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WARM—Generally Fair.
VOLUME XX—NO. 307
TWO ARRESTED CHARGE
OE MURDER CONNECTION
DEATH ENGINEER REED
SENSATIONAL TURN
IN A. B. BA. TRIALS
ON AT FITZGEARLO
AH Smith, Former A., B. & A.
Flagman and Gerald C. My*
rick, Yard Clerk.
DAMAGING EVIDENCE IN
TRIAL OF 0. C. FAIRFIELD
Fifteen Hundred Witnesses Have
Been Summoned by the De
. .fense Commission Named
by Governor Hardwick to In
vestigate Fatal Wreck Near
Atlanta Will Probably Render
Report Today.
Fitzgerald, Sept. 14.—-While wit
nesses for the defense were being
heard today In the trial of 0. C.
Fairfield, one of the twenty-six
persons Indicted for alleged inter
ference with employes of the At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
railroad, Alf Smith, a former flag
man on the road and Geraid C.
Myrick, a former yard clerk, were
arrested on the charge of murder.
Both arrests, it Is said, are in
connection with the death of Engi
neer W. T. Reed, who was shot to
death In the pilot of his engine on
July 5.
.
rick and fithtOr, who \\,
ad while waiting to testify for the de
fense in the Fairfield cane today, both
asserted their Innocence of charge*
against them.
The grand Jury will convene again
tomorrow to begin new Investigations
into trouble on the road. It is under
stood that six cases will be presented
to the grand Jury.
The defense today laid plans to
prove that the wreck near Atlanta
was caused by other agencies than ex
plosives and will summon witnesses
who appeared before the Atlanta In
vestigation.
The case against Fairfield is not ex
pected to reach the Jury before Fri
day.
FAIRFIELD TRIAL IS
WELL UNDER WAY.
Fitzgerald. Sept. 14.—-Today's trial
of O. C. Fairfield, former flagman of
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
railroad, one of the 2(1 persons. Includ
ing Mayor J. L. PHtsman of Fitzgerald,
indicted on a charge of "interfering
with employes of thd railroad," began
with the examining of witnesses for
the defense.
Approximately 1,500 witnesses have
been summoned by the intense. These
include present and former employe*
of the railroad. It Is not expected,
however, that all will he examined.
There is every Indication that the trial
will not be concluded until the last of
the week, if then.
Attorneys for the prosecution arc
bitterly conducting every hit of tie*
testimony offered by the defense. This
morning the legal arrav for the de
fense was strengthened by the arrival
of CoL Sheppard of Americua.
Witnesses put up by the defense so
far deny all the charges brought by the
prosecution. They, moreover, contend
that there has never been any efforts
made on the part of former employes
of the Alt. A' A. railroad to set tip a
conspiracy against the present em
ployes of the road, and that at all times
efforts have been made to maintain
orderly picket lines.
More than a dozen witnesses were
called by the state yesterday before
renting Its case. Testifying In connec
tion with the fatal shooting of Engl
neer W. T. Reed, while running an A.,
BAA. train past the road's shops
here several weeks ago severs! wit
nesses stated that prior to the shoot*
tPg Fairfield had threatened to ehool
them if they went to work in the shops
Samuel ShelL shop employe, sold
that on the morning of July I. follow
tag the shooting o' Engineer W T.
Heed, h was driving m a car when
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
MAGE CARTER CONVICTED
FIOiR SHERIFF’S MURDER
Blaekshear, Sept. 14. —Mage
Carter was convicted tonight for
the murder of Sheriff J. W. Rob
erson and was sentenced to hang
on October 28.
Motion was made for anew
trial.
HANDICAP SHOOT
THIS AFTERNOON
Members of Brunswick Gun
Club to Pull Off Interesting
Affairs—Many Prizes Offered
by Local Merchants Making
It Interesting.
The Brunswick Gun Club will hold
an nntere.sting handicap shoot on their
grounds this afternoon beginning
promptly at 4 o’clock. I It will be the
first shoot of the kind held by the
club since its organization, and it Is
expected that practically all of the
members will be present. Those who
intend shooting are urged to be on
hand promptly at 4, in order that the
squads can be arranged.
Local merchants yesterday donated
a nutpher of prizes, w'hich will be shot
for tiffs afternoon. The chief trophy
will bp a handsome silver cup. donated
to thd club by Capt. J. A. Clark. The
program will consist of r,O birds, to
be ghot in two twenty-five bird events,
Tho prize* offered and thdse who m
kindly donated are as follows:
High gun, silver cup and pair silk
sox, donated by A. Zelmonovltz; sec
ond high gun two boxes shells, by
Lynn-Gould Hardware Cos.; third high
gun, carton of cigarettes, by W. H
Horrie; fourth high gun, necktie, by A.
Kaiser & Bro.; fifth high gnn, pair silk
sox by Stephen*, Lorontzson & Shef
field.
Longest straight run. alarm clock,
by Giilican & So.; second long run,, 2
boxes shells, by United Supply Cos.;
third high run, necktie by Wood-Bailey
Clothing Cos.; fourth high run, silk sox,
fifth high run, necktie, by G. W.
Owens.
High gun on fiß-yard line, half dozen
handkerchiefs, by Jeff Brown; second
high cn 16-yard line, half pound box of
candy, by City Drufe store.
Lowest score, pound box of candy,
by Cates’ Drug Store.
Fairfield, in another car, crashed into
his machine.
The witness told of an alleged as
sault upon him by a gang. He said
that pickets on duly at the shops were
armed with rifle and pistols.
B. A. Richards, yard foreman, told
of several picket lines. "Someone
truck mo with a rock near the Lee
Grant hotel, ’• said the witness. He
said that he recognized Fairfield in the
crowd.
W. F. Roney, hostler, said he was
standing on the pilot of the engine
when Engtneer W. T. Reed was shot
on July 5. He saW that Fairfield
and others, nil armed, were at the
picket post. "We were tired upon
many times," he said, "two of the bul
lets lodging in my Jacket We return
ed the fire but could not see the peo
ple who were shooting. Engineer Reed
was fatally wounded."
STATE COMMISSION
WILL REPORT TODAY.
Atlanta, Sept. 14. —The state inves
tigation Into the fatal •wrack on the
A., B. A A. freight near here last week,
was concluded late today and commis
sioners announced that after comple
tion of certain tests it would prepare
It* report. ,
Union leaders claim defective equip
ment caused the wreck but the road
el‘lifts that explosives were placed on
the track and Snpt. Hawkins testified
that on the night of the wreck he bad
sent out a genera) warning because of
the action* of two men in Manchester
whom he said, had left town the night
before each previous wreck. He did
not name them.
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. Delegates to Arms Parley
Stand Out as Political Leaders
i ■y A .4^^^ : Ah
jPHHH
L?ft to right, above: Charles E. Hughes and Senator Oscar W. Underwood.
Below: Elihu .Root and Senator Lodge.
Washington. Sept. 14.—Ah examina
fielegatlon to the conference on lirnita
tioh of armament reveals that It dif
fers quite radically and in various
ways from the delegation named by
President Wilson to represent this
country at the Verailles peace confer
ence.
Mr. Wilson headed the commission
to Verailles himelf and dominated it
by direct leadership. His associates
were not outstanding political leaders;
they were men chosen with the idea
that they were to be merely the execu
tors of his orders.
On the other hand, the delegation
chosen by President Harding does not
include himself and is composed of
men who have distinct places of their
own in American public life, apart
from their association with the Pres
ident. Secretary Hughes was the Re
publican candidate for President in
1916, while the other two Republicans
on the delegation. Mr. Root and Sen
ator Lodge, have been regarded in
COMMITTEE SURE
ON CAR LINE DRIVE
Members Were Out Again. Yes
terday and Will SoMcit Again
Today, Hoping to Secure the
Amount Desired by Friday at
Noon Meeting.
That the perpetuation of Bruns
wick* street car system is certain, be
comes more evident every hour and
according to members of the commit
tee who has the matter in hand, it is
almost certain that the sum desired.
$85,000, will have been subset!bed by
tomorrow at noon, at which time a
meeting will be held at the Board of
Trade rooms and all amounts report
ed.
There are scores of citizens who
have not been approached an yet. but
will be during the present and tioon
tomorrow. Some of these can be de
pended upon for good subscriptions,
while many have already said they
would t-ke some stbek In small
amount.
President Mark Wilcox, of. the
Young Men's U*lub. who has beonMn
dose touch with the matter since
movement was started by the organ-
Oration looking to the preservation of
the car line, was very sanguine when
asked about the day’s work. * He. as
wett as other, who have been working
BRUNSWICK, (KORCIA THURSDAY, SEPT. 15, 1921.
convention after convention as pres
idential poawudhw** ’Senator Under*
wood, the Democratic member of the
delegation, is not/a "Harding Demo
crat,’ but a virile partisan, leader of
the minority in the upper branch of
Congress, who has been discused for
the Democratic presidential nomina
tion in years past.
The Harding appointees differ radi
cally from the delegates to Versailles
also in that all are lawyers. Root and
Hughes have been leaders of the New
York bar for years. Underwood Is in
active practice. Lodge is a lawyer,
though he has devoted moat of his life
to literature and politics.
Mr. Wilson, on the other hand, dis
liked and distrusted lawyers, and prac
tically ignored them In making up the
Versailles delegation.
It is also significant that while Mr.
Wilson Ignored the Senate in his se
leotlono pf peace delegates, two of the
four Americans named as delegated to
the arms conference are senator* and
a third, Mr. Root. Is an ex-senator.
CLARENCE WILOER
NOW UNDER ARREST
Named by Harvey W. Church,
Alleged Confession of Killing
Bardnard Daugherty and Carl
A. Ausmus, Two Automobile
Salesmen.
Chicago. Sept. 14. —Clavenc# Wilder,
named by Harvey W. Church and Leon
Parks in alleged confessions a* the
third man In the murder of Bernard
Daugherty and Carl A. Ausmus, auto
mobile aaietfnen. surrendered to the
police early this morning/ Investiga
tions from the state’s attorney’s ofltne
immediately started to question him
Fhuroh and Parks claim Wilder
helped them kill Daugherty and Ans
raus in Church’s basement and later
helped them dispose' of the bodies.
Wilder, a show operator, asserts he
worked all afternoon the day of the
murders and claims that he £an fur
nish an alibi to prove his whereabout*
so hard, thinks that the full amount
will be reported when the meeting is
held tomorrow.
PRESIDENT RETURNING.
Southampton. X. Y . Sept. 14 —Pres
ident Harding and party sailed for
M ashing urn late today on the May
flower, due in Washington Friday.
ALL IS READY FOR
SCHOOL OPENING
MONDAY MORNING
New Teachers Beginning to Ar*
rive and Will Be at
Their Places.
SOME FACTS ABOUT SCHOOL
OF IMPORTANCE TO ALL
Pupils Who Live in City Limits,
North of First Street, Will At
tend at Arco, Those South of
This and Up to G Street, Will
Attend Purvis and Those
South of This Will Assemble
at Glynn Academy.
Teachers are beginning to come in
to be in readiness for the opening of
schools on Monday the 19th.
Prof. R. D. DEadie has located on
Union street with his family cf wife
and three boys.
Prof. R. D. Eadie has located on
charge of the science department in
the High School has taken rooms with
Mrs. N. B. Harrison, on London street.
Prof. Bain is a product of the Univer
sity of Tennessee, at Knoxville, and
comes from a family of scientists. He
will assist the boys In some of their
athletic activities.
Prof. J. P. Highsmith, Jr., will assist
In teaching history and will also be
identified with the athletic organiza
tions, a*, he is himself an athlete.
jliss Marian Padrick, who was an
honor graduate of Wesleyan, will have
the classes In French and Spanish
and be identified with the girls’ organ
izations.
Miss Edna Tyson, who specialized
in domestic science, will take the place
of Miss Garrett in Glynn Grammar,
the Fifth and Sixth grades will have
four teachers who will do department
aj work, Mim Eva Harris will teach
arithmetic; Miss August Brown, geo
graphy; Miss Julia T. Miller, history;
Mrs. E. Johnson, English.
Pupils who live in the city limits
north of First street will attend the
Arco school. Those south of this and
up to G street, will attend Purvis.
Those south of G ( street will assemble
at Glynn Academy. It may be neces
sary to make some transfers from one
building to another if certain rooms
should become overcrowded, and this
will be done by the superintendent
after the opening.
Supt. Dryden, wants to Impress the
ruling of the board that no pupil in
the public schools has any more rights
than anther on the streets or on the
school grounds or in the school build
ings. Consequently attention is call
ed to parents, teachers and principals
that no hazing or nagging or imposing
of one pupil or set of pupils upon an
other. will be tolerated and principals
are directed to use -drastic methods If
necessary to curb these heathen prac
tices. The citizens, as a whole and as
Individuals, should be interested
enough to help stamp out this anti
quated notion Jhat because a boy is
new he must be subjected to Indig
nities by a few who assume to have
the right by longer stay at school to
Impose on others. Let the fathers and
mothers stand for fairness and justice
and manliness In their boys on and
off the streets, and there will be a
start in the right direction at school.
The building have been renovated
and repaired and everything Is being
put in readiness for the opening of
schools on Monday. With the proper!
cooperation of the parents and pupils;
wkh the teachers and educational an-!
thorlties. the coming school year will |
be among the most successful in the
history of the schools.
COMMITTEE fiOING TO
"MINE WAft" DISTRICT
. (By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 14.—Members of
the Senate., committee investigating
conditions in the West Virginia coal
fields will leave Washington Saturday
for West Virginia, with the Intention
of resuming the inquiry in an infor
mal manner. \
The subcommittee meeting in ex
ecutive session today, deckled against
immediate resumption of the formal
inquiry in the coal fields pending con
clusion of the murder and arson trials
In Mingo county and the grand jury
proceedings in Logan county.
committee handle
LOAN APPILCATIONS
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 14. —The ap
pointment of sixteen local agri
cultural loan committees to
handle applicatiops -ior loans, Un
der congressional authorization,
making a billion dollars available
for agricultural and livestock ad
vances, was announced tonight
by the War Finance Corporation.
MOORE IS ELECTED
JUDGE ON WORLD
COURT BY LEAGUE
Others Are Also Selected at Ses*
sion at Geneva Held on
Yesterday.
IS NOT TO INTERVENE
ON QUESTION MANDATES
American Selected Gave Oitt
Statement at His Home in
New York Yesterday Stating
Would Accept—ls Author of
Book and Was Third Assist
ant Secretary of States From
1886 to 1891.
(By the Associated Press.)
Geneva. Sept. 14. —John Bassett
Moore of the United States was elect
ed a judge of the international court
of justice by the assembly of the
league of nations on the second ballot
in the voting for members of the
court, which began here at 10 o'clock
this morning. Mr. Moore’s election
was confirmed by the council of the
league. (
Others Chosen.
t>r. Rafael Altamira y Crevea of
3pain, Dr. QM' Barbosa of Brazil, ,Vif
eount Robert Finlay of Great Britain,
Dr. Alejandro Alvarez of Chile, Dr.
Antonio S. de Bustamante of Cuba,
Dr. Andre Weiss of France, Dr. Yo
rozu Oda of Japan, Dr. B. T. C. ( Leaer
of Holland and Commendatore Dion
isio Anzilotti of Italy were elected by
the assembly on the first ballot.
The council of the league*, which met
at the secretarial simultaneously with
the meeting of the assembly in Refor
mation Hall, confirmed the assembly’s
choice of Viscount Finlay, Dr. Weiss,
Dr. Oda and Signor Anzzilottl, who
consequently were definitely elected
to the eourt.
Moore Accepts. '
New York. Sept. 14.—John Bassett
Moore announced at hh residence here
today that he would accept election to
the international court of Justice. He
is in his 6lst year. Klihu Root, who
had declined election because of his
age. is 76.
Mr. Moore has been professor of in
ternational law and diplomacy at Co
lumbia University for twenty years
and has had a varied public service
involving international relations.
Author of Books.
He was a of the depart
ment of state in 1865. third assistant
secretary of state from 1886 to 1891.
assistant secretary of state in 1898.
secretary and counsel of the Spanish-
American peace commission in 1898.
counsellor of the state department in
1914. He has been a member of the
permanent court of The Hague since
1894 and is vice chairman of the in
ternational high commission organised
at the Pan-American financial confer
ence in 1915. He has written many
hooks dealing with international rela
tions.
Not to Intervene.
Geneva, Sept. 14. —Decision not to
intervene in the mandates question
pending the result of negotiations be
tween the principal mandatory powers
and the United State* was reached to
day by the special commission of the
league of nation* recently named in
connection with a resolution presented
to the league assembly by Lord Robert
Cecil.
PRESIDENT HARDING TO
VISIT WEST POINT TODAY
The Mayflower reported by wire
less late tonight that President* Hard
ing had changed his mind abont re
turning to Washington but would visit
West Point tomorrow.
I
IFAIR
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ARBUCKL'E W
YET BE In t D
ON Mt-.JcR CHARGE
• , , ./
Manslaughter Does Not Satisfy
District Attorney
Brady. i
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CORONER’S JURY THINKS
FORCE WAS CAUSE DEATH
Actor Will Not Be Able to Obtain
Bail Until Murder Charge Is
Determined One Way or An
other But Meantime Arrange
ment for Speedy Trial and the
Charges on Which He Will Be
Tried.
(By the Associated Press.)
San Francisco, Sept. 14. —The coro
ner’s jury today returned a verdict
holding that Miss Virginia Rappe came
to her death through peritonitis caus
ed by the rupture of an internal organ.
The verdict stated It was caused by
the application of force “Which we
believe, from the evidence, was ap
plied by Roscoe Arbuckle, and we
hereby charge him with manslaugh
ter.’’ *• *
The jury also directed that all offi
cial sources should conduct a thor
ough investigation and added: “We
recommend that the district attorney,
chief of police, grand jury and pro
hibition , enforcement officers take
steps to prevent such events so as San
Francisco will not be made the rende
vous of the debaucher and gangster."
Can’t Get Bail Yet.
The grand jury’s voting of an indict
ment charging a lesser offense than
murder will not make Arbuckle elig
ible for ball at once, the district at
torney declared.
“He will not be able to obtain tem
porary liberty on ball until the charge
of murder Is disposed of,” Brady sa'd.
“Jff the murder charge Is withdrawn
Jmyup to obtain bis freedom
penanur negfing on tne manslaughter
charge."
Speedy Trial.
The way was cleared for a peedy
trial of Roscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle,
motion picture comedian, on one of
two charges which hold that he Is re
sponsible for the death of Miss Vir
ginia Rappe, motion picture actroMf,
alter she had been subjected to an al
leged attack in his rooms in the St.
Francis Hotel.
The authorities are discussing the
charge on w'hich they will bring the
actor to trial. District Attorney Brady
is of the opinion that the murder
charge should stand, If Arbuckle is
cleared of that charge In the event he
Is tried on It, he must still face the
manslaughter charge.
KMIKEZE
run MIOTIC
NOT IFIRE
Wine Men Are Known to Have
Been Killed; More Than a
Score Seriously Injured,
While Three Are Missmg.
Second Conflagration at Thie
Rant Withn , Past Thirty
Days—How Fire Started Not
Known When Report Was
Sent Out Last Night.
(By the Associated Press.)
Philadelphia. Sept. 14. —Nine are
known to be killed and a score Injured,
several of whom are expected to die,
three missing, today In the second
serious Are at the Big Point Breese
plant of the Atlantic Refining Company
within a month.
The Atlantic Refining Company, is
also owner of the big plant at Arco,
near here.
The ordigfn of the fire has not. as
yet. been determined.
The plant which was again visited
by a serious fire, Is owned by the same
company which operated the mam
moth refinery at Area near tbs city
limits.