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BRUNSWICK
Has the lowest death rate of
any city its size in the United
States.
VOLUME XX! NO. 264.
FASCISITI LEADER, IN
TRUIMPH, ENTERED
THE GATES OF ROME
CAPITAL ASTIR
EARLY WAITING
FOR MUSSOLINI
Fournier and Leader Uses Atiio
mobile as Soldiers Mad lorn
Up Kail Tracks.
PRESS PRAISES EMANUEL
FOR NAMING MUSSOLINI
Will Confer With King Relative
to Forming Cabinet Some
Slight Disorders Occitred
Through Country.
(Bv Associated
Koine, Oct. 30 - r ?.' h
astir early today 'f. "*■
rival of Musolini, newly
Premier Vif Italy and founder
leader of the fascist who entered the
city in an automobile because the
rail tracks had been torn up by
troops. Great enthusiasm and ap
plause Riveted him.
The press is praising King Victor
Emanuel for appointing MusslUni
and also refusing to sign a decree,
said to be distasteful to the great
nlajtority. Slight disorders are tv
ported as scattered throughout the
nation.
READ TO TAKE CHARGE
London, Oct. 30. The triumphant
forces of the fascist! are ready to
take over the Italian government, ar
cording to dispatches received here
Ihi s morning.
The fascist! leader, Dr. Benito
Mussilini, was scheduled to have a
conferepoi- wilts the king during the
day. At this time, if was undthf'st'ffod
he would be ready to make answer
to the request to form anew minis
try.
Thousands of fascisti troops are
waiting outside the gates of Rome
for the signal to enter ami take pos
session of the city.
In forming the new cabinet Dr.
Mussolini said today that he would
retain for himself the Portfolios of
.the interior and foreign affaire, and
appoint General Diaz minister of war
and Admiral Dj Reval minister of
finance.
Because of the faseisti’s hostility
t" bolshevism England is watching
the developments in Italy with much
J' ' '
RIOTING STARTED SUNDAY
Rome, Oct. 30. Rioting broke out
here Sunday night. A Party of fus
cisti passing the workers’ quarters
was fired on. One of the a t.tackers
was killed and one of the fascist!
wounded and two captured.
MUSSOLINI TO FORM CABINET.
Rome, Oct. 30.—Benito Mussolini,
leader of the fascisti, has been called
upo„ by the king to form anew cab
inet, and. lie arrived here this morn
ing and the throngs of People .greet
ed him wthjrheers.
He hft immediately for hi s audi
ence with the king and it i believed
that the new- ministry will be con
sUtuted later in the day.
The king’s troops are guarding
the highways leading into Rome but
they are allowing the waseisti troops
entrance to the city to get bread.
The situation is Perfectly quiet and
the troops are, helping all foreigners
during the crissi.
COMMANDER JSSI K .MANIFESTO
London, Oct. 30. —The Rome com
mamler of the fascist! according to
the Exchange Telegraph, lias i sued
a manifesto ordering the fascist!
squads i n the city not to carry out
reprisals. The manifesto declares
that, a conflict would be useless and
also harmful to their cause.
PASSENGERS WERE STOPPED.
Sivitaveoehia, Italy, Oct. 30.—A1l
passengers on the Paris express ar
riving here at noon yesterday were
requested to alight by the Fascist!.
M, Samuei! Will.ims* ofi JRoan
noko, Va-, and her two daughters
and a .sister, were the only two Amer
icans aboard. They were not mo
lested and were escorted to a hotel
by officers. They plan to retur n to
Pari K immediately.
MRS. MABEL CHAMPION TO
TAKE STAND IN DEFENSE
Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 30.—Mrs.
►Mabel Champion is exuected to take
the stand i ti her own defen tomor-
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
TOE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARM A OFFICERS AIFKT^H
DEATH WHEN
AIRI’I ANI^Tli
(tty A "■ i 1 ‘ V 1 , y>;
Ibamluhi, Oi't.
Thoma Byne- and
pei'^uiußHH
ren of Lake Field,
and Cnpt. T. W. Alien tuM
Lieut. A. F. Hobbard, ot Sell
field barrack ; were sei'iou ly
jurod in a collision (if two army 1
airplanes here today.
MRS. E. F. CnEY IS I
GLAiMED 6Y OEAIi
gA-is.
l ,1 f 1 f' I’ a!
I
Mi'.-PWnFa A. Coney, one of the
n.s| Popular and well beloved worn
n of the city passed away at the
City II" pital at ten o’clock Sun
day no ruing, after only a short ill
ics- or appendicitis. It was only a
Vw 'days age, that Mrs. Com ■ dun
idled Physicians for her ailment ami
qio i examination it was found that
m operation was rieee. tnry and that
he condition of the patient was ex
remely grave.
On Friday Mrs. Coney was
moved to th<> hospital and the
ion was performed. con
dition, .was
d'ghtly time was
here room for JMpFand in spite of
ill that :<ttej®rag physicians could
■ Sunday HO'uiag,. :
-Mrs.. \Vfßely ifch’fiSwt, SHI-i
>ver the state, as a progressive l
woman, largely devoted to civic |
vork, sb(. has always interested in ;
“orward movement in which her home ;
•Hy was beneficiary. She was ■prom
inent socially and at all timc s evinced
■ lively interest in the various nr
ranizat'ons of the city in which the
oca I women were the movers.
Mrs. Coney lots not been well,
however i a months; she has never
'ully recovered from the shocks of
he tragic death of her illustrious son,
W. DeVoe Coney, whonie it will be
(•meinbered lost his life in a great
■oast to coast aviation- flight, about
■ year and a half ago. Devoted to
h's sen, who had won distinction,
iis sudden death, vat J; severe blow
o her.
Mrs. Coney, wa s th ; , widow of the
'ate E. F. Coney who died in 1015.
she was born in Screven county, Ga.,
•Tune 28th, 1808, removed to Bruns
wick when a mere girl and spent her;
whole life here. On December Id,
1882, she. was married to Edgar F. i
i’oocy and to that union three sons |
'■ere born, Messrs. Fairchilds, Bur- j
ord and DeVoe, whose unfortunate;
death, wa ;! deplored hy thousands of
j admirers all over the country.
! Surviving the deceased there ate
three sisters, Mesdame* W. H. D
' v'oe. if Jacksonville, Mts. F. P. H.
Akers, of Atlanta, and Mass Kate
Dillon, of this city .and two brothers,
Me. , rs. John R. Dillon, of Atlanta,
md J. VV. Dillon of Thorn,isvilk*, all
if wh:ni together with other i-ela
t-ivse wei<* in die city- yesterday for
! he funeral.
The funeral occurred at half past
Vo o clock yesterday afternoon from
•St. Mark’ Episcopal’ church, Rev. W,
M. Johnson, officiating. The inter
ment was in Palmetto cemetery. Fol
lowing acted a s pallbearers: J. [].
Pal her, W. H. Parker, r. Don Park
er I Iromas Fuller, A. N. Shelander,
Walter Coney and Wilbur* Coney, of
Savannah.
A choir composed „f .Miss Ethel
onoley. Mrs. J*. H. LatUmer and
Messrs. C. M. Gowen and VV. H. Tay
‘ .r, with Guy Harkett, •as organist
rendered seme sw-eiiy solemn musical
•■-■lect'ons at the church. The hymns
.voro “In the Hour of Trial," “Oh,
i smb of God, Stdl Keep Me." and “O,
ria-ii From Whom All Goodness
Flows.”
Th- services both at the church and
at the cemetery were attended by a
vast concourse of friends and ac
quaintances of the deceased all anxi
ous to pay homage and respect to
one of Brunswick’s most gifted wom
en, in whose Bad taking away, the
whole community feel s a deep sor
row.
row.
The woman is on trial for shooting
to death Thomas O’Connell, a carni-
val promoter. •
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, TUESDAY- OCT. 31, 1922.
fTALY FACES NEW INTERNAL CRISIS AS I
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BRIDGE BALANCE
■
AUTO CLUB OF THAT CITY IS
SENDING OUT LETTER ASK
ASKING FOR FUNDS
The following letter signed by of
ficer* of the Jacksonville Auto club
to Fred G. Warde, of Board of Trade,
Claud Nolan, E. M. L’Engle, George
’• Hills, F. M. El ledge, W. R. Mc-
Quaig, E. C. Williamson and F. C.
Miller, is self explanatory;
Dear Sir.—A calamity, seriously
■ffeeling every business interst i„
Jacksonville, was narrowly averted
when the Young Men’s Club of
Brunswick, Ga., kepi open the east
ern leg of the Dixie Highway by pur.
••fa. ‘ng the railroad bridge at Dari
en over the AtkUmaha river. In
making this purchase they strained
their available finances and also their
borrowing pow- r.
i “The undersigned committee has
i!'d< a very c.fteful study of the bene*
: Tt: you have received and will con
tinue to receive to tie; eml of your
time, thiough the splendid efforts of
die Young Men’s Club of Brunswick,
Ga.
‘ After making this careful study
>f tin- ituation we feel a moral ob
ligation upon u; to help, i n a com
paratively small way, to shoulder the
burden of the price of the bridge,
i hey paid £OO,OOO for the properly,
ippraised by the Federal Govern
ment at s3oo,oooand as this is a fed
i td aid road they cannot charge any
bridge toll, which fact establishes
he r unselfishness i n assuming Die
obligation. We want to- give them
,to,ooo of the amount.
“Please make check payable to
' lttude Nolan, chairman,- for what
ever ameuny you ar c willing to con
ribute to thi; fund and send it to 1
hbn at 1001 Main street.”
The letter to Mr. Ward, which was
igued by Secretary Withall, of ‘he
laekxonville organization, was sent
to over seventeen hundred residents
of that city and it is mor t . tha n like
ly that, the amount due 'Brunswick
will soon l>e forthcoming. Of the
$5,000 obligated only $1,7.33 has been
pahl, but indications ai'e that it will
all soon be received.
NO IMPORTANT CHANGE IN
ITALY’S FOREIGN POLICY
London, Oct. 30.—British officials
believe no important change will re
sult from the foregin Policy of Italy, I
under th enew regime of the new- cab-;
inet headed by Mussolini.
The Italian delegation is expected
to reach the peace conference when
it. open;- at Lauasanne.
IJig* y f M
* BONDS THIS A. M.
, JUDGE HIGHSMITH WILL BE
DOWN*! ROM BAXLEY AND
TAKE UP MATTER.
For the purpose of holding a ses
sion of Glynn superior, the purpose
of which will validation of St. Sim
on highway bonds ip the sum of
$175,000 and sewerage extension
bonds iri the sum of $50,000 Judge
Highsmith, who has been anything
but well recently, endeavored to get
Judge J. I. Summevall, of the Way
oross circuit lo hold the session to
day but that jurist had other matter*
and found it impossible to,
make the trip.
Judge Tlighsm'th is expected on
the morning Southern train and will
hold the session at 10 o’clock, re
turning to his hom e tonight. After
validation advertising for bids will
be inserted for stile and there is lit.
tie doubt but that -a number will
make an effort to Purchase this gilt
edge security.
VLADIVOSTOK REFUGEES
IN KOREA AFTER JOURNEY
(By Associated Press)
Tokio, Oct. 30.—Eight thousand
Russian refugees from Vladivostok
have arrived at Gettsan, Korea.
These include white soldiers, civ
ilians and their families and several
hundred sick and wounded. Their
future is a problem the leaders are
trying to solve.
BARGE LOST—GREW SAVED.
.Cleveland, 0., Oct. 30.—The- barge
Mecosta, which left I.oraine for
Cleveland yesterday in tow broke
loose and sank in’Dover bay during
thenight. The crew of four men
were saved.
LITTLE ELIZABETH DOWLING
GORNTO DIES AT RICHMOND
Great sorrow wa s caused yester
j day whe n a telegram was rocevied by
Mrs. Lillie (Tornto from her son, E.
D. Gornto, announcing the death of
! liis little daughter, Elizabeth Dow
' Hng, which occurred at the Memorial,
hospital in Richmond, Va., where the
Ml tie; one had been taken from her
home a£ Crowe, Va-, in hope that phy
sicians of the well known institution
could save it. Little Elizabeth is
the only granddaughter of Mrs.
Gornto and her death i s unusually
sad. She was a beautiful as well as
an unusually bright child and her
death has caused much sorrow. The
funeral will be held in Virginia to- ,
day.
HUGHES TELLS OF
FOREIGN POLICY
OF UNITED STATES
Secretary of State Delivers Iru
terestintf Address in Bos*
ton Last Nigth.
PRESIDHNT HARDING EVER!
WILLING TO HELP EUROIE
Says Great Trouble Across that
Water is That Great Powers
Have not Been Able to Agree
on Numerous Questions.
(By Associated Press.)
Boston,' Mass., Oct. 30—A foreign
policy of helpfulness and good un
derstand, ijig, iwithout entanglements
which would fetter American inde
pendence, was ouMined by Secretary
Hughes of the Department in
a n address in Sjjjßphony Hall to
night reviewing the record of the
Harding administration in the field
of international relations.
By the lead it took in the arms
conference, the secretary said, and by
its efforts toward harmony among
the nations of the Western Hemis
phere, the American government doi
ng the twenty months lias set
a recor far be
yond what ts expected of it when
the new a-.lnun Ist ration came into
power.
So far as Europe is |oncerned, Mr.
Hughes declared, Pvesßent Harding
and his advisers alway| have been
ready to lend a helping hand where
it .would do the most good, but are
not w iling to fritter aiway tin? in
fluence of the United States by in
tervention in controversies that are
rooted in age-old national rivalries.
“The chief trouble at this time in
Europe,” he continued, “is that the
great powers have not been able to
agree as to questions which, being
I djstincVV European i questions, di
rectly concern them, and their want
is due to different con
ial national policy.
1 —d iiinui iW” '”-*4*^l.
■ 01
%ainitaria n efforts he believed a way
aright be found for the United States
to Participate formally in the selec
tion of judges to the recently organ
ized International Court of Justice, a
project which from the first Imd had
th e sympathy of , this government,
lie declared that already in a hu-
■nanitana n way and through the
channels of trade the United; States
wag really giving aid of a value in
calculable- He praised tbs' arms con
ference agreements as meaning “the
rescue of the world from despair” and
predicted that despite the present de
lay the Washington treaties would be
ratified by all the poVers sigdlttory
to them. Ultimate failure of th
conference Program, he asserted, haw
ben precluded in any case by the
gratifications already voted by the
mfited States, Great Britai n and
Japan.
SOARD OF TRUE
CAMPAIGN IS ON
City Divided Into Districts ini
Big Drive For New Members
of Organization is Now in
Full Swing.
The regular annual campaign for
lew members for the Brunswick
Joard <rf Trade will commence in the
iext few days and every citizens of
Irunsvvii k will be asked to lend his
lidfto the upbuilding Brunswick
through affiliation witlßthe Board of
Trade.
J. P. Davenport has been se
eded general chairman of the cam
jaigri committee, and he is now busy
selecting his assistants. The city
will be divided into districts, eacH
listrict being assigned to a district
■ommittee.
With the general feeling of optim
sm whioh is expressed by every one
: n Brunswick, the committee* in
■barge of this campaign confidently
•xpect, whe n their work is done, that
he Brunswick Board of Trade will
lave a record-breaking number of
members and that Brunswick wijl go
into the year 1923 in the. strongest
Position, in so far as its great trade
body is concerned, that she has ever
enjoyed.
The Board of Trade has done some
wonderful work for the upbuilding of
he city, but -with the great develop-
i mftnt projects just ahead next year
should, and in all Probability will be,
WOMEN PLAY FIRST
PART Ifo NUMBER
SENSATIONAL CASES
RECOGNITION WAR WORK [
CONSERVATIVES NOT TO
OPPOSE LLOYD GEORGE
a (By Associated Press.)
Carnarvon, Wales, Oct. 30.
tfc) grateful recognition <f his
var work the Carnarvonshire
c< r scrvatives have decided not
to oppose Lloyd George i„ the
elections upon receiving assur
ances that h e will loyally serve
under Bonar Law in resisting
the communist attack-
FOUGHT OFFICERS;
NEGRO IS KILLED
Collins Thomas Is Shot at Early?
Hour Sunday Morning By
Either Officer Pope or Motor
cycle Officer Overstreet
Shortly after 3 o’clock Sunday
morning Collins Thomas, well known
negro was shot by either Officer
Pope or Overstreet and as a result
he died at the city hospital shortly
afterwards. A search warrant had
been sworn out by Lieut. Slaughter
for the purpose of examining the
Premises of Thomas, 2318 Johnson
street. Accompanied by Officers
Overstreet and Gibson, Lieut. Slaugh
ter went to Thomas’ (house, hut he
refused to admit them. Later ’Offi
cers Pope and Malone were sent for
and forcibly opened the doors.® The
man stood in the middle of a room
with a half gallo n jug in his hand,
but made a rush for another room
*L- not •■)., ;iv
, i ■ ) , \ ■
whc n within four feet of them, OrtP
cers Pope nijj reet fired, but
the man was stru™ by only ond 1 bul
let which entered just below the
heart. He was Amlied to the hos
pital and although- given every at
tention he died shortly after reach
ing the institution. Officers Pope
and Overstreet are the only ones who
fired although it was reported that
Lieut. Slaughter had also shot, but
this is untrue.
Coroner Bahlwi n was notified arid
empaneled a jury composed of L.
Pitcher, foreman, I. Thornton. F.
N. Knight, H. C. Houghton, 1,. W.
Patterson and Mr. Watson and after
examination of several witnesses a
►verdict for justifiable homicide was
returned.
AMERICA WILL
MERELY WATCH
• FAR EAST MEET
•
IS FOR HUMANITY BUT .DOES
NOT CARE TO PARTICIPATE
IN SESSION
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, Oct. 30.—The reply of the
American government to the invita
tion of the Allied powers that Amet
ica Participate i n the Lausanne con
ference for settlement, of n-‘nr east
ern questions, was presented by Am
bassador Myro n T. Horrice to Pre
mier Poincare today.
The reply says that whMe,th Unit
ed States does not wish to participate
or assume responsibility for political
or territorial adjustments which
might he made for t,h e reason that
if is not at war with Turkey nor a
party to the 1918 armistice, the
United States not desir e | 0
leave the impressio n that Interests
less entitled to consideration than
any other powers or to relinquish the
rights enjoyed in common with other
nowers nor is it unconcerned with
humanitarian interests involved.
Mention is made also that the
United States government is Prepared
to send observer sat the meeting if
tins meets with the approval of the
powers.
the banner year of the board.
The many, gopd things which are
■ under way. in 'Brunswick and Glynn
county are sure to go a long way to
ward developing the city, provided
they can be advertised and made
known to the world. This is the work
the Boar dof Trade will do, and the
better position it <s placed in through
memberships, the better the work
will be done-
BRUNSWICK
Has a landlocked harbor, the
beat on the South Atlantic
Coast. .*
PRICE FIVE CENTS
YOUNG PREACHER
IS FACING COURT ’
ATSF.Tg&ORO
Rev. Elliott A Mis
Wife Her jHpßfpflrs.
m
philadelphlTpoison
CASE BAFFLES POLICE
In the- Case of Young States
boro Preacher An Insanity
Plea Has; Been Entered and
Doctors From Asylum There.
Statesboro, Ga.„ Oct. 30. —The
concluded its case to
day in the trial of Ryv. Elliott ,
Padrick, charged with killing
hjs wife and mother-in-law and
the defense late today introduced
the mother of the defendant as
the first witness.
She testified as to the qoerness
of her son and made an effort to
prove to the jury that he was of
unsound mir'd.
Padrick in indifferent at the
trial and even dropped to sound
sleep. He claimed it was the
hand of God that directed the
killing of the women. The case
is expected t.o go.td the jury to
morrow.
1 Statesboro. On., Oct. 30- Following
a cofiference between all members
of hi's family and their attorneys,
Rev,. Elliott Padrick, youthful Metho
•r wenM trUU gkgMg|
'll
wife and liintTf- .
Mae Padrick and IVJm,. M,. 8,. NixMH
between. Dover and Clito on the ev<”
ning of June 19. dj!&
It was decided at ||ie conference
last night that a P , %o f inanity
would be the
witnesses lj|ve been called by the
defense by statp mak
ing a totof 09 witnesses who ace
expected to testify in connection with
the murder. Some of the defense
witnesses have been brought to Geor
gia from as far west at 'Mississippi,.
Mrs. Padrick, mother of the youth,
is expected to’tell of fdosyneracises
of the defendant.’s boyhood life.
Physicians have been brought from
the state inwane asylum to prove lih
mcntal condition. The prosecution
will vlgoruely scout the insanity
theory,. They will attempt to prow
that Padrick lured the two women
along the lonely road between the
two towns, where they were killed
Padrick still contends, and wjll
contend on the stand, that the hand
of God directed him in the killing. He
says he was driven to the killing by
the alleged indiscretions of his prel
ty wife.
Following the killing. Padrick was
captured by Sheriff Griffin of Screv
en county and carried to Augusta,
where he was placed in jail to escape
possible mob violent.
TWO DEAD FOLLOWING
ROW ON STREET CORNER
OF PITTSBURGH, PENN.
(By Associated Press.)
Pittsburg, Pa., Get. 30. -A street
corner argument caused a, double kl’l
,-ng in the Irwin avenue diatribe early
today. 1 "*
Thomas Hopkins was shot through
the heart when he and three compan
ions were accosted by teo men.
After killing Hopkins th f > men shot
Policeman Couch who attempted to
stop them.
GRAND JURY DID NOT
ACT IN HALL-MILLS
CASE ON YESTERDAY
(By Associated Press.)
New Brunswick, N„ Oct,. 30.
Reports that the Hall-Mills murder
case would be presented to the grand
jury today were untrue,. Informa
tion from Somervillt, the county
seat, was to the effect that notices
had not been forwarded to members
of the jury and that it would re
quire at least twenty-four hours for
the inquisitors to assemble after re
ceiving notices..
Special Duty Attorney General
Wilbur A. Mott today reiterated his
confidence In the story told him by