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FOOD RIOTS BRE AK OUT IN BERLIN
TYPEWRITER TO SCREEN J "Nighthawk” Editor Kills Klan Attorney Monday
KILLING U1D TO
Mnreelle Berquin, who a few short months iago was a typist
to Paris, now j$ working in moving pictures. She won a stenogra
phers’ beauty contest.
ON TAX OFFICES
“Forget-Me-Not”.... T
Day For V eterans
Here on Saturday
Saturday la "Forget-Me-Not” day
In America and It mil be observed
In Athena where doaena ot pretty
and attractlre glrla will aell tor.
gct-mc-nota on the atreete tor the
benefit of the ' wounded ot the
Worttf war.
The day la held under the aus
pices of the Disabled, Veterana ot
tho World!war, James A. McFar
land, commander and Mrs. A. S.
Parker la chairman ot the day otr
Athena.
All dozens appreciative of the
sacrifices made by the veterans of
tho great war are expected to par
ticipate la this day hy buying the
little flowers. The public should
not be satisfied with purchasing a
single flower hut should buy whole
bunches ;( them.-ltils polnetd out
The organisation‘hye Is being
perfected now and by Saturday
everything will he In readiness for
the sale and It Is expected that
patriotic Athena will buy liberally.
a» I'ltisi. 1
To Plant Trees Along
Bankhead Highway If
Permission Is Secured
From Land Owners.
Tho county commissioners held
the regular first of tho' month
meeting at the court house Tues
day morning and In addition to the
routine business the auditors* re
port presented to the grand Jury
a few weeks ago was taken up In
so much as it referred to alleged
Irregulas’tfes in the offices of the
tax receiver and collector.
The appenranco of Mr. Mallory,
the tax collectors before tho board
was postponed until Wednesday
morning at 11 o’clock and Mr. Dor
sey requested that his hearing be
postponed until the meeting in De
cember, stating that he was Ju*t
out of tho hospital where' he had
been suffetrng from carbuncles,
This request was granted.
Mrs. Julius Talmadge and Mrs.
8. V. Sanord' also appeared before
the board and requested that the
memorial trees due to be planted
along the Bankhead tyghway this
year In memofy of the men from
the county who participated In the
World war bo set out by December
6th, Arbor Day, and a resolution
was passed authorizing 100 treci
be planted on tho Bogart road pro. tanes, which revolve In the op
vided the committeo of Mrs. Tal- Mcltni window, Dr. <\ 0. Abbott of
raadgo and .Mrs. Sanford secure the tBe gm'thionUn Institute has sue-
permit from the land owner* ceded In measuring the heat of
White oaks will be selected very ^ to n, e hundredth mH-
probably nnd some enterprising || ont h degree. ,
farmers along the Bogart road. Experiments carried on at the
have an opportunity of beautify-1 Moi i nt W u i(m , Cal., station with
Ing their farms If they communl* tba of g gnAt m !nch reflector
os usual. 1
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Atlanta.—William 8. Ooburn.
attorney for the Simtions faction
ot the Ku Klux Klan was shot four
times and Instantly Vlled while
in his office In the Attanta Trust
iBuildlng late Monday by Philip
Fbx, editor of the "Imi-erial Night- •
hawk,” official publlca'/on of the]
Imperial Palace ot the Klan on
Peachtree Road.
It la stated that Mrs. J. Hol
brook, Capt. Coburn’s stenograph
er witnessed the killing and made
a statement to the police In which
she said that Fox stepped into the
attorney's office with the remark,
"I'm through nt the Palace to-
H’ght, Coburn.” With these words
he drew a pistol and fired four
shots In quick succession. As the
last shot was fired, Coburn
crumpled up dead.
FOX MAKES
STATEMENT
Later, Fox at tho statlo, mado a
statement In which he said, "Un
der the circumstances It was the
only thing to do. I couldn’t do
anything different. Fox stated that
be would make a complete state-
ment later.
Klan • offIcials asserted’ that the
1 tragedy grew out of the recent
legal fight la Fulton superior
iourt lust week when David M.
UIttenhouso and others sought a
receivership for the Klan. Coburn
krts one oi the attorney* for me
complaining Klansmen,
According to a statement made
by Henry Norton, head of the At
lanta Juan No. i, wnicn has se
ceded from tho imperial order, Fox
made sn attempt Sunday night to
shoot Dr. Fred Johnson, of San
Antonio, Tex., a iifll.onaire and
close personal friend of Emperor
Simmons, but was thwarted by
Morris Moore, a Texas ranger and
also a friend of Colonel Simmons.
This attempt, It was reported, was
made at the imperial palace .
ALSO HAD
KNIFE
Fox, after emptylg his pistol, the
police were informed tnrew mo
weapon at Captain Coburn.
When Fox was searched at tho
poi'ce station, a long spring dou-
ble-odged dirk was found in his
pocket. He had made no attempt
to use this, however.
Shortly after being locked in a
cell, tho slayer sent a request to
Police Chief Beavers that lie .bo
removed from the police station
to me Tower for protection. The
vJiIef took the request under ad
visement. In the meantime, Fox
waB locked in a cell alone at a
point (Jn the prison where there Is
no exposure from a wind »*.
An Investigation toy the police
showed that Fox wqnt to the Ans-
IRE WEDNESDAY !N
HE DAY’S MEET
The courthouse at Bastrop, La., which came into prominence when
several alleged Klansmen were tried for the murders of Thomas
Richards and Watt Daniel, has once more become the scene of a hot
legal fight when three alleged Klansmen, tried once before in connec
tion with the murders, were convicted of carrying fire arms on the
premises of another.
Dog Saves Nine
From Gas Fumes
NEW TORi:—The heroine ot
big life rescue in Brooklyn was
busy attending tho latest arrivals
In hrr family wl$en Interviewer*
called oi her Monday to get her
story of the brave deed.
“Lady,” a fox-tcrrlr, had saved
nine live* by ripping the bed
clothes from Samuel Gelbart, her
master,'as ho lay asleep. Gelbart
awakening, drowsily pushed-
dog away. Hhi* persisted, franti
cally tearing at the bed clothes.
Gelbart then was thoroughly
aroused find that the house wm
full of tho fumes of .coal gas. tTe
threw- open the windows, called
out a doctor, and the loves of
eight others were saved.
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Pie CLUB GAR IS
Car Load of Pure Bred
Pigs Returns After Win
ning Over $400 in Prizes
At Fairs.
Opening of State Conven
tion Will Take Place At
Georgian Hotel At 10:30
O’clock.
SUTTON SPEAKS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Two Dental Fraternities
Hold Meeting Tuesday
Night. Much Interest in
Convention,
The fifty-fifth annual convention
of the Georgia Dental Society op
ens In Athens Wednesday at 10:30
•'clock In the parlor of the Geor
gian Hotel.
Prior to the opening of the con
vention a meeting of the execu
tive council will be held In the
Georgian after which registration
of delegates will take piaqc. The
executive council is composed of
j DeLo * L. Hill, chairman, Atlanta;
1 A. A. La wry, Valdosta and J, Itus-
icll Mitchell. Atlanta.
Owr two hundred Georgia den
tists will attend the convention
which will be primarily’conducted
. for preventative dentistry. The
Faculty Decides to Ask owning meeting will feature ad-
Solons and Invitations 5. “
•Are Extended to House) «n<i-Dr, Andrew u. soui
and Senate * wlth I,r ‘ D * p Atk,ni,oa ot nrun *
The Georgia Legislature U to be
invited' to vteit Athens and the
UzTverslty of Georgia Saturday of
th|s week, it was decided by tho
University.faculty at a meeting
Monday afternoon.
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TU BE INVITED TU
VISIT UNIVERSITY
Decorate Now For •
The Virginia Game
E. H. Dorsey, chairman of
the decoration committee for
Home Coming Day, urges
every merchant and business
house in the city to decorate
for the game next Saturday.
This was dons last year, and
the year before, and made a
lasting impression on the Vir
ginians.
The colors of Virginia are or
ange and blue and many mer-
chanta have the colors from
last year. It has bean suggest- '
ed that windows and stores be
decorated in both red and
black and the visitors' colors,
as in Columbus and the com
mittee in charge «urges that
the decorations be attended to
now and not delayed until
Friday or Saturday morning.
Those who went to Colum
bus were struck with the
painte and expense gone to
there for decorations and it ie
hoped that Athens will be as
gaudily decorated.
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BANDS OE MEN AND
IN BERLIN Min
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN. — Looting of
food and clothing shops
c o n t i n u ed throughout
Monday night in the
northern districts of Ber
lin, while in the fashiona
ble west end of the city,
numerous automobiles
were held up, the occu
pants of the cars being
robbed of their personal
belongings, and in some
cases of even their
clothes.
Considerable anti-Sem
itic rioting occurred in
FIFTY MINERS Ups&C-JZ
I by gangs of men and youths
SAID TO BE BURIED"”"
BY BIG EXPLOSION
Tho car load of pure bred Berk
shire and Poland Clhina pigs, which
tho Clarke county pig club has A . - « .
nbeo showing at different fairs, re- *J*J, ,
The mombets of tho legislature
will .be entertained at tho luncheon
which la to bo one ot tho feature
events of “Home Coming Day”
Saturday, and In the afternoon
they will be guests at the Georgla-
Virgin’a football same.
The invitation to come to'the
University and Athens will be pre-
seted to tho leaf stature Wednes
day morning when tho extraordin
ary session convenes, by letters
from Prof. W. D. Hooper, secretary
of the faculty and Chancellor Bar-
row, which hove been forwarded to
the heads of the House and Sen*
ate.
!ley hotel about noon Monday and
[asked for a room and paid the
[rent on It until seven o'clock. Ho
______ j carried no baggage and a search
of the room disclosed nothing ev-
WASHINGTON.—U,in, the rxdl- cept a package oi cigarette,. Ralph
ometer on the »M principle a, AUmelor. cleric of the hotel elated
the little toy of black and sllvei that Fox seemed normal in every
way.
The next record of his move-
merits obtained by police was when
•be appeared at Coburns office Just
before’the shooting.
Tho grand jury completed its In
vestigation of the shooting before
oon Tuesday and wa sto report to
tho court early Tuesday afternoon.
turned to Athens yesterday. These j
pigs were put on exhibition at the |
Southeastern Fq’r In Atlanta, the'
9palding county fair at Griffin
the State Exposition at Macon and
the Tri-State Fair at Savannah.
Hal Vaughn, president of
Clarke County Boys clubs accom
panied the pigs on their rounds and
attended* to the exhibiting.
A total of over $400 was won in
Pf'zes at these fairs. Among tho
prizes won were two Grand Cham
pion, one won by Paul Fleming at
Atlanta and one won by Hal
Vaughn at Macon. Ten Champion
prizes were won by Hal Vaughn,
Paul Fleming and Hughes Evans.
The pure bred pigs owned and
exhibited by <the Clarke county
club boys are among the best
blood stock to bo found anywhere.
These boys are placed at the very
door o local armers an excelletn
opportunity for getting started in
pure bred stock. With the unm-
ber of young pigs available hero
now, no one. needs to rafso scrubs
cate with either of these women at wer g beKtxn In July and the results I Mrs. Fox, although reportKt HI unless they arw/ndittejont to tho
once. ! ' nt her home. vWted her hu.band value of pure bred plg«. George
O'Kelley, Jr., and Fred Carney
were also among tho prize winners
at these fairs.
Plans have been made to put this
tar load of pigs on exhibition at,
the Clarke county fair next w/?ek.
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Talmadge Bwa Oampaajr waa | pffjgfoig hero as of the highest Ira*
~*' J ““ -•—* portance. * ’
awarded the contract for supplies
for tho month.
The roads of the county are be
ing scraped, following the recent
rains and will be In splendid shape
now. »
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Coolidge Issues
Thanksgiving Day
Proclamation Tues.
WASHINGTON D. C.—rrc.ldcnt
Coolidne’s Thanksgiving Day
proclamation Issued Tuesday, calls
to mind that the year has brought
to the American people two tragic ;banke here rarly Tuesday
experiences, the death of President made away $11,0##.
Harding and the'fatazfoe earth
quake, hut nays thitf such exper
iences serve to test and refine
men and nation*.
The proclamation also said that
during the year th** nation hadj
been blessed with much material]
I pertly. the bank vaults.
OF .S1UN0 TUESDAY
(By Associated Press)
SPENCER Ind.—A band of rob
ber* variously estimated In num
ber at from 14 ho W robbed two
and
Two citizens were wounded dur
ing the robbery. Travelling in
four autoraobUen the robbers first
isolated the town by cutting all
telephone and telegraph wire* and
ion posted guards to prevent In-
rruptlon while they blow open
twice at tho Jail Tuesday morning,
leaving hastily the second ‘line
when sought by newspapermen.
For Tuesday morning refused t»*
add to his statement that he kill*-,
Coburn Stonday night because Co-
bum had false affidavits attacking
his character and had planned to
publish them. In the meantime the
Solicitor Genreal Boykin has ask
ed th* grand Jury for a murder
Indictment against Fog. '
At the prisoner's home It war
reported that his wlfq was pros
trated and unable to see newspa
permen. A small son of Fox ap
peared at the door.
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'Chicken Dinner At
Clarke County Farm
Inmates of the Clarke countv
farm -njayed a vhlck-n dlnn.r li.t in
Wednesday. Fr.ed chicken, chick- ,„, lldln „ d „ lmy , d hy flr ,
en dumpllna. hot blur-nit, nnd PaT0 Mondiy nlfht Th ,
chcken nravy were nerved nnd • m800 ,
greatly enjoyed.
Clarke Legislators
I^ave For Atlanta
Representatives Toombs Du-
Bose and Frank A. Holden of Ath
ena left Tuesday afternoon for At
lanta where they will take psrt Id
lh*» extraordinary session of the
Oorr *a legislature.
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$40,000 FIRE
(By Auoclnt.d Pr«,s)
MOULTRIE—J. A. Kennedy's
hardware store, a moving picture
!» and th* offices ot two phy.
FAIR WILL TAKE
PLACE WHERE IT
DID LAST YEAR
The Clarke County Fair and Odd
Fellows Festival will be held this
year In the same place It was held
last year, J. W. Arnold, one of the
promoter* of the fair and festival
stated Tuesday.
(By Associated Pros*)
BLECKLEY. W. Va— Between
thirty five and fifty miners were
reported to be entombed in the
Olen Rogers mine of tbo Raleigh-
Wyom'ng Coal Company at Olen
Rogers, by an explosion Monday
morning.
First reports wgro lacking In de
tails but it was said that at the
time of tho evplosion between
wick responding Dr. J. C. Wilkin
H<Jn. pastor of th« First Baptls*
church will deliver the Invocation
PRE8IDENT
TO SPEAK
Tho address of President Newton
A. Teague of 'Atlanta will be deliv
ered nt 11 o'clock after which Miss
Gladys Eyrlch Jit Jackson, Miss., , , ... . M ^
will .peak. Report of commute.. “ Ix J “ m 80T °? t K, f j v . 0 T T
and motion picture, will Ink.. up In the mine and that twenty-tlireo
th. remainder of th. mornlne pro. "ad been brought out uninjured.
j Twelve bodies have been taken
At *2:30 o'clock Dr. Otto U. King. ' rom ,h .° jg* 1 »« a l0 , te ho "17f":
editor of th, "Journal." Publl.hed »* Ie lo P«entertained
In the inter..t of th* profewlon! 10r »?• men .atilt within the
at Chlcaio. HI. and aecretory of;r rl " nK dCr ’'| r, , mCnt 0f th9 mlne "'
the American Dental A.eoclatlon 1 11 J!'’* '‘ported,
will .peak on ''Dentl.try-Ye.Ur. 8 “? n .. wer ® ln lho
strength
some cases as large as three hun
dred. Women freely participated
in the storming of the food and
clothing shops.
The price of bread Tuesday,
morning was fixed at 80,000,000,-
000 marks per loaf as against
1140,000.000,000 Monday morning*
j It was stated that the Rhine-
.land Separatists have completed
[their evacuation of the Cologne
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ERWIN WILL LEAD
L
will speak on “Dentistry—YesUr*
day, Todoy and Tomorrow.*®
Other addresses for that after
noon will be delivered by Dr. OHn
Kirkland of Montgomery, Ala*. Dr.
Regnald Maxwell of Augusta, Ar
thur A. La wry, Valdosta, Wednes-
day night at 8 o'clock Prof. Willis
A. Sutton of Atlanta, noted eduen-
tor, will speak at the University
chapel on “Health and Education."
The public is cordially Invited to
hear the address of Prof. Sutton,
who Is a recognized educator.
PUBLIC
ADDRE88E3
I Wednesday Dr. Howe will
speak at 12 o’clock at. the fftate
College of Agriculture and at 4
o’clock that afternoon Miss Eyrlch
will speak at the High School un
der auspices of the Parent-Tench-
c«r* Association. Thursday at 4
o'clock that night Dr. King will
at the time of the explowloa ami
twenty-three were brought out un
injured.
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ELLIS FAVORS STATE
E TAX BILE
Mr. Arnold and Jake Joel, mem
bers of tho comni ttoo appeared be
fore city council at Its'preUmiuar)
meeting Monday night to answer
any objections made against hold
ing' the carnival. The University
trustees and stewards of the First
Method’st church have filed ob-
Jections to the carnival with the
city clerk.
Mr. Arnold stated that the Odd
Fellows arc sponsoring the fair
and financing the premium list fnd
unless the carnival Is held down
town the fair cannot be held which-
would d'sappolnt the boys' and B A . p
c\Z t b3 l ho 11 Zn°£ Tlfi OKLAHOMA CITY.—The’ death
f®* 1 - lB ... Ul ® ■•/?!??• ...fB? 1 g* threat which Governor Walton Mid
councn d'd not have • quorum In- ^ b( ^ || j M clal , Uf . h , m
Arnold and hie committee th«r d'd J®’*•**•' **•
not object to the cfcrnlvll anywhere * '
If the people rcridln, on th. .tr«ti
It. will he bald do not object. Mr. J*® * t “ r i ’ l,tol J®”‘
Arnold Slated Jlbrnlir »h« Mr and ® JSKLJ? 1_ VL
festival will be held on Wiihlmt- ?e ?hn
,.,1 $ />v«M,An iimii iko curto nouncemeut of tne results of the
ton and Clayton streets, the same MnBt »
os last year.
(By Associated Press.)
ATLANTA — Equitable clasfif-
fled property tax system with an
Income tax of moderate rate for
this state was urged by Represen
tative Ellis of Tift, a member of
tho sub-committee that formulated
__ tilt Ctport of the special tax cony
apeak at the State Normal. The I mission.
public Is urged to attend these ad-{ Representative Ellis will be one
dresses as they are held for the of tho principal speakers at a din
ner tendered by the governor to
members of the legislature Wed®
nesday night
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benefit of the lavmen.
Tuesday night two dental fra
ternities, Pst Omega and Pal P^l,
will give banquets at the Hots)
O/orchri,
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DEATH THREAT SENT
TO WALTON ONLY A
TOY PISTOL STATED
E OF VESSEL
IN 12 MILE HE IS
senate •'nvestigatlng committee.
H. C. Schillings, an attaches of
Will I,. Krwin. counsel for the'the governor's offioo told the Hen-
Moss estate, appeared before coun-1 ntors that the note which news-
q’l and stated that the tax asses*!paper men said the governor r*
had added $10,000 to the as-lcelved while sitting at the table
a, i sesame nt on the Mors Auditorium j with hl« counsel, was in reality S
I*, illegally and requested council to neatly
investigate it. 'ing th
(By Associated Press.)
.LONDON. — Dispatches \ from
Jacksonville reporting tbo seizure
of :i British vi*fcsei «urrying liquor
tho Louis F.. within the twelve
mile Umjt, which Is featured prom
inently on the first pages of Lon
don nowspapers caused somo sur
prise here In the British ministerial
quarters.
There is an apparent desire on
the part of officials here to make It
clear that while tho proposal by
Secretary Hughes for tho curbing
ranting has been tentative
ly agreed to, It has not been en
acted Into a law or embodied Jn a
treaty.
It Is felt here that until th's li
rapped package, contain-)done, the existing three mile ter-
toy idstof. 'ritorial ling't must remain in force.
Oaptal William L. Erwin was
elected president of the local sec
tor of the Association of the Army
of the United States at the meet
ing at the Georgian hotel Monday
night, succeeding Col. W .L. Moss.
Lieut. Joseph Stewart was named
vice president, IJeut. Julian M/ller
secretary and Capt. A. B. Pstton.
treasurer. Captain Blanton Fortson
was named Judge Advocate and
tho executive committee la com
posed’ of Captain Ohas. E. Martin,
II. 1. Reynolds, and Lieut. J. W.
J-y-ror.
Lieut. W. D. Paschail, who has
bo**ii coordinator here for the past
several years in the rehabilitation
work and who baa accepted o com
mission in the regular army, was
present and was presented a sabre
by the members of the sector. Mr.
PuHchall leaves in a few days to
Join the Fifth Field Artillery,
where he has been assigned for
duty. The sabre was presented by
WlU'am K. Meadow in an appro
priate speech. 1 ®*»M
' Col. Watson, an old Athens man
was present and brought a me*-
suge from corps ‘headquarters. He
told oibout the present opportunity
for becoming reserve officer*, stat
ing that after midnight of the 11th
it would be necessary for all ap
plicants to take a mental test He
urge! those who served in th*
work and wno hag accepted a corn-
ready become reserve officers to
apply at once.
Athens is one of the leading cities
of the country In the number of
reserve officers, having about six
ty now against less than a dozen *
year or more ago when Major
McCoy came here and' ft is due
maliy to his untiring efforts that
the list has grown to such large
proportions.
Col. James E. Ware, command
ant of the University R. O. T. Cl,
was bro present Monday night and
made a short address.
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Fni Kappa rhi Is
New Honorary Club
At Ga. University
Phi Kappa Phi is a new borer*
ary fraternity that Is to be Install*
ed at the University of Georgia
Friday, November 30, with 4 din
ner at the State Oollege of Agri
culture diif’r.g hall.
The membership of the new fra
ternity is composed acuity menMiff
ternity Is composed of faculty ■,
members and stgBent* who b*f* jj
excellent record.