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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-13
FORD And WEEKS
CONFER SURE TO
AM|'' IS WORD
Detroit Man Tells Congressman
He Feels Confident OF Reach
ing Understanding

WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.-Renry
Ford, accompanle4 by William B.
Mayo his enginesr and adviser( ar
rived early today from Detroit pre-
pared to confer this afternoon with
Secl4sey of War Weeks ON his pro-
posals for the Muscle Shoals pro-
jects The Ford party maintained
silence regarding MI phases of the Of
fer.
Ford told Representative Bank
head az Alabama, and other house
menibeEs who called on him that he
was every confident of reaching an
agreement today with the government.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-13
LLOYD GEORGE MAY
STOP IN PARIS.

CANNES, Jan. 13.- (By Associate.
ed Press. Lloyd George, of Great
Britain, will leave Cannes for Lon-s:
don at 7 o'clock this evening. He
may stop in Paris to confer with
President Millerand and Poincare, it
is stated
The supreme council today exanin-
ed the situation created by the de-
palturd of the French delegation and
ruled that decision on which conn
plete agreement had been reached
should become operative, especially
that regarding the Genoa conference,
for which Premier Bonomi, of Italy,
was charged to issue invitations.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-13
WILMA DISPUTE is UP

GENEVA, Jan. 12.-( (By Associat-
ed aress.l The dispute between
Poland and Lithuania over Wilma
came before the Council Of the
League of Nations today. The sit
uation in Albany and Danzg also
was on the program, but the Wilma
problem held the chief place.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-13
CARPENTER MAY
TRY JACK AGAIN
Deschamps Says He May Seek
Another Fight, After De-
feat of Cook

LONDON, Jan. f35.--tBy As5o-
ciated Press.) Geoges Carpenter,
who decisively defeated George Cook,
of Australia, here last night, may ask
another fight with Jack Dempsey, af-
ter meeting Ted (Kid) Lewis, the
Evening Stsnrad was informed today
by Deseamps, the Frenchman' man
ager. Carpenter knocked out Cook
in the fourth round.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-13
notice.!

Because of other engagements on
the part Of three members of the city
council interfering with the called
meeting of that body fo rtonight, the
meeting was changed to A O'Clock
this afternoon, All persons interest
ed in attend are asked TO note the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-13
SARRAUT CONTINUED
AS DELEGATION HEAD.

WASHINGTON, Jan. -(By AS
sociated Pess.) President Miller
and, of France, has directed M. Sar-1
raut, head of the French delegation,
to contine in that capacity until the
end Of the Washington conference,
in a cablegram received today.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-13


regarded as merely worked-out min
ing camp. Alaska is all right with
her fish and fur and OIL" he said,
''the territory presents a broad field
for development; but the difficulty
is that she has been grossly neglect
ed in the matter of legislation which
will promote her development. The
new railroad which the government
built will help along that develop
ment, but the government must also
adopt generous policy particularly
with regard to transportation. Bishop
Rowe suggests that one of the best
moves the United States Shipping
Board could make would be to estab-
lish government line of steamers to
Alaska Such line" he said, "of-
fering reasonable rate to colonists
would greatly facilitate the develop
ment of the territory"
Archdeacon Drane will present the
story of Alaska to the members of
the Episcopal church and all others
interested when he visits here next
month, the hour to be announced
later. He is coming to the Diocese
of Georgia upon invitation of the Ri.
Rev. F. F. Reese, D. D., the Bishop
Of the Diocese, and for two weeks
in February will visit parishes and
| missions in Savannah, Augusta,
Americus, Cordele, Albany, Thomas
vile, Waycross, Quitman,' Valdosta
and Brunswick.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-13
MARKETS
AMERlCUS SPOT COTTON
Good middling, II Ia cents.
LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL, Jan. IS. = Market
opened quiet $40 down. Quotations,
fullys 1905. Sales, 5000 bales. Re-
ceipts, 9,036 bales, of which 579 are
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-13

WASHINGTON, Jan. lsA de-
crease of nearly billion dollars ii
the favorable foreign trade balance
of the United States during 1920 was
indicated in foreign trade statistics
for December issued today by the
commerce department. ~
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-13
Has Fine Future.

Bishop Rowe has a firm belief in
the future of Alaska which he de-
claress even if no more gold is dis
covered in the territory, is not to be
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-13
COLQUIT'T BOARD
KEEPS STEWA
Refuse To Remove County Po-
lice Chief and Pass Inquiry
To Grand Jury

M0ULTRIE, Jan. The county
commissioners today tabled the petit
tion urign the removal Of ] O. Stew
art as chief Of the county police. They
held that they were under no legal
obligations to 90 into the charges ana
that the grand jury mas the .fsa.ssar
body to make any investigations.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-13
50TY BLOCKS
CAVERN OF Mine
Score Of Miners Believed To Be
Caught Behind Trouble In
Scranton, Pa.

SCRANTON, Pa, Jan. 13.-About
swcnty mine workers are believed to
aavc been caught behind a cave in of
he National mine Of the Glen Elden
company in South Scranton today.
The cave in affected the surface area
ef about five city blocks.
Several hundre men left the work
ing without injury when the trouble
occurred
The disturbance was 200 feet be-
meath the surface. Every effort was
made to reach the men. The pupils
in large city schol were dismissed
and the Simpson silk mill closed for
the day.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-13
WEATHER FORECAST.

H Georgia-Cloudy in north an
I'm south portion tonight; ffeez-
Temperature tonight; Saturday
The labor world., 1922-09-23

In my twenty years as a. salaried
officer in the labor movement, l. haye
had many interesting and sometimes
rather perplexing experiences, and
were I to relate my experience with
employers in trying to save them
from themselves, by: preventing
strikes, or tell how have been COM
PEELED to handle some men in the
movement when I knew they were
wrong, might. be interesting reading
to the public, but it would t-be only
the general. everyday work. Of the
head Of an international. organiza-
ton. -. '..5r
One experience that I had during
strike in Chicago, think, is worth
relating. ssi5 =
The teamsters had gone 90 strike;
traffic was tied up for days and In
dustry was practically LAaralyzed..
The strike, once started, spread like
a forest fire until nearly exery busi-
ness house in Chicago was seriously
affected. No merchandise was being
moved in or out. Mahpfacturing
plants, in many instances, were par
|alyzed for want Of coai,=railroad sta
tions were filled up with freight
which could not be, distributed, and
a general stagnation i'm business pre-
vailed. Only q few express wagons
were running; and those, under gpo-
lice protection.1rAt that time strike
breaking agencies we're js5at their
height. The mana agerssbt. t.Alapse agen-
cies were 10 clever Am .shrewd that
The labor world., 1922-09-23

they were, able to convince the en-
ployeds in Chicago that the strike
could be broken in a few days by se-
curing the services Of one Of those
strtkebreaking agencies. The employ
ers were carried away with the won
derful pictures painted by the heads
OF the agencies, SO an agency was
engaged to do the strikebreaking.
For each man supplied by the
agency to do this work the employ
ers were charged IS. The men who
went on strike were receiving an
average Of about $2.25. per day, The
agency did not pay to the strike
breakers the $5 which it received
from the employers. It. paid the
strikebreakers at the rate Of s. per
day. The agency also charged 81 a
day for each guard and paid the
guard IS per day. The agency could
procure but few white men to work
in that strike, so most Of the srike-
5reakers we're colored men who we're
recruited and brought in from the
Southern states. The teamsters on
strike were aggressive and excitable.
50 it is almost impossible to describe
their feelings when they witnessed
those strikebreakers on their teams,
and although advised by the officers
of the union to avoid violence, those
men. full OF strength. vigor and en-
ersy. could nA always control their
feelings, 80 every now and then one
of the co1ored strikebreakersw was ans
snulteds or knocked OFF. ,the wagon
The labor world., 1922-09-23
L|BERAuTY BY UNION
=: MAKES UNION STRONGER

The International Ladies' Garment
Workers: unio1. gave striking miners
100000, and in answer to one pro-
test from the tens of thousands Of
these workers in New York city,
Justice. the official magazine of the
garment workers, Gays:
"As long as our union will act in
this generous and liberal manner.
/. will endure and keep on growing
spiritually and materially. It is be-
cause we are generous and liberia!
that we are strong. We give, not
because we are charitable, but be-
cause we are actuated by. the spirit
of, working-class solidarity This
spirit grows stronger every time we
60 deeper into our pockets to aid
our fellow workers. It makes for a
stronger sense of unity; it creates
a firmer bond Of solidarity; it makes
Us even inyincible against all possi-
bic danger and attack. -,-5
Giving freely, literally. generous
iy is not an index of weakness but
sign of strength, health. and an
augury for an even greater and more
promising future"
The labor world., 1922-09-23

by the strikers or some one who
sympathized with them. ~.
While sitting at a table in one of
the prominent hotels in the loop
district one afternoon, note was
handed me by a bell-boy, which said:
"Mr. Tobin, gentleman wants to
see you" went out into the lobby
of the hotel and a "spleadid-looking
type of man, we'll dressed. clean, and
from all outward appearances edu-
Gated and intelligent, introduced
himself to me, and, to my surprise,
I learned that he waS the head of
the strikebreakirrx agency that was
then handling the strike. He said |:
"Mr. Tobin. am so-and-so, ais you
will notice from the card. I have Just
handed you, and would like to talk
a little business with yQu.''
Being somewhat suspicious Of him.
knowing the desperate cAaractse Of
the individual and the extremes to
which he was going in order to ac-
complish his purpose Of breaking the
strike, / was very careful, and said :
well, sin what is It you want 20
talk with me about? What is the
nature Of your business?, p
He said: This strike I am fight
ing is q much more serious propo-
sition than + thought it would be,
but I am making a lot Of money
and when = get through with this
affair, It will be my last effort 81
this direction. III despise the work,
The labor world., 1922-09-23

+ said: :. What has all:this to do
with me %. .;..s =. .-..,. .:s.= 49,: q
/. He said: 1T, has this much to do
with .yos-your fellows are getting
into h trouble; every day.. knocking
those men off the wagons. they are
being put into Jail, paying fines,
many Of them away from their fam
lilies for days several Of them beaten
up by police, and I can stop all OF
this IL you.wili only asree to go alons
with me- .s II; : ~ 81. .,s:= s5
e. immediately became interested,
guarding, however, very carefully
ev9rything that 4 said, but asking
him how. It could be prevented: { s
II have no Interest IN the employ
ersfsas YOU very well know, except
to make all the money I can. =. he
|cosistnued. '.I am now furnishins
5000 strikebreakerss per day. and on
every new man furnish / get 4
royalty Of IS. SO the more men
knocked of. the better It ii for me
from q tiIencial stand point. Now. II
you will agree 60 pay me IS. per day
per man, 4 will furnish you al inc
men you want TO knock those men
off the wagons. -
YouY mean you viii furnish me
with men tos knock your own men
offsthe. Nagons and uble-cross the
hsemployers ~, asked.
lss Yous have sonne ssnse. you are prac-
[ficaia.s lhe anssrersd 81 told lsbe-
(EontlnuSd On 7p41e o
The labor world., 1922-09-23
BODIES ] I s [. OF DEAD D 4 J
WORKERS NO | | ; !. !: ! TAKEN / I N
FROM M|NEeToMb

Jackson, Cal, Sept. 21.-Bodies Of
miners, entombed 22.days by afire
in the Argonaut gold mine, were
brought ito the surface today. The
United States bureau Of mines crew
wrapped the bodies In canvas where
they were found last night in the
4,350-foot level ,of the Argonaut,
and carried them through tho Ken
nedy mine adjoining. =.
Five bodies were taken out during
the afternoon. Three of them were
identified. Tha work Of bringing
out the AZ victims of the! fire sAnd the
poisonous gases will continue until
all have been recovered. :.[.,<. =
) Coroner's Jury. .,
"A coroner's jury will be sworn in
tomorrow by Mrs. Lola Potter, the
coroner, to view the ill-fated minerk
An inquest probably will be held
Thursday. It is-pot expected the re-
sponsibility for the disaster will be
fixed: * =.
After the bodies were brought from
the underground workings. they wers
conveyed to the building on the Ar
gonaut property. q mile from thu
Kennedy shaft. and placed In coffins.
FU0eK11o Arranged =.
Persons without passes or business
a: the Kennedy mine were kept Oft
the property and there was no, DEM
onstration when the rescue crews ar-
peared at the collar of the Kennedy
shaft with the bodies. J.. Red Cross
workers remained at the homes Of
the widows and orphans of the VIC
Tins, making arrangements for their,
immediate care and funerals, =
Among the witnesses at the inquest.
it was announced, will be the engi-
neer on duty 1T the Argonaut before
the fire started, and the engineer who
relieved him and was on duty when
the fire was discovered. >:s..- -.
Cheek of Dead.
=. A check Of the names Of the dead
showed seven were born In the Unitej
States. 20 in Italy, 10 in -Slayia
and four were Of Spanish or Mek!T
can ancestry. Others could not sb4
checked. a. - - =
The state compensation fund is ex-
pected to pay about 100000 to the
dependents of the mine disaster. In
addition, the state allows 800 for
each interment and the Argonaut
company has, added 325 to this
amount in each case. - 9.
E. A. Stent,. vice. president of the
Argonaut company. said he felt the
fire was unavoidable and his company
had done everything possible tc res
cue the men. He, declared he would
welcome an official investigation. ;:
The labor world., 1922-09-23

congress provides TOR the subsidizing
of the operators who will purchase
the vessels now operated by, the gov
ernment. It is scarcely to be expected
that private capital will buy these
ships at q reasonable figure in the
face of the higher operating costs Of
American boats, due to the difference
in the American and European scale
of wages and the standard OF living.
If the American shipping industry
Is to be made permanent, 1T must be
subsidized" Mr.. Stewart said "Gov-
ernment operation will only continue
so long as the present ships last: In q
word, the industry Is in its infancy
and must be protected against the
competition of the giant private ship
ping interests of other ~countries.> The
subsidy amounts to only a small frac.
ton o: the mrney which we are los
ing annually through government
operation. 1t amounts to the difefr-
ence in the cost Of operation Of
American vessels and those Of other
nations"
The labor world., 1922-09-23
Is Emphasized Necessity tala-
4 Institutions; Wallops Blaatoa.

tion from their own misdeeds.
I'm order to bolster up their cry
for reduction in the pay Of wage
workers, and in order. to head off and
confuse the public" said he. "these
artful dodgers shouted stop thief
stop union labor. Backed by a howl.
ing propaganda this ruse has been IN
measure successful. But other trt.
umph IS only omentary. = - :. =
5'"Soon or late the American peo.
pie will determine that it is water
stock which is the thief, and not
union labor; that the open shop cry
is bunk and guff to throw the inqui.
rsitors off the track, and to beat down
organized labor first, and all other
labor subsequently. so that the wage
earners Of America shall be the sery-
ants and the hirelings Of the rich and
opulent." =,
Blanton of Texas attempted to in
terrupt O'Connor, but the latter, dis
posed of him in a manner that won
the applause of the house. -,
Blanton had eulogized the Steel
Trust while insisting that he was the
poorest man in the house." In reply
O'Connor said:
II can understand that the fellow
who never knew anything Of the suf-
ferfng and trials Of the masses OF
this country should superciliously
and arrogantly believe he possesses
every virtue that those who are born
less fortunately financially do not
possess every virtue that can under
stand the fellow who lays the flat
tering unction to his soul sthat he Is
to the manner born and obligated
to defend and protect predatory
wealth. can understand and pity
him: I can understand the altitude
assumed here on the floor Of this
house at times by upstairs who would
pose as the champions Of big inter-
ests. But it is incomprehensible to
me that man should have started
from the bottom and attained high
position and then forget and scorn
the rungs of the ladder by which he
made his ascent"
The labor world., 1922-09-23
!. lAlk 1 !. DRIy ! J E|Rs I I
SIGN ! | P|Alc
= h. s% . ). .s. s. - q; ~. .
|. ] WITH. | | .|||lllI|lE'S


Minneapolis, Sept: 21.-A nsw
ware scale snd working agreement
between the Kinneapo MIX Deal.
ers''. association ana local No. 471
representing the milk wagon drivers
and: creamery workers Of. Mime
apciis, has been signed, it was an.
nounced- today by Jean spielman
special organizer for the creamery
employ yes.;:,' E~.~- -~@...s -:
The; agreement was signed by
Ralph Page. presidetn> of. the Mime
.apolis ssMilk Dealers association, fol-
lowing. q conference participated in
by representatives of ;; the: dealers
association . I'D, members Of the ex.
ecutive; 'hoard, of the creamery work
ers' union. s..-..
Thescreameries represented in the
agreement are the Metropolitan Milk
company, the Quaker Milk company
the Cloyer Leaf Dairy and the
Franklin. Cooperative Creamery n
ISOLATION H..
II. Agree for One Year:
The Agreement is for one year,
starting Sept Il, and calls for min
imum wage Of $15oSper month for
drivers, $125 per month for inside
creamery workers and 800 PEI
month for b. men. A condition OF
the agreement provides that employ
ing additional helr preference shall
be- given members Of the local union
No. Al. .-.>.
=: According to union officials this
is the first time that. an agreement
has been Ia effect between thesunion
since the fkout Of 1920. ..;.: !
Union officials :. claim thar the
creamery workers and milk wagon
drivers orsani.ation now.exceeds 600
members which is $50 greater than
at any tips since the formation OF
the union. 49,. :,..:.. -,
The labor world., 1922-09-23
FEDERAL SUIT ON
RAIL INJUNCTION
REACHES CLIMAX
Decision Expected Few Hours
Before Temporary Restrain
ing Order In Force Expires

Chicago, Sept. 21.-The govern
ment's suit for nationwide intunc-
tion against the striking railroad
shop crafts will be decided by to-
morrow night, few hours before
the temporary restraining order now
In force expires.
This became evident today when
the defense closed its case and open
ing arguments were begun. Black
burn Esterline, assistant solicitor
general, opened for the government,
followed by Donald H. Richberg. at
torney for B. M. Jewell and John
Scott, the strike leaders. Mr.. Rich
berg will complete his argument to-
morrow, to be followed by his asso-
ciate counsel, Frank Mulholland. Of
Toledo. while Assistant Attorney
General Mclaughlin will close for
the United States.
Modify Injunction.
The government has not quite COM
pleted the draft of the injunction
which it will ask Judge James II.
Wilkerson to sign, but there are in
clauses of the restraining order will
. --As.nationwilfa strikes By tlae:sshesaa
power 81 its extent, is In itself a. con-
spiracy against interstate traffic,
Mr.. Esterline contendeL in his OPEN
ing statement as representative Of
the fact Of 100000 men at 1000 points
quitting work in unison is menace
against the movement of mails and
o" interstate shipments which the
government may rightly seek to
curb, was the burden of his plea.
Federal Plea Made.
1.-THE men did not peacefully re-
turn to their homes," he declared,
''but took their places near the shops
to prevent others replacing them and
to cripple and destroy rolling stock.
Their concerted action also was
shown in these destructive acts"
OF the story Of violence and in
timidation read in court in more
than 600 government affidavits. Mr..
Tsterline said. it constituted "the
filthiest record that ever stained a
court"
The assistant solicitor general de-
clared "crime, violence and insults
against men. women and children
were rampant"
Pressure Brought.
The 81 federal injunctlons obtained
by various railroads against the
strikers OIL their lines and intro.
duced yesterday by the defense,
shows the entire weight of the ju-
dicial department Of the government
was called to suppress them, he said.
Since Judge wilkerson issued the
nationwide restraining order Sept. 1.
Mr.. Esterline continued, there has
been a remarkable decrease in vio-
lence on many railroads, indicating
that the order was effective. and
proving still further, he added, that
the strike was directed from one
hand.
In his opening statement for the
defense. started just before court ad-
journed. Mr.. Richberg compared the
refusal of the shopmcn to work at a
certain wage scale and the refusal
of the railroads which farmed out
their shop work to give work at
wage scales fixed by the railroad
labor board.
The labor world., 1922-09-23
uNI0nl Ab0RI IS our Great TES1 /.
ASSET, coNGRE EssMANAssERTs
James 0'Connor Of New l.S
: Dor Unions as Real Avs :

"orsanised labor is 81 'ea''. :
greatest asset" declared = fess-
man James 1o'connor $a ! Or
leans, in the course Of s!S:5 ,rkable
speech in the house q yesenta-
tives on the industria, ion. =. =
lam for the Feds, h Of La
Dor as an AmericanI who wishes to
see his country remain the land 81
the free and the home Of the brave
not an imperial a-autocracy with d
few thousand financial, Industrial and
commercial nabobs in control Of the
destiny of the nation. tThe American
Federation is the great Instrumental
ity by which American men and wo-
men have. been able to secure even
an approach to their share of the
wealth they help to create
Discussing unemployment, Mr.
O'Connor said: #%I
Ponder over this startling and
mournful statement: The former ma
tional commander of the American
Legion states that 100000 men who
were willing to go through hell I'd
serve their country only a few years
ago are. without employment today,
and that means, perhaps, without
bread in the near future-7-and mill
ions: Of their. fe low workers walk
the streets in our big cities, agonized
and helpless, in the face Of the most
fearful calamity that has ever be-
fallen our agricultural and business
interests.
"What tragic. commentary on a
civilization that can boast Of the
wonders that have been accomplished
in the fields of art, architecture, en-
gineering, and science
Mr.. O'Connor called attention to
the fact that the repeal of the tax
on excess profits would save hun
dreds of millions OF dollars to those
corpora tipns which have profiteered
during+and since the war. These prof
iteeEs, he skid, were conducting 4
natipn.Wide attack on organized la
bor.s tnsorder to divert public atten-