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WEATHER FORECAST CLOUDY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. ADVERTISING FORMS CLOSE MNE A. M. DAILY Chrnf** of Copy Rccoivod aftor that tlmo aro scheduled to run tho naxt day. VOL. XXXIII. No. 318. THOMA8VILLE, GEORGIA THUR8DAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 23, 1922. $5.00 PER ANNUM 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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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. 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