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VOL. XXXIII. No. 297.
THOMA8VILLE, GEORGIA FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 27,1922.
*5.00 PER ANNUM
ILOKIGEORGENISY "7
HOT BE OPPOSED IF
PITT SUPPORTS ilW
Agreement Proposed Which
Would Do Away With Fac
tions in Part.—Newspapers
Comment on Manifesto Is
sued by Bonar Law.
London, Oct. 27.—An Vnde’rstanding
Is reported to have been reached In
the home districts whereby the Con
servatives will not oppose the Coali
tion Liberals under the Lloyd George
banner if they pledge general support
to Bonar Law.
The bargaining is referred
a breaking up of the Coalition Lib
erals due to the lack of Lloyd George's
leadership.
Lloyd George In a message declar
es he will follow this course to aid the
country, heedless of any personal ad
vantage.
NEWSPAPER COMMENT
London, Oct. 27.—Comment on the
manifesto delivered by Premier Bo
nar Law, is made by the evening and
morning papers. The Times com
mends the manifesto to the public
for approval. The Post urges the
public to support the Law program to
bring ">ace and tranquility. The
Chron >, however, warns that there
is a loophole in the new program and
the Daily Herald views It as an "ab
ject confession of Incapacity."
RAILROAD MEN
WILL RECOVER
One Man Lost Life When
Smoke and Gas Trapped the
Miners in Babbitt Mine at
Depth of J75 Feet, But Oth
er Three Will Live.
(By AHoclated Pre..)
Galesburg, Ills., Oct. 27.—Jim
Anno, Will Anderson and Sher
man Babbitt, who were rescued
from the Babbitt* mine at St. Au
gustine when trapped 175 feet bo-
low the mouth ol the mine by
smoke and a burning hoist house
will live though suffering from
effects of smoke and gas. One
miner, Joe Ackerson was dead
when found.
CIGARETTES SEIZED BY
NEW ORLEANS OFFICIALS
WashlnstoiC'o'cl'ocT-'tl.—Thous-
ands of cases of cigarettes \
in New Orleans today because th<
revenue stamps were not properly
cancelled but have been ordered
ased by Commissioner Blair. The
soteks will be restored and sold de-
pits the stamp irregularities.
HARDING BUYS TREASURY
SAYINGS CERTIFICATES
FROM MELLON TODAY
(By AssortstsT Tr**s»
Washington, D. C., Oct. 27.—Presi
dent Harding met Secretary Mellon
today on the Treasury steps and
bought $1,125. worth of Treasury
savings certificates, giving his check
CONFESS BOMBING ter
COX DECLARES TARIFF
MONSTROUS OUTRAGE
tny Associated Tress)
Little Rock. Oct. 27.—William
Rawles and John Spurgeon, striking
railroad men were arrested .today
charged with bombing the -home of
W. J. Cooms, and they have confess
ed, the police announced.
Rawles took the officers to his home
where two bombs were found burled
in the garden with a quantity of dyna.
mite.
SAN BERNARDINO SAFE
FROM FIERCE FOREST FIRE
San Bernardino, Cal., Oct. 27—Hope
was expressed today that the eight
men reported lost in the forest fire
of San Bernardino will save them
selves In the open stretches of road.
The eight men were left from the
main body fighting the fire which
was ravaging a summer resort In this
section of the mountains.
MINGO STRIKE CALLED OFF
(By Associated Press)
Charlestown, W. Va., Oct. 27.-“With
the two year strike la Mingo county
called off by the national officers of
the United Mine Workers, District
Secretary Fred Mooney awaited fur
ther orders today. Mooney said ‘he
presumed the strike was abandoned
because martial law made victory im
possible.
Jsckson, Tenn., Oct. 27.—James M,
Cox, former Ohio Governor took up
the Democratic fight in Tennessee
day in an address in which he termed
the Fordney-McCumber tariff a*
"monstrous outrage," and asserted
that it would be repealed within
year. He predicted that the n
House of Representatives in Congress
would be Democratic.
INDIANA MAN KILLED WHEN
AIRPLANE WAS WRECKED
(By AsMdntcd Press)
St. Augustine, Fla., Oct. 27.—Doc
tors today said there was some hope
for the recovery of Charles Douglas
of Garrett, Ind., who was seriously in
jured last night when his airplane
as wrecked at Okeechobee.
Wllford Retting, of Garrett, Ind.,
pilot, was killed in the accident.
TACT WILL AVOID MANY
INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES
(By Associated Preee)
Chicago, Ill., Oct. 27.—Tact, is the
ost successful method of avoiding
Industrial controversies, John M
Glenn, secretary of the Illinois Manu
facturers’ Association told the Chica
go woman’s club in an address today.
Just Received
100 lbs SMOOTH JORDAN
ALMONDS
We are now selling them for
Forty Cents the Pound
Get yours before they are all
gone for they wont last long
at this price.
Remember Only 40c the Ponnd
MASH-MILTON DRUG CO.
"A Good Place to Trade." 1 '
;•'! Phonea 105 and 106
1IIY Dir CELEBRATED HALL - MILLS MURDER MEXICAN CONSULATES
Joint Celebration in Washing
ton Indulged by School Chil
dren and Many Civic Or
ganizations Today.—French
Also Observe Day.
(By Associated Breast
Washington, D. C., Oct. 27.—Deeds
of the value of the American navy
recalled to the public today
the joint celebration of Navy Day and
the birthday of Theodore Roosevelt.
School, church and other festivals
the country stressed the high
place Roosevelt holds in American
The navy paid tribute to the former
President when Admiral Military
Jones, commander of the Atlantic
fleet laid a wreath on Roosevelt 1
tomb at Oyster Bay.
CASE 1 LONGER
A MYSTERY
FRENCH OBSERVE NAVY DAY
arls, Oct. 27.—American Navy Day
as observed here today when •
wreath was placed on the tomb of the
French unknown soldier, with Cap
tain Frank B. Upham, American nav-
attache, in aris, delivering the ad-
CANAL TOLLS MAKE
NEW HIGH RECORD
WITH $301,000 IN SEPT.
Wash i n gt on! "dTc.*,* Oct*27\—A
record for Intercoastal traffic at
Panama Canal was established
September, when 63 vessels passed
through the Csnal paying toll;
$301,585.00
THE ITALIAN MINISTRY
FALLS BEFORE FASCISTI
London, Oct. 27.—With the resigna
tion last night of the Italian ministry,
the Fascist! seems to have been vic
torious in its fight to oust the Pre
mier. The King Is scheduled to return
ne today for a conference with
political leaders to prepare a new ca
Orlando and Giolitti. formi
premiers have been mentioned 1
id the government.
FASCISTI MAY AGREE
WITH THE GOVERNMENT
e, Italy, Oct. 27.—Premier Fac
ta today telegraphed Benito Mussolini
leader of the Fascist! to come to
to discuss the possibility of
agreement between the government
and the Fascisci.
FACTA AND CABINET
RESIGNS IN ITALY
Rome, Oct. 27—Premier Facta and
his entire, ministry resigned this
Ing following the hostile attitude of
the fasclstl and the ordering by the
fascistl of a general mobilization of
Its forces throughout the country if
the cabinet declined to give up power.
The expectation in Rome last night
■ that King Victor Emmanuel would
return to the capital today for confer-
for the political leaders prior to
the formation of the new government.
The situation was regarded hopefully
Rome. The belief prevailed In some
quarters that either Vittorio Orlando
Giovanni Giolitti, both former pre
miers, would be requested to organ-
e a new cabinet.
The impression was advanced in po
litical circles that the Facta ministry
decided to retire chiefly to bring about
the formation of a strong administra
tion which at the approaching reopen
ing of the chamber of deputies would
capable of facing the faciatl. There
s some speculation as to whether
the fascistl would yield to offers of
portfolios in a cabinet headed by
Giolitti or Orlando or decide to preci
pitate matters by carrying out their
to seise the government.
Attorney Mott Says Evidence
Of Mrs. Gibson Has Been
Corroborated and Case Will
Now Be Submitted to the
Grand Jury.
rnr mm rr.«
New Brunswick, N. J.. Oct. 27.—
The Hall-Mills murder case is no long
er a mystery, declared Special Deputy
Attorney General Mott, today,
nouncing that he had found a person
who had corroborated the story of
Mrs. Gibson who was a witness
the double killing. He kept the ni
of the new witness a secret, but
clared that he could now take the
the grand Jury.
PROMINENT CHURCHMAN
WILL BE INTERVIEWED
New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 27.—Wil
bur'A Mott, special deputy attorney
general Is expected today to inter
view a prominent churchman in an
ffort to corroborate the statement of
Mrs. Jane Gibson, eye-witness to th<
Hall-Mills slaying.
Mrs. Gibson said the churchman’!
ir was parked near the scene of the
killing, the car’s headlight enabling
ir to see the fatal battle.
Attorney Pfeiffer, for Mrs. Hall, de
nied that she or her brother, Henry
i, were present when the c<
pie were slain. *
Attorney Mott called Mrs. Gibson
go over the detail^ of the story. It
also became known today that Mott
had ordered the seJUure of an antique
auto, which Mrs. (‘Gibson said stood
near the scene of the double-killing.
New Brunswick, ft. J. Oct. 27—Mrs.
Francis Stevens Hall, widow of the
slain rector of ths^Protestant Episco
pal Church of St. John the Evangelist,
and her brother, Henry Stevens, are
the man and woman named in the
sworn statement of Mrs. Jane Gibson,
self-styled eyewitness of the double
slaying of the Rev. Edward Wheeler
Hall and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills oi
night of Sept. 14. last.
This announcement was not made by
the authorities, but became known
day through the isuance of a ati
ment by Mrs. Hall’s attorney, Timothy
Pffeifer, denying the facts of Mrs.
Gibson’s account and declaring that
neither the rector's widow nor her
brother were on the Phillips farm on
the night of the double slaying .
'Mrs. Gibson’s statements are con
trary to the facts," Mr. Pfeiffer said.
‘Mrs. Hall was in her home all eve
ning. Barbara Tough, one of the
maids, was out that night, and Louisa
, the other maid, was on the
stoop.
There was no one else but a little
iven-year-old niece-in the house with
Mrs. Hall. But there may have been
Henry Stevens' identification as one
of the quartette seen on the farm is
also contrary to fact. Henry was at
Lavallette, N. J., all that night.
i. Gibson in her statement, it is
known, declared that she had seen four
persons on the night of the murders
under the crabapple tree, where two
days later the bodlei of the rector and
the choir singer were found.
Mrs. Gibson also said in her state
ment that she heard the man, whom
she alleges she saw fire a series of
shots at the rector and the choir singer
addressed by his companion.
} cries of Mrs. Mills, which Mra.
Gibson declared "still ring in my ears
it night,” had hardly echoed, the worn-
in farmer said, when the second worn-
and in the quartette screamed in a ter-
I fled tone, "Oh, Henry.”
I.S.
Action Taken as Protest of
Ruling by New York Court
Against Mexico in Case of
Oliver - American Trading
Company.
(By t
■ocliit.d I
New York, Oct. 27.—The Mexican
insulate general was closed here
day on receipt of an order from the
Mexican Charge de Affaires at Wash
ington quoting instructions from the
Mexican government, closing allc<
ea in the United States, as a p
against the ruling of the N<
York court against Mexico, which was
brought by the Oliver-American Trad
ing Company.
PEACE CONFERENCE TO
SETTLE FINANCIAL PLAN
IS URGED BY GARY
(By Associated Press)
v York, Oct. 27.—Another
national peace conference at Wash
ington for discussion of financial,
imerclal and Industrial questions
suggested by Elbert H. Gary,
chairman of the United States Steel
Corporation in an address before the
session of the American Iron and
Steel Institute today.
cancel the foreign war debts
would be forced charity and It Is
agreeable to the donor," Gary
He predicted that Americans
irelgners alike would oppose
cancellation.
POLISH TROOPS ATTACK
UKRAINIAN RIOTERS
(By Associated Press)
saw, Oct. 27.—The Polish
ent against the Ukrainian
rorlzers who destroyed crops
railroads in protest of Polish control
in Eastern Galicia, have driven them
back into the Ukraine.
I. S. SHIPS MUST
INVITATION T0 U. S. TO
LAUSANNE MEETING NOT
YET PRESENTED
Administration Officials Still
Silent as to Possible Action
On Formal Receipt of Invi
tation to Participate in Near
East Settlement.
(By A.*ocl.(,d IT...,
Washington, D. C., Oct. 27.—The In
vitation of European powers asking
United States to participate in
Lausanne peace conference, has
reached Washington through diplo
matic channels. There has been some
.lelay In (he plan, (or i(„ formal pro- jiid,," HTnVh.ld’in 7teuton today!
ABOfflUH
Judge Hand Makes This De
cision in Dismissing Suit to
Enjoin Enforcement of the
Prohibition Ruling by Attor
ney General Daugherty.
New York,. Oct. 27.—American
steamships -must not carry or sell 11-
part of the world, Federal
sentation to the State Department
American officials meantime, <
tinued In silence today regarding
proposals.
SENTENCED TO NINETY DAY
TERM IN PEN PRISONER
ASKS FOR TEN YEARS
Tacoma. Wash., Oct. 27.—Sen
tenced to ninety days (or passing
worthless checks, after he had
voluntarily surrendered, F. F- Os
good pleaded with the Judge to
sentence him to ten years. He de
clared he was tired of buffeting
BISHOP KILLED AND
WOMAN SLAYER ENDS
LIFE IN MONTANA
(By Assocuua Tress)
Havre, Montana, Oct. 27.—The
Edward J Chrlsfler, rector of
Mary's Episcopal church, and known
the "Bishop of all out doors," here
s shot and killed in his home early
today. Mrs. Margaret Carleton,
member of the congregation, and v
former district Judge who is
clared to be the slayer, committed
suicide. *, ■ * * t
FIVE YOUNG PEOPLE
KILLED AT CROSSING
Colgate, O., Oct.
and three iboys wen
auto In which they
struck by a Baltimoi
27.—Two girls
killed when an
were riding was
e and Ohio train
>re last night.
ANTI-PROHIBITION
CONGRESS IN SESSION
Brusseh^Oc** 0 ^?.—Delegates from
•ieven countries are participating in
-ret sessions of the third anti-
prohibition congress here. They have
elded that International action must
be Inaugurated.
BANK MESSENGER ROBBED
BY BANDITS IN NEW ORLEANS
(By Associated Press)
New Orleans. La., Oct. 27.—Three
an are charged by the police with
itaging a daylight robbery late yes
terday, when they snatched a satchel
containing $1,200 from an 18-year old
bank messenger
LAST CHANCE!
To buy some of those good pure thread silk hose
that we have been selling at 95c. We have about
7 5 pairs left and will continue to sell them thru
tomorrow. In the colors which are left white and
brown prevail, very few blacks. If you need any
better come and get them.
Smith s Harley Shoe Co.
F. G. BOATWRIGHT NAMED
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
SOUTHERN DISTRICT
Cordele Man Appointed To
day by President to Be Attor
ney General for the South
ern District of Georgia. —
Boatwright in Washington.
(By Associated Tress)
Washington, D. C., Oct. 27.—
F. G. Boatwright, of Cordele was
today appointed by President
Harding to be United States at
torney for the Southern district
of Georgia
CLEVELAND WOMAN ON TRIAL
FOR KILLING CARNIVAL MAN
(By >
Jclnted Press)
Cleveland, O.. Oct. 27.—Three shot*
killed Thomas A. O’Connell, carnival
promoter of New Haven, Conn., in a
scuffle in a restaurant here last July
and were fired by Mrs Mabel Cham-
murdev. a
dismissing the suit of two American
steamship companies, seeking to en
join enforcement of the Daugherty
PEEPING TOM EVIDENCE
DOESN’T GO IN FEDERAL
COURT LIQUOR CASE
(By Associated Tress)
mith. Go., Oct. 27.—Peeping
ident-e in liquor cases does
In the Federal Courts, United
States Commissioner Richter, held
today In rendering a decision in the
of W. H. Haar. who with others
arrested for violation of the
dry law.
The officers are said to have obtain
ed the evidence by looking through
hole In a fence behind which Haar
id his companions are alleged to
ive handled the liquor. Commission-
Richter dismissed the defendants.
NEW YORK WOMAN SUICIDES
8an Francisco, Cal., Oct. 27.—
Mrs. W D Harris, of New York,
shot and killed herself in a hotel
room here today within a few feet
of her husband, mother and oth
er relatives, after a family quar
rel, the police said.
REDUCED MAXIMUM COAL
PRICES ANNOUNCED BY
FUEL DISTRIBUTOR ;
(By J 4
Washington, D. C., Oct. 27.—Reduc
ed maximum coal prices have <beeo
agreed on in the bituminous fields of
the Pittsburgh district in Pennsylvan
ia] for first degree ,a and ta Southern Ohio, Fuel Distribu-
her husband had told |*or Spena announced today.
her to
night i
)t. W. II. Conklin, forr
gcr of the restaurant \
star witness today.
NO AMERICAN VESSELS
ARE TO BE TRANSFERRED
(By Associated Prssa)
Washington, D. C., Oct. 27.—The re
quirement that transfer of American
vessels to the foregin fl8g shall be
made only with the previous consent
of the Shipping Board, will be strict
ly enforced and approval of the trans
fers be given only where the equity
ry strongly in favor of the appli-
Rear Admiral Benson, Commis-
r, declared today.
large percentage of the operator!
have agreed to the schedule reducing
the price from $1.50 to $2.25 a ton.
V0LIVA ON STAND TODAY
(By Associated Prsss) ’ r
Waukegan, III, Oct. 27.—Wilbur
Glenn Voliva, Overseer of the Chris
tian Catholic church of Zion, was
ready today to take the stand In his
defense against the charge of
criminal libel made by the Rev. Thom
as N. Nelson, former elder.
Nelson is alleged by Voliva to have
attempted to start a revolution and
was expelled. Nelson claims that
a circulated false and libelous
statements concerning him.
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