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VOLUME XXIX. No. 142.
TO DISPERSE CAPITAL MOB
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Tate Resigns As Chairman of Highway Ron
JJ. BARNETT, OF
I LOO
Actions Made Necessary on
Account of His Health Says
Retiring Chairman
HIS PHYSICIANS ADVISED
THAT HE LEAVE BOARD
New Chairman is City Engineer
of Athens and Has Been
Prominently Mentioned as
Tate's Successor.
(By Associated Press)
Atlanta, March G—Colonel Sam
Tate today tendered his resigna¬
tion as chairman of the state
highway board to Governor L. G.
Hardman, who accepted it and an¬
nounced that .1. IV. liarnett, city
engineer of Athens, would succeed
him on April 1, the date the
chairman's resignation becomes
effective.
Col. Tate in his letter of resignation
to Governor Hardman said that he was
retiring from the office which he as¬
sumed last June 4, on the advice of his
physicians. The colonel said his health
was being impaired and that his phy¬
sicians had advised him to resign im¬
mediately.
Rumors had been current for more
than a week that Colonel Tate would
resign at an early date and Barnett
was mentioned among those likely to
succeed to the post.
Both Colonel Tate and Governor
Hardman had declined to deny or af¬
firm the reports.
The commission to Mr. Barnett
reads 1935- from April 1, 1930, to June's.
Colonel Tate assumed office on
June 4, 1929, succeeding John N. Hol¬
der, resigned.
Commenting on his resignation, Col.
Tate said he wanted to "put at rest”
any feeling that dissension exists
among members of the board as a:
•present constituted.
“Relations of members has at. ail
times been most cordial,” he said,
“and there has not, at any time, been
any dissension.
“I want to assure the people of the
state that had there been dissension
I would not have considered it suffi¬
cient reason for me to resign. Neith¬
er. is my resignation prompted by
criticism or dissatisfaction. My step
was taken solely on the insistence of
my physician.
"In relinquishing board? “want chairman “to ‘express, of the
highway I my
gratification for the cooperation given
us by citizens and my deep apprecia¬
tion of the sympathy and help given
V11 the newspapers of the state,
.all remember these things all of
rio life.”
Governor Hardman’s letter of ac¬
ceptance told the retiring chairman
his step was a source of much regret
and commended Col. Tate for service iervice
rendered the the state state during during his his brief
Mr. Barnett, who will take over
duties of the office April 1. comes
the state’s service highly recommend
ed, the governor said, and is expected
to continue a progressive
tion of the affairs of the highway de¬
partment.
ESCAPED CONVICTS
HEAD TO MOUNTAINS
(By Associated Press)
Jasper, Ga., March fi.—Five of the
six convicts who escaped yesterday,
today were headed for the moutains,
heavily armed. A large posse of coun¬
ty officers and citizens with dogs are
in pursuit.
Lee Zone, one of the six, surrender¬
ed last night.
Officers today said the five still free
robbed the store of Joe Simmons
Talking Rock during the night, seized
four shotguns, several boxes of am
munition, overalls, work shirts and
groceries and disappeared toward the
hills.
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BARBERS ON STRIKE
Greenville, S. C„ March 6. oP)—
About 75 barbers in union shops of
Greenville went on strike this morn¬
ing .demanding a higher commission,
They asked a 75 percent commission
instead of the 05 percent
owners of union shops have been pay
ing. Non-union shops were
ing with interruption.
WOMAN B1 RNS TO DEATH
Griffin, Ga., March 5. UP)—Mrs.
mantha Milner, 81, died at her home
near New Hope church in Pike county
yesterday afternoon from bums
reived Monday when her clothing
t might fire from an*open - grate. - She C.
is the widow of the late Simeon
Milner. Funeral services were held
today from the New Hope church.
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
Envoy to Poland
i
Associated Press Photo
| John N. Willvs, of New York,
mer automobile manufacturer,
nominated by President Hoover to
embassador to Poland.
RESULTS IN
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Police Charge Crowd of
Communists When Order
n rOlice .. Commissioner . Was
Disobeyed By Them.
(By Associated Press)
New York, March (!.— Disobeying
Police Commissioner Whalen’s orders
against a parade. Communists engag¬
in an unemployed demonstration
1 U " io n Square today started form
"1? tl ! < ‘ 1 . '' ,anks a parade shortly
after 2 > p. m. Commissioner . Whalen
sent in a riot call.
Felice charged the forming parade
swinging night sticks and blackjacks.
The crowd, estimated at 40,000. imme¬
diately was in an uproar and started
running in all directions from the
square.
Several minor riots broke out in ad¬
joining streets and quickly brought po¬
lice on the run.
Reserves trom nearby stations which
had been held there since midnight
for just such an eventuality, began to
pour into the square from all direc
’"Mounted ....... quickly du,r„l the
square and started to herd the crowd
into adjoining streets. inging'clubs and black
They were sw .
i^t-mtked" d'uvn 'a° call'was sent in
for ambulances which had been mobi¬
lized at nearby hospitals. of riot¬
After the first few minutes
ing it appeared that the police hail
the crowd under control.
In denying the Communists’ de¬
mands that they be allowed to parade
to the city hall, Commissioner Whalen
J^^^to^yjmve sa ' ( jj shown you
anf ' 0, '^ er anc ' * m l< ‘liing >ou now that
f >’ ou a « e ™Pt to proceed to city hall
breakup g“' ea J the- h nu paiade '"^‘''. h f b t, ■
one ol the teaders.
STENOGRAPHER PULLS
10 DEMO IN LONDON
MRS. PEARL DK MARET. with W 11 M
SECRETARY STIMSON. KILL¬
ED IN ACCIDENT
London, March 6.—A fall trorn^ a
sixth floor window of the Mayfair ho¬
tel today proved fatal to Mrs. Pearl
De Maret, stenographer to Secretary
of State Stimson. Authorities said the
fall was accidental,
The last person to see Mrs, De Mar
et before she fell was Mrs. Hurley
Fisk, of the division of current infor
with whom she roomed.
Mrs. Fisk said that as she went into
the bathroom of the suite Mrs. De
Maret was examining a bouquet of
flowers sent her by Mrs. Stimson as a
ben voyage gift, the stenographer in
tending to return to the United States
on the steamer President Harding to
day. ,,
Authorities later examining the
room said that marks on the window
s jH incli Ued that the unfortunate wo
man had clutched it in trying to save
She was picked up
suffering from a broken hip and inter
na j injuries and taken to St.
< hospital where -he died later.
, Mrs. De Maret, who has been Colo
ne j Stimson’: stenographer since
fi, t assumed office, planned to go
home for purely personal reasons.
secretary of state had approved
trip, and ail arrangements had
made for her railing.
BRUNSWICK, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 6. 1930.
SOCIETY LEADER
1 Mrs. Ruth G. K. Strawbridge,
Philadelphia, Before Com*
mittee Today
'SAYS SOCIETY IN FAVOR
OF DRY ENTERTAINMENT
Patrick Callahan Tells Investi¬
gators That Prohibition Has
Saved More Lives Than Were
Lost in World War.
(By Associated Press)
Washington, March (J.—The asser¬
tion that prohibition has saved more
lives than America lost in action in
the World war was made today by
I Patrick H. Callahan in testimony be-
1 I fore the house judiciary committee,
which is conducting hearings on pvo
jposals amendment. for the repeal of the ieghteenth
1
Callahan, who is chairman of the
j Central Prohibition Cooperative Enforcement Committee and general for
1 I secretary . of the , Association , ... ot , Catho- „ .,
j lies statistics Favoring compiled Prohibition, by the presented bu
census
reau in support of his claim.
Taking the average losses of life be
i'oie and after prohibition trom alco
j Viol, liver and Bright’s disease and
granting that fifty percent of the
cases of the last were caused by drink¬
ing, he argued that 140,800 lives had
been saved by the dry laws.
Mrs. Ruth G. K. Strawbridge, a so¬
ciety woman of Philadelphia, testified
that she had conducted a poll of the
social register and had found an ov¬ in
erwhelming majority of the women
favor of dry entertainments.
The witness, a familiar figure in the
society of America’s third city, pre¬
sented responses to a letter she had
sent to society matrons asking them
to show their sportsmanship and coop¬
erate in enforceifient of prohibition by
abiding by the law.
“Instead of finding an overwhelm¬
ing majority in favor of Ihe liquor
drinking fad at pr ivate gatherings and
entertainments, Mrs. Strawbridge
said, "1 found that most of these soei
eyt women regarded it as an unutter¬
able nuisance and their only anxiety
was, as to how most effectually to free
They were eager to support Presi¬
dent Hoover loyally in his appeal for
general, law observance. A favorite
theme m their response was that ot
the expense of the custom and the dis¬
grace of maintaining relations with
bootleggers in order to keep up with
the reputed style of the day."
Mrs. Strawbridge said she repre¬
sented no organization. She took
bar]) issue with W. W. Atterbury,
president of the Pennsylvania Rail¬
road and a director of the Association
Against ‘the Prohibition Amendment.
“There is one prominent Philadel
phian who recently made a statement
before your committee, which I would
criticize as utterly unsportsmanlike
and unworthy a leader of public opin
i“n,” she said. “I refer to the state
t b w w Atterburv, president
of the Pennsylvania Railroad. - > «- Mr.
Atterbury is in favor of private pro
hibition by the railroads, not of the
drink traffic, but of the use of intoxi¬
cants, habitual or otherwise, by their
employes. This private prohibition,
he told your committee, is enforced by
the sharp penalty of loss of livelihood
i laid upon those who break the private
I ! ' aw Uie railroads. But employers for the ‘per
SO nal liberty’ of the and
those with whom they mingle socially,
Mr. Atterbury is against public pro¬
hibition. He forgets that these very
| p eo p] t ar( , f as t drivers of automobiles
on the public highways,"
Mrs. Strawbridge then asked why
Mr. Atterbury, as president of a rail¬
road, was so solicitous for the public
welfare that he rigorously denied per¬
sonal liberty to drink to his employes
driving on engines on protected tracks
and then abrogated that liberty for
himself and his social acquaintances
who drive automobiles on unprotected
highways."
“Surely.” she said, “prohibition ap¬
plied 1 1 ) engine drivers means today in
j_____ America, prohibition appled to every
(body. I
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OFFICIAL OF YALE
DIES ON
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Kobe, Japan, March G.—Dr,
T. Hadley. 73, president emeritus of
; Yale University, (lied here today
| aboard the round the world
shin Empress of Australia,
The Empress of Australia, which
Dr. Hadley boarded in New York
December 3 for a world cruise, docked
I yesterday from China.
| Pneumonia was given as the cause
' of death. Mrs. Hadley was accotn
panying the educator on the tour.
ATLANTA’S MAYOR
REPLIES 10 CHARGE
OE GRAND JURY
‘Part of Criticism of Me Justi¬
fied.’ Says Ragsdale in
Statement Today
SAYS CITY EQUIPMENT
CLEARED PIECE OF LAND
But He Says He Paid Top Price
For the Work and Denies
Other Charge Made Against
Him By Jury.
(By Associated Press)
Atlanta, Ga„ March 0.—Mayor 1.
N. Ragsdale today in replying to cri¬
ticisms of the January-February
grand jury which indicted 20 persons
tor alleged municipal graft said, "a
part of the gland jury’s criticism
of me is justified.”
The mayor in this state said, how
ever, that he felt the grand jury
s h o u 1 (I have been “considerate
I, enough" .to call hint before the body
before making the criticisms
; in ‘‘It 1927 is true,” the mayor said, “that I I
labor and equipment from the
dail y farm prepared a piece of land I
at city m.v farm for planting. J paid this' the I
top price and in full for
work. It also is true that I purchased
some seed oats and some peas for
planting purposes. 1 paid full price
for these purchases. 1 also bought
two shouts from the city and paid
full price for them.
"It is untrue that I bought vege¬
tables or cattle or a mule or any oth¬
er things from the city. Payments
which I made to the city and of which
the grand jury found records for were
for the work done at my farm and for
purchases referred to.
“It was an imprudent act for me
to employ any city labor or equipment,
although its imprudence did not oc¬
cur to me at the time. I wish, how¬
ever, to make it clear that the eity
tcceived full price and full payment
for the work.
“I welcome and do not shirk any
censure which I deserve.
“The presentments made mention
of witnesses who testified before the
grand jury that they had brought to
my attention complaints upon various
irregularities and I failed to do any¬
thing.
“On a number of occasions differ¬
ent persons have come to my office
and repeated rumors of irregularities.
When I would ask them for names
or suggest that they make affidavits!
they would in almost every instance I
refuse. I went so far as to assign the in-1 |
chief of detectives to the task of
vestigation and the efforts of his dt-1
1 partment to uncover wrongful acts of
those suspected did not succeed.
“I regret that any act of mine has j
formed just grounds for public cen-j
sure. It has always been my purpose;
a public official to strive for the]
best interests of Atlanta, and what¬
ever I have done that is not to the |
best interest of the people was done j
through mistake and not by design.",
MURDER TRIAL STARTS
Colquitt, Ga., March <i. lAV- A jury j
was completed in Miller county sti-;
perior ton, Clarence court today Bush to and try Charley Joe Albrit-j Al-,
britton on charges of slaving Jeff j
Davis, of Meigs, When the jury final -1
ly stood completed only five qualified |
jurors remained unexamined in the'
county. ;
WOMAN CLASSED
MOST BEAUTIFUL
SUICIDE VICTIM
Press) | I
(By Associated
New York, March 6.—Christine j
Norman, 43, whose portrait was
painted by Neysa McMein as one
of the twelve most beautiful wom¬
en in the United States, commit¬
ted suicide early today by jumping
from a window on the 20th floor
of the hotel Warwick.
Miss Norman was one of the
members of the original “Peg ’<)
My Heart” company and was the
estranged wife of Enos S. Booth.
The suicide intent was evident
in a note left to the hotel manage¬ j
ment requesting “Sirs. the manager to |
notify Frank Carstarphen,
also notify my attorney, Arthur I
j Garfield Hays and the. Equitable 1
Trust Company.” Six sealed let¬
ters, one of which was addressed
to Booth, were found in the room.
, Booth told police that he had
talked to her on the telephone re¬
cently and at that time she ap¬
j peared to be in good spirits. He
suggested that a fancied illness i
might have caused her to become ,
, despondent.
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Indicted In Atlanta Graft Case
undated Prenx I'hafr
Twenty persons were indicted in Atlanta in a city hall graft investi¬
gation. Mrs. ,|. K. Andrews (upper left) and Mrs. J. |{. Wakefield (upper
right), woman's magazine editor, were indicted on charges of libeling So¬
licitor General John K. Itoykin. J. Allen Couch (lower left), indicted
alderman and mayor pro-tern, vetoed a.resolution lor a city council investi¬
gation. Walter O. Taylor (lower right), city clerk, was indicted on Hi
bribery counts.
GANGLAND’S BEAU BRUMMEL
IS MURDERED IN
(By Associated Press4
Chicago, Mqrch ti. John
(Dingbat) Oberta, the Beau
Brumnu'l of gangland, who vainly
courted politics “back of the
yards,” was ferreted out, by his cn
i mies last night and slain "rid¬
dled like a sieve.”
Sam (Shadow) Malega, Ober
ta’s bodyguard and chauffeur, was
also taken on the ride that remov¬
ed “The Dingbat" from the
South Side beet business.
Police retailed that, hardly
more than a week ago, Frank Mr
Krlano, “The Tough One,” cried
out: "The war is on!”
MoErlane had just been attack¬
ed by gangsters as he lay already
thrice wounded on a hospital bed.
He refused to tell police who shot
at him, but he did warn:
“When you find some rat lying
in a roadside ditch, his body rid¬
dled like a sieve that’s McEr
lan< getting even.”
Thus was “The Dingbat” found;
his body was slumped in the front
seat of an expensive, blood-mark¬
ed sedan, ditched along a lonely,
forest preserve road; the head was
riddled so badly that the back
loked as if it might have been
crushed.
AUGUSTA BABY IS
ACCLAIMED FIRST
IN STATE IN 1930
Atlanta, Ga., March fi. Mildred
Louise Hooper, daughter of Mr. and ,
Mrs. John J. Hooper, of 1441 Glover
street, Augusta, today was officially !
acclaimed the first baby born in Geor
gia in 1930.
The state hoard of health, bureau
of vital statistics, has just completed
the work of assembling information
from all sections of the state and
made the announcement today.
Mildred Louise was born at 12:01
o’clock, a. m., eastern standard time,
January I, and is the fourth child of
Mr. and Mrs. Hooper.
The board of health will present the
parents with an engraved souvenir
birth certificate to la- signed by • be
secretary of state, president of
of thi board and the commissioner
health.
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NINE ARRESTED
Detroit, March fi. </Pt- Nine per
sons were arrested anti eight others,
one a policeman, were injured short
ly after I p. m. today in encounters
with tin police during a demonstrn
tion of unemployed in Cadilla
DEMONSTRATION
STAGED TODAY
PU
Several Injured By Police
Struggle in Front of the
White House
CROWD SCATTERS WHEN
TEAR GAS IS RELEASED
President Remained in His Office
Hundred Yards Away During
Demonstration — Many Ne¬
groes in Parade.
(By Associated Press)
Minor disorders flared in today's oh,
jsuvnnce ment day" of in “international the United States unemploy¬ and
Europe. Demonstrators were arrested
| in a number of cities after clashes
I with the police, notably in Washing
I ton, London and Berlin,
Tear gas was used by Washington
police to disperse a gathering of un
; | employment demonstrators in front
of the White House. Six lenders in
j a tight with the police were arrested.
Previously President Hoover hud
j instructed the police to allow the dc
i monstrators to carry out their pro
! grain so long as they were orderly
'and did not trespass on federal park
land.
Demonstrations were held in other
American cities. Police in Wator
i Dii ry, Conn., broke up a demonstration
land jan. arrested four, including a worn
In Worcester, Mass., five alleged
j Communists were arrested.
About 2. r >,01)9 demonstrators gather
ed in Union Square, New York, sang
the "Internationale” and listened to
denunciations of capitalistic America.
There were numerous demonstra¬
tions in Europe and some clashes be¬
tween police and Communists, most,
of which ended with the arrest of lead¬
ers.
Five men were injured in a skirmish
with police in London after an effort
to interview the lord mayor. Four
Communist leaders were arrustod in
Dublin.
In Berlin, police and unemployed
clashed at municipal employment of¬
fices where 3,000 unemployed were
gathered. Riots also reported at Ham¬
burg, Bresslau and Kiel.
There were demonstrations at Ant¬
werp, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Vienna ^
Budapest, Manchester and in Paris
a few hundred workmen went on
strike hut there were no serious dis¬
orders.
Washington, March ti. Police used
tear gas today to disperse a gathering
of “unemployment day’ demonstra
l&s in front of the White House.
Several were injured in a struggle*
with the police when Bert Lawrence,
leader of the demonstrators, climbed
to-the top of the iron fence separating
the White House grounds front I’enn
j sylvania avenue, and attempted to
| ! speak. The Tl police construed this attempt
as
ja violation which of President said that Hoover’s there in¬
structions was
j tube no interference unless the crowd
was, disorderly or transgressed on fed¬
eral park grounds. clothes,
i I Two poleiemen, one in plain
forced Lawrence from the fence hack
| to the sidewalk.
A youth of about 18 years wearing
a flaming red sweater grasped one
of the police from behind and a gener¬
al melee started.
The youth in red fell with the po¬
liceman to the pavement, and another
} policeman pulled of his revolver into and the re¬
leased a charge tear gas
demons! raters.
i They fled in all directions at once,
hut the close packed group of specta
(Continued On Rage 3)
ATHENS BANK LOSES
SUIT FOR LARGE SUM
IN NEW YORK COURT
(Bv Associated Press'
New York, March ti. -The National
Bank of Athens, Ga., lost a suit yos
tc rday against the brokerage firm of
’ Orvis Brothers and Company for
1 $132,000 before a jury and Supreme
. Court Justice Hatting,
| The bunk sued on the ground that
I Graves F. Stephenson, assistant eaxh
! i,. r< stole cheeks aggregating $177,891
between April. 1922, and December,
1920, filled in the name of the brokers
ai.d remitted the checks to them on
speculation in cotton futures and
stocks. Stephenson reimbursed the
bank for $15,887.
The brokers contended they had,m>
j dealings with Graves K. Stephenson,
but admitted that an account was car
ried in the name of M. M. Stephenson,
i of Athens, Ga., and alleged that dur
ling the period the checks sent them
by the customer were cashed and the
I j cancelled checks returned monthly to
the plaintiff. They also asserted that
no claim was ever made by the bank
j that Graves F. Stephenson had any
interest in the account until uftcr ib
1 wus dosed.
i
McErlaiie was sought today
for questioning.
“The Shadow" as police recon
stl uctcd the ride evidently jump¬
ed from the car as the firing start¬
ed ; ins body was found in. (he
ditch, shot half a dozen times in
the head and chest.
Oberta was 28 years old. Once
just a “tough,” he became an ally
of “Polack Joe” Saltis; then he
rose to a lieutenancy in the Saltis
beer trade. Once ran for aider
man and was defeated; then under
the Saltis banner, he gained the
Republican nomination for state
senator in the yard- district in the
1928 primary hut was defeated in
the fail election.
Oberta, who changed his mime
on the ballot to O'Berta to gain
Dish votes in his district, was fin¬
ally elected Republican commit
ti man from th (‘thirteenth ward.
In May, last year, the swanky
Oberta married the widow ,oi
“Big Tim” Murphy, labor rac¬
keteer, who was shot, to death In
front of hi: home in June, 1928.
Only once did Oberta run afoul
of tin law. He was indicted in
the murder of John (Mitters)
Foley, but the charge- were nol
prossed.
LEADER OF GERMAN
NAVAL FORCES IN
RECENT WAR DEAD
Ehenhausen, Bavaria, March fi Ad
mintl Alfred von Tirpitz, leader of the
German naval forces (luring the World
war, died here today.
The end came in a hospital here,
Tho erstwhile lord high admiral of
German navy, who began the subma
rine warfare which eventually
the United States into the war and
to Germany’s defeat, was 80 years
Admiral von Tirpitz had
for the past week with bronchitis.
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AUGUSTA MAN DEAD
Augusta. Ga., March fi. (TP)
cohn H. Hondoe, 51, for more
thirty years a resident He of had
died here last night.
connected with the Georgia
Company in Augusta for 20
Mr. Hendce was a native of
f; a
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FORD'S PRODUCTION
_____ Detroit, March 7. t/P)—The
Motor Company produced 148,160
ant j trucks last month, compared
100,927 units schedule completed calls in for
March
daily.
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