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HOME AND THUS HELP
BRUNSWICK GROW TO BE
BIGGER AND GREATER. . .
VOLUME XXill. No. 104
- \ MANY KILLED AND INJURED IN FACTORY FIRE
EXPLOSION IN
STARCH PLANT
AT PEKIN, ILL.
Bodies of Between Twenty=five
and Thirty=five Victims
are Visible
FIRE PREVENT ATTEMPTS
TO RESCUE THE INJURED
At Nine O’clock One Hundred In¬
jured Had Been Placed in
Hospitals in Peoria.—Man
Jumps From Third Story.
Peoria, 111., Jan. .3 {JP) —Between
t twenty-live an thirty-ijve arc be¬
lieved to be dead and more than a
hundred others injured as a re¬
sult of the terrific explosion at
the starch plant of the Corn Pro¬
ducts Company, at Pekin. Fire
broke out after the explosion.
Rescuers could see the bodies
of approximately between twen¬
ty-live and thirty-five victims ly¬
ing in the ruins, but flames pre¬
vented attemptes to reach them.
Eighty were injured and many
of them were badly mangled and
had been removed from the
wreckage at eight o’clock and
taken to the hospitals in Pekin
and Peoria.
Two hundred firemen were
Working in the plant at the time
of tne explosion.
At nine o’clock one hundred in¬
jured had been placed in the hos¬
pitals.
Trapped in the third floor of the
burning plant was Frank Litch
weiss, age twenty-six years, sang
to Ids fellow workers for nearly
an hour to calm them and when
the last retreat was cut off, lie
'jumped from a third story win¬
dow of the blazing building. He
was taken to the hospital badly
burned, his eyes being hurt.
HAS CLEAN DOCKET MiT
Fitzgerald. Ga., Jan. 3 L/PF—There
were no arrests on charge of this violat
ing the prohibition law in city
during the holidays, according to the
police report. The holidays were
ebvated in a quiet manner despite the
facf that there were many transients
in town. The merchants reported an
unusually good business.
WOMAN DIES OF SELF
INFLICTED WOUND
AFTER BEING BURNED
Pinehurst, Ga., Jan. 3 —Mrs. C. A.
Thompson, who shot herself in the
head yesterday at her homo heio, died
tins morning at 10:30. She ini al«o
suffered burns baout the nody.
Funeral services will be held
t.imom.'vv morning at 30 o ceric, and
interment will he in the Pinehurst
cemetery. Rev. C. TACbivk will offi¬
ciate. /
Mrs. Thompson is survived by four
children, Charles A. Thompson, who
is employed in a Macon bank; Sam,
Esther and Mary Sue.
Dr. O. R. Thompson, of Macon, is a
brother-in-law of the deceased. He
and Charles are here.
MUTILATED BODY
Of DETECTIVE IS
ruunu CATIHin AN Ull I LEVEE,
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SKULL CRUSHED AND OTHER
MARKS OF VIOLENCE
ARE FOUND
New Orleans, Jan. 3.- -With his
9 skull crushed and body mutilated,
Fred Bentley, said to have been a se¬
cret service operative for the New
Orleans Public Service (Inc.),
found dead today on the Mississippi
river levee i_____ _______ near Hahnville, a few
miles above here. It mas believed he
came here from Los Angeles, where
it was said his wife resides. A let¬
ter found in the man’s elfects was
signed' “Mrs. J. B. Freneau. 812
Broadway, Washington Court
Ohio,” thought to be his sister.
Police investigating Bentley’s death
had obtained little information about
the case tonight. A heavy iron bar,
which apparently had been used by
his assailants was found near
the body W8S .discovered.
Records of Bentley found at a
hotel indicated that he came to
Orleans last October and obtained
employment as a linesman for
Public Service (Inc.).
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A NINE WILCOX PUTNAM’S 4
DIVORCE VACATED BY
+ PROVIDENCE JUDGE ♦
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* Providence, R. I., Jan. 3 </P )—
4 Judge ^ Barrows of the superior
court today entered an order va¬ 4
cating the divorce which was
granted yesterday to Nina Wil¬
cox Putnam Anderson from Rob¬ 4
ert J. Sanderson until such time 4
as she shall appear in person *
and satisfy the court that she 4
h:s been a resident of this state 4
for more than two years prior to 4
October the sixteenth. 4
It is understood that she is 4
now in Florida. 4
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SIPPING REPORT
FOR YEAR MAKES '
GOOD SHOWING
PORT STATISTICIAN JOHANNE
SEN COMPILES RECORDS
FOR THE YEAR 1923
Port Statistician Oscar Jobannesen
has compiled the shipping statistics
for the port of Brunswick for the
year just closed, which will prove in¬
teresting, as well as instructive. Ac¬
cording to the figures September was
the banner shipping mrnth for 1923.
The total amount of shipping for
the yaer was $20,282,219. The tota’
number of vessels touching at the
port was 1(54. with a tonnage of 396,-
504. Tile members of the crews num
bored 3,902.
In his report Mr. Johannesen points
out that there were move than 100,000
cases of canned prawn shipped from
Brunswick in 1923 and over 30,000
barrels of raw prawn shipped by the
two express companies.
The Georgia Veneer & Package
Company shipped approximately
$500,000 worth of crates and boxes
the year, while the Atlantic Re
fining Company received and shipped
for the year from $4,500,000 to $5,
000,000 in gasoline, kerosene and oils.
During the year there were 500,000
pounds of tobacco shipped from the
local port, which amount is expected
t 0 be doubled during the present year.
The lne shirt-in- sn, P-' m *’ during aunn £ the me > year ca “' by ay
months, was as follows: January, $2,
February, $1,502,(iOG; March,
$509,931; April, $1,167,602; May,
409,982; June, $1,414,588; July, $1,-
438,331; August. $1,294,491; Septem
be;. S''.,l5t,CU; October, $2,179,865;
Novi ruber, $2,3 47,635; December, $1.-
781,340.—Total, 320.282,219.
CONGRESS GOES
BACK TO WORK
AFTER
RECONVENES TODAY AFTER
TO TAKE UP
MANY MEASURES
Washington, Jan. 3 (/P)—Congress
came , back , today , , from . the Chris mas
recess to begin l \ r\ /-»*» \ the f h a com serious ahu itrAVlr work of A 1
the session.
With committees of both the house
and tne senate now organized, the j
way is now clear for Republican lead
sJ&rzZXsrsrzSR 1
Coolidge in iris first annual message.
They will seek to wind up the work
in time for adjournment sine die be¬
fore the Republican National conven
tion.
Supreme Court Convenes
Washington, Jan. 3 {JP )—After
three weeks’ recess, the supreme
ecu t reconvened with all members
present, but no decisions were hand
ed down and no orders issued in the
way of motions which it had under
consideration during the recess. The
court followed its established prac¬
tice of withholding its opinion for de¬
livery on the regular opinion day,
which will be next Monday. A large
number are. expected to be announced
at that time.
SENATE TO INVESTIGATE
ELECTION OF MAYFIELD,
DEMOCRAT, OF TEXAS
Washington, Jan. 3 UP )—A resolu¬
tion formally authorizing an investi¬
gation of the election of Senator May
field, of Texas, Democrat, was adopt¬
ed today by the senate.
BOBCAT KILLED NEAR ATLANTA
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 3 (/P)—W. T.
Flowers, of Oakland City, has put on
exhibit in Atlanta A bobcat that he
claims he killed while hunting rab
bits in Lakewood Heights, a suburb
of this city, The bobcat measures
three feet ni length and weighs 35
pounds.
BRUNSWICK, GA. t THURSDAY. JAN. 3, 1924.
HARRY K. THAW TO
SEEK HIS RELEASE
FROM THE ASYLUM
MOTHER OF SLAYER OF WHITE
WILL OPPOSE ATTEMPT TO
SECURE HIS FREEDOM
New York, Jan. 3 (JP) —Bartholo
mew B. Coyne, a New York lawyer, I
who for a number of years has rep- j
resented Harry K. Thaw, today uefi- ;
nitely confirmed the reports that his ;
client, slayer of Stanford White, is
now in the asylum and that he would j
soon A short seek his while freedom. later Mr. Coyne J
an -1
nounced that Frederick Gump, Jr., of!
whom Kansas Thaw City, .faces for the charges whipping in this! ofj
state, would agree to settle the civil'
damage suit out of court and to let j
the criminal charges lapse.
Mother Will Oppose
Philadelphia, Jan. 3 (/P)—Former
Judge James Gay Gordon, counsel for
Mrs. Mary Coplay Thaw, mother of
Hurry K. Thaw, indicated today that
any attempt to have Thaw released i
from the Pennsylvania hospital for
mental and nervous diseases, would ]
bo opposed.
DEMOCRATS WERE
FIRST TO PROPOSE
CUT INCOME TAX
PARTY LEADERS RECALL AN
AMENDMENT OF SENATOR
HARRIS IN 1921
Atlanta, Jan. 3
Coolidge’s endorsement of the pro
posal to put a lighter tax on earned
incomes, namely, those produced t^ie by
the sweat of the brow and toil of
the brain, then upon unearned
comes, namely, those which come
from investments, is identical with
the proposition first nfade by the
Democratic secretary of the treasury
in 191 f’ aral was offered in 1921 as an
amendment to the avenue bill by U.
S. Senator Wm. J. Harris, of Georgia,
‘jt.’cordmg lom llatl0na to statements ' Democratic received headquar- here
ters.
The Harris amendment, it is re¬
called, was defeated by a vote of
thirty-six Republicans to tjwenty-one
Democrats, on the ground as stated
by Senator Penrose, then chairman of
the finance cbnunitte of the senate,
that:
“The question cf earned and un
earned incomes was most exhaustive
considered by the committee, by the
senate and by the treasury depart¬
ment, and the opinion was unanimous
that any such provision is impossi¬
ble of administration.”
The question is being asked at the
national capital and by Georgia Dem¬
ocrats as well, “What has produced
this extraordinary reversal of opin¬
ion on the part of the treasury de
partment and tile administration?”
Furthermore th ' ask ' .. If this *
vision was nearly impossible of ad¬
ministration in 1921, why is it possi
<)f adminiatration in 1923?
MAN, " TWO WOMEN
AND LITTLE GIRL
KILLED BY TRAIN
BIG FOUR CRASHES INTO AN
AUTOMOBILE AT HUNTS¬
VILLE, OHIO.
Beliefontaine, Ohio, Jan. 3.—Four
persons, one man and two women and
a child, occupants of an automobile
bearing a Michigan license, were in¬
stantly killed last night when the ma¬
chine was struck by a Big Four train
at Huntsville, near here. Papers
found in the man’s pockets bore the
name of Ernest R. Herron, of Royal
Oak, Mich.
Bodies of the victims were brought
here’. The man is apparently about
thirty-five years of age. One of the
.women is described as being about
the same age, possibly the wife of the
man. The other two victims were an
elderly woman and a little girl of
about ten years. Bodies of all four’
were badly mangled.
The bodies of the little girl and
one woman were found in the debris
of the machine, which was hurled
move than 100 feet.
The train which struck the ma¬
chine was Big Four passenger train
No. 3, bound from Detroit and Toledo
to Cincinnati. I
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The ‘ Milwaukee” and its crew. Seated, in officers’ uniforms, are Lieut. Ralph Wyman, in charge of the nav¬ I
igation detail of the plane, and Ensign H. J. McNulty, second from left, who assisted him. |
The scout cruiser “Milwaukee” has
just brought that “ship” back to the
U. S. after a trjp lands of thousands of the Pa¬ of
miles in the distant
MISS WLUAMS TO
ENTERTAIN LOCAL
MUSIC LOVERS
MUSICALS TO BE GIVEN AT THE
OGLETHORPE HOTEL TO¬
MORROW Night
Tomorrow night at 8 o’clock in the
main dining room of the Oglethorpe
hotel one of the most delightful rnus
icale-i given in Brunswick in a decade
will attract hundreds of local nausic
ovei-s to hear Miss flelen Heroic i Wil¬
liams in itei first appearance before
a Brunswick audience. There will be
no admission chjrr.ge.
Miss Williams will give a piano, vo¬
cal and dramatic recital assisted by a
number of local talent, among them
being Mrs. ’Frank J. Petersen, Miss
Lois Burgay and, Miss Isabele Bunk
ley. Dr. J. W. Simmons, leader of
the. Symphony, has .agreed selections -to inter¬ by
sperse the program Mth
this superb musical organization. .
Miss Williams will'also render, sev¬
eral classical selections on the piano;
give a reading And dance several na¬
tional folk dances,' She formerly liv¬
ed in Fitzgerald and is a graduate of
the high school of that city, the fac¬
ulty of which speak in the highest
terms of Miss Williams as an accom¬
plished pianist, expressionist and folk
dancer.
Manager Jack Gardner of the Ogle¬
thorpe, has tendered the use of the
ball room of his hotel for this occa¬
sion and seats will be provided for
about five hundred persons. The re¬
cital and concert twill be given free
of charge to the music-lovers and a
large crowd is expected to avail them¬
selves of the opportunity to hear this
gifted young artist and her able as¬
sistants in this delightful musicale,
which will be under the direction of
Dr. J. W. Simmons.
COMPTROLLER CALLS
FOR CONDITION ALL
NATIONAL BANKS
Washington, Jan. 3((P)—Comptroll¬
er of currency today issued a call for
the condition of all national banks at
the close of business ‘Monday, De¬
cember 31st.
GEORGIA SENIOR CLASS
BEST IN MANY YEARS
Athens, Ga., Jan. 3 (/P)—According
to T. W. Reed, registrar of the Uni¬
versity of Georgia, the present senior
class of that institution is probably
the most brilliant that has attended
many years. Mr. Reed has just
completed the compilation of the stu¬
dents records and says that there will
be move honor graduates than can be
taken into’the Phi Beta Kappa honor¬
ary fraternity.
cific. including, the Hawaiian Islands,
the Samoas, the Fijis, Solomon Isl¬
ands, Australia, Caroline Islands,
New Guinea and Marshall Islands. In
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WILL FORM CABINET ;
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4' Tokio, Jdn. 3 (JP)—After an- 4
4 pouncing his inability to com- 4
4 plete the ministry today, Vis- ♦
4 count Kiego Kyoura, who was ♦
4 summoned Tuesday by Prince +
4 Regent Hirohito to form a cabi- 4
4 net as that of Premier Yama- 4
4 toto, has reconsidered his decis- 4
4 ion. ♦
4 At a further request of the 4
■f prince regent he has accepted 4
4 the task of forming the cabinet.
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YOUNG MEN’S CLUB
TO NAME OFFICERS
AT FRIDAY’S MEET
IN ADDITION THE LADIES OF
Y. W. C. A. ANNOUNCE A BIG
TURKEY DINNER
Chaimran C. B. Greer, of the Yeung
Men’s Club, very earnestly urges ev¬
ery intember of the organization to be
in his place on Fridfly when the first
meeting of the club in the New Year
is to be held.
In addition to a very fine program
which is being arranged for (his
meeting, Mrs. S. L. High, of the Y. W.
C. A., makes interesting announce¬
ment that a real Ne)w Year’s turkey
dinner will be served!
And on top of all of this, there is
another important event on the pro¬
gram for this meeting and that is the
annual election of officers.
Many big things are-in the making
/or Brunswick in 1924 and in all of
them the Young Men’s club must play
its part; in order to do this, it is nec¬
essary for the club to name a strong
board of officers and every member
should come to the meeting tomorrow
and aid in the pleasant task of select¬
ing the new officers.
CONVICTED BUNCO
ARTIST SURRENDERS
TO CHATHAM SHERIFF
Savannah, ’Ga., Jan. 3 —James
Christian, alias Calvin Roberts, con¬
victed and sentenced to serve one to
two years for working a race track
bunco game on Gus Schlippersoi, a
^ative of Holland, and fleecing him
of $15,000, today surrendered to the
sheriff of Chatham county, was im¬
prisoned, and will in a few days be
sent to begin his sentence. He was on
crutches, recovering from injuries re¬
ceived in an automobile accident in
New York several weeks ago. His
■bond was estreated but time was al¬
lowed him to recover sufficiently to
appear to begin his sentence. His
case was appealed but decided against
him.
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JUNIOR ELKS TO
MEET J.E. A. TEAM
SAVANNAH TONIGHT
BASKETBALL GAME MI I H LO
CALS EXPECTED BE I AS I
AND FURIOUS
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The Junior Elks’ basketball team
will motor over to Savannah this alt
ernoon where they will meet the fast
J. E. A. quintet of that city, (Which is
said to be one of the fastest aggre
gations in these parts.
in referring to the contest which is
to be pulled off this evening, the Sa
vannah News has the following to
sa .v:
“The Jewish Educational . Alliance
basketball team (which opened the
season by decisively,, 1 ■ ' ' defeating * the tne
Waycross Y. M. C. .A., will make Hs
second appearance here’ this evening
when the fast Brunswick quintet is
hi£t on the J. E. A. floor as the final
contest of the double-header.
• jn meeting the Glynn county five,
the locals are taking on one of the
fastest basketball teams in this sec¬
tion of the state and it is expected
that the contest will be a close one al¬
though the members of the J. E. A.
are predicting a second victory to¬
night.
“On the Brunswick team are sever¬
al former college stars who have been
mentioned for all-Southern honors
when- they were playing basketball
for their school. In Burns and Gib¬
son, the GJynn.county quintet has two
fast forwards who have had several
years of experience in the major in¬
door game and are expected to give
the locals’’ defense a severe test.
“Sheftall, star J. E. A. center, is
expected to meet a worthy opponent
in Martin, pivot man, who is a veter¬
an of many a basketball encounter.
Sheftall was one of the outs’an.ling
stars in the game with Wayeross and
is expected to continue his good work
tonight.
“Morris and Wilchar, who play the
guard positions for the visitors, are
both former college performers and
are expected to give Fisher and G.t
elsohn, local forwards, more trouble
than they have experienced so far this
season. The Alliance will hold in re¬
serve Center, Kaminsky and Portnnn,
three star performers, while the visi¬
tors will also have a number of
strong substitutes.
“As preliminary to the main attrac¬
tion of the evening, the Alliance In¬
termediates will meet the St. John’s
Episcopal church quintet. The pre
liminary contest will start promptly
at 8:15 o’clock and will be followed
immediately by the main game. There
will be a dance in honor of the visi¬
tors after the conclusion of the
game.”
SEVERAL NEGROES INJURED
IN MISSISSIPPI
j Meridian, Miss., Jan. 3 UP)—A
clone struck Causeyville, four miles
south of here, last night, injuring sev
erla negroes and doing heavy proper¬
ty damage. Numerous families were
made homeless.
BRUNSWICK HAS A LAND
LOCKED HARBOR, THE BEST
ON THE SOUTH ATLANTIC
COAST........ .
FIVE
COL. GEO. HARVEY
IS TO VISIT JEKYL
WITH HIS FAMILY
I Tinner Ambassador to Court oi
St. James Enroute to
Brunswick
IS PROMINENT FIGURE
IN POLITICAL CIRCLES
/
Came Into Limelight as Editor
of Harvey’s Weekly and as
Friend of ex-Presiderit Wood
row Wilson.
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Announcement was made this
morning that George Haney, former
ambassador to the Court (| f fit. James,
with Ids family, is e netted to arrive
in Brunswick within the next day or
two enroute to Jekyl Isiami, wnere lie
will spend some time as the guest of
friends at this famous South Atlan¬
coast resort.
Col. Harvey has been in the politi
cal limelight for several years. He
was appointed ambassador to Great
Britain by the late President Harding
after being severely censured fur the
attitude he assumed toward t-beyUnit
He was editor of Harvey s Weekly, ■
one time one of the leading political
periodicals of the country; Col. Har¬
vey was at one time a close friend of
Woodrow Wilson, but they became
estranged several years ago and the
colonel became Mr. Wilson’s mortal
enemy, both politically and personal
Uv. ,
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It while ambassador 'ojfce* ,
was
Court of St. James that CoUlfarvey
appeared most prominently He mauo
number of speech' jt .t social anil
0 thcr funetioi j. London that called
forth the bitterest criticism and invec
tives upon him on the part of the
leading newspapers of the United
States. In fact Col. Harvey was aev
era ] times admonished by his super
; ors to be more guarded in his lan
„. ua „. e in referring to his o'wn coun¬
try.
Several months ago Col. Harvey re¬
sio-ned and returned to America. He
was p 0 p U ] a r with the Britishers, who
regretted his leave-taking.
Col. Harvey and his family prtoba
vvill spend the remainder of the
on jc*kvl. It is understood that
w jji m, -..I. take an active .:--------. part in '— 1 the (- man- ------
agegrent oi’ President Coolidge’s cam
when it is formally launched.
PRINTER FOUND DEAD
IN ELEVATOR SHAFT IN
MACON NEWS BUILDING
Macon. Jan. 3 —Employes of the
News yesterday discovered the
body of Walter li. Kilburn, 66, well
linotype operator, at the bot
of the elevator shaft. He had
dead nearly twenty-four hours.
Mr. Kilburn left his home Tuesday
to go to the News office, ac¬
to information at the coro¬
inquest. He was seen about the
Tuesday, where he ban been
nearly thirty years.
Employes of the mail room found
walking stick in that room, vifcich
that he fell only from, the
floor to the basement; instead
from one of the upper floors, as
:t: firs* believed.
Besides his wife Mr. Kilburn is,sur¬
by two brothers, L. J. Kilburn,
Atlanta, and Sloan Kilburn, of
Carolina, and several nieces
nephews
NAPIER FILES AN
AMENDMEffTO
TAX INJUNCTION
COLLECTIONS WOULD BE HELD
IN TRUST PENDING FINAL
ADJUDICATION
Atlanta, Jan. 3 (/P)—Attorney Gen¬
era! George M. Napier today filed
the Fulton county superior court
petition that the temporally injunc¬
tion granted January 1st .against the
of the Milner t^aeco sales
be amended so as to permit the
collection of the tax.
The collections are to be held in
trust pending the final adjudication qL
♦he litigation. The hearing on tSe
petition is set for tomorrow, %