The Banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1923-1933, February 15, 1923, Image 1

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    /• Daily and Sunday—10 Centa a Week.
DaUjf and Sunday—10 Centa & Wadi.
Frfl Associated Press Leased Wire Service.
ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1913.
Single Copies S. Cents Dally. 8 Centa Sunday.
G GATHERING
BE GREAT EVENT
Fi,General Meeting in
Expansion Program of
Chamber of Commerce
Is Arranged.
WILL BE HELD AT
COLONIAL THEATRE
Soted Chicago Speaker,
Dr. F. E. Jaynes, to Be
Heard. Invitations Are
Mailed Out.
th« I'h
j, expected to be the great*
,■ moitW- in local history
n nimounced for next Tues*
lit at O'® Colonial theatre,
iiloci a "civic conference."
ie first general meeting of
imber of Commerce expan-
... ,vement. Invitations are
,..|ng mailed out with tickets.
Dr. Bennett, New
Athens Pastor, Will
Arrive In April
Dr. J. J. Bennett who has ac
cepted a call to tha pastorship at
the Central Baptist church will be
gin his pastorate here about April
firaa probably on Boater Sunday.
When he accepted the call It was
agreed that ha was to have suffi
cient time to close up' his affairs
in Atlanta and take a vacation.
However, he will probably come
here before taking up hla regular
work and fill the pulpit at differ
ent intervals.
Sunday Dr. P. C. Morgan will
preach at that church, both at the
morning and evening hour.
G. B. NIGER IS
“Electric Power” Was Hi$
Subject.' Coad Also
Speaks. Next Session At
Normal School.
mu
Ennmn
Fire Today Partially
Destroys Prof. Giles’
Home, Milledge Terrace
Mercury in Georgia Was
eted to
Expected to Drop
25 Degrees. Week’s Cold
Seen. ,
FOUR DIE BECAUSE
OF SEVERE COLD
Fire that waa discovered on the
roof partially destroyed the home
of Prof. J. K. Giles at 160 Milledge
Terrace Thursday morning about
10 o’clock. The fire department
rushed to the place and despite
j the high winds soon had the
flames under control and kept tbe
lota to damages on the rbof, the
ceilings of the top story and water
damages.
Mr. Watson, a rehabllltaUon
student, lived upstairs and Mr. and
Mrs. Giles occupied the lower floor.
The Are Is supposed to have
started from a detective flue and
caught on the roof. Several hun
dred dollars damages were done.
Blanket of Snow Covers
< Many States, Halting
Traffic and Train Serv-
Strong Winds. „
ice.
ATLANTA, Qa.—Colder weather
is forecast for today for the South
east rn states, with the exception
of the Florida peninsula, extend-
lngfrom the' cold wave from the
west.
Kalb Is indicated by the weather
bureau In the east gulf and south
Atlantic states and the cold snap
KIIEYMLY
KILLED LUST NIGHT
AT
SINCE YESTERDAY
Early Today Most Des
tructive Fire in Packing
House History Was Not
Extinguished.
COLD INTERFERES
WITH FIREMEN
Twenty-0 n e Companies
j Try to Hold Flames to 3
Buildings. Crowds in
Cold Watch.
FRENCH TO DISARM GERMAN ’
POLICE IN RUHR BECAUSE OF
INCREASED HOSTILE ATTITUDE
UNEMPLOYMENT TO
BE RDHR PROBLEM;
ESEEN
An address by C. D. Flanlgen
on “Electric Power." especially In
Admission will be free but because ■ 8 o much as Athens la concerned, is expected to continue throughout
„( the limited capacity. It wns de- j was delivered before the Kiwanls the week.
elded to confine the meeting to |club at the luncheon at the' Oeor- [ A drop of the mercury to 20 de-
thuse who are Interested in the up , gfan Hotel, Thursday. The local grees wns predicted for Atlanta
iiulldimt of Athens through organ- |club, to msklng a study of condl- I early today, which would bring the
iieil effort. Tickets may be ob- j lions prevailing in Athens re- 1 coldest weather of the. winter.
ir.ii.ed by calling up either the latlve to the location of factories j
Chnmber of Commerce regular of- {and new enterprises here and Mr. WHOLE COUNTRY IN
dee. No. 272, or the
headquarters, No. 1026.
part of
noted speaker
TO BE PRESENT.'
Campaign . Flanlgen's address was
{this program.
i James A Coad of the American
jcity Bureau, also spoke briefly
{and told of the work of that or-
■ ganlzatlon In reorganising tho lo
be nothing j C ai trade body.
Tho meeting will
,hmt of a civic rally with a noted The meeting was attended by
Chicago speaker. Dr. Franke E. ! a large number of the members
Jaynes, as the headliner. Several a nd was crowded with action for
short snappy talks, commun.ty the entire hour,
singing, and Individual musical |
“ ‘ TO MEET AT
NORMAL SCHOOL
numbers will mako up the r*»t «<
ihe program.
a special committee will
named today to have charge of tha,
meeting and they will be instruct-
,d to endeavor to make It one of
•he most interesting public goth-
erirgii ever held here.
The campaign oxecutlve commit-
met Thursday moaning and a
nmmlttee of five was named ns a
rommltteo «n commltteps and tho
first work done was dh*-naming occasion. and_th»;..cluh.jv111 alsq
nr the general chairman dnd a ytcq
chairman. ’
Tire committee on committees
is composed of M. 8- Hodg-
*,.n as chairman, Abtt Nix, B. R.
Hlnodworth, C. D. Flpnlgen and J-
W. Jarrell, Jr.
oilier committees wll be turned
Inter by this committee and the
chairman and vice chairman.
CHIME
The next meeting will be noxt
Friday evenrag at the Stato Nor
mal School at 7:00 and this will bo
one of the most enjoyablo meet
ings of the year, even rivaling the
“Ladles night” session of a few
weeks ago. Tho Normal Gleo club
and other departments of the
school will give programs for tho
Mlve a program to offer.
m ■
Judge ‘ R. C. Orr, Ordi
nary, Says Final Action
in Will Case Will Not Be
For Few Days.
GRIP OF COLD WAVE.
Decision In the Bernstein will
cate which ended a three day’s
.... , nr—on—,,, Tnrii. 1 hearing in the court of Ordinary
Wireless Messages inul I r. c. orr hero Wednesday at noon,
cate That One Ship Is on will not bo reached within the next
■ few days. It waa atatpd today by
Fire, and Others Lost At
Sea.
SEATTLE. Wash.—Early today a
radio Station in Everett. Wash.,
reported hearing from tile coast
guard cutt.'r Snohomish that iho
hail been four hours vainly search
ing in tho vicinity from which the
wooden Steamship Nika at 4:10
o’clock yesterday reported that ahe
had lost her rudder. ,
At i:2» this morning the Radio
station at Puget Bound naval
lion, Bremerton, Wash., heard a
Judge Orr.
Tbe case was probably the long'
eat ever tried In the Clarke court
of ordinary and on account of- the
large volume of evidence Judge
Orr will require several day* In
which to make hi* review and de
cision.-
Tho will 1 waa contested by Sellg
Bernstein, hnibend of the late Mrs.
Hannah Bernstein, and Involves
disposition of an estate.valued at
approximately 6100,000.
sage:
We are on fire, help."
Nn signature woe caught owing,
it was said, to Interference.
I’eni to the BriUsh Steamship
Tuscan Prince, somewhere In the
N'iirih Pacific as Indicated at 4:10
o'clock this morning When the
Navy radio station here caught
lurt of tho message. II waa said
"S. n. s. Tpscan Prince, aabdre,
position •• at this point this ver
»rt s wiroitre set apparently broke
Unconscious Man
Be Electrocuted
boat SAILED
LAST SUNDAY.
•S’ FRANCISCO,
n Prince, h freighter of W76
owned by the Prince Line.
<l. sailed from Bin Francisco
•■attic last Sunday. Her home
is Mew CasUe, England.
COLUMBIA. 8. C.—Ira Harrison
condemned at one of the slayers
of J. C. Arnett, tod*> was carried
to the death cell In the state prison
here on a cot. Tomorrow moraine
he probably wlU be taken to the
electric chair In tbe same manner.
Harrison has been In apparently
unconscious condition sinco Ot-
cember IS. He waa taken Into
court on • stretcher end sentenced
.to die on December 21. but’sen-
„ , tea. itfcnce wee stayed by Goeeraor Har
Cal-—i-vey on February II, becauseot an-
Burdett Refuses
To Take Offers
Mihough “Uncle” Like Burdett
f Wilkes county, well known In
ithens, has retired “for keeps”
'•■I is enjoying himself on his
aiin. -ix miles east of Washington
- othor counties In Georgia need-
■ a giod county agricultural
‘■■••nt will not lap him atone. ac-
ni'lirig to word received hero,
"ini- It ha. become known over
: sla t) that Mr. Burdette has re-
i ni 'l a» Wilkes 'county’s agentl
• has been “felt out’ ’on several
■ I'aiior.s to see If he could not be
• ruiaded to attain put on the har-
' "i and In two Cases he hae been
i '“ cached In a more direct way.
wing received offer* of 32.00U per
'ar to take up’ tbe work in *lv-
Georglg counties. However.
i arte” Luke refuses to budge and
tuuiua “mired.”
.... — — a-—-, ,i
CHICAGO—Practically the en
tire country woa in the grip of tbe
cold wave today with little relief
predicted. A blanket of enow cov
ered the greater part of the coun
try. cuuglnK delayed train service
and u demoiallxatlon to lines of
communication the only* relief
promised for today was the abate-
bient of hleh winds which have no-
companied the cold wave. Heavy
property damage had a loss of life
was reported flom the various s"c-
nions of the country.
l-’rom the weal o.raes reports of
stoims along the Pacific coast,
one 'ship w-us ashore, a . Becond,
rudderless was fighting heavy seas,
trafllc In-Seattle virtually was at
a Standstill: und Portland was
partly snowbound today as a re
sult <f gales and blixxards on the
mirth Pacific const. Tho wooden
motor, ship Coolcha, was aground
near Vancouver. B. C. The wood
en Ship Nika was tossing helpless
ly In heavy seas south ot Cape
Flattery, waiting for nsstsjance.
Seattle’s transportation* systems
suspended servioe nfter 18 inches
snow .the greatest' tall in many
venrs. Train service was halt'pd
oq some lines. Four deaths In the
last 24 hour* were attributed to
the storm.
Clear, cold weather has settled
down on the Missouri Vnlley, fol
lowing the high winds of yester
day and Tuesday, which sept the
mercury tumbling to below xero.
Further relief from ■ transporta
tion difficulties resulting after
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Princeton Cotton Mills
Superintendent Meets
Death When He Touche9
Live Wire. i
Tom Kinney, aged 28, suiierlnt*'**
dent at the I Tine, ton Cotton Mills,
was almost instntly killed about
,7 o'clock Wednesday evening when
be came in coniAct with a high
tension electric power wire while
working with several ohter men In
removing transformers at the pow
er house of th- factory. The p-.w-
er used Is-not generated at the
factory but Is brought in from an
other 'plqnt and transformed for
local use.'
He died almost instantly and
failed to revive under resuscitation
treatment. He Is the son‘of Mrs.
Robert Kinney of High Shouts, is
married and has two children, both
boys.
He is survived by bis mother,
five brothers and two sisters.
The body was brought to tbe fun
eral parlors of Bernstein Bros
and prepared for lntermenll
The funeral will be conducted
Friday morning fro mthe Baptist
church at Bogart with Rev. George
Stone conducting the s rvloes. The
IntermcnJ will follow I nthe ceme
tery there.
Mr. Kinney was a popular young
man, well konw In Athens,
he had many
member ot the I. o., O. F. lodge
Passive German Resist
ance, Sporadic Strikes,
_ Dlgdu
and General
Add to Gloom.
Hostility
OMAHA. Neb.—A fire that al
ready has caused a I ss estimated
at about 12,000,000 to the Armour
find company's, plant in inductrfallats. unemployment may
was still burning fiercely thi. 800D be prob iem confronting
ESSEN — (By the Associated
Press l — in the opinion of Ruhr
rooming, with firemen making an
effort 'to confine tin* blaze to the
three nine story buildirgs. 17. 18
•and 19, which are wrecked by the
fire. The other structures threat-
eneded hy.ihefliearehuIMI^ f—^VThs? fae“ “IlflooT
French and Germans alike. The
directors of the various branches
of the Krupp works say that there
is .fnoogb repair work on band to
keep the plants running awhile
’ Innnna tint (fiat (ha nntlnnlr frtr
20 and 21* lard refineries, the tie
struction of which would entail fur
ther tremendous less* More than
a thousand workers will Ik* tem
porarily out of worx ns a result of
tihe tire.
The fire Is declared by veteran
packing men. • to be the most de
structive fire in the history of
America's packing industry. The
fire was discovered early yester
day morning.
Twenty one fire companies were
concentrating all :ff rti on th.*
brick fire wall pd Meeting build-
number 20, one of the lard re
fineries. If the wall holds, the
blaze will be confined to build
ings 17, 18, and 19. Should the
wall collapse, th: firo may get be-
yound control.
DEFECTIVE .ELEVATOR
MOTOR CAU8ED IT. >
« 1. ~wnon me iiremen reacneu
f Mb 'iSftrJ* «*P Erl0l ' <:e < 5
irt.nds. He was a fi^ty j n making wnter com
C. Willis, general mf.nar.-er' of
the plan) declared lust night that
the flro started In the- r.Ditl) stow .... .
at bplldtnw 19, from u defer.lve oft- -urging the soldiers to revolt sod
the future Is dark In view of the
tightening o tthe ring.
Despite the success of tha
French In maintaining s limited
railroad servtoo and otherwise gs'n
ing control of the industrial area;
It Is the belief ot the Germans that
passive resistance will check-mate
tho allies.
Both sides admit that economic
conditions in the center are be
coming worse es the smaller In
dustries close. Yesterday the
iron and wire factories. near Dus-
seldorf, employing 3,000 workers
were compelled to sbnt down be
cause of the coal shortage.
J In Dortmund the Frenchf have
opened food kitchens where they
nre feeding nearly 1,000 civilians
dally. In tho Essen district the
hostility toward the French and
Belgians Is admittedly lncres ilng
as tho nationalists have taken' a
stand against compromises ot any
kind.
Pamphlets, printed, in French,
ildlers- to revolt and
leave Germany to herself have
hi-en distributed through the bar
racks of tbs military In various
parts of the Ruhr. TMT French
say that this Is plainly a German
accident thaj caused his death.
mum
Athens At Last
Shakes Off Flu
Athens has at last shaken off
the “flu."
Not a single case is registered
In health office at the city hall,
according to the records Thurs
day.
This nsws will be received with
much Interest4(nd thankfulness by
Athenians who a few weeks ago
were very much concerned at the
large number of flu cases here. At
one time around 209 cates were
registered at the health office.
The first real cold snap a few
days ago sent the number down
ward and since that time It has
been gradually declining. The
present cold enap, as did the last,
will make the atmosphere more
Wilkes County Author!
ties Nab C. C. Marett,
Alleged Labor Agent-
Out on Bond.
healthful gnd destroy “flu” germs.
Wilkes ' county authoriilles be
lieve they have nabbed one of th#
person* guilty or “kin" to the gang
who has been terrorising negroes
in Clarke and adjoining counties
by posting signs warning them to
leave this sec^On by s certain
date. It was learned here Tbura-
day.
C. Cj Marett, said to be a labor
agent, waa arrestsd'snd lodged la
the Wilkes county Jail at Wash
ington. Later bis brojier from
Anderson county. 8. C., arranged
bond for him. Th* Wilkes county
sheriff claims Marett made sev
eral trips la that county each tin#
taking off a* feany negroes a*
ElDg
ngfatfgfcfiBU nc a; c ,
• PoilP|v warning: n“l» oei
other appeal. - Tho condemned man; |,gve have been put up In several
has been in"the ’prison hospital • xortheast Georgia, counties. It it
more than a month. Prison physi
cians claim he Is shamming. ./
New Air Speed
- Record Is Made
PARIS — Sadi LaCoite, the
French aviator,-firing a 300 borae
Nouport, today maintained a apeeil
of • 377,067 klioimetere (234. 04
miles) an hour for a distance of
four kilometers. This eclipses the
record made by Brig. General Sim.
Mitchell, assistant chief of the
American Air force who flew 224.05
miles an hour at Belfrldge flteld,
Mich., on October IS. la*L.
BOY 8UES CITY
A8HLAND, Kans. — Frank Dal-i
ton, 17 year old high school boy,
has filed • suit for 310,000 dam
ages against this, city and It*
board of education, It wan made
known here today. The soft
result of a haring recently;
Da'ton -rooted; for "
■aid this-to the work of labor
agent* who. after frightening the
negro#*, come along and picture to
Vietn the wonders of the eaut and
north and Induce tnom to leaW
Georgia. 1
. Marett i* charged with operating
In. this stato without paying the
11,900 license f##. . -.
Oglethorpe county’cltlxens hart
already taken action on posters put
up fn that county warning negroes
to leave instantly. The negroes
have been assured it waa not th*
work of clSxens of that county.
Mrs. Davis Dies
Thursday A. M.
PRINCE OF WILES
Mrs. Josale Ann Davis, 90, wid
ow ot the laUe P. L Davis, died
this morning ut 9 o’clock at her
home six miles out from Athens
Just off the Lexington road. The
funeral will be held at th* residence
at 1:10 tomorrow af-teinoon. the
Rev. Alien ot Wlnterville officiat
ing. Interment will be In tbe nun-
ily burial ground.
Tho deceased la survived by on*
sane, H. A. Davis .1 Appalachee;
one daughter, Ella, who lived with
her motner, one sister, Mrs. John
Frierson ot Athens; one daugbtet-
In-law; six grandsons; and four
granddaughters.
Tbs pallbearers have not as yet
b«ta selected. The defeased was
a member ofithe Methodist church.
Dorbey Undertaking Parlors are in
charge of tbe funeraL
1 Negro Dead; Six
Whites Wounded
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — One
negro was stabbed to death and
three white men and three white
women were seriously cut early
today when Eddie Reason, negro
fan amuck In tho residence section
here. Reason was shot and taken
to a hospital In a dying condition.
The trouble started, police say
When Will Houston, the negro who
was killed Interfered In a quarrel
at the home ot Reason’s mother-
in-law.
Forbes ResignsAs
Veterans’ H e a d
WASHINGTON—The resignation
of Colonel Charles R Forbes, as di
rector of the Veterans Bureau baa
been platted, Jn, the-bands of Preri- .
dent) t HsrdlR* god the .feagldent JLoal*, fo*i Jacques
l» conridfiring **»ipl*tte*i*t
Ureo t fq»0W»-.°P*4»*as'« J
the directorship, it; beau tredsdrto Philadelphia in I ex
,was,definitely announced jffrg'frjgss for Oeorg* Smith, rikW-
His Royal Highness Chats
With 36 Who Were
Hopelessly Hurt in Re
cent War.
LONDON -i- The story pf a visit
made by the Prince of Wales to
a hospital where 16 hopelessly dls
figured war veterans are spending
their days Is printed by the Dally
Mail today;
After seeing 29 of the men and
No Tail Light
Draws $5 Fine
voter motor.'
When the firemen reached
dlf-
connec-
. , tlons, because of the sub-zero wen- _
here and his friends and relatives thcr | t wa8 , a j d , Low pressure ■ trick to Incite the eoldlers-
w - er .® at iH? ^ nf J ort . u J Uto ! further hindered them In flghiinK
‘ tho flames. Huge stocks of Jard
which mclibd and ran ovor the
buildings like liquid (Ire, nullified
the efforts of the firenrtn.
The fire Is the most spectacular.
"as well as the worst In Omaha's
history. Firemen became encrust-
«d with Ice and some of tliem lit
erally froze to their hese line*. As
slstant tire Chief W. J. Blneen.
Was blown eight feet Intq the air
by the explosion of an ammonia
tank .and was removed V> a hospi
tal I Six other flremea were over
come or injured und removed.
(During the day thousands cf
Omahans braved the cold to watch
the tire. Polio? reserves were
colled out to keep the prowds at a
safe distance from tailing walls.
Trial of Editor For
Aiding Enemy During
War Causes a St
PARIS — The return of Ernest
Judet, former owner of the news
paper L'Eclalre, to face charges of
communicating with the enemy
during tbe war, has caused a stir
in French political circles. ✓ The
former publisher Is credited with
possessing a number of sensational
documents. All aorta of revelation*
are foressen for the trial, which
probably will be held in May.
Judet'a lawyers say that he will
subpoena 100 witness. Including
Georges Clemenceau and other
celebrities.
The Echo National, the Clemen
ceau organ, affirms that the pro
secution will withdraw from the
pgse. A promise to that effect
had been made to Judet before hla
return from Swttserlaad.
HUI1EIH
SIEfEMK
/
Asquithian and George
Liberals to Ask Com
mons For Commission
With Ut S. Member.
Because German Police
Are Inclined to Shoot
Too Quickly, Their Guns
Are Taken Away,
GERMANS' BOAST
OF GETTING COAL
Despite QloCkade, Mo:
e, Mop
to Have
Coal Is Said
Gone to Germany Than
Allies Secured.
Athenians wfio Insist on enjoying
the pleasure ot operating automo
biles without tall lights will con
tinue to draw 35.00 fine* In recor
der’s court. It waa announpad
Thursday. , |
Flvo autoltts were arrested Wed
nesday night charged with driving
cars without rear lights. Police
.are keeping up their campaign
against traffic law violator* and
the vigilance la rewarding them as
qnmber of violators Is being de
creased, fewer people are passing
street cars while .passenger* are
alighting or boarding cars, the nnm
her of ipeedera la declining and
traffic condition* are being ma
terially Improved. It la declared.
Probe of Race
Trouble Delayed
LONDON — (Bjf the Associated
Prees)—Tbe Asquithian and Lloyd
George Liberals urge that tbe
League of Nations appoint' a com
mission on which the United
stato* would be asked to have a
representative to study Germany’s
capacity to meet her reparation
obligations.
This proposal,Is to come before
the house of commons next Mon
day In -the form of a Joint amend
ment to. the address In reply to
the speech from the throne. The
amendment, agreed upon by both
liberal groups, requests the gov
ernment to seek assistance of the
League In the present European
situation and advocates that the
proposed commission not only In
vestigate Germany's capacity to
pay but also to consider how the
payments may be best made.
shipped out despite tho efforts ot
the French to place soldiers at tl
possible loop boles. However,
they did not begin to boast
th* French discovered the J
FIST WTO KS
iff it sim
INDIANAPOLIS — Is It patriotic
to watch the world's greatest auto
mobile- drivers spin around a speed
way at 90 miles an hour?-
Throughout Indiana the audi
tion la being debated bitterly as a
i In* '
bill pends In* the State Legislature . .
that would - wipe out the (ambus goneral, loath
Indianapolis Motor Speedway raco ,n Ruhr,
Introduced and pushed through
the Senate by Robert L. Moorhead,
Indianapolis, a colonel In the
World War, on request of officials
of the Indians department ot the
American Legion, she O. A. R.,
and. Sons of Veterans, the bill be
came L a storm center when It np-.
peared It would ha passed by tha
House.
BRONSON. Flo. — -Doubt was
expressed early today that the
s occlsl grand jury Investigating
tho racial clashes at Rosewood
early In January'would hold a sit
ting today.
The body was adjourned yester
day while George Cotte*. proseent- * u hM t^ n impractical In !n-
SPJTMS- ‘oVatt *—* o-
DUS8ELDORF — (By the .
elated Press- ■— The tboi
German security police throughout '
the occupied region are to he dis
armed by order ot General De
Gbutto.
It jras,/exp(ained at French head
quarters today that tbta action
wag deemed advisable because of
the geqpret attitude of the polite'
toward the forces ot the occupa-
tlori. „Jtereofter the Schutzpollzi
are to be,considered by the Stench
*s the protectors of Ruhr com-
manltles without. any connection
wlto Berlin. ,
: to addition to the recent Incl-
QffeonWrchen, the French *
consider that the polite are.lnclln-
ed to use their arms too/ freely,
especially when they get Into dis
putes with French soldiers. Head
quarters here has on record 12
Incidents when the police used
firearms against military, it Is al
so, charged that In another In
stance a member of the force was
discovered In the act of setting on
fire a house where soldiers were
billeted.
BOAST THAT GERMANY
RECEIVES MORE COAL.
tha
orman* are boasting
since February 6, unoccupied <
many baa been receiving
Ruhr coal than Franco and Bel
gium. They point proudly to the
statement that during the p
wook 60 train loads have been
18a 41, a aMakIh a*
Public Works > Minis
and Occupation Gem
Ask Aid of Englan
Transportation.
LONDON — (By the
Praia) — M. LoTrocque
French -minister of public
hud Oonefol Payot, “quarte
l. leader of the French
are In London
to explain to Premier Bonar
tho difficulties encountered
occupation forces In the
tlon,of coal from the
France.
It wan understood
French officials would asl
don government to
OPPOSITION
TO BIG RACE
French facilities, for moving
through fee British Rhineland i
witnesses. The next session will
depend upon the service of these
papers. Mr. Decottes said.
' Eight' persona were killed »’td
Alter SCVIUI IlV ui uiu iiuju nuu _____
offering them hi* condolfncw, tbe
Prlnco-askcd where tho.other rev- hnnM ' * f " r “ “
horned after an alleged attack on
a white gtrl by a negro In the te-
cent dtatnrbaneee. • .
Two Arrests After
en were. He was told'that these
were so shockingly mutilated that
it was hardly desirable tor him to
see them. 'Hie Prince insisted and
attendants took him Into the Ward. ,
With each of the tlx be found A XU • 1 J f Lasa
there the Prince chatted cbeerful-J fellO V U« 8 C
Ijr and then asked, where'the 7thl
He was told that no one ex- > COLUMBUS. Ga. — Miriam Re-'
cept Ihe physicians and nurses (veals. 18. to In th* dty Jail charg-
were allowed to see this sufferer,'ei with larcyncy, following an ex-
ward.
aervance of Memorial Day because
ot the hurrah end confusion con
nected with the ran," sold Moor
heed with th* lichrdluhedrOPdtn
head. “ If wa must lose Memorial
Day or tha race, I say Joo* the
Opponents answered In s full
ge advertisement:
MEYERS TO 8T. LOUIS
BROOKLYN — The Brooklyn
National League club today an-
noancod Hy Meyers, veteran cen-
terflelder, had been traded to BL
ques Fournier, first
tost Ctamoe Mitch
tohsr und;first fi isni
In,on?
lsrc«ncy, following at
who lay alone In another ward. The | citing chase lost night on th* low
Prince expressed s desire to visit t *r part of Broad street between
him. > - - the bov and his companion and
The member of the hospital staff plain-clothes officers,
tried to dissuade his Royal High-1 Many shot* were flrtd by the
ness, bn£ the prior* iss Insistent officers during the chase and el
and was' conducted Into s little cltement prevailed In thit section
room. He walked firmly to the bed‘of the city tor some time. Joe
side but turned very pale when ho Alreed, IS, of Phoenix City. Ala.,
saw the afflicted veteran. For a, was later arrested and Jailed on
few moments he stood with bowed is charge of Isroency. It Is alleged
head. Then he slowly. stooped
down and kissed the shattered
face.
$70*000 Fire At
Asheville Today
ASHEVILLE* N. C.—Four, build
ings Including the planning mill
and about 4,000 leet 'Of lumber of
th* Winum’s-BrownWelt "i pMMuk telegraphed 1 from 'here, that a
mill comgfiSft Md8dmnteWtete(S ’French 'teatroyer had been teak
ttobtroyotet* fi!*' tbttvaStflRn# a W Tdrtfah gunflro at Smyrna. An
that he wa* one of Recell’a com
panion*..
Sunk French Ship
-CONSTANTINOPLE — (By th*
Associated Proas) —There to ab
solutely no confirmation of th*
report*, understood to have been
W’-Nittttiogtuflre at 8m
OffMgl wireless mcssai
Smyrna today makes no
Id at the
roes. Law
^ ,-_v*d before,
during, and after th* no* by sol
diers in the American uniform.
"After tbe* Memorial Day cere
mony, live Americans, for approx
imately six hours, tough at dang
er and show th* aome stuff that
American* showed at V
and Gettysburg and th
“The best way to do
REVOKES
LEGION’S CHARTER
Skldmore-Dean Poet, American
Legion. Indianapolis, adopted a
resolution opposing th* bill. Perry
Faulkner, Shelbyvllle, fad., grocer,
* private In th* let* war, and
Deny Turks Have ,u - comm “ der o, - the le * lon -' ,m
mediately revoked th* post's char-
Post official* ^called Faulkner a
’csnr.7 *
All Indiana Jxmped Into th* fra
cas. pouring petitions for and
against to the legislators.
Evan other Indianapolis 1 posts
Jbined th* Skid mors-Dean bays
ptulkner revoked th* charter
fa St Mlhlel-Loer Post
favored the Ufa
This question. It to said, was
cussed by the cabins yestei
but no decision was reached lr
much as th* ministers’ were w
out full information as to
French proposals.
Whether the concession will
granted Is * matter of conjecl
and. public opinion Is strongly d!
ed. In some quarters, a favon
reply to Franc* wonld bo appr
ed bnt elsewhere there to emnhi
opposition to such a
section of th* press c
It the French urge the
portnnety, the British
be withdrawn from C
PARIS — (By
senate.nt th* re-
body tost ^month,' .
totter of resignation
ready within a day o
M. Bourgeois, wb<
a vacation at Nice, i
tertnlned to dtvoto i
which
of his life to the ....
tlons. He his represented
In fa* I
league council
one of th* . French n
to th* assembly.
Only
NBMUUtiLM
tcsii i.'6sris&-z.it
High School Cadets
Will Parade F
m
l If the weather permit)
school cadefa wHi stags
cadefa
down* town Friday
11:30 which will ha 1
tend ind iurtlcftetmr
students who drill
headed t
d in by a