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Continued cloudiness with increas
ing cold,
Dmily'iSl "Slrtldmy—lifcenta a WeeE. 1
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1923 feafc AH jRaecoi^db for BuiJdmq m Afaens
i ap-
Since Close of War There
Has Been Great Demand
For More Residences in
Athens.
FEW READY - BUILT
HOMES ARE SOLD
Majority of People Seem
to Favor Building Own
Place. New Neighbor
hood.
Next year promises to break all
prev oub records for home build
ing in Athens. t
in feet the boom is already on
and in every section of the city
new homes are springing up on va
cant lots here and there. This is
a splendid sign. Ever since the
war there has been a dearth Pf
homes in Athens and all during
the months when real estate soar
ed to untouched heights here,
there was but little building In
progress, especially home build
ing. People seemed to prefer to
pay high prices for old homes
rather than go to'the trouble to
build new ones.
Now the condition Is almost re
verse and i nstaatbogUmjripg’mnndy
built homes new ones ate r being
conatructed. Many, of them are
small cottages but most , of them
are well built and art? neat In
pearance.
NEW NEIGHBORHOODS **’
have sprung up
During the past year entirely
new neighborhoods have sprung
up around Athens and as many as
’•en or flften new homes have been
Mt within a few blocks Of each
other.
During Novemlfer the building
permits for homes in Athens, most
“I them bungalows and cottages,
totaled nearly fifty thpusand dol
lars and practically every one of
liiese known i s to be occupied by
the owner. But tew “for rent”
homes are being built here and the
Percentage of home owners will
materially increase .during 1923.
The building material firms
state that they are having an in
creased number of people inquire
about materials a^d many lots in
different parts of the city are be-
‘hff improved and put in shape for
a building.
HELP relieve.
HOUSING situaton
lor more than two years now
has Deen a home shortage in
• mens and today many families
* ln small apartments who
tod like to rent a small bunga-
* °r cottage. The building of
many homes here is certain to
Uon n lowa ‘ds relieving this situa-
r/iK 11 Whw have considered it out
the question to own a home are
"winning t0 figure how it can be
it *’ slnc e they see others doing
]<t*3 T akins a success of it and
Athp W ‘ ! see moTO n^w homes in
« ®; s than any year in a long
from presen*, indications.
1 CONFERENCE
J-vshington _ Members of
the a m ". ,lslra tive committee of
•American banker’s association
law k” Monday for a three
past onsiness session nt which
activities of the
report'. ;< ’ n yd' 1 b ® considered In
'tanji! ,eccivc, i from its various
era n f committees. The pto-
IpcindM . 1, com mItteo Monday
Ip. . a 'ail on President (Hard-
atso I' j”. 0 "’ w hllo. arrangements
•ecKtari. be SF ma de for calls on
’ Valla,.* S Mellon. Hoover and
Iciais ,!, an<1 other government nf-
18 during the meeting.
’ ’ beTl etlnBB the committee
Unit ,h» UUv ® lut it is expected
be indlL,ln e ^ t,ms considered will
t*t adionrnf, n a statement issued
Wins Arizona
Beauty Contest
Miss Berghoff Declared
State’s Prettiest.
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SESSION ADJOURNS TO AVOID RUPTURE
HERE'S ARIZONA'S "MOST Bti AUTIFUL." SHE'S^MISS LOIS
BEROHOPP OP NOqALES, AND WAS RECENTLY PRONOUNC
ED THE \yNNER IN A STATE- WIDE BEAUTY CONTEST.
DESPITE PROTESTS
BUENOS AIRES—(By the Asso- DOS ANGELES. Cal—Mme Gad-
ciated Press)—The •discussion, of ski, diva, had arrived here Mon-
the South American armaments! day from San FranOIsco and it
preclplated by the Brazilian Jn- wap said by friends "only phisl-
vitatlon to Argentina and Chile to cal force could prevent her from
participate with Brazil in a tri- | ,n c ® nc ® rt her ® Tucsday
partita conference on the subject! . ,
has reached the stage of a stormy Members and posts of the Ameri
interchange' of arguments between f. aIU Desion and other orgaitiza-
. . ,, • tiens have asked the.board of po-
the newspapers of Argentina and ]j ce CO mmlsioners to bar her from
Brazil. The newspapers of Chile the concert stageifiere because of
.Urguay, and Peru also particlpn- alleged pro-Germain sympathies
during the world war and because
Urguay, and Peru also particlpn
ted. v
Columns pf space are being de
voted to ; the arguments. The Ar
gentina Press is virtually unaml-
mous in opposing the Briziiiana
proposal the papers attacking the
alleging motives of the Brazil gov
ernment in calling the conference,
accusing it of imperialism and - of
her appearance might result' In a
demonstration.’”
It wcb intimated by'the singer’s
friends that, if the board ruled
gainst her, she planded to sue the
city.
It was • predicted, that representa
Premiers Gathered in
London Bring Parley to
End to Avoid Misunder
standing.
FRENCH WOULD
SIEZERUHR VALLEY
It Is Probable That New
Conference Will Be Held
Within the Next Eight
Days.
LONDON—(By the Associated
Press)—Adjournment of the pre
miers conference Monday night for
eight days in. order to avertt an
open rupture between England and
France over the question of Ger-
«man reparations has been virtually
decided upon, it was learned Mon-i
day.
Thes British cabinet rejected the
measure of force for the Ruhr
district upon which premier Poln-
caire Insisted.
1 Prime Minister Bonar Law in
against Germany.
Poincaixe had made a demand
for the occupation of the Ruhr as
guarantee of German moratorium.
The conference probably will
Tesume its sessions in eight days
in London or Paris. Meanwhile, it
is Hoped that some guarantee, may
be found which will satisfy the
French and at the same time make
military action unnecessary.
It was stated In French circles
that the .imminent adjournment
merely was a cessation to prevent
an open bleak between the Allies
particularly between France and
England and that there was little
likehool of finding a common basis
of agreement - between England
and France.
It was further pointed out that
in spite of Precier Poincaire’s de
sire to co-operate’with 1 the new
British Government he has been
forced largely by the political sit
uation at homo to demand the
Ruhr as the price of any con-
session to Germany.
The meeting of the premiers
scheduled for Monday noon was
postponed until four o’clock: It
was expected in the meahtlme pri
vate interviews would take placo
among the premiers in an; eleventh
hour .effort to save the conversa
tions from what seemed this morn
ing to be inevitable'postponement.
U. S. MAY UNITE
TWO FACTIONS
Red Cross Seeks
j Help For Sick'
CONTROL OF STRAITS
OFFERS A
Miss. Ninas H. Phillips, exe- ‘ JJPp
cutivo secretary of the local
Red Cross office,, has issued’ r ’ • ,
p r le of Mhem (Whether League of 'Na-
foroid but serviceable Clothes tiol?s Qr I ndependent
Unit Is to Be in Charge
to Be Decided:
I bed linen, quilts, blankets and
other essential houBehoid fur
nishings that can bo usdS by
a numbfcr.of needy families of
the city where thero is sick
ness.
There is great need of tliese
things by the . poor of the city
and the Red Cross chest is
about empty and hence the
i people^ are being appealed to,
f for aid. The Red Cross is
. caring for about seventy cases*
of influenza in Athens now
and any help rendered the lo-
; cal chapter wjli be appreciated!
, Send the articles wanted to
the Red Cross office'in the
court house or telephone Miss
Phillips.
PASHA SAID TO 1
| FAVOR LEAGUE
Russia, Turkey and Am-1
erica Are Not League!
Members, Hence Thisj
Idea Is Minimized.
This was the expression of the
face of Mrs. Dorrlt S. Van Deusen
Woodhouse when the Jury award*
ed her $465,000 for the loss of her
husband’s-love which she said was
stolen from her by his parents
wealths residents of Burlington,
Vt. Appeal from the record-break
TV" V ■ \ », aiijroai U'-UBP HW UUdIU IU-
Brazilian editorial writers de- I day in opposition to the Legion
clare Brass’s purpose in suggest-.,'and its supporters.'
ing the conference has been eh- ....=. .
tireiy misunderstood *in Anfe'ntpna. Mmo. Gadslk (a said to have
and assert that the suspicion of b ®on informed,by Council there is
the ulterior motives by BTazil is f no legal means to.prevent her con-
unfounded and unjust . 1 cert and that she Is entitled to po-
| lice protection.
The police board has been noti-
95 COWS BURNED
I uuatu uiui ucen non-
MONROE, La. — • Ninety-flue lied by the District Attorney that
.uv.Mkuc, juo. — ayamcviiiv« uj lap Ajiairict Auomey tnat
registered jersey cows were burn- J It has the right to instruct the
ed to death in a fire that destroyed j/Chief of police to take steps-to pre
Green House Model dairy he^e Sun, i vent -& riot by prohibiting any
day. The property loss was • -esti- event which seemingly would pro-
mated at $50,000. , w , . ' . - I voke a demonstration.”
Despite the fact that the engi
neer stopped his train in less than
one rail length the old woman,
who is about 60 years old, was
batfly mangled about the face and
both legs were almost totally sev
ered near the knees. However, rrienriiv tn -
from beneath the rails of the
train an dtold railway employees
how it happened. •
CLAIMED SHE WAS
PUSHED ON TRACK
She . told the railroad employees
that she was standing near the
wore a faded suit of jumper
overalls and was of a. lean build.
He did mot help extricate her from
the -train but left immediately,
after she was hit, those nearby^
•-AUSANISE—(By the * Associa
ted Press)—The question of show
to 'octroi the Turkish Straits will
l e administered—whether through
Rcmebody in the League of Na-
1 flnnn! ^ 80,0 ,nlern “- vt - Appeal from the record-break
»h„ v°V y seperata from ln F verdict is being mode and the
» ha league—is being generally aik- 1 fight will be carried to the hinhest
ed by members of tho Near East * courts . V “ s 88t
conference delegation which have i ■ 1 , ■
iS^iDRrCHBISTiSTO:
liinsinuch Tm key ab'd • ' Timmn
America, are NOT Aismbers of the *
f 1 III. Leoeue of Nations there would
{doubtless be streug objecticn. to
v «t° anv Plan to make control oTthe J
'time . Stra *ts a League affair. Lord Cur-
I zon nan nnl,, nnno aitmiAj s> — ,... ■ ■
NEW YORK—Further steps In
the campaign to make the Metro
politan Christmas dry were taken
Sunday night in the issuance of
drastic orders to every patrolman
In the city.
v The new regulations are de
signed to check np on every sa
loon, restaurant and cabaret ’ in
the city, and also to, check up on
the-police who enter them..
Officers stationed in, premises
previously raiddd.were required to
submit at the end of the daily
hours of duty a report which In
cludes a - brief description of the
premises; the names of the own
ers, the waiters, bartenders and
other assistants; the approximate
number of customers served daily
whether or not the place is equip
ped with dumb waiters running to
floors above Or below and what
suonlles are carried thereon-
whether there is a stock ticker
and the number of persons inter
ested in the /ticker information;
the kind of. liquor served to cus
tomers . and the price charged
there-for as shown on the cash
register; and then names of ail
officers who enter the establish
ments. .
of the Straits would he placed un
der the league of some other or
ganization.
PASHA FRIENDLY
TO LEAGUE IDEA
Ismet Pashaj and his Turkish
association are a little more
friendly to the League Idea that
are foreign minister Tchitcherin
and other .Bolshevik leaders who
denounce it at every oppbrtunity
declaring that -the organization jot
the .League of Nations is useless,
inasmuch as the United States
does not belong.
Although sorje of the 'French
delegates .have been striving aanl
to get the conference to declire
struck'by the engine. *• ”. 8 ” n desirable. It now seems un
■■■.-. Hifcply that there will be a ses
The negro she was talking to s!on pt the discussions tor ion
, ....V »iwv vs (.ISC
’ t. . ... .that the negro man pushed the
nJo authora- old woman on the track on.pur-
ct H ef pose but b® 11 ®™ thta he reached to
BrWsh nnd l^f, ai^ eth !I the 1 puU her and that she either
S' i“ m P® d hack from him or fell.
!L^ d ..?L adJournmont to which the However, he will be taken into
custody .if located. ” ’
conference now seems doomed lies
■Within the United States. It was
said hy this - authority that Eng-
lahd will probably ask the Ameri
can government If it is willing to
cancel the French debt to the Uni
ted States providing England in
els the debt to Great
eer than Christmas day, unless
it. is possible to sign some sort
of tentative agreement or prot-o
C.ol before that time.
...-vp, — -earoy ■
„ .p:...' thri8 toa» Seal Sale to Aid In
T. B. Fight Gets Under Way Here
Iosis m so far as the 5 Christfnas
seal sale is concerned gets under
way in, Athens in earnest this
The? old woman was rushed to , £nf C t ° h ™ mi “ 8e8 .°1,
St. 'Mary’s hospital and is not ex- j down town sci.tinp'jf 811 tbc
pected to live. She J is a well lj° e ™ “S sect “’ ns -” 1 an ,nte n®-
known and respected darkey about I Tup.rinv ’ * *1. ,
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derful nerve and did not lose con- • ^ e dackson, an execu
l he i v5“ P i^^2 ,t iife u -‘ nal instructions and seals for sale
and immediately afterwards’ the
intensive, campaign will’ start.
can government to ultimately pay
the British debt to America.
This suggestion was made infor
mally Sunday night to a certain
important American now in . Lon
don and it will probably he pre
sented directly to Mr. Hughes the
American secretary of state in
course of the present week.
BRITAIN FAVORS
DEBT CANCELLATION
Great Britain is said to look fa
vorably on the cancellation of the
French debt due her provided the
United States cancels the^French
1 iotel Register Brought Into Court
In Damage Suit Against Governor
m r I " ,? Tnit ed states cancels' the^French
OXFORD. Miss. — Testimony of i Failure of Mr.' Bilbo who had ‘ debt to America. It is the belief
two witnesses Theo G. Bilbo, foi^ j be$n summoned as a witness for British officials that the United
mer Governor and Major Will Per Pontiff to appear caused suspen. States will he willing io...
*; . sion of the trial from Saturday un-
rj*. a friend of the Governor-and , tI1 9 0 , clocfc . Major Pe rry wuVde-
presentation of a hotel register as ta'ned on account of illness in his
documentary evidence was intro- family. An attachment issued by
duced conclude the rebuttal evi- Judge K. R. Holmes was placed in
dence Monday in the suit of $J00,- .the hands of a 1 United States mar-
000 damages filed against Govern- shall with instructions to bring
or Lee M. Russell, of Mississippi, Mr. Bilbo into court, but up to
by Frances, E. Birkbead, steno- ifl.te Sunday night, according to
grapher in Federal district court, the Marshal’s office no sendee has
here. _ \ • been secured og-the erder.
..•ill he willing to at least
attend a,conference at which such
ft provision could be thoroughly
duscussed. It was also stated in
American circles Monday morning
that the definite agreement to pay
the British debt to the Unied
States could or might be accom-
panled by a .proposal for a long
period, sav fifty years, in which
only interest would be paid. It was
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derful nerve and did not lose eon- th-enm-nfrL.iL 60 ^ a . n e J eCU ;
Sd °“' !jf Health’ fr D°r m
... .. ...... , also deii .ver a .short lecture on the
Held For Murder {others of Athens will talk. Dr. A.
After Girls , Death j meeting. ^ preside at this
; CAMPAIGN HAS
BRUNSWICK, Gal.—A warrant | BEEN PREPARED ,
charging murder. t was issued here ! XT
Monday morning for Harold Car- , • E * Broach, chairman of
ter, prominent cotton buyer of Bax r~® ' s aIeS committee, has been
ley, in connection with the death / or ^ a ys now preparing the
of Miss Alma Crosby, IS yetr old m Athens and*Clarke county
chool teacher of Appling coun- the sa ^* of the seals and many
ty, who died at a local hospital I wor> th of them have already
Saturday night, as a result, accord j been sold. For several days now
ing to hospital officials of an il- ^bakers have appeared at the
legal operation I Palace theatre and told the crowds
, I there of the work accomplished by
t( \ tvie p °l ico - Carter the money received from the sale
reaCl T a i° f the , st »mps and Mrs. Broach
want ‘ -' y ' , T L ‘ V suyli she wil1 b ® disappointed if the
n , . b ®® r<i ' nB bouse, campaign is not a complete sue-
where Carter is said to have repre 1 cesn here ^
sented the young woman as, his | Wednesday morning the work-
tito was* nerformed 168 *" 1 H 8Per ' ‘ ' fl a '' c to meet at 8 the Palace
6n was performed. ^theatre and there receive their fi-
MORE THAN SCORE
OF WORKERS
More than a score, of women
have volunteered to serve on the
paign Wednesday when all the
ers will enter into the active carn-
pagm Wednesday when all the
down town sections will be picket
ed by the saleswomen with seals.
The chairmen of the different
committees are as follow?: U. T).
C.S, Mrs. Louis Johnson; D. A-
R’s, Mrs. E. Li Griggs; Y. W. V.
A., Mrs. John R. White; . Lucy
Cobb P. T. A.. Mrs. J: D. Brad-
SEEK MOTIVE'FOR
KltllNOHiD
THEN HIDING BOOT
’Camp Benning Man’s
Corpse Found Secluded
in Thick Underbrush
Near Columbus.
MYSTERY~SHROUDS '
SOLDIER’S DEATHfl
Believed That He Was
Killed December 2 and
That He Was Victim of
“Framq-Up” Game.
COLUMlBUS, Ga. — Military au
thority* were still at sea early
Monday as tq the motive for the
mysterious killing of, Sergean.t Wil
liami Si Hart, 21, .whose body was
found secluded in thick under
brush at Fort Benning Sunday
morning. . • -,
le discovery of the body was,
made about 1\ c/cTo^Tc '' yunaay “
morning by several men who .were
out hunting on the reservatl6n.
The remains b£4iy decomposed
were found lying'in underbrush at
the aviation field* just in front of-
the hangar, which is not now in
use. :;
'The spot where the .body was
found is secluded, is not on the
usual route to Columbus and about
two miles from post headquarters.
It is near the Chattahoochee riv
er and the nearest hodse Is a half
a mile distant.
TWO BULLET HOLES : J
IN MAN'S BODY
There were two bullet holes in
the body, one in the rear of the ,j
head and another in the chest,
both were fired from a .45 calibre
pistol, according to the findings of
the preliminary examining board,
composed of three»army officers,
who made a -rush investigation
just as the body was discovered.
No p-’stol was oupd near Hart nor
was there a holster, on the body.
The men who found the body
were convinced, as was the examin
ing board—on. account of the condi
tion of the body that Sgt Hart had '
been dead for several days. The
preliminary examining board fol
lowing the hearing of several wit
nesses come to the conclusion that
Hfcxt met his death on December
2: < - 1..^ f-'ri
Information, obtained Sunday at
Benning was to the effect that
Sergeant Hart had no trouble with
any of the men on the reservation
and the authorities were unable to
explain the tragedy. I _ .
TWO THEORIES
ADVANCED
Two theories have been advanc
ed. It is asserted by some that
the Sergeant was the victim of
“frame up,” while there are
°^ers who believe that Hart was
killed during an. attempted rob-
ery. The latter theory is some
what blasted because of the find-
in® of $8.50 in, thp pockets of Hart,
while the .blouse showed no signs
of an entrance into the pockets
having been attempted.
The dead soldier nad been at
Fort Benning ',1' comparativelv
short,time. It was learned at the
tune he entered the a,rmy he gave
h‘s home address as being Whit*
Plains, N. Y.
The body is being held at a lo-
well; Baxter- street P. T. A.,’Mrsj]cai r?nnfiSki£ ' esubUshmenl
Dan^Dupree; Coliepo Avenue P. T. awaitlns information from reh
— wvucjtu AVUI1UB r. x.
A., Mrs. R. K. Fowler; Oconee
Street'P. T. A..‘ Mrs. W. M. Save;
Nantahala P. T. A., Mrs. C., L.
Williams; Ler.cl-a-IIand Club, Mrs.
S. S. Smith and-Mrs. A. C. Han-
Mrs. A. C. Hancock and Mrs. S. S-
Smith. ■ , ,
General booth chairman, Mrs. L.
C. Brown. ? s . .
Booth committee, to serve from
December 15-20th, inclusive, Lucy
Cobb P. T. A., serving at Mich
ael's, with Mrs. R. P. Brooks,
chairman.
The Baxter Street P. T. : A.,
serving at the postoffice, with
Mrs. Dan Dupree, chairman.
The College Avenue P. T. A.,
serving at Southern Mutual Build-
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:j
tives of the young
sioned officer.
non-commis-
Foreign Minister
Makes Statement
TOKiO- (By the Associated
Press)—Viscount Uchida, foreign
minister, replying to the recent
protest * of Ambassador Warrert
against methods employed by thb
Japanese officials in dealing with
R. M. Andrews, an American, said
It was clear that no charge that
Andrews was a spy waas made and
that the allegation that he-wnr
suspected of espionage was "
unfounded rumors.
