Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

IJ BRUNSWICK Has the lowest death rate of x any city its size in the United States ....... VOLUME XXII. No. 279. IMPROVEMENTOF CIH STREETS IS liINKLIFF’S HOBBY City Manager Points Out Effi= ciency of Service Rendered in Few Weeks CITY POLICE BARRACKS PAST APOLOGIZING FOR Many Improvements Outlined by City Manager That Could be Made at Inappreciable Cost to City of Brunswick. Step towards increasing the effi¬ ciency in the service rendered by the city were outlined yesterday by City Manager Rinkliff, in discussing the work done in the past few weeks. “Equipment is now on the way which will be put to wont as soon as it arrives in improving' the appear¬ ance of the streets,” said Mr. Rink liff. “There are two things about the appearance of Hie ojster shell and dirt surface streets that are pleasing neither to the peiple who live here, nor to the visitors. One is the grass ami weeds, the other the condition of the roadways. “We want first to cut the grass and weeds, and then as soon as we are caught up on this, to start putting the roadways in better shape. We will be able to reduce our payroll for this work, and at the same time, in¬ crease the amount of work we can do in a given time by this department. “All the equipment we have order¬ ed we have tried out, part of it in Brunswick ,and the remainder of it was ordered after a visit to Savannah this week. “The people of Brunswick want to remember that there are plenty of people in the state of Georgia who are watching this city, and expect to see it grow and improve steadily. You can ask almost everyone who has visited other Georgia cities recently, and they will tell you that people . everywhere are interested in the com¬ pletion of the St. Simon Highway. They are going to make at least one visit to Brunswick after it is complet¬ ed to see what we really have. We want to have things in the best pos¬ sible shape when they do eome to look us over. “During the past week I have driv¬ en about Brunswick considerably. As soon as 1 arrived in this city, people were kind enough to show me the best'streets. I haven’t been satisfied Until I had seen the remainder. I am taking every opportunity to find for myself the actual condition of the streets for carrying traffic. It is well enough t<* -have someone tell you a street is bad, but I expect to know for ^myself before long whether any street t ^ 'tin good bad shape. . or r • And, while I have been going over the physical end, I have also been in¬ vestigating the financial phases, and I am confident of one thing, it is not likely to bankrupt' the city to pur¬ chase the equipment for s treat main¬ tenance, or to operate it.” Plans are being carried out in other departments, for improvements in theft operations, Mr. Rinkliff said. Among these are the utilization of re¬ serve equipment in the fire depart¬ ment, and better conditions at the po¬ lice barracks. “The fire department has an Am¬ erican La France steam pumper that is now out of service, but which we will put back into service as reserve equipment unless in going over it, it is found to be worn out. I no not chemical trucks, one combination hose built in 1907, and there are plenty of fire departments having steamers in their reserve equipment that have seen longer service than this one, and they are still working. “The fire department also has a ladder truck that can be motorized at a very low cost, and put into service. At the present time, oui* fire fighting equipment consists of two triple com¬ bination pumping engines, hose and chemica {trucks, one combination hose and .chemical truck, and in addition to, theSe, we will have in reserve a pumping engine that can be placed on the job in a long drawn out fight with a fire, relieving the pumpers that re¬ spond on first call, and we will have a motorized ladder truck that can be put into service to respond to first alarms of fires from localities in which the hospital, the school build¬ ing, and the larger business buildings are located. “I wonder how many people in Brunswick have paid an even casual * the police barracks ? I pre¬ ‘ visit to of sume there must not be many them. But, we must quit neglecting the police department. If I had to report to a headquarters such as that (Continued On Page Eight) BRUNSWICK NEW GEN. “RANCHO” VILLA World’s most famous bandit. . Great Mexican leader who has been assas¬ sinated by his own followers. ORDERS ISSUED CITIZENS’MILITARY TRAINING CAMP MOKE THAN 4,400 MEN FROM EIGHT SOUTHEASTERN STATES OUT (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, Ga., July 21.—The fuss and fury is over. The barrage of mimeograph sheets, pamphlets, posters and orders is com¬ pleted. The artillery preparation for the battle is finished. The staff at headquarters of the Fourth Corps Area sits back in its dugout, helpless now to help or to Hinder. Now and then messenger boys dash .. with frantic telegrams from boys m seized with measles at the last mo ment .who can t. go Now and then somebody wires m for additional munition m the term of application blanks. But the big job for the staff is over, and now the troops must bear toe brunt of the battle, and do their job. The^ orders for Citizens Military Trnining Camp, sending more than 4,400 men from the eight southeast ern states are at last out, and Bill Jones, clear down in the tip of Flor ida, or Tom Hicks way up in the mountains of North Carolina, now is able to.eat another meal in comfort, for he knows now that ne is really and truly accepted to go to camp. There is a general overhauling of bathing suits all ova*- the south, and hundreds of tennis-rackets are being re-strung. It is expected that the mortality of ukuleles at camp will be enormous, but the troops, out for the month s camp provided by Uncle Sam will try to stand even such heavy losses without flinching. They will battle old General Ennui bravely, while mastering the differ¬ ences between reveille ami mess-call, and finding out what a long tail our mess-kit has. According to good old army custom, these 4,400 will coun¬ ter-attack again and again, without sign of faltering, every time the ad¬ vance scouts say the enemy Chow is approaching. All camps are ready and on August 1st will commence the third year of these Citizens’ Military Training Camps. BOOSTER MOTORCADE Tifton, Ga., July 21.—Tift county business men and farmers plan a booster motorcade to Valdosta and in¬ termediate towns July 26^ for the pur¬ pose of heralding the opening of the county’s tobacco market. Forty Au¬ tomobiles are expected to participate ini the trip. ZELMENOVITZ INAUGUR ATES GREATEST SALE IN HISTORY Outdoing even the high pace prev iousiy set by himself, A. Zelmenovitz is tomorrow inaugurating the great est ready to wear sale of his lifetime, In his announcement in this morn ing’s paper, Mr. Zelmenovitz pub fishes the first statement he has ever made regarding one of his mereban dising events. He considers this pres ent Six Day Sale to be the crowning achievement of a lifetime of success ful merchandising feats. He has marked his goods with one purpose in view, that is to clear his shelves for the fall goods that he is to purchase when he journeys east next month. When such a statement comes from such a man, the success of the event is practically assured. The sale be¬ gins in the morning and only lasts one week, closing strictly night. THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, JULY 22, 1923. PANCHO VILLA IS VICTIM BULLETS OF ASSASSINS Former Mexican Rebel Chieftain and Secretary Ambushed Near Parral TROOPS ARE SEARCHING ‘ COUNTRY FOR ASSASSINS For Ten Years Bandit Kept Mex¬ ico in State of Chaos—One of Notable Escapades Being the Raid on Columbus, N. M. (By Associated Press.) Mexico City, July 21.—The killing of Francisco Villa, former rebel chief¬ tain, from ambush near Parral, in the state of Chihuahua, created great consternation throughout Mexico, the assassination being discredited until it was later confirmed. One hundred «troops under com¬ mand of General Eugenio Martinez, arrived in Parral early last night to search for the assassins who killed Villa, Miguel Trillo, his secretary, and three men who were with them near Parral yesterday. Troops from the command of General Joe G. Esco¬ bar are also coming from Torreon to assist in the pursuit. Villa’s Career Francisco (“Pancho”) Villa, gueril¬ la chieftain bandit leader in Mexico for more than ten years, declared that 'he had ended his career of outlawry in August, 19290, when at the head of 900 followers, the remnant of what once had been his army of 35,000 men, he entered San Pedro, Coahuila, and, amid the cheers of the populace, an¬ nounced the intention of himself and men of accepting amnesty and set¬ tling down as farmers. j ^ered A few weeks To" earlier, Villa had sur | Federal forces at Sab jnas _ Re then dedared his adhere nce | to Provisional P , esident de la H uer , ta and 0enel . al Alvara Obregon, later : eIected p sident to succeed ,. e | za . Before capitulating, Villa j andwas RTa nted by the Mex j can government, one year’s pay and ia small farm for each of his men, a j RTan (- e q Utd to $2,000,000 gold. [ One of the most notable escapades j j jj. M., yj][ a , was March ra j d on in which he on 6, 1916, J j alld ] dg f rt ]] 0W ers killed 17 ctls h resulted in a punitive , can military expedition under Gen - pnd Pershing crossing the border and ! maintaining a “dead or alive” pursuit \ 0 f Villa which lasted more than nine j mon ths and cost the United States j government, according to a War De j p a rtment estimate, nearly $100,000, j qqq_ In a battle at Parral, American troopers were ambushed and a num¬ ber of them killed. On March 31, i however, the bandit’s followers were i defeated a t Guerrero. The Americans j were successful in a number of other ‘ skirmishes and penetrated far so south into Mexico as to meet the Con¬ stitutionalist troops pf Carranza who, ostensibly, were also in pursuit of the renegade Mexican leader. Villa, wounded but always eluding mountain cave for five weks. It was located in the center of a perpendic his pursuers, lived in a Chihuahua ular cliff which rose 150 feet from a brook on the level plain below and from this point said he often watched the American troops. Many times ‘he was reported dead. Upon the Ameri¬ can army’s withdrawal from Mexico, Villa renewed his depredations. On April 4, 1916, he was indicted for first degree murder at Deming, N. M., on account of the Columbus raid. “They call me a bandit and the worst man in Mexico,” declared Villa when he was welcomed at San Pedro, Coahuila, “but I would preserve our nationality. I surrendered because further fighting meant intervention by the United States. It is time for peace.” In a manifesto he praised the “good faith, honor and patriot¬ ism” of Provisional President de la Huerta and declared it was his pur¬ pose to show the Mexican nation . that },e and his men could “build as we jj as destroy.” ! The former bandit went with his family from San Pedro to Las Nievas, j Durango, to “settle down” on his jfarm there and shortly wrote to de la j Huerta for school books and supplies, j Villa was said to have been deeply I a ff ee ted by the death of a daughter in | San Antonio, Texas, a month after j ! hj ho s surrender. Sixteen number of his captured men, w were among a by Pershing and convicted of various offences were pardoned by the gover¬ nor of New Mexico t in November, 1920. The first real tragedy in Villa’s life occurred when General Filipe Angeles was executed as a revolutionist by Carranza trooops in 1919. Villa ad (Contlnued on page 8.) EXTRA SESSION OF LEGISLATURE NOT NECESSARY Governor Clifford Walker Says This Does Not Seem to be Needed LEADERS BOTH HOUSES TC HAVE CONFERENCE Chief Executive Compliments Members on the, “Give and Take” Stand Many of Them are Willing to Ad6pt. (By Associated Jftess.) Atlanta, July 21.—No extraordi¬ nary session of the general assembly will be necessary this year, according to present indications, Governor Clif¬ ford Walker tonight stated in an¬ nouncing that Monday evening lead¬ ers of both houses would hold a con¬ ference in an effort to formulate a definite program of procedure for the remaining (lays of the present legis lature. The “working spirit” of the legisla¬ tors was described as “excellent by the chief executive of the state who added that there appeared to be a tendency on the part of most of the leaders to “give and take” in order that something might be accomplish¬ ed. With such leaders, Governor Walker said, it was entirely possible that such proponents of the tax equal¬ ization act repeal bill (would accept amendments offered to their measure providing for it to go into effect after another system had been adopted through passage of a constitutional amendment in a general election. JUNE CONSTRUCTION RECORD FOR GEORGIA June building contracts in Georgia amounted to $4,899,600. This was a 40 percent decrease from the May figures. The more important items in the June record were.: $1,896,400, lings; or 41 per cent, for-residential build $1,078,000, or 22 percent for I I public works and utilities; $803,700, or 16 per cent, for business buildings, j and $649,500, or 13 percent for in¬ dustrial buildings. j Total construction started in Geor gia during the first six months of this year amounted to $47,064,500. Of this total, $28,737,700 was for the city of Atlanta. Atlanta’s June fig¬ ure was $1,848,900, a drop of 63 per cent from May. CRAZED SAILOR SLASHES THROAT FROM EAR TO EAR LUDWIG CRONE, MEMBER CREW OF STEAMSHIP CHEYENNE, ENDS OWN LIFE Seemingly on the road to recovery, but evidently deranged from malar¬ ial fever, Ludwig Crone, a Swede about thirty-six years of age, slash¬ ed his throat from ear to ear aboard the British steamship Cheyenne, en route here from a British port, on August 13, and the body of the unfor¬ tunate man was consigned with the usual ceremonies to the waters of the Atlantic. The Cheyenne reached this port some days ago and the suicide was reported to the Strachan Shipping Company for whom the vessel is now loading. Crone, it is stated, had been a victim of malarial fever but after leading Liverpool he seemed greatly improved and informed the master of the ship on July 13 that he would be able “be ’ deck” the following to on morning of the 14th, and noticed a pied the same quarters, awoke on the morning of the 14th, and notced a stream of blood under the bunk of the unfortunate fellow sailor. The cap¬ tain of the vessel was notified and an investigation disclosed the fact that the man evidently had become de¬ ranged and with a razor, which was in his hand, had slashed his throat from ear to ear. Deceased had been a sailor for a number of years and was a native of Sweden. He was known aboard ship as one who never shirked a duty and the fact that ha ended his own exist¬ ence is accounted for by 'his fellow seamen by the opinion that he became mentally unbalanced as a result of the fever of which he was a victim for many days. SIMS SURFEITED Atlanta, Ga., July 21.—Mayor Wal¬ ter A. Sims has had enough of this city mayoralty honors, he declares, and under no circumstances will he be a candidate in 1924. BRITISH NOTE ON GERMAN REPARATIONS IS SENT TO I FRANCE BUT KEPT SECRE' GLYNN GIRLS WIN EASILY IN BREAD BAKING CONTEST The Teams Representing Eight Counties Make Most Ex= cellent Showing MAKE SCORE THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN EXCELLED Will Go to Atlanta to Compete in State Contest for Represen¬ tation at Chicago During the Fall. Out of twenty-four contestants, representing eight counties of the Eleventh district, competing for hon ors in the bread-baking contest, Glynn county girls yesterday won a decisive victory over their friendly rivals, making a score of 1004, the highest record to date—and there are but three other districts to report. The contest for this district was held in the Glynn High school Tburs day and Friday, twenty-four girls representing the district, three each from the counties of Chatham. Ware, McIntosh, Pierce, Bryan, Appling, Lanier and Glynn. The contest open ed with the baking of bread and bis cuit, and the product, the result of the making at expert-hands, kept the judges busy for many hours. Each team had surprised the judges by the superiority of their knowledge of baking bread and the finished product was even more complicated. After several hours of deliberation, it was decided that the Glynn con¬ testants, comprised of Misses Johnny Paulk. Nellie Drawdy and Ruby Chambers were the-winners, the lat¬ ter making the highest score on the general knowledge of bread-making, with flour and yeast. Miss Drawdy easily won over her competitors in making the best biscuits. When the contest was announced it was stated by the judges that the Glynn team had won by sixty-nine points over their nearest competitors. The team had been instructed by Mrs. Madge B. Merritt, home demonstra tio nagent, the girls under her tute¬ lage winning their laurels on the score principally of technique and the general knowledge of bread-baking, The contest was predicated on the appearance of the contestants; proce¬ dure: neatness; arrangement of ma¬ terial; manipulation; economy; gen¬ eral knowledge and judging bread. In all of these the Glynn trio excelled. The judges, however, took occasion to compliment the other contestants on their splendid showing, the products of their efforts being superior to those ever made in a similar contest. Miss Etta Colclough, assistant state agent of the girls’ clubs, of Ath¬ ens, stated that she was agreebaly surprised at the showing made br¬ each of the girls’ clubs of the various counties. “I 'have judged these con¬ tests on previous occasions,” said Miss Colclough, “but I have never witnessed such keen competition, and such superior work on the part of the contestants. It was inspiring to me, and to others, to see the contestants making such an improvement over their former efforts. They have sim¬ ply excelled themselves, demonstrat¬ ing that they have received the most adept tutorage.” The successful contestants wifi go to the Southeastern Fair, in Atlanta, in October, accompanied by Mrs. Mer¬ ritt, at the expense of the state, to compete with the club winners of the other ten districts. The winners of this contest, two teams to be selected, are to go to Chicago, during the fall to enter the national bread-baking contest. Mrs. Merritt leaves tomorrow for the district short course, which is to be held at the A. & M. college, States¬ boro, accompanied by C. J. Anderson, Emma Belle Mitchell, of Bladen; Ila Livingston, of Brookman, and Mar¬ garet Crine and Cecil Chambers, of Southern Junction, who are members of the Glynn county clubs. They will be away until Friday. Mrs. Merritt is confident that the Glynn county girls will give an excel¬ lent account of themselves at the At¬ lanta fair and it is not improbable that this county will be represented at the national bread-baking contest in Chicago. JOHN M’CORMACK Famous American tenor, who has been out of commission because of illness, returns from Europe and announces he will return to stage this winter. BARRETT & CO. MAY AGAIN BE A GOING CONCERN EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN TO AR¬ RANGE MATTERS LOOKING TO THIS END (By Associated Press.) Augusta^ July 21.—The appoint¬ ment of a creditor committee' to con¬ duct the business of Barrett & Co., as a going concern was reported early tonig-ht as being arranged by finan¬ ciers representing eastern creditors. The company, one of the country’s largest cotton factors, had announced its inability to meet its obligations at the present time which is variously estimated at between eight hundred thousand and one million dollars. An agreement is expected to be reached by interested parties some time during tonight. MEN CHARGED WITH FLOGGING WOMEN ARE ACQUITTED Lumberton, July 21.—A verdict of not guilty on three counts in the in dictment on which they were tried were returned this afternoon after the jury was out fifty minutes in the trial of Mike Lawson, Jule Brigden and Johnson Hodgepeth. The men were charged with and tried for kidnaping ami secret assault on a woman as a result of the kid¬ napping and flogging near Proctor ville on April 14, of Mrs. Mary Wat¬ son and Mrs. .Hattie Purvis. WINS SCHOLARSHIP Milledgeville, Ga., July 21.—Miss Mary Bacon Brooks, normal super¬ visor of intermediate grades in the practice school of the Georgia State College for Women, has been award¬ ed a scholarship for a summer course in health education at Peabody Col¬ lege, Nashville. Miss Brooks won one of the 15 awards given by the American Child Health Association. FRUIT CHIEF INGREDIENT OF ILLICIT WHISKEY Atlanta, Ga., July 21—Fruit is tak¬ ing the place of corn as the chief in¬ gredient of illicit whiskey, according to federal pohibition officials here, who have captured 550 gallons of peach beer, thirty gallons of peach brandy and twenty-five gallons of blackberry wine. The industry has its crest in the middle and southern section of the state, the agents as¬ sert. DALTON’S NEW HOTEL Dalton, Ga., July 21.—Dalton’s new hotel, modern fireproof structure, sponsored by the local Civitan Club at a cost of $170,000 has been open¬ ed for occupancy. The hostelry has 45 rooms. NOTED CRIMINAL ESCAPES Philadelphia, July 21.—Erwin F. Wilson, of Brookline, Mass., who was pardoned by President Wilson for I preventing a jail delivery at Fort Leavenworth, where he was imprison-! ed. escaped early today from the state hospital for the criminal insane at Fairview, Pa. BRUNS HSL_ Has a landlocked best on the South At‘* nt,c Coast PRICE FIVE CENTS CONTENTS NOT KNOWN ONLY TO FEW OFFICIALS Allied Views are Requested in a Communication From the British Premier COPY OF IT ALSO SENT TO WASHINGTON CITY French Cabinet Will Meet Today and Give the Document Its First Official Consideration at That Time. (By Associated Press.) London, July 21.—The British note in reply to the German reparations communication has been delivered to the allied ambassadors. Immediately following this all of t'he British cabinet members have dispersed to the country for the week¬ end, there being nothing to ,-Io now but await the reply which will be made by the French government. It is understood here that the French cabinet will meet tomorrow when the British note will be given its first official consideration. With the British note seeking al¬ lied and American views on the rep¬ arations issue safely in the hands of the various diplomatic representa¬ tives for transmission to their respec¬ tive governments, there was an evi¬ dent feeling of relief and satisfaction ! in Downing- street this morning. The British foreign officials left im¬ mediately for an extended week-end vacation, but a number of the Amer¬ ican embassy staff members wifi not be able to enjoy such recreation for they were busy coding messages for Washington so the note might be on the state > department’s desk early Monday morning. By the end of an¬ other week the British government expects to have answers from the al¬ lied and American governments. Note Reaches France Paris, July 21.—The British note on German reparations was received at the French foreign office today it , was officially made known during the morning. | Knowledge of the contents of the j note is limited to a small group of j the of these foreign have office promised officials. Premier Each Poin- one j j care to keep the information to him self, the Premier saying that the ! French government has given its j words of 'honor to observe absolute 1 secrecy until the British government has agreed to the publication of the text of the note. Premier Poincare’s address at the monument ceremonies at Villerscot teret tomorrow will present anew terest tomorrow will present a new France’s attitude on the reparation issue, but if the speech had been written before the British note ar j rived it will be a simple statement of the French position without regard to the questions raised by the Brit¬ ish. Actual negotiations among the al¬ lies will be begun next week as soon as the French , and Belgian premiers have had time to discuss the note with their cabinets. „ , Document in Washington, Washington, July 21.—The British note on reparations, sent to the al¬ lied capitals, also was delivered to the Washington government today as a matter of information. The state department officials said that the text would rrot, be (made pub¬ lic nor would the subject be discussed. The note came through the American embassy in London. It was said that the officials had not had time nor opportunity to study the note in detail, but it was indicated that when such an opportunity had been afforded no announcement could be expected in view of the British government’s injunction to strict se crecy. GOVERNOR TO SPEAK TO RURAL CARRIERS Columbus, Ga., July 21.—Governor Clifford Walker, it is understood, be one of the speakers before Georgia Rural Letter Carriers’ as' iation when they assembled Monday, Sept. 3, for their tw annual convention, being made to place Un Senators William J. Ha ter F. George on the i