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BRUNSWiCK
Has a landlocked harbor, the
best on the South Atlantic
Coast
VOLUME XXI. N0.75
ARGUMENT ENDED
IN EFFORTS CURB
NAVAL ARMAMENT
Capital Ship Settlement Seems
to be Left to Numerous
Sub-Committees.
A FIVE POWER TREATY IS
NOW BEING PREPARED
President Harding Took Occa
sion to Say That Published
Reports About Sec. Hughes
Resigning Cto Account of Dif
ferences With Him as “Silly.”
(By Associated Prees.)
Wahington, Dec. .'{o. —The arms con
ference virtually reached the pud of
Its effort to pt. a curb on naval arma
ments, fo capital ship settlement and
was added today agreement for limita
tion* of future tonnage of airplane car
Tiers and then the naval committee '
adjourned indefinitely, leaving deter
mination of various problems of sub
committee experts but the A full com
mittee will porbaJdy meet again next
week,
Sbmeyaort of a delaratlon regarding
the useMif the submarine and agree
ment not to* construct more auxiliary
craft of more than ten thousand tons
each is expected and the five power
treaty embodying these points Is being
drafted. •
There Is growing Indication that the
four power Pacific treaty, already
signed, will be clarified by the Ameri
can delegation, it is unrin Rood, has
withdrawn any objection to the Japa
nese proposal not to include Japan
proper within its scope. This proposal,
it is said, has been baaed largely on
development "of the differences be
tween President Harding and the
American delegation. This has beqn
stun Hint, i 11 .ineiH tfm'thng ♦* *
caslnn to characterize ns "silly'’ the
published reports that Secretary
Hughes was ernsidering resigning
from the' cabinet an ft result of differ
euces arising between him and the
White House during arms conference
negotiations,
SALVATIOK ARMY
CHRISTMAS TREE
' : V-
Cnpt. and Mrs. JWalsh Will Re
member Marry SUttle Ones .it
Army Hall oH'4jQ!oucostcr
Street This Evening.
At the Salvation Army h*ll mi
center Ktr*H< tonight. Capt. mi it Mrs.
Walsh will make the heart* of many
little children happy *s they are going
t have a Christmas tree there on It
will h„ all the article** which K t
make the young happy. Besides the
prevents there will bo some candy and
the like amt ihe children will have
veal, tin** time of ft.
In the moantime all who care to do*
nate for tonight'* feast of happlneew
should tlit at* during todnjv. t'apt.
Walsh did great \<vrk In handing out
rhrHtmn* basket* and furnishing din*
nors ami he should he liberally assist*
ed in the affair this evening Many
IMtle children. Capt. Walsh states,
were not visited hv Santa Clans, he
has a list of these and will see that
they are remembered.
NUMBER CttANDES ANNOUNC
ED ON COAST I.INT JANUARY I
Sey. al appointments, effective on
Jtamstrv l. ih£&. have been announced
’by the ktlantto toast t in, HaUrY**d.
They *re a* follows;
K S LrOette. general
tral avenue Atlanta.
Philip J l.ee, tonmNdM ageot.
Nashville. Team.
Warren l\ in ton. commercial agent.
Kew York CM*
F. J. O'Connor, traveling freight
Rochester. N Y,
Renneker. assistant general
Rocky M.Hint. K. C
r
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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS .
RAILWAY MILEAGE FELL
SHORT 1,200 DURING 1921.
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, |>ec. 30. —Railway
mileage in the United States de
clined 1,000 miles during 1921
and anew low record in improve
ments made.
New equipment ordered and ac
quired also fell below any previ
ous record, according to figures
acquired and announced by the
Railway Age today.
ARE TO CELEBRATE
EMANCIPATION DAY
Local Colored People to Havo
Big Parade to End With Big
Speech-making and Celebra
tion at L Street Park.
The colored people of Brunswick
will observe Monday as Bmanipation
Day inasmuh as the first will be on
.Sunday and elaborate preparations are
being made for observance of this day
In Negro history.
A parade will he formed at the corn
er of Gloucester and Albany streets
and the line of march will take In the
principal streets cf the. city. All the
various organizati >ns will participate
and there is a large number of these
here.
The pardae will pnd at L street park
whore exercises of a patriotic nature
will he held. Thele will speaking by
well known colored orators with Prof.
Fisher as orator of the day. Besides
the speaking then* is to be other fea
tures op the program which will be of
an interesting nature.
A history of th* great progress made
by the race will be given in as few
words.as possible und this will prove
interesting as great strides huve been
made in all lines of endeavor slm-e
was given his freedom and
cade Or 'Nrb.‘ Avar record* of iW
Negro will be told of in the recent
conflict and many other distinguished
services U, has rendered his country
will tie impressed by the speakers.
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a. ib and ntanv who will
soon acquaint* and with him in his
new, of btmiae-s. A full line of
men's and women s wear, sh.es. hats,
dry goods. In fact, everything found
In a first Mftso store is now on dis
play there.
PRINTFRY OF CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE IN A SQUABBLE
iltv Associated Press.)
Uosion. Mb*v. I tec. 3*.—Supreme
C urt Judge Crosby annomiced today
that unless the trustee* of the Chris
tian Sctenee Publishing Company and
the directors of th*> First I'huroh of
Chita* Scientists agree by next Tues
day on anew trustee to succeed l-a
mont Rowland, whose removal by the
directors was upheld bv the court re
cently. he would appoint a temporary
receiver for the property, the said re
ceiver not necessarily jio be a Chris
tian Scientist.
A BRITISH PROPOSAL
LIKELY COWNO TODAY
(Ry Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec 30 —When the sub
ject of limitation ofjaavsd airptan- car
rlers is reached in the conference
whib will pr h*Ny be tMuerow, it
Is said that the HH*h win propose
the applu at am of a definite ratio a*
In the case of capital ship* They
are to be ready to propose a ratio of
trh s*3 3 for Greet ttrltam. the Catted
State*. Japan. France tad Italy.
epectlvely. . *
AMERICAN BREAKS
WORLD RECORDS IN
CONTINUOUS FLIGHT
Edward Stinson Remained in Air
For More Than Twenty
six Hours.
MORE THAN TWO HOURS IN
LEAD OF RECORD IN FRANCE
Pilot and Mechanician Wore No
Electric Suits, Depending; Up
on Heat From Exhaust Pipes
to Keep Them Warm.—Des
cended After 11 Yesterday.
(By Associated Press.)
Mineola, N. Y., Dec. 30. —Anew
world’s record for continuous flying
was established today by Edward Stin
son, pilct of an all metal monoplane,
and Lloyd Bertand, his mechanician,
when he surpassed the mark of 24
hours, 19 minutes and seven seconds.
This record was made in France, dur
ing June, 1920.
Stinson took the air, commencing
this new record flight at 8:58 yester
day morning and descended shortly
after 11 o’clock today, having been in
the air twenty-six flours, nineteen min
utes and thirty five seconds from the
time he hopped off yesterday morning.
This breaks the world’s record In re
maining in the air.
The men wore n 0 electric suits, de
pending upon the heat from the ex
haust pipes In the pilot’s cab to keep
them warm. The machine is equipped
with one hundred and eighty-five
horse power motor. . .. •
Every ounce of unneessary weight
was stripped from the plane before
the flight. (About three hundred. aUd
fifty gallons of gasoline and twenty
eight gallons of oil was carried.
OFFICIAL FRENCH CENSUS.
Of the gH&Prai fffticitffi ■ti U2l
the population of France, including
Alsace-f.orraine. a* 35,4f12.?39. The
population in 1911 was 39,604,992.
AL VMI RICANIZK BOARft
Ik. IMTICIAI S \M> -SI AITS
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■ (fty Associated Press.)
HHi'ii. I *•- 3o Tlu> Etir.ipcui
tin* I' nlted States slipping
ill be ■ *iiiln-***! .ilmu' l ent ire
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|>ii|u\ ina.u’ urate.! hr
BSP* it Lasker uti.-n hr to k •***•(
HHHeel i. ui ~f ill.- hiM' and last Jill"*
Hb.it time nnl\ lit! per 'nit of
Hraff and officials n f the board here
nn Europe were Americana. Notwith
standing sweeping reductions of the
staff, the officials of the board here it
was said todA that adequate facilities*
would be continued in thirty ports,
either through the board's own em
ployees or through American operat
ing companies and their a gems.
TO LOOK OVER PROJECT.
Florence. Ala.. Dec. 30. —Local offi
cials have been advise*! that C. <\
Pinkie, manager of the construction
company of North America. San Fran
cisco. will arrive here tolnspect the
Muscle Sheals project before going to
Washington to confer with Secretary
Weeks.
ROBBERS G|OT DIAMONDS.
Morton. Ind.. Dec. 30. —Robbers late
last night gained entrance to a jewel
rv store in the heart of the downtown
district by sawing a hole through the
door above* They escaped with dia
monds valued at thlrty-even hundred
dollar*.
TO PAY BIG OIVIOENOS.
Spartanburg. S. C., Dec. 30.—Cot
ton mills and hanks of Spartanburg
ctunty will pay six hundred and for
ty-eight thousand six hundred and
three dollars, in semi annual dividends
on January hr hi. according to figures
compiled by local financial houses
NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE.
Mexico City. Dec. SO. —N. yoUrMoiis
between the Mexico** gov era moat and
the bankers and oil Interest* ere con
tinuing. according to an announce,
ment by Secretary of Findm e and la
Huerta A favorable settlement of in
ternational financial probleL* t* ex
pected In a short time, he sid
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, DEC. 31, 1921.
Mr*. Henry C. Wallace, at her desk, and her daughter, Mias Mary.
*Tb&lx the latest picture of Mrs. Henry C. Wallace, wife of the secre
tary c*- agriculture, and their Miss Mary Wallace. The hospi-
the Wallace Lome is well’ fci*d’n iff'Dee Moines and Mrs. Wallace
presides as a very gracious jphe likes perydp, is well posted in
public affairs and is one of the leaders among the' Pfashlngton cabinet so
cial set. , ■■ *
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DKEFENDXESCOUTS
'• • ' * I '' :
Round Table Discussion Held in
, Which Elaborate Plans Were
Mapped Out For Future Work
of Organization.
The Okefenokee Council, Boy Scouts
of America, held their annual meet
ing in Wayoroas yesterday and it is
said to have been the largest in the
history of the organization.
The meeting was called to order In
thi Municipal auditorium et Ilk: 30
o’clock and after invocation by Rev.
J. S. aibley, the real work started and
much biurfness was handled during the
•lay. Committees were appointed, re
ports Wer ft rendered and other inter
esting features ensued.
The address of T .H. Miller en the
subject: **The County Commissioner
and His Jkb,” was especially interest
ing and brief discussions were held on
the following subjects:
“Older Boy," * "Underprivileged
Boy,” ‘ Relation of Scouting to the
Horn®, School and Church," "The
Gang." "Turnover." ”Bqw We May
Better Serve the Bajrhbod of Our
County." and other kindred subjets,
dot of Coffee courtty was selected, to (
serve as secretary of the meeting. j
MAKE OKEFENOKEE SWAMP
NATIONAL GAME PRESERVE
Distinct Recognition Given Geor
gia Wonderland Near Way
cross in Resolutions Adopted
by Game Conference.
Probably “the most distinct receg
nftlon given the Okefenoke# swamp
within recent years I* the resolution
passed by the National Game Confer
Mice, at its meeting in New York City
shortly before the holidays, asking
that the great wonderland be set apart
as a national game preserve. An
nouncement of the passage of the res
elution was received In Brnnswiok
this week from Dr J m Reade. of
Athens. wh> has recehtly been elected
as secretary of the Ofcefenokee So*
Satiety has beenj
"‘B react;t yearn *n
The Secretary of Agriculture
And Family Liked in the West
A'HHT Tlßir 111 TJir
Whistles Will Blow, Bells Will
Rifcg. Nlfw Year Crowds
WHI Throng Streets.—Ser
vices at Many Chutclies.
‘"Thorn’ll t* a hot time In the old
fown tonight."
Saturday—last day of the war, last
day of the month, last day of the week,
and it ’l be celebrated In a way
that will let all know that it is the
birth of anew year. B*4ls will ring,
whistles from every factory In the etty
will be tied down and there will be
many others kinds of noise-making in
struments brought into use because
there will be a celebration and one
the like of which Brunswick has never
experienced.
Many entertainments have been ar
ranged ftr this evening. Several
dances amd a large number of New
Year parties have beeo announced by
members of the younger set while the
old folk will remain at home or at
tend the services which will be held
at various churches where the dying
year will he told a fond good-bye
and the new on** a Joyful welcome.
tract tng attention to the wonderland
of nature located below Wayeros*! and
has been very active In effort* to
have the area set aside as a national
reservation. This year two great ex
plorafton trips have been made into
th* swamp that have probobalr done
more to attract attention than any oth
er agency. The first rrfp was made by
Dr. A. Tl. Wright, of the faculty of Cor
nell University, who spent several
months In the swamp making a de
tailed .tudy of the dV’imal and plant
lif* found there. Dr. Wright proposes
jto publish a book n the swamp, at
ao early date.
The other trip was the two-day ex
ploration trip of the Boy Scoots who
KM^ummpsa ied by newspaper rep-
Itee--. who made a short bnt
of ail the yntorv
LOW FARM PRODUCTS
PRICES TO BE TALKED.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, ,i>ec. <so.—Repre
sentatives of agriculture in all
fparts of the country and of indus
tries directly and indirectly as
sociated with agriculture, are ex
pected 'to discuss the . situation
caused by low prices of farm pro
ducts at a conference here.
President Harding has asked
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
to call such conference, who to
night Vired in vita ti ns to a num
ber of Organization and indiv vi
lla's, but a omplete list and date
Is yet undecided.
ALLIED FINANCIERS
ARE SEEKING RELIEF
Failure to Place German Repar
ations Bonds on Any of World
Markets Makes it Necessary
to Hunt Help Now.
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, Dec. 30.—A meeting of British
and French financiers aul business
men is being held at the foreign office
this afternoon to grapple \v t the £n
ropean economic situation.
This conference is regarded in
French circles as one of the most
important experiments since the "first
efforts to bring Europe hack to a
peace basis.
The failure of the allies *o place
any portion of the German repara
tion bonds, which it is understood has
been offered In every market capable
of absorbing such paper, in said lo
have brought about the present con
ference.
There is a very earnest desire on
the part of those attending to find
some way by which financial condi
tions can b<- improved and stabilized
ate,>n ' a 'ff^jy^^rma! hasis, Whnf
the result will be can not be foretold
just at this but among those at
tending are 'Deluded some of the lead
ing financiers and business men of
the two nations. There Is a strong
hope that from thtls faking of counsel
foine plan will be evolved which will
bring about some of th*> desln.l re
sults.
CHILE BREAKS OFF ALL
PARI.EVS WITH PERU
(By Associated Press.)
Santiago, Dec. B°.—-Ch'le Iras broke
off negotiation:'; with Pern in rerrn-d
to the dispute over the provinces of
Tanee and Africa, declaring the fur
sh- i- exchange of view n le •
The note was ent in reply to the
latest Peruvian communk'a"on, and
state*; that chile ha gbne to the far
thest limit ft, seeking an ag*v>emrnt
and laments the bareness of her ef
fort#.
FIRST f)AY OF 0. W. OWENS'
810 SATE IS GREAT SUCCESS
4
Yesterday, the initial day of ("Jeorgo
W Owens’ gr<*t sole, proved to Ik* a
great -tsece-m with probabilities of
being more so today and continuing
for -mreraJ days. Mr. Owen* i d‘ -
playing a line of mefu’x clothing that
is proving to be the best f< r ■ ■ nr)- 1
ey. New goods have been received
every day and the o. k b imw and
the very latest. To the man %vhr> de
sires to buy a suit of clothes, pair of
shoe:, hat. shirts or anything in men „
wear, a special Invitation Is extended
and a comparison of price* will show
that better goods gmm he hougiit there
for less money.
There is an old saying: "It costs
nothing to show goods" and Mr.
Owens is an.xl.rtia that foikp visit bis
-t re It !* numlK-r lf2? NewcaoU
street, opposite the Brand opera
house. i fcj,, , V|| 1
ITALIAN BUNK is ow n, but
UNDFR COURT MORATORIUM
(By Associated Press, i
Rome, Den'. 3C. —Banca Italiem di
Sconto. the door* of which were closed
yesterday, has bn gra.•:?♦■•! a nwra
torium by court action, -fectiv*- ter
on# year.
In the meanwhile the bach is oen
tinuing all of it* opera* Hn* except
payment*, which wiU b* hi t
m son as the court: limits tb**
pm . - be withdrawn
Bl
BRU V ?\* [\CK
4' a
Has the lowex ’Q h rate of
any city its si* f United
States . <. . . % . . .
PRICE FIVE TTS
DEATH LIST GniiWS
FROM POISON DRINK
IN NEW YORK CITY
Eleven Are Known to Have Been
Killed by Drinking This
Deadly Liquid.
POLICE THERE FEAR THE
WORST IS YET TO COME
Fear is Felt That a Repetition
of . Fatalities of 1921 Will
Come When Vile Stuff Will be
Sold by Agents Throughout
Entire Country.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Dec. 30. —"The worst is
yet to come,” is the view of New
Year’s eve taken by city officials still
dealing with the dead and Injured Hid
low r by alcohol in Christmas drinking
bouts. So far eleven known deaths
have occurred and the victims of the
prav e for liquor of any kind will end
in many more names being added to
the list.
The police department of the great
<yity is seeking the source of this poi
sonous liquor which has caused so
many deaths. In scores of cases phy
sicians have reached those who imbib
ed even to a slight degree' of the poi
son liquid In tfmsko save their lives.
Some hav e gonerblind and others have
been affected in various almost fatal
ways.
It will be remembered that a year
ago many came, to their deaths by
drinking liquids supposed to be gen
uine alcohol. It reached such wide
proportionfe that throughout the coun
try men w£rfe sytd the poison and died
within a few hourt after dritiking it.
The impression* prevails that the
same master minds which caused o
many deaths last year are the -guid
ing spirits in the present sale of ao
v* The
about the same und other marks op
the bottles lead the police to belleio
that these w’ho were the cause of
many deaths in 1921, <km*g the holi
day season, are the sase jkrsons who
are flooding New VbrkHvith a liquid
which ihey know will result fatally.
WORK OF POISON OISPENSERS
COVERED A WIDE TERRITORY.
It will be remembered that a prom
inent railroad man of Jeairp came to
his death Immediately after drinking
a small quantity of whiskey purchased
from a railroad irfan on a passenger
'rein f-—" New York. A? soon a* the
•rrire rtcpfw.d arr t ...; and off
and sold this n an a small battle of
whiskey and after drinking Just a part
of it he-ame suddenly ill and death
resulted.
HAITISH ASSAIL
FRENCH POSITION
New Developments in Situation
at Washington Conference is
Subject of Discussion For the
Newspapers in London.
(By Associated Preae.)
London, Dec. 30.—Efforts at the
Washington conference to curl) the
Use of the submarine as a weapon
and Prance’s Halm for a large under
seas fleet appear to be the principal
topic of discuHHion In London today.
Today’s newspapers give several
columns each to a discussion of the re
ports of the conference proceedings
and criticism from the American press
and also publish lengthy editorials re
garding the developments up to yes
terday,
A majority of the editorial writers
vigorously assail the French attitude
which tb e Daily Telegraph aays faces
the world wflth the ’’possibility of
world wide Orientation of naval policy
away from capital ships and toward
the submarine'
The f>aUy New* condemns France’s
decision as to "a disastrous debasing
of the standards of international mor
ality," On the other hand the Morn
ing Post deride* the liberal papers
criticisms, saying "it hi foolish be
cause France refuse* to fall In Im
mediately with the Brtlish proposal
British nation Is not yet prepared to
threaten her with outlawry They
place Fa race outside the pale of chriib
cation." 0