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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-07-21
Gompers Arranges for Con ference to Discuss Labor
 Troubles.
MANUFACTURERS SAY
 STRIKE A FIZZLE"
Employers Claim Only 2S men Quit: Union Men Say 1S5 on Strike-La- Dor Leader Goes tO New York at
 Rehpst of "POWeriul Interests"

Bridge port, Conn.,, July 20-.Presi- dent Wilson may be asked to m diate the differences between the labor unions and the Remington Arms com pany. t was stated tonight.
 Arrangements will b. discussed at q meeting of labor heads, headed by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, in Washington tomorrow II was rumored in union circles that eley- cnth hour information of a startling nature has come to the ears of labor men.
 J. J. Keppler, vice president of the International Association of Machln- ists It it for New York late this after noon. Joseph w. Savage, who is taking charge of the Bridgeport strike in Keppler's absence, said that as a result of his trip, the union pro- gram might be changed.
 ''The strike may be called off. though I do not think this probable '' said Savage.
 nt was given out that Keppler had been summoned to New York by powerful interests, who wish to settle | the strike amicably The name of the men with whom Keppler is to confer and their place of conference was re fused ssStrike is a Fizzle" Manufacturers of Bridge port to- night stated that tho labor agitation had missed fire completely. James c. Ludlum. president of the 1 Manufacturers association, said: "The strike is fizzle. It has been | placarded from ono end of the coun- 1 try to the other that we would have labor agitation today that would raralyze everything Up to o'clock 2S men have anit the plant where the strike was called, according to the manufacturers"
 Figures of the labor leaders were widely at variance with this report ! MT. Savage gave out the followine 1 list of rrsnts where a strike had been called and the number of mon who walked out
 Gavnor Manufacturing company 30: Bridgeport Engineering company 20: Remington Arms Middle street plant) 25: Remington Arms comran, (new planD 75; Remington plant guards, 13 Total 1S5
 Ccmpprs HOn"s fOr Peace. Washington. July '0.-Prosident iSamuel Gcmbers of the American Federation of labor issued the fo! Towing statement on the strike a Bridgeport. Conn.,:
 "A conference has been arranged at which the lsbor troubles at tht Remineton company's plant a Bridgeport will be discussed. w. have hopes of a peaceful and speedy settlement. I prefer not 'o stat. whether date has been set for thi! conference"
 George Preston secretary of tn, Tnterra tjonal Association of Machin ists. declared today that the alIega tion that German influences had beer hack of the strike would not detel the machinists' organization in sup- rcrt'no their demands for an eight hour day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-07-21
Congressman Insane.

Newark. N. J., July 2O.-Congress- man Richard Wayne Parker, adjudged lnsane yesterday and committed to the county asylum for the insane, was transferred today to private sani- tarium
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-07-21
The. Weather

nlaily fair Wednesday and y; moderate temperature.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-07-21

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The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-07-30
Big Cattle Deal

One of the largest cattle deals
that has been made in recent
months was consumated Tuesday
when Shipley Brothers Cattle
Company sold 375 head of year
ling steers to Holt Holloway of
Allen, New Mexico. The herd
brought $40 % a round and was
delivered We lnes1Ay from
the de OIiyeria ranch northwest
of Clovis. Mr. Shipley says that
he has sold several times as
many cattle during the past four
months as in a corresponding
period Of time in previous years
which would indicate that the
country is by no means over
stocked. ShipIey Bros. Cattle
Company have sold 27O cows
with calves to Mr.. Adams Of
Hope. The stock are to be de
livered within ten days,
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-07-30
Mrs. O'Hare Speaks

Mrs. Kate O'Hare, editor of
the RIP Saw" a socialist publi-
cation and a speaker of national
repute, addressed a large audi
ence at the Lyceum theatre
Saturday night. Some of the
audience, which was composed
principally of socialist farmers,
came distance of sixty miles to
hear tt e lecture. That the
speaker had made a life long
study of socialism and has thor
oughly familiarized herself with
many o the subjects discussed
was evident. Many who went
to the show remained to hear
the speaker who being a woman
socialist lecturer was naturally
the subject of curiosity. The
meeting was to have been held
out doors in the arena near the
armory, but on account of the
inclement weather was changed
to the Lyceum theatre. Mrs.
O'Hare bitterly assailed the cap
itahsts in true socialistic fash
ion and viciously alta cked the
churches. She depicted the scenes
in the foreign countries a n d
tn IL great war and made
passionate plea for woman
suffrage. She frequently quoted
the scripture on such subjects
as are seldom discussed in the
pulpit. Her expenses were paid
by selling subscriptions to the
rip Saw" and she left Sunday
after delivering another lecture
at the Iyceum Sunday after
noon.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-07-30
Nc Farlin Buys Property

j. A. McFarlin. proprietor of
the Clovis Grocery and Feed
Store, who is now located on
the corner south of the Houston
Hart Lumber yard, has purchas.
ed the Piersall Hayden bank
building on the corner of Grand
Avenue and Mitchell Street op-
posite the Croft building. This
building which was almost COM
pleted five years ago and whic h
has since been involved in liti-
cation. was originally built for
a bank with a brick vault and
other banking conveniences. 1t
is beautiful building of yellow
pressed brick and is now being
completed to be occupied by Mr..
Nc Farlin with a stock of gro
ceres on the lSt or september.
1t has been said, and it is no
doubt fact that this property
was kept in litigation purposely
by those who feared the develop
ment of West Grand Avenue as
a business street and who owned
property on north Main Street.
At the time work was stopped
on this beautiful building, the
two streets were keen rivals for
busibNss suprem lcy and the re-
moval of the postoffi:e by a pD.
! tical traitor turned the tide.
Mr.. Ne Farlin has also secured
a lease on some property near on
which he will establish wagon
and fee yard.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-07-30

Boats were put out, tugs rush
ed to the scene with shrieking
whistles and many men snatched
off their coats and sprang into
the river to aid the drowning
With thousands of spectators
ready to aid and the wharf with
in grasp, hundreds went to death
despite every effort at rescue
The total d lad and missing,
by the latest count, is placed at
1865.
Crepe fiutters at the door post
of hundreds of Chicago homes
today white crepe, mostly, in
dicating the youth of the victims
of the Eastland disaster.
Six separate Investigations are
being conducted in efforts to fix
the responsibility for the SINKING
of the steamer, while divers and
dredgers still hunt for bodies,
and efforts are being m ade to
to raise the hull.
Thus far the crux of the in
YES legations centers on the mum.
Der of passengers carried. Fed
eral Inspector Westcott h a d
issued a license FOR the carrying
of twenty-five hundred passen-
gers. He has been called before
the county jury.
State Attorney Hoyne charac-
terises the federal inspection
service as rotten" and Secre-
tary Olanda of the Lake Sea.
mans Union concurs in this
opinion.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-07-30
Clovis Gets
Bankers Convention

AS predicted in last weeks
issue of the News, the Pan
handle Bankers Association will
meet next year in Clovis. The
vote on whether Clovis or Men,
phis Texas would secure the con
vention was taken Thursday
with the result of a ballot Of 20
to IA or over two to one in favor
of Clovis. The claims of Clovis
were presented by Sam Bratton
of the firm of Bratton and Pat
ton. Mr. Bratton delivered a
masterful plea in behalf of Clo-
Wis in which he presented onr
claims in a most able manner.
Probably the most credit for our
success is due Croft's ladies
band and Johnson's Chamber of
Commerce band. Memphis was
beaten from the day the ladies
band arrived and the odds were
two to one in favor of Clovis
from that time on.
While a convention like this
does not amount to much from
the standpoint of attendance, it
will bring here class of people
who can boost the country as no
others can, by extending credits
and financial backing and who
would probably not otherwise
become personally acquainted
with actual conditions as they
Exist in this section of the state.
Many think that all of New
Mexico is the same-one barren
non productive country, but this
class will be much surprised
when they find that this is one
of the best and most prosperous
communities on the face of the
globe.
The Clovis ball team went up
Thursday and played the Here
ford team until the game was
called on account Of darkness in
the twelfth inning with a score
Of seven and seven.
The session closed with the
election of the following officers;
w, B. QuigIey, Memphis,
Texas, President; 7. E. Durham
Lockney, Texas, 1st Vice Presi.
dent; b. +. Finley, Pampa,
Texas, End Vice President; h
Underwood, Tulia, Texas, Sec
retary; Walter Posey, Lubbock,
Texas, Treasurer,
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-07-30

Chicago. July "a. More than
a thousand persons, possibly
1900 most of them women and
children, were drowned today
within a few feet of land by the
capsizing of the steamer East
land as it was about to leave its
wharf in the Chicag) river with
$500 relatives and friends of
employees of the Western Electric
company for an excursion across
Lake Michigan. The ship rolled
over on its side in 25 feet of
water within five minutes after
it began to list.
SHIP TURNS OVER
The ship never heeled back.
1t turned slowly but easily to
ward its port side. Children
clutched the skirts of mothers.
The whole cargo was impelled
toward the sin king side. Water
began to enter lower port holes.
The ropes snapped off the piles
to which the vessel was tied.
For nearly five minutes. the
ship turned before it finally
dived under the swift current,
which owing to the drainage
canal system, flows from the
lake. During the mighty turn
ing of the ship with its cargo Of
humanity, life boats and chairs
on the decks slipped down the
D loping decks. crushing h
Messengers toward the rising
waters.
Then there was a plunge with
hiss Of air escaping from the
hold, mingled with crying of
children and shrieks of women,
and the ship was on the bottom
of the river.
HUNDREDS In WATER
Many sank entanged with
clothing and bundles and did not
rise, but hundreds came to the
surface, giving the river the
appearance of a crowded bathing
beach. Many siezed floating
chairs and other objects. Those
on the shore threw out ropes and
dragged those in who could hold
these life lines. Employees Of
commission firms with houses
along the river threw crates,
chicken coops and other foatable
things into the current, but most
Of these we're swept away by
the stream, which runs five
miles an hour,
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-07-30
PROMINENT CLOVIS PERSONS
INJURED In AUTO ACCIDENT
Car Turns Turtle and Occupants Have Narrow Escape
Seriously but not Fatally Injured is Thought

Almost the entire town was
thrust into a spirit of much ap
prehension Wednesday awaiting
the authenticated report as to
the seriousness of the auto ac-
cident which occurred between
.Bovina and Friona and in which
the welfare of some of Clovis
most prominent people were con.
cerned.
A party composed of Misses
NanoD Noble, Grace Colgan,
Mrs. Tom Reagan, Mrs. John
Barry, Mr.. Con Curtain and
little Barry" nephew of the
Barry's, had started on a fishing
and outing trip in the vicinity of
Hereford. They reached the a.
bove mentioned point when a tire
blew out causing the machine to
skid, the girl driver attempted
to swerve the machine back in
the road which is supposed to
have aided in causing a rear
wheel to break and the car to
turn over.
The more seriously injured
were Mrs. Tom Reagan, who
was caught by the car and very
badly bruised, Miss Noble, who
sustained a fractured arm near
the shoulder and badly cut about
the head and face, and Mr..
Curtain was hurt about the
head, Mrs. Barry and little
Barry" being the only occu
pants uninjured. Miss Colgan
was cut and lacerated and also
sustained a broken rib.
Upon receiving a telegram,
Mr.. Reagan secured the Mel en-
don auto and together with Drs
Miller, Westerheld and Scott
rushed to the scene, returned to
Clovis with the injured and they
were soon receiving the best
medical aid at the hospital. Had
it not been for the presence of
a couple of travelling men in the
vicinity, and who were almost
Immediately on the scene, it
might have been some time be-
fore medical aid could have been
summoned.
The News editor was on the
scene shortly after the accident
occurred. The machine is almost
a complete wreck and the ground
indicates that the car must have
turned over a couple of times.
Even with a broken arm, Miss
Noble assisted in freeing Mrs
Reagan from the car under which
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-07-30

Uncle Jake Reichart was in
from his farm northwest o f
town Monday and says that he
is cutting his sweet clover and
sudan grass. The grass will
harvest two tons to the acre and
he will be able to cut it again
before frost. The clover he Con
sideres one of the best crops tn at
can be planted in this country
The Clover and sudan he says
is a feed combination that can
not be excelled
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-07-30
Pike Will Leave

The News learns with regret
that f. II. Pike, that always &C.
comOlating manager of the rail
road reading room h as been
transferred to Shawnee and will
leave Win his family this week
for that place. Chas. Bourne of
Newton Kansas has been ira MS
ferred here and will have cha rye
of the reading room.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-07-30

Misses Ethel Herby and Ber-
nice Fry who have been attend
ing the normal at Las Vegas, re-
turned Tuesday They report
that 36 Curry county teachers,
the largest number from any
county, attended the normal
there and that everybody was
talking of Clovis and Curry
county,
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-07-30

she was pinned. The accident
occurred four miles west of
Friona on a perfectly level coun-
try road. The indicator on the
car registered 80 1-2 miles for
the trip at the time the accident
occurred.
At this time Mrs. Reagan is
doing nicely and the chance of
her recovery seems quite certain.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-07-30

w. B. Reed, one Of the pio
neer real estate men of Curry
County, has decided to re-cast
his lot in Clovis. Mr.. Reeds
Judgment of good towns is of
the highest order and we con-
slider his manifestation by his
action, a nice tribute to Curry
County.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-07-30

The News recently printed
some literature descriptive Of
this country for the firm of Will
kinson and Ramey. II is illus
trated with many farm scenes
and contains a write up Of the
town and country.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1915-07-30
STEAMER SINKS, THOUSAND
DROWN AT CHICAGO

Excursion Steamer Eastand With Excursionists Aboard
Sinks in the Heart of Chicago Carrying Thous-
and to Watery Grave. Disaster Claims More Deaths
Than Did Lustana.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-24
SERBLANS CONTINUE RETREAT
$4,000 Troops are Opposing $4,000
Around Nonastir.

Paris reports Friday: The Saloniki
dispatch announcing the general re-
treat Of the Serbs on. the; southwest
ern front after the capture Of Babuna
Pass by the Rulga-s is without ofii-
cial confirmation, says a Havas dis
patch from Athens. :
: The only fact established Is the
evacuation Of Prilep by the Serbs.
The abandonment Of Batuna Pass has
been expected in Athens military cir
cles for several days as 1t was not
considered possible the Serbs not
withstanding their heroic defense 70
resist longer repeated Bulgarian, at
tacks, especially as they threatened
development by a movement from
Tetovo and Kitsevo.
The Serbians probably will retire
to the heights between Prilep and
Monsatir, the inhabitants Of which
are taking refuge in Albanian and
Greek territory. Large numbers have
arrived at Florina, Greece, but the
more well to do are going to Salon
Xxi.
The military governor Of Monestir
Is reported to have appointed COM
mittee OF notables to preserve order
but it is feared it will not be possible
to restrain the bands Of Komitajiis-
lrregulars--in the environs OF the
city.
The Serbian army is expected to
retreat towards Albania. It is estt-
mated there are fifty thousand Serbs
in the Monastir region opposed to
more than eighty thousand Bulga-
rianS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-24
NEW WIRELESS STATION
German Receiving Plant is Establish
ed Near Portland, Maine.

Following report current that the
British embassy was about to direct
the attention Of the state department
to the existence of new wireless sta
ton at Deering, a suburb OF Port
land, Me-, just erected by the Ger
man company which owns the Tuck
erton, N. j., plant, it was explained
by Washington official Of the navy
department that the station was built
with the assent Of this government
and was to be operated as a branch
Of the big station ct Tuckerton.
The Tuckerton radio station is be-
ing operated by the navy department
until the close of the war; The
branch at Deering will also be oper-
ated under the supervision and con-
troll of the United States naval radio
service.
The Deering station will not be
permitted, at least that Is the plan
for the present, to send any mes
sages, either to vessels at sea or to
Europe. 1t was established primarily
as a receiving station, and was erect
ed, it was explained, to receive mes
sages from Germany intended for the
Tuckerton station but which can not
be received at, Tuckerton on account
of the ground and climatic conditions.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-24
SURPRISED TEEN ALL
Haldane Says Extent Of War Found
Them All Mapping.

Viscount Haldane, the ey-war sec
retary, speaking at Hampstead, Eng
land, has declared that the Germans
would have reached Paris, and per-
haps Calais, had not the government
taken prompt action upon the warn
ings which he himself and others had
given OF the German intentions.
The British government, he said,
did everything possible to get aggres-
sive ideas out Of the heads OF the
other nations on the continent, but
that did not prevent the government
from taking precautionary measures.
Great Britain was not taken un-
awares, but was able to mobilize the
army and navy at the first moment OF
the outbreak Of the war.
Lord Haldane expressed the BELIEF
that there was not single govern
ment among the powers that had not
been wholly surprised and taken
aback by the magnitude and duration
of the struggle which had since de-
veloped, and that nobody had been 80
much surprised as the German gen
eral staff, which had expected a
walkoyer in about three months
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-24
SHIP HAD NO WARNING
ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS
Italian Government Transmits Story
on Sinking Of Ancona to
Washington.

A Naples report, delayed in trans
mission, became public Friday: The
official report Of the Italian inYestti-
cation into the sinking Of the An
coma by submarine off the Tunis-
sian coast on November was sent
to Thomas Nelson Page, the Ameri-
can ambassador, Thursday night.
The Investigators reached the con-
clusion that the submarine fred a
shell into the wireless apparatus
aboard the Ancona without any
warning. The captain brought the
vessel Immediately to halt.
The submarine having hoisted the
Austrian flag, the Investigators
found, the Aneona was about to hoist
the Italian ensign but the flag reach
ed only half way up the mast when
the submarine launched torpedo
which struck the steamer amidships.
The captain of the Ancona, the Of
fetal account says, ordered the life
boats lowered but while this was be-
ing done the submarine continued FIR
ing at the steamers boats. Some OF
the boats were pierced by shots, OBJ
liging. the survivors +c usa their
clothes to stop the coles. In the
meanwhile, it is alleged, those on
board the submarine jeered at their
victims
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-24
FATE OF HONASTIR In DOUBT
London Public Hopes Allied Force
May Flank Bulgars.

London reports Friday: The fate OF
Monastir ts not yet known definitely
but there is little hope in England
that 1t will escape the Bulgarians.
There is a possibility, however, that
the invaders will not dare to make
such an extension OF their line, with
the French apparently established
,solidly on their flank, =.
Left in the dark as. to; the actual
progress Of the Anglo-French cam
spaign In; the Near East, the British
public can only hopetthe Allies will
soon have such strong forces there
that, will >enables the haressed- Ser
:bians to make a successful stand and
preserve a small portion Of their
country, as the Belgians did along
the User.
Some substances is given this hope
by unofficial official news that the
Anglo-French force Is assuming for
midable proportions as well as by
hints that Italy is on the verge Of &C
tual participation in the Balkan cam
paign.
The retreat OF the Serbians toward
the Albanian border is causing in
creased uneasiness at Athens but de-
velopments there are interpreted as
being not unfavorable to the Allies.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-24
MANNING FOR ECONOMY;
MONEY FOR EDUCATION
Governor Against Raising Salaries
Common Schools Should Have
Every Extra Cent.

The present financial condition o.
the people CT South Carolina makes
it Of the utmost importance that the
cost of state government be decreas
ed rather than increased" said Gov
Manning Monday when asked for his
views on the question Of increase IN
salaries for State officers.
while the salaries paid our
judges and state officials are low, y
said the governor, 'we are just now
recovering from the financial hard.
ships Of the recent panic caused by
the low price OF our products az the
result Of the European war, and it
behooves us to watch closely every
item OF expense in order to hold
down the tax levy to minimum.
''TLa last session OF our legisle-
ture created the South Carolina tax
commission for the purpose OF re-
forming the tax laws Of the state and
equalizing the burdens Of taxation so
that all our people would be placed
on the same basis. Until this COM
mission shall have completed its work
I feel that we should dismiss from
our minds the subject Of increased
expenses. = -
1.-THE. awakening Of our people on
the subject OF common school educa-
ton makes it OF the utmost impor-
tance that we provide facilities for
increasing the efficiency OF OUT rural
and common schools. These facili-
ties cost money and until means for
the education of every white child IN
South Carolina are provided ! shall
oppose increase In other departments.
"If we have any extra money TO
spend" said the governor, "let's put
it in the common schools Of our state,
where it will be- the means OF fur
nishing to the boys and girls, the fa-
ture men and women Of South Caro-
lima, the education to which they are
entitled and which will make OF them
better and more efficient citizens.
This is, in my judgment, most i'm
portant matter, and one in which the
people are vitally interested. - -,
IT shall continue to urge such
economy as is consistent with the
absolute needs OF the state and the
financial condition OF our citizens"