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VOL. XXXIII. NO. 286.
THOMASVILLB, GEORGIA. SATURDAY AFTIRNOON, OCTOBER 14» 1922.
STATE OFFICIAL IT
TAKE ClOE OF THE
County Officials Ready to
Give Job Over to State Of
ficial After Alleged Bung
ling of Matters.—No New
Clues Found.
<Br Associated Press)
New Brunswick, N. J., OcL 14.—
County officials Investigating. the
Hall-Mllla murder mystery, express
willingness to give way to a stat
official should the Governor name i
man to handle the inquiry, following
allegations to the governor toy attor
neys for Mrs. Frances Hall, widow of
tlie slain rector, that the state troop
ers had been hampered In their work,
and that county officials had been
guilty of “bungling stupidity," and
asking that a state official take
charge of the aituatlon.
LOS ANGELES MAYOR
KNIGHTED BY ITALY
r Aseoc'ated Press)
Loa Angeles, Cal., Oct. 14.—
Mayor George Crery has been
knighted by tbe King of Italy be
cause of “his fair and consider
ate treatment,'* of the Italian pop
ulation of Loa Angeles.
ONLY FIVE GERMAN
PRISONERS IN FRANCE
All Others Sent Home Ex
cept These Convicted of
Specially Bad Crimes.
... .
Paris, OcL 14.—Five Grrman pris
oners are all that now remain In
French Jails o fthe several hundred
tytbtisand who were rfalfan by the
French troops during, the war. These
prisoners were found guilty of parti
cularly heinous crimes.
WORLD WAR VET SENT
TO PEN FOR FORGERY
Atlanta, Ga., OcL, 14—Judge Samuel
H. Sibley sentenced Clarence A. Brown
II year-old world war veteran and dis
ability patient of the government, who
was found guilty In the United States
District court of forging an Indorse
ment on s government check, to pay
a fine of 6100 and serve a year and •
day In the Federal prison In Atlanta.
Brown was found guilty of forging the
signature of Edgar D. Parka,
dent of the vocational training depart*
mont of the University of Georgia, to
a government pay check for |215,
which he subsequently cashed at an
Atlanta business houso. Brown’s at
torney Fred Harrleon, asked the court
to be hnlent in dealing with the young
ex-soldier, and declared that Brown
was a sufferer from tuberculosis and
that the disease had partially affected
his mind, he further etated that the
boy’s father had offered to make good
the amount secured In the forgery.
UNIQUE CRIME IN
CHICAGO PUZZLES THE
POLICE AUTHORITIES
Man Kidnaped and Operated
On While Asleep, Being
Robbed of His Glands for
Experimental Use. — Sur
geons Examined.
(By Associated Press)
Chicago,' III., Oct. 14.—Aroused
rer a unique but frightful crime,
the Chicago Medical Profession has
volunteered to aid the police In
bringing punishment to an expert
surgeon who is believed to have par
ticipated in the flrat human gland
theft in history. Joseph Wozniak,
the victim of the robbery opera
tion.
8urgeons declared that tbe expert
ise with which the operation
performed and the cleverness
stitching the wound, indicated that
Wozniak was not kidnaped and mutt
lated for revenge.
Police examining t he surgeons
agreed that the vital gland was tak-
from Wozniak as he lay helpless
under an anesthetic, and was stolen
for an experiment In gland transplan
tations. , ;
Wozniak said that he had talked
of the war with a stranger whom he
i his way home, when four men
leaped on him, threw a bag over his
head and loaded him Into an automo
bile. He regained consciousness un
der the viaduct and staggered home
and summoned a doctor.
WIDOW ARRESTED
ON MURDER CHARGE
Kentucky Case Is Complicat
ed With Repudiation of
Former Testimony.
(By
Bardstown, Ky., Oct. 14. — New
light has been thrown on the myster
ious passing in August, 1921 of Ctoail-
Vance, wealthy farmer, by the ar
rest of his widow and her husband,
Joseph Lindsey, following a Joint In
dictment on a charge of murder bv
the.jtran^ Jyi/. *' • ’ •*!- .
Thd" womans daughter' haa 'repddl-
ated testimony given at tbe time of
tbe trial, declaring that-a threat
death caused her |o testify falsely.
Mill VETS
III HEW ORLEiS
Foreign Delegates From Sev
en Nations Present to At
tend Sessions and Noted
Frenchman Presides Over
The Meeting.
(By Assoelnt
New Orleans, La., Oct. 14.—Dele
gates from seven European nations
and the United States opened the
convention of the Inter-allied Veter-
Federation here today. Presld-
>ver the gathering which Includ
ed representatives of countries from
the Balkans to America, was Charles
Bertrand, of France, member of the
Chamber of Deputies, and wearer of
the American DlHtlngulshed Service
Cross, the French Legion of Honor,
President of the Federation.
COBB PRAISES YANKEES
Atlanta, Ga., OcL 14.—Miller Hug
gins has the greatest baseball team
the world in the New York Yan
kees, but-“lack of co-ordination bo-
tween the players r.nd their manager’
gave the Giants tbe world’s cham
pionship, Tyros Raymond Cobb,
of the Detroit Tigers declared
in an Interview published here to-
Cobb Is hers enroute. i
home In Augusta.
OKLAHOMA HOTEL
WAS DYNAMITED
No Clue to Perpetrator. —
Railway Worker's House
Dynamited In Ala. Also.
GREEKS ACCEPT THE
TERMS TO QUIT THRACE
* Associated Press)
Constantinople, Oct. 14.—Formal
acceptance toy tbe Greeks of the Mu-
danla armistice agreement, was
day transmitted to all of the signa
tories by the Oreek high commissi,
er at Constantinople.
Adrianople, Oct. 14—Evacuation of
Greek troops from Eastern Thrace
under the terms of the armistice
signed by the allied powers and the
Turkish Nationalists Is due to begin
today, in accordance with a formal
order Issued by the Oreek military
headquarters.
Syrup Corks
New Shipment Just Arrived
We Have AH Sizes
-FOR—
Pints, Quarts and Gallon Bottles
Our Prices Are Right
MASHMILTON DRUG CO.
"A Good Pbce to Trade.*
Phones 105 end lOf
Bristow, Okln.. Oct. 14.—Officials
e trying today to establish i
tlve for the dynamiting of the Illi
nois hotel hero last night, resulting
In the death of Nick Redwlnd, oil
field worker, and Injury to a dozen
other persona.
-JSire charge of dynamite
exploded undqr the rear of the hotel,
wa* a small frame structure,
about midnight. The building wa
•veled to the ground. Persona wfc.
rushed to the scene Immediately ei
trlcated the Injured from the wre:1
The fact that flames did not break
it probably saved from death
eral other persons who were caught
the wreckage.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 14. —
military and state authorities
conducting a rigid inquiry Into the
dynamiting, of the home of H. L.
Green, car repairer on the Louisville
and Nashville railroad at Boyles last
night. Members of bis family suffer
ed severe bruises and two small chil
dren had a miraculous escape when
the front of the residence was wreck
ed by the explosion.
CHARGE N. C. WAS
UNFAIR TO RAILROADS
(By AmocIaUH PrMi)
Asheville, N. C., Oct. 14.—Chur gen
that the state of North Carolina was
inconsistent In rslslug the taxes of
’■allroad property and at the tame
time asking tho Interstate Commerce
Commission -to lower freight rates,
were made by Charles Rlxey, repre
senting the carriers, during cross-
oxamlnatlon of W. Q. Womble, rate
»rk of the Corporation Commission.
All property taxes had been madf
higher toy the state, contended Mr.
Womble, who added that he did not
believe the records o: the boarlnc
should contain the statement that
railroad taxes had been Increase.*.
LLOYD GEORGE'S
HESS TODAY II
MANCHESTER WAS
DISAPPOH
Premier Said Quite Frankly
That He Was Tired of Cri
ticism and Ready to Quit
Whenever the Time Came.
—Defended His Policy.
(By Assoi
ATTEMPT TO STEAL
CANDLER LETTERS
Mrs. deBouchel's Atotmey
Says These Thirty Letters
Were in His Possession at'
Time Attempt Was Made b
Get Them.
(By Associated Press)
Manchester, Eng., Oct. 14.—Prom
ier Lloyd George’* speech
Liberals here, which was expected
historic utterance, was
disappointment because the Premier
gave no liitlmation regarding h»«
plans or program.
Of the one hour and twenty
minutes which he spoke, the Premier
devoted nearly an hour to defense of
Ms policy 4n the Near East and ridi
cule of his Critics
PREMIER DEFENDS HIS
NEAR EASTERN POLICY
Manchester, Eng., Oct. 24.—In be
ginning his address here, raising the
curtain on the new act In the politi
cal drama which may mark the cli
max in the career of the striking cen
tml figure, Lloyd George today re
ferred to the Near Eastern crisis, de
claring that the people of this coun
try must not believe tho government
had endeavored to ru*h Groat Britain
Into a war. - Tbe government, he de
clared, bad been assailed with mis
representations, such as no govern
ment ever had been subjected t
At one point, Lloyd George
dared:, ,
There has been speech after
speech of intolerable abuse, and 1
i bear it like a Christian, tout
there are too many people who think
the business of Christians to be
massacred by the Turk and pro-Turk,
and I am not that sort of a Christian."
A little further on, the Premier
lid: “If there Is to be a Change,
there’s no jgan who would welcome
it more than I. 1 have had
speM, and a very hard one.’
Ho aaserted that there war
bards’’ (ultra Conservatives) i
sides. “There are some who would
like to make me die bard, and
New Orleans, Oct. 14.
tempted theft of thdrty letters,
said to have been written by
Aaa G. Candler, to Mrs. Onezlma
deBouchel, from the office of her
counsel, was revealed today by
her attorney.
MASTER OF LINER VEST
FARALON CALLED TO
ACCOUNT FOR ACTION
Man in Charge of Freighter
Who Rescued City of Hono
lulu Passengers Will Have
To Give Statement of His
Conduct.
LLOYD GEORGE PLANS TO C
STRAIGHT TO THE PEOPLE
London, Oct. 14.—Engmud’s polltl-
i crisis approached tho climax with
all attention centered on Manchester
awaiting Premier Lloyd George’i
nouncemcnt of his intentions.
Austen Chamberlain’s address
terday and editorial comments there-
many columns of this i
ing’a papers. The points most
cussed are the probable effect of the
speech In the ranks of the Conserve-
rty, the alleged lnevltablenosi
of some form of coalition and refer-
ices to labor.
Lloyd George In an Impromptu talk
from the train at Stoke-on-Trentou,
his way to Manchester, told tbe
crowd at the station tha T’m going
straight to the British public to ap-
r fair play."
Superficially the address of Lloyd
George la to be merely a speech be
fore the Manchester Reform Club,
with guests limited to three hundred,
but actually It will bo addressed to
the entire nation for the Premier’s
itterance will be broadcasted
by the newspaper and press associa
tion correspondents.
MILLIONAIRE BOOTLEGGER
FOUND IN SAVANNAH
(By Associated I
New York, Oct. 14.—Anthony
Coases, alleged millionaire boot
legger, has been captured in
Savannah, Ga., according to a
telegram received by the Unit
ed States District Attorney’s of
fice today.
(Br Associated Press)
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 14.—Captain
Walk, master of the Shipping Board
freighter. West Faralon, will be ask-
explain hie conduct during the
of the pasaengera and crew
of the burned steamer City of Hono
lulu, according to a dispatch receiv-
the offices of the Board here
from James Speedy, vice president
of the Board at Washington.
Radiograms have been sent to Cap
tain Walk asking for explanation of
why he did not report Ms position
Immediately upon receiving the first
SOS from the City of Honolulu. Or
ders were issued for the West Faru-
stand by the bulk of the burn
ed liner which was expected to sink
short time. ' ,
STUDENT KILLED AT
U. OF ALA. BOARDING
TRAIN FOR TECH GAME
Son of Tax Collector Arses
sor in Crenshaw County, is
Victim of Accident Today
At Tuscaloosa, While Pre
paring, to Attend Game.
‘Juscatooea, Ala,, Oct, 14.—Thomas
Sykes, a University of Alabama stu
dent* was Instantly killed here today
whlflt attempting to board a train for
Atlanta, to attend tbe Georgia Tccb
and Alabama football game. He was
of E. B. Sykes, tax assessor of
Crenshaw county.
SHOPMEN WAIVE RIGHT
TO STRIKE IN AGREEMENT
WITH SIXTEEN RAILROADS
EXTENDEDTENDAYS
October Twenty-first is Date
Set for Strict Enforcement
That Ships Shall Not Come
In With Liquor Aboard. —
Extension is Explained.
.(By.Associated I
Railroad Companies in Turn
Agree Not to Litigate Men
And to Submit All Matters
To Labor Board for Decis
ion and to Abide Thereby.
(By Associated Prose)
TRANSPORT THOMAS BRINGING
RESCUED PA88ENGER8 TO PORT
Washington, D. C., Oct. 14.—’
transport Thomas was today order
ed by Secretary Weeks to proceed
to Los Angeles, instead «ft San Fran
cisco to land the passengers rescued
from the burned liner, CiiyofHono^
lulu.
CONVENTION OF WOMENS
CLUB HAS ADJOURNED
Athens, Oa. Oct 13—With a bril
liant luncheon at which the University
was host, the twenty-elxth
annual convention of the Georgia Fed-
eratlon of Women’s Clubs adjourned
hero yesterday shortly after 2 oclock
Selection of Rome as tbe place for the
1923 convention, state organization,
the certain of two scholarship
for girl students at the State College
of Agriculture, and an addresa by
Chancellor David C. Barrow of the
versity were the outstanding features
of yesterday’s sessions.
t not elected by the c<
ventlon and no plana with reference
the selection of new officials we
made public or referred to at any of
the sessions of tbe convention which
has been In progress In Athens since
Tuesday.
a unanimous rising vote Rome
given the next meeting of the
Georgia Federation Women’s Clubi
yesterday]# morning session.
Chicago, Ill., Oct. 14.—8lxteen ral.
roads have completed agreements
with the new organizations of shop
men by which the metf' waive the
right to strike, and . the companies
pledge themselves hot to litigate,
both parties agreeing to abide by the
decisions of the Labor Board, notice
of completion of the agreements has
been filed with the Labor Board.
COTTON CONSUMPTION
FIGURES ANNOUNCED
/By Associated Press)
Washington, D. 0., Oct. 14.—Cotton
consumed In 8epte&ber amounted t<
495,344 bales of lint and 69,833 bale!
of llnters, tbe Census Bureau hiv
announced. <
2500 BALES COTTON BURNED
(By Assocrstrs Press)
Rosedale, Miss., Oct 14.—Approxi
mately twenty-five hundred toales of
long staple cotton, etored in
Rosedale compress, were destroyed
today by a (ire of .andetermlned -ori
gin. The loss Is estimated at 6460-
000.,
BERLIN TO TAX ALL
FOREIGN TOURISTS
(By Associated Prees)
Berlin, Oct. 14.—Effective
w, the municipality of Berlin will
ry an assessment of 80 per cent on
tho prices of hotel rooms engaged by
foreigner!*, not residents of Germany
January 1, 1921.
No other city made a bid for the 1923
convention and the meeting will be
held In Rome next November, tbe date
here this year having been changed
October by special request of the
cal club.
One of the feature* of the Friday
morning session waa the report made
by Mrs. W. W. Battey of Augusta
the subject, "Friendly Relation! With
Ex-Service Men.’’ Mrs. Battey was
touched Intimately and she is ever
working and thoughtful tor the In
terest of tbe former soldiers, especial-
ly those who were disabled.
At the conclusion of her report the
LOOK! LISTEN!!
FOR MEN ONLY!
Sale of Cheney’s All Silk Neck
wear, $1.50 to $2.50 Values, For
Friday and Saturday We Will Sell
These Ties at ....1.^..-.— 95
SEE WINDOW DISPLAY.—ACT QUICKLY
Smith*Harley Shoe Co.
convention adopted a resolution som-
mendlng the efforts of tho American
Legion and dedicating the services of
tho club women to the betterment of
the conditions of the wounded soldiers.
Two additional scholarships were an
nounced this morning. These tout
1366 and were raised by Georgia prod
uct* dinner given by the different
clnba of the atate. They were awarded
Washington. D. C„ Oct. 14—The ef
fective date for application of Attor
ney General Daugherty** liquor mi-
foreign ahipa hag been extend- ,
ed from today, until October 21st, Pro
hibition Commissioner Haynes an
nounces after a call at the White
House today.
Extension wa* granted the Commis
sioner aald. to give shipping com
panies, more time In which to com
ply with the regulations based on
the Attorney General’s opinion that
foreign ship* may not come wltblu
American territorial waters with li
quor aboard.
The order, Mr. Haynes explained,
makes no change In the formal rul
ing beyond postponement of the ef
fective date, and has the effect omy
of allowing foreign vessels in home
ports, and American ships in for
eign ports to sail ‘lor this country
with liquor aboard on or before Oc
tober 21st, to enter American porta
without violating the law.
D'ANNUNZIO FORCES
ARE FIGHTING AGAIN
(By .
London, Oct. 14.—Fighting has
broken oot between d’Annunzlo’s Le
gionnaires and the Zanella forces la
Flume, says a Rome dispatch to the
Central News.
An Ancona messago state* that
Italian destroyers have toeen dis
patched to prevent the departure of
Fasclstl forces from Zara for Flume.
GASOLINE PRICES REDUCED
(By i
Atlanta, Ga.. Oct. 14.—A reduc
tion of one cent a gallon In the
price of gasoline at the Standard
Oil stations In the Atlanta terrl-
-lory, effective today, waa an
nounced. The new price Is 26
cents a gallon.
MAINTENANCE WAY MEN
GET TWO CENT INCREASE
(By i
Chicago, 111., Oct. 14.—The Rail
road Labor Board ha* granted two
an hour increase to 457.911
members of the Brotherhood of Main
tenance Way Employes and railroad
shop workers. This affects four of
the eight classes of maintenance
way employes.
Tbe decision came after a ten day’s
deadlock among members of tha
FRENCH PUN TO
NULLAFY AGREEMENTS
(By AwtelttM 1
Parla. Oct. 14.—Nullifying reserva
tion* to tha Washington naval and
to Misses Wood tad Bridges, and ere armament treaties are certain to be
for courses at the State College of Ag-’adopted by the French parliament,
rlculture. gay* t h* Paris Herald.
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