The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Georgia) 1926-1971, April 09, 1926, Image 1
GEORGIA WEATHER |
Cloudy tonight and Satur
day, cooler Saturday and!
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VOLUME NO. 9
TWO DEAD, 18 MILLIONS LOST IN OIL TANK AND SHIP DISASTERS
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TAfi'(F.R COLLISION
TANKER IN DRY DGCKS WREAK
DISASTER IN SERIES OF EX
PLOSIONS.
Two nersons are dead, thirty
five missing and eighteen million
dallads in proverty has heen destrov
ed in four disasters involving ol
shins and proverties in widelw
gonnwatad narte of tha countrv,
~ Thirty members of the crew of the
Duteh steamer Silvanns. are Missine
e tha yvaent of a eolliaian with o
Standard Oil tanker in the Mississin
ri river below New Orleans.
Tivn nepeawg wave haliayad 1:i'le?
end meare than two score injured
when anot;her.Stmdard 0l tanlar
evninded at New Orleans dry dock
Hnge rropertv loss was snfferad
in two oil resevvair ifelds. at San
T uis Ohispo and Brea, Jalifornia. A+
the former field, it is rated as the
preatest petroleum conflagration in
history. with loss of fifteen million
and two persons Kkilled. !
Both tank farms were owned b_v:
the Union Oil Company. |
Twenty-Seven Lost
NEW ORLEANS, April 9—(P)—
Twenty-seven men were believed lost
from the Dutch steamer Silvanus.
burned after an explosoin following
a collision with the standard oil
tanker Pointe A La Bache.
" Seven are missing after a seriouz
of explosions on the Standard Oil
tank, 0. T. Waring, in dry dock here
and the death .ist probably will be
increased by deaths among two
score injuring in the Waring explo--
sion
Of the twenty-seven missing from
the Dutch steamer, the majority are
Chinese. |
; 7 ilgimg Check of Dead ;
NMRLEANS, April 9—(_.4’)—-#
Hunc§Wßg} of men connected with
shipping ,apd allied interests worked
today in an effort to determine the
pumber- of dead and to recover the
Lodies of the men lost in the two er
plosions aboard ships in New Orleans
and off Pointe A La Hache yester
day. ;
The Dutch stearer, Silvanus, col
lied with the Standard Oil tanker,
Thomas H. Wheeler, off the point
and thirty five members of the crew
are missing. Fifteen were picked up
or swam ashore.
Forty-four were injured in a se
ries of explosions on the. Standard
oil farfkeri O:-T. Waring being. re:
paired in the dry dock. The living
todaypending recheck .are two hun-
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THE CORDELE DISPATCH
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SCENE FROM “A MASTER’S BIRTHDAY”
“A Master’s Birthday,” an original operetta based upon striking events
in the life of the great composer, Franz Schubert, will -he featured on the
program of the Betty Booth Concert Company at the coming Redpath
Chautauqua. Much of Schubert’s beautiful music is woven into the theme of
the operetta.
Another part of the company's program is devoted to notable instru
mental and vocal concert numbers and costumed songs of picturesque charm,
Betty Booth, mezzo soprano and pianist—the feature artist of the com
pany—comes from the Tmperial Vienna Opera Company. With her are Hugo
Brandt, distinguished Polish pianist and composer; and I’aul (‘]:wk, well
known violinist.
GREAT OIL FRE
NO CONFIRMATION OF REPORTS
OF DEATH OF TWO MEN IN
. FIRE.
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Salif., April
9—(&P)—The siv million barrel oil
! fire on the Union Ooil Compan¥’s
i tank aid reservoir farm here, started
! by a lightning bolt Wednesday, was
{ thought to have spent most of its
' force today. y
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‘WITHERINGTON ‘
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- SELLS BUSINESS
:o‘LOCAL FURNITURE MAN FOR 21
‘ YEARS MAKES DEAL WITH
| FORT VALLEY CONCERN ‘
5 J. M. Witherington today closed :1?
l!leal with the Georgia Agricultural
| Works of Fort Valley in which the lat
.ter concerrn acquires the furniture
lund house furnishings business of l.he*;
latter in Cordele. Mr. F. B. (‘:111:)\\':1)"
who has been with Mr. Witherington
in the conduct of the leading furni
cura business here for a period of
i eighteen years, will be manager in fu-
Rure. ‘
For a long period Mr. Witherington
fias maintained a business in Cordele
which has won high business stand
‘ing for him and he retires assuring
his fyiends that their confidence in
the past is greatly appreciated. |
Mr. Callaway and the new mvnors‘
promise a progressive business policy
and a store which will more than mect
all needs in their line for the future.
dred men, on or near the ship. No
announcement is yet made of the
number of dead. Five officials are re
rorted missing.
HARROWING FIGHT TO
SAVE MAN IS
LOST
CHICAGO, Apr. 9 (£)—Two men
aided by a woman risked their lives
%n an unsuccessful attempt early to
| day to rescue Leo J. Ainsworth of
‘('im:imlati from the window ledge of
la fire swept hotel.
‘ Three hundred feet above the side
"walk, men formed a human ladder
from the window below, but bhefore
they could effect a rescue, Ainsworth
(fell to the sidewalk when his burn
ing fingers were unable to hold long
ler,
] Scores of pedestrians gazed in hor
ror powerless to aid,
CORDELE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1926
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CORDELE GIRL IS !
CHOSEN MAY QUEEN
:‘MISS ELIZABETH CANNON IS
GIVEN PLACE OF GREAT
. HONCR AT WESLEYAN. |
MACON, Ga., April 9—(P)Mizs
Elizabeth Cannon of Cordele, mem
ber of the Wresleyan College Senior
Class, was today eclected queen of
the founders May day festival which
the faculty and students will stage
on May 12. '
Migs Cannon is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cannon, is one
of the most attractive and most
charming young women in this sce
tion of Georgia and enjoys a wide
popularity both here and in the co!
lege community where she has been
a student four years. %
NEWSPAPER ETHICS
‘WASHINGTON, April 9. —@)— -
Ncwspaper Ethics formed the topic of
today’s deliberations at the Panameri .
can congress of journaliste meeting
here to consider yroblems of the pro
fession and its function in the de
velopment of an understanding and |
friendship among the twenty one A-i
merican Republics. '
- JOINS SPANISH FLYERS
s !
| CAIRO, April 9—(&)—~Captain
- Esteves, commander of the Spanish
| Madrid to Manila fling exepedition
" arrived here from Bengazi, rejoin--
ing his companions who arrived yes
terday, : '
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MARKETS AT CLANCF
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| PEANUT MARKET
lCholcc Clean No. 1, per ton ... $lOO,OO
HOUS:: PASSES MOTION TO HOLD |
OVER TO THURS. TO END SESSION
LABOR LEADERS CHALLENGE DRYS
TO WINE AND BEER REFERENDUM
‘CLAIM UPRISING
’ 1S SOLID REVOLT
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- AGAINST DRY LAW
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| LABOR WITNESSES WOULD AC
;' CEPT BECR AS AGAINST VIC
i 10OUS CONCOCTIONS
| WASHINGTON, Apr. 9 ()—A chal
{lenge to dry leaders to join the move
‘ment for a nationwide light wines and
! beers referendum was issued today
before the senate prohibition commit
]?ee by spokesmen of the American
.f‘("«d:‘!‘alioll of Labor appearing as wit
esses for the wets, and the personal
fropresentative of President William
"C}l‘r:\";n of the federation, William Rob
erts, told the committee “‘present up
riging of those opposed to the Vol
stead act is a stable, solid movement.
‘ “I sincerely believe those who op
i pose light wines and beers realize
I that a referendum would decide in
1 favor of modification of the Volstead
act. The defenders of the Volstead
act apparently prefer to see the peo
l nle of our country seriously affected
hy vicious concoctions of liquor rath
‘ er than to make it a temperance cou
'Lry hy legalizing the manufacture of
> nlid beers,” he said.
TAX EXEMPTION
FLECTION COMES
WILL BE HELD SATURDAY IN
ROTH CITY AND COUNTY
WITH ALL PRECINCTS OPEN.
The election in the city of Cor
dele and in the county of Crisp for
ive purpose of apnroving the lav
providing tax exemptions for a pe--
riod of five years for new industrio:
in both the city and the county.
will be held tomorrvow. Plans ha
been made for vofers all over the
county to cast their ballots in ther
home precincts, but all save those in
Arabi can vote in Cordele at the
court houge if they go desire.
In the city election the ballots
wi'l be cast at the city hall. Citi
zens of Cordele may vote in boih the
city and the county clections, They
nust do that to be counted in both
elections.
BURGLARS CLIMBED |,
HIGH WALLS FOR |
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LITTLE E
P |
ATLANTA, Ga., April 9—(P)—
Scaling a high wall to obtain en
trance through a skylight, burglars
last night robbed four booths in the’
central curb market of thirty five’
dollars in merchandise. |
— e e SBl i aious )
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Save Your
Baby Chicks
A ‘»
5 Put AVICOL ;
9 in the drinkivg water
Avicol is guaranteed for the
treatment and prevention of {
white diarrhoen or baby chick
c]wlcr:x.. Easily used and inexe
pensive, I'rice Ho¢ and $l. |
Sold tngern Moneye i
Bacrk Cuarantee.
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Stops Chickg/Dying
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STEAI’S DRUG STORE
PIONLE NO. 1 |
SAFE
I BLOWERS
It DARIRNG CRACK
’ AN & i , ‘{ ‘J
AT TEYAS STATION
? SAFE WAS SHATTERED AND RE
! PORT WAS SO LOUD THAT
’ ROBBERS WERE FRIGHTENED
] AWAY OR HURT.
i i
i The most daring dash {or the coin
i of the realm ever made in this town
5 occurred at ¥:n o'clock at the Texas
gasoline station within a stone’s
‘ throw of police station and in the
i came block when safe blowers enter
| ed and blew the safe, shattering it in
i a complete job and creating a report
{ so loud that persons attracted prob
? ably foreed the pernetrators to es--
‘ eope without their booty.
| The money drawers in the safe
‘ were untouched and some sixteen
t dollars deposited there overnight re:
! mained in its place when S. J. Hef
{ ringlen and the police came to make
| an inspection. A rear window in the
«tation wag up and it was this exit
i <hich was used. No other opening
' in the building was touched, and the
window sash was up and it was this
oxit which was uged, No other open
‘me in the building was touched, and
; the window sash was raised as
! though it had been left that way over
nizht. Nothing indicated a forced en
] trance,
! The safe was so badly wrecked
that it would have been difficult
for the robbers to have gotten their
hooty and escaped before being dis
covered in the uact. No clue was left
and none has been found today that
would lead to arrest of {h 14
An automobile was seen to circle the
block several times just beios !
o’clock and in it was a woman whe
apparently was keeping watch for
the robbers. The car is supposed to
have been in waiting and when it
was scen that a quick escape had to
be made, the safe blowers entered
and sped away.
The ageney sustained the loss cof
the safe alone.
MERCHARTS PLAN
FORWARD MOVE HER
ORGANIZATION 5 COMPLETED
AND WORKING REGULATIONS
ADOPTED AT LARGELY AT
TENDED MEETING.
The retail merchants of Cordele
comyleted their organization Jast
nicht by cleeting their officers and
‘umn‘u\'ims their working regulation:
at a meeting in the assembly rooms
of the board of trade attended by
thirty or more of the local mer
chants.
R. L. Dekle was named pres)
dent, W. G. Gleaton, first vice presi
dent, and I'. 1. Bartholomew secend
vice president. Miss Orba Cobbh wa
made seeretary. and treasurcr, The
actors were chosen a week ago, C
his body T.. M. Coker is chairman
X 4
FLDER BARWI(K SUFFERS
NERVQUS BREAKDOWN
Friends here and elsewhere, will
learn with much regret that Elder
R. H. Barwick suffered a nervous
collapse several days ago at Thon
aston whe he was in a meeting witl
Elder 8, H. Whatley. While slightly
improved, Elder Barwick is not yet
able to 'be removed from the hose
pital at Thomaston,
ESTABLISHED IN 1908
BLOW AT W. R. NEAL
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‘WCOULD INSTRUCT STATE HIGH
WAY DEPARTMENT TO DIS
CHARGE CHIEF ENGINEER
ATLANTA, Apr. 9 (P)—Resolutions
instructing the state highway depart
ment to discharge Chief Highway En
gineer W. R. Neal were introduced in
the house today by Representative
Martin of Troup.
Mhey were referred to the commit
tee on public highways.
WALTER RIFRS IS
! ..:R Xl4 1
HERE FOR TONIGHT
MOVIE ACTOR AND PARTY WILL
BE GIVEN AT SUWANEE HOTEL
Walter Hiers, wife and aunt, Mrs.
Bishop, reached Cordele this after-
F(mn for a brief visit to old friends in
ihis community. Ie spent his boy
hood days in Cordele and was greet
ed today by many of these at the un
ion stationr when he reached here,
There will be an informal reception
at the parlor of the Suwanee Hotel at
nin~e o'clock tonight when friends will
visit the widely known movie man
and greet the party while here. They
will leave tomorrow,
| RUSSIAN WORKMEN !
E ¢ ’
i VICTIMS OF
POTSON |
| |
| Ciei
i MOSCOW, Apr. 9 ()—Twenty-sev-'
4on workmen were poisoned while
Urinking tea from a galvanized tank
svhich investigation showed contained
hoison.
Soven are dying and the rest in ('l'it.-‘
'l:'(',zd condition. A plot to poison the
entire staff’ of the factory where the
‘
“men were employved is suspected.
ONE STATE
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FOR US ALL
SRR
City or eountry, north,
south, east or west, let us
think as Georgians—not
merely as sectionalists, This
bank is statewide in its in
terest—and in its strength.
sl UK G I A
ST AT 2 ANK
'————'——W
PLEDGE OF LOYALTY
I shall welcome in my cofi#
munity of a!l methods ag
measures that have provém
beneficial in other commuy
ties. 8
NUMBER 134
SENATE FAILED .
70 REACH VOTE ON
| LONG WRANGLE ENDS IN no’ng
| DECISION TO ADJOURN SESS
i NEXT THURSDAY 3 ?
ATLANTA, Apr. 9 ()—The géndiy
lassembly will adjourn sine die Thg ]
day at one o'clock, if the senate o
curs in the resolution passed by .
| house today by vote of one hnnddl’
fourteen for and sixty-six againgh
The house vote followed lengthy H
cussion and a wrangle over procegis
ure. %
| House Debates Adjournment .
ATLANTA, Apr. 9 (#)—The hogs
‘debated the subject of sine die e
journment today with one faction g
‘oring adjournment at noon today [
'Qhu other, including Spea.kor Ne J :
suggesting a hold over till .--. :
Hay. ol 3‘
' Before the resolutions were pnt,fgk
debate, the house concurred with " F
genate in an amendment to flw’
'authorizing an appropriation for sy
port of the veterans service hj oddl
which provides the office of anh '
sistant director carrying a salgty @
itwenty-four hundred, to be abolisHdl
after two years. C
Representative Davis of DoKalb, y
jected to the bill on the groundg:thdl
/t saddled another bureau on the !‘_-_'
paver and while it sought to &l:d"‘ l
world war veterans, it did not przfi b
that the assistant director's po?fl!
be filled by veterans. o
Senate Accepts Cigar Tax = |
ATLANTA, Apr. 9 (/)—The senats’
adopted the house bill amending the
law relative to’ occupational tax bßg
dealers in cigars and cigarettes by
vote of twenty-seven to nothing :‘
.proceeded with the regular caleu:l\t
‘bhefore taking up the question of ll“
die adjourmment. ;
TRIAL POSTPONED
BUFFALO, April 9—(#)—Tre
trial of Richard Reese Whittemote
for the murder of two Bank of Buf
' falo employees was put over ‘ju
April 19th on motion of defense
counsel,