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IS CHARGED
Kitchen, Democrat
Leader, Improved
’Skeleton Found
H OFFICIALS OF
Near Atlanta
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!>!■. AnclreW M. Soule Out
lies to Score of Leaders
Situation As It Exists
Today.
5 ESSENTIALS TO
GROWING COTTON
l> of Calcium Arsenate
Alone Will Not Save Sta
ple. Other Measures Are
Suggested.
BY CHAS. E. MARTIN
The conference of bank
ers and business men
tailed to meet in Athens
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C.—Much i
Improvement whs shown Wedngs- j
day morning in the condition of
(Representative Claud I Kitchen,(
demqcratic leader in the lower |
house of congress, who has been I
seriously All at his hbme ( here since |
Sunday suffering with pneumonia,
according to attending physicians. I —
SLVTo P rm™ tu wedn«day res m “g n , Georgia Representative
He spent a very comfortable night KeneWS H.1S OhRrgGS 01
and his family icei very much en-1 Prohibition Violations in
House Address.
ATLANTA, Ga.—The finding of a
! skeleton in a clump of woods, near
{Decatur a few miles from Atlanta
y i Tuesday is still a mystery. The
{couraged over his condition today.
bones are believed to be the skel-
I eton of a man dead for weeks and
{possibly months. T,he skull and
parts of clothing were found n.ear-
by. There were no indications that
the man had met a violent death.
pfjj.cera of DeKalb county who
conducted an investigation, said.
SAYS DIPLOMAT
IMPORTS THE STUFF
Atlanta Declares Many
Big Men At Capital Turn
“Devilish Bottle to Their
Lips.”
WASHINGTON.—Withdrawal of
the American troops from the
Rhine was ordered Wednesday by
President Harding. In announcing
WASHINGTON.—The spotlight
of bootlegging rumors and'charges
FROM BALLOT, WINS
SHI WEST
, SAVANNAH, Ga. — At ten
o’clock Wednesday morning the
which has been hovering over;®* ewar * managers in the munici-
Washington had shifted back to the I P al election held Tuesday, in which
- - , . . capitol Wednesday with the declar- j * here was a contest for Mayor be-
Wcdnesdity WQVpi&fS?-. tQ msldent deemed 1 the aUon by Representative Upshaw, tween Murray M. Stewart, the and Thomas Richards she LOS ANGELES. Cal.—(By The artists.
riUniw ilhe farming Sltua- time expedient lor the recall of the democrat, of Georgia, on the floor i inCumbent and democratic nominee w&b-forced to leave her home near Associated PressX—Douglas Pair.- |- The United Artists’ organization
. n fforces now at Coblenz. {of the house that “bootleggers nly! and Paul E - Seabrook whose name Mer Rouge and was deported from banks and Mary Pickford, his wife, now consists of Miss Pickford, Mr.
non. especially With indication; that .no time ?Lir iwnuht * was Placed on the official ballot j the state by “the Ku Klux.” as the first step in a plan to enter Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, David
,,. Y p fn the cotton and would be lost it was made known I , “ ’ , * T.' by his supporters, after' his fail- She named Dr. B. M. McKoin, -Upon independent production and Wark Griffith and Charles Ray, and
", C t0 ln . e that thetransport St'Mlhlel would m6n in Washington.” j ^ ^ 5 • " ‘ former mayor of Mer Rouge, ami distribution of cinema films-maoe the new plan involves closing the
lli'li V. CCVil conditions, J 9ave jj ew York. *We(lnestlav or | With opportunity for reply by j q y n * party of men who she teatricowtkp | by other leading actors of the Griffith studios on Long^ Island, N.
WN 'll tended bv more Thursday to bring home he hulk of house'members’to Representative I had ref,:8e<1 *° slsn the election j.. Pik .. Kirkpatrick as two of the screen have offered Jackie eoogan, Y. and the return toaos Angeles.
dULtiucu UJ the Rhine forces. A few small de-. Tjnshawi sneech in which he de-1 r6 ‘urn3 showing that Seabrook j party of men who she testified child film actor, a contract for four i Mr. Fairbanks stated thpt Jackie
than a score of prominent ^p^nts will be left for a short ‘ . . L, " “ ‘ „ ,had won by a majority of the came to her mother's home one; pictures, and have announced Coogan Wednesday would be of-
- - ' 1 '• , ” rod h, ‘ ,nrn *" 1 „ . . JV , night, took her away and put her i idans for an expansion of the Uni - fered a contract with the United
oies c^hl. it is exnecieu i n,s n hn nP d trsin fnr Mttio Arir ted Artists organization, the' Los Artists, calline for a cash advance
ST1TE IB PREPARED
Fairbanks Heads
New Picture Co.
SEIZURE OF Mile
With His Wife, Mary
Pickford, Will Be
Producer-
Testimony Offered At
Hearing Tuesday of
Such a Nature to Impli
cate Klansmen.
KLAN IS ON TRIAL
SAYS ATTORNEY
Dr. Evans of Atlanta Is
sues Statement Defend
ing K- K. K- and Its
Lofty Purposes.
j BASTROP, La.—(By The Associ
ated Press)—Addie May Hamilton,
kpown as “daughter of the Klan,”
declared on the witness stand in
the open hearing investigation
Wednesday into the^laying of Watt
i)aniel and Thomas Richards she
waB forced to leave her home near
Mer Rouge and was deported from
TO BE FIRST ACT
French • Military Units
Will Move Into Germany
Wednesday Midnight or
Thursday AM.
BELGIAN AID IS
RUSHED TO FRONT
Final Order Was Delayed
By Belated Reply From
Mussolini of Italy. Order ’
Maintained.
PARIS.—(By The Associated
Press)— 1 The last formalities re
garded as necessary before the
French troops enter the Ruhr val
ley as penalties for default In de
liveries in kind by Germany under
the treaty of Versailles were set
for Wednesday afternoon. It was
arrange^ that Premier Poincare
would inform the German govern
ment through Dr. Wilhelm Mayor,
he German ambassador in Paris
and through the Freiy.h ambassa
dor at-Berlin of the'measures he
purposed taking, beginning.Thurs
day.
Simultaneously with the giving i
of these modifications It was gr-
a short
RV.n, mainly bankers, tfine to^elosejrot JBnal settlements
Upsliaw’e speech in which he de
dared he would turn over to en-
,. , involved^in” the'withdrawai.~Sdc- ! forcemeat authorities all evidence
from the surrounding ter- retar * Hughes also attended the : placed in his hands of liquor drink-
rterv iriiarent to Athens, conference at the White House :leg by government officials Includ-
r.icn adjacent, U> auiciio. preceded the disclosure that! ln K members of the Benate and the
Hugh H. Gordon, Jr.,. the troops we re to be withdrawn ’house, cut off by adjournment Im-
president of the Commer- practically at once. :
cial bank of Athens, pre- ! ABOUT 1.000 j expected Wdnesday. Because the
tl tucop house was not “a justice court the
the meeting ! . ; Georgia representative said “he
The American forces remaining I would not make public names of
in that area number about 1,000 I senators and representatives^ who
men. and it was indicated that the <1° not practice the prohibition
withdrawal, order would be carried ' v bjch votes profcsB, and he
out as soon as the American Com- I had not threatened this in his pre-
mander. Major Geperal Allen, could *joos Speech on the subject, he said,
make the necessary arrangements ! because he did ndt brandish a
for winding uo finally the affairs j sword, but made an appeaL
of the army of occupation. L u ,_ -
• A resolution favoring such with-. ® H
drawal was adopted Saturday by ! OFFICIALS ,
the senate but it was not apparent I *
and other* it wa* deduct- 1 Wednesday how far It had contrib- Outside of the membership of
.A k 1 it S 1 WaS luted to the president’s decision or Jfe senate and house. Represents-
od by those present that 1 how far the administration had, Uve Upshaw declared he had-aeen
si r:.._ —i^ en Influenced by the situation; some of the highest, officials in
hrought about by the French move-1 Washington lifting the devilish
men into the Ruhr valley. bottle to their lips." In the evidence
The date of actual withdrawal was preparing to tum In, he said
of the forces will be left to the he would include the names of a
sided over
and discussions were en
tered into by practically
everyone in attendance.
After listening to Dr.
A. M. Soule, president of
the State College of Ag
riculture; Harold Hulme,
prominent local fanner,
at least five essentials
"ere necessary to the
srowing of cotton under
hoi! weevil conditions, that
the application of calcium
arsenate is only one of
these essentials and is
hardly effective if ,tihe
other four are neglected.
These essentials are as
fellows:
First—Proper prepara-
bor. of ground, deep
ploughing, etc.
Second — Proper sielec-
tion of seed as to quality-
s faple. yield and early
Rrowtb. .
Third—intensive fertil
ization , r j4-:
Fourth — Intensive cul-
hration.
Fifth—Use of calcium
arsenate as poison.
war department
Officials of the state and war de
partments refused flatly to make
an explanation of the decision ,to‘
recall Major General Allen and his
forces other than to repeat that it
was considered expedient to com
plete at this time American with
drawal from Europe.
Secretary Weeks was called to
the White House early Wednesday
and the purpose of tho government
to withdraw the troops was dis
closed before his return to the war
department. It was learned that
formal orders had not as yet been
sent to General Allen to begin the
homeward movement, although he
has knowledge of the plan for darly
evacuation and is prepared to move
on short notice. ’ ' J v
^Ese are
lie
-nerally agreed thit all
necessary and that
fallacy that cotton conld
1 merely uponthejipplica-
al «-ium arsenate without
lv Jlris beln S employed. Ear-
th* seed is to be de-
,1 hy the aeason ' u *****
Plan. » J at lt ^ waa »<> avail to
ivarm R nn ' tbe ground became
^ the
other
TO TOUCH AT
SAVANNAH
will make a new legal issue. It
is possible ‘the * Seabrook forces
will try to force the Stewart
managers to sign* the returns un*
der a mandamus proceeding. The
returns are supposed to bo con
solidated and presented to the
election board by noon Wednesday.
It seems certain this will not be
done as at 11 o’clock there wa3 no
indication that the $tewart manag
ers were going to sign up.
The supporters of Judge Sea-
brock were very active today in
getting votes in tho boxes. The
women supporters of Seabrook
were especially active. The ne
groes were voted in some instances
under the giddance of the Sea
brook supporters. But little time
was spent at the polls by the ne
groes after voting. Something
more than 1,000 negroes are sup
posed to have voted, but this is
uncertain as there was no sepera-
tion of the votes by the races.
Seabrook running as an indepen
dent after his name had been de
aboard a train for Little Rock, Ark., ted Artists organization, the' Los Artists, calling for a cash advance
the home of her sister. The young i Angeles Times stated Wednesday of $600,000 and a guarantee of 60
woman gave her age as 17. j The expansion plans contemplate per cent of the profits of the first
j the production under the gupervis- four pictures he would make at the
BASTROP, La.—The state stood ! ion of Mr. Fairbanks and Miss j Fairbanks-Pickford studio. Four
ready Wednesday to press in rigid ; Pickford cf feature films by eight j years ago Jadkie Coogan received
manner investigation into charges I or nine of the most popular screen $75 a week, it was said,
made by officials implicating form- ! !
T
members of the Ku Klux Klan in
the torture and slaying of Watt
Daniel-and Thomas F. Richards last
August with the resumption of the
open tearing Wednesday.
The testimony offered Tuesday
by former klansmen of Morehouse
parish, which Attorney General Co
co said “definitely fixed the Klau s
position in the present investiga
tion of the outrages in Morehouse”
is only a small part of the evidence
the state has to offer, according to
this official. |
The attorney general stated that I ,
the testinvony offered r uesiay “re- j
vealed in a positive way that Klan 1 WASHINGTON.—The report of
leaders were involved i:i a most the house judiciary committee on
active manner in the strife which i Us investigation of the impeach-
led up to the shocking tortures and j raent charges brought against At-
III HOUSE REPORT
murders of two Mer R >uge citi- I’tomey General Daugherty by Rep-
ne wouia mciuae me names oi a njed nlilC a Qn the* offirini iTniTnt zenB.” 1 resentative Kellar, republican, Min-
high official, not a diplomat, who j was eleCted Mavor of savannah bv I AsserUng that there U a 4 dual, nesota, was submited Wednesday
returned from abroad some time majority of 1 792 vor P « nut nature” to the invisible empire. At- to the house by Chairman Volstead.
* 1 ° UUl 1 tnrnn,, rin/in nnIJ lllhatha, I* nrlll ha solloil im
returned from abroad some time a "majority votes" out of I ■'atare” to theTnvisIbie empire.At- '
ago with more than a score ot 7 , 9 i 8 votes In ihirteen boxes of the ' torney General Coco said that “the Whether it will be called up for
..... nt fnrniun Honor m.rk.ri . sCventeen in | klan is on trial and the klan will action by the house has not yet
cases of foreign liquor marked,
“Ton the heels ot asser- manag- «» <“> 8WCT ”
tions by the local police authorities * r Lores' I BARE WORKINGS
been determined.
that they had found indications defeated candidate in 16 OF ORGANIZATION
that liquor consigned to some of j °L 1 re J u8ed eo count ORGANIZATION
the embassies and legations was
finding its way into the illicit
fic here. Representative Upshaw
declared in his speech the problem
of “use and abuse" of such liquor
importations was one that “calls for
delicate but firm treatment.”
He declared a former attache of
the state department had suggest
ed to him that a “polite, forceful
nnfn” hv tho sorrfltnrv nf ntntn on
The transport St. Mlhiel .will re
turn to the United Stbtes either
from Antwerp or Bremen, and will
touch first at Savannah, Ga., where
the headquarters and serrtre corn-
eighth infantry, with nibdjc^ per-
panies and one battalion of the i
sonnel. will be landed.
The second landing of troops will
he at Charleston. S. C-. where one
battalion together with two battal
ion sections of bea^quarters and
service companies will disembark.
IN 8ECONb DAY
. RICHMOND, Va.—TJie confer
ence of agricultural and home eco
nomic forces Entering lta ,. °° d
day's session here Wednesday waB
prepared to hear an address on
"prenatal care” hy Mra- Wdgevard,
vocational dlrector-of Norfolk. Dis
cusslons also will be held moth
er craft courses and how club worn-
note*? by the secretary of state on
the subject would cause a “ready
and universal response” from all
diplomatic officers here of willing
ness t6 aid in enforcement ot the
law.
Hearing* On K. K. K. .
Being Ousted From
* Kansas Is Begun
KANSAS CITY. Kansi—Hearing
of thp Kansas ouster suit against
g e Ku Klnx Klan was to begin
the atate supreme court Wed
nesday with C. B. Griffith, newly
pworn tn attorney general repre
senting the case for the state
brought by Richard J. Hopkins, for
mer attorney general,, and now a
member of the supreme court.
Attorneys for the defense in an
swering brief Hied with the court,
have contended that the defendants
named are not officers of the klan.
The suit to oust the klan from
me '! >U " K h'antf The variety of
mintd l!„, C ‘° son shou,d bo deter-
the Seabrook ballots. Several
hours later Judge Meldrim. after
application by Seabrooit’s counsel
t$> the Superior court for an in
junction to prevent Stewart man
agers’ from interfering, ordered
ihe count to proceed in thirteen
boxes. The count in the other
four boxes was held up by com
plications on account of the man
agers failing to agree.
• “The high spots” of the report
are the resolution adopted Tues-
i day by the committee virtually
SAVANNAH HAS
A NEW-RECORD
Savannah has hung up a new re-
J. F. Norseworthy and E. C. An- dl ™ 1 “‘ ng charges as unsup
draws, each on the stand at Tues- P orted by evidence and the finding
days session testified that they," 1 the special sub-committee, ap-
U. S. FAVORABLE TO'
PUN FOR BRITISH
DEBTSETTLE1NT
JVASHINGTON.— Negotiations
looking to tAe refunding of Qreat
Britain’s four billion dollars debt
to the United States were resum
ed Wednesday With the American
debt commission * apparently . pre
ranged for orders to go forward to
General' DeGoiitte to' send:to Essen
a sufficient force to assure:the pro- •
tection of all allied .engineers and
agents who have been entrusted
with applying the measures decided
upon 'by the French ioverameht,
and which are disclosed fully. It is
stated: in the modification to 'Hie
German government. These meas
ures comprise the .collection of the
German coal^ tax for al ^P account,
the seizure of state forests to be’
exploited for the benefit of the rep
arations fund, and the collection of
customs duties on exports In for
eign money.
The French foreign otflce insist-,
ed Wednesday ihat the word “oc
cupation” was only rrplicnMe to
the operation in the Ruhr. Tire
French troops there, it was said
will not exercise the prerogatives
of forces of -military occupation
further.than may be found necessa
ry tp furnish protection to allied
agens and assure tpe proper facil4
itiea for the* performance <>t their 1
work. t . - SZ'S i
They will substitute themselves
for German authority in no other
direction than application ot *the
penalties outlined in the pstifica-
tien to Germany, it was declared.
•••' •• 'CJSSffltfJ
MUSSOLINI MESSAGE
BEING AWAITED
PARIS — (By tne Assoclted
pared to agree if necessary upon J Press) .— The time for lifting the
a tentative settlement based upon curtain in the latest act. of the
more liberal terms as to time and I war drama—the French- Invasion
interest than those prescribed hy the Ruhr—was still a'seoret-
Wednesday, although the "actors
interest than those prescribed by
congress. Should such a plan be
worked out it could not become'
effective, however, until formally
approved by’ the House and Sen
ate.
Representative Burton, republi
can, Ohio, a member of the AiAer-
uo/8 session lesuuea mat uiey i , , r ~ -- * ~
were former members of the klan i» rove d by the committee, that theiican commission told the House
and bared alleged workings of the’house had authority to puijlsh Mr.:Tuesday that the.British commis
organization in Morehouse parish. Kellar by imprisonment Or other-Ision had not asked for any leeway
Andrews is a brother of W. C.: w,se for bis refusal to obey a sub- beyond the 25 year maximum per-
Andrews, who testified previously Pbena issued after he had with-
that he was whipped until he was drawn from the case,
numb by the band which kidnapped , The comm ittee report said there
D ais’i * nd • R,c b? rd ^„ . 1 was no "merit” to Otr. Kellar's
Addle May Hamilton, deported elat that he was not obliged to
TOman of Mer Rouge was expected ; opd to the subpoena since it
to take the principal role in Wed- ' , - - - --
■ was served on .him while a repre-
MSday-a open hearing session of „ entat | ve ln congress and added:
Morehouse parish's hooded band
iod for payment and the four and
one-quarter per cent minimum in
terest rate fixed by congltess, but
he gave notice that it was entirely
probable that some proposition
would come before congress re
garding the settlement of the
British debt.
At the same sime, a White
House spokesman said the.adminis-
the state followed reports of al-
roursw leged activities of-the Ku Klux
aid in vocational education, Klan in southern Kansas and hitter
centering on gen- verbal attacks upon if by former
sented.
COrd In the m “ .<*ui»uuuiio paru
house there norlLil! ! m Ufder mystery. i “Your committee Is of the opln- nuw« spoaesman saia ine.aaminis-
for three conte«T.d e i , ^.. t ,^ e bal ot * ! M iss Hamilton is alleged to have ion that Mr, Kellar was legally re- Itrttion had become convinced on
W. L Grayson. l b ! en orll « rea deported from the quired to obey aald subpoena; that I the basis of the preliminary nego-
superior court i« ,Li?* k of ,he I state of Louisiana and sent to the house of representatives pos- 1 tiatism between the American'and
Firrthe has Jim ? e ^ ome ot 8 relatlve ln Uttle 868888 «>a power to cause him to British commission that ™w»uld
first me. , C88t ,n the Rock, Ark.: with orders that she be arrested and confined in prison be impossible' to' effect a settle-
I,”-” vI?L- Cong ™ 8,, J n the first '.could return to her moter in iMer,until he shall consent to testify, - ■ '■ ----- 8 s - e " -
Rouge by permission of officials' such confinement not to extend be-
of the Morehouse chapter of the Ku yond the term of this congress and
Klux Klan. . power to otherwise. deal with him
According to witnesses who tes- iso as to%compel obedience to the
titled the young woman was one of summons.”
many persons, both white '. and ;
black, ordered deported £om this There was no suggestion as to
parish. ;how the* Minnesota representative
Whether her deportation will be ' might be dealt with otherwise than
linked with 4he deaths of Watt 1 by imprisonment nor was there, any
Daniel and Thomas F. Richards,! recommendation that the house
whose bodies were found floating take any action against him.
in Lake LaFourche, a fortnight ago j Some committeemen favor the es-
aftw the two men had been kid-' taplishment of a precedent In this
napped by men wearing black . case, but it was a foregone conclu-
hoods on'August 24, last, will prob- jSion that if he' matter were taken
ably.be brought put Wednesday. - i ttp oh the floor there would be a
Other witnesses summoned to long and bitter fight against adopt-
testlfy are “Nip” Echols, .Robert :ing the committee view as an es-
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district between r Lee Moore,
democrat and and Don H. Clark,
republican. Clark contesting the
election of Moore.
Then there are the ballots used
In the municipal primary on De
cember 12, -when Murray M. Stew
art defeated James M. Rogers for
the nomination of Mayor. Rog
ersliled a contest and lost. The
last election contest was that of
Tuesday i^hen Stewart and Paul
E. Seabrook ran. These ...
.. ^ fan. These ace me
SST-SaL*- eu * u ?'» 8 «' 8d ’"p
J C0Urt brder as to
Jb*t sksU be done with them.
This is the Orat tune so many elec
tions m contested cases have been
time 8 e ' P ae ot the c'srk at one
ment of the eleven billions of dol
lars of war debts within the limita
tions la^d down by congress. The
executive, was represented as feel
ing that a settlement should be
made with the British on the best
terms possible.
At the treasury Tuesday it was
reiterated that tha British Mis
sion had as yet suggested ho pro
posal as a basis of settlement.
Members of the American com
mission rather expected a proffer
to be forthcoming' Wednesday.
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Mrv Artfe Small, ana children.
India and- Artie will return tO;At
lanta Thursday after a visit of
several weeks to her parents,
Captain and Mrs. J. W. Barnett; ,
were in. their ‘Places., with thdir
parts well learned under the tute r
lase of the French military com-
mand Every preparation for the"
final order to “go ahead’’ has been
made with clock-like procession.
The concensus of opinion, here
Wednesday morning was that tne
advance woulcl.not be^in until mid
night Wednesday night or-.earUf
•niursdiy. Various, i reasons werfp
ottered in support of this - belief,
'chieff imong them helpg the fact
that ‘the foreign t office had not -‘re«
ceived Premier' ’Mussolini’s r^piy
to M. Poincaire’s proposal tmi
Italy | join France and* Belgium in
form Ally notifying Germany .'of
their intention to impose penal-*
ties. r Notice, that the troops, would
leave* s their’ Loncentrationpoint
for Essen Wednesday night or
Thursday , morning was. expected
to W forthcoming-’ as 11 Soon as the
Italian Premier's answer was re
ceived.
~ It was generally understood that
the plan aa It stood Wednesday
called first of all for sending en
gineers into the Ruhr to take over *
certain mines.' These experts will
be adequately but not ostentati
ously* escorted by the military, it
is thought that the distraint will
increased, in preparation to
snJi- Getmany-s failure to stfe satisfac-
, : OD -
-qjhe -.military escorts will be
quartered on the outskirts of an.v
towns so occupied and tho soldiers
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