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VOLUME NO. 10
DEFENSE MAKES BITTER FIGHT INHALL-MILLS MURDER ARGUMENTS
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PROSECUTING ATTORNEY WOULD
HAVE GOTTEN KNOCK-OUT
SOUTH OF MASON DIXON LINE
' HE SHOUTED.
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SOMERVILLE, Dec. 2.— (AP) —
Clarence E. Case followed Robert H.
McCarter in summing up’ for the de
fense in the Hall-Mills case today.
He started hiz address immediately
after the former attorney general
completed hisg argument begun yester-.
day. Case opened his speech by
criticising the methods of the prose
cuting, terming them “nasty, unfair
and vindictive.” :
. This was the note on which Mc-
Carter closed his summing up, saying
“if the level of the New Jersey bhar
has Sunk to that level, then thank
God 1 am old.” The veteran attorney
had just referred to what he termed
" an -effort by Alexander Simpson, spec
ial prosecutor, to cast slurs upon the
parentage of William Stevens, one of
the defendants. If his statement had
been made south of the Mason-Dixon
line, he would have been knocked
down.”
In__'closing his summing up, Mec-
Carter again said James Mills, hus
band of Mrs. Eleanor Mills who was
glain. with Rev. Edward Hall, was in
better position to know of the love
affair between the minister and choir
sin\ger than was Mrs. Hall.
H('a"also said that while Mrs. Hall
had ;been attacked by the state for
what was an inadequate spreading of
the ‘alarm for her husband the’ day
after “he disappeared, Mills, whose
" ‘wife Waj also missing, did ‘absolutely
“r6thing avout-it.’ - 49
“we Aftér %&P}‘ly ‘arraigning 'tie state
©lor*fts melfiods, Case launched into a
“*disctission “of the calling’ card which
the state contends bears the print of
Willie Stevens finger. The defense
attorney said “I believe Raymond
Schneider, who discovered the bodies,
rifled Hall's pocket and the cards
from the pocketbook of Mr. Hall re
mained where they fell.”
Editor C. E. Brown spent yesterday
in Atlanta with Mrs. Brown who un
»derwent.an operation at Piedmont
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stop—and re
fresh yourself.
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Mellon Makes Room For One G. O. P. Lame Duck
NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN WHO
RAN FOR GOVERNOR OF NEW
YCRK WILL GET GOOD JOB.
WASHINGTON, December 2—(&)
/——Garrard B. Winston, under Secre
tary ofthe treasury, will resign soon
and be succeeded by Representative
‘Ogden Mills of New York. |
| The change was announced today
by Secrgtary Mellon, wsaid it would
take place as soon as Mills felt he
‘could leave his seat in cong’ress.'
Winston desires to resume the prac
‘tice of law in Chicago.
” Mills was defegted in November as
; rcpfiblican candidate for governor of
;New Noric
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STROKE OF HIS AXE
BROUGHT HIM |
WEALTH .
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Dec. 2.—(AP) —
One stroke of an axe brought un
dreamed-of wealth to a poor lunber
jack, Assen Tscholakoff. He felled
a tree ni the vicinity of Tschepcha
pare and was about to cut up the
roots when the axe struck a stone
slab covered with Turkish inscrip
tions.
. Underneath it he founfi a treasure
itrove of thousands of old Turkish
‘gold piecer. The value of the treas
‘ure was estimated at four hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, some of
‘the coins dating back to the .four
‘teenth century.
‘ News of the find spread throughout
‘the country within a few hours and
Inatives were out in numbers with
{.axes and shovels.
; They workeq such havoc in the
i, surrounding forest that authorities
\'found it necessary to despatch a
;;poSse of gendarmes to restrain them.
'JENNINGS FACES BANK
l CHARGES THIS MORNING
MIAMI, Fla., December 2—(/P)—
Steven Logan Jennings, 25, of At
lanta, arrested in connection with
the attempted robbery of the City
National Bank heré Monday ‘will be
arraigned before Judge A. J. Rose
in criminal court here tomorrow
morning. The hearing was postponed
from this morning at the request of
Jennings’ attorney.
Jennings was arrested in Royal
Palm Park on information from an
unamed taxi driver who had heen
apprehended in the bank when he
presented a note demanding $39,000,
which he told officers had been given
him by Jennings. The driver was re
leazed after questioning.
PORTLAND HUNTS FOR
STRANGLER OF FIVE WOMEN
PORTLAND Ore., December 2—
Police of two Pacific northwest
cities are cooperating Tuesday night
in a hunt for a strangler who had
killed five women, four in Portland
and one in Seattle. Al of the victims
were middle-aged housekeepers.
His last raid was at Portland,
where Mrs. Blanche Myers, 48, was
strangled sometimes Monday after
noon. Her body was found Tuesday
under a bed in an upper room with
the nose and mouth tightly bound
with cloth. The most important clues
left, according to police, were large
blood smeared finger prints in va
CORDELE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1926
Defense For Fall And Doneny Begin Battering Testimony
SENATOR TELLS OF M'LEAN
STORY AND LATER THE DO
HENY VERSION OF LOAN OF
, MONEY.
WASHINGTON, December 2—(P)
—The defense today began its
frontz'llli'onslaught on the massed ac
cumulation of evidence submitted by
the government in an effort” i
prove Albert B. Fall, former secre
tal'y'éf the interior, and Edward L.
Doheny, oil rhah, were guilty of con
spiracy in the famous naval reserve
oil leases.
Aftero Bttaining from the prosecu
;tions own witness every vestige of
testimony theybelieved would aid
their clinets, lawyers for the two
defendants turned towards their own
store of testimony.
The prosecution wound up early in
the day with brief questioning of
Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Mon--
lfbana whose prosecution of the oil in-,
vestigation brought to light the de
velopments upon which the present
“rial is based.
Senator Walsh identified the sum
mary of a letter in the senate record
written by him to Fall in January
} 1924, seeking information about the
hundred thousand dollars which came
! into Fall’s possession while the nego
} tiations were pending for the lease
};of Elks Hills Naval reserve, which
‘later was turned over to Doheny’s
company.
Fall’s reply said the money came
Afrom Edward B. McLean, publiher
of the Washington Post, but later it
‘developed that it come from Doheny,
who described it as a friedly loan.
CHAPLIN ON ROCKS
WITH ANOTHER
"MARRIAGE
OOS ANGELES, Dec. 2.—(AP)—The
second matrimonial ship to be launch
ed by Charles Chaplin is on the rocks,
but the motion picture star is mak
ing‘efforts to salvage th‘e wreck.
‘ ,"I;his first became known yesterday
when Mrs. Lita Grey Chaplin made
known that she had tuken’hér't\\"o
children and left the actor’s home, de
claring she had no 'i.ntention of re
turning. ' '
At the home of her grandparents
in Beverly }fills. where she has gone
to live, Mrs. Chaplin’s grandfather
said, “ill treatment on the part of
Chaplin brought about the break.
Mrs. Chaplin told me she could not
stand his treatment any longer.”
VESSEL ORDPERED TO FOOCHOW
MANILA, December 2—(&)—The
mine detachment vessel, Hart, today
wasordered to proceed from here
2o Foochow to protect the lives and
"property f Americans in the freign
colony ' there. |
R sl S S e S Bt !
_Mr. W. H. Mayo( who is very ill
at the residence on Eleventh Avenue,
east, is reported as worse today. Hisi
condition is critical.
rious places in the room.
© Al five strangulation cases were
similar. In each case the women had
advertised a room for rent and offi
cials believe the strangler uses the
pretense of wanting to rent a room
to gain entrance to homes, - ,"
‘WIDE DROP OF MERCURY OC
~ ICURS IN NEW YORK AND OTH
ER POINTS. /'
NEW YORK, December - 2—(/P)—
;The coldest weather of the season
today gripped almost all ofi’;bg east
‘and in one place, Rochester, " New
York, one death was caused.
' Temperatures ranged from:‘;: con
siderably above freezing poi?‘t";_o‘ fif
‘teen below zero at Tupper, Lake,
N. Y., and thirty-two bcla“l‘n at Dau
cct, Western Quebec, :
A Tfifty-two degree fall in twenty
four hours was reported at Sarana
Lake, N. Y.
VB DOOLITTLE WAS VET
- ERAN OF CONFEDERACY AND
~ INDIAN WAR.'
B. F. Doolittle passed quitely away
“at the home of his grandchildren on
Eleventh avenue east at eleven
‘ o’clock today. He had been in feeble
condition for a lcng time and the
1,011(1 was seen approaching several
}-days ago. On{y his grandchildren
‘were left to minister with friends to
'his last needs and these were at his
bedside when the end came.
Mr. Doolittle was a native of South
Carolina. He had been a resident of
Cordele mearly a score of year. He
was a veteran of the 'Confederacy
and served in the early Indian wars
in this section.
The funeral services will be con
"ducted at the Finger home at 3:30
o’clock™ tomorrow afternoon, Rev.
"Andrew Caraker, pastor of the First
Baptist church, being in charge. The
remains will belai d to rest in Sun
lnyside beside his wife who proceed
ed him to the grave several years
agoy iy : I%W"m‘
The grand children surviving him
are Mrs. T. V. Woodruff 'Byrom
ville; Mr. ‘H. P. FEinger, 'Amcricus;:
‘Mrs.F. B. Matthews, Gainesvilie,
Fla: Vivian Finger, and Misses Myx‘-!
tice and Ivey Finger of Cordele. 1
‘CHAMPION STEER
HIGH PRICED
MEAT
CHICAGO, December 2—(#)—
Robert B, the grand champion steer
of the international livestock exposi
tion, sold at auction today for a
record breaking price of three dol
lars and sixty cents a pound. The
steer weighed nine hundred and sixty
five pounds and was bought by Wil
son and Company for the Shelburne
Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey.
BASKET BALL SEASON :
OPENS HERE TOMORROW
” — .
" The basket ball season will be
opened with a double header played
at Standard Stadium here beginning
at seven thirty tr)mqrrow night. The
girls of the Cordele high school will
play the girls of Unadilla. The bhoys
high team will play Ashburn follow
ing this game. |
The program promises agreat deal |
of intergst for the teams and ]ocall
visitors, :
BODY OF MISSING WISCONSIN .
GIRL DUG FROM CLUMP OF LEAVES
! MURDER WARRANT
' GIRLS FATHER SAID; ' YIQTIM
v&f’s 35206133?6 g@?&mm
ER AND BOY-HAD BEEN URG
AMED!TOMARRY. .~ ¥
FSION 18 DU LHROUGHOUT
" PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis., De
cember 2—(#)—The body of Clara
‘Olson, “thissing ' sinee * Septeémber
ninth, was found toddy near Mount
Sterling, Wisconsin by a searching
party.
‘ Buried in a clump of leaves four
| ’miles from Mount Sterling, the girl’s
"body was recovered by searchers
‘ who set out at daybreak to comb the
fcounty, with only a premonition of
j the bereaved father as an assurance
! that she was dead.
i The body was found a quarter of
' a mile from the farm of Albert Ol
‘i son, whose son was the sweetheart of
i_{ the girl and now is sought on a mur
der warrant.
l-f Chris Olson, father of the girl,
Uswore out a murder warrant : for
{Erdman Olson November ' twenty
jninth. Before leaving hom the girl
had disclosed, according to her fath
ler, that she was about to become a
‘mother. The father visited Erdman
l,'urging' him to marry his daughter,
[@romising them a home on the
‘~-farm. -
The boy, according to Olson, de
'sired to defer the marriage and on
September twenty-seventh disappear
| ed,
IMRS. C. E. BROWN UNDERWENT
OPERATION YESTERDAY
IN ATLANTA. ‘
Attending surgeons who resct her
ffrflct,uretl hip, in an operation at i‘icd.g
’m(mt Hospital yesterday ufi.«-rn'mn,'
ignve Mrs. C. E. Brown great (\n(:uur—i
agement about rapid and complete re-!
covery. She was resting well last |
night after undergoing the opcmtion.i
She will be in the hospital some |
eight weeks yet before she is ul)lel
to return home,
DR. W. B. MARSHALL ILL
Dr. W. B. Marshall, aged retired
physician residing in west (.'nl'dc-l(:l!
is ill. Friends will wish for him a|
speedy x‘tff(:(i\'ex'y. I
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KIWANIS MAKES |
" MOVE FOR STRONG |
' SENATOR WALTER F. GEORGE‘
ADDRESSED CLUB;W. L. 'RO-|
BUCK NCMINATED FOR PRES}-
DENT AND R. R. HARRIS|
NOMINATED FOR VICE PRESI-!
DENT.
’ One of the most interesting mect-i
ings the Cordele Kiwanis Club hi?
E had in a long time was at the lunch
' eon yesterday, at which time a large
5 aptcndance of members as well as
i a number of guests were present.
i The most important business mat
ter to come before the club, was the
‘report of the committee appointed!
'two weeks ago to nominate new of
ficers to serve the club for 1927,
and when the names of W. L. Ro
buck, for president, and R. R. Harris,l
for vice president, were read out,l
an enthusisastic demonstration of ap
proval followc;d.
T. J. McArthur was nominated as
l trustee for 1927 and a board of di
rectors were also nominated by the
committee, ‘consisting of C. M. Mec-
I’Kenzie, immediate past president;
- T. E. Jennings, M. R. Smith, C. E.
} Brown, W. G. Gleaton, J. K. Luck,
W. E. Pridgen and A J. Whelchel.
‘ The entertainment feature of the
program yesterday was one of the
" best heard in many months, for Miss
Rose, expression instructor, in the
public sehools, rendered two vex')'l
fine readings both of which werei
greatly enjoyed by all those present
Miss Snow, an artist who is sing-,
ing this week at the Capitol theater, '
sang two beautiful selections whichl
added very much to this feature !
of the program. She was accompa
nied on the piano by Miss Mary lel-!
lenger, while 'Mrs. Essie B:lllcnger’
was pianist for the club musie.
The honor guest, Senator Walter
I. George, of Vienna, delivered one
of the ablest addresses ever heard
by the club. His theme was along
economical lines, which made deep
impression on all his hearers. Sena
tor George is a Cordele boy, and his
many friends here are always glad to
meet, hear and greet him. Senator
George left last night for Washing
ton D. C., to resume his duties as
senator.
Among those who were guests of
the club at yesterday’s luncheon
and heard Senator George were: O.
M. Heard, Lee Ryals, Dr. P. L. Wil
liams, J. J. Williams, Dr. V. O. Har
vard. of Arabi; E. F. Tison, Dr. W.
W. McCollum, Dr. Ruel Hamilton,
Mrs, C. M. McKenzie, Mrs. Essie
Ballenger, Miss Mary Ballenger, Miss
Cobb, Miss Snow, Miss Rose and Rev.
Mr. Caraker.
NOTED ENGINEER DEAD |
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. Decem
ber 2—(#)—Hunter M. Mcriwethcr,;
retired lawyer civil engineer and
philanthropist nationally known forT
his promotion of development of
west bottoms and east bottoms of the
Missouri river in the vicinity of the |
Kansas City died today. l
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WASHINGTON. Degember, 2-~(#),
,—Swe.ep"ing revision of fréigfifi uug'
on sugar thouéhout the : s;ouf;h.d}t‘»
quarter of the United, States wu
recommended to the Intefét%fie‘cd@{
merce Commission today‘by‘;“l“r_fi‘l‘?
Weaver, commission eaminér, , whe
investigated a grop of cbmfil‘lflw
by shippers and refiners. 7'_ :
ANDREWS’ BOAST OF DRY -
| SUCCESS AMUSES DINERS
e o A ey
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NEW YORK, December 2—;(#’{-4‘
In its account of a prohibitip‘n e-b
bate before a thousand’ reprg’gl;zf
‘tive New Yorkers at tho‘dinmf;.qfi‘g
the Economic club at the flot"gl';;‘g-;
tor last night, the New York Hfl‘#
Tribune says today. . : } g.fl
“The diners ' laughed dorm :
when General Lincoln C. An(}m‘;
assistant secretary of the tre-f:w;y\
in charge of prohibition - enforep
ment, announced that a *‘stop - w
‘been put’ to the illegal distribution
of sacramental wine. Th}s ‘d.em”'ii.
stration drew from General Andrews
a tart promise.to make it h‘fd,yio
get a drink of real near beer next
season.” ; ‘ oiy
“If that’s of any interest to you™
added the dry czar grimly whq the
roar of laughter subsided.” Peiny
e i et A )fl
WILLIAMS ELECTED v
Chairman J. J. Williams of the City
board of commissioners wag roelec'{.
ed yesterday in a quiet election,
there being no opposition.»""l'fijsso‘
were thirty-eight votes cast,® :"‘A ;
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GARDEN
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Onion Sets — Garden»l
Seed—Cabbage Plants '
—Plant your Garden
now — A full ling;é{. i\
Garden Peas fqgw
Fall planting. J udtxi ‘
received — Seed’, -
Rye — Rape — -
Turnips — ete.
» Stead’s .
Drug Store .
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