Me Adoo would be offered with or
without his eonsenv
Certain of Nomination
Kansas City. June 22—Mr. Jen
kins who had be«>n selected to make
the speech of nomination before Mr
McAdoo declined allow his name to
be placed before the, convention
said “Whether I nominate Mr. Me
Adoo or whether someone else does
this much is certain, his name will
be placed in nomination.”
tempted an escape from the county j tern of promotion based on efficiency unexpected by his relatives here. He exhibits in the state, or sectional paref | to 54 997 ow bushels last
.jtail while thefe awaiting trial, and not necessarily on longevity of v was the oldest of seven brothers, only agricultural development and 1 lin „ gunno w heat production,
forming u conspiracy among the; service or on hard and fast Individual two of them are living. Messrs. Hamp sutb activities. Right now one ol, / (rH1 ng " preliminary lestimiftes
prisoners then in jail to assault the rules laid down by appropriation bills ton Covington., of Panama City, Fla., ^>8 questions ot the four chum- ' v j,, r „ a ch 5 233 000 bushels compur
jailer at a specified time and man- from year to year.” ] and Bob Covington, of Jacksonville, b€, « ot commerce is the further ex ed to 5,678 000 bushels in
tier. One of the p.-isoners told the. | Fi a The deceased leaves a widow pansion ot the trade, of tjieir cities. These estimates are all
jailer cf the plot and after that Funeral Services Of ' und f°ii r children. The funeral serv-' and lt >e strengthening of the agii- j u „e 1. conditions.
John was kept in a cejl by himself. TUT 1? r* r* , | icesces will be held at Pensacola to- cultural interests of the ocunty. j
Mr. K. L. Lommanaer morrow. The four commercial organization j r. *
| 'of the county are, the Olanta Board InllUenza >\ppears
The funeral services over the re- Tnflirf- o£ ’l’> a de, Lake City Chamber of Attain In Tanai
Commerce. Timmonsvillft Chamber 1
based,
CLOTHES HID IN CREEK
One day last week two men dig-j mains of Mr. R. C. Commander, whose ]
ging baite in the swamp at Jeffreyies death was announced yesterday, were!
creek saw a negro man and woman go held at six o’clock yesterday after-!
to the creek bank and place something noon at the home on South Dargan
Losses On Reds of Commerc:, and the Florence C'hu Tokio. June 22—The influenza
, 4 i other of Commerce. domic has again appeared in Jaj
, . _ . " arsaw, June 22—Thc Poles have A preliminary meeting was called aa (j jg spreading throughout tl
in the water and hang up a paper bag . street and were attended by a large j repulsed enemy attacks in Smilgal h^t night, in Lake City. Due to country. The total number of
on a limb above the spot. They re-. number of friends. Dr. H. Tucker ] Ezaozina region inflicting consid- v, A'y serious interruptions in the es since the malady first broke diM
ported the occurance to Sheriff Burch Graham, pastor of the Presbyterian; erable losses on the Bolshevik!, ac work of the individual Chambers i aijl y ear bas reached 2,285,000 "oi
who made an investigation and he church, conducted the services. The cording to an official statement. i during the past week, the Luka City w hie!i 119,000 persons died. H
found weighted down under the watei deceased was widely known through-! — meeting did not develop as fully us
tied \>'lth wire a complete change of out this section and among those pres FRENCH AND TURKS CLASH was expected,
mens clothes—suit of clothes, shoes, ont at the funeral were citizens of —-
shirt, underwear, socks, cravat and several surrounding counties The Paris. June 22- Temps says today]
cap. The hiding of the clothes was floral tributes we especially numerous ' that the Turkish forces attacked
near where the chaingang was work- and handsome. Those wao acted as Mersiua. on' the Mediterranean and
ing and it is believed that they were pall bearers wore H S Rose. Brooks' that the Fr.yich warships in the
placed there for John Best, the negro McCall, F L Willcox. L T Barnes. J C harbor bombarded the Turks. I
GAMBLERS DROP COIN
OFFICIALS RELY
ON UNION HEAD!
who later eroaped from the gang. McClenaghan and Dr. L B Suites.
NEW YORK TO HAVE
A CENSUS RECOUNT
SEY/EN HUNDRED ENUMERA
TORS SENT OUT BY THE
CITY OFFICIALS
New York, June 22—Dissatisfied
with the government’s census
figures which showed New York
gained less than nine hundred thou
sand in the last ten years. The
city authorities today started seven
hundred enumerators on a test re
count ’ in the Manhattan districts.
BAND DANCE TONIGHT
The dance given under the auspices
and for the Denefit of the Municipal
Band will be held at Pinewood club I
this evening 9 to 12 o’clock. The fol
iowing couples will chaperone the
dance: Mr and Mrs. Fred Willcox,
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Martin. Mr. and i
Mra. Sam Royal, Mr. and Mrs. Clyd
Brown and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lynch.
The nroceeds of the dance go for the
benefit of the band.
EARTH TREMBLES
Los Angeles. June 22—Another
WON’T CONSULT
slight earth shock tlas felt in the. fore the Democratic convention
Ingelwood district at 5 o’clock this
morning. No damage was done.
STATED POSITIVELY HIS NAME
WILL BE PLACED IN NOMI
NATION
Kansas City, June 22—Burris A.
Jij klns, clergyman and newspaper
publisher, issued a positive state
ment today that W. G. McAdoo
would be placed in nomination be
ANXIOUS TO HEAR
FROM COMMITTEE
REPUBLICANS JUST NOW SEEM
TO BE MARKING TIME
with or without the consent of Mr.
McAdoo,
Washington. June 22—With a
date fixed for officially ntettfying
th'f candidates of their nomination
the Republicans today are awaiting
the announcement of the personnel
of tile executive committee which
The police broke up a “skin game” |
last night and rounded up the fol-
j lowing sports: Willie Crawford. ♦
' Lewis Bew, Herbett Fortune. Albert
,'McKiuley, Laurence Reed. Lozier Bray N0 STEPS TAKEN TO COMBAT]
boy and George Waters. They each SPREAD OF SWITCHMEN’S 1 1
•forfeited $25 bond by failing to appear STRIKE
fo rtrial this -morning. Alex Wilson I 1
forfeited a $5 bond on the charge of Washington. June 22—The switcbJ
disorderly conduct, and Henry Hawk- m en’s strikes which began in Philu
ins a similar forfeit for riding a bi delphia and I| itimore several days
cycle on the sidewalk. David Plllman a g U an( j spread other railroad cen-
was fined $5 for riding the sidewalg t, era art , b cing watched by tbe gov-
j eminent. As far as can be loarnod
today no steps to combat the spread
ing of the walkouts were decided on
will have general charge of the cam* £b ® brides being domestic servants
paign. Harding will be notified onj* 1 ’® 1 ” hi” household. His matrl-
July 22 and Coolidge five days lat-1 monial ventures all turned out hap-
Historian Married Seven Times.
One of the best-known examples of j b( , 0 fl\ ( .j a | K relying on tho recogni-
• much-married man is afforded by Sir zod union heads to bring about a re
Gervaisc Clifton, the historian of Ja-! turn of the strikers to their work,
malca, who married seven times, five of J
WEATHER REPORT
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plly.
Generally fair tonight and Wed
nesday. Moderate south-west wind