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ATHENS, GAs, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1923.
fl B. A Mrvte#
OIBEOT CHALLENGE
Tfl8.fl.P.P«iTY
Opposed to Entry Into
League by “Side Door,
Back Door or Cellar
Door.”
election of
JUDGES "BUGBEAR”
Disparity in National
Voting Power in League
Assembly Not Applica
ble to Court.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK,—Participation by
the I’Tilted States in the world court
proposed by tbc administration
President Hardlna declared at t,e
annual luncheon of members of tbs
Associated Press, would be In
•harmony with party platform
pledges. Candidatorlal promisee and
American neplrations" and would
pot be an entry into the league of
nations ‘by the elde.door, the back
door or the celar door.'
•Excessive friends,” of tho league
Urn president declared have be
clouded the situation by an unwar
ranted assumption that tho pro
posal Is a movo toward member
ship in the league while, ha added,
ths Irreconcilable opponent! of the
league have also beclouded the
question with the assumption that
entanglements with Europe would
unavoidably follow.
The fear ef entanglements, the
president dismissed with the blunt
declaration that If tho senate were
consent to uny, bla administra
tion would not complete ratification
otsuch
by prevent
fvetive.
PLATFORMS
REVIEWED
Relic rating .bla con VI c 11 o I
iat the United State* teUfl'JtMr
rlpate In the world court without
Single Copies 1 Caste DaOy, I .Caste Sunday.
FORMER PREMIER
KEPT OUT
--—-- — —- —— on A
diplomatic passport issued and
countewigned by himself Colonel
Jo van Plamcnetz, former premier
of Montenegro arrived hefe Tues
day on the Italian Line Steamer
Giueeppe Verdi insisting that he
still held that portfolio. Coming
from a country which has been ah
sorbed by Jugoslavia, customs of
ficials would not recognized his
Montenegrin status and he was or
dered to Ellis Island. Michael
Tomiclch and Alexander Jukich,
hia aides werit along with him.
5CW OF ATHENS
row and Flanigan.
Athena’s two new modern school
buildings Tuesday afternoon were
TALK OF Dili
SEXES IN CITY HI
Board of Education De
cides to Retain Baxter
Street School For White
Children.
INCREASE OVER
1000 IN CENSUS
American Legion to Take
Part in Memorial Day
Exercises. General
Clark, Speaker.
Committee Reports In
sufficient Funds to Pro
vide For Supervisors
Asked By P. T. A.
New Modern Building in
Third Ward and Chase .. ..
0 , XT . ~ _ At the aame time tne teachers
otreet Named r or i3ar- committee was Instructed to In-
Retention of the Baxter. 8treet
school building aa a white school
was decided by the Bo-tr-l of Edit'
cation Tuesday afternoon.
At the aame time ths teachers
estimate tne coat of auoplyinK this
huildlnr with sufficient teachers
Action In retaining the Baxter
street building for white children
Instead of negroes, as at first tug
named the “David C. Barrow” and «■>«■!, Was taken after It was
"C. D. Flanigan” schools. This ac- ‘ pointed out that the growth of the
tion was taken by the Board of,white cchool population make It
Education at the request of the imperative to pirovlde additional
City Parent-Teachers Council. | facilities.
The Third Ward achool, now an- j
der construction immediately off j HAS 14
Lumpkin street will bear the name I ROOMS
of the chancellor while the Chase
Street school which is about com- The teachera committee was al
plated will bo called the "C-. D.
Flanigan School.”
Chancellor Barrow and Mr.
Flanigan were appointed to the
Board of Education when it was
organized in 1886 and served con-
tlnuosly since. Naming of these
two buildings for them is in rec
ognition of their many years of
faithful service on the board and
thtir efforts in behalf of a school
system here which would give Very
opportunity for the very
nt it from becoming ef ^ Mt havc the chase
street building named - for Mr-
Flanigan originated in a meeting
of. the Nantahala Parents-Teach-
era Association while that of nam-
the Third Ward school for
|or Barrow came from the
Street Association. Both
were endorsed by the P. T. O.
Council. -The Board unanimously
approved the request.
assuming the risks which Its op'
ponents point ‘out. President 'Hard
ing reviewed the republican party
platforms since 1104, all of which;
he point out spoke for a world;
irt of arbitral Justice and added: j
I believe In keeping the faith, j
If political parties do not mean,
what they say and candidates doj
rot mean whpt they say, then ourj
form of popu|ar government Is
hasetl on fraud and cannot hope
to endure.”
But the president left no doubt
that he hns no*Intention of moving
towurd the league of nations by hi*
support of the world court.
"In compliance with if* pledges'
he said, “the administration defi
nitely and dectsiely put aside all
thvuKht of tho United States en
tering the league ,of nations.
END TO KLAN WAR
fourteen rooms while the new
Third ward building has fifteen,
giving the city only one extra room
If the Baxter street building should
be abandoned.
The teachers committe ewas al
so Instructed to Investigate
coat of dividing the High school and
conducting a spefate high school
for boys and girls.
Report of Superintendent G. G.
Bond on the results of the school
census recently completed showed
that Athens' school population hai
Increased 1001 In the last five years.
Kamelia to Be Authorized
By Klan—Supreme Au
thority is Vested in
Kloncilium.
The report shows that the First
Ward has a total of 130’ white-
negro; Second Ward, total of 127
White nnd negro; Third Ward, 1198
white and negro; Fourth Ward
1108 white and negro;-Fifth Ward
843. A total of 2241 negro school
children and 2829 white children
was registered. The total for the
entire count both white and negro
was 5070.
The teachers committe reported
that on account of insufficient tl
nances the request of the P. T. A.
Council for a grammar achool su
pervisor; playground supervisor;
music and art supervisors eould
not be granted although it
proved of the plan.
ATLANTA - — Hostilities over
"••■IN MIC iruRUD Ul emMui.ee. .. :-*- „ rv. .
domin't propose to enter now by the i control of the Knights of tn Ku
■Ide-door. the back-door or the 1 Klux Kl«n «nde4 Tuesday with the
si&inlig of an armistice between the
opposing factions, under the terms
of which the kloncilium, or su
preme council of fifteen men, as
sumes full charge of the organiza
tion. Colonel William J. Simmons
John D. Vaughan, celebrated eong
writer and composer of Windows
of Heaven” a collecfon of songs
used all over <hls country will be
honored Thursday when the Memo
rial aHsoclatIon which bears hie
name holds Its annual sessions In
th* Y. M. C. A.
THE OFFICIAL
program.
Pbwer
Open at 9:10 a. m.
K<*n R: “All Hall the
Jesus Name.
Prayer, by Chaplain Prof. J. L.
Moore of Bethlehem, aa.
Welcome Address.
Kraponpe by the Vice presidents,
Messrs. John Brown. B. H. Collier,
» H. Meadows, E. B. Welle.
Singing to 1 o’clock.
Adjourn for lunch one hour.
Reconvene at 2:00 p. m.
Song. ,
A.ldrnuq Hon. J. J. Brown, com-
miwioner of Agriculture.
buet. by Prof. and lira T. A.
ll.nry, ”i ,hall nee Him.”
singing for one hour.
Short business
Singing.
Adjourn,
FOli IN ATHENS
emperor, and Dr. H. W. r,vnn», fm
panel wizard, will retain their
present offices.
Under the new «>rungement
Imperial Wizard Evaiw alii be sub
ject to the kloncilium in nil the
dutiea of his oTfice. including the
expenditure of funde, it wee mated
Authority to direct the organi
zation will be veited by the klon
cilium in an executive committee
of five members. none of whom
•hall draw compensation from the
klan- The entire kloncilium wilt
meet quarterly, while the execu
tive committee will hold more
frequent eeuione.
Full right to proceed with the
formation of the Kamelia, an or
ganization ot women proposed by
Colonel Simmons along the nme
linee aa the klan, ia conceded to
Colonel Simmon-, it wax announc-
ed- *
The controversy was brought to
an end through the efforts of a
commission of klansmhn, sided, it
was said, by independent counsel,
Arthur G. Powell nnd Hollins N.
Randolph, who are not members
of the order. ‘
On motion for counsel tor both
sides, Judzs F. D. Thom*., of Ful-
ton superior court, dissolved to
commission of three whieh had been
directing the affairs of the klan
This commission was composed -of
Emperoir Simmoni, Imperial Wix-
ard Evans and J■ M. Gebi-ge, mar
shal of the municipal court. The
court's order dismissed all pend
ing litigation involving control ot
tho organization.
STUDENT5D0BETTER
IN 20 Tl
Number to Pass College
Work Jumps in Second
Term: Failures Are
Fewer Says Chancellor.
Chancellor David C. Barrow,
speaking to students of the Uhl*
versity at Chapel exerciser urging
them to work harder during this,
the lost term of the school year,
showed that In both the Freshman
and Sophmore classes, an Increase
had been made during the second
term In the number of student*
passing all subjects, j
In the freshman class 188 passed
all subjects the second term com
pared with 162 the first term—a
gain of 6 per cent.
One hundred and vwenty-eeven
8ophmore passed al subjects thi
second term and only 121 dutiny
the first term, making a gain of
two and one*hair per cent
The numbers falling In one or
classes.
"I am gratified at these results"
■aid the Chancellor, 'T would have
been distressed If you had Increased
the number falling at the expense
of the number passing all subjects,
now help .those who are not toss
ing everything and you can do
much to raise the standing of your
classes."
Officers Capture Whiskey
Making Outfit on West
Bearing Street in Negro
Bouse. Owner Escapes.
•a#0*8
taa
Johnson. Deputy Sheriff L. B. Lit
tle of Madison and Detective
Charley Seagrevea, County Polices
pisn Ed Johnson.
The Itm was fonnd In the house
occupied by Wilkes Brown, negro,
on west Hearing street, end had a
capacity of twenty-five _ gallons.
One hundred gallons <rf beer and
two gallon, pf wSMtey were c0(i-
floated. ~
lifts. Rosa D.HuII kbd HIss Letia
May Hull win fco to Atlanta Wed
nesday for Grand Opera. J •
: CAN PLAV IN 8TRE6T’
Children attending the College
avenue school can play In the
street during school hours
without fear of being run over
by any sort of vehicle If Mayor
G. C. Thomas grants the request
of the Board of Education that
Strong street between College
avenue and Jackson be cloeed
during school hours to all trif
le.
This request will be made by
the Board ss s result of a mo
tion made by M. a. Michael who
told of seeing a prominent busi
ness street in New York City
cloeed by<order of the mayor m
order that children attending s
school on that'street might play
In It during school hours.
Morgan Interesting In
Lectures On Prodigal
Completed
For Memorial Day
Celebration Here
I
I
t
1
t
LEGIONNAIRES
of the Allen R.
•f the American
lested to join in
day exercises
pay tribute to
iroes of the 81x-
it, commander of
urges every Le-
ind the exercises
and to gather
ilnutea before S
i a body will be
Says Prodigal Son Not
Unlike Many Sinners of
Today. Interest in Con-
YEAR AND ONE DAY
ference Grows.
BROUGHTON WILL
PREACH TONIGHT
P. C. Morgan’s 9:30
O’clock Lectures at First
Methodist Proving Inter
esting. Crowds Increase.
ala
cai
ca
pli
mn
le roll of veterans
rows smaller an<l
iat Memorial day
the Cobb-Deloney
red the final bugle
r wreaths jrHTbe
•ores by those re-
Former Athens Physician
Ordered 14,000 Tablets
Morphine Sulphate in
Three Years.
CONSENT VERDICT
GIVEN IN CASE
Heaviest Sentence Ever
Imposed Here By Sibley
In Narcotic Case. Con
tinue Liquor Trials.
.Although only four days old the
Athena Bible Conference la rapid-
tty developing Interest nnd the
crowda are growing larger with
each session. ' 1 -
Although tho first sessions -wert
held in the Octagon the committee
decided to hold the remaining ser
vices except Bunduy morning In ,
the First Methodist churc h which I *>lw. Wednesday waa sentenced
li more easily reached. The dally'by Judge Samuel H. Sibley to pay-
at p:30: 11: 4; dnd 8/nient of an 9800 fine or serve one
Dr. E. K. Wheelfs, formerly of
Athena, nnd now of Atlapta,. or*
Vested several months ago by th*
police nnd charged with selling
o’clock are proving very entertain-
lie.
tv'ednesday night Dr. Len O
Broughton, noted divine, who la oc
cupying the 11 o’clock aesalon with
lectures this week, will preach. Dr..
Brought in la one of tne greatest
preachers in the country and his
first sermon during the Bible Con
ference will draw a crowded house.
ttu
vel
eri
nvlted to the ad-PRORDIGAL
* In the at *te and 3cN LECTURE*.
Its ranks all the
•unty. These vet-
itertalned Vhurs-
r, with their wives
Lucy Cobb Inst!
local U. D. C. and
heon they will go
> hear the address
I W. A. Clark cf
Columbia. 8. C., one of their own
officer comrades/
tut
fol
DWINDLING
RANK8
Dr. J. A. Hunnlcut la commander |
:eranr-stfd *
of thtf IBchf camp-of -wet*
G. Elder la vice commander.
Other members of the camp are, 8.
M. Barber. C. D. Burnett. F. T.
Berry, W. J. Carlthers, C. J. Clem
ents R. H. Culp, I. T. Culbertson, J.
M. Delay, T. H. Dozier, J. H. Duna
way J. A. Eppe Thomas, L. Epps,.
Thomas E. Fortson F. K.t Freeman.
J. D. Gordon, G. W. Gordon, T. G.
Haduway, R. B. Harris L. J. Hem-
rick. W. 8. Holman J. W. Jarrell,
Giles R. Jennings W. H. Ma-
Ilaffey, James A. Mealor I. J.
Meadows, Calvin L. Montgomery.
George ,W Moore.
W. H. McGInty. T. E. Middle-
brooks, F. E. Ogletree, J. M. Orr,
P. Orr, John Potto, W. I. Proc
tor. J. K. Shepherd, M. B. Saye, W.
R. Tuck, John G. WIer R. J. Wil
liamson, J. N. Woods, Joints
Wright.
The public Is Inlted tq the ad
dress at the Octagon at 3 o'clock
nnd the exerclaee will be sufficient
ly short to allow everybody to at
tend the Bible Conference at 4
o'clock.
The University ot Georgia stud
ents will have a holiday while the
Lucy Cobb students -will help en
tertain the Veterans and attend th«
exercises at the Octagon. The pub
lic schools of the city will enjoy a
holiday also.
The official program tor Memori
al Day In Athens. Thursday, April
16th, is as follows:
11:30 a. m.—Meeting of Veteran*
at City Hall.
13:S0»-Dinner at Lucy Cobb, giv
en by the U. Dt C.’o, to which the
wives of the Veterans are invited.
8:00 P. M.—Main address of day
at the University Octabon. Mayer
general W. A. Clark, of Columbia.
8. C.. orator of the day. Prayer
,wfE be offered by Dr. Len G.
Broughton and muilo will be ten*
in hnth dered by the High School band. De
mote subjects decreased in both ... •
Thursday morning Dr. P. C.
Morgan, who' Is lecturing at 9:30
o'clock on the "Spiritual Symphony
of the Scriptures” will use ns his
topic “The Hclierzo Movement. The
New Revenlatlons Through Christ.’*
Thursday morning at 11 o'clock Dr.
Broughton wil luse ns his topic
"Paul’s grea^ fourfold Testimony."
,Dr. G. Campbell Morgan preached
Tuesday night to n large crowd.
He will lecture Thursday Afternoon
atf4 o'clock on "The Welcome
Home' 'the topic for that day In
his interesting iwrfe* of lectures on
the Prodigal 8on. :
By E. B. QUICK
The stor/* of the Prodigal- 3on
and one day In prison.
Wheelis was Indicted by the fed
eral grand jury aua two weeks ago
a consent verdict waa entered find
ing him guilty to two counts In the
Indictments, failure to keep a re
cord of purchsM of morphine sul
phate and failure to keep a re
cord of dispensing narcotics.
The Banner-Herald reporter.wai
informed Wheelis plead guilty to.
selling dope but according .to an
nouncement. made Wednesday a
consent verdict wa* returned find
ing him guilty of failing to keep
records in dispensing the narcotics
Wheelis ordered 14,000 tablets ot
morphine sulphate In three years,
according to the count on which he
waa found guilty. The sentence
wus the heaviest ever Impos'd here
by Judge Sibley In a narcotic case,
It Is said.
LIQUOR
TRIALS
1 Results _P.L Teuaday'a trials In
me niwry m me i luuimr own. -- - —
shown the relation between God \ ti
and Man. Dr. Morgan says.
He plainly Illustrated how the
folly ot Prodigal Son is identically
the same folly of the modern sin
ner; like he went to the depths so
do the many sinners of lod ty.
Dr. Morgan lectured from tl
Prodlgpt Son's height in life to the
yery .depths.
"Every Oldge In the Prodigal
in'a aviurUnr* la n itaM In mnnV
He divided the Prodigal'* ex
perience Into right divisions:
He left home, love and
straightness.
3. He wasted his substance.
S. A famine came.
4. * He went t? the depths—the
downward course of man.
He began to be In vi.it.
He fed swine.
Nell O. Norton, Stephens coun
ty, Illicit distilling, acquitted. 7
Cliff King, Hart county, poasess-
Ing whiskey, plsad guilty, fine’ISO*.
Sylvanus Phillips. Jim Davis,
Wulton county, Illicit distilling, ac-
the
Will Head, Ptephena county, man
ufacturlng whiskey, acquitted.
Bunk Willbanks, Stephen* coun
ty, manufacturing whiakey, verdict.
3 months.
Allen Martin, Hall county, manu
facturing whiakey, fine $60.00.
Jesse Moore, Morgan odunty
manufacturing whiakey, fine 6100.
Ralph Patten, Walton county,
manufacturing whiakey, acquitted
Vea Miller. Barrow county, man
ufacturing whiskey, acquitted.
Josh Smith, Barrow countjr, man-'
ufacturlng whiakey, acquitted.
Sid Hardy Oconee county poaepss
Ing whiakey, plead guilty, fine 6200
Klbley DackIns, Rabun county
possessing whiskey, plead guilty,
CRITICISES QUEEN’S
CLOTHES
LOCAL NUDSE DENIES
LONDON — A stir has been
caused throughout Spain by a ser
mon preached by Father Calasans
In which he attacked the mode ot
dress of the Queen and Court la
dies as immoral, according to the
Madrid correspondent of The Daily
Express. The sermon was deliver
ed before a fashionable congrega
tion in the private chapel of the
Convent of the Catechist in Mad
rid
MOVE FOR MARKET
CENTER IN ATHENS
Hartwell Man Says Cold
Storage, Abattoir and
Curb Market Movements
Watched With Interest.
Hart county farmers optimistic
and "full of fight” are getting down
to bualneaa making the county aelf*
sustaining through dlverolflcoiton,'
according to A. 8. Skelton, solid
tor general of the northem*Judic!nl
circuit In Athena Wednesday,
Mr. Skelton, who la a member of
the Hartwell Klwanis club which Jj.
aiding In the movement to put the
county on a better agricultural ba
sis, said that a series of meetings
la being held at all the county
school*—Hart has • consolidated
schools—In putting ovei the "hog,
hen, cow” program, The Adviaon
Board, composed of leading farmer*
and women, is sponsoring. thaw
meetings.
Athena was praised for Us for.
ward steps recently, namely In ea<
tablishment of a odd storage b>
the Atlontlo Ice and Coal Corpora
tion, the Abbattolr and the Curb*
Market which opens May 6.
WISE
8TRP
’I consider establishment of the*,
lira.*enterprises the most signifi
cant step taken by Athena In tnkn.
years," Mr. Skslton sold. "X* will
not be long before Athena-wtOrbe
the real marketing center of thl#
section. It ahou!d‘be and the towns
surrounding U ora counting heavily
on Athsns.”
We are kldd to sw thst Athens is
standing by-us in maintaining the
Bankhead Highway," Mr. Skelton
Mr. Skelton said that the achool
census showed that Harwell baa
a total school population of 800
which Indicates a population of
some 3,000 for the city.
Hart county recently sold a car
of chickens for over four thousand
dollars and plans for selling a car
of friers arc underway.
Sixteen Biddings
Burned to Ground
WAtTED Hit
8UBSTANCE
possessing whiskey, acquitted.
Joe Towe. Raburn county, poss
essing whiskey, acquitted.
Louis Smith. Banka county, man
ufacturlng whiskey, fine 1160.00.
He laid much stress on the ,
quotation "He wasted hia sub-,
stance." Dr. Morgan stated thut 1
we nil wuste our substances, that
we have four of them, physical,
mental, moral and spiritual "He
wasted his substance—as present
man does, and waste Is the dls-
persement of possession with no'
adequate return."
One of the moat vital points
brought out in the lecture was the
fact that we waste our substance
by putting energy Into this life, for
this life. We should work more
for the after life. The Prodigal
wasted his substunce In riotous
living theref ore we are all living
a riotous life.
He was in want, he himself wa£
AT
At Camp Jackson
Rcvial wire, will befln at
Oeonrc street UethodUt church,
Way 4th.
Rev. H. PcMt.ll Read will ha the
preacher fre th vwMIoi, with the
pnator. Jtrv, J. A. Qulllixn
charge. A number of cotta*, pday-
«r meeting, are being held at dif
ferent homes among th. rn.mb.r-
COLUMBIA—Fire which wag
declared by Captain John Faucette
camp commander to havo hern of
incendiary origin waa brought un
der control at Camp Jackuon Tues
day night after eight barrack, rnd
nine .mailer buildings had been
burned. The fire waa extinguizh-
#d by the camp fire department by
nearly three hou.' work..
The building, wire tired in three
place*. Captain Faucette ..id to
night in making his (tatement that
ha was convinced that fire huge
had been at work at the camp. The
old fire brigade hotel a largo two
•tory structure, war destroyed by
fin about ten days ago. and Cap
tain Faucette said that also was
the work of- incendiaries. He did
not make known the fact, upon
which he baaed hi. conclusion as
to the origin of the fire.
As a result of tne recent fire.,
Camp Jackson will be completely
closed to the public, the camp
Mmmiiulap * ■ntuumrAl inrtok-
In a famine: anybody who Is In 'ship. The entire mmbershlp 1*
livery of Croeeee of Honor will be want la having n famine.” eo states' looking forward to thi
by Mias Mildred Rutherford, pres
dent of Laura Rutherford Chapter.
V. V. C.
"Tenting on the Old Camp
.Ground” will be sung. Dixie will
be played, and Rev. J. V. M. Morirs
Will pronounce the benediction. ‘
Dr. Morgan. He gave several im
pracing illustrations of this quota
tlon. Another point worthy of men'
tlon was Dr. Morgan's statment
that no* man is wholly Immoral and
that there Is some good in , every
vlcee
A Lotte Grave, High Up Oh A Mountainside,
Writes Finis To Old Posey’s Vain Attempt
To Halt The Onrush Of Modem Civilization
lLT T I
SALT LAKE CITY — High up
th. mountains near Blanding
a rode rock covered grave lies
the body of Old Posey, leader of
the vanquished renegade tribe of
Piuta Indians, who recently .rent
on the war-path in sountheaatem
Utah last month.
Old Posey was slain in • skir
mish with white settler* who
formed a posse and set oat to
bring the Indians to the reserve-
Surrounded in a
mountains, the
__ In tha
prepared to
SSelaMamiimiaaKiSHa
the
nuke a last stand against
oncoming of civilisation.
With only a handful ot his
braves,, tho old indiad chieftan
begun the fight against over
whelming odds, and was the last
nun of nis tribe.
Hi* braves deserted him and
surrendered to the possee of white
men, but Old Posey, fighter that
ha was, preferred death to the
disgrace -of surrender and—h B
died fighting alone. . i,
He was one hundred yeans old
according to available records and
waa one of the beet known of the
with great eapwUncy foe a gen
ulne revival, it la hoped that dlf
tho member, will make apeeUI ef
fort to attend there services The
evening service, will begin at f
o'clock. May *th I. the date with
preaching at t la. m.. and contlnu,
through the week with preaching at
s o'clock. and bring your
friends
I.O.O.F. Celebrates
104th Anniversary
Th* public le cordially Invited
to attend the exerclre. commemo
rating the iptth anniversary of Odd
Frllowalitp at the I. O. O. F. hall
Thursday night at 1:10.
splendid program h.
outlined re follows:
Violin duet. Mines Ltlla May
Fsare and Ada Waskey.
l*rayer. Mr. Fambraugb.
Address Mayor George C. Thom
announced tor.igh:
The main thoroughfare, known as
the Wlld-C.t road, after the eighty
flret, "Wild -Cat” division, which
trained at the camp, has been used
for some time by traffic between
Columbia and northern points.
The loss caused by the fires will
not exreed 8200 for each building
Captain Faucette said except in
the case of the hotel, which was
valued at 81.200.
Seventeen Midlers detailed . aa
caretakers constitute the garrison
at the camp.
Miss Coralea Ramey*, Be
fore Federal Commis
sioner in New York, De
nies Aiding Bandit.
IDENTIFIES BOTH
MEN IN COURTROOM
Nurse’s Testimony Given.
Admits . Riding With Sil-
verstein and Di d a t o
Shortly Before Escape.
Miss Coralea Kdmcy student
nurse, stouUy denied aiding Ger
ald Chapman, bandit in escaping
from St- Mary’s hospital where
ho was confined April 4, in her
testimony before a U- S. Commis
sioner in New York late Tuesday.
Miss Harney was called to New
York to identify Dominick Didatu
and Abo Silverstein, two men who
visited Athens on the day ot
Chapman’s escape, conversed with
tho nurse nnd art under indict
ment by n federal grand jury as
accomplices of the bandit in his
getaway.
Although Miss Ramey did admit
in identifying the two men that
she rode with them in a taxicab
and delivered a message from
Chapman to them, ahe declared’she
had no port In the prisoner’s
flight.
Her testimony before U. S. Com
missioner Hitchcock in New York
Tuesday follows:
Tho nurse identified’'Silverstein
as a man known to her as "Cohen”
and Didato as "Krause.” Sho said
that she met the men in Athens
on April 4, when sho delivered to
theln a noto given to her by
Chapman. . . .'3 --YSi
“Where did you meet them?”
asked Charles G. F. Wahle, coun
sel for Silverstein and Didato.
. “On a street in Athens
4:4u o’clock on the aftei
April 4” replied Miss Kan
“What happened at tho :
“I gave Chapman’s 1
Krause, who in turn han
rwh.n ”
Cohcni”
"After that what ....
"I went with them to i
Garden, a place of cntei
wfiero refreshments and dri:
are told.”
"How long did you stay I
“About fifteen minutes,
got into a taxicab with the :
front of tho Georgian hoti
went for a long ride.”
“When did you leave I
Krause 7”
"At tho hospital gate i
p. m., I was on duty
nurse.”
IIIS NU1I
“Did you know Chapman I
Mr. Alex Ford Died
Here on Wednesday
Song, mixed quartette
Talg. Mr. Bays. > ’
R0I0.1 Mr. Lavlgn*. - -
Talk. Mn. Waskey. -
Mr- Alex Ford, aged 64, died at
hia home 1(3 Tibbetts street Wed
nesday morning at 2:40 o’cloek af
ter an illness of eight weeks.
Fnmeral services will be con
ducted at the grave in Whitehall
i Friday morning at 10 o’clock. Rev.
A. L. Flury. pastor of the West End
Baptist church will officiate.
Bernstein Brothers will ba in
Charge.
Mr. Ford i* survived by his
Idow. two daughters. Mrs. R. O.
aest and Mr*. Era Ford of Ath-
jqg&jsffem
lived in Athsns
here.
Mmsm
- ■- ’• t,.. ..... ... ....
. . you knot
he was brought to the
"No"
"As nurse, did you have
qf him?” ..
"No, hut in tho
tics I had to go into his
"You then saw him i
“Yes.”
“When you got to
“Yes, I saw him
n m. again for the __
:55 p. m. Ho was in ..
His temperature was 100
and his pulse was weak.”
“Did you help Champan
ipo?”
"I did not.”
“Did you see Champan on Ai
G in the basement of tne hospital
“I did not, but I heard
f-there.” . .
"Did you ever sec ths mt.
known to you as Cohen and Kriusu
in St. Mary’s hospital?"
“No, they left me at the front
gate.”
“You were not with Chapman
when he left the ward and went
into the basement,”
“Did you .have a talk wi ,h
man prior to your meeting Cohen
and Krause and delivering the let
ter to them?" asked assistant
United States District Attorney
Charles J. Marasco. .
“i did" replied the nurse.
“He told you that the men were
expected in Athens from New
ork?” - ,aB
“Yes.”
“When you delivered Ch
letter, what if anything,
defendant say?”
“Cohen remarked that I
come too late, because they had to
buy an automobile and it was too
late to get one at Athens.”
“Did you take any message back
toyman?”
With this evidence, which inclu-
ss
If Didato and Silverstein arc
ordered held after the completion
of the hearing — *
Thursday on the ,
dictments here are
will probably he .t,
Jar. of,th '
