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VOL. XXXIV. No. 30.
THOMA8VILLE, GEORGIA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 27, 1922
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CROSS OF JESUS IS
GIN TO PRESIDENT
Archbishop of The Orthodox
Greek Church Makes Pres
ent to Harding Claiming it to
Be A Piece of the Cross on
Which Christ was Crucified,
(By Assooratsd Press)
Washington, D. C. ( Dec. 27.—A tiny
splinter of wood, said to have been
a part of the cross on which Jesus
Christ was crucified, was presented
to President Harding by Archbishop
Panteleimon of the Orthodox Greek
church at Neapolla, in Palentine.
At'the same time the President
made a knight of the order of the Pol
ish Sepulchre by the Archbishop, who
appeared at the White House I:
full dress of hia office, carrying a long
gold wand and other insignia of his
rank.
CISPER ARRESTED
After Coroner's Jury Had Re
turned Verdict of Justifiable
Homicide in Triangle Case.
—Hartridge Orders Arrest
Immediately Afterward.
(By Associated Press)
Savannah. Ga., Dec. 27.—Solicitor
General Hartridge orderod a warrant
charging murder to be Issued against
Joseph Casper, who killed W. S. Cool
er at the latter’s home Sunday. Cas
per told the coroner's jury that he
killed Cooler because the letter In
vaded his home, and the Jury declared
the killing to be justifiable homicide.
Casper has never been freed be
cause he was held for. assault with
Intent to murder by wounding John
Moore when he shot at Cooler.
BRING IN BOOZE IN
TUBES WRAPPED IN PAPER
(By Associated Tress)
Chicago, Ill., Dec. 27.—Increased n»
tlonal circulation of Mexican and Ca
nadian papers have brought about the
discovery that bootleggers have been
shipping brandy and whisky in ten
ounce tubes drapped In papers, fed
eral officers here said.
Twelve regular subscribers were
arrested yesterday by a treasury ape
clal agent.
A search for the subscription solio
itors is being made.
FOREIGN TRADE INCREASES
(By Associated Press)
Washington, D. C., Dec. 27.—Pup
ther Increases in American foreign
trade worn reflected In figures com
piled by the department of commerce,
showing the exports of cotton and (in
ters for November to bare been 858.-
337 bales, valued at 8109,387,719. Oc
tober exports of cotton totalled near
ly $94,000,000.
KANSAS CITY ROBBERS
THOUGHT TO BE FOUND
IN NEW ORLEANS TODAY
Two Men and Two Women
Arrested In Connection with
Theft of Seventy Odd Thou
sand Dollars.—One Couple
Had Big Money in Bag.
<B, i
l.led 1
New Orleans, La., Dec. 27—Four
persons, two men and two women,
being held by the police here in <
nection with the robbery of live »
sengers of the Drovers National Bank
of Kansas City, Missouri, December
12th, in which highwaymen wei
ported to have obtained 897,000. The
arrest was made last night at
tel where they were said to have been
registered for several days.
A handbag, containing 88,300,
lieved by police to be a part of the
loot in the holdup, was found in a
occupied by one of the couples.
BERNHARDT WORSE TODAY
SEEING TOO MUCH
COMPANY
(By Associated Press)
Paris, Dec. 27.—Madame Sarah
Bernhardt’s condition took another
for the worse today. Physicians
ascribed it to fatigue resulting from
her activity yesterday when she arose
from her bed, partook of sol'd food
and received many callers.
The actress’ household Is again de
pressed, although Madame Bernhardt
herself is Just as conildont as ever
that she will recover.
The four attending physlcions hare
Issued an order that no one be pen
mitted to tpe the patient.
ESTIMATE OF CARS AND
LOCOMOTIVES CALLED FOR
Washington, D. C.. Dec* 27.—An in
vestigation to determine whether ade
quate stocks of locomotives and cars
-in possession of the American
railroads, and whether the railroad
customs and practices of controlling
use and Interchange of equipment
sufficient was ordered by the
terstate commerce commission, which
made the statement that It wa9 act
ing without a complaint, hut on Iti
initiative.
a preliminary step In the in
quiry, the commission has ordered ■
questionnaire to be sent to all of the
railroads, requiring them to make
report on their equipment on hand
the present time.
SUCCESSOR TO JUSTICE
PITNEY TO COME SOON
(By Associated Press)
Washington, D. C., Dec. 27.—PresI
dent Harding Is expected to send to
Senate within the next few days
the nomination of the successor to
Justice Pitney of the Supreme Court,
who has tendered his resignation
take effect January 1st.
The retirement of Pitney will ere-
e the fourth vacancy on the Supreme
Court bench which Harding has been
called upon to fill.
LAUSANNE CONFERENCE
FAILS TO CO-ORDINATE
TURKS AND ENEMIES
If They Persist In the Present
Methods it Will Fail, is Be
lief.—British Refuse to Give
Up Valuable Oil Conces
sions They Now Hold.
Lausanne* Dec. 27.—Through For
elgn Secretary Curzon, Great Britain ,
has Informed Turney that the Brit
ish will never abandon the Mosul oil
vilayet os requested by the Turkish
delegation, and tbut no prolongation
of the Near East conference can
fluence the British government
recede from the position it has taken
in this matter.
The British position was outlined in
letter sent by Secretary Curzon
Ismet Pasha, head of the Turkish
delegation, covering a formal reply ol
the British delegation to a Turkish
note which insisted that Mosul be
longed to Turkey.
London, Dec. 27.—A Reuter’i
patch from Lausanne says, "there U
serious danger of the Near East
ference becoming abortive, if ths
Turks persist In their present meth
ods.”
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I*ausanne, Dec. 27.—Armenia was
the storm center of the Near East
ference yesterday. The Turks refused
attend a meeting of the sub-commls-
>n which had arranged ti
Plea of the Armenians for the estab
lishment of a national home In Turkey
and both Ismet Pasha and RIza Nur
ent strongly worded communlca-
Uous to the conference protesting
against the decision to allow the Ar
menians to state their case.
They declared that if the Armenians,
who had no official standing and rep
resented no independent government,
wero heard by the conference, there
was no reason why the Egyptions 01
the Irish Rhould not be allowed to pre
sent their demands.
The so-called Irregular Egyptian del
egation has been waiting In Lausanne
for more than a month for permission
to be heaid by the conference and
voice a demand for the independence
of Egypt and complete withdrawal
the British army.
In consequence of the Turkish pro
test the official meeting of the sub
commission was postponed and th<
representatives of the inviting power*
Great Britain, France and Italy, sitting
alone, listened to the Armenian spokei
men, who suggested that a home b
established in the northeast vilayets
of Turkey, which should include his
toric Mount Ararat or a section in
Cilicia. It was impossible, he declar-
, for the proposed Armenian home
amalgamate with the Armenians re
public of Erlvan, which had been tak-
ar by the Moscow Soviets. The
Armenians would willingly accept the
lame relationship with Turkey as the
dominions with England. In conclu-
he asked for exemption from mili
tary service for the Armenians and
urged maintenance of the Orthodox
patriarch in Constantinople.
The entente delegates took the Ar
menian petition under advisement as
they did also petitions from the Bul
garians nnd the ancient people known
i the Assyro-Chaldeans.
Noradungblan Pasha once Turkish
foreign minister, presented the Ar
menian plea. He said the tragic
i of 1915, had widened the gulf
between the Turks and the Armenians.
The young Turk government at that
time had not only used unipeakai, e
methods In dealing with those Ar-
PLOT TO DYNAMITE
U
cm COMMISSION
Mi JURIED
Dozen Men Alleged to Have
Met in Cemetery and Plan
ned Attack Last Night. —
Manufacturing Plant and
Dimon Court Apartments
Also Object of Proposed At
tack, According to Commis
sioner Morton, Who Says
Men Have 200 Pounds TNT
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 27.
—An alleged plot to bomb
the homes of eleven mem
bers of the city commission
and a lafge manufacturing
establishment and the Di
mon Court apartments, was
uncovered here this after
noon.
According to City Com
missioner Morton, about a
dozen men, whose names
are known to the local au
thorities met last night in a
cemetery here and planned
the attack. They are known
to have 200 pounds of TNT
it was said.
SEARCHCOmUES’FOR
MISSING TUG ON ERIE,
ONE OF BOATS FOUND
No Hope is Entertained Foi
The Crew as Evidences All
Point to Its Destruction at
Some Place Near the Shores
OlOhio.
tuy Pr.„)
Cleveland, Ohio, Dec 27.—Although
practically no hope la held out for
the safety of the tug. Cornell, the
search of Luke Erie in an effort to
the mystery surrounding the
disappearance ot Ibe vessel has con
tinued.
The finding of a lifeboat contain
ing the frozen body of Michael Pay-
of the eight members of
dispelled any belief that the
Cornell Is safe. The yawl and Its con-
e picked up yesterday by
Q. U. Olllmore, on one of the tugs as-
slating in the search.
Then miles west of the point
vhere the lifeboat was found, Gill-
nore had previously sighted several
ill cans floating on the waves. A
light film ot oil covered the water.
WRIT OF MANDAMUS
IN PEACH COUNTY CASE
REFUSED BY COURT
(Continued on page four)
Atlanta. Ga., Dec. 27.—Judge Shep-
d Bryan, of the Fulton Superiol
court has declined to issue a writ ot
mandamus requiring the secretary ot
certify to the governor that
the proposed new county of Peach was
ratified at the general election.
Judge Bryan held that the secre
tary has no authority to go behind the
face of the returns which show that
the constitution amendment was reject
ed by a majority of about 7.000 votes.
The petition for mandamus was
{brought by Fort Valley citizens who
(ought to have the returns of several
■ounties declared void, which would
lave resulted In ratification of the
imendment.
MER ROUGE MAYORS ASKS
HABEAS CORPUS WHEN
ARRESTED IN BALTIMORE
Air of Expeetantcy in the Lit
tle Louisiana Village Where
So Many Exciting Things
• Have Happened Recently.—
Dr. M’Koin States Position.
(By Associated Press)
Bastrop, La., Dec. 27.—There was an
air of expectancy here and around Mer
Rouge as department of justice agent*
and representatives of the state gov
eminent renewed tbetr activities in
their investigation of the Morehouse
kidnaping case, and' widened their ef-
down persons responsible
for dynamiting a nearby lake which
up the bodies of two men identi-
Watt Daniels and Thomae
Richard., abducted by a mulnd ■aott Jr °? Pe ' 1
last August.
It was declared that additional ar
rests were Imminent
Secret service men are reported t<
have located the place where tin
dynamite was sold, and aome ot thi
men suspected ot being implicated in
the dynamiting arc under surveillance.
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 27-—A writ of
habeas corpus for Dr. B. M. McKoIn,
former mayor of Mer Rouge, who waa
arrested here yesterday charged with
murder in connection with the Louti
lana case, was obtained here th!
morning upon the request of Attorney
Carman, counsel for McKoln.
hearing was postponed until tomor
DR. M’KOIN O BE TAKEN
BACK WITHIN A FEW DAY8
Bastrop, La., Dec. 27.—The second
■rest in connection with the Moro-
house kidnaping of last August was
made late yesterday when Dr. B. M.
McKoin. uutil a few months ago may
or of Mer Rougej was taken in cus
tody at Baltimore at the request of
Gov. Parker, who charged him with
murder. The physician -was taking a
post-graduate course at Johns Hop
kins.
The former mayor is expected to
roach here within u few days to Join
a former deputy sheriff who is now
bolng held on a similar charge la the
Bastrop jail.
-Vklie the arrest was being made,
detachment of the National Guard
s reconnoiterlng along Lake La-
Fourche for evidence to lead to the
t or dyuamlters responsible for
the blasting at a ferry landing last
iek when the bodies of two men, be
lieved to have been tortured and mur
dered by masked and robed men, were
blown from the bottom of the lake.
i company also was to act as a
bodyguard for the sheriff, who was to
make urrestx in the event his suspi
cions justified them.
During the day Adjt. Gen. Toombs,
suddenly called back from Washing
ton by the Governor, arrived in More
house to direct the operations of the
three companies of state troops en
camped here and at Mer Rouge.
vas persistently reported during
the day that all preparations had been
made to call out two additional state
companies if conditions warranted.
Soldiers are on guard duty at the
ill here and encamped in the heart
1 Mer Rouge, where the situation Is
such that the Governor does not want
avo the townspeople to them
selves In the fear there will be blood-
hed because of the friction among
them following the August event.
'Many of the populace are armed.
The military also was at the dls-
>sa| of the civil authorities to take
In custody many members of the
hooded mob whose Identity are
known to the state, according to De
partment of Justice men. Attorney
General Coco Tuesday announced
(Continued on Pago 4)
HEADLESS SKELETON
FOUND ON OKLAHOMA
MOUNTAIN RETREAT
Believed to Be the Body of
A Woman Who Has Been
Missing for Several Months.
—Was Member of a Carni
val Company*
(By AssoclTttd Trass*
Salllsawe. Okla., Dec. 27;—Tbs
headless skeleton of a woman, be
lieved by officials to be that of Mrs.
George Farrel, of Fort Smith, Ark,
who disappeared from here October
25th, has been found on Badger Moan-
TO OPPOSE BORAH
HINT cm
tain i
Mrs. Farrel and her husband Ibe
came members of a carnival company
here last October. Later she disap
peared, her husband first having
PASTEUR CENTENNIAL
CELEBRATED BY MANY
AT PHILADLPHIA TODAY
(By Associated Press)
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 27.—Emi
nent scientists, physicians and public
officials were here today from many
sections of the country for the exer
cises in commemoration of the hun
dredth anniversary of the birth ot
Louis Pasteur, the French scientist
who revealed the ravages of germs
and evolved methods of checking
their spread.
The exercises Include a public
meeting at the Academy of Music In
the afternoon and a dinner tonight.
BONUS BILL TO PASS
AT THIS SESSION SAYS
COMMANDER OF LEGION
(By Associatsd Prats)'
Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 27.—Passage
of the adjusted compensation bill at
jession of Congress was practi
cally assured, said Alvin M. Owsley,
National Commander of the American
Legion, iu a speech here. #
Even should the bill fall this session
that It will be cared for at the next
>n Is already certain, Owsley
as the requisite number of Sen-
and Representatives have al
ready been obtained to pass it over
residential veto.
Informal Conference Held by
Leaders Decides to Oppose
Amendment to Naval Ap
propriation Bill Requesting
Call for Conference.
(By Associated Press)
Washington, D. C., Dec. 27.—More
than a score of Republican Senators,
In an informal conference before the
Senate reconvened this morning, de
elded to oppose the amendment of
fered by Senator Borah, of Idaho, to
the naval appropriation bill, which
would request President Harding to
coll an international economic and dis
armament conference.
The fight on the Senate floor began
after a score of administration Sena
tors had conferred in Senator Lodge’s
office and mapped out a program pro
viding for a resort to parlimentary
tactics If necessary to defeat the
A part of the group of Senate irre-
concllables who have voted with Borah
many questions of foreign policy
3 are arrayed against his amend-
nt, while the attitude of the Demo
cratic side of the chamber seemed to
be a waiting one with many members
undecided whether to support or op
pose the conference plan.
Lodge who was said by his colleag
ues to have ascertained the views of
Harding declared it would be ‘‘useless’*
attempt further disarmament now.
AMUNDSEN TROUBLED
WITH A BROKEN ARM
(By Associated Press)
me. Alaska, Dec. 27.—Captain
Ronald Amundsen. Norwegian explor-
id now leader of an expedition to
North Pole, is having trouble
with his arm. which was fractured off
Siberia when he took his ship from
the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
through the northwest passage from
1903 to 1905. Captain Amundsen,
who is wintering here, had an X-ray
minetion made of his arm.
'he captain said he spent a pleas
Christmas.
1
MISSION EDI ROUTE
Expect to Spend Month of
January Here to Make Ar
rangements for the Payment
Of the British Debt Incurred
During the War.
London. Dec. 27.—The British (loan
lal mission to the United States,
headed by Stanley Baldwin, Chancel
lor of the Exchequer, sailed for New
York this morning ou the Majestic.
It is expected that the mission will
return at the end of January.
In a statement to the Evening
Standard, Baldwin declared that Eng
land hoped to refund her debt to the
United States, saying that It is of su
preme Importance to Europe that
America -should have her way In r**
gard to Europe’s financial problem.
DR. CRAFTS DEAD
(By Associatsd Trass)
Washington, D. C„ Dec. 87.—Dr.
Wilbur F. Crafts, for twenty-eight
years superintendent of the interna
tional reform bureau, which he found
ed and was widely known because of
.ctlvlties In behalf of prohibition
and similar movements, died here t'»>
day from pneumonia. He was seven
ty-three years old.
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