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' WEATHER FORECAST. ' ■ FAIR AND COOLER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. Changes of Copy Received attar that tlm# art ochedufed to ran tho M*t day. VOL. XXXIII. NO. 271.' THOMA3VILLE, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER 25, 1922. $8X0 PER ANNUM SITiTII III GREECE CI1IDE8E0 , MORE DESIRABLE BY LLOYD BORGEI Indications Point to Immediate Contact Between English And Turks, But the Paris Conference May Serve To Bring About an Agreement.—Thrace to be Taken by Turks if Possible and Greeks Driven Out at Once. — Greeks Will Attempt to Hold Thrace. (By Associated Press) take to provide shelter and sustenance Con.tanttnople, Sept. 2S.-Hamld| [or [he refugeeI . and th „ y wl „ Ilx „ Bey. representative ot the Angora < llmlt 0 „ the , mb „ rkat | on , government, today declared that the The <j reek E0 , ernmB nt ha. gratefuny allied Invitation to a peace conference acc ept e d the offer. could not bo accepted by the Turkish j , Nationalists ' on the terms as laid STRICT INSTRUCTIONS SENT down. .1 TO ADMIRAL BRISTOL , Washington, Dfl. C., Sept. 26.—Rear Admiral Bristol’s activities in connec- uven rnsBsni oiiuniiun . a _. j,. . _ . _ . A . jtlon with the Smyrna disaster, Imndon.rSopL 25.-The caWnel to- OTtlned , trlct]Jr to afford | ng da, considered the Par East situation- prlnuril u and aalunlIud "“f .11 ministers other military | Aa jr, c ,„ , cltlg . n , wk0 are de!tl ,„ t e ( M a'resuit of the fjre, and secondari- , ly to the nationals of other countries who cannot otherwise obtain aid..In structions from the State Department I set forth these limitations plainly. CARPENTER KNOCKED OUT BY NEGRO IN SIX ROUNDS OF FIGHTING Idol of French Fight Fans is Defeated by Sengalese Who Outfought the Frenchman At Every Stage of the Game. —Wants to Meet Dempsey. (By A asocial and naval personages in attendance. Premier Lloyd George heartily con- -gratulated Lord Curzon on the result of his mission to Paris, which is re garded in official quarters as eminent- ly satisfactory. of the allies on the political side of ’ the Near Eastern problem 'leaves ‘.the general situation much clearer LITTLE ENTHU8IA8M FOR • KEMAL PASHA AWAITS NEAR EA8T SETTLEMENT ARRIVAL ALLIED ENVOYS London, Sept 26.—Enthusiasm for j T . q „ nt . . the Put, Near Enel ,cttlem.nt I. I ' ondon - Sept ' 25 — Ths lacking In the press comment today, the tenor of most of the editorials be ing that It was the only way to avoid i j *““ v “ «-»«•»«» * nd transfers the interest to the ^ sv in a • Dardanelles, where yesterday’s dews among the allies, and therefore had to , ... . * , . * * .provea the combustible nature of the De aoopieu. problem to be solved there. GREEK CABINET HOLDS .ON; I The first actual “incident” between ALLIES 8END NOTE TO GREECE the British and Tories has already oc- Athens, Greece. Sept 25.—Spurred curred in the shape of Turkish viola- to greater efforts by the popular clam- tion of the Chank neutral ■or for Its resignations. Premier Trlan- has ended happily aftc% a conference taflllakos' cabinet is de*eloplng an between the British and Turkish unexpected cohesion In strength, and mandert. Ths incident, while teem- may even live out the present national ingly displaying the prudence of the crisis. It has added new members to Kemalists in not precipitating the ministry, who were chosen with fl»ct, will undoubtedly be seized upon the view of bringing popular support by those critics of the government and has appointed a Governor Gener- home who called for British evacua- al in Thrace, who has designated t»on of the Chanak zone, aa a French three,popular Generals to proceed to *nd Italians have already evacuated, Thrace and push the work of reorgan- arguing that the presence of a British Iztng the army there. garrison there is likely to provoke Meanwhile a note from the allied just such occurrences, endangering powers, disclosing the text of a com- the preservation of peace, munlcation to Mustapha Kemal Pasha, These critics are apprehensive that adbedieg to bli peace conditions, has some similar incidents.wfll happen reached the foreign office and has had when the Turks may *be disinclined to the effect on .the Grecian people' of v a withdrew, as they did yesterday, frigid, undesired shower bath. - The The joint note of the allies has powers in the communication merely gone forward to Mustapha Kemal informed the Greek government sf Pasha at Smyrna, but a reply la their action. hardly expected until the French Greece Is not looking tdr more'trim- representative, M. Franklin-Bouilon, ble, said one official, bnt^ntendi to has had time to confer with the go right on with the task of building nationalist leader, up an army in Thrace. In Thracs According to a Paris dispatch re- Greece Is and will remain. Is the ccived in Lprylon, Kemal Pasha, watchword of the Greek people. i notified of the coming of Franklin- |Bouilon replied, “I shall expect you, but you. must hasten." The message Paris, Sept. 25.—Oeorges Car- pentier, the idol of the French fight fans, has been toppled from his pedestal, and a new king. Bat tling Sikl, reigns in the European heavyweight ring. The Sengalese hammered Geor ges arouftd the ring last night be fore a howling mob of spectators and sent him down lh the sixth round to stay: ATLANTA FIRE LOSERS »TO REBUILI GARRISON SAYS WE NEED TWfl NEW PARTIES IN THE UNITED STATES Says There is Difference III IIH SHOOT Til Great Losses Sustained in big Fire Early Sunday Morning Which Attacked Business Section of the City.—-Wide Area Wa? Threatened. CHALLENGE TO BE SENT TO CHAMPION DEMPSEY Paris, Sept 25.—George Carpentler, e heavyweight champion boxer of Europe and idol of France, was de feated yesterday by BatUing Sikl, the Senegalese fighter, in the. sixth round of what was to have been a twenty round bout. Carpentler never hi\d a chance after the third round. He was barely able respond to the bell at the beginning of the sixth. With his right eye pletely closed and his nose broken, he as unable to put up a guard. In the sixth, the negro fighter plant ed a series of terrific rights to Car- pentler's head, and the French idol crumpled to the floor. One of his legs caught between the legs of the Sene galese while he was falling. The crowd, the largest that nessed a boxing contest in France, sensed the fend. All was uproar. Many persons Jumped -into the ring and carried the Senegalese on their shoulders to hfs corner. The referee, Henry Barnstein, at first ruled that Sikl had been dis qualified for tripping, but thq throng which considered that Carpentler had been beaten squarely by a better received the decision with a great chorus of jeers and then threatened referee with bodily harm, three Judges of the fight, Victor Brey- Jean Pujol, Frenchmen, and Mr. Bennison of London, went into consul tation. An-hour later they declared iegro the winner. Their verdict received with terrific cheering from the spectators who had remained the arena for It, many of them In ugly mood. Carpenter had been boot ed by large numbers of the crowd as Atlanta, Ga.. Sept. 25.—Plans arp being made by thet>wners of tbe buildings which were dam aged by a fire which threatened a whole block in the heart ot the business section Sunday, to r build and make the necessary r pairs. | After doing damage estimated al between $150,000 and $1,000,000, fire that started late Saturday night in the retail business block bounded by Alabama, Whitehall and Broad streets and the Western and Atlantic railroad, had been brought under control .at 2:80 o’clock Sunday ing. At thia hour, Fire * Chief W. B. Cody said the blaze bad broksn through a fir* wall from the L—F-M. department store to thte Whitehall street end of Eiseman’s clothing store but this blaze was soon controlled by the firemen from the tot of the third floor of the Eifeman building. Starting from an'explosion second floor of the Kress 6 and 10- cent store, the fire spread throupl; of the, building and jumped alley to tho Childs -hotel, sending 150 guests scurrying! scantily attired to the streets for safety. At 2:30, tiie L-.F..M. building had been completely destroyed; had been badly damaged by (Continued on page 6) U. S. DE8TROYER8 TO TRY REMOVE SMYRNA REFUGEES ( g 4 j s0 rendered in another form, j.oHdon, Sept. 25. A Reuter* dts- fo i lowg: ..j await your arrival . patch from Athens, says that Admiral ;Y our friend, Kemal Pasha.” This •Bristol has Informed the Greek gqv- hgg |f i ven ^ to com ment on the ernment that tho United States will different significance of the two undertake to protect with its Destroy- messages. ere, tho removal of tho remaining <j« wo 0 f the greatest difficulties 150.000 refugees at Smyrna, If Greece presenting themselves at the present provides the means of transport moment appear to be, first, that the ' The Americans will further under- Kemalists, while disposed to accept CHINESE SITUATION IS INSPECTED BY U. S. OFFICIAL «Bv AHSocl.Ved I'rani Ichang, China, Sept. 25.—The Am erican naval force on the Yangste riv er between this port and Sulfu, five hundred miles west, is inadequate afford full protection to the lives of Americans, It was Indicated as suit of an Infection tr:p made by Ad miral Phelps, of the United States navy.- While the firing on steamers has virtually ceased, feeling against foreigners has a tendency to make the situation grow worse. Are Yon Gotajj To PaintThis Summer? Now Is The Time 1 We can furbish you anything in the Paint Line'you may need “Sherwin- Williams Paints” The Prices Are Right MASEMILTON DRUG CO. ■ • - , “A .Good Place to-Yt**^ - the allied Invitation td a conferenci are likely to insist that Russia also shall be Invited to sit In this confer ence, and second, that they are not .dispose^ to suspend their policies dur ing the conference, but, on the trary. maintain their right to pursue the defeated Greeks into Thrace and project the Moslems there from pos sible Greek reprisals. With regard to the former condi. in It Is pointed out that the Kema lists are bound by treaty with the Soviit to insist upon the presence of Russia In the conference. II is evi dent that this (Question and the question of getting the Greeks out, ^ gg j£, e ' of Thrace still present difficult problems for allied diplomacy. i ', smoke and water; Kress 1 j a total loss; the Woolworth 10- it store was damuged. by smoke and water; the. Childs hotel annex total loss; (Thilds hotel and r’s restaurant were badly damagod; the Viaduct Hotel, adjoin- severely damaged; and number of small business houses renting on Alabama' street had suffered water damage. Those Damaged . Other buildings and firms suffer, ing Ire and. water damage Uggctt’s Drug store at Whitehall and Alabama streets; the Burt Shoe Company, Verner’s Restaurant Com pany, Folsom and Blanchard’s optician establishment and the French Shop Alabama street. F. Gifford, resident manager of Kress,’ ibid the building and tire stock of goods had been aTmost completely destroyed. He could estimate the loss. Guests were driven from the Kimball Hoasc as pie fire spread, and awnings on virtually all of the office buildings in the vicinity were ignited. According to Lieutenant Robert Waggoner, of the police force, the fire stXrted in the second floor of the Kress store. From there it spread the L.-F-M. department store, au$ thereto Eiseman’s clothing store, three doors to the north, facing on Whitehall street. Every piece of fire-fighting ap paratus in the city was pressed into service, and a spectacular battle against the blaze, which was jump ing high into the air, was begun un. der direction of Fire Chief W. B. Cody. Practically all the burned property Is owned by John W. Grant, widely known Atlantlan. He shid it was Itn- accurately estimate the fives Will Battle in the Fu ture, (By A modal Denver, Colo., Sept. 25.—That the two great political parties In the United States are having difficulty find an issnn upon which they c differ materially, and that the natural outcome will likely result # in the scrapping of the Republican and De mocratic parties In favor of i lltlcal line-up is the opinion of Lind- ley M. Garrison, former secretary Garrison expressed the opinion that ie new parties will not likely make i appearance before tbe next presi dential election. He declared that the Democratic party is woefnlly weak In'the matter of outstanding leaders. - although he thinks that James M. Cox still has ilderable following and Ahat Wil liam Randolph Hearat is a formidable figure in the Democratic councils. 'There is a very decided difference opinion among the American pie regarding our constitution,"'Gar- 1 'While I class myself as conservative, 1 have no quarter with the large, growing body of American! who feel that tho country has grown its constitution and that tho time to change the form of govern ment is here. A new political align ment is imminent—with the conseri tives of both parties against the rai cals. DAVIS ATTACKS THE* STRIKE AND BLOODSHED AMONG LABOR UNIONS ($y / Pressmep’s Home, Tenn., Sept. 25.— Declaring that the strife and 1 shed in the nation's industrial life ■eachod the proportions of 'disgrace to our whole civilization" Secretary'of Labor today called upon lubor leaders In an address to mnual conevntlon of the Printing Pressmen’s union, to help restore In dustrial relations to an orderly basis. The “ultra-Rcd radical," Is blamed by the Secretary for much of the vio lence, which attend* clashes between labor and capital. ' heir own preservation, he said that organized labor must put a stop tho activities of these “agitators, 1 their campaign of “riot, arson am murder.” “YOU ARE A LIAR” SHOUTS MRS. TIERNAN LIE UKES THE GdT THE INJUNCTION Russian Premier is Again Eapsnse* Will Be Great.it is Studying International Af fairs Preparatory to Again Assuming His Duties at So viet Chief. Moscow, Sept. 26.—Premier Lenlne ion plans to return* to active duty, newspapers here announce. While re cuperating he, has Interested himself In International questions and home affairs. Lenlne is particularly Interested In the activities of United States. Sfena- Borah as bearing on Rnssla and the work 6l the American Relief Ad ministration. VIENNA PROTESTS AGAINST WORLD PEACE TERMS Stated,.and Plans Are Being Worked Out—C. & 0» Men Leave as Strikers Return to Old Jobs. (By Associated Prss Vienna, SepL 25.—A great meeting in protest against the peace treaties concluding tbe world wi held here yesterday under the auspic- i of the Gerinan Associations, choir of seven thousand voices sang German hymns between speeches which were generally denunciatory of the treaties as being responsible for the present plight of Central Jiarope. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS WAR DEBTS associated PrLai Brussels. Sept. 26.—An internation al conference to consider reparations, Interallied debts and a loan to Ger* many, probably will be called to meet early In December, It was learned here today. AUGUSTA PROTESTS LOSING SCHOOL FOR GEORGIA DEFECTIVES 'tty AMOdlnt Chicago. 11)., sept. 25.—A qualifying statement with the assertion that a course of action bad not been’definite* ly determined, was made by Donald Richberg counsel for the railway shop- crafts today, indicating that the next step in the shopmen’s fight against the Daugherty Injunction would be 8 petition to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, for a reflew of Judge Wilkerson’g order. combat Daugherty’s efforts to have the temporary writ made perma nent. means a long and costly fight, Richberg said, which would severely tax the union’s resources. WILL PUT> DRASTIC RAIL INJUNCTION IN FORCE Chicago. Ill., SepL 25.—The drastic temporary Injunction asked by Attor ney General Daugherty against the shoperafts strike leaders, will be ppt •in force by Federal Judge WHker#bn without its effectiveness being modi fied. C. A O. SHOPMEN RETURNING, Richmond. Va., SepL 25—The strik ing shopmen of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway began returning to work today. Although the road had an nounced that it would take care of lew men who had entered the service after the strike was called, many of these quit their positions Saturday when It became known that tbe old men,would return. RETURN OF WAR-TIME WAGES Augusta. Ga., Sept. 25.—Assorting that “It would be a calamity for the State of Georgia” to close the train Ing school for mental defectives at Gracewood, because of the lack of funds, the committee of the local Board of Commerce made a -nat port today denying that the school 1 Ad been operated on ^iy extravagant i charged by Governor Hard- AND EIGHT-HOUR LAW ASKED Chicago, Ilf., Sept. 25.—Return of wartime wages and resumption of the basic eight hour day Is asked of the Labor "Board by representatives of the Railroad Labor Board by represen tatives of the railroad signalmen who want a return of the wage scale aa established In May 1920. POSSE SEEKS PROHI VIOLATOR IN LA. When Accused Denied Hav ing Had Clandestine Meet ings With Her, at Trial. South Bend, fed., SepL 25.—Denial Harry Poulin, of clandestine m lngs with Mrs. John Tiernan at trial today, brought the wom-ui her feet, exclaiming, "Your’e a li Poulin is charged with tbe pa*, tr third chllde. (Continued on Page 4) BIRMINGHAM WOMAN WILL RECOVER FROM SHOTS (By Associated J’n Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 25—Mrt L. McN'aron, who was shot three times by her divorced husband las night, will probably recover, surgeom eay. The woman Is quoted by offi cers as declaring that McNaron had shot her because she refused to testi fy in his behalf at his coming trial In Seattle, Wash., on a charge of send ing obscene literature through the Otlr Line of Felt Hats for Men and . Young Men IS MOST COMPLETE THIS FALL You will do well to see- them before you buy. . The quality U high and the price is low. Lined and unllned Stetson, Connett & Marshall $4.00 to $7.50 Smith-Harley Shoe Co. Monroe, La., Sept. 25.—Posses were iking Ed Price In the swamp coun- of North Louisiana today^ follow- the ’heavy expenditure of ammuni tion by Price on a raiding party seek ing to arrest him on a charge ot viola tion of the prohibition laws. Price took refuge in a cabin which was fired upon by the sheriff and fif teen deputies for an honr, while Price replied with bis rifle before escaping Into the swamps. DEATH BLOW FOR ALL BIG UNION8 8EEN IN INJUNCTION Chicago, Sept. 25 Holding the railway shopmen’s strike a conspira cy in restraint of trade, interference of interstate commerce and carriage of the mails, because* “where minds meet together on such a purpose m» conspiracy is existing without ever . a word being spoken," Judge James H. Wilkerson, in United States dis trict cobrt yesterday, sustained the government’s plea for a country. Wide tcmpodaijy jtajunc’fion against striking railroad crafts. The decision was hailed as one of the most significant for law and or- read into the records of the judiciary by Attorney General Daugherty land Assistant Attorney General McLaughlin, who presented the governments* case- Donald R. Richberg, of coansel for the shop- (Continned on Page 4.) Tuesday Special One lot of Kabo Comfort Top CORSETS $5.50 Values— Tuesday $2-75 These are Real. Bargains LOUIS S1EYER1N& SONS The Shop of Quality. On the Comer The Home of Hart Schaffner and Mane Ctothoe.