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VOL. XXXIII. No. 318.
THOMA8VILLE, GEORGIA THUR8DAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 23, 1922.
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Man, Wife and Four Chil
dren Found in Lancaster,
Ohio Home Feared Violence
—Man Was Railroad Work
er,—Inquiry Under Way,
(By J
23.—Through ex
amination of the vital organs of Irvin
Henderson and hl> wife, the authori
ties are expected to gain clues to de
termine the cause of the death of the
entire family, including four small
children. Investigators are working
In an unbalanced state of mind be
cause of illnesa and that she adminis
tered poison, and the other Is that an
lemy of the family placed poison in
CALLED STRANGER TOMMY
O’CONNOR, NOTED BANDIT
AND WAS FATALLY SHOT
(By t
Ottumwa, Iowa, Nov. 23.—Oliv
er Dimitt, a local mechanic, is in
a critical condition from a bullet
wound which probably will prove
fatal, inflicted by a stranger last
night, after Dimltt, had remarked
that the stranger looked like
Tommy O’Connor, noted Chicago
bandit. The man replied that he
was O’Connor aud fired his pistol
point blank.
EIGHTY-FOUR LIVES LOST AD SIXTY
INJURED IN ALABAMA MINE EXPLOSION
HARDING GETS 41-POUND
THANKSGIVING TURKEY
FROM CHICAGO GIRLS
SMI GETS
NEXT CUBE
their provlsl
BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN
VICTIMS OF POISON DOSE
Lancaster, Ohio, Nov. 23.—Authori
ties investigating the mysterious
deaths of Irvine Henderson, his wife,
and their four small children, whose
bodies were found scattered about In
their home shortly before noon yes-
day, last night had their first tangible
III CHILE YESTERDAY
Noted French Expert and Sci
entist, Suggests That There
May Be a Series of Quakes
Extending to Mexico, Japan
And Turkestan.
Paris. Nov. 23.—The Chilean earth
intakes. In the opinion of Abbe Mor-
well known French scientist
and astronomer, are only the begin
ning of a series of disturbances that
iy be looked for during the coming
ir. He predicts terrestial disturb-
oh In the Antilles, Mexico, Japan
and Turkestan.
Bishop Ainsworth Presiding:
Praises Work Accomplished
And Pays Tribute to Super
annuated Ministers. — New
Preachers Will Get Trial,
Birmingham Property of Woodward Irojj Company Scene
Of Most Disastrous Loss of Life in Any Southern Mine
In Some Years Yesterday When Car Got Away And
Broke Cable That Caused Explosion—Military Protec-
i tion for Mine Entrance, and Doctors and Red Cross on
The Scene to Give Relief to Injured,
Waycross, Ca., Nov. 23.—The
South Georgia Methodist Confer
ence in annual session here, today
voted to hold the next conference
in Savannah. Bishop Ainsworth,
presiding, paid a tribute to the
superannuated ministers. Several
preachers were admitted on trial.
ANOTHER QUAKE IN CHILE.
MISSOURI BANK
ROBBED BY BANDITS
$10,000 in Cash Overlooked,
However, When Watchman
Was Shot and Vaults Blown
Dr. R. W. Mondhank, a local physi
cian, announced that Henderson had
consulted with him last Friday and
.several times since over a mysterious
malady which had affected members
of his family, and had told him that he | slight earth shock occurred in
feared he was being given poison, city at 11:23 oclock last night.
Henderson, who was employed
stationary engineer In the Pennsyl
vania Railroad shops here
shopmen's strike is still unsettled,
said he believed he was being poisoned
by those resenting his accepting
ployment at the shops, Dr. Mondhank
said. Henderson gavo him the
of a man ho suspected, the physician
declared, and this was turned
the authorities without being made
public.
While Prosecutor Radcllffe made
formal statement on the case, he said
he was investigating all angles of th<
situation and was awaiting word fron
Columbus, where vital organs of twi
of the dead persons had been take;
for analysis. From the first, it wa:
■aid the authorities believed the
deaths were from poisoning.
Investigation was being made last
night of statements that Mrs. Hender*
son had been acting peculiarly for sev
eral days. Dr. Mondhank said he had
visited the Henderson home several
times recently and each time Mrs.
Henderson had been sitting with her
face In her hands near a stove. She
did not apeak to him during any of his
visits, he said.
Tho supposition that enemies might
have been responsible for the deaths
was f-rrengthened, police said, by fears
expro*sed by the dead man In a letter
written to tho state board of health
and found unsealed on the floor of the
Henderson home, that someone might
have gotten Into the house while he
was away at night at his work at the
St. Joseph. Mo., Nov. 23.—The
days of the James and Younger
boys in Missouri, were called at
Gallatin early today, when six
bandits robbed the First National
Bank of four thousand dollars in
gold and currency. Ten thous
and dollars in cash was overlook-
The badits shot the watchman
and guarded him while tho others
blew the vault. The shots attract
ed a crowd but it was held at
bay by the bandits until they had
finished their work, when they
escaped in an automobile.
FRENCH AND BELGIAN
PREMIERS CONFER
Waycross, Ga., Nov. 23- Bishop
illiam Newman Ainsworth of Ma-
n called the fifty-sixth session of
e South Geoifeia conference,
promptly to order at 9 a. m. yester-
iy at the First Methodist Church
this thriving city.
After the scripture lesson, the
bishop read also the admonitions of
the earlier conferences. The indi
cations are that the present will be
one of the greatest sessions within |
the history of this great conference.
Bishop Ainsworth is a great master
of assemblies, and the South Georgia
conference is highly delighted with
s presidency of tho body.
Very few absentees were noted at
the morning roll call and many vis-
indance upon the con
ference sessions, and the’crowds will
likely increase until next Mon
day when the pastoral assignments
for the ensuing year will be read.
Rev. W. F. Smith of Moultrie, who
s served as secretary most efficient
ly for a number of years, was re
elected and the_ following assistant
iretaries were elected: Rev. S. T.
Birmingham, Ala., I
Eighty-four lives were
sixty persons were fnji
last night, according i
, treatment at the mouth of the mine,
23 ' “ their hurts only being of a minor na-
an “ jture. Company physicians worked
* 8 * [top speed in emergency hospitals
her ® J established on ground at tho mouth
state* | 0 f t jj e m | ne Mr. Wilson stated that
The jthe miners believed to be fatally in-
Jlured had been removed to the Eliza
beth Duncan Hospital at Bessemer,
near the scene of the accident.
According to company officials
explosion occurred simultaneously
with the crash of three “skip cai
which ran "wild’’ down the slope
(By J
go, Ill., Nov. 23.—A forty-
one pound Illinois turkey, fatten
ed on chocolates and other delica
cies as a Thanksgiving gift to tho
Hardings awaited arrival at noon
Monday when It will start on its
journey to the White House.
The turkey Is the gift of tin
Harding Girls’ Club at Morris
Company, packers.
KIIIC GEOHCE OPENS ■
PAHLIflENT IH ILL
Rode Through The Streets in
Coach With Eight Horses.
—Urged Keeping up of Sev
eral of the Policies of Lloyd
George.
(By Associated I
RESCUE CREWS TRYING TO
REMOVE ENTOMBED MINERS
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 23.—Work
of removing the dead from Dolomite
mine number three, of the Woodward
Company, in which four hundred i the mine ‘‘yards,’’ approximately 1.100
and seventy-five men were trapped by 1 feet - from the entrance. These cars,
an explosion yesterday, was renewed j breaking cable, while they were being
with vigor at daylight today. j hauled up the slope to the entrance.
Company officials estimated that 1 crashed downward, severing an elec-
the list of dead might (be Increased i trie circuit. This caused a spark as
oni 83 to 100. ;the cars crashed Into the "yards,’’
Checking of the injured showed i which were trackage In the interior of
the list of sixty to be approximately jthe mine where loaded coal cars were
correct. At least fifty listed In cas- 'assembled before being hauled to the
were either killed or injured j surface, the explosion occurred. So'
a train of trip-cars running wild great was the blast that the flames J
the tipple crashed into the mine- - belched upward all the way to the
yard In the main entry. The accident mine entrance, and then continued on
caused snapping of the electric cable 200 feet farther to the mine tipple,
which set off dust resulting In an : setting this afire.
j Approximately fifty men wore work-
’ 1 i lng In the “yards” at the time and all
FIRE FOLLOW8 EXPLOSION | 0 f these men were either killed or in-
AT BIRMINGHAM MINE j ure d.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 23.—Seventy At a late hour last night the main
miners were killed and sixty Injured, entrance to mine No. 3 was cleared
some of the seriously, in a dust ex- and rescue workers were using thii
plosion in Dolomite nine. No. 3, of entrance to enter the mine and con
the Woodward Iron Company, nine j tlnue this work,
miles from this city, yesterday after- ( Frank II. Crockard, president of th<
which trapped 480 workers be- woodward Company, made the follow
neath the surface, according to an of- j n g statement at midnight:
ficlal statement issued here last night• «out of the 475 men who were 1:
by D. E. Wilson, treasurer of the com- 1 the mine at the time of the explosion,
pany. Jr now appears that about 70 were
Daniel Harrington, United States killed and sixty more or less Injured,
mine rescue official stationed here, j "ar currents have been established
ThomTon of Brunswick,'J. A. SiTitlh ; had Previously scut a message to the , n , h „ m |„ e and all parts can bo eu-
of Macon, J. A. Mallory of Richland, p “ t * bur * “ latl °"' eatimat,n8 the dead ,e re d. The mine Itself Is not serious-
and F F Snell of Milltown 01 60 ’ wltl1 nt least tllat number ln ‘.ly damaged by the explosion.
statistical secretaries are i ured - I “The explosion teas possibly caused
C. W. Curry of Savannah, J. E. | State militia is gradually asumin* by cars breaking loose and running
Summer of Byron, B. A. Pafford of charge of policing the district sur- down the slope, when electric sparks
TO
Trip Was Made in Seven
Hours and Forty-Five Min
utes, With Only One Stop
By Goodson, Beating Previ
ous Records.
London, Sor. 23.—The King today
| opened the first session of the new
| parliament with all the pomp and
J ceremony attendant upon this ancient
formality. Driving with his Queen, in
a stage coach drawn by eight horses
and attended by a glittering escort
of life guards, the King passed from
Buckingham palace through the
streets which were lined with troops.
Still accompanied by the Queen, the
King then walked in gay procession
to the House of Lords and read hla
(By /
Jacksonville, Fla.. Nov. 23.—K. V.
Goodson, official speed driver for the
Automobile Association of America
arrived here this morning at 8:45
clock, Eastern Time, 'from Atlanta In
nmobile drive of 349 miles, making
the distance according to the
club and A. A. A. officials in
hours and forty-five minutes.
The old record which was si
year was ten hours and twenty-six
minutes. Tho trip made oe
change a tire.
London, Nov. 23.—The new parlia-
. will I
isked I
ntinue and
ind the
lelioi
CONGRESS MEMBERS
ADJOURN TO MEXICO
prepared by the Lloyd George minis-
try as regards trade employment and
I also to guarantee a loan for the restor
ation of Austria, said King George in
Ms speech from the throne officially
at tho opening of parliament.
The King expressed hope that the
Lausanne conference might result in
establishment of peace and restora
tion of security to the inhabitants of
the regions which recently have been
much suffering.
(Continued on Page Four)
rls. Nov. 23.—Premier Theuny*
foreign minister Jasper of Belgl-
today conferred with Premier
Poincare on the subject of a project
ed conference In Brussels (for consider
ation of reparations and war debts.
The Belgian government Is chiefly
concerned In not having the cc
at all unless thero Is a re
able degree of success in sight.
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Butler, N. M. Lovein of Scott, J. A.
Rountree, of Morven, C. G. Earnest
f Baxley.
Alternate delegates wore en
ounced as follows: Americus dis
trict, Carl Thompson; Columbus dis-
J. A. Mathews, Cordcle district,
J. L. Pcavy and W. H. Gardner; Dub
lin district, Mrs. W. A. Brooks; Sava
nnah district, G. M. Williams.
The following transfers were an
nounced; Revs. Edward F. Cook, D.
D-, from the Southwest Missouri
conference; George M. Acrcc, from
the North Georgia Confer<
G. M. Spivey, from the Alabama
conference. Rev. J. B. Griner, who
has served as assistant pastor of
Trinity, Savannah, this year wishes
to become effective.
Dr. T. D. Kills, secretary of the
church extension board, v.ith head
quarters in Louisville, Ky., spoke
the conference of the plans of his
board. Owing to the ^Increased re
sponsibility of his new >ffice. Dr.
Ellis resigned as a trustee of the
Wesleyan Christian Advocate.
Bishop W. F. McMurray of St.
Louis, Mo., made a forceful address
to the conference in the interest of
the centenary movement, which he
pronounced tho greatest single event
In the history of Southern Methodism
“Who would have believed,” he said,
“that Methodists of the South would
Iny on God’s altars sixteen million
dollars in cash for missionary enter-
the mouth of the pit tonight, exploded
and it was stated that martial law speeding cai
might be called to avoid congestion) "Practical!
about the mine, owing to the influx of
tho curious.
According to Treasurer Wilson,
dust picked up by the
.11 of the Injured
>w out and are being given every
ntion. While the loss of life is
ble we are indeed grateful that m
(Continued on Paga 4.)
many of the injured were already at of the large number of workmen i
their homes after receiving first aid,duty did not suffer.”
MRS. FELTON GETS POST
IN NATIONAL WOMAN’S
PARTY AS CHAIRMAN
(By J
Washington, D. C., Nov. 23.—Th
National Woman’s Party today at
nounced that Mrs. W. H. Felton o
Georgia, the first woman Senator li
the United States, had accepted thi
post of honorary chairman of its jki
lltical council which was 'formed re
ccntly with the object of bringini
ibout equal participation by womet
md men in all political offices.
ST. PAUL MAN ON THE
SUPREME COURT BENCH
(By /
Washington, D. C., Nov. 23.—
Pierce Butler, of St. Paul, Minn.,
has been nominated by President
Harding to be Associate Justice
o’ tho United States Supremo
Court to fill tho vacancy left by
the resignation of Associate Jus-
KELLER ASKED TO
PRESENT FACTS IN
DAUGHERTY CASE
calling «
Washington, !>. (
ouse judiciary i
adopted a rosolutio
intatlve Keller to present
ember first, a statement of t!
ihowing tho alleged act or a
vhlch he asked lmpeachmenl
omey General Daugherty.
Representative Keller was
equef
s "pei
i involved In each
Chicago, III., Nov. 23.—The act!'
ties of delegates to the Southern Coi
mercial Congress who adjourned the
fifteenth annual session last night
shifted today to Mexico where repre
sentatives of the body are to spend
two weeks in tho Interest of trade re
lations.
SONNINO, ITALIAN
WAR LEADER DEAD
OF APOPLEXY TODAY
throughout the 1
greatest promlnei
SERIOUS DISTURBANCES
IN AMSTERDAM REPORTED
th* scene of s
London, Nov. 23.—Former Prime
Minister Lloyd George was unani
mously elected leader of the National
Liberals at a party meeting today.
BRITISH DEMAND
CASE OF WHISKEY OF
U. S. GOVERNMENT
, 23.—The Brit-
Canadlan vessel. Half Moon, ■
it was in the custody of the pro
hibition enforcement agency here, at-
irs for tho owners announced. >1
(By Associate!
Amsterdam, Nov. 23.—Serious dls-
lrbances caused by unemployed men
ccurred last night hero. A largo
umber of windows In big warehouses
i the center of the city were smash-
1 and the police made a charge
ounding several of the demonatra-
SEVERAL INJURED IN
SEABOARD WRECK*
(By J
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 23.—Several ped^na
sons were slightly injured when a
Seaboard Alrflne passenger train, cdl r
lided with an extra engine on tho-itl
main line near Ilagood, N. C. t optimal
today. The train, which was a thru
one between New York and FlofidfT
points, was delayed for several bouffant
as a result of the collision. ,
CHINESE IMPORTERS
PLEAD GUILTY TO CHARGE
23
Pensacola, Fla.,
oore, William Lindsay. Charley
ley, Dorsey Rico and Isom Under
wood, plead guilty In the Federal
Court here today to conspiracy to 1m-
Chinese nliens and liquor into
United States from Cuba.
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