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The Athens Republique 1 5i - ' •" X X Devoted to the Religious, the Educational,'and the Industrial Development of the Colored* Race Vol. 111. Johnson and ' ‘ Wills to Fight » v .. • * M • ~ ~ (By The Associate# Negro Press.) Newark, N. J. Nov. 7—Jack Johnson, former heavyweight champion, and Harry Wills hate been hiatched for a 12-round come together here sometime -arotmd Thanksgiving Day, it was learned last Monday. ” - ** ■ ■Before a definite date can be set Johnson will have to dispose of a little, personal matter with the Stkte boxing ! comYuissibii.- Some : years ago the exchampion was barred from appearing in this State as *well as several" others after he ran afoiil df the Matin Act. However, since Johnson lias ex ploited his crime and there is' a general movement to Jet tip on hihci it is believed' that the com mission will lift the ban and put its'stamp of approval on thebout. I’••'< . ■ ! . ii •' iTH ’ ,i" N. ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL ' NOT WANTED I * * i ■ (By Asseoiated Negro Press) i Montgomery, Ala. Nov. 7—The Roosevelt memorial tree* planted on the Alabama capitol lawn by tfth Boy Sbomtslast Friday, myster iously disappeared Thursday night of this week, and in its place the night watchman found a note typewritten which read: . Official Cretan for the Jeruel baptist Association ' ATHENS', ‘GEORGIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1922 “Montgomery., A|a., — Get this Alabama: “To all concerned: i “The Daughters.of the. Confer eracy are our■mo tb er s ( war •mothers) and* this is the south. There are no trees in honor , of Souehern Gentiemeu in the capii >tol yard at Washington, and our war mothers do not wont this.one heri?.” m ?■ .i . . •> j t * . —.' : -j. — i —. YELLOW PERIL NOT ABATED , » ? t f , ; , • t '*> • * . (By the Associated Negro Tress Chicago, 111., Nov. 7 —The next war will find the yellow race wip ing out the white with powerful gasses and superfeveloped air • . ». • » v planes unless western civilization pnites to nip all war plans in the bud. Will Irwin, author and lec turer, said in an address before the Service Star. .League Ccnven tioiGhere. * The woil§ war brought three great development, ” said Mr. Ir win. 1 “First, it brought brains into the work of killing men. Second, it abrogated the code of civilized warfare, during away with the man to man fair fight and substituting the nation and nation catch as catcq can warfare. Third*, it developed a !gun! which now nas a 400-mile' range—tbis !gun! being the modern, wireless siteered airplane. “These things, with the power ful new gasses, which kill on con tact, mean that in the next war the infantryman will have little in the way cf firearms. Instead he \vi i carry a gas grenade. ‘ They mean that fvcn a half way successful attack on any city —New York, for example—vould wipeout all form of life within twenty-four hours. “I don’t think the next war will come before a generation, but it- is coming surely, unless the civili/f d nations uniteag» inst war. “When it does come, it will be east against wast —Japan and the ottnr yell.»w race against white fc * civilization. ' * i j • * KLAN MEM “GO OH FOR?VtR” 15y the Associated Negro Pres 3 • .• i •* t W clii'a, Kans., Nov. 7 —A let ter of intimidation, * ritteu on a h tterhead purporting to b<? the official stationery of the. Ku Klux Klan, was received by W. A. Bet ts, .editor of the WICHITA PRO TEST here. The letter, which ♦V• . . was unsigned, failed to intimidate Bettis, who says that it will not effe t his stand in any wav,.. , § The letter was written under the folio* ing letter head: , “The Most Sublime ; .in All His tory, Commemorating and Perpet uating As It Does the MosfeDaunt leas Organization Known to Man.” IMPERIAL PALACE Invisible Empire KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN Department of Propagation, Realm of Kansas. The letter fellows; No. 52