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OFFICIAL OMAN
Oi the Qtjr of Thomaavllb
and the Count? of Thom**.
VOL. X. No. 79.
THOMA8VILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1922.
•1X0 PER ANNUM
CONSTiTliPLE AWAITS MEETING OF
IE CONFERENCE
Kemalists Are in Prideful Me od Over Their Victories and
Are Making Threats of Russian Assistance and the Dis
ruptions in Italy and England.—Violent Outbursts are
Feared in Constantinople Due to Postponement of the
Conference for Another Week.
Lausanne, Switzerland, Nov. 13.—
The delegates ot the Turkish Nation
alist government have come to Laua-
anne as victors and their mood Is
wholly different than that ot the
crushed representatives ot the Sultan
who begged for mercy when the treaty
of Sevres was drafted three years
ago.
Their leader, ismet Pasha boasts
the support ot ihe Russian Soviets
and alluded to the uncertainty which
the new governments of England and
Italy have given to tho solidarity of
the Entente.
CONSTANTINOPLE SITUATION
WORRYING ALLIED HEADS
London, Nov. 13.—Now that the
Lausanne conference has been post
poned to November 20th, the question
most urgently asked here Is whether
It will be possible to maintain order
In Constantinople In the Interim. Res
toration of communications has reveal-
ed such an ugly situation there that
It is evident that the utmost tact and
sired a postponement. It was said
yesterday that the British were argu
ing for a still later date than Nov.
20, but the French government could
not see why a week’s postponement
should not be ample.
The same uncertainty that charact
erized the peace confgerence atill
clouds the proposed preliminary
meeting between the representatives
of Great Britain, France and Italy.
The British desire n sort of inter,
allied conference to precede the
Lausanne gathering while M. Poin
care, the French premier, thinks
simple “conversations" will be adequ-
ate. He has suggested that he can
see and talk to Lord Curzon, the Birt.
ish foreign secretary, while Lord
Curzon is passing through Paris on
his way to Lausanne.
Italy’s position is rather vague.
Rome dispatches have said that
Premier Mussolini was not ready for
the conference at Lausanne today.
They did not indicute, however, when
he would be prepared to be represent,
skill will be necessary to prevent vlo- i «d at Lausanne, or what would be his
lent outbursts. All reports coming attitude to conversations between the
here concur In saying that the Ex ; principal allies.
IliitS. GIBSON AND NEGRO
WOMAN GET INTO FIGHT
OVER MURDER MYSTERY
Pig Woman and Negro Cow
Keeper Engage in Physical
Difficulty. — Negress Says
Mrs. Gibson Did Not Wit
ness Double Killing.
New Brunswick, N. J„ Nov. 13.—A
physical encounter between women
witnesses In the Hall-Mills murder
case, was the latest development to
day. Mrs. Jane Gibson, pig raiser,
who says she saw the murder, and
Nellie Russell, negress, who keeps
cows. In a statement Sunday, said
Mrs. Gibson did not see the murder,
hod an altercation over a pig yester
day. Attorney Mott, head ot the In
vestigation, declined to say what ef
fect the negress' statement would
have on plants to present the case to
the grand Jury soon.
MRS. CUTIS SPEAKS
F
For First Time in History
Such Privilege Was Ever
Granted a Foreigner, it is
Stated in Berlin Dispatches
Today.
Berlin, NoV. 13.—Several hundred
persons had the novelty of hearing
an American woman speak from the
Rlechstag Tribune when Mrs. Carrie destruction of the squares.
Chapman Catt yesterday delivered an
address under the auspices ot the
Woman’s League of Serial Welfare
Workers In Great Britain. It is be-
lleved that this Is the first time such
privilege has ever been granted to for
eigners. •’
tremlsts are dominating the Angora
government, which Is following a pol
icy of defiance toward the allies and
terrorism among the local population
In Constantinople.
TURK DELEGATES TO CONFER.
Paris, Nov. 13.—In answer
Host of the French delegation to
the conference headed by M. Bompard
intended to leave for Lausanne last
night, but their trip was cancelled
when M. Poincare decided that he
would await the arrival here of Lord
Curzon.
The Turkish delegation headed by
message from !smet“ Pasha'' head 0 “' Ismct Pasha ’ 1 whi;h arrive . d at Uu -
the Turkish Nationalist delegation at j“ n ? e mght ’ ™ ay cont,nue °"
Lausanne, Ferid, of the Angora gov-! Pan> - French <?“vemment had
ernment representatives here started 0,1,611 * he Angora repre,enU ' lTe
for Lausanne today to confer with j hcrc « Ferid Bcy . to not,fy Ismct ot
Ismet and accompany him here If he I the postponement and to invite thorn
decides to come. to come ,0 the «riUl. .
The French feel there Is every
U. 8. HA8 NOT 8ENT NEW NOTE chance of Great Britain and France
ON NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS being in general accord on question,
ion which Lord Curzon is extremely
Washington, D. C., Nov. 13. — Tho'anxious to obtain allied agreement
impression prevailing in Constanti-j before the meeting with the Turks;
nople and reflected in yesterday's j but there is no concealment of the
news dispatches, that the United f ac t that there is not entire harmony
States has sent a note to Europe re- In the views of the French and Brit-
gardlng the Near East peace settle- j,],
ment, was said at the State Depart'
ment today, to be based on a misun
derstanding of facts.
Officials Bald the only American
communication on the subject Is
copy of a statement of the American
position which was sent in October to
the ambassador, In Paris, London and
MILLION BARRELS OIL THREATENED
BY GREAT EIRE IN HUMBLE SECTOR
Lightaiug Sfrtcd Bkzc Late MEN IN RUSSIA MURDER
Sunday That Threatens To _ __
Destroy Entire Plant, Ac- BY THE WHOLESALE TO
prevent robbery leak
Hou.ioD. T ex.~No,. n-n,. j Five Mtn Arrested by All-
disastrous tiro In twenty-nlno years - -- - -
and in the history or tne Gulf Const
oil fields li now raging in the Humble
sector, seventeen miles northeast of
Houston. Thiee quarters of a mil
lion barrels of ol) are now burning
and are being fanned by a stiff north
wind which Is endangering two mil
lion dollars worth of oil. During a
-Storm Sunday, lightning struck a
tank and early today the flames
spread to other tanks.
REMOVE SQUARES OF
COTTON AFTER BOLL
WEEVIL HAS COME OUT,
THEN USE ARSENATE
This Remedy Will Do The
Work Says Florida Agricul
tural Head at the State Col
lege at Gainesville.—Experi
ments Successful.
Gainesville, Fla., Nov. IS.—Removal
of all squares from tbs cotton plant
at a time when virtually all boll wee
vlls are out of winter quarters lu
Florida, which Is ahout June 5th, and
followed
Immediately by a thorough aopllcv-
tlon of calcium arsenate, or lead ar
senate, Is the method developed here
for control of the weevil. It was an
nounced Saturday night by Doctor
Wllnton Newell of the state plant
board, and director of the University
of Florida experiment station.
He termed the development a solar
plexus blow to the weevil, showing
thut fields which had undergone the
treatment had produced virtually as
much cotton as before the weevil.’
advent.
THOUSANDS READ IN CHILE AS RESULT
EARTHQUAKE AND VIOLENT TIDAL WAVE
No Inkling Yet 4s to the Exact Number That Have Been
Killed or as to Property ) amage Resulting From the
Disaster.—It is Stated That Three Towns Have Been
Completely Wiped Out by the Violent Eruptions of
Water That Resulted.—Relief Measures in Progress.
Antofagasta, Chile., Nov. 13.—The cerning which no news is yet avail-
city of Coplapo was destroyed and the ' able.
port of Calders greatly damaged by
tidal waves Saturday. The town
was thrown Into a panic when the
rush of water severed the power
lines. Most of tho commercial sec
tion of Coplapo was carried sway by
the waters and the port of Charnara!
was destroyed.
RELIEF NEEDED FOR VICTIMS
CHILEAN QUAKE AND FLOOD
DISASTROUS FIRE RAGING
POSTPONED AT REQUEST
OF GREAT BRITAIN
Paris, Nov. IS.—The French foreign
office yesterday announced that the
Greco-Turklsh peace conference to bo
held at Lausanno had been tentatively
set for not later than Nov. 20.
Originally the dote set for the con
vening of the conference was Nov.
13, but the British government de-
The French,i n any case, think that
it is better to get to work with the
Turks quickly in order to avoid any
outbreaks around Constantinople,
and to trust to luck to find time at
Lausanne, or by wire, or through
ambassadors to agree on such a com
mon course as still many be found at
this late date.
The American minister, Joseph C.
Grew, was in Lausanne for a few
hours yesterday and engaged rooms
for Rear Admiral Mark Bristol and
tho American ambassador to Italy,
Richard Washburn Child, Mrs. Child
and himself, but he did not know
when the American unofficial observ.
era would reach here because of the
uncertainty of the conference plans.
Houston, Texas, Nov. 13.—More
than one million barrels of oil was
doomed early last night and Indications
were that a similar amount would
probably be consumed in a spectacular
fire sweeping the Gulf Production
Company farm at Humble. Lightning
caused the blaze.
Three enormous under ground res
ervoirs. said to have a capacity of
400.000 barrels each, caught fire and
the boiling matter spread rapidly to
ward threo other nearby pits
thorities Said to Have Ad
mitted Killing Over One
Hundred Persons to Secure
Valuables.,
Moscow, Nov. 13.—Five men were
arrested by the police today ond have
admitted murdering 108 men, women
and children, their motive being rob
bery. in one Instance, eighteen per
sons attending a birthday party were
all killed. Another time a family ol
eight was murdered In order to leave
no witnesses, the police suld.
CHINESE JBANDITS IN
ENORMOUS NUMBERS
THREATEN MISSIONARIES
Shanghai, China, Nov. 13.—It Is re
ported from Hankow that bandit* In
the Honan province who have been
kidnaping foreign m!**ion<triea and
The terrorizing the country now number
whole farm constats of twenty tanks,
all of which may be lost. The blaze
can be seen for miles.
Workmen were handicapped In right
ing the blaze because of the condition
of the field. Kains have almost flood
ed the section and fire fighting appara
tus could not be moved quickly. Ef
forts wero b-Jng made to keep the
blaze back by the use of steam.
The farm in situated on a prairie and
fears are entertained that oil will
spread beyond Immediate property
The site is three miles from Humble,
however, and will not menace the town
proper.
1,000 ami are holding the entire Kio-
shan district. The outlaws have de
feated troops sent against them and
two more ihrigades have been dis
patched as reinforcements.
SOVIETS CONSIDER HOW
TO FIGHT THE FASCISTI
SPIRIT AMONG GERMANS
Progress of Facsimo in Other
European Countries is Prov
ing Thom in the Flesh of
Third Internationale Which
Now Plans to Squash it.
Moscow, Nov. 13.—The Third Inter
nationale Is considering tactics to
combat the wove of Fascism which Is
reported to be making tremendous
strides In Germany, Poland, Rumania
and Hungary. The newspaper Prav-
da says the Communists must create
an antl-FascIstt front and fortify the
party against the progress of the
movement that swept Italy.
EXPRESS CASES" IN
THE CIRCUIT COURT
Macon. Ga.. Nov. 13.—Wallace Mill
er, attorney for tho sixteen defend
ants who were convicted In connec
tion with the dlsappearnnceof half a
million dollars worth of packages
from the American Rnllway Express
Company, declared today that a writ
of certiorari from the Circuit Court
of Appeals affirming tho decision of
the district court would bo Iliad
tho next ten days or two weeks.
lit the meantime Miller will apply
for a stay of execution of the sentenc
es Imposed on the defendants.
Already twenty-four bodies have
been recovered at Coquimbo, where
it is known there are one hundred or
more dead. At Chanaral a number
were killed by falling houses.
It was earthquake and tidal wave
combined that accounted for the vast
destruction in the provinces of Anto
fagasta, Atacama and Coquimbo. The
movement of tho ocean is described
as phenomenal. It gave evidence of
Santiago, Chile, Nov. 13.—Relief | a terrific disturbance in the bed of
forces to aid tho thousands made ; the Pacific itself. There must have
homeless by earthquakes throughout | been such a rearing at the bottom of
Chile Saturday and tho flooding waves j the sea that immense quantities of
which followed, wore being built to- water were sucked through, causing a
duy. Tho death toll probably will ho f tremendous recession of the waters
at least a thousand, It is estimated and along thc Chilean coast,
the property dumage is expected
run into millions as several towns
were almost destroyed and practically
all ships on tho fourteen hundred
miles of coast were affected by the
huge waves.
OCEAN SWEEP8 OUT
ANO THEN 8WEEP8 IN
Santiago, Chile, Nav. 13. With
Several times the ocean swept out
ward and came back in the shape of a
great wave, flooding the seaports and
In some instances sweeping away the
waterfront. The violent effects of
the tidal waves were felt from
Antofagasta on the north to Valdivia
on the south, covering about sixteen
degrees of latitude, or more than 1,-
200 miles.
All types of craft lying in the vari-
partial re-establishment of communi-' ous harbors were swept on shore,
cations, Chile's earthquake catastro- j wrecked, or left high and dry, and at
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SOLDIER BONUS WILL
PASS NEXT CONGRESS
SAYS LEGION LEADER
Washington, D. C., Nov. 13.—Confl
uence that the soldiers’ bonus bill
would be enacted by the Congress
which comes Into existence after
March fourth, was expressed today j
by John Thomas Taylor, legislative
representative of the American Le
gion In a statement which declared
the recent election had clarly demon
strated that the sentiment of the coun
try was behind compensation legisla
tion.
SHIP PASSENGERS RISE EARLY
TO SEE M. CLEMENCEAU
Aboard the Steamship Paris,
Enroute to New York, Nov. 13.—
Almost every person aboard the
steamship Paris, Is honoring thn
maxim ot early to bed and enrly
to rise In order to watch Georges
Clemenceau take his early morn
ing walk on the decks.
The former premier of Frauen
gets out of bed at five oclock and
paces up and down the ship for
a while and then goes lhack to
his cabin. One Is lucky to catch
a glimpse of him after that.
TEXTILE MEN IN SOUTH
{FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANIES LOSE
Miss. Ruling That Compan
ies Owed $8,500,000 in Fines
Upheld in High Court.
Jackson, Miss., Nov. 13.—The Su
preme Court today nffirmed the decis
ion of Chancellor Striker. Imposing
tines and penalties amounting to |8,-
055,075 on tire Insurance companies
formerly operating In this state,
charged with violation of the anti
trust low by conspiring to control
rates.
phe is revealed in even greater magni
tudo than first reports indicated.
It is estimated that at least 1,000
are dead, and many housands nre in
distress, needing food and shelter.
In addition to heavy casualties of
dead and injured at Copiapo and Co
quimbo, it was reported yesterday
that 500 were killed at Vallenar and
the sui rounding district. Vallenar
was virtually destroyed, and the
survivors aro in a critical condition.
It seems certain that there hare been
casualty in other towns and villages
around Copiapo, to the south, con-
scores of small ports whaives and
quays were destroyed. Chilean naval
vessels in the harbor at Talcahuano,
about 300 miles south of Valparaiso,
when they felt thc force of the waters
clipped their cnblcs and proceeded
out to open sea.
President Alessandri has ordered
the various government departments
to take steps for thc relief of the
sufferers in the stricken districts,
those most sorely afflicted lying be
tween Coquimbo and Copiapo.
The navy department has sent ships
along the coast to aid in the work.
CENTRAL AMERICAN
GOVERNMENTS AGREE
TO U. S. CONFERENCE
Washington, D. C., Nov. 13.—Formal
acceptances from all five of the Cen
tral American Republics, Invited by
Secretary Hughe* to participate In
a conference here, beginning Docom-
her fourth, on land disarmament and
better American relations, have been
received at the State Department.
Delegates have been selected for the
Conference, the announcement sab],
BOTTLERS IN ATLANTA
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 13.—Soft drink
bottlers from the South are attending
the carbonated beverage exposition
which opened here today.
RIOTING IN COLOGNE HAS
ASSUMED DANGEROUS
PROPORTIONS
Berlin, Nov. 13.—Advice* from Col
ogne report that the rioting which be
gan Friday in a suburb of Kalk had
spread Saturday and Sunday to %
suburb ol Kuelhelm and Khrenfrled.
Many shop windows were smashed
and a mob stoned the police, shouting
hunger, hunger. Many were arrested.
TOUR DIE IN MISS. HOTEL FIRE
Amory, Miss., Nov. 13.—Four m6n
wore burned to death In a tire whlcu
destroyed a hotol here early today.
A fifth man was Injured In a leap
from a second stcry window. The
fire is believed to have been caused
by the explosion of an oil stovo.
DR. MARTIN TALKS
AT MEDICAL MEETING
I Chattanooga, Tcnii., Nov. 13.—Doc-
Charlotte, N. C.. Nov. 13.—E. L. j lor W. H. Martin of Savannah, is on
Sweetxer, commissioner of labor andjthe program for the Initial address at
industry In Massachusetts, and Assist- the opening session tonight ot tho
snt Commissioner Wasgate, who are
studying the tetxlle Industry of North
Carolina and Georgia for tho purpose
ot informing Now England manufac
turers of tho situation In Southern
centers, spent today visiting cotton
mills In this vicinity.
Southern Medical Association. His
address will deal with the history of
the Association which was organized
in Chattanooga fifteen years ago.
Hundreds of doctorz from all parts
of the country are expected to at
tend.
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