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ISOLATION COMPLETED
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Cuno Sees Chaos in French Action
Missing
Tells Correspondent Oc-
ciipation Is Bad For
C r v d i t o r and Even
Worse For Debtor.
IS IT E CON 0 M I C
LOCIC? HE QUERRIES
German Executive Says
France Is Worse Off To
day Than Before Her
Military Move.
r.KlU.lX. (By the Associated
,, .si - chancellor Cuno dlscuss-
„• riH* Kuhr occupation with a
/.a American correspondents
lav evening, summed up
situation by declaring:
-Us i.ni! business—bad fer the
. .liti-v. but worse for the debtor
; tl.i* f.'imer gets nothing while
1.1 i.iut-r become systematically
Ti.c cii.infellt r cont'.ned his re-
, ;>r l,s hi an impassioned presen-
i.oii of the economics aspects
i H . Kuhr question wit/i refer-
:n, t>» their immediate effects
< r i many’s internal situation
11.1 h : capacity for further repa-
iti-ns payments. .. ..4.,,
••Is th. re.” he* asked ”0“ siflgle
r:n<■ of economic logic or busi
es sense >n this armed assault
or one of the world's most com-
luami and highly productive ln-
ustriai areas which is not only
rc-eniinently qualified, but also
i>vii-usly destined for active co-
l>.ra'ion in the general task of
orl.i reconstruction'?’’ 4
liur Cuno presented statistical
uta bearing on the cost of the
ran' o-Kvlgian advance as it
.rnpaied with the reparations de
mits for which Germany is pen-
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PREPARE TO ADJUST DEBT
Grace Reichea. 23, shown hei
is sought by her parents and po
lice. She vanished mysteriously
from her Chicago home January
15.
TSESSI
OFP. T. A. HERETO
BE NOTABLE EVENT
"If wo inquire who is the actual
!• reficiary of this military occu-
Mr.cy of the Ruhr” the Clfencei-
l»r continued, “there Can only be
answer—nobody, least of all.
franc who up to the ttme she
<• dssp.i the Rhine obtained from
daily $100,000 worth of coal in
"Miti-»n to valuable deliveries of
t:mb. r . This elaborate military
"^anization will consume mi re
mon, y than sho claims is due her
through the alleged default.”
Chancellor Cuno said he believed
that th«* Franco-Belgian Ruhr
nmv. would soon 1 show it8elf t®
i highly irrational and unpro-
'balive instrument, chiefly de-
S1 -n''i to spread confusion and
struction. He referred at) length
the annihilating effects of the
>r<nch operations upon the. Ger-
jna civil service administration,
l"cai f.. 0 (i prices and the desttruc-
,:v '' * nce on the German mark
I'c.crci.y Germany practically has
" •» eliminated as a buyer in the-
' ''- I maikets inasmuch as she
s tu ..liy incai>cltated as a pur-
l;;:MV of the wheat, cotton, o/>p-
r ,!1 'i other essential commodl-
'' nf e.i,.<i to j. oep her industries
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The meeting of the Eighth dis
trict Parent-Teacher Association
in Athens Friday, when a one day
session will be held, will be one of
the most important meetings of
the year to be held in this city.
This is the first district conven
tion to .he held by the association
and besides attending to a lot of
business some interesting speeches
and talks will be made.
Mrs. Bruce Carr Jones, of Macon,
president of the state organization
will be in attendance and will
make the key-note speech of the
day. The Parent-Teacher associa
tions have become most powerful
influences in school and home life
and the growth of the organiza
tion has been phenomenal and
and since women have been given
the right of tbe^ ballot especially ^“Vion
*- *” WASHINGTON:—Whether
GET BRITISH DEBT
SETTLEMENT PLAN
State Department Is Of
ficially Advised That
the British. Cabinet Has
Acted Favorably.
DEBT COMMISSION
MEETS LATE TODAY
Some Doubt As to Method
of Procedure Involved in
Getting Matter Before
Congress.
WASHING I ON— Secretary
Mellon, chairman of the Amer-
can debt funding commission,
Thursday called a meeting of '
the commission for late In
the afternoon to make plans
for presenting to congress the
Amer.*:an. British agreement
accepted In London Wednes
day.
The call for the melting fol-
' lowed official' notification or
the state department by the
British embassy that the Brit
ish cabinet nad acted favor
able upon the American! fund
ing plan.
Details of the BriJis-i action are
expected through diplomatic chan.
French Reserve
Right to Make
Separate Pact
England Receives Offi
cial Communication Re
garding Near East. Rus
sia Declines to Sign.
LONDON (By the Associated
Press.)—The British government
Thursday received a note from
France, the substance of which is
that France reserves tty? righl
to undertake separate negotiations
with Turkey in the event of the
Lausanne conference failing.
Where Returning Yanks Will Debark
Water frent of Savannah, Ga.,
now withd awn-, will debark wh<
vhere soldiers of the American a rmy of occupation <\
n the transport St. Mihiel reache s the Untiled Slates
The Russian delegation at the
Near East conference announced
at the meeting of the straits com
mission Thursday that Russai
would not sign the convention, pro
viding for control of the Darda
nelles and the. Bosphorus.
300 Still Buried
As A Result of
Mine Explosion
600 Men Were Entombed
in Horror At Bouthen,-
Polish Silesia. Sixty Bod
ies Recovered.
BERLIN, (By the Associated
Press)—Some 300 miners were
nels during the duy and upon the \ still burled Thursday in the mine
completeness ,?f thepe advices will j at Bouthen, Polish Silasia in
depend how far the American com- j which an explosion of fire damp
mission can go at Thursday’s | Wednesday entombed 600 men-
meeting in outlining its next j Sixty bodies had been recovered at
move. the latest advices.
Various estimates of the a nn ual
payments ranged from $135,000,000 j 1 LONDON—The latest informa-
a year, but other phases of tae f.on regarding the Beuthen mipo
Pjrogram may operate to change | disaster says a Central news des-
this amount. patch from Berlin this afternoon
is that 150 miners are known to
MAY ASK LAW . i be dead and fifty others are. not
AMENDMENT
One of the first questions be
fore the comission is a determin
ation whether to ask for a gen
eral amendment of the present law
to encompass the British settle
ment or to rely instead upon ac
ceptance of the British terms
specifically through action on a
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Banner-Herald
by Saturday Noon
has the organization gained in in
fluence.
Delegates are expected here
from all the Associations of the
district. Mrs. Boyce Ficklen, Jr.,
of Weshington. head of the dis
trict associations, will act as chair
man of 4he meeting.
meet at college
OF AGRICULTURE
The State College of Agriculture
will be the meeting place of the
delegates and the sessions will be
held in the College auditorium and
the luncheon served at the cafe
teria. The local members will
act as hosts of the occasion and
will endeavor to furnish suffi
cient entertainment for the visit
ors. An especial effort will be
made to make this meeting, the
first one. a huge success.
Miss Mary Cressweli, of the
State College of Agriculture will
make the welcome address, taking
the place of Dr. Soule, who has
been called out of the city.
Among the prominent P. T. As.
to address the meeting will be.
Mrs. Jones. Mrs. Ficklen, Mrs.
Toombs of Washington, Mrs. Clif
ford Walker, of 'Monroe. Mrs. Lotus
ford Walker, of Monroe, Mrs. Louis
Annie Mav Bryant. Mrs. E. B. Hud
son and Mrs. X Phil Campbell, of
Athens.
AWAIT operation
CHICAGO - Charles Foy. 24
son of *Eddle Foy. the famous
commedian. was In a hospital here
Thursday to undergo an operaUon
for relief from appendicitis.
HYLAN GOES TO >LA.
NEW YORK Advised hr
nhysfeians that he needs » rest.
Mavor Hvlan was on his way to
Palm Beach Thursday for a
month’s vacation.
the
Amerilan debt commicson would
meet later Thurscay act on the
British acceptance of the Ameri
can debt funding suggestion was
said to depend on the expected
receipt fr.om Ambassador Harvey
in London, of further details fol
lowing his report that the accpe-
tance had been "in principle."
accounted for.
HEAVY ATLANTIC
TRAFFIC DURING
RHINE IS PLAN OF
BERLIN.—Separate agents and
agitators in the Rhineland, in Con
ference at Coblenz since the de
parture of tihe American troops
have been drafting: plans for the
proclamation of a rinineland re
public Thursday, says a Coblenz
dosptcfT received here Wednesday
evening. The contemplated coup
is tb be carried out with the aid
cf the French and Belgian mili
tary forces who will promptly pro
ceed to proclaim martial law,
seize all lines of comunication and
evict the German officials, the
desptch adds. .
The police frustrated Thursday
the attempt! of a large crowd' to
force entrance into the Central
hotel at Koenigsberg where the
French officers attached 1V> the
Jnter-allied contflol commission
are residing- The gathering sans
patriotic songs and demanded the
departure of the officers. The^e
was a demonstration before an
other hotel which is also head
quarters Cor members of the com
mission.
Students Gather
At Atlanta Meet
ATLANTA, Ga. — Plans are be
ing made for peffecting the South
ern Federation of students at a
convention in Atlanta in February
9 and 10, according to announce
ment by Albert Stanton, president
of (he Student Council of Georgia
Tech.
An intercollegiate association is
proposed, comprising student «rov--
ernment organizations in 16 col
leges of the South. All of these
colleges are expected to have re
presentatives rat the meeting. The
purpose of the Federation is to
maintain harmony between the
Southern colleges to attempt to
settle athletic rttonut*'**. o c’is-
courage gambling on sporting
events and aid in enterprises bece
ficial to the colleges.
ONE MEDTND
T
ESSEN (By the As&ociatied
Press)—The Ruhr forgot its own
troubles Wednesday everting upon
receipt »of Lausanne despatches
from German sources announcing
“the final break between England
and France over the Near Eastern
question.** „
“Certain war between Great
Britian and France” screamed the
head lines of one of the newspaper
extras. “Ruhr problem nearing
solution” announced another.
Great crowds gathered in front of
the bulletin hoards in Essen and
Dusseldorf do cheer the reports
from Lausanne. For the first
time in three weeks there was Joy
in the Ruhr.
The people had been waiting in
front of the neV^s stands in the
expectation that the French ulti
matum to Germany would be pub
lished. When the news of a break
at Lausanne was announced the
people were greatly relieved and
greeted the bulletin with cheers.
Extra editions of the Westphalian
Gazette and the Dusseldorf Tage-
blatt were snapped up pnomptly
jurua Thursday when seaboard t , 00 malks a copy
8 Hour Day For I
Rail Signal Men
CHICAGO—The eight hour work
|ing day with time and one half
Airline train No. 1 en route from
New York to Jacksonville crashed
into the rear of drain No. 301,
near Hagood, Va.. tt was learned
from officials of the railroad here.
J. M. Fields, Raleigh Engineer
of No. 1 was killed and his fire
Officers on duty at French
headquarters volunteered tile in
formation that on official advice
as to Franco-British break had
been received from 'Paris and that
the joy . of the Germans is likely
overtime went into effect
[Thursday for the brotherhood of
». „ . . , ' railroad signal men’s organiza-
LONDON (By the AsSo ti tion (n arrnnlniirfi with nn nrrlpr
Press.)—The prospect of increas
ing Atlantic passenger traffic dur
ing the coming summer is fea-
Wlth the belief generally held i tured in Thursday morning's news
in official circles that the major | papers in connection with an an-
suggcsticnn a$, !»o the interest I nouncemet of u rate reduction and
rates and the pla»* for amortiza- the promised extension of the ser-
tion had been accpted by the Brit
ish wPhouS chanro, members of
the commission were proceeding
Thursday with • preparations for
presenting the tentative settlement
Serins to Congress.
Any further negotiations neces
sary on possible minor changes in
the plan to be> proposed by the
British giverment will be conduct--
ed with Sir Auklacd Geddes, the
British ambassador acd’ng for his
government. . It was believed
these would involve no material
delay in getting the matter before
Congress.; w
As to what proceedure should
be followed in submitting the
question, of ratification of the
agreement to congress appealed
Thursday to he a division of opin.
ion among members of the com-
misson. Immediate changes
the law broadening the powers of
.Tie commission so that <lt could
complete the settlement, most of
the provisions of which are out-
vice of the Unltjed States lines
with Southampton .as the terminal
Port here.
Officials of the White Stan Cun-
ard and Canadian Pacific lines in
Liverpool assert that! they grap
pled 1 successfully with German
Competion before the war and do
not fear for American competi
tion. They base their confidence
partly upon the fact that Ameri
can ships will be dry. They real
ize. however, that competition is
likely to he keen and. some of
them look for a rate war.
Walter Runimican. chief British
representative in the U. S. Lines
has given his opinion that a rate
war is quite improbable. Never
theless the Liverpool men are
skeptical and are always prepared
to meet a rate war ,if it comes.
(JpCCINNATl.—Conditional up-
nn the completion of the deal for
Rube Benton and Tom Sheehan,
by the Cincinnati baseball club
which must turn over certain
iplayers wanted by the St). Paul
American association club in* ex
change for the two pitches, Jack
side of the present debt funding j Gillespie and Carl Schnell pitch-
act. was represented as the course ers with the Reds last year, will
favored by some of Uhe members ] he given their 'mconditonai re-
who lease, iti was said ht club head-
rfrtt
Including Secretary Mellon
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J quarters Thurs^y. \
man, T. E. Feltz, was
jured. The others hurt were pas
sengers. cut by flying glass, it
was said.
The cause of the wreck ap
peared to have been due tlo “mis
handling of the block at Lacrosse
by telegraph operator” officials
stated but it was added that the
n , to prove premature,
slightly in*\ .. We wlll de feat 1
tion in accordance with an order
tcc,, - v . *i,_ TTniinj »U»«JU uul il was auaea mat uie
issued Wednesday by the United .j. . .
statRK i-nJtm-irf lahnr hnnrr) •investigation had not been com
pleted. Train No. 301 was en
route from Washington to Hamlet,
States railroad labor board.
The eight hour day and puni
tive overtime long sought by the
railroad employees organization
was granted after the board had
heard the union’s dispute with a
number of railroads.
The union’s request for increas
ed wages was not granted although
the rate on certain railrooads al
leged tp be 68 cents an hour, was
raised to the board’s minimum of
72 cents. *
Time and one half was ordered
paid for work on Sundays and legal
holidays, excepting
N. C.
Glad Harding
Is to Be Arbiter
ROME — Satisfaction was ex
pressed at tb© Vatacan Wednes
day. over the fact that President
Harding had accepted the role of
hen Sunday arbitrator between Chile and
is not an employees regular day Penv in the Tacna-Arita dispute.
off.
Jones Head of Big . De , a ,?' T .° I 11
Chad’s Society! In M«ne Horror
ATLANTA —The Georgia child
ren’s home society is organized
for the coming year with the re-
election of Robert H. Jones, Jr.,
as president at the annual meeting
held here Wednesday.
Other officers elected *%-ere:
Stiles Hopkins and Arthur Brooke,
of Atlanta, and Alan O’Neal of Sa
vannah. Vice-president; Paul Ccle
man. Secretary and George R.
Donovan, treasurer.
With an income of less than S40,
000, eight hundred and 56 children
were brought under the care or
supervision of the organization dur
ihg the year, the report of the state
superintendent showed.
Berlin — The "total number of
victims claimed by the explosion
of fire-damp Wednesday in a mine
at Beuthen Polish Silesia, was un
known here Thursday morning.
The lastea report filed when six
hundred miners were stil lentomb
ed. said that 35 bodies had been
taken out while 165 men had at
that time been rescued.
HENRY CLEWS DEAD
NEW YORK — Funeral services
for Henry Clews, financier who
died Wednesday In his 83rd year,
will be held from Grace Episcopal
church Saturday morning. Burial
will he in Woodlawn cemetery.
the French”
was the cry heard again and
again as patrols of noldlers dis
persed the crowd. The population
was in good humor, however, and
they taunted the French soldiers
without offering any resistance.
In the absence, of any official
'news from Lausanne, the popula
tion. of Dusseldorf and Essen went
to bed conf'dent that the Near
East Imbroglio, would prove the
Ruhr’s salvation.
Russians May Be
Sent to Alaska
ANCHORAGE. Alaska — (By
the Associated Press) — A move
ment among business men here
to have the eight or nine hundred
Russian refugees now in the Phil-
lipine ports to settle In Alaska
was given more formal shape
Thursday.
E. M. Spaulding president of the
company and president of three
banks joined in a request to the
National administration to allow
the refugees to immigrate to the
wheat belt of Alaska.
A petition signed by these and
other business men asserts that
Alaska would gain population aud
that the proposed ( settlers would
require a minimum ot financial
aid. It is set forth that the land
suitable for wheat farming Is al
most without population.
BALTIMORE, Md..—Wil
liam Phillips ana her-two daugh
ters Elizabeth, 12, and Estther, 10,
were suffoct&ed when their home
In South Baltimore was wrecked
by fir© early Thursday.
All Ruhr Customs Posts
and Many Warehouses
Are Now Under French
and Belgian Forces.
COAL PRODUCTION
IS CUT IN HALF
Seizure Has So Far Fail
ed to Be Successful Some
Say- Tension Between
Troops Is Great.
DUSSELDORF — (By the Asso-
dated Press) — The closing of the
Dortmund gateway, the only re
maining exit into unoccupied Ger
many, was undertaken by the
French early Thursday upon re
ceipt of Instructions from Paris ta
complete the isolation ot the Ruhr.
This step, which translates Into
action the decision of the French
and Belgian governments to shut
of. the coal and coke supply from
the rest of the Reich follows quick
ly .the assumption of the customs
control by the Allies Wednesday,
and leaves the Ruhr completely at
the disposal of the occupying
forces.
With alLthe Ruhr customs posts
as well as many large warehouses.
In their possession, the French
find that coal production is being
considerably reduced while the rail*
strike Is still effective. The short
age of cars at the mines may re
sult, It is feared, in a suspension
of mining operations because ot
the congestion fct the pitheads.
Taking stock of Wednesday’s
coal production, the occupying ex
perts found that slightly more (ban
60,000 tons were taken out, hhlf
the usual amount.
Among the increasing number
of persons deported are 25 high
school students of Aix-La-Chap-
pelle. They are charged with hold
ing a demonstration.
Speaking to some labor leaders
in Essen Wednesday evening, the
correspondent found greatly diver
gent opinions regarding the French
occupation. The real leaders, it
is believed are now in Berlin. Sev
eral of the local leaders spqke of
the occupation as a violation of in
ternational law as great as the en
trance of the German army into
Belgium.
TENSION BETWEEN
TROOPS GREATER
LONDON — Tension between
the Allied troops and the popula
tion of Essen is noticeably more
marked and is causing concern,
says a Reuters dispatch from the
occupied city. The feeling has
been embittered bv the numerous
deportations which are reliably
estimated to exceed eighty in num
ber. Neutral observers, the. cor
respondent adds, believe that the
increased severity of tbe occupy
ing forces hss been largely dqe
to the tact that not a ton of Ruhr
coal has g9ne to France since the
occunation.
A Reuther dispatch from Cologne
says that the French authorities
have informed the German news
paper editors that all derogatory
references to-the French are pho-
hibited. The editors are reported
to have been eliminating from
their papers the words ’’France”
and “French.”
I
MUELHEIM — (By the Asso
ciate^ Press) — Hugo Stinnes,
who has been resting at Oberhoff,
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Last Week’s
CIRCULATION
Combined
of the
BANNER - HERALD
Was as follows
Tuesday . .'_ T . ,5,043
Wednesday V 5,055 L
Thursday • - - 5,164
Friday .... .... 5,184 .
Sunday 1 4,700
No iaqne of the Banner is pub
lished on Monday morning. No is
sue .of the Herald in printed on Sat-
onlay evening.
Yesterday’s ,
Combined
’CIRCULATION OF