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VOL. XXXIII. No. 27G
THOMA8VILLE* GEORGIA, 8ATUR0AY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 23, 1922.
SOOO PER ANNUM
WAR OR PEACE NOW HANGS IN BALANCE
UK BTIOKTS WILL CHOOSE
BETWEEN WHO ID PEACE AT ONCE
JERSEY AUTHORITIES
APPEAL FOR FACTS IN
Within Twenty-four Hours Decision Wilt be Known from
Cabinet’s Session.—England Plans to Protect Straits
While French Are Endeavoring to Keep Turks Within
Peaceful Bounds.—British Warned Greeks Says Lloyd Statement Issued Saying that
LEAGUE IE 111
FAMOUS AM
"THE TRIP” RIBHT
George, in Same Terms as Given to Turks.
(By Associate* rrew) ' I (By J.
Constantinople, Sept. 23.—Within Berlin, Sept. 23.—Foreign minister
16 hoars the world probably will know j Tcbitcberln of Soviet Russia, In an in.
whether the Turkish Nationalists have tervlew, published in Tageblatt de-
ehosen war or peace. The Angora' dared that Turkey and Russia are in
cabinet, which Is meeting in Smyrna,'complete agreement regarding the
Is expected to declare whether the . question of the Straits of the Darda-
Kemalists will await the peace confei- nelles.
ence proposed by the powers or taka According to the Russian agreement
matters In their own bands, invading ho says, the nations bordering the
Thrace. . , Black Soa, alone hare the right to
France is expected to exert renewed draff a final International sfttlement
pressure to keep the Turks from hos- ,of this Issue.
tile action which would Jeoardise tho Of the six Black Sea states, Tcbltch-
present extremely favorable position erln adds, Russia, Ukraine.' Georgia,
■of the Turks. 1 and Turkey already have adopted thie
The Turks are fully aware of tho • standpoint,
weakness of the British land forces Tchltcberln declares himself con-
■who are now precariously holding vloced that Turkey will eventually
points along the Asia Minor shore, achieve the aim of reuniting all of the
and are convinced of their ability to territories Inhabited by the Turks,
defeat them.
"mraciTofflcM circle, hold tbit tho’ " arnl °* * i ™ 10
'only thing which can stave off a Nat- j emal *
lonallst attack Is a definite pledge by | BRITISH TROOPS TO SAIL FROM
Great Britain to support France ta ( MALTA FOR DARDANELLES
guaranteeing that Thrace shall be Malta, -gept. 23.—Further military
evacuated promptly the by tbe Greeks detachments tor reinforcement of
and restored to Turkey. / (tbe British forces in the Dardanelles
Meanwhile, unfeigned anxiety ex- aro expected to leave soon for Con-
lets among tho British here over the ttantinople, and preparations for their
continued strong concentration of departure are actively proceeding.
. Turkish troops at Timid- where, by ——
reason of the withdrawal of the Hall-. PR0,PECT3 F0R PEA0E IN
ran, tho position of ih. BrltUh toreoi NEAB BAST * EEM 0RI0HTER
ha, boon weakened. . I sept - 2» -F™.peeta tor peace
___ In the Near East were much brighter
FREEDOM OF OAHDANELLES ‘oday a, tho French nnd Brltlah eabl-
UNDER LEAGUE OF NATION* i" 1 " “•* 10 consider tha tantatlTa
London. Sept. H-Th. nolle, of ••«!••*•« *> ‘F “»
Groat Britain In the Near Ea.t I. to raproeenUtlra, hern, which aro
oatablleh tho freedom of tho Darda- «Pcotad to form a hull for nreoUa-
nolle, under tho anpnrvlalon of tho «»"• lh ” »“» oonfnranco which
League of Notions, dodarotl premier ’■ ,oon 10 be lummoned '
Lloyd George In a itntemont at a report* FROM TURK CAPITAL
oonfarenco with newepaper men. ■ | ARE N0T VERY ENCOURAGING
Lloyd George laid that whateMr London, S e Pt . 2J._Notwlthetandlng
..taps tho government bad. taken to n Bluruncea , rom p ar |, that prospects
.trengthen the military and naval fop ptaca Noar Eall ar6 brlKbt-
force. In tho Dordanellea and Boiplio. „ Infc „ (lr raparll oontlnuo to come
rua, had been dictated by two in- (rom Conttaotlnoplo. Sovoral
promo considerations: first, "our an- unltl 0 t tho Atlantic fleet have been
gloty a. to tho freedom of the seal ha. or( , er , d pre p ar od tor aorvlco In tho
tween-the Mediterranean and Black Dardanelles.
Bea,"“and aacond, "to prarent this
exceptionally prodigal war from FRANCE REQUESTS KEMAL TO
aprendlog Into Eoropo.” | AWAIT ARRIVAL OF MISSION
Tho Premier doclarod h. wonld Ilka Con.tonUnpoto, Sept. !J. — Tha
to moke It clear that any action taken French govornmont ho. tent a wire-
had nothing to do with tho morlti or ,eBI *° Mustapha Kama! Pasha,
demerit, of the oeis under dliputa bo- ducting him not to taho any action
tween Oreoco and Turhoy. aa tho Brit- until the arrival of a apodal French
fah gorerument had been Impartial. ( emlaaary. It was learned here today.
Ho pointed oot that when tho pL0T Tg RETU r N VENIZE-
Greeks threatened to march on Con- |,,g jo POWER IN GREECE
Btantlnop1n«fho British general In At h e „ t , Greece. Sept. H-Annouoce-
The Churchmen Refuse To Postponed, However*
Divulge Anything and Calls
For Appeal for Truth, and
Promise Publicity Immunity
New Brunswick, N. J„ Sapt. !3.—A
public appeal with promise of protec
tion from publl&tiy was made today by
Prosecutor Tricker, for facts bearing
the mystery surronndlng the slay-
Thought'it Would be Chang
ed if There Was Any Assur
ance That the United States
Would Join in.—Action, is When More Than Forty Chil
dren Fell With Concrete
(By Associated Press)
. Geneva. Sept. 23.—The question ol
revising Article Ten of the League of
Nations’ covenant, or eliminating It
was passed to the fourth assembly
the League by the present assembly
without observation or recommends-
INJUNCTION III ILOH STRIKE CISE
BAILIFF IN ATLANTA
DEPOSED BY JUDGE
Assisted In Selecting Jury for
Floor Into Basement of the! Case of His Son While A<
Playhouse*—Several Now ln| Ing as Official, It is Stal
Hospital.
ing.of the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall
and his choir leader, Mrs. Eleanor Article Ten ought
MIHb, which has baffled the author!-
(Continued on Page Eight)
r
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"A Good PUce to Trade.” r
Phone* 105 and 106
New Brunswick, N. J., Sept 33.—"A
Jealous woman killed my Mom and
Mr. Hall." *
This assertion, fitting In perfectly
with tha theory which authorities In
vestigating the murder of Mrs. Elea-
Mllls and the Rev. Edward Wheel-
U1 are bending every effort to
prove, was made last evening by Char-
lotta Mills,, llf-y^ar-old .daughter of
the dead woman. It was the first
time she had broken her sllcnco—savo
before the authorities—since tragedy
stalked- into the humble Mills home
and left her its mistress.
“The woman I think killed Mom,’
the girl continued, with bitterness li
her voice, “was
She named & woman whom the au
thoritlea have admitted was the cen
ter of their suspicions.
"This woman isn’t m ordinary worn
an,” she went on. "She has funny
eyes that make you afraid of her—
of like a man. She hates young
people. She Is three times as strong
Mom.. Mother weighed only a hun
dred and eighteen. She didn’t have .
chahce."
Charlotte admitted she had given
her aunt, Mrs. Elsie Barnhart of Pht-
packofcorUalnlng photographs
of Mr. Hall and of her mother. There 1
ne picture of Mrs. Hall, she
added. ,
She kaid her mother gave her the
pack»t before ah operation last sum
telling her to give It to Mrs.
Barnhart In the event of her death.
Charlotte Is not unaware of the,
stories on which the supposed Jeal
ousy of her mother Is supposed
founded. She has heard the gossip
linking her mother's name
savory way with that of the slain min
ister, ^ut she believes in ‘VMom,
'Mom did a lot of work that
's wife should have dona in Mr.
Hall’s church,” she said. "Maybe
people connected with the church
were Jealous because of that. Mom
was romantic—but her character
beyond reproach.
"A Jealous woman—helped by a
isn—killed her."
The Jealously theory was strongly
supported .by developments yesterday.
Assistant Prosecutor Tollen, who has
b:en directing the Investigation,
clared there was no doubt left In the
minds of the Investigators that Joal-
the motive. An arrest might
be expected momentarily, he said. One
of ths strongest leads followed yester-
that of a reported attempt to
poison Mrs. Mills at a tea party sev
eral weeks before she and the mlnls-
ir were slain.
When Mrs. Tenneaoo, another sister
of the dead woman, confirmed this re-
(Continued on Page 4.)
M. Barthelemy, of France, said that
in the hope Of bringing the United
Stktes Into the League, aa there . is
do assurance : that the - change would
have this effect
Charged With Attempting In-
'fluence Federal Grand Jury
In. Recent; Session, Noted
Georgia Attorney is Ready
For Trial.
(By Associated Freest
Atlanta, Ga., Sept 23.—Hearing
the case of Hooper Alexander, former
United States District Attorney for
Georgia, charge^ in a federal war
rant with attempting tot. Influence
federal grand Jury has been set for
next Thursday.
C. ANDO, SHOPMEN
WILL GO BACK TO WORK
Richmond, aV., Sept. 23.—Detailed
orders for the return of>the striking
Chesapeake and Ohio shopmen, unde
agreement with the railroad last
night, were beln£ worked out by the
President of the system’a shoperafts
federation today. These orders will
direct the men to return to work
Monday and Tuesday.
The agreement stipulates that the
eight thousand shopmen who walked
out must be back to work within 30
days. Union leaders and rail officials
It Is said, hoped that this could be ac
complished In half that time.
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON U.S. AFFAIRS CALLED
l By Associated Preee)
New York, Sept. 23.—A national
conference to study Impartially the ad
visability and extent of American par
tlctpation In International affairs and
reduction of American armamenti will
be held hero November 10th and 11th,
r the auspices of the National
Civic Federation.
BOOTLEGQ1NQ NOT
PROFITABLE ON BORDER
(By Assor'ated Freni
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 23.—Smuggling
and bootlegging are not what it us«d
to be. One regulation after another
has been added by the Canadian and
United States governments until It
really no lopgor safe to peddle li
quor along the borders. The price Is
It a low level and the big profits
of the former days are gone.
<By Associate!! Tress)
Pittsburgh,Pa., Sept. 23. — Fifty-
eight children, withering in agony re
counted today the story of tbe col
lapse of the Strand Theatre yesterday.
Madeline Kunkle, aged 8, one of those
Invited to the free showing of the
picture “The Trap," was killed,
of the-Injured are In hospitals, only
four, however, being In a critical <
dltlon.
City officials who completed a |
Umlnary inspection of the theatre
day, declared that the building was
enrately described by the poster ad
vertising the picture, "The Trap,'
which was displayed at the Foyer yes
terday.
Pittsburg, Sept 23.—Fifty chat,
terlng school children, most of them
less than twelve years old, was mass,
ed in the lobby of the Strand,
motion picture theater in the East
Ifibeuty c&t'iict late yesterday,
awiting admission to a free show
when tbe concrete floor cracked
from end to end and dropped the
little ones into the basement.
r The body of eight-year.old
Madaline Kunkle, dressed in holiday
garb, was removed from the derbis.
The injured, thirty-eight children
and the theater proprietor,
placed on cots in a nearby hospital
approximately tho minute tl
performance should have started.
Sol Selnick, theater owner, who
fell with his guests, and four of the
children were in a serious condition
last night. #
A dozen boys and girls were un.
conscious when they were dug from
'the powdery mass of stone and
cement Some were bleeding
profusely. Others, vaguely realizing
what had happened whimpered and
ried for their parents.
Physicians at the Pittsburg hos.
pitaLrendered first aid to the injured
before the institution was reached
o of . hysterical • mothers.
Victims who escaped grave injuries
;re permitted to go home,
City officials began an investiga-
>n as soon as the injured were
moved.
The crash and cries of the frighen-
ed youngsters were heard two blocks
away. Policemen and civilians, who
made the first rescues said
the children were buried “three
deep.”
Three jagged chunks of concrete
were lifted from the unconscious
form of a girl about eight years old.
Underneath was a bleeding, crying
boy. Firemen lowered ladders
through clouds of dust. The district
chief was first to go down. At the
bottom he notice a frame under
which several children were pinned.
He called for a rope and the frame
containing a poster was dragged to
the surface.
It advertised “The Trap,’
film the kiddies were invited to wit.
Robert L. Cochran, city superin
tendent of building Inspection, after
minute examination of the theater
flooring last night, reported that the
floor was not properly constructed
and that several of the timber-sup
ports were rotted.
(By Associated Treat %
Atlanta, Ga., Sept 23.—-C. C. House,
special bailiff In the Fulton county
Superior court, is without a commis
sion, following revocation by Judge
Humphries on the ground that House
assisted In selecting a Jury for the'
trial of his son. on a charge of violat
ing the prohibition law.
TIERNAN FAMILY RECONCILED
(By Associated Press)
Sputh Bend, Ind., Sept 23.—Recon
ciliation has come to tbe TIornaa fam
ily. The Infant, which the Tlernans
claim is the child of Harry Poulin,
mains with the reunited family end
will receive the same attention
Tiernan’s two daughters.
KILLING IN MISS,
DOCTOR IN JAIL
Man Went to Home of Den
tist, He Said and Was Met
With Pistol—Shot at Once
Hattiesburg, Miss., Sept. 23.—Dr. E.
.. Copeland, of Plave, forty miles
rum here. Is In the county Jail here,
charged with killing Dr. M. S. Wilkins
dentist, at tho entrance to the latter’i
office last night.
Dr. Copeland told tho authorities
that ho had received a call to attend
tho dentist’s wlfo, and was
Ur. Wilkins who attempted to shoot
dm, and that ho drew Ills own revoiv-
r and fired four shots at tho dentist,
musing instant death.
214 INDICTMENTS
IN HERRIN MASSACRE
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IS MOST COMPLETE THIS FALL
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The quality is high and the price is low. Lined and unlined
Stetson, Connett & Marshall
$4.00 to $7.50
Smith-Harley Shoe Co.
Marlon, III., Sept. 23.—A total of
214 Indictments have boon voted by
the special grand Jury Investigating
the Herrin riot of last June, the re
port reveals.
The Investigators arraign state and
county officilas for their allege 1 fail
ure to lawfully exocute their duty and
neglect in gathering troops In time to
prevent the doath toll.
MASS. REPUBLICANSMEET
(By Associate* rress)
Boston, Mass., Sept. 23.—The Re
publican state convention assembled
here today to adopt a platform upon
which Henry Cabot Lodge will seek
re-election to the United States Sen
ate and Channlng Cox, a second term
Governor. •
Defense Given Until Monday
To Prepare Necessary Pa
pers to Show Cause Why it
Should Not Be Enforced. —
Wilkerson Said Defendants
Could Not Deny Knowledge
Of Or Responsibility For
Violence.
(By tiwelatM Prww)
Chicago, Ill., Sept. 23.—Judge James
Wilkerson today granted Attorney
General Daugherty’s petltl^i for m
nation-wide temporary injunction
against the striking railway shopmen.
lengthy review of the case he
stated that the defendants could not
deny knowledge of and responsibility
for the widespread violence.
rt gave the dofenv* attor
neys until Monday to prepare to argue
before the text of the Injunction Is or* -
tiered. At out four hundred ' no itarl
members of the six crafts are *J-iC*-
•±
GERMAN MOVIE
FOLKS SHUT DOWN
As Protest Against Excessive
Taxes, on Amusements, Ac
cording to Berlin Report.
Berlin,* D Sept. P 23.—The motion pic
ture fans of the German capital, have
been forced to seek other diversions.
Tho proprietors of cinemas have clot-
el their- houses In protest against the
excessive amusement’ tax.
MORE~F10HTIN'Q IN DUBLIN
Dublin, Ireland, Sept.23.—A heavy
onslaught with bombs, titles and ma
chine guns was made on outposts of
tho national army troops last night
Three civilians were wounded.
HINESVILLE CHIEF
ARRESTED FOR MURDER
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 23.—Sheriff
Stafford, of Liberty county, In a long
distance message from Hinesville to
day told tho Savannah Press that ha
yesterday had placed under arrest
Chief of Police I. W. Rhoden, of .Jesup,
J. R. Tyre, deputy sheriff of Wayn#
county and Dock Rhoden, on s c.iargo
of murder. ,
ONE DEAD AND ONE INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
(By Associate* Tress)
Anderson, 8. C„ 8cpt 23.—Harold
Donnald. aged 7, was fatally Injured
and his father, Thomas Donnald, sus
tained a fractured shoulder, when an
automobile In which they were rid Ing
overturned. The boy died on his waff
to the hospital.
Steyerman’s
/^ur Store will be closed
^Saturday until 6 p. m.
The Shop of Quality.
TIM Horn, of Hon Sduffnir i
On the Comer
