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BRUNSWICK Has the lowest death rate of any city its size in the United States VOLUME XXL NO. 307. TURKEY ACCEPTS CLAUSES INSERTED IN PEACE PROPOSAL Agrees in Principle Suggestion As to Minorities in Her Territory. SAMK TREATMENT AS GIVEN BY AIL OTHER COUNTRIES Country Also Agrees to Gener al Amnesty to All Political Prisoners But Declines Ar menian Home. (By Associated Press.) Lausanne, Dec. 14—Turkey ac cepts in principle the application to tne national minorities in her territory of the clauses on this subject inserted in the Austrian, Bulgarian and other Peace trea ties, Ismet Pasha declared today at the Near East conference, and also the granting of amnesty to the members of these minorities. WILL JOIN LEAGUE (By Associated Press.) Lausanne, Dec. 14. —Turkey will join the League of Nations as soon am peace is signed at Lausanne, Pasha announced at the Near conference today. As the League • ('crises genera! supervision nveJuf'j* ority populations Isinet’s :>ml' ment was interpreted as that Turkey accept supervision over tin ' pies of Turkey. Ismet said Turkey to accord the same treatment to minor ities as Provided in the treaties ex changed between the various Euro pean countries. This, Ismet declared, tvas not because of the words of lord ('union. the* ‘,j 'foreign secretary, as voiced day. but because the Turkish natnmM pact required it. The Turkish dele gate said Turkey accepted the TTanting of general amnesty to po litical prisoners. She would decline, however, to establish a national home for the Armenians. Turkey, said Ismet, is likewise agreed in principle to the plan for her seeking admittance to the League of Nations. She refuses, however, the demand for the creation of a Da tioual home for the Armenians and the exemption of members of the mi norities from military service. BUTLER, GA.- BANK CASHIER FACING A SERIOUS CHARGE (By Associated Press.) Butler, t>a., Dec. 14.—Charged With embezzlement, A. 11. Hendricks former cashier of the Bank tof Mank. at Mauk, Oa. ,was to be placed on trial in the Taylor county superior court here today for th e second time. At hi s first trial Hendricks was con victed and given from two to three years, agd was granted a ney trial by Judge Mnnro. PRESIDENT HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT LIMIT CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS WITH THE POWERS (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 14.—President Harding, according to a statement from the house today, ha s been en gaged several months in negotiating with the big powers abroad relative to limiting construction of warships under then thousand ton s as re quested in the provision, of the na. val supply bills. SEARCH ON YET FOR AVIATORS ARMY LAND AND AIR FORCES ARE SCOURING ALL OK ARIZONA (Bv Associated Press ) Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 14. —Army land and air in southern Ari zona expected to concentrate their offorfs in the Santa Rita (region, south of Tueson. today in their search for Col. Francis . C. Marshall and Lieut. C. L. Webber, missing aviators. Additional information re ceived yesterday served to support the growing belief that the aviators went down in the Santa Rita moun tains when they disappeared last Thursday while em'otlte from San Deigo, Cal., to Huacha. Ranchers living near Helvetia, a mining camp, 35 miles southeast of Tucs, reporting to Fort Hauchuca, said they heard what they thought was an airplane motor firing irregu larly last Thursday and shortly af terwards an explosion. Thre e days ago a mail carrier reported that he had seen an airplane Thursday in th e same region- He also described the plane as firing irregularly. ( THE BRUNSWICK NEWS WANTS SI BSIDA FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FACTORY PRODUCTS (By Associated Press.l Washington, Dec. 14—Senator Brookhart, republican, lowa, to day offered an amendment to the administration shipping bill for the payment of subsidy to American industrial and agri cultural producers. The plans contained displace ment of tlie measure in the sen ate farm credits legislation. FOURTEEN ARE DEAD AS RESULT RAH, DISASTER i i SWITCH ENGINE AND LOCOMO- i TIVE OF PASSENGER TRAIN SIDE SWIPE EACH OTHER (By Associated Press t Houston, Texas, Dec. ll.—The death of four persons this morning Placed the toll of last night's South ern Pacific wreck at Humble, 17 miles from here, at 14. of whom four were white men; revised figures last night's death list a^en. f: I . ; i., : . Is. r f ,u-It,'., , ~f • . 1 i 1 vi-t I rM j'ff ?. *sSH - HR| sfMi f ' | -1 Ms a 7-inch Jajpoose from the cylin der collision, crashed through a window of the smoking car of the pas-enger train. Conductor William Catnpsey. in the smoker at of impact, died instantly. iln train ucwsdcahM-, also y t"n jf w Jr 1 it <• uSKst# W jm? ■** t y.- ■ at Mm is I'B r MBKBSi?*-' i 7 'll- iiio'-V i •) , ing . .itivergcd 1 i'"'• w : '- [blamed for tiie | The cylinder heads of the two loeo jmotives struck squarely ami a 2 inch steam pipe of the switch engine crashed through the window of the smoker of the passenger train. THOUSANDS PAY jj|LST HOMAGE TO i JOHN WANAMAKER 1 FUNER \T. SE R VICES W Pflltf MARKED BY SINGING OK SIMPLY HYMNS. (Bv Associated Preys.) i Philadelphia, Dec. 14.—Thousands of persons representing virtually ev ery walk in life, did homage today at 'the bier of John Wannamaker, who | lay in state from 9 o'clock until noon ;in Bethany Presbyterian church -1 where the famous merchant had wor | shiped since boyhood and where he j was a familiar figure. • A long line of persons formed on the streets adjacent to the church awaiting turns to pay their last re spects. Perhaps never before has I Philadelphia bowed its head in more j reverent mourning at the passing of a public or private citizen.^ | Many celebrated persons, including ! high representatives of the official life of the nation, are here to offi- Iciate as honorary pallbearers and j attend the funeral services this after inoon. The services at both the church j and the Wannamaker mausoleum in I the cemetery of St. James The Less [will be private. Invitations have been i issued commensurate with the seat ing capacity of the church, which i? estimated at slightly in excess of 2,000. Simplicity will mark the last rites lof t.he merchant prince. Three hymns will be his musical requiem. They are “Jesus, Saviour. Pilot Me,” “Jesus Lover of My Soul” and “Nearer, My God, to Thee.” The services will be conducted by the Rev. A. Gordon MasLennan, as sisted by the Rev. E. Ritchie. SUPREME COURT BREAKS RECORD DISPOSING CASES (By Associated Press ) Washington, Dec. 14. —The su- Prem e court, under leadershm 0 f Chief Justice Taft, ha* establisMd a now record for disposing of cases. When it took a recess, late Monday it had at (be present term disposed of 243 cases, eonyurt-ed with 192 case s the cor responding Pd -.0 %t JSer, THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DEC, 15, 1922, IMPEACHMENT OF DAUGHERTY SEEMS ABOUT TO TUMBLE <ll VIKMAN VOLSTEAD DOES NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING CAN BE MADE OUT OE CASE. KELLER ( ALLS TRIAL OF I) W < HER I V “COMIC OPERA PROCEEDING” By Associated Press Washington, Dec. 14.—Repre sentative republican, of Minnesota, late today refused to proceed with impeachment i barges against Attorney Gener al Daugherty because of the re fusal of the committee to Per mit Ihe reading of a long pre pared statement the nature of which he refused to disclose. Representative Killer charac terized the hearing as a “comic opera Proceeding.” The commit tee voted to proceed with the hearings tomorrow and called Keller for examination. (By Associated Press.) .■‘t'Tßij.v Washington, Dee. to nppciy^d^H ■ it SjU ■ i y\ jsgrg ■•!•")"., M l if * J l be at'J torney general sum mer. Hi ipPearance was requostfd by counsel for Representative Keller, republican, Minnesota, who brought the impeachment charges, for testi mony on the third of the dirt, i v ' •, Sjgtu • Jftiet her the committee. Sm LfTd vesterday to the hca^^^^^| ■s on the first two ions to be taken up,/p&f. J .third specification, ho^^Kff. - uncertain. The comWctee wide ran(#*of testimony on the first two and it was during the hearing of witnesses on the second, alleging failure by the attorney gen eral to enforce compliance by the railroads with the safety appliance act, ••■!. the night session, that Chair man Volstead broke in with the dec imation that, judged by the charac ter of testimony thus far offered, he did not believe it possible “to make anything out of liie case" against Mr. Daugherty. % As the final witness to be haerd on the other specifications, charging that Mr. Daugherty had knowingly ap pointed to office men who were “un- Trus(worthy,” corrupt and dangerous to the liberties of the people, and re volving about appointment of Wm. J. Burns as director of the Bureau of Investigation, of the' Department of Justice, Mr. Burns took the stand in hi- own defense. Mr. Burns made a sweeping denial of any impropriety of his conduct as a government agent. SENATORS HEAR FARMERS’ TROUBLES GERMAN AGRICULTURISTS IN STATEMENT TELLS OF CON DITIONS IN DAKOTA (By Associated Press ) Washington, Dee. 14. Sent to Washington by contribution of fifty cents to a dollar from farmers and small town business men of Central North Dakota, John Fray, a German farmer of Turtle Lake, N. D., detail ed to the senate agricultural com mittee today the Plight of farmers of his section. Fray told how he had given up hl s real estate business and gone to farming three years ago, only to dome to the conclusion that the average farmer in North Dakota has little hope of making a living. “W r e are gning to give up our farms unless we can get som e help,” he said- “From fifty to seventy-five per cent, of us are np against if. None of our boys are going to stay* on the farms next year. They say it is hopeless.” Chairman Norris announced at the conclusion of the hearing that he hoped to conclude tomorrow the tak ing of testimony of the Norris bill to create a government capjtaliced cor poration to buy and sell farm prod ucts. He indicated that he would seek immediate committee action on the measure and to have it reported a the first of the various rural credit (Continued on page 8) MISS BIRKHEAD’S DAMAGE SUIT HELPS GOV. RUSSELL Gov. Lee Russell. (By Associated Press.) Politicians of Mississippi assert the rerent suit agaiust pi clioif executive Bjrkhead, charging in the sum of SIOO,. \"liich a Verdict \fendunt, Midi completed It dcvel > S uit' trial tHlrlc made a tool dihe gov- HPs enemies. ,i< "VwvwMta OR. GREER NAMED’ CUpDFRifL immtut m# > - y , 1 Mw f ;~mM ; f ' ‘ f *'■ ' * / fead-Jl j ' tjrtj f CHARI MANfflm Besides Election of Officers Other Matters of an Impor tant Nature Were Handled Including Xmas Help. Brunswick post number 9, AmeriJ can- Legion, held an interesting meeß ing last night and among the bus* | m if matters handled was the aimuJ I election of officers and this resulted iin the naming of the following: D* C. B. Greer, commander; Charles Barnhill, vice commander; Joe Hand, adjutant; Sidney H. Nathan, finance officer; Norman Way, historian. The now commander succeeds James B. Gould, Jr., who has served at the head of the organization for the past three yqprs and under whose leadership it. has developed into one of the strongest in the state, number ing as it does, one hundred and ten active members and , ranking fourth in Georgia. On account of business reasons, Mr. Gould declined to allow the use of his name to succeed him self and the fact that he had deter mined not to offer again was regret ted, but in Dr. Greer members be lieve they have an able successor and one who will at all times stand for all that this body of ex-soldiers advo cate and will Prove an energetic head. In addition to t.he election of offi cers many matters of a mutine na turn were handled and a large num ber of the Post members were pres ent, thus showing their interest in any and everything in connection with it. A feature of the meeting was the discussion of plans for preparing Christmas packages for disabled ex service men who are now in hospi tals in different Parts of the coun try. The meeting was one that pleas ed all loyal Legionaireß. CO-OPERATION WILL BETTER CONDITIONS PRESIDENT HARDING WRITES FARMERS’ ASSOCIATION TO THIS EFFECT (By Associated Press.) Washington, Deo. 14. President Harding, in a letter read at the open ing session of the National Council of the Farmers’ CO-oPerative Marketing Association, declared that the knew' “no single movement that promises more held towards the present ag lief of permanent betterment of ag ricultural conditions,” than cooper ative organizations of farmers to market products, INVESTITURE OF NEW CARDINALS IS PERFORMED BY POPE SIX OE EIGHT RECENTLY CRE ATED PRINCES OF CHURCH RECEIVE THEIR INSIGNI AS ' .. (Bv Associated Press.) J Rome, Deo. 14.—Public investiturl Iby Pope Pius of ■ ix of the eight new [cardinals took Place in St. Peters to" (lay when, ht the first public cotisis jtory of Pius’ pontifieial, the recently (created Princes of the church receiv ed from the pontiff the red hat and !tho rochet, insignia of their elevation. Cardinal Locatelli and Cardinal Cas- anova were absent, the former being in Lisbon and the latter in Toledo.- They wdl be invested by the heads of their especial states. [ Today’s consistory was the first held for many years in the Hall of Beat itieations. | When the pontiff entered, borne from his private apartments in the Vatican in the sedia gestoria (chair of command!, and was received by the strains of t.he ”Tu Ks Petrus." Behind the papal chair came all the Kreft. functions of the Vatican as well as the cardinals and Prelates resident lor visiting in Rome, attired in their gorgeous robes. As the Pope took his seat beneath a canopy of violet silkomd gold, be-' hint! which were pricimws tapestries, the cardinals opened the consistory by kissing bis band. The new cardi nals, each escorted by two cardinal deacons were then led into the papal preSenO'. Bowing deeply they knelt on the lowest step of the throne and kissed the Pontiff’s foot, hand, and cheek, retiring to bench at the left dins. Then they resumed theijj before the Pope the the cuppa magna, or magnificent scarlet silk coat of a cardinal, and the pontiff, holding the red over their heads for a few mo moa* repeated the words of presen tation to their high offices. After .the papal benediction, the colorful procession rcfoiguoci, the Pope return ing in his ehjp to his apartment as the “Te [win” sounded from the . BBMTNn TO ATTEND MEET JTHE AMERICAN LEGION I Joe Hand, w)ell known attorney, Heaves tonight for Macon where the state meeting of the American Le ! gion will be held tomorrow and it Is expected to be the most important in the history of the Georgia branch organization. |HK . Hand goes a s representative .;|ft,e local post and will return city Sunday morning, that. is. it, convention ends with one day's #on. Among the foremost foa of the gathering election of th P national eommiTOe man from Georgia. It is undoratoon that several prominent begionaires would be (h'ligbled to serve in this capacity and it maybe that there will he som e rivalry. In connection with the Legion pi Georgia it may bo said that it is in excellent condition and all members are taking keen inter st in it. WILL GIVE AWAY •RUSSIAN RUBLES W. A. o’Qui*&<£ Company to Inaugurate SaNpvel Plan in Big Sale Satur day Mornin^!^^ I Do you want to own any portion of I fifty million Russian Rubles, if you do, the chance is yours and that too, absolutely without any re a l cost to yon! Mow the time was, when a Russian rnble wah worth fifty lents in Ameri can money and there is no telling what it might not be worth in the ’future. i Russia i s making progress; the Soviet government,, in spite of all that ha s been written and said about it, is building railroads and mines, restoring farm lands and building up a gfivernmien,t |so strong that the alliej. are about to extend recognition to it- So, the ruble may b* worth money in time. In any event, W. A. O’Quinn & Company, the enterprising Newcas tle street merchants announe In a handsom e page advertisement in the News this morning that with each cash purchase you make amounting to $5.00, they will give you, Without additional cost,,one hundred thousand of these Russian rubles. The sensation of having a cool one hundred thousand rubles, jn you pos session ought to thriH one and if you c-are to experience it, Messrs O'Quinn & Cos., wil lshow you the w y- MOHE COTTON USED LAST MONTH THAN IN ANY MONTH SINCE 1917 Washington. Dec. 14.—More cotton was utilize# during November than any monthlsince October, 1917, the Census Bureau announced today in its monthly report on cotton sumption. The cotton spinning ■- dustry lias shown increased activiw [for several nu * pGHBOi US JURY , 4RD DID % OTING RICHMOND, VA., IB BE ING UNRAVELE £ ** UN-' TY OFFHs (By Associated Richmond, Va., Dec. a neighbor of Thomas ollard, real estate and insurance man. charged with killing his former stenographer, Mrs'. Thelma Richardson, at his home here Monday evening, declared at the coroner’s inquest today that when he went to the Pollard home, soon after the scooting, Pollard exclaimed to him, “I have shot somebody!” Jones was the first witness to be called. He was put on the stand af ter Coroner J. Whitfield refused the request of Commonwealth’s Attorney Dave Satterfield for a postponement of the hearing. Jones said he was on his, way to his home when he saw the body of the Pretty young divorcee on the lawn between the Pollard home qpd the house adjoining, and that Pollard was standing on the steps of his o"’n residence. He de clared that it tvas then that he np pvoaehed Pollard and the latter told of having “shot somebody.” Jones said he did not see anybody else around at (be time nor did he notice an automobile in front of the house. Mrs. Richardson is supposed to have been driven to the Pollard home by J. Mosby West, former employed Pollard and now in the real estate business of his own account. BODY REACHES ATLANTA Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 14.—Funeral ar rangeiiHUite for Mrs. Thelma Rich ardson. who was shot and killed Mon day night in Richmond, were still in complete a .short*time after the ar rival of the body here, according to her mother, Mrs. J. T. Ham. The body was accompanied by Herbert Richardson, Jr., her former husband, and William Price Ham, a brother of Mrs. Richardson. Richardson, it is said, took the lead in making ar rangements for Ids former wife’s funeral botii in Richmond and since the body arrived here. He steadfast ly declined to discuss the case. POPE GOING TO WINDER ON KIV KLUX MAHER KLAN THERE ANI) ROBERT r WOODRUFF. AT BREAK ING P<| T NT., (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, Dec. 14.—Efforts of citi zens outside -of the laws must be checked in Georgia, Governor Hard wisk. dedlared in a letter he person ally delivered today to Robert Wood ruff’ merchant and manufacturer, of Bartow county, who centered with th p governor on the strained situa tion between the Ku Klux Klan and himself at Winder. Governor Hardwick requested the letter be read at a massmeeting call ed at Winder for tomorrow night for ehe purpose of adopting a resolution declaiming for law and order. The governor anifouped that he intended sending Adjutant General Pope to Winder to make an effort to Prevent trouble between the Klan and Mr. Woodruff. PRICES WAY TOO HIGH AND ARSENIC WILL BE REJECTED (By Associated Press ) Atlanta, Dec. 14.—Annual con tracts for calcium arsenate to be used next year In fighting the boll weevil have been rejected by the state board of etomology because the present Prices are “too high and un justifiabble,” according to a state by ,tbe board published here today. A full investigation of prices said th e board has been made. The state ment declares the high prices pre vailing “are due to manipulation of th e market.” an effort to obtain an equitable contract will be Continued said board members, but in case of failure there will be no contracts awarded next year. CATCHER MILLER RELEASED; HE WILL MANAGE ATLANTA New York, Dec. 14.—Catcher Otto Miller unconditionally released by the Brooklyn National team and has signed to manage Atlanta <fa]nb|j the next season, BRUNSWICK Has a landlocked harbor, the best on the South Atlantic Coast. PRICE FIVE CENTS PROHIBITION IS FLAT FAILURE IS PARKER’S OPINION Chief Executive of. Denounces the Entire Measure. ALSO STRONG AGANST KU KLUX KLAN IN AMERICA Governor ScotLof Oregon Char acterized Klan as National Menace at Conference of Governors Yesterday. (By Associated Press A White Sulphur Springs, Va., Dec. 14.—Prohibition and the Ku Klux Klan were considered prominently in the fourteenth annual conference of governors a tthe sessions today and tonight. Governor Parker, of Louisiana, de clared that prohibition had been a flat failure and denounced the Ku Klux Klan. Governor Scott, of Oregon, charac terized the Ku Klux as a national menace. Numerous questions of ’ national and state importance were discussed in addresses by state executives here for the open session. Activities of the Ku Klux Klan formed one of the questions for discussion, while Gov ernor Parker of Louisiana had an nounced that he desired to inject into the conference all the questions of prohibition enforcement, despite its absence from the list of subjects. Following on the program the ad dress of welcome by Governor Mor gan of West Virginia and the re sponse by Governor Hardee of Flor ida were addresses by Governor Mc- Kelvie of Nebraska on “Legislation and the Farmer;” by Governor Hart ness of Vermont on the “Industrial Code and Human Economics;” and a discussion by Governor Preuss of I Minnesota, from the viewpoint of the West, of the proposed St. Lawrenqy waterway. Governors Campbell o M Arizona and Ritchie of Maryland also* were on today’s program for speeches on na’tional and state subjects. Ques tions of taxation and Mgkwgy con struction were among duled in ci.me up during conference. J The subject of tre Ku propably will be the first broached, when Governor Olcott or Oregon, dis cusses it In an open address at tomor row’s session on “America Adrift.” There wa s a possibility, however that Governor Parker, who has indicated lie would touch on this question also, would take the floor on the first day. He was scheduled to speak Saturday, but will be forced to leave Friday night. Governor Parker indicated on his arrival for the c.onfenence that he was prepared to offer suggestion,, for curbing what he termed the “ITn- Americanism” of the Klan, and mad e it plain that, he intended to confer on the question with Governor Olcott and Governor Allen, of Kansas. The latter is listed to addres s th e con ference on “The Ku Klux Klan; The Problem it Attacks and the Problem it Creates.” In regard to the question of Pro hibition enforcemlene, Governor Parker, referring to President Hard ing’s intention to summon a meeting of the governors in Washington next month to discu Ss it, said he believed the executives should take it up at this opportunity in view of the pos sibility of the meeting of state legis latures preventing the attendance of many of them at a later conference. KINLOCK GUILTY OF MISDEMEANOR WAYCROSS MAN WHO CAUSED MILITIA TO BE SENT THERE GETS OFF LIGHT Waycross, Dec. 14. —R. P. Kinlaw a former employe of the Atlantic Coast Line, charged wtith assaule with intent to murder in connection with an attack on J. T. Ross, dur ing th e strike, last summer, was found guilty in superior court here after 'the charge wa s changed to assault and battery and was sentenced to twelve m.onth s Imprisonment or a fine of $350.00. Ross testified on the stand that he was cursed a nd beaten and taken five miles from th 6 city, where several shots w-ere taken at him, none of which, however, touched him. He declared that he was beaten with a billiard cue so that one of his ribs was broken. Judge J. I. Summerall, of Way crogs, presided over the case at super ior court. The state was represented by Solicitor General Allen B. Spence id Attorney D. M. Parker, Ger- Crawley, local lawyer was at mr for the defense.