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•VOL. XXXIII. No. 232.
THOMASVILIE, GEORGIA. MONOAV AFTERNOON, JULY 25, 1921.
*5.00 PER ANNUM
WHISKEY 1
IE HUM TRUST HEAD Mil STOPS OILiOREEKS FOLLOW UP
RECENT ARRESTS MOTHER'S FUNERAL
Wholesale Effort to Get Mil
lions of Dollars Worth of
Whiskey Into the Country
Through Fishing Vessels is
Reported.
thoritles along the Atlantic coast re
doubled their vigilance over tramp
ships today, following disclosure of
evidence of at least two gigantic
International whiskey smuggling
rings, one having headquarters here
and the other in Atlantic City,.
A tramp steamer cruised saucllly
outside the three mile limit off At
lantic City yesterday and taunted
Federal agents by breaking out pen
nants saying, "Lay down your money,
come get it.”
According to Federal District At-
torne Ross -of Brooklyn, foreign and
domestic capital aggregating several
million dollars, Is behind the whiskey
smuggling conspiracy.
Fishermen along the shore, accord
ing to Attorney Roes are reaping a
rich harvest, running the forbidden
cargoes ashore.
The smugglers are met on the shore
by automobile truckmen who whisk
the cargoes away to . secret store
houses. The fishermen's compensa
tion is said to be fifteen dollars
every case' landed.
Two vessels so far have been seis
ed, the schooner Cnrlew, taken last
week off the Florida coast and the
fishing smack Jennie T., which was
seized Saturday at New Haven.
DRAGNET FOR WHISKEY
RUNNERS BEING ARRANGED
Washington. D. C„ July 25.—Feder
al .prohibition agents are rigging up
a dragnet to gather In rum runners
operating along the North Atlantic
coast. Commissioner Haynes declar
ed today. He declared that the plans
could not be disclosed.
HARDING TALKS ON
TAX MEASURES TODAY
(By Asuocfated Premi)
. Washington, D. C., July 25.—The
preliminary details of the administra
tion’s tax program was talked over
with the President today by Chair
man Fordney, of the House ways and
means committee, which will begin
hearings on Its revision tomorrow.
The President is understood
have Indicated that he had only the
broadest policies of revision in mind.
Mrs. Frew is Dead and Hus
band and Five Children Seri
ously Injured in Car Wreck.
—Mrs. Frew's Mother Kill
ed in Accident Last Week.
(By Assqctated Press)
Columbus, 0., July 25.—Mrs.
Ellen Frew, aged 42, of Blcknell,
Ind., was kilted and her husband
and five children Injured when
an’ automobile, in which they
were riding, skidded and upset
near here early this morning.
““They were enroute home from
Pittsburgh, where they attended
the funeral of Mrs. Frew’s mother
who was killed in an accident
last week. .
MAJOR CAMPBELL’S "
FATHER CONFIRMS
HIS $5000 DEPOSIT
(By Associated Press)
Washington, D. C., July 25—William
R. Campbell, of Lexington, Ky., fath
er of Major Bruce Campbell, charged
with accepting five thousand dollars
to aid in obtaining the freedom of
Grover Bergdoll, draft dodger, told
the House investigating committee to
day that the Major waa telling the
truth laat -week when he testified
about a $500 Investment running to
16,000.
The father said the money was plac
ed with Milton Young, a race horse
man at Lexington in 1915. Two years
later Young gave him a package con
taining a larger amount which was
turned over to Major Campbell,
Representative Johnson of the com
mittee, asserted that an anonymous
letter addressed to him from Phila
delphia had been opened in transit
While the committee was In ses
sion, Major Campbell, received a tele
gram from the Ford National Bank
In New York, stating that In 1917,
there was deposited with the bank
$5,037 to the account of Laura Camp
bell. his wife. The telegram corrob
orates his testimony of last week.
Fiance of Daughter Says He
Confessed to Embezzlement
And Love for Another Wo
man to His Wife and Then
Took Flight,
(By Associated Frees)
Chicago, Ill., July 25.—The state
ment that the disappearance of War
ren C. Spurgin, President of the Michi
gan Avenue Trust Company, which
was closed by bank examiners last
week, was planned In advance and
came simultaneously with the dlsap
pearance of his wife and daughter,
Vivian, was made today by Ben New-
mark, chief investigator for the State’s
attorney’s office.
Newmark said that Herman Byier,
fiance of Miss Vivian, declared that
Spurgin had confessed embezzlement
and an affair with another woman, to
his wife some days previous to his
flight.
Took Great Chances Against
" Field of Flame and
uy Shut Off the Valve
Which Oil Was Bum-
Partial
From
ing So Fiercely.
ENCE
FLOW BEHIND SCREEN | VICTORY OVER TURKS U. S. CONTROL WANTED CLAIMED THEY WERE
OF ASBESTOS ST
ant Point on Bagdad Rail
way Is Latest Accomplishing
Of the Greek Army.
Speakers in Practically All of
The Provinces Ask U. S.
<By Associated pres.) i Protectorate and Freedom
Athens. Grece, jniy 25—The Greeksl Says Commission Now Vis-
Asla Minor have been following up iting Islands,
energetically the victory they gained) (By AnMC ~ te ., Prev)
over the Turkish Nationalists in the'
PETE HERMAN FIGHTS
FOR TITLE HE LOST
Will Battle This Evening at
Ebbett’s Field, Brooklyn,
Against Joe Lynch, of N.Y,
(By Associated Fress)
New York, July 25.—Pete Herman
of New Orleans will try tonight to re
gain the world’s bantamweight cham
pionship title which he lost in a fif
teen round decision bout to Joe Lynch
In New York last December. The bo*
ers will meet In a fifteen round decis
ion contest at Ebbett’s Field, Brook
lyn.
TWO-THIRDS OF MILLION
EARNED GOES TO PAY
INCOME TAXES
(By Associated Press)
Mexico City, July 25.—Guarded byi
an asbestos shield, a workman in the
Amatlan oil fields, Saturday approach
ed to within a tew yards of a blazing
well, known as number five, and after
spending fifteen minutes in the ter
rltic heat with flaming oil all around
him, succeeeded by frantics efforts in
fighting at Eski-Shehr, on the Bagdad
railroad, according to official advices
from the front received here. The,
j Greeks captured forty guns and took
a great number of prisoners.
An announcement today states that
within a short time after the close of
the battle and definite repulse of
the Turks, the Greeks had advanced
more than 25 miles east of Eski-Shehr
PIG N. Y. BROKERS 00 TO WALL
firm of Chandler Brothers Company
was announced from the rostrum of
the Stock Exchange today.
The firm of Chandler Brothers Co,
# was a member of both the New York
and Philadelphia exchanges with of
fices in Philadelphia. No hint was
given of the liabilities.
EXPLORERS TO SPEND
TWO YEARS AT BAFFIN BAY
(By Associated Press)
Sydney, Australia, July 25.—Donald
B McMillan, an explorers hare plan
ned to sail from North Sydney this
evening for the Far North, where
they will spend two years among the
snows of Baffin land. Their schooner
Bowdoin, arrived here Saturday after
a slow passage from Halifax duo to
thick weather.
PENN. BANK ROBBED
(By Associated Press!
Pittsburgh, Pa.. July 25.—The
Imperial State Bank, of Imperial,
Pa., near the Beaver county line,
was robbed by six bandits shortly
beforo noon today. The robbers
escaped.
trots the oil supply . When the pipes
become cooler, it ia believed the sup
ply will be entirely shut off. The fire
has been burning a week, with an es
timated loss of several million dol
lars. f j
SHIPPING BOARD IS
TEMPORARILY RESTRAINED
Seizure of Steamships for
Failure to Pay Rents Held
Up by the Courts.
(By Associated Press)
New York, July 25.—A temporary
injunction restraining the Shipping
Board and Emergency Fleet Corpora
tion and the United American Lines
from Interfering with the operation of
ships seized Friday from the United
States Mail Steamship Company, was
Issued here today by Judge Burr of
the State Supreme Court.
The temporary Injunction will be in
effect until Thursday.
It was issued on the application
Bainbrldge Colby, law partner of
Woodrow Wilson.
At the same time word was receiv
ed from Hoboken that the United
American Llnea were making an at
tempt to take physical possession of
the America and George Washington.
nearly closing the valve which con- |and were COQtlnulng the I> ursult of
the enemy toward the interior.
REVOLUTION IN
KONIEH REPORTED
eportec
Overthrown by People of
City South of Angora.
(By Associated Press)
London, July 25.—Dispatches from
Athens to the Exchange Telegraph
Company say that Sunday paperB
there publish reports from Smyrna
telling of a revolution in the city of
Konieh, a railway center south of
Angora. The report says the Turkish
Nationalist government was over
thrown by the population of the town.
Washington, D. C.. July 25.—People
who are making a million dollars or
more net Income are paying the gov
ernment practically two-thirds of It
in taxes, according to preliminary
statistics of Income for 1919 Issued
last night by the Internal Revenue
Bureau.
Individuals having $1,000,000 or more
net income paltt $99,026,996 in income
taxes to the federal government dur
ing 1919, on an aggregate net Income
of $152,650,245. There were sixty-
five of these taxpayers, paying an
average of $1,523,492 each, the aver
age rate of tax being 64.87 per cent.
Individuals with net Incomes of $1,- Birmingham, Ala., July 25.—Mrs
000,000 or more mounted from sixty Kate Alexander, who with C. S. Cooley
in 1914, to 120 in 1915, and then to was taken into the custody by a mask-
206 In 1016. From that year they ° ..A.?! ® u _ j** „
have decreased annually there hav-
BIRMINGHAM COUPLE
ORDERED TO DEPART
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, F0UNTAN PENS, LOTIONS, FACE CREAMS
SOAPS, TOILET ARTICLES, SHAVINQ SUPPLIES,
BATHING CAPS, THEM0S BOTTLES, SMOK-
v IN0 SUPPLIES, ETC.
Start right and enjoy every minute of your vacation
Mash Milton Drug Co.
PHONES 105 & 106.
ing been 141 in 1917, 67 in 1918, and
65 in 1919.
The preliminary statistics Issued
last night do not show the taxes in
classes above $1,000,000, but the net
income ot individuals in the class
from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000 is given
ns $41,668,482; from $1,500,000 to $2,-
000.000 as $22,106,906 and $2,000,006
uud over as $88,874,856.
Of the sixty-fivb individuals whe
had $1,000,000 or more net InconyB in
1919, those with $1,000,000 to $1,500.-
000 received $22,145,129 from personal
service and business and $27,609,495
from property and had $8,086,141 gen
eral deductions; those with $1,500,000
to $2,000,000 received $17,272,926 from
personal service and business and $8,
551,388 from property and had $3,697,
408 general deductions; and those with
$2,000,000 and over received $29,262,-
■528 from personal service and busl-
.ness and $82,427,362 from property and
bad $22,815,034 general deductions,
MUSCLE SHOALS NOT
YET UiASED TO FORD
(By Associated Press)
Washington, D. C„ July 25.—Action
by the government on Henry Ford's
proposal (o purchase the Muscle
Shoals nitrate plant was held in abey
ance today pending other offers that
are expected by the government.
Secretary Weeks said that none had
been received.
stated yesterday that she had been
ordered to leave Birmingham by next
Saturday or suffer worse fate. Mrs
Alexander operated a small grocery
store, living in another section of the
same building.
“I am going to stay here even 11
they kill me," Mrs. Alexander said
“My prayers saved me Saturday night
and I know they will save an innocen'
woman again. I don’t know why they
came after me. I have no enemies
thut 1 know of. 1 won’t leave town."
Cooley, who is a batcher, and has
been in business in Birmingham foi
eight years, coming here originalli
from Albany, Ga„ stated laat night
that as soon as he could wind up hit
business he would leave. He said hi
was warned to leave by his maskel
assailants. He said his whipping wai
the result of charges that he had bee i
too friendly with a negro woman. Hi
claimed that he had been mistake a
for another man and that he was net
guilty of the alleged charge. He does
not want an investigation, he said,
and could not recognize any of th>
men in the folgglng party.
WALTHAM REDUCES
WAGES TEN PER CENT
WOULD BROADEN POWERS ALABAMA SERGEANT
Manilla, P. I„ July 25.—After a
trip through th? Vlsayan islands,
members of the Wood-Forbes mission
which is investigating conditions in
the Philippines, returned to Manilla
for a week before starting on the
last leg of their Journey through Min
danao, and other southern islands.
At several meetings held in the
provinces, virtually all speakers ad
vocated independence for the Philip-
Star Witnesses in the Big
Baseball Scandal Say They
Were Told They Would
Not Be Turned Up in the
Affair.
former White Sox pitcher was called
to the stand today when the baseball
trial was resumed, to tell his own
story of how he confessed.
Cicotte said he was introduced to
Replogle, by Alfred Austrian, attor
ney for Charles Comtskey, who said
"This is Mr. Kepiogla ot the State’s
attorney's office."
Cicotte said Austrian said to me.
pine Islands, under a United States’ j “Replogle has the goods on you Ed-
protectorate. j die. Now come clean with Replogle
HOOVER’S TERMS FOR to the
CftinCT DCHEC ADC ; grand room, he said to Replogle.
uUVlijl Kr.I.lr.r AKI*. . “Don't this go about what you and
BEING CONSIDERED|a“d, P ’rr‘r«t"goe a s n " ™Ti
went before the grand Jury.”
(By Ansoclatei Press)
Riga. July 25.—A telegram sent by
Herbert Hoover, as head of the Am
erican Relief Administration, regard
ing aid for the starving and sick ot
Soviet Russia, was handed to Ganet-
sky, Soviet minister to Letvla, and
forwnrdfcd by him to Moscow this
morning.
The opinion expressed In Soviet
circles here was that Hoover's terms
probably would be accepted.
OF THE WAR FINANCE
CORPORATION
(By Associated Press)
Washington, D. C„ July 25.—Legis
lation to broaden the powers of the
War Finance Corporation, enabling
it to handle the triple financial prob
lems ol the railroads, (arm credits
and export financing was suggested
today by Secretary Herbert Hoover
to effect an economic readjustment
throughout the country.
Mr. Hoover said he recommended
such a step with the approval of Sec
retary Mellon and Eugene Meyer,
managing director of the War Fi-
nace Corporation.
(By Associated Press)
Waltham, Mass., July 25.—A
ten
IRISH CONSIDER
PEACE PROPOSALS
(By Associated Press)
Dublin. Ireland, July 25.—The Irish
peace proposals made by Premier
Lloyd George to Devalera In Ixmdon
last week were taken up by the Re
publican leader and his cabinet today,
at a meeting at the Mansion House.
Countess Marklevic sat with the
cabinet and took part in the discus
sion of the peace terms.
On cross-examination Cicotte said
he did not know whether an immuni
ty waiver had been read to him in
the grand jury room.
Joe Jackson testified next, and he
told of a visit to Austrian’s office be*
fore going to the* grand Jury. “Aus
trian said I would be indicted In a
few minutes and that Cicotte already
had been down. Austrian then gave
me my notice of suspension, and
I when I said I had no lawyer, he said
I needed one damn bad. Austrian
promised and said that If I would
tell what I knew I would not be prose
cuted. Austrian called up Judge Me-
on Tfir MIMED nsinn! Donal( ^ an( * sai(i that I bad agreed
Ur IIuj mUlCK, DAIKU to tell what I knew under the same
conditions as made with Cicotte.*'
ON TRIAL FOR MURDER
AMERICANS WIN FRENCH
AUTOMOBILE RACES
(By Associated Press)
Lemans, France, July 25.—Jimmy
Murphy, of America, won the Grand
Prix automobile road race here today.
Ralph DePalma, of America, was sec
ond; Goux, France, third, and Bubon-
net, fourth.
per cent wage reduction was announc
ed today by the Waltham Watch Co.,
effective August 15th. The company
deqied a report to the effect that sev
eral hundred employes would be laid
off.
CHILDS ARRIVES IN ROME
(By Associated Press)
Rome. Italy. July 25. — Richard
Washborn Child, newly a inted
American ambassador to Rome, arriv
ed last ovenlng accompanied by his
family and secretary. They were met
by Franklin Guenther, counsellor for
the American embassy and taken to
the Grgnd hotel to remain until they
could find a suitable residence.
Sergeant
Robert L. Ixmcaster, a member
Company M., National Guard, charg
ed with murder in connection with the
lynching of William Baird, miner,
near Jasper, Ala., on January 11th.
was placed on trial here today before
Judge Lumduke, who was named by
the Supreme Court to hear the case.
Eight others of the same Company
are under indictment on the same
charge.
\
DANUBE RIVER IS
INTERNATIONALIZED
of the Danube river finally became a
reality yesterday when representa
tives of the Interested allied powers
held their final meeting here, and
signed a convention to that effect.
The International Danube Commis
sion was immediately notified that
hereafter it would be In complete con
trol ot all matters pertaining to the
river.
He said that Austrian bad told
him they “were not after the ball
players but wanted to trample the
gamblers under their feet."
He said Austrian told him that Ci
cotte had been taken care of and that
he would "lie too.”
He said that when he left the
grand Jury room they sent two bailiffs
with him to protect him and that they
"went out and got good and drunk.'"
Claude Williams, a pitcher, also
testified how he had confessed to the-
grand Jury that each player declared
that their confession was made
only after Judge McDonald and at
torneys had promised that the con
fessions would never be used against
them. Judge Friend ruled that the
confessions were as admlssable as
the evidence.
Judge McDonald denied virtually
every statement attributed to the
three players.
FIRE ON MAURETANIA
(By Associated Press)
London, July 25.—Fire, which It waa
feared would prove to be of a serious
nature, broke out on the Cunard liner
Mauretania as she was lying at her
dock In South Hampton this after
noon.
Tuesday And Wednesday
WILL BE DOLLAR DAYS AT THIS STORE.
ONE THOUSAND PAIRS OF WOMEN’S FINE LOW SHOES WILL
BE SOLD TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AT $1.00 PER PAIR, ALL
GOOD SHOES, IN FACT, THESE THOUSAND PAIRS ARE SE
LECTED FROM THE BEST SHOES WE CARRY AND ARE NOT
BADLY OFF AS REGARDS STYLE.
MEN’S AND BOYS’ SHOES ALSO REDUCED FOR THESE TWO
DAYS, IN FACT ALL SHOES PREVIOUSLY ON SALE WILL BE
REDUCED FOR THE LAST TIME.
Remember the Days: Tuesday and Wednesday. Store opens at Nine O’clock
Tuesday Morning.
Smith-Harley Shoe Co.
Steyermans
MONDAY’S SPECIAL
One Lot White
Nainsook
15‘ per yard
Regular 25c value.
Steyerman’s
Shop of Quality On the Corner
The Home cf Hart-Schaffner & Mars Clothes