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GENERALLY FAIR
VOLUME XX—NO. 100
WAGE REDUCTION
IS ANNOUNCED BY
A. 0. U RAILWAY
Proposed Wage Scale Would
Deduct Fifty Per Cent oi all
Increases Since 1917
EMPLOYEES UNDECIDED AS
TO WHETHER TO ACCEPT
President B. L Bugg Confirms
Proposed Wage Reduction
and Says That Officials of the
Road are Negotiating With
Employees For an Amlcabk*
Settlement.—No Danger of
Strike Any Time Soon.
An announcement that will be of
general interest in Brunswick is the
fact that officiate of the Atlanta, Bir
mingham & Atlantic Railroad have
tentatively agreed upon a wag ( ' reduc
tion, affecting all employees of the
line, equal to fifty per cent of ail the
Increases in wages that have been
granted since the begtuning of the
year 1917.
The announcement relatives to the
proposed wage reduction, It 1s said,
was made to delegates representing
each of the fourteen crafts employed
by the road, at a general conference
held in Atlanta n few days ago, accord
ing to reports In circulation In local
railroad circles, ,
Tt is said in connection with the
wage cut that the employees of the
company have not as yet definitely de
cided whether to accept the reduction,
or to walk out on a strike, hut that
all employees will continue to perform
their duties until a final decision has
been reached a t ( > what course of uc
tl-nn will be pursued,
A considerable number of employ
ees of the rallroud shops of the line
have recently beejt laid off, mid ml no r
waft# rediictioite among 'the Helpers?
and 4ppn*ntie*te have been* made. This
2 • T . *mi.M** 1
h'n Wftppfiwli wftnwtt any !
friction between [ the management and j
the workers,
Pr*trident* B. f.. Bngg, who also acts
In the capacity as general superinten
dent of transpiration of the A. n & A.,
has confirmed the above informal top
relatives to u proposed wage mine j
tinn, a cording to reliable press re
ports. Mr. Bugg fa quoted as saylug
that officials of the road are now en
gaged In negotiating with
tives rf the employees, looking toward
mi amicable settlement of the wage
problem.
"At u recent conference tu Atlanta,
the 50 per cent red net lon of Increases
grunted since 1917 was agreed upon as
• basis,” said Mr. Bugg. according to
reports. In dlsCUMelug the matter
more fully the executive la quoted as
raving: "there Is not the slightest dm
per of any of the employees walking
out at this stage of the negotiations,
and Kaltefuetnry progress Is being
made towards a settlement. On Jan
uary 10th anottn r conference between
Offijt'ials and representatives of the
employees will b* held, when a final
decision will he nv'de, and an agree
went reached. t The national labor
board may have to pass on any chan
ges In the present status nf wages be
fore they go tote effect.**
AUDITORS Bl)SY at work
ON BOOKS OF RIF CITY
Auditors art now busily at won
inditing the boaka of the city offfct’lsr
who r' lr< it from <)fftce on January
l*t. Tlap retiring administration left
this duty up to tht city commission or*,
who employed a firm of. expert av
ronntanh u do the work. The books
Of th city are r;ikl |o he In excellent
shap*, and the very p.rbsb
Iv he completed within n vfffy few
days, ,‘y
ntv Treasurer Ludwig. who resign
ed eff* cltwe January Ist!‘lt Is sold,
wtll retrain hit office until the audit
Is, completed. after which th, duties
Of the offlCo yf|Qt be placed in the
hands of CH\ Tax We Sor 1.. A Hob'
pendlnit tlii* wjfw|tmem of \*r.
I udwtg a successor
U. S. TREASURER ;BURKE
ANNOUNCES RESHiN VI ION
(Bv ViMN’lakt) rmo l
Washington. Jan* Oelalin Burke.
fehu ha- mrv and a* ir*nurv: of the
t nlted State* slat* ntQfVM thirteen
• ttmutnod hie twiguntloff today. to
ts-eotne effective UsOeiillrh upon
th inwdntim nt of his agkH>**or. Mr
I oike iMipel so spfrtfic. hejt> for
Mt art ton tn lettdurlug his rwalffwatloo
at thf time
BRUNSWICK NEWS
PRES. WILSON TO FILL
WAR FINANCE VACANCIES
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. *.Jan.' 4. —President Wil
son will have to fill by appointment at
least two of the existing vacancies on
the board of the revived war finance
corporation'- before the organization
can make ally considerable number of
loans for financing exports, officials
of the treasury department said today.
The war finance corporation was re
vived by Congress es an emergency
measure for the relief of farmers, and
prompt reorganization is necessary if
't is to carry out its purpose.
WOMAN KILLS MAN;
FORGETS ABOUT IT I
Kansas City Woman Tells Police
•That She Killed a Man Sun
day Night, Put His Body Un
der Her Bed, and Forgot Al!
About it Until She Started to
Sweep Her Room Yesterday.
(By Pro,is.)
Kansas City, Jan. 4.—-A woman giv
ing her name as Lillian McGill, twen
ty-nine years of age, called at police
headquarters today, and told one of
f he most, remarkable stories in the
whole history of crime.
The young woman calmly stated to
the police that on Sunday night she
killed a man, and aftervvi rd put his
body under her bed forgol all
about the transaction wmil she started
to sweep her room today.
Following the woman’s almost unbe
lievable story the police visited a
room In a small hotel, given as her
residence, and found the unclothed
body of a man, apparently abort twen
ty-five years of age.
In a written statement, ac ‘ord'tig to
the police, the woman said that she
knew the dead man only a.-’ v ivMk,”
and that he had told her hy w,w em
ployed in ♦ saluj^u
W from a dressor ami hirn Three"
times through the head. Sh >
that she had been in a dnz and condition
since, and insisted that she had forgot
ten all about the tragedy until t slay.
FAILURES INCREASE
DURING YEAR 1920
R. C. Dunn & Company Record
of Business Failures For Year
1920 Made Public Yesterday.
Showed Substantial Increase
Over the Record of the Pre
vious Year.
New York Jan. 4.*-- It. G. Dunn *
l' inpany'R record of buxines# failure#
throughout the United States during
the year 1920. made public today, ffls
elosed the fact that there wot B.SBI
commercial failures in the country
with a total of $294,151,805 indebted
ness outstanding. as against 0,451 bttsl
ness failures during 1919. with a trial
indebtedness outstanding of $113.29! •
*37.
In commenting on the record of bus
iness fulluies for the two years the
report said that the substantial lr
"rease during 1920 over the flgu-o* tor
the previous year were not at all *n
natural, ands a matter of fact, was
to have been expected tn a period
marked by such general economic re
idjustmmt which prevailed during the
year Just closed.
MORE ARRESTS MADE IN
AMERICAN CAFE ROBBERY'
Tw,) additional arrests were made
vesterduj morning in connection with
the l&roimy early Monday night of a
number of articles and provi ions from
, the American Cafe by negro women
employ* and as dishwashers.
Investigation of the larceny yester
day was tn charge of Officer Huff, of
Judge Beach's court. wh% by clever
wprjk. succcuild in rmurTiiu practi
cally ail of tht' stolon artkle# Irclud
tug a number., of dishes located in a
colored rrdiiurant <>n Monk a.rwct.
where thee hid been pawned A
search warrant was obtained and a
search of th# Monk airtet.establish
ment brought To light th# mixsing
dishes. The proprietor f the place, it
U saM, ws> placed under bond Offl
cer I luff says that other arrests wtll
probably he made today, and th# case
completely cleared up. | * ' *
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NAVAL STORES MEN
TO ENTER ’PROTEST
INCREASED RATES
Meeting Held Yesterday to For*
mPlans to Resist Pi o=
hibifive Freight Rates
WILL EMPLOY AN EXPERT
TO PRESEiNT THE FACTS
Inauguration of Proposed 150
Per Cent Increase ; in Naval
Stores Freight Rates F.om
Interior Points to Southern
Ports Would Mean Financial
Ruin of the Industry, and
Bring Operations to a Stand
still. -
That, thi* leading representatives of
the local naval stores industry, one of
Brunswick’s most important commer
cial activities, do not intend to sit
idly by and tamely submit to the in
auguration of freight rates which, it
(s said, will amount to an increase of
approximately 150 per cent over the
old rates, was made evident yesterday
when representatives of
the city’s largest naval stores con
oerns gathered at the quarters of the
Board of Trad t for an informal discus
sion of the situation, and to formulate
tentative plans to resist the proposed
increase.
As reported to The News the in
crease in the rates charged for the
transportation of naval stores pro
ducts proposed by the railroads ami
other carriers would apply to ship
ments from Interior Southern points
to the port cities, and to coastwise
shipments between South Atlantic and
Gulf ports.
It is claimed that the new traiff
schedule* would W rank Jic.rjralna
UO4 ayainauihe industry in this dir
would mean the financial ruin of the
industry, and would result in bring
lng practically to a stand
still.
The naval store# Industry is already
In a serious condition as & result of
the present Inactive market, and any
further burdens would means jt oblit
eration. for the time being, at least.
It was for a discussion of these prob
lems that the navul store* men gath
ered yesterduv afternoon. Present at
tb( meeting wus J. E. Lockwood, direc
tor of sales and Jesse Gibson, sales
manager, of tty? Yaryan Rosin & Tur
pentine Go., the world’s largest naval
stores plant; Mr. Nightengale, of the
Downing Cos., und Brian S. Brown, of
the South Atlantic Cos., and perhaps,
others.
While complete details of the meet
ing were not made public, it was said
that formal organization was perfect
ed to resist the rate increase, and -that
* fund to be used for this purpose
would he subscribed. Just what plans
will be carried out i* not known, hut
It Is stated that a rate expert, thor
oughly familiar with the naval stores
situation, will be employed to present
the facts to the Interstate Commerce
Commission, in an effort to preserve
the Industry, and avoid the necessity
of suspending operations. Another
meeting is to he held in the near fu
ture. when the matter will be goo* lo
ro more fully.
FORMER BRUNSWICK CITIZEN
MAKES MEMORIAL ADDRESS
it Will be of interest to Bruns vtck
people to know that at th* exerx ises
held a few days ago at Tampa, i-'ki..
Blending Die formal dedication, and
open lug to traffic of the Hillsborough
county memorial highway, built as a
memorial to the lUS men that coun
ty who gave their live* ir *he world
war, the principal address was deliv
ered by K D. launbrigh’. a native
Brunswickian. who i* now postmaster
at Tampa Mr. toimhright spoke tn
behalf of th-- Tampa Kotory Ck>b.
which organisation was largely res
ponsitde for the building of (he high
way. The memorial highway extends
seroses th# c unty a distance of tlf
;een miles, and is of concret# construe
tlon. thirty feet wide It ts lined on
each side by tree# and shrubbery, and
within a few years it Is .said. will be
one of the most betuti.ul thorough
fare# in the world. Mr. Lamhrffiht
took a leading part tn the plans for
building the memorial, and his address
delivered at the formal dedication has
been th* subject of much comment
throughout the state of Florida.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA WCDNCSPAV. DEC. 5, 1921.
Intrepid U. S. Girl Takes Movies
to Cannibals of South Sea Island
of th e native chiefs of Makkula. The native women
are wearing their odd held dresses
Mrs. Martin Johnson, who is the
wife of the ytning American explorer,
has returned to the United States
with her husband from her ne.or.d trip
STOWAWAY CLAIMS
BROTHER M’SWINEY
- T K
Two Men Arrived al Newport
News as Stowayvays Aboard
an American Shto From Irish
Port, and CLatin *tp be. Brotb
of That City.—-Placed Under
Arrest.
—*■^
(By Associated Press.)
Newport News, Va., Jan. 4. —Two
men, claiming to bk* Peter B. t Mc-
brother of the late lord mayor
of Cork, who died as a result of hte
hunger-strike in Britton prison, and
Daniel Gallagher, the present lord
mayor of Cork, arrived in phrt here
tonight a stowaways aboard the
American steamer West Cannon, from
an Irish port. Mcßwiney carried a
pass-port vised by an Anv rfean consol
In Inland. ,*
Disregarding the claims of the men
as to their identities, the Immigra
tion authorities first jrdered. both re
manded to Jill. but later the man
claiming to be McSwiney whs released
from custody, on account of his pass
port, and O'Callaghan, who claims txi
be the present lord mayor of Cork
was allowed to go to a hotel, under
guard.
O'Callaghan has declined to talk, but
McSwiney told officials that the form
er came t 0 th# United States in order
to appear before the committee Inves
tig Bing the Irish situation, and that,
as the British government refused to
permit him to leave Ireland he came
as a stowaway.
McSwiuey continued that he himself
could have come to America as a reg
ular passenger, but that, uuder the cir
cumstance*. he preferred to accom
pany OtaDghan
REFUSE ADMISSION TO
SEVEN RUSSIAN ORPHANS
•By Associated Press.)
New York. Jan. -S ven Ru>ftian
children, brought to the United
States for adoption by Rear Admiral
Newton A HeCnlly. c forme- high
commissioner at Sebastopol, weie or
dered excluded from the countty bv
the 'migration board today, on tha
grounds tba'riher- arc liable o be
come public charges McCulley Is
, preparing to make an appeal from
the beard's decision
martial law area IN
IRELAND IS EXTENDED
(By Associated Pr<y.g)
Dublin, Jan 4—An ofßctat procla
mation extending the present martial
5 law anna m* to Include the counties
of Ciaee Waterfocp. Wexford. KID
, ken ay and to th# cky <f Waterford
haa b** fc Isaqffd by the Brttiaii govern
’ went offrßia effective today. w
woman kill*- kauwad.city
to the cannibal islands of the couth J
seas. Sh e has the distinction of Doing
th first white woman who ever suc
j needed in rewriting the big n*. mber of
GEORGIA RELIEF WORKERS
ESCAPE FROM BOLSHEVIKS
<By Associated .--ress.)
New York, Jan. 4. —Dr. Joseph S.
Stewart, of Athens, Ga., and three oth
ers of the seven American relief work
ers who have been detained at Urfa,
I Cilicia, by Bclshqvikl forces, hive es
caped from their captors, and have ar
rived safely at Aleppo, according to
information contained in a cable grain
opportunity t 0 leave Urfa.
DECLINE IN PRICES
OF MENS’CLOTHING
M r ' • • „
Setting Market For Men’s Spring
and Summer Clothing Opened
in Yesterday, With
Manufacturers Quoting Suits
at Much Lower Prices Than
Last Year's Levels.
(By Awoclated Press.)
Chicago, Jan. 4.~The selling market
for mens’ spring and summer clothing
actively opened in Chicago today, with
manufacturer* offering suits much be
low the price* quoted last spring
One of the leading factors in the
ready made trades quoted a mann'ac-
Mirers price on ail-wool suits at twen
ty-five dollars, as compared with tbir
ty-five dollars one year ago.
Prices for strictly summer good*,
such as mohairs. polm beaches; tr..
ranged at prices upward from $14..0,
as compared with a prlc# of * 1 <?..>
and up when the market opened la**
year.
“UP IN MABEL’S ROOM"
PLEASES LARGE AUDIENCE
*l> In Mabel's Room." the famous
farce-comedy success, which was pre
sente,i (it the Grand Opera House last
night by A. H. Woods. was greeted Tv
a. packed house, and undoubtedly scor
*l oue of the biggest hits of the pres
n* neason. fieautifnl Miss Lillian Be
oese. wh 0 played the leading feminfm
role, sustained the brilliant reputa
tion which had preceded bef-to Bruns
wick. anud the show measured fully
up to rigid standards required tc win
the approval of a Brunswick audience.
Tp in Mibefs Room" was the Grind’-
first offering for the new year, and es
tablished a standard of all-round excel
ilence that will be hard to maintain in
future engagements. * Tea for Three**
is the next off* ring booked, and will
be at the Grand on the evening of Jan
wiry 10. If R comes anywhere neer
living up to the advance press notices,
'it wiU even surpass last night’s show
Manager Wood has endeavored this
sea;son to book only the very best *•
tract foils available. *nd,hU efforts to
give Brunswick audiences high-class
productions ar* meeting with the ap-
tribes of the New Hebrides island,
where humaji flesh is still coveted as
food. She was the first one to take
motion pictures to th e cannibals.
FAIL 10 ELECT A
COUNTY AUDITOR
Monthly Meeting of Board of
County Commissioners of
Glvmi County HaidjXagtafdj|v
_i—, 4*
Tire board of commissioners < t
Glynn county mot yesterday morning,
for their regular monthly session, the
first meeting of the new year, but no
business of an important natur e wsx
transited. The regular annual elec
tion of county officials, that 11. those
named by the board, wus scheduled to
have been held at the meeting yester
day. hut after considering a number
of applications for the various places,
the hoard deferred formal action until
January lllh. when a special meet
ing for this purpose will be held.
On account of tile fact that County
Auditor Twltty resigned effective Jan
uary Ist, It wag generally believed
that th# commissioners would name
his successor at yesterday's meeting,
ind it is known that a number of ap
plications for the position were up for
consideration. Definite action, it Is
believed. was deferred in order to glv ;
the commissioner* time in which to
more fully consider the qualifications
of the various applicants.
In the meantime, pending the nam
ing of an auditor at th*. special meet
ing t he held on January 11. Cotinty
rommUodoner A. O Townsend will act
as clerk of that body, and will perform
all the dtl*fes which formerly devolved
upon the auditor.
At a meeting on the Ufh. It is *L?i
--*-d. th fl commissioners will appoint all
county officer* undi r their jurisdic
tion. These Include the county audi
tor. now vacant, the county attorney,
chief -of county police and the super
intendent of the county convict gang.
Before tit#, creation of the office #>f
county auditor, which has been jfo ably
filled for the past two years tyy Mr.
Twfttv. Commissioner Townsend act
and as clerk of the hoard, and i* there,
fore thor ughiy famiHir with ijhe de
tails of the work he will b* called upon
to perform pending the selection of
i Mr. Twlttjr'* successor, who resigned
Ito become associated in an executive
capacity with the Brunswick Bank A
Trust Company.
In view 0 f the fart that a number of
prominent and well-known citlxens
have applied for the position. there Is
widespread interest in the action of
[like commissioners at the special *e*-
Islon to be held next Tueed y.
Only matters of a routine nature
were passed *n at the meeting yeste*-.
day. the commissioners being In ses
*ion hut a few hour* during the mom
<ng.
!
preeiation at the public, as Is reflected
by the capacity audience* which hare
greeted aJoK>”< ♦'*** oaring of the
season.
IJ[[ii[l[irrunE2rra
FAIR
PRICE FIVE CENTS
J HWARREN ENTERS
A PLEA OF GUILTY
TO MAIL ROBBERY
vy*' - ...
Young Rural Mail Carrier
peared Before U. S. Commit
sinner MOrecock Yeste&is
$2,000.00 BOND ASSESSE D
FOR APPEARANCE AT COURT
Warren Was Carried to Savan
nah Yesterday by Inspector
Hudson and Postmaster Lea
vy For Commitment Proceed
ings, and is Released on Bond
Pending the Next Session of
Federal District Court, When
Sentence Will be Passed.
James H. Warn n, the twenty-tvo
year-old ruril mail carrier who last
week confessed to having stolen a
registered mail pouch while it was in
transit between the postoffice and rail
road station, was carried to Savannah
yesterday by Inspector Hudson and
Postmaster I.- J. Leavy, Jr., where the
formality of commitment proceedings
were carried out before United States
Commissioner Morecock.
.hen arraignrd before the commis
sioner Warren entered a plea of guil
ty to the charges, and bond in the sum
of two thousand dollars was assessed
for his appearance at the next regular
session of Federal district court, to he
held in Savannah on the second Tues
day in February, with Judge Beverly
D. Evans presiding.
Bond was promptly furnished by the
young man, .and he was released front
custody until court convenes it) Ft b-
ruary. Warren returned to his home
In Brunswick, with Postmaster Lyavy,
last night, and probably will remain
JNrejvUh Ws tatnUyjuiuH;Uk<tim§ afi£
inspector ft U. Hmioori. of SaYannait,
with the able assistance of Postmaster
heavy, who had already worked out
many details of the case 'before the
arrival of the Inspector.
Damaging evidence bad been ‘cur
ed against Warren before he wa.-
aware that be was under suspi don.
and when confronted with the cold
facts, in the private office of the post
master, he had no other alternative
but to confess, which he did, in a fal
tering manner, followed by his dra
matic attempt at suicide by severely
gashing his throat with a pocket knife. 5
Afier recovering from the t*e|f-in-
filcted wounds Warren made a clean
breast or the matter, assuming the en
tire responsibility for the act. and ah
solving from all suspicion others
whom h# at first Implicated. H > hud
previously borne the very best of repu
tations. and the robbery is attributed
by his associates to temporary mental
dorangem* nt, occasioned by prolonged
worry over debts. His subsequent at
tempt at self-destruction tends to bear
out this theory, and thp young man is
quoted as sayirig that his actions on
the day #,f the robbery were abnormal
and wholly beyond his understanding.
During ihe w>r Warren served as a ,
soldier overseas, and earne home with
an excellent military record, and ha;*
since, tip to the time of the robbery,
lived an exemplary life. The final act
.-In the tragic story of his momentary
! lapse will t ike place in Savannah
Tuesday, February Kth. when he will
‘Titer a plea of guilty before Jndg •
Kv.m*. and receive sentence. In view
of thr clrcumstaiicofr, urid the fact that
there is good reasons to hell re that\
the attempted robbery was the result
of h< ut mental distress, induced by
his unpaid and pr* sslng oblations, £
friends of the young man h pe that
he Will be mercifully do?If w fh. and
that hi* sentence will he made as llgb
as possible. ,
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
’VDJ. MEET FRIDAV NIGHT
t
An important meeting of the Bruns
wick Retail Merchants Association Is
scheduled to be held at the quarters of
the Board of Trade Friildy night, be
ginning at S o'clock, at gthlch time
matters of vital Importance to the or
ganization will rum before the inert
mg.
It is stated tbrt active plans for the
association's work during the coming
;year Will be discussed at this gather
ing. and iuis known that a number of
mutters that will mean a great deal to
tb> merchant*, and to the city at large,
arc being considered.