The Fitzgerald Leader Enterprise and Press, 1921-03-09

ALLIES TO SEIZED MONEY TO | GO FOR INDEMNITY Germans Make No Resistance Asl Allied Forces Invade l @ . KRUPP WORKS COVERED British Deny that Their Battle Battleships - ships Battleships Are Being Used (By International News Service) LONDON, March 9 - A conference of Allied representatives is being heldl at Lloyd George's official = residence | this afternoon to consider the imposi-I tion of economic penalties upon Ger Germany. - many. Germany. 3 The meeting approved the seizure of German custom houses along the Rhine. It was decided that all funds and equivalents in the 'seized* custom depots should be credited to the Ger Ger'man - 'man Ger'man reparation fund. The . Allied Premiers later discussed the Turco- Greek dispute in the Near East. 'BRITISH WARSHIPS 'DOMINATE CUXHAVEN LONDON, March 9. - British war - arrived off Cuxhaven, Ger Germany, - many, Germany, today says a news dispatch from Berlin. DENY PRESENCE OF WARSHIPS LONDON, March 9. - British Ad-l miralty this afternoon officially denied ' the arrival of warships at Cuxhaven.l ALLIES ENVELOPE CAPTIVE CITIES PARIS, March 9. - Allied troops on the Rhine today sent patrols deeper i« =he Ruhr District, establishing a completely the Ger Ger-1. - 1. Ger-1. cities of Dusseldorf, Duisberg and Ruhrort which were occupied Tuesday. . GERMANS HOSPITABLE | TO INVADERS FRENCH MILITARY HEAD HEADQUARTERS, - QUARTERS, HEADQUARTERS, NUESS: GERMANY, March 9. - " Business as usual" seemed to be the motto of all Germans in Dusseldorf, Duisberg ' and Ruhrort .and other occupied terrifory as Allied Armies proceeded with the occupa occupation - tion occupation of the Ruhr. Crowds of German men women and children greeted the Allied soldiers everywhere, seeming seemingly - ly seemingly considring them more as wvisitors than invaders. No sign of hostility has been displayed. ; KRUPP WORKS IN ARTILLERY RANGE PARIS, March 9. - The allied mil military - itary military lines today advanced within five miles of Essen, an important indus industrial - trial industrial and coal center and the seat of the gigantic Krupp works which are now within easy range of the Allied artillery. \ ; Killed In Fall From ° . . Griffin Hotel Window (By International News Service) ATLANTA, March 9 - J. A. Lynch of Griffin, Ga., is dead as a result of a fall from a fourth story window at the Terminal Hotel to the sidewalk. Lynch refused to talk. The door to his room was barracaded.

At the meeting of managers Sun Sunday - day Sunday resolutions were passed in behalf of the board and the entire member membership - ship membership thanking the Leader-Enterprise and Press for its liberal support of the Center, the Rebekahs for their generows work in preparing 'and serv serving - ing serving the banquet at actual cost, to the Ladies of the Community Service Council for their able cooperation, the Fitzgerald Concert Band for the beautiful music it played during the banquet, and to all others who had part in it. Chief W. C. Wilkerson of Fitzger Fitzgerald - ald Fitzgerald Fire Department was named chairman of the athletic committee of the Center and will 'direct the or organizations - ganizations organizations of basketball, volleyball, and field ball leagues. A music chair chairman - man chairman will be appointed' later to ar arrange - range arrange a program for a musical even evenng. - ng. evenng. The program mapped out by the board contemplates turning the Center over each evening to a differ different - ent different group which will be responsible for arranging something of interest for the members. The membership, active and sus sustaining - taining sustaining is as follows: > A. G. Brown, Herman-Wentz, Hen Henry - ry Henry C. Foster, Fussell M. Chalker, Conrad Kilburn, August H. Paul, W. S. Lonkert, .Charles Hitch, Jr., Thom Thomas - as Thomas M. Chalker, R, Arthur Smith, Ar Arthur - thur Arthur O. Justice, Warren F, Brown\, Floyd Eads, Furman G. Lee, Mark D. Coate, Ollie Peterson, Harry. A. Por Porter, - ter, Porter, Ranald J. Burke, Warren R. Dav Davis, - is, Davis, William H. Crawford, Stewart F. Gelders, Clifford T. Wilkerson, W. Raine, Rev. J. H. Elder, J. H. Burke, Burr Stokoe, J. C. Glover, John B. Reece, Fleming Shewmake, Mark' E. (Continued on Last Page)

Newlands Act Attacked Birmingham Trust and Savi'ngs Company, the creditors that placed the road in the receivership recently, today filed an amendment to its or original - iginal original bill for receivership, declaring unconstitutional Section 9 of the New Newlands - lands Newlands Act, .on which the employe§ are basing their contention that Receiver Bugg had no legal right to reduce salaries at the time he did under the order of Federal Judge Samuel H. Sibley. Judge Sibley ordered a hearing for the Amendment March 26th, the same date on which he directed recently that a hearing be had on the question of wage reduction. Section nine of the Newlands Act provided the Re Receiver - ceiver Receiver must give twenty days notice to employes befort reducing wages by posting notices on the customary bulletin boards. . Farm Bureau Ready e For Big Hog Sale Three co-operative hog sales will be conducted in South Georgia next week witls the assistance of C. G. Garner,* market specialist of the State College of Agriculture. The Sandersville live: stock division of the county farm bu burecau - recau burecau will hold a sale Tuesday. One will be held at Americus on Wednes Wednesday, - day, Wednesday, and the Ben Hill Farm Bureau will hold one here at its own stock yvards, Thursday, March 17th. More than one car loal of hogs has been listed with Secretary C. T. Owens of the Ben Hill Farm Bureau.' Three car loads at least should be offered for sale in order to prove to foreign buyers that Fitzgerald is a good place to look for hogs. All animals which are to be offered for sale must be lis listed - ted listed with Mr. Owens.

® & Wilson Was pving . . ¢ With Nation's Cash (By International News Service) WASHINGTON, March 9. - For 9. - Former - mer 9. - Former President Wilson spent but $115,- 000,000 of the $150,000,000 alloted him by Congress for war purposes, accord according - ing according to 'ap accounting rendered to Congress and made public today. He purchased property from the North German Lloyd-Bock Company of Hamburg, American Terminals Sup Supplies, - plies, Supplies, military commission to Russia, intelligence work of the State De Department - partment Department and entertainment of For Foreign - eign Foreign Missions were given as some of the places the money was spent. Farm Bureau Men e ~ Go To Convention 'Owens, Swords and Pittman Will . Motor to Atlanta Meeting C. T. Owens, county agent and sec secretary - retary secretary of the Ben Hill Farm Bureau Federation, A. J. Swords, chairman of the Fitzgerald Council of the bu bureau, - reau, bureau, and, J. T. Pittman, district agri agricultural - cultural agricultural demonstration agent, left this afternoon for /Atlanta to attend the state convenion of the Georgia Farm Bureau Federation. . They will motor through on the Dixie Highway in Mr. Oven's car. Because of the strike and the diffi difficulties - culties difficulties in travel ~arising therefrom, neither Mrs. S. M. Whitchard, vice chairman of the Ben Hill Farm Bu Bureau - reau Bureau and delegate to the convention gor Mrs. R. L. Stone, her alternate, will attend the convention. A brief account of what is planned for the convention will be found on page seven.

' * o Publicity Stunt' Say | - Men Of Woodward Birmngham-Lineville Train Could Be! Stopped If Necessary l "A baseball promoter's grand stand | play for publicity" is what local union' men style the feat of "Rick" Woodard in running a mail train over the At Atlanta - lanta Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic irom; Birmingham to Lineville. They claim positive knowledge that the train| could be prevented from running if | its operation was considéred as weak weakening - ening weakening the position of the strikers. i They have little hope of anything| of a 'helpful nature coming out of ! the conference between the United | States Board of Mediation and thcl Grand Lodge officers. The officers | are in the conferency, the men say, in order to take advantage of the mere possibility that some good can be accomplished but are not building any hopes around it. The action already taken by the receiver and the district court is considered to have removed the controversy from the mediating stage. The Railway Labor Board is the only tribunal that can affect a set settlement, - tlement, settlement, the men believe. . Harding Wants A » © 4 Columbian Treaty (By International News Service) WASHINGTON, March 9 - Rati 9 - Ratification - fication 9 - Ratification of the Columbian Treaty was strongly urged by President Warren G. Harding in_special message to the Senate today. -

The automobile routes, one serving' Arp, Abba and Rebecca and one serv serving - ing serving Mystic, Irwinville, Osierfield and Wray, were started out of Fitzgerald Monday afternoon and will continue to give prompt daily service until the strike is settled. The Leader will be delivered to its out of town subscrib subscribers - ers subscribers as promptly as though there was' ng strike. ' Incoming mails, however, are de delayed. - layed. delayed. Mail that ordinarily arrived in Fitzgerald on the midnight train from Brunswick and Waycross and on the 6 o'clock morning train from Atlanta and Birmingham reaches Fitzgerald about 11 o'clock in the morning qver the Seaboard. Some of it is delayed until about 5 o'clock when the Sea Seaboard - board Seaboard also brings some of the mail that ordinarily came on the 1:20 train from South and East. The Atlanta papers, two of them printed at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, that formerly arrived at 6 o'clock in the morning® come at 11 o'clock in the morning. The Macon paper that is_printed at 11 o'clock in the morn morning - ing morning reaches here about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. | No attempt had been made up to' noon today to run mail trains over the main line or any of the branch? lines of the A. B. & A. to Fitzgerald and it is not expected that such an attempt will be made. . |

Practically all of the wagons here Saturday returned'for a second trial, and among the new people were: W. J Wilson, C. M. Anderson, Mrs. S. A. Binn, James Garrison, J. W. Vaughn, A. E. Ennis, J. J. Shedd, Mrs. A. L. Maddox, Mr. and Mrs. Davg Null, H. G. Porter, and Mrs. Milton Hogan, of Mystic. Mrs. J. B. Ballard, of Mystic, has a fine lot of pigs weighing around 100 pounds each that she will butcher and take orders for at 10c a pound, and Mrs. G. W. Talbot will take orders for caramel layer cake, and Mrs. J. A. George for lye hominy. Allsthe farmers who arrived in time for the opening sold all their produce. They expressed themselves as well pleased and-the success they are hav having - ing having in disposing of their wares. Mr. and Mrs. William Feinberg and Miss Rosenberg of Thomasville were guests: of Mr. and Mrs. H. Garber Tuesday. : Miss Martha Sue Hampton has returned to her school in Berlin after spending a week with her parents Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hampton on South Main street. Mr, and Mrs. J. J. Flanders, of Ocilla were visitors in our city Sun Sunday. - day. Sunday. ; Mrs. T. S. Williams, Mrs. Ben Reid and children visited friends in Tifton Sunday.

, OT PASSENGER Say Line from "Lineville to Bir Bir| - | Bir| mingham Been Opened ATTACK NEWLANDS ACT Birmingham Bank Tells Judge i Law Is Unconstitutional (By International News Service) ATLANTA, March 9 - With "Rick" Woodward, ironmadter and 'basball promoter of Birmingham, . again at the throttle, one train is operating on the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic today. It made the round trip be between - tween between Birmingham and Lineville, The Federal Commissioners of the United States Board of Mediation stated this afternoon that although no basis for a settlement had been reached yet, the commissioners were hopeful that some wuch settlement can be reached. X ~ Freight and Passenger service be between - tween between Birmingham and Lineville has been re-established, according to an announcement - nouncement announcement of the general office this afternoon, Besides number twenty twentytwo - two twentytwo leaving Birmingham with Wood Woodward - ward Woodward as engineer, a local freight is expected to leave Lineville for Bir Birmingham - mingham Birmingham this afternoon in charge of W. J. Tinney, old engineer who is now a member of a Lineville lumber firm.