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THE WEATHER:
Rain Sunday; Fair Monday.
VOL. 91, NO. 225
Aaaodatcd Press Service.
ATHENS, GA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1923.
A. B. C. Paper.
Single Coplea 2 Cent* Daily. ( Centa Sunday.
Trade Month OpeningCrownecpg Success
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Separatists Prepare to Defy Belgium Troopi
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Plan To Intake Town
Of Aix - La- Chapelle
In Spite Of Tr oops
FEDERAL COURT TO
SIBLEY PRESTDING
2:00 A. M. FLASH
COBLEN Z.—Joseph Matfhes, a Separatist
leaded, announced Saturday in what he .labeled an
official communication that it was the intention of
the Separatists to re-occupy Aix-La-Chapelle.
“Wje are planning to re-take Aix-La-Chapelle,”
he sdia in his communication. “And within a few
days otir troops will be marching into the Balatri-
nate and other-of our forces will seize Essen. That
is our answer to Belgium’s action at Aix-La-Chap-
elle’^h'disarming our soldiers and bringing about
our tetreat.”
SITUATION
discouraging
(By Auoclatecl PrtM)
BERLIN—The Bavarian govern*
mint, it, was learned on good au«
thority has sent a letter to Chan
cellor Stressmann demadning the
creation of a dictatorship for the
Reich, bused on the Bavarian mod
el. The letter adds that unless such
n dictatorship is established in Ber
lin forthwith, the Bavarian govern
ment intends to send troops now
concentrated on the Bavarian fion-
tler against the capital.
The announcement was made that
Defense Minister Classier has ©r-
dfred the dissolution of the im
perial Council of the Working
Men’s Societies, an organization
chiefly dominated by the radical
labor leaders.
It was stated that New York’s
appraisal of the mark on the baais
of one and two-thirds, trillion to
the dollar moved j Chancellor
Ktercsemann to convpke a midnight
session pf his rump cabinet, at
which time several emergency or
dinances were proclaimed for the
purpore of forestalling a airallaf
.collapse of the mark In Berlin.
MARK 9TILL
It BA8I$
The government now will permit
payments to V« made in foreign
currencies, although It Is prohibit
ed to specify gold exchange as the
sole medium of payment. The fad
ing paper mark will still rank as
the official currency, and Its ac
ceptance as such is made obliga
tory. - •
It Is also decreed»that foreign
currencirji must be reckoned on a
baais of the official rates of the
Relrch Bank and that the new
Herman gold loan which In the
past few days has been made* an
object of speculation, will hereaf
ter only be bought and aold at the
official rat**. The Reisch Bank fix
ed Saturday's dollar rate at 420,*
000.000,(K>0 marks. /
Bandit Jesse Her
Granddad
.One Hundred and Twen-
. ty-Five Prohibition Cas
es Listed For Trial Dur
ing Term.
TEN FROM - THIS
COUNTY DOCKETED
One Peonage Case From
Clarke on Calendar. Di-
dato and Dominick Not
Likely to Face Trial,
Judge Samuel H. Sibley convenes
federal court here Monday morning
at 10 o'clock and lmmedlatdy af
ter organization of the court triai
of prohibition cases will begin, with
one hundred and twenty-five list
ed for disposition by the court.'
Ten persons from Clarke county
are on the calendar, all charged
I with violation of the.national pro
hibition law in addition to three
other men, Ed and Earl White and
Elsworth Williams, charged with
violation of the national peonage
laws.
The ten ine» from Clarke county
charged with violating the prohibl
tion laws are Fred Flournoy, C. M
Langford, Son Peterson, Ervin
Ramey, Reuben Walker, E. J
Free man, W. M. Msyeon, Ed Sail
ors, Joe and Carl Kittle.
There is very little chance o:
Dominick Dldato and Abe 811ver
stein, Indictdd by a federal grand
Jury in connection with the escape
of Gerald Chapman, bandit, from
a hospital here, being brought to
trial at the November term
court.
These men are in Jail in New
York awaiting results of an appeal
to the Supreme Court from an or
der passed by a federal Judge
which would send them back to
Athena for trial. Dldato and 811-
verstein arc# the men who came to
Athens the day Chapman escaped
and are said to have aided him
mak the plans for the getaway.
And Now They Walk on Water
ATHENS MERCHANTS REPORT UNUSUALLY >
LARGE BUSINESS; WILL GIVE MY
TWENTY DOLLARS GOLD NEXT SATURDAY
A good sized slice of winter weather failed to
keep visitors away from Athens and “Dollar Day,”
opening “Trade Month” yesterday was acclaimed a
big success by merchants taking part in the event.
TVantol *„ I Slorea t00fc 0B the -ppeumne
Dental r.XpertS to I cbaracterlatic of Chrlatmu t-m.
Address Athenians | and rae^hante report unusually
And Students Herel lar *° >ale «- The afreet* wm
crowded with people, most of them
here to trade and take advantage
of the offer of $2500 In prizes which
the trade month organization will
give away.
Strolling, across San Francisco Bay! Sounds inreedible, to be sure. Yet D. .F Sheldon (left), of
Ventura, Calif., and Rev. W. W. Reilly of Wcathervi Is. Calif., are doing it here. Walking tandem in
jvater skis invented by Sheldon * brother, A. N. She don, Ventura rancher* the two men made the trip
from shore to shore. Now they’re getting ready to hike across the English Channel. »
Remember Jerse James, the rob
ber bold? Well, Just a moment.
Mete his granddaughter, Josephine
Frances James. She’s a private
secretary in Kenosha, Wis. Her
father, Jesse James, Jr., is a re
tired lawyer.
BOOTH’S WIFE SAYS
^ LIQUOR WAS PUT IN
HIS-CAR BY ENEMY
Chainiten jof “Forget
Me Not -Day” Here
Announced Yesterday
Chairman, of the six teams
Athens women who will have
charge of “Forget-Me-Not” Day
here next Saturday were an
nounced yesterday by Mrs. A. S.
Barker, general chairman.
The members of the five teams
will be announced some t/me next
week. “Forget-Me-Not” Day wor . _ . — ,,
observed In Atlanta yesterday and T&X1C3D Driver Told, Wife
is being observed throughout the
country next week for the purpose
of raising fund* with which to gfve
relief to disabled veterans of the
world war.
The chairmen of the teams to
he in charge of the work here next
Saturday are, Mrs. Horace Holden,
team number one; Mrs. B. G.
•Peeples, team number two; Mrs.
W. H. Ashford, team number 3;
Mrs. W. W. Crews, team- number
four; Miss Rose Bush, team num
ber five, and Mrs. J. L. Sexton
team number felx.
Prince Gustave Is
Married Saturday
(fry Associated Praia)
LONDON—Before the ancient
altar of the intimate little Chapel
Royal of St. Jamea *Palace. where
many a king and queen have been
married since the days of Henry
VIII, Crown Prince Gustave Adolph
of Sweeden took as his second
bride Saturday afternoon. Lady
Lotiia Mountbatten, niece of the
reigning sovereign* of England.
Says, Someone Was Go
ing to Put Him Out of
Business.
In a statement to The Banner-
Herald yesterday Mrs. Charlie
Booth of 250 Satula avenue charg
es that someone put whiskey fn the
automobile of her husband to “run
him out of the taxicab business.**
Mr. Booth was arretted last weefc
charged with violation of the pro*
htbition law . Officer Hugh M
Moore-arrested Booth after finding
several pints of whiskey in the
latter’s automobile parked on So|-
lege avenue. Booth faces chargee
in city court for violation of
prohihtion law.
Mrs. Booth’s statement follows:
"Phase publish the following:
In regard to the whiskey that was
found In Charlie Booth’s, the taxi
drivers car, I his wife, wish to say
he did not know It was In there:
he had been told that a certain par.
(Turn to Page Five)
Among th« other cases listed fox
trial on charge of violation of the
prohibition law are E. M. Bond,
Morgan; Floyd Evans, Ranks. Per
cy Tampton and Gilbert Little,
Jake Carter and Willie Odum,
Morgan:'Charles R. Massey, Bank*
E. C. Whitfield, Banka; E. D. Bry*
ant and Bctry Jordan, Franklin;
Will Duncan, Banks. Corbitt Jor
dan, Franklin; Llge Walters, Oldes
Walters, Hart; Anna Bell, Ogle
thorpe; Orin Bowers, Franklin; J
C. Clarke, Franklin/ Lee Fowler,
Oglethorpe; Tim Hargrovb Jack-
eon; O. C. Hlppe, Hart; EX Mar-
ett, C. A. Marrett and H. B. Ran-
. doll, Franklin.
1 Jack McDaniel, Barrow; .Elbert
Norton, Banka. Press Parker, Wal-
ton; P. C. Preston, Oglethorpe;
John Porterfield, Wrtw Scoggins
Leroy Scoggins, Will Scoggins
Oconee; Rader L. Roberts Paul B
Williams, Barrotr.
Ben Smith, Banks; Burrell Smith
Franklin. Charlie ’Smith? Ogle
thorpe; Ralph D. Smith, Jackson;
W. C. Aery, Banks; Charlie Ben
ton. Madison; Ben Beusse, Madi
son. J. M. Brown, Madison; rFank
Mobley, Madison; Garvin Wilson,
Madison: Tom and Jesse Howard
P. C. Ruark, W. C, Lovin, Cliff
Power, W. E. Kirby. James Dick
inson, Dave naU, George Rab-
some, Dennis Davie, Greene.
T
NICE IE BY SEC.
MELLON IN REPLY
WELL, WELL, SO
THIS IS
HOBOKEN
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON—In a formal
statement Issued by Secretary
Mellon, ns a reply to Governor
Plnchot of-Pennsylvania, the'com
troveray over the enforcement of
the Federal dry law which
been carried on between the two
for several days, the Secretary of
the< Treasury said that " all per
sons Interested In the enforcement
the ftw will see the futility of
any controversy between myself
and the Governor of Pennsylvania
who la considered a strong aspir
ant for the presidency.
The statement was designed to
serve as a reply to Mr. Pinchot's
most recent letter in which federal
enforcement again was criticized
and, according to Mr. Mellon, in
which Governor Pinchot charged
that the treasury department had]
made “no effort to enforce ths
national prohibition.aAt in Penn
sylvania and* Inferentlally, no e*- j
rious effort generally."
Instead of attempting a detailed!
answer to the various Inquiries of I
the governo , Mr. Mellon said he
purposed to confine himself to "a
statement of the* efforts to enforce
the law that have been made in
Pennsylvania and throughout the
country.* .
At the same time Mr. Mellon went
into the problems which the fed
eral enforcement officials havi .
had to deal with and declared that i f-rretf again with Managing H-
the notation. In ’part, wa, mow rector Meyer of tbe War Flume*
(By Aiiociated Free*.)
.NEW YORK—Deciding that Ho.
boken was not America, an lS-year
old Austrian Immigrant swam the
Hudson River to Manhattan at Vi
frigid-hour early Saturday morning.
The youth, Mnrljnna Strilelch,
walked down the gangplank of
liner at Hoboken last Monday and
started looking for his aunt and
uncle who live in that place.
He could not get'anyone to un
derstand him and after four days
decided that he had not reached
America. He got a glimpse of the
castles across the river and con
cluded that this must be the plade
het sought. He waa dragged from
the river by a tug boat crew, al
most exhausted after he had been
In the water more than an hour.
(NO 10 DEPUTIES
FACE LIQUOR CASE
One of the principal features of
te state convention of the Georgia
Dental Soolety which meets here
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
will be the outside lectures to bo
delivered for benefit of students
and citizens by experts In dentis
try.
Wednesday at 12 o’clock Dr.
Percjf 'H- Row* Boston .Mass.,
will deliver an -address at the State
College of Agriculture; at four
o’clock Wednesday afternoon Mis*
Gladys Eyrich of Jackson, acts*
will deliver an address at the High
school auditorium under auspices
of the P. T. A.
Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock
Dr. Alice Moses of Atlanta will
speak at the Woman's Club build
fng and at 7 o’clock Thursday ftight
Dr. Otto U.* King of Chicago rill
speak at the State. Normal School.
Friday at 9 o’cldck Miss Gladys
Eyrich nmd Miss Verna B. Thorn
hill of Atlanta will speak at .two
of tbe public schools.
Morehouse Parish
• Trials to Betrin
Monday Morning
(By Associated Pross)
HA STROP, La.— 1 The writing of
nnothc-r chapter of mystery of mob
Violence in Morehouse 1 Parish will
begin In the sixth ’strict court
here Monday when over n dozen
citizen, of (hr Parl.h face Jtidg, BARGAINS
frail JL Odum for trial on ml.de-1
meanor charge, growing out of the j Although the
g i;
.Saturday ushered In a chill,
rainy day and early In the morn
ing it appeared that there would
be very little business done by the
business concerns of the city. How
ever, early predictions proved
wrong and before noon the buying
lT’Ktln, increasing in volume) as
the day progresses and cashiers la
most of the store were glad when
darkness brought an opportunity
to rest from a vigorous day’s work.
Not only did the merchants re
port an unusually large amount of
cash sales but “paid” and ’’paid
on account” notations at the close
of day appeared on many of the
business ledgers, indicating that
people are out to liquidate old
debts as well as buy new goods
during the trade month campaign
and take avdantage of the oppor
tunity to win one of the two ma
jor prizes and the hundreds~of
dollars »!n addition which will be
given away to holders of lucky
coupons during theh month be
tween November 3 and December
ATTRACTIVE
ATLANTA.—Sheriff E. S. Garner
of Qwlett county, two of la’s depu
ty sheriffs, Howard Garner and J.
M. Ucmatid, and A. L. (“Red”)
Tosh, an Alleged bootlegger, were
indicted Jointly here Friday by a
federal grand Jury on ft charge of
conspiring to violate the national
prohibition act
Sheriff Garner and his deputies p. P> Richard of Mer Bonne' f _* i
were I'nil'cted aoreral month, ago. T wo mutilated hof ra were found U by otlerln * ot unu " a *l «•-
but the Indictment was qua,Mil t n Lake La Fourche four month, ts. m. . . . . „ .
later and ^Identified a, SSlTEg
ty dollar gold piece to the person
holding the right coupon. There
after twenty dollars in gold wfll
be given away each Saturday at
aetivifiAH tna',L'i •" k* a' ""."HI M»e bargains offered
cttvities of masked bnnsd Inst. by merchants “Dollar Dav” ■«,*
year. The operation, of the hood, very atoriftlv. tha trmto
ed men culminatedI A.gu.t 24 with orgTmm^n JPan. to
»"«!<!•/ during the campaign on.Ta?
here on October 22, when Judge
Samuel H. Sibloy sustained a de
murrer. Tho judge ruled .no In
dictment was not clear and indi
cated how It should have ?*een
drawn. HU Instruction* were fol-j
of the missing mm.
(m Ai-ocfated Press.)
lowed In the indictment relurneJ
Friday.
ib has not previously been In
dicted -n connection with tho cas®,
and tho government action was
taken it was understood in order
J to strengthen tho case. Tosh Is
the principal witness in the caso,
and as a co-defendant his testi
mony Vs expected to carry much
weight.
Attorney for Sheriff Garner and
his deputies requested Judgo Sibley
AMERICA MAY TAKEj;
WASHINGTON. — Tho govern.. lo „ x a hnmI for w . client.. The
mont’a Inquiry Into the advantage* , declined to do so. declaring
of tho co-operative system
marketing ns a means for farmer
relief was carried a step further
Saturday by President Coolidge
who called Into conference C. S.
Barrett of Georgfa, president of
the Formers’ Union and also con*
Peabody Wants to f
See Georgia and
Tech Play Again I
(Bv Associated Press.)
ATLANTA.—George Foster Pea
body of Saratoga Springs, N. Y., a
non resident and (j'fe member of
the University of Georgia board of
trustees Saturday telegraphed
Governor Walker bis congratula
tions on his effort* to have Geor
gia Tech'and the University of
Georgia to resume athletic rela
tions. “I am rejoiced to see you
advising Tech and the ITnlvera’ty
to act sensible Christian,” the
telegram read.
money for expansion of the gov*
ernment’s enforcement unit. In ad
dition to money, however, Mr
Mellon aald tbut "patience, pro
se rvance and united efort are nec
essary to’th* undertaking.”
FSLAI
that tho bond on tho ol dlndict-
ment bad naver/ been aet aside.
‘In * against Sheriff Gamer.
Deputies Garner anj Bernard and
Tosh are tbe outgrowth of an al
leged pact entered Into between
the ofl’cerg and Tosh by which, it
wa ssaid, the elleged bootlegger
waa to be given protection In haul
ing wiihite/ through Gwil ett
county.
LA FAYETTE.—County authori
ties have located relatives of S. T.
Henderson, a stranger in this com
munity, who was shot and killed i
Thursday by James Hlxon, Jr„ •
naar Cedar Grove. A nephew of *
the dead man waa located In New
York and he has been Informed of
the details of the tragedy.
Henderson waa killed by young
Hixon after ho had approached
Mlti Clara Hixon, 18-yearold girl,
in her homo hero and is alleged
to have made advances toward her.
Il’xon, the brother, Heard her
screams and, running to tbe touse,
obtained a pistol and killed Hen
derson. Hixon surrendered to tho
sheriff.
It Is believed In Cedar Grove
that Henderson was of n.isotnd
mind. He spent part of the day
pryor to hla visit to tho Hixon
home in the store of a merchant
and appeared to be In a dazed con
dition.
Corporation.
Tho Georgian explained to thr
president tho progress made in tbe
co-operative movement under the
auspices of his organization and
told the cxetcUve that through co-
operafon farmers can throw off
the present depression In the buy
ing and selling of tjum machinery
and fertilizers and of product*.
He will confer with President
Coolidge again Sunday, when he
will take luncheon at the executive
mansion with the president.
Over 3,000 May Not
Gain Admittance to
The United States
iBy Associated Prsst.)
NEW YORK—More than threr
thousand would-bs-immigra n t* in
cluding 1,36? who cams on the Le-
vlalhsn which arrived Saturday
fWq» England faced deportation t
■Van announced Saturday night ly
Commissioner of Immigration Cur
ran,! who said, yearly quotas of
several countries had been ex-
•“•“d. • I FALSE FIRE ALARMS
Quota, of ,l,v»n countries In. ARE ALARMINO BOMF
eluding Great Britain have ■ been
exausted, Commirslone* Curran
said he had l»****n In Termed by
telephon- by Commissioner of Im
migration General Husband of
Washington. Mr. Curran said he
expected about 2.000 British sub
DESTROYED BY FIRE
THOMASTON, Ga.—The home of
Dr. Lincoln McConnell, former pas
tor of the Baptist Tabernacle, At
lanta, was totally destroyed by firs
here Friday. The entire contenta
of the house. Including a library of
5,000 volumes, tpany handsome oil
paintings and valuable places
furniture wars.burned. Insurance
amounting to 919»dOri waa carried
on the home, the loss smmountlng
to approximately $20,000.
Dr. McConnell’* estate was one
of the prettiest in this section,
many citlssns of Georgia havo been
guests at the home on various oc
casions.
SETTLEMENT. SAID
(ROME. Ga.—This city has been
the victim of at least ono false fire
alarm each .m’ght for at least a
week and on some occasions sev
eral more. Recently there was one
sandwiched In between two real 1
sent back units* fires and the police and fire d**-
some of then' along \rith subject# partment are attempting to find
of oth*r countrie* were allowed trjthe --.er***!* who are responsible
nter under special ruling*. t for the needless alarming.
Reported At While House
That Restrictions May
Force United States to
Remain Aloof.
» (Bv Associated Press.)
* WASHINGTON — Restricfon on
tho scope of tlie proposed expert
committee inquiry Into German ca
pacity to pay reparations may ren
der It useless to proceed with tho
plan in the view of President < GooI»
•dge, as made known Saturday at
tin* white house.
Tne Original American proposal,
ft was declared, was for a "com-*
plete and Inclusive” examination cf
the question and official ndvlcss
thus far received from ab.-oad have
indicated acquiescence n tnat plan.
Press reports of speeches made
by Premier Poincare of ranee have
Indicated a de*’re to restrict the
inquiry, however, and It was point
ed out that tbe Washington gov
ernment was as yet uncertain as to
what its attitude would bo towa.*d
an Invitation to participate unof
ficially |!n a .restricted Inquiry.
2 o’clock boon.
/ The two major prizes are Ford
four-door sedans, one to be given
away to a person inside the city
limits of Athens and the other to
'someone living outside the efty
limits. In addition to the two ma
jor prizes and the twenty dollar
gold piece* each Saturday, two one
hundred dollar bills will be given
ft way at the close of the campaign,
one or person inside the city
limits and the other someone out-
s’de o this city. Four fifty dollar
bill* will be friven away and one
ttn dollar gold piece in general.
Everywhere Blgns and posters
are displayed notifying the buyors
that “trado coupons are gives
away here” and the coupon boxes
Inst night were heavy with the load
of stubs therein, testimony to the
HUccess of the opening day.
WALKllIlST
ON TAX REFORM
. It was indicated (hat In the event
restrictions were placed on the
scope of the expert committee In
quiry which. In the opinion of of
ficials hero, would render its
studies not hopeful of good results,
American participation probably
would be agreed upon only with
the distinct understanding that the
Washincton government believed
from the outset that the effort to
settle the reparations question in
that way would be futile.
Although no steps have been
taken toward selection of the
American representative or rep
resentatives on the committee of
experts, the president has decided
that no member of the cabinet shall
be selected. The statement was
(Turn to p*fe four)
(Turn to page five.)
ATLANTA—Governor Walker’s
memiage to tho Georgia general as-
a* mbly which convenes in extra
ordinary session next Wcdnaday to
consider taxation reforms and fV«
school book legislation will be
specific and In support of to*
special tax commission)* recom
mendation,
Tho chief executive Saturday
night said he intended to deal firm
ly with the* subjects before the
legislature but did not wish the
lawmakers to gain an impreaalqty
that he waq attempting "to die*
late.” The subjects of tax reform,
tax collection machinery and fire#
school hooks demanded he oon*
tinued that he "go straight to the
point’’ and Insist on action. **\
plea for "real statesmanship
and abandont»d of petty pohtiea"
■xpected lo be Included In the
message. Confidence that the M*
sembiy will give “serious coneM*
ration" to the —Tnltimri
of the tax commission was e*w
pressed by the governor, ,
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