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BRUNSWICK Mas the lowest death rate of any city its size in the United i States. ....... VOLUME XXL N0.251 RADIO SAVED ALL LIUfES ON STEAMER W OFJjOROLULU Rescue Vessel Reached Burning Steamer in Less Than Four Hours SUPER STRUCTURE COL* LAPSE AS STEAMER SAILED Quite a Number of Other Ves sels Heard and Answered Signals of Distress Broad casted by Wireless. (By Associated Press.) On Board the Stamship Thomas. Oct. I?..—Passengers from the ill-fat ed steamer City of Honululu, which was burned at seas yesterday, were transfered to the Thomas from the steamer West Faralon, which rescued them by means of rope ladders. Collapse of the superstructure of the City of Honululu was seen as the Thomas steamed away and the tire was still burning fiercely. Passengers and crew praised the work of Captain *\i() officers in handling the situatior sind iowfering lifeboate under great difficulties. RADIO A LIFE SAVER San Francisco, Cal. Oct 13.—Radio coupled with the fellowship of those who go down to sea in ships, stand equally responsible today for the safe ey of two hundred and seventeen pas aengers, the entire ship’s company o' the steamer City of Honululu which was burned in the Pacific ocean yes terday. The readiness with which the ma rines of half a dozen crafts offered themselves for the rescue of their dis tress fellow travelers afloat was but the echo of the story first told so long ago that men have forgotten the time of the telling. The freighter West Fallon was the first of several ships responding to the distress calls to reach the scene and picked up ail the passengers and members of the crew Earlw yesterday, wile six hundred and seventy miles off San Pedro, Cal. fire broke out in the second cabin of the steamer one time the pride of the North German Hlovd line, and more recently the leader of the new Honu lulu service. Unaccountably the flames gained such a headway that two hours latei it was necessary to abandon the ship in the meantime distress signals were broadcasted by th e raido and had been picked up by other ships. The (freighter Wiesit Fallon reached the scene fojyir ,hours after the flames had forced the abandonment of the ves sel, and picked up all the passengers and crew. The passengers were transfered _to the United States Army transport YThomas from the West Fallon at dawn this morning, according to an official message. The Thomas is due in San Francisco tomorrow and is now expected Sunday. TOWING BURNED HULK Washington. Oct. 13. —The freight er West Fallon which rescued the pas sengers from the transport steamer City of Honolulu notified the ship Ing board that after transferring the passengers to to the transport Thomas she would tow the hulk cf the burned vessel toward Los Angeles until met by tugs. ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL FINDS AGAINST AMERICA fßv Associated Press.) The Hague, Oct. 13.—Norway won the award of the arbitration tribunal which has bee n considering the coijtyo,. vers.y between the United States a Alt' Norway involving tile claim grow ing out of requisitioning Norwegian vessel,.’ by the United States during the World war. STILL FOUND IN HEART OF SAVANNAH (By Associated Press.) Savannah, Ca., Oct. 13. —Cor- bett Gullett was arrested here ► charged with operating in the ■ center of the city one of the larg- ■ - est distilleries ever found in this - section. Four thousand gallons -of mash was destroyed. THE BRUNSWICK NEWS INJUNCTION AGAINST MOLESTING SHIP’S LIQUOR ■ (By Associated Press.) New York, Oct. 13.—Federal Judge Hand today issued an in- • junction restraining federal pro- - hibition enforcement agents from - molesting) liquors on board of - British owend, the, White ■ Star Line and the American United States Line ships. GREEK THIRD ARMY REFUSES TO LEAVE BELOVED THRACE (By Associated Press.) Adrianople, Oct. 13—The Greek Third Army Corps refused to obey orders given for the evacuation of Thrace. By Force of Circumstances Athens, Greece, Oct. 13—The Greek government has inform ed the high commissioner at Constantinople that he may au thoritivfelv sign the ;armist;ice with the Turks. It is stated that Greece was under the necessity of signing the document by force of cir cumstancs. STEAMBOAT CAPTIAN WHO SAVED MANY LIVES IS DEAD IN NEW YORK (By Associated Press.) New York, Oct. 13—Captain John L. Wade, tugboat man, whose brav ery in the rescue of passengers’ from the burning excursion steamer Gen eral Slocum in the East river June 15. 1904, won him a congressional medal and other decorations, died today. ! Wade’s tugboat was towing a coal barge when th e plight of the General Sl'Ocum, carrying 1,331 Sunday school members on an outing, was seen. Wade and his small crew dared the mass of flame, formed a human chain from the steamer to the tug and carried the frantic women and children to safety. Only 407 were saved. CORDELE IS TO SELECT BOARD COMMISSIONERS Cordele, Oct. 13.—Plans are under way to select a beard of commission ers to take charge of the new city administration. The legislation plans for five men and a manager. Friends of the cause are now casting about with a view of getting five leading men. The job does not seem easy to fill and so far it is going begging. Nobody Is anxious to get into it. POWER OF WOMEN VOTE TO BE FELT ON NEXT TUESDAY Senatorial Primary Will See Feminnine Voters at Polls in Large Number All Over The State. The woma n vote will cut a great figure in the senatorial election, whidh will be pulled off next Tues day and the candidate who can garner sufficient number i n each county will stand a n excellent chance of being among the leader, if noj a winner. It i s not expected that any one candi date will rece've sufficient votes to carry the election and everybody seems to be of the opinio n that a sec J ond primary will be necessary as at present no cne candidate seems to be strong enough to carry a major ity of all votes cast. Here in Glynn no one of the sev eral has a n organization ind it appears that it will be a free for all affair unless organization is perfected by one of them between the present and Tuesday. The . sup porters of Governor Hardwick in the recent gubernatorial primary will probably vote for him (again, but they have not met to further his can didacy in this county yet, but may do so soon. THE NEWS ISA MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, OCT. 14, 1922. TEKRITOK'AL ftKrT "TS f. •<' A v ,TURK ARMISTICE TURMpr ~ + J, . ,J iT.-r-cg^^A^A SAMOTHRAtct — 1 bA* '' r W „ Ml * ° * AD&AMYTI X'- Under the terms of the Mud ania armistice eastern Thrace will be turned over to Ihe Turks within thirty days. This t tory was taken away fri m !he “Turks in the territorial settle- HAVES’ RELEASE IS CELEBRATED New Brunswick People Have Big Mass Meeting on Fact That Youth is at Liberty Again. (By Associated Press.) New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 13. — While state and county officials sought anxiouldy today for some thing tangible o n which to proceed in the inquiry into the murder, o n Sep tember 14 of the Rev. Edward Wheel er Hall, rector of the Episcopal church of St. John the Evangelist, and the choir singer - , Mrs. Eleano 1 ' Reinhardt Mills, friends of Clifford Hayes went ahead with preparations for a mass meeting held tonight to celebrate Hayes’ release yesterday. The release and the collapse of the! case of mistake n identity made -out by authorities followed the admis- j sion by Raymond Schneider that his j accusation of Hayes wag false. Schneider still was helij in the Som erset county jail tonight, although now new charges had been lodged against him. He was locked up as a material witness some days ago after h e had made a statement charg ing Hayes with killine- Mrs. Mills and Dr - . Hall. Authorities are admittedly up in the air again. They turned anew to day to clues pointing to the families of the slain rector and Mrs. Mills, and detectives wer e engaged i n run- ; ning down numerous details discard ed when officials accepted Schneider’s j accusatiin as a solutio,, of the niys-! tery. I j The fawn colored float and scarf j which Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, ' widow of the rector, had dyed in | Philadelphia a few day, after Dr. I Hall was murdered, were in the hands j of a New Brunswick chemist today j for analysis, the actio,, being ordered ;by Prosecutor Joseph Strieker of j Middlesex .county. i Detectives thrown off the trail temporarily by Schneider’s false ac cusation, turned again to their orig inal theory that the double slaying was prompted by jealousy, and that a woman wa s one of the participants in the crime. LOUISIANA BOASTING OF A WONDERFUL BABY iic-rniee, La. Cc-L 13.—North Lonisi anna boasts cf a “Wonder Baby.’’ Th 0 nine months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. MeClung of Ber nice, owns thirteen perfectly formed teeth, weighs 45 pounds, is 42 inches in height, has long silky hair and physicians claim her physically devel opment is equal to that of a norma) three-year old child. Physicians interested in the prodigy declare they are at a loss to under stand her rapid development inasmuch as she weighed anly six pounds at birth. The child’s father Is 60 years of age and the mother twenty-five. ments made after the war and has been sought by the Turks ever since. The allies, however, will pass upon the un er of Tvkish soldiery allowed in the area. New neutral zones in the PLANE STUNT PROVES FATAL Miss Eva Moss, of Chatta nooga, Was Killed When Pilot, Discovering Her Plight, Made Landing. (By Associated Press.) Cleveland, Tenn., Oct. 13.—Miss Eva Moss, of Chattanooga, was kill ed here today while attempting a stunt j n an airplane. The unfortunate woman hail low ered herself from the airplane and was hanging by her teeth and being unable to climb up, the pilot descend ed and succeeded in landing, but the impact killed Miss Moss as the plane landed. A.M.E. emeu HOLD CONFERENCE HERE Will Convene on November 22nd And Something Like Four Hundred Will Attend the Ses sion. The annual conference of the A. M. E. church of the state will meet in Brunswick on November 22, it was an- j nounced yesterday morning, and some 1 thing like four hundred prominent I church workers will attend, bringing; with them members of their families j which it is calculated, will run the to-1 tal number of visitors to six hundred.! Among those who are to attend the I conference will be some of Georgia’s I leading and best known colored I churchmen, among those being Bish-: op J. A. Flipper, of Atlanta, who will preside over the conference and will make the address of the day. The pastor and members of St. Paul i A. M. E. church here, are working hard preparing for the coming of their fel-! low churchment and are asking the co operation of all denominations in mat ; ing the occasion a successful one. E. F. GRABLE LOES OUT WITH MAINTENANCE MEN (By Associated Press) Detroit, Oct. 13.—F. H. Fljosdal, of Minneapolis, Minn., was elected by a majority of three thousand votes, of the enghty-six thousand cast, over E. F. Grable for president of the United Brotlierhiod of Maintenance of Way Employees .and Railway Shop Labor at the session of the convention held here today. > . ARCHIE ROOSEVELT SECRETARY (By Associated Press.) New York, Oct. 13.—Arcie Roose velt, son of the late Theodore Roose velt, has been named as executive secretary of President Harding's Near East emergency committee, which met today to formulate plans. Chanak and Ishmid areas, of strategic value along the Darda nelles and Bosphorus, will be de fined by commissions. The boundary of the neutral zone in the Constantinople peninsula has 'HOOVER TALKS I CHILD WELFARE Secretary of Commerce Retires | as President of Association and Details Efforts to Im prove Nation by Child Aid. (By Associated Press.), | Washington, Oct. 13.- The story of effodts to make, a nation of better ! grown-ups by perfecting the health j of its children and making them hap j pier was told at th e annual conven tion here of the American Child Hy : giene Association by Secretary Her j bert Hoover, its retiring president. It : is tbe hope. Mr. Hoover said, that even | tually “ten policemen may be replaced jby one commuity nurse." } At the same time, Mr. Hoover an | nounced virtual completion of ar- I rangements consolidating the two : great voluntary societies engaged in j the work—the child hygiene associa- I tion and the child health organiza tion of America. He also informed the convention of a plan by which a complete demonstration of every ave nue of protection of child health is to' be had through the munificence of the Commonwealth Foundation which has guaranteed for a term of years, funds aggregating $230,000, per annum for the work. POIIIICS HOLDING STAGEJN LONDON Austen Chamberlin is Told He Must Cut Loose From Lloyd George and He Absolutely .Re fuses to do This. 1 London, Oct. 13.—The discussion of | the political crisis again fills the prin cipal columns of the London newspa pers-. The ontst nding feature of the situ ation is the increased indications of the hardening of the conservative op position tjo Austin Chamberlain* ‘ sontinuance as leader of the union | ist party unless he cuts loose from Premier Lloyd George and the coal j ition. 1 It is recalled that Chamberlain has • been in close agreement with Pre mier Lloyd George on all the great polit\al questions since the begin ning of their association in office. He has confessed to hs friends that he cannot and does not wish to escape his share of the responsibility for the course which-has been followed.' This admission does net lead to any hope that there will he a sev erance of the two men to meet the popular demand voiced in some po litical quarters. There was considerable specula tion when King George gave an audi ense to Premier Lloyd George as to whether latter wjould rise the question of calling a general election. It was stated in Downing street that the premier was merely reporting on the near eastern situation and would not touch on domestir troubles. been set, as has that of the Gal lipoli peninsula. The map indi cates the approximate line of both zones. Other terms of the ; mistice relate to evacuation at eastern Thrace. BUILDING ACTIVE 111 RURALSECTIUNS All Parts of Georgia Are Now Hearing Hammer and Saw as Country Resident Seems to be Improving Homes. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 13.—Building ac tivity is becoming almost as pro nounced j n rural communities as in the towns. ! * This announcement by building ’ construction men here shows that | Southern rural communities are be i coming imbued with the spurt of im | provement and progress. It shows also a return to normal conditions in the rural South and ho!d s promise of anew era in Southern rural com munity life. On the fauns in Georgia and neigh holing states, according to reports •reived here in building circles, are to be seen evidences of more mod ern construction of dwellings, of barns and other necessary outbuild ings. Happy-go-lucky methods of construction, it is shown, are out of style. Better buddings are being built everywhere in the rural dis tricts. There may b e more of this class of construction going on in Georgia than i n soin e other states, but the move toward better farm buildings, it i s declared here, is typical of what is taking place in all parts of the South. CLEMENCEAU IS READY FOR TRIP The Tiger of France Refuses to be Interviewed as to What His Course in This Country Will Be. (By Associated Press.) ■ Paris, Oct. 13.—Former Premier j George s Clemenceau returned from i the country today and began final preparations for his second Amer can trip with as much enthusiasm as for his first trip more than fifty years ago. He will sail o n November 11 and deliver his first lecture at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, on November 23, after which’ I he will talk in Boston, Chicago, Kan sas City, New Orleans, Washington and possibly Philadelphia. 1 “Tile Tiger” was in the bes t of sipirts on his arrival. He proceeded to talk in a joking way of the dif ferent interpretations that have been placed on his undertaking, but he refused absolutely to be interviewed ] as to what his course in America | would be. He remarked, however, with a twinkle in his eye that this trip did not appear to please every one “over here” but that it mattered little, since what he had to say was intended only for the people “over there.” BRUNSWICK Has a landlocked harbor, the best on the South Atlantic Coast. . , . , - PRICE FIVE CENTS MANY SUBJECTS HANDLED AT MEET YOUNG MENS CLUB St. Simon Board of Trade In* vites Organization to Big Barbecue Oct. 20. BRANTLEY COUNTY FAIR TRIP ALSO PLANNED Several Visitors Were Present and a Number of Talks Were Made—William Clark- Color ed, Explains Coming of Distin guished Party of Colored Ed ucators of Tuskegee. The meeting of the Young Men’s Club yesterday proved to be one of the most interesting that ha s been held in several weeks. There were mor e visitors, quite a wide range of subjects were handled and in all ther e was a vein of pleasure running through the whole meeting. Invitations cam e from th e St. Si mon Island Board of Trade to attend a big barbecue being arranged by that splendid organization for Octo ber 20. However that date conflicts with “Brunswick Day,” the Brant ley county fair and as the club is an xious to make both trips a special committee was named to try and harmonize the situation by asking the St. Simon people to postpone their barbecue to a later date and come over and join the club on its pilgrim age to Hoboken. It is believed that some amicable arrangement can be made whereby the visit to St. Simon and Hoboken will both be made. Among the visitors were Edwin D. Lamright, former Brunswickian, now postmaster at Tampa, who made a very eloquent talk and which was enjoyed by the members. He told what real good things had come to his/adopted home—Tampa, by reason of (th e good work of the civic and commercial organizations and paid a neat compliment to the activity of the club. Other talk s were made by W. S. Gibson of the teaching staff of the Glynn High school, who is also coach for the football team of the school. Mr. Gibson s ay s he is going to give Brunswick a winning team. Carey Robinson, also a football artist and now located in the city made a short talk on the same line, a s did M. L. McKinnon who was the guest of the club. William Clark, well known colored citizen, asked for permission to place before the club, the purpose of the coming of the Moton party to Brunswick at an early date. The re quest was granted and Clark, who is himself a graduate of Tuskeegee, made a really splendid talk. He ex plained the coming of the party, stressed the splendid spirit of mutual understanding now, existing between the two races in Brunswick and urged tlie organization to give the Visit of the Moton party its moral support. Clark was given the closest attention of those present and at the conclu sion of his talk he wa s given very enthusiastic applause. A jazz band was on hand and added to the pleasure of the meeting which -on - the whole proved to be, a most interesting, one. . Hon. F. E. Twitty at the invitation of Chairma n Scarlett told of the visit recently made to Jacksonville to look into the collection of the balance due by that city on the Darien bridge. Mr. Twitty js of the opinion that both the sum due by Savannah and the one by Jacksonville will be paid in time. MISSISSIPPI HAS FOUR HANGINGS ON FRIDAY AND THIRTEENTH, TOO New Orleans, La., Oct. 13—Friday, the thirteenth, was “hangman’s day” in Mississippi, when three me n and on e womtan, all negroes, paid the death penalty for murders commit ted . In each case the victims were negroes. Jim Lang was hanged at Waynes boro, Wayne county; Anna Knight and Will Gray was executed at Leakesville, Green county, and George Leavall paid the penalty at Jackson. All of the executions were private and carried out inside the jails, as provided by the Mississippi law, with only a very small number of specta tors. - - I