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ATHENS. GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 20. 1923.
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Mary Miles Minter, movie star, following publication of statements
purporting to be her own, admitting her love for William Desmond
Taylor, slain director, has sought the seclusion of Hollywood. So
great was the reaction to the nation-wide publicity she received, that
she deserted her usual routine and now newspaper men " " ' *
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HOTEL FIRE VICTIMS
HD 1 ROMS OF
STRUCTURE MONDAY
Bodies of Seven Women
Who Perished in Wawa
Hotel Fire. Recovered.
Others Missing.
(By Associated Press.)
HUNTSVILLE, Ont.—
The bodies of seven wo
men who met death in the
fire which razed Hotel
late Sunday night were
recovered' from the ruins
Monday morning.
The bodies in most cases
were burned beyond rec
ognition and searching
parties are still working
in the effort to recover
the bodies of three wom
en, thought to also have
been burned to death.
Twenty persona were injured
duiing the fire, some of them
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Senator Harris
Announces Aug.
Speaking Dates
ATLANTA — Speaking engage
ment* for tho last week In August
were announced today by U. 8
Senator W. J, Harris, at his office
here. The trip for that week will
curry him from one end of tht
state to the other. The date* are:
August 288th. Cummtng. Forsyth
county, 11 a. m. and Jeffersonville,
Twiggs county, 2 p. m.
August 28th, Cummtng, orsytb
county, 11 a. m.
August 20th, Hartwell, Hart
county, 11 n. m., and Bowersvllle
3 p. m*
August 30th, CInyton, Rabun
county, 1:300 p. m., and Hlawassee
Towns county, 4:30 p ,m. .
August 31st. Blairs viU«. Union |
county, 10 n. m-« and Young Har* j
rts. Towns county 2 p. m. j
September 1st, Dahlonegu, Lumr
Kin county, 11 a. m. j
(Engagements for next week al- |
ready announced by Senator Har
rls are. . August 20th, Greenville. |
Meriwether county, 10 n. nu and |
Jonesboro, Clayton county, 1:30 p
m.; August 21st, Alpharetta, Mil-j
ton county, 11 a. m-t Auk 22nd, j
Monroe, Walton county, »• m > '
August 23, Soperton, Treutlen
county, 2 p. m. [
Senator Harris Is discussing leg-1
Jslatlon before Congress In hi*
speeches, and giving an account plj
Ui_ ..—....l.hln fnr tho flr«t fftlir :
HURT WHEN 8AFE
SAN .FRANCISCO—For ten
years, William Dunbar perform
ed difficult acrobatic and gym
nastic feats on the stage withoul
one fall. He was mighty proud
of his “perfect record” durint
his stage career.
He retired when he figured
that his calling on the stag:
was too «tann<i iTfflf.* ksKb
Offstage, Fate tripped him
Up.
He fell down a short flight of
stairs at his home, fracturing
his skull, and was rushed to a
hospital in a critical condition.
Spirited Speech Gives In
sight Into French View
of Recent Note From
Great Britain.
(By Associated Press.)
GHARLEVILLE.—His
eyes flashing the spirit of
fighting France Premier!
Poincare, speaking within!
a stone’s throw of the]
place where the German)
■t find her, generals sat and discussed'
the plans for over-run
ning France during the
world war, Sunday deliv
ered a public address
which was mainly devot
ed to refuting the argu
Now It’s Your Turn
To Talk, Senator
(By Associated Press.'
DES MOINES—Charges by
Senator Brookhart of Iowa that
E. T. Meredith, former Secre
tary of Agriculture, while in
office “sat in with Wall 8trest
and helped produce the greatest
panic in farm prices in the
history'of Acrrculturo,” prompt*
ed the latter to instruct his at
torneys to sue the Senator foi
the sum of thirty cents, Mere
dith stated Monday.
He said that the main com
pensation of the suit would b»
to have the Senator to testify
as to the truth of falseness <o
his statements, under oath
Meredith stated that because o!
its source the libel part of th»
suit was worth only thirty cents
Diversified Farming Makes
j* Progress In Northeast Ga.
District Agent Asbury Says
P flPPPWQP FflRi County A *f cnts an d Busi-
L ULILIlUL run ness Men Are Encourag-
BF
BARRETT & CO.
SYSTEM WILL
MEET! TUESDAY
President White Calls
Meeting For Tuesday
Night At 8:30 O’clock in
Georgian Hotel,
mejits advanced by Lordj Considerable Interest Is being
Curzon in the recent Brit- ,n ,f '" n,e ' ,,n ' r
. % , Chamber of i.mmueice whirl
ish note.
Federal Prisoners
Take “Sun Baths”
Several federal prisoners incar
cerated In the Clarke county Jail
“sunning” on the roof of the
court house Monday morning, smil
ing and apparently none the
worse for their detention.
Practically all of these prisoner* . pul °*
ire serving sentences for violation* [ DP Ai«tFQ
Wawa at Lake of Bay;, Americans
their confinment and hence enjoy
all the freedom that tho facilltlei
of the jail allow, including the rooi
of the building.
The premier made little refercnei
to the declarations- of Dr. Gusta\
Htresemnnn, tne new German chan
cellor. In tho ruichstag last week
M. Poincare quoted the Versatile!
treaty as authority for the legality
of the occupation of the Ruhr, cited
figures to show that unemployment
In England had decreased and that
railroad traffic ahd shipping had In
creased since the French entered
Essen, and re'terated* the French
governments earnest desire to come
to dn agreement with the Ilritlsh
rntnvnt on the question in dls- j * n, ** r V**-' 1
President Hugh W. White ha*
called for Tuesday night at th«
Georgian Hotel. The meeting wil
begin at 8 o'clock.
The purpose of the meeting 1/
to map out plans for building a
park In Athens. In the re-organ-
Izntlon of the Chamber of Com
merce when citizens were asked U
give their views on the greatest
needs of Athens a largo number
took the position thnt a public
park and playground system h
needed more than anything else.
It was pointed out that unless
Athens begins now to ’ develop t
public park it will be too costly In
ing Food Crop Produc
tion. Spirit of Optimism
Prevails.
Reports from eight Northeast
Georgia counties indicate that
much progress is being made with
diversified farming, T. L. Asbury,
district demonstration agent, an
nounced Monday.
The county agenta are all actvle
and with the aid of business men
the farmers are being encouraged
to plant food crops for market
and fight the boll weevil with all
their might.
Tlie reports are very encourag
ing and indicate that living condi
tions in these counties will be far
better next winter than existed in
1022
The fu|l report by counties .fol
lows:
Experiments in
Pasture Grasses
, Attracts Crowds
TIPTON, Go.—Experiments In
pasture grasses and boll weevil
After i "calling the hardships suf
fered by the itopultttion of Chnrle-
vlllo during German occupation.
Mr. Poincare related nt length the
various phases of the military op
erations for the relief of the city
and eulogized the part played In
them by the American soldiers un-
’der General Pershini and the clos*
co-operation of pH tne nlllea to
ward winning the war.
“Tho alliance having survived
the war,” said M. Poincare, “th«
poisoning arc attracting many allies might have hoped then thut
farmers to the costal plains ox- the monument which they had
porimont station, near hen?. More erected and cemented with theh
than eight hundred persons were blood would remnin standing
at the station last week and the
total this week is expected to b«
greater.
Terrell, Crisp, Coffee, Worth apd
other adjoining counties are Bend
ing delegations, which also are
visiting the Second District Agri
cultural school.
right, indestructible nnd unmistak
able. But, nations, like men, un*
derstand better the necessity p
unlto during great catclysms and
great crisis than during the dis
comforts of convalescence. Friend
ships which remain sacred through
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his stewardship for the first four. -
year, of hi. term In the Senate.
WHAT OPERATORS ARE FIGHTING FOR
This is a summarized exposition of th4 operators’ side of the case
in refusing the union's demands for enforcement of the checkoff
system (collection of union dues at the mine by the mining com-
pany) as set forth hy Samuel D. Warriner, chairman, of the Gen
eral Policies Committee of the anthracite operators:
1. Nothing that the operators do or hove done (a advanced as
an argument irt favor of the checkoff. There is nd reason justify
ing a closed shop demand tdnee the industry recognizes the union.
2. The experience of those bituminous operators who have per
mitted the checkoff proves that it is not a mean* qf promoting
peace, good-will and stabifity. . . .
3. The assertion that the operators welcome continuation of the
checkoff is disproved by their statements submitted to the United
States Coal Commission, in which they emphatically demand the
abolition of the checkoff. ... , '
4. It would be baneful and not beneficial for the industry if
union membership were a condition of the constitutional right of
every miner to work at the trade.
5. The miners’ union should collect its own dues. .It can as
readily fniance itself as any other union in the country. It pro
fesses to be a voluntary organization and has grown to sufficient
strength and power in the anthracite field without the help of the
6. The operators are advised by counsel that it would be illegal
for them to enter into such a combination or agreement whereby
no one can dig coal except those who contribute to the United Mine
Workers and are members of it. ..... . .
7. The closed shop checkoff runs contrary to the statements of
the presidents of the United States and the federal administration
for over 20 years, and the granting of it would constitute a repu
diation of the Roosevelt award of 1903 and the Wilson award of
This demand has been twice Rejected by arbitrator* accepted
by the union. It cannot withstand the scrutiny of anyone who will
examine the past record and present conditions.
will !i
city.
A large number of citizens In
tcrested In .providing a system of
playgrounds and a public park fo!
the city will attend the iheeting
It Is probable that the meeting
will devote Itself to discussion ol
ways nnd means of building a park
inasmuch as there Is already a een
trnl committee committed to pro
viding three playgrounds for the
city, money for two of which hai
been raised.
Not Conducive to
Church Attendance
H. R. Huff went to church Fun-
day night and parked his Ford
touring car on the opposite side ol
the street and along came a per
son whose conscience Is not sc
sensatlve that it troubles him af
ter taking possession of a thing
like an automobile thnt doesn't be-
| long to him—and that on n Sun-
* day night.
When Mr. Huff came out of i
church nnd started home his nutr
was not to be found and now he
has the police looking for the thief
—and his Ford automobile.
Attorneys Say That Claim
Is Disputed. Fighting Is
suance of Requisition
Papers By Governor.
(By Associated Press.)
COLUMBIA, S. C.—At
torneys appearing before
Governor McLeqd Mon
day to argue against the
requisition of four mem
bers of the Barrett and countyi
Company firm on charges
of obtaining money un
der false pretenses con
tended that the sum, $13,- t 0 0 V^ytew t thi. DO ye»"
>007, involved m the war
rant sworn out by a Wag- 'bounty
ner planter, is really a ..
disputed account and not i ln «p'rt C , 0U t n wo S
a criminal case and shduldl-lairy Herds started nnd four
have been placed before S
the United States district handling now 2,000 pound* ©f
court which has charge
of the defunct cotton 1 sends over trucks for the cream.
firm. 1
AUTO HORN DOES IT
Springfield, O.—Fate's little
trick uncovered a hank defal
cation, closed the bank, prevent
ed a suicide and sent a man tc
prison—all because an auti
horn was easy to touch.
A. If. Penfield. cashier of n
local bank, slashed his wrist*
while seated In his auto In hi/
garage. Unconscious from loa*
of blood, he fell over the steer
ing wheel his weight against
the horn button.
Continued sounding of th<
horn attracted a doctor's atten
tion. Investigation resulted In
the bank suspending. Penfield
Is now in a penitentiary.
THREE MEN CAUGHT
RECENT' RAINS DID
LITTLE DAMAGE TO
Small Crop Damage Re
ported in Nearby Sec
tions. Showers General
Over Neighboring Coun
ties.
Agent Bingham held nine com
munity meeting! with ettendencef
of 1,150 giving detailed inetruc-1 Rain, during the art week were
timo, on fighting.the. boll weevil. „ lrly n „ r thl , „ cllon
Some communities received
Three Men, Brothers.
Held By Police. Believed
to Be Gang That Has
Terrorized City.
With dty weather thie month
and the invasion of the bean bee
tie the market club* have been
having a pretty hard time getting
big loads but |6,000 worth of pro
duce wap sold yin Atlanta and two
new clubs ’hvae been organized to
begin operation* at once. County
Agent Long and the Kiwanls club
a * visited the chee*e factory at Cov- warn farmer* not to relax In the
Purchase of Several Acres; jmrt0 „ and are punning a trip t© right « n the pest. The. migration
Ashburn in the near fuutre. Quite season is now on and entire fleld»
a bit of interest in dairying J*
developing in Walton county.
Overlooking > West Lake
By Dave Paddock Is
Learned Monday.
ELBERT
COUNTY
Opening of a beautiful now rest
dentfal section to he known a* , l# .. _
“Lakewood” Is seen In the pur- The Alfalfa bounty is the
chase by Dave F. Padock of sev- slogan of the 325 farmer* *hd
oral acres of property from Thte business men that spent tha day
Wright, it wns learned Monday. at the College of Agriculture with
The property Is shunted on n County Agent Huie studying a!-
knoll between West take and Mr falfn, G00^ tons O f ( Hmwtone and
Wright's home on Princeton road
(By Associated Press.)
MACON, Ga.—Follow
ing an exciting chase in a
high powered, car, three
local men, believed to be
the gang, which has been
terrorizing this city for
months by whippings and
kidnapping, were captur
ed by officers as they
were in the act of flog
ging two negroes.
The officials stated that
the men caught whipping
the negroes are S. R. Hud
son, C. F. Hudson and J.
B | H me. Hudson, all brothers,
much .tor thn good ot the right,on iand each one bearing a
*“ *“ questionable reputation.
It was stated that the men
have been giving police
trouble for a Idng time.
When ono of tho men jumped
onto the running board of the ne
gro's automobile and commanded
him to stop, the negro stepped on
tho gas and left tho two brothers
nt tho roadside. The white man
in tho car whistled for hi 9 broth
ers to join him, but before they
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euromDn
the boil weevil while others are in
need on shower*. The eectloi
the weet and south of Athens werd
center* of mo*t of the rainfall
while on the east and north th^
week wa* fairly dry.
Toward* Crawford and Lexing
ton It continue* to remain fairly
dry and little complaint 1* to he
heard frpm ravage* of the boll wee
vil.
8ome flections toward* Daniel**
ville are In need, of rain, especially
for the benefit of corn and truck.
Sunday about noon a heavy rain
visited all of the western and
southern section* of the county
rathlng the Oconee river above
the 8. A. L. railway and bearlnr
down stream, flood/much of
Greene and Oconee counties as well
as the southwestern section ol
Clarke. *
Weevil experts state thnt now b
a critical time for cotton am*
are liable to bo Invade din a few
hours, armers are advised to mnk>
dally examination* fut weevils ami
to continue the pse of poleon.
BAPTISTS"®
and overlooks the lake nad
rounding country. It Is considered
n most desirable portion of Mr
Wright’s residential property In
that rapidly developing section ol
Athens.
one car alfalfa seed have been or«
tiered.
MADISON
COUNTY
Agent Gskew reports that dur
ing ugust the farmer* and bu*l-
Mr. Paddock is planning .to la> jness men of his county are going
off the ground*, build terrace* on j to get together and plan a court•
the property nnd otherwise benutt
fy and develop this tract of land
Most of the new home* built In
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Two Main Figures in Coal Struggle
try-wide progreaeive program of
prosperity and go to work to put
it across.
OCONEE
COUNTY
With 85 club boy* encamped at
Snows Mill for a week. County
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CAPTAIN BEUSSE
Athenian Returns From
Several Weeks Stay in
G e r m a n y and Other
Countries. Visited Fath
er’s Birthplace.
Anything can happen In Europe
which is sitting on a volcano, llk**-
•* * T» A „ f to*go off at any time according
New Pastor of Prince ft©ioipwi j- n,Bepsse, prominent
Avenue Church Welcom-
ed. to Athens At Joint
Service.Sunday Night.
A large ernd of Athens Uaptists
greeted Dr. J. J. Bennett new pas
tor of the Prince Avenue Baptist
church with special welcome ser
vices conducted there Sunday
night.
Dr. J. C, WJIkinnon, pastor of the
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On the left is'John L. Lewi*, president of the United Mine Worker*
of America, while on the right is 8amuel D. Warriuer, chairman of
the general policies committee of the anthrarite operators. { These
two men are the leading figure* in the present war between miner*
| and operators.
WHAT MINERS ARE FIGHTING FOR
Following are the summarized demands submitted by the anthra
cite worker* to the coal operators:
1. A new contract extending frbm September 1 for a period of
two years with complete and unconditional recognition of the United
Mine Workers of America in the three district* embracing the an
thracite field.
2. Twenty per cent wage increase in contract wages, with $2
increase for all day men.
3. Uniformity and equalization of d*y rate* and those of all
skilled mechanic*, with not less than 90 cent* an hour as a basis.
4. Eight-hour day for all those working ill and around colleries.
5. Definite standard of 2240 pounds as a standard ton where
coal is mined on a car basis.
C. Average daily earnings of contract miners under normal
conditions to be a basis of pay for men working under abnormal
conditions or on M dead work.
7. Jack hammers and other tools to be supplied free of charge.
8. Minimum rate of 20 cent* an inch for clearing refuse and 30
cents an inch for tpo and bottom blasting.
9. Decision by the umpire within 30 day* on all grievance* dis
posed of by conciliation board. .
10. Employes of stripping contractors to be brought under
general wage agreement a* outlined above. .
11. All Wage schedules to be brought up to date and agreement
to be reached on all new work before same is begun.
12. Enforcement of the checkoff (collection of union doe* at
the mine) by all operators.
Athens business man who, i
son Thomas, returned Sunday from
Germany after a tour of severa!
weeks. . ,
Oerroifrt industry is bumming
German field* ore filled withl ma
turing crops, but German people
are in the most pitiable plight ol
the nation's existence, nccordiiig tr
Captain Beuose. ,
With th* value of the mark de
creasing every day the outcome ol
the situation in that country Is far
from hopeful, he said. piptaln
Ueus.se visited the homo t«»wn ol
his father, Mr. Henry Beusne, who
was an Influential citizen of Ath
ens in his life time and one time
mayor.
HI* father’s birth place wa«
standing, the captain aald, located
In the city of Altona which i;
separated from Hamburg only by
a street. Altona has a population
of eight hundred thousand and
Hamburg one million, five hundred
thousand, he said. While In Ger
many Captain Beusse visited his%
relatives nnd was entertain-d at
not less than fifty family p.irtiet
In honor of his visit.
As nn example of the cheapness
of the mark as compared with th«
American dollar the captain and
his party enjoyed a handsome sult«
of rooms at one of Berlin's finest
hotels for only $1.75 per day nnd r
splendid meal for ssven people cost
only I2.7S,
e captain said that It Is dan
gerous for foreigners to go about
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