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The Weather: t ., ir irH colder: strong wind*. Daily and Sunday—10 CenU a Week. * The One Paper In Most Homes—The Only Paper In Many Homes. Dally asd Sunday—10 Ceuta's Week.' Athens Cotton: Middling 27 i-4c PREVIOUS CLOSE 27 5-8c I VOI- No- 106 Full Associated Press Leased Wire. Service. 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 (Turn to page six)