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BRUNSWICK
Has the lowest death rate of
any city its size in the United
States. .......
VOLUME XXI,. NO 266,.
BRITISH LEADLRS
ARE UNDECIDED
ON PARI TO PLAT
> Discussion at Bonar l.aw and
Lloyd George Headquar
ters l.ively.
CONSERVATIVE PARTY
AND LIBERALS ARE BUSY
Opponents of Former Premier
Say He will Not Give Bat
tle But One Newspaper Says
He Can and Will Fight.
(By Associated Press.)
London, Nov. 1-—Chieftains of the
conservative party, led by Prime
Minister Bonar Law, and the national
Liberals under the banner of David
Lloyd George, were still undecided
today as to whether they would really
“spread the war” against one anoth
er’s candidates in the coming election
or stand on the Present situation of
fighting bitterly in some districts anil
co-operating in others.
“To fight or not to fight,” was
the subject of discussion at conser
vative headquarters last night, but
no orders wer e ’ issued to Political
leaders i n the hinterlands, and it
was said that the matter would be
threshed out later.
Meanwhile the Political gossips
who vent tiheir idea s upon readers
of morning papers are noising it
about that Lloyd George is not keen
for reprisals against the Tories.
These writers point out, the former
premier capable of throwing reserve
candidates into the scrap should the
tacit agreements to co-operate go
to smash.
Besides, Lloyd George hasn’t built
up such a large number of local or
ganizations as have ihis opponents
Some of the papers thinks his threat
to “spread the war” is only a bluff.
But his journalistic champion, the
Daily Chonicle contends that Lloyd
George really has the men and tihe
mean g to use them and that he is
simply holding back in the hope of
“returning sanity elsewhere” The
Chronicle reports a hot feeling
among the Lloyd Georgians over
t,h e attitudes of the Die Hards and
free liberals who are opposing the
nationals liberals. 1 It accuse,, them
of petty spite, intolerance and be
havior both shabby and vindictive.
The political expert of the Daily
Mail believes that he has discovered
a strong tendency of the coalition
conservatives to unite with the
anti-coalition group now in harness.
He maintains that only conserva
tives like Lord Birkenhead and Sir
Robert S. Horne continue to indentify
themselves closely with Lloyd
George.
Another feature of today’s news
is the report that the Asquitian
liberal candidates are increasing at
a rate that indicates that they will
show as much strength on nomina
tion day as the laborites.
Lobor’s progress in the campaign
is difficult to gauge. Their leaders
express high hopes and great con
fidence, but their confidence is not
shared in other circles.
LADIES OF Y. W. C A. ARE
HAVING GREAT SUCCESS
The ladies of the Y. W. C. A. are
most grateful for the results of yes
terday’s drive. They are meeting
with marked succesg in th e . spirit of
co-operation as well as in actual do
nations.
They will meet at the hall this
morning at the usual hour and con
tinue their solicitations through the
day, with a confident feeling that the
people of tlie city will stand by them
until they have raised their quota for
the coming year.
TORNADO STRIKES
TOWN IN MISSOURI
ONE WOMAN KILLED. FIFTEEN
INJURED AND FOUR AR$
UNACCOUNTED FOR ,j|
(By Associated Press.)
Webb City, Mo., Nov. I.—One
"* ’--win was killed, 15 other persons
~,j, Jjlnjured, several seriously, and
Ighirty houses were demolished
to V which struck this city
froim#'..* One hundred persons
• 'hei* homeless.
person* were unaccounted
. /td it is thought they were killed
and biJried under debris.
The storm stniHc first in the south
ern part of the city, passed over the
busbieSa section and dipped again ip
the northkest ' regional district. In
e.ach place buildings in an area of
about a quarter of a- mile equate were
■ • demolished- - >f; ; -
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AMERICAN SEAMEN
REFUSE TO WORK ON
SHIPS WITH COOLIES
(By Associated Press.)
San Francisco, Nov. I.—ln a
- to President Harding, ■
made public today, investigation ■
is asked regard'ng conditins -
surrounding employment of ■
American seamen.
Andrew Furuseth, President of
- International Seaman’s ■
Union, charged in the letter that •
American sailors ai'e being driv- -
en off the seas becaus e they hail
refused to work, eat and sleep
with Chinese coolies. The union -
president suggested that the ad- -
ministration attempt some plan ■
to solve this problem and change -
the conditions.
PADRICK GUILTY
AND SENTENCED
TO TERM FOR LIFE
Youthful Preacher Remained
Indifferent Throughout
Entire Trial.
FUTURE COURSE OP CASE
IS ACCEPTANCE OF VERDICT
It is Stated Convifcted Man is
Ready to Begin Sentence
And Made No Comment on
Finding of Jury.
(By Associated Press.)
Statesboro, Nov. I.—Rev. Elliott
Padrick lost his fight for liberty to
day in the superior court, the jury
bringng In a verdict of guilty and a
life sentence was imposed by Judge
Parks. <
The prisoner accepted the verdict
without comment on the case except
that there would he no appeal and
he stood ready to start serving his
m
Attorneys for Padrick put UP a
strong fight and the leader was Col.
Boykin. He s poke late in the after
noon and he was in action for an
hour and a half. Of course the star
performer for th e state was Albert
Deal. He was reserved for the last.
H e was the .final big gun. He went
into action and he never went out un
til and hour and a half had been con
sumed. He had a fine audience to
speak to. The town took a holiday
to hear him and Wallace Pierce.
Statesboro’s beauty and chivalry
wa s here- It was a great setting for
speech making. Every spare inch in
the court room was take n and there
was about one-third as many wo*en
a s men. The gallery was given over
to juvenile Statesboro, and the over
flow of youngsters was accommodat
ed with seats on the railing leading
to the judge’s bench."
And those who came were well re
paid. Albei t Deal was in fine fettle.
He shook his gray locks and rolled
his piercing eyes and shot his bolts
of oratory under the ribs of the
jurors i n great shape. He had fun
with Pierce and Boykin and Ander
son, as they had had fun with him,
only a little more so The judge had
given the lawyers plenty of latitude
and the code of Georgia seems to
give it to them, too, and every man
who sPoke started off with some per
sonal reference to the opposing coun
sel. It was all good-natured if not
entirely relevant, to th e case, and the
crowd enjoyed it.
The charge of Judge Park occu
pied about a n hour. It would have
been longer had he charged every
thing the attorneys for the defense
wanted him to charge. He went pret
ty fully into th e matter of insanity
and the attention he jurors ; should
Pay to the evidence give n to show
that Padrick was Insane. Boiled down,
it was chat if the jury believed Pad
rick to be sane and if it found he
had killed Mrs. Nixon, thas he should
be convicted. If it was found he was
insane, then he was to be acquitted
upon that ground.
GENERAL MURGUIA IS -1
SHOT BY FIRING SQUAD A
TOPESUANTES, MEXICO A
t
By Associated Press A
Mexico City, Nov. I.—General A
Francisco Murguia, famous reb- I
el leader, was this A
morning by a / firing squad, after-1
a. brief courtmafltial following-!
his capture yesterday by federal i
troops,’ A
The execution took place at -i
Topesuantes and the rebal leader A
met death calmy, the announce- -1
ment says. A
1
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA. THURSDAY NOV. 2, 1922.
ILL SIGNS POINT
10 A REPUBLICAN
DEFEAT TUESDAY
Ohio Prophets Say That Demo
crats are Sure of Great
Victory
REVOLT IN NEW ENGLAND
COMES GOOD AND STRONG
Manufacturing Section of the
Country Said to Be Turning
to Democrats; Latter Waging
Warm Fight Everywhere.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Nov. 1. —While it Is
the natural thing for the publicity
bureaus of both the Democrats and
Republican campaign headquarters
to boost party prospects at the elec
tions t° be h r -ld November 7 there
are at the samp time, certain signs
that indicate a good licking for the
G. O. P.
In the Prelsdent’s home state—
; Ohio —the reactionary Republicans
; are in for one of the worst trim
mings of their career. Everything
indicates the re-election of Senator
Pomerene, Democrat! by an empha
tic majority, the election of the state
ticket, and a Democratic represonta
. tion in the next House that will be
a surprise to the country generally.
' This is the outlook despite the ex
’ traordinary efforts made b.v the Re
• publicans, who have filled the state
, with their top-notch speakers and
flooded it with real money from end
to end.
HOPE TO SWELL VICTORY
The manufacturing sections of
New England will help swell the
Democratic victory. The farm states
will return the same verdict as the
other states. The farmer lias been
well described as “gritting his teeth
and biding his time.’’ In the great
business and commercial centers bus
iness men are turning to the Demo
cratic party for relief from the
odious and obnoxious Fordney tariff
bill which is threatening to do great
damage to business conditions every
where.
In almost every state the cam
paign has been fought out on the
leading domestic issues of internal
and tariff taxajt|on; upon extrava
gant expenditures and reckless ap
propriations; upon the inefficiency
and incompetence of the present Re
publican congress and upon the fail
ure of both congress and the admin
istration to keep their election prom
ises.
There is also the Newberryism and
Goldsteinism issues which hav e been
little less than disastrous this year
In lowa a large element of the Re
publicans are in revolt against the
extreme radicalism of Brookhart, the
member of the senate who succeeds
Senator Kenyon, placed by President
Harding on the Federal bench,
The Republicans opposing Pinchot
and Beveridge and Brookhart will
contribute their share to the general
Democratic victory.
In the last extremity, Republicans
of the stripe of Phil Campbell, Re
publican congressman of Kansas,
who has just been defeated for re
nomination are seeking to make it
appear that the Democrats are not.
trying to carry the house. This, of
course, is pure mandaelty. and one
of the las e causes of an already de
feated Old Guard organization.
The signs of discontent with the
present Republican organization and
administration are most apparent
Likewise the signs of Democratic
victory are everywhere to be seen.
The peopl generally are disgusted
with the do-nothing Republican Con
gress and dissatisfied with the shift
less, drifting vacillating course now,
being persucd.
Reports from half a dozen states
which are violent battlegrounds at
the present time, furnish the infor
mation that Democratic candidates
and speakers are drawing larger and
much more enthusiastic audiences
than their Republican rivals. This
is strictly noticeable in many of the
rural districts, though it has been
observed generally throughout many
of the States and is not at all con
fined to the country sections.
Ohio and New York are the states
in which this preference of voters
for the Democratic candidates ’ar
been most striking and so ominous
to the Republicans that their nation
al and local managers have drawn
largely upon members of the Hard
ing cabinet as recruit speakers. Ip
the interior sections of New York
State the apathy towards the Re
publicans contrast sharply with the
reception given Defocrats.
WOMAN IN LONE STAR STATE
JO WIN SEAT IN STATE LEGISLATURE
v
Mrs. Edith E. Williams, the fir S j. woman to be elected to the Texas
legislature, plans severajl bills for the improvement of conditions as
affecting women. Amo(ig these is 1 egislation to provide for a court, of
domestic relations.
CHURCHES WANT
LAWS ENFORCED
APPEAL SENT OUT FOR
PROVISIONS OF THE
VOLSTED ACT
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Nov. I.—An appeajrto
all “Christian people to exert every
influence to secure the impartial en
forcement of all laws,” was issued
today by the federal council of
churches of Christ in America. It
declared the “announcement of the
Program of forces opposed to prohi
bition is a direct challenge to the
churches and the friends of orderly
government,” because they purpose to
support candidates in the coming
election who vote to legalize the
manufacture and sale of beer and
wine.
The appeal asserts that the oppo
nents of th e Volstead act demand
“restoration of the manufacture and
sale of beer and wine in face of the
fact that both are intoxicating and
therefore cannot be legalized with
out first changing the constitution,”
and that such action “would lead in
evitably to the return of the outlawed
saloon.”
GREAT BRIATN WILL
PAY AMERICAN DEBT
.STANLEY BALDWIN SAYS
(By Associated Press.)
London, Nov. 1. —> The new
chancellor of the exchequer, Stanley
Baldwin, declared in a speech to
night at Cardiff, that Great Britain’s
first duty would be settlement of the
debt an d the United States.
Regarding the amount the secre
tary said: “It is a heavy debt but
we will pay it.”
MRS. HARDING RECOVERS
FROM RECENT RELAPSE
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Nov. I.—Mrs. Hard
ing; was said today at the White
House to have recovered from a slight
relapse she suffered a few days ago
and, is able again to sit up for brief
periods'during the day.
The relapse, it was said, was
caused by a cold. It was not consid
ered serious, but her physician, Briga
dier General Charles Sawyer, thought
it best that sihe remain 1n bed for:
several days.
MANY INVITATIONS TO
NATIONAL FARMERS MEET
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Nov. I.
to attend tihe national convention of
the Farmers’. National\ Co-operative
Marketing association, scheduled to
begin her on December 14, were sent
out today to more tha n two hundred
such organizations by the executive
committee of th e associations.
This is th e first attempt of a na
tion-wide gathering of farmer s and
business organizations for the order
ly marketing of crops and Produce.
KIDNAPED GIRL
FOUND IN WOODS
DESERTED BY ABDUCTOR;
WANDERS AIMLESSLY
TO FARM HOUSE
(By Associated PreSs.)
Muskegon, Mich., Nov. 1. —Rosalie
Shanty, 11 years old, kidnaped Sun
day as she came from church, was
found, waiulferihg in' woods'near
Dublin, Manistee' county, late last
night, according tb a telegram re
ceived today from' the chief of police
at Wellston, Mich.
According to the police the mes
sage intimated that the girl had been
abandoned by her abductor and had
wandered about in the woods, until
she reached a farm house, where she
was given shelter.'
Muskegon officers have left for
Wellston, where the girl- was re
moved early today.
A posse is searching toe woods near-
Dublin fop traee of a man who is
said by two boys here to have en
ticed the child into an automobile
Sunday.
Rosalie won considerable recogni
tion here last summer for her swim
ming and diving stunts at the munici
pal bathing beach.
SON BETRAYS HIS
MOTHER WHO STOLE
TO FEED CHILDREN
j . . ■
ONE OF VERY ONES SHE PRO
VIDED FOOD FOR LET THE
STORY OUT.
(By Associated Press)
Minneapolis, Nov,,. I.—A mother
who stole to feed her four children
and then to have one of . them, a 12
year-old, betray her for a five-dollar
reward was still at liberty today
while authorities investigated fur
ther her story .of misery and pov
erty.
Penniless and stung by the pleas
of her children for something to eat.
the mother thre e week-; ago robbed
a neighbor’s clothes line of silks,
linens and other finery valued at
SIOO.
A reward of $5 was offered to any
neighbor’s child who could givp a
due that would lead to the arrest of
the culprit.
Sobbing as if his heart would
break, a grimy-faced youngster yes
terday informed Mrs. Nelson that his
mother had taken the garments.
Most of the stolen finery was re
covered. Since the po|ic e are i n doubt
as to whether they shall arrest the
poverty-stricken mother, if is a ques
tion whether the son who betrayed
her will profit by hi s act.
PATRONS ENGLISH AIR ROUTES
London, Nov. I.—Air travel be
tween the Continent and England is
growing in Popularity. In July 711
machines were in actual service and
carried 1591 passengers, a majority
of whom wer e Americans.
WOMEN VOTERS
DISCUSS MANY
LIVE SUBJECTS
Local League Meeting Yester*
day Covered Wide Range
of Business.
CAMDEN SENATORIAL
MATTER WAS HANDLED
Editor C. C. Leavy of The News,
Talks on Press and it Rela
tionship to New Voters—
Much Interest Manifested.
The regular meeting of the League
of Women Voters, which occurred
yesterday 'afternon at the Y. W. C.
A. hail, was said by many present,
to have been the most interesting
since its organization.
There was a splendid attendance,
and the president, Mrs. G. V. Cate,
presided in her usual finished man
ner.
Routine matters were quickly dis
posed of. The President, Mrs. Cate,
urged npo n the women present, the
importance of at oiue registering, in
order to be qualified to vote in toe
coming city primary. A Poll of the
women, showed a majority as al
ready having registered.
Mrs. Cate also suggested that the
members continue to study all the
important Political questions of the
•day, thus resolving the league into
sort, of a “current events’’ class.
Mrs. J. T. Hotc-h gave a most inter
esting paper in ’’The Divorce Prob
lem,” which was ably presented.
Som e startling facts were give n on
this serious question. Mrs. Hotcih
stated that each state had a differ
ent divorce law. A uniform divorce
law is now being advocated for the
whole country, by the National
League of Women Voters, and it is
hoped will be passed at this session
of congress. She also stated that
statistics showed that one out of ev
ery nine couples, is divorced. So it
behooves tihe good women of the
country to be up and doing, to try
to correct" such a condition as exists.
C. H. Leavy, editor of The News,
was the next on the Program, speak
ing o n th e “Relation of the news
paper, to the Women Voters.” Mr.
handled hi s subject in a clean
Cilt finished manner, taking occas
ion to pay high tribute to the wom
en of this age, especially compli
menting tlie local league on its good
fortune, in possessing such a capable
and fine leader. Ho especially beg
ged the women to refrain from en
dorsing individual candidates in
purely local contests, which would
eventually lead to factionalism, not
only in this community as a whole,
bu+ i n the ranks of the voters league,
thus destroying its usefulness.
Touching the relationship between
the newspaper and toe league, Mr.
Leavy stressed the fact that both
institutions could b e of great Public
service in the community ,by using
their power with an eye single to
the city’s betterment, and by a
closer co-operation and mutual un
derstanding between the two.
Mrs. Joe Borchardt presented the
mooted question of the creating of
Peach county in a clear and con
cise manner, giving facts and fig
ures, both for and against this
measure.
It is sure that if the women pres
ent had not already made up their
minds as to how they would vote on
this question o n November seventh,
they left the meeting well fortified
with facts, in aiding th e decision-
Mrs. S. C. Townsend, of St. Mary’s
who had previously requested the
opportunity to be heard, spoke on
the ’Fourth district' senatorial mud
dle. Mrs. Townsend championed the
cause of Hon. C. S. Arnow, who is
running as an independent against
Hon. J. T. Vocelle, the regular Dem
ocratic party nominee. She repeat
ed many of the charge s made against
. Mr. Vocelle by the A-i'now advocates.
Mrs. G. V. Cate, president of the
league, responded to Mrs, Townsend,
and while refraining from any dis
paragement of Mr. Arnow, urged the
importance of party regularity in
this case. Mrs. Cate deprecated the
present method of naming senators,
which means a complete new senate,
every two years.
The league took occasion to Pay a
high tribute to the work of the Young
Woman’s Christian Association and
by unanimous vote endorsed the
drive now being made for funds.
TREMENDOUS INCREASE
IN MOVEMENT OF FREIGHT
Washington, Nov. I. Indications
of rapidly improving conditions in
the epunry’s general business life is
given today in the reports of the
I American Railway Association.
I This report showed the greatest
weekly loading of freight in the last
two years.
BRUNSWICK
Has a landlocked harbor, the
best on the South Atlantio
Coast. .*
PRICE FIVE CENTS
THOMAS NELSON
PAGE DROPS DEAD
AT VIRGINIA HOME
Lawyer, Diploma!, Author and
Southern Gentleman, Dies
Suddenly.
WAS WALKING IN GARDEN
WHEN HE WAS STRICKEN
Was Known in Brunswick as
He Has Been Regular Visitor
at Jekyl Island for Many
Years and Often Came Here.
(By Associated Press.)
Richmond, Va., Nov. 1. —Thomas
Nelson Page, lawyer, diplomat, author
and former ambassador to Italy un
der the Wilson administration,
dropped dead while walking in the
graden of the family plantation in
Hanover Plantation this afternoon.
Deceased was sixty-nine yeaers of
age.
The distinguished Virginian was
born on the plantation where he pass
ed away this afternoon , on April
28.’ 1853. He graduated in law from
the Washington and Lee University
and afterwards took a course at
Yale. Hp practiced law r in Richmond
from 1875 to 1893 and was recogniz
ed as one of the south’s most able
lawyers. In 1916 he was appointed
ambassodor to Italy by President
WoodroVv Wilson and it is said that
no former American representative
rendered more brilliant or satisfac
tory service.
Mr. Page was an author of inter
nal note. Among his productions
were: l 'Th P Old South,” “Social Life
in Old Virginia,.*' “Gordon Keith,"
With a flow of language both from
the speaker’s platform, and writings
this distinguished so n of the south
was recognized as one o fthe present
date great orators and authors.
THOMAS NELSON PAGE WAS
REGULAR VISITOR TO JEKYL
Many in Brunswick knew Thomas
Nelson Page, who, in recent years,
I has visited Jekyl every season and
has often come to Brunswick spend
ing the day and returning to the isl
and at night. Among thoße who
were intimately acquainted with him
here was Judge A. J. f'rovatt, who
had spent many hours with this dis
tinguished map..
BULGORIA ASKS FRIENDS
FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE
(Bv Associated Press.)
Sofia, Nov. I.—Premier Stam
bouHsky. of Bulgaria, will leave Fri
day to confer with the Rumanian
cabinet at Bucharest and the Jugo
slav government-
He will urge them not to oppose
the autonomy of Thrace or Bulga
ria’s effort to obtain an outlet acros s
Thrace to th e sea.
WANTS TO OUTLAW WAR
Washington, Nov. I.—President
Harding was asked today i n a pe
tition presented at the White House
to call a conference of all civilized
nations for th e purpose of outlawing
'war as an institution and the modi
fication of the international law.
MRS. PHILLIPS IS
SUBJECT TO FITS
PSYCHIC EPILEPSY
SO SAY HER COUNSEL IN DE
FENDING WOMAN HAM
MER KILLER
Los Angeles. Cal., Nov. 1. —Fur-
ther reading of despositions designed
to support the contention of the de
fense that Mrs. Clara Phillips is a
“molron” and subject to
epilepsy-’ was said today at her trial
for (the murder of Mrs. Alberta
Tremaine Meadows, ,
When. court adjourned yesterday,
Bertram Heringfon, her chief coun
sel, had alrea >dy had numerous depo
sitions giver, by former friends In
Texas to the effect that her father,
John Weaver, was insane during the
last years of his life and that his
son, Henry, brother of the defendant,
was an imbecile. Herrington, in out
lining his case to the jury, declared
it -would be shown that Mrs. Peggy
Caffee, star witness for the estate
and only ey e witness to the slaying,
“guided” Mrs. Phillips' every action
the day Mrs. Mearows was slain, and
that Mrs. Caffee and not the defen
dant was th e purchaser of the ham
mer with which the young widow was
beaten to death.
Herrington also declared that Mrs_
Phillips’ “mental balance had been
upset by the conduct of her hus
band,” Armour L. Phillips^