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Great Interest Shown in
FI BRITISH HR
DEBT SETTLEMENT
Question Is, Can Adjustr
ment Be Made During
This Session of Congress
Now Near Its End?
i By Vote of 56 to 2 Chicago Refuses to
! Have Members of K.K. K. on Pay Roll
I CHICAGO.—By a vote of 56 to acting a3 chairman of the coun-
2, the city council was on record jcil’s committee Wednesday de-
i Thursday as opposed to retaining {dared during the council's ses-
membcrs of the Ku Klux Klan on i sion that a policeman had threat-
the city pay roll. iened his life for his activities
The vote was taken Wednesday against the secret order. He said
when the city council was asked * 10 , would , divul K° ‘he facts later,
. . .. . refusing to name the policeman,
to order the suspension of Wil-| John P. Garner, one of the two
liam H. Green, a city fireman, and dissenting aldermen referred
an alleged member of the Klan.
Green recently had been ques
tioned by an ladermanic investi
gating commission regarding his
alleged connections with the or
ganization. At that time he de
clared he had resigned from the
SOUGHT TO AVOID
DISASTROUS STRIKE
COMMISSION TO
SAIL SATURDAY Mam
* Robert J. Mulcahay,
London Papers Have Lit^ !
tie to Say, But General
Tone Is Optimistic. So
lution Expected. I
WASHINGTON.—The American J
and British debt commissions were I
prepared to suspend negotiations j
with Thursday’s meeting, owing to
the decision of the British that the
conversations had reached a stage
making desirable a personal report
to ttcir goyernmentjbeforethe con->
tinuation of efforts toward an
igreeim'iit on the refunding of
Great Brituin's war debt to this
(ountry. For that purpose the
British commissioners will sail
from New York on Saturday with
the time and manner of the re
sumption of the negotiations then
resting with the London govern
ment.
The decision of the British debt
lomndsRion to take this course is
attended by no signs of lessened
confidence among either commis
sion that an agreement for settle
ment of the debt will be reached.
The question now arising is
'tether an agreement in principle
on terms of settlement can be
inched in time lor formal action
on it by congress at the present
session, which has only six weeks
«*> ran. The American commission-
fn were still extremely hopeful
th»t this could be done and thus
i v e prospect of an alternative delay
of a year or more, in view of Pres
ent Harding's present determina-
l ' on to call an extra session of
,hf n <*w congress be avoided.
the alleged klan activities in Mer
Rouge, La.
“A friend of mine who just
came back from Louisiana tells
me that he met Skipwith and Dr.
MacKoin and that they are a fine
lot of people,” Aldern^an Garner
said. “The whole trouble dbwn
alderman 1 there is politics.”
brief comment
1N BRITISH PRESS
London—(By The Associated
mss)—Th 0 suspension of Great
^tain's debt funding negotia
tes with the United States is
^nmpntPd on briefly in the press
Thursday. The disposition, how-
* r . Pr ’ is t0 treat the situation, in no
u, '“‘ pessimistically.
Morning Post contends edl-
nally that if the American offer
. regarded in the strict light of
Mess, it may well be considered
frien,1, y proposal. Nevertbe
s Great Britain is bound to take
” . ac<oul ‘t how heavily taxation
" presses British industry and
m»/ real o rifices the country has
' p ln °rder to maintain its
l w«c , fS? ,CIAL LANGUAGE
*"SA\\ .—The Silesian local
Pollkfu Passed a biU making
°fficial language.
.s NEW YORK,—C3y. The j Associa
ted PressO—Coal operators and un
ion miner chiefs, preparing to enter
conferences Thursday which, they
hoped, would provide a basis for
negotiating peacefully wage scales
for 1923, were mutually agreed
that “a nation-w id a coal strike this
year would be disastrous to the
public.”
When the five months’ strike of
both bituminous and anthracite
miners was called last April 1, they
pointed out there were millions of
tons of coal in reserve.
Now the reserves have been
exhausted and even with every
mine operating, people with means
to buy fuel are shivering because
there isn’t any to be had. If, when
April first rolls around again, there
is another strike the effect will be
'immediate and disastrous,’ was the
way one union official put it.
WILL TRY
TO AGREE
With this in prospect, both the
miners* representatives and the
mine owners declared Thursday
they would exert every effort to
agree speedily upon a basis for
fixing wages and working condi
tions in the bituminous field before
April 1. The workers’ delegations
from Ohio went so far as to de
clare “there will be no strike this
MEMBERS OF BODY
OF HOODED MEN
Much Lively Testimony
Was on Slate For Thurs
day’s Session !of Kidnap
Hearing.
LAST TWO~DAYS
HAVE BEEN, “DRY”
It Has Been Brought Out
in Trial That Two Slain
Men Were Seen in
Truck, Gagged.
Harding Seems
To Be Improving
Week
Hill ML
Children Severe
Critics of Music
This Is What Marie Tif
fany, Opera Singer,
Says.
WASHINGTON.—Continued im-
provement in President Harding’s
grfppe attack was looked for Thurs
day by Brigadier-General Sawyer,
his personal physician. Signs of
relief from the indisposition which
confined the president to his room
Wednesday were noted before his
retirement Wednesday night No
engagements were to be made for Pit)gram Arranged For
thn hronldont , Thiir«<lnv. hnwavpr. x ® . _
SPEAK IN ATHENS
the president Thursday, however,
it'W&fc indicated, unless his condi
tion, showed marked improvement
The complete rest and putting
aside of official cares which had
brought improvement in Mr.
Itording’s condition Wednesday
night were expected to enable him
to throw off the indisposition
1TI01IAL THEATRE
VERGER INVOLVES
INY PHY HOUSES
NEW'YORK;—Control 1 oft th«
majority of the theatres in the
United States showing legitimate 1 G ^f ra ,\. A ‘„Y; Co ?°'
enterprises, and not those of New
York city alone, was thought to
be one of the aims of the proposed
merger of the interests of the
Sbuberts and A1 Erlanger and
perhaps several of the independ
ent theatre owners:* Confirmation
of rumors that the deal was pend
ing was obtained Wednesday night
from both Mr. Erlanger and Lee
Shubert.
The plan is said to involve ap
proximately $60,000,000 and calls
for sale of part of the stock to
the public. It is estimated that
the Shuberts and Erlanger al
ready control about four-fifths of
the theatres of the country, ex
clusive of motion picture houses.
by
quickly.
Annual Dividend
Declared By Mill
The annual
stockholders
Manufacturing company was held
Wednesday afternoon. The usual
dividend was declare dand officers
for the year were elected.
S^raS president' - !)! «E, J. P. Tiblgtte again.heads the
BASTROP, L*l — (By the Asso
ciated Press) — With seventeen
prospective • witnesses on hand to
testify the state was ready early
Thursday to present dVidence
tending to establish the identity
of members of the black-hooded
band which kidnapped Watt
Daniel And Thomol RichardyppremM ..u _ County-DM!
►" — dsda assisted by the "citizens'
eourt” continued Thursday investi
gating bridge . burnings and other
depredations on tb4 Missouri and
North Arkansas railway, and the
lynching of C. E. Gregor, an al
leged striker, after the Indictment
Wednesday by the Boone county
grand jury of 25 former Missori
and North Kansas employes.
Judge Shinn of the circuit court
announced Wednesday night that
warrants were in the hands of the
sheriff for service on the twenty-
five, indicted men. However, only
twb arrests had been made up*to
early to day Sheriff Shaddox stat
ing his deputies were unable to lo
cate the others named.
Everton citizens Wednesday
brought eight men to Harrison
to be questioned by the grand* jury
and “citizens’ court”. They were
placed in jail to await action of the
questioning bodies.
The exodus of strikers and fami
lies to “other parts” as requested
by the ^committee of one thousand
continued Thursday.
„ I company, which is the largest bus-
United Mine Workers of America, iness concern in Athens, as presi-
Is here to head the delegation of T «
Last’s Week’s
CIRCULATION
Combined
BANNER .‘herald
100 union officials and members of
the general policies commission of
the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica. The operators are equally well
represented. Coming here at the In
vitation of Mr. Lewis after the re
cent failure-of negotiations at
Chicago they have named as their
spokesman Phil A. Penna. secreta
ry of the Indiana Coal association,
who also has been named chair
man of the Joint conference.
It was revealed Thursday by the
union delegates that the expressed
'purpose of the recent conference
was to decide whether future wage
contracts should be based on the
"central competitive field, or sec-
tionally or nationally, it was ex
pected to develop far more signif
icance.
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, ATHENS. GA. ,
Yesterday’s
Combine
Miss Rutherford
Speaks At Normal
Miss Mildred Rutherford of
Athens wiU be the principal speak;
_ er a t the exercises in honor o.
-- 5’12? I Robert EL Lee’s birthday _to be
5 '® 95 held at the State F orn “*
Friday, it was announced Tues
day.
The Cobb-Deloney v
the Unitea Confederate- Veterans
will fee the guests of .the school.
and after the memorial exereises
in Pound Auditorium at 12.00.
dinner will be served the veter-,
ans at 1:30.
4,890
5,087
4,550
pnb-
On the list of witnesses for
Thursday were Jewell Harris, Hoi
ly Rogeis, Jchn Hood, William H.
Holman, Max Broadnax, oilie
Spencer. 'Henry jon’es, W. D.
Pipes, Marion • Hickett, “Cud”
HiCkett, A.. P. Wimberly, J. M.
Wimberly, j. H. Jones, J. H.
Kind- William J. McDonald, C.
Wagsdale and T. Y. Harp.
The names o< several of the
men scheduled to take the stand
have, been mentioned repeatedly
in testimony since the hearing
started.
Thursday’s session therefore fol
lowed two uneventful days of
“dry” testimony has all indica
tions of being a lively one.
HIGGINBOTHAM
ON THE STAND
When court receSsed Wednes
day, J. d. Higginbotham was on
the stand. The witness is the
town marshall of Bastrop, who
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BE THRIFTY
Hoover Sees National
Progress Thru Thrift.
Agricultural Session Is
Most Elaborate Seen in
Many Years.
HUNDREDSWILL
BE IN ATTENDANCE
Conference Gets Under
Way Next Monday and
Will Run Daily For an
Entire Week.
Interest is growing daily in the
big Farmers’ conference that be
gins at the State College of Agri
culture Monday afternoon -and
continues through the , entire
week.
The program is the most elab
orate ever arranged of the many
years the ccnferChtiGs have been
held and . will bring to Athens the
leading experts of the South on
practically every phase of agricui
ture. The opportunity offered the
farmers, especially iu this section
of the state whete they can come
and attend with small expense, is
a rare one and hundreds are ex
pected to take advantage of the
lectures and demonstrations.
GERMAN OPPOSITION
IS REPORTED TO BE
GREATLY STIFFENED
Mine Operators Said to
Have Decided to Do
Their Duty to Berlin^
Troubling French.
GERMANYHOPES
FOR U. S. MEDIATION
Deliveries Being Made to
Every Nation But
France. Only Ready Coal
Seized. To Work Forests.
ESSEN — (By the.. Aisociateti
! Press) — The French military au-
| thorities today instituted court
martial proceedings against six
Ruhr coal magnstee, whose
names were withheld. They were
charged with **K0Tusing to obey
the orders of the military author*
ties in th© territory under stAte
of siego” the magnates have not
MARIE TIFFANY
BY MARIAN HALE
“Children,” says Marie Tiffany,
Metropolitan Opera soprano, who
has just introduced Sortg recitals ^takehiTAo' cMitody.
especially for the little ones as an
innovation in the world of music,
“are the severest critics a singer
ever faces.
‘Yet they’re well worth pleas-
he tale told in music. It I - whi?h Oer
, .. . ,, be the only nations to which Ger-
y many refuies to make reparations
J ^liveries. lor It Is declared here
BY HERBERT HOOVER
U. S. Secretary of Commerce,
who, as U. S. Food Adminis-
tr ?,5? r daring the war, saved
millions of Europeans from
starvation.
WASHINGTON. — The
dent. J. M. Hodgson was renamed
vice president and C. H. Newton
elected secretary again. t
R. R. Hodgson was named treas
urer and two new members were
elected to the board of directors, |
H. H. GGordon, Jr., . and B. F.
Hardeman. •• ,
This company is one of the Progress of _ our country depends
largest manufacturers of cotton u P° n individual savings of
products in the state and has en-l our _ people, for when all is said
joyed splendid business since itj and **’“
was founded. It is reported that 1 ~
the outlook for the new year is
bright and that tbp mill will con
tinue to grow and prosper.
whole
Superior Court
Tries Civil Cases
The superior court continued
to grind away on civil business
Thursday morning and several
cases were disposed of. As soon
as the civil docket Is cleared the
session will end.
The case, against John Minos
who was. sentenced to serve one
year In the gang for the killing
of young Raynolds Smith who was
run down by an automobile was
the bnly criminal case tried.
I Court will hardly last longer
Chapter of than through Friday.
VETERAN DEAD
SAVANNAH, G*. -r Major J. J.
ftaudry, a retired officer In the
©ttlonal guard of Georgia , died
T hursday morning.
done the
p rovements
our homes,
our farms, our
goods, our roads,
railways, factor
ies, etc., are the
net saving, that
one generation
hands on to the
next, and our
progress is mark
ed by what -we
have saved, and
improved during:
our generation.
However rujtal
as this' fact may
HOOVER
be, to me thrift has a more inti
mate personal value. Saving is
the only road to personal inde
pendence. ' I had a guaranteed in-
come, independent of anybody,
for a couple of months when I
had saved 3160. { was independ
ent for a year.when I had saved
31*500. I had the courage to take
the risks in tVying for a better
job the minute I could see a year
ahead.
Smith Attends
P. O. Conference
Postmaster Paul Smith goes to
Atlanta* Friday to attend the two
days conference of postmasters
and to represent the local office.
Dr. Work, postmaster general,
was exnccted at the convention
but will be unable to attend on
account sickness. His first assist
ant, Mr. Bartlett, will be in at
tendance and represent the depart
ment in Washington.
A number of Athens business
( men and civic leaders have been
(extended an invitation at the in
stance of Dr. Work- to attend the
convention and help work out
some of the problems that now
face the department and to insure
closer cooperation between the
postoffices and. the publci.
The conferences in Atlanta will
be held at the Baptist tabernacle.
A banquet will be served , at the
Georgian Terrace, \
-BERLIN.—(By 'The Associated
Press)—general stiffening-
German resistance in the face*' of'
French ultimatums is indicated.bar
ing,” she continues, “for the boy.the Berlin newspaper correspond- . ;
is father to the man, and the lit-jent in Ruhr. The mine operators*
tie girl is mother to the' grown! workers and labor leaders are rop-*: j
woman. j resented as standing together In a ,
“A concert for children must be.d®^ 8 ! 011 their duty by, Gor- ]
mjtSW in t0 ; y usic h0U i r tr a ^ 00 and appear^ ’
should
little ones'
Sh n , nldb „ e * PKL 0 * th j! thatT shipments to Great Britain,
tio " ° f ^ Ver L.- ?. nd Italy, Poland and Jugo-Slavia ,wilk
when our great artiste realize I not be , nte ted _
their duty as educators as well as
entertainers, then we may hope
for the development of the sym
pathetic type of audiences which
every artist dreams about.” PARIS — (By the Associated
Press) — After, a meeting of'the
French cabinet Thursday ft waA
stated in official quarters that-tiiq
policy of passive resistance adopt
ed by the Germans was regarded
as of great danger to the peace
of Germany.
i Continuation of the presept .atU^
de of the Berlin government and
e Ruhr industrialists, it- was
said, gave rise to fears that tfid
Nationalist spirit may be aroused
to such a pitch as to provoke seri
ous trouble. ^ ’
It was pointed out that reaction
had already been felt in upper.
Silesia, where secret series^ane-rda
ported to be exerting great "efforts
to bring about strikes. V
The French policy in the*PWftr,.
it was emphasized, is to faeffithte
the Industrial activity ISu?|hd'
Ruhr rather than to place
stacles ln the way, as charged*by
the Germans. 1**
Among the list of prominent
visitors scheduled to come here
are founa such experts as: J. E.
Con well, president of the Georgia
Cotton Growers* Co-operative
Association who will speak at, the
first meeting Monday, Hon. B. S.
Talley, Dr. A. M. Soule, Dr. M. P.
Jarnigan. Prof. J. Phil Campbell,
George A Maloney of the U. S.
Bureau of Entomology, H. E. Sevo
ly of the U. S. Extension Field
Agents department, |L M. Strip-
lin, secretary of the S. E. Fair, J.
F. Jackson. Agricultural agent of
the C. of Ga., Railway. Roger Mil
ler of the Macon chamber of com
merce, H. P. Stucky of the Geor
gia Experiment Station, Dr. L. G.
Hardman, Major. H. P. Hunter ot
the Georgia Bankers Association
and many others including a num
her of women for the conference
relative to home economica and
home life.
FULL DAY SESSIONS
TO BE HELD ^
The meeting will be held in p __
the mornings, afternoon and ^t j modifies on which capable data! for
night; the morning sessions be- 1 November and December tab avail-
ginning at 9:00 o’clock and con
UPWARD TENDENCY
SEEN IN WHOLESALE
DECEMBER PRICES
/! ' • ! ' * ’
WASHINGTON.—The general
level of wholesale prices ln De
cember showed no change from
the November average, although
the tendency was upward, the de
partment of labor announced
Thursday. An increase of 11 1-2
per cent over the level of Decem
ber, 1921, was shown, • however,
farm products leading with *>n ad
vance of 20" 3-4 per cent.
Of four hundred and four com
noon sessions lag!
while the night sessions begin at
8 o’clock.
ESSEN.—(By The Associate^*
able, 170 advanced in price last Press)—The Ruhr valley coal' om
month, 70 declined and the remain- | erators who thought for a- time
der were unchanged. Appreciable Wednesday night that the FreffclT
increases' were recorded in certain were to take over the mines Thurs-r.
farm products, including corn, oats day morning, fonnd themselves still
j rye, wheat, hogs, lamb, cotton seed in possession of their propertied
1 flaxseed, milk, peanuts, onidns and Thursday and learned that * only.
potatoes, the group as a whole
. advancing approximately 1 1-2 per
Thursday at 72 o’clock Governor t cent, while cloths and clothing
Elect Clifford Walker will deliver: averaged about one per cent hlgh-
the main , address (of the day and ] er than in Noveknber.
is expected to outline in a mea*> j Chemicals and drugs increased
ure some of the policies of his *«2 1-4 per cent end house furnish-
Dress Parade By
College Students
The second dress" parade 'held
by the University ot Georgia mil
itary regiment will, be held on
Herty fild Friday afternooft at
6:15.
All the different units, cavalry,
infantry, M. T. C. , will be repre
sented. The band will play also.
The public is invited to attend
the parade ' fyy the officers In
charge and especial attention is
called to the place, Herty field. .
forth coming administration in so
much at it will touch on the farm
ing interests, of the state.
Mr. Walker has accepted the
invitation to be present and his
ing goods 1 3-4 per cent, while a
small increase also was noted in
food articles. Fuei;aud lighting, on
the other hand averiged almost 1
per cent and metal 1 1-2 per cent
address will be one of the most; lower In December than in No-
interesting of the entire week Dr. .• vember. * ’ Building materials and
L. G. Hardman will preside at; commodities listed as miscellane-
this session. • ... * ous. remained stationary.
Dr. -Soule will be a prominent • As compared with the preceding
figure 4n all the sessions and wiU > December’s prices, building mate-
direct the entire, conference. It rials last month showed an advance
of 17 per cent, metals of 16 per
has be£n mainly' through; his in
fluence that so many prominent
men have been brought to Athens
and he Will devote practically bis
entire time during the week % to
the conferences and the entertain
ment of the visitors and distin
guished guests.
cent, fuel and lighting 8 1-2 per
cent and clothing 7 3-4 per cent
No declines were noted in food ar-
furnisbing goods and miscellaneous
commodities, all making small va
ried changes. '
coal mined and above ground came
under the revised requisitioning; or*-
der of the French. The magnates
also learned that they faco, court-,
martial instead of actpal arrest as
a result of their refusal to deliver
coal' to France. . ^ ,
The economic commission., .to;
reaching its final decision on the
policy to be followed, concluded
that because of ‘the shbrtagffJJQff.
technical experts It would bo bet
ter to requisition only coal ready
for delivery and to return to
France all shipments intended for
German domestic consumption** > £
It was also said that certaiii na
tions, notably the United States
and Great Britain looked .with dis
favor upon the term “confiscation”
as it had been applied to the
French Ruhr valley policy by the
Paris press.
tides, chemicals and drugs, house. -» What' attitude labor would take
til the event the mines were seized
also cauBed the commission serious
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