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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28

Clyde Ire sner, bookkeeper in the
office of Commissioner w. L. Porter,
is thinking seriously of sending out 4
tracer for his chief. Porter went to
Manhattan Friday to be gone until
Monday morning. He isn't back yet
and Tresner needs him. All the bills
fo~ the 1epa rtmert must be approved
or there will be no warrants. Besides
that Tresner is worrying about the
water pipes in Porter's house.
F. a. koester. d. d. S. 10 Mills,
Bldg. Special attention ven to pyor-
rhea and ,raI prophyl- - Adv
Suit for divorce was filed in the dis.
trict court this morning by Estella
Fisher against VIII Fisher. The plain
tiff alleges on December 26, 1915, the
defendant struck her and cursed her.
She says she was forced to take refuge
at the home of her sister in Oakland.
She asks divorce and $500 alimony.
The jury in the first division of the
district court was dismissed for the
term this morning. The case of
Forbes VS.. the Santa F'e was continued
for the term.
Ernest Godfrey, charged with pass
ing bad check, was sentenced to 60
days in the county Jail this morning by
Judge Hugh Fisher in the court of To-
Deka. Godfrey Dlaaded cI1iltIr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28

Safety razor blades sharpened better uan
new. 25c-35c doz Brunt Drug Co.-Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28

DR.. Charles Lyngar. dentist. 500
Kansas Ave. phone 714.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28

F. A. koesteT. d. d. s., 10 Mills
Bldg. Special attention ven to pyor-
rhea and ,raI prophyl- - = Adv
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-14
DR.. BURROUGHS HONORED
Made Historian-General OF the Order
of Washington Society.

DR.. w. b. Burroughs, of this city,
has again been honored, this time by
the Order of Washington, of which he
was elected member a short time
ago. and more recently named as his
toriangeneral of the organization.
DR.. Burroughs has just received an
invitation to attend the annual ban
quet of the society in Washington on
February "a, and he will make every
effort to be present.
This is the only order named for
the illustrious soldier and statesman,
General George Washington The
qualification for membership requires
that the ancestor came to America
before 1850 and has been landowner
or founder of town. held some Off
cial military or ministerial position in
the colonial service and had descend
ants who aided the colonies in attain.
ing their independence. Besides DR..
Burroughs there are only three or four
other members of the society in Geor-
Ria
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-14
A WILD PLUNGE MADE IN
THE PRICE OF WHEAT.

CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-Stop loss
wheat selling today resulted in wild
downward swings in price Weakness
developed at the outset, and in the
final hour violent lurch took prices
9 12 cents under Thursday nights
close. May went to $1.49 and July to
$l.28 rs
Almost complete stoppage of export
demand for the time being appeared
to form the main cause of the general
stampede to sell.
The worst of the semi-panic was
over in Is minutes, but the market
remainer extremely nervous up to the
closing gong. Shorts buying for prof
its helped prices in tire final dealings.
The close was 5 al Is to 5 lac
down as compared with Thursday
night, May finishing at $l.54 IA and
July $l.29 rs at 100
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-14
THIS ST. VALENTINE DAY:
MEANS HEAVIER NAH 6

This is the time of the year when
the small robber, dear to the hearts
of the young and old alike, comes to
many of the sweethearts of the land.
His weapon is the valentine and often
is able to filch the heart of some
unsuspecting maid or man and they
are never the wiser.
Today is the day of St Val
entine and the celebration in honor of
the small thief is one Of the big
events of the country Child and
grown persons, youth and maiden,
young man and young girl, all ex-
change the greetings of the season.
The school children of the city
have their annual observance of the
day. Most of the schools have al
ready celebrated the event, but some
of them have their valentine box, as
it is called, on Monday. Many are
the grimy misspelled and miss-applied
valentines given to the teachers by
the children of the first and second
grades. In the higher grades the
girls and boys exchange valentines
telling of their love for each other
and none ever know of course from
whom they come, but many are the
smiles and the coy glances and the
fleeting glimpses of the eyes.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-14

And the valentine parties of the
young men and girls. They are now
occurring in great numbers every
night. Then is the young man given
his valentine for which he has been
waiting and often he is. told in this
indirect way of the regard of the girl
for whom he has been waiting.
In. the" stores the clerks look On
the days just before the coming Of
the little god of st. Valentine with
disfavor for they know they will have
to deal with an increased crowd and
one that is usually very hard to please
in the matter of valentines.
The pretty valentines are taking
the place to a large extent of the so
called comics, with which the chill
dren find so great a delight. The
postcard valentine containing some
little verse is coming more into vogue
and the mails at this season are al
ways heavy carrying the sentiments
of the young and old alike. The
very fancy valentines are also popu-
lar, having a great deal of fancy
paper and tinsel and many scenes of
lovers strolling arm in arm with the
little cupid lowering over them Most
of these are bought for the very small
children.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-14
SOME DECISION AS
TO BASEBALL MUST
Be MADE WEDNESDAY
President emisOn OF State que to BE Here on That Da,
and General Meeting OF Fans Will Be Held TO
Decide.

What about baseball in Brunswick
this season? Are the fans and the
people generally going to sit quietly
by and let the franchise slip to some
other nearby city, or are they going
to get together and retain it in Bruns-
wick?
The question has been asked MANY
times recently, but it must now be an
swered, and for the purpose of receiv-
ing this answer President Dick ,Jemi-
son, of the league will be in Bruins
wick Wednesday. He is coming for
the purpose of meeting with the
fans, talking over the situation and
seeing just what can be done. What
ever action is to be taken must come
on Wednesday, and before President
Jemison departs from the city Bruins
wick fans must say whether or not
they want professional baseball this
season. 1t is not only up to the fans,
but to the business people of the city
generally. Time is short and action
must come at once; other south Geor-
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-14
AV|ATORS FLY OVER
VEROON BUT No
DAMAGE DONE
NEWPORT AND COUNTRY OF THE
DUNES ARE BOMBARDED VIO-
LENTLY ON FRIDAY BY THE
GERMANS.

PARIS, Feb. 13.-The war office
this afternoon issued the following of
ficial communication:
From the sea to the Lys the Ger
mans yesterday bOmbarded violently
Nieuport and the country of the
Dunes. Their artillery fired on Ypres
during the day Of Feb. II. Our ar
tillery replied to this fire effectively.
From the Lys to the Somme yes
/ terday witnessed intermittent cannon
aiding. In the region of Arras near
Carency we caused the explosion of
two mines situated at outposts held
by the enemy
"On the Somme between the Disc
and the Aisne, as we'll as i'll Cham
pagne there was yesterday great ac-
ton on the part of the artillery on
both sides.
Some ten aviators have flown over
the region of Verdun. The bombs
thrown by them did no damage. Dur
ing the night of Feb. 11-12 there were
two German attacks on our trenches
in the forest of Caures, to the north
of Verdun, which was repulsed.
'ln Lorraine the German attack on
our positions at Arracourt reported
in our report of last night was led by
one company, while at the same time
another German company endeav-
Ored with no greater success to occu-
py our position at Renzey
"In Alsace the enemy has bonn
barded the positions which we took
February 12 in the vicinity of Mount
Sudelkopf. Because of the thorough
organization of our trenches the eff
fects of this bombardment were insig-
nificant"
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-14
MRS. CAROLINE WILDER DEAD
Well-F noWn Woman Passed Away at
Early Hour Yesterday Morning.

After an illness Of several weeks
Mrs. Caroline Wilder, aged 60, passed
away at her home, 7i8 Ellis street,
yesterday morning shortly after A
O'Clock. Her condition was not con.
sidered so seriops by members of the
family, therefore her death came as
"A surprise.
Mrs. Wilder has been resident of
Brunswick for a num5er of years and
was well known among many friends.
She is survived by her husband and
six children, namely: l.. j.. Fletcher,
G. N. and NJ B. Wilder, Miss Bertha
Wilder and Mrs. Emmett Little, Of
Fernandina.
The remains were prepared for
burial by the Miller Undertaking COM
pany and the body was yesterday for
warded to Chester, Fla, the old fam
lily home, where the interment will
take place.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-14

gia cities are ready and willing and
anxious to secure Brunswicks fran
chise.
A general meeting will be held at
the city hall Wednesday morning at
10 o'clock, to which the people of the
city generally are inv;ied and urged
to attend. At this meeting President
Jemison will be present and he will
outline the policy to be followed by
the league during the coming season.
and at the same time he will see
whether or not Brunswick wants to
continue in the league He is anxious
to see Brunswick people get together
and retain their franchise. and is com
ing here to assist in any way he can
in bringin9 about such condition.
President Andrews will preside at
the meeting Wednesday morning, and
all of the old directors will be pres.
ent. The subject will be fully dis
cussed and it is believed Brunswick
will decide to continue in the Georgia
State league.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-14
HAILED VICTORY
IN EAST PRUSSIA
BERLIN PAPERS SAY DANGER OF
ANOTHER INVASION HAS
BEEN REMOVED,

BERLIN (via London), Feb. 13.-
The morning papers hail the victory
in East Prussia as removing all dan.
ger of another invasion of that prov
ince. The Russian report of the bat
ale, they declare, indicates the com
pleteness of the defeat, as it admits
that the Russians are falling back to
the protection of their chain Of fort
resses.
The victory is especially priced be-
cause of the Illustration of plans for
strong offensive which the Russians
are believed to have been preparing.
The capture of $4,000 prisoners, re-
ported in the German official com
muncation, means that practically an
entire army corps has been put out
of fighting. The fact that the num-
Der of guns captured is compare
lively small is commented on in some
quarters as indicating that the Rus
slams, who are said already to have
lost third of their artillery through
capture, now are insufficiently
equipped in that arm of the service
The Lokaf Anzigers military CON
tributor says:
"We believe that the Russian gen
eral staff is not far astray when it
assumes that our troops in East
Prussia have been reinforced"
The children in the schools were
given holiday today and flags are
flying all over the city in honor Of
the victory
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-14
FIRST APPLICATION FOR
THE NAVY EXPERT TEAM

WASHINGTON, Feb 13.-The first
applications for the new navy quail
fication of expert team riflemen have
come from the battleship Louisiana.
The application of Chief Gunner's
Mate f. l.. Mcclure and e. l.. Dieu-
dome are based upon membership on
teams in matches won from the Dan
iSh army at Copenhagen, May 81
1911; the Royal Swedish navy at
Stockholm, June 9, 1911, and which
won FIRST place i'll a fleet match AT
Guantanamo in March, 1912
The navy department has allowed
these credits and if the men have
qualified under former and present
firing regulations as expert riflemen
they will be awarded the expert team
rifleman's medal.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-14
BIG CANNING Go,
To RESUME WORK
PLANT OF THE BRUNSWICK CAN.
MING COMPANY RESUMES OP-
GRAFTON TOMORROW.

The Brunswicvk Canning company,
whose large prawn canning factory
has been closed down for the past
several weeks, will resume operation
on full time tomorrow morning, and
the company expects to keep it run
ming regularly hereafter. The plant
was closed down some time ago for
two reasons: First, because the de-
mand for canned prawn had decreased
and then when the demand reached
normal again all of ,He prawn, it ap-
pears, had gone out to sea and it was
impossible TO make large catches.
Both Of these conditions have now
adjusted themselves. The demand has
increased steadily during the past few
weeks, while prawn are again report
ed to be plentiful in nearby waters.
The resuming of operation by this
plant not only means the employment
in the factory of large number of
people, but at the same time it will
put to work half COzen or more
large prawn boats, each carrying a
crew Of anywhere from three to eight
men; therefore it can be seen that
quite large number of people in all
will be greatly benefited by the op-
Grafton of the plant
The other two factories recently
erected in the city, wIlile they have
closed on one or two occasions, are
both in operation at present, and the
prawn industry has again grown to
large proportions, and added a great
deal to the weekly payrolls of the
city
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-14
RAILROADS GIVE \
RIGHT TO CONTROL
STEAMER LINES
INTERESTING DECISION Is MADE
IN SOUTHERN PACIFIC CASE
EY THE INTERSTATE CON-
MERGE COMMISSION.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-Reten-
ton of control of the Pacific Mail
Steamship company by the Southern
Pacific railroad was authorized to-
day by the interstate commerce com
mission in it's first decision under the
provision of the Panama canal act re-
quiring railroads to give up compet-
ing steamship lines except when joint
ownership and operation was found
by the commission to be of public
advantage.
The railroad s petition set forth
that il proposed to operate the
steamship company in traffic between
San Francisco and ports in Mexico,
Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Mic
arauga and Costa Rica; between
Mexican and Central American ports
and Europe and between Mexican
and Central American ports and the
United States Atlantic and gulf ports
This traffic, the petition says, will
be handled by the steamship com
pany to or from Balboa and trans
shipped in connection with the yes
sells of other lines in no way con
neCted with the petitioner"
The commission was told during
oral arguments on the case that the
Southern Pacific proposed to give up
its service from San Francisco to
New York through the canal and
from San Francisco and Europe via
the canal because such service might
be considered in competition with
the Southern Pacific's rail and water
service via New Orleans.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-14
ANOTHER ROW IN SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13--While
Democrats reformed the ship pur-
chase bill for new drive in the house
the Republican filibuster in the senate
blossomed out anew today. Senator
Gore tried to have the commerce
committee discharged from considera-
ton of his substitute, which is one OF
the compromise bases. Senator Bur-
ton began a speech that promised to
last all day. House leaders have ar
ranged for a caucus on Monday night
to perfect the compromise bill The
majority will be bound to support this.
A rule for immediate consideration
will be passed.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-14
LARGE AUDIENCE ATTENDS
THE FIRST ORGAN RECITAL

large audience attended the or.
gan recital given In the First Metho-
dist church yesterday afternoon, and
the program gave great pleasure.
Professor Hinckley's organ selections
were excellently rendered, while a
similar tribute is due to the soloist,
Miss Sadie Dart, who enjoys a fine
reputation here, and Messrs. Brown
and Burke for their violin perform.
ances. Almost every denomination in
the city was represented in the audi
ence, and they were generous in ex.
pressions of satisfaction and pleasure
at the close of the recital.
Another in the series IL planned for
in few weeks.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-14
Effort to BE Made to Get Young
Baxley Man Out OF Local
Jail.
STATE WILL OPPOSE MOVE
Petition Asking for Bond, 1t Is
Understood, Will Be Present
ed to Judge Highsmith Dur
ing the Coming Week.

mcording to information received
in .he city yesterday attorneys rep
resenting Brice Edmunds, the BaXley
young man in the Glynn county jail
charged with the murder of Frank
Wynn, of Jesup will shortly present
Judge Highsmith, of the superior
court, with n petition urging that the
prisoner be released on bail, and. ac-
cording To the report. strong fight
will be made to secure the liberty
of the young man. Just when this Pc
tition is to he presented was not stat.
ed, but it will probably be during the
coming week Judge Highsmith will
probably fix date for the hearing as
soon as it is presented to him.
Attorneys for the state would not
discuss the case, only saying that, in
asmuch as the petition had not been
presented they could not discuss it
at this time. However, 1t is pretty
well understood that the states attor-
neys will offer stubborn opposition
to il.
Edmunds is the young man who was
lndlcled JOlntly win Pete fadBett,
who was acquitted by the jury last
Monday. 1t was believed during the
trial that the result OF the Padgett
case would have much to do with that
of Edmunds, and ii was even stated
that in the event the man on trial was
acquitted that the case against Ed
munds would be nolle pressed States
attorneys, however. laughed at such
a suggestion, and announced that Ed
munds would be held for trial at the
May term of the court. Although he
was in the courtroom during the en-
tire Padgett trial, his name was never
brought into the case, one way or an
other./ Not a single witness for the
state or defense mentioned his name
in their testimony.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-14
No Quarters Dropped in Slot {;
No Turning of Meter. but
Gas Just the Same.
DEFECTIVE METERS IN USE
While in Some Instances 1t Is
Believed the Meters Were
Really "Doctored" by Some
OF Company's Patrons.

The Mutual Light and Water com.
pany has made discovery!
Some Is or 20 Brunswick people
have been cooking regularly with gas; !;
they have been using the slot me-
ters. the gas has been used just the
same as usual. but the meters have
not turned nor have any quarters been
dropped into the slot; a regular free
gas game has been worked. Just
how il was done has not been ascer-
tanned. but il was done nevertheless.
II seems that so regularly did the
representative of the company visit
many of these places, finding the me-
ter unchanged, with no money at all
in the slot, that suspicion was aroused
and an investigation was started, with
the result that ii was discovered. by
some manipulation yet unsolved, these
people have inaugurated plan where
by gas can be secured without the
meter turning or without dropping a
quarter in the slot II was Il pretty
good scheme from Il financial stand
point.
In some instances, in order to de-
ceive the company, three or four
quarters were dropped into the slot
merely as a blind" but upon inves-
tigation it was discovered that their
meter was not moving peg.
However, in justice to great ma
jority of the people whose meters
were not working and who were re.
ceiving free gas, so to- speak, it should
be stated that the trouble was due to
defective meters. 1t is nothing un-
usual to strike a meter or two month
which is not registering, but to run
across Is or 20 in one month was
very unusual Anyway, the
free gas will be discontinued, and it
may be that some Of these meters, it
will appear to the owners, for "A time
at least, will register little too fast
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-14
GIVE SATISFACTORY REPLY.

LONDON, Feb. 13.-The afternoon
newspapers declare the British gov
ernment will have no difficulty in
giving satisfactory reply to the
American note on use of the American
flag by British merchantmen They
virtually aye unanimous in the opin-
ion that a neutral flag will be used
as an intimation to German warships
that there are neutral passengers and
goods aboard.
The Pail Mall Gazette attaches "im-
mense significance" to the phrase in
the American note to Germany-'or
cause the death of American citi-
zens"-as meaning that Americans
aboard British ships will be equally
protected by the home government as
those aboard American ships
The Evening Standard, basing its
judgment on the tenor of the Ameri-
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-14
GIVEN GOOD WAGES.

NORTHAMPTON, Feb. 9.-Old men
who had either retired from work or
had been crowded out by their young
ers, some of them even taken from
the almshouse, are employed at good
wages in Nottingham, making army
boots. Riyeters who lost their places
because the invention of mechanical
substitutes are now busy hammersg
nails into soles. The gardens and
even the fasens have given recruits to
the factories, which are now turning
out 100000 pairs of boots a week. Men
whose ages range about 70 years are
welcomed by the contractors.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-14
FOURTH DRAGON GUARDS
CHASE BELGIAN HARES

LONDON, Feb. 9.-The officers Of
the Fourth Dragon Guards at the
front have been diverting themselves
by chasing the hares of Belgium
The past week Lieutenant Charles
Romer Williams Of this regiment
made "A special trip to his home in
NorthamptOnshire for some hunting
dogs. and received the loan of a pack
from sympathetic country gentle
man. Lieutenant Williams, who was
the master of the Eton beagles when
student at Eton, now has the dogs
with him at the front.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-14
CONSIDERING DAYTIME
LODGES FOR PYTHIANS
Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal
Will Visit Brunswick

Georgia Knights of Pythias are
considering the adyisablity of estah-
fishing daytime lodges for members
of the fraternity who work al night,
and are thereby prevented from at
tending the regular meetings.
The details are yet to be worked
out, and Grand Chancellor Command
er H. M. Stanley has requested all
Georgia lodges to look into the propo-
sition with a view to devising suit
able plans.
Local Pythians are very much inter
ested in the approaching visit of the
Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal
Wheaton, who will come shortly. The
local lodge will extend to him IA royal
welcome, the details of reception to
be made public later.