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VOL. XXXIII. No. 288.
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, TUE8DAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 19, 1922.
$5.00 PER ANNUM
FOBTY-SEI/Ell MISS IBS VETO OF THE BONUS 1Y
OODIES Tn FROM 1 BE EASILY OVERCOME III TOE ROUSE
CALIFORNIA II ID
Everything is in Readiness for the Reception of the Presi
dent’s Statement Refusing to Sanction the Bill by Reas
on of its Failure to Provide Funds With Which to Make
Necessary Payments.—Expected That Senate Will
Sustain the President’s Veto.
Most Spectacular and Tireless
Race Against Time Ends in
Rescuing Bodies.—All Dead rre.ident naninm-s
And Probably Passed Away |JF lhe bonu *- n
Soon After Entombment.
Washington, D. C., 8ept. 19.—The
prepared today to receive
>ssage, ^toe-
indicated that
practically had been
MYSTERY! IF IT IS TO JUT ALONE III MATTER RETURNING TO WORK
certain because the President would
L ordinarily send a message to eith-
i the subject if he intend-
to sign the bill.
Aftei
ENTOMBED* M1NERs"*FOU*nT>*DEAD completed and that .ome adviser, .smart DOM MOT WAR atard.r at the R,
(Ur Associated Press) pected 11 to be transmitted to Con- 1 TO ENOAGE NEW war HaJ , flnd Mr8
Jackson. Cal., 8ept. 19.—Forty-seven gress after be discussed it with the London. Sept 19—The declaration! Mills, the authoi
miners died in the Argonaut mine on cabinet. House leaders have arranged , hat Qreat Brltian does not Intend tojdence that today'
August 28th. The town waits today In event of a veto to defer until to- engage in any new war, obtained from' bring about
the bringing of the bodies from the morrow a move to repass the bill. ’ Rn authoritative source yesterday/
tunnel that has been their tomb for Friends of the bonus appeared mors coupled with other statements of
three weeks. It is California’s worst than confident that more than the nee- modified policy, is taken to mean th
mine disaster and in one of the great- essary two thirds majority could be thp gprie8 of ’ ca blnet meetings and
eat gold producers. j obtained in the House, but did not ministerial conferences after the last
| seem sure about the situation in the fow dnvg hng been part | y ln prcpa ra-
WILL BRING FIRST BODY TO 1 Senate. Itkin fo, po.«lbl» atUck. pn the Brltl.h
TOP THI8 AFTERNOON The President's message vetonlng forces by the Kemalii
Jackson, Cal., Sept. 19—The first the bonus was completed In the fore-, pouticai preparation for the contem-
of the forty-seven bodies of the Argo-J noon and was to be sent to the House p i a(e d general conference for the
IS REAR I END
Believed That Murderer of
Rector and His Sexton's
Wife Are Known and Will
Be Arrested Soon.—Funer
als Held Today.
naut gold mine disaster will b? brought before one oclock.
to the surface ln the Kennedy mlnej Veto of the measure Is regarded
in the afternoon of today. A crew In *-
SXZZSSZfJSSr”*, WOMEN DELEGATES TO
(Continued on Page 4)
FAVORABLE ACTION ON
ATTEND IN MACON WHEN [TARIFF BILL REGARDED AS
GEORGIANS SELECTED CERTAIN AT END OF TODAY
LIVED ONLY FEW HOURS
AFTER BEING ENTOMBED
Jackson, Cal., Sept 19.—All forty-
•even of the mlnera entombed in thei (By Agg( i^irt r flM - |
Argonaut mine August 27, are dead,) Macon, Ga., Sept. 19.—For the first! Washington, D.C., Sept. 19.—The
It was announced officially shortly be- j time in the history of Georgia politi- j longest and bitterest tariff fight In the
fore 9 oclock last night. jeal conventions, women will attend ai[ history of the American congress was
GRADUATE DEAD
ended today, under a unanimous con
sent agreement for a vote by the Sen
ile on adoption of the conference re
port of the administration hill, and
•ablo action was regarded as a
the ap-
GEORGIA TO BREAK
ATTENDANCE RECORDS
Newport. R. I., Sept. 19.—Dr. Hora.‘ Athens. Ga.. Sept. 19.—Officials ol
tlo Storer, oldest living graduate of j the University of Georgia today stat-
Harvard University, died In his 93rd ed that a record enrollment
year at his home here yesterday.
BIQ FIRE AT OMEGA
A note found on one of the bodies [ delegates when the Democratic con-
Indicated that all of the men had died! ventlon is held In Macon on October
within five hours of the beginning of ; fourth, to verify the results of the re-
the fire August 27, officials said. | cent primary. At least one county.
All the miners were found behind ( Lowndes, has selected women, among
the second of two bulkheads they had - its twenty delegates. They are Mrsjj foregone conclusion,
built In a cross-cut 4,350 feet down In [Ewell Brown. Miss Mildred Blair and pr0V al by the President,
the mine. Byron O. Pickard, chief otj Mrs. A. C. West,
the federal bureau of mines for this'
district, was the first man to go be OLDEST HARVARD
hind the bulkhead and discover
bodies.
Pickard, on an earlier explore
behind the bulkhead, had counted
ty-two bodies and expressed the belief
then that there were others there.
The note found read as follows: “3
The same note bore a scrawled fig
ure “4” apparently indicating the
same man had attempted to leave word
for- those who might come after the
condition of the mine at that hour.
Mine officials declared that the con
dition of the cross-cut behind the bulk
head was such that life could not have,
been sustained there by the entombed
men for more than five hours.
The bodies were piled on top
another and decomposition had pro
gressed so far that Identification
would impossible, Pickard reported.
The mine officials said the actions
of the men, as evidenced by the bulk
heads thay built and other matters,
indicated they had died within five
hours after being entombed.
The officials declared the mute evi
dence of the men’s struggle showed
they were forty-seven of the most cool-
(Continued on Pag# T.)
4. J., Sept. 19.—
vestigatlon of th<
Edward Wheele-
i expressed confl-
and arrests are expected. County of
ficials declared that they knew who
did the shooting and where ii occur-
"before t
r Toolan announced that
day is over a man wi
arrested on an affidavit charging
piclon of murder.”
The slain woman's daughter took
charge of the arrangements for her,
mother’s funeral, selecting
Possibility of Coup by Turks Deemed Now Unlikely ini
View of the Preparations That Are Already Made. —
English Ships and Soldiers Are Already En Route and
Plans Laid for Activity Should it Become Necessary in I
Protecting Neutrality of Straits..
nt» km«\ i (By Associated Press) Eighty-five Per Cent of Usual
sept. ts.-Brtti* Forces Are Said to he in Line
_1 “ t | —Southern Settlement Ap-
i pears Assured and Clears the
Situation Materially.
I/jndon, Sept. 19.—The British cabi-; Constantinople,
it takes the attitude that England’military experts belie'
111 undertake military action aline' «ver opportunity Mustapha Kemalj
protect the Darda I Pasha might have had for a coup
against Constantinople, has now been
An official communique issued from 'oat In view of. the quick strengthen-
Downing street declares In substance 'ng of the allied defensive forces In
that the government stands by the the neutral zone. All available British
pronouncement of Its policy Issued in warships are on their way here and
the press Saturday, notwithstanding regiments in Egypt and Gibraltar are
newspaper reports to the contrary. J’on their way to the scene.
‘it was stated in some newspapers
that the semiofficial declaration of FRENCH CABINET APPROVES
its policy ns Issued Saturday Is nowj POINCARE’S “PACIFIC” POLICY
urded as mistaken by the govern- j Paris, Sept. 19.—The French cabl-j
lit. This statement Is untrue. The' net today unanimously approved what
laration of policy as given to the It characterized >b the “pacific” poll-j
hs Saturday reported the decision cy of Premier Poincare to the Nt
of the cabinet on the previous day East and the withdrawal of Freni
Issued with the approval of troops from Asia Minor to the Freni
hand-! ministers In London.” I side of the Dardanelles Straits.
Atlanta. Ga.. Sept. 19.—With the
Southern railway shopmen returnlag (
0 their former posts as a result
!he Warfleld-Willard-Jewell agreement
signed In Washington yesterday, the
railroad situation in the South today
s considered at its best since tho
valkout "'em into effect. Approxl-
natPly fifty thousand Southern shop-
nen are affpeted by the peace pro-
some casket. The funeral waR simple’ — —
in contrast to the services over the^ WOMEN MAY BE LICENSED OHIO WILL VOTE ON
body of the Rev. Hall, which was at-;
inded by twenty-three ministers and AS LAY READERS IN THE PROHIBITION IN THE
bishop. Mrs. Hall sent a wreath, j
NO ARRE8T YET MADE IN [EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF U.S.
DOUBLE MURDER CASE'
ANNUAL ELECTION
. Sept.
oultri
• Hr i
lept.
—Thret
eral stores and a drug store, were de-'
stroyed by fire today at Omega, near
here, resulting in a loss estimated at
forty thousand dollars, and the whole
business district of the town was
threatened for a time. The Moultrie
fire department was called to the
scene, checking the blaze.
CLARK TO RUN FOR
PENSION COMMISSIONER
ted before the end of the week.
I Fully 1,500 atudenta will have enroll-
| ed by that time, it Is believed. Aca-
! domic work begins Thursday, regis-
; tration continuing through tomorrow.
RETAIL COST OF FOOD
DECREASED IN AUGUST!
(By Associated Pr«uO I
Washington, D. C., Sept. 19.—The j
retail cost of food to the average fami
ly in the United States decreased two
per cent In the month ending August
15th. according to figures of the bu
reau of labor statistics of the Labor
Departments, based on reports from
Cl cities.
New Brunswick. N. J., Sept. 19.—| Portland, Oi
Unsuccessful search among many sing of women aa lay. readers le th
clues and conflicting details was made '■ Protestant Episcopal Church has b«®i
sterday by the detective staffs of j approved by the House of Deputies
o counties, the local( police and, A:
ren state police to establish defi
nitely the scene of the shooting to
death last Thursday night of the Rev.
Edward Hall, rector of the Protestant;
Episcopal Church of St. John the,
ingelist, and Mrs. James Mills,
s-lfe of the sexton, and choir leader In
the church.
The bodies of the two. bearing bul
let wounds, were found side by side
Saturday in an old orchard in Somer
set county. Authorities of Somerset
have expressed the belief that the two
had been shot elsewhere and the i-.m:rled
bodies brought to the orchard and laid! -houffeui
out under the apple tree ln an effort! a fortune
Columbus. O., Sept. 19.—At the No'
ember election. Ohio will vote on
, "tare constitutional amendment legal
izing the manufacture and sale
insert at the end of wine and beer. The State Suprei
s burial service In the pra/er hook Court today ordered Secretary
ruberic forbidding tho reading ‘f State Smith to place the proposal
i* burial services over iinbapilzed the ballot in a mandamus action
d ox-communicated persons, was brought by the Association
lelched. : to Prohibition which spot
RICH WOMAN*MARRIES refused to certify the amendment for|
HER OWN CHAUFFEUR » vote. The Anti-Saloon Dengue will
—— appeal to the United Stati
Mly Associate *>«•«")
Bennlng, Vt„ 8ept. 19.*—Mrs. Eliza- v ouri -
beth McCullough Turner, daughter, of
the late Governor McCollougb, former
piesldent of the Erie Railroad, was
S. C. REPUBLICANS MAY
PUT OUT STATE TICKET
isterday to Elmer Johnson, ^ «o~i”f^d p
Mr,. Johnton will Ir.V• ‘t Columbia. 8. c., Sept’ 19.—Sooth
Wimated at ton million dot Carolina Republican, mot he-., -oday
draw closer Rm Veil ol my.lrr>-||„„, le „ by „„ talker. , dl,cu.. thr puerlloo of pottles o»t
a ticket for the fall election. Although
it was reported that a full state tick
et might be presented to the vo.i-rs
for the first time in many years, lead-
.WOMEN ACTIVE IN ALL
BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
Augusta, Ga., 8ept. 19.—John W.
Clark, who was recently named pen
sion commissioner to fill the unexplr- ATLANTA MAYORALTY RACE ON
■m Is a candidate for tlje full
according to an announcement Atlanta. ila.. Sept. 12.-* Walter Sim*
made here today by friends. and Jame8 woodward, candidates for
mayor of Atlanta in the run off city
election Wednesday, will close their
Arc Yon Going To
Paint This Summer?
Now Is The Time
We can furnish you anything
in the Paint Line you may need
WE SELL
“Sherwin-Williams Paints*
The Prices Are Right
MASH-MILTON DRUG CO.
“A Good Place to Trade.”
Pbooea 105 and 106
has
ampaigns tonight. The contest
been heated, owing to the bitte
, tacks that each man has made or
i other’s public record.
AUTOPSY IN CEA1ETERY
(By ARROcItttad Press)
Orlando, Fla., Sept. 19.—An autopsy
was performed upon a Winter Garden
negro last night, who was believed tc
have been poisoned at a shine party.
The autopsy was performed at th<*
cemetery with the coroner’s Jury pres
ent, with the aid of automobile lights.
The vital organs were sent to the
state chemist for examination.
OBJECT TO HIS
II
New York. Sept. 19.—Nearly i
phase of business Is represented at
the woman’s activities exhibit being
conducted here. There are women
•mill owners, paper manufacturers,
women at tho head of paint and chem
ical business. An all woman orches
tra is on hand but Jazz is barred.
After Stormy Conferences* CONGRESSMAN PARK TO BE
Announcement is Made That^ RE*N0M1NATED TOMORROW^
The Wedding Will Occur
In Late Fall as Scheduled, to
Princess Carolath.
TROPICAL STORM IS
going northwestward;
SOUTHERN SHOPMEN AT
CHARLOTTE NOT YET ON JOB
Charlotte. N C, Sept 19—The strik
ing shopmen of the Southern Railway
here did not return to work today.
K. L. Barkley, secretary of the local
union said that a “hitch had been en
countered which the men insist must
be cleared up before they win go
back to work.” He added that the
same situation existed among the sev
enteen hundred shopmen at Spencer.
SOUTHERN SHOPMEN AT CO-
LUMBIA PREPARE TO RETURN
Columbia. S. C.. Sept. 19.—Southern
Railway shopmen today were prepar
ing to return to work here under the
agreement signed by railway officials
i officials. None of the men
today but It was said at the
it all expected to be back
MACON AND DUBLIN RAILWAY
SHOPMEN RETURNING TO WORK
Macon. Ga.. Sept. 19.—An agree
ment has been reached by official*
ind shop employes of the Macon, Dub
lin and Savannah railroad, and the
ihopmen are returning to work.
i. A. L. SHOPMEN AT JACKSON-
VILLE ON JOB WITH SENIORITY
Jacksonville, Fla.. Sept. 19.—The
Seaboard shop craftsmen returned to
work Tuesday at the local shops un-
tatus which prevailed oa
July first, with their seniority righta
■impaired.
ADJUSTING MISUNDERSTAND
INGS IN RAIL SETTLEMENT
Chicago, Ill., Sept. 19.—The adjust-
(Bv Associated Press) I ment of 'n**u n(len,tan<,in 8S and dlffer-
Washington, D. C., Sept. 19.—Dls-I ences which have delayed the expect-
turbances off the South Atlantic Coast! cd settlement of the railway shop-
were central today, approximately at men’s strike on some of the roads far*
a latitude of 30 and a longitude of 78.1 orable to the Baltimore peace arraage-
and moving northwestward, the, ment. was apparent today.
Weather Bureau announced. j Reports to the generals of the
Gales are reported off the coast and ( striking shopmen brought a predl>
storm warnings remain displayed be- tion by union leaders that the estl-
tween the Virginia Capes and Jupiter, mated number of fifty thousand rc-
Cool weather continues in the turned strikers would be doubled ln
states and frost Is reported a few days. She shop forces geoeral-
e estimated to be about 85 per
normal.
Albany, Ga., Sept 19.—The Demo-1 tW(
cratic executive committee of the seo* F | a
ond Congresilonal district of Georgia Ea ,
wl " """" l ' er * “ "°° n tomorro » "> In the New England and North Plain, ly
I otsdam. sent. ts.-Atter a t.mllr, d , c |,„ th . r „, ult 0 , the cngreaalon. ..
council or the houae ot Hohentoltern; „ ntlmar> . o( u , t IVedne.day when'
here. It «a. oltlcUlly announced th«t Ju(|>a Frank p , rk Sy ,
the former emperor t, to marry tho rm)0 mlnated without opposition,
widowed Princess Hermine Von Schoo j
nalch Carolath. The announcement
thal the marriage wnuld take UB0R SAVS JUDGES
HAVE TOO MUCH POWER
place In November.
fTrS CHEAPEST
EX-KAISER HAVING STORMY Columbia. S. C.. Sept. 19—Restric-
C0NFERENCE8 WITH «AM:LY tlon of lhe federal Judiciary, was urg-
Doom, Holland. Sept. 19. The 'or-jed upon Congress in a resolution
mer Kaiser, former crown prince adopted by the South Carolina State
Frederick William and other members Labor Federation, which brought Its [
of the royal family are still he-e and annual convention to a close here t.V (
stormy conferences are said to be <x- day. !
curring dally with the ex-Kalse- w\o. The resolution charged that Judges
is absolutely bent on carrying out were "usurping powers and authority
bis plans for marrying the Princess never contemplated by the founders
( arolath. j of this government"
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