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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1925
Page
1
Birmingham December funeral efforts continue as Overton miners mourn fifty three dead from a gas explosion in Mine No 3 of the Alabama Fuel and Iron Company. Nine white and forty four black workers perished. two bodies remain to be recovered as rescuers remove fallen rock.
Mrs Horace Elgin Dodge of Detroit and Palm Beach was seriously hurt when their automobile overturned on Ocean Boulevard in West Palm Beach. Hugh James O Neil of Detroit died from injuries after the crash. The incident occurred early today and O Neil died in a hospital several hours later.
In Jacksonville on December 12 the federal grand jury returned a true bill against Raymond O. Bennett Jr. and Charles Vaughn for Mann Act violations. They were arrested ten days earlier by DOJ agents for transporting two Atlanta women, Marie Brumley and Nellie Phillips, to Jacksonville. Mrs Bennett, estranged wife of Raymond Bennett, expressed relief at the news.
Count Guy De matharel approached a lion cage in a Paris circus lobby last night. The lion grabbed his arm through the bars and mauled him, tearing off most of his scalp. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Six persons seriously injured and a score or more bruised when four cars of the Choctaw Special derailed on a sharp curve near Roland Arkansas. The smoking car and two Pullmans tumbled down a steep embankment in the crash reported today.
Paris reports Senator Victor Henry Berenger, newly named ambassador to Washington, will defend France’s interests in the United States and push for war debt settlement. In domestic news, a woman sues Bennett for divorce on non support and desertion, hinting at a forthcoming announcement. US DA William M. Gober asks grand jury to indict two men in the ligation case.
Mennonites who relocated two years ago to a valley in Mexico lament ruined hopes of a promised land and now return to Canada. They speak in halting Spanish about barren land and hunger as they seek a more conservative life back home.
Washington delegates and state lawmakers press to override the inheritance tax. A five member committee chaired by Rhode Island Senator Arthur A Sherman will monitor joint levies and appropriations and report to governors and legislatures. Texas legislators accuse tax clubs of paying their travel expenses as they oppose the inheritance clause of the new bill.
Atlanta officials report about 75 million dollars is being spent to expand Florida railway facilities. The program covers new main lines classification yards unloading tracks passing tracks motive power and general equipment to handle doubling freight traffic over the past four months.
Twenty Americans and several British passengers on an international train from Peking to Tientsin were caught in a battle between Feng Yu Hsiang and Chang Tso Ling forces near Yangtzun. They hid under the stalled train as shells fell and the train retreated toward Langfang.
John D. Rockefeller caused a local stir by handing out brand new ten cent pieces to a reporter and his family during a Savannah stop en route to Florida. The oil magnate appeared in a cheerful mood, unaware of a cut rate war among Savannah gasoline houses.
Macon Georgia December 12 Kiwanis club directors plan a Saturday meeting to decide if Dr Walter Anthony pastor Mulberry Street Methodist Church should be expelled over criticism of Kiwanis minstrel dances. Anthony defended staying, noting assurances next year will differ. He claims not to have attended but was troubled by reports of dances including Charleston featuring daughters of prominent Macon families. Preacher Re elected Georgia state board of architect examiners president G Lloyd Preacher was re elected. Rudolph Adler named secretary. Other members listed.
A special committee of senators and representatives from cotton states was appointed to draft a bill altering cotton production and ginning reports. Senator Smith of South Carolina was named chairman. The panel expects to report next month and push the measure in both houses.
The House gave non partisan support to a tax reduction bill in closing debate. Representative Garrett of Tennessee announced he would oppose a provision for life appointments on a tax appeals board. The measure has bipartisan backing and should move smoothly to amendments next week.
National banks nationwide face tighter federal restrictions yet seek greater charter freedom. The 1924 report by J. W. McIntosh, Controller of the Currency, calls for McFadden Bill amendments after a long exodus from national to state systems. Resources share has fallen from 75 to about 47 percent since 1880s.
Ten persons were injured today when an elevated express train collided with a stalled car on Oxford Street near the Brooklyn station. Two victims were reported seriously hurt as rescue workers cordoned off the wrecked cars and traffic was halted in the area.
Lisbon authorities report the Portuguese cabinet led by Domingos Perira has resigned today after mounting political pressures. The move comes amid ongoing government instability and was announced from Lisbon.
Washington Dec 12 The Mitchell court martial concluded what it expected would be its last full week with prosecutors presenting testimony. The air force officer Col Mitchell attacked aviation policies. The court plans to hear remaining evidence early next week and close sessions before week’s end.
President Coolidge was assured by Representative Snell that a congressional committee will be created to determine Muscle Shoals policy. The plan calls for seven House members and three Senators to study disposal options and report findings to Congress for approval.
Reports from Jerusalem say several hundred French troops were killed in a Monday battle with Druse tribesmen near Damascus. The French force, numbering several hundred, faced encirclement and almost all were killed according to devices reaching here today.
Dr. W. H. Felton, lifelong Cartersville physician and only child of former Senator Rebecca Latimer Felton, died in a Rome hospital after a long illness. He had spent his life serving the Cartersville community.
In Geneva on December 12 France Italy and Japan disclosed opposition to holding an industrial naval conference separate from the proposed general disarmament conference. The league of nations meeting discussed President Coolidge’s message to congress and opened public debate on American participation in the preparatory study by inviting the United States to appoint representatives on the preparatory commission.
Right Rev. Thomas G. Gailer Bishop of Tennessee and retiring president of the National Council of the Episcopal Church will relinquish his duties December 31 to return to his diocese and to work as chancellor of the University of the South.
Fair tonight and Sunday across Georgia South Carolina and Tennessee with little temperature change remaining.
Princeton speakers at the National Collegiate World Court Conference say Citizens military training is not inimical to a world court. Diplomacy is not inconsistent with earnest advocacy of such a court.
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