The Athens banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1902-1923, January 27, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather: Inruasinic cloudiness in the interior. Athens Cotton: MIDDLING .4 .. 28c PREVIOUS CLOSE 28 1.2c VOL W- No. 324 Associated Press Dispatches ATHENS, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27,1923. Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday* French Arrest Ruler Rhenish Prussia And Martial Law In Effect DOESN’T THIS BIRD KNOW WHEN TO QUIT LARRY GANTT’S DAILY COLUMN 11 Snow Kill The Boll Weevil (H\ T. Larry Ganit.) Gruetzner Released After Three Hour Conference But Warned Re-Arrest May Follow. HOTELS, THEATRES AN CAFES CLOSED About Twenty National ist Leaders Arrested Friday Night By French Troops. I• Wednesday several dele- the farmers' Conference i', v, Vila of the Georgian, .i.-m.-sing the snow and they ■ i ,| that it is the best pos- ■ jo a good crop year.) tliu snow mellows the! , . equal to a good break- j ■ i : ml. Old farmers ar I .v ia never there is a| . r a good crop year is , ‘niimv. Some believe that • ••Ilakes draw from the air V 'ir'es of fertilizers and -hem into the soil like a i.lant. And is unquestion- ,iy true that a heavy fall of um- is a good thing for wheat nil the longer it lies on the ground the better. This is un- iwstionalily true, for I have no tion! n that after a snow fall mall grain looks greener and more vigorous and begins to r low right off. The earth under 'now is warm and this doubtless makes the plants tnke on fresh lUWtu The general impression ia that this will be a fine crop year, and it' so we will be on top next fall. You never knew two disastrous imp years to come together nail the past year was the worst with- i the memory of the oldest inhab itants. WILL SNOW KILL WEEVIL Some _ th freeze will 'Thin out _ boll weevils. But I doubt this. The weevil is immune to climatic in fluence and as an old farmer Who has I ought the pest for ten twelve years once remarked to "The blamed critters will thrive and breed, on top of a red-hot stove or in a cake of ice. In Mis? lissippi 1 have seen a weevil froze taken Irom under a chip coated witn ice and when placed in « Harm room soon begin to crawl DUESSELDORF—(By Thg Associated Press.) — Dr. Greutzner, president of Kticn- ish F*russia. was arrested to day by (lie French. Gruetzner was released, however, after a three hours! ccnfet.’iicc wish General Simon, hut was notified he would be arrested again un less he complied with certain demands made upon him by the French General. MARTIAL LAW ALMOST IN EFFECT / Martial law has been prac- ' tically declared in the oc cupied area. All cafes, hotels and theatres were closed at ten o’clock Friday night, German time, and the French were continuing to /make ar< restes in connection with Thursday's rioting. About twenty nationalist lenders were imprisoned dur ing the evening. ESSEN — Nine arrests were made In uusseldort In conse quence of Thursday nights' af frays. and General DeGoutte has announced that the German se curity pollen will be severely pun Ished for their failure to remain on pert and maintain order. On the other hand the General has congratulated the Essen police for the effective assistance they have afforded the French patrols tn quelling the disturbance here. Ruhr valley are being dtverted by way of Barmen and Elberfeld. French military train crews arc ensuring sufficient surface to bring supplies for the troops but are not handling trains with food Intended for civilian populations of the valley. DU38ELDORF 18 NOW QUIET DUEgSELDORF.—(By the As sociated Press.)—Desultory rifle Mr. Frank Lipscomb showed me j firing which was in progress In . of beautiful brown baao he had raised on this farm on the Mitchell bridge road. Last year Jlr. Lipscomb planted a small path of tobacco, and haa •u.ppea 10 buyers lot) pounds. lit* kis demonstrated the fact that Hood tobacco can be successfully fc.u»n .n this section unci it is a protiiable crop, paying better than cotton before the boll weevil appeared. . home years ago, in travelling throup-h Horry county, S. C. I sav. three of more acres in tobacco to one acre in cotton. That was a fine cotton growing section, but farmers told me they could make more and easier money from to bacco than the staple. In the earliest settlement o fthis section tobacco was the chief money crow, it was roiled in barrels to Peters- Lirg at that time the main market h '..;>p r Georgia. TO CHINA. IS DEAD HANGHAI — (By the Asso- «1 Press) — Dr. Paul Samuel various parts of the city through out the evening ceased at a late hour when the French cavalry and infantry patrols cleared the (Turn to page two) KLi WILL FIGHT CHICAGO—Imperial officers et the Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku, Klux Klan, after publicly appearing here for the asserted purpose of defending their Chica go members and -Issuing a state ment that hereafter the Klan would defend itself from attacks, gnve newspapers reporters a practical demonstration of the word ‘‘Invisible" in the organiza tion appellation. Hiram YVeslcy Evans. Imperial Wlzzard; Edward Young Clarke, Imperial Giant r-F. L. Savage. Im perial Klairiff. and Paul Ether idge, Imperial Klonzel, arrived hero Thursday, went to a hotel, met newspaper men tn an inter view and then disappeared. The four Klan officials arrived prepared, they said, to challenge nress reports that the city coun- He Recommends to Farm Bureau Federation That Auto Magnate’s Offer Be One Accepted. WOULD DEMAND CERTAIN OUTPUT Three Possible Courses to Create New Nitrogen Output At Muscle Shoals —But Ford’s Best. WASHINGTON — (By the Asso ciated press) — Acceptance of Henry Ford’s offer for Muscle Shoals, provided no better offer ia DR. SOULE PREDICTS LEGISLATURE FIGHT OVER APPROPRIATION HIDf IFTE1 I Many Notables Spoke Du ring Course of Week Offering Valuable Infor mation to Farmers. Club Woman Promises Agricultural College Head Support of 50,000 Women In Georgia. RECOMMEND MEN TAKE ECONOMICS Knowledge Of Home Duties By Man Would Prevent Much Married Unhappiness. . i (By J. D. Allen) i Predicting a fight in the next legislature,. Dr. Andrew M. Soule, The sixteenth annual “Farmers’ 'i n response to an address by Mrs. available and condiUoned on the j Conference and Market Week” at {ra Vi. Farmer, of the Georgia actual production of nitrogen for | the State College of Agriculture. ” Zfcw Athiman moment In Search of Healtlh P. T. A. Officers To Meet Monday P. M. The officers of the Oconee Street, Baxter Street, Childs, Street, College Avenue and Lucy Cobb Parent-Teacher Associations are requested to meet with the general chairman- at the Y. M. 0. A. building Monday at 4 p. m., for the purpose of completing- "ar-.. rangements for the 8th District SUC-' Parent Teacher Association con , . , n • Ivcntioif to be held in Athens, Fri CUITlbs At Sipe Springs, i day, February 2. Texas. MRS. E. B. HUDSON, General Chairman. Mr. Robert Booth, formerly of; this city, died at Sipe Springs, | Texas, Friday afternoon, accord-1 ing to a telegram to Athens rcla- j tives and the remains will be brought to Watkinsville for fun-1 oral and interment, the date to be' announced later. Mr. Booth had been in failing j health for the past two years, and j '.vent West about a year ago with ; the hope of regaining his strength.' RnvS He is survived by his widow and j a daughter, Miss Margerite Booth,; f Beaumont, Texas; a son, Mr.! Leslie Booth, u student in the Athens High school; two sisters, Mrs. Wolver M. Smith and Mrs. George Mason, all of Ath ens. TO PUT TONIGHT Return of “Cat And Canary” Is Well Received Mystery Drama At Colo nial With Excellent Cast Is Well Received By Au dience. (By John E. Drewry) With all of the mystery that is possible to conceive of, "The Cat and the Canary" played a return engagement to an appreciative audience at the Colonial theatre last night. And ip using the wore appreciative, it might be said that those attending were thankful that the mystery—creepy, myster ious, blood curdling—was confined to the stage, for even in that lo cation It was hard enough on cer tain members of the Audience. And Girls Invade Washington And Cop Both Games. Girls Win 23-2; Boys 25-22. The Athens High girls bas ketball team, fresh from their 23 to 2 victory over the Wash ington High team in Washing ton Friday, will meet the quin tet representing Winterville High school tonight at the Athens High gym at eight o'clock. The locals have yet to be (becked in their march for the championship, and reports have it that Winterville boasts of an unusually strong team, and the engagement tonight promises to be a thriller. Captain Martha Smith and her team-mates seem to be go ing in mid-season form and they are determined that the game tonight shall not mar their record, if ye rabid fan wishes to witness a good, cage game, just stroll out to the High School gym tonight. The game begins promptly at eight and a nominal price pf admission will be charged. fertilizer at the rate of 40,000 tons a year, is recommended in a special report made to the Farm Bureau Federation by Fred M. liarueh, wartime chairman of thn war industries board. .fir. Baruch’s letter, incorporat ing his views, addressed to Gray Silver, Winhlhgton repreaenta- ttve of the farm committee was as follows: "Pursuant to your request I am handing you a report on the situa tion relating to the development or a nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals This report was origlnallv prapar ed several weeks ago, and since then has been re-called by its au thor, 1 .eland, than whom I think there Is no man better qualified i to judge. "Here is the way it Uea lu my mind. It is the evident desire of nil, and in that I include myself, to develop at Muscle Shoals a new source of nitrogen. This would exclude any bids or -lifers that did not carry an obligation to produce and develop commer cially a nitrogen process [essages From President Ebert and Chancellor Cuno Reflect Feeling of German People BERLIN — (Ry the Associated HOW IT CAN BE DONE rrniL ,... . “One. By government develop ment Except as a last resort, I am opposed to this on account of Us Inherent disadvantage. "Two. By combination of In dustry either with government co-operation or Independently. Three. By the Ford dovelop- wili close today. This has been the most successful and most interest ing of any conferences yet held and was attended by large crowds at every session, not even the severely extreme weather o( the early part of the week deterring the interst. Many notable experts in farm ing and marketing problems of tho South have been In' attendance and delivered speeches and Thura day Governor-Elect Clifford Walk or made the main address of tho day. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Friday morning the topic of dis cussion was the grading and pack ing of fruits and vegetables. Prof. S. H. Starr, an alumnus ot the uni versity and director of the Costal Plains Experiment station pre sided .and discussions were, enter ed Into by Prof. T. H. McHatton, head of the horticulture, depart ment, who conducted the demon strations in seasoning of fruit and vegntaMjj' Fplants;' 1 *- while Profs. ringtoji) aim irirtfg^tecP’jjSr’tflif ilnjiimi' it iiiMpfi'i'.'~ ,-C? i:tf ; Practical crating Of fruit- ' veeriMile* fvr liiqrjiet aft Federation of Women’s Club*, in which she pledged the support of 50,000 women of the state in tho effort to secure larger appropria tions for the Agricultural College, Friday declured that “you will have to sit up with those people down in Atlanta or it will be th» same old stroy.” Mrs. Farmer spoke at the noon bession of tho Farmer’s Conference. - “The folks in Georgia have got to get behind us or see this insti tution shrink and shrivel.” he went on to say. “What we want is sufficient money to take care bf the stuff of this institution. Our income is absolutely ridiculous. $80,000 a year for that purpose, when it takes $105,000 annually to meet that need. And it’s absurd S' “J people of Georgia to say that they , haven’t got sufficient money to support the institution.” . Mrs - farmer, state chairman of home demonstration work with the* .Georgia federation of--Wo- declared i that her or ganization 1 stands ready to- back tSyrttoinr tlwt is for the goid of and the home, sho u; work of Ag- tu ™ College and declared ii feck ^ et>r *‘k Federation and the methods .found most fective were recommended. Press) — The German government j This apparently Is tho on has Issued an appear to tho nation I lv „ff Hr that has conn- forward signed hy President Ebert and a ‘„ f.,,- f rom u private source Chancellor Cuno urging the peo- j promising development along com pie to renounce luxuries and ex- meri .j a i ii u „ s . [f » 0 more advan- trnvagafiees of every kind end loj tageoufi offer should be made, the make the greatest possible sacrl-1 arguments against awarding the ileos” In view of the common need n0 iitraol to Henry Ford would not of flic whole country, which in volves the very existence of all future Girmnny and the llbu-ties and rights of the whole people." Loading Industrial and commer cial firms have Issued a similar appeal to employers and workers throughout the Reich. Meanwhile the Government has been brought face to face wltn a deficit of between one trillion, threo hundred billion, and one trillion, six hundred billion marks Dr. Andreas Hearmes. the minis ter of finance, has informed the Relschtag that revenue of between one trillion, nine hundred billion | and two trillion, two hundred bil lion marks Is In sight to meet rn ordinary budget that balances at 732.000.000,000 marks and un * x • truordlnary budget of three tril lion. five hundred billion marks. Tho departure of American troops from the Rhineland is marked by the universal regret of the German people; the president fears that the path of the French will thus he made easier. Baron Von Rosenberg, the for eign minister, Is talking of the withdrawal, said that the Ger mans had come to look upou the stars and stripes at Coblenz “as KILLS HIMSELF SAVANNAH, Ga, 35, killed himself -R. G. Lee, his home formerly American minis- r » had requested the resignation | “The Cut and the Canary” has 1 here Thursday night, using (p China and later counsellor.'of all city employees bolding mem ; f-en said by some to be like “Tno iehot gun to commit the act, ac he Chinese government died|bership in the Klan. .Eat” and in a way it is, with theicording to reports reaching offi- Fridav after a protracted ill- J One city employee, a fireman. {f.ossible exception that the my*- jeers. The man killed himself be- .....D — Dnintrih -I ,, Inmn/irarUv KURIK?IHit^d Mlu iMlenoUuul Wav 4U,\ /not llioi I nnnas ..d _ -- * :(L L!_ .‘/a In December. Dr. Reinscta ’-hvn at Hankow, suffered a col lars,' and was brought to Shang hai. where tits illness was diag- nnsed a s encephatls. Recently 1 '"'-chc.pn Pun , on t m set In and this comoiiration resulted fatally thla morning. I m i his death Dr. Reisch was 'ouncellnr at Peking. He had was temporarily suspended and others transferred recently as a result of nn Investigation of Klan membership charges against city employees by a special council committee. ... The Bastrop. Louisiana, In vest I Ration was Included in the Klan’s program of reciprocity. Imperial Wlzzard Evans said, an- host of friends In China and when nouncing he would Issue a state- re resigned as United States Jment In answer to published de- renister In 1919. he was given a.claratlon of Louisiana state oifl remarkable demonstration of ad- i clals after analyzing th^'J’rhlearo "■‘■ration by prominent Cblneee. ! William Wrigley, Jr. a Chicago Dr Heinseh lived barely long, manufacturer and owner of^tho • reuzh to see consummation of; Chicago National feigns' 4* of his many plans for the wel ball club, through his secretans ; re of china-the return of Shan Issued a statement iewlM that "‘P* Ho was an author on econo ho held membership In the Ku "lie and legal subjects and a re-1 Klux Klan or that he ever had ap ‘ "raized authority on the far east. j plied for memberrntp. tery is intensified by the fact that;cause of a quarrel with his wife, the supernatural is introduced in-;officers believe, the offering. There were ANNOUNCED ELECTION good many laughs throughout the several acts, and it is well that there was such or else some on DALLAS, Texas.—A. T. Ellis, might have passed out under the whom funeral services were strain of the mystery. i held at Kauffman, near here Wed- The cast was excellent. ' nesday, flatbed the first message Emily Taft as Annabelle West,norimation of Woodrow was splendid. But she was no bet- [ Wilson for president in 1912 as a ter than Robert Toms as Paul | telegraph operator of the Asso- West, horse doctor. He looked like <mated Press, friends revealed Harold Lloyd, and succeeded ini Friday, giving the play just the humorous! relief needed when nerves became| NOVELTY IN VOILE too high-strung. The playwright: A new volle for tWs ieMon bae showed humor and originality in'metallic dots sprinkled over Its doing this role-and Robert Toms surface. It has also a border de- wns just the man for the part. Islgn in metallic figures. be* convincing. * “Without commenting upon the terms of the contract or consider Ing the adequacy of the price, Fill WILL HAYS I HIS r appropriation NEEDED IN . EACH COUNTY LOS ANGELES, Cal. — Will H. Hays, head of the motion picture are certain modifications* or.industry ih the officinl fixer of e.larincationa that should be mndo. , th ‘* filmi* * and aniw« his Yearly Among thoup fa the one made on salary °f $150,000 In that capacity the bottom page eight In the let-! am l “uptlfter pf thu ter from the secretary of war,' moviea ’ Douglae Fairbanka, mo- document No. 157. where the aecrejtL°o picture star declared, the Los, tnry draws attention to the fact i Angelea Times said: thnt the language contained there; Mr. Fairbanks made the declara A demonstration agent is needed in every county in the United States,” she stated. “‘Men think that women are bom know- mg everything that is needed (a be done in the home. But.this is not true. The woman needs edu cation for her job just as much, as the man. And home-making is-- 3 job, just as important u job as is the map’s. “Demonstration agents afford the means qf reaching women; of the farm, of teaching,them many valuable things, without a knowl edge of which a real home is al most impossible.” Mrs. June S. McKlmmon, stato agent for home demonstration work in North Carolina, was the visiting speaker at the noon set' in Is snspeetlhte of ii cnnstmrtion ticn. The Times said in an Inter' to the effect that Mr. Ford I* per- view in which he commented upon snnally bound to only aee that his his hope of banding, together the •ompnnv enters into the contracts required to carry out tho terms of the proposal. All doubt in re- nHnl to Mr. Ford’s personal lia bility should be removed. MR,FORD OFFER8 TO MAKE 40,000 TON8 stars of filmdom under a “gentle- sion of the farmer’s conference, a men’s agreement” which session which was devoted wholly to the work of women in the homo economic field. "Ninety per cent of the would j that reach maturity have, some- ^ ,n : time op in iiL. at. industry as he termed them, think and it if, “then I He made public several weeks■ilu’ 5 ’ ellou * d *** trained for leading actors and actresses of the "The most Important thing that screen in a combination designed ought to ho clarified Is tho fol- ta assure them a free hand in mak- lowing: That* Mr. Ford offers to ^^ Bn d distributing their prod- make 40.000 tons of fixed nltro- ] uc (a. ago .his plans for grouping the th ?£ 0 io y b ’ u wondn ^ m gen per year, and if he does not make it the property is to revert to the government. After all It is ihe fixing of the nitrogen that Is the crux of the whole contract. T am quite sure that the contract the active symbol of American In- | means to cover this point, but It terest and participation in Eu- should be made clear, ropes post war problems. The "However, great the pecuniary foreign minister expressed the j rewards might be to Mr. Ford, or opinion that the reparation ques- ' to anyone else who will undertake lion could best be settled if trans- it. there will be added a rontrlbu- ferred from the arena of Interna-1 Mn,i of almost inestimable value tlonal policies to the realm of eco , to the future of American agricul- nomies. > tore and the safety of America in He said he believed that the j time of war.” principles mentioned by Secretary. w Hughes at New Haven offered the . n -gw 1 to a practical solution Near East Parley of the whole question and that| - the German government stood; ready to accept the American sug- ! gestlon for a board of experts. j. LAUSANNE.—(By the Asso- To End Feb. 2nd Rio Grande Politics •dated Press.)—The Turkish dele- _ „ , 1 gates to the Nesr East confer- In Uneasy state cnee answered the silled project to - adjourn the conference by the end MONTEVIDEO — The political 0 f next week whether peace was situation In the Brazilian state of Rio Grande Is growing critical ac cording to dispatches received here. It Is said a movement of signed or not announcing Friday they were having their passports vi-ed for their return to Turkey. Ismct’s statement added that ?£ te there . was . divergence The group includes himself, his wife, Mary Pickford, Charles so many shipwrecks in early mar ried life,’ she asked, “when tho woman doesn’t know how to save and properly use what the young husband makei ? Housekeeping is a business job. In the past, we Chaplin, Po'la Negri, to whom <jj“* we women, as a Chaplin is said to be engaged to , b . , h f’? ve . ^* * n d °wn on the marry; sadHsrold Lloyd. U pi.-; ^ comics will to deal /with no huge cinema cor- men SHOULD poratiPti in the production or dis- TAKE COURSE poratioii in the production tribution' of its films, but to trans act its affairs more directly with exhibitors. A direct and flat footed defiance of Mr. Hays and the motion pic ture producers and distributors was said by the Times to be Mr. Fairhank's plan. “Mr. Hays has nothing what ever to do with the art or morals of the motion picture industry, asserted Mr. Fairbanks. “He ii “imply the hired intermediary or ‘fixer.’ He has done wonderful work in straightening out the cen sorship tangle, but that, and only that, is his function. MORE TROOPS TO THE RUHR VALLEY . bst ww> the Turks snd the allies prompt intervention Is predicted. ; M points jneludinK the disposition Reports of a revolutionary move- 0 * *** Mosul territory and Ac ment in Rio Grande have appear- (question of capitulations, war de ed frequently- in Uraguay and Ar-, mands and the disposition of the gentine newspapers the last ten 1 town of Karagatsch, opposite days. {Adrianople. DUESSELDORF, 5:30 P. M.— (By the Associated Press.)—Fresh contingents of troops are arriving in Duesseldorf bound for the Ruhr valley. Infantry patrols are maintaining order in the streets of Duesseldorf in the abserco of the German police. The miners throughout the Ruhr are gradually leaving the workings. The woman trained in home economics knows Just how, and on what, to spend,” Mrs. McKlmmon explained in showing the practical value of training In home econom ics. By knowing how, she saves money for her husband and thus m.ilre« cb . nc „ fw J h " p U ’ makes the __ home far greater.” (Jxen to Page TWo) feat’s Week's CIRCULATION" - Combined •f tM BANNER. HERALD Was os follows ... Mll Wednesday 5 nog Tfeffey - * MO? £ rid *Y 5.0T5 Sunday 4> goo .. (rftfe Bonner ta pub- liahed on Monday morning: No Is sue of tho Hernia is printed on Sat- urday evening. Yesterday’s Combined BANNER-HERALD ATHENS, GA. J’ -Copies

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The Athens banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1902-1923, January 27, 1923, Image 1