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VOL. XXXIII. No. 187.
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 14, 1922.
$9.00 PER ANNUM
E RUSSIA Oil
SHIPPING BOARD CONTENDS RIGHT
ABSENCE OF LENINE
TEAR GAS PREVENTS HARDING ACCEPTED
TO SERVE LIQUORS ON ITS SHIPS MICHIGAN MOB FROIVll MEMORIAL ERECTED
TAKING OUT PRISONER! TO FRANCIS KEYES
Premier is To Take a Six
onth's Vacation for His
Health While Government
Matters Will Be Left up to St. Louis^ Mo., June 14.—Denial that
Three Men* ! the late Adolphus Busch, “was pos-
•' siblv the Kaiser’s closest ‘ friend in
Lasker Makes Response to Letters of Busch, Charging that
The U. S., is Greatest Booilegger in the World ' Today.
—Great Furor Raised by the Matter When Brewers
Send Letters to President.—Matter is Touched in Con
gress Also.—More Letters To Be Issued.
(By Associated Press)
Berlin, June 14.—The Independent America “ as charged by Chairman
Socialist organ Frehelt, declares to-, Masker of the Shipping Board, was
made at the offices of Anheuser Busch
day that the triumvirates will take
Inc., today, with announcement that
the place of Premier Lenlae of Soviet a 8econd , etter wa8 in pre p amtl on
Russia during his six month’s absence to t } ie shipping Board' on the subject
from Moscow, which his health has] of liquor sa les on Shipping Board vea-
obliged him to take. Three men are, se j s an( j answering Lasker’s charges
to hol(J the reins, according to the^ G f Busch’s connections with Germany,
paper. They are .1. V. Stallin, Leon , The letter wiU 8tate that the An .
Kamenoff and A. I. Rykoff.
HARDING WILL OPPOSE
SIDETRACKING TARIFF
FOR THE BONUS BILL
| heuser Busch organization reserves
| the right “to protestw hen the United
| States government buys German beer
• to sell on its ships, and will qot
I American beer he made,” the
) nouncement said.
The announcement declared that
the government decided to make
- w jjj | partment of Justice and the courts
Washington, D. C., June 14.—The
Shipping Board holds that “neither
the Volstead law nor the eighteenth
amendment apply to American ships
outside the three mile limit.” Chair
man Lasker declared today in a let
ter to Adojphus Busch. III., of St.
Louis.
Chairman ‘Lasker said the Board
approved the custom serving liquors
“both from the standpoint of legal
right and the standpoint of the life
and-security of the national merchant
marine.”
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
I declared in a formal statement, re-
ifeirlug t<\ the “prohibition afloat”
i pamphlet, which was issued by An
heuser Busch Company, that he would
I “act in a vigorous manner to en-
j force the law " as soon as the De-
Man Who is Accused of Mur- j Baltimore Scene of Ceremon-
dering Woman is Marched j ies at Historic Fort McHen-
Away in Uniform of Fire-1 ry, From Which Floated the
man Right Through the Mob | Star Spangled Banner, Im-
Which Sought Him.
I mortalized in Poem.
[ investigation of this matter
; establish by reliable witness that ,
have determined where the Volstead
fBv AsKocIfit«*<l Pret*.H>
Jackson, Mich.. June 14.—The
use of tear gas to repel a crowd of
over one thousand angry citizens
of Jackson who sought to take
•orge Straub, confessed slayer
of Miss Alice Mallett, from the
custody of the Sheriff, was large
ly responsible for Straub’s safety
In an unnamed’Michigan city to
day
The prisoner, disguised i
city fireman, was marched
the midst of the crowd
sought his life last night,
was spirited out of Jackson.
thru
that
and
The
city is quiet today, with national
guardsmen on duty.
ponentH of ,he plan of Chairman' '***” “ d to the Pres.- t0 VP8 ? e,S ,lndfir Am '
n .lflent with the whole matter, and told] K,ln " ug '
Cumber of the Senate finance com
nilttee to side-track the tariff bill for. lllln ,hllt the sa,e of li< l uor 011
soldier bonus legislation, will have shi P s woulrt llel l’ 3 “ lve lhe I!oard ' s P,er “’ paid for, ho added, by federal
the support of President Harding fin, " lcial Problems, and that he said appropriations Mr. Galhvan declared
when the question is brought .o a de-! Kard "' g re P M9d 10 him: “Mr. Lasker that under the Volstead aw “we can t
cislon in shaping the majority plans' • vou are Chairman of the Shipping drunk on land, but we can
for consideration of the bonus bill., j ,!oanl; vou k,,ow what to do " | T . „ . , .
, I I here was a roar from members
Although chairman McCumber has the Massachusetts representative read
given notice that he will call the bill UNI T ED STATES B GGEST | frQm fte lht , o ghow that Amerjcail
up In the near future, plans for its] BOOTLEGGER. SAYS BUSCH whiskcy could be bought aboard
consideration remained indefinite to- 1 1<ou , g June n—fharging that iship at 20 cents a drink “and Jamaica
day, with some Republicans desiring
a party conference to pass on the
question of priority.
the United States is “incomparably
the biggest bootlegger In the world,”
letter written by Augusta Busch,
I president of Anheuser Busch, Inc..
’ while en route to Europe aboard the
| steamship George Washington, and
SAN SALVADOR FLOOD ,o '
HUNDREDS DROWNED IN
the
San Salvador, Republic of Salvador,
June 14. Three hundred persons
are known to have been drowned and
many persons are missing following ,
an abnormal Wise in the Aclhuatc "W 1 * mv.-stigation of
and Arena! rivers, which overflowed de|,artment ° r " 1P K"'crnmcnl in
their banks and joined together in la "°" t0 ,he Prohibition act.
one stream inundating the Candelaria The Ietter ° r Augusta Busch, which
district of this city. wa « addressed to his associates, said
Several houses were swept away by' ,ie was amazed to ,earn ,hat ahipplnK
the raging torrent. • Hoard vessels are the “wettest”
The bodies of 300 men, women 'the oceun f that the bars for the sale
and children already have been found intoxicating liquors are thrown
The flood was caused by a two-day j open as soon as the boats pass outside
torrential rainfall* i the three-mile ocean line.
The government has sent a relief He declared: “Either by direct or
expedition here to succor people in indirect means the Shipping Board Is
distress- J permitted to do in the dark that which
A large subscription list has been! it is illegal to do, in order that it may
started for the relief of the sufferers, make money.”
rum think of it—for two bits.
Officials of the Shipping Board when
their attention was called to Mr. Galli-
van’s charges, declined to comment
upon them in any way at this time.
Declaring that the toiling millions
were deprived of the comforts of life”
Mr. Gallivan charged that the wealthy
still laughed at the Volstead law and
'"the “rich and leisurely tourist finds It
letter by Anhetmer-Rtmch. * an<l a fa ™ »» ‘ he ^
issed t„ members of Con ^.f 8 ' 1 the seH un<1 ^ the Amer.can
Harding, was made public here today,
together with an accompanying letter
by Adolphus Busch, III, his son.
A third
Inc., address*:
ANOTHER PROBE OF FEDERAL
PEN AFFAIRS IN ATLANTA
j LIQUOR SOLD ON SHIPS AT
TWENTY CENTS A DRINK
grand Jury started an Investigation to
day of the complaints of several fed
eral employes, who are aspirants to
office, that money is being required of
them in return for their appointments.
Washington, D. C-, June 14.
Attack on the Shipping Board for per
mitting the sale of liquor on Ameri
can ships was made in the House
yesterday by Representative Gallivan
Democrat, of Massachusetts.
Holding up what he said was a wine
list from the steamship President
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“RETAINER”
Vacuum Bottles
— IN —
ALUMINUM
CASES
Quart Size .. $2.00
Pint Size $1.25
We Have Only a Few So Be
Sure to Get Yours
We Also Have a Few Fillers
Pint Size $1.00
Quart Size $1.50
FOR
Picnickers, Fishermen, Hunters, Motorists
and all those that find pleasure injthe open.
MASH-MILT0N DRUG CO.
"A Good Place to Trade,"
Phones 105 and 106
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“Its open violation on the ships of
the United States Shipping Board,” ho
said, “makes one laugh when he reads
so much about law' and order now
that the Eighteenth amendment has
been adopted. Here and now I des*ra
to call attention to and emphasize the
baye faced hypocrisy of a government
appropriating money of enforce thi«
child of prohibition and at the same
time appropriating more money to an-
vertise the violation of its own la-.vs
on its own ships the minute they get
outside the three-mile limn.
“I hold in my hand the wine list of
one of Mr. Lasker’s sailing delights.
It was formerly known as the steam
ship Peninsula State and now’ bears
the name of one of our former Presi
dents—President Pierce. It is one of
the most pron#iqent trans-A|Jantjc
ships of the United States linos. When
I read its reminiscent and at times ex
asperating details it is not with any
intention of giving pain or sorrow To
those members of Congress who voted
for the Volstead law. Rather it is to
let Congress and the country know
how on American territorv under fed
eral appropriations, the law is vio
lated daily.”
Swinging arms. Mr. Gallivan had
the House in a whirl of laughter as he
ran through the wine list, interjecting
sharp comment after reading the price
of the old-time drinks.
Black and White, Johnny Walker,
Haig and Haig, right there off the bar
at 25 cents a drink in the bottle, too.
Oh boy!”
With seriousness,’however, he de
clared that the morals of the Ameri
can people had been lowered by the
law with the demand for its enforce
ment on land and its “open violation
on the water.”
Scott Keyes’ memory was honored to
day with the unveiling of a monument
to him, which was erected by Con
gress over a spot in the historic Port
MrMenry. over which floated the
“Star Spangled Banner,” which was
immortalized in the poem, and made
the fort a mecca of thousands who
gathered there long before the hour
fixed for the ' arrival of President
Harding, who Is to accept the memor-j
ial for the nation.
MOB STARTS OUT TO LABOR DEMANDS THAT
CLOSE COAL MINES IN
T!
400 Persons in Automobiles
FOOD OFFER BE GIVEN
EARLY ACCEPTANCE
Resolution Offered Today to
Start Out on Journey to] That Effect.—Child Labor
Force Closing Down of All] Is Also Attacked as Inimi-
Mines.—Coal Dumped Into] cal to the Best Interest of the g
Road at One Mine. Country.
(By Associated Press)
Terre Haute. Ind.. June 14. — A!
owd estimated at 400 left here to-] labor again raised Its voice against
I.v in automobiles after announcing' child labor at the convention of the
their Intention of closing every coal American federation "f Labor here
mine In operation between Terre! today, coupling this with observance
Haute and Ilrazil. The first stop was|of the Flag Day. the day's program
at. Hones' mine, near Staunton, where j was devoted to child labor,
two trucks of coal were dumped into! A resolution also was introduced
the road.
KAPLAN CONDEMNED
New York Representative
Calls on Acting Secretary
Roosevelt to Make a Full In-
vesitgation of the Affair at
Naval Academy.
(By Associated ITess)
Washington. D. C\. June 14.- -Char
acterizing the treatment of Leon
Kaplan of West Virginia, member of
this year’s graduating class of
naval academy, in the class year
hook, as a “low down and miserable
trick," Rear AdmiraK Wilson, Super
intendent of the Academy announc
ed here today that he had withdrawn
the letter of commendation which he
had addressed to J. L. Olmatead, edi
tor of the year book.
NAVAL GRADUATE MISTREATED.
Xe
York. June 14. — Theodore
Roosevelt, acting secretary of the
navy, was called upon in a message
sent by Congressman Isaac Seigel.
of New York, to make a thorough in
vestigation of the indignity alleged
yesterday bv Senator Sutherland, to
have been suffered by Leonard Kap
lan. of the graduating class of the
naval academy.
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL IN HOUSE
(By Associated Press)
Washington, D. C., June 14. The
administration’s ship subsidy bill
was introduced in the House today
by Chairman Greene, of the merchant
marine committee.
JUDGE RUN OUT
OF ALABAMA TOWN
4. Pro-
Judge Voltz. of Baldwin county
waited upon by a crowd of citi
zens. including two officials, Sunday,
and was ordered to leave town, it be
came known today. He left Monday,
and his whereabouts are unknown.
According to county authorities, he
is accused of improper relations with
a married woman.
GERMANY READY TO PAY
REPARATION INSTALLMENT
(By Associated Press)
Paris, June 14.-—The German gov-
rnment noti ied the reparations com
mission today that It would pay its
regular monthly instalment of fifty
million gold marks tomorrow.
TEE
OPTIMISM IN IRISH
T
amalgamation of existing un-
j ions by industries into single organ!-
zatiotis.
Collector of the Port of New
York Collapsed While Fol
lowing Ball That He Had
Driven While Playing
Foursome.
I London Dispatches Say That
Little 'Discussion is
Necessary to Wind Up The
Irish Matter.—Free State is
To Get English Loan.
Xo
of
George W. Aldridge, collector of the
port of New York, who died yester
day on the golf links at Rye. was
en to the Aldridge home in Rochester
today.
The Collector had driven out to
Westchester-Biltmore country t
with Charles I). Hilles. Republican
national committeeman of New Y
and osiers. The foursome was at the
ninth hole. Aldridge had driven
and was following the ball when he
was seen waving his arms. His com
panions tound him unconscious, and
he died lately
MEXICO CITY WITHOUT
STREET CAR SERVICE
(By AsHoetktert Press)
Mexico City. June 14.—Mexico City
is without street car service today,
bakers are not working and suspen
sion of the light, power and water
supply was momentarily expectedjhis
morning, as a result of the strike in
itialed by the street car men short
ly after midnight.
MACON LAD CAPTAIN
OF COLLEGE NINE
(By Assorfated Press)
Exeter. N. H., June 14.—Robert
I*. R. Hatcher, of Macon, Ga., has
been re-elected captain of the Phil-
lips-Kxeter Academy baseball nine
for the coming year. Hatcher jilayed
third base and led the team in hit
ting
ASHEVILLE TO DEVELOP
(Bv Associated Press)
Washington. D. (’., June 14
posal for the development of
horsepower to operate a propos
ton mill near Asheville, X C.
templated by the Carolina Pow
Textile Company, Is under appl
filed with the the federal powe
mission. The company asks
projects the Plsgah
Sleep Cool These Hot Nights
—in our—
Summer Pajamas
UNIVERSAL
They “Put the World to 8leep.”
New Deelgne. See Window Diepley.
$2.00 j $2.50
ALSO
Manhattan Union Suits for
Men.
“The best known—Known as
the best.
$1.50 j $2.50
Others at $1.00
Smith=Harley Shoe Co.
IS '
,
New Location 1)5 North Broad.
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!!otiution.‘
day
felt regarding the Irish ne
and It Is suggested that to-
ferences may be final. It is
j A resolution introduced by E. H.
jlFitzgerald and others, representing
the clerks’ brotherhood, proposed
, that the “American Federation of
Labor take necessary action toward
j bringing about the required solidarity
ith other ranks of organized labor.”
, A flood af resolutions were Intro*
InOW duced for later consideration.
W. O. Cline, delegate from the
Alabama state federation, offered a
resolution proposing that the Amer
ican federation take sides with the
f farmers in the controversy as to ac-
j ceptancp of Ford’s bid “for the Mus
cle Shoals water power development
made by the government during the
The resolution also proposed
' arpd lhal m,le more discussion that the pxe ,., ltivil councl , of the fed .
essary
complete
will be
agreement.
Ii is reported that the financial po
sition of the free state government
has been one of the topics most re
cently raised with the result that the
British treasury may make a loan to
the Dublin government, until it is
functioning more effectively.
Confidence is expressed"that Colon
ial Secretary Churchill will be
make a full statement on the sltua
tion tomorrow.
oration be instructed to use all means
to secure favorable action on Ford’s
final offer for the lease of Muscle
Shoals.
Another resolution introduced de
clared the Ku Klux Klan to be "detri
mental to the best interests of the
working people, and directly opposed
t>ie constitution of th*» United States.”
WILLIAM H. BARRETT
SUCCEEDS JUDGE EVANS
1300 CHRISTIAN
WOMEN MASSACRED
(By Associated Press)
Washington, D. C., June 14
William H. Barrett, of Augusta,
Ga., was nominated today by the
President to be United States
Judge for the Southern District
of Georgia, succeeding the late
Judge Beverly D. Evans.
HENRY FORD GETS
REDUCED FREIGHT RATE
e 14.—The
proposals of Henry Ford to reduce
coal rates on his railroad, the Detroit,
Toledo & Ironton, which were origin-
aly suspended by the Interstate Com
merce Commission were allowed to
go into effect today by the Commis
sion.
tbirte
hundred Christian wo
men and children were taken by
the Turks from Samsun to the In
terior and massacred, are con
tained in a cablegram received by
th»- Greek defense committee
here.
BRYAN INSPIRES
BAPTISTS TO ACTION
(Bj Associated Press)
Indianapolis, Ind., June 14.—Inspir
ed by the address of William J. Bry
an. the fundamentalist group of the
Northern Baptist church planned ag
gressive action in behalf of their
ideals at the opening of the annual
convention today. A financial cam
paign in behalf of the new world
church movement is to come before,
the convention. ,
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