The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 21, 1920, Image 6
JOADS
WILL FIGHT
tice Served On Brotherhoods
That Strikers Must Return
to Work
lington, April 13.?Railroad
have th: own down the gauvt
t- 10 their striking employees.
Supported by the federal govern- J
it contention that the strike which
>r the past week has partly dem oral- j
the freight and passenger service j
the country was planned by radical J
Sitators. y.itii ulterior motives, six!
roads in Columbus have refused J
outright to deal with the yardmen's
association, which is conducting the
strike in their territory.
In New York, executives warned the i
representatives of railroad brother-!
)ds that they would be given until
)on Saturday to get their men back
to work.
Drastic action has been taken by
governmental agencies. In Chicago 24
leaders of the insurgent switchmen,
including John Gr?nau, whose dis
missal started the flood of railroad
mer.'s walkouts, were under arrest
last night on charges of having vio
lated the Lever food act. Two hun
dred additional warrants were expect
ed. Federal prosecutors in other sec
tions continued to accumulate evi
dence against strik- leaders and more
. atrests are expected within the next
24 hours.
Meanwhile members of the newly
Created labor board, whose nomina
tions were confirmed yesterday by the
senate, have been summoned by Presi
dent "Wilson to meet in Washington
t#day and organize. Administration
officials feel the board will prove an
effective agency towards ending the
'?outlaw** strike.
Small defections in the strikers'
ranks continued yesterday, with the
- main body of strikers in territory east
Of Chicago and north of Pittsburgh
holding firm. Freight and passenger
Service, however, continued to im
prove, due*" largely to volunteer rail
road workers. Railroads entering
New York were fast resuming normal
passenger service, but freight service
in the East, while showing signs of
improvement, was still disorganized.
Freight embargoes are beginning to
jiavfe a serious effect upon industry,
especially in the East, where shortage
"of coal and raw material has resulted
in the shutdown of several factories
ind mills, throwing thousands out of
work. The food situation continues
serious, but nowhere are there re
ports of famine conditions.
toPORT OF
COTTON CROP
Totel Number of Bales of Cot
ton Ginned, Crops of 1919
* and 1918 in South
Carolina
Director Sam L. Rogers, of the Bu
reau of the Census, Department of
"Commerce, announces the prelimin
ary, report of cotton ginned by coun
ties ir South Carolina, for the crops
of 1919 and 1918.
> The report was mare public for the
State at 10 a. m., Saturday. March 20,
1920.
(Quantities are in running bales,
counting round as half bales. Linters
are not included.)
County 1919 i91S
Abbeville . 27.299 2",.341
Aiken .?. 40,708 52.414
Ailencale . ... 20,045
Anderson . 82.893 67 -?i'7
Danaberg .\ 24,568 35.411
Barnwell . 30.496 70,099
Beaufort . 2.232 9,745
Berkley . 10.931 16.135
Caihoun . 34,960 45.695
Charleston . 8.723 18.1 "6
Cherokee . 16,703 15.4 39
Chester . 21,480 31.512
Chesterfield . 36.265 32.34 4
Clarendon . ?9*221 41.201
Colleton . 12.543 23,336
Darlington . 42,946 44.417
Dillon . 4 2.791 3S.1S5
Dorchester. 1^.27:; 20.91 <T
Edgefield . 23.939 29.008
Fairfield . 22.320 26.778
Florence . 4 2.613 4 0.357
Georgetown . 4.6r.? 5.84S
Greenville . 53.652 4 4.7.:4
Greenwood . 34.319 38.185
Hampton . 10.632 25.928
Horry . 9.530 30.0.")3
Jasper. 2.025 7.296
Kershaw . 30.199 31.3'.)?
Lancaster . 23.886 25,472
"Laurens . 50.222 43.177
Lee . 4 4.2SS 44.006
Lexington . 29.659 36.403
McCormick . 16.9.", 17. :;:>?;
Marion . 19.175 20,17::
Marlboro . 7 9. is 7 n 70.550
. Xewberry . 3.3.889 10,461
Oconee . 24.4 2:: 25.351
.Orangeburg . X7.l* 4 (? 112.004
Bickens . 25.136 21.7-i 7
Richland . 2 G. 4?i 2?;.'.t7i'
Saluda . 24.:>27 l:7.*;41
Spartanburg . a0.09s 70.939
Sumter . 4?.4f?l r.rt.sj:,
Vnion .,. 19.206 20.636
.Williamsbuns . 2*.06:: ::::.J4?
York . 45,384 4 1.427
The State. 1,438,233 1,581.726
NKIVJBKIIKY WINS CONTEST
G. A. Byrd. Jr.. of College of Charles
ton, is Third.
Greenwood. April 16.?Joe Vigod
sky, of Newberry College, won first
place in the State Oratorical ?'ontest
held here tonight. .1. (.'. Reid, of
"Erskine College, was awarded second
place and G. A. Byrd. Jr.. <>f the Col
lege of Charleston, captured third
honor.
Mr. Vigodsky's subject was "For a
Mess of Pottage;" Mr. Reid spoke on
"America's Debt to the World." while
the subject of Mr. Byrd's address was
"The White Snop of America."
Washington. April 16.?Secretary
Colby has be?run the reorganization of
the State Department. '
WIRELESS STA
TION BURNED
Government Plant at Beaufort,
N. C Destroyed by Fire
of Unknown Origin
Newbern, N. C, April I?.? Fire of
unknown origin destroyed the wire
less station near Beaufort today. The
fire gained sueh headway that it was
{impossible to save the building and
contents. The plant was owned by
the government and was valued at a
thousand dollars.
MEXICO ASKS
PERMISSION
_
I Carranza Wants to Move Troops
j Through American
Territory
i Washington. April 6?Mexico has
jasked permission to move troops
through American territory in order
to attack Sonora from the, north. No
! action has been taken.
JOBS FOR NEW MEN
Railroad Managers Will Call for
Men to Fill Places of
Strikers
j New York. April 15.?The railroad
j general managers* association of New
j York tonight delivered an ultimatum
! to the '"big four" railroad brother
! hoods giving them until noon Satur
! day "to have their men report for
j work."
; After that time it stated the rail
i roads "will themselves open their
! books for a. period of 24 hours ending
iat noon. Sunday for such men as reg
j ister during that period and who aro
! acceptable who will bo taken back in
to the service, retaining their roster
rights."
"In any event," the ultimatum add
ed, "the railroads retain the right to
i refuse to reinstate or re-employ cer
tain employees who hare shown dur
! ing the period of trouble by violence,
J seditious utterances, intimidation or
other well defined means, an unfitness
for further railroad service."
J. J.. Mantell. spokesman for tho
general managers, said hundreds of
offers of assistance were pouring in
upon the managers' organization.
Marked improvement was reported
today or* traffic arteries into New
York, while across the Hudson in Jer
sey City and Hoboken. striking rail
road men debated the question of re
turning to their posts and voted not
to form a new organization but to
"stick to the brotherhoods." The
j question of returning to work was no;
put to a vote but the brotherhood offi
cials were optimistic of an early set
tlement.
At another meeting of the strikers
tomrrow it was announced new wage
scale demands would 'c drafted,
j Brotherhood loaders would be asked
I to present it to the newly created
. federal railroad board at Washington
it was said.
The city's food supply problem,
which was aggravated by a strike of
teamsters, chauffeurs, helpers /ind
porters handling butter, eggs and
frozen poultry, took a more hopeful
,aspec1! tonight, when the strikers, af
ter being idle for 12 hours, voted to
return to work tomorrow morning.
The porters, who caused the strike,
will receive $35 for a 45 hour week
under the new agreement, the union,
announced. They had been getting
$30.
The short lived teamsters strike was
marked by frequent attacks on trucks
and several hundred police reserves
j had to patrol the terminal market dis
{ trict. No less than 4 2 strikes of va
rious sorts the police say. arc in prog
jress in the West Side market territory.
The Erie moved its first freight
j rain into Jersey City today from Port
ijervis. It brought fuel and was. pro
jected by armed guards but there was
j no trouble op the t rip.
Greatly improved service was siven
; to commuters this evening on the
! Erie. Lackawanna and Jersey Central.
All Erie and Lackawanna trains were
manned by volunteers, college stud
ents from Princeton. Stevens, Rutgers
predominating,
i Army officers at Governors Island
Shave notified the Pennsylvania rail
Iroad that soldiers will move any sup
i plies stalled in Jersey City and that
others will man. cars on which bodies
of American dead, just returned from
overseas, will be taken to home towns.
The military railroad division of the
United States army today began move
nu nt of government freight congested
at railroad terminals here,
j Activities of the government' anti
profiteering squadron resulted iu the
j arrest of Nicholas J. Eschenbrenner.
Frank Shea and Harry Walton, gen
eral managers of wholesale firms deal
in- in Danish butter.
Meredith Tor President.
I Iowa Delegation Will Vote for Cabinet
Officer.
Des Moines. April I? _ Resolutions'
instructing the Iowa delegation to the
democratic national convention to pre
sent the name of and vote Kdward
Meredith, United States Secretarv of
Agriculture. for President. were
adopted her?, this afternoon u\ a con
ference of State Democrats. Wilbur
Marsh, chairman of tic national con
vention, said the instructions would
in- carried ?u<.
New Orleans. April Ml. Members
of the Mississippi River Commission
said the levees are in good condition
end are able to take care of an unus
ually large volume of water at pres
ent.
Mobile. Ala.. April 16.- Two dead,
one missing and several injured as a
result of a head-on collision between
two passenger trains today near Bay
Mindite.
TO MAKE PERU
MORE HEALTHY
Gen. Gorgas Preparing to Make
Study of Control of Tropi
cal Diseases
New York, April 16.? Major Gener
al Gorgas arriving from Peru, said he
would soon leave for tin- Wesi Afri
can coast on a. mission for the Peru
vian Government 10 investigate condi
tions respecting the spread and com ?
balling of tropical fevers.
WAITING ON WILSON
Reply to Hungarian Objections
to Peace Treaty Not to Be
Sent Until He Ap
proves
Paris. April 16.?The delivery of the
ambassadors' council reply to H:in
g:.r>;in objections to the Peace Treaty
j is awaiting approval from PresidenTi
Wilson for certain clauses.
WHO CAUSED
THE STRIKE
Gov. Allen of Kansas Puts Blame
on Federation of Labor
-
I Topeka. April 16.?Responsibility
I for labor conditions in tin Kansas coal
j fields has1 been placed on the Aincri
I can of Labor by Gov. Allen. It is said
I that organized labor officials arc fight
j ing to hold offices, not for the protec
i lion of workmen:
ATLANTA DEAL
ERS IN TROUBLE
Wholesale Grocerymen Cited for
Unfair Competition
Washington. April 16.?Two trade
jorganizati as and fifteen other Atlan
ta who?'sale grocery and food pro-!
duct dealers are cited by th?- Federal
Trade Commission to answer com
! plaints of unfair competition.
! RANDOLPH HEARST
j WINS POINT
???
i District of Columbia Court Re
fuses to Dismiss Injunc
j tion Proceedings
j Washington. April 17?The Ship
; ping Hoard's motion to dismiss VVill
| iam Randolph Hearst's suit for an in
junction to prevent the sale of for
mer German steamers, has been over
ruled by the District Supreme Court,
which sustained Hearst's right as a
j tax payer to maintain the suit, The
(Shipping Board will probably'appeal.
PREMIER CHARGED
WITH MURDER
Lloyd George Presented by
Grand Jury for Assassina
tion of Mayor of Cork
Cork. April 17.?Charges of wilful
murder against Premier Lloyd George
were brought in the verdict today of
the jury of inquest into the death of
Mayor MacCurtain, who was assassin -
: ated in March.
Verdict also charged Viscount
French. Lord Lieutenant Ireland, lan
MaePherson. former chief secretary,
?and several police inspectors with
j murder.
!_
CARRANZA'S RE
QUEST REFUSED
Mexican Troops Will Not Be
\ Permitted to Cross Ameri
can Territory
I -
j Washington. April 17.?Senator
Kno>. told the senate today that ho
had learned that the State Depart
ment had refused, the request of the
Carranza government to permit .Mexi
can troops to pass through American
territory to light against Sonora.
iBLOODY FIGHT
j IN SIBERIA
Japanese and Russians Engage
In Fierce Conflict Near
i Vladivostok
i
Vladivostok. April 7.? Heavy light
ing between the Russians and Japan
ese continues at Kharborovsk. Casual
ties ott both sides have been heavy.
I PENNSYLVANIA"
OVERALL CRAZY
i _
One Town Decided to Fine Mem
bers Who Fail to Wear
Denim
Wheat land. I'-''-. April 17. -The lo-|
eal overall club has decided to ?mjj
members lor failure to don denims. i
_
Washington. April 16.? President
Wilson has nominated Whitehead |
Kluttz. itf North Carolina, for mem
bership on the Hoard of Mediation]
and Conciliation.
The arrival of the Columbia train
was delayed Prida\ morning by de
railment of three cars of rock at
!reen Swamp. The track was block
ed for several hours, but no scriotis
amage ivus done.
great telegra
pher is dead;
Theodore N. Vail Executive Gen-:
i
ius of Telephone and Tele
graph Business
i
New York, April 10.?Theodor? X !
Vail; chairman of the board <>i di-:
rectors "f ih" American Telephone
and Telegraph Company, dieu tod?.yj
in Baltimore.
turks and ar- ? i
meni ans fight j
_ j
Turks Besieging American Mis-!
sion Buildings?American
i
Relief Workers Are
In Danger |
i
-?.-,
Constantinople, April 16.?Messages
report heavy fighting between Turks!
and Armenians at Aintaius. Armen-:
ians are occupying th-: American mis
sion buildings. Cr.'-.cSiness is f<-:it for!
thirteen American relief, worKcrs
there.
etawville mur
derer captured
Sheriff Dennis of Dorchester,
Caught Slayer of Magistrate
Wiggins, Winning $1,000
Reward
! Columbia. April 17.?Arthur Dail
[ ley. charged with the murder <>f Mag
istrate Wiggins at Eutawville. in Or
angeburg county. last week, is in the
j State penitentiary today, where he
was brought Thursday for safelceep
[ ing. after being searched for nearly a
I week. He was arrested by Sheriff
j Dennis, of Dorchester county, early
Thursday morning after both officer
and fugitive had spent the night in a
Dorchester swamp. Sheriff Dennis
was Thursday given -he reward of
$500 offered by the Governor, and he
also gets $600 reward offered by the
people of Eutawville.
Magistrate Wiggins was shot on
Tuesday night of last week and he
died Monday night of this week. Dail
iey had committed a minor crime in
lower Orangeburg county and was es
caping on a train headed for Orange
burg. At Eutawville a rural police
i man boarded the train and the negrc
j barricaded himself in a toilet room. .A
'rural policeman was standing at the
I door, as guard. The negro put hii
.; head through the window and shol
at Magistrate Wiggins, who was or
j the ground outside. The magistrate
| fell, mortally wounded. The negrc
escaped throu-ii the car window an';]
his whereabouts were a mystery, v.y
until daylight Thursday morning
when he was captured by Sheriff Den
nis.
pacific coast?
| adopts fad
Overall Craze Spreading Up the
Coast From San Francisco
to Vancouver
San Francisco, April 17?The vogue
! of overalls for business wear i:
i spreading throughout the Pacifw
Coast, from California to Vancouver
| us a protest against the high cost o:
clothing.
I boys who are
feeble minded
I One Fourth of Boys In Reform
atory Are Deficient
; Columbia. Apr:! 17.?Twenty-: wc
j per cent of the boys of the roforma
I tory at Florence are feeble-minded.
! according to Miss Louis Bishop, lieh;
! agent and psychologist for the State
j Board of Public Welfare, who recent
ly examined the boys at the reforma
i tory. Miss Bishop states that the au
thorities of the reformatory arc plan
ping some special training for these
feeble-minded lads. .Miss Bishop is
doing much work for the schools <>1
the State, in examining pupils.
Bartow. Fla.. April 16.?-A confer
ence here between cattle raisers and
citrus fruit and truck growers has de
cided to draft a no-fence law.
SAFE CRACKER
ON TRIAL
Charles Howard Who Has Just
Finished Five-Year Term
Faces Another
Greenville, S. C-, April 16.?Charles
Howard, who has just finished a five
year term in the Atlanta federal pris
on, has been placed on trial here in
the federal court, charged with safe
cracking.
DIPPING VAT
IS BLOWN UP
Florida Cattlemen Are Opposed
to Eradication of Cattle
Tick
i _
-
j Jacksonville, Fla., April 18.?TTn
j identified parties blew up the cattle
: dipping vai at Whitehouse near here,
i_
! FLEET TO BE
j AT SAN FRANCISCO
j Warships Will Assemble There
During Democratic Con
vention
San Francisco, April 18.?The Pa
ciiie fleet will assemble in San Fran
cisco Kay during the Democratic con
vention., according to Admiral Rod
I man.
_ ?
[UNITED STATES
IS INyiTED
-
j Italy Wants America to Send
Representatives to San
Remo Conference
I Washington, April 17. ? Italy,
j through, the Italian ambassador, has
!{ invited the United States to sc::d rep
; resentatives t<> the Allied conference
at Pan Remo. The matter will be laid
? before the President,
i
THREE MEN ARE
BURNED TO DEATH
Fatal Results of Fire in Ship
Building Plant in Ohio
Port Cliton, O., April 17?Thre<
>! men wore burned to death and tw<
i seriously burned in a (ire at the Mat
thews boat plant here today. Th<
1 j men were visiting yachtsmen whe
vi were asleep in the boat house,
i_
LARGE ARMY
:| REQUIRED
San Remo. April 17.?The Allies
would be called on to furnish thre<
hundred thousand men in Turkey u
insure the execution of the peac<
^ treaty, which will be reconsidered b\
the Allied Council here Monday.
'1 SIGNALS TO MARS
Dayton, Ohio. April 17.?E. R. Wes
? ton. a local manufacturer, offers t(
3j)finance the experiment to communi
3!cale with Mars, should the govern
j men't refuse to permit the use cf th<
j'ariship at Fort Omaha. Prof Todd
f j of Amherst University, plans to mak?
j an attempt Friday by wireless fron
I the airship if the government con.
! sents.
I_
I j DEATH ( LAIMS FERTILIZE!
HEAD.
? i President ol V.rginia-Carolina Cue?.
eal Company Dies.
! Richmond. Va.. April 10?Samuel
>; T. Morgan, president of the Virginia
.(Carolina Chemical Company, and a
. j director of a number of Richmond in
11 stitutions, died at his home here to
ilj night after an illness of several weeks,
- j .Mr. Morgan was horn in Wake
-{county, near Raleigh. N. C, .March 15,
.;isr,7. Tn issi he organized the Dur
-jham Fertilizer Company, which sub
klseQuently grew into the Virginia
l{ Carolina Chemical Company, with a
'j-paid-up capital of more than $46.000.
j "00.
? j Paris. April 16.?The danger of a
'?new uprising against the Ebert gov
ernment apparently has passed, ac
1 cording to Berlin advices.
murder trial at
camp jackson
Witnesses Found to Testify
Against Murderers of
Chapman
Columbia, April 16.?The third ses- :
sion of the court martial at Camp ,
Jackson, trying the four soldieis
charged with the murder of Williani
S. Chaplain, of Columbia, began un
expectedly today, aft^r the court had
taken what; was believe to be a long
recess. Important witnesses were1,
found who would testify in the case. \'\
A second continuance in the trial,
was granted Thursday i afternoon,
when Private Roy C. Janus was being
tried. Motion to continue was t. .nted
in order to allow the prosecution to
, get more witnesses.
Lieut. Fowler, Privates Roy Sanders
'and Corporal Maston. al Ithree, de
j clined to testify against Private Jan.
I us. Fowler's trial having halted on
Tuesday by refusal of Corporal Mas
ton to testify against him. Each sol
dier refuses to testify against the oth
ers, and it seems that wheels of jus
; tice at the camp court will have a
! tangled course.
J ('has. W. Rice, a chemist of Colum
i bia. testified Thursday that on the
i night of January 19th he was driving..
J hi", car towards the city when he -
| heard something like a voice crying
! "halt" and a shot from a gun. He
j soon stopped his car and W. S. Chap
Main cried. "I'm shot." A soldier'came
j up and said: "You played h?1 stop
j ping your car.' Chaplain was rushed
I to a hospital, where he soon died.
; Mr. Rice testified that his car was
! not searched, nor were any questions
j about the occupants asked.
I Themas Ruff, a colored public ser
! vice car driver, testified that his car
j was fired into several times and sol
i dier said to him. "Transfers are catch-v
i ing he?I tonight."
i_ .
I strike ends at
washington
J _
j Washington, April 16.?The striking
railroad employes at Potomac yards,
j the freight gateway to the South, have
returned to work.
i
'disturbances
in china
, Shanghai. April 16.?Serious di.s
i turbances have occurred at Honan,
j China, and civil war threatens, accord
A ing to advices.
i strike ends at
;i new orleans
j New Orleans, April 16.?Striking
! yardmen are returning to work as in
dividuals and few remain out, accord
I ing to officials of the railroad. \
A strike in florida
)! Jacksonville. April 16.?Switchmen
? i on the entire Florida East Coast sys
'; t.em walked out at noon today.
j VILLA WILL JOIN SONORA UP
RISING.
" I nel)cl Chief Plans Attack on Chihna
* hua, Says Report?.
-] Sen Antonio, Texas, April 16?
?; Army intelligence reports received at
.ithe Southern department headqua/t
? j ers here under date of Thursday stats
11 that Francisco Villa is preparing to
! lend assistance to the revolution ojf
j Sonora .gainst the Carranza goverh
j ment and that he soon will att4?k
jChihuhua City, Parral and Jiminei.
j The plan, it was stated, at Fort
Sam Houston, was revealed to arn^'y
1 officers on the border by Villa agaafi.
i Villa was at Hecheceros, on the CH'?~
j hauhua-Cahuila line, yesterday, it'wjia
; said.
j Villa's present plan is to attack
j Chihuahua City first, but this will" b?
j changed if one of the other garris.Q'l??
j becomes weaker before he can strata,
j it was said. Villa \v-as said to hau?
agents with the Twenty-fifth Mexican
cavalry and the Sixty-second and iSt?
! ty-third Mexican infantry, which \vv e
! moved to Casas Grandes, which is i?
! ported to be the base of operations
[ of the Carranza forces in dealing Wifh
i the Sonora situation.
Pensacola, Fla., April 16.?Hail
I stones as large as pecans fell today,
i damaging gardens and it is reported
(killing chickens.
T 1 Brick, ~ ?# Locks.
Lumber ^ Building.^?r_. Hardware
Paints, Oils
Flooring;
Ceiling,
Siding,
Casing,
Mouldings.
Framing Lumber,
Red Cedar Slungles,
Fine and Cypress Shingles.
Brick,
Jjime,
Cement,
Finster,
Fire Brick,
Fire Clay,
Sewer Pipe,
Stove Flue,
Metal and Composition Shingles,Terra Cotta Thimbles
Doors. Sash and Blinds, Mortar Colors and stains
F?rch Columns and Ballasters, Water Proofing Mineral,
Beaver Board, Corrugated Metal Roofing,
Valley Tin and Ridge Roll.
Locks.
Hinges,
tils,
Crates,
Saws,
Hatchets.
Hammers,
Door Hangers,
Carpenter's Tools,
Faint Brushes.
ft?nts and Oils,
Inside Decorations,
Asbetos and Composition Roofing. Calsoinincs and Cold Water Paints,
WIRK FENCING. IRON AM) WOOD POSTS
EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE
Booth & McLeod, Inc.
SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA