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SUNDAY, MAY 30, 1026
BIG COFF'N N:EDED TO BURY
TOM';TQA‘L, CIRCUS ATTRACTION
LOS ANGELES, May 29—(#)—
An crder for a coffin four times the
average size marked the first step
today in preparation for the funeral
of Theodore Valenzuela, known ‘in
side shkows as Tom Tom. :
, Valenzuela died yesterday., ' 'He
weihed 945 pounds and of thie
'eight more than 100 pounds. were
gained during the last month of hig
life. \
Despite the protests of Valen
zuela’s family against an autopsy.
The coronér has indicated that he
will order a post mortem examina
tion.‘ &t
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FLOFi'DA ASSURED OF 1
. * DAYLIGHT AIR MAIL
TAMPA, Fla., May 28‘—-(1?)-4-A
new air mail “schedule between
Jacksonville, Tampa, Fort Myers and
Miami beame effective today. It ‘was
aprroved by ~Postmaster Genera)
New May 22 and will’insure ‘the de:
livery offair mail in daylight hours.’
The first airplane to start on the
new schedule was due’ here from
Jackeonville at 8:10 o’clock this af
ternoon. / e T
All air mail from " Florida ad
dressed to' ~Atlanta; ~ Washington
Philadelp? ‘, New York and inter
mediate gnts ~will arrive iin Jack
sonville a#iC:3s p. m. and he placed
aboard 2 f@st mail .train- ithere at' 8
o’clock. THis arrangement will make
it possible’for business men of the
four Floriia'air mail cities to reply.
within 24%hours. to letters reccived
by them §Jm taé goinks méntioned
The Flotida ‘alr mail service was
started cight: weeks ago. Pogtcffice
officlals say il is proving very effi.
cient. - S
EASTMAN RELATIVES START
A B
ACTON TO GET BIG ESTATE
CHICAGO, May 28—The will in
which the late John C. . Eastman
publisher «of the Chicago Evening
’ Journal left all his $1,090,600 in
t cluding ths hewspaper to three of his
p cmployeesy was termed a written. jesi
in a bill filéd in the eirenit court by
seven firsg f;o‘usms of the editor who
ceel the estate themselves.
The cogfii',s}have been worsted in
geveral previous attempts to breas
\the will. They lost out in the probate
court before Judge Henry Hornex
and their appeal to Circuit Judgt
Kickham Scanlan was unsuccessful.
Mr. Easiman’s will dirccted tha.
his entire’ egfiite_: should be shared
- equally by. Wi Trapk Dunn, now
« Dprecident :"‘éf’"thc%wrnal company
O. L. Hal}, vice president, and H.
#Deuter, tre'as__uref.fj’x‘f;l?mf
But the bill asserts that the pub
lisher executed the will in writing as
a jest and declared at the time that
the will was fictitious. It was re-!
called that H:-C. Spencer, the pub';
lisher’s secretary, testified at the
hearing in the probate court thatl
when his employer called him in to
dictate te will, he said, “I wish to
make another phony will.”” ‘
If the will is declaared void, the
first cousims as the nearest heirs ‘
will sharo.‘:t_he' estate cqually,
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ENGLAND: GAINED FAITH BY ‘
STRIKE, 'R ESME STATES '
NEW ¥ORK, May 28—(#)—The
Tecent gefieral strike in England
served..in“the opinion of Sir Esme|
Howard, the British ambassador, to
establish “once again and for genera-‘
tions to come a belief and a faith
in the principles of free constitu--‘
tional parliamentary government.” ‘
In an address befor the American'
National Asiociation of Credit Men‘
here tonight, ‘which was confined al-.
¢ most entively to a discussion of tho!
strike, he said that “on the whole, I
think not only Great Britain but also
the werld at large—always excluding
our friends at Moscow—may be con-;
gratulated on the outcome.” |
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DAY SH MONAKCH BITTEN |
BY DOG WH'LE WALKING
LONDON,: May 29—(&#)—A dis
paich to The Exchange Telegraph
from Copenhagen says King Haakon
was bitten by a dog. The king was
out walking with the queen’s dwart
greyhounds when another dog at
tacked one of them,
The King ‘picked up the greyhound
which had beéen attacked and drove
‘Off the other day with hig cane. The
dog, however, r/eturned and sprang at
the king and” &him on “the leff
arm, Qf m
The dispatech adds that it is not
thought the king’s injury is serious,
SARCENT ORDERS IMMEDIATE
TRIAL OF MORSE CAS;I
~ WASHINGTON, May 29—(P)—
‘lmmediate trial of Charles W.
Morse, of New York, and others un
der indictment returned in New
York in 1922, was ordered today by
A{torney /General Sargent. i
““The indictment charged conspira
cy to use the mail to defraud in con
nection: 'with the sale of stock of
the United States Steamship Com
pany. ‘ |
Fletcher Dobyns, of Chicago, has
been degignated as a special assist
ant to prosecute the case.' He prob
akly will be agsisted by Sylvéster R.
‘Bush, of the department’ of Justice.
The Morse corporation was or--
ganized and controlled by Morse and
his sons, Harry F., Benjamin W., and
Edwin A.," who, the department of
Justice said, the the principal de
‘fendants. It is expected the ~ case
will be brought to trial within sixty
da)’s.
FLOR DA TRANSIT PROBLEM
: PRCBED BY FEDERAL BODY
WASHINGTON, May 28—An
economic survey into all factors en
tering into the situaiion as it af:
fects transportation in Florida will
be undertaken by the commerce de:
partment at the request of the
Florida Shippers Regional Advisory
“oard of the American Railway as
sociation,
A. Lane Cricher, of the depart
ment'’s transportation division, ‘has
been sclected to divect the investi
gation, and he will meet with the
exceutive committce of the rcgion’al
advisory board abeut June 15 “to
make iinal airangements for -the
work. g
“"The survey will cover movements
of cement, tile, brick, lumber, sand
‘and gravel, lime rock and aspdalt and
will deal with the products, turn--
over, stocks on hand and digtribution
of.the voramodities. v
In addition to assistance offered
the department by the regional ad
visory board, the Fiorida C_hambor‘
of+ Commperee akio hag expressed a
willingness to aid in the survey,
GOVERNOR DONAHEY .
. SEEKS OFFICE AGAIN
ASY ARSI SRk i 4
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 28——-(11’)
~—~:Governor A. V. Donahey' today.
nounced his candidacy for reelection
to a third term, His {ight for renomi
nation and reelecticn on the demo
cratic ticket will be based on refuzal
~of the senate to confirm his appoint
ments Lo the: utilities, tax :and “civil
service cemmissions, e
By its action, the governor said.
the senateé denied him his constitu--
tional rights, and kept those commis
sions in.‘,the hands of rersons hostile
to his' administration. Under the
circumstances the executive said he
deems it his duty “not to reliquizh
the governorship voluntarily at this
juncture.,” .
WORKERS PROTZST SCALE
_ WAGES IN TEXTILE MILLS
WASHINGTON, May 28—(&)—A
protest against present wages in the
textile industry was presented to the
genate labor commitee by Thomas I
MecMahon, president of the Interna
tional Textile Workers,
' Declaring the scale now in effect
is not sufficient to maintain = the
American standard of living prom--
ised under “the high protective tar-|
iff,” he urged the committee {o ap
prove the Sheppard resolution, di--
recting an inquiry into ~ the ' wagos
paid in the textile steel and other in
dusiries.
The average weekly wage of tex
tile workers, according to the report
of ,Secretary Hoover of the eom.
merce department is $15.50, the wit
ness said.
“It the mills operated on at 85
pércent bagis according to the pro
teéction they are receiving throuzhi
the tariff, the employers should give,
to their workers a reasonable thate
of the profits, which they certainly
never have done. We are in favor of
a protective tariff, but a protectivé}
tariff in our opinion should be
equitable fair and just to all.” |
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SEALED VERD'CT RETURNED -
IN CASE OF AUBREY BOYLES
MOBILE, Ala., May 28— (#)—Thc
federal grand jury empanelled to in
vestigate the official life of District
Attorney Aubrey Boyles, came into
the federal court with. a.sealed re
port to be held in ‘the ‘custody of the
court until the arrival here of a spe
cial district attorney from Washing
' ton, L
COUNT AND BRIDE SPEND
‘HOI.\'EYMOON IN ATLANTIC CITY
~ NEW YORK, May 29—(#)—Count
~Hugo Chase Moy, scjon of a Ba
“warian family of diplomats and bank
“ers, was on his honeymoon today in]
~ Atlantic City with his second coun
‘ tess, the former Miss Pamello Spey
er, daughter of Sir Edward Speyer.
I The cotintess’ father, banker, de:
“scendant of an old German-Jewish
family, came to New York to live
after his British citizenship was re
voked during the war, The ccremony!
was performed yesterday in the re: “
tory of St. Patrick’s cathedral by’
Mgr. Michael J. Lavelle, The bride
and her mother, daughter of the late
Count Ferdinand Van Stosch, a mem
ber of an old Silesian family, arc
Episcopalians.
The bride is 22 years old.
County Moy, who is 26, was mar
‘ried fgu'r years ago in a civil cere
mony in Berlin to a German
dancer, Ling Ansgel. This marriage
was annulled.
Thke family, originating in France
in the 11 century, emigrated to Ba
varia in the 18th century. Count and
Countess Mpy will sail soon for
Munich, where the count will engage
in banking, :
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Ipmsmx CITY MAN HELD
GRAND JURY SLAYING WIFE
ALUMBUS, Ga., May 28—(&P)—
Following a preliminary hearing he
fore Justice of the Peace Eugene A.
Burkes, at Opelika, Ala., Yesterday
affornopn, J. A, Blackmon was he!d
l under & $5OO bond {or aciion of the
Lee county grand jury in the slay
ing of his wife, Mrs. Dora Blackmon
at' their home in Phenix City, Ala.
I last Sunday morning.
Delense testimony at tip: hearine
;‘ was that the three pisto! shots fired
by Blackinon into his wile’s body
were in self-defenze when she ad
“vanced on him and his young son
with'an: open razor. Further testi--
mony was to the effect that she had
‘threatened his life 2 short time prior
to the tragedy.
.. The state’s testimony was that
Blackmon had gone to .. a ...ncarby.
store after the shooting and procured
a. razor. ‘He, aceording to the testi
mony, then: returned to his home
"'andi placed it under his wife‘s body
f SOUTHERN DELIVER'ES
i FAVORED BY TICKET
. NEW YORK, May 28—An inde
pendent ticket favoring southern de
liveries was placed in nomination to
day on'the New York Cotton ex
change in opposition to the regular
ticket, which is headed by Edward
M. Weld, former president of the
exchange and contains the names of
four other former presidents. |
Nomination of an independent tick-‘
et, the first in years, resulted solcly
from the difference of opinion as 1o
whether or not the exchange should
adopt southern deliveries. The, elec
tion will be held June 7.
MVYSTERY SURKOUNDS
BEATH AT R.CHLAND
RICHLAND, Ga., May 29—Mys.
tery still gurrounds the death of a
Mr. Higginbotham, whose Zody was
found near the track of the Colum
bus and Albany train here last Sun
day morning: The man was from
South Carolina and had come here
to work on a farm some weeks ago.
The body was badly mangled and
it was first thought that he had met
his death on'the train tracks, but
later investigation is said to have dis
closed bullet holes in the body.. Ef
forts to get in touch with xelatives
have failed. !
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
MAX E. LAND-—Attorney-At-Law.
Quick loans Cordele real estate, five
years at 7 percent. T
REUEL E. HAMILTON-De¢ntist
U 'With Dr. D. ¥ Wikliams, offices over
J. A Lasseter & Co., phone 10, resi
‘dence phone 456. ;
DR. M. LOUISE TlPTON—Osteopath
ic Physician, American Bank &
Trust Co. Bldg., Cordele, Ga. Phones:
- Office 495, Residence 69-J, "
'HARRIS & BALLENGER—lnsurance
~and Surety bonds, Cordele, Ga.
5. M. DEKLE—Optometrist, testing
eyes for glasses, a specialty, Pate
Building, Cordele, Ga.
DR. J. W. MANN—Veterinarian. Of.
fice Phone 74. Res. Phone 204-W.
THOS. J. M'ARTHUR, M. v_p,\:spe,clah
dttention to surgery and . gynecol
ogy, Cordele, Ga. i o s g
DR. M. R. SMlTH—lnternal Medicine
and Surgery. Office American Bank
| & Trust Co. Dldg
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Quality Features
1 6 Cylinder Chrysler Motor
2 54 brake"horse-power.
3 60 miles per hour and more.
4 §to 25 miles in 7% seconds.
§ Fasily 22 miles to the gallon.
6 7-bearing crankshalt.
7 Aluminum alloy pistons balanced to six
teen one-hundredths of an ounce.
8 Impulse Neutralizer —not a balancer, but
a device that absorbs the natural impulse
reactions common to all internal com
bustion engines.
9 Purclator—filters all crankcase oil.
10 Centrifugal air cleaner—protectscylinders
and pistons from road dust and grit.
11 Full pressure oiling system-—a film of ol
for all bearings, insuring long life.
12 Semi-automatic plus manual epark con
trol. o
13 Manifold heat control.
14 Chrysler roadability—easy to stear, easy
to handle at all speeds, always safe.
15 Chrysler hydraulic four-wheel brakes.
16 Levelizers, which eliminate road shocks,
at both front and rear.
17 Chrysler dynamic symmetry of body
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18 Great roominess combined with Chrysler
compactness for easy parking.
19 Duco finish in striking color combi
nations.
20 Full balloon 30 x 5.25 tires.
Arrange to drive this sensational new lower
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For you who would limit your motor car in
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