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VOLUME XXVIII, No. 196
PLAN TO FINANCE LARGE COTTON SHIPMENTS
Outbreak of Pellagra In the South Is Proving Alarming
1 DIET I SILT
POflK AND CHI
BREAD CAUSES
PELEICRI
TO SPREAD
Poorer Planters In South
Driven to Coarse Food
COTTON LS TO BLAME
Depression in Market Re
sponsible for Hardships
WASHINGTON—A new out
break of pellagra, particularly ir.
the south, is alarming the public
health service. Officials say that
the depression In the cotton mar
ket is one of the leading causes.
Poorer classes of planters, the
experts say. have been forced
back to living principally on salt
pork and corn bread, a diet which
contributes to pellagra
In one state alone -the number
of cases have doubled since last
year. The public service con
siders the situation very serious
and is making preparations to
cop* v,th it.
WANT HIGHWAY DEPT
Georgia County Commission
ers Protest Against
Change
(Special Dispatch to The Herald.)
ATLANTA Ga. Commissioners
from thirty-five counties, represent
ing practically every section of the
state, appeared Friday before the
highway and general agriculture com
mittees of the house meeting in joint
session, and give their hearty indorse
ment to the state highway depart
ment, its policies and its operations.
The county officials appeared to pro
test against any attempt to change
the recent system of highway devel
opment or to hamper the department
by depriving it of the proceeds of the
iftotor vehicle license tax.
Several caustic speeches were made
on both sides of the question, the ad
vocates of the present system of high
way development being ' particularly
vehement in their denunciation of the
alleged effort to namstring the high
way department.
The hearing was held to consider
five bills, some of them containing
similar features and most of them
providing for the distribution of the
motor vehicle license tax money to
the several counties of the state. Un
der the law as it present constituted,
the state highway department handles
this fund, using it in connection with
the federal aid funds and county
moneys to carry on highway develop
ment. The bills before the joint com
mittee embody the idea carried by the
famous Knight resolution of last year.
This proposal, it wi'l be remembered,
would have distributed the motor ve
hicle tax mnnpy among the several
counties on the basis of post road
mileage.
GAME LAW STANDS
House Refuses to Change
Georgia’s “Open Season”
(Special Dispatch to The Herald.)
ATLANTA. Ga.—After spending
about* an hour In debate the house of
representatives on Thursday voted to
fable a bill to make the game laws of
Georgia conform to the Federal game
laws as to the “open -season” on va
rious game birds and animals. The
measure came up in the form of a
committee substitute for a bill by Mr.
Beckham of Dougherty and provided
for an open season on quail, wild tur
key and plover from November 1 to
March 1: on cat squirrels from No
vember 1 to January 1 and on deer
from November 1 tr> January 1.
The failure of this bi 1 leaves the
open Reason on all clashes of pame ur.
changed, although there are certain
conflicts between the state law and
the federal law\
Yesterday—
Whert I lost my purse-
I was blue—
Feeling Bad—
And mad—
Lost faith in every
thing—
Honest people didn’t
live—
I was sore
and out o’ luck—
Said Jack to me
“Use a Herald Lost
Ad”
And just to kid him
Along
I did—
And what d’you sup
pose?
After all that cussing—
And fuming—
I got the old
Wallet Back—
Pronto!
Glad?
Well, I guess—
And lots of faith
In humanity—
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HIT BY LIGHTNING, BOY
1 LIVES WITH PICTURE
OF A CEDAR TREE
UPON HIS BACK
| EASTMAN, Ga.—Struck by a
| bolt cl lightning Thursday after
-1 noon, Travis, young son of J. J.
: Grifnsley. lives and is carrying on
his back a pliotQgrapk of a cedar
tree.
The boy was sitting in h swing
on the front porch of his home
when a flash shattered a cedar j
tree a few feet from the house|
The current passed through the
boy's body, rendering the youth
unconscious. He recovered in a
I few minutes and members of the
| family found a photographic
I plate of a tree on his back.
! Jakie Burch, 15, son of C. C.
I Burch, was also truck by light
| ning. A round hole was burned
lin his cap. He was unconscious
I for only a few minutes.
jfc *
JAPANESE GANNOT
ALONE STAND IN
THE WAY OF
PEACE FOR
| WOULD
j Ef.rding Will Insist Upon All-
Inclusive Conference
THE JAPS ARE WARY
They Oppose Disruption of
Present Far East
Arrangements
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(By Leased Wire to Augusta Herald)
(Copyright, :921,’ by ugusta Herald)
WASHINGTON—Japan’s hesitancy
to accept unreservedly America’s In
vitation to discuss Far Eastern prob
lems is thoroughly understood here,
though, of course, officially nothing
said about it.
Briefly, Japan lies not wish to re
open questions wiiich she considers
closed. Eventually Japan will consent
to a discussion of some Far Eastern
question, but just now she is par
ticularly anxious to know what the
scope of the Washington conference
will be. It is the usual .Japanese
caution whenever the Far East is
mor.tkned in a confsienc* of pow
ers. The same wariness 'as exhibit
ed by the Japanese at ‘he Versailles
confer* nee. It is a mattsr of record
that the Japanese were mosi careful
not to commit themselves at laris,
on anything that seemed to limit
Japan’s opportunity to dominate the
Far East. The Versailles treaty
granted to Japan certain privileges
to the Pacific which they are unwill
ing to surrender, an 1 it is well knc*wn
that Japan has fe!t sensitive about
the criticism in the United States
o the provision in the peace treaty
which gave Shantung to Japan.
JAPAN DOESN’T LIKE IDEA
OF CHINA TAKING PART
Japan realizes that The United
States has not ratified the Versailles
treaty, and is, therefore, ip t. position
to bring up any questions in the Far
East, including Japan's relations to
China. The Jiou.fht that President
Harding invited Ch’im to oit n the
conference was in its If a notifica
tion that Japanese-Chmcse contro
versies wou'd, be aired, in an effort
to establish peace in the Far East,
and to renuve poss'ble reasons for
military or naval intervention in the
future on the part nf Eunoe.'in and
American powers. Japan naturally
does not like to have China sit *n
an international Conference which
would give China a chance to reopen
matters which Japan holds as set
tled.
Another thing that is worrying the
Japanese .» Wiether the Washington
conference will make an agreement
that will supercede existing uudei
standings. Japan, fj- example, feels
that she has depr.ved certain bene
fits from the Lansing-Ishii agree
ment, which, while not specifically
repudiated by the Harding adminis
tration, is not espec allv liked, and
probably will be treated as many of
the acts on foreign policies of the
Wilson administration has teen—
namely, will be ignored. The same
is true of the Anglo-Japaneae al
liance, which has no: be*>n renewed,
although it continues temporarily In
effect. Will the Japanese find the
Lansing-Ishii agreement and the
Anglo-Japanese alliance set aside In
fa\or of a new convention, or will
the new understanding preserve
Japanese supremacy m the T 'ar
East?
WILL INSIST THAT TALK
BEAR UPON ARMAMENT.
It i*« duo largely to the inadequacy
of cable communication between Ja
pan and the United States that all
the circumstances surrounding the call
of the disarmament conference have
not yet been mafic plain in Tokio, but
when the issues are finally defined
the foregoing fundamentals will be
uppermost in the Japan minds, no
matter whether the Japanese delegates
are empowered to come to Washington
to discuss limitation of armaments
alone or Far Eastern questions as well.
The prevailing view here is that the
Japanese never will specifh ally refuse
to discuss Far Eastern questions, but
wi’l always reserve the right to re
strict the scope of such a discussion
purely to its bearing on the armament
problem In other words, the folk In
Washington haven’t any doubt that
the Japanese will ultimately come Into
conference on the same terrg* as
the other powers, but that the Jap
anese government will hesitate to per
mit Japanese public opinion to believe
that Japan enters such a conference
ready to open up matters that are con
sidered by the Japanese to be con
cluded. In particular, no Japanese
cabinet could survive which proclaim
ed itsef ready to open up with China
the matters covered in the famous
twenty-one demands.
MANY PROBLEMS BETWEEN
JAPAN AND AMERICA.
There are many problems pending
between the United mates and Japan,
such as the charge of the .Japanese
that the people of t’alifornla discrimi
nate against the Japanese race. Ths
British dominions. Including Canada,
Australia and New Zealand, have the
(Turn to Fage Two, Column One.)
(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
THE CONFERENCE
ON PROBLEMS
OF IRELAND
RESUMED
FOIOAT
V
Prime Minister and Irish
Leader Meet Alone
TALK HOUR AND HALF
Conference Ends for the Day
at 12:50 P. M.
LONDON—Another meeting be
tween Eamon de Valera and Premier
Lloyd-George to§k place Friday, this
discussion of the preliminaries of the
hoped for Irish peace settlement
lasting about an hour and a half. At
its conclusion it was announced that
the conversation would be resumed
later, probably next Monday.
Sir Hamar Greenwood, the chief
secretary for Ireland; Lord Curzon,
the foreign secretary; Art O’Brien,
president of the Gaelic League in
London, and Robert C. Barton, of
the Irish delegation, w r ere on hand In
base their presence was desired.
On leaving Downing street. Mr. de
Valera said there would not be any
further meeting Friday and that he
“did not think" there would be a
meeting Saturday.
It was announced that the com
munique agreed upon by the con
ferees would be issued later.
A member of Mr. de Valera’s party
gave definite assurance that nothing
in the nature of a deadlock or a
break-dow’n of tho conferences
threatened at any time. Meanwhile
Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier,
arrived in London Friday from Bel
fast, announcing that he w’ould see
the premier Friday afternoon.
Asked for an expression of opin
ion on the Irish situation, Sir James
replied:
“The less said now, the better."
He added, however, that he was
hopeful.
At the White Hall entrance to
Downing street scenes similar to
those of Thursday were witnessed as
the meeting between the British
prime minister and the republican
leader was in progress. A large crowd
awaited Mr. de Valera and cheered
him as he entered Downing street,
repeating the ovation as he and his
companions left Mr. Lloyd-George.
Aft the conference proceeded prayers
for its sueeess were said by the
crowd in White Hall, the men and
women kneeling and reciting the
Rosai y.
Those in close touch with the situa
tion believe the prolminaries between
the prime minister and the republican
leader have been worked out and that
the next step will be consultations be
tween Mr. Lloyd George and Sir
James Craig, the Ulster premier,
these probably occurring Friday aft
ernoon.
The official communique on Friday’s
fonference issued shortly before 2:00
o’clock Friday afternoon read:
“ A further conversation between
Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. de Valera
took place Friday morning In Down
ing street and will be resumed at a
later date, probably Monday."
With his interviews with the Irish
republican leader concluded for the
time being, Mr. Lloyd George Friday
afternoon received Sir James Craig,
the Ulster premier, who arrived from
Belfast Friday morning. Sir James
went to Downing street at three
o’clock Friday afternoon going dl
reet'y to the cabinet room to confer
with the prime minister.
LONDON.—Prime Minister Lloyd
George and Eamonn de Valera. Irish
republican leader, resumed Friday
morning the conversation they began
Thursday in which they made an ef
fort to clear awav the difficulties at
tending the holding of a conference
which might bring about a settlement
of the Irish problem.
Mr. de Valera arrived at the prime
minister’s official residence at 11:30
o’clock and the two men resumed
their interview in the cabinet room
Th conversation W'as, as Thursday,
between the two men alone, no other
being present in the conference cham
ber.
The conference lasted somewhat
less than an hour and a half, the re
publican leader leaving at 12:50
o’clock It was announced he would
not return to Downing street Fri
day.
WILL SEIZE BOOZE
PASSING THROUGH
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON—Shipments of in
toxicating liquors entering the ports
of the United States or crossing the
Canadian or Mexican borders without
a prohibition permit are subject to
seizure by customs officers under ord
ers effective Friday.
The orders put in force the ruling of
Attorney General Daugherty upholding
an opinion by the former Attorney
General Palmer that trans-shipment
of liquors from one foreign country
to another by way of this country was
In violation of the prohibition laws.
There is still some uncertainty aty
to the effect of the ruling upon liquor
brought into American ports on for
eign ships under certain circumstances
however, officials declared, adding
that to dear up these points another
opinion would be asked for by Mr.
Daugherty.
JUDGE “FRAMED"
Says Attorney - Charged
With Accepting a Bribe
TULSA, Okla —Judge Lucien B
Wright, of Sapulpa. Okla , released on
bond or SI O,OOO on a charge of having
accepted a bribe of $90,000, of which
SIO,OOO is alleged to have already been
paid for his decision In the “Tommy
Atkins” oil case was declared the
victim of a "frame-up” by h!s at
torney, Judge D. McDougal, Friday.
The case Involved $1,900,000 In oil
lands.
Attorney Genera! S. P. Freeling
who has charge of the prosecution
of Judge Wright said he had ex
t nined the evidence and was cer
a in that the jurist would be proved
guilty.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 15, 1921
DeValera’s Peace Aid
M
Mrs. Sheehy Skeffington is credited with having
played a big part in bringing about the Irish-English
peace conference. She was sent to London by De Valera
to ascertain public opinion and held conversations with
influential Englishmen shortly before the call for a peace
meeting. *
10VER TALKS ON
PROBLEM OF
HOUSING
CHICAGO, Ills.—Points in President
Harding’s program for governmental
assistance in the recovery of com
merce and industry w r ere outlined by
Secretary Hoover in an address here
Friday before the National Associa
tion of Real Estate Boards.
“This great economic program of
our President includes," Mr. Hobvej
said, "revision of our tax system, re
duction of governmental expenditures,
settlement of the tariff, reorganiza
tion of the federal machinery for more
efficient service, reorganization of our
mercantile marine, refunding of for
eign loapn, relief of the world from
armament, assistance to exporters of
our commodities, upbuilding and safe
guarding of our foreign commerce,
assistance to our farmers by mobili
zation of private credit, expeditious
settlement of the obligations of the
government to the railways, encour
agement to development of our great
pow'er resources, the systematic elim
ination of wastes in production, and
research and education upon improve
ments in our processes of production
and distribution."
"The question of the purpose and
place of the government in expedit
ing economic recovery is raised in
Washington every hour of the day,”
Mr. Hoover continued. "We are flood
ed with economic patent medicines
that would evade the stern laws of
economic hygiene. The question ot
what tho government can do becomes
in part a question of our whole atti
tude toward social and economic
questions. Unless we would destroy
individual initiative and drive our
selves straight Into nationalization or
paternalism, the government cannot
undertake to redueo oi iui*e wag* .
to deal in commodities no matter
how it Is camouflaged.’*
One of the most difficult problems,
the secretary declared, Is that of
housing. Estimating that nearly 60
per cent of the population ar e living
as tenants he asserted that “nothing
is worse than an increased tenantry
and landlordism In the country."
There are, he contended, three
fields in which th*. government ran
be of assistance in remedying the
housing situation.
"First," he said, "the government
must as a matter of primary duty
drive every combination out of busi
ness that attempts to restrain trade.
Second, the government to some de
gree, directly or Indirectly, control*
or obstructs the flow of credits and
it. therefore, has a responsibility
ward this of the problem. Third, the
government can and Should interest
Itself in dissemination of information,
in scientific study of certain problems
In materials and metiM,ds and In co
operation with the Industries to re
ceive voluntarily reduction In waste*,
that the costs of homes may be de
creased."
SENT HIM COFFIN
As a Result One Dead and
Another Wounded
ANDERSON, H. C'.—Receipt t,y H
F Bagwell, of Gars well's In*tltut<
near her* of a miniature coffin several
days ago wan fojlowed Thursday night
by one death and possibly fatal In
juries to another man.
The coffin contained a note advising
Bagwell and his brother-in-law. B I
Kornev, to leave the countv, according
to officers and their charges that
Thomas Hays, 51. a bad
sent It, were followed by a gebi ; <
shotting In which Havs met death
arid Kamev was wounded five tlm
by buckshot.
Hays is sold to have heard that the
sending of the eighteen-Inch rank- t
with trie note was being placed at Ids
door and Thursday night he and e< v
era I friends went to the home of
Ramey, according to Ihe latter's claim,
and severely beat him in the presence
of his wife and two young children
Hal Ramey, an 11-year-oid ton we 1
said to have com* to his father's d"
sense with a shotgun and a genera
firing was started. No arrests have
been made.
COMM!™
CONTROL ICE
(Special Dispatch to The Herald.)
ATLANTA. Ga.—Another important
measure introduced Friday by Mr.
Blalock of Ware, would place ice man
ufacturers and distributors under tlie
jurisdiction of the state railroad com
mission.
Mr. Lowdon, of Ware, introduced a
bill requiring manufacturers of auto
mobile tires to stamp the date of man
ufacture on each tire. Looking toward
the disposition of tho present gover
nor’s mansion, Mr. Beck of Carroll,
Introduced a resolution providing for
the creation of a commission com
posed of the governor, the attorney
general and three reputable business
men, two of whom shall not be resi
dents of Atlanta, to receive proposals
for tin- leasing of the present gov
ernor’s mansion, the commission
would report at the next session of the
legislature.
During the course of Friday's ses
sion the house adopted a resolution
by Mr Bock of Carroll, requesting the
state highway department to furnish
the general assembly with a list of all
counties in which state funds have
been spent for highway purposes, the
informat lon to Include the amount of
money spent in each county from
Jnnuarv 1, 1920 to May 1, 1921.
ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST
SALE OF THE MANSION.
Arguments for and against Senator
I’at Haralson's I*lll providing for the
su'e or exehange of the governor's
mansion wa re heard Friday morning
by the public property committee or
the senate, of which Senator Haralson
Is chairman. Th#- committee post
poned action on the bill until next
week. Representative Ben J. Fowler,
of Bibb county, legislative leader of
the capital removal forces, delivered
the argument against the bill Macon,
he declared, stands ready to donate a
mansion, a site for a capitol. and $3,-
000,000 to build a capitol. The Macon
bill proposing a constitutional amend
ment. remove the seat of the govern
ment to that city ought to be disposed
of first, lie further declared, Instead of
nutting ahead of It at this tin. * the
bill to «iiv<.f the present mansion
and acquire another mansion In At
lanta.
Representative Fowler intimated
that the capitol removed association
would attack In the courts, if the
I luraison rtill were passed, the con
stitutionality of using any part, of
tlu* proceeds of the sale or exchange
or tho mansion to acquire a new man
sion The constitution plainly says,
lie declared, that the proceeds of the
sale of any public property owned by
[ the state shall be applied upon the
j state’s bonded debt. not
mean a part of the proceed* of such
:<ule, be declared, hut all of the pro
j ct**• d h .
Attorneys Robert Alston and
Frank A. H„ooper, of Atlanta, dellv
• red the nrgium rits in favor of the bill.
There wou'd no constitutional ques
tion. declared Mr Alston, if the man
■ lon were exchanged for another man
sion plus a cash bonus. This proposal
ho mm, mi nothing to do with tho
merits or demerits of capital removal
and should not he confused therewith.
Mr. Jfooper dwelt at some length upon
the unwisdom of retaining the mnn
: ion from a business standpoint. The
(Turn to Page Two, Column Three.)
CUT STEAMSHIP RATES
NEW YfcHtK— Compensation of
steamship lines operating from New
Vork to Germany resulted Friday In
a induction in !«**•«<im< jat<& by
"tie line. The first cabin to Ham
burg was cut f 33 to 1216, and In Hep-
Umber it will ho reduced to $196.
OH, BOY! READ
ABOUT THESE!
f) - o
Here’s the names by which !
some of Augu da's colored
duncchalls are known to their
patrons, Recording to police j
officer* who patrol the "Terry,"
“The Dlzzv Llssk," "The
Greasy Hpoon.” “The Hhady
.Veil, fhc Gravy,” “The Hlln '
and H ide,” "The Angel-f'ake, I
and "The Rough on Razors.” f
CONSOLIDATED SERVICE
OPPOSE PLAN FOR
A PRELIMINARY
DISARMAMENT
MEETING AT
LONDON
America Not in Favor of This
Proposal
THE VIEW OF SPAIN
Madrid Paper Believes Hard
ing’s Idea Impractical
LONDON. —Continued discussion of
President’s Harding’s proposed dis
armament conference by newspapers
here testifies to sustained Interest In
the subject. The question of a pre
liminary conference to be held In
London, was given prominence by »«
number of newspapers here Friday,
which printed long dlumtches from
Washington, most of wnich indicated
such a preliminary meeting would not
be favored in America. It whs argued
In some quarters the Idea should,
therefore, be abandoned. It was made
clear, moreover, that the question hud
not advanced as yet beyond the stage
of discussion, while the engagements
of dominion premiers would make it
difficult to fix u time for such a con
ference.
The view that it was improbable the
Washington parley could be held in
November, if the Pacific question was
to be discussed In conjunction with
the limitation of armaments, was ex
pressed by the Dally Mail. The news
papers declared that neither Aus
tralia nor New Zealand would be will
ing to have Pacific matters discussed
at any meeting where they were not
directly represented. The political
engagements of both Premier Hughes
of Australia and Massey of New Zea
land are such as not to allow them
to leave their respective countries be
fore next spring. The newspaper
added that in view of the national
status aecordod British dominions at
th« Versailles conference. It was pos
sible Mr. Harding would send formul
Invitations to Canada, Australia, Now
Zealand, South Africa and India.
The British League of Nations
Union, which is working In support
of the league, is anxious not to nppeur
opposed to Mr. flaring’s proposed con
ference. It has issued, through Lord
Bobert Cecil, a statement that the
union feels a great satisfaction over
Mr. Harding's action.
Any tendency to place a sinister
construction on the Japanese omission
of mention of Pacific: and far eastern
problems in that nation’s reply to
President Harding’s proposal was
deprecated by the London Times Fri
day. The newspaper cited the tra
ditional sagacity and moderation ot
the Japanese, and suggested that
Japan might wish to know more of
the details of plans laid for the con
ference before promising to partici
pate In discussions.
MADRID PAPER LOOKS
ASKANCE AT PROPOSAL
MADKlD—Discussing Harding’s pro
posed conference on disarmament and
far eastern questions, K 1 Epochs, the
government organ, says:
"It Is difficult to forsce the success
of this projected disarming of the
peoples It Is an old Idea, and some
years ago those who negotbUed for
file same purpose brought anout the
European war. The Interests of the
great powers are so antagonistic that
It will be very difficult to reach un
accord.”
JAPAN WANTS TO KNOW
MORE ABOUT CONFERENCE.
TOKIO. Japan’s answer to Presi
dent Harding’s proposal for a confer
ence on limitation of armaments which
has been forwarded to Washington,
while accepting the suggestion for an
armament conference, says the JIJI
Hhlmpo Friday, makes reservations
concerning general far eastern con -
earns until more has been learned
as to the scope and nature of the
questions to be considered.
Flit Dll WEIS
111 JAP STRIKE
KOKH. Japan Troops were called
out Friday after thousands of strik
ing workers iri the dock yaids here
had charged a police cordon in an
attempt to take possession of the iloilc
yards and carry out a project for their
control by the worker*. A number
of the strikers were wounded and the
ring leaders of the movement were ar
rested
All the dock yards have been clos
ed for ten days and demonstrations
have been prohibited.
The strike leaders Thursday threat
ened to employ the method* of the
Italian workers who took over and op
erated rnMul and other plants In
Italy, unless the dock yard employers
made concessions The demands of
the strikers Included an increase In
wages, pensions, recognition of the
dock yard workers’ union and a prom
ise not to dismiss the leaders of the
strike movement.
The strikers, numbering 30,000. car
ried out demonstrations Thursday In
an orderly manner, with only Isolat
ed collisions with the police. There
was one case of arson.
The strikers In the Kawasaki dock
yard, the largest in Japan, issued a
manifesto Friday in which they de
clared they wanted joint control of
the ship yards The manifesto pro
posed control of the dock yards by an
industrial commission, the hours of
labor to be six daily In case the
work# 1 n displu .* -i fro ff: .. m , 1
manifesto said they could ire turned
over to a discinlnary committee.
The Kawasaki company, which I*
holding the battleship Kaga and
many other warships, lias asked the
navy department for an extension of
time |n which to complete construc
tion of the vessels.
In o-akl th»* striking dock yard
■vor|/#.r«t are displaying a con* History
attitude and efforts at mediation have
| be» 11 started.
9 MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS
ARE REPORTED KILLED
MKK.VK, Hwltzcrland Nine tnoun
tain climbers, including Professor
Schaeftlein, an Austrian, are report
ed to have been killed In a scries of
Accidents in the eastern Alps.
WEATHER
FIGHT OVER PUP ABOUT
SIZE BALL OF YARN i
CARRIED TO COURT I
BY MILLIONAIRE
o 1 o
NHW YORK—Custody of a |
Pekingese pup, larger j
| than a ball of yarn, In one of |
| the issues of the marital woes |
I of Daniel G. Held, tin plate I
I king ami reorganizer of the
Hock islnnd Railroad. This be
came* known Thursday when
counsel for Mr. Held carried
this dispute into the courts.
The Helds were divorced a
few months ago. The banker
made a cash settlement of two
hundred thousand dollars on
Mrs. Held and agreed to pay
her thirty thousand dollars an
nually. There was an agree
ment, it was set forth in the
contract, that disputes over !
household effects were to be
arbitrated. Mrs. Reid's attor
ney argued before Justice Mc-
Cook that the pup constitutes
a household effect, and that its
possession should bo submitted
for arbitration.
The judge urged both sides
to submit briefs. \
L» o
MRS. KABER SOBS
HYSTERICALLY
WHEN BROUGHT
INTO COURT
FRIDAY
Tells Bailiff She Wants to
Tell Everything
WAS ‘PERFECTLY SANE”
When She Testified at In
quest, Saya Coroner
CLEVELAND, O—Mrs. Eva Cathe
rlne Kaber was carried into the cour!;
room by two bultiffs Friday morn
ing when her trial on a charge of
murdering her husband, Daniel F.
Kaber, was resumed. When seated
she clutched the arm of the attending
bailiff seated at her side and amid
sobs pleaded that he not leave her.
"Don’t leave me, don’t leave me;
yon won't leave me." she said.
William J. Corrigan, Mrs. Kaber’s
attorney tried to quiet her.
”1 want to tell them; I want to
tell them everything, hut Mr. Corr’ran
wont let me,” she sobbed to tho
bailiff.
Mrs. Kaber’s hat had fallen from
her head and her hair was disheveled.
Dr. P. A. Jacobs, who was county
coroner at the time of the murder,
testified that Mr Kabar*a daath was
caused by the stab wounds which ha
received on the night of July 18, 1919.
Ho also declared that he thought Mrs.
Kaber was "perfectly sane” when she
testified at the Inquest conducted be
fore him.
WARM DEBATE OVER BILL
FOR READING BIBLE
IN THE SCHOOLS OF
GEORGIA—PASSES
Special to The Herald.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Tho senate Thurs
day passed by a vote of 30 to 20 a bill
by Senators Fleming and Bond, pro
viding for reading of the Bible In the
public school* of Georgia, and then
began consideration of Senator John
H. Jones’ bill, which would establish
the Australian ballot system In the
state.
The Bible reading measure came up
as unfinished business and was warm
ly debated, with Senators Nix and
Collum leading the tight for the meas
ure, and Senators Thomas, Womble,
Jackson and Hollingsworth leading
the fight against It.
Senator Nix said the defeat of the
measure would mean that a majority
of the people of Georgia were bowing
to the desires of the minority. He
charged that persistent efforts to
block the passage of a bill along this
line have been In progress for four
teen year*
Senator Thoma* urged that the hill
he defeated for the reason It would
cause religious strife In the public
schools He declared Its passage
would he the entering wedge to
trouble and probably a rebellion.
Senator Jfl'-kson declared the hill
Interfered with Individual liberty and
was a step In the direction of social
ism. "A wave of religious fanaticism
is about to sweep this body off Its
feet," he declared.
South Needs Dry Weather,
Say the Cotton Experts
BY STUART P WEST
(By Leased Wlrs to Augusta Herald)
(Copyright, 1021, by Augusta Herald)
WAI r MTKHHT SKW YOltK-
Tiie cotton market showed more jr
less irregularity Friday, but on the
whole the undertone was steady. The
check on advances was the extent of
the old crop supplies available in bln
country, and indication that the south
was selling spots pretty free',/ around
the prevailing l*v*i of prints The
situation In th's respect was proba
bly emphasised by reports that n» vv
cotton is now beginning to move In
the earlier sections of Texas. Gl »;♦
at some of these southwestern u>*vn.<
have now started up for the rea
son.
On the other band, the In’t earing
activity of the Manchester nnirke*
was reflected in continued 1 ' v'*
Liverpool spot sales and private
cables reporting that Lancashire
spinners sre increasing their working
Urns. At Fridays conference spin
HOME
EDITION
Augusta and vicinity: Local thunder*
showers tonight or Saturday.
Silo,ooo BALES TO
BE RULED BY
BIG FEDERAL
COMPANY AT
NEW ORLEANS
Every Effort Being Made to
Care For Surplus
FINANCE OF EXPORTS
fhis to Be Done on Prompt
or Deferred Payments
WASHINGTON Eugene Meyer,
Jr., managing director <f.rh<> War
Finance Uorporatlon, arnounced Fri
day receipt of a telegram from the
Federal International Banking Com
pany of New Orleans, whicn stated
the company would work on; a plan
for dealing with .*on«i(loni.Dlc fi'i.m
f’ties of cotton under the • ,upora
tlon’s new policy for financing ex*
ports on either prompt or loierre)
payments.
The telegram, he added, has been
followed by a tentative proposition
involving the financing of 25,000 to
60,000 bales of cotton for export.
The loan of five million dollars on
Misslssipni Delta cotton, announced
last week. Mr. Moyer said. Ins led
to preliminary discussions with ref
erence to financing 300,000 buDs of
cotton In one district and JOO.oOO
bales in another.
He declared that while It was ton
soon to say whether these transac
tions would be consummated, the *n
quirles indicated that the cotton ai d
grain Interests are endeavoring to
devise methods by which, in coipeni
tlon with the war finance corporation,
adequate financing may he provided
to take care of some of tr.e 'so
called Impulses” of those commodi
ties.
GUY’S LEGITIMACY 4i
POyrjHKICBPSip, N. Y.—Attack
nnrl defense of the paternity of Ouy
Stillman were resumed here Friday in
tho divorce suit brought by James A.
Stillman against Mr*. Anne I! Still
man. If. Phelps Clawson of Buffalo,
who testified Thursday that Mr. and
Mr*. Stillman lived together on h#»v
eral occasions prevlotiH to the birth
of tho boy, was recalled to the atand.
It WftH expected that Attorneys for
tho New York banker would seek to
break down tho effect of a.»me of
Clawson's direct estiniony by cross
examination. Clawson was considered
as one of tho most Important wit
nesses for Mrs, Stillman In the matter
of combating Mr. Stillman’s accusa
tion that Guy was not his own child
hut that of Fred Beauvais. Indian
guide and servant of the family
Mrs. Stillman's lawyers'"summoned
several other witnesses Friday to car
ry on her counter attack against the
hanker, who she alleged violated his
marriage vows in his relations with
three other women.
It was understood', however, that
these witnesses would not be placed
on the stand until the next hearing.
July 28. John F Brennan, chief or
counsel for Mrs. Stillman was ill todav
and the attorneys planned to adjourn
Immediately after the cross examina
tion of Clawson.
GREEKS TAKE TOWN
Army Steadily Making Prog
reas Against Turks
CONSTANTINOPLE.—Greek troop*
have occupied the town of Aflun-Kar
nhlssar. an important station on the
southern branch or the Bagdad Rail
way, It Is announced here.
Aflun-Karahlssar in about fifty-five
miles south <>r Kutala, which ha*
been reported to be the center of the
Greek ogonslve against the Turkish
nationalists, which began last Mon
clay. The town was given up by the
Turks without fighting. It Is said.
Greeks Advancing.
ATHKNS.—Greek forces engaged In
the offensive against the Turkish na
tionalists are making progress at each
end of Gk* battle line and are now en
countering sbaip resistance, says an
official statement Issued here cover
ing the operations at the front on
July 13. The statement confirms Con
stantinople dispatches relative to tho
tlon of Afnin-Karahlsior.
“Tbs advance of our troops toward
Kskl-Hhehr and Kutala,'* the state
ment declared, "continues without se
rious residence, and we are suffering
insignificant losses During the day
of July 13, Greek troops occupied Af
lun Karahlssar."
Drunkenness Must Stop
MADISON, Wls.—Representatives of
thirty University of Wisconsin frater
nities were called before Judge A. C.
Uoppmann In superior court heje last
Tuesday and advised that unless ca
rousing among students was stopped
guilty parties would be vigorously
prosecuted The conference came af
ter citizens of the University section
bad complained that there was a wav#
of drunkenness among students
ners of Kg/ptian cotton In the Man
chester Idatrlct votAd to discontinue
organised short time, while spin
ners of American decided to work
on a thirty five hours tier week
schedule Instead of twenty-four.
The market, here opened steady at
an advance of one to seventeen points
on the relatively firm ruling of Liver
pool. but reacted rather sharply right
after Die opening under realizing and
southern hedge selling. After show
ing net losses of five to seven points,
prices rallied on the Lnncushire new*
and prospects for wet weather In the
belt. Offerings again Increased as
October deliveries approached the 1$
cent level, lending to some Irregu
larity but the action of the market
suirgcsied Die nresence of orders to
buy on a scale down. The couth needs
dry weather, according to expert
opinion, and rains would mean in
creased insect activity.
Prices continued to work some*
what higher in the late trading.