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I InvMtlgate Today! To Regular Subaeribora THE BANNER-HERALD f1 a 000 Accident Policy Eras THE BANNER-HERALD’ Dally and Sunday—13 Centa a Week VOL 9!,' NO, m AncclaUd Pros# Seisin. EatabUakcd lift — Dally and Sunday—-13 Cantu a .Weak. ATF.ENS COTTON: MIDDLING tt 1-1<3 ntEVIOCS CLOSE 33c THE WEATHER: Georgia: Fair Sunday and Mon day. Warmer. ATHENS. GA„ SUNDAY, NOVEMBEB IS. "21. A. B. C. Paper. Single Copica 2 Cantu Daily. I Centa Sunday. Ten Thousand People Throng Athens Sat For (( Unvversity Home Coming” Festivities And Merchants Trade Campaign A Comedown EX-GROWN PRINCE 60ES BACK TO GERMANV ; ALLIED COUNCIL SENDS NOTE PROTESTING ID Ml HIS EXPULSION Says France and Italy Have Made “Waste Pa per of Treaty of Ver sailles.” Great Britain Still Hopeful (By Aeeciatcd Pre»«.) AMSTERDAM.—The Dutch fov-• ernmem offlc'ally announced Sat- jflf/ KeachinP KaSlS urudy that former Crown Prince. 5 Frederick William of Germany t OENi VON^LUDENDORFF (icneral Von Ludendorffp one of the chief cogs in the machinery 'waith Which the former Kaiser tried to "civiHxe" the world. Lu- .lendorff -was arretted Friday for taking part ,in the new revolution in Germany. Me promised to be 1 was freed. For Reparations Conference. jrojd in the future and OF SENT AMERICA’S AID TO EUROPE. CAPTAI “The spirit of freedom led America to send her croased the German frontier early! Saturday morning en route to Oels.. Upper Silesia. It waa said that the ex-prince Intends to go to his es tate there which he recently ex pressed a detf're to retire. An account of the departure of j Wfllam In t£e Exchange Tele-j graph said that he left the Island , of Wlerlngen at 4:30 o’clock Sat-1 urday morning .Two big motor,, cars awaited him In the village of Ewijckslul*. on the mainland. j The former Crown Prince en tered the first car, accompanied by the Burgomaster of Wlc-.fngen.j while lib lu-KJgc was loaded Into the second. Both cars drove off at J just about davureaW. Before leaving W*icriu;en, Fred- { o f c* Alillam nadrexcerl i loiter . to the population expresalng his regret at bWng unable to say good- ■ I bye to them -and expresalng his j 'gratitude to friends he .has made since he was exiled from Oennany j It is considered here that the Britain's bill for hsr war davan- Dutcli government had no- right to era to France ia foraaarn by polit- detain him In Holland, that hit leal observers aa one of the prob- hquit.mlegal and .But'able results of the collapse of the • Holland in any plan to examine parity to pay. (By Aaooclated press.) BRUS8EL8.— The apparent failure of the allied negotia tions for a reparations con ference le regarded In oppo sition quarters as certain to •pell doom of the Theunis cabinet before the ordinary sessions of ths Chamber of Deputies which opans next Tuesday ie adjourned. Grave dlstesalona, }n the cabinet are reported, tome of the ministers favoring open adoption of the British view point and con tinuing their efforts to obtain conceasiora from France that will maka the conference possible. "W May Judge Holland Un safe As Retreat For Ex- Kaiser and Remove For mer War Lord. First Award Prizes Made WASHINGTON — V oodrow Wil son, addressing the American peo- 1 pie directly Saturday night for the *?• m , r* i drat time since ho left the white f* IV© 1 WCIlty Dol" lar Gold Pieces Given Away house declared America’s attitude after the world war waa "deeply Ignoble, cowardly and dishonora ble." FTance and Italy, Mr. Wilson also declared, in a discussion of world affairs, have made ’Vast' paper of the treaty of Versailles." The former president sr«'d the only way In which the United m „„ th Siite. could .how It, true appro-; "l"* dufinn nt I The nxnrding of Acclaimed Most Eventful Day In Athens in Years; Crowd Enjoys Program He’s Boss Now Another successful buslnee* day wa* recorded by Athens merchants yesterday as u result of the trade nwnrdtng of five 4 twenty J dollar gold pieces at noon in front clitlon of the ulgnlflcance of Arm. nltl'co Day wa, by resolving to mutate an act Upon the tlghe’,1 ' 'deni. of international policy " , tcla ' b “ n, ”‘ Mr. Wilson spoke exactly five (rtl minutes into a radio Instrument at his home here and his me* sige was broadcast to every see- SALES t'oa of the country brought hundreds to the city and announced by lerchant* filled the stores early morning until night. LARGE armies to France. “I deny the oft-repeat ed charge that self-inter est or selfishness was the moving spirit in America’s actions. If some base and sordid motive prompted our government to de clare war on Germany and hpr' hasociates, then every volunteer in the millitary and naval forces of our country and every mother who offered her son to the cause, were the objects of the greatest fraud ever perpetuated in the history of nations.” PARIS U will not Involve diplomatic conflict. Germahy’a Captain W. S. Coburn (above) who was attorney for the Sim mons faction of the Klan, and who was killed in Atlanta. Ar tist’s sketch at the bottom shows Phil Fox, editor bf the Klan “Nighthawk.” who fire<V-the fatal shots. ■ ' , “ RAISE OVER SSOO V Merchant* report large role* and the remit* were acclaimed t(ery satisfactory. ConnitH rable Interest w«« shown In the awarding of the fist In gold, two to person* holding lucky coupon* within the city lim it* and three without. |, A large crowd asrembled at the WAS GRANTED PERMISSION Later In the dny. It waa official ly stated that both the Dutch and German governments had granted Frederick William permission to return to Germany. In the meantime. It wa* rrpo.i- <mI thatthe entente nllle* will In slat vfioroualy that Berlin expel! the foi mer crow price from Ger man territory. France nnd Ger many have exchanged vlwea dur ing the past few daya on this subject and It la stated that the two countries ave In entire ac cord regarding it. uwuy at the mim r pot'next Hatur- Athens Refloonds to Ap- y nnrt the** holding coupon* *rc Thu* spoke Captain Robert L Troutmaa, a soldier In the world war, at the' public obsarVance of Armistice Day here yesterday noon. Captain Trnutmap. a Unl- ' orally alumnus, is a son of the Rev. and Mra. M. L. Troutman, the former now dead and the latter a rcHldnnt of Athens. He la a brother of Mrs. R. ter Wilson of Athens, captain Troutman delivered CALLS IN POLICE TO STOP 10TLEC6INC’ The Reparations Commission, which will meet next Tuesday, now will have to decide the ques tion as to whether Germany shall be hcatd. according to her request, on her ability to pay the repara tions. The French Superior Council of National Defense, which includes Marshall Foch and nlf the other high military authorities met Sat* uiday afternoon at the Palace of the Elysees, under the presidency of President Millerand. A report from T.ondon says that although press reports from Wash ington regarding the prospect of reparation inquiry, conducted within « limited scope of the French proposal ore by no means sanguine. British official circles do not consider that the time has yet arrived to abandon hope* of a.-i Allied Conference which will include America. SPECIAL SERVICE Special Armistice Day Ser vice* will be conducted at the FI rat Rnptlat church tonight. Dr. J.' i*. Wilkinson will apeak and an Attractive music pro- gram under the direction of Hugh L. Hodgson ha* been *r- unged. Meat,* will be reserved for ex-service men, *nd the American Legion Auxiliary. peal By Buying $522.88 Wi ie - - r orth of Forget-Me- Nots Yesterday. urged to be here and l»e given the importunity to share In the nwnrd TOTAL PRIZES i A total of 92800' in prise* will he _ ’ ~ < given away during the campaign Hale of forget-me-not* In : with two Ford four-door sedans as Athene • yei terday resulted lni| h * major prise*. one to someone raising a fund of 1*10.88 for the j Hying in Athens and the other out- old of the disabled veteran* of the f H 'rte the city limit*. The .trade month campaign will continue through December 8, ai*d coupore received on the first day will be good all the way through The city was filled' with visitor*, probably 10,000 In all. Some were hero for fun-maklug, others went here bent on taking advantage of tho remarkable bargnfn* at Ath ens’ shops, while hundreds wers here for both. There was something doing nearly every hour and along about noon lots of things happen ed at tho same time. Eight team* of women and girls sold' ths .flowrrs under leadership of Mrs. A. 8. Parker, general man. The tennis and amount follow: ‘ Mrs. Horace Holdin Founding on Ctaytorv street a person could see crowds gathered at half a doxen different places. At the city hall a group of manly young Americans, wearing the khaki scarf and uniform of the Boy Scouts wan taking part In a field-day program, three hundred of them from various northeast ’ Georg'-a counties. On the side walks in front of Costa’s and the Palm Garden danced happy-heart ed sub-debs, some selling forget- me-nots. other clinging to the arms v>. ii«iwn, t4icui.ci.uiu uvvemui | of dapper undergraduates. Many Martin Edward Trapp ia piloting, an "old grad,” not too old to flirt Pending outcome of impeach ment charges against Governor J. WM Walton, I4«utanant Governor I air- !»ed Man Arrested On I I..... I Home. Holrt.n 1 . Liquor Law Lnarge ln , m ,,,.47; m™. n. o. i-wi.i.v, Howard Harper, a whit, nian,jt Mm , ussi Mia. W. \v. rmt' waa arrr-dMl ytaterday afternoon I "am, ,74 47. Mr. W. H. Adlforil'i by Policemen Wood and Cornell-' (Mm |14.,7: Mr«. Sol. J. Rotay'i •on on College avenue and la char,,d with viola tin* tha prahlbl. lion law. Pour pint, of whlikey tho ship of itttc for Oklahoma. And If Walton I* dismissed Trapp will succeed him. wtr, round Inied. hla person. It Is iicrt ad if roan from the platform of We fihaikleford-Hodcson building . (Dy Associated I’rcaa. WASHINGTON- — Washlnitton; police were aikrd by the TrensuiTr Dcpartmert to break up the gain- irln* of bootleuiters in the *ov- emment bulldin* on Pennsylvania Avenue, one block from tho office of Secretary Mellon and blocks from the White two I House, - , Police officials were told by the •he comnr of Cleyton * rw'1 Treasury Departme.it that an all m.1 Cnllpte-avouue . night lunch room wan beln* used as! It waa America s duty to send ^ndeavous for numerous btaA- Her armies to fnreSan lands to The building is leased to moke Ite world safe for democ-. bv the Treaaury. racy. Por these principles we w mt, a „ er ted that the bool •o »ar. left upon the Moody field" |,. ce rs made free use of the tclf- nf Handera thuosands of Amcr- l ohonM |„ the esublishment to Han boys and brought home thou- orders and that they had a .anda of others helpless and j,uvery system worked out which (Turn to Page Faur) hld bSom. efficient to the high est degree. The restaurant '« leased to private operators, 1, after Socn afterward, police (Bir Associated Press.) BERLIN.—In n note to the Al lied Council of Ambassadors Sat urday, Germany requested the al lies to postpone the resumption and extension of military control by a commission of allied offlcere. While declining to guarantee the safety of the commission un der the present circumstances, the German government aasurea the council that Germany doss• not in >n the bootlegging estaDiisnmeme, the retail dealers receiving the major »tt» n t' on - By four o'rlnck Saturday after noon the raiders had arrested 71 rsons and confiscated several team and maks the possessor Higible to *hur»* In th» prise award. Those awardfd 920 gold pltcrs their addresses, and the stors where the tlck*t was given follow: , Mi** Kdlth Rrlghtwell. 210 Un!- vmlty Drive.' Michael'". Watson, Wlntervill* Road ARMISTICE DAY MESSAGE Kara, 887.98: J. L. Sexton _ 8113.89: Lucy Cobb team. 912.80; I Patrick'* Pharmacy. Bute Normal tenm, IM S,. To.j Mr.) II. L Callaway. Lexington tal -lit,.11. j oa.. Mlchnil'e. Clifford McLeroy bought ' )he Miss Mildred Howell. Athens, large bouquet of forget-me-not* Michael'*. st tho public observance of Armls. | Mr., r. V. Malcom. Bogarl. Of. Hardy Hardware Company. • BY JOHN R. QUINN National Commander, American Legion * Written Especially for Banner-Herald and NBA Semite. F IVE year* ago the war ended—officially. However, it baa not really ended, nor can It end until the principles for which pur soldiers fought have been fulfilled to the utmost. It ie fitting that on this day we should rededlcato ourselves to '•carrying on" by solemn declaration within our own consciences. To do your part today In thla re-pledging to prin ciple, pause for a moment and-recall the princi ples for -which our men went willing to the chance of death—many to die. You remember the phriee on tbelr lipe and in Ml ... ... thalr hearu: •‘a war to end war.” Yet wan are daughter, .a-d the-tons and d: brothers ndxht be spared a like 1 come. Yet today there ia no g Hundred gallons of whiskey. Thrte fights were reported during the' raiding process. Failure of Big Cotton Firm Is i Announced Sat. (By Associated Press.) NEW ORLEANS—The failure of the important spot cotton finn of W. J. Davis and Company, which maintains offices here and simply Exchange floor. not ended. They went beyond the eeae Into a hell of death and destruction, that their eons and and daughters of their horror in time to today there ia no guaranty, ho cer- ,_inty that another war will not be forced upon this nation, or anv nrtion. at aonre future time. The American Legion pledged itself at its lait annual convention to strive unceasingly for peace. This does not mean that we have Joined the ranks •of this so-railed pacifists of war-time memory. Ter from it. As long as cor.ditfons may make war necessary tc protect our aation from sggre,- ■ior, wi „.,)>■ .a.*„r., a.- stand ready, nay, snsiaas, t*. •»!*»—«1 to arms. But we strive toward an era when our nation and all na tions may live end fulfill their destinies without injustice, oppres sion or the necessity to protect themselves from ouch by force, jhe Amen-an Legion pledged itself to no one plan to end war. QUINN Neither does it ask that you do so. It is a question upon which opinions differ; each must act according to his belieL But we do ask that you, upon this / rmistice. Day, take soDmn resolve that you will leave no act undone or word unsaid that may advance, even in the smallest degree, the era of perpetual peace. You may not have the opportunity of apeaking from a platform, but this docs not excuse you. If you have one neighbor, one friend, whom you can convert to the cause of peace and fail to do so, then you have not kept faith with those who -sleep in Planders Fields." There is an organisation, international, of fighting man of the allied armies. Thia organisation has declared that, once brothers in arms, they are today brothers in pence. Nearly every nation which stood elds by aide in the World War ia represented Here is a nucleus. But the nucleus is not sufficient in Iteelf. '.t requires the active help of world opinion. When the demand for perpetual peace is made THE business, THE Aost urgent demand of every man, woman and child, than will lasting peace come. I ask NOW that you solemnly enlist in thla greatest cause of all time, the ending of war. Thus, and thus only, can you keep faith with those who kept faith with you in .he time of your greatest need. lice Ddy here yeslerduy. Mr. Mr- Ktroy'e bid was 110 (nr the bou- ou«t and the hiaheat bidder sot,ear if wg if l the flower. The money will go [ W611 ildnClICu with the remainder raised by eat. but too much married. looked askance at the young and tbelr ap parently silly manueverin*. of forget-me-nots for the dlenhled veteran* of ihe world war. And Orderly, COUNTY FAIR TO Tuesday Will Be “School Day.” Miller Shows Will Arrive Sunday Night Proceeds to Orphans. The Clarke county fair and odd Fellow* Festival op*h* Monday mornlna at It o'clock at the same ;’ace the fair wit* held last year •A hand concert and parade will feature opening of the fair, it Is announced. The exhlbltr* will be held In the Dntler bulklln:; where they, were held last year. The ex hibits will include- product* of the various community clubs, hoys' and girl*’ pi« ami corn clubs and commercial exhibits. Tuesday will be "School Day” at the fair and nil of the whowN in tho county will bo closed for th* xfrclse* to take place at the fair 1 ATLANTA—Prosecuting offlcl- ;als at a conference Saturday rot • December 12 as the date for the trial of Philip K. Fox.i Ku Klux Klan publicity chief who shot and W _ _ PuavgivJ k| l ,e d We- 8. qohurn. Klan attor CL 5 VlOWa ney in the letter’s office last Mon day. Fox war Indicted the following day for murder and will face (rial for hla Ilf* on Deccmlnr 12. Fox was back In his cell In Fulton tower Saturday night after a visit to the Jail hospital where he was pronounced “too nervous to be ex amined a* to his mental condition." Mr*. Fox, who has handled her husband's case thus faf was re ported III at her home after coun cil to defend Fqx was arranged. Defenre counsel Include Former Governor Hugh M. Dorsey and Frank A. Hooper, Hr* both mem bers of tyro prominent law firms here. and a parade. It is announced. The .Miller Brother* show* will arrive Sunday Rfaht and be ready for the public to vbw their at traction* Monday. The / idiow* ere said to be better th4u ever and will be on* of the feature* »t the fair and carnival. The proceeds from the f-ativnl after fair exp«R*e* are paid will be sent to the Odd Fellow* Or phans home- In Griffin. COVELL CONVICTED J OQUIKLLK. Ore—Irthur C’o- VtU, crippled astrologer woe fo«tn gn*lty by • Jnry In the. cir cuit court here Saturday night of murder In tfce first degree. The crowd that atfended the Uporgta-Vfrglnia football gam** here Saturday was one ot the most orderly nnd well hardiest ever assembled In Ath ens. There was scarcely any evidence of drinking and prac tically tin drunks. -The big crowd wa* well In the seats before the game began and the tudent manager* handled It like veterans The police department coop- ’ cruftd with nearly Its entire force, dlreetfd the-parking of cars, the running of traffic and imt rolled the park. The field wa* kept entirely free of spec tators nnd not even a friendly fixht marred the day. Hundreds of old Georgtfr arad* were back while doten* Ilf I h re nirewUfe ref the “»?** club nccupled seat* In a special section.’ The weather was ideal und the rivalry between the two mrtingent* wa* keen but entirely void of anything that rniiu-ked of unsportsmanship. It wa* a revelation to Geor gia supporters to see the Red and Black executing the shift play that played havoc with rh- visitors’ defense and this game certainly disputes any ‘•*ea that Georgia teams lack the punrh in the plnrhes to put' over the winning touchdown. G«orgis hit her stride In ths last half and wa* untoppable. Virginia dropped her guatd when she juggled a punt and when she failed to kick on thv fourth down and on each occa sion the Red and Black rushed the advantage to score* and since it was homecoming the game ended as It should— 13 to e for the home ttaig which was Georgia, Speakers For Patriotism Day In front of the Hodgson-Shack leford bidding stood a lsrga and respectful group of men sod wo men. boys and girls, llsteig'ng to a dashing ex-soldler ,a former cap- ta’n. as he told or the spirit that moved America in the days of ths war end appealed to his hearers to forever raver the memory of throw who died to free the world from autocracy. Further down College avenue stood another group, most of them clinging to a handful of coupons as stubs bearing similar numbers to those held by the crowd wore drawn from a box. Several t/meo the hand of the drawer went Into the box and five times he held a number similar to ihgt held br someone In the crowd, giving each of the five a sparkling twenty dol- Itr gold piece—the first of the 92500 prizes to bo given away cur ing Athena’ Trade Month ubteh ends December 4. Yesterday was a day made e*- peu'ally for what was to happen la Ali en*. Not a cloud hung In tha skim to mar the plrasmu of the visiting throng. The a*r. * bit nipplsh. was full of wine, even though hip pockets were Dlsmuke- awed. The program began really Friday night with the dance. *tu- (Turn to Pag* F-our) BY DAN MAGILL Yesterday wa sonc of Athens’ most eventful days and perhaps the most successful of the University’s "Homecoming” celebrations. Like being at a three-ring circus, it was impossi ble to watch everything happening on the program. The "Homo Coming" festivetiea would have enlivened tho citr i noufih but added to that program was th»* public observance Of Armistice Day. special sales by merchants and awarding of fivy twenty dollar gold plecea to lucky holders of coupons, parade of the University R. O. T. C.. "O" club meeting, buffet luncheon at Don- i mark hall for visitors and legis- J lators. Scout field day, foOtbkll game. Lasses White's minstrels omf then a dance. All iitan* In regard t«» tin- |i*trfotli Day Monday tie be ubirrvpt by the Am whim Legion In 'the school* Clarki Pnuntv and tlir rity «f Athens t -4 *nvn ro* t*nur and the *ima^w«| announced., A list of school* and the **l*ctlvc Mprsker*: College Svenne. \V. L Krwio. (,’hiid Mint. Dr. Jo*. 8. Stewart. Chaw Street W. K. Meadow. Oconee Street Carl Crowley narrow School, H. II. West. Wfr.tcrvillc Hrhosl Fleetwood Lanlet Tucket on School. F. O. Miller. Edwards Mschool. A. T. Lavle. Belmont Pchool. Charlie Dyar. CeMewitte Hritnol A. I Almand. Whitehall School A. O Lunaway. Princeton School J. H. Chafln. Hinton-Brown School. R, L. Keener Fowler’s Octgol. Ms). Burch. Lampkln School. T. M Fowler Barbervilte Hchcol. Jake Joel Ctronea Hclgttw, II. JL HarrlngU Ttw exercises will be held In rity school* at on* o'clock and la rural school sc eleven o'clv- k. LAWYER SHOT. LEFT 1 TO DIE BY MIDNIGHT Decoyed from his home by a telephone call from an unidentified person, Paul J. McCarthy, prominent local at torney and a veteran of the world war. was shot here late Saturday night and left to die in his mov- -i ;Ti|e-. The lawyer was attacked a* be approjwhed the meeting place Git * residential section where ke I been summoned hy i it a few minutes before. relre-liL-J-eL..