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Dr , James 0t and killed today while taking up e offering at the morning service in e fashionable St. George's Protesta,nt ,esant place, m tne 01a arjstocratio strict of New York. vv:; r , His assailant was captured t after a. l0'rt chase by a group of parishion- the prisoner' gave his name'.flrst ; Thomas W. Shelley and". later' aa hnmas W. sirapkin. . s.in -police sam told them ne ,naa escapea inurs 5froro the eastern jstate-hospital, for he insane ai wturaouris. Dr. JIarkoe, a weaitnyvesiryrnan or the church, was a. friend and ..personal Ihysician to J. nerponi; worpn. aiso Darishioner mere. -, xae waa o years Choir conUBiiea to wins , The church was ' crowded ' with.-pa- ishioners, .many of ;them-representa- fes of the wealthiest t iamutes: . in lew York, when the shooting took lace. Dr. Markoe; was walking down he -left aisle taking up; the-collection Mlethe choir was singing an anthem. he reached the twelfth pew -from rear and leaned " over to pass' the lite, Shelley, who was seated .next t'o ie aisle, whipped out a revoiveranci ed at the physician. ' The .-.bullet brack. him over, the left, eye and he parsed in the aJsle,o-- .. . ".-'-. v. . . Several women screamed' and rrn uhed from their seats, some to . 1 of the physician and. others In pur-' at of his assailant.,iShelley with the rolver in his hand, leaped over the yy of the physician; and ? started . to Charles SaJfordi;c:pnt4nue4-sjBging in efrort to" tiulet 'tUe congrvsatmn. Shelley continued . , shopting.i Uis cond shot , directed, tat , members . of he cpngregatlon who: oarere-pursuing him, went wild. John' C.Tiedman, the sexton, dropped" to; t-.,-iZ floor v in time to escape the third hailet. which gfas ed the cheek" of J? Morr n" Jones. sneiiey tnen ran iro.m, - f church nto Stuyyesant square. ' ; Corge -. 'EJ. Brewer was the first ; man tq.rach hiro He' grabbed the man's'-ar' but Shelley managed to wriggle hiniSelf- loqse" long enough to fire another ,stl which grazed Dr. Brewer's ' thig'; By; " that time several other members :.. - thu con4 negation had throw', ShelK. tb.s pmrad, and were " l'.?, dbwtt- "hen a policeman, arViVvV handcuffed 4e prisoner and tQOk him; to the po testation. -' -v. '..A3':-. liu.-'-,'f Meanwhile Tr, Markoe had. been car ried out of the church and placed in an antomobile. As he was being lifted '"to the car he regained consciousness tong enough to say, "I will .be . all right," and then collapsed. He ; was mshed to the Lying.In - hospital, " but as dead when broueht" into -thatf tn- "Itution: . r. ' :., Shelley freely admitted that he had shot Dr. Markoe, according to the,po lice. "There are a lot more who are otng4o get it, too." he is reported-t9 Jive said when questioned by detec tives. . r, ., , Carried Radical Llteratyre. Search of a' suit case Shelley had checked at the Pennsylvania terminal Sealed, the police ' say, -several - radi- Papers and pamphlets. He , also Jd a draft card showing he had regis red,. September -12 1918,, under the me of Thomas. "VV. Simpkin, r 203 fourth street, Sauk City, "Wisconsin, "here were also several' business cards 'fading "Thomas W. Simpkin," and In Je lower corner " "Representing Swift wunty Printing company" 'land "Kerk 'oven Banner." '..". A letter addressed to him "and found '"the suit case had the address, BUS Peabody street, Duluth; Minnesota. The "ce believe it was from his wife. ( About two years ago, . Shelley i told lh police, he escaped from the insane Jylum at Fergus Falls," ..Minn.?, after ltlree unsuccessful attempts. Six Months later he' went to' Gary, Ind., .he 'd, and there bought- a ; revolver, ?ich he has carried ..ever 1' since, ' and ith-which he did the shooting. - Told A. Rambling v Story "7 ? .Shelley told detectives h had ' been !lj'.en the literature by u man 'naraed filler," whose' first' name he. - eould mu remember. J ' h memory is very bad," hej sairf. t .Are you an I. W W.?" he 'was "eked. . j. ; ' ..- l it?" he replied., "Iam against the c;. .w 'W'.: because they dont !-: give si, t0 the hratns of he country." nelley gajd one of he things he J certain about ..was hat. he , had a .er sen Dr. Markoe before. He told in r r tne seven years !he has been Unada and the" United States.' He u . 10 America from London. - Enr ni where he was bom. s He said'H Wvi en at St. George church t on a rV , 1919. Aftitr atrlvlnir hr this he Kln&,trom Richmond. Va.. ha said, Aft- last6d and" went to church r relating his escape from the in ane asylum at Fergus Falls, he said: for v 8ay thre is a f physical cause bem,, y cental reaction. I. was tu fcuiar, and thev 'iiri m: Then- that Cer' and 1 as operated on for -50 I guess thpEeare the causes." hur-.PreacUer 'instils wnon at , the v:ontiauad,ott Paga Ti OFFICERS THWART POSSIBLE LYlICniNGM : AT.liAliDS OE IJOB vST0 W5 Ot Assaulting e xouth Is. Rusha A? S To Lexington - v- f Jenkins, ;t $7, ? Aegro ,: haged - wlthVas saulting six-year.old Willie Trimble". of Danville, vKy.. was 'rushed; to " the Lexington jail trom DanVille early "to day to thwarts a possible lyncKngi at thehands of a mob in Danvlle. - 1, . onjiins, wno, with Keith Phillips, l5year-old white bov. is ehareed-.wkh kidnaping the, Trimble child Friday night, taking ; hira l.into a corn- field and j strikln g . him on' the : head with a hammer, - denies":kn6wledge ; xf the crime, ; ,V ' k- ii- - V. -r--".fTv-. -'v Jenkins was spirited out-of the Dan vile Jail last - night by officers while a mob was outside demanding entrance. The lights in the jail suddenly -were turned out cand while . the place was In darkness ; Jenkins and : the; officers escaped. : Later : members of the . moh were admtted to the jaU and mVde search. 4 , ;':sS'fc:Sv;?Vil V "T Jenkins, grocer's delivery; man,"" ad mits having bad" trouble .' with . ths Trimble ; family rbeeause of. the manner Ihv which he delivered groceries. Reports- from J Danville' tonight- were that the- town was quiet. The Trimble boy"is " recovering" from a 1 fractured skulUV,w:; v''-v'"-"'--' SHERIFF JOTCE KILLED ! : IN FIGIT WITH BLACKS Feeling Running High In Walnut : "Sr":fS;C6verAar Result. ;:; Winsten Salem, April 18. -Ex-Sheriff juee oyce ..1 was ykiiied Jim ; Matthews. special deputy, was shot through the necitjroaiy: fatally wounded, and three negroes : were killed i In a fight between' officers and. negroes at. Wal nutCdveflfteen wilesfrom thlscity late this evening. x- - . 'f j According . to reports received here, the'offlcers attempted to break -up a card game said to. have been in ' pros- ress,iaa restaurant operated by.. r?Jck ilalrston.' 9 negrolCVvr-" ta.ura.nt- the - neernp. a. 'rdtnfir Yr iti t Lferoreeeiyed;hereJSy ux t"!lc?,, tT gai ; HihgiKx.rSht' j 7c joe i. said !-i. fcfl pitied Ir,i I .'-' tfi,y,- ana U; t?U neCr- -f ' . t T J'.t- they ": , . ;be.ay bet.('. :"ti r ;.-' is- ruiming :j.;" Ocf'-'ding 'tg;tfT':.;v'.,K,'-.''. -',-Ti til 1 S5i excitement is -1 ell jc alii" heading out 'of "W: are ?ie.ly : guard ed " furthe: "i-l 1 '"e ! it. is .cr xp4ted. Matthews 1 -.';. vJ"t t ii'.'"', :.s 'i I "P$ - , ' through the nlf sicfv.iii V, fter a second e-M.v;i ia iir;'::--r':s' '-'O ,i;;, ? v 'v,.j; v;, ? -One negt ? 'badly wounded was brought" to Winston'" Salem for treat- I rrONDtlRRY AGAIN IS - ' SCENE OF IRISH MELEE "'-j:; v i ' '- ' Sticks, Stones And Bars Used Tn . , ' : Attack On Soldiers i I . Belfast April 18. Sticks, stohes and Iron bars were freely 4ised and revol ver sfiots occasionally . were exchanged In a five hours' melee, at Xiondohderry last evening. Three separate attacks on soldiers were made by civilians and factional " ' , fights - Occurred - between unionists and slnn ' feiners. - There necessitated frequent charges by the police'-4 and military in which trelve persons were . injured. . " Their wounds were J treated . a the local . . infirmary. The police barracks at Rossville . were considerably damaged by a mob. Two arrests .were made ' in " this connection ,-. ,,y ',.,,.'.... ; '. ' -;;;;'.';f v C05IPANY FOR' MANUFACTURE , ? ' CF ARTIFICIAL SILK CLOTH .Wilmington. Del.; !Aprll 1 8 1 The Du pont company and the - Comptoir ' Des Textiles- ArtlfiClels of Paris have en tered ' into- an- agreement for the for mation of a new company for. the man ufacture of : artificial ; silk, it . was an nounced today."' The new concern, to be known as the Duponf Fibre Silk eomnany. will be capitalized for. $4,000,- 000. . Leonard A.T erkes . nas Deen elected president of the company, which expects to ' have itB; plant -here .miui operation within a "ear.- FLORA ' M ACDONALD IS .- --.-'; NEAItlNG COJIMBNUEMKST Tm.A Rnrtna-s. LA.Orir l!.--Commence- ment at Flora Macdonald ..college will be' ushered in Ton Sunday,. May 23,'. and continue , throngh weanesaayr, iay 20, Following v is , - the 'ornciai f program RitTidav. Mav 23. ll:l&:a. m., paccaiau rpatn ..sermon, college auditorium, hy Rev. Charles E.J Ilodgin, pastor West- mnitr PrAibvterlan church; Greens boro;-6:30 p; m.. vesper servicO, college campus, Dr. p C. varaeur s p. ra.. r- mnn,hfnra "the T. W. . C. A.i Rev r - v. . TTAflffin ' ,:Monoay- way s. p. m., the senior, class piay, a u f Mr " v TriAsirtav. Mav-25. 9 a.m.,imeet ina-lftf u'ha hoard Pf - trustee; 4 p. m' reception and ; exhibits of departments of -fine arts and housenom arts, p. ., ATirAf. Thv; the 'Conservatory, of Music ..Aileee ; auditorium. WedneSday:May ?.. 10 a. in.. Ssraduatiori exercises. Ad dress by Col. John Gribbel, Jr., director of the- Curtis Publishing,, company, of Phqadelphia-rVV :- - a tv ni.n ri.OTHES LEAGUE ;', :riis.ttanooea.ttenii.r April 18. An "old clothes league.!'' headed by Miy.r Alexander U- Chambliss and ether city launched here in addition to an-over all club with several. fc'-jn-'re rr.tn in to a r -urate 3 Ajt-Ju J.;.3- Lar.t -cii.. ... - m 4$:; ..Uil3 ct-ti9-c3'--ty.f- fs'.r c-iz zz- .. - . I . . . . - - - J " '- - 1 l-" ' 1 i 1 V- I ' ' ' ' 7 , . . , , , , , i.i ,1. , 1 1 " FRENCMEPUBLIC ; PAYS TRIBUTE, TO ;; AUERICAN DEAD A- Memqrial .Certificates Presented - 5 ,V;-f.;t. ; 1 1 1 11 f:..-Vyy-,rS V , 3 PIlINCIPAIi SPEAKER Characterizes Defeat Of League racifljs lieatrnw arrani; x otj;, The Nation's; Objective r.. The. appreciatioh. of ; France . f or; the aid gendered ibyj the American ; army during the' late wo rid. war "was ex pressed at the Academy, ot Musi yes terday afternoonVwhen meroo'rial. dir plomas : from. the Gallic government were, presented- to the, next of-' kin of half a hundred ; American soldiers: and eailerst who- djedMh'the service." , I . !A - stirrings r address x by i: Governor Thomas, W.-'Bickett; which began' with a eulogy; andf'ehded with, a f plea for the'league? of - nations,, featured impressive ermonIe.-fvr:;'.t-'jf.'f."-'. A: crowd' that jammed every aisle in the auditorium 6awUhe huge service flag, k: dotted with' gold "stars,, swinar from 'the midst of the'Starf and Stripes and the ,Trt-color:-heard the ; names of the hero dead of eastern Carolina fall from the Hps of e. Red Cross nurse; and listened while : the chief ; executive of the state. Paid. Jtrl ute -to i the .humbleJ soldiers who laid. dowp. their lives; ha; civilization-- might Hvej.-- ,V -; -1' V s": ; t Two -little w tote- Sothem Hatchell and Mary ' LeeHurfcdressedtt preT sent the liberated provinces t of Alsace and T-iorraine, presented the. diplomas as? the nameB'.of thef recipients were called by; C. T LASsiter, Of ; the; Amert cani legion. r.':fc.?&tH - The singing of the Marseillaise y Madame J.'- B.T' Hatchel. accompanied -by Madame Davis Howe's, and the Star Spangled annerV'hyl-Mrsl Hamilton Sively.roarked.-thel cqnclMslpa ,,6Jf . the exercises.. 1 '.' .'f1..--'..""-"'--" ,; CxV Ttri Firsts SpeaJteiV i ' Thomas W. -Davfs. of : th local bar, and a former service man. made' the In troductpry . rejnarksi? in : which he" paid a;hlgh tribute- to-France,-and Cyrus D; Hoguei Another lawyer-legionnaire,: read "Van Dyke's famous poem, "The ife Drtend einohnXTbM of Vti& i'triixptr of lbrael; 1 e&d a a.iection from- the thirty-seventh,, jchapter 01 Baeklel, beglnnipfif "AndthP .hand of .the-Lord was upon us." ... -y ' '.".-' Then y Mtss:i tetitia .vftattvyuie names of ;. those 'from ':ttfe ;rtion";Jwho made the-supreme isacriiice," thejattdl unre .standing- ' The w eet, . sad , notes of :Vtap"'ifoHowrrt.thfc last nameirand Uen Governor -3icktt arose to speak.- - :E make, an .men equal, wui ou s ntfrtt"i84Jfce;aWarate meas- Urerr en't ,'of man It is" pride, -not pity, ; :Jr men who now sleep jln ''$,'--' are r egardea, h,e : aeci ar ea,.; r many parent 'will; wVu for ', (j.-.d .-of tvajtt one who eomes .not, .at the ';e the final motn they will find tu ing.' : 'KT-.'t"'-- '-" . '.' -j . . V? They died, willingly, said J, the speaker, that" mothers will neer again see' their . dear -ones torn . jromthajr arms and "hurled lnto'the maw of war; that babies of future years will not cry for the oaaaiea . wna aiea lor otner babies. ? : ; r: - God,; pity the man, he declared- .who, in the most tragic hour' Of: the world's history; did not', feel their1, red .blood leap to. join with their. brothers in the conrrnon . cause "a-galnst a vcownion ; foe. Graphically the "governor recited how miifcsters, -"servants ol the .Lord, from behind -their '.sacred pulplrV urgeoV men to . take . arms .'.-that's war might - be crushed; how tender hearted .fomen pushed - guns into the hands- of their sons land sent them on1 the long trail to foreign lands; how the, press of the atioji In "ecreaming headlines . -pro- that America; had consecrated itself ; to the task of crushing autocracy . from the ; face-of 'the earth7 r-'-'- - - ;' ;V; Bickett-ls-ApptaHded.:;-;;:'::: Then Governor Bickett told,Kow the enemy,, taught ; 10 oeiieve , himself t he scion pf a superrace, rfn-Inyincibl ': -dier,.irfound himself ffaclhg Jthe legions of 5 khafci clad -'Americans. - i The ; governOr'saescriptiPnv of v,ho w the Immortal Thirtieth division; Washed like a tornado through : the Hinden bufg 5 line, .and , how -.the . , "superman" grovelled ; in; the" dusV;.'''iedins.M?or mercy and crying "Kamerad," brought forth prolonged applause from'the au dience. . . ;";.y: 4':i''': : v Characterizing the league of nations as" the "greai; panacea "for the evils of war.f GoverhOr Bickett, declared, that theUnited States senate had strangled I 'It-S to ; de aths while a - lacerated" world watched- In ' agonyr its .fondest," hope ; branded as t the dream of a ' fool. " ; -. ; " ThCeenate's.action," he said,- signed the ; -death h warraptt Of t America's' evb". jectivein-;great.Jwar.Vi-''v:? '.A.' -'. Vocal soloswere rendered by 'Mils Arllhe t FelkerT 'Mrs.il.Hamilton Sively and MrSi M.-A;: Sponrir. The Bev; WT .W. ;MortOn off ered a prayer;: .while the Rights Rev. -Father C. f pennen T ; pro-' .nounced the benediction. Z '-. , ' Governor BickettrwrthlMrsickett will be the' -guests of Dr- James Sprunt at the Orton plantation todayf - TAX: SINGLE BtESSEONESS AA - A , t .AND CIIILPLES MARRIAGE? Paris, April ll.--The Z'-;chamherA.of deputies- has voted for an increase ir Ihe income tax. of 35 per cent, in' the case.of bachelors. over t&irty yearsas well ' as divorced.' "persons, ' if in eah category there .re nox. dependents. The. income tax -was -Increased ,10 ,rercent. - !.yv of persons' who have 'bcr n married two years, but are ". c Tax payers ':'who are' v.ar re with- forty per-cent; - ivali : ex. ts 2 ::;.' ,- :.:.:'..;'' . : : .'.:.rs.' 6E0R' IS READY' h .9 . .... ' ' I 1,1 1 " ' ' " : ' ' t ..- TO Jm CHOICE ALIONG DEIJQGRATS ?-'...J..-Nr Palmer' Smith And Tom Watson iwm BeoteUOn lri Geor Geor? I " 'V- w -, , r- ' t v j. Jw.; i.-r .. vl - ' i ' v " , Atlanta, v Ga.r: APWi, ---Georgia's choice ' ;orh;de.mQ4tlo'.''npminAtioii, for . President, will;-be expressed r in a preferential primary -Tuesday, in which three jcandidates are entered.- r Thev are Attorn.ey general ; -Palmer,'- .Vnited - - stateasenator. Hoke . Smith, 0f Geor- j gia. and Thomas rB. Watson, for pop-r ullst candidate lor President and ? well known, Georgia author and publisher. -; .Jn addition to, their own - quaiifjea tions ;forthe , nomination, the ( candi dates or their- backers -have- brought the; peace treaty ,an d;: league pt- na tions Into the' contest. - . . , , ' ? ; :; Georgians-j have,, been- asked. , to 4 in dorse the .Wjlsoiw-adniinistratioh';and the, league by; vetirig; for Palmer. Sena tor Smith; has .-.taken -the. stand, that while he admires.-the'i'great achieve ments" .pf.the.dministration, he' does not . indorse, it in, its. entirety. Je ad vocated' and Vvpted in the senate for rese rvat lone it 0 ; t herleagu e; . ' Mr." Watson-has Ipng ' been one of the most outspdkeii critics -: in Georgia of the administration and the league, While he has not traveled the7 state to make campaign speeches; as have, the other two, he has made his position known through :hisl publications. . i WOTORCYqfcECOIvUDES a WITHANUTOOBILE Greenyilje, S.;C, Man Is Jnstantly Killed :: : :" Greenville;.:f;.C.; April ils. Ransom A. Seawright24-yeara-old, of this city was ' instantly,- killed when the motor cycle t he was riding collided-. headon with an automobile; driven by I C. Brown, 'pf AsheyIlle, :Ni C, just outside of the : city today. - Brpwn .and the , six other .members of his ,party are in"jail tonight,- having', be en, hel d account bie for ; the - accident by- a coroner's - jury later , in - the' day..' ;Tbey- gave their names-Tis wl ,uhtn,. Charles: GroeSt M, Edlnger, M. Ornsteln,; . Goldberg and gam Labitt-,:au-or-Ashevuie.- 6ERQEA1VT CAROt BILLED j :- 3 i I ANOTHER. SOLPirii; WOUNDED Dub un April 1 8. Ser e eant Carol was ktUed.'andCc"5tab1'V,C' 'ins seriously ww6td:.Sto''! v - a ' ' "i " " c r .-..fr etrt maaa'At the CtlmlhlU Church 'in JKilnU-J tU1.i'WirtlkA:--.'.Th-:-n'Rla ' wrr -. khhtttV:pr -i frombehd-i;;?A;s; Constable f Martyr who was.wfth Carol "and Collins, n was ' not" wounded. He returned ;the jlre 05 the assassiti Killing sstepnen'fisreen.-me iboiv;oi farmed. 4, ad. ..wounding , twV, or., three ptheir pereontfc :Ct ''- f-rf- .':- -' i utmost sijurLicrrv'? i -' vX't i' ; . FUNERALTHI-OPORB VAIL -Parsippany,- N. J.r April 18. Simpli city marked the .funeral here ,tpday of Theodore N. ValL former ' head' of the American .Telephone ' and Telegraph conjpany, In, the llttje cemetery rwhere his father,. mother: and ancestors are burled.,- ? As mar kof respect'for the former, head, of the system, service "oh all Bell' telephones In. the.: country was suspended for a period ; of one minute at"ll , o'clock; eastern standard time. , - , - GERMAN GENERAL DIES. Berlin. 5 .April -l 8 The Tagllsche Bundschau - today announces the yeath of Lieut. " General vVon Sauberjrelr. former . quartermaster . generalf and German military governor of. Brussels in 1916, at the. time Edith Cavell.-r the English nurse was executed. His name was prominently mentionedin jconnec tipn with the execution. " '' "." ; f , 17fTERPARLIA3IEPfTAR3f UWION i i WashingtonApril 18 Representa" tlve MicKinley. of .Illinois,; has been-re- Aleeted nresidentof the American-group of the inter-parliamentary union. -Kep-. resthtatrve. . Moore. - Indiana, ana lor? mer Representative Slayden Texas, re ported on the f recem . ie?nug executive council of the union-. atjGo-- neVa'i"?.. i-.L.. '.c'X --.---' t-v - - - - ( ' - . :;AADIES. OFvpEABTFAlLURE. .p!-;.' St. Lpuis,f'Aprir i8. B. 'C. : Simmon, founder Of the hardware company which bears :hi9 pame.' died pf heart failure"' aV his.Uiome..-here today-, He had vbeen- ill VsinceT Saturday. vMr- Simmons., was80 years-old. . He-hal been, identified; with the hardware trade here for 4 . years. - .'-'.. " f:. s ' '-v. . .. :!-, . " ' . ' 11 . . 1 ' ,':': :" ilBLD A SUNDAY SESSION. ;V.. rAparls. ,XpfiIrl8; A-SuhftaysessionrPf I ihAt-conrtSS8 held "today to corxt tineVthe-hearinr of;argumeptspf ; the attorneys -for , former' . Premier -Josenh Caillaux, charged with treason.. Iaitre n,r-,-rtiaw.ri of Caillaux's.-counsel, whVdealt with? the evidence In -Its tecbf -iit';o WnW.fJ: askednhe,-senate .to -dis- tpr without deWberatiort upcrrr - 'A A. ,; "; . .' '.' .. - . - - '-.'A'-, rCiA-- UMPHtE .-IS 'SIGNED--- j-' -'- : Charlestori,; S.' C'Apr.il 18. President w 1 TT. WaTsh. of the: Sputh Atlantic leagi; tbhh0ahP6Vdv enPf rT -tr. . WAlsh. of D'Lo. Mississippi, , as:sixth!umpfr 'js'22 .- LOTS SOLDI? i v ...... t :jszs.rz. - 7 ..4 .-.-v.'-- ivJ lotsx weresold in .ttftyfivo mmuSsIS .Se - auction ,aiey:the; Newberry Bros., of Florence, . Saturday JSoowhen; par of the W; Q J property at.Audpbon was put under the hammeI.ItHr of-' the purchasers. ;v Intend ; to - build 'shorUyA'''Aor:v'---- - ;. AA-A' ;-' ;A wtt,L GO UN'INSTRUCTED . C :H8itolulu;rApril f .--Annpuncement - i was wasmade,here .tooay vtnai,y . toe . cWU Hawaiian' delegate to-the' republican national convention at.Chicagro will go iininstructed -torany--Jtresiaeniiu CARRARZA'S m SUFFER DEFEAT AT Prisoners And Arms And Hories pTArel Captured iBjKefv . - "."- Insurgents ANOTHER STATE ENDORSES ; TEJRVOtT OF SONOMA !;.-. ,!' TVol A i TZZilA'rwi Aroops At-Waco Are Reported To - t. t--."-r-- ltina ' .(..'','(-eV' ' uuns . - l"v,;. " : -Agua Prieta,; Sonorii, April , 1$.-I)e4" 5Pite resistance f rom Carranza soldiers; General r ' Angel; Floes, Sonora ', com-" Biander."1 has progressed at1 the rate 'of thirty-miles a day. according to a mes sage received here by; Francisco Elijis. afeader in th;Sonora revolutionary movement. ; -.: . - .' .- ,;-, ; After' defeating. Carranza' forcea;.yes- teraay - thirty i- kilometres Tsauth . of Guanuchll, ' Sonora, : killing Ttwejve sol-: iers, capiunng-'Six wounaep ana thirty- unwovjnded. prisoners, peneral Tlores was auotea as havmg-found a locomo tive, n J ne i cars,-"plenty of -arms" iand some horses. The prisoner? were said to include six off Jeers.- ,. -1 ' More, than one thousandtroops, prin cipally; Yaqui Indians have assembled In ; Agua 'JPrieta. Five .hundred - more are at Naeo, few miles eouth of here, andoiie thousand' more en route. The troopsat Naco are .reported ; to 'have thirty Browningt machine .gunW. ; '- , : The atate fayaTif'Mecb;'has..enr: dorsed . the steps . taken by - Sonora against the -Carranzagovernment, ac-' cprqipg . to a message received last Right vfronrGeaefal 'P.V. Ellas Calles commander-in-chief : of - the ! Sonora forces and. acting governor. ; - : i ? ?."-z u.;-.-.'!?..f-"' :"'".'-?' ''-'-, :: r:- 'i'Y'i Governor; Rnbio ln:-Flight. Mexico : CrtyAp;dl: -jLS'-Av; revolt in .t.h'istRteoflchjbaPa''inglneere'd..hy G eneil Psaual Ortis. Riibio, ; governor of the states and a strong supportebf Lieutenant Colontl Alvaro Obregon, Is annpunced-'liv the government's second war' bunetiivJssued early today.. Gov erpor - Rubio, the, hulletin' tates,v has fled -from Morplia the :state fapital, with 100 pieo., . ..v-.:: ; . QAPTAlNANi .QVirirusT em&tedQ" Settle :A itujnenfcth .... i..' ': Havana April 1 8.-C.aptaIff G. B Visthera pf -.Iftem Bard steamer 'LajkWll mjers4f fthefo injured in-a mutiny "aboard the; vessel at Matanz3 last night ;"Si'.i:AA;X.;-. Hearing ir pistol f shbts, launches manned 'by, police went tosAhe vessel and removed Captain Vlsthem and" the three wounded members .of'. the crew to a hospital. ' ':- 's- - . .:. . ; The trouble is reported to-iave orig inated In" an argument "' among the crew which -K Captain .5-Vlsthem en- deayored to settle. . : '; ' A OUTLAW, CIpAR UNIONS DECLARE AGGRESSIVE WAR Thirty Leading ..Factories ' In Aj Tampa Closed ipowir Aj Jyf-. Tamp a.A Flai, ;ApYil 4 18.-iTfcey 6,500 cigar jnakerp 'atf present out of j'work here becausa":of.'tfi6 strike . called' last week on thirty, -leading factories, .will be augmented by approximately as many ; others, due - to vtheLdecfar.ation topight. by .the" fcigar Manufacturers association -. that- .the 'thirty. s oth'er f ac tories which are', raembers.-.wiynot open foil1 HsinessrtQmorjyWr-morhing; . Meanwhile, ari'iraw;uriioT .whicrrl claiel8bp memDere, l.a'rbern-ifTormed arftdtt--haeclacejd;.wAa-da Makers ; lrternatlonai .union, aecoraipg tofieAmanufacturerji-Viyv ' SOLDIERS UNLOAD: MAIL. A 4: A Washington, -"April iSf-y direction of Secretary Baker I "a detkahment pf soldiers vas ;used here: today to unload several-carloads of mail -that- had accu mulated: In the yards during the, strike. ;; tP HAUDSMREBELS 1 ' : . T . . I ; -. ; r-;v -. - ----- '. t. --y- - -' U -wkiwrr?fcW A: A l"CrWc..lT;:-i 4- AREMCWBf THE 1 v A. I - ' 1 t m. - . - u -'. I r .. m - t - w . m 1 1 1 ii Ar-:-v; 'i n i. ; Kv :Vcr y ':' a 'F'i' I ----- t s n cnlv v , -.--1 1 I.IILT01US OFFERED ; LEAVE OF ABSE1ICE ilFORlMREYEAR : t ; Veslrjr Of St. p James' r Church gl To Accept Resigha- i J r - tion Of Rector ' . .T Zet. Pr.William H.. Milton, rec. to. ,of 'St. . James, has been, offered a year'leayd of absence--to undertake the ;work .o.organlzing; the field de partmentof' the -Episcopal 1'church in Ainerica.. r He4 stated yesterday to the congregation that, 'he ' expectedlto ac cept, the vestry's, offer, unless he found that his people were opposed to it. , Dr; '"Milton5 rcturnef Saturday morn ing, from a. trip ,t Torlcto confer with; the. board. p, inisstons reiative to the' work, whichi It wished him to-un- dertale. f Feeling as ) he phrased It, drafted for a service which he had no right to refuse, he. submitted ata meet Ing of the vestry, of St.? James Satur day - night- his resignation as ; rector of that church., 7 f '. . : . -The' vestry, i however,- unwilling to give him up8uggested-.lnstad that D'r; Miltohi if he thought he would be- able to complete tti a-year the wojk he was to ? take ' up, should at. the end of the year return .ttt his parish.- In thermean time the stry : would find some minis ter willing to supply the pulpit.. y This j suggestion . Dr Milton told the congregation r yesterday , morning, vwas very Vwelcome to 5 hinv iecause .he had grown to' know, and, lpyef the people? of St. James, , and would fee loath to -sever his connections: wi.th them. ,-' ..' - . ', - Therefore-he; would axjeept the ; ves try's plan? and return within the year, unless he found that the" church was suffering from . lackl of a - permanent rector., or. unless at the .end pf:tbe year he v could f-iMftreiinqfttsn . his- new ypo -In- any' events while doing the work in New 'York; Dr. Milton - stated 5 that h would, whenever possible, be: pres ent at St." James the i first Sunday o everv month; tor he reU.-tnat.he would need jthe spiritual refreshment, furnish ed by contact with his .congregation, to carry -oir his other work.. , CHRISTIANS CALL P AUGUSTA PASTOR A'.:Aa'fi J'.'tA? 'A l' Mr' Outlaws Comm?:: -To come nasttfr -Of. the :,bock street. Ajnrjs- tian -chureJi,t jllf take : charrSe 'oH June 'lstv v :t-,'?jfJi'' !'&' -;" '--iS -- -l - The cnnsxian cnurca nns. peen- wn.u-1 out a minister since, the. Rev.' Mr.Rey nolds left about two years ago -Recently a committee got In touch with the 'Augusta minister and today an nouncement, was -road e that he had accepted.:--;1 t:' :. "-: .' -,,"i:- ' --'; . ."Tv : Mr. Outlaw preached ;at 'the morning and evening services at the Dock street church yesterday and -the ; members were highly, pleased' with him. For the past three years Mr." Outlaw has been pastor of the First : Christian churchy of Augusta ' ' v ' - During, the past three months .Odis B Hinnant has been occupying the pul pit of t-he,;-iocaj Christian church and will 'continue to preach there Sunday nights until Mr. ; Outlaw arrlvesThe congregation. has also been fortunate In havlrlg several students of the .Chris tian college preach to. them; at various times- t l .::t-' ' v (S-V ' Vf'.AJ - SCHOOL GIRL WINS MEDAL. J. :.-'; - in DEBATING CONTEST V -A;...- r, ' '-' -'';.': ;' ' "'." -; 'v''.:.-k.3fe-reeIaito; The: Stair.) :!"" -Rocky Mt, , April 18. Afc : batig: contiit held - in - the Sunday schoolSf the Flrst;Baptist church last night, IrmaiHughes, 1mbefi;ofhti! nAa.atiVA team. and adjudged the best debater -In the .local -high school, .was awarded the : Kemp; pBatue;meaai. which-will be formany ,pr" mmencement. , The occasion for the contest was a final clash between which recently., repre- Ud ky0t:in debate 'witn -rayeiieY.; - boro. A KORTON ' MERCHANTS JOIN ' -nintni: '.Vft.-Tehit.- - April v 18. Mer Chants-hahdllngpveralls are included t--S-h?WieV fi ners- in the Norton, wi'ntV- overall club, which, now haa a membership of several hundred, ac cording- to 'advices, received '"here to night. " ;-; "'"'. . - ' .' ;,:' - '. "' SHAW FILES HIS NOTICE. A-::Specl Tha. Ntar.i l Fayettvme ril '18 Former Con- Mertan John' V? Shaw, . oi w -y. has 'forwared to Wilson G. chairman of the' state -board ; of elec tons, notice of his candidacy for, the nnminatlon for congress in G. Lambe, l"aw:;l.trlc to be, filed ,with the ilettlon board. .jarvonw . ? - rodas sterfumusall the fbrmaUties. , NEW CHURCH IS FLANGED , FOR PBOrlilS i nvvn. m""" -. - - -- - ' ' -,v. ." i; k"-" ;e eil tft The Sar.: ' Rockv Mount,TAprll ,18. The oongre gaUon Jf the South Rocky Mount Meth odisrehurch,; of whichARev Ivey T. Poole .is pastor, wur soon nave a new house of worship. - jriauo Ken accented ior.i,uw . handsome.orick churc the; cost of which is. to be at least 20,OOO..on the vacant lot at the -corner of -Church and ntfrts. which the. South Rocky Mount church purchased from E. L. Boone last year . ;;,' rr..:'.rr A A MAX HOELZ.: ARRESTED. A ' -Beriln, April 18. Max Hoa4r,, the Plauen commhnist leader, was arrested at Marienbad.. Saturday," according to an ofScial Czech report, and is now in prison at-Eger: a short-distance- from Carlsbad. - . - '-"..-.. . RAILROAD STRIKE ? AFFECTING NATION . 'SREACHESAN'END Bulk Of Men Who Followed John Grunau Have Returned To Their Tasks , f SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS 1 IN CLEARING FREIGHTS .. Outlaw Union; Heads Will Meet Today To Consider Plans - A .A.. -.A A-FoV Future "A f-f-'.t -f . f i k i. , r .-'( ' The nalion-wide railrpad strike apparently ; has coUapsjed. I ; ; - Except : in a few; isolated sec tions, railroad officials reported last 'night the J bulk of the men A who ; followed the leadership o . jonn urunau,- a - (jnicago train- A man, had . returned. to oSyork. j L Normal passenger service was ' " I -"" -" : - 1 - ' -V ' - . i A 5 ' virtually' restored, they. ? said, while, substantial,, progress - had been made in moving the. vast amount- of freight that has been accumulating i throughout; j the 1 country, especially; in .the east, during? the past three weeks. ? ' Many of i the strikers went out '-:;.' without . presenting ' any ; griev ances and later announced that ; failure lo , receive;- increases H(. in A wages granted to .other railroad A men prompted their action. The A strikers, who acted in defiance of the railroad brotherhood chiefs, -A have generally, returned "without any definite promises; y& S more pay. C.';-A; ':TA.: A- h Board Will Consider Case - i : ;A In raapy cases, .however' they have '- hefu ; assured -their- demands ,' will .be preseBteto-restJt-'Wiissjv'sbpr. board, .wnicn -is empowerea ; wsaer the - IT IniChicaffo.- the erteinawrlke een federal -transportatl ei .act.to.Bettr . disputes betweenJttlie railroads J'i. ' th ir .men; - bi?if d J i gpw fitting "V, 1A. wshmgtpn.fc:! fW:A;?' .v -: -r , v'. ter, railroad officials.-reported the strike had lost. its. effectiveness, Awhile broth- ; , erhood chiefs declared.actlon would. be , taken today " towards revoking - the charters of locals . whose members re- fused to return' to work' by, midnight . ' Saturday, v ,, -':,r ;-'-;',..: -: Not more than 2,000 men are re- , ported to be out there by railroad offi cials, although, these figures. were .dis puted by Grunau; who claimed ,the , ; s. strikers'-ranks wefe unbroken . and .. that a meeting of ."outlaw, union heads -from all sections of. the country, would be held there "today, to make plans for continuing the strike. : - - i - ... . '. In the New Tprk district, it was ap- parent ;" most , of , the strikers, i whose numbers were variously, estimated - from- 4,000 to 20,000. had returned Twovthousand employes of the Hudson , tubes, which carry thousands of "com-. muters into, New Tork daily from north- ernNew. Jersey points,' were the only . united and important hold outs.'? The ; "-eshave been, closed to passenger ... traffic since; the men, walked f out on , April 9. . -";.-, ''.'". - : ' " In Detroit an attempt will i be made to resume switching operations ,with volunteer crews recruited from the ranks of idle factory workers. In Cleveland ;all;rlocal k freight -'terminals, with, the , exception of the New , Tork . Central. Collinwood 'Yards and the Erie railroad, were still tied up, but passenger .service 'through the- union , station was normal. Pittsburg Me Still "Ont T The return today. Of several hundrad striking' Baltimorej and .Ohio trainmen -of the ConpelBvllle-Plttsburgh division Is expected to, mark general. resump tion of freight service in, that district - -A. few, Pittsburgh :i terminal ' men are still out. ;-.- i A f'l ':-.. '.-'' :: r. ' " - Virtually normal conditions were re- : ported in -the Buffalo, Toledo and" . Philadelphia districts, where the- ma- - . Jorlty of the strikers had already re turned - to work - - Strenuous efforts were made last night, to break up the strike in 'Columbus, Ohio. :: -. ' -1 , : The principal effect of the strike -A' thus far has been the closlng of many industries because y of their . Inability to obtain .coal, raw material, and L freight cars to move' their, products. One hundred' thousand men were re- -ported idle in, the Detroit " district, i a . similar number -n the state of ,Ohio .; and' 85,000 in. the :Connelsville 'coke region, with ! manyr score thousand out : ; of work in 'other sections ofthe coun try.:.., :A - ""-'-A 1 .' ':' ':'-" -.-''. Nowhere has there been. a vital in- -. terruption of the food supply i ; Strike Definitely Broken ' , f Chicago,' April 18! With the - General Managers association ; announcement .' tonight indications were that, the in- , surgent strixe. or jrauroaa. employes ,m th'e Chicago terminal "district virtually hadi lost its effectiveness', v ' A- F Whitney, vice president of the Brotherhood df ' KaJItoad Trainmen," said brotherhood' omcers would meet tomorrow to, consider revklng chr- ; ters of locals; whose members refused to return to .work last night. - ,; : Mr. Whitney said-he had received reports that groups Of strikers on sev eral railroads! returned to work today. , The strike absolutely is broken." ' he said: .-.rThere.is . no. auestion .about that. - Our -plans are now directed tp- CContinued on Page Three), ; ' J
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