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ti’4 Investigate Today! zOm To Regular Subscribers THE BANNER-HERALD 11,000 Accident Policy, Fres Dally and Sunday—10 Cents a Week. EstaUishad 1830 THE WEATHER Cloudy With Showers. } COTTON i MIDDLING .. .. 2f>Mc j PREVIOUS CLOSE .. „ 2C.uGc I VOL, 91, NO. 174 Associated Press Serrica ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1923. A B. C. Paper Single Copies 2 Cents Dully. S Cents Saadsy. Council Moves to Have Gas Co. Give Better and Cheaper Qas 4* 4*—4 1 4*-4* 4—4* 4>—4* 4^-4* 4*—4 1 4*—4» 4*—4* 4*- J 4* j, 4, V i 4" 4f 4*—4* .T. .f. 4 i i|e. a aji ^ ||g England Warns Italy to Listen to League A Street Scene In Yokohama Japanese City Completely Destroyed. 9 KOKH rats I Nashville, Tenn., Baptist, jllfr T(1 Back From Alliance At u Stockholm, Declares the World Is Tired of War. General Armando Diaz Is Active Head of The Italian Army Stirred By Reports That Italy Will Spurn League Decision, London Sounds Warning. INTERVENTION IS STRONGLY HINTED !*• American Red Cross Is Told 1 That Corfu Casual ties Are 20 Dead and 16 Wounded. (By Associated Press.) LONDON.—Stlrrod by reports that the Italian government has noti fied Orpeca It will Ignore tbo leagu* of nations 'decision on their dis pute qnd that Italy’s representa tive at,Geneva has boon Instructed to abstain from discussing the matter, thcro, (treat Britain had annpu.iced that sho will give e eunco of her support to the league.' Should the league fall. It has boon hinted that Great Britain Is pro pared to take some other action to Bottle the controversy. Greece, however, has accepted the Jurisdiction of tho tnter-nlllyi council of ambassadors In addition to the league of nations and Paris anticipates that the Romo gov ernment will also hoed tho ambas sadorial docreoa. If there are any. Although Greeks attacked tho Italian legation In Athens Mondvy. quietness prevails over the ro- muinimr of the kingdom. Including the Italian occt .ded Isl and of Corfu. The Italian govern ment has denied that It Is occupy ing tbo Island of Samos but It has neither confirmed j>r denied re ports that It la homing the Ionian islands of Paxofs. Jbtlpaxos, and Crphnlonla. CORFU 16 ZONED BY ROMAN INVADERS (By Associated Press.) ROMfi.—New precautionary a - rests have been made on the Isl and of (’Qrfci by the Italians oc cupying forces and the governor has divided the Island Into sones which are presided over by the military; Tho consuls of foreign govern ments residents In Corfu were In formed, Monday by the governor that merchandise on boats In Cor fu before the Italian occupation began, and from thoso boats which the Italians have permitted to dock excepting those of Greece, might bo unloaded. (By Associated Press.) NASHVILLE, Ten.-People the world over are sick and tired of war and the sorrows and sacrifices which It entails. They long for a better clvlliza by enabling nations to dwell aide by enabling nations to dwel aide by side in harmony and good will. Such a development Is not ex pected to come through diplomacy or any other political of*economic channel, but only In the establish ment In the minds and hearts of (Turn to Page Eight) MIL TAX LEVY FOR 1923 IS FIXED BY I IS IN ITALY; Italian Repudiates Recent Statement That v Italy Will Spurn League Set tlement. „• (By Associated Press) counter revolutionary Repub lican movement Is under way In G-re'.re, sajrs a dispatch received from Rome; The movement Is gain ing ground Hesplto drastic meas ures by the government Including tho arrest of all suspecta'and con fiscation of arms. A rigid censor ship Is said to bo plated* oft all ........ •Hattirhrtnrns. Despite a Reduction ity Taxable Values, Rate Remains the Same For 1 Clarke County. Would “Have Gas Co, Pay a Franchise, Tax- and Procure Cheaper and Better Gas For Athens.” OR CITY MIGHT TAKE OVER PLANT “Give the People Better Service” As Regards Gas Is Plea At Preliminary Council Meeting. City Council took steps In. Its preliminary meeting Monday night to havo the Gas Company pay a franchise and procure "cheaper and better gas for Avbaalans" or else stop aside and let the "city ran the plant.” According ia city. Attorney Cui crossloy the Gas Company, recent Here Is a typical street scene In; Yokohama,- Japan's largest seaport, said to have been destroyed by fire and earthquake. Most of tnc houses ar»W flimsy construe iton. piTTEE *ay ft Kloctrk) t Ootfjtany,. < ha, atthlrlwgi a franchise) from tho cltr. ) I rjoan Henry . Cul». .who „.it the matter' to the atten- ,tlon pf council with tho question if tho company has a franchise, declared that It should not only bo made to buy a franchlsn but tp giro the "people better aenrlce." Ths boa;d ot county commission' srs tentatively agreed at the meet' In, Tuesday on a tax levy, for tht county of * mills, for 1,23. the saim as last year despite a reduction In the taxable valuea. rr.ultinx It nearly 9S.OOO.OOO shortage for the j SERVICE treasury. The levy will be officially rttad' { “I, for one,” asserted 'Mr. Culp. BEFORE 8CORE8 CROWDS AT FUNERAL DENOUNCE ITALY (By Associated Prase.) ATHENS.—A violent demonstra- tlnn against Italy took place Mon day after solemn funeral services hod been hc)d In the Csthollc Ca- thcdrlal |nr tho victims of the Cor fu bombardment. The ;rowd burned an Italian flag and. attacked 1 the Italian legs tlon. Athenians Go on Cruise YU Lieutenant Linton Gerdlne. Warner Jones. Joe Reeves, Charlie Hodgson and Roy Dean left Mon day for Charleston, S. C., where they will board tho U. S. naval ship, North Dakota for a two week*' cruise In Cuban waters. These Athenians go as naval re servists and will be In training with the regular forces of the U. S navy. Routine naval duty, target practice and verbal Instruction will i» parts of the program of train ing. Most of these men served- In the navy during the world war. : The cruise .will last two wdeka and those participating will h»ve the. opportunity ,of Flatting some of tho main cities of Cuba and flt the sametime enjoy the water trip. Sawyer. - t* ill iM news of disturbances. A member of the Italian delega tion In the assombly of the League of Nations has authorlxed the league secretariat to deny that Italy had ever officially repudia ted the comyonteiicy of the league to handle the Groco-Itallan dla- ‘The Italian delegailon said that It bellhved that ltoly would be. willing to let a permanent court of Justice determine the petence. The situation. In the two at the next meeting of ths board. The commissioners In agreeing on the F mills levy reallxed that near ly 11.000 lea .than last year and 110,000 lea athan the year before will be realised In tex' money bul they were determined to -get along" on what la realised without raising the llVy. The tgxsblp property of the county fbr »)■ Is 111,949^20.00 snd 4 mills on this will realise 4l»L 749.79 against 9159,919.44 fi r 1922. countries seemed hetter s'thoueh In British circles no resson wst seen for optimism, they holding that the question Is now a proper one for the League of Notions and not a world court. Rome advice, of disorder. In Greece ssld that the tomb of Colonel Gounaris who wa sexecu ted by the revolumolary govern- bond funds. of tho drift ot public opinion. Ncttro Falls Dead As He Pleads Guilty Of Carrying Arms ST AUGUSTINE—When Job® Bell, a negro fisherman, & gouram,court her.™ charge of carrying concealed w.a- pons he fell dead. , RACE FOR CONORE8S PINEBLUFF, Ark.—Colonel John r. Portree, mnnuf.c.orer o^ nar- land County, and Jamee B] lawyer of Lonoke county, vontegr snt. for the Dfmocrollenomlnatlon as congressman from ths sixth Ar kansas district Wednesday. are JP ■neclal Primary bald to ssta-‘ - candidate to succeed the late TAX, ANb SCHOOL LEVIES AbDED , fri addition to ths .9 mills levied by the county wilt be tho 9 mini levied as a stats tax and outslds ol the city of Athens there Is a sphoo tax of 4»'mills, making lbs total levy for those living outside tht city 1714 mills. Tho corporatlot tax for the county will total around 413,00.00 for the year. WHERE TAX MONEY WENT FOR YEAR "am In favor ot either making them buy a franchise and give better servloe or have the city Issuo bonds for the purpoea of building a municipal gaa plant. Tho water works are operated sat isfactorily to toll qpneerned. The city makes a profit and the peo ple get water at a -reasonable rate. Why can't wo run a gaa company In such a way,” he aiked. He salil numerous complaints on ths sor- vlcn had been brought to him. The upshot of tho discussion was tho Instruction that the city attorney and city ongtneer make a n Investigation of tho matter and confer with the Gas Company with the view of getting them to "pay a franchise tax and give better (Turn to Patf.f Eight) The Day's News First Official Steps To ward Realization of Pro ject Taken By City Moii-I ,,,ier " on 0( «"> university of oeur- XT- uc ll". end H. H. Dejarnette of Eat- Dr. McPherson Likely to Be on j New Tax Board Prominent University Po litical Science Professor Slated For Office. Sols Dc Jamette. (By Associated Press.) ATLANTA.—Dr. J. H. T. Mc- day Night. City council Monday^ night au thorized Captain J. W t Barnett city engineer, to ascertain whethei property owner* Broad street onton, either will to members ot Uie biwuImI tnu commission of con sulting members, Governor Walk 1 * er announced. The governor said he would probably be ready to announce the want It widened and paved to th. personnel of the body, which la to extent ot glvlnx a rial* of way forjetady ths statetax problem*' the the work. This action was taken after a committee representing three civic organisations, Chamber of Com merce and the Rotary and Kiwanli clubs with Judge Thomas F. Green as spokesman, had requested such Captain Barnett will report the! results of hla work at the Octobei meeting of the Counc’il. At thii meeting, If the right of way hai been secured, i^ Is probable that Council will call a bond issue foi the purpbse of widening, grading and paving Broad from Lumpklr street to Milledgo avenue. Accomplishment of this work, II was pointed out, will connect the business section of the city with r#c #! d .! rom I th * ^^PP*r Mllledge avenue within . tent puk Twin . sU*icken >Japknese distil^t Pl*re f #w minutes. At the present time The tax payers' money for th*,the number or dead at 500,000 and traffic coming down Milledgo con- ye." September l,t 1934 to Sep the number of homes destroyed .11 th „ corner , nrnr lh „ First tember 1st, 1929 went, in a general 1800,000. It is reported that tnc | ch r i»tl» in church and near the Kirs* way as follows: For the support American consul general to Japan | Methodist church. This congestion y *- 1 — 1 4K “ f J - 111 be eliminated, it is said, if tht of the superior* court, 111,244.8* ils kilted and that offidals of Ja- For the city court. 412.944.44; P»n also died htjh* catastrophe, county property, 9*4,1*2.92. Road I improvements, repairs, 94t.5<4.40 lawful charges, legal iqdebt«dnes: —A— *-/• Of 1 Cl MnLlna, m lotnl etc. 978,951. 84, making a total o 9185,926(77 paid out of the count> funds. In addition to this 4151,431.- 58 was spent on permanent road Improvements This last Item Ip * >nd funds. > Jury duty. In the superior an« city courts, cost the county, In th« first named, 99.152-79 and in thi latter, 92.971.45. The t ot<1 ^ court cost, not including. Justice courts fbr the Jrear aws 924.191.21. Will Ask Realtors To Organize Here At Meet Wednesday J. Clay Mnrphey, president of the cGorgla Real Estate Board, will be In Athena Wednesday and will talk to local rsal estate men ar the Chember qt Commerce at 11:30. It Is understood Mr. Mnr phey will urge organisation ot a real estate board In Athena. - ; . .. FORCED TO (JUIT DOVER, England. — Charles Toth of Boston, who tried to swim the English channel last Tuesday night, was forced to give up after three hours in the water. ‘ ; - * Hi England warns Italy to secept the adjustment of the Italian- Greco break that the League of Nations hands pot, or slse Eng land may be forced to intervene, in the cause of peace. An Italian minister saya that Italy ha* never intended disregarding the settle ment of the international tribu- ight mill tea levy for jdl lain for 1»23, dsspttejF Pin the tkxabls'valiiei he county , , . > Senator: jluHa in! it ^>ee«h at Danieisvtlle lands the work of Congresaman Charles H. Brand of the Eighth District Baptist delegate to the World Alliance at Stockholm, Sweden, offer* brotherly love'as s plan for Internationa! pence. ' A republican counter revolu tionary movement le said to be making great headway in Italy. 'A rigid censorship has been inaugu rated ia couch development* front the knwrledge df ibe world. Broad street project goes through Property on Broad street will b# enhanced In value considerably nn<’ for that reason It la expected tha' owners of property on the streo: will do everything possible u make the right of Way for the elt: ell takes the posmon that th. pro | and h |* , ntoreit |„ g. B .rtl In the extent j a f fB | r , „{ government IN D1ELSVILLE FOR THIS CITY Fill THREITE® ISLE, U. S. CONSUL AND JAPANESE. OFFICIALS KILLED Three Hundred Thousand Homes Have Been Burn ed in Tokio and Yokaho- ma Since Saturday. FOOD SUPPLIES ALL DESTROYED Wireless Message States That Yokohama Still Burns. Horrible Details , of. Great Tragedy. (By Associated Press) Casualties from the earth quake and firo in Japan now total 500,000 and 300,000 house* have been burned, the metro politan police of Tokio esti mate. The liners Empress of Canada, President Jefferson and Empress of Australia are re- poftod to have com* uot of th* tidal wave safely. Rioting has occurred in a number of stricken cities. yijm »L_? Bond Issue For This Pur- n Will Find Easy ng With Aldermanic Board, Members Say. bund Issue la called next month for widening, grading and paving Broad street, two othera In cluding parka and playgrounds will more than likely be Voted upon. Senior Senator in Address to Capacity House Lauds Congressman Brand. Reports Stewardship. (Spec's! to Banner-Hsrald) DAN! El tSVILLB. Ga.~8auato- <lay at the noon tecess hour of / at the noon recess rear ot ho MidlRon county superior, court and wa» atentatlveljr beard by a crewd that overflowed the large court room. Senator Harris outlined briefly hfn record In the Senate since lecteri in 1918, telling of some of ttn bills he had uponiored In be* half of his constituency, his work on tho appropriations committee psrty owner*, to a large Hold the matter ’in their hands. Council voluntarily discussed in preliminary meeting Monday night the .possibility .of i**mng bonds for, a park and playground system and came to the conclu sion .hat If it is asked next .month to, call an election for tho Rroart street paving bonds it will also make provision for voting on park and playground bonds. £puppllman H. B. Haywood brought uo the matter of replacfri.* about right small wooden bridges In the <;Uy with concrete and tlje money t for accomplishing thin, about $6,100 will bo placed In the bond Issue It Is thought. In the meanwhile a committee of cltlxona Is going Into the park and playground proportion thoroughly nnd will have facts on this ques tion for presentation to council next month, tt Is thought. Captain J. W. Barnet was au thorised Monday night to obtain data on t.bo nar kand playground proposition. When Introduptd bv _ Alderman Henry Culp of the Fleet | from 15 ™rthqliako“Mich Ward, tho park end nlvygroutid struck japan the most Tho United 8tates consul gen oral of Yokohama hao been kill ed, saya a dispatch. The death of Prince Masayo shi Matsukata -is reported, snd Prince Shimadzo, formerly of the greet house of 8atsuma, and others of royil blood are ns- ported to have lost their lives. Shocks continue around Kaw aguchi. In Tokio when the fire threat ened the prison, 1,500 inmates Were freed including notorius coommunists. The loss of life in tTok’o alone is estimated as high a, 300,000 by .crm. ro- ports. The flames, from the blazmg capital are visible for 200 mile*. The river Sumida has chani cd ft* course throorvi the It *s estimated that tako two years to rebuild To- klo. A dispatch to Lloyds in Lon don saya it is believed that there has been a heavy lose of life arr-onq foreigners in Yoko hama* J 150 DEGREE TEMPERATURE REGISTERED IN TOKIO Following the earth quake ny refugees di%| of heat and exposure according to witness arriving at Osaka. .A temperature of 150 degrees Farcnhite is registered in many places as a result of the con flagrations. The sufferings^ of refugees from 1 Tokio was aggravated by torrential rains which hava fall en since Sunday night. KOBE, Japan.—Gre.it dmtruc- lion and loss of life has resulted subject was greeted with enthu- Hiastlc remarks by the rnunqll. Every member spoke favorable to Isauance of bonds for this purpose and all stressed,tho need.of such a civic Improvement. j PRAISED WORK j OF JUDGE BRAND In fipnaktiiR of the. work In tha annate, In conjunction with the houaa ot repreientaHv?". ha.prata- «<l the »n-k wf Ju«g« OhalkM/Yl. Brand, rnngretinnan from the 8th district, stating that he found In (Turn to Page Eight) Street Car Service Has 1 jT JT Been Forced to Suspend. Schools Ke-Upen GALVESTON STREETS 1 FLOODED OYRJINi Many Wade to Their Businesses. GALVESTON. T,xaa.—A h«avy downpour which began falling at 5 n'clpcL Tuesday morning has flooded the streets and earned an Interruption of the street ca, messleiu geivin-. Early : morning worketu: Council at prallmlnary nwssloh service. Karly, *K«nln» worketu to tiring about »■ bettor ami »« «ms inrtnl»fg .Wttf forcedjo TAW-vt Jttodl enrollment ts..«, imniuip 4Fn«j dt.rvicd fnr Athens. WadC* * • ’ " ’ .I t pOCtCU- Here Wednesday Official opening of Iho public rchoola will ho held Wednesday morning at I o'clock. tTr'fHn-ry work h*s teen C-o' Ing ot) In the grammar tad Hlah Schools slhco dfondsy. Tho City's Marie Prcvost Not To Defend Divorce: Few Knew Her Wed LOS ANGELES.—Mario Pnv- vest, . picture actress, will not defend divorce action brought against her by H. C. Gerke who charged her with desertion. She entered default on the court rec ords. Few persons, even among her dose and Intimate friends, knew she had been married until divorce bill was filed. Standard Oil Men Escape Unhurt in Japan; 1 Exception NEW YORK.—Officials of the Standard' OH Company have re ceived word that all of Its cm ployese in Tokio "lid Yokoham; with the exception cf one escape, injury in Uiu earthquake disaster blow received In her history Both Tokio and Yokohama art ’ reported to bo virtually in ruins, hundreds of cltlaa and towns on tho izu pnnlnsula havo been leveled by fire and quake, nnd tho iload at the present tlmo cannot bo estl- Yokohnnm Is completely Isolated and Ja declared to havo burre d or be burning. It Is^Ioarned uiat tho chief of police of Yokohama gcnl a'wireless messagi to Osaka ap pealing for help and declaring that “Yokohama Is ft sea of flames." The city of Kobo wag shaken by the tremors antT Toyama was af fected. Tho shocks, accordlne: to reports hero, seomed to have cen tered in the Izu peninsula. KOREA MARU SAFE IN HARBOR SAN FRANCISCO.—-Thi Klsen Kalsha steamer Korea Is safe ftt tho harbor of Yokoha with 2,500 refugees on board, ac- cordfng to cablegram received at the company’s offices here today front, fighiBln in K..b.-. Cx;~muntoa- ttons‘ of all kinds havo boon're opened nn to Numazti. v.'i (Turn to Page Eight.