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VOL. XXV. NO. 140
BALDWIN WANTS
CONFERENCE WITH
POINCARE ON RUHR
U. S. Officials See New
Peace Hope in French Bid
for Further Negotiations
With Less Publicity
LONDON, Aug. 23.—(8y the Asso
ciated Press.) —Recognizing the fu
tility of a further exchange of
lengthy notes on the reparation
Issue, Prime Minister Baldwin has
decided to meet Premier Poincare
upon the former’s return from his
vacation at Aix-les-Bains, it became
known today.
The British premier will not for
mally ask his French colleague for
an appointment but will make
known quietly through second par
ties his readiness to discuss the
whole reparation problem in the
light of the French premier's latest
note.
Prime Minister Baldwin returned
to London from the country last
night and took a preliminary look
at the French note. Time will be
allowed the ministers to consider
the argument's of Premier Poincare
before any formar cabinet discus
•ion takes place.
Mr. Baldwin leaves Saturday for
\ Aix-Les-Baines, France, where he is
likely to give full consideration to
the latest note. Before returning to
.England he may meet Marquis Cur
ton, foreign secretary, who is stay*
ing at Bagnolles, Normandy.
V. S. SEES NEW HOPE
IN POINCARE’S ATTITUDE
By David Lawrence
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1023.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. Pre
mier Poincare’s note to Great
Britain is exactly what the United
States government expected. This
does not mean that officials here ap
prove of the French line of reason
ing, but they are inclined to agree
with the French premier that no
good purpose is served by discus
sion from the house tops of the in
tricate problems of reparations.
In other words, an open demand
by Great Britain could not have
been accepted by Poincare without
committing political suicide. To
yield to Great Britain in the face
of the whole world would have been
humiliating. That is why consider
ably more importance is attached
today to the broad hint in M. Poin
care’s note suggesting that the ne
gotiations be continued with more
discretion and less publicity.
Although the United States is
more or less an innocent bystander
in the exchange of notes between
Great Britain and France, 'there is
no escaping the direct references to
America’s part in the financial re
adjustment of Europe. Naturally
there is disappointment here that
th* French should have gone so far
as to say publicly that while the
war debt to America would be paid,
payments would not be begun until
Germany began paying reparations. ’
To Clear Debt Cloud
The French have determined, in
cidentally, to draw up an agree
ment with the United States to pay
the debt. It will be in a sense a
recognition of the existence of the
debt and an answer to the criti
cism which has been leveled ?t
France to the effect that she has
never formally acknowledged her
war debt, but on the contrary has
indicated through some of her states
men —as, for instance, M. Loucheur
—that the debt would be repudiated.
Premier Poincare's statement that
the forthcoming negotiations with
America are intended to bring about
a definite agreement to pay was
noted here as significant. The ex
act words of the French premier are:
"We wish to pay our debts, both
our debts toward the United States
and our debts toward Great Britain.
We cannot accord preference to one
or the other. We cannot therefore
bring about a solidarity with Ger
many for the payment of the debt of
England to the United States. We
cannot, on the other hand, abandon
our whole share of bonds for partial
settlement of the inter-allied debts.
We should in any case be obliged to
come to an aggrement in advance
with the government of the United
States, which also being our creditor
has interest in seeing that our finan
cial position is not made worse.”
The interpretation of the foregoing
heard today is that France believes
America cannot exert pressure to
force France to pay her debts before
German reparations are forthcoming
and that America will not fall in
with the British plans for closer re
lationship w’ith Germany which
might hinder the reconstruction or
productivity of Frence.
Theory Held Untenable
The American position is quite sim
ple. Ta the extent that France de
clares reparations must be settled
apart from the question of jnter-al
lied war debts, the United States is
In hearty accord with the French po
sition. But to withhold making an
agreement to pay the United States
until payments are actually received
from Germany is, in the opinion of
responsible people here, an utterly
untenable theory of fair dealing as
between debtor and creditor. ’
America asked no questions of
France when the money was origi
nally lent. No strings were attached.
Three and a half billion dollars were
furnished by the American people
through Liberty loan drives and no
French official said anything about
paying it back only when Germany
should recover sufficiently to pay it
after defeat. To transfer the bur
den to Germany does not sit well in
official quarters.
The British made their agreement
without saying anything about get
ting income from Germany or
any other countries now owing her
money. The French capacity to pay
America apart from any payments
that may come to France from Ger
many is the only factor that con
gress is likely to consider when any
question of funding the French debt
Is debated there. And there is a
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Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
NEWS OF THE WORLD
TOLD IN BRIEF
CHAUTAUQUA.—President Obre
gon believes Mexico soon will adopt
prohibition, Methodist Bishop Thirk
field tells Chautauqua conference.
NEW YORK—Fifteen hundred
shares of Piggy Wiggly stores stock
at one time quoted at $125 a share,
are sold at auction for $1 a share.
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—This city
faces "reign of terror” at hands of
the I. W. W., state authorities an
nounce.
NEW YORK.—Governors of chief
anthracite states are invited to con
ference here Tuesday to devise plans
to lessen hardships in event of coal
strike.
MADRID —War office communica
tion reports Spanish losses in fight
ing at Tifaruin approximately 300
killed and wounded, in operations
to relieve Spanish garrison.
WASHINGTON.—CoIdest August
weather in many years gathers in
the northwest, spreadte through up
per Mississippi and Missouri valleys
and reaches Atlantic seaboard. .
NEW YORK—General Heri Jo
seph Gouraud, of France, “lion of
Argonne,” who has been guest in
this country of Rainbow division,
sails on steamship France.
CHICAGO. —Soft coal production
is not expected to be affected ad
versely by possible anthracite coal
strike; bituminous miners are under
contract until April 1.
WASHINGTON. —Senator Hiram
Johnson, in statement, denounces
publication of parts of letter writ
ten to California friend discussing
the 1924 political outlook.
WASHINGTON. Mrs. Calvin
Coolidge is among losers in national
knitting contest in which James
town, R. 1., woman wins first prize,
$2,000.
COPENHAGEN. Fight against
tobacco begins at anti-alcoholic con
gress. Leipsic professor says Lord
Carnarvon would have lived if he
had been a non-smoker.
DES MOINES —Demand of next
session of congress for investiga
tion of federal department of agri
culture is to b emade by Farmers’
National Council, Benjamin C.
Marsh, managing director, declares
in address here.
MOSCOW—Following six weeks
of rain and hail storms, heavy snow
has ruined crops in mountain dis-,
trict of Daghestan In Caucasus, ac
cording to reports from that region,
and population of nearly a million
in district is threatened with famine.
NEW YORK—Professor Charles
Ernest Pellew, 59, American citizen
and former professsr at Columbia
university, sails with bride on
France to claim seat in British
house of lords as seventh viscount
Exmouth.
Girl Bride of Month
Found Fatally Beaten;
Two Men Are Held
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug.
23. —Mrs. Elsie Suttle, 16-year-old
bride of a month of R. H. Suttle, Jr.,
was found clubbed and choked in her
bed at the Suttle home here Thurs
day, and Thursday afternoon was
believed to be dying at thef hospital
where she was taken. Officers were
hunting for a man thought to be.a
former Sweetheart.
Physicians said that Mrs. Suttle
could not live more than four hours.
Suttle was questioned by the offi
cers, but was released and a state
ment given out at the district attor
ney’s office indicated that the po
lice were hunting for one of two m e n
whose identity they refused to re
veal.
Mr. Hope Roberts Dies
In Store at Cordele
CORDELE, Ga., Aug. 23. —Mr.
Hope Roberts, prominent Cordele
grocer, aged 47, died of apoplexy at
his place of business on Seventh
street Thursday afterrtoon. Only
his wife was in the store at the
time he was stricken.
Mr. Roberts sustained a slight
attack several months ago, but re
covered sufficiently to return to his
place of business, Mr. Roberts is
survived by -his wife, one daughter,
Miss Emmie Lou Roberts; two
brothers, Alvin Roberts, of Colum
bus, and Benjamin Roberts, of Sa
vannah ,and three sisters, Mrs. Gene’
Bolder, Miss Mellie Roberts and
Mrs. L. O. White, all of Cordele.
The Weather
Virginia: Saturday fair.
North Carolina: Saturday fair and
somewhat warmer.
South Carolina: Saturday clearing,
moderate temperature.
Georga: Saturday fair; moderate
temperature.
Florida: Local thundershowers
Saturday.
Extreme northwest Florida Ala
bama, Mississippi: Saturday fair.
Tennessee, Kentucky, West Vir
ginia: Saturday fair.
Louisiana: Saturday generally fair
except somewhat unsettled un the
coast, warmer in the interior.
Arkansas: Saturday, fair, warmer.
Oklahoma: Saturday, generally
fair, warmer.
East Texas: Saturday partly’
cloudy, warmer in northeast portion
West Texas: Saturday generally
fair.
LONDON.—British unofficial opin
ion sees no substantial concessions
in French reply to British sugges
tions on reparations problem.
TOKlO.—Premier Kato of Japan
dies at 62; he was generaly recogniz
ed as one of ablest statesmen among
empire’s naval officers.
< SIOUX FALLS, S. D—lndepend
ent gasoline dealers announce re
duction in price jof 15 1-2 cents a
gallon.
WASHINGTON.—Senator Brook
hart tells president that western
farmers join eastern coal consumers
in request for extra session of con
,gress.
NEW YORK.—Elihu Root accepts
( first place on jury that will select
winning SIOO,OOO plan in American
peace award offered by Edward Bok,
of Philadelphia.
WASHINGTON. Transconti
nental air mail service, operated day
and night, is assured as result of
successful trial flights, Postmaster
General New says.
f NEW YORK.—Widely circulated
[ false reports that Thomas A. Edi
son had died of apoplexy bring
prompt statement that inventor is
not ill, but was slightly indisposed,
on Michigan camping trip.
RICHMOND, Va.—Three deaths
resulting '.om "devil’s grippe ” a
mysterious contagious disease, are
reported to state health authorities
and epidemic is spreading with
about 1,000 cAses now under treat
ment.
NEW YORK.—Abnormal costs
through shopmen's strike in July
1922, did much to offset earnings of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad of
first six months of year and result
ed in/ loss of $7,500,000 in new oper
ating income, according to President
Willard in annual report for 1922.
LONDON —A Central News dis
patch from Berlin reports that Ger
man government will ruthlessly sup
press all speculation in foreign cur
rencies and that it has been decided
to inflict death penalty in worst
cases of infringement on financial
regulations and to meter out hard
labor sentences in others.
MILWAUKEE. —Systematic strike
of soft coal miners to aid anthracite
walkout, should latter be called,
would make most powerful coal
' strike world has ever seen, declares
Samuel Gompers in address to Inter
national Photo Engravers' Union.
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CHICAGO. Three important
building constructors operating in
Chicago notify citizens’ committee
for enforcing Landis wage award
that they will no longer operate un
der conditions, and it is learned they
have begun to unionize their local
j construction work.
Haars Are Rearrested,
$ 10,000 Bond Required
In Bootlegging Case
SAVANNAH, Ga., Aug. 23.—Fred
H. Haar, Sr., Carl Haar and Wil
liam H. Haar, alleged wholesale
bootleggers, were arrested Thursday
on bench warrants, following their
indictment by the federal grand jury
on the charge of conspiracy. They
gave bond in the sum of SIO,OOO
‘each.
J. B. Bailey, J. D. Dillard and
Chester Tuten also were arrested on
the same charge as w*as Roosevelt
Smith, a negro. They gave bonds of
$5,000 each. There are no new
charges against the men. They were
arrested in the first raid and carried
before a United States commissioner
who held them for the action of the
grand jury. Their re-arrest follows
their indictment.
Man Swept Over
Niagara Falls;
Ignores Life Line
NIAGARA FALLS, N. ?., Aug.
23.—Disdaining attempts to rescue
him, an unidentified man was swept
to death over the American falls to
day. The man was first seen by po
lice, in the water about 100 feet
above Prospect Point, being carried
along by the current. He appeared
to be about 65 years old and had
a gray moustache.
A life line was thrown to him,
out he paid no attention to it and
went over the brink about twenty
feet from shore. A search of the
river bank revealed no clothing or
note that would identify the man.
W. H. Marshall. Noted
Figure in Finance, Dies
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—Walso H.
Marshall, formerly president of
American Locomotive company,
died last night at Barnstable, Mass.,
according to word received here to
day. He was 59 years old.
Mr. Marshall was assistant chief
of the division of production of the
ordnance department during the
war and was formerly on the naval
consulting board. He gave up bis
duties as a manufacturing executive
to become associated with the firm
of J. P. Morgan & Co. in 1917.
Doctors at Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga., Aug. 23.—Phy
sicians of First congressional dis
trict Thursday opened a two-day
meeting in Savannah. The conven
tion is well attended. Dr. J. Waring,
president of the ’First district so
ciety, is chairman. Officers consist
ing of a president and vice president
are. to be elected Friday afternoon
following a dinner at Bannon lodge.
MILLION DOLLARS
LOST TO FARMERS
WHEN DAM BREAKS
Wall of Water Sweeps Down
Colorado Valley, Carrying
I
. Housesi Trees and Railway
Bridges
PUEBLO. Colo., Aug. 23.—(8y the
Associated Press.) —Its first fury ex
panded in a mad dash down the
Apishapa river valley to the junc
tion with the Arkansas river, and
slightly beyond, flood water which
burst from the Aptshapa irrigation
reservoir, 36 miles south of Fowler,
Colo., late last night, was rolling
down the lower stretches of the Ar
kansas valley today, steadily dimin
ishing in volume and destructive
ness.
Although the inundation of the
lowlands along the upper reaches of
the two streams in the state is re
ported to have caused property
damage estimated at $1,000,000, ren
dered at least 1,000 nomeless. swept
away at. least 1,200 feet of railroad
track and demoralized train and au
tomobile traffic and telephone and
telegraph communication, the crest
of the flood apparently passed
quickly and the river began to re
cede almost immeditaely after the
first rush of water.
Hundreds of residents along the
meandering course of the Arkansas
river through the valley were
warned late, yesterday and early to
day of the breaking of the dam, re
leasing an 86-foot wall of water, and
fled from their homes.
Capt. Howard Ennis,
Milledgeville Mayor,.
Marries in Atlanta
Captain J. Howard Ennis, mayor
of Milledgeville, former state sena
tor, present representative of Bald
win county in the legislature, and
prospective candidate for governor
of Georgia, turned his thoughts
aside from matters of state Thurs
day long enough to. marry Miss Eva
Roberta Beck, of Milledgeville, a
visitor in Atlanta. The ceremony
was performed at tjie home of J. T.
Rebb, a cousin of the bride, at 356
South Boulevard.
The marriage was a complete sur
prise to friends of the couple, and
they were well o ntheir way to
Asheville, N. C., by automobile be
fore the news became known. Mrs.
Ennis had been a visitor at the Rebb
home for several days, and Mr. En
nis came to Atlanta Wednesday aft
ernoon and talked politics at the
Kimball house for several hour!
without giving away his secret.
Mrs. Ennis is a young woman of
unuusual beauty, and a leader in
Milledgeville society circles. She
has visited in Atlanta frequently.
Omaha Water Famine
Loss Is $5,000,000;
Typhoid Danger Seen
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 23—With 15.-
000 men cut of employment because
of a shut down of industries, the
economic loss in Omaha’s “water
famine” was declared today to have
mounted to more than $5,000,000.
Dr. A. M. Pinto, city health com
missioner, also warned that danger
of a typhoid epidemic is increasing
hourly. The famine was caused by
a Missouri river cave-in which tilled
city mains with mud Tuesday.
Citizens today continued to obtain
their principal water supply from a
fire hose stretched from Council
Bluffs. Although a slight improve
ment was noticeable in the city
mains, the supply is still 40 per cent
mud. Relief is not expected for
several days.
Thousands grouped about the
hose, artesion wells and park springs,
carrying water away in every sort
of container.
High Wind Pulls Boy
And Kite Off Roof;
Float Down Safely
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—A heavy
wind in Brooklyn Wednesday lifted
Vito Cicio, aged 11, from the roof
where he was flying a kite twice his
size. The boy held on to the string
and floated safely fifty feet to the
street, the kite acting as a para
chute.
Alleged Writer of Improper
Letters Escapes From Jail
FLORENCE, S. C., Aug. 23
William Hopkins, held on a charge
of writing improper letters to per
sons socially prominent throughout
the United States, escaped from the
Florence county jail here last night
along with four other prisoners, it
became known here today. Hop
kins was arrested at Kingstree last
fall by postal authorities when he
is alleged to have written an im
proper letter to a member of the
Vanderbilt family then wintering in
Florida.
Requests Court to Force
Return of Treasure Chart
NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 23.
A suit has been filed in civil dis
trict court here by Douglas Harrell,
who Jost a treasure chart and map,
against C. T. Seller, Jr., alleged
finder of the paper refuses to return
it to its lawful owner unless an
agreement is made to make Seller
a twenty-five per cent stockholdei*
in the enterprise.
Fugitive Surrenders
AIKEN, S. C., Aug. 23.—W. E.
Riner, of Lakeland, Fla., who is
declared by officers to be wanted in
that city charged with the embez
zlement of S4OO, surrendered last
night to Deputy Sheriff Nolly
Robinson at the latter’s home near
here. Riner is quoted by the sheriff
as saying that he has two brothers
living at Meeksville, Ga., and that
he evaded arrest by a deputy ther'i
early Wednesday.
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NAPIER TO CONFER
WITH OTHER STATE
GAS INVESTIGATORS
In an effort to gain additional in
formation in his investigation of gas
oline prices in Georgia, Attorney
General George M. Napier will at
tend a conference of attorneys gen
eral in Minneapolis next Monday and
Tuesday, he has announced. The de
cision of the attorney general to go
to Minneapolis followed a conference
with Governor Walker Thursday.
A national convention of attorneys
general is to be held in Minneapo
lis next week, but Attorney General
Napier did not plan to attend until
it was announced tl.at a special con
ference on gasoline prices would be
a feature of the convention. This
special conference was called by the
attorney general of Minnesota, and
Tn addition to Attorney General Na
pier, the attorneys of Kan
sas, Arkansas, Indiana, lowa, Louisi
ana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Oklahoma and Wyoming
have signified an intention to j>ar
ticipate.
Attorney General Napier stated
that many independent dealers are
co-operating voluntarily with him in
his search for information on the
possibil.ty of price manipulation in
the gasoline market, and he has se
cured data that will be transmitted
to the governor next Saturday, be
fore he leaves for Minneapolis.
The attorney general had accepted
an invitation to address an Ameri
can Legion barbecue at Covington
next Wednesday, but had to cancel
this engagement by wire, as he can
not get back from Minneapolis by
that date.
Governor Undecided
On Assembly Date;
Ready to Issue Call
Governor Walker has not yet de
cided upon the date for the extra
session r >f the Georgia general as
sembly to consider tax reforms, he
stated Thursday, but expects to is
sue the official call this week.
It is said to be the desire of the
governor lo make the extra session
as short as possible, because of the
expense to the state, but under the
law he hasn’t the power to limit tue
legislature, it is claimed.
Officials of all departments at the
capitol are interested in plans for
the extra session. Few believe the
solons can reach any agreement on
tax reform in fifteen days,/ as the
governor had hoped would be pos
sible. There were some who even
predicted a fifty or sixty daj r session,
and practically all agreed on thirty
days as the probable minimum.
According to the records, the gen
eral assembly costs approximately
$2,400 per day. Thus a thirty-day
session would cost $72,000 and a fif
ty-day session 120,000, or the same
amount the recent session cost.
Kept Alive Several Hours
After His Pulse Ceases
STRATFORD, Ont., Aug. 23.
Physicians announced today that
seven-year-old Jack R. Leaney had
lived for some hours after b’s pulse
had stopped. A high stimulant was
used when life apparently was ex
tinct.
For two hours there ewas no sign
of life. Then the pulse commenced
to beat again, and he lived for five
hours. He had been suffering from
acute bone inflammation.
Population of China Is
Listed at 436,084,953
SHANGHAI, Aug. 4. (Corre
spondence of the Associated Press.)
China has a population of 436,084,-
935, according to the annual report
of the Chineses postoffice. The fig
ure is only a vague estimate, com
piled from reports of provincial of
fices, as no systematic method of
census taking is followed in China
outside the foreign concessions.
Atlanta, Ga., Saturday, August 25, 1923
GETTING THE RANGE AT LAST
Slain Man’s Brother
Says Accused Wife
Had Several “Suitors”
AIKEN, S. C., Aug. 23.—That
there had been ill feeling between
Robert L. Williamson and his wife,
for some time prior to Williamson's
death, because of Mrs. Williamsoir
having two or three admirers in
Augusta, was declared by T. R.
Wright, brother-in-law of the dead
man, who appeared as a witness for
the state here Thursday in Mrs.
Williamson’s preliminary trial on a
charge of murder.
Wright further testified *that
when he arrived at the Williamson
home shortly after the tragedy,
Mrs. Williamson was weeping, but
there were no tears in her eyes.
The witness declared that his
brother-in-law had led a “hard fife”
with Mrs. Williamson. He said that
when he heard of Williamson’s
he immediately started an investiga
tion, and that he was approached
by Oscar Ward, of Wagener, S. C.,
and offered a piece of land if he
would drop the probe.
’ Wright, the first witness, was
the stand more than two Ijours.
Coroner Tom Tarver, testified
that when he arrived at the Wil
liamson home at Wagener, Wil
liamson’s body had been moved and
the blood stains cleaned up. He said
the body had been placed back on
the bed. and that the counterpane
was cut, apparently with some
sharp instrument.
Air Mail Test Service
To Be Discontinued
After Friday’s Flight
CLEVELAND, 0., Aug. 23.—(8y
The Associated Press.) —The air mail
test service flights from coast to
coast will be discontinued after Fri
day’s flight for* an indefinite period,
according to a telegram received
late Thursday by H. B. Shaver, su
perintendent of the air mail field
here, from C. F. Egge, genral su
perintendent of air mail at Omaha,
Neb.
Saturday’s Igiht in the scheduled
five-day test has been cancelled.
REGULAR SERVICE ASSURED.
POSTMASTER NEW SAYS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—A reg
ular transcontinental air plane mail'
service, operated at night as well as
during the day, is assured, Postmas
ter General New declared today, as
a result of the successful trial
flights during the last few days.
Mr. New said the night flying
tests had been a "great success’’ and
were conclusive proof that a reg
ular service can be maintained. He
made no prediction, however, as to
the date such a service would be
inaugurated.
Coolidge’s Nomination
Means G. 0. P. Victory,
Secretary Work Says
DENVER, Colo., Aug. 23.—Hu
bert Work, secretary of the interior,
in a letter written to a political
friend here and made public Thurs
day, advocates the nomination' of
President Coolidge in 1924 and pre
dicts the president’s election will
follow.
Secretary Work is the first mem
ber of the cabinet to announce him
self in favor of the president’s nomi
nation as Republican standard
bear e r next ye ar.
Lausanne Treaty
Ratified by National
Assembly of Turks
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 23.
(By the Associated Press). —The
Turkish grand national assembly at
Angora Thursday ratified the Lau
sanne treaty with the allies. Os the
total of 235 votes cast, 215 jyere in
the affirmative.
GEORGIA TO FEEL
oomoFwim
IN NEXT 24 HOURS
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WASHINGTON, Aug. .23.—The
first tentative touch of winter
brought record low August tempera
tures early today of 48 degrees at
Richmond and 46 at Pittsburg, and
weather bureau reports indicated
that the chill breezes would spread
during the next 24 hours through
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama
and Mississippi.
The unseasonable weather is ex
pected to relax somewhat tonight
in the Ohio Valley and ' the lower
lake region, and slightly elsewhere
in the northeastern section of the
country. No frost was reported to
the bureau this morning, but cool
weather continued over the north
ern and middle states and the tem
perature dropped during the night
in the Carolinas, Tennessee and the
interior of the gulf states. Showers
were reported in the Atlantic states,
south of Pennsylvania, and the Gulf
states, Tennessee and Arkansas,
and at scattered points in the Rocky
mountain region and along the
north Pacific coast.
Weather bureau officials do ijjot
put much faith, however, in lay
men’s predictions of an early and
severe winter. They explain the
cool snap as being due to the rapid,
chilling of the atmosphere in the
polar regions, bringing about a mild
approximation of the usual winter
differences between artic and equa
torial air movements.
Flocks of migrating purple martins
and teal reported flying southward
over Chicago by Harry Richards,
park superintendent, and Deputy
Game Warden Henry Kern, were
said by those versed in bird lore to
indicate an earlv winter.
COLD DAY IN AUGUST
IS PROMISED ATLANTA
The anomoly of "a cold day in
August” may be reached in Atlanta,
according to C. F. von Herrmann,
caretaker of local weather, who says
the mercury is scheduled to slip
down to 60 degrees during Thursday
night and will remain at the low
mark for several days.
Mr. von Herrmann says the cold
wave comes on the heels of low tem
peratures in the upper Mississippi
and Great Lakes regions and is
headed straight for Georgia.
If the thermometer reaches 60 de
grees it will be within five degrees
of the lowest temperature ever re
corded in Atlanta in the montn of
August. In 1887 a low record of 55
degrees was established. The av
erage temperatures here during the
summer have ranged around 77. Mr.
FREEZING TEMPERATURES
REPORTED IN MINNESOTA
ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 23. —
Freezing temperatures were report
ed prevailing early today in differ
ent parts of the northwest. Frost
withered potato vines at Anoka.
Near Duluth temperatures were re
ported at 32 degrees.
von Herrmann says.
Stanley Lytle Is Cited
For Contempt; Said to
Refuse to Pay Alimony
Stanley Lytle, son of Mrs. Alice
Louise Lytle, former secretary to
the late Senator Thomas E. Watson,
and now managing editor of the Co
lumbia Sentinel, was cited for con
tempt of court Thursday by Judge
E. D. Thomas for alleged refusal to
pay $lO a week alimony to his wife,
Mrs. Margaret Lytle.
Mrs. Margaret Lytle was awarded
$lO a week alimony and $25 attor
ney’s fees in an order issued by
Judge George L. Bell on March 27.
Judge Thomas ordered Mr. Lytle
to appear September 1.
5 CENTS A COPY,
SI A YEAR.
SOUTHLAND FEELS
BREATH OF WINTER
AFTER GREAT HEAT
From White House Down,
Agencies Will Co-operate
to Prevent Suffering—Soft
Coal Strike Considered
♦ ■. ■ J
WASHINGTON. Aug. 23. Afc
though not yet ready to reveal tha
full scope of its plans, the United
States government is preparing t«
move decisively to prevent serious
consequences from the threatened
suspension of anthracite production
September 1.
Not only will the railroads, the
soft coal producers and the_ state
governments be expected to do what
they can to minimize suffering and
demoralization of industry, but fed
eral officials m every agency from
the white house down will stand
ready to throw the weight of their
authority into the balance if it be
comes necessary.
I In the preparations now being
made for eventualities the possibil
ity of averting a final break be
tween the operators and miners has
been almost completely submerged.
There was no indication in any
quarter today that further overtures
for a settlement were in prospects
although the coal commission,
which already has intervened with
out success, continued •in session.
It was said to be at work on a re
port to President Coolidge. ,
Governors’ Conference Called
The general lines of the. adminis
tration plan for supplying bitumi
nous coal and reserve anthracite
stocks to the sections which would
be most affected by the September
1 shutdown probably will not be
revealed until the governors of the
anthracite-consuming states meet
with federal officials and railroad
representatives in New York next
Tuesday. Federal Fuel Distributor
Wadleigh, who called the confer
ence after a visit to the white house,
today gathered together all available
information bearing on available
supplies and transportation and pre
pared to act in co-operation with the
interstate commerce commission to
carry a comprehensive relief pro
gram into effect.
Meantime it was learned that
should any legal action become neces
sary _,n the part of the federal gov
ernment, the department of justice
would be found in a state of com
plete preparedness. There is no
.legal authority, in the view of offi
cials, for forcing a continuation of
work after September 1 in the an
thracite mines, but it is held that*
there is sufficient ground for any
action which might become neces
sary to prevent disorders. Justice
department officials declined today to
discuss the subject, but there were
indications that steps already h&d
been taken to learn the exact state
of affairs in the anthracite fields an<t
to keei> in touch with all develop
ments hereafter.
Sympathetic Strike
Recently Attorney General Daugh
erty talked over the whole subject
with the president and afterward de
clined to hazard a guess as to
whether the situation would taka
such a turn as would warrant in
junction proceedings. l 1 Since then no
law official of the government has
had anything further to say about
anthracite.
Many reports of a possible sympa
thetic strike on the part of bitumin
ous miners after September 1 have
been circulated in the whirlpool of
rumors and sp cculatlon that sur
rounds the preparations of the gov
ernment, but if such a development
is in prospect the government has
no authoritative knowledge of it. It
is considered unlikely by most offi-
I cials that the union leaders of the
bituminous men would sanction a
walk out under the circumstances,
but even that possibility has not been
lost sight of in the general co-opera
tion of all federal agencies to place
the government in a position where
it can fully protect |he public in
terest.
Gasoline Price Cut
/
Seven Cents a Gallon
In Winchester, Va.
WINCHESTER, Va., Aug. 23.—A
reduction of seven cents per gallon
in the retail price of gasoline was
announced here yesterday by the
largest local dealer handling Stand
ard Oil company products exclusive
ly. The new price is 20 cents per
gallon, the figure established by a
citizens’ committee headed by State
Senator Harry F. Byrd, which is
distributing a carload of gasoline
purchased at 14 cents wholesale,
through several small retailers.
PACIFIC ( OAST AUTOISTS
ENJOY ANOTHER SLASH
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23.—Pa
cific coast motorists enjoyed another
cut in gasoline costs today. The
Standard Oil and associated com
panies announced a cut of one cent
per gallon in .northern California,
Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Alaska
and Hawaii, and a two-cent reduction
in southern California.
Celebrates Her 100th
Birthday by Working
On Patchwork Quilt
OAKLAND, Cal., Aug. 23J—Mrs.
Georgianna Collett celebrated her.
100th birthday here yesterday by
working upon a patchwork quilt. Her
eyes are still keen and she spoke
interestingly of the difference be
tween the customs of nearly 100
years ago and those of today.
But,” she said smilingly, what
ever difference there might be, peo
ple always need quilts,”
Barbot Flies 132 Miles
In Motorless Airplane
VAUVILLE, France, Aug. 23.
Georges Barbot, the French aviator,
flying in a motorless airplane, yes
tetrday covered 212 kilometers (ap
proximately 132.5 miles), over an
officially measured circuit. This is
a record distance for this type of
machine. Barbot remained in the
air six hours, four minutes and twen
ty-one seconds.