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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 I sls. mmR% ; ■■.... I . ' I"■■ " 1 ■ •-*' '"''■ < ~J 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. •-$ ; 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.