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VOLUME XXI. NO. 279.
VICTORY FOR PREMIER
BONAR SEEMS LAW OF
AN EMPHATIC NATURE
BRITISH VOTERS j
GIVE HIS PARTY
LARGE MAJORITY
Three Hunderd and Forty=Six
Conservatives Have Won
Parliament Seats.
SON OF LLOYD GEORGE
WON OVER OPPONEN
In House Elected Wednesday
There is a Majority of Eight
Conservatives Over All Other
Parties Combined.
London, Nov. 16.—At 10 o’clock
tonight returns showed 346 Con
\ aervatives had been elected yes
terday and there are only a dozen
more constituents to hear from.
Victroy for Younger.
London, Nov. 16. —The long drawn
out fight between former Premier
Lloyd Goerge and Sir George Young
er has for a time ended with victory!
for the latter.
Yesterday’s election returned a par- j
liament with almost the same over- 1
whelming predominance of Conserva- j
fives as the last parliament. These j
were elected on a wave to Lloyd j
George as winner of the war at the |
last election.
In the new parliament Bonar Law |
will command a majority over all par- j
ties combined of approximately eight, i
The downfall of Lloyd George is the \
■outstanding feature of the elections j
which mean little change except that j
Bonar Law replaces Lloyd George, j
The latter was returned unopposed j
however and his son defeated his op- 1
ponent overwhelmingly for a seat.
POPE AND GOVERMEN? OF
FRANCE ARE NEGOTIATING j
I
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, Nov. 16.—The project agree j
ment between Pranc e and the vati- j
jean lias been placed in the bands o i
‘the holy father for a decision, it was ,
authoritatively stated here today • |
Pope Pius the 11th is now study I
ing the question in all of its as j
pects and reserved his final decision- j
It is understood that the Vatican I
though it has never accepted the
French Law of separation in 1905
. shows a disposition to secure a Pra'c-
V"tical working agreement between
the French government and the holy
see.
FEDERAL RESERVE RULE
WILL BENEFIT FARMERS
Washington, Nov. 16.—Liberal fa
cilities for an extension of credit to
agricultural industry is seen today
by federal reserve officers in the
recent rulings of the board in regard
to the tligibility for the rediscount
to the eligibility for the marketng as
soeiations.
The removal of the ten per cent
limitation from co-opsralive market
ing association rediscount ble paper
is regarded a s of e xtreme importance
to those organizations and th e indus
try they represent.
MRS. LYTLE HAS
RENOUNCED LEGACY
in watson;s will
INSTEAD SHE WILL ACCEPT A
Gne Hundred acre farm
and PLAY QUITS
(By Associated Press.)
Thompson, Ga., N°v. 16. —Mrs.
Alice Lytle, managing editor of the
Columbia Sentinel, the paper of the
late Senator Thomas E-Watson, to
day renounced all claim under the
will of the late senator when it was
probated here.
In lieu of the legacy left her In thr
will, Mrs. Lytle will be given 100
acres of land by Mrs. Watson from
own property.
The legacy of S3O weekly left M r s
Julia Cliatt, sister of Mrs. Watson,
was also settled. She will receive
$3,000 in cash and 200 acres of land
from Mrs. Watson.,
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
■ AMERICANS IN CHILE’S
• EARTHQUAKE DISTRICT
REPORTED TO BE SAFE
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Nov. 16.—A1l
• Americans in the vicinity of
• Valpariso and Coquimbo are re
" ported safe and well in advices
• received here today from Consul
• Deichman, at Valpariso.
- A great deal of anxiety had
’ been felt for the many citizens
• of the United States who lived in
■ the stricken district.
CLARA PUPS
GUILTY SECOND
DEGREE MURDER
Long Consideration by Jury
Made it Feared That
Would be MistriaL
ATTORNEYS FOR WOMAN
WILL APPEAL THE CASE
Nation-Wide Interest Has Been
Attracted and Killing Has
Been Called “The Stone Age
Murder.”
Los Angeles, Nov. 16.—Mrs. Clara
Phillips was today convicted of mur
der in the second degree which carries
with it a term of not less than ten
years.
The trial, which has been one of
many sensations, has attracted nat
ion-wide attention and especially was
unusual interest centered when the
death of Mrs. Meadows was • termed
a “stone-age” murder as the jealous
murderess used a hammer with whiel
to deal death to the young woman oi
whom she was insanely jealous.
Attorneys for the convicted an
nounced that an appeal would be mad<
from the verdict rendered today. The
convicted woman showed little signs
of emotion when the verdict wa.
read.
MRS. ADA THORPE
HAS PASSED AWA\
WIFE OF MAJOR W. G. THORPE
DIES AFTER ILLNESS OF
LONG DURATION
It will be a source of sorrow to
the many friends she has made since
making Brunswick her home s ome
months ago, to learn that Mrs. Ada
May Thorpe, wife of Major W. G.
Thorpe, former surgeon in the United
States army, breathed her last at
10:30 o’clock last night at her home
1108 Mansfield street, after a n Illness
which has extended over a long period
and although everything possibble has
been done for her by her devoted
husband, the inevitable came and
death relieved her of her suffering.
Deceased was 58 years of age and
was born in New York and spent
many years of her life there. As
the wife of Dr. Thorpe she traveled
extensively and was a woman known
for her many charming traits of
character. The funeral arrangements
have not been made known as these
have not yet been determined await
ing advices from -relatives in New
York, W. M. Tyson, Dr. Thorpe’s
secretary informed The News las
night. Undertaker Miller has charge
of funeral and will mak e the definite
plans- known tomorrow morning.
Many Brunswickians sympathize witl
the sorrowing husband in this hour
of his greatest sorrow.
COMMITTEE ASKING FOR
MARY’S FREEDOM DID
NOT SEE PRES. COSGROVE
(By Associated Press.)
Dublin, Nov. 16.—A delegation
from the Dublin corporation visited
the government building today to
urge President Cos Grove, of the Dial
Eirean, to release Mary MacSwjney
now on th e twelfth day of her bun
ger strike but having made no ap
pointment, the delegation was unable
to see Cosgrove.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOV. 17, 1922.
DEMAND IS MADE
ON CHINATO FREE
ALL MISSIONARIES
America, Great Britain, Italy*
France and Sweden Join
Emphatic Note
VIGOROUS LANGUAGE IS
USED BY THESE NATIONS
Besides Citizens of United
States, Captives Held Include
a Greek and Number of All
Totals Many.
(By Associated Press.)
Peking, China, Nov. 16. —Measures
for the immediate release of the for
eign missionaries kidnapped by Chin
ese bandits were demanded of the
Peging government today by the
British, Italian, French and Swedish
ministers, who acted lender instruc
tions from their governments-
Th e five ministers, presenting a
joint note, called in person and in
formed executives of the Chinese re
public. that the continued retention
of th e missionaries In captivity would
not he tolerated by the powers The
powers, is was said, would be com
pelled to act drastically unless the
missionaries were released and guar
antees given for the further safety of
th e hundreds of other missionaries ir
China.
The note was couched in vigorous
language. Ie declared that th e mis
sionaries were carrying on their work
in the interior of China unde
treaties, which had been violated by
th e adbuctions.
Besides the Americans, the cap
tives now one Greek, one
French citizen, one British subject
one Swedish and one Italian. Thr
French minister represented the
missing Greek. Th e Italian hostage
who identified as Father Grimaldi
who was captured and taken -into
Honan province, where about 10,000
outlaws have been holding a largf
area. The others are all detained in
Honan-
SPREAD OF FACISTI IS
EXPECTED IN MEXICO
(By Associated Press.)
Mexico City, Nov. 16.— Indications
point to a spread of the fascist’
movement from JalaPa to Mexico City
and all other important centers
throughout th e republic in the near
future.
The organization, which is model
ed after the Italian society of thr
same name, is designed to stamp out
communism.
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL MAY
WAIT FOR AWHILE AT LEAST
Washington, D. C-, Nov. 16.
Suggestions were heard in Republicar
quarters today that the administra
tion ship subsidy bill might be pass
ed along for determination s 0 as to
determine the m'annier of its -con
sideration In the house. Practically
stating that it would be carried t<
party conference.
GEORGEMAYPERMU
WOMAN TO QUALIFY
MRS. FELTON AND SENATOR
ELECT ARE TO HOLD LONG
CONFERENCE
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 16.—Mrs. W.
H. Felton and Walter F. George
United States senator from Georgia
will meet here tomorrow for a con
ference relative to Mrs. Felton being
allowed to take the oath of office as
United States senator, according to
a report published here today. Mr.
George, it is said, is willing to al
low Mrs. Felton, who^wa s appointc'
by Governor Hardwick as United
States senator ad interim, to succeed
Senator Thomas iff. Watson, deceas
ed, thi s honor, in order that he may
comply with the requests mady by
thousands of women throughout the
United States.
Late yesterday, according to re
ports, Mr. George was in telephonic
communication with Mrs. Felton at
her home in Cartersville end he P
said to have informed her of his will
ingness to give up his seat in the Sen
ate for one day.
Mrs. Pel ton i s reported to be pre
paring to leave for Atlanta, wher
she will meet Mr. George tomorrow.
I t is expected that shortly after Mr.
George arriv €s here he will call a’
th e state capitol td request his sena
torial commission and letters of cre
dentials which Secretary of State
McLendon says will be illegal to is
sue until final general election re
turn,, from fourteen counties in Geor
l gia are received.
Chicago Police Nab Women on Charges Wholesale Killing
Left to right, Mrs. Nellie Stunner, Police Lieutenant Malone, Mrs. Tillle Klimek, and the women's attorney,
ex-Judge Courtney.
Chicago, Nov. 16.—Murder, on a
wholesale scale, the like of which has
not been chronicled since the famous
Lucrezia Borgia, long-heralded as the
queen mother of poison dispensers,
plied her insidious trade in the med
ieval eenturies, has been uncovered
here according to police.
Two women, Mrs. Tillie Klimek and
Mrs. Nellie Sturmer, are under arrest
and a third woman is under surveil
lance.
Police charge that for several years
these womne, characterized as "fem
inine Bluebeards,” have been engaged
in the profitable business of killing—
by means of poison—their husbands,
relativel and children, to collect the
insurance. -‘i;
The arrest of the par followed the
discovery of arsenic in the bodies of a
former husband of each. Both Mrs.
j{limek and Mrs. Sturmer, aceordtiig
to police, have been married sevlfcal
times, but in the case of each woman
husbands have died, suddenly and
shortly after the mar
riages took place. .
Police go so far as to charge that
the twin babies of Mrs. Stunner and
a two-year-old grandchild, Dorothy
Spera, also died under similar cir-
CAMDEN ROADS
WILL BE KEPT IN
BESTSHAPENOW
COUNTY BOARD TO HANDLE IT
UNTIL JANUARY 1, THEN
STATE TO CiRE FOR IT
C. L. Rhodes, division engineer of
the state highway department, has
addressed a communication to the
Brunswick Board of Trade and the
Jacksonville Auto Club which is giv
en below and is self-explanatory:
“I am advised by the Atlanta of
fice that they have recently received
letters from the Jacksonville Motor
Club and the Brunswick Board of
Trade criticising the condition of
State Route number 27 in Camden
county. During the past heavy rains
this road was in very bad condition,
and on account of lack of funds by
the state highway department, Cam
den county has agreed to maintain
this stretch of road until January 1,
1923, at which time more funds will
be available for the highway depart
ment to continue maintenance. Cam
den county is using the equipment of
th e highway department, and has di
vided this stretch of i-ead into two
sections north and south of the Sa
tilia rovef, placing in charge of each
section a competent man.
“The road at the persent time is in
faid condition, and is passable for th e
entire distance. They are repairing
all bad stretches in order that same
will be passable when the next rainy
spell arrives. " I do not think that
tourists wffl have any trouble in this
county for the balance of the year.”
It will be seeh -by the letter of En
gineer Rhodes that tourists and other
travelers will havej no trouble in fu
ture as Camden ha\ agreed to keep
the road in good shalpe until January
1 and after that djate the highway
commission will more funds and
will l*e able to care for it.
; cumstances. Their bodies have been
| ordered exhumed for examination.
I Mrs. Sturmer is charged specifical
! ly, with the murder of her first hus
| band, Wojcik Sturmer, while Mrs.
; Klimek is charged with the death of
'her third husband, Frank Kupczyk.
| Jointly they are charged with the at
j tempted murder of Joseph Klimek,
i now on the brink of death in a west
! side hospital.
j The bodies of the two husbands, re
j cently exhumed, revealed large quan-
I tities of arsenic, but it was the poison
■ ing of Klimek which led to the arrest
! of the women.
! The third women, for whom the po
| lice are now searching, was brought
! into the case by her son-in-law.
He revealed who police say was
the modus operandi of the alleged
murdering trio.
According to the story told by Nick
Micky to Assistant State’s Attorney
William F. McLaughlin, his mother
in-law, Mrs. Cornelia Kozal, sister of
Mrs. Sturmer, suggested to him some
time ago that he take out some life
insurance.
He said he was examined and pass
ed after an agent, sent by Mrs. Kozal,
had called on him, but refused his
final signature and payment of the
premium. Then, he charges, Mrs. Ko-
MINE COMMITTEES
HAVE DISAGREED
MET FOR PURPOSE TO AGREE
ON SOME SETTLEMENT OF
FUTURE CONTRACTS
Chicago, Nov. 16.—Two sub-com
mittees, one representing the coal op
erators the miners of the bituminous
j field were conferring here today in an
j effort to agree on some plan to nego
j tiate a wage scale for the meeting of
j miners and operators next January.
It was announced that the commit
tee had disagreed after an all day
conference, and would so report at a
joint meeting of the operators and
miners tomorrow.
manyTnouries
ON 80NDSUBJEGT
Clerk A. O . Townsend Being
Swamped With Letters on
St. Simon Highway Bonds
Soon to be Sold.
Many inquiries are coming in from
' all over the country in response to
| the advertisement for sale of the
j county bonds in the sum of $175,000
i for the construction of the St. Simon
highway.
While the advertisements have only
been running for about ten days Clerk
A. O. Townsend of the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners is swamped with
Tetters on the subject and they come
from some of the largest banking
| houses in the country,
i In one mail a few days ago, eigh
j! teen Communications came to the
■clerk in reference to this issuance of
l bonds.
The bonds in question will be op
ened on December 12th, no bid is to
be received at below par figures and
the indications are that there will be
many bidders for the issue.
zal paid the premium for him.
A short time later, he is said to
hav e told McLaughlin, who called at
home of Mrs. Klimek and drank some
“raisinjack.” Since then, he says, he
hasn’t been feeling well.
Mrs. Kozal was brought in and
questioned by McLaughlin, but she
stoutly denied any knowledge of the
poison. However, authorities still are
investigating this angle of the case.
Police Lieut. Willard Malone and
Detective Sergeants Balata and Swen
son, in - charge of the police investiga
tion, believe they have but scratched
the surface of the mystery and that
before they have finished the identi
ty of many more victims will be re
vealed.
Neighbors tell of a number of dif
ferent men seen around the women’s
home and it is believed that the ex
istence of other lovers and possibly
husbands will be revealed.
A check is being made of a num
ber of matrimonial agencies on the
northwest side in the hope that the
identity of other husbands would be
revealed.
Both Mrs. Klimek and Mrs. Sturm
er emphatically dehy any knowledge
of the poison which is said to have
(been found in the bodies of their late
j husbands.
GOODBREAD IS
TO SERVETERM
COURT DECIDES
MAY BE THAT HE WILL NOT BE
GIN UNTIL AFTER COMING
TERM SUPERIOR COURT
The state court of appeals affirming
the decision of the Glynn superior
court in which S. J. Goodbread was
convicted of participating in the rob
bery of the Glynn county courthouse,
makes serving a sentence of from
three to five years certain but wheth
er or not the prisoner will be taken
away until after the January term of|
the court cannot be stated. No action
will betaken until Solicitor Sellers
draws an order making the verdict
final judgment of the court.
It will be remembered that Good
bread was indicted in connection with
the robbery of the Glynn County
Bank and whether or not he will be
tried under this charge is not known.
Owing to the fact that it will be about
December 1, before final commitment
papers will be received through the
usual channel, it is more than proba
ble that the prisoner will remain in
the Glynn county jail the remaindei
of the present year.
GENERAL LUKE WRIGHT,
FORMER WAR SECRETARY
IN CRITICAL CONDITION
( By Associated Press.)
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 16. —Gen.
Luke Wright, former secretary of
war, who has been ill at his home
her e for more than a week, was re
ported in an extremely critical con
dition early today. An erroneous re
port that General Wright had died
during the night was denied.
General Wright wa s former govern
or general in the Philippines and also
former secretary of war in the Roose
velt cabinet- He iq, a Confederate
veteran.
BRUNSWICK
Has a landlocked harbor, the
best on the South Atlantic
Coast. .*
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BOARD OF TRADE
DRIVE ALREADY IS
AHEAD EORECASI
Since Tuesday Fifty Per Cent
of Figure Agreed Upon is
Secured.
WILL CONTINUE WORK
FOR BALANCE OF WEEK
All of General Commitee Will
be Called Together Again on
Monday Night to Figure on
Any Who Have Not Been Seen
Up to last night General Chairman
J. P. Davenport had completed
through his various committees, just
about 50 per cent of the work that
the campaign committee originally
started out to perform—that is, about
half of the proposed members had
been seen and signed up for two years
membership in the Brunswick Board
of Trade.
The idea of the two years’ member
ship is that it will eliminate the ne
cessity of another drive next year,
which plan most of the large Boards
of Trade in the United States claim
is a very satisfactory one.
In an interview with Chairman
Davenport last night the question was
asked if he was satisfied up to the
present time with the results and he
most emphatically stated that he was
not only satisfied, but surprised with
the manner in which the public spir
ited ciitzens of Brunswick had re
sponded to the support of its com
mercial organization.
It is Mr. Davenport’s idea to have
each committee continue work for the
balance of this week and Monday
night of next week call all of the
committees together again and as
sign to each committee at that meet
ing such membership cards as have
not been acted on during this week,
and certainly by Tuesday night of
next week the entire work will have
been completed.
It is barely possible that some of
the citizens of Brunswick who would
like to become members of the Bruns
wick Board of Trade, have not been
approached by any of these commit
tees and Chairman Davenport wisheß
to extend an invitation to every man
and women in the city to become a
member.
SECRETARY WARDE TALKS TO
ST. SIMON COLORED CITIZENS.
Managing Secretary Fred G. Warde
addressed the colored people of St.
Simons Island last night at a meet
ing held in a public hall and at which
were present all of the colored citi
zens of the island, and most of the
members of the St. Simons Island
Board of Trade.
The idea of the meeting was to es
tablish friendly relations with the col
ored population and enthuse them
along certain lines of good citizenship
that in the years to come will bring
forth good results.
Mr. Warde received a special invi
tation from President Purse of the
St. Simon Board to address this meet
ing.
FIRED ON FROM AMBUSH.
Hot Springs, Ark., Nov. 16. —Jeff
Howell was shot and killed and
Earnest Wheatley and John Newkirk
wounded when a party of citizens
were fired on from ambush last
night. The Party was returning to
their homes following a community
meeting at Jessieville school house
during which moonshiner s and boot
legggrs, alleged to have been oper
ating in this section, were said to
have been scored by speakers.
NODECKIONOF
OFFICIALS IN
PACKERS PACT
J. OGDEN ARMOUR ASKED
PERMISSION PURCHASE
SWIFT & COMPANY
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Nov. 16. —Govern-
ment officers today reserved decis
ion with regard s to the proposal of
consolidation of Armour & Cos., and
Morris & Cos., tw 0 of the big five
meat packing plants.
The proposition was placed before
the officials yesterday by J. Odgen
Armour. It is indicated that it will
be som e days before a decision will
be rendered.
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