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THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1922.
Athens Now In Hands of Revolutionists
Senator Thomas E. Watson Died T
.
ri.vnm» E. Watson Died Tuesday
GEORGE AGREES TO ME THE THRONE LM.
Indications Point, However, to Effort to Get Venizelos Into
The Government Again and George May Not Be Ac-
. cepte<L—British Warned by Turks Against Fortifica
tions Along the Dardanelles,—Situation Regarded a s
Increasingly Serious by th? English Press.
Conatantlnople, Sepl. 2k. -Former cation will be looked upon by the
.King Constantine, of Oreece, abdlcat- Kemallsts as warranting military se
ed yesterday, and Is reported to have tlon, Hamid Bey, has Informed the al-
been imprisoned by the revoluUonar- lied commander,
les of Athens. ——
CONSTANTINE FINDS NO
STORMY 8CENE8 BEFORE 8YMPATHY AMONG ALLIES
ABDICATION OF GREEK KING London, Sept. 28.—The second de-
Athens, Oreece, Sept. 28.—King Con. thro'nement of Constantine brings no
stantlne’s abdication came after dm- tears, ns he has no friends among
matte scenes, with the palace sur- the British public, owing to his reput-
rounded by an angry mob of revolu- ed German sympathies during the
tlonistk, demanding his dethronement, war. -
Not until the mob threatened to Crown Prince George has indicated
seise the sovereign, did an emissary bis Intention to accept the throne, oo
appear at the window of the palace cording to a message from authorite
and announced his abdication. | tire sources. No word of the where-
■' isbouts of Constantine has been re-
GREEK REVOLUTIONISTS icelved
MAY DEMAND A REPUBLIC _
Athens, Greece, Sept. 28.—It Is re* FORMER PREMIER' EXPECTED TO
ported here today that a section of the
Al WALKER DECLARES THAT SPECIAL
PRIMARY SHOULD BE CALLED AT ONCE
ty pf
roubles
Believed That P<
Easement of Irish
Is Gone With the Determin
ation to Fight by New Con
tenders.
Dublin, Irolabd, Sept. 28.—Eamon
Candidate for Governor* in Control of the State Convention
Issues Statement to That Effect Today in Atlanta. —
Speculations Rife as to Who Will Offer and the Walker
Forces Are Already Linirg Up for the Fray.—Hard
wick May Be Expected to Run in the Primary and Re
sign from Governor's Chair.
Atlant
elect Clt
statemen
Deralera and his friends hare abdlcat-1 declared
ed, according to the Freeman's Jour- state c '
icon nev
nal. Liam Lynch, chief of staff of the I , al prlml
Republican forces and his colleagues united States Senate caused by the
ore now In power. death of Senator Wation.
Ga., Sept. 26.—Governor
ord M. Walker lssuod
this afternoon in which he
hat he was In favor of the
entlori which meets In Ma-
i'odnesday, ordering a spec-
y to fill tho vacancy In the
The newspaper states that hop,a
for national peace are dashed to piec
es by this event, and that the Repub
lican leaders are forcing their follow
ers to continue to the bitter end.
revolutionary army la Imbued with' Duevllle, France, Sept. 28—Former
the Idea of a republic, and that the so- J Premier Ellptherlos Venizelos of
cession of King George may be aceom- Greece first heard the news of King
panted with some difficulties. Constantine’s abdlctatlon from a dis-
■ An Impressive pro-Venixellst demon- patch shown him by the Associated
Stratton occurred lost night The Press correspondent this evening.-He
revolutionists have entered the city resolutely refused to nlake any com-
and occupied all strategic points./ '. ment.
LONDON ALARMED OVER THE I p * ri »- 8 ®P* 28_M - Venlselos, who
DARDANELLES SITUATION - w “ prostrated by the Greek disaster
CINCINNATI BANK ROBBED
OF FOURTEEN THOUSAND
. Cincinnati, 0., Sept. 28.—Five men
8AVE 80ME OF WRECKAGE^ el,ter ® <1 the Hamilton County Bank
London,. Sept 28.—Government cir
cles took vgrave view of the sitnaNon
In the Dardanelles which la regarded
os being so critical as to overshadow
the revolutionary development In
Greece. The opinion Is expressed that
there Is now a greater prospect of
fighting between the British and Turk
ish Nationalists than at any previous
time.
The. cabinet was convened to con
sider a message from Brigadier Gener
al Harrington, commanding the allied
forces In Constantinople, summarizing
Mustapha Kemal Pasha’s reply, warn
ing agalnat violation of the neutral
sone along the Straits. The reply Is
considered evasive and ambiguous.
At the doss of the afternoon meet
ing of the cabinet it was stated that
the situation was regarded :)s tncreos-
i tagly critical.
wen to Deauville for rest and quiet.
He has been Informed of the >®»u«.
turn In the situation at Athens-by hJ*
ces. It Is uderstoad he- expects to re
turn to Paris Friday when be will con
sult with bis friends and decide upon
upon the course or action to be follow
ed.
The adherents ot Venlxdlos here are
doubtful that he will join any new
ministry at present and lncllnb to the
belief that he will play a more effect
ive role in trying to save as much
possible from the wreck of Oreece’i
representative at the peace confer
ence. In any cue M. Venizelos will
take no part )n affairs untU Indorsed
by s freely expressed popular man
date.
The movement which hu resulted
In the abdication of King Constantine
had long been planned. The leaders
are a number of army officers who be-
OF
TURKS WILL NOT PERMIT
DARDANELLES FORTIFICATIONS
- Continuance 6f the work of fortlfl- _ . , ... ...
Vr,h Nationalists have notified th. •*
Bed high command that they will th. campaln ln Aria M.nor.
tolerate the fortification of certain
points of tho so-called neutral zones
along the Dardanelles.
I but foresaw dlsuter. They have now
but one Idea, those In Pari* who are
Continuance of the work of foritlft-|
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Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 26.—Gover
nor Hardwick will take "official
action," on his return to Georgia
next'week, he sold In a telegram
to the Atlanta Journal today, from
Quebec, Canada, upon being ad-
lsed of the death of Senator Wat
son.
that the Governor will mnko an ap
pointment.
Walker Leaders Wont tha Place.
The Walker leaders, at least some
of them wont the State convention to
nominate a candidate for Senator, but
there are so many of the Walker lead
ers themselves who went the nomina
tion, that this may not be done.
Hub Dean, ot Gainesville, Gus How
ard of Columbus and Ogdea Persons,
of Forsyth, along with a lot of othors,
all of whom are here today, think the
convention should nominate them. Air.
Walker, of course, Is non-committal.
He has made no statement and will
not commit himself, except to say that
be Is deeply regretful of Senator Wat
son's death.
Hardwick May Resign and Run for
The Senate II Primary Called
There Is a great deal of talk that
the convention should call a special
primary Just prior to the general elec-
The statement from Mr. Walker Uon ,or Senatorial candidates .and
means that the convention will carry' candidates for Pension Commissioner,
out bis wishes in the matter and wilt 1 11 '• sieved that this will solve
order a primary. | the Problem and relieve Air. Walker
St. Louis, Mo., Sopt. 28.—Gertrude — '
Brenn, wife of Harry Brenn, a garage
proprietor at Oakville, Mo„ who dis
appeared after fire had destroyed the
place of business, Tuesday, was sub
jected to further questioning today by
police who qre Investigating the mvs-‘ w *
terlous theft of the body of Celeste! IN
Schneider, aged 18, who was buriedi GEORGIA POLITICAL LlNE-UP (t n next Junf, when Walker took his
a month ago, from her grave. - I Atlanta, do., Sept. 26.—The death seat
The charred torso of a woman,' of 8 « na,or Thom** E. Watson wlllj Special Primary May Be Held,
which was a( first thought to be u,at Probably result In an entire change In’ It la also being debated as to the
of Mrs. Brenn, who was believed to 8 ®° r Bla politics. Hon. -Cllftorl M. * “*
have been burned to death, was found' Waljer, who had called a meeting of
In the ruins of the fire. Detectives w » ,riend « t0 ** heId « the An " ley
•are working on the theory that tho k 0 *®* ***■ morn,n * to mak ® arrange-
homed torso may be the body of the menU ,or th ® Mncon convention next
Schneider girl. ; w * ek - called off the meeting upon re-
' celpt of news of the Senator's death.
Governor Hardwick Is in Canada, bnt
he has been apprised of the death of
Mr. Watson.
With Congress not in setslon and
.only having authority under the law
The police have reported finding a t „ appolnl . , UCC ess 0r to Sena's" Wot.
broken ahovel and a piece of cloth ^ unt „ the ncxt gen0raI elMtlon
which Is thought to have keen part of j wh)ch |, be held the first Tuesdny
a ahroud, and an electric flashlight in; Norember> lt h „ dIy probab le
the debris of the garage.
IS
UqujurI Case in St. Louis
Where Grave Had Bedn
friends In Paris, .and will make Ho ■ ■ n.LLj <' rj ” . r>
Plans until he has received full advl- 5°““. and Burned Body
Found Later Believed to Be
That.
Afr. Walker said:
“The people should rule 'n all mat
ters and the matter ot selecting a suc
cessor to- Senator Watson and a suc
cessor to Commissioner of Pensions
Lindsay, is not a matter for the con
ventlon In my opinion. A special pri
mary should be ordered and tho peo
ple allowed to express their own
choice.
"While 1 am not In a position to
speak for the convention, I can say
wbat I think. I think that there
should be no nomination by the eon
ventlon, but a primary at which the
people can vote.”
The conference called by tho Wal
ter leaders was postponed today on
' account of the death of Senator Wat
son.
Walker and-Hardwick Send Messages
Of Sympathy to Mrs. Watson.
Air. Walker sent a telegram of sym
pathy \t o Airs. Watson, as did Cover-
nor Hardwick who Is In Quebec,. Can
ad a.
The State committee has that power, 02 considerable embarrassment. If a
also, but It is believed that Chairman special primary Is called, lt Is being
Vereen will not call his committee to
gether In view of Air. Walker's state
ment.
’ ( WAT80N’8 DEATH MAY RESULT
REARRANGEMENT OF THE
talked In some circles here this morn
log that Governor Hardwick may an
nounce for the Senate. He could re-
sign bis seat as Governor and be suc
ceeded by Herbert Clay, President of
the Senate, who would hold office an-
Ceremonies at Home Were Very Simple and Likewise at
The Grave But Number of Visitors Cannot Be Even Es
timated in the Small Town Where His Body is to Lie
At Rest Through the Ages.—Thousands Meet Train
When it Passed Through Augusta.—Senators Present
Thomson, Ga., Sept. 28— Beneath a family, home,
clear sky and blazing stin, tho body I Senators in the funeral party were
of United Staten Senator Thomas E. I Heflin, Democrat, Alabama; Harri.
Watson, came home, and was laid to ! son, Democrat; Mississippi; Dial,
rest in tho soil of AIcDuflle county as South Carolina, and Fletcher, Demo-
hundreds of countrymen from the crat, Florida. Senator Smith. Demo,
backwoods unltod with prominent of- crat, South Carolina, will Join tho
ficlnls In paying tho last tribute to his Party at Thomson. Other senators
memory. appointed on the committee were
Brief, and simple were the funeral Brandegce of Connecticut, New of
services at the Watson home, but Indiana, Oddie of Nevada, Cameron
every honor within the province of the of Arizona and Shortridge of Cali-
town was paid the departed Senator. ; fern is, Republicans.
Hundreds of People From All Ovor ~
State Attend Funeral. | Washington, D. C„ Sept 26.—Unit-
Hundreds of friends and admirers ed States Senator Thomas E. Watson,
of the Senator arrived hero last night 0 f Georgia, died suddenly at his homo
to attend the funeral this afternoo.i,
, .. . . . . i here Bhortly after three o-lock th's
and others continued pouring In today | “
Telegrams continued to arrive today ; morn,n 6- His death was said tov bo
All arrangements for the funera j due 10 “ n ocut ® attack of asthma,
were completed today by Mr«. Durham trom whlch h ® had Buffered recurrent-
Watson, the Senator's daughter-in-law * or a number of years,
and W. A. Watson, his brother. [ Although his failing health had In-
>■ j terrupted his attendance upon tho
8PECIAL TRAIN BROUGHT | Senate cessions frequently during tho
BODY OF THE 8ENATOR last several months, friends believed
Augusta, Ga., Sopt. 28.—A special that he wae showing Improvement,
train carrying tho body of Senatorj He wa » stricken suddenly last nlghL
Brenn -has been missing since Mon
day. His wits was mourning for him
ss dead. He la reported to have car
ried sixteen thousand dollars life tn-j
su ranee.
power ot the present executive com
mittee to order n convention. The
-present committee Is In charge of tho
party machinery until a new commit
tee is elected by the convention and
It may be that Chairman Vereen will
call bis committee together at once
and set a date for a primary right
away.
With Howard. Dean and Persons,
who are Walker leaders, wanting thr
nomination and the possibility of a
divided house at the convention, It Is
more than likely that Mr. Walker will
direct hla forces to order a special
primary.
MICH. CONVENTION WANTS
FORD j-OR PRESIDENT
Bay City, Mich., Sept. 28.—A pro-
nosal to endorse Henry Ford for the
Presidency of the United States has
been prepared for prepentatfon to the
resolutions committee ot the Demo
cratic state convention here, Wbat
the -fate of the proposal will he In the
hands of the committee none of the
itate committeemen would attempt to
forecast. / • —
DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASE
BYWAY OF HANDWRITING
Chicago, III., 8ept. 28.—Diagnosis ol
disease through a study ot the hand
writing of the eufferer Is the n*w
theory of therapeutics propounded be
fore the American Association of Med
ico-Physical Research by Dr. Albert
Abrams, of San Francisco, dlacoverer
of the principle of determining pater
nity through blood teats.
CHARGED WITH MURDER
FORTY-FOUR YEARS AGO
Red Springs, N. C„ Sept. 28.—he
Kemp, charged with killing Daniel Me.
Neill, hore forty-four yoaro ago. has
been arrested at 8L Augustine, Fla.,
according to advices received here.
Kemp is understood to have waived
requisition papers.
Watson, was met here today by ap
proximately one thousand persons.
Mayor Smith, and members of the
City Council, Federal officials and
newspaper men were permitted -to en
ter the train to view the body,
Cars containing about three hundred
members of the Junior Order of Am
erican Mechanics were attached to the
funeral train before lt departed for
Thomson, thirty-four miles distant,
shortly before noon.
The official Senatorial party Is com
posed entirely of Democrats, who are
Senator Dial of South Carolina;
Fletcher or Florida; Heflin, Alabama
and Harrison, Mississippi The Sena
tors will return here tonight.
FUNERAL PARTY LEAVES
CAPITAL AT 3:15 YESTERDAY
Washington, D. C., Sept 28—A
congressional funeral party left here
3:15 p. m. yesterday with the body
of Senator Watson of Georgia, who
died here Tuesday.
A dozen senators and representa
tives composed the official escort
und will attend the funeral to-day
nt Thomson, Ga., the Senator’s
home. Others in the party were the
secretary of Senator Harris of
Georgia, who is in Europe, and the
secretary and office force of Mr.
Watson. The widow and other rela
tives of Senator Wation are at the
He was slxty-six year* old.
An Administration Critic.
In the Inst speech in the Senate,
which he delivered a week ago la it
Wednesday, Senator Watson severely
criticized the administration's. course
In connection with the rail strike situ
ation.
Hla previous attacks on the admin
istration, most notably of which wero
charges of the Illegal hanging of mem
bers of the American Expeditionary
Forces, made him a conspicuous fig
ure In the Senate during the brief
service be spent there.
In the Senator's own language In
his biographical sketch in tho Con
gressional Directory, he had conduct
ed hia campaign tor the Senate as
an “Antl-WIIson, Anti-League and
Anti-War Measures Democrat."
Body Will be Taken to Thomson, Ga.
The body of Senator Watson will
be taken to his home In Thomson, On.,
today at 8:15 oelock. He had made
reservation on a train leaving at that
time to spend his Congresst-m-il vaca
tion at home. Mrs. Watson, accord
ingly has decided to take the body
South on the tram which be had se
lected. The Senator Is surived by hit
widow and two grandchildren.
Although having served only a short.
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