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■ff' Investigate Tedsyt To Regular Subscriber! THE BANNER-HERALD (1,000 Accident Policy. Free * 1 ' . . : . • i n \ t HERA Established 1832 ATHENS COTTON: OLD 28! ; NEW ..... 27% THE WEATHER: a tfSl Fair. . ‘V VOL. 91—NO. 181. Associated Press Service , ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 12, 1923 A. a C. Paper Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. E Cents Sunday. ,j_4. "M 1 -I*—* -I*—*!* 4—4* FIRES GLOW AS Over 60,000 Bodies Al ready Cremated,- Un counted Piles of Others Await Their Turn. NUMBERS PREVENT USUAL BURYING Bodies Are So Numerous It Is .Impossible to Go Through the Usual Cere mony. lifetime hud arrived, were entering college and TOK I ,0.—Although cobba.that! 60,000 bodies have been cremated here, the num ber yet remaining is so great, and the -necessity for disposing of them so family, has ordered that the famous and ancient trees of the royal pre serves be cpt for use in the ghastly work of crema tion. Burial is out of- the question due to the vast number of bodies and it is estimated that many days will be required in cre mating. supplies SENT FROM MANILA M A N I L A.—The transport Meiggs nailed from here for Ja« pan, Tuesday with more than ( million dollars worth of supplies for earthquake sufferers. The cargo included $960,500 worth of army goods alone. The balaneo of the cargo consisted of Red Cross supplies. Medical sup- plea sulffieienfc for a population, of 150,000 for two months will be sent, besides sufficient rice to last a city the sise of Manila for a month; -200*000 pounds of bacon, the same amount of benas and Hour and bakery equipment capa ble of turning out .100,000 one- potind loaves of bread drily. YOKOHAMA DEAD ESTIMATED 110,000 ren Doors Welcome Girls to Lucy Cobb Famous Girls’School Opened Wednesday For 1923-24 Term Students, New and Old, Welcomed. To Athens By Dr. J. C. Wilkinson,. Build ings Recently Renovated. More than one southern girl Wednesday morning was enjoying as a reality what had been an ticipated In happy piomente since ■he was big enough to . know of Lucy Cobb—she had entered the doors of that famouli Institution as a student! , Girls, girls, girls, everywhere; some there In their last year, oth ers freshmen. All were in the hap- ers freshmen. * All were 1 nthe hap piest of moods. The big moment The girls were welcome^ tc Athens and Lucy Cobb by. Miss Mil dred Mrtt, president, and Dr. J. C Wlnkinson, pastor of the First £ap- tratlon must be finished. Maly Ann Lipscomb Elementary School also opened Wednesday but the kindergarten will not open untP October 1. The dormitory, occupying the second and third floor of the main have been re-carpeted and not n sountl Is caused by walking up and down the stairs or the hallway. Particularly pleasing ls*_the de lightful atmosphere Of the ^dormi tory; Each room has sufficient windows and the students ge plenty of fresh air. ^Sleeping porch es are also provided. Tho dormi tory Is so arranged that a breett from any direction finds its way in to the building and Into nil thi rooms. .v The homelike atmosphere of the Lucy Cobb Is one of Its outstand ing features. All the rooms nr of the size to which the girls hnvj been accustomed, large, airy. Thr students nre not cooped Up In the Lucy Cobb dormitory. They have all the- freedom that is fqund the usual well ordered home with an atmosphere like that of th< home where the-highest Ideals pre vail. The Mary Ann Lipscomb Elemen tary School has also felt the touch pf the painter and decorator. EflDS LIFE WITH fl BULLET TUESDAY Well Known Cotton Man Becomes Despondent and Without Intimation Fires Fatal Shot RESIDENT HERE FOR 17 YEARS And celling., end woodwork have been worked over. The wall* and ceilings have been done ; ; In cream w|th white woodwork. All the furniture has 1>eeri donfe ovei In old Ivory. Jhe dormitory hull* * of the rooms mwtisgt anfl good-to -that before he left for thw *' * “ he gavr<a cfose friend here the *d- dres| of a nephew In Norfolk, Va. SiW rocm to suit the fancy -'and Impress suitably th« children who occupy them. Lucy Cobb this year dnter* upon What is believed to prove it* most successful, with students from many southern states in’ad dition to Georgia. i F. 0, MILLER IS Legionnaires Send Adju tant to Meet; Command er West Resigns to Re- come Candidate. Coach Woodruff Victim of Thief While He.Sleeps Georgia Football Mentor Robbed of $400 Check, Watch and Several Dol lars Cash Early Tuesday. Prank o. Miller, adjutnnt nt the Allen R. Fleming post of the American Lesion amt general chal. WASHINGTON.—The •»<>*”V 1 . JIfJ.V'rf'thTtopnrtment ’“row- 00,000 dead had been cremated by * . , , ,“ WM n! yttie& an the authorities- in Tokio*»; * *}J mlilnleht to! Septemter 8, the Jsp-1 ronvtn ,| un at the meeting anese minister of foreign . n " airi - Tuesdny „ight En,t Lake -vhen enjoyable outing wan held by said in a -telegram received here Tuesday at the Japanese ombaa-, T»glonn»tr«. sy. The number of bodies 5mi» will un recovered* is probably very great, it was added. The casualties in Yokohama were estimated at 110,000, or one- quarter of the entire population, and many more dead were aaid to (Turn to Page 8lx) “AVOID THE RUSH” Give your business a chance by advertising regularly. Give your advertising) a chance by getting your copy to our composing room lh time to let the boys put thfclr best work into it They can handle a few pieces of list minute copy; But when a score or more chooao to be late at the same time, then It becomes rush hour traffto and.somebody has to scratch grav’d to get under the wire. * ' You know that, rush hour traffic Isn’t half a# aatlafac- tory ae the normal kind. It la tolsrabla because It’s necee- •ary ?. But there are few time* whc.n late advertising copy »• unavoidable. We’ll cheerfully take caro of the rtcMy un avoidable times. But for regular work— The copy that cornea In well ahead of the last call Is pretty sure to get the composing room attention that will give’ It tne. extra punch when It appears In print CALL AD PHONE 75 THE BANNER-HERALD Mr. Miller will go ns ono’ of the regular delegates from the state and the local post will defray his expenses In appreciation of the splendid work he accomplished In connection with the convention and the adjutant’s oflce. llenry H. West resigned as •Poe commander at the meeting Tues day flight His resignation wad accepted. This action was brough* about by the fact that Mr. West has become a candidate for the of* flee of Solicitor General of the Western' circuit *nd It Is the policy of the Legion that when ft mem ber enters politics that he relin quish nil Legion offices. The rule is, however, that nn officer of a post cannot hold a political office but Mr. West thought it best to resign ns a candidate since" he hat (Turn to page Six) / George t'KIrt?’ Woodruff, head foatbnll mentor p» the University of Georgia, Is minus a handsome gold watch. n $400 check and several dollar* cash V’day of ft v,s,t 8 by* ;tgjrg|ar earl*/Stwxdav. Coach WoddruffH ^Visitor np- person E„ H. Dorsey on Milled*© avenue ear ly .Tuesday morning. The bur- ? ;lar In the Dorsey home was Tightened away when occu pants of the hoipw ahroke and found him In a room. The po lice were nqtlfled instantly In that case. The Woodruff rob* Lory wa's not reported until Tuesday afternoon. Coach Woodruff* was the guest at the home of W. W. Crews on Milledge avenue, ft feej: blocks from the Dorsey home. The burglar entered the same way he got Into the Dor sey home, through the parlor window. Coach. Woodruff's trousers. In bis bed room on the second floor were rifled. His, pneketbook was found next Wntog on a chair In the par lor. Mr. Crews was sleeping In another room on the same floor but neither heard the bur- ^Detectives it work oti both cases. Unique Golf Tournament At Cloverhurst Sat. Afternoon Tim golfers of tho Cloverhurst Country cluh will enter a most unique tournament Sautrday n tor- noon when a ono club moot will hi. Pl RcughIy the rules of tho meet are ns follows: 1 Plavers entering must put up deposit before play starts. If grd is turned la at end of gamo money W "' sV obver d 'c«)- muirer; one it is luggesieu m..i ,u. A To ll.) selected at the; be mado up l.y those w club, the club to hi ' J tha cnter ns n o other games are r "g^oles for every shot. ‘ Saturday afternoons 3. The tournament will he a han dicap affair, playing with medal handicap. 4. Prlsea as follows will he of fered: First prise. 3 golf tens for beet net score. Second prise. 2 golf bails. Third prise. I golf ball. The tournament will be played off only Saturday afternoon nnd morning, games will not -be count- It Is auggested that foursomes Remains Shipped to Portsmouth, Va.; Wed nesday Afternoon; N Relatives .Here. Mr. A. W. Brooke, well known cotton man and former "secretary of the Chamber t of Commerce, egd- jed hie life Tuegduy afternoon abput '4:30 by Beodinr ft bullet > through his brain While seated at his In his office on cotton row Oconee' street. Ill health and despondency are ascribed ah tha causes wholly ; unexpected, act. It was known by friends that,he had not been well the-past six weeks, twf of which he had spept at White ? ulphur Springs near! GalnesvlH" h-r only Intimation that he coi templated such a deed Is tho ti with tho instructions that if any .thing happened to notify him. FOUND BY ACCIDENT . •* * Tuesday afternoon Mr. Brooke bat around the various cotton of fices on 'Oconee street, talking With friends and some time around fioui or four*thlrty ’ ho disappeared an«*. went to the office he has occu-' pled for a number of year*. A few minutes later n_ sharp report was heard that was thought to have been n tire blow/nit but which Grandma Gives Up Knitting To Run-a Machine Shop* FRENCH GERMAN MAY STABAUZE PARLEY EUROPE PARIS.—It is thought here that the moment' is fast approaching when negotiations .between the French h’nd German’ governments will be resumed in efforts to settle not only the occupation question but the whole reparations matter. It is said that France will submit any proposals which may be negotiated to England and that every effort will be made to m^ike a settlement acceptable to all the allied govem- 1 ments. Such a settlement would of course have a wide effect in stabilizing European conditions. STRESEMANN ADVISED ! Greek Crisis May 11 Be Followed By Jugo Slav Break ROME.—A new crisis looms over the rupture of the Italic- Jugo-SUv negotiations on the Fiume fltuation. Official action mi tho-situation must be announ ced within five days when the 15 day ultimatum given Jugo-Slavia by Premier Mussolini expires. MRS. MINNA DENNES, GRAND-MOTHER By JD8EPHINE VAN DE GRIFT NEA Sendee Staff Writer The Greek government disclaims all responsibility for the eight men who have been arrested In con nection will he .Tallinn murder*. The men held aro members of the Pan-EplYoto committee 1 , believed to be guilty of the murder of the Italian officials. Thoy aro being held Ip tho Albanian, ail at Janfna. Italian officials have, charr <f that the Pan-iiJnlroto committal an organization* of Greek eg-ot/lc* ! era, wag responsible for the tnwr.a- * Vt,.ii, h .iffl/iint.. lllil 8. Morgan, nnother cotton, man, happened to go Into Mr. Brooks’ of- offlcc nnd found him sprawled on the floor In a pool of blood with f 32 caliber pistol In his right hand nnd a bullet wound through hlr right temple. He was dead. The pollco and Coroner Weather ly were summoned. The verdict o the cofoner’s Jury was that he me! j Pf 11 */ ®_ death by his own. hand. It was NEW YORK—And now that we’ve said good-bye Ip mother/m her way downtown to the office let’* go over in the corner and sit *y grandmother while she knits,., My word! Grandmother Isn’t knitting. As o matter of fact grand- , , . mother Isn't la tho corner at oil. She's, put on hor tlsjdble acrlr shoos proved to hove teen the .hot that , h |M , 0 , ho hot wlh tthe natty quill and gone off to hvae a ended his life. About G o’clock A ;* * ‘ * , - - 1. career of her own. _ . "And she has a porfect ?.'ght to It,” soys Mrs. Minna Dennes, grand mother herself. ’’Grandma has learned to do all aorta of useful things in the home. There ipn’t a reason why she snoiiida t carry them Into tho outside world* and make a career of them.” ' Bv which Mrs. Dennes means machinery., tor unachinery la Mca. Dennes' specialty, tt was even back in tho old days whftt sbo bad only her huaban'd and littlo daughter to think about . Now she sells machinery, is secretary nnd treasurer of hcr cora- iny and is said to have a better knowledge of stationary machinery ... . . . than any man going. Some r.t her achievements will go on record when the New York League of Business and Profeaalonal Women s nted thet earlier In the when the New York C clBIWt Stpt. 24-29. Rlnatlons of Italith officials mi tlm Greco-Altanlan frontier. , Tlio arrest of Colonel Itatsarls, a former Greek officer who Is re tarded hero as the chief organiser of the crime, is consldeerd certain dou he* h'nd'^nieht the pistol with! hold. Its .cooed q.no.ljj^mcnj Acttriuesj which .he fired , the } fatal ,ehot at focal ffimsmlth shop. *- LIVED HERE : SEVENTEEN VEAR8 Mr. Bqgqks.came to Athens aboul 17 years ego and from 1306 untP 13J2i v?as secretary of the Athcn** Chamber of Commerce, fie was at* so for a number of years officially connected w!th the Cloverhurs* Country Club, played golf fre quently and had n large circle o 1 friends nnd acquaintance* here. He was a native Virginian hut had lived and was In business In many dtles.of the country and had nlst spent much time In Europe, IT* as never married* At the time of hfs death he wi» occupying nn aprtment homo of Mr. and Mrs. Cobh Lnmp- kln on Milledge avenue, where hi bfid lived for several years. Mr nnd Mrs.* Lampkln were hfs closf friends and were shocked when ad vised of hi* tragic death. He Is survived by n nephew. Mf A. P, Grice, pref!deat of the C.uoi> ^WITNESSES TESTIFY Weekly Weather Report Fails to Have Big; Effect Bandit Shoots Self When Cornered By Texas Authorities TO STOP RESISTANCE PARIS—Chancellor Sfresemnnn has b«?en Informed that the cos a - lion of resistance In the Ruhr l» the essential preliminary to any Franco-German nrrhr.gemcnt. The statement was mado to the German statesman after he had express ed his desire to open negotiaUonr wkhf* tho French govertmh-nt to bring about a solution of the pres ent reparations question In his con vernations la Berlin with M. Mai gerle, French ambassador to Ber lin. When Germany has ee ive resistance and made : negotiations, France will 'make a settlement that only he r 4 U( areas, but ; th^ repnratl It is indie eh hehlhd-scene efforts nre being made to lish negotiations with Franc terms that vyjll b© somethin, than tho abject surrender de: ed. Parle M. Haguenin, chief of I delegation to the Interdl mission, has left Berlin bearing I “feeler^*, ocoj sources close to tho commUfsion. Despite French intransigeonce. It hoped that dirt < t tu-gntlatlons between London nnd Taris will he inaugurated shortly.. The Day’s News , ; MAnSOALL. T«.—Corhrewl liY Sheriff Sandvrs In the. rear of o lunch room hero Wednesday morn- ft young man about 25 years old, believed by local officers tc have been the bandit who robbed tho Band of Moorings port-Let., ol approximately $5,000 Tuesday, sho’ and killed hirqself. *nty 1 Title *nnd Trufet Company o* Norfolk. Va., and a niece, Mrs George W n * ln k *4 New York. Mrs Waring, Visited him hero lai ’’oSfe'/reiiillV^ * W 1 4 n nknnwi* here. . Ae soon ae Mr. Grice was noil fled of the death of Mr. BroAks he Instructed that he remains b- ,shipped to Portsmouth, Va., for In terment and thl* was done M ?d* nosday afternoon, the body lenv Ing. on the 8eal>oard vestibule from Pernsteln Bros. Funertl Home. Dr E. L. Hill conducted funeral ser vices nt the undertaker’# chapel at 1:45 o’clock. Members of the _ Athena Potto* Exchange acted as an honorary es cort to* the train. The cotton brokerage* and warehouses were closed from 2 until 3 o’clock out of respect for Mn Brooks. The pall bearer* were Messrs. 0. D. Flard’ gin, C»'A« Beudder, 1) P, Miller Gobi. Lambkin. H. TT. Linton, G Crook, VI. B. Cohen, nnd J. J Wilkins. (By Associated Pr^is.) MACON. — Two women wrote letters to the Xu ,Klux Klan they Cotton Market Does Not React to Any Considera ble Extent to Govern ment Report Issued Wed nesday. The weekly (Vreath.r report re- calved hero Wednesday from the testified Wednesday nt the trial of i calved hero Wed a. p * Yarharouah, nllekedl f overnmont ever P. J. Llnnel whin nine tesn ofRThe con-i Co.'s privtto wire failed to cause tents oOlhese letters was net His-j any noticeable reaction in tho cot- tenu or these reuers r £ he i, 0!1 nmrlsl . t , October Intnrmt opend (Turn to Page Six) (Turn to Page Six) ^ closed. Man Disappears On Dangerous Mission Reported naaaHHinntion of Trots ky received Tuesday dealed. ‘vParis has notified Streams on that the first step ho must take toward reaching resuming negoti ations Is to stop nil German re sistance in tho Ruhr. Mr. A. W. Brooks, Athens cotton man, < r plstol hero ‘Tuesday a Lucy Cobb Institute opens its 'doors Wednesday* to large number of students from many states. i.—tL DENVER, Col.—The dl.nppenr- ance of O. B. Metx, 24. aaleamnn of Pittsburgh, Pa., who dropped from light Monday nftrr leaving e not. saying ha was going on a dangerous mission, remained urt* solved Wednesday. Detectives are working on two theories, foul play, and suicide A new crlsiB is threatened o negotiations between Italy t Jugo-81avla concerning Fiume. Tokio lighted by many fires as ghastly work of cremating thous ands of dead goeij on. Weeks will be required to complete the task. • The imperial family orders the famous fore: lH ^ llw tuw . ...... royal preserves cut for Met* wns last seen In his hotel. Hi j VrematHlg. left Instructions that If anythin; should happen to him his persona) affect* should be tent o relatives in New York- One Crop Farmers Out ofLuck; Farm Outlook Bright in Most Every Section NALL COUNTY— • County Agent,Pcrcell atslsted In disposing of three cars of late watermelons for tho farm ers of Hall county. He ha* In^ oculatcd his plft cltals pigs In preparation for the Southeast ern Fair, netting ready to a large acreage to alfalfa and clover this tail. 8TEPHEN8 COUNTY— Mr. Acre<\ held 14 poultry rnllfite demonstratipns, this month. Ho certainly does not bellevo In feeding non-layers. TI «* farmers' rally wee a grand success, 1,500 pretent, 500 of wham were club members. Two of the country home water sys tems planned by Mr. 1 ACree were Installed thl* month. Plans furnished tor two barn* and* one poultry house. BARROW COUNTY— Interest in commercial pearly orchards Is growing In Barrow says County Agent Pittman. -The 3pr!nv pit nted orchard* ha\*3 grown off nf<*n!v and are very gratifying to the owners , flecat enthusiasm In fall-sown elovgrl and other winter le gumes for soil building and a* game* for soil building and Attvf. acreage f* anticipated. PUTNAM COUNTY— Farmefs aro selling surplus dairy cow* at good-prices, two egr* moving this week. County .i* csrs movInE this weex. county Agent Hosch 13 ‘ ^fuming .an other auction ol dairy sows some' time abou tthe last of September: ISO head of se lected -animals will be offered. Tons of annual sweet clover aeed will be planted In Put- cpin this fall for dairy pa«- ture. The peanut and the cot ton crop la Tory good In Put nam this year, but the real in terest Is In the dairy cow with «omo of tho larger land own ers Investigating the sheep !n- duttry. i ^prlrninflg COLUMBIA COUNTY— The bdysejudging te: (Turn to Page Six) ■ tto- - - * " Man thought to be ban robbed Mooringsport bank self .In Texas. Charles Smith, Louisville sup* Intendent of tho Western link Telegraph Company, dies Wedne. day. . Forirettinfr Causes Big Hubbub When a Babe Gets “Lost” PORTLAND, Ore.—A molh.i forgot the color of her baby’.s (Iras* and then things began to happen She had left two children nt a downtown rtursery maintained lr connection with ft cooking school. When she called the babies asked for ono' pink clad and a blue clad The pink dress was located, but nobody vould find the blue one. She screamed. Police headqunrt-r* functioned nnd motorcycle rMer* dispatched In all directions. The Hubbub Increased ns the search began. The mother went hysterically hack to the nursery to, wait. There sfiS E fmir.a^he hafcy ?« white. “Oh yes I remember now," she said. "I put her i