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GENERALLY FAIR.
VOLUME XX—NO. 285
ENGINEER MULLEN
MAKES GBNEESSION,
WILL PLEAD GUILTY
A., B. & A. Engineer Admits
That He is Guilty of YiolaP
ing the Mann Act.
BE TAKEN TO SAVANNAH
TODAY TO AWAIT TRIAL
After Protesting His Innocence
For Several Hours, Finally
Breaks Down and Tells the
Whole Story to Officers.—
Wife No. Two is Standing
Loyally by Him.
Engineer W. iH. Mullen, of the A.,
'B. & A. railway, who was arrested
Wednesday night by Chief of Police
Register, at the-instigation of federal
agents, on a Charge of vioalting the
Mann Act, broke down last night and
admitted his guilt, after having pro
tested all through th e day yesterday
that he was innocent of the charge.
Mullen confessed to Special Agent
Jack Bonyne, of the department of
justice, who worked up the case
against him, in th e presence of W. H.
Sofiser, special agent for the A., B.
& A., and Assistant Chief of Police
McGauljeJv and stated (that he Inr
tands to enter a plea of guilty.
The charge against him is based on
the fact that h e deserted his first j
wife, in Vermont, and later married i
again without having obtained a di-j
vorce. Mullen, with his second wife, I
came to Brunswick three years ago
from Detroit, Michigan, since which
time they' have lived In this city,.
At flrsf' he emphatically denied that
ho bad another living wife, but the
strain was too great for him, and he
told the whole story to the officers,
ra*ijy admitting that he is guilty or
Th e investigation conducted by Spe
cial Affiant Bonyn the fact
'iwoften w*s married 'mvvemuer
SO, 1894, at Richmond, Vt., that he
lived with his wife there several
yafcrii, later deserting her and their
ona child. His first wife, Martha Mttl
tan, Mbmltted an affidavit to that ef
fect. '> v * ■ '
Mullen was married the second
time to Ruth Burtt Porter, at Eliza
bethtown, N. Y., on June 12. 1917,
the wife with whom he is living at
present. They hav ( , one child, and
their married life, since coming to
Brunswick, has been ideal. They re
aided at 1902 Union street.
previous to his employment on the
A., B. A A. as an engineers Mullen
nfld a position at the Atlantic Refill*
ery. He accepted a position with the
A , B. A A. in March, when the strike
went inti*'effect, and was regarded as
<m§ of the most efficient and relia
ble engineers In the service.
The second Mrs. Mullen Is sticking
loyally by hfr husband. although they
ard hot leggjly married, and will go to
Satannah him thin morning. She
stated ghat Mullen had told her he
had s>een married before, but that be
h|d obtained a divorce.
The fact that he brought b*r
Brunswick, from Michigan, no! being
legally married. constitute* the bn
at* for th* charge of violating the
Mann Act. Special Agent ltonyne did
jpyu, very effective work in assembi
ing %\\ the evidence, and completing
the qaa* ao quickly.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Maddox will
come to Brunswick this morning for
the prisoner, and he will be taken to
Bava|inuh and arraigned before U. S.
Commissioner Richter. Hood will
then be ass eased, and if the defen
dant it unable to furnish same, he
krill to* held In Chatham county Jail
until the fall term of federal four} l ( s
edpvtned. when he says he will enter
a plea of guilty before Judge Kvaua.
ORDERS REDUCTON
FORT SCREVEN FORCE
Washington. Aug. IS - Orders have
goa'out to the corps ire* commander
at Port McPherson. Georgia. to reduce
th* garrison at Fort S* raven, to a
c*retaking outfit of two officer* and
aUtetn enlisted men The reduction
In th# garriaon la to take place a*
ooe as the vorp* area commander
can make th* necessary arrange
uientf The record* of the war de
parttaent here show there are now
ill man at Pert Screven It will
rest with the corp* are* commander
to decide where they eh#ti be tear
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF TtlE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MANY AMENDMENTS TO
REPUBLICAN TAX BILL
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., Aug. 18.— Many
amendments to the Republican tax
hill will be offered on behalf of the
majority of the members of the ways
and means committee before the
house takes a final vote on the mea
sure Saturday. On e change voted to
day was elimination of the proposed
annual license tax of ten dollars on
vendors of soft drinks. General de
bate on the bill ended tonight.
TO LEASE VESSELS
ON TONNAGE BASIS
United States Shipping Board
Planning to Adopt a Uniform
Charter System, Under
Which All Vessels Will be
Leased on Basis of Tonnage.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 18. —Efforts to
substitute a system of bare boat char
ter for the system under which prac
tically all shipping board vessels are
now operated, was announced tonight
by Chairman Lasker, following a
lengthy conference held with Presi
dent Harding.
It is the intention of the Board, it Is
announced, to adopt a uniform char
ter system, under which all
board vessels will he leased on a ton
nage basis, the lessee assuming the
same risks as under commercial char
ter.
MACHINE GUN COMPANY
TO PROTECT NEGRO
(By Associated Press.)
Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 18. —A local
machine gun eompapy is being mobil
ized here tonight for protection of a
negro confined in the Knox county
jail, held a* a suspect in connection
With ap assault upon a .school teach
iil^:
are assembling at Insfcip with a view
\of determining on action to avenge
[the crime.
FORMER GEORGIAN BIDS ON
MUSCLE SHOALS. PLANT
(By Associated Press.)
Atlanta. Aug. 18.—George R. Ben
ton, manager of a Birmingham hotel,
who submitted a hid to the govern
ment for the Muscle Shoals nitrate
power plant, said today that he had
mailed to Secretary Weeks com
plete proposition, and thal he would
be able to demonstrate to the Secre
tary's satisfaction his,, absolute r*v
sponslbllity, If given an opportunity.
Stanton Is known in Georgia as helm:
president of the Georgia Hotel Men’s
Association. ll,e was formerly mana
ger of a hotel in Savannah.
DEATH LAST NI6HT
MRS. GEOI THAI
Well Known and Highly Re
garded Brunswick Lady Suc
cumbed After lllnness of Sev
eral Weektof Pneumonia.—
Funeral Saturday Morning.
Mrs. George N. Tharin, aged 45,
passed away ,it nb* ut 10:30 o'clock
last night at tip* family homo, 1111
Carpenter street, an illness of
several weeks of pneumonia. The
death of Mrs. Tharin will occasion
* .
the keenest regret among her wide
circle of friends in Brunswick.
She was the wife of GeofjM 3*. Thar
in, an officer attached to Judge
Beach's court, and wjts a sister of
Sheriff R. S. Pyles, and was a most
estimable lady. Her untimely death
will be deeply deplored by her numer
ous friends. *
The funeral services will be con
ducted at ten o'clock Saturday morn
ing from the residence. Rl*v: Thomas
11. Thomson, of the First Methodist
fftgtvdjbfffu fating. The interment
wIH be in Palmetto eertietery. the bur
ial arrangement* being in charge of
Undertaker Miller.
Mta, Tharin la survived by ber hub*
hand and several children, as well a*
numerous close relative*. The be
reaved family wtll have the. sympathy
of uiaoy trleads in their sorrow
OGLETHORPE LODGE
INSTALLS OEEIGERS
Practically the Entire Member
ship of Flourishing Knights
of Pythias Lodge * Present
Last Night to Witness Instal
lation Ceremonies.
Officers recently elected by Ogle
thorpe Lodge N6. 24, Knights of Py
thias, were installed at a largely at
tended meeting held in the castle hall,
third floor of the National bank build
ing. Inst night, the. installation cepe
monies being, conducted by ▼ice
Grand Master L. J. Leavy.
The new officers will I serve fdr a
period of six months, - Oglethorpe
Undfee' eventing offMers twice eaqh
year. The Lodge Is said to be in a
nourishing condition, with a substan
tial Increase in membership this year.
The officers installed last nlgbt.
who will now actively direct the af
fairs,of the I/Odge are: D. W. Krauss.
chancellor commander; J. A. Me
Uutgbiin, vice chancelioj; L. R. De*
Vaugn, prelate; P. C.*Woods, master
of work; L. A. Wood, master at arms;
J. B. Kelly, inner guard; A. O. Jack
son. nuter*'guard.
ACTION ON FORD’S PLAN
IS STILL BEING WITHHELD
Washington. Aug. 18. —Secretry
Weeks is still hopeful of a second bid
for the private management of the
Muscle Shoals nitrate plant and water
dams will be made to the war depart
ment. ,
Hej explained today that the per
son he had expected to make the bid
had been sick Ip bed and for that rea
son the company he represented had
not come forward With the proposal.
Experts have been sent to Alabama
by the secretary to make a complete
survey of th* site with reference to
the management under the plan pro
posed by Henry Ford. Irrespective
of whet he,* an addttioanl bid is receiv
ed action on the Ford proposition will
be delayed pending the rUport of th*
special investigators.
DEATH AT CHARLESTON
OF TUG-BOAT CAPTAIN
*
Nehrs was received in.,Brunswick
yesterday of the death at JCburies toa.
S. ci Wednesday of Capt. Treakeil.
commander of the **K 8- Keene,
who was .well-known and highly re
garded in this city. Th* tug K*en*.
op*rt*d by th* Savannah River Lum
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA FRID#, AUG. 19, 1921.
LOOK OUT BEHIND!
GEORGIA APPOINTMENTS
TO BE MADE THIS WEEK
Washington, D. &, Aug. LB. — it is
expected here that a batch bf Geor
gia federal appoint rrteuf€* will V sent
to the senate late this week before
the senate takes a recess for a month.
State Chairman Phillips has gone to
Philadelphia and the White House
was not ready this morning to make
any announcements. I hiliips said
the Georgia slat e is abovt completed.
FEW CHANGES IN
STATE GAME LAWS
Open Season For Deer Begins
November First; Woodcock
May be Shot in September.'
The legislature in its recent session
did not make the federal game laws
'th> game laws for th e state of Geor
gia. v The house passed such a meas
ure hut it was killed in the senate.
' 'There were some slight changes
made in the gam* laws of the state
by the legislature.
Dove Seaton.
The time for shooting doves is now
from November 20 to January 3d,
with a limit of twenty-five for one
day. The season formerly opened on
October 16.
Deer now shot from No
vember 1 to. December 31. Two deer
a season is-the bag limit. Formerly
the season was from October 1 to De
cember 1. Woodtoek. can now be
shot from September 1 to January 1.
Formerly the season was from •De
cember 1 to January 1. The bag Itmit
is twenty-five a day.
Mover* can he shot from Novem
ber JO to January 31. with a bag limit
of fifteen a day.
' Brunswick sportsmen as a rul* are
pleased with the new dates. It is
said to havq adopted the national
game laws would b*v* worked a great
hardship and have stopped the ahoot
ing of many birds at a time when
they are plentiful here *nd should be
in season.
her Uo., has made frequent trips to
Brunswick during the past year, and
Capt. Treakeil had many warm
friends here, who will learn of his
death with deep regret. The Keene.
In command of Capt. TreakeU. left
Brunswick only a few weeks ago for
Charleston. At that tim th* captain
was apparently In the best of health,
and n*W* of hu death came as a sur
pris* ad shock to bia fri*nds bar*
URGES GEORGIA TO
MBIT COTTON
Georgia Farm C®sgress Passes
Resolution Asking State to
Take Legal Steps to Stop
Production of Cotton Next
Year, as 801 l Weevil Measure
(By Associated Press.)
Macon, Oa., Aug. 18.—The Georgia
Farm Congress,, consisting of fifteen
state organizations, meeting in con
junction with the State, Agricultural
Society here today, passed resolu
tions urging the state to take legal
steps to stop all production of cotton
for a period of one year, as an Initial
step towards the absolute abolition of
the boll weevil.
lAn active fight will be made to
have such a measeure adopted, and
the proposition will very likely %ave
the almost solid support of all farm
organizations of the state.
BETTER NEWS FROM BED
SIDE OF MR. BUROESS
According to information received
by long distance .telephone from Sa
vannah at ten o'clock la*t night, the
condition of Phi! Hnrgesfu well-anown
and popular Brunswick citizen, who Is
treatment at the Ogle
thorpe hospital in that city, wa* re
reported a being much improved.
It was aaid that'Mr. Burgees had
passed a very satisfactory day. and
that he was then restipg comfortably,
with a gratifying improvement in his
condition noted. The attending phy
sicians now are hopeful that he will
recover. This information wilt be re
ceived with a ifreat deal of pleasure
among the hundreds of friers of Mr.
Burgess her* and at Arco. where he
has been employed the past year or
more as special police officer.
“SALLY” SPLIT SEASON
DISPUTE IS IN COURT
Charleston. S. C.. Aug. 18.—Judge
R, W. Memminger of the state circuit
court opened a hearing here this mom
Ing on the South Atlantic Association
"split season” injunction case. Ar
guments by counsel started shortly
before 1 o’clock to continue to 3 p. m.
Judge Memmmger may reach a de
cision by tonight on whether the in
junction against a split season should
be made permanent, or the petition
of Charleston and Columbia clubs be
dismissed
DEMURRER SUSTAINED IN
THE COCA COLA CASE
(By Associated Press.)
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 18.—The de
murrer filed by the defense contend
ing that the Georgia courts are with
out jurisdiction to grant the petition
of Asa Gf Candler, Jr., seeking to dis
solve the voting trust of the Coca
Cola Company, was sustained by
Judge Jones in Superior court; here to
day. Notice of an appeal to the state
supreme court was given by attorneys
for the plaintiff.
SAVANNAH RANK TO
GET COTTON LOAN
Application for Advance of Five
Million Dollars to Citizens &
Southern Bank is Approved
Yesterday by the War Fi
nance Corporation.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 18. —An applica
tion for an advance of five million dol
lars to the Citizens & Southern Bank,
of Savaunah, to be used for the pur
pose of financing exports of cotton
and other products, was approved to
day by the war finance corporation, it
was announced.
The advance will be made, it is
said, to finance export shipments of
cotton, cotton seed cakes, peanut
cake, naval stores, and similar com
modities. For the most part these ex
port shipments will originate in the
states of Georgia, Alabama and South
Carolina. ,
SCRIPT DANCE THIS EVEN
ING AT THE OGLETHORPE
“Ain’t we got fun,” will be the or
der of the evening tonight at the
Oglethorpe Hotel, the occasion being
a dance given unddr auspices of the
Youug Men’s Club. A small admis
sion charge will be made, which will
go to help wipe out jhe deficit in the
Darien bridge opening
fund.
Arrangements for the dance are in
charge of a committee headed by S.
K. Brown, and a number of out-of
town guests, from Waycross, Darien,
and other nearby towns are expected
Prizes will be awarded the couple ex
celling in waltzing and fbx-trotting.
Music will he provided by Loren te
son’s “Five Jazz Fiends,” the orches
tra having just received a number of
th, latest dance-music hits from New
York, which will be played during the
evening. Everybody ia cordially In
vlted. and the dance is expected to be
one of the most enjoyable events of
the kind held here during the sum
mer.*
NrNAUGHTON 10 BE
FREED SEPTEMBER
Governor to Have a Hearing on
the Case, and Will Make an
Exhaustive Investigation.—
Prison Commission Has Al
ready Recommended Parole.
Atlanta, (la., Aug. 18.—Dr. W: J.
McNa ugh ton. serving a life sentence
at the state prisoit farm on a charge
of murder growing out of the death
of Fred Flanders of Kmanael county,
may be paroled In September by/lov
ernor Hardwick.
i Hearing September 0.
Announcement was made today a
the governor** office that hearing
on Dr. M<,Naughton’s application for
parole Would he had h.y the governor
on September 0. and that the gover
nor had determined to make an ex
haustLve investigation of the ’Me*
Naughton cane. The prison commla
aion in July recommended a parole
The Case.
Dr. McNaugbton's case has been in
the newspaper* nearly fifteen years.
He was indicted and convicted for the
murder of Flanders and sentenced to
ipffe' ip prison ny-nt. The theory of
the prosecution was that Dr. Mc-
Naughton and Mrs. Flanders plotted
the death of he> hnsband and that
Dr. McNaughton administered poison
to him while ostensibly treating him
daring an. illness. Mrs. Flanders, who
was jointly Indicted, was never
brought to trial. Mr. McMaughton has
sought executive clemency several
times without success.
r^AiR
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CHARGE GEN.ANSELL
WAS "MASTER MIND”
r 'POLL ESCAPE
Sen\ Are Made by
Committee in
\ x Report.
many p. % Vent men and
OFFICER % >E ACCUSED.
Characterizirt ormer Judge
Advocate G<tfieral Ansell as
the “Master Mind” Majority
Report Recommends That He
be Disbarred From Practicing
in Courts of the Country.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. T.
Ansell, former acting judge advocate
general of the army, and of prisoner’s
counsel; Col. John E. Hunt and Col.
C. C. Cresson were charged with con
spiracy in connection with the escape
of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the
draft dodger, in a report signed by
thre e of the five members of the spe
cial investigation committee filed to
day with the house.
Characterizing Ansell as “the mas
ter mind’’ in the plan which released
Bergdoll to search for the pot of gold,
the majority reports recommended
that he be disbarred from practicing
in the courts of the nation “abova
whose safety and integrity he placed
gold.”
The minority report filed at the
same time, however, claims that* there
is no testimony to support the charg
es that Ansell “conspired to effectuate
his escape” or that his motive was im
proper.
The majority held that Col
onel Hunt, commandant of th e bar
racks at Governor’s Island, was di
rectly responsible for the escape of
Bergdoll through his failure to pro
vide an attenuate guard and to hand
cuff the prisoner.
Che minority after declaring that
no officer of th e army “knowingly par
ticipated in the conspiracy," found!
“grave declaration on the par* of Col
onel Hunt.” ’ ,
A* a basis of criticism of* Colonel
Cresson the majority said Cat “ugly
as are many phases of tae whole mat
ter* none fire more defenseless than,
the conduct' of CreHsbn in his pre
tense of prosecution of Hunt.”
fto reference was made to Cresson
in the minority report. IVfajor Bruce
Campbell, charged by Mrs. Bergdoll
w'th having accepted five thousand
dollars for his assistance in the; plot,
was exonerated by the majprjty re
port, and Major Peter C. Harris,*ad
jutant general of the army, was
charged by the minority report with
“primary responsibility for the situa
tion which mad,, possible the escape.”
TWENTY-NINE YEARS ARE
BACK OF THIS BUSINESS.
The poet tells us that there is
tide In the affairs of men, which
if taken at ita flood leads on to
fame and fortune. Thg truth- of
that time hoonred precept Is be
yond ' question. But there la an
other fortune that cornea to man
richer than ail else—a veritable
heritage more precious than gold.
What an ideal thing It must be
when a man arrive* at that happy
estate in hie life, when he oan
look back over a period of twenty,
nine of honorable activity
in on e business and professional
line, heating the afflicted la the
sacred and task of tha
real Samaritan. f 1 *
ji iit ; : \ * .* j
For. twonty-nine years the head
of this drug etoi*e has served the
people of Brunswick, and Tor
twvnty.flve yrs, he hob been
the county phyalclaet ,*©f Glynn
county. There la the. granite of
manhood in such a man and time
only serves to bring it out. To
sire and son, who are now united
in the conduct of thia business,
there must be a satisfying
.thought; the thought that comae
• with that old time injunction,
"well done, thy good and faithful
servant."
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