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BRUNSWICK Has the lowest death rate of any city its sire in the United States, , VOLUME XXI. NO. 274. ARMISTICE DM 10 BE OBSERVED BY AIL BUSSES I Local Post American Legion Has Arranged an Excellent Program. PARADE TO BE STAGED AT 8 O’CLOCK TONIGHT Will be Led by Municipal Band and Procession to Move Promptly at 8 O’clock, Bells Ring; Whistles to Blow. RINGING OF BELLS AND BLOWING OF WHISTLES AT 11, ARMISTICE HOUR Ringing of bell g and blowing of whistles to announce the hour of signing of armistice. The historical hour of eleven will be heralded to the city of Brunswick today by the ring ing' of church bel1 s and the blow ing of whistles. At this time, in accordance with a request quest from the head of the local post of the American Le gion, 'Brunswick citizens '[will pay respects to martyred heroes of the late war-. In solem n and humble com memoration of those of our comrades, who made the supreme sacrifice during the world war it i s urged that all business be suspended for two minutes begin ning at 11 a. m. this morning, during ’which time the people of Brunswick are requested to of fer UP prayers of thankfulness for the great victory that came to our armies four years ago today. JAS. D. GOULD, JR. Commander Brunswick Post No. 9, American Legion. The final arrangements have been completed for the Parade and ban quet of Brunswick Post No. 9, Amer ican Legion, tonight and all legion aires and ex-service men are re quested to meet at the Rifleman’s armory at 7:45 p. m.’, from which point the parade will start, headed by the Municipal Band, the procession will move at 8 o’clock promptly and the route of march will be down Newcastle street to Mansfield and retumi rig-fa the armory, where the legionnaires will find, a royal turkey banquet awaiting them, which will be prepared by the ladies of the city. It. is especially urged that all ex service men whether members of. the legion or not, take part in the parade. Uniforms will not be worn except by the color guard. Following the banquet a very at tractive- program has bee n arranged and the legionaire s are looking for ward to a great time. Many musical numbers will be rendered by a male quartgt consisting of S. K. Brown, Alton Bland, Villard Royal and Maui-ice Lockwood. Other music will be Provided by an orchestra. A fea ture of the evening will be the sing ing of all of the song s that the ex wai-riors used to‘sing in the camps and on the march during the stir- WOMEN ASSEMBLE TO PLAN EQUAL RIGHTS CAMPAIGN Summoned by Mrs. 0. H. P. Belmont, of New York. Presi dent of National Woman’s Party and Many There. (By Associated Press) Washington, Nov. 10— Women leaders from 39 states assembled here to plan a nation-wide campaign for equal rights legislation. Summoned by Mrs. O. H. P. Bel mont, of Nf wCfork, dent of the no.nan’s party, the dele gates will sit for two days and frive especial attention to the abvisability of the immediate introduction of a national rights amendment to the constitution, and ia campaign for equal rights legislation in 42 states. The convention, ’according to the party’s announcement, also will pro mulgate a woman’s “charter of rights” dealing with all fields “in which women suffer discriminations today" and wil| voice a demand for the removal of such discriminations. Coincident with this convention there will be a conference of wom THE BRUNSWICK NEWS THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RALSTON’S MAJORITY OVER BEVERIDGE IN INDIANA TOTALS 35,599 (By Associated Press.) Indilanapolis, Nov. 10.—Complete unofficial figures o n United States senator tabulated by the Associated Press today showed that Samuel M. Ralston, Democrat, defeated former Senator Albert J. Beveridge, Repub lican, by 35,599 votes. The figures: Ralston, 558,499; Beveridge, 622,900; William Henry Socialist, 11,413. HARDIN6TOHQNQR UNKNOWN HERO OF GREAT IBID Ifl Will Place Wreath Upon Grave of Some Mother’s Hero Son. CEREMONY UNLIKE LAST YEAR, WILL BE SIMPLE Accompanied by Secretaries Weeks, of Army and Denby of Navy, President Will go to Arlington Cemetery. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Nov. I 0. —Simple in contrast of a year ago when the na tions of the world joined in honoring America's unknown soldier, will be the official observance of Armistice Day here tomorrow. President Harding, Secretary of War Weeks and Secretary of the Navy Denby-, these three will make the solemn official pilgrimage from the White House to the tomb at Ar lington aJid in the name of the na tion will lay a wreath upon the grave of the unknow there, returning with out pomp or ceremony. This is expected to establish a pre cedent—-another simple but more in formal event marking Armistice Day. Another event marking the day will be the visit of hundreds of friends and admirers to the home on S street, where Woodrow Wilson, the nation’s war president lives, to show the esteem in wbisji he is held by the nation. This occured on Armis tice Day last year. COLORED WOMAN 134 YEARS OF AGE PASSES AWAY AT CAMILLA (By Associated Press.) Camilla, Ga., Nov. 10.—Claiming that she was 134 years old, Louisa Dilliams, negro woman, died here this week. She had a grandson over 50 years of age. Last year, occord irig to member s of her family, she cut her third set of teeth. They wor ried her so, that she pulled them out, It is stated. ring times of 1917-1918. Judge E. C. Butts, who i s a past commander of the local post- will make an address, and there will also be several out of-town speakers. , Commander Jas. D. Gould, Jr., of the local post, wishes to emphasize that while this is a legio n affair, all ex-service men of the community, whether members of th e legio n or not are cordially invited to participate in both the parade and banquet. L e gionaire s and ‘ex-service men at tending the banquet are warned not to eat supper at home. en lawyers, led by Judge Kathryn Sellers, of the District of Columbia Juvenile court, to advise the party on the legal aspect of its equal rights campaign. The women lawyers con stitute the Lawyers’ Council of the Woman’s Party, which includes about one-tenth of all registered women members of the bar. The council will have before it a report of the legal research depart ment of the Woman’s Party giving the first comprehensive survey iof the legal status of women in the Unit ed State s ever made. It covers the law regard to married women’s rights the guardianship of children, mar riage and divorce, the right of mar ried women, to enter professions carry on business, retain their own names and to make contracts, as well as the right of women to hold Politi cal office a nd, to serve o n juries in the states. Another report to thte conference will deal with labor laws affecting women workers. The delegates will decide whether they will endorse special labor legislation for women in industry. BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA. SATURDAY, NOV. 11 1922 . „ PRum/j/lCK Rf/t j -nushnelL, u / &** . SOTTfGffl. TWO HUNDRED CHINESE PERISH IN FIRE ON BOAT RIVER CRAFT WAS CARRY ING PASSENGERS AND PRODUCE (By Associated Press.) Shanghai, Nov. 10.—Two hundred persons are reported to have perish ed in a fire on the river boat Ta Shing, Which was carrying passeng ers and produce between Shanghai and Tsung Hing Island, off the mouth of the Yangste river. The steamer was beached at Whangpoo, near Shanghai. It virtually was impossible that any foreigners were aboard the ves sel. Those who lost their lives were hawkers and coolies, according to un confirmed reports. The heavily laden steamer was traveling from Whangpoo toward Shanghai when the fire broke out. A Panic seized the crowded rank s of passengers, and %he crew fled i n a single small boat. The blazing steamer, unmanned, drifted • down stream, many leaping overboard. The menace to other shipping was remov ed Whe n the craft grounded below Pootung, opposite the industrial sec tion of Shanghai at Yangtszepoo. Bodies are being piled on th e beach of the river. The flames o n the hulk were extinguished by police and fire men.* NEW SENATE TO SETTLETROUBLE OF SENATE RACE INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE ARNOW SAYS HIS VOTE IN CAMDEN NOT COUNTED ' (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, Nov. 10.—Charging elec tion managers of Camden county had refused to count his votes for him, Charles S. Arnow independent, has filed a contest to the election of James T. Vocelle as state senator in the Fourth senatorial district and Secretary of State S. G. McLendon has 'announced the new senate must decide the contention. On the face of returns from Cam den, Glynn and Charlton counties, Arnow claims he was elected. In Camden, hoWever, he stated i n a tele gram to Governor T. W. Hardwick the election managers refused to count ballots cast for him, but accredited them to Vocelle. SENATOR GEORGE NAMES FRANCIS DART, DOUGLAS, ONE OF HIS SECRETARIES Douglas, Ga., Now 10- —United • cially named Frances Dart of this ! city a s one of his secretaries . Mr. i Dart will leave thi s city sometime next week for Atlanta, joining Sen ator George there, and will report ! in Washington on November 20. Mr. Dart is a son of Judge F. Wil lis Dart of this city and is well qualified for the position. France s Dart is a so n of Judge F. Willis Dart, and while he was not born in Brunswick, his father was and spent many years of hi s life in this city. The appointee of Senator George is twenty-one years of age and is regarded as on e , of the com-1 ing young men of the state. He lives | at Douglas with his parents, Judge j and Mrs. F. Willis Dart but has visit ed ‘Brunswick on numerous occasions ! and has many relatives residing in j this city. NEW WASHINGTON SENATORSURETO OUST NEWBERRY DEMOCRAT WHO DEFEATED POINDEXTER YOUNGEST MAN IN SENATE (By Associated Press) Seattle, Wash., Nov. 10.—Clarence C. Dill, Democrat, of Spokane, whose election to the United States senate is indicated by incomplete returns, will be the youngest member when :h e takes his seat March 4, it is said here. Mr. Dill, who was 38 years old three weeks ago, is a bachelor. Be sides Ernest Lister, former gover nor, he is the only Democrat to win in a state-wide contest in Washing ton since the Poaulist wave, and the only Democrat ever re-elected to congress i n the state. George Turner of Spokane, the only other Democratic senator in the his tory of the state, was put in by a fusion of Populists and Democrats in the legislature i n 1897. Mr. Dill was bom near Fredericktown, Knox coun ty, Ohio, and was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University i n 1907. He ha s been a school teacher and a newspaperman. His profession is the law. ‘‘l based my campaign largely on the seating of Senator Truman H. Newberry of Michigan,” says Mr. Dill. “That I conceived to be the weaknes g in th e armor of my Re publican opponent, Senator Mills Poindexter. “I gave the People a a pledge that if they would ®lct mo REGISTER BACK FROM WAYCROSS BRINGING HARRIS NEGRO CHARGED WITH KILLING WIFE PLEADS INNOCENCE Notwithstanding the fact that no one knew that Chief Register would return from Waycross with Masters Harris, charged with nnirder in con nection with the death of his wife, Robertha Harris, would reach the city on the noon Atlantfc Coast Line train, something over two hundred colored people were at the station to get a glimpse of the prisoner—a well dressed negro, wearing a Charlie Chaplin mustache. The prisoner was taken from the depot to the Glynn county jail, where, another large crowd had gathered and where ft seems, he will be for a long time to come. Harris declaims any knowledge of his wife's murder. He said the last he saw of her was when she got into an automobile driven by a colored man and in which w-as also a white man who had hired his wife to go to the country and cook for his family. He did not know what kind of a car it was or nothing else that would throw any light on finding the murderer. Whether he will secure the services of an attor ney or await action by the grand jury ?s not known. He seems to be a ne gro of intelligence and carefully weighed every word he said to Chief Register. TAX REVISION EXPECTED NEXT CONGRESS FORECAST Washington, Nov. 10.—Pressure of several important tax revisions pro posals in the sixty-eighth congress i s forecast today by some leaders of, the Progressive Republicans and Dem ocrats on the basis of sharp changes i n the size of majorities and minori ties in the house and senate as a re sult of Tuesday’s election. DEMOCRATS TO GET MORE COMMITTEE INFLUENCE (By Associated Press) Washington, Nov. 10.—By cutting down the house majority Democrats in the next congress will obtain larger representation o n all committees by which the most im portant legislation is gained. Lead ers started as early as today fight ing for more alignments. I would go back to the senate and work for the unseating of Newherryj “I assume that old men in the senate will take the lead i this fight,” MRS. MARY LOCKWOOD FOUNDER OF D. A. R. IS DEAD AT PLYMOUTH (By Associated Press.) Plymouth, Mass., Nov. 10.—The body of Mrs. Mary Smith Lockwood, last survivors of the group of four teen women founders of the Daugh ters of the American Revolution, was forwarded to her home in Washing ton for burial today. This national ly beloved woman died yesterday at the Jordan Hospital, where she had bee na Patient since September. ALLIES WAITING DEFINITE REPLY FROM THE TURKS Telegraphic Communication Be* tween London and Constan* tinople Still Off. ALLIED COMMISSIONER MADE DEMANDS YESTERDAY It is Reported That the Angora Government Has Asked Sov iet Leaders if They’ll Stick to Agreemtnt. ( By Associated Press.) London, Nov. 10.— Telegraphic communication between London and Constantinople Is still interrupted and what news is received comes slow and by uncertaih routes. Dispatches indicate that the allied commissioners are still awaithag defi nite reply from the Angora govern ment in their demand that the Turks red-re from their attitude. The situ ation is still strained. No one jn England seems to know whether the situation in Constanti nople is better or worse. The new r s that has trickled through since the TTurks had cut the cable nea Chanak has been of a vangue nature and the' air is full of disquieting rumors. The Daily News has the report that the Angora government has ask ed the Soviet government of Mossow whether the Russian Bolshevists will adhere to the Russo-Turkfsh military agreement in the event of war. This report said Moscow had replied af firmatively, but the correspondent who filed the dispaftch understood that such adherrence would not take the form of lending roops to the Turks. Some newspapers declare the i troubled conditions in Constantino ple are becomming worse, while oth ers report improvement, but none convey the impression of reliability _ One the whole, British forces of in fonnatibn declare matters are getting worse at Constantinople and French sources report improvement. •. , It is understood that military plans concerning the Near East were dis cussed again in the British war of fice yesterday. The cabinet will meet tomorrow at ten o’clock to consid er Britain's position in the Near East, according to the Daily Mail. COMMISSIONERS MAKE DEMAND. Constantinople, Nov. 10.—The All ied high commissioners this after noon handed a note to the Angora government, representative here de manding the repeal of all measures relating to the customs, the public debt and the sanitary and other serv ices whith conflict with the capitu lations and stipulations of the Hud ros armistice agreemtnt of 191S. ARMISTICE DAY WILL BE OBSERVED ON WORLD, WIDE PRORPORTIONS (By Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 10.—Armistice Day will be observed on a world-wide scale by two minutes’ silence, begin ning at 11 o’clock, Percy Bullen, chairman of the international com mittee of the league of remem brance announced today. POLITICAL COMPLEXION OF CONGRESS TOLD IN FIGURES House Will Have 225 Republi cans and 207 Democrats- Senate, 53 Republicans and 42 Democrats. • Washington, Nov. 10. —On the face of practically complete but unofficial return s from Tuesday’s elections, the exact line-up by Parties i n the 68th congress will be: House: Republicans 225; Democrats 207; Socialist 1; In dependent 1; Farmer-Labor 1. Sen ate:, Republicans 53; Democrats 42; Farmer-Labor, 1. The Republican total i n the sen ate is predicated upon victory for that party ir the senatorial contest BRUNSWICK Has a landlocked harbor, the beat on the South Atlantio Coast. .‘ PRICE FIVE CENTS Clll EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FIXES PRIMARY NOV. 21 Wrong Impression Prevailed as to Securing Fifty Names of Voters. NO NAMES REQUIRED IN PRIMARY BUT IN ELECTION After Selection is Made by White Voters, Winner Can Then Secure Required Num ber of Names Before Election. The city executive committee met at the city hall yesterday morning at 11 o’clock, named Tuesday, Novem ber 21, as the date of the white pri mary to nominate on member of the city commission and transacted much other business, among this being the naming of managers, whi'ch are W. F. Symons, J. T. Lambright, and Mrs. J. L. Beach and C. L. Walk er was selected as clerk for the en tire board. The poll s will open at the city hall at 6:30 a. m., and close at 5:30 p .m. and the polling place will, of course, be at the city hall. All candidates will be assessed the su/n of S2O to defray expense of holding the primary _ It developed at the meeting of the committee that the fifty names re quired by the charter does not apply to the primary but to the general election, therefore, any person can qualify as a candidate in the primary by registering with Secretary Ross and paying the amount of the asses ment by 6 p. m., November 18. It will be seen that the public has been under an erroneus impression about each candidate entering the primary w r ould be required to get the names of fifty registered voters be fore he could enroll as a candidate, this requirement, however, does ap ply to the successful candidate in the prilnary. He must secure the fifty names and file them with the clerk of the commissioners and this fact is provided in the commissioner manager charter adopted by the city. It may be that there will be several candidates but up to the present only two have announced, Mayor C. D. Ogg, at present a member of the board of' commissioners and B. J. Ford. DR. A. B. MCDONALD, WELFARE WORKER IS A VISITOR FOR FEW DAYS Dr. A. B. McDonald, founder of the prisoners’ uplift and welfare movement is in the city for a fevy days in the interest of his work. The object of the movement is as follows; 1, To seek crime preven tion. 2, Constructive prison re form. 3, The restoration of the of fender to good citizenship. Mr. Mc- Donald organizes the Prisaners’ Brotherhood in th e jails land chain gangs of the south; cards are signed for a better life and New Testa ments are given each inmate. Mr. McDonald counts - on 77 per cent to make good. His work is similar in method to other prison worker s ex cept the brothrehood which; he, or ganizes. Mr. McDonald will tell of his work in two or more of the church es Sunday and visit the jail and chaingang while here. He holds of ficial endorsement from many prison officials of Georgia and the south. Dr. McDonald has been a regular pastor of the Baptist church, but gave up the ministry for this much needed work. MAN DEAD; WOMAN INJURED. Augusta, Ga., Nov. 10.—E. T. Mill er i s dead and Mrs. Nell M. Cutts, well-known Augusta woman, is at the local hospital seriously ,injured pts 1 the result of an automobile smash’ late yesterday on the Savannah road, three miles from Augusta. in North Dakota. Should final re turns show the election of J. F. T. O’Conner, the Democratic candidate, the Republicans would have 52 and the Democrats 43. In the present senate the Republicans have 60 members and the Democrats 36, a Republican majority of 24. In the House, the Republicans on the basis of the unofficial returns, will have a majority of fifteen over the com bined strength which would be mus tered against them by the Democrats and others, and a Plurarily of 18 over the Democrats as a party unit. In the present House Republicans have a majority of 166 over all, and a plurarily of 166 over the Demo crats.