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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-03
SEVEN KILLED, IS
INJURED IN P. & R.
EXPRESS WRECK
CONTINUED from page 1

Baby Sidoni Mlddlernan, nine months
Atlantic City. contusions.
Isadore Middlemnn. Atlantic City.
spinal injury and shock.
Mrs. Katherine Mengle. Atlantic
City. injuries TO side and foot.
Clara Wilson. Philadelphia. con-
tusions and shock.
Louis Kolker, Philadelphia, fractur-
cd skull and legs.
Rev. Vaughan Rosse. Egg Harbor.
". j.. head injury.
John Mace. Philadelphia, conductor
Of train, scalded back. chest. arms
face and fractured ankle.
Frank Messo. Philadelphia, head in
jury.
Randolph Walker, Atlantic city, in
jury TO hand and shock.
Lawrence McGoldrlcS, Ventnor. N.
j.. dislocated arm.
Joseph Wolf. Atlantic City. injury
TO chest.
Clarence Wright. Camden. injury 70
back.
John Miller. Brakeman. Iansdowne
Pa. hurt about head and body.
Roy Cope. Philadelphia, hurt about
| head
All Atlantic City Doctors Summoned
a relief train bearing the injured
reached Atlantic City about a. m.
hut it could not be definitely learned
how many persons it carried. Two o
the injured. whose names have no
been learned. died on tho way 10 thi
city. COrdons OF police had beci
thrown around the station and ever.
available t3Xicah was cOmmandeere
10 rush them to the hospital. Fou
physicians. who had given first al
on route. were joined a, tho hospita
by nearly every doctor IN the city f
an effort 10 save the lives Of a mum
bcr reported seriously hurt.
Rcscuors. headed by tho voluntee
fire department OF Hammonton. n. J
and tho State police worked for sev
cral hours under the glare Of search
lights removing the dead and injure
from the wreckage. The scene ha
been plunged into darkness when N
engine struck an electric light pol
clipping IL off near the ground an
scverinR tho wire that carried III
p power for illumination. The rescuel
also were handicapped by the stee
q bank up which the victims had 20
0 carried. Ladders OF the fire depar
ment were brought into play for tn
o. purposc
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-03
Passengers Buried In wreckage.

DR.. Npschultz, one OF tho first ply
sicians on tho scene who arrived here
EXHAUSTED after working among tho
Survivors said When I went in
side heard no screams at first Many
were moaning and there were many
women with young children TANNED
down in the w-eckage. went n
those who appeared worst injured and
asked them questions trying 70 fnd
those who required emergency atten-
tion first. They appeared dazed Then
in twinkiinR the scene was changed
The first shock vas over and full
realization Of what had happened
seemed 70 dawn on them. With the
other physicians I tried - give Al!
aid possible The scene was terrible
in the fitful flashes of light that flter-
ed through the windows from the auto
mobiles that parked above. found
Mace, whom believe Is the conductor.
with a big hole punched in his head.
That Is all l can remember in detail
now"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-03
On Reading and B. & o.

The situation at the local shops of
the Philadelphia g. Reading Railroad
Co. remained today just as it was on
Saturday. None Of the workmen there
had quit work and an official Of the
company said he did not expect any
Nof them 10 quit. The shops We're clos
ed on saturday and will not reopen
until "Wednesday morning but of the
men who were supposed 70 report for
duty today. not a one failed TO appear.
At the rOundhOuse of the Baltimore
q Ohio Railroad Co, at Wilsmere, il
was stated by an official that ap-
proximately 25 men had quit on Sat
urday, but that there were no further
defections among the force today
There are a few more than 100 men
employed there. The walkout Of the
25 in no way interfered with the oper-
auons, it was claimed, and as far as
train service on this road was con-
cerned there had been no Interruptions
in the schedules and il was not thought
there would be any. In fact, 1t was
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-03
Cause of Wreck Not Known.

p s. Lewis superintendent Of the
Atlantic City railroad. operated by the
Reading. in a brief preliminary state
ment, said the cause Of the wreck had
not been definitely ascertained. He
denied report that John De Walt, on
duty at the signal tower at Winslow
Junction, had taken the blame for the
accident, or that a washout had been
responsible.
The accident occurred at the point
r-here trains for all seashore points
south Of Atlantic City turn 20 the
south al the junction. The curve n
the south bridges the main line n
/ atlantic City. and parallels the Penn
sylvania railroad whose Cape May
/ branch also turns 10 the south at this
point
First reports we're tha: a switch haC
been set for Cape May bound tre.ga
train. but FOR some reason the express
from Camden came along Arst.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-03
Going High Speed on Curve.

Going High Speed on Curve.
The train left Camden At i140 las,
night and carried four day coaches
a parlor car and combination baggage
car. Il carried e!ghty-nine passengers
The express was running az nigh
speed when il reached the curve and
its momentum caused & 70 leave the
rails. tuCn over on is ,ett side and
fall down an embankment The To-
comotive and the first day coach
which was empty, turned on their
side. The parlOr car cacapu,Ied ahead
and landed Upside down on The locomo-
tive and the next three cars, al day
coaches. turned over on their side.
The combination car did not leave the
rails
Forced 70 Work In Darkness.
An electric light pole was snapped
off by the wVeckage and turned ,he
scene into darkness. Calls were sent
out for help 20 Camden. Hammonton
and Atlantic City and It was some
time before aid reached the scene as
/ the junction IS az an isolated point N
South Jersey.
The uninjured worked valiantly ro
eNtricate the injured from the wrecked
/ cars and precautions were taken -c
prevent fire from the engine igniting
/ the wreckage Of the par!or car, which
! was OF wood with a stee. underframe
/ \ heavy storm hampered the rescue
! work but when relief trains arrived
| from Camden and Atlantic CiJy the
work OF rescue was well in hand.
Dead and Wounded Removed.
BY daylight the dead with the ex-
I ception of Engineer WesCott had beer
removed and all the injured had beer
sent away. Because Of the tangled
WreCkage there was uncertainty fol
many hours as to the total number o.
| dead.
There was a big crowd around the At
lantic City Hospital, only a squar,
from the boardwalk, when the injured
7 began 10 arrive. At the railroad sta
ton police roped off the platform $,
that the injured could be removed ex
peditiously from the relief train
Every preparation had been made [,
care for the injured passengers an,
there was little confusion when the,
arrived
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-08
SENATORS OPPOSE
CANCELLATION OF
ALLIED WARDEBTS
Harris Differs With Spencer
and Stanley as to Work.
ings of League of
Nations

Washington, October 7.-Cancelia-
tion of allied debts to the United
States was opposed unanimously To-
day by Senators Harris. democrat.
Georgia, and Mckinley, republican.
Illinois. Spencer. republican. Missouri,
in discussing their impressions of a
tour of Europe, where they were
American delegates to the inter-par-
liamentary peace union. All three
agreed that there was much suffer-
ing and economic distress in Europe.
but that the American government
should make no loans there. They
united in predictions that Germany
would work herself out of her diff
culties.
AS to the League of Nations the two
republicans differed somewhat from
their democratic colleague. Senators
Mckinley and Spencer declared the
United States should not be in the
league. but Senator Harris said affairs
both in Europe and America would
be better today If America had be-
come member at the start.
Declaring the league was not oper-
ating as its republican opponents had
predicted, Senator Harris said that
Europe now feels that 1t Is the only
thing that will prevent another great
war"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-08
Consolidation of
Railroads Opposed
ByCity of Mobile

Mobile, October T.--(speciaI. 1.-The
executive committee OF the Chamber
of Commerce has authorized the en-
ployment of an attorney to prepare
the case and represent the Chamber
of Commerce at the Interstate Com
proposed consolidation OF railroads
into competition groups, involving
the consolidation of the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad with the Southern
railway. among others.
Attorney Palmer Pillans has been
retained to represent the Chamber OF
Commerce. and the hearing Will
be conducted in Mobile. begin
ing Monday. October 16. The report Of
Prof, William 2. Ripley of Harvard
university will be filed with the
Chamber of Commerce brief In OPP
position to the proposed consolida-
tion.
Under the tentative plan Of the
Interstate Commerce commission
these two lines were to be included
in system No. 10. known as tho
Southern System" which includes
the following railroads: Alabama
Great Southern. Georgia Southern and
Florida. Mobile and Ohio, Southern
railway in Mississippi. Cincinnati,
New Orleans and Texas Pacific; and
New Orleans Great Northern.
Professor Ripley recommends the
inclusion of the Georgia Southern and
Florida branch from valdosta. Ga.
to Polatka, Fla. in the Seaboard
system. and opposes the inclusion OF
the Mobile and Obi, in the Southern
system.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-08
SINGLE DARK HAIR
ISONLY CLUE TO
DON|ER'S SLAYER
Sheriff Says Slain Man Lived
Double Life and Had At
fairs With Numbers
of Women
By As.oolasad Prrss

Phoenix, Ariz.. October "A single
long dark coIored hair--one that
carries a CLINT of bronze. Is the only
tangible eleven Sheriff John Mont
gomery has had to work on since the
tody of Guy d. Donier was floating
liz the Arizona canal the afternoon of
September IL, he declared today. This
one hair was found clinging to one
of Donier's socks- Sheriff MontRom-
cry today returned from a visit in
the southeast part of the state in
connection with the case. Also
Deputy Sheriff w. Bell returned
from Los Angeles. He disclaims
responsibility for much of the inter-
view attributed to him yesterday in
that city in which ne is supposed
to have said that the lists OF suspects
Ia the Donier casa had narrowed
down TO two prominent buginoss msn
in Phoenix.
There are perhaps twenty men
who would have had motive for
killing Guy Donier,' said Sheriff
Montgomery. He lived a dual life.
His familiars were to be found in
all strata OF society.
In all of our Investigations, We
are constantly finding evidence OF
Donier's affairs with women. many
women. As far as narrowing down
our suspicious is concerned. It
amounts to Just this---Donier might
have been killed by q jealous hus-
band. or he might have died by the
hnnds of some woman paramount"
All officials unite In denying the
reported charge made by r. T.
Donier. brother of the dead man In
Chicago last night. that the inves-
tigation was not being pushed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-08
M|STR|AL RESULTS
IN WEIGH CASE
Three Jurors Favor Conviction
and Nine AcquittaI of
Former Policeman

Admission, October 7-(spsoial.)--
Mistrial, with three men standing
for conviction and nine for aoquittal.
resulted today in the murder case of
Marshal WEIGH. former police officer.
who shot and killed Detectives Joe
Holiday and Bryce Hurst on Fiji
teenth street. west. last Juno. during
an argument following the report
that the detectives had reported
Welch and his former partner, Ernest
Davis as being asleep on duty.
Welch went on trial Thursday
morning before Jury. under the in-
dIctment charging the murder of De-
tective Holiday and the case went
to the jury late Friday afternoon.
The jury deliberated on the case
throughout the early part of Friday
night and all day Saturday, the an
nouncament of mistrial coming late
Saturday afternoon, after the jury
of IL men had announced to Judge
A. p. Agee that they were hope
lessly divided and that they could
not agree.
The former policeman was indicted
at the September term of the circuit
court grand jury under the charge
of murder, following the death of
the two detectives, but the trial
which began Thursday was only for
the staying of Holiday, WEIGH claim
ing that he shot Holiday when the
detective attempted to draw his pis-
toll and that Hurst was shot by acct
dent
The trial of the former police Of
ficer was attended by scores of men
and women who packed the court
room from the first minute the case
was called until the mistrial order
was made known late Saturday after
Eoon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-08
Bishop Murrah to
Preside at Annual
Methodist Meeting

Albany, October T.-(special.)-
Bishop w. B. Murrah of Memphis.
Tenn, a native Albanian. will pre-
side at the annual conference of the
Methodist church for North Alabama.
which will be held here beginning on
November 1. 1t was announced here
today. Bishop Murrah was born and
reared in Pickens county this state.
DIR. w. 4. Morris of Woodlawn,
conference secretary, is expected to
come here several days before the
opening of the sessions, which are to
be held in the First Methodist
church. to complete arrangements for
the business meetings.
The entertainment committee.
which has in charge the placing of
the delegates in various local homes.
is rapidly completing Its work and
places have been found for practi-
cally all Of the expected visitors EN-
braced within the bounds OF the con-
ference are IS presiding elder dis
trlcts, and from each district eight
lay delegates are elected.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-08
HERMAN SUES HIS
WIFE FOR DIVORCE

South Bend. Ind, October T.
Mrs. Augusta Herman, wife OF
John p. Herman, university of
NOtre Dame law professor. filed
suit for divorce late today.
charging cruel and inhuman
treatment. Recently Mrs. Herman
charged that Harry Poulin was
the father of her 1O-months-oId
son. PouIin was found not guilty
of the charge In city court.
Professor Herman, who as
sisted I'm the prosecution Of
Poulin. announced shortly after
the Judge rendered his decision
that he and Mrs. Herman would
separate and that she would take
the three children, two daughters
and son, to the home of her
mother In Bronson, Mich. The
Tiernans separated today, 1t was
said.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-08
Wounded Ex-Soldier
Seeks Last Relative

Decatur, October Especially
His family ties broken asundsr
by i'll fate, Which seems to be
his boon companion, Gordon Mil
Ter. ex-Canadian soldier, Is here
seeking the last of his earthly
relations. Mrs. Mary williams, an
aunt.
Only a few years ago the Miller
family was as happy, perhaps as
the average American household.
Then came the war. Gordon
Miller went across with the Ca
madam regiments and fought his
way in France, picking up along
his adventuresome road . scared
lung from a gas attack, and an
impaired hand from the thrust OF
. bayonet. Two of his BROTH
ers, also in the war. were killed.
He returned to this side ana
for three years was in a cana
dian hospital. Then he was dis
charged and started the long
trail westward to Duluth. Mum.
Z where his people then lived.
Three days before he reached his
destination his father. mother
and two sisters, were victims Of
an automobile which plunged
over an embankment. Thus
we're left but two links Of the
family ties.
Soldier still, however, Miller is
carrying on and refuses to be
critical Of fate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-08
HUGHES ACQUITTED.
OF MURDER CHARGE.
BY JURY'S VERDICT.
Aged Arkansas Minister, For
merIy Sentenced to Life
Imprisonment, Is Freed
at Second Trial

Hot Springs, Ark, October T.
Rev. Harding M. Hughes, superan-
nuated minister, early tonight was
acquitted of the charge of being ac-
cessory to the Staying of Mira. Anna
McKennon, aged reoluse, in Mont
gomery county In 1871 by jury In
circuit court here.
The aged minister, who twice has
been tried on the charge, being con-
yicted and sentenced TO life inn
prisonment at the first trial. tomor-
row will leave for Oklahoma. TO
spend the remainder Of his LIE with
relatives, he stated tonight.
The jury considered the case for
almost five hours returning to the
court room three times during that
period for new Instructions The
question of reasonable doubt" as
defined by the court. is said to have
delayed the verdict and Judge John
son, trying the case. told the Jurors
they must adhere strictly to the
technical definition.
When the verdict OF mot guilty
was read, Mr.. Hughes Jumped to his
feet and started toward the jury box
TO shake hands with the men who
had freed him. A sister of Mrs. Nc
Kennon. the slain woman, pale and
excited, also advanced toward the
railing. Mr.. Hughes was instructed
to remain in his seat until the woman
had left the court room.
The aged minister started a state
ment to newspapermen. They lied
about me-" he began. when his at
t.~ I'd tn
Preached Forty Years
The trial, which lasted four days,
attracted attention in a number Of
preached in Oklahoma Arkansas and
Missouri for more than forty years.
Mrs. McKennon. to whose murder
Raymond Cole, young mountaineer,
confessed and for which he Is now
serving a life sentence, was a well
educated woman with a wide family
connection. For some reason she
chose to live alone In a cabin in the
Montgomery county hills. She re-
fused all association with the people
of the neighborhood and her neigh
bors were most unfriendly.
At the first trial of the case. Ray
mond Cole, who confessed to the
actual killing of Mrs. McKennon. de-
cIdfeO tndt no Hdu Decn eHipiOJcu ny
the minister to get the woman out
of the way In order that Hughes
might get possession of her prop
erty on which he believed he had
discovered silver mine. He testi-
fled that Hughes had given him the
gun with which Mrs. McKennon was
killed and had given him liquor.
On the second trial, which was held
here on a change of venue, after
Hughes conviction had been re-
versed on error. Cole refused to tes-
tify, declaring me had made the law
mad" The defendant also refused
to take the stand on his own de-
Tense.
The minister, who was first ar
rested on May IS. 1921, soon after
the killing Of Mrs. MoKennon, es-
capped from a hotel at Mount Ida
soon after and was rearrested near
Hot Springs. He has been in con-
finement ever since, never having
been able to make bond.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-08
"Uncle Joe" Cannon Is
in Home Town Again

Danville. ILL.,. October 7.-"Uncle joe
Cannon who retires next March after
&c years of service in Congress. came
home today. after travelling most of
the way over the same road he follow
ed when he came west with his par
ents and brothers in 1910.
On that trip of so years ago, ne
rode. q child of four. in his mothers
arms on the high swaying seat OF
numbering prairie schooner
Now. more than four score years
later he has fulfilled a long cherish
ed ambition to make the same trip
again, this time in a modern con-
veyance-an automobile. Because OF
fatigue he was forced to abandon his
car at indianapolis and complete the
journey by train.
Tonight. rejuvenated by a rest with
one of his famous stogies burning
freely, he was the guest of honor at
a banquet.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-08
[ASKER ORDERS
SEAMEN TO KEEP
PROHIBITION LAWS
Shipping Board Head Says
Sailors Found With lntox-
icants Will Be Turned
Over to Prosecutor
By HUGH w. RoBERrs
Washington Bureau. The Accelerate.
nan naxfh nnr Hullninl

Washington, October 7.-(Spe-
cial. ALBERT d. Lasker, chairman
of the United States shipping board,
issued orders today that any officer
or sailor aboard a vessel of the
United States found in possession of
intoxicating liquors, would be
turned over to constituted authori-
ties for prosecution.
Only few months ago Mr.. Lasksr.
in defiance of the Volstead act md
tho constitution, authorised the sale
CT liquors aboard United States YES
seis flying the flag of the country.
1t was then that he argued that a
merchant marine. to cope with for
eign marines. must sell liquor, and
indirectly argued that as a marine
was dependent on liquor. a navy de-
pendent on a marine and the country
dependent on a navy. the country
was dependent on liquor.
The President, by issuing instruc-
lions to Lasker rigidly to enforce the
opinion of the Attorney General, cam
not wiggle from under the censure of
the country. For IL Ia common
knowledge that Lasker did not defy
the law before consulting the Presi-
dent. 1t Ia said that when Lasker
put the case before the executive. the
answer was: You are running the
shipping board. Mr.. Chairman"
Whereupon, Mr.. Lasker made q
bartending bootlegger of Uncle Sam.
Will Hurt Marine
The effect OF the decision will be
serious to tho marine. 1t Is said
that revenue increased 400 per cent
following the opening Of the bars.
This revenue will, OF course, be lost,
because Americans. IL has been DEM
onstrated. will not ride on vessels
that are dry" AS Lasker contends,
foreign vessels will easily find ways
to avoid the Attorney Generals opin-
ion that they cannot enter the United
States even with sealed bars, II that
opinion is sustained by the Supreme
Court. Foreign countries will argue,
and possibly with success. that their
vessels are just as much extraterri-
torial as their embassies In Washing
ton.
The opinion, further, will render
the marine less attractive 10 proEpec-
tive purchasers under the terms OF
the subsidy bill. Those who ccntem-
plate buying were moved through
three considerations; first, the cheap
ness of the fleet; secondly, the sub
sidy, and thirdly. the concession to
sell liquor. The third was not the
least attractive consideration.
There ia nc question, however, but
that the opinion of the Attorney Gem
eral meets the approval OF all citi,
Gems, whether wet" or dry" The
Lasker argument Is simply one based
on expediency. 1t reminds one OF
the argument of those who protested
against ctnfiscation OF their proper
ty when first prohibition was at
tempted in the United States The
Attorney General hoIds that just as the
(Continued ON Page Ten)
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-08
BLACKSMITH SHOP,
RUN BY ONE FAMILY
FOR 70 YEARS, SOLD

Gadsden, October 7-(Special.)
The three Phillips brothers,
Wallace and his twin brothers.
Leander and Orlander. have pur-
chased the Oldest blacksmith shop
in the city, the Christopher shop,
and will operate it in the flu
ture.
This blacksmith shop has been
in continuous operation for the
past 70 years and has been in the
same family until sold recently.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-08
BOND SET AT $4,000
Farmer Accused of Staying Brother.
in-Law Makes Bond

Haleyville, October 7.-(SpeciaL)-.
Leroy Kemp, charged with the MUIR
der of his brother-in-la law, LONE Gra-
witt, was today held to await the ac-
ton Of the grand Jury. under $4,000
bond. by Probate Judge Opie Gamble.
at preliminary hearing held at
Haleyville.
Kemp is charged with shooting
Gravitt In Kemp's cotton field last
week. Kemp At the hearing claimed
that Gravitt was advancing on him
with his hand In his pocket and
threatening to shoot him and that
he fired in self-defense.
An immense crowd was present at
the hearing. Kemp promptly made
bond and was released.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-08
INJUNCTION GRANTED
Order That Trains Stop at Lanstts
Held Up

Montgomery. October 7.-(spsesai.D
The Western Railway OF Alabama to-
day obtained from the Montgomery
circuit court temporary restraining
order prohibiting the public service
commission from enforcing it's ordsr
requiring the railroad to stop passen-
ger trains So and 36 at LAnette,
Chambers county. The circuit court
set the petition for a permanent In
junction for hearing October ~
The order was issued by the COM
mission September 10 and provided
that the railroad should establish
Lanette as stopping point for tho
two trains at the end OF rs days.
The railroad contends that sufficient
service is already provided for the
business of Lanette and that an un-
due hardship viii be forced upon is
by the order.