Evening capital. [volume], January 10, 1923, Image 1

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I Ar.nounceir.rnt Made By
■ Land Bank Of Which
■ Association Is Member
B.n'.v Association Elects
B r , For Year.
B s OF $150,000 HAVE
KI.RF.AUY BEEN MADE
B itn-wiiiß i>f the stock-:
■,, ljH , \..[;*■ Arundel (’minty
V .-, it j,, ii a ...fiation. hi'!.!
v.-stcnlay, .was fea-J
8.,, i(li s■! antimmi emcnt j
B.iVijHii! I .ami lank of Haiti-;
B. w j,u h tin- local Assoc;.itimi
B ~ hr government has
■ l.irio* mii.i "f money on <
B | ...j| !u farmers of tills liis-j
■n! tlia* i!ictc i'. in fact enough
■ „f j,ny in.l all applicants. |
| (> . in ,i'iii'rim tit. coupled with,
B ,0,1 tin. t’r li tal Land Hank j
■ i,.i,nvri the system for null;-1
Kirai rii.i tits tliat quirk a. lion ;
Hl)il 11,1 every application, is
B>< ~ mitt ia an unprece'ie:ite;l
B, m till' Hank s operations in
■ implc lmills l or HI
B inuMciau at ion. which was
Khatlfs II Tit low. Secretary of
Kri.il lain I I’.atik of Baltimore.
■ W(. c.m you t hat t here
K mp!e funds for all loans
B, your Association. Therefore.
B: u mi;’ as many applications
I'. .in curly date that we
Bna-r a greater service to the
B of your community."
■ >,m! \sMiciatioii has already
I approximately $150,000, unci
K; the way is cleared for speedyi
■on ti.e applmations, and with a
Hally unlimited amount of funds
■v tor lemlmr to hona I'ule farm
li. turn will doubtless he largely >
Bel within the next few months.
I oilitcrs lleeleil
Kdcrday s meeting the following
Bts were elected:
Kcti II Ford. Mayo; Uichard F. I
Bttv t'hurchton; Herman A.
Km. tkillmvavs; Fernando W.
■ O'nmlMirii on I’srr t.l
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lILDEMIAI I OCK CO.
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■ri'iilni sini uni. U service, apply
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I NOTICE!
I v I '<Tk is now rea.tr to Issue!
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■ "i.l kt:m;t;s seltii't; MILK nr I
I ac'i.ui.e Wilt, the NFAV I
BY 'vci > l lc tie sale ..f same.
He's. sues vft.stive .tamiary I. I!W3.
:| 1 Vs. Mi. ,■ hears, ti a, m. to t n
Mtmlelpal Uni 101 it*
street, opposite Market
I EMMA AItP.OTT GAGE,
I’ltv rterk.
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OF ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE t
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rRESENTS
A “Nothing |
The Truth” I
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\*nd*r the Auspices of
1 St. Margarets Episcopal Church |
-at- ' 1
/c Parish Hall\ St. Margaret's |
Wky, Jan. 16, 8.15 P. M. f
Ml SIC —£y the Famous £
St. John's College Otxhestra |
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, • il,s. ,oc. Trucks to leave Church *
' Circle 7 £
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I €cmnu €opital.
COUNTY'S SHARE OF
SCHOOL FUNDS FROM
STATE OVER $14,000
| Anne Arundel county will get a total
of $21,991.54 for public school pur
poses, as its quota of the first quar
terly distribution for 1923, of State
funds announced by William S. Gordy.
Jr.. Comptroller of the State Treas
ury. The total distribution amounts
to $710,320.57, the largest in the his-;
tory of such apportionments. Comp-J
' trollrr Gordy made the distribution!
under the heading of six separate
items this time.
The respective apportionments for
Arne Arundel are as follows: Cen
sus and attendance apportionment
(formerly known *ns the school tax),
$14,001.45; part salaries. $2,840; books,
$1,537.87; supplies, $384.47; equaliza
tion fund. $2.2411.75; colored industrial
schools, $375.
ANNAPOUTANCLUB
ARRANGES “SMOKER" TO
HONOR '100" HOWARD
Members of fhe Annapolitan Club,
of Annapolis, are arranging to give a!
“smoker” and social session at the!
club's quarters on Franklin street, on'
the evening of January 16 in honorj
of Commander Douglas 1,. Howard, ofj
the Navy, who soon will go to sea as
navigator of the battleship Texas. A
number of invitations has been issued
for the occasion.
Commander Howard has rounded
out more than 3 years as athletic dt
rector of the midshipmen of the Naval
Academy, coupled with the duties o*
Secretary-Treasurer of the Navy Ath-j
letic Association, which he filled most,
capably. He is a native of Annapolis!
j and has spent a large part of his life;
here. He received his early educaton |
at St. John's College. Later he enter-
I ed the Naval Academy and graduated
in the class of 1903. Subsequently ho
j became an assistant coach, and later I
still, head coach of the Navy football I
team. He is popular in athletic and
j other circles of Annapolis.
For Shooting Match
The Aiuiold Community Club will |
j conduct a shooting, match at Arnold
Station on Saturday. January 13. and
the public is invited to take part in
the matches. The event will,start at
10 a. m.. and refreshments will be
served on the grounds.
r.ttniui'sM I'stalillHlu'd Over Sixty tears!
W. F. CHILDS & SON
Groceries. Fruits, Vegetables.
Canned and buttled Gneds.
—Fresh a n d Smoked Meats.
Prompt deliveries. t'otlte servlee. Orders
solicited. Phone
I STOKER: IC>!> AM* 171 EOMH IT ST*
l ’ I no
Shooting Match
To lu* held at ARNOLD
ST YITOX on SATURDAY.
JANUARY 13. commenc
ing at Id a. m. prompt. Re
freshments served on the
j grounds.
Lome one and all to get
your dinners.
r.v order of committee,
ARNOLD COMMUNITY
1-12-2:1 CLUB.
ANNAPOLIS. MIX. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY !•. l!*.*:s.
MRS. SOWERS WELCOMED
j IN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
The regular monthly meeting of the
; Women’s Missionary Society of the
East port Baptist Church, took place
last night at 8 o’clock at the home
of Mrs. Lewis. 'This being the week
of prayer that is celebrated every year
by the ilaptist Missionary Society
throughout the Southland, part of the
meeting was given over to the study
of Africa. A number of prayers were
offered and several interesting articles
| were read. Mrs. J. Williams was in
charge of this part of the program.
Then followed the regular program
of the evening, the subject being hap
piness. The president. Mrs. It. Meade,
was in charge. Miss Ethel McCarty
led the devotional, which was follow
ed by talks on happiness by several
members.
Mrs. Sowers, wife of IJr. J. S. Sow
' cs. who has recently been called to j
i the pastorate of the Eastport Ilaptist |
! Church, was welcomed into the midst
iof the Society. She it was who or-j
! ganixed the, society several years ago
j and was its successful president for
I sometime.
j At the close of the meeting Mrs.
Sowers presented to Mrs. Meade a
pretty gift as a token of love and ap
preciation from the society, to which
she responded with a well-worded
speech of appreciation. The social;
hour was enjoyed and delicious re ;
freshments were served by the hos j
! tess.
ANNUAL ELECTION OF
WOMEN VOTERS’ LEAGUE
r
All members of the League of Wo* j
men Voters should make a point ofj
attending the next regular meeting ofj
the League, which wil! be held on i
Tuesday, January 10, i:i the Old Sen
ate Chamber of !ho State House, and
i at which the annual election of ofli
-1 oers will take place
COUNTYTO OPENNEW
PUBLIC HIGHWAY NEAR!
WEEMS’ CREEK BRIDGE
;
With very little business before
i them for consideration, the Hoard of ;
County Commissioners at yesterday’s!
meeting devoted the major portion of;
their time to consideration of the new j
assessment of property, meeting as a j
Hoard of Control and Review for that j
purpose.
The commission hitherto appointed!
to investigate the necessity of open-'
ing a pulic road from a point near
Weems Creek bridge, through the
lands of Charles O. Dulin and others:
to Riverview avenue, having held a j
public hearing in the premises, filed a!
report recommending that the county,
take over said road.
The board ordered the removal of,
the incandescent electric light now - on
Woodland avenue, Germantown, and,
that an arc light he installed at the
intersection of that avenue with
Ridgewood avenue.
Upon certificates of insanity fur-!
nished by Dr. Maclane Cawood and
Dr. George T. Dent, the hoard ordered
Charles Mullen, colored, committed
*o the Colored Insane Hospital, at
Crownsville. this county.
FLU fINO PNEUMQNIft
SPREADING IN SUITE
(*<• Tl> tKrlalfl Pr.>
BALTIMORE. MR, Jan. 10.—The
spread of influenza and pneumonia in
the counties continues to increase
daily, according to Dr. R H. Rilev
president of the Hoard for the Pre
vention of the Spread of Communic
able Diseases.
There were forty new cases of “flu"
and fourteen of pneumonia reported
yesterday.
One hundred and ninety-one in
fluenza cases have been reported
since January 1. During the whole of
January last year there were but 143
cases of influenza. The situation,
however, is not one to cause the phy
sicians any great amount of alarm, it
, was said.
ii NOTICE ! 1
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| Salt-Water Oyster £
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X GIVEN’ HY WSTTORT VOLIN- O
X VEER VntE OOMrW’T. *F O
~ HAST I*OKT. MO.
II January 24, 25 and 26 2
O Our reputation for Salt-Water X
O Oyster Suppers cannot exceUe.l. A
■o X
ESTABLISHED IN 1884.
i KU KLUX DEPORTED
' BFB STATE
, Miss Hamilton. Known As
“Daughter Of Klan,” Also In-
•
volves Dr. McKoin
(Ity The XMorinW Pre.)
BASTROP, LA.. Jan. 10.—Ad Tie
Mac Hamilton, known as "Daughter}
. of the Klan." declared on the witness}
, | stand in the open investigation today 1
into the slaying of Watt Daniels ami!
Thomas Richards Dim she was forced!
I to leave her home near Mer Rouge I
| and was deported from the State by
i the "Ku IvJux."
She named Dr. li. M. McKoin, for
mer mayor of Mer Rouge, and "Pink"’!
, j Kirkpatrick as two of the parly o: j
i men. who, she testified, came to her!
mother’s home one night, took her|
away, and put her aboard a train fori
1 !
Little Rock, Ark., the home of her
sister. The young wornaji gave ho
age as 17.
Recognized McKolu, She Says
She said she recognized Dr. Me-
Koin. who was masked, and said he.
was the only one doing any talking, j
“They came to the house and pulled
, 'heir guns and told iny mother that ,
‘Audio Mae will have to leave town
tonight.’ My mother anked why. ’Ho-i
cause.’ Dr. McKoin said. ‘Addle bus
been leading an immoral life.’ My
; mother said:
I “ ‘Why don’t you . send others
I ownv? ' "
j “‘Dr. McKoin said: ‘We are going
; to;
“Mv mother got down on her knees j
i and hegeed thorn to let me stay at
home. They told ns that if anybody
showed their head outside of the door
they would ‘blow 'em off.’
“Thev made me leave without mv ■
hat. Dr. McKoin struck my mother,
when she n!ert him one more time to
let nie stay.”-
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I SALT-WATER OYSTERS
FEATURE OF SUPPER
I Delicious salt-water oysters —a i
! delicacy seldom obtainable in Anna-!
■ polls—will be th drawing card at the;
| sapper to he given by the Eastport !
j Volunteer Fire Company on the nights j
! of January 24. 25 and 26. As the oom
: pany possesses a well-merited repwta ;
j tion for the excellence of its salt-j
i water oysters, a large crowd is as-j
j sured for every evening on which the
j supper is scheduled, and it is hoped
i that a large fund will be cleared by
the fire laddies.
MRS. MARY F. BOONE
CLAIMED BY DEATH;
In friting health for a number of
j years, Mrs. Mary Frances Boone.
1 widow of the late Samuel R Boone ;
j died last night at her residence. 9
Randall street. Mrs. Boone was 55
years old and is survived by a daugh
ter. Mrs. E. C. Burt. Funeral serv
ices will be held in St Anne’s Church i
\ Friday afternoon at 2:30, after which j
interment will he made in Cedar Bluff
cemetery. Funeral Directors James
S. Taylor and Sons have charge of ar
rangements.
UTIII'AMAN TROOPS ROl NI
FOR ME A! EL, REPORT SAYS
(C.v Ttif* X*o4‘l:it*il t’rf.)
BERLIN. Jan. 10 —The I.uk.il An
• eoirjrer today says two regiments ofj
j Lithuanian troons, “profitting by the;
I international situation.” are crossing!
| the frontier with the intention of oc -}
j copying Memel. the East-Prussian j
1 area internationalized by the treaty ol;
1 Versailles. A number of the former
inhabitants are accompanying the
troops.
, DR. T. H. BRAYSHAW
UNDERGOES OPERATION
• D.‘, Thomas H. Bravshaw. who was
r j taken suddenly ill at his home last
! i week and was immediately transDr
• red to the Maryland Fniversity Hos
pital. Pa It’’more, for emergency treat-
J ment. is now reported to he slightly j
j imprt ved after an ope ration which
j was performed on him by Prof.
*, Arthur Shipley at the hospital, and ;
j ; o carbuncle removed from under the
• eye.
j, Much regret was expreseed by the
‘l doctor s large circle of friends
. ‘hrough out the county at his illness.
■ - and many tokens of love and the high !
• esteem in which the venerable phy
j j sician of Anne Arundel county is held.
evidenced by the large number
} of flowers and messages from all
• j quarters which are received daily at
the hospital. Miss Alina Brayshaw.
■ j his s'ster. is in constant attendance
j at his ledeide.
I . I
RESCUE FIREMEN *1
OFFICERS FORM
Rescue Hose Company at its (regu
lar monthly meeting last night elected
.and installed the following officers for |
jthe ensuing year: President, Thomas
,G. Basil; vice-president, William B.
Monday; secretary. Hanford Sarles; j
. treasurer. Charles Obevy; captain. I
William I. Owens; lieutenant. B. I.
■ Hoff; assistant marshal, Daniel E.
: Keiler; trustees. Howard Armiger.'
Earl Owens. Albert Cranford. V. T. I
| Linton and Frank Stevens.
Police Chief Charts Obory. one of j
the charter, members of the company.!
4 has held the office of treasurer for
twenty two successive years and last;
night was reelected to another term
bv an unanimous vote.* •
: Treasurer Obery submitted his an
nual report, which showed the fi
; nances of the company to he in excel*
| lent condition.
The company is undertaking plans
' to make this year the most success-j
; fttl one since its organization.
a\s in British area
ri:iorti:i> as anti-french
Wv Ttif Ananrliilrtt Prcw.i
LONDON’, Jan. 10.— A Renter dis
patch from Cologne this afternoon
i <s ' u y :
“The attitude of the Germans in the
British area is venomously anti-.
French. A large Irresponsible scc-j
ti'n of thi' population favors active;
resistance and the wildest rumors are
abroad.
“Fears are expressed lest the
British and American troops should
he withdrawn.”
Meeting Of St. Faith’s Guild
, The regular monthly-meting of St.
Faith’s Guild will lie held Friday eve
twig at 7:30 in St. Anne's Parish
House.
ANOTHER SHORTAGE *
IN WATER SUPPLY AT
! LINTHICUM HEIGHTS
The shortage of water at Linthi*
i cum Heights, which has several times
1 within the last few weeks left that
i community without water for house
! held use or fire protection, was re-
I ported acute again yesterday. The
I supply at the school, it was said, was
entirely eat off, and other users were
suffering.
Inadequate pumping and storage
equipment were given as the cause of
frequent breakdowns of service by
t tike Ellis, water engineer of the
PuWjo Service Commission, who has
: been' investigating the trouble. Ncgo
I tin Cons are now under way. Mr. Ellis
said, for the purchase of two pumps
and a tank from the Baltimore City
Water Department.
“If the Linthicum Heights people
get this equipment." he said, “the
orohlom will be solved for the time,
bring. The city has the pmnps and
♦he tank, and is not using them.
| Water Engineer Meeraw. of Bniti
' more, approved the sde Tuesday."
The owners of the Linthicum
Heights water plant, it is understood,
desire to dispose of their holdings to
♦he Anne Arundel County Sanitary
Commission, created by the last leg
islature to take over watC£_ and sew
age works in the section of the county
j adjoining Baltimore city.
MINERS DEFY WARNING,
| MEETDEATH IN PIT
f*t, Tlw* \vsorCit<■;! rrfu.i
BIRMINGHAM. ALA. Jan. 10.—En-j
♦ering the pit In the fare of a wnrn-j
j : ng that it was dangerous, five rr.ineVs
! met death in Dolomite Mine No. 1 of
♦he Woodward .Iron Company, imar;
here, today fit a gas explos'on. The
men wore killed outright, according
to report. Four of the miners were
| negroes and the fifth was a white
! man.
Dolomite No. 1 is about two miles;
; from Dolomite Mine No 3. where ftO;
minors wore killed last November in
! a gas explosion. The gas was con-1
i fined to one “room" in the rpino. All
that prevented greater loss of life was
, the fact that few’ men were in the pit
at that hour.
BOWLING MATCHES NOW
ON AT NAVAL ACADEMY
•
t Bowling tournaments are on at the
Naval Academy Officers’ Mess. Yes
■ ierdnv the Departmental tournaments
started. They will be followed by the
individual handicap tournament.
Members of the handicapping com
mittee arc Commanders Abram Claude
and Harry E. Shoemaker and Lieu*
j tenant Arthur D. Strtjble.
I
■ FLEBE PLANTS RIGHT, ■
HOOK TO JAW AND
KNOCKS SPIKE 188
Spike Webb, boxing coach at the
Naval Academy, is telling a Joke on
j hints. If these days and its moral is
[ along the line of the pitcher that ro PS .
j too often to the well, hut it might hr
paraphrased to cover the case of the
boxing coach who stays in the ring ,
I too long and meets too many of his !
J pupils the same afternoon.
Spike is in the habit of taking on'
j all of his charges in a row, as time
i permits, and on last Thursday after
j noon ba 1 sparred three rounds aphv- ,
, with three of them ani was work’ttgj
out with his fourth. Mason, a member!
of the new class.
It was in the third round of the
bout with this youth, who wety.its|
around 130 pounds, when Spike gt j
his, a right hook to the Jaw. which |
‘Spike admits was ode of the hardest •
i blows he ever received.
The capable and sunny tempered j
j coach of the Midshipmen says th.it lie.
| received an injury not recorded in the
annuls of boxing, the dislocation of (
both tonsils. He further admits t'tii
he has not enjoyed a meal since he
i K<t the tap on the jaw and insi u
| that ho is not going to get care! -i
another time when boxing with bis
pupils.
Incidentally, Ma on fias distanced
all opposition in his Hiss, and will
be a regular number of the academy
! team this year.
GUTFOOK FOR NAW
■ CGFGATE GAME DARK
Anxious to make themselves right
with the Naval Academy and previ rit
the cancellation of the football go *ic
scheduled to be played at Annapolis
on November 3 next, Graduate Dir. e
tor of Athletics Reid and Coaeli Dick
Harlow, of Colgate, came to Ann:); n-
Ms yesterday and conferred with
Academy officials over the matter.
, At the conclusion of the conference
It was stated by the naval represen n-
I f ives that the game would not he pi y
-1 ed unless Colgate could snt*sfv 1 o
high, as to its reasons for refusing to
play at Bethlehem on (lie date fix <1
Lehigh had submitted tin* corres
pondence showing that, after it hid
played at Hamilton. Colgate had
agreed to n!ay at Bethlehem on Nov
ember 3, 1923. The Colgate represen
tatives stated that they had decided
not to play Lehigh before thev opened
. th^matter with the Naval Acade< ty
It now looks as if Colgate and :he
Naval Academy would not meet.
MEETING OF FARMERS
NOW ON AT FREDERICK
Hundreds of farmers of the Strtt.> of
Maryland, including many from \t n
Arundel county, are expected to at
tend the tenth annual convention o'
tlte Maryland * Agricultural SoH<-fv
at the Francis Scott Key Hotel, Fred
crick, which bgan yesterday, session
to continue today and tomorrow.
The purpose the convention is U
institute better marketing methods
the formation of co-operative buying
and to inaugurate general reorganize
A ion and reconstruction among th>
seven affiliated societies.
All of the organizations will oxh'hl
at the convention and the followin'*
; men will speak: Gov. Albert C. Rit
ehie: Enitcd States Secretary of Agri j
1 culture. H. C. Wallace; former pros! i
dent of the American Farm Buraai ,
Federation, James B. Howard, and A !
| F. Woods, president of the Eniverdt*
of Maryland
GARDEN THEATRE TO
RE-OPEN ON FRIDAY
After being closed for more Finn
| two months, the Garden, moving pie-
I tttre thdntre. Main street, will again
wide its doors. Friday of this
week has been fixed as the date for
rc-oj>oning. and the feature picture
' *o be shown en that, occasion will l>e
Tom Mix in “For Big Stakes." Nomi
j nal prices will prevail, and courteous
treatment to patrons is assured by the
| management.
TO ADDRESS ST. ANNE’S
CHURCH SERVICE LEAGUE
Mrs. Julius Freeman, chairman of
i the Diocesan Church Service League.
> and Miss Elsie Hutton, chairman of
] the Supply Department of the Church
• t Service Leagng, will come to Annapo
■ i:s on Thursday evening, January* IS
to address St. Anne’s Parish Unit of
; the Church Service League.
THE WEATHER:
* Fair and colder to
night. freezing tempera
ture. Thursday warmer.
COM PREHESBIVK LOCAL AND tiBMRAL NltWB.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
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MOWN
; RHINE RECALLED
BYPRESIOENT
Action Follows Conference With
, Secretaries Hughes And Weeks
Of State And War Depart
ments—Follows French. Move*
j ment On Ruhr Valley.
| MUCH EXCITEMENT
PREVAILS AT COBLENZ
FRENCH OFFimi, MRf I.IS
It EGRET WITIHIfttWtI.
OF r. s.
I
(IVt The* *
PARIS, Jan*, to.” French c,,T
--j cial circles expressed great i •
pret this afternoon over tin' an
nouncement that President Hard
j lug has ordered the withdr.r; ul
of the American troops from ,
many.
The foreign office could furiu-h
no expression for the govern
nte it. as neither tb* Amrrlean
government nor Ambassador .In
scrand had as yet communicated
the news.
WASHINGTON, It. ( .. |4n.
Id.—- J lw* American troops \v.;re
M’derotl home from the Rhine to
day l.v President Harding Xo
( official explanation of the order
was offered, hm it was under
stood to have followed notification
front France that she intended to
ttrococd with occupation of the
Rttl'.r \ alley despite drfmit •
knowledge that withdrawal o£
the American troops would Reor
dered if she did so.
I mined late Rent ova I Planned
The order contemplates itmncd<ata
removal of the troops to Bremen to
await transportation to America.
The transport St. Alihiel will leave
New York within n day or two to pick
them up. Whatever additional trans
portation is necessary will follow.
The only American army unit to
remain in Europe wilt be those at
tached to the Graves Registration
Service.
The decision to withdraw the forces
was announced after a conference be
tween President Harding, Secretary
Hughes anti Secrotary Weeks today, at.
the White House.
In the absence of any official expla
nation the inference immediately was
drawn in many quarters that the
withdrawal was to he interpreted rath
er as a protest than an attempt to
avoid any trouble which the American
troops might he confronted as a re
sult of the French occupation.
Excitement At Coblenz
COBLENZ, Jan. 10.—The order:, for
the withdrawal of the American
troops front the Rhine, the news of
which became known through a dis
patch from the Associated Press office
at Paris, caused intense excitement
among the American troops stationed,
here.
French Rhine Flotilla To Move
COLOGNE. Jan. 10.—The French
Rhino Hot ilia stationed at Mayence,
will move to Dueaseidorf, Ruhrort and
Duisburg tonight.
FRENCH TROOPS ARE
READY 10 MOVE INTO
! GERMAN TERRITORY
t
/fljr Tb AfiWftatM Prw.)
PARIS, Jan. 10.—The last formali
ties regarded as necessary before tbs
French troops enter German territory
to apply penalties for default in de
liveries in kind by Germany under tho
treaty of VersailHos were sr-tr for tbiv
afternoon. It was arranged that
Premier Poincare would inform tb
German government of the measur* j
be purposes taking beginning tomor
row*.
Simultaneously with the giving of
the notification, it was arranged for
orders to go forward to General D’-
Eoutte to send to Essen a sufficient
force to assure the protection of the
Allied engineers and agents who ha* a
been intrusted with applying the
measures decided upon by the French’
government and which are disclost 1
fully in the notification.
The measures comprise, beside fho (
collection of coal tax for Allied gov
ernments. the seizure of state fores' A
to be exploited for the benefit of tha
reparations fund and the collections*
of customs on exports to foreign
countries. 0
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