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VOL. XXXIII. No. 231.
THOMA8VILLE, GEORGIA. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 23, 1921.
$5.00 PER ANNUM
SITS PLANS TO liBERGDOlL CALLED
Impression Prevails That
There is a Good Chance for
A Solution of the Vexacious
Problems Confronting Eng
land.
(By Associated Press)
London. July 23.—Gen. Smuts,
South African Premier, is 'expected to
leave London for Ireland early next
week, probably Monday, to place his
services at the disposal of both De-
velarea and Sir James'Craig, Ulstei
premier during tto?ir critical consid
eration of the Irish peace proposals
made by Premier Lloyd George.
BELIEVE IRISH SETTLEMENT
MAY YET BECOME REALITY
Dublin. Ireland, July 23.—The im
pression is growing here that the
Irish peace offer mad 1 by Premier
Lloyd George to Devalera will work
JBraun, Brother of Grover,
Who Has Changed His
Name Attacked Veracity of
Johnson, and the Meeting
Broke up at Once.
Lodge at Beaumont, Texas,
Admits Activities in Two
Cases and Give Full Explan
ation.—Lodge Will be Sus
pended for its Conduct.
(B^ Associated Press)
Beaumont, Texas., July 23. — The
Braun, of Philadelphia, brother j Beaumont local of the Knights of the
of Grover Bergdoll, draft' dodger, butjKu Klux Klan, today sent long letters
who legally changed his name told to both the newspapers here in which
the House investigating committee to
day that the first he had heard of the
alleged payment of $5,000 by his moth'
er to Major Bruce Campbell, was
when he read it in the newspapers.
The session broke up suddenly aft
er Braun, resenting questioning, call
ed Representative Johnson a "liar”
anil the latter tried to reach the wit
ness.
Members orrhe committee
MOROCCAN FIGHT
Nothing as to Extent of De -
feat is Given Out.—King Re
turns to Madrid Because of
The Ill News That Was Re-j
ceived.
BIG STEAMERS ARE
Five Have Been Taken For
Refusal to Pay Tolls to the
Shipping Board and Others
Are to Be Seized When they
Reach Port.
IS
Great Crowds Greet Him as
He Arrives in Paris. — Spor
ty Conduct in Fighting Up
hill Battle Recently Brings
Him New Adherents.
jjnen.
(By Associate.! Press)
York, July 23.--Agents of the
(shipping board waited today for die
j arrival of four big steamers, charter
ed to the United States Mail Steam
ship Company, in order that they
j might add them to the five seized in
a series of harbor raids last night.
The steamers seized last night were
. „„„ . . j the former German liners George
have been in circulation since I,,,
Washington, America, Susquehanna,!
(By Associated Press)
Madrid, Spain. July 23.—Rumors of!
startling nature, relative to the
situation in the Spanish zone of Mo
rocco, where Spain is engaged in «!
campaign against rebellious tribes-1
th?y assume full responsibility for
the recent beating and tarring and
feathering of J. S. Paul, local physic
feathering of J. S. Paul, local physi
cian and R. F. Scott, of the Marine
Corps, a veteran of Deweyville. ,
The communication bore the official ,ast »ut no confirmation ^ maon
seal of tte order, and contained more j p “ 8lb,e up to 8l,0,tly ' w,on n00n tn '
than four thousand words as on ex-
King Alfonso is said .... . ,
pany to pay r entals aggregating fouri
hundred thousand dollars and because I
by'
company in carrying out its
is necessary, it was said, owing to
planation of the two attacks,
seized I
Representative Johnson before he' BEAUM0NT KLUX KLAN
could reach Mr. Braun and the latter! m CHARTER IS REVOKED
was taken from the room by a ser-J Atlanta. Ga.. July 23.—The charter
geant at arms, and Chairman Peters !°* Beaumont branch of the Kill the seriousness of events In Morocco,
out in a settlement. The terms stilllannounced an adjournment. jKlux Klan, will be immediately revok-
are being held in strictest confidence. | The trouble arose when Johnson. I ed * w * J - Simmons, Imperial Wizard,
Devalera, Arthur Griffith und Alder- cross-examining Braun, alleged he Glared here today, when informed
man Cosgrove and Liam Roisite, Sinn*was refusing to answer questions, j that that organization had openly as-
Fein member of the parliament for Several women In the room, expect-' 8Umed ful1 responsibility for the tar-j
The seizures resulted, It was stated,
to have the* * rom llie fadure 01 the steamship com-
Sebustian message received here, and j
he left there suddenly last night for|
Madrid. His presence in the capital ! of certain other olleged laItity
:» *Jthe company in carrying
tract with the shipping board.
Cork, met at the Mansion House here
today and discussed peace terms.
Devalera told interviewers there
was nothing to report, adding that he
believed there would be nothing def
inite for a few days, and that he was
unable to say when the Irish parlia
ment would meet.
BRITISH CIRCLeITaWAIT
NEXT MOVES IN IRELAND
London, July .23.—With Devalera
back In Dublin, British circles today
apparently had Settled down to await
the next move In the Irish negotia
tions which are expected to come from
the Southern Irish capital, soon after
the leaders of the Republicans have
had a chanc? to study the document
which Devalera received from Lloyd
George. A meeting of the Dail Etr-
ean to consider the British ofTer is
expected next week.
BRITISH CONCEDE^IRISH
FISCAL- AUTONOMY
London. July 23.—The outstanding
feature of the government's Irish
peace proposals to Devalera Is the
concession of fiscal autonomy, it was
stated on high authority here today.
Th’e position of Ulster Is amply se
cured.
ing a fight, screamed und fled.
(ring and feathering of two men
'cently.
TURK REPORTED FLEEING
FROM ANGORA WHICH IS
BEING EVACUATED
(By Associated Press)
Athens, Greece, July 23.—Reports
that the Turkish Nationalist capital,
Angora, is being evacuated and the
population fleeing in the direction of
Slvas, 230 miles to the eastward, are
contained in latest advices from the
interior of Anatolia.
TEAR BOMBS WILL PRESIDENT SLEEPS
BREAK OP MOBS
IGHT
Tried Out Yesterday at Fort
Totten With Great Success.
—Policemen Were Unable
To Proceed With Demon
stration Riot.
(By Associated Tress)
New York, July 23.—Teqr gas-bombs
broke up a "rot" at Fort Totten yes
terday, which was staged by two com-,
panl 8 of (he New York police de- day to J“ ln a campln * party < compos -
partment-s riot battalllon. In a de-! ed o£ Harvay s - Flre « (one - Henry
monatration to prove the u»e with Fory “ ,ld Tho "’« 8 A - Edla,,n ' Llck '
hich a mob may be dispersed with- ">K Cre8k ’ ne “ r Peckvll,e ’ Md
cut revolvers or night sticks. rrom Hagerstown. ”
After eighteen bombs had been jI" < ted 10 spend the night
thrown, policemen with tears rolling
Left Today to Join Ford and
Edison at Their Camp Some
where up the Country Near
Washington. — Will Return
Tomorrow Evening.
(By Associated Pres
Washington, D. C., July 23.—The
President left here by automobile
down thair cheeks and gasping for la,e tomorrow,
breath, beat a hastay retreat.
Army and police officials agreed that
this proposed method for quelling
disorder would be a success.
SIX CANTONMENTS
TO BE ABANDONED
army cantonments are to be aban
doned by the War Department, Secre-
TWO MEMBERS OF
HOUSE PARTY DROWNED
(Bv Assoc:
1-1 Pi
Foley, Ala.. July 23.—Jack Stollen-
werck and Southerland Noble, two
well known men of Montgomery, Ala.,
were drowned in Perdido Bay this
morning while bathing. They were
members of a house party of young
pe-upl? from Montgomery.
is ex-
under a
anvas and will return to Washington
FIVE STEAMERS SEIZED
BY SHIPPING BOARD
New York. July 23.—Five of the
largest and finest steamships In the
United States merchant marine
which had been chartered to the
United States Mail Steamship Com
pany. were seized last night by rep
resentatives of the United States
Shipping Board, because of an alleg
ed violation of contract.
The seized vessels, all former Ger
man liners, are the George Washing
ton, American Eusquehanua, Presi
dent Grant and Agamemnon.
HUNDREDS OF SPANIARDS Failure of the steamship company
KILLED IN BIG BATTLE to pay rentals which In the aggregate
Paris, July 23.—A serious setback «P to the time of the seizure would
has been suffered by the Spaniards amount to about $400,000, was given
in fighting with the rebellions Moro-jas the principal reason for the board';
can tribesmen, says a Madrid corres- action by Elmer Schleslnger. its gen
MADRID ADVICES INDICATE
CRITICAL SITUATION ON THE
BARBARY COAST IN FIGHTING
London. July 23.—Private advices!
from Madrid today indicate that a
critical situation obtains on the Bar-j
bat v coast, owing to what is unofficial
ly characterized as a Spanish disaster
in a battle with the attacking rebels
jat Mellila. Morocco. Reports from
•Paris say the Spanish lost heavily in
|a desperate engagement and that
Spanish reinforcements are being
sent to the scene.
(By Associated Press)
Paris, July 23.—Georges Car-
pentier, apparently more than
ever is the idol of the French
sporting public, because of his
gallant, if unsuccessful attempt to
capture th? world’s heavyweight
championship, and he was given
a hero’s reception on his arrival
in Paris at noon today from the
United States.
The station was crowded with
admirers, who seized him and
rushed into the streets, and police
reinforcements finally fought
their way to the center of the
crowd and asked Carpentier po
litely. to make the rest of his
journey home In a taxicab which
the police had brought, so that
the crowd would dlspers..
SHOWERS AND
NORMAL TEMPERATURE
(By Associated Press)
Washington, D. G\, July 23.—Nor
mal temperatures and thundershowers
are predicted for the coming week in
the South Atlantic states.
ILLINOIS COURTS
FRENCH TROOPS TO
Asks Permission for Safe
Conduct of a Division Thru
Germany According to Re
ports Received From Paris
Today.
(By Associate 1 Press)
Paris, July 23.—Pramier Briand,
following a meeting of the council of
ministers at Rambouillet yesterday,
has dispatched a telegram to Berlin
requesting the German government to
take all necessary staps to insure the
saLe conduct through Germany of a
new division of French troops which
it is said in official circles will be or
dered to Silesia within a few hours.
CLOTHING DID NOT DECREASE
j (By Associated Press)
' New York. July 23.—Clothing, with
an average increase in price of nine-
tenths of one per cent., was the only
necessity that went up in price during
the month of June, according to sta
tistics covering the entire country,
made public by the National ^indus
trial Conference Board.
Food was the only item that went
down, the decrease being figured at
three tenths of one per cent
tary Weeks announced today. Two of
these are located at Devens, Mass.,
and Meade, Maryland. The remain
ing four are not named. J
The Secretary said that one big can- j
tonment, somewhere In the South
will be maintained permanently be
cause of advantages due to climate
conditions.
Just A Reminder
BEFORE YOU START ON THAT VACATION TRIP
A moments meditation before you start may save
you a world of worry Don’t go away without the
necessary equipment which will largely determine
the pleasures and comforts of your vacation period.
Check the following list and bring it to our
store. The various items in our stock will probab
ly suggest other needs:
STATIONERY, F0UNTAIS PENS, LOTIONS, FACE CREAMS
SOAPS, TOILET ARTICLES, SHAVING SUPPLIES,
BATHING CAPS, THEM0S BOTTLES, SM0K-
* ING SUPPLIES, ETC.
Start right and enjoy every minute of your vacation
Mash Milton Drug Co.
PHONES 105 & 106.
pomlent of the journal today, who
quotes dispatches from Mellila, that
a lurse contingent of tribesmen at
tacked the advanced positions of the
Spaniards near Mellila, and desperate
hund to hand fighting ensued,
which hundreds were killed and
wounded, the correspondent declares.
The fighting is continuing.
Information from other sources that
are considered reliable tends to mini
mize the gravity of the situation.
JAMAICA WOULD
KEEP OUT FOREIGNERS
i
Bill to Prevent Owning of
Land by Aliens Being Op
posed by U. S. Firms.
(By Associated P'CSB)
Kingston, Jamaica, July 23.—The
government has introduced a bill In
the legislative council which would
prevent aliens holding land In Jamal-
Passage of the measure would
seriously affect American companies
operating here, principally the United
Fruit Company. Protests against the
proposed law have been entered by!
foreign capitalists.
RIG OIL FIELD
FIRE CONTROLLED
Millions Lost in Mexican Oil
Country But Fire is Now
Confined to Two Wells.
(By Associated Press)
Mexico City, July 23.—The fli-e
the Amatlan oil fields, which breke
out Wednesday, and caused a proper
ty damage estimated at several mil
lion dollars, has been reduced to two
wells, which are still burning fierce
ly. Reports from Tampico say the
conflagration Is unlikely to spread
further.
RATEsfoN COAL TO
GEORGIA UNREASONABLE
(By Associated Pr<*?:0
Washington. D. C., July 23.—Rates
on bituminous coal In carload lots
from Western Kentucky on the Louis
ville and Nashville railroad to Chat
tanooga and northern Georgia, are
unjust and unreasonable. Examiner
Myron Witters said today, in a report
to the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion.
The rates he said, are prejudicial to
the extent that they exceeded by ntorejger train No. 205, bound from
than fifty cents, the rates in effect
from the Jellico Middlesborough
group of mines on the \misville and
Nashville railroad to the same desti
nations.
The routing of coal from Western
Kentucky to Atlanta, through Bir
mingham was held by tho examiner to
be unreasonably long as compared to
anothor practical through route.
eral counsel.
Four other vessels, also under char
ter to the United States Mail Steam
ship Company, which are now on the
high seas, will be taken over by the
Shipping Board as soon as they ro
turn to American ports. Mr. Schles-
inger added.
The five steamships are berthed
at various piers in Hoboken, S’.aten
Island and Brooklyn. It took Ship
ping Board officials more than four
hours to make the rounds on board
a tugboat and complete the formali
ties of seizure.
Before making the trip, Mr. Schles
Inger declared that he ami severa.
other officials of the board visited the
offices of the steamship company at
120 Boardway and there informed
Charles Mayer, chairman of the com
pany’s board of directors, of the ac-,
tion about to be takeu and the rea
sons therefor.
Mr. SchlesJnger declared that the
steamship company has not paid any
rental for the vessels since March 31.
although large sums have been takeu
in by the company during that time in
freight and passenger revenue.
Mr. Mayer is said to have Informed
j the Shipping Board officials that the
(rentals could not be paid until certain
I obligations, due the company from the
j government, were met.
• No resistance was offered to tiie
(By Ass«7hIT7d Press) seizures. Employes in charge of the
Memphis, Tenn., July, 23.—The local j various vessels were informed that
police Joined forces today with the I the board was taking them over in
Sheriff’s posses in spreading a drag-j connection with legal proceedings
net over several Arkansas counties j again the company, and a represonta-
und about the city in an effort to cap- tive ot' the Shipping Board and a
ture a band of six men who last night! deputy marshal were left in charge
held up the Missouri-Pacific passen-jof each one.
Mem-
POSSES SEARCH FOR TRAIN
BANDITS IN~ ARKANSAS
phis to St. Louis, near Vandale, Ark.,|
and robbed the mail and express cars
and escaped in an automobile.
Latest reports from Wynne. Ark.,
from which point the posses are op
erating. state that the robbers were
last seen about two miles south ol
the point where the hold-up occurred
Officials said the amount of loot prob
ably would not be large.
NEGRO PREACHERS IN
MOBILE GETTING BOMBS
Others Indicted for Graft in
Noted Case Have Subjected
Themselves to Court Action.
—Governor Still Refuses to
Submit.
(By Associated Pi ess)
Springfield, 111., July 23.—Illinois
today began her three-day intermis
sion in the greatest political drag of
her history, the Small, Sterling and
Curtis indictments, for embezzle
ment and fraud growing out the
Sangamon county grund jury’s investi
gation of the state treasury. Until
next Tuesday at least the case re
mains in a status quo.
Governor Small is expected to re
main defiant toward the Sangamon
county authorities, who issued the
warrants for his arrest.
Lieut. Gov. Sterling and Vernon
Curtis, the Grant Park, HI., banker,
have arranged bands and their next
ppearance depends on orders from
the court.
Sentenced to Hang July 18th,
But Case in Higher Courts
Negro is Taken From Jail
And Lynched Near Hatties
burg, Miss.
(By Associate! Pres-i)
Hattiesburg, Miss., July 23.—Case/
Jones, -white, who was recently con
victed of the murder of Mrs. J. S.
Mosely, and sentenced to be hanged
July I8th, but whose case is pend
ing in the State supreme court, wai
taken from the county jail early to
day and hanged In the court housa-
yard by a mob composed of about 76
N0RTHCLIFEE IN N. Y.
CHy Associated Press)
New York. July 23.—Viscount
Northcliffe. British publisher and po
litical power, arrived today on the
steamship Aquitania, on the first leg
of an extensive tour to study interna
tional problems in the Pacific.
After a visit to the United States,
he will go to Canada, then to the Pa
cific Islands and Far East countries.
MORE TAR AND FEATHERS
ARE APPLIED IN TEXAS
i Bv Associated Press)
Lufkin. Tex.. July 23.—George Lee.
a service car driver, last night became
the third victim within a week ot.
masked bonds. He was unloaded
from a car In the heart of the city
last night, clad only In a generous
coat of tur and feathers. He is aged
30. and married. The identity of the
masked men is undetermined.
GERMAN CAPITALIST INJURED
(By Associated Press)
Berlin. July 23.—Hugo S. Linnes,
German capitalist suffered a concus
sion of the bruin and a severe cut in
the forehead when his automobjf
overturned today near Wiesbaden. His
daughter and grand-daughter also
were injured.
i By AS!
*d Pi
23. Re
Mobile. Ala.. July
First Johnson, a negro preacher,
received an infernal machiue thru
the mails Friday, it was announc
ed today. It is the second one to
be sent to negro preachers within
the week.
Big Sale Continues Next Week
On Account of the Bad Weather and the Fact
that a Good Many People Could Not Get Here to
Take Advantage of the Sale, We Have Decided to
Continue Into Next Week.
Watch For Announcement Monday
Smith-Harley Shoe Co.
Steyerman’s
MONDAY’S SPECIAL
One Lot White
Nainsook
15‘ per yard
Regular 25 c value.
Steyerman’s
Shop of Quality On the Corner
The Home of Hart-Schaffner At Mara Clothe*