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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-03-16

The new machinery in the city
power station is being thoroughly
tested out and it is expected that the
station will be in regular operation
before the end Of this week.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-03-16

Paris. March 1l.--Represcntatives
OF workers unions having mem-
bcrship OF sixty thousand appeared
before the allied authorities at Dues
scldorf and declared they did not re-
ceive the occupation "a hostile act.
saws an Echo de Paris dispatch.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-03-16

Ask for Boyd Russ Perfection
Bread and get more and better bread
for your money. y.-Advt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-03-16

When statesmen remark that they
trust In God, they mean to confess
that they have exhausted every other
isxps disntr-,-Batimore Evening sun.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-03-16

Washington. March S.--A message
to the Senate requesting the ratiliORk
tion OF the Colombian Treaty is.
prepared by President IIardina<
among senator's say,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-03-16

Washington, March 1.--SeCretary
Houston of the. treasury was direct
The Washington times., 1921-09-09
BANKER DYING AFTER
ATTEMPT At SUICIDE

cENTERvILLE. Nd. Sept. g.
william L. Holton. sixty-one years
old, teller Of the Centerville National
Bank, shot himself in the head at
the bank yesterday afternoon. He
Is now at the Easton Hospital, where
Il Is said that he will die.
No reason has been assigned for
Holton's act. He was not involved
in ANY way at the bank nor. so far
as is known. was he in poor health.
He had lost no time at the bank
recently.
Going into a corridor OF the bank.
Holton locked the door. A moment
later other persons in the bank heard
a shot and tried to get into the cor.
ridor. The locked door was broken
and Holton found with a bullet
wound In his head and q pistol at
his side. He was attended by Drs.
ii. F. Mcpherson and J. NJ. Corkran.
who had him rushed to the Easton
Hospital.
Holton has been connected with the
bank for forty years.
The Washington times., 1921-09-09
COLOR Of SOUL
CALLED INDEX
To CHARACTER
Brown Said.to Indicate Faith
less Husband--BIue One OF
Lofty Thoughts.

CHICAGO, Sept. s.--The next time
you see man with a brown soul walk
Ing along the street you can rut him
down as an unfaithful husband.
This was revealed yesterday before
the members Of the Chicago SocietS
Of Psychical Research. who discusses
the mysteries OF the psychic mirror.
The Psychic mirror Is the latest nov
city here, 50 far as things Of the SOU,
are concerned. It is about to put the
ouija board out Of business. 'ss
Some OF the searchers for truth nre
convinced the mirror has merits
There 1t was, they gazed into It and
there were their souls. ..
IL was this mirror that showed the
aura. which some said was short foi
soul. has different colors. Persons
who have lofty and uplifting thoughts
have purple, blue or gold auras wher
reflected In the mirror.
Low, boisterous persons have black
red, green or tomato-colored souls
The gamblers aura Ia maroon. That
OF a patent medicine manufactures Il
tan.
The Washington times., 1921-09-09
Dry Agents Driven
Off After Battle
With New York Mob

BALTIMORE. Sept. 9.-The most
serious outbreak of rioting in connec-
! ton with enforcement of the prohibi.
ton law recorded in this city since
the Nolstead act became effective was
reported today when five prohibition
agents, and four policemen. who at.
tempted a raid on thu. home of Iryin
'Weksler, North Front street, were at.
tackled by a mob OF men and women,
disarmed. the search warrant torn to
bits and thrown in their faces and
fourteen quarts Of whiskey, which
the agents are alleged to have found
in the house, snatched from them by
q group of youths. while others severe
ly beat the dry raiders with the emp.
ty bottles. the contents having been
dumped out.
The raiding party was then driven
from the neighborhood without a pris.
derstood the prohibition agents plan
ned to arrest Weksler, who could not
he found.
Two negro assistants Of the pro-
hfbition officers who drove the truck
to the house preparatory for the raid.
were attacked by the mob and one of
them badly beaten. The other man.
aged to make his escape.
The identity of the ring leaders of
the mob is unknown, but that a raid
was anticipated was evidenced by the
gathering of a huge crowd in the
heighborhood. prior to the arrival of
the raiders. During the melee WAX.
sler's mother-in-law tainted at the
sight Of a revolver drawn by one Of
the prohibition agents, according to
her daughter, Mrs. Wekslr. wife Of
the owner Of the house.
The Washington times., 1921-09-09
ONLY IS OUT OF 600 WANT
TO RUN ON DRY TICKET

STOCKHOLM. Sweden, Sept. e.
For the elections beginning Septem-
Der II only Is Of the 600 candidates
have a total prohibition plank in
their platform. The Swedish press
has published considerable comment
on the American measure aimed at
prohibiting police from raiding houses
in search of liquor. and this Is being
used in the election campaign. while
Swedish liquor experts are pointing
out that home distilling is a greater
danger to national health than pub
lie sale of liquor under strict control.
CHRISTIANIA, Sept. 9.-The low
er house of parliament adopted the
prohibition bill, which forbids the
importation Of liquors or wines con.
tanning more than II per cent Of al.
cohol The bill now goes to the up.
per house, where It Is expected to
be approved.
The Washington times., 1921-09-09
LAND|S DECISION
BR|NCSSTR|KES
AMONG WORKERS
Chicago Unions Which Refuse
to Bar Economic Waste
Suffer Biggest Cuts.
Underwood & Underwood.

CHICAGO. Sept. "A strike OF the
plumbers employed on the $4,000, 900
PSpeedway Hospital was staged yes
terday as a protest against Judge
Landis' building award. in which
their craft was given 95 cents an
hour. The strike will delay the ar
rival of 1900 wounded and disabled
soldiers who were scheduled TO go to
the hospital in the next two weeks.
z. w. Steece, Government superin-
tendent on construction, called on
Judge Lands seeking advice on
methods of dealing. with the plumb
ers' strike at the hospital. Judge
Lapdis told him that 1t was not a
matter for him to decide. but would
have to be hanled by the subcon-
tractors engaged in Government
work.
There were other unauthorized.
sporadic walkouts of the various
building crafts throughout the city,
despite the efforts Of union officials
to hold them In check, hundreds Of
workers-principally members of the
trades which received the larger cuts
In pay-walked off the jobs. leaving
the building situation for the mo-
ment in the most chaotic state It
has experienced since the arbitration
proceedings began.
Some OF the workers went back on
the job today and others are expected
to return tomorrow. Both contrac-
tors and union officials believe the
situation will adjust itself within q
week.
The unions which received the larg-
est cuts In pay were those which
refused to waive certain rules making
for greater economic waste, and for
these organizations Judge Lands
left the back door" open IL they
change their minds before Novem-
Der I.
Chief among these crafts, besides
the plumbers, were the gasfitters and
steamfitters-marble settlers, COM
position roofers, cement finishers
and a few smaller organizations.
"If at any time before November
next" Judge Landis' decision
reads, "any Of these unions notify
me Of their willingness to change
their attitude in this respect L viii
advance their wages accordingly as
the rule is applied In the present
award to other trades"
The Washington times., 1921-09-09
HIGH cost OF
.PULCHRITUDE IS
TRIAL IN CHICAGO
Perfect SOS Have All Gone
Into Less Costly
Careers.

CHICAGO. Sept. s.-The high cost
{ beauty is making cloak models
carce In Chicago.
This was revealed here yesterday,
hen members Of the Fashion Art
-eague Of America began a hunt for
,retty girls on whom they can dis.
Jlay the latest in cloaks.
None could be found. Frantic
modistes toured the city In a search
for pretty girls. Then they com.
promised on near beauties. but nons
were available. Then Miss Theress
Thomas. who came to Chicago from
New York, explained:
"It costs too much money to keep
beautiful. Unless a model has q
steady position. II is hard for her to
keep a permanent wave in her hair.
Unless she can do something in q
establishment besides wear
It is hard for her to get a
place.
Models are in demand in the
spring and autumn, but during the
rest of the year II Is hard for them
to get a steady income wherewtth TO
continue to look beautiful, wear chit.
fon stockings and neat shoes. smart
clothes and hats and gloves, to get
and hold jobs. That's why they have
all quit the business"
The Washington times., 1921-09-09
PILGRIMS BONES PLACED
IN PLYMOUTH MEMORIAL

Plymouth, Mass. Sept. 9.-The
General Society Of Mayflower De-
scendants yesterday dedicated a
granite sarcophagus as n permanent
memorial to the Pilgrims-half the
Mayflower band-who died In the
colony's first winter on the Plymouth
shore. The monument stands on the
summit Of Coles Hill on the site of
the first burying ground. The bones
OF the Pilgrims have been deposited
in the memorial.
The monument was dedicated at
the last Of the principal tercentenary
observances. The principal speaker
was Bentamine Brewster, Episcopal
Bishop Of Maine, a linal descendant
Of Elder Brewster.
The Washington times., 1921-09-09
PRICES LEAP AS
UNEMPLOYMENT
SPREADS IN US.
Federal Statistics Show In.
cfease In Living Cost
of 8 Per Cent.
BY International New. Service.

In the face OF widespread unem'
,ploymeut and stagnation in agri.
fcultural and industrial lines. the cost
of living continues to mount higher
and higher.
This was shown today when the
Bureau of Labor Statk Dued
figures showing that in fifteen prin.
cipal cities in the United States the
retail cost Of food increased from l
to per cent during the period from
July Is to August Is.
The increases ranged from 1 per
cent in Minneapolis to per cent
In Rochester. In Buffalo the In.
crease was Z per cent, in Baltimore
and New York 6 per cent. in Nil.
waukee, Newark. and Norfolk per
cent, in Charleston, Louisville, Man.
chester, N. H., and Portland, Me-. 4
per cent, in Houston, Tex, per
cent, and in Butte and Dallas 2 per
cent.
In general, the cost of food this
year is from so to So per cent higher
than in 1913. -.
Officials of the Labor Bureau. did
not attempt to account for the in
crease in food prices at a time when
farmers are complaining that they
cannot get enough for their produce
to pay the coset Of production.
For the year period. August IS.
1920. to August IS, 1921, there was
a decrease of 80 per cent in Butte,
28 per cent in Louisville, 26 per cent
in Baltimore, Charleston, 8. c.. Dal-
Las, Milwaukee and Minneapolis, 25
per cent in Buffalo, Manchester and
Norfolk. "a per cent in Houston.
Newark, Portland. Me-, and Roches-
ter, and % per cent in New York.
As compared with the average cost
for the year. 1913, the retail cost Of
food on August Is, 1921. showed an
increase Of 81 per cent in Manches-
ter, go per cent in Buffalo and Nil.
waukee, SO per cent in New York,
IS per cent in Baltimore and Charles.
ton. so per cent in Minneapolis and
Newark, ~ per cent in Dallas, and
43 per cent in Louisville. The bu.
reau has no comparable prices for
Butte, Houston. Norfolk. Portland.
Me-, or Rochester.
The Washington times., 1921-09-09
SHOOTS WIFE AND LAWYER
ON CROWDED STREET CAR

BOSTON, Sept. 9.-Five shots rang
out from a black crepe-covered re.
volver, over the barrel Of which a gold
wedding ring had been slipped, and
Alma Anna Wells and her attorney,
A. l.. Altmyer. fell mortally wounded
In a crowded one-man trollery car here
today.
Charles A. Wells. who was divorced
from the woman a few months ago,
was held by plain clothes police.
man, who chanced to be on the car.
Wells Is said to have been angered by
the amount OF alimony he was ordered
TO. pay his wife when the divorce was
granted.
The Washington times., 1921-09-09
coURTED 20 YEARS, SHE
SUES IN HEART BALM

SALEM. Mass. Sept. s.--Suit for
$50, 900 for an alleged breach Of prom
ise to marry was filed against the
estate Of Augustus r. Mead. Of Den.
yer. by Miss Mary r. Gailivan, of
that town, today.
A marriage license taken out by
the couple In 1856, but never used,
will be submitted in support of the
suit, according to counsel. The dec.
laration sets forth that Mead and
Miss Gallivan kept company from
the early eighties until Mead's death
last December. He died without q
win, leaving an estate estimated at
$50, 900. II -
Miss Galiivan, q shoe worker. Is
about so years old. ...'s
The Washington times., 1921-09-09

SAILORS
FIGHT [)RYS
WITH GUNS
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pei the invaders. From the stern of
the ship came flashes of fire, where
pistols were being aimed at the flashes
of light which disclosed the presence
of members of the storming party.
In reply the prohibition agents drew
their own guns and their fire caused
the defenders, who were in the open,
to seek cover. Agents Reager and
Oyler, the first two aboard. in the
darkness. made their way to cover,
firing. when they got chance. at
the members of the crew.
Fearing for their lives, members
Of the crew whose ability with shoot
ing irons was at once seen to be
inferior. began to seek escape from
the ship. A number of splashes in
dicated that some of the crew had
slipped through portfolios into the
water and had made their way into
darkness and safety.
A lull in the firing caused Prohi-
bition Chief Ernest L. Langley to
investigate. Dawn coming Oil lis.
closed members of the Greek crew.
wounded in the fight, strewn about
the deck.
Search Of the ship. from end to
end, followed and the whiskey ana
drugs were discovered and confiscat-
ed. Eight Of the crew who partici.
pated in the battle are held for vio-
lation of the Volstead act while
about twenty others, who claim to
have had nothing to do with either
the whiskey. drugs. or the fight, are
held for investigation.
The storming of the ship is one
OF series of sensational raids by
the new prohibition enforcement I'D
ministration which few days ago
served notice that It considered New
York the center Of the bootleg tr;if-
fic OF the country and that 1t would
proceed with all dispatch to Clean
UP the city.
The Washington times., 1921-09-09
BREACH OF PRMlSE SUIT
FILED AGAINST DEAD MAN

SALEM. Mass. Sept s.-Suit for
S20. 900 for an alleged breach OF
promise to marry was filed against
the estate of Augustus #. Mead, Of
Danvers, by Mis- Mary r. Gallivan,
Of that town yesterday.
A marriage license, taken out by
the couple in 1885 but never used,
will be submitted in support Of the
suit, according to counsel The do.
claration sets forth that Mead and
Miss Gallivan kept company from the
early eighties until Mead's death
last December. He died without a
will, leaving an estate estimated at
$4,000 Miss Gallivan. q shoe
worker. Is about so years old.
The Washington times., 1921-09-09
AD ONE DYING, AND EIGHT WOUNDED I'm RAID ON RUM Sill
Gives Up His Razor
As Step Toward
Disarmament

At least one resident OF the ma
tional Capital is taking this dis
armament talk seriously
He is Roscoe Lindsey. twenty
seven, very black and extremely
earnest. He walked into police
headquarters and deposited before
the astonished desk sergeant one
perfectly good razor.
whats this fort" demanded the
astonished cop.
"Well," said Rosoe, fidgeting, II
bin reedin' about this here disarnn-
ament, and ! ask a feller what 1t
meant. He say it mean everybody
goin' to stop fightin'. So ! thought
I'd STOP" y .
The Washington times., 1921-09-09
SPECIAL COFFIN Is MADE
FOR FRoSTBURG, ND, MAN

FRoSTBURG. Nd. Sept 9.-The
funeral of William 8. Whiting. forty.
five. a leading business man and once
member OF the city council. who died
Sunday evening just as he was about
to take his seat at the supper table,
had to be delayed two days because
Of difficulty in getting a coffin Of
sufficient size. The funeral took place
yesterday.
Mr.. Whiting was feet s inches tall.
Ell weighed about $50 pounds. 1t was
necessary to have special coffin
made.
The Washington times., 1921-09-09
WOMAN CHARGES ATHLETE
HUSBAND WITH CRUELTY

READING. Pa, Sept. 9.-Claiming
that she was induced to wed Cline H.
Dragoo, forty-five and a six.foot ath.
lete. against her wishes, Mrs. Anna l..
Dragoo, twenty-one and less than five
feet tall, has sued her husband for di.
vorce In court here. ~
She alleges cruel treatment and
charges her husband with "standing
her on her head" at times, and with
other III treatment. They were mar.
ried last March ~ and separated on
May 2,
The Washington times., 1921-09-09
TROOPSORDERED
To LEAVE LOGAN
. As WAR CEASES
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ditions in the West Virginia coal
fields. was made. to President Hard
ing today by a committee OF the
Williamson, w. Va. coal operators.
The operators were headed by
Harry olmstead, chairman OF the la
bor committee Of the Williamson or
ganization. The committee included
Col. z. T. Vincent, Il. L. Greever. J.
D. Francis. A. NJ. Beicher, and w. b.
Ord.
ments by John l.. Lewis, president
of the United Mine Workers OF
The President was requested to
maintain Federal troops In West Viz
sinia until the newly organized State
national guard Is able to handle the
situation.
The committee left with the Presl.
dent q seventeen-page typewritten
statement in which they labeled
Gomper's statement as In the main
simply untrue" and the statement
of Gompers In particular that the
"mines Of West Virginia are the last
stronghold Of autocracy." as aoso-
iutely false" maintaining that the
''only autocracy now or ever known In
West Virginia In the mining industry
In the autocracy which the United
Mine Workers Of America seek 10 60
tablish."
Deny Gompers' Charges.
They denied the statement OF
Gompers that the present troubles are
part Of an existing strike. and assert.
ed that since July l. 1920. the mines
by satisfied employees, working at full
capacity. and that no employees In
those mines were members OF the
United Mine Workers Of America The
mine owners denied Gompers' state
ment that the government OF West
virginia has broken down. but saio
the authorities Of Kanawha county
!, were dominated by the United Mine
Workers Of America, and failed to
suppress lawiessness. -.
The operators charged that the
United Mine Workers Association
has been In open hostility against
government since 1912, when they an
nounced In the preambles Of their
to the fin value OF all coal they
helped to produce to the complete
exclusion Of the owners OF the
The operators charged that the
continued attacks OF the United Mine
Workers upon the judiciary have
been both brutal and malicious"
Attacks ON Courts Cited.
They cite the case OF Judge Bay
ton, whose Impeachment was sought
after he enjoined the union workers
from interfering with the nonunion
workers. The operators charged that
when the supreme court Of West Fir.
ginia decided against them and up
held martial law to suppress "mur-
derous violence" the abuse Of the
court by the mine workers was
'"scurrilous and scandalous.'
"The United Mine Workers" the
statement said, "have sought to pre-
vent mine owners from having
watchmen at night to take care Of
property. Their whole object In now
and has been sincs 1912 to cripple
all the protecting powers Of gov
ernment. so that their army can
march unmolested into the territory
of nonunion mines and shoot down
the workmen and destroy the min.
ing plants at win. This 10 q part
Of their plan to possess themselves
Of all the mining property In the
IInited States and Canada"
The Washington times., 1921-09-09
PARIS Is STEALING v. S.
STYLE IDEAS, IS CHARGED

CHICAGO. Sept. s--Paris is steal
ing Americas ideas on styles. design.
ers of women's wear declared.
The dearest child Of the American
fashion arts league, the skirt meas.
uring ten inches from the grohnd. has
been adopted by the Parisians and
claimed as their own. members of the
league declared. Representatives Of
the leagues 5000 members viii meet
here next week.
The Washington times., 1921-09-09
TIMES MISSING PERSONS
BUREAU ASKED TO FIND Girl

The Washington Times Bureau OF
Missing Persons and the police today
were asked to locate Leola Coll, seven.
teen years old, OF Seventeenth street
southeast, who has been missing since
early yesterday.
The girl, who recently came from
New Orleans with her aunt. Mrs.
Elizabeth Kelly, left home yesterday
morning to go to work.
The Washington times., 1921-09-09
$500, 900 Fire In Nova Scotia.

ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, Nova Scotia,
Sept. s.--This old town, second TO be
settled on this continent and the
oldest in Canada, was without bust
ness section today, the result of q
fire which caused loss Of $780,
last night. No historic structure, nor
those (which house the relics of the
settlement here In 1904 BY the sieur
do Monts, were damaged.
The Washington times., 1921-09-09
WASHINGTON HIKERS
ARRIVE IN OREGON

PORTLAND. Ore. Sept. s.-Miss
Emma c. Tucker. formerly assistant
professor of English literature At
Goucher College. Baltimore. and Miss
Myrtle King. daughter Of VIII r.
King. former associate Justice Of the
supreme court Of Oregon. arrived In
Portland yesterday and reported they
had walked here from Washington.
q. C. They left Washington May ..
The Washington times., 1921-09-09
Schools Inspected.

An inspection Of the new John Bur
roughs School in the Woodbridge
Langdon section and the new eight
room addition to the Petworth School
was made yesterday by Commissioners
Rudolph and Kutz, Major Carey
Brown, Assistant Engineer Commits
sioner, and A. L. Harris. Municipal
Architect. Satisfaction over the build.
ings and the increased facilities were
expressed by the party.
The Washington times., 1921-09-09
Gold Found In Alaska.

FAIRBANKS. Alaska. Sept o.
Reports here tonight describe the
richest gold strike since Cleary creek
days along Wilbur creek. north oi
here. A stampede Of miners and pros
pectors was under way immediately
Details were meager.
The Washington times., 1921-09-09

MRS. JUSUsIsTA D'AGoSTINI.
Wealthy widow of Alameda, Cal,
who shot and killed Arnold Postel.
a prominent merchant Of the same
city, because. she says, he tried to
kiss her, and who asks no sym.
pathy, but is ready TO die for the
crime. In 1915 she shot her hus-
band and killed him. She was &C
Quilted on the ground that shc
KILLED him In selfdefense. 1t was
shown that he had beaten her
Her defense In this case will prob
ably be based on insanity.
The Washington times., 1921-09-09

Prices realised on Swift q Co. sales OF
carcass beef In Washington, d. c., for
week ending Saturday, September ., 1871,
on shipments sold out. ranged from cents
| to 10 cents per pound and averaged 1853
cents per pound-Adv.