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BRUNSWICK Has the lowest death rate of any city its size in the United States. . ... . . VOLUME XXI. 'NO. 312. AMOUNT OF CITY’S TOTAL PAYROLLS TO OF MADE KNOWN i)r. D. D. Atkinson Will State Amount Distributed by All Manufacturing Plants. FIGURES WILL SURPRISE ALL BY THE LARGE TOTAL This Will be Done at Meeting of Brunswick Young Men's Club at Weekly Lunch-Meet Tomorrow. While thousands of Brnnswigkians are, of course, interested in ih e total Payrolls in the city and and in order that his information might he had, at a recent meeting of the Brunswick Young Men’s club, Dr. I) D. Atkinson was named as a committee of one to secure Ibis information and his re port will be rendered at the regular lunch-meet tomorrow and it is need less to say that a majority of the club’s membership will b e present to hear this report. While many cities and even towns in this and other states have their figures, these have never be e n com piled here and it is stated by those in position to know that the enormous total sum paid out will cause greatest surprise. Of course several here, iu eludjng th e Board of Trade heads, have a rough estimate 0 f the amount but the Ugure s to he furnished by Dr Atkinson will be accurate and will be Used by various organizations and b ’siness houses jn informing tile out side world what a real manufacturing city Brunswick has become. Chairman Scarlett urges all mem bers to he Present as the report of Di . Atkinson will not be the only interest ing feature of the meeting. NON-PARTISAN FOREIGN COMMISSION DEBT FUNDING IS SOUGHT Washington, Dec. 20.—Declaring that he wanted the work of the For eign Del't Furwling Commission mane tion-Partisan, Senator Harris, dem ocrat, Georgia, announced today he had prepared for introduction a bill to amend the act creating the debt commission to increase the size of the body from five to eight members and to provide that not more than four members shall lie from the same political party. The Georgia Senator pointed out that alb of the Present members of the commission were Republicans and added: "The Sixty-ninth Congress—the oik; to serve after the next congress ends—may have a majority of Demo crats, and if the debt funding com mission is now made non-partisan, it ""'ill provide a continuous body in stead of furnishing agitation to turn opt all of the Republican members and substitute Democratic members." BRENAU STUDENTS LEAVING TO SPEND HOLIDAYS HOME f ßy Associated Press.) Gainsville. Ga , Dee. 20. —With the closing of Bi'enau College conserva tory hei> today, hundreds of girls, Comprising th p student body and rep resenting thirty-two states, vv>r e re turning to thejr home- Tor the Christ ma s holidays Because of the some of the girls will not go home, and for these Christmas will be ar ranged at th e college. The college resumes work o.n Jonuary 5. NO CLUE TO DENVER MINT HOLD-UP IS YET FOUNS (By Associated Press.) Denver, Dec. 20. Investigating scores of reports given to them bby residents of Denver and vicinity of suspicious looking, characters or au tomobile-parties, the police nearly 48 hours after after the bobbery of $200,- Oitfl from he Federal reserve hank smployes seemingly a?e without defi nite robbers. Altohugh th e identity of the robbeis- Although banks here in Denver are alert for the appear ance of some of the crisp $5 bills which were stolen, none has yet been reported as having been found. MISS BLOODGOOD CLAIMS ROBBED IN PULLAMN CAR Macon, Dec. 20.—Southern Railway agents here are investigating the re port made to them this week by Miss Mabel Bloodgood, of Atlanta, that she had been chloroformed and robbed in a.Pullman car at the terminal. Miss Bloodgood asserted that she was robbed of one hundred and fifteen dollars - THE BRUNSWICK NEWS WIFE OF "HONEST” JOH>’ BKI'NEN IS FREED FOR HIS MURDER: BROTHER OUII.TY (By Associated Press.) Mount Holly, X J., Dec. 20— Mrs. Doris Brunei) was tonight acquitted and her brother, Har ry Mohr, found guilty of murder in the first degree in connection with the slaying of the former's husband, "Honest'’ John Brunen, carnival owner. The jury recommended that Mohr be punished by life impris pnment. KUKLUXKLAN SEEKS CONTROL OF CONGRESS Imperial Wizard Evans, in Washington Admits Purpose (By Associated Press.) Washington, Doe. 20 11, . \V . H. Evans, imperial Wizard of the Ku- Klux Klan in a statement last night virtually confirmed reports which startled Washington early in the day iliut his real mission jn visiting the capital is to lay foundation for an ambitious scheme seeking ultimate j control of national legislation. EVans set forth In his statement that the Klan aims so to saturate the •country with its spirit that "w,. can expect intelligent legislation from the congress of he United Stated which will drag down the whit,, of K urpihe inria from our legislative balls and rise in its place the mili tant flag or red, white and blue.” This declaration of purposes has I -produced amazement among officials to whom it was referred and was ac cepted as meaning that the klan openly confessed its intention <>f thrusting its influence into congress. The Evan s statement was designed primarily as an answer to Governor Alien of Kansas, following his debate jn a h/del, with thc.khm loader,. "W\\ r PRESIDENT ELECTED AND SWORN® Wauso'Y, I.)fcc. 20. —Stanislao \VM .jciechnwgki was t-Hacted preflidoot 'Poland to sur cocd Ganriel X&rnofwU> , rt. Th 0 npw n*as sworn in oniKht and at assumed the du- of the ENGINE AND COACH TURN ACROSS TRACK AT MACON (By Associated Press.) Macon, De' 1 . 20 - The engine and baggage coach of (he Jaskscmville ex press, a fast Southern train between Jacksonville and Macon, were derail ed in the terminal yards here this morning. Th e engine turned over diagnoally across the tracks. No one was injured. An investigation was ordered by officials to determine the cause of the derailment . SENATOR HARRIS URGES SOUTHERNER ON SUPREME COURT NONE FROM SOUTH O.N THREE IM PORTA N T GOVERN M ENT ORGANIZATIONS Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 20. A fight to secure recognition of the South in ap pointments to the United States Su preme Court, the Federal Trade Com mission, the Interstate Commerce Commission and other federal agen cies, has been begun by U. S. Senator Wni. J. Harris, of Georgia, according to news just received here. The sen ior senator has written a letter to the President showing that there is no member of the Supreme Court from the South. Senators Harris and George are ex pected to vote against the confirma tion of Pierce Butler as an Associate Justice as a protest against the fail ure of President Harding to name someone to the court from the south- ern section, it is stated here. The two Georgia Senators are co operating in their efforts to secure recognition .on the grounds that the court should have at least one mem ber who is familiar with the customs, conditions and traditions of the South. As constituted at present the only member of the court who is indirectly connected with th* South is Justice ! Mcßeynolds, a native of Temiejiae, 'by appointment item) N*w Turk. THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DEC. 21, 1922. TWO DEFENDANTS IN HERRIN RIOTS ARE POINTED OUT TWO OF THE FOUR SURVIVORS IDENTIFIED HILLER AND CLARK. (By Associated Press) Marion, Ills., Dec. 20.—Peter Hill er and Otis Clark, two of the five de fendants charged with murder in con nection with the Herrin riots, were pointed out today in court by two of the four survivors, who took the wit ness stand. Survivosr of the strip mine were the main witnesses today. Robert Officer, University of Penn sylvania graduate and survivor of the Herrin riots in which twenty non union miners winy killed, today faced another Period on the witness stand, subject to additional cross-examina- 11ion by attorneys defending five nn-n on trial for murder in connection I with the slaying. Officer, employed as a bookkeeper at the strip mine where the principal riot occurred, was on the stand most of vestenlny, describing the mob's attack on the mine. He told of the surrender of the mine defenders and the subsequent death of fourteen of I the Is men when they were lined up | before a barbed wire fence and fired upon. By falling on his face and then running a mile through the woods, where he hid until nightfall, Officer said he escaped. Throughout the day. he asserted, men went through the woods searching for those who sur vived. On cross examination. Officer tes tified he was at present employed in Kentucky as a mine official, by W. J. Lester, who owned the Jleiriti strip mine at the time of thepridts. . Tjt itia-ss said there went VJjjmt W al ined guards at the njgpV 'Ms aid 'Mi :o' feAuHHnk pf aiiTi All- tile Ilf tin- C t W a at la I Ij.of -. 'j f ' • -.-• re in j - 'T.'-si' ' i AyK, ' they I JL' lull n|. j Officer They arc JiSfpWu’Rourke.l i Willi;®??? v qpfßeroai-d Jones, allj |.f wl j, \ guards at the time, j Tlu-fi over the ’><■ 'f,' ' f til ,(l Jan-j jfj / , I Js)pe’> 1 i JP f M M \JMjO PROFITS ■TROD SHOWEI“) REAS PROFITABLE AS COTTON IN DIXIE - Washington, growJg ing of swiyt PC he twicjl as profitable to iisj '■niton, ai'e.oiding ri**Bkde j ri-er, j Texas Farm BurOstu | Grower's Association, tjefortSpie con-j vention of Farter’s Go-oPeratiVe mar-1 kei.ing council.•which convened iiuj Washington. "Eighty Per c e nt of the sweet p<sj|| loos grown |n tb l; United States grown in the south,'' said Mr. Farrer, I ‘and yet only 20 per cent of sweet I potatoes shipped ar e< southern sweet j potatoes. Tli e per capita consumpt- j tion in the United State s is three quarters of a bushel, while in the] south, the Per capita consumption is two and one-fourth bushels.'' After speaking -of the cajse .with which sweet potatoes are prdduetd in all southern states, Mr. Farrer urged the formation of a southwide sweet Potato exrhange. 'in urging th e establishment of the southern sweet potato organization." continued Mr. Farrer, "I suggest the finilding of a trade name, standard!-j zatlon, inspection, advertising to con sumers. quality product, creation of ne"' uses for potatoes through < Ho ning and dehydration, field service for information to growers and the cre- ation of a volume of business to meet consumers' demands." Th e Farrar suggestion was hailed a a wise one. An Interesting statement was made by J. J. Parrish, manager of the Georgia Wateruelon Growers’ Kx ehangt. '•EiglHy.iive per cent of the water melons grown jn the United State are consumed in six stales- ’’ he said. ‘‘The Georgia association has ship ped nndon s into twenty-eight states.'' GOODBREAD AND MOORE TOi BE HERE UNTIL AFTER XMAS j \ J, S. Goodbread and Bill Moore,j both of whom have been convicted j and sentenced to terms, to he served i at places to be designated by the: prison board, will not be taken away j from this county until after the Christmas holidays, it was learned, yesterday. Their remaining in the city will mean that many friends will think of them during the Yuletide season and any remembrance, be it ever so small, iwiil b appreciated by either. UI’SHAW WANTS ALL HIGH-UPS TO REMAIN SOBER FOR CHRISTMAS By Associated Press Washington, Dec. 20.—High government officials, govemosr, judges, members of congress and other high-ups, were asked today by Representative Up shaw, democrat, of Georgia, in n speech in the house, to emulate Marshal Koch, who came here and who refused to touch intoxi cants while in America out of respect for the dry constitution. Representative Upshaw urged that PiPi : lent Harding issue a procla . alion calling on all citi zens. especially officials, to total ahstainenic for common good. CLEMENCEAU HAS REACHED PARIS I . FRENCH TIGER SENDS BACK A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO AMERICANS y <By Associated cress.)* Havre, Dec. 20.—-Georges Clemen-] I'eaii arrived home from American I pilgrimage today in n hilarious mood, I but apparently suffering from fa-1 tigue. Tb e Tiger received representatives \ of France in his e.abbiu us the liner j w a s entering port. A large crowd' of relatives and fruuAs, a> Well as j correspondents and al so greeted hint steamer I docked. Cleineneeati mgyvhis visit' with he newspaper denying] Various interviews printed in the’ French press, partietitai ly one sent | from New York to ih,. ) Ait Parisen- ] viam'ioUj, Imt under tfi,. urt'ace his, t'rWilds say that his <xp lienees in j the United States had been almost too much for him. He will go to his Paris' home for ;wn weeks and (hen take a longest at his •>’t;ie e in the Vfit St. Vincent ilii.Jpr "I liable for i>' j from my UniU^flj^L ' * fis a rare comT *e "Maybe it Is too it is my b,>st opportunity. S “.V, T*ldsp, to our frieud K of LK| United Wates: ’My first thought J • 'PfH oC'rNance, was that I was glad |be that l was sorry Bad 4 States. \ a s friend • wcalher p.e^-mitte^^pli ( . ex-premier j often gtroltril aboi^tli e decks i hat-' ting with the many of the passengers. HiftoaPPellte continued good through os l.hi' voyage with always the fogy bmp'd eggg a nd on,, big grapefruit ah khyoakfast, whil e bis other meals w m,.\ Equally heartijy. f “ Among the many packages charge of hi s valet, Albert Biudin, arc two case H of grapefruit. “1 shall, live as long as that supply lasts," said Clenvenceau. "I lov t , them too ninch to die before eating them. Anyway, ther ar e certain contrlbbu tions to longevity." The Tige demined to be photograph ed on landing. "I no I won’t, he. exclaimed when the newspaper cornerman asked him to po g e. "I have suffered a thous and times. Its ( ,nougli. ’’ ffe also denied interviews to the correspondents who boarded the liner at Plymouth last night■ As he walked down Hie gangplank this morning the crowd on th e docks i cheered. He got into the front seat of a waiting limousine, chatting with his chauffeur a moment and then was driven toward Paris. SOUTHER FIELD MAY 1 BE DISCONTINUED ALSO FORT JACKSON. WHICH WAS FORMERLY FORT OGLETHORPE. (By Associated Press ) Washington, Dec. 20.—Authoriza tion by the war department of nearly fifty pieces of property not needed for military Purposes was provided in ■i bill introduced today by Chairman Wadsworth, of the senate, military i committee to see same, i It includes air and intermediate de i pots and Souther field, Americus, Ga., land Fort Jackson, formerly Fort j Oglethorpe. ! PRINCE OPERATED UPON [ London, Dec. 20.—Prince George, the king’s youngest son, wa# success fully operated upon for appendicitis today. The operation was performed jut the King Edward VH hospital for I officers. CUBAN CRAFT IS HELD AT FERNANDINA AS A RUM RUNNER YACHT MIGUEL FERRARER 1" TAKEN ON ORDER FROM l'. S. OFFICIALS (By Associated Press.) Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 20. Prohi bition agents remained in Fernandina in connection with the seizure of the Cuban yacht Miguel Ferrßrer, thfl seizure being made on orders fii / Prohibition Commissioner Haynes.* The craft put into Fernandina wiiV flags inverted on December lti, its PaX pers showing it having cleared front ! Havana for St. Miquelon. The vessel j had blown several of its boiler-pipes land "as disabled, although it entered i port under its own steam. The mast er said the vessel became disabled oft' ] Hattems and drifted south. The ! ship’s papers showed that there were 13,000 eases of whisky and 1,000 cases of alcohol were also found. The offi j vers had not completed counting the j cases of whisky and other liquors [that might be Contained in the cargo 'of the disabled Cuban'vessel. No ar j rests Were made in connection' with the seizure of the craft. TEXTILE MILLS ARE MORE NOipL NOW i LACK OF RAINFALL; WERE' FORCED' TO CURTAIL WORK. \ (By Associated Press.) Charlotte, X. Dee. 20. Textile mills throughout the Piedmont sec tion of North and South Carolina to day prepared to resume a more mal schedule as the result of resui|® tion of full power facilities by tne Southern Power Company, following a curtailment since November 27, whejaone-eighth of the nation’s spin dldflWvere forced to shut down one ■ lay each week because of lack of frainfall. aiinmjhcelffept of power eom ffnny night tout the cur- torn ,^J)|Uiulled vN p9l>d 'suppß' in' the pow per coitij/ahy's reservoirs, vhich, ac cording to the statement, have been I sufficiently replenished by the recent i gains to warrant the return to full i power force. I Hundreds of mills in eleven South | Carolina counties and twelve North ] Carolina counties are affected. WA J*yCE REID REPORTED improved l.os Angeles, Dec. 20. Improve ment 'a s reported today In the con dition i* Wallace Reid, motion -pie. tune actor, whose recent breakdown, according to relatives, the quitting the use of drmjPffiwffquor. The latest report issued from hi? bedside in a Hollywood Sanitarium stated that his temperature and res piration wpre normal and his pulse down to 100. BUILDING OWNERS AND MANAGERS TO MEET IN ATLANTA JAN. 16 Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 20—'The first an nual southern conference of RutMir.y Owners and Managers will meet in Atlanta January 10-17. The south ern conference was organized at the last annual Meeting of the National association and the first meeting is expected to regult in further develop ment of promotion of the welfare owners and managers the southern states. i Fred Shacfer, of Atlanta, is secre tary of the southern conference, and is also secretary of the Atlanta as sociation arid has been active in Pro moting the nlaqs for the coming con ference of men from the southern states. Owners and managers of sky scrapers and . office buildings from Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, Florida, South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, | Kentucky, Texas and Virginia will at-j tend. Discussions regarding matters per-1 'taining to the erection and manage ment" of office buildings will feature 1 the sessions of the conference. Officers of the conference are: E. M. ITorine, of Atlanta, President; ' George Randolph, -of Memphis, first vice President; T. H. Lynch, of New Orleans, second vice president; Fred Shacfer, of Atlanta, seeretary-treus ( urer. / 5 Many prominent owners are- ex pected to attend and address the con ference. Among those scheduled for addresses are' Earl Shultz, of Chica go, president of the National associ ation, and Lewis B. Erttfeting, evreu tive secretary. INDIANA TiANK?I£ KOI'HJ% WICK IN YEAH, SXME MAN.^K j (.By ApsoLtafed Presl Dyer, Inch, f Pen 20.--Jrbw l 'o barnffi** this* afternoon robbed the First National Brwijl, Wrap-, in et with five thousand dollars. One of the bandits, dressed as a "oman, was shot and appar ently wounded but was carried away by companions. The same hank robbed ill the mnnn® a yea' ago of twel\% five hundred dollars. • TUMS-ALLIES MAY CONCLUDE ON AGREEMENT Svery Reason to Relieve that Lausanne Meet to Have Good Results (Hv Associated Pr*‘Fs.) Lausanne, Dee- I|o.~ Turkish and the allied delegations were relaxed in- their attitudes today and discuss ed eohtrol of straits in s neh a con ciliatory manner that there is every indication Some soft of a. strait's con vention will he signed within a. very Cow days- Agreement is likely .to he reached exempting the zone along the straits from control by the •proposed internaioual commission which will huv e jurisdiction only over navigation of the straits, leaving even pilotage to the Turks. herd C'urzon and other speakers expressed their satisfaction of the Conciliatory attitude of Turkey. EARLY END SEEN* DAUGHERTY CASE UNLESS WOODRUFF HAS FUR THER EVIDENCE; CHARGES FALLING (By Associated Preps.) Washington, Doe. ltd. Unless Rep.- rosenattivo Woodruff, republican. Michigan, w as prepared to lay before the holme jucicUary eonlmltfee as aresult of examination of Certain department* of justice documents, evidence of a nature to occasion fur ther hearings in conne lion with the impeachment charges nrough against Attorney General Daugherty, an early wind-up of ihe ])roeeding s appeared certain. Opport unity to examine certain papers in tl>c department relating to alleged war frauds was granted Mr. Woodruff at his request-on appearing before (he cocmittee yesterday, a s a witness ''alb'll 0 n lt s own initiative after the withdrawal of Representa tive Keller, republican, .Mflfcp'sota, from prosecution of h; s impeachment The' papers he desires to examin. he sit id, related to the "Wright-Martin 'asp-'' Representative Johnson, re-' publican, South Dakota, also appear ed before thp committee yesterday hut stated that the ■ he Had made in (lie house relating to alleged war frauds s hould he direetely at the war department. WILL FILE BIG SUIT AGAINST AIRCRAFT FIRM RECOVERY OF WAR CLAIM OF i $3,601,715 WILL HE SOUGHT (By Associated Dregs.) Washington, Dec. 20.—The Depart ment of .Justice is preparing to file ■mit. against the Wright Martin Air craft Corporation, for recovery of a war elgjni amounting to $3,601,71.5, the House judiciary committee was told today by assistant Attorney Gen eral Seymour at the hearing on im peachment charges against Attorney General Daugherty. RELATIVE FIGHTING EFFICIENCY BRITISH AND U. S. SHIPS TALKED Washington, Dec. 20.—Relative ■ lighting efficiency of British and ; American battleships, particularly at long range, is understood today to hove b*’en called sharply to the. at tention of the senate naval commit tee during consideration of the lienri ! in- naval appropriations bill. ■ Naval officers are greatly eonoeiu cd as the British virtually completed the post war modernization of. their fifteen inch giin and no start on jlar work will he m&% in, the Amcwi ••tm na w ! BRUNSWICK Has a landlocked harbor, the Peat on the South Atlantic Coast. .' PRICE FIVE CENTS TWENTY TWO ARE ARRESTED IN NEW i YORK NAVY THEFTS \j i Government Property is Worth More Than Million Was Taken. | ENORMOUS STORES TAKEN FROM BROOKLYN BASE Indictments Against Those Ar rested Were Returned by Federal Grand Jury Several Months Ago. (By Associated Press.) New York, Dec. 20.-—Twenty-two [civilian employes at the Brooklyn Navy Base were arrested today on in dictments returned several months ago by a federal grand jury charging that government property to the val ue of more than $1,000,000 bail been [stolen since the war. The arrests Were made by agents of the Depart ment of Justice. Tin grand % jury indicted twenty three men after its investigation of the alleged wholesale thefts, which the authorities said included cloth ing, oil, and various other materials used at the navy base. The twenty jthird man umler indictment was not found at the naval base today. The investigation has been underway for months. Navy intelligence officers undertook to find out the cause for the discrepancies between the inven tories and the stock supposed to he on hand, hut the thieves "’ere too running for the regular naval detec tive force, the members of which were apparently .well known to those who were doing the stealing. William J. Burns, chief of the bu reau of investigation of the Depart ment of Justice, then Was asked for help and ordered Edward J. Brennan, head of the Bureau's New York office |to assign operatives. , .liueijnMil consulted Police Commis ;sionsr iSniLighf and. bowuwtri l,bi*. %*- [vices of Detective •Francis Tvainbr. Under the direction of federal agents.' j Robert Walsh and Ralph Navarro arid Lieutenant Trainer, men were put in o the warehouses as recherkers, la borers, watchmen, atffi booflkmpers. These detectives foui*L thetwolves watched narrowly until flkey toA^ad vantage of opportunities obviously put in their way of stealing small ar ticles such as wrist watches and ma rine glasses. Not until they actual ly concealed these articles and Pre tended to steal them were they able | to get any evidence against the men now in custody. They then learned that government I property was being stolen -by the j truck load, including great box'es of i clothing, Paint by the barrel, crates if glass ami commercial alcohol by j the gallon. Instances Were found in i which waste and salvaged materials | bought by contractors was substitut jed by new goods or by other mor [ehandi.se than that mentioned in the I contracts; other cases twice the quan tity of actual salvaged stuff, contract led for was' delivered. STRANGER PREACHES FROM TREE TOP SEVEN HOURS ON STRETCH (Bv Associated Press.) Derider, La., Dec. 20.—Travellers' along the Derider-Ludlington high way were recently baffled by the unique performance of. a. stranger ! who preached for seven ' hours on a 1 stretch, while standing on a limb of in tree forty feet from the ground. He I began the tree-top service with .a ring and then, taking a text, launch ied into his lengthy discourse, which attracted throngs of people. He. delivered seven distinct 1 ser ■ mons before being persuaded to des , rend from the tree. When brought ! here yesterday, he appeared almost i exhausted and was given food and then placed in the Parish jail while i the authorities determined what course to pursue in his ease. OLD EMPLOYEE OF CHICAGO BANK IS AN EMBEZZLER (By Asioci/ited Press.) Chicago, Dec. 20. —National Bank examiners announced this afternoon that they bad discovered a shortage of s7o,oori in tlu? First Natipnal Bank, of Chieqso, the *ecpnd largest, bank it'S institution in the city y, Seth Anderson ail employee of the batik for more than twenty years, admit ted' ern bezzlement