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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. 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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. SAFE BLOWERS GET WORK IN COLUMBUS Ten Cent the pollct Doesn't this Cool Weather remind you that you are in need of a pair of— High Cut Shoes We Have These For Men Women and Children At almost any price you wish to pay—Good Shoes too. Come in and let us fit you up. We will make the price ESPECIALLY LOW on Women’s high Shoes. Smith-Harley Shoe Co. LOUIS STEYERMAN & SONS We Have Just Received 20 OVERCOATS Which we are going to place in our sale YOUR CHOICE $25.00 & The Shop of Quality On the Comet The Original Home of HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHES