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■\ S W I C K Htt ot the Unitr ILLUME XXI. NO. 302. WARDING DELIVERS MESSAGE TQ CONGRtHM THREE PROBLEMS NOW CALLING FOR PROMPT ATTENTION TRANSPORTATION;! PROHIBITION AND! CREDIT FOR FARMER Will Call Conference of Govern ors to Talk of Enforcement of l aws. UNITED STATES IS NOT Al OOP FROM THE WORI D Europe Cives America Scant Credit For the Majw Parts She Had Taken ion a! JpT-U'vV - i' ' ft ■* 'i ; \ i?, . \ - •V iv. '■ j had ( and uniiTT^jijki, : S tiolls. ami sSfe. '• ■ i a' itmnl 3FM VJ s 1 a&'fflP*--* ** |4 s ■ ■ W ' i T. . jyw jgiy ' I■! ;t. • ■ ■ outlay 211-1, decrease of abounJßrjOO, 000,000 a compared with estimates for this tis-. cal year, Mr. Harding called attention that two-thirds of this total was on j account of practically fixed charges, I such as the public debt, national dt--! fe.nse, pensions', world war allowances! anil federal aid. There said. I.nlj ah..tit ..tie bill ...it jpF : 'V'‘ • 1 1 ' % A- fL sUfe • m M.Vhile gMM A, T f . i ’ ’ *. r 'd If S lAjis m s alone wo : jiul .in opereti^^^^H^n*'' ■yif- tuij expresfHg Ksiilerable lesae^H*'.' Si ex |r in to^ f L’-d tlie question oJPR-deral Sid, the’, •■'i-.-utive declared that this v. as a rafPiil!j{ broadening field of ex penditorc and that there was u qui ■ tion as to how far the government shoudl participate in it. He added that he did not Pertain to die normal functions or operation; of the busi mess of the government. “These extraneous activities,’’ he Continued, “have flowed from laws enacted pursuant to popular demand arid 1 take this occasion lo refer to them for the purpose of showing that the taxation which necessarily results in Providing funds to meet them is a necessary incident to the fulfillment of the popular demand. “In the efforts which have, been directed to reducing public expendi tures, I have been much concerned in apparent inert |ing state, county and municipal.'indebtedness, and 1 am fearful lest this condition may be in part attributable to the expendi tures made by the government pursu ant to its federal-aid laws, as many of these state laws require state con tributions as a prerequisite to the ex i tention of federal aid.’’ | The summary of the budget for | 1P24 as given to congress shows an ’ estimated excess of receipts over ex penditure nevt year of $189,909,125 (Continued or page 8) THE ftiraSWICK NEW& HOUSE PROHIBITION HAD EVERYTHING OWN WAY IN WASHINGTON (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. B.—Friends of Prohibition in complete con trol of the house made a clean sweep today, knocking out amendments to the prohibition section of the treasury supply bill which were designed to weaken enforcement of the Vol stead law. 6IGCHMUUHCH JO* iJS CLUB Attendance Was the Hfc Meeting Held in UWm Mi'nllis—Reports of Committee. a /Link*, the meeting of the Youal iPi’s club yesterday did not handle] I® great amount of business, thei Jpendnnce was the largest iufply l :?"' KTontiis. additional plao^^^H ovid'd 111 III" i'U'PV'i fcfy 1 ■lhhß 7 JffiL j. - tifj * * ■ fi.-?, \ PBr , ' l ' l ’''' ' ' tHK 'na|i haM’ promised to p:i.v im city. Georgia ruling talk at the meeting ' [ enjoyed .hy all present. I C L McCarthy, kjßpilLamden county merchant. ” /VDJRO Cil II l\ f J ( I- / | - s 1 ‘S'f C-tt; .s' 1 * / ■ sci looi f \:h i; , i\y• tim o' the l'rol-^HS^.7^M>l ' ;.' 1 ' 1 1 'ii. 11 1 • ■i \ eons.ilidat. >1 %d&l m tri -t. to iot' down a local ure which was expected to basis for issuing bonds to erect the building. $50,000 IN LOOT STOLEN BY NEGRO IS FOUND New York, Dec. B.— The theft by a j I gang of negroes of $150,000 worth of; ] valuables from the summer home of Harry Payne Whitney and other , wehtthy New Yorkers, was revealed \ Thursday night by detectives, after . a battle in “Hell’s Kitchen.” on the ] edge of the uptown theater district, j | The detectives made two arrests and | I recovered loot valued at $60,000, j prHE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA. SATURDAY. DEC. 9, 1922. CHARLIE WRIGHT, NEGRO, IS BURNED AT PERRY, FLA. Man Was Accused of Killing Miss Ruby Hendry, School Teacher (By Associated Pre ss .) Perry, Fla., Dec. B.—Charlie Wright, negro accused of the mur der of Miss Ruby Hendry, school teacher, was taken from Sheriff Lips comb early tonight by a mob esti matedgat several thousand men, and burn<H at the stake near the sceue of his crime. While Sheriff Lipscomb stated be fore leaving for this place with his prisoner that he had a sufficient force of protect him, ii was the man’s Valdosta", 'Dec. B.—('h^jfejjfcttight to duvin^Ußhl^ mg .Hid from that place, gave uivninK Wnght be infld w>t ; Iff Lip' . \" ! i Y'■ -II11• im iMninr l 1 ” If; I'- hn k I " The shei^H Gil LICAN & COMpjgil jßiscjptr xmas /X t’oinpany, the street Jew 4 anCj Bin- in another part of Tlie ; fTv, morning ■ TTT,*; old reliable Brunswick firm of (jewelers, in order to stimulate the ; Christmas trade ha s inaugurated a 'twenty-seven per cent discount sale, 1 t and continuing until ■iPhirh Mr. ars bt has GERWAdfroMMENT ON VISIT Berlin,BK. B.—Vossiche Zietung, [ commenting on former Premier Cle l menceau's visit to former President J Wilson, says that it is really surpris ing that Mr. Wilson should wish to I 1 ronerve the friendship with Clemen | ceau “since it w a s Clemenceau who | cheated him out of thirteen and a I half of his fourteen points.’’ SHIPPING BILL WILL GO TO VOTE IN HOUSE, MONDAY Washington, Dec. B.—Considera \ tion of the administration’s shipping 'bill was virtually completed today jby the senate commerce committee ’with elimination of the Madden | amendment and it will probably reach ja vote on the floor of the house Mon* [day. BUSINESS PART ASTORIA. OREGON. SWEPT BT FLIES LOSS $15,000,000 Oldest City in State is Victim of Moci disastrous Conflagra tion That Section Has Ever Known. President Staples, of Bank of Commerce Drops Dead When Flames Were Sweeping Throug the City. (By Aainciuted Ureas.) Astoria, Ore., Dec. B—The business district of Astoria, the %lde.st city in Oregon, is in ruins, hundreds of per sons homeless, Property loss estimat at abodt fifteen million dollars,j cqus&l by jr flee today. Kiours the flames biAieil an ‘jt ySabtaxh-awA.-llnour If t lie -1. '}!*" Nn, bq'‘r ifl^Tcbutt.n 1 is expectei BPntcd by Miss Hirkheai.l - its case hy coun% . ™tifl', a lengthy wrangle tfs|fi||j discussed “Mary” fan order by Judge E. R. ing Mr. Bilbo for contempt of cot®| were the important the CB.se. The trial waß started w nesday, following two | ment over a demurrer^^ ■ which was indication trial would be The execuHPs in answerto a ques tion as to whether he had authorized some of his friends to effect a settle ment with Miss Birkhead replied with dramatic emphasis: “I never au thorized anyone to pay her a dime,” as he looked where Miss Birkhead j sat with her counsel. Miss Birkhead baa , testified A the governor told her that he h|B au thorized Theo. O. Bilbo, emor of Mississippi and one other friends to make a settlement with her. Miss Birkhead, under cross exalß nation during most of the j admitted that during the camPW for the governorship in 1919, xhefll formed Oscar Johnson and OTg| Brewer, a former governor, both ufl litical opponents of the governor, off the wrongs, which form the basis of her suit. COMMISSIONED CHAPLAIN Albany, Ga., Dec. B.—Revj James B. Turner, D. D., pastor of the First Baptist church, of Albany, has been commissioned as chaplain with the rank of captain in the 325th Infan try Reserves headquarters of wlhich is in Albany. Dr. Turner served in France with the 30th Division and won a citation fey bravery. PREMIERS MEET TO FIX DEFINITE TERMS ON GERMAN REPARATIONS (By Associated Press.) London, De>c. B.—Premiers of France, Italy and Belgium, with a staff of financial experts, ar rived in London this morning for what is described as general ly the most-critical conference of four years, in an effoat to fix definite reparations plftis for Germany. f Tomorrow the premftrs will meet Prime Minister Bulk La • to begin discussions are expected to lust through tlur week-end or even longer. URGES AMERMiL PARTICIPAP®! AFFAIRS OiMS CLEMENCEAU MAK ON PRESIDENT ING'S MESS * (Bv Associated Washington. Dec. Clemenceau, closing his \^B mail n the union station Wis morn -1 escaped in an automobile i ..n,.. u,.e package of registered mail Ljttd five packages of first class mail ■which had just been taken from a MBticago and Burington passenger £fain from Kansas City to 'Omaha* Y The hold-up occured on the yt fction platform, as the. two clerks start- M' from tlte muil car to the station. PLL MAY BENEW ATLANTA CHIEF AN ACTIVE figure NATION A1 WMu:akii Allan' Nil'll •over interest the,r ' .'*• Jtr*?l~vil|o Hall, ic,~:L. Jgin"-" 1 Of tlte ipbfltfuaruT's slated for chief fof Atlanta under the regime [r A. Sims, who goes tri as the first of the year. I afternoon papgrs c\arrie<l Incement yesterday that Mr. lo is now a riU' councilman, tically eonsuflimated arrange ith a majority of the incom- Lnincil to reduce Chief Boav- of probation officer, BAjef of Detectives, Poole regent and to place K, tb - head of the en- Hment Hall was an active and Prominent figure in the old National Guard for many years. Largely through his efforts there wjs organ ized an entire regimeht of infantry in Atlanta and he was elected colonel of the same. He carried his regiment to th Mexican border in the Villa affair and later took it to Macon for training when the United States en tered the World War. The regiment was prepairing to go overseas when the armistice halted troop move ments. : J ; , atr Jjs IRISH REPRISALS J START AGAIN ANI M FOUR PUT TO DEA'OI A BENCH WARRANT FOR ERWIN BERGDOLL EVENE - HE RECEIVES PARDON. • By Associated Press Philadelphia, Dec. B—A bencjrj wurant. has been issued by F|H ei ul -Judge Dickinson for the fixjH rest of Erwin Bergdoll shouf.B he receive a pardon for the r<sJ maining four years' sentence lu?‘: is now serving in Leavenwoigvr! prison for evading army servicd“- during the war. The pardon was asked for a few weeks ago. ■ HCISION WILL is' State. W remembered that The j Press j W yesterday tell-! superior i ], ■ JW.—ffrity by the su-j uf all ; fmW ! m 50,000 Georgian', and hy the decision lie Vfcteli J S .'! ' liw ’ i ' -v ; ( J JW'- Hi'. of the of P, i'i)le mKrn it. and of III!' large ; rfroney involved. | nail' in Simmer county. '(lent iii'iiiiolt took cli.irge Bank of Amoi ithe death of the decease" [Crawford Wheatley, and found upon] ian audit that an assessment of 100 j Per cent was necessary to pay the de positors. Mrs. Helen 11. Wheatley, j adminitratrix of the. estate of her husband, resisted the assessment on j two grounds; that the method of levy ing an assessment. *uPon bank stock- j holders denied the depositors due | [process of law, in that no suit is had ! j and no judgment entered by a court against the stockholders; second, that; |no process could be brought against jan estate within twelve months xd the death of the decedent. Her hus- J and’s estate owned the majority of the stock. COWART ST. MARY’S MAYOR St. Mary's Ga., Dec. B.—ln yester day’s municipal election L. J. Cowart was elected mayor, receiving every vote cast. W. R. Smith, Wesley Rob inson and W. F. Readdick were elect ed alderman. A large vote was cast only a very small percentage of the voters of the town being aligned with the minority faction known as Cit jizetis League, and none of these vot ed. M. Cowart has been thrice be | fore mayor. AMLRICAN MISSIONARY HLLD BY BANDITS, FREE (By Associated Press ) Shanghai, Dec. 8. —C. O. Forsberg, an American missionary who • was kidnapped several weeks ago at Hsu cow by th e bandit army of th e Hp nan province, ha s been released and is enrotlte to (accom panied by a guard from General Wu Pei Fu’s troops, according to reports. An unconfirmed report said that A. M. Lunden, an American mis sionary and five year old son of Rev. Einar Boroughbreen bad also been released. It was stated that the bandit army which numbers ap proximately thirty thousand is now battling with General Wu' troops. I.'.’d ’ - AVENGE KILLING 1 j and Two Others Marchedjl to Gallows. WRRE GIVEN QUICK TRIAL* ON THURSDAY NlJj Were .Executed jin MounlH Jail, Dublin. O'Connor Down and Jd.aeak.to be AssisteS ' f l.iairrMpllnWi.s, tog * I*l other Irish rebels, wei in Mount Joy prison, this m ining, ill was officially announced. :§ J The two other men exeojfed were* named Joseph MclCeivey and RichatJ Barrett, both prominent Republicadfl Roderick (Rory) O’Connor Liam Mellowes Were leaders of band of Irish Insurgents that the four courts building in Oublin^| | its stand against the Free StaH j troops last June. Each was take* j prisoner when the building luiv.l after a three-day siege A REPRISAL Wt An official army report the four men were executed i prisal for the assassination of sSB : Hales, the deputy wly> was sh<3t yeaß j wanting t" f'wß the ' ‘M>- 1 night i'hi i to i ’'Mr ult out lat 9|§l o’clock this iWWmg. Three ptief|fwere present. The Prisoners, ' blindfolded, were marched to the ]M'e of execution. O’Connor had to '.assisted to the scagold. SvAR TO THE DEATH pit, Dec. B.—Tlie Irish Repub iitysa.vs a dispatch to the Even jMandard from Dublin, have, is jim a manifesto describing Timothy jAlealy, the governor general as a life long enemy of the nation. The man- I ifesto adds: j ‘‘The fight will go on as long as j there is a man in Ireland. It is war ! to the death.” TURKS PRESENT SUGGESTIONS FOR CONTROL STRAITS ! TURKISH POSITION IS PRESENT ED BY ISMET PASHA TO THE NEAR EAST CONFERENCE (By Associated Press.) Lausanne, Dec. B.—Turkey Present ed to the Near East conference to day counter suggestions concerning control of the straits of the Darda nelles and the Phosphorus. The Turks ask: Guarantees against surprise at tacks from land or sea threatening the security of the straits of Con stantinople or of the sea of Mar mora. Limitation of naval forces bound for the Black Sea so that they will not constitute a danger to the zone extending between the two straits to the Black Sea; (Turkey expresses the view that these forces might be com posed off lig|it warships, employed for the protection of international commerce.) Interdiction upon the maintenance of warships in the Black Sea, and liberty of passage for merchantmen in time of peace and war. The Turkish position of the straits was presented by Ismet Pasha who had a historical sketch of the prob lem of the straits, declaring Turkey never had acted contrary to interna tional treaties concerning f hafc water way,'