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THE WEATHER: Continued ck»r weather with a „«,! temperature. Daily and Sunday—10 Cents a Week. The' One Paper In Host Homes—The Only Paper In Many Homes. Daily and Sunday—10 Cents a Week.' "3 ATHENS COTTON: * MIDDLING 27 l-8e PREVIOUS CLOSE 26 3-ic U,S. Formally Disapproves French Course Administration Convinc 'd! That Program Must He Carried to a Final Test. *0 \LTERNATIVE COURSE IS SEEN r. w. Boyden- American Unofficial Observer in France May Be Recalled Soon. WASHINGTON. — The order bnnging the troops home from the Rhine will not be followed by a withdrawal cf American partici pation in the reparations commis sion unless there is a change in the present policy of the American government as outlined Thursday in authoritative quarters. WASHINGTON* — Decision of the s vernment to withdraw American tmops from the Rhine u-k regarded ner« Thursday as cot only a wove to emphasiso the administration's disapproval of the uuvlction that the program now n:uri k carried to the Anal test u: results before there can be any iu'pr of an alternative Course. Xj ampliiicutton ci the reaa'- vtis which i.rompted the with drawal decision whs forthcoming tr>iu any official source Thurg- «i.c. h wevtT. beyond the ex plant- ! lion given at the White House j Wednesday that the president j '‘‘fined the action expedient at il ls tine. Nor had there been any d.sflosure of the nuture of the de ! duneat exchanges uy which it it n.tlmated France fiad been 'ln- f rmed that perseverance in her lur.i of forcible measures in Ger* ! -my would result in American withdrawal front the Rhine. Ap- Vircntly. however, this Intention the American government was -T. .T. i' '4 •I* 4 4 T y, -f. •M* ^-4 j. v 4 4 4-4 S' *4* A A • ir! Til. WOMEN KLAN ACTIVITIES Royalty Admired These Shoulders •«U* plain offer i connection with its nt the way to avoid- in Germany and was j when its suggestions j "u up by the French j A tl SOLDIERS BACK BY FEBRUARY 5TH. 0NSTIT1E. EX KING OF GREECE. DIES II i Death of Former Ruler of Hellenes Came After a Very Trying Period of World Difficulties. -y. HEMORRHAGE OF BRAIN WAS CAUSE Deposed During World War and Again Last Fall, He Has Been Liv ing in Exile. PALERMO. Sicily.*—(By The As- ( sociated Press)—Former King ! Constantine of Greece died sud- * I denly here Thursday of cerebral hemorrhage. The death of ex-King Constan tine of Greece came after a series of* Wing expSTObfies which' We former ruler of Hellenes had tUBr dergone. beginning with the out break of the world war. Constantine was forced off the | Jail Terms For ! Mothers-in-Law CHICAGO—Mothers-in-law who are found guilty by Judge Schul- man, as causes ,for family quar rels will be given Jail sentences. Judge Schullman mude this an nouncement when a mother-in- law was arraigns! before him on a charge of kidnapping her three- year-old granddaughter from her daughter’s home. IRE L AS “LADIES’ DAY” P TRIAL ESSEN RESIDENTS REVOLT AS FRENCH PARIS.—(By The Associated Press)—Premier poirffcare’s for mal explanation of the govern ment’s action in the Ruhr as pre pared for presentation to the chamber of deputies and the sen ate Thursday afternoon recalls the condition under which the confer ence In Paris broke up, 'pointing out that Great Britain was in dis agreement with the other allies Wednesday .Night 5,000 Citizens Storm Hotel Where Frenchmen Were Believed Staying. DISTURBANCE HARD TO QUELL Dr. Luther, Cabinet Mem ber, Aids in Halting Trouble. He Assails the French. Attitude. throne of Greece by the allies in with the reparation policy 1917 after he had successfully re- , The statement declares that the sisted numerous attempts to bring specific measures which France, MELLON BELIEVES BRITISH DEBT BE ADJUSTED EASILY Ml. Is the date by ! WASHINGTON—Chairman Mel- entire Rhine contingentj ion, of the American debt commis- innnd expected to -j on was represented Thursday as tin* United states. I feeling certain that an agreement J nato which recently ] f or the refunding of the British resolution urging with- • 4^ of more than four billion^dol- American occupation | i a «| will be reached before the di&cussion was in j tentative sailing date of the Brit NEW YORK.—A request of Ros- coe conkling Bruce, a negro gradu- of Harvard University that a room be reserved in the freshman halls at Harvard for his son, has | been refused by President A. Lav. rence Lowell, a.lettor published in Greece into the war on the side of the allies. In exile until after the war’s close Constantine was called back to Greece in 1920 and resumed the throne. Under his re newed reign Greece plunged into the war with Turkey in Asia Mi nor, Constantine personally going to the front at one period of the campaign. Last fall came the disaster to the Greek forces In Asia Minor, speed ily followed by the revolution In Greece which again swept Con stantine off the throne. He abdica ted and retired to Italy and has been making his home recently at Palermo. 14$K30BH DEATHllATSFDR HERRIN WITNESSES Belgium and Italy have felt call ed. up on to take as a rdsult of Germany’s continued defaults are without prejudice to further steps to which those powers may have recourse after January 15, in seiz ing collateral for the moratorium demanded by Germany. The prem ier was prepared to make a ques tion of confidence of his request that all interpolations on foreign: affairs be postponed. V There seemed to be no doubt that he would get a substantial majority vote, carrying with it full approv al of what he has done in the Ruhr and sanctioning any future course of action. Only the extremists were left to oppose the government. The radi cals called a special meeting last evening to abstain from voting, an nouncing that they disapprove the 'economic but not military penal- ' ties. Twenty Witnesses Were to Be Heard From Dur ing Day. Their Testi mony Corroborative. WIDOW OFDEAD MAN TELLS STORY She Says She Warned Her Husband to Be Careful- Many Other Women Inform Courts. BASTROP, La.—-Thursday was “ladles* day’’ at the open hearing In connection with the investiga tion into masked band murders in Morehouse parish. Eight women were announced as witnesses to testify during the day. State’s attorneys announced ear ly Thursday that a total of 20 wit nesses witi be on hand. (Most of the testimony to be adduced will be of a corroborative nature, they said Those who were to take the stand are:'Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Clark, Mrs. Hamilton, mother of Addle May Hamilton, W. E. Hopkins, John Davenport, Mr. and Mrs. J.- C. Net tles, Mrs. Inabnet, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Groves, Mrs. Marris, Mrs. Mc- Uwain, Fred Higginbotham, Conrad McDuffie, John Barham, George Sims, Kelly Harp, R. L. Dade, Joe Davenport and W. R. Noteworthy. the advisa- j jgh debt commission on January 8 rocaii. >' uld follow troops, state •link Roland W. Boy- • 20T • • j disclosed. ric:ai observer of the j The conversations between the ; Replying to Bruce President on the reparations 1 debt commissions thus far and the Lowell wrote: ereat mass of data submitted by j “ X am sorry to have to *ell you democrat. Mis- * ho1iflVfid ‘ introduced the troop resolution broached ot Mr. Hoyden’s re- ‘ och on the floor Wed hieh he discussed the ities abroad and de- mofflciai represent® - 11 ull official meddler. Senator Reed said, v the return of Amerl MARION. Ills. — (By the Asso ciated Press) — Delos Duty.’ state's attorney said Thursday _ _ that four witnesses reported to the New York World Thursda> j him that they had received death ' rK “ men were testimony K-oartment ii„ " ll;r ' d ,0 Withhold from . " lh “ text ot Mr. Boy- T,,rn to p,ge Five) , l.ast's Wort’. URCULATION ( ombined BANXEIR - herald follows ■ ‘ 4,682 4,677 4,718 4372 4350 w, J'towdaj Tknrsdav' f r d»v the British delegation Is believed | that 1n the freshman halls where to have cleared the way for ear- residence Js compulsory, we have lv discussion of terms. It was de- (e it from the beginning the neces- clared to be practically certain that s i t y of not including colored men. the nlan of settlement would con- : To the other dormitories and t in- template an arrangement of con- ! mg rooms they are admitted free- alderablv more liberality than! i y , bu t in the freshman halls I am would b£ possible under the Xmlta-, sure you will understand why, tfona laid down by congress. ! from the basinntn.j we have not U While it was emphasized that j thought It possible to compel men the British had as yet made no def- ; of different races to reside togeth- ‘If ‘be i^Bruce, who lives at Kendall. W. m Charged* it was made Known that Vo.. Is ihe son of .Blanche Kelso the American commission was ^In clined to view the whole situation in a most friendly spirit by reason not alone of the world economic situation but also because the mon ey advanced to the British govern; ment during the war wae spent al most entirely in. the’ U'nlted Stales giving profits to American work- 5a and manufacurirs ?nd ,)nrge revenues to the American govern ment through collection of taxes. liihej os' 1 u “ f J 11 ** Banner is pub- »»e 0 ( th H '" d . a . 5 '. morning. No i«- eUe ”"" ld ls Sat- Ba nne1lherald ATHENS, GA. T • :, U. S. CONSIDERS BRITAIN GOOD CUSTOMER It was said to be the offidal view that In dealing with Great Britain the American government was much In the same position as an Individual dealing w-ith hls test customer since Great Britain has long Offered one bt the chief mar. ' ■ , (Turn to Page Five) Bruce, former registrar of the Uni ted States treasury who was s member of the class of 1920, won membership in Phi Beta Kappa-and was chosen class orator. The son Is preparing to eiiter Harvard ot Phillips Exeter academy. ATTENDS Meeting According to the newspaper, a meeting of several of the Harvard graduates who signed a memorial to president Lowell last June op- nosing was was asserted to be a breaking of. the Harvard tradition as regards treatment ot negro stu dents ,w.:s held heie Wednesday and was attended by President Lowell. Among the signers of the memo rial, according to the paper, was (Turn to Page Five) threats. The four warned to retract given against the live defendants on trial for murder in connection with the Herrin riots he said. They are George Harrison, Bank er and Farmer; R. P. Poole, real estate dealer; R. o. Greer, for mer mayor of Herrin, a nd George Nelson, a farmer, Ttu- lotte s were ruid to havo been unsigned and were ^ left at th® homes of *i a four witnesses, in several instances attached to Piros of’ hangman's rope. C. W. Middleknuif special ns- tisti'tt a*tcmey getorja salt* that the incidents had been repcr»od to him. Sixth Axe Murder In Birmingham solve another axe murde sixth within the last twelve months. , Joseph Klein, north side raer- Many phases of the case were expected to be connected up by the witnesses Thursday, counsel for the state said. They also inti mated that including Thursday’s list, probably not more than 20 per cent of the total prospective her of witnesses will have been called on to testify. The testimony of Mrs. T. F. Richards, widow of one of the hooded band victims. AMSTERDAM.—(By The As sociated Press)—An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Ber lin Thursday asserts that the German government has decid ed to take the following meas ures immediately after the French occupation is p.ccom- pllshed; 1. The peace treaty will be declared broken and its execu tion decided inoperative. 2. Germany will no longer negotiate with the ^reparations commission unless t£is injustice is removed. 3. The use of alcoholic li quor will be reduced. 4> Sunday will be declared a day of national mourning. A dispatch from Essen to the Exchange Telegraph says the Rhehiah and West Phatlan la bor organizationa have decided to proclaim a brief strike be ginning Monday, throughout the whole ^Industrial district in pro-* test against the French occupa tion. '" ’ ESSEN HAVE FULL WAR EQUIPMENT As Military Units Arrive At Ten O’clock Thurs day, the Residents Are Warned Remain Quiet. DEATH PENALTY IN THE WARNING French Regret Removal of U. S. Troops From Rhine. Hun Ambassador i Has Left Paris. ESSEN.—The French are in Es sen. The first troops entered at ten o’clock Thursday morning. TJie Belgian contingent, moving from Duisburg, proceeded to the city by way of Muelhim simuletn- eously with the French. The Bel gians were accompanied by a con siderable body of French troops and an ammunition column. All the soldiers have the fullest war equip ment. even gas masks. BERLIN. — French airplanes dropped leaflets over Essen Wed nesday calling upon the people to remain quiet, according to dis patches received here Thursday. The leaflets asserted that perrons who stopped .work would be de ported and that those who' pre vented or interfered with the nor? mal course of the ciy’s activities wc*:i)d be subvert.to the death pen- *!ty, . . RUHR TO BE OCCUPIED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON ESSEN.—(By The Associated 1 Press)—A sample of the .political electricity surcharging the atmos- ! phere here is found in Wednes day night’s disturbance \yhen about 5,000 Essen citizens stormed the doors of the Kaiseroff, the city’s leading hotel, demanding the ex pulsion of the French commission which the crowd believe'd was lodg ing there. The management’s as surances that not a Frenchman was in the house were unsatisfac tory, especially in view of the fact that a flower pot inopportunely fell rom an upstairs window among the demonstrators. Scores of persons swarmed into the Building, but Dr. Hans Luther, former burgomas ter of Essen and now the minis ter of food in the Cuno cabinet, appeared on the seeqe in time to prevent more serious consequences. Dr. Luther is temporarily in the city. Dr. Luther, when the disturbance, for Thursday. She testified to conversation said to have taken place between Mrs. Hugh Clark, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Mcllwain and Mrs. Ibnabnet, following the first ; kidnapping of her husband. She ; claimed that her husband treated mD „, ' T ..„ !the affair lightly which seemed to BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Birming-j jj ave Rotated Mrs. dark who re- ham police were today trying to » mar ked to Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Inabnet ™ the | an( j Mn Mclnwain that the next ( tline the Ku Klux Klan got Rich- jarda he would not get off so light. Joseph KKum nonn Sltl f A week later Richards disappeared. Cham, died Thureday tmm injuries I Mrs clark was expected to telI on " “ “ “ ° the stand where she got her infor- Wednesday is responsible for the began had just begun to read aD calling of several of the womep address to the foreign correspond from an axe wielded while he was at his store Wednesday night, at which time his 14-year-old daugh ter, Ethel, was attacked in a like manner. Klein suffered terrible in juries from the instrument. The daughter received one blow but will recover. In all except one of the axe murders the victims have been ^ ^ w(t u>ii foreigners or . “turalized citizens j QUire's'sTl^on.ThT’stand late Wednesday. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS Will be spent in week-end- Saturday shopping in the stores of Athens. * * A majority of these week- end-Saturday shopping dollars will be largely guided in their pnrehases by the store news and business announcements appearing in the Banner-Her ald. At season, it’s impor tant—“Before you shop in th* stores of Athena, Shop first in the Banner-Herald.** matlon. The other women are expected to tell something of the various ac tivities of the Morehouse chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, while Fred Higginbotham is slated to corrobo rate some of the evidence submit ted by young Harry Neelis, who of foreign extraction. Schaeffer Given Another Trial CHICAGO — Jake Schaeffer, of San Francisco. Thursday was en titled to another try for the ‘18-2 balkline billiard championship Willie Hoppe wrested from tho elder Schaeffer, the “Wizzard,” and has held for 17 ypars except ing last year when young Jake astonished the billiard world by capturing it in tournament play and defending it in much play 31st, will be devoted to boys’ work ed victor over Conti in *a poorly played 1.500 point match here last night, 1,500 to 781. The Schaeffer-Hoppe match for the world title hafc been set for March. It will be.played in New York. , According to Neelis’ testimony, Higginbotham acted as a messen ger between the black-hooded band oatposts when he was seized on the Bastrop-Mer Rouge road the afternoon of August 18, a short while before Thomas F. Richards, who worked for Nellis in Bastrop, was kidnapped the first time. Higginbotham was also referred to by W. C. Andrews, one of the flogged men on August 24,. the day Richards and Watt Daniel disap peared aa having been a member of the Ku Klux Klan band at Stamp- ley which held up Daniel, young Neelis and himself and took away their weapohs. ents gathered at the Kaiserof ho tel in which he made a plea for moral support for Germany in the Issue raised by France. The occupation of the Ruhr, he said would be a violation of the rights of humanity as well as of the treaty of Versailles. He cited instances of acute distress among the people to refute the French charge that Germany is able but unwilling to pay. In the course of the interview Dr. Luther mentioned that he had just come from the largest mass meeting ever held in Esseh at which citizens of all po PARIS (By the Associated The entry of the Frencii into the fl^st zone of the Ruhr, comprising the city of Essen: be gan when the advance guard ot the "control commissions” military : escort crossed the boundary line from the occupied area Thursday morning. The rest of the troops, according to the plan of Marshal Foch, were to follow with regu larity and it was said here that the whole E8ser zone would be under French supervision by af- terpoon. with the commission of Allied Engineers,' which will super vise the coal deliveries installed and ready for business. The plans call for the occupation of the she ond zone, including the Bochen and Gelsenkirchen,' after a brief interval. The Ruhr troops, it is estimated, comprise approximately ,' one French division together ^ith a strong detachment of Belgian forces under the command of Gen eral Henhys. The military will operate under the orders of'^Gen eral Simon, who is at Duesseldorf. .. - m • General DeCoutte who- is in supreme command of the French has drafted a proclamation to residents of the Ruhr explaining the character of the movement and making clear that it Is being effected in the names of France, Belgium and Italy. This notice will be posted throughout the zone. News that France had at last taken the action which a large hia jority of the public has been urg ing for some time caused a lively satisfaction here, although it was litical creeds with the exception of j marred to some extent by the an-* communists, had psptested against the French occupation. He read a copy of a resolution adopted at this meeting. It was addressed to the German ambassadors to Great .Britain and the United States and called attention to the alleged ille gality of the French procedure. The resolution asked •America and Great Britain to come to the moral aid of Germany. It further asserted that the French policy spelled perpetuation of hatred be-, tween the French and German peo- nouncement that the American forces on the Rhine were to be withdrawn. The press although refraiuing from comment on (W8 phase of the situation is careful to explain President Harding's step 'as the result of American political motives. The ordered Withdrawal the newspapers point but has no connection with the occupation of the Ruhr inasmuch as it was practically decided upon some time ago. The • news thi^ Ambassador pharand constituted a most serl- ha8 been summon*! $o Ber ous danger to world peace. j.jjn ;puzzfes tl?r Press, which won ders Whether the German envoy has been, recalled, thus involving u suspension of diplomatic' rela tions or whether he has merely been asked' to go to Wilhelm- strasse for a conference with bis government. rn. VBTiiDnTK, ,Tn n „..nn.,o.. GERMAN AMBA33ADOR ; ffcwtANCE-.wipoHio In the crowd outside the hotel were many ot the persons who had adopted the resolution.at the meet ing earlier in the evening. Ur. Luther was obliged to appeal to the gathering impaaaionately .in or der to induce It to disperse. He Hugh Clark and W. E. Hopkins was very noticeably disappointed were vuted Wednesday by Addle when Informed ot the American May Hamilton as having “fixed'’ It government’s order withdrawing (Turn to Page Five) (Turn to Pago Five) Dr. Wilhelm Mayer, the’German ambassador to France, left Paris tor Berlin at noon Thursday. 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