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VOL. 91,
Associated Prat* 8*rvic*
ATHENS GA„ THURSDAY MARCH 22, 1923.
ft. E. A Servlet
Single Coplea 2 Cents Dally.
|Belgian TroopsTake
Up Post on Rhine to
Aid flax Collections INTERTsTGRIS IN
Troop.- Occupy Kupp Har
bor to Stop Smuggling
By Germans of Money
Into Ruhr.
' MAY ASK LEAGUE
TO INTERVENE
Conference of Socialist
and Labor Leaders May
Ask League of Nations
to Help.
mm inn ion
Intercepted Wireless Mes
sages Give Authorities
Tip on Disabled Boat
Laden With Booze.
I By Associates Prats.)
UL.S.SLLDORF.—Baig.au troops
. have meupied the Kupp Harbor at
Hwh Ki.imorlc). on the Rhine, near
Duisburg, lor the purpose of con-
irolling the exports from the bar
ter and for the collection of the
an pur cent tax on all good*
ahipped. ■ •
Ail kinds and varieties of smug-
jiing tricks have been reported
to tnc nuthoritiee, be the Germane
j order to bring money from Ber
its into the occupied areas.
la one instance the French cus
tom official^ discovered a large
bundle of bank notes concealed un-
dor a shipment of vegetables.
It is reportad that women are
bring used to help smuggle in the
money and that these evaders are
the hardest of:all to expose.
Large sums of money have al
ready been consfiscated and the
custom official* ere now on the
witch for new tricks whiih they
(eel sure will be tried.
At Dusseldorfi
thorities seized
mirks which-had bean sent there
for one of the strike leaden to
collect and diatribute among the
working men in the pay of Ger
man government.
It tvas stated that the Germana
■re attempting to evade the cus- i 1
toms tax, not only on money but!
cn every other thing that is ahip- •
pod in or out. !
TO PLACE BEFORE
NEW YORK.—Acting on a tip
received through Intercepted wire
less messages between th<1 . Y l V n
fleet oft the New Jersey coast And
guest at a hotel In the Times
Square section, the entire coast
guard In this vicinity are searching
for a drifting motorboat laden to
the gunwales with contraband
liquor.
The first wireless message was
from tho steam yacht Ister and
was addressed to the man at the
hoteL It stated that the craft was
unable to control Itself and that it
Would be advisable to sulvagc it
P08TAL 8AVING8 RI8E
SHOWING PROSPERITY
WASHINGTON.—Postal savings
deposits, regarded as a barometer
of business conditions, showed an
Increase In February for the first
time In more than two years, the
Post Office Department announced
today.
NruniicE
Many Voting For Various
Candidates to Help Play
ground Fund. Bonus Of
fer Ends Friday.
LARGEST BONUS
To the Popularity Candidates:
The offer of "three for one”
which expires Friday night at
midnight is positively the larg
est bonus offer that will be
made during this contest. There
fore candidates art urged to
push their candidacy and make
friends respond to this biggest
offer of extra votes,
large.
J. bPbTlUNG,
JOEL A. WIF.R,
J. W. SWILUNG.
All candidates in the Popular)-
avuuiu UTS autinttuiL' tu nuivuic it . .. ., . . ,
Immediately. The meaage Maid that. Contes , or tho friends, were
the bout wus drifting off the Long
lalund coast and hud no way of
making land.
The return message from the
guost at the MHel stated that the
man was already on his way to
Highlands and would try to reach
the yacht as soon as possible and
also for tho other boat to keep In
touch with tKe motorboat and if
possible lend aid.
CUTTER8 ARE
.working hard Thursday to take
the French au- ORDERED OUT.
fifteen million
Tho coust guard boats for many
miles up amt dewn the coast were
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9mciAI, : ,aRCIBS._,. ;: ,,,
‘SHAKE-UP’ TO SHUT
El
PARIS—Definite moves , by the
Labor and aoekllat Parliamentary
mups to request 'the British,
Belgian, French and Italian gov
ernments to place the Ruhr situa
tion in the hands of the League
of Nations, foreshadowed other
verts, following a confe.-encs cf
"legates representing them jolt-
iL-al factions in several legislative
■ bodies.
The spokesmen for the British
Enforcement Officers to
Be Transferred or Dis
missed Soon to Avoid
Political Influences.
Uborites • and. the Frehch, Belgian
fnd Italian Soclalista stated that
the settlement of the controversy
could only b* brought about by
the “intervention of America or
the submitting of the queition to
the League of Nations for final
lettlemenL” .
The conference ended with the
conclusion , that the question of
asking the assistance of the League
of Nations should be brought up
in the British house of Commons
■nd in the Chambers of the other
governments affected before final
•ction waa taken. ,
(By Associated Frees.)
NEW YORK.—A big , shake-up
among the prohibition ’agents in
New York. New Jersey and Penn
sylvania tn be followed by an In-
| tensive enforcement campaign of
the dry laws In those areas were
forecasted Thursday by Prohibition
hesdqunrters here.
This seetlon of the country, which
enforcement officials regard as th«
wettest In the nstion Is to be
thoroughly worked over and It was
stated that agent* who have shown
a “lack of xenl" are scheduled for
transfers and some for dismissals.
Plana of Commissioner Haynee, It
was furthtr stated, timed to remove
all opportunities for political In
fluence or “pull" from ths work of
the enforcement officials.
You
're Commanded
To Pay Attention
l HE merchants of your city have made
me the director general of, the Offi-,
c i a 1 Community
Sale, formal an
nouncement of
which will be pub
lished in this pa
per.
As the official
guide of this most
important jner-
chandising event of
years, I command
your attention—
- and you will thank
me for the service
given.
As you look through the succeeding issues of
this paper note particularly the ihsignia of my
position or my caricature—identification marks
that'signify quality merchandise at extremely
low price. bnjt will .*»rfj lo *n||
The Official CtiihtputHty;Cofc.
advantage of the big offer made
by the committee Wednesday.
The bonus which is positively
the best that will be offered by
the committee at all it three vote*
for every one received by the can
didate between Wednesday and
Friday at mid-night. That is, if
a candidate gets 100 votes the
committee will give her 300 extra.
INTEREST
INTENSE
Interest in the contest is reach
ing the intense stage as it will
be in progress only thirteen more
days after Thursday. It was ru
mored Thursday that two or three
of the candidates who have been
a^aiupriae^&tidaj’i't .firing
ing 111 W big vote.’ ‘ Other candi
dates, however, are not Worrying
about ihis, their Mend* are not
oaleep cither and the Voting
Thuradey and Friday will be verj
heavy.
The four prize* to be given in
the contest, which ends when the
White Way will be formally op-
en ®4 jro a Ford coupe, (loo in
gold, $50 in gold and <20 In go]
Votes arc only one
end the surplus
playgrounds
The stand
are only one penny each
fund goc
goes to
standing is as follows:
“Vie Jowers 30,088
Laura Hammond ..... 29.042
Bessie Jackson 16627
Harret Stephens 8187
Nellie Griffith 4469
iMrs. Davis 2311
Mabel Parr 1823
Mollie Whitcher.d 1474
Mrs. P. N. Chllivis .... 1439
Ncra Crymes ngs
Elizabeth Harris ., ..,. jojs
Q«fa f e n Rutherford . 1068
Mary Sims 1007
Earline Wilder 1091
TO STACE INTER*
ORGANIZE GIVIT A N
CITY MEET HERE CLUB IN THIS CITY
Rousing Meeting Held
Wednesday and Many
Important Features
Marked the Luncheon.
DIRECTORY BOARD
FOR YEAR NAMED
Would, Hold Inter-City
Meet Here on Some Day
When Georgia Plays
Athletic Game.
Growing in interest the weekly
meetings of the Rotary club are
accomplishing a great dual for
the community. Wednesday’s
meeting was chock full of interest
and important matters and lasted
over the allotted time of one hour.
However, the additional fifteen
or twenty minutes were well spen'
and a number of matters acted up-
drive.
DR. A. M. SOULE'S
SPLENDID TALK.
One of the most interesting,
addn
in
structive and educational address
es heard in the city was delivered
by Dr Andrew M. Soule, president
of the State Colleee of Agricul-
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faunne Toney ...
Martha McAlpin .
SBTfifirfL::
Erma Booth .....
Carrie Booth
CaiTie Baer
Nellie Christopher
Fany MeDormeu .
Mrs. W. D. Paschal
Mrs. Clarence Stone ... 1005
Nina Sue Carter 1004
1186
1136
.. 1036
. 1026
. 1007
.. 1007
. 1007
.. 1103
.. 1006
-. 1011
Contract Let For
Dormitory Wiring
At a meeting of the building com
mittee. of the John Milledge dorm!
toiy Wednesday codtiacts for leght
tag and plumbing wan awarded.
The successful Udders being tbe
Taylor Electric TU, for electric
♦•ring and tbe Anderson Plumbing
Co., for the plumbing.
Excavation Is pngresstag rapid
ly and work of laying tbe founda
tion for tbe butidtag will be com
menced ae an early data.
The Rotarians
Are Happy, They
Have Won; Hurrah
Dinner Held At Georgian
Hotel Wednesday With
Judge Horace M. Holden
As Chairman.
HUBBY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE.,
IP WIFE DRIVE8 MOTOR CAR
SHELBYVILLE.— Howard L.
Mote of Indianapolis was relieved of
responsibility in the damage suit
of William P. Garrett for 425,000
for personal injuries received In an
automobile accident at Indianapolis
by the ruling of Worry C. Morrison.
Judge of the Bhelby county circuit
court, Monday. The case was con
tinued with Mrs, Faye Mote as
the only defendant. Attorneys say
kthe ruling covers a point that Is
’new as far as their search of the
records has shown. '
COMMITTEE WILL
WORK OUT PLANS
Many Noted Men Are
Members of Club, Such
As McAdoo, Vanderbilt,
Rockefeller, Maxim.
Athens may have a Uivitan club,
an organization for the building of
good citizenship as a result of a
movement now on foot here.
Tentative plans for the organ!-
zatlon of the club were discussed
Wednesday at. a luncheon in the
Georgia hotel attended by twdnty
lor mors prominent business and
prfieesional men of the city, and
National organizers.
Judge Horace M. Holden, form-
Kl
All Military and Police
Force of Havana Search-,
ing For Five Year Old
Lad.
Representatives of the Salva
tion Army were the guests Of the
club, Ensign Clarence Lever, of
Atlanta Copt Julia Curts, in
charge of the local station, and
J. W. Thompson, director of home
service appeal in Athens acting
under the direction of M. G. Mi
chael, president Athens Advisory
Board. Ensign Lever made ’a
most eloquent appeal for the mem
bers of the Rotary club to co-op
erate with the local officers of the
Salvation Army in the drive for
<5,000.00 to me commenced in this
city on April the 4 and lasting twe
days. It is believed by those in
charge of the drive that the full
amount can be raised within two
days. Ensign Lever told of the
conditions in ths city and cited a
number of cases which have been
handled by the local organization
and the large amount of charity
dispensed to those in need here.
At the conclusion of his remarks,
President Morton Hodgson' ap
pointed* a committee to co-operate
Wth the officials .in, the P»?<M»dj|gichatta«ij>oga, bother to Champ*
(By Aeaoclatad Press.)
HAVANA.—All the available
military and police forcq* are comb
ing the town and surrounding
country Thursday in search of little
Jaun Toacana Ordonez, five year
old boy of Reunion, a small village
near here. I ' '
The little boy was reported as
having .been kidnapped by two
negroes Wednesday from Reunion
and the entire district is aroused
er supreme court justice presided I as it Is feared that the child may
. R. E
Park, I be used a a Voodoo sacrifice.
t the meeting end Dr.
head of tho English department at j The Voodoo cult among the
the University of Georgia deliv-j blocks, which la sometimes known
ered a remarkable address on the as JuJu, demands a human sacrl-
duties d f citizenshp. . *'«• «t certain time*. In the
A committee wns appointed to I past these human sacrifices have
take charge of the plans for or-[for the most part been whites us
ganization and another meeting tile negroes teem to think that -
L e!d next Wednesday (orl' vhitc sacrifice la more acceptab
• Cents Sunday.
(is
Another Student Is
V • 1
Planning to Ask\ Aid
From Court, IsRumor
LACK OF FI
Postmaster Smith En
deavoring to Give Best
Service Possible Until
New Budget in July.
its import. The committee con
sists of Dr. N. G. Slaughter,
chairman; R. P. Walker, C. C.
Ashworth, E. C. Weiton, Tom
Scott, F. L. Slaymakcr, LcRoy Mi
chael. Sam Bailey.
NOTED MEN
ARE MEMBERS
The victim Is subjected to the most
horrible tortures btfere death
Though the entire district and
surrounding territory has been
carefully gone over by searcltlng
jinrties no -news of the kidnapped
boy has been brought in.
The Civitan Clubs are organized j
into a national body and man)
leading men of the national are
among its membership, such as
Hudson Maxim, Will - U. McAdoo 1
Dr. Parkhurst, Newell Dwight
Vanderbilt, Wil
Oconee Heights
People Isolate
All of Its Dogs
Hillis, Cornelius Vi
Him Rockefeller. O. B. Andrews,
About fifteen dogs h^s been
killed at Oconee Heights since the
one that went nud .and hit, two
boys, Nelms And O’Neal Chandle!
there Sunday night. Every pre
caution is being taken to prevent
a spread of the rabies among oth
er canines in that neighborhood.
The dog that was mad is known
_ , ........ to have been loose for several
.“ y representative men whosej hours and it ia not known how
ability am! integrity ore recogniz-1 ma ny dogs he came in contact
ed in the community may be ac- j with. For this .reason a ban has
* n lhe Ci-1 been placed on all dogs running
vitan Club. . loose f or t period of sixty days.
rows who made the address at.
tHc recent Chamber of Com mere:
meeting here and made su«*b a
hit is national president.
The minimum membership for
the club is twenty and two from
each classification is permissible
Triumph Over Kiwanians
in Their Inter-Club Vic
tory on the Volley Ball
Court.
OONT BIT IDLY ORBAMlNOIIt
—for dreams rarely. If aver,
"cam* trua”—"bench warming
wUhtra,” and "If I only had a
chance" dreamers art meetly af.
flletad with puraly visionary ah.
Hades. They are in ths main,',
non-believers In thalr own ability.
They "look In tho pluck to turn
their luck.” "Out of Job men"
frequently become "out of hurt
men.” ThtV low their erlp tho
first time they slip. They waste
precious time "hatching horror*."
Thty mak* "dilly-dallies" of their
dayot end their cendltlen Id con.
verted Into a disease.
THERE'S A BURE CURB IN
THE CLAEEIFIBOI THE HELP
WANTED columns af* an anti-
data far the "Idle dreaming."
Thaw ads are frotn employers
who msd men and woman In
every walk of-Ilf*. Your future
may bo In a WANT AD thla vary
tho kind
THE BANNER-HERALD)’’’
l&W
Those "Rote” boys are chuckling
with glee today and obery KIwanlan
who ventures down the strut has to
albow bis way between gathered
groups and put on u amlle that’s
enforced.
. Yea. the worm hath turned and no
longer do> Morton Hodgqon’a boys
have to be content with saying.
•O. wall, we'U win next time.” They
have won: they have beaten thou
Kiwanians at an athletic tuggle;
they have humbled Pat Lampkln
and have placed Captain Barnett la
an apologetic mood.
After traveling down a lane of
defeat for over two years with but
llttla • hope of getting out of the
woods th* -Rotea” enjoyed a flick
er of victory's light Wednesday
night and triumphed over the
Builders” In u volley ball game by
the tun* of two arts to one for
the lours.
THREE ROOTERS
HAND OUT NOISE
Pat Lumkln captained the lours
after leading them to many vic-
torlu tn the past while Dtclc Bul
lock headed the vlctora' turn. The
Klwania crew had two rooters on
band when the gong sounded at
both and* of the struggle and Cuyler
Truosell equalled both "Old Man”
Ed Dorsey and Sam Ware In hie
lung effort! In behalf of his club
mates.
The “Rotea" Jumped into the lead
by' taking the first game. Pat's
team won the ouond and the third
nocked along |or seeming Ages,
both for the players and the thru
spectators, before Dick's bunch
finally spanked the winning ball
over the net.
The players on the teams were,
Rotarians: Captain Bullock. Dr.
Catwnlss, Fred J. Orr. M. J. Cuts.
Dr. Applewhite and Harris Dews.
Pat's team was composed of Fleet
Lanier,' W. T. Forbes, Graves
Stephenson: Herman Stegeman and
Will Erwin.
Tbe Kiwanians Immediately chap
lenged tbe winners to another con
test and a second game will prob
ably be played at an urly data and
In the muntlme thou victorious
Rotarians an all wreathed to imPts
EM the message sent to tho Kl-
Want* theetIMg Thursday was on* of
EUMf’cMUr. :avm>aa the- -soothing”
Me Mit the 'Klwania eaptaln Sally
Thursday morning.
HELP INMAN#’
School Children Active in
Campaign and Work
Hard For Prizes to Be
Given.
/
A statement by Mayor George
C. Thomas urging all citizens to
aid in beautifying and ridding
Athens of discace-brcadliig places
marked Thursday’s progress in the
"Cjean-Up” Campaign here.
School children and Boy Scouts
are working hard for the prize;
to be given in the campaign. Not
only will a set of Charles Dickens
novels be given the school whose
district deans up the but but
prizes will be given individual
school children and Boy Scout*.
The prises to be given the Boy
Scouts are as follows: One dosen
Palace theatre tickets given by
Manager- E. G. Gldley; a Boy
Scout knife given by the Athena
Hardware company
Scout belt given by H.
Clothing company.
MAYOR MAKES
STRONG APPEAL.
Mayor Thomas' statement fol
lows:
Let me urge upon the citizens
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. y • - . .
has been ordered killed and the
owner* of dogs who have not
killed theirs are kuping them up
and the people of Oconee Heights
state that there ia no dangir there
from an attack of any dog that
might have been bitten.
The dog that .bit the boys was
declared to have been affected
with rabies by the Veterinary de.
partment of the Agricultural col
lege and three members of th*
family are taking the Pasteur
treatment.
KEREiSY IS READY
TO IKE
Postmaster Paul Smith says
that he is endeavoring to keep the
mail dellveriu from the Athens
postotftce and the inside work go
ing on as usual despite the fset
thal the department hss a gap to
bridge from March to July of this
year where tbe appropriations are
not adequate to care for the ser
vice demanded of the pottofflde de
partment..
Mr. Smith says that a situation
faces his dspartment that! places
It in the same position with a
"broke” Individual. "The constan-
tint rising volume of mall and the
growth of the department beyond
all expectations have resulted in
the appropriation given out. That
Is there Is not sufficient monev to
employ substitutes and extra help
for rush hours, rush days and over
flow deliveries.
CO-OPERATION
18 A8KfcD
Roberts Injunction
Against Dean and Si
dent Council Creates In
terest Over Countty. Z
PLAINTIFF ASSERTS
HE IS NOT GUILTY
The co-operation of tbe public
is requested by the postmaster to
help get by this pinched space of
time, which he assures is only tem
porary. The new appropriation
will go Into effect on July first and
tbe service will be put back on a
full budget basis.
But until then -Mr. Smith says,
"remember that if the first of the
month bills are delayed, the car
rier does not get 10 the sparsely
settled parts of the route but once
a day and' the malls are not up
quite «o promptly that the trouble
Is answered .in the letter to him-
from the.Poettaaster General," part
Council Was Info:
Roberts Disturbed
dents of Campus By.
orderly Conduct £ i.\
Hardly had the student body at
the University of Georgia recover
ed from tbe shock caused Wednes
day by J. R. Robert’* Injunction
suit against the Student council
and Dean SnelUng when it wtr
learned another atndent, recent*
suspended, plane to make a
move.
The recommendation by the Stft.
dent council that Roberta be sus
pended from • th# University lor
three months following a trigl be
fore that body at which time Bob
ers was charged with disorderly
conduct, caused the Lew School
students Wednesday to file a peti
tion asking Superior Court to re
strain the Council and Dean from
carrying out the recommendation.
Roberta’ petition asked In the
first place that the council be re-
. strained from making a recom
mendation that he be suspended.
l(as he had heard such action
would be taken following the trial)
and second, that the Dean bo re
strained from carrying oat the re
commendation If it had been made
prior to the restraining order.
The Council, It develops, had Te- '
commended that Roberts he sus
pended but the Doan had not tak
en any action on tbe matter before
the restraining order waa issued.
8AY8 WILL
"FIGHT IT OUT'
this effort which must be made
between now and,June 30 Is not
a part of eny policy to leave mon-
a pan or any policy <0 save mon
ey at the expense of (he service
or the men. It le simply and sole
ly an emergency In which we are
caught by the snexpected growth
of uhe business which, by the way,
should be a cause for rejoicing as
It Is an unmistakable sign of na
tional prosperity.”
mim
ITOTIMH
Animal Bitten By Mad
Dog Turned Over to Vet-
mental Purposes.
Rumor that Roberts had ilecld
to withdraw bis petition nnd T
nlverslty was dented ’
More than local Interest I
ed to the injunction suit.
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GIVES INSIDE” 0
’PHONE COIUII
Col. Gantt Pays the
change in Athens a V:
and Sees Intere&tin
Sights. _
T. LARRY GANTT
I wish every telephone ui
Athens, yee. every df
erinarians For Experi- .especially onr business men
• - — heads of corporations, could
been with me last Tuesday morn
tag when I visited end thorou
Former Premier of Rus
sia and Woman Leader
Face Jail to Save
Others. - ‘
(By Associated Free*.)
NEW YORK.—Former Premier
Kerenraky of Russia and Catherine
Breahkovaky. the "little grand
* Boy mother" of the Revolution and other
I. Reed |„,ders uf the socialist revolution-
ROME JUDGE ASKS
MINISTERS’ADVICE
Judge Nunnally Don’t
Know What to Do With
Aged Confederate Vet
eran in Jail.
(By Associated Free*.)
ROME—Judge Nunnally, of the
Floyd County Court has appealed
to ministers of Rome asking them
to recommend what he shall do
with Will Marita, Confederate
Veteran of seventy odd years, con
victed of chicken stealing.
Tbe aged veteran baa spent the
last twenty-five years In jail or on
tbe cbalncr-ng for petty thievery.
The minister*,ntfmtoMUrMkMi
Ron ** they declared Jhe .tWI
bed not,come tOhsm In say offi
cial way. ■ >
ary party stand ready to aurrseder
tu the Hovlet government, to be Im
prisoned In place of the twenty-
two party leaders condemned at
the Mcscow trials last summer, ac
cording to a member of thh social-
ltd revolutionary group In New
York.
The trial last summer of the
twenty-two party leader* nt Mos
cow waa one of the outstanding fea
tures of ths reign of terror. The
entire twenty-two were condemned
ami sentenced, but sentence waa
stayed. .
Another case demonstrating the
value of the Abattoir was brought
to light Wednesday when Inspector
Hodgson located a cow which had
been bitten by a dog affected with
rabies.
The cow Is owned by E.' P.
Hodges of Princeton and 1s said
to have been bitten by the dog
which bit two children In Oconee
Heights last week. The cow will
be turned over to the State Col
lege of Agrciultnre Veterinary de
partment for experimental purpos-
Me It IS Slid.
According to Information receiv
ed by Inspector Hodgson a man
was trying to buy the cow, al
though be knew it had been bitten
by a dog affected with rabies. It
was rumored Wednesday that tho
animal had been.ltenghtesed and
bought by an Athens butcher.
Cows and other animals diseased
cannot peu Inspection at th* Abet,
toir as they are cloaaly examined
by an expert before and after
slaughter.
inspected the telephone exchange
In our city. It would have een a
revelation to them as It was to roygH
self. Mr. Jarrell the genial
efficient manager of this 1
gave nie a cordial welcome 1
my request showed me all f*
their building and explain
working of each department.
J. W. Jarrell was born and 1 ’
In Oglethorpe county and X
his ancestors for several
lions. He (s descended
Jarrell’s, the Howards and
ports', three of tho oldest 1
families In North Georgia,
was horn December 24th, 1879
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ALL IN GRAY
dinner frock of eray georgette
la beaded In steel beads and com
bined with soft drapelee of gray
lace dyed the shade of the cblffnn.
It call* for a wide brimmed picture
hat and the picture It complete.
Love and Marriage Today Is Just
As It Was in Ur 6,000 Years Ago
LONDON.—Six thousand years
ago the peopla of Ur. the Chaldean
city and'orielBa! home of Abraham,
went tp law. Inade contracts, built
public works and got married much
as we do today.
Thla Is shown by further work of
the joint British Museum-University
df Pennsylvania expedition whleh Is
excavating In this ancient city and
details of which reached London
Thursday.
City development had progressed
Legal practices were also far ad
vanced. Tablets have bean found
bearing the records of various legal
transactions. Including marriage
tractA antes and ‘ leases, always
witnessed by six persons.
Records of property, sold by Abra
ham himself, era expected to be dug
up. Tbe excavators also hope to
find the world's oldest library be
fore they finishing digging for th*
season. Original works In stone on
religion, art, law, aclanca, eta. toll
ing af th* life and belief a of ths
In th* city 2,0*9 years ego.
HIM
IHH'I
Cast* Includes Much
inine Pulchritude.
.Code’s First Piet
Also Shown.*
By. JOHN E. DREWRY
aetlln
met rich" in talent and
beauty are the outstanding <
terlstlca of "Rich.Man's Wiv
Preferred. Picture, which
Thursday at th* Palace the:
a stay of two days.
In many ways this I* one j
most unusual screen
has been seen her* In many i
While the story, which Is 1
laborstive 'effort of Frank
and Agnss Christina Jo-
turns the searchlight on the j
of th* Idle rich, fit
shows deep understanding 1
pathy for th* unfortunate 1
are born, bred and
gilded cage*. Whether you,
rich men's wtvas are to I
omened or envied, as th*
Hie'of ths picture mils
rig' of th* picture roads.
(Turn te P«<* Thr