The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 25, 1920, Image 6
Eacape From Death of
locratic Presidential ?
? Candidate
SPECIAL
TRAIN DITCHED
it Occurred on Santo Fe
Not Far From Pres
PM, Arizona?Nr* One Kill?
ed
thoenU. Ar I*. 8ept. 81.?^Governor
Cox's presidential campaign train was
wreaked about 4: JO o'clock today, 14
mttss north of here, whtlu ?n route to
Prescott. Aria.
The Democratic presidential caadl
date and his party were severely shasw
aa when an engine and four cars of
fist special train were dltchc \ but all
eeeaped serious injury. The most ae
rlsusty ?ajured was Charles A. Nich?
olas, es.^neer. of r*rescott, who had
s leg broken In Jumping from bis cab
wWuVftusr engine toppled over
Spreading rails were assigned by
railroad men ss the cause of Ute
arrack, which compelled the governor
a* 4 his party to return here tonight
died cancel Ais evening address at
?ISSiitC His future Itinerary also
<*M asset
'the accident occured a half mile
?at at Peerta, a village on the Santa
Jpg railroad. After deliver' g several
sgcsshss hsre the train, consisting of
eta ears A .men by two heavy cn
ijieaa heat. J for the upgrrytle to
PPeeaext. left here at 4 o'clock. About
a Half hour Ister, while running at
a speed estimated at between 86 ind
et miles an heur the train'Jarred wad
Uy. as If in collision and then ap
loo ef the emergency brakes,
Iptng over bfokwn rails sad ties,
the careening of ears, told pas
the story,
roar forward cars were ditched,
teernor's private car a* the rear
adjoining compartment car of
a#eHpapSi men. except for Its for?
ward tfeek. remained on the raila
A baggage car Jumpsd the trsck
18 feet sad turned over on its
Tiro passenger coaches a id an
compartment car behind also
s feet from the track and
twppled over.
IS erst engine of the double
r. Hagtneer P. c. Button of Pree
esid. left the rails first and then
cat again, but the second en
Ippket over amid a cloud of es
eteero The tender of tr e for
englne also fall over while the
mger coaoh ran the length of
the overturned baggage car and Jam
Ssnsd Its forward end Into the trucks
All of the passengers on all cars
wwe^> thrown topsy turvy. Some suf?
fered bruises snd cuts from flying
glass. In the rush for escape, sever?
al women paiaengers in the coaches
were put through broken windows
Governor Cox ass In the dining
joosn ef bis private car going over
papers with Dr. Robert C. Goldsmith,
his assistant. < n the league of nstions
as est too when the crash occurred.
"What's that?'' he shouted, rising to
tils feet only to be thrown heavily
the car against the wall. He
thaksn up but rushed out to as?
sist the Injured snd this accomplish?
ed, coolly stacked a pipe while wait
teg tor a wrecking train to arrive
?ad lake him back to Phoenix.
Of the pasttengers including sev?
eral of the local reception commit
sea of Phoenji, Judge E. E. hollinger
ef the Mojevi' county court suffered
a bruised leg Several others had
cuts and biutuea and torn clothing.
Pen* net effects of all members of the
train were scattered snd broken.
Charles Kloftols, the engineer, was
taketi to Phoenix In a passing auto
assails and firtt aid was gtvsn to sev?
ered others. Philip At* on. Prescott.
fratxruan. who was alone la the bag?
gage oar when it turned over, surfer
wd si alp laosrstlona The grcman on
tha esooad engine was unable to jump
and nrawled fiom the wreckage w I th?
aw t a scratch.
That Governor Cox escaped Injury
seas due. It ass ssld, to delay la a
eosfeesnce with the I Vsscott reception
committee J. J. Slnnett, representing
the IHmecratlc natlonsl commltteo
sei th* campaign trip, and Chairman
Morris of lbs Prescott committee
ware en route to the private car to
get the governor to go forward to the
first ceacb, where the reception com -
rnKtee was riding, when the crash
eases. Most of those bruised or cut
were on the forward coach.
The railroao track wss torn up for
a distance ef from I0f to 400 feet,
ftslfroad officials were unanimous In
declaring that spreading rail* under
the two heavy locomotives and un?
equally heavy steel equipment caused
ths wreck. The Una Is not a main
srtery. but a brunch of the Santa Fe
system, and the rails, it wss said wero
n >t of the heaviest type. A rumor was
current smong me farm people and
others who sathered soon after the
wreck that a manm had been ?o-cn
running along road beside the* track
Just before ths train left the track,
hut th? rumor lacked confirmation and
was not credited by Governor Co*,
in ?Bibers of his party or railroad oper
stives.
Fuel Shortage
Conference
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Coal Dealers of Greenville Ask
Herp From State and Munici?
pal Authorities
UcaesmlK Sept. 88.?Fuel dealers
hers east with stste snd municipal
representative* today with a view of
ring relief from the present scute
shortage
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FEDERAL TAX
AND PRICES
_
Cotton Manufacturers Declare
System Has Created an In?
tolerable Situation
RESPONSIBLE FOR CON?
TINUED-HIGH PRICES
Speakers Advocate Gross Sales
Tax and Privilege Tax as Sub?
stitute
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Maplewood, N. H., Sept. 23.?The
present system of federal taxation Is
declared to have created an Intoler?
able situation snd to be responsible
for the continued high price of many
articles, speakers declared at the |
opening session of the. National As?
sociation of Cotton manufacturers* I
ijneetlnfl. A gross sales tax arid an,
entployers* privlt've tax were outlin?
ed as substitutes for the present, sys?
tem.
Drys M?ytluit?ace
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Prohibition Candidate For Pres?
ident Offers to Withdraw on
Certain Conditions
Washington, D. C, Sep. 22?Senator
Harding and Gov. Cox were prom?
ised today by Aaron S. WatkIris, the
Prohibition party's presidential candi?
date, that he would withdraw from the
race if either of them pledged his sup?
port to the dry program. ?
Mr. Watktr.s' announcement Was
made in an address before the Inter?
national Congress Against Alcoholism.
He said later that he would embody
his proposal In telegrams to Candi?
dates Harding and Cox.
"1 ask only two .things of the other
candidates," Mr. Wafklns told the con?
gress. '"Whenever any one of them
pledges himself to enforce fhe 18th
amendment and enforce the Volstead
act. if elected, and to use all of his
power and influence to retain them as
a part of the nation's law, I will agree
to ask our national committee to re?
lease me from the ticket."
The assertion of the prohibition
nominee followed a series of inferen?
tial as well as direct statements by
speakers at the congress that the pro?
hibition party might he the cause for
overturning the dry majority in con
great; through defection of sufficient
votss from "known dry candidates." P.
A. Parker, general superintendent of I
the Antl-Saloon league, proctpitated a '
near clash by an address, the trend of
which was an npeal for all prohibi?
tion workers to support *he dry can?
didates on the major tickets and.
thereby avoid possibility of antl-pro
hlbltionlst* being elected locally.
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Girl Sees Wonders of
Modern Invention
Rides for First Time on Train
and Sees Self in Long Mirror
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(Columbia State)
A girl of 16 years who has just
ridden on a train for the first time,
just, slept in a' PuUman berth, just
learned that lights can be made to
90m? on and go off at the mcro pres?
sure of a finger, Just discovered what
napkins \nd what tea spoons are for,'
Just learned that by looking into u
shining glass hanging upon wall stfe
may see how she appears to other
people, hss an inexhaustible supply of
thrills In stoto for her. And the girl
Hvos in South Carolina -Sumtee coun?
ty
She Is one of a family of four, fath?
er and three children. They were dis?
covered and reported to the child
placing department of the lmrea? of
public welfare by Miss Mamie .1. Chan?
dler, Sr Red Cross worU there. A
worker from the child placing depart?
ment Investigated the home and found
it in bad condition. The father was
not well and was unable to care for
the children as they should be cared
for and the mother was dead. They
lived some distance from anybody and
needed clothes and the proper food
and care and lovo.
The oldest child Is a girl of 15* and
the- others are a boy and a girl of
about 11 and nine years of age. They
were growing up in absolute ignor?
ance.
The father did not want to part
with his children but was finally per?
suaded that such action on his pqrt
would be to tho children's advantage
and he consented to give them up for
a while at least.
Miss Chandler took the oldest girl
to the de La Howe school and it was
on that trip that she got her first
ride on a trair. and discovered the
wonders that are to most people only
every day necessities. Miss Chandler
said in tolling of the experiences at
the child, placing office, that tho girl
was yry observant and bright and
never made a mistake but once. She
ate with her iced tea spoon at first but
put It down as sobn as her hostess
stirred her tea with hers. She looked
askance at the napkin beside her plate
but did not touch it until her hostess
locked up-her own und laid it across
her lap. Then she followed suit.
The other two children will be
placed to their best advantage in or?
der that th?-y may have a chance to
grow up into the Intelligent citizens
that they have a right t<> be.
Su? h oooperatlon sa this of the
shild placing department and this
home s? r s ice section of the Ucd Cross
?>f Sumte ? was necessary for the wel?
fare of these children workers claim.
It Is the h<?pe of both organizations
that hearty eopsraUoi| between all
such agencies working for the wel?
fare of humanity In this state may be
obtained,
JAPS PROPOSE i
TO MEDDLE
Action Amounting to Demand
That United States Accept
Japanese Point of View
ATTACK ON CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATION
Intention Announced to Enter
Suit Against California Law
on Ground of Violation of
Treaty Rights
Tokio, "Sept. 23.?The United States
will be asked to appoint a commission
to solve the Japanese-American prob?
lem and if the California anti-Japa?
nese legislation Is passed Japan 'will
j arrange for a , lawsuit against /h*
California legislature on the ground
that tt*e bill is unconstitutional and
violates treaty right*!, leading Japa?
nese newspapers announce. ' *
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No Extension of Credit
Secretary of Treasury Houston
Obstinately Determined That
Fanners Shall Not Obtain
Loans to Hold Crops
Washington. Sept. 22.?Gradual re?
turn to the law of supply and demand
as a governing influence over prices,
and the end ot "war charges" for nec
eosary commodities was predicted to?
day by government officials,. In ex?
plaining the government's attitude on
credit extension.
Secretary Houston declared requests
for credit could not be listened to
where such aid might mean the pres?
ervation of high price levels. He add?
ed that many persons complaining of
what they term the restrictive policy
of the federal reserve board wish
credit to enable them to hold their
commodities until market conditions
produce higher prices. \Jr. Houston
said the government could not lend
its aid under such circumstances with?
out becoming a party to a conspiracy
against th/. consumer.' .
Credit for marketing of commodi?
ties may be had from ihe local bafiks,
'Jovemor Harding of the board has
told the representatives of the cotton
and wool growers, stock men and
farm associations who have sought
the Influence of th.* board for the ex?
tension of credit. Disposal of their
stocks as tho demand will absorb
them, Mr, Harding said, and will en?
able producers to liquidate their hold?
ings and ease, a falling market.
Prices on articles which have been
under governmental control have
broken sharply, according to Howard
B. Figg, special assistant to the at?
torney general in charge of the cam?
paign to lower living costs, who cited
recent statements of the bureau of la?
bor statistics and substantiating his
claim. For the next two years, Mr.
Figg said the distribution of food,
feeds and clothing will be governed
by supply and demand without the
need for government supervision of
prices. Merchants throughout the
country, he declared, are realizing
prices must meet the demand for
their goods ard that tho return to
nearly normal or pre-war conditions is
not far distant.
Duel With Fire Hose
Unique Method of Settling
Deadly Quarrel Adopted in
Shanghai
Shanghai, Sept. 21.?Tw? members
of the French Volunteer Fire Brigade
here fought a duel with Pre hose, re?
cently. The brigade is composed
largely of business men. Henri Numa
and Georges Clergue quarrelled, a
challenge was given and accepted.
The 'principals .had expressed their
intention to moot on the field of honor
with deadly weapons when they were
prevailed upon by officers of the bri?
gade to use fire streams under high
pressure at a range of 20 feet. The
combat, which took place in the court
yard of the fire station, lasted about
15 minutes when Numa after beim;
slowly forced backward by the wa?
tery torrent lost his helmet and went
down as the big nozzle escaped from,
his clutch.
Wilson in the Fight
President Will Participate Ac?
tively in the Campaign at the
Right Time
Washington. Sept. 23.?A. Wlilte
House announcement was made today
that President Wilson will participate
actively in tin4 democratic campaign,
when the proper time comes. He will
probably confine himself to state?
ments on issues, particularly the
league of nations.
Fusion of Austria
and Hungary
Hungarians Carrying on Propa?
ganda For Reunion of Old
Dual Monarchy
Vienna, Sept. 23? The Arbeiter
Bettung publishes a sensational re?
port Which it says Is authentic, show ?
ing that the Hungarian delegation is
spending large sums tor propaganda
for the downfall of the Socialist gov?
ernment with the obiect of bringing
about the fusion of Austria, and Hun
gai y.
MAIL ORDER !
PRICES CUT
Big Chicago Concerns Announce
Reductions Ranging From
Ten to Twenty Per Cent
COTTON STAPLES
LEAD LIST
Assault on High Prices Made By
Biggest Mail Order Houses in
the World
Chicago, Sept. 23.?Scars & Roe?
buck Co., and Montgomery Ward and
Co., the two largest mail order bouses
in the world, have announced price
cuts of from ten to twenty per coni
on many lines of merchandise. Cotton
staples lead the list.
Value of State Railroads
Stat? Tax Commission Vixas
Assessment on'Railroad Prop-4
t ? erty in South Carolina ,
c^oliiYnbia, Sent. 23.? Railroad prop*
erty in South Carolina is .valued at
*115,781,243, according to figures
made public the state tax commis?
sion today. The property of the
railroads in fcouth Carolina is return?
ed for taxation at $48,628.122, which
is on the basis of forty-two per cent
of the full valuation. This total of
assessment vtilue is shown in the an?
nual report oj' the tax commission, the
first section of which went to press
today.
Of this forty-eight million dollar tax
return, the county of Sparfanburg lias
the greatest chare. Railroad property
in Spartanbu-g is returned for taxa?
tion at $2.782,458. Riehland comes
second, with its railroad property re?
turned at $2,401,800. Charleston is
third, with $2,304,331. Railroad prop?
erty in Florence county is returned at
$1,911,861, in Orangeburg county at
$1,841.197, in Rumter at $1,488,116,
and in Anderson at $1,Of. 1,03 0.
The Southern Railway has the most
property of a I the roads operating in
the state. Its property is returned for
taxation at $21,373,8li. The property
of the Atlantic Coast Line is returned
at $16,394,26:;, that of* the Seaboard
Air Line at $7,253,627.
T. N.T. in Storage
Highway Department Has 20GV
000 Pounds For Road Work
Columbia, Sept. 23.?Nobody h>vc
T. N. T. The state highway depart?
ment has two hundred thousand
pounds of this famous brand of explo?
sive, stoned in the Charleston armory.
The explosive was given to the state
for use in constructing roads. So far
none of it has been used, the contrac?
tors in South Carolina appearing not
to be interested in Its use.
Chief Engineer Mooreficld, of the
highway department, stated today that
he was anxious for sonic of the con?
tractors building roads in the state to
use this, as it would reduce the cost
of road construction to the Rtate. The
T. N. T. is no more dangerous than
ordinary dynamite, Mr. Moorefveld
said, and in other states it is being
used freely by road contractors.
REIGN OF TERROR
IN IRELAND
Panic Stricken People Flee From
Town of Balbrigcfan When Po?
lice Make Retaliatory Attack
REPRISAL FOR MURDER
OF POLICEMEN
Two Civilians Were Killed and
Several Wounded ? Many
Houses Set on Fire
Dublin. Sept.-21.?Rdlbriggan, near
here is hi terror and streams <?t refu?
gees are abandoning vhe town as tho
result of an attack by auxiliary po?
lice In retaliation for the shooting of
two policemen last night Two civit?
atis were shot dead and several
wounded, many houses set on Rre, and
the largest hosiery factory In Ireland
was destroyed. .
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Chinese Importers
Face Loss
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British and American Chambers
in Shanghai Decline to Take
Action
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Shanghai. Sept. 20.?Both British
and Ainvncan Chambers of Commerce
in Shanghai have declined to take.ac?
tion that mb/ht relieve the plight of
Chinese importers, said ;o be facing
losses estimated at more than $100,
000,000 due to swift fluctuation! of the
rates of money exchange.
I In an appeal addressed to the two
foreign commercial bodies (he Chinese
I explained that the fall of the price of
silver in recent months had brought
i I many of them fare to face with bank?
ruptcy. Piece goods dealers in par
i ticulur asked for extensions of con?
tracts made prior to January 1 last
and to have camelled eon tracts which
were made subsequent to January I.
They asked for tbo cooperation of the
British and American Chambers of
Commerce.
Both foreign bodies held that they
' could not "associate themselves with
' any movement that threatens the
i sanctity of the written contract,"
Is MacSwiney
Being Fed?
Brixton Prison Officials Give
Qualified Answer to the
Question
I_ondon, Sept. 21.?Brixion prison
officials qualified their answer to the
question as to whether .Mayor Mac?
Swiney was being fed, by answering
"not that we know of, but you must
remember thot relatives have free
access to him." This is the first time
ihe question has failed to bring an un?
qualified denial. MacSwiney is report?
ed considerably weaker today.
? Saulte St. Marie, Mich., Sept. 21.?
A double murderer who was wanted
in connection with the killing of
George Elliott, brick manufacturer,
surrendered after hiding in the woods
with his sister and his sweetheart,
Maggie Bock, for six days. .
MORE TROUBLE
FORMAYHELD
Rich Bamberg County Farmer
To Be Prosecuted in Federal
Court For Kidnapping
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SAID TO HAVE IMPERSO?
NATED FEDERAL OFFICER
Men Who Forcibly Arrested Ne?
gro Farm Hands in Anson
County, North Carolina With?
out Legal Process in a Peck of
Trouble
Columbia, Sept. 21.?\V. P. MayfieW.
James Breedin and Henry B. Sandl
ter, the thie,. Hamberg <<?unty chtt
seas charged with having kidnapped
two nogro farm hands from Anson
county, X. C, and who wefe fined in
the superior court in Wadesboro, N,
C, last Saturday, are to be prosecut?
ed in federal court on a charge of im?
personating federal officers, according
td information received here today
from ,laiti"s bockhart, the attorney
Of Wadesboro, who has been connect?
ed with the kidnapping case since its*
beginning.
Mr. Lockhart is quoted as saying,
also, that Mr. Mnyficld is to bo prose
I cuted for burglary. The federal war?
rants will bo.asked on the statement
of the two negro farm hands, whp
were kidnapped, to the -effect that th'
Bamberg men came to the'.r homes in
the dead of night, armed with pistols,
and impersonated revenue officers in
taking tVie negroes from their homes.
Big Cut in Ford Prices
I Henry Ford Announces Re-es?
tablishment of Pre-War
Prices on All Ford Pro*
ducts
Detroit, ?ept. 21.?The re-establish?
ment of pre-war prices on all products
of the Ford Motor Company, effective
immediately, was announced uoday by
i Henry Ford. The price reductions
range from am>roxl nately fourteen
per cent on motor trucks to thirty-One
per cent -on small automobiles.
Jkp Traitors Sentenced
' Accused of Trying to Sell Stolen
Documents to Americans
Tokio, Sept. 22.?Two Japanese
have t/een sentenced to ten years' im?
prisonment on conviction of attempt?
ing to sell documents stolen from the
Yokosuka naval station to Americans,
local newspaper says.
Columbia. Sept 21.?Curios Cor
bett, the white man who \shot and
killed three citizens of Sall?cy several
months ago, is to oe taken from the
state penitentiary here this week, to
faco a jury at Orangeburg, ti e case
being set for Wednesday. Since the
kil'ing of the men Corbett has been ie
the state prison and he has given nd
trouble, statu officials oi' the peniten?
tiary. '
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