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BRUNSWICK
Has the lowest death rate of
any city its size in the United
States
VOLUME XXL NO. .292.
ERSKINE CHILDERS IS EXECUTED IN DUBLIN
EAMONDE VALERA’S
CHEF LEUTENANT
HAS PAID PENALTY
GAVE LIFE BECAUSE
AUTOMATIC PISTOL
FOUND ON PERSON
Was Arrested and Firearm in
His Pocket Caused Court
martial Trial.
FNGLAND SEEMS SHOCKED
AT THIS TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
Reprisal, it is Claimed, Cause
of Taking Leader's Life and
v 'Followers, It Seems Will Con
tinue Bloodshead.
(By Associated Press’. >
Dublin, Nov, 24.—Erskino
Childers, chief lieutenant of
Eamonn De Valera, was execut
ed here this morning at 7 o’clock
for having a pistol in his pos
session, it was announced in an
official bulletin given out by the
National Army.
ENGLAND IS SHOCKED.
London, Nov. 24.—The tragedy of
Erskine Childers has shocked and
startled England more than, the
death of Michael* Collins and well
wishers of the Irish republic, of which
there are many in England, expect
the execution of Childers may mean
the beginning of a neW’ chapter in
the turbulent history oif Ireland.
In many quarters today it was ex
pressed that this chapter could be
described by the word: “reprisals,”
and that reprisals may be bloodier
arnl develop into more intensive war
fare than has gone on before seems
to be the general impression.
An announcement of the execution
of Childers, leading lieutenant of
Eamonn de Valera-, was received here
{shortly after noon today. It came as
a. surprise to • England, where it was
believed t'he Free State authorities
Would hesitate to impose this Penal
ty.
The execution removes the most
important figure in the republican
movement in Ireland next to Mr. De
Valera, with whom Childers, a man
of strength Personally, is generally
credited here with having had a
strong influence
To Childers is ascribed perhaps
the leading Part in engineering the
present armed revolt against the
Free State government, ■and he was
known as the military strategist who
planned the operations. It was to I
Childers that Winston Churchill, for-!
mer colonial secretary, recently re
ferred in a speech as “that mischiev
ous, murderous renegade, that Eng
lishman who is inspired by an equal
measure of hatred both for this isl
and and for the one in which he now
has taken up his abode.’’
The opinion has been frequently
expressed in responsible quarters
here that the Free State authorities
could lay their hands on Eamonn De
Valera, as they did on Childers, at
any time they desired, but that they
did not wish to do so in view of the
possible aftermath.
The’ question which immediately
sprang into the minds of Londoners
interested in Irish affairs, when they
heard the news of Childers’ execu
tion, was whether the Irish repute
tans wouia attempt reprisals and it
seemed to be thought not unlikely
that these Would have to be . reckoned
with. ! • ' ; fi
The Dublin correspondent of the
press, association notes that Eamcn
deValern the other day made a threat
that blood would flow if Childers was
executed. The situation during the
next few days is likely to be preg
nated with ugly possibilities, lie adds.
The (fate of Childers has been
hanging in the balance for several
days, while court actions were being
fought out over his military trial, but
with the adverse finding by the mas
ter of the rolls yesterday on appli
cation's for a stay of judgment the
feeling that seemed to prevail {h Dub
lin the evening before was that the
next thing heard of Childers would
be the news of his execution.
This belief' thoaght likely to
hafe inspired heavy attacks which
were made on national army posts in
(Cbntlnusd on page 8.1
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLEMENCEAU WANTS
AMERICAN DELEGATES
AT LAUSANNE MEET.
(By Associated Press.)
Boston,' Nov. 24.—Answering
whst he said was an ‘almost
dare,” to disclose just what he
•wanted in America, George
Clemcnceau told an audience at
Tremont Temple tonight that he
would like to see the United
States take a seat in the Laus
anne conference.
He declared that thi ’ nation
should immediately settle I lie
near eastern question.
NAVY WILL SEND
RECRUITING PARTY
THROUGHTHIS CITY
WILL REACH HERE NOVEMBER
27 AND WILL REMAIN
THROUGH THE 30TH.
The United States navy will send
a traveling recruiting party through
Brunswick next week. This party
consisting of W. H. Stembridge, chief
quartermaster, U. S. N. ( and C. G.
Wheat, chief water tender, U. S. N.,
who will arrive in Brunswick Novem
ber 27th and will reniahi until No
vember 30th, during which time they
will examine any young men who
desire to enlist in the navy.
The navy is now accepting jtsuag
men between the ages of 18 and 35 j
who are of good habits anil character. j
The navy employs men skilled ini
many trades to operate its vessels
and certain of its shore station. Num
erous trade schools are conducted for
the purpose of training young men;;
first, in order that the navy’s require-1
ments for skilled men may surely be’
met and second, in order that men I
who do not choose to re-enlist may I
return to civil life equipped to earn aj
good living.
Men in the navy receive the best
of food, quarters and attention and
receive the opportunity to travel 1 and
see the strange places of the world
that many men pay large sums to,
enjoy. It, is impossible to, say exact-;
ly where men will be sent after the
completion of their six weeks train
ing at the naval training station.
Hampton Roads, Va., but it is safe 1
to guarantee that lie will see many j
places that he would not ordinarily
visit except at great expense. Much:
of the travel is performed in order,
to hold some special form of exercise!
or drill for which some particular;
locality is best suited, so that not ’
only does the scene change frequent- (
ly .but the work carried on changes
generally with the scene.
PERSHING TO GREET TIGER, j
Chicago, Nov. 24.—General Per-1
ahing will be among those to greet
Georges Clenienceau on his arrival
here Monday afternoon, it is an
nounced. A military and Police es-i:
cort has been arranged for ‘‘The
Tiger.” <
HON. EMMETT HOUSE R 1 HANKS VOTERS OF
GLYNN FOR ENDORSING PEACH COUNTY
Creation of New County Would
Have Been to Advantage of
All Parties Concerned But
Results Gracefully Accepted.
Following letter was received yes
terday from Hon. Emmett Houser,
member of the legislature from Hous
ton county and co-author of the bill
having for jts purpose the creation
of Peach county:
Edtior The News: It was the
writer’s pleasure to spend several
days prior to th e recent election in
your good’ city and county in the
interest of the amendment creating
Peach county. Please permit me
through your excellent paper in be
half of the citizens of the proposed
Peach county to express to the people
of your community and section our
genuine appreciation of their fine
courtesy and sonsiderato hearing
and for very generous support given
our bill.
Wfcils a majority of the small aunt
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, NOV. 25, 1922.
CRIMINAL IIGIII
AGAINST WARTIME
omens on
More Than Twenty Million Dol
lars in Amount to be
Recovered.
is Initial stop in big
LAW ENFORCEMENT MOVE
Contractors *in Those Stirring
Days of Struggle For World
Supremacy. Went Far E|.-yond
, 'the Authority Given Them. !
Washington, Nov, 24—Criminal
action lo recover mor e than twenty
million dollars, alleged by the gov.
ehninent to hav e been fraudently‘ ex
pended in the construction of Camps
Uptijn, Jackson, Sherman and Fnn
ston; was insßuted today by the de
partment of justice against contrac
tors w ho had charge of each of these
projects.
The suits, it is said in a official
circular, will b e the iidtinal step in
the campaign of law-enforcement
against war-tinie contractors, wlu
suspected, on the basis of auditor re
ports, have gone beyond the intent
and purpose of the authority given
th e m by the federal departments.
The number of suits: to be filed
have not been definitely decided, but
it was indicated that a doen or more
in separate actions were in prospect.
Unofficial estimates place the total
amount to be sought in all the recov
ery suits contemplated at more than
seventy-five fnillion dollars.
In one camp costing thirteen mil
lion dollars the auditors say it has
been found indicating that a n ex
cess of expenditure of five million
dollars paid out.
M R'SB.PADROSAIS
CRITICALLY ILL AT
THE CITY HOSPITAL
Many friends will be grieved to
learn that Mrs. B. Padrosa, wife of
the well known lumber exporter, is
in -a; serious condition at the Bruns
wick hospital where she was taken
some weeks ago and grave fears are
entertained for her recovery.
Mrs. Padrosa has been in ill health
for many months and only recently
went to Baltimore where she spent
several'weeks in Johns Hopkins, hos-
For awhile her condition seem
ed improved but recently a change
for tiie worse came and she is now re
gard ed as being in a critical condi
tion. At the hospital late last ngiht
it wis announced that Mrs. Padrpsa
was resting easy.
VALUABLE ANNOUNCEMENT
FROM CROSBY TOMORROW
J. W. Crosby, well known mer
chan ; of New TownT, will have an in
tcres ting announcement in the adver
tisin ■ columns of BThe News tomor
row and something that will interest
ever r shopper in Brunswick and this
secti on.
TANARUS! is season Mr. Crosby has the
largest stock of holiday goods he has
ever carried and will make prices at
such 'figures that a dollar will go a
long iTva.v. Wath for the announce
ment ftomorrow morning. It will be
of irijerest.
ber ’ citing throughout the state were
agajj ist us f . and the verdict at the
poll s was a bitter disappointment to
us, t his being the only measure of
the k ind ever to fail of ratification and
havh * ‘been put through the legisla
ture by cleaner or more honorable
raeth ids, we harbor no resentment
or n: ifriendlines 8 toward those who
felt c Unstrained to vote against us.We
are (anfident that had we anticipa
ted t hat ehe fight against ehe tatr
floatii >n of our measure would be so
extensive and vigorous in time to
rally our forces efficiently and to
adeqt ately present to the voters of
the si ate the ne ed of the new county,
the 1 1 stice and merits of the proposed
divjsl jn and the benefit securing
there rom to th e entir e state, there
woulc have been a much larger vote
in fa -or of the amendment and the
divisi i n so necessary for th e Peace
and i rbsperity of the entire section
conce ned, both old counties and new
would have been consummated with'
out f irther delay.
Fort /alley, Nov. 28. 192a. U ,
NEW COLONIAL CHIEF
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Jteceut photo of the Duke of Devonshire,
DEATH TRAGEDY
OF HENDERSONS
STILLUNSOLVED
WHETHER MAN, WIFE AND
CHILDREN DIED FROM GAS OR
POISONING IS MYSTERY
('By Associated Press.)
Lancaster, 0., Nov. 24. —Lancester
People today were looking to Colum
bus for the next scene* jn the death
tragedy of the Henderson .family
he r e. Whether Irving Henderson,
hjs wife ahd their four children died
of poisoning or were asphyxiated by
fum.es from a gas s tove, was ex
pected to be disclosed by the results
of a series of investigations under
way at Columbus today. /
Examinations of the vital organs
of Mr. and Mrs. Hendersonfi analy
sis of food found on the Henderson
table for the fateful even
ing meal, and an investigation under
varioii s conditions of a stove used in
the Henderson living room, where th t ,
actions upon which the future plans
of local officials hinged today. Au
thprjties here are marking tithe Pend
ing the results of the research work
in Columbus, where may pot b e an
nounced before tomorroy qr the drat
Of the week. The local -officials ad
mit they hav fl run into a blank wall
in their effort to find a similar case.
No suspicious persons lmvp been
seep near to th e Henderson home,
the)’ say, nor hav e they any evidence
to support previously Advanced theo
ries that the family might have been
don e away with by enemies of Hen
derson who was a non-union employe
at the Pennsylvania shops. All in
dications, they assort, Point, to
poison, in such* 'as th e manner or
death, having bourn administered in
the food. They -/declare that evi
dence seems to V>int to Mrs. Hen
derson as the pprpretrator of the
deaths. She is believed to have be
come mentally imbalanced brooding
over ills, having consulted physicians
ia various cities j
In disposing ,-6f theories that the
deaths might have bepn caused by
outsiders, officials point out that
food eaten by the family on Tues
day night ws not that which Hid
been in the hoq Sft for F om e time, but
was purchased by Henderson early
in the evening/ in a dvi Ce of a phy
sician that none of th e provisions
remaining in the hom e be used. If
poison w a s placed in it, it roust have
been done while it wrs being pre
pared, jt Was cMd
An analysis jt the vital, organs of
the two adults/and of th e food found
on the table pad not been made
and preliminary examination of thb
stoves Vale io Die kitchen and liv
ing room, it vlts declared, had failed
to giv e definite indication of the
generation of 1 When monoxide In
'sufflcieiF quantities t produce the
deaths. 1
Funeral servi\/p s for the family
were held at Nel’-itaviHe, today.
VOTE IN SIBERIAN LOAN
BE CALLED MONDAY
Washington, Nov. 24,-UAgrecment
was reached in the senavte for final
vote Monday on the administration
measux-e of a loan to Siberi&vof five
million dollars. * he senate thn ad
journed until Monday. \
MILLION DOLLAR
FOOTBALL GAMES
ON FOR TODAY
MONEY TO BE SPENT AT YALE
HARVARD AND ARMY-NAVY
BE AN ENORMOUS SUM.
New York, Nov. 24.—Million f ir
football games—two of them\ will
mack t'.Vclmax tomorrow of the east
cm gridiron se?rpn. ‘Moqey to be
spent by the 7fl,oTO* persons expected
to attend th e Yal.e-HtCrv •<! event at
Ney H a v e n, and the 50,000 at the
Armv-Navy game at Philadelphia, is
estimated conservately afc\S2,ooo,ooo.
For tickets at one, more tWi'n sfioo,-
000 will be spent. Car fare, meals
flowers, theatre parties, clothes and
other incidentals will cost more than
th e tickets.
GOVERNMENT IN
BRITISH HOUSE
COMMONS LEADS
HAS MAJORITY OF NOT LESS
THAN ONE HUNDRED
AND THREE.
! ■
(By Associated Press.)
London, Nov. 24.—The first divi
i sion in the new house of commons,
| which occurred this afternoon, was
| carried by the government by a ma
i jority of 103 against the Laborite op
position.
Premier Bonar Law today intro
! (iuced in the house otf commons the
bill putting into effect the constitu
tion of the Irish Free State, and the
Free State “consequential provision
bill.’’ Both measures received their
first formal reading-.
When ' Prime Minister Bonar Law
moved that the government be em
powered to take all the time of the
house for government business dur
ing this session the Laborites op
posed it. The prime minister’s mo
tion, however, was. carried by a vote
iof 238 to 135.
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BETHLEHEM STEEL BUYS
MIDVILLE CORPORATION
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Noy. 24.—C50m pelt ion
of negotiations for the absorption of
the Midville Steel and Ordinance
Company by the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation, was announced tonight
by President Grace of the Bethlehem
concern.
This acquisition will give the Beth
lehem corporation an annual ingot
capacity of seven million, six hun
dred thousand tons.
FEDERAL CONTROL OF COAL
TO CONTINUE TO JANUARY I
'By Associaied Press.!
Washington, Nov. 24.—Federal con
trol of coal distribution must con
tinue until January 1, President Hard
ding declared today.
Federal Fuel Distributor Spencer
called on the pfeseident for the pur
pose of resigning but after confer
ence agreed to continue service un
til the first of the y**r.
SADDEST FUNERALS
BESSEMER HAS EVER
KNOWN YESTERDAY
LETTER TO ST. LOUIS
MAYOR SAID BULLETS
READY I OR CLEMENCEAU
By Associated IVcss
St. Louis, Nov. 24,—A letter
declaring “bullets ready" for the
visit her e on December 5 of
Georges I'lemeucau, was receiv
ed at the mayor’s office today.
Tli e lptter was signed: “Ameri
can War Veteran,” and police
authorities announced that add
ed precaution would be taken to
protect the ‘ Tiger of France,”
although it is believed that the
letter Wa s written by a crank.
It bore a local postmark and was
dated yesterday.
DEFINITELY STATED
GERMAIN COMPANY
TO USE THIS PORT
E. E. SHAVER, SOUTHERN MAN
AGER. HERE AND MAKES IN
TERESTING STATEMENT
E. E. Shaver, southern manager for
The Germain company, large lumber
and evosstie dealers and who for
many years did business through the
port of Brunswick, has been in the
city for a few- days making prelimi
nary plans for his firm fo re-estab
lish an office in the city.
, Mr. Shaver was seen a repre
sentative of The News yesterday and
when questioned on the subject he
said that it was the Present intention
of the Germain Company to ship sev
eral large cargoes through the port
of Brunswick and that it was more
than likely that they would again
come to this port for permanent oper
ations. He said there was a steady
improvement in the lumber and cross
tie situation and that Brunswick had
many fine advantages to offer as a
shipping point and for that and other
reasons, his firm had concluded to use
Die Port again.
S. If. Mallard, an old lumber and
lie man, hah been designated as the
local representative of the Germain
company and will be in charge of the
Brunswick end of their business.
Before leaving for Jacksonville
yesterday Mr. Shaver stated that,
come of the lumber cargo for one of
the ships had already arrived and
that a steamer would be in shortly to
lead it.
The return of this wed! known firm ;
to Brunswick even in a limited fash-;
ion will be most pleasing to the Poo-!
pie of the city.
PROHIBITION! ENFORCEMENT
OCCUPES CABINET’S TIME.
i
i ■
Washington, Nov. 24. —Prohibition
enforcement occupied the time of
President Harding and his cabinet to
day to the exclusion of all other mat
ters.
Thediscussion, it was'stated official
ly, did not concern modification of the
Volstead act but was oi’tfined to its
enforcement.
YOUNG MEN’S CLUB HAD
AN EXCELLENT MEETING
The regular weekly luncheon meet
of the Young Men's club yesterday
was an event of unusual interest and
so was the delightful menu served.
A number of reports were received
from various committees and some
Jew; projects .were discussed at length.
Several -visitors were on hand and,
all in all, the meeting was a very
I dear ant one.
TIGER COMES BACK
AT SENATE CRITICS
DARES HITCHCOCK TO GO TO
FRANCE AND FIND OUT
THE FACTS
Boston, Nov. 24. — The “Tiger of
France” cam c hack at hi s critics in
the senate today in an interview with
the Associated Press, The first grant
ed in America, replying particularly
to the criticisms of Senator s Hitch
cock and Borah.
Referring to Hitchcock’s character
ization of him a g a militarist. Clemen
cijau said that h e dared Hitchcock
to go France to learn the facts.
BRUNSWICK
Has a landlocked fiarbor, the
best on the South Atlantic
Coast. .*
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BifiilGHi MINE
OISASTER mens
ARE LAID 10 REST
; Business Stopped For One Hour
During Burials and All
Bells Tolled.
THIRTEEN RODIES HAVE
NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED
Insurance Looses Under Ala
bama Compensation Law Will
Amount to Three Hundred
Thousand Dollars.
(By Associated Press.)
Birmingham. Nov. 24.—Funeral
services were held this afternoon for
seventeen white victims of the Dolo
mite mine disaster, in which eighty
four Persons were killed. Three more
bodies are being held pending the ar
rival of relatives, while one was sent
to Pelf City for interment.
All activity in Bessemer was stop
ped for one hour while bells of the
city tolled as the bodies were being
removed from the undertaking estab
lishments to tbe various places in the
districts where funeral services were
held.
Sixteen off the victims ■in an un
dertaking establishment in Bessemer
where yesterday and last night men
worked unceasingly to prepare the
seventy-live bodies there for burial,
bad not been identified today. One
was a -white man and the other fif
teen were negroes. Identification of
1 some of the negroes was declared vir
tually impossible because the faces
were burned beyond recognition. At
the mine whore the only evidence vis
ible of the disaster was the charred
wood work of the concrete tipple fired
by the. blast as the flames spouted
from the slope, repairs were being
made with the expectation that coal
production would be resumed Mon
day.
Many of the miners burned by the
explosion or disal Vd by the fata! 1 af
ter-damp declare that as soon as they
are able to resume work they will re
turn to the mine. It had been in op
eration since 1882 without a serious
accident until Wednesday and the dis
aster then was due to circumstances
observed only twice before in this
country, according to records of local
mining experts.
j The mine is what is known as “gas
i free" and to prevent accumulation of
coal dust, another dangerous element,
1 its equipment includes an automatic
! sprinkler system which constantly
keeps it damp. A string of coal dumps
being hauled up the tipple broke
loose, dropped 800 feet down the in
cline and the impact as it reached
the bottom created cltouds of !col
dust. The crash severed a high-ten
sion electric cable apd the flash ig
nited the explosive dust.
Eighty-two of the 475 men in the
mine were killed outright by the ex - -
plosion, or asphyxiated by the after
damp, and of the sixty burne dor ov
ercome by gas, two died a few hours
later.
INSURANCE LOSS ON MINES
Chicago, Nov. 24.—The insurance
loss under the Alabama compensa
tion laws a-s a result of the deaths of
: 84 miners and injury to some 60 oth
ers in the explosion ih-the Woodward
Iron Company’s mine No. 3, near Bir
mingham, last Wednesday, will be
more than $300,000, according to es
timates of Chicago insurance com
panies today.
The compensation risk on the
Woodward Iron Company's: proper
ties is carried by'a Chicago casualty
concern and is reinsured by a syndi
cate of companies in several states.
The contract covering the risk, it was
said. Provides that the amount of the
less, when determined, must bo placed
in Alabama banks to be held in trust
for Settlement of claims. Steps to
carry out this stipulation are being
taken, it was said.
It is estimated that under the Ala
bama laws, each death will coat the
insurance companies about $3,400*
and an average of about $l7O will bs
paid to eaoh injured person.