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\ >■ COTTON^ jlIUDLING -- - 25 1.2c PREVIOUS CLOSE ... ..^25 '3.8c ’055”' DiDjr and Sunday—10 Cent* a Week. The Om Paper In Most Hones—TkeOnly Paperln Many Home*. Daily iid’SffiJay—10 Centsa Week. WEATHER: I Little change in temperature. Cloudy with showers in certain sections of the state, rj-j \ OL. 11, No. 83 j '• Full Associated f&ess Leased Wire Service. ‘ATHENS, GA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1922.'' Single Copies 2 Cental Daily, i Cents Sunday. *1* *** •t*~- d* -M* t v v'r •i* 4* •JH* 4* V MYSTERY IN SHOOTING OF FORMER ATLANTA GIRL of Patrons Urged To Mail Packages Right Away I -V- •i* *T V Police Declare That They Have Failed to Decide in What Planner She Met Death. MAY HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT Believe That Pistol Was Hers. But Some Think That Her Employer Did Fatal Shooting. RICHMOND, Va.—With no def- iuiis motive established, for the killing of Mrs. Thelma Richardson, stenographer, formerly of Atlanta, “Wrap securely.” > “Address clearly.” “Put the sender’s name In upper loft hand corner/” And— • i '“.Mail early.” * ) That’s the slogan that Christmas shoppers \vho have packages to mail should adopt If they want their gifts to be handled rapidly by Undo Sam’s mall boys this year. Postmaster Paul Smith says this is a creed that would facilitate the handling of the big -Christmas mail quite a bit if only the public would heed It. Do not wall until just be fore the 24th to mail your packages. Send them now and put a “do not open until Christmas” seal on them. T* O EXTRA TRUCKS ON Two extra government truck have been put on to handle the Christmas mail in Athens and de liveries'will be made promptly. De spite the fact that the local fOrce has been greatly affected by sick ness tne sending and receiving r.f the already her.vy mail has been greatly affected by sickness the sending and receiving of the al ready heavy mall has been handled handled without delay according to Mr. Smith. One day last week as many as eight employes of the post office were absent, due to sick- Gv, who was shot to death late ness. Monday at tlie home of Thomas AH of which should mean to you Pollard, real estate an dinscrance *° follow the postman’s in .. i cpTimmr vnnr I’hrlufAitau n-nll aaa. local "''dee early Wednes- I sen( H n & your ChristmSg mail, day were w orking on the theories ' which may solve what they now.. consider a mystery. ? I At the same time they admitted they had failed to'establish a mo tile authorities said today they IHTMBiM had not ascertained the'exact man* r ia which the young woman waB thot. The body of Mrs. Richardson, tceompanied by her brother, Wil liam Pierce Ham. will be shipped from here Wednesday to her At lanta home. Mrs. Richardson was "ly Miss Thelma Ham, police are thit .Pol hrd shot the girl, following a PHILADELPHIA.—Among the hoBt of tributes to tbo~ memory of John Wanamaker, merchant prince, _ religious leader and philanthrop- ittuigbtcr ot Mrs. Belle Ham, who let, which confirmed to pourj'into resides In the Georgia city. | this city Wednesday from all sec- Tke theories under consldera- tions of the country, this one stands out as unique: “He was always at wqrk on time.” With these seven words,« Mr. Wanamaker’s first office boy. George Stull, summarized the se cret of the world-renowned mer chant’s success. The one-time* of fice boy who swept out, ran er rands, delivered parcels and grad ually learned to do more Important routine work for his employer, now is superintendent ot the store. Since the Ucat’f ot Mr. Wauania- ker Tuesday, thousands of letters probably believing that sfao "as a omit to kill him. Or that the stenographer was shot accidentally during a struggle for possession “* the pistol, which the police say «as her property. ' ■'.M.UJl'EV, Cuba.—(By' Tho ■V'siul&ted Press)—Search was nntimti.il today in the ruins of the ustrdii sugar Central, wrecked yeeterdav bv a boiler explosion for *»: bodies believed still to be hid- “I beneath the wreckage from *™eb cloven dead and fifty injured «w r< n»ved Tuesday night ”he death here of two of the ">'"r.ii has brought •'>. toll of ,a- 'aitiics to. 19 While some of the 26 -enously injured brought from ' cspetlis. the little town In which ckcil Central i» located, ate expected to die. The remainder Injured are being cared for being •" Cespetles. Most of the victims a'" Spaniards. Nearly 100 men were at work in ""'lea, the boiler room when the tWoslen occurred, blit none of the ik,* ,uu,( l Btat0 what caused ne tragedy, although It is believed " Hue been accidental. 'ho Central is owned hv the t, !n l; an > a central Azucarcra, -an .but iv 1 'iot, has leased the mills to ik c,n con >P»ny With headquar- ' tsar Plantations Operating "It a a . headed by G. Hi Houston. ■ tugetlier With Col. E. A.. Eads. ' l lr, 'sldent and other officials - t'Zptv ted to arrivo today from U'ana. in a special train. . The ; Hit is laulcd at $4,000,000. The rt-suhing from the stoppage ot the al's operation is expected f greater than that caused to plant', machinery by the ex- lon itself. Red Cl ross Is In Annual* Session TURKEY DI8 IS BITTERLY f OUGHT Stewart Named Savannah Mayor Angora cfovemment Hos tile to Plan Which Would Make Her Assume Obli gations. SAVANNAH, Ga.—Mayor Murray M. Stewart was nominated’ for mayor yesterday by 8 majority over James M. Rogers, according to complete returns filed Wednesday morning. PASHA AGGRESSIVE OVER THIS POINT He Declares , Non-Turks Have ^Always Been Safe. Ambassador Childs Makes Address. LAUSANNE:-r-(By The Associa ted Press)—Turkey refused at tbq Wednesday session of the Near East co*”' srence to assign any spe cial part of Turkey as a national OF ATTY. GENERAL WASHINGTON. — George WIckersham, former attorney gen- oraland Samuel Gompers, presi dent of the American Federation of Labor, were the principal wit nesses summoned to appear before the house judiciary committee MEETING F RID AY ‘Tiger WomanV’ Daring Escape Citizens Will Be Given Another Opportunity to Approve Res olutions, Voted Down. pommE MAKES CLEAR ATTITUDE OF FRANCE Q« DEBT NIGHT RIDING IS OPPOSED IN WRIT Demonstration of K. K. . K. Alleged to Have 'Tak- 1 en Place in City Near Here. He Intimates in Interview That Ruhr Valley Not t<? Be Seized, But Other Ac tion Seen. (Special to the Banner-Herald) WINDER, Ga. — Another moss meeting of Ctlzens of Winder and Barrow county Is scheduled to bn Wednesday in continuing hearings held at the court house here next on the impeachment proceedings home for Armenians. Ismet Pasha brought against .Attorney General declared this would mean a new Daugherty by Representative' Kel- attempt to dismember Turkey. lar, republican, Minnesota. Their summons was requested by LATI6ANNE— (By tl»e Assocint ed. Press)—The 'Angora delegates’ to. the Near East, conference are vigorously «£njjaiins the J^a_pf. the powers to write tho question' ol m'porltltes into the troatv whlch It is hoped will be drawn up here. Israet Pasha and his eisso- Jackson H. Ralston, counsel for Mr. kellar, to be heard on the first specification taken up at the oped- , ing of the hearings Tuesday ot the t-ppeni ii-rinsi fourteen snhmitted in the Minne- RESOLUT ON repreaentative's charges Friday morning ot 10 o’clock, when another* effort will be made to have a majority or the citizens In attendance’ endorse a resolu tion that has been drawn up for adoption and' which was voted down last week when 57 mem vett ed against it while 37 voted for it. •COPY OF THE against the attorney general. Sum mens of several other witnesses, copy* of the resolution :'s as elates, fearful that International i , n '? 1 - ad l n S Chairman McChord of the interstate commission also had been requested by Mr,. Ralston for today, to be heard on the second specification of the three which the committee agreed yesterday to take up first. % The second alleges failure by Mr. Daugherty to enforce the rail road safetv appliance laws. The sepclficatlon which was still before the committee today relates to the appointment by JMt. Daugh erty of William J. Burns as chief 'regulations will be Imposed upon 'Turkey which will oblige her to protect foreign Nationals living w r thin her borders, believe that such conditions would be an in fringement on Turkish soyerignty and a slight to her honor. Ismet Peisha has never been so aggressive as !#ii his attitude on this issue, which in the session Tuesday challenged the attention of the (world when Ismet declared , aL muiaui «l. DU1UB HB CUU3L y xrlti 1 of the bureau nf investigafion of ^ tcr the department'of justice. the. affairs of the minorities. Samuel Gompers, president of the SAYS NON TURKS ARE SAFE ARMENIANS The Turkish statesman contends that the "'Armenians in ThJicey and telegrams of condolence have " “ U V be i^rf«oThappy If S of”a SlvSe cifizen ’\n innovlfion «" 14 “ Jfe in thf^Tm of aiv A erts“r TS road “ “ c,ear ^ Turttey ^la which Mr. Wanamaker was one of American Federation of Labor, frankly told the house judiciary committee today that the execu tive committee of the federation had authorized the employment ot counsel to; assist Representative Kellar, republican, Minnesota, in prosecuting impeachment pro ceeding ngalnst Attorney Generali Daugherty; the first big leaders, was the pub lication Wednesday ot eulogies of the merchant’s life in connection with the advertising ot his princi pal department store competitors. Philadelphia’s .. schools will be closed tomorrow and the Wanama ker stores have been closed since yesterday morning, will remain so until after the funeral. Announcement of the honorary pallbearers will he made Wednes day. 1 Mr. Wanamaker’s body: will lie always bo a havehf for non-Tur kish races which behe&ved them selves and subscribed to Ottoman laws .and Ideals. Ho also assert ed that the Greeks in . ConstanU- „ - (Turn to page 2.) No Trace Found ' Of Small Boy JUNCTION CITY, Kans.—Al though searohers continued their , . . efforts throughout Tuesday night jn state in Bethany Presbyterian , by light of lanterns, no trace had church, of whlch.he was one of the been fouap early today of Marvin, founders, from ven o’clock until five year old son .of Mr. and Mrs. noon Thursday. Thousands are ex- - George Koepke, here. The boy was pected to. pay their last respects lost late Sunday and the search at his bier. The Interment which - opened for the third day today, will take place Thursday afternoon neighbors and friends, who persist in the family mausoleum in the in the hunt were further from a temteryof St James, the Les. and tangible clue than when they start will bo.prlvate. . l ed. . Bodies In Session In Washington, D. G. WASHINGTON —• Representa tives of* the l farmers . cooperative marketing associations wtero heard Wednesday by the Senate banking, committee at Its hearing in term credits legislation. Tho commit tee room was a ,( to crowded with prospective witnesses, representa tives of the agricultural and the grange organizations', members of m i..iu HAnwti land fwv'isitrv ton, tobacco, rice and other com modities. He recommended tot farm credits an adaption of the Federal reserve system to permit . A.SI 11XGTOW—National offi- tot" 0 . r , llle American Red Cross, the I c ris ' nK tlie general board of h J uc V ty ’ assembled here Wed- dificnJ’ their an “ u al mooting to Ija# 8S t,le larger problems of ro- X ,- na ° r S«inization. Presi- in ‘ f , .{ ardmg. of the organization lets im u President Coolidge had a invited to speak. * th© farip loam board njid treasury officials. Because ol the Increas ing number of persons who desir ed to g!ve their \i0ws before a bill is reported, Chairman McLean said extension of the hearings -ap peared probable. Opening of the* Federal Reserve system to farmers by extending the time limits cf f its Joans was . urged by Aaron Shapiro, general piro and he counsel for cooperative marketing laws cooperative associations of producers 0 f oot-. of far.ms also ■ loans to farmers’.extending over their production, or turnover peri ods. - » • “We are against any new system of agriculture banks,” said Mr. Shapiro. ,‘ We desire to make the present federal reserve system available ,to farmers to tap the normal supplied of credit and mar ket the federal reserve funds avail able to fanners and cooperative associations that will put them on ED WE WASHINGTON.—(By The Asso ciated Press)—A request that President Harding geek to broaden the scope of thp naval limitation agreement so as to include a lim itation on construction on smaller types of war vesselB and on mili tary and naval aircraft, is included in the annual naval bill as report ed Wednesday by the house appro priation committee. Under the bill as brought into the.house the-president would be asked to open negotiations with Great Britain. France. Italy and Japan for an agreement which would limit ruture building of all surface and submersible types of war-craft having a tonnage of 10.? 000 *or less and - on all classes ot army, and navy aircrafts. Postal Receipts to Equal Those of ’21 •The postal receipts for the Ath ens office will reach the 1921 fig ure before December 31, so Post master Paul Smith states.. Last year the receipts totalled about $86,000 and they will not fall be low this figure for the current year which Mr. Smith says is a splendid record. Tuesday the postottice handled Its greatest amount of treasury stamps and Athens people are preparing to dustries/* ^ ^ ^ The Lenroot,-. approved in-the. ersou Vbill .was by-Mr. Sha- gh state tired on January first into cash or exchange them tor otfher govern ment securities. It is estimated that $100,000 aaociations worth of these stamps are held in used- [ Athens. • 'wt follows: “Whereag, The practice ol J *5rdght riding” by bands cf masked men, either as members of a secret order or otberyjlRe, and the acts | ■that flow from such practice, we { deem to be lawless and crime- j breeding, subversive of lives and i good order, frightening to women and children, disturbing to all ele- I ments of society, demo al zing to i labor and causing the immigration.j of laborers and others^ to the in- I Jury of farming and busirifees, Premier Says He Will Not Declare Plans From Housetqp. No Action Be fore January 5. ; A graphic illustration of the way t an 80-foot fall in going up o>; ,ue caus'ng men. to arm themselves .Clara Phillips,, convicted of the cornice, then climbed down a drain for protection of their homes aanl property, leading to crime slang ing from the frightening «f inno cents to the high crimes of arson, murder and lynoh'ngs. “Wherefore, bo It resolved. That we most earnestly condemn the said practice of “night riding" by bodies .of masked xnen’icr woment and the crimes that attend or* are i cloaked under such, practice. ! “That we deplore the crimes 7 that have been commuted hy mask j ed men in our community" our t interviewers Tutsday night, say ing that he would speak either spontaneously or in reply to in terpolations on .“the fresh’ post ponement of the occupation of the Ruhr” on which Leon Daudet and others have given notice. 1 “I never said I thought of occu pying the Ruhr, or taking such se curity,’’ the premier told his ques tioners. “I do qot know exactly which we would choose. If we did we should be very careful not to cry it from the house tops." “This however, is certain: What ever action we decide on will not involve the calling up of a single man. What is no less certain is that brutal murder of Alberta Meadows, ’ pipe to an adjoining building , escaped from the Los * Angeles thence through a roof door to the t* 1 ® Ume.for threats without acts county jail. Cutting the bars Of her street and tho waiting auto of a has passed. We have fully resolv- cell. she scaled the roof of the jail confederate. Inset shows Mrs Phil- i ed t0 BCt> even aIone and even if as shown by the dotted line, risking lips. SEEN FOR GEORGIA CHICAGO.—Winter’s first cold vave that has given the northwest individual assistance iat all times. DEMAND UNMASKING tetfctte and country-, either 1 under the pretense of lawful warrant, c; - *! of regulating the conduct scf indivi- j duals and the'community. I uui ^ u P? n a^ 1 of f lc ®T a i several days and has extended to of the law to redouble their efforts j region sub-zero temperatures for to apprehend all v-olators of the | the Atlantic coast and as far south .law. pledging them our united and as the southern tip of the Pacific * coast and the extreme southern ‘ Florida peninsula, continued Wed nesday with slight relief to some • sections. _ i Weather forecasters predicted "That we call upon all officers’ colder weather for the Atlantic of the law who have taken any states with the exception of the obligation Uni a secret order ol*'oth Florida peninsula, another disturb- erwise, liy which they are l>omvl 1 ance on the California coast and a to protect or connive at infrao continuation of the sub-zero and tions of the lawt by any ong, in vio near zero temperatures in the lation of the constitution and northwesti plains and middle-^west laws Of' the state and the United states. States, to either withdraw from In Chicago the temperature early sucht order or to* resign if om af- Wednesday registered. 8 degrees. Ac®-. above zero with a moderate wind “That we call • upon our law(Turn to page tpro) - makers, both city and, sfiate to —— ^ -1 - - enact such legisloilon as will make J WOMEN TOLD GA. before January 6. if the reparations committee pronounces In favor ot a fresh moratorium for Germany.” NO LOSS OF I TIME 8EEN “In any caso we cannot take any step beloro January 5, it is wrong to speak of postponement. We post poned nothing and the fact that we are'ad journing continuation of our j discussions to tho beginning of Athens women were urged at a I ne3tt ..“““ti 1 Involves no loss, ot Tuesday to aid it^reS'mh^GMr-1 U Theatmosphere for the prelim- gm’s tax system which* “is in Poli- | tS'fn^TtuXn^tt Acceptance by the women of | ^ ^^'.be^Petl^PaF" Athens of their, responsibility in ^ ’or ^ss supports the elared Dr p'd Wl T’ de : SXuJSent, pointing out that.pre- Hbn d H */* S;iib;- M hf he r? n ? nd I mior Poincare did not come back Hon. H. J. FuUbright, state tax f rom London e&pty handed; At- . commissipner who spoke to the i tention is also called to the fact w. £ luncheon m that France obtained from her al- . r^ e1 ?* lies Concessions which while not Our government is in the hands complete, are none the less most of a few politicians, Dr. McPher- important, notably Britain’s new [Sgn declared. He said women could attitude toward the inter-allied .debts which could hardly zhave been hoped for after her refusal even to consider the question six months ago. * ’ j play an -important part .in, j^acing the state government 013. a better basis. “If the right men are put on efty and county boards,” a for ward step^ would be made. “You . JTurn to page-two) it a crime tor nmsKed bodtes of j Clemenceau Saik For France Today cabinet Agrees WITH POINCARE men or women to be and appear on our streets and thorcajghfai*es. “That we call upon all good citi zens to join us in a new allegianco to { our constitution, and laws, state” and federal, and uledge ourselves add ‘.c^nmiun^ty to better o1>ser XEW YORK — Satisfied that he t repeating liis p^a for American has accomplished his mission in ' cooperation. vanco and enforcement bt; lav/ and | America, Georges Clemenceau. frenCh* T^GER^ r ‘ " Clemenceau f-und good, order. ) sails for home Wednesday on tb»S ; “That we call upon the good French Liner Paris. He was up men who are members of 11,ry ^ret Zer ustr ^uiso SS. u8ual roaa.-to nan a plane none cals the features of the wear- f ” n ’ h0 steamer's deck and wave er to Change their ritual so ns to (fai-ewdl to the country he wishes lialy aside said masks in thejh- pub- ; to join with France in working in the day out Europe’s aftelr the war prtob- llc'appearances ei ; or in the night, and request such 1 . , . orders to publltdy deny till connec * *> ems - tion with, the Crimea tluit; have V Tueadaft* night he delivered his been} committed by sue!) .bodies^ final address in America—the brief and condemn the same.” ; eat of all his American speoches-^ / ! at a dlnfrei* arranged by the cam- COO CLUCKS” • ! mittci for devustedl France he DEMONSTRATE -prefaced his remarks by the state . ment “Why should I speak? I am An alleged demonstration «if the , tired, r am old, and I wtant very K. K. K. of this section is qUeg- 1 mucli to cm tn “ (Turn to page twoi m ({ . . HHIHHHVmtrprlses aboard thfe Pari$ where he’ spent' the night—twenty-five live terra pins.- the gift-of Bernard M. Ba- cructh. He expressed a fondness for turtles some Cme ago a!nd Mr. Baimsh ;sent to his South Carolina estate for them. - The Paris will sail at U B*. m. Clemenceau spent Tuesday 'fore- boon on his train writing letters of thanks to persons'who made his trip possible- Among those to whom he wrote were Charles' M. Schwab, who loaned the private car Bethlehem ami W. W. AtterbuTyv of the Penr. sylvan ia railroarfk who arranged the ti-ansportation of Wb 5,000 mile« jaunt. ' Tho French cabinet Wednesday morning approved the attitude ta ken on tho reparations question by Premier. Poincare at the recent meeting of premiers in London af ter hearing M. Poincare's report in' the meeting. It also expressed agreement with him regarding declarations to be made rin the chamber ot deputies on Friday. when it is expected, the govern ment will be called upon to to an interpellation. Premier Poincare it is ft ._ will ask the chamber for a hand in the reparations tions with the allies and for like freedom regarding the seizure ‘ such pledges as are permitted der ihe treaty of Versailles settlement is not reached by ~ tiations before tho next ins of Germany's debt is duo ary 16. The premier told his of the cabinet that he had back from London that the differen
