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IS CHARGED WITH LA. TERROR
Fairbanks Heads
! New Picture Co.
Dr. AndreW M. Soule Out
lines to Score of Leaders
Situation As It Exists,
Today.
5 ESSENTIALS TO
GROWING COTTON
Use of Calcium Arsenate
Alone Will Not Save Sta
ple. Other Measures Are
Suggested.
BY CHAS. E. MARTIN
The conference of bank
ers and business men
called to meet in Athens
Wednesday
j With His Wife, Mary
11 Pickford, Will Be
Producer-
| Skeleton Found
Near Atlanta
HIGH OFFICIALS OF
SCOTLAND NECK. N. C.—Much 1
improvement whs shown Wednes- j
day morning in the condition of
.Representative Claud (Kitchen, j
democratic leader in the lower I
house of congress, who has been
aerloualygUI at Ms home, here since |
Sunday suffering with pneumonia,
according to attending physicians. I —
“S 1 G “ r « ia Representative
He spent a very comfortable night ■ KeneWS HlS L>harg6S 01
ATLANTA, Qa.—The finding of a
skeleton in a clump of woods near
j Decatur a few miles from Atlanta
y! Tuesday fa still a mystery. The
and his family feel very much en
couraged over hie condition today.
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WASHINGTON—Withdrawal of
tho American troops from the
Rhine was ordered Wednesday by
President Harding. In announcing
Prohibition Violations in
House Address.
j bones are believed to be tbe akel
eton of a man dead for weeks and
{possibly months. The skull and
parts of clothing were found npsr
by. There were no indications that
the man had met a violent death. Testimnnv
0ftf.eer» of DeKalb county who __ . U, V
conducted an investigation, said.
SAYS DIPLOMAT
IMPORTS THE STUFF
Atlanta Declares Many
Big Men At Capital Turn
“Devilish Bottle to Their
Lips.”
. SAVANNAH, Oa. — At
o'clock Wednesday morning
WASHINGTON-—The spotlight
of bootlegging rumore and* charges
which has been hovering over l s,ewnrt managers In the munlei-
Washlngton had shifted back to the J P* 1 olBctlon held Tuesday, In which
. capitol Wednesday with the declar- j * her e wa3 a °ontest for Mayor be-
ffffB’ation by Representative Upshaw.! ‘ hB
discuss flhe f amfiS*®*® 7 th" recall of thb democrat, of OeoVgUa, bn the ta*«b«tM« democratic *****
‘ at coblons.
non
, cspeciahy With refe^ | ^ ar ^ t an indication.'' that .no time
of the house that “bootleggers ply! and Pa “* ®- Seabrook whose name
... : was placed on the official ballot
Offered At
Hearing Tuesday of
Such a Nature to Impli
cate Klansmen.
KLAN IS ON TRIAL
FROM BALLOT, WINS SAYS Arr0RNEY
Dr. Evans of Atlanta Is
sues Statement Defend
ing K- K. K- and Its
JLofty .Purposes.
their devilish trade among too
many public men In Washington.”
With opportunity for reply by
once to the cotton and would be lost It was made knotfn
.ll 1 .. that the transport St. Mlhlel would
lioll weevil conditions, Iaave New York. ^Wednesday or
wa-i attended by more Thursday to bring home he bulk of house’ members' to ^Representative
., ' Jnant 0,0 Rhine forces. A few small do- . Upshaw’S speech In which he do- * B,U
than a score of prominent ^ cb tK wlll ^ left f«« short clared h0 would tnrn over t0 en had
men mainly bankers, time to close out Huai settlements —
f ., J • involved in the withdrawal. Sec -
from the surrounding ier- ratU Y Hughes also attended the
ritnrv lriiarpnt to Athens, conference at the White Honso
r.torv adjacent w which praceded the disclosure that
Hugh H. Gordon, •!»•» the troops were to be withdrawn
president of the Commer- practically at once.
cial bank of Athens, pre-! about 1.000
sided over the meeting
and discussions were en
tered into by practically
everyone in attendance.
After listening to Dr.
A. M. Soule, president of
the State College of Ag
riculture; Harold Holme,
prominent local farmer,
and others it was deduct-
forcement authorities all evidence
placed In hia handa of liquor drink
ing by government officials Includ
ing members of the senate and tbe
house, cut off by adjournment Im-
| mediately after he concluded Tues
day, this was the next development
expected Wdneeday. Because the
ueu tupdc . house was not “a justice court” the
Mt ™ 1 . Georgia representative said "he
The American force, remaining
in that area number about 1,000
men, and it waa Indicated that the
withdrawal, order would be carried
oat as soon as the American Com
mander. Major Geperal Allen, could
make the necessary arrangements
for winding up finall/ the affairs
of the grmy of occupation.
. A resolution favoring anch with-:
drawal waa adopted Saturday by
the eenate but it was not apparent
Wednesday how far it had contrib-
, , , .1 .luted to the president’s decision or
cd by those present that b „ w far the administration had
jj| j()2St five nlo hnnn litflitanraii hv the eltuatidn
were necessary to the
growing of cotton under
boll weevil conditions, that
the application of calcium
arsenate is only one of
these essentials and is
hardly effective if ,tihe
other four are neglected.
These essentials are ad
follows:
First—Proper prepara
lion of ground,, deep
ploughing, etc.
Second — Proper .selec
tion of seed as to quality*
staple, yield and early
growth. .
Th i id—Intensive fertil
ization-
Fourth — Intensive cul
tivation.
Fifth—Use of calcium
arsenate as poison.
T HFS£ ARE
necessary
ii .1 , -.npAitiy agreed that alt
,f 1 *i> wore necessary and that
' •' faiiary that cotton conld
> merely upon thejipplica-
1 'Ilium arsenate without
"ills being employed. Ear-
' miinR of the aeed I* to be de-
" r "’ ,n "* •>>' the season. It being
' K ‘ Out it waa of no avail to
'■>. lore the ground became
! nough to nush the growth
’ xmng piantf The variety of
' ' -'I chosen
um-'l not so much
“ I' 1 * a * trom the knowladga of
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senators and representatives. who
do not practice the prohiblUon
which their votea profess,” and he
had not threatened this in bis pre
vious tpeech on the subject, he said,
because he “did ndt brandish a
sword,” but “made an appeaL”
CHARGES HIGH
OFFICIALS'
Outside of the membership of
the senate and bouse, Representa
tive Upshaw declared be bad-seen
-some of the highest, officials in
Washington lifting ' the' devilish
been Influenced by the eltuatidn
Sntofte Ruhr°vaHey Ch m ° Ve ' bottle to'their lips.” In tbe evidence
date of actual withdrawal he was preparing to turn In. he said
% lerttoX ho would include the names of a
of ■ the forces will be left to the
war department.
Officials of the state and war de
partments refused flatly to make
an explanation of the decision .to
recall Major General Allen and hia
forces other than to repeat that It
was considered expedient to com
plete at this time American with
drawal from Europe. ....
Secretary Weeks was called to
the White House early Wednesday
and the purpose of the government
to withdraw the troops was dis
closed before hie return to the war
department It was learned that
formal order* had not as yet been
sent to General Allen to begin the
homeward movement although he
has knowledge of the plan for rarly
evacuation and is prepared to move
on short notice. " ’ \
TO TOUCH AT
SAVANNAH
The transport St. Mibfel will re-
turn to the United"^tales wither
front Antwerp of Bremen, end will
touch first at Savannah, Ga.. vrtere
the headquarters and service corn-
eighth infantry, with Medli« P*r*
panics and one battalion of the
sonnet will be landed. ’
The second landing of troops will
he at Charleston. S.C.. where one
battalion together with two battal
ion sections or headquarters and
service companies will disembark.
by his supporters, after' his fail
ure to qualify as an independent,
hud refused to sign the election
returns showing that Ssubrook
won by a majority of the
votes oast. It Is expected this
will muke a now legal issue. It
is possible 'the -KenbrooL forces
will try to force the Stewart
managers to sign, the returns un.
der a mandamus proceeding. Tbe
returns are supposed to bo con
solidated and presented to the
election board by noon Wednesday.
It seems certain this will not be
done ns at II o'clock there was no
indication that the Stewart manug
era were going to sign up.
The supporters of Judge Sea-
brock were very active today in
getting votes in the boxes. The
women supporters of Seabrook
were especially active. The ne
groes were voted In some Instances
under the guidance of the Sea-
brook supporters. But little time
was spent at the polls by the ne
groes after voting. Something
more than 1,000 negroes are sup
posed to have voted, but this is
uncertain as there was no separa
tion of the votes by the races.
Seabrook running as an indepen
dent after his name had bCcu de
nied a place On the* official ballot,
BASTROP, La.—(By The Associ-
i ted Press)—Addle May Hamilton,
l&own aa “daughter of the Klan,”
declared on the witness stand in
the epen nearing investigation
H edpesday into the.,laying of Watt
■MSI and Thomas Richards she
was- forced to leave her home near
Mar Rouge and was deported from
the state by “the Ku Klux.' 1
TO BE FIRST flGT
French • Military Units
Will Move Into Germany
Wednesday Midnight or
Thursday A. M.
BELGIAN AID IS
RUSHED TO FRONT
Final Order Was Delayed
By Belated Reply From
Muasolinknf Italy. Order
Maintained.
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
MARY PICKFORD
LOS ANGELES. C»l.—(By The^ artists.
Associated Press)—Douglas Fair,-1 The Dhlted Artists' organisation
banks ahd Mary Pickford. his wife, now consists of Miss Pickford, Mr.
as the first step In a plan to enter Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, David
She named Dr. B. M. McKoln, .-Upon independent production and Waft Griffith and .Charles Ray, and
former mayor of Mer Rouge, and distribution of cinema films.made tbe new plan involves closing tb9
party of men who she teatrlcowtkp | by other leading actors of tbe Griffith studlOs 'on Look Island, N.
“Plk” Kirkpatrick as two of the ! screen, have .offered Jackin Coogas,' Y„ and the return to, Los Angelos,
party of men who she testified child film actor, a contract for tour i Mr. Fairbanks etated thpt jucklo
came to bar mother’s home one i pictures, and have announced Coogan Wednesday would bo nf-
nlgbt, took ber away and put hcri plans for an expansion of tho Unl- tered a contract with tbe United
aboard a train for Little Rock. Ark... ted Artists organization, the'Los Artists, calUng for a cash advance
tbe home of her sister. The young i Angeles Times stated Wednesday of $600,000 and a guarantee of 60
woman gave, her age as 17. I The expansion plans contemplate par cent of the profit! of the tint
' the production under the snpervis- 'four plcturei he would make at tbe
BASTROP, La.—Tbe state stood i° n ot Mr. Fairbanks and Miss | Fatrbanks-Pickford studio. Four
ready Wednesday to press In rigid ' Pickford bf feature films by eight j years ago Jadkie Coogan received
manner investigation into charges
made by officials Implicating form
er members of the Ku Klux Klan lu
the torture and slaying of Watt
Daniel, and Thomas F. Richards last
August with the resumption of the
open > earing Wednesday.
The testimony ottered Tuesday
by former klansmen of Morehouse
parish, which Attorney Gea'eral Co
co said “definitely fixed tho K Ian's
position in tbe present Investiga
tion of the outrages in Morehouse"
Is only a small part ot tbe evidence
the state has to offer, according to
this official.
The attorney general stated that
th* testimony offered ’■'uesday "re
vealed in a positive way that Klan
or nine of the moat popular screen $76 a week, It waa said.
T
IN HOUSE REPORT
.7*° was elected Mayor of Savannah by
returned from abroad some time
ago with more than a score of
cases ot foreign liquor marked
“diplomatic.”
Coming on tbe heels of asser
tions by tbe local pdlice authorities
that they had found indications
that liquor consigned, to some of
tbe embassies and legations was
finding its way into the Illicit
fic here. Representative .Upshaw
declared in hls speech the problem
of "use and abuse” of such liquor
Importations was one that "calls for
delicate but firm treatment”
He declared a former attache of
the state department had suggest
ed ta him that a “polite, forceful
note" by tbe secretary of state on
tbe subject would cause g “ready
and universal response” from all
diplomatic officers here ot willing
ness tb aid In enforcement of thf
law.
Hearing*On K. K. K. .
Being Ousted From
' Kansas Is Begun
V
IN 8ECOND DAY
RICHMOND. Va.-Tb«_«mtar-
ence of agricultural and Home eco
nomic forces entering its second
day’s session here Wednesday wae
prepared to bear an
’prenatal cere” by Mra RJdgeTard,
uch from test discussions centering, on gen-
erat work In the 12 states
KANSAS CITY, KanBf—Hearing
of tita KanAss ouster suit against
the Ku Klux Klan waa to begin
In tbe state supreme court Wed
nesday with C. B. Griffith, newly
pworn In attorney general repre
senting the case for tbe state
brought by RJcbard J. Hopkins, for
mer attorney general,, and now a
member ot tbe supreme court.
Attorneys for tbe defense in an
swering brief tiled with tbe court,
have Contended that the defendants
named are not officers ot tbe klan.
The salt to oust the klan from
the state followed reports of al
leged activities of the Ku Klux
Klan In southern Kansu and bitter
verbal attack* dpon if by former
Governor Henry J, Allen.
majority of 1.792 votes out of
7,918 votes In thirteen boxes of the
seventeen in all.
When the poles closed manag
ers for Murray M. Stewart lncom-
hent, the defeated candidate In 18
of the 17 boxes refused to count
the Seabrook ballots. Several
hours later Judge Meldrtm, after
application by Seabroox's counsel
tf the Superior court for an in
junction to prevent Stewart man-
agent' from Interferrlng, ordered
Jhe count to proceed in thirteen
WASHINGTON.—The report of
leaden were Involved'in it most the house judiciary committee on
active manner In tbe strife which i Us Investigation of the impeach-
led up to the shocking tertvyim and | meat charges brought against At-
murden ot two Mer R uigo citi-I’tornoy General Daugherty 'by Rep-
zens.” > rcsentatlve Kellar, republican, Min-
Asserting that there L a ‘ dual i nesota, was submited' Wednesday
nature” to the Invisible empire, At- 1 to tbe bouae by Chairman Volstead,
torney General Coco said that "the Whether It wlll be called up for
klan 1s on trial and the klan will action by the house haq not yet
have to answer.” been determined.
BARE WORKING8
OF ORGANIZATION
“Tbe high spots” of tbe report
are the resolution adopted Tues
day by the committee virtually
J. F. Norseworthy and E. C. An- 1
draws, each on the eland at Tuea- Port® 1 * by evidence and the finding-
day’s session testified that they the . ' pec ‘5 l sub-committee ap-
were former members of tbe klan; proved by tbe committee, that tne
U. S. FAVORABLE TO
■PUNFOR BRITISH
DEBT SETTLEMENT
PARIS—(By The Associated
Press)—The last formalities re
garded as necessary before the
French troops enter the liuhr val
ley as penalties for default in de
liveries In kind by Germany under
the treaty of Versailles were set
for Wednesday afternoon. It was
arrangetj that Premier Poincare
would Inform tho Gormnn goverm-
mert through Dr. Wilhelm Mayor, -
he Gorman ambassador In Paris
and through the Freiy.h ambassa
dor at Berlin of the measures ho
purposed taking, beginning.Tliurs-
4®y*
Simultaneously with the glvlnr.'
of these modifications It was ar
ranged for orders to go forward to
Goncral Dcooiitte to'send:to Essen
a sufficient force to assure-tho pro
tection of all allied .engineers and
agents who have been entrusted
with applying tho measures decided
upon by the French government,
and which are disclosed tally, it is
stated , In tho modification to 'tlio
Gorman government. Theso meas
ures comprise the .collection'of the
German coal, tax for *!’ flf account.
the seizure of state'forests to he
WASHINGTON— Negotiations
looking to tAe refunding of Great
Britain’s four billion dollars debt
to tbe United States were resum
ed Wednesday With the American
debt commission ' apparently pre
pared to agree if necessary upon
a tentative settlement based upon
more liberal term’s as to time and
interest titan those prescribed by
congress. Should such a plan be
worked out it could not become'
effective, however, until formally
approved by' the House and Sen
ate.
Representative Burton, republi
can, Ohio, a member of the Amer
ican commission told the Honse
and bared alleged workings of the | h°u»e had authority to punishi Mr. | Tuesday that ^British commis-
organlzatlon In Morehouse parish. Kellar by Imprisonment Or other- sion had not asked for any leeway
Andrews is a brother of W. c.' " l,e lof ? 11 * ebe*. * sub- 'beyond the 26 year maximum per-
thc
ft?,w , bavI^*w! 0U S t ia ,n “T olt? * r I Andrews, who testified previously 5®®“ * fter h ® bad with- j iod for payment and the four and
u ?.? y m ‘ that he was whipped until he 'was , drawn trom th ® eas ®- one-quarter per cent minimum in-
pttcations on account of the man- numb by the band which kidnapped „ terest rate .fixed by congress, but
ager. falling to agree. j ! ^o^rtr to 'Sw Ke tart I he *» T * notlce thst it «•
savannah mab i Addle -May Hamilton, deported c i‘ a i m no .‘ obliged to P r °b* ble th at some proposition
rxa • •“ wouu come before
tt® principal role In Wed- gorved 0 n.him while a repre-
. . . i neaday's open hearing session of „p n .. t i we «„ rontre ,. . nd added-
Savannah ha, hung up a new re-i Morehouse parish’s hooded band 8 ' uve * n0 ada6d '
cord. In the rooms at the-court- 1 murder mystery. "Your committee ta of tbe opln-
b ‘"° U I Miss Hamilton ta alleged to have Ion that Mr, Kellar waa legally re-1 tuition had become convinced on
w election races, jbeen ordered deported from the qulred to obey said subpoena; that i the basis of the preliminary nego-
?L. cl * rk .°V h9 |\ tata of Lou '* lan » « nd «® Bt *° the honse of representatives pos-'tiatism’between tim'American and
* t ?«‘ r custodian. | the borne of a retailve In' Little sesaea tita) bower to cans* him to British commission that it would
.-.a —a —■ ■ — be impossible to' effect a settle
congress
garding the settlement of
British debt. '
At the same sime, a White
House spokesman said the.adminis-
ITIPmt 1.0 L. a M.P . ,, . , , IV BVDBtm |U«. |RIWC$ IW WUOC IUHI lu
h f* *5® ba,lot f^ 81 ,n the Hock. ATk., with orders that she be arrested and confined in prison
U£..£ kI?L. Con * r !?*. n th . B , ' rB, ' l ’ ould return to her moter In (Mer , until he shall consent to testify,
district between R t^e Moore, f Rouge by permission of officials such confinement not to extend be-
demoernt and and Don H. Clark, | of the Morehouse chapter or the Ku yond tbe term of this congress and
C | ark contesting the Klux Ktan._ power to otherwise tfeal with him
According to witnesses who tea- no as to .compel obedience to the
tlfled the young woman was one of summons.'
many persons, both white ' and
black, ordered deported l)mu this There was no suggestion as to
art defeated James M. Rogers fori parish. bow tbe-Minnesota representative
the nomination of Mayor. Rog- Whether her deportation will be might be dealt with otherwise than
republican
election of Moore.
Then there are the ballots used
In tbe municipal primary on De
cember 12. when Murray M. Stew
ere mad a contest and lost. The
last election contest was that of
Tuesday when Stewart and Paul
E. Seabrook ran. These are tne
three boxes 0 f elections sealed.up
and awaiting a court order ae to
what-shall be done with them.
This I* the tiret time eo many elec
tlona in contested cases bare been
la the keeping ot the cleft at one
time.
linked with the deaths of Watt by Imprisonment nor was there any
Daniel and Thomas F. Richards. - recommendation that the house
whose bodies were found floating take any action against him.
In Lake LaFonrche. a fortnight ago -Some committeemen favor tbe es-
ofter the two men bad been kid- tnbllsbment of a precedent in this
napped by men wearing black .ease, bat it was a foregone condn-
hoods on Asguit 24. last, will prob-, «ioa that if he matter were taken
ebir be brought out Wednesday. - iUp oh tbe floor there would be a
Other witnesses summoned to long and bitter tight against edopt-
teetify are "Nip" Echols. .Robert .Ing the committee view aa an as-
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exploited for the b-iuoflt ot tho rep
arations fund, and the collection of
customs duties on exports in for
eign money. .. ’
■ The French foreign otfico incit
ed Wednesday .that the word ’•oc
cupation” wa* only rrpHcntle to
the operation In the Rohr. '-The
French trpops there, it wns sail!
will not exercise-the prerogatives
of force* -of -military occupation
further.than thar.be found necessa
ry ta furnish protection to nlli«-'l
agen* and aaiure the proper r.- cil-
Itlea for tHe’ performance <i their
jvork. i yf J
They will substitute themselves
for German authority In no other
direction than application or th-
penaitles outlined in the notifica-
tibn to Germany, it waa dacttSW^''
t(i ' "• .’fiiaSfltfl
MUSSOLINI, MR88AGE
BEING AWAITED
PARIS — (By tne Aasoeited
Pres*)The time for lifting the
curtain In the latest act, of tha
.war dratoia—the French- invasion
of the Ruhr—waa 'still a-secret.
Wednesday, althopgh' the 'actors
were.in. their 'places with their
parts well learned under the tute
lage of the French military oom-
biand -Every preparation for the -
final order to “go ahead” has been
made with clock-like procession.
ment of the eleven billions of dol
lars of war debts within the limita
tions la,d down by congress. The
executive was represented as feel
ing that a settlement should be
made with the British on the best
terms possible.
At the treasury Tuesday it was
reiterated that tho British Mis
sion had as yet suggested ho pro
posal as a basis of settlement.
Members of the American com
mission rather expected a proffer
to be forthcoming Wednesday.
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:~ i*u * ’ ’;r oalr. nrwi
Mrs- Artie Rmalt ana cWMira.
India and Artis wit) return to, At
lanta Thursday after a visit of
several weeks to ber .parents,
Captain and Mrs. J. W. BarnetL .
The concensus of oflnlon-hep*
Wednesday morning was that the
advance woulcf.not begin until mi.1
night Wednesday night or‘.early
Thursday. Various ,regions we-c
offered in sufipott of thls-heltaf.
‘chief* Among them being the fact
that the foreign,office had not re
ceived Premier Mussolini's TSPiS-
to M. Polncahe'a ■ proposal jJLhat
Italy | Join Franco and-Belgium in
formally notifying Germany of
their intention to Impose penal
ties. . Not|c e that tba troops would,
leave! 1 theft--' hnneentrattoh < point
for Risen Wednesday nUht nr ,
Thursday .morning was expected
to U9 tbrtneomtng os'Soon ae the
Italian Premier's answer wee re
ceived.
-
ENGINEERS TO SEIZE
MINES A8 FIRST MOVE
~ It was rtMieralty understood that
the plan -gs It stood Wednesday
called first of ell for sending en
gineers Into the Ruhr to take over’
certain mines.' These experts wilt
be adequately but not ostentati
ously. escorted by the military, u
Is thought that th* distraint will
be Increased In pnenaration to
Germany-* failure to gtf* natlsfae-
tlon. “* 4
,tq.-
The military escorts Win be
quartered on the outskirts nf am
towns so oeoepled qnd the soldier ■
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