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The Weather: ll , „iv probable showers. A CONSOLIDATION OF THE SUNDAY ISSUES OF THE ATHENS BANNER AND THB ATHENS MRBAi.li Athens Cotton: MIDDUNG 28 Me Pret^oiu dose 28 l-lc VOL 91, No. 18 F.ull Associated Press Leased Wire Service. ATHENS, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21,1923. Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday.- MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE IN LOCAL BANK DEPOSITS grim game is being PLAYED BY GERMANS and french troops Wholesale Arrests of High German Industrial Otlieials Made Satur day By French. Settlement of Debt Question Is Forecasted OCCUPATION IS AFFECTING TRADE Germans Realize Now French Are Determined To Get Results From Occupation. pi'ESSELDORF,—(By The As- ,Delated Press)—With eighteen of ,i, wr le.iiiiug compatriots on the to jail at Mayence, the Ger mans are beginning to realise that the French are in earnest In carry ing oat iliclr reparations policy In the lluhr valley. . Despite tho. arresU. however, mere is no sign of an Intention by the Germans to recede, from their program of non-cooperation and passive resistance to tho occupa tional authorities. * . The men in custody Include state officials, industrial leaders and capitalists. The conditions of their incarceration will not be severe, „ they are to be treated as phut- jeal prisoners. Prospects of good treatment, however, brought them little cheer and all appeared In a serious and determined mood when they reach ed Uuesnelttorf in motor cars from Essen today—that Is all except.big Jolly , Fritz Thyssen, who never lost his perpetual smiles and bub bling good humor. British Commission Sails Blit Washington Not Pessimistic Over Pros pects. . SIXTEENTH ANNUAL “FARMERS' WEEK" BEGINS MONDAY rays income Tax on Beauty Elaborate Program Has Been Arranged For Ses sions Which Will Last Throughout Week. SOULE AND CONWELL INITIAL SPEAKERS Galaxy of Renowned Ex perts to Appear on Pro gram. Hundreds to Be in Attendance. Monday itfiernoon ARE PLAYING CRIM GAME KSSEN.—A grim game Is being played by the French and Germans ■long the valleys of the Ruhr and I the Iihlne. For.MMM > (he French and inter p tactical or mlt^HH tage the German residents carry 1 nut a new form of passive resist- sions as embodying the maximum concessions that might reasonab ly be granted by the' United States. The conclusion has been drawn in diplomats circles here that the grave change in tho European po litical situation after the two com missions began their work caused the "British government to Jiesi. burdens at this time unless it was assured of the ability of the tax The day was hectic with a suc- rsssion of arrests of high German indUHtrial and post ofilcisls quick ly followed with clock-liko precis ion by protests of experts, manual laborers and other employes who duck doggedly by Germany’s In- Ilructlona to aid In no way the In vader*. The workers' council discussed with Lord Mayor Luther the ad- vlublllty of calling out some of the five thousand postal, telegraph and telephone workers In > gener al aympathetlc strike, but the de cision will not be'announoed until tomorrow. A large part of tho forces at the various mines whose directors were arrested, responded almost Immediately with protest*. Tho French authorities sent addi tional troops to guard the mines. 1 FIND BANK8 ARE CLOSED WASHINGTON—(By The As sociated Press.)—Although the British debt commission sailed for home Saturday with the mission! which brought it to America un-j completed, well informed officials! o'clock the sixteonth annuul Part in Washington arc by no means jers' Week and Market Conference pessimistic over the! portability will l-cgln ni the jftato Cod» o , war debt to the United States. Agriculture and will continue thru In view of facts disclosed Sat-! out the entire woek, offering the urday night, for the first time, I best programs ever aranged for a seme of these familiar with the I similar meeting In Athens, recent exchanges between the The Initial sasalon will he open- British and American commis-jed by Dr. E. L. IllllC pastor of sions would not be surprised if ‘ the Frst Presbyterian church who British assent to a settlement plani will offer prayer. Dr. A. M. tentatively worked out here is giv- soulo will then deliver the ad- en soon after Chancellor Baldwin dress of welcome to the vlslto'i and his colleagues of the British and J. E. Cowell, president of the commission arrive In London. ! Georgia 'Grower* Corporative As- While tho greatest reservo is socintton, will deliver an address shown here regarding the nature on that organisation. Following of this tentative plan, it is known' Mr. Conwell M. C. Gay, James W. that it represents the well cansid-1 Morton and Mrs. M. B. Judd will J l f — - - - — a A f LaAI. I Sf, 1i# ah ft v*crtl TV IVII11 n TT' ANOTHER DEATH CHARGED TO KU KLUX KLAN IN LA Says Government Should Finish Muscle Shoals WASHINGTON — Having ad- ded Us,ooo,ooo to the appropria tions for rivers and harbors pro jects without debate Friday, the house proceeded *> discuss It al length and with some heat Satuf. day. , Kepresentative Stafford, republi run. Wisconsin, a member of (be upi roprlatlon committee whose recommendations were over* thrown and Representative Blanton democrat, Texas, denounced the larger amount a* "graft- while representative Newton. republlQan Missouri, a leader of the water way* bloc, defended it. Evidence At Coroners Inquest Says Monroe Citizen Killed In Quar rel Over Klan. BASTROP HEARING MOVING FORWARD Mei* Rouge Youth, Held Up Thursday Night, Tells States Attorney His Story, Remarkable Increase Is Taken As Sign of • Re turn To Good Times. ' FARMERS PLANNING FOR BIG 19,23 CROP MONROE, La.—(By The Associ ated Press)—Ku KIux Klan activi ties In Morehouse parish was the cause of the kilting Friday night of John P. Parker, Jr„ of this town, by Carey Calhoun, of Bastrop, hie Business Men ‘j-./AwP Fanners Co-operating In Effort To Make Sec tion Richer. ered judgement of both edmmis I talk on ‘Commodity Organization' and J. O. Oliver or the State Col lege Extension department, will close the first session. OF GREAT INTEREST TO FARMERS tate to efcsume any now financial This conference is of greatest interest to farmers and in addition to the hundred or more Special TO CREMATE BODY LOS ANGELES—Tho body of Wallace Reid, motion picture star, went to its final location Satur- day. That was the word used to demonstration agent* of the Col lege wh9 will b* her* hundred* of farmer* and business men from every suction of til# state weccevi-: in most wonderrui opiiunumi, i fered the farmers ' f the tamo, dlate section to Athens' and If they overlook these conferences they will be losing something that Is tnvaluuble to them in solving the problem* that are now facing the farmer*. Business men and bankers’ are also expected to be among those who attend. Practically every, pjiuso of farm ing and furm business methods will be dwelt upon and expert* in nil of these lines will conduct the sessions. xbV. «, The morning sessions' begin at nine o'clock and last until lunch hour, the afternoon session are fr.m three until live *nd the even lng session* are from eight until usy. AMO*, v * --. ing sessions are sruiu -ll— explain his absence to his small about ten. The conferences will son, Billy slid throughout filmdom 1 be itl the Agricultural College eudl but it had a different meaning in torictn but every department of Maybell Oriffen. Baltimore hcauty, has been asked by the United Rates to pey an Income tax on her beauty, according to news dispatches, "•ctacome tax J* being levied on a WOOJeauty prize and a gown, worm U00O, given to her by a Baltimore department store. She contends that •ha dress was a gift. Authorities say it was something earned by cash' ullred beauty. OUTLOOK FOR AGRICULTURE IS FINE, SAYS U. S. DEPARTMENT MARKS! Hogs Coming To Market In Georgia In Larger Number Than Usual, Re port Says., AOtr voting fund, for comple- | ttan of the dam at Mutcie 8ho«Js.' inquest held tho house also discussed that ' h mui at ow. U , r< i!£ nguln. Representative Hus ted publican New York, said the Gov ernment ought to complete the dam la»k it ought not be' ln'tbo> great a hurry to.Mspoee of the property until IU value could be determined. - ■ I WO RECENT MAY LEAD HERESY TRIAL Bank deposit* to Athens were r£arly one million dollars more for the first - seventeen days of January (his year than for the corresponding period of 1922, it was learned Saturday. The in- cror«:e for the first seventeen days was $914,120.00. I‘ The big increase in deposits is indication that business conditions lire far better now than at any 41*— .. .. . ■ •• » The ; Jury’s-, verdict holds that Parker came to his. death by a gunshot wound In a scuffle with Calhoun. There were no recom- mendatldns. . ' Parker waa a former sheriff at‘ time: since the big slump set in - Ouachita parish and 'a captain In two years ago. Notwithstanding T0I1 .1! WASHINGTON.—The general Itural situation is full of lie the department of agricul- announced Saturday in re conditions of the first NEW YORK—Reply of the Rev. Percy Stickney Grant, rector of the Protestant Episcopal church of the Ascension to the letter ad- NEW YORK.—Some of -yelopments of this —— and . - .. .4.'Sdr!i0n’'UiR Is In the cotton market has proceeded satisfactorily In most Sunday or resign, proably will not ‘ ‘ ‘ ' be mads until Sunday during the forenoon sermon. Friends of'Dr. Grant are said to hold the view that he would refuse either to repudiate his statement that very the Rainbow division in the World war. Calhoun, who Is under arrest, Is being held here pending action' by the district attorney who la now In Mastrop. In a voluntary statement to the coroner’s jury; Calhoun declared the argument resulting In the kill ing arose from a discussion of the Ku Klux Klan activities and par ticularly as to the testimony given at the Bastrop open hearing by Jim Norseworthy. , TRIAL MOVES FORWARD’ short crop of 1922 as against the normal crop' of 1921 f hc bank de posits show ah enormous increase. RETURN TO ' : - - - ' GOOO TIMES 1 . - I 1 ? Tho remarkable ■ increase * in bank deposits hero is taken as an encouraging sign and points to a rapid return-to good times and a edfe and sound financial condition In this section. The farmers of this section, tribuf-ary to Athens have made enough food to live on for another year. They have ■ commenced work Q with the full determination of BASTROP. La.—(By The Assnef- making n crop in 1923 and unless ated Press)—Efforts of the state of Jinfavorable seasons overtake them Louisiana through an open hearing here to fix responsibility for the kidnapping August 24 at Watt Daniel and T. F. Richard, whoso d bodies were df and the collapse of German ex- change; which showed an extreme depreciation of more than 50 per cent during the week. Stock prices showed few mate rial changes at the close of business Saturday night.' Short Interests made' two attempts to nneettle prices, timing their drives on the market to coincide with' the unfa vorable news from abroad. While substantial recession* were forced In the prices of a number of the leaders, the Mar attacks were abandoned when it was found that the volume of forced liquidation waa comparatively small. Operators for the advance then took control of the market and succeodod in bringing about a good recovery; The people of Esden awoke Sat- ur.lay morning to find all the pri me hanks in the city Closed be en-... - astrol had been placed over the Relchsbank and the personnel this Institution refused to con tinue at their duties. Besides a number of small concerns there are 14 large private banka in Essen. iluHiuess men anticipate a serious ■topnagu of trade in case the sue- penrion of banking continues over the mming week. Essen’s larger financial institutions have unusual ly secure banking it la reliably stated and conduct many special ized dealings in stocks and bonds, In addition to the usual cash bank transaction*. A leading official of the Essen chamiier of commerce, conversing with the Associated Press corre spondent Saturday, pointed out that the Ruhr occupation meant a con siderable loss in trade already for I’nlted States and South Am erican •xportors. He said that vlr- gide thl) chu rch. each case. To the boy it merely meant his father was out of town, making picture. ... Billy, who Is five years old and his tiny adopted sister, Betty, did not attend the father’s funeral and he was kept at play at home Sat- urday afternoon, when the last right# wro performed. The body lay In st-.te from 10 o’clock Saturday morning to 2:30 o’clock Satqrday afternoon in the first congregational church. The doors of the church were closed for an hour beginning at 2:30 o’clock and Pt 3:30 joint services were held by Episcopal clergy and lodge number 99, Benevolent and Protective Order of .Elks, of which Reid was a member. The Rev. Neal Tfdd, rectorfl of St. Mary’s of the Angeles, read the Epireopi'tl-n service. Ho I* •mow as the “Chaplain of the Movies” and hi* church is known as Holly wood's “Little Church Around the Comer.’’ < , The officers of the Elks gave the ritual of their order. Chief of police Oaks detailed * large number of uniformed of ficers to handle the crowds out- „. ...., .. principal activity in the stock the College will offer demona^-a-1 market continued to be centered In tlon*. FAIR TO BE INTERESTING " 1,|,v all the lard consumed to tbs Ruhr cornea from the United States au.l also moat of the other tots. Frozen beef is imported largely ( ">m South America and -frosen tark mainly from the United “THE SENSIBLE YEAR” thaf be the label of Uf ll is sensible to take a* 'zatage of improved condi tions. . * •t is sensible to go after business with renewed energy, •t is sensible, to expect this la a bigger year than last n those who start promptly, follow a fixed policy and car- r . v through. It is sensible to build new business on the firm founds- ♦""1 ef honest advertising and "“test serriee. * "'th hectic readjustments or,r . •! is sensible t# go ahead slr »n*. Active pall bdarers included Benny Fraaee, Rrids chauffeur, Williams “Bill” Hart, Ed Brady, Noah Beerry, William Desmand and Eugene Pallette. Honorary pall bearer* were Theodore Roberts, Jack Holt, Sam Wood. Conrad Nagle, Antonio Moreno and Victor H. Clark* who will rep resent Jesse L. Larity, director of the Famous Player* Lasky west coast studios, where Reid was em- P -The ’body will be cremated at.» cemetery in Glendale, a suburb. The fair that la to be conducted by the, demonstration and home ec-.nomic agents over the state, who will place on exhibit displays of firteen commodities grown and prepared cn the fa>m and packed for shipment In the best contain ers possible and tn the best mar ketable form, will be one of tho interest!!* features of the entire- week. This exhibit will bo at the Animal Husbandry building and under -the direct supervision of D.-."MoHatton and Prof. Lowry. COMPLETE PROGRAM sections add' plowing for spring crops is generally further advanced than usual. Live stock is generally In good condition. Corn husking is practi cally finished and In stock fevdirg few e'ergymen today who have and areas the demand Is heavy Prices are on the Increase. Cotton picking Is practically completed and an Increaso in acre age Is indicated for the next crop. Stripping of tobacco Is proceed ing rapidly with prices generally good. Farm stocks of potatoes, both white and sweet, are reported to be large but are showing deterior ation in some areas, in central re gions east of the Mississippi large quantities are being fed to stock with good results. OAT8 IN GOOD SHAPE shares of campanles representing large current earnings and to which . there to a possibility of more favor- j able dividend action. Several pools I Fall sown oats are reported In were active In those share*. (splendid shape in Mississippi utl*l Is T- vTlITi The collapse In German exchango very promising In all southeastern i hu hn „ -i? SSU’LifSLjS! been educated in the large unlver. sitics accept the Idea that Jesus had the power of God or to resign, hut that he would seek vindication of his expressed belief through trial, if charges of heresay are made against him. Bishop Mannings letter called upon Dr. Grant to “correct un- mistably the impression which you have publicly given of your dis belief in our Lord Jesus Christ as God and Savior or if it is not pos sible for you to do so then to withdraw from the ministry of this church." The letter Indicated a desire on the part of the Bishop Hanning to have the matter settled without recourse to a heresy trial “I do sent the mark as low *■ .0042 cents or approximately 23,800 . to the American dollar, as against .0000 cents a week ago. Other European rates also were reactionary, but all recovered -somewhat later Id the week. The money market continues ea sy In tone, the ruling rate for funds on call being about four per cent. Plenty of-time money Is available at 4 3-4 per.cent but brokers con tinue to bid only 4 1-2 per cent for the longer maturities. Some SO day loans are arranged at 4-1-4. ! bi8h °P '“If these'can possibly I'iV/inK? JJl?lie^^farmrra' 3 l,anda I ^ * v P i< W. They ought never be an^» e i>r 0 elnB"la rtont necessary. If any man knows he and sugar cane grinding is nh°ut l MnMt f-7,nvt11 thk t.t« „e. romflteted. Cane grinding Is not vet finished tn Florida where -he rta- COMPLETE PROGRAM IS PUBLISHED 4 Men Execute i BELFAST —(By the Associat- l*d Pms.)—Four men were exe cuted Saturday to the Tralee Jail county Kerry, for possessing arms and ammunition. They were J-tniw f Kilamiv and Job*! Clif- 4 HE UANNER-UERALD The complete Program of the week Is «■ follows: PROGRAM Sixteenth Annual Farmer# Wsat and Market Conference Geer- qia State College f Agricul ture, Athens, Georgia, January 22-27, 1023. MONDAY, JANUARY 22 AFTERNOON SE88ION 3:00 P. M. Invocation—Dr. E. L. KOI, pas tor First Presbyterian Cburcb, Athens, Ga. Address of Weeome—Dr. An drew M. Soule. •The Georgia Cotton Grower*’ Co-operative Aseoclatlon,” Presi dent J. E. ConwelL Commodity OrganlMtion — M. C. Gay. Jas. W. Morton and Mr*. M. B. Judd. Discussion led by J G. Oliver, State Agent. EVENING 8ES8ION 8:00 P. M. Dr. Milton P. Jarnlgan, preaid- In Irish Prison " "Co-ordinating the Interest the producer and the Consumer,” Hon. 8. B. Talley. Moving Picture in Auditorium —In charge of Prof, O. A. Crabb. THUESDAY, JANUARY 23 MORNING SESSION 9:00 A, Me—12:00 M. Hon. O. F. Hunnieutt, Editor Southern Cultivator presiding. (Turn to page two) Six Hour Day Becomes Issue NEW YORK—(By The Asso ciated Press.)—The six hoar day, five' days week demand, advanced by the United Mine workers of America in 1920 Saturday became an issue upon which will depend the lucceei or failure of wage ne gotiation* in progress here he-, tween the union and bituminous operators of the Tri-state com petitive field. It was rejected, as was the whole list of demands submitted by the •miners. The fact that’ the operators were prepared to ask concessions equally unacceptable to the miners was all that tfved the conference from abrupt col lapse, for it will be their very di vergence offered a path to com promise. Cosmopolitan Club Met Saturday Night non was very late. Increasing Interest In tho dairy ing industry is being shown lu Ar kansas and Georgia. in Georgia and nearby .omliern states, hogs are coming to market in larger numbers than ubj.iI but are much lighter lu weight. Mer ida range cattle are poor In flesh and much troubled with tick.* The ground 4s ready for tho white potato crop In Florida n.d planting has began. There I* com plaint of white potatoes retting on the farms In South' Csfoll ia. Co-operative tobacco roarkotlng the crop this year will be practi cally normal. Already the farmers have plowed and are preparing, their lands for an early crop, purpose faking-ad the seasons, bur ol I.a Kourche. twenty-five miles from weevil h# getting cottoi . Bastrop, moved forward Saturday and up before the ravages of with unexpected 'rapidity. Three weevil are Commenced. They h; more names were added to the al- learned that by using calcium nr. leged ro*ter of the masked band settle and. cither boll weevil pre- whlch made captives of Daniels | ventives cofton can be grown re- end .Richard, ahd- the truck to which they were believed to have been whisked away waa Identified. Smith Stevenson and Ollvpr Sklpwtth. the Utter the yonngeat son of Captain J. K. Sklpwlth, ad mitted leader of the Ku Klux Klan In Morebouso parish, and a third man Identified only as “BUck- smlth” Smith were declared by the witnesses Saturday to- have been members of the kidnapping Mind and' the state nut In evidence a telegram from-the state bureau of motor' vehicles at Baton Rouge- gardless of the pest end this year Will prove the test of the ability of the planter to overcome the weevil. ALL ARE COOPERATING The hearty cooperation which . . petition wii has been inaugurated between th" merchants, bankers and farmers al) working to one end and tha-, end to grdw a normal crop this year and bring to f.hls sectio prosperity is taking root and never before in the history of this Man wit* connected with the stir ring event* of the evening when one witness testified that he saw the KUn leader !at the fork of the Monron-Colllnatdn highway In con versation with a hooded man. The captors and their prisoners were last seen at Colltnston. cannot fullfiU the terms of his of- Srazfuiu • lice in the ministry he should M " voluntarily retire." , «’ B,Bl.nlcen.htp of Bastrop was Dr. Giant and Bishop Manning! conferred Wednesday but ‘he J* J*""* SLSTha'no^the meeting did not ntault satlsfsc- ‘ h f tru< * < rt,? e h S!Sfg' followed" Friday B1 * h<>Pd ****** S* SSfBuStensblp teril- riTssSrSn carry^a! hooded bred in*several automohlles with their hand, tied behind their giving the name of the man regie- section has there been a closer al tend at the owner of the. truck. Iliance of the people than has been The name of qaptaln Sklpwlth shown recently, it is pointed ouf. They have become awakened to the importance of co-operation and working in harmony for a big ger and better country and the dnwn of a now era is near. Large increases in tho channels of commerce in this city has been felf in every line and the!, mer chants are greatly encouraged over the prospects ofr the new year. !»- , IN FIVE structive program” he announced Inst Monday, when reporters vis ited him during the storm which broke over hU Sunday sermon, that tomorrow he would “try to pull the threads of liberal rcligi- houses will open for recelJts at lous belief together. Once In Florida and the wrapper; Dr. Grant has been Rector of sections of Georgia where a ■ •’ beds the Ascension church for 30 years gre being prepared and f'anted. In Virginia 80 per cent of the cotton crop has been sold bv the growers. Picking Is practically over In Texas. The Indications for a Urge increase in the cotton acre age hext year In Texas, Mississip pi mi many other states, except where the most 'damage was done by the weevil. A trivtol amount tf cotton remains unpicked in North Carolina. becks, went by his home. The oaravin, he aatd, passed within 16 feet of Mm. The prison- ora were aboard the truck. He did not sqe the license, number of the truck or car* but having for some time been familiar .with cars of the kind he observed the truck clorelv . , . . k „ . in order that he might recognise It and during that fime has ccmo in- (r h e saw It again. Asked if he to the public notice frequently be cause of his attitude anil ecclesias tical independence: “Flu” Epidemic Like That of *18 WASHINGTON—An epidemic of L* grapple believed to < have some connection with the influen- ..... za epidemic of 1918-1919 Is sweep- Planter Killed in * the country, according to re- r lrtiiicr iviucu i Ib rtccived by th# pu biic health | service.. Although ; nearly every Wealthy Georgia UNADILLA, Ga.—G. W. Fulling- ton. 76 year old planter of near «► Pfnehurst, one of the- wealthiest ;fuf^ K er{nii!. hU ^*M^^!^E Jtf men of this section, was Instantly awtoYuu “deetorid . , killed here Saturday afternoon j pr , An interesting meeting of the when the s„ wane e River Special ‘j 1 * resulting totalities have University of Georgia Cosmopoli- on the Southern railway crashed jo*®* 1 fe ]* r ' ... . ... tan Club wall held at “The Pine*" mto a freight truck In which he I B f«d on health report# for the tea room Saturday night at which waa riding. The truck wa (driven by j we** ending Jany. 13, the epidem- time a banquet was served. n farmer named Brantley, who was j fc was laid to "*™ been meet Addresses were delivered by also killed instantly. | severe in th* southern states. MIs- Chancellor Barrow, Dr. A. M. The engineer of the special was sissippi alone reporting 2,650 Soul* and C. W. Crook, and C, A.IJ. D. Lamon. whose train last No- cases fro mthe districts covered Rowland, honorary members. Ivember 20 crashed Into an sutomo- ;by the official survey, Alabama J. B. Miskoff, president of the |btle at Pinehnrat, UUing three per-1 had 2,lf2 cases and South Caro- searehed tor It later he replied that he had. amt that because of various nlsed ; It He said It bore 1922 Lou- dlstlDgulihtog marks be bad reoog- lelana license tag number 74,657. It wee at title lunctnre that Attor ney General Coco introduced In ev idence the telegram from Raton Ronge relating that car 74,657 was registered in the name of Smith Stevenson. RFCITES STORY 8ydney Rogers, the Mer Ronge youth who reported Friday that he had hern held un near Mer RotfOe Thursday night by a masked pafty but wan permitted to proceed when he established his identity, was brought here Saturday by agents of the federal department of justice and recited , bto story to Attorney General Coed and Assistant Attor ney General Geo. 8. Galon end was allowed to return to Mer Ronge. Attorney General Coco left here Saturday afternoon for Baton tomorrow concerning the Investi gation. The attorney genital was Governor Parker for a conference Rouge where he was called by spmmoned to Baton Rouge this morning by tho governor during a telephone conversation. FACE A NEW TRIAL MARION. IIL—(By Tho Associa ted Press)—Freed of one charge of murder In connection with tha death of Howard Hoffman, one of tho Herrlon riot victims, the flvp men Saturday faced a new trfal within a few weeks on another charge growing out of tho out breaks. A jury of wmitcisoa enmity formers Fridav declared the five men not guilty of contributing \o Hoffman's death. Tho five defendants of the state's Initial case. Leva Mann, Joe Oar- naghl, Petek Hiller, Burt Grace and Otic Clark, have been Indict ed with eight others on charges of hnving slain Antonio Mukovlch, ot Erie, Pa., during the riots. E. Brnndage, attorney general or Illinois, who was in Davenport, la., when the verdicts were read, an nounced the state of Illinois will continue Its prosecution of those Implicated in the Herrin riots. English Teachers Hold Last Session ATLANTA. Ga.—Tho adoption of a constitution and by-laws and hear!fig ot reports by committees was the final business before th« conference of the Georgia Associa tion of Teachers of English at tbo closing session here Saturday. Committees to offer recommend- 5‘ atlons on the essentials of Eng lish needed In Georgia public schools were appointed at {he sea- , sion yesterday afternoon.