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AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Strict middling 27 l-4c.
NEW YORK FUTURES
Jan. Meh. May July Oct.
Pv Cis (26.50 26.70 26.87 26.60
Open ..26.55 26.75 26.95 26.67 24.95
11:00 126.73)26.94 27.13 26.78
Close .. 26.95 27.20 27.37 27.07'.
FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.— NO. 10
GERMAN LABOR TO QUIT WORK MONDAY
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TO REACH AGREEMENT ONMTISH DEBT
KUN
■ORE HOPEFUL OVER
miiufiwi
Plan Under Consideration Con
template Considerable
Liberality
COMMISSION SAILS JAN 20
Great Mass Os Information Sub
mitted By British
Negotiators
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—Chair
man Mellon of the American debt
commission was represented as feel
ing certain that an agreement for
refunding the British debt of over
four billions of , dollars would be
reached before a tentative sailing
date of the British, commission, Jan
uary 20.
Conversations between the debt
commissions thus far, and a great
mass of data submitted by the Brit
ish were believed to have cleared
the way for an early discussion of
the terms.
It is declared to be practically
certain the plan of settlement would
contemplate the arrangement of
•considerable /lore liberality than
would be possible under the limita
tions laid down by congress.
FOMEfi cm Ml
DIES alum IT HIS
EXILE HONE IN SIM
First Ascended Hellenic Throne
Eight Years Ago—Twice
Banished
VICTIM OF HEMORRHAGE
Took Field Against Turks In 1921 |
After Several Greeks Suc
cesses Before Debacle
PALERMO, Sicily, Jan. 11.—(By '
the Associated Press.) —Former King i
Constantine, of Greece, died sudden- 1
ly here today of cerebral hemor- |
rhage.
Eight years of more have elapsed .
since Constantine first ascended the I
throne of Greece; for three of these I
he was an exile in Switzerland, hav- I
ing been forced to abdicate by ii:e ;
Allies owing to his pro-German at
titude during tlie war. Upon the
death of his successor, hi’s Son Alex
ander due to the bite of a pet mon
key, in October, 1920, Contantine
returned to Athens amid great en
thusiasm of the Grek people, a pleb
iscite having determined in favor of
his restoration to power.
The Treaty of Sevres, by the sign
ing of which peace was declared be- j
tween the Allies and Turkey, gave
the Greeks control of Symrna and
the greater part of Thrace which,
for centruies, had been Turkish, ter
ritory. The Turkish Nationalists,
led by Mustapha Kemal Pasha, in
revolt against the Constantinople*
government, opposed the provisions
of the treaty awarding those regions
to Greece and, as a result, in the
spring of 1921 the question of re
vising the document was discussed
at an Allied conference in London at
tended by representatives of the peo
ples involved. Despite Greek pro
tests, the treaty was modified and
this, together with reports of Turk
ish atrocities against Greek colonies
in Asia Minor, led to war between
the forces of Constantine and Mus
tapha Kemal.
Constantine, after several Greek
successes, took the field against the ■
Turks in Anatolia in July, 1921, with ■
the hope, it was thought, of quiet
ing factional* strife at home and fur
ther strengthening his popularity.
The capture of Eski-Shehr, an im
portant railway junction, from the
Turks shortly after the king’s ar
rival at the front, was £he signal
for wild demonstrations in Athens,
the crowds marching through the
streets and acclaiming Constantine •
and the Grek nation The Turks, 1
outr.i mbered, were dirven hack to
vai'i Angora, the Nationalist cap
ital. During the fighting, Constan
tine was stricken with intestinal
trouble at Eski-Shehr and at one j
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fflffl DEMES USE
Os MITOM fill!
IIILUCHHB
’ Meeting Is Called For South
Georgia Tomorrow Night In
That City
' NOTHING NEW AT BASTROP
Higgenbothan Placed On Stand
And Questioned As To His
Connection With Klan
ALBANY, Jan .11.—The use of
the municipal auditorium for a big
public meeting which has been an
nounced by Rev. Roy E. Davis an
official spokesman for the Ku Klux
Klan in this section of the state, for
next Friday night, has been denied
I by the mayor and council at a call
i ed meeting today.
Col. William Joseph Simmons, of
I Atlanta, founder and emperor invis-
I ible of the empire, was to address
; the meeting.
HIGGENBOTHAM GRILLED
ON WITNESS STAND.
BASTROP,La., Jan. 11. Fred
I Higgenbotham, who declared himself
! a charter member of the Ku Klux
i Klan, asserted on the witness stand
in open hearing into inquiry of hood
-1 ed band activities in the Morehouse
. parish and the slaying of Watt Daniel
I and Thomas Richard, that although
i he had attended meeting of the Klan
he could name only one official,
Captain Shipwith, exalted cyclops,
of the Morehouse Klan.
Higgenbotham denied when asked
I the direct question, that he went out
on the Mer- Rouge-Bastrop road at
the time Richard was held up and
talked to men engaged in the hold
| up.
i “As an American, isn’t it true that I
i you knew where Richard was, and
I you went to the masked band and I
| told them he was still in Bastrop,”
i Higgenbotham was asked with ref-
I erence to the kidnaping of Richard
lon August 17. “I did not,” replied '
: Higgenbotham.
LftRKE F»RS PLftH
TO GROW COTTOH CROP
I _
Leading Bankers And Merchants !
Meet At Athens And Will Back ‘
Fight On Bell Weevil Pest
ATHENS, Jan. 11—Leading bank
ers and merchants of Athens and ;
Northeast Georgia met here yester
; day and adopted a program designed ’
to aid the farmers of Clarke county |
and this section in the raising of the ;
next cotton crop. It was agreed at |
j this meeting that those farmers to i
whom credit was entitled would have •
no dififculty in obtaining funds from I
the several banks in Athens. How- i
ever, the matter of money lending
is to be left with the officers of the
indiyidual banking institutions.
The meeting was called by Hugh ;
H. Gordon, Jr., president of the Com
mercial Bank of Athens, and was at- I
tended by officers of all the bank
ers of Athens and this section of
Georgia. In addition to the bank
ers, business men and experts fa
miliar with the farmers’ problem
were in. attendance. ,
Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president of
the Georgia State College of Agri
culture, made the initial address, and
was followed by Harrold Hui me and
others, who have made a close study
of agricultural conditions and tUe
ways in which to meet the many
problems confronting agricultural in
| terests.
From the addresses delivered, it
was deducted that if the farmer is I
to make a success with the coming ■
cotton crop, there are five things that
must be done. They are: Proper !
preparation of the ground, especially
deep ploughing; proper selection of 1
seed as to the quality of the staple
yield and early growth; intensive fer
itiljzation; intensive cultivation; use
! calcium arsenate.
Emphasis was placed by the -con
ference on the fact that the use of
calcium arsenate with none of the
other four suggestions offered would
| be of little value.
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THE TIMES- RECORDER
At two particular spote in Europe and Asia war embers today are smouldering, which any mo
ment may Hare forth into local or even world-wide conflict. These danger spots tre the Ruhr re
gion of Germany and the Mosul oil fields of the I urkish-Mesopotamian border. Ihe 1 imes-Re
corder today gives its readers a set of portraits and maps which they can use as they read the wire
dispatches from Europe during the next few days. • «' ' ■'■‘’Hl
REGION FRANCE WOULD OCCUPY
COLOGNE
RUHR.
5 £ \4,
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£ I COBLEMZ4
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< DARMSTADT
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Inis man shows the Ruhr Valley, rich industrial section of Germany,
which France would occupy to guarantee payment of reparations. Coblenz
is headquarters of the American army of occupation, just ordered to return
to the United States. Essen was formerly Germany’s greatest munitions
° MARSHAL FOCH TURK STRATEGIST
Ej
jjgy
Marshal Ferdinand Foch, allied
generalissimo, credited with winn+fig
the war, is leading the French as
I they move into the Ruhr Valleyr
CATTLE MUST NOT ROAM
IN CITY, SAYS CHIEF
There is a city ordinance in Amer-
■ icus against cows, goats and other
i domestic animals running at large
' over the city, and it is the duty of
the policemen to take up such ani
mals whenever found to be giving
I other folks trouble.
j Complaint has recently come to
I Chief of Police Bragg of depreda-
I tions due to roaming cattle. It is
■ not his wish to take any action, with
! out first giving warning, and ac-
I quaint the folks with the provisions
of the city law against cattle doing
damage to other folks property.
Unless the warning is heeded, of
course drastic action will have to be
taken.
OWHOOPf
IL m PLACE
Member Gs Board of Trustees
Says Sympathy Developing
For Smith
MACON, Jan. 11.—Rev. J. D.
* Smith, superintendent of the« Meth- 1
'odist Orphans Home, operated under
the jurisdiction of the South Geoi»-
! gia conference, will continue at the
' head of that institution, it was learn
' yesterday. He has not been asked
|to resign and will not offer his
resignation to the trustees.
A member of the board of trus
tees, after investigating the chaining
; of three of the older girl inmates
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AMERICUS, GA., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 11, 1923.
IHmM
v Ufc.
Rafet Pasha is the Turkish Na
tionalists’ greatest strategist. If a
move is made against Mosul, he
probably will direct it.
[MGESmEAGftmSTI
W CITY FATHERS
I .. I
I Bill Filed There Says Commission
Form Os Government Should
Now Be In Force
ALBANY, Jan. 11. —Sensational
and startling allegations against the
old city government of Albany,
which it is alleged is trying to con
tinue itself in power without au
thority of law, are made in a cross
bill and answer filed by advocates
of the commission-manager form of
government to the petition for in
junction filed several days ago by
the friends of the old government.
One of these charges is that the
old mayor and council is trying to
continue in office in spite of the
fact that the commission form of
government is the legal form that
should now be in force according to
■ the contention of the commission
government advocates. This con
tention is that the old city charter
went out of business the second
Monday in January and that thtUe
are no longer any such offices as
! mayor and councilmen in Albany.
Those attempting to hold such offices ;
are holding them illegally, and all
■ acts performed by them are illegal,
i the answer contends.
The charge is also made that the
commisison government bill was rati
fied by the people in a referendum,
as was at first officially declared by
j the mayor and council, though later
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The Lausanne peace conference has been split over rival British and
Turkish claims to Mosul, rich oh< copter, shown here. The main body of
Turkish troops is concentraated along thr; coast of Asia Minor, near Smyrna.
Bagdad is the concentration point of aair forces n Mesopotamia.
Though certai nproblems have been eliminate# Xrom the riscussion at Lau
sanne, the chief causes of dissension continue to pfesMiscu »ed. Today’s dis
patches tell of an agreement to deport all Mohammed?hW from Greece and
repatriate all Greek Christians now in Turkish territory. The agreement
involves the removal of approximately 1,000,000 persons from their homes.
BRITISH CHIEF HINDENBURG
General Sir Charles Harrington is
British commander-in-chief at Con
stantinople. He doubtless would
head any offensive against the
Turks.
AGRICULTURAL EXPERT
VISITOR IN AMERICUS
E. F. Cauthorn, with headquarters
i in Atlanta, representing the Chilean
| nitrate committee, was a visitor in
I Americus today. Mr. Couthorn is
making a tour of this section in the
interest of agriculture generally, and
.while here called on George 0. Mar
shall at the Chamber of Commerce.
This morning Mr. Couthorn visited
the Third District Agricultural col
lege, where he made an interesting
talk to the student body of that in
stitution.
LFE TERM FOR FARMER;
WILL APPEAL CASE
MILLEN, Jan. 11.—A Jenkin,
county jury last night found George
Jackson, farmer, guilty of murdering ,
Tom W. Aycock, a farmer, on Oc- ,
tober 13, last, and recommended ,
mercy. Jackson was sentenced to .
life imprisonment, and his attorneys
immediately served notice that they
would appeal for a new trial. Only '
ten jurors tried the case. The trial :
began Tuesday morning. The list of
twelve jurors could not be obtained, >
and the trial proceeded, after con- i
sent of both sides, with ten jurors.
They retired early last night, and
stayed out only a short H’me
The defense claimed that Aycock
had insulted Mrs. Jackson, and that
Jacksok finding them together in the
backyard, had killed Aycock because
of improper proposals the latter had
made to the woman. The state en
deavored to show that had feeling
had existed between the men for
some time past.
V
Hindenburg, Germany s war leader,
is head of the monarchist party op
posing the allied demands on Ger
many. He will again rise to promi
nence if Germany resists the occupa
tion planned by France.
SCOOtSTOVISITGAS
WORKS WITH EUG
Intricacies Os Producing Gas
To Be Pratically Demonstrat
ed To Troop 2 Friday Night
Americus Boy Scouts, member of
Troop 2, will be guests of R; P. Ew
ing, Superintendent, Friday night, i.i
a visit to the Americus gas plant.
Dan Chappell, scoutmaster of the
troop, will accompany his boys on
their inspection of the public service
plant.
Supt. Ewing has arranged, in con
nection with the visit of the Scouts to
stage a demonstration of practical
gas making for their information and
entertainment, and many of the boys
of the troop have already expressed
a lively interest in the coming visit.
Scoutmaster Chappel is anxious to
have every one of his boys accept
Supt. Ewing’s invitation and he re
quests that they gather promptly at
7:30 o’clock Friday night in the office
of the Americus Lighting Company,
preparatory to visiting the company’s
plant on Plum street.
A call has just been issued to all
members of Boy Scouts, Troop No.
1, as follows:
All Scouts of Troop No. 1 are re
quested to attenl he meeting Fri
day night at 7 o’clock. Our 1923
scoutmaster will be present. We also
request that each member of the
Kiwanis club be present.
TROOP I SCRIBE,
1 f I. ~ ■!., Jl——
WEATHER r ®
For Georgia Fair tonight and.
Friday; warmer tonight.
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rrice fivej:ents.
PraiISTIIIMIIST
IBs owmii
11 DDDBDISmin
Troops Enter Essen Carrying
Fullest Equipment, Including
Gas Masks
MAYER QUITS PARIS TODAY
Italy Is Supporting Franco-Belgian
Allies —Communist Effort
Crushed
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 11.—A dis
patch from Essen to the Exchange
Telegraph says the Rhenish and
West-Phalian labor organization
have decided to proclaim a brijef
strike beginning Monday through
out the whole industrial district, in
protest against French occupation.
*•
FRENCH TROOPS NOW
ON GERMAN SOIL.
ESSEN, Jan. 11.—The French are
in Essen. The first troops entered
at 10 o’clock this morning.
The Belgian contingent moving
from Duisberg, proceeded to the city
byway of Muelheim simultaneously
with the French.
The Belgians were -accompanied
by a considerable body of French
troops and ammunition column. All
soldiers have the fullest war equip
ment, even gas masks.
MAYER LEAVES PARIS
FOR BERLIN TODAY.
PARIS, Jan. 11.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.) —Dr. Wilhelm Mayer,
the German ambassador to France,
left Paris for Berlin at noon. He
has been instructed to. hand over the
embassy to the counsellor leave
the city.
REPARATIONS COMMISSION
NOT TO WITHDRAW.
WASHINGTON, J£n 11.—The or
der bringing troops home <rom the
Rhine will not be followed by the
withdrawal of American participa
tion on the reparations commission
unless it is to change the present
policy of the American government
as outlined from authoritative quar
ters. /
It is the belief of officials here
that despite the agitation in congress
regarding activities, Rowland W.
Boyden, an American unofficial ob
server with the commission that his
retention at his present post is of
much value in protecting American
interests and aiding toward final set
tlement of the reparations problem.
REVOLUTION IN
MEMEL DISTRICT.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—A re
volt has taken place in the “whole
of Memel district” of East Prussia,
citizens are demanding that territory
be made part of Lithuania, according
to a telegram to the Lithuanian le
gation here from the government at
Kovno.
ITALY IS SUPPORTING
ALLIES IN MOVEMENT.
JARS, Jan. 11.— (By the Asso
ciated Press.) —France has gone into
the Ruhr district with tanks, troops,
airplanes and engnieers are ready.
Essen will bow to the French, and
Premier Poincare when he appears,
in parliament will not tell what he
plans to do, but hat he has done.. ■
France, with Belgium at her side
and supported by Italy, will begin
her long talked of “separate action.”
The decision of President Harding to
withdraw immediately the American
troops from the Rhineland came as
a blow to the pride of France and
to the French sense of right, al
though there no word of official
criticism but regret,
MARTIAL LAW IN .
ESSEN IS DECLARED.
LONDON, Jan. 11.—A Reuter dis
patch from Essen, timed for 4:30
o’clock this afternoon, says martial
law is to be proclaimed in that city
by French occupational forces “al
most immediately.”
MARKETING BLL EXTENDED
TO INCLUDE NAVAL STORES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. The
(Senate agriculture committee has re
ported favorable the bill of Senator
Pat Harrison extending the co-op
erative marketing law to include
naval stores.