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WEATHER FORECAST
AOVERTISIRB FORMS CLOSE
HIRE A. M. DAILY
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 24, 1922.
95.00 PER ANNUM
TO LAY TO BEST ALL
OF TOE DEI IBS
Victims of Freak Mine Disas
ter Will Be Buried Today in
The Various Cemeteries in
That City—Others Will Re
turn to Work,
(By Associated Press)
Birmingham. Ala.. Nov. 24.—The .
Birmingham district today prepared to
lay to rest the first of Its eighty-four
dead, whose lives were snufTed out
Wednesday by the explosion of coal
dust In Dolomite mine number three.
Of the Woodward Iron Company.
The dead belong to this district
and' graves are being dug In nearly
every little cemetery In the vicinity.
Many of the miners who were burn
ed or disabled by tho fatal accident
WILL BE SOUGHT BY
FEDERAL
In One Cantonment, it is Said
That Five Millions Were
Lost and More Than Seven
ty-Five Millions in All Will
Be Sought.
I that a
s the)
a able
i work they will return to
(By Associated Press)
Washington. I). C„ Nov. 24.—A Si
rles of suits for the recovery of moi
expended >'or the construction c
cantonments lias been decided o
he next step In the government'
campaign against alleged frauds under
war contracts. The number of suits
to be filed, has not been definitely de
cided upon, but it was indicated that
a dozen or more separate actions are
In prospect.
Unofficial estimates place tho total
that will be sought In all of the recov.
CLEMENCEAU GUEST OF
BOSTON GIVEN A MOST
ELABORATE RECEPTION
Tiger Jubilant Today After a
Good Night's Rest, and Will
Make Second Formal Ad
dress There Today—Replies
To Senate Critics.
Boston, Mass., Nov. 24.^-Georges
riemenceau was up at dawn today
putting the finishing touches to his
cond formal address of his
an tour which he will delh
four oclock this afternoon In Tremont
Temple.
?shed by a night’s sleep, the Tl-
jeured even more Jubilant than
yesterday, over the enthusli
•ption given him by Boston a:
other cities between here and N<
York.
TIGER ANSWERS CRITIC8
Boston, Mass., Nov. 24.—Tho Tiger
pf France rasped back to day a
critics in tho Senate in the first
THOMASVILLE DISTRICT
MAN GIVES $50,000 FOR
ORPHAN’S HOME NEAR
THIRTY-ONE SENT TO JAIL
FOR SPEEDING BY LOS
ANGELES JUDGE TODAY
MACON TO START FUND j Municipal Judge Determined
That Speed Maniacs Shall
Be Made to Desist From the
Practices Employed in Reck
less Driving in That City.
This Was Announced by the
Presiding Elder in Statement
Issued Today at Waycross
Conference Meeting—Name
Not Divulged.
(By /
Wa
;ry suits contemplated at more than | er jcnn Interview granted the Ass
eventy-fivo million dollars. In one j 0 ,i press, replying particularly to
■amp costing thirteen million dollars, i criticisms of Senators Hitchcock
ludttors say they have found Indlca- Borah
lions of an excess expenditure of five
million dollars.
WEST VIRGINIA
RIVER DRAGGED
For Body of Man Said to have
Been Drowned When His
Car Ran Into the Water.
(By Associated Press)
Wheeling, W. Va., Nov. 24.—While
Mrs. Nina Helper, aided in dragging
the river at Martin’s Ferry near here
for the body of her husband. who
reported to have Pjcen drowned when
their automobile left the road and
plunged Into the water. Chief Hiland
of Martin's Ferry police expressed
doubt that the man met death In the
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS PREVENT
A MORE APPALLING DISASTER
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 24—Eighty-
four bodies, twenty those of whits
men and sixty-four those of negroes,
lay last night in undertaking estab
lishments here and In Bessemer, the
death toll of a coal dust explosion
Wednesday In Dolomite Mine No. 3,
of the Woodward Iron Company, six
teen miles west of Birmingham.
Eighty-two bodies were taken from
the mine early Wednesday and of the
sixty Injured, two succ
ports received by officials of the
Woodward Company Indicated that
while several of those remaining in
hospitals were seriously hurt, possibly
all would recover.
The bodies of eleven white men and
sixty-* our negroes were In one under-
taking establishment In Bessemer and
while a largo crew of undertakers
worked feverishly all day, preparing
them for burial, hundreds of persons
congregated In tho streets about the
place, anxiously seeking news of rel
•fives or friends. One white man and
fifteen negroes had not been positive
ly Identified early last night and since
nil of the nameless ones were here,
persons Interested In them bcslegod
the establishment. It was necessary to
station police at the entrance and
only those seeking the missing, or rela
tives of those known to have lost their
lives were admitted.
The explosion was declared by min
ing experts to have ifoeen a freak, and ] dividual Investigations of the propoa-
>o far as local record* show, only the „,c, K cr or the packing concerns o'
third of Its kind ever to hafe occurred .t rm „ ur and Morris, there »ern indlca-
In this country. | tlonu todny that no final policy would
Dolomite No. 3 Is a slope mine I be decided on until there has been a
opened In 1882 and operated until i full exchange of opinion among high
Wednesday without a single accident ; administration officials generally.
At the foot oif the slope there Is a 1 —
STILLMAN S J ILL
drawn by cable to the surface and up • _ (By Associated Press)
the tipple. A string of these dump
cars broke loose on the Incline, literal
ly dropped 800 foot to the yard, where
great clouds of coal dust arose with
the Impact and n high
river
His car was found by the police In
shallow water and Helper’s
floating nearby but no tra«
body has been found.
Helper and his wife are
ctment at Butler. Penn., for alleged
Irregular stock transactions,
ARMOUR AND MORRIS
PACKING MERGER STUDIED
Washington, D. C, Nov." 2*4. — Altbo
arious Interested agencies of the
nbout compli
Referring to Hitchcock's characteri
zation of him as a militarist, Cleraeu
c-eau said ho dared Hitchcock to go to
France and learn the facts.
PER8HING WILL GREET
CLEMENCEAU IN CHICAGO
Chicago, 111., Nov. 24.—General Per
shing will be among those to greet
Georges Clemenceau on his arrival
here Monday afternoon. It was an
nounced that a military and police es
cort have been arranged 'for the Tiger.
NO SEPARATE MEETING
ON NEAR EAST PLANNED
BY LAUSANNE DELEGATES
(By /
Nov. 24.—The plan to
hold two district conferences on the
Near Enst question, one for re-estab
lishing peace in Turkey and Greece
and between the Allies and Turkey,
and a second to fix the status of the
Straits of the Dardanelles, has been
abandoned, It was stated and tho prob
lem of the Straits has been m
the general conference.
i the
South Georgia
Methodist Conference, the report
of the year’s work clone In the
Thomasvllle district, tho Presid
ing Elder announced that a lay
man, whose name has not been
divulged, has started an endow
ment for the Methodist Orphan
age home at Macon, with a girt
of fifty thousand dollars.
Pastoral appointments are ex
pected to be read Monday morn
ing.
WINSTON CHURCHILL
WILL WRITE AD INTERIM
(By Associated Tresa)
London. Nov. 24.—It is under
stood that Winston Spencer
Churchill, who was defeated In
the general parliamentary elec
tions. plans to take up his pen,
while awaitlnga a turn of events
that would regain his lost seat in
the House of Commons.
The Yorkshire Evening News
says that Churchill will soon
write a series of articles, for each
of which he will receive two hun
dred pounds.
SENTENCED TOlANG HE
EATS VORACIOUSLY AND
READS EXCITING STORIES
ish., Nov.
i Ma-
irk, Nov. 24.—James A. Still-
’ew York banker, today fulled
I In his efforts to have the appellate dlv-
I Islon of the Supreme Court set aside
• confirmation of the referee’s report
cable severed with the crash Ignited
in his divorce case, which refused h;
petition and uphold the legitimacy <
(Continued on Page Right) the baby, Guy.
SUDDEN DEATH IN
DETROIT IS PROBED
Detroit!'Mich.?'Nov. 24.—An analys-
of the stomach of Frederick Prince,
aged 40. of New York City, who was
>und dead In tho hallway of an apart-
*r mystelous circumstances was
*gn today by the county chemist.
Prince, with a party of friends, call-
I upon Mrs. Irma Pett, In the apart
cat house, and soon after the arrival
of her husband, Prince’s Lody was
found. There was no mark of violence
on his body.
NEW TURK CALIPH
ASSUMES OFFICE
under Bentencf to hang one
week from today ifor the murder of
his elderly and rich wife, whose body
Found at the bottom of a lake aft-
long search, remains indifferent
» fate, according to a guard from
late prison. Mahoney sleeps with
hoes on. reads adventure talcs
and eats voraciously, the guard states.
SUBSIDY DISCUSSED
IN HOUSE TODAY
(By Associated Tress)
Washington, I). C-, Nov. 24—Widely
conflicting views as to the wisdom of
enacting tho administration shipping
bill, were today presented to the
House by Republican and Democratic!
speakers.
(ny Associated Tress)
Los Angeles, Cal., Nov, 24.—
Thirty-one persons Including one
woman are in jail today for speed
ing and reckless driving, bring
ing up to 85, the total to receive
such sentences In tho local police
court this week
“I am sending the speed man
iacs to Jail, because that Is where
they belong,” announced Police
Court Judge, Chambers.
The report of the current cam
paign to end speeding resulted in
the offenders hiring proxies to
serve their sentences.
CLERKS PRESENT ARGUMENTS
FOR INCREASED PAY TODAY
Chic
l I
Motion by Bonar Law Passed
Over Opposition of Labor-
ites in First Test of Strength
In the New Parliament of
England.
London, Nov.*24—The' first di
in the new House of Commons which
occurred this afternoon, was c;
• he government, by a majority of
103 votes, against the Laborlte opposi
tion. The vote followed I*abor opi*'
sltion to Premier Bonar Law's motion
that the government be empowered
take all the time o.’ tho House f<
government business at this session
IRISH FREE STATE BEFORE
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
London, Nov. 24.—Premier Bonar
Law today Introduced In the House ol
Commons a hill putting Into effect the
constitution of the Irish Free State
and the Free State "consequential pro
vision bill.”
NOTED OSTEOPATH’S
DEATH BEING PROBED
Was Said to Have Been De
monstrating: Pistol When it
Dropped and Exploded.
III., Nov. 24.—Presentation
if the employes' arguments In their
ippllcntlon for an Increase In pay by
he brotherhood of railway and steam
ship clerks, freight handlers, express
ind station employes, against forty-
me roads, now being heard by the
United Stntes Railroad Labor Board,
be completed today.
MISS MACSwiNEYTflLL ~
ONJUNGER STRIKE j Kirk.vE mTnoy r £-\
tBy AsiwM-l.-ited Tress) er ’ 5 ,nr iucst will be held today into
Dublin. Ireland. Nov. 24.—Miss An- j the death of Doctor George still. Pres
nle MacSwiney who had fasted out- ident of the American School of Os-
ilde the gates of Mount Joy prison : teopathy, who was killed last night
ilnce last Friday ,as a protest against | when an automatic pistol which ho
Imprisonment of her sister, Mary' was demonstrating to a party of
was removed by friends last evening j friends at his home, fell from his
a private nursing home. She was ' hands and was accidentally dlscharg-
a very weak condition but refused ed. The bullet entered his left cheek
take food. Mary, In prison, now re- and ranged upward, penetrating bis
fuses visits from the prison doctors brain.
and nurses. i ——-
EXECUTED Bl THE
IRISH FREE STATE
Noted Leader and Adviser of
Devalera Was Executed Be
cause Pistol Was Found On
His Person—London Shock
ed at News.
(By AwocLtM Pre„)
Dublin. Ireland, Nov. 24.—Ersklne
Childers, chief lieutenant of Eamon
Devalera. was executed here this
rning at seven oclock for having a
'.ol In his possession, it was an-
nc*-d in an official (bulletin given
by the National Army.
London. Nov. 24.—Announcement
’ the execution In Dublin of Ersklne
tiilders was received here shortly
ter noon today. It came as a sur-
■Ise to England, where It wa3 believ
ed the Free State authorities would
hesitate to impose the death penalty.
His execution removes one of the
ost important figures In the Republl-
itrong personality :
•eland i
fhllder.-
vlng had a strong 1
BLIND GIRL A SUICIDE
(By Associated Tress)
Madison. Wis., Nov. 24—Lucille
ishbrook, 18-year-old blind girl
ras found dead In a gas filled
oom In her home here today. The
BUTLERS NOMINATION
I SUITS PARTY LEADERS
girl Is said to ha
over the loss of her sight.
JAP ARMYTS BEING
RAPIDLY DEMOBILIZED
Toklo, Nov.
reduction of the
ing been carrlei
be made In the r
cers, 4,000 non-ci
step in
Representative I.ehlback. Republl- j and 25 ’ 000 prlvale - and
•an, declared that the country would ! workera - During the n<
t marine unles
the pending bill
not have • merchai
the plan proposed l>
Is adopted.
Representative Davis, Democrat de
clared that the administration Is try-
) force a measure through the
ess which was elected two years
ago when the subsidy was not an Is-
Ithe army ’
RICHARD CROKER’S
I Washington, Nov. 24.—The nomina-
■ tlon of Pierce Butler of Minnesota, to
| he associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States to succeed
| William R. Day of Ohio, resigned, was
sent by President Harding yesterday
i to the Senate. Mr. Butler Is a prac-,
jticlng attorney of St. Paul, 56 years]
j of age, and a Democrat.
Mr. Butler was admitted to practice
tfore the Supreme Court on May 26.
1S94, and since then frequently ha?
appeared before that bench In the
•n a start will j argument of important cases, Includ-
U of 1.840 offi- ing the Minnesota rate cases In 1912.
nned officers.' decided by Justice Hughes. Tho ap-
5.500 nrscnal 1 re,,ore “> <■«”<*
xt two • . I the P° lulcal equation that ex
JoarS jwhcn Justice Clark resigned. I
ed by 60,000 ( Democrat, was succeeded by Justice
| Sutherland, a Republican. The i
will again stand six Republicas
Ihree Democrats.
Chief Justice Taft and Asso
KLAN ASKED TO EXPLAIN
INITIATIONS INU. S. AND
OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Washington. D. C.. Nov. 24.—A reso
lution providing for the appointment
of a Joint committee by Congress to
Investigate tho "holding of initiation
ceremonies In the United States cap!-
tol and other public buildings by the
Ku Klux Klan,” was Introduced to
day by Representative Rainy, of 1111-
RECLAMATION RESOLUTION
PRESENTED TO HARDING
iVnshlngton. D. C-,
L August \
WILL ATTACKED
i Var
ately
istantiu
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Phones 105 and 106
-Abdul
Medjld Effendl, the newly elected C’a-
>h, was formally invested with pow-
today. The ceremony took place
the Topcapou palace.
AGED S. C. MAN ON TRIAL
FOR MURDER OF YOUTH
York.
(n» l
TURKEY SAYS U. S.
NEED NOT FEAR TURKS
for Richard Cri
the probate cou
have condi-mnei!
of Richard Crok
. Jr.. Initiated I
ere today, suit 1
e alleged last wl
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:s!on and theSe
FARMERS IN BOOTS TO
DEMAND AID OF U. S.
Washington*”?). 1 C, Nov. 21—Tho
’armers National Council has an-
ounced that a "committee of farm-
.ring of the arrival of Amerl*
missionary representatives here
d belief that the hoi
American philanthropic i
f the
A Jury of nine .
mers and three carpenters will [ nsi
ir the case against William Farles, j alarmed by the advent of the new re-
•d 60. on -trial, charged with the > <lme In Turkey. The Kemallst agent
murder of Newton Taylor, aged 14. explained that there Is no disposition
last September. The Jury was complot- to drive Americans out of Turkey, es-
ed shortly after noon and the taking I socially those engaged In educational
of evidence was begun Immediately, land charitable undertakings.
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the pollct
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