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BRUNSWICK
Ha the lowest death rate of
any city its sire in the United
States. .......
VOLUME XXI. NO. 311.
IRELAND PUTS MEN
TO DEATH AT BREAK
OF DAY YESTERDAY
SEVEN CHARGED
WITH WRECKING
TRAINS EXECUTEO
Four Railroad Men and Three
Laborers and (liven
Quick Trial.
MFN ARE SAIDTo HAVE
BEEN REPUBLICANS
With Yesterday’s Executions j
Makes Total of Nineteen by
Free State in Little More
Than a Month.
(By Associated Press.)
Dublin. Dee 19—Four railway
men and three laborers were ex
ecuted here this morning for in
t erf ring with trains in County
Kildare.
The seven men executed were j
captured November 13 by Free j
State troops in a house, the lo- ]
cation of which is unknown, j
With them a quantity of stolen
goods, rifles, arid ammunition!
was found.
The men were tried by a mil
itary committee and sentenced
to death on the charge of train
wrecking. The sentence wasj
carried out at 8:30 o’clock this
morning. The men executed
are reported to have been mem-,
bers of the Rpubiicau army.
Today’s executions make a to-;
tal of jiineteeu by the Free,
State in a little more than a
month.
FARMER-LABOR DELEGATES
WANT PARTY LINE DEFINED
Chicago, Dec. 19.—Delegates of the
farmer labor party who attended the
reconi conference for frrogressive po
litical action at Cleveland, soon will
ask the national committee of their
party to define the future relations of
the party to conference and will recoin
mend a national convention of the
7>art>’ to be held early in 1923 to plan
.1924 prudential campaign, j. Cl.
Itrown, national secretary, announced
today.
The conference at Cleveland de
cided against an independent poltti
< al action being taken.
BIG BLACK BEAR AND
AUTO CAME TO BLOWS
Rodheafer, N. Y., Dec. 19.—A big
black bear and an automobile came
to blows near here’last night.
The driver of the car reported that
the bear insisted upon climbing into
the car When it was stopped on a
curve. The drjve r threw the car into
gear and bumped the bear several
times on the chin
DAUGHERTY HEARING
IS BEING CONTINUED
KELLER’S REFUSAL TO ATTEND
IS YET AN UNDECIDED
PROBLEM
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec 19. —Hearings
on Impeachment charges against At
torney General Daugherty were re
sumed today by the house Judiciary
committee at the point where they
were broken off last Thursday by the
dramatic withdrawal from the pro
ceedings of Representative Keller,
Republican, Minnesota, author of the
charges.
Prom this point the committee pro-
posed to conduct the hearing on Its
own initiative, calling before it such
witnesses as it could obtain without
the aid of Mr: Keller. who refused to
obey a subpaena issued, it was de
clared, with a view to obtaining from
him the information on which be
based his charges and the names of
person* who could testify concerning
them.
As the hearings g 6 forward, it is
the Plan to have a subcommittee
make an Investigation as to what ac
tion, if any, should be taken in con
nection with Mr. TCeller's refusal to
obey the subpoena- Chairman Vol
stead expected to aPPoiPt the üb
•cmmittM today or ’omorrpw ‘
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
REWARDS TOTAL $3,000
FOR CAPTURE OF CLARA
PHILLIPS. MURDERESS
By Associated Press
Los Angeles, Dec. 19.—Re
Wards offered for the recapture
of Mrs. Clara Phillips, hammer
murderess, who escaped from
the Los Angeles county jail, to
tal S3OOO.
Of this sum $250 is offered by
Sheriff William I. Traeger, $750
by the Los Angeles county board
of supervisors and $2,00u by the
Los Angeles Examiner.
DEFENSE TRYING
TO PROVE ALIBI
IN HERRIN RIOT
YESTERDAY IN PART IS DEVOT
ED TO CROSS-EXAMINATION
OF WITNESSES
(By Associated Press.')
i Marlon, 111., Dec. 19. -Severely
I cross-examining state’s witnesses,
i the defense for five miners charged
j with the murder during the Herrin
j riots today continued to lay founds
{tions for its case. • .
Special attention was directed to
j the exact time of the killing by A.
\W. Kerry, chief counsel for the de
; fense. All of the witnesses for the
1 state were questioned at length on
| this point and their estimates of the
| killings in the cemetery varied from
9 to 10 o’clock in the morning of
June 22.
I The witnesses also were loselj
! questioned on their identifications of
!l)he accused men by the defense at
-1 j:orm>y§) „whn were cmtfgig out .their
announced intention of proving an
' iron-clad alibi for each of the five de
! fondants.
PROHIBITION CASE WITH
BIG SUM AT STAKE IS
DISMISSED BY JUDGE
Philadelphia, Dec. 19.—Declaring
United States prohibition officers vio
lated the fourth amendment to the
constitution. Judge Thomas, in the
; United States district court here t.o
!day dismissed two liquor cases in
volving several hundred thousand
dollars.
COLD MODERATES
NORTH AND WEST;
SOUTH IS CHILLED
(By Associated Press.l
Chicago, Dec. 19 --Slowly rising
temperatures today marked the pass
ing of winter’s first determined of
fensive in the lower lake relgon,
which sent the murcury down to its
lowest level 0 f the season.
Slowly climbing thermometers were
forecast for the northwest plains
state* and the Rocky Mountain reigon
and cold wave warnings were Issued
(or Pennsylvania, New York and the
New England states Although rising
tcmperature s were predicted for the
country west pf the Appalachain
moutains and as far south us Florida,
the mercury was still below hormal
for tbjs time of the year.
Chicago today w a , recovering from
ft coldest weather of the year yes
terday when the thermometer was
reported variously 1n the vicinity from
3 to 11 below. Five deaths were at
tributed to th e cold wave.
Snow, sleet or rain was announced
today for the middle ana south At
tenict states, the Carolinas and the
east Gulf states with mostly fair
weather Wednesday for the low P r lake
region, Ohio Valley, Tennessee }l no
the east Gulf states.
Cooler weather was in prospect,, for
the Florida Peninsular, while
no material change was anticipated
for the Atlantic states north of
| Florida for the next two days.
HEARINGS ON THE RURAL
CREDITS NEARING END
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. Dec. 19.—-The hearing
on the rural credits legislation before
the senate banking committee is near
ing conclusion.
The member* are predicting that
a comprehensive bill t*7ijbodying the
best" features of tbe*everai farm re
lief measures now pending would b*
ready for submission to the senate
arly n*t week.
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRUNSWICK. GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY. DEC. 20, 1922.
UNUSUAL ITEMS
IN RUN OF NEWS
JUST FOR A DAY!
Soldier and Woman End
Lives.- Four Given
Up Return.
‘By Associated Press.)
San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 19.—Cor-j
Pornl James Huntington, of Camp
Travis, and Mrs. Ruby Krenk, of
Youngstown, O. were found here this
morning- when the Police broke open
the door after hearing two shots fired.
A bullet had E ntered (he brain of
each of the dead people. The police
believe that the man shot the woman
and then shot himself. The woman's
husband was asleey in a room near
by where the tragedy was enacted.
THOUGHT LOST—RETURN
New Orleans, Dec. 19—Forty hours
without food or water and exposed to
a cold rain while battling with a
storm on Lake Ponchartrain, four
tnen and a hoy made shore in a small
launch early this morning.
FOUND DEAD UNDER AUTO.
Galveston. Tex., Dec. 19.—A man,
aged about forty years, and u woman,
apparently about twenty-five, were
found dead under an overturned auto
mobile in a ditch on the Galveston-
Houston road this morning.
The mishap occurred about one
mile from Virginia Point. The bodies
were brought here where efforts are
being made to identify them.
* MISSING AIRMAN FOUND |
Salt Lake City, Dec. it).—Air Mail
Pilot Henry G. Boonistra, missirKf
since last Friday when he became
lost in a blizzard en route to Rock
Springs, Wyoming, hi(s been found
alive and well at the Rigby ranch,
four of this city,
< Jsx'KpPfplune y discov
ered ’Vgjfecovding lo advices
j- I 'dyul officials here.
M# JLaJRANQES i
V Jm iptir MOVING
thousand cars Passing through here
every week loaded with oranges and
grapefruit trom according to
Supi o. T. Warning, of the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad. Mr. Waring slat
ed that today might be said to mark
the peak of the citrus traffic. Over
175 cars of fruit pass through here
every day on the average^
Waycross i* the diversion
for a great proportion
lda orange crop, irain-loads oNKng
ay being sent from here via. Albany,
Montgomery a nd Savannah to the larg
er cities of the United States. A large
force of men aAh employed at the lo
cal railroad shops to supervise the
diversion
Wallace reid reported
TO RE SOME BETTER NOW
(By Associated Pre 9 g.)
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 19.—Re
>orts available early today at the san
tarium where Wallace Reid, the mo
ion picture actor is suffering from a
break down which his relatives as
■ribe to complications which came
- fier he broke away from the use of
whisky and narcotics, indicated an
mprovement in his condition.
The Methodist Preachers Associa
ion of Southern California have
.ianned to ask the city council to ap
>oint a commission to make a thor
ough investigation of the use of drugs
n Los Angeles.
AMENDMENT WOULD
STOP ISSUANCE OF
NON-TAXABLE BOND
— i .
BACKED BY PRESIDENT HARD
ING PROPOSED MEASURE IS j
CENTER HARD FIGHT
CBy Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec 19.- After a
sharp preliminary skirmish, the house |
took up the resolution proposing
-rnendment to the constitutional un
der which issuance of tax exemption
gecuritie* by the federal government
and states would be prohibited. ;
Backed by ; thp endorsement of PresLi
dent Harding and the treasury depart
ment, the proposal is the center of a
hard fight, many republicans opposing
it. Passage will require two-thirds
vote and Its opponents claimed claim-!
ed tonight that they had it defeated,
alljough th e proponents Insisted that
it would go through. The few hours
of debate allowed under special rule,,
was not) concluded *whert adjourn*
tonight. .v’a mm
U. S. GRAND JURY FINDS
TRUE BILLS AGAINST
TWO FORMER BANKERS
(Bv’ Associated Press.)
Albany,"Ga., De<'. 19. S. (' Wat
son, former president of the First
National Bank, of Colquitt. Ga., and
David Bragg, Nation. <Banld officii
of Fitzgerald, were indicted hy the
federal grand jury today on charges
of embezzlement
DENVER BANDITS
WHO ROBBED MINT
NOT SEEN CAPTURED
POi.ICE DEPARTMENT THERE
1 VAMINES MANY RUT
NO CLUES TS YET
(By Associated Presß.)
Denver, Dec. 19.s—Eighteen hours
of searching by federal county and
city officers and questioning of six
teen persons at police headquarters
had failed up early this morning to
reveal an.v trace of the identity of the
bandits who yesterday fed
eral reserve bank truck of. s®o,ol>o
after a. gun buttle in front of the
United Slates mint here,: in whieh
Charles T. Linton, one of the guards
on the truck, waR fatally Wonded.
Many persons telephoned police
headquarters that they hhd seen (he
automobile in which the bandits tied
from the scene of the battle, and that
it "as traveling at gyet speed. In
every case, investigation
showed that the was one
of the many contain) officers
who scoured the the rob
bery.
The truck, accompanied by J. E.
Olson, cashier of the local federal.re
serve bhhk, who was in charge pf the
Party, Guards Linton and J. Adams,
and Chauffeur William Havener, hud
eall“d at the mint to rftrisfer the
$20e,000, ull in $5 bills, Com the mint
vaults to the bank. The 'film guard*
taken the money to-the curb-
it over to tlie bunk em
ployes, TUien \P CMM
ai\ m'''< ' lukat
IftMut, *hen I is dro./|j£ijr
y&SjuP*dth<.‘ii eo#' Sehljpl*the
LicTiit oie'i 1 Opened lire on
f?: ' -1 / of >
~ | P'' £ two andu Fife ,
rtftgaiaing rotiscious
•A .
f mint, all of whom
arrtheir Posts of duty,
vi-apons and rushed w
wipiiows, but were In*
returning , the bandifsV
he bank employes were
and the robbers. While
the. gun fight raged, mne of the rob,-
bers put the money in their cor and
as soon as the work wag, completed,
they drove off. During the flight, one
bandit stood on the running board to
fire a final volley at the mint guard if
A bullet from one of the g|Jrds’ gu rf
apnliently hit him, for he cmrnplA
up aud ttas dragged inside the cutm
LAST DAY TO SETTLE
STATE-COUNTY TAX
THOHE WHO PAY TODAY WILL
SAVE GfcOD BUM IN
EXPENSES
Thi 8 la the last day for the payment
of state and county taxes for last yuar
and those who can possibly do so
should visit Collector Harwell, who
will bo at his office In the court house
practically the entire day.
Payments have been steady the, past
severui days and continued tbig way
yesterday notwithstanding the horri
ble weather. CaPt. Harwell hopes
thai when toda’s business e“d ß he will
have a showing mneb better than Was
the case last year.
CHURCHES UNITE TO MAKE •
THIS A WARLESS WORLD
(By Associated Prsns.)
Washington, Dec. 19.—The federal
council of the Churches of Christ of
America has issued a request to one
hundred thousand congregations in
the United States to observe Decem
ber 24 as a “World Peace Sunday."
This is being done to demand the
governments of the world that they
find ways and mean# to settle dh
putes other than by war. The mes
sage also asks the churches to act in
concert throughout the year toward
the attainment of a wariess world
through international co-operation.
AMERICAN OR JAP PLANS
SCRAPPING INCOMPLETE
(By Associated Press) f
Washington, Dec. 19.'—Secretary
Denby informed congress today that
neither the United States nor Japa
nese plana were complete for scrap
ping existing ckpltal ships pending
promulgation of the Washington con
ference* u*v*l treaty. > •*
REFUGEE FROM
TURKEY TELLS
OF TREATMENT
All Relatives Killed, She Es
caped to the U. S, But
Door is Closed -
Washington, Deo. 19—Eliza Spaff
inian, refugee from 'turkey whose
flight was stopped by the immigrflh
tkm authorities at Ellis Island, testi
fied before the house committee Con
sidering the bill to admit certain
classes of Near East refugees into
the United States.
Between sobs the woman related
how she was carried into captivity by
the Turks, her near relatives all be
ing killed, and she escaped to Ameri
ca to find the door dosed against her.
She is under bond to return to Ellis
Island.
IRISH PARLIAMENT
PASSES ADAPTATION
OF ENACTMENTS BILL
(By Associated Press.)
Dublin, Dec. 19—The first act pass
ed by an lish Parliament for more
than a century went formally through
the Free State senaUat a brief sit
ting today. It was a nighty technical
measure entitled “Adaptation of en
actments bill." It passed the Dali
last .week and was accepted by thd
senate without opposition.
Th%solemnity of the occasion was
emphasized by Sir Thomas Esmonde,
who, speaking with much emotion,
said:
“I think it is fitting that at tlus
moment the senators should pniwo
and the significance of what
we have just done. We have passed
the first act by an Irish parliament
for one hundred and , twqnty-three
VnoA
“I think we may all thank Provi
dence that we have been allowed to
take part in this work. We have
marked a milaatone in our nation’s
history, Wf^ rave done what many
r.'P‘ "tion^rp,f j Irishmen lost their
I .. mdcaJorifig to’lbf able to do,
MbW all thank God w,. have lived
to see this day."
Eoch park is named by
CROW INDIAN COUNCIL
(By Associated Presa.l
Killings, Montana. Dec. 19. —The
spot at the Ooy Agency where Mar
shal Fotch was initiated Into the Crow
Indian tribe on November 2s, 1921,
has been named Focb Park by the
Ciow Indians In general counsel as
leembled.
At thosame session a letter was
written to General Foeh asking him
to send a ome fitted be
placed In the, park In The
letter Wan written by Pleuty Coos,
Die bead chtaf of the tribe. In the
letter th a Indians asked preferably,
that a small captured cannon be sent
for this purpose.
NUMBER ARRESTS ARE
FEWER HERE THAN
PAST MANY YEARS
Police department records show that
up to the present this has been the
most quiet December In the past, fif
teqp years in this Particular depart
ment and not near the total number
of arrests have been made afl is gen
erally tho ease, when , some take
Christmas joy Jho wrong way and
finally end in im-ow.
Not only haslhlfcabeen the condi
tion of affairs dSanjjl this month but
It has existed for several and
these cases made at municipal court
are al! violations of the less serious
nature.
MONROE MILITIA
SENT TO GUARD AT
TRIAL KIDNAPERS
FIVE PROMINENT MEN TAKEN
BY HOODED BAND—TWO
DID NOT RETURN
(By Associated Press.)
Monroe, La , Dec. 19. —The Monroe
company of the Louisiana Guards has
b e en sent to Merrouge, Morehouse
parish, under directions of the ad
jutant general.
It is understood that the troops
were called in connection with she
situation brought about by the kid
oaPPing last August by a band of
hooded mend of five Merroug e citlzen 8
two of whom disappeared, one report
said. '
The trpops will guard the Bastrop
court bouse during the open hearing
into kidnapping’).
LAUSANNE MEETING
NOW IN' JEOPARDY;
BREAK IS LIKELY
- nayOVfvui e wants \
uM NAVAL STRENGTH f
IW\IP \RE WIT H (I I iIERs
• (By Associated Press.)
Washingimi, Dee. 19.—The
• Navjk League of (he United
• Suit* issued a statement to
night™ inviting earliest consid
■ eration by the public of the rel
ative strength of the Anireiean,
British and Japanese navies.
The statement suggested prop
■ erly providing adequate person
■ nel to fully man American ves
• Pels.
TARIFF AND TAXES
GET MOST MONEY
OF ALUARMERS
INCREASE PRICE OF FARM PRQ
urOTS LEAVES VERY SMALL
MARGIN EOR HIM.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., Dec. ID.—Ad
vances in the prices of agricultural
products will be greatly exceeded by
the increases in the cost of living,
among agricultural producers underl
the operation of the Fordney-McCum-i
her tariff act, which puts a higher;
tax on all the commodities 11# farm-1
er consumes without giving him a
corresponding return for what he
sells.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace,
in his annual report for 1922, testi
fies to the disproportion betweou*the
prices the farmer has been compelled
to the prices lie receives for his
grain, live Btook, fruits and other pro
ducts. This report shows that the
farmers of the country have been in
the greatest distress, witli the cost
of living and the murden of taxation
growing while fheir incomes have
been diminishing.
“While the prices of many impor
tnnt farm products have advanced
considerably over last year, this ad
vance has been accompanied by equal
ly larger advances in the prices of
other commodities,’’ says Secretary
Wallace. “For example, the index
of wholesale prices of commodities
other than farm Products wug 176 in
August this year (1922) as against
150 in August, 1921.”
SNOW REVEALS HIDING
PLACES OF SHINE STILLS
Tacoma, Washington, Dec. 19. —
The heavy s now that has covered
Grays Haror county ’ recently result
ed in the arrest of a numer of al-
Jpged moonshiners and the capture
of a dozen stills with the confiscation ;
of hundreds of galloua f liquor and
mash according to an announcement 1
at prohibition headquarters.
The federal agents were in several
instances able to follow track s
through the snow and in wooded sec
tions wher e before it was impossible
to lacate s tills.
ARE TO BE DEPORTED
Cleveland, 0., Dec. 19—Eight aliens
including one woman, left' here today
in charge of immigration officers for
New York where they will be doport
-d. The woman was charged with
having stolen the affections of her
sister's husband. With her was her
thirteen-year-old daughter.
PROHIBITION MATTERS
BETTER UNDERSTOOD
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 19.—General en
couragement as to the prospects of
meeting present prohibition prob
lems through closer cooperation of
the federal and state authorities and
an earnest appeal for reverence of
th e law, i s felt today by the admin
istration officials as the result of
President Harding’s conference on
this subject with the various s tate
governors.
In a statement after the conference
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes said
that in many instances the reports
of the governors were of an “encour
aging nature.’’
The enigma of prohibition enforce
ment was discussed at length by the
President and the governors at yes
terday's conference, this being the
beginning of the President's announc
ed policy of working out a definite!
division of enforcement responsibility ;
between the federal anil tthe VsTfonsj
state government*. vjT
TV Vi*' * tt ‘y ■£
BRUNSWICK
Has a landlocked harbor, the
best on the South Atlantic
Coast. .* ....
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TURKEY MUST GIVE
A YES OR NO
DURING IS OH
Fear o( Allied Submarines and
’Planes Seems In the Way
, Now.
BRITISH EXPERTS GONE,
FRENCH LEAVE TODAV
Foremost Difficulty Seems to be
Allaying Fear of Turks For
Safety of Their Belowed Con
stantinople.
Lausanne, Dec. 19.—Turkish
j fears of submarines, swiftly-
Iflying military aiplanes, bomb
-1 laden and generally the Turkish
j fears of aggression from with
iout that will put Constantinople
lin danger, have tonight placed
I the whole Lausanne ('(inference
jin jeopardy.
The United States is silent
bill allied leaders say tonight
that they have uttered their last
word on question of Überty of
the straits. Tomorrow it he Turk
must say “yes” or "no” to the
allied project.
British expets have already
left lor England and French ex
perts expect to depart tomorrow
night at the conclusion of the
last, session for the discussion
of the straits.
Whether or not rupture will
corpe. on tiro straits problem de
pends chiefly on whether the en
tente diplomats and experts can
! remove Turkish fears.
— _—.
BRUCE M’LEOD 01* TRIAL
THIRD TIME IN
Mcßae, Go., Dec,. 19.
third time Bruch McLeod-is oiui’rial
hero ou charge of murder in cJhhec
tion with th e killing of Marion Hen
derson on the streets of Mcßae De
cember 23, 1917.
At the October term of oourt, 1920,
McLeod was convicted of voluntary
manslaughter and given live to eight
years. He got anew trial, on techni
cality and at the (February term,
1922, a mlstital declared be
cause of the illness of a Jkiror.
FOUND DRUGS PACKED IN
BARREL OF FISH ON PIER
(By Associated Press!)
New York, Dec. 19.—Drug a valued
! at one hundred thousand dollars
which had been secreted in barrels of
tlsh were seized by fedora! customs
officials on board the French steam
er Fenchurcli at her pier in Brook
lyn.
The vessel arrived on December 8
from Spain. The discovery of the
drugs was made, the customs officer
said, when an automobile (ruck acci
dentally knocked over one of the
barrels. t
MILITARY LEADER
CHINA’S PREMIER
(GENERAL TSENG’S APPpiNT
MENT MEANS MILITARY
GOVERNMENT
(By Associated Press)
Peking, Dec. 19.—General Chang
Shao Tseng, a well known Chinese
military leader, has been appointed
premier with the approval of the
Chinese Parliament.
His selection for this position;
•which was supported by General Taab
Kun, is believed to indicate the in
tention of the military party in China,
to resume control of the government.
The Chinese newspapers publish
reports to the effect that President
Li Yuan Hung will soon retire and
General Tsao Kun win take his place
as. the head of the government.
In addition to these published sto
ries there is another report that is
in circulation to the effect that Ts&o
Kun, with ~the backing of Genital
Chang Tso Lin, is preparing for hos
tilities against General Wu Pei Fu
early In the spring for the purpose of
placing the government completely
in the baa'd* of thh militarists,