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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11
Members of Crew Landed.

CAPE BON TUNIS (via London),
Nov. 1O.-Two of the Anconas boats,
with 81 members of the crew, landed
near this point. Some of the men
were injured.
A message from Rome today stated
there was 482 passengers on the An
coma instead of 422, as given in pre-
vious messages. William fairfield,
general manager for the line in New
York, said the crew numbered 16O,
making the total ships company 642.
Of this number 270 passengers,
number of them injured, are reported
to have been landed at Bizerta, while
a later message stated two of the
Anconas boats, with 54 of the crew,
had landed at Cape Bon Tunis, about
70 miles east of Bizerta.
The Italian steamer Ancona, sunk
in the Mediterranean by submarine,
had S42 passengers on board and
crew of $50. according to Rome ad-
vices. Of this total of 642 persons,
324 had been accounted for in ad-
vices received in this country up to
noon. Some Americans are reported
to have been among the passengers.
Few details of the sinking of the
liner. which was bound from Naples
for New York, have been received
in Rome. OF the survivors 270, some
of Them wounded, were landed at
Bizerta. while 81 of the crew, in
Guiding several injured, were landed
bv two of the Ancona's boats near
Cape Bon Tunis.
London has a report from a Rome
news agency that 100 shells were
fired into the Ancona before she was
torpedoed.
A British cruiser has sunk two Ger
man submarines in the straits of Gil
braltar, according to telegram from
Algeciras, Morocco, to London.
The British admiralty announces
the loss of the British torpedo boat
destroyer Louis of 965 tons, wrecked
in the eastern Mediterranean. All on
board were saved.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11
LACK OF DYES TO SEND
PRICE OF CLOTHES UP

The following is from the Atlanta
Georgian:
Another reason appears to exist for
going down into the cedar chest after
last winters suit. Most of the Gus
tom-made clothes soon will be 25 per
cent higher than the last crop on ac-
count of scarcity of dyestuffs which
heretofore have come to this country
in abundance from Germany.
An Atlanta tailor is in receipt of
a letter from New York material
house advising him to lay in an extra
large supply Of goods. In six months
says the letter, dyes will be exhaust
ed, and whatever America is able to
get will have to be smuggled across
neutral borders and moved in other
devious fashion.
The American dyes are in most
cases runous. A manufacturer tried
sample dye that held fast but when
it was applied to $1,000,000 worth of
fabric it lost its grip and the lot was
sold to the secondhand clothes man.
The manufacturer, needless to say, is
new retired. Undismayed by that
terrible example, tailor3 have begun
experiments in North Carolina where
they believe they have found a dye
mine, but are doubtful Of the out
come. They will risk at least a yard
on bark juices.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11
BRAND SAYS THAT
PEACE TALK IS
IMPOSSIBLE
MENTION OF ANY COMPROMISE
is NO JUSTICE TO THE .MEN
WHO ARE AT THE FRONT EN-
GAGGED IN FIGHTING.

PARIS, Nov. 10.-AStride BRAND,
chief of the new war ministry of
France, received the American news
paper correspondents in a body to-
day inviting them to ask questions
or make requests relative to their
work.
Asked refarding peace sugges-
tiOns, he said:
'What are these peace sugges-
tions? They are heard first in one
country and then another impersonal
and imponderable. They irritate at
the present stage of the war. | do
not wish to consider them even to
the extent of a public denial and re-
lection. We can think Of nothing but
to drive forward to complete success
by arms"
Speaking with much feeling the
premier added
Even to mention a peace by
compromise or concession Is to be
untrue to those who are giving their
lives at the front"
At another time when America
was mentioned, M. BRAND declared
"The war has bruoght Americans
much closer to us even than they
were before. FrenchmGn appreciate
deeply the sympathy ane good will
of younr country. That Pe laps il be.
cause every feeling is m)"3 intense
now than in time of pe@c-."
The premier considered successive
ly the censorship which he said he
would reduce to a minimu9 ar
rangement for distributing more
promptly official staten rts re 3prct
ing operations and create Lppor-
tunities for eyewitness reporting. In
all these questions he took a greater
interest because of his personal eX-
perience in newspaper work.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11
SERIOUS BLAZE,
BIG STEEL PLANT
BADLY DAMAGED
Machine Shops OF the BethIe=
hem Plant Burned Yes
terday.
LOSS IS REPORTED HEAVY
Guns and Other War Material
Worth Millions DESTROYED.
Entire Plant Was Threatened
by the Blaze.

SOUTH BETHLEHEM. Pa Nov.
IO.-Flrc early today almost de
stroyed the entire machine shop of
the Bethlehem Steel Company. Ma
chine and war material IA the build
ing was said to be worth millions.
How the fire started has not been
determined. 1t was discovered in the
boring mill section of the plant The
fire spread rapidly and soon the en-
tire building was wrapped in flames.
The value of the guns alone in the
shop is said to be millions There
were about 900 machines of differ
ent kinds in the building, running
from lathes, shapers, drills, on down
to boring machines. These machines
were worth from $400 to several
thousand dollars each. The burned
shop was $50 feet wide, 700 feet long
and four stories high. On these floors
2050 nen were employed on the day
and night shifts. About 500 men
were at work when the fire started,
and so rapidly did it spread that
some employees had to make their
escape by means of ropes.
Workmen said the fire started in
oil near the entrance. First there
was only spark of fire which work
men started to put out by throwing
in water. Then came mighty flash
and up leaped a flame as high as
the structure, which seemed to en-
yelope the whole building.
As far as known, there was no loss
of life
Recently the burned building had
been rebuilt and expanded and
equipped at a cost said to be three
million dollars 1t was given over to
the manufacture Of guns of various
calibre for the United States, England
and her allies, and some 500 of these
guns were in process of manufacture.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11
BRUNSWICK LADIES WANT
CARNEGIE LIBRARY HERE;
WORK. FOR IT IS STARTED

The Brunswick Civic Association
held its first meeting of the fail sea-
son at the city hall-yesterday after
noon, and a large amount OF routine
work was disposed Of. The attend
ance was large and the ladies evinced
much interest in the work.
One of the most important matters
to come up was the discussion of a
Carnegie library for Brunswick, a
matter which has been considered by
local organizations in the past, but
which has never reached any defini ?
shape. The subject came up yester-
day only for discussion, but the la-
dies seemed to be greatly interested
in it, and it is theirN intention to go
right to work and secure all neces-
sary information in order that the
matter may be presented and handled
as early as possible. Therefore the
ladies will at once write to headquar-
ters and see just what is required
of municipality to secure one of
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11
BRYAN TO TAKE STUMP
AGAINST WILSON PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, Nov. -Ex-Sec-
retary Of State. Bryan will take the
stump next week against President
Wilson's preparedness program, and
will make several speeches on his way
to Florida.
Mr.. Bryan issued a statement today
replying to President Wilson's quota
tions from the Bible, and expressed
surprise that the president should
ignore the goael Of Christ and quote
from the old testament
Mr.. Bryan stated that it was all
right for Roosevelt to use warlike
passages from Scripture, because he
regarded Christ as mollycoddle.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11
THINKS PROJECT
IS 4 NECESSITY
CONGRESSMAN SMALL TELLS OF
WORK AND THE NEED OF
WATERWAY.

SAVANNAH, Nov 10.-Speaking on
necessity" Hon. John H. Small, mem
Der of congress from North Carolina
and stG,te vice president of the At
lantic Deeper Waterways Association
held the close attention of his audi
ence just after the opening of the
mas perhaps taken more interest than
any other member OF the association
except the president, in the project
for which the association is working
He has striven continuously since he
became member of congress to have
the plans of the association recog-
nized.
He spoke for the intracoastal
waterway from the standpoint of
commercial progress. He pointed out
that already the project has received
the official sanction and stamp of ap-
proval of the government engineers.
The route from Norfolk down the
coast so Beaufort, North Carolina,
he pointed out. is being used. This is
one of the most important links i'll
them ain trunk system, he declared,
coming as it does, behind the greatly
feared Cape Hatteras. From thence
down the coast the way has been
clearly defined. 1t only remains for
the people to force the issue and see
that the ideas and plans are carried
to a cucpaSCful conclusion
The speaker likened the waterway
propect to a great trunk line of rail
road. reaching out its many branches
from them ain line and taking It's
sustenance from the surrounding
country, through which these branch
lines pass. From the surveyed coastal
waterway, he declared, there extend
inward to the limits of many of the
coastal states rivers which are nayi-
gable for greater part OF their dis
tance. Many of them are not navl-
gable With the completion Of this
coastal project, these rivers can link
with the main trunk line, which will
follow the coast and will form
giant system with many feeders
bringing int being and drawing into
closer touch sections Of the country
not now reached by the railroads.
That the carriage Of freight by
water is a great deal cheaper than
any other way is apparent, he de-
clared. But the cheapest water car
riage fofreight is that Of the barge
lines which can exist only on ade-
quately built and properly maintain
ed waterway systems. That is the
goal for which the association is
working, he pointed out.
If this great propect could be sue
cessfully carried out there would be
no reason why q barge loaded in the
interior Of this state or Of any other
state with cotton for the northern
cities. intended for some Of the great
mills could not go in bulk, without
breaking packages to its destination.
In this way much Of the cost OF
handling could be removed and the
grower would obtain a larger profit
and the benefits would extend on
down to others, he declared.
Constant work along any line Will
finally produce results, he said.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11
Scheduled to Sail.

NEW YORK, Nov 10.-The An
coma, according to her local agents,
was scheduled to sail from Naples
yesterday After leaving Naples the
steamer would pass through the
Tyrrhenian sea and enter the Medi-
terranean between SARDINIA and Sic
lily. The meager dispatches indicate
that the Ancona was sunk within the
comparatively small triangle the
points of which are the southern end
of SARDINIA, the western end of Sicily
and BiZerta, Tunis.
Blame Austrians.
The Austrian submarine, it was
thought here probably was lying in
wait in or near the entrance to the
Malta channel, which is narrow
strip of the Mediterranean between
Sicily and the coast of Africa. Aus
trian and German submarines have
been active in this region of late.
War vessels and transports of the
allies en- route to the Dardanelles, as
well as the forces sent to Salonika.
all passed through the Mata channel
When the local agents learned of
the sinking they cablN the home
office at Naples for a complete pas.
senger list. Nothing is known here
concerning the personnel of the pas.
sengers, but the agents thought the
number Of first cabin passengers, SO
as given in cable report today
was too high. They said the Ancona
had accommodations for only 50 first
cabin passengers.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11
FISH AND OYSTER
BILL POSTPONED
1T WAS TAKEN UP IN THE SEN
ATE YESTERDAY, BUT AC-
TlON DELAYED.

ATLANTA, Nov. 10.-The wrang-
ling in the house continued during
the morning session and little or
nothing was accomplished.
After the majority had refused to
take the appropriations bill from the
table, a recess was taken and a com
mittee of seven from each side 9 n
ferred in an effort to reach an agree
ment on the dry bills
After nearly two hours of fruitless
negotiations the house reassembled,
and almost Immediately adjourned.
The senate postponed action on the
fish and oyster bill, accepted an in
vitation to attend the Tech football
game to be played here Saturday, and
adjourned for the day.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11

these public Libraries, which are so
popular all over the country, and as
soon as they are in possession of this
information definite steps will be
taken looking to the establishment
OF such an institution here. The la
dies leel certain that city council
will do their part, and, with the CO.
operation of the people in general.
they believe that Brunswick can Sc
cure the Carnegie library.
The meeting yesterday was inter
eSting III many other ways. Miss Ida
Borchardt. who attended the meet
ing of the Federation of Womens
Clubs in Savannah last week, sub
mitted a lengthy and interesting re-
port which she read, and which was
enjoyed by all of those present.
Mrs. J. f. Lambright. secretary of
the organization, rendered her resig-
nation, which was accepted with re-
gret and Mrs. r. G.. jackson was
named to succeed her.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11
ADMINISTRATOR is NAMED
FOR OBERLAUTER ESTATE
j. S. Wright Appointed by Or
dinary Dart.

Ordinary Dart has appointed J. S.
Wright temporary administrator on
the estate OF Richard Oberlauter to
collect and preserve the property of
the deceased until it is determined
who is entitled to the Permanent
administration.
Judge Dart stated that he under
stood that Mr. Oberlauter left a niece
in Dresden, Germany, and the Ger
man ambassador in Washington has
been requested by Judge Dart to try
and locate the niece or any other rel
ative left by Mr.. Oberlauter. It is
not known what the estate is valued
at or where all of it is located If
any relatives are located they of
course would inherit the property and
have the right to select a permanent
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11
ITALIAN STEAMER
ANCONA IS SUNK
Reported That a Number of
Americans Were Aboard
the Ship,
oUlNA DT~TA SUBMARINE
Many Women and Children Are
Reported Among Those
DroWned-Some of the Res
Cued Are Landed at Malta.

ROME, Nov. 10-The loss of life
on the steamer Ancona is variously
estimated from 100 to $50. The min
lstry of marine issued the following
statement this morning:
"lt is impossible to state whether
the Ancona was torredoed and we
are awaiting fuller reports.
Static conditions made wireless diff
ficult but an aerogram received at
Naples stated that the vessel was
first shelled and then tol pedoed
There were several AL. erican citi-
zens on board, but it is not yet
known whether any of tenn were
injured.
The scene of the sinking was off
the Algerian coast, where German
submarines have recently been oper-
ating, but it is believed that The YES
sci was torpedoed by a German sub
marine flying the Austrian flaG.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11
TICKETS FOR THE DINNER
TO BE PLACED ON SALE
Brunswick Business Men Are
Urged to Purchase Them.

Tickets for the annual dinner OF
the Brunswick Board Of Trade, to be
given at the Ogle,norpe hotel a week
from tonight are now in the hands
Of the printers and they will prob
ably be placed on sale the latter part
Of the week.
AS the expense of the dinner is to
be derived almost entirely from the
sale of these tickets, it is the request
Of the board that the business people
of the city generally purchase them.
The banquet will be by far the larg-
est ever given by the commercial
body and it is hoped that every bus
mess man in Brunswick will be
present The tickets will be sold for
one dollar each.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11
FRANCE AND ENGLAND
TO USE BRYAN'S TREATIES

WASHINGTON, Nov 1O.-Advices
received here from Ambassadors
Page, in London, and Sharp, in Paris,
Indicate that England and France will
maintain an uncOmpromising attitude
towards the United States in regard
to the note of protest against their
interference with American com
merce
The administration is disappointed,
as it is apparent that Great Britain
will rely on the Bryan arbitration
treaties to delay settlement until
the end Of the war.
The officials here are certain that
congress viii enact retaliatory meas
ures unless Great Britain changes her
attitude.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11
NEGRO BREAKS HIS ARM.

A little negro boy, ten or twelve
years Of age, whose name could not
be ascertained, was the victim of a
very painful accident last night in
front Of the opera house
This little negro, with several Oti-
ers who alwas lounge around in front
Of the opera house, started to run
across the street when some one
yelled that a police officer was com
ing. AS he crossed Newcastle street
ne ran into a negro man riding a BIZ
cycle and bad mix-uD followed, in
which the little boys arm was broken.
He also received other injuries.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11
BOOKER WASHINGTON ILL.

NEW YORK, Nov. 10.-Booker r.
Washington is in St Luke's hospital
here suffering from nervous break
down and hardening Of the arteries.
The trustees Of the Tuskegee Insti-
tute are alarmed over his condition.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11
Americans Were Aboard.

LONDON, Nov. 1O-A dispatch to
Lloyds from Bizerta states that some
Americansn are said to have been
on the Ancona.
A ditpach from the Stefani News
Agency of Rome says that 100 shells
were fired into the Ancona before she
was torpedoed
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11
Maybe. 800 Lost.

LONDON, Nov. 10.-A dispatch to
Lloyds from Bizerta says that 800
persons on the Ancona were drowned.
aIOst of the lost the message says,
were women and children emigrants.,
One hundred and thirty survivors
have thus far reached Bizerta.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11
News in London.

LONDON, Nov. 10.-News OF the
sinking of the Ancona was not made
nublic in London until shortly before
noon when the censor released the
first dispatch from New York on the
subject. This dispatch referred to
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11
A NEAR BLAZE.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 10.-There
was a mysterious fire in the storing
house Of the Baldwin Locomotive
works today The Baldwin people are
working for the allies.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11
CABINET MEETING.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10--It is an
nounced this morning that cabinet
meeting will be held newt Friday or
Tuesday to discuss the presidents
message to congress.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11
Some Picked Up.

MALTA (via London), Nov 10
Forty-one members of the crew and
four passengers of the Ancona picked
up at sea, have been landed here
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11
AT 1T AGAIN ON GALLlPOLl.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 1O.-Vio-
lent fighting is again in progress on
the Gallipoli peninsula. Both sides
are using heavy artillery in the sec
tors of Mestun Tepe, Seddul-Bahr and
Anafarta, is the official announcement
issued here today.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-11

the fact that a sensation had been
caused by the tOrpedoing of the An
coma, but as nothing previously had
been heard of the disaster the mes
sage was incomprehensible Subse-
qpently, however, a flood of messages
from Rome was released.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12
When Was Palatka Settled?

February 18th, to-day is observed
in the public schools of Georgia as the
anniversary of the landing, in 1888, of
the first colonists in Georgia under
Oglethorpe. The exercises are de-
signed not only to emphasize the mi
tial arrival of the colonists, but to en-
courage the further study of the his
tory of the state. The local pro-
grams include patriotic songs and rec
itations by the pupils, and addresses
hitting the occasion by prominent cit
liens. 1t is not holiday in the mere
sense of the merrymaking, but rather
a day of sound instruction in history,
conveying lessons of courageous en-
terprise, and valid reasons for life
long pride in the spirit and traditions
of the child's native state. The ex-
ercises are not a break in the routine
OF school work, but they are made q
part OF the general process of educa-
ton. Every commonwealth in the
Union has some day that marks an
initial point in its history, and whose
significance can be impressed upon its
receptive youth. Moreover, the OBJ
servance of such days will not be
without benefit to the elders.
The coming of the first white man
to Florida, under Ponce de Leon, an
tedates the first settlement in Geor-
gia by 221 years, or 20 years after
the discovery of America by Colum-
bus. The first permanent white set
Element in this state, and in the Unit
ed States, was made at st. Augustine
in 1865, or 1853 years before Ogle-
thorpe reached Savannah.
Palatka was settled within the life
of men who are still living, but the
exact date is not known, or at least
not available. Some say John Mar
yer came here in 1921, and others in
1881. The undersigned has suggest
ed the organization of Palatka His
toriacl Society to gather and preserve
facts concerning the lives of the pio-
neers who laid the foundation of our
city. All material facts about Flori-
da for 4O3 years, and of st. Angus
tine for $50 years, are known. But
how about Palatka? 1t is not as old
as st. Augustine by 256 years, if the
first settlement here was made in
1921. Each passing year makes it
harder to get hold of the records. Pa
latka has very interesting history.
1t was military headquarters for
United States troops during the long
and costly Seminole Indian war. At
one time it is said to have had the
largest population of any town in the
state. 1t has had its baptism of fire.
Many distinguished people have tenn
porarily lived here. With proper eff
fort manuscripts, documents and pub
locations could be secured to provide
a basis for an exact, permanent and
valuable history. 1t is hoped the
Woman's Club may take up this i'm
portant work, or else the public libra
ry be endowed with means to enable
Mrs. Howe to undertake the task.
o., MOSES FOLSOM.