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BRUNSWICK Has the lowest death rate of any city its size in the United States .... VOLUME XXII. NO. 219. TORNADO IN TEXAS KILLS SIXTEEN PERSONS WOMAN NAMED AS AUTHOR POISON PEN LETTERS George Maxwells Friends Say He Is Innocent of Charges MUSIC PUBLISHER IS EXONERATED BY Maxwell Announces That U® Will Return To America From London Immediately And Face Charges. (By Associated Press.) New York, May 14.—A woman will be named as the suspected writer of the scurrilous letters which George Maxwell, internationally known mu¬ sic publisher, has been charged with having written in defamation of Mrs. Allen A. Ryan, Mrs. Albert R. Galla¬ tin and seven other socially promi¬ nent women in the last ten years, his friends announced today. Maxwell’s intimates, rallying to his defense, declared he had long sus¬ pected a woman of being the author of the poison-pen missives and said they expected him to give her name to the district attorney on his arrival here. Maxwell announced in London tViat he will return here immediately to face the indictment against him. Officers of the American Society C omposers and Authors and Publish ers, of which Maxwell is president, said it would have been impossible for Maxwell to write some of the ters whose authorship he was accus ed - of, - as - he was so ill ...... at the time they were mailed that he could not sign checks of the concern. They declar ed, too, that Maxwell himself had for years been the recipient of similar letters. Several years ago, they he had gone to Havana, Cuba, with another man, withou t having first told his friea*e- his destination. On ar riving at their hotel in Havana, Max well’s friends say, he and his com pansion were handed letters which had been mailed from New York. A short time later, was said, Maxwell went to Miami, I>la. He met a .. New York society woman and the two went motoring for several hours. The story goes on that on returning to her hotel the woman found one of the accusative letters. Maxwell, on returning to his hotel, .: also was said to have received . a letter, , couched ...... in similar terms. COUNTY OFFICERS CAPTURE LIQUOR AND ALLEGED OPERATORS Sunday morning, while transfer¬ ring the contents of a gallon jug to half-pints, said contents alleged to have been the product of a moonshine still. Mi's. Lola Greenfield and George Smalley were captured by Chief W. H. Norris and Officer Bob Freeman, of the county police. The officers walked up on the al¬ leged defendants, while they were at work in the rear of the residence oc¬ cupied by Mrs. Greenfield, on New¬ castle street. The result of the raid made by the officers was that nine half-pints and about a quart of moon¬ shine were confiscated by the officers. The alleged offenders were required ta'givp bond for their appearance at the next term of the city court. SIX DROWN WHEN FORCED TO JUMP FROM TRESTLE INTO RIVER —-— Rock Island, III., May 14. Six per sens, three men and three women, Were drowned last night in the Mis sissippi river at Campbell’s Island just east of this city, when they jumped from a trestle to avoid being struck, by a street car, control which had been lost by the operator. The young people were walking to East. Moline after having attended a dance at the island, Only one body iiqs been recovered. MISSINn vronWA man FOUND IN ' GRAVE!. PIT Petersburg, Va.. Mav 14.-%hm|s V F Griffin owner of a bathing T*d&- 5 near here who mysterious!” nesred last Mordav night while driv ing along a road in his automobile, was found today in a gravel pit, hand cuffed and nscious. He was on to a hos) where his condition R.'was he Winns Physicians said suffering from fear and ex posnre BRUNSWICK NEW! ! ALTAMAHA RIVER SYSTEM CONVENTION OPENS IN ALL ITS SPLENDOR TODAY j Great Gathering of To Mark Meeting For Devel opment of Mississippi I Georgia—Sen. George Here. 1 The following is the program ! the first, day’s meeting of the Alta malm System of Rivers convention wlhich assembles in Brunswick to¬ day. The Program. Morning session—10 a. m. Opening address—Hon. M. B. Mc¬ Kinnon, mayor of Brunswick. Invocation—Rev. T. H. Thomson. Election of Temporary chairman and secretary. 10:20 a. m.—Registration of del¬ egates. (Name and town.) 10:30 a. m.—Purpose of Meeting, Hon. W. T. Anderson, Macon, Ga. 11:00 a. m.—Development of Wa¬ terways—Senator IV. F. George. 11:30 a. m.—Hon. C. H. Haden, At¬ lanta, Ga.; Hon. J. J. Brown, Atlanta, Ga., agricultural interest of the state; Hon. H. H. Elders, ReYisville, Ga.; i Hon R. Lee Moore, U. S. Congress¬ man. ! ; Committee appointments by the chairman: | Resolutions committee, j Ways and means committee. Nominations committee. j j o’clock. Luncheon, Oglethorpe hotel, 1:00 j Afternoon Session—2:30 O’clock j The declared policy U.’S. of Congress t j and authority ■’ of War Depart- ' m ent as to the development of water I ways—Hon. L. Q. Stubbs, Dublin, Ga i . v a l UP 0 f deposits and products of j the state ou the three streams—E. B. : Weatherly. cooperation Esci.. Macon. Ga What the War m« n t would expect from the ; 0 f Georgia—Col. Fred stutter, u. S. Army. Report of Committees— | Resolutions Committee Ways and Means Committee. Nominations Committee. Election of officers _ for „ ensuing , year—'President, 1st vice 2nd vice president, 3rd vice president, 4 th vice president treasurer ’ secre ° C - : tary Night Session—7:30 O clock. ! President in the Chair outlining policy of Association for : the comin<>- coining vear year. Appropriation and Hon. W. C. Lankford, U. S. i man. Appointment of Standing Commit t ees: Program Committee Program committee will make up a workable program outlining the activities of the Association for the coming i Publicity Committee. Finance Committee—The committee will carry out the plan of financing the Association for the coming year as prescribed and ommended by the Ways and Means Committee anil agreed to by the vention. Legislative Committee—The Leg islative committee will handle matters pertaining to both at state capital and national capitol. Executive Committee—The XZ7T “ifattomd ; representative from each county dering on the River System and sViall meet at the call of the president whenever in his judgment he ; it necessary. - The Altamaha convention opens j this morning at 10 a. m. with at least j I one hundred delegates from about f or fy cities, who are vitally interest j e( j j n Altamaha System project j an( ] ffig development of these rivers, the Altamaha, Oconee and Ocmulgee. Editor W. T. Anderson, of the Ma con Telegraph, will he chairman of the convention aim with his great ex ; perience in handling conventions of thi in s> the character, project itself, and^his necessarily deep concern will add a great deal to the success of the meeting. Senator W. F. will be one of the principal speakers at today’s session, and he is entirely in sympathy with the movement for . the development of these great water ways of Georgia. Numbers of delegates arrived in city last night and Mayor ; colm B. McKinnon, J. P. Davenport, \ president of the Board chairman of Trade, of and the ; Dr. C. B. Greer, ! Young Men’s Club are all very san guine as to the outcome of the con vention. It is to be hoped that the citizens of Brunswick will show' their j interest attending in this great session movement at least by I every or THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MAY 15, 1923. r •J. ♦ j ♦ HARDING GIVES THOUGHT •f A WHAT TO SAY IN TALKS ■f A ON HIS W ESTERN TOUR ♦ ♦ — -— ♦ I ♦ (By Associated Press.) ♦ ♦ Washington, May 14.—Hav- ♦ ing virtually decided on the itin¬ ♦ erary of his western trip, Presi- ♦ dent Harding has begun to give ♦ considerable thought to the ad- ♦ dresses he will make enroute to > the Pacific coast and in coast states. 4 The itinerary as now arranged provides for addresses in about * eight cities, the first to be in St. Louis, Mo., and the last in San ■+ Diego, Cal. LABOR BOARD IS FUNCTIONING ON UNION RAILROAD UNIONS DEMAND CREASES IN PAY TOTALING MILLIONS Chicago, May 14.—'Virtually at stand still for a month the States Railroad Labor Board flu lctlo " u ' s toda 7 facing reports I railroad l-mirnnu . labor labor circles circles indlcate indicate a a 1 <:elte<1 drive by the unions for ! creases in wages that may total 000.000 or more annually. Since April 15 when terms of of f Memphis, Mem ^“ S ’. Tenn., and “ ble t®. deude d pute*. : 1 aS the vaLanueSi were ot hl til last Friday when President | ing reappointed Judge R. M. i ofe Memphis, Tenn., and j j Detroit, Baker, and former named head E. of W. the Grable: ! anee of way organization to fill j vacant la , bor p08t . T1 t f f i of .r. pt „,i | 1 rtiKputes ’ ’. in w ) lich a decision is ex ! P ected . , ‘ , h e Philadelphia and „ , ' ing case,. certain clases of j have asked for a ten percent crease in addition to restoration ! +j le wage ? rates in effect prior to cut . ot , j ulv , , , ] astj . retroactive , . to . ,. . date. Reports i Reports from union men j y have indicated that wage ! will he sought on all roads j agreements were signed j j.), e sboperafts’ strike of last j other reports have stated that me n are negotiating with the : y 0 rk Central, Baltimore & Ohio, t!!e Pittsburgh and Lake Erie for j j creases totalling about annually. Should those fail to result the labor board j ably would review the disputes hand down decisions, In the majority of wage j now before the labor board, increased cost of fixing and the general deney of other industries to boost | wages are cited as agreements, j - gRYAN RESOLUTION ON DARWINISM ADOPTED BY FLORIDA LEGISLATURE ; Tallahassee. Fla., May Florida Legislature went on record disfavoring the teaching in ; public schools or illustrations of state atheism, agnosticism or ism, the latter as “true,’’ when adopted a resolution passed by House Saturday. The : sponsored by W. J. Bryan, would give it as the “sense of the that since Christianity is not ted to be taught in the public insti tutions, these other subjects should not be taught In so far as ism is concerned, under the terms the resolution the legislature I not frown on the teaching of j ism. as a hypothesis, but it does dis favor laying the subject down as a "truth”. ; one of the sessions during the day. The meeting will be called to by Mayor M. B. McKinnon at o’clock this morning, and will the address of welcome, and the j el W. will T. Anderson, then be turned the over to Hon. morning session lasting until 1 o’clock, with one for luncheon, the afternoon will commence about 2:30. for dinner at 6:30 and the night ses sion will convene about 7.30. At night session the election of [for the ensuing year will take place, *’ * FIFTEEN THOUSAND -t DOLLARS IN MAIL'TAKEN ♦ BY ILLINOIS BANDITS (By Associated Press.! ♦ Marion, 111., May 14.—Reg(s- ♦ ♦ tereil mail containing over fif ♦ teen thousand dollars being con ♦ signed to the Bank of Pittsburg, ♦ 111., seven miles from here, to ♦ pay coal miners’ wages tomor- ♦ ♦ row, w.'s stolen by two men who ♦ i ♦ overpowered the conductor of ♦ j the train on the outskirts of j ♦ Marion this evening. i* V I I ___ riwm* . u/iim A (’pM PIN A NLlKn [ XtUlii/ 1 llmllULH i TELLS STORY OF [ i j GREAT SWINDLE FOUNDER OF JONES-MANVILLE DENIES AND THEN ADMITS USE OF HIS NAME New York, stock-selling,schemes May 14.-rfj)etails of a number of in which big names and b}V sums fig¬ ured and in which was concerned Mrs. Myrtle Bowman Hayes, indicted last week on a charge of having forged the name of Charles M. Schwab to a $25,000 note, have been made pub¬ lic by Charles B. Manville, 89j weal¬ thy founder of the Johns-Manville asbestos concern. In statement given out yesterday after first denying any connection with Mrs. Hayes, the aged financier told in detail the manner in which he alleges some of her associates used his name, without his knowledge, as president of the Century Consolidat¬ ed Oil Company, rubber-stamping his signature to literature used in a $ 2 , 000,000 stock-selling campaign. “Stung by Slick Crowd.” He said Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Cora Stetson Butler any Walter 3. Clarke had induced him to invest in several enterprises. Clarke, Mrs. Butjer, of New York and Boston; Ernest K. Phillips, of Kansas City, Mo.; D. L. Peters, of Los Angeles; Benewitz X. Dawson and Mark S. Matthews, of New York, were indicted in April, last year, charged with having used the mails to defraud in the sale of stock of the Consolidated Oil. Mr. Manville testified before the grand jury that the promoters had used his name as president of the concern. The case is soon to come to trial. “I was stung,” Mr. Manville said, “stung by a slick crowd.” Women in Scheme Women wearing expensive gowns, much bejeweled, and living at . the best _____ ________ hotels, were _____ concerned ___________ in ... vari- ____ 0 us schemes which the financier said he was led into after his meeting with , Mrs. Hayes. Clarke ran a New York brokerage office, he said, and interested him in the Hobbs Manufacturing Company, of Worchester, Mass., a concern that needed financing. Mr. Manviiie charged that a $25,000 accommoda¬ tion note was given by him to Clarke on promise that it be returned in three hours and had been discounted by Clarke and never repaid. TRANSACTIONS OF CHAS.W. MORSE AND R.M. WILLIAMS TOLD COUNT HEARD OF BUSINESS RE¬ LATIONS FOR SHIPBUILD¬ ING PLANT AT TAMPA Washington, May 14—Transactions between Charles W. Morse and his company on one hand and R. M. Wil¬ liams Shipbuilding Company, New York, on the other, occupied the en¬ tire time today at the Morse trial. Williams told of an unsuccessful effort to have Morse finance him in construction work at Tampa, Fla., plant for building wooden ships for the government. Out of the confer¬ ence came an agreement by which the Williams Company was to furnish nine million feet of lumber to the Groton Iron works, a Morse company, for building six' wooden hulls for the Emergency Fleet Corporation. TO PROTECT BLIND FORMER SERVICE MEN Washington, May 14.—As a pre¬ caution against injury to blind form¬ er service men on crowded streets, the disabled American veterans to¬ day asked the international associa¬ tion of police chiefs to aid in securing regulations in ali cities to recognize distress whistles carried by the blind, | By use could of the obtain whistle, assstance the blind cross- vet jeran in j ing streets and getting directions. temporary injunction PROCEEDINGS WILL NOT STOP WORK ON ST SIMON HIGHWAY One Brunswickian Seeks to Es¬ j top Most Gigantic Project Ever Undertaken By Bruns¬ wick or Glynn County. The temporary injunction proceed ! ings directed against the bridge com ! ■ missioners, Ed L. Stephens and Mal colm B. McKinnon, by Judge J. I. ! Summerall, at Way cross yesterday, j I will instituted seriously by Dr. Frank interfere B. Atninson with not op¬ erations on the St. Simon Highway, which are to begin on Wednesday, near Lanier’s ucimcx » Oak. The legal proceedings were regard-! ed yesterday by authorities as unfor¬ tunate and an illadvised movement ; by the alleged injured party. The I story is not a new one in Brunswick : and its recital is hardly necessary, in i view of the fact that it has been pub¬ lished recently. The outstanding fea¬ ture of the case, as it has just devel¬ oped, is that Dr. Frank Atkinson, with the assistance of his lawyer brother, Dave, of Savannah, is play-S ing a lone hand in the proceedings. | Recently a number of property; owners on Glynn avenue, in the vi-; i einity of Lanier’s Oak, appeared be i fore the city commissioners and j stated that in t)hei/r opinion their property would be injured by moving the present roadway further away from its present location—the sur¬ vey calling for a straight roadway that would eliminate the reverse curves that are now a menace on the presenthighway. As is generally derstood, this would necessitate leav ing the present property some dis tance away from the road as it now constructed. And that is where i the protest comes in. I In their statement to the city com missioners, which tribunal, after has the. matter of straightening the Glynn avenue roadway, other prop erty owners, than the chief ‘were assured that the roadway to be constructed by the city—exclu sively—and not by the St. Simon highway commissioners. They were satisfied that the completion of the causeway and bridges to the island was paramount to the cost of the f««„. Dr. Frank Atkinson, morning motored to Wayeross, where he was met by his brother, Attorney Dave Atkinson, of Savannah, armed' with which a Judge temporary Summerall restraining signed, order,j call-; ing for a hearing on Saturday. It was. stated yesterday by proper ty owners on Glynn avenue, contigu¬ ous to that of Dr. F. B. Atkinson, j that they were not directly, or indi- j rectly, "“V, involved ” in the proceedings in stituted at Wayeross yesterday by, tlie movant. In fact they stated to, The News that they regretted the long looked for occasion—the be ginning of work on the St. Simon ! f. highway , —han , , taken , , this 4 . 1-1 lamentable ‘ Tast night, however, a spirit of op- j timism pervaded the city. The real, j five progressive element were more inclined to regard the injunction mat- j ter with a degree of levity than of seriousness. This much is known j and has been stated—the present j movant is alone in his legal proceed- | j ings. The other property owners are willing to make any sacrifice to make ; the St. Simon Highway a reality. In the meantime the bridge corn missioners and the various commit- i tees of the Board of Trade and u the ! Young Men’s Club are going ahead with their arrangements for execu¬ tion -of the program as originally .ar¬ ranged. There are many legal phases that have not been brought to the surface by attorneys who are await¬ ing the verbiage of the injunction pro¬ ceedings filed in Wayeross yester¬ day. It was a matter of general com¬ ment yesterday on the streets that Dr. Atkinson, who is the sole movant in the injunction, could not enlist the services of a local attorney to file the injunction, and was forced to appeal to his brother, in Eavannah to assist him in the legal proceedings — which un to the present time have not had the effect of disturbing the program as originally arranged. Telephone messages were received j hv The News yesterday to the pffect j that the property owners on Given avenue, adioining the nronertv of D 1- . ! Frank Atkinson, wanted it distinct'” j understood that thev were not a nartv to the proceedings instituted at Wav cross, and that thev were readv to | make anv sacrifice to earrv out the BRUNSWICK Has a landlocked harbor, the best on the South Atlantic Coast ....... PRICE FIVE CENTS ♦ ♦ CALL OFF ATTACK AND ♦ ♦ BRIGANDS WILL BRING ♦ ♦ RELEASE FOREIGNERS ♦ t —-- ♦ *■ (By Associated Press.) ♦ Shantung, May 14.—The mili- ♦ ♦ tary governor of Shantung, the ♦ ♦ state department is advised by ? ♦ Consul Davis, agreed verbally ♦ to call off the attack on the ban- ♦ ♦ dits who robbed the Shantaung- ♦ ♦ Peking express. ♦ ♦ Brigands, Consul Davis re- ♦ ported, expressed willingness to ♦ ♦ release ...... . . foreigners .....^........-.....— held captives *— ♦ * ] ^ this ’ s done. He further stat- ♦ ♦ ed that the governor had in- ♦ ♦ formed him that the siege had ♦ been raised Saturday. ♦ ■f ♦ * 1 * BRITISH EXPRESS DISAPPOINTMENT AT GERMAN PROPOSALS LORD CURZON’S REPLY TO REP¬ ARATION NOTE LEAVES WAY OPEN TO A NEVA’ OFFER (By Associated Press.) London, May 44.—fjord Curzon’s reply to the German reparations note expresses disappointment at the “in adequate sum” offered an<i the lack 0 j precision as to guaranties and also voices a suggestion that “reconsider or expand” her proposals j„ such a way as to convert them into a feasible basis for further discus s j orl . j„ tbus leaving the way open to a new offer, the British note says “the fj r st contribution much more serious an( j much more precise is required than any which has yet been forth coming.’'’ Commenting on the note, the Morn¬ j ng p ost says that a hint that Brit j s ], troops would be sent to the Ruhr would bring quick action at Berlin, ___________ FLORIDA SHERIFF * llU \JA1IJ W lYlHUt M A ETHITDAI rLULlmL Pk{\||Npk ___ RV f||]RT | JONES, ONE OF TABERT PRIN CIPALS, CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY (By Associated ASSO( . Press.) Tallahassee Fla. May 14.—Sheriff j R Jones of Leon County one of jnc , , g in thf> Martin flogsing tase ’ todd \ h ” e< an e a federal tede,al P orison ner heme- ^ taken into custody on the charge of conspiracy and kidnapping / Jones was Indicated Saturday at Pen saeola, Fla., with William Fishe!. 'super in vend cut of the Putnam Lum her Company, and Walter Higgin both am, convict whipping boss, fol lowed an investigation into the death of Ned Thompson. a n aged negro. Federal authorities will leifve here this afternoon for Cross City to ar rP ,, t Superintendent Fisher. District Attorney Fred Cuhberly, of Pensa cola, issued instructions today not to serve the warrant against Higgin until after be is tried by stflte m ^ r hargp of murder, in con nection with, the death of Tabert. .Tones was arraigned before United Rtatcs Commissioner Rid Diamond and released on hail of $?M0 on pq-cli rhargp. O. W. Tthodps and T. P. Strickland werp his bondsmen. S1Y PERSONS TNrUJTYWr. TWO AMERICANS ARF KIM FD IN AN AIRPLANE ACCIDENT IN FRANCE Contv. France. May 14.—Six nm-sons. including two Ameri¬ cans. were killed in a wreck of a nassonger airplane on the Par is-London route today at the* vil¬ lage of Monsurcs. One of the Americans was T awrence von Ppst Rchxx’ah. of New York, and the other is be¬ lieved to be Miss Juanita Bates, of New York. program for the building of > the Simon Highway. OVER HUNDRED WERE INJURED REPORTS STATE Wind Tore Through Mitchell County Carrying Death And Destruction With It MANY WHO WERE HURT ARE IN SERIOUS CONDITION Special Trains From Nearby Cities With Physicians, Nurses And Medical Supplies Rushed to the Scene. (By Associated Press.) Colorado, Texas, May 14.—Six¬ i teen dead and one hundred in¬ jured, some dangerously, was re¬ | ported late today as the result of a tornado which tore through Mitchell county, southwest of i here early today. The injured are being cared for in hospitals here, the Methodist and Baptist churches and many private homes. Some of the hurt are in such a serious condition that they are not expected to live. The tornado descended at five o’clock this morning, catching most of its victims in bed. Build¬ ings were leveled and death and injury were left in its wake for a distance of thirty miles through Mitchell county. Special trains from nearby cit¬ 1 ies brought doctors, nurses and medical supplies. -— ■7||7 r | | 1 \7 J tvijl DCD/XDTITft \!K 1 tie : j KILLED BY WIND [ STORM IN TEXAS MEAGRE AND UNCONFIRMED REPORTS RECEIVED FROM TOWN OF COLORADO ■Big Springs, Texas, May 14 .— I Fifty persons were kiled and about 1100 injured three miles from Colo I rado, Texas, when a tornado swept that section, according to meager and unconfirmed reports telephoned here this morning. Since this news was re j eeived communication has been cut ! off due to damage to telephone and j telegraph fines. The worst damage is j 40 miles from Big Spring, it was re ! j ported. believed to and It is damage crops cattle is heavy and that Use loss of life and property is heavier in the country district than in the towns of Colradio, according ot unconfirmed reports. Relief parties left Ijepe in automobiles this, morning. MRS. MARGARET GIBBS DIES AFTER ILLNESS OF SEVERAL WEEKS Mother of Mrs. Joseph E. Lambright Passes Away Yesterday. Afternoon . Margaret Gibbs after an ill¬ j negR of sevprn) weeks . died vesterdav j afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, at .the rep i(]ence 0 f daughter, Mrs. Joseph | ^ ' Lamhrioht. 1020 Richmond street, M rs. Gibbs was the wife of the late p, a pt. Arthur Gibbs, of the United j States dredge, Cumberland, which j craft operated in these waters for a of vears in the vicinity of'Sa j vannah and Brunswick. Capt. Gibbs j died in 1913. Mrs. Gibbs, who has npade her home in Brunswick for sev , circle of cral years has made a wide j fiends who are ,-Teelpy grieved; at her death. She leaves two brothers and two sisters in New England and one sister in Australia. | J e ;'H ea al V orgeto"L!°S: E ge n Gffib s of Ge ' U., and a daughter, Mrs. Joseph E. I Lambrigbt, of Brunswick, with whom J S time. he le has She made is also her survived home for by some her grandsons,* Edward and Joseph Lam bright. Mrs. Gibbs was a woman of strong personality, lovably disposition and her death is sincerely regretted by a large circle of friends.. The funeral services will be held this afternoon at 4 o’clock from the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Lambright, 1010 Richond street, Rev. F. D. Thomas, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. In¬ terment will be held in Palmetto cem¬ etery, the following acting as pall¬ bearers: F. E. Twitty, A. M. Way, F. L. Stacy, L. S. Robb. W. LaPrade Harw'ell and Paul Morton.