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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-30
YEARS SUPPORT NOT TAXABLE.
Attorney General Walker Renders ar
important Decision.

That the y2drc support from her
husbands estate allowed wiGow by
law is not subject to the states in
hcritance tax wa, tie ruling Saturday
OF Attorney General Clifford Walker
in response to an inquiry by Comp
tIollcr General W. A. Wright.
The case came up from Carroll
county in connection with the estate
of i. p. Vaudeville, deceased. In
forwarding to Comptroller General
Wright the inheritance tax collected
on the estate. the executor of the es'
tate deducted the tax on $4,000, which
had been awarded the widow of the
deceased as a years support.
AS the question whether a years
support is subject to the inheritance
tax had not been raised before,
Comptroller General Wright asked the
attorney general for ruling, with
the result above stated.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-30
CAPT. ". ". TABDOTT
is BADLY BURNED
WHILE PRIMING A KEROSENE,
STOVE WITH GASOLINE, CHILD
UPSETS BOTTLE.

While printing a gasoline stove at
the residence of his mother on lower
Union street Sunday, Capt. W. w.
Talbot was the vicrip of painful
burns on both hands and slight burns
on the face. Capt. Tatbott was en-
gagged in printing a kerosene stove
when a child accidently upset the bot
tie containing gasoline, vapors from
which reached kerosene lamp near
by and resulted in a serious blaze
for while. Capt Tabbott had moth
ing at hand to use in his endeavor to
extinguish the blaze and seeing some
thing desperate had to be done, he
used his hands.
A physician was hastily summoned
and reached the scene as quickly as
possible, but the injured man suffered
great agony for over an hour.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-30
USING ALLIGATORS TO
CLEAN SEWERS OF CITIES

ATLANTA. Jan. ga new use for
alligators has been discovered in
Florida and south Georgia. AS sewer
cleaners, they are regular star head
liners.
A six hundred-foot twelve-inch sew
er pipe in Florida recently became
clogged with sand and dirt. Sew
eral sewer-cleaning contrivances were
used and about $500 spent. but to no
avail.
Just when every one had given up
in despair, an assistant of the publin
works department, whose mind was
a combination of the practical and
highly imaginative, secured an alliga
tor and fastened light rope to its
tail. The animal was lowered into
the sewer and prodded on his way
He set out briskly for the next man
hole, and burrowed his way through
dragging a. rope after him.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-30
Captains Lee and Fitzgerald
Looking Over Many Craft
i'm the HarbOr.
THREE FIRE DRILLS TODAY
These Will BE Held on the At
Iantic, Emmeine and Sea Gate
and the Inspectors VIII Wit
ness Same.

A number of the county commits
sioncrs have recently made personal
inspection OF the Giynn county roads.
Chairman Miller and Commits: loncrs
Wright, Twitty ana Dean t5uperin-
tendent Higeinbotham and Farm Dem
onstration Agent Dunn went over
nearly all of tho main highways anG
will make impCrtan: recommendations
to the full board at the next meet
ing. The greatest problem Immediate
ly confronting the board is the con-
dition OF the Dixie Highway south of
Buffalo. The maintenance OF this
great thorJughfare becomes more diff.
lcut with the rapidly increasing traf.
Ac, beth local and transient Those
who have given the matter thought
full consideration realize that It will
be necessary at an early day to Jdopt
and construct this highway for the
entire distance through tho county of
some permanent material. This would
not cnly increase It's popularity, but
would alsC be more economical, and
would make It. possible to use the con
victs In the construction and c.ainte.
nance of other much needed roads to
serve the farmers and other residents
of the county and near by sections.
The commissioners have definitely de-
ided to provide at once for The or.
ganization and permanent mainte-
nance Of Il repair gang. The roads
will be regularly patrolled and eed-
cd repairs pormptly made, and with
this gang new roads will be kept in
| proper condition after being Luilt.
All small wooden bridges arc being
rapidly replaced with concrete cul-
verts, much of this work having been
done last year The commissioners
are determined to give their time ard
attention to this important question
Of roads until 1t is properly solved.
and they will expect the public to
Give them cooperation and support
In every way
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-30
MRS. MARGARET
SANGER ON TRIAL
zoo MOTHERS WILL FOLLOW HER
TO COURT PUSHING EABY
CARRIAGES.

NEW YORK, Jan 29-Interest in
the efforts OF the birth control prop
agandists to spread their doctrines
shifted today from the Blackwell's
Island work house. where Mrs. Ethel
Byrne is conducting & hunger strike.
10 the special sessions court in Brooia.
lyn and the trial Of Mrs. Byrne's SIS
ter, Mrs Margaret Sanger, and Miss
Fannif Mondell.
Mrs. Sanger and Miss Mondell are
charged with aiding in the conduct of
birth control clinic, the same offense
for which Mrs. Byrne is serving
thirty-day sentence. Mrs. Sanger de-
clared that If convicted she also
would refuse to eat II was an
nounced that 500 mothers would &C.
company Mrs Sanger to court, push
ing their children in baby carriages.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-30
Southern Sociological Congress
Will be Held and it Means
Much to This Section.
MEETING HELD YESTERDAY
OF Representatives of Various
Civic and Health Organiza-
tiOns and Representative Met
With Them.

Captains Lee and Fitzgerald. steam
boat inspectors for this district with
headquarters in Savannah, reached
the city yesterday and spent a busy
day. making the annual inspe .uon on
the Inca and inspecting the work now
IL progress on the steamer Hessie,
which Will amount i'll money to some
thing like $4,000 and VIXEN completed
the inspectors say this trim little
craft will be really better shape
than the day she first started on her
and Of the best material is one OF
the many improvements being made;
in fact, the boat will be practically
rebuilt ard no expense is being spared
to make both tho worE ar material
the very best. Capt Lee states that
the Emmeline is really a better boa,
at present than when first built. Il
will be remembered that this trim
steamer was almost entirely rebuilt
some time ago.
Fire drills will ne hell today on
the steamers Atlantic, Emmeline and
Sea Gate The former is the Satilla
river steamer, commanded by g. f..
White; the Emmeline by &. J. An,
derson, and the Sea Gate by H. O..
Berrie. The inspectors hope to finish
this work today and will leave for
Fernandina where the annual inspec-
tion will be held on the Wade Hamp-
ton Of that port, The inspection OH
the Inca yesterday was Il very riglt;
ont. The boilers were thoroughly
tested and found to be in excellent
condition. This boat has just spent
some time at the plant of the Br:lne.
wick Marine Construction company,
and is in first-class condition
The inspectors compliment Bruins.
wick on the great strides the city
is making and has made recently
They remarked that the owners o.
local steamboats, were taking excel
lent care of them and they we're both
very much gratified at this.
Captains Lee and Fitzgerald have
been coming to this pert for the past
twenty-five years, and they have
scores of friends who are always de.
lighted to see them.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-30
FISK DENIES ANY
OFFICIALS IN DEAL
WAS CHARGED BY LAWSON WITH
HAVING CONTROLLED
M'ADOO.

NE WYORK, Jan. 29.-Pliny Fisk,
a New York banker, named by
Thomas w Lawson as the banker in
the mysterious cabinet member
senatorbanker" investment trio, de-
MED at the leak" inquiry today that
he ever had been interested with Sec
retary McAdoo or a senator" in any
Joint stock account.
"Have you ever purchased or
caused to be purchased in the last
four years any securities In which
Secretary McAdoo was Interested?
Sherman l.. Whipple, counsel for the
investigating committee, ASKED
81 have not, sir" Fisk declared with
great emphasis.
AS one of the bankers for the Hud-
son and Manhattan terminals, OF
which Mr.. McAdoo was president
Fisk said he came in contact with
McAdoo. He said that Harvey Fisk
and Sons, Of which Fisk Is a member
also closed up some Of the secretary
business when he entered the cabinet
but since that time he had had vir
tually no business relations with him
After denying at the Teak" inquiry
today that his firm had ever received
from the treasury department "any
advantages which any other Wall
street firm might not have received,
Pliny Fisk admitted that the fedora
reserve bank had leased offices ir
building owned by his firm after
he had suggested to Secretary NC
Adoo that the offices were "the best
adapted of any In the street."
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-30
Chairman Miller and Commits
siOners Twitty, Wright and
Dean Make Trip.
SUPT. HIGGINBOTHAM ALONG
These Commissioners Will Rec
Ommend Immediate Action
When Full Board Meets Next
Tuesday.

At a meeting called yesterday by
DR.. T. S. Abercrombie, county health
officer. of representatives CT various
organizations of the city, The Southern
Sociological Congress was invited to
hold an extension conference in
Brunswick for a week in Februarv
The meeting. which was held in. the
office Of DR.. Abernathy, was address
ed by w. c. Headrick, an advance rep
resentative of the Sociological Con
gress. Mr.. Headrick said that the OBJ.
ject of the congress is to study and
improve the social, civic and moral
conditions of the south. He told of
its organization five years ago and
how 1t has grown to become the com.
mon meeting ground of the leaders in
feli n6us, philanthropic and public
health work of the south.
The campaign of extension confer.
ences was started last September by
the congress, only strategic centere
being visited. A staff of twelve
speakers and workers make up the
congress party, and travel from city
to city on special Pullman rebuilt;
for the purpose. Among the members
of the staff are representatives from
the U. S. Public Health Service, Amer.
ican Red Cross, Life Extension Insti
tute, American Social Hygiene asso,
citation and other national organiza.
tions.
The principal features of the Bruins,
wick Extension Conference of the So.
Geological Congress will be the public
meetings held each night during the
week, the group meetings conducted
each day, the big public welfare ex.
hibit of the congress, which will be
on display every day, a social and
sanitary survey of the city, and the
organization of local branch of the
Sociological Congress to carry on the
work of community betterment
throughout the year
The exhibit of the Sociological Con.
gress, which is the largest of its kind
ever shown in the south, consists OF
charts, pictures and other forms OF
graphic exhibit material on prevent
able diseases, sanitation, housing
temperance, social hygiene, child la
Dor, living and working conditions
and the problems of poverty, disease
and crime and methods of meeting
and dealing with these problems.
DIR. Abercrombie was elected chair
man of the meeting held Monday aft
ernoon. Local committees of citizens
will be appointed to sponsor and take
part in the activities of the confer
ence week. 1t is expected that con
structive good will result from the
work of the social service specialists
here.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-30
Cold Hampers.

LONDON, Jan. 30 The increasing
cold is progressively hampering and
sometimes halting movements both
on land and sea in Europe.
Several Danish and Swedish har
hors in the Cattegat and Baltic arc
getting choked with ice and there i8
Il great quantity of ice around the
Skaw. reaching to a very consid-
cradle distance seaward. Some sinai:
vessels are icebound off Denmark and
the Danish lightships have been WITH
drawn The Great Belt, Little Belt
and Sound are all threatened with
complete closure. 1t IS reported thai
tho southern sound is already frozen
over
The Times correspondent at Rou
manian headquarters, writing undes
date of January "a, quotes Rou
manian general as saying that opera
tions were impossible owing to the
weather. The correspondent says that
Germans recently taken prisoners
were wearing summer outfits anG
that some of them died while march
ing to interment camps.
A piercing frost accompanied by
wind has now continued for MANY
days in the British Isles. There has
been an exceptional snowfall in Ire
land, exceeding the record OF &c
years.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-30
SEA ISLAND
ON ST.S|N0N ISLAND
SEA ISLAND COTTON THERE
ON LARGE SCALE. /

In dispatch dated from Thomas
Vile yesterday, the Savannah News
said
- A. Chastain, of this city. has
purchased $50 acres of land on St.
Smons Island and Is planning to plant
it in sea island cotton. II is thought
that the boil weevl will hit the long
staple cotton in his section very hard
the coming saeson and for that rea
son Mr. Chastain wants to get tract
where they will not get It. He thinks
the wcevil, while it. has many ways
that are dark Of reaching and de
stroying cotton has not yet learned to
swim and will hardly manage TO get
across to the island"
The raising of sea island cotton
was the great agricultural pursuit be.
fore the civil war and many fine plan
tationS were there. The Kings, the
Coopers and many others produced
the very finest and, by the way, IL
brought the very highest prices be
fore or since thd war, as 1t was of
q very excellent variety. After the
war one by one the great planters
stopped, until there was not an acre
Of it planted.
II the raising of sea island cotton
was so successful before the war
when scientific farming was un
known, greater success can be ex
pected In the future when the great.
est scientists of the world are max
ing study Of the perfect raising OF
not only sea island cotton, but the
other as well
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-30
REV. SUNDAY MAKES MONEY.
Made Over Fifty Thousand Dollars in
Few Weeks at Bo ston.

Rev. Billy Sunday, the evangelist,
AHf$f1 whom a committee of Atlanta
churchmen are corresponding with the
view of gaining his consent to conduct
a revival in Atlanta has just COM
pleted ten weeks revival in Boston
and has departed with a check for
$50,S2S.64, representing free will Of
ferings, according to news dispatches
from that city.
The same dispatch states that Rev.
Sunday induced 60,510 to "hit the
trail" and spoke to 1,327,500 persons
during his Boston meetings.
The subcommittee of the church
cooperative committee of the Evan
IL. cal Ministers association is await
IL further reply from Mr.. Sunday
relative to his conducting a revival
in Atlanta in the late summer or early
fall.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-30
THE Hill LDERGARDE
HAS Been SOLD
ST. MARY'S STEAMER HAS BEEN
PURCHASED BY SAVAN-
NAH PEOPLE.

The handsome St. Mary's steamer
Hildergrade has been sold to the
Wainsworth company. the great Sa-
vannah corporation which is building
a sugar refinery on the Savannah
river about seven miles from the
Forest City.
This is one of the handsomest
steamers on the coast and has been
engaged in running between st.
Marys and Fernandina. 1t is electric
ally lighted and has other modern con-
veniences. The new owners have al
ready taken cnarge of the craft. The
price paid is said to have been $14,'
600.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-30
GREAT OVATION
GIVEN G0MPE PERs
OVER 1000 LABOR LEADERS AT
TEND DINNER IN HIS
HONOR.

NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, received great
ovation when he arose to speak early
today at the close of u testimonial
dinner attended by more than 1000
labor leaders. Nh Gompers urged
workmen to think about peace. to
work for peace and pray for peace.
Labor stands with its shoulders
squarely" he said, mot defiant, but
determined
"The protest against conditions that
work hardships must not be diverted
for u moment"
The labor leader declared that
whilo he could leave his children no
fortune, he would leave better labor
conditions under which they would
not find it so hard to live, as h,
found il wher ha first entered the in
dustrial fields. After every great time
of strife and destruction, he saiG
there was correspondent reaction
which affected the mass of the pea
pie.
The dinner marked the 9th ami
versary of Mr.. Gomper's birth, tn,
completion of his fifty years of serv
ice in the cause of union labor ant
his golden wedding anniversary Pres
ident Wilson sent letter of greet
ing and congratulatiOn.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-30
AMERICAN PAPER IN BERLIN.
Started for a Better Understanding
Between These Nations.

LONDON, Jan. 29-An Amst erdam
dispatch to Reuters says that new
journalistic enterprise has recently
been founded in Berlin called Amer
ican correspondence for reliable re
porting" 1t is an attempt to pro
mote "a better understanding between
the central powers Of Europe and
North America"
Apart from telegraphic reports
newspapers will be supplied with mail
contributions dealing with important
political economic and art events and
literary articles.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-30
FAMOUS SCULPTOR ILL.

PARIS, Jan. 29.-Auguste 2odin,
the famous sculptor; is i'll with the
grippe. According to the latest bull
letin, the malady is following its
normal course, but owing to the
scu1ptor's great age and the severity
OF the attack, the patient is very
weak.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-30
PLEA FOR FREEDOM.

BERLIN, Jan. 29.-1'he India Ma
tionalist party today sent President
Wilson a strong plea seeking his aid
in gaining the freedom of India.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-03
Constantine of Greece Gays Entente BLundor
 Has Stabbed Country
King of Helpless Little Nation Declares His People Have Been Sadly DisiIIusoned by Experiences With France
 and England

NEW YORK, Friday, Feb. 23.- A staff correspondent of the As sociated Press. under date of Janu- ary II, says: King Constantine re- ceiyed the Associated Press corre- sDondcnt in audience in Athens this morning just before the latter left for America. This is the Greek New Years Day and before the interview the correspondent assisted with King Constantine, Queen Sophie, the Prin- ces Helen and the young Prince Paul, at the time-honored New Years ceremony at which band of Greeks chant choruses in praise Of king and country in, the great hall Of the palace.
 'I am sorry you are leaving us," King Constantine began abruptly. 'I don't believe that there is a man or woman in Greece who does not feel very profoundly what a great thing it has been for us during this most critical period in our national history Co have a correspondent of the Associated Press here to tell the world with absolute impartiality the truth Of what is taking place. They tell me, however, that a good many of your telcgrams to the Associated Press never got through the cen SorS." The king laughed little rueSully. "You have nothing on me" he added Neither do mine"
 q am afraid there is no way" he went on. ''We might as well be in a dungeon here for all the touch we have with the rest of the world. The most ridiculous, the most out rageous nonsense about what is hap pening in Greece is published daily in the European press, presumably written by journalists who are not even on the spot, to see the facts for themselves. And when my gov crnment sends official denials of them the European newspapers will not even publish the denials,
 Take this letter, for example As you see, it is from eX-Mayor Ben nakis who was arrested on DeCem- Der during the attempted Neni- eelist revolution.
 "A French newspaper publishes story that Bennakis was so badly mistreated that his right arm had to be amputated, and he was on the point of death. Far from having his arm amputated, he writes me
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-03
CITY COUNCIL
 HAS ONE BUSY
 NIGHT SESSION
Many Routine Matters Are Acted Upon but Nothing Startling
 Is Done.

The Juneau City Council met last night with Mayor Stewart and all councilmeu with the exception of |Mr. McKauna. The council transact. ed much routine business, without doing anything of particular impor., ance.
 The bond of the Juneau Gas Com. pauy was presented for approval but inasmuch as the bond was for year only and did not cover the full time Of construction and also was reyokable, the finance commit, tee was instructed 10 notify the Gas Company officials and secure 8 more suitable bond.
 An application for a permit to construct temporary boat building shed on part of west l2th Street was presented to the council The city clerk was instructed to make arrangements with the applicant to lease the proposed site at a nominal rental Co establish the rights of the city to the ground at any future date
 The ordinance amending the disor. derIy conduct ordinance to provide the maximum penalty was given a second reading and passed.
 It was ordered that the Mayor make formal application to the De- partment Of Public Health for a soni. tary survey pr Juneau and vicinity.
 Bills were allowed, among which were the following:
 C. W. Bender $234; C. W. Young Company $577&; Alaska Electric L.. & P. Co.,. &3OL25; Juneau Hard ware Co., $3LS5; Worthcn Mills, $lo9O7; Juneau General Hospital, Sl625o: Alaska Steamship Co.,, Sl49S.&5: Sanitary Grocery Co. S21.4O: Juneau Fire Department, $1O; A. G. Long Company, S2L96; Frank Met. calf $&L3O; Cole Transfer Co, SIS, and Krigbaum and Chapadose, $S5.75.
 The street committee reported and recommended that Frank Metcalf be hired as city engineer at a sal. cry of S1O per day for time actually employed. The council ordered this done. The street committee asked for another two weeks time in the matter of a street to the upper part of the Scatter Tract. Granted.
 The special committee on the city float reported that everything was in shape and that driving would start
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-03

as soon as the services of driver could be secured.
 The city was asked to furnish lumber for a stairway from the VII. loughby Avenue turn to Calhoun road, joining the roadway at Gloy- anetti's store. It was reported that Mir. Giovanetu had agreed to do the work The request was granted, The street committee was authorized to construct walk on Indian Street from Calhoun road to the Junction with A. Street in the Casey Shat tuck Addition.
 The question of drain on Gas tineau Avenue to care for flood wa ters from the sidehills during thaw. iug weather was referred to the street committee with orders to re- port back to the council.
 The proposal of J, T. Hunt to cod fly all city ordinances was laid on the table until the new council takes office.
 The city clerk was instructed to place one of the new school bonds in frame and display 1t in some downtown store or office window
 Miss Alice Jordison was granted the use of the council chambers on nights not conflicting with other for the use of a mandolin Club. Miss Jordison is to bear the. expenses Of the lights.
 The question of securing a site for Carnegie Library building was brought up and discussed. It was the consensus of the council that Mayor Stewart in connection with the Library board should investigate further in the matter.
 The city attorney was instructed to take any steps necessary to se- cure immediate possession of all pieces Of property bid in by the city for delinquent taxes.
 Chief Of Police Harding reported 2S arrests during the past month and % prisoners confined, to which were served 2l5 meals at a cost Of 13 cents per meal