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VOL. XXXIII. No. 300.
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA TUE8DAY AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 7, 1022.
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Woman Who Reports This
Information Held as Mater
ial Witness in the Disappear
ance Case of American Re
lief Worker.
(By Anoclit
1 PrtM)
—The police
Slmblrak who are investigating the
disappearance three weeks ago
Philip J. Shield. American relief
worker, of Richmond. Va., are hold
ing a woman who told them that she
saw two men lugging a sack from
which two human legs protruded
the night that* Shield disappeared.
Bin III CHI
HOLD BE
Several Men Are Held by the
Outlaw Bands, and One Wo
man is Prisoner, Pending a
Settlement for Their Return.
—Two Frenchmen Held,
Shanghai, China, Nor. 7.—Bandits
who kidnaped H. E. Legard, of the'
China International mission staff at
Shanghaltsien last month, also are
holding Madame Soderstrom of the
Lutheran mission, a French priest
and another Frenchman according
ALLIES OAIITED OH TURKISH QUESTIOHS;
101 THE
0PP0SITI0H ELECTIOIH ATTEIHDAHICE
French Send Another Battle- JERSEY MURDER MYSTERY
ship to Straits and Martial cnumnu t»rru
Law May Be Declared in the | NEARS SOLUTION WITH
Qty Itself to Protect it^"CORROBORATIVE WITNESS
Attack by Turks.
•By Associate*! P*-ess»
Constantinople. Nor. 7.—There Is
reason to bellere that the Kemalli
will climb down off their high horses.
The Allies now have taken a strong
united attitude toward the demands
of the Angora government that th«
Allied troops evacuate the city. Tl.«
demands which the-Allled commission
refused to grant were discussed
a conference yesterday between
the Allied generals and civil gover
nor of Constantinople.
LONDON 8TILL UNEASY
REGARDING NEAR EAST
London, Nov. 7.—-The surprising
demands wMch the Kemallsts have
made upon the Allies In Constant!
nople since they took over the civil
government there, still cause anxiety
here. The feeling of uneasiness
intensified by the scarcity of ni
during the last thirty-six hours. AH
of the London newspapers share in
the deep suspicion of the aims of the
Turkish Nationalists.
SHOT FIVE TIMES IN ,
FORT WORTH HOTEL
Wife Separated from Pat
Wallace Accused of Being
Guilty, qt H1* Death.
Fort Worth, Tex., Nov. 7—Pat Wal
lace, aged 34, was shot five times and
killed early this morning at a local
hotel. Hia wire from whom he waa
separated, waa arrestef and held
without ball.
SAVANNAH DEBATES
ARMISTICE HOLIDAY
(By /
Savannah, Ge„ Nov. 7.—The Savan
nah Clearing House Association 1# to
meet today to determine If Armistice
Day is a legal holiday, the legal lights
of the city having differed In their
opinions.
KILLED BY TRAIN WHILE
WALKING IN SLEEP
Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 7.—William
Miller, aged 35, waa killed by a train
here early today while walking in his
sleep. The pajama clad body waa
found along the tracks near bis home.
LLOYD GEORGE 8AY8 BRITISH
MUST NOT ALTER ATTITUDE
New Castle, Eng., Nov. 7.—Lloyd
George made sharp reference to the
Near East crisis which has arisen
since his fall as Premier in an ad
dress here today. He declared: “We
had gotten rid of the Turk, hut he
looked at the list of new ministers
and came to the conclusion that this
Is the time for another try.
Near East is beginning ot show symp
toms of Inflammation. Whatever
happens, our flag must not b>
Matter Will be Presented to
Grand Jury Shortly. — Wil
lie Stevens Plans to Leave
For Europe on World Tour
At Once.
(By .
Chief Interest Centers in the
Peach County Amendment
To the Stale Constitution.—
—Heavy Vote Being Polled
In Norther^ Elections.
Lavaliette. N. J., Nov. 7.- Henry
Stevens, a brother of the widow of
the rector Hall who was slain with
Mrs. Eleanor MIUs. discontented
the delay in the Inquiry into the kill
ings plana to bring matters to a head
by leaving town fc1s wife said today.
(His wife declared that he had plan
ned a world tour when the murder
curred and now thinks the authorities
have had plenty ot time so he will be
gin his trip.
EFFORTS TO OBSTRUCT
JUSTICE fN JERSEY CASE
New Brunswick, N. J., Nov. 7.—In
vestigation of reports of a plo
obstruct Justice in the Hall-Mills
and protect tit* murderers was under
here today. Special Attorney
Mott who expects to tee indictment
fthe "woman in gray," the latter
part of the week on the strength of
the story told by Mrs. Jane Gibson,
said to feel that the Inquiry has been
hampered by the refusal of som<
Besses to tell all they know.
BRITISH RETIRING AND TURK
FORCES ENTER TERRITORY
Constantinople. Nor. 7—According
to Turkish 'NattohkrtSt 1 RThffqtia'rters
the British forces are retiring from
thn Moselln area. In northern Mesopo
tamia and the Kemallsts are enter
ing the evacuated territory.
FURTHER DEMAND8 WILL
BE MADE BY TURKEY
Malta. Nov. 7.—Reliable sources de-
further Turkish demands will be
made at the Lausanne peace confer
ence that the Greek islands of Mytl-
lene and Chios in the Angean
off the Asia Minor coast be glv
Turkey and that Turkey shall be per
mitted to administer her own debt.
New Brunswick, N. J„ Nov. 7.—The
•tory tAld by Mrs. Jane Gibson, worn-
on of considerable mystery, the self-
styled "eye witness" of the double
dor of the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall
and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, on Sept. 14,
last, has been definitely corroboi
authorities said last night.
It wgx.also reported that the-grand
4ury would be asked to return Indict
meats against a woman and two men.
An attorney who has figured promi
nently in the investigation, said legal
preparations already were being made
to combat the Indictment.
The corroborating witness of Mrs.
Gibson’s story that she saw the couple
learned that I slain while she was searching for farm
ADDITIONAL TURKISH
SOLDIERS ARE CALLED
Constantinople. Nov. 7.—Three addi
tional classes of Turkish soldiers
have been called to the colors. It waa
learned today.
BRITISH CLOSE CUSTOMS
HOU8E AT CONSTANTINOPLE
Constantinople, Nov. 7—The British
authorities have ordered the customs
house closed and announce they will
operate the customs under the former
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'footers on the Phillips larm, Special
Detective James Mason announced, Is
Mrs. A. C. Fraley, who lives n
scene where the two bodies
found.
Sigourney Smith, grave digg.
boards at the Fraley homo, has been
questioned by state troopers, and thi
substance of his testimony is being
closely guarded. When appronebed by
newspaper writers Smith has declined
to talk and has depeatedly declared
that detectives have warned him not
to discuss the double murder.
la preparation tor presenting the en
tire case to the grand Jury, the authori
ties yesterday began a general reques-
tlonlng of all persons who have pre
viously been mentioned in connection
with the case.
COMMUNISTS DENIED
WRIT OF ERROR
(By j
Washington, D. C., Nov. 7.—Justice
Sutherland today denied the applica
tion of William Lloyd and seventeen
other members of the Communist
Labor party tor a writ of error which
bring their case to the Supreme
Court for a review of their conviction i jail
in Illinois on a charge of conspiracy j | ng
(By Asm
Atlanta, Ga., K
ported in several
eariy reporta fr
tion today <
being cast,
felt ballot
commissioner
the most inten
7.—With rain re-
of the
the general elec-
light
hat a counter-
; for pensloi
in circulation, wai
ling development of
early today. The constitutional amend-
. creating Peach county is
i holding chief interest.
FAIR WEATHER FOR VOTING
IN THE {CENTRAL STATE8
Chicago, III., N4v. 7.—Fair weather
prevailed over mist of the Central
States today except in the northwest
gnd with the congressional races ex
pected to play a leading part in deter
mination of control of the lower house
of Congress at the next session,
heavy rote generally was Indicated
HEAVY VOTE )N NORTHEAST
New York. Nov.‘ 7.—Clear weather
prevailed throughout most of the
Northeastern states as election day
dawned today Indicating that an un
usually heavy vote would be cast.
VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO IN
CONNECTION WITH ELECTION
Chicago,-Ill., Nqv. 7—Violence in
MAY BE
Search Being; Made for Wid
ow of Former Impressario
Who Was in Despondent
Condition.—Is Penniless and
Without Home.
(»r -
New York. Nov., 7.—A general
alarm for Mrs. Oscar Hammer-
stein, widow of the impressario,
has been sent out by the police.
Mrs. Hammerstein. who waa re
cently found penniless and 111 left
the home of a fMend yesterday.
She recently told a friend not to
f>o surprised if ahe was found
dead on the grave of her hus
band.
FORMER SENATOR
BULKELEY DEAD
rtford. Conn., Nov. 7.—Former
Senator Morgan Buckeley died here
last night.
FORMER U. S. 8ENATOR
MORGAN BUCKELEY DEAD
Hartford. Conn., Nov. 7—Morgan
Gardner Bulkeley. president of the
Aetna Life Insurance Company since
1879, mayor of Hartford
1893 and United States senator
from 1905
last night, after an illness of
three weeks. He was bom at East
Haddam. Dec. 26. 1837.
Morgan G. Bulkeley was formerly
United States senator, governor of
Connecticut for four years and. since
ildent of the Aetna Life In
surance Company. His passing
BELIEVED DEATH LIST IN
PENN. MINE DISASTER WILL
REACH TOTAL OF EIGHTY
Ninety-Five Miners Account
ed for, 33 Being Alive' and
Rescuers Report 13 More in
The Mine, Which May In
crease Original Estimate.
SPEC! SESSION
TO BE CALLED BY
PRESIDENTHABDIN6
Spangler, y Pa., NoV. 7.—Five
bodies were taken from the Reilly
mine to the temporary morgua here
today, bringing the total known dead
fifty. Thirty-three men have been
taken out alive. Rescue workers
-ess the belief that no more living
orkers are in the mine.
Ninety-five miners are now account-
d for and there ia uncertainty as to
e exact number of men In the mine
; the time of the explosion. Rescue
workers say they have located thlr-
more bodies in the shaft. Borne
officials predict that the total number
ad will reuch eighty.
ADMITS MANY THEFTS
connection with the election broke calls the famous legislative deadlock
Repunll-
fired on as
he was leaving hid home. None of
the shots took effect and the attack-
scaped. In a motor car. Bitter-
has marked the campaigns here.
K. K. K. WARN8 AGAINST
IRREGULARITIES IN ELECTION
Paris. Ill, Nov. 7.—A robed Ku
Klux Klansmen today gave a warning
against the buying and selling of
otes here. He posted placards at the
•oils declaring that an Invisible eye
vas on guard.
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS
LEAVE DE8K8 TO GO VOTE
Washington. D. C„ Nov. 7.—Elec-j 1,01
on* over the country today had a
reflex In Washington. In every gov
ern department were many va-
places and several members of
the cabinet as well as many under of-
•Is having gone home to vote,
resident Harding was at his office
he usual hour, with a full day
id, after which he was to receive
the election returns at the White
fiouse.
of 1891 when he forced his way into
the executive chamber at Hartford
with a-crowbar.
The term of office to which Mr.
Bulkeley had been elected as gover
nor expired in January, 1891. Under
the state constitution as it stood at
that time, a majority of all the votes
cast was necessary to elect a gover
nor and where there was no such ma
jority, the election fell to the General
Assembly. There waa a dispute
the legality of rejecting about 1,300
^o-called “specked ballots" cast
which had been thrown out by the
counters at the polls. Luzon B- Morris,
the Democratic candidate for gover-
hud about 4,000 more than Sam
uel E. Merwln, Republican, but If
b rejected votes were Included in
total, he would still lack a major-
The Republican House Insisted
•anvassing the votes and the De-
•atic Senate refused, so that II
Impossible to declare any one
Had a Change of Heart After
They Had Sawed Themselv
es Out of Jail, According to
Reports—Two Alleged Mur
derers Refused to Go.
violate the state sedition law.
Eastman, Ga., Nov. 7.—After escap
ing from the county jail early yester
day, six prisoner* suffered a con
science attack and returned to the
d gave themselves up. accord-
the Sheriff.
The prisoners sawed their way to
liberty and later talked the matter
deciding that they were wrong-
tariff convention. This action li
garded aa almost certain to provoke I ing the sheriff who had treated them
resentment among the Kemallsts who! considerately. Two prisoners held on
seeking to establish their own! a murder charge refused to Join the
customs regime.
The only state officer elected was
the controller, u Democrat, who had a
clear majority. Under those circum
stances Gov. Bulkeley held over
through failure to choose a successor.
The controller refused to admit him
to the state house and then followed
the incident with the crowbar at the
state house door. The Supreme Court
decided that he was de facto gover-
Bulkelej
the foi
for
i aftei
i had r
pired, but the Democratic Senate re
fused to recognize his authority, state,
appropriation!* were held up. Gov. Hill
pf New York declined to honor Bui-
keley’s requisitions for the extradition
of criminals and there were other com
plications. but Bulkeley did not weak
en and he served until the year fol
lowing the Cleveland landslide ot 1892.
The deadlock episode led to a consti
tutional amendment that provides for
election of state officers by a plurality
Brooklyn Woman Says She
Got Jewels Under the Very
Nose of Some of the Ladies.
—Stolen Property Valued at
About $10,000.
New York, Nor. 7.—Mrs. Catherine
Flynn, wife of a mail carrier, admit
ted In the magistrates court thli
morning that shn was the woman rat
flea who had robbed nearly a dozen
Brooklyn homes, getting Jewelry valu
ed at tea thousand dollars. She was
held to the grand Jury.
The woman declared she took the
gems under the very noses of the
housewives.
Only Eleventh Hour Change
Of Mind Will Prevent This
Action, Says White House
Announcement Today,—To
Convene November 20th.
Washington. D .C., Not. 7.—
President Harding expects to Is
sue a call Thursday or Friday for
a special session of congress, con
vening November 20th, It was
announced at the White House
today. The announcement said
that while Harding is not irre
vocably committed to the propos
al for a special session, only an
eleventh hour change of mind
would prevent him Issuing the
call.
SKQfTON IDENTIFIED
IS AGED MICHIGANDER
Woman Who Disappeared
Two Years Ago is Said to
Have Been Accounted for by
Finding of Remains in Thick
Swamp Near Her Home.
(By /
-The
BRITISH LIQUOR
VESSEL RELEASED
(By /
Washington, D. C., Nov. 7.—Release
of the British schooner Buena, which
was seized on September 14th, with
a cargo of liquor, outside the three
mll*i limit was authorized today by
Jhe Treasury. A review of the case
by the State Department is under
stood to have failed to develop evi
dence that the vessel was using small
boats to .bring liquor within the dry
SHIPPING BOARD URGED
TO TAKE OFF SHIPS
7.—The
ishlngtnn. D.
Shipping Board was urged today by
the Chamber of Commerce of the Uni
ted States to discontinue the use of
government owned ships In the ser
vice between Atlantic and Pacific
In a letter to Chairman Lasker.
President Barnes of the Chamber of
Commerce, remonstrated against gov-
Tnment competition with private on-
Traverse City, Mich., :
county authorities today were review
ing the disappearance more than two
years ago of Mrs. John Mattice, aged
84, and preparing for an inquest to
morrow over the sktdeton found yes
terday In a swamp near her former
home. Relatives Identified the skele
ton as that of the dead woman, by ex
amining the heel of her shoe and a
few hairpins which were of unusual
design.
ARMISTICE DAY NOT
A NATIONAL HOLIDAY
(By J
Washington, D. C., Nov. 7.—Presi
dent Harding, Secretary of War
Weeks, Secretary of the Navy, Den-
by and a military escort will lay a
wreath on the tomb of the unknown
soldier on Armistice day which is ex
pected to set a precedent to be fol
lowed annually. No national holiday
will be proclaimed the President de
clared.
BRITAIN TO MAKE
ANOTHER PAYMENT
TO UNITED STATES
London, Nov. 7.—The British govern-
emment has directed a further pay
ment of fifty millions dollars to the
United States, on November 15. to ap
n the Interest of the war debt,
peudlng an agreement between the two
governments for funding the debt.
of thrt
otes.
Born in East Haddam,
26. 1837, young Bulkeley left school
an early age and became an err\\d
boy In Brooklyn, N. Y. later becom
ing u member of the firm by which he
was employed.
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