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Terrorized Women and Chil
dren Hiding in Cellars
Wtihout Food or Wate.
T (By Associated Press)
' Williamson, VV. Va„ May X3.— 1 Three
men were reported hy state troopers
to hare.been killed in the terrific Ar
ctic today at McChrr and telephone re
ports to the office of the New Howard
Coal company at Oates indicated to
mlhera are surrounded by the helllgor-
ant forces.
These reports skid heavy firing had
begun near Gate* and that the min
ers hpmmed In were being subjected
\o a veritable hail of bullets as they
lay under shelter.
The mountain battle over a seven
mile front from Rawl, W. Va.. to Me
Carr, Ky., Is believed hy authorities
to be an outgrowth of disturbed in
dustrlat conditions in the coal miner,
and was general again today accord
ing, to passengers arriving from the
troubled area on trains.
Terrorized women and children are
reported hiding In cellars and dug-
outa Injnany cases without food and
water.
Dan Whitt, said to be a non-union
miner was reported killed at Mate-
wan when he tried to go for water for
the women and children.
Strong Board of Governors
For Important Student Or
ganization Next Year.
At an election held recently nt the!
University of Georgia, the following
Mrs. Bergdoll Tells Investi
gators She Buried Money
—And—
Ruling Came in Case of Na- Limits Aliens Coming In to
pier vs. JjMcLendon Re- Three Per Cent of Nation-
gardihg Sections. ! als Here 1910.
(By Associat'd Preaa)
Washington, h. c.. May 13.—Not
men were elected compos. IbeJ one dollar* ihe llotcOOgVoMaln
ed from the treasury was put in a pet
for burial in the mnuntalns. Mrs Em
ma C. Bergdoll of Philadelphia, testi
fied today before the house committee
Investigating the escape of Grover C.
®*rgtloll. her draft dodger son.
.Mrs. Bergdoll said the money was
her own to do with as she pleased
and that she burled It near Philadel
phia, that nobody else knew the spot
•and she did not tell where ebe claim
ed It was hidden.
The woman once got furious when
the committee lagged ,af something
she said and cried -'There are thou
stn£s of other slackers and they never
mention anybody's boy hut mine.
There are plenty of them in Phlladcl
phfa.—nearer home than Germany."
The woman also declared that |e33
than a week ago she sent Grover $10,-
000.
Funeral Services
For John D. Me an,
. ,/ Comer, Ga., Today
' Fimcral services for Mr. John
David Moon, age 67, one of (TomePn
prominent c/tlzenn. who died Friday
morning at 7:30 from Bright s dis
ease, will be hold today nt 11 a. m.,
at the gravesido in Coiner cemetery.
Friends may send flowers to the
Dorsey Co. funeral chapel, Athens. I
before 9 o’clock this morning.
Surviving are the widow, Mth. Laura ‘
C. Moon and three s-ns Cecil Moon. I mMY^rapVltedVunlwiVtlM'Md
•jvho Is connected with the wholesale I
Sludenl Council tor the collegiate year
1921-23;
W. 8. Nnrthcutt of Atlanta. J. S.
Shealo r „f Atlanta. P. C. Upshaw of
Logansvllle, T. G. Kelly of Commereo,
J. E. Denmark of Statesboro, Bsnsom
Skeen of Decatur. Guy Cooper of Col
umbus, Hugh W. Hosch of Gainesville,
V. C. Childs of Atlanta, M. A. Me-
Ralno yof Athens. D. M. Hastings of
Decatur and J. I,. Merrl; of Amerlcus.
Elortlon to Ihe Student Council Is
one of the highest honors that a stud
ent at the University of Georgia can
be elected to. The members of the
council have the power and responsi
bility for handling all matters of dis
cipline and they have used It very
wisely during the time that the coun
cil has been In existence at the uni
versity. formed to assist in keeping
good order rather than to usurp the
powers of (lie faculty, the council has
hern so successful that even those
faculty members who were most
doubtful over the outcome of student
government are now enthusiastic In
Its support.
Since the Inauguration of student
government, the faculty member*
have been relieved of playing police
officer* for the ram pus and-tb* .occa
sional X*aseH where discipline has been
required have been capably handled
hy the student council. All cases are
subject to review by the faculty as
final judgra. but so far the findings
of the council havo never been over
ruled. The capable way in which the
students have managed the affairs
proves the success of student govern
Mr. J. M. Lamar
Returns to City
To Make It Home
department of Michael ,l!nm., Athens,
'and Janies P. and-Carl Moon, of (’em-
rr. Seven grandchildren, and two
'listers. Mrs. Olivia David and Mrs.
Susan Mitchell, nf Comer, also sur
vive him.
Mr. Moon wjis a prominent farmer
and a member of the Odd fellows fra
ternity.
(Special to, The Banner'
Atlanta. Ga., Msy 13.—The sta'e su
preme, court. todw knocked hole3 in
two .of the statutory laws of the state.
In point of general interest more at
tention will probably be given the
rase of Napier vs. McLendon, which
Is an appeal on the action of -Secre
tary of State 3. G. McLendon in re
fusing to certify in the governor the
result in the last Election for attorney
general.
George M. Nqpfer. the successful
candidate, conlonitJod his term of of
fice should begin January 1st and. in
order to bring that question to Issue,
made demand op the secretary of
stale that he certify to the governor
the election results In order that, in
turn, demand could be made r-n the
governor to Issue a commission of
date January 1st.
Secretary McLendon, alter analysis
ol what is known as the Joe Hill Hall
act of the legislature, designating the
manner in which election returns shall
he made, announced that the office
of attorney general Is not one of the
Offices which'the Hall act contemplat
ed having consolidated and the re
sult declared by the secretary of
state and, therefore, he re(used to cer
tify that result to the governor. The
case then was taken to the fniton su
perior court b> Mr, Napier, where
mandamus absolute was sought to
compel certification of the result of
the election in the governor or th ’
physical turnips >ver of the election
•f"returnr to m.i'sttbrfidr. The Fulton-
court declined to Issue the mandamus
prayed for.
The supreme court decision In no
wise clears up the question of when
the term of office .begins, nor. doer It
Auxiliary to Southern Bap
tist Convention Chooses
Birmingham.
Baptist T wirier Proved That
He Could Keep Red and
Black Batters Off Curves.
(By Associated Press)
| NO OPPOSITION IN
SENATE AND BILL
I GOES TO PRE3HJENT
(By Associated Press)
! Washington. D. C„ May 13.—
| Tbc conference report on the emer-
| gency Immigration bill was adopt-
| ed by the senate and the bouse |
j this afternoon and the 'measure
| will go to President Harding ior
| his signature. No opposition de-
| veloped in the senate.
Mr. J. M. Lamar and hla Interesting
family, residents of Monticello. Fla.,
for many years, have moved to Ath
ena atul will make this city their In-
tar* b>m*. „
Mr. Lsinar Is a native Athenian, hut
left here a number of years ago and
took up hi* residence In Florida
where he lived until his return to this’
city. The old Lamar home, whirb is, ..
now owned and occupied by Col. E K. Indicate how the (eturnu of this eiec-
Waahlnglon, D. C., May 13.—Tho
conference report on the emergency
Immigration bill wae adopted today
by the bouse, 277 to 33. It still awaits
action in the senate.
As modified In conference tbc bill
will go into effect 15 days after be
ing signed by the president and from
then until July 1 next year would limit
entrance of aliens to three per cent
of each nationality here In 1910.
(By Associated Press)
Chattanooga. Tenn.. May IS.- '.tr-
mlngham was selected as the new
headquarters for the Baptist Woman's
Missionary Union auxiliary to the
Southern Baptist convention after a
close fight today. Mrs. W. C. Jamee of
Birmingham, arid practically all other
officers were re-elected.
Editors of the Baptist papers of
the South held a meeting and elected
. Dr. Z. T. Cody, of the Baptist Courier.
Greenville, S. C.. president, and Cole
man Craig, of the Baptist Standard, nt
Dallas, Texas, secretary.
The convention gave unanimous ap-
proval to the efforts to strengthen the
Volstead act now pending before con
gress, the question having been pre
sented by Dr. A. J. Hsrton, chairman
nf the standing committee on (octal!
■entice.
DEKLE PITCHED
SPLENDID BALL
Game Today is Georgia’s
Last of Season and Will
Be Called at 4 O’clock.
Too much Stone spelled disaster for
Georgia yeaterday afternoon and as a
result the Baptists copped the Brat
of the dimes here hy the score of 2
to 0. Tho little right-hander wai
never In better thape th .n In the
game yesterday end he had the Geor
gia batters eating out of hla hand
throuahout the entire gar.'* He al
lowed four hit* and ft . - < .our men.
Dekle did the twin • ,e the Red
' and Black and dea r better fate
The members of the council
equally divided between tho fraternity
and non-fraternity groups, and In
elude representatives from each de
partment or grou pof departments of
fering a hachelora' degree. All regu
larly enrolled nludents of the univers
ity vote for the members of the coun
cil and Pay a fee of fifty cent* an
nually for Its support. The men are
always elected from the Junior class,
and the oath of offiee Is administered
by Chancellor David C. Barrow.
Tcnncscc Town
Busines Dist.
Razed by Fire
Lumpkin and family on Prince avenue,
wa* the birthplace of Mr. Lamar. -
In his adopted atnte he was promin
ent In business and political circles
taking a live Interest in both and In
all matters for the good of his com
munity and state. He Is a brother
of Hon. W. B. Lamar, of Florida, who
served aa attorney general f?r that
state and after his retirement from
that office represented his eongresolon
SI district In Washington for a number
of terms. He Is a son of the late
Col. T. B. Lamar, who was a colonel j
In the confederate army, going from I
Florida. He Is a nephew of the late
Col. L. Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi.
Mr. Lamar has many frlendr. and
relative! hero who are extending to
him and family a most cordlil wel
come. He will be connected with Mr
F. M. Halley In Ihe life Insurance
business with offiee* in the South
ern Mutual building.
tion are to be gotten to the governor,
but it does hold that the Hall act,
whleh It terms as Indefinite, "are not
applicable to the returns of the elec
tion for attorney general of the state,
as the rfturrs of the election nf this
officer are. under the law, to be mailed
to the governor," because they are
not Included in tho language of the
Hall act. which provides that "returns
of every officer, where the returns
are required to be made to the secre
tary of state, shall be sealed up in a
(Continued on Page 5)
C.0FG. FORMER
EMPLOYES SUE 10
GET BACK SALARY
Action Is Against Officials of
Union Who Called Them
Out on Strike.
(By Associated Press)
Lexington. Tonn.. M*ly 13.—The bua (
I ness section of Wilrterville. a town J
Commissioner Tells House
Committee Control of the of 800 people about ten miles from
Sales Alcohol Hard. her#* wan wlpe dout hy fire thla after-
— | noon with a loan estimated «t $100.-i
000 according to reports here tonight. |
Nobody was Injured.
Washington, l>. (\. May 13.—A
fious problem confronts the fed
prohibition #»nforr«>rin»n! official in
Sensibly* f?»r medicinal and Industrial Great Britain
purposes whieh later are diverted into
Illicit channels, Prohibition Ct>mmls-,|
•toner Kramer told the himse Judiciary '
committee today. |
Tile commissioner, appearing at tno |
tommlttee's reuuest to discuss the;
tew Volstead anti-beer bill, declared-
tederal agents have established some
Five Suspects Are
Indicted Murder
and Robbery Case
(By Associated Press)
New Orleans, La., May 13.—Indict-
(Spot Ini to The Banner!
Atlanta. (**.. May 13.—Atlanta's
much-played and freely yellow-streak
ed “bunco probe,’* which grew out of
the charge by the folLltor General.
John A Boykin, that the police and
detective departments of th
(By Associated Press)
x Atlanta. Ga.. May 13.—Recovery of
•alary lost whfla on Illegal strike Is
asked In seven damage suits totalling
$4,000 filed here today against nation
al olficera of the Brotherhood of Rail
way clerks.
The petitioners claim they were
called ont on strike last May by Vice
President Thomas and that Actlog
Grand President FftEgerald later de
clared the strike illegal and no effort
was made to help them get their Jqb*
back with the Central of Georgia rail
way. They want to be paid for the
time . elaaped before they got other
Jobs.
Cowela Sheriff
Asks Aids Catch
Auto Bandits
Dr. Henry Allen Tupper of Washing-[ than the score *oi. ilcate. The
ton. Introduced a resolution favoring i Baptists were unable 'a get but three
disarmament and declaring the 6uer-1 hit* off of him. nut too many gratult-
tlon of reconstruction of the world on | ou* passes on tale pa plus an error,
a peace basis was the supreme one shrived the two winning runs across,
at present. The resolution would on- With the Georgia (earn batting si
dorse the movement now being prone-j they did before tbs Auburn games.
ed by certain members of coner -is.
It was referred to a committee.
SPHINX ADDS NEW
MEMBERS ATM
, Tomorrow will find the concli aion of
msnts charging five guspectn held In . examination of witnesses hv both ,
(Special to The Banner)
Atlanta, Oa.. May 13.—Sheriff James j
Brewster, of Coweta county, ^today;
Rome respects, were in “cahoot.i” with j anpeiled to Chief of Police Beavers 1
the crooks, is.drawing to its close. | of Atlanta to put his whole depart 1
Ford, Jolles and Stegeman
Now Members of Highest
Honorary Society.
The Sphinx, the highest henorary
club st the University of Georgls. hsd
sn Inltlstioo this week and took In na
the members for the spring term of
the 1939-21 seielnn, P. B. Ford of
SylvriaU and Nethan Jolles of Wash*
Ington. Coach H. J. Stegeman was
taken In aa an honorary member.
Both Ford and Jollea are senlora In
the law department of the Cnlrerallv
of Georgia and have mad* rcry bril
liant records during the time that they
have been enrolled. Mr. Ford will be,
Drat honor graduate at the commence
ment exercises to be held la June and
Mr. Jolles will be one of the speakers
from the law department.
Coach Stegeman Is well known
throughout the south as one of the
big men in college athletics. He le a
graduate of the University of Chicago,
haring both the bschelor'o degree ard
the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. He
Is a member of the Unlrerstty of Geor
gia faculty and la instructor In pbyal-
cal education.
D«kle would have won yesterday by
n handy score. When the Red and
Black played Mercer on their home
grounds they touched "Tlgo" -Stonq
for eleven safe, bingtes. But It seams
as if tbs batting days of the team,
like the song Of tho hen and the coif,
are only a dream of the past. Stont
proved Invincible In the pinches and
i twice, with • n>M-aa. third. Jia.nuwd
I fhe hatter via the rtrlke-out route.
With such men us dark and Hutche
son v imble to hit, no more need be
said n-lntlre to tbc hurling of Mr.
Stone. Still, with the Georgia team
bitting like they should, the game
would have been won.
Osorgls got * man on third twice.
In the i.lxth and In the seventh, hut
(Continued on Page 4) -
THREE DAY LEGION
Suspended Gant
Outfielder Freed
BE HELD JULY 4-6
Favor Cancelling
New Orleans parish prison with th"
I murder of Dallas L. Calmes and con-
! snlracy to rob the hank at Depend !
• ence, 1st., last Sunday, were returned .
j today hy the grand Jury at Amlt" city
Warrants also have been issued j
ment on the lookout for two burglars
who are believed to have come to At-1
lanta after robbing a store at Merz-l
land. In Coweta county, last nlrht and
putting up a pistol duel with the I
sheriff's officers.
The two men drove an aut'-mohll"
rides and early next week the law-
yore will begin arguments, after
which the committee of cotuicllmen
hearing the case will proceed to reach
their conclusions. Geneially, It msv
all- I IS | • j - , he accepted„ that these will In-ludc
Allied Penalties : »-«odard c, P o| l« a,, d hH | finding a "gout" or two aid probaMv md were In the^ct of loading It with
father, Anthony Clpolla with ronsoir ] making some recommendations to the a large quantity of general merehan-
j acq to rob the bank but their ca»c3: general coun-ll, which few people are ,nse when they were discovered. They
(By Associated Press) ! will not be considered by the grand j disposed to believe the politicians of completed Ihe work of loading the
(Rnecl.i i to The Banner)
Columbus. Ga.. May 13.—Plans tor
tbs third antimd convention of the
Georgia department of the American
Legion, the first state convention of
the Women's auxiliary of the OeorgU
Legion and the first annua Reunion
of all former service mm and women
In the stite to he held here July 4, 5
and d are nearing completion, and
the full program for the three-day
event probably will be annouscod
within a week.
i National Commander F. W. Gal-
t - | fcralth will be a guest of honor as -
Charge of Larceny j o*>f *i P et.r c . Har.
° • I rla. (he adjutant general of the army.
It Is 'oxpeeted that fully R90O vtsltoi.
(By Associated Presi) [ will come here for the event, for whom
New York. May 13.—Benny Kauff. there will be ample housing faclltlea.
suspended Giant outfielder wan ac- A feature of the gathering will be a
to‘.lie I '9U"l*d bv a Jury here tonight of the mammoth parade and patriotic rally
charge of larceny of an automobile,| July 4th. Regular army units from
December 8. 1919. j Camp Banning will participate.
Berlin, May 13.- An exchange
n f [ Jury until next week
All are held in Jail In connection
tfclng like good ^'7 1 lh O ;; r 0 ‘ ,1 2S [ l !vlew. Is declared to be proceeding I w uh‘th^dea^of Cal'mes. robbery of
frhtfikoy tiiiflW nut i . one of ‘ between the allies concerning cancel- the bank and (tie deaths or Dominick
was rapidly developing latlon of allied penalties, especially nWovannl and Joseph Gaeto. -vbone
magnitude. j the Rhine customs barrier and_occu j bodies were found In front of Cipolla's
patlon of Rhur ports. In view of Ger- [ home Monday morning,
many’# acceptance of terms, it Is re
— _ # ■ ported here that Great Britain fav-
Scout for Detroit' cancellation.
Higgins Signs As
The announcement H>«t ,loh ^Ig
gins of Winder, who has been um ,
plrlng practically all of tho home;
games for Georgia team has been ae
cured by the Detroit rigors a , .
-scout, will be Of Interest to Higgins
4rlendn among Athens fans.
One of Sir Robert's first ",
to get George Johnson s and J ' ' I
Barnes' names In a Detroit con -j
and the two Auburn sura win
port toTy Cobh very s«*>n. ’
Mr. Higgins was offered sevora
places as e. manager hy different l> .1
teams this sun "ter but wa* »n-
accept them as the Atlanta hall < lub \
refused to grant him hi* release
In his scouting activltbs J*
•pay especial attention to the southern ^
league.
Mrs. Baughcum Dead
At Barnett Shoals
Mr*. Josephine Baughcum. age 88,'
Government Will
Publish Price
Commodity Levels
tho city ar<s goin/ to permit council
to do much with.
So far. briefly Hummed up. the evi
dence submitted by th^ prosecution
in the ^aae. har. shown a close fa-
mUiHritv between Woodward’s band
of crooks and bunco artists and mem
bers of the detective department. In
cluding the chief: evidence showing
the pnnfnre of money—bv allegation
st least—to at least one policeman I ij e vea Vo^ make a get away
an* nf couple of detectives: interfer- !
ence on the part of offices of the de
tective department with the appre
hension of rrookd; purchase of “pro
tection” by at least one big negro
blind tiger from members of the de-
| wa«mu»M«u. U. V... <naj 10Ar-1 partmont. From the point of the de-!
wife of Mr. J. w. Baughcum. or Bar-; j-ungen^nts for the department cf; fen«# the principal sbowing* has been 1 Claude Satterfield, captain of the
nett Shoals, died at the residence In rommmr e to publish at regular Inter-{ fhat the men in question are of pood ' G-orgf* nine finf neagon. is gnfnr fo
tin® city yesterday afternoon at 4:16.; va | B rrra || pr | r# » levels of standard: character; that they have worked 1 receive a <rvoiit with the Atlanta club
after an Illness of six weeks. J commodltie* were made at a con- diligently on -canoa and partlrularly i In th* Foiitbern league and will re-
She was a native of Putnam coun- ference today between Secretary that the whole department is Inade- port to Charlie Frank on May 14.
ty, but had resided at Barnett ShoslslHoover and reprenen tat Ives of retail-j quale to cope with as much crime ns
for more than 2fl year*. Beside* her j ers In various part* of the country. J there Is In Atlanta. In the "probe'
(By Associated Press)
Washington. D. C.. May
automobile, however, and had driven
away when the sheriff was notified.
He and hi* deputies trailed the car
and located It near Newman. When
the burglars found they were being
chased they opened fire on the car In
whlc hthe deputies were riding, shot
out both the front tighta, filled the
radiator with boles, and so badly crip
pled that car they were able tlfofn-
| Satterfield Reports
to Crackers, May 18
MAKE YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE
EMERGENCY FUND STATE NORMAL ON
THE FORM BELOW AND MAIL TODAY
husband she I* survived by a «on, Mr,
George H. Baughcum
Funeral services will bo conducted
from tho Barnett Shoal* Union church
at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon by
Rev, Willie Saye. Bernstein Bros..
funeral director*. In charge.
Figures showing prouctlon cost*.] one roun"Hman ha* boon Involved,
wholesalo and retail prices and ex- j Ostensibly, the purpose of the
pense charge* be supplied tho gov-: "prot»e" which followed closely on
ernment by retailers, |t wa* said toj the bori* of a coopts of committee
enable the government to keep the I "white-washings"—was to get to tho
public Informed of necessary varia- bottom of a hsd .stale of affairs and
tlone In retail prices. > work out a clean-up.
The Atlanta club Intends to use Set
tnrfleid a* a pitcher and pinch hitter
Upon his graduation last spring the
Red and lllsrk atsr received roveral
offers to enter professional ball. He
received a proposition from Clarke
Griffith white the Chattanooga club
Inlthe Southern league offered bins a
flattering position.
MRS. GEORGE A. MELL. Chairman
I enclose herein $ to
the State Normal Schaol open tor Georgia’s future teachers and school
children until the laglsiatava ean appropriate money lor Its maintenance