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VOL. XXXIII. No. 296.
, THOMAtVILLK, GEORGIA MONDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER 23, 1922.
$%00 FIR ANNUM
MILLS MURDER GftSE
GOES BEFORE 6RH
mmmm
Matter Now in Hands of the
State Attorney General Who
Will Lay Evidence Before
That Body in New Bruns
wick Today. •
Trenton, N. J.. Oct. 23.—At the re-
qest of supreme Court Justice Park
er, the Attorney General's department
today assumed charge of the Hall-
Mills murder case. Attorney General
McCran deputized A. Mott, of Essex
county as deputy attorney general In
charge.
The action of Justice Parker was
taken at the Joint request of of prose
cutors Strieker and Beekman. of
Middlesex and Somerset counties.
GREEK REVOLUTION PROCLAIMED IN
ATHENS BY NEW COMMITTEE TODAY
Citizens of Athens Harangue .Crowd Along the Line of Ef
forts to Preserve the Continuity of Greek Territory. —
"Death to Traitors" is the Cry Sent up From Thous
ands Gathered to Witness the Demand.—Former Pre-
iers and Government Officials in Jail.
only 2,500 troops for the entire area.
Athen., Greece, Oct. 2!.—Tile Greek , the French charge the Greek, with
revolution wm acclaimed nt n muse bei„, He primary cause ot the panic
meeting In the Pnlnce <te la Conatltu-. , mong , ho - r „, UECCS . a lie*, eg the
Blf SHIP COMPANIES
WEI DISMISSED
Federal Judge Hand Makes
Allowances for Liquor For
Ships’ Grew on Eastward
Voyage However, in Ruling
Handed Down Today.
BIRR 11 ELECTED
LEHR OF UNIONISTS
At Meeting Held in London
Today and the New Prime
Minister Has About Com-
f luted Selecion of Members
r or New Cabinet.
LI!
r Associated I
WILL LAY EVIDENCE
BEFORE GRAND JURY TODAY
New Brunswick, N. J.. Oct. 23.—
The prosecution Is expected to lay the
ary committee harangued with the (
crowd while airplanes released thons-
ands of bulletins, voicing the na-
Jon’s greetings to the “all saving revo
lution.”
Cries of “death l« the traitors.’
Uon yesterday The citizen* of Ath Gnck coraniand is8Ued orden to the
- i and members of the revolution- < popuIation to equate within ten
“'**■ * u ” ! day 8( a period which is now drawing
o a close.
| The evacuation of such large
- bers in ten days over the single art.
1 cry to Keragatch was a physical im-
• poslbllity an dthe daprtment of the
1 " I,a " c °'- Fl*<tlra.,,e member peop , e haa nM hml[ , et .
ol the committee, outlining the tint. TPe 0re ,, k
llamlssed yesterday, because he fall-
id to hold the exodus in chei
A French official declared: ‘‘The
governor general has incurred
ribie responsibility because. more
deaths will be caused by the flight
evidence In the Hall-Mills murder' the Imprisoned former premiers and . tIwn by any otlier thlnB '
case before the grand Jury today. At military officials whose trial for troaa-1 The governor general explained
the same time detectives were busy on awaits the decision of the next na- that he was trying with all his power
rounding up old and new witnesses tlonal assembly. t0 contro1 the exod,u and ke<
for oxamlnatiou at their secret head-. —— derly, but was helpless against the
quarters, where most of the witness- REFUGEES FLEE IN .overwhelming mass. The Associated
ee have been taken recently to avoid GROWING DISORDER * >reM correspondent; talking with
newspapermen who are working on; many of the refugees at various
the case. ~ j Adianople, Oct. 23—The exodus points throughout the district, found
Inquiry began today of a report ol refugees throughout the territory exaggerated stories current every,
that another woman was Involved In occupied by French detachments haa where of the activities of tha Uomita
the love complications of Ur. Hall shown increased disorder In the past ds and bandits and also a universal
and that he visited her in a Manhat- fortyeight hours. j feeling against remaining in
of the revolution criticized thov»
Greeks, whom he charged with scek-
to lay the blame for the disaster
Asia Minor upon the army, i
themselves solely responsible
their misdemeanors for the nation’*
misfortune. This was an Illusion I
i apartment.
The moving columns are repeated, country until the arrival of the Turk,
ly blocked by the frnntic efforts of the ish gendarmerie,
refugees to accelerate the pace asj An allied officer explained to the
well as by new columns arriving from mayor that the population had forty
side roads or across the fields. | days in which to leave, but the mnyoi
The situation has seriously alarmed replied, ‘‘We shall go before the Turk,
the French high command which has ish gendarmerie arrive.”
After Returning Three Hun
dred and Eighty-Six Indict
ment!, Case is to Be Contin
ued Before Jury After Re
cess of Several Weeks. j
KILLS AGED UNCLE
AND THEN HIMSELF
AS “ACT OF MERCY”
Marion, ill., Oct. 23.—States Attor-.
uey, Duty, of Williamson county to- j
doy renewed the invostgation Into
the Herrin mine killings in connec-:
tlop with the scheduled reconvening' then killed himself,
after a thirty-day recess of the spec
ial grand Jury which returned 386 in
dictments before the recoss.
Rockford, 'Ills., Oct. 23.—Leav
ing a note Haying that he coraraft-
ed the Crime as an “act of mercy''
Thomas Cornwell, aged 67. heal
and strangled to death his wife's
uncle, Curtis Smith, aged 69, and
doin^
nelth*
use," said the
TACOMA ARMY MURDER
NOW BEING INVESTIGATED
(Hv AasncUl
New York. Oct. 23.—Investigation
by the federal grand Jury of state
ments made by former Captain Rob
ert Rosenbluth, in connection with
bis Indictment on a charge of murder
near Tacoma. Washington, -were to
bo started today.
Rosenbluth Is at liberty under a
140,000 bond pending hearing ot the
removal proceedings Thursday. He Is
charged with the murder of Major
Alexander P. Cronkhlte, at Camp Lew
is, four years ago.
STEEL CAN CHANGE
TO 8-HOUR SCHEDULE
WITHOUT RAISING PRICES
(By
Washington. D. C.. Oct. 23.—The
American .steel Industries are In po
sition to change from the present 13-
hour labor duy to one of eight hours
without Increasing the cost of labor
component In their output, in the opin
ion of the Federated American Engl-
neering Society which has completed
SKUNK ODOR IN GAS
MAYBE MEANS SAVING
DIRIGIBLES FROM LEAKS
Atlantic city. N. J.. Oot. 23-Scien
tist members of the American Cos
Astoclnion in convention today din
cussed the mixing of powerful odor
with an Illuminating xas In order ti
detect leaks more quickly.
Dr. Yundell Henderson of Yale rec
ommended that ethyl-mercaptan, ai
odor resembling that of tbe skunk b<
used.
POLICE INVESIGATE
NEGRO VIGILANTES IN
BIRMINGHAM MURDER
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Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 2:
lice today lire Investigating the slay
lug of Louise Carter, a young negro
itid an assault upon Julius
Silver berg, aged 20.
I The while man a
Syrup Corks
New Shipment Just|Anived
We Have AU Sizes
—FOR—
Pints, Quarts and Gallon Bottles
Our Prices Are
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MASH-MILTON DRUG
“A Good Place to Trade.”
Phone! 105 and I0S
the theory
in
«rly :
relay, and
alhle for the
It Is the third calf
of a similar UHture
the pest few weeks.
FOUR FREE STATERS
WOUNDED IN AMBUSH
Belfast, Ireland. Get 23. -Four K
Stater* were killed and three won
ed In a bomb uttnek on a motor .
at Fering Carriug, in the county
Wexford yesterday.
(tly
New York, Oct. 23.—Federal Judge
Hand today gave a decision dlsnilsa-
ing the motion of foreign and Amer
lean steamship companies for a per
manent Injunction restraining federal
prohibition agents from putting -into
effect the bone dry ruling of Attorney
General Daugherty.
He extended the stay, temporarily,
however, providing that the si
ship companies file an immediate ap
peal to the federal Supreme court.
Judge Hand decided for the govern
ment on all points under discussion.
The temporary extension of the stay
applies only to liquor to be used as
supplies for members of the ship’s
trews on the eastbound voyage to
Eufope.
PADRICK TRIAL NEXT WEEK
(Br Associated rrese)
-Statesboro, Ga.. Oct. 23.—Elliott
I'adrick, charged with the murder of
b'is wife and mother-in-law, will not go
ial until, next Monday. Judge
Strange announced today.
London, Oct. 23.—Andrew Bonnr
law, was unanimously elected leader
of the Unionist party at a party
meeting held this afternoon.
On leaving the meeting, Bonar Law
(old newspapermen that he would a*
eept the task of forming a ministry.
Law was proposed for leadership by
Marquis Curzon seccatary ror foreign
affairs In the Lloyd George cabinet.
His election gives England ner first
Conservative prime minister sit
1905. It Is understood that Lit'
ministry is virtually complete.
Law declared the Irish constitution
must be carried out. Referring
Moyd George, he said he was s
they would have a "pretty stiff i
sle.” but hoped they would still
good frleuds afterward.
DEM 11 IS FREER
Fresno Man Who Killed His
Wile When Found in Com
pany With Young Man was
Given Verdict of Justifiable
Homicide.
(By ASMclatad PrsiM)
Frqsno, OalnA Oct. 23. -Justifiable
homicide, was the verdict today re
turned by the coroner’s Jury which
inquired into the death of Mrs. Clara
Harlow, whose husband. George A.
v, was said to have clubbed her
to death when he found her In com
pany with a young man.
BRITTAIN URGES MOVING
TEXTILE MILLS TO SOUTH
Groc-nrille, S. C., Oct. 23.— Teaching
’ nature study and biology in the
hods and moving of tbe textile In
dustry loathe Southern states would
much to restore prosperity to the
South, M. L. Brltaain, President of
the Georgia Tech, told cotton
and manufacturers of cotton
•ry here today.
London. Oct. 23.—Unless somo un
foreseen development occurs, Andrew
mar Law, ihpfore the day ends, will
> prime minister of Great Britain, as
rangements already have
made for tho Conservative party
leeting at the Hotel Cecil Stand.
Announcement of composition
he new ministry and declaration of
he government’s program may,
•ordlng to latest information be
furred until Thursday.
Bonar Law expressed hope that
those of the Coalition Unionists who
had voted against the resolution
«d by the Carlton club last week for
a return to party Independence would
Joiu their Unionist brethren and gi
the country as a united party.
The meeting voted thanks to Aus
ten Chamberlain, retiring leader for
his services.
Died in New York Sunday
After Attack pf Bronchitis.
—Waa Successor to Beecher
As Paator of the Plymouth
Church.
1 1-TWl
tBr A swell . .
New ork, Oct. 23 f —Private funeral
service for Dr. Lyman Abbott, dis
tinguished preacher-editor, who died
here yesterday, will be held from hie
late reslednce on Lexington Avenue
tomorrow morning. A public memori
al service will be held on October 81.
GLOUCESTER SCHOONER
INDUCED TO RACE AGAIN
Had to Be Persuaded to Enter
Today's Fishing Races Be
cause of Ruling Saturday
<ny i
latlmal
Mass., Oct.
of the Gloucester sehot
ry Ford, in protest again.-I
liich deprived them of tin
Saturday over the .Blue No«
ha in pton of the Int.
isherles Fleet, refused to
day. Capt. .Morrissey of t
said it was likely that he would he
fishing again within a Jay ur two.
Appeals made by Secretary of the
ivy, Deuby, and others, finally In-
a nation wide survey. j rtnred some ot the Ford’s crew and
“Profits need not suffer If the I the Captain to race today. The crew
change is made with wisdom," said j was completed by recruits from the
■ondou, Oct. 23 —There was n
for Andrew Bonar Law yesterday
at the headquarters of the polltl-
organizations In London,
ovcral party leaders conferred with
tar I«aw at Ills residence, while the
political offices were filled with mem
bers of parliament discussing the situ
ation which remains complex beyond
the memory of the oldest members.
The conservatives of both housei
ill meet today to elect Mr. Bonar
Law leader, after which he will he in
position to accept the king’s man
dute to form a government.
This will be a meeting or the Union-
t party: all the-members are free to
attend, including those who supported
Austen Chamberlain at the Carlton
Club meeting There Is great Interest
in how many of this faction will ap
pear and thereby enroll themselves In
the regular organization.
The Coalitionist Unionists who sup
ported Mr. Chamberlain are organizing
a .dinner for tonight, at which their
future will he considered.
A striking innovation is reported by
the Daily Express, which says the
Prince of Wales was with the kin,;
when Lloyd George offered his resig
nation. for the purpose of educating
the prince In the business of his future
office*-this i Q contrast with the treat
ment of the king's father, who barred
hlin from all public affairs, even when
he was a middle-aged man.
The most important announcement
of the'week end Is that Reginald Me
Kenna. rornier chancellor of the ex
chequer. will preside at tlio conserva
tive meeting to be held In the city of
London. This naturally Is taken to
uteau that McKenna, who has been a
life-long Lihoral and was chancellor in
New York, Oct. 23. Dr. Lyman
Abbott, editor-in-chief of the Out
look, with which he had been associat-
nearly forty years; clergman, law-
• author and successor to Henry
Ward Beecher as pastor of Plymouth
Church Brooklyn, died yesterday. He
would huve been 87 noxt December.
When the end came his four sons and
'o daughters were at the bedside.
Dr. Abbott suffered a severe attack
of bronchitis at his country hot^e in
CornwAll-on-the-Hudson last summer
from which he never fully recovered.
He returned to his city home two
weeks ago.
The Rev. Lyman Abbott, D. D., was
•e of the most active leaders in many
avenues of religious and civic thought
in the United States. As preacher,
editor, author and theologian he
hibited u quality of character which
impressed it self on oil who
contact with him, a singulat poise and
serenity of spirit.
In his early youth, after graduation
from the University of the city of
New York, he studied law and was ad
mitted to the bar, and afterwards
practiced in partnership with his
brothers, Benjamin V- and Austin
Abbott. Giving up - the law for
theology, he studied for' the ministry
of tho Congregational church, with
his uncle, S- C. Abbott, and wm
ordained at Farmington, Me., in 1860,
His first charge was in Terre Haute,
Tnd., where ho remained five years.
editor of the Christian Union
which was later to be known at The
Outlook, his work, in association with
that of tlie Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
ked him as a man of great promise
one who saw religion, not too
rowly conventionalized, hut over
lapping and spiritualizing much (f
the time.
After the death of Mr. Beecher,
EXCESSIVE OHO
EE DOER
DEWED 01EW1EER
Report! That Two Thous
and People Were Injured in
Drainage Lands is Denied by
U. S. Official.—Many Re
ports Current.
Jackaoarllle, Pit., Oct. 2S.—Report,
of heavy damage In the Ererflades
section, as a result of floods due to
excessive rains in the last few weak!
*re “gross exaggerations,” according
o Col G. A. Younberg. United States
»rmy engineer in charge of tbe piorf-
la district, who two weeks -igo, per
sonally inspected a large part of tha
flooded areas, and who is receiving
»ily reports on the situation in that
frrltory.
Col. Youngoerg said he had a re
port today from the engineer at Canal
Point, on Lake Okechobee. stating
the lake is now higher than It haa
been In several years, but not as olgL
ns It used to be before the state ot
Florida undertook Its huge drainage
project.
Large areas of the district are under
water. Col. Yonngberg said, but tho
only manner In which a person could
lose tbalr Ufa. would be to deliberate
ly step Ino a hole or the canal.
F. C. Elliott, chief engineer of the
state drainage forces, was quoted Sat
urday by the Palm Beach Post as
stating that water covered an area
north of the Okechobee road end west
from Palm Beacb. for a distance of
109 square miles. Two attempts to
dynamite the road to release the wat-.
jre frustrated. f
MRS. FELTON WILL NOT
ASK TO TAKE OATH IN
UNITED STATES SENATE
(By l
Atlanta. Ga.. Oct. 23.—Mrs. \V
II. Felton, in a statement pub
lished heretoday said that she
would decline to embarrass tbe
President by requesting him to
allow her to take oath as Sena
tor from Georgia, despite the
appeals of hundreds of women
throughout the country.
HALF MILLION TO
ACCOUNT ON WAR DEBTS
Dr. Abbott became paator of Ply. w „ hlll 'Jg ra "g' 1 c“'«5t*!S-Aolda
mouth Church in Brooklyn, where hln J frora mtere.t payment, on foreln
predecessor had earned fame a. one i .t cs received this month, from Great
of the foremost pulpit orators in| Br | Uln , , h0 Treasury t, able to credit
America. He was Installed in Ply. j , om ethins over fist hundred thou.-
mouth Church Jan. 16, 1890, and reJ llnd doll arn to the accounts ot Belgl-
mained in charge until 1899, when um and France.
he resigned. He published a life of' — — __
Henry Ward Beecher and a volume | LAWH0RN DENIED NEW TRIAL
of his sermons. (By Associated Press)
In Dr. Abbott-, work a. editor of Tltton - a “- oct - S3 -- J “dse Ere ha.
Outlook, in which he was associat- j 1
mled the motion for a new trial la
iled in hi,' long' career with "rainy! thc c “” 01 8 "”* Lnw,10r "’ convicted
famous men, including Theodore at tlip Jul ' term of the Tlft S ' prrIor
Roosevelt, he sought to Interpret the ™ url ,0 ' n,urder ' ln wl,h
order, of poll!,cal org.nl. “ f 8 , 8 S ' onk ’ ‘"f «*'“ * '
(Continued on Page Eight)
the committee’s report.
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