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VOL. XXXIII. No. 293.
, THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER 19, 1922.
9&00 PER ANNUM
Lloyd George Government Resigns
LUST OF WAR-TIME Hill MEMBERS OF HIS
CABINET TURKS OVER PORTFOLIO' TO IE KK AFTER THE
UNIONISTS HID DECIDED TO DRUID HUM TD1 END
Death Blow Dealt Premier’s Regime When Conservative
Members of House of Commons-Voted 186 to 87 to
Appeal to Country.—Lloyd George Received by King
Who Will Summon Conservative Leader to Form’ Gov
ernment.—English. Political Situation One of Cbnfuslon
And Uncertainty With Culmination of Fight on Premier
(Or Anoctatef f
London, Oct 19—The £3oyd George
coalition government received its
death blow today at the hand* of the
Conservative pirt/ when the Con.-
■ervative member* of the Hooae
net member* conferred with the Pre
mier immediately after the Unionist
meeting.
Announcement of the government's
resignation was made by the Central
News. Up tp 2:23 o'clock, no other
Commons, and governmenaminiater.., official announcement had appeared
voted 13* to-87 to-appearto ih* , *cdun»‘f arat '’*e«d'preceded by
try as a Conservative party. j official announcement of the Press,
This creates a situation of great I Association, stating that it had learn-
eat political confusion and uncertain J ed on h, « h authority that the govern-
ty which the conatfy has known for t ment would resign.
““ T 7 “™„ „ , , . . ! CABINET GOES OUT WITH
.» RESIGNATION OF PREMIER
A ““° London, Oct. 1,.—Tho re.lrn.tion
Ch.ns.rl.ln ondkU Fremto Llo,d 0«. w.. dt.1.1-
Uri. Balfourand Blrt.nhend tom , , nnouncei The rel „.
th. aM tt l, expected that Pre* lo „ wlth lt tlul of
mler LtordOeort, .01lien Droeent cabinet. Severn! tlnlonl.t mem
his resignation to the King and hd-;. .
vise his majesty to summon a Con
servative -deader to -form a govern
ment
LLOYD GEORGE GOVERNMENT
HANDS IN RESIGNATION
London, Oct 19.—The government
of premier Lloyd George resigned this
afternoon. King George who' baa
been on a holiday at 8andrij{Uiapi r ;i?-
turned to London and it was expected
that Lloyd George would be received
by the King late today.
UNIONISTS THROW BOMBSHELL
INTO BRITISH POLITICS TODAY
London. Oct. 19.—Announcement
that the Notional Unionist Associa
tion bad issued a summons for an
emergency conference, dropped vrlth
a bang into the troubled political
arena today and made everybody
jump. None teems to have been star£
led . than the government * ministers,
who gathered at Downing Street
Austen Chamberlain and other cabi- 4 discuss this sensational development.
VLADIVOSTOK IN'HANDS OF
REDS AND REION OP TERROR
Tokio. Oct 19.—Lawlessness reigns
at Vladivostok aa a result of the ap
proach of the victorious “Red" army
official dispatches say.
The French consulate was attacked
and‘foreigners have appealed to their
governments for protection.
Recent reporta related the practical
annihilation of the "white" guards un
der General Dietrichs. The Invaders
apparently are unhindered.
RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION
HEARINOS STILL 00INQ ON
(By. Associated Fran)
Atlanta, Ga., Oct 19.—Representa
tives of the short line railroads In
this territory appeared before the In
terstate Commerce Commission hear
ing on the consolidation of railways
■tore, and presented statistics In con
nection with their alignment with one
or the other of thd systems proposed
under the new plan.
CAPT WALK DENIES
RADIO WRITTEN ARTICLES
•Bjr ’AMoclatcC rr»wl . .
Los Angeles..Cal., Oct. 19—Denial
that he had "written .by radio" any
articles concerning the' recent de
struction by fire of the liner City
Honolulu, was contained in radios
ceived here from Captain Walk,
- master of the freighter West Faralon,
which picked up the Honolulu’s pas
sengers and crew after they bad tak
en to the Hfeborfls. The story
ttoned was not.carried by-tbe Asso
ciated Press.
. LORO MOUNT BATTEN
AND BRIDE SFENDINO
HONEYMOON IN U, $.
(By Associated Press)
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 19.—
Lord Louis Mount Batten, a
cousin of the King of England
and his bride. Lady Edwins
Mount Batten, who is said to be
the richest woman in England,
arrived here today on their
honey-moon tour of.the Unit
ed States.
WOMAN CHARGED WITH
DISPOSITION OF TWINS IS
AMUSED AT HEARING
Mrs. McNally - Hears Hus
band and Accuser in Court
Charge Her With Murder,
But She Looks on in Hbmor-
ous Vein.—Not Worried.
Mrs. Phillips Is Accused of having
beaten Mrs. Meadows to death with
last July 12th, in an iso
lated part of the city.
The prosecution plans to offer In.
evidence a 'blftod' ’ stained ‘ hammer
handle, clothes of hhe dead woman,\
Bitty-pound rock with the mat
ted hair and blood still
which Is said to be covered .with fin
ger prints. ,
(By A
I Press)
MISSOURI MAN HELD FOR
KIDNAPINO PRETTY 01RL
(hr Associated Press)
Chicago, Ill, Oct 19.—Frank
Rawlings, Independence, Mo.,
business man, who Is alleged to
have abducted Ida Mae Haskins,
recent winner in a‘Missouri beau
ty contest, will' face \ federal
charges here a# a result of his
arrest at Aurora, ni. '
Syrupl Corks
New Shipment Just|Ariived
We lave All Sizes
-for-
.1 Pints, Quarts and Gallon Bottles
Our Prices Are Right
Hammond. Ill., Oct. 19.—Apparent;
ly enjoying the humorous aspects f ot
the proceedings as much as the spec
tators, Mrs. Hazel McNally, today
waited for the prosecution fo present
ar witness, her husband and
cuser, who says that the twins which
she disposed of last spring were
flesh and blood, and not the
dust dolls she claims they were.
Mrs. McNally listened to the teatF
mony. of Witnesses with seeming levi
ty .and, uhconcorn, of bow she- guard
ed the "twins” from the prying eyes
curious relatives and neighbors,
/rank McNally, her husband, however
'failed to see ariything •humorous in
the proceedings.
LIFE FOR LIFE IS PLAN
OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY
IN HAMMER MURDER
Mrs. Clara Phillip*, Charged
With Beating Mrs. Alberta
Meadows to Death Faces
Trial in Los Angeles Court
Tomorrow.
(By Associated Tress)
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 19.—A life
or a life, it was learned at the Dis
trict Attorney's office, will be the
demand of the state at the trial of
Mrs. Clara Phillips, for th3 murder of
Mrs. Alberta Tremaine Meadows, 20-
year old widow, which opens here to-
LED! DEMIDS
DEMOli OF ID.
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President’s Personal Physi
cian Censured for Alleged
Blocking of Veteran’s Hos
pitalization Work and They
Want Him Removed.
(By Associated Press) ”
New Orleans, La.. OcL 19.—Remov
al of Brigadier General Charles E.
Sawyer, head of the Federal hospitali
sation board, and President Harding's
personal physician, who is charged
with blocking the American Legion 1
hospitalization program, was demand
ed in a resolution passed by the
vention here todky by a vdte of 601 *o
876.
The interstate hospitalization
I mittee produced a conservative repot t
Mii. automobile If" th « «™ T “ U » »blch .voided dor.
ROUGH SEAS FORCE
STOPPAGE OF WORK TO
AMERICAN COMMITTEE
SAYS GREEK PRISONERS
NOT BEING MISTREATED
ther condemnation of the policy
Brigadier General Sawyer, head v ot
the Federal hospitalisation board.
Delegates from fourteen state pre
sented resolutions severely criticizing
him, but all were effectively smother-
Visit to Anatolian War Area
Reveals That Turks Are
Feeding Them'and Guards
Not Inhumane. —Prisoners
Working on Roads.
(By Associated Press)
Mudanla, OcL : 19.4-The American
committee appointed by . Admiral
Bristol to visit the „ Anatolian war
area, returned here today afti
week’s investigation. ^ J
- The report is featured by a state-
that Greek prisoners seen work-
n roads and elsewbere, were
generally treated-respectably by the
guards and did not appear starved
undernourished.
AMERICANS STRANDED
IN EUROPE WUL GET
PASSAGE BACK HOME
Hammond. Ind„ Oct. 19.—Testimony
that dolls occupied the bed thought
by her to contain the twins which
Frank McNally declares were born to
his wife, who he charges murdered
them, was given by a neighbor, Mrs.
^gnes Sphlrmer, at the preliminary
hearing in municipal .court yesterday
of Mrs. Hase! McNally. Mrs. Mary
Griffith, a nurse and neighbor, who
cared for Mrs. McNally, said that the
latter would not let anyone handle the
babies.
The fact that the twins were al-
In E»">pe, flu Mil tor home CANCELLATION OF SPEECH
“■*“ ' on the .team,hip pre,Ideal Polk, Oo BY FORBES UNEXPLAINED
f ! t ° b " ,9Ul - T,lelr r ' l “ rn ™ “* 4 *' WaahlnitOB, D. C., OeL 10,-Decle-
her tmrmlMlon , vl.it ,, h ’ *, jpoeilble thronnh the effort, of the I j on of Director Forbee of the Veter
H Va America Aid Society, .. A reaolt oaacel hi. addrea. bo
‘ " °f h ‘ ™e eritBec teld | „ 0[m „ii 0n by tb . state Depertment tor , the Lesion cooTeatioa la New
taut —non aae entered the room ; t t,«t no thousand third ctaaa passen- 'orleans. and retara to Waahlaitop,
On the Steamship President
Polk October 29c—Others to
Be Given Opportunity Also
By American Aid Society.
<By AMOrtatM
Paris, Oct. 19.—One hundred and
fifty Americans who had become
stranded in Europe, will sail for home
the steamship President Polk, Oc-I
GENERAL PERSHING ATTENDS
LEGION-CONVENTION TODAY
New Orleans, La. .Oct. 19.—The
fourth day of the National Conven
tion of the American Legion conven
tion was marked toy the afrivai of the
commander of the American Expedi
tionary Forces, General John J. Persh
ing, who reached here 'from Washing
ton after a day spent In Atlanta.
Tomorrow, the Legion -will eelect
successor to Hanford MacNider, nat
ional commander. Alvin M. Owsley,
of Dallas, Texas, appeared to be the
outstanding candidate.
Major Hugh Scott, of Oklahoma
City, Okia., serving as executive offi-
to Colonel C. R. Forbes, direcotr
of the Veteran’s Bureau, told a repre
sentative of the Associated Press
that Colonel Forbes’ sudden departure
from the city yesterday, cancelling
his speaking engagement with tb<
Legion convention, followed a long
distance telephone conversation with
high officials in Washington In clos-
touch with the President.
The victory of the conservative els-
ent of the convention brought to
150 Now in Europe Will Sail lbe lh *
Gale off Jacksonville Hinders
Work of Tugs and Other
Vessels Trying to Get Liner
Lanape Off Rodcs.—Passen
gers Transferred.
(Br AmocIiM Press'
Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 19.—A thir
ty mile gale accompanied by rough
seas, forced tugs and other vessels to
abandon all efforts to float the Clyde
liner Lanape, aground'off the Nassau
Inlet
The lighthouse tender Mangrove,
transferred the 247 passengers to the
steamer Arapahoe yesterday, which
brought them here.
GULF STORM MOVING
TO THE NORTHWESt
Washington, D. C., Oct. 19.—Attend
ed by "dangerous shifting gales,” the
tropical storm la moving slowly west
and northwestward through the Gulf
of Mexico and baa apparently center
ed In the vicinity of Progreso,, Yuca
tan. ,
SENAOR-ELECT GEORGE
TO AID IN HAVING MRS.
FELTON SWORN IN
Washington Women Work
ing To Have First Woman
Senator Legally Sworn in as
Member of That Body and
He Wants to Assist.
(By AMOclat«d Pr.M)
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 19.—Waiter
George, of Vienna, Democratic
nominee to the United States
Senate today declared that he
would do everything in hla power
legally to have Mrs. .W. H. Fel
ton of Cartersvliie. Senatorial ap
pointee, take opth as a member
of the United States Senate.
Announcement was mi^de from
Washington, that a number of
prominent women had planned to
make it legally possible for Mrs.
Felton to take the oath.
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RETURN TO WORK
« SENIORITY
Thirteen Thousand Mainte
nance and Equipment Work
ers Back on'Jobs With Rates
Of Pay and Other Matters
Settled.
(By
Louisville, Kr„ Oct 1».—With the
rates of pay ha fixed by the RoHrpad
Labor Board as the wage scale basts.
-protection of their seniority as
sured, approximately thirteen thous
and members of the Association of ■
maintenance and equipment employ
es of the Loulsvqie ft Nashville nil* -
way, have returned to work, commit- •
ted to the agreement on wage* and
working condition* with the road.
PORTLAND THREATENED
WITH INVASION BY MANY
THOUSAND OF L W. W.
Water Front Strike in Ore
gon City Creates Unusual
Situation and Mayor Causes
Arrest of 350 Men for In
vestigation.
(By AMoriattd rrw)
- PoHIAnd, Ore., Oct. 19.—Declaring
that Portland Is threatened by lavas- ‘
ion of thousands of members of the
Induktria! Workers of the World, who
are coming here to. participate in the
water front strike, -Mayor Baker has
caused the arrast of 360 men Jor ln-
ivaatlgatlon. -
PUBLIC LIBRARY WtlST
KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES
(By
AssaatoHa Praia];
I.. OcT 19.—The
hospitalization committee would pre
sent a Teport to the‘convention, ap
proving solving of the General Saw
yer controversy over the govern
ment's treatment of sick and disabled
veterans on the terms which Sawyer
has agreed to.
covereit on/the bed occupied by thej Reri the Un i t e d 8U tcs wlU 6e pro-j to< uy remained without authoritative
* "" ” T * wn b»ck *nd she vided flhipp i ng Boa rd vessels for Am-- explanation, officials of the Bureau
»ut that the W r “»! er j cang j u distress on the continent. | declining to discuss the director’s r
though dead. Upon | !turn or the controversy which pri
ceded it.
were motlobless
drawing back the coverlet, she said, 1 .
two large doii-. | REPUBLICAN BASE IN CORK
The nurse said she was called to the
home tws days after the twin* were!
said to have been born. She declared
HAS BEEN UNEARTHED, W00DR0W wilsqN WILL NOT
- , , VOTE IN JERSEY aECTION
she had never touched them and ad- Cork, Ireland, Oct. 19. The arres o l —
raitted she could not say they Were H - O’Mahony, Cork R ® pub,1 ““ J’*" i Trenton. N^TocL 19.—Declalon of
actually babies, although at one tlm. ,^ *» *• d w ,BCOV f rjr ° ^““ ! th. Mercer county board of alection.
she saw what she thought was a spot Republican base in this c ty. a , ^ enforce the ol0clloD ] aw wh!ch pr9 .
of blood on the cheek of one. ' t hoU8e tke ° r * nd Prtd * tou , rides that a voter mttit cast hla bal-
'Mrs. McNally would not let me tend' flTldenc ® th,t th ® bulld ‘ n *' s “ ot °“ f I lot In the district in which he actual-
to the babies,” the nurse said. “She uscd a * headquarters for the Republl- . re|tde| and not e i**wher», will de-
' licity campaign but also aa j . wu«on ot his
always told
(Continued
that they were weak 017 Publicity campaign but also *• j prlTe former-President Wilson ot his
itho center of the military orgamsa- tq priTlle ges this year,
i Paga Eight) , 1 tion. , • .
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Ws have the kJn4 that will • qlye seal service to Beys and Girts *o»n* to SchooL They are made
property and will fit the feet a* they should be fitted while they are srowinQ, thus avoiding Ill-shaped
faet later on In Ufa.
. A child's .foot,should havo .pwpe* attention, should ba -carafully fitted with shaes, odra should be tak
en hot to Gt them too short*, yet not too large. As wo ice It fitting children’s sheas la a r**t ro-
•pohslblllty. We feel that, we ace capable of.taking this responsibility. SOnd your children to us far
shoe* and w* Jfallisvo that you will b* pleased with the-results. 1
Smith*Harley Shoe Co.
Chicago. Jil., Oct.;'19.—The ptrMic
library, which potentially. Is the most
Important educational Institution for
those who have quit the class rooms,
be prepared to give more per-.
aonai service If If meets its full re-
! sponslblltty to the men and women v
COLONIAL LINE STEAMER Of Amerids, Carl Milam, secretary of
AFIRE, PASSENGERS SAFE 110 Llbr * r >' x.^ietioii.
asserted toffify before the Trustee
(By AMoclatsd Pr«u) session of thV Illinois Library Asso-
Providence, R. I., OcL 19.—The Col- c j at j on \
_jial line steamer Ooficord, en route J,
from New York to Providence, .
on fire off Watchlll, Rhode Island. INVESTWATE I
today. Its passengers were trana^ ( JN JERSE
ferred to a freighter.
New Bronswlck, N. J^OcL II.—De
tectives have begun to Investigate
<By 4Mocf«t«e **r*»») the newly developed report that the
Atlanta, OcL 19.—Three Poland Hall-Mills murder occurred about four
China bogs, that were bred and raised m u ea from tha Phflllp’a taxm where
at the Georgiy College of Agriculture, the bodlee ware found on September
made a clean sweep at the National uth. Two men bare made affidavits
Fat Stock Show of the Southeastern declaring thkt. they heard a woman's
Fair, held in competition with entries screams and plea* for mercy at Wee-
from ten other stsjes. ton mills on the night of the murder.
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