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EHE SCMTER WATCHMAX, Est; CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 WALK OUT ANNULLED Big Five Brotherhoods Wisely Conclude to ?Bow to Public Opin ion Chicago, Oct. 27. (By the As sociated Press) .?The rail strike scheduled for October 30 was avert ed tonight when leaders of the swttciuneu, trainmen, conductors, engineers and firemen at a joint nseeting adopted a resolution with drawing authorization of a walk out and Onlcial3 of the railroad telegraphers' organziation- an nounced they would take similar actibn. These were the only unions Urbich had authorized a strike. The vote calling off the strike nnanimous by organizations, O. Lee* president of the Broth Lood of-Railroad Trainmen, ah Eced. The official wording of resolution adopted was-that e strike be declared not effec *.'* The vote in the individual unions unusually close, however, the j^ijs^n particularly holding lengthy iehts before agreeing to can of the strike order, the chieftains saidv. In -some of the ballot was described closest in history on a question." All of the dif :es were ironed out by the dif ?unions, however, and the down-found all of them .their ballots for "no strike/' . Sheppard. president of the of F^ailway. Conductors, said -t?afet>.e unions had decided to call Offf'the^ strike because of 'the grow ing^pablic opinion that the strike %cwb& be against the labor board, consequently the government, and not against the roads. -.: '?:**Jfc. was evident also t!:at the en tire Washington administration was opposed to us and that we had lit tle chance of gaining, our objec ?ffijfc" said Mr. Sheppard. vV;?^s,-called ? this strike ot gain 'cesSyte'l rights to -which- our men .^tilted," Mr. Sheppard told ^Asibciated Press. *It soon be le evident, however, that the ?r vve're^socceeding in their mis iitgr px'?paganda to the effect iy,' would be striking against thi ..government. This rail road, pro'^anda found its way to the United States r??ro?d labor -board. This governmental agency :MK^ that- it would! look on a &&Ss&r as. against it and the gov eraaa^nt and not against the roao&;' and that the full force of H^^rhhaent would be brought against us* if we walked Under such circumstances there was nothing to do but annul 4M2r orders for the October 30 walkout.*' The first. announcement of the utives' action was made by Mr. Rushing to the floor below otel meeting room where doz ens Oi__ newspaper reporters were segregated, he smilingly shouted: , "The strike is off, boys, but I've rot one copy of the resolu and Til show that to you to row." Ali ^ of "the union men were ufi&ig as they came out and many o? tJSem. jocularly pushed and shov ed each other down the stairs. To all queries most of them merely replied: "Itis all settled. See you tomor row." The code messages calling of the strike, arranged in advance, ^jfSSI be sent out tomorrow morning, the union heads said. A code word will be sent to each general chair man of . the unions and he will in return forward the orders to each of the subordinate officials under him. Union leaders said that the reso lution adopted by the labor board announcing that no further re duction, petitions from any cne ?&j^V of employees would be con i;s|^red until working conditions fi^tfcat group had teen settled, -was: : "decidedly instrumental" in "hlrtaging about the action calling 'off the walkout. They declared that th^y believed under his resolution it:, sjrbuld be months before their ?ay*HCould be reduced. T&e.. union resolution immediate ly wig communicated to the laboi and proved particularly gr?t ig to Walter.McMenimen, mem ber of the labor group who was in strumental in bringing about the settlement of the crisis. Mr. McMenimen, personal friend pt Mr. Lee, paved the way for con ferences between the board and union men, particularly those to day which were addressed by Ben Hooper, member of the public group. *T am immensely.gratified," said Mr. McMenimen when informed of the employees* decision. "It takes a great worry off of my mind and 2 am sure it will be best for all.'" Mr. Heoper expressed himself as "tickled to death" over the can cellation of the walkout order. 'T am glad the railway em ployees have taken this action, he said. "They have taken a step rhich will bring them approval from every one in this country. "A strike at this time would have been more disastrous than the Confederate war. it would have brought on almost inconeeiv able hardships for every one. *T am particularly glad that the world armament conference can :pw go about its work in the cap of a nation whifib is not torn an internal industrial dispute." i ablished April, 1850. lssl STRIKE TALK NOW ONLY AJEMORY Intimated by Labor Board That There Will Be No More Wage Cuts Soon Reason-For Calling Off Strike Chicago, Oct. 28.?The official recall of the railroad strike orders issued by the switchmen, trainmen, conductors, engineers and firemen were despatched when the leaders of the big five flashed code mes sages to their general chairmen, who will submit the messages to the locals. The labor leaders departed for their homes, following the an nouncement of the official resolu tion calling off the strike. The tel egraphers are expected to despatch similar orders calling off the strike. The union leaders said they con strued the remarks of Ben W. Hooper ol the labor board, as in dicating that nearly a year must elapse' before further wage cuts could be made' effective, even if the roads should apply for them. Chicago, Oct. 2S. ? Complete .plans to avert the most serious J handicap of the threatenedj railroad strike which the un'm leaders called had been made, Dis trict Attorney Clyne said. An ap plication for injunctions restrain ing \the brotherhood chiefs from fcarrying out the strike, with orders necessary to conduct these pro ceedings were in the hands of dis trict attorneys throughout the country ready to be presented to the federal courts. Cotton Mar keting Plan The Birmingham Convention Adopts Resolution Endor sing Co-operative Asso ciation Birmingham, Oct. 28.?The big j . business of the American Cotton Association's convention wras prac- j tically concluded at this afternoon's j. session. when resolutions were) adopted calling for extension of the organized cooperative market ing system, declared to have been successful in five states, to the en tire ootton belt. This resolution was the sequel of that adopted yesterday when the convention went on record as op posing any increase in acreage in 1922 but advocating duplication of the 192.1 program, which resulted in an acreage 2$.2 per cent, under that of 1920. Another important action today was the adoption of a resolution calling for a 3 1-2 per cent, rate of interest on Liberty bonds and 4 to 4 1-2 per cent, on commercial pa per, the federal reserve board, the administration and congress being included in the appeal made to that end. The Texas delegation described the benefits of cooperative market ing in their state and delegates from unorganized states expressed themselves as. determined to see that their states were organized at once. The convention received with cheers notice made on the floor that the Alabama house and sen ate had just enacted a law under which cotton marketing associa tions may become legal bodies and have a standing in the business world, as is the case in states where these marketing associations have been effective. The association adjourned its convention late tonight after elec tion of officers as follows: J. S. Wannamaker, St. Matthews, S. C, reelected president; J. W. McGrath, Brookhaven, Miss., vice president; Harvie Jordan, St. Matthews, S. C, secretary'; B. F. McLeod, Charles ton, S. C, chairman of the national finance committee; Joseph M. Mc Cabe, St. Matthews, S. C, treasur er. Clue to Mail Robbery New York, Oct. 29.?The green automobile used by the bandits in the million, five hundred thousand i dollar mail robbery here has been identified and the net is drawing close about one of the thieves, Postoffice Inspector Cochrane said today. In discussing the resolution to annul the strike orders the union presidents declared that its out standing feature was the statement made to the unions by Ben H. i Hooper, public member of the board, that wage reductions would { not be considered by the board for | any employees until the rules and working conditions for these em ployees had been settled. Mr. Hooper's arguments, made possible by the missionary work of Mr. McMenimen, labor member of the labor board, were the turning point in the discussion over calling off the stzike, the union leaders said. The chieftains pointed out that the strike "absolutely was off" and that a walkout could not now be called until a new vote had been taken. "We are not making any plans now for a new vote," Mr. Lee said. "Be Just and Fear 2 HARDING BEHIND M TIMES H i s Pronouncement For Political and Economic Equality Not Welcomed in North ) BY WALLACE BASSFORD Washington, Oct. 29.?When the president said in his speech at Birmingham, "Whether you like it or not, if our Democracy is not a lie, you must stand for the political and economic equality of the races," he was uttering a sentiment which will sooner or later have deeper effect in the north than in the south, and he was undertak ing the old and impossible task of measuring unlike things with the same yardstick.. Of course the real r^rpose of the speech was political; he expressed the desire that the white people of the south would divide up on eco nomic lines and forget the race question?which is nothing but the old, old effort to break the sol id south. Even Lincoln dreamed of it, and every Republican presi dent since has tried his hand at it ?all in vain. The president also urged the negroes to divide their ranks on political questions?know ing all the time they would not do it. He knew that those who take sufficient interest or pride in their new-found rights to vote, still vote more than 99 per cent for the can didates bearing the Republican la bel. Conditions in the southern states demonstrate two things; first, that the southern white people are not going to have equality of any kind between the races; they couldn't have if they wished, and they will never wish it. The differences, so cially, economically and ethnical ly, are fundamental and ineradi cable; they go bad** to creation's dawn and to the Creator; they have always existed and always will. The ipse dixit\>f a president xs uttered, talked of for awhile and is forgotten, while the age-old fundamental obstacles remain. In Egypt, before the Exodus even, an Egyptian writer, speaking of the negro, said: "He is different; his skull is not like ours; -it ossifies at the age of puberty, after which the brain does not grow." That is a Tree translation from the cuneiform characters of the Egyptians. The difference noted then exists now. If the president's words, quoted in the first paragraph, mean any thing,' they mean that the negro must be allowed to work on an ab solute equality with the while me chanic or artisan. To be allowed to so work, he would of necessity have to be admitted to membership in the labor unions?the bricklay ers' union, the carpenters' union, the steamfitters, the boilermakers, the stonecutters, the tinners, the cigarmakers, the machinists, th^ electricians, the typographical un ion. The president says, "You must stand for the political and econom ic equality of the races." It will be interesting to note if the question will appeal to the great labor lead ers of the country with the same force with which it seems to have gotten hold of the president. It is interesting to ask how such equal ity is possible in the northern cities to which the negro has flock ed in recent years, where practical ly all labor is performed by the members of labo. unions, operat ing under their rules, which re quire that each member demon strate before a selected ccmmittee his ability to perform skillfully the werk properly falling' to members of that union. I believe it is true at the present time that all negroes are barred from membership in these unions, and I am informed by union men that there are a few negroes in thosa. cities who could pass the required examinations provided they were admitted to them. Now the quest5on naturally arises, will the great unions yield to the plainly expressed determination of the president? Those who have tested the temper of these men in other matters do not think so. If the president is sincere in his startling utterance, he should show his faith by his works. The world is still judging the tree by its fruit. Something like twenty per cent of the Republicans are negroes; on that basis, twenty per cent of all the president's appoint ments should go to negroes. They should have two members of the cabinet, while part of the assistant secretaries in the departments should be negroes, and part of the president's office force, a few mem bers of the diplomatic corps, two j associate justices of the supreme court, et cetera. But will the ap pointments be made? No, not one of them?in fact, the negroes will not get at President Harding's hands three appointments that art desired by white Republican poli ticians. It is reported that the president hasn't even selected a ne gro chauffeur, and the country will wait breathlessly to see if any of his vacancies in the cadet corps at West Point and Annapolis will In filled with negro boys. Political sincerity, like charity, should begin at home; and Marlon, Ohio, yearns for a negro postmaster. Before the armaments confer- I ence begins the president will have \ time to go to California and re peat the Birmingham speech, mere ly substituting the word "Japa nese" for the word "negroes." Why not? mm sot?l*;t all the ends Thou Ainis't ? Sumter, S. C, Wednesc War Veterans Are in Bad Plight Sweeping Recommendations Looking to the Relief of Former Service Men Made by Committee? Many Changes Favored "Washington. Oct. 30.?Sweeping recommendations designed to in crease the efficiency of the veterans' bureau were made in a report pub lished today by the specal senate committee which is investigating government activities for the relief of former service men. The re port was the second compiled by the committee, which has not jet completed its task. The bureau should "broaden its intorpretatoin and widen the scope of application of existing laws," report said, adding that ad ditional legislation would be sought to meet deficiencies shown bv its hearings. Among specific recommendations were: Appropriation of $16,400,000 for hospitals; .transfer of all govern ment hospitals, including soldier homes not needed by the army or navy, to the bureau; creation of a chaplain corps for service in hos pitals and training centers: provis ion of cemeteries at soldier hos pitals for interment of veteran dead; standardization of training, permitting the applicant to select as far as possible his own vocation; extension of existing insurance to $10,000 for each policyholder if he wants it, and extension of insur ance and compensation privilege to Americans who served in allied forces. Cancellation of contracts with state, municipal and private hos pitals which were not in existence April 1, 1917, and with all similar institutions, which, after inspection are found unsuitable, was recom mended as one administrative re form, others under this head in cluding: Issuance of rules and regulations for the maintenance of order and discipline, frequent and throrough inspection of hos pitals and training centres, elimi nation of politics from appoint ments, establishment of additional vocational centers at institutions where mental and tubercular pa tients are under treatment. To Jiily 1, 1921, there had been 388,000 applications for vocational training but only 108,000 had en tered training at that time, the committee found, adding that "al though we are approaching the third anniversary of the armis tice," only 5,050 have been rehabili tated. "It is with deep regret," the committee said, "that we report this melancholy fact." Only 12,000 men have accepted training without pay out of a to tal of 96.913 eligibles, and only 96, 000 with pay out of 159,309 eligi bles, the report said, the commit tee finding that "a vast majority" of those eligibles "are unable or unwilling to train because of their inability to support themselves without pay." About one-half of those traniing are in schools, col leges or universities, "many re ceiving better educational oppor tunities than they otherwise could have obtained," it was declared. Many veterans, the committee charged, delay rehabilitation "be cause usually the sum of the main tenance pay and the wage consid erably exceeds the wage they could earn upon rehabilitation." Pointing out that only 1,200 of the 6,0n0 employes in the bureau in July last were former service men, the committee declared it was "un able to understand why the board thus discriminates against form- r service men," and suggested the "immediate cutting down of the large force of employes in Wash ington." The committee said the govern ment had failed to obtain "results commensurate with the large ex penditures"* in rehabilitation work, and expressed belief that knowledge of the government's failure pre vented men "from seeking hospital treatment until too late, and a stream of dying patients beyond the possibility of cure is in part the result." The time has come, the commit tee declared, to decrease the num ber of contract hospitals, which it finds were the cause of "just com plaints." In many cases, the re port said, contracts were sought by private agencies ' * * inspired by the hope of large profits." The "peak of the lor.d" in hospital needs will i.ot be reached until 1927, the investigators believed. The committee criticized the pol icy which dealt with compensation claims as a purely medical problem, and declared many applicants have been unfairly and unjustly rated; others have had their compensation reduced without cause, and some are receiving compensation that they should not. A careful reexam ination of all disallowed claims was recommended. The report showed about 389, 425 policies of term insurance and 257.810 life insurance policies in effect August 1. 1921. In discussing the question of maintaining proper discipline among trainers and patients the committee declared that, while the men should not be compelled to submit to army discipline, proper rules should be enforced. The prbolem has not been solved, the report said, and in some places, like Johnson City, Tennessee, "amazing conditions existed." A class of unworthy beneficiaries, small in number, but noisy," the [ it be thy Country's, Thy God's and lay, November 2,1921 Light Punishment For Serious Crime ; I Spartanburg Chain Gang I Guards Convicted of As I sault and Battery For Killing Convict Spartanburg, Oct. 29. ? Tom! Katchette was found guilty of as- ! sault and battery of a high and ag gravated nature and Lee Porter was acquitted in a verdict returned late tonight in the case of Tom Hatchette and Lee Porter, former cojenty chaingang guards, charged I with murder in connection with I the death of Thomas M. Keelan of Elizabeth, X. J., a convict whip- j ped by Hatchette while in com mand of a chaingang at work near J Glenn Springs last August. Sen tence will be passed on Monday by Judge John S. Wilson. The con viction carries a penalty up to ten years in the discretion of the court. . Thomas Keelan, who was serving a. 30 day sentence on the county < chaingang for train . riding, died I I suddenly after being whipped by I Hatchette. assisted by Porter, for jiailurexto work. Keelan claimed loj I have been ill, but was required :o J go on the road with the forces. He faltered and was then punished and sent into a ditch with a pick. Here it was he fell and was carried to i the shade of a tree where he died in a few minutes. The trial of the case has con sumed two days and went far into the night before arguments were i concluded and the case reached the j usury. 9 The verdict was rendered after two hours of deliberation: Judge Wilson in his charge to the jury j made it clear that there is no au thority for corporeal punishment in this state and quoted the constitu tion of South Carolina to sustain that position. An investigation of the case was asked by Governor Cooper and even the department of justice was asked to make an investigation by relatives of Keelan in New Jersey. ? ? Two Years For Killing Spartanburg Chain Gang Guard Received Light Sen tence Spartanburg, Oct. 31. ? Tom Hatchett, the former county chain i gang guard, was today sentenced to jtwo^years on the chain gang or to I pay a fine of one thousand dollars. I in the court of general sessions, for assault and battery in connection with the death of Thomas Keelan, a convict, in August. ? ? ? Work on Unemployment - I Washington. Oct. 30.?Efforts of! the administration to solve the^ na tion's unemployment problem, in-1 terrupted by the threatened rail- j road strike, are being redoubled, ! officials declared tonight. Secre tary Hoover, officials said, is ex pected to call a meeting next week of the standing committee of the i national conference on unemploy ment to begin the study of the sea sonal an.i cyclical phases of the question in line with the perfec tion of permament measures for insuring work for the wage earn ers. Studies carried on by this com mittee, officials asserted, would bo i designed to prevent sharp vaiia J tions in the country's employment ! cure over a period of years by sug j gesting methods for spreading j work opportunity equally over the j lean and the fat years, j In connection with the recom j mendations of the conference to I increase employment through pub (lie works, Secretary Hoover, made ! public reports from the twenty i seven states, comprising the North eastern section of the country, showing the award of more build ing contracts in September than in any other month this year, or any September on record. Comprehensive statistics have ! been collected by the conference, j Mr. Hoover said, to be made avail ! able to communities for use in ! handling their unemployment 1 situations. Summarized statistics from rh * Philadelphia district (Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jer sey, Maryland. Delaware. District of Columbia, Virginia. North Car olina and South Carolina) show the number of projects contemplated to be 1.739, valued at $58,293,400 and the number of contracts award ed to be 1,333, valued at $34.11S, 900. ?> ? ? Tax Revision Battle Washington. Oct. 31.?Resuming the tax revision battle, the senate j faced the disposal of the six ma jor proposals before it could hope for a final vote, including the cor poration capital stock tax, excess j taxes, insurance company taxes. Smoot sales tax. Reed amendment to continue the excess profits tax to provide a fund for the soldier bonus plan, the Smoot proposal to exempt income from business done j in China and United States posses sions. committee asserted, "are doing! great harm to their more worthy ! comrades." Such men, it was add ed, pretend the need of hospitali zation "for the sake of the good living at the expense of the govern ment, and are constant trouble makers." The committee urged their dismissal. Truth's." PRESIDENT 1 LOVES THE VETERANS; - Vice President Cool idge Carries Mes sage to American Legion Convention Kansas City, Oct. 31.?Nothing is closer to the heart of President Harding than to make the relief of incapacitated war veterans com- j plete. No man will go further to ! minister to the true welfare of ser- j vicemen and their dependents, I Vice President Coolidge told the American Legion convention. "He \ will do all that can be done to pre- j vent the need of your again sac- j rlfkung yourselves for your coun try's welfare," said Mr. Coolidge. I -* * o , Bomb Explosion in Havana Considerable Property Dam age Caused in Residence Section i _ Havana. Oct. 31.?Considerable property was damaged by the ex plosion of a bomb in the home of j Fernando Gonzales Verdenes, in the I fashionable section. The police ap- j pearea to believe that the explo- I sion might be connected with the i radical threats against Major Gen- j j eral Crowder and United States le- I gation, in connection with the Sacco j and Vanzetti case.' Relief For Preachers Senator Dial Introduces Bill: j to Exempt Them From In | come Tax Rent of Par | sonage ! Washington, Oct. 31.?Senator Dial has proposed an amendment I to the tax bill which, if adoptee, j will relieve ministers of the Gso j pel hereafter from having to pay J } an income tax on the parsonages I which they now occupy. At the present time the rental! j value of a parsonage is counted as j i a part of the minister's salary and he must return this rental value when he makes his income tax! returns. For instance,, if a par- { sonage is worth $40 or $50 a month, he must pay on this rental value.' This matter was presented to I Senator Dial recently and he at l once saw the injustice of the pres , ent law. \ He took it up with Com j missioner Blair, who informed him ! ' that nothing could be done, inas- j j much as the law now requires thj?t | j the rental value of the parsonage j be countel in. j Senator Dial then conferred with Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, chairman of the finance committee ] of the senate, but decided to offer j ! the amendment himself. He said he considered the law unjust and unfair and that in many cases the j ministers' salaries were so small j that this extra burden should' not j be placed on them. He said he would do all he could to secure the passage of this amendment. j Tobacco Growers Meet I Co-operative Marketing Dis cussed at Darlington i Darlington, Oct. 30.?A number of the representative tobacco growers of the county met in the court house Friday to discuss the cooperative marketing of tobacco. The meeting was presided over by A. H. Ward, county agent, who stat i ed the purpose of the meeting and I spoke of the great necessity of co operation in marketing. Mr. Shelton, of Virginia, who is a member of the organization com mittee, was then introluced, and he told of the extent to which the farmers of Virginia and South Car olina have signed the marketing agreement. Mr. Shelton explained in detail the methods by which to | bacco would be handled coopera [ tively. According to Mr. Shelton 72 per cent of the tobacco in Vir ginia and 50 per cent of the North Carolina have already been signed up. It is planned to put on an in tensive campaign in Darlington county immediately. About forty farmers were pres ent at this meeting, and every man present stated he was in favor of signing the contract for marketing tobacco cooperatively. Next Wednesday, November 2. at ! 11 o'clock, in the Darlington court ! house, a mammoth mass meeting j of all tobacco growers in the coun ty will be held. Mr. Bondurant. a noted speaker from Virginia, will tell what the farmers of his state have done towards cooperative marketing. Farmers from all parts of the county will be present at ' this meeting. Mine Union Op poses Court Order Indianapolis, Oct. 31.?United Mine Workers counsel is prepared to make a legal tight to limit, as far as possible, the order Federal Judge Anderson had announced he would issue with a view of stopping efforts to unionize the Williamson coal field. I THE TRUE SOU'! SINN FEIN PRESENT LTEMANDS Prospect of Peaceful Settlement of the Irish Problem Seems to Be Darker Than Ever London, Oct. 29.?The Sinn Fein delegates to the Irish peace con ference have presented their final demands, which are said to include the abrogation of the act which gave the Ulster government control of the six northern counties of Ire land. It is asserted that the Brit ish government has intimated that acceptance is Impossible. The issue has been referred to Dublin and the final reply is expected Monday. Much Opposi tion Heard Democrats and Republicans Fight Tax Exemption Plan Washington, Oct. 30.?Whether majority members of the senate finance committee will press to have reinserted into the tax revis ion bill the provision exempting foreign trade corporations and for eign traders from taxation on their income from sources without the j United States probably will depend j upon the fate of the proposal to grant exemptions to such corpora tions and traders doing business in China. Strong opposition has developed on both the Republican and Dem ocratic side to relieve from taxation American traders in the Far East ern republic. Assertions by Sena tor Smoot, of Utah, author of the prcr>osal, that it would affect few corporations or individuals brought from opponents the dec laration that practically all Ameri- ! can concerns trading with China j would organize subsidiary compa- j j nies to take over that trade so as j to escape taxation on the income from this business. This was a high spot in the ar gument of Senator La Follette, Re I publican^. Wisconsin, who led the ] I successful fight to have stricken j : from the tax bill the original pro- j I vision granting exemptions to for- j I eign trade corporations and for j eigrn traders irrespective of where I their business was done. Admin- I istration officers have urged such j provision, but so many senators are convinced that it would be used ! by Amercan business generally to avoid taxation on income from for- 1 eign trade that there appears little ; prospect that it wiU prevail. Methodist Conference Annual Session of Upper Body at Lancaster Rock Hill, Oct. 30. ? Local Methodists are looking forward with interest to the annual Upper South Carolina Conference, which convenes in Lancaster this week. All the Methodist ministers of the various churches will leave Tues day afternoon and Wednesday morning for Lancaster, and splen did reports will be sent up from the several charges in*and about Rock Hill. t Local interest centers in the re turn of the Rev. J. W. Speake as pastor of St. John's church for an I other year. This church is now , preparing for the erection of a ? commodious and modern house of i worship, the movement having ! been fostered by Mr. Speake dur ; ing the past year. It is hoped that I he can return, that he may see the ; work of reconstruction on the new i edifice under way, if not have the I privilege of conducting the initial I service in the new house of wor ship. f ? ? ? l I Wrecked in Gulf Storm - i Three Masted Schooner Cap siezed and Crew Lost ! I _ i i Mobile. Oct. 31.?The three mast 1 ed schooner. J. W. Somerville. has j been found dismasted and capsized j forty miles off Dry Torugas, say ad ! vices to J. W. Somerville, of Gulf j Port, Miss., the owner. Xo mention is made of the captain and eight men. Recall in Dakota I Fargo. X. I).. Oct. 29 (By the As sociated Press).?Recall in today's j election of Gov. Lynn J. Frasier ; and two other state officials indors : ed by the Non-Partisan league, was I conceded tonight by the Fargo j Courier-News, oiiicial paper of the league in Xorth Dakota. This concession came after un official returns from approximate ! ly 1.S00 of the state's 2,086 pre I cincts had shown a majority of 13, ; 000 for R. A. Xestos. Independent ; gubernatorial candidate. Sveinbjorn Johnson and Joseph i A. Kitchen held corresponding ! leads, respectively, over Attorney j General William Lemke, and J. N. Hagen, commissionre of agriculture and labor, the other two officials whose recall is conceded. :HRON, Established June 1, 1S-56 _VOL.LIL NO* 23 PRESIDENT WELCOMES MARSHAL Commander in Chief of Allied Armies in World War Pays Of ficial'Visit to Whi House Washington, ?et. 23.?President Harding, acting for the American people, formally welcomed MarV"; shal Foch, commander-in-chief of the allied armies in the world war, to the United States. The marshal called at the White House to pay his respects and rec'ved from President Harding a formal wel come. He was attended by a squad ron of cavalry. Crowds along the_ route gave him a vociferous greet ing. When Marshal Foch called at> the Wilson home his honowtrqa aide, Brigadier General Connor was^ informed that the former presi dent's physician had said it would be inadvisable for him to receive *? visitors. Marshal Fcch sent in his card. It was later learned that Mr. Wilson had suffered a slight digestive upset. Debate on Irish Question Late Developments Arouse Keen Interest in Great Britain London, Oct. 31.?The debate inv > the house of commons on the Irish question, parties/arly the Unionist motion censuring the government, has excited keen interest through out Great Britain. o ? ? Florence Post off ice is Robbed Building Entered and Val uables Taken Florence, Oct. 28.?The Florence postoffice. was entered and robbed of money and C. O. D. packages to an amount undetermined as yet. While less than $200 in cash was stolen, the postmaster stated today it was impossible at this time to estimate the value of the stolen packages. Entrance was made to the office through a window on the north side of the building. Every drawer in the building was broken open. No stamps or stamped en velopes are missing. Several hun dred pennies were left untounched. No effort apparently was made to break into any of the safes or vaults. The Florence postoffice building is closed from 11 c'clocV at night until 6 o'clock in the '-' morning. Clerks discovered the robbery vrhen they went to work \ earlv this morning. Police officers are n iking every effort to find a clue. Died in For eign Land North Carolina Physician Had Not Been Heard of in Year? Winston-Salem, N. C.Oct. 29.? Postmaster Cranford has' received a letter from American Consul Fr at Guatemala City, Guatemala, saying that Dr. Frank M. Johnson., $ a native of North Carolina, had died there. Dr. Johnson leftv Mocksville seventeen years ago arid -.othing more had been heard of him until the news of his death was received. Train Wreck in Michigan Sheriff's Posse Hunting Three -. Men Suspected of Crime_^\ Lapeer, Mich., Oct. 29.?A sher iff's posse and railroad detectives are searching the countryside for three men who fled from the scene of the derailment cf a Grand Trunk passenger train near here. Three persons were seriouslv in jured. * N Convicted of Murder Negro Found Guilty of Pulling Greenville Man Greenville, Oct. 28.?Will Hood, ' negro, who shot and killed G. W. Smith, night watchman for the Piedmont Lumber company here September 29, was convicted of murder of the first degree by a jury in the court of general ses sions today. Eugene Beeks, an other negro, who was tried for murder, with Hood, was acquitted, but is now being held on a charge 5 of larceny. Hood and Beeks were being chased by a posse of citizens afte: the pair were alleged to hav< broken into the store of the F. Wi Poe Manufacturing company, the shooting took place. Smith had just started to - - . ; about 5 o'clock in the ever .ng. when he stepped into the path of the fleeing negro who shot him four times, thinking, it seemed that the white man had him trappec