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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1921
Page
1
The Bulldogs defeated the Benning team by five to two. Turk is expected to pitch in Thursday's battle at Oglethorpe, adding strength to the Bulldogs' lineup.
The Georgia Bulldogs defeated Camp Boening at Sanford Field yesterday afternoon by 2 to 1. Pantone started for Georgia, then Frost pitched the remainder, holding the Invaders to four hits as the Red and Black scored in the fifth inning and added two more in the sixth.
A Buenos Aires dispatch reports the Mun son Unit Huron will depart Montevideo for New York aboard a wet ship. Chairman Benson commented that the authority to stack government vessels has been granted and delivery plans proceed.
Washington April 18 John H Kirby president of the Southern Tariff Association denounced the Democratic House caucus stance against tariff legislation as unwise politically and unsound economically He challenged Democratic congressmen to avoid committing the party to free raw materials at a time viewed as ruinous to the South.
Paris April 18 German government protests an Allied Rhineland ordinance issued April 9 as a flagrant violation of the Versailles treaty. The protest is sent to the Council of Ambassadors, asserting new customs under occupation and Inter Allied commissions.
Eugene O'Brien with Olive Tell appears at the Palace Theater in Worlds Apart a lavish modern drama noted for its fashionable cabaret sequence costing thousands of dollars to produce. Ethel Clayton appears in Price of Possession as Monday's feature drawing large audiences yesterday and last night.
Gabriele D Annunzio, famed soldier poet, married Sunday in a civil ceremony near Lugano to Signorina Luisella Baccara, Italian pianist, according to a dispatch from Lugano.
Forty three criminal informations were presented in federal court by Assistant District Attorney Gordon M. Combs charging residents of this district with evading the draft for the army. The actions follow December indictments and target men failing to report for physical exams or induction. Sentences range around twelve months with variation.
Special to The Banner Winder Ga April 18 At the Green Smith place a Ford car overturned while attempting to pass on the warp curve two and a half miles from Winder Thomas the young son of William Thomas of Bethlehem was Injured and Hudson Holloway 18 of Bethlehem was instantly killed The car rolled twice and both occupants were rushed to Winder for medical care but Holloway died without regaining consciousness Funeral services will be held at Bethlehem Monday at 3 pm The tragedy cast gloom over the community as the young men came from prominent Barrow County families
Cable reports from San Francisco on April 18 state Dr Sun Yat Sen, elected president of the Chinese Republic by Canton authorities, has decided to resign. He cites a lack of popular support among Chinese readers and language daily papers as the main reason for stepping down.
Judge Sibley presides at the United States District Court where moonshine prosecutions headline a day of rulings. Several defendants are fined or jailed for liquor violations, with two acquittals and others awaiting verdicts on mineral rights disputes. Judge Sibley and Clerk Steward plan to depart for Atlanta.
The State Sunday School Convention will meet in Macon beginning April 19 and run three days with about a thousand delegates expected. Sessions feature Maud J. Baldwin M L Brittain Henry Edward Tralle W A Brown and Hinton Booth with music by Prof A C Boatman and wife.
New York April 18 James A O Farrell president of the United States Stess corporation said he was not considering taking the chairmanship of the new shipping board and will remain at his post.
L N Weaver alias H H Jackson and his wife were arrested after passing counterfeit checks on local merchants. Weaver received two to four years on two charges of obtaining goods under fake writing. his wife got a one year suspended sentence after pleading guilty. Authorities say the pair ran the scheme across several state areas with Weaver as the alleged instigator and used disguises such as a federal detective cover to justify fraudulent charges.
Local interest in the heavyweight title bout grows as Jack Dempsey prepares for training and Georges Carpenter set to report May 4. The July 2 fight venue remains unsettled with New Jersey City a possible site while Tex Rickard reportedly rejects Atlantic City and Newark.
Washington and Tokyo disclose two memoranda and three notes on Yap as Japan and the United States maintain hard lines. Japan tightens conscription laws for residents in the Philippines East Indies and South Seas, signaling broader military readiness postwar.
Harry Yarbrough, 22, recently discharged from the army and son of Jim Yarbrough, died at his brother’s home after taking carbolic acid amid a blighted marriage to Mazel Dufell. The couple’s troubles date to 1918, with repeated separations and a later attempted reconciliation. Details continue on page 3.
The Florida House adopted the Senate concur rent resolution for an investigation of rumors about official acts of former Governor Catts. The House amended it to include pardon board members who might be found to have engaged in illegal practices. The measure returns to the Senate for action on the amendment.
Washington April 18 the Senate confirmed Frank White North Dakota to be treasurer and Peter Augustus Jay Rhode Island now minister to Salvador to be minister to Rumania in a Senate action tonight.
Washington April 18 preliminary applications by two southern banks for export advances were approved by the war finance corporation. One request covered 6000 bales of low grade cotton to Germany and the other a small tobacco shipment to Denmark. Amounts and names not announced.
Stockholders of the United States Steel Corp at their annual meeting in New York pledged support to Elbert H. Gary and his appointees in future labor disputes. They adopted a resolution stating readiness to endure sacrifices to preserve each citizen’s right to enter into contracts without hindrance.
The United States Railway Labor Board ordered the St. Louis Southwestern Railroad to restore the jobs and pay of section foremen and track laborers who went on strike over a wage cut, reinstating them to their status as of July 20, 1920.
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