About The Athens daily herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1912-1923 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1923)
PPIP3 1 THE WEATHER: linued clear with a low tern* re. Cool weather, but no ,e cold is seen. ATHENS COTTONf MIDDLING 2 PREVIOUS CLOSE 2 Homes. ATHENS, GA„ MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1923. Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. STANLEY BALDWIN, Chan cellor of the British exchequer, is now in Washington in his capacity as chairman of the debt -refunding commission which will ask the U.' S. .for more time in which to pay the war debt. Court Backs Pastor Who Baptized a Dog, AncTBlessed Potatoes John and Mary States Visited By Stork; They Name Son United It Was Officially Announ ced Monday That Hughes BOSTON—The Rev. Edwin Cur tis, who incurred the displeasure of the Boston Presbytery when he baptized a dog and invoked divine blessing on French fried potatoes, holds the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church of Brookline •HARRISBURG, Pa. — O-oh sa- ay, ca-an you se-e-e-e by the ta ta ta te-e-e-e! What would you naturally ex pect John and Mary States would name their ' first born son? Of course! The pity of it is that lit tle United didn’t arrive cn the Fourth of July, and then, too, if there is anything to this thing about history repeating itself, John and Mary should have been living in Philadelphia instead of northern Pennsylvania. And , possibly they should have called in Dr. George Washington. May be they did. Anyhow, a certificate of the. Officers Expressed Belief Monday That Outbursts Are Now Well Under Control. WHOLE town was BURNED SUNDAY Seven Lost Lives in Con flict. Assailant of White Woman May Have Burn ed to Death. District of Columbia Offi cers Trace Leaks Thru Which Stores Find Their Way Out. FINE HOOCH SOLD TO FASHIONABLE Believed That Foreign Legations May Be Fur nishing Con signmehts For Illicit Traffic. WASHINGTON—A clou check has been inaugurated by pederaf prohibition authorities on liquor shipments consigned 1 to^ foreign embassies and legations herejwith a view to determining whether diapMportig.oato-.suaiUlfia are be ing brought through the American customs to these favorej .rie'at-na- | tions. . : If . the Investigation discloses semble Further Evidence For Trial. | because Mr. Curtis did not have ! the approval of the Presbytery, j It was ruled that great majority of the members of the church f$- NEXT MOVE NOT YET ANNOUNCED vored Mr. Curtis’ retention and t there was no controversy recognii able by the court. Lake Where Dead Bodies]' Were Found Is Restrict-,I ed in Order That Facts 11 May Be Secured. BASTROP, La.—With a lapse of a day in the open court, hearing in observance of a state holiday, At- j torney General A, V. Coco and bis ' corps of assistants directing the state’s investigation into the kid- | napping and slaying of Watt Dan- , TSTStfiirTlfoniav -Pletcher Richards I and trfher milked hand deprecla- j tions in Morehouse parish turned » their attention Monday to a digest of evidence intended to establish bv scientific deduction and physical exhibits that the two men were ' subjected to extreme cruelties be- ! fore they were put to death. I l Meanwhile federal and state in vestigators continued the assem- . bling of evidence on which it is ex- j j pected a score or more of men will ultimately be placed on trial as • j members of the black-hooded band alleged to have been responsible for , the kidnapping and slaying. No announcement was made by fleers, is now slated for Thursday morning, it was stated on good au thority Monday. Belgian and Italian engineers and technical experts will accompany the French but only the Belgians, it is understood, will contribute to the force of occupation. ’France is Roing just far enough in action in the Ruhr to show Ger many she is in earnest/' It was said in official circles Monday. . . There is every desire on the part’ ROSEWOOD, Fla. — Rosewo d * ljL.llUllUUi\ was quiet Monday following the racial disturbances of the past Tf| 111111 few days in whi,cty seven persons - ? IJ j | Sj weje killed, as the result of a IU yUni search by officers., and citizens Tosses for Jesse Hunter. negTo, G All AH! wanted for an alleged attack on a Dricfnlfl young white woman at Sumner last Monday. Officers are still without t- clew ' A ar , as to the whereabouts of Hunter. savaakaw, Officers are Inclined to believe day morning th» that the burning of twelve houses, registrars,* who nil that was left ot the negro in „ the list of th quarter of Rosewood Sunday af- ' . _ . ternoon marks the end of the j guested Paul racial clashes, they assert. • or mayor as an The hegroes whose houses were j local election H fired are still taking refuge in | he had failed t( nearby woods out of fear. The ■ nbt secured one houses were burned by a number tered voters as of white men, while a crowd look- j petition asking ed on, but no one could be found j i egistrars have who would say that he saw the lists since W houses burned, according to coun week, ty officers. Mr. Seabtfaok \ The burning Sunday afternoon er in the day b; came as a sequel to the previous ton clerk of thf • destruction of a large part of the failed too get a negro section and the clashes be- of names of vo tween white men and negroes in The list as origi which' the fatalities occurred. mere than 6,800 Two white men were killed in were needed, the conflicts and five negroes- fell j than 1.000 of any unnecessary' show of idrce— 1 any indication that the French government is disposed to rely on force alone to reach a satisfactory agreement with Germany. Premier Poincare does not In tend to mobilize a single soldier in addition to the regular forces under arms nor call out a single addition al railroad man to effect the"oper ation it is declared. * CLEVELAND O, -Police Monday were prepared to compare bloody ] fingerprints, photographed from an axe found in the hardware store of Harry Keim, 46, with those of i Fred Geetling in an effort to con- i inect him with Keim’s murder. They l also said they expected to formally charge the suspect with the mur- I der. Keim’s body, hacked to pieces with an axe, was found in his store early Sunday. Apparently he met death after a struggle and indica tions are that he was struck with the weapon many times after his death. The axe was taken from Keim’s stock by the slayer.- Geetling, his clothing and shoes covered with blood stains, was ar rested at his home in the neighbor hood, shortly after the crime was discovered, a lodge receipt issued to Keim w&s found in his posses sion, according to the police. RELEASED FROM INSANE PLACE WASHINGTON.—(By The Asso ciated Press)—Actual discussions between British av.d American rep resentatives on the British debt to j the Unite t States opened Monday with the fine formal conference he- , tween the two debt fundings com- | missions. The British government ] was represented by Chancellor Baldwin of the exchequer and Gov ernor Norman, af the Bank of Eng land, while on the American side of the conference table sat Secretary .Mellon, of the treasury. Secretary iHughep of the state department, Secretary Hoover of the depart ment of commerce, Senator Smoot of Utah and Representative Bur ton of Ohio. Indications were that the session developed only general discussion with attention centered on a tneans of determining the maximum amount ot money the British gov ernment is able to pay annually in event an agreoment is made to amortize the payments of nearly five billion dollars within the limit of 26 yearn prescribed by congress. There were suggestions that the ’ interest rate would be among the ; first concrete phases to be const dr NO MILITARY SHOW IS PLAN Attorney General "Coco in advance of a conference with his assistants Monday as to the next move to be made and liow far presentation of testimony would proceed before an- affirmed. but is only a natural pre- » caution on the part of authorities i rcsi*onsible for the success of such * a serious undertaking as that in view. h seemed certain Monday after noon that the reparations commis sion would vote Germany in vol untary default in coal deliveries for last year, after the final hearing or the German experts which was set for r. o’clock. The appearance of the Germans considered a mere formality their arguments are well known w the commission. The. question t'ouid be decided, it was forecast, >v the affirmative votes of France, ««Wum and Italy, with Sir John brtjbury. the British member Probably abstaining from voting. It as uncertain whether the vote uld be taken late Monday eve ns or Tuesday morning, .this de- Pending upon the length cf the beanng given the Germans. ™»« e .i rrench plans ,or tadepend- action are bound up In the cora- Pn , °n s decision, since Premier ^incare will use it in support of c °ntemp lat od seizure of guaran- ‘ n t,u Ruhr, declaring In the _iambe r of deputies, it is said, that D„i»il* efa,llt entltles France to the »Mwtl,e m ueaT aSaiDBt ° ermaDy HjI5c ,CA MAY ha ve A word ticipated arrests would be made. It Is generally expected, however, that issuance of warrants .will come be fore the week’s end. VISIT TO LAKE MADE Geetling recently was released from the Lima, Ohio, state asylum for the criminal insane. He was A visit Monday to Lake La Fourche hy pathologists who exam ined .the bodies of the men, accom panied by a representative,of the attorney general and department of Justice agents gives rise to re ports that -efforts would be made to drag the lake in which the bodies were dlssovered floating two weeks (Turn to page two) ered since It was believed that on ' the rate of interest depended to an extent the nature-of other terms j to’be fixed. The British chancellor has in- i slated that his commission has no , definite proposals to make, and the I American commissioners repeated ly have declared they have no in timation of the British plans and For 3$ LovelyAtlantaDebs, There AreOnly 15 Suitors; Society Alarmed j < —— * L FORMER MINISTER AMONG ARRESTED During the latest raid by the vice squad which included federal officers, a large quantity of im ported wines and whiskies 4 ^Vas seized and a man who sau£? he was Joaquin Mendez, fonpeir^min- ister from Guatemala, was taken into custody. Lieut. Davis • -said the man arrested claimed owner ship of the liquor and , protested against its seizure on the ground that it was the property of a dip lomat. A Mrs. Elizabeth Hecht, also taken into custody in . the raid, was said, to have admitted that the liquors found in her apartment were from foreign sources. ?. * 7 • * Inquiry at both the srtdtfe^de- i yvoiuuu w*»» — —r til some proposition has been Uaja down. _ Effort to Float , Grounded Liner ls considered probable that " Royden, the American JUative with the repara- <0111 mission would have II s * ,0 s ay on the question the final vote. i <>; tomary to call upon the an unofficial delegates at "non important decisions jjo made and Mr. Boyden, (Turn to page two) MIAMI., Fla.—Attempts were; to he made Monday to .float the Ger man trans-Atlantic liner Holsatia, aground near carysfort reef about SO miles south of Miami. .The liner was reported resting easily with an easy .sea and the wrecking tug Relief whictf sped to her assistance upon receipt of re- lief calls picked up hy the Key . ,i. ..totir\w vtrnq In vessel Is not believed to be damaged, according to reports re ceived here. She was boynd from i Hamburg to Havana hy w ay ot Spanish ports and was due to arrive LEFT TO RIGHT: MISSES I. KATHERINE HAVERTY, LUCY CANDLER, ELIZABETH OWENS AND ANNE GRANT Jennie Robinson, daughter of one are quite likely to try to do so It’s of the leading bankers. difficult, but the situation favors enou 8h to support: bis owr In short, never have Atlanta’s them. ' lishment .without being a hi debutantes been so pretty, so An ’’eligible” as "societq” defines the ’’old folks” white wai wealthy or so numerous as this the term, meafts a man who’s a an Heiress wife’s fiiMucial < season and -never have there been member of at least two clubs; who tions to be realized relatively, so few eligible bachelors ‘ owns a. car; who knows how to Under existing -oildition’ in the social set. dance on’his own feet, not nis part- ver Is construed with!© the' Of course, there are plenty cf in- nor s; a “nice” young man, of ments for a car. one club eligibles. Ordinarily they wonld’t course; a young man with money do and it’s even conceded count, but this time some of,them,enoughior.tbe ability to earn walu is a £0^0? dancing. * By HUBERT BAUGHAN ATLANTA, Ga. — Thirty-five lovely debutantes and only IB eli gible bachelors. Such is the season’s situation in Atlanta “society.” -Lfei t . * What’s more, five (it the debu tantes are heiresses. > ... All are the daughters of vMl-to- do families, but the fam!!i-s of ; these five count their fortunes in j millions. ens, granddaughters of Asa G. Candler, coca cola king, estimat- OOO.OOO. 110 W ° rth more *100.- Bwirty, daughter of ^ Atlanta's finest col- lection of paintings, t, - Anne .Grant, daughter of the own er of two of the city’s tallest sky scrapers. Lfejikl^ts in Havana today.
