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If ^ 1 f 1 eJK MM i***"1 I h ! 111 m 1111? ? i 1 he Union Imily Times *[ PRESS X tonight or Friday. F^-'PuiClti-II i: ! : I I I I : : | DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Established in 185Q?Conrarte d to Thm Won Dally Tun? Oc lobar 1, 1?17 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY ;; Vol. L.XXII No. 1418 Union, S. C., Thursday Aftcrnoflfi June 29, 1922 3C per Copy SUMTER CANNING MEANS MUl (By B. E. Adams, in Charleston News and Courier, June 25). A new industry has been opened up in Sumter County. It promises to aid very materially in bringing about o change in the ragricultural outlook in that section. The canning of food products on a large scale is something new in Sumter, yet in the short space of a few months, the industry has reached goodly proportions. Already th0 canning factory is proving a big thing in the lives of many people. This is specially true of the farmers who are benefitting through the operation of this plant. The canning factory is affording a ready cash market for four vegetable crops grown in Sumter county; it is providing work for about 200 persons who might otherwise be without employment; it :s taking raw products from the farms of Sum'or county and turning them into rash and the cash is being distributed among the busmess houses of Sumter; it has added to tho list of industrial plants in South Carolina; it is helping to fight the battle against the boll weevil; it is j.Htting up a fight for better freight rates and it is helping to advertise! Sumter and South Carolina. Work Started in April. The Sumter Canning company, the U concern operating the plant was or-1 ganized late in 1921 and started op- j erating in April of this year. The; plant occupies an old cotton mill building on the edge of Sumter. It is equipped with modern machinery and| turns out an excellent product. A 1 number of Sumter business men an<j farmers are interested in the movement. Mr. H. J. Harby, a retired capitalist and public-spirited citizen, is president of the company. Mr. Ilarhyj V is credited by iiis associates as being: the moving force behind this new development. Mr. It. A. Bradham, president of a Sumter bank, a farmer and a man who is greatly interested in the agricultural development of South 1 Carolina, is vice president. Mr. Brad- I ham is an untiring worker in the in- I terest of agriculture and livestock movements and, he cooperated with' the writer in securing valuable data i on the canning industry as it affects Sumter county. Mr. E. M. Hall is secretary and treasurer of the concern. The active worker behind the undertaking is Mr. H. A. Shaver, manager. Mr. Shaver is an experienced ' man in the canning industry, he hav-i ing been born and reared in Virginia,' where work of this nature has been ( carried on for many years. Mrs. Shaver, who is also experienced in this work, devotes her time to the plant, and is deserving of much credit y lor the success attained. $8,000 to $9,000 Weekly. The great value of the plant can be better understood when it is point- j ed out that four to five carloads of* finished products ar? being shipped to [ market weekly. This means an In-1 come of from $8,000 to $0,000 perj week. Twenty-nine carloads of canned beans have been sold in New York,!Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Chicago,' Kansas City, St. Louis, Atlanta aiidj other cities, says Mr. Shaver, who points out that one of the greatest.; handicaps to be overcome is that of i freight rates. The products from the Sumtei*~~factory must, of necessity be' shipped to large distributing points j for sale. In comparing rates with other points Mr. Shaver said: "The greatest handicap we have in making a success with a canning factory in this section is freight lates; we started last December to' have a commodity rate established telling the acreage we had contracted J hut while we-have had some promises of better rates we are being charged what we think are very exorbitant rates and, in, fact, no canning factory can exist doing a large volume of business which they have to ship to the much populated districts and pay the rate of freight which we are now having to pay; for instance, the canning section around Baltimore has a freight ratP to Pittsburgh of Ha cents against our rate of $1.01, to Chicago. 42 cents against our 00 cents, and other points in proportion. The canning section of Fast Tennessee. Morristown and Newport have a freight rate to Cincinnati of 31Vfc cents against our 80 cents, to Birmingham and Atlanta <-T HI cents against our 62cents, also Virginia cities can ship tomatoes to Columbia and Augusta for 47M: cents against our 411/i cents, and Baltimore can ship to Chai1leston for 34 cents per hundred while we have a rate of 40Vfe cents per hundred." Cuts Down Pridit. It will he seen from figures quoted by Mr. Shaver that Sumter is being discriminated against in the matter of rates and until this matter can be adjusted the South Carolina pi mt will not be able to show the profit it would under fair conditions. At the time of my visit to the plant, June 15, everyone was going at top speed t" take care of the bean crop. Hundreds and hundreds of bushels of: Ivans were being received at the plant daily. Men, women and children in wagons, cars, buggies, trucks and automobiles came in in great numbers to bring the fresh, green beans. As the bean-laden wagon dtives into the factory yard it is placed on the scales and weighed. From here the produce was delivered on the platform, nnd the wagon reweighed and the driver paid for the heans. mis means wiaci the farmers around Sumter can grow a vegetable crop in a few months, harvest and deliver it to the canning plant and get paid for their work instead of being forced by a one-crop system to work all year on borrowed money or be carried by some merchant until cotton marketing time. In commenting on t.hi3 feature of the undertaking, Mr. Bradham said: "I see in this new industry a way to I break the credit system built up! around the cotton crop. In this industry a farmer can have something to sell at all seasons of the year instead of going to the banks or merchants and borrowing money or buving goods against his crop; he can have one crop tide him over to the next." Shortly after the organization of thp, company last fall the manager W contracted with n number of fanners to handle the spinach, beans, tomatoes ; FACTORY CH TO FARMERS Coal Operators to Meet at White House Washington, June 29.?Secretary of Labor Davis announced today that the bituminous and anthracite coal operate; s had accepted the invitation extended 1st night by President Harding to meet at the White House Saturda/ with the miners' union officials to devise means on which the negotiations for the settlement of the coal strilo might be initiated. and potatoes. Mr. Shaver states thai he contracted with 109 farmers to take care of 400 acres of beans. Othei farmers contracted to furnish spinach, tomatoes and potatoes. This means that more than 109 farmers in Sumter county had a cash return from their crops at a time when the cotto.i crop was a dead expense and the return from this source several months off. The production of beans ranges from 50 to 200 bushels per acre. The selling price is $50 per ton, which is equivalent to 90 cents per bushel. At the time of my visit the plant was handling frcm 800 to 1,000 bushels in.*i ii?v unci nau Deon working on beans three weeks. Tomatoes will follow the bean crof, according to Mr. Shaver, who stated that he had contracted for 250 acres of tomatoes. With normul weathe.* conditions it is estimated that this wil mean 25 carloads of finished products. The output from the plant has beet, sold and it is likely the capacity will bp enlarged another season. Mr Shaver points out one big -advantage .St.illh Carolina has over the big canning section around Baltimore, and that is the crop will be about 30 day? ahead of the Northern crop. More than 100,000 large cans ofJ spinach retailing from 25 to 32 cents per can, were put out by the piart tli is season. This means about 151 tons of green produce. Five hundred acres of sweet potatoes have been contracted for. The factory will start work on this crop r.bout September 1. This crop is bought as it conies from the ground and all sie.es and shapes are taken. A Trip Through the Plant. It is interesting to visit the factory and watch the process through which the beans pass from the farmers' w igons to the ear, ready for shipment to market. After the beans are weigh ed and propel ly cheeked the baskets are placed in long rows, where scores of small boys and negro women art busily engaged in "stringing" . them When they have completed a basket it is removed and a fresh supply placer, before them. The finished basket is placed on the little elevator and starts on its journey. Arriving, on the second floor the contents of the basket arft dumped into a large machine wh'oh cuts the beans in short lengths ,'lpH HlP All o Kfno/1 belt, which is moving toward the big cooker. Two women stand by the belt and closely inspect the beans to see that all faulty ones are removed. The belt pours its freight into a very large ii'dal cylinder which is continually revolving. This cylinder is charged with steam. It requires three minutes foi the beans to pass through this process of cooking or steaming. From here the bean is dumped into the lar^f hopper of the canner. A continuous line o'f empty cans is automatically fed into this machine and come out on the opposite side filed with frtslcut beans. The can continues on it; journey and at the next point in the operation is filled with brine. As the endless chain moves onward the contents of the can are packed allowing room for the top, which is clamped on in the next operation and t!e < an properly sealed, delivered onto a platform, where it is placed into a large receptacle. This receptacle is lifted by means of a crane and placed in large iron kettles, where the water is boiling. Here the can remains two hours and it is then placed on the floor. From. the floor the cans are gathered up and the label pasted on and then the cans go into the shipping cases. As the cases are filled and nailed up they are sent direct to the freight car on the siding by means of a long chute. The car loaded with empty cans and the car being loaded with the finished product stand on the same siding within a few feet of each other. It- is interesting to follow the course of an empty "tin" from the time it is placed on the elevator chain until it reached the next car filled with Sumter county beans ready for (he dinner of some Pennsylvania or Missouri family. Mr. Bradham Optimistic. Mr. Bradham is optimistic regarding the outlook and says, "I am proud of what wo have done so far, but feel we have just started. I expect to see soups, catsup, jellies, jams, preserves and other products from Sumter county farms put up in marketable shape. "We have long been buyers of canned stuff put up on the West coast," declares Mr. Bradham, who points out f at the people of South Carolina pay a profit to the manufacturer and pay freight on the things that can be produced so easily in this state. One of the advantages cited by Mr. Bradham is the operating cost. He says, "we can operate our plant with cheaper labor than the canning factory in Maryland or on the West coast. "We are giving employment to many who would otherwise be out of employment. No doubt 90 per cent of the money we pay out weekly for labor is in circulation in 3G hours." "The farmer can produce his vegetable cro? in GO days instead of 12 onths as cotton," said Mr. Bradham, v. ho added "and one of the big features is ho will have a steady, sure market for his crops as he contracts when his seed is sown. What has been done by business mpn in any other section of South Carolina." Misses Sara and Catherine Wagnon will return Saturday from a week's visit to Mrs. J. F. Walker, Sr., in Columbia. RAILROAD DEADS TO MEET TODAY Chicago, June '29 (By the Associated Press).?The strike orders signed by the six shop craft presidents of the raili-oad shopmen's organization were sent out today to the general chairman representing 400,000 men, authorizing the strike at 10 o'clock! a. m. on July 1st "on all railroads and: Pullman shops in the United States.' Letters of instruction regarding the progress and conduct of the strike are beirg prepared at the general headqua rters here today r.nd were to be mailed out tonight. "The' issue is clearcut with no strings attached," said B. M. Jewell, president or tne railroad unions section of the American Federation of Labor. "It is up to the railroad executives at their meeting today." Chicago, June 29 (By the Associated Press).?The United States Railroad Labor Board today citel national officers of six shop craft unions and railway executive now meeting here ind officers of four other railroad unions to appear before board tomorrow afternoon in inquiry into the "threatened interruption of traffic." Chicago, June 28 (By the Associated Press).?Two possible means of averting the threatened rail strike of 400,000 shopmen suggested themselves to railroad circles tonight, fol'owed by what B. M. Jewell, head of the shop unions, termed the "last word" to the railroads in the union ultimatum sent to the Association of Railway Executives last night. The executives by coincidents were scheduled to meet, in Chicago " tomorrow afternoon and local executives today said the shopmen's proposal of a truce pending further negotiations on wages and working conditions would undoubtedly receive attention. President Jewell's telegram last night to T. Dewitt Cuyler, chairman of the executives, left little lee way for avoiding the strike, it was felt by t)ie railroad officials today. The certain rejection of the union proposal, therefore, left in the opinion of railroad men but two possible loopholes to avoid issuance of the strike call. One was that a conference between the union leaders and the executives might be called tomorrow and if no agreement was reached a technical dispute might be announced, oyer which the railroad labor board, acting under authority of the transportation act, could take jurisdiction as it did in the Big Four brotherhood strike last year and act to prevent a walkout. The other was that if the strike is called, the board could also take jurisdiction under the act on the ground that the strike would interrupt commerce, and order the men back to work. Ben W. Hooper, chairman of the board, refused to' comment on these two possibilities tonight. The action .fKAOI*/! l>1 tUo fVtwaofnnA/l last October was interpreted as rep-| resenting the. board's position on the first possibility and since the board has never bad occasion to act in any strike of consequence the chairman declined to state what the federal body's interpretation of the transportation on that point would be. Mr. Jewell, while refusing also to discuss the possibilities of a conference tomorrow with the railway executives said "a statement" would he given out tomorrow afternoon about the hour the executives go into session." Among phases of the strike situation which received considerable attention tonight was the fact that but 10 railroads are involved in the practice of contracting work to outside firms, one of the points which the shopmen enst their strike vote. Among the 201 railroads themselves there was said to be a decided split on the question of contracting and there was said to be some doubt as to whether the majority of the roads, which have refrained from contracting, would support the minority which has held contracting to be their legal right. Chairman Cuyler and the heads of the larger roads of the country were to arrive in Chicago tomorrow morning for a meeting announced as a conference on contracts with the American Railway Express company. Numprnna nl.hpr enhiopfu Viniuoudi" n/nnl/l be discussed, it was said. New Candidate I hereby announce myself a candidate for the Senate from Union County and pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratic primary election. Macbeth Young. National Treaty Adopted Tokio, June 29 (By the Associated Press).?The priVy council passed the national treaty adopted at the WashI ington arms conference and submitted ( it today to the prince regent for rath. ' hcation. marektinc wjlves prove Access Florence, June 28. -ffcbling the sign up of last week in Mi first days of the whirlwind drive landslide of new contracts is con* g into the Tobacco Growers' (tive association in South CaroTini which had a record series of mass / eetings today at 11 towns in the^1 alt. Celebrating the 90 per cent flgn up in Williamsburg county a * xeeting of 800 growers at Kingston welcomed John Blanks, a Kentucky member of the Hurley pool, who conVaced them that cooperative marketin?,means the blotting out of farm mortgages and the assurance of decent hiroftts for their labor. More thqp 100,000 pounds of tobacco were 1 signed oq new contracts after thia .meeting. Every grower who welcomed John Bell of Kentucky at a jieeting of 150 farmers at HartsvUla', today left the meeting a member?^f the association. "We have established thoroughly three essentials to success. . The association is practical in opex*ation, it can get unlimited financial accommodation and it. can sett its product, said Mr. Bell, telling of the enthusiasm of Kentucky farmers for their pool. Campaigning Horry coUnty after yesterday's successful nieeting at Conway J. H. Quisenbewiy of Virginia and Reuben Offutt of Kentucky held successful medtinge ; today at Loris, Buck Creek church and Zoan. With the majority of leading growers from Horry county aiding the drive as members of association a very rapid sign up is resulting. H. C. Thompson, influential planter of Conway, among the most recent ?: 1 J - J 4 A Al IV 1 MKneis, uuueu %\j acres 10 tne pool this week. President George A. Norwood of the association and directta* T, B. Young of Florence had 1 successful conferences today with banks and business men of Dillon cutd Mullins Since the drive began, committees of bankers, business men and planters have formed with the purpose of aiding the drive at 30 points throughout the South Carolina belt, dabbling the force of workers for thahto cooperative Lockhart Dots I have been to the mountains for two weeks where it is nice and cool. I had a wonderful time. Visited Asheville and Waynesville and then went on a fishing trip and had lots of fun. Guess every one is expecting a good time the 4th. Lockhart will not have any special program this year. Quite a number of boys are coming to our town now as they need lots of help to paint all the houses here. Every thing is being done to help to make the villuge grow and, really it's a good place in which to live. We have good people and good Sun day schools. We want everybody to come out and take a part in the Sunday schools. The Berean class of the Lock'hart Baptist church invites all strangers and sojourners to meet with them. I think every man and boy should join the Berean class and visitors are given a hearty welcome and a glad handshake. Come and help make this class grow. The B. Y. P. U. meets Friday night and all members are urged to be present. Bring someone with you. Fierce Battle Raging Since Dawn Dublin, June 28.?A fierce battle has been raging since dawn between the regular Irish Republican army troops and the regulars under Roy O'Connor for the possession of four courts, recently seized by the latter. It is believed the casualties will be large. Armored cars, trench mortar3 and machine gune are being used. Poultry Meeting i In lieu of the regular meeting of .. . ? ? - - me union i'oultry uiub on the first Monday there will be a meeting on Thursday, the 6th of July, at 4 p. ni iThursday afternoon) at Mr. Wilson's yards on East Main street. ProfesI sor Mehrhof or Clemson will then give us a acmonsi-rauon in culling. You are cordially invited to be pres. ent. F. W. Perrin, . 6-29; 7-1 Secretary. Baseball at Monarch Baseball, Monarch will play Com pany E, of this city, a double header July 4th, at Monarch Park. Game starts 10 a. m. nd 4:30 p. m. There will be some interesting athletic stunts pulled off during the day. M. W. Gregory will serve a first class barbecue at the Monarch ball park, so come prepared to spend the day and have lots of fun. . 1418-3tpd Edmund Murrah is spending some, time in the mountains. . David Coleman left this week foi Annapolis to begin his studies. ^ * - ? NEGRO TO DIE IN ! ELECTRIC CHAIR Judge Townsend refused a new trial for Bradford Boyd yesterday after listening to arguments by B. J, McLauchlin, attorney, appointed by the court to defend the negro. Judge Townsend said the verdict was rendered by the jury in accordance with the preponderance of the testimony introduced on the witness stand. The judge said the evidence submitted by the mother and brother of the 15 year old girl, upon whose person an alleged attempt at criminal assault had been mude, was sufficient to apprqye the decision. Boyd was sentenced to die on July 20. Boyd, a 17 year old negro farm hand, was convicted last week in the criminal court on a charge of attempted criminal assault. Witnesses said the alleged victim was nine years old and an epileptic. Boyd ran away from the scene of the alleged crime and was captured at Camden by Mayor Carrison. Boyd was in the act of indorsing a check at a bank counter when the mayor recognized the name on the check and placed Boyd under arrest. Richland county officers struck a hot trail and the squad led by T. R. Davis, deputy sheriff, reached Camden shortly after he had been captured. Seventeen Troops Captured Dublin, June 29 (By the Associated Press).?Irregular Irish forces have captured 17 trops of provisional government in Dominick street area, according to union firmed report this afternoon. Grand Jury to Investigate Mine Massacre Marion, June 29 (By the Associated Press).?Special grand jury begin July 10 investigation Herrin Mine massacre circuit Judge Hartwell announced today excavation trip mine started today following rumors number bodies buried at mine. Village Success Counts When the National Economic Research Bureau completed its investigation of salaries and incomes ?n the United States it found that 88 out oi every 100 men in this country have an income of less than $2,000 a year, Those who earn $10,000 a year are c rare as to be almost superment? about one-tenth (as I remember 'he figures) of one per cent. However, $2,000 a year isn't so bad if one doesn't live in a large city where he is compelled to pay a big rent for the luxury of living neai | many other people. In a small place $2,000 a year may bring every reasonable comfort. But how manj who earn $10,000 in a great citj could eurn even $2,000 in a village' Somehow, it appears that one mus come nearer to delivering value in i small place than in a big one. Citie: are centers of much useless activi ties. Think of all the liveried apart ment house men, eyebrow-plucker: and washroom brush boys in cities? to say nothing of high salaried pub licity agents, assistant vice-presi dents and such. What chance woul< any of these have in a sensible litth village or on a farm where every body engages in actual definite toil' ?Fred Kelly in The Nation's Busi ness. Shot by Own Troops San Francisco, Young China, th Chinese language newspaper publish ed here, announced today that it ha %tr./>n<nA/l o onhln frAni Anrr kr(tn<r rt 1 CV.C1 vru C* VHWIV, II V/JII k?vi!0 - > porting that Chen Chinung Ming ha been shot aund wounded at a meet in with the leaders of his own troop near Canton. Today's Cotton Market Open Clos July 21.75 21.7 October 21.75 21.6 December 21.42 21.4 January 21.38 21.2 March 21.15 21.0 N. Y. Spots .. 22.2 Local market 21.5 5 m Miss Pearl Harris left yesterday fc Anderson to attend the marriage t her brother, Raymond Harris, to Mil Anita Pruitt, which was celebrate last evening at 8:30 o'clock at tl home of the bride's parents. Mra W G Qun/lora of Minofir.Qiv visiting relatives here. Mrs. Sandei was formerly Miss Pauline Arthur. There are no taxes of any kind the island of Aldemey. In the Congo the women farm tl , crops and sell the produce and t! men do the sewing and wash t clothes. The first mechanical sewing ;tri chine was patented in 1790. FATE OF AMERIC t ' REM Fourth of July At Buffalo Mill 11 t! The Buffalo people are planning to ^ have a big celebration on July 4th. ^ They are extending a special invitation to all their friends and the peoXT , pie in the surrounding country to , n.eet with them on this day and help , celebrate. This day will be full of all kinds of amusements, and plenty of good barbecued meat. ^ Program of Events. pi 9:00 a. m.?Boxing match. ^ 9:30 a. m.?Sack race, potato race , etc. Boys and girls. * 10:00 a. m.?Baseball game, Wood- ^ ruff vs. Buffalo. v. 12:30 p. m.?Big barbecue dinner. 2:00 p. m.?Climbing greasy pole. 2:30 p. m.?Pie eating contest. j 3:00 p. m.?Baseball game?Wood- J rn(T W.-ffol.. *^u11 11 ' eg 8:00 p. m.?Moving picture show. ^ The management of the ButTalc 1 r?i baseball team has arranged for a ^ strong pitching staff for the 4th and ^ we promise you two good games. ? | Battle Continues all Night ol Dublin, June 29 (By the Associated |V Press).?The battle between the lie- ^ publicans and the provisional free cl state forces continued all night and n) firing is still p.oceeding vigorously today. The list of casualties is not m yet available, but is estimated to be at least that 50 had been killed or jn wounded. i First Actual Step Towarks the Strike ei t) Chicago, June 29.?The first actual f( j step towards the strike of the railroad st , workers in a protest against the de- at cision of the Railroad I^tbor Board A , was taken Inst night when J. W. Kline, the president of the Interna- tl tional Brotherhood of Blackksmiths, vj Drop Forgers and Helpers, sent a tel- d< egram to the members of his craft, ki numbered among the shop worers, hi authorizing the cessation of work at st 10 o'clock Suturday morning, nssord- ft , ing to the news stories published here, a . 1 ' " w Circle Meeting k c( Circle No. 2 of the First Baptist w ^ church will meet Friday afternoon at \s 5 o'clock at the home of Mrs. G. B. Sanders on S. Church street. si i ? ~ ~ . p service Co. Attention! j n There will he a drill on Monday a night, July 3rd, at 8 o'clock, instead of Tuesday night, all members are ji f urged to be present. n J. F. Walker, Jr., ti I Capt. 118th Ief N. (i. S. C. y 1 Find Largest Still * , . I 1 Greenville, June 28.--The largest i and most complete distilling plant ' s ever seen by the raiding officers was c taken and destroyed Tuesday night; ] by a group of federal prohibition officers operating out of Greenville, j n j near the boundary line of Edgefield 'I and McCormick counties. ; t The outfit was too large to be de-1 i , stroycd with axes in the regular fash ion and two sticks of dynamite were I set off under the apparatus, blowing J it it to bits. The plant consisted of * a large brick furnace base, over which \ was a steel riveted boiler having a i capacity of about 400 gallons. Two! '! copper condensing outfits were con- t , nected with the boiler, each having t d . .. ... , a capacity ot i?u gallons, rive inou- t j sand gallons of rye boor were poured 1 out by the officers. No arrest.-, were ? made. < I Big Melon Yield Forecast For Year < e Washington, June 28.?Commer0 cial production of 60,102 cars of 6 watermelons in the early producing r? states to forceast by the department 1 of agriculture today. This compares 6 with 51,481 cars last year. Acreage this year is 108,100 acres compared 0 with 117,700 acres in 1921. The early producing states com>0 nrieo HnArnrio urifVt o IM'Ag noft 1VO P ATY1 - ? V I'l ?OC VICUI^IO ??VI. C? |/.*ropvvv.?v , mercial crop of 422,207 cars, Florida, , ?r 12,744 cars, Texas 8,410 cars, South >f Carolina 6,044 cars, Alabama 4,890 is cars, southern district of California, !d 2,894 cars, North Carolina 2,131 cars, je Arizona 492 cars and Mississippi 284 cars. H. W. R. ig Rev. C. A. Kirby and family of r8 Spartanburg are the guests Gf relatives in Union. in Mrs. P. H. Barnes is the guest of Mrs. Charles Merrill in Spartanburg this week, he he Miss Lilian Murrah of Anderson,! he who has been the guest of Mrs. T. A. Murrah for several weeks, left yesteria day for the mountains of North Carolina. ANS A1NS IN DOUBT San Francisco, June 29.?President bregan, of Mexico, in a telegram to le San Francisco Chronicle, asserted Hut the news from merieans held captive by the bandits as "absolutely baseless." He charcterized the dispatch as "only one of tany malicious deeds to create an nfavorable opinion between the two Eitions." Washington, June 29.?The Mexiin rebels who seized Aquada camp : the Cortez Oil company in the Tarnieo region and were holding the prop ty and 0 Americans for a ransom of >,000 pesos, withdrew Monday with, jt damage or injury to the employes, > Consul Shaw at Tampico today adised the state department. Washington, June 28.?What may ive happened to 40 American em oyees of the Cortez Oil company, iptured by rebels near Tampico and dd with the company's property for insom, remained a mystery tonight, though the rebel raid occurred last jndny morning. No further word is come from Con ul Shaw at Tamco or from any other official or unticial source since the consular disltch of Monday saying that lives of ie 4(J Americans and $250,000 in deructiole property, were held as seirity on 48 hours' notice for a payentrof 15,000 pesos. Department officials would not adit in any formal way that they felt ly uneasiniKS because of the lack ot [formation. It was indicated that dy in a complete clearing up of the tuntion was not regarded as ungual.. There 9is known to be considrable perplexity here, however, over ie fact that Consul Shaw has not inirmeil tin- state department as to :eps taken t?y the Mexican teueral uthorities to obtain release of the .mericans. The period granted by Goro?ave, te rebel chief, for payment of the tnsom ha?l elapsed even tiefoi" the epartment's advices were made nown here. Directions to the emassy in Mexico City and to the coni\ to insist en adequate protection >r all American rights and interests nd upon punishment of the raiders 'ent forward at once. So far as was nown late today no further word had ante front any quarter to disclose 'hat developed Tuesday morning 'hen the time limit expired. The Washington government today till withheld any step that might ave the way toward more emphatic ernands that the Mexican government accord the Americans in jeoprdy full protection. The attitude taken at the state d?*. artment was that the meager reports ow avauuuie, serious s me suu.iion appeared to be, did not justify a-> et dispatch of warships to Mexican waters or any similar step. Nothing ias yet coilie to hand indicating that he Obregon government is not, as it s expected to d.> in the circunitances, dealing with the (loro/.ave oup in a way to safeguard American ives and property. Until recently there were approxiaately 15,000 Mexican federals in the fampico d >trict. The troop concen ration thert? v.a . one of the lot/ t n the Mexican irmy iiulica: .> ' > mpovtance at a. lied to main' * inn hold of tl.< oil regions by iflexico City authorities ami a . joe nimahiy, tin- cnn.ui 1011 n! i: r t. . . .ailing in that icpioi I.ah* i liter disturbances to 'ho s< nTanipico a .-hurt tinn- o res\ l.o movement of considerable o otlur points. Tlu> result wa a leavy reduction of the a .u hl? "orot's near Tan.pieo and it wa? tit < ondition, it was pointed >>ut here t.? lay, which probably pave (lore/?\ lis opportunity. Student Connected With Assassination Frankfort On Oder, June 29 (Hy 'In Associated Press).?Ernest Ttvli w, a student aped 21, whom the police declared was a driver ? f a motor car in the assassination of Knthenau was rrested in that vicinity of the city today. President South China Republic Assassinated Manila, June 29 (Ry the Associated Press).?Chen Chiunjr Minp, whose vecent coup-d-etat drive from Canton to Sun Yeat. Sen, president of the Southern China Republic, has been as? * * - ? 12 ~ sassmuten, luroriim^ iu ?? m.-ipatch received here from Shanghai. Router's Agency fails to conftri.: the report. Notice Elks! Don't forget the special meeting tonight (Thursday) at 8 p. m. at the K. of P. hall. Important business. - It