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TH0MA8VILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1922.
HOLE My
POISONED
!Man, Wife and Four Chll
dren Found in Lancaster,
Ohio Home Feared Violence
—Man Was Railroad Work
er.—Inquiry Under Way.
Lancaster, O., Nov. 23.—Through ex-
lamination of the vital organa of Irvin
Henderson and his wife, the authori
ties are expected to gain ciues to de
termine the cause of the death of the
-entire family, including four small
children. Investigators are working
-on two theories, one that his wife was
In an unbalanced state of mind be
cause of illness and that she adminis
tered poison, and the other is that an
enemy of the family placed poison in
their provisions.
1BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN
VICTIMS OF P0I80N 008E
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
■clue.
CALLED STRANGER TOMMY
O’CONNOR, NOTED BANDIT
AND WAS FATALLY SHOT
Ottumwa, lows, Nor. 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 and fired bis pistol
point blank.
EIGHTY-FOUR LIVES LOST AND SIXTY
INJURED IN ALABAMA MINE EXPLOSION
Dr. R. W. Mondhank, a local physl-
•clan, announced that Henderson had
•consulted with him last Friday and
several times since over s mysterious
malady which had affected members ! PRINCESS DAQMAR
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
quakes. In the opinion or AUbe Mor
eau x, well known' French scientist
and astronomer, are only the begin
ning of a series of disturbances that
may be looked for during the coming
year. Ho predicts torrestlal disturb-
SHI GETS
NEXT CONFERENCE
Bishop Ainsworth Presiding
Praises Work Accomplished
And Pays Tribute to Super
annuated Ministers. — New
Preachers Will Get Trial.
Waycross, Ga„ Nov, 23.—The
.South Georgia Methodist Confer
ence in annual cession here, today
voted ‘to hold the next conference
In Savannah. Bishop Ainsworth,
presiding, paid a tribute to the
euperannuated ministers. Several
preachers were admitted on trial.
FEW AB8ENTEE8 NOTED
AT CONFERENCE MEETING
Waycross, Ga., Nov. 23—Bishop
William Newjnnn Alnswprth of Ma
con called the fifty-sixth session of
the South Georgia conference,
promptly to order at 9 a. m. yester.
Birmingham Property of Woodward Irqp Company Scene
Of Most Disastrous Loss of Life in Any Southern Mine
In Some Years Wednesday 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.
and Turkestan.
•ANOTHER QUAKE IN CHILE.
Santiago, Chile, Nov. 23.—Reports
from Valparaiso today state that
sHgbt earth shock occurred In that
city at 11:23 odock last night.
-of his family, and had told him that he
-feared he was being given polsoa
Henderson, who was employed as a
stationary engineer In the Pennsyl
vania Railroad shops here where the
-shopmen’s strike Is still unsettled,
•said he believed he was being poisoned
by those resenting his accepting em
ployment at the shops, Dr. Mondhank
•said. Henderson gave him the name
-of a man he snspected, the physician
-declared, and this was turned over to
the authorities without being made
public.
OF DENMARK MARRIED
Copenhagen, Nov. 23.—The mar
riage of Princess Dagmar, youngest
sister of Ring Christian, to Lieuten
ant Castenkjold, was celebrated today.
The wedding was strictly private, In
confromlty with the wishes of the
Queen. The couple will spend their
honeymoon traveling In Denmark.
Pennsylvania shops.
The letter expressed the belief that
| members of the family were taking
While Prosecutor Radcllffe made no j Poison Into their systems some way,
formal statement on the case, he said and asked for advice. The dead man
he was investigating all angles of the
situation and was awaiting word from
Columbus, where vital organs of two
of the dead persons had been taken
for analysis. From the first, It was
said the authorities believed tho
deaths were from poisoning.
Investigation.was being made last
night of statements that Mrs. Header-
son had been acting peculiarly for sev-
oral days. Dr. Mondhank said he had
visited the Henderson home several
times recently and each time Mrs.
Henderson had been sitting with bet
face In her hands near a stove. Sha
did not speak to him during any of fals
visits, he said.
The supposition that enemies might
have been responsible for the deaths
Was strengthened, police skid, by fears
expressed by the dead man.In a letter
written to the state board of health
and found unsealed on the floor of the
Henderson home, that aomeone might
bare gotten into the house while he
was away at night at bit work at tha been con,umed ’
aces In the Antilles, Mexico, Japan | day at the First Methodist Church
in 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 groat conference.
Bishop Ainsworth is a great master
of assemblies, and the South Georgia
conference is highly delighted with
his presidency of the body.
Very few absentees were noted at
the morning roll call and many vis
itors are in attendance npon the con
ference sessions, and the’crowds wil!
most likely increase until next Mon
day when the pastoral assignments
for the ensuing year will be read.
Rev. W. F. Smith of Moultrie, who
has served as secretary most efficient,
ly for a number of years, was re
elected and the, following assistant
secretaries were elected: Rev. S. T.
Thomson of Brunswick, J. A. Smith
of Macon, J. A. Mallory of Richland,
and F. F. Snell of Mllltown.
The statistical secretaries are
Revs. C. W. Curry of Savannah, J. E.
Summer of Byron,‘B. A. Pafford of
Butler, N. M. Lovein of Scott, J. A.
Rountree, of Morven, C. G. Earnest
of Baxley.
Alternate delegates were an.
nounced as follows: A.mericus dis
trict, Carl Thompson; Columbus dis
trict J. A. Mathews, Cordcle district.
J, L. Peavy and W. H. Gardner; Dub
lin district, Mrs. W. A. Brooks f Sava
nnah district, G. M. Williams.
The following transfers were an
nounced; Revs. Edward F. Cook, D.
D., from the Southweev "Missouri
conference; George M. Acree, from
the North Georgia Conference, and
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. Ellis, secretary of the
church extension board, with head,
quarters in Louisville, Ky., spoke to
the conference of the plans of his
board. Owing to the .increased re
sponsibility of his new rllice. Dr.
Ellis resigned ns a trustee of the
wrote that perhaps tho corn meal they
had been eating contained something
deadly and asked what fee there would
be for an anlysls of It.
Breaking down the door of the Hen
derson home yesterday morning, anx
ious neighbors were met with tbe spec
tacle of six bodies. That of Header-
son was sprawled on tbe floor, his
wife’s was found upright In a chair
before the fire and those of the four
children In bed.
The Hendorson family came here
from Nplsonvllle, several months ago.
A week ago yesterday, the dead man’s
letter said, hia wife took the children
for a visit In NelsonvIUe, returning the
next day. Friday morning, according
to the letter, the first symptoms of Ill
ness appeared. Henderson, his wife
and two children were stricken. Mon
day the other two children became ill
and all six developed the most acute
attacks after having eaten the evening
meal Tuesday, at which corn meal had
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 23. —
Eighty-four lives were lost and
alxty persons were Injured as a
result of the mine explosion here
last night, according to a state
ment at noon by officials. Tha
work of Identification Is Incom
plete.
RE8CUE CREWS TRYING TO
REMOVE ENTOMBED MINERS
Birmingham, Ala., Nor. 23.—Work
of removing the dead ifrom Dolomite
mine number three, of the Woodward
Iron Company, in which four hundred
and seventy-five men were trapped by
on explosion yesterday, was renewed
with vigor at daylight today.
Company officials estimated that
the list of dead might tbe Increased
from 83 to 100.
Checking of the Injured showed
the list of sixty to be approximately
correct. At least fifty listed In cas
uals, were either killed or Iniured groat was the blast that tho Ramos
when a train of trlp^ars running wild, beIch8d upward all tbo wajr to the
from the tipple crashed into the mine- ; mlna entrance , a nd then continued on
yard in the main entry. The adeident 200 feet farther to the mlne t , pple ,
caused snapping of the electric cable settlng tbIi afire .
whlch set off dust resulting in on | • ‘ .
explosion Approximately fifty men were work-
■ j ing in the‘‘yards’’at the time and all
FIRE FOLLOWS EXPLOB.ON ' f ^ m<m W ° r ° e “ her k " led ° f
AT BIRMINGHAM MINE , 1Urea ’
Birmingham, Ala. Nov. 23,-Seventyl At a Iat8 hour la8t n| e ht th0 raa,n
miners were killed’and sixty Injured,! 8ntranc « *° mln8 No - 3 was cleared
some of the seriously, in a dust ex-; an<1 rescU8 workers were using this
plosion In Dolomite. mne. No. 3, of ®"tr“ aa ® t0 ® ntor ,he ® lne and con '
treatment at the mouth of the mine,
their hurts only being of a minor na
ture. Company physicians worked at
top speed In emergency hospitals
established on ground at tho mouth
of the mine. Mr. Wilson stated that
the miners believed to bo fatally In-
Jlured had been removed to the Eliza
beth Duncan Hospital at Bessemer,
near the scene of the accident
According to company officials the
explosion occurred simultaneously
with the crash of three "skip cars,”
j which ran ‘‘wild’’ down the slope to
i the mine “yards," approximately 1,100
,feet from the entrance. These cars,
; breaking cable, while they were being
hauled up the slope to the entrance,
crashed downward, severing an elec-
trio circuit. This caused a spark as
the cars crashed Into the “yards,’
which were, trackage In the Interior o!
the mine where loaded coal cars were
assembled before b-'ng hauled to the
surface, the explosion occurred. So
HARDIN6 GETS 41-POUND
THANKSGIVING TURKEY
FROM CHICAGO GIRLS
Chicago, Ill., Nov, 23.—A forty-
one pound Illinois turkey, fatten
ed on chocolates and other delica
cies as a Thanksgiving gift to the
Hardings awaited arrival at noon
Monday when It will start on Its
journey to the White House.
The turkey Is the gift of th.)
Harding Girls’ Club at Morris
Company, packers.
IS. FELTON HI
the Woodward Iron Company, nine
miles from this city, vesterday after
noon, which trapped 480 workers be-
tlnue this work.
Frank H. Crockard, president of tho
Woodward Company, made the follow-
YOUH HOME there’s
some room—maybe yours or
f
noath the surface, according to an of-! Ing statement at midnight:
flcial statement Issued here last night! “Out of the 475 men who were In
by D. H. Wilson, treasurer of the com-! the mine at the time of the explosion,
pany. |lt now appears that about 70 were
Daniel Harrington, United States killed and sixty more or less Injured,
mine rescue official stationed here,! “Air currents have been established
had previously sent a message to the In the mine and all parts can be on-
Plttsburg station, estimating tbe dead tered. The mine itself Is not serious-
at 60, with at least that number ln-’ly damaged by the explosion,
lured. ‘The explosion was possibly caused
State militia Is gradually asumlng by cars breaking loose and running
charge of policing the district our- down the slope, when electric sparks
rounding the mouth of the pit tonight, | exploded the dust picked up by the
and it was stated that martial law speeding cars.
might be called to avoid congestion ! “Practically all of the Injured are
about the mine, owing to the Influx of now out and are being given every at-
the curious. I tontlon. While the loss of life Is ter-
According to Treasurer Wilson, rlble we are Indeed grateful that more
many of the injured were already at of tho large number of workmen on
their homes after receiving first aid’duty did not suffer.”
Senator George Sworn In Aft
er First American Woman
Senator Had Served Actual
ly 22 Hours and 25 Minutes.
—Mrs. Felton Applauded.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 22.—
The first American woman sena
tor, Mrs. W. H. Felton, closed her
Senatorial career today, after an
swering once to her name, and
making a brief address amid the
applauso of Senators and specta
tors. Her successor, Walter F.
George, was then sworn In and
Mrs. Felton became a former sen
ator after an actual service of
twenty-two hours and and twen-
ty-fivo minutes.
CONGRESS MEMBERS
ADJOURN TO MEXICO
Chicago, III., Nov. 23.—The actlvl.
ties of delegates to the Southern Com
mercial Congress who adjourned
fifteenth annual session last night,
shifted today to Mexico where repre
sentatives of tho body are to spend
two weeks In the Interest of trade re
lations.
MRS. FELTON GETS F0ST
-IN NATIONAL WOMAN’S
PARTY AS CHAIRMAN
. ..•!
Washington, D. C., J7qv. , 23.—The
National Woman’s Party today
nounced that Mrs. W. H. Felton of
Georgia, tho first woman Senator In
the United States, had accepted tbe
post of honorary chairman of ita po
litical council which was formed re
cently with the object of bringing
about equal participation by women
and men in all political offices.
?
SUPREME COURT BENCH
Wesleyan Christian Advocate. , M _
Bishop W. F. McMurray of Sfc|ST. PAULMANJINJIItB
Louis, Mo., made a forceful address
to the conference in the interest of
the centenary movement, which he
pronounced the greatest single event
in the history of Southern Methodism
“Who would have believed,” he said.
'that Methodists of the South would
lay on God’s altars sixteen million
dollars in cash for missionary entcr-
(Contlnued on Page 4.)
Washington, D, C., Nov. 23.—
Pierce Butler, of SL Paul, Minn.,
has been nominated by President
Harding to be Associate Justice
of the United States Supremo
Court to fill the vacancy left by
the resignation of Associate Jus
tice Day.
KELLER ASKED TO
PRESENT FACTS IN
" DAUGHERTY CASE
Washington, D. C.. Nov. 23.—The
House Judiciary committee today
adopted a resolution calling on Rep
resentative Keller to present by Dec
ember first, a statement of the facts
showing tho alleged act or acts for
which he asked Impeachment of At-
torney General Daugherty.
Representative Keller was further
requested to name as far as possible
the “persons Involved In each trans
action.”
CHINESE IMPORTERS
PLEAD GUILTY TO CHARGE
Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 23.—C.
Moore, William Lindsay, Charley
Suey, Dorsey Rice and Isom Under
wood, plead guilty In the 'Federal
Court here today to conspiracy to Im
port Chinese aliens and liquor Into
the United States from Cuba.
SONNINO, ITALIAN
WAR LEADER DEAD
OF APOPLEXY TODAY
Rome, Nov. 23.—Baron Sidney Son-
nlno, former premier and foreign min
ister, suffered a stroke of apoplexy to
day and Is dying. Ho Is agod 75. He
was twice prime minister before the
war Unit served as foreign minister
throughout the war and during tho
peaco conference at Paris, won his
greatest prominence In International
affairs.
CHECKING UP EVIDENCE
OF THE JERSEY MURDER
Rode Through The Streets In
Coach With Eight Horses^
—Urged Keeping up of Sev
eral of the Policies of Lloyd
George.
London, Nov. 23.—Tho King today
opened the first ,ession of tbe new
parliament with all tbe pomp and
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, tbe 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 end read hla
ipcech.
KING GEORGE HOPES FOR
PEACE IN THE NEAR EAST
London, Nov. 23.—The new parlia
ment will be asked to continue and
extend the amelioraatlve measures
prepared by the Lloyd George minis
try as regards trade employment and
also to guarantee a loan tor tbe restor-
atlon of Austria, said King George in
his speech from the throne officially
at the opening of parliament.
The King expressed hope that the
Lausanne conference might result In
establishment of peace and restora
tion of security to tho Inhabitants of
tho regions which recently have been
the scone of so much suffering.
LLOYD GEORGE WILL BE
LEAOER OF LIBERALS
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
Seattle, Wash., Nor. 23.—The Brit
ish embassy has been asked to de
mand of the American government,
one case of whiskey and several ad
ditional bottles which are alleged to
have disappeared from tho cargo of
the Canadian vessel. Half Moon,
while It was In the custody of the pro
hibition enforcement agency here, at
torneys for tho owners announced.
Somerville. N. J., Nov. 23.—Officials
conducting the Hall-Mills murdor In
quiry devoted today to checking up
details In the case. The grand Jury
will resume conslderaUon of the case
Monday, having adjourned last night.
Mrs. Jane Olbson, who says ahe saw
the double murdor has Ibeen summon
ed to appear bofore tho Jury Monday, the docks.
AMERICANS REMOVING
PROPERTY FROM TURKEY
Constantinople, Nov. 23.—American
and British interests are taking steps
to removo their property and person
nel In event the Lausanne conference
falls to accomplish Its purpose of es
tablishing peace In the Near East.
The largest and oldest British busi
ness house in Turkey began today to
transfer Its entire stock, which Is val
ued at a million and a half dollars to
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