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INCREASING CLOUDINESS AND
WARMER TONIGHT. WED.
NE8DAY, LOOAL RAINS.
VOL. XXXIV.
THOMA8VILLK, GEORGIA TUE8DAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBE R 26, 1922.
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MffijuiLiuuCr
HM.M u run th.
New York Showed 6 Deaths
From Bootleg Whiskey.
New Orleans Was Warmest
—No Zero Weather Record
ed Anywhere In States. ’
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Chicago, III., Dec. 27.—The United
States basked in record warm temper
atures for Christmas day according tc
reports available. Zero weather was
not recorded in any part of the coun
try. The highest temperature record
ed was at Fort Worth and San Anton
io, Texas and New Orleans, where the
temperature was 72 degrees. Chicago
bad the hottest Christmas in years
with the mercury reaching 45 degrees
In the afternoon.
NEW YORK DRY BUT SIX
LIQUOR DEATH8 REPORTED
New York, Dec. 26.—While police
records show that yesterday was the
dryest Christmas in Gotham's history
yet six deaths were attributed by po
lice to bootleg liquor. Autopsies will
be performed on the bodies of five
men and one woman today. All the
bodies were taken to thb morgue
pending a medical examination.
NEW YORK FRATERNITY
CONDEMNS KU KLltt
(By Associated Press)
New York, Dec. 26.—Resolutions
denouncing the Ku Klux Klan, and
calling for cooperation with organisa
tions engaged in actively combatting
it were adopted last night at the clos
ing session of the annual convention
of Mu Digma fraternity, it was an
nounced today.
Fourteen hundred repiv-entatlvei
were In attendance.
MI KEPT VIGIL
OVER MI SI WHS
FORCED TO RILL
“I Killed My Friend,” Declar
es Pretty Divorcee to Louis
ville Police, After She Had
Surrendered to Police — As
serts Killing in Self Defense.
(Bjr y
Louisville, ICy., Dec. 26.
a's story of a quarrel, a shot and
her vigil from dusk to dawn over the
body of the man she killed was being
checked up by police department In
vestigators here.
*'J killed my friend,” Mrs. Olive K
L. Jones, 32, a pretty divorcee, an
nounced when she entered police
headquarters just after daybreuk
Monday.
This was the first knowledge of
flclals hod that O. L. Black, sales
manager for a Louisville automobile
concern, had been killed Sunday aft
ernoon In Mrs. Jones' apartment Mrs.
Jones said that phe fired in self de
fense.
SAVANNAH MAN HELD
BY BALTIMORE POLICE
ON CHARGE OF ARSON
Joseph Hart, Mechanic, Ar
rested for Alleged Responsi
bility for Several Mysterious
Fires In That City Recently.
—Identified by Witnesses.
(By Associated Press)
Baltimore, Md., -Dec. 26.—With
three charges of arson against him,
and other mysterious fires under in
vestigation, Joseph Hart, a mechanic,
aged 24, formerly of Savannah, was
yesterday held without bail for grand
Jury action by the judge in the cen
tral police court here. Hart was ar
rested Sunday on a charge of disor
derly conducted.
As he left the courtroom after pay
ing his fine he was arretted by de
tectives. Later he waa Identified by
a number of persons, who police said
they law him in rooms and houses
where a number of mysterious fires
have threatened the lives of the oo
cu pants.
TUG AND CREW BELIEVED LOST
(By Associated IYcm)
Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 26.—A vigor
is search for the tug, Cornell, which
disappeared Thursday, continued to
day, although the vessel, with Its
r of eight, was practically given
a lost. H. B. Shaver, superintend-
of the government flying field
here, has planned to assign at least
le airplane to f'y over Lake Erie.
Tugs, which put into Ashtabula
harbor after working along the shore
westward from Erie yesterday, and
several others tugs were ready I
sume the search.
The cause of the disappearance ol
the tug yet'.remalni a mystery.
ED TODAY
Famous Actress Now Consid
ered Out of Danger—Suffer
ed Fainting Spell Recently
At Theatre and Relapse Oc
curred Sunday.
INVADED HOME AND SLEW
CHILDREN AS CHRISTMAS
CELEBRATIONS STARTED
Seattle Police Investigating
Record of Man Who Drew
Three Pistols and Killed
Three Children Around a
Christmas Tree.
(By Associates Preea)
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 26.—The coro
ner’s office here Is seeking today to
learn something of the history of Emil
Neuriter, aged 40, a ferry boat oper
ator, who yesterday Invaded the home
of D. C. Engel, a woodworker, with
three pistols at his command Just as
the celebration of Christmas Day was
starting, slew three of Engel’s chil
dren and then killed himself.
The only light shed upon the affair
at given by Helen Engel, sixteen
year old sister of the victims, who
■aid that Neuriter had made love to
her last spring and had been repelled,
later writing threatening letters to
the family.
(By Associate.! Pressi
Paris, Dec. 27.—The condition of
Sarah Bernhardt, showed further im
provement this morning and physi-
iald they tentatively considered
t of danger. Madame Bern
hardt was taken with a fainting spell
several days ago and suffered a
lapse Sunday.
ALMOST MIRACLE HAPPENED
IN “DIVINE SARAH'S” ILLNE8S
Paris, Dec. 26.--U seemed yester
day almost as though that miracle
which the medical men Sunday said
necessary to save the life of the
‘‘Divine Sarah” hud happened. 'Maur
ice Bernhardt, her son, said lust eve
ning that the Improvement was so
marked that the doctors had permit
ted several intimate friends to visit
the patient.
Reports that Madame Bernhardt
was dying spread throughout the city
Sunday; following her relapse in the
early morning hours, when she suf
fered a fainting apell similar to that
with which she was first stricken last
Sunday during the final rehearsal of
the new Gutrey play in which she was
to have appeared the following eve
ning.
. These reports caused her home to
be besieged all yesterday by promi
nent social, political and theatrical
personages, all eager to know of her
condition.
What she now needs is complete
*t for many weeks, her doctors say,
but for the energetic sUr the Idea
of Inactivity la most repulsive.
"Rest? I can't rest—If i did, I
would die," she is reported to have
told her advisers.
Cable messages and telegrams have
been received from many countries,
including the United States, express
ing sympathy and hope for recovery.
Discussing hla mother’s condition,
Maurice Bernhardt told the Ansoclat
ed Press.
“We believe she Is out of danger,
although at her age it is unsafe to
make predictions until she has com
pletely recovered. 8he Is still very
weak and needs a long rest. All her
theatrical plans necessarily n re out
of the question for a long time.”
Madame Bernhardt’s physicians
said yesterday that they would issue
communique In view of the change
for the better. One hopeful B ig n . they
added, was that their patient was
again taking Interest in food.
MIT BE ABIE TO
IDENTIFY ALLEGED
LA.
Eye-Witness to Mer Rouge
Affair May Reveaf Import
ant Evidence in Establishing
Identity of Murderers of
Prominent Men.
Bastrop. ^La., Dec. 26.—That the
state will be able to establish through
an eye witness the Identity of sever
al members of a masked mob which
last August kidnaped five Mer Rouge
residents, Including Watt Daniels and
Thomas Richards, whose decapitated
bodies were taken from a nearby
lake last week was the statement of
investigators who have been working
on the case for several months. Idem
tificatlon will be made to secret serv
ice men, it waa Mid, through test'
mony to be given at the open hear
ing8 to begin here January 5lh, of a
farmer .whoso home is In the south
eastern part of Morehouse parish,
who they declare told them he wit
nessed the seizure and spiriting away
of five men, and recognized some ol
the abductors when they lifted theit
hoods to drink some water which they
had ordered him to bring.
Officials Intimated that the fame!
Is somewhere in Mississippi under
the protection of a federal agent.
Those acquainted with the charac-
T of the witnesses the state
:li are authority for the statement
that they will not fear to testify
CANE SIP PLANT
AN
11
Opened at Lufkin, Texas, Be
lieved fay Government Offi
cials to Mean New Era for
This Industry With Increas
ed Consumption of Product.
(By A.MCIM.1
Washington, D. C., Dec. 26.—With
the successful opening Inst week
a modern cooperative cane syrup
blending and standardizing plant
.ufkin. Texas, officials of the depart-
lent or agriculture, under whose aus
pices the plant was built and whose
methods it will use, they feel that
the industry has made an important
step toward extending tne marxet
syrup, which will permit c
jrs to greatly Increase their suranc '
acreage of augar cane and will be ot
considerable economic value to the
South.
Holiday Gifts
LOOK OVER THIS LIST.
Cigars, Cigarettes, Pipes, Ivory Mirrors,
Combs, Brushes, Picture Frames, Military
Brushes, Djer Kiss Toilet Sets, Colgates Toil
et Sets, Hudnuts Toilet Sets- Gold-plated and
Fancy Single and Double Compacts, Toilet
Water and Perfumes, Stationery and Corres
pondence Cards, Rubber and Aluminum Hot
Water Bottles, Baby Toilet Sets and Baby
Brush and Comb Sets.
NORRIS’ EXQUISITE CANDIES
10c to$7.50 Per Box
JACK HORNER CANDIES 49c and 69c
A beautiful line of Xmas and New Year Cards
COME IN AND LET US SHOW YOU AS WE HAVE
MANY OTHER NICE ARTICLES TO SELECT FROM
MASB-MILTON DRUG CO.
-A Good Place to Trade.”
Phones 105 and 106
Talks About Eating,
is, Dec. ,26.—Madame Bar*
hardt's condition continued to !m
prove last evening, so much no that
Louise Abberna, the painter, one of
Bernhardt's close friends, said: “The
Invalid baa announced her lutcntloni
of getting up and taking a light re
past in the company of a few friends.
You can state that the |g going to
do so.”
BECKER SMILED WHEN
CONDEMNED TO DIE
(Br J
tetatad I’rcaa)
New York, Dec. 26.—Abraham Beck
er was sentenced to die during the
week of Februray 5th in the electric
chair at Sing 81ng prison for the
murder last April of his wife, whose
body waa found several weeks ngo in
a lime filled grave in the Bronx.
Becker smiled as he walked from
the courtroom after Judge Gibbs had
passed the death penalty.
all they know.
FORMER MAYOR OF MER
ROUGE AT JOHNS HOPKIN8
Baltimore. Md., Dec. 26.—Dr. B. M.
McKoln, former maydr of Mer Rouge.
La., who is wanted, hv Loiilafnna «■»-
thoritles for an Interrogation concern
Morehouse pariah kidnaping*
Is attached to Johns Hopkins hosplt-
He said today that he knows noth
ing about the kidnaping case, and
could give the authorities no infor
mation.
TWENTY NAMES OF MEMBERS
OF LOUISIANA M0B8 IN HAND
Bastrop, La., Dec. 26. The
probability that the next chapter in
the Morehouse kidnaping investiga-
tions would be written soon in Mer
Rouge loomed strongly here last
night.
Attorney General Coco’s announce*
nent in Markville, La., where he ia
pending Christmas that the state ex
pected to jail at least six or seven
charges of murder in connection
with the death of Watt Daniels and
Thomas Richards, is expected to be
fulfilled in the Mer Rouge communi*
It is believed that many of the men
the state suspects as ringleaders of
the August mob will be served with
warrants before Jan. 5, the date set
for the open hearing here. Develop-
the hearing may bring about
the arrest of others. Federal agents
have declared they have the names
of 20 members of the mob.
’The state bellevea T. J. Burnett
guilty of the murder charge upon
which he was Jailed Saturday,” the
Attorney General declared yesterday
in speaking of the lone suspect held
in the Jail at Bastrop. ”We further
believe we have the evidence upon
which to convict those we arrested,"
he added.
An order was iggued yesterday
denying visitors permission to com
municate with Burnett except in the
(Continued on Page 4)
WOMEN WORKERS HOLD
MEETING IN WASHINGTON
(By Associated Prsss)
Washington, D. C., Dec. 27.—More
than one hundred national organisa
tions or women have been Invited to
send delegates to the woman’s Indus
trial conference to he held here Janu
ary 11th to 13th, the woman’s bureau
of the Department of Labor announc
ed today. The speakers will include
women employment managers, women
workers, manufacturers, factory
spectors, inspectors, economist and
government administrators.
THE YEUI JUST PAST
Fifty Fires Each Month Are
Said to be Due to This Crime
—Police and Fire Agencies
Are Investigating the Situa
tion to Stop Arson.
Chicago. III., Dec. 27.—Declaring
that what he termed incendiary fires
Chicago more than one million
dollars annually, John F. Culberson,
fire commissioner, announced plans
today to crush the alleged arson ring
t<\ which he attributed an Increase of
fifty fires for each month for the past
ilf a year.
He declared that all questionable
fires would >be investigated by the
lompanies, the city fire de
portment and the state fire marshal.
illOBITIES
REPUBLICANS CONFER ON
ECONOMIC CONFERENCE PLANS
(By AhaocUI
BROTHER ADMITS
HE DID KILLING
Columbus Man Says He Shot
Brother in Drunken Brawl,
But it Was Accidental.
(By i
ictaied I
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 26.—Prepara
tions are being made for the prelim
inary hearing Wednesday of Dillard
Owens, whose written confession as
iluyer of hla brother, Perry Owens,
made to the city detectives yesterday
afternoon exonerated the other four
men arrested at the time of the kill
ing.
Owens waa killed Sunday night in
what hla brother admits was a drunk-
brawl at a store In the northern
lion of the city.
i bis statement Dillard does not
make the statement that he fired the
pistol, but . he asserts that “la the
Ruffle the trigger was pulled Home-
COAL FIELD FIGHTS
FATAL TO FOUR
Uniontown, Pa., Dec. 26. Foul
en were killed during Christmas
celebrations in the Fayette county
coal field Saturday night and Sun
day.
Oone of the dead ia Frank Hall
formerly of Kansas City, Mo., but
, lime of his death a mumbet
of the H. C. Frick Coke Company’s
police force.
Hall was shot to death yesterday
when he attempted to arrest “Pomp”
Allen, a negro, who had engaged in an
argument with a number of com
panions.
Alien fired one shot and Hall, al
though fatally wounded, pulled his
revolver and killed his assailant.
The shooting occurred at Gates a
mining camp near here.
Ed Lindsay, a negro miner, wns
killed in a revolver duel. A third
negro was killed in a pitched bnt-
tie at Buffington. Rocco Lopenta,
merchant, was brought to Union-
town charged with the slaying.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 26.—Sen
ate Republican lenders have conferred
In an effort to agree on what change*
they will seek in the proposal ot Sen
ator Borah for an international eco
nomic and disarmament conference.
A large part of tho Republican
membership and a number of Demo-
understood to be against
Senator Borah’s amendment to the
navy bill in its present form.
of President Hardin!
and Secretary of State Hughes have
been sought, hut their opinions have
not been disclosed.
ONE NEGRO KILLED IN
ATLANTA CHRISTMAS
Eight Other Persons Injured
By Autos as Result ot the
Holiday Celebrations.
air t
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 26.—One negro
as killed and another fatally wound
ed and eight persons injured in auto
mobile accidents aa a result of Christ
celebrations, according to police
reports.
A stray shot fired by a Christmas
celebrator caused the fatality, while
a negress shot a second negro during
a quarrel, according to the police.
Six men and two women suffered
injuries In auto mishaps.
Steubenville Stirred by Death
Of Another Enforcement Of- .
licet Who Was Found Dead
In Polish Quarter of That
City.
(By Associated Press)
Steubenville, Ohio, Dec. 26.—Fresh
and vigorous warfare on the speak*
easies and hip-pocket venders, as well
as the higher ups, in Jefferson coun
ty’s alleged liquor combine will be
launched at once, prohibition officers
announced as a result of the
slaying at midnight of Charles Blinu,
leader of a squad of eight dry agents.
Officials admitted that they were
baffled by the murder ot Bllnn, whose
body, with three bullet wounds in it,
was found in a dark alley in a Polish
section of the city. Twenty feet away
lay the empty pocketbook ot the offi
cer. His revolver was missing.
Bllnn was the fifth dry agent of Jef
ferson county to lose his life at the
band.s o' unidentified gunmen.
VIOLENT TEMPESTS
THREATEN BIG LINERS
IN NORTH ATLANTIC
Ocean Liners Having Dili!'
culty in Crossing as They
Are Tossed To and Fro Like
Cockleshells by the Howling
Waves.
(By Aaaocla
New York.. Dec. 26.—Violent tem
pests In the North Atlantic with
howling power, of which ocean liners
but flimsy cockleshells have
raged through the past week, threat
enlng smaller vessels with destruc
tion, wrecking the deck equipment ol
steamers, driving fast liners out ot
their usual lanes, and striking terror
to the hearts of hundreds of passen
gers, according to wireless reports.
Several steamers have reported
that they would be one or two days
irrlvlng here.
NOVEMBER EXPORTS INCREASE
Waal
(By Aaaocla!
ngton, D. C\, Dec.
export of the principal food
for November showed, with few ex
ceptions, marked Increases (vor the
totalB for November ot last year, ac
cording to an analysis made public by
the department of commerce.
total out-golug shipments of
last month were valued at $11,-
204,731, as against nearly $7,000,000
for November of last year.
Dairy products were among those
showing decreases aa compared with
November of last year.
NEW LIVE STOCK
RATES CANCELLED
Washington, D. C., Dec. 26.—Rail
roads operating through the south
eastern quarter of the United State*
were required by the interstate com
merce commission in an order today
to cancel the new schedules of rates
on livestock applying between point*
In that territory, which they had pro
posed to make effective February
25th, and substitute for those sched
ules the others made up In accord
ance with agreements reached bo
tween the shippers and carriers in *
conference with the commission.
The new rates for livestock, when
shipped In carload lota, will be baaed
upon the mileage involved.
Two New Sport Shoes
Just Arrived
Gray Elk with patent leather trimmings.
Tan Elk with brown trimmings. These are the very latest and are high grade
shoes—not tile cheap, ordinary kind.
Price $7.00
Smith - Harley Shoe Co.
%Jordon
^nosiEur
Gordon Hosiery
In both silk and wool mixtures for ladles, men and eh
When better hose are made, Gordon will make them.
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