Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, July 10, 1919, Image 1
P The Fort Mill Times
gf Established in 1891. FORT DULL. S. 0., THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1919 J1.25 Per Yea*. 1
? LABOR EMPLOYMENT
f BUREAU JON TINIIED
CHANGE COMES OVER SPIRIT
OF DREAMS OF OFFICIALS
AT WASHINGTON.
WORK DELAYED BUT ONE DM
Appropriation of $400,000 Will Enable
Buraaua to Continue Operations
Pending Passage Permanent Bill
Columbia.
Offices of the United States Employjnent
service throughout the country,
^which were abolished by the director
general, John B. Densmore. because
-Congress had failed to appropriate
necessary funds for the continuance
of the work, were reopened by an
order from Mr. Densmore revoking
nis previous order. This action was
taken after Congress had passed the
sundry civil bill carrying $400,000 foi
thq employment service.
The appropriation of $400,000 tv ill
enable the service to continue foi
two months and hy this time it Is he
lieved the permanent employment
service bill now pending In both
houses will be passed. In the mean
time the offices will continue theit
work as before, except they will l>?
supported entirely by federal aid and
will not rely upon outside help whicli
"has enabled the work to go forward
since the latter part of March.
"Work Ahead R. R. Commission.
The South Carolina railrdad com
mission has some busy weeks ahead.
The commission will hold a hearing
In Walterboro, Colleton county, Julj
"10, relative to the stopping of througl
trains at Green Pond, where connec
tlon la made to Walterboro.
The same day the commission wil
go to Ehrhardt to consider the urgen
cy of additional train service betweer
Walterboro and Ehrhardt over tht
U ?* at as
tt auci uuiu uiautii ui me Aiiaiuu
Coast Line. The question of the erec
tiofc of a new depot at Ehrhardt wil
be considered the same day.
While In Walterboro and Ehrhardt
the commission will make an Inspec
tion of the physical condition of the
roadbed and equipment of the Walter
"boro branch of the Atlantic Coast
Line and the Bamberg, Walterbort
and Ehrhardt Railroad.
July 17 the commission will have i
hearing In the Columbia office rela
tire to the necessity of additionn
train service between Boston and An
draws In Georgetown county.
On this same date a hearing will b<
Kiren relative to the plea for addl
tlonal service over the Seaboard All
Line between Savannah, Charlestor
and Georgetown, and also additiona
aarvlce between Georgetown and An
draws.
Car Fare Reasonable. '
Holding that the plaintiffs In thi
case against the Columbia Railway
\Hit ? Kiectric Company, who Boughi
to have an injunction Issued against
the company restraining it from col
lecttng seven cent street car fares it
Columbia, do not appear to have suf
fered any injury other than that com
mon to all other citizens who ma;
wish to us.e the lines of the street cai
company. Judge W. H. Townsend re
fused the application for a temporary
Injunction. The efTect of the refusa
of the coutt to grant the injunctiot
la that the street car company wil
continue to collect ceven cent eat
fares as it has been doing since Jul]
1.
Schools Making Progress.
One hundred and seventy-nine dls
tricts in 22 counties participated ii
the disbursement of state aid unde:
the terms of the equalization law fo
needy schools. The amount paid ou
totals (58,120, leaving in the stab
treasury an unexpended balance o
$66,880.
R. C. Wright, publisher of the Ool
umbla Record states that he will nr
peal from the Bethea llbol verdict, t
the supreme court.
Edwin Robertson Commended.
Edwin W. Robertson, who gave hli
services unreservedly to the country
during the war period by nctlng as
state chairman of the first four Liber
ty loan campaigns and district chair
man of the Fifth Federal Reserve Die
a trlct organization in the Victory Loar
drive, has received a very compli
mentary letter from Carter Glass, boo
rotary of the treasury.
"You have served loyally at the sac
rlflce of your personal Interests, ant1
you deserve the grittitude of youi
country," the letter concludes.
Board Exports and Marketing.
The hoard of exports and marketing
which has recently been appointed bj
Governor Cooper, has charge and reg
ulatlons of the corporations that maj
be organised for the purpose of en
gaging In .the business of exporting
commodities from the United Statei
Jfj to foreign countries or to the Insulai
possessions of the United States
When a concern organises to engagt
j?\ in the export business, it shall entei
Jfe' Into articles of association which shal
Wi state the object for whleh the assocla
Im tioa la formed,
I
Brthea Win* Libel 6ulL
The Jury In the cas* of Andrew J.
Bethea against the Columbia Daily
Record brought in a verdict for $8,000
for the plaintiff after deliberating
about six hcurs. The 12 men retired
at 12:50 p. m. and the verdict was announced
shortly before 7 o'clock.
Attorneys for the defendant gave
notice that a motion for a new trial
will be made. Judge Townsend will
hear arguments during the coming
week.
The plaintiff sued for $100,000 on account
of several articles which api
peared in the ColumbLa Record comI
menting on his connection with the
army and his right to wear the uniform
of a major. The defense endeavored
to show that the stories printed
in the newspaper wer* privileged communications.
Society Is Doing Well.
Recently Secrotary yVilliams of the
stat* board of charities and correc\
tions, made an inspection of the
South Carolina Children's Home So|
clety, and finds the society doing
much good work.
He says there is a general move.
ment in the country toward the re|
placing of orphanages by a system of
( placing the children in homes at an
. early age. so that they may become
used to home life and get in closer
I touch with the real world. The op
. phanages are becoming agents for
. placing the children in the best homes.
i Tar Heel Women Invited.
Mrs. Fant In conference with Miss
Roberts, director of woman's division
* of war loan organization of the treas'
ury department, and with President
1 Johnson of "Winthrop College, was aul
thorized to invite tho North Carolina
club women to Winthrop College for
the club women's course on the same
terms as those offered South Carolina
club women, and she extended this
invitation in person at Hendersonville.
? Mrs. Alice P. Norton, editor of the
'r Journal of Home Economics, and for
i many years associate professor of
home economics at the University of
Chicago, will be sent by tne treasury
department as our instructor for the
thrift course.
i
, Lutheran Summer School.
5 Many Lutherans throughout the
- state are expected to enroll for the
I classes and lecture courses to be offered
at the Lutheran summer school
i opening at Newberry College July 13
. and continuing through July 18. The
, sessions are usually largely attended
. and prospects now are bright for a
I large body of Christian workers to be
, given to prayer which will be followed
by a meeting of leaders at 8 o'clock.
t Courses will be given in Sunday
school work, mission study, music, or
j Kiin.iz.auuu, principles or young people's
society, woman's home and foreign
and children's misionnry socie^
ties, literature and many others.
The faculty is one of the best that
authorities of the school have been
( able to secure in the eight years of
j the school.
Want to Annex Greer.
Governor Cooper has received a petition
signed by 650 people of Greeni
ville for the annexing of a portion of
, Spartanburg county, including the city
t of Groer, to Greenville, and asking the
t governor to appoint the commlsion to
- arrange the election on the question.
i The petition asks for the annexa
tion of 33 square miles of territory, in
- Spartanburg county, which holds 4,r
200 people and has taxable property
r worth nearly a million dollars.
r Matters Military. *
1 According to information given out
i at the ofTice of the adjutant general,
1 Greenville had 69 men ready for inr
spection when the official arrived. No
r company han yet been formed at
Greenwood. General Moore, who was
in Barnwell, plans tc go to Charles
ton, where two companies, the Washington
Light Infantry nnd the Sumter
* Guards will be formed. One company
r has been organized at Pelzer.
r "
t Appointed Supercargo.
? Washington.? (Special) ? Senator
f DDI has secured a position for Boyce
J. Whitehead of TJnion as supercargo
I- with the United States shipping
- board. Mr. Whitehead has been In
t> Washington for some time with the
shipping board.
Commissions and Amendment.
i In the office of the secretary of
f state an application for an amend'
inent to the charter of the Bank of
- Norway was filed. The hank wishes
- to increase its capital stock from $25.
000 to $:?o.ooo.
i A commission was issued to the
- Guaranty Loan & Trust Company of
- St. Matthews, the capital stock of
which is to be $50,000.
A commission was issued to the Ani
drews Country Club. The capital
r stock Is to be $6,000 and the organization
social in its nature.
South Carolina Day.
A fact not connected with the world
' war Is that Juno 28 is known as
"South Carolina Day," so named for
r the victory which was achieved over
the British by the Americans at the
f battle of Fort Moultrie on June 28.
? 1/70, in tne war or Revolution, and
also because 100 years later at the
celebration of the centennial annlveri
sary of that battle In Charleston, the
r movement was set on foot, which re1
suited In the "Stralghtout" Democratic
' campaign that redeemed the state
from carpetbag mlsgovernment.
SENATOR N. B. DIAL ~ |
N. B. Dial of Laurens. S. C.. is the
senator-elect to serve the long term j
succeeding the late 8enator Tillman, i
He Is, of course, a Democrat, and Is
a lawyer, banker and manufacturer.
FIVE BILLION IS APPROPRIATED
1
]
Congress Also Repealed Bills Footing 1
'Jp More Than $15,000,000 Passed
BY the Last Congress.
Washington.?Congress adjourned
at midnight until July 8. after enacting
all appropriation bills needed by
government agencies for the new fiscal
year.
Success crowned the efforta of republican
leaders to complete the necessary
appropriation measures, but
only after hours of delay which at
times almost threatened to block their
plans.
The final bill, the army measure,
carrying $776,000,000; the sundry
civil bill, carrying $605,000,000; the
District of Columbia's annual budget
of $15,000,000 and a deficiency measure
of $25,000,000, all wore completed
and sent to the white house.
With enactment of tne final bills
Including measures passed at the
last session of Congress, more than
$5,000,000,000 has been appropriated
for federal needs during the new year.
Congress also has cancelled more than
$15,000,000 of war appropriations previously
authorized.
COTTON CROP E8TIMATE
UNDER 11,000,000 BALES.
Washington.?A cotton crop of
about 1,000,000 hales smaller than last
year's was forecast by the department
of agriculture in estimating prospectice
production at 10.986.000 bales.
Acreage this year shows a cut of
8.7 per cent from last year's, the docrease
being 3.247.000 acres, the total
being 33.960.000. The agitation for a
reduction in acreage which the department
of agriculture jiys occurred in
every cotton-growing state, the scarcity
and high price of labor and unfavorable
planting weather caused the
heavy decrease.
AFGHAN PEACE DELEGATES
ARE BACK FROM FRANCE.
Simla, India.?Afghan peace delegates
have arrived at Jalalabad. Reports
Indicate that all Is quiet en the
frontier and the belief Is growing in
India that peace will be arranged.
The general official and non-official
opinion appears to be reflected by the
Plonoer's comment that Emir Amanulla's
overtures are obviously those of a
weak, repentant rulor and that the
spirit of contrition renders magnanimity
possible. The heat on the frontier
continues abnormal, inflicting
hardships on the troops.
TERRIFIC TRAIN WRECK
CAUSES TWELVE DEATHS.
Dunkirk, N. Y.?Engineer Clifford,
of the New York Central's Westerner
express, tried, according to his dying
statement, to avert the rear end collision
with train No. 41. which caused
the death of 12 persons.
Witnesses said the siren was still
screeching for the hand brakes when !
tnr> westerner. going 50 miles an hour,
plowed Into the rear coach of Mo. 41.
Clifford's almost dying words were
"Oh! I tried to stop."
CONSCIENCE OF FIGHTER
V8. THAT OF OBJECTOR.
Washington.?Tn refusing a request
of the amnesty committee of Chicago
that he mako an "open." unequivocal
appeal to President Wilson for immediate
release of all conscientious objectors,
Secretary Baker declared the
abolition of future wars "was Immeasurably
more advanced by the conscience
which led young men to give
up their liven for it than by the conscience
which found itself limited to
protest"
WILHELM MM QUI1
HBLUHDJT WILL
IN THE EVENT OF A REQUES"
OR DEMAND FOR 3URRENDER
HE MIGHT BE DETAINED.
RED TAPE IS 6UIDIN6 POWEI
Tribunal Under Whose Jurlsdictloi
Party Resides Must Finally Pass
On Matters In Question.
Amsterdam..?There Is nothing t
prevent the former German empero
or the former crown prince fron
leaving Holland at their pleasure, at
cording to a high government ituthoi
Ity at The Hague quoted by the Am
sterdam Telegraaf correspondent. 1
Blther of them should leave, howevei
the official quoted said, the surprls
of their departure would be "unpleas
ant both for the Dutch governmen
and the Dutch people."
"Should there come, however, a d<
mand for the former kaiser's extrr
ditlon," the official said in an Intel
view, "and should he then want t
depart suddenly, it is possible 1m
would be prevented. He can, accord
Ing to the law of extradition, be 'ai
rested,' at the request of a foreig:
government, but a demand for hi
extradition must be made within
certain period.
"When the demand for extraditoi
comes It will be examined in th
light of laws and treaties first. Th
law to be considered is the extrad
tlon law, Article II whereof speolfle
offenses for which foreigners will no
oe exiraouoa. KxKraditlon la als<
subject of a number ot other reetrlc
ottnn, formalities and guaranteef
Should there come a demand whlcl
Is technically correct and In ordei
the government must first obtain th
advice of the tribunal under whose 1?
gal Jurisdiction the person wanted 1
residing. Amerogen. being In the d?
partment of Utrecht, the tribunal c
that department would have to decld<
GLORIOUS FOURTH FITTINGLY
OBSERVED IN CAPITAL CIT
Washington?Return of world penc
wa sthe dominating spirit of Wast
Ington's celebration of Independenc
day. Pageantry in which the call c
Industry and other civilian occupr
tlons to returning soldiere and sailor
wore displayed, and a parade In whlc
all of the nations arrayed against Gei
many and Austria were represent*
were the features of he observance.
Sevn pageants showing the call c
art, of tho land, of commerce, bus
ness and professions, of the chlldrer
of labor of llhertw and tn "><" !
service, were given late in the da
on the lawns of department and otl
er public buildings. These pant<
tnimes wer emerked into a grea
pageant entitled the "Offering c
Peace." which showed the peoples c
the world, having passed through th
horrors of war. returning with com
age and anticipation to teh pursuit
of peace.
REAL WILD WEST PARADE
PASSES THROUGH PARIfi
Paris.?A gala performance o
"Faust" at the opera, with Marsha
Foch and Oeneral Pershiag as the sp<
daily honored guests, concluded th
notable Joint French and America]
celebration of the Fourth of July. Th'
day opened with an early morning rs
view commemorating France's partic!
patlon in the American Revolution am
the celebration afforded varied entei
talnment for the thousands of Amerl
can soldiers marking time in Pari
while awaiting transportation home
wai (l.
There was even a real wild wes
parade down the Champa elysees am
through the Place de La Concorde
given by an American army circu
showing In Paris. The cowboys, cov
girls and Indians, riding gaily througl
the Place de La Concorde to the mu
sic of a wild west band, proved a fa
greater attraction to the French thai
the brilliant military spectacle.
HOHENZOLLERN8 ARE NOT
CONSIDERED PRISONERS
Amsterdam.?The Telcgraf undei
stands that the attitude of the Dutcl
government regarding the ex-kai.se
may bo sumarlzed as follows:
A ~ 11 is - V- ? S ?
i-iisi in an, 11 mmum oe maae o ion
that a recent message about the a]
loged flight of the crown prince wa
based upon tho miBconceptlon that th
IIohonzollernB are prisoners. On th
contrary, they hnvo full liberty ti
leave and their departure would evei
be welcomed by the government.
TRIAL BOARD TO BE PRESIDED
OVER BY JOHN A. HAMILTON
London.?John Andrew Hamilton
Lord Sumner, will preside over thi
Ave Judges representing the Unltei
States. Oroat Britain. France. Italy
and Japan at the trial of the forme
Oerman emperor.
Sir Gordor. Hewart, solicitor gen
ral of Great Britain, will lead fo
the prosecution. William Hohenzol
lern. It Is said, will be defended b;
German counswl, asr,isted by Britlsl
law-ram If ha wishes them.
" ^ G^^^ELIP|
' Gen. Felipe Anoelee. who hae been P
y OF LAW BUT MATTER OF FACT. c
l
v Washington.?Contending that no
court may nay, as a matter of law.
>f what percentage of alcohol In liquor
'' makes it intoxicating, the Judiciary
? committee, in a report to the house on
r* prohibition enforcement legislation de8
clared this was a question of fact and
not law. and as such was clearly within
the province of Congress.
The committee held that the right of
I. Congress to define "Intoxicating li- 8
quor" as a beverage containing more 8
f than one-half of one percent alcohol e
1 was in full accord with its constitu- '
>- tlonal powers, and that every state. 1
e in dealing with alcoholic liquors, had 8
Q named products of that percentage as ^
8 Intoxicating and had either prohibited 8
>- use of such liquors or subjected them 1
' to heavy tax. 8
A "To define what is intoxicating does 1
" not trespass on the province of the
'* court," said the majority report pre- >
8 pared by Chairman Volstead.
(
HOLLAND WARNED NOT TO
t LET KAISER GET AWAY. *
ri <
i, London.?The allied governments \
3 have represented to the government y
' of Holland the necessity taking t
h steps to prevent the departure of the t
l* former German emperor from Holland, i
r C B. Harmsworth. under-secretary of g
state for foreign affairs, announced r
in the house of commons. 1
BOMBARD IRISH TOWNS, I
> CHARGE AGAINST BRITISH
Paris.?Irish American delegates;
h I v
here In the Interest of the Irish inde-1 r
P pendence movement, sent a new note "
r to Premier Clemencenu in which they '
|. charged the British with bombarding
3 Irish towns from airplanes, "wanton- e
0 lv murderirg women and children.'
e!They snid also the British aro issu0
ing frequent orders of banishment. .
a They asked the appointment of a
special investigation commission.
DRS. MUELLER AND BELL ,
, ARE BACK AT BERLINBerlin.?Hermann
Mueller and Dr.
Johannes Bell, the German peace
(j itreaty authorities, have arrived here. !c
, I Members of the party said that just ;
r before arriving at Compiegne oectt- t
| pants of tho dining car were startled f
by a stone or a piece of fireworks ^
r ; thrown into the cat. ?
|. j Both fho peace delegation which ^
f ' conducted the negotiations at Ver-' j
[j sallies and the armistice commlssin <
I at Spa will be dissolved. 1 ,
proclaimed provisional president of /
e | Mexico by General Villa and his fol- v
i- i lowers.
' NO LONGER ANY SOCIAL LIFE I
_ '
o Recent Executions No Longer Consist F
3 of Ones and Twos But of Whole 11
I* c
Groups By Machine Guns.
p- a
n c
s Helelngfors.?It 1b hardly possible
a to recognise Petrograd owing to the j,
..uutn n t?e -
ici i tutu t uuufic w u u iu a tuuuu. i ci - xi
n ror has so increased that nobody e
e speaks in the street, trains or public 0
8 (1
I places. People only regard one anoth- ^
? er suspiciously, tearing informers. Sol- /
t diers especially avoid prevalence of o
1 provocators of the red army.
Social life to all Intents has ceased. 1
' I
^ In every house there Is only one en- ^
r, try, either the front or back door be- ?
e lng silently shut or at whichever is a
open a communist sentry is posted.
y He demands of all inoomers first-place r
,f Identity papers; also their right to
5. walk in the street, and then questions
as to whom they are going to see, who r
lives in the family, what they do, what ?
^ is the business of the visitors. If
the answer is satisfactory, they pass i
[. in; if unsatisfactory, they aro arrestf>
ed, taken to the commissariat and
,f thence to the fortress of Peter and
i_ Paul where they generally are shot ^
s without question.
h The recent executions carried out *
r- at Peter and Paul are no longer in
d one's and two's but in whole groups > s
by a special machine gun detachment. r
>f The bodies are mostly thrown in the
1 Neva. 1
1
d BEER QUESTION NOT NOW ONF
issary to make the strike sufficiently
icute to compel action. Thin does not
leom possible now. either through our
fforts or the efforts of others we reied
upon to help us. Acting upon
his conclusion and with a Tlew to
i rving your best Interests. I herehy
leclare the strike at an end, and you
ire Instructed to work without furher
delay. You hare made a gallant
itruggle for your rights as American
rorkingmen and women.
ANTS NO MORE TROOPS
rswt nutn into MCYirn
Mexico City.?Ygnaclo nonlllas,
Mexican ambassador to the United
Hates, on his return to Washington,
vill ask for an agreement from the
rVhlte House that no American troops
>e sent across the border and alao
hat the United States Institute measires
that will absolutely prevent the
imuggllng of arms and ammunition to
ebels in northern Mexico, It was
earned officially.
HIGH COST OF LIVING
CAUSES RIOT IN ITALY
Forli, Italy.?After a great meeting
lere in which a vast crowd protested
igalnst the high cost of living, the
[>eoplf\ excited by Inflammatory
rpeoches, attacked, saclced and d^v
itroved many shops which refused to
iell commodities at lower prices.
Soon the fury of the mob made no
listlnction and had no limits. All
he principal shops were plundered,
ind the mobs controlled the entire
ity.
.0 MILES SILK RIBBON
"FOR VICTORY BADGE9"
Washington?Orders have Just hecn
placed by the army quartermaster
orps for 105.000 yards?00 miles?art
illk ribbon, out of which will he made
he sertrice stripes that men who serv d
In the war are entitled to wear,
rhough the authorization for the "Viccry
badges,' as thoy will be called,
ras issued by the war department on
tpril 9. It was found Impossible soonJf
to start tha manufacturing prows*
'LAN SYSTEMATIC
SOTTON CAMPAIGN
400,CXX),000 NEEDED FOR HANDLING
BUT ONE-FOURTH OF
GROWING CROP.
'LEASANT WIRES APPROVAL
lew Corporation Will Not Conflict
With $100,000,000 Cotton Export
Financing Concern.
New Orleans.?Plans for a systelatic
campaign In the cotton belt for
rganizing counties of the states for
andling the annual crop were launchd
here at the second meeting at the
resent conference of directors of tho
imerican Cotton association. J. S.
Vannamaker, of Columbia, S. C., pres
lent, said that $400,000,000 would bo
eeded for forming the planned corioration
to properly dispose of one
ourth of the crop.
This corporation. according to
'resident Wannamaker, will not conlict
with the proposed $100,000,000
otton export financing corporation,
s the fornier will limit its work to
otton for domestic use.
Governor Ruffin Pleasant. Louis
ana, chairman of the executive comnittee
of the export organization, teligraphed
his approval of the domestic
irganization, and W. B. Thompson,
f New Orleans, a director of the ex>ort
corporation, explained to the
tmerican Cotton association the plans
if the former.
The plans for organizing, adopted
nclude the forming of county and
>arish organizations in every cotton
;rowing state and a resolution was
idopted requesting commissioners of
griculture and presidents of farmers'
inions to issue joint calls for the first
neetings.
Telegrams aro heir g sent to goveriors
of cotton growing states and
residents of organizations interested
equesting that state meetings be callid
in July.
(ONENKAMP HAS CALLED OFF
GREAT TELEGRAPHERS STRIKE
Chicago.?The strike of telegraphers
vas called off by R. J. Konenknmp,
resident of the Commercial Telegra>hers'
Union of America.
President Konenkamp called ofT the
trike after he had conferred with
ther officials of the union.
A statement addressed to the mem ers
of tho organization by President
Conenkamp read in part:
"When the present strike was delared
against the telegraph companies
inder control of the wire administralon,
it was understood it would not
>e made an endurance contesL The
itrike was to be the final protest
igainst the unfair and unjust treatnent
we have received since August,
918, at the hands of tho wire adminstration.
"We realized that in order to make
his nrotest ?ff?rflv? It wnnld
RATIFICATION OF
LEAGUE EXPECTED
OPPOSITION TO TREATY WITH
PEACE LEAGUE CLAUSE IS
RAPIDLY CRUMBLING.
DEBATE MAY CONSUME WEEKS
Two Great Elements, Business Men
and Moral Forces Are Supporting
Program of Administration.
Washington.?As the President approaches
the White House, the opposition
to the league of nations crumbles.
It has been apparent here for
days, ever since Ellhu Root flred into
the Knox resolution, that the republicans
as a party would nerer oppose
the league of nations.
A few personally ambitious senators
of the Iloraa and Hiram Johnson
type, are out for applause from the
gallery, but plain, practical statesmen
of the Penroso and Will H. Hays
type, are. like "br'er fox," saying nothing.
Secretary Daniels has Just returned
from a spoaking trip in Ohio. Illinois
and other states of the middle west.
He is convinced that the President
is very strong there.
It is believed here that after a spirited
debate of days, or perhaps weeks,
the war will he closed by the ratification
of the treaty, including the lengue
of nations.
Two great elements, the business
men and the moral forces, are supporting
the program of the administration.
Senators Knox. I-odge and
others of the anti-Wilson group are
looking for a soft landing place, and
they can't prove that the plan of the
| President will not work.
SUPER DIRIGIBLE R 34 NOW
RESTS ON ROOSEVELT FIELD.
Mlneola. N. Y.?Great Britain's super-dirigible
R-34. the first llghterthan-alr
machine to cross the Atlantic
ocean, anchored here at Roosevelt flying
field, after an aerial voyage of 108
hours and 12 minutes which covered
3.130 knots or approximately 3.600 land
miles.
Passing through dense hanks of
cloud, with the sun and sea visible
only at rare intervals, the R-34 was
forcod to cruise 2.0i>0 knots to reach
Trinity Iluy. N. F.. from East Fortune.
Scotland, and 1.0S0 knots from there
to Mineola.
THE PRESIDENT 18 INVITED
TO 9PEAK AT ASH EVILLE.
Asheville. N. C.?President Wilson
has been invited to attend the sessions
of the Southern Labor congress. which
meets hern August 20. is the announcement
of Secretary W. C. Puckett, of
Atlanta. He was also asked to deliver
an address during one of the
sess'ons of the congress.
The letter sent to the President Informs
him that the congress proposes
to deal with legislative, social and
economic questions that are actively
before the people at this time and tha
labor congress feels the need of his
presence and advice.
EARTHQUAKE OF MODERATE
INTENSITY 18 RECORDED^
Washington.?An earthquake of
moderate intensity, believed to tiara
had its center In Central or Routh
America, was recorded early by tha
seismograph at Georgetown university.
The earth tremors first were recorded
at 3:11 o'clock and continued
until 4 o'clock. The distance of tha
disturbance was estimated at 2,300
miles from Washington.
ALABAMA CONGRESSMAN
SUES BIRMINGHAM PAPER.
Birmingham. Ala. ? ' Congressman
George Huddleeston of the ninth Alabama
district, has filed damage
suits against the Age-Herald Publishing
Company aggregating $1,300,000.
based on cartoons and articles published
during the congressional campaign
last year.
PRESIDENT OF PERU HAS
BEEN THROWN IN PRISON
Lima. Pru.?Augustn B. Lequla has
Assumed office as provisional president
of Peru and took up his residence
In the government palace as a
result of the successful overthrow at
I j-resineni I'arno.
I Senor Pardo, all his ministers and
1 a number of high officers of the arm?
and navy are In prlaon, Pardo bclnR
In th? penitentiary hero. Virtually
no fighting and no casualties marked
ttio overthrow of tho government.
1. W. W. AGITATION IN
MEXICO 18 RENEWED.
Washington.?Agitation hv the Tn*
| dustrial WorVfrR of the World
been renewed in Mexico, n < <<<,nil rift H
official reports recelrod here.
no has been
there
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With the forcible deport at
ceatly number leado^B H
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the I. W. W.