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mverftfltt* Todeyt to Reaul«f 8ubssrlbera of THE BANNER-HBRALD 5,.000 Accident Policy Free. THE BANNER- ' ' j.' ff THE WEATHER; 5 Felr end Warmer V ATHENS COTTON.' Middling MKo Prevleue Cloee 28Xo Daily and Sonday—10 Crate a Week. Established 1832. Daily and Sunday—10 Cents a Week. 1 No. 8 Foil Associated Press Leased Wire Service. ATHENS. GA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1923. Single Copies S Cents D-iUy. 8 Cents 8unday. } 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