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VOI- No- 106
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ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1921
Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday. | j
Love Unshaken as Father Faces Trial
ME ALLEGED
I!
Notice
Posted on Colored
Ixidge Building Near
Jackson School Setting
March As Limit.
believe labor
agents at work
If Identity Is Determined,!
Clarke Officials Will Ap- j
prehend All Guilty Per
sons.
county officials » re making ln-
lnto| the alleged |
posiins of n notice on the Colored .
l„dge building near the • Jackson |
.Hi red school on the Dahielavllle |
carl in »'larko county Sunday I
. giving warning to the neg-
that they mutt be out ot the
.niir.lv by March nrtt.
A notice Of this nature Is said
to have been found on the build-
.ng M nday morning and has
mused considerable uneasiness
iinriug the colored population of
section of the county. Thlt
community .!■.>■ site of the Jack
schuol. one of the leading
jcnkrtd school t of phe county,
and is largely. populated by rcs-
iocf
BELIEVE WORK ■ *' i-
Or LABOR AGENTS
Franklin Will Be
Honored By P. O.j
Testimony Shows That <
Klan Had a Meeting the
Same Night Two Men'
Were Kidnaped.
W JL S H1 N G TO N. — Beniamin
Franklin, first postmaster general,
will: he honored Wednesday by
the postoffice department which
will observe the 117th anniversary
of his birth at Boston, and the first
day of “thrift week” by issuance
of the new one-cent stamp.bear
ing the portrait of Franklin. One
million of the new stamps will be
placed on sale at Philadelphia.
20 WERE TO BE
HEARD TUESDAY
j Majority of the Evidence
j Submitted At Trial Im-
; plicates the Klan With
i Hooded Outlawry.
1 BARSTROP, La. — investiga-
] tion of hooded tragedies of More-
i house Parish moved gradually to
HAVE BEEN TAKEN
HARRISON, Ark.—The body of
E. C. Gregor, a Missouri and North
Kansas striker, was found hanging
from a bridge near the railroad
EIGHT TRUE BILES
Ef
BYTRII
Grand Jury of Superior
Court Here Very Active
on Its First Day, Indict
ing Many. v
GERMANY IS IN
WILFUL DEFAULT,
V
This Decision Followed
Hun Refusal to Make
Payments Whill French
Occupy Ruhr.
ONE TO BE TRIED
ON MURDER COUNT
Civil Docket to Be Finish
ed So That Criminal
May Be Taken Up on
Wednesday.
ITALY,.BELGIUM
SUPPORT FRENCH
Britain’s Representative
on Body Refuses to Vote.
American Observers Re
main Quiet.
OF REAL BATTLES
“We Have Tried Soft
Methods and Failed-^
They Will Get What
They Gave Belgians.”
ECONOMIC FORCE
IS LESS SANGUINE
Ruhr Valley Tuesday Ap
peared in Lina For Un
compromising Military
Occupation. ‘
Tbc
notice is believed to have
put there not by persons
vho live in the county and wish
I.. Lighten the negroes into leav
ing out by liJior agents who are
known to .1x3 operating in this
section if the state and who re-
Mut to any means in getting
laborers dissatisfied .and “signed
up to go north und to other sec
tions of the South where they
•ire given employment.
Similar notices were pasted
ever Ocone** county several
m< aths ago and it developed that
ether irresixtnsible parties post
ed them or they were put up by
••ibor agents-
U is undrstood that the county
officials will make a thorough in
'^tigation of the posting of the
notices and make an effort to
apprehend the parties who are
Kfporsible and In he meantime
•he negroes uf the settlement are
1 '•inc told, it is said, to pay no
attention to the notices but to go
,,n wlhh ekw-orknsusual. h
•n with their work as usual.
d it is found that agents are
'Mating here illegally they will
'* tiven the limit of the law and
“■w handled for posting intimid-
' l '>ing notices.
ward a climax Tuesday with the V yard* Tuesday morning. Gregor is.
ra*ge of the net of evidence he- «ld to be the man who opened
ttDread^by 1 the tew'fm‘o ny^wo \
spread by the testimony* of two nobn according to a telegram to
witnesses. self-declared mem- the Arkan#ag Democrat,
bers of the Ku Klux Klan, to | ■ .
show a gathering ot Klansmen in HARRISON. Ark. — A citizens
Bastrop on the night of the kid-
PARIS.—(By The Associated
Press)—The reparations commis
sion Tuesday decided that Ger
many had wilfully defaulted in de
liveries in kind f6r 1922. France,
Belgium and Italy so voted. Kern-
hall Cook, representing Great Brit
ain in place of Sir John Bradbury
who was reported indisposed, ab
stained from voting. .... . ........ ...
. The default, it was explained by T n«rtm..nd TW-
A total of eight true bills were Louis Barthou. president of the ?° n " Dortmund. The French
returned by the grand jury in the»commission, resulted from the re- nave advanced to both Dortmund
* _ .1 fimo 1 nt fha nnrmn n crnuornmonl and Lucnen, and th© outpostfi of
DORTMUND.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.)—French general
headanarters has information
that 5,000 i)el, of the German
Reiehswehere are concentrated
sooth of Muenster, less than 25
miles north of Luenen to' the
one-day session Monday- One of i Jusa^of ^Geman goverament
these was for murder, one for In- French were in the Ruhr.
. The four beautiful daughters of Victor H. Arnold, the banker-preacher,
ot Now York who la now held on 125,000 ball In nationally prominent
fraud caee, state that their love and confidence in their father remains
unshaken. "He. has always played fair,”, said Ysobclle Arnold (above!
at the homo In Bayslde, iLt . , : 1 _ ;
iwir
HELD AS OFFICERS
PROBE HIS DEATH
COLUMBIA, S. C.—Officers
Tuesday were continuing their at
tempts to - clear up the circum
stances surrounding the death of
L. Williamson at his home at Wag
ner, Aiken county, in November,
1921, in which case Mrs. Della Kate
Williamson, wife of the dead man,
is held.
Officers intimate there may be
further arrests following the in
vestigation by detectives into the
events leading up to the death of
Williamson and also the story told
by the mother of Williamson, a
frail old woman of 80, who ex
pressed the belief to officers her
non did not die by suicide. Mrs.
Williamson maintains her inno
cence.
Authorities admit that a razor
with which Williamson is alleged to
have cut his throat while In his
bedroom has come into their pos-
NIC LEOD FAVORS
napping of Watt Daniel and Thos.
Richard victims of a band of
“blackhoods” to repel an unex
pected attack by tne people of the
neighboring village on Mer
Rogue. n
With this testimony on record
approximately a score of witnes
ses were under subpoena at the
start of Tuesday's session of the
open hearing to undergo ques
tioning of A. V. Coco, state's at
torney general and other state
council who have undertaken to
task of. solving the mystery of
the seizure and slaying of Daniel
and Richard and other masked
band depredations in Morehouse.
Fourteen witnesses were in
cluded in the list announced to
be heard Tuesday in addition to
a dozen previous lists but have
r.ot yet appeared because of ill
ness or for othe' reasons. Mon
day's list of new names are Smith
Stephenson, J. r>. Higginbothem.
Harry Norris. Jatk Hayden,. G.
W. Walker, E. Morris, Robert Lee
Harkness; Alfred Hill; E. M.
Gray, Buatt Jonas; Frank . Lew-
Harry Pipes, Dewy Bown
COLUMBIA, S. C.—(By The As
sociated Press)—Strict economy in
government, adequate provision for
educational, charitable and penal
Institutions of the state, passage
of certain laws to' increase the , elyn
state’s revenues and to aid in en- f and C. N. McGowan,
forcing the prohibition laws, w ere ( vtHAI '
the chief recommendations in the! -rFRTiev
inaugural address of Thomas G. j
McLeod, who took the oath of of
fice as governor of South Carolina
here Tuesday. Mr. McLeod also
urged the general assembly to
which the speech was addressed,
to make adequate provision for the
veterans of the Confederacy.
Mr. McLeod called attention to
the needs of the state institutions
and colleges and urged the legis-
Several others were expected
to testify in connection with
statements made by two of Mon
,day's witnesses. “Jap” Jones and
James Harp, farmers of the vil
lage of Bonita who told of the
preparations irtarie by members
of the klan in Bastrop to stave
off an attack which might have
lature to make appropriations for i been planned by the citizens of
buildings at Winthrop college.
voluntary manslaughter, two for
assault and battery, one for assault
with intent to kill and three for
violating the whiskey laws.
John Mines was indicted for
killing Reynolds Smith, son of Mr.
committee Tuesday was question- ■ and Mrs. j. Warren Smith on NO'
. . . oc veraber 15. Involuntary manslaugh--
ing about 25 alleged strikers on | ^ er wa8 c h ar g e d, it being alleged
the Missouri and Northern Arkan truck at a rapid speed and struck
that Mines, a negTO, was driving a
the youth causing almost instant
death. Cliff Easier, colored,- was
indicted for murder for the ^ killing
' r «•
railroad, rounded up Monday,
from points along the road by sev
eral hundred men who came here
after announcing that they would
resort to armed action, .unless de
preciations on that line ceased.
A'^number of alleged strikers
were driven from town while oth
ers, hearing that the citizens
were coming fled.
Periodically bridges on the road
have been burned and service
completely tied up betwaen some
points. It is estimated that more
than 800 citizens. some from
points as far as 150 miles away,
came here Monday to round up
the strikers. A brakeman named
Ford was slightly wounded when
struck by a shot fired from the
home of a man said to be a strik
er. The occupant was held to
await action by the citizens com
mittee. The crowd was orderly
and, although many of them car
ried weapons, there were no re
ports of any shots being fired by
the citizens.
The labor hall was raided and
its fruniture and fixtures burned
in a huge bonfire cw the public
square.
Democrat Now
Governor Tenn.
TW SHV1U - k . Tenn.—Tennessee
ho2 y ,i; CU:rned to the democratic
Austin Peay, democrat.
™ » d fi AK A - Taylor, republi-
silmiJi pov,?r oor. The change in
„«n. fill 1 ? 1 ° n took ptoce Bt **-
tutiltcnum and was witnessed
ot several thousand
Peopk.
The
session and is being held for use ciemson college and the University
in the trial. | of South Carolina. He advocated a
j bond issue to cover a ten-year
; building program for the various
state institutions.
nn T I I He urged a careful study of the
VV no r iO§§CO nor ( penal system of the state with such
To Punish Those
I provisions “as will -reflect the civ
1 ilization of our people in the pun-
HOUSTON.—Goose Creek par- ishment of crime; 1 passage of oc-
- -- - — ■ cupational, hydro-electric and lux-
constitution to permit classification
ury tax laws; amendment of the
of property for taxation; a law- for-
hidding sale of patent medicines
fession and limitation of the sale
not endorsed by the medical pro- V#V . W|I1 , *. u
of flavoring extracts to female | the blackhoodPd hand
femlllo. )in..e a h n Me OJ*CKnOOae<I Dana.
Several prospective
ties who flogged Mrs. R. H. Har
rison, 30-year-old widow, and R. A.
Armand, oil field worker, are
known, and justice will be meted
out to them. Sheriff T. Binford de
clared here Tuesday morning as
the Harris county grand jury pre
pared to renew its investigation
into the assault. , , A
Two arrests are expected inline*
diately and the sheriff declared he
was prepared to lay full inforrta-
1 .I.w affair hpfnrp
, IV 'naumiration was preceded , —
fr °m a local hotel to ! tion concerning the affair before
; <nrj p police, gnardsmenlthe grand jury.
an . r C. cadets acting as | ;—. jt
iiiii., iw t0 the official automo-
T r u ats from a11 over Ton- ' ft^rOSeCUtlOll
. re herefor the ceremony.
Mer Rouge »h a v^prisal for the
kidnapping of Daniel and Rich
ard. •
Harp testified that he was posl
tive Capt. J. K. Ckipwith, exalt
ed cyclops of the Morehouse
klan. was in Bastrop on the night
that Daniel a nd Richard disap
peared. His testimony was Cor-
rofaberated by Jooe* who testi
fied that he called on Captain
Skipwith early that night to find
out whether the kidnapping ot
the two men on the Bastrop-Mer
Rouge road was the work of the
Klan. He said the exalted
Cyclops denied any knowledge of
heads of families or households.
Mr. McLeod took the oath of of
fice on the front steps of the cap
ital building. Chief Justice Eugene
B. Garry, of the supreme court,
administered the oath to him as
well as to E. B. Jackson, of Wage-
ner. who was sworn In as Lieuten
ant Governor.
Co. Accepts Cut i
Jn ’Phone Rate!
Herrin Trial Now I Police Keep Order
l>M '-t-ANS.—The Cumber-
and Telegraph corn
'd the t n W “ecopted the order
MARION. '
a ted Press)-—Cotanpletion oflts re- j
buttal testimony T'ueBday was pre- (
dieted h. the prosecution in'the |
! A e P«plnIp - V anirpct PLOT TO A88A3INATE
i j as a relate iicaves a former mayor
ct, ntni.«ie!! Public service
rei.,.., slon *tsued Saturday which
out ' telephone rates through-
“I <t»’i„elf ,e 50 to 100 per cent
van- ii”? , a . ses hranted ttie.com-
™eitianv l , 1 ay and directed the
®or e to subscribers
May ij •‘“MOO.OOO collected-alned
'? „r.S n th ® present rates
die cotn-i. ,he t»tss ordered by
at that time.
«»y I, ,‘ tjng the order the eom-
'Ife comm ii! or lo th e public «er-
tt IeeIs “ 18
h tereniSl 0,1 }° *®oept tuts in
e>miii» «n- „ will impair the
** th but it is doing it so
of the n,aIn t ' ,e !!0od
witnesses
who were named by Jones and
Harp as' being members or the
guurd.which stood watch at the
Thomas Hardware store in ad
vance of the raid by Mer Rauge
citizens are expected to testify in
corroraboratlon as to the where
abouts of the Klan leader on that
night.
The attempted plot to assasi-
nate Dr. B. M. McKoln. former
mayor bf Mer Rouge, proved to
dietod i* the '-prosecution in'the! MEXICO CIT\.—(By-The Asso-
StaraSd with'‘murter™urlng"tbe have d o5ei^Th?poHce a t^pennit u ‘ f er Proved to
gt^Wtt prosectL: i wlth de t™e "departure *5f j ^TSST^Si
ftorf e .r>'testira tcSay The defence Ernesto FlIiDpI, who has been ex- I and Richard disappeared. Wlt-
rrated°its case Monday. I polled by President Obregon for l.nesees have testified that Daniel
The irate announced It expected I participation in a religious cere-1 and Richard, and others but par-
tn take only a single day fos the i mony alleged to have been held in
retatrai testtmonv and that the violation of the constitution. •:
mSJiiSv of lta witnesses would be | It was reported Tuesday that
Sz,“JSiSei for George the prelattf would Jesve the capital
NelSS a tamer Whose character hy automobile Tuesday afternoon,
wnssttackedby the defense. proceeding to Hacienda, several
was attacKeu i m ii«, nut of the cltr. where on
Several of the men. reported a
store of guns and ammunition
was discovered in one of the
homes they entered.
According to £ ©• Murray, vice
President and general manager of
,the road, the recent bridge fires
were of incendiao origin. All
of the bridges dlong the line are
being guarded by citizens who
have organized, he said.
“We no sooner would get one
of #ttte burned hridgefe repaired
or rebuilt until another woulu \j8
damaged 1 or destroyed” Mr. Mur
ray added. . The road discon
tinued operations some time ago
and the government made it
loan of $3,000,000 to resume opera
tions.
Word was awaited today from
the committee questioning the
strikers. The meetings were se
cret but it was rumored that the
resignation of the Mayor, city
marshall and two aldermen here
would be requested because of a*I
leged union sympathies.
resumed three
months ago
CHICAOO — The Missouri and
Northers Arkansas* railroad re*
sumed operations about three
months ago, having suspended
after a labor dispute.
The road attempted to reduce
Wages arbitrarily without con
sulting employees or the railroad
labor board two • years ago and
employees who were members of
the sixteen stavyi&rd railroad
unions were called out on strike,
after which the line suspended
operations, a receiver taking it
over.
FROST WARNINGS
miles out of the city, where on
{ Wednesday he will board a train
w ,redo. J ' 1 *
WASHINGTON. Frost warnings |denied him-
craft warmup u.. the' Atlantic j pi
voaBt from Cape Hatteraa ^ ‘oOTnlaloh 'have Seen received from
the leather .ImreaiL’ . " " ' J cathoifc organizations.
ticularly Daniel were accused of i Chiefs of the sixteen standard
hAvin» «- — •' -* unions, meeting-in Chicago Sun-
It was reported Tuesday that Shooting!* 11 *" '***'* *“ the » 11 *K ed
Several' witnesses were placed
on the stand Monday to testify
as to whether the reports of fire
arms which Dr. McKoln contends
rained bullets Into hia automo
bile were that of a pistol or a
ehotgun. All ot them/said they
were in their; .opinion, reports of
u pistol ( fire they - heard because
(Turn to Page Three)
day to consider the strike on that
road and one of two years stand
ing on the Atlanta, Birraingh&s
and Atlantic, voted to continue
both strikes indefinitely.
of T, C. Moon on December _
Easley has not been caught. Irene
Wiche aqd. Sallie Wler, colored,
were indicted for assault and-bat
tery and Willie Rucker, colored
was indicted for assault with in
tent to kill. He was also Indicted
on two other ebunts, one for hav
ing whiskey and one for selling
whiskey, and iMelvin Hubbgrd was
indicted^ for allowing a still on his
premises.
The .French high commissioners
were anxious to obtain the vote
of the reparations commission de
claring this default, as an author!-
z»*noA for tbe French oolicy of re
quisitions which it is believed will
be enforced immediately.
VUhe hurried decision followed
liveries in kind, including coal.
Germany’s refusal to make any de-'
wood cattle, dyes and building ma
terials. so long- as the French re
mained in the Ruhr. President
Tarthou said Germany's refusal was
an open d*2Uinbe of the allies
which must be, met with instant ac-
. Aim
Roland .
A. I.ogan tvqre presetit but had
nothing to say. - - • * » j -
the French and German forces .at
some points are only from- eight
to ten miles apart.
CRIMINAL docket./
REACHED WEDNESDAY
Judge Fortson hopes to finish
with the civil docket Tuesday and
take up the criminal docket Wed
nesday. The Jail cases will be dis
posed of first and the case against
John Mines is expected to be one
of the first tried. Other jail cas
es to be tried In tbe superior court
will also be called.
The case of the Arnold Grocery
company vs. Bedgood' and Brooks
occupied a large portion of the
time Tuesday morning, a verdict
finally being agreed upon. This was
a case appealed from the justice
court and is five or six years old
and involved garnishments, ludg-
ments and other forms of proced
ure.
number of contested divorce
cases were to be called for trial
during the day and most ot these
will he cleared un before the origi
nal docket is taken up.
Dr. Jacobs Will
Address Assn.
ATLANTA. Ga. — The execu
tives of the National Association
of Building Owners and Manag
ers in the secono day of their ses
slon here Tuesday will oe wel
comed by Dr. Thornwell 'Jacobs,
president of Oglethorpe Univer
sity.
Undue limitation of office build
ings w a s opposed and a tax
participation clause urged in all
contracts * to allow tenants . to
benefit by increased or reduced
taxes in the conference /discus
sions yesterday.
Wife, of Former
Huh Envoy Dead
DUESSELDORF — (By the
Associated- Press) — The French
now control every outlet from the
Ruhr into Germany, whether by
rail or water. The lines were ex
tendejj 1 Tuesday through Dort
mund, ten kilos north to Luen-
en -on the Pippe; and thence to
Witten, which 1b ten kilos south
of Dcrtmund.
The French t-oops were, orderr
ed Tuesday to occupy the-entire
neutral zone, halting on the out-
ve, skirts of Dortmund. This move-
'ment * wlTf bring* the" military
N yond the Hattingen-Castrai-Breclc
llnhouse line seized Monday. Tho
fortieth trench, infantry division.
WASHINGTON — Mrs. David
Jayne Hill, wife of the fernfer
ambassador, to Germany died’
here early Tuesday from injuries
received when struck by an auto
mobile. late Monday. She was 60
years of age. Stepping from the
curb just aftec. leaving her home
on Rhode Island -Avenue, Mrs.
Hill was struck by a delivery
wagon driven by Guy C. Lee; a
negro who is being held by the
police. She was removed at nee
to a hospital wh^re her condition
was seen to be critical, t
Mrs. Hill, who before her mar
riage in 1886, was Mtr - Juliette
Lewis Packer, and w&j . promin
ent hostess during Dr. ser
vice as ambassador In Berlin.
Since his retirement they have
».ived in Washington where Mrs.
Hill also was prominent socially.
entered tHe Ruhr district Mom-
day' evening moving- towards Hat
tengen. A • ’
French cavalry appeared on . tho
outskirts of Dortmund at Sioon
Tuesday. It was expected that
the occupation of the city would
be completed by four o’clock
Tuesday afternoon.
Contract Let For
New Bridges
Real Estate Men
Eject Officers
MACON, Ga.—The representa
tives of the Georgia real estate
association in the second' d a y of
their annual session here Tues
day will elect officers and select
the convention for next year. A
bid, was entered yesterday for
the next convention to be held
at Augusta.
. Francis* Calhoun, • of Augusta,
president of the AsSoicatlon is
presiding. Prominent real estate
men from many sections bf the
country are attending.
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The con
tract for the cdn8truction of the
bridges oh the road to be built
between Brunswick and St. Sim
ons Island, was awarded Monday
afternoon to the Savannah
foundation company, of which, F.
A. Van Eberstein, is president.
The causeways between the
bridge# will be built by the At
lantic Gulf and Pacific dredge
company.
This. road will cost. £300.000.
There will be four bridges. Two
of them wil be draw spans. The
rivers to be spanned are: The
Buck River, Little Rive^, McCoys
River and. Frederica River. \
destroyed the Norfolk apartment
house here Monday night, causing
damage estimated at $100,000.
TAKES OATH
AUSTIN, Texas.—Gov. ^Patrick
Morris Neff at noon today;-was to
take oath of office for his second
term. , '
12 HURT IN EXPLOSION
CROWLEY, La, — Twelve per
sons were reported Injured-'and a-
number of buildings wrecked at
Scujt ■ Da.. 10 miles froifl heri^
'Monday nicHt, as a result fo an
explosion ot dynamite.
These Twelve Months
Are Here to Serve
Your Business 4 ..
- “The business tide has turned.'
That’s the old year’e message to
the new—and to yon.
Exnerts have pointed out that
in 1922 we climbed back to the
upward side of the business cycle,
and every passing week ^dds
strength to this certainty. -
. It is time to plan boldly, in con
fidence. V
These twelve .months are here
to serve yonr interests. Nor will
firemen, they quibble over past problems.
Your energy will not -spend it
self pulling against the brakes of
pessimism. -
Your skill and courage will
earn the dividends they deserve.
This year belongs to him who
takes it.
Increase your dividends by pat
ronizing the advertising columns
0 t : . .j ; ■
[XV, rfBMTjjjGj •
BANNER-HERALD
>»—(By the Associated *
Press) — Whatever the outcome
cf .the conference set fo#---Tues
day at Duesseldorf between thb
German Industrial magnates ‘and
the French' economic mission, „th®
Ruhr vull£y appeared Tuesday
morning to be m line ferr^an yri-
•compromising military jcjocqpii-
tion- \;
-|We have tried soft methods
and the German# have refiik6d'*to %
-operate'” and corporation^ ’
were told at the French mUtiflny
headquarters, If they don’t come
to terms now they wijj ,1 gdt a,
hat they gay© Belgium '
and Northern Frdnce. I . We will
give them something "to whine
for.-
Tuesday’s meeting to which (he
German industrial leaders A had ■
been Invited und^r the threat than ^ I
if they Hailed to appear, -.-they. 5
would be sent for, was tovbc pre
sided over by General DeGoutte.
Ftom the windows of the' confer-'.-
ence rc-im in the DuessekdQrl'/
city hall, the French tanky -
mored cars and infantry i wew t •
^4cernibVj as they mov€&t.lor>: ‘
ward to 8$repgthen the bold ot '
the French upon Germany’s rich
coal fields.
WILL STINNES SEND
A REPRESENTATIVE? ;
\ '■
There was great interest" ag :to .
whether - the Stinnes holdings •
would; comply with the
to send: a- representative to tan
ftvnfPron/vp Ifort Rtlnine him.
conference. HTert Stinnes'- him
self was reported to have Jefuhis
mill betwebp BocUqm and DoVtj
mubd, Monday evening, bound
for Berlin.”
’ French economic , experts Ap-
pear f stmewhat > ■.'*!#*^ngbino i- (
pearH^■
than the military' leader^
lr.'ll Its from tlu* -iccupation. 'They .
came here, it i» admitted* unpre
pared for an operation of this -
magnitude and the turn of events j
has caused M. Coste. head v 6f'tlu;
nrission. to look rather ^depress
ed, although he • voiced thej opini
on that todayfa conference. would
straighten out the situation^ .
I The about face position of the
German Industrialists took the
French by surprise. They were
quite convinced that the Germans
bad agreed In principle to the coal
deliveries; hence yesterday's
breakdown, in the. economic nego
tiations ' came as a, bombshell.
General Degoutte has issued
,a ‘ proclamation in. which he de
clares that, if the local authori
ties, either by their actions «or hy
passive resistance, cause any im
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