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VOL. XXXIV. N 7.
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA SATURDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 29, 1922.
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DEFEHIS III ALLEGED BABY MIHSBER
FAILURE OF STATE TB PRESEIIT EVIDENCE
Absence of Solicitor General Hay Caused Prosecutor To
Ask for a Continuance Which Was Denied by the Jus
tice Presiding Before Large Crowd in Court House To
day.—Case Postponed Until Three O’Clock and on An
nouncement That State Was Not Ready, the Prison
ers Were Freed.—Congratulations Offered by Many
Friends at Conclusion of the Session. — Mrs. Adams
Ill and Could Not Appear This Afternoon.
The preliminary hearing in the out recurose, unless thru such a proce*
charge of murder made against Dr. j dure. He said that the law stated
J. B. Palmer, Mrs. Nell Adams, Mr. J. J clearly that an abortion by any meth-
E. Dyson, and Rhetta Hooth, was post: od whatever was only a misdemeanor
poned to 3 o'clock this afternoon by under the law. This, of course, la
Judge Gandy at the session, which be-1 predicated on the theory that life was
gan at 10 o'clock, the court house b^not destroyed after such an operation.
Ing practically filled when the parties | He also stated that he had hoard that
at interest came into the court. j "Invisible government” was respons 1 .-
Mr. D. Roy Hay appeared in behalf ( ble partly for this prosecution and If
of Solicitor General Hay, who stated j so it had committed an irretrievable
that he had not known of the time set, blunder, for the parties, one and all.
until he read It In the paper yesterdayj were Innocent of the charge lodged
afternoon, and that he was attending.against them, as far as It concerned
to a matter of court business in TKton the case of the baby found on the
today at 10 o'clock, an engagement, he! Montlcello road or In any other way
had had for several weeks and which j or case.
he did not feel he could break. Mr. Defendants Released on Bond
Hay asked a conllauaaca until Mon- Th . de(cnd , nt , were , dmlUed t0 „
day ur later In ths week at such tlma by Jud „, 0aady th ,
as he canid let away tram the Lawn | hf , r | ng could be held at 3 o'clock this
dea ceurt. iafternaen. The four departed tram
Attorney Makes Heated Statement I j h a court room until the hearing could
Mr. Titus went Into a somewhat be held later, giving a nominal bond
heated statement of his efforts to get, to the sheriff, In whose discretion
a hearing, citing the nature of the to the amount in the matter, was 1
crime charged and the fact that the! by Judge Gandy,
law provides that men shall be ac*l Justice C. Tj Gandy this afternoon
corded the right to a hearing as soon .formally ordered the four defendants,
as possible, as this Is the only means ! against whom a warrant was sworn
by which they can securo freedom. He out by Policeman Hughes, charging
stated he had tried to get n habeas 1 murder In connection with the finding
corpus petition through and failed and j of a baby’s body near the Country Club
had talked with both Judge Thomas!last week, be dismissed from any
WIFE “DEAD IN SPIRIT” IS
EXCUSE OF BIGAMIST WHO
MARRIED BOOKKEEPER
Supreme Court Says Laws of
The Country Supercede in
This Case Those of the Spir
its as Claimed by Indianap
olis Man.
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 25.—Plea
that his wife “had died in the spirit,"
failed to win the approval of the Su
preme Court .'or William Long, who
16 TO
Will Go Into West and Mid
dle West Under Auspices ol
American Defense Society,
And Will Spend Thanksgiv
ing at Old Missouri Home,
(By Associated Press)
Washington, D. C., Nov. 25.—Gener-
1 Pershing will leave tomorrow
speaking tour under the auspices of
the Floyd Circuit I-the American Defense Society, which
will carry him Into several Western
and Middle Western states.
He will speak (n Minneapolis
November 28th, and will go from
there to St. Louis, stopping en
at his old home at LaClede, Missouri,
over Thanksgiving In all of his ad-
lourt of bigamy.
The Supreme Court affirmed his
tonviction and in so doing ruled that
.he laws of the land took precedence
>ver the "higher spirit” which he
•lared had prompted him to wed Ma
ori® McFall, his 19-year old book-
keoper. while his wlfo was living.
Prof. Tieman, Husband of
Woman in Noted Paternity
Case Married Young Widow
After Obtaining Divorce
From First Wife.
NEUTRAL ZOlEDOES
NOT APPEAL TO ALLIES
IN FAR EAST QUESTION
Plea Made by Ismet Pasha
For Declaration of Neutral
Area by the Powers Falls on
Deaf Ears at Lausanne Con
ference,
l
and Solicitor Hay In regard to the mat jeopardy Imposed by these warrants,
ter. He urged that the matter be | This came after the prosecution,
taken up at once, stating that he knew through Attorney D. Roy Hay,
beyond any doubt that the parties 1 nounced this afternoon at the 3 o'clock
were entirely free from any form of session of the court that Solicitor
guilt and that they were entitled to General Hay was in TUton but would
their liberty. j come to Thomasville as soon as pos-
Mr. Roy Hsy was not disposed to sihle. He asked that it be carried over
argue the case either one way or the to Monday.
other, appearing only In behalf of his j Attorney Titus stated that the judge
brother, the solicitor, to urge a con*;had passed on that continuance this
tin nance. Mr. Hughes, who swore out morning and that he would insist that
the warrants, was present and stated the four be released fr jeopardy lm*
that he desired until Monday. This mediately. The prosecutor decided WpCTTp]J CEMATHPC
was denied and Judge Gandy ordered that he could not enter Into the hear- WfiJILIlII JClUilUAJ
the case to proceed, but later granted lag without the assistance of the soli*
a continuance until 3 o'clock this at* citor general and Judge Gandy then
ternoon. | ruled them free. Mr. Titus announced
During the procedure Judge Gandy . that Mrs. Adams was 111 from the af*
stated that he was going to do hll fecta of her Incarceration and the
duty fully and completely. He did hearing this morning and stated that
not care to try this case, bnt when It to put her in Jail would Jeopardise her
was presented to him he wanted to life.
fulfill every obligation the law lm*j Court Room Crowded
po„d upon hint. H. oried or.ry per-, Tb , court room „„ crowde d for th.
•on In thn court room to bow their bear | ng( every available, neat being
bead, la • -Heat prayer to Ood that tak ,„ tbe „„„
be might make th. right dcd.lon. gad ylIIed . Many (rlondl eongratnlatad tb.
lmm.dl.tely thcreattor announced a , | ntoreilt tbe conclu.lon
that th. trill mart proceed. | ot tb , Jlld , e ., ord ,„. Judc . 0and ,
Declare, Abortion • Mledeme.nor !, UUd that la tba attt0 „„ m
Mr. Tltae- anumcat wae coatlaed t. matlar c01lld be bator , th ,
the situation resulting from the arrest,
the Incarceration Of these parties with (Continued on Page 8)
<ny i
>clated 1
Hammond. Ind., Nov. 25.—Prof
John P. Tiernan, of South Bend, and
Mrs. Blanche Brimmer, of Hansell.
Iowa, were married this morning at
Crown Point, Indiana.
The professor was divorced Thurs
day from his wife who was the prin
cipal In the Tlernan-Poulln paternity
c.ise at South Bend recently. The
couple loft immediately without men
tioning their destination. The bride
was a widow of 24 years of age, am'
the daughter of a Methodist minister.
MRS TIERNAN SAID HUSBAND
OFTEN SPOKE OF "BLANCHE’
South Bend, Ind., Nov. 25.—When
informed that her former husband had
>een married to Mrs. Blanche Brim-
ner this morning, Mrs. John Tiernan,
itated that she did not krtow the we
nan. but had frequently her husband
ipeak of “Blanche,” whom he said
te seme day expected to marry
■aid the statements were usually
uade in the torn) of Jests and there-
ore she had paid no attention to
(By j
Nov. 25.—The requei
Turkish delegates to the Near
East conference for a neutral zone on
Turkey's western boundary has been
:eld up apparently because no nation
rants to guarantee peace to any Bal
Ismet Pasha's statement that Tur
key desired the powers to guarantee
the neutrality of a belt 30 kilometers
wide along the .Marltza river, brought
definite decision by the powers. It
;s evidently agreed that the neu-
ility question could be disposed o'.
later at the time of tbe expected dis
cussion of the Dardanelles question.
OUTLINE PROGRAM FOR
PASSAGE LEGISLATION
Washington, D .C., Nov. 25.—Wes
tern Senators, after a scries of itffor
mal conferences have taken the Initia
tive In frumlng a legislative program
for the remainder of the extra se
and the regular session of congi
This program provides for consider
ation of the Dyer anti-lynching bill,
after a vote Monday on the resolution
authorizing a Liberian loan. .
leaders are agreed that the ship
ping bill should be kept before the
Senate as desired by the President
but should not be allowed to Imperil
passage of the regular appropriation
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CHAPLAIN GETS D. S. C.
FOR WORK IN FRANCE
(By Associated Press)
Washington. D. C., Nov. 25.—Wil
liam J. Parrel, who served In France
chaplain of the 104th Infantry.
enty-Sxith Division. has been
arded the Distinguished Service
>ss for repeatedly risking his Ufa in
icuatlon of the wounded.
)n one occasion the citation said
made his way under heavy artil-
y and machine gun tire by running
and crawling from shell hole to shell
hole to a dying soldier to whom he ad
ministered the lust rites.
PROMINENT SAVANNAH
PEOPLE DIED TODAY
(By Associated Press)
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 25.—Mrs. E. S.
Kennedy, well known woman's club
t, died this morning after a
brief Illness.
FORMER KNIGHTS OF PYTHIA8
LEADER DIED IN SAVANNAH
Savannah. Ga.. Nov. 25.—General
Charles A. Cox. native of Baltimore
and for half a century a resident of
this city, was today reported
death at his home here. He w
one time prominent in the Knights of
Pythias of Georgia, being at the head
of the uniform rank of this order
this state.
PILOTLESS AIRPLANE
MAKES FINE TRIP IN
TESTS AT PARIS TODAY
Controlled Satisfactorily by
Means of Hertsian Waves
And Made Customary Revo
lutions and Then Returned
To Starting Point.
(By Associated Press)
Paris. Nov. 25.—The system of pi
lotless airplane control has passed a
two day’s test satisfactorily, accord
ing to erperts who supervised the
trials with a three hundred horse
power passenger-carrying government
bi-plano that flew Wednesday and
Thursday for several hours.
The plane going alo.'t with no one
aboard responded to control by Hert-
slan waves from the ground and per
formed thn customary evolutions and
then landed safely.
TUBKEY DEMANDED
BY U.5. OBSERVER
American Spokesman Child
Reiterates American Insist
ence on This Point to Thr
Amazement of the Lausanne
Delegates.
■ in is
ii
Dr. Mueller, of Agricultural
Department Out Because of
Socialist’s Attack in Reich
stag, Resulting From His
Former Activities.
PREPARE EVIDENCE IN
ARMY SIGNAL CORPS CASE
(By Associated Press)
Chicago, III., Nov. 25.—Preparation
’ evidence in the alleged million dol
lar wastage In tho aviation section of
the army signal corps here, during the
was begun by federal officials to
day, the move being ordered by Unit
ed States district attorney Cline, who
announced that any further attempts
of the Indicted men to dolay trial of
asc, would bo strenuously oppos
ed by the government The case has
been continued seven times.
HARDING’S VIEW ON
BONGS MEASURE SOUGHT
(By J
ress)
Washington. I). C.. Nov. 25.—T
views of President Harding on th*
soldier bonus question in the light of
Hie recent elections and In view ot
he determination of some of the bon*
us advocates to bring the matter up
<t the regular session ot congress
were sought today by Senator Watson
Republican leader In the Senate ou a
•UU to the White Hoots.
(By Associated I
Berlin, Nov. 25.—Doctor Herman
Mueller, minister of agriculture a
food controller in the new cabinet
'hancellor Cun. resigned his off
today. His resignation came after
tacks made in the Reichstag upon the
minister by Socialists who accused
ivlng actively participated In
the Rhineland Separatist movement
In 1919.
REICH8TAG APPROVES
GOVERNMENT POLICY
Berlin. Nov. 25.— » Reichstag to
day voted approval of the motion
made by the German Democrats, en
•ng tbe government's dectara.ion
ot policy. All parties voted for the
with the exception of the Com-
uiuuists and three members of the
tic party wl
t approval.
TWO DIE IN DESTRUCTION
CANADIAN CATHOLIC
SCHOOL BY FIRE
Winnipeg* Canada. Nov. 25.—Two
tudents lost their lives and twenty
others were injured today when fire
destroyed St. Boniface Collpge. one of
♦he oldest and most noted Canadlnu
Catholic institutions. The famous
Jesuit Rbrary also was destroyed.
amazed the other delegations this
morning at that session by reiterat
ing the Insistence or the United Stat
es upon the open door policy in Tur
key.
He read the aide* memorie, -which
was delivered on October 30th to
Great Britain, Franco and Italy, and
said the American government and
the public supported this po'l'y
CHARLuTcHAPOtT
WHIN'S GLOVE MAY
BE CLUE IN CHICAGO
Wealthy Automobile Man
Victim of Foul Play, Body
Being Found in Woods and
Glove in Car is Only Avail
able Evidence.
(By Associated Prsss)
Chicago, Ill., Nor. 25.—A woman’s
love found in an automobile, near
which the body of Joseph Lanus, weal
thy head of sn automobile sales com
pany, with two bullet wounds in his
back, found last night In his garage.
one of the clues through which
the police are seeking evidence to
dve the mystery of the slaying.
Detectives, however, are Inclined to
tiieve that Lanus was killed in con
nection with a quarrel over the car
r than that
i Inv<
REPORTED ENGAGED CHINESE PASSENGERS
ON STEAMER ARRESTED
Los Angeles. Cal., Nov. 25.—
A story was published today In
the Los Angeles Times that A re
port of the engagement of Charlie
Chaplin to Coin Negri, Polish
among the Hollywood studios, and
Is neither denied nor confirmed
by Chaplin, while Miss Negri de*
CHINESE PREMIER
HAS RESIGNED
(By Associated Press)
Pekin. China, Nor. 25.—Premier
'ang Chunk-Hui hns resigned. Tho
'signalIons of the entire cabinet
ivo been In the hands of the Presi
dent since the arrest n week ago. of
Finance Minister Lo Wenkan on a
OREGON TURKEY
SENT TO HARDING
Hood River, Ore., Nov! 25.—
President Harding will have also
an Oregon turkey for Thanksgiv
ing dinner, a 22-pounder, grown
on the place of the Rev. Billy
Sunday. The bird has fjoen ex
pressed to the White House.
A 21-pounder also went to
George Christian, Secretary to
Harding.
60 Men and Women Suspect
ed of Being in Another Buc-
canneering Plot in China.
(By Associated Press)
Shanghai. Nov. 25.—Sixty Chinese
passengers, including men. women
and children arriving here from Hong
Kong on the British steamer Ylng
Chow, were arrested by Chinese rlv*
er police aided by French police. It
was reported that the ship's owners
had learned that a plot was afoot for
pirates to seize her on her southward
ailing from Shanghai in December.
It is said tho scheme was engineered
1 a British steamer near Macao
and abandoned her a.ter robbing the
passengers.
HERRIN MASSACRE JURY
NOT NEARLY COMPLETED
IRISH FREE STATE
- CONSTITUTION PUBLISHED
IStittll
provides
of the present system of I
gives the Irish Free Stat'
adopt acts applicable to tl
. 25.—A bill setting u
r> o.* the Irish Fre
lished here today. 1
mporury contlnuatlo
WOMAN DIED FROM
EATING CHOCOLATE BAR
*By Associated Press)
Chilton. Wash.. Nov. 26.—Investiga
tion or the sudden death of Mrs.
Frank Schneider, wife of a farmer
living ten miles west o; here, who
within an after after eating a
chocolate bar mailed her In a mys
terious parkage, was ordered to lay
by the district attorney.
thai
who \
med
with the
Only foe
Jury to try the five men
III murder in connection
•rrln mine riots, when the
t convened this morning,
urors have been accepted
weeks’ examlnvlon ol
SILENCE ON THE
CHILDERS’ EXECUTION
London, Nov. 25.—The execution of
rsklne Chllde-s draws no editorial
mdemnatlon In the morning papers.
Several mako no comment and In bio
graphical material indicate neither
turprlsn nor censure. Everywhere Is
•ecognltlon apparent of Childers' ablll*
y and courage and obituaries and edi
torials alike deplore that his life had
an ending.
GREEKS ASK ALLIED ESCORT
FOR REFUGEE STEAMERS
Constantinople, Nov. 25.—The al
ed commissioners havo received
appeal from the Greek government
warships to escort Greek steamnn
ch are taking refugees out of Asia
Minor. Tho commissioners were in
formed that twenty ships are ready
II as soon as an escort is provid
ed. The ships will sail without flags
under the conditions Imposed by the
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