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• » • • ; larke County Sets Out to Aid Japanese Earthquake Victims /W Investigate Today! *rf T* Regular Subscriber! the banner-herald (1,000 Accident Policy Fre* THE BANNER-HERALD btOy tnd Sunday—10 Cento ■ Week. Established I83S THE WEATHER Fair. COTTON COO!) MIDDLING .. .. 26 S-lc PREVIOUS CLOSE .. „ 26 12c VOL. 91, NO. 177 Associated Press Serrico ATHENS, OA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1023. A. B. C. Paper Single Copies 2 Centg Daily, f Cents Sunday. y \T y H WITH ITALY Council of Ambassadors Considers Problem. !' French Favor Saving the Leagnc Embarrassment. COUNCIL MAY GO TO SCENE OF SLAYING Embassadors Consider Advisability of Investi gating Slaying of Italian Boundary Commission. GENEVA.—The league of nations has passed the threatening break up by avoiding direct issue with Italy. News of the averted break is very gladly re ceived in Europe. PARIS.—The - Inter-al lied Council of Ambassa dors, after a lengthy ses sion Friday morning ad- oumed until after noon, to await definite word as to I w.helher Italy is prepared to accept meditatori by. the council in the present Greco-Itfdian dispute. All further discussions are contingent upon Italy’s •f*—4*—4* j»-4» 4*—4* 4* , “4' 4* ”4* •fr—*• 4—* •M* 4—4* 4*-4» 4—4* 4—4* • 4*-4* s Quake Tolls Reported Much Smaller ASK ATHENS! 1 ™ IS J! TO RAISE RELIEF FUND Red Cross Committee Here Issues Plea For $500. Must Raise It By Monday.. Athena and Clarka county arc naked to auhacrlba not leaa that •sou to the •1,000.000 Japan/ae ra ttler fund being ralaed by the Amu response. During We morning session the airbaoradoro discussed tho advisa bility of aendlng tho commission to the aceno of the maaacro of the, nlaW' mltiir.B tO COD* llallnn boundary'mlaalc.o to cob duct an lp»*«»lgatlon and report upon th© responsibility of the crime. « FRENCH FAVOR SAVING LEAGUE’S PRESTIGE The French government fauora trying eyery possible ‘"““L? 1 m tiling the dlrpute beta* aPpea Inc to tie league of nation". H I* emphasised that It I””: lion the Irnguei' competency, but trainee that the league, prertlge wouil he greatly shaken If It should fall to aottla tha qa«a*">” and beliaves the supreme tost should ha held from IL. OENBVA—The league of eatloni hn. tahen action which It la , houghl will prerant a break • with Italy such ua waa threatened Thuradny nod Ihua Bare the league from de The leegie recommend* to th Paris couocll of ambassadors the problem of arranging a, baala o settlement of the Italian damam for a 50,000.000 lire Indemnity foi the aldying of Italian official". RESERVE CORFU AFFAIR FOR LEAGUE, The league' reaerves for its nw" action the question of ““l*" orupatlon of Corfu, which la con- _an a _ -l.l.tlon nf A f t lcl.’l tO Ol sldrred a violation nf Article 10 the league covenant. - The league trfua avoid" "" °f« break with Italy.' nnd delayed!"* final reel nf Ua authority and com petence to handle Ilia U u **" on ' 'Torn to pare clghtl ,4 First Bale 1923 ,, Cotton Received In Athens Friday Athena’ ftrat b«le o> «»» »' tqn wa. retired Friday by th. Plnntata Warehouse. U war grown on the fnrm Of W- » Reacbam on the Bpp" "ridgi rend by J. B. Daniel, a colored tenant. Th. slept. will be auctioned off . Saturday morning at 10. •• nt tha Cotton exchange In the Holman building and In «p«t ed to bring n fancy Price »b°n th* market quotation. 'The fire h.i. rthis 1122 cron wan re* hale of the 1122 crop J**» reived hare two week, earlier Thr "Tartu on wtll'ch tht* b*b waa picked given promha ol to rules cot « apiendld yield ihli • 1“ “ „ . .... I. con.Herd lean Red cross, it waa official!) announced "Friday by the director! of the local chapter. Time mean, evarylhlng In rala Inn thla money, It waa pointed oat nnd cltlsens dre requested to aenf In tlulr contribution" In J. L lnexlon at once w- that by Mnnda> local quota will be complete l-the mbney on lie way In rr, jlleve the suffering wrought It earthquake and fire In far awai' ■of^ WfjiS’a fciiik piiMl<ii*r-V*o SUBSCRIBE r may bo called upon to defond their -AT ONOE' ’ cow) tty. i A itat .of’the contributor" wilt b< htuhllahcd in RuhdaV’a Banner- ■ lli.riiM Players and Coaches Will Arrive Over Week End Herald. Id making Ua pled for Athena t* roinn forward dnd raise the min- . Imum of $500 aa lta pert of th (relief work, thef local director. ! stated: {•"To the People of Clarke County: < ‘Tho creatoat oataatrophe in th* world'a history haa fallen upon th« Japanese people. Within a few •hours Ua finest cities have been 'destroyed, hundreds of thousand: of people killed and still greater numbers Injured. The survivor* 'in the stricken' districts are suf* .ferine from hunger, thirst and ex* Urn* For Official Date. [However promptly we may go tc phelr relief, it Is certain that thou; •and* of other* must' dls befori relief can reach" them. That it 1 our duty to give such relief ea w« cab, and as quickly As wa can, t« .those who can be saved, la plain. r " . “The Red Cross has been calle< on to raise not ros sthsn $50b 'lr this community. The manner 1 'll measured not only by the de sired amount being contributed but also by the promptness with Only a few football player* had reported here Friday. Joe Bennett captain, Is rx|»*ct*n on any truth while practically the entire squad will be li rc for the first practice Monday mo- ring. ’ ' . * ' The University la adhering strict ly to the ruling of the 8. I. C. is not beginning any kind of prac. Ilco until the actual date. Work outs under the super visioni of thr dipt iln nnd unofficial coaches tha f,re being practiced by some tearoi .which it Is contributed. In the conference are not O. K-V here so far as the local team is cot.\ corned and it will be'Jdonday morn ing before any men report to Son ford Field. Coach Woodruff arrived her« Friday morning and Coach Thtfin- ns is expected from Chicago hour ly. Htegeman nnd • White and Bnchnmn are here and the * 0, *® w * ing pluyors have shown up, Shad Frier. Rose Pay. Martin Kilpat rick, Jax* Carroll and Som Rlch- WEATHER TOO HOT FOR COMFORT Tho coaches are* hopelng for cool* er weather over the woek end and If. the prea/ent heat wave persiatr , h A’ will be forced to take thing; rather en.y lor . law ddyn British U|> caereix**. l-dama and lm»*(" dual work will feature th* Orvl I-F linya’ work and altar th* ■ Inltla work th* grid Will grt *>W" ■£ hrrd nnirtlcr. .Uinil: work ond .th< developing ol.hoth otl«n»« and do- f 'Th* Unit gam* la pchcdul*d loi the 29th aa ilnat Mercer in Athena Macon Has Same Number Arrests in August 1922 and 1923 MACON.—An onuaual soind- donre In th* police rerainla la shown by tie fact that thenr wore the same number ot awesta In August of this year as In the serm* month last year—3S3. 0 ^*he 3Sj arrests thin Augti*t. JJJ and »T ctmvicteii^^ year and the frnit Is considered *- .j*. ., pmctlmlly out fod nnge r from ’OB nrfnov M^nscj. tlio boll weevil. * month tdtslcu f 1>5S “Ths people of thla county have never walled to be among the flra* to respond heartily to a worth) call, and we hope and believe that our quota will be raised by tomor row. We have been requested t< raise this money hf Monday,morn ing. It Is our desire to forward check tomorrow. # No canvas: should he necessary to raise’ thli money In thla community for and' a purpose, and yte believe that none #1H be necs«sary. ‘. •‘Mr. f. P., Sexton will recelV' (Turn to page eight) Jury -Finds Mintcr Guilty of Murder In Trouton Case , NEWNAN. qiW. W. Mlnlcr, Coweta county planter. Thursday night wa* found- guilty without recommendation of mercy lor thr mnriler of Millard Trouton, hla aon-ln-law. wto disappeared on Friday, Augnat 14, and whoee de- compoacd body waa discovered the fr.tnlwlng Tucaday partly anb- merged in Une creek. A Jury In ths Coweta superior court reached the verdict of guilty at 6:20 o’clock Thuradny night a(2:-r deliberating (or leza than two hour* over the man* ol evi dence sobmlttsS during the day hXareu jgdaa • Od «.^Hoop,Mlntej waa not'II IW 1 **! Cy c{ tho court, gg 11 !*'! -,i" Englishman Offers to Sell Picture of Georgia Foun der; Says He Died At Age of 102. The English newspaper* have evi dently been misinformed about an effort that Is being made to have the bones of James Oglethorpe founder of the ^ate of Georgln. re turned to Athena* for Interment on (he University campus. Severs* weeks ago a story came out of Eng land that such .in-.effect was being made and It waa announced by the Chancellor and Prudential commit* tee that no recent ncticn had be|n taken along thla line. * At a meeting of the Prudential committee Thursday a letter wa* read from an KngUshroan who evi dently would. Ilka, to sell th* Uni versity a picture of Oglsthorpe. IU letter follow*: “4$ LadyamJrle Avenue, Ensl llnm. E. *. 2J-8-23. *Slra: ,7V ", • “f ee* by the titiorilng. for. 9 i ft for ttMfeipar (wlthoqt spectacles) at the sale o Dr. Johnson, li fobniary 1781. It a\ves the date of tils death, SOth June, 1878 at‘^he sge of 103 years, said to be ih* oldest general In Europe. Yours faithfully. FRANK W. STRIBBARD." It Is possible that another Insti tution In Osorgla is looking towan' having the remains of General Og lethorpe returned' to this countr; for Interment In an Oglethorpi shrine hut ths University, if It evet entertained such Idea*, and It la said that d(d at one time and met ob- Jectons In England. Is not contem plating it now, • There , le a memorial to General Oglethorpe in Savannah and thr county of Oglethorpe, adjoinin' Clarke, was namftd f*>r the state*! founder, nnd a town in Macor county bears, bis name’, and thssr monuments, one In stone and the othera a big county, and a , mcI - shipping town, ere said to, be thr only ones of consequence In th* which we respond to this call wil! [state perpetuating hla name and be measured not only by the de- memory. America's Emissaries in Japan Latest Estimate of Dead in Yokohama Placed At 50,000; Tokio 30,000 Counted. TOKIO’S BANKS ARE REOPENING None of the Late Wires Mention the Reported Plague Reported in Yo-. kohama. SHANGHAI. All to- | day’s reports from Japan 'indicate that the first es- Tlilo I, the ofdclal American diplomatic croup In Japan, with which the Slnto Department nt Wii/i liig- 'timates Of the loss of life to I, frantically trying to ie-ea:ibll«h communication. The picture win snapped olioord the Admiral | , .lomorro Kir oni-tK -Incr Presldint McKinley In Yokohama Hcrbcc, at t ho wtleom* for the now II. d. minim r. I-elt lo ricih, and damage uy Lrti in “ fires were the men am Lieutenant commander Ilullna. aralatant naval attnrhe; iloph Wllaon. ihantc d'nffalrei quakes and at the American embaaay; Lieutenant Colonel Chari ra Durnetl. and Cyrus K. Wood*, newly appointed I ^y.^rgerated An Associated ambassador to Japan. BABY CLINIC TO 1ECI1 IN ABOUT INTO, IS BELIEF Pinchot Hopes For Early Settlement Of Coal Wrangle Miners and operators have made I new k-onceaalona which Indicate s posnlblllty of an early settlement of the Anthraeite coal strike. Pin- rhot's nlan la now meeting wjtfc I partial success. * Athens Selected As Urban! HARRjsm)R —m.mt. and op- Community m Southeast orators came nearer to an agree- For Health- Demonstra- ., , n , ... . before. Important conotsalona wer* tion. Is Big Achievement. I made by both aldea and. In fact. ! all rf the principal barriers lo S The vancuard of apeclallata to | n , ulemrnt of tho coal controverar conduct the Uve-year Child" Health • which has abut down the sntbra- Cilnlc In'Athena under auiplcea j r ii 0 mine shavo bean sat aside cf the American Child Tealth Aa-1 p v nrrremem of minora and oper- la expected here within atom, with the exception o| the •he next few weeke, It wee learned . un ion demand for Increeaa In pty Friday. | greater than 10 per cent for dey Dr. J. D. Applewhite, county WO rha In the field end the further The Day’s News League prevents break with Ital Ians and keep* upper hand. Sit uation over Grecoltalian break looks better. Latest reports from Japan former death lolls much exagerat- Agriculture department report! Improvement In agricultural condi tions over thla season last year. Athena Red Cross starts out to aid sufferlnk Japan. Pinchot and mine figures comlru closer together through recent con cessions of miners, and operators Baptist mission houses in Tokio reported destroyed; missionary* safe Oeorgla announces that grid prac tice will start Monday morning Newr York reports that subscrip tions to Jap relief fund hsvc reached $2,00,000. University says It la hot seeking removal of Oglethorpe’s renutise.' health commissioner, stated definite ilmo has been set for the arrival of the specialists who will conduct the clinic but le thought It will bo started within n month, Athens waa oeleten as the alt* for tho clinic after competing with ever IfHrty-two cities in tho south east, the last threo In the race he. tog Danville. Va. Va., and Athena. union demand for the "check ofT system of collecting union dues. It w«s originally proposed that only three clinics be conduct***!, on In each section r.t the coun try. However, the claim of Athene FtNCHOT PLAN PARTIAL 6UCCE88 ’T-'vernor PlncLot’a protracted r %r|„nt to brink'ioperators and miners to an agtocment upon the four nolnts which he tendered aa Charlottesville, i a r .t settlement of the diffi culty. hat! been successful in part he -mrounced. at the concluslnit of executive sessions with them Thirty.- He gave out n summary nf tho situation, upon which Mr. 14*win would make no comment hn which 8. D. Wnrrlner, chair man of tho operators’ policy com- U. S. ’Monthly Report Says Agricultural Condi tions Are Better Than Same Season 1922. (By Associated Press.) ATLANTA. Ua.—General ?grteu!f tural conditions outside the. wheat belt are nppdivntly someWi pt bet ter this season than last according to the monthly agricultural review of the United 8tstes Department grlculture. "The Esat,'the Houth, the Corr Belt, .the Range Country, and thr Pacific Coast apparently show im provement both In position pa t* Mehta and for the outlook for fa! Itgrome,” th* review atatea. •The wheat situation is not to be over looked, however. It Is hn acut« symptom of the general and per sistert maladjustment between Uu returns for labor of country work era and those of urban workers.** Despite bedvy market receipts 01 hogs, prices have made a seasons advance, the review points out more than ■ 48,800,000 hogs went t< slaughter dntlng the past flsca year, or nbout 4,350,00 more then it Press [radiogram intercepted i here estimated the casual ties at Yokohama at 50,- 000. - ■ Eastern News telegram said 30,000 bodies have already been counted in West Tokio. A Reuters dtepatclurafll that all banks gre reopen ing. The Bank of Japan is intact according to a dispatch. It is difficult to get correct pictures of the scene in the ruined zone because of varying re ports. was so IrslHtrnt and the location | n | t t j, e operators were represent* rnmo": M,0 he accptabl*. -FJEf- >*“• *• «“{T hern so admlrahlo that a fourth won created In order to establish one here. Thla was made necesaaty because the committee In -charge of tho rVrmmrmwralth Fund, with which money the clinic Is conduct ed. opened the competition to dtlfi and counties both of a certain When Athens entered the field for the ellnto two of the origins! three tad b«»n selected and both In urban communities This left It up to th© committee, (n fairness, to iiclact a rural commiintt'* for tho third site. However. A then* won out when a fourth clinic wns agfted upon, nutherfrrd county. Tennessee la tho rural communltv In tho Bouthraal whloh will bo a tUo for tho ottor dlnlr. Tho Cnmmonaroalth FubiJ amount, to •BO.UOO.OOO anil la i’ac*I In oondurtln* those ollnlc,. CHARGES VILLA BURNED 20 OCAPTIVCS TO DEATH IWXKO CITV.—The ahootlna and burnlna all** V 200 nriaonora h* the lat* bandit lender VVanelwo Villa in Ohihiud’iia ei’ter tho bat- Ilo nf San Andrea da la Blerm on Bept. «. IMS. la related In n letter.. ed to hnxo left out nil of the de- mnnda for nrbltfatlon of wn(e acalea. Art Masterpiece Back From TTiicf With Death Note RANCISCO.—Th* price- current of dleantlafnctlon which L maetorplcce, “Tht 'Bn- atilt a factor to bo reckoned with SAN FRANCISCO.—T I car old tnmbmcnt of cbrlaL” 0|hk:h wit* etolen rcccnUjr from tho Crocker Art'' GnllM?' al Sacramento, boa botn received by The Son Fran*- claco Call, accompanied by an un- liaocd nolo rondlna :’'GQ'I has for- qlvcn me. You will find my body In Slow lake." Tho pollen department Immedi ately wna notified and a anarch waa made of the taka, which la located In Golden Oate park. Word of tha recovery of tho palntln* also waa aent to W. F. Jackaon, curator ct thn cracker Art Onllery. 'The palntlnx wa* received by The Call In Thunday’s malt. The wooden nnnel of th* picture had been hrok* nbut the painting It- ed by Excelsior, t.-u-tl / Itnry Italian artlat, ,01 *d} ** »» inve«tl*."ttor In Ma>. jt»ry # movement shows more poek, lari and meats but less wheat and cot ton going out of ths country. Stor age stocks of dairy products ant eggs are slightly above the five- year average.' The Index of purchasing *owet of farm products advanced slightl? during July but is still seriously b*r liw par ami tn agricuilutaU ctrcJcr there la a resultant broad umler-' the review atatea. Tha Index ol p rrcbaalng power of a unit of farm products In terms of other com modules la placed at 72 as com pared with 71 In June add with •! In July a year ago. Newspaper Man Dead In Japanese ’Quake NEW ORLEANS.—Charles W. Davis, of Now Orleans, fanner OeorqU was awarded tht* nowajiapor man who was at vari ous time, connected with tho A,- •oclaled Preua on tho Loa Angeles Examiner, lost hla life in tho Japan earthquake, according to word re- calved and sect to his brother •air was ii not harms*. Tha nma- hero. Ha waa connected with -,a tera(«fo<w».:j»*’ wtffcLoi-.aSii fis** fcwtg'SISaBS iiirty day Ih falling first to jer the thirtieth. Tho mora- OSAKA-— nient hnn p moratorium due from Soptrmii Septi * toriurn ta innpllrabplo outsld'- t® 1 xono of tho disaster. Heavy fine* uro provided for profiteers. ^ LONDON—A central newn die- (Turn to Psq* Three) CULLED UPON TO I Contest For Hanford Mc- Nider Trophy Ends Sep tember^ .'loth; Georgia Holds It Now. ! The local.post of tho Am.rir.m Legion, though It locreaaed It* mtmbcrahlp aaveml fold iu»t prlqi to the convention here In loir would like to havo the aflrhjiera- tlon of every ex-aervlco mm In th* county lo the race the Dcp.irt- tnent of (.norgii la makln* to re tain the Hanford MeNIdai n handaome loving cup that 1.1 been dlnplayed heve, for the qrepl eat Inercaae In meroberahip ovei the pravloua year. at th* New Orlton- the first department ft win it. ana on August 15th wax far In the lend for lta retention with a pern ittage an that data of 1JH. Thr n'nrVt! I tmapatins atnte in Afttoc.1 - percentage of M«. <>th cU« with thla Ctn.o o . * wi -v * age trues/ r —