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i . ^ 'gibe fotmtagI * ' ? _? ? ?L VOL.36. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 22,1920. NOW) " STRIKE OYER, MEN REUSME WORK. BAILWAYS OF THE COUNTRY GETTING BACK TO NORMAL ?CONGESTION RELIEVED The nationwide railroad strike apparently has collapsed. Except in a few isolated sections, railroad officials reported Monday the hulk of the men who followed the leadership of John Grunau, a Chicago trainman who lost his job, had returned to work. Normal passenger service was virtually restored, they said, while substantial progress had been made in moving the vast amount of Mk freight that has been accumulating throughout the country, especially in * the East, during the past three weeks. Many of the strikers went out without presenting any grievances and la- j ter announced that failure to receive increases in wages granted to other railroad men prompted their action. The strikers, who acted in defiance of the railroad brotherhood chiefs, I have generally returned without any definite promises of more pay. Demands to be Presented Traffic is Resumed * New York, April 19.?Traffic through the tubes of the Hudson and Manhattan railroad between New York and Jersey City, the last branch of railroad service in the metropolitan . -district to break the barrier of the outlaw strike of railroad employes, was resumed between 4 o'clock this afternoon and 7 o'clock tonight. At the latter hour trains were stopped for the night and announcement made that service would be resumed tomorrow morning. Grunau Taken to Jail. Chicago, April 19.?John Grunau, ? - * 11 president, ox vnc uuuan vAuii*?gvr Yardmen's Association," was taken to the county jail at Joliet today by federal officers after he had refused to give $10,000 bond on a charge of violating the Lever act, for which he was arrested last Thursday with twenty-four other strike leaders. Federal officers said Grunau had violated his promise to stay away from union meetings. Following the issuing of new warjgftjrants last night for ten strike leaders, ^^ Jstrict Attorney Clyne indicated that "v Rentv-five others would be served men who succeeded to the offices left vacant by leaders arrested. Harold E. Reading, an officer of the Enginemen's Association, who was rearrested last night, is in the Dupage county jail at Wheaton. He refused to give bond for his release. The | oase will he heard on April 24. In many cases, however, they have been assured their demands will be presented to President Wilson's labor board which is empowered under the federal transportation act to settle disputes between the railroads and their men. In Chicago, the original strike center, railroad officials reported the strike had lost its effectiveness, while brotherhood chiefs declared action would be taken towards revoking the charters of locals whose members refused to return to work by midnight Saturday. Not more than 2,000 men are reported to be out there by railroad officials, although these figures j were disputed by Grunau. Most of Strikers Return In the New York district it was ap-, s.parent most of the strikers, whose; w numbers were variously estimated > from 4,000 to 20,000, had returned. Two thousand employes of the Hudson Tubes, which carry thousands of commuters into New York daily from northern New Jersey points, were the! only united and important holdouts.! tiihos havp been closed to passen-1 ger traffic siqce the men walked out April 9. " % Conditio Near Normal. Virtually normal conditions were reported in the Buffalo, Toledo and Philadelphia districts, where the majority of the strikers had already returned to work. The principal effects of the strike thus far has been the closing of many industries because of their inability to -obtain coal, raw materials and freight cars to move their products. One hundred thousand men were reported iple in the Detroit district, a similar number in the State of Ohio, and 35,000 in the Connellsville coke region, A with many score thousand others out T of work in other sections of the counj try. Nowhere has there been a vital interruption of the food supply. i LABOR BOARD REFUSES TO RECEIVE STRIKERS. ______ , Will Only Hear Those Who Are AdoptMeans to Avoid Interruption of Service. Washington, April 19.?Undeterred by the refusal of the Railroad Labor Board to hear them today, representatives of the railroad strikers announced that they would present written complaints together with demands for a "living wage" to the board which tomorrow will begin formal hearings on the big wage controversy. The board flatly declined to "receive, entertain or consider" complaints from strike, s, declaring it would only hear those who were adopting every reasonable means of avoiding interruption of railroad service. , The board will proceed with the | wage dispute involving claims of nearly 2,000,000 men which failed of adjustment when the by-partisan board ! ceased to function April 1. Heads of I the four brotherhoods and the chairman of the Association of Railway 1 Executives, all of whom were present today, will attend. Timothy Shea, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Firemen and Enginemen, said tonight that speedy 1 settlement would be urged. Refusal of the board to hear strikers, Shea said, would have effect of sending all of the strikers back to work, many of whom had been led astray, he j thought, in the belief that the board might recognize them. Delegations claiming to represent railroad men of all crafts in various cities who have "quit work" appeared at the offices of the board today deI won/lmr* oociiMnnoc nf O UCllKctoTlflQ1 i :uouuui5 aoouiuuvvci vi M WWVWWUV.M* | guarantee of increased wages," which they said would send strikers back to work. They composed an unorganized association, they said, known as the Railroad Workers of America, insisting that they still retained their membership in the recognized unions, since they had not struck, but had only "gone on a vacation." After adopting rules of procedure for hearing desputes, the board admitted several delegations. Immediate protest was entered by W N Doak, vice president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, who contended that the officers of the eighteen railroad organizations present, represented the men unless thev had ouit their iobs. in which case they were no longer employes of the railroads, or members of the recognized unions. General dissatisfaction with the board's action was expressed by the railroad workers. Edward McHugh, j representing strikers in New York and New Jersey, declared that he would continue his efforts to obtain some assurance of an increase from the board, adding that 8,000 men in the New York district would not go back ! to work until such assurance was; received. Raids Dillorf Boarding House. A bold thief entered the boarding house of Mr. W. J. David at an early hour Sunday morning and stole clothing from the various guests valued at over $550.00. The thief did not confine himself to any particular room, but quietly entered nearly every room in the house and helped himself to articles that seemed to suit his fancy. Clothing that had been taken off that j night when the guests retired was j stolen and many of the guests had I nothing to wear when they awoke 'next monring. The following gentle| men were the losers: Dr. J. R. Davis, $200; Oscar Rogers, j $150; Mr. Wilson, $150;; W. W. I Thompson, $35; 0. J. Hays, $15; Watches and other valuables were j stolen along with the clothing. Mr. Oscar Rogers came over from | Florence that night and was occupy| ing Mr. Thompsons room. He lost levprvthinc exceDt a cap.?Dillon Her aid.' Another Strike Threat. I While the railroads announced today that traffic conditions in Chicago were approaching normal, a new menace to railroad service came in the form of a strike threat from 35,000 freight handlers and railroad clerks. I George A. Worrell, chairman of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks on the Chicago and Northwestern, said a delegation of workers would confer with railroad heads on a demand for an increase in wages. If the demands were not met, a strike vote would be taken, Worrell caid. i At the national headqu^fcrs of the Brotherhood of Raih^jrClerks in Cinicnnatti, it was announced that no strike vote had been authorized. ESCAPED LUNATIC SHOOTS UP CHURCH PRO?*NENT NEW YORK SURGEON SHOT WHILE TAKING UP OFFERING SUNDAY. Dr. James Marcoe, a well-known surgeon, was shot and killed Sunday while taking up the offering at the morning service in the fashionable St. George's Protestant Episcopal church of New York city. His assailant was captured after a short chase by a group of parishioners. The prisoner gave his name first as Thomas W. Shelley and later as Thomas W. Simpkin. The police said he told them he had escaped Thursday from the Eastern State hospital for the insane at Williamsburg, Va. | Dr. Marcoe, a wealthy vestryman [ of the church, was a friend and per} sonal physician to J. Pierpont Morgan, also a parishioner there. He was fifty-six years old. The church was crowded with parishioners, many of them representai tives of the wealthiest families in New I York, when the shooting took place. Dr. Marcoe was walking down the ; left isle taking up the collection while j the choir was singing an anthem. As he,reached the twelfth pew from the rear and leaned over to pass the plate, Shelley, who was seated next to the isle, whipped out a revolver and fired at the physician. The bullet struck him over the left eye and he collapsed in the isle. Several women screamed and men rushed from their seats, some lifted the physician up, and others rushed after Shelley. Shelley, with the revolver in his hand, leaped over the body of the physician and started to run out of the church. The choir, led by Chas. Safford, continued singing in an effort to quiet the congre gation. Shelley continued shooting. His second shot, directed at members of the congregation who were pursuing him,i went wild. John C. Tiedeman, the sexton, dipped to the floor in time to escape the third bullet, which grazed the cheek of J. Morgan Jones. George E. Brewer was the first man to reach him. He grabbed the man's arm, but Shelley managed to wriggle himself loose long enough to fire another shot, which grazed Dr. Brewer's , thigh. By that time several other J members of the congregation had | thrown Shelley to the ground and were holding him down when a police-1 man arrived, handcuffed the prisoner i and took him to the police station. Meanwhile Dr. Marcoe had been carried out of the church and placed in an automobile. As he was being lifted into the car he regained consciousness long enough to say "I will be all right" and collapsed. He was rushed to the Lying-in-Hospital, but! was dead when brought into that institution. Shelley freely admitted that he had shot Dr. Marcoe, according to the police. "There are a lot more who are going to get it, too," he is reported to have said when questioned by detectives. Search of a suitcase Shelley had checked at the Pennsylvania Terminal revealed, the police say, several radical papers and pamphlets. He also had a draft card showing he had registered, September 12, 1918, under the name of Thomas W. Simpkin, 203 i Fourth Street, Sauk City, Wis. There I were also several business cards reading "Thomas W. Simpkins," and in the j lower corner 'Representing Swift i County Printing Company" and "Kerkihoven Banner." j A letter addressed to him and found i in the suitcase had the address, 5118 I Peabody street, Duluth, Minn. The police believe it was from his wife. About two years ago. Shelley told the police, he escaped from the insane asylum at Fergus Falls, Minn., after | three unsuccessful attempts. Six | months later he went to Gary, Ind., he j said, and there bought a revolver, which he has carried ever since, and I with which he did the shooting. I It was definitely learned later that Thomas W. Shelley, who shot Dr. " ' 1 >?? inmota fnr cnmp ! iHarcut;, nau uccu ou *?**?? ?>, !time of the Minnesota State Insane I Asylum up to two years ago, when I he made his escape. m - While kneeling at the alter, being received in the Seventh Street Christian Church at Richmond, Va., Sunday Preston H. Cobb, forty-nine, died instantly of heart disease. The Rev. H. D. C. Maclachin was in the act of pronouncing him a member of the conI gregation when Cobb reeled and fell into the isle. WHO WON THE WAR? I THE ARMY MULE!, I THE AMERICAN MULE FAR SURPASSED HIS EUROPEAN BRETHREN. Washington, April 19.?Almost everybody and everything that contributed to the winning of the war has | received some sort of public recogni| tion from the war department. Even j the patient, long suffering, hard workjing and oft rediculed army mule has at last come to his ecomium in an appreciation from the quartermaster general Here follows the "low down" on the army mule as it comes today in an official publication. There were more than 45,000 of them engaged with the army overseas, and more than 100,000 ' j with the^ troops in the United States ; and while there was as much heehaw , ing, kicking, balking, biting and other ! , mulish tricks as might be expected, j the army mule lived up to his estab- 1 Jlished reputation for enduring, sacri( ficing and dying like a soldier. 1 They were not all American mules; i j some of them were Allies like the j troops they fought with. Seven thou- 1 j sand came from England and nine thousand came from France and an- ! other eleven thousand came from i Spain. 1 "There was no comparison," said the quartermaster general's announcement "between the small, poorly nourished mule secured in Spain, and those purchased in southern France, and the powerful, upstanding, mealy-nosed i produce of the Middle West. There < was sharp criticism in some places of , the class of animals which came up ( from Spain for duty on the battle ^ front. But these little animals were ( able to haul machine gun carts, re- j leading tuc ucav > aiuuuu^ wi uuv; with the artillery and ammunition trains. '^There were times during the final stage of the world war when it was impossible to give much needed rest to these animals. There were not enough to do the work which confronted them, and the result was that it was necessary to keep on the move forty-eight, sixty and sometimes 72 ' hours, with hardly more than a pause. Then it was possible to feed only a small amount of grain, and a few handfuls of hay. Under this strain | the mule went forward, giving his I all uncomplainingly. "Sometimes when exhausted it I would seem impossible to get him back to the front again, but his powerful constitution came to his rescue and in a remarkably short time he j was able to return to duty. The mule has always been given the credit of having his full quota of brains, but at times it seemed he had more than his share. He may rim when hitched I to a wagon, but he never does harm 1 to himself or the wagon. When tired 1 he makes his condition known by 1 ; quitting. However, his quality did not ' come to the fore during the days of St. Mihiel and in the Argonne. i "The record of the mule through the < i world war has been such as to reflect I much credit upon the dam, the farm i {mare of the United States, as well as ' J upon the long-eared, loose-jointed pro- ' 1 genitor of that hybrid, an animal inj dispensable to the success of our army < in the field. I "Instances have been known where i i a pack mule would loaf about the i army kitchen while the cook was bak- i i ing bread until he observed the cook i ! busy at some other duty, when he 1 ! would approach the fire, raise one foot < ! and paw off the lid of the dutch oven, 1 ! grab the hot loaf within and make off i with it on the run. He would do the I isame thing if he observed a hunk of i , bacon within easy reach." A good many farmers these days i I devoted to their horses, say, "Gosh darn a mule, anyway," on general ' principles, but the army loves and ad- < mires him for service rendered and 1 would like to see him get the distinguished service medal. Perhaps his ' - 1 ? wot* fimn will 1 i vaior ana cunsuuitjr an ...... I recommend him to softer sentiments j1 in times of peace. o !, Democratic Club Meetings. Kingstree Democratic Club will 1 meet at the courthouse here Saturday : at noon. All members are urged to be on hand promptly. All Democratic Clubs in the county! are called to meet in their respective precincts on Satturday. See notice elsewhere in this newspaper over the signature of County Chairman A. C. Hinds. RAID ON SALTERS COMMUNITY Prohibition Officials Attacked by Willie Matthews?Assailant Killed. Salters Depot, April 20.?Deputy Sheriff Cockfield, with Prohibition Agents Darrow and Coleman and Detective Eichelberger made a raid in this community on last Thursday, which resulted in the capture of blockade whiskey and the killing of a negro man, Willie Matthews. The story of the killing, as reported here, is that the officers went to Matthews' house, and told him they had evidence that he was making and selling whiskey and they had come for him, and that they did not want to hurt him, but to go with them peaceably. Thereupon the negro got mad and said that he would not go, but went into his house, the officers following him as he entered and instigated a search of the house. As the negro got to the fireplace he grabbed up a sad iron and showed fight This being taken away from him by the officers he, in scuffling with them, got within reach of his foot adze, with which he struck one of the officers a lick?on the arm, inflicting a slight though painful injury. When he endeavored to use this weapon again, he was shot twiae, from the effects of which he died at about 2 o'clock p. m. The still* was not found, but a jug of liquor was found in Matthews' house. ?o Sunday School Convention. The conferences to be held in the afternoons in connection with the State Sunday School Convention,which *111 be held in Greenville, May 4, 5, 5, will afford an unusual opportunity for specialization work in the Sundayschool, according to those in charge >f the program. The program committee has been very fortunate this fear in securing expert specialists for jvery phase of the Sunday-school *ork, and from the reports coming nto headquarters, Sunday-school workers from every part of the State ire going to take advantage of this >pportunity to learn more about their ipecial work. The demands for spe:ialists in Sunday-school work are far jreater than the supply. If the Sunlay-schools are to keep pace in progress with the other agencies of the vorld, the Christian people who are villing to help in the cause must spenalize more. There will be conferences for the ihildren's division workers, young people's workers, adult workers and idministrative workers from 3 >00 to >:30 on Wednesday and Thursday afernoons. o Democratic County Convention. A call for the Democratic Clubs, ivhich are to be held throughout the State on Saturday, April 24, have been 3ent to all Democratic chairmen by Ashley Tobias, Jr., of Columbia, secretary of the State Democratic Executive committee. The county conventions will be held in all the county seats on May 3rd. rhe State convention meets on May L9th. Mr. Tobias' letter to the county chairmen follows. "T fslnnn, tKo lihortv nf rpmind A OU1 MUUU^ M4V . ing you that under the rules of the Democratic party the clubs are to meet for reorganization on the fourth Saturday in April, which this yean falls on the 24th. It is not likely, of course, that this will be overlooked by you, but it is a matter of great importance, and ample notice should be given to the presidents of the clubs in your county so that they may designate and give notice of the time and place of the meetings. "As also you know, the county con of rniir nnnnfv cPflf VCI1UU11 Will IllCCb Ob ,iuui bvuu.^ on the first Monday in May, which this year falls on the 3rd, and to which convention should be elected from the clubs one delegate for every twenty-five members in the club, and one delegate for a majority fract;on thereof, based upon the number of votes polled in the first primary of the preceding election year. "At the county convention delegates to the State convention must be elected, each county to be entitled to as many delegates as double the number of its members in the General Assembly, and one of the delegates so elected to the State convention as a member of the committee on credentials. The State convention will meet in Columbia on the third Wednesday in May, which this year falls on the 19th." WONDERFUL NEW ASTRONOMIC CLOCK __________ t RECORDS THE EQUATIONS OF OF THE YEARS ON A DIAL WOUND ONCE IN 64 YEAR& Claims of astronomers that the equation of the years could not be ' accomplished by machinery are disproved by the clock completed by William Blanford of Aurora, 111., who has recently* died a. the age of 82. His clock was the labor of forty years. The calendar is arranged for 10,060 I years, even the double leap years be ! ing provided for. The equation of time, operating automatically, has been accomplished. The astronomical dial is wound once in every sixty-eight years, or fourteen times in about 1,000 years. During the first thousand years, the dock is expected to operate without impairment or attention. The calendar registers the number and name of each day, each month and each year. There is a dial or plate below the astronomical dial, which gives the longitude east and west at 127 of the prindpal cities of the world, showing the tiine at any hour of the- day or night in each. An improved compensation pendulum?a device conceived by the inventor?is responsible to a large degree for the accuracy of the deck. The pendulum is adjusted to, normal temperature, and is automatically controlled bp expansion and contraction as the result of changes in heat and cold. The entire structure, cabinet and mechanism, was made by the inventor in his little workshop adjacent to his home. The cabinet, beautifully carved, stands 9 feet in height, 3 feet in width and 2 feet in depth. Series of Dials. The upper dial marks the time with absolute accuracy, and is governed by an eight day movement. Above the time dial is the moon frame, thowini? precisely the phases of the moon, changing automatically at each quarter. The astronomical dial,* below the time dial, shows the earth and its revolutions around the sun, the time ^ it enters the constellations or signs . of the zodiac, paralellism of the earth's axis, variations of the seasons, the months and days of the. month, giving February 28 days for three successive years and twentynine in leap year. The main dial is four feet in diameter. Twenty-four smaller dials show the time in the principal cities of the globe, there being a variation of one hour in each. The clock is operated by two weights of fifty pounds each, capable of driving the mechanism for two months. At the end of this period the weights are automatically rewound by an electric motor. The total rewinding process occupies about five minutes of each year. The clock also has a themometer and micrometer attachment which shows the exact temperature within one-fiftieth degree Fahrenheit, and the amount of contraction and expansion up to one ten-thousandth of a inch. Each night the dials are all automatically illuminated. Emigrating to America in 1879. Blanford located in Aurora. He invented many improvements in the sewing machine, horological machinery, pin machinery, breaking and carding machines, etc. In most instances he profited little by his inventions and he died comparatively poor. It was his dying wish that the clock be kept in his home city of Aurora, and this will be provided for. Offers fmm flin ITnirorcifv rtf PlilPQ ffA ATlH liVUI V11V UIIIIVIOIVJ Vi VliiVMQv 1 - others have been declined. o ? The South Carolina Bar association will meet in its 27th annual convention in Columbia tomorrow. P. A. Wilcox, Esq., is president of the association. Columbia is expecting a large turnout of lawyers from all parts of the State. o One of the biggest real estate transactions at Georgetown in many years is reported by the Times-Index of that city to have taken place Wednesday of last week, when about $100,000 of property changed hands. Georgetown property values are rapidly increasing, due to the demand for property. Within the next few months a still greater demand will exist, prophesies the Times-Index. o The Rev. Denton, pastor of the Elm Avenue Methodist church, Portsmouth, Va., anounced that he will preach in overalls. ^ - . /' v