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BRUNSWICK
Has the lowest death rate of
any city its size in the United
States ......
VOLUME XXII. MO. 226.
BALDWIN IS NAMED GREA T BRITAIN’S PREMIER
WASHINGTON WIT HOUT ADVICES
FROM MINISTER SCHURMAN IN
PEKING AS TO THE SITUATION
"Zero Hour” For Suchow Ban¬
dits Has Passed And No An¬
nouncement Been Received
From The Brigands Strong
hold Of Any Executions.
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(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 22. 1 he Wash
ington government lias been
advices from Minister Schurman in l
Peking for more than twenty-four
hours when the cabinet met to consid¬
er the plight of foreigners held as
prisoners by Chinese bandits.
The cabinet approved Secretary
Hughes’ action in awaiting recom
mendations from Mr. Schurman to
quiet this government. It was stated
emphatically at the White House that
the administration had full
in Minister Schurman. The only con¬
cern of this government is that the
captives will be saved and released,
remains unchanged.
It is recognized that to negotiate
with the bandits through Peking dip
lomats would waive the question of
responsibility of the Peking govern
ment. Americans leading iu
tions at Lincheng yesterday express¬
ed the belief that further conversu
tions between the Chinese officials
and the bandits were futile.
It is said that Roy Anderson, an
American resident of China for many
years, was prepared to undertake new
negotiations if given the power by
the- Chinese government to deal with
the bandits.
Zero Hour Passes
' Shanghai, May 22.— (1 p. m.)—The
“zero hour” for the Suchow bandits
has passed and hq announcement has
been received from the brigand
stronghold of any executions. Gov¬
ernment troops are withdrawing as
the bandits demanded. The nearest
soldiers to Poatzuku, the captives'
mountain prison, now are six miles
distant.
Negotiations Deadlocked
Tientsin, Mav 22.—Latest advices
from Tsaochwang today confirmed
the domple.be deadlock reported j n
negotiations, competed by the
iing government’ in an effort to obtain
release of the foreigners held by ban
dits in Shantung mountain strong
u»d„ . hi c k ,« VCT
■foreign captives were held at
summit of Paotzuku mountain were
described as “terrible.”
FORD FILES APPLICATION
FOR PERMANENT LICFNSE
FOR MISSISSIPPI PROJECT
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(By Associated Press.)
j Washington, May. 22.—Detailed
by jrljins the fte’-th^' Ford Motor deytHopnient Company • proposed the
on
Mississippi river between St. Paul
anri Minneapolis -were, i were ) filed filed with with the
^Federal Power Commissioii today by
engineers uttd attorneys re.presrsuiig
Henry Ford, with an application for
a permanent license ravelin, the pro
jec-t.
THE FEDERAL RESERVE
REDISCOUNT RATES TO
MAINTAIN UNIFORM--LEVEL
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Washington, Mdy 22.—The Federal
Reserve rediscount rates will main
tain their uniform level of four and
one-half percent for the present be
cause of satisfactory business condi
tions throughout the country, it was
announced today at the conclusion of
the meetjng qf the board’s advisory
council.
There is nothing to- confirm the re¬
port that the council made recom
m ...qniiations relative to granting the
right to’any reserve bank to establish
an agency in Cuba.
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CONVICT LEASE SYSTEM TO
;
BE ABOLISHED IN FLORIDA
BEGINNING ON JANUARY 1
(By Associated Press.)
Tallahassee, Fla., May 22.—
The conference committee today
agreed upon and will adopt a bill
to abolish the county convict
lease system in this state and will
so report to both houses tomor¬
row following which it is expect¬
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A NEW TREATY WITH
SPAIN BEEN DRAFTED
j, Washington, May 22.—A draft
j of a new tTPat >' of amity and coitw
: meree between the United- States and
fcfpa(iu lias been CorWai'ded by |Lhe
I Stat Department to Alexander P.
i Moore American ambassador at
- Madrid, to be negotiated by him with
' e Spanish government.
j
GREECE WILL PAY
j i NO INDEMNITY TO
I TURKS, ASSERTED
!
j
ATHENS ALARMED OVER RE¬
PORT HOSTILE ACT TURKS
BLOWING UP BRIDGE
■ (By Associated Press.)
Lausanne, May 22.—The declara
j tion of Foreign Minister Alexaunirs,
of Greece, that his nation, having de¬
cided to pay no indemnity to Turkey,
would withdraw from the near east
1 conference this week if the Angora
delegates pressed their demands for
reparations, has created a fresh Ci i
sis in the peace negotiations.
Minister Alexandria told the for
-ign correspondents that “if Turkey ■
t
‘ proposed the obtain
to resume war to
j indemnity, then Greece accepts the
, challenge.”
“My government,” he continued,
; “has determined to retire from the j
J conference next Wednesday or Thurs
; day when the indemnity question !
| comes up in plenary session if Tur
; key insists upon her unjust position
or any effort is made to force Greece
to accept this position.”
He said that he thought that “if
the worst comes to the worst to^de-’j that
the Greek army will be able
! fend its honor.”
j Athens^M^' S.-The^^Turkish
i tro °P s are reported to have blown .up
the bridge over the Maritza river,
connecting Adrianople and Kargath.^
This news has caused great con->j
sternation here.
*t was learned later’today-that the
structure known as Diamandi [bridge, j
destroyed by a thunderstorm, being
; struck by lightning.
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HON. B. F. MANN TO MAKE
GOOD ROADS ADDRESS
AT AMERICUS MEETING
Representative B. F. Mann will 1
leave tonight for Americas, where he
goes to attend the County Commis
sinners Association, which will con
vene in that city- Thursday for a twn
-lav session.
M.r. Mann is tn he' one' nft.hr nriru-i
pat speakers on they program of the
association, the subject of his address
ybein’g “The Highway. Problem in
Georgia and the Advisability of a
State Bond, Issue.”- Last year Mr.
Mann received an invitation to ad¬
dress the association, but other en¬
gagements prevented an acceptance
and when the .invitation was renewed i
recently he accepted. !
Glynn’s representative is one of the
most important highway advocates is in j
| Georgia and a rare treat in store
: for all who are fortunate enough to
hear this distinguished good roads au-:
thority at the Americus meeting,
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SAVED BY DIRT BAR ;
(By Associated Press.)
Niagara, May 22.—A dirt bar j n
, the Niagara river saved George Mur
j phy and,four;companions from being)
swept over Horse Shoe Falls today.
ed that final legislation will fol¬ j
low against the practice and will I
be adopted to take effect on Jan¬ !
uary 1, 1924. 1
This is the date agreed upon by
the committee as the time the law )
will become effective. The date !
has been the the while. only point in dis¬ |
pute all I
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MAY 23, 1923.
Examination Day is Here
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♦ COAST GUARD CUTTERS ♦
♦ STANDING GUARD OVER
RUM RUNNERS OFF CAPES
(By Associated Press.)
♦ Norfolk, Va., May 22.—The
♦ coast guard cutter, Mascouting,
-f with guns mounted hurriedly at
+ the navy yard here, sailed' to- •f
♦ night to join the cutter, Man- ♦
♦ ning, standing guard fourteen ♦
♦ miles east of the Virginia Capes, ♦
-f where the rum runners, Istar ■*
♦ and Cartona, are anchored. ♦
* * ^' e Manning has been with ♦
* the fleet of rum runners off the ♦
♦ Virginia coast since Sunday ♦
♦ night.
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POLICEMEN KILLED
t WHILE ATTEMPTING
1 HOLDUP MAN
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RESERVES CALLED AND ROUT¬
ED MAN AND WOMAN BY
USING GAS BOMBS
Jersey City, May 22.—Two police¬
men were shot to death and two oth¬
ers seriously wounded today in a bat¬
tle -when they tried to arrest Frank
Sayes, a hold-up suspect at his resi
‘^ ence -
Saves and a woman companion
were caught finally' by the police re¬
serve.- after being driven from the
house with gas bombs. Detective Ser¬
geant 'Black and Patrolman Ware
were killed outright and L. Harry
Otis and Detective Walton were
wounded.
The six officers went to the house
to arrest Sayes in connection with
a recent hold-up. Sayes saw them
coming and opened fire on them from
a rear window. Walton dropped at
the first shot - 0tis ’ B,ack and Ware
rus hed to the building-^ and gained an
entrance. After they had been inside
a minute or so there was a volley of
shots from the second floor of the
building.
Two other officers , entered the
building and they found Otis, Black
and Wave, the latter two dead, lying
on the outside of the door of Sayes
bedroom.
The reserves were called and suc
ceeded in capturing Sayes and. the
by the bombs. .
woman use of gas
RESOLUTION ADOPTED
ASKING LAWYER TO
LEAVE BEAUFORT, S. C.
Beaufort, S. C., May 22.—At a mass
meeting held last night which was
largely attended and which was
at times, resolutions were
asking Claude M. Aman,
attorney, to leave town. The
presided over by J. R.
a legislator. Aman has been en
in a controversy with Neil
a state senator,
the building of bridge leading to
Lady on the Island. The resolution
the dispute termed the
on Senator Christiensen
BRUNSWICK TO
BE REPRESENTED
AT DIXIE MEET
F. E. Twilty, R. E. Reddy And
Fred Warde lo Attend
Convention
——,
DIXIE HIGHWAY ASS’N.
MEETS IN CHATTANOOGA
Brunswick To Be Represented
On Board of Directors For
Georgia By Colonel ' F. E.
Twitty.
Brunswick will he represented at
the Dixie Highway Association’s an¬
nual convention, which meets in Chat¬
tanooga tomorrow for a three-day
session, by at least three delegates:
Col. F. E. Twitty, R. E. L. Reddy, rep¬
resenting the Rotary Club, and Fred
G. Warde, representing the Board of
Trade.
'Brunswick is especially interested
in this meeting of the highway asso¬
ciation, as there is every probability
of Col. F. E. Twitty, of this city, be
ing elected to the vacancy on the
board of directors for Georgia, Frank
G. Bell, of Savannah, having resigned
i p! ace several weeks ago.
Twitty -will have the support of Di¬
rectors W. T. Anderson, editor of the
Macon Telegraph, and Clark Howell.
* of the Atlanta Constitution. It
is generally conceded that he will
named for this _ important post
out opposition—-at least there is no
intimation that there will be a eon
lest for the place.
Col. Twitty is one of the most ag
gressive good roads advocates in the
state and is thoroughly conversant
with highway conditions in every sec¬
tion of the country. He has devoted
a great deal of his time to local and
other projects in this section of Geor¬
gia and is a valued member of the
Macon-Brunswiek Highway Associa¬
tion. He is eminently qualified to
serve on the board of directors of the
Dixie Highway Association.
The meeting in Chattanooga will be
attended by one of the most notable
gatherings of highway officials ever
assembled south of the Ohio river. 1
One of the largest delegations Cincinnati. to be j
present will be that from
Other important cities will also be
largely represented.
Col. Twitty left last night Editor for Ma- .
con, where he will join Ander- 1
son and motor to the Tennessee city.
R. E. L. Reddy will leave this morn
ing. Fred G. Warde, who is in Ma
. con, will leave that city some time to- j
day for Chattanooga. There is every
indication that the convention will
one of the largest ever held in the
South.
“blackmail”, described Mr. Aman as
“an undesirable citizen,” and assert
ed that the time had come for him
to remove his “person and eonnec
tions” from the community. Numerous
speeches were made for and against
the attorney.
CHANCELLOR OF EXCHEQUER - '
BRITAIN’S PRIME MINISTER
IN SUCCESSION TO BONARLAW
TWO EARTH TREMORS
ARE FEET IN HELENA
Helena, Mont.. May 22.—Two earth)
tremors were felt iu Helena at 1:15
morning. They were about a
minute apart, the second shaking
even lle-avilv constructed buildings.
The shocks gave the impression of
a rolling from west to east
THIRTY-TWO DEAD
BODIES RECOVERED
FROM RIO GRANDE I
!
IDEA PREVAILS THEY WERE j |
FOREIGNERS TRYING GAIN
ENTRANCE TO U. S. |
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(By Associated Press.) i
Mexico City, May 22.—Newspaper j
dispatches from Neuvo Laredo sav j
that thirty-two bodies have been tak- j 1
en from the waters of the Rio Grande j
in the vicinity of Laredo on the Mex- !
ican side of the river.
These are believed to be the boil- i
ies of Italians rt t- and j other ,i persons of ,. :
foreign hirths births «.h„ who wi had been ........! robbed
and murdered while attempting to i
enter the United States illegally.
An investigation is underway at I
Montery, mine the the truth dispatches say, to deter- ]
of the charges that j
■ members of tt family -\ of that city have i
a :
i______ been murdering _....., ..... and robbing foreign- „ . j
ers who they have inveigled into at¬
tempting a clandestine entrance into
the United States.
The authorities believe that there
may be some connection between this
report and the dead bodies taken from
the Rio Grande river, it being pointed
out that persons thus enticed could
be easily robbed ami killed and tin
bodies thrown into the river.
Story is Denied from Laredo j
I
San Antonio, Tex.. May 22.—Re !
ports from Mexico City that thirty- j
two bodies had been found in the Rio
Grande near Laredo, Tex., are brand
as false by the authorities at Lar
edo and Nuevo Laredo, across the riv
er in Mexico. -
Six bodies were found ten - days ago 1
at different intervals believed to be -
foreigners who were promised they
would be smuggled across the burner. i
FOURTEEN PEOPLE LOSE i
'
LIVES IN FIRE WHICH i
RAGES AT MEXICALI
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Uiwer California Town Visited by a i
Conflagration Which Destroys
Trn P.Io^l^ !
:
(By Associated Press.)
Brawtey, Cal., May 22.—Fourteen ,
people were burned to death and dam
; estimated at one million dollar
was Mon e by'a fire which destroyed
tW(l ' * bloel-.-s in Mexicali ........ Lowei Cali
g^j.,. today, according (n wo i
,v ( . e j vv ,j here early tonight.
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IS CRITICALLY ILL AT
HER HOME AT STERLING
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Thp many friends of Mrs. G. W.
Wright, Sr., of Sterling, will regret :
to learn that she is .critically ill at i
her home there.. Mrs. Wright was in j
an extremely serious condition last j
night and her, relatives and friends j
were apprehensive that she would )
not survive the night. Mr. children J. S. j
Wright and several of her I
have been summoned to Mrs. Wright’s
bodsid*.
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i -■ t- ♦
i+ i ♦ BRYAN FINALLY WINS
VICTORY AT ASSEMBLY
!♦ PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
j ‘if ♦ ___
(By Associated Press)
: liam Indianapolis, Jennings Bryan, May 22.—Wil¬ defeated
♦ evolutionist, scored a victory to
,
♦ day when the general assembly
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♦ defeated the Commoner’s resolu
♦ tion to bar schools permitting
♦ teaching of evolution hypothesis
.
♦ from the usp of church funds.
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CLARA PHILLIPS |
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RATHER DIE THAN |
j RETURN TO THE U.S. j
I
BERATES HER BROTHER FOR !
CARRYING HER TO HONDUR¬
AS INSTEAD OF MEXICO
(By Associated Press.)
Tegucigalpa, Honduras, May’ 22.’—
Jesse Carson, under detention here
w 'th Clara Phillips, the California)
hammer murderess, and her sister, -
Mrs. Etta May Jackson, attempted j
escape today while being taken to
police headquarters for questioning
Carson tried to jump from the au¬
tomobile carrying him and the women
the guards held him firmly m
place. minister During justice the interview police with heuti-1 the j
of at
quarters Mrs. l fJL. Phillips till... had t. .4 alter-; 1* I ,
. _ an .. . .
cation with Carson, declaring that
he was responsible for her coming to j
Honduras and being arrested.
sain that in Mexico she would have j
been safe from extradition and arrest.
She declared that she would prefer
death to going back t.o California.
'Larry Ho” Becomes
An Editor Again
“I.arry Ho” Hodgson, twice mayor
»f St. Paul. Minn., is l«ack in the
(irwsiwper game with a bang, pick¬
ing up his famous blue pencil to as¬
inine the editorship of the J/tnncsnp
y/ia .Yearn. Mr. Hodgson is known
’.hroughout (be middle west as %
'enial philosopher in prose and versa
vud ’ -. a gifted public speaker
PERSONS INJURED AND
FORTY HOMES ARE WRECKED
BY A TORNADO IN KANSAS
(By Associated Press.)
Hutchinson, Kans., May 22.—
A tornado struck Greensburg,
the county seat of Kiowa county,
southwest of here at 6 o’clock
tonight destroying approximate¬
ly forty homes and severely in¬
juring six persons, according to
a telephonic report reaching here
BRUNSWICK
Has a landlocked harbor, the
beet on the South Atlantic
Coast ,
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Appointment Regarded As Un¬
questionably A Keen Disap¬
pointment To Lord Curzon,
Who Was Regarded As Cer¬
tain To Succeed Bonar Law.
(By Associated Press.)
London, May 22.—Stanley Baldwin,
chancellor of the exchequer, is the
British prime minister in succession
to Bonar Law.
Having followed the constitutional
practice to ascertain the views of
the Conservative leaders through his
secretary, Lord Stam-Fordham, who
has been busy since Sunday in the
necessary consultations, King Georgs
came to town today, without further
delay and offered the vacant premier
ship to Baldwin, who accepted.
The new prime minister, like his
predecessor, graduated from the
trades, and also like Bonar Law, from
the iron trade. Neither of these men
were trained for politics but adopted
politics after successful commercial
careers. Sir Robert Stevenson Horne
will be chancellor of the exchequer in
the new cabinet.
Disappointment to Curzon
Premier Baldwin’s period of polit
ictd . , experience is one of the shortest
among British statesmen who have
ever attained this goal of their am¬
bitions, as it is only within the last
few years that he has been promi¬
nent in politics and only in the last
few months that he has become at all
commanding figure m British poli¬
tics. That has been during his term
as, chancellor of the exchequer.
This solution of the premiership
problem, thus suddenly thrust upon
the country is regarded as unques¬
tionably a keen disappointment to
Lord Curzon, who two days ago was
regarded as almost certain to succeed
Bonar Law.
As parliament is not sitting it was
not regarded as probable that there
would be any hurry to fill the vacan
cy, hence t lie announcement of the
appointment this afternoon and its
acceptance came with rather a sur
prise to the general public. It had
been understood that if the king had
seen fit lo name Lord Curzon for the
place that Premier Baldwin had lndi
cated his willingness to have served
with and under him.
-
Was Government Spokesman.
Since Mr. Bonar Law’s illness had
him from personal par
ticipation in the parliamentary de¬
bates, Mr. Baldwin acted as govern
spokesman in the House of
The new premier is 55 years old,
was eduucated at Harrow, Trinity
and Cambridge, is married
has two sons and four daughters.
His wife was Miss Lucy Ridsdale, of
I ’ot.tingdean. , * * ;gs
S0C1ALSTS DEMAND
THAT UNITED STATES
RECOGNIZE MEXICO
New York. May YzA-The Socialist
in annual convention today
a resolution demanding that
United States recognize the pres¬
-government in Mexico. Another
1 protested against the.jm
in of Soviet approximately-.40,000 Russia ind
- re¬
that the Soviet government
its policy of "persecuting’
who hold political views at
with those of the govern
Amnesty for “political prisqners”
in federal prisons was demanded
another resolution,
Other resolutions called for the na
of all coal mines in ihe
and condemned “persecu
of negrties-iiv the South.
tonight.
The extent of the damage to
property and the probability of
fatalities cannot be stated at this
time but no report of an actual
death as a result of the catastro¬
phe has been received although it
is feared that some of the seri¬
ously injured will die.