The Daily times-enterprise. (Thomasville, Ga.) 1889-1925, December 29, 1922, Image 1

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WHITHER FOREOAST FAIR TONIGHT. PROBABLY FROST. Saturday, warmer. mails Slimes AOVlimsiNO FORMS CLOU MIRE JLM. DAILY i DtM«M M ew RMrtvM BM «Mt LI VOL. XXXIV. No. 32. TH0MA8VILLE, GEORGIA FRIDAY AFTER1V0W** DECEMBER 29, 1922. INCREASED STRENGTH 1923 Starts Out With Opti mistic Prospects. — Novem ber Business Conditions for 1922 Show Indication of In creased. Production. <nr Associated Praia) Washington, D. C., Dec. 29.—Stock taking ot the nation's domestic bust* ness for the past year gives Ing of satisfaction’ 1 as to the progress made, the Department of Commerce declared in the end of its yearly statement, and from this day’s posi tion, it added, "there are no serious obstacles in sight which should hin der further advances" In the early The optimism born of the accom plishments of the past months which many officials of the government gard as a remarkable strengthening •of the economic fabric is evident throughout the statistics. Details of the statement which not ed production of manufactured com modities average fifty per cent larger than for 1921. Washington, D. Dec. 29—Novem ber business conditions represented a continuation of the upward trend in production and greater employment •of labor which in some localities ported nearing the scarcity mark and generally a healthy tone in trade, according to the monthly survey made public by the Federal Reserve Board. Contrary to tho usual situation at this season of the year, the Board found production in the basic indue tries increasing, a condition that had proceeded almost uninterruptedly since July last year, when produc tion was lower than at any time la recent years. BILLION DOLLAR CREDIT FOR GERMANY TO BUY IN THIS COUNTRY PROPOSED (By Associated Prtss) Washington, D. C., Dec. 29.—Exten sion of credits to Germany up to a maximum of one billion dollars for use in buying foodstuffs in the United States is proposed in a bill introduced by Senator Bursum, Republican, New Mexico, and referred to the finance committee. The bill would authorize the Secre tary of the Treasury to pay American producers of foodstuffs for commodi ties purchased by the German govern ment and also pay for the transpor tation of such products. Germany in return would place bonds as security. HUBS SHOVEL SNOW IN NEW YORK Greatest Covering of the Year Is Being Digged Out By Thousands of Workers To day*—Ice and Sleet Follows Snow. (By Associated Prsaa) New York, Dec. 29.—Thousands of volunteer snow-handlers were called HIE AGAIN FACES A BREAKUP Lord Curzon Goes to Paris in Short Time for Conference. —Turks Are Told What the World Demands They Must Do By Allied Delegates. (By Associated Praia) Lausanne, Dec. 29.—Marquis Curzon, the British foreign secretary and head SARAH BERNHARDT IS MUCH BETTER No Organic Trouble Found In Examination—Noted Ac tress Ate Luncheon Today. (It. rr.»> Paris, Dec. 29.—Madame Sarah Bernhardt, was distinctly better* to day. She was able to leave her bed and have luncheon with members of the household. Physicians, it was announced, have found no evidence of •organic disease or chronic illness and have come to the conclusion that the recent collapse of the famous actress was due only to over-exertion and BAXLEY MAN GRANTED BAIL ON MURDER CHARGE (By Associated Press) Brunswick, Ga., Dec. 29.—Granting of bail and agreement to hold the de fendant on a charge of murder for the Glynn county superior court were the results of a conference held by Hobo Arrested in Florida Gty May be Noted Draft Dodger. ■Finger Print Identification TALUHE POLICE MER ROUGE CASE COMPLETE ID BELIEVE THEY DAVE Ml ARRESTS ABE EXPECTED SOON Forty-five Were Involved in Plot, it is Stated, But Not That Many Participated in the Kidnaping Which Re sulted in Death of Two M em—Dr. McKoin Denied Ball In Baltimore and Officer is Enroute for Him. — New Phases of Case Discussed at New Orleans. c aaTyt Li a t (Bjr Associated P»»s*> I These troops were stationed there to Sent to Washington for Con-1 i>., d.c. 29.-Bh.rtff FYei (loW d0WD , outbr€>k , mon , firmattoru storm of the season. The blizzard ot snow and sleet, which starting yester day under moderate temperatures b» came over night an Icy gale whick threatened to paralyze all transports- The storm took a toil of hundreds or Injured. All night ambulances were bringing pedestrians with broken arms, fractured legs and cracked skulls who had fallen victims to the treachery of the Ice covered streets. STORM SWEEPING THE COAST (By Associated Press) Washington, D. C.. Dec. 29.—A storm that has been sweeping the middle and north Atlantic coast was reported today by the weather bu reau to be centered east of Cape Cod and moving east and northeastward. Several stations, the bureau said, re ported a wind velocity of 60 miles an hour. • BREWER LEMP A SUICIDE VICTIM St. Louis Man Shoots Self Twice in Heart. — Father Sister Were Also Suicides IBr A.Mcl.t.d Pre..) St. Loull, Mo.. Dec. 29.—'William J. Lemp, 54, president of the William J. Lemp Brewing Company, committed suicide today by shooting himsel! through the heart In the office of the brewery in the southern section ot city. This was the third suicide to the family ot the famous here next Sunday for Paris, where he will remain until Tuesday of next week, for the purpose of conferring with Prime Minister Bonar Law in re gard to the Near Eastern situation. Lausanne, Dec. 29.—The Near East peace conference stood today on the verge of {allure and danger ot break ing up facing it from several causes, chiefly the contest over ownership of the Mosul oil fields and the question of capitulations the allies stressing the capitulations Issue and taking firm stand against subjection of for eigners in Turkey to Jurisdiction Turkish courts and insisting that spec ial courts with foreign judges sitting in them must pass upon casei which foreigners are involved. LORO CURZON TELLS TURKS TO FORGEt IT Lausanne, Dec. 29—Ism«*t Pasha has failed to persuade the United States and the European powers that Turk ish laws and Turkish conrts afford adequate protection to the life and property of foreigners residing Turkey and the Near East con fare Rtaudg in grave danger of breaking up on this jaostion. t Europe and America insist that special courts, upon which foreign ers in Mustapha Kernel's republic. Ismet Pasha declares that such courts would ibe an infringement on Turkish sovereignty. In fact, he reiterated this declaration so often at today’s stormy meeting of the commission on capitu lations that Lord Curzon retorted: “I beg that Ismet Pasha wrap up . v. . t . , and place carefully away i n a cup- Drew.™ hi. father and ,l,ter having thl , que<tloB Tqrkllk , ovor . taken their own lives. the SUte and defense Attorneys Baxley today in connection with the case against S. H. Carter, cotton bro ker, who Is held as a result of the death of Miss Alma Crosby, school teacher of Appling county, subsequent to an alleged illegal operation, amount of the bond allowed Carter >e announced later, it was t Everybody talking about it— Lots of- people eating it— Jack Horner Candies Chocolate Fruits and Nuts, 49c per lb. Chocolate Covered Cherries, 69c per lb will want t Sold only at Jack Horner Headquarters. MASH-MILTON DRUG CO. "A Good Place to Trade.” Phones (IS and >06 only country which enjoys sovereign ty; many other powers than Turkey submit questions to international trib unals without fear of impairing their sovereign rights.’’ Ishmet had declared that Turkish laws and Turkish courts were the equal of any in Europe so often, Lord Curzon continued, that he had actually come to believe it. "But the Important thing Is not what tbo Turkish delegation thinks about Turkish Justice,’’ added Curzon. "bnt what the rest of the world thinks about It. England’s King George IV convinced himself that he led the guards at the Battle of Waterloo, but nobody else ever believed it, and his tory does not record it. “The plain truth Is. Turkish laws are based on Moslem law and were drawn by Moslem jurists and theolo gians. The Judges are uneducated, poorly paid and dilatory. The same is true of the police, and the whole mechanism of Turkish Justice is de- 'e. Under Turkish courts for eigners can not conduct business in (Continued ( > S) Tallahassee, Fla., Dec. 29.—The police here are holding a man that they believe to be Grover Cleve land Bergdoll, the draft-dodger. The man, who was arrested us a hobo, on a train, asserts that his name is Bill Jones, and that his home is in Erie, Pa. The police have sent his finger prints to Washington, In an effort to Iden tify the man, and will hold him in Jail here pending the investigation. Bergdoll has been In Germany nearly a year, according to his mother, who resides in Philadel phia, but was recently reported os having left Germany In preparation to making an effort to re-enter the United States. MURDER LITTLE GIRL IN BROOKLYN CHARGED TO BOARDER IN HOME WHO OWNED THREE PISTOLS Postal Clerk Who Has Police Record is Held While Body Of the Little McCarthy Girl Rests Where Her Christmas Tree Stood. (Br Associated Press. New York, Dec. 29.—A little satin coffin containing the foody of I year-old Theresa McCarthy stood day on the spot where her Christmas tree had been. With her heart pierc ed by a bullet from a .22 calibre pis tol, she was found dead in the Brook lyn home of her mother late Tuesday. Benjamin Prentervllle, clerk in the Brooklyn post office un£l a boarder at the fMcCarthy home who admitted to the police that he owned a pearl hand led .22 calibre revolver is held on a charge of homicide. He told the po lice that he became frightened when he saw the girl’s dead body and threw away that revolver and two others he owned. The police say that Prentervllle has a police record. PRENTERVILLE HELD FOR CHILD’S MURDER New York, Dec. 29—Benjamin Pren- derville, a clerk in the Brooklyn gen eral postofflee, last night was arrested charge of homicide in the slay ing of 10-year-old Theresa McCarthy, lose body, with the heart pierced by .22 calibre bullet, was found in her Brooklyn home last Tuesday. Prendervllle had been taken in cus tody earlier In the day on the strength affidavit by Mrs. Anna Nell, the little girl’s nunt, that tho postofflee clerk, who boarded at the McCarthy home, possessed several weapons, one of them a .22 calibre pistol. Police asserted that after several •urs of grilling, during which it was disclosed that the prisoner had a criminal record, ho acknowledged owning such a gun. He is reported kept it In a baby carriage at the McCarthy home. Confronted by experts from the igue’s gallery and finger printing d* partments, the postal clerk is said by the police to have broken down and admitted he concealed his record to get into the civil service; and that he kept three pistols at the McCarthy home; that he attended a Christmas party there at which he brought out (Continued on page 8) Carpenter of Morehouse parish today declared there will be arrests in- the Morehouse kidnaping investigations upon the return of federal investiga tors who were in New Orleans yester day attending a conference with state official! The sherifr said he had no official information but understands that the chain of evidence la complete and pects to have warrants in the n few days. Carpenter said that while fbrty-five- citlzeus might be involved in the plot he did not believe this number actual participants in the kidnaping of Mer Rouge citizens and the deaths of WAtt Daniels and Thomas Richards. 'He declared that the survivors of the kidnaping party Informed him there were no more than eighteen or twenty in the masked band. TWO CONFESSIONS MADE IN LOUISIANA Bastrop, La. Dec. 29—Forty-five persons were implicated in the More house kidnapping and murders of last August, according to two confessions reported late today as delivered by representatives ot the Department of Justice to state authorities at New Orleans. tate legal office at New Or leans declined to comment upon the lubject stating they would neither deny nor affirm it. hold down a possible outbreak among the citizens of that community who are in hostile camps and are also as signed to assist the civil authorities In making arrears. At New Orleans today behind* dosed doors the Governor of the state, the Attorney General'* bis staff of legal assistants and tine four Department of Justice men were mapping out the future course In the* Investigations in the death of the two men (believed' to have been victims of a mob. What took place at the morning se* sion was not disclosed. At its cons elusion the Governor announced he- would leave for Baton Rouge e would not attend the night session. It was known that volumes of c dence was gone over by the conferi and the discussion was lengthy. Friends of Dr. B. M. McKoin, former mayor of Mer Rouge, were disappoint ed today when they learned he had been denied bail at Baltimore where under arrest on a charge of murder in connection with thi His friends Had promised' to put up any amount of bond necessary. A fund Is being raised in this and ad joining parishes 1 to bo used in de fense of the physician. In the meanwhile a deputy sheriff armed with a warrant charging Mc Koin with murder was en route to Baltimore. Poor train connections caused him to ba delayed In reaching Baton Rouge where he is expected to LI BETUIOFTHE FLEET TOCOrailOPLE The confession will not be made ■ pick up the extradition papers. This public, it waa regarded here, until. deputy arrested T. J. Burnett, former the open hearings begin at Bastrop In i deputy sheriff, last Saturday and January. | placed him in the- Bastrop-JslI. Jt was stated that the signers of the confessions have been granted Im munity by the state and are being secreted along with other witnesses and will be called upon to testify. never, it is regarded here as probable the arrests of some or all len named will take place before the open hearing begins. One indication that the state is pre paring for some activity is seen in rder issued today to the national guard company at Mer Rouge to be prepared to move at short noticed Sheriff Carpenter said today he exr d that McKoin would join Bur nett in the parlsir jail here by Tues- clay. The Jail is being guarded by state troops. |Machine guns are train- ed on It District Judge Odom announced to day that action upon the applicitlm for a preliminary trial mad* by Bur nett would not be taken until week. It is regarded as unlikely No Statement Issued From Government Offices Regard ing the Move.—Turks Have No Reply to the New Move Ready. London. Dec. 29.—The hasty rw tarn ot the British fleet to Constant!' nople from 'Malta attracts wide attea- tion here. Nothing was forthcoming from official sources to explain the move, but the obvious assumption was that it Is connected with the uncom promising attitude of the Turks at Lausanne and is everywhere adopted, srs are still many foreigners in Constantinople and dispatch of th* irships is regarded as a necessary precaution in view of the possible at titude of the Turks in the city in rent there Is a breakdown in the Lausanne negotiations. SULTAN GOES TO MECCA TO LIVE UNDER EGYPTIAN CONTROL SAYS REPORT (By Associated Press) Malta, Dec. 29.—The former Sultan Mohammed Sixth, of Turkey, it ia un derstood, will leave for Mecca next Monday to board a British warship. He will presumably be landed at Jed dah, a port of Mecca on the Red Sea. Shortly after the flight of Moham med from Constantinople on Novem ber 11th. to escape threatened trial by the Turkish Nationalists, a dispatch from Cairo announced that the King of Hedjas had invited him to take sanctuary In (Mecca, where he waa promised treatment In keeping with his rank. COLUMBUS OFFICIALS PUSHING INVESTIGATION (By Associated Press) Columbus, Ga., Dec. 29.—The inve* THREE PERSONS KILLED IN WAYCROSS WHEN AUTO HIT TRAIN hearing to which he is entitled under ligation Into the alleged bomb plot the law will be held prior to the hear- against prominent city officials, which lD g*- I was unearthed here last Wednesday 1 by local police, will be vigorously j Tatum. Will Broach and Jack Swan., pnsht!dt sard Walker R Flournoy golt Two of the men ware thrown from the[ cItor g CDer al. in a statement made pub- • car by the terrific Impact and the'|j c today 'other remained in the machine, which I badly torn up. A bottle of whls- was found in the car and those ““*/ v , . .. . .... a conference here uu >. u * u «, •» nearby state that the odor of whiskey , . . * . , ' ’ .. .. . .kJ - rtlc6 11 <» be decided in what manner tho investigation would pro- The solicitor general, together witli eity and county officials, was to hold during the day i Warm?.' j,er- »“■ h'nml.take.bl. .. they neared the I killed and on. eerlouely in- “•"•■>« “•«°*’ 10 "; CondnctorB.n l A cordon or police tod .tertir. jored here l..t night .hen an ontorao. \ depart., .ere .gam placed around th. I homes ot five city commissioners last Bight. Guards were also placed around the Dlmon Court apartments and the factory of the National Show Case bile crashed into an engine of the At- °* tbe * ra,n ,nto wb,cb lantlc Coast Line at a crossing in Th « men were 8,1 wel1 known about the suburbs of the city. The dead are Waycroas, where all lived. They were Matthew Tatum, aged 37; Isaiah Ta- leaving the city In the car at a rapid aged 24, and William Broach rale of .peed and probably railed «».! Company, .blch .ere eald to hay, aged 25. Mice Constance Hemfty, 16. obaerve the train or mlacalcnlated the been marked for destruction by tho who .1,0 ... a poasenget In the car from „ „„„ j seriously injured and was taken • to the Coast Line hospital here. - It was said the automobile appar- ing. CONDUCTOR BEN HUBERT WAS IN CHARGE OF TRAIN Three men were killed last night In Waycross, when a car ran Into the Coast Line passenger train from Jack sonville, No. 66, as it was crossing Gilmore street, coming into the city. The car hit the engine near the cylin ders, and three of the occupants were killed. One little girl in the car was seriously hurt. The crash cgme with terrific force, the auto running at a speed of about thirty miles per hour. The dead, are Messrs. Math 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 the cheap, ordinary kind. Price $7.00 J Smith - Harley Shoe (io. New Woolens FOR SKIRTS IN Patterns That Are Quite Different All 54” Of These Are MATERIALS Priced From $2.50$4.50 Per Yd. LOUIS STEYEBMII & SONS The Shop of Quality On the Comer The Original Home of HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHES