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VOLUME XXIII. No. 85. BRUMSW1CK, GA., MONDAY, DEC. 10, 1923. PRICE FIVE CENTS
FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF
COOLIDGE’S CANDIDACY IS
MADE BY FRANK W. STEARNS
Given Out in Washington
Night by Close Persona!
Political Friends of the
ident.—Statement in Full.
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Washington, Dec.
ment of the candidacy of
Coolidge for the Republican
tiou for president in 1924 was
last . , night . , . , by Frank „ , ... W. Stearns, ,,
Boston, who is known as his
personal and political friend.
William M. Butler, Republican
tional committeeman for
setts, also a ilose persona! and
ical friend of Mr. Coolidge, it
stated, will ‘act as the president’s per¬
sonal representative” in the
paign.
The statement follows:
“In answer to a question, Frank
Stearns stated that the friens of Pres¬
ident Coolidge are organizing
the guidance of William M.
the Massachusetts member of the
tional committee and a friend of
Coolidge of many years standing,
will act as the president’s
representative. As he perfects
organization he will from time to time
make known those in various parts
the country who will co-operate
him i:i the organization.”
The announcement, by Mr.
is expected to serve, temporarily
least in place of any direct personal
statement from the president on
question. The declaration of the
didacy, hilvvover, has co ne as no
prise at this time following as it
his declaration of policies in his
nual message to congress and
ciding with the annual meeting
tin’s week of the Republican
• committee and with what is
as virtually the selection of
land, through the withdrawal by
e a go last night for its invitation,
the (Republican national
next year.
For some time friends of Mr.
Id go had urged him to vnffftV his
lion known soon and it had
planned by some of them to have
president’s candidacy indicated in
response to the recent unanimous
dorsement given him by the
Dakota Republican proposal
tion.
Whether Mr. Butler, who lias
in Washington for several days
ferring with the president,
Stearns and others, will assume
duties of national campaign
has not been indicated. In any
he is expected to have the active
port in his work of C. Baseom
secretary to the president; of
B. Reynolds, a veteran in
politics, and others.
Mr, Butler, previous to this
had had little experience in the
of national politics, although he
served in both branches of the
chusetts legislature and is
widely as a possible candidate
year for the senate against
Walsh, Democrat, of that state.
is •believpd that the extent of his
ticipation in the national
ultimately may be determined
what by his own course with
to the senatovship. Ho is 62 years
age.
Temporary Coolidge
it is understood, will be
in Washington, in charge of Mr.
lor, who will thereby be in a
to advise readily with Mr. Slemp
Mr. Reynolds as well as with
Stearns and others. Details
in the appointment fo a number
regional managers, it is
will be given first consideration
such conferences. It is generally
lieved Mr. Slenip, who is also
al committeeman for Virginia
knows the Southern field
will be in general charge of the
paign in the South.
SENATE BACKS DOWN FROM
ITS ACTION ON LANKFORD
Atlanta, Dec. 10 (IP)—The
today voted to reconsider its
of Saturday in rejecting the report
the third conference committee on
Lankford income tax bill.
After taking that step the
then recommitted the report to
committee.
It was thought this afternoon
the house would take similar action,
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1, ENROOT INTRODUCES BILL TO
PLACE U. S. IN WORLD
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Washington, Dec. 10 (/P) —A
tion was introduced in the senate
day by Senator Lenroot, of
providing that the United States
ter the World Court. The
also provides that this action be
only after the United States has
completely divorced from the
of Nations.
BRUNSWICK
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FOREST CONGRESS
TO ASSEMBLE IN
SAVANNAH, JAN. 28
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE WILL BE
INVITED TO ATTEND
GATHERING
Atlanta, Dec. 10.—The Sixth For¬
estry Congress will meet at Savannah
January 28, 29 and 30, according to
the announcement here of C. B. Har¬
man, who has been appointed chair¬
man of the entertainment committee
for the meeting.
Flans are being worked out to have
a committee of the congress call on
President Coolidge and to extend an
invitation to him to attend the meet¬
ing. Col, Joseph Hyde Pratt, of
Chapl Hill, N. C.,,chairman of the ex¬
ecutive committee, is assisting in the
plan to invite the president.
TWO AVIATORS
KILLED AS PUNE
CRASHES TO EARTH
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITNESS
TRAGEDY AT HOUSTON,
TEXAS, SUNDAY
Houston, Tex.. Dec. 10.—Lieutenant
L. F. McLaughlin, 26, and Captain
E. T. Wagner, 29, were killed at: 9:30
p. m., yesterday, at Ellington Field,
when the wing of a training plane in
which they were flying collapsed and
the machine plunged 500 feet, to the
ground.
Hundreds of persons, who had
gathered to watch gunnery practice
of the Forty-third Pursuit Squadron,
here from Kelly Field, witnessed the
accident.
McLaughlin was a pilot and Wag¬
ner chief observer in the recently or
■p ;anized Eleventh Air Squadron, Thir¬
ty-sixth Division, Texas National
Guard. Both were married, with fam¬
ilies here.
Lieutenant McLaughlin was trained
at Ellington Field and served during
the war at a number of California
fields.
After the |war he was in charge of
United States forestry patrols in Cal¬
ifornia and Oregon.
Captain Wagner, artillery officer
{ during the war, instructed in numer¬
ous aviation camps in observation
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j PLAN MEETING TO
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CITIZENS WILL MEET AT BOARD
OF TRADE ROOMS TO
TAKE ACTION
Twenty-five or more representa¬
tive citizens will meet tonight at 8:09
| o’clock . lutlv at iu , the llllc Board of Trade rooms
to f orm definite plans for carrying
j j ou j. j- be ] lome building plan which was
j inaugurated some time ago. James
p, Davenport (will preside at the meet
j ng _
j s (-be intention of those spon
| soring the movement to build homes
p or pbe m an of moderate means
j whereby he will be able to own his
j own home by making monthly pay
j ments, equivalent to have rent. been tenta
j a number of lots
| tively secured on which a number of
j attractive little bungalows will be
j erected in the near future. The ipro
| motors of the scheme are very hope¬
j ful tha? the movement will soon solve
j the house-shortage problem, with
which Brunswick is now faced. The
scheme has been launched in a num¬
ber of other cities and has .met with
'signal success.
INVESTIGATIONS
LAUNCHED INTO
RAILWAY WRECK
Nine Persons Killed and Five are
Seriously Wounded
Yesterday
NFW YORK CENTRAL’S
20TH CENTURY LIMITED
Among the Passengers Killed
Were “Wild Bill"
One of the Greatest Figures in
Baseball World.
Forsythe, N. Y., Dec. 10 (fP)—
Four investigations were launch¬
ed today into the wreck near here
yesterday of the New York Cen¬
tral's Twentieth Century Limited
when nine persons were killed
and a number of passengers in¬
jured, five seriously.
Physicians stated today there
was no change in the conditions
of those seriously hurt.
New York, Dec. 10.—Nine persons
were killed, one of them W. B. “Wild
Bill” Donovan, manager of the New
Haven, Conn., baseball club of the
Eastern League, and at least five per¬
sons were injured seriously, early
yesterday, when the third section of
the west bound Twentieth Century
Limited of the New York Central
crashed into the rear of the first sec¬
tion at. a highway crossing east of
Forsythe, N. Y., about sixty miles
west of Buffalo, N. Y.
The list of the dead announced offi¬
cially by the New York Central head¬
quarters here follows:
Mr. and Mrs. Otto. Sweet, Los An¬
geles, Cal.; Mr. and .Mrs. Robert V.
Sturman, Spring-field, 111.; W. B. Don¬
ovan, manager New Haven, Conn.,
Eastern League baseball club; Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Sullivan, Spring
field, 111.; Mrs. Carl D. Kinsey, Chica¬
go; R. Pannell, Pullman porter. New
York city.
Five of the injured whom railroad
officials said were taken to a hospital
at Erie, Penn., weie: Carl D. Kinsey,
manager of the Chicago Music Col¬
lege, Chicago, 111., fractured leg and
shoulder; George Weiss, New Haven,
Conn., president of the New Haven,
Eastern League baseball club, lacer¬
ated back and bruises; John Zainist,
New York city, right forearm brok¬
en, scalp wound and body bruises;
George E. Van Hagen, Chicago, back
injured; George E. Van Hagen, Jr..
Chicago, slightly injured. (
An announcement issued at the ex¬
ecutive offices of the railroad stated
that the first section of the Twentieth
Century Limited struck an abandoned
automobile at Forsythe crossing and
was forced to stop.
“The second section of the train
was stopped by this accident,” the
statement read, “and was run into
by the third section, resulting in the
death of eight passengers and a Pull
man porter and the injury to five pas
sengers who have been taken to a
hospital at Erie, Pa.
“Our information at this time in¬
dicates that the accident was due to
the failure of 'Engineer Charles Pat¬
terson, of Cleveland, of the train that
ran into the train ahead, to obey cau¬
tious signals one and one quarter
miles east and the stop signal, ap¬
proximately one quarter of a mile
east of the accident, and also the
flagman and lighted fusees from the
train ahead, all of which he states he
observed. Both trains involved were
made up of solid steel cars; the tracks
in that territory are 'protected by au
tomatci signals.
“Engineer Patterson has been in
the service as an engineer for twen¬
ty-six years.”
ITALIAN CABINET
ADVISES KING VICTOR
PROROGUE PARLIAMENT
London, Dec. 10 fiP)—The Italian
cabinet this (morning decided to ad¬
vise King Victor Emanuel to pro¬
rogue parliament, says a dispatch
from Rome.
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NEW YORK COTTON
MARKET BREAKS 100
POINTS BEI.OW SATURDAY
New York, Dec. 10 (/P)_The
local cotton market today broke
100 to 102 points below Satur¬
day’s close qwing to weak Liver- +
pool cables and readjustment of +
ideas as to the next crow esti- +
mate. +
Liquidation carried January
+ down to 32.78 and March to +
+ 33.20.
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Presiden t Coolidge delivering
Doubt as to where President Cool -1
idge stood on the paramount issues i
of the day, which had existed for four j
months, has been dispelled now. Con
g-ress in particular and the nation in
general is now digesting the presi-
MANY SOULS MADE
HAPPY BY PRES.
COOLIDGE TODAY
MORE THAN 2,000 NOMINATIONS
FOR OFFICE SENT TO SEN¬
ATE THIS MORNING
Washington, Dec. 10—Several thou¬
sand nominations ranging from army
and navy promotions to ambassador
to Great Britain were sent to the sen¬
ate today by President Coolidge.
The list included about two hundred
persons now serving under recess ap¬
pointment made by President Hard¬
ing. Less than a dozen recess ap¬
pointments have been made by Pres¬
ident Coolidge.
The greater part of the list was
made up of postmaster nominations,
the postoffice department having with¬
in the past two weeks sent to the
White House recommendations for
between two and three thousand post
masterships. The name of Frank B.
Kellog as ambassador to Great Brit¬
ain headed the list and the London
post is expected to be the only ma
J 01 ' diplomatic post to be filed at this
i time. Richard Washburn Child will
retire early in the year as ambassa¬
dor to Italy but inasmuch as the time
has not been fixed, decision with re¬
spect to filling that post will be with¬
held for several weeks. The ambas¬
sadorship to Mexico is not expected! j
to be filed until after the new claims
conventions Mexican are ratified by the Arneri- j
can and senates.
Several but federal controversies judgeships soon aris- are j j
to be filed have
the selection of to fill 1
en over men va
cancies in Montana and Missouri
which probably will delay those nomi¬
nations. Agreement has been or soon
will be reached on judgeships in Cal¬
ifornia, Florida and South Carolina.
VICTIM OF SHOOTING
AT FORT MYERS HAS
CHANCE TO RECOVER
Fort Myers, Dec. 10 (IP)—Miss Lila
Baumann, of Sheboygan, Wis., who
was shot here yesterday by her broth¬
er-in-law, Walter Johne, who, a mo¬
ment before shooting her shot to
death his wife, Lydia, and then com¬
mitted suicide, remained tonight in a
serious condition, but was said to have
a slight chance to recover.
Mrs. Johne, who was said to have
been estranged from her husband, ar¬
rived here last week and Johne came
unexpectedly the following day and
sought a conference with her yester¬
day, but to no avail. Yesterday aft¬
ernoon he met his wife and her sister
out walking. Without a word, wit¬
nesses said, he fired at them, killing
Mrs. Johne instantly and wounding
Miss Baumann. Then he fired a bull
et into his head. Jealousy is blamed
j by police for the tragedy.
Mrs. Johne’s body will be taken to
Sheboygan, while Johne’s body re
unclaimed tonight.
BRUNSWICK HAS A I.ANI)-
1-OCKKD HARBOR, THE BEST
»N TrtE SOUTH ATLANTIC
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dent's views, delivered in a clear-cut
message ‘which he read to congress,
Coolidge, in his message, stresse#the
need of tax reductions, cahne out
against the bonus, backed the present
attitude of hte administration on the
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: Wa&hington, Dec. 10—Another
measure to conserve the time
and the energy of the president
will be initiated at the White
House this week by limiting the
engagements of the executive on
Tuesday and Friday—the cabi¬
net days—to those persons hav¬
ing official ............................... business to transact. '
The new plan has been worked 4
out by C. Baseom Slenrp, secre¬
tary to the president, to supple¬
ment an arrangement he put into
effect several weeks ago whereby
no set arrangements are sehe
doled for the afternoons and
which has allowed Mr. Coolidge 4 ! ■
cfhis* his afternoons "and free *to to the "cabinet work * !
4 office caH in 4
+ members for conference. The * j
♦ afternoon arrangement is held 4 j
4 by Secretary Slemp to have had 4: j
much to do in allowing Mr. Cool¬ 4
idge to get his message to con¬ 4 i
gress completed more than a * !
week in advance of delivery. v ;
Under the new plan no callers *
wishing merely to pay their re¬ * |
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TEXAN SHOOTS
WIFE, DAUGHTER
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DALI.AS MAN BROUGHT DAUGH-1
TER HOME FROM SCHOOL
AND SLAYS HER
Dallas, Tex., Dec. 10 t/P)—Peyton j
Pierce shot and killed his wife and I
thirteen year old daughter and prob- j
ably fatally shot himself at the fam-j
ily home here this morning.
Officers state that Pierce brought )
the girl home from school at 9 o’clock >
and led her to her mother’s bedroom,
where he locked the doors and fired |
the fatal shots. He is not expected to j
live. I
PREMIER BALDWIN
CONFERRED WITH
KING GEORGE TODAY
REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT I
TENDER HIS RESIGNATION ;
AS EXPECTED I
London, Dec. 10 (/P)—Prime Minis¬
ter Stanley Baldwin conferred with
the king today. Following the con
ference, the Central News said he did
not tender his resignation and that
he was prepared to tell the cabinet to
morrow he would retain the reins of j
government until parliament meets j
next month. {
League of Nations, suggested reor¬
ganization of the foreign service of
the United States, and urged simple
relief for farmers.
CHIEF OF POLICE
OF HAZLEHURST
SHOT AND KILLED
C(INVICTED M O O N S BINE R
SLAYS OFFICER AS HE
ENTERS HIS YARD
Hazlehurst, Ga., Dec. 10.—Warren
Waters, a white man about 46 years
old, killed T. J. Kersey, police chief
of the city of Hazlehurst, aoout u:uu
o clock last night.
Waters evidently shot the chief as
he entered the Waters’ yard, as he
was found lying on his back with two
loads of buckshot in his face. 1 he
chief’s gun was lying near him and
had not been fired, while the gun used
by Waters lay fifteen feet away,
Waters escaped in an
Coroner Jake Davis immediately call
ed an inquest and has had two men
arrested as witnesses, Bob Johnson
and Carson Pope, who the evidence
shows, were present or know more
than they have told.
Chief Kersey came here from
Swainsboro and had been very active
against the liquor peddlers. He x a
appointed probation officer by .Judge
Highsmith several months ago when
Warren Waters was convicted of vio
lation of the prohibition law and sen
teneed to one year, with service sus
ponded during good behavioi.
WOMAN ARRESTED IN
CONNECTION WITH MURDER
Milwauee, Dec. 10 (/Pi—Miss Flor
Witmever was arrested today on
a statutory charge arising out of her
relations with E. Ray Tomp
kins, held on charge of murder in con
nection with slaying of his wife.
NEW YORK SPORT
WRITER SPENDS
MORNING HERE
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R HANNA( OF NEW YORK TRI¬
BUNE, TALKS OF OIK
GREAT CLIMATE
W. B. Hanna,- the well known New
York sport writer, who is spending a
weeks at Dover Hall, was among
the visitors to Brunswick this morn¬
Mr. Hanna lias been coming to Do¬
Hall for the past three or four
years and to a News representative
morning he stated that he had
to feel at home at the popular
as well as in this city. Mr. Han
na was loud in praise of the local
this morning and could not
refrain from contrasting this ideal
summer day, with the weather
North Dakota, from (which he had
received a wire, saying the ther¬
was then registering twenty
below zero.
Mr. Hanna spent the day on busi¬
ness and will return to Dover Hall to¬
As stated above, Mr. Hanna
one of the leading sport writers on
New York Tribune.
URGENT’S ARE
KING ADVANCE
N MEXICO CITY
e Eefl Vera Cruz for Capilai
Via the lmeroceanit
Railway
COMMUNICATION
M I WEEN CITIES SEVERED
lis Estimated There Are Ten
Thousand Troops Available
For This Movement.—Rebel
Forces are Deposed.
Mexieo City, Dec. 10 i/P)~
President Obregon, accompan¬
ied by his staff, left Mexico City
last night for Irapuato for the
purpose of reviewing the division
of troops which General Amaro
is preparing to advance upon the
rebels in Jalisco. This was offi¬
cially announced today at the
castle.
Vera Cruz, Dee. 10 UP )— Insurgent
I troops have left Vera Cruz for an ad
j vance on Mexico City.
At various points along the Inter
oceanic Railway they will be joined
by other insurgents and the united
forces will then proceed toward the
I capital, advancing in two directions,
j it is estimated that about this ten tholl
| sand are available for movement.
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Rail Communication Cut
' El Paso, Tex., Dec. 10.—Direet rail
| communication between Juarez and
; Mexico City has been severed, accord
j ing to passengers who arrived from that
Torreon, today, where the train
I left the border Friday was turned
j back. Revolutionists have Canitas, blown Zuca- up
j a section of the line at
j tecas, 814 kilometers north of Mexico
| City, travelers were informed.
| There was no mail from the nation
‘ al capital the train that arrived
on
yesterday from Torreon.
Press telegraph service between
Chihuahua City and Mexico City also
j bas been interrupted.
Juarez became excited for the first
time since the (beginning of the San
I chez revolt when the report spread
j j that Canitas, the traek which had is been junction dynamited point, at
a
( As t j le j; ne to Durango City begins
j there, more than ordinary significance
j js attached to the movement.
Rebel Forces Deposed
j Laredo, Tex., Dec. Laredo 10—The took mill
j arv f,, rces of Neuva over
.that city this morning at 1 o’clock and
i th<? entire city was placed under niar
tia] j aw _ All de la Huerta officials
j were deposed and substituted by Ob
re g 0n men .
Reports stated that General Huer
t a do also was relieved. Numerous ru
mors are afloat regarding troops con
rent rati n g near Victoria and Guerro
for the purpose 0 f attacking Neuva
Lal . ptlo . The establishing of martial
j aw j n eity was done very quiet
A an( j without any _j._ demonstration.
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Jalappa Captured by Rebels
Mexico City, Dec. 10 (IP)—The eap
ture of Jalappa, capital of the state of
Vera Cruz by rebel forces has been
officially announced.
WANTS THIS CITY
TO JOIN GREAT
STATE MOVEMENT
M. GRAY, OF THE MUNICIPAL
LEAGUE OF GEORGIA. IS
SPENDING WHILE HERE
J. M. Gray, representing the Munic¬
ipal League of Georgia, arrived in the
city this morning and will be here for
several days.
Mr. Gray talks very interestingly
of the great work being done by this
organization of Georgia cities and
regrets the face that Brunswick is
the only city in the state with a pop¬
ulation of over 5,000 people that does
not hold a membership in the League.
Mr. Gray was in conference with
City Manager Rinkliff and other city
officials this morning and he is mak¬
ing a strong effort to present the
League with a Christmas gift, in the
nature of a membership application
from the city of Brunswick.
At the moment the League is (mak¬
ing a very hard fight for the utiliza¬
tion of the groat water power of the
state of Georgia and it is succeeding
in the fight.
The News understands that the city
commission will hold a meeting per¬
haps tomorrow to consider the ques¬
tion of a membership in this organiza¬
tion, which is certainly doing a great
work all over Georgia.