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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16
Minnesota Mob Of Five
Thousand Conducts
A Mock Trial.
CHARGED WITH AN
ATTACK ON GIRL
Two Companies Of State
Troops Are Sent To
Scene OF Riot.
Associated Press

DULUTH, Mimi, June lG~-Vmtual-
ly normal conditions prevailed here
today following the lynchng last night
Of three negroes, charged with having
attacked seventeen year old white
girl. Two companies Of State Troops
arrived this morning and prepared to
patrol the streets and il necessary
guard against evcntualtios that might
arise.
Approximately 5000 persons in the
mob last night oyerpowdered the po-
lice, took possession Of the police sta
tion in which six negro circus roust-
abouts, who were charged with the
crime were held. They conducted
mock trial and three negroes were
found guilty. The other three were
acquitted, The negroes convicted
were then hanged within a block and
a half of the police station, The mob
hooted down pleas Of the priests that
the law be permitted to take its
course.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16
What ConstantinOple
Port Zone Contains
Associated Press

WASHINGTON, June 16--Limited
Observation-Disclosures Of the Port of
Constantinople and its inclusion with
in the "zone of straits,' is provided
for in provisional terms Of the Turk
ish peace treaty. This was disclosed
by the official summary received today
of the jurisdiction provided for the
the Inter-Allied Commission of con-
troll By the lines of the boundaries
fixed for the Zone, the commission
will have authority over territory
considerably greater than some Of the
smaller nations Of Europe. The Zone
includes not only the Bosporus sea Of
mouth Of the Dardenelles and Bospor-
three miles off the shore from the
mouth Of the aDrdenelles and Bospor-
US and several Aegean Islands.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16
Japan Wants Trade
South Sea Island
Associated Press

TOXIC, June 16--Japan is ambi-
tious to obtain larger share Of the
trade Of the South Sea Island which is
estimated at 2,O00,0O0,00O yen year.
OF this Japanese exports amount to
only one and one-half per cent but
have increased rapidly since the war.
Some Japanese commercial leaders
are advising that in order to increase
the sale Of Japanese goods in the
South Seas Japan must import from
the islands rubber, sugar, chemicals,
dye stuffs and spices in which these
islands abound. President Kimura,
Of the Singapore japanese Emporium
urges that Japan establish direct trade
agencies with Sumatra and Manila for
for expansion Of japanese trade.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16
ASKS EXCLUSION
OF IMMIGRATION
American Federation OF Labor Call
On Congress Cancel Gentle
man Agreement With Japan.


MONTREAL, June 1G--The Amer
lean Federation Of Labor meeting in
Convention here today, called upon
the congress Of the United States to
cancel the gentleman agreement
with Japan and absolutely exclude the
japanese and other Asiatic immigra-
tion. The convention also unanimous
ly condemned the "secessonist move
ment,' which resulted in the recent
railroad strike.
The non-partisan political policy Of
Samuel Gompers was endorsed today
by the American Federation Of La
Dor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16
Stores To Close For
TOmOrrOw's Game

A petition was circulated among the
merchants Of the City asking them to
close their places of business Thurs
day afternoon from $3.50 to 6 o'clock.
This petition is a continuation Of the
one circulated and signed by all mer-
chants for the opening game June 3rd
Every place of business is asked to
close and all have signed the petition
The petition includes grocery stores,
hardware merchants, meat markets,
garages, soda fountains and every
kind of business. The baseball COM
mittee appreciates your cooperation
and asks that you close at the hour
requested and come to the game.
BELZoNI VS.. GREENWOOD.
All of the banks Of the city have
agreed to close tomorrow (Thurs-
day) afternoon at one o'clock on ac-
count of the ball game.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16
CITIZENS AID
PAXTON GIRL
Contributions VIII Be Sent To Child
Who Lost Both Hands In Shot
gun Accident.

In response to a call for aid for
Miss Estelle Paxton of Isola, Miss,
who was severely injured in a shot
gun accident, the details Of which were
published in Sundays Commercial Ap-
peal, Mr.. G. NJ. Lay Of Greenwood,
has started a contribution fund
for this little girl and the same will
be sent to the Commercial | Appeal.
Anyone desiring to make contribu-
tions to this fund are requested to
send same to The Daily Common
wealth.
The list of contributors will be pub
lished from day to day. The following
have made donations:
Previously acknowledged .......... $37 so
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16
!. E. Calm DIES
| IN CITY TUESDAY
bath Occurred At 4:30 O'clock At tht
Kings Daughters Hospital-Fun-
eral Thursday.

8Death has again invaded the ranks
4 Greenwood business men and has
&moved one of it's good citizens ii
u passing away of Mr.. H. e. Cahr
Il the Kings Daughters Hospital yes,
kday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Mr.
&hn had been i'll for several weeks
bout ten days ago he underwent an
jeration for appendicitis and since
1en his condition has been critical.
HMr. Calm was born and reared in
fenada, Miss. He came to Green
bod when young man and has lived
n greater part of his life in this
8y. Years ago he was in the mer-
1htile business in Greenwood, but lat
became a cotton buyer, which oc-
@pation he has followed here for
Pre- than twenty years.
Mr. Calm was public spirited and
terprising and was aligned with
best interests off the city. He
Is known throughout the state as
cotton buyer and able business man
A wife and two daughters survive
h. He also leaves a neice, Mrs
Il Newberger of Memphis, and one
bhew, c. W. Kosman of Grenada
The funeral will be held Thursday
Rrning at 10 o'clock at the home on
|prge Street, conducted by Rabbi
Rrfield of Greenville. Interment
be made in the Jewish Cemetery
4 pall-bearers will be: Joe Stein
Bernstein, Abe Silver, F. Good
fn, R. E. Avent, Bonner Richard
B. 7, Terry and R. l.. Miller;
|norary pall-bearers: Robert Her
Hn, A. Weller, E. R. McShane, Sam
rn, R. C. King, P. A. Malone, c. R
Pill, |, NJ. Klein, Simon Hyman, Cal
Pn Wilson, Ike Stein and B. B Pro
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16
WAR BRIDES TO
BE SENT TO THE
UNITED STATES
GIRLS COME FROM EVERY STA
TION IN LIFE-SOME HAVE
BEEN USED TO LUXUR-
les BEFORE THE
WAR.

MANILA, June 16-Three hundred
or more Russian war brides,p who
have come here from Siberia with
their American soldier husbands, are
to be sent to the United States by
the government as soon as transport
alton is available.
These brides come from every sta
tion of life from the peasant girl to
the college graduate and a number
had been accustomed to the luxuries
of life before the war and revolution
drove them from their homes.
Their experiences in Manila, prob
ably have been a disappointment to
most of them, as their soldier hus-
bands on their meager pay of $SG a
month have been unable to support a
family, house rent and food prices
having almost doubled here within
the last year.
To prevent these Russian girls from
actual suffering, the Red Cross and
other charitable organizations, have
provided them with shelter and food.
They are willing to work, but hay-
ing no knowledge Of English or
Spanish, they are unable to find en-
ployment in any Of the stores Of Ma
Mia and native men and boys are pre-
ferred for house servants.
After several weeks of investiga-
tion as to the best disposition to make
Of the war brides and their soldier
husbands, the army authorities decid-
ed that they, with few exceptions,
should be sent to the United States
and there distributed among the army
camps and posts, where quarters are
available for married enlisted men.
These the department of the Philip
pines is not able to provide. Only
those enlisted men with wives, who
have an income in addition to their
army pay will be permitted to re-
main in the Philippines.
Some Of the Russian girls who were
disappointed in not obtaining soldier
husbands at Valdivostok, disguised as
American soldiers slowed away on
transports and came to Manila, 50
eager were they to escape from the
turmoil and suffering which have pre-
vailed in Siberia almost since the be-
ginning Of the war. These stowaways
were turned over to the authorities
here to be deported to the country
whence they came. Several Of them
were marrid at the pier while await
ing to be put on board transport
for the voyage back to Valdivostok,
which made them American citizens
and gave them the right TO remain
here.
One of these stowaways, clad in
male attire, when about to be placed
on board transport for deportation,
with several thousand Russian rubles
in her hands, appealed to the crowd
at the pier for some man to marry
her and save her life from what she
said would be certain death If she
were returned to Siberia, The Rus
sian money which is now of little or
no value, appeared to have no influ-
ence toward bringing forth a hus-
band for the woman, and she was
sent back to Siberia.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16
Dempsey in Readiness
TO Meet Carpenter

SAN FRANCISCO, June 16,--Jack
Kearns, manager for Jack Dempsey,
announced today that Dempsey would
be ready within two weeks 10 meet
Georges Carpenter, the French heavy
weight, or will fight anyone else in
the world If Carpenter is unwilling
to talk fight.
CARPENTER TO MEET DEMPSEY
WICHITA, Kans., June 16-Georg-
es Carpenter says he has issued
challenge to Jack Dempsey to meet
him after October 10th at any time
or place Dempsey may name.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16
TIA BENA HELD
ELECTION JUNE Is
]. Moore Was Elected Mayor Over
His Opponent M. E. Robertson
Election Was Spirited.

phe Itta Bena Municipal election
Is held in that little city on June
p and resulted as follows:
For Mayor-A. J. Moore, 85 votes;
E. Robertson, 73.
For Clerk--Sellers Love, no oppo-
ION.
For Marshall-S. S. Mitchell, nc
position.
For Alderman-G. B. Clover, 1O1i
F. Townsend, 9S; G. G. Manson
c. H. Welch, 81; S. M. Kimbrough
r. D. Prewitt, rs; Mcneil Bart
4, "a; W. P. Kimbrough, 66; J. M
fltting, 81; the first five were de-
(red elected as the Board Of Alder
b.
PMS was said to be the most spirit
municipal election ever held II
4 Bena. However, it was conduct.
iairly and impartially.
throughout the day everyone was
good humor and the defeated
Pdldates proved to be good losers
candidates were all splendid mer
the voters could not make a mis-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16
cREENvILLE TURNS TABLES.

JACKSON, Miss, June 15-Green-
vile retaliated on jackson by taking
the second game Tuesday by 2 to 1
score. It was closely fought pitch
ers battle with honors about even
between Colbert and Sutherland.
A costly error by Untz in muffing a
fly with man on third brought in
the winning tally for the Greenyille
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16
This Will Be Done By
/ The Advocates In
| Favor Of 1t
ARE AGAINST COX
AND w. B. WHEELER
Last Hope Of Vets Is
In Program Of Null
ification.
Associated Press

/ WASHINGTON, June 16-Prohibi,
Eon advocates will ask the Democrat
National Convention to adopt g
Hank for the rigid enforcement Of
he Eighteenth Amendment and the
Increment of the act and will "pre-
fnt a solid front against Governor
6ox of Ohio, and Wayne B. Wheeler
hneral Counsel for the Anti-Saloon
kague," 1t was declared today. "The
kst hope of the vets is in their pro-
Fam for notification.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16
Store Opened For
Moneyless Interchange

BERLIN, June 16--At Halensee
near Berlin general store has been
opened for a moneyless interchange
Of country products and town-made
articles. Country farmers barter
their dairy produce against boots,
shoes, cotton yarn, candles and simil-
ar commodities. They accepted unit
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16
Local Observations.

TEMPERATURE Highest, 81 de.
grees; lowest IS degrees; precipita.
tion 60; river gauge 3l.3; fall in "a
hours 0.3.
Miss Ap-'e Long Stephen
LOcas Observer
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16
Nothing TO Fear
From w. G. Harding
Associated Press

BERLIN, June 1G--(Tuesday) -
Germany has nothing to fear from tas
nomination of Warren G. Harding a.
a Republican Candidate for the presi
dency Of the United States, says the
Boerhen Zeitung.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16
Americans Safe In
The Kiev Region

WARSAW, June 16--(Monday)---
All the Americans in the Kiev region,
over which the Bolsheviki swept in
Yesterdays drive are safe, according
to word from the front. Several had
narrow escape.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16
Two Hundred Miners
Are Killed I'm Japan

TOXIC, June 16-(Monday) 1.-Two
hundred miners we're killed in an ex-
plosion, followed by fire in the Yub-
ari coal mines at Sapphoro, according
to dispatches today.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16
THE WEATHER
= X n # 4 *~& ~ +,

MISSISSIPPI-Generally fair and
continued warm weather tonight and
Thursday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16

team, while Colbert seemed to have
the better control. 1t was anybody's
ball game until the last man went
down in the ninth.
Score By Innings K.
Batteries: Greenville, Colbert and
Cohen; jackson, Sutherland and Sc
well.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16

Duff, Loomis, Stevenson, Saunders
Stolen bases Klintworth, Critz. Cur
lev. Base on balls--0ff Person a, off
Stewart Q, off Deberry /. Struck out
BY Pearson A, by Stewart 3, by De-
berry II. Time-1:4O. Umpire Pen.
der.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16
cLARKsDALE TRIMS BELzoNI.

BELZoNI, Miss, June 15--Clarks-
dale defeated Belzoni in the second
game Of the series by score Of to
2. Sloan pitched good game but
support went to pieces in the fifth and
sixth innings, the home team piling up
four errors.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16

Take The Daily Commonwealth.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16

Batteries: Clarksdale, Roberts, Hin
ton, willis and Bender; Belzoni, Sloan
and Stapleton.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16
Additional Contributions.

Previously acknowledged q.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16

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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-06-16
: B A S e BALL
DELTA LEAGUE
OF INDEPENDENT CLUBS
BY LITTLETON UPSHUR
Reporter.
TEAMS PERCENTAGE.

4 : = + 4 y x Il y 4 X * Il !
New-York tribune., 1920-07-25
ROUTE Of the Neav York
= Barge Canal from Buf-
fal0 to the Hudson RiUer

thought fit for use for the last two
years. They are using them.
The total tonnage on the canal,
including the hulks that have been
resurrected and put in commission
since the opening of navigation on
May Is, the lighters and marine riff
raft that have been brought from
New York Harbor and other points,
and the new government boats re-
Gently put in commission, is probably
considerably under 100000.
Most of the new boats have been
added by the Federal government,
that is, "New York Canal Section,
of the Inland Waterways Division;
Transportation Division, United
States War Department." to give
the operating organization it's full
title.
The canal itself, including all
maintenance and also towing service
for boats not under their own power,
is under the direction of the state.
Edward S. Walsh, State Superin-
tendent Of Public Works, who has
been canal booster, recently
demonstrated its usefulness by put
ting a steamer and four consorts
through the canal from Buffalo to
New York in 104 hours, loaded.
The average carrying time, how
ever, Is ten days to two weeks be-
New-York tribune., 1920-07-25

tween Buffalo and New York, as we'll
as points adjacent to the latter. Mr..
Walsh states that traffic this season,
despite the handicap Of shortage of
all kinds of boats, is 65 per cent
greater than last season, and will
rival if not exceed the banner year
Of 1903 in the old Erie Canal days.
Besides the governments, state
and Federal, there are two boat
owning companies worthy of the
name, including the Lake Champlain
Transportation Company, operating
a feet Of ten barges, and the Inland
Marine Corporation, q more preten-
New-York tribune., 1920-07-25

rlne system covering the Great
Lakes and other canal routes, with
tidewater facilities at New York
and Boston. Marine architects are
working on plans TO determine the
desirability of various canal boat
types. A. j. Littlejohn, a Syracuse
man, is president of the corporation.
Canal men and industrial execu-
tives say there is business for ten
times as many boats as are avail
able. That is a minimum. One of
the few things that the Federal and
state canal men agree upon is that
the possibilities Of canal business
New-York tribune., 1920-07-25

are practically unlimited" No one
expects the railroads to recover and
attain the proportions Of a serious
competitor for years.
One Buffalo manufacturer Of au-
tomobile bodies for Syracuse COM
pany shipped 100 bodies on a rush
order to the Syracuse industry.
Imagine! A crush" order by canal!
Six months ago a man would have
been counted crazy even to suggest
such thing. It took three days for
the trip, which the company stated
to the writer was ten days quicker
than the average time of shipping
the bodies by rail distance of less
than 200 miles!
Because better time can be made
and because the barges will pay for
New-York tribune., 1920-07-25
z ARGE canal harbor at
IL Buffalo acdth Lake Erie
IN the distance

tious organization, with sixty-two
wooden barges of the old type.
Besides these, the Seaboard For
warding Company and the Marine
Forwarding Company do consider
able canal business in the way of
brokers. There are a few other pri-
vate owners Of one or two boats.
Under present conditions such own
ership offers big speculative induce
ments.
The Lake Champlain Transporta-
New-York tribune., 1920-07-25
Chartered Far Ahead

Even before the opening Of navi-
cation space was chartered for
months ahead. At the present time
Practically all boats are chartered
unul October, with the possible ex-
eeption Of few that are being held
at exorbitantly high rates.
Some might say that this was an
0'aer case Of the profiteer. One
shipping representative blandly gave
vic very common excuse for these
''aes that 1t was a case Of supply
'na demand. When the railroads
Iu' an embargo on automobile
'0oies' for instance, canal freight
"'es IN some cases jumped from 10
sef cent less than rail freight rates
:" considerably more than the rail
.s'es over night. This applied also
some other merchandise under
embargo.
Win the great influx Of indus
"'ai products from the Middle West,
1s railroads were absolutely un-
'' 70 cope with the situation. They
~ fouble moving perishable. and
ss'sAs. such a. grain. Than
New-York tribune., 1920-07-25
Freight Is Piled Along Barge Canal Waiting for Boats
Waterway Is Becoming Rival of RAILWAYS as Carrie
BUSINESS Has Caused
A Big Jump in
Rates
By Lloyd S. Graham

By Lloyd ). Graham
|IGURING in years or even
~ months, it was not SO very
4 long ago when the wise ones
who knew about the barge
anal construction would grin know
;nrlv and say little or nothing about
It's future possibilities as freight
.arrier from the West. 1t seemed
"a he the common opinion that the
..nal construction was an excuse
largely for the distribution of politi-
..l favors. Surely, it could never
compete with the railroads.
Whatever basis the wiseacres had
for such unseemly, cloudy opinions,
tre or untrue, the abnormal indus
trial and transportation conditions
have brought about a condition so
that the canal as a potential factor
in transportation is in the lime,
liebt-general conditions which are
almost paradoxical.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-25

view shoaving the giant
Little Falls lock- on the
NeaO York Barge Canal,
qOlth q hJt of 401-2 feet.
Tlals Is meet to the highest
single lift lock IN the qoorld.
This IS ON the Erie branch
of the NeaO Yo7'h State canal
system, a0hach at this point
clan7bs ouer q range of hills.
Boats are foated over the
hills By raising them from
one lock to another sliqhtlu
higher
New-York tribune., 1920-07-25
TOW of canal boats leav-
ing the nea0 barge canal
at Waterford. At the right
are three old locks displaced
bU one

came the unauthorized strike and
completed the tie-up. The railroads
are just recovering, but representa-
tives of Buffalo and Western indus
tries, as we'll as those interested in
canal transportation, are vigorously
unanimous in the assertion that the
railroads will not be able to COM
pete seriously with the canal traffic
for two or three years at least. Per-
haps they have lost their advantage
forever.
Building New Barges
SO at the present time those
shippers who were wise enough to
charter space ahead for their prod
New-York tribune., 1920-07-25

ucts are smiling with satisfaction,
while the unfortunate ones are buy
ing or building their own fleets of
barges, or storing their product and
whistling for conditions to change
for the better, or moving a very
small percentage by motor truck, or,
as in the case of Detroit or other
Western points, industrial agents,
returning home literally with tears
in their eyes and rage in their
hearts, VOW to build their own
boats that will be able to navigate
the Great Lakes as we'll as the Barge
Canal and be independent of the
present canal boat holders.
But, as was discovered during the
war, boats cannot be built in a day.
The fact remains, cargo space East
cannot be bought. The back yard of
a Buffalo factory producing a high
grade automobile looks like a circus
ground. But it isn't. Several "big
tops" are sheltering a great number
of cars in enforced storage.
The Canals Tonnage
The actual number Of canal boats
of anything like valuable size or
desirability is said to be under 200,
and many of those are relics of
the old Erie Canal days. One des-
perate Buffalo industry, it is said,
bought tug that had sunk and been
under water all winter and feet
Of boats, some Of which had not been
New-York tribune., 1920-07-25
THE barge canal terminal
4 at Tonawanda, shoaUing
q United States oil-burminq
cargo boat m1dneuvering
three concrete fabricated
boats

themselves in ten years, it is esti-
mated, that automobile body builder
is planning his own fleet Of barges
for next season.
A we'll known wallboard company
in desperation bought its own fleet
of barges. 1t finds it can put the
equivalent of twenty freight cars
in barge, so its feet practically
has the capacity of a freight train,
and that in the old style barges. A
Niagara Falls breakfast food COM
pany has chartered considerable
space for the season.
Shipping representatives were
asked if they were taking any busi-
ness from points west of Buffalo.
With the exception of grain they
were not.
why should we," they demanded,
when we can get any amount more
business right here than we can
handler"
Lakes to Tidewatei
That situation has given rise to
the prevalence of the rumor that
Detroit and Cleveland organizations
are planning to build and operate
barges on lakes as well as canal.
with the iaaa ef no trsnsfar from