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BY THE WAY
Postmaster General Hays has or
ganized his welfare department for
postal employes and a big insurance
executive from New York has taken
the job of running it without pay.
There are 300,000 employes in the
department and it is no reflection on
other government employes to say
that, taken as a whole, they are the
hardest worked and most loyal men
and women in Uncle Sam’s service.
They have never received the con
sideration that they have deserved
either in wages or working conditions.
It speaks well for the intelligence
and fairness of the new postmaster
general that he not only appreciates
their situation but that he is trans
lating this appreciation into terms of
practical relief.
The welfare department may be a
small beginning but it is in such
contrast to the government’s previous
attitude of demanding everything and
giving nothing that it deserves the
commendation of the public.
Census returns from cities all over
the country show a large decrease in
the horse population of the United
States. Thus. in Portland. Ore.,
there are 1.502 horses, or 6,391 less
than in 1910.
So exits Dobbin. We would like to
hear a debate on the issue: Which is
the better friend of man, the horse
or the automobile?
Montpelier, 0., comes to the front
with a chicken dinner for thirty-five
cents.
Moundsville, W. V., reports it has
a barber who has reduced shaves to
a dime.
A Newcastle. Ind., restaurant an
nounces it will' serve bread free with
meals hereafter.
All’s well in Normaloyland—except
skirts will be just as higli above the
pavements as ever this fall.
The money value of the total re
sources of the United States has
shrunk about twenty-five billion dol
lars since the decline in post-war
prices started, on the basis of an
estimate by American delegates to
the international chamber of com
merce.
In other words, the deflation so
far accomplished has just about
equaled the total of Uncle Sam’s na
tional debt.
Now if some way could be found to
debate that debt we would really be
getting back toward normal.
“■When the prodigal son returned,
they shot the fatted calf; when the
disabled American soldier returned,
they shot the bull.”
Thus. George H. Gillen, national
commander of the National Disabled
Soldiers’ League, describes the treat
ment of 611.000 soldiers and sailors
who received disabilities, in some de
gree. during the war.
In the nearly three years since the
signing of the armistice, congress
has been shooting at soldier relief.
But cungrcco ij a poor marksman.
Dr. W. Perrin, a bishop of the
Church of England, says: "The moral
rode today is more lax than it ever
has been.”
But is it? Or does it merely seem
to be more lax because more and more
stress is laid on its being lived up
to?
In 1754 a father wrote to the Spec
tator of London, England, complain
ing of “the prevalent vulgarities ot
the ball-room."
The literature of every century in
the past four hundred years contains
denunciations of fashions.
The age-old Bible, itself, is filled
with counsel intended to correct un
happy marriages.
Maybe our times are bad—but not
really the worst.
"The time has come for woman to
get into politics, for the country needs
her badly, *’ says Genevieve Cline, a
lawyer of Cleveland.
And it’s time that men were getting
into politics too. instead of being
merely silent partners, voting once a
year, and “letting George do It” the
rest of the year.
Politics will continue to be the prof
itable game of a few men, so long as
the average, citizen is content to stand
on the side-lines, watching the
fessionai players.
A New York ferry-boat captain is
quoted as saying that during an in
cipient panic following a collision,
the women were calm, but a number
of men acted like cowards.
Daily women rout burglars., risk
death to save life In fires, and other
wise prove themselves heroines.
The popular conception of women
covering their eyes, screaming and
fainting during an emergency seems
to be a fallacy.
A short dispatch states that a San
Francisco doctor may be on the verge
of a discovery which will make man
immune from disease.
The hope of such a discovery is
universal and as old as disease.
Yet the announcement has aroused
scant comment.
Why? Have we been disappointed
so often that faith is shaken? Or
are miracles of achievement so com
mon in these days that we take them
as part of life’s routine?
We like the sign the Business
Men’s Club, of London. Ohio, has
hung up in that city’s streets:
“Drive slow and see our city!
“Drive fast and see our Jail!”
Purists may object to the use of
the adjective “slow” in place of the
adverb “slowly.” But it is reported
from London that all visiting motor
ists understand its meaning, despite
the grammar.
Marshal Foch’s visit to this country
within a few months promises to be
an historic event of the first im
portance-.
It will be surprising if the great
est of modern soldiers and one of the
greatest of all time, is not received
with demonstrations of affection and
enthusiasm, without precedent in this
or any other country.
It is quite fitting that this should
be so. Whatever question there may
be as to which of the allied nations
contributed most to Germany’s de
feat. there is no question as to what
individual carried the heaviest bur
den of responsibility and acquitted
himself with as great credit and hon
or as any other.
That man was Foch.
In honoring Marshal Foch. for him
self and for the r.Ation lie represents,
the people of America will also be
honoring themselves.
French dance masters have voted
down a proposal to revive quadrilles
and minuets. Instead, they voted for
a new version of the shimmy.
Only grandfathers and grand
mothers still know how to dance
quadrilies and minuets. When quad
rilles were being danced partners were
swung and not hugged. What have
the modern dance-inventors devised
so statelv. so pretty, and above all. so
clean as the quadrille? Ask grandad
about the quadrille. He knows.
FOUR HELD FOR MURDER
Of Carl Watson at Milledge
ville in 1919
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga.—Four man
and one woman are under arrest here
Wednesday charged with complicity
in the murder of Carl Watson on the
night of August 16, 11119. They are
Genie Moran. John Simmons. Jacob
Brookins. Miss Winnie Brookins, a
sister of the last named, and Ike Seay,
a brother-in-law.
Bidding his wife goodbye August
16. 1919, Watson left Midway, a su
burb or Milledgevllle, for Mllledge
ville to accept a position. Nothing
was heard of him again until August,
22. 1919, when his body was found
lodged against a raft In the Oconee
river with a bullet wound through
the neck and a crushed skull.
Officers investigated, but found no
clue, and the public had concluded
that the exact circumstances leading
up to the slaving would never be
known. Arrests of the four men and
woman caused a sensation. They were
Indicted by the grand lury late Tues
day and will probably be arraigned In
superior court next week.
BIG FIRE IN ARKANSAS
PINE BLUFF, Ark —More than two
block* of bualno** bulldlnK*, Including
a bank, a theater, poatofflce and the
telephone exchange, were destroyed by
a (Ire which rap— l for four hour* ai
Star City, county seat of Lincoln.
Tuesday night The loss has not been
estimated.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
DAILY, sc; SUNDAY, 7c.
VOLUME XXVIII, No. 194
Thousands Will Come to Augusta Thursday
Mrs. Kaber Faints Away After Screaming Out In Court
Hughes Favors Versailles Treaty
TUSK OF MAKING
II TREATY WITH
GERMANS IS
BIGGERTHAN
EXPECTED
Harding Has Asked Hughes
to Find a Way
CAN
Experts Fear America Would
Lose All Rights
By DAVID LAWRENCE.
(By Leased Wire to Augusta Herald.)
(Copyright, 1921, by Augusta Herald.)
AV ASHlNGTON.—President Harding
has asked Secretary Hughes to work
out an alternative proposition to that
of the Versailles treaty as a means of
making peace with Germany. This
doesn't mean that the president lias
rejected the idea or submitting the
Versailles pact with reservations, but
it does mean that Mr. Harding feels
the necessity of exhausting every legal
resource that might accomplish peace
with Germany and yet not offend the
elements in the senate who believe
the United States ought never to put
its approval on any part of the agree
ment negotiated at Versailles by Pres
ident Wilson.
Whether there is an alternative is
yet to be determined. Mr. Hughes is
searching precedents and considering
new devices of law. He himself be
lieves America’s rights will never be
as well safeguarded as they would be
under the Versailles pact and would
so hold if he could have his way but
he is endeavoring to do for Mr. Hard
ing what any able lawyer would do for
his client —find a way to meet not only
the external difficulties of an inter
national character but the internal
troubles- of a political nature which
may impede ratilcation in the senate.
WANT NEW PACT, BUT WILL
KEEP FIRST TREATY RIGHTS.
There is one alternative being con
sidered which may or may not be.
effective. It is so novel that its ef-’’
facts cannot immediately be conjee-1
tured. It involves making a separate *
treaty with Germany, but claiming’
under such a treaty all the rights ami
privileges which were given the United
States under the Versailles pact. In
other words Germany having bestow
ed upon the United States as one of
the principal allied and asociated
powers certain rights and privileges
would now subtract those rights from
the Versailles pact so far as they af
fect the United States and transfer
them to a new treaty.
The objection to such a course is
twofold. Would the allies consent
and, second, would America be legally
as secure even if the allies did? The
big fact is that Germany hasn't any
rights to give away anymore and no
longer can withdraw from the Ver
sailles treaty anything she gave away
in that pact without first getting the
consent of the signatories to that
treay—the great powers. In other
the words Germany can’t agree to any
thing with the United States without
the consent of the allies. The peace
negotiations would be nominally with
Germany but in reality with the allies.
To make a separate treaty opens up
that whole question. To submit the
Versailles treaty with reservations
means that the consent of the allies
to the reservations is not necessary.
The United States would merely be
approving and subscribing to certain
articles of the treaty but would de
cline to be a party to other articles
such as those involving the enforce
ment of the* treaty either through the
league of nations or any other instru
mentality.
COULD AMERICA HOLD
RIGHTS OF HRST TREATY.
Seme of the legal experts believe
that a separate treaty with Germany,
even though its first paragraph might
grant all the rights which Germany
had previously given the United
States in the Versailles treaty, would
not bird Germany In the end, because
having disposed of those rights In
the first place to the Allies and the
United States as a group, it may be
that the failure of the United States
to remain a member of the group
known as the principal allied and as
sociated powers means losing the
rights given that group. The anal
ogy most commonly heard here is that
the Allies and the United States con
stitute a company just like a corpor
ation to which cetraln rights to build
street railways have been given by
a city. In that company are named
five individuals who collectively are
obliged to giv#> the city a certain sum
of money. The money is paid but
one of the five members of the group
doesn’t pay his share and withdraw*
from the transaction. Could he claim
that he Is entitled to the right to
build a street railway of his own over
the identical right of wav? The city
made the grant of all Its rights to
the company as a whole, and did not
divide its rights among the five Indi
viduals, leaving It to them to work
out the share of responsibility and
reward. That, in a nutshell, in the
prevailing view here. The United
States can not withdraw from the
principal allied and associated powers
without losing its rights as a mem
ber of that group. Mr. Hughes is try
lg hard to find an alternative. Some
times ft looks as if he will succeed.
He Is an ingenious lawyer. Bdt the
trouble In the Allien are the receiv
ers for a bankrunt Germany and un
less America wants to resume her
place as one of the principal receiv
ers she puts herself outside the allied
group and must tnk* whatever rights
the Allies want to grant. The ques
tion has proved the most perplexing
rs Mr Harding’s ndnvnlstrntlon. If
tu «|gnlfleant he has asked Secretary
Hughes to work out an alternative to
the Versailles pact, but It Is not be
lieved he will eventually accept It.
ONE-ARMED GOLFER
PITTSBURG, Pa—A one-armed
golfer entered the best bail match rt
the Stanton Heights Invitation tour
nament here Tuesdav and turned In a
score superior to that of many of
his rivals The golfer was J. M.
Griffith of the Brackenridge Heights
club His score was 81. 12 strokes
above par
(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
ILLINOIS FARMERS WORK
BY THE MOONLIGHT TO
ESCAPE EFFECTS OF
TERRIBLE HEAT
CHICAGO.—The torrid wave
which has gripped the central
west continued Wednesday
without indication of relief.
Farmers in some sections are
doing their field word by moon
light. In other districts there is
I little activity until sundown.
In some parts of Illinois and
nearby states there have been
reports of firing of corn and
notice of it has been taken in
the market though it is gen
erally understood that no con
siderable loss has been sus
tained.
At Footville, Wis., Tuesday
temperatures of 106 degrees in
the shade, and 100 at Oshkosh,
Wis., were recorded. Muscatine,
lowa, reported 102 degrees and
Davenport, lowa. 101.
Two deaths attributed to the
heat and several prostrations
occurred In Chicago Tuesday.
Temperatures in the nineties
were indicated for Wednesday. |
I Sweltering humanity throng
I the beaches daily and hundreds
I sleep in the parks at night.
Passes Up
a Good Job
This American Refuses to be
a Baron
HE WANTS THE MONEY
But Doctor Says the Title
Can Go Hang
CHICAGO.—A job as baron is likely
to go begging because Dr. F. M. Tret
bar-Drosten, of Aurora, Ills., would
rather be an American citizen than
have a title. He explained that his
father, Baron TretbarDrosten, owner
of a trans-Pacific fleet and a resident
of Switzerland, died leaving him the
title and 3,000,000 francs.
“They can keep the tfctle,” the phy
sician said. “I am an American citi
zen, and I like it.”
He has sent an attorney to collect
i .the money.
DRIVE OUT~FOREIGNERS
JOHNSTOWN, Pa.—Many foreign
ers left Beaverdale, a mining town
near here, late Tuesday night follow
ing a mass meeting of American citi
zens who are said to have reiterated
their intention of driving out the un
desirable foreign element alleged to
have been responsible for many crimed
committed at Beaverdale within the
last few nionths.
State police on duty at Beaverdale
attended the meeting and were told,
it is reported, that the objectionable
element must leave the community.
‘‘lf they don’t,” the spokesman is re
ported as saying, “you policemen may
stay here and protect them, but we
will get them sooner or later, per
haps tonight, even against your oppo
sition.”
The state troopers, according to the
reports, advised those against whom
feeling ran high to leave the tow..,
and an exodus began, which is said to
have proceeded quietly.
Five buildings were dynamited and
a number of foreign residents drive*
from their homes Monday night, ac
cording to reports reaching Cambria
county authorities.
WANT SHAFT REMOVED
LINCOLN, Neb.—Pelham A. Bar
rows, national commander of the Sons
of Veterans, Tuesday forwarded a
letter to President Harding asking
that he order the destruction of a
monument, reported to be In Troy,
Ala., which contains an inscription
honoring Wilkes Booth for the murder
of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Barrows
stated that this was in accordance
with resolutions passed by a number
of veterans’ posts.
MONUMENT REMOVED
TROY, Ala.—A monument created
here in the sixties to the memory of
John Wilkes Booth, slayer of Presi
dent Lincoln, which brought action
recently by the Son of Veterans in
th© form of a protest to President
Harding, was removed a few days ago,
according to announcement by the
town council of this place.
The monument was purchase* by
Pink Carter, a policeman, who mad©
an effort to erect It on Courthouse
square. Permission to place the mon
ument on public grounds being denied,
Carter placed It on his own premises,
where it stood until removed recently.
ELKS PLAN FOR HOME
IX)H ANCJEI.ES.—WhiIe the bulk of
<b-lH|?alrs to the Brand lodke of the
Jlenevolent and Protective Order of
Elk* were ipectator* Wedneaday at
the drill team eonteHt nt Expoaltlon
park, the executive officer* were con -
Hlderlnif the duration of selection of n
Kite for the projected s2,sooJd«i nation
al headduarter* of the order. end
whether a national publication ahould
be extabliehed. A committee ha*
recommended Chicago for the head
duartera.
HIT BY LIGHTNING, THIS
FARMER RECOVERS
MII.I.EDGEVILI.E, Ga With
! a black streak across the lower
part of his neck made by a bolt
I of lightning, A W Tisdale, a
| Hou’-.vn county farmer, still
I lives. Tisdale was sowing peas
when the bolt descended. Tis-
I dale fefi unconscious and lay In
the field for twenty minutes
I before he was able to rise.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES —THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 13, 1921
MOST PROMINENT
STATESMEN OF
WORLD WILL
GATHER IN
AMERICA
Favorable Reply From Japan
Is Expected Soon
ALL OTHERS ACCEPTED
Lloyd-George and Premier
Briand May Attend
LONDON. —Three of the principal
allied nations, Great Britain. France
and Italy, have officially signified their
acceptance of President Harding’s in
vitation to hold a conference on limi
tation of armaments, while China has
Indicated her readiness to partici
pate in a conference relative to far
eastern affairs. Japan is the only one
of the allies which lias not placed her.
self on record ss being ready to take
part in the Washington conference,
but it is expected in official circles
here that her acceptance will be com
municated to the United States gov
ernment soon.
In government circles in this city it
appears to lie the concensus of opin
ion that the meeting at Washington
will be attended by some of the most
prominent statesmen of the world.
The announcement of Premier Brland
of France that lie would consider go
ing to Washington followed indica
tions that Prime Minister Lloyd
George might also go, provided condi
tions in Great Britain are such as to
permit his extended absence from the
country. It is probable, however, that
some of the leading figures in British
official life will be present. Among
those mentioned as delegates are A.
J. Balfour, lord president of the coun
cil; Lord Lee. of Falrham, first lord
of the admiralty; Kir Laming
Ington Evans, secretary of stat&T or
war; Admiral Lord Beatty and Vis
count Grey.
Advices from Paris state that the
commission for reduction of arma
ments appointed by the League of Na
tions will probably hold only a brief
session in that city on Saturday. Itene
Viviani, president of the commission.
Is undtrstood to favor an immediate
adjournment, alt bough such action
would be upon the Initiative of the
council of the league It seems prob
able, however, that President Hard
ing’s proposal for a conference of
steps toward disarmament would be
the dominant feature of Saturday’s
meeting.
REPORT MEETING TO BE HELD
AT LONDON IS ERRONEOUS.
WASHINGTON. Great Britain’s
favorable reply to President Harding’s
invitation or an international confer
ence on reduction of armament and far
eastern questions had reached the
state department Wednesday, having
been preceded by that of France. The
nature of the communication was not
disclosed beyond its favorable char
acter already forecast in the remarks
of Premier Lloyd George.
Replies of the other powers ad
dressed, Italy, Japan and Uhlna, are
expected shortly and preliminary work
at the department on details of the
conference in the way of suggestions
us to the time and place of the meet
ings is in progress. It has been indi
cated, however, that the selection of
armistice day, November 11. as the
opening date for sessions to be held
In Washington, would not be pressed
until all replies were in hand.
Press reports from London that the
holding of conferences a« to Pacific
questions In the British capital instead
of Washington was being suggested,
were not taken very seriously in Brit
ish circles here. It was stated that
no such proposal had come to the em
bassy.
Se. retary Hughes conferred with
President Harding at the White
House? early in the day. but the ob
ject of his visit was not disclosed.
Announcement of the receipt of the
British reply wus made shortly after
his call, however.
wims ran
TO Mil PAPER
WASHINGTON—A resolution di
recting that the editorial offices of
the Columbia Sentinel. the paper
published by Senator Watson, demo
crat. Georgia, “he discontinued at the
senate oiffee building and that, an
expression of disapproval be forward
ed to the president and Senator Wat
son,” was Introduced In the house
Wednesday by Representative Ryan,
republican. New York.
TURKS COMPARE
WAR WITH OUR
REVOLUTION
ANGORA. Turkish nationalist
leaders compare their struggle against
the Greeks with the American revolu
tion Those Interviewed by the As
sociated Press correspondent have re
iterated their belief In the Justice of
their cause and have expressed deter,
ruination to secure national existence
for the homeland.
Mustapaha Kamal pasha, the leader
of the nationalists and Halide Kdlb,
the woman minister of education In
their government, express tnemse ve*
as emphatically now as they did two
vears ago In defense of the national
Independence of Turkey.
The Impression gained by the cor
respondent after the hundreds of miles
Journey by sea and land from Con
stantinople to Angora brought out
that the sharp contrast between the
former city, with Its International
population and foreign control, and
the dear atmosphere of the capital of
the nationalists, a little city on a
wide plateau. The trip also afforded
some Idea of the united /and powerful
army with which the Turks apparent,
ly propose to find solution of the near
east problem.
OPERATION DIRECTED BY
WIRELESS TO A SHIP
200 MILES AT SEA
PROVES SUCCESS
NEW YORK.—-A surgical op
eration 200 miles at sea, directed
by wireless from Brooklyn, was
described Wednesday by Dr.
Raymond Barrett of the Brook
lyn hospital. The captain of the
tanker, the Vesta, performed it
under Dr. Barrett’s directions,
transmitted by Arthur R. Hay
don, radio operator at the Bush
Terminal.
Haydon heard the Vesta end
ing tor aid for a man who had
an infected hand. He telephoned
to Dr. Barrett, who feared from
the description (hat the man’s
whole arm would be infected.
Under the doctor’s directions
the captain used a herring knife
for a scalpel and pieces of rub
ber for drainage tubes nfter
antiseptic treatment. The oper
ation was a success. The Vesta
has arrived with the patient at
Riverside, R. I.
COMPLETE PEACE
NOW REIGNS IN
ALL PARTS OF
TOE EMERALD
ISLAND
Both Sides Keep Truce
While Leaders Talk Peace
TO MEET THURSDAY
DeValera and Lloyd-George
Prepare for Conference
LONDON—The first meeting be
tween Premier Lloyd-George and
Eamon de Valera, the Irish republi
can leader, will be held at four-thirty
P. M. Thursday at number 10 Down
ing street, ihe prime ministers offi
cial residence, it was announced at
Sinn Fein headquarters here Wednes
day afternoon. It Is Inferred that the
conference is to be between these two
men alone.
Mr. Lloyd George went to his coun
try home. Chequers Court Wednes
day. accompanied by members of his
staff, it is hnderstood he will see there
some of the cabinet members and pre
pare his introductory remarks for tho
meeting with de Valera here Thurs
day.
Irishmen closely in touch with the
Sinn Fein declare the question of
whether there is to be peace or con
tinuation of the war in Ireland will be
decided in Dublin. Mr do Valera and
his colleagues will listen attentively
to any suggestion made by the Brit
ish Premier or other British states
men In London and will discuss freely
with them the way to a settlement,
but f, <• Irish Republican parliament,
these Irishmen say, will decide
whether any of the proposed solutions
are acceptable to the Irish people.
Mr. de Valera will reply to all pro
posals for the retention of Ireland
within the empire, it is declared, that
he remains a republican, but being
also a democrat no must leave It to
the people he represents to choose the
course they desire to follow.
I 1
LONDON. Final preparations for
the meeting of Eamonn de Valera,
Irish republican leader, and Prime
Minister Lloyd George, to be held
here Thursday, were being made by
the government and the Irish dele
gation Wednesday. The first confer
ence will be. held in the cabinet room
at 10 Downing street, the prime minis
ter’s official resldenee, at 11 o’clock
Thursday morning, but the procedure
to be followed bad not been an
nounced early Wednesday.
British officials who have been close
ly associated with Irish affairs during
the recent past were said Wednesday
to lie prepared to Join in dlecueelone
with the Sinn Fein delegation, headed
by Mr. de Valera, and it was thought
possible that Gen, J. U. Smuts, prem
ier of the Union of South Africa,
would play a very definite role in the
negotiations that would take place.
General Smuts has been considered the
man chiefly responsible for the rapid
development of peace moves In Ire
land, and late last week it was said
be might act as temporary chairman
of the coming conference.
Mr. <le Valera and his colleagues
spent the night at a hotel with
frineds In this city Tuesday night.
During the evening there was a meet
ing of Sinn Fein sympathizers, at
which it is assumed the situation was
quite thoroughly canvasser].
Reports from Ireland Indicate the
truce arranged, which became effec
tive at noon last Monday, was being
observed The observance of “Orange
men’s day” in Belfast Tuesday was
not attended by any violence, and It
would appear that both shies In the
hitter strife in the Emerald isle were
resolved riot to embarrass their lead*
ers In arranging a possible peace.
DEPUTIES BACK BRIAND
PARIS.—Roth the senate and the
Chamber of Deputies adjourned Tii©*-
d©y for their three months summer
holiday. They will reconvene on Oc
tober 12. The government of Premier
Briand received a strong majority In
both house* on th© last vote taken,
the senate Tuesday giving the govern
ment 249 vote** to th© opposition Ift,
while In a test vote taken in th©
Chamber of Deputies Monday on the
government’s general foreign policy
429 votes favored tli** government,
against 112 for the opposition
The Briand government now cannot
b© overthrown for t?»r**** months and
It is considered virtually certain that
M Briand wil be in charge of French
affairs when the Washington disarm
ament conference la called.
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COURT STOPS FOR
RECESS AS MBS.
KABER FALLS
PROSTRATE
TO FLOOR
Other Women Grow Excited
and Wring Hands
BROTHER TESTIFIES
Mrs.Kaber Grows Hysterical
As She is Examined
CLEVELAND, Ohio—Mrs. Evn
Catherine Kaber went into a hysteri
cal faint after court opened Wednes
day morning while her brother,
Charles Brlckel. was testifying In her
behalf in tlie trial In which she Is
charged with murdering her husouil,
Daniel F. Kaber. She screamed hys
terically and fell to the floor. »ho
was carried out by bailiffs.
Excitement among the women spec
tators was intense as the accused
woman’s scream pierced the air.
Many jumped to their feet and began
wringing their hands. The crowd
not calm down until Judge Man* Ice
Bernon had Admonished all to •. cp
their seats
Court bailiffs immediately grabbed
Mrs. Kaber when she began f
scream but she wriggled out of their
grasp and soon was prostrate on the
tloor.
Judge Bernon at ten-fifteen ad
journed court until twelve-fifteen
Wednesday afternoon in order t> gi\e
Mrs. Kaber a rest. She told mm at
that time that she was feeling fairly
well and that she would return to
the court room if he desired o re
sume the trial. It was not expected
that she will testify until lato Wed
nesday.
After Mrs. Kaber was carried It.to
the judge’s chambers, she (ailed in
coherently for her daughter, idurian
Me Anile.
The dramatic scene cam** when
Assistant County Prosecutor Cass dy
on cross examination of her brother
asked him If he did not know that ills
mother, Mrs. Mary Brlckel, had ad
mitted that she tried to burn the
Kaber home.
‘No, she don't admit It,” he re
plied.
Mrs. Kaber then began to scream.
On direct examination Mr Urh kel
testified that he believed Mrs. Kaber
to be insane, lie said she would water
at the mouth and her eyes would be
come glassy on dark days.
Immediately on entering vmrt Wed
nesday morning preparatory to *esti
f.ving in her own behalf Mrs. Kaber
leaned her head on tho table and cried
almost continuously. She did n r even
raise her head to confer with her
counsel.
Two phyiaicians were called :n at
tend Mrs. Kaber, one by he.* counsel,
and the other by the state’s a toi
neys. She became quiet after the
physicians bed administered to her
SHIP IS SUNK
Martin Bomber Sends Ger
man Destroyer to Bottom
NEWPORT NEWS. V* -Tho Gor
man destroyer G-102 was sunk at Hl:40
o'clock Wednesday morning by a Mar
tin bomber from Langley Field
Scores of small bombs were dropped
for experimental purposes before the
big bombers went Into operation. The
Dlf machines dhl not get a chance
to take part in the attack.
A hail of bombs rained down on the
old German destroyer shortly before
10 o'clock according to reports reach
ing Langley Field. No attempt was
made. It is said, to see how quickly
the destroyer could be sent to the
bottom. The first tests were made
with bombs carrying ns little as 300
pounds of explosives.
Tills test was eagerly observed by
experts of both flic army ami the
navy.
Between fifty-five and sixty planes
took part In the maneuvers. Fifty
two of them were airplanes from
Langley Field. The remainder were
seaplanes from the Hampton Roads
naval base.
EARL CARRIED HOME
Was Captured Recently By
the Sinn Fein
conic Tin- ICfirl i>f Ifnndon, wh<»
wuK kii|mi|>|» rl l.y Him, Kr ln. r* curly
on th. morning of Juno ill »n*
brought back to liuntry Tiicmilkv night
l.y th<! Ill], tor*. The »g«,l Karl for
who",- ";,f,-tv thcro ha<l !„■. u *„ m ,
concern at vnrlou* tlin,", war unin
jured.
ROBB STILL IN JAIL
CHARLESTON, W. Va Efforts of
the United Mine Workers of America
to obtain the release of David Robb.
International financial agent In (barge
of trie Mingo county union miners, and
eleven of his associates have been de
layed until Thursday morning.
Robb and his associates are In the
McDowell county jail at Welch, charg
ed with violating the proclamation of
martial law In Mingo county. Mean
time, officials of district 17 are mak
ing efforts to have the twelve nun
brought to Charleston that they may
appear before the supreme court.
HONOR GENERAL FOREST
NASHVILLE. Tenn On the 100th
anniversary of hi birth Tennessee
Wednesday paid tribute to General
Nathan Bedford Forest, confederate
cavalry commander, the principal ©x
•nlses being neld if tits birthplace at
Chapel Hill. Marshall county, where
Governor Alf Taylor was the orator
of the occasion.
TO BUY REAL ESTATE
WASHINGTON - Authority for the
secretary of war to complete the ac
quisition of real estate for army pur
poses In several southern cities is con
tained in a Dill reported favorably
Wednesday by the senate military af
fairs committee. The bill would pro
vide an appropriation of fftft ©OO for
the Azales, S. C, general hospital.
CONSOLIDATED SERVICE
All Roads to City
Will Be-Jammed
Early In Day With
Horde of Visitors
From Every Direction and From Every Section Thous
ands Are Coming Here Thursday For Big Barbecue and
Entertainment
Will Be One of Biggest Affairs of Kind Ever Put on in th£
South—John Skelton Williams Will Make Important
Address on Finance
A -n*
Jewelers
of Georgia
In Session
In Augusta
Value of Advertising Is Made
Plain By Speakers
L. J. SCHAUL’S VIEW
Augustan Says Newspapers
Only Legitimate Way
The second annual convention of the
Georgia Retail Jewelers’ association
was opened here Wednesday morning
nt the Albion Hotel, with President
T 11. Latham, of Atlanta, in the chair,
and a representative number of dele
gates from all part a of the state, be
sldes Mr. O. E. Little, president of
th© Indiana State Jewelers’ associa
tion, whose address to the convention
at the afternoon session Thursday Is
to be one of the features us the meet
ing.
The morning hours were taken up
with the reading of minutes of the last
meeting, the president’s address, ap
pointment of committees and discus
sion of the various problems confront
ing tho Jewelry trade. Vigorous oppo
sition was voiced to the government
luxury tax, which President Latham
said poured $23,000,000 Into the coffers
of the government from tho Jewelry
trade alone last year .and It is prob
able that formal protests will in? ex
pressed in resolutions before tho con
vention ends Thursday.
The nomination committee, consist,
lug of L. J. Urban!, of Augusta; IJ. H.
Huntu, of Newnan, and W. E. Hikes,
of Augusta, was appointed by Presi
dent La than).
The president also appointed tho
resolutions committee, consisting of
William O. White, of Augusta; V. P.
pelos. of UnlumhtiH. and N U Velio,
of Augusta
These committees will report Thurs
day.
President's Address
In his address to the convention,
President Latham emphasized tho
benefits which the retail Jewelers are
deriving from their affiliation with tne
national organization, and urr.<*d that
everything possible be done to bring
more members Into the state organi
zation
He also urged that more money be
spirit by the Jewelry trade In adver
tising, asserting that from 2 to ft per
cent of the gross receipts should be
devoted to advertising.
Mr LHtharn told of efforts that the
national association Is making to
bring about the elimination of the
luxury tax on Jewelry, which lie char
aeter Ized as a discrimination against
the trade. However, he did not think
the elimination could be effected this
year, but had hopes of its accomplish
ment next year
He told of a 1)111 now pending In th©
f-eorgla legislature which will fix a
time limit oil the period during which
a Jeweler Is supposed to hold a watch
or other article left for repair, arm
authorizing Jewelers to advertise and
sell such articles after they have re
mained In their stores uncalled for »n
long as twelve months. Mr. Latham
said he had watMies In his store now
that were left for repairs twenty years
ago and have never been called for.
He declared the hill lias a good chain s
of passage this year and asserted that
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Bullish Sentiment In Colion
Market Is on the Increase
BY STUART P WEST
'By Leased Wire to Augusta Herald*
(Copyright, 1921, by Augusta Herald*
WALL STREET, NEW YORK
Tuesday's reactions wo re followed i.v
renewed firmness in th© cotton market
Wednesday. The renewed Strength of
Liverpool and continued large spot
business there seemed to <><]flrm the
Impression that Tuesday's declln*
nad represented nothing more sub
stantial than a disposition to ‘aka
profits on long contracts after in
advance of approximately two cents
per pound. As a result there was some
rebuying Wednesday morning, and
there also appeared a broadening of
general Interest.
After opening Him at an advance of
thirteen to eighteen points, prices
slipped off slightly under a continu
ation of the realizing or scattering
liquidation, which had been th© sea
HOME
EDITION
WEATHER Thursday,
The members of the Commit
tee of Fifty of the Board of
Commerce will report at the
Fair Grounds at 11 o'clock for
duty at the Community Sar
in-cue. It is esentlal that every
member be present.
It Ih also necessary that a
great number of tickets be sold
to the people of Augusta in
order that the barbecue be a
success. They may be pur
chased nl| morning Thursday
at. the offices of the Board of
Commerce on the ground floor
of tho Lamar building. About
1.500 tickets must be sold. The
people of Augusta are asked to
buy them Mid to go out to the
’cue. meet the people from out
of the city, and entertain them.
Those rooming from outside of
tho city and who have not been
supplied with tickets by the
people with whom they trade
may purchase them at the
Board of Commerce offices at
$1.25 each.
Tne red roads of Georgia and the
amid highways of South Carolina for
a hundred miles from Augusta In every
direction will he alive with traffic
from the break of day Thursday. Th©
scene will resemble the flight of th©
Belgians before the Germans, with a
few important differences. The folk
who will dot the roads will travel by
automobile, not on foot. They will b©
on pleasure bent, not fleeing from
danger. They will be romlng toward a
city, not trying to get away from one.
lln fact, the resemblance between th©
flight of the Belgians and the advance
of tlie Georgians and Carolinans ends
with the great numbers that composed
each army.
And the reason of if all Is the fact
that Thursday Is the date set for th©
great Community Barbecue which will
be staged at the Fair Grounds and
Lake View Park. The Board of Com
merce is the motive power behind the
■< u<. which will be, if the plans do
not go wrong, the greatest ’cue in th©
history of barbecues, an honor now
held by the 'cue put on by the sam©
organization at th© same place this
time last year, when fully 6,000 Geor
gians and Carolinans sat down at th©
same Mm© under the same roof to on©
of (he finest barbecue meals that ever
mhde a man glad he was hungry.
There is hardly a town in Georgia
that cannot hide behind a freight car
which will not. bo represented at
Thursday's barbecue. From all parts
of Georgia and Carolina they will flock
to Augusta, by train and trolley, by
automobile aml Ford, on foot and be
hind the family mule. Those who
were here hist year are coming hack
hoping to have half as good a time
tills year as then. Those who were
not ore coming to see If half they
heard about the 1920 ’cue was true.
If It was, and this year’s Vue is 50
per cent as good, they will go on their
way rejoicing.
CONCERT ON BROAD TO
START THE FESTIVITIES.
The festivities start Thursday morn
ing at ten o’cloek with a concert on
Broad street. At eleven, there will
be ft concert at Lake View Park. Th©
speaking will start at twelve o’clock,
with President Wallace B. Pierce of
the Board of Commerce acting as
master of ceremonies. Hon. John
Skelton Williams, former comptroller
of currency and a former member of
the Federal Reservo Board, will be th©
speaker of the day, and will have a
message In Ms address for the farm
ers and business men of Augusta and
ils vicinity. He Is one of the leading
flgup-s In the financial world today,
hi* decided idea* on how present cofl»
ditlon* may he improved, and is not
afraid to express them.
After the speaking comes the 'cue.
Mr. Clem Castleberry has that. In
len d Hl* army of cooks, and tons
of food are ready to do their duty.
The ladles who will do the serving
ere also organized and ready for ac
tion. The grand banquet hall is drap
ed and festooned, the mile or mor©
of tables Is up, Lh© orchestra has been
engaged, and nothing remains to b©
done now but servo the meal.
The guestm will gather at Lake View
Park for the speaking, after which
I hoy will parade from the Park to th©
barbecue nail, guided by a commltte©
of member* of the Board of Commerce,
former officers in the army, headed
by Major Lansing Lee arid C&pt.
Georg* l |fa ins.
The Georgia Press Association, th©
State Jewelers Association, th*? Sa
vannah Auto Club and the Southeast
tin Post Office Supervisors and Offi
cials will fie present 100 per cent
strong Every state Iri the South will
be represented among the guests, and
many of the north. Southern Cham
bers of Commerce wil he represented
by their presidents and secretaries
ture of Tuesday. Thes© offerings
were soon absorbed, however, and
th© market showed a generally firm
tone later In th© morning with prices
working back to within a few points
of Monday’s high levels. If anything
the talk around th© ring indicated
as Increasingly bullish average of
M-ntlrnent on a belief that all figures
bearing on distribution will be on th©
ascending seal© from now on and that
the spot cotton for sal© on the basis
of 13 rents for October contracts is
being gradually absorbed.
Exports have been Increasing and
demand is
mHaying apprehensions of weabl)©*©
liquidat n of spot holders
with th«* approach of the new cr«»p
movement The extent of the avail*
•nd acts as u break on advance©.