The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-09

ties seauestered in France, certain
payments that are to be made to
Germany on account Of war losses
are suspended in Alsace-Lerraine
also the indemnities under arbi-
trat;on agreements reached be-
tween France and Germany in
August and September, 1921. No
military action is involved.
aongkong, Aug. 5.-Full reports
of a disastrous typhoon at Swatow,
two hundred and fifty miles north
Of here with estimated loss Of five
thousand lives and great property
damage on! August End are await
ed here today. The foreign ware
house was demolished by the storm
and its contents lost or damaged.
Toxic, Aug. 5.-Crown Prince
Hirol1ito, regent, today officially
sanctioned the treaties to which
the japanese party at Washing
ton agreed to at the. Washington
conference. This completes Ja-
pans action.
New Bern, NJ c.. Aug. 5.1The
Norfolk Southern Railway is will
ing to accept the proposals Of the
president, guaranteeing seniority
rights as basis Of settlement in
the shopmens' strike on that road,
according to letter to former en1-
'ployees by C. P. Peter, general
manager.
Washington, Aug. 5.-B. NJ.
jewell, head of the striking shop
men together with w. II. john
son, president. Of the smachinists'
union and James Noonan, head Of
the electrical workers union,
conferred with the president at
the White House today. AT the
same time it was learned d meet
ing Of the general -chairmen of the
shop crafts=on the; Southern Rail-
way and officials of the road had
been postponed until Monday.
st. Louis, Aug. 4.-(By the AS
soeiated Press. with. only 81
precincts to be heard from United
States Senator James A. Reed to-
night has lead over Breckinrige
Long of SEQ votes in the race for
the Democratic senatorial nonina-
ton.
Yosemite, Cal, Aug. Mics
Elizabeth Jones, the seventeen
year-old daughter of Prof. l.. w.
Jones, head Of the department of
chemistry, Princeton University,
met tragic death in the Yosemite
valley late yesterday when she slip
ped and fell over a cliff into the
swirling waters Of Mereed river.
Richmond, Aug. Z. - Virginia
faces coal famine and unless the
miners strike is settled soon the
states industries Will be forced to
suspend operations. Alexander For-
ward, fuel administrator, announced
today.
/ Cleveland, Aug. Goal oper-
ators and union leaders are meet
ing here today for q wage confer
-ence looking toward the ending OF
the soft coal strike. It was virtual
ly agreed to ask all absent opera
tors to join the conference We'd
nesday, for the purpose Of reach
ing wage agreements.
t. Chicago, Aug. S7.-E. F. Cradle,
head of the maintenance of way
men. left today for Washington to
attend Il conference Of the lead
ers of the union men not to strike,
to discuss the situation of the shop
crafts strike and to petition
President Harding for an audience.
Columbia. Aug. 7.-Henrietta
Todd. eleven year old orphan at
the. Epworth Orphanage here was
this afternoon run down by an au-
tomobile driven by T. F. Phillips,
merchant, and she died within a
few minutes. The little girl step
ped from the rear of a, grocery
truck, where she had been buying
an ice cream cone, and stepped dl-
rectly in front of the moving car.
The girl was originally from Wal
halla.
Nashville; Tenn, Aug. THAT
two companies of state guardsmen
at Eizabethon were held ready to-
day to be sent to the Mingo mine
fields, Of Claiborne county, if the
situation necessitates, but no plans
have been made yet for sending
them, was stated at the governors
office. The Mingo fields have been
the scene of disorders for the past
few weeks. The sheriff states that
armed bands are ,terrorizing citi-
ZenS.
Charlotte, Aug. bishop kilgo
is reported in dying condition at
his home here, after another heart
attack last night.
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