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il RUNSWICK
Has a landlocked harbor, the
best on the South Atlantic
Coast
Volume xxi. no. 211
BOARD’S BOATS TO STILL SELL LIQUOR LASKER SAID
DECISION MUST
COME DECLARING
IT 10 BE ILLEGAL
Acting Attorney General Frier
; son Rendered Decision Acts
Guided U. S. Ships
BUSCH SAYS GOVERNMENT
IS BIGGEST BOOTLEGGER
Chairman Shipping Board Takes
Firm Stand and Makes Hot
Retort to Adolphus Busch.—
Says He Must be Convinced
Illegality of Law.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, June 14.—“ The sale of
liquor on shipping board vessels at
sea will be continued,” Chairman Las
ker reiterated tonight, or until a sep
arate decision is rendered holding it
illegal under the prohibition laws, or
until he is convinced of its illegality.”
Officials of the department of jus
tice refused to make any comment, but ]
attention was called to an opinion by
former Acting Attorney General Frier
son, in 1920, that the national prohi
bition act applied to ships flying the
American flag, wherever they might
be.
According to high officials, the decis
ion of the attorney general is still re
maining the official interpretation of <
the law until it is revoked by the'
courts, or by a later decision. Chair- j
man Lasker’s stand will be taken un-1
der ruling of General Counsel Schles
inger, of the shipping board.
neither act applies.
Washington, June 14—The Shipping '
Board holds that “neither the Volstead
act nor the eighteenth amendment ap
ply to America ships outside the three
mile limit,” Chairman Lasker declar
ed today in a letter to Adolphus Busch,
111, vice president of the Anheuser
Busch Brewing Cos., of St. Louis. Con
firming reports that alcoholic drinks
were being served on American ships
at sea, Mr. Lasker asserted that the
Shipping Board had approved this cus
tom “bbth from the standpoint of legal
right and from the standpoint of the
life and security of our national mer
chant marine.”
“The Shipping Board has permitted
and will continue to permit the serv
ing of liquor on its ships,” he declared,
“so long as foreign flagships are al
lowed to enter and depart from our
shores exercis jng that privilege.”
Mr. Lasker’s letter was in reply to
a communication addressed by Mr.
Busch to President Harding with ref
erence to alcoholic drinks being serv
ed on ships at sea. The matter had
been referred to him, the Shipping
Board chairman explained, “since the
president is unacquainted with the
subject you cover.” While it was true,
Mr. Lasker said, that an assistant at
torney general "in the prior adminis
tration had held that the prohibition
law's were effective on American ship
ping wherever operated, the present
general counsel of the shipping Board,
his', two assistants and the chairman
himself were convinced that such an
opinion was not soundly based and
had approved the inclusion of wine
lists as regular equipment of boats op
erated under; the board’s supervision,
for use, however, only beyond the jur
isdictional coast line.”
“The prior chairman of the board
had issued orders that the Palmer
Opinion must be respected,” Mr. Las
ker’ said, "but it is true that in fact
during rthe Wilson administration, in
so far. as the Shipping Board operated
passenger ships, liquor was served.”
BUSCH MAKES REPLY.
St. .Louis, June 14. —Denial that the
late (tdolphus Busch “was probably
the Kaiser’s closest friend in Ameri
ca,” as charged by Chairman Lsker,
of the Shipping Board, was made at
the, offices of Anhieuser-Busch today*
witi the anouncement that a second
letter was in preparation, to the Ship
ping Board on the subject of liquor
sales on Shipping Board vessels, an
swering Mr. Lasker’s charges of the
Busch -connections with Germany.
The letter will state that the An
heuser-Busch organization reserves
the right “to protest when the United
States government buys German beer
to sell on its ships, and will not let
American beer be made,” tbe an
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
NO ARBITRATION FOR
MINERS MEET IS OFF.
(By Associated Press.)
■New York, June 14.—With the
refusal of the miners’ represen
tatives on the wage scale confer
ence to accept arbitration in the
anthracite operator’s representa
tives absolutely refused today to
proceed farther with negotiations
unless the miners w r ould agree to
arbitration.
The conference was adjourned
without setting a date for anoth
er conference.
OBSERVED FLAG OAT
WITH A BIG DRILL
But Riflemen’s Armory Was
Scene of a Pleasant Gather
ing Last Night While Sergt.
Barnhill Put Boys Through.
Flag Day was observed in two ways
last night by the Brunswick Riflemen
—a fine drill, a number of pleasant
talks by visitors, and while Sgt. Barn
hill was putting the company through,
and he can do this thing, the visitors
were discussing with American Legion
members various matters of an inter
esting nature.
Capt. Harwell has decided to have
semi-weekly drills from the present
until the date of the encampment on
St. Simon, July 9, and these will be
held on Monday and Wednesday
nights. Not that the company is not
now proficient, but so as it will be in
the lead again, just as it has been
since recent reorganization.
ORGANIZED LABOR
OPPOSED TO KLAH
Considers Ku Klux Detrimental
to Working People and Says
It is Opposed to Constitution
of United States.
(By Associated Press.)
Cincinnati, June 14. —Organized la
bor again raised its voice at the con
vention of the American Federation of
Labor today against child labor, coup
ling with this Ihe observance of Flag
Day. -
The day’s speeches were devoted to
child labor.
A resolution was also introduced for
the amalgamate of existing unions by
industries into single organizations.
Another resolution was introduced
which declared that the Ku Klux Klan
was “detrimental to the best interests
of the working people and directly op
posed to the Constitution of the Unit
ed States.”
i ORGANIZED LABOR TO
ATTACK COURT'S POWER
(By Associated Press.)
Cincinnati, June 14.—Organized la
bor indicated its determination at the
American Federation of labor conven
tion today to start a drive for consti
tutional vetoes of the supreme court
decisions and for a denial of the pow
er of the lower federal courts to set
aside a federal law as being unconsti
tutional.
nouncement said.
The letter of August A. Busch, as
announced by his associates, says in
part:
“We are now approaching the coast
of France. As this vessel is operated
by tire United States Shipping Board,
J was amused to learn that 1 the Ship
ping Board vessels are the ‘wettest’
on the ocean.’
“I learn t hat- passage of these ships
has been sold with a positive money
back guarantee that the bars for the
sale of intoxicating liquors will be
thrown wide open as soon as they pass
out of the three-mile coast limit.
“This makes the United States in
comparably the biggest bootlegger In
world.”
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1922.
PRESIDENT NAMES
KM. H. BARRETT
FEDERAL JUDGE
Nomination of Augustan is Sent
to the Senate Yesterday
Morning.
IS POPULAR GEORGIAN
AND PROMINENT DEMOCRAT
Naming of Judge Barrett to Suc
ceed Late Judge Beverly D.
Evans as Judge of U. S. Court
for Southern District Geirgia
Causes Surprise.
(By Associated Press. I
Washington, June 14.—Judge Wil
liam H. Barrett, of Augusta, Ga., has
hSeen named as judge of the United
States court for the southern district
of Georgia.
His nomination was sent to the sen
ate by President Harding this morn-,
ing to succeed the late Judge Beverly
D. Evans.
Judge Barrett is well known all
over Georgia. He is a staunch Demo
crat and has never had suspicion cast
upon his party affiliations and his nom
ination to this high position is re
garded as a great compliment by his
friends in Washington.
Judge Barrett is considered as be
ing fitted and qualified to fill the posi
tion of judge of the southern district
and the impression prevails that this
nomination will be confirmed by the
senate. A number of men with Re
publican affiliations were reported to
have been seeking the place through
friends and the sudden announcement
that the President had determined to
appoint a 'Democrat caused much spec
ulation, as well as gratification to the
Democrats.
Members of the Brunswick bar, to
whom Judge Barrett has been well
known, speak in the very highest
terms of his eminent ability and high
character. He is recognized through
out the state as a man learned in the
law and enjoys the fullest measure of
confidence and esteem of those who
know him.
Though a life-long Democrat, Judge
Barrett has never been active in poli
tics, and it is the conviction of Bruns
wick lawyers, who commented on the
appointment that the appointee will
make an ideal judge.
IARXER PRATE l ;
SHIP DRAWS 28.8
Came Over the Bar Yesterday
Morning When Rise Recorded
as 6.1 With Capt. , Sam
Thompson at Wheel.
The big tanker, Herbert L. Pratt,
drawing 28.8 feet of water, with Pilot
Sam Thompson at the wheel, reached
port yesterday morning from the vi
cinity of Tampico, Mexico, with a car
go of crude oil for the Atlantic Refin
ing Company and proceeded, up, to
Arco, where it will complete discharg
ing and leave on the return trip,
The fact that this large ship, draw
ing nearly twenty-nine feet, came over
the bar,with a recorded rise of only 6.1
feet, with water to spare under it,
speaks volumes for the port of Bruns
wick. When it is remembered that
recently tides have been registered at
more than 7.2 rise, it will be seen
that a vessel drawing thirty feet
I could have reached the best port on
the South Atlantic without the leqst
danger.
NATIONAL MEMORIAL
TO KEY IS DEDICATED
(By Associated Press.l
Baltimore, June 14. —A national
memorial to Francis Scott Key, author
of “The Star Spangled Banner,” was
dedicated today by President Harding
on the site of Fort McHenry, where in
1814 hung the flag to which the an
them was written during an attack bj
the British fleet.
Referring to the inspiring words
and the prayer that victory may ever
be justified when liberay wee itqper-
FORD PERMITTED TO
REDUCE HIS RATES.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, June 14 —The pro
posals of Henry Ford to reduce
coal rates on his railroad, the De
troit, Toledo & Ironton, originally
suspended by the Interstate Com
merce Commission, were allowed
to go into effect today by the
commission.
SEABOARD CONDUCTOR
FOUND DEAD BY TRACK
A MILE FROM THALLMAN
EARLY THIS MORNING
At 3:30 this morning, Coroner
Baldwin, accompanied by Chief
Norris, of the county police de
partment, left for Thallman on
information received that R. N.
Sailings, Seaboard conductor had
been killed at that place.
It seems that the train pulled
out as usual and after going some
miles the conductor was missed.
It immediately backed up to the
station and the body of the con
ductor was found near the track
about a mile from it.
It is not known whether ha fell
from the train or was thrown from
it as there were rumors of foul
play this morning.
A NEW IABRATORY
FOR YARYAN PLANT
Contractor Wilson Will Begin
Work on Building and Will
Have It Completed by Proba
bly July 15.
On or about July 15,the Hercules Pow
der Company, operating the Yaryan
plant, will have completed one of the
most complete labratories in the coun
try, not that there will be any cur
tailment in the work of the present
laboratory, but simply to enable the
company to extend research work and
experiments generally.
The building will cost between sev
en and eight thousand dollars and the
material used will be concrete, as
connected with the big
plant is of a fireproof nature as far
as possible. Contractor Wilson has
the work in charge and this means
that satisfaction will result.
The fact that the operators of the
plant are eontinually improving it and
adding large sums to the already im
mense investment, shows that they in
tend to continue this good work on the
largest turpentine distilling plant in
the world. Under the management
of Superintendent Kloss, perfect sys
tems have prevailed in every depart
ment of the great manufacturing en
terprise and steady improvements
have resulted since he has been 'in
charge.
OFFICE HOLDERS
MADE TO PUT FEES
Federal Grand Jury Investiga
tion Began Yesterday and
Stirs Georgia Republicans to
Action.
(By Associated Press.l
Atlanta, June 14.—While the feder
al grand jury today began its inquiry
into the charges that federal office
holders in Georgia had been required
to pay fees in return for their appoint
ments, C. C. Coyle, secretary of the
Republican state central committee,
characterized the investigation as a
“political row before the grand jury.”
More than fifty-Witnesses were sum
moned for hearings tomorrow, which
District Attorney Hager said was or
dered from Washington. Clark Grier,
of Augusta, well known as a member
o fthe Republican faction opposed to
J. L. Phillips, state chairman, is un
derstood to be one of the witnesses
summoned.
illed, the president declared “that to
give a ringing voice” to such aspira
tions was “one of the greatest services
which any man could do for the young
republic.”
IRISH TROUBLE
IS NOW NEARING
PEACE, IT SEEMS
It is Expected That Winston
Churchill Will be Able to
Report Today.
BRITISH TREASURY MAY
FINANCE FREE STATERS
Intimated in Financial Circles at
London That Help Would be
Given Until the New Govern
ment Gets More Firmly Es
tablished.
(By Associated PrefS.)
Loudon, June 14. —Considerable op
timism is being felt regarding the Ir
ish negotiations and it is suggested
today that the conferences may be fi
nal.
It is declared that little more dis
cussion will be necessary between the
two factions. According to report the
fiancial position of the provisional gov
ernment of the Free State has been
one of the topics most recently raised,
with the result that thie British treas
ury may make a loan to the Dublin
government until it is functioning
more effectively.
It is believed by a great many well
informed persons that this will go a
long way toward solving the problem
and establishing an understanding
that will be permanent.
Confidence was expressed this
morning that Colonial Secretary
Churchill would be able to make a
frill statement of the situation tomor
row and that this would be that a full
agreement had been definitely settled
upon between the British government
and the Free State represntativs.
SHRINERS TO MEET
NEXT IN WASHINGTON
(By Associated Press.)
San Francisco, June 14.—Earl Mills,
of Des Moines, was elected outside
guard of the Imperial Divan of Shrin
ers here today. This was the only con
tested election, as the other officers
moved up, James McCandless, of Hon
olulu, becoming imperial potentate.
Washingotn, D. C., was chosen as
the next meeting place of the Shrin
ers.
SIX ARRESTS MADE
IN TIFT KILLING
Sims Lawhorn, His Wife, Three
Sons and Daughters are Plac
ed in Jail, But are Later Re
leased.
Tifton, Ga., June 14. —Following the
killing of Samuel S. Monk yesterday,
Sims Lawhorn, Mrs. M. L. Lawhorn,
three sons and daughter were placed
in the Tift county Jail." Later Mrs.
Lawhorn and her daughter and young
est son were released on their own
recognizance to appear before the cor
oner’s; jury today.
According to Floyd Lawhorn, Monk
came to the field where he and his
brother, Sims Lawhorn, were at work,
saying that it was time to settle the
difficulty they had ha?d the previous
week. Monk, Lawhorn said, drew
.pistol and fired at Sims Lawhorn,
whereupon the last named returned
the fire, killing Monk instantly.
CELEBRATION OF FLAG
DAY BY BRUNSWICK ELKS
Flag Day services were most inter
estingly conducted by the Brunswick
Lodgs of Elks, at the Elks’ home, last
night, a special program having been
arranged for the occggion. The exer
cises were led by Exalted Ruler W. W.
Travis, and were witnessed by a large
crowd, the public having been invited.
The ceremonies were opened with
“The Star Spangled Banner,” by the
exalted ruler and officers. The fea
tures of the program were the Patriot
ic Address, by Isaac Wengrow; His
tory of the Flag, by Joseph E. Lam
bright, and a recitation by Miss Julia
Church. The exercises were thorough
ly egjeyable throughout.
VACANCY IN JUDGESHIP
OCCURRED SUDDENLY.
(By Associated Press.)
Bay Minnette, Ala., June 14.
Probate Judge Voltz, of Baldwin
county, was waited upon by a
crowd of citizens, Including two
officials, Sunday, and ordered to
leave town, It be line known to
day. He leti Monday and his
whereabouts are unknown. Ac
cording to the county authorities
he v accused ot improper re
lations with a married woman.
EARLEY GOES TO
SOPERIOR COURT
former Local Publisher Before
Judge Schwarz Waiving Pre
liminary Hearing.—Bond Cut
to $5,000, But Can't Make It.
Savannah, June 14. —Following a de
mand for an immediate trial, J. B. Far
ley, editor of the Gleaner, who is be
ing held charged with ten counts on
counterfeiting checks, waived hearing
before Recorder Schw’arz this morn
ing and was bound over to superior
court on all ten charges.
Attorneys for Farley had asked for
a continuance, with the hope of having
the $5,000 bond reduced to $3,000,
w'hich they claim, can be met. Re
corder Schwarz, however, refused the
continuance, and after a brief consul
tation, they asked that the case be
sent to the superior court without a
bearing.
The specific charges against Farley
were read out in police court this
morning. When the checks were dis
covered, according to the police, the
following amounts had been obtained
on checks before the warning was
given: $18.65; $42.15; $56.16; $39.20;
$26.60; $48.20; $46.37; $52.70; $42.28;
$59.61, making a total of $431.94.
BIG BARBECUE ON
AT BLADEN TODAY
What Promises to be Delightful
Affair is Given by Patrons of
the Schools of This Thriving
Little Place.
' Everything is in readiness for the
big barbecue at Bladen today and from
indications it will be one of the most
pleasant events ever staged in that
community, or any other, for that
matter.
The ’cue is being given by the pm
trons of the school there and besides
the satisfying of the “inner man”
there will be other interesting features
connected w’ith the affair. Among ■
these will be informal discussion on
various subjects.
The Brunswick Rotary club tvill
meet promptly at 10 o’clock opposite
The News office with their cars and
members are requested to bring their j
wives and daughters.
A cordial invitation has been extend
ed the people of Brunswick generally
and it is likely that a large number
will accept.
MANY LAUGHS
ON BEAVERS
ATLANTA POLICE CHIEF STOPPED
LIVE BATHING SUIT MODELS
BUT NO CRIMES.
Atlanta, June 14. —Police Chief
Beavers’ order stopping a fashion
show of women’s bathing suits in a
local sporting goods store has roused
a gale of laughter at his expense. Jul
ian Prade, a well-known Atlanta club
man and proprietor of the store,
scored the chief and his department
yesterday. “Our store has been robbed
ten times and the police exhibited no
sign of iiilerest,” he said. “My auto
mobile was stripped three nights hand
running, and when I finally caught the
thief myself the police let him escape.
Now the chief becomes wildly excited
about three girls in ordinary bathing
suits.”
BRUNSWICK
Has the lowest death rate of
any city Its size in the United
States. .
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SUII FOR MAGES
STARTED HERE GOES
10 IRE U. S. COURT
United Supply Company vs. Gor
don & Freedman to be
Tried in Savannah.
LITIGATION GROWS OUT OF
FAILURE TO DELIVER LEAD
Plaintiff Company Entered Suit
in Glynn Superior Court, But
on Account of Defendants Be
ing New York Company,
Could Not be Tried There.
The ease of the United Supply Cos.,
of Brunswick vs. Gordon & Freedman.
Ine., of New York, was transferred
yesterday morning from the Glynn su
perior court to the United States dis
trict court for the Southern district
of Georgia. The case is an action for
$11,999.91 damages on an alleged
breach of contract.
The suit was originally filed in this
city, but was transferred to the Unit-
States court because the defendants
are non-residents of Georgia.
It is set forth in the pleadings that
in November. 1919. tlie plaintiffs pur
chased by contract from the defendant
corporation one thousand tons of
sheet lead f. o. b. New York at 6.15
cents per pound and the said purchase
was afterward delivered to the Nation
al Lead Cos., of New York, in accord
ance with instructions from petition
er. Afterwards another contract was
made with the defendants for the pur
chase of five hundred tons of sheet
lead and pipe at 6.15 cents per pound,
delivered at New York. The petition
er at the request of the defendants, it
is alleged, delayed shipping instruc
tions, but the market began a rapid
advance and the purchaser being ap
prehensive the defendants would fail
to deliver the goods, refused to delay
longer and issued instructions on Jan
uary 27, 1920. for the shipment of fif
teen tons of the purchase to Andrew
Wright of Brunswick. The defendants
“failed and refused to deliver” the
shipment, thus breaching the contract.
The United Supply Co s% accordingly
proceeded to sue out an attachment
on approximately 1,127 acres of land
constituting the better part of the
United States Picric plant site, and
the sheriff of Glynn county executed
the levy.
BRUNSWICK GUN CLUB TO
SHOOT IN SAVANNAH TODAY
Local Marksmen Will Leave the City
in Cars at Six O'clock.
Selected shooters of the Brunswick
Gun club will leave here this morning
at 6 o'clock in automobiles for Sav
annar where they go to have a match
shoot with the best shots in the club
there. Last season the locals won at
each nipet and it is expected that this
will be the way of it today but, it may
be stated, that the team has practiced
very little recently on account of the
rain, which has come practicaliyX ev
ery afternoon for the past week or
two.
Following will make the trip: M. B.
McKinnon, L. J. Leavy, J. M. Arm
strong. J; A. Clark, K. G. Berrie, C. V.
Abbott, Vassa Cate, R. B. Bunkley,
D. J. Gorenflo, W. M. Lynn, Sam Mal
lard.
REPRESENTATIVES TO
MEET HOOVER TODAY
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. June 14.—Representa
tives of producing and distributing
branches of the coal industry will
meet Secretary Hoover tomorrow to
consider steps for bringing into line
the operators and dealers who failed
to comply with the administration
plan for a voluntary price restraint
during the strike.
INVESTIGATION COMMISSION
COMPLETES ITS INQUIRY
• j
(By Associated Press.)
Milledgeville, Ga., June 14.—Inquiry
into the state prison farm by the five
superior court judges, acting as an in
vestigating commission, was complet
ed today and the report will be made
later.