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BRUNSWICK
Hps a landlocked harbor, the
host on the South Atlantic
Coast
VOLUME XXL NO. 223
SIGNALMEN WILL
REM IH PLAGES
FOR TIME MM
Threatened Extension of Strike
Shopmen is Averted by Hail
Labor Board.
TWELVE THOUSAND WERE
TAKING THE STRIKE VOTE
It Will be Remembered Board
Averted Walkout of Mainte
nance of Way Men Tuesday.
—Little Violence Except Spo
radic Outbreaks.
(By Associated Tress.)
Chicago, July 6.—The threaten
ed extension of the strike of rail
road shopmen, to include twelve
thousand signalmen, was prevent
ed today by members of the Rail
road Labor Board when B. W.
Holt, head of the Brotherhood of
the Railroad Signalmen, which
has been taking a strike vote,
primsed to maintain status quo
pending further conferences.
The Board averted the inclusion
of the maintenance of way men
in a walkout Tuesday and in the
meanwhile railroad circles ex
pressed the highest hopes of set
tlement of the shopmen’s strike.
The day passed with little vio
lence except in a few sparadic
outbreaks widely scattered.
HARBINGERS OF PEACE.
Chicago, July 6. —The strike of rail
way shopmen assumed a more concil
iatory aspect today, the sixth day
since the nation-wide walkout, and
feeling became more general in rail
road circles that the last twenty-four
hours had shown a marked trend to
ward peace, despite increased scatter
ed adverse reports.
It was- announced that yesterday’s
exchange of letters between Ben W.
Hooper, chairman of the Railroad La
bor Board, and Bert M. Jewell, head
of the Railway Employes Department
of the American Federation of Labor,
probably opened the way to negotia
tions for an early settlement of the
controversy.
Jewell’s statement that the shop
crafts “are willing to confer with any
one authorized by the railroads to
bring peace proposals,” was accepted
as a remising indication of a return
to normal by the shopmen.
Chairman Hooper asserted that the
Labor Board “has been protecting the
interests of the striking shopmen
while they have been calling the
Board names.”
Explaining his failure to answer
last Friday’s summons to appear at
a joint conference before the Board,
Mr. Jewell said the summons came
too late to avert the walkout set for
Saturay and that his appearance
would only have caused' confusion in
the ranks of the shoperafts. who had
their orders to strike.’
Another harbinger of peace in the
statement by Chairman Hooper was
that a number of railroads which had
been farming out shop work to con
tractors were ready to abolish the
contract system, which proved to be
the main issue in the shopmen’s
strike, according to returns in the
strike referendum. Although the vote
to strike in protest against the $50,-
000,000 reduction of July 1 was declar
ed to have been- overwhelming, Mr.
Jewell announced thta the question of
protesting against the contracting of
labor polled- the heaviest strike vote
of the three .propositions! put to the
shopmen.
Fifty additional wage adjustment
cases, 44 of which apply to clerks,
not included in recent decisions, were
set for hearing by the Labor Board to
day.
Meanwhile, the railroads, generally
were advertising for men to fake the
places of the striking shopmen,, and
strikers were reported at many points
to he drifting back in uncertain num
bers to their old jobs. This reported
back-current continued in the face of
repeated assertions by shoperaft that
nUrn were Out 100 per cent effective.
The Chicago & Alton, upon whose
line some of the most serious disturb
ances havje occurred, continued to em
ploy new men at the employment of
fice which the railroad opened yester
day in Chicago. Alton shops were the
scenes of disorders at Slater, Mo., and
Bloomington, 111, At both places la
cal authorities called for troops, I
THE BRUNSWICK. NEWS
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STRIKERS MUST NOT
TAMPER WITH THE MAILS
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, July fi —Postmast-
er General Work Issued instruc
tions today to division superin
tendents of the railway mail ser
vice to report immediately any
attempt by the strikers to hamp
er the mail movements and ad
visd with the United Slates pros
evutors of their sections with a
view of aiding in all prosecu
tions.
FLORIDA MSS IS
PISSED IlifS CM
Found Unconscious Under Ma
chine Several Miles from City
Early Yesterday Morning and
is Brought to City Hospital.
That lie is not taking his last sleep
in a local undertaking establishment
instead of resting comfortably upon
one of the beds at the city hospital
is due to a kind Providence in the case
of Ivan Andre, of DeLanCt, Fla., who
was found unconscious on the Buffalo
swamp road and brought to the city
hospital early yesterday. The unfor
tunate victim of the accident was not
seriously injured but received deep
cuts on tlie forehead hut has been in
a high nervous state since the experi
ence.
Mr. Andre said lie was moving along
at a reasonably slow rate of speed
when a cow suddenly emerged from
a thicket by the roadside and in turn
ing to prevent a collision with the bo
vine he swerved most too much which
caused the machine to turn complete
ly over, the glass of the windshield
inflicting painful injuries on the fore
head.
Dr. J. A. Dunwody was summoned
as soon as Mr. Andre was brought in
and he says tvhile the man is painfully
hurt his injuries are not of a serious
nature and he will be able to leave the
hospital within the next few days.
NARROW ESCAPE
OE a !S TIiiEEL
Men, Women and Children on
Interborough Rapid Transit
Cars Have Stampede When
Train Stalled.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, July 6.—Trapped in a
dark subway tunnel, seventy-five feet
below the street and reeking with gas
and smoke, almost five hundred men.
women and children, passengers on an
Eastside train of the Interborougli
Rapid Transit Company, today were
converted into a frenzied, panic-strick
en mob and almost a third of them
were overcome before they could fight
their way to safety up a narrow stairs.
Three will probably die. The police
said’ it was h miracle that many were
not trampled to death, A little fire
extinguisher, whose contents were
turned oh thq blaze in the motorman’s
box the, police said, was responsible
for the' fumes.
METHODIST LOSE THREE
MISSION CHAPELS BY FIRE
(By Associated Press.)
Shanghai. July 6.—Three Methodist
mission j compels in the province of
Kiangsc NAC-rc destroyed during the re
cept mijtiHy of troops in that pro
vince, acceding to advices from Nan
chang.'
One native porter is missing. No
foreign missionaries are stationed at
these places, cholera has broken out
among the troops which mutinied.
UNFAITHFUL HUSBAND IS
SHOT AND KILLED BY WIFE
(By Associated Press.)
Houston, Tex.. July 6. —Dan W. Ry
an, aged 45, president of the*Sand and
Shell Company, died this morning of
wounds received last night when he
was shot on the Clinton road.
A charge of murder has been filed
against his wife. Mrs. Ryan’s attor
ney says she told him she followed
her husband and discovered him with
another woman, that lie threatened
her and then she fired.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. JULY 7, 1922.
A NATIONAL GALE
BE FREE STATE IS
QUICKLY ANSWERED
Men Stood in Long Lines Wait*
ing for Thdir Time
to Come.
NOTHING DEFINITE HEARD
OF EAMONN DE VALERA YET
Banks are Reopening and Af
fairs are Becoming Normal
Again.—-Great Damage Was
Caused by the Recent Many
Fires.
(By Associated Press.)
Dublin, July 6.—-There was
great response today to the provi
sional government’s call to arms
and long lines stood waiting to
join.
The crowds visited the scenes
of fighting.
The banks ar e re-opening.
There is still no definite news of
Eamonn De Valera.
The cal! came in the form or a proc
lamation opening the way for the en
listment of those citizens who last
week were “declined by the govern
ment because it wak confident or the
ability of the army single-handed to
meet and defeat any attack made up
on it.”
The general headquarters staff of
the volunteer organization has been
instructed to place its entire estab
lishment on an active service basis
at once.
FIRES CAUSE GREAT DAMAGE
Dublin. July 6. —Twenty buildings
in O'Connell street, Dublin’s main
thoroughfare, have been destroyed by
fire after the surrender of the insur
gent republicans, who had turned the
buildings into fortresses in their re
sistance to the Free State troops,
Four snipers were shot dead dur
ing the night.
It is believed that the fire damage
will reach severaj hundred thousand
pounds.
Ten build intts used as an insurgent
stronghold, in the Rackville street
area were set on fire yesterday after
inoon. While this fire was burning the
insurgents in the Granville hotel con
tinued to fire from the windows al
though they were surrounded by an
inferno of flames. While this was in
progress the occupants of the Gresh
am hotel capitulated to avoid being
trapped in Ihe fire which was threat
ening them.
SAM W. BAKER LEAVES
MUTUAL TIMBER CO.
Announcement is made that Sam
W. Baker, well 'known lumber man.
and vice president of the Mutual Tim
ber Company, has severed his connec
tions with the company and will not
engage in any business but would take
a needed rest until about September
Mr. Baker has been connected with
the lumber industry in Brunswick for
many years and it is supposed that he
will re-enter it here when the fall bus
iness gets underway. The News
wishes him success in anything he
may undertake.
OLE WANTS TO HOLD TO
JOB AS MAYOR AFTER ALL
(B ( y Associated Press.)
Yougstown, 0.. July 6.—Despite the
city solicitor's ruling that William
Breeze is mayor of Youngstown and
that George Ole’s resignation stands,
Oles announced this morning that he
would go to the mayor’s office today,
take off his coat and resume work
where he left off last Friday night
when he turned in his resignation.
“I am still mayor and I am going
to work at the job,” he declared. “I
may have yet to let the court rein
state me,” he said.
GOVERNOR HARDWICK
FAVORS LEGISLATION
ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS
Atlanta, Ga., July fi.—lt has been
aiinounced by Governor Hardwick
that in the next few days lie will send
to the legislature a special message
which will urge tlie passage of legis
lation regarding women's rights. He
stated that he will specifically recom
mend that married women he given
the ownership of money they earn
HARDING PLEADS FOR
REPUBLICAN UNITY.
(By Associated Press.)
Columbus, Ohio, July 6.—Pres
ident Harding, in an address
here tonight, made a vigorous ap
peal for harmony in (he ranks of
the Republican party.
The President said too many
■tflio professed to be Republicans
are “attempting to attract atten
tion to themselves” instead of
working for the good of their par
ty and their country.
MY INJURED IN
RAILROAD'WRECK
A Chicago Bound Passenger
Train Strikes a New York
Central Engine Near Porter,
Indiana.
(By Associated Press )
Chicago, July fi.—SeVenty-five per
sons were injured, only one seriously,
when a Chicago-bound Pure Mar
quette passenger train crashed into a
New York Central engine on a siding
near Porter, Ind.. late last night. The
train proceeded to Chicago this morn
ing after the injured had received first
aid.
Officials of both roads began an in
vestigation immediately. Early today
responsibility had not been placed.
The negro cook on tlie dining car
was badly scalded and, was taken to
a hospital at Michigan jCitv. Ind. He
was the only person reported to have
been seriously injured.
The collision occurred near the
scene of the smash-up of New York
Central and Michigan -.Central trains
last year, when 37 persons were killed.
It was not until the train reached Chi
cago that news of the accident be
came known.
■ . .
The train was made up of three
sleepers, a diner, and several coach
es.
The New York Central engine was
standing on a siding when the Pere
Marquette passenger train plunged
into it, through presumably an open
or defective switch, according to rail
road officials.
WAYCROSS READY
FOR LEGIONAIRES
Final Arrangements for Housing
Visitors are Being Made This
Week and All Plans Complet
ed for Convention.
Waycross, July 7. —The various
housing committees are busy this
week attempting to secure entertain
ment for the vast host of delegates
and visitors who are expected to at
tend tlie American Legion convention.
The Chamber of Commerce is aiding
in the solving of the problem, and to
day are in communication with the
citizens of the city attempting to find
rooms for the visitors. At a late hour
this morning they were receiving a
ready response from tlie citizens of
Waycross. and many accommodations
have already been secured. The rooms
will be rented during the period of
the convention, and it will not be nec
essary for the housewives to furnish
meals.
The other committees representing
the local post and local Ladies Auxil
iary are also at work this week. Sid
Luther is chairman of the post hous
ing committee, and Mrs. A. L. Bowden
is looking after the arrangement for
the housing of the ladies. Although
a number of rooms have been secured,
a great many more are needed. In
fact, it will be necessary in order to
hope to accommodate the crowd of
visitors to Waycross, to secure every
vacant room in the eity.
which is now the property of hus
bands, that mothers he given equal
rights with fathers in the custody of
children, in the event of a divorce or
separation, that a wife be given equal
rights with her husband to the estate
of a child who dies without heirs at
law. Under the present law the fath
er and brothers and sisters, tf any.
iuherlt the property of a person who
dies Intestate, and the mother has uo
inheritance rights.
ARBITRATORS IN
REFINERY TAKES
AGREE ON FIGURES
Valuation of Atlantic Refining
Company Plan Is. Amica
bly Adjusted.
ARBITRATORS MAKE
FINAL ADJUSTMENT
Messrs. L. H. Haym, J. P. Dav
enport and J. H. Leo, Repre
senting Both Parties, Bring to
Satisfactory Conclusion Mat
ter of Vital Local Interest.
It has become generalyi known to
the citizens of the city and county
that an issue arose between the man
agement of the Atlantic Refining Com
pany and the county lax assessors as
to the assessment to he placed on the
properties of the company lor state
and coitnty taxation purposes.
Happily, for the best interest of the
county, the matter was referred to ar
bitration, Captain J. H. I.eo being se
lected by the assessors; L. H. Haym
by the company, and these two select
ed J. P. Davenport as the third arbi
trator. These gentlemen are among
the most progressive and representa
tive citizens of tlie community, and
have been actively identified with ev
ery public movement and co-operative
effort to bujld up and develop Bruns
wick and Glynn county. They readily
and unanimously agreed on an assess
ment that was satisfactory to the au
thorities of the county charged with
the levy and assessment of taxes and
the administration of its business af
fairs, and to the management of the
company.
It was well known to the very large
number of citizens who took an active
part in securing the location of the
mammoth plant of the Atlantic Refin
ing Company jn this county, that be
fore deciding the matter representa
tives of the company mad’ particular
inquiry about taxes and assessments.
They were informed as to the general
average of assessments throughout
Georgia for taxation purposes and
were assured by the citizens’ commit
tee that the county authorities would
give them, as well as all other indus
trial plants the same basis of taxa
tion.
In reaching their decision the arbi
trators took the stand that all the
industrial plants of the city and coun
ty should be assessed cn the same pro
portionate basis as they are taxed in
other counties in Georgia. The as
sessors and all public spirited citi
zens realize that these industrial
plants with their large pay-rolls are
the very life of the community. They
have been brought-here by the hercu
lean and co-operative efforts of the cit
izens of the city and county.
Government statistics show that the
percentage of money invested in in
dustrial enterprises and the percen
tage of increase itl pay-rolls of indus
trial plants increased in this county
from the year 1909 in a much greater
proportion than in any other county
in Georgia.
The News feels that the county au
thorities and the citizens generally
are to be congratulated on the fine
and fair spirit shown by the gentle
men who were appointed as arbitra
tors.
Their action . will he convincing
proof to the officials o£ the company
that the attitude of tlie people is such
that they can safely continue to en
large the plant in accordance with
their original plans. The main plant
of the Company is located at Phila
delphia where more than 12,000 men
"are employed. Those in close touch
with the situation* predict that with
the development of the business to
be done here additions will he made to
the Brunswick plant until it becomes
one of the largest industrial establish
ments in the United States.
CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT GETS
A CAMBRIDGE DEGREE
(By Associated Press.)
Cambridge, Eng., July fi. —Cam-
bridge University today conferred the
honorary degree of doctor of laws up
on William Howard Taft, chief jus
tice of the United States supreme
court.
While walking to the senate house
to witness tile conferring of the de
gree, Sir Joint Sands dropped dead,
lie was a distinguished scholar and
was law lecturer at Harvard tu 1905.
JACKSONVILLE HAS A
BIG FIRE LAST NIGHT.
(By Associated Press.)
Jacksonville, July 6. —-Fire, or
iginating in the four story build
ing in a business section, tonight
soon destroyed it and threatened
tlie joint warehouse of the Flori
da East Coast and Seaboard 'Air
Line and the small hotel from
which guests were removed.
One fireman was seriously
hurt.
TOOK BIGSAFEANS
GOT LITTLE IHONEf
Prawn Factory of David Davis
Robbed Some Time During
Thursday Night; Safe is Tak
en by Bandits, Only $2 in It.
When the man who robbed the
prawn factory of David Davis some
time during Thursday night, taking
the large iron safe out and breaking
it open, found only $2.00 in it they
must have been discouraged as any
six or seven mechanics would have
charged fifteen times this amount for
the work done on the heavy iron mon
ey holder,
Mr. Davis has two safes in his fac
tory. one the large one almost com
pletely demolished and the other a
small one and it is in the latter that
the money was kept and this leads
Mr. Davis to the belief that none of
the workers about the plant commit
ted the robbery as all of these were
aware of the fact that the large safe
was kept mostly for a safe nest for
the books.
In the meantime officers are in
search for the thieves and it is said
they have a clue or two upon which
to work.
DEFEAT OF CLOTURE NOW
SEEMS CERTAIN TODAY
(By Associated Press.)
j Washington. July 6. —Defeat of Re
publican cloture on the administra
tion’s tariff bill appeared virtually cer
* tain tonight, on the eve of the vote on
[the issue set for tomorrow.
BELL SURE POLAND
BE CAOSEJF WAR
He is of Opinion that America
Will be Brought in and Com
mander McNider Pledges
Eleven Thousand Legionaires
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago. July 6.—Major General
George Bell, commander of the Ninth
corps area, declared in a speech to
day before several hundred advertis
ing men, that the present Polish sit
uation is a growing menace of war and
that it will draw in the United States.
Hanford McNider, commander of
the American Legion, another speak
er, pledged every member of the elev
en thousand members of Lgeiou posts
would take up arms whenever called
upon.
SHIPPING BOARD HEAD
LAW VIOLATOR. CHARGED
(Bv Associated Press.)
Washington, July 6. —Senator Car
away in the Senate today charged
Chairman Lasker of the Shipping
Board with flagrant violation of the
prohibition act in permitting the sale
of liquor on Shipping Board vessels.
BRITISH MINES GET BIG
ORDERS DUE TO STRIKE
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, July 6 —The coal strike
in the United States has stimulated
the British exports or coal to South
America, according to a report to the
commerce department today from
Vice Consul DeVault at London.
All Soth American countries, he
said, took a larger tonnage of coal
from Great Britain in April than form
erly, although the British coal exports
to European countries during the
mouth were lower as a whole.
BRUNSWICK
Has the lowest death rate of
any city its size in the United
States
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BOTH BRANCHES'
OF LEGISLATURE
HAVE MAN) BILLS
Bill to Regulate Trial ot Cases
in Courts Was
Passed.
TAX COLLECTORS WILL BE
EX=OFFICIO SHERIFFS
Bill Introduced to Pay Supreme
Court Judges and Court of Ap
peals Judges, Superior Court
Judge $4,000 Except in Five
Counties, Where Cet More.
Atlanta, Ga., July 6. —A bill regulat
ing the trial of all cases as they ap
pear on the docket was passed by the
Senate by a vote of 35 to 1. The bill
as introduced by Senator Thomas of
the Third District, provides that crim
inal cases be giver preference. New
bills read for tile first time in the Sen
ate were as follows:
By Senator Clay of the Thirty-ninth
and Senator Golucke of the Nine
teenth—A bill giving authority to
counties to levy taxes for all purposes
to be limited to 15 mills provided this
limitation shall not apply to existing
county indebtedness.
By Senator Johns of the Twenty
seventh—An act to abolish the State
Highway Department and providing
for the duties of that office to be per
formed by the Attorney General.
By Senator Williams of the Forty
fifth—A bill making the county a part
of Cordele Judicial Circuit of Superior
Court.
A bill by Senator Womble of the
Twenty-fifth, to elect county officers
for a period of four years instead of
two, was being discussed when the
Senate adjourned.
IN LOWER HOUSE
Atlanta. Ga., July 6.—Representa
tive Moore of Appling, offered a reso
lution in the Lower House of the Gen
eral Assembly providing an investiga
tion of all salaries and fees paid by
the state with the object of reducing
them, because of depressing financial
conditions. Representative Williams,
of Walton, offered a resolution call
ing upon the state sanitarium for a re
port on the number of patients dis
charged since January 1, 1922. why
many of the discharges were not cer
tified and why the sanitarium refuses
to accept patients properly certified.
These resolutions will be called up for
consideration tomorrow. Representa
tive Valentino, of Chatham county,
had his bill reducing the working
hours of women from 60 to 54 hours
per week and providing sanitary reg
ulations, recommitted to the labor sta
tistics committee, together with sev
eral proposed amendments. New bills
were introduced as follows:
By Fowler, of Bibb, to change code
relating to dismissal of suits.
By Kittrell, of Laurens, to make tax
collectors ex-officio sheriffs In all
counties.
By Maddox, of Spaulding, to pro
vide a fund to assist counties in pay
ing salaries of county police and to
give county police the same fees as
sheriffs.
By McGarrity of Paulding, to pay
justices of the Supreme Court and
Court of Appeals, $6,000; Superior
Court judges. $4,000, except in Fulton
ton. where the county commissioners
may fix the salaries, and in Clarke,
Floyd. Sumter. Bibb and Richmond
counties, where the salaries fixed
shall not exceed $5,000.
By Horne of Dodge, to consolidate
the offices of tax receiver and tax col
lector in each county, and putting the
holders on salaries to be fixed by the
grand jury.
RUMORS OF ATTEMPTED
ASSASSINATION RUSSIAN
DELEGATION GROUNDLESS
(By Associated Press.)
London, July l 6.—The rumor that an
attempt has been made to assissinate
the Russian delegates to The Hague
conference has caused considerable
excitement in the Dutch capital this
morning, says an Exchange telegraph
dispatch.
Both police and Russian delegates
at The Hague denied any attempt at
assassination being made, and it is be
lieved that the report probably grew
out of the action or the Dutch author
ities in turning back fifteen Russians
at the frontier who were traveling uu
der false passports.