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ATHENS, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1923.
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FRENCH CLOSE KRUPP BRANCH PLANTS
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Chapman Aides Win Another Legal Delay
COURT ADJOURNS President Will Ride on U. S. Railway
MEN BEING TRIED
Money and Legal Brains'
Again Successful in De-!
laying Bringing Men to;
Trial tri Athens.
NEW YORK FIGHT
COSTING $25,000
Assistant District Attor
ney Goree Predicts ‘Fire
works’ Wh^n Men Are
Filially Brought Here.
Mopey, coupled with acme
SsjaaSSSlfllDB TUANS BACK
Didato and Abe Silverstem,
alleged aides of Gerald
Chapman, mail bandit who
escaped from federal au
thorities here and in Atlan
ta twice last April.
United States District court
called In special session by Judge
Samuel H. Sibley, adjourned here
Thursday afternoon without trying
Up In Seward, Alaeka, folks gather at the sovemment railroad's tiny station to see the evening trait
come In. Every once In awhile some high official arrives. But this summer President Herding, himself, will
come. He end hie party of cabinet officers, congressmen sod friends and newspapermen will entrain then
for an extensive tour of the Interior. . ,
tTc™n ^h*u* d .«C. V * he ‘ £: Praise'Meeting: hnrand Walks on Decks.
Chapman
What la more, these two mer
are not likely to be brought to
trial here until the fall term of the
court
SEVENTH
DELAY
For the seventh or eighth time
nine* April 14, when the two men
were arrested In New York, theli
trial here has been delayed. Tbli
time, apparently, because of an ap
peal to the United States Circuit
Court of APP*als from an ordei
handed down by U. 8. Justice j
TO NORMAL DUTIES
American Legion Conven
tion Over, Citizens Back
to Work-a-Day Tasks.
Athens, especially the Legion
naires, cased off of a strain mused
by the fact that this city and the
American Legion were ho“*s to the
sTgte convention, Thursday nfter-
noon and Friday morning the city
settled back Into Its dnily routine
after three strenuous and enjoyable
days.
The coavention that has just
closed was pronounced by tho**
who have attended all of the Amer.
lean Legion conventions of the De*
Hand dismissing a writ of habeas Partm.nl of Georgia a> the great-
rorvus filed by attorneys for the
men.
When 'the men were arrested It
New York Miss Cora Lea Ramey
studeot nurse at St. Mury's hospl
tai here, was ordered to New York
to Identify them as the men with
whom she conferred on the da]
Chapman escaped. They wen
brought before a U. 8. Commission
er who, after being satisfied tha
they were the men named In the in.
dlctments returned by a federa
grand Jury. In Athens, hfeld then
for trial here under $7,000. Th«
men refused to make bond becaus>
that would have caused them tt
be brought back Immediately. In
ntead, they sued out a writ of ha
bess corpus which was dismissed
They followed this up with an'ap
peal to the Clrctiit Court, appar
ently, and obtained tholr release
under bond awaiting the decislor
of the Court of Appeals.
U. 8. Assistant District Attor
ney C. P. Goree of Atlanta, wh»
went 4o Hew York in the case
said here during the special term
of court this week that the "fire
works will # be started" when Di
dato and Sllversteln are tried here
Mr. Goree Intimated that the trla'
will bring about "revealations" oi
a startling nature. »
• The attorney declared thousands
of dollars are being spent by thr
men back of Didato and Sllver
steln to prevent their return t*
Athens for trial. "Not less than
$25,006 .will be spent In their New
York fight to prevent removal here*
says the attorney.
The men have employed two .o'
the beat lawyers In New York^lly
etates Mr. Goree.
RESTRICT* AUTO UQHT8
TRBNTON ,H. J.—State Motor
Vehicle Commissioner Dill order
ed today that all automobltists Ir
the state must start at once to us<
one of twenty-six types of head
light lenses approved by the com
mission.
Thsse headlights were adopter
by Matrie, Massachusetts, Mary
land. New Hampshire, New York
Pennsylvania, Vermont and New
Jersey at a meeting of the Com
missioners approved the guide ray
and the Mlrotilt types of head
lights.
The monogram lens I* to be used
only on motorcycles. Use of frost
ed electric light bulbs and paints*
lenses will no longer be permitted
according to the new order.
Adam and Eve to
Grace Rockefeller
“Garden of Eden”
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK—A gigantic
sculptured group of Adam and
Eve, each figure about twenty-
five feet high and weighing one
hundred and twenty.five tons,
* designed and hewn from pure
. white Carrara Garble by
George Grey Barnard his been
purchased by John D. Rocke-
feller and will*be erected In
the "Garden of Eden" on the
Rockefeller estate at Pocantico
Illlls, New York, it was learn
ed Friday.
The group is so posed that
Eve seems to be rising out of
the rib of Adam and will be
placed in nvcoble arched back,
ground now being completed by
Italian sculptors on the Rock
efeller estate when Barnard
returns from a months' vaca
tion In Canada.
POINCARE REPLY TO
BRITISH NOTE WILL
POLICE ARREST IN
WHO ROBBED PROF.
t. scon
THOUSANDS THROWN
OUT OF WORK BY
NEW RUHR ORDERS
Athenian Is Called to New
York to Identify n Man
Held As Pickpocket Sus
pect.
President and Alaskan
Party Take to Sea and
Enjoy Comfortable Cab-
(By Ailoci.t.d Prill),
ON BOARD US .8. S. HENDER
SON WITH IIARDINO.—Pr.ild.Dt
Harding was beyond the American,
boundaries Friday , enjoying the
life at sea In comfortable cablna
and on decks of the marine trans
port Henderson.
Ife left Tacoma Thursday, ac
companied by Mrs. Harding and
members of hie Alaakan party,
amid the aalutee of Naval craft In
Tacoma- and Seattle waters.
Eacortlng the Hendoraon are two
.at ever held in Georgia. Larger | Amerlcan destroyers. Hull and
erewtla, more entertainment and| ( , n(Ty eqll | pped w | th depth fmdera
the amoolheat working prograrr rommand( , d by officer, whorecent-
made the meet .tend out over , de chartg the P , c |f| c .hora
conventions heretofore and mem- - •*
tiers of the Legion in Athens orr
already the recipients of man)
congratulations, not only from the
home folks but from dozens whr
were here from out of town.
Annin the Fourth of July wn*
mails a day of real celebration li*
honir of the country's birthday
«nA It is now an established eus.
tom with the LegioH here to make
day an annual event of thl
nature.
The Legion convention was on*
of the few conventions held her*
that practically paid Its own way
Hniall donations were given by th< .
(Turn to Pago Three) i
wntor depths.
Attendance of the destroyer* l»
due merely to extraordinary pre
cautions of naval authorities to
■unround the president with event
possible safety during the voyage,
i • mm
ELK UNIPORM8
%
Exalted Ruler P. 8. Johnsot
of Athens Lodge No. 790 B. P. O
Elks announces that the uni
forms which local Elks wil
wear in the big parade at the
National Convention In Atlan
ta next week, have arrived an<*
requests that local Elks gol.
them Immediately. The uni
forms are at J. Bush's store,
333 Ftroad street.
BE SETTLED FRIDAY BE iD[ SATURDAY,”-
I'rof. Scott Holland, Unlreralty
faculty member who waa robbed In
New York last week of aereral
l.lindr-. 'tiara In caah and travel
er's cbecka and hla ticket to Eur
ope by a clever crook claiming to
be a Georgian, w. n called back to
| Now York Tuesday by the detec
tive force bead there In a —
that atated the man who commit
ted 'he pickpocket act had been
caught.
Mr. Holland, who cancelled hie
trip to Europe upon the Iona of
hla fundi and returned to Athena,
left Immediately for New York to
identify the mnn held.
Representatives Of An- Belgium Anxiously
thracite Operators and I Awaits Agreement Be-
Mmers to Work Out New: twcen Great Britain and
Contract At Conference. France, Destring~tir De
Friends With Both.
(By Aaaodated Preaa.)
ATLANTIC CITY.—Negotiation)
that probably wil Itake the better
part of two months began here
Friday between the anthracite op
erators and miners to work out a
new contract if possible to replace
the wage agreement which expires
August thirty-first, 1
More than one hundred men rep
resenting either miners or coal
companies and affecting ono hun
dred and fifty thousand workers In
the anthracite fields of ?ennsyl-
vanfa have gathered for a .Vint
conference.
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON.—There is expectation
in some quarters that Premier
Poincare will give a written reply
to the British questionnaire Satur
day or by Monday at the latest
bit If la doubted whether this an
swer will go beyond Count uo St.
Aulalres* oral statements.
It Is hoped, however, that Its n>
TALKS TO ASSEMBLY
THE TURNER COUNTY PLAN
A Series of Articles Showing What the “Cow and
Hog and Hen” Have Done for One Georgia County,
8. C„
The Columbia,
reproduced In pamphlet
remarkable series of articles by itf
Managing Edltbr on the Turner
County plan.' A GtJrgla Associa
tion has been formed to extend thir
plan to every county In Georgia
and similar efforts will be made in
South Carolina. The Ilanner-Her-
uld through the courtesy of th<
Columbia 8tnte, will publish a se
ries of articles summarizing tin
Turner County plan. The Herald
has also «eet)nd &,ymlted numbei
of reprints of the State's pamphlet
and will be glad to mail one free
to nny oae making a request for
same. *
State has j usable wisdom In It nil for other
form n Southern communities?
But nil or that, useful and nec
COW, HOO AND HEN
wnny in
and Poultry Permanent Prosper-
•y Program.
ASH BURN, Go.—What, really If
this "Turner County Plan?" Thi»
"program for permanent prosper
ity," conceived and carried out In
essary though It might me. wai
not getting down to bed rock. Th«
South Carolinians bel|pve that they
best fulfilled their mission when
they traveled the county by auto
mobile, visiting the farms, talking
face to face tp the farmers them
selves, seeing at first hand their
homes, their stock and crops, their
barns and other equipment; Inter
viewing, too their wives, sons‘and
dropping In unan
Bill Introduced to Estab
lish Electrocution in Ga.
Governor Gilchrist Talks
on Taxation.
(By Associated Press.)
' ATLANTA.—An address by for.
I mer Governor Gilchrist of Florlt
ion the subject of a classifies!
tax and the Introduction of a bill
to establish electrocution ss <
method of putting death to critn
Inals sentenced to die In Oeorgia,
were the chief features of the Fri
day session of the General As
sembly.
For the first time In the hlstorj
of Georgia, a woman presided over
tb » hoftse, when Mrs. Viola Napier
of P*bb county, acted as chairman
during the consideration of a reso
lution providing for the approprla.
tifrn of a small, amount of money
for the employment of a steno
grapher for the appropriation!
committee. The resolution war
passed.
Perkins of Muscogee county Ir
the author of the bill to estihllst
electric chair In this state, ar
substitute for the noosf. A
similar bill was Introduced last
year and was defeated. Accord*
raipt will enable Premier Baldwin j way to Buffalo,
to make some (TeclarRtlon ••( tho ‘
British policy In the House of r nir-
mons. Referring to the reported
renewal of exchanges .»f views be
tween Paris and Brussels, the Dally
Telegraph's diplomatic correspon
dent suggests that Belgium is an
xiously working for an Anglo-
French agreement being eager to
maintain the,closest and friendliest
relations with both countries.
MONROE. Oa.—News has reach
ed here that Robert L. Cox. wh<>
Mth hla charming daughters,
Misses Lillian and Helen, Is on a
trip to prominent points north and
east, had his pockets picked In
Now York. Fortunately the pick
pocket d!4 not get Into the pocket
In which Mr. Cox had hts monay.
He obtained $500 In travelers
> becks, oL fifty dollar denomina
tions. ten In number and made his
r scape.
Mr. Cox Immedlktely wired the
hank of Moivrqe, asking them to
send description of checks. In or.
dor that he could ston payment.
'Mr. Cox'Yrlred his son, Col, Cleonls
car. that he had gone to the bank
end that his money had been re
funded and that he waa oh bit
Factories of Krupp Company Forced
to Close Down As Result of Action
Taken By French. Factories
Closed As Bombing
Penalty.
(By Aeaoelated Preaa)
DUSSELDORF—Two branch factories of the Krupp
Works pear Witten have been compelled to close down be
cause of lack of raw materials and as a result of" QtRCTJ
restrictions ordered by the French as a penalty for the
Duisburg train bombing.
Several thousand men have been thrown out of work.,
Nearly one third of the stores in Dortmund and a lesser ,
proportion in other cities are also closed because the
blockade has cut off incoming shipments of goods. , Ger-'
man authorities say the food supplies are diminishing and 1
ho eggs and butter are available while meat is scarce. M
Elks Hold Last
Meeting Before
Big Convention
Final Plans For Atlanta
Convention to Be Dis
cussed. Initiation and So
cial Session.
THE DAY’S)
NEWS
D. A. V. Holds
Regular Meeting
Chapter Nq.2, D. A. V., of World
war waa held laat evening nt the
t.TRipkln Law Building Retiring
report) from tha National Conven
tion ware made hr the various del.
ogatea aent from the loeal chapter.
Intereatlng and neceaaary legisla
tion waa paaaed on and an exceed.
Ingly bright year ahead under the
new lenderahtp of an old Oeorgia
^ boy la looked forward to by tho
chapter. J. A. McFarland, of Dal
it., .t:.... Need For ,on - •* B<1 former Unlvaralty
Hardiit( Streaaea N«ed ror 1(0y WM unanlmogilr m , de Ni .
Complete Americanization uonal commander of the organlta.
, Hon. He la the founder of the local,
ruoicTI A M ■ PNIIPWOR. chapter and we feel highly compll-
CHRlSTIAN ENDE.WOK- me nted that tbla honor waa con-
ER5. fenced upon him. It la announced
by the Athletic Committee that a
_ * ti.eehall game between nn! versify
Plead for Stronger Support nf oeorgia, and Center Will. At-
of Prohi Lawa. lento, will be played on Sanford
Field July 2Xat. ,
Preeldent Harding emphasizes p. • « 7 \ ,, j
need lor complete Amerlcunlaa- L/GrClC tO AttCtld
tlon of American people In address
at Portland, Ore.
With the National Convention of
Elka getting under way In Atlanta
next Monday, Athena Lodge No.
790 will hold It'a final meeting be
fore the lodge leavei for tho con
vention Friday night
The National Convention will
draw more than fifty thouaand Elka
to Atlanta. The cellmate la made
by the reglatratlona already made
id tho number will probably ran
aa high aa alxty thouaand. This la
the largest convention Atlanta or
the aouth haa ever had.
The local lodge Is planning'to
•end a delegation numbering two
hundred and fifty to represent
Athena In the convention. The
membership drive, which ended re
cently added more than one hun
dred and fifty members to the roll
of this lodge.
During the regular busineaa ae:i-
The regular semi-monthly mi'«t-|sfon Friday night, final plana will
leg of tha Joo Brown Connelly be dlscuased and Instructions con-
1.
earning headquarters for Athona
Elka'will bo given. Tha local lodge
waa fortunate enough to secure nn
One of Most Unique and
Original Characters
Ever Produced in Geor-'
gia, Says Col. Gantt.
By T. LARRY GANTT
Old man Bill/ Bowers was one of \
tho most unique and original
acters Georgia over produced. He/'l
waa a man of Indomitable energy, f#
with a head Blocked with hard«K
common aonco, and ho was brim- f
full of public spirited enterprise
Had ho been a man of eductah
and lived In somo groat melropo-l
IIh like Now York, he might have 1
been a second Vanderbilt or Mor-Y
gan. While "Undo Billy," as ovei
ono called him, was a conservatl
and liberal minded republican and!
I nn old live. Iron-ribbed democrat,!
wo would spar at each other I
through our papers, Isit were i>ev-|
uonal friends, and ever entertain-1
ed for him respect and admiration.!
I onco code with "Uncle Bill “
from Tnccoa to Elborton, and fgf
him an encyclopedia of In _____
on all mutters of hifltory, publld
men or politics. Ho was a typh
old-time Georgia countryman ai
gloried In this characteristic.
female members of his famll
wear corsets and had them don *
old-time "cracker” bonnets, I
their pioneer grandmothers,
took no stocky In modern Innov
tlons.
‘ilnum'l'u, ori# ~of "thelr * periodica 1 |"* f *« »h« bill Introduced,
heart to haart experience meeting. f w ° uld b * •» *» " l « l<
and hearing on easy give an( * j panltrntlary at Mllledgevllle.
take for three hours that was en countjr ir.tro-
grossing and Inaplrlng. ! duc * d • bill seeking to lower the
WOR." IN TANDEM
Turner bounty, Down '"Gsorpis j TURNERPLAN |j* M ven per cent.
Wir, Gras.. Pulls Clear I-nm WORKING | M „. AIlc . of Thon ,»n
Slough of Doopond on JT. 0 , urn . d th . corner!' -J 3 - accorded tho privilege of th.
Turner hoe the goods! Other com.| n ?° r of the boaso and waa wort-
munitlea, with other condition.,; r d i 0 . ,h ® chalr.where aho w»« In
may require modifications of the
program, to adapt It to their spocla*
circumstances; but It Is bellevei
that Turner county, for Its own
problems, has found the way out.
Is coihing back strong, has already
made fine progress And Is safely
pant risk of sUp^h^nack. USmlSa
CtTlstlan Endeavors at Des
Moines appeal for stronger sup
port of thi; prohibition laws.
Eddie Hearne, Los Angles, av
eraging 105.75 miles an hour wins
tho 250-mile championship auto
mobile tace at Kansas City.
Tammany Hall, at Fourth of i
July celebration, cheers Gov. Smith
as next president and denounces
Volstead act.
_ small south Oeorgia county, deep
In the Wire Grass region?
Just how, and how far, has this
community. proetrat.d by deflate-
tlon and the boll wmvII. pulled It-
self as-by Its own boot straps
from the Plough of Dcpond?
And, finally what la there o.'
Secretary'of Labor Davis, who
legal rate of Interest to five pet j to America 42 years ago, r.
(cent per annum. The present rate»r-oor Immigrant lad. Is proud as he
siIIr from New York on the 1^-
vlathlan In a suite once saved to
tho Kaiser.
Lady Astc-r at dinner of the
American society of London, says
England and United States can
not flsht over Ifauor but must
save their fights for principles, rot
[appetites.
| troduced.
It was announced that Mrs. Na
pier of Bibb, had been elected at
secretary of the House Judiciary
Committee Number One.
i 1
The senate was In session only*
inutes. several —
.takahly tMret It AitfoMr th«aa> paov
pie ap Ujj^aqd^oondng .plrlt.^t avW
Civilian Camp
Seth Dakle. lieutenant In tha U.
8. Reserve Corps will leave July
14 for Anniston, Ala., when ho wil'
attend the Civilian Military En
campment
ARE YOU ~
READING—
The series of articles on
Tumor County Plan." now
nlns In the Banner*Herald?
The story of what ons Oeorgia
county has done in e small but In.
creaoingiy prosperous way with
the "Cow, H«? and Hon," haa be
come famous throughout the
United States.
entire house, twcnty-flvo mlnutws /I
from the heart of AtUnU ua It'a '» -« to W0 » w ‘ ,orn,lt
headquarters and so will not be
forced to sleep to the rallman city
which will be built.
Following tbe regular business
meeting, eight candidates who
were unabln to attend $he last
(nesting, will be Initiated. The de
gree team has planned several new
"stunts" for the delight <jnd "in
struction" of the neophytes.
After the business meeting and
the Initiation of the new men. tbe
club will honor tye new members
at what will bn the best social
session of the vear. Plans, have
been made to take care of ot least
two hundred Elks, and Exalted
Ruler P. S. Johnson Issues a cor
dial Invitation to all visiting Elks
lo lllr"f»
the social session. As this Is the
last mating before the convention
a large attendance Is expected.
CAN RECOVER WRAP
Some fair viator to one of tbe
Legion dances left a light cape in
an automobile that was irarked Ir
front of the auditorium and the
owner can recover the cope by tele/
phoning the LAwler Motor com
pany, lo whose care the cape was
left. •
"Uncle" Billy Bowers was
only man In Georgia who \
for Abraham Lincoln for Presld
in I860. And ho was not a man
cast any secret ballot, but walked >
up to tho polls and before th» as- )
somhlcd populace, openly voted tha J
full republican eloctorial ticket,
appreciate tho courage it re<
to thus nntagonlze his neighb
and the sentiment of every Geo
glttb. one must understand tho
terness that then existed in the [
south nrninst Lincoln and h!» party
and which culminated In the warf
between the states. All manner of*
abuse was heaned upon him and I
even hi* lifo threatened. A mob f
formed to punish him. and In re
citing the danger, "Uncle” Billy ■
said when tho men approached he
did not run away hut h* walked j
rather fast. But he had kindred j
(Turn to Pags Five)
League of Women Voters To
Hold Interesting Meeting Tues.
The League of Women Voters
. Britain Wj Iavql^nlavBi*
* t,h
(Torn to Page Three) < London ddylces declare.
efforts to makt ths Tumor
County Plan Stato-wlde— Nation
wldo art undor way. Whsthor
farmer or eity man— business mss
or profsstlsnal man—you'll find
ths srtlclss on "Ths Turnsr Coun
ty Plsn" sxtrsmsly intsrsstlng.
If you tfsslrs s pamphlet of, th*
sntlrs ssrlss of srtle!s»-4hsy ars
free for tho asking. Address-
BANNER-HERALD
Athens, Ga.
Tuvsday afternoon. Mrs. Strong
will present facts concerning the
conditions under which women are
working In Georgia nt the present
time, will show- iho results of the
existing conditions and will dta-
cusa the proposed measures for
remedying these results. The
Leaeun wishes to arouse all wo
men fo tho necessity of looking
Into such things and of forming a
well thought out opinion.
Tho public Is cordially invited to
this meeting,,and the League wist,
rs extend a special Invitation to
tho Summer School students and to
will hold Its next meeting In Ft*
body Hall at 4: SO P. M.. Tuesday.
July 10th. At this time the discus
sion will bo led by Mrs. Paschal
Strong of Savannah, who la on*
of the (late officers. The meeting
la In the hands of tbe Committee
on Women In Industry.
. This anmmv one of the vital
lames before the legislature la the
bill dealing with, the condition ot
our Georgia women In the Indus
trial world. OpA of, tl|e. objects of
the League of Women Voters to to
encourage the Inquiring mind In
regard to all questions relating to the Club Women here to attend the
public welfare. At the meeting short course given for them.