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investigate Today! T Regular subscribers of VhE bANNER-HERALD , j0 Accident Policy Free. THE BANNER-H Dally and Sunday—10 Cents a Week. 1832. Dafly and Sunday—10 Cants a .Wade, Full Associated Proas Loss id Win Service. ATHENS, THURSDAY, FEBBRUARY 22. 1023. Starts Copies 2 Casta Dally. S Cents Sunday. DR. HUDSON HASH i ATHENS’NOTED GUEST IS TO SPEAK HERE r, lU ! nationally Known ici.tist Reached The City From Atlanta. This Afternoon. HE WILL SPEAK AT COLONIAL, 7:45 p. m. Distinguished Visitor Is Carried Over Athens. He Reviews Ga. Cadet Corps Drill. Hudson Maxim, internatlon- known scientist, arrived In Min ns today and wilt address the people of Athens tonight at 7:48 . k at the colonial Opera lions .Maxim was accompanied to Athens by Mrs. Maxim. The fa- i arfunttst will speak on pre paredness. "External and Internal National Defense.'' Arriving In Athens this alter- nmiii Dr. Maxim was taken for a ever the city at 4:30 after which he wfas scheduled to review the It. O. T. C. at the University of Georgia. NEGROES HELD 111 II THROUGHOUT NATION Family Cook Breaks Down In Grill And Im plicates Others. 'Promi nent Girls Perish. ATLANTA — Two men and two women, all negroes are held In Jail here In connection with the burn ing to death of Willie Mateo and City Schools, Postoffice And Public Offices Clos ed Here. Hon. W. M. Howard Speaks. WREATHS CARRIED TO, MT. VERNON Senator Shortbridge Speaks At Capital. Haynes Sees Nation En forcing Phohi Law. v Athens Thursday fittingly obaerv ton. Public schools were cloaed for Marian McDowell. 16 and 17 year the day out of respect for the mem old daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John ory of the "Father of Our Conn- M. McDowell, of Decatur. Qa.. ear- 1 try.”. All banks were closed and ly Tuesday. | the post office operated on holiday Authorities brought the negroes schedule, delivering only one mall to Atlanta for safe keeping. Che and holding the stamp window arrests followed a reported con fession by Dipple Nix. former cook in the McDowell home, who broke. Kiwanis Meeting Delayed By Death Of Dr.'Dan Du Pree Due to the death of Dr. Du- Pree, who was a prominent member, the meeting of the Kiwanis club scheduled for the State Normal School Friday night at .7 o’clock has been post poned until next week, accord ing to an announcement made Thursday morning by President* J. W. Barnett. Mr. DuPree was a member of the Board of Governors of the club and took an active Interest in its affairs. * OR. DU PREE, WELL VIGOROUS FIGHT ON BOLL WEEVIL HAS BEEN BEGUN Nation-Wide Organiza tion Is Perfected At Ses sion Just Closed In At-* lanta. Acute Heart Attack Ends Life of Distinguished Citizen. Was On a Call. Funeral Friday. Dr. Dan Hughes DuPree. pro minent Athens physician, died and denly Thursday morning at 1:66 open from 12 to 1 o'clock. The State Normal School, writer ahort exercises Id the-chapel de down under severe grilling last vwted the day to field exerctaea. night and made a statement to No special program was condneted officers Implicating her husband, .at Lucy Gibb Institute. Johnny Nix. his brother, Bnd Nix I Hon W. M. Howard, of Augusta, and several other negroes, accord former congressman from thle die- Ing to the offlcera. .trtet, delivered an address at the* HoiDlta , Ethel Nix. wife of Bod Nix! is! Unlveralty oi Georgia chapel at i H [ s death came held without bond as a material, 12:26 In commemoration of thw (hock to h | g NOTED SCIENTISTS GIVE METHODS Federal State And Private Agencies Aid New Body Iln Maneuvers Against Pest. , ATLANTA avers in the forces of the juxviges of ATLANTA—A scri s of man- warfn.c ot combined the nation against the Mexican boll weevil has begun in earnest with the perfecting of the nation-wide or ganization to aid in pxtcrminatljrt of the pest. The organization was 'complet. ed at the session of National boll weevil conference here laat night. m * I Coal Supply To Neutral Countries Is Cut Off By Germans As A'* New Move In Resistance At Retail Clothiers Ses sion, Athenian Is Named National Director of Body. Sk“n’g rZfckVaS- f • body ha. pleoges of support gina pectoris, an affection of the fa the campaign from Federal and - - .... state an< ) private agencies. heart, while on a visit to see patient at the Athens General address will be delivered at in order that tbb crowd will, an apportunlty of seeing the I ” grg * a '««* laaf night, while Dimple Nix j NATIONAL CAPITAL al the .Moss Auditorium which will i V i. —..C.I „„ 1 OBSERVES ANNIVERSARY She and her husband | birth or General Washington. were taken Into custody !>v otfl- ln K at the Colonial ends at 9 nevenge upon the McDowell’s EX-ARMY OFFICER TO INTRODUCE HIM was the motive which prompted Johnny Nix and the other negroes Implicated In the act because of the discharging of the servant, ae- r. Maxim will be Introduced to cordln * to the-alleged cont.anlou. nians by W. L. Erwin, well * _ . — — U. S. Flag On Pari. City Hall known young attorney and former army captain. Arrangements--for- Dr. - Waglm's visit t<> Athens were made by Dr. IV i„ Moss, president of the Ath ens Sector of the Assodstibn ot Army Officers of the United States The imitation was extended the noted scientist on behalf of the various civic bodies here. I)r. Maxim, who attended the national conference lor cxtermlna non of the boll weevil In Atlanta this week, will remain hero orer- nlght going to Birmingham Friday morning. 15 SEVENTY YEARS OLD On February 3rd, Dr. Maxim waa vonty years,old. Ha was born In Maine and bad a boyhood of almost hlt|er poverty. He waa bound to have an education, bowever, and managed to go through the Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kent’s Hill, lie Invented “Mnxlmite,"• tho first hlsh explosive to be fired through armour plate, and has made other Ininortant Inventions' dnd Improve ments. He la consulting expert for the Du Pont de Nemours Company a> Wilmington, Dataware, and haa an a member ot the Naval"Con sulting Board sinco 1916. He has written a number of scientific huoks and many articles. rlm PARIS—An American . fl«f flew from the Parle City Hell today* In honor of Oeorfre Waehinvtnn. Tho flag won presented by W. A. Alexander of Philadelphia through the Rrenrh cm- hasny ut Washington. It won accom panied by letters from Prealdent Harding and the Uovemors of 32 state*. Mr. Ira Thornton DieslnMaconl , WASHINGTON—Federal gfjv- eminent activities in all branches with' the exception of Congress Were suspended today for the ob servance of Washingtons birth day. Both the Senate and House remained at their task of clean ing up the legislative jam before adjournment of the session Murob The ofricia! celebratbn of .the day here-centered In ceremonial at the WashlrigWh "monument ut which the governors of a!i states had been nvited to listen in by radio Laying of wreaths at the base of the memorial by Secretary Week: and other high government officials as well as represents tlves of ‘a* .number mt patriot or ganizatloni and the paying of mil itary honors to tha memory of the first pretidend marked the cere monial program at the .monument ‘SENATOR SHORTBRIDGE PRINCIPAL SPEAKER. ,' n! "The meeting must end by 9 o'clock," Dr. Maxim declares. ”1 "nut to see the basketball game.” Mr. Maxim, at seventy, has the muscles of an athlete. In spite ot 'lie fact that be has only one hand, lie plays tennis and other games. x " admission will be charged for Dr. Maxim's lecture. Mr. Ire Thornton, a native of Center, but who haa Uved In Ma- eon for the past six yean, died in that city Wednesday and tha re mains arrived In Athens Thursday and the funeral and Interment took place at hla old home Thursday af ternoon at 8 o’clock. , He waa the father of Mrs. J. W. Moonhead ot Athens and Is sur vived by five sons and one riangh- *v PUCE IS SEEM UBansoK Lanier Manages Gulfs Station Correspondent For Lon don Paper Says Disinte gration of the Republi' cans Has Set In, Mr. I). W. Lanier haa. been ap- imintcd manager of the Gulf Re- Dnini* station in this city. Re "i" associated in the gasolene kusjnes* in this city for a number years, recently moving to Bir- •■‘inirham, Ala., where be waa con- m, t.'.l with the Gulf people until r> Vansfer here laat week. - ID 1 succeeds Mr. Parham, who ■ keen transferred to Brunswick • ;s manager of the plant in that Mr. Lanier, has many friends " and his connection with the d 'i' company will be welcomed to those who have'dealt with 1 "i in the past. 1/ that no declares but that niorsANDS "I DOLLARS "'ll be spent tomorrow in ' le store* in Athens for the "'talar Saturday week eod -hopping, both by our own cH- ""ns and by nearby neighbors, hviurday has become the big -h' i>:>ing day for thousands of Danner- Herald l< a* safe to say that a large r(,on of these Saturday •"•end Shopping Dollars siH be-spent in Athens »iH be spent in vwasP* ^■rtssx LONDON (By U« Awjjlj Press)—A non-committal view or the pacification of ItelAnd *? '• cautious but undoubted optimism among well Informed residents Of Dublin, la reported by the correa- pondont of the Daily Mall, who has lust returned from the Irish city after an absence ~ months. I -i i’. that peace la in .*^ i ' ed ^ etni has set In and. that a fresh a-s.ayw'ffs agreement fa In the slnyuiir hope that Great Britain- will nwrikrtj with .tie republicans over theWU *f.vw!n!r ■w-"*"-* disapproving the burning* an* SmL according to tha writer who adds tha'J Republican emissaries quite recently were sent to Inter* jvtosr Soviet politicians in Swite- Senator Shortbridge, of Califor nia was the principal speaker on the program Of exercises arrang ed by the local chapter of the daughters of the American revo lution at contitential memorial hall, with other societies partici pating. Among thoao making the annual pilgrimage today to Mount Vemon were 1,600 Washington boy sconts to lay a wreath on the tomb. A floral tribute from Sit Auckland Gedaa, the British am bassador was placed on the tomb yesterday by Chairmin Chilton, counsellor of the Embassy acting for the ambassador who 1* con fined with Minus., Mr. Chilton. waa accompanied to Mount Ver non by Mrs. William Cumming Storey, honorary president-gener al of the D. A. R., who also placed a wreath in the inner tomb. In a statement on tie occasion or friends in Athens and all-over the state, where he was well known and universally popular. Wednesday he was feeling unu sually well and remarked, upon ar riving at his office at the Crawford W. Long Infirmary on the campus, of the fact. He had planned a visit to his old home at Danville for Thursday. Wednesday night he stood an examination for a ma jor's place in the Medical Reserve corps and about 9:30 was called Into consultation on a case at the General hospital and It was while In tho plan, there that he suffered the attack, first about-Wn-:p‘sl*sli,- Madias' The National cgmpsgn for boli weevil control is launched <aa an independent movement incorpo rated under 4he laws of Tennessee having among its members repre sentatives of all branches of the bf the coton industry. Dr. Milef Rese Hutchinson of New York, managing director of the cam paign is president of the corpora tion, Educational and research work in connection with tho establish ment of governmental and inde pendent agencies to be carried on under the eupervision of the board of directors is provided for aid was administered and by mid* night It was thought that he had recovered and no serious thought was given to his Illness. He bad never suffered any heart trouble whatever. However the physicians (Turn to Pago Three) fa Interest In 'White Way Is Again Be- Popularity Contest Is Great Polo ECUT RMANENT lARD The incorporators will select a permanent exdcutivo board com posed of representatives of each of tho cotton states and every branch of tho industry, proceeding with the fight against the weevil un der the leadership of Dr. Hutch! son. ATLANTA — The Georgia retail clothiers and furnishers association at their convention which dosed here late Wednesday unanimously elected Howard Muse) of Atlanta, president Atlanta was chosen for the annual meeting In 1933. Other officers elepted wore L. C. Adler, first vice president; Roland Neel, second vise president, and H. C. Chapman, secretary and treasurer, all ot Atlanta. Aaron Coheir, of Athens, was named national director. Game Tonight , At 9. O’clock The Georgla-AUaiita Athle tic Club game begins tonight at nine o’clock, duo to tho speech of Dr. Hudson Maxim at the Colonial theatre. A pre liminary game between tho Freshmen and Watklnsvllle will be played prior to tho var alty gams. > UELClSSE. FRENCH Former Minister of For eign Affairs Meets Sud den Death Late Last night. S Governor Thomas W. Hardwick, of Georgia announced at the doe- ing session of the conference that the governrors of Virginia,. Ala bama, Florida and Qklahoma h already wired their acceptance yaerve on the committee of which pe is chairman for the formation interstate treaty pmong the (Turn to Page ing Talked. Federal prohibition Commissioner aedand Haynes declared that from tbs character of George Washington the American people should draw a lesson of patience and confi dence in overcoming the forces at work against the well-being of Hie nation, particularly in regard to ■prohibition enforcement, "With aroused public opinion honest administration and real co operation" he said, “I am confi dent that Amarica la equal to the task for which the father of the country so ably laid-the founda tion, and who waa thoroughly im bued with faith in our institutions, faith in our people, and faith in the ultimate, outcome of our fight of evU*' .with these great sources Edward Soule Getting Better Edward'Boole who was injured in an automobila accident on thaL Athens-Attanta - highway Monday morning'afid who was brought to local hoipital for medical at- Athens Rotarians will ,sponsor Miss Laura Mae Hammond of the Athens. Railway and Electric Com pany in the White Way Popularity Content, it was decided Wednesday at the weekly luncheon held at the Agricultural College Cafeteria. Miss Hammond is assistant to the secretary of the Rotary Club, J. B. Baling. All Rotarians have entered enthusiastically into the contest and declare. 'Miss Ham mond will be leading when the final votes are counted. The first prise is a Ford automobile. The Rotariana were addressed yestterday by Dr. Frank E. Jaynes representing the American City Bureau in the Chamber of Com merce expantion_t>rogram. Major B. L. Burch of 1ihe Uni versity of Georgia military de partment outlined the plan for de veloping a polo team at the Uni- versitiy stating that the govern ment will exchange polo ponies for horses already here ir the transportation charges are paid. Major Burch sought ilie aid of Ro- tanans in raising money sufficient to pay the freight charge. The club was entertained by speeafl music program rendered by Miaaes Dorothy Moran and Lola Calloway of the University of Georgia. n English authority says tha world’s greatest department stores an to be fonnd In Chicago, Phila delphia and Toronto. Only thosa womed in Clarke county who register and vote will ' to pay poll tax this be required to pay poll tax this year, it waa announced today by J. H. Dorsey, tax receiver. Last year, ac I by the' enacted by the 'legislature in 1921 ail women between 21-89 were re quired to pay poll lax. The new law was passed lest August. PARIS — (By the Associated Preps)' — Tlicopllo Dolcasse, for mer Minister of foreign aftatrs. died suddenly at Nlca last even ing. ■ ll * ' . . *, He left.bla hotel during the day to convey his sympathy to minis ter of Marine Bfilbertl. op tho oc casion of tho death of tho minia- tor’s mother. After this visit M. Dolcasse apparently In good health, returned to the hotel where he had been panning several months. Death came suddenly In the course of the evening. DelCasse worked and Uved mnch to himself and made no confidantes Even his associates in tha minis try knew little or nothing of how he waa shaping foreign poUcles relating to the war. Gradually it came to bo felt In the ministry that ho was too eveloalva In hla meth ods. In October however he took oc casion to deny the truth.of meny ot the statements contained in the memoirs ot formal’ Emperor Wll- "raw on is Fin As a part of the reorganisation Sic" Effect Of Ruhr Occupa :cupa- tion to Be Felt By Other, Nations, Is The Latest Plan. ., V* t , | FRENCH FORBID MINISTERS' IN RUHR Cases Of Sabotage Along telephone And Tele- graph Lines Continue. Orders To KiU. ^1 ESSEN Press)—Stops to make the of the occupation ot the Bui by neutral countries have taken by German mine officials part of the passive resistor part of the passive program, according to Mon in tha hands of tha program of the Chamber of Com- f At a meeting in Bochi merce Invitations have been sent out for a "greater Athens” dlnnpr to be held at the Georgian hotel, next Monday night from 6:30. It Is expected that several hun dred loyal Athenians will attend this meeting and dinner. The invitations lent out to as foUows: "Tho executive committee for tho expansion campaign of the Ath one chamber of Commerce re quests the honor of yonr presence and that ot the adult member* of yonr household at the "Greeter Athene" dinner to be given Mon day evening, February 26th at the Hotel Georgian at Slx-thlrty o'clock. Plato* 91.00. No pledges will he asked.” Anyone not receiving tide Invito tlon but deeiring to attend can for ward their reservation to the Chamber' of, Cothtaeree. ed by the coal mine the entire district, it ' __ to cancel aU coal contracts with Holland, Switxarland, and or neutral eountirea, it to stated. The mining officials agreed I would supply only tfiie local nt of the Ruhr districts hereof Ibis means that much leu still be mined and increased. RESISTANCE IS CTIVB. MORE AC IQ Hi HEFT Police Search Man Who Is Believed To Be Brains In $)13,000 Bond Bank Theft. The activity of the securil lice against the. French Frtmch it apiftara, are di to put them out of commtosion have ordered tho dissolution of organization which is com of former non-commissioned cets in. tho Imperial, army. Germans are making effon Iceep the security police In ty. Dr. Grnetzner, the 'pres! of tho district who was last week and who has csi new headquarters at Elborfeli on the edge of the occupied has ordered ihe members < force to stick, to their post Cues of sabotage, chiefly the telegraph and telephone are 'continuing greatly to t communication by the French Belgians. The soldier guards h been ordered to shoot on tight individual caught in the act cutlng wire*;. WARREN. Mau. — With Frank GERMAN MINISTERS FROT DM AREA. B HERL^(B^h^UaociaLi Press)—A dispatch from Essen L. Taylor, prealdent of the Pintthat General DaGontto lias .. . . . . . mmml . *1 aSHti _ ■> ■ /n.LUJIn,. nn Taxing of City in Which Cladh Recently Occured CaUed “Brutal Excess” In Official Note. All men between 21 and 60 must pay poll tax except blind "men and crippled and disabled Confederate veterans, says Mr. Dorsey. The t»x receiver direct* atten tion to the opening of the tax — — books and urges all cltlsena to whan two French Gendarmes and make their return* now an- avoid » German police sergeanh were any confusion which wouljpresult wounded. The sergeant died later. BERLIN — (By the Associated press) — The German Charge 'IT Affairs at Pari* has presented to the French government, a note In which the German government re ports the actual occurrences at Gelsenkirchen on February 12 if they all wait until the before the books Hays before the books close. Last year the receiver was forced to employ several addition al clerks to bring in fifty per cen( of the citizens in Athens who fail* ed to make their ifeturna before the.hooka closed. He did this to save them from being double taxed. The law says that a citi zen who toils to rive in his re- tarns shall be double taxed every ■ ‘ • ’ n arid year until he comes in person gives in his returns. . * hope j tention, to reported to be doing isolate nicely and (lowly Improving. hw lstoh government” !* «• . -or** “holds evidence that in. re- 'iKFORB YOU SHOP IN 'HE STORKS TOMORROW. ijHIOP FIF sorts, “holds evidence that Skit*? . ■ Irish United States CMrlie Joel who waa operated - " appendichii torsi on Tuesday for ap reported to w teasing well, following the operation. Confiscate Late Ruler’s Property Rotarians Will Celebrate Their 18th Anniversary In Athens International Rotaty Club 18 Years Old. Local Club Commemorates Third Anniversary. BUDAPEST — (By the Associat ed press) — The property In Hun Tha Atheny Rotary dub which to to celebrate the 18th anniversary of the birth of Rotary International and tha 3rd anniversary of the ■try of Count Michael Karolyi, ’local clnb this week to onset the I Hungary's first and laat president, Itostt dubs of the organization in bUT ipttce of Importance in Rotary t cage haa been go | along with older dubs of the conn tag 'on for too yea fa. Tha court, try and to rendering a service to found Ksroli guilty of treason. Un- [the community that ts Invaluable, der the sentence he will lose sev-1 The local dub was organised In 1920 and baa grown steadily ttot ne tite U {iS!to ^*The trial oflht membership leading business and professional men from nn at the city’s main businesses and profes sions. C. D. FUnlgen was the first president and he was succeeded by Abtt Nix and following Mr Nix came Morton 8. Hodgson, the pres ent Incumbent , HAS MANY ' ACCOMPLISHMENTS The s-ccompltohment* of the or ganisation’since its mdmUon in Athens have been numerous and for the great good of the commani- ita ty. Interest'In boys' welfare . and boyb’ uplift baa consumed a great deal of tha members’ attenliop and ot the along The note calls attention to the subsequent measures undertaken by the French authorities, refer ring to the Imposition of a One of 100,000,600 marks and-the arrest of members' of tha poUce force. The communication alleges that the latter step- was "attended, by brutal excess” on the part of tha French ttoops. . v “The Ottoman government note continues stating that tho clash with' the'lndlriduil.officers of tho Schutz poUst, earned by French gendarmes, waa considered by the French occupational forces as suf ficient reason to. proceed age the entire dty with forceful mc_ pree. the severity of whlbh could hardly 'bq exaggerated. Even In case blame bad retted with the German offlcera the punitive ex pedltion would have been a serious violation of law aa not even la war do acts of individuals permit the imposition of penalties upon entire population. “The French govern moot psrently approves (he action of the local commanders as these with ont restraint are continuing tire maltreatment ot the dty. Protest ing against the acts of violence, the at reserves the fall satlsfsci t this time tbs re- officer* still nil, National bank of Warren, under arrest In Chicago, local authorities today turned their attention to a search for Joseph B. Marrlno, al leged to be the brains behind the disappearance of $313,000 In bonds and securitise from the bank’s vaults. The institution was closed yesterday by order of the bank mmlaere. Martini, reported to have boon mining since February 12, eras be lieved to be on his way to South Amarica, otfldato said. Hla true name, was said to be Joseph B. Blata, who. It waa declared, was being sought for similar bank loot ings la.two Calafornla cities and of the Mechanics and Merchants bank 0t Philadelphia. It waa Mardno, bank examiners and detectives working on the case safd, who placed Taylor In the Warren bank aa president Mar- > and Abraham Goldman, of Chicago, said to be the fotmer’s father-in-law, purchased the con trolling Interest In the local fostltu tlon tost January. . Taylor was In stalled as president a short time later. J$ waa later Mamed that Taylor was also Interested In the Nlagre Life insurance company, ot Buffalo, N. Y„ aa a director. Mardno was sajd to have pur chased control of that concern a year ago. It to now in the hands of gre store Insurance department. issued an order forbidding, the try of German cabinet mlnisi into tho occupied area. Thb C era! has, instructed the polio other authorities to arrest, i minister disobeying the order bring the offender before tho i itary court. Failure to comply with tbit tree, the dispatch adds, will' .suit In the infliction of SS’sd 0 " cemou. the cities or a nr is EHERTUIE Lucille Haynes dies Thursday . Lucille, the four year old daugh ter or ntr. and Mrs. C. C. Haynes, died Thursday morning at 11:16 at the home of her parents follow ;.an Illness of two days. She to survived by .her parents, two sis- d stand-. ten, Leona hbd Jewell and _ mother, Mrs. J. M. Lewis. Funeral arrangements will be aneonneed later. Infernal Machines Sent to Officials BirtMPBOT — Infernal have been received by the nppoeltion leaders In paritomeat, Herr Plat, sad Deputy tleSiey. editor ot tho oppoot tlon newspaper. Being • susptrlbus at the contents ot the parrels they call- ed In experts, who opened them. Each parcel contained a bomb and »-oard bearing lbs Wards "hearty greetings committee ot' one hundred an* one." The news of the attempt <m lives of the deputies aroused a hijflS. — Of Mae Murray Star At ace/Theatre. Buster ' ton 1 Comedy ‘An Attraction. By JOHN E. DREWRY "Jasimanla,” Mae latest, picture to by far the that this unusual star haa mud", and It won frequent outburst* of spontaneous dpplsnso at the Pal ace theatre today, when It was shown for'- tha first tinrn. Mias Murray's most .ardent admin ™ agreed that her now picture I perior In erary way < Boao,” "Fascination." o Altar," extraordinarily No one can possibly say of thin photoplay that It follows thu beaten track. It to one of tb original stores seen on the picture screen In a long Urn originality Ilea In the fact combines many familiar i in s novel -manner. "Ja hhs the flavor of the best 1 ray pictures In one; yet it la total;- (Turn to Pngs Six) r ._ "YOU’RE CANNED" YooTe hired”— , ■ .tjafl’Jl But tkU hire and Are ei can bo ent. short, and the formula. fjMpar}'