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THOMASVILltE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY OCTOI1EH J4, IB13.
91.00 PER ANNUM.
Young Giri Found With
Crashed Skull at Southern
■ Home Monday Morning
VOLTURNO ROUND FROM ROTTERDAM TO NEW YORK SENT OUT
WIRELESS CALLS FOR HELP WHICH WERE RESPONDED TO i
IIY EIGHT LINERS—ON ACCOUNT OF MOUNTAINOUS SEA LIFE I
IIOAT8 COULDN'T SURVIVE AND AIDING SHIPS COULD NOT |
RENDER NECESSARY ASSISTANCE—FIVE HUNDRED WERE j
SAVED RV OTHER HOAl’S.
MISS DOROTHY HAl'G FORMERLY OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, |
RUT NOW A STENOGRAPHER IN VALOSTA WAS FOUND IN I
RED BY HER MOTHER WITH ENTIRE FRONT OF HER HEAD
RROKEN RY IMPACT OF A HU NT INSTRUMENT—MOTHER
THOUGHT AT FIRST IT WAS SUICIDE A PISTOL WAS FOUND
I1Y THE GIRLS RODY.
tinctly heard a noise.
Mr. Duane when testify*:;g stat
ed that sometime about tour cr a
short time after he heard a noise la
ATHLETICS WORLDS BASEBALL
MATIIEWSON GOES DOWN IN DEFEAT GIVING THE PHILADEL
PHIA CLU1I THE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE „ SECOND TIME
OVER NEW YORK IN THE PAST THREE YEARS—PLANK AL
LOW KD BUT TWO HITS DURING THE NINE ROUNDS OF PLAY
AND MADE PHILADELPHIA’S LONE ERROR—THIRTY FIVE
THOUSAND PRESENT.
Tlio Philadelphia Athletic*
t«uk same route and Collins Hied out. No
tlio house ami it sounded like a baby ' J||Q ,,;1 Inc this afternoon In Now runs, no hits.
I falling from a bed. It woke him y^ orki winning tlio World’s Rnsobull | New York—Burns filed out. 3cha-
j pp but he paid no attention to it j championship for the sea-on of 1013. j for walked. Plank dropped Murrays
| thinking that was what tho noise; The ruinous Mathewson, the Giants j pop fly and Schafer went to second,
.was, goinc liack to sleep. sold dependanco was Ii.iiHmI safely I Maclean got the (irst single c. the
j He was again awakened a sliort cuoii'^li to insure three runs, one I (Hants and Schafer tallied, .Hurray
| lime after by Mrs. Hans: who called j „ )or e tlinn enough to win. Plunk for J going to se.ond. Merkle forced
..... . *° him. He put on his troufers anti ■ Philadelphia again pitched superb Maclean and was out at first on a
murders ever committed ill (Ills elt.v ing the past eighteen months ....... , 1... ,, i, „ . ...
’ | " 1 8 »o rt ‘y wc.it across tile ball with I,all anil this time got auny In great fast double, Collins to Barry to Me
nas discovered tills morning about with the exception of a short time white ; . ... . . , i, , ,, , „
" ** , , n r 0,1,1 " tlle 60<,y - While .shape, only allowing two hits in the innls. One run. one hit, one error,
four-thirty in the residence boarding, this summer when they visited In. Fhe waa ont „ f tho ru0m h0 ()l(1 not 1 of , > SIXTH INNING.
house of Mr. T. C. Dnren. ThO|Vcrmont. Imnke any investigation believing' Philadelphia scored one in Hie' Philadelphia—Baker singled and
rrinio was committed with n blunt. Miss Haug was to returj tc Val-jfrom the amount of hlood on her | irv , „,„i t |, e I was sacrificed to second by Me In nil.
Crime Most Brutal and Mysterious
Perhaps one of the most brutal ville, Tennessee, remaining here dur-
instrument wfl ® M,ssl dosta this morning on tho earl, train‘face that she had a hemorrhage as t u: n i lunminu on Mattv f*.r two hits Strunk went out second to first, Bak-
hiirtifliv lining twin' nf Vntilfiatn U'Iih .1 l 11 , • ... ..... .. JIK * / ....... .... ... . »
(By Associated Press.> .sengers and crew of tho Carmenia
Fishguard, Ku;t. ( Oct, 11.—Fire j ttood on the docks and watched the
in a raging storm in mid-Atlantic j burning vessel as the passengers
Thursday night destroyed tho liner j r „shed panic-stricken back and forth.
Voltumo on a voyage from Ithtter-1 Most of the Volturno’s passenger got
dam to New York, The los* of Ufa j t 0 the life boats,
is either one hundred and thirty-six j The crew meanwhi'e was valiant-
<t two hundred and thirty-six. Ten j ] y fighting the flames which were
other liners were called by wireless ‘Wiling up the forward, end of the
to tho rescue and stood by unable! vessel. Captain Barr kept the wire-
to avert tho tragedy owing to inouii-|) PS3 a t work sending out calls for. „ _
tainous seas. A?;ain the wireless | help. Late in the afternoon, the: Dorothy llnug, now of Valdosta, who! ant j ^er mother was to have ac- had been surmised by the mother. rJM | i„.j n r a i«h*<l l»v
was pressed into the leading part in' steamers Grosser Kurfuerst and; "as the guest of her mother at j fora panied her. Miss Haug had been I Her face was toward the wall, ‘nor' j]/,,, \,. u " York mm
a sea drama. Through the heroism | £ e ydlitz, came in sight and were j Southern Homo for tlio duy. j given a room on the third floor of the left temple on top and th< covers
of those who responded to tho call j joined later by the Kroonlaud, De-j The entire skull was broken and j building and Mrs. Haug started up laid over her body to the neck,
the lives of live hundred and twen-j voniana, Rappahannock, Minneapolis crushed in by the blow which was | j 0 awa ker. her to catch the train, j When Mrs. Haug found the pistol
ty-ono aboard were saved. Checkin*. Latourine an( i Asian. j dealt on the left temple. The body j Mrs> n aug sta ted that she heard a the two then came to the conclusion
from nil available sources indicate j Tho gale niollerated toward night " ,w discovered »>>’ Mrs. Haug, who inoIso , iko a pIstol sllot ag 8he got that Jt was 8ulcl(le . Tho coroner’s
that the lowest estimate of those 1 an( j a |j ^ the ships lowered lifQ-l nt thouplit, the girl had a lioni- near the top of the staircase leading jury after hearing Mrs. Hang’s tosti- .
who lost their lives is coco I. j Voals> but the waves were still soi° rr,m K° n,,d ,ater discovered -
y | high that it was impossible for the
Fishgraud, long., uu . -A wire-1 mall crafts to get a’ongsldn the
'ess message from the steamer Car- burning ship, and they returned to
mania reports that the steamer Vol-i their ships at nino oclock .! * >r> McIntosh examined tho wound
sisted by Plank*
, i hihidelphiu’s
Batteries
York—Malhev
in tho
le run,
a pop
n; 1 Mar-
tlio
J wound and a pistol by the bed and
,: concluded that she had committed
suicide.
Dr. McIntosh examined tho
to the third floor. She thought that mony, adjourned rt rlover.-thlrty
probably a burglar was In the house, until four o’clock till.* afternoon
and had shot to scare her. She when the Investlgr’tin will he con
states that she rushed immediately j tinned. They meet in sec-et session,
to the room where she knew her' Pistol Not ?#Vntifo<'
tnrno was abandoned, afire at doa
nnd that two hundred and thirty
Fix of the passengers and crow are
missing. Ten steamers responded
rl ha*
At night the flames of tlio ill-fat-! ””«• established beyond the perad-' dall/rhli-r was and found the door un- The pistol xvh! !i was : >
ed ship, burned through to ; i- mid-! venture of a doubt that n was imir-1 locked. Opening tlio door she could , side or the bed with Ike
die of tho ship and as the fire;' l, ‘ r , "" 1 t 1 '* h »nd which committed;not f ee anything as it was yet Jct been Identified. Th.-i
throw a light across the sky a terrl-j' 110 crime, used an Instrument, one dark and having ao matches to have been a bullet mi
to the wireless call for ho!p and] fit explosion occured on tho Volturno I fr,,m which given with mighty; she went across the hall! the shell still remaining
fought for hours | n a raging galeihurnlng pieces of wreckage, being I strength caused her death. Tlio|to tho room which was occupied by chamber. The piste] was i
to save the hundreds aboard the. thrown into the ser. All that could |nlr| died at flvo-thtrty-flvc. {Mr. T. W. Duane who Is employed with hlood that on holdln
doomed boat. | be done by the would-be-helpers, j The Coroners jury is still delib-jut the Economy Market. She knock- j |,]ood ran from the barrel. The jury! N ,., v
The wireless said that the Valiurno "as done. ending on tlie case and some start-jed an the door nnd Mr. Duane got will make a minute examination ofipoylo
caught fire In the middle of the At-; Lighted life buoys were thrown | ,in K nrc CHmcto.l after the j up and gave her his lamp. She then the gun. j Feu he
\ lantlc and wa, abandoned Thursday ! overhoard_and tho crews steed by | authorities have Investigated all of; went to her daughter’s room and j No Instrument has hcenfo :
I’hiladolphln-- 1’lank ind iian..
FIRST INNING.
! !, l idci. ,ua—Murphy «ingled but
s forced at second on 0!dria'?’s
•grounder. Collins fimash«.l a sin-
flu* '«*. (*!dring % taking’ third. Oldring
not then . u <orcd on Baker's sacrifice fly.
laid I Kurils threw the hall wide to the
•1th ! plate and Collins went to .<nrond.
thej Herzog took Mclnnl-' *»ma?h and
rod j touched Collins out. One run, two
steerage passengers, twenty-four each great headway. At daybreak i** 1 * 8 Inorn * n ff about four-thirty, inj ^ lr u uane then went into thelbut that, of course,
a dying condition as the result of a| room and 8aw r j r i jyf ng on the j conjecture. The blow
blow on the forehead, in a room on b0( j covered to her neck, both hands j have had to have been
and passengers j third floor of tho Southern HomeJ nndor C0V( , r w |t b her face turned to'heavy and severe one to hav»
morning. The steamer sailed from j hoping to pick up some of those cast;
Rotterdam on tho second of October j into the sea. About midnight
for New York and it is heMeved that) ray of hope came when it w*as seen '
it carried six hundred -anl forty j that the flames were not making’
r
cnoln passengers and a crew of nine-J tho Voltumo was still floating, tho
ty-three. Wireless reports state that; Boa had moderated, but tho vessel 1
five hundred and twenty-one were was still burning
saved, making two hundred and thir-! huddled together on the de-k*.
ty-six unaccounted for. Yolturno Smnll ' t.
Captain Barr said the Carmenia j Tho Uranium line Is without di-
was seventy-eight miles away whenjrect Information concerning the loss
ho got the call for help and hejof the steamer Voltumo. Their in-
t rowdod on full steam and made for formation was that it was command-
the vessel In the teeth of a roaring ed by Captain Inch ai.d was built in
gale. When the Carmenia reached 1906 being of slightly more than two
the vicinity of the Voltumo, it found j thousand tons. •>.
the liner burning fiercely. 3ix Mfe ___
boats had been lost, four of them j
filled with passengers smashed i for» I*
against the ships side in the high I
seas. The Carmenla’s life boats!
made a gallant, but futile effort
the clues to which the
with returning to Mr. Duane stating that. with which the
a ;*»ne empty cartridge and other facts! her daughter had a henforrnge and been committed
Ut lead. -- —,**—*«*..- asked -that he come and help. I
Miss Dorothy Hau„ was found! Roth Visit I ho Room.
ne error.
. York—Herzog died out. |
went out short to first and j
filed out. No runs, no hits. I
3RC0ND INNING.
r taking third. Barry hit to Fletch
er anil out at first. No runs, one hit.
New York—Mathewson singled.
A double play followed, Matty being
out at second and Herzog tt first.
Doyle filed out. No runs, or.e hit.
SEVENTH INNING.
Philadelphia — Schang fanned.
Plank went out second to first.
>? r; liv walked and Oldring fouled
out. No runs, no hits.
New York—Fletcher filed out.
Burns went out. short to first and
Schafer likewise. No runs, no hits.
EIGHTH INNING.
Philadelphia—went out
*e. ojd to first. Baker out pitcher
to first. Mclnnis out on grounder,
to short. No runs, no hits.
New York—Murray out third to
first. Maclean died out. Merkle out
short to first. No runs, no hits.
NINTH INNING.*
Phlladeipnm—.'.trunk filed out.
Barry went out third to first. Schang
fanned. No runs, no nits.
New York—Crandall hatting for
the Broad street residence of Mr. T.
C. Duren. Doctor McIntosh was
summoned and arrived a short time
later, but found that tho glr' was
dying. He made, no examination of
the wound except to stop the blood
and left at five thirty when she died.
Murder Will Be the Yerdlut.
- > Tlie Coroner was summoned ondj a sbort time later and reported j times
; ot together a jury, composed *>f! that her condition was beyond help. lively as could bo. He stated that j,jt 8 ono error.
Messrs. L. L. Cochran, Foreman, W. | Haug concluded that it was last night about nine or nine-thirty
crime could have i Philadelphia—Strunk went out j
It Is surmised j second to first. Barry filed out. j
that the blunt end of the pistol could [ Shang got an infield hit blit died ,
have been used in that connection. I at first when Plank filed out. No runs 1 Mathewson, w ent out second to first.
is a'one hit. j Herzog filed out. Doyle was easy
would j Now York—Burns Went out Baker j out * V ’° run9, no h** 8 -
a very | to Mclnnis. Schaefer fouled out Final Score: R H B
caused .and Murray was out Plank to first | Philadelphia 3 6 1
the wall. Mrs. Haug then went down ithe wound It did. It is probable, No runs, no hits. ;
Ftnlrs to telephone a doctor and left (that the blow Itself made the sound; THIRD INNING. !
Mr .Duane in the room while shejwhMi Mrs. Haug heard and which j Philadelphia Murpsy singled. Djy-*
was away. When she came back! awakened Mr. Duane across the hall, j i e rnufTcd Oldrings "grounder and!
she picked up a pistol from the i Girl Was Curious Last NT-lit. both were safe. Collins pai riflcod 1
blood-covered bed lying near tho I Mr. Duren stated that Misr Haugj outnt fi rst Murphy #>< ored on Bak-j
girl's hand on the side cf the bed j had been acting queer at tln.es since er * s i n n<>1d hit and Oldring tallied on
clow* to the wall. The doctor came;being in Thomasville and at other Mclnnis’ sacrifice fly. Strunk went
•New York 1 3 t
apparently as Jolly nnd as
ut second to first.
runt-, two
isengers Aboard Steamer
Grosser Kurafurst.
A. Lindsey, A. B. Clark, John Mil-
suicide and Doctor McIntosh did I when she started to bed sue kissed
lor, W. F. Clark and J. C. Callff. An j n0 ( make an examination except to j nil of the people
Investigation was Immediately begun i nBl . Prt . l|n ghc leaving tiiou- ht she was
eet along side the doomed vessel, j furst., Oct. 13.—With one hundred
hut after two hours bat’.'e with the; and five passengers from the burn-
waves the attempt had to given ' erl steamer Voltumo aboard, the
’«P. I steamer Grosser Kurafurst is near-
Captain Barr, then maneuvered j Ing New York. The passengers and
his vessel close to tho Voiturno and ; crew of the Grosser Kurafurst wit-
got within a hundred feet but the uessed the thrilling scenes, when
storm prevented his retting a line their vessel arrived In the vlcinty
to rescue the passengers on the of the burning shir
dorks of the burning ship.
summoned ! {
and
wound
jand Doctor McIntosh
Board Steamer Grosser-Kura-, agfl|f| to „ xanj!ne tho , V0I
the body.
He found that there was
in the left temple which vns inflict-;
ed by some blunt Instrument, the!
blow- being severe enough tn shatter
the top of tlio skull, the bones above
the eye and on the right ten.nle also.
At the request of the Coroners Jury
When t.iey ar “jj lc niade an examination, taking up
house after she died.
Suicide Said tile Mother.
Mrs. Haug stated that c he was
sure that the girl had ommitted
sui'ide. She stated that for several
j had made threats to take
her life and that they were afraid
?. She was sure that she heard
pistol shot as sue neared tho
KuniiAet M|/ I of the stairs but saw no one
The pas- rived the vessel was burning fiercely, I tho ^“rtiaU^etlTarta of ,nto or ,or,u * from th ‘‘
.1 *=• | the skull and looking lyto the brain roo,li ,,nl5 l »•»« waken«*d Mi. Duane
j for a bullet. There v/as noi.C.
| Tho Doctor states that one severe
blow- on the place where tho jag -ed
j wound was found could have caused
/.^SlinMDnHI J the shattering of the skull ns was
I found in this case and is positive
vith h-
-SCHOOL TIME-
IS HERE AGAIN.
r Front
y con-
ru nitted
I'nditlon
x: ect it.
She got half
ployed in
then
at Hi"
horsH
'I'll.'
New York—Maclean filed .rut.
Merkle did likewise and Mathewson
went out short to first. No runs, no
hits.
FOURTH INNING.
Philadelphia—Barry was ot t short
to first. Schang filed out a:-d Plank
«Ii«l the «amo. No runs, no h!t«.
New York—Herzog fanned. Doy
le wont nut to first unassisted and
tcher filed out. No runs, no hits.
FIFTH INNING.
'ltlHdelpnin—Murnhv went out
u! Mr. Duren *<*r>nnd to first. Oldring took the
good night and he
. bit irrational then,
up tho stairs and
to say goodbye to
u-law who Is cm-
mu* hank in Val
in spending Sunday
Why Miss Dorothy p
the train tomorrow j.
!u» answered "You
rou know." She
Many to Attend Mercer Association.
Quite a number from r he Thom-
nsvil!** Baptist church will ro over
to f> itinan tomorrow to attend the
meetings of the Mercer Baptist As
sociation. which convenes In that
city tomorrow morning, and will be
'in session three days.
I The delegates from the Thomas-
| ville church are Rev. W. II. Harris,
I chairman, Messrs. J. M. Dekle, R. E.
Lester, (’. M. Robinson, W. E. Bev
erly. F. Y. Speight. .1. S. Montgom
ery, Ardis McDougald. .?. If. Chas-
•tain. C. W. Cochran, C. C. Cocroft,
j \V. B. Cochran, A. J. Stanaland, B.
•W. Stone, and Richard Mitchell.
There will also he a large number
of ladles going from the Women**
Auxiliary.
This meeting is a very important
one and there ja expected to be a
very lar^e attendance present.
mxa&xsrmvaua
Protect the^sight of your children’s !
eyes by having us make a thorough "
examination and fit them carefully to ,
the right glasses or spectacles ONLY if!
needed.
Careless 'adjusting does a world of
harm to the young child. Our work is
our pride and you are guaranteed good
conscientious work.
that no bullet could have Inflicted
. .ich a wound.
Mother Finds tlio Girl.
Miss Ilaug Is e. stenographer for
the Citizens Bank of Valdosta and
ne to Thomasville yesterday to
It her mother Mrs. L. B. Hang,
1 her sister Miss Marjorie
iig. They originally from Knox-
and then he went in
whnt she saw she natiii
eluded that the girl hud
suicide hut could assign
except that her incut -!
was Mich and to lend her t<
Coroner's Jury Conn -..
The coroner's jury v.as «l*n sum
moned and they began in i-ve.stiga
tlon. Dr. McIntosh i.juu* in and re- ,.,| r
J’orted Hie examin:’**•<m as previously father |
stilted. Mrs. Haug then assorted that {in( j Nva
she might have not have heard a p.f f j,,,.
Pistol shot and that It might have jv ov?!P(
heen something else but
ville
> • 11
Knoxville*,
about twenty-one
enme from Knox-
Thomasville over
remained here for
to Y;
Hon in the bank. He
a machinbt i
notified Of the
ediatelv for tbi
i Knoxville
uft'alr and
city. He
No I.!
but helpless In the heavy sea. at s»
Kift yor more are dead from the
heavy explosion that sUnect **o w »,p.
I fire. Six boats were low ered Immed- pj H j,
| lately afterward from the Volturno’s out i >
side. Three which were empty
smashed against the vessel and one
Illi forty paseng^rs was capsized
and all lost. Two others got away
The total number saved is believed
to be five hundred and twenty three.
r.r till*
tlio
Who Committed |
had arrived at their destina- Tliei
morning. The Carmania idem It
wns first to icupo.nl reached The crime Is
uard this afternoon. All other baffling to tb
outbound vessels that pin ed a part the facts as t
in the rescue arc look*,I for today will determim
or tomorrow.
th-
of tin
tlio
Fishguard, Oct,
nia. the first of the rescue vessel*
to reach the burning steamship Voi
turno, arrived here this afternoon.
'f ir owner
found be connected u:
most d.imaglngly. Ft !s
—The Carnia- that the gun belonged
1 murderer.
> prove most
rs jury,
father them
'hoy suspect
s»oi will, ii
n the crlmi
aho possfbb
jo the girl
Our Annual Sale Comes Soon.
Peacock = Mash
Drug Company
Exclusive Optical Dept.
• Phones 105 - 100
The murder was committed a short
time before the body was found nnd
nobody was seen In tho house or
near the room at the tlmt, by
Operator had Premoniliou of Disaster
premonition of tho disaster, such a»’ , , P ' B " refuseJ » W anyth.m; mot he r who disoovere.l the girl, the
orortook the steamer Voiturno, Is *^° Ut th .° dlau3ter until he reached |nan she oa iied In to heip or those
told by Mrs. F. W. Alexander, 0 f| vcrpo ° who Inter came to the seeee.
New York. Rays the wireless opera-! T:i0 nr0 on the ves,l cl now appears The girl is said to nave had a love
tor of the vessel, dreamed of the' to have orl * laat ed in roe forward nffalr and a young man who Is te-
buralng a month ago. He was so: hoId - ' vhen * <>en It couldn't he con 'ported to live tn Alabama was not
Impressed said the woman, that he' trolled alrl S h L Captain Inch bent known to have been in tho vlcinty
naked the company to transfer him! 81 , 1 effort ’ t0 saving passengers.; or to have any knowledge that she
to another ship. When he was unable to get to the'was here at the time. Ha was ro-
boats near the burning ship. Captain j ported to be very crazy about the
Barr maneuvered the Carmania closoj young woman, although there was
CarauuUa Arrives.
j J
I to the Voiturno, but couldn't get no engagement between them.
near enough tc estab'Mh communl-
London, Ot. II.—None of the'cation. He later tfied t% throw over
steamer* that carried incCor to the board lire »ft*. for those on the
Mil fated steamer, Voiturno, burned tYoRarno. '
It Is probable that the Solicitor
General will be summoned to the
city and detectives hired to ferret
ont the case.
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everything that’s new
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Come in and let us show
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