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FAIR.
VOLUME XX—NO. 331
Nation-wide Rail Strike Called For Octobe v \3o
ABRAIHIS NAMED AS
HEAD OF HIGHWAY
COMMITTEE OF 100
Naming of This Active Citizen
Means Success of the
Bond Issues.
BOARD TRADE AND YOUNG
MEN’S CLUB ARE ACTIVE.
Meeting of Those Named From
Each of the Commercial Or
ganizations Will Be Held and
Initial Plans Laid For Pursu
ing the Great Work Which is
Ahead For Them—Campaign
Is to Satrt at Once.
A committee from the Board of
Trade composed of E. C. Butts, N.
Emanuel, E. L. Stephens, M. B. Me*
Kinnon, B. F. Mann, and one from
the Young Men’s Club composed of
R. L .Philips, J. E. Lambright, George
H. Smith, C. W. Irwin, Millard Reese,
held a joint meeting yesterday for the
purpose of selecting a general chair
man of the St. Simon Highway Com
mittee of one hundred and nfter ma
ture consideration, J. B. Abrams was
named and, It. 1b understood, he will
accept this Tory Important place.
Mr, Abrams has always taken a lead
ing partr In any and everything look
ing to the welfare of Brunswick and
this section and that he will handle,
the situation In an able manner there
Is no doubt.
Ont of the first acts of 'Mr, Abrams
will be the calling of a mammoth
mass meeting for some evening dur
ilig .present week at which every
cWsoA In Brunswick and Glynn conn
and participate In any and all dellb
arattouH.
Civic Organization to Help.
Every civic organization In the city
haa signified Its Intention and will
ingness to participate In the effort to
put the highway project over. During
the next few days many of these will
call meetings and lay out plans for
work. The Business and Professional
Woman’s Club and the Woman’s club.
U Is said. Will get Into the movement
with that enthusiasm which has char
nttarlged these organizations since
the very day they started.
Commercial Organizations’ Part.
Both the Heard of Trade and the
Young Men’s Club are solidly behind
the movement to build the highway.
The Campaign Committee of one hun
dred will! have the active support of
these 'organisations. Both will alar
assist in the campaign of education
which Is to be pursued In connection
with the bond Issues, and In various
other wsye.
To Qlvo All Facta.
At the mass meeting every fact In
connection with the proposed high
way will be felly and freely discussed
and explained by a number who are
thoroughly conversant with the situ
atlon, At this meeting every citizen
will he urged to express his or her
views as -frankness will prevail. It Is
a meeting In whleh each amV every
Hrunawkktau and Glynn count Inn Is
directly Interested, and there will be
every chance given for an absolute
!y free discussion of the Important
matter.
All Georgia Interested,
Letters are being received each day
from many sections of Georgia urg
Ing the building of Ihe bridge, it Is
not really a local affair hut the ben
eflts will he local and these will be
many. Not only Is this state Inter
ested but several other* *as well and
all agree that It will be the greatest
achievement In this state (or many
years.
twelve hundred bales of
COTTON BI'RN AT MADISON.
(By Associated Prw* l
Madison. Da, Oct. 15.-FI re. of an
undetermined origin, tonight destroy
ed the PenlCk warehouse
Twelve hundred hales of cotton,
which wsrW In the building were en
tirely destroyed *
The lose h estimated at two hue
4r*4 thousand dotlam
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
HARDING TRYING
TO AVOID A GREAT
RAILROAD STRIKE
Discussing Means to End What
Appears to be a Hopeless
Situation.
MEMBERS OF RAILROAD
LABOR BOARD CALLED
President Has Assumed Active
Leadership and Has Made a
Close Study of the Railroad
Situation.—Will be Greatest
Tieup in History is General
Statement From Those Who
Know.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. Oct. 15. —President
Harding today assumed active lead
ership In the government’s efforts
to settle the differences between the
railroads and their employees and de
signed as the best available agencies
to avert serious labor Ormplication
the public group of the railroad labor
board and the membership of the in
terstate commerce commission.
General Effort.
The President brought together the
three public representatives on the
wage board and the full membership
of the commission 1n a meeting to
consider not only the threatened na
tion-wide strike but the whole ques
tion of a • readjustment of railroad
rates and wages.
three wage board members.
Chairman Barton, G. Wallace W
Hanger and Ben \\\ Hooper, came to
Washington at the President’s urgent 1
request and went with him to the of
flees of the interstate* commerce com
mission, where all members ot the
commission are waiting. The Presi
dent remained In the conference for
fifteen minutes and then returned to
the White House, where a statement
was issued declaring his move was
part of a general effort at realign
ment of the railroad situation.
“The purpose <of the meeting,” said
the Whße House statement, “was a
broad consideration of the possibility
of an early adjustment of railroad
rates and wages, In the expectation
that it w-ould contribute to the Indus
trial revival."
Has Studied Situation.
It was not revealed what particular
plan they have In contemplation. but
|lt was indicated that the President
! might make some public announce
ment relative to the threatened strike
He has given the situation close atten
tion and has familiarised himself with
the tight between the employers and
ihe employees.
While the labor hoard imembefrs
were In conference with the Preei
dent. Wiliam H. Johnston, president
of the International Association of
Machinists. Issued a statement in
which he declared that "If the train
men and other operating employee*.
go out on October 30, the machinists
and the railroad employees In group
3. which Includes all the shop crafts,
will go with them at the same time."
Be Greatest Tie-Uo.
This would result, he declared, in
"the greatest railroad tie-up In his
tory.”
Mr. Johnson added that he "had
no doubt hut that group 8, which In
eludes the maintenance of way and
clerks and other unions will also go
with the transportation add shop
crafts." ' ' . > t
Mr, Johnson returned ttpm Chi
cago yesterday, where he met with
the representatives of 4he sixteen rail
way unions. I
EARTHQUAKE RECORDED
IN CHICAGO YESTERDAY
(By Associated Press. \
Chicago. Oct- IS.-—An earthquake of
moderate intensity but lasting two
and one-half hours, was recorded on
the deismograph at tl\e United States
government weather bureau early to*
lav. The center of the disturbance
was 2.s#S miles southwest of Chica
go. prohablv in the Pacific ocean ac
cording to the bureau.
The first tremor was recorded at
12:27 a. m. the maximum strength at
11-54 a. ra and the final tremor at
lam.
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
They Expect To Make A Big “Killing” With
The Visiting “Goats.”
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MORE MUST 60 ON
MOTORCADE TRIP
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Florida Cities and Towns Expect
Hnudred and Only Forty Have
as Yet, Signified Their Inten
tion of Becoming Members of
Brunswick Party.
The Board of Trade, the Young
Men's Club, the Rotary Club and num
erous citizens have endorsed Constant
Miller’s plan of a motor trip to Flori
da and many have signified their In
tention of going, but a definite under
standing yesterday revealed the tact
that only forty were absolutely sure
of being member* of the party.
At a recent meeting of the Young
Mean's Club. Constant Miller was made
chairman of a special committee to
"engineer" the motorcade to Florida
and members of the committee, as
well as Mr. Miller, have worked hard
* I
in' order to secure enough promise* to
insure the success of the undertak-
ing. At firt nearly everyone ap
proached made It known that he
would be a member of the party, but
now. that the time is drawing near
for the date of leaving. It has narrow
ed down to about forty. This places
many in quite an awkward position
as Florida towns h*ve been advised
that the number In the party would h
at least one hundred and many of
these have made arrangement* for
entertaining.
It is announced that the enttre out
side cost cannot possibly be mere
than |SO and it is to be regretted that
even more than the hundred cannot
be persuaded to make the trip. It I*
now up to the Brunswick people to
either make a success of the trip or
call it off and those who intend to go
or those who are considering becom
ing members of the party, should com
municate with \lr Miller at once as
every day counts.
It will undoubtedly fee the moat in
teresting trip ever taken and the re
sult* to come from It are manifold.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, OCT. 16, 1921.
PRESIDENT FELTON THINKS
RAILROADS CAN CONTINUE.
1 (By Associated Press.)
Chicago. Oct. IS —The railroads will
be able to continue operations despite
the nation-wide strike Is the opinion
of President Felton, of the -Chicago
Great Western, one of the# principal
toads o fthe group on which the strike
is called.
WARRANT OUT FOR
SCHOOL TEACHER
Mrs. J. R. Knight Takes Legal
Steps Against Miss Eylau
Anderson, Principal of Purvis
School, Charging Punished
Boy Unmercifully.
Mrs. J. R. Knight, wife of J. R.
Knight, section foreman of the AUan
tlc Coast line for this district, appear
ed before Judge J. L. Beach Friday
and swore out a warrant against Miss
Kylau Anderson, principal of the Pur
vis school, on a charge of assault
and battery and the warrant wasr
served by Constable Huff. The case
will be heard at Judge Beach's office
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'elock.
Mrs. Knight alleges that Miss An
derson unmercifully punished her son.
about 10 years of age. She took the
boy to the office of the Justice and
had him examined tn the presence of
several. Bruise* about the body. It
is stated, were plainly visible.
The punishment cam* to the yean*
Knight as a result of disobedience.
It Ia stated that he bad fought anoth
er boy on the school grounds and
when Miss Anderson called him he
refused, or did not go to her. and the
whipping followed.
GENERAL WOOD BECOMES
PHILIPPINES’ GOVERNOR
(By Associated Preas.l
Manila. Oct. 15 —Leonard Wood be
came governor general of the Philip
pines today. He was sworn in imme
diately on his arrival from Japan and
took up the duties of his new of
fice.
A. a & A. HEARING
ON OCTOBER 251
Additional Arrests Are Expect
ed in Dynamiting
Case.—Dry Batteries Are
Found in Home of a Striker at
Fitzgerald.
Cordele, Ga., Oct. 15. —J. R. Thom
as, E. M. Bishop and Jpn Russell,
former employees of the A., B. & A.
Railway, charged with burning a tres
tle on that road near McKenzie aiding
May 3h of this year, will be given a
preliminary hearing October 25.
More arrests In connection with the
dynamiting and wrecking of a through
freight train at Musselwhite. near
here, several weeks ago are expected.
Warrants are out. it was learned from
officers, charging complicity |n crimes
alleged to have been committed on
the LA.. B. & A. Railway.
DRY BATTERIES FOUND
IN HOME OF BTRIKER.
(By Associated Press.)
Fitzgerald, Oct. 15. —County officers
raided the home of Preston Ware, one
of the former employees of the A..
B. A A. Railroad, who is held at Dong
las on an indictment charging him
with dynamiting a train on that road,
gnd found a number of dry cell batter
ies. today The officers state that the
batteries are similar to those alleged
to have been used in several explo
sions along the A.. B. Sc A.
O. C. Fairtetd, who is being held
in jail at Douglas on an indictment
charging 1 -dynamiting, was brought
here' todky.idor he is one of the sev
enteen to be placed on trial
here on Monday charging them with
murder in connection with the death
of Engineer W. T. Reed.
EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAM ON AT
THE BIJOU ALL PRESENT WEEK
The program to be shown at the
Bijou this week ha* been selected
with great care and Manager Brown
is to he congratulated on the fine ar
ray of pictorea. ‘"The Old Nest.”
which will be here Thursday and Fri
day 1* the greatest picture of the year
and has not been shown at any other
theater at popular prices.
Southern, Seaboai
Also Louisville ai.J
Nashville First Jump
PREDICTS THERE’LL BE
NO RAILROAD STRIKE.
Savannah, Oot. 15.—“ The gov#
ernment is too strong to allow
two million workers on the Amer
ican railroads to tie up the coun
try in such a calamity, and the
strong arm of the government,
which was behind the millions of
soldiers who were in arms in
the late war, will be behind the
American people in defeating
any such struggle and not for the
purpose of defeating organized
labor, but to .show that no class
can dbminate the prosperity and
the tranquility of our people.”
said General Manager Downs,
of the Central today.
CAPT.LT.M’KINNON
IS CRITICALLY ILL
Well Known Brunswickian Has
Been Confined to His Home
Several Days, But His Con
dition Crew Worse Yester
day.
Fop the past several days Capt. L.
T. McKinnon hjgp been very ijl at his
torn*, romar H M IW S Wm&
streets, but during the past twenty
four hours his condition has become
serious and he is donaidered danger
ously ill.
Capt. McKinnon took a horseback
ride several days ago and it is thought
this had a great deal to do with his
illness. He was in the saddle several
hours and complained after he reach
ed his home of feeling the effects of
the long ride.
Attending physicians are hopeful
and there is a chance for recovery,
but the advanced age of Mr. McKin
non is against him. Yesterday he
had two hemorrhages and this, of
course, left him in a more weakened
condition than the day before. At an
early hour this morning the patient
was resting easier and hopes are en
tertained for his recovery.
The news of the illness of Mr. Mc-
Kinnon will carry genuine sorrow to
many. He is one of Brunswick’s lead
ing and most substantial business
men and has always taken great in
terest In affairs of a public nature.
For many years he served on the
board of Glynn county commissioners
and proved to be a valuable acquisi
tion to that body. While Mr. McKin
non is considered as in a serious con
dition, he has chances for recovery
and his many friends hope that he
will win out in the brave fight h<| is
making. <
RATE HEARING IS ON
AI CHARLESTON
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion Has Recently Transfer
■ red From Savannah Case of
Protest Against Railroad
Rates.
(By Press.)
Washington, CM. 15.—The Inter
state <y>mmerce Commission today
decided to change the place of hear
ing in the case of the Charleston
Traffic Bureau and the Jacksonville
Traffic Bureau against the Alabama
Great Southern and other railroads,
from- Savannah, as announced yester
day, to Charleston.
Thia is the case in which Charles
ton and Jacksonville are asking for
a hearing and protesting against pref
erentia! rates in favor of Savannah
and Brunswick on shipments to Geor
gla points from Charleston. Savannah
Jacksonville, and Brunswick.
Recently the Interstate Commerce
rFAiR
FIVE CENTS
FORTY-TWO STATES
AFFECTED; FROM
COAST TO COAST
International and Great North
ern Will See Walkouts
October 22.
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY
ALREADY VOTED TO STRIKE
President Felton, of the Chica
go Great Western, in an In
terview, Said Railroads
Would be Able to Continue
Operation Notwithstanding
Nation-Wide Strike as Unions
Had Planned For Months.
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, Oct. 15.—Five hun
dred general chairman of the
“Big Four” brotherhoods and o#
the Switchmen’s Union, today
gave final orders by the railroaJ
union heads, to call their men out
on a progressive general strike,
beginning at 6 o’clock a. m., Oct
ober 30, it was 'officially an
nounced tonight by union ieadert.
Cblcago Oct. in.—The uniPnß hare
a membership of over a half million'
and other unions whose membership
brings the total up to about twq mil
lion. It was announced officially that
they are preparing to follow suit and
make the walk-out general and on the
same date, with a complete tie-up by
November 2, according to union Dre
dictlons.
The employees of one line, the In
ternational and Great Northern, how
ever, will strike on October 22. Th#
strike orders of the five big unions
specifically included mall trains In
the walkout and instructed the strik
ers to keep away from railroad prop
erty with''the warning that “vlolenct
of any nature will not be tolerated
by the organizations.”
The strike is announced after aai
overwhelming vote favoring this ac
tion because of a 12 1-2 per cent wage
reduction authorized by the United
States Railway Board last July and
after the Association of Railway Ex
ecutives announced yesterday that
they would seek another wage reduc
tion. It was said, however, that the
strike decision was reached before
the announcement of the railroad ex
ecutives was received.
Washington, Oct. 16.—Public group
of the Railway Labor Board and full
membership of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, by personal direc
tion of President Harding, Joined forc
es today in an effort- to avert the
threatened serious railroad labor com
plications. Silence was maintained by
all parties regarding the results.
The unions, whose leaders announc
ed officially that they would strike,
are composed of the other elerefc
standard railway unions. Including
the Federated Shop Crafts. While th*
first group on which the strike will
start ha* not been officially designat
ed, it was learned today that, barring
a few possible changes, it include*
some of the country’s system* from
coast to coast and from Canada to
the Gulf, which touches forty-twe
states. New England is the only part
of the country not affected by the first
group, which includes the Southern)
railway. Louisville & Nashville and
the Seaboard Air Line.
After the conference today, in which
the president took part. It was an
nounced that the conference was left
unfinished and would be resumed
Monday.
Commission declined to advance the
matter for bearing, because, among
other things, it being said the Geor
gia state Railroad Commission wed
passing upon the same point*