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VOL. XXXIII. No. 234.
THOMA8VILLE, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 27, 1921.
$5.00 PER ANNUM
REVISION OF THE OIL
C
It is Understood That the
Power Was Granted to Ma- tora were present.
teriaUy Change This Article
Of the Constitution to Meet
Local Demands.
PRESIDENT HELD
ANOTHER WHITE HOUSE
SUPPER PARTY
(By Associated Press)
Washington, D. C., July 27.—It leak
ed out today that the President held
another of his unannounced White
House dinners last night at which a
group of Influential Republican Sena-
(By Associated Press)
Mexico City, July 27.—The Cham
ber of Deputies list night voted
down a, request by President Obregon
that he be granted extraordinary pow
ers to adjust Artlclp 27 of the Con
stttution, -which nationalizes oil de
posits.
The Senate almost unanimously
voted to accede to the request.
President Obregon had requested,
early in the month that he be given
wide latitude In revising the Article)
when it became apparent that Con
gress would not be able to give it ado
quate consideration before the spec
ial session ends In August.
UNITED DRUG HEAD
j IN HANDS OF RECEIVER
(By Associated P.ess)
Boston, -Mass., July 27.—It. is an
nounced that Louis K. Llggette, Presi
dent of the United Drug Company,
has placed his personal assets in the
hands of trustees, on account of the
decline of the oommon stock of the
company.
PHI OFFICER in
Subjects relating to the legislative
Situation are understood to have been
dscussed, although White House offi
cials had nothing to say on the mat
ter. Senator Watson, leader in shap
ing tariff and tax legislation, was
among the guests.
The President told his guests that
he hoped both branches of Congress
could recess from the middle of Au
gust until the latter part of Septem
ber or the first of October, but was
represented as opposed to any recess
by either body until the tax revision
bill had passed the House, leaving the
Senate finance committee to work on
both the tax and tariff measures dur
ing the recess.
m DAU6HTEI
Miss Spurgin Says She Had
Knowledge That He Had
Gotten Away With About
Half a Million Dollars.—
Daughter Back in Chicago.
(By Associated Press)
GOV. SMALL PROMISES STATE RESTED IN
HOF HIS THEFT PLENTY OF FIREWORKS
Will Get up New Arrange -
ment Forcing the Attorney
General to Show Cause for
Criminal Trial by Habeas
Corpus
(By Associated Press)
Chicago, Ill., July 27.—Vivian Spur- j Chicago,} HI., July 27.—Friends of
gin, daughter of Warren Spurgin, the
mlssng president of the Michigan
Avenue Trust Company, who with her
mother returned to Chicago from De
troit, where they fled following Spur-
gin’s disappearance, has admitted that
she had knowledege that her father
bad taken more\ than half a million
dollars of the bank's money before he
fled, it was announced today by Jam
es McShane, assistant state’s attor
ney, who questioned the girl. They
are being detained for further ques-
toning.
MRS. SPURGIN HAS
RETURNED TO CHICAGO
Detroit, July 27.—Mrs. Warren
Refusal to Discharge Three
Men in Mobile Who Invad
ed Private Homes Causes
His Withdrawal Under Du
ress by Governor.
(By Associated Press)
Montgomery, Ala., July 27.—Conrad
W. Austin, chief of the law enforce
ment department of Alabama, who
last night was dismissed tor Insubor
dination by Governor Kilby, because
of his refusal to discharge three depu
ties who raided private homes in Mo
bile, said today that his. reslgnaton
was written Monday to be - placed be
fore the Governor In event the Gov
ernor dismissed the three officers who
conducted the search. Deputy L. L.
Phillips Is temporarily In charge ol
the department.
ASKS EMERGENCY FUND
FOR THE SNIFFING BOARD
(By Associated Press)
AGREEMENT ON TAX
REVISION REACHED.sp ur g lni wife of the missing presldenl
Washington, D. C„ July 27.—Virtual i of the Michigan Avenue Trust Corn-
agreement -was said today to have ^ p an y 0 f Chicago, was found by deter-
been reached at tho dinner confer- j tlves here yesterday and voluntarll.f
ence at the White House last night _ returned to Chicago with the declare/
for Senate consderatlon of the ' tax intention of aiding authorities to fin l
revision legislation before the per-!her husband, wanted for questionin'
ment tariff act Is taken np by that in connection with the recent failure
body. lot bis bank.
number of Senators were Presi-I With Mrs. Spurgin was her daughtet
dent Harding’s guests and the legis- Vivian, who also returned to Chicagi
The women bad been sought hep
since last Thursday, when they arrh
ed'by automobile. They were locate-)
by detectives In a rooming house les
than two blocks from the garage wher
their automobile was found Sunday
night.
Mrs. Spurgin declined to make an;
statement here, further than the fac
that she left Chicago to escape noto
rlety In connection with the businest
affairs of her husband. She added
that she did not know her husband’;
whereabouts.
Governor qmall today promised "plen
ty of fireworks in the next forty-
eight hours," after the Governor’s
counsel had telegraphed Sheriff Mes-
ter of Sangamon county (Spring-
Pal of Bums and Abe Attell
Told of the Deal by Which
The Sell Out Was Planned.
—Three Players to be Re
leased by Judge.
(By Associated Press)
Chicago, 111., July 27.—Billy Mc-
Harg, a pal of BUI Burns and Abe
Attell, during the formation and com-,
pletton of the alleged conspiracy tot
throwing the 1919 world series, to
day told his story of the reported
field,) that the Governor would accept j $100,000 sell-out of eight White Sox
the servlce^pf a warrant charging him i players. At the conclusion of his
with embeizlement of state funds j testimony, the State rested its case,
while he v&a State Treasurer. After telling of the meeting of
The-plans of the Governor’s counsel]Burns, Cicotte, and Chick Gandil, at
It was said, are to permit Small toi the Ansonla hotel 'at New York
remain in custody when the warrant j where he said he heard Cicotte say
is served while a writ of habeas that if the Sox won the pennant the
corpus Is being sued out. This wouldj world series could be thrown for one
iorco the Attorney General to show hundred thousand dollars. He said
cause why the Governor should be
required to submit to criminal trial
Iative situation Is said to have been
discussed extensively.
White House officials had nothing
to say about the conference today
and it was understood the President
himself bad forbidden an advance
announcement of the plan to consult
his former associates In the Senate.
CROSS COUNTRY LIQUOR
LINES BEING PROBED
(By Associated Press)
Washington, D. C-. July 27.—Cross
country transportation of liquor by
truck Is fast -becoming one of the
most serious problems of the taw en
forcement campaign, according to
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes.
Huge quantities of Intoxicants,
Commissioner Haynes said, are be
ing shipped by this method to differ
ent towns and cities, necessitating the
UBe of alert measures to halt the
fleets of liquor laden camions rolling
along the hghways.
FIVE POWER PROJECTS
FOR ALABAMA PLANNED
inary permits for the construction of
five power projects, three on the Per
dido, one each on the Styx and Black-
water rivers In Alabama, has been
granted by the Federal power com
mission to Reed Bingham, It was an
nounced today. Power Is Intended to
be sold to the cities of Pensacola and
Mobile. It Is stated.
Washington, D. C., July 27.—Chair- TEXTILE WORKERS WILL
man Lasker of the Shipping Board to
day asked the House appropriations
committee for an Immediate one hun
dred and twenty-five million dollars
Appropriation to meet expenses during
the next five months.
.taken.
MEET IN NEW YORK
(By Associated From)
New York, July 27.—The annual
conventon of the United Textile
Workers of America, -will be held In
No action waa New York City, beginning September
j pretlously arranged. It was announced
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IRISH REPUBLICAN
CABINET DISCUSSING
BRITISH PROPOSAL
(By Associated Press)
Dublin, July 27.—A full meeting of
the Irish Republican cabinet lasting
all this afternoon, discussed the Brit-
Jsh government’s peace proposals but
have reached no decision. It Is un
derstood that the cabinet Is awaiting
a communication from Ulster.
DEVALERA AND OTHERS NOT
IN AGREEMENT ON MATTER8
Dublin, Ireland, July 27.—Devalera
and his colleagues hare not yet found
a basts for the proposed conference
with the British government on the
Irish question In London, but are con
tinuing search for a common ground
on which the contending parties may
meet, It was stated In well informed
quarters today.
RICKARD FINED FOR
MOVING PICTURES
Pleaded Guilty to Violation
Of Interstate Commerce
Law in Recent Fight.
(By associated Press)
New York, July 27.—Tex Rickard
and Frederick C. Quimby, motion ptc
ture exhibitor, today pleaded guilty
before Federal Judge Sheppard, to
a charge of violating the Interstate
Commerce law through transportation
across the state line from New Jersey
of the Dempstey-Carpentler fight pic
tures, and were fined $1,000 each.
HARDING PUT ON
NOTICE BY LEGION
he went back home to Philadelphia,
where he got a telegram from Burns
to meet him In Cincinnati. He met
JAP ACCEPTANCE OF THE
HARDING PROPOSAL IS
CONDITIONED
(By Associated Press)
London, July 27.—Japan's accept
ance of an Invitation to a conference
at which Far Eastern problems are
jo be discussed Is conditioned, accord
ing to reliable Information received
here, upon the agenda for the con
ference befog decided in advance.
JAPAN WILL ACCEPT UNDER
CONDITIONS, SAYS REPOR1
Washington, D. C., July 27.—A com
munication from Toklo, believed to
contain formal acceptance by Japan
of President Harding's invitation to
participate In the International dis
cussion of Far Eastern questions as
well as disarmament, reached the
State Department today. Pending de
coding of the message, officials de
clined to comment.
TURKS APPEAL FOR
ALLIED INTERVENTION
TO STOP WIRFIRE
Head of the Nationalists Has
Appealed to Coastantiople
For Relief From Greek On
slaught.—Greeks Claim Re
sistance is Broken.
(By Assorts.*] Press)
London, July 27.—Mustapha Kemal
Pasha, head of the Turkish Nation
allst government has sent a tele
gram to Constantnople asking that
the Central government Interveno
with the Allies in an effort to obtain
a cessation of Greco-Turklsh hostili
ties, according to dispatches from
Constantlople to the Exchange Tele
graph Company.
him at the Slnton hotel that evening beginning to give earnest consideration
INDICATIONS ARE THAT
JAPANESE WILL ACCEPT
Washington, D. C., July 27.—With TURK RESISTANCE SEEMS
full Japanese participation in the dis- ■ COMPLETELY BROKEN
armament conference regarded as fin- Athens, Greece, July 27.—Informa-
ally assured, American officials in i tion from all sources indicate* that
charge of the conference plans are! the resistance of the Turkish Nation.
Adjusted Compensation Must
Be Prepared and the Move
ment "Cannot be Downed"
Said the American Legion
Today.
(By Aanoclated Pres*)
Washington, D. C„ July 27.—The, ...
American Legion served notice on the 'BAPTISTS TO MEET IN
and Burns told him that Abe Attell
had got Arnold Rothstein to put up
the money and that $20,000 would be
given the players after each game.
WILL RELEASE~THREE PLAYER8
Chicago, Ill., July 27.—Judge Friend
today Informed the State attorneys
In the baseball trial that he would di
rect a verdict of not guilty In the
esses of “Buck” Weaver, ’’Happy’’
Felsch and Carl Zork, of St. Louis
unless further evidence was Introduc
ed against the men. The State clos
ed Us testimony this morning.
President today that their campaign
tor adjusted compensation for formei
service men “cannot be downed,” and
urged the President not to put his ad
ministration in the way of the mover
ment
BODY OF PURDUE
PRESIDENT FOUND,
WIFE STILL ALIVE
ol Dr. W. E. Stone, President of Pur
due University, Indiana, has been
found and Mrs. Stone Is alive, and
will recover from the shock of the
Mount Eanon tragedy, acoordlng to
a -brief letter from guide’s leading a
searching party which was received
at police headquarters here today.
Mrs. Stone was found Sunday at
the foot of a seventeen-foot crevice,
and the body of Stone was discovered
shortly alter a great distance below,
in a very difficult -position for recov
ery.
JACKSONVILLE NEXT YEAR
sonvllle has been awarded the 1922
session of the Southern Baptist con
vention, It was announced today.
12th, instead of Knoxville, Tenn., as
today. The change was decided upon
by the executive council, it was said,
because of the failure of the union to
get a suitable hall In Knoxville.
HARDING TO SPEAK
IN BIRMINGHAM
(By Associated Proas)
Washington, D. C., July 27—The
President Is understood to have
definitely accepted an Invitation
to Bpeak In Birmingham late In
October at a celebration com
memorating the fiftieth anniver
sary of the founding of the city.
During the same trip he may visit
several other Southern cities.
WILL CO-ORDINATE FED
ERAL PURCHASING AGENCIES
(By Associated Preaa)
Washington, D. C., July 27.—An
executive order to co-ordinate pur
chasing for the army, nary and ship
ping board, and permit transfer of sur
plus supplies from one government
agency to another, was signed today
AMERICA DEMANDS
RELEASE OF PRISONERS
HELD BY THE SOVIETS
(By Associated Preaa)
Washington, D. C„ July 27.— A for
mal demand for release of Amercan
prisoners In Russia has been made on
the Soviet authorities by SecretarJ
of State Hughes,
The State Department was advised
today that the communication had
been handed to the Soviet author!
ties at Reval yesterday by Consul Al
brecht.
STRONG DEMAND BY HUGHES.
Riga, July 27.—An official demand
by Secretary of State Hughes for the
release of American prisoners In Rus
sia was handed by Sonsul Albrecht to
Leonid Stark, Bolshevik minister here
last night.
to the date of the meeting as the next
step in the diplomatic preliminaries.
Such exchanges have taken place
already regarding the meeting date
are understood to have been entirely
informal, pending a definite state
ment of Japan’s willingness to entet
into the discussion.
From now on, however, the subject
will be given greater prominence with
the United States leaning strongly to
wards late fall as the most advantag-
cous time for bringing the delegates
together here.
Official word of Japan’s willingness
to take part in the discussion of Far
Eastern questions at the conference
had not reached the State Department
last night, but officials showed much
gratification over news dispatches say
ing that such a decision had been
reached by the Japanese cabinet and
would be communicated to Washing'
ton shortly.
It has been the desire here to clear
away these preliminaries as quickly
as possible, though perfect confidence
has been apparent from the start tha.
the Toklo government would interpose
no obstacle to the unreserved discasr
sion desired around the conference
table.
Once Japan definitely has prepared
to come into the conference without
self imposed restrictions and reserva
tions, it is the belief here that the par
ticipating powers can reach agreement
without dificulty regarding the exact
program of the sessions. Such an
agreement generally is expected to
precede the actual assembling of the
conference, though it is held here that
It should not come before the ex
change of formal invitations and ac
ceptances.
SIX MASKED MEN '
GET SOUTH JAX BANK
$3,500 Said to Have Been
Taken From Jacksonville
Bank This Morning.
(By Associated Pres*)
Jacksonville, Fla.. July 27. Six
masked bandits robbed the Bank of
South Jacksonville across the St.
Johns river from here shortly before
ten oclock this morning, and escaped
with cash amounting to $3,500. No
customers were in the mace at the
time.
alists in Asia Minor has been com
pletely broken.
A Greek official news agency declar
es In a statement Issued here today
that the Turkish losses In killed,
wounded and prisoners to date Is es
timated at 60,000. The Greeks ara
constantly pressing the Turks along
the road to Angora, the statement
says.
New Plan is Being Worked
Out That Will More Nearly
Divide the Separate Units of
The Island, Says London
Paper Today.
(By Associate-!^ PresU _
London, July’*27.—FuilllllllJ 1 tfill
four legislatures may be established
In Ireland, one each in Ulster, Mun
ster, Conaught, and Leinster, under
control of a national parliament, was
hinted at this morning by the Sketch,
which says that ‘it need not be assum
ed as is done In some quarters that
there will be only two governing au-
thorties under a Federal Irish par
liament. It has been almost over
looked that there are four great prov
inces in Ireland, each with an histori
cal individuality.”
CUBANS PLAN TO
REDUCE SUGAR ACREAGE
(By Associated Press)
Havana. Cuba, July 27.—Provisions
for reducing the production of sugar,
and for sending a commercial mission
tc Washington to secure revision of
the reciprocity treaty between the
United States and Cuba, were Includ
ed among the nine measures const!-
RUSSIANS FIRE ON
GERMAN MINE SWEEPERS
(By Associated Press)
Berlin, July 27—A German mine
sweeping fleet which has been operat
ing In Kola Blight on the northern
Russian coast, is reported In a special
dispatch from Vardoe, Norway, to
have been fired upon by a Russian
land force.
dratted yesterday by congressional
leaders and President Seays. The
program will be dUcussed In detail
today by the President and parlla-
tuting the urgent legislative program 'mentary commission.
i by the President.
’ It was drafted under Charles Dawes
director of the budget bureau and
divides the country Into zones corres
ponding to the army corps areas,
with a general purchasing agent for
each area.
Tuesday And Wednesday
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