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WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1922
18 PAGES
THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR. NO. 142
TWO CENTS.
83 KNOWN DEAD IN ALABAMA MINE HORROR;
SANK ROBBERS SHOOT 3 MEN, STEAL $4,000
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FIRE PERIL
Catholic
Occupants of
Daughters' Home Cut
Off by Smoke
SUFFER FROM SHOCK
AND NERVOUSNESS
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Fire thought to have been due to
a defective flue in the basement of
■ne building at 909 Delawve avenue.
• Catholl«
occupied a« a homo by
uaughters of America, caused dam
•ves amounting to about 3600 this
morning shortly «fiar 2 o'clock.
Smoke Ailing the lower rooms and
c"ttlng off escape by occupants of
the tipper doors, the firemen carried
to safety down the fire ladders seven
women, hastily wrapped In cloake
and other articles of clothing that
< wild be caught up In a hurry.
The building was the home <ÿ the
li-to Governor Preston Dee, and is
or brick and frame conetructlon.
Little difficulty was experienced by
firemen in confining the blaze
f! the cellar. The companies called
v pon were Engine Companies 1 and
i and Truck Company 2.
As It was at first thought the fire
a large one
t i«
das likely to prove
CÂp tain of Police Wardle hurried
O tho econo with a «quad of patrol
and kept the crowd back while
devoting their
men
: is firemen
•Horts to rescuing the occupante as
well as locating the source of the
which was pouring from tho|
i aeement.
The women rescued wer«;
Mrs. Anna Freeman,
tVllmlntgon.
Miss (Sarah C. McCarthy, of Wil
mington.
Miss Esther King,
pilla.
Mis» Alice Foster, of Dover.
Mrs. Clara Malley, of Wilmington.
Miss Ruth Sands, of Wilmington.,
Miss Helen Delgman. of Lancae
ter„ Pa.
The fire was caused by a defective
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hostess, of
of Phll«del
CURSES JUDGE
IN OPEN CORDT
Adam Besta, Defending Son,
Has Faith in Lad's
Innocence
TAMES PARENT
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Giving vent to his uncontrollable
wrath when his 12-year-old »on
i djtidged guilty of a charge of lar
a ™ n ' *
NIGHT IN CELL
was
by Judge Prickelt in Juvenile
Adam
eeny
rtonrl yesterday afternoon.
p**ta disrupted the usual dignity and
serenity of the court by cursing the
Judge and avowing his faith In the
honesty of his »on.
After being locked up over night.
Lesta was c»m o prlckett
dered released hy Judge Prlckett
dreThlm B and hta ymthful "I
when Mr Besta showed his anger.
fihoutlng that "no matter what the
teatimony was I don't believe my
son guilty; I don't care how many,
courts and judges say he's guilty 11
don't believe it." Besta showed his,
bitter displeasure when Judge
prlckett adjudged his 12-year-old
sofi, Joseph, and another lad guilty
th* side pocket of an automobile at
*"*" v
era! days ago
Resta, It Is said, waved his fists
in the air and cursed the Judge in
(Contlnucdl on Page Eleven )
X'. C. WAFFLES
>Iobls Cafeteria. 9th St. Entrance
WH. Savings Fund Bldg.—Adv.
TODAY'S TEMPERATURE
At The Evening Journal Office.
8.00 A. M..41
10,00 A. M. .42
12.01 P. 2d..44
1.00 P. M. .46
SUX' AM* TIDE.
. . . .6.54 A. M.
. . . .4.39 P. M.
Sun rises ...
Sun sets.
Head of Christiana.
2.56 A. M. 3 20 P. M.
High water..
IX>W water ..10.20 A. M. 1100 P. M.
LOST.
'GST—Tool box. containing wrenches,
.'«ward. 1301 Lancaster Are.
BOVS'-It.
(Continued on Page Seventeen.)
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Governor Galls State to
Give Thanks for Blessings
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Governor Denney today Issued the following Thanksgiving
Proclamation designating. Thursday. November 30. as a day of
prayer and thanksgiving.
PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF DELAWARE-EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
The people in this country have long been accustomed to set
aside one day in each year as a Day of Thanksgiving.
The President of the United States appoints the day In a
Proclamation and calls upon the people of. the nation appropri
ately to observe it. Also it is customary for each Governor, fol
lowing the example of the President in a similar proclamation, to
remind the people of this Sta e of their many blessings and the
desirability of commonly expressing their thanks for them.
We have in Delaware, during the past year, enjoyed a pros
perity that should make us grateful indeed. It may not be a pros
perity as great as we have known in other year*, but It has on. y
to be compared 10 the lot of many other peoples to make us real
lie what blessings have been bestowed upon
We are blessed with a healthful climate, we have been visited
by no calamitous pestilence, torn by no riots nor strikes, and we
are at peace with our countrymen and all the world.
Our children are enjoying the benefits of good educe ;on
charitable Institutions are being adequately maintain d.
is becoming normal, our churches ar«
abiding by the laws and ho.ding fast to
OUT
many
business
the people generally are
Christianity. ® . . ...
Although our Nation ha« greatly Increased in population and
in weal'h and the people have been compelled to bear additional
burdena. ôur form of government 1» apparently safe and we have
every reason to face the future with confidence and hopefulness.
realize that these are blessings bestowed and set aside
Let us
a day of Thanksgiving.
Now therefore. I
of Delaware, do hereby designate
THURSDAY, NOVEMEER THE THIRTIETH,
U THANKSGIVING DAT,
and do call upon tho people of Delaware to lay aside their dally
work and to gather In their homes and around their altars and
give thanks for the great favors that have been bestowed upon
them and pray for a continuance of Divine Blessings.
I N WITNESS WHEREOF. I. WILLIAM D. DENNEY.
Governor of the State of Delaware, have
hereunto set my hand and caused the Great
Seal of said State to be hereunto affixed, at
Dover, this Twenty-second day of Novem
her. in the year of our Lord, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-two, and of fhe
Independence of the United States of Amer
ica the one hundred and forty-seventh.
W. D. DENNEY.
Willlam D. Denney. Governor of the Stat.
[SEAL]
By the Governor:
A R. BENSON.
fSecretary-of-State.
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SAW CAR NEAR
MORDU SCENE
Aged Woman Is "Mysterious
Witness" in Hall-Mills
Murder Case
authorities seem
TO RF NFAR SOLUTION
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SOMERVILLE, N. J.. Nov. 23.—
1 (United Press)—Added mystery was
injected Into tho Hall-Mills' murder
when the story of Mrs. Emma Vor
hees, who claims «ho was an eye
witness to the sensational crime, was
made known.
Mr?». VorhfM proved to be one of
tho "mysterious witnesses" the
prosecution claimed they had "un- j
der cover." and appea ed before the
[Somerset grand jury yesterday.
An elderly lady gray of hair and
bent with years, she told tho Jury
that on the n i K ht of the crime sh«
home, about 200 feet from DeRussy
Lone, by a commotion and looking
two automobiles «top. She
persons
attracted to the window of her
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^ ^ , irglimpnt 7 h( . woman sai d,
and all the parties seemed to talk at
^ ^ ^ fhp , ieard diat i„ ctl y
. on ^ a C a ;:lHH" b ^' W(a " d
^«t «hé's.ld she Card two shots,
out saw
said she saw a number of
get out of the cars hut could not
distinguish If they were men or wo
en
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speeded «wards New Brunswick, sne
is said to have told the grand Jury,
The grand jury will reconvene next
Monday and it is said that the case
will be closed either Tuesday or
Thanksgiving eve.
SIMMONS TO HEAD
! HOUSE DEMOCRATS
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Mr. Mott took before, the Jury
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
WASHINGTON. Nov. 23.—Senate
Simmons' sholulders the mantle of
ieadershlp for this session st least,
and strengthened his already strong ]
formal election to the
caucus today, vlr
Senator Simmons.
Democrats, in
tualiy chose
North Carolina, as their leader, to
succeed S - Underwood, Ala
bama.
Though the question of leader
ship was not directly before the
caucus, the action taken put upon
claims to
place in next Congress. Senator Un
derwood, who on election announced
that he would not be a candidate to
succeed himself as leader when his
present term expires on March 1. 1
will conlnue as the nominal parly
head, but his, physical condition will
not permit him to take active lead- 1
He will not resign from the
ership.
Senate aa reported.
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SEES CLODS AS
AGENTS Of GOOD
Lieut.-Governor Beidelman,
of Pennsylvania. Speaker
Before Rotarians
curb reckless
AUTOISTS, HE URGES
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Lieutenant-Governor lleidelman. of
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Pennsytranlu.
ure at its weekly luncheon meeting
Wilmington Rotary had the pleas
in the duBairy room of the Hotel
duPont this afternoon of hearing
Lieutenant Governor Edward E.
Beidelman, of Pennsylvania, discuss
public affairs and make an earnest
appeal for better understanding be
tween the public and members of
legislatures and other official bodies,
Mr. Beidelman came to Wilming
ton at the instance of his personal
friend. Harry J. Harkins, manager
of the Hotel duPont and chairman
(Continued on Page Ten)
II ARBOR SECRETARY I.V X. Y.
Charlej! H. Gant, secretary of the
Board of Harbor Commissioners,
went to New York this morning to
confer with J. Spencer Smith, chair
man of the technical •advisory hoard
of the commission. It was said at
the commission's offices Mr. Gant
will discuss progress of the work on
thp nPW Marine Terminal in gen
praI and w m return to Wilmington
tonight.
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APPLE MARKET SLUMPS,
Coming into Wilmington with a
truck load of Stnyman winesap ap
pie* this morning, a farmer from
Rising Sun, Md., began selling them
at 35 cents a basket, but finding they
were going fast advanced his price
to 45 cents, quickly disposing of the
remainder of his load at the latter
Iprio«.
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THINK MILES
HAD PAKT IN
"TNAMITINfi
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State Hopes to Force Guilty
Conspirators to Tell More
of Outrage
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CASE GOES OVER
FOR THIS PURPOSE
participant in a con.plracy to dyna
mite the fourteenth «tree, bridge
Pennsylvania Railroad, for
Judge Haeting« ruled in Municipal
Court thi» morning, in the oa»e ofl
Luther Mill«, charged with being •
of the
which five self-confessed conspirâ
tes are serving
that statements made by the sen
prison sentence»}
I enced conspirators, alleged to lm-1
plicate Mills, are not admissible as
evldence In the case, but that thaj
sentenced conspirators cannot refuse'
to testify against Mills If their
crime Is Identical with the crime al
leged to have been committed by
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Mills case until Saturday December
2 that Aselstant City Solicitor Green
might have an opportunity to exam
ino the conspirators privately and
ascertain whether their testimony
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Mill«.
The court however continued the
Say Hen derson Fa m il y
Murder Was Outgrowth
of Late Railroad Strike
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LANCASTER, G Nov. 23 (United
Frees)
to have evidence
plot which wiped out the six mem
bers of the Irvin E. Henderson fam
ily hero yesterday was an outgrowth
of labor trouble«.
fled. he told police. thUt Hend''reon
rr i ':Z,Z d 7,n.Tn h ,„^„.
"hops Where Irvin qforkedj as a
strikebreaker, called me from my
home a week ago yesterday, and
told me he had overheard three men
'say they were going to "get Hen
derson." Allen »aid.
-The police claimed today
that fhe poison
The first sympotms of poisoning
£TÏ5?J n H^J!r. n „ d „ er rm f T i,y
last Friday. Henderson came
that threats had been made to hang
him."
"I also heerd from another source
DELAWARE CANAL
CLOSING POSTPONED
Closing of the Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal, which, It was an
nounced on Tuesday,, would take
place next Saturday at 6 p. m„ has
been postponed, it was announced
today by Colonel Earl I. Brown,
United States Engineer.
The postponement Is due to the
fncl that arrangements are not quite
complet» for moving the dredging
[machinery of W. H. Gahagan. Inc.,
from tho supply basin at Chesa
pe^ke City Into the canal proper.
This machinery be used for
r ^niovinjç 6,600,000 cubic yards of
earth from ths Summit level of the
waterway.
Date for closing of the canal
will ha announced later by the cn
gineer office.
SENATOR BALL
SEES PRESIDENT
Special to The Evening Journal.
,'I AS T,?I 0 h' n - £•
Sena or Ball had a talk with Presl
dent Harding at the WhitiH««
this morning in conniption with hi*»
request tha, his secretary, Thom«.
i w ea "^^. aP ^ n" "T,T
of the Dirtrict Rent Comml„|om
Pre/sident Harding, it i* «aid. while,
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not committing himself a* to whetn-f
er or not he would name Mr. Feeney,
said he would appoint the three
Rent Commissioners whhin the next
ten days. The salary connected with
the office is 35000 a year.
TWO MORE OAS STATIONS.
Inspector Preston this morning
granted two building permits to the
Pure OH Company for the erection
of two gasoline stations, each to cost
35.000. One station will be located
the northwest corner of Twenty
fourth and Market streets, and the
other on the west side of French
street, a short distance below Ninth
at
street.
I/OAX'S
WUm. Morris Plan Bank.—Adv.
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THBEESHOT,
BANK BLOWN
BÏ BANDITS
Robbers Fight Way to Lib
erty After Getting S4,000
From Safe
RAIDERS OPEN FIRE
ON GALLATIN CITIZENS
GALLATIN. Mo.. Nov. 23 (Un!t«d
The mayor, town mar^hml
fand hotelkeeper were wounded am! ,
th „ Flrat N .„ on „ Bank badly dam .
a(tPd wbPn bandlt , ra | dpd nallatln, I
p r e««>
Mo.. early today.
The bandits escaped with 14000
a ft« r cutting lines of communication.
Six bandits, be'teved to be of the
Kansas City underworld, perpetrated
t he sensational raid. They were dls
covered at work on the vault of the
First National Bank at 4 o'clock this
morning by Night Marshal John I
Chamberlain. A brief tussle ensued I
in which Chamberlain was captured
The raiders proceeded with their
I
Explosives were set before »he I
vault and fuses touched off. Two :
tremendous shocks that wakened the j
entire town resulted. Clouds of I
smoke rolled from the hank and asl
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work.
*be prepared for her family
a strikebreaker during the shop
men's strike in August.
Dr. R. TV Mondhenk. Henderson'«
family physieian. said Henderson
had on several occasions wh le , u
fering from what the physician he
lieved to be slowpolsonlng told him
he feared enemies who resenfd his
employment as a strikebreaker at
the Pennsylvania Railroad shops
who were trying to "get" him
As they awaited reports from the
Columbus chemist, authorities pur
sued two other theories of the
tragedy. One was that Mrs. Hender
son, despondent over recent ill
health, placed poison in the food
spectacle of fhe six bodies has heen
placed under lock bv police. All pro
, V 't i0n "f in ,hP r; ry have been
here,.aken for an analyst»
and
the other that the poisoning was ac
cidental.
which
The« cottage of death
neighbors yesterday found the grim
in
10,600
10 COLLECT M
This Amount Asked to Get
in Filing Fees and Other
—
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BUDGET HEARINGS
ARE CONCLUDED
Special to The Evening Journal.
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Nov.
Denney yesterday held his last con-1
The
23. — Governor f
DOVER.
ference on the State budge;.
first commission heard was that of
The appro- i
State Tax Department,
prlatlon to this department of two '
years ago was 327.500 for each year j
which was spent.
will ask for the year ending June j
1924, 356.55(5 and for the year end-[
1925 354,050, it being
The Depnrtmen' ;
, .
Claimed that these amounts will he j
p to e „ ertivply run , hp de- 1
,he collection of the,
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WatP Tuberculosis Commls
sion receive for 1921 310.000 for
proplp and ,:n.000 for white j
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peoplo with an extra appropriation
t H or
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r '» r . 19 . 2 , 4 :"' V L
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a "d t20 000 for white, and an extra
°» * i "a*'«;,,
The State College for Colored Stu |
dents received from the State for
Kcneral ninnlng expenses for the |
past two years, 315.000; 3o00 for ]
Summer School and 3500 for Boar.l ,
at Summer School making a tota
of 316.000 each year. It also re |
celved from the Govevrnment 310 ,
The same amount will! be ask«'.]
from the State this year.
The Child Welfare < ommlssloa
which was given a hearing two davs |
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Clara Phillips' emotional mask split Into a smile os she was con
victed In Los Angeles of second degree murder in the grewsome ' ham
I mer killing" of Alberta Meadows. She is here shown being led back
: to Jail to await sentence of from 10 years to life. Walking beside her
*■ Undersheriff Eugene Biacaullz (right) and Deputy Sheriff Frank
Dewar - who had heen her bodyguard throughout tho trial,
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m WANTS I). S.
IN WORLD PACT
English Prenlier Hopes
America Will Soon Feel
It Her Duty to join
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NFFDFD TO RFF IFVF
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EUROPEAN CHOAS
Press).
Copyright 1922, hy United Press,
I LONDON. Nov. 23.—British hopel
for American participation in Euro-l
P ean affairs, helping to rescue the|
°' d world from the chaos caused ]
by the war. vas voiced hy Premier
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which he described as (he most
idealistic nation in the world, would
,n 7 ay j h * com « —"• ,th
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BUCHAREST Nov. 23.—(United
Press).—An attempt was made to
day to assassinate King Ferdinand
of Rumania by wrecking his tra il
enroute to Transylvania where his
matesty was bound ot> a hunting e\
BY K ARL A. HICK III,.
Genera! Manager of the
I
Andrew Bonar Law in an exclus 1 ve
interview given the United Press,
"There Is nothing to trouble us on
tbe western horlzin," Bonar Law de
blared, adding he hoped America
î
ATTEMPT LIFE OF
KING FERDINAND
p® d »ion,
A scout train which preceded that
of Ferdinand was derailed. The
King's train was halted at Bras
il ov.
O. O. F., DANCE
DIJAIVARK I/OIH.i:
Prizes in
Ad
Tonlght, Eden Hall.
,Jo1d. The Peerless Orchestra,
mission. 50c.—Adv.
SSl.1 » Th. Evening Wen.,
ELKTON, Md„ Nov. 23. H.
Winfield Lewis, of Elkton
clerk of the court for Cecil
county, who has heen busy the [|
ypgrn. I OS. Gets
Licpnsp to Gun
Pounty Commissioner Charles
Rockefu?. who reside« ;n
port nppos i t . while Mr
Reckefus did not know Hollis'
exact age, he stated he knew he
waa a very old man, being an
man w pen he was a small
Hollis was a former slave,
nndi notwithstanding he c'alms
lo bavp passed the rentury
mark »till active. Hollis says
' atnI aPP a rabblt a good
past two weeks issuing licenses o
gunners for the upland gunning
season, received an application
and Issued a resident gunners'
license to John Hollis. Negro, of
Port Dejosit, yesterday. HoUIs j
gave his age as 105 years, height
6 feet 2 inches, and occupai ion !
as laborer. Mr. Lewis and his j
deputy were skeptical about the |
age
heen
thinking a mistake had
made, so he consulted !
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AGAIN RESTLESS
Beaten From Premier's!
Home Yesterday, They
Threaten Anew Today
[street.
The demonstrators who yesterday
werp checked in their attempt to
r,,rr >' a petition to Premier Bonar
] I- a,v s
wnu,d make another try today.
Their leaders were received by the
j ministers of health and labor, but
[are determined to reach the Prime
i Minister himself.
J Yesterday's brief battle at Trafal
r2r^f' f,,, 2 r Ü^ wn " ln a
l ' rok ''" heads, and a dozen arrests
Tne"m P royTm«r°chrrrbre*ak.ng.w.,
from tha mRln body whlch had „„„
diverted from Downing street and
charging down the Strand In an ef
fort to sweep through to TVhltebfili
and tho Premier*« residence. They
were met at the upper end of White
hall by police mounted and on foot
and beaten back with truncheons.
Tho clai,h was minimized by the Lon
don Paper«.
POLICE ATTACK
WITH TRUNCHEONS
I'nJte^!—England*« unemployed
I today for another drive on Downing
LONDON. Nov. 23 (United Pro«»).
mobilised
doorstep, announced the)
FIVE FIEF NAMES'
FOR POSTMASTER
Five applicants for appointment as
postmaster to succeed James J. Kmt
llsh, It Is reported have fl ed their
names and will take the examination
on M° n day. The five men who will
fake thl« examination according to
report are M Howard Jester. Charlesl
A Rudolph I.eRoy W. Hickman. j
Lippincott and George
While.
Mr. Jester Is a former postmaster
of Wilmington and at present State
tax commissioner. Mr. Hickman is a
former assistant postmaster and at
, irpd j eWP i er and former Street and
Sewer Director, and Mr. Lippincott
Is a former county treasurer,
The time for applicants to file
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ALLKGI D KTf i RR
their names expires Monday.
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Chief of Police Fisher of Middle
town received Information last night
that led to a watch being placed on
the home of
Chambers, who is sought by the au
thorities following the killing of
William H. Griffin, near Stanton, on
Tuesday night.
The chief said the brother's action
caused the officials to beiieve the sus
[ picions were we'l founded,
i Believing Chambers was headed j
brother of George
toward New Castle, where his sister. 1
Lena, has rooms in the Old Dutch
house. Mayor Cramer and (he police
i nf »hm rifv «r«» kp*>nii.iF ?» watch on
•if that city are keeping a watch on
I the house.
For Clover Dairy Safe Milk phone
1540-1541.—Adv.
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TAKE 83 DEAD
ALABAMA PITi
ill
175 Workers Entombed by
Explosion of Dust in
Coal Mine Near
Birmingham
M ANY BURNED BY
SHEET OF FIRE
BIRMINGHAM Ala, Nov. 23.
(United Press).—Bodies of S3 vic
tims of the explosion which
tombed 475 workers In the Dolomite
mine of the Woodward Iron Com
pany. near here had been brought to
the surface at an early hour today.
The death toll of Alabama's sec
ond greatest disaster was expected te
he swelled to 100 by deaths of
some of the 75 workers who lie In
hospitals severely burned and In
jured.
The victims Included 22 whites,.
Twenty pf the slxty-one Negroes
who were killed, were burned beyond
recognition. The official announce
ment said 75 workers were Injured.
Forty were aeriously and two prob
ably fatally.
The Other miners entombed by
'the explosion of mine dust yeeter- j
day were huddled together safely
" hen found by rescue squads. |
en
not destroyed probably saved many
lives as it was possible to constantly
pump fresh sir Into the mine.
Dangerous after damp which follow
ed the explosion had been practical
ly cleared out today.
Breaking loose of three cars on
the tipple caused fhe explosion.
The cars raced back- into the mine
and broke electric light wires
causing sparks to fly which set oft
the dust. A tremendous explosion
swept the first level, practically 1.
.100 feet long, carrying with It «
rush of air killing many. A sheet of
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1 nfOWfl 30 rCCt when Ap
paiatUS Smashes AutO at
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OirCCt inierSCCIIOn
AT I i It
MRS. POLLOCK
ONLY SHOCKED
Thrown thirty feet In her automo
bile at Eleventh and Washington
streets this morning Mr*. F. Scott
Pollock. 2(112 NorPh Harrison street,
escaped injury, although the ma
chine she was driving, a SHudebaker,
was badly damaged, when Eng;«©
No. 7, driven hy Lester Courtney,
collided with it. The impact of the
collision threw the touring car
against the traffic sign in the street
and wrecked It
Mrs. Pollock was driving south on
Washington street at the time and \
Engine No. 7 was being driven north
on Eleventh street In response to an
a i arm of fire from 2404 West Seven.
teenth street. Both machines eamo
together with a crash that was heard
for some distance,
S ATTERFIELD SL ATED
nnn rinirrn DACTfirfirr
fUli IUtVIjII I ' /O I Uf f IL L
Mrs. Pollock, while uninjured, suf
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Special to The Evening Journal.
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Nov. 23—
It Is reported that W. P Satterfield
will be nominated for postmaster at.
Dover. Del., by President H 11
either today or tomorrow Mr. Sat
mended by Senator Bail.
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