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Wednesday, December 3, 1924.
IS ARRESTED FOR
Birmingham, Dec. 3.—Dr. George
T. Edwards, prominent Birming
ham physician, was under arrest
last night charged with chloro
forming his wife and beating her
to death with a hammer.
Mrs. Edwards was drugged and
slain while asleep in her home in
Fairfield, fashionable suburb, early
Tuesday morning.
Dr. Edwards, his left hand shat
tered with a revolver wound, is ly
ing in a local hospital, a police
guard standing over him.
The physician claims he and
his Wife were attacked by an un
known marauder, and his story
was at first given credence by the
authorities.
Version of Doctor.
According to his version of the
tragedy, Mrs. Edwards was drug
ged and beaten to death by an in
truder, who sought to dispose of
the physician in a similar manner.
Edwards awpke as the drug was
being applied to himself and grap
pled with the murderer, whose gun
was discharged in the struggle, the
bullet hitting the doctor in the left
hand.
Authorities discounted the phy
sician’s story after a 12 hour in
vestigation and declared tonight
that the killing was an inside
job.
Bits of tell-tale evidence left in
the wake of the tragic slaying j
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were woven together by the offi
cers into a case against the phy
sician, who is now accused of mur
dering his wife and framing up
an elaborate alibi to cover up the
crime.
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359 years ago, are seen being borne to a last resting place in the ancient city of Aviles, Spain. Amer
: ixan sailors participated in the ceremony. The American ambassador, Alexander Moore, the Span
••ii dictator, Primo de Rivera, and the Bishop of Oviedo- are following the casket. Don Pedro was a
' punish admiral.
PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE
(Continued from Page 1.)
economy the executive said that if
congress at this session kept with
in the budget he had presented
“it will then be possible to have
a moderate amount of tax reduc
tion and all the tax reform that
the congress may wish for during
the fiscal year. • <
He declared publication of in
come tax payments to be “detri
mental to the public welfare and
bound to decrease public reve
nues, f t and urged the repeal of
that section of the revenue act.
Aside from his declarations rel
ative to economy and taxation, the
outstanding recommendations on
domestic affairs made by the pres
ident included:
Agricultural Ills.
Enactment of such legislative
remedies for agricultural ills as
are worked out by the recently ap
pointed agricultural commission
and exertion of all. efforts by the
<< government activity and by pri
vate agencies to restore and main
tain agriculture to a complete nor
mal relationship with other in
dustries. it
Extension of the national law
governing the choice of members
of congress “to include appropri
ate representation of the respec
tive parties at the ballot box and
equality of representation on the
various registration boards wher
ever they exist. -
Transfer to the civil service of
first, second and third class post
masters, and “without covering in
the present membership the field
force of prohibition enforcement.
Enactment of legislation re
organizing the governmental de
partments.
Commends American Legion
The president also commended
to the attention of congress the
legislative program of the Amer
ican Legion; urged that steps be
taken to accord to the negroes
a their full constitutional rights,
that they should be protected from
all of those impositions to which,
from their position, they naturally
fall a prey, especially from the
crime of lynching;” recommended
prompt payment of the French
spoliation claims; approved cer
tain changes in court procedure
to hasten the administration of
justice; suggested establishment
of federal reformatories for young
men and women and first offend
ers; and of a national police bu
reau; and asked for suitable recog
nition to the world fliers.
He opposed procedure under
section 28 or preferential rate
provision of the.merchant marine
act “until congress can reconsider
the entire question in the light of
experience that has developed
since its enactment,” and also op
posed inauguration of any new
valuation of railroad property un
til the results of the present valu
are known and can be consid
ered.
Encouragement.
Noting that the constitution pro
vides that the president shall re
port to congress on the state of
the union, Mr. Coolidge said, “the
present state of the union is such
that it may be regarded with en
couragement and satisfaction by
every American. **
“Our domestic problems are for
most part economic,” he added.
n We have our enormous debt to
pay and we are paying it. We
have the high cost of government
to diminish and we are diminish
ing it. We have a heavy burden
of taxation to reduce and we are
reducing it. ■ •
The nation, he said, has definite
ly relinquished “the old standard
of dealing with other countries by
terror and force and is definitely
committed to the new standard of
dealing with them through friend
ship and understanding.
No Old Methods.
I shall resist any attempt to
resort to the old methods and the
old standards,” he added, “I am
especially solicitous that foreign
nations' should comprehend the
candor and sincerity with which we
have adopted this position.
Passage immediately of pend
ing legislation based on the report
of the reclamation fact finding
commission “for the proper relief
of those needing extension of time
in which to meet their payemnts
on irrigated land, and for addition
al amendments and reforms of our
reclamation laws:”
Amplification of those portions
of the transportation act contem
plating consolidation of railroads
into larger systems to promote
more expeditious action by “af
ording a period for voluntary pro
posals to the commission (inter
state commerce commission) and
in supplying governmental pres
sure to secure action after the ex
piration of such a^period.
Amendment of the labor sec
tions of the transportation act so
as to embody a plan “which while
retaining the practice of system
atic collective bargaining with con
ciliation and voluntary arbitration
of labor differences, could also
provide simplicity in relations and
more direct local responsibility
of employes and managers” and
at the same time recognize that
the public has a right to be heard
when there is danger that the na
tion may suffer great injury
through interruption of operations
because of labor disputes. >>
Such action as will maintain
the policy of constantly working
toward the full treaty strength of
the navy. #
Immigration I.aw.
Enactment of legislation chartp
ing the new immigration law so
as to make administrative fea
tures “a little more humane for
the purpose of permitting those al
ready here a greater latitude in
securing admission of members of
their own families. »»
Transfer to the Emergency Fleet
of “the whole responsibility of op
erations of the fleet and other
property, leaving to the shipping
board solely the duty of determin
ing certain major policies which
require deliberate action. »>
Muscle Shoals.
Sale or long time lease of Mus
cle Shoals to private interests “un
der rigid guaranties of commer
cial nitrogen production at reas
onable prices for agricultural use
with a sub-committee of the sen
ate and house agriculture commit
tees empowered to conduct nego
tiations with the private interests.
Development of flood control on
such rivers as the Mississippi, Col
orado, of inland waterway trans
portation, of navigation from the
Great Lakes to the Atlantic by
way of the St. Lawrence river, and
of improvements generally to har
bors on the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts.
Acquisition of the Cape Cod Ca
li by the federal government.
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
URGE SOLDIERS
TO TAKE PART
Washington, Dec. 3.~~(By the
Associated Press.) — Development
of extensive enlisted participation
in army athletics is the object «f
a three year program to be initiat
ed by the war department on Jan
uary 1.
One Officer on Team.
Under the program, as it Is be
ing developed by Major T. J.
Johnson, ai-my athletic officer, only
one officer will be allowed to play
on a team, although there are a
few exceptions.
Golf, tennis and polo are to be
particular arenas for officer
sportsmen, while the rank and file
will contend in baseball, football,
and basketball. All-star officer
teams are discouraged.
Tighten Purse Strings.
This regime was brought about
by a tightening of army purse
strings by congressional hands,
and a desire to remove dissatisfac
tion among enlisted personnel with
the present trend of army athlet
ICS.
SIXTY SAILORS STEP
LIVELY WHEN WOMAN
CAPTAIN GIVES ORDERS
London, Dec. 3.—When the Rus
sian ship Tovarisch sailed from
Port Talbot, Glamorganshire, re
cently, a woman captain, known
as Comrade Dialchenki, stood on the
quarter deck in command of a
crew of 60 men.
The original captain of the To
varisch was released from prison
in Russia to navigate the vessel.
When it arrived at Port Talbot he
disappeared, and all efforts on the
part of Soviet agents to find him
failed. Friends said he knew he
would be forced to return to pris
on immediately upon his arrival in
Russia, and that he seized the first
opportunity to escape.
OLDEST WIDOW IN
ENGLAND NOW SEEKS
ANOTHER HUSBAND
Tiptree, Eng., Dec. 3.—Mrs. Bet
sy Pennick, who was a debutante
when Victoria became queen of
England in 1837, is on the look
out for a husband.
She is 106 years old and still
going strong.
Having just recovered from a
period of illness, she says she
wants someone to provide for her
the rest of her days.
Mrs. Pennick was married 86
years ago, but has been a widow
for 40 years.
She is thought to be the oldest
of King George’s subjects in Eng
land.
EDUCATED THUNDERBOLT
William Allen White listened at
an Emporia dinner party to a
number of stories about cyclones,
thunderstorms and lightning freaks
and finally butted in.
«( A remarkable freak of lightning
down Iola way,” he said, u was
drawn to my attention recently A
flash of blue forked lightning
snaked into the Iola barber shop,
gape the customer a hair srnge,
and then, by jingo, rang up the
right change on the cash register. *»
EXPERT.
Jim: So you let your old book
keeper go ? What was the trouble
—couldn’t he balance his ac
counts ?
Fred: I’ll say he could. So well
that he was beginning to juggle
them.
NO CONCEALMENT
<< Have you a secret society in
Crimson Gulch?”
I wouldn’t say for sure, an
swered Cactus Joe. The one we
started was so popular that evqry
one joined, and now there ain’t
anybody to keep the secret from. ’>
FAIR ENOUGH.
Thomas: Dearest, will you mar
ry me?
Lila: Thomas, I can’t marry
you, but I shall always respect
your good taste.
Corps areas will arrange inter
area games, and the com
manding general of the ninth
area, comprising the western
section of the country, is to ar
range schedules for Pacific games
with marines and naval men sta
tioned there,
The commanding general at Fort
Benning, Ga., is charged with de
tails connected with the organiza
tion of army teams for Atlantic
games.
. Exception.
Officer teams and teams compos
ed partly of officers are consider
ed permissible at the general and
special service schools, but may
not be used to play inter-service
games with navy and marine
corps players or against another
army team. They are to be re
tricted to playing with college and
civilian teams.
Exclusively officer teams may be
organized on particular occasions,
within the war department’s new
policy, for competitions with other
fficer teams.
1,200 BARTENDERS
STRIKE IN DUBLIN
FOR HIGHER WAGES
Dublin, Dec. 3.—For the first
time in hiStory Dublin citizens
must drink the murky waters of
the River Liffey, or go thirsty.
A bartenders’ strike has caused
1,200 dispensers to hang up their
aprons in 700 public houses. The
bartenders want higher wages and
now most of Dublin wants a drink.
Ten Year Bad Case Completely
Healed in a Short Time
Writes Florida Woman.
Faced with the loss of her
teeth after 10 years suffering.
Mrs. M. J. Travis, an esteemed
resident of Jacksonville, declares
she finally saved her teeth by a
simple home treatment “worth its
weight in gold,” using her own
words: “After having pyorrhea
for 10 years my mouth is now
healed. Before I found out dif
ferently, I was told there was
no relief and had yielded to the
loss of six of my solid teeth.
Then I discovered Moore’s pyor
rhea treatment. Three days af
ter starting its use the soreness
left my gums; my teeth began
to tighten. Now my teeth are
clean, my breath sweet and my
mouth completely healed, *•
The experience of Mrs. Travis
is duplicated in hundreds of other
cases. If you have pyorrhea—or
threatened with pyorrhea, your
teeth are in danger. Quick and
effective treatment is necessary.
You can test, without money
the treatment used by Mrs. Tra
vis. Simply write the Moreham
Co., 410 Gateway station, Kansas
City, Mo. Under their
tee of refund send two dollars,
or, pay postman the $2 with
few cents postage. Use the
ment 7 days. Then if you are
nit wholly satisfied, write to
effect and your $2 will bs
turned at once.—(adv.)
TEAMSTERS
PARTIAL TO MULES
FROM UNITED STATES
Berlin, Dec. 3.—American army
mules have become quite a com
mon sight in the Berlin streets.
Most of these animals came
over originally with the Ameri
can troops which landed in France
in 1918, did their part in the war,
and reached Germany through the
Rhineland after the occupation
forces departed for home.
Local truck drivers have found
that the muie does more work or
less food than the horse , and
therefore is much more economi
cal.
BOY FINED $23 FOR
STEALING ONE BANANA
Duluth, Minn., Dec. 8.—Charles
Klein, aged 17, was fined $25 for
stealing one banana from a fruit
store.
WARNED.
Betty: Dear, these cakes are
hard as stone.
Tom: I know, Didn’t you hear
her say, u Take your pick,” when
she handed them around ?
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24 WAR
VETERANS DIE
Washington, Dec, 3. — Death
erased the names of 25 Mexican
war veterans during the year and
there remain today on the govern
ment pension rolls only 24 3oldien
who served in the war that end
ed 76 years ago. The youngest
of the survivors is over 91. •
SHOWMAN DIES
Miami, Dec. 3.—Con T. KenneC..
widely known showman, died Tues
day at Greenville, Miss., Miami
friends were advised, Mr. Ken
nedy, whose thirty car carnival
show was known the country over,
had a home in Miami and his body
will be brought here- for burial.
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