The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-12
WORLD news IN BRIEF

primary, stated today be Would
neither ask recount nor file a con. Z.
test, but declared, however, he
considered himself the choice OF
Missouri democrats for the sena-
toria1 toga. claiming that forty or
fifty thousand Republicans voted.
Hong Kong, Aug. s.-Typhoon-
stricken Swatow, mangled, mis-
erable caricature of the port OF a
week ago, ;doggedly goes about the
first CHASTITY task that falls to sur w
viVors Of a storn-the burial Of
the dead. The bodies of twenty
eight thousand, have been .reccy-
cred. a death toll that triples the
former estimates and cuts in hall
the former population Of the city.
These figures are. given in a circu-
lar issued BY the Swatow chamber
of commerce from its Hong Kong
branch. ..ss
washington, Aug. s.-Secretary
Hoover announced today that fed
eral Investigators viii be sent into
western kentucky to fix the final
fair price for coal during the; strike
emergency for coal produced in
that field.
Washington, Aug. s.-The shop
crafts committee of the Southern
Mobile and Ohio railroads told Of
fcials of those lines at the con-
ference here today that strikers
would make no adjustment with
the roads, asserting the strike was
national and must be settled nat
ionally. .-s=
Washington, Aug. 8.-President
Harding's second proposal for the
immediate termination Of the rail.
way shop crafts strike, which call
ed upon the strikers to return to
work and both sides to submit their
differences to the railroad labor
board for settlement, awaited to-
day formal action by both. sides in
the controversy, but a rejection by
the, unions is foreshad lowed in
statements made by their leaders
here. .
Washington, Aug. Aus s.-President
Harding is understood today to
have informed Representative
Mondell and other House leaders
that in view Of the troubled in-
dustria1 situation it was desirabl
there be a full attendance Of mem
bers next Tuesday when the house
reconvened; after its SIX weeks .ad-
journment. The president feels, it
was learned, that the house should
be prepared to enact such iegis-
lation as the Situation, especially
the rail strike, might necessitate.
Louisa, Va, Aug. s.-Herbert
Buckley, Of Louisa county, a tum-
herman, one of eight men charged
with shooting up the home of Rev.
J. r. Glenn, of Pendleton, Va, on
the night Of June 9Th, went on
trial today in the circuit court
here. Buckley, five white men.
and two negroes. were indicted
yesterday by a special grand jury
charging them with feloniously
shooting into the minister's home
!, inf n LII
washington, Aug. 9.-The Re-
publican old guard retained its
stronghold in Ohio and Democrats
in the Buckeye state gave substan-
tial pluralities to organization cam
didates. Governor McRae Of Ar
kansas, held a lead Of more shan
two to one over Judge E. P. Toney,
for denomination by the Democrats,
Judge w. W. Brandon Is appar-
entity, the Democratic nominee for
governor of Alabama, the result of
yesterdays primaries in three
states. Incomplete returns from
Ohio indicated that Carmi Thomp-
Son, backed by Harding forces and
supported by the anti-Salooh
League, would be nominated by a
wide margin.
=. . New. York, Aug. s.-Twenty-fve
thousand rail shop craftsmen
through David Williams, secretary
of the eastern strike committee, to-
day telegraphed B. NJ. jewell at
Washington, they refused to accept
President Harding's proposal for
the seniority question to
the railroad labor board.
Paris, Aug. 9.-Miss Flora Bat
son, Of New Orleans, captain of
the American Girls Athletic team
here, for competition in the inter-
national games, and champion girl
hurdler of America sprained her
left ankle and was badly bruised
in taking the hurdles at Colonies
stadium today, during the opening
practice.
Cleveland, Aug. o.--chief execr-
tives of the big four transportation
brotherhoods have taken action re-
gardins endangerins the lives OF
brotherhood members through al
legged actions of armed guards in
connection with the shopmen's
strike. They have telegraphed
members to remain away from
company property as their lives