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WEATHER FORECAST RAIN TONIGHT AND TUE8DAY. COLDER TOMORROW. ntexrei&e. AOVERTISIM FORMS OLCtt HIRE A. M. DAILY ChMfM *f Copy Haootvd Mr that VOL. XXXIV. No. 23. TH0MA8VILLE, GEORGIA MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 18, 1922. «6AO PER ANNUM 1LUCE REID IS Famous Movie Actor Report ed by Wife to be Very Low And Death Has Been Ex pected for Past Several Days. —Heart Very Weak. <D. Auiahtia IT...) Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 18.—Wallace Reid, motion picture actor, is now on the verge of death, and for several days has not been expected to live, according to his .1ft. to an to.orviow Rj oters Wm TeU glory of In the Los Angeles Examiner, given * — - - at a Hollywood sanitarium last night A statement by physicians said the actor's condition Is delicate, wltl rising temperature and pulse ’ heart action weak and Irregular, is said he Is suffering either from a complete exhaustive condition fluenza. 1200,000 THEN 61 OB AT DENVER II AFTER SHOOTING GUARD STEAMER LITHUANIA AGROUND IN THE BALTIC (By Associated Press) Copenhagen, Dec. 18.—The Danish steamship Lithuania, which left New York on December sixth, for Danzig with a cargo of passengers, is report ed aground on Bornholm Island in the Baltic sea. WOMAN CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN DRIVEN OUT OF KISSIMMEE BY KUKLUX Arriving In Jacksonville She Says She Was Given $100 By Two Men, Alleged Mem bers of Klan and Told to De part on First Train. Jacksonville, Fla.,* Etec***18.—A man who said she was .Mrs. A. B. Yo der, of near Kissimmee, reported the police upon her arrival here the morning train today from the South Florida city that two men. who said they were members of the Ku Klux Klan gave her one hundred dol lars yesterday, and told her to loa\o the town on the first train. Sho did so, taking with her, her nine year old daughter. SUPPOSED VICTIM OF BULLET RETURNS TO TELL STORY OF HERRIN MASSACRE AT TRIAL Dan O’Rourke Believed To Have Been Killed By Herrin Massacre to the Court Now Trying Five Men. Marion, III., Dec 18.—Shot down and left to dlo on a lonely roadside. Dan O'Rourke, returned today to tell his story at the trial of five men charged with murder In connection with the Herrin riot. O'Rourke’s re turn from the shadow of the grave was announced iby the prosecution in open court this morning. O'Rourke was one of six men whom other witnesses have testified were ihot down before the Herrin ceme- ery after they had been marched I through the town by a singing and Jeering mob. Three Bandits, With Reserve Force in Background Stage Spectacular Robery When Money Was Being Trans ferred to Reserve Bank in That City. — Guards Fired On Fleeing Bandits and Po lice Get Busy. — Wounded Guard Will Probably Die. Charles L Bank guard a y which i Ref HARNESS WINDS TO MAKE ELECTRICITY IS NEW ENGLISH SCHEME London, Dec. 18.—A plan to har ness the winds and make them pro duce electricity for the rural districts has been presented to the ministry of agriculture. The scheme Involves erection on hilltops, low fbulldlngs from the sides of which will project huge wings. Those wings will be spun by wind horizontally just above the ground. The proponents of the plan assert that unlimited amounts of electricity can be obtained this way at minimum LOWER TEMPERATURES IN MIDDLE WEST AND ARE COMING SOUTHEASTWARD Generally Bad Weather and 'Intense Cold is Reported From That Section and the Weather Bureau Says it is Headed Eastward. (By Associated Trees) Chicago, III., Dec. 18.—Temperatur es lower than previously reported this winter In the northwest, upper Lake region, the great central valleys and the middle and west gulf states Rocky mountain region, were record ed last night and today as another ivave spread over the entire r portion of the United States, weather bureau reported that the cold wave has a general southeast erly trend across the middle states. UNION OF CENTRAL AMERICA WILL NOT BE DISCUSSED FORMALLY Washington, D. C., Dec. 18.—The proposal that the Central American conference meeting here discuss a program looking to a poltlcal union e five Central American repub went by the board today when the conference resumed Its sessions after receiving formal Instructions from all the governments interested. The five nations decided against mstdorlng the union proposal by a )te of three to two. New Line ol Candies CHOCOLATE COVERED NUT8 AND FRUITS, 49c POUND A880RTED CHOCOLATE8 49c POUND CHOCOLATE COVERED CORDIAL CHERRIES, .. 69c POUND Good as any Dollar Candy at half the prlce.A trial will convince. 49 Cants Sold only at Jack Homer Headquarters. MASHMILTON DRUG CO. “A Good Place to Trade.” Phonea 105 and tOf pscaped t with about sand dollars in cm being loaded on i uck in front of th< Denver mint. The funds were being ans erred from the mint to the lo- The robbers' car drove up to the Int as the gold was being loaded id three alighted and begun firing. Linton dropped with the first fusllage. int employes returned the fire but the robbers acted too qulck- ly. • ^ While the robbery was going on, a second car loaded with masked men armed with shotguns and rifles stood twenty feet away, apparently prepar ed to give aid to the bandits If need As the robbers fled, the guards in side the mint fired from windows. The entire Denver police force was called into action Immediately in an effort to apprehend the robbers. FROZEN TO DEATH ON CHICAGO STREET in a downtwon alley In the three- below zero cold here early thin morning. Seventy fires, none of which were serious, drove many fami lies from their homes last night and early today In this city. SEAMEN FIGHT TO GET CARGOES OUT OF FROZEN LAKE SUPERIOR Chicago, Ill., Dec. 18.—Harry T. Graham, fifty-two year old printer, ... found ironen to dean, Twenty-Seven Lives Report- ANNUAL BIRD SUPPER AT NASHVILLE, GEORGIA Nashville, Oa., Dec. 18.—Ar rangements have been completed for the annual bird supper ot the Nashville Chamber of Commerce on Thursday. This is a big event here each year. Hundreds of roasted quail are served in an Improvised banquet hall in one of the large tobacco warehouses. The women of the city prepare the meal and prominent men of the state have been invited to speak. It is hoped to have Gov- Wa nd the • Thursday. LONDON PAPERS DO NOT THINK LOAN TO GERMANY BY U. S. AT ALL PROBABLE Opinion of English Corres pondents in This Country is Accepted by Conservative Journals as Forecasting the Ultimate Outcome. (By Associated Press) London, Dec. 18.—Those newspa- ers to which the British public look! or solid and conservative guidance completely reject the Idea of an Amer ican loan to Germany us probable, a In the present conditions as possible. These Journals base their skeptl- sm on long reports from correspon dence In the United States who ap pear to have probed Important sourc i of information over the week end. The possibility of American Inter •ntion In Europe's troubles still en oases attention here. II JACK TODAY IS Mill FOR IKE LAST TIIHEjl D1BUI Fitting Ceremonies Accom pany the Raising of the Flag Of the Irish Free State on Capitol Building* — Mul- cahy Salutes British Flag. (By Associated Tress) Dublin, Ireland. Dec. 18—The Union Jack and the authority It symbolized in Ireland for so many ) 1 back to Britain today with the of-the British soldiers occupying the Dublin area and In its place ot the military posts of this city floated the tri-color of the Irish Free State. crowds cheering enthusiast tic-ally, watched the British military march to the docks with flags flying, hard Mulcahy, minister of de for the Free State government, saluted the British colors as they i for the last time. POSTS TURNED OVER TO THE IRISH ARMY Dublin, Dec. 18.—The last eighteen posts occupied by British troops were transferred to the Irish national army. The evacuation of between 3,000 and 4,000 British troops was effected amid scenes of remarkable enthusiasm anc good will, both sides evincing a desire to forget by-gones. All the evacuated posts are In the Dublin area. They include British general headquarters in Pnrk Gate Richard Mulcahy, minister defense, and his staff, took over each British post from the British manders. At the royal harracl nts of both British and Irish were darwn up in the barracks with full equipment. Mr. Mul cahy saluted the colors of the depart- .g troops and the British soldiers re- irned the courtesy. At the royal hospital. General Mac- Ready, the British commander, before •aving, paid a personal visit to the ards containing pensioners, many ot them veterans who had fought under the British flag in many parts of the world. The British troops hauled the Union Jack and the Incom ing Free State troops immediately hoisted the Irish tri-color, which now floats from all the barracks and gov ernment buildings In Dublin. The British troops, marching along the quays to North Wall, with theta bands playing and their colors flying, made a picturesque scene which at tracted enormous crowds. Fifteen British armored cars and a number of Irish armored cars patrolled the (Continued on Page 4.) ed Lost When One Vessel Went Aground on Lizard Island*—Captain and Crew Apparently Lost* (By Associated Press) Snult Ste. Marie, Dec. 18—Twenty- three of the twenty-seven persons missing since the tug Reliance went on the rocks at Lizard island Wednes day. are now reported saved. EARLY REPORT8 INDICATED CREW OF VESSEL LOST Chicago, Ill., Dec. 18.—Men vn to the sea in ships are fighting epochal battle across the icy of Luke Superior to keep no i open beyond the usual time and bring down the lake's last car the year. (ready the fight has claimed Ives with twenty-seven add the prdhablo death roll last night when survivors of the tug Reliance, which was wrecked last Wednesday >n Lizard Island reached Sault St< Uurie, after almost incredible hai ihips. When the tug was wrecked t aptain and twenty-six men put off n a small boat, and nine others mother boat. The captain's party has lot. been heard from and is believed o have been lost. SOVIETS ORDER CONSULS TO LEAVE VLADIVOSTOK voSkJDec^lS.—Th! nent of Vladivostok i cently took over administration of the Ity and surrounding territory kno' Prlmora, has ordered the consi if France and ten other countries their consulates and leave P within a week. The consulat of the United States, Great Britain. Italy. Germany and Austria Included In the order. 7-S-5IHUEI WAYCR0SS SCHOOLS OPEN HAMILTON DOUGLAS DIED IN ATLANTA (By Associated Press) Atlanta, Go, Dec. 18.—Hamilton Douglas, Sr., aged G4. one of the lead ing lawyers of the state, and dean the Atlanta law school, died here it night, after an Illness of several weeks. Funeral services will be held this afternoon. IMPRINT OF BARE HAND ONLY CLUE TO MURDER OF AUTOMOBILE DEALER Chicago Man Found Dead From Bullett Wound* Had Gloves on and Suicide The ory is Scouted by Police. — Pistol Found Nearby. (ny Associated Press) Chicago, III, Dec. 18.—The imprint I a bare hand on his automobile fen der, Is the only clue the police have In their search for the slayer ol Ralph Esmond, aged 32, agent of the Chicago Motor Club, who was found to death Saturday near Starved Rock. Esmond wore gloves when he found dead a short distance from •ar. His own pistol, with one oar tridge discharged was found too far from the body, police say, to admit possibility of suicide. Making House to House Can vas in Hope of Securing the Necessary Funds to Pay the Teachers and Continue Op eration of Schools* (By Associated Press) Waycross, Ga, Doc. 18.—Women representing the various civic or ganizations of this city, are rnak- five dollars for each child In school in order to keep the schools open and pay the teach ers their salaries for December. The canvass was decided upon upon following an announcement by the Beard of Education of its inability to raise-funds to meet AMERICANS ADDICTED TO DRUGS FORCED TO LEAVE MEXICAN SOIL Mexican Lower California is Deporting Undesirables To day and Sending Them Back To The United States, Says Announcement. (By Associated Press) Calexico, Call, Dec. 18.—Mexi can Lower California, Just across the international line from here today began deporting Americans addicted to drugs as undesirable citizens, in accordance with the announced Intention of the Mexi can authorities to rid their soil of foreigners in the grip of the nar cotic habit. CAIVIP BUILDING FI Were Spending Week-End at Resort Near Akron When Flames Caught Them in the Second Story of Flimsy Structure. (By J I Prt„) Akron, O., Dec. 18.—'Three promt ;nt Massilon men, one of them • ty official, were burned to death id four others were seriously injur I yesterday when flames destroyed the cottage In which they wera asleep : Little Wadsworth on Portage Lake iservoir south of here. The light structure of the cottage ‘coming a blazing wall, cut off the icape of the men who wore sleeping flooi The m MARTIAL LAW FOLLOWS ASSASSINATION OF THE FIRST POLISH PRESIDENT Warsaw, Dec. 18.—Martial law fie ime effective In Warsaw today bj proclamation of the Polish cabinet Cnptnjn Nlewandomskl, the crazed •tlst who assassinated President arutowicz Suturday has been held t trial by court martial. The declaration of martial law has Ided to the sense of security felt by the people who, with General Pllsud- .bfished chief of staff of the army and General Slkorski as preml- ocutlon of pnrlla- BIG FIRE IN CHARLOTTE AND FORTY FIRMS ARE HEAVY LOSERS Big Building Housing The ater and Many Offices Gut ted by Flames Yesterday And Individuals Suffer Big Losses. (By Associated Press) Charlotte, N. C.. Dec. 18.—Approx* mately forty firms and Individuals suf fered losses in yesterday’s fire in the business section of Charlotte, which red the Trust building on South Pryor street, housing a vaudeville the ater and a number of offices. Esti mates of the loss varied 'between 6350,000 to 6400,000. ' for t president. Warsaw, Dec. 18.—Marshal Joseph Pilsudski, former provisional presi dent of Poland, has been appointed chief of staff of the Polish army. He replaces Gen. Sikorski, who Ims as sumed the premiership. The assassination on Saturday of President Narutowicz has aroused the (Continued oa Page 4.) PR0HI ENFORCEMENT DISCUSSED BY HARDING AND GOVERNORS TODAY (By Associated Press) Washington, D. C. Dec. 18.—The migma ot prohibition enforcement ran discussed by President Harding rith a group of state Governors today s a beginning toward his announced policy of working out a definite divis- responsibility the TENNESSEE RIVER RISING RAPIDLY TODAY Florence, ^Ala.. Dec. 8.—Tho Tennes see river has registered a rise of four feet In the last twenty-four hours, and is still rising at the rate ot two inches per hour. The gauge at Flor ence bridge this morning stood thlr- inches above the »w water level and a further rise of t least two feet is anticipated. A force of men worked yesterday nd last night reinforcing the coffers t the Wilson dam in which work i« SHOP EARLY FOR XMAS AND GET WHAT YOU WANT GIFT SUGGESTIONS OF HIGH QUALITY MERCHANDISE LOOK OVER THE LIST CAREFULLY Men’s pure LINEN Hand kerchiefs, 35c to $1.25. Men’s fine Cotton Hand kerchiefs, 15c to 35c. Men’s all Silk Neckwear, beautiful patterns 50c to $2. Men’s extra fine Knitted Ties, “Berkely knit,” $240 to $3A0 Men’s Silk Hosiery, plain and clocked, 75c to $1.75. Men’s Plain Lisle, "Hole- proof” aU colors 3 prs $1.00 Men’s Irish Linen weave. Initial Handkerchiefs, box ed 3 for $1.00 Men’s Smoking Jackets, very handsome, $10.00. 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