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The Weather: 1 nurd cloudy with possible h«»«'r>; temperature. Daily and Sunday—10 Cents a-Weelt. The One Paper In Most Homes—The Only Paper In Many Homes. Daily' asd Sunday—10 Cents a Week. Athens Cotton: MIDDLING 28c PREVIOUS CLOSE 28 l-4e n. No. 110 Full Associated Press Leased Wire. Service. ATHENS, GA.,jMONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1923. Single Copies 2 Cents'Daily. 5. Cents Sunday. 4* ■ 4* jt—4* 4* 4* • 4* ’■ 4*. Seen in German Resistance to -V- S V 4—4" Royal*Refugees Arrive England Papers Monday Were Alarmed By Criti cal Developments in the liulir Occupation. p s. PROTECTORATE OVER RUHR TALKED Domestic Loan to Ger many Proposed in New French Plans. No Mora torium. Rail Men Strike. BERLIN -r- (By the Associated Pr«>ss) — The report that the Ger man government was contemplat- “ ing the re-interduction of compul- nilitary service which is for 10 DEATH 1NHEII HOTEL IS SAYS COCO Is KIDNAP HEARING WILL RESULT Seabrook Made i Savannah Mayor SAVANNAH, Ga—At noon Mon day I»aul E. Seabrook succeeded Murray M. Stewart as mayor of Sa- Dr. Soule Who Initial Speaker It. E. L. Hill, Pastor of Presbyterian Church, Opens Conference With Prayer. Soule Tells How to Raise Cotton.- Poison Alone Will Not As sure a Crop, He Says, Outlining ' ... , - Method to Be Followed. Mother, Her Twin Sons Age 6, and Her Daugh ter, Age 13, Among Those Who Perished. vannah for a term of two years. f fTho new* mayor accompanied by I the new board of ^aldermen, met j tho retiring mayor and his board I ________ at Ox, cuy hall, where the oath was j Att Coc() Af^,* C on- administered by Judge P. W. Mel- „ J , Tr .,, drim of the city court. There was a I ^^reilC© With GOVGTO great outpouring of the friends of ! Predicts Many Arrests the incoming and outgoing admin- j and Indictments, istrations and there were floral de bidden under the treaty of Versail les. was officially denied Monday. l.oNhON — (By the Associated pr. hsi — The critical situation in the Ruhr is a subject of much auxi ns comment by the morning newspapers, which regard the outlook as 80 dangerous thM it la imperative that some wav., of re lieving the deadlock bo fo’uxuJ* ■ is n-ar* ters lest Great Britain bo forced into some form of attiVO iWtetyCn* t un against her will. Some Cir cles are nlso fearful that) if France pursues the present line of her policy she will be obliged H increase her forces greatly in the occupied district with , the re- >uit that Germany may follow with military action which would LOSS ESTIMATED AT ONLY $15,000 signs presented to all aldermen, both those ’ retiring and those just entering office and to Judge Sea brook and Mayor Stewart. There will be a special meeting of coun cil at 6:30 o’clock Monday after noon when officers for the ensuing term will be elected. Banished from Greece by the , of Greece arrived in New York revolutionary tribunal after a j with his ( \vife, Princess Alice, trial for treason. Prince Andrew J cousin of the prince of Wales. RUSSIA READY TO POINCARE MEETS Hotel Proprietor Dies From Bad Burns. Fami ly That Met Death was on'Third Floor. There already has been a report »h..t Germany wan arranging to re-institute conscription, but no "tfirial confirmation of this was lorthc ming Monday morning. An thcr report Monday from Paris, ?a;.l tit.-1,1 General Ludendorf has i een‘recently at Muenster where he witnessed manuvers by troops Withered at that point This, how ever, was also unconfirmed. TE El AT MOSCOW.—(By the Associated Press.)—Although Russia has re duced her active army to 600,000 men she has not shut her eyes to possible military danger and it is understood that the government has taken, a number of measures to create at the necessary mo ment a force able to repulse any attack', writes M. Steckloff, editor of Izvestia. He expresses the opinion that there are more war possibilities in the European situation today than in 1914. He . reviews the theory of the old quarrel between America and Japan and finds that ... v . , w —«... .- the commercial rivalry of Ameri- l.eliof that FrdrtCe is convinc- lea and Egypt and the difference p i she has miscalculated the Ger- | between the I latter country and man tamper and, finding the re- j France are full of war possibui- suits <.f the occupation niot what | ties at a time when Memel th< Nhe expected, seeks a means of 'Balkans threaten to tohch off the withdrawing, if possible, without | powder' magazines, less of her prestige. T<* this end lb is stated herCi France is reexamining the British j and Italian proposals- which she ;'| iejected at the Paris conference. Meanwhile Monday developments to Hi” Ruhr are awaited in Great iTit.m, with much anxiety. c ommentators entertain i PITTSBURGH, Pa.—Five per sons were burned to death in a fire which destroyed the Davies hotel in'Homestead, near here, FRENCH CABINET The property loss was INVESTIGATION TO END THURSDAY Y.M.C.A, CANVASS FOR $11,000 OPENS IT Evidence Shows K. K. K. Had Built Up Super- Government. Half Mil Hon Words Testimony. Opening with a brilliant address by Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president of the State College of Agriculture, the sixteenth an nual “Farmers’ and Marketing Conference” began at the State College of Agriculture Monday afternoon at three o’clock. The. sessions will continue through next Saturday. Immediately after Dr. E. L. Hill pronounced the opening prayer Dr. Soule gave an impromptu welcome to the .visitors, more than a hundred of them being demonstration agents and other representatives of his departments who are carrying the gospel of better farming to the four comers of the state. He then launched into his real message. , * iBRITISH PROFIT BY Germany may make CLAIMS ON FRENCH PARIS — (By the Associated Press) — Premier Poincare Mon day began his twice-ia-day con ferences with cabinet • ministers and Marshall Rich. These fre quent meetings, it has been de cided, are necessitated by the de* vel pmenus in the Ruhr sitcation. The ministers Monday heard a reiiort by M. Gillaume, the direc tor of mines, who returned foam the Ruhr to bring xne latest in formation* The officials continue to exrress j a hopeful view o' the outcome of j the French occupation despite in creasing opposition. It was Indi cated they intended to continue their policy of moderation toward the German workmen, believing this course will evenjually win over the industrial populace and break down the resI*Ance of the industrial leaders and the govern merit* According to the latest reports reaching the foreign office the droops and telegraph system is functioning in the ltuhr buO there was no information available on the strike in that region set for Monday morning. Monday. $15,000. The dead are Mrs. John Winnie, her twin sons, aged six, and her daughter, Catherine, 13 years, and Thomas W. Davies, proprietor of the hotel. Davies was awakened by the crackling of flames and'was so t ^ i “/, t0 T® ‘ hl VMen’s <Christian'"AsTociati'on“wifi « ^ V J ospita \be opened this evening at the Y. a few hours after the fire. * Im c A hnilHim*’ at nViAni* John Winnie and his family were l“:AU C *. A /-_ bu, r^ s „. at ,. C ^? (Written for Banner-Herald) The Annual Current Expense Canvass for the Athens Young asleep on the third floor when the fire started. Winnie was carried down ladders by firemen wbo, when they sought to save Mrs. Winnie and children were driven back by the flames. The cause of the fire has not been determined. ’clock with a campaign workers* supper. Mr. John White Morton, the general chairman of this most im portant civic and religious move- NEW FACES WILL APPEAR AT NEXT LEAGUE MEETING ment to secure the $11,000 requir-1 c#mc. ed in subscriptions fro the main-] -The evidence is clear that the tenance fund for tfci:; year, an- k. .K. K. had built up a super- nounces that his twelve teams, j'government and was running compose^ of eight workers each, things their own way" the Attor- are ready for work. 1 ney General said. The Ku Klux There are ten teams of men \ Klan was* the government workers and two teams of ladies, Morehouse. • That much has beem — (By the Associated : , LONDO n —- Whatever the* poll* rhe picture of Germany Ucal outCome c f the Ruhr occupn future claims of France British coal owners expect to — with n n indemnity by qho situation. Germaq Mitiral wn for the Ruhr occu- . , <iuirie8 ' for coal have made the already being sketched EritjBh an a welsh coal fields ac- ' iroles hero. In these i tiye and prices have already her- confidently believed • th.. Reich will not hesMite »* "l-i her own statement after pattern afforded by her oblige* rs to the Allies. ' long list *of claims agalnsU and Belgium by German 1 i*als is expected and to these ! i !ol*al*ly ho added the na ns estimate of the damage to soverigpiy by the armed As precedents for enett •*f :u>;lon. Reichstag lead- i’ve already turned to the 1 and Ingoldstadt incidents the Reich warf fined one mil narks because. German civil! 'ns insulted- members of the 1: , onte commission. AMERICAN protectorate favorably considered Gened. It is stated, liowevei, that there will be some delay in tilling any orders for Germany became the British exporters stipulate that payment must be deposited in sterling with I/bndon and Dutch banks. The Daily Mail, reviving the story Shat Hugo Stinnes Is try ing to arrange a big deal here for steel.and coal, says that three of the magnate’s agents have al ready contracted for delivery ol coal worth 1.&00.000 Pounds with in the next six months. The news- iLP '4>,nr stinnes himsel PARIS — (By the Associated p resS ) __ The German govern ment has formally ceased partlcipa tlon in the Franco-Gorman arbi tration tribunal, because of the preser.it "political circumstances.” Notice to this effect was served Monday ns the hearing was about to open in a banking case handled a Franco-American legal firm, paper saTs that Stinnes himself hopes to come here arrange for further purchases. V PARIS.—(By The Associated Press)—The first session of the enlarged council of the league of nations will be held in Paris begin ning next Thursday. Several faces will be seen, including those PANTON ROUGE. La.— Attor ney General A. V s Coco, who was called from B&8Uop to the capital to confer wUh Governor John M; Parker on| thft Morehouse situa tion. declared - Sunday night as he was teavtng.-np.his return'to Bas- trep to resume thd *opero hearing Into hooded band activities in Morehouse Parish that 25 to 3« arrests with 75 to 100 indictments will be-the outcome of testimony presented at the state’s investiga tion. He was expected to reach Bastrop Monday morning. Following the conference with the Governor Mr. Coco announced that 30 more witnesses would .bo heard, and he expected that the hearing would come t|o an end Thursday. He declared he was pleased with the progress made and was confident of. the out* Dr. Soule's address, was on the subject, "A Cotton Production Cam paign for 1923,” and carried with ft some of the soundest principles yet laid down for producing cotton un der boll weevil conditions. He outlined a number of steps that are necessary in order to suc cessfully dombat the weevil and stressed the point that cotton could not be grown simply by the appli cation of various forms of poison to kill the weevil. lia. brief,, the : following steps are necessary, according to Dr* Soule: SELECT AND PREPARE GROUND “First, select ground best suited for growth of cotton, eschewing rich bottom lands that tend to pro duce weed but late cotton, prefer ably moderately rich, elevated, well drained land that will mature the crop early. After selecting ,the ground, have it well cleared of weeds and trash and plough deep ly, preferably in the fall. After the ground is broken up let it stand for thirty days before planting and store up all the water it will. Thirty days before planting bed up the land so it will warm up sooner. After this is done and the temper- with Mrs. Apne P- Johnson as major of the women's division, who are to visit the people of Athens to secure either renewal of their annual subscriptions, or to obtain new gifts from friends established 'beyond a doubt. The state has also established the identity of some of the members of the mob who murdered Watt Daniel and Thomas Richard. Against some of the hooded men 70 degree Farenheidt, plant.” Ear lier planting in waterlogged land is almost certain to result in a waste of time and efforts, according to dr. Soule. who have not been among that I Mere will be as high as six goodly number, who from year to year have made possible the great work that has been done for the boys and young men of Athens and Clarke. Y. M. C. A. HAS MANY FRIENDS The Athens Y. M. C. A. has of Hjalmar Branting, Sweden, and probably more friends and regular Senor Blanco, Uraguay, newly | annua i subscribers " to its work elected members; former ' than any other association in the!^ r ^ Us for anythln * le8s than Saiandra, of Italy, 'south, when i^e size of me city .s M “ r «» u, « ImofrtaV-'considered. This is ono of the charges made.” Where the state will ask Judge Fred L. Odum, of the sixth judi cial to order a special grand jury to hear the testimony taken at the open hearing will be deter mined by developments, Mr. Coco said. It was stated ini the event there was no Grand Jury indictment re turned, the state could proceed against those involved through MAYENCE — (By the Asso ciated press)—The *$ial by court martial of *Frizt Thyssen and the other industrial leaders arrested in the Ruhr Valley, who were brought here lhw&week will be held In this ci(iWednesday. The French authorities announce t$iat the trial will last *nly one day. WHAT IS NOT ADVERTISING .• . , Advertising is a definite part of the business. What is charged to its account should be real adver tising—not the expenses the indi vidual feels he must incur in order to be a “good fellow. A writer in Printers’- Ink lists free Roods, announcements in picnic and ba- z ? ar . programs, and donations to Harvey Denies a Split With Hughes A suggestion for an American iKiiff toiatt* over the Ruhr I s l" " 1 am with considerable favor ! ’ ; circles where It origin*- • n t. Sm h step it is believed will J'nwont the French from per- controlling the Rhen- 1,s! > Industrial Area, and would J 'crefore i, e j n the interests of American an a Br&ish trade. 'n immediate coal, famine , ’tcupiert Germany is not gen- - * ear od here If the Ruhr coal there. . p# . in „ account m*jj|8cun maintain the output ot|. t X°SiSL a l,^ExpendV the pur- charitable; religious^ and froternal organizations as “charges that do not belong in the advertising ac count, although too frequently put - ..... juaiuyun lilt: wvv, 1 ... lll e last ten days. Only ore half {that which y j* the Reich’s supply comes from [chase n « **vv¥w HFRAI I) quarter and with British im- THE 1 Nations and stimulated produc- The Gilt-Edge G ec tion (Turn to page two) J ium for Th,s Sect,on * ■ ■ i hi, ■ I IM—Ii WASHINGTON — Secretary Hughes received Monday a copy a radiogram sent by Ambassa dor Harvey to the Norfti Ameri can Review denying published re ports that he and the secretary are not in accora ^on important qfiestlons of foreign policy. The Tnessage sent in response to querry was transmitted from the steamer , on which -Mr. (Harvey k| returning to his post. Adatchi, who will sit in the place of Viscount Ishii, who is now in Japan. Reno Vivian! will substitute for Leon Gourgeois, France. Great Britain, Belgium. Spain, Brazil and China will have the same representation as at the last meeting of the council, respective ly, Earl Balfour. Paul Hymans, Count Quiones de Leon, Senor Da Gama and Mr. Tang Tsal-fou, the Chinese minister to Rome. One of the first questions to be brought up will be whether the council ball, in accordance with the suggestion made at the last assembly call an international con ference, to deal with the extension of the Washington naval agree- ment to naval powers which were not represented at the Washing ton conference. The relations between the allied powers and Germany again will have the floor in connection with the protest of the German govern ment against the presence of troops In the Share valley and the juris diction, of the-French courts-mar tial there. It is expected the ses sion of the council will last for three or four days. COURT TO RECESS WASHINGTON — Chief Justice Taft announced Monday that the Supreme court after delivering opinions on next Monday would recess tv February 19. _ why u*e Athens able to carry on such an extensive; program. 618 subscriptions were secured last year in the annual campaign. The captains working with Mr. John White Morton are: Messrs. J. W. Barnett, No. 1; G. W. Crook, No. 2; Thos. H. Dozier, Jr., No. 3; H. H. Gordon, Jr., No. 4; M. S. Hodgson, No. 6; D. C. Barrow, No. 6; M. G. Nicholson, No. 7; C. II. Phinizy, No. 8; Robert P. White, No. 9; Jno."J. Wilkins. No. 10. Ladies' Division: Major, Mrs. Annie P. Johnson. Captains, Mrs. Ralph Hodgson, No. 11; Mrs, Robert McWhorter, No. 12. Campaign Cashier, Mr. AucUey Morton; Campaign Director, Mr. W. T. Forbes. “It is better to mold a Boy than to Mend a Man, murder. Governor Parker declined to dis cuss the conference. , Would Restore Old Wage Basis BRUSSELS.—(By the Associa ted Press.)—The National Bank of Brussels Monday increased it discount rate by one per cent. LAWRENCE, Mass.—The New England conference board of the United Textile Workers of Amer ica has adopted a resolution call ing upon the organization’s head quarters, in New York to open ne gotiations with the American Woolen company seeking a restor- at ion* of the wages paid to textile operitills pnor to' .‘tiie out made in December, 1920. This action taken at a meeting of the confer- _ ence which was. attended by 51 del- scribing NEW YORK.—The Rey. Perry, Stickney Grant, rector-of Protestant ( Episcopal Church of the Aspenslon, expects to be tried for heresy. He declined Monday, however, to In dicate when he would make format reply to the ultimatum of Bishop Wm. T. Manning, that he either re cant pulpit utterances that “Jesus did not have the power of God” or resign. He said that bis sermon Sunday in which he reiterated that Christ was human while on earih and was not possessed of miracu lous powers should not be con strued as his reply to the bishop. “I will make my reply to- the bishop formally in the manner in which he addressed me,” Dr. Grant oalH “Thnan ...l V. x-I. said. “Those things must be done deliberately and carefully.” ’ - He indicated that he expected a trial Cor heresy by telling reporters nture of the ground reaches about I*? ?“» y °* the sermon 70 deerne Farenheidt. ulant." Ear- J! 1 ? 1 JjS.°' ante< * 11 b »Ck as in case this thing ever goes to trial T tv yrill This is essential in the growing of cotton, early ploughing and properly preparing the land and planting at the right time. need , all documents.” Dr. Grant's stand was condemn ed in a number of sermons preach ed in other New York churches Sunday. Bishop Manning prdtehed at New Haven to Yale students. HIS text was MBe thou faithful unto death ” Second, the selection and appli cation of commercial fertilizers. “A formula containing 4 per cent of ni trogen is most desirable,” Dr. Soule declared, and urged that plenty of phosphoric acid be used, recom mending from 8 ( to 10 per cent, the smaller amount for the red lands of north Georgia and the larger amount for the sandy lands to the south. Five hundred pounds of fer- Smeltona Is Sent To Memel, Report WASHINGTON — A realogram from Kovono to the Litunlan lega tlon here Monday said that Aft- tanas Mmttona, who was tbo first president of Lithunina had been sent aB an envoy extraordinary ('* the Allied powers at Memel, gates representative centers in all parts of Ne land. JBASTROP. La r — (By the Asso. cia'xfcd I’ress)—A conference Sun day in Bantoni Rouge between Governor John M. Parker and At torney General Coco was the topic of discussion hero Monday as the open hearing into masked band activities in Morehouse Parish, which culminated in the kidnapp ing of Watt Daniel and Thomas F. Richard August 24, entered Its third week. The Attorney General who at the request of the Governor left for the capital soon alter the hear ing adjourned for the week end, made no announcement before' his departure, nor would any of his assistants discuss the subject of the conference It was known, however, that it pertained to the Morehouse*, investigation. In some quarters the confer ence was regarded as foreshadow* ins the early conclusion of the hearing. Members of Mr. Coco’s staff last week had expressed tho opinion that the efid would reached Wednesday or Thursday, basing their assertion on the num her cf witnesses the state expect ed to call to Kh© stand. Test! mony'taking during the hearing 1 has assumed large proportions. The stenographic report already includes approximately a malf million words and the court re porter is so far behind in tran- scribing it -that thousands of textile I w ids art* being read on dictating Erg- machine records and sent to ty- ' (Turn to Page Two) tilizer to the acre is the minimum j There has been no disorders prescribed and in some cases 1,000 j Memel since the Lithunian Insur- pounds will not be too much. Sev- ' P e nt« took the efty, the message en hundred was given as the best \ dec| a*'ed. amount He stated that the greater . amount of the fertilizer should be Said Be well mixed with the soil at the time the land Is bedded and favored put ting all of it pnder the cotton so as to hurry the growth. Where side' applications are used he rec ommended that they be put down by the time the .cotton is cropped to a stand. Dr. Soule recommended the lib eral use of fertilizer so as to hurry Hanged By Turk! ATHENS.—The execution i Thomas Joannides, for ten years representative in the Near East L large American milling concerns is reported In messages from Sm: the growth and maturity of the j n ®* Joannides is said to have beeiSj cotton in order that as much grown J hanged by the Turks with sever* 5 fruit may be matured before tho prominent Greeks after being con weevils become so bad. victed of giving money to Greeli ■ patriotic societies in Smyrna. SELECT SEED Official and unofficial urgent an WISELY The third step outlined as neces sary is the proper selection of seed from the many varities to select from. Jle stated that the climate of the particular section of the state had much to do with determining what seed to plant There are many things to consider along this line, he outlined. Early maturity, yield and staple are all important Hb stated that north Georgia previous ly grew cotton with a staple from 1 to 1 l r 16 grade hut In recent years reals have been made to tho Turk in Joannides’ behalf for the pas fortnight FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The world's greatest and mo: reliable ' n^vs gathering orvnniza tlon, is received daily, in its ow building by The Athens Herald, Athens Herald Readers are kep to i lriu graue dui in recent years jin touchy with the news of th this grade had deteriorated and world with the full leased wii needs to be pulled up. He stated that the spinners of the world wanted just such cotton as could be grown in this section and are wil ling to pay a premium to get it. In reference to the varieties rec (Turn to Page Six) service of The Associated Press. IF YOU WANT THE NEWS WHILE IT IS NF-WS YOU NEED THE HERALD.