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Vol. LXX? No. 333 Union, S. C , yd?y, August 6, 1920 5c Per Copy
two killed and m
in sin
i Penvcr, Colo., August 6.?Denvc
Wg8 ' quiet early today after a nig}
of looting on the part of the stret
cair strikers, thei$ sympathisers an
strike leaders during which two pei
sons'Were killed; thirty-four injure
and thousands of dollars propert
damage incurred, Two thousand vo
unteer policemen are expected to pr<
rent a recurrence of the trouble. -.
The rioting began late in the aftei
pooh apd it was t>ot until one o'cloc
this' "morning that members of mot
which had kept police busy in variou
parts of the city fof more than si
> hours had dispersed,.
\ Eight street cars were wrecke<
the office <vf the Denver Pn?t narti#
V' 1 y <i Sfcmolished and damage done t
.-'vcar iarns in widely surrounded se<
tioUjfeyif the city. >
- '> ^ TnS dead: Blake, shot and instanl
ly lulled; A. G. Smith, Denver, die
Sf-. ot bullet wpunds.
ThU riots followed the first succesi
*,* ful effort cif the Tramway Compan
- H- fo parry passengers on street cai
manned by armed strike breaker
Twojcars were blockaded by a mote
' ^/ratrndjL Just as a parade of strikei
and sympathizers were passing. Som<
one threw a brick and the paradei
attacked the cars and crews. Cs
Windows were' smashed, protects
screens torn off and strike breakei
badly' beaten before police could ri
> store order. One man was shot in tb
foot. *C;*r
The Denver Post was the next ol
ject of the mob's attack. That papt
opposed #?e strike. Every wfndo
in the place was broken, press*
hammered and sand thrown into tli
. rotters; -the business office wa
wrecked, records and fixtures betn
thrown mttf the street; the engravin
room Wat^domolished and type an
linotype matrices, scattered throupj
thoLCompp sing room. The publishei
T?!Wid they would attempt to publis
. Whilt-the mob was htill at the, Pos
another crowd had gathered at tl
f E*m Denver car barn* and a thii
, v nfO^r had attacked the South, D6nv<
overturned and the strike^breaker
after receiving a -Sevdre beatini
sought refuge in the cathedral of
- Immaculate Condeptlon ana ? wgi
^ saved by intervention. of priests unt
rescued by the police. An attem]
was mpde to burn the cars, but- ser
ous damage by fire was prevented.
All during the evening May<
Jfcailey, Governor ?houp, Chief of P<
lice Hamilton Armstrong, who 'wt
, injured earlier by a flying bricl
* j and other city officials were in coi
ference at the State House conside:
' in the advisability of asking for Fe<
eral troops. A decision was reacht
\ early today to rely on volunteers ar
special policemen! all of whom wci
ordered to report to the city hall f<
'. strike duty today.
A. H. Burt, International Orgai
?iiser for the Union and President Si
'berg of the local union in statemenl
issued last night, deplored the mc
violence and disclaimed all respons
bility for the strikers.
General Manager Hild, of tl
company announced early today thi
cars would be run today. He declare
there were 600 strike breakers hei
and more on the way.
A crowd .surrounded tbe city ha
N for a short time last night and a
OllfS* JT I1IUU TT up J.COUOUICU 1IUIII a
tacking the Tramway Building, wliei
the majority qf the strike breakci
are housed, by a strong armed guar
which protected every entrance an
exit. Mr. Hild announced that 2C
armed men were kept at the darl
ened windows of the building wit
instructions to shoot if the police lin
below Should give way.
Early today the mob still surroum
building, but there was r|
vt violence. .
Th^company had 14 cars runnin
yesterday and for the first time me
and women were accepted as paf
sengers.
At times in the day the cars wei
crowded almog^ to the extent of th
rush hours of normal times. One pas
senger was injured in the rioting.
Denver, Colo., August !i.?Fear th*
noting by street car strikers, thei
sympathizers and strike breakei
which last night recited in the deat
of two and the injury of 34 person
would be resumed, was expressed i
official circles today.
Citizens today were responding t
j a proclamation issued by Mayc
\ Bailey calling for two thousand vo
unteers. for 'patrol duty. The polic
were helpless last night before th
mob, which proceeded on its journe
of destruction until it tired itself ou'
Reports ifom hospitals today ind
cated that the injured probably woul
recover.
No attempt -was made this morr
ing to operate cars. Yesterday wa
f\ the first day . since the trainme
struck for higher wages on Sunday
five tramway were first to hai
Eassengers. Tne cars were manne
y the armed strike breakers.
The mob which remained aroun
the tramway building until dayligti
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AMY INJURED
IKE RIOT IN DENVER
; NEGRO HELD lOEREIFIED
s US MAN WHO ROBBED
y iiiftinrinTiinrnin uniar
!: makutabluntn 5 mimt'
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rj Chicago, August 6.?Leroy ,Green, t
* a negro held in county jail, was t
'8 identified today by David W. Luke,
' West Virginia Wood Pulp and Paper
x manufacturer, his wife and daughter,
. as the man jwho forced his way into *
?? the manufacturer's home at Tarry- 1
town, New York, on July 17, locked J
;? him in his room, wounded his daugh- 1
ter-, terrorised his wife, and forced f
her to unlock the family vault con- *
t" taining $40,000 worth of jewelry. i
d Green was arrested on July 20 *
when a pawn shop* proprietor to t
whom he had sold a diamond became 1
y suspicious. and . called the police, i
3 Jewels worth $10,000 and $400 in 1
s< currency were round in his pockets.
A key to a bank safety deposit vault
8 led to the discovery of the rest of the (
ij6wlp-. .'
j congressional i
candidates speak j
lC V .. I
. The congressional candidates spoke 1
v- here ha the couft.house last niirht and
;r the house was comfortably filled with 1
w hearers, probabJ^t SBO beiftg present, i
,s Each of the four candidates was. 1
J? present and spoWe. The, meeting was J
fr presided over by J. A. Sawyer, county ,
5 Democratic chairman, who introduced ^
the candidates. The first speaker was ]
:h Mr. Wilson. j
? He opposed the Ech-Cummings bill.
Is opposed to compulsory military '
t training and the general trend towards \
,e centralized power in the federal gov- '
d eminent. ' -O 1 i
ir A'. E. Hill, the next speaker, stood i
10 for election upon national issues. Be- i
* lieVes in, states rights. There is too J
le much centralization of power 1r> Washid
ingtop. Lodge and^his followers are
r<? military training. Favors federal aid i
a for good fbtfas, both for building and
j, maintaining them. Opposed to unreie
stricted. immigration. Stands for a
'? bonus for soldiers through a tax on
'I war profits and for a law to punish
profiteering.
J. J. McSwain was next introduced.
>r Mr. McSwain read the statement of
>- his platform, published some months
is ago, setting forth his political faith.
He gave both the positive and negative
statement of his political platform,
i- Finding it impossible to discuss all
?d these points in a 25 minnte talk, he
\d grouped the whole around one point,
^ states rights, which he favored. The
)r dangers of centralized federal power i
^ he opposed.
j_ Dave Traxler was the last speaker
Ls and his platform- is free education for
>b every boy and girl. Uncle Sam should
1- say to the boys and girls: You goto '
college and I'll pay your way. When '
I want you to fight you will be ready '
for me. 1
re Mr. Traxler stands for an 8 hour '
labor law. Has given much time to
11 this fight. Making the third race and
n expects this time to win.
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* STATE. COUNCIL ?'
* TO MEET HERE !
:? ?
^ The state council of the Junior Or- ]
ie der of the United American Mechan- s
ics wIU meet here; holding their s?s- t
j. sions in the Court House August 10-11. 1
? On the evening of the tenth there will ]
be- a public meeting. Music by the *
g Union band,-addresses of welcome on
n behalf of the city of Union, R. P. Morgan;
local Junior Order, Rev. L. L. '
Wagnon; K. of P., Rev. L. W Black- ;
e welder; Masonic Fraternity, T C. ,
Duncan; B. P. O. Elks, J. Gordon j
Hughes; I. O. O. F., J. M.- Greer; L.
O. O. M., C. E. House; Red Men, Rev.
it J. B. Chick. 1
>r The general public is cordially in- '
P vited to attend this meeting. 1
[S The response to the addresses of
n welcome will be made by some prominent
man of the state Representative 1
n men from all points of the state will 1
ir be here.
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:e
ie finally dispersed.
y H. II. Tammcn, one of the owners
t. of the Denver Post, whose building
i- was damaged by the crowd, said tod
day he could not estimate damagfe
done by the mob to the Post plant,
i- "The downtown is without protects
tion," said he. "The Post was issued
n as usual front i^a own plant."
ft Strike breakers at the South Denil
ver car barns todSy patrolled the yard
d in front of the bams with rifles on
their shoulders. Last night's two
d fatalities occurred in a clash at three t
it learns. c
IF RUSSIANS COM
THEY WILLBF
London, Aug. 6.?A semi-offlcy IF
nessage from Warsaw, filed li||?
light, says the Poles have evacuajBft j
)strov, between the Bug and W;
slarew rivers, 25 miles southwesiiflK d
xmr/a and about 55 miles nortbe^pj p
if Warsaw. -jk- o
The dispatch declares that PolHl
ifficials believe that the present $
>f advance, if maintained would bx^K t3
he Russians into Warsaw in soy v
o ten days. Wpt. if
Berlin, Aug. 6.?Refugees readflfe ^
he frontier of East Prussia fm g
?insk are reporting an actrte ffyt ?
ihortage in territories evacuatedn^ r
he Poles. The retreating armied ?e" j,
(aid to have taken all the grain Ad
'ood they could find. Although <?iS| r
n Volhynia are far below the tfjSr* v
ige, grain is being requisitioned'?)!;
he advancing Soviet armies and mis ^
"eared that famine in Western R\uBld ^
will force large numbers of the Aov *
>le to flee into Germany.
London, Aug. 6.?Leo n
>f the, Russian Soviet delegraon n
lere, sent Premier Lloyd George jfcst t
light, a long communication 1)
-he Soviet government's . repl*|to ti
jreat Britain's note of Tuesday; Jty ^
-egard A<p the delay in the anmMc$t'
negotiations between Russia andvq^ h
M. Ko?neneff's statement dedASd" y
:he Soviet government never deAed 1
;o combine the negotiations fotStn
irmistlce with negotiations jmoy4l|
leace, but that it demands thavfthdlC
:erms of the armistice include 'Jsi-fi
sonable guarantees which wouldtWre-j*
/ent attempts upon the parts
iii tu iu u?e vnu period 01 me anwwice
tor the renewal of hostile actsrg
. The sole obstacle in the way Ahj^ i
tieginning of negotiations foj(3tbe. t
suspension , of military ?s opecijlfens, c
says the note, is the absence c
Polish delegates, whose return^Hbe/ 1
ing awaited by the rep res entatnW of t
the Soviet government in ordomafe i
negotiations may be immeflBeiy x
The note continues: . Jtm''1
"The Russian Soviet govcMWnt 1
again declares" that it is firaft^HMflt1 J
the^ freedo^^pj^^ <
in the British note of July 20."* , i
With regard to tlfe proposal Lon- s
Ion peace conference the note says 1
in substance that the Soviet govern- 1
tnent^had proposed that the confer- 1
?nce be only with the leading powers 1
af the entente, because the useful- J
ness of such a conference arose from 1
the fact that without the assistance <
af the leading powers war could not ]
be waged by other states against <
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TODAY'S COTTON MARKET 1\
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New York, August 6?Cotton fu- I
bures opened steady; October, HI.65;
December, 30.50; January, 29.45;
March, 29.07; May, 28.76. J
Liverpool, August 6.?Cotton spot ^
luiet; prices higher. Good middling,
29.85; fully middling, 28.60; middling, y
27.10; low middling, 23.30; good ordi- j
nary, 20.10; ordinary, 19.10. Sales, i
1,000 bales, including 2,300 American. (
Receipts none. Futures closed steady. '
August, 24.98; October, 23.12; Jan- '
jary, 21.17; March, 21.18; May, 20.62;
July, ?0.20. t
i
New Orleans, August 6.?Prices ]
continued to move up until October r,
>vas at 31.20 and the list was 22 to 76 1
aoints over yesterday's final prices.
Much realization came from the long
iide toward. noon *ahd a break ensued
;o levels 30 points higher to 6 points
ower than yesterday's last quotations, t
irregularity was due to straddle op- c
;rations.
New Orleans Anciiaf fi?finnf (
ton, quiet; 25 lower. Sales on the I
*pot 299 bales. To arrive 100. Low J
middling 26.00; middling 36.75; good \
middling 40.50. Receipts 1,375. *
Stocks 299,566.
Noy York, August 6.?11:45 a. m.
lids. October,* 32,20; December, *
10.85; January 29.65; March, 29.38; j
Vlay, 28.90. Market steady. j
j
fJew York, August 6.?The early
rregularity was followed by sharp
idvances in which* the feature was the c
elative strength and activity of Oc- e
.ober contracts. The statement that p
rnnking interests would extend reason- a
ible aid in an orderly marketing of the v
lew crop seemed to make considerable r
impression on sentiment, while there p
vere apprehensions that rains might a
lelay the early movement, and for a v
;ime October shorts were urgent buy- ii
irs. They ran the price up to 32.60 F
luring the middle of the morning or n
>5 points net higher while December t
lold at 31.15 or 35 points above last v
light's closing quotation. The demand h
apered off and there were reactions p
>f several points late in the forenoon, c
I ADVANCE I
ION ENTER WARSAW
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'.ussia, and so the peace of Europe 1
rould fee guaranteed. f
The Kameneff statement continues:
**.We are still of the opinion that
irect negotiations with Poland for
rce would serve the interests both
the Russian and Polish peoples."
The conference in London between
lussia and the leading powers of
^.'entente, says the communication,
rould have for its object the regular-"
ifction of the international position 1
? Russia and the settlement ?f all j
Outstanding questions between her c
pd the allies. 'The guarantees the c
loviet government desires is that
'olanr^will not use the armistice petal
for a renewal of hostiltiies, it 1
s set forth, include her partial dis- (
nnament and the cessation - of the 1
ecruiting of conscript soldiers as
Srell as volunteer enrolments. ,
M. Kameneff also refers to his in- ?
erview with Premier Lloyd George
Vednesday night and states that he
brwarded to the Soviet government *
he premier's statement with regard I
o the decision of the British govern- <
ftent to side with Poland and to reiew
the blockade in consequence of ,
he invasion of ethnographical Poland .
iy the troops of the Soviet govern- :
sent. ? \ ,
r _ i
Washington, Aug. G.-jSoviet Rub- 1
ia is .in possession of sufficient .mutitions
to carry on for five years (
warfare- on the scale of that now be- .
ng conducted against Poland, accordng
to estimates made here today by 1
ullit^ry authorities. Practically all (
>f the stocks on hand are from supdie*
furnished by the allied govern-1'
nents to the old Russian regime dur- ;
hgr.vthe worid war. ,
'^ondon, Aug. 6.?Today's cabinet .
rtfljWing, at which the Russian reply
pithe British note on Poland was
'oftnideered, was followed by no offi- 1
i&llndicati on of the trend of affairs,
rha b^st information, however, was
hat. Great Britain would accept the
!h?1j$ftt. reply, notwithstanding it is
lot wholly satisfactory.
.Vtkdp afternoon Leo Kameneff and
jeonihl Kxassin, with several other pf
hnfpepviet delegation here, held * a
onference :> with Premier Lloyd ;
wrich have been engaged In the fighting
Geqpral Wrangel's forces in
southern Russia have been completey
defeated, according to a telegram
from General Wrangel, which has
seen received here. Th<Tanti-BoIsheriki
have captured 4,000 prisoners,
19 cannon, 150 machine guns, 4
trains, 5 armored cars and a great
quantity of war material it is said.
Pursuit of the Bolsheviki, it is deelar?d,
continues.
New York, August 6.?Trading was
ess active during the middle of the
iftemoon with the market holding
'airly steady around 32.25 for Ocooer
and 29.G2 for January or net 30
>oints higher to 26 lower.
New Orleans, August 6.?11 a. m.
>ids. October, 30.89; December,
!9.80 asked; January, 29.13; March, '
.o.ou; May, za.zo. Market steady.
New Orleans, August 6.?A somewhat
steadier tone was taken on late
n the session with the late months
nclined to do a little better, although
Dctober continued the strongest
nonth? "Toward the close prices were
> to, 33 points up net.
Liverpool, August 6.?Weekly cot- (
on statistics: Total lorwarded to
nills 50,000 bales of which American
l4,000; stock 1,127,000, American
r78,000. Imports 21,000, American
,000. Exports 5,000.
New York, August G.?Cotton spot 1
teady; middling 39.50.
New Orleans, August 6.?The coton
market closed steady, 3 points .
lown to 32 points up.
Closing 1
High Low Bid.
October .... 31.20 v0.20 30.76 ,
lece'mber . . . 30.22 29.50 29.80
Tanuary .... 29.60 29.98 -29.18
Harch 29.02 28.48 28.81
Hay 28.60 28.19 28.50 ?
i
Closing |
mgn iiow urn.
)ctober .... 32.62 31.30 32.05
Jecenaber . . . 31.15 30.45 30.67
fanuary 30.00 29.35 29.47
darch 29.60 29.02 29.10
-lay 28.20 28.65 28.65
New Orleans, August 6.?Poor
ables and an unfavorable view of forign
polities caused a drop of 21 to 32
-oints in the cotton market today
round the opening but when the
feather map was posted the heavy
ain in extreme eastern and western
ortions of the belt were looked upon
s injurious to the crop and a buying
fave set in. The demand was further
ticreased by a report that a Federal
teserve Board statement had been t
lade denying that loans against cot- s
on had been curtailed or thnt they
fould be. At the end of the first
our of business prices were 15 to 56
oints over yesterday's close, October <
limbing to 31.00. <
FIVE KILLED, MANY HI
RESULT OF Pll
WW MEETIHG W.M.II. s
MED HEBE TODAY :
AT BAPTIST CDIED i
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The 15th -annual meeting of the ^
iV. M. U.t of Union County Baptist a
Association, convened on the morning n
>f August 4th at the First Baptist 4
:hurch at Union. The meeting was t
:alled to order by the Superintendent. P
drs. Preston Bobo, and devotional ex rcises
were conducted by Dr. E. S.
teaves. * t
A splendid program had been ar- v
-anged and was carried out. There d
ire 24 churches in the Union; twenty;wo
having W. M. S. organizations; e
;wenty of them are active and re- ?
>orted good work during the past year. j
>rg&nizations such as the Y. W. A.
Most of these societies foster other r
ind G. A.'s for young ladies and R- A. c
Tor the bays and Sumbeams for the Is
ittle folks Each band is well organzed
with a competent leader and ap- ?
portion -dn amount each year for the ^
75 million drive. The total amount a
:ontributed by the women, girls and
joys in-the county for the past year n
was $9,579.00. This is a splendid rec- ii
>rd for Union County. ?
There were about fifty delegates and g
visitors in attendance; the state of- ^
ficers present were Mri. C. R. Bobo, y
vice president of the northern division; e
Mrs. L. M. Rigby, of Spartanburg, g
mission study chairman; Miss Azile
Wcfford, of Woodruff, of the training ?
nrVinnl r?5 via All a/ fVioao Ino/lnro
made splendid talks on the work.
After the message and report of the
Superintendent the convention stood
as a token of appreciation of the good
report-and faithful -service pt Mrs.
Preston $obo.
Splendidly prepared papers were
read by Mrs. Davis jtefferied on the
Foreign Hospital in China; Mrs. E. S.
Btea^es or the Mission Study^Mrs. vN^
Personal Service^ The report #Qn
obituaries was read by Miss Jtfene
Eison. ' r ,
The following officers were elected
for next year: Superintendent, idrs.
Preston Bobo; Assistant Supt., Sirs.
J. M. Little; Secretary, Miss Pearle
Johnson; Div. Pres. No. 1, Mrs. R. M.
Hendley; Div. Pres. No. 2, Mrs. J. W.
Smith; Div. Pres. No. .3, Mrs. R. C.
Coleman; Div. Pres. No. 4, Mrs. M.
G. Crosby; Asst. Supt. for Y. W. A.
Mrs. W. T Humphries; Asst. Supt. R.
A.. Mrs. W. D Clark; Asst. Supt. SunbeamB,
Mrs. H. W. Stone.
The meeting adjourned at 1:30
o'clock on the second day after having
carried out the full program and
will meet next year at Jonesville.
Th# ladies of the First Baptist
church served luncheon each day ip
the banquet hall of the church.
PERSONAL MENTION
Miss Annie Tinsley has returned
from a visit to friends in Spartanburg.
Everette Jeffries has returned from
Fort Valley, Ga.f where he has been
doing vacation work in the peach orchards
of that community.
Miss Irene McDow will lenve tomor- r
row for Santuc to visit her sister, Mrs.
I I> T..* T _ __ * .1
li, u. jcut jr.. xvjl a" icw uaja.
Miss Elizabeth Jeter, of Santuc, was t
among the shoppers in the city today, j
Emslie Gault has returned from a j1
yisit to Atlanta, Ga. ?
Mrs. J. I). Arthur and Mrs. L. G. '\
Young are spending sometime * at v
Glenn Springs.
Capt Zimmerman?King, of Andrews,
was the guest of friends in Union for
? day or two this week.
Mrs. J. P. Schofield and Miss Frances
Schofield, of Atlanta, are visit- v
ng Mrs. T. A. Murrah on South street \
'.his week.
Miss Anna Lou Murrah is the guest (>f
relatives in Spartanburg this week. ^
Capt. and Mrs. Jack Duncan, of j,
Washington, D. C., passed through i
Union today on their way to Charles- ^
.on and Sullivan's Island to spend a j,
nonth with relatives. They are mak- r
ng the trip by motor and having a deightful
time. Capt. Duncan is well
mown to many Union people and it
vill be news to them to hear of his
narriage to Miss Elise Broughton, of j
Richmond, Va., which occurred the ^
!3rd of June. The trip to Charleston v
s part of the honeymoon journey. jj
Mr. and Mrs. O. S Miller and daugh
er, Mirs Bessie Miller, are spending
lome time in HehdeVsonville, N C.
WEATHER 15
For South Carolina?Partly cloudy 1
ronight and Saturday; probably with a
x-casional showers. J
1
9MES BURKED
UJH ILLIiiuiS TOWN
^ West Frankfort, 111., August 6.?
following a night of rioting: in which
ve persons are believed to have been
illed and scores injured, comparative
uiet was restored today. Approxilately
5,000 foreigners, against/
/hom the rioters directed their atack
had left town and this, coupled
nth the arrival of 150 militiamen of
he Ninth Illinois Infantry, tended to
ring abopt order.
A number of homes were burned
nd a pool hall was wrecked. The
10b, at its heighth, numbered about
,000 men. Foreigners fled in all diections,
taking what articles of
roperty they could with them.
The outbreak got underway shortf
after 10 o'clock last night and coninued
to nearly daybreak. At times
he mob split up in sections and it
/as reported that some divisions
rive foreigners into nearby woods.
The homes of about fifty foreignrs
were fired and the residents were
lubbed and mauled as they emerged
rom the burning buildings to escape
icineration.
Troops arrived under command of
lajor W. E. Satterfield. Two other
ompanics from Cario are expected
iter.
The troops were stationed in see
ions of the town, principally inhabitd
by persons of foreign birth and
istructed to protect the property
bandoned by the fugitives.
Witnesses to the rioting said a
umber of foreigners had been beaten
nto insensibility by^the mob, many
>eing trampled upon.
Several women were hit by misiles,
it was said. Many of those
eaten according to these accounts,
/ere left in the streets, and wre pickd
up by relatives after the mob had
;one to other sections of the town.
Following formation of the mob,
n ultimatum was served on Mayor
'ox and Sheriff Watkins to leave ^
own, or else give the rioters free <
eign. A press censorship was esablishd
to keep news of the rioting
rom the outside world.
Public indignation was aroused fol- . .
owing the arrest of Settino-De Seslis
in connection with the murders of
Vmiel Calcaterra and Tony Hetnpcl,
,wo*"youths. A mob formed and
ito^med the jail at Marion, where <
Do. Sesnis was incarcerated,, but
:oynty officials ,bad been advised of '
h* mob's approach, aftd wWiod the * ' a
ftfeonei's ^~ ^y/j
intensified when two other' men, be- '
ived to be Sicilians; wire arrested
n connection with the murders. The
nob, hearing of the arrests, visited
he jail here and demanded that the
irisoners be turned over. The do
nand was refused, but a committee
>f the mob was prmitted to speak to
he prisoners.
One of the prisoners is reported to
lave admitted he drove De Sesnis
ind the two boys to Royalton Monlay.
"This, coupled with reports that
.he youths had been served with a
'blackhand" letter admonishing them
silence concerning bank robberies
n southern Illinois, incensed the
:rowds against the foreign element
and the rioting ensued.
Count Giulio Bolegnesi, Italian
Consulate, Chicago, telephoned the
Italian Embassy today, that he and
the Vice Counsul were proceeding to
West Frankfort, 111., to make a'Personal
investigation of the attacks by
a mob on Italian rsidents there.
Where representations regarding the
attacks will be made to the State Department
probably will depend largey
upon the Consul's final report.
Mayor Bailey this afternoon issued
t proclamation ordering all theatres
o close at seven o'clock tonight. The
mlice department requested citizens
o remain at home tonight in the
lope of preventing reoccurrence of
ioting.
Springfield, 111., August 6.?Five.
:undred more Ijlinois militiamen are
o be sent to West Frankfort, Adutant
General Frank S. Dickson anmunced.
He received word this
fternoon from Major Wilbur Saterfield
commanding:, the troops in
Vest Frankfort that the situation
ras still threatening. ' >
VILL MOVE TO
GATE CITY, VA.
?? " 1
R. S. Blaloek, for anumber of years
vith Excelsior Knitting Mills, Union,
trill, at i*n early day, move with his
amily to Gate City, Va., where he
till become superintendent of the
iate City Hosiery Mills at that place.
Ir. Blaloek has been assistant superintendent
of Excelsior Knitting Mill,
Jnion, and has a wide circle of friends
ere who regret to see him leave. He
5 an experienced mill man and an all
ound good citizen.
SERVICES AT RFIII am
A revival mee;ing will begin at
teulah Baptist church Sunday, August
th There will be two services daily
nth dinner on the grounds. The pubc
is cordially invited to attend.
SERVICES AJ CARLISLE
Revival services will begin at Carsle
Baptist church next Sunday and
he Pastor, Rev. K. P. Smith, will be
ssisted by Rev. N. A. Ilemriek, of
onesville
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