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BRUNSWICK
Has tlii* lowest death rate of
any city its size in the United
States .......
VOLUME XXII. NO. 222.
BOY SCOUTS ARE
ORGANIZED AT
BIG MEETING
Enthusiastic Gathering of Local
Boys Is Held Last
Night
LEADERS IN MOVEMENT
EXPECT GREAT RESULTS
Scoutmaster To Be Selected At
Once and Will Take Charge
At Next Meeting—Twelve
Troops Expected.
Interest was renewed, a fter more
than a year's dormant activities
among the Brunswick Boy Scouts
last night when an enthusiastic meet¬
ing was held at the Board of Trade
rooms for the purpose of reorganiz¬
ing the local Troop.
There were a large number of
Brunswick’s representative young
citizens present and they were jubi¬
lant that they were to again to be
given the recognition they so much
deserve by the former promoters of
tin's juvenile organization which
a few months ago was in a flourish¬
ing condition, but which gradually
passed out of existence on account
of the lack of interest in the organi¬
zation by the adults.
The leaders in this new
to reorganize the Boy Scouts are Rev.
Thomas H. Thomson, R. |Et L. ReddY.
Dr. J. W. Simmons, T. E. Glover and
Fred G. Wurde. These promoters a'' 1
well known and will at once be given
the support of the fathers and moth
ers of the boys whom they expect
to enlist in the Scout work. Robert
another Scout master and the Scout
committee have assured the boys
that they will have them a
Scoutmaster when their next meeting
is held.
A number of the troop have passed
their “tenderfoot test’’ and several
will be examined for this test next
week, and will receive their tender
foot insignia. As fast as the Scouts
qualify before file Court of Honor
various merit badges will be assigned
them. The old First Methodist Troop,
under the leadership of the late Phil
Burgess, a few years ago, were the
pride of the city and the new troop
are endeavoring to make themselves
as proficient as their prodecessors.
It is the plan and purpose of the
movement to continue the work until
every hoy in Brunswick, of Scout age.
p's identified and enlisted in some
troop. A recent survey of the city
discloses that there a re enough boys
to comprise from ten to twelve active,
wide-awake troops. The hoys, as well
as the leaders in the re-organization
of the Scouts, are highly elated oyer
the prospects for one of the leading
organizations in South Georgia.
RADIO WILL BROADCAST
DEMPSEYTilBBO'NS FIGHT
Shelby, Mont.,. May 17.—Plans were
launched here today for the installa¬
tion of a owerful radio broadcasting
plant to be used by Jack Dempsey
and Tommy Gibbons to tell their ad
heavyweight championship fight
July 4.
Details of the fight, round by
round, also will be broadcast.
plant will be in operation by June 1,
it was said. It will have a broadcast¬
ing radius that will reach all points
in Canada a nd the United States.
RESOLUTION CAUSES
EXCITEMENT SOUTHERN
BAPTIST CONVENTION
(By' Associated Press.)
Kansas City, May 17.—A resolution
condemning the Tea Hing revolution
was read in the Southern Baptist
convention here today and created
much excitement amoa» the
gates. It was referred to the com
mitee on resolutions. A motion to
talk had.failed.
Receipts from the seventy-five mil
lion dollar campaign of over a mil
lion during the past year were report
ed by Dr. B. D. Gra£, Atlanta
responding secretary of the Home
Mission Board.
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KAINNAh rim GIRL Dcrcivcc KbthlVbS
AIR LICENSE AFTER TESTS
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Washington, May 17.—Miss Amelia
M. Larhart, of Atchison, Kan., today
received the first license granted to
a woman by the National Aeronautic
Association after completing th e test
flights during which she piloted her
plane to an attitude of 11,000 feet, be
lieved to be the highest ever' flown
by a woman.
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
THE NEWS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
J. BRYAN DEFEATED
BY PRESBYTERIANS
FOR MODERATOR
(By Associated Press.)
Indianapolis, Ind., May 17.—
Dr. Charles F. Wishart, presi¬
dent of Wooster College, Woost
erm, Ohio, was today elected
moderator of the general assem¬
bly of the Presbyterian church,
.defeating William Jennings Bry¬
an on the third ballot.
A. C.L LEASES THE
C.C.&O. THROUGH
L. & N. LONG TERM
GIVES COAST LINE ENTRANCE
INTO COAST FIELDS FOR
THE FIRST TIME
(By Associated Press.)
Louisville, Kv.. May 17—The Louis¬
ville & Nashville railroad has leased
the Carolina, Clinchiield & Ohio rail
road for a period of 099 years accord
ing to an announcement here.
The price of the lease has not been
given. The Carolina road forms a
complete belt through the coal fields
°f West Virginia, Tennessee and
North Carolina and links up with a
direct connection with the sea at
Charleston.
Coast Line Involved
Spartanburg, S. C., May 17.—The
leasing of the Carolina, Clinchiield
& Ohio railroad by the Louisville &
Nashville road gives that line a di
rec-t contact with the -Atlantic Coast
Line which controls the Louisville &
Nashville and gives the Coast Line a
c'Tect entrance into the coal fields
for the first time in the history of
the lines, it is stated here,
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ESTABI ISHMENT OF
Biur IN F HAVANA fede *al APPROVED bank
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Washington, May 17.—Although
the Federal Reserve Board has reach
ed no decision in the application of
■ the Boston Reserve Bank for permis
sion to establish an agency in Ha
: vana, Cuba, solution of the problem
has been advanced a step by the
■ granting of approval by the State De
j partment of the establishment of
I such an agency.
I Some members of the Reserve
i Roard which further considered the
I application fear that establishment
j of a branch bank or agency in Cuba
, might lead to complications because
of its competition with the Royal
j Bank of Canada, or banks from sev
j eral other nations in Cuba. The State
| Department, in granting approval,
! took the view that an American bank
j w ith an official tinge might cement
j close international relations between
j the United States and the island re¬
j----- j public.
j GEORGIA LIFE=TERMER
; BACK ON GANG AFTER
SEVEN YEARS LIBERTY
i Eastman, Ga., May 17.—At liberty
! for seven years and fourteen days,
i I. B. Hall lias again taken up his task
of serving a life sentence on the
i I Dodge county chaingang for the mur
der of Dennis Hall, of Tifton, in 1913.
I Hall escaped from the chaingang
in 1913 while working near Chaun
s - - - ss 2
wag recognizeft anJ apprehended by
the sheriff of Bushnell, Fla., where
1 he was making his home and engaged
i j in growing oranges,
When tried Hall was found guilty
; and sentenced to hang. Later the sen¬
tence was commuted to life inlpris
. oinnent.
WASHINGTON SOCIETY
HAS NEW SENSATION
Washington, May 17.—Washington
society has been provided with a new
sensation by Miss Kancy Hoyt, whose
sister, Mrs. 'Elinor Hoyt Hichborn
Wylie, has been the center of a se
j r j e s of matrimonial sensations since
! 1910.
“Indefinite postponement” of Miss
j Hoyt’s marriage to Lieut. F. Wise
man Clarke of the British navy, was
i announced yesterday, a few hours be
I fore the time set for the wedding and
! after many of the guests had assem
bled from distant cities for the cere
mo ny.
; At the Hoyt home it was said the
j postponement was due to Miss Hoyt’s
: illness. Immediately after the an
nouncement, however, the prospective
bridegroom and his parents left for
New York with the apparent inten
| tion of sailing for England of Miss Hoyt,
Mrs. Wyllie, sister
first startled society in 1910 by elop
ing with Horace Wyllie, from whom
she was granted a divorce. At the
time of the elopement she was the
wife of Phillips Hichborn, a member
of another prominent Washington
: family and soon after her departure
he committed suicide.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MAY 18, 1923.
CHARLES PALMER
HELD FOR DEATH
LEIGHTON MOUNT
Star Football Player On North=
western University's
Crack Team
FORMER FEMALE FRIEND
TOLD OF CONVERSATIONS
After “Opening Up” to Assis¬
tant District Attorney Arrest
of Former Student Soon Fol¬
lowed.
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, May 17.—Charles Chuck
Palmer, star football player of the
Northwestern University, was held
j tonlght , . , , in . connection ,. with . , the disap
I Poarance of Leighton Mount, a fresh¬
j m an, September, 1921 .
I Palmer protests that he knows
! nothing about it. He was taken into
| custody after Mrs. Violet Bachman,
former friend, told the assistant
stato’s attorney that Palmer had told
her shortly after Mount had disap¬
peared that Mount was safe and he
knew where he was. Later he told
her he could no talk about the case.
Palmer was a student at the Uni¬
versity at the time Mount disappear¬
ed and later, about two years, a skel
etoji identified as the missing fresh¬
man, was found head-downward se¬
curely made fast to a piling under a
pier.
j. oTbeasley, well
KNOWN CITIZEN,
HAS PASSED AWAY
DEATH CAME AT HIS HOME ON
THE BROADFIELD HIGHWAY
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
After an illness of only short du¬
ration, J. 0. Beasley, one of Glynn
county’s best known and most high¬
ly respected citizens breathed his last
at an early hour yesterday morning
at his home on the Broadfiold high
way, about nine miles from the city
and his death will cause general sor
row and especially to the older resi
dents of the city and county. ■
Deceased, who was 76 years of age,
came to Glynn from Camden county,
where ho was born, many years ago
and settled in this county at. the
place where he died. He was a man
of lovable disposition and his home
was noted for its hospitality where
many enjoyable gatherings have been
held.
Surviving Mr. Beasley is his wife,
Mrs. Lucy Beasley, one son, James
Beasley, and two daughters, Mrs. Per¬
cy Higginbotham and Mrs. E. F. Hig
ginbotham, all of this county. De
cease?!, who planted extensively, was
recognized as an authority on agri¬
cultural matters and stock raising as
at one time he had engaged in both
on an extensive scale.
The funeral will be held from the
home this morning at 9 o’clock, con¬
ducted by Rev. C. D. Ogg, and inter¬
ment will be in the little cemetery at
Chapel Crossing- an hour later—10
o’clock.
GREATBRITAIN
AND RUSSIA ARE
NEAR AGREEMENT
AFTER CONFERENCE BETWEEN
KRASSIN AND CURSON
SITUATION BRIGHTENS
(By Associated Press.)
London, May 17.—Leonie Krassin,
Russian Soviet commissioner for for¬
eign trade at the foreign office today
had a two hours’ conference with
Marquis Curson concerning recent
changes of notes of the two govern
ments. They agreed to reveal noth
ing but it is apparent that Curson is
determined that nothing be announc
ed regarding the decision taken until
conversations are concluded.
It may be said that the Russian
j trade delegation is also uncommun
j icative and optimism is expressed in
official quarters that negotiations
j with Krassin will result in an amica
\ ble solution.
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DR. ALEXANDER SPRUNT
ELECTED MODERATOR OF
SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIANS
1 -
: Montreal, N. C., May 17.—Dr.
! Alexander Sprunt, of Charleston, was
elected moderator at the Southern
! Presbyterian Assembly on the second
1 ballot here today.
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4 TWO BOYS, EIGHT AND ♦)
4 ELEVEN, REACHING PLUMS, ♦ I
4 FALL IN POND; DROWN 4 !
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4 (By Associated Press.) t j
4 Macon, Ga., May 17.—Two 4j
young songs of Cooper Jones, 4 j
well known farmer, ! were drown- 4 j
ed in a'pond near Perry, Ga., to- 4 1
day. 4,
The boys, eight and ten years ♦
old, with school children, were ♦
hunting plums when they reach- 4
ed and fell into the water. The 4
bodies were recovered a half 4
hour later.
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FOX MEMORIAL
AT CITY HOSPITAL i
NOW SEEMS SURE
^
NURSES OF LOCAL INSTITUTION j
i
HAVE STARTED UNDERTAK¬ I
ING ENTHUSIASTICALLY
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The Fox memorial fund, which was the! i
started last Saturday night at
City hall, at the conclusion of the Na-;
tional Miss Mary Hospital Ellen Day McTeer, celebration, superin- by j
j
tendent, and other nurses of the lo-!
cal $217.00, institution, which has reached been the augmented sum ' of j
j
by several contributions from the!
friends of Brunswick’s lamented j
physician. !
City Treasurer L. A. Robinson, who i
is also treasurer of the City hospital, I
has been named by Superintendent j
R. E. L. Burford as treasurer of the :
memorial fund, which, when complet-,
ed, will be applied to constructing a
sun parlor at the hospital for conva- j
lescent patients. It is understood j
that Dr. Fox had often expressed a |
hope tiiat some day the institution, in
which he took so much pride, and;
for which he was so ambitious, would |
be equipped with this very necessary
adjunct.
It is planned by the nurses of the
hospital to erect the room as soon as
the funds are iti hand. It is pre¬
ferred that each friend of Dr. Fox
make a contribution, however small,
rather than have tire amount sub¬
scribed by a few citizens. All con¬
tributions, in cash or checks, should
be sent to Treasurer L. A. 'Robinson,
at the city hall.
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[ENGLISH icu JAILS ia 11 c nnev OPEN pau FOR
DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS
j -
j | (By Associated Press.)
j London, May 17.—What happens to
the people in England who do not pay
j [ their income tax, has been told by an
officials of the Inland Revenue, who
; declares there are about 1,000 such
delinquents now in jail compared with
1,162 two years ago.
Plenty of time is given by the au¬
thorities for payment, said this of¬
ficial, and in cases where it oen be
shown that funds are not available,
easy methods are devised. In other
cases, after a certain interval, a no
tice is sent to the defaulter that the
tax must be remitted by a certain
date—usually ten days time. If that
is disregarded a more urgent notice
is sent, and three days grace given.
After that a distress warrant against
the defaulter’s goods is obtained.
Those who are imprisoned for de¬
fault are generally single, or have
no seizable property of their own.
NOTED PUBLISHER SHOT
AND KILLED HIS WIFE
(By Associated Press.)
London, May 17.—The noted Flor¬
entine writer, Signor Massini, shot
his wife fatally after a quarrel yes¬
terday. police
He then surrendered to the
with the remark, “all husbands do
this sooner or later,” says a Florence
dispatch to the Daily Mail.
Massini, who was the head of a
publishing house recently wrote a
psychological novel which was a great
success.
. MEETING AND FOOTWASHING
1 j OF THE PRIMITIVE BAPTISTS
] ‘ AT WAYNESVILLE SUNDAY
The annual preaching and foot
washing of the Primitive Baptist will
be held at the same place—four miles
from Waynesville, Brantley county,
next Sunday and something like two
| hundred people from Brunswick, as
; they always do, will be present.
The event assembles something like
fifteen hundred who go to the same
spot, hear preaching from their min
isters and talks by some of the many
who are converted. Not only do the
men folk have thair annual footwash
but tho women do the same and a* 1
become “as white as snow.”
lAlong with the ceremonies the in
aar man is not forgotten and yellow
WHIPPINf "* Dl/kJLJ ROSS
WANTS TRIAL IN
DIXIE COUNTY
Attorneys For Higginbotham
Fighting Hard Against
Change of Venue
PRELIMINARIES WERE
ONLY BRIEL YESTERDAY
of Dixie County Crowd
Court House to Hear Trial of
Case Which Resulted in Re¬
moval of Officials by Hardee.
Cross City, Fla., May 17.—Many
citizens of Dixie county assembled
here today and attended the trial of
Walter Higginbotham, Putnam. Lum
her company’s whipping boss, who is
charged with the murder of Martin
Tabert, North Dakota youth in Feb
ruary 1922.
After two sessions of the court
lasting about an hour each, further
preliminaries were postponed until
tomorrow to allow time for the state
to draw up a motion for a change of
venue.
Judge Horne is expected to render
a decision Saturday on the venue mo
tion.
The trial was halted this morning
until a new panel of veniremen could
he drawn, when the court sustained
a motion bv the state to quash the
panel already in court on the grounds
that it was improperly drawn,
Preliminary wort centered in the
efforts of counsel fdj^the state to state o-b
tain a change of venue. The
presented a plea /tlifit full justice
could not be obtained, that witnesses
will be intimidated, that already sev
eral threats had been made, and that
a fair trial therefore, could not result.
Counsel for defense was countered
with the assurance that a fair trial
could be held and that ample protec¬
tion could be a fforded all witnesses.
The trial of Higginbotham marks the
approach of the climax of a case of
convict whipping wherein the state
legislature developed < an investiga¬
tion and two county officials were re¬
moved by the governor a nd the Sen¬
ate in connection therewith. Tabert,
it is charged, died as a result of a
severe beating at the hands of Hig¬
ginbotham while serving a term in
the Putnam Lumber Company’s pri¬
vate convict camp for stealing a
ride on a train.
OFFICERS ENTER HOUSE
OF DAVID FIRST TIME
St. Joseph, Mich., May 17.—The
first entrance of the state authorities
within the portals of the House of
David colony, the subject of the grand
jury inquiry, was attempted this
morning wffien a physician of the
state department of health and the
attorney general went to the colony.
The visit was to determine if
Etidot-phia Smith is in a condition
to testify at the hearing. The state
officers were accompanied by the sher¬
iff’ and other representatives of his
office. The efforts to bring the gir 1
before the grand jury were halted
when the colony physician forwarded
a certificate that she was not in a
condition to attend. The testimony
of the girl’s roommate, however,
prompted the authorities to deter¬
mine the matter upon a personal in¬
vestigation.
STRIKE MAY TIE UP
NEW YORK CONSTRUCTION
New York, May 17.—A general
strike of artisans’ unions will tie up
construction in this city June 1 un¬
less their demands are met by the
Building Trades Employers’ Associa¬
tion, labor leaders asserted today.
They demand an increase of $1 a day
in the wages for all crafts and resto¬
ration of collective bargaining.
legged chicken, country cured ham,
crackling bread and “chitlings” fur.
^ nish for the hundreds that will
a menu
i appeal to any .appetite. People gather
from at least four counties about
Brantley and leading preachers of the
Primitive faith are always on hand
a nd preach sermons suitable to the
occasion.
While many from this ifitjy and
county will go by automobiles, others
will leave on the early Atlantic
Coast Line passenger train and
arrive in ample time to witness the
beginning of the ceremonies. These,
i it may be stated, are continuous and
of an interesting nature.
BRUNSWICK
Hus a landlocked harbor, th®
best on the South Atlantic
Coast.......
ULTIMATUM LAID DOWN BY
AMERICAN MINISTER SCHURMAN
TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
AT STATUTE UNVEILING
PRESIDENT EULOGIZES
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Ma 17.—Alexander
Hamilton’s service to the American
republic was eulogized by President
Harding a nd other speakesr of the
unveiling here today of a statute
commemorating his achievement, as
one of the nation’s founders and as
first secretary of the treasury.
President Harding described Hamil
ton as the “master builder of the re
public.”
MEXICO AND U. S.
NEAR TOGETHER
ON ARTICLE 27
NOW BELIEVED ACCORD WILL
BE REACHED BY THE
COMMISSIONERS
_
(Bv Associated Press.)
Mexico City, May 17.—The
tion commissioners of the United
States and Mexico met today to dis
cuss the troublesome article twenty
'
seven of the Mexican constitution.
This i s the article which national
ized the sub soil minerals of Mexico
and caused considerable amount
friction. The United States is now
asking Mexico to guarantee the
tection of petroleum rights in
ico acquired by Americans before the
promulgation of this constitution in
1917, on May 1st.
With the article formally before the
conference, together with Mexico’s
oft repeated assertion that its pro
visions were not retroactive, Presi
dent Obregon’s commissioners are ex
pected to be able to announce what
assurances the administration is pre
pared to offer in meeting the Wash
ington request for positive guacan
tee.
When this question is finally dis
posed of in a satisfactory manner it
ls believed that nothing will stand in
the way of complete recognition of
the Mexican republican government
by the United States. This
twenty-seven has been the constant
stumbling block, the oil interests tak¬
ing the position that the clause per¬
mitted the confiscation of the Amer
ican property at will and therefore
all such investments were unsafe.
WASHINGTON WILL
HAVE THOUSANDS
.ft AT 1 f'C vuLCDllA I CDD A TlfiW I lUli
NO OTHER EVENT HAS EVER
DRAWN SO GREAT A CROWD
AS THE SHRINER.S
_
Washington, May 17.—Members of
the Shrine, their wives, and children
are already pouring into the capital
of the nation to attend the annual
Imperial Council session, which is to
be held in June.
Few who are coming have any con¬
ception of the magnitude of the gath¬
ering, and less, as yet, sense the great
importance of this convention to the
country at large.
For no other convention, no other
event of any kind, has ever drawn to
the capital of the nation so large a
crowd of people, or from so many
sections of the country. At an in¬
auguration of a president, thousands
come for a day, but there will be
hundreds of thousands for a week or
more.
The country does not know well its
Washington, or its government. And
there will be four hundred thousand
visitors, from every state and every
city in the Union, spending a week
or metre visiting and learning of the
government machinery which they
provide,to govern themselves; the ef¬
fects can not help but be far-reach¬
ing and lasting, and infinitely more
important socially, politically, and
governmentally, than the deliberation
of the order which draws the throng
together, be their magnitude what is
ma y
rnTTf)lW U MFN HOiNflR
W. U. V VbKfctiNi rnrr„ YUJULlKlb «a,,, tdic
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(By Associated Press.)
Richmond, Va., May 17.—Election
of officers and reports of committees
featured the closing session today of
the Southern Cotton Manufacturers,
W. E. Beattie, of Greenville, S. C.,
was named president, and W. J. Ve
reen, of Moultrie, Gh„ was elected
chairman of the board of directors.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Attack By Troops May Add
Fire To Smouldering Vindic¬
tiveness of the Outlaws—
Message From Captive.
j
j (By Associated Press.)
| Tsaoc-hwang, Shantung Province,
j China, May 18—“Get the foreign cap¬
j | tives talk out of the afterwards, grip of such otherwise bandits,
terms
! there will be drastic action,” was the
ultimatum laid down to the Chinese
; government officials here late yester
j I day by American Minister Schurman.
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Clash With Troops
Anxiety over the foreign captives
I held in the Shantung hills by Chinese
! bandits was heightened today when
i woi'd reached Tientsin from Tsaoch-
1 wang of a clash between troops of the
I Chinese government and members of
| the outlaw detachment band. of bandits attempt
A
! ing to join the main body at the Paot
j zuhu mountain stronghold was said
! to have been llriven back after a sharp
: fifi'ht. This incident, it is feared,
may add fuel to the smouldering vin
| dictiveness of the bandits, unconfirmed who al
I ready are said in an re
P° rt t0 have hurled three captives
over a precipice as a warning. The
i brigands repeatedly have threatened
; Eo kill prisoners if troops were not
withdrawn and the bandits, in accord
[ with tain the granted terms immunity drafted by and their enrolled c-hief
’
* n the national army,
1 ”
Message from Captives
Shanghai, May 17.—Leon fried
I man, held captive by the Suchow train
j bandits in their mountain stronghold
i of Paotzuku, today managed to get
! a message out to his brother, Max
I Friedman, here, stating, “Don’t ex
j pect release for several weeks; ne
j j good.” gotiations progressing slowly; health
| Captive Released “ Parole
i on
| Frenchman, Peking, May 17.—'V. the Barube, captives a
1 was among
I held by the Suchow bandits, has been
j released on parole and has arrived
1 at Tsoa Chwang with further de¬
j mands al of the for troops. the captors It is for expected the remov- he
1
j will return to the bandit hea?Iquar
ters today.
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NEW YORK THREATENS
TO BOYCOTT LEVIATHAN
_
\ fBy Assocmted , Press.)
>T New York City, May 17.—The City
Sinking Fund Commission today in¬
structed Dock Commissioner Delaney
to visit Chairman Lasker of the Unit¬
ed States Shipping Board with a
threat to withhold docking space in
Manhattan for the reconditioned giant
bner > Leviathan, unless he reeonsid
j i ered his decision not to award the
contract for re-conditioning the Pres¬
ident Buchanan to the Brooklyn Navy
j ! Yard.
GOVERNMENT WILL URGE
j SPEEDY SUGAR HEARING
1
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 17— Hearing by
the supreme court of the govern¬
ment’s appeal in the sugar ease is
to be requested by the department
of justice on “the earliest day con¬
venient to the court.”
The department’s motion to be
presented to the court on Monday
will declare the injunction proceed¬
ings against the New York Sugar
Exchange presents a “question vital
to the welfare of the American
public. The court must decide the
motion, which will say ‘whether
under existing statutes the govern¬
ment has the power to protect the
public against sudden artificial fluo
tutations in prices of necessities of
life directly occasioned by a purely
speculative operation on future ex¬
changes.”
CHANGES IN PRESENT
REHABILITATION ACT
WOULD NOT BE ASKED
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 17.—A resolution
declaring it unwise to ask Congress
to make any changes in the present
rehabilitation act was adopted unani¬
mously at the concluding session yes¬
terday of the conference of civyian
j rehabilitation officials, representing
j various states, social workers and
government officials, called by the
federal board for vocational educa¬
tion.
The resolution requested that Con¬
gress appropriate $1,000,000 annual¬
ly for expenditure in cooperation with
the states and $75,000 a year for ad¬
ministrative expenses of the federal
board.