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KWgM&K' hh i|i investigate Today! To Regular Subscriber* of the banner-herald j:,000 Accident Polloy Fro*. Daily and Sunday—10 Ceuta a Weak. Established 1832. Dally and Sunday-10 Cents a .Weal. ATHENS COTTON:: )! 31 WEATHER: .\-Af Vi* Cloudy and .Wermey |fl- • ^ ■ - : ■ - ■ / 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 (Turn to Page Three) 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- (._... '«■ Page Five) 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 (Turn to Page Six) . 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. (Turn to Page 8lx) 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 (Turn to Pag* Three) 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