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Athens Cotton: ^kvIois CLOSE -*”3r 1-& Continued cloudy WEATHER w I t h probable ' Khoftcra. Daily and Sunday—10 Cents a Week. The One Paper In Most Homes—The Only Paper In Many Homes. TheHiil NEWSPAPER \<>U 11. No - 1,8 Fo, l Associated Press Leased Wire. Service. ATHENS, GA- THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1923. Single Copies 2 Cents Dally. S Cents Sunday. 4—4* +—+ f-4 1 4^-j. ISOLATION COMPLETED •M 1 4* ■ 4* 4* 4*—4* 4»—4 < 4*—4* 4—4- 4» -4* 4*—4- 4* 4* 4»—4* 4-—4 4. * a ,a a a — '• "jft ™ oamun uiE is I 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- 4—4* 4—4* 4- 4» 4—4* 4- 4- 4—4- 4*—4 4—4 4—4 4—4 4—4* 4—4 1 4-4 4—4* 4—4 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 (Turn to Page Three) 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 Turn to Page 7 Iwclve cf the leading auto- " ' lie dealers, garage and ac- (>s ‘ >r .v men have advertise- I( ' n,s appearing in this issue. ' 'f 1 ' ut the part of an auto- "'n'e appearing in each ad, l,!,| d a complete car and win a >nzc. Answers Must Reach 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 (Turn to Page Three) 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, (Turn to Page Three) 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