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MINES FI ID Street Car Strikers In Den ver Raid Plant Of News paper There. STATE TROOPS ASKED HARDWICK SILENT ON CHALLENGE BY AMERICAN LEGION Private Who Belongs Legion Broke Up Watson Meet- ' ing With Talk. Discovery Of Murdered Youths In Illinois Town Leads To RioL (By Aaeoclated Press.) Denver, August 5.—Almost n score were Injured, several seriously, anil two cars badly damaged as a result of attempts of street car strikers or sympathizers to prevent operation or cars hy strikebreakers here this nr ternoon. Shots wero (lrcd, wounding sovornl The mob entered toe otrices of the Denver Post, and begRn attempts to wreck the presses and other equip ment. It previously hnd broke almost every window In the building. More than ono thousand strikers! nnd sympathizers who hnd marched to tho city hall for a conference with Mayor Bailey were parading down town when tho rioting started. Tho rioters overturned nnd wrecked n street car nar the Cathedral of Im maculate Conception. Strlko break BUS PASSED BUT SENATE WU Kill-; House Vote Of 130 to 32 * Awards To University -r Branches Money Asked ♦ (Special to The Banner.) Atlanta. August 5—So far as could ho learned this afternoon. Mr. Thomas W Hardwick, candidate for governor, had not replied to the re ! quest of the Atlanta Post of American t l.eglon that he agree to a division ofj time when Mr. Hardwick delivers Ills | campaign speech at tho auditorium! In Atlanta Friday night. ; c . , , . . . WJiother Mr. Hardwick agrees! or wtCWflrt vl Atkinson L.C<tds not.lt Is learned today, the American latglon will he heard from* in reply to, fhe position Mr. Hardwick has taken; in tho gubernatlonal race und the plat-1 form on which he is running. Today there was comment on the; Incident In Barncsvilln JOHN A. MANGET TO 4 HEAD SHIPPERS COMPRESS £ Atlanta. - August'' B.—Ad ♦ nouneement w«s made this 4 morning that John A. Mangct 4 has been elected president of 4 the reorganized Shippers Com- 4 press Compatiy, cue of the Wll- 4 ilngham Interests. The reorga- 4 nlzod company’s executive com- 4 mittce is composed of A. P. -4 Coles, J. J. Williamson, Frank 4 Barrett, George Strickland and 4 D. T. Mangct. 4 / 4 4;, 4 4 4 4- 4 4 4 4' 4 4 4 $78,000 FOR ATHENS SHIPPING BOARD „ „ WASFLEECED IN i SOUTH AMERICA * (Special to The Banner.) Atlanta. August 5—The heavy work yesterday,, of the House was entered Into the when Private Barrett, an ex-service j forenoon session today when Chair ! man broke up Uni Watson’s political, nun Carswell and the rules commit- n#Dctlnj5 by refuting and branding the tec put up a series of special appro aapcrttlonB he said Grover C. Ktmond-» prfatfons bills over which It was an- son was putting upon this country in ticipated there would he a stiff fight a speech Edmondson attempted to fie-, ifi some instances. That, howev liver after Watson had completed. Merchants Charged Ameri can Ships Huge Prices Because They Could. MIGHT LOCATE HERE I Telephone Call Received Yesterday From Sims Motor Company. MAN HERE TODAY Chamber Of Commerce Meets To Decide Finally ■ On Red Diamond HAS BEEN STOPPED wus largely obviated by the appro priatlons committee having consoli dated aevern! of the Individual bills, rcwrltting them Into ono measuro so that there would bo appropriated to the University for Its branches an agregate of $ 133,000, the bill design ating tho direction of the varlou': “T'the outset, however. It appeared S'f," that a wholesale slaughter would ge’ ,l,,ll:,ra through! practises which a- Report Of American Repre sentative Explains Means Used In Fight. (By Associated Press.) Buenos AJrcjj, August 5—The United Statca,'fViipnfng Board haw been defrauded qf many thousands of un^nr those hills when, upon consul j oration of tho measuro to Increase mount to' ’’systematic fleecing” of Shipping Board V<»'9o]s in t|ie River Platt trade, Bearding to reports Xr,f.o.S.“,“J'Sr , ,Found.ti™ Company And* CSSS’£££ . K™* * Bid | *. SSStiAVtSS On Two Projects. entity Injned when hit In the bead with r brick and n policeman was shot nnd wounded In the mob's attack on the street oar, Late tonight troops woro reported coming from Fort Logan. About that time tho mob s'nrtnd ’"arching toward the City Hall. Thcr wero cries of wreck the hall. ILLINIOI8 MOB THREATENS TO DRIVE OUT FOREIGNER' St. Louis, August 5.—A moh e,*t mated at more than three thousand Is In-control at West Frankfort J1I 'hrcatnnlng to drlvo out the »---’ popuatlon fnlowlng discovery yoster da/.of tho bodies of Amlel Calcatera. nineteen, and Tony llompel, eighteen, who wrn murdered, aecordlng to a l-lephone message tpnlght. Forty have been injurd. four srrl nnnly In tho rioting that preceded Hi final overcoming of the police, It was said. BEAT PHOTOGRAPHER TO DEATH IN ILLINOIS RIOT farbondale Ills.. August 5—A pho- toarapher who attempted lo take nlc tores of the riot In West Frankfort tonight wss beaten to death hy lit" mob, acordlnc to a message received at the mint’s Central office here fn-n tti. company's telegraph station at Vest Frankfort This wax' the. Aral death reported In the outbreak here. ASK TROOPS TO QUELL MOB AT FRANKFORT. Springfield. II.. Auguat 5.—Governor l.owdcn received a rail for troops In p message signed hy the mayor nnd sheriff of West Frankfort. They said the mob had broken beyond control of officials, House Passes Tech $125,000 Emergency Fund Appropriation (Sperlsl to The Banner.) \ Atlanta, August 3.—The passage by tho House of Uopjrosentatlvcs today of Georgla-Tedb's request wr an emergency appropriation of I135.WO eow puts It up squarely to the State Senate to savo the school from tils aster on September 22. the openln of tho fall term, sthted K. O. Mathe- »on nresfdent of Tech, tonight. "This monoy is not needed for ex pansion. hut for life.” Dr. Matheson relstcrated." Tho House was told that unless Tech got this emergency ap propriation, It would mean a disaster to the srhnol, a disaster that would cripple Industrial Georgia, and would deny to hundreds of young men the ehanco to make good In life In the" ipofesalons. The House acted ttromptly. "What was true when Ihe bill Hr: came before tho House, Is even mere true today. We are still short twen ty throe members of the faculty who cannot bo replaced until we have the money to pay them, and every day-’ delay makes the situation more criti cal. I hope and believe the Senate will also act promptly." Two bids for tho paving of the Lex ington and Danlelsvllln road projectn aero opened at the public meeting ol the Clarke Counay Hoard of commis sioners yesterday hut tho commission 's postponed awarding tho contract until after mature consideration, • The Foundation Company of New Ycrlt made an Indefinite bid on con crete work that ope engineer said "seemed to have been made to be turned down." The discouraging tone of the bid was expected', however, fol lowing the statement hv engineers nnd officials of the Foundation Com neny at 'the Tuesday meeting of the board. i;iio cement situation Is such Hint no time limit could be offered and the cost could not be definitely named The Foundation Company hid was on I "cost plur.” basis and estimated th? work to cost about $17,000 per mil provided Ihe cement market did not take a further upward trond. ns It promises to do. The Krels and Wardrcp Construe th.n Company, of Knoxville, Tcnn made a hid for bituminous macadam navlng on the two projects. It esti mated that tile work would cost 137.000 In $3r,,000 per mile. The two projects are f,.ll miles long. 3.7 miles on the Lexington project and 1.71 miles on Ihe Dnnlelsvllle project. The bids specified the work wonli! he completed In 130 flays. Representing the Foundation Com puny at the opening ot the bids H. .1 Jacobs, local superintendent, and L. F. (llblln. district manager. Mr. A J. Ward rep represented Ills concern. District Fnglncer Goodwin for the Federal State Highway Department was present. County engineer Homer Nicholson. Clerk of the Commission Total [Wright. CommlssloniJs .1 Grlffeth.Vhalrman: J. M. Hodgson and H. W. White and others. It will probably he next week bo fore tho county commissioners de cide whether or not to noept either bid or to advertise for new bids. light to kill the bill. Thane Instill!- . . j tlons ate -receiving $15,4)00 a year A ". , , , . . each, and this monaure sought to _ «•*"• "^'ontPan ed by make their annual maintenance Lnd f a ' ,l,, ' n " r Engineers L. C. Farwell. |2^ooo .arrived hero a month ago to take ssrsjss AHCHS NOT GET of tb : !T» 10 Associated I’ress correspondent, of t'-i. j chandlers, repairmen and other.? connected* with the shipping industry j seemed to ho in a general agreement montary movement made Stewnrt to prevent passago measure, loading members house viewing that state of tho gam hs a test of* whether or not vim othu. . , . 4 . _ bills would rget through or fall. I to ™ u ct lho Shipping Board vessels a. $ ek km $ » , to the limit. Tho house passed the Mil in/ace of . T h««- p av wh* »» the light, and proccmied iuimediatcl;. .. Th , } gapping Hoard is rich/thcy to__con.lderatlo n iv _of H’,?. 1“^* ’ 0T said. Wc will get what we can.’ Ac cordingly the Board was charged for brunches of the University which h been consolidated as follows: Nortl Georgia Agricultural Colegu $5 000f College of Agriculture at Athens $20. 000 and ?3,000 for wafer works plant University of Georgia i25.0"i>: SMI- Georgia Normal $5,000; State Norms ♦30,000; Georgia Normal and Indus trial $2n.non and |5.ono for repair.. Bowden Normal $20,000. , The ethergenry request from’Goer gin Tech, for additional mnlnleuan" of $125,000 was not Included In 111! consolidated blit hat reina’ncd a a- ■rate measure to ho voted on iilom Tho plea for tho passage of that In boon a particularly strong ono, at cats panted by the statement that t !i Institution can not possibly go or with'Its fall work unless the money Is appropriated. Tile hill was paased. TJtc blanket bill for the University branches passed on a vote of 130 t»- 72. after a statement made hy Rep resenlative Stewart that tie has In formation from tho senate that lb- bill will Im killed when II mache- that branch. Tho Tech malntennnd> hill was taken up and. following a brief statement by Chairman Carro’ that. If the legislature does not entne to the resell", the Institution actually might as well not.opon Its doors th’ rati. The hill was passed and tie house reopssed until 3 p. m. things not rccolvod, and bverchar~"d for things received until It became so obvious that I was ordered to this port to take charge. In receiving my orders I was lold that while the Board appreciated the fact that expenses of all serin were high In Buenos Aires and Montevideo, still, it felt that the re. . ... . . . . . ., fnw company will mako money hand must bo something wrong when theirj y Two autnmobllo concerns are seek i ing location In Athens It developed | yesterday when President J. W. Jar- , rcll, Jr„ of the local Chamber of Com merco received a long dlstanco tele- '.phone call from Mr. Simms, of the I Simms Motor Company, requesting n- Intorvlow today. A representative of tho company will bo In Athens today and mav bo allowed to outline hi* proposition at the meeting of tho Chamber of Commerce today which Anal decision will be reached on itho question of whether Athens will or will not take up tho Red Dia mond Motors, Inc., project. The meeting of tho Chnmbor of Commerce today to conoldor tho proposition of whether Athons will or will not got the $3,000,000 automobile manufacturing plnnt planned by the Red Diamond Motors company Is con sidered by members of the board Of directors to be tho moat Important ever held since the Chahbcr was first formed. As Mr. C. D. Fmnlgan, chairman ol the special committee which Invhstl catnd tho plant proposition said, the securing of the Red Diamond plant would completely revolutionize tho life of Athons and change Its charac ter from that of an educational cen ter and agriculturally. Interested bu:.l ness center, to an Industrial city, Tho proposition of an mitohmoblb; plant to build at least tan autumn biles, possibly fifty, with an Income to the city of $3 500 on each. Is a stupendous thing for tho business ol Ihe city. $25,000 to $125.00(1 per dnv or $8,000,000 to $104)00,000 more In tmdo each year would mean an onor tnotts Increase to the wealth of overv business and.’ combrclally Interested dtlzen of the city. And. as Mr. Am old. one of tho stoek holders declared, if the Red Diamond Motor Is what II Is said to be, and tho. United States patent Ik thought to affirm that it is, TO GEORGIA HOUSE Was Heard Ten Minutes When Escorted In By \ Confederate Vets, (8peclal to The Banner.) Atlanta, Ga August 5—It was a touching little scene which was en acted In the House of Representatives today when William Mac Lee, of Nor folk, Va. was escorted into the hall by a number of old Confederate veterans and by tinnnious consent gvntej 10 minutes of the time of the assembly William Mac Lee, who la a preach er, was the war-time cook for General Robert E, Leo and went through the entire war with the Confederate hero general. He 4s a negro of the oto school, typically antebullum and, be sides Drenching In Virginia prldas himself on the fact that he h»> stuck to the politics as well as the religion of his old master—he always votes the Democratic ticket. Probably tho proudest Mttachc or the House to see the old cook wav "Ten Cent Bill" Yopp, tho Georgia negro wro so attracted attention by hlH regular Christmas pilgrimages to tbo Old Soldiers' Home that the Ocorgla Legislature finally, took up and perpetuated tho work* of love which “Ten Cents Bill” had Inaugu rated, that of a yulctldo tolie..«to tho veterans of the Home. British Squadron Ordered To Baltic To Reimpose Russ Blockade. GERMAN? AID RUSS Germans And Bavarians Will Not Allow Passage Of Aid To Poles. Joint Committee, To Present Plan To Board Of Edu cation For Action. Ion In tho post offices, he said wore tho reasons. When tho war department put on Its "at roet” distribution of food last year considerable delay was exper- loneed In getting the good) to the post offices In all sections and tho rail road conditions are much worse now than at that time. Captain Rucker xprossed doubt that war department officials would do anything to In crease railroad congestion, as a na tionwide movement to distribute . good* stored at various depot centers 1 , n ... Ifnnr n Rnvlnff if would do. over fist for Its stockholders. ^ However the plant cannot be n j cured hy any but a vigorous demon stration of approval of tho prospect and support of II. The big business men, with money tn Invest and lb" most to gain by Its sucess. should at tend tho meeting today. Chamber ol vessels paid such prices, for Instance, as $4 a pound for butter. ’•It seems that the practice was, when a Shipping Hoard vessel appear cd In the roads and signalled Its de sire to enter, for Ihpse who hnd hope, of selling Ihe vessels supplies to pre pare for a plucking of tho gold: n; Commerce officials declare, goose. The result was that when the I Captain Renbronk nnd Mr. Hyland vessel cleared bills were presented toj Ihe representatives of the Red Din ’.ho steamship agents, and promptly mornt Company who have been ImAtii paid, since it wan Shipping Hoard) ens and addressed three meetings of tho points' of view of mothers money, for every conceivesble Item I the Chamber of Commerce and dlsaoss „ n( | ehtldren^*- At ground Committee from four local organizations yoster day, plans were formulated to main tain playground work permanently In Athons under the hoard of education 'A committee of six, representing five local organizations, was named by Chairman C. E. Martin of the Cltl zons Playground AommlUce to wait upon the board of education at its next meeting and to urge upon them the need of maintaining the work fiore. The corrnnlttee Is Mrs. A. S. Parker cf tho Woman’s Club, Mr. H. Ahlt Nix ol tho Chamber of Commerce anti Hotnry Club; C. «E. Martin, of Ihe Citizens Committee, and Klwanir Club. Judge J. J. Strickland, of the Chamber of Commerce. Judge Fred J. Orr. of the Rotary Club, Mr. Max Michael, of the ned Cross und Kiwan Is Club. The playground work Conducted In Athens, Tuckston nnd Wlnlorvllle under tho direction of Miss Mary Paul Wallace of the Red Cross, ha, been considered s splendid success (By Associated Frost.) London, August 6.—The Russian Soviet’s reply to Great Britain’s call for A halt of the Bolshevik advance In Poland Is a .refusal, acordlng lo the Londofi Times, which says ihe ground Is taken that the armies would not obey the order to halt and will only ho content when they reach War- ray. which has been promised them for loot. POLISH ARMIES GLIMPSE • VICTORY OVER BOL8HEVIKI Warsaw, August 5.—Th* Hoishe-tk • offensive against the Poles along the Bug river and confluence of tho Uur- zee. lies been stopped. The J’ollsh. counter offensive. North and South, It developing xuccssfully'. Tho. Polish army Is coneontrated’-- between Narow and Bug rivers, haa driven the enemy back to tbo edgo of •’ o Province of Grodno,. Notwithstanding the pressure ot Rolshevlk forces which have crossed the Narew opposite lomza, In the. Vclhynla the polish positions on tho nppor Styr,' on Stochcd and In the Prlpet Maiwbos. are holding well. The. Rolshevlkl continue advancin'* along, the Prussian frontier but only a rtriHf force -of them 'figs Veen re ported on that sector. , ALLIED TROOPS BE DENIRD , PASAOE THROUGH GERMANY ' Berlin. August 6.—The German gd7- ernment has determined lo prevent nil moans the Entente from send- meeting of the Joint Plat, »” mo,in " Entente from seif mtmlttee of representative? L"* "*«egh Oerma-v lo b- Poland, Fnrolgn Minister Simons to day told the Reichstag. He Inllmat- ed that If necessity arose, Germany will light to prevent, nuch "violation’’ of German territory. BAVARIANS WILL BLOCK ALL AID TO POLEB THEY >!AN. T.nndon, August fl—The Bavarian traffic council hns decided to I sane *i proclamation to Postal Tolsgraphlc employes calling on thnm to prnvont conycyance of Entente troops or anus and nmunltlnn by all mnar^F rtn paralysing If nncoasary. the\whote of tlio Bnravlan transport system, says a wireless, from Berlin. and a full attendance of members an directors is urged. at prices based on nothing except deulre to obtain easy money. Condition Has Been Removed. ”Our arrival put a quirk a^d ef fective 3top to all tills. Wo now have all Shipping Hoard vessels calling at tills port, report directly to us, we alone having the right to author!’"' purchases of supplies or expenditures (or repairs. All repairs at present mupt be made according to specif! otlcns arfd under bond. Every bill must have my Hignature before It will bo paid, and tho result of this hi^ been a saving of as much as 50 per cent on tho result cent on ninny Items. Conditions for I m«rly were so bad that I have even heard that In some cases food was I thrown over board In order to create i * shortage so that purciiases could I Proposed At Meeting Yester During the first four weeks of the! ! Here City Limit supervision provided by the new arq; ' Extension Report rangement It was officially estimated | that n saving for the Shipping Board , and children. -he matter before committees, can not q-j,,, attendance has grown constant l>o exrerted to stav here permanentIv 11 ,|| Mjss Wallace haa found dlffl awaiting definite answer on tho quoe -/ uUy handling the largo uombrrof 1 *!?• ,, children with tho limited apparatus r. e meeting o f **• ~ •’"'her of Com | , made" la ot'’ ^ ovV,” ’ k*’ Thte"" f t or!! ' ' At T “ ck » ton VV' *' jrk ''“ ! ' T lR ' , ' 1( n " r ! successful that Mr. Fletcher Tuck has ♦ purchased materials for tho childrrn to make the toys, whose construction Is one of the diversions provided by Miss Wallace in playground work. A , number of simple toys made by thf ! children wero on exhibition yesterday ! afternoon In the Red Cross roomr I when the Joint Playground Commit toe met. Mothers who have been visitors at ttho play periods are, enthusiastic for .their continuance here Miss Wallace’s 'time in Clarke county Is limited to one month and she haa llttlo over a | week left before she will he stationed elsewhere and to gain host results. It | Is the wish of those Interested that another director bo brought hore_ to w Captain J. H. Rucker Hears Nothing Of Project; Would Be Difficult. ,u,u «». , .. . n,!,., The Kiwanls Club held Its first Aug’. 1 * ,e *l n '^ w ’ ,on 'Milks Wallace lcaves.'lii With the Athens post offlco’s Jump! ‘nlu .1^','!! meeting at the Y. M. C. A. yesterday ( order that there may be no break In and the usual enthuslam and interest > Hie worlt. to million dollar-a-yoar concern, u thefKowrnment. of $50.01)4 for food alone report!) for t’) w last fiscal year showed Bml for repairs wan made it to ho, the staff Is being taxed to a i’ 0 ***! 1 of campaign at least rapacity to handle the usual routine one arrest is oxijectod^ when a certain work and would find It difficult to ship arrives In Kew Yrrk, tako on tho added burden of disposing! There are 23 Ifties under the Ship of a great quantity of government I P* n, r Board which have vesuris cal’- goods. Th4 parcels post, through Ing at ports In this Jurisdiction. * Competitive Favoritism A Cause. war, manifested. A large attendarre c]ub B , , , mooU t0 glI , ran was on hand and in anditlon to the usual routine of business a report was heard from Chts. K. Martin on the an nual eonvention held In June in Port land. Oreg:q. tee tho raising of $500 for the benefit of tho children’s play jnround move ment. It was suggested that a tag day he sponsored by tho club and It is verjr President Blanton Portion occupied probably that this suggestion will be YTherc are an average of 22 vessels the chslr after an absence of several carried out at an early date, j Reports that the War Department contemplated an early distribution which thj goods would be handled, is tlTof^"'canned'gnoda on "hand^ln’army »ald° Captain Rucker!. 1 * It* would'hodlf- on hand al all times. The average meetings while attending the Demo- Its members are D. H. Mct/lll, Wal ! , i v * ftp not s were discounted ye»-| flcull to maintain any degree of effl- cost for maintaining these Is from 1 crntlc convention In San F ranclsco. | 0r jj, Hodgson. E. E. Lumkln, E. B. JJ, ’ hv fontain J. H. Rucker,) clency In tho post office work with a!$1,500 to $2,00° each per day. Before Jude Green made a report on the pr.v .Mell ami Joel Wler. Athens postmaster. j heavy added burden. the war an American vessel on the gress of the city limit* extension bill. The singing of the club has been Captain Rucker stated that he had If tho war department dogs decide [River Plates was a curiosity, Deceived no notice of any plan and to make the reported distribution of do.’bted seriously whether it could be carried out at this time If attempt ed. Railroad congestion and congest- food through the country at cost, Captain Rucher aafd be would rclplo get Athens full share ot It. of the city limits extension bill th" light before the Houne commltte placed In the hands of Walter Hodg- Slnce the Shipping Board had no and Its passage by the lower branch son and Audley Morton and the meet offices of its i wn to take charge of It t 5'crt< rd."». tug* hereafter will be enlivened by vessels In ports throughout t$ie world" A commltte was appointed to plan » 0 me of the famous Klwanls Interna (Continued on teat page). ,and carry out the resolutions made by-tional aongs. , BRITISH TO REIMPOSE THE * BLOCKADE AGAINST RUSSIA I/indon. August (.—The Herald, the Lahorlte organ, says today that thy British North Sea squadron has been ordered to the Baltic sfea and Instruc tions Issued tn rolmposo tbo blockade ^gainst Russia, RUMANIA TO FIGHT, RUSS ’ Iamdon, Apugust 6.—The Ruma nians sro concentrating troops on the Russn-Rumanlan border, says a wire less from Moscow, NEW RAILROAD LINES OPENED DESPITE BOLSHEVIK ADVANCE Warsaw, August 6—The first new railroad line bnllt hy Poland since the armistice was formally opened for traffic recently, the line saving kllomctnrs between Warsaw and Poznan, the two largest cities in the new republic. Completion' of this Rne connects • more Intimately the people of Cong ress Poland with the residents cf the Poznan district, for generations • dn- dcr German Tulc, who bad been kept artificially apart by tho Russian pol icy followed In Poland of restricting rallroid construction. Tho new railroad. Is to form part ot ho future great International trans- -nnttmal rail route from Vladivostok ihroiqth Warsaw, Berlin Brussels and Paris. Second Of Sermons On “Love” Baptist Sunday Dr. W. L. Pickard, of Chattanooga. Tcnn. will preach for Ihe congrega tion of tho First Baptist church on next Sunday at both the mnrnlng-and oven Ing aervlqps. Those wbo heard Dr. Pickard's aplendld 'sermons on last Sunday will got mis* the oppor tunity of hearing him again. At the evening hour he will deliver the *»cend of hi* serf** of sermons on - ’’LOVE." His subject will ba ■THE FATHER HEART.’ The pub- . lie is cordially Invited to all services wljich are being betd at the T. M. (I A. auditorium at tbo corner ot Han cock Are. and Pa|aski St. . t . . - t. Jo y-}. ) ' I