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SLAYERS OF MEXICAN PRESIDENT HELD AS PRISONERS
SCUTTLE NAVY
DANIELS SAYS
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UNFAIR, AND UNFOUNDED smpll
CLAIMS - |
Secretary Resents Effort to
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Reflect on Condition of
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-~ ‘Washington—Declaring the “steam l
rollex” was being used on him, Secre
tary Daniels told the Senate Commit
tee that he would appeal to the t‘ul]l
committe if chairman Hale insisted is
the record an “unfair and unfounded”
statement as to the condition of the
American warships when the war be
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EIGHT MORE BATTALIONS
' TRCOPS FOR IRELAND
London, Mhy 26.—Aside from fresh
troops recently sent to Ireland, eight |
more battalions were i\eidm reserve
for transfer thither on short notice,
according to the Daily Méli.‘ I:T'f; Ly
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RATI .in‘. 4. 4
OPPOSE INCREASE
FOR WORKING FROCE
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Chicago—Railroads of ‘the United
States are not opposed -to a*fair in.
crease of wiges for thheir employes
if th@ employes can guarantee that
they will give honest, conscientious
work in return, E. T. Whiter, repre
senting the roads, told the Railroad
Lahor Board today. . !
BREAD STILL:
10 & 13¢-
A eIST SO Ul TSSES Ro)
There‘scmn& to be a
misunderstanding about
the pljice "of our bread. :
I"rices are the same—
10c and 16¢c—=Size of the
loaf has been slightly
reduced, hut prices
maintained.
If your grocer cannot
supply you phone -us
and ’W( will. ‘
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STANDARD
C. L. Lifs;:y ~ D. L. Bullock
Phone 121
THE CORDELE DISPATCH
COURT QUASHED
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TWELVE
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MINERS' TRIALS
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ANDERSON HEARS FIGHT ON
LEVERL[AW
MINERS ADJOURN T 0 HEAR
Ask Lewis for Explanation
. Of New Ruling in Cases
on Trial .
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Indianapolis, aMy 26—Three sec
tions of the Lever act were held un
constitutional by ederal Court Judge
Anderson who guashed twelve of the
pighteen counts in the indictment
dgainst the miners and operators§
held on, these sedyions, in his ruling
fidn the motion of Chas. E. Hughes to
guash the indictments.
Counts one, two, three four and
seventeen, based on section nine of
the Lever lay, were not - quashed.
Count fteen, basedg on. section 37, was
also quashed. ! : ;
Miners Interested
Wilkesbarre; May 26.-—The Tri-dis
trict convention of anthracite mine
workers adourned until tomorrow af:
son's decision had been read to the
delegates. The motion for adjour.
ment vmtovida Imf !_ Pmsildep,,? el“i
vention his interpretation of the.
court’s decision. ¢ ! A
The delegates declared they were
entitled to know before proceeding
with further buSimess it they were
permitted o strike i nthe. event an
amicable settlement is impossible.
Miners Condemn Actoin
Wilkesbarre, May 26.—The . action
of eFderal Judge Anderson in sum--
moning John L. Lewis, head of the
United Mine Workers, and. Phillip
Murray, vice-president, to appear in
court in Indianapolis at this “critical
moment” was declared “cbntrury to
the wishes of high goyernment oifi
cials” and ample proof of the neces
sity of having eFdeml’Judges elected
by the people fo ra term not exceed
ing six years, in a' resoltion unani
mously adopted here today b ythe Tri
district convention of Anthracite coal
workers.
MIAMI LEADS ALL ;
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HAS CENSUS GAIN OF JOVER FOUR
- HUNDRED PER CENT
Washington— Miami, Fla., shown
a population of twenty-nine thousand
{ive hundred and forty nine, an in
trease of 440.1 per céut; Florence,S.
(~ ten thhousand nine hh%ndred and
sixty-eighth, -an increase of 55.4 per
cent; Alabama City, Ala,, fifty-four
‘hundred and thirty two, an increase of
'25.9 per cent. Miami's increase is, the
4largest shhown by any southern city.
. GOES TO FAMILY
HELD IN TRUST FOR SURVIVING
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'z' Washingtion, May 26.~—An estate
pationjestimated a:a shrdl hrdlm
!-astinfli_ted at ten. millions was dispos
od of iih the will of Leyi P. Morton,
| tormer’ vice-president of the United
states, which was filed here today
“for probation. : .
After a number of smaller be
lquests were made, the remaining es
taate was bequeathed to trustees to
Ibe held in trust for his = surviving
daughters, Mrs. William C. Eustis,
Mrs. Helen Morton and Miss Mury
Morton and the .children of Mrs. Win
throp Rutherford, a deceased daugh
fer. '
CORDELE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1920
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MARTIN MSDONOUSY |
" IRON RIVER, Mfch.—Martin
MeDonough (above) is the prose
‘enting attorney of Iron-co, ‘Mich.,
who threatened the arrest of Maj.
'A. V. Dalrymple and his aids fol-
Jowigg the “Rum Revolt,” which
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U. 5. WANTED PEACE
'CHAPTER HUN HISTORY SHOWS
: WAR A SURPRISE
- Berlin, May 26.—C01. House, recom
niended to the German foreign office
by Count Von Berastoff, then German
ambassador at Washington, when the
former made a second trip to Europe
early 'in nineteen-sixteen as Wilson’s
personal representative, according to,
a letter from Bernstorif to Von Jagow,
then foreign secretary, which has
just been published, that Bernstorff in
fcrmed his superiors that Américuns
were' chiefly interested in “the restor
ation of peacc and the abolition of
wilitarism and naval.”
N B R yere
FLYER TAKES THREE
- MEN NEAR TWENTY'
'.I.‘HO%SAND FEET HIGH
» San Antonio, May 26—What was
said to be the world’s record for an
altitude flight with an airplane cap
rving three passengers and a pilot
was established at Kelly Field yes
mrdu{ when Lieut. Harry _“.Veding
ton reached an altitude of ' nineteen
thousand four hundred feet with 3
calisted men in theé cock pit.
CINN FEIN HOLD
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V/ARNED FARMER WHO BOUGHT
FOR AMERICAN BROTHERS
Dublin, May 26.—Control of Irish
land by the Sinn Fein is very etfec
tive, as instanced by an occurence
at Cartack on the Shannon, as re
ported here yesterday.
A farmer named Morrison-was sum
mohéd before the Sinn Fein land
ilcommi‘ttee_to show, why he had at
‘tempted to biy land over the heads
of the young men of the district who
did not own property.
He had ust purchased a grazing
farm for thirty-five hundred pounds
and told & committee he bought it for
two brothers in America. {
The committee warned him to sur
render it immediately which he
aereed to do with reluctance,
CARRANZA MEN
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- HELD IN PRISON
AWMT HUERTA
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MUST ANSWER FCR BETRAYAL
‘ AND MURDER :
OBREGON REBUKES CRIMEI
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Investigation Bhows Presi-l
dent Was Killed as He lay
in His Bed I
_ Mexico City, May 26. (By the Asso
ciated Press).—Military officers and
civilians who' were faken captive at
Tlaxcalantongo aftér the death of
Carranza will be held in prison here
until after Provisional President
Huerta takes his oftice. Disposition
of the men w!lla-flien be decided upon
by him, it is understood. ‘
Mexican officials . and military of
ficers who 'acéclflfianiod (?arx'anziy in
his flight into the mountains of Pueb- |
12 were again cemsiurad by Obregon,
who' declared: “Among the generals
ard noted civilinng accompanying Ca
ranza, to whom they owed infinite
favors; 'his consideration there ‘wasl
not even one Dimas or Gestas whol
wanted, to: die by his side.” |
In speaking of “Dimas and Gestas”‘\
he referred to two thieves who were
‘erucified withh the saviour.
i ~ Blain in His Bed
Mexico City, May, 26. (By the Asso
!ciated ITress )—A formal I‘nvo’stiga
{tion for the purpose of clarifying the
lpart taken in the death of Carranza,
L hath by Col. Herrera and the mem
{bers -of the Carranza party, has been
i c‘ompleted by a cp\gp{gs!on‘ of fuup
| persons named by Boierals - Obregoil
Ay oI ——
The commisssion submitted its re:
rort last night and cited ten points
which the members agreed have been
proven from the stories of witnesses
These included. statements that Her
{rero’s men shot the president while
he was in bed-and allege that “con
spiracy was prepared.in advance by
Herrero. who had inspived confidence
in him by Carranza and ended in the
Prosident’s betrayval.” 1
PECAN
ROLLS
JUST RECEIVED
FRESH |
' SHIPMENT
FAMOUS' |
‘Martha
Washington
PECAN
ROLLS
““Goodness Knows
They’re . Good”’
$1.50 per Pound
Alsonice assortment
Elmers Chocqlates. .
STEAD'S
DRUG STORE
WHIPPLE & McKENZIE BLDG
PHONE 1 A. M. STEAD, Prop.
SENATOR KENYON POKES FUN .
~ PALMER VICTORY IN GEORGIA
ONE MANPUTS UP
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HALF MILLION |
FOR GEN'L WOOD
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PALMERS GEORGIA CAMPAICN
AIRED |
KENYON RIDICULES RACE
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Total Palmer Expenses Put
a‘t Fifty-nine Thousand
~ dollars, b
Wushington——w'jlli‘am C, . Procter,
fo Cincinnati, has advanced five hun-:
dred thousand dollars to the Wood
campaign fund, he testified taday atj
the Sen\te investigation of campaign
expcnses, -He said this was .“more
that the total contributions” to Wiood's
cam‘paign. He zuldqd that he had con
tributed ten thousand d(}r.rs. He said
an average of eight thousand dollars
was spent in each state. : f
Proctor told thé committe that Am
brose Mppel subscpibed twenty thous
and dollars to the Wood fund, that
William Wright was also a subscrib
er and said the partner. of Blihu Root
| had asked hi mto, take the direction
of the Wood campaign. _ .
!, ! Palmer’s Campaign
- Waghingtan, May 26.—The Senate
Committee investigating the campaign
'w;'t:“-‘?“ ; " B w_«»»., k, s , ; . .“- \ Y
sentative @arlin, head of the Palmer
organization, read a list of contribu
tors. aJmes’ M. Guity, a Pittsburgh
oil man, gave ten thousand, aGrlin
said., . i ' 3
. Total contributions were placed at
Lflfty-ifine thousand gix “hundred and
ten dollars. Fermer Federal Judge J.
Hatry Covington, treasurer o fthe
Palmer organization, gave two thous
and dollars. ¥ ! |
Palmer's candidacy was largely car-!
ried along by overwhelming senti
ment, Garlan said. 1
“Where was the sentiment manifes
ted?” asked Chairman Kenyon, ’
: “Well in Georgia for one,” Garlan
said. .
" 4] ghould say with 'a few more vic
tories like that all would be lost,”
said Kenyon. ;
“We got the delegates,” said. Garlan
He said five theusand dollars had
been contributed to the electoin ex
penses, under the eCorgia state law,
mentioning Clark Howell of Atlantu.j‘
ag an assistant. ‘
Georgia Contest Accidental |
Washington ,May 26.—1 n eGorgfa
the contset against Palmer was “ac-i
cidental,’-Garlni said, while in Penn
sylvania he classed it as “lmexpect-}
od.” © Asked about his own connec
tions by Senator eKnyon, Carlin said
he was not counsel for the Chicago
packers, n#r the crucible steel com
pany but said he was council for pres
ident Dupuy of the Crucible Steel
4Jompany.
SEARCH WARRANTS “
FOR MILLION DOLLAR
LIQUOR STOCKS ouT
(hicago, May 26.—Search warrants
for a dozen or more homes and apart-,
ment houses and hotels have been
asked for by Maor Dalrymple, chief
of the Chicago district prohibition en
forcement officers. ;
JHe 'said today that sufficient evi
‘dence and confessions to warrant” the
soizures of stocks of liguor had been
«chtained .from drivers working for the
alleged “million dollar whisky ring.”
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SOUTHERLAND LEADS WOOD
IN WEST VIRGINIA PRIMARY
Wheeling, W. Va., May, 26.—Re
turns from yesterday’p presidential
primary compiled by the Intelligencer
this mogning showed Senator Suther
land leading eGn. Wood, Less than
one fouth of the voting precincts had
‘been tabulated, -
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WOULD NOT HEAR ADDRESS!
ON MOVEMENT |
DR. VANCE TELLS OF WASTE i
Originator of World Church
Movement Adnits Crisis
Near in Enterprise
Charlotte, May 26.—The eGneral As
sembly o fthe oSuthern Presbyterian
Church today refused to allow Rev.|
James I, aVnce, of Nashville, to make‘
an address to the assembly fo rthe in-]
terchruch movement, but by aclose
vote, according to him, thte privi
lege of the floor to answer questions
and “give .information only."“
Dr. aVnee is originator of the inter
church world movement and a mem
ber o fits executive (:ommit:tee. He |
“a lot o fmoney had been wasted b}"
declared before the assembly thati
officials of the movement, and the
‘Best thing that possibly could have
happened to .it was fo rit to have
lcome to the crisis in which it now
finds itself, a crigis o fsevere and wide
lspread criticism, so that it may come
to its senses.and become more ration
al in its administrative policy in the
future."” S Sam R (R S P
B Bhe ‘, ciiß s o Ll L R P f'v".(,
- TO AMERICAN DEAD
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PETAIN WILL SPEAK . FOR.
. FRENCH GOVERNMENT
Paris, May '26.—Marshal Petain
will ‘speak on behalf of the French
government at Memworial ‘Day exer
cises to be held at Suresnes ceme
tery near this city. 2
Ambassador Wallace will represent
the United States and both will as
¢ist in decorating the graves of all
Anerican soldiers, after having de
livered their addresses. {
Orders have been issued by the
I'rench government to all the rench
arny and civil aqthorities to send rep
resentatives to the exercises to be
held at the American cemeteries in
rance, May 380.
TWO AMERICANS =
ARRESTED AT. JIMINEZ INN BY
S MEXICANS
Washington—Two Americans, He
mer Carr’ and a man named Meacdon
ald, have beer taken prissoners at
Jiminez, Chihuahua, according to
the State Department today from the
American” consul at Chihuzhua City.
No details were given.
CALL FOR ARMY. IS LEFT UNANS
... WERED :
l.ondon, May 26.—Messages fron:
Durazzo picture Albania as in the
throes of civil war, the ultimate con
sequences of which it is impossible
to forecast, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispateh from Rome today.
The provisional governmenti seems
incapable of dominating the ‘situa
tion and its call to the colors for
the establishment-of a national armiy
ircmains unanswered, the message de
clares, .
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“Acts of Present Democrat
ic Administration . .
Dalias—The Democratic pgllttcfi!;,
situation in Texas, which for mbmlfl
has been agitated’ over the qmfl%
of endorsement or repudiation’ of thd
Wilson administrdtion, reverted today
to state questions with the closing
of the State Democratic conventioy
‘which adjourned early this x'n"dr&fiqq_-j
after unanimously approving t!;e;“ggft’%
tions of the present administration,;
and declaring for “unimpaired Lcag;@b"%;;.
of Nations,” 2 ; Ay 1
BOLSHEVIKI CONTINUE . .
U SWEEP INTO PERSIA
. London—Bolshhevik forces contiaig
to pour into Persia and bave Wefi
Resht, trom which the British 3%
retired toward Teheran, says the daily
Sketch, which disputes the' gecuraey of
e e A, s i
ald, have been ' taken 'Woflqh *l
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THREE NEGROES GIVEN .
" DEATH SENTENCE AT CANAL
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Panama, (Tuesday) —Three, . me
groes convicted of murderin_;_ a ;‘!.‘EBE&;
man at Mount Hope .fipqvqa;%'w'g;‘
zine,May 7, were sentenced i,od"élm
by Federal Judge Hangn herg today.
The men are the first to get the
death sentence in‘the éanal goue sifice -
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