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MURDERING OF CHILD BAFFLES POUCE
HD JURY IN
PROBE BOMB PLOT
Plan Unearthed Late
Wednesday in Coluftibus
to Bomb Homes and Big
Factories There. ' s
FIRST ATTACK SET
FOR THURSDAY A. M.
12 Men Said to Be En-
volved. They Plotted in
Cemetery Against High
City Officials.
COLUMBUS, Ga.—The Muscogee
county grand jury will conveno,
here Thursday in extraordinary
session to investigate the alleged
bomb plot unearthed here Wednes
day which caused the police to
place guards around the homes
apartment house and a large fac
tory. The police repdrt$d Thurtrflfay'
of the five city comnilSBlbnfers, dh
there was no visible move made
Where .Trouble Is Feared'
This shows the village ol Mer Rouge. La., la the nailonal spotlight
as the scene ot the murders ot F. W. Daniels and T..F. Richards.
Federal agents now are Investigating Ku KIux Klan activities In the
neighborhood. State troop3. are suardias the streets,.' ~
THER TROUBLE ill TUG AND
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paints a discouraging picture. He
the part of the alleged plotters expresses the fear that the pres-
Wednesday night.
The police continued their activi
ty early Thursday to obtain evi
dence and to round up suspects
and said they were ready to pre
sent the grand jury full details of
ihe so-called plot which they claim
has been formulated to bring about
wholesale destruction in the city.
Marshal Morton, a city commis
sioner in a statement made public
Wednesday night, claimed that the
alleged plotters had planned their
lirst attack early Thursday. He said
!u> based his statement on what
had taken nlace at a meeting of tho
alleged plotters held Tuesday night
in a cemetery.
In his statement he intimated
that the authorities have the
names of every maiv who attended
the meeting, although it was sup
posed to have been veiled in the
deepest secrecy. Another meeting
had been planned for yesterday but
the activity of the police is be
lieved to have called of their ses
sion.
The police say there are 12 men
involved in the alleged plot, which
includes members of the Columbus
police department, malcontents,
communists and one or two per
sons from the Alabama cities lo
cated across the river from here.
At a meeting of citizens called
Wednesday afternoon, it was stat-
M by the authorities they had in
formation to the effect that the plot
was for the party to divide each
n’rouj, going in an automobile car-
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ent lull in th^ military operations
is only temporary, that republi
canism is* still strong enough to
cause the government infinite
trouble.
He attributes the constantly ore-’
viving activity among the rebels
to women, 75 per cent of whom, he
asserts, probably sympathize with
the irregulars. He declares even
the wives of some of the minis
ters are passively, if not actively
rebels.
He points out that although the I
national services are controlled by
the government they are not func
tioning with freedom and regular
ity. The ministers still are com
pelled to live in the government
buildings, those who made brief
visits during Christmas have had
to return to their office fortress-
IS ORDERED TO LA.
Extradition Papery For
Return of Former May
or of Mer Rouge, on Way
to Baltimore, Md.
DR. McKOdHiAS
HABEAS CORPUS
Interest in Unusual Case
Shifted to New Orleans,
Hearing Slated to Begin
January 5.
BALTIMORE, Md. — Dr. B. M.
McKoin, former mayor of Mer
Rouge, La., .Thursday lost his fight
for immediate release on habeas-
corpus proceedings. He was re-
PLAYMATE
Mary Miles Minter
Leaves Mother For
House of Her Own
LOS ANGELES, Cal. — Mary j
Miles Minter, motion picture ac- !
tress, has left the home of her ?
mother, Mrs. Charlotte Mhelby, j
iuid has set up her own establish- >
ment, according to a story printed •
in the Los Angeles Times today, i
A report is current, acording to «
The Times, that mother and daugh j
,t«r have qiiarraiea. « -Brooklyn’s Keenest De-
Wtervlewed at her new home, < TP„..
Miss Minter said he? mother was
“ideal” but admitted:
“It is true we have quat reled,
but we had only motherly and
daughterly quarrels. I wanted a
home of my own, where I could
do the funny little things I like to
do, and ^got me one.”
At the Shelby residence in
quiries about Mis Minter met with
the statement she was out on loca
tion. v
CLEVELAND, ’ o. There was n*mded “without prejudice” tq
n air ol expectant kerb
LONDON.—Reviewing the year-
^nd, conditions • in Ireland thp • Daily
Mail’s correspondent v m T)ibljfi*:day pending -receipt - ofr-ir report ’ MCKoirTawST arredtef^5er„
_!_*— W.' £rom a tug' Ordered seht from LTuesday at the resuest of Govern 5 -
Erie, Ra., by the Great Lakes tow [ 0r Parker, of Louisiana, who ac
inic comnanv to view wreckage Cused hIm of murder ln connection
mg company to view wreckage with the. Morehouse Parish kid-
reported having been seen in napping last August.
Lake Erie near that city Wednes
A Good New
Year’s Resolution
Would be for every
Athens citizen to re
solve that for 1923 I
will trade with, wher
ever possible, Athens
merchants and call
for and use. Athens-
made goods.
I am going to do
this because local Ath
ens merchants and
manufacturers em
ploy thousands of our
home people; they dis
tribute many thous
ands of dollars here at
home in Athens.
That’s a good reso-
day. The derelict is believed to
be that of the -tug Cornell which
with seven members of her crew,
has been missing a week.
Two aviators from the air mail
field here reported late Wednes
day they sighted what appeared to
be the hull of a boat a half mile
from shore five miles east of Erie.
Because of the blackened appear
ance of the craft, the airmen be
lieve the derelict is that of a ves
sel which went down as a result
of an explosion or fire.
The aviators declare they saw
boilers and machinery above the
water. The veeel disappeared
mysteriously while 'enroute from
here to Buffalo.
Japan Population
rumors” j N ow 57,658,000
Referring'to rumors VfHichT are ——
indignantly denied by the. authori- TOKIO — (Correspondent of the
ties, that sections, "of the Free Assoicated Press)—The population
State army are .not over loyal, of Japan proper at the present
having been undermined by rebels time is estimated by the National
propaganda,the correspondent census board to be 67,658,000, corn-
says: ‘j ' ' * pT ■ : t I pared with a population of 55,961,-
“WJiatever the facts may be! 340 at the census of 3920. ■ This
there have been cases where whole’ shows that the population Increas
garrisons of the National troops, cd at the rate of 730,000 yearly,
have been captured with, ease by 2,000 daily, or one in every 43 see
the rebels.” onds.
The dispatch concludes as fol
lows :
“Atop of all is the imminent
possibility of death to every mem
ber of the cabinet who had hoped
the appointment of Timothy
Healy as governor general would
tend to bring the parties together.
Unfortunately it has not done so.
The walls of Dublin are painted
with scathing references to Healy,
who now rivals Richard Mulcahy
as the object of attacks.”
The Daily Mail • has professed
strong sympathy'’for the Irish
government. ^
Federal Prisoners
On Triad Again
The nii\e federal iprisoners being
.held in the Clarke county, j»il for
isolation purposes awaiting the
‘ j outcome, of Ihe “dope” trail that
• has been developing at the federal
'■penitentiary in Atlanta for several
| months have . been summoned to
; Atlanta for another hearing on
i January 3rd and it is expected
{that they will be sent for about
jthe second of the month,
j These prisoners have been taken
• to Atlanta once as witnesses but
llltinn for ovorv oiti- iwere returned here. During their
muon ior every Cltl- j firat stay here several of them
zen of Athens to
make. Suppose you
try it. .'/'-I*
The Banner-Herald
Athens, Ga.
[registered complaints on the food
’ served but they stated that upon
having to stay : in the Atlanta
tower for several days the Clarke
county jail was a “palace” to
them and no fdrther 1 kicks have
been heard.
BASTROP, La.—Chief interest In
thd Morehouse kidnapping case was
shifted Thursday to New Orleans
where Governor Jno. M. Parker ib‘
scheduled to hold a conference with
Attorney General Coco and Special
Prosecutor St. Clare Adams, ap
pointed bv the governor to assist
the attorney general’s office in pre
senting the state’s case at the open
hearing to be held here January 5
to discuss policies to be adopted
at the hearing.
A warrant for the arrest of Dr.
B. M. McKoin, who is held in Bal
timore at the request of Governor
Parker, was issued here Wednes
day on instructions from Mr. Coco.
Hearing on * writ of habeas corpus
obtained Wednesday by Dr. McKoin
to prevent his return to Mer Rouge
for questioning in connection with
the kidnapping and killing of Watt
Daniels and Thomas Richards, ia
scheduled to come up^Thursday In
the Maryland city.
Advices from Baton Rouge stated
requisition papers would be issued
as $oon as the warrant was receiv
ed there.
The masked mob which kid
napped Daniels and Richards was
composed of about 75 men, accord
ing to one, of the investigators who
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British Ships Ordered to Near
East Following Parley Rupture
MALTA — (Bv the Associated to “employ to the fc.st limit of its
Press) — As a result of unsatis
factory news from *Lausanne. it is
understood that the ships of the
British Mediterannean fleet , which
arrived here December 23 for’a 3
weeks “fisit” have v .received orders
to returnsto the-Near East. .
Naval authorities were reticent
Thursday tout jt, was believed Ad
mir&l De- Rotoeck, commander in
chief of the Mediterranean fleet,,
was. prepared* to leave Thursday
afternoon with gU available ves
sels. . • - -
’■M&M** 1 > th»t -rifis
oughts Iron'Duke,' Mttrtbo-
The
dreadnoi
rough and Ajax, the light cruiser
Concord and all* “he destroyers
were to sail eastward at four
o’clock.
LAUSANNE — (By the Asso
ciated Press) — The Near East
cdnference was faced with a seri
ous crisis Thursday as the sharp
and apjjarfcntly irreconcilable
conflict between the Egypt and the
Turks, over the Mosul oil fields
reached a decisive stage.
Lord Curzon’s statement that
the “Turning point of the confer
ence had come” and England would
decline to continue the Mosul con
troversy was in direct conflict with
Irmet Pasha’s note asserting that
the Turkish people have decided*
UULF HARD v
to; bridge r r
Between these two • extremes
there-is a gulf which seems likely
to be difficult if not impossible
for tbe conference to bridge.
Great: uneasiness is manifest
throughout conference circles be
cause of the .crisis which the an-
settlement over the; straits and
status of nitiiorities, Indicates thdtj
the confidence is fast approach-:
ing a climax ajid both sides are
preparing for a final showdown. 1
This tendency was emphasized
at today’s session of the commis
sion on capitulations on which, no
prograss was made and after some
KILLED
10 YEAR OLD GIRL
•ooklyn’s Keenest De
tectives Puzzling For
Solution to Tragic Slay
ing of Child.
WAS SHOTTHROUGH
HEART IN HOME
Theresa McCarthy Met
• Death While At Play.
Can Find That No One
Was With Her.
. NEW YORK|—Brooklyn’s keen-'
eBt detectives puzzling (or a solu
tion ot the mysterious shooting o(
I Theresa \ McCarthy. 10-year-old
! school girl in her home Tuesday.
; took note o( the slightly upward
course of the 22 calibre bullet that
pierced her heart, disclosed by thft
autopsy,, and Thursday inclined
more to the theory another child at
similar age was responsible for the
tragedy.
The deduction was that the bul-
let's course would have been
throwing out 200 cases now Mnd-1 downward rather than Upward had
ing in the court of appeals. an older and taller person fired the
Wilson 66 Today;
Again In Politics
APPEAL MADE IN
A special session of the Georgia
-islatnre was urged Thursday
the Athena BaT-Association for
purpose of amending acts
creating the Athena and other city
courts in the state affected by a
decision of the supreme court
A special meeting of the Bar
Association was held Thursday
morning and after discussion it
was decided that the Athens city
court will be affected by' the de
cision of the supreme court.
The chairman of the meeting
Thursday, Judge J. D. Bradwell,
and secretary of the Bar Associa
tion, O. J. Tolnas, were instructed
to petition Governor Hardwick for
a special legislative session.
NOT TO TRY
CIVIL CASES
It was also decided not to try
any civil cases in the special Jan
uary term of the city court but to
hold them over until February
while awaiting developments. The
special, term of the court will be
held, however, on the fourth Mon
day in January, at which time
criminal business will be brought
up for trial.
As a result of the supreme
court decisioh' the judge of the
Athens city court would be de
prived of the right to either deny
or allow motions for new trials
and instead of appealing cases di
rect to the court of appeals cn a
bill of exceptions the procedure
would be by certiorari to the super
ior court, thence to the higher
court.
Only one case from Clarke
county is among the 200 thrown
out of the court of appeals by de
cision of the supreme court but a
large number of motions are
pending in tbe local city court
which will be affected^
the disdhssion Thursday
morning a peculiar situation as
regarding the local court was
brought out. The act 'creating it
does not conform to the supreme
court decision as to a constitu
tional court and a later amend
ment denies the right of certiorari
and. as the only way to appeal a
case now would be by certiorari the.
tulihg. renders the court ineffecn
tive. . *
The supreme court holds that, to
be constitutional, the city court
must cover three points:, 1. It
must be located at a county site
which has been incorporated as a
city; 2. The act creat
must provide the; IS
the court and the methods of pro
cedure which, however,' need not
be absolutely uniform but,'in dis
cretion of the legislature, may be
fixed to.eonforin generally to the
of the Allied delegates declared |constitutional requirements; . 3.
That a jury of 12 men must be
provided for both sides in- litiga
tion, civil or criminal, and either
or both, sides must have the right
to trial by 12 jurors upon demand.
CORREIA II LEAVES
CABEDELO, Brazil.—(By The
.Associated Press)—Tho seaplane
Bampaio Correia II left this port
'for Pernambuco at 7 o'clock
Thursday. This leg of the plane’s
trip from New York to Rio, de Ja
neiro is about 100 miles.
the conference had reached a dead
lock pending arrival of Angora In
structions.
At this meeting a sub committee
presided over by Sir Horace Hum-
bold reported to the full commis
sion it had been found, quite im
possible to reach an accord with
Turkey which insisted upon try
ing foreigners v in the Turkish
courts.
As the Allies could not accept
this,' the'sub commission reported
tlie negotiations has failed.
shot, and in this belief the search
was continued for one of Theresa’s
playmates, frightened into silence
by tbe tragic consequences.
The police, working on various
anv.les In hope of the merest clue
and with a dragnet over the city,
have in custody James P. Gr»— -*
Brooklyn, 25, a collector, on com
plaint of the, father o' a 6-year-old
Bronx girl who was attacked by a
man in the hallway of her borne
December 6. Thus far, however,
nothing has been established, the
police said, to connect this man
with the Brooklyn mystery.
The slain child’s mother has been
unable to aid the police in identi
fying any person she thinks may
have been entering the house to
see Theresa while she was alone in
the day time.
’ "There were very few girls that
Theresa ever played with In the
house.” she said, "and never any
hoys. Occasionally, on, very cold
nights, she had one or two girl
chums in the house to play."
Scores of motbers and children
ip the neighborhood have been
questioned in an effort to trace the
owner of a 22 caliber weapon. The
pupils ot Saint Cecilia’s school,
’nearby, also have been asked to' 1
help the detectives but none could
recsll knowing a child haying one.
Sara Berhhardt
Out of Danger
WOODROW WILSON
By HARRY HUNT
WASHINGTON.—His sixty-sixth
birthday anniversary—December 28
1922; finds Woodrow Wilson again
ln the. edge of the political spot
light" . .
Whether that spotlight again wUl
swing to put the fortner preside A
In the' center of Its radiance is to
many tbe most engaging question
before America today. ■,
There seems little doubt that
Wilson today is physically better
than at any time since his collapse
ln 1919.
Though his left side Is still part
ly paralyzed, Wilson now Is able
to stand without his cane and he
even walks a few steps In his gar
den- without its aid. His color is
better. He has taken on weight.
And there are evidences that hl3
stronger physical condition is per
mitting a more active following of
natiqnal affairs.
Wilson has been writing letters
on public quhstionfe—notably bn
the late elections. Also his Armis
tice Day speech to admirers gath-
-ered at hfa home revealed he does
not yet concede defeat in the cause
In which be sacrificed his health,
and Indicated his expectation that
American participation in'worid at-'
fairs would become the dominating
issue ln 1924.,
Wilson unquestionably Is the
leader of the democratic party to-
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PARIS.—(By the Associated
Press.)—The condition of Sarah
Bernhardt showed marked
provement Thursday.
The doctors believe she is out of
danger but she must' remain in
Bed for some days, perhaps a
Mme. Bernhardt received - her
son Maurice Thursday morning.
Coincident with the Improve
ment Irr the actress’ condition her
gyed butler Arthur/who has Meat'
with her' for 46 years, has be
come' seriously 111.- He was' str’ek-
en with pneumonia as a result of
tits night 'vigils to attend Mme.'
Bernhardt's needs. ' ' ''
MussoliniMay
Not Be At Meet
PARIS — (By the Asoci&ted
Press) — Reports received by the
French, foreign office of conversa
tions Vrith Premier Mussolini in
Rome, were said Thursday to tadi
cate that the Italian premier may
be prevented by questions of In
terior politics from attending next
Tuesday’s conference of premiers ‘
in Paris. ^
It was added that Signor Muso-
lini at the same, time expressed
an earnest desire, .to be assured
that the Paris conference would
accomplish something toward final
settlement of the reparations prob
lem.
TWO FUTILITIES ON
iRNIY ATLANTIC
PLYMOUTH, England.—(By The
Associated Press)—Two fatalities
at sea directly attributable to the
terrific storm encountered on the
Atlantic during the past week were
reported by vessels reaohing this
port Thursday.
. ‘William Holmes, trawling with,
his wife and five children on the
British • steamert Haimop which ar
rived from Baltimore, ■ was killed
during the voyage t when, he was
thrown to' the deck, suffering a
fractured skulL He was buried -t
sea. .. • v- > f • v ■ , ..
• the? second, inate of the, steamer
Neotizfied, hound . from" New,
Found laud to*Bremer Haven was
washed overboard" n: ar.f! " several
members of the*crew seriously in
jured, while the;,vessel was labor
ing in the terrific sefcs.
STORM WARNING
IS ISSUED
\
WASHINGTON — The weather
bureau at 9:40 ami., Thursday issu
ed- the following storm warning:
"Warning ordered 9 a. m., Pro-
yincetown, Mass., to Block Island
Rj I„ storm' bf marked intensity-
will be attended by strong North
East gales today and tonight
along the north Atlantic coast be
coming dangerous between Block
island and.Cape .Cod.” •
TERRIFIC GALE ; l
STILL RAGES ; ^
- HAVRE, ' France.—A terrific
gale which has been raging on the
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IE INTIMATES i
[tiil
DEFINITE SCHEME
First Day of Debate on
Conference Suggested'
By Senator Borah
Brings Revelations.
END OF SENATE
DEBATE NOT SEEN \
Speeches Both For and
Against Borah Amend
ment to Naval Bill Ex
pected Thursday.
WASHINGTON, D. C..— Presi-
dent Harding Thursday asked :tii*5 |
senate not to report Senator' Bo- j
rch’s proposal for a new* economic,
international conference saying m
a letter to Senator Lodge that for*
mal congressional action on the
subject now would embarrass .him
in negotiations he already is con
ducting looking to such a confer
ence. ■ ' ,
The president’s letter was sent
to Senator Lodge for presentation
during the senate’s second - $ay’s •
debate on the Borah proposal wjhieii
is embodied in ah amendment to
the naval appropriation bill. 1
The president acted dlreetlv to 1
block senate action'after he had !
consulted with .Secretary Hughes
and »ftp- Senator Lodge had visit- [
dd the White House and had -re
ported on the progress made ««» J
determined - fight already being
waged against the^ Borah amend
ment by administration leaders in
the senate. * '■ :j
WASHINGTON.—Tfee end of
the senate fight over the* Borah
proposal for the calling of an in
ternational economic and disarma
ment conference {by the United'
States was not in sight Thursday
as friends and opponents of the
proposal prepared to continue de-]
bate on it‘. Senator Johnson, re
publican, California, planned to j
speak in opposition to the propos- j
al, presented as an amendment to
the naval appropriation bill while
other addresses was expected to I
be made by Senator McNaryi re
publican, Oregon, who is I under- ;
stood to favor the amendment* and
by Senator King, democrat* Utah.
Action on the proposal went
over Wednesday after four hours j
of debate opened by Senator Lodge j
of Massachusetts, the republican
floor leader, in a speech" in wlych
the first official disclosure -was
made that President Harding now j
is negotiating toward an interna
tional conference for the consider
ation. of Europe's economic ■prob
lems. Senator Lodge in opposing
the amendment as now - drawn
urged that the president be not
embarrassed in his effortS“in this
direction. --ill
While the state department de
clined to add anything to the bare
announcement by Senator Lodge it 1
.was leayned that President -Hard
ing Xvas considering seriously
transmitting a letter to the senate
giving infromation of Jiis negotia
tions before any possible, interven-
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Pre-jtaventory
? . Store News
‘ Has a meaning and a‘value
at this time of the year that
makes the most interesting
.newspaper. There’s a treason
lor it. . ■ , ,
Athens merchants arc pre
paring for thei{! annual inven
tory. Seas enable goods are be
ing marked down rather than
being carried over into the new
year. The. next few days shop-"
ping in Athens are entirely in
favor of the customer. ■ Kj
* The enterprising 'store’s
profit comes off when- these
seasonal reductions are made
before inventory—a garment
sold at half price is sold below
cost. Bat it clears out the
shelves, cuts down the inven
tory, turns merchandise into
cash and .opens the way for
hew goods" arriving for Spring
sellihg:>'<-'-!:!
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