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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
ASK OCCUPATION BY ALLIES
Ruhr Valley Isolated From Rest OF
World, With No Trains, Tele-
phones or Telegraph

London.-The Essen correspondent
Of the London Times. telegraphing
from Cologne, says he was forced to
20 to Cologne as the Ruhr valley Is
isolated from the rest OF the world,
there being no trains, telegraph com
munication or telephones. Several fac
tories are still in operation, although
all are picketed by red guards.
The workers OF Dusseldorf refused
to strike, and IL was reported at Essen
that the Bochum workers had taken
similar action. The reds ordered the
Krupps to cease work and the huge
factory is lying idle. to the disgust
OF the workers
The supreme workers council sent
a delegation to Cologne to inform the
allies that the reichstag troops were
advancing into the Ruhr basin with
out the entente powers permission
and to request them either to order
that this invasion cease or occupy the
Ruhr territory themselves AS the
delegates threaten TO blow up the
factories and mines unless the entente
takes action it will possibly be nee
essary for the allies to occupy the
Ruhr district
Reporting visit to the red front
the correspondent says the discipline
Of the red guards seem to have i'm
proved and they are determined not
to surrender their arms unless posi-
bly, to the allies; but their lines thin
ly held and often disconnected. There
is a lack OF artillery and machine
guns and, above all. food and am
munition He is convinced that the
reds could not withstand a strong at
tack for an hour.
The correspondent reports that bort
mund is surrounded by the reichswehr
and is expected to fall at any moment.
The inhabitants are entirely without
food.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
1.,talr county To Bore For OH

Misunderstanding up careful inves-
tieations made by the state geologist'
and his assistant, who several months
AGO spent considerable time making
. scientific survey Of circumstances
and conditions surrounding oil seep-
ares discovered near Scotland, five
miles south OF this place, a definite
MAN of work is now in progress con-
formulating q test of the productivity
of these properties and the lands adj
jacent thereto
Contract for the boring of the first
we'll has been let, and the rig and
other machinery and material is ex-
pected to arrive and be set up to be-
gin the first boring operations in the
near future. A standard drilling out
Fit TO bore a hole twelve and a half
inches in diameter at the start will be
used. and the heavily built right tow
ers 81 feet into the air, The tools
used with this rig weigh approximately
4. ton and a half and $500 feet of
2 1/S.inch manila cable will be used
in the work
The drilling outfit has been shipped
from the oil fields Of eastern Kenucky.
The pipe and casing is being shipped
from Pittsburg and local mill men at
Scotland are saving out the lumber
and timbers for the rig.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
APPROVE SOLDIER RELIEF BILL
Vocational Education May Supplant
Cash Bonus In Many
Instances

Washington.-Soldier relief leglsia'
ton, with probable provision for a
cash bonus, funds for which would
be raised by sale or luxuries taxes,
has been approved by the ways and
means committee by vote OF 10 TO
6. Details Of the bill to be recon-
mended viii be worked out by sub
committees to be appointed later.
Members Of the committee hope to
obtain final action by the house be-
fore the contemplated recess for the
national political conventions, but they
express doubt whether action by the
senate could be had at this session.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,
the Republican leader, after a confer
ence with other senate Republicans
as to future legislation in the senate,
said he thought this would include a
bill to give a money bonus to former
service men, with provisions for a spe-
cial tax to raise the necessary funds.
The program approved by the house
committee declares against any bond
issue. 1t is understood to have been
submitted by Representative Long
worth, Republican, of Ohio, and was
discussed at great length in executive
eession.
While the exact form of legislation
was not decided upon, committee dis
cussion was said to have indicated ap-
prevail of a plan of extending voca-
tional education as an alternative to
the cash bonus.
These two plans are part Of the
American Legion's program. Its 9TH
er selected plan of government aid to
soldiers and sailors for building homes
or obtaining ownership Of farms were
said by some members of the COM
mittee to involve too many difficult
ties to be worked out by legislation be-
fore the recess.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
q. S. TREASURY SHOWS
DEFICIT OF $2t4,0oo,o00;
RESERVE BANKS WARMED
Amount Necessary For April And
May Is Not Disclosed, But The
Treasury Will Borrow Much

Washington. --GoVernors of federal
reserve banks are warned by the treas
ary department that the government
will be a heavy borrower in April and
May despite the March reduction of
SOS 100000 in the public debt. The
number or amount of treasury certifi-
Gates of indebtedness which will be
necessary to meet the national needs
was not disclosed, but another issue
0( such obligations is expected in the
near future.
II is explained that while import
ana progress" has been made in low
aring the gross debt, it is a mistake
60 assume" that reduction equal
10 that in March can be had next
month Fluctuations will occur in the
amount Of the outstanding debt and
these viii follow the payment of in
come and profits tax installments, of
ficials assert
For the first nine months OF the
fiscal year, ending June 30, the treas
arg shows a deficit of $214,000, 900.
'But during that period the peak Of
khe war debt was reached and com
parison of the public debt by months
since August 81 last, reveals a sub
stantial reduction both in the perma-
aent and floating obligations, Secre-
tary Houston says
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
GENERAL STRIKE IN
DENMARK HAS BEEN
CALLED OFF INDEFINITELY
The King Has Decided To Grant The
Electoral Reforms Demanded
BY The People

Copenhagen.--Not the
removal of political obstacles and the
announcement that the general strike
had been called off, it still continued
to be effective. The employers or
CARNATIONS and the trades unions have
not yet reached definite agreement.
Both yielded on many points, but are
faced by serious, perhaps insurmount-
able, difficulties through the uncom-
promising attitude of certain workers
outside the trades unions organization.
These workers include the dock men.
The general strike was called off
following a general meeting of the
chairmen of all political parties in
the rigsdag called by King Christian.
The announcement stated that all
the parties had agreed it would be
necessary to hold elections after new
electoral law has been passed.
Premier Liebe declared, upon the
kings suggestion, that he desired to
retire. The king viii now ask former
Director of the Ministry of Justice
Friis to form a cabinet, with the I'M
erstanding that the rigsdag resume its
sessions as soon as possible and begin
negotiations for an electoral bill. All
the chairmen promised to cooperate
with cabinet formed upon that ba-
sis. The resignation of the Liebe min
istry, after five days tenure of of
flee, means that the Socialists will
consent to call off the general strike
providing the new electoral bill is
carried through all the parliamentary
stages before the dissolution Of the
rigsdag and the new elections.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
Atlanta Sued For Bio Damage

Misunderstanding $15O,OOO for the
loss of her eyesight, Mrs. Catherine
Bristol of Baltimore, formerly of At
lanta, brought suit for that amount
against John Kelley, wealthy Allan
tan, alleging that she is now blind as
the result of alcohol poisoning in Bal
timore last November, which proved
fatal for Miss Lucille Sharp, an At
lanta girl. The suit was filed in the
Fulton superior court by Attorney Err.
est c. Buchanan of Atlanta, and sets
|out that Kelley gave the petitioner
wood alcohol to prevent her giving tes.
timony to the fact that he had made
threats against the life of Miss Sharp
who is alleged to have died mystert
ously in the apartments of the defend
ant in Baltimore.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
Verdict For $4,000 Awarded

Atlanta.-A verdict Of $4,000 for
damages sustained in railroad acct
dent was rendered by jury in the
civil division of the city court of At
lanta in favor of w. E. Paul, a switch
man on the Central of Georgia. pi-
rector General of Railroad Hines was
the defendant. The case was tried
before Judge H. NJ. Reid and the plain
tiff was represented by Attorneys Jes"
Sc Wood and James L. Moore.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
Interest In State Primary

Rome.-With the county primaries
in Floyd, Walker and Chattooga mat
tiers Of history, attention has turned
to speculation as to the state primary
in September. At that time a solic-
ior general for the circuit will be
elected and indications now point to
three-cornered race. Alex Harris,
Rome attorney, and W. H. Ennis, for
mer solicitor general, have told their
friends that they will lbe in the race,
and their formal announcements are
shortly expected. Eugene Taylor Of
Summerville (the present assistant to
the solicitor generaD is expected to
become a candidate.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
JAPAN AGREES TO
HELP FINANCIALLY
WILL ENTER WITH U. S. AND Eu'
RoPEAN POWERS ON
EQUAL FOOTING
FIFTY MILLIONS FOR CHINA
Negotiations Are Progressing Rapidly
And smoothly-5ig Loan For
Chinese Republic

Washington Japan has informed
the state department of its adhesion
20 the arrangement under which the
bankers Of the United States, Great
Britain, France and that country will
enter consortium for the financing
Of China
II Is officially stated that the ne
gotiations have progressed SO well that
Il will not be necessary to await the
return to this country of Thomas w.
Lamont Of New York, who Is in the far
east as the representative Of the Unit.
ed States group. to begin the execu-
tion Of the plans of the eonsortium.
These contemplate a loan OF approx
mately two hundred and fifty million
dollars to China, in installments OF
fifty million dollars, for the improve
ment OF Chinese finances and inter
nal works, none of il which can be
applied for military purposes.
Japan Agrees To consortium
Shanghai, China.-Japanese Off.
Gals and bankers have expressed a
desire to enter, on the same terms
AS those accorded other banking
groups, the consortium by which the
United States, Great Britain, France
and Japan would take dominant
rule in the financing of China, &C
c0rding to Thomas w. Lamont Of
New York, o member of j. p. Nor
gan & Co. lie has been in Japan con
ferTing with financial leaders.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
WAVE OF HIGH PRICES
GRADUALLY RECEDiNG
RESERVE BANK SAYS
Manufacturers All over Country Elk
press Belief That Peak Has
Been Passed

Washington. -Nation-wid reports
from federal reserve bank officials dis
close their opinion that the postwar
era OF extravaganza and reckless
buying" by the people is nearing its
end
"A hesitation, if not an actual recess
sion" of prices is noted and the fed
eral reserve boards statement sum
marizes its adyces as indicating a
generally more hopeful view Of the
country's business condition than for
several months.
While the price changes were shown
by the board not to be universal they
We're nevertheless regarded as posi-
tive and Of importance as basis for
reckoning what the immediate future
holds.
Relief from the high prices for the
consumer will not be completely OBJ
tanned until preseAt stocks are absorb
ed in practically all lines, according to
the boards view. Manufacturers ev-
erywhere, however, were shown to
hold the view thaL the peak Of high
prices has been reached and to ex-
pect gradual recession.
In the clothing trade, particularly,
the board said there was marked
tendency of the public to make old
supplies last longer and to refuse TO
pay eXorbitant prices. This phase
can mean only that an awakening has
come the statement said, and that
many people have arrived az the con-
clusion that they are themselves re-
sponsible for continuing high range
OF prices.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
Body Of Negro

Atlanta.-T body of the negro
that was first thought to be that of a
white man, and which was found in
Peachtree creek, has been identified
by Liza Harris as being her father,
jefferson Harris, former employee
OF Turner Goldsmith, and who also
worked for Walters e Wood. Blank
checks and papers found in the old
mans pockets confirmed this identifi-
cation. The old negro's pipe was
also found in his pocket. At the cor
oner's inquest a verdict of death from
unknown causes was rendered.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
OUTLOOK GOOD
FOR PEACH CROP
RAINS AND WIND HAVE MOI IN
JUREp PROSPECTS FOR
BIG HARVEST
STATE news or INTEREST
Brief News OF Importance Gathered
From All Parts OF
The State

Macon. - Orchardists in Middle
Georgia agree that the heavy rains
and winds of the last few weeks have
not injured the prospects for a good
peach crop this year, but all agree
hey will be mighty glad to see sun
shine now for several days. If their
wishes in that respect are granted
hey expect to be able to overcome the
short crop of 1919. With the outlook
good for this year, the orchardists are
turning their attention to the cost OF
peach crates, labor and kindred sub
iects. While labor is scarce and is
bound to cause more or less of a
problem for the peach growers, the
matter of crates seems to be giving
the chief concern this year. The crates
which have been in use for so many
years in shipping the fruit have adj
vanced from IA to So cents, the latest
jump being from 2S cents up to IS
cents. Growers are also being made
to plank down the cash when they
take their crates from the factory.
The crate bills of most Of the growers
reach into the thousands Of dollars
and when that money must be paid
down in advance it is no wonder the
peach men live in a state of unrest
until they actually get their fruit
picked and shipped and the proceeds
in their pockets. Most of the trees in
the peach belt have shed their bios
SONS, and are covered with green
leaves and tiny green fruit.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
$50 Licenses Given Taxicabers

Atlanta applications
for permits to taxi drivers were refus-
ed and about $50 were granted by
the police committee of city council,
acting under provisions of the new
city taxi ordinance. The ordinance
was recently adopted by council for
the purpose of establishing some sys-
tenn for wedding out the undesirables
among the taxi men. The ordinance
requires that the photo of the driver
to whom the permit is issued shall be
pasted on the permit. The permit
must bear the original signature Of
City Clerk Walter G. Taylor.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
Sewers Connection With Film Stars

Sewers Connection With Film Stars
New York. William G. McAdoo. for
mer secretary OF the treasury, has
taken steps to sever his connection
with the United Artists. movie stars,
whom he represented as attorney, it
is learned from an authoritative
source. The severance OF relations is
said to be "amicable" The United Art
lists include Charlie Chaplin, Douglas
Fairbanks. Mary Pickford and David
Wark Griffith. McAdoo resigned from
the cabinet to accept this position.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
Radicals Are In Power In Argentina

Radicals Are In Power In Argentina
Buenos Aires.-Canvass Of the votes
cast in the recent Argentine elections
show that out of 1853 seats in the next
congress, which will convene in May,
radicals will hold at least 102. The
count is completed with exception Of
one province, where one one seat is
involved. The result indicates that
President Irigoyen's party will remain
in power.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
Wilson Picked Lemons For Mexico

Wilson Picked Lemons For Mexico
hington.--President Wilson pick.
ed lemons" in selecting John Lind
and William Bayard Hale as his spe-
ciaI ENJOYS to Mexico, Thomas Stat
terry, American mining man, told the
senate Mexican affairs committee.
Americans in Mexico were hoping Mr..
Wilson would recognize Huerta and all
Mexicans, except few armed bandits,
hoped the same thing" Mr.. Slattery
said. "Lind's visit resembled comic
opera and his swollen chest evaporated
after an interview with Huerta. The
best elements in Mexico have been
driven out because their wealth made
them the common enemy
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
Pneumonia Adds To Cyclone Woe

LaGrange.-The situation in La
Grange is gradually improving. Several
cases of pneumonia have developed
among the injured at the emergency
hospital, however, and it is stated
that several deaths as a result of this
disease are expected. Those who were
left homeless are being provided for
temporarily in tents, as result Of
the efforts of the Red Cross. Those
affected in the region of the storm. es-
pecially the negroes, are still in a daz-
ed condition, although everything pos
sible is being done to help their I'M.
fortunate circumstances.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
Oil Under Savannah investigated

acknowledgements of flowing oil
underneath the city of Savannah are
among the possibilities being investi-
gated just now. Recently the city has
bored three great artesian wells, P. D.
Boiler, Of the firm which has been
sinking artesian wells here, found suf-
ficient evidence, it is said, to warrant
the bringing of an expert geologist to
Savannah to make thorough testing OF
the indications.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
House Orders Probe OF Gasoline Price

House Orders Probe OF Gasoline Price
Washington The federal trade com.
mission has been been directed by
the house to make immediate investi-
cation into the causes of the recent
advance in prices of gasoline, fuel oil
and kerosene A report not later than
June was called for under a resolution
adopted without a record vote and
which also asked that the commission
determine whether ANY combinations
ia restraint of trade exists between
those engaged in the oil business.
There have been many complaints pre-
scented to the house.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
ear LIft Bar on Russian Tra

May Lift Ban On Russian Trade
Washington The ban ON trade re-
fations with Russia soon may be lift
odd, officials here say, although the
recent American proposal to the SUI
preme council for concerted action to
This end by Great Britain, France, It.
ally and the United States has tempo
rarily been deferred. The Russian
cooperative mission expected to ar
rive in London within ten days, it is
added, aud the allies are believed to
be awaiting the conference with the
members OF the mission before answer
ing the American suggestion What
ever the allies decide officials say
il is probable that formal notice will
DE given here soon that restrictions
now i'll fogcs may be withdrawn
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
Savannah Mayor Bars Plane Travel

Savannah Mayor Bars Plane Travel
Following a slight acct
dent to a plane at the Daffin Park
landing field, the first to occur in or
near Savannah and the first mishap
to befall this plane after making more
than 500 trips and carrying hundreds
of passengers, Mayor Stewart notified
officers and aviators generally that
they win not be allowed hereafter to
fly over the territory embraced in the
city limits. The mayor said planes
had been sailing unusually low and that
it will be only a matter of time until
somebody is hurt l..
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
Largest Jap Battleship To Be LAUGHED

Largest Jap Battleship To Be LAUGHED
Tokio.-The battleship Tosa, the
keel of which was laid at the Mitsubi-
shi docks at Nagasaki recently, will
be the largest of its kind in the jap
anese navy. She will be of 10000
tons displacement and is 700 feet
long. She will carry ten 16-inch guns.
The Tosa is q sister ship of the Ma
cato, which was launched at Yoke
shuka. The Tosa viii be launched in
1922 and will embody all the latest in.
novations of naval warfare brought
about by the experiences of the great
war
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
Societies Operate To Reduce Fl. c.

Societies Operate To Reduce r. c. L.
Washington approximately 5000
cooperative consumers societies now
are operating in the United States
TO reduce living costs, according to a
report to the labor department by
societies sell goods at prices prevail
Florence L. Parker Although the
ing in their communities. they return
dividends ranging up to 10 per cent
annually to members, the report
showed The report also indicated
that approximately 1,2S1,000 consum-
ers hold membership in the societies,
which do business of two hundred mil
lion dollars year. The number is
increasing daily, ii is explained The
labor departments study does not in
clude producers cooperative societies,
which now are doing millions of dol
lars worth of business annually
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
Mrs. Innes On Her Way To Portland

Mrs. Innes On Her Way To Portland
Macon, Ga.--At liberty for the first
time in seven years, Mrs. Ida Mae
ganes is on her way to Portland, Ore
son. to stay until time to return to
Georgia, for her trial in Atlanta in
June on a charge of using the mails
10 defraud in the Nelms mystery case.
She is accompanied by her son, Paul
slarbough, a prominent jeweler of the
Pacific coast city. Mrs. lines, who
Was rearrested recently when she fin
ished serving threeSyears at the state
sSrm. also in connection with the
helms case. was released on bond.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
Japs. BATTLING Russian. Lose Heavily !

Japs, Battling Russian, Lose Heavily
Honolulu.-Seyexe losses have been
suffered by the Japanese troops sta
ton near Nikolaevsk. in Siberia, with
a battle with Russian forces, says a
Toxic cablegram to the Nippu Jill,
a Japanese vernacular newspaper pub
lished here The cablegram quoted
delayed dispatches from japanese mil
itary headquarters in Siberia as its au-
nthority. The cablegram said the fight
ing began March IS and continued two
days. but gave no estimate OF the
casualties or the rNlmher OF troops iu-
VOWED.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
Swiss Radicals Preparing For strik,

neutrality-suspicious. for a world
wide 24-hour strike on May are be-
ing made in Switzerland by Socialists,
communists and other radical elements.
Foreign agitators are active in the
movement, but they will probably be
expelled before that date. 1t is vir-
tually certain, however, that the Swiss
will join in the movement, which was
launched by Nikolai Lenine, Soviet
premier of Russia, as an experiment
to test the solidarity of the world pro-
letariat. The movement will be watch
ed all over the world.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-09
$4,000 Road Damage In spaIdinq


Griffin.-It has been reported at a
meeting of the citizens of Griffin and
Spalding county by the chairman Of
the county commissioners, Hon. ]. E.
Wallace, that the county sustained
about $4,000 damage from recent
floods to the roads and bridges, but
that there is every evidence that this
will be overcome by the prompt &C
ton of several gangs of repair men
who are being sent out under instruc-
tions from the county commission and
the new supervisor of roads. Chair
man Wallace also reported that all
permanent concrete road work had
been delayed about ten days by the
recent heavy floods.