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perature Friday night.
VOL. 91, NO. 159
Associated Press Service
ATHENS, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1923.
A. B. C, Paper
Single Copies 3 Cents Daily. 6 Cents Sunday.
SEES UTTLE HOPE OF AVERTING COAL STRIKE
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HARDEMAN AND WILKINS WILL
REMAIN AS COTTON RECEIVERS
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Simple Ceremonies Mark
Deposit With State De'
partment of Treaty Rat
ifications By Powers,
(By Associated Press,)
WASHINGTON — The
five power naval treaty
which was drawn at the
s: g r„„,, A rr nl l“«« Grubb u P h»id.!
Sor’pSSreX StCT"? WilS
sj* * *
noon Friday, with the
formal exchange of rati
fications at the State De
partment.
Simple ceremonies had been ar-
r an seed and \vere carried out to
mark the deposit of the ratifica
tions.
Secretary Charles Huphes acted
for thef United States of America;! __
d for ftl * Great' ThP ^
Britain; Andre De Ln Boulaye.l F urt, “'' 1 I» making Ihe rocoJvershfp
rhnrge il'nffniros of the French’ i for over 4,000 bale, of cotton held
embassy for France; Scnor An-' 1 |n local warehouse, following tho
gusti Rosso, charge d'affaires of r-77— rji „ •
the Italian embassy for Italy; and 1 *' l r Barrett ami company
Ambassador Masanao linnihara, I Permnneiit. "ns upheld by Judge
for Japan. Grubb at tho bearing In Savannah
4,000 BALES HERE
IN LOCAL CUSTODY
Only 130 Bales Belong to
Barrett & Company and
Ordered Under Jurisdic
tion of Ellison,
Each of the foreign govern
ments deposited with Secretary
Hughes the ratified treaties and
received from Yhe State Depart
ment i) formal acknowledgement
of the deposit.
The meeting was held in the
diplomatic room of the State De-,to
partment at noon.
Thursday.
Out of a total of 4.836 bale* in
protest ISO were ordered placed
under tho jurisdiction of Roy El
lison. receiver in hanktiptrv for
Barrett and company white the re
maining 4,706 bales were ordered
main In tho custody of J. J.
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Blind Woman Brings Joy to Children
With Toy Dogs She Knits Alone
PREFERRED
AMERICA
(By Associated Press.)
LOS ANGELES—Sir if. T.
opera nn«l vaudeville actor,
Sm.irt, Hritlsh Baronet and a
Comic opera and vaudeville act
or. known profuKxionalty as
Charles Archer, died here Fri
day at the age oil seventy.
lie preferred the life of an
American actor to his Ena lien
title and came to this country
In his youth, remaining here un
til his death.
PERMANENT COURT
RENDERS DECISION
AGAINST GERMANY
MISS ETTA KNOWLTON KNITTING HER TOY DOGS
she could remember as possible.
The fact that the features were
slightly differently only added to
the charm.
It amused the nurse and the
callers'so much she made more
for the sick children'-i:i the insti
tution and then some interested
friend sent a sample of her work
to New York, to tho Lighthouse
Handcraft Shop, where the work
of the blind is exhibited.
Today she has more orders for
dogs than she can fill, though’she
turns them out with amazing
rapidity. *. r .
BY MARIAN HALE
NEA Service Writer.
WORCESTER, Mass.—Some of
the funniest toys on the market
today, and those that afford the
greatest amusement to grownups
as well as children, are made by a
woman who has never seen one of
her creatlpns.
Etta Know!ton of this city is
responsible for an aggregation of
woolly dogs that have an irresist
ible appeal. Some have a. wafegish
tilt to their heads, some look
fierce and aggressive and other-
are cuddly ones that just beg to
be taken home. No two ever quite
alike because the sensitive fingers
get no guidance from her eyes*
Blind since she was 9, Miss
Knowlton had a limited field from
which to select her career. She
became an expert knitter and rugs,
sweaters, wash-cloths and other
knitted articles grew under her
fi Then one time as she lay in »!teach them, or be a nurse that
hospital recovering from an ill- specialized on children s^cases, but
ness, a friend brought her a skein since I can t do that, I find the
of silver-glow yarn that she greatest satisfaction in being able
might knit during her convales- lto Rim ise thorn by supplying toys.
“ “I never make a dog but I try
to visualixc the boy or Kiri who
will get it, ami I always offer up
a little prayer that they may have
the gift of night.” i '
Instead of oome uaeful article. MUs Knowlton la now «lf-.up-
Miss Knowlton evolved^ her fir»>
woolly dog,
Refusal to Allow British
Ship to Pass Through
CanaLNoUJustificil Says
International Court.
(By Associated Press.)
THE HAGUE—Tho perninnenl
Court of International. Justice Fri
day handed down a decision iiRAins;
Germany In the case Involving the
use of the Kiel Canal by Foreign
vessels.
The Court decided that tho s Ger
mans were not Justified In pre
venting the nrltlslt steamer Wim
bledon from entering ihe canal In
1921 during the hostilities between
Poland and Russia and that Ger*
many should give comjiencutlon.
The\Wimbledon case l« the first
In which tho Court has been asked
ender a definite judgment,
i rase grew out. of the refusal |
of Germany to allow tn Welmble-
don, chartered by a French com
pany and loaded with munition?
consigned for Poland .to pass
through the carol.
Germany declared that to do so
would violate her neutrality reg
ulatlnns. She invited that the cast
be submitted to the Court.
ET TU CAPTAIN
Thefro will be lots of tele
phone calls and messages—
and maybe pnskages—for 340
Ml Hedge avenue Saturday, Au
gust 18th.
There might even be a birth
day cake among the good wish
packages and certainly there
will be a broadening smile and
a happy personality In reponse.
What Is It all about?
Captain James William Har
nett. president of the Kiwanls
club, city engineer and a mem
ber of n number of organisa
tions, Is having a birthday Sat
urday. Ho Is as young as be
looks and acts which means
that his friends will wish for
him a long and happy life with
many more birthdays than he
hns already enjoyed.
SAYS GOV. WALKER
Will Be Asked to Draw
Up Budget For All In
stitutions. May Include
Local Citizens.
• Governor Walker's special Ux
commission which win mske an
exhaustive study of the tax condi
tions In Georgia and recommend a
new Rystcm at the extra session
of the legislature next November
will hold a session In Athens, he
stated Thursday.
Tho membership of the.commis
sion will be made known within
Miners And Operators
Unable To Agree; Iss
Discouraging Outlook
Miners Dissatisfied With Operators Stand on
“Check-Off.” Operators Say Union Doesn’t
Want to Reach Settlement. Chairman
Hammond Says Prospects of Agree
ment Are Discouraging. * 1
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK.—-Hope of averting a strike in the H
anthracite coal fields during the coming winter
seemed practically lost Friday, at the close of the
second day of the conference between the operators M
and miners, which ended with both sides completely |
dissatisfied. ,
The United States Coal Commision, which is en
deavoring to avert the strike has practically played
its last card and used every method available to pi c-1
vent the strike and it now looks as though it is sim
ply lip to one or the other side to give in.
rsv^t, I > I Th * representative* of the min.
Kosa look Lawyer 8 (era are not satisfied with the re-
Advicc, Now She Is »p°n»® * h « operators to be
’proposition of the union to akin-
In the City Jail
“What's the use of asking tiro
advice of a perfectly good law
yer if you ain't going to take
it?*' asks Rosa Burgess, n**-
gress. Anyhow Rosa asked
her lawyer for advice and took
It. Now she's in the city Jail
facing charges for resisting of
ficers of the law In the per
formance of their duty.
Rosa would he facing another
charge, that of possessing whis
key If she had not poured It on
the hearth in front of the flro
place In her North Hull street
home, the officers assert. Rosa
was arrested by Officers C. E.
Seagrave*. Hugh Moore and
Kidd Friday morning follow
ing a raid on her house.
The officers say Kosa was
In her house with tho doors
barricaded, as per ndvice of
her lawyer whom. Rosa says.
the next few days and will be com- | told her not to open the doors
nosed of members of the general of her ho die for policemen.
OUT OF *
LOVE
“You’re so much happier if you
are busy all day long," she says.
“I love children, and it was al
ways my dream to do something
j for them. Of course I wanted to
teach them, or be
Ask Requisitions
(By Associated Press.)
COLUMBIA, S. C.—The
attorney general Friday
recommended to Gover
nor McLeod that requisi
tions be issued for Frank
H. Barrett, Julian Bar
rett, Thomas Barrett, Jr.,
and Frank Getzen of (he
defunct Barrett cotton
firm, on charges of ob
taining money under
false pretenses brought t
by a Wagner, planter.
You have tho recorded word of Broadway', «how girl* that Shirley
. Vernon, shown here, is that famous thornughlnie’n prettiest girl.
J She's in the Follies, as her mother, Msrgnret Vernon, was 14 years
, before her. And we'll say Broadway show girls can pick the good
• lookers, too.
Mothers Responsible '
•' For Naughty Children
Secretary Davis Says
That Conditions on Ellis
Island Are Caused By
Criminals There.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON—Replying to Ihe
latest British attack on tho cundU
lions of tho Ellis Island Immi
grant ntation, Hecretnry Davis de
clared that the Immigrant* them-
HflvPH arc responsible for tlio con
ditions they complain of.
This fact Is perfectly apparent
from the report .of Ambassador
Ueddep, recently submitted.
ficeretary Davis stated . that ft
must be borne. In mind that fmml-
grants detained nt the iifand are
law violators. Those Who are en
titled to admission to this country
■re rushed through aa-aodri ka pos
sible.
•ml
evolved ncr iww porting ana is
much like the ones .blind girls her craft.
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When “Junior” Eats Dirt
Mother Becomes Irritat
ed, Child Sees Fun of It
and Repeats.
(By Associated *rsss.)
PORTSMOUTH. En*land.-Chll-
sopposed to be ooffreing from
nervous disorders are often mere
ly naughty. This is the vedict of
some of England’s greatest doct >rs.
In their discussion of one thing
and another In the field of human
weakness at r holr recent coafer-
••nre here, the physicians devoted
quite a lot of (line to bad little
boy* nn.d girls. They agreed that
most children revel in pranks for
the shqcr fun of exasperating their
parents. Sometimes they cut up
and make a perfect nuisance of
themselves Just to attract atten
tion.
The doctf-fs did not Marne the
younger generation for Its miscon
duct. They seemed to think moth
ers are mostly to blame If their
offsprings are naughty. To their
mind. If mother shows she Is dis
tressed and aggravated when lit
tle junior eats dirt, or walks lt»
mud with his new Sunday shoes,
or satisfies some other prankish
whlnf, she can count on it.that
Junior Is going to accept the first
opportunity to do fl again.; The
doctors did not My It would be
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assembly representing farmers,
hankers, manufacturers and mer
chants. It will probably Include
some Athenians. The commission
will hold public hearings In dif
ferent sections of the state.
Under tho governor's plans, the
eomtnlssion which he will nppolnt
will ho Instructed to study first tho
nrtunl revenue needs of tho state
for the nevt ten p years. They will
he asked to draw up a budget
for that period, including In It
sufficient sums to maintain tho
slat" Institutions of all kinds In a
manner at least commensurate
with that of other states.
Then, having provided for oil
reasonable contingencies, and hav*
ing thus formed n definite Idee
of what Jpeome the state will have
to have for ten years to come, they
ill seek to devise a method of
taxation which will provldo this
I Income tn the fairest manner to all
cltlxons, without adding to the al
ready top-heavy burden of 'the
■ owners of visible property.
I It Is tho governor's belief that
I such body, after a careful prepara
tion along theae lines, will be able
to present to the extraordinary
session s plan nf tavatlon upon
I which all the varied schools of
thought ran combine .for the wel-
Tnese policemen possessed _
search' warrant but Hoss. didn’t
care. Hit lawyer had advised
her to keep Vm eul amt she
tried to do It, The door could
not resist the weight of Churlle
Beagruves' body, however.
Kosa poured the whiskey in, L lle nanns oi any group or |
ihe hearth just as the office™ «!94 mutually satisfactory,
broke through the bnrrlrndo
and Into the room and then
nprinkled disinfectant on tho
contraband, the policemen say.
don the ''check-off.” Tho
tors charge that the unior.
termined to ovoid any settlement
except on its own terms.
Moreover, the commission itself,
behind closed doors and with each
party group separately present,
sought to explore new avenues
for settlement and faced a com
plete block. Sweeping aside tho
"cheek-off” and nil other tcchni- '
ealities of wage contracts and ne
gotiations which have been in
such dispute, the commission ask
ed each group to say just bow '
far it would go to join an arbitra
tion arrangement which would let
the mines keep on running aft
September 1, while ail tht
pules were left up to adjud
with the decision rctroactiv
September 1,
John I- Lewis, as president n
chief spokesman for the United
Mine Workers, gave to the com-
misslon what was interpreted as a
flat refusal of arbitration in aaj)
form. Tho operators’ policy ran-
mittoc, hooded by S. D. Warriner,
was prepared, however, to go con
siderable distance with any arbi
tration proposal. The operators, it
was said, would leave every point
unsettled hy such arbitration in
the hands of any group of persons
Plucky Child
Saves Itself
From Drowning
Tho operators said they wotdd
ngree to tako from arbitrato
reduction in (he present wage
seale In the mines and thus leave
the union ayured of at least soma
gains.
faro e.f tho state.
UHSIIiliKflFItllElsil
Education By Southern iBATTLE WITH FUME
Woman, It is Asserted
By Authorities.
(ft” Associated Press.) : i
ATLANTA.—The bequest of
$275,000 to two Georgia educational
Institutions by the late Mrs. Heb
ert J. Lowery wns probably tho
largest endowment ever made by
n southern woman for this pur
pose; certainly It was tho greatest
ever made by a Georgia woman,
8HHEVEPOJIT, Iat.—A two and
a half year old baby of Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Woodynnt. of Car
thago, Texas, saved iilmsulf from
drowning yesterday by rllnxlsg to j
a protruding brick In ■ deep-well
for more than half an hour, ac
cording to word brought hern.
Missed by Its mother, a search
was begun. The child was discov
ered In Its perilous condition nt
the bottom of the well, which con
tained ten feet of water, keeping
Its head shove the surface by hold
ing desperately to a misplaced
brick In tho wall of the well.
The mother climbed down the
well rope and rescued the baby,
who was In on exhausted condi
tion. but uninjured. It Is believed
the tot fell In the well while at
play.
Wilkes County Men
-— I Buy 10,000 Egrjr
Blaze Breaks Out Afresh Incubator Here
After Having Been Ap- wiikM county is making ^ap
parently Conquered Aft-
er Twelve Day Fight.
(By Associated Press.)
SANTA ItAllBA.—Fire fighters
were valiantly struggling to check
in tho opinion of Dr. Timr;iWell j the progress of flames biasing on
Jacobs, president nf Oglethorpe!a twenty mile front In the Santa
University. Itarbaria atlonal Forest near here
Under the terms of Mr*. Low-1 Friday,
ery’s will just probated. Oglethorpe < Heavy winds fanned the embers
University will receive (200X100
Immediately and thereafter follow
ing the fulfillment of bequest* to
relative*, an annuity from certain
securities owned hy the Lowery
estate. The money Is to lie useil
end flames took on the (orm of n
new menace after It wa* thought
that the lira was under control.
When darkness fell Thursday
evening It seeme’l is though the
men had won thei. battle against
aa not forth In the will, to etteb- 1 the ftre. but during the night the
llah the Kmrnn Markham J-ewry
School of li'tslnostt, Hanking. Ad
ministration and Commerce, whilo
a good thing for ivsrentg to snub I the annelates are to he devoted to
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flames made new headway and
Friday morning the fire took on
a serious aspect.
The men have been fighting the
fire fort he past twelve days.
aratfona to supply tin big demand
for baby chicks hy buying from
cofer Seed company In At'iens. a
10.000 egg . Incubator. Another In
cubator of the same capacity was
sold In Wilkes recently. The one
sold by Cofer was purchased by the
Beech Haven Hatcheries
A movement Is on foot In ‘Vllkes
now to put In a 40,000 egg latch
cry. Morgan county haa a largo
hatchery and other countlei In this
section are putting In Incubators.
Director J. H. Wood of tho p uiltry
husbandry division at the State
College of Agriculture state* that
eastern capitalists are planning to
put In a big hatcehry In South
Georgia and reap profits .Georgians
should get and ran get I* they
take advantage e. the tilg Inter
est now fa poultry raising.
Several men In the ocuntfca ad
joining Clarke co-operate to buy Itself are not applied
then Incubators. I charge of reparation annuities.” „
Reparations Commission
Decides That They Have
Prior Claim on All (i
man Possessions.
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS.—Germany’s
using her resources as a goal
for a gold loan has been cousiih
ably dampened since the
tlons commltteo has formally a,ai
ded the German government
tho reimratrons constitute mi prior
claim on all German res-jrces.
The commission decided upon
this action, Tuesday by a majority
vote, tho British delegste abstain
ing from voting, but the announce
ment was not made until That - -
day night that a letter of notifica
tion had been delivered to thu
German delegation In 1‘ari*.
The communication refers to tho
previous letter from the commis
sion, March 27, calling attention to
article 24S of the treaty of Versail
les, giving the nllles a prior claim
on the German government’s as
sets. The letter concludes:
“The fact that the German pu-
eminent has not thought It prop, r
to ask ftfr an exception under that
article makes It necessary for the
commission to msko on express
rcservstlon ns against tho sub
scribers to the loan no less then
other partlos of Ita right of priori'V
against any funds which may he
assigned hy tho Germnn govern-
mont to the payment of Interest
nr inpayment of the capital of
tho loan In question, more partic
ularly If tho proceed* of the loan
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