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VOLUME XX—NO. 34
To Summons Witnesses;
Its A Showdown Now
On Watson’s Charges
Si
OF HANGING MANY
7T7 —
General Gave Out This State*
men While in Nash
ville Yesterday.
GEORGIA SENATOR FLARES
AND DARES REPUBLICANS
After Two Hours of Stirring De
bate Senate Agreed to Sum
mon Witnesses. —Read Tele
gram From Soldier Which
Said Callows at Cievres.—
Sticks to First Statement
About Number Executed.
(By Associated Press.)
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 4. —
While here today General Fash
ing asked to be quoted in refer
ence to the charge of Senator
Tom Watson that American sol
diers had been hanged overseas
Without trial. He said:
"It Is the most outrageous and
untrue accusation that could pos
sibly be made and absolutely
without foundation:”
Washington. Nov. 4. —Anew resolu
tion ordering a special committee to
investigate charges of Senator Wat
son, Democrat, Georgia, regarding
qf prlvatfs In .the A. K. F.
wa* by the setig
The senate also adopted unanimous
ly another vefiolutlon by Benator
rtrandegee. Republican. Connecticut!,
chairman of the special committee au
thorising the committee to subpoena
witnesses and documents, but left un
settled the question as to the exact
charges of Senator Watson which
were to he Investigated.
Hl* Information.
Washington. Nov. 4.—'Senator Wat
son, Democrat. Georgia, told the sen
tile today that his charge that twenty
ana American soldiers had bean hang
ed In France without trial had been
based on the statement of a soldier
who had said tib had seen the gallows
tnd bad been told by t the scaffold
guard v that this number of men had
been hanged.
Upon after Senator Watson present
ed, the basis for his charges favorable
<v*nmitta report was made on the
resolution authorising the special
committee appointed to Inquire into
the charges to apbpoeim witnesses
and papers.
Will Face Senate.
The Georgia senator presented the
baste for hie chargee during another
period of heated debate on the sub
ject He read a telegram from this
Hotdter, ’whose name was not En
closed. saying that the gatlows was at
Olevres, France, and that the guard
had told him that other men were ta
be bunged on it.
"Thal’a the number I said,** declar
ed Senator Watson, referring to the
number mentioned In the telegram ]
"That l the tnfoamation on which I
baaed ray statements."
The Georgia senator declared that
this soldier, who. he said, had served
tour year* In the grmv. would "face
the senate and answer any questions
as bravyly ** he faced the Germans ”
Tp Present Case in Senate.
Senator Watson asked if the war
depart meat waul# give the name of
the "gallows guard" atul others In
volved In the Glevrea execution. Sen
ator Wadsworth. Republican. New
York, chairman of the military com
mil tee. said that was what was pro
posed b.v the senate investigation or
dered. he added, because the Georgia
senator Indicated lark of confidence
In the ehatrm .n and other members
of the millta.7 committee by refits-
Inf to coma before h
Senator Watson replied that he had
a constitutional right to prevent his
case ia the open setia.e and intended
to #o at.
Art AtfMbMnaoa Scared*
"Expel me If you like for that.**
mM Men at or Watson to the Keptblb
can aide ,
"Yoe'vn got the vote*. Go ahead
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
r<
- GRANTS MINERS' APPEAL
► BUT INJUNCTION HOLDS.
► -
► (By Associated Press.)
► Chicago, Nov. 4. —The Federal
►< Court of Appeals today granted
► the appeal of the United Mine
► Workers from- the Injunction
► handed down by Judge Anderson,
► of Indianapolis, last week, and
► set the date of hearing for the
► case November 16.
► The injunction Is not to be u
► pended in the meantime, Judge
► Baker announced.
►
ST. SIMON BOARD
TRAOE TO-NIGHT
Will Meet at Home of George
Stevens and Permanent Or
ganization Will be Effected.
Bids Fair to be Prominent
Factor Soon.
Those at the head of the movement
looking to the formation of a commer
cial body on St. Sinion will meet at
the home of George Stevens at Fred
erica tonight when permanent organ
ization will be had. Officers will he
elected, and a number of matters look
Ing to the good of the island, Bruns
wick and the county, will be taken up.
managing secretary of the Brunswick
Board of Trade will be present and
in #ie ii
on the Island Is going to become a
member and later on. H Is under
stood. the St. Simon Board of Trade
will be affiliated with the Brunswick
commercial organization.
EDUCATORS WILL
MEET IN WAYCROSS
Gathering Will Bring Together
Superintendents of Schools
Located in Entire Eleventh
Congressional District For
General Exchange of Ideas.
Emcational authorities of the Elev
enth congrcsifonal district are ar
ranging for a meeting to be held In
Waycrosß the latter part of February
which will bring together school aup
erlntundents from each of the cltv and
county schools of the entire district.
At this gathering an educational asso
ciation will he formed which will meet
at regular Intervals.
The movement was originated some
time ago and seems to have met the
approve! of all superintendents so far
approached, ft will bring together ed
ucators and a general exchange in
Ideas will result In many advantages.
Supt. Dryden has just returned from
a visit to Waycross where he Inspect
ed -the schools and the meeting was
discussed with Supt. Miller, of the
public schools st that place and It
seems agreed that j such meetings
would redound to the benefit of all
section* of this large district.
and do it. Is the Republican major
ity scared? Why not debate this,
here in the open and meet me face to
face? Why try to entrap me and cage
me and silence me in a committee
room? If there’s anything cheaper
In this country than human kite Its a
whitewashing committee report Mo
body reads committee repents or has
any conAdence In them."
"Doe# the general staff want to hide
in this committee room?" Senator
Watson continued. "Why not gtve the
facts to some senator and have him
face me here?"
Senator Wntnoa said he was fight
ing the "military clique, the Prussian
ised system” and that "we have now
reached the point of militarism where
It la a crime to criticise the the ar
my." which he said was the stage that
Germany had reached before the
breaking out of the war"
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHECKOFF ORDER
J$ STILLHOLDING
Leaders Brieve That the
Strike of Forty-five Thousand
Miners in the Pennsylvania
fCoal Field Will Follow In a
Time.
(By Associated Press.)
Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 4.—Pittsburg
Vein Operators Association voted to
abide by Judge Anderson’s injunction
against the mine workers’ check-off
system.
Judge Barker ordered check-off sys
tem continued in force until further
orders of United States court of ap
peals.
Twenty thousand eastern Ohio oper
ators affected.
The Central Pennsylvania Coal as
sociation decided to abolish the check
off system and many operators believe
a strike of forty-five" thousand bitu
minous coal miners of that field will
follow.
PITTSBURGH MINERS
ARE TO GO ON STRIKE.
Pittsburgh, Nov. 4.—The executive
board of District No. 5, United Mine
Workers of America, at. a special
meeting here today decided to call a
strike at midnight Monday, November
7, in the Pittsburgh district. This ac
tion was taken after President Robert
R. Gibbons had been notified by R. W.
Gardiner, commissioner of the Pitts
burgh Coal Producers’ Association,
that the coal operators would no long
er continue the ‘‘check off” system.
JEKYL PREPARING
FOR 016 SEASON
Supt. Grob Came Some Days
•. J\ ;■ |t r\M ai f jib y<{j Aft iTYfiP #!
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ters Started; Will Return
North, But Will Come Back
Before Formal Opening.
K. G. Grob, superintendent of the
Jekyl Island club, has arrived In the
city, and immediately left for eJkyl
Island, where he will spend several
weeks In preliminary work in con
nection with the organization of the
help and employees of this exclusive
club. Mr. Grob. as soon as this work
is completed, will return to New York
where he will remain until the first
part of December, when he wilt return
to the island in order to greet the ear
ly arrivals.
Although the season does not open
until the first of January, neverthe
less there are several parties who
will arrive some time during the
month of December, among them fee
ing Dr. Walter B. James, president of
the club.
This club is one of the wealthiest
ami most exclusive clubs in the Unit
ed States, and Includes In Its mem
bership only those who have reached
the heights. During the winter fre
quently the most noted men of let
ters. politics, art and finance, steal
away upon the invitation of some
mernbe rof the club, and enjoy the rest
and seclusion which only such a beeu
| tiful environment may offer.
VARIOUS “IDEAS” TO MAKE
STREET RAILWAY SUCCESS
Seme of Merchants to Offer Ticket*
to Asaiat In Boosting
Cash Business.
Public sentiment 1* a powerful fac
tor and any movement which Is back
eo by It is sure of success. The City
and lnterurban Railroad company has
every citlxen of Brunswick with It and
various suggestions looking to in
crease of patronage for the line have
been made. To or three merchants
say they are going to purchase tickets
by the hundreds and offer these with
cash purchaaee. One said he will give
a ticket with every dollar spent at his
establishment. Many other way* to
help the new owners will be found and
there Is no doubt but that business
will grow from the minute ft really
passes Into the hands of its recent
purchasers.
Nothing has been heard from Judge
Evans as to whether he will confirm
the sale or refuse to do so. It is the
general opinion that he will see At to
let the company have tt and ft is to be
hoped that this surmise la a correct
one
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, NOV. S, 1921.
TRAFFIC BUREAU
MEETS AND NAMES,
OFFICE WEAR
Much Benefit Follow the
Activity of This Needed
Organization.
G. C. SMITH IS CHAIRMAN
A. L. CHURCH NAMED VICE
L.R.Waters, Man of Unquestion
ed Ability and Much Experi
ence is Manager and This
Means That Bureau Will Be
gin to Function in Earnest at
Once.—Means Much to Bus
iness Men.
The traffic commissioners met yes
terday in the office of A. L. Church
and elected officers to the Brunswick
Traffic Bureau for the ensuing year,
as follows: G. C. Smith, chairman;
A. Lu Church, vice chairman; C. D.
lOgg, treasurer; Fred G. Warde, secre
tary to the commissioners, with L. R.
Waters as manager of the bureau.
Mr. Waters has been in Brunswick
now for several weeks, and he is get
ting lined up such things as will make
the bureau function for the benefit of
Brunswick immediately. He comes
to Brunswick exceptionally well com
mended and qualified to handle all
of the problem* that confront. the
public, as to rates and those things
that will necessarily come up in the
future.
The commissioners, while known as
traffic commissioners, with A. 1..
Church representing Glynn county; C.
D. Ogg. representing the city of
Brunswick, and G. C. Smith, elected
from the Boar dof Trade, decided that
the name under which the commis
sioners would operate would be that
of the Brunswick Traffic Bureau.
The city and county are to be con
gratulated on secufiga these three
'men.' tn give* their
time and experience without compen
sation to handle this most important
phase of Brunswick’s commercial life,
and with L. R. Waters as manager of.
the Bureau, the puMic can feel more
than satisfied that the work intrusted
to the Brunswick Traffic Bureau, will
ihe far reaching in its effects and
mea-n much to (Brunswick* future
growth.
U. S. DEPUTY MARSHAL HERE
SUMMONING WITNESSES.
Well Known Attache of Judge Evans*
Court Will Spend Entire
Day in City.
United States Deputy Marshal J.
O. Maddox came over from Savannah
yesterday and will spend today sum
moning witnesses for the United
States court, which will be convened
during the coming week. It Is under
stood that a large number are to he
given the Mttle slip* calling them
over there to appear before the court
and the grand Jury.
Marshal Maddox has often visited
Brunswick and has many friends here
who are always glad to welcome him.
He says the coming session of Judge
flans’ court will be one of the most
important In many years with both
dockets filled with interesting cases
CHINESE REPLY TO RETURN
SHANTUNG SENT TO JAPS
(By Associated Press.)
Toklo. Nov. 4— The Chinese reply
to the recent Japanese proposals re
garding the return of Shantung to
China, was received here today. ~
The reply reiterates China’s “un
changed view” nd declares the pres
ent hasis of settlement too far from
the hope# and expectations of the Chi
nese people. ,sf<j
MRS. LYDIA MEYER SOUTH
ARD IS OUII.TV OF MURDER
(By Associated Press.)
Twin Falla. Idaho. Nov. 4—Mrs.
Lydia Meyer Southard was found guil
ty of second degree murder for deafh
of Edward F. Meyer, her fourth hus
band. by the district court Jury this
afternoon
The jury deliberated twenty-three
hours. * Sentence will be passed on
November 7. The verdict carries not
less than ten years imprisonment
RUNT ALICE BLAKE
> IN ARBUCKLE CASE
She is One of Main Witnesses
For State and District Attor
ney is Using Every Possible
Effort to Locate Her.—Hid
Away by Mother.
San Francisco, Nov. 4. —The Califor
nia police, thiVmgh District Attorney
Matthew Brady of San Francisco, to
day were requested to find Alice
Blake, one main witnesses Jor
the state in the manslaughter charge
against Roscoe C. "(Fatty) Arbuckle,
due to be brought to trial here No
vember 14.
Miss Blake disappeared from a
place near Caliotoga, where she was
staying with Mrs. John Duffy, mother
of George Duffy, a deputy district
attorney. Witness was not under ar
rest, but was being detained with her
own consent, pending the Arbuckle
trial.
Her disappearance, according to
Mrs. Duffy’s story to the district at
torney here, came after a visit by
Miss Blake’s mother, Mrs. John Wes
phal of Oakland, and an attorney
whose name District Attorney Brady
did not obtain. The girl left with
her mother in an automobile, Mrs.
Westphal saying she was going to
take her daughter home.
The Westphal home in Oakland was
untenanted today, investigators said.
Miss Blake was a guest at the party
given by Arbuckle in a local hotel,
when Virginia Rappe. film actress, is
alleged to have sustained injuries
which preceded her death.
MONTHLY SESSION
OF RED CROSS HELD
Number of Ladies Have Already
Roll Call Work Which Begins
on November 11 and Contin
ues Through the 24th,
The regular monthly meeting of the
Brunswick Chapter American Red
Cross was held last night at its head
quarters in the Board of Health build
ing. Plaint were discussed for the roll
call to commence on November 11.
and continue through the 24th. Great
stress was laid upon the reasons why
every person *in Glynn county should
Join this great organization. "Because
it is helping the nation’s disabled
service men." “Because It is helping
to safeguard American life." “Because
it relieves suffering from disaster and
accidents.” It was shown that the
American Red Cross had spent $lO.-
000,000 the past year on disabled ser
vice men and disasters. One being the
Oeonee tornado that happened in the
state of Georgia last year. Mrs.
George Palmer Smith who is chair
man of the Red Cross roll call this fall
reported that the following ladies had
generously offered their services:
Mrs. Walter Oates, Mrs. Walter Na
than. Mrs. C. W. Irwin, Mrs. G. V.
Cate. Mrs. Mark Wilcox, Miss Ethel
Ligeour. Mrs. R. R. MacGregor. Mrs.
James Ferguson. Mrs. S. L. High.
Mrs. Smith reported that plans were
forking out nicely for a most thor
ough canvass of the city beginning
on next Friday and that she hoped
that Brunswick would do the usual
stunt and follow the example of the
Young Men's Club and go 100 per
cent.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cahill and Miss
Crawley appeared before the execu
tive board and very graphically told
of the needs of *> many of the school
children who are under nourished and
the needs of building up their bodies
before mental development could pro
gress la a normal wayl, Mrs. CahH!
told of the generous donations of milk
from the dairies of Misses Dent. Crine
and Ortffln. Mr. Gordon and Mr. Hous
ton and how she was administering it
'and the results she hoped to accom
plish. Chairman Grey appointed a
committee to thoroughly investigate
the feasibility of going into this on
a much more elaborate scale to fur
nish this much needed nourishment
for the proper development of the
children of the city of Brunswick.
W. A. SIMS WILL OPPOSE
CONGRESSMAN UPSHAW
Atlanta, Nov. 4.—Walter A Sims.
Atlanta lawyer and councilman, an
non need tedav that he had decided
to oppose Congressman W. D. rpshaw
la the next primary.
Premier Hara of Japan
Stabbed by an Assassin;
Death Almost Instant
WOMEN’S SPRING CLOTHES -
WILL COME MUCH CHEAPER *
' v 4
(By Associated Press.) <
New York, Nov. 4. —Prices of
- clothing next spring
will be twenty-five to thirty-three -
and a third per cent lower than -
last spring through the immedi- -
ate return to piece „work in the -
garment making trades.
This statement was issued to- *
day by the Cloak, Suit and
Manufacturers’ Protection Asso- *
ciation. -
PERSHING’S WISH
IS TO BE_A BUDDIE
Wants the Boys to Regard Him
in That Way Rather Than
Any Other. Emphatically
Denies Statements of Sena
tor Watson.
(By Associated Press.)
Nashville, Tenm, Njov. 4. —“Hope
you will think of me as a buddie and
comrade rather than anything else;
that would please me most,” sai-1
General Pershing, talking to the Thir
teenth division boys at the reunion
here today.
General Pershing made an emphatic
denial of Senator Watson’s statement
that American soldiers were hanged
in France without courtmartial or
Legion was issued by General Per
shing.
CONFERENCE IS ON
F 0 R UNEMPLOYED
Cause of Thousands Being Out
of Work and Remedy to be
the First Phases of Investiga
tion, Which Will be Most
Thorough Ever Held.
(By Associated Press.)
New York. !Nov. 4. —Machinery Is
being set up by the standing commit
tee of the conference on the unemploy
ed, for the most exhaustive study of
fundamental problems of unemploy
ment ever undertaken In the United
States, the secretary and chairman
announced today.
The first phase to be studied is the
cause and the means of avertlag the
great employment depressions. Reg
ulations of public works as a means
of producing employment will also be
taken up.
COUNTY BOARD REGISTRARS
TO CONVENE WEDNESDAY.
Members are Frank D. Aiken, W. R.
Cox and W. B. Cook and to
Meet at Court House
The Glynn coumy board of regis
trars will meet at the court house
pext Wednesday morning at in o’clock
and those Interested should, by all
means, be present. The board is com
posed of Frank D. Aiken. W. R. Cox
and W. B- Cook.
On account of the change iu regis
tration law*, the work of purging the
list will call for more time than is
usually consumed. * The list is to be
placed ia readiness for the county
bond elec Lion wbiwh will be held on
November 23. The new laws are con
strued in many different light* by lo
cal attorneys but the board will get
direct Information from Atlanta be
fore the date of holding the first meet
ing.
BRUNSWICK EDUCATOR OFFERS
WAVCROSS GOOD SUGGESTIONS.
For the purpose of lookiog into the
problems confronting neighboring
school*, Superintendent Dryden of the
Brunswick public school* w* s * re
cent guest of Pr**f- A - Miner of the
r
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DRAMATIC MOMENT
IN RAIL STATION,
SCENE OFMURDER
Regarded as One of Ablest of
Orient’s Statesmen and
Death Deplored.
SECRETARY HUGHES ONE OP
MANY GREATLY SHOCKED.
Regular Friday Cabinet Meeting
Was Being Held When
Cable of Death of Illustrious
Son of Japan Was Received
in Washington—Threatening
Letter Had Been Received by
the Premier.
(By Associated Press.)
Tokio, !Nov. 4. —Premier Hara wa4
fatally stabbed in the breast today
at the railroad station in Tokio.
The assassination of Premier Hara
comes as a dramatic moment when
the Japanese delegation is assembling
for the Washington conference, and
when Japan is intensely interested
in the international issues In which
Premier Hara has until now taken
such an Important part. He had been
urged to head the delegation to Wash
ington and, for a time had the matter
under consideration, hut finally deckl
ed that his services would be better
employed at home during the discus
sions at Washington.
'Premier Hara frequently addressed
oim Mirk ahead.
Washington Hears It.
Washington, Nov. 4.—-The Japanese
delegation to the armment conference
was thrown into sorrow and confu
sion, official Washington, inoludlngj
delegates from other lands to the con
ference were profoundly shocked by
the announcement from Tokio that
Premier Hara had been assassinated.
Admiral Baron Kato, the ranking
member of the Japanese delegation,
Hara’s most intimate friend, burst in
to tears, something most unusual fbr
Japanese who are trained from child
hood to conceal their emotions.
Secretary Hughes cabled the sym
pathies of America to the Japanese
government.
• Hughe* Shocked.
Tlie message to the state depart
ment, which was filed at p. m„ Tbkio
time, gave no details ojher than the
premier had been stabbed. An hour
later another message, filed by tho
American embassy at Tokio at 10 p.
m., was received at the state depart
ment announcing the death of the
premier. Secretary Hughes was ab
tending the Friday cabinet meeting
when the dispatch arrived, and on
leaving the White House, wap told of
the assassination by newspaper cor
respondents. He said be was greatly
abocked by the news.
Delegate* Threatened.
Before the departure of tbe Japan
ese delegation from Tokio, threaten
ing letters had been received by vari
ous member* of the cabinet and
Hrlnce T kugawa hlmaelf, ju*t before
embarking on the steamer for the
United States, received a fantastically
worded document threatening him
with assassination unless he achieved
results at Washington of benefit to hi*
fopntry and warning him *fi& that hi '
must not be too ‘'foreign” fti his at
titude while in the United Shite*.
Mr. Kara was attaining a predom-
Inent position In the political life of
Japan, *o much so that ttk was often
referred to as tbe LlyA George of
the empire. He had achieved among
other thing* a kind of working co-op
eration between the military and civ
ic elements of the government, and
had induced the military leader* wbo
had been accused of endeavoring to
direct too much of the policies of the
country, to work in harmony with the
civic department*.
local schools. While here the Brunt
wick educator inspected the sthooia
and offered many helpful suggestions.
He said be wa much pleased with
methods of instruction here—Way
cross Journal-Herald.