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VOL. XXXIV, Ni 81.
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA THURSDAY AFTERNOON. DECEMBER 14,1322.
WXO PER ANNUM
Tioinon
BY B1HRMA CHS
Angered by Failure of New
York Purchasers to Get the
Liquor Off, or Food on They
Dumped it Into Ocean ana
Departed.
(By AaaocUled Frcaa)
N«w York, Doc. 14.—A port ot a 11-
quor cargo valued at $1,700,000 hai
been dumped in the ocean off Long
Island, according to a report to tbe
chief of the Intelligence officers for
the prohibition enforcement depart
ment The whiskey, which
brought from the Bahamas,
thrown overboard when members
the rum runners' crew, angered at
the failure of the cargo owners In
New York to get water and food sup
plies to the ship or unload the liquor.
After dumping the vessel off the
shore, the vessel departed for the Ba-
BODY OF KANSAS BOV
MISSING SINCE SUNDAY FOUND
(By Associated 1'reits)
Junction City, Kas., Dec. 14.—
The body of five year old, Marvin
Koepke, who has been raising
since Sunday, was found today
in a pasture several mltos from
home.
MOTOR DRIVEN COACH
ONTENN.-ALA.-GA.ROAD
COLLIDES WITH TROLLEY
(By /
Chattanooga, Tenn., L.-. 14.—One
of the newly installed motor driven
passenger coaches on the Tennessee-
Alabama-Georgia railroad, collided
with an Alton Park street car
grade crossing In a suburb of this
city early this morning. Some of the
passengers on the street car received
slight cuta from broken glass but
none were injured seriously.
GOVERNORS DISCUSS CREDITS
(By Associated Press)
White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Dec.
14.—The granting ot additional credit
by the United States to foreign coun
tries having stable forms of govern
ment with certain restrictions, was
recommended here today by Sam R.
'McKelvle, of Nebraska, speaking be
fore the annual Governor’s conference
as a means of Increasing the demand
for American agricultural products,
thereby strengthening the farming In
dustry.
GEORGIA HOTEL MEN
MEETING IN MACON
Macon, Ga., Dec. 14.—With dele
gates from all over the state In at
tendance, the Georgia State Hotel
Men’s Association, opened the six
teenth annual session this morning.
The convention will be featured by
SIElSniP LINE
IS CONSOLIDATED
United Fruit Company An
nounces Dissolution of Sub
sidiary Steamship Lines and
Merger of All Under One
Head.
(By Associated Press)
Boston, Mass., Dec. 14.—The United
Fruit Company today announced that
in order to consolidate its steamship
interests. It was dissolving its tv
ty-two subsidiary companies, and
ganlzlng all as tbe United Fruit
and Steamship Company. As at pres
ent, tbe vessels will fly the American
flag.
TURKEY PLANS TO
JOIN THE LEAGUE
(By Associated Press)
Lausanne, Dec. 14.—Turkey wlU
Join the League of Nations as sot
peace is signed at Lausanne, Ismet
Pasha has announced to the Near
Fast conference.
As the League exercises genera^
supervision over the minority popula
tions, Ismet’s announcement Is inter
preted as meaning that Turkey will
ccept the League’s supervision over
the Christian peoples of Turkey.
Turkey refuses, however, the de
mand for creation of a national home
for Armenians and exemption for
members of the minorities from mili
tary service.
SURGEONS IN CONVENTION
END SESSIONS TODAY
MANY KILLED AND VERY
SERIOUSLY SCALDED IN
WRECK NEAR HOUSTON
Engines Sideswipe Each Oth
er Near Depot at Humble
And Steam Valve Pours Hot
Flood Into Negro Coach, In
flicting Fatal Injuries.
(D, A
Houston, Tex., Dec. 14.—The death
of four more persons today brought
the toll of last night’s train wreck at
Humble to seventeen. All were vic
tims of scalding from escaping steam.
Six of the were white and eleve
groes.
Of the four who died early this
morning, one known to be a white
i has not been identified, and two
s identified as negroes. One was
Identified as to race because ot
E8CAPING STEAM
SCALDS PASSENGERS
Houston, Tex., Dec. 14.—Seven per
ms were scalded to death by steam
and approximately thirty-five wers
burned, several probably fatally, when
Houston East Texas railway passen
ger train side swiped a switch engine
the depot at Humble, Texas, last
night, the cylinder heads of the
two locomotives striking squarely.
Seven were killed when a two inch
steam pipe on the switch engine
crashed through a window of the car
occupied (by negroes, turning tbe car
into a cauldron.
(By Associated Press)
Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 14.—Discus-
Ion of technical subjects made up
the program of the final session of
the thirty-fifth annual meeting of the
Southern Surgictd Association.
Need of * jc$a,$aign for education
show tbe importance of treatment
and operative surgery in the early
stages of appendicitis, was among the
(subjects stressed by the - earlier
speakers.
REORGANIZATION PLANS
READY FOR CONGRESS
(By Asi
1 Press)
Washington, D. C., Dec. 14.—Presi
dent Harding today met the Joint
commission on departmental reorgan
ization, preparatory to submission of
the completed report to Congress
in which he Is expected to n
mend sweeping realignments of gov
ernmental departments and burenus
FORMER COAST LINE
EMPLOYE FOUND GUILTY
irtr
Waycross, Ga., Dec. 14.—R. P. Kin-
law, a former employe of the Atlantic
Coast Line, charged with assault and
Intent to murder, In connection with
attack on J. T. Ro»» during the
rail strike last summer, was today
talk, by Frank Bohu.6. attorney for|'°"" d 8 " P ’ ri ° r . <Ma 1
tbe American hotel asaoctatlon mad by J bere - “* ** r " J**.
. radio concon. Ttanorro., tb. del* *» “ d
setae .111 be siren a befbeeue. I “•
New Line oi Candies
CHOCOLATE COVERED NUTS AND FRUITS. 49c POUND
AS80RTED CHOCOLATES 49o*POUNO
CHOCOLATE COVERED CORDIAL CHERRIES, .. 69c POUND
Good as any Dollar Candy at half the priced trial will convince.
49 Cants
Sold only at Jack Horner Headooutm.
MASH-MILT0N DRUG CO.
“A Good Place to Trade,”
Phones <05 and 104
EMM IKES IKE
RISE OF STERLING M
EXPECTS LOWER PRICES
ATTEMPT MADE TO
ASSASSINATE BRITISH
IIUIIIL ULUIILinm Judlclary Committee Hear
ing Impeachment Charges
Today.
Polnsoned Chocolates Sent
By Mail to High British Of
ficial, But They Were Inter
cepted by Police, and Found
To Contain Arsenic.
(By Aaaoelatid Press)
London, Dec. 14.—An attempt
has been made to assassinate
-Home Secretary, W. C. Bridge-
man, by means o^polsoned choco
lates sent through!, the mall. The
candy arrived at the home office
yesterday and the police found
that It contained arsenic.
THOUSANDS PAY
TRIBUTE TO MEMORY
OF JOHN WANAMAKER
Many Notable Men Present
In Philadelphia to Attend the
Funeral Services of Great
Merchant and Philanthro
pist Today.
(By Associated Press)
(By Associated Press)
London. Dec. 14.—The continued
rise of sterling exchange, was display
ed prominently by this mornlng’i
newspapers, some of which enthusias
tically anticipate a reduction In the
prices of food and cotton Iportations
from America.
This view of the newspapers is
bolstered by citing the opinion of Bon-
Law as expressed In tbe House of
Commons last night, that unless some
great disaster to foreign affairs
Great Britain will very sooi
Joy -better trade.
4 C0RSICANNA HAS BIG FIRE
(By Associated Press)
Corslcanna, Tex., Dec. 14.—Three
buildings in Fairfield, Freestone coun-
ere destroyed by fire early to
day. The origin of the fire la unde
termined. The loss is estimated at
about thirty thousand dollars.
THREE COMETS IN THE
SKY NOTED BY EXPERTS
(By Associated Prees
Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 14.—
The spectacle of three comets
swinging through the skies, was
afforded astronomers for the first
time in twelve years. To the two
comets, the Skjellerupa end
Baades, that had been under ob
servation for weeks, another was
added today.
The tailed star, known as Per-
rlnes, is making another visitation
of the stellar system, arter an
absence of two generations, hav
ing been sighted again.
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 14.—Thous-
»nds of persons representing virtually
every walk In life did homage
the bier of John Wanamaker whose
body lay In state until noon today In
Bethany Presbyterian church, where
the famous merchant worshipped
since his boyhood. M^ny celebrated
persons. Including high representativ
es in the official life bf the nation
are here to officiate at or attend the
funeral this afternoon.
UNDENFELD DETAINED
AT ELLIS ’ISLAND
CONGRESSMEN ARE
BEING SHADOWED BY
DAUGHERTY’S MEN
(By Associated Prase)
Washington, D. C., Dec. 14.—Charg-
i that operatives of the Department
of Justice had shadowed members of
congress who have attacked Attorney
General Daugherty, were mad
denied today at the bearing before
the House Judiciary committee <
impeachment charges against Dangh-
MEXICO PROTESTS
AGAINST EXCLUSION
(By Associated Press)
Mexico City, Dec. 14.—A resolution
protesting against the exclusion or
Mexico from the Central American
conference at Washington and de
claring Mexico's opposition tc
United States' naval bases oi
Latin-Amerlcan coast, was withheld
from the chamber of deputies last
Ight through Intervention of the Cp-
operatlsts party leaders. They induc
ed the framers of the resolution who
s considerable group In the
chamber to postpone action for i
days.
GERMANY ON BRINK OF
COMPLETE COLLAPSE
SAYS BONAR LAW
(By A (social
London, Dec. 14.—Germany Is
very near complete collapse,
Prime Minister Bonar Law told
the House ot Commons today. He
declared this was the only Infor
mation, he could give the House
at this time on the subject of
reparations.
Government Will Contest Re
fusal of Authorities to Ad
mit Man Wanted by U. S.
(By J
I Press)
New York, Dec. 14.—The board of
Inquiry at Ellis Island has excluded
from the United States, Wolfe Linden-
feld, who was brought to this country
by the Department of Justice In con
nection with the Wall Street explos-
of 1920, and who has been detain
ed at the Island since Thanksgiving.
It was said to be probable tbat the
Department of Justice would appeal
tbe decision of the Board, In an effort
to hold Llndenfeld for further Investi
gation.
ONE TRAINMAN KILLED
IN WISCONSIN WRECK
(By Associated Press)
Thorp, WIs., Dec. 14.—One train
an was killed and several badly In
jured early today, when the Minneap
olis, 8t. Paul and Saulte 8te Marie
passenger train number three, met In
head-on collision with a freight
train near here. The train which
as en route from Chicago
TRIAL ALLEGED TEXAS
LYNCHERS CONTINUED
(By Associated Press)
Texarkana, Tex., Dec. 14.—The trial
of nine men charged with murder in
connection with the lynching of Huly
Owens, negro here on May nineteenth
was continued today in the Miller
county circuit court until the next
court term which Is to convene In
June of next year. Ihe lynching of
Owens followed the fatal shooting of
Richard Choate, a policeman.
NAVAL COMITON
HAS BEEN RESUMED
IK!
HIU EACH YEffl
New Orleans Engineer Says
All Methods So Far Have
Failed to Prevent Floods on
This River, as Each Flood
Crest Exceeds Others.
(By Associated Press)
Washington, D. C., Dec. 14.—Declar
ing that the fight to control the
Mississippi river had proven a failure
under the existing program, J. ’
Kemper, New Orleans engineer and
member of the safe river committee,
today told the House flood control
committee that although the first lev-
was built two hundred years ago,
the goal is now no nearer accomplish
ment Each flood he said, had brought
gradually Increasing crest.
POLLARD HELD FOR
KILLING STENOGRAPHER
(By Associated Press)
Richmond, Va., Dec. 14.—Mrs. Thai-
a H. Richardson came to her death
from a “bullet wound—that she wai
shot by Thomas Pollard, In a scuffle,'
was the-verdict of the coroner’s Jury
which met here to investigate the
killing of the pretty young stenogra
pher at the home of her former
ployer Monday evening.
Pollard’s bond was continued and
his preliminary arraignment in polios
court was set for December 23rd
BRAZIL FEARS INTERNATIONAL
INTRIGUE FOR ARMAMENT
(By Assoclat
Janeiro, Dec. 14.—The chief
of police of Rio de Janeiro has issued
statement In which he declared that
Investigation of reports that an Inter
national bank was Intriguing with
South American nations as a stimu
lant to armament sale, had shown
that such a band actually existed and
that It merited the “immediate atten-
of the public powers.”
(UK APPROVES
CO-OPERATIVE FARM
MARKETING Fill
Says It is Greatest Movement
For Present Relief and Per
manent Betterment of Agri
cultural Conditions Yet Un
dertaken.
(B, ,
Washington, D. C., Dec. 14.—Presi
dent Harding in a letter read to tho
ipentng session ot tbe national coun*
>11 of the Farmers’ Cooperative Mar
ketlng Associations, declared that be
of “no single movement that
promises more help towards present
relief and permanent betterment of
agricultural conditions,’’ than the
operative organizations of farmers
market their produce.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 14.—Whet
rhe sponsors characterize as the most
Important movement for farmers ever
inaugurated, was launched here today
with the assembling ot tbe first nat*
lonal council o: the Farmers’ Cooper
ative marketing associations. Dele*
gates representing associations Inter*
ested tn every major product cams to
Washington to take part In the three
day conference.
The program today was devoted
largely to addresses by Secretary of
Agriculture, Wallace, Secretary of
Commerce, Hoover, Dr. Julius Klein,
director of the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce, and representa
tives of farm organizations.
RUTLEDGE MAN PINNED
UNDER AUTOMOBILE
(By Associated Press)
Madison, Ga., Dec. 14.—When his
automobile overturned on the Mod)
son-Rutledge road six miles from
Madison last night, John G. Oxford,
of Rutledge, was pinned beneath the
and killed. Oxford was alone and
the overturned car and Oxford’s body
hlch were bidden in tall weeds was
not discovered until this morning.
AIR FORCES FAIL TO
FIND MISSING MEN
(By Associated Press)
_ ., —— _ . . _. . i-noeiux, Arlx., Dec. 14.—The a
Washington, D. C, M—Blont „„„
notice that the United States cannot
avoid a new naval program in swift
cruisers and fleet submarines unless
treaty limitations are extended
expected to concentrate their efforts
In the Santa Rita mountain region,
south of Tucson today in search of
Colonel Marshall and Lieut. Webber,
such craft, was served by the House m | B gi ng av lators. Two reports by per-
»ppropri«tion. commlttea yntentap Mni who Mid (hep hod «een on army
In reporting tho *293,806,538 naval . lr pUot In thot district, the engine o(
opproprlotion bill. A elx-llne prortelon
placed in the bill by the committee
requested President Harding to
negotiate with Great Britain France,
Japan and Italy for such an extension
of the treaty, limitation of aircraft
to be included.
neapolls, was about an hour late and comm ittee report said large
speeding to make up time when
the crash occurred.
which was firing Irregularly,
searchers to believe that the lost men
might be found In the mountain dis
trict.
WOULD LIMIT BUILDING
OF WARSHIPS OF TEN
THOUSAND TONS BY U.S.
Washnlgton, D. C., Dec. 14.—As a
reason for requesting tbe President
to urge other powers to limit the con
struction of warships of ten thous
and tons or less. Chairman Kelly ot
the subcommittee on appropriations,
which wrote the request into the nav
al bill, told the House that the Navy
Department had recommended a navy
construction program, costing $331,-
0.000.
WITNESS AT NEW
BRUNSWICK KIDNAPED
(By /
Isttd I
New Brunawick, N. J., Dec. 14.—
he state constabulary and police of
many cities and towns are today
searching for Mrs. Georgianna Mauro,
aged 16. who was kidnaped from her
home here last night, after her testi
mony had resulted in the conviction
:orge Girando, as the slayer of
her husband. Girando was sentenced
rve from five to ten years In
the pen.
Mauro waa killed last July, after a
party. Two men visited the woman’a
home last night and carried her out
waiting car and sped away.
(Continued on Page 8)
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