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Vol. 101, No. 235.
Arms Conference Adjourned For Ten Days
PLANS ARE RUSHED
10 ADVANCE FUNDG
One Billion Dollars to Be
Advanced to State and
National Banks.
RGIA IS AFFECTED
GEO el
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According to President’s
Plan Money Will Come
From R. F. C.
WASHINGTON,—(#)— dovern
ment and banking = officials hur
ried to transiate into actual dollars
and cents for depositors Monday,
presdent Roosevelt’s plan for ad
vancine approximately $1,000,000,000
on the assetg of cosed nationa and
state banks.
The immediate federal job was
completing oragnization of the de
pesiy lquidation division of the re
construction corporation which was
designated by President Roosevelt
to stimulate the distribution of
frozen bank assets. The RFC will
supply the funds.
The president, in announcing
Sunday night ereation of the depo
sit liquidation board, named C. B.
Merriam, RF'C director, as its head.
Other members wera Jesse H.
Jones, RFC chairman; Undersecre
tary Dean G. Acheson, of the treas
director; J. F. T, O'Connor, com
troller of the curremcy, and Wal
ter J. Cummings, chairman of the
Deposit Insurance Corporation.
“The objeet of establishing this
deposit liguidation divisions and
trying to stimulate the distribu
tion of frozen bank assets,” the
President said in his announce
ment, “is: first, to place money
in the hands of depositors with tha
east possible delay, and secend, to
bring about more orderly liquida
tion of the assets of closed banks;
this will. prevent dumping of as
sets at sacrifice prices.”
AFFECTQ GEORGIA
ATLANTA —(#P)—Georgia bank-
Ing authorities estimate depositors
in the state will receive approxi
mately $500,000 under President
Roosevelt’s plan to distribute funds
of banks which ecannot reopen.
R. E. Gormley, state superinten
dent of banks, said Sunday night
he had not been notified officially
of the requested information about
the banks in the state closed since
January 1,
There are only six banks in
Georgia which have not been re
opened and the estimate of SSOO,
VOO they are expected to receive
Was based on a repayment of ap-
Proximately .50 . per cent.
AR L A
Escaped Stockade
P P |
risoner Captured
By Police Sunday
Marie Webb, who escaped from
the city stockade several wgeks
480 was recaptured Sunday by Po
licemen Smith, Wood and Corneli-
Son. She was originally arrested
;: a charge of idling and loiter-
Gean Jackson is being held in
”"‘A city jail on a suspicion of
theft. Seven grrests were made
OVer the week-end for drunken
ness and eight for disorderly con
duct. Four arrests were made for
traffic violations. 1
_Arvell Meeks and Men Davis.{
~ were remanded to the state |
'formatory in Milledgeville Mon- |
day morning by Judge Henry Tuck
'l‘r ,:”‘. juvenile court. These two}
'OV%, arrested along with Aaron
Rowsey, Joe Scroggins and Junior |
;\ndv!‘sml on charges of b‘ieaking%
'rmf’ and robbing the Webb-Craw- |
ord “Wholesale -Grocery company,
Are old offenders, it was said® thei
lmh"k' three boys were found delin
luent and put on probation. |
\" ecil Davis, Carl Hendricks, jr.,
“¢d Hendricks and Harold Webb,
:l"‘!:wml on charges of petty thiev
h:\i Were found delinquent by
cUige Tuek and also put on pro
FIREMEN KEPT BUSY
SUNDAY BUT FIRES
DO LITTLE DAMAGE
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The Athens Fire department was
‘alled out three times Sunday to
that did only slight damage,
The department was called to a
Small fire that slightly damaged
Vout six bales of cotton on Broad
Street across from, the '¥. M. C. A.
“rly Sunday morning. Sunday af
“rnoon the department was called
' Hampton Court to a fire which
lamageq slightly a car belonging
10 Mrs. Walter Hodgson, Sunday
lght the firemen were called to
‘45 Hiwassee when a ¢an of gas
‘ught on fire near , Davis' store.
There was no damage. ‘
Monday morning the Fire de
"artment answered a fire call on
Hill street where a car belonging
“ Howard Johnson was °slightly
dfilu;tged. 4 J
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
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lured Paul Siple, famed Eagle
Scout of Erie, Pa., to his second
voyage with Com. Richard E.
Byrd, but his heart stays in
Pennsylvania. The reason is
Miss Ruth I. Johannesmeyer, of
| Meadville, above, who has given
| out the news of their betrothal.
They will be married when the
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| NOREOLK, VA, —{#&)—. Rear
)Admil‘:i] Richard E. Byrd and his
| party of polar explorers completed
fpl:ms for their projected trip to the
}Am;n'ctio regions Meonday with
>houl‘ty farewells from two nations
il'ing‘ing in their ears.
| Byrd himiself wals confined to
his hotel by illnesg Sunday during
‘,“Xercis@s held in his honor follow
ing arrivAl of the steamer Jacob
'Ruppert, flagship of the Byrd ex
pedition. His voice was carried to
them, however, along with that of
speakers in Washington and in
London.
Admiral Byrd plans to fly to
Panama and there join the ships
which have as part of their cargo
three planes to be used in flights
of exploration over the south-polar
district.
IN HOSPITAL TOCAY
NORFOLK, Va,—(®P)— Rear Ad-,
miral Richard E. Byrd, the ux,,ma-.}
er, is confined to his bed at a ho-|
tel here Monday suffering with an|
acute attack of laryngitis and ;:Ml—‘
eral pherangytis, it was :mnmmved{
by Dr. Guy Shirey, physician
with the Byrd Antarctic expvdi-!
tion, |
Telephone officials said the wire|
from the hotel had been cut. |
“If his condition has not im-J
proved by this afternoon,” Dr. |
Shirey stated, ‘I expect to call ini'
other physicians for a consulta
tion.”
He expressed the belief, however,
that Admiral Byrd’s illness, which|
Sunday night prevented his ]wr-g
gonal appearance on the stage for|
farewell exercises at ithe Nuv.\‘i
yard, would be wel{ cleared up|
by Monday night- “and he’ll be able |
to sail on the Jacob Ruppert Tl]PS‘}
day.” |
TODAY'’'S BEST
HUMAN INTEREST
STORY
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ATLANTA .—(P)—The strain
on the trousers was too great,
so a prisoner in the city jail
is alive today, his third at
tempt at suicided unsuccess
ful.
First, police said, the prison
er, a Negro, employed a pair
of suspenders, but they were
not strong enough t 0 support
his weight. A passing police
man took away the Negro's
belt, which had been fastened
around his neck and to an iron
bar.
Undaunted, the prisoner,
charged with being drunk and
disorderly, removed his trous
ers, fastened one end of them
around his neck and the other
to an iron bar, The trousers
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| Talmadge Was Without
| Authority in Quster.
;CASES CONSOLIDATED
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| Impeachment Said to Be
{ Only Possible Way to
Remove Officers.
ATLANTA . —(®)—Georgia’s con
|stituion provides methods of re
imoval of public officers—including
,impeachme{xt—and Governor Tal
| madge was without authority to
’remove members of the Publie
lServico commission, the Supreme
| Court was told today as argu
lments opened in four cases grow
ing out of wholesale dismissal of
| commissioners.
{ The caes of four former cOm
missioners—the fifth did not go to
court—were consolidated for argu
ment and A. A. Marshall of Mon
tezuma began arguments on behalf
lof. Jule W. Felton.
Marshall claimed that the state
constitution provides the only
method of removal of public offi
cers—impeachment. ;
, He cited n umerous court decis
ions in suppori of his contention
that “where the constitution pro
vides a method of'removal, that
method is exelusive and the legis
lature cannot change it.”
Marshall said that where two
methods seemingly exist to remove
an official, the constitution pro
vides for such methods. He said
tthe constitution makes specific
'provision that the governor may
|arbitrarily suspend from office the
| state treasurer, or th comptroller
*general.
| Felton(‘% case coming to the Su
|preme CBurt after efforts in the
i]ower courts to oust his successor
ihad failed, was directed against
{Ben T. Hulet of Atlanta. Walter
1le)oxmld of Augusta brought sim
{ilar action against Tobe Daniel of
| LaGrange; James A. Perry of At
{ianta, sued Jud P. Wilhoit of War
[rnton, and Albert Woodruff of De
:mtur brought like action against
‘(;norge Goode of Carnesville. Perry
|T. Knight, fifth member of the old
{ commission, has not filed suit. |
| Another case involving a dispute
{over a state office—the chairman-.
!ship of the highway board, hasi
[heen docketed for Wednesday in
{the supreme court. J. W. Barnett
lof Athens is seeking ouster of J.
[J. Mangham of Bremen as ohair-‘
i man. |
| A five-judge Supreme Court |
!|will hear the argumeénts in the{
iT‘.arnet-t case, as Justice R. C.]
{Bell disqualified himself on the|
"ground that he is a son-in-law ofl
Former Commissioner W. C. Ve
|reen of Moultrie, who was oustedl
lat’the same time as Barnett, ‘
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IMERCHANTS HERE
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‘been. received by melrchants in
Athens, to be filled out and mailed
back to the President so that a
check may be made on the results
the of the recovery program.
Seperate returns from each fac
tory store, office and mine have been
asked, so that results in each state,
county and city may be measured.
The cards ask for the name of the
concern, its. location. (City. and.
state), )its nature, and the princi
pal kind of products sold or pro
duced or the service rendered.
Thus it will cover every sort es
pterprise except fgrming and
households with domestic Servants.
Seek Comparison .
The important things for the
desired check are the comparative
figures showing the number of em
ployes worked during the pay per
iod ending nearest June 17, 1933,
‘and during that period ending
‘October 14, 1933, and during that
period ending October 14, 1933,
and the total amount paid these
employes in salaries and wages
during the same pariod, The last
item to be filled out is the length
of the firm's pay period. Boxes
labeled one week, two weeks, half
month, and month are furnished
for the employer to check, and
should his. pay period be any other
than those four there is special
dotted liné on which he puts it
down.
The cards are sent with envel
opes which addressed to the Presi
dent and which are to be returned
as soon as fil'cd out. No postage
need be paid on them.
ACCIDENTS TOLL ?
ATLANTA,—P)— Twenty per
sonsons were killed in accidents in
the south the pasi weekend. Motor
vehicles fl imed 17 vietims and
Athens, Ca., Monday, October 16, 1933.
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gins Mobilization Under
~ Newton D. Baker.
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| WASHINGTON—(P)—Every citi
| zen today was called upon by
;l’r(-sidont Roosevelt to support
Ey)rivuto charities relieving human
| distress.
| His appeal from the White
' House Sunday night opened the
four weeks mobilization for hu-
Em:ln needs under the direction of
Newton D. Baker, former secre
]tm‘_v of war. Mr, Roosevelt said
the government’s promise to let ng
one starve was “predicated on the
assumption” that every individual
iwoulll “continue to do his or her
| part.”
i The president described those
|who would put all relief work on
the government and “deny the
!(‘i\'i(’ responsibility of the individ
lual” as “buck passers.” He added:
’ “The overwhelming majority of
'the American people understand
cleraly that it is first the duty of
the individual and the local com
‘munity to do all they can tomain
tain relief and welfare; that it is
fthon the obligation of the state
government to supplement local ef
forts and that finally, if all this
pus together is not sufficient,” the
federal government stands ready
to help.
“T ask every citizen to give his
or her support te the community
chestes and to othepr organizations
that raise funds for the regular
welfare services—bodies which ex
press the instincts of charity, of
humanity and neighborliness. They
are an essential to the whole Am
erican scheme of life.”
TWO ARE KILLED
: AS PLANE BURNS
CLARKESVILLE, Tennessee. —
(AP)—William T. Murray, Nash
ville transport air pilot and Harr»
P. Lyle, former Clarkesville phar
macist, were killed Monday in a
leap from their flaming plane nea’
here.
The men were enroute from ths
Clarkesville airport to Sky Harbo
near Murfreesboro.
About a mile from Clarkesville
the plane’s motor began to miss
persons in the vieinity said, and
then died, and the ship was seen
to cateh firve,
Both apparently were killed in
stantly. Murray’s parachute appar
ently failed to open. . Lyle did not
have a parachute. ;
Science’s Varying Estimates on Size
Of Universe Range All the Way From
76 Quintillion to 1 Septillion Miles
By F. B. COLTON
Associated Press Science Woriter
WASHINGTON, —(#)—How big
is the universe? Anywhere from 76
quintillion miles to more than one
septillion miles across. These are
the smallest and larges{ estimates
in official figures issued Monday
by the Smithsonian institution.
No one knowg for sure that the
size of the universe can be meas
ured at all, for it may be infinite in
extent, but two famous astroncmers
believe the theory of relatvity
shows it has limits and have un
dertaken to calculate its size.
The estimate of 76 Quintillion
miles (76, plus 18 ciphers) is that
of Dr. William De Sitter, noted
Dutch astronomer, while the figure
of one' septillion (114 plus 22
ciphers) is credited to Dr, Edwin,
Hubble, astronomer of Mount Wil
son observatory. Caifornia. If Dr.
Hubble 1s right, it would take an
air plane flying 100 miles an hour
Mrs. T. W. Reed Is Slated
For Highest State Office
After U.D.C. Convention
Annual Session of Georgia
- Division Opens Here
Tomorrow.
PROCRAM COMPLETE
INo Opposition Seen For
Athens Woman, Now
State Vice-Pres.
Mrs, T. W. Reed of Athens is
glated to be elected president of the
Georgia Division of the TUnited
Daughters of the Confederacy which
meets in annual session here to
morrow,
Mrs. Reed, now first vice-presi
dent, is also, president of the Laura
Rutherforqa Chapter of Athens and
will preside at the welcome eve
ning here Tuesday.
Mrg. Reed will succeed Mrs. Iz
zie Bashinski, of Dublin, the pres
ent president.
The opening session of the 38th
annual convention will take place
Tuesday at 8:30 p. m. Mrs. Reed
will deliver the introductory re
marks and addresses of welcome
will be made by Mayor A. G.
Dudley, Mrs. J. C. Hutchins, Mrs
Julius Y. Talmadge and Professor
P. F. Brown.
Mrs. Oscar McKenzie of Monte
zuma will make the response and
Mrs. Mildred B. Rhodes of Athens
will presen the division president
Mrs. Bashinski.
One of the features of the open
ing session will be an address by
Dr. S. V. Sanford, president of the
University of Georgia.
The sessions of the convention
will continue through Thursday.
William E. R. Byrne of Charles
ton, W. Va.. president-general of
the United Daughters of the Con
federacy, will speak on the first
night's program.
Mrs. L. W. Green of Moultrie,
at present editor of the organi
zation, and Mrs. Frank Dennis, of
FEatonton, présent third vice-pres
ident, are both running for first
| vice-presidet.
| Mrs. Frank E. Matthews of At
lanta, record of crosses of military
service, apparently ig slated for
second vice-president, and Mrs.
M: M. Jordan of Tennille, for
inthird vice-president,
. Mrs. John Lawrence McCord of
Atlanta, publicity chairman, ap
pears to have the inside track for
divigion editor, and Mrs. Otis L.
Chivers, corresponding secretary,
for crosses of military service.
Mrs. C. S. Hodges of Bain
‘bridge, president of the Bainbridge
chapter, and Mrs. Howard McCut
cheon of Atlanta, president of the
Fulton chapter, are candidates for
auditor,
The .other officers hold for an
othey year. |
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Etfie Mapp Killed
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In Auto Accident
Sunday Afternoon
Effie Mapp, colored, was killed
Sunday afternoon when the car
she was riding in was struck by a
car driven by Norman Keller, on
the Hull road several miles outside
of Athens. The car in which she
was riding was driven by her
husband, Cody, and was hit when
it made a left turn from a side
road.
A coroner's jury found the acci
dent unavoidable. No arrests were
made, ‘
Cody Mapp was treated for
bruises at a local hospital.
There were fsur other ambu
iance calls Sunday; three being
for the transference of patients
from the hospitals, and one emer- |
gency case, James Dunaway.l
Smithonia, who was brought to
the General hospital after an at
tack of acute appendicitis. 1
more than one quintillion years to
|cross the universe.
l These estimates of the size of the
luniveme are part of the Smith
| sonian physical tables, a collec
tion of up-to-date facts about
Iman’s . knowedge of the physical
iunLVerse, issued from time to time
'by the institution ag a standard re
!ference book for scientists. This
|vear’s issue is the first in 14 years.
| Whatever *he size of the uni
|verse may oe, its countless stars,
‘suns and words are built up out of
‘electrons and protons, the building
istones of atoms, totaling ten plus
|7B ciphers. This ig the estimate of
| Sir Arthur Eddington, noted Brit
iiSh-'f astronomer, included in the
tables.
| The temprature out among the
' stars, where man has penetrated
!only by anamizing the stars’ light,i
is estimated in the tables as near
the limit of cold—three degrees
above absoute zero, which is the
Lucas and Mclntosh
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~ Resignations Go in
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Effect Immediately
ATLANTA, Ga.—(AP)—Gover
nor Talmadge Monday made the
resignations of H, T. Mclntosh
and Arthur Lucas, members of the
iboard of control for eleemosynary
institutions, effective immediately,
and named Mrs. William T. Hea
iley of Atlanta to succeed Lucas.
The governor said he would
’name a successor to Mr. Mclntosh
later in the day.
~ The action of the governor came
‘while Mr. Melntosh was attending
‘a meeting of the finance and eXe
cutive committees of the board of
control at the capitol. Mr. Lucas
was due to attend the meeting,
but the board said he had been
prevented from doing so by ill
ness.
Mprs. Healey, prominent Atlanta
woman and prohibition repeal ad
vocate, took the oath at the gover
nor’'s office Monday. Her commis
sion was dated as of Monday.
Resignations of Lucas and Me-
Intosh, made at the governor's re-.
quest, were both dated to become
effective November 1.
Rumors in political circles here
say that the posts of Dr. R, C.
Swint, superintendent of the state
hospital at Milledgeville, and Dr.
M. ¥. Haygood, head of the tu
berculosis sanatorium at Alto, are
placed in jeopardy by the resigna
tions of the two board members,
land that they are expected to be
lreplaced.
} There has been talk also of a
battle over chairmanship of the
'bmu‘d and the post of executive
‘seeretury, now held by Mrs. Lucy
IR. D. Ficklen.
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IMcKEE ATTACKED
AS ANTI-SEMITE
;Article Written in 1915
~ Brought to Light As
Campaign Nears Close.
NEW YORK.—(AP)—The New
York mayoral eampaign roared in
to its final phase Monday to the
discordant note -of religioug an
tagonism and enlivened by the pos
sibility of collapse of the revolt
against John H. McCooey, veteran
Brookiyn ally of Tammany Hall. 1
A cry of “Hitlerism” was raised
against Joseph V. McKee, Inde-l
pendent Democratic candidate, for
an article writtéen in 1915, while
he was a teacher, in which, ac
cording to Fiorello LaGuardia, Fu-l
sion candidate, he criticized the
ethics of Jewish school children.
Samuel Untermyer, prominent
Jewish leader, charged that the
article was inspired by “an igno
ble misconceijtion of our people”
and demanded an explanation of
McKee—a demand answered by
the recovery party candidate that
no attack on Jews “was made or
intended.”
“Mr. McKee's explanation ex
plains nothing,” Untermyer said
;Mondu’y.
~ While the Anti-Semitism issue
‘was being brought into the cam
}paign, Brooklyn Democratic dis
trict leaders were gathering for a
“show ' down” with McCooey on
last week’s .demand for his abdica-
Lion. or—as an alternative—his
‘endorsement of McKee. |
. Although a majority of Mec-
Cooey’s district leaders served him |
with notige only a week ago, ap-i
parently reliable intimations were
heard in Brooklyn that their revo- |
lutionary ardor had cooled in the‘
face of McCooey's firm stand and
a McKee pronbuncement discred
iting ‘“‘deserters” to his camp%
from Tammany, |
~ Kenneth R. Sutherland, whol
Friday was stripped of his $9,140
3a year job at city hall, continued
to lead the fight against McCooey |
with a call to rid the Democratlc‘
‘party of “its asinine leadership.”
LOCAL WEATHER
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Cloudy with rain tonight and
probably in north and east
portions Tuesday morning;
slightly warmer in northeast
portion tonight, colder in north
west portion Tuesday.
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Total since Octoebr 1 ~ .. .07
Deficiency sinee October 1.. 1.37
Average October rainfall .. 2.91
Total since January 1 .. ~28.68
Deficiency since January 1.12.43
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{ President Von Hindenburg of
Germany, pictured above on his
84th birthday recently, will, ac
cording to many polifical observ
ers, resign from his office follow
ing the confidence vote November
12, which is expected to firmly en
trench the Hitler regime.
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Expected to Retire As
Soon As Nazi Control Is
Firmly Established. i
By LOUIS P. LOCHNER
| BERLlN,—{(#)When the Ger
| man nation marches to he polls
' November 12 to give Chancellor
Ados Hter unanimous endorsement,
it may unwttingy put an end to
the German presidency.
There are indicationg that Pre
sident Von Hindenburg, after the
’nulion has overwhelmingy en
}dm'sed Hiter and his policies, may
idecide that the moment has come
when he can lay aside the cares
of office and retire to his home at
Neudeck-—thus making Hitler Ger
many’s supreme ruler in name as
wel as in fact,
It is an open secret, though the
press says nothing about it, that
the queston of Von Hindenberg’s
retirement has ' been under consid-«
eration both by himself and the
Hitler cabinet.
’ Devotion to duty kept the 86-
year-chief of state from resigning
"sofllong as the Nazi regime was not
completely intrenched,
There is also little doub¢ that
Hndenburg, from a sense of loyal
ty to his former soverign would
be happiest if he could resign in
favor of Wilhelm II
In this connection the recent vis
it of Crown Prince rederick Wil
hem to Neudeck was much com
mented uypon in political circles.
However, among Nazi storm
troopers, who are the back bone
of the Hitler regime, there is little
enthuusiasm for a monarchy,
In the coming Reichstag election
campaign called for when the
German government Wilhdrew
from both the League of Nations
and the disarmament conference,
the presidency. question naturally
will not even be mentioned.
Thousands of meetings were ad
vertsed and every conceivable
means of reaching the public ear
and eye emploved.
The president’s dissolution of the
Reichstag was seen as ridding Hit
ler of his las{ oppositionists, Men
who have opposed hm will not be
uup for reeection.
Voters merely will mark “yea”
or “Nay” on the Nazi ballots—
with no aternative names in case
of a “nay”.
Death Threats Sent »
- To Legislators Who
Fought Island Bill
MANILA, P. I, —(#— Anony
mous death threats signed “execu
tioners of independence” were re
cevied Monday by leading Philip
pine legislators who have been
prominent in opposing the form in
‘which congress offered freedom to
the islands,
The letters were among a num
ber of similar threats were among
a number of similar threats which
have been received by the legis
lators, particularly Manuel Quezon,
president of the senate, and Quin
tin Paredes, speaker of the house
}Will Peek Called to
_ Bedside of Brother
oSt
Will Peek left Athens this morn
ing for Vicksburg, Miss.,, being
called there by the critical illness
of his brother, Cicero Peek. Mr,
Peek’s has been i{ll for two months
but his condition became critical
today. He is well known in Athens,
having made his home with his
brother here while in the south.
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U.S. ON SIDELINES
Parley Chairman Hender
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Battle Must Go on.
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By The Associated Press
The World Disarmament confer
ence, two days -after Germany's
withdrawal from that body and
from the league of nations, has
adjourned until Oct. 26 upon a plea
for continuation of ‘its efforts by
the parley chaiyman, Arthur Hen
derson of Great Britain, T
“The struggle for disarmament
must go on,” and “the covenant of
the League of Nations shall not
be treated as a scrap of paper,”
was the message of Mr. Henderson
to the international peace associas
tions at Geneva. o
Plans for the Reichstag elections
November 12 in Berlin provide
that only the Nazis may submit
lists in the balloting which may
also result in ending the presi
.dential system. This informatien
was forthcoming along with = a
‘statement by a government spok
esman that Germany now believes
the next move is up to the other
nations, ;
The French government came
out strongly in support of the op=
position of Norman H. Davis, Am
erican ambassador-at-large against
’adjnurnment of the conference. - .
~ Vienna students, unfurling ua.
’s\vustikw banner, demonstrated
their sympathy with Germany in
{l'ints which resulted in strong
measures by police,
Presideny Roosevelt took the
stand that there should be a re
doubling of efforts to break the
‘disarmament deadlock, while from
other sources came the official. re
velation' that the TUnited States,
while ready to lend assistance, may
stand agide for a few days to de
‘termine the trend of the negetia
tions. : :
. GENEVA —(#)— Belief that the
situation i# no¢ hopeless and that
a rupture in the League of Nations
may yvet be averted was express
ed_by some representatives of lea
gue countries here forthe disarma
ment conference Monday. e
This expression was bas'gid, they
said, on an interpretation of state
ments at Berlin of willingness to
negotiate a direct Franco-German
understanding. i
Besides, it was remarked that if
and when Germany officially noti
fies the league of her resignation.
this can not be effective for twg
vears by terms of the league cove
nant itself. .
Meantime, with the great pow
ers pushing for a short adjourn
meent in which to give the govern
'ments time to plan ways of meet
ing the emergency caused by Ger
‘many’s withdrawal from the dis
‘armament conference, Tepresenta
tives of the smaller powers held
numerous conversations. .
President Arthur Henderson: .of
‘th@ disarmamen¢ conference, in a
'speech which brought. almost firen
‘zied applause from a great erowd.
Monday demanded unceasing ef
forts to prevent the world being
plunged into barbarism by another
conflict like the great war.
+ Making what was deemed. an al
lusion to Germany, he said: #We
must not hesitate to ineur risks
and make whatever sacrifice mav
be necessary to ensure thé final
triumph of the reign of law oyer
international anarchy that breeds
war.” :
Henderson said the withdrawal
iof (lermany necsesitated asking
what all were trving to do at Ge
neva and his answer was that all
were endeavoring to organize ¢
peace and “that enterprise is not
confined to members of the ie:a
gue.” ¢
TO LESSEN TENSION
TOKYO—(®P)—The likelihood that
‘the German crisis might diminish
Russo-Japanese tension was the
uppermost thought here Monday.
As the government studied dis
' patches from its ambassadors in
iF}urope. there was a feeling in
‘Tokyo that the German situation
'might direct Soviet Russia's pri
mary anxieties away from the
Orient to ominous developments
among her western neighbors.
'This, it was felt, would relieve the
Russo-Japanese tension. g
ON THE SIDELINES
WASHINGTON—(P}—The Tnited
States was described officially
Saturday as . heading toward: a
side line role for the next three or
four days in the situation created
by Germany at the disarmament
conference, but to be ready to lend
assistance to any possible continu
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