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BRUNSWICK
Has the lowest death rate of
any city Its size In the United
States
VOLUME XXI. NO. 291.
EARTH GIVES UP;B4 BODIES IN MINE HORROR
ELEVEN WHITES AND
SIXTY-FOUR COLORED
IS THE DEATH TOLL
EXPLOSION THIRD
OF KIND IN HISTORY
EXPERTS ALL SKY
Snapping of an Electric Cable
Which, in Turn, Sets Off
Dust, Was Cause.
PATHETIC SCENES OF JOY
MINGLED WITH SORROW
Occasionally Women and Child-'!
ren Would Greet Husband and
Father Unhurt, Others Would
Viewed Beloved Cold in Death
(By Associated Press.)
- Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 23, — i
Following rescue work which |
continued throughout the night, 1
officials of the Woodward Iron ;
C ompany, owners of . Dolomite
Mine No. 3, where a dust explo-;
sio trapped 474 miners yester- j
day; afternoon, announced today i
that 84 bodies had been taken j
irorj| the mine, twenty white j
and Rxty colored.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 23.—Eigh
ty-fourtbodies, tweq£jr.of which j?cre
• white luer, lay hi an'"un<l(‘rT?iti-itv’c-:-
tablishment in Bessemer tonight; 'tmn
death toll-of the dust explosion last
night in Dolomite mine, number 3.
of the Woodward Iron Company.
Eighty-two bodies were taken from
the mine early today, of the sixty-two
injured two succumbed. Officials of
the company indicated that while sev
eral* of those remaining in hospitals
were seriously hurt, the possibility is
.(.hat all will recover.
Eleven white bodies and sixty-four
Negroes were at one Bessemer un
dertaking establishment at the same
time and while a vorpse was prepar
ing for burial, hundreds gathered
about the streets in the vicinity of
the. morgue. Near the mine hun
dreds assembled early'this morning
arid in frenzied impatience a-waited
’ new3 fr.om loved ones. It was a sight
that has never been witnessed be
fore in a southern mine disaster and
one that will never be forgotten by
onlookers and of course, by those di
rectly interested.
The explosion, it is declared by ex
perts, to have been a freak and the
third of its kind in this country. It
was caused by the snapping of an
electric cable, which in turn set off
the dust which resulted in the explo
sion. The concussion rocked the
earth for miles around and occurred
so nearly simultaneously, with the ac
cident which produced it, that the
victims were not aware what was
happening.
As the first streaks of dawn swept
the eastern sky, weary watchers
about the Pit appeared to renew hope
that missing loveci ones might be
found despite announcement that all
live persons had been found.
Joy occasionally rewarded women
and children by workers turning uP
from out of the night, following their
escape from two other exits. These 1
other exits were miles from the main
entrance and this caused families to
be separated from those rescued for
several! hours 'in some instances.
Company officials announced that
all bodies had been removed from the
pit' and a check was made to deter
mine the exact list of fatalities.
Scenes of pathos about the mine
mouth during the night atid early
morning hours continued as relatives
and families of miners known to
have been in the mine when the blast
occurred waited | expectantly i for
news otf their loved ones. Many of
these men, it was believed, had
reached the surface in safety through
the runway connecting the mine with
minue number 2, and ha dre-entered
the workings to he?P in rescue work
without communicating with com
pany officials or relatives. The an
xious relatives, however, kept their
watch about the mine mouth all night
long, refusing to quit their post until
they learned definitely of husbands,
fathers, brothers or loved ones.
Throughout the night joyous re
unions occasionally relieved the sor
rowful scenes. One little girl gave a
cry* of delight as ~a grimy t miner
i jLjeongnM”* on gaga 8-1 \
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
BUTLER, OF MINNESOTA,
NAMED ON U. S. COURT TO
SUCCEED JUSTICE DAY.
(By Associated Press,i
Washington. Nov. 23.—The
nomination of Pierce Butler, of
Minnesota to be associate justice
of the supreme court of the
United States to succeed Wil
liam Day, of Ohio, resigned, was
sent to the senate by President
Harding today..
Judge Butler, who is a demo
crat, is an attorney of St. Pauli,
Minn., and is fifty-six, years old.
THRICE QUESTION
ON IHMNNE
In Meantime Residents of Con
stantinople Preparing to
Leave Quickly in Eevent This
Meeting Fails.
(By Associated Press.)
Lausanne. Nay. 23.—The question
of Thrace was again before the com
mission on military and territorial
matters at the Lausanne conference
today. Ismet Pasha made a long
sjpf'h’fl on "TußftMy’.v*elim for a Pleb
'bscife in Western ' Thrace.
The enthusiasm of the Turkish del
egates for a Plebescite has evidently
been considerably dampened by the
discovery that England, Italy and
France are solidly united against the
claims of the Turks to Western
Thrace.
It was apparent today that Greece,
Roumania and Jugo-Slhvia, in view to
the opposition of a plebescite express
ed yesterday by the entene spokes
man, have the hearty support of the
three great powers, in their efforts
to prevent Turkey' from extending
her western boundary beyond the
Maritza river.
AMERICANS WOULD LEAVE
Constantinople, Nov. 23.—Ameri
can and British interests are taking
steps to remove their property and
personnel in the event that the Laus
anne conference fails to accomplish
its purpose of establishing Peace in
the Near East.
The largest and oldest. British busi
ness house in Turkey began today to
transfer its $1,500,000 stock from the
main street ofthe city to the docks
so that the goods might be immedi
ately removed. This action was a
signal for several local firms to close.
American and British concerns
have chartered large steamers to car
ry away their effects, and others have
insured their stock against looting
and incendiarism.
The Near East relief today trans
ferred 3,000,000 pounds of relief sup
plies and additional members of its
staff, together. with several hundred
orphans, to Piraeus aboard the Bel
gian steamer Louise.
Plans have been perfected for em-
PROF. N. H. BALLARD OFFICIATES AT
REUNION OF SAfANNAH MASONS
New State School Cqmmissioner
Makes First Visit to Chat
ham’s Capital and is Warmly
Received.
“ *
Savannah, Nov. 23.—N. 11, Ballard,
of Brunswick, past grand master of
Ma'sons in Georgia, and state super
iutendant 0 f sehools-eleet, arrived tn
Savannah shortly before, the noon
hour to confer the seventeenth de
gree at the fall reunion of the co
ordinant bodie s of the Ancient and
Accpeied Scottish Rit e of Freemason
ry.
Mr. Ballard c a me over the Dixie
highway by automobile. He said this
morning the r<>ad is in excellent con
djtion and hift party passed many
southbound tourists. A place at Yu
ley in Florida is the only had spot ia
f the Sav.'innah-Jacksonville road nd
that is not at all s eriou s he has bean
j informed, hSgtated. Th e Savannah
j Jacksonville'. rfad is not as had a
..the se-eafted. Hort ro*t to Jacks ol "
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOV. 24. 1922
PROF. A. M. SOULE IS
STRONG IN ADVOCACY
STATE OWNED PORT
President of State College of
Agriculture Back From
Rio de Janeiro.
SOUTH AMERICA SEEMS
GREATLY INTERESTED
Movement for Port Either at
Brunswick or Savannah is
Given Stdbng Boosting by
This Well Known Educator.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 23. —Movement
for a state-owned port either at
Brunswick or Savannah, was given
another boost here today when Dr.
Andrew M. Soule, president of the
State College of Agriculture, issued
an interview on hi s recent trip to Rio
de Janeiro, where h e attended the
second conference of Economic Ex
pansion and Commercial Education.
‘‘South American countries are- tre
mendously interested in promoting
international trade between North an
South American countries," declared
Dr. Soule, who was elected first vice
president of the conference.
“The efforts of the conference he- i
tween delegates from thes e countries
were devoted toward the promotion
of good fellowship 'and solidarity of
friendship between the Americas,” h e
pointed out.
Fourteen American countries were
represented by 100 of tbe leading
savants in the nations. Dr. Soule and
Dr. Emory Johnson of the University
of Pennsylvania- represented tljg Unit
ed Spates.
The main object of the conference
was to promote good fellowship, from
better acquaintanceship between the
American countries and establish a
more extensive international trade,
Dr. Soule said.
A survey of the resources, regula
tions governing ingress an egress,
manufacturers, population and gen
eral statistics of all the countries
represented will be made and place?
at th e disposal of those interested In
the promotion of trade between NortX
and South America.
Establishment of steamship lines
to faciliate communication between
the south and the countries in South
America will be promoted in the fu
ture. When it is understood that
there is no first-class passenger ser
vice from Charleston, Brunswick.
Savannah, Jocksonville or Mobile to
South American ports, and per.scns
going to any port in South America
has to go by New York, it is realised
that steamship line s from our south
ern states i s needed, it declared.
Th e delegates are interested In
opening up railroad s throughout the
interior of South American countries
so that the cost of production and
marketing of Produce will b e lessen
ed. The conference i s In favor of
the exchange of instructors from the
various institutions of North and
South America s o that students in
this way may be acquainted with the
resources and undeveloped potential
ities of each country, said Dr. Soule.
barking 450 American residents on
United States destroyers and the U:
S. S. Pittsburgh.
vill e from Augusta, was the informa
tion he imparted.
While m Savannah he will confer
with Carleton B. Gibson, superinten
dent of Chatham county public
schools, and other officials.
He expressed his appreciation of
the hearty support given him by
Chatham county in th e ' recent elec
tion. he having carried th e county bv
a big majority. This, mark 3 *hi s first
visit, to Savannah since he was elect
ed state supgrintent of schools.
The following program wa E carried
out by the Masons:
Class work and eighth and twelfth
degrees communicated 10:30 a. m.
Luncheon (served in temple! 1 P
m.
Fifteenth degree, 2 p. m.
The following was th e afternoon
and evening program.
Seventeenth degree, 3:30 P. m.
Sixteenth degree, communication
5:45 p. A.
-Cess.. .. . -
Eighteenth degree, . 8:30„ p. m.
TERRITORIAL AMBITIONS OF FASCISTI
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'JTSTvZ
A SENATE LEADER
BEING SOUGHT FOR
UNDERWOOD PLACE
ALABAMIAN ANNOUNCED FTP
WOULD NOT OFFER AGAIN
ACCOUNT ILL HEALTH
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Nov. 23.—Considera
tion of senate democrats of a leader
to succeed Senator Underwood, of
Alabama, in the next session began 1
seriously today at several private con
ferences.
It appeared that the choice was be
tween Senator Simmons, of North j
Carolina, and Senator Robinson, of
Arkansas. Senator Underwood an- j
nounced recently because of ill health i
he would not be a candidate for the
leadership when the sixty-eighth con- j
gress assembles and would retire on
March third.
D.S. PATE, WELL
KNOWN CITIZEN
HAS PASSED AWAY
BREATHED HIS LAST AT HOME
OF HIS DAUGHTER IN "VIR- ;
GINIA YESTERDAY
It will be a source of deep sorrow i
to scores of friends here to learn of !
the death of D. S. Pate, for many
years a citizen of Brunswick, Which
occurred at the home of his daugh
ter in Ocean View, Va„ early yester
day morning.
Deceased has long been a resident
of Brunswick and wa* highly regard
ed by all who knew him. For many
years he was an engineer at the plant
of the Mutual Light & Water com
pany, but recently he has been fore
man of the Brunswick Creosoting
company’s yards and in each posi
tion he has occupied he has been not
ed for faithful and /loyal service.
Since the death of Mrs. Pate, about
five years ago, Mr. Pate has been in
ill health and his death, while carry
ing greta sorrow with it, was not un
expected. I . 1 YPIfH
Mr. Pate leaves two sons, who re
side here, D. J. Pate, Jr., and G. L.
Pate and two daughters who live at
Fair View, Va., Mrs. E. R. \Dunlop
and Mrs. C. S. Moore, The remains
will be brought: th Brunswick where
they will be laid besides liis 1 devoted
wife in Palmetto cemetery. Arrange
ments for the funeral which will be
in charge of Undertaker Baldwin,
have not been completed, but will be!
announced in The News tomorrow j
morning.
AMERICAN WOMAN FREED
, AFTER THREE DAY ARREST
rißiga, "Nov. 23. —Mrs. Adelaide Par
ker.. Bennett, formerly a school
tea< \er of Seattle, Wash., has jus?
beenl released from prison in Kusss
acco lling to word here, after bein
arrqJted by tb e agent s of tlie-chel,
and detained three days.
Shg was taken from her hotel ro
at 2 ’o’clock in th e morning but the
Police refused to say why she wa
arrested. Later sh > wa s closel;
questioned by political leader*.
dlSa!-" - L \" '
CLEMENCEAU IS
GLAD THAT HE HAS
BEEN CRITICISED
TIGER OF FRANCE SAYS THAT
IS WHAT HE CAME TO
AMERICA FOR.
(By Associated Press)
;* New York. Nov. 23.—As Georges
i Clemenceau left -for Boston today Jn
Charles M. Schwab’s private car, he
said he welcomed criticism of his
.speeches by members af on gress.
“That’s good,” Clemenceau said
when he read morning paperss ac
counts of what congressmen were
saying.* “That’s what I came to
America for, to invite discussion.
That’s my idea of democratic free
speech. It is what 1 found when
I came here more than fifty years
ago. arid I certainly did not expect
any change.”
“In taking leave of Charles Dana
Gibson, whose guest he had been here,
the Tiger embraced him and said:
“You are wonderful. You are gen
erous. You are true friends and m>’
friend forever. Often I shall cross
the Atlantic and many times I shall
see you. You, too. shall cross tbe
Atlantic anil many times see me.
You know I shall liv e.vet many, many
years.”
When the Tiger and his party left
their automobiles at Grand Central
Station Clemenceau summoned the
motorcycle police escort to him; tak
ing each otf them by the hand he said:
“You are a fine body of men, better
than those in London and Paris, I am
proud of you. We shall meet when
I get back and we shall ride fast,
very fast, once more together."
BAPTIST CONVENTION CLOSES
Atlanta, Nov. 23.—The fortieth an
nual convention o fthe Baptist Wom
en’s Missionary Union of Georgia
was brought to a close here today.
The organization voted late yesterday
GEORGIA COTTON CROP WILL BRING TO
FARMERS OVER HUNDRED MILLION
Federal Reserve Bank Head in
Address at Washington, Ga.,
Declares Staple Crop Will be
Nearly 1,000,000 Bales.
Washington, Ga., Nov. 23. —Declar-
ing that Georgia farmers will raise
between 900.000 and 1,000,000 bates
of cotton, which will bring approxi
mately $120,000,000, including its by
product, cotton seed, Joseph A. Mc-
Cord, chairman of th e board of the
Atlanta Reserve Bank, sang a note
of cheer for th e farming and busi
ness interests of the south in an
addres s here last, night to farmers
and bankers of northeast Georgia-
The baukejr said, however, that
the economic salvation of th e south
is at hand, ‘‘if the farmers of the
south can be weaned away from th*
one crop idea.
J “Any country that d-pends upon
I one crop and one crop alone, said
t TEMPLE SISTERHOOD
► THANKS THE NEWS FOR
► PUBLICITY RENDERED
►
t Editor, Brunswick News: The
V ladies ofthe Temple Sisterhood
► wish me to convey to you their
► deep appreciation of your kind
► ness in giving newspaPr— pub
► I -icily to the public card Party
t held by them on Nov. 15th. given
► for the benefit of their Scholar
► hip Fund, which helped mater
► ially to make this .affair the
- success it was.
• Gratefully yours,
TEMPLE SISTERHOOD.
- Sylvia M. Frankenstein, Sec’ty.
SHIP SUBSIDY IS
TO BE BUTTLE TO
FINISH IT SEEMS
Administration’s Pet Measure is
Roth Commended and Con=
demned Yesterday.
BANKHEAD, OF ALABAMA
MADE SPEECH AGAINST IT I
Alabamian Strongly Attacked
Proposed Measure as Also
Did Nelson, Able Representa
tive From Wisconsin.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Nov. 23 Brought up
in the house th e administration’s ship
ping bill wa s both commended and
condemned during th e five hour s de
bate in which the leaders of both
: sides in the battle took part. #
Three speeches for and two against
1 the measure were made. Two day’s
rebate remain before the bill will be
laid before the house for amendment
To satisfy all those eager to sPeax
the tim e for meeting tomorrow was
advanced one hour.
Greene, of the merchant marine
committee framed it and Edmous
and Watson of Pennsylvania, defend
ed it while Nelson, of Wisconsin, and
Bankston, of Alabama, attacked the
bill at length. It is expected that
tomorrow will bring some ler>
speeches on both sides-
Although th e resolution which car
ried provisions for unlimited amend
ment and a vote °n final passage
November 29, was adopted by a vote
of 200 to HO, House leaders did not
believe this could be taken as an in
di- ation of the. final lineup on the
measure. On th e basis of a survey
taken after the taitinal s kirimisb how
ever, majority leaders today were
predicting a piargin of at least 25
votes for th e bill. This margin was
claimed in the face of a virtually
solid democratic opposition agreed
upon at a party caucus yesterday.
Three democrats voted in favor o!
th e resolution and sixteen republi
cans opposed it. One of the three
democrats, O’Connor, of Louisiana
later served notice that he would no\
be bound by th e caucus agreement,
as he favored-th e bill.
a $10,006 budget for the year in or
der to increase its service throughout
the state.
! the banker, “be it wheat, corn, oats
. or cotton, that country is certain to
go bankrupt.”
Mr. McCord said the situation be
ing created in many sections ot
Georgia by the rapid cutting of all
available timber from the land is
nothing short of alarming, and he
characterized it as shortsighted
business policy.
As an index to ■ th e progress be
ing made in th e southeast towards
normalcy. Mr. McCord cited figures
for the last three years, showing that
•the high Peak was reduced in Octo
ber, 1921, The gain of $20,000,000
through th e federal reserve bank
amounting to $314,000,000, which
fell to the low level of $217,000,000
in October 1921. The gain of $20,-
000,000 for October 1922, over the
corresponding month last year fur
nishes a genuin e barometer, he de
clared, that, indicates the country a®
a whoie is Retting in much better
shape, ;; \ ■*, /
BRUNSWICK
Has a landlocked harbor, the
best on the South Atlantio
Coast. .*
PRICE FIVE CENTS
JACKSONVILLE IS
COMING GLEAN ON
DARIEN HIGHWAY
Has Paid $815,00 in Cash and
Has Turned Over Tractor
Valued at $1,155.
THAT CITY’S MOTOR CLUB
TO SOON PAY FULL AMOUNT
Florida Metropolis Makes Splen
did Response to Request to
Settle Obligation Due on the
Great and Much Used Road.
Jacksonville ;t to be congratulated,
through its Motor club and other
agencies, on the splendid response to
Brunswick's appeal to pay a s early as
ossible, Jacksonville’s quota to the
purchase price of the Darien Bruns
wick bridge.
By invitation, a month ago, F. E.
Twitty, representative of the Board
of Trade and Fred G. Warde, repre
sentative of th e Young Men - * club,
appeared before the directors of the
Jacksonville Motor club and made an
appeal for th e payment by Jackson
ville for th e balance of its quota.
At that tim e F. O. Miller, preident
of the Jacksonville Motor club, also
chairman of the good road bureau o.
the JackfWWviUe .Cliambtr of Com
merce, and his associates determm.
ed after hearing Brunswick’s request
to appoint a special committee from,
the Motor club and agree to hav e an
other similar committee appointed by
th e Board of Trade. The duties of
these committee s to be the raising
of sufficient fund s to liquidate Jack
sonville’s indebtedness. The result
of the work of these committees m
exceedingly gratifying and F. B.
Twitty is pleased to announce to tho
general public of Brunswick that in
1 the last few weeks w e h :l ve received
from Jasksonville: T new tractor,
costing $1,155, and cash amounting to
$815.00. Making in all $1,970 which
added to previous amounts received
from Jacksonville leaves unpaid
of her quota only a trifle over sl,-
200.
Jacksonville i s to be complimented
on responding so promptly and grac
iously when requested to do so, and
it is needless to say that the un
derwriters of the purchase Price ot
the Darien-Brunswick bridge, will
alway s have the kindest feeling to
ward Jacksonville, including the
Jacksonville Auto club and Chamber
of Commerce.
SENATOR HARRIS
ASKS OF PRICES ON
CALCIUM ARSENATE
GEORGIA SENATOR WANTS TO
KNOW OF ANY ARRANGEMENT
‘ TO HOLD IT UP.
(By Associated Press.),
Washington, Nov. 23. — Senator
William J. Harris, democrat, of Geor
gia, announced that he had asked
the department of justice and the
Federal Trade Commission to investi
gate reports of manufacturers’ con
trol and fixing of Prices for calcium
arsenate.
The request of the Georgia sena
tor was made after Secretary of Ag
riculture Wallace informed him that
his department wa s powerless to pre
vent increased prices, although fully
appreciative of the situation faced
by farmers.
Representative Wise, of Georgia,
introduced a resolution in the hoosa
asking tre Federal Trade Commis
sion if any unlawful monopoly exists
in its production.
PROF.TIERNANIS
GRANTED DIVORCE
GETS CUSTODY OF TWO DAUGH
TERS: FORMER WIFE IS
AWARDED SON.
(By Associated Press.)
South Bend, Ind.. Nov. 23.—John
Tieman, former Notre Dame profes
sor, was today granted a divorce from
Mrs. Augusta Tier nan, who accused
Harry Poulin of being the father of
her child.
The wife filed the original bill for
divorce to which the husband Hied
cross complaint. Tieman wa saward
ed custody of the two daughters and
Mrs. Tieman won the son.