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slightly cooler Saturday ATHENS, GA„ FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 192J. I Fulton’ Co. Gives Ga. Tech $10,000 French-Germans Fight Side By Side ATLANTA, Ga. — An appro priation of $10,000 :o Georgia Tech for 1923 has been made by the Fulton county commissioners. 'At that timo n number of other appropriations were made, impor tant among which were donations of $5,000 to the Grady hospital for repairs and improvements; $2,400 to the Atlanta Cnvention bureau, and $50 a month to the Boy Scouts. LONDON.—(By The Associated Press)—The curious spectacle of the French and Germans fighting a common enemy on the frozen shores of the Baltic is expected from Friday's developments of the topsy-turvey European situation as a result of the Lithuanian advance on Memel. The Memel police;, composed for the moat part of Germans and the French* tropos entrenched in the outskirts of ,the city, will resist the Lithuanian raiders, according to advices received here. The Brit ish government has associatod it- iself with the French in protesting l to Lithuania against the advance on Memel and the a - British, cruiser has been dispatched thither. Testimony Offered At Trial Places Beginning of Intolerance With Ku Klux Start. DADE, MAYOR, IS i HEARD ON STAND I How Masked Men Flog- | ged, Tortured and Even j Killed, Related in Sworn Statements. French and British Navy to Be Sped to Scene This Was the Feeling of the Administration As Expressed After Ruhr Occupation. GERMANY DEPLORES Where Disorder Is Said to Exist. LITHUANIANS HAVE REACHED MEMEL Shots Reported Exchang ed. Memel Is Territory Internationalized By the Versailles Pact. J BASTROP, La.—Robt. t. D.lde. ; mayor of Mer Rouge Friday named Dr. BL M. McKoln, Capt. J. K. Skip- ’ with, Kelly Harp rod Ed Ivey as 'members of a Ku Klux Kian . band j (which held up and-disarmed Watt ] • Daniel, W. C. Andrews and Harry; Neelis, Mer Uougo citizens, near PARIS — (By the Associated Press) — The French and British governments ' are preparing to send warships to Meme!. the for mer Bast Prussian territory on the Baltic ’ internationalized by i V 10 -Treaty • oL_Versailes* with, the purpose. of maintaining order in NEW YORK. -President A. W. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard Uni versity, in a letter to Roscoe Conklmg Bruce, prominent negro BERNE. — (By The Associated Press)—German Minister to Switz erland Friday handed the foreign minister a copy of the note pro testing against the occupation of I the Ruhr by French J I graduate of the University pub lished in the New York World Fri- jdSy defends the exclusion of “negro Istudents from freshmen dormito ries. .SSSSiti* OMPSON WASHINGTON.—Senator Har ris. democrat, Georgia, Friday re quested President Harding that calcium arsenate, used- to fight the cotton boll weevil be placed 01 the tariff free list under his di rect authority given in the new law. WAS BORN IN SAVANNAH, GA. Dr. Gordon was separated from his wife several years ago and sbe now lives in Florida. Born in Sa vannah, Ga.. Dr. Gordon was grad uated from the Univerity of Vir ginia and for several years prac ticed law at Huntsville, Ala., later studying, for the ministry. He was assistant rector of a church in Louisville, Ky., for five years, and of Emmanuel church in Boston for one year. He then went abroad, having charge of the American church in Geneva tor a time and was' later assistant rector of St James' church, North Cambridge. Returning to this country he went to New Bedford. Mass., where for almost 17 years he was rector of the Grace-Episcopal church, com ing to the fashionable St Barthol omew's church in' New York from New Bedford. He held a degree In law from Columbia college and that of Ph. D. from Harvard. At the direction of Dr. Parks, his (Turn to Pago Five) IUv A. G. Richards, rector of the Episcopal church will speak at the regular meeting for boys at the Sunday afternoon at three o’clock. He will apeak on "Tho Road to Succeaa*. .All boys are cordially invited to this meeting. Crissinger Made Head of Reserve STORM WARNINGS. NEW YORK.—The local weather bureau has ordered storm signals hoisted along the aeahdard from Boston to the Virginia Capes. . PEACEFUL TOWN PRIOR TO THEN The conditions which existed in Mer Rouge, Bastrop and the entire parish of Morehouse prior to the alleged reform measures enforced by Dr. McKoln while mayor of Mer Rouge, was considered as be ing peaceful by the present mayor of Mer Rouge, Mr. Dade. On the heels of these reform -measures came the organization of the Kian, which resulted in the dove of peace taking night and (Turn to Page Five) EARTH 8H0CK FELT SANTIAGO, Chile.—A strong earth shock was felt last evening from Ransagua to Copiapo. No damage resulted. REPORTED ARRE8TED BERLIN.—Count Gether von dor Schulenburg, a supporter of Dr. Joseph Smeetz, the Rhineland sep aratist ' leader, was reported here Friday to have been arrested by An airman moving at nearly 100 miles an hour was passed easily by swallows in full flight- The Vatican library, in Rome, contains <4.000 manuscripts and about 250,000 printed volumes. German police while in occupied territory. Yesterday’s Combined eve fieures Inrlude l.OOftextra <T 1 *' Ban ?J r purchased by the Northeastern Bank of Commerce for distribution among farmers, contained relative to conference of bankers here Wednesdsy to discuss farm ing problems.) on account of the news Coast Lands Much Liquor F Betty Compson Is Not Engaged Thinks Woman Can’t Have Two Careers. An Interview. ■h-4 (■—t t^ 4 , -4‘ 4* 4* 4*—4* 4*—4* 4—4- 4—4> 4*—4* 4—4* 4*-4* Thousands of Cases, of Smuggled Intoxicants Reported Landed in U. S. Thursday P. M. 411 VARIETIES AT VERY LOW PRICES Bootleggers Express No Fear As They Send Stuff to N. Y. and Other Large Cities. WASHINGTON — An imme diate rei-ort was demanded by inhibition officials here from the Xrw l-rsfy headquarter* con- «ei iug dispatches printed in Fri- ,iaj morning papers describing t!„. extensive landing of smuggled , , . . „ the New Jersey coast. GREAT RUM tLEET BUSY HIGHLAND. N.*J. - By' tho ASSuCiated I’reM) — The F** IW-tiett -of- -fid— v.wl.tS,' iWJa^SA- 4 ...i.'Thursday off Sandy. Hunt while tile New York dry uv .,j s^ti.uiruh was being TCO r " ai.Uvd was still standing off the Mil-row channel light ship. Frl-J ,, )t ie.uiy i r business as usual. 'While prohibition force® were ukdiig to New York four small i..,is iaptuml Thursday night tti.U attempting to lanfi liquor imm the Motherships, the rest of :he welcoming fleet fifty were : 41 lug pack and forth between ■he nun-ca. riers and shore. Aith ugh observers ashore e®tl mated that thousands of cases i.aa been landed Tnursday night, IV rum fle.'t presumably hailing !r m the Halunuis had a vast M.uk Mill to iiiSposi* of to bidders Hitting - in * o»n this resort and - tiier places along the coast. Liquor landed Thursday night >*.iS reported to have been sent by tor truck to New York. Pblla* drlphia, Washington and other cities. ALL VARIETIES f-OK SALE Whiskey, gin. champagne and v.ire offered for sale and BETTY C By JAMES W. DEAN NEW YORK—(Special to Bah- the village of Gallion, La., several months prior to the kidnapping and murder of Daniel and Thomas F* Richard last August Dade also testified that in one Ku Klux Klan raid in which lie ner-Henold)—I dropped into the Ambassador to pay my respects to Betty Compson before sbe re turned to Hollywood JO start work In •‘The Rustle of Silk.* There she was, writing a letter and right away I thought of the stories 1 had heard *uboUt the young fellow who went all the way to Hawaii when Betty was there filming “The White Flow er” last month, and of the reports that she would marry soon “Now tell me, honest Injun. Bet ty, are you engaged?” I asked. j u*u« w CO iaui iau mm op I certainly am not engaged !St . Bartholomew’s Episcopal church tions of the black hooded band was Bruce’s recent request that a room be reserved in the freshman halls for his son who is preparing to enter Harvard, was denied. Pres ident Lowell’s letter says: I am sorry that you do not the attorney general’s staff and said that the klansmen’s request would be granted. It !s probable it will be held immediately j Capt., Skipwith Is said to have I requested the conference *n order NEW YORK.—The motive for the j to go into full details of tho opera- apparent suicide of Rev. Dr. Percy *‘°“ of Morehoqaa Xian tlnve J. . . . . . 'Its organization and at i**e same j Gordon, former assistant rector of, time t0 establish that the opera- Ts OTe l' ,laCk “““'.feel the reasonableness of our po- 5 sition about the freshman (lormito- I ries. It is not a departure from the on confirmed the report that Capt. ! pa , st ’“ ”j f “ se to The^samc Skipwith had made overture. to ^."we^T'S, Ui^coK man the same opportunities for ed ucation that we do the white man, but we do not owe it to him to force him and the white into social relations that are not or may not be mutually congenial. and I do not contemplate mar riage ndw,” she answered. But she blushed- •I don't believe that a woman can have two career®,” she went on ‘And a woman cannot make a good wife while sne is pursuing £ P sa-e anu another career. I shall not marry h» r en con.,K»tnioi has developed unui * three ihe skippers of the Rum,only husband not three ‘tip As thr bootlegger runs along- his power boat, he scans Mens hung ove. the side of the mother ships and decides from whl.h he win, purchase. The siuns i n (orm the bottle fishermen that Scotch whiskey or suen and . M: h brand may be had at $45 to I four. I shall not marry until tl ' meet a man who means the whole of life to me and to whom I shall be eveiything. • . “Of course, there are some wno •can have both a career and a hus band, like Mary Pi-Word. it must be wonderful to live such a life, but all of us are not so fortun- ate.” <lnoted at $35. Cham- i * Kn *“ W;iK higher. The sea takes ' the appearance of a bargain «untcr. The visiting flotilla * ’ ho f*-'*gs of many nations ™ crews are of all races, e \(N$eis mo loaded f the gun with liquor. fn 7!* five lh «usand cases in a * , a,ul one boat” declared Irr.uJU? * haired runner; who . * ht ' hl » boat safely past the cuar-i and reventue craft to Pa 9© Five) j We would give him freely op-1 P'frtunities for room anji board wherever it is voluntary, but it seems to me that for the colored man to elaim that he is entitled to have the white man compelled to live with him is a very unfortun ate innovation which, far from do ing him good, would increase a prejudice that as you and I will thoroughly agree is most unfor tunate and probably growing. “On.the other hand, to maintain CIRCULATION Combined BANNER .‘herald follows : 4,682 4,677 :.... 4,718 4,872 4,330 Tuesday Vdiusdax Tkursda, ' I'id.v ; s «Bdav fchtd Banner is pnb- K ”' 'if Ihe „ nnd j' ly . mornin *' No to- 1,1 1 ? er »W to printed on Sat- e 'cninR. BANNErTheraLD 'thens. ga. LOOKS BETTER OFF THE SCREEN Betty Compson is one of those unusual persons Ivho appear to better advantage 'off the screen than on. Moat of the movie play ers have two distinct personali ties and as a rule their keener, more attractive selves, are- evi dent on the screen. The earners may be unkind to certain *yPf 3 of beauty, but it often to. silen-ly charitable In the matter of re producing , varying degrees of. In telligence. . There is a certain piquancy to Betty Compson, a, auickcplos en thusiasm and n , franknfess of speech and manner which be- apeak a lively inieilect Sbe is _pno of the few stars .of, the screen who would not jqse pretlge by personal appearances. (Many or them have lost prestige by appear ing in person before audiences.) Judged by ordinary standards Betty Compson, is not beautiful. There is something more attrac tive In tho alight Irregularity of her feature, than “ the ta«es_ °f some stars who have doll faces. (Turn to P«ge Five) whose body was found Thursday I pot under the supervision of the in a bath tub in his apartment in i Kian. the Hotel Wolcott, remained undis-1 ___ covered Friday. There was a bullet | BASTROP. La.—State's attorn- wound in his right temple and a | e ys digging into the Morehouse revolver with one empty chamber | parish tragedy—the kidnapping and lay beneath Ills right hand. ! slaying of Watt Daniel and Thom- The cotents of two letters found 1 as Richard—had before them Frf- near the body and evidently written j day the testimony of nearly two V11 vlll „ vllw t ... ... shortly before he had shot himself | score witnesses dealing with dif-jthnt compulsory residence in the were not made public. One of the ferences between the peoples of the freshman dormitories—whicS has ietters was addressed to Dr. Light-, t*o principal towns, Bastrop and, proved a „ eat benefit in breaking on Park®, rector of St.. Bartholo- Mer Rouge, dating back for years up the social cliques that dW such mew and the other to Dr. Gordons and starting, according to several..i n j U nr to the college—should not son, George, an under-secretary of with the drawing of a line between l, established for 99 1-2 per cent the American embassy in Paris. I factions favoring and opposing the!?? ™ Dr. Gordon, who was about €0 ; Ku Klux Kian. years old. resigned from St. Bar-j Robert L. Dade, mayor of Mer tholomew’s about six month ago. Rouge, told the investigators at Thursday’s session of the open hearing, now in progress before Judge Fred L. Odom, that “before the Kian came everybody in Mer Rouge were like brothers but now there is a strained feeling. Uhder the regalia of the Kian there has arisen a condition in this parish that Is intolerable.” Dade, and Hugh Clarke were the principal witnesses at Thursday’s sessions of the court hearing®. Clarke, still a klansman, testified that the Kian is four hundred per cent strong. Thus far the story of the differ ences as placed in the record goes back only a few years and revolves largely aroiind the administration of Dr. B. <M. McKoln as mayor of Mer Rouge. Soon afterward he sub-let his New York apartment and sailed for Eu rope. Only a few of his close friends knew he had returned to America. They said he had seemed nervous and apparently not bene fited by the sea voyage. favoring and opposing the! 0 £ ^ s t U( jents because the re maining one-half of one per cent could not properly be included, seems to me an untenable posi tion.” view oi me advance oy tne Liinu nians I Dispatchers received! by the French foreign office Friday indi cate that the Lithuanian Irregu lars who crossed the frontier fatty in the week have reached the outskirts of the town of Memel and exchanged shots with the German guard. Great Lumber port at. Mi*mel which has been under authority of a directorate composed of Ger mans since the signing of the treuty of Versailles has no other milltury protection than a couple of hundred of French noliders, part of a battalion, sent there during the negotiations of 1919. While the Germans are dominant in the town, the Lithuanians are of far greater number in the cutly ing .districts and there are fears in French circles that the Irregu lars may overwhelm the local fcico and create a difficult situa tion. HAVE MADE I A ?ROTE8T The French and British have made a diplomatic protest to th§ Lithuanian government at Kovo- no. The reply was that every ef fort was made to prevent the Ir regulars from crossing the fron tier. Latest reports however indicate that a rather strops force has not only succeeded in crossing the frontier. bu4 ho» reached the town. The movement is regarded here as the result of well laid plans, the object of which accord ing to the French, is to balance the Polish occupation of Vilna by taking possession of Memel. Final disposition of Memel has been under discussion by the Al lied council of ambassadors whlcn thus far has been unable to reach a conclusion. The ottgina! plan was to create a vTebiscite and let the people vote on ,whaich they desired to become a ' Part of, Lithuania or Poland. Lois Weber, Movie Producer Divorced LOS ANGELES. Cal. — Lois Weber, motion picture producer and founder and head of the Lois Weber productions was granted a divorce from Philips Smalley, June 24, last. In the Los Angeles superior court, one day after she filed her complains but know ledge of the case became public only Thursday, according to the Los Angeles Examiner. K. K. K. MEETING8 BARRED SALEM, Mass.—The city council voted unanimously Thursday night to prohibit all parades, meetings and demonstrations on the part of the Ku Klux Kian in this city. New directors for the Chamber of Commerce have been sel€<fte1i for' 1923. The election was con ducted according to the provisi ons cf the constitution an« by laws, that is twenty-eight names of members were nominated ar.d then votes were taken on four teen of this number. Those elected tv serve are: J. W. Jarrell, Jr., James White. H. W. White. Mrs. James Y. Tal- madge, W. L. Erwin, J. M. Bii- iio>r. G. Harold Hulme. D. F. Pad- dock, Miss Katie Palmer, Frank A. Hclden, Dr. J. C. Wilkinson, B. R. Bloodworth, Sol J. Boley and H. O. Epting. The committee to conduct the election was composed of Messrs. C. S. Compton, E. R. Bridges and J. M. Harris. Two women were named on the board. At an early date next week a meeting wil| be called > of the board and the officers for the year selected, including president, vice presidents and a secretary. After the officers are selected the body wjll organise for the year’s work and outline a policy to be followed. t Harris Asks That Calcium Arsenate Be Made Tax Free sociatetl Press)—All of the facto ries will close next Monday mora ine from 11 to 11:15 o'clock in protest against the occupation. The committee directing the demon stration represents all political parties. Railway traffic will Btop for ten minutes at the same hour The ringing of church bells and the blowing of factory whistles will . voice the city’s Indignation. The forty thousand employes of the Krupp plant went to work Frl- • day morning^as usual, according tc information officially supplied to the French economic mission In Essen by the German authorities. Strikes are reported at Brocham, Bruther. .The percentage of strik ers is small, it is declared. The French have moved their outposts to Gelsenkirchen, three miles northeast of Essen and to. Velbert, five miles to the south east ’ N J I U. S. SEES NO CHANCE TO AID WASHIN GTON.—Developments the reparations crisis in which furtnkr complications lcjom 'with the declaration of Germany that * she is not in a position to make ac- tual ^ reparations to those powers participating in the Ruhr occupa tion, found the American govern- . ment Friday apparently still .w : th- out hope of any immediate oppor tunity for helpfulness in the- situ ation. A coursy declared to be the friendliest in sentiment toward 7 rance as well a s the other allied lowers has been and will continue o be followed by the administra- ion,, it was said in awaiting any mssible opportunity to aid in the djustment of the reparations cri- is. In the meantime it is the ad- ninistration’s purpose, it was au thoritatively sai dto avoid any ac tion that might further complicate matters or lead to needless misun derstandings. Jt. wps reiterated that there was no present intention of recalling Rolapd ..Bfcyden, Ameri can unofficial observer on the rep arations commission, despite agi tation in congress ^ for his return. THINK VERSAILLES TREATY VIOLATED Holding the Ruhr occupation to be ♦’in -contradiction .with the treaty ,o£ Versailles) and interna tional law*’ the German govern-, nicr.t in a formal protest left at tho state department late Thursday by Dr. Otto Weidfelt the German am bassador, declared that as long as the alleged violations obtained “Germany is not in a position to make actual reparations to .thoste powers who have brought about this state of affairs. The German (Turn to Page Fjive) ATHENS COTTON |*EMorsclose-';:- 27 use Foil Associated Press Leased Wire Service