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BRUNSWICK GROW TO BE
BIGGER AND GREATER. . .
v/OLUME XXIII. No. 99.
FUTILE EFFORT BY YOUTH TO MURDER PRINCE
ATTEMPT MADE
TO ASSASSINATE
PRINCE HIROHITO
Youth, Dressed as a Laborer,
Fires on Prince Recent
of Japan
HOME MINISTER ASSUMES
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACT
Baron Goto's Home, and all So¬
cialistic Centers Being Close¬
ly Guarded Owing to Fear of
Anti-Socialistic Outbreaks.
Tokio, Dec. 27 f/P)—A youth ijYess
ed as a laborer was arrested by the
police today shortly after he had fired
at Prince Regent Hiroliito in tin at
aieinpt to assassinate him. The
police believe lie is insane.
The shooting has aroused intense
excitement and feeling' is running'
high throughout the city.
Tokio, Dec. 27 iff) —Home Minister
Goto has resigned, assumed full re¬
sponsibility, as home minister, for the
attempted assassination today of
Prince Regent Hirohito, by a twenty
year old youth, now under arrest, it
is understood here.
Baron Goto’s home and all Social¬
ist centers are benig closoiy guard¬
ed, owing to the fear of an anti-so¬
cialistic outbreak.
MRS. WEAVER TO BE
RELEASED ON BOND
Orlando, Dec. 27 I/P)—Due to the
fact that no mystery surrounds the
suicide of Mrs. Men own Tiker. wife of
•Toe }!. Tinker, nationally known base¬
ball player, who shot'herself through
’he head with a pistol Tuesday morn¬
ing', and died a l'd.i m’autos lalev
while being taken to a lac:;I hospital,
no inquest was held by locr.i iiili.-eis,
and the body will be buried here to¬
morrow.
A rs. linker , had . .. been a line ted . toi ..
some lime with nervous trouble, and
her rendition grew worse after the
ivreek of a train near Aiiamonte
Springs last week, on which she and
her husband were returning from
Chicago, Chieasm. where where Mr. Mr. Tinker Tinker lmd had gone cone
to represent Florida baseball interests
at the recent convention.
Members of the family said Mrs.
Tinker took an active part, with her
■ husband and children, in the celebitr
tiou Christmas morning around the
Christmas tree. Later, Mr. Tinker
and one of his sons left to spend sev¬
eral days at their camp in the woods.
About noon, Mrs. Tinker was said to
hive left a party of friends in the
living room and gone into her bed¬
room. where she shot herself with a
small revolver.
SINCLAIR‘S PROTEST
OVERRIDDEN BY SENATE
IN OIL LEASE CASE
Washington, Dec. 27 (/P)—Overrid¬
ing the protest of Harry F. Sinclair,
oil operator and holder of a lease to
the naval oil reserves in Wyoming,
the senate public lands committee to¬
day voted to require him to give de¬
tails of all transactions in the stock
companies formed in connection with
lease and of the operations of the
syndicates organized to market such
stock.
MRS. TINKER'S DEATH
AT ORLANDO DUE TO
SUICIDE; NO INQUEST
V|Atlanta, Dec. 27.—Solicitor General
John A. Boykin has agreed to allodv
Mrs. Margaret Weaver, under indict¬
ment as accessory before the fact in
the staying of William S. Coburn, Ku
Klux Klan attorney, to be released on
bond of $1,000, it was stated at his
office today.
The woman was said to have given
the solicitor a detailed account of the
movements of Philip E. Fox, who last
week was found guilty of Coburn’s
murder and sentenced to life impris¬
onment, immediately prior to the
shooting. Mrs. Weaver denied, how¬
ever, that she knew Fox intended to
kill Coburn, it was slated.
Coburn was killed on November 5.
Fox, at the time of the killing, was a
klan editor.
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JAPANESE REGENT
FACES DIFFICULT
FUTURE AS RULER
Prince Hirohito, regent of Japan.
Prince Hirohito, regent of Japan
faces many problems as that country
enters the new year. Millions are.
homeless and jobless as a result of
earthquake, tidal wave and flood dis¬
asters. The national treasury is hit
by these catastrophes. Hirohito is
virtually on the throne—his father,
the emperor, having been incompetent
to handle the reigns for years.
NO WORD AS YET
FROM IKE LOST
PLAN NOW IS TO EX FLORE
WHERE IT MIGHT HAVE
itiiwv
Par’s, Dev. 27 (.-P)—Ne word yet
hil - reived from tire
dirigible Dixmude, which may still be
111 Uic air alter m niy days, or may
have cnemcd a land.ag in some out
the way place :n toe »• ’cnch protee
tovate of run is, .n \.i. : aern A1 riea or
* n Sahara Desert, i or several
days new the airship's wireless has
been silenced 'and the great craft her¬
self has vanished.
The minister of marine received
messages today from the port ad
rniral at Bizerta declaring that the
Dixmude was not seen over Tunisia
on December 23 or 24, and that she
at no time had asked for help. It is
established that the last comnutnica
tion received from the airship was
on December 21 at 8 a. m.. when she
acknowledged receipts of a telegram
from Sidi Abdullah, Saraha. 'Lite in¬
tensity of the message at that time
justified the inference that she then
was not more than two hundred miles
from Bizerta.
It is calculated that the Dixntude’s
store of gasoline might have been ex¬
hausted by Dec-amber 23. Consequent¬
ly, the only thing left to do is to ex¬
plore the regions where the airship
might have come ddwn either volun¬
tarily or by force of circumstances.
All reports that the dirigible had
been observed over Tunisia recently
having proved erroneous, the minis¬
try considers there is to justify the
belief that she was carried to sea.
An exhaustive search made on Sun¬
day and Monday in the zone compris¬
ed between the eastern coast of Tunis
and the line of Malta-Tripoii with the
Help front the British and Italian al¬
lies, yielded no results.
The opinion therefore prevails that
search for the dirigible should be con¬
centrated in southern Algeria. Caval¬
ry patrols were dispatched Sunday
to explore the territory and as soon
as the weather permitted airplanes
from Algerian and Tunisian bases
began a methodical exploration of the
region where it was thought possible
the dirigible might be.
Although there appears slight prob
that the Dixmude has fallen
into the sea, all light units available
of the Mediterranean squadron, as
well as the Province, Algeria and
Tunis flotillas, have been placed at
the disposal of the vice admiral com¬
manding in North Africa waters for
fresh investigations of the western
part of the eastern Mediterranean ba¬
sin.
BRUNSWICK, GA., THURSDAY. DEC. 27, 1923.
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BOOTLEGGERS AND ♦
MOONSHINERS BREAK ♦
UP CHURCH EDIFICE ♦
Hancock, Md.. Dec. 27 l/P)— ♦
Bootleggers and moonshiners to- ♦
day were declared bv authorities ♦
at Blackroad, about six miles ♦
from here with having' pn Christ- ♦
irnas night damaged a church edi¬
fice and with beating' up four
members of the congregation,
♦ including two women.
> The invaders entered the
♦ church after breaking in the win
♦ (lows. Once inside they began
+ to break up the church fixtures.
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FIFTEEN PERISH
AS HOSPITAL FOR
INSANE BURNS
1 SCORES ESCAPE FROM THE
(iROUNDS IN CONFUSION,
BUT MANY RETURN
Chicago, Dec. 27 (/P)—Only two of
| the seventeen patients who lost their
{ lives, in the fire that destroyed a
I frame building of the Chicago insane
| hospital last night have been identi
. tied today.
j The others were burned beyond rec
i ognition and a dozen supposedly dan
I genius patients were still at large to
day.
Chicago, Dec. 27.—Fifteen patients
of the Chicago State Hospital for the
Insane at Dunning are known to have
been burned to death or suffocated in
a lire which destroyed a frame struc¬
ture used as a dormitory for tubercu¬
lar patients last night.
At least three others are believed
to have perished.
One of the bodies removed from the
; „f the building was that of a
I,woman, it was at first thought all
of the patients had been removed.
i About 60 patients were in the
I building when the five started.
About fifty of the patients left the
j hospital grounds during the eonftt
Mofit of them returned and oth
eis were picked up by passing motor¬
ist i and returned to the asylum, which
consisted of seven buddings housing
3,500 patients.
The woman who perished is be¬
lieved to have been an attendant who
went into the building to rescue pa
, Dents . there women pa
as were no
] Dents ill the molding.
Those who left the building were
marched to the amusement building
about a quarter of a mile away.
A few of the attendants remained
to help check the flames, but three
wards of the building were destroyed
before much headway had been made.
The Dunning hospital is located on
j the northwest edge of Chicago. It is
! not surrounded by a fence or other
j inclosure and when the patients were
j ushered out many became confused
and wandered away. They were rec¬
| ognized those who by did their hospital return voluntarily attire and
i not
j were rounded up. After city appara
jtus had arrived the fire was controlled
after three wards constituting one
half of the building had been destroy
ed.
Firemen estimated the loss at
$100,000. Hospital officials however,
said they believed it would be less.
Because of mud in the streets and
on the grounds fire apparatus had
great difficulty in reaching the scene.
Attendants carried six bedridden
patients from one of the wards, a
number of whom were injured in the
hurried exit or in falling after get¬
ting' out. Others were hurt when
they returned to wards to get Christ¬
mas gifts. They were driven away
by attendants. Three policemen res¬
cued three patients who became con¬
fused and finally took refuge in a la -
atory of one of the (wards. The po¬
licemen chopped down the doors and
dragged the patients out.
As soon as the fire alarm, was
sounded all the available nurses, doc¬
tors and attendants were summoned
and hurried t? Lie aid of the attend¬
ants in the burning building.
At first it was thought every one
had gotten from the building, then it
was found that a few had remained
behind, some of whom are believed to
have been overcome or confused by
the fire and smoke. The women whose
body was recovered is believed to
have been trying to rescue some of
these.
As soon as taken from ruins, the
bodies were removed to the hospital
morgue. Hospital officials said it
would be practically impossible to de¬
termine the identity of the victims
immediately because of the condition
of tlie bodies and because some of the
patients who wandered away have not
been returned.
APPROPRIATION
OF $100,000 FOR
HIGHWAY MADE
State Department Makes Bruns*
wick=Waycross Highway
a Certainty
CONSTRUCTION WORK TO
BEGIN EARLY IN
Brantley County is Unable to
Build Roads and This Will be
Done by Glynn and Ware
Counties.
Announeement has been made by
the State Highway Department that
an appropriation of $100,000 had 'been
secured for construction work on the
Brunswick-Way cross Highway, which
will be available the first of the year
and actual work on the project will
begin within a few days.
For some time this important link
in the state highway system has been
agitated by the leading citizens of
Brunswick and Waycross, and repre¬
sentative citizens of Brantley county
at -- ............. Hoboken and ---------------- Nahunta. The ----- roads -■
leading out of the terminal cities are
in fairly good condition, but it is un
derstood that those traversing Brant
ley county are impassable in several
places. This, of course, renders the
highway between Brunswick and
Waycross practically useless.
It is financially impossible for
Brantley to build highways at this
time. If the highway through that
county is built it will be through the
co-operation of Glynn and Ware, with
state assistance. The appropriation
of $100,000 by the state department
for this project will, of course, two’coun- have
to be matched by the other
ties. With $200,000 the highway
through Brantley could be placed in
excellent condition, temporarily, at
least, or until a more definite program
is arranged. i
There (would probably be no
important link in the chain of Geor
gia highway than between Brunswick
ami Waycross and the prospects of
its early construction will be hailed
with pleasure in this section of the
state.
Headquarters at Waycross
Information has been given out by
the State Highway Department to
the effect that the Eleventh district
offices are to be retained at Waycross, j
for the present, at least, and will not'
be merged with contemplated the Albany <ll.striet, the [
us had been by 1
highway department.
C. L. Rhodes, who has been in
charge of the Waycross office of the
state engineers for the past four
years, will be placed in charge of the
Americu.s district, according to an¬
nouncement just made. S. M. Paf
ford, assistant, has been promoted to
the office of division engineer.
YOUSSOUPOFF IS
AGAIN POSSESSOR
OF BUCK PEARLS
PRINCE PAYS SUM OF $12,000.00
FOR THE RECOVERY OF
PRECIOUS STONES
New York, Dee. 27.—Forty-two
black pears, valued at $60,000 were
recovered from customs officials by
Prince Felix Youssoupoff, of Russia,
by the payment of $12,000 duty.
The prince brought the pearls and
other jewelry, valued at seven hun¬
dred thousand dollars and said to have
been among the possessions of the
Romanoffs, to this country recently
with the announced intention of sell¬
ing them as antiques.
The other articles are being held
'or further investigation of their ori¬
gin. They include two five-karat dia¬
monds valued at between $100,000
and $200,000.
Articles of jewelry brought here
last winter by relatives of Prince
Youssoupoff were recently released
by the government after it bad been
established they were antiques.
HOGS BRING MUCH MONEY
Americas, Dec. 27 (JP )—A large
amount of money, totalling approxi¬
mately $7,000 has been brought into
Sumter county and distributed among
the farmers as a result of the sale
of hogs last week. Seven cars of hogs
were shipped in all from local stock
pens and are destined for Havana, all
having been sold to Cuban butchers.
Practically all the hogs were classed
as numberl stock.
Britain Names Its Members of
Group to Study German Finances
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Montagu Norman Reginald McKenna
London, Dec. 27.—That Great
ain is pinning great hopes on the
pert Committee of the Allied
and U. S. to solve Germany’s financial I
troubles and thereby clear the Euro- i
pean skies of many clouds is indicat
ed by the caliber of the men selected j
to represent the empire on this com- j
mittee.
The three men asked to serve are
Montagu Norman, governor of the;
bank of England; Sir JosialuStamp,
secretary of the Nobel Industries, and
Reginald McKenna, former chancel
of the exchequer. KrTated the _ financial _ J
felzartl Norman as
of Great Britain—tile power
behind the bank of England so to
speak. The necessity for Ins services
011 the committee was made plain to
ti e hanking fraternity
llis weik as a member of the Brit¬
ish Debt Funding commission to the;
U. S. indicated his ability to cope with j
EXTRADITION OF
PANMORE BEEN
AGAIN POSTPONED
PROCEEDING DELAYED IN THE
HEARING OF CASE IN¬
VOLVING NEGRO
Newark, N. J., Dec.
in the extradition proceedings brought
by the state of Georgia against Silas
Panmoore, set for today in Chancery
court here, was postponed until Jan
8.
Panmoore is accused of having shot
and killed Police Chief 1. Jefferson
Williams, of Iron City, Ga. He was
arrested in New Brunswick.
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People has
fought the extradition proceedings,
alleging th'at the man would be lynch¬
ed if taken to Georgia. Replying to
this charge, Governor Walker, of
Georgia, recently assured Governor
Slizer that Panmoore would have a
fair trial if brought here. After re¬
ceiving- this assurance Governor Sliz¬
er signed extradition papers but on
the same day Vice Chancellor Backes
allowed a writ of habeas corpus that
he might inquire into the circumstan¬
ces surrounding the man’s arrest and
detention.
It was hearing on this writ, sche¬
duled for today, which was postpon¬
ed.
CHRISTIAN GIVES CONSENT
ANNOUNCEMENT KINSMAN’S
ENGAGEMENT TO MARRY
Copenhagen, Dec. 27 f/P)—King
Christian today consented to the pub¬
lic announcement of the engagement
of his young kinsman, Prince Figgo
and Miss Eleanor Margaret Green,
daughter of Dr. J. O. Green, of New
Y'ork city.
ADVANCE IN PRICE
CRUDE OIL MADE BY
TEXAS COMPANY
Tulsa, Dec. 27 Id 1 )—An advance,
ranging from fifteen to forty cents a
barrel for Oklahoma and Kansas
crude oil, was posted here this morn¬
ing by the Texas Company.
BRUNSWICK HAS A I, AND
BOOKED HARBOR, THE BEST
ON THE SOUTH ATLANTIC
COAST.........
international financial I
problems. j
McKenna is head of the
bank, one of the largest in England.'
He has represented 'the government
in many internatftmal matters,
Stamp, formerly assistant secretary
of the bo rad of inland revenue, is
thoroughly familiar with the situr.ii m
generally.
Norman and Stamp will -live on
the committee which w:'.l ton/.der the ;
measures necessary necessary to to balance the
German budget and stabilize German
currency. McKenna will -.-'Ve with
the tom mittee which wilt ex tmine the
question of capital! export e I from
Get mr.uy.
Charles G. Dawes former director
of the U. S. budget, will be chairman :
of the main committee and Owen D. j
Voung will he America’s other rep
resentative. ;
France will also he represented, j
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RECEIVER P. & H.
RAILROAD ASKS (
THAT BE JUNKED
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IMPOSSIBLE IO MAKE LINE i
FROM CAIRO TO HAt ANA. j
Fl.A., PAY j
Washington, D. C., Dec. 27.—Alvin j
Wight, receiver of the Pelham and
Havana Railroad, extending from
Cairo> Ga>> a distance of thirty miles.
to Havana, Fla., has petitioned the!
Interstate Commerce Commission to j
be allowed to abandon the property
so J that it. may be sold for junk. i |
’
the Hie receivership petition . sets x forth established t.iat since . last; J
was
March by the superior court of Grady
county, t.he railroad has been operated
as well as possible considering its in¬
solvency and the condition of the
roadbed and rolling stock.
Mr. Wight says that there has
been a loss of $10,000 hi operation un¬
der the receivership, that $6,000 is
due in taxes, that it would take $7,500
to put the roadbed in shape to operate
trains with safety, that the property
is mortgaged for $15,000 exclusive of
interest and has judgments outstand¬
ing against it for $90,000. He adds
that it has been impossible to obtain
\*ny bid for the road as a going con¬
cern, whereas it estimated that it
would bring from $20,000 to $30,000
if sold for junk.
The petition to the Interstate Com¬
merce Commission has been author¬
ized by Judge IV. V. Custis of Grady
superior court.
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♦ AMERICAN WIFE OF ♦
♦ CHINESE FOUND WITH ♦
A THROAT CUT AT HOME ♦
♦ New’ York, Dec. 27 (.-Pi—Helen ♦
♦ Chun, twenD’-year old American ♦
♦ ,wife of Harry Chun. Chinese ♦
♦ restauranteur, was found mur- ♦
♦ dered last night in their Wash- ♦
♦ ington Heights apartment. Her
♦ throat was cut and a bathrobe ♦
♦ cord drawn taut about her neck. ♦
♦ ♦
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CLARKE SAYS
WOULD HELP TO
END “ELEMENT”
Writes President C<M)lidj*e Offer*
injr to Co-operate in Ku
klux Klan Affairs
WAS FORMERLY HIGH IN
COUNCIL OF ORGANIZATION
Announced Intention of Issuing
Proclamation to Klansmen to
Remedy Conditions, or Dis¬
band the Order.
Washington, Dec. 27 (TP)—E. Y.
Clark, formerly high in the councils
the Ku Klux Kian, wrote to Pt> i
dent Cooiirfge today offering to eo
operate with the executive in the end
ing of the activities' of “an element”
which is converting the Klan into an
organization vastly different from
that planned by its founders,
He also announced his intention of
issuing a proclamation to the Klarix
men '‘calling the better element fiith
er to take a iioid. and remedy the ex
isting evils’’ or to disband the organ
ization.
iVHJKlj LllNC.LiUk)Ulv£.N niCn nCUDCC
EXPECTED SOON IN
CAPITAL RUM SCANDAL
Washington, Dec. 27.—Though a
holiday truce prevailed today in the
investigation of the capital’s bootleg
scandal there was abundant evidence
that llluk further disclosures were in pros
pc-ct and that the trail of the missing
of 2,o00 customers had not been
abandoned.
Despite unnouiu-wneirt by Kfiner
Trey, chief of the intelligence co-ps
of the internal revenue bureau, that
the immunity of diplomatic liquor
which police attempted to seize had
been definitely established, police ofli
; -iais declare their intention of t'ol
lowing up that feature of the ease un
til a more satisfactory explanation
had been made.
Commissioner Oyster, of the
Diet of Columbia police depart
said he would ask for a definite ruling
on the extent to which diplomatic im
munity carries. He is awaiting a re¬
port. he said, from the internal reve¬
nue bureau. In their raids on the
bootleg ring involved police entered
residence occupied by Dr. V. Soko
lowski, secretary of the Polish legu
tiou, where they say about $50,POO
w()) q]| 0 f Hquor was located. Im
munity was granted on Dr. Sokolow
ski’s claim.
REPORTS PEACE
MOVEMENT BEING
MADE IN MEXICO
UPON EVE OF FEDERAL OFFF.N
siVES AGAINST REBEL
FORCES
Tulsa, Ok! )., Dec. 27 (/P)—Upon the
eve of the federal offensives against
the rebelibus forces commanded by
Generals Enrique Estrada and Man¬
uel Disquez in the state of Paliseo and
General Fortunato Mayeotte and Cas¬
tro, in the state of Oaxaca, reports
are in circulation of a peace move¬
ment.
The author of the new peace offer,
according to these reports, is General
Angel Flores, governor of I.inaloa,
presidential candidate.
STOCKHOLDERS LEHIGH
VALLEY RAILROAD TO
RECEIVE DIVIDENDS
New York, Dec. 27 (JP) —The stock¬
holders of the Lehigh and Wilkes
barre Coal Company are in receipt of
dividend checks in the amount of $40
Vn each share of $50 par value of
the stock. It was disclosed today
that the company voted on December
18 of last year rim dividend of eighty
per cent.
DEATH BY SUICIDE
Homerville. Ga.. Dec. 27.—A ver¬
dict of suicide was returned here yes¬
terday by a coroner’s jury in the death
of D. J. White, young Clinch county
farmer whose body u-as found Christ¬
mas morning in a thicket near his
home after he had been missing eigh¬
teen days.