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GENERALLY FAIR.
VOLUME XX—NO. 328
PREPARATIONS ON
FOR U, S. PARI IN
ARMS CONFERENCE
Hughes, Underwood and Root
Held First Meeting
Yesterday.
MASS OF DATA EXAMINED
WILL CONSUME A MONTH
Yesterday’s Meeting Was More
Than Mere Preliminary, But
Delegates Cot Down to Real
Work With Stacks of Docu
ments to be Gone Into, Be
sides Many Persons Who
Must Go Before Board.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 12. —For-
mutation of policies to he pursued by
the American delegation at the con
ference on limitation of armment and
Far Eastern and Pacific questions
was begun today when the four dele
gates selected by President Harding
to represent, the United States held
their first meeting at the state depart
mnt.
Call by Hughes.
Responding to a call Issued yester
day by Secretary of State Hughes,
designated by the President as the
head of the American delegation, the
delegates arrived at the department
at 10 o’clock. Senator Underwood
was the first to arrive and E'.lhu Root
the last of the quartet.* The .former
ou passing through a group of news
paper correspondents gathered re
port the first formal phrase of Ameri
can participation in the conference
remarked: "Well, I see you are all
on deck.”
A month of careful preparation for
the American government's part in
the armament conference began today
with the first meeting here of the four
delegates .selected by Presidnt Hard
lng to speak for tbe United States.
Diplomatic, military and nAval data
of a specific nature already had been
compiled for the guidance oE the del
egallon, but for the real task of fit
ting the whole mass of Information
together and building upon it a con
structive program remained to be
done by the delegates themselves, In
the # lnf)g series of meetings that will
precede the opening of the conference
on November 11.
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; Preliminary Survey.
Today's meeting was designed to
do ntore than scratch the surface of
the problem ahead of the American
representatives. It was called by Sec
retary Hughes, head of the delego
Uou. to permit a preliminary survey
of the situation. President Harding
has comunioated his ideas through
Mr. Hughes, and memoranda were
available covering various points of
technical ififornmtion, hut personal
Interviews -with the President and
with military and naval experts were
part of the delegation's plan during its
period of preparation.
Can’t Disarm entirely,
S- me hint of the President's hopes
for the armament conferences were
given as the delegates were assem
hltng by publication of a letter thr
Provident had written in reply to a
prater that he work for “universal
dtaqrinutneut.” Absolute dtaarroa
inapt, Mr. ltardlng wrote, was "he
yoml hope of realisation." and per
haps not even desirable. hut a "res
•enable limitation" of armament was
a practical proposition with some
hope ofi accomplishment.
POULTRY ASSOCIATION
MEETS TOMORROW NIGHT
"Chicken Lover*’* Will Have
H*Oular Session at Board of
Trade Booms, 8 O’clock.
The Glynn County Poultry .Asrocl
alien will moot in regular session to
morrow night at 8 O'clock, at the
Board of Ttede iytn<t, aiul it la the
ir**d that a large number of *nnhers
be present as patter* of an Important
nature will be before the Association
for 4l*cn*acUn
The meeting w|H be presided over
by Dr. H G. Jackson, president of the
association While H rosy ot he gen
erally known, this organisation Ik do
ing a great work In Brunswick and
Glynn county in Hs particular Held
and still greeter ‘Htnjr* are in store
fr U in future. The dterttsshtn*.
touching as they do, poultry, raising.
•Iways result in great brnetu to th*tee
engaged In this pleasant end prod*a
bis aids linn**
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
WOMAN HELD FOR MURDER
SAYS WAS ONLY “PLAYING”
Florine Jackson in Jail on Charge of
Murder of Ruby Peters Makes
a Novel Plea.
The verdict of the coroner’s jury
which investigated the death of Ruby
Peters, young negro man, ha s found
Florine Jackson responsible and she
is being held in the Glynn county jail
on the charge of murder.
The woman entered a novel plea
in defense of her action. She says
she was "only playing with Ruby”
and had no idea the knife blade ‘‘went
so deep." Peters was stabbed just
above the heart and lived for several
hours after the wound was inflicted.
The husband of the woman charged
with the murder, has been liberated
as he could not he connected with the
occurrence at all.
PHIL E. BURGESS BE
LAID TO REST DAY
Body Will be Brought to Under
taking Establishment of Edo
Miller at 10 a. m., Where It
Will Lie in State Until Funer
al Hour, 2:30.
The funeral of Phil E. Burgess will
he held from the First Methodist
church at 2:20 this* afternoon and in
terment will he in Palmetto ceme
tery. Services will be conducted by
Rev. Thomas H. Thomson.
The body will be brought to the
city from Arco at 10 o'clock this
morning and will He In state at the
funeral parlors of Edo Miller. New
castle street, until just before the
hour of services nt the church, when
it will be conveyed there. •
The Masonic orders and many
Knights of Pythias will attend the
funeral in bodies and the Boy Scouts
will also participate. Mr. Burgess
formed troop number one. which
bears his name and this will act as
an escort to the body of the man each
arul evpry .pm* of .them loy*& ,
ATTENTION SIR KNIGHTS.
All members of St. Elmo Command
cry No. 21 ar hereby requested to
he at the Masonic Hall. 1:30 p. m,. in
uniform to attend the funeral of our
eminent commander. Phil E. Burgess.
C. L. MILLSAP. Recorder.
Notice to Members of Ocean and
Atlantic Lodges, F. A A. M.
All members of Ocean J\nd Atlantic
lodge* are requested to assemble at
Masonic Temple today, Oct. 13. at
1:30 o’clock to attend the funeral of
our deceased brother, Phil C. Bur
gess.
Visiting hrojhers are cordially in
vited to he with us.
C. L. MILLSAP. W. M.,
Ocean L* dge. No. 214.
J. E. RENT 2, W. M..
Atlantic Lodge, No. 82.
NOTICE MEMBERS RIATHBONE
LODGE NUMBER 45.
All members of ilathbone Lodge
No. 45, Knight* of Pythias, and other
Pythian Knights are requested to as
semble at Castle Hall In Elks Home
at 2 O’clock Ibis aftermmn to attend j
the funeral cf our deceased brother
Past Chancellor Phil E. Burgess.
W. P. SYMONS. C. C.
Attest: Fred Pfeiffer. K- R. S.
I
NEGRO 115 YEARS OLD.
IS DEAD AT YORK, S. C.
York. S. C..* Oct. 12.—'’’Uncle" Fel I
ton Biggs a negro, said hy hts phyal
clan. l>r. Andrew Bratton, to bl* US'
years of age. died here last night. He
was never sick until a short time be ,
fore his death, and all hts teeth were
sound. Biggs was horn in York In
IBt*, a slave, the property of the late
Lieut. Gov*.Hebert McCnw.
MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL
IN CASE JOHN H. HOPE
Prese t
. Jacksonville. Fla.. Oof. '*.—Coun
sel for John H. Pope. locnl attorney,
convicted last -week of murder In the
first degree, with a recommendation
for mercy, as a result of the killing
here last month of George Hickman,
theater manager, hy Frank Rawlins,
during an attempted hold up, filed In
circuit court today motion for anew
trial The motion cited more than
fifty reason* why. lu the opinion of
the defense, anew trial should be
granted. Argument on the motion
was postponed until after the trial of
Rawyns. which will begin tomorrow.
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
REAL CAMPAIGN IN
INTEREST SI. SIMON
HIGHWAY STARTS
Meeting Held Yesterday at
Which Over Forty Business
Men Were Present.
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COMMITTEE OF HUNDRED
TAKE CHARGE BOND MATTER
Those Who Are at Head of the
Movement are E. L. Stephens,
Chairman; M. B. McKinnon.
Judge E. C. Butts, B. F. Mann,
N. Emanuel, and Entire* City
Seems to be in Sympathy
With Highway Move.
The real beginning of the campaign
looking to the building of the St. Si
mon bridge started yesterday when a
meeting of prominent Brunswickians
was held at the Board of Trade rooms.
More than forty were present and
Dr. J. W. Simmons, president of the
Board ff Trade, presided.
The St. Simon Highway Campaign
Committee was organized and E. L.
Stephens was named chairman. Oth
er members of the committee M.‘
B. McKinnon, Judge E. C. Butts, B.
F. Maun, N. Emanuel. These gentle
men will direct the yvork of putting
over city and county bond issues and
they will be assisted by a committee
of one hundreds the personnel of
which will include some of the most
prominent and influential men In the
city of Brunswick and the county of
Glynn.
The county bond Issue can be voted
on within the next sixty days, but th*
citv will have to have legislative ac
tion and this will delay that election
until After the coming session of the
Georgia solons In June. In the mean
time the county election can be held
and. as was explained in the com
munication Issued yesterday and pub
lished In these columns, which said:
"In the (jppnty election there would
he two ballot boxes, one for county
purposes, and the other for the pur
pose of giving the voters an opportun
ity to express whether or not they de
sired the city to participate when an
act of the legislature was secured
giving them power to do so legally."
At the meeting yesterday some
strong talks were made und that en
thusiasm which always results in suc
cess, was clearly evident. One thing
seems to be certain —that St. Simon
bridge is going to be built and at nc
late date. 1
CHILDREN ARE TO HELP IN
UNEMPLOYMENT SITUATION
Washington, Oct. 12. —Proposed
remedies for the unemployment situ
ation are to be given publicity
through the nation's schools, the Na
tlonal Education Association announc
ed today, the campaign haying been
decided upon In compliance with a re
quest from Secretary Hoover. The
plan will follow largely that adopted
V nthe food campaign of 1918. It was
fnid.
GOOD OREMMIF.
OE COLUMBUS DAY
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Hon. J. T. Voceile, of Camden
County, Orator of the Even
ing. Introduced by Isaac M.
Wengrow, in Appropriate Re
marks.
Hon. J. T. Voceile. accompanied by
Mr*. Voceile. motored over from his
home In St. MBarys yesterday and
last night delivered one of ‘the best
talks heard here In sometime. He
was the principal speaker at the Cos
Inmhus Day celebration. Held by the
Knights of Columbus, in their hall,
comer Newcastle and Howe street*.
The speaker was Introduced by Isaac
M. Wengrow and the young attorney
did this In an extremely fascinating
manner Mr. %’ocelle’a snbject was
an appropriate one. “Americanism."
and he held his hearers attention
throughout his able discourse on what
constituted a real, patriotic American
cltlten. He handled this subject tn
forceful fashion and those who heard
him were very much pleased.
Mr. and Mrs. Voceile are the guests
of the former's uncle. Capt John
Vance, and was warmly greeted by hts
many friends hare
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCT. 13, 1921.
These Men Will be Members of
British Arms Meet
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: -y\ •••.'.‘•Xv-v-- A;
> y Ml mi
The four member* named. Above, H . A. Fisher, left, and Andrew Bonar
Law. Below, Lord Lee, left, and Winston Churchill.
The names of four men Great Brit
ain has so far selected to seud to the
disarmament conference at Washing
ton have been submitted to the U. S.
state department for aproval. These
four men are Andrew Bonar Law,
former leader of the house of com
mons: Winston Churchill, colonial
secretary; Lord head of the ad
miralty, arid H. A *L Fisher, presi
dent of the British board of educa
WANTS EARLY VOTE
ON TAX MEASURE
Chairman Penrose rs Seeking
Agreement With Democrats.
—Compromise Arrangement
Met Some of Original Objec
tions.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 12. —An agree
ment with Democratic leaders for a
final vote on the tax revision b'll the
lat of next week or early Ip. the week
following is bo be sought soon by
Chairman Penrose of the senate fl
nance committee. It such an arrange
ment can be made. Senator Penrose
believes the measure can be sent to
the President before the end ol this
month.
The compromise amendments agreed
to by Republican leaders have met
these of the objections to the original
bill made by the Democrat**, bu? the
minority leaders are prepared to
make a fight for a graduated income
tax on corporations and for redttc
tlons In the taxes on individuals hav
ing incomes of less than sir.ooo.
There I* also a movement on the
Democratic side for some sort of a
substitute for the excess profits tax.
Republican leaders are determined to
repeal this tax and they expect practi
cally a solid majority vote on this
proposition as sell as on the 15 per
cent corporation Income tax.
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SAVANNAH TO ENTERTAIN
RETURNING FIRE CHIEFS
Something over two hundred fire
Chiefs, who have been attending the
convention session of the Internation
al ipre Chief* Association In Atlanta
this week, will stop over in Savan
nah Saturday and be entertained In
real fine fashion, among the features
being a fish fry. etc.
Chief J. H. Harrison, of the Bruns
wick fire department, is attending.the
convention and it is presumed that
he will take io the trip to tba Cha
tham capHaL After spending the day
there a majority of the chiefs will
take an Organ Steamship company
steamer for New York, where they
will spend several days
tion. It is not known definitely wheth
er other men will he added to this
group before time for their departure
for the TJ. S. Pressure is still being
brought to bear on David Lloyd
George. British premier, by his
friends, to get him to attend the con
ference. He has pleaded stress of
matters at home as the reason for his
hesitancy tn Joining the detegatfon.
ON SOUTHEASTERN
ROADS RATE CHANGE
Rates Prepared by Southeast
ern Roads Between Points on
South Atlantic and Mississip
pi Set Aside by Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Washington. Oct. 12. —Railroad
freight • rates proponed by southeast
ern roads last June to apply between
points on the South Atlantic coast and
Mississippi river, were set aside to
day by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
New schedules were ordered in
stalled before November 28.
The commission ordered the roads
to fix rates on basis of 12.0 Q for
flrsU-lasn freight from Virginia and
Carolina points to Memphis and
grouped destinations. 82.10 from
const cities to Winona. Miss., $2.18
to New Orleans.
Kates are ordered changed to con
form and the roads are told to pre
serve differential favoring southern
ports in traffic to the Mississippi val
ley of 14 cents under Baltimore. 25
cents under Philadelphia, and New
York and 33 cents under Boston, t
MERCHANT IS ROBBED OF
SM),OGO WORTff JEWBRY
(Bv Associated Press.)
St. Lout*. Oct. ‘l2. Sol Kaufman, a
traveling Jewelry merchant >of New
York, after being found bound and
gagged in his room at a local hotel,
asserted, according to police, that ha
had been robbed of virtually his en
tire stock of Jewelry, valued at $<W.
000 The Jewelry was Insured for
$30,000. be said.
FROST PREDICTED DURING
NEXT TWENTY-FOUR HOURS
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 12.—Frost tonight
a* far south as the interior of the east
Oulf state*., and the South Atlantic
states, except Florida, was forecmst
today by the weather bureau, along
with lower temperature* for the
coagt Generally fair weather was
predicted.
FAIRFIELD “BLOWED”
BEFORE GRAND JURY.
(By (Associated Press.)
Fitzgerald, jOet, 12. —Eleven
new indictments were, returned
by the Ben Hill county grand
jury today >in connection with
the death of Engineer W. T.
Reed, of,the A., B. & A., after
O. C. Fairfield, a striking em
ployee of the road, appeared be
fore lit, according to Solicitor
General Wall.
Fairfield said he fired the first
shot and then general shooting
followed. Three men were ar
rested charged with dynamiting
trains.
SIMMONS. KU KLUX
WIZARD, DEFENDS
HIS ORGANIZATION
Appears Before Rules Commit
tee and Makes Straight
Statement.
DRAMATICALY TELLS OF
CREED OF HIS CLANSMEN
Not Violators, But Upholders of
Laws of the Land.—lf Thou
sandth Part of the Charges
Made Were True, He Would
Call a Meeting and Disband
Order in Every Section of the
United States.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 12. —Sweeping de
nial of the charges that the Ku-Klux
Klan contained within its ranks a
lawless band of hooded hoodmms was
made before the house rules commit
tee today by W. J. Simmons. of
ta. its founder and imperial wizard.
.Turning squarely upon nuoahev*.
who had listened for more than two
hours to a dramatic defense of the or
ganization Slmmonß said: “Standing
here in the presence of God I want
the world to know that if a thou
sandth part of the charges are true
1 will forthwith cull together the
grand concilium of the Klan for the
purpose of forever disbanding it in
every section of the United States.”
Simmons, who ig ill. will tomdrrow
be questioned by the committeemen.
He pas put under oath today at his
own request and declared: ‘‘The Klap
is not antt-Cathollc. anti-Jew, or anti
negro, as charged. He asserted that
he was not seeking political power
and that the Klan does not tolerate
lawlessness among its members but
prefers to respect the law and he had
offered big rewards for lawbreakers
who had posed as clansmen.
SENATOR P.C. KNOX
DIES SODDENLY
Expired While on His Way to
Dinner.—Had Just Returned
From Trip Abroad and Was
Reported as Improved in
Health.
’ (By Associated Press.) t v
Washington. OcU 12. —Senator Phil
ander C. Knox, of Pennsylvania, for
merly secretary of state, died tonight
at his home after a stroke of paraly
sis.
The senator was on his way to din
ner, shortly after 6 o’clock when, he
was stricken and died fifteen minute*
later without regaining conscious
ness. *
Senator and Mrs. Knot returned
only yesterday from England. The
trip bad apparently benefitted *the
Senator and be had given no Indies
tkm of failing health.
SLIGHT HOPE OF FINDING
MRS TYLER’S ASSAILANTS
Atlanta. Oct. 12.—Several .32 cal
ibre steel Jacketed bullets and the
trail of foot steps that ended at the
road were alt county police bad to
start on today In their inquiry Into
what they characterixed as an eel
dent attempt last night to assassinate
Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler, head of the wo
man's department of the Ku Klux
Klan
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• FAIR
PRICE FIVE CENTS
IN A SNAPPY GAME
GIANTS WINNERS
BY SCORE T * I
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Frank Snyder Poled m L *o
Bagger in Seventh \ 1
Gave It to Giants. %
SERIES NOW STANDS F ° £
TO THREE IN FAVOR *
Pipp’s Double Paved Waj
Run Made by Yankees in
ond—Giants Tied It in Fo /
When Young Singled, Stole
Second and Muesel Singled.
Rawlins Scored on Snyder’s
Double.
(By the Associated T’ress.)
New York, Oct. 12. —Frank Snyder,
Giant catcher, poled one of Carl May’s
twisters into left center for a two
bagger in the seventh inning today
and sent home tally that gave the
Giants a two <to one victory.
Today’s game makes the series
stand four to three in the Giants’ fa
vor and if they win tomorrow they
will get the big end of the money. If
the Yankees win the Giants will he
the home team, it was decided by the
toss of a coin.
Pipp’s double and Ward’s sacrifice,
McNally’s single, gave the Yankees
a run in the second inning today. The
Giants tied it in the fourth when
Young singled, stole second, and Mou*
ael singled. Rawlins lived on Ward’s
error and scored on Snyder’s double
with the winning run of a snappy con
test.
MRS. HUDSON FREED
ON MURDER CHARGE
Woman Tried For Killing of Her
Two Young Sons, For Whose
Death Her Husband Was
Found Guilty and Sentenced
to Hang November 18.
(By Associated Press.)
Albany, Oct. 12.—Mrs. Bennie Hud
son was acquitted by a jury here to
day of the murder of her two young
hods for whose death (Menu Moore
Hudson was convicted and sentenced
to hang on November 18.
The jury was out more than four
hours and while waiting for the ver
dict the woman showed little emotion.
When the verdict was announced she
thanked eac hof the jurors
ALABAMA HOUSE DEADLOCK
CONTINUES WITHOUT HALT
(By Associated Press.)
Montgomery, Ala.; Oct. 12. —There
are no signs of a break in the dead
lock that has existed In the Alabama
house since the early days of the spe
cial session when the tax payers
league bloc announced its intention
to oppose all administration bills un
til legislation abolishing the tax ad
lusters has been passed.
In the second test of strength ’late
yesterday the league forces won by a
small margin in preventing the pas
sage of the twenty-five million dollar
road bond bill.
GOODBREAD’S BOND IS STILL
AT TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
Efforts to Have Same Reduced tyer*
Unsuccessful^— His Attorney Says
Will Make It. Though/
Phone communication between offi
cial at Brunswick and Solicitor Gen
eral Sellers, at Baxley, yesterday -re
sulted in J.-8. Godbread’s bond re
maining at the figure first as*e.<rfd—
-110,000. An effort had been made by
Attorney R. W. Durden to have the
amount to guarantee his appearance
at the next term of the superior court
fixed at just half. $5,000.
After receiving definite Information
that the original figure would stand,
effort* were made to secure bonds
men who could qualify In this amount
and np to last night. Attorney D’trdon
States, three men had signified their
willingness to affix their names. An
effort wtll be made today to get threw
additional and In the event It is suc
cessfol. the prisoner will be rsteajsd
from the Glynn county jail.