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To BefnUr • Today! Subscriber! THE BANNER-HERALD 11,000 Accident Policy Free -HERALD Daily and Sunday—10 Ceuta a Week. Established 1031 Daily and 8onday—10 Cent* a Week. ATHENS COTTON: MIDDLING 25.tor PREVIOUS CLOSE — .. 25 00c . THE WEATHER Continued Showers. VOL. 91, NO. 168 Associated Press Berries ATHENS,,GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1923. A. B. C. Paper Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday. GERMANY IS SEEKING NEW ALLIANCES 4—4* /' 4-4- 4—4* 4*-4* A A T +-4*. 4—4* 4-4- 4*—4* 4*—4* 4- 4* 4- 4 •H 1 4*--4* A A * r 4-4- < 4-4- 4*—4* e l 4—4r - Athens May Hare Big Produce Assembling Plant Here Next Year 4—4* 4*—4* 4*-4- 4*—4" 4*—4* 4*—4* 4* 4- 4»—4» 4.—4* 4*—4* PINCHOT ACTS TO AVOID HARD COAL STRIKE | B H^rolbESEill likes' MEETS BOTH SIDES IN COI DISPUTE GOV. GIFFORD PINCHOT of Pennsylvania has been com missioned by President Coolidge to communicate with both sides in the hard coal controversy in an attempt to settle the differ ences that threaten a strike. His Ultimatum Late Mon-j day Said Coal Strike j Could and Must Be Avoided. CATHOLIC PRIESTS OFFER SERVICES Conference With Opera tors Tuesday Morning and With Mines Tuesday Afternoon Is Plan. PLAN TO PREVENT ANY SUFFERING 8HOULD STRIKE MATERIALIZE NEW YIRK.—Plans for an elaborate organisation to save the eastern anti western states trom suffering In Iho event of Kttspensoir of enlhraclte coal mining were laonchcd by Fed eral Fuel Administrator Wad- lelgh at » conference of tho govornora of eleven stntos, ooal carrying rallroats, ant govern ment aguncles. Tuesday. The plan has two Important phases, vl»: 1. smoothe dlstri- hotlon of the nvallablo sopply. and, 2. an educational campaign to encourage conservation. ATHENIAN WOULD REQUIRE “NUT” TEST FOR AUTOISTS Another Citizen^ Says If Drivers Were Bonded Less Accidents Would Happen, or Manufacturers Should Be Required to Make Cars Geared to Thirty Miles An Hour Limit. “Miss Asheville” to Go to Atlantic City. UPS SUFFICIENT Week-end outings and their toll of deaths in automobilo accidents has net Athenians, among others in this country, to discussing means of curtailing deaths wad injuries caused by the auto. Ono Athenian declares It will not bo long before manufacturers of automobiles will be required to make them so they wont run over twenty or thirty miles per hour unless th woencr or operator has special permit. For Instance, If a man wants to make a Special trip which requires fast automobile running he will have to get a per mit. Another Athenian declares that tho only way to stop .automobile accidents caused by reckless rtrlv- STEADILY DURING to come up to requirement of an- | ~ other Athenian who would huve the j J. S. Moody, PrOCHlCC Ex- state hold an intelligence teat for j pert of Tampa, Fla., PfC- persons wanting permission to op crate an automobile. !> this his Views meet those of leaders In th%« Conference of Motor Vehicle Ad ministrators who meet in Chicago some time in •Setpember to work out safety first laws for eutomo- blllsts and pedestrians. Tho move ment Is being fostored by the .Na tional Safety Council. Tho conven tion Is to be called by Fred M. Rosseland, chief of the public safety division of the National Eafety Council. The man who drive rg car for somebody else must pass nr •'lam ing is to require operators of auto- 1 Ination." said Walter W. Miller, mobiles to post bond eolsl to the | chief clerk of the automobile dl- amount the car oriflnallr sells for. vision of the Illinois Department of and before he Is Issued a license j ^tate. "But anybody can drlvp an, tar* U the operator Is .found gull-1 automobile if he owns it. whothe#[ ty of cAligjng *n accident hi * bond J/19 has ordinary horso so sc oerten •using belted. jha has ordinary horse souse or ’' t Vfvm to .paa« Six) of- 'PAST TEN YEARS IIARRIRBimrl. I’a.—In fort to avoid tho anthracite coal .trike which htl« hern Ihreatehed fur September 1, Governor I’lnchof of t-rnneylvnnln woe Tuendny lo I WhnlpSalp and Rptall fipll- ATLANTA, meet repre.entfttlvee of both eltle. I VV fioiesaie anU KCldll »eil of the conlroverelty, tho sessions mg rlgUTCS JUSt ADOUt with the two aide, to be aeparnte. ' r> n „Kl p j j n Thai Pprinrl The Pennsylvania Governor late UOUDled 111 lllal reriOtl, ‘vali i up i rnn»/n»Min ~ .j Monday issued the equivalent of| gayS KepOrt. ultimatum when he said that' must be no strike, that the public must bo served, and that the miners* must continue on th* Job. It Is for the purpose of pre .Uniting this ultimatum that the separate sessions were planned Tuesday* Referring tq tha anticipated strike. Mr. Plchot said *The altua* of perils can nnd mus* avoided.** ACTION MUST BE 6PECDY There remain only four daye be f.*re September 1, and It la ©%• liected that some hasty action will taken; It Is said In high offi cial circles that the action mur* speedy If tho tragic climax Is be aVertcd, Alter a three hours’ session with unlo.; men late Monday, Governor Mnchot retreated to the aolitudc »»f his executive mansion In com plete—and to use his expression ‘golden” silence. The miners refused . ,, . cent on developments at the meet- (known ss company coal log, saying the governor had re- the average uested|that they be silent. The BY IIARRY B. HUNT WASHINGTON. — How the prices .of anthracite coal have been forced steadily upward for the past ten years, and how these In creased prices have been split be tween production costs, transpor tation and profits, is shown by a statistical analysis of coal costs just compiled by the U. S. Coal Commission. In 10 years both the wholesale and retail price of coal just about doubled. In 1013, the average retail price of stove anthracite in Boston was $8.25. In Washington it was $7.50. Today the prices, respectively, are $15.00 and $15.39. Since 1913 the freight rate from the anthracite field to Boston has increased $1.25 « ton, to Washing- in Klan Leadership Seen By Col. Simmons Emperor Is “Amazed” Over Organization of “American Crusaders.” May Be "New Bed.” HEARING STAYED BY SUPER SEDEIS diets the Establishment of New Enterprise. FARMERS TO KEEP BRINGING TOMATOES Mr. Moody Here to Over see Assemblying of Car- loda of Green Tomatoes to Be Shipped to Fla. KEKI’ BRINGING YOUR TOMATOES Northeast Georgia farmern arc urged to continue bringing green tomatoes to the building on Clayton street, for merly occupied by Johnson’s Billiard Parlor where they aro being assembled for # carload shipment to Florida. .' Ilhough the car must be filled this week you can bring tomatoes Wed nesday and early Thursday. | Athens will have a produce as- renibling plant next year if (enotigh surplus food crops arc grown# in northeast Georgia to justify establishment of such an enterprise, J. S. Moody, produco expert of Tampa, Fla., said here Tuesday. \ !Attorneys to Appo&l tO*tho purpose of overseeing* 6 astern- nouncomont in dispatches from Lit-1 , Pnurf in An ITf bling of a carload of green toma- tio Rock by the Associates Press ( lilgilGr UOU11 111 All LI- .... that Incorporation papers have f or t Keep Jurisdiction in State Courts. been issued for tho organisation of tho American Kmsaders, Col. W. J. Simmona, Imperial mperor of the Knights of the Ka ( » Klan, Monday night, after assert tng that ho waa greatly surpiUid by the report, Intimated that he mw- In this action acknowledge ment by the present administration Judge Grubb Monday granted at torneys a super seders which stay ed tho order addressed to Judgi Howol! Cobb, referee In bankrupt cy here, charging him to have a hearing for tLJ purpose toes which he will ship to his produce house in Tampa for dis tribution. BRITAIN, FRANCE, II German Chancellor Sees Bolshevism For His Land and All Europe If His Regime Fails. FRANCE COOL TO PAYMENT RUMORS Miss Rose Hildebrand, Asheville, JJ. C„ will be “Mina Asheville" at the Atlantic City Beauty Pageant OI the typical southern type. Mist Hildebrand entered the Asheville Times contest nn a dure, and wan from 232 other girls. She Is an art student at Syracuse University. Mr. Moody addressed farmers of the Curb Msrkct and business men in the Chamber of Commerce at 11:30 o'clock at which time ho discussed how to (trade and pack of tho klan that It* reign Is n.xr* iterclning tho “freo" and "Involved"I— . —. - i cotton held In warehouse, here P rod «' > r * hi P"’T nt .“I' 1 “©!“*; lag an end. J cotton held In warehouses here He pointed out that thu In.-or-, following his decision In flavan- porators or the Kruaadera, which, j nnh several daye Mo when he do lt le stated, will be along similar ■ elded that Barrett and company lines to tho order foundod In At- j had title to 130 bales here and or- lanta, are all officer* of the klan In high standing, and all, he stated are frtende and supporters of Im perial Wltard Hiram Wesley Evans. -It mey be," he said, "that theee men are discovering with one of ton In suit to be admlnlatered by derod the remainder of the cot- th ) receivers here, John J. Wilkins and B. F. Hardeman. Tho anner aedeas plea was made after Judge Grubli Issued his order for action on the part of Judge ancient and classy settings that Cobb, the attorney! acting on a GARDENER SPEI E MONDAY P, ) E Greek Official ■ Party Reported Killed on Border jGen. Telini, Major Soort, Chauffeur and Aide-de- Camp Assassinated on Greco-Albanian Border. Dr. J. M. Rcade of Univer sity Introduces Famous Expert. Parks and City Beautifying Are Topics. (he bed upon which they now be la too short for them to stretch and t °Elghtjof ‘the larger coal com- ««**»* *■“» “T** w,,h t r 0 r , US t ' d togi‘t h he7 i /n W --‘. C V» iStfto Th^laeln.lon *Their nroduct is I that the present administration has 1L L^ U 4^n».rn U ?913|£‘rm to' the average price of company more comfortable beds upon wtalc stove coal at the mines was 83J>6. Iieratora who are to meet the eg- Today the_ company quotations are 68.00 to 68.36. CATHOLIC CLERGY PROMISE TO AID A new phase of the situation dr veloped when Bishop Hohnn. of the Catholic dinette of Bdranton ••-illed up on Plnchot at the ex ecutive mansion. Bishop Iloban hat » strong Influence with the work* ,r " In the mines. •Simultaneously Father Curran, n Catholic priest who aided Boose- v **lt In the negotiation years ago, *'a* understood to ba on hla' way lo Atlantic City to confer with J °hn L. Lewis, president of the United States Workers, who lies 111 there. Both these clerics have been men •toned by Plnchot before, nnd It Is hHleved t he may % be Keeking theli ; 'td in keeping the men In the pita T he only announcement Plnchot u, "i)d make after hla ^hree-hom "inference with the miners, ended •'t 5:00 p. m . was: “We have discussed the case of the miners this afternoon, and we •hall resume our discussions at S P- m. tomorrow. ‘’Tomorrsw morning at 9 I am to *«* the opertors.” VARYING PRICES In Boston today, 61 P»y» for 128 pounds of coal. Of this 61. 45 centu represents the sale Pffce at the mine and covers production coeta, land royalties and operators prof it. The railroads get 23 cents of this 61 foe their share in hauling the coal. The remaining 32 cent* went to the local dealer. In New York, where 61 bu™ 145 pounds of coal, the division in 56 cents to the mine operator, 18 cents to the railroads and 26 cent* to the dealer. In Philadelphia the consumer gets 135 pounds for hie $1, ox which 61. 16 and 23 cent* go re spectively to mines, railroads ana dealers. In Washington tho buyer gets 141 pounds of coal and hla 61 la split 68 cents to the mine, 20 cents to freight and 22 cents to dealer. Chicago, being a Freater dis- tance from the anthracite field, pays a greater proportion to the railroads, the Chicagoan getting contention that there was want of Thursday. Jurisdiction In placing any part of the case in any other court other than the state court. He will not stay in Athens until the carload of tomatoe* is assem bled but told the farmrcH just how to pack their produce so they can finish loading the car. , Although several hundred j Warren If. Manning, a landscape pounds of tomatoes were gardoner, city planner and outdoor M°**.*t°™rtom onCI-Af, „„ alJ , fy , r of toton . deeper oi- toe« e ‘are being assembled It. was (nueh of the beauty that surrounds not*enoughfor a carload and far-'the rmni.ouk Hlltmoro estate at men whohavc tomatoes are urgeil i Asheville, N. C., spent .Monday In to bring them in Wednesday and the illy tho guest of friends and to He." , •AaI i T» uiuifii IUU wiiri iu Committee OI Atlanta Bari Judge Cobb. Attorneys W. L. Erwin A Dau/iasI \Tnf flnri John II flam hi a arvitaH fnr Association Forced Not to Accept Howard’s Ex planation. (By Aaaocaitod Press.) ATLANTA. — The grievance committee of the Atlanta Bar As sociation Tuesday afternoon sub mitted • report sustaining the charge* of unethical conduct against Judge G. H. Howard, Ful ton county judge of the superior court, brought by Edgar Latham, a local attorney. The report said the committee was forced not to accept the judge’s explanation of hia meeting with Mr. Latham at which Latham charges Judge Howard proposed a trade whereby Mr. Latham would JMPi jp lereby 51 oniv720’pounds of coni for his |l,(be made solicitor general and split * (Turn to Page Six.) Jfecs with Judge Howard. In other words tho authority del egated to Judge Cobb In determ ining the “freedom” cotton In question should In the lurlsdlctlon court, it Is contended and basing an appeal on this the case will be carried to the U. 8. court of ap- t*eals, the next sitting for this sec tion to be In Atlanta la October. The granting of tho super sod ear by Judge Grubb slays tbe order to ATHENS ON RIGHT TRACK Mr. Moody said that the SP; pearance of the tomatoes brought in Tuesday was excellent and from indications the soil around Athena ia splendidly adapted to 1 •• stated that of anv Of he tomato growing. He stated that hLw ton h * wou|d °p < ' n * n r ° duce »t ft. 0.1. plant in Athena next year but bc- Hi* *55*1 fore doing so would have to be Monday night Kpoko before an ap predative audl< nco at the Cham- l or of Commerce assembly rooms at the Georgia hotel dn parks, play grounds nnd beautifying a city. Mr. MannlnK was not Hero for any tonimerclal purpose and his remarks were received with a preat d«nl of Interest by thono who came io the hotel to hear him. II© was introduced by Dr. J. M. Fteade of tho unlvomity, a personal fore doing eo would have to be pn |, C od U Ihtr.-h^ which hi handle. ThSt tlon with •. few remarks about tho is^armers would havo to plant nii'hin.: of lha Alumni Society of the «rtoi™'"mount. Whether they Unjvrrxlty In ostabllshlng hofe a LONDON.—General Talinl, pres ident of tho commlesloo for the limitation of the Oreco-Albanlan frontier. 8urgeon Maor Soort, tho Generai-e chauffeur and his aide de-camp have been assassinated, saya an Athena dispatch. The Day’s News German, French, English Alliance Favored. NEW PLANT PLAN and John B. Gamble argued for tbe Intervention before Judge Grubb. In the meantime Judge Blanton Fortson has set September 15th next as a date for all parties des ignated as Interested who have not alreadv been made parties to the case to show cause wfe~* they should not be made parties to tho case. A copy of the judge's order Is found in another part of this *»;p©r. Ntw Porta Rica Tax BAN JUAN, Porto Rico — A pro duction tax of 4 cents per hundred pounds on eugar baa bean levied by a now excise tax L*«r which has Just become operativr and .la expected o yield from 1175.0* to 9JOMOO a year for the Insular fvasury. sucCTcdcd in raising what he ex- pects would, of course, depend on the weather and conditions. Mr. Moody declared that Athena js On tho right track in establish ing a Curb Market and encourag ing produce raising. He said he real botnnfcul garden and n,aired those present that If a nullable park sit** were selected here that tfi© shrubs nnd trees would be set Ithout cost to'the dty. Bootleggers Make Their Escape With Booze. Chancellor Strcseman of Ger many In an exclusive interview fa vors a Great Britain, French and German understanding for 'peace In Europe. Governor Plnchot of Pennsyl vania Tuesday waa to confer with representatives of tho two sides in the coal controversy In the hope of working out a plan to avoid the threatened etrike September 1. A great produce aseemblylng could handle large quantities of "->I’’ DiV Read* and Mr. Wanning tnr |, ,„ gn . d for comment©*! * en the variety, next ye||p jf cn)pf BUf _ -• * and shrnbK that grow In produce but the crops must he graduated. That is, certain crops should be maturing at all limes and not a very great surplus ut any one time. of I BATTLES NEG^O CHATTANOOGA—Deputy PM Iff W. C. Williams, of H»nf< Florida, Is under medical ntteni following a battle with a negro a train. He was returning with the negro handcuffed from Him mond, tnd- when, grabbing the of -fleers pistol the negro . shot th< deputy through the log. dived through the window, and In hi IP at large. Williams "waa also hurt Jty flying glass. r rqto. Hr. Ren do stating that fn n Hfiicle afternoon's Rtroll around Alhcnn ha had noted more lhr*u 150 varlofles. Mr. Manning said h© recounted over ? © In n ! *ln:;|p dnv’s ride nnd stroll tround Atlnntx He further s»*»*'‘d thrt the «tnte« of Cjcorcla. Alabama nnd Florida possessed every rosevrro needed tt» iy»nstltute nn empire, Goorgfa ftirnlHhlng the rlimatn. Alabama the roal. Iron and such erpdprts. end Florfdn a long Mm •p«i Ltpxtlcri fUrngfa-, r j+, ,. 3f:oomfcfcY* Htaivd i M<v, Mknninr A ^hhhwaFCRCrithe 'rllihate i-pf entire A’orth America, wltbthb possible (Turn to Pace 8ix) French Say That If Ger many Contemplates Pay ing, Regular Channels Should Be Used. LONDON.—Dr. Gustav Strese- ninn, the Gorman chancellor.- ln- torvlowoil In Berlin by a special correspondent of the Dell, Graphic Is quoted as haring said: "If my government falls, accom plishing nothing, then I shall pit haps bo tho last -burgorllch- chan cellor of Germany. It may bo tho end. If that happens It will bo more of Europe than of Germany which will succumb to Balshevlsm.” Dr. Stresemann, advocated a triple understanding among 1 Franco, Great Britain nnd (Jer- j mnny. He said such a gonernl agreement was the only thins that could possibly bring pence to Europe. Then, commenting on the i food problem, tbe chancellor said: i "If we can keep the people fed perhaps all will be &ell, hut. wo i have not got tho food. Although there nro millions of tons of fresh meat In Germany we have not th. money to buy It from the American owners.” r . JPARIFj—Iluraors from various sources that Germany Is preparing to open direct negotiations with Franco for p. settlement of tha reparations situation were treated with great Indifference In official quarters Into Monday where It wa« said that there was only one nerlous way ofo opening negotia tions. and that was for one of the parties to address the other through , regular diplomatic chan- nela. Until this la dono the French foreign office will remain skepti cal of any othor signs of Germany's Intention to talk. Participation by German manufacturers and Indus trial lenders In the Franco-Belgian administration of the Rhineland and Ruhr railroads, which It ha« been reported has been suggested by tho son of Hugo Stlnnes. who would act aa the representative of the Gorman Interests, is regarded hare a« a 8tlnnes dream. Herr ,Stlnnes alone, or even rep resenting all the Industrial lead ers of the Ruhr, It fa contended here, could not furnish the assur ances tho nance require*. Premier Poincare des're* to deal with those who nre responsible for all of Ger many, a high official said, and If planes nnd his colleagues want to end th© occupation of the Ruhr they enn help best by doing their share to aid tho DcrJIn government pay reparations. A super sodeas delays action In hearing In phase of the Barrett and Co. case. Bootleggers mako get-away with $90,000 worth of whiskey from government warehouse. Athens noy Seouta.^re waging i campaign against the moaqulto. hr. J. M. Krafka of the University faculty and Dr. J. D. Applewhite ora to sneak to the Scouts at the City Hall Tuo-dsy night WHY IS THIS A GOOD TIME TO ADVERTISE? At this season of the year the alert merchant faces his big importunity. If lie waits, the public will wait—so rar as -his store bt concerned. Hut it own't stand still. It will turn elsewhere. Trading habits are being re- daily. 1‘hc nc*t few months will determine what direction they are to take. Such n time as this is the chance to make new frienda and rt-iifw old f riendahip*. Alert store-keeping—which in cludes. alert advertising—will pav big dividends just now. The public doenn’t care much for the store that wears cob webs. Nothing but old friend ship holds trade for such a placet And old friends die off. The newr friends come from the readers of newspaper ad vertising. New buyers are daily grow ing up in Athena. Young people growling up, new peo ple coming to town. Man, of iho old. old buyers ere Xrad* ually passing out of the Mar ket. GET IN TOUCH WITH THB NEW BUYERS IN ATHENS, j