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VOI- 11. No. 17 Foil AMOcUted Press Leased Wire. Service, . v ‘'SJTOi
ATHENS, GA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1923.
Single Copies 2 Cento Daily. 5 Cento Sunday.
French Will Not Tolerate Passive German Hostilities
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DESPONDENT,
TitlES TO END LIFE
1 Dying I5ed Youth
'ells How Drugs Were;
■eddied At School
louse. Ruining Career. ;
HE HAD PLANNED
TO KILL PEDDLER
Huy, 18, Relates to Father
That He Stole Money to
Purchase Drugs and
Faked Report Card..
CHU-AGO — Geo. E. Ruth, 18,
high school senior Wednesday was
In it hospital here said by physi
cians to he near death from a bul
!•*» wound self inflicted because,
hr told his father, he had formed
tin* dnir habit that had forced him
from school and denied him the
privilege of graduating with his
dass Thursday. He told his fath
' r that ho bought the drugs from
a youth who stood outside the
high school. ■
Last October Roth said he vir
tually ceased attending school but
managed to hide the fact from his
parents by forging a report card,
viiig for drugs, he said,
made it impossible for him to con
centrate on his studies.
' Hm 1 went around to the school
p vry da v and bought my dope”
ed.
-for me and the othei
id hoys who were his custo
Of course I had to have
high school student told
h»*r that he had taken money
'lie latter’s pockets to buy
n'-s. Rut that means of ob-
money, he said, soon prov-
'I'-'luate to meet this Brow-
sire for drugs” and Thurs-
• old class graduates” he
and I wouldn’t have been
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Soldier Bandits
Be Court Martialed
TOLERATE PASSIVE
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Mileage Books
Again On Sale,
A Note Equivalent to An
Ultimatum Was to Be
Sent Late Wednesday to
High Officials.
GERMAN REACTION
EAGERLY WATCHED
Further Occupation and
1, More Drastic Measures
WASHINGTON — Ratlroai
were ordered Wednesday by tl
Interstate Commerce Commissi*
to resume the practice of selling
interchangeable milage books good
for 2,500 miles of travel at reduc
tions of 20 per cent from the regu
lar passenger rates.
Sale of the books must begin
March 15, the commission decided.
A number of small railroads were
excluded from .the requirements
of the order because of their finan-
crial inability to meet the reduc
tion. „ Practically all of the class
one roads, however must estab
lish the reductions.
Forecast. M o ratorium
] i Ends At Midnight.
LONDON — fBy tho Rssociated
—"Apparently basing their
statements upon General De-
Goutte’s warning to Germany,
some of the English correspon
dents at Dusseldorf assert that
the French almost immediately
’’will send Berlin a notification,
equivalent in spirit, if'not In form,
to an ultimatum, demanding re
versal of Wilhelm’s Strasse’s poll
jcy regarding the Ruhr.
Germany is to be told. The
Post’s Duesseldorf correspondent
says, that France will not toler-
late passive hostility supported and
Wear something like this to the j financed by the German govern-
next costume ball you attend. The : me*nt. and that if a satisfactory re
girl is Wanda Hoff, wife of Paul P>F is not Riven drastic measures
Whltieman, orchestra director. She ^ken
wore the costume to the Illustra
tor’s ball, New York. *
■"'“'l with his father’s revolv-
*"t- told how he departed
“to kill the dope ped-
thnt had started me out and
l intended to kill myself.”
!'»• did not find the peddler.
Educators Appeal
For Lynch Halt
BACK AS DIRECTOR
BUT NOT M ACTOR
Dispatches to the telegraph say
' that this notification will probab-
jly be forwarded to Germany Wed-
i nesday evening. The correspon-
. dent adds that it is not known
what form the threatened measu
res will take, but says that they
j are not likely to involve further
S occupation.
AGAIN DIFFER AT
NEAR EAST PAREI
After Allies Agreed to
Break Up Session If
Turks Won’t Sigiv, the
French Oppose Move.
PASHA ASKS TWO
WEEKS OF DELAY
Opinion in England Tues
day Hardened in Favor
of Accepting the Ameri
can Plan.
BONAR LAW’S IDEA
REPORTED MODIFIED
ttink U. S. Plan Should
Allow For Possible Fi
nancial Changes in Fu-j
ture.
ed to accept the American offer in
regard to the funding of the
British war debt to the United
States.
British Receive French
Decision As a “Flagrant
Violation of the Allied
Agreements Recently.”
LAUSANNE—(By the Associat
ed Press) — A long consultation
among the Allied delegates in an
endeavor to maintain a united
front against the Turks preceeded
the opening of the Near East con
ference Wednesday. It pras said
SHINGTON — Eighty - one
ni educators have issued a
i lea to governors and legis-
n well as to citizens "to
influence constantly
"i elv in condemnation of
iinc of lynching and to en-
' necessary and persistently
• *urh laws as will put a
" this species .of lawless-
ipners seven are state
ients of education, sev-
•sidents of universities,
re presidents of state
or normal colleges,
are presidents of pri
med universities or col
twenty-four are college
f»v L! !N< : ORANGES
UOKRTISING
( al'fornia Fruit Grtwers spend
th'llinn dollars a year advertise
*"K
^ Anrf ,hls advertising has kept
w " tie cost of oranges. Tj»
s l 1 .'. an official of the Exchange:
ih,. cost of selling oranges
( 1 K mons through the Califor-
I• r " :l Growers* Exchange is
a r than it was ten years
fir:
r *I n tS, ‘ tw «lve years since the
‘nipaign was launched the
ciated Press) — The reaction of
the Germans, particularly in Ber-
• j lin official circles to General De
J Gouttes warning that the French
. and Belgians had come to the end
LOS ANGELES, Cal. — Roscoo of their natience and that the oc-
C. (Fatty) Arbuckle Wednesday | cupying forces were ready to “take
was preparing to atteihpt his whatever time and measures”
“come‘back” along the new lines necessary^to enforce their
he announced Tuesday-—that of a * ' U “ J v
the British would probably be dis
posed to grant the Turks some
days for reflection. All the Al-
DUSSELDORF — (By the Asso- I J| ed delations, including the
motion picture director. He said
be had signed a contract to direct
comedies for a new company for
which incorporation papers were
filed at Trenton, N. J., Tuesday by
Edgar Mannix and J. Thomas Con
nors, of Los Angeles.
He issued a signed statement
in which he declared he was ‘done
with acting” and that in the role
of a director was a “chance to
make good inthe right way.”
Aiter Will H. Hays, titular head
of the motion picture industry an
nounced just before Christmas
that Arbuckle, whose career was
halted T>y bis three trials of man
slaughter in connection with the
death of Virginia *Rappe, screen
actress, was to have another
chance” the fat comedian detailed
plans for appearing again before
the camera. The protests Irony
Americans, agreed that the nego
tiations could not be long protxac
ted.
Lord Curzon in beginning his
address in the session Wednesday
said the primary object of the
treaty was to bring to an end the
terrible war which had desolated
eastern Europe and a large part
of Asia for more than eight years
and thus enable all the various
armies, whether allied, Turkish or
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of the two week moratorium re- JfA,i re ?^ ™ 80 . , W J? 8 de . 8, * ne ?,
cently granted Germany for the ena ^ e Turkish state, which
policy, was awaited here Wednes
day as the Allies - strengthened
their position.
Midnight will see the expiration
payment of her half billion gold
marks reparation installment,
whether the French will make de
fault the occasion for putting into
effect the expected Ruhr customs
barrier and cessation of coal ship
ments Eastward, had not been ac
counted Wednesday morning. It
is reported that the Beilin govern
ment through the Minister of Rail
ways has forbidden the German
personnel from carrying out any
orders of the French and Belgians.
The decree also forbade the work
ers to co-operate in the shipments
of coal and timber out of Germany
to either France or Belgium.
numerous sources ffom all parts
of the country Apparently caused
Min to change his mind.
Viola Dana Is
Augusta Seeks
President’s Visit
, — The American con-
been taught by co-op-
t»i ailv «'rtising to eat nearly
,? a, many orange* as before.”
r,Hin t. properly done,
s money for the consumer
makes money for the producer
iii.r mc on * wasteful methods.
i vo * an >« and cuttinir
tributi ' C0 |S aIl d dis-
_ ADVERTISING IN
TIIE BANNER-HERALD
SELLS THE GOODS.
AUGUSTA. Ga.—After Inviting
President Hording to spend, port.
„ all of hfs Vacation _here Gi
March, and being adv.sed by the
President's secretary W” 0
cision would be reached concern-
a eu- (sonth until March l.
ing toe trip south unUl March
a delegation of business men met
here tote Tuesday and Wanted
■a commlttfee to eo to,Washing^
ton to personally consult with toe
president about too matter.
The committtee will leave v here
the next f<
posed of Julian
Joseph B. Gummmg Sanford H.
Ready For Knife
LOS ANGELES, Cal. - Viola
Dana, screen star was to undergo
an operation for appendicitis hei
Wednesday was broup Vl *» l.os]
tal Tuesday.
ACQUITTED OF ARSON'
AUGUSTA, Ga.,—Troy C. Wil
liamson, young Augusta merchant,
charged with burning his place of
business on Broad street on the
night! of December 17, last year,
was acquitted by a Jury here
Tuesday night after.4« minutes
of deliberation. The ,tylal lasted
all day. Henry C. Hgmmond. who.
was vanquished in the war with
the Allies out victorious over
Greece, to. resume its place as a
consolidated state and re-enter
the committee of Nations.
LONDON (By tho Associated
Pres£)—The leading financial
writers of the morning newspap
ers find that ■opinion hardened
Tuesday in favor of aceptiiig the
American funding proposal.
However, there is a widely held
opinion that America, having re
gard for the uncertainties of
the future, should * agree to a
clause allowing Great Britain the
full benefit of a*Jy changed condi- }
tions that may arise in the Nat-cn-
al credit of both countries during
the next ten davs.
In some political quarters it is
aserted that Premier Bonar Law’s
-position against acceptance under*
went a certain modification 1 ues-
day as a result of Chancellor of
the Exechequer Baldwin’s state
ment to the cabinet. Mi*. Bald
win’s arguments are also said to
have impressed the* other minis
ters. Iri circles where jthis bell9f
is held, the ultimate acceptance of
the American terms is anticipat-
1 CORPORALS IRE
UNDER GUARD FOR
SEIZING 143,000
Early Wednesday It Was
Not Known What Dis
position Would Be Made
of Bandits.
COURT MARTIAL
SEEMS PROBABLE
’ Mrs. John^B. Henderson'Atnstt),
widow of Senator Hendersca of
Missouri, hag offered this costly
recant
Great Britain has decid-l Washington,>D/C« a& A permanent
ed.
The contribution of the Express
to the discussion Wednesday takes
the form of a front page state
ment, printed in - bold type, that
several states of the American
union are < still in defuulj to* Brit
ish investors for sums borrowed
on the British market.
Lord Curzon said every one re
gretted that there had not been
an agreement to every clause in
the treaty, but time was pressing
and Europe and indeed the whole
world was waiting, not for further
debates but for results.
Therefore it was felt to be In
the public interest that the proceed
ings should be brought to a ter
mination as he hoped they might
be by common consent.
“Any fqpl can make war” he ad
ded. “It is the business of states
men to end it.”
LAUSANNE—(By the Associat
ed Press) — The French delega
tion’s announcement that it could
not consent; to leaving Lausanne
so long as there were prospects
of agreement with Turkey led to
complications among the Allies
which brought the Near East con
ference Wednesday morning to the
brink of a greater chasm than had
'been anticipated for the treaty
day. • •• ' : ' •’ *•• j 1 --
Ismet Pasha' head 1 tif the’Turkish
delegation to 'thte Nehr 1 feast 4?5n-
AUGUSTA, Ga.—A young white
woman who gave her name as
Dovie Smith of Augusta, and a
man named Clarence Gay were ar
rested by Burke county officers
Tuesday afternoon when they raid
ed ia piq<ap$hine.. ftfl^fi^-n.^riar
^ _ ' _ Creek.. n yiiej
has been JuW'iof ;tM« ference asked the ’conference Wedf jgnoCf#1*
“American public opinion” says?
the newspaper” is now very ireist-
ent upon the necessity of honor
ing financial pledges. But it may
be pointed out that some’Ameri
can States have to set their own
houses in order.”
Then follows the declaration that
sums totalling 12,000,000 i»oonds
of sterling are owed by Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Miss
issippi, Norflh and South Carolina
while Alabama is included as a
debtor for* an unascertained
amount. -
“These sums,” the paper says,
borrowed In varying amounts from
forty to seventy years ago,.
present a total greater by half
than the amount claimed by tho
American government for arrears
and interest on the British lean.
The Express concludes by ask-
lng;
“Ought nqt this to be taken in-
tb account In determining the to
tal .sum Great Britain ought to
•pay?"
ARRESTED IN RAID
Cohen and Van -Holt Garrett.
20 years, retiring a few weeks ago j nesday for a delay of two weeks
to resume tVre practice of law, before the signature of peace and
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DUSSELDORF — (By the Asso
ciated Press) — Coal production
in the Ruhr vallev is rapidly de
creasing. Only 10,461 coal cars
were loaded Monday instead
22,000. the normal number. The
scarcity of empty cars is becom
ing acute. Only 7,000 were avail
able Tuesday in the entire valley.
In consequence of these conditions
coal is beginning to accumulate
at the pit heads.
The Cologne Berlin main trunk
telephone and telegraph cable was
again cut today in several Places
in the vicinity of Essen. That
city is completely cut off from the
rest of Germany.
A message from Coblenz an
nounces that 34 German .civil of
ficers were being expelled today
from the Rhineland under the or
ders issued yesterday by the Rhine
land high commission.
BERLIN — Hugo Stinnes. has
repudiated the contract for. con
struction work in the devasted
area of France which he conclud
ed several months ago with Mar
quis Lubersac, says the Deuche
Bergeerks Zeitung.
Hundreds of carloads of build
ing material have been sent Into
Northern France under tho pro
visions of the agreement.
Savannah Invites
Many Celebrities
SAVANNAH,. Ga.—-President
Harding and Gdvetnor Hardwick*,
the chief executives of South
Carolina. Florida and other‘sthtes
have been invited |to greet the-
returning doughboy*.
Governor Hardwick *has signi
fied his intention of attending.
. 20 DIE IN SHIP WRECK
\ MANILLA. By the Asso-
MANILLA, By the
elated Press.)—With th|e arrival
here Wednesday of the steamship
Paris, a belated member of; the
fleet of Russian refugees, it was
learned that her sister ship had
been sunk off Formosa last week
with the, loss of 20 lives.
Peg o’ My Heart” has appeared
;novel, printed 1 play.; stage
ficers and too woman and man J'P'ay ® n< } ,1Im Gnv- N° w Hiiea
were on the sceno when the raid J^Eelix^s jjomposing a score for a
was made.
light opera version -of it.
High Army Officials Are
Held Up. At Newport
News and Big: Pay Roil
Snatched. .
T with the daring holdup an v
oery of a $43-,000 army payroll in
fron t of the “First National* Bank
at Hampton Tuesday. Corporals
John S. Wood and James Harvey
were held under military guard at
Langley field Wednesday pending
a decision as to whether they will
be tried before a civil or military
eeurt. It appeared probable that
the two men. who were said to .
have had in their possession a
greater portion of the money tak
en when they were arrested Tues
day night, would be brought be
fore a court martial.
Of the amount missing, the ex
act total of which had not been
announced, $5,000 of it *as said
to have! been silver contained in
a bag which the men are believed
to have been forced to abandon
and for which search was being,
continued Tuesday. When arrest-
i p d after a search of the surround-
l ing country by military and coun
ty authorities, aided by a posse
of several hundred citizens and
! soldiers, the men -vyero said to
i have had the notes, comprising
most of the money taken* conceal
NEW YORK - Charlotte PoH J 01
Ion, and Mertotster, Mrs. Katherine! thelr clotilln S an<1 their shoes.
decade or more as the Poillon
sisters, were routed ironi their
beds in a fashionable upper West
side apartment Wednesday and ar
rested on a charge of grand lar-
cency, preferred by' Charles H.
Duesenberg, 73 years old, who says
he was engaged to marry Kather
ine.
According to the complaint,
Duesenberg sought the hand of
Katherine, who is 51 years old and
before she accepted, Charlotte
had told him she wanted proof of
his ability to support her sister.
Duesenberg thereupon produced
stock certificates worth $4,500 and
the sisters said they wanted to
show them to their parents who
lived upstate. Duesenberg con
sented and that was the last he
saw of the certificates he said.
The sisters came to New York
24 years ago from their native
city of Troy, and since then they
have figured frequently in the
news. Katherine got the first no
toriety by knocking out a man
who had spoken to her without an
introduction as she was walking
in Central Park.
BROUGHT A BREACH
OF, PROMISE SUIT
/ In 1913 they were sent to Black
for $250,000 against William Gould
Brokaw, alleging breach of pro
mise to marry, but the case was
settled fon $17,000 before it vent
to a jury. Then she sued her
lawyers, alleging that they lad
taken too much of the settlement
money.
In 1013 they were sent to Black
well’s island for three months for
defrauding a hotel out of $30.
In 1915 they came Into public
notice again when it was found
that the alleged German spy, Ray
mond Swoboda, had lived in their
apartment in Riverside drive.
In 1920 they aided detectives in
trapping , a man who was charged
with being implicated in the theft
of jewelry from Enrico Caruso’s
home and received part of the
$10,000 reward for the recovery of
the gems.
The two alleged bandits offered
no resistance to their arrest by
Lt C. F. Horton, who said he
came upon them with his party as
they were Joking with two ne
groes. The latter stated After
wards they had just agreed to
drive Wood and Harvey, who said
they had lost their wdy In the
woods while going to Newport
News.
Search for the men began when
Captain Norman D. Cota, chief fi
nance officer, his assistant chauf
feur and guard of ’two enlisted
men were found bound, gagged
and tied to. trees in the woods
^ear Big Bethel, about 20 miles
from here. They then reported
they had been held up in front of
the bank at Hampton, placed in
their automobile and taken on a
.wild drive with the curtains down,
which ended in the ditching of the
machine near the spot where they
were found. They said during
the drive they recognized Wood
and Harvey, who later were found
to lyive been missing from the
t anglev field post since early mom
ing, as the bandits.
Comine out of the bank with
♦he payroll about, ten o'clock; Cap
tain Cota said he and the other
four men of his pgrtv were order
ed by the ,two bandits, at pistol
point, into the rear of their ma
chine, where with curtains drawn,
they were covered by one of the
men from the front seat, while the
other drove the car. Although
thev. were unable to trace the
route taken, the party said th?*v
were certain the edr went through
Newport News. Several per
sons who-saw the hold-up later
said they thought they were w’t-
nessipg only an arrest hv military
authorities. Both, pf the bandits
wore army hats and rnineonts.
Bloodhounds and nrmv Riro’snoq
armed with machine arnns. fig
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