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ATHENS COTTON ■((»! : MIDULING - 27 3-8c PREVIOUS CLOSE 27 l-8c THE WEATHER Continued eleari slightly cooler! Saturday VUL. 90 No. 314 Associated Press Dispatches ATHENS, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13,1923 Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday- TOWN'S HAPPINESS WAS DESTROYED BYELAN, IS TESTIMONY OF WITNESS UUffiV GANTTS DULY COLUMN Mil HIED BV T. LARRY GANTT Any older citizens remember rred Hodgson, a member of the line family of that name and a brother to .Messrs. Joe. George and BUI Hodgson. When I owned the Athens Banner Fred was then- a lad attending school and during vacations helped me on the paper. He was u bright boy and quick to catch on at any job assigned blm. After finishing his studies he was appointed by Congressman Speer to \Vc<t Point and graduated in the class of 1591. His rise in the ser vice was rapid until he was made colonel In the quartermaster corps. The secretary of war says he rendered his country exceptional meritorious and distinguished ser vice while serving as representa tive of the quartermaster corps on the general munitions board of the council of national defense from April, ltili, until his death, Au- Testimony Offered At Trial Places Beginning of Intolerance With Ku Klux Start. DADE, MAYOR, IS HEARD ON STAND How Masked Men Flog ged, Tortured and Even Killed, Related in Sworn Statements. gurt 5.1917. He displayed moat dis- Jr*"®"™ tinguished ability and performed “ * nt ° his manifold duties In a most con- I spicuous manner In a -position of great responsibility at a time of gravest Importance. By Mb- tact, foresight and excellent judgment bis services In connection with the Development of the vaa tprogram of housing and supply of our army were of material assistance to, the successful prosecution of thq war and were of signal worth to the government. In recognition of hit efficient service the war department has awarded the distinguished service medal to col. Frederick Grady Hodgson, who died while on duty ns a member of the general muni- lions board of the council of na tional defense In Washington. BASTROP, La.—Robt. L.' Dade, mayor of Mer Rouge Friday named Dr. B. M. McKoin, Capt. J. K. Sklp- wlth. Kelly Harp tnd Ed Ivey us members of a Ku Klux Klan band which held up and disarmed Watt Daniel, W. C. Andrews and Harry Keells, Mer Hougo citizens, near the village of Galllod, La., several months prior tn tlie kidnapping and murder of Daniel and Thomas F. Richard last August. Dade also teatllicd that In one Ku Klux Klau raid in which he S irtlcipated he wore a black mask. a declared all the other members of the party wots white hoodi. Assistant Attorney General Guy- on confirmed the report that Capt Sldpwith had made overtn-es »-< the attorney general's staff and said that the klansmen’s remiest, would he granted. It !s probable It will be held Immediately. Capt. BHpwith la said to have requested the conference in order to ful> details of tbo opera- ■ non -ji the Moreho isj Klan since I its organization and at same time to establish that the opera tions of the black hooded band was not under the .supervision of the Klan. UHOMG OF HR Thousands of Cases of Smuggled Intoxicants Reported Landed in U. S. Thursday P. M. ALL VARIETIES AT VERY LOW PRICES .Bootleggers Express No 1 Fear As They Send Stuff to N. Y. and Other Large Cities. WASHINGTON — An imme diate report was demanded , by prohibition officials here from the New Jersey headquarters con cerning dispatches printed In Fri day morning papers describing the extensive landing of smuggled liquors on the New Jersey Ooast. STATIONED IN WASHINGTON >V many years prior to . his Heath Col. Hodgson resided in Washington, having been stationed there aa assistant to the quarter master general of the army until his retirement in IBIS. Although in ill health when the L'nited states entered the war he insisted on returning to active ser vice duty and so strenuously ap plied himself to the development of the government's vast program of housing and supply for the army that his life waa forfeited for he expired while at work. Ry direction of the secretary of "ar a distinguished service modal posthumously awarded Coi. Hodg son, was delivered to bis widow at t.ol. Hodgson's native home in Athens, Ga. Mrs. Hodgson rosides at the Roehambeau'in Washington. BASTROP, La.—State's attorn eys digging into the Morehouse pariah tragedy—the kidnapping and slaying of Wott Daniel and Thom as Richard-rhad before them Fri day the testimony of nearly two ■core witnesses dealing with dif ferences between the peoples of the two principal town*. Bastrop and Mer Rouge, dating back for years and starting, according to several, with the drawing of a.Hne between factions favoring and opposing the Ku Klux Klan. Robert L. Dade, mayor of Mer Rouge, told the Investigators at Thursday’s session of the open hearing, now In progress before Judge Fred L. Odom, that ''before the Klan came everybody In Mer Rouge were like brothers but now there' Is a strained feeling. Under the regalia of the Klan there has arisen a condition in this parish that is' Intolerable." Dade and Hugh Clarke were the principal witnesses at Thursday’s sessions of the court hearings. Clarke, (till a klanamsn, testified that the Klan Is four hundred per cent strong. J Thus far the story of the differ ences as placed In the record goes K ck only a few year* and revolves rgely around the. administration of Dr.-B. IM. McKoin as mayor of Mer Rouge. PEACEFUL TOWN PRIOR TO THEN the SUPPLY OF ARSENIC I ssked Charlie Phinlsy, of Bar- Tvtt & co„ about the supply of P« son for farmer* this year. He " ,d hls company was buying up ;!■ av »Hable but be could not pre- A.tt the supply. Mr. Phinlsy says Ihi-re is a duty of six cents per pound on arsenic, but he sees that ,0U Hiern members m congress are working to have this prohlbit- .* huty removed. I was under the impression that this clause had A'-'-n Struck out of the tariff bill, hut it was a mistake tor it went through, i do not understand why our southern members did not make > light on this outrageous tax “hen the bill was-on is passage. IMS six cents a pound duty aim- Pb turns the cotton producer, hound hand and foot, over to the ta clum arsenAte trust. It is doubt- nii if the duty can be removed-in 1 me to Import a supply of poison to •'hi our farmer* with their crop* 11 !* mi 'v conceded that next year cotton famine will be on, and oqr aouthern cotton is what turned the, of trade In afavor of the hah f'hReil States, perhape the.repuh- i;* 8 RATty will then awake'to.the tact that the southern cotton grow- ■ r cannot be robbpd and oppressed «i limit undo Sam feeling the dfa- AA'hous effects. ■ ■ ' The conditions which existed in Mer Rouge, Bastrop and the entire pariah of Morehouae prior to the alleged reform measures enforced by Dr, McKoin while mayor of Mer Rouse', .was considered as be- Mer .Rouge, .was conaldered lug peaceful by the present mayor of -Mer Rouge. Mr. Dade. On the heele of these reform measures came the organlsatlon of the Klan, which resulted in the dove of peace taking flight and conditions which he termed In tolerable" arising. Raids, according to testimony submitted, were made on Mer Rouge by masked men wearing the regalia of the Klan. Citizens were flogged some ordered deport- ed from the state and others given lectures. The Klan wltnesses have testified that they superceded the constituted autnoritlea of the par ish. The aheritt. -the clerk, thedir- NEW YORK.-—The motive for the apparent suicide of Rev. Dr. Percy Gordon, former assistant rector of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal church whose body was found Thursday in a bath tub In hls apartment In the Hotel Wolcott, remained undis covered Friday. There was a bullet wound in bis rigbt temple and n revolver with one empty chamber lay beneath hls right band.' The cotenti of two letters found near the body and evidently written shortly before he had (hot himself were not made public. Ono of the letters was addressed to Dr. Light en Parks, rector of SL Bartholo mew and the other to Dr. Gordon's son, Goorgo, an under-secretary of the American embassy in Paris. . Dr. Gordon, who was about 60 yean old. resigned from BL Bar tholomew's about six (month ago. Goon afterward be sub-let bla New York apartment and sailed for Eu rope. Only a few of hls ctose friends knew he had returned to America. They said ha had seemed nervous and apparently not bene fited by the sea voyage. WA8 BORN IN SAVANNAH, OA. Dr. Oordon waa separated from hia wife several yean ago and aho now lives In Florida. Bornrin Sa vannah. Os., Dr. Gordon waa grad uated from the Unlverity of Vir ginia and for serarsl yean prac ticed law at Huntsville, Ala., later studying for the ministry. He was assistant rector of a cbarch in Lonlaviile, Ky., for five yaan, and of Emmanuel church in Boston for one year. He then went abroad, having charge of the American church in Geneva for a time and was later assistant rector of St. Jamet’ church. North Cambridge. Returning to this country he went to New Bedford, Mass., where tor- almost 17 yean he was rector of the Grace Episcopal church, com ing to the fashionable SL Barthol omew's church in New York from .mASE*and otherwish of-{New Bedford. He held a degree In bT law f~m <lolambla cone,e and came aligned .with- the hooded or- 1‘hat of Ph. D. from Harvard^ CONDITIONS WENT , FROM BAD-TO WOR8E • As related by witnease* condi tions went from bad, to Tnne- mom became current that the cw sens of Mer Rouge planned tbi make • reprisal raid on Bastrop.CIOzent of Bastrop organised and aimed themselves, guarding the More house court house In pnpantlon for the raid. Citizens Of Mer Rouge did likewise. They organisedand . - —— armed themselves and pnpand to - ■ - lady who lives in Pblladel-! stave off an attack upon it* town ?, ? "marked that she bad the! by citizens of Bastrop. , A tat before attended a moving Then came the alleged attempt to — p Uurc ' Almw and was surprised to I kill Dr. MoKoln as he was en route dBJr . ■ ontlnued on Page Four.) fTurn to Pa—,Eight) , J0URIST8 PRAI8E T *E PALACE The other afternoon I waa at the ■'■orgian and met sevesgl tourists “ho spent the night over In the in They were discussing'Athena church, pending bla funeral, INTERMENT WILL BK.JN' savannah SAVANNAH, .Ga,—The body of Rdv. Percy Gordon, former assist ant ' rector of 8L Bartholomew’s Episcopal church. New York, who was found dead- In' Ida bath tub Thursday, will be brought to Sa vannah for Interment It will be ac companied by Dr. Leighton Parke, the rector of the church. Dr. Gordon baa two brothers, Blerne Gordon and R. -Cuyler Oor don. In Savannah. It ia expected the funeral will take place on Suh- French-Germans Fight Side By Side •V LONDON.—(By The Associated Press)—The curioua spectacle,, of the French and Germans fighting a common enemy on the frozen shores of the Baltic is expected from Friday** developments of tlin topsy-turvey European situation at’ a: result of the Lithuanian advaftW on Memel. The Memel police, composed for the most part of Germans and the French tropos entrenched in the outskirts of the city, will resist the Lithuanian raiders, according to advices received here. The Brit ish government has associated It self with the French in protesting to Lithuania against tho advance on Memel and the a British cruiser has been dispatched thither. • 10 WOMEN New directors for the Chamber of Commerce have been selected for 1923. The election was con ducted according to the provisi ons of the constitution and by laws. that it twenty-eight names of members were nominated and then vote* were taken on four teen of this number. Those elected ts serve are: J. W. Jarrell. Jr.. James White. H. W. White. Mrs. Julius Y. Tal- raadge. W. L. Erwin, J. M. Bil ling, G. Harold HulVne, D. F. Pad- dock. Miss Katie Palmer. Frank A.' Holden. Dr. J. C. Wilkinson, B. R. Bloodworth, Sol J. Holey and H. O. Eptinr. The committee to conduct the election was composed of Messrs. J. M. Harris. I Two women were named on the board. , At an early date next week a medtlng wllf be called , of the beerd and thp officers for the year selected, including president, vice, presidents and a secretary. After the ptflcers are selected, the body will organise for. the year’s work and outline a policy to be followed. JO MEMEL TO 11 MARCH PARIS — (By the Associated Press) — The.French and British governments are preparing to send warships to Memel. the for mer East Prussian territory on the Baltic Internationalized by the Treaty of Versallea with the purposo of maintaining order tn ▼lew of the advance by the Llthu nlang. Dispatcher received by tbe French foreign office Friday indi cate that the Lithuanian Irregu lars who crossed the frontier early In the week have reached the outskirts of the town of Memel and exchanged shot* with tbe German guard. Great Lumber port at Memel which has been under authority of a directorate composed of oer- mans since the signing of the treaty of Versatile* has no o(her military protection than a couple of hundred «f French soUders, part of a battalion, sent- there during the negotiations of 1911. While, tbe Germans are dominant in the town, tho Lithuanian! are of far greater number In the outly lng districts and there are fears in French circles that the ’Irregu lars may overwhelm the local force and create a difficult situa tion. HAVE MADE A PROTE8T The French and British have made a diplomatic protest to tbe Lithuanian government at K«vo- no. The reply waa that every ef fort was made to prevent the Ir regulars from crossing the fron tier. Latest reports however indicate that a rather strong force ha* not only succeeded in crossing the C. 8. Compton, E. R. Bridges and j frontiers bu$ has reached the town. The movement Is regarded here as the result of well laid Fulton Co. Gives Ga. Tech plans, the object of which accord ing to the French, is to balance the Polish occupation of Vllna by taking possession of Memel.* Final disposition of Memel hue been under discussion by the Al lied council vf ambassadors which thus far ha#’been unable to reach a conclusion. The original plan wag to create a plebiscite and jet the people vote oa jwhalcb they I desired to become a. part, .of, Lithuania or Poland. ATLANTA, Ga. — An aipro- nriatlon of 910,000 co Georgia Tech for 1923 has been made by the Fulton county commissioners. At that time a number of other appropriations were made. 'Impo.- tant among which were donations of 15.000 to the Grady hospital for repairs and improvement!! 92,400 to the Atlanta Cnyentlon bureau, and 150 a month to the Boy Scouts. Dr. Richards to ‘ Address ‘Y’ Boys :>r. A. G. Richards, rector of the Episcopal church will speak at the regular meeting for boys at th» Sunday afternoon at three o'clock He wlU speac oa "The Road to .Success'. AU boys are cordiaUy Invited tu this meeting. f HIGHLAND. N. J. — By tb# Associated Pres*)' — The great Yum fleet of 22 vessels, which bobbed up Thursday off Bandy Hook while the New York dry naval squadron waa being reor ganised was still standing off the Ambrose channel light ehlp Fri day# ready for buslneM as usual. While prohibition forces were taking to New York four small boats captured Thursday night white attempting to lanfi Uquor from the Motherships, the rest of tho welcoming Beet of tlfty were racing back and forth between the rum-carriers and shore. Although observer* ashore estl mated that thousand* of caaa# had been landed Thursday night, the rum fleet presumably hailing from the Bahama# had a vast ■tack still to dispose of to bidder* putting out from this reeort end other place# along the coaat Liquor landed Thursday night was reported tb have been jWftgF motor truck to New York, Phila delphia, Washington and other cftieir January 22-2, la to be "Y..M. C. A. Week” In Athena These are the date, set for the conduct lng of th* annual Current Ex pense Copvats to secure-the regu tar subscriptions to help maintain the work of the Athena Young Men', Christign Association for the year from November 1, 1923 through October 31. 1912. This canvass has been conduct ed every year toy over thirty years. It baa to be held every year. Just like the church funds have to be raised yearly. During the War the Young Men's Christian Aasolcation gave ALL VARIETIES FOR 8ALE Whiskey, gilt, ohampagne and wine all wire offered tor tale and keen compqtltlor has developed among the skipper* of th# Rum ■hips. As tho bootlegger run, along side In hi, power boat, he scans signs hung over the aid* of the mother ships and decides from which he win fcurebaae. Tho signs inform the bottle fishermen that Scotch whiskey of such and ,uch brand may be had at »M,to $40 a case. Rye was quoted at 135. Cham pagne was higher. The sea take, on the appearance of a bargain counter. Tbe Visiting flotilla flies the fiagg of many nation* and the crewa are of all races. The vessel* ate loaded t > the Sun wales with liquor. “I saw five thpusand cases in one pile and one boat" declared a gray haired runner, who brought hls boat safely past the coast guard and revenpe craft Thursday nighty "You. can get anything you want, cheap, too." bootleggers 8HOW NO FEAR Bootlegging circles here display od no fear, despite the Capture of four of their beat boat* Thursday night. Thousand* of cases mov ed out of the town all night by motor truck and passenger car. The last left at seven o'clock this morning In 5 big motor vans. 4,000 CSSS*. Tho powerboats taken Thurs day night were the Margaret B, a cabin cruiser; th* Evelyn, So* Skiff. The Nanna and Ida, a Ash ing power boat hailing from Cam den. Maine, and an unnamed launch newly built and on her first bootlogging Jaunt. Another alleged bootlegger waa chased but jetlsoned bor catgo and submit ted to a search, she was releas ed . - one man who escaped capture last night by Jumping “Shore was ready today to take another of hls boats out to the rum fleet, . "What do I care for th, boat lost last nlghtr he M|d. laugh ing. “The pool will pay me .in surance for both boat and cargo.’* He refused to give detail, f the pool, admitting, however, that there vraa a powerful abd wealthy runners organisation ihere and that nil of tu numbers were pro tected again,t loase*- Hlghland, 1, only She of the busy bootlegger have* In the New York waters, some local runners asserted that the count- leu power boau that visited the rum fleet yesterday hailed from many point* along the Jersey and Long Island and New York coast. Um£ CHANCE TO HELP IN WORLD PROMS IS SEEN BY UNITED STATES. Mil am to oe Miami; TO CHET HE Captains For Annual Maintenance Campaign Are Announced, J. W. Morton, Is General Chairman. to Athens the efficiently organis ed campaign, committees that sent Athens and Clark* County bounding ovwr-ths-sop Innearly cvetfy instance. Thege waa np city, or county, in the Nation that responded more quickly, or liber ally. in ratio to .quotas, than here. M’c.'a. organization ASSISTED GREATLY It ’waa largely In the wonderful ly efficient organization that was developed in. the Young Men’s Christian Asoelatlon that mad. Possible such a lightning response from practically th* entire avail able population. -Among' tbe workers of these days no one was more loyal or liberal, in bis giving of time sml money than Mr.'John White Mor ton, president of the National Bank of Athens, who ha* accept ed the • General Chairmanship of this .year's Current Expense con- vSu. Mr. Morton announces the fol lowing as the CapUlna of the Y, This Was the Feeling of the Administration As Expressed After Ruhr Occupation. GERMANY DEPLORES FRENCH COURSE Most of Newspapers in France Pleased With Poincare's Policy. Radi cals Alone Displeased. BERNE. — (By The Associated Press)—German Minister to Switz erland Friday handed the foreign minister a copy of the note pro testing against the occupation of the Ruhr by French troops. B8SEN. Germany—(By The As sociated Press)—AU of the facto ries will clou next. Monday morn ing from, U to 11:16 o’clock In protest against the occupation. Tho committee directing the demon stration represents all political parties. Railway traffic will stop for ton minutes at the asms hour. The ringing of church bells ami the blowing of factory whistles will voice the city’s indignation.. The forty thouund employes of the Krupp plant went to work Fri day morning aa usual,'according to Information officially supplied to tbe French economic mission in Essen by the German authorities. Strike* are reported at Brocham, Brother. The percentage of strik ers is small, it is declared. The French have moved their outposts to Gelsenkirchen, three miles northeast of Esun and .to Velbert, five miles to the south east at U. S. 8EE8 NO CHANCE TO AID „. C. A. Campaign OrganlsaMon that i* to ralu the $10,000 for cur rent /expenses and the $1,000 special subscription to be paid on Ithe 910.000. Building mortgage this year, a total of 111,000. CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION General. Chairman: John White Morton. . Captain team No. 1— Captain J. W. Barnett; Captain team No. 2—C. W.- Crook; Cap tain team No. 3—A. o. Dudley; aptaln team No. 4—H. H. (Jordon, Jr.; Captain team No. 5—Morton Hodgson; Captain team No. 4— Ernest Michael; Captain teem No »—M. G. Nicholson; Captain team ■>. 8—C. H. Phinlsy; captain i«um No. 9—R. P. White; Cap tain team No. to—Jno. J. Wil kins, 8r. Woman’s Division: Major. Mrs. Anne P. Johnson; Captain team No. 11—Mrs. Robert McWhor ter. These Captains are trained and experienced campaigners. They They have workgd In practically every forward looking movement that has been accomplished in Athens In the last few year*. They .met yesterday with Chair man Mortbn and selected their teams. 'Each Iqsm la to consist Of eight workers. Including the Captain. Tbe Campaign Caahiershlp, that has been filled u efficiently in the past by J. Audley Morton, will again be filled by Mr. 'Morion. W. T. Forbes will be the Campaign Director. Crissinger Made Head of Reserve - m ■ • WASHINGTON.—Developments in tho reparations crisis in which furthV r complications Icfom \v"‘ the declaration of Germany, tj she {s not In a position to make tual reparations to thou pow_... participating in tha Ruhr occupa tion, found the' American' govern ment Friday apparently still w’th- out hope of any immediate oppor tunity for helpfulness in the situ ation. A course declared to be tho friendliest in sentiment' toward France as .well, a, the other allied powers has been and will continue to bo followed 'by the- administra tion, it was said in awaiting any posstb|e opportunity to aid in the adjustment of ihe reparations cri sis. In the meantime it is the. ad ministration’s purpose, it was au thoritatively aai dto avoid any ac tion that might further complicate matters or lead to neediest misun derstandings. It was reiterated that there was no present intention of recalling Roland Boyden, Ameri can unofficial observer on tho rep arations commission, despite agi tation in congress for his return: THINK VERSAILLES TREATY VIOLATED Holding the Ruhr occupation to be “in contradiction with the treaty fit Versailles) and intema- tional law” the German govern ment in a formal protest left at tho state department late Thursday.by Dr.' Otto Weidfelt the German am bassador, declared that as long as the alleged violations obtained “Germany is not in a position to make 'actual reparations to those powers who have brought about this state of affaire. The German government, however,” the protest said, “did not intend to meet vio lence with violence nor to reply to the breach of tbe treaty withdrawal from the treaty. WASHINGTON: —r President Harding cleared the slate ot im portant pending treasury appoint- : menta Friday by nominating D. R. ' Crissinger of Marion, Ohio.) now comptroller of tha currency, to be governor of tbe Federal • reserve board; James G. (McNary, Las Ve- gaa,' N. M . to succeed Mr. Cris singer as comptroller, end Milo D. Campbell, of Coldwater, Mich., to be the “dirt farmer” reserve board member. PARIS.—(By The Associated. Press)—France at last has a grip' on the “productive guarantees’ she has sought from Germany and served notice through ehr premier thatshe is prepared to extend hold ings, in 1 her economic occupation if Essen dots not yield sufficient re sults. It was understood here Fri day, iit fait, that axiother Ruhr sone would be subjected to "invisi- -J blc occupation” within three days. STORM WARNINGS NEW YORK.—Tb* local weather bureau has ordered storm signals hoisted along the seaboard from Boston to the Virginia Capes. MUST NOT EXPECT GOLD AT FIR9T ■premier Poincare, however, in his statement lit the chamber of Yesterday’s Combined! deputies 'Uiuraday warned the na tion to not expect that the opening of the Ruhr treasure house would be followed immediately by a flood of gold. He asserted it would prob ably be some time before the con trol commission’s efforts would be noticeably productive. The Ruhr banka, L’-Matih says, have followed the example of the coal syndicate by removing their securities and moat of their depos- (Turn to Page Eight) ■ : (The above figures .include 1,000.extra.copies of The Banner purchased by the Northeastern Bank of Commerce for distribution among farmers, on accotttt bf the 'news ’ story it contained relative to conference of bankers here Wednesday to discuss farm ing problems.) ) . . .. 2 — , - J-5,201 ^Copies