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ATHENS. GA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1923.
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Morgan Blake Wins
82 Boys to Christ Here
For-l Coupe And Three
Cold Prizes To Be Given
Most Popular “Deb” Cr
Matron In City.
great whiteway
celebration, plan
"Whiteway Popularity”
Voting Begins Next
Monday Polling Places to
Go Announced.
Tic opportunity I* offored four
vij.t :i*' girls or young matron* to
■vin s*.mo hawlxom© prize* In a con*
ir-t that tin* committee In charge
.* grand opening of the White* j
way in Athena has worked out. I
.\t a meeting of the committee
M ii'Ihj nv»mln* rough detalln of the __
.< ntrst nn«l the program of the day Br j>AN MAGILL
».-r-- worked out. Tho unofficial Morgan Blake. "John J. Dubb." earn, to
Cat.- '■< the celebration turn been a«t town Sunday and when he left on the f :15
f. r .M it roll 29th which la also tho train more than eighty Atl.cn. boy. be.
n.i! c-iii-niiia of the baseball neaaon loosed to Jcrta Christ,
here The University of Pennsylvania it won far from beinir a theolosieal ad
it scheduled to play Georgia on that dnaa that Korean Blake delivered u> a
day. half thousand hoy. and men at the Y. M.
IT is Ihe plan of lh^ committee to |C. A. yesterday afternoon. He didn't
mnke Ihe openlns day of the white- came for that purpoae. “He ppt the
any n memorable one here. A pa- 1 »m*r to bed" at 2 a. H. Sunday and
mile Will he Biased and prltea of- caaaht the i o’clock train for tbl. pity to
fered. very probably for the beat tall his old rroniai here and the llltl*
rated automobile, float or the 1 felkrwa Just “srotrlns up." traat a wonder.
Popular Atlanta Sport Writer Who Was Recently
Converted Tells How Happy He Is to Be “Son
of a King.” 500 Athenians, All Ages, Hear
His Message.
WHAT MORGAN BAYS
It's good-bye college frata unless
liquor drinking in chapter houses is
stopped. •
Business men don't employ "tea
hounds.’*
The day is coming when college
life and liquor drinking won’t mix.
If you want something with a
"kick" in it; something that will
lift you up high and not drop you
to the lowest depths of Hsll, I'vs got It
—the old time Religion.
I know I don’t deserve as much of
Paradise as thosu who haw been living
right all the time, but I'll be
fled with just a little bit of heaven.
I made up my mind to stop get*
ting up with an aching head ano
aching heart.
like and tho merchants are to bo
urged to put on "dollar day** bar*
gain* In order that every merchant
may benefit by the celebration and
out • f town people may be Induced
to visit Athena that day.
one of the big features of the
fvrnt is the "Whltewsy Popularity"
contest to be held. Pour handsome
prises are to be awarded In this
contest and It Is expected that a
large number of entrants will be
linted among those trying for them.
Tho plan la to have a number of
Athens’ girls or matrons enter the
contest and secure votes, each vote
to be accompanied by a penny und
the one receiving the highest num
ber of votes receives the first*prise
and Mo on down the line until thr
entire list of prises Is disposed of.
The pises to be given away arc:
Flint prise: Ono Ford Coupe val
ued at 9613.46.
Second prise: 9100.00 In gold.
Third prise: $50.00 In gold.
Fourth prise 920.00 In gold.
ful transformation has been wrought in
his life since the day be ’-got on cm
Lord's side." And he did. >1# told too
simple story in that inUauUe. frank way
of his which has made tat srorting pa*.-r
of Ths Atlanta Journal famous through
out the southland.
"Boys," he began. "I am mighty glad
to ha in Alton, again. For tto laat six j o| jc'.u. ChHit and" It ItoBltd ms ai'noito
Hs is helping, too. There to witness
the paradox of a newspaper man. a
sporting writer at that, speak out tor
Jesus Christ, was as representative a group
of hoy* and men as ever gathered ia Athens
8itting right out in rruat of ths crowd.
In ths very chair John J. Dubb had occu
pied himself before getting up to epeas,
was old John Fletcher, whose battering
ram tactics have made him the idol ot
nearly every boy In Georgia who knows
a football when he sees it. On tho first
row was a prominent cotton factor, next
to him sat % little boy, half ragged, obilvl
ous of the financier neat to him, ffogftful
of everything except that tit was looking
into the faee of old John J. Dubb teil*
ing the story of Christ's Grsat Love.
Bankers, steak-haired college boys, minis
ters of the Got pel, pompadored High
school lads, clerks, bookkeepers and "soda
Jerkers"—all were there.
STRONG FIGHT IN
Government Faces Test
Of Strength In Face of
Labor and Lloyd George
Element.
AMENDMENT IS
THE REAL ISSUE
Opposition Would Have
League With a U. S.
Member, Determine
Germany's Capacity.
Marcs)
19 Bodies of Those Burn
ed At N. Y. Hospital
Located. May Never
Find Others.
7 INVESTIGATIONS
OF HORROR BEGUN
Blaze Believed to Have
Been Started by Hell
Gate Explosion. War
Veterans Perish.
Dubb’* story wasn't different, altogether,
from that of countless other mtn who,
finding themselves on
the hand uf Jesus and
oat-off mauhoed. "And. the Inst aix
months,** said he, "hare been the happiest
my life."
Morgan Blake warned those college boys
the time, is coming when a nation-wide
movement will begin among fraternities to
wipe out Iiquoi drinking ia chapter
houses. "If it doesn't, there’ll be a whole
sals head choppong of frau." He said :i
will not be long before whiskey-drintuig
and college life will separate and he told
the youagesters, hanging eagerly on every
word he said, the "tea bound" has no ptacc
In the world of business.
1 thought 1 wae having a g*>J time
when 1 ran wild on the prairie.* eaid
Blake. ,'T wae fooliekly wrong, ft took
me a locut time to realise It, but t finally
aao to the point when 1 said, Dubb, old
man, ve’ve got to stop getting up m the
morniiw with a head-ache, heart-ache and
empty soul. And I put my hand in that
LONDON-(By the Associated Pcse)-
Thc government today faces its first Ini
portant trial of strength of ths new •*•«- „_a m
slon dgainst the united opposition parties • Were Under Wily touay In Mi8 tragO
in the Houce of Commons. The test is ta dv Of Ward's Island, a little jUt-
NEW YORK — (By the Asso
ciated Press) —7 Eight inquiries
the form of the joint amendment
address and eply to the speech from the
throne calling, upon the League of Nations
to appoint experts to examine into tier-
many's capacity to pay reparations and
how payments cah best be made.
. . , . , The amendment declares that In view of
the brink, slung to t he recent indication oi willingness on the
- battling back of the government of the United
lha i.at aiw . ... ... ......
years 1 have been coming here four
fire times each season and I never ore -
looked an opportunity to make a complete
aw of myself. 1 am no speaker. Most
of my speaking la done talking to a type
writer lying on my back# my feet euried
around the machine and a foul smeiUng
pipe between my teeth. 1 am here simp
ly to tell you. many of you dear friends
of mine, that henceforth and forevena ere
I am for Jesus Christ! If I can help
sow# la His cause, boob that I am. m
make a try."
JAN. THAN IN DEC.
Food Costs Drop One
Percent for Month.
Since 1913 Prices Have
Juihped 47 Per cent
WASHINGTON—The average family paid
one per eent lew for lie food ia January
than in Decembe, the Department of
The voting will begin Monday
morning. Febuary 29th and tho voting
i iAren will be announced later.
The committee In charge of this
feature is composed of Messrs. Joe
Billing. Joe! A. Wler and J. W. Swill
ing. Those Interested In the con-
tret may phone Mr. Billing at 1611.
Mr. Wler at 711 and Mr. Swilling
it 100.
it was anounced by the commu
te- that the money realised from
the contest would go towards the
prize;* ami If there wha a surplus it
would 1 mj applied to the Playground
fund Being raised by a special com
mittee of rftlseno.
Voting boxes will be placed at con-
wnieni places over the city and can-
dldjites are urged to get busy at
< nce xccurlng votes or having them*
delves sponsored by different organ!*
.rations or Individuals.
All thone who enter the first day.
next Monday, will to given A bonua laereaaed in price, onion, and eabbeiru
\..ie Oi ithju. thoae who enter on leading with n riee of II per cent, while
- - M articles declined, atrletly fresh egg.
going down If per eent and ta remained
stationery. Forty-seven cities reported
declines in the average family expends
tore for food during the period, seven ex
perienced Increases one one showed no
change.
that aa compared with January, till. tno
level of prices represented an advance of
47 per cent, bt that the Increase from
January IS. 1922, to the same date last
year waa only 2 per cent.
Between December If and January IS.
the figures showed eighteen articles of food
"•lay will be given S00 votes and
entering on Wednesday SSO
while those who delay after that date
will not iKxpftt by these extra votda
The commltteo Is working out
<’thrr details of the celebration and
•hem* will be announced later.
Gideons Holding
State Convention
Atlanta—’The annual atat. eon-
, - lit i- ’ii of tha Georgia Gideons open-
el h<-re Saturday at the Wesley Ms-
ni "rtal church with an addreaa of
« lcm» by j. u McLeod, state pren-
H-.nl of the organisation. The morn-
i- .eMion wae devoted principally
’he rrellirlnar/ Hrriirnmenta and
a;. nn:inent o-irmJttees.
The delegatee and their familial
»:ll Ihi entertained at a banquet to-
'irhi and the convention will clow
' 1. rro-v afternon after a rally at a
I • al ohurch.
frenchman Whom He
Helped Learn English
Rewards Him in Will
• l «eori
*AN FRANCISCO. Col.—Phliup Cats,
y srery Allied notion asm
m M Cal Horn la's r eprcscnUtire In
living hsll of Isms was 2,000 rone-
r Saturday bocoUSO ho helped •" old
‘t'hmxn who wos struggling to nue-
th * English language.
ir l renehmon. Gustav Chonffont nos
. k: " 1 - according to word transmitted
wu by the local French consul gun-
tho former is 0 bofficiary o*
■
Th * old fellows was stumpsd by ore
;■'! Ftrapicaclty and he asked me to
1n • »L I *lld and we bceaao eiose
Ws coresponded after I left
* ff *- tad he often awntlned la Me let-
' . ,h «t he wee deiightd to talnk 1
1 I°rgotten him."
SENTENCED TO HANC W
ATLANTA. Oa. — WIR JohMOB,
"" of three negroes charted with
-'uiiiy Saturday III Fulton Superi-
" r coort and ww sentenced hr
' n - N. Hardeman to ha ban»-
.7 lB the conatr Jail March 23.
ounsel for Johnson announced
'loir Intention Of appealing for a
wsHcin
Vatican Pleased Because
Religious Teaching Is
Restored And Crucifix
Is Displayed.
ROME—(By the AeeocUted Press)
—Te Kuovo Pa.se, organ of the Kne-
clatl. publishes an-inter view, with the
Sub-secretary of State In which he
•ays the Mussolini government por-
duced a good Impressions at tha Vat
ican because It has restored religious
teacnlag In tha schools, orders) the
crucifix again displayed In them
and has the courage to sever an
connection with the Free Mssmry.
-Naturally” tbs Sub-Secretary la
quoted aa Imvlng aaM. "we, wouH
prefer religious teaching .n lha
schools to bo Imparted by prieeui 'n
order that the new measure might
be raallV beneficial. All this makes
the Holy See hope that more good
■tut Will come from tho govern
ment."
The Sub-secretary added that only
a fow days ago a foreign crown
Prince declared himself a profound
admirer, of Faaclstl doctrine*. Tho
only crown Prince who haa vlalted
the Vatican thle year -la Charles of
Rumania.
HARDING'S SISTERS
RIO DR JANRRIO—President Harding’s
two sisters. Mrs. H H. Votaw wuI MU.
Abigail Harding. *h
America Ml far Bueno.
T3Mi>i4A*
70, aaM toliave bean’tha I
member of t*Jj~ “1
-hange In the roettiof —e «f New
'Jtleana leading bualne..» raw, died
here late Friday night at hi*.home
afte- a brief Hines', it wa« learned
ytatiirday. ^
ing hat ever thrilled me bvfo.w and it
lifted me a« nothing haa aver Iliad me
before and 1'U never turn my bxek on him
again.*'
After Blake got through, eighty-two
boyt waited until the crowd had iert and
went forward to tell him that from tian
on their livee belonged to Chriet.
A few hour* later John if. Dubb went
baek* to Atlanta. • Instead of taking until
him the ocalding memory of a sporting
Dl. LA GARZA SEEKS
MEX’ PRESIDENCY
Pre-Revolutionary States
man Monday Announc
ed His Candidacy For
Place.
HAVANNA. Cuba,—(Hy tha Anno-
dated Prcxx.)—Kmcte Rio Do La
Garza, a pro-revoluntary Mexican
Atateaman. announce* hi* candidacy
for the prealdtney of Mexico. For
ten yearn he haa been an expatriate
In Europe and the United States.
In announcing bla announcement
he raid Mexico needed some one to
lead her out of her preoent position
am a wayward member of the Latin
American family. He waa not afraid
of the unpopularity that would come
from Ida advocacy of guarantees and
Inducements to foreign capital to en*
ter Memlco, and therefore he had
doclded to present himself as a presi
dential candidate.
States to this end. the British representa
tive on Jhe council of the League of Na
tion# should be instructed to urge that an
invitation be extended to tho American
government to appoint a delegate to
•erra on this commission.
The amendment is to be pressed ener
getically by opposition speakers sad has
the support of tho labor party as well
oa tha Asquithian and Lloyd George
liberals.
Tho question of tho British attitude to-
S^i^re-uT^^ f J5:«°" on »l®ctrlc wiring cosine n
mately connected with tho question of . ■DOrt Circuit-
amendments. No official statement as to ( A CUrioUS hllih provaded the
tto Ansi urugcuKeb eHectni with j | t i an d during tho night Tho bed-
llTZ'Z 1 ,am of *rte. and ravings which or-
SS. Tffi! ref” JTS MlJSta^ rnST” ! dlnsrily might hsro J^en expected,
use tho British khmeiand iom ii notlwu entirely lacking. Tho whole
unanimous and a rery strong section op- population Ot the St&tO's asylum
h
Ing rock In tho swirling wulors ot
ell gste whero jester-lay Are
•wept a word cf the Manhattan
State hospital for the Inaano, kill
ing 22 patients und three uiaie at
tendants.
Nineteen bodies had bean re
covered before dusk and removed
to the city morgue, but six t-tore
remained In the Ice covered ru'ns.
These, It wss feared, bad bean, cre
mated. and Superintendent Marcus
B. Hclman, expressed doubt whoth
er more than charred bones would
ever be recovered.
The blase was believed to have
been started by a terrific bloat In
Hell gate, whlcb broko the Insula-
poocs such a step. There Is also emphauc
protest against tho suggestion that British
workmen bo sent to toko tho places of tt*s
Gorman railway men in tho Cologne strike
ana.
presented a phlogematic calm after
the day of sorrow, a day on which
the Insane acted most sanely.
BRITISH GRANT SIX KILOMETER
STRIP OF LAND TO FORCES
OCCUPYING THE RUHR VALLEY
TUESDAY NIGHT
I Feared Prohibition
Officer Called To
Door And Shot Dead
CLEVELAND, O.—Carl Metta,
84, until recently a government
prohibition agent and who, in his
three years of Federal service had
made himself thoroughly feared by
local illicit whiskey runners, was
summoned to the door of his homo
at daylight this morning and shot
td death, apparently by a boot
legger enemy, police believe. The
assassin fired three shots, two OpnnAn To Fytw>11p(T
through the head and one into the Merman iSJbXpeiieO.
lung.
“The Soul Of A City” Is
The Subject of Principal
Address By Dr. Frank
E. Jaynes.
"The Soul of a City” is the sub
ject of the address that will he de
livered at the Civic conference
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at the
Colonial theatre by Dr. Frank E.
Jaynes of Chicago. It 1s an in
spirational address on community
spirit
The greatest number ot cltliens
who have ever attended a civic
meeting Is expected to hear DR . —
Jaynes, the short talks hy local' prelect. rtrtnUr formed, of reclaiming
speakers, and take part In the tom ”ff*" *«* *»«
vvTunltee alncvfn.w taut Ktr »tiA Whltn. : ln 11,8 GOk>rOdO RlVtr bASltl And CT«-
!hm ' aUnf • l#ctric «n®*WF enough to run
mill band. Too band concert will; most railways and Industries of the
begin at 7:45 o'clock, and ibe com j southwest.
munity singing at 8. I A treaty signed here by repreaenta-
,* K„ewg» lh «. ronvMnw lives of seven we*tom states opsns
I hope to gee tola meeting eet. the wa> to , he rc aii*ation of thi* ira-
a new record for Athens, said , mense undertaking wklch may devrl*
President Hugh W. White of the i op Into the world's greatest enghi-
Chamber of Commerce Monday..feat-greatsr oven than the
"There are so msny oDDortnnltlea • canal.
knorklna at th« door of Athens I treaty settles for all time the
L l vSS! 1 I division of waters of the Colorado
that we cannot afford to be Indtf• > River among various states and opens
ferent. I would like to tee the j the way for the government to erect
leadership become aroused for A)h the world's Mrgest damn in Boulder
ens Just like we did in war time*, i Canyon and Impound enough water
With that spirit we could build a I mUUon of acr.s of land.
SANTA FE. N. M.,—Henry Ford’,
dream of power from Muscle Shoal,
fades Into Insignificance against the
French And Belgian Now
Completely Control RaiT
Line Through Conces
sion Just Made. -s
CUSTOMS r OFFICERS
FACE DISMISSAL
City Where Outbreak Oc-
cured Pays 100,000
Marks Fine. Prominent
MOST VIOLENT OF THE
IN8ANE PERISHED
the liland that wa, attacked
by flame, houncd the most violent
insane—men of homicidal ten
dency. who mttht at any moment
have been loapetl at tho throat* of
I their rescuer*.
But leap they did not. After a
ti m P u ^h their way to safety through
GIVEN OFFICE OATH
Chamber ot Commerce that would
permit ua to take advantage of In
dustrial expauslou to the fulleat
extent to widen the territory for
our retail and wholeeale mer
chant*, to build the many houses
. _ needed to accommodate ibe pto-
The one unit of thojioventy-flve p | 0 w ho desire to move to >ur city __
‘ for bualneai or edncattonnl F-irT-oa-lfaar^mllHnramacirdeMrtlaDd.
ea. to’entertain convention*.' at- - -
tract touriata, and work out our
civic probtom* In the moat Intelli
gent way.
RgaCLTS
EXPECTED.
Her. I* what the pact does.
1. Eliminate* litigation over water
fight* In a territory of 242,000 aquai-t
n.-ile*.
Makes powlhl* Irritation of
BilUofoeerea eg desert land.
Open* way to construction of
dam* which would remove the an
nual threat of flood* from the im
perial Valley of California and'the
Yuma Valley of Arlsuna. Thee.
“A cltixenahlp anch aa, Athena , dams at tho same time would provide
ha* can do anything within return ; water for huge Irrigation prooicts
once It la organlxed, and the Cham-1 •".1, 1 S!5! n S. ,l,c,r,c • , ° 1 w «-
' utilising the power and the mols-
Court From Tennessee! ina ^XweJ'th’Xh wS^h cUS3TJSrS
Takes Seat Monday. -»»• , <B.>o. t, uck up°n „ .‘ten- .^ork«‘^'
Bend) Now Filled. !dant roDOrted “ “
N. Y.LegisIator
Flays Ford’s Bid
WASHINGTON—Henry Ford’* of-
far for Muscle 8hoal* ehould be "per
mitted to repose In the leglslatlvo
waste basket,” Representative Mc
Gee. republican. New York, declared
In an address admitted Saturday to
the Congreaaloaal Record by unani
mous consent of the house.
RECORDS OF YEAR
dant reported.
The Are marshal's office waa the
acene of today's first tavestlgatloq.
Washington—Associate Justice | Summoned there at nine o'clock
Iward T. Hanford, of Tennaaaaa. ' w „ re tho threc attendant* whose
effective work was chiefly respon
sible for the 'rescuos—James Hill,
the attendant In charge of the
ward; Michael Campbell and John
S. Curry. ,
Later the men will be ordered to
report at the offlco of Medical
Examiner Norris.
Meanwhile tho state architect
Edward T. Hanford, of Tenni
took the Judicial oath upon the recon
vening uf the supreme court today
after a three weeks' recess. Chief
Justice Taft administered tha oath
Immediately. The new Justice wear
ing his Judicial robes, repeating It.
after him while the court, bar and
audience stood. Ho waa then con
ducted to his seat at the extreme
left of tha chelf Justice filling the
bench for tho first time since tha
present term of tho supremo court
began In October and thus making
llkaly the early consideration of a
number of coses which have been
put off due to tho vacancies.
Among the cases on tho calendar
for presentation to the court after
the delivery of opinions art several
of nation-wide Importance and It la
understood that the original actions
years
poo Ills.
, bicker
ed Is carried on. Athens could not. over the way the power and ....
make a better investment than to I ”“ r _ ajyM he divided among the
give Its Chamber of Commerce Its
belt leadership, a big memb9re'ilp,
and ample working capita’*
MANY WOMEN
TO ATTEND
probing the debris, while C. Floyd
Haviland, chairman of the state
hospital commission, was msklng
a further eiamlnation of the mini
before submitting jhls report to
Governor Bmlth.
.......... The possibility that Hid district
brougiit””by "the states'‘of Ohio "and ; attorney’s offlco might launch
nrougni oy me suttee or unio ana i onuruey n uu.uu mom lum.v.i -
Pennsylvania to prevent West Vlr-1 fifth Investigation also loomed The
slnla from restricting the txporta-. sixth Investigation was being dl-
tlon of Natural xaa and tho alien ■ rp ..„rl hv tho hosultal's hoard of
land cones from California and Wash- recteq t)y n08 I mn, B D0:lru 01
A feature o (the meeting will be
the presence of many women wl-o
are Interested In the Chamber ot
Commerce movement for they re-
... . . .... cognize that It can be all powerful k .„,
—— — — —sarsasjwaat
meat of perks, playgrounds and
drivoways, and other matters con
nected with social welfare, educa
tion and culture.
Tickets for thfe Civic conference
maybe obtained at either the Cham
Ington to determine whether Japs
nese can be prevented from owning
or leasing land In thoae stales will
be set for argument Shortly.
EXAM IN JULY
public demand pent stocks •- —• ,lon * n the Fourth Corps Ana where
CITY OETECTIVE
8TART A PROBE
A seventh Investigation started
last night by city detectives re
sulted In a report to detr tlvo cap
tain Carrey that the fire lu all pro
bability had been caused by a short
circuit as a result of the Hell gate
blasting.
Brig. General Edward Burr la
cWge of the dredging of Holt
gate declined to comment on the
theory that the blasting by the
„ dredges was the original cause of
tlona that ara to be held for com- * the lire. He said if this theory
missions In tbs Medical Corps of the | was advanced he would Inaugurate
dJh^isSr* from " or Dr.H.r-
Pi^n^'r^rn-r^ fE't! h m u*y“ bui?d.« n :i n a. 0 peat.yover
lieutenants In ths Medical Corps o41 crowded. For thU reason 178 pa
ths Regular Army will be held dur tlentt were transferred to other
Ing the period of July Mth to lath.
Arisons, Nevada. Utah. Colorado.
New Mexico. Utah and Wyoming put
In claims for shares at the power
and the water.l Old the water be
long to the state In which It fell aa
rain or snow, or did It belong where
the most at it was flowing In ths
riverbed? That was tha chief legal
There waa enough difference of
opinion to cauee laweuite lasting IN
years.
Out of ths situation cams ths crea
tion by Congress of the Colorado
River Commission, heeded by Her
bert Hoover. Ths present treaty was
the result.
Is up for ratification by
COLOGNE—(By tha AjSOClStdd
Press)—The British today turned ov
er a six kilometer strip on ths west
ern end of their sons an as to give
the French and Belgians complete
control of ths double track railroad
lino from Dusseeldorf, a short stretch
of which ran through the British
arse.
DUES8ELDORF—(By the Assoc
elated Press)—A new order. Issued
by the Inter-Allied high commission .
In ths Rhineland (teas Germed cus
toms officials In that territory until
tomorrow to decide whether they jvHl
accept an offer of re-engagement by
the French or be dlemleeed.
QIRMAN REMOVED
FOR INSOLENT LRTTER.
The expultlon of Dr. Oruetsner.
president ot the Rhennteh Prussia,
for writing an '‘Impertinent letter*
to General Beauesaine, Belgian com
mander at Duleberg, removes from
the occupied area, a prominent
German official and has been caus
ing something of a stir siwy the
civilian population.
The letter that resulted in tbs ar
rest »t Dr. Onieuner waa In protest
agelnet the Imprleonment of Ober
Burgomaetcr Jares, of Duleberg. Dr.
Ouetaner In thle communication Is
alleged to have referred to the
"forces of occupation aa bandits.''
Tha Olenaenklrchen flna of 100.-
JN.0N marks aasasaad as a penalty
for tha shooting of two French BOO
dims has been paid out of the 110.-
N0.000 paper marks which the
French seised when they took over
the railroad station and ths Rsthtus.
Ths French also appropriated >50.-
000,000 marks In Trier. It was said
this money was to ha uaad f. r the
benefit of the Striking railroad men
The French WIU turn It to their own
railroad operating account - -
.Tpa Ovman police at Essen are
to return to duty and for ths pres- !
ent at least win hs allowed to re
tain their arms. Ths French, how
ever will remain established In po
lice headquarters, which they took
over after the resturant brawl of •
last week.
The boycott against the soldiers i
at Essen end Jtslkllnghaussn Is evl- i
dently cowing weaker for store*-fis
both sections are beglnnlns to accept ’
French ae cuetomere.
Some Inconveniences
Hold Back Americans.
Thrill Not So Great As
Formerly.
COLOGNE—(By th.
Preee)—Were It not for certain In-
ber of qomaeref regular office or HjJ “JJ? * tUr which convenience* the Ruhr°wmiMdoaH-
.'?«>! federaf t **d W |n SSLS WkK IS
Latcrj iwww m,. I....... ■I*nv»e«rs
Georgian hotel. Admission Is fro*
but admission will be by ticket so
that tho meeting can be restricted
to adults. ’ ■
This Is the final week of prepare
tlpn for the campaign and accord
ing to campaign officials will bf
an extremely buey time. Commit
tee meetings will be tn progress
almost every hour ot the day dur
ing the preoent week. These com
mittee* win l>* working on vari
ous phases of the expansion plant.
The University ot Georgia facul
ty will hear the Chamber of Com
merce plans outlined Monday by
James E. Coad ot the American
City Bureau. The meeting 1a
scheduled for 0:18 P. M. at the ueu
al meeting plane of the faculty.
new
high records for th* year. Rising
commodity prices, more extra divi
dend disbursements and publication
of several unusually favorable earn
ing statements furnished the Impetus
for the advance, foreign new* de
velopments again being virtually dis
regarded. - ,
The demand ofr stock* waa most
effective In the oil. steel and copper
groups, rsch of which were Influ
enced by higher commodity prices,
while sugar shares enjoyed a brief
period of atrength In response to a
sensational rise In raw sugar fu
tures Virtually all th* Independent
steel atocka soared to new high levels
on erporta that manufacturer* were
paying largo premiums to obtain
prompt shipments.
, Higher price* for crude oil. Includ
ing the sixth consecutive increase
this year In the price of th* Penn
sylvania product, resulted In exten-
y« speculation In th* oil shares.
ity stocks were taken In
publication of the prelim-
report of the North Amerl-
any which Showed net In-
tl9.4?2.44S as agmfaut IT.-
precesdlsg year.
Averages of 2* standard railroad
shares also established a new peak
price, but they lagged far behind the
Fourth Corps Area where
there-Is sufficient medical personnel
to conetltute ths examining hoard.
state iDitltntlons since January 1.
bat this only partly relieved the
congestion.
A funeral barge moved down the
This examination la open to all male ; East river shortly before midnight.
American cltltens between the ages • carrying tn Bellevue Morgue the
of 221-12 and at S-U years at the | n that had been recovered,
time of examination who are gradu-1 .* "1T_ . M n ntniea-
ates of an acceptable medical school j? on, J r c ¥j** k *V MentJnai
legally authorised to confer ths de-1 G° n possible. James It. Hines, one
gres of Doctor ot Medicine, end whs * ot the patient* who perished wa*
a veteran of the world war. HI*
wife laid he had returned from
France with his mind greatly Im
paired and that ho had escaped
from the'Island, two weeks ago by
hiding In a boat. Slopping at his
fsther's house, ho obtained some
fresh clothing and then visited his
wife and six year old daughter be-
_ ,, |MI „ _ fore guards came for him. Several
accept they are then placed on en | other world war veterans perished
In the flames
have had at least one year's hos
pital training subsequent to the com
pletion of a four-year course of In-
ntruetton In euch medics] school; or
In lieu thereof, have served one year
os a medical officer of the United
Htstee Army, between April S, 1911
and July 1. 1919.
Candidates who successfully pass
the preliminary examination are
tendered a commission In the Medi
cal Officers’ Reserve Corps. If they
active duty statue with pay under
their reserve commissions and order
ed to the Medical Field -Renrlce<_ ,, ,
School at Carlisle Barracks, Pa.. M’Pavleirhif I iPPhE
a four month period of observation lYOUWaj Veld DO
and Instruction and then given a
final examination.
Applications should to submitted
as early as practicable. Blank farms
ttorefer, and more detailed Informa
tion may to obtained at aay mUitary
station, or by writing tto Command
ing General. Fourth Corps Area,'Fort
Ask Increase Pay
CHICAGO. HL—Tto United Matas
Railroad labor beard win take up
ImmedlxteSy tto request, of tto or
der D frailway clerk* for an Ineraua
In pay- • ,
TO VISIT THIS CITY
Dr. Will Moss president of the
"Association of the Army of the
United State*” received a tele
gram Monday from Dr. Hudson
Maxim stating that he would be
pleased to visit Athens while on
his Southern trip this week and
if convenient would be here Thurs
day .
He had been previously extend
ed an invitation by the Aseocla-
tion, the American Legion, The
Kiwenis and Rotary Ciube, the
Chamber of Commerce and other
civic organizations here and his
visit will be anticipated with
great deal of interest
Dr. Maxim it an inventor ot in
ternational note and a great believ
er In preparednesa to bn efficiency
and has devoted a grant deal of hi*
life to preaching this doctrine. He
mtea the celebrated Mavtm
Silencer for guns.
Full details of his visit will be
announced later.
to dKcueeedT'aocSd' ".h U * 4 SUU * h * v * * ,r ** d)r Ylslted
In* to present pi.n, ' ^ ocord ’ | ^he n*w_ front” but they failed to
~ ID
W HEFEI. 8
Prominent Ex-Congress
man Has Been Chosen
To Deliver Washington
Address In Chapel.'
George Washington’s birthday,
Thursday, will be observed here
with special exercise* at each of
the educational institutions.
Former Congressman . W. M.
Houmrd will deliver an address in
the University chapel in commem
oration of the birth anniversary
of th* “Father of Our Country.
Mr. Howard is recognized aa one
of the South’* most eloquent ora
tor* and was considered one of the
leading men in congress when he
represented the Eight district. He
lived at Lexington then. At pres
ent he ft a resident of Augusta.
Special exercieei will be held at
both the Normal School and Lucy
Cobb Institute. The grammar and
high schools in the city will take
“a day off,” suspending studies for
twenty-four hours.
Holiday schcduia .will be observ
ed at the post office. Only one car
rier delivery wfil be made and th*
window will bt ktpt open from 12
to 1 o’clock only.
All banks in the city will'
dosed aa it i* a legal holiday.
Talm
rr wa* present and the
on* of hsppy talm and
much merriment. There were five
oew members at the order peseent,
they having Just been Initiated.
Poles Attacked
IbnuoiBy Lithunians
J -hv:•' * •
^WARSAW—<By _tbe Associated
Press)—Freeh attaoto by the Utb-
*. 1P ** l e faaraa In the nru-
Poland lie re-
ttot the (l»se'«*Yt21 I haL*toi’tT m !d
tet the dealred thrill out of whnt
' ‘h*y “W. In fact, they were endly
.disappointed, because the only unoke
that came to their attention was the
busInsu-Uk* output at the factorlee
and collieries. -3
Tanka armored cars and machine
suns are In commanding places In
many of th* Ruhr towns, but mom
•J'JSfaa are off tto beaten patn*
of the automoblliata Tourists have
come front Coblans. Berlin, Munich.
Parts and London, but many l„m
heart after, encountering the diffi
culties attendant upon acquiring th*
new credentials and got no further
than Cologne. A favorite stunt has
Ilmen to leave this efty ta tto morn
ing to ’’*•* tto Ruhr by •l.-t>ii K ht''
returning ta tto evening. The com
;wccT|2:. O S„d aU , t 2 0 « mOW “ ‘ riP '* b "
However, the Ruhr valley Is not
likely to become a rival at the val
ley ef the Kings as a .IghSeert p‘r-
adle* for military restrictions may
■won to tightened and furtherance
price* In tto occupied area are hlgh-
|mSto * ** nt - *
Dynamite Vault
Of Defunct Bank
P J ‘?^T* n 5’ Oa.-7b* vault ef th. de
feat! bank ef Bertie, it Bertie. C*.. near
tof*. wa* draemlud Friday night, is.
Jwrirr. if.ic* hat* wee notified Betadny
-retained no valenbles. J
ypffkei* here oxprree.4 the orlnlon th.t
fr.r***" .««»—«* «b*t 110.000 to he
^ n,it
O ,”** i* “'O velut
Beeldss blowing open th* resit Urn bur-
stem renutbad the safety dopotlt bc.r'v
J™ "* Berlin was rtoeej |, ,tt
| then a ylxr
