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VOL. XXXIII. No. 300. THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 1^1922. $5.00 PER ANNUM CAUSE CIVIL in In Attack on Klan, Kansas Executive Warns Against Religious Bigotry and Com munity Hatred as Source oi Possible Trouble. (By Associated Press, Great Bend. Has.. Oct. 31.—One pis tol shot could produce a state oi Civil war in Kansas similar to that In Ire land, according to Governor Allen. In a speech yesterday, continuing his at tack on the Ku Klux Klan. The speech was a part or a series of political addresses In a pre-election tour, but the latter portion was de voted to denunciation of religious bi gotry and community hatred. NEW ITALIAN CABINET TAKES OHM TODAY, FRENCH AMBASSADOR SENDS IN RESICNATON 1VLED BACK TO JAIL AFTEINIHETEEN YBS. Daughter Gets Mad With Father Who Would Not Let Her Beaux Alone and He is Taken to Missouri to Com plete Life Term. .Memphis, Tenn^'oct^**.—Jesse Sanderson, of Caruthersvllle, Mo., who escaped from a Baton Route penitentiary 19 years ago, after a sentence to life for murder, to day was on his way back to pris on after being turned over to the authorities by his daughter who became angered because her fath er drove away a young man who was paying her attention. MEXICO SUSPENDS NEW YORK RELATIONS (By Associated Trass) Mexico City, Oct. 31.—Commercial relations of the Mexican government and persons in New York are under suspension until further notice as a result of Instructions sent to the De partment of the Interior, by Presi dent Obregon. The cause of this action was the writ of attachment obtained against the government In New York by the Ollver-Amerlcan Trading Company. It was learned here today that subse quent to issuance of the order, the writ was lifted by New York Justice Tompkins. (By Associated Pres . Rome. Italy, Oct. 31.—The Fasclitl high command has ordered demobili sation of the Fascistl troops In Rome and they will leave leave after trlotlc celebration tonight. The situa tion Is regarded as normal again. FA8CI8TI CABINET* TAKE8 OATH London, Oct. 31.—«Memberp of the iw Italian cabinet headed by Musso lini. leader of the Fascistl, took the oath of office before the King last night and assumed office Immediately, Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Rome. FASCISTI KILLED BY SNIPERS Rome, Oct. 31.—Twelve persons ai reported dead as a result of attacks yesterday In which the Fascist! involved. Four Fascist! were slain by snipers firing from windows In a workmen’s quarter, when the party passed. Eight were killed In a clash with Communists in the Siburtlno quarters. ITALIAN AMBA88AD0R TO FRANCE RESIGNS Paris, Oct. 31.—Count Sforza has telegraphed his resignation as Italian ambassador here to Premier Miisso llni, explaining that he is not in ac cord with the new government. Minister of finance. Signor de Ste- fant (Fascist!). Minister of the colonies, Luigi Fed- ersoni (Nationalist). Minister of liberated regions, Signor Gluratl (Fascistl). King Victor Emmanuel. Mussolini, ad- the Fascistl leader, who triumphantly with men of his own selection. Rome on the invitation of the king, with whom he had a long audl- after which he named his min- cabinet was announced yes terday afternoon as follows: Minister of war, Gen. Armando Diaz. Marine, Vice Admiral Thaon dl Re- Treasury, Prof. Luigi Einaudl (Na- of government.” great stress on tne wort at,” at which the crowdi cheered. "And,” he added, "Italy will have a government from Mussolini then called upon the crowd to acclaim: Long live the king! Long live Italy! Long live the Fasclsmo! The fact that the former revolution- t. now Italy’s premier, placed the king first, was commented upon and cheered by the multitude. Wearing a black shirt ..aces of his long Journ. . and automobile. Mussolini presented himself yesterday morning before the king, who greeted him warmly. The square in front of the qulrrlnal filled to overflowing and Fascistl and regulars Joined In keeping order. His departure for the palace MRS. GIBSON’S PAST IS BEING PROBED IN THE HALL-MILLS MURDER Eye-Witness to Murder of the Rector and Mrs. Mills, Uses Shot-Gun to Scare Away the Army of Reporters Who are Surrounding; Her Home. (By Associated Press) New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 31.— Mrs. Jane Gibson today clinched her hold on the center of the stage in Hall-Mills murder case by firing load of blrdsbot over the heads of the army of newspaper reporters persist ing In surrounding her home. She declares that Easton Is a relative of hers and not her husband. She said that her husband died seventeen years ago. LLOYD GEORGE MAY YET HAVE TO FIGHT FOR HIS PARTY LAURELS IN ELECTION CAMPAIGN New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 31.—The past life of Mrs. Jane Gibson, >ss to the Hall-Mills killing. Is be ing investigated, following report! that she Is the wife of William East* this city, instead of the widow of clergyman. She denies the reports. Easton said he has nothing to New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 31.— imothy N. Pfeiffer, counsel for Mrs. Edward Wheeler Hall, whose husband 'lain with his choir singer, Mrs. lor R. Mills, on Phillips’ farm. ST. AUGUSTINE MAN DROWNS IN LEAKV BOAT (By Associated Press) 8t. Augustine, Fla., Oct. 31.—Boat men today were searching for the body of Aaron Johnson, aged 55. who late yesterday was drowned while at tempting to across M-xntazas Bay In AMERICA REFUSES TO JOIN IN LAUSANNE CONFERENCE IN NOTE Washington. D. C.. Oct. 31.—A for- al reply declining the allied I tlon for American participation I Near East conference In November at Lausanne, Switzerland, was forward- )tn the State Department today through the British. French and Ital ian embassies. The reply was brief as directly worded to Inform the European governments of the attitude of the United States and its reasons for sending only observers a are already set forth. Instructions likewise, have been forwarded to the American embassies abroad. SULTAN NOT TO ABDICATE (By Associated Press) Constantinople, Oct. 31.—Abdica tion of the Sultan Is temporarily of the question, under the truce with the Nationalists, whereby his status held pending conclusion of the boat, loaded with oyater I peace conference, according to the Nationalist chief of staff. JustReceived 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 Pound MASH-MILTON DRUG CO. “A Good Place to Trade.” Phones 105 and tOf Iks his automobile and marching to the Hotel Savola. where the Fascist! were in full charge, no regulars being vis ible. All Rome awoke early and pro-1 _ ^ _ ceeded calmly to the various gates I the challenge Mrs*. Jane Gibson ““' tended Sunday night. l * Mrs. Gibson, ex-circus rider, pig Ing that their formal entry had beenj ra | 8 j n g farmer and self-styled witness postponed, the citizens returned and Q f the Hall-Mills murders—has dared r and deny present killed. Pfeiffer said Mrs. Hall confront Mrs. Gibson at any time, if the authorities so desired. He added, however, that she would do so only ere de void of the spectacular. The authori ties, it appeared, were focusing their attention o»* the eye-witness story told much speculation on the probable for mation of the new cabinet while -aiting the arrival of the leader. NEW ITALIAN PREMIER ORDERS ALL CABINET TO KEEP AT WORK OR QUIT When He Came Down To day, He Phoned All of the Members and Told Them to Get on the Job and Stay at It or Else Be Removed. <l)y Associated Presa) Rome. Italy, Oct. 31.—When Pre mier Mussolini arrived at his office ornlng he called every mem fjer of the new cabinet on the tele phone, to ascertain that all wore on the Job. He declared that whoever neglects his duty, or shows himself unworthy of trust, must be replaced. He made an early report to tl King of the entire situation In Italy and abroad, giving an impartial view of how the solution of the crisis In Italy had been received. DIVERS SEEK AVIATOR’S BODV AT HONOLULU Honolulu, Oct 31.—Navul divers today were searching off the Isle of Oahu, for the body of Sergeant Owens, army aviator, who was drowned yes terday with Lieut. Hynes, when his sldeswlped the plane of Captain Allen, and fell two hundred feet to the water. RAILWAV EA1PLOVES UNITE , seeking evidence that ate or discredit the tale. ,jty - Attorney General Mott was not ln-»«w Brunswick yes terday and most of bis assistants out of town. One remarked, however, that Mr. Mott had something up his sleeve, and that when he did return to New Brunswick, ono could look for action. From Somerville came word l County Prosecutor Beekman had serted that when Mr. Mott was re .. action, he would appear before the grand Jury and would open hi* drive the mysterious unidentified girl who was taken last week to Phillips' and spent an hour with investi gators over the scene of the murder. Her story. It was understood, bore out the Gibson version of the double shoot ing. but It could not be learned from official sources whether claimed to have been an eye-witness of the tragedy. Pfeiffer also said In his state- that the child who was in the Hall home with Mrs. Hall on the night of the murders was not a three-, old niece, Frances Bonner, but Frances Voorhees, ten years old, another niece. t that t able alibi. Mr. Pfeiffer said on the night of the murders Mrs. Hall was In her home with the Voorhees child when Mr. Hall received the telephone message which Is believed to have summoned him to his death. After Mr. Hall left, the at torney said, Mrs. Hall and Frances London, Oct. 31—The co-called co operative pact between the govern mental Conservatives and the Lloyd George National Liberals seemed near a smash up today that may force Lloyd George to carry out his threat to wage a finish fight on the men who brought about his downfall. The trouble seems to be that Conservative candidates have bobbed oppose candidates of the Llovd George banner In places which hi been regarded as Immune to Tory tacks. clash between the Conservatives and Lloyd Georglons would likely re- the alliance of the National Liberals and Asqulthlan Free Liber als In several dsitrlcts, though they t odds In some sections. BONAR LAW’8 STOCK FALLS; LLOYD GEORGE IS GAINING London, Oct. 31. .There has been a slight lull in "big gun" election oratory yesterday. The new prime minister, Mr. Bonar Law, moved in. to his official residence in Downing street and will hold his first cabinet meeting to-day. He is still experienc. minister had gathered around him compared with those who remained loyal to Lloyd George and these personal attacks on the new admini stration have caused, considerable angry feeling on the part of the prime ministerfa lieutenant*) fmore especially as in their election cam paign they are feeling their inferi ority in oratory in comparison with their opponents. Moreover, Stanley Baldwin, who ia Mr. Bonar Law’s chief lieutenant, is generally thought to have been some what tactless from an electioneering standpoint, when he declared that there ) .... - tion in general estimation of the ] tainments of the statesmen the prime pronouncement in this campaign, pressing the fervent hope that a gov ernment will copie (into power in England which will be thoroughly loyal to the Irish settlemei tained in the act of 1920 the six Ulster counties are concerned and declaring that the single aim o1 the Northern Ireland government is promote even still closer relation; tween Ulster and England. John Robert Clynes, in a speech at Hucknall, Ncrttinghamshire. last night said the Labor party would r its capital levy plan if to aqy that labor’s scheme could net succeed before it had been tiled. HARDING TO OFFER PRIZE FOR PLAN TO FUND ALLIED DEBTS Washington, D. C., Oct. 31.— President Harding Is willing to offer a prize for a practical and concrete suggestion for the col lection of foreign debts. He said at the White House today that he flight Insist that the debt be sug- collected, but all decline how the collection may be accc plished. RAILROAD EQUIPMENT DECLARED INADEQUATE Hoover Says Managers Are Making Best Possible Plans To Keep Stuff Moving. (By Associated Praia) Washington, D. C.. Oct. 31.—The railroad managers are making the best possible use of their Inadequate equipment in the movement of th various commodities, secretary Hoo; llsc-usslng the ca shortage. serted that he had no aolu the moment, and added tba the nation must hope and pray for a better transportation system to obvl- ar shortages, which he said seriously holding up commodity movements in various sections of the country. THREE DIE IN QAS EXPLOSION (By Associated Press) Monroe. La.. Oct. 31.—'Thr*e mei >re killed when the gasoline extra: tlon plant of the Atlas Oil Company. as wrecked by plosion today. The property 1 $100,000. KAISER TO GIVE BRIDE A DIADEM WITH SEVEN HUNDRED DIAMONDS Berlin! y Oct*°3f—ThS*“Kalser’s wedding present to his bride of next Sunday, Princess Hermaine will be a diadem set with seven hundred brilliants, and a pair of ear-rings. The gifts are said to have cost eight hundred million where they played with picl puzzles until Mrs. Hall took Frances upstairs to bed about 9 o'clock. Somerset county authorities said •ay employes of North America and | last night they had found several dis- ite American Federation of Railroad I crepencles In the account which Mrs. orkers. an Independent organization 5 ,b * on ’ * hos ® rea * . na “? the f, sa >’ ,s . . , . .. , . .* , , ! Easton, has given about herself. Mrs. Is certain, in the opinion of officials. , G1 i„ 0 n is said to have told detectives The Association has 91,000 mem- [ that her husband was a minister and bers and the Federation 60,000. The th at be had been dead for seventeen amalgamation propel .a. op.nl-j “lip Nn- moualy endorjed leaders lav. Dnmswlck. He la J. A. Eaaton, a tool Easton admitted last night he^Jiad been separated from bis wife, asked what he though about her story the horn chard where the bodies were found, questioned by the authorities y had warned him i Something New for Women Patent Leather One Strap Welt Sole Pump, Low Rub ber Heel. Very Low Price $C.OO Now Smith=Harley Shoe Co. MINER KILLED iN EXPLOSION IN OKU. 210 Miners Had Just Quit Work at McAIester Mine When Disaster Occurred* tny Associated Press) McAIester. Okla., Oct. 31.—One min er was killed and the McAlesteriEd wards Coal Company’s mine at Pitts burgh near here, as damaged by an , explosion late yesterday. Hall Ste- * phen, wai burned to death. 210 miner, ffRECK ON SOUTHERN HICK CALLED DM IMS ATM US HE WAS MAKING SERMON “Thou Shalt Not” is Topic He Discussed in Making State ment Before Jury Trying Him for Murder of Young Wife and Her Mother. (By Associated Press) Stateaboro, Oa., Oct. 31. — After leading the court-room In prayer, and taking the stand in his own defense, and preaching a sermon from the text, "Thou shalt not." the Rev. El liott Padrlck, became excited during the sermon and was ordered to sit down by his own attorney. Padrlck stopped In the middle of a sentence, walked to the water cooler for a drink and returned^ to his chair and •nt .back to sleep. In hi* sermon. ' blamed woman for the downfall of Padrlck singled out his father la- tv and accused him of forcing his irriage with his daughter. He ac cused the girl’s mother of beating Ife because she was admired by DEFENSE WITNESSES ON 8TAND Statesboro, Ga., Oct. 31.—Witnesses t the defense were mustered In for the second day of the trial of the Rev. Elliott Padrlck for the slaying of his her mother. The defendant’s mother testified that Padrlck was sub ject to peculiar mental attacks, In an efTort to establish that Padrlck was insane when the crime was committed. DEATH AT TVBEE DUE TO SHOTBUN Boy Jumped From Platform With Loaded Gun and the Full Load Went into His Heart, Causing Death. — Boy 12 Years Old. (By Aifoclat Savannah, Ga., OcL 31.—Frank Piot- tl, aged 12, was accidentally killed yesterday at Tybee Island. He Jump ed from a platform with a loaded shot- n his hand. The gun exploded the shot striking him in the head. , houi GIRLS’ BODIES SOUGHT IN BROOKLYN FIRE RUINS bodies York. Oct. 31.—Search for the it several girls who are .bellev- ed to have been lost In the fire last night, which destroyed a manufactur ing building in Brooklyn, was under way today, a man who Jumped from the fifth floor was killed and eight others were Injured. PACIFIC KILLED FOUR Fast Train Ran Into Carnival Special and Caused Deaths And Property Damage. (By AisocUtad Treta) New Orleans. La., Oct. 31—A South- ■n Pacific passenger train, west bound from New Orleans, crashed into ear end of the Wortham Carnival Company train early today near Ade line, L*.. and four persons are report- have been killed and five injur ed. The Hand of a Master Taylor EIERM Is seen la the fall and winter HART SCHAFFNER * MARX. KIRSCHBAl'M. and FITFORM Overcoats and Suits, which we •re now displaying. The master craftsmen who fashioned these advanced styles spared no efforts to meet the super-critical de mands of those who believe In the value of distinctive clothe#. 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