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Volume xx— no. 314
DEPARTMENT OF
- TO PROBE
KLU KLUX KEANS
Attorney General Thinks No
Need of Forming Vigi
lance Committees.
LAWS CAN BE MAINTAINED
BY THE SEVERAL STATES
High Officials of Klan May be
Summoned to Washington in
Near Future, It Was Indicat
ed by Government Officials
Yesterday.—State Would Do
Any Criminal Prosecuting It
is Stated.
(By'Associated Press.)
Washington Sept. 22.—High offi
cials of the Ku Klux Klan may he
summoned to Washington for inter*
rogation by the department of jus
tice, Attorney General Daugherty in
dlcated today.
Director Bums of the department’s
bureau of investigation, Mr. Daugher
ty announced, been Instructed to
set his agents at work on an investi
gation of the klan’s organization in
various parts of the country.
In connection with the possible
summoning rtf klan leaders to Wash
ington, the'attorney general said the
department of Justice had the auth
ority to summon anyone and it was
Its policy In the course of an investi
gation to talk the matter oVer with
the mnrsone involved.
The\ attorney general said that, any
criminal prosecutions would for the
most part be matters of state law tin
less there had been some violations
of the federal statutes through the
use of the malls to defraud.
N*ed No Vigilance Committee.
There is no need In this country.
Mr. Daugherty said, for vlgiiauce or
ganizations. The country does uo|
organization t define ami enforce the
laws for American citizens. It has.
he contended, a well organized de
payment of Justice to enforce the fed
rnl Jaw -and well organized state’an
thorltloa to maintain the laws of the
several states.
IRISH-BRITISH
MEET EAR AWAY
t ,
Conference Seems to be Fur
ther Off at Present Than
When Negotiations Were
‘ FiVst Started Several Weeks
Ago.
(By Ams H'iated Press.)
London Sept. 22.-~d > roKpoots of a
conference between Sinn Fein repre
sentatives ami members of the Brit
ish cabinet at nn early date were de
ciared today to be jess hopeful ns a
result of yesterday's consultation be
tween Prime Minister Lloyd f}4orge
and several of his ministers at (lair
loch. Several of this morning’s news
papers reflected ttti* view and re*
portk* from political correspondent**
at Oalrloeh generally agreed that the
ministers ahuweft a more rigid stti
tude toward Southern Ireland.
It is declared there is a tendency
on the part of the cabinet members
who ystked with the prime minister
to Insist that Kamonn do Valera for
mally withdraw his claim that Sinn
Fein delegates would enter the eon
ference as representative* of a Soviet
state They are said to urge that such
withdrawals be made before the gov
ernment agrees to meet the Irish del
egates. while some are declared to
have urged t&fct assurances be given
by the Stine #ietu (bat If the confer
erne meets, ibe separation issue aha!)
not be raised
$1,450,000 BONDS TO BE
RHQI 1KI:D FOR BOMBERS
Chicago, Sept. J5.-~Jkmda tor five
alleged bombers caught by police in
the act of bombing a shoe repair shop
few day* ago, have been lived at
It ¥* WN MuuMpai Judge If as
said tb* tigure bad been made so
large because tbs men bad endanger
ed the lives of women sod children.
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
t 1
_RAPPE AND ARBUCKLE
" FILMS ARE WITHDRAWN.
Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 22-
All First National film exchanges
were ordered today to withdraw
1 all films from exhibition in
which appear Virginia Rappe,
the actress for whose death Ros
coe ( Fatty) Arbuckie is held at
San Francisco on a charge of
murder, it- was announced here
today. Thirty-two hundred ex
hibitors are represented in the
action.
Arbuckle’s pictures had al
ready been barred by dealers all
over the country.
J. POPE BROWN IS
SUPT. PRISON FARM
Prominent Hawkinsville Man
Was Named by Governor
Hardwick Yesterday.—Was
Former Candidate For Gover
nor and Held Many Positions.
(Bv Associated Press.)
lA Hants, Sept, 22. — T. Pop? Brown,
of Hawkinsville, was today named
superintendent of the state prison
fuim at Milledgeville by ftovornor
'l noman W. Hardwick, to assume the
duties of the position on Oc uhe- first.
n b< appointment of Mr. Brown
tame in the nature of a surprise as
few knew that he would accept the
place if named and man r w ere under
*he impression that he was not c. can
and tnte.
Mr, Brown was at ono ifnie a Candi
da i.v for the governmnnip and made
an ixcellent race. Ho known as a
good, clean man.
NO MORE FARM LOANS ARE
AVAILABL€ AT PRESENT
1 ■
f m MW'wardTßaarg
Not Considering New Appll- \
cations Now. <
Valdosta. Ga., Sept. 22.—Notice has
been given the local association that
the Federal Land Bank at Columbia.
S. (\. will not consider new applica
tions for fnrm loans.
Tho officers write Secretary J. M.
Ashley, if the Lowndes association,
that already enough applications are
on file to take up the resources of
the hank tor the next several months,
AM applications which have been filed
“will receive consideration In regular
order, however.
BIG BUNCO MAN MUST GO
AND BEGIN SERVING TERM
But J. C. Mcßride Refuses to Submit
to Photo and Haa to be Man- ,
handled In Atlanta^
Atlanta, La., Sept. 22.—J. C. Me*
Bride, the banker for Floyd Wood
ward's gambling operations In Atlan
ta. and one of the inner circle of the
bunco syndicate wap scheduled to go
today to the state prison farm to be
gin his sentence of twelve months.
Mcßride yesterday was photograph
ad by force at police station. He ia
a big man with a strong, lighting
face and refused to submit to a photo
graph. Judge Humphries thereupon
issued a court order directing him to
submit to the '‘mugging,’’ and a cou
ple of strong armed deputy sheriffs
pinioned him in a chair at police
headquarters whilevthe camera click
ed. *
I’tlll.l.ll'S INVESTIGATING
GIVING OF GEORGIA IMF
Washington. Sept. 2? -J. L. Phil
lips. chalrptan of the new Georgta
Republican organisation, arrived here
today to try to settle gffwm a Georgia
patronage program. He said he ex
pected to be here a week and that it
probably will, be two weeks before
any announcements are made.
WOOD NOMINATED GOVER
NOR GENERAL PHILIPPINES.
tßv Associated Press,>
Washington. Sept. 22. President
Harding today formally nominated
Major General Leonard Wood i gov
amor at the Philippine* *
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF TME ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOTHER PLEADS
IN VAIN FOR LI EE
. OF WAYWARD SON
- t
Putnam Ponsell and Jake Martin
Must Pay Penalty ol
Their Crime Today.
FORMER GLYNN COUNTY
BOYS TO HANG IN FLORIDA
Mother of Putnam Ponsell
Makes Pathetic Appeal to
Governor Hardee and Pri
son Board, But no Chance
Whatever of Saying Execu
tion of Her Son and Jake
Martin at Crestview Today.
At Crestview, Oskaloosa county,
Florida, between the hours of sun
rise and 10 o'clock a. m„ today, Jake
Martin and Putnam Ponsell will pay
fhe death penalty for the murder of
John Tnggle, prominent young busi
ness man of Chtpjey, Fla., and the last
£ict in the awful tragedy except the
actual execution being the appear
ance of Mrs. John Ponsell, mother
of one of the condemned men .before
the Florida clemency board in Talla
hassee late yesterday afternoon,,
where she made a pathetic appeal in
behalf of her son, Putnam, not asking
or hoping for anything except a stay
of execution. Mrs. Ponsell went to
Tpllalmsßee from South Carolina,
where the family now resides and
from there she proceeded tb Crest
view where she is spending with her
son the last few hours he has before
mouting the gallows. It is stated
that young Ponsell is game; has
made tip his mind that nothing can
save him and is t patiently awaiting
the summons of the deputy who will
tell him all is ready. ,
Jake. Martin, 25 years of age, is not
as resigned to his fate as Ponsell Hp
is nervous in the extreme and is on
the verge of a general collapse. > •
Story, of the Crim%
crime for* which Martin and Ponsell
are to hang today.f They were walk
ing from one place to another when
John Tuggle, well-known young Chip
ley business man, came along in his
cor, offered them a ride and when
in a dark spat, they murdered and
robbed him. He was struck over the
head with an automobile jack until
life was extinct, dragged to the side
of the road and left there.
Who tHe Men Are.
Putnam Ponsell Is a son of Mr. and
John Ponsell, of Everett City, (the
former being section foreman of the
Seaboard for many years. Recently
the family removed to North, S. C.,
where they now reside. The con
demned son married a daughter of
Martin. Ills wife lives near Way
cross and he has two voting children.
Martin has been married twice leg
ally tatd has some six or seven chil
dren and other relatives, a number
of whom live In Brunswick. His fath
er and mother, long since dead, lived
hero many years and he has a brother
here at present.
CROWD OF RUSSIAN
ANARCHISTS HERE
Many in This Country But Are
Under Bond For Their Liber
ty,—Efforts to Have Soviet
Russia Take These Undesir
ables Seem Unsuccessful.
Washington. Sept. 22. —More than
100 Russian anarohists are at liberty
in this country under bonds which
are covered by ffum.ooo in Liberty
Bonds deposited with the secretary of
taH*r, It was stated today at the de
partment of tabor. On account of the
refusal of the Russian Soviet govern
jpent to accept them. It has been Im
possible to deport them.
Won’t Taka Them.
Efforts of this government to i
duce the Soviet government to open
Its borders to receive these extrem
ists as well as to receive about 100
insane and other undesirable Rus
sians so far have been futile. A u(v
her of Russians In federal prisons In
this country also would be deported
instead of being'held to serve their
sentences, if Russia would open its
borders, and also if the department
of labor had funds available for the
| balance of the fiscal year for ue in
connection with deportation*
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA FRIDAY, SEPT. 23, 1921.
FIRST PHOTOS OF THE EXPEDITION
ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB MT. EVEREST
V s . -ft Ji, V % .
' it
• —* •' ‘ . \ mm*} Gy.* fat
Loading up the expedition aupply c arrlers at Dochen, with the sky high mount of Chomolharla Inftke back
ground, and (above) three nuns encountered at a convent at Tatsung in Tibet.’
Here are the first photographs to
reach this country from the Mount
Everest. expedition, which for nearly
two months has been attempting to
scale the world’s highest mountain,
as yet without success. £The expedi-
UoiLii&syiedby jCfek J^^rdßury.
ny pro nniifn two*
ATLANTA KLO KLUK
ASK INVESTIGATION
Will Open Books and Records
to Any Persons in Authority
Declares William Jpseph
Simmons in Statement Is
v sued Last Night.
(By Associated Press.)
Atlanta. Sept. 22. —Knights of tho
Ku Klux Klan welcome any impartial
Investigation and will open the hooks
of records to the authorities, Col. Wil
liam Joseph Simmons, Imperial wlx
ard, declared In a statement Issued
tonight, when informed that Attorney
General Daugherty was contemplat
ing asking him to come to Washing
ton to discuss the situation.
The statement added thta when the
alleged ‘disclosures” being publish
ed by certain newspapers are con
cluded. he will answer them.
KILLED HIS MOTHER TO
END INTENSE SUFFERING
(Bv Associated Press )
Booneville. 111.. Sept. 22.—Interest
In the trial of William Deffe:,d<qi„ 17.
accused of murdering his mother near
here last July, cente-ei on the do
fense his attorney* would offer. The
lad's trial opened today. The head
less body at the mother, Mrs. Laura
DeffendoU. 70. was found ten days af
ter the shooting, in the woods near
(he family’s home. *
Following the finding of the body
William and Dolly DeffendoU, -br
sons, were arrested. William accnv
ed Dolly of the murder, but later el
onerated him. It was said Dolly had
been the sole support of his mother
for eight years.
A confession is alleged to have been
made by the youth, who held tne
shooting accidental. He is *ai( to
have declared he and his mother wf
squirrel hunting when his gun went
off and his mother fell wounded. To
end her suffering, he is said to have
told the authoriUes he fired int-t her
neck twice. Then he left ths body
end returned home, according to tb-*
alleged confession.
Authorities claim William had be* n
Quarreling with hie mother the day
before the shooting
graphical Society and members of
the Alpine club. The climbing of the
previously unexplored Mount Everest,
in the region of Tibet, has never been
accomplished by any white man, the
Tibetan governrmsnfc /having Ibarted,
fnTCoMreerabo^^
SWEARS OUT WARRANT FOR
SLAYER OF FATHER HESTIN.
(By Associated Pr-rs )
San F neisco. Sept. *2 \
warrant charging David Bender,
who escaped from the -Maryland
penitentiary, with the murder of
Father Patrick E. Hertin, Catho
lic priest here, was sworn- out
here today by J. Harry Bunlnp,
a private detective.
William A. Jllghtowc* was a’-
so held for trial in connection
with the priest’s death. ' •*. -
HARRIS PRESENTS
TWO RESOLUTIONS
One is From Last Session pf
Georgia Legislature, Other
For Atlantic Deeper Water
ways Association to Meet in
Sjavannah, Nov. 15.
(By Associated Press.) •
Washington. Sept. 22.—Resolntion*
of} the Georgia legislature recently
adjourned were presented today to
the senate by Senator WMUam J.
Harris. One petition asked congress
to appropriate money as prizes for
discovery of method* to eliminate the
cctton boll weevil, and the other reso
lution urged the congress to amend
the Ksch-Tuminings railroad act so
that the states might have undisput
ed authority oncer intra-state traffic
within gtheir respective state*.
Deeper Waterways Meet.
The official call for the Atlantic
Deeper Waterways Association by
President J. Hampton Moore of Phil
adelphia to meet in Savannah from
November 15 to IS was received today
by Senator William J. Harris. It is
stated that the sessions of ihe conven
tion will be held in the municipal mud
itoribm. MaJ. William W. William
son. of Savannah, is a vice president
of the association and C. P. Rowland
it a delegate from Georgia
1> .I*4
mid formation covered with ice, not
withstanding the huge cornices which
a sturdy pair of legs must encounter.
The general impression prevails that
at or near 25,000 feet the strongest
man and the most experienced climb
orhis physica 1 rr><ourcns.
GLYNN ICE CREAM
CO. STRETCHING OUT
B. J. Ford in Waycross Where
Preparatory Plans Are Under
* Way For Up-to-Date Plant m
That Thriving City..—Talks
on Railroad Matters.
Ben J. Ford, of the Glynn Ice
Cream company, of {this xfty. hag
been in Wayt-ros# on several occa
sions recently looking |nto the advls
ability of establishing a plant at that
point and from a statement made
there yesterday, it is certain that the
company will build one and begin at
an early date.
In this connection the (Waycrose
Journal-Herald of yesterday said:
‘ Arrangements are being made to
open anew Ice cream factory In Way
cross, according to announcement
, made by B. J. Ford, who Is spending
the day here.
"Mr Ford is an owner of the Glynn
Ice Cream Company of Brunswick,
and is also one of the owners and di
rectors of the Pnrlty Ice Cream Cora
panv of Savannah and Jacksonville.
"In conversation with a represen
tative of the Journal-Herald. Mr.
Ford stated that W’aycrot* is Ideally
located as a distributing point, and
that the local field offef* : many op
portunities.
"‘Speaking as an old railroad man,
and a strcng supporter df’organized
labor. I sink F am safe in stating
that there will be no railroad strike,
and that the country is oh the eve of
one of the greatest periods of proa
perity in the history of the world.'
Mr. Ford declared."
NEWEST FASHIONS IN FALL
OPENING SEEN AT KAISER’S.
Hundreds will today pass Kaiser's
and view the beautiful fall opening
window* wherein is displayed the lat
est of the 1921 season. The-season's
smartest modes in material and gar
nitures are there tastefully arranged
for the inspection of the ladies of
Brunswick.
The fact that low prices are now
prevailing is being especially dem
SHOWERS
PRICE FIVE CENTS
[FATTY ARBUGKLt'S
EXAMINATION
WEIL UNDER WL
~r~ Ii
Being Held to Determine When
er be Bound Over on a 1
Charge of Murder.
IMPORTANT WITNESSES *
GAVE THEIR TESTIMON
Comedian Listened Attentively
to Each One, His Face Bear
ing Serious Expression.—His
Wife With Who He Has Been
Living Apart For Many,
Years, at His Side All During
Preliminary Hearing.
(By Associated Press.)
San Francisco, Sept. ?2.—Police
court examination of Fatty Arbuckle,
which will determine whether the film
comedian is to be" bound over to the
supreme court for trial on the charge
of murder of Virginia Rappe, began
here late today in a courtroom filled
almost exclusively by women.
Three witnesses, who saw the girl’s
body after her death, four dayj* after
the affair in Arbuekle’s room, from
injuries alleged to have been suffered
there, testified that they observed
bruises on limbs and body. Two of
them, the surgeomAkho performed the
postmortem exammation and autopsv,
said death was caused by a ruptured
bladder, in their opinion caused by
external force. The surgeon who held
the autopsy also testified that a
puncture was on the left arm whtoh
is attributed to a hyperdermic neetjfe.
At tomorrow’s session there is J©x
pected to be introduced testimonjr re
garding incidents the party where,
according to witnesses t the coro
ner’s inquest, Miss Rappe was found
moaning and screaming after hairing
been alone with Arbuckle.
„ The comedian iiatened attentively
to today teMJmony.THs face Bearing
a serious expression.
His wife was by his side.
GROCER SOLD HUSBAND
EXTRACT, WOMAN SUED;
VERDICT FOR TWO CENTS
Salisbury, N. C., Sept. 22. —Two
cents in damages. were awarded to
Mrs. Melissa J. by a
Rowan, county superior court jury
here- yesterday in a suit for fig,ooo
against W. A. Roseman, a grocer,
whom Mrs. Woodington alleged sold
her husband flavoring extracts which
he drank, causing him to mistreat
her. The husband was. a witness for
the plaintiff. Roseman also was bur
dened with the coats in the case.
SCHEDULES FOR
WORLD’S SERIES
* %
Landis, Johnson and Hoydlor
Have Conference on Subject.
—Tentative Schedules Any
way, Will be Announced For
World’s Series.
Chicago, Sept. 22.~.Tudge K, M.
b-utdlw ronmilKhioner of baseball, met
with Presiden* ‘ Heydier of the Na
tional league and Ban Johnson, pres
ident of the. American league, today,
to draw up a provisional schedule for
the world’s series. ' •
Possible Combinations.
Tentative schedules probably will
be arrange*} covertfi* all poeslble
combinations, including a series be
tween the two New York team*, the
Giants and Cleveland, the Yankees
and Pittsburgh, and Cleveland and
Pittsburgh. The close races for the
pennant in the major leagues mage*
Imperative the formulation of plans
to guard against confusion of dates
when the races are decided.
Opens October 4.
The series probably will open Oc
tober 4. two days after the close of
the season, according to Judge Lan
dis. A later date may be selected,
however. If either Cleveland or Pitta
burgh wins the pennant In their re
spective leagues.
onstrated in this exhibition of the
very latest in this season’s creations
from the greatest markets.