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rod»t bscribera To Regular Sul THE BANNER-BERALD $1,000 Accident Policy Free THE BANNER-HERALD Daily and Sunday—10 Centa a Week. Established 1833 Daily and Sunday—10 Cent* a WeeK. ATHENS COTTON i Middlina 24Ysfi Previous Close ....... 24>/ 2 c THE WEATHER: Cloudy with no chango in tc 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 .To ■ vTa ■A V t T, t T, * a ^■4 4-4 4-4 4-4 4-4 4-4 *4—4* 4-4 4-4 4-4 4-4 4—4* 4*—4 1 Naval Treaty Effective at Noon Friday FI POWER TREATY MADE EFFECTIVE BY FRI. A .T, i 4 4-4 4-4 |T. ,T, . »*. “ T TT V 4*—4* 4-4 HARDEMAN AND WILKINS WILL REMAIN AS COTTON RECEIVERS m ii crni 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. (Turn to page eight) 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. - - 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 .11 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 (Turn to page eight) 1 'Turn to page eight) 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 >*