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VOL. 91, NO. 135
Associated Press Service
ATHENS, GA„ MONDAY, AUGUST IS, 1923.
A. B, C. Paper
Single Copies 2 Cents Dally. S Cents Sunday,
Black Gold Brings Riches to Poor
Orphan Girl
CUNO AND CABINET TENDER RESIGNATIONS
•M* •!•—•M' •M* *1
—4* 4* 4*
Lord Curzon Declares Occupation'
of Ruhr Illegal and Unauthorized
ACCEPTED BY PIES.
DOROTHY CARMICHAEL
I’ONCA CITY, Okla.—Sixteen- That homestead now is valued
yeajr-old Dorothy Carmichael has at $30,000,000. Oil, that's the rea-
suddenly become so rich she's still'son.
dizzy from the change. Half of it is Dorothy’s. The
Money—dollars—millions—heaps other half has l.een willed to Mrs.
of good things—nothing to do hut Pettit, her aunt and governess,
gather 'em in—and little Dorothy living there when the land was
alone to enjoy them! still considered good only for
Alone, without a mother—she)mediocre farming,
had left homo when Dorothy was 1 Now, Dorothy, wrested from
a baby in the Philippines. With- the claws of poverty, is living
out a father—he died in a Manila! with her aunt in a pretty little
hospital when she was 3. With cottage in town, learning her les-
only her aunt, Mrs. Sarah Pettit,! sons as every other school girl does
to car© for her and direct her, I and enjoying life as though she
Dorothy came into her strange!always had been used to the lux-
nonderland of wealth. juries of millions.
Were it not for Michael Koeg-I Her royalties — estimated at
ban. a buddy of her father’s in thejsomething like $1,000 a day—
Philippines, Dorothy might stilt still reel her head when she InmKs
he there, a poverty-stricken or-j of the enormous income,
phan. But Koeghan brought the But she tries to forget her
girl to the United States, sftught riches, turning her mind to music
her fathers relatives and finally) and play, and the good things her
settled her on the little famliyj poor parents could not provide for
homestead at Tonkawa, near here. I her.
FRANCE SAYS GREAT
IF
OF HER 10 ALLIES
“France and Belgium Not
Ready to Answer Such a
Summons Even From
England.”
PARIS—The British note, delfv 5
rrocl here Monday Is regarded In of
ficial French circles as a positive
disavowal of Britain’s war allies
mid a frank espousal of the Off
man cause.
It Is thought that the reply of
Premier Poincare will Ik* dispatch
ed In due time, although official*
hold that the note from Great Rrlt-
atn smacks'so much of propaganda
that It might properly be Ignored
"This nmnzing document pro
poses to haul France and Belgium
EIGHT HOUR DAY
A REALITY
(By Associated Press)
GARY—The elgth hour day
In the United States Steel Mills
here heroines a reality Monday
At first It will only Include
blast furnace workers. Undct
the new wage system which at
tends the changing of the time
day, the men receive four dollar*
i day wht 3 they formerly wer<
paid four dollars and eighty
cents. *
HOUSE MIPS BILL
WHICH WOULD CALL
LOR NIGHT
FACT
THAT ENGLAND IS
IT IN SYMPATHY
WITH RUHR POLICY
Split in Entente Foreseen 1
As Note is Handed to
Belgian and French Am
bassadors.
NUMBER 23)00,000,
REP0RT8 PASTOR
“Baptists In Russia hnvo In
creased from 100,000 in 1014 to
2,000.000 at the present time.”
This was the statement made
by the Rev. ITdyar Y. .Vullln.
president of the Baptfft Theo
logical Seminary at Loulrtville.
The minister arrived in New
York on board the Swedish*
American liner Stockholm with
fifteen delegates to the Baptist
World Congress, held In Sweden
July 21-28.
Entire Armies mil be Put to (PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
Sleep,n Wars of the Future mm ^
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON.—Great Bri
tain openly went on rec
ord as to its position with
regard to the Franco-Bel
gian occupation of the
Ruhr.
tion
correspondence with the, to Curriculum,
allies since June.
Ldrd Curzon, secretary for for
eign affairs. In an elaborate note
dealing with nil the manifold q«-
(By Associated Press.)
I NKW * YORK.—Whole armies
put to sleep and taken prisoner in
gas warfare is by no means an
lmpcK3ibility 25 years hence, Col.
Raymond F. Bacon, chief of the
Technical Division of the Chomi
cal Warfare Service, A. K. F.
says in a description of the pos
sibilities of the future art of war
made public by the American
Chemical Society.
The $2.000,000 spent on the re
search organization did more to-
wafrd winning the war, Col. Bacon
asserts, than any other $200,000,-
to meet in combat man to man.
“But no one looking back on
000 spent in other ways. One of (that period would attempt to say
the greatest lessons of the war ^ waa possible to have stay-
“One can easily imagine the sit-1
out ion at the time the fighting
was hand to hand with the spear
or the sword, and gunpowder was |
first introduced, which in those!
days perhaps permitted the antag
onists to fight at a range of 100
^•„u^r«T t pro h br Chief Executive Enters
‘tins the horrible new mode of White House OfflCCS For
•S*&rZ,*SiJfS; First Time. Spends Quiet
stand off 200 yards rather than« Sunday.
hv so far gone almost unheeded,
according to Col. Bacon, who
ti^ues:
ed i he hand of progress and tq
have prevented by any legislation
or ngicement the use of gun-pow-
warfare. Moreover, the
To say the use of gas in war
fare must be abalished is almost
the same as saying that no pro
gress must bo made in the art of _
.warfare toward making it more!with spear and sword was more H ‘* *
;efficient or more humane. If one icruel and inhumane than tho l
(By Associated Prcfs.)
WASHINGTON. — President
Coolidge took up his duties for the
first time in the executive offi
ces of the Whlto House Monday
morning.
It was announced that the pres
pacts of the-problem, sets fold In
that the British government
tranls tho occupation of the Ruhr
as Illegal
ADOPT VOCATIONAL
TRAINING COURSE
t„ 'rwuU"of the"great battle, of hi,- 1 fighting with the gun and bullet.. r „^t v - W ’’k/
, Sixeen High Schools, In- tory _ one wil [ fin ,| that tlll , vi ,,. Similarly, at thiv'present time w« umu enter7L r ‘tb» k nf'i
r. with the pubhea- eludimr Hartwell and La- tori.m, general conquered hi;, cannot effectually stay the nimident ahimk^hatidi
Sunday ot its official! “la Add This Course^K,X , S“c l ^,^toiLliti» l ^J“S!K 2
' ' sat saws ass s*. ana. zjstra S3Sg?KS£c &
CHANCELLOR CALLED
TO VACATED OFFICE
Dr. Gustav Strcsscman,
Leader of German Peo
ple’s Party, Called By
Ebert to Post.
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN. — In accord
ance with the will of his
people, and following the
recent resolution by one
of the powerful political
parties, Chancellor Cuno,
for the second time ten
dered his resignation to
President Ebert of Ger
many here Sunday and it
was accepted by the head
of the government. The
entire cabinet also resign-
w-JPTSS ed at the same time.
that the Band to hand fginung Mra . Hardlng , oavca the WhlU) Dr. Ou.t,,v Streams*. i.
He wax accompanied by his sec-
. * ~ rke
office tho
Sixteen high schools In the
slate have added Vocational Agri
culture to their courses this year..
Following 1h a list of the school! 1
taking up this work, ns given out J
by Paul Chapman. 8tnte Super
il unauthorized by the visor of Vocational Agriculture:
Versailles treaty, thus supporting. Zehulon. Hart county. Gore, Tal*
the German contention In this rc-: Inpoosn, Dillard, Pelham. Camilla,
sport. At tho mme tlmo, however, j Portel # Lnvonla, Hnellvllle, Brook-
ho 'offors to submit the point to let, Warrenten, Powder Fprirgs
| strong
CA1DA LOSES ALU
arbitration at Tho Hague or by
some other body.
While still adhering to n tone of
the utmost of courtesy and saying
nothing definite with regard to and
separate action on the part of
Groat Britain. Lord Curzon empha
sizes that Great Britain, cannot
agree with the French policy,
which he Intimates plainly seems
to point to nn Indefinite occupa-
(Turn to Pag® 8lx.)
Votes First to Hold Extra
Sessions Rest of Present
Term Then Defeats
Bill. ’
(liy Associated Pres,.)
ATLANTA.—The house Monday
(voted to hold night sessions for
.. 'the rest of the time during which
their efforts to make Germany car-(the assembly is due to-remain in
ry out her treaty obligations.” said, session anti then changed its mind
a Foreign office offlclnl. “France.and voted not to hold the extra
and Belgium are not ready to nns-i sc'"’«ns.
won such n summons even from Milner of Dodge county, urged
Great Britain” |the mgnt sessions, saying that im-
Thin statement made by tho of portnnt bills could ho considered if
Austell. Rentz, Brnselton.
This is the largest numbor ,ol
schools to begin this work in an>
one year since the passage six
years ago of the Smith Hughey
Bill creating this type of cduea*
tion. Mr. Chapman states Mint, he
has received more requestf for this
work than can be granted due to
the lack of funds. He states fur
ther that, last year In this state
there were thirty jeven high
schools, twelve Agricultural and
Mechanical (A. & M) schools, and
eighteen negro schools which
rlod on Vocational Agricultural
work ns n regular course
lined by the State Flans This, and
many other things, are an Indira
tion that the sentiment for this
type of education fs rapidly
creasing
The Federal Board furnishes one
half of the funds for carrying
this work, and the local board
must match every dollar furnished
by the Federal Board
The work Is under the supervi
slon of a teacher who Is a cellegt
graduate and who has had prr
Find Chlorine
f Gas Will Not
I Kill Flu Germ
Nine Reported Dead At_
Seftz While Several! tlcal experience In fanning. He
Others D : ~ AA " TT *— 1 * lve ® c,a ** room instruction and
Monday.
fWrtl. while In n strict sense
still unofficial, reflects the tens*
D eling which has been aroused by
the note In the higher French
circles.
While there has been a feeling
In the nlr for sometime that the al
titude of Great Britain on the rep
arations question /would possibly
precipitate a crisis. It was no!
thought that such a storm of pro
test would be aroused ns bus mn*
ferfnllzed since the note was de
livered.
Mercer President
Occupies Pulpit
Of First Baptist
presl-
Dr. Rufus W. Weaver,
dent of Mercer University.
visitor to Athens Sunday. Pr
Weaver came here to occupy th*
Pulpit of the First Baptist church
In the absence of the pastor, Rev
j- C. Wilkinson.
The educator spoke at the morn
ing and evening services of the
church, delivering very Inspiring
moHsages at both services Dr
Weaver assumed the presidency o’
iT'L"!’ 0 " 1 f °“ r ?.*" V"' LfyVfew day,, and hi, condition
clnco that time the Inatttutlon har ’.„,l i,„ ho-
shown remarkable growth.
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON. — Sanguinary fight
ing between tho Communists and
militia has occurred in Seitz, Sax
ony, according to a Central News
dispatch received here from Ber
the extra sessions were held, which
it would otherwise he unable to
consider. Among the more impor
tant legislation which the night
sessions would take care of in
cludes the proposed * tax reforms
bills.
Speaking in favor of the ses
sions, Representative Elders of
Tattnall stated that the night ses
sion would remove the necessity
for the calling of an extra ses
sion of the assembly later in, the
^ The house also defeated a reso
lution which would have called
from the senate the general t*<
bill.
The authors of the resolution
stated that the bill had been has
tily considered and that it in
cluded an item requiring hanks. „
to pay an ad valorem tax on their A LUEBECK. — The Communists
i i_ I qrn hnbbnp- this ntv nftor fnranntr
The first official caller to pay
a visit to the chief executive in
the officee at the White llouec
wa, Frank W. Stearns of Boston,
a close personal friend and picked
by many to be the '.Tolunel
House” of the new administra
tion.
The president spent n quiet
Sunday at. his suite st the hotel
and made no official appoint
monta, preferring a day of com
plete rest following the strain un
der which he has been laboring
for nsat few dsvs since the
{death of President Harding.
1 Ho attended the regular Sun
| day morning aervlcea at the Firat
... . BOSTON.—It was the oxygen ~ “ ‘ ' ' ‘
OTTAWA-In the death «rf| t , ho chlorlne _, n the gas In-ig?®""*
President Harding Canada has . . . . . ... j Stearns,
lost a friend, and international by tho ShUdents of the Un H Following the sermon, which
issues that were under negotia-ivcraity of Arkansas that warded j^as delivered by Rev. Dr. Nehe-
tion between the Canadian and j off influenza. miah Boynton, a graduate of tho
United States governments are| The finding made recently by n*a*M»«!'« a imo Mifop Amh«ni
now left more or’ less up in tho .the American Chemical Society
a j r , that Inhalntions of chlorine and
The death of President Hard- oxygen among a large body of
ing has touched the heartstrings students decreased the cases of
of every Canadian, from His Ex-'flu from 133 per thousand to 44
cellency Governor-General Lord per thousand, Is due to the prop-
Byng to the lowliest worker. Not etties of the oxygen alone, accord-
It Was Oxygen That
President Has Asked! Warded Off Disease in
Friendly Treatment on| University Student, a
Pulpwood; Embargo! Specialist Discovers.
May Now Be Dropped, j
BOSTON.—It was the oxygen:Congregational church with Mra,
Coolidge and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
president’s Alma Mater, Amherst
College, the patsor was enter
tained at luncheon by President
Coolidge at the hotel.
During the day, Chief Justice
Taft called to suy farewell before
resuming his vacation in the Ca-
nadian woods. Secretary Chris-
since the death of King Edward Ing to Dr. Thomas W. Leavitt, of t j tn an j D r . Sawyer also called toM" «;"*”«• * cabinet which would ac-
IV. has the Dominion displayed j Malden, an expert in respiratory iay t h a t Mrs. Harding, who is at «®Pt **' J pmtform tho program* of
According to the reports, a large
body of Communists stormed the
town hall, which was occupied by. iH
soldiers and there was also con-ill'.^J'
sidcrablc fighting in the streets, 1
following the attack on the hall.
The bodies of nine Communists
have been recovered while thirty
more were injured, 1 many thought
to be fatally wounded. Many of
the militia were also wounded,
though so far none have been re
ported as fatally Injured.
ry out their clasa work tn a prac
tical way on the farm.
The most progressive farmers
educators, and business men have
realised the importance of Vocn-
tlonal Agriculture. and ara landing _ • t - ron , miMion to go an-
every aMtitaac. o get this type tI ^, y owr thc proJect> with , hB
Hlch U S^h^?i«”t!f b nMrela. ' n ' h ’ *** ult that lhc l ,ro P°“‘ 1 P ul P"
riere be no “o7nthu. ‘hat '-JE* e ^ arg0 “ "° W “ kely 10
Ka.HiWled off.
such sorrow. ! diseases. . ,
When thc Cabinet Council of. The sUtemcnt of the American
the Dominion government met du- (Chemical Society concluded with
ring the week, several subjects;a recital of the possibilities of
that President Harding was vital-{treatment with chlorine and other
ly interested in were up for dis- gases in respiratory diseases,
cussion.
One of them was thc appointing!OXYGEN ,
of a Royal Commission to Inves- j EFFECTIVE
tieate pulpwood conditions. One,
of the last things President Hard- “It was the oxygen in the gas
,i:.i wkti. r.nn.ia «... » n inhniiwi by these men that pre-
Vocatlonal Agriculture as Kas b^enj^ __
cnrlred on. la filling a great n««l| LC , vt , N PENNSYLVANIA
in nrorgla'a Agricultural develop.
COMMUNISTS
HOLD CITY
capital steok, surplus and un.livid-|ar« holding thixcity after forcing
ctl profits, which these members the senate to retire. Heichswchr
stated had been unintentional. .troops have arrived in the city to
attempt to restore order among
the mobs which are steadily path
SWALLOWS PEBBI.ES UNTIL
THEY CAUSE FATAL ATTACK
MORRISTOWN, ,Pa.—F|.ndmns
OR. HUFF AGAIN
ENTERS POLITICS
ATLANTA. On.—Dr. I. N. Huff
ha. announced hfa candidacy a.
alderman from tho ninth ward In
the coming municipal election. He] pebbles
»W oppose Oscar Williamson.
ci ing. It is feared that there will
be considerable bloodshed end
fighting before the city settles
for swallowing pebbles cost the ( doWn to normal again,
life of Charles F. Cash. Jr., five! ~ ~
years old. Thc child had been ill 1 BE R L I N.—Several strikers
• - - * *- * we re killed and many wounded at
Hamburg ship v*rds in a clash
‘with thc police Monday, dispatch
es from that place state.
It is alleged that the trouble
was precipitated by the strikers
refusing to allow those who were
willing to work from entering the
ship yards, whereup the police in
tervened with the result that
fierce fighting took plaee in which
several strikers were killed.
became worse and he expired be
fore a physician could be sum
moned.
On two or three previous oc
casions the child was taken seri
ously ill, and for a time the cause
of the attack was a mystery. Fi
nally, * when the nature of the
trouble was learned, a quart or
pebbles Iras removed from hi*
I body by a local physician.
Ing did while in Canada was to! inhaled by -
ask for sympathetic treatment ye.jtcd influenza,’ declared Dr.
from Canada on the pulpwood a it-< Leavitt “Apparently, the chem
uation, and ss a result of his ef-iical society concluded that the
forts the government decided to chlorine was the effective agent,
• * but that is ,not so. It was the
oxygen. As for tho chlorine, tho
only reason they failed- to get
harmful results was because they
used it in such minute quantities.
“Only a small quantity of chlo
rine was used in this preparation.
It didn’t do any harm, hut the
oxygen, did the trick. There are
highly disinfectant qualities
Grant Johnson Wanted
By Law For Murder of
Guy Colbert on Waters
Street Saturday.
police Monday were seeking
Grunt Johnson, negro, who ■
charged by a coroner’s Jury with
having killed Guy Colbert o»
Water street late Saturday night.
Warren Shaw, keeper of a small
store on Water street where n
barbecue warn In progress when the
Colbert negro was killed, la In the
city Jail, held In connection with
the shooting. 8haw Is said to
have furnished the pistol tor thr
slaying of Colbert and aided)In the
act otherwise. ■ 1 •'
A coroner's Jury over whleq Coro
ner C. X. Weatherly pi+slded Sun
day afternoon returned h> verdict
(Turn to Page Six)
6CORNN8 A ROYAL DECREE
BUCHAREST—Queen Marie telle
a delightful story about her young
est daughter. Princess Ilyeanu, In
which an American doughboy liv
ing In Pennsylvania figures.
The former Yankee soldier, who
bail served on the western front In
Frahce, returned to his father’s
land in a little town near Phil
adelphia. where he saw photo !
graphs of the little princess with'
her pet dog In the American Sun
day pictorial supplements. Bn*
amoured of her smile and girlish
beauty, the doughboy wrote the
princess asking her to correspond
With him, and saying If she woult*
become his girl he' would "never
take any other girl to the movies."
JEFFERSON MEMORIAL TO
EXHIBIT FAMED OLD BELL
ST. LOUISt Mo.—Handed down
Ihrouah generation! of an old In
dian famltr, n historic bell which
figured In many Important event, biSTa year, old, in cofi-
ncction with the death Sunday of
Dr. Gustiiv Stressman, leader of
the German people's party, has
been commissioned by President
Ebert to form a new government
After accepting the task,* Ilcrr
Stressman had a conference with
thn representative* of the' various
parties. The greatest difficulty
M‘ems to be In connection with th*>
foreign ministry gnd It la be^everi
possible that he will take the host
himself temporarily. *
It Is believed In political -quar
ters that Ilerr Ullferdlng will “
the new finance minister j
Setlgian will be named ml—
Interior, while' the name of
Rhelnhnben, of the peop
is mentioned ns the new
of state to tho Imperial
lory.
Thus the new cabinet would
a* strictly political character, In
eluding representatives of tho ui.
ed soc*^llstr # clerical, people’s n»<
democratic parties. Tho unltci
socialists have made It known th n
they expect to have four sentn Ir
tin* inihiHtry.
Just before Chancellor Cuno call
ed on President Ebert to submit
the cnbi lot’s resignation, tho relch-
stag leaders representing the pres*
ent coalition parties and the unit
ed socialists visit ctl the president
and discussed with him the pros
pects of constructing/a government
on a four-party coalition basis.
This Indicated that the united
socialists had arrived at an under
standing with .the bourgeol-o* i»nr-
tles with respect to their readlnesF
House,
“doing Internal tax and flnenclal measure*
nnd other political and economic
demands which tho united social
ists put forward In their campaign
against Herr Cuno.
Tpe four-party coalition:. which
hereAfter will occupy the govern
ment bench In the relchstag will
command a majority whinh is ‘op •
posed by only 71 nationalists am)
2S communistic votes out of a to
tal of 283.
l)r. Stressman was .bom In 187R
He Is one of Che moat fluent‘speak •
.. |i tii nkhftsc and nn out
Files Claim in Court For out qanyman. n.verth»i..«.
Full Ownership of For-
nn MHff
In the powenlou of Louis J.
'Manar, known ns "Indian' Lou," a
medicine talesman.
The bell, which lu more than 204
years old, still retains Its pure
ton*. The moat Important event In
Jta history waa when It waa ured
tn warning of the "attack of 17*0 "
whan the French and Indian, met
In St. Loots. The bell nil I be
placed on exhibition In the Jet-
tenon Memorial soon.
(Turn to Pago Six.)
INTO DEATH SUN.
Two Twenty-Two Year
Old Boys Held on Mun
der Charge For Death of
Robhins.
(Rv Associated Press.)
RICHMOND.—Charges of mur
der were preferred against Wil-
jliam Ganzert and Jennings
mer Watson Publication
Monday.
(By Aasociated Prr«a.)
THOMSON, Ga. — Mra. Alice
>„ Louise Lytle, for many years man-
ln |aginK editor of the Columbia Sen
tinel, owned by the late Thomas
| Watson, Monday filed a claim in
‘court for the full ownership of
the publication.
Mrs. Lytic stated that ahe al
ready owns one-Balf the stock
but now claims thc other half of
the stock In payment of money
owed her by thc Watson estate.
The paper suspended publica
tion pending the adjustment of
the claim.
Mrs. Lytle, the publisher of the
former Watson organ under a
lease with the other owners, and
Grover Edmondson, the editor
•Ince Senator Watson’s death,
stated in last week's issue nf the
paper tt would probably discon
tinue on account of activities of
their “enemlee.”
Both Edmondson and Mrs. Lytle
charged that J. J. Brown, com-
raiasToner of agriculutre, wa, very
tn Obilllnn t!,.. ttetilin.l”
.J. J.
Perry R. Robbina, 27 years old.
Robbins was beaten to death J>y
a bund of masked men when he
went in search of his brother who
had not returned home from bis
work.
t Thc exact motive for the attack
nn Robbins has not yet been fully
ascertained.
The men were apparenUy lying
in wait for him the police stated.
active in "killing the
because of “attacks
department 1
SPARTA, Ca.—County commis
sioners of Hancock have tentative-
ly planned to employ a county
demonstration agent.
Well Known Baptist Di
vine Assumes Duties As
Pastor of Prince Avenue
Baptist Church.
Dr, j. J. Bennett, well known
Rapt I* t minister, opened hls min
istry at the Prince Avenue Bap
tist church here Sunday morning
Mp^aklng to a large crowd. ; 5
Dr. Bennett cornea to Athens
from the Jackaon HU! Baptist
church in Atlanta. He was for
many years secretary of tho Bap
tist Home Missions Board. :L
The new pastor spoko Sunday
morning on the text "For What
Have Ye Sent For Me.” the ques
tion asked by Simon Peter when
he went to tho house of Cornelius
who had seen a vision and wanted
It Interpreted.
The message of the new pastor
wax directed to tho members of
the church of which he was be
coming lender.
Dr. Bennett Is recognized ns one
of the south’s leading divine* and
people of Athens nro glad to
» him serve the community nr
pastor cf the Prince Avenue