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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.
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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
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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,
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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.