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VOLUME XX—NO. 337
LABOR BOARD WILL
NOT SUGGEST PLAN
TO SETTLE STRIKE
Sixten Hundred Union and Car
rier Chit! Convent With
It Tomorrow.
UNION LEADER SAYS MAY
BE SETTLED BUT NO STOP
Labor Board Issues Statement
Calling on All Americans to
Refrain From Loose Talk and
Provocative Language About
Either Side of the Controver
sy General Chairman to
Supervise.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 24.—The United
State* Railway Labor Board dbes not
intend to' present any plan for set
tlement of the railroad strike situation
when sixteen hundred union and car
rier chiefs convene with it here Wed
nesday and any proposal must ami
hate from the unions or the roads,
Board members* declared here tonight.
The members explained the hearing
as technically called to. determine if
the transportation act is violated, al
though they would take any steps to
ward clearing up the crisis. At the
game time the Board formally an
nounced that “there Is a great hope
for settling the strike,”
Information that the Board will not
go Into a conference with any specific
plan for settlement, followed by
the announcement that the presidents
of the Big Pour brotherhoods had
ggain warned the Board that- the
Jfrlke cbuld not, under any Circum
itances, he postponed, although it
might be settled, , This message Is
considered significant In view of the
tact that the Board let It be known
ith*t t*| bearing is expected to drag
out some time and Itle depending pu
tike qfrtofß to obey, orders ty*.t tp sf rikf \,
pendilrlp’' iPPtfiw^
Labor Board*! Statement*
Chicago, Oct. 24—The railroad la
bor board announced todpy .that it
had Reason to hope" that* thqi rail
set for October 30, woni-1
be averted. f •
In a fcjrinal announcement the board
warned the public to “retrain from
locate talk and brovooatlve language
about either aide of the controversy.
V ' The Announcement.
The “Thera is
great reason l to'hope the strike will b"
averted. Ttye ratlrtoad labor board has
4blsled'7 On disputes.between tile rntl
roads and their employees In about a
|year
;pu(e*, contained the possibilities t*f
atriktp- or‘lockouts,
b “The board i anxious to get the
present dispute out o fthe way. in or
di>r ,that the (restoration of sound bus
inns! conditions may proceed
“All good should terrain
fforn loose talk and provocative lan
guage about either side of the eontro
verjy. of <the parties should
he alarmed or irritated by unwarrant
ed denunciation, or Inelmtation from
irresponsible sources.”
The strike call provided that the
general chairmen should supervise the
•trike end be responsible for Its con
duotip the- territories within their Jur
tsdiction. reporting each nght by wire
the on ther lines.
H* Conference.
Washington. Oct. 14,-The program
f*r, concerted action nnd harmony of
effec t to prevent the tie up of trauspor
tattoi\ facilities of ,the country in the
•vent, of the railroad strike, was de
elded* upon today by Attorney General
Dougherty in u couftience with
ed States district attorneys from New
York,' Chicago. Cleveland. Buffalo, and
ImM antpoii*,
The? attorney general dola.wd.
though that he did not believe the
■trike would materiaHte
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L, M. RUSSELL SUDDENLY ILL;
THOMOHT to be paralysis
The many Diends ot U M Russell,
• member of the Brunswick police de
port mei Will regret to learn that he
w* taken suddenly 111 late yoeterday,
railing when near .the Baptist church
It t* atated that Mr. Russel Is the
victim of a stroke of paralysis He
*u sscoaacioua far more than two
hour*
TilE BRUNSWICK NEWS
U. 8. SENATOR CAMERON
INDICTED FOR PERJURY. -
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(By Associated Press.) - 1
Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 24. —lpdict> -
ment charging perjury against -
- United States Senator Cameron, - 1
of Arizona, was returned by the -
grand jury at the last term of
- federal district court here. A
A brief entry was made <
On the minute book of the court -
by the clerk today. a
PRESCRIPTION OF
PHYSICIAN TO GET
BEERS ANO WINE
Treasury Department Let Down
Gap a Little as Far as Uncle
Sam is Concerned.
PHYSICIANS CAN PRESCRIBE
BEER AND WINE LIBERALLY
A “Patient” is Allowed Two and
a Half Gallons of Beer or Two
Quarts of Wine at One Time
and No Limit is Arbitrarily
Placed on Number of Pres
criptions Which Can be Writ
ten For the “Patient.”
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(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 24. —.Regulations
permitting the use of beer and wine
for medical purposes were issued to
day by the treasury department.
The permit, as far as the federal au
thorities are< concerned, allows physi
cians to prescribe two and a half gal
lons of beer or two quarts of wine
at one time hut nb limit is arbitrarily
-placed on the number of proscription*
a physician may write for a patient.
As the permit is construed a physi
cian itottaAtverai .proscriptions to
the same pefljw jt r<)<r 'ded rb*
Ment,” In the opjplofi of the physician,
really must have the beer or wine, his
or her physical condition being such
as would actually demand It.
TO DEDICATE NEW
BOY SCOUT HOME
- •
Senator Harris Will be One of
Invited Guests.—He Assisted
in Securing Barracks From
the Government For Use of
the Organization.
l#oenl Boy Scouts, under the lead
ership of I.eßoy Burn, chief, are doing
some excellent work on their head
quarters, corner Newcastle and Prince
streets. preparatory ho the dedication j
exercises which will be held some j
time next month. In the meantime |
the bovs are giving the building a j
coat of paint and otherwise improving
It. The paint was donated by various J
local dealers.
It Is the intention of the local Scout*
to have a great celehrathm when the
building is finally dedicated and
among those who wlfl be invited is
Senator Harris. When the Scouts. 1
through Fr*>d G. Ward**, managing sec
retary of the Brunswick Board of 1
Trade- were endeavoring to gvV the
building from the war department the
senator assisted in every way posst- j
hie. with the result that it was pur
Chased by the city of Bruns wick and i
given over to the local Scout orgnnl-!
satloft, and. standing as it does on one
of the cßy'a oWn little parka, it Is the
Scoutjy property for nil the time.
Movement Growing Here,
Since*J. .ft. Abrams became chair
man of the committee of this district,
jibe Scout movement has gTV*wn won*!
: derfully and in addition to the troops
already organ lied here, several are
[“ln the building" and when organixa
| (ion Is perfected Brunswick can
boast ,-f as many members of this
great youth*# organixatkm as any city
of a like site in the state. Another in
defatlgable worker for any and iwy
* thing looking to the uplift of the boys,
ia Leßoy Hum, who has always taken
a great interest In the Scout Mite
meot and. while always attending to
bU duties at (be Quarantine station,
ha duds time to as slat the youngster*
la many* wav*
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHAIRMAN SMITH
DESIRES RAILWAY
SUBSCRIPTIONS IN
*
In Anxious That the Remaining
Amount be Taken Be*
fore Friday.
WANTS TO MAKE REPORT
TO YOUNG MEN’S CLUB
i
Every Member of Both Commer
cial Organizations is Urged
to Get Busy Today and To
morrow and Secure the Re
maining Amount Which is in
Neighborhood of Eight Thou
sand. Dollars.
Chairman G. C. Smith, of the City
and Imterurban Street Railway com
mittee, is making a strong appeal this
moring t?o every member of tta# Board
of Trade and the Young Men’s Club to
get active in behalf of stock subscrip
tion in order that the full amount will
have been taken by Friday, when the
Yeung Men’s Club luncheon la held,
and every member who possibly can
shoud demote some time to it today,
tomorrow and/the next day.
While the figures have not been re
cently tabulated, it is understood that
the. committee Is still about seven
thousand dollars short of the goal
ies,ooo, and it is generally thought
that with three days’ of hard Work
there will be no trouble in getting
this amount subscribed.
Scores of Brunswick business men,
professional men and mechanics have
not aw yet affixed their signatures to
stock subscriptions, and these are In
every way financially able to Invest
in some, even one share, which is
SIOO, It has been sent out broadcast
that the City and Interurban Railway
company |s a sure thing and it will not
be a good advertisement fer Bruns
wick should there be a failure.
Those who have not aeun members
jhe hate the sub
Ip-iptionw In chaTfe. can phobe Mr.
Stnith, Managing Secretary Wtrde, Of
the Board of Trade, or President Mark
Wilepx, pf the lYoufng Men’s club.
Do It today.
RE-ARfIUMF.NTS ORDERED IN
INTRA-STATE RATE CASE.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 24. —The authority
of the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion to supervise purely intrastate
transportation rates will not be- finally
determined until the new year result
of the supreme court today ordering
a reargument on December 5 of fhe
Wisconsin rate case, which involves
the disputed point.
EASTLAKE AND KNOX
WOMAN INDICTED
/
Additional Evidence of Damag
ing Nature Placed Before the
Grand Jury Yesterday and
Both Husband and Nurse
Face Murder Trials.
{By Associated Press.)
Montrose, Va.. Oct. 24.—Mis* Sarah
B. Knox, the Baltimore nurse, and
Roger D. Bast lake, naval petty officer,
were Indicted by a county grand Jury
hkrb today charged with the murder
of Mrs. Bast lake, on September 30.*
It is stated that the trials will like
ly start December 13. They wilt be
■tried separately with Eastlake proba
bly the prst ot face a Jury*.
The state had added to its evidewce
In the case today through the dls
-1 covers In the Eastlake cottage at Col
onial Beach yesterday of a blood
stained cap. such aa are Issued to
petlv officers t n the navy, and a mb
■ her hood, similar to those worn by na
vy men Both were found*, detectives
said, in a small bo* covered with chil
dren's toys, which had previously been
opened, but passed over. A piece of
blood stained tissue paper similar to
that found wrapped aiMund the hatch
et used in the slaying of Mrs. Easg
t**s wa found tnaid# the cap they
••aid.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, OCT. 25,1921.
Public Group of Rail Board
OffersPPlai t 0 Avert Strike
jiggL
Hgfji
Above: R. M. Barton (left) and Ben
W. Hooper. Below: G.K. W. Hang
er. ,
Immediate translation of the reduc
tion authorized last July in wages of
railroad employes into reduced freight
rates .is suggested by the public group
of the railroad labor board; as ‘one
feasible plan by which the present
controversy can be settled and a
strike averted.” The three members
of the group are R. M. Barton, Ben iW.
Hooper and U. W. W. Hanger. They
believe the strike will be called off if
wages are no further reduced at this
VETERANS ARE OFF
TO CHATTANOOGA
An Even Dozen of the Old War
riors Left on the Southern
Train Last ) Night f and Will
Reach Destination Early This
Morning.
With many friends down at the
union depot to see them off last night,
an even dozen old 1 warriors of the war
of the sixties boarded the Southern
passenger train and will reach < hat
tanooga about 10 o’clock this morn
ing. %
Following, all members of Camp
Jackacn, composed the party: Judge
Frank H. Harris, who has been named
& lieutenant • colonel on the general
fttaff; J. T. Lambrjght, commander of
the camp, and the', following: J. J-
Smith. C. G. Goodbreod. T. W. Bolt.
A. A. Burney. Frank Kemp. J.. J.
Spears. R. H. Winston. L. A. Woods.
E. A. Penniman, M. G. Lowe
The reunion begins in the big Ten
nessee city this mornihg and will con
tinue through Thursday. Reports from
there say the reception and entertain
ment committees have left nothing
undone looking to the pleasure of the
men who followed and Jackson.
TENNESSEE CITY
IN GALA ATTIRE
Old Soldier* Begin Assembling
Yesterday. For Oening of Con
vention. N Which Will be To
day.—Social Program Al
ready Started. •& ,
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(By Associated Press.)
Chattanooga. Tenn.. Oct. 24.—Chat
lanobga baa assumed a gala day ap
peranee and veteran* of. the Coofed
crate army coming here for their thir
ty-second annual reunion, arriving in
large numbers during the forenoon
today. found waiting for them the
heartiest of Southern welcomes.
The reunion'doe* not formally open
until tomorrow, but the aocial pro
gram started today with numerous re
ceptions entertainments and lunch
aoo. for the division officers of the
vstsrac orgat-itat oa. tbstr staffs and
Sr i
time and a reduction in the cost of liv
ing ia made possible by lower freight
rates.
FIRST MEETING OF
NEW CORPORATION
Industrial Chemical and Ferti
lizer Cos. Has Organization
Session, Names Officers and
Directors and Handles Other
Important Business,
The organizaitlon meeting of the
Industrial Chemical and Fertilizer
company wax held last night, officers
and directors named and other mat
ters of an important nature handled.
Following is the list of officers: Al
bert Fendig. president; J. W. Bennet,
vice president; B. 8. Brown, treasur
er and manager; Ashton Burford. as
sistant manager; Edwin R. Fendig.
secretary. TMctors; C. Downing, Al
bert Fendig, J. B. Abrams, B. 8
Brown.
The company has practically com
pleted its building, which Is located
on the old (rrfhiber A Isaac property.
Fifth avenue and BaF street, and
will place the machinery as soon as
lit arrives. Some machines have al*
I ready come but other*, which are be
ing manufactured especially for this
company, have not been oompleted a*
yL .. * .
Manager Brawn states that he Is
certain that the company .will be
ready to begin operations by .Decem
ber first. Phosphate rock has already
been contracted for and ' this wll}
| come from Florida by rail. The manu
facture of fertilizer will he by the
Krelss process, which means that the
j converting of phosphate acid by fu
sion instead df by* treatment with *nl
| phurlc acid. This company will op
i crate entirely by the Krebs* plan and
: there, i* no doubt but that the output
j aril! give entire and absolute saatia
l faction. - * *
official aide*.
The buslne** session* or the a<wcr>-
clttim wfl| open o'clock tomor
row morntng with the *vocathn by
Dr J. W. Bachman of Chattanooga,
chaplain-general of the IT. C. V.; ad
dresses of welcome by Governor Tay
lor on behalf of the state,'Mayor A.
W Chambliss for ..the city and •Ed
Ba.-*s. one of the ctly commissioners,
on behalf pf the local Soa* cf Vet
eran*. former Tutted State* Senator
J. B. Frazier, on behalf of Tennessee
cetera a*.
The Son* of Confederate Veteran*
and Southern Memorial Association
will open their business session* at
theeame boar
TROPICAL STORM MOVES
SLOWLY TOWARD U. S.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. .
ing was issued by the weather
bureau at 9:30 this morning that
the tropical storm was central
near the extreme .end of >Cpba
and moving _ slowly northward
.with dangerous gales and seas
over the Gulfj'and Florida states.
HOUSE HAS PASSED
BILE REFUNDING AIL
FOREIGN WAR DEBTS
Measure Now Goes to the Sen
ate For Early Consid*
eration.
TEN BILION HARD EARNED
DOLLARS TO FOREIGNERS
Vote Stood One Hundred and
Ninety-nine in Favor and One
Hundred and Seventeen
Against Measure.—Provides
Commission* With Secretary
of the Treasury at , Its
Head.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 24.—After re
jecting the proposal that congress
should have the right of review,
the house late today passed by one
hundred and ninety-nine to one
hundred and seventeen, a bill for.,
the creation of a commission,
headed by the secretary of the
treasury, with the full authority
to refund the war debts of foreign
nations due the... United .States,
The amount due the United
states by the foreign nations
amounts to ten billion dollars.
The measure now goes to the
senate for early consideration.
KILLED FMKII
NEGRO Dim
Horrible Fate of Ed. Kirkland, of
Appleton, South Carolina,
Yesterday.—Burned at Stake
But Thought to Have Been
De*ad Before Fire Started.
(By Associated Press.)
Allendale. S. C.. Oct. 24.—Ed Kirk
land, a negro, who was under arrest
here on the charge of killing Eugene
P. Walker, a farmer, of Appleton. 8-
C., In a dispute over rent, was taken
from Sheriff Bennett at Fairfax late
today, carried to Appleton and burn
ed at the stake.
It may have been that the man was
dead before'the fire waa kindled as he
had been shot In the at niggle tb es
cape.
EPESCOPAL SYNOD
111 SAVANNAH TODAY
Several From Brunswick to At
tend.—Number of Bishops
Now There Will Participate in
the Proceedings of the Con
vention.
The convention of the Episcopal By
i nod will begin In Savannah this even
ing and will continue through Thurs
day and it will be one of the most In
teresting yet held by the Episcopal
ians of this district. Rev. William
Johnson, rector of St. Mark’s. Mrs.
James S. Wright, Mrs. Frank D. Aik
en and the Misses, wtll be among
those who will go from this city.
The Rt Rev. Theodore Dtißuee Brat
ton. Bishop of Mississippi, who has
been spending several days here and
who was heard at St. Marks, both
morning and evening Sunday, .will he
among the distinguished divine* who
will be present
SHOWERS
PRICE x
FORMER EMPERDk
CHARLES IS TAKEN;
EMPRESS7ITA TOO
Ex-Empress Zita is Also Taken
and Both are Prisoners
in a Castle.
CZECHO-SLOVAKIA SENDS
ULTIMATUM TO HUNGARY
Must See That ex-Ruleris Sent
From Her Territory Within
Forty-eight
is Current That Charles Had
Been Assassinated is Now
Thought to be Untrue.—Hun
garian Regent Flees.
(By Associated Press.)
Budapest, Oct. 24.—Former Em
peror Charles and Former Em
press -Zita were captured today
near Komorn and are confined in
a castle at Tata) Tovaros, guarded
by two companies of government
troops.
Charles Assassinated?
London, Oct. 24. —An unverified re
port that former jEtmperor Charles of
Austria has been assassinated was re- N
celved by the Exchange Telegraph
Company.
Berlin, fcL 24. —Admiral Horttyy,
the Hungarian regent, fled from Buda
pest when forces commanded by form
er Emperor Charles advanced toward
that city, says a Teschen dispatch to
the Vossische Zietung. It is said he
left the reins of the gevernment in
the hands of a provisional directorate
composed of Monarchists.
Opposes Return,
London, Oct. 24. —Orders for the ad
vance of the Czechoslovak army were
expected yesterday, says a Central
News dispatch from Prague. All ar
rangements for the march against
Hungary are sgid jo have*been com
gflSteril* The Tzccho Slovak govern
ment has issued an official statement,
declaring the “little entente’’ is re
solved to oppose the return of a Haps
burg to the Hungarian throne.
The forces supporting Charles are
understood to consist of three divi
sions.
London. Oct. 24. —An ultimatum ha*
been sent ,to the Hungarian govern
ment by Czechoslovakia giving the
former forty-eight l hours to secure the
removal of former Emperor Charles
from that county, it is stated in a dls-
patch from Vienna to the Exchange
Telegraph Cos.
Loudon. Oct; 24. —A truce betweep
the troops of the Hungarian govern
ment and those supporting farmer
Emperor Charles* is being arranged to
prevent further bloodshtwl. says a Vi
enna dispatch to the Exchange tele
graph Cos. The Worthy administration
of Hungary, however, continued, to re
sist the advance of Charles’, forces,
and are declared to have captured 120
prisoners.
SCHOOLS RETURN TO
ONE SESSION DAY
All Begin Work at 8:30 A. M. f
and Have Forty Minutes Re
cede Period at 12.—Systerri
Changed by Vote of Practical
ly All Patrons of Schools.
Following the wishes of a large mac
Jorlty of the patron* of the .public
schools of Brunswick, thp Board of
Education, yesterday morning .
the old system of me session daily
resumed arid 'this will be continued
throughout the term. Of course,- in
some of the preparatory grades the
Uttk* tots will tie allowed to end
the day's work and return to their
homes earlier but with others the sea*
sfc>n will start at *r3o a. m., and- end
at 2:30 p. m„ with a twenty minute
recess period at the noon*hour.
The change was made by the Board
of Education afteT practicalyl every
patron ezpressed his or her opinion
over their own signature. Of those
Who voted a tremendoos number fav
oredi the one session a day and. de
siring to please the greatest number,
provided no injury to the cause of
education would result, President
Wood and the other members of the
Bbard made the c hange from the two
session dally to the one and everybody
seem* satisfied