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THE WEATHER:
Clear Tuesday and Wednesday;
slightly colder.
Doily and Sunday—is Ccnta a Week
Daily and Sunday—IS Cent# a Week.
Aeaociated Preaa Service.
ATHENS, G.\., TUESDAY. DECEMDPR 18, 1923.
Aesoelated
Single Coplea 2 Cenla Daily. S Centa Sunday.
Greece’s Rulers To Leave Tuesday Night
stiller:
(By Assocatcd Press.)
LONDON.—A dispatch from Athens states that
I the King and Queen of Greece are leaving for Ruma
nia Tuesday night without signing any decrees.
The report also says that Admiral Roundouriotis
I nill lie appointed as regent.
Premier Gonatas and Colonel Plastrias, the ad-
I rices state, signed a letter requesting the King to
leave after they had been interviewed by military
and naval delegations and others who urged the re-
[ nioval of the dynasty.
A letter to King George, it is said, was couched in
[ stern terms and contained the information that his
departure by Tuesday night at the very latest was
imperative. *
FOUR BODIES FOX WILL HOT BE
TAKEN FROM PLACED ON STAND
FIRE RUINS'll OWN DEFENSE,!
SMITH TESTIFIES!-
\SHINGTON.—The dead*
lock in the senate over the
election of an interstate com
merce committee chairman
•cpntinued today, but the house
perfected its organization by
approving ita standing com-
mitee slates.
Five more ballots were taken
by the senate which will re
sume voting tomorrow with
the exception that the repub
lican Insurgents will give their
support td Senator 8mith, of
North Carolina, the ranking
democrat on the committee.
This vote with that of the
democrats would result in his
election.
The Insurgents Monday sup
ported first Senator Howell,
republican, Nebraska, and then
Senator Couzens, republican,
Michigan, wh'o on the last bal
lot received a total of twelve
votes. In addition to that of the
insurgents he drew support
from Senators Cummins, of
Iowa, who has been Indorsed
by the republican party con
ference for the chairmanship;
Gooding of Idaho; Jones, of
Washington; Norbeck of 8outh
Dakota, and Borah, of Idaho.
Widow and Daughter
li!i CANTO
HARBOR TUESDAY
City Associated Press.)
HOUSTON Texas.—-Four bod
ing hav^been recovered from the
. Japftol Hot*, ‘
L story downtown structure which
wag destroye by fire early Tues-
[diy morning.
■ Several other adjacent buildings
I were aiso*destroyed in the blaze
I v hich lazed the' hotel a;id it is
(xp.cted that man/ other charred
J bodies will b« found before the
Kjcjich for tbe dead is concluded.
The property Ions is estimated
j to run over $300,000.
The guests were awakenod ip the
inly morning hours and had much
Governor’s Car
Colorado Convicts
ATLANTA.—When the' 1 Attempt Escape ]n
trial of Philip E. Pox,
charged with the killing
of Captain W. S. Cobum,
opened here Tuesday, it
was stated that Fox will
CANON CITY Colo.—While Gov
ernor .William E. Sweet and hi,
advisory board on imrdona were
lioldlwt a aeulon within the auto
penitentiary grounda here Tuesday
during the entire trial in
Wta.lty in escaping in want, hjg QWn defe „ se by a par _
jty closely associated with
not be placed on the stand I'" u convicts. Paul Rand and Albert
i o .a * • i • J, Green, jumped in tbe official au-
dimmer Hio ontn-o trial in £5 by the governor and
2 Georgia Youths
Carried to Trial
Under Heavy Guard
(By Associated Press.)
COLUMBUS.—Guarded by Mua
■ogee county sheriffs Willie Jone*
and Gcrvis Blood worth, Reynolds
youths charged with murder in
luiinection with the slaying of H.
Underwood, medicine salesman,
were carried by automobile to
butler Tuesday morning. The two
I boy a were to go on trial there
| *ome time Tuesday.
Commissioners
Authorize New
Road Tuesday
A now public road leading from
the Bpps bridge road to tbe Prince
ton road and Intercepting the lat-
i«t near the Cloverhurst country
• Inis wa* authorized *by the county
«ommlesioners at a meeting Tues
day. a large delegation of properly
mvnora along the road appeared
•" fore the officers In behalf of the
new route.
Other business, piore or less of
n routine nature, occupied the
(fine of the meeting .which recess
ed at one o’clock until a later
e defense. The state
ment came as somewhat
of a surprise as it had
been thought that the ac
used man would be put up
probably Wednesday or
Thursday.
Fox f* able to converse Intelli
gently on many subjects this party
added, but the defense counsel
after a lengthy deliberation has
decided that it would not be wise
to have him make a statement in
his own behalf.
During z clash between thq op-
i>osing counsels Tuesday morning
Solicitor General Boykin declared
tbat he would attempt to prove
that Fox had heard “the voice or
God’’ only after he had consulted
with his attorneys. He referred to
the passage frequently quoted by
the defense that this voice prompt
ed Fox to kill Coburn-
During the.trial Monday after
noon Solicitor Boykin made sen
sational charges that Dr. Linton C.
Smith. the physician who attend
ed Fox at police station, was call
ed Into the case by two Imperial
palace' detectives and that hp
gained permission to see the pris
oner by pretppding that he bail
been called by Mrs. Fox, and fur
ther that the doctor had told Fox
to make no statement when the
latter was beta* quizzxed by de-
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Students Leave
William McAdoo Shies His Hat Into
Ring For Presidential Candidates
LOS ANGELES.—William OlulM
Mr.Vdoo, war-time director of tho
American railroad., Monday night
formally announced bin candidacy
for the democratic preaidentlat
"onilnaUon In a telegram to W.'W.
Howee, democratic atate chairman,
Pierre, 8. D.
The telegram read: 1
"Having filed my formal accept
if-* t\f Ilia nlalfnpm ail'iinlMl* 111
J nce of the platform adopted' by
•he democratic proposal conven
tion. na required by South Dakota.
1 desire again to expreaa by. ai>-
!.r..elation of the honor conferred
"ten me by the convention and i<>
'ay that I am willing to fight with
ard for the people of Sooth De-
through the republican policlea of
ataml-atllllam and wlatful wl.hln,
for these problems to solve them
selves.
"The democratic tuirty .tend,
for progress and popular rights. H
welcomes the opportunity lo d->
battle-fur them."
GERARD ACCEPTS
PLACE ON TICKET
PIERRE. S. D.—.Tamei Gerard
New York, who was Indorsed for
tbe democratic nomination for
Vice president at the slate proposal
convention here December 4. de-
dared In an acceptance, filed with
the secretary of .tale today, tint
If nominated and elected he would
kola 1„ support of the progressive If nominated and e.enoo nc worn-.
KW * th ' m «i w?'
"'"We shall get no relief from tbe-lihe'prot-sii rnnvenllon »nd_oh,y
horde.., now oppressing .... nnr | the perty recall Invoked against
stall progress In any diction 1 Dim.
*—
hlf party and drove through (lie
gates. Both were wounded by rifle
fire from guard* on the wall and
were later recapture*
After wrecking the automobile u
few block* from the prlaon In at
tempting to turn a corner,
The photo show* Miss Zoe
ter and widow of W. S. Cobt
by Philip E. Fox, as they appej ^
cution Is making a vigorous i
m and Mrf. W. S. Coburn, daugh-1
ihot and killed recently In Atlanta)
1 at the trial of Fox. The prose-
cn the insanity plea of Fox.
(By Associated Press)
HONG KONG.—A flotilla of
foreign gunboats are Ir* the
harbor of Canton, where a
tome situation has prevailed
oir.ee the recent threat of Dr.
Sun Yat Sen, 8outh China
leader, to seize custom funds.
The gunboats are preparing
for any eventualities that may
arise from the situation. '
Some of the warships are
lying off Shameen, the foreign
section of Canton and have
been cleared for action and
French sailors have been land
ed from the warships Jules
Ferry at Shameen.
No report has been made on
five United States destroyers
which were ordered from Ma- t
nils to Canton haroor, though
it was thought at the time the
hosts were sent to Chinese
waters that It was simply as a
precautionary measure to pro
tect American Interests.
HIT
, (By Associated Press.)
ATLANTA—Police Chief James
L. Beavers of Atluntp, !h (scheduled
to be. arraigned before the police
conmfltre* of city council Tuesday
526,000 individual income surtax payers, Representa-j T , S*Mnou!il^nt?by
(By Assocated Press.)
WASHINGTON.—Substantial relief would be
afforded by the Mellon tax reduction plan to only
tive Gamer, of Texas, ranking democrat of the house | n.ni t n.j.n j.m w. Armi,t,qd
ways and means committee, declared Monday night j , h rThurs n, T,.un.'si. 1 how.vre' tmv.
in a statement. He asserted, however, that “most of i-»h .hat any effort to try, or
the administrative amendments embraced in Secre-I J"^wm*i m fo'g^ r rou«wtai
tary Mellon’s tax recommendations and several'm. » u .i»nsion m.t ...k, ct>i.i
others not included should have early, and favorable ^ , t "" m n ^“i" I S 1 T h „ r “'r‘ ,,l Kira;
consideration.”
CommoniJng on the benefit* to
he derlyed. Mr. darner wild “con
gress could repeal th* entire in
come tnxee on th* MM,WO with
fugtivea took to tke hill* on foot, Income* of $5,000 or lets, which
iHireued by a poaae. ' wouW Involve n lot* of only !«.-
When overtaken tfce convict* it- {7®®.®®®. thereby leaving thp 525,000
fu*e<l to halt until tbelr pursuers ,ar »® lncom * " urtnx PW", «• th «
headed by Sheriff Sara Jope*. chief beneficlnrle* of the plan.”
nnskrapd fire. » *’I am astonished,” aald Mr. C
opened fire.. r “I «m arionisnea/' *ata Mr. Gif*.
• ner, "at the amount of ‘ false oi
(misleading information that I* be-
I lng ao ayatfnwUicaMy fed out tc
the American people to the effect
that great and wholesale tax re-
rur A Al/llUCiJfOi ductlon would result to the people,
| generally, under the Mellon plan,
j Such propaganda la a fraud
Each day of this week Is seeing!the country.
many of - the students of the Uni
verslty of Georgia leaving for tbeli
homes and elsewhere to spend the
Christmas holidays, students, as
they finish their examinations go
home. *
The last examination will b*
held Baturday Which day marks the
official close of the first term. The
second term begins Thursday, Jan
uary
Baseball Star At
University Hurt
Playing Football
Delacey Allen, shortstop on tbe
Georgia baseball team, broke bis
collar bone while playing football
with a group of students Tuesday
morning. Mr. Allen will be confined
to tbe diversity infirmary several
days. •
Let The Banner-Herald’s
"SHOP—O* • SCOPE* column*
assist you TO BUY.
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TURN
There is no probable opposition
to the remove! of such taxes as
those on telegrams and admission*
to theatres. I am willing even to
magnify the Mellon proposals ta
any ordinary extent and am anx
ious to aid in securing the fullest
mearure of equitable income tax
reduction, hut I can not justify a
policy'that would limit relief to
the American people measurably
to Mr. Mellon'a 625,000 large In
come sprtax payer*, thereby Ignor
ing. If not by Implication excluding
esch and all of the other methods
of wholeaale relief xjrhlch I have
pointed out.
AUSTRIA’S BEET CROP GOOD
VIENNA.—Austria will be stye
to supply one half of ft dsotnsfle
consumption of sugar owing to In-
erased acreage and quality of fills
year’s beet crop. The wtne crop
was small but of good qualify.
KEEP UP THE FIGHT
If Clarke county can keep up
tho fight against uln rcuIoaU
long enough that disease cau
bo controlled. If thetAnti-Tu-
berculosii Association Is not
supported by the citizens of the
city and county the fight can
not gd on and to the 300 cases
already found many will be
added. The tuberculosis nurse
la engaged fn instructing vic
tims or the disease .how to take
care or themselves In order to
throw pff tbe disease and to
prevent its spread. Tbe sale of
Christmas Seals Is providing
the money to continue the fight
In this county. Every clUxen
should help by buying a few
Christmas Seals from tbe teams
of women who sell them each
day. Not only buy them, uso
them on your letters and pack
ages. Monday a toam from tbe
Childs Street P. T..A. captained
by Mes. A. N. Bowern sold $IJ.7&
worth of Seals. Tuesday the
Central Presbyterian churi h
team captaHed by Mrs. G. E.
Storey was In charge and Wed •
nesday the High School P. T.
A. with Mrs. W. P. Warren In
charge will sell the Seals. Re
member, the money to carry- on
this anti-tuberculosis work
must be raised between now and
January 1. Don’t wait to buy
your Seals. And don’t fall to
buy.
TUBERCULOSIS IS CON
TAGIOUS.
i superior court, and resumed con
• troi of the police department Bat
, Urday.
The order wns In the nature of a
temporary restraining Infunctlon
and set December 24 as the date
when It will be decided whether
thh order will be made permanent
or dlrmlsaed. ;
"Judge Thomas’ order as eon-
ntrufd i by the police committee,
prevents the order of suspension
No arrest has been made in the tragedy that re
sulted in the horrible death of Mrs. Mag Simmons and
her young daughter, Lizzie, Saturday night.
Sheriff Ben Collier of Jackson county spent prac
tically .all of Monday in Athens trying to pick up a
clue that would lead from the arrival of the ill-fated
pair here to the lonely house near Attica where their
charred bodies were, discovered Sunday morning by
a casual visitor to the scene of the fire.
REBELS EVACUATE 1
MEXICO CITY
The Fherlffs Investigation in Ath
ens threw additional light on tho
tragedy but he failed to connect
nny party or parties with tho crimo
sufficiently to warrant an nrrent.
He Is satisfied that the woman
and little girl, said now to hava
been but seven years of age, came
to Athens on the evening train and
were met at the depot by an un
known party, said to have beon a
rman dreseed In overalls and wear*
(By Associated Press)
MEXICO CITY.—The revolution
lata evacuated Puebla Monday
night, the War Department an
nounced here Tuesday morning.
Federal forces occupied Almaxa
and Lucas Gonzales.
Th«r« I* stJll a paucity of exact
news as to the situation in Mexico
growing out of the revolutnolary
uprising fomented by Adolfo de la
Huerta against the constituted au
thorlty of the republic.
Only meager reports, and the)*
much delayed, are coming out of
Mexico city dealing with tho oper-
ntloas of tbe government forces.
These, however, breathe a spirit
of optimism that eventually the
revolt will be put down. From rev
olutionary sources emanate re-
ropts of .new gains by the rebels,
In the nature of further advances
by the De la Huerta troops or fresh
adhelslons to the De la Huerta
cause at various points.
One Mexico City dispatch says
tho government forces, with Pres
ident Obregon at their head, have
begun a movement eastward of
A?efclco City against tho rebels who
are trying to drive In their wedgo} To flml
on tho capital of the republic from **
the region of Vera Cruz.
ing- nn nrmy overcoat.
The youth who was brought hrr<t
yesterday afternoon tq tell about
seeing Mrs. -Simmons and her
daughter get off the train, whs
closely questioned by tho officers
but h* revealed nothing that would
warrant an arrest. i
BELIEVES WOMAN
WAS "RUNNING AWAY”
It was revealed Monday that
Mrs* Simmons who with her hus
band. ha* worked at the Jefferson
Cotton mills for seven years, In
tended leaving Jefferson and her
hbsband this month. She was re
ported to have told around the
mill "that she was going to take
her baby/' meaning the little girl
didn’t
murder and
bodies resulted,
ry but ft prob-
KILLED IN TEXAS
SAN ANTONIO—Captain Harold
F. Sturcken,' commander of tfc«
47th school squadron at Brooks
l««u«l ><y the rommlttre laat W«d. knd Sergeant c. E. Ryala
ne,dny nlaht from becoming ef-.were killed when their olane
fecilvc ngalnet Chief Heaven «n-1 oraehwi' at Pendleton, Texan. They
til he hue imer. formally Med and w . w route , 0 n a |i„. sergeant
convicted of Inefficiency. Chair- nyg|,* horn* waa at Olenwood, Go.
“THE COVERED IEtT LIVES UP
TO EVERT EXPECTATION AND IS
HAILED AS A GREAT
* By CHAS. E. MARTIN
"The Covered JVagon.** that
wonderful moving'picture that
will, live ns the classic of the
days of ’41 just as the "Birth
of a Nation" will live aa the 1
spirit of reconstruction days,
played ft* initial performance
at the Colonial Theatre Mon
day night and every expeeta-’
tion of the ( widely heralded
success was. met and not on*-
dissenting voice to the general
praise was.heard.
Thi* picture Ik from the story
by Emerson Hough and was
adapted to the screen by Jack
Cunningham and directed by
James Cruse, both well known
.to moving picture habitues.
K Is a Paramount production.
The picture Is one of the
least overdrawn w# have ever
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convicted of Inefficiency,
man Armlsfesd mid.
"The order doe* not prevent tb«
commit!* from proceeding with
his t rial on any charges now
lietttUrg. but It doe* hold that the
hill of certiorari now hefot* th*|
superior court prevents u* from
suspending the chief until he hs*|
hren found guilty of tho chgrgM.* „ J «* r.no<ly. giving hi. .go an
Th- fight lo remove chief Benv*« greentod here Tuend.y by
ere from office began FUbrunr, ! .(» («'• Kenedy 1. ch.rg^
!«. when the committee Inaugural- ntralli.g an automobile *-
Alleged Auto
Thief Caught
movement to reorganise thi
deportment. The chief carried thf
cn*<> to the courts. Recently the
state utiprense court handed down
a decision giving the committee
authority to try the officer.
EPAKTA Ga.—Lumber continues
to ipour out of Hancock county to
local and dfstnat markets. In a
stesdy stream. Both poplar and
Pine are being cut In large quan
titles nnd the planing mill* In some
cases have enough timber to* carry
them well Into next year.
5 more
SUOPPING DAYS
BEFORE *
Greenville, 8. f-\ The eer which he
le nald lo have itolen wet alia
confiscated by the i-otlce who ere
holding both the auto and Fcnedj
nendlng arrival of Greenville no.
Ijfe.
nd child In Athens o r
they left here on the death
back to Jackson county Is thr
confronting the officers ol
law. \
It Is believed that someone
knowledge of th* movements c
two after they left Jefferson
the oficers nre searching for
-19
The horrible circumstance*
Hurround th*- ip.ith .. the w
and child are such that thev *le
mand a complete and thorough In
vestlgntlon nnd Sheriff Collier I
• I f h.1 r : Milling u 111 n<
undone in nn effort to bring to tin
bar of Justice the guilty part;
parties.
Jefferson nqd Jackson count
nnturally greatly stirred over
crime. To murder’a woman la had
enough. It Is felt, hut to tn
life of an Innocent child nnd th
burn the two to cover up the foul
deed I* something that no com
munity will t>* satisfied to »,-r c <i
unchallenged. If tho meagre
tails of the crime point tr
particular person It Is a safe
diction that the person will h
rested and charged with the
nnd given the opportunity of
Ing Innocence at court.
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“The Drawl” New College Magazine;
Granath, Journalism Student, Editor
former editor of Georgia Tech'
Yellow Jacket, as its editor-in-
chief. and sponsored by the Henry*
W. Grady School of Journalism of
the University of .Georgia, Th#
Drawl In a new literary magazine
with humorous features just au
thorized - by the university pru
dential committee nt a special
meeting which will appear In Its
first Issue sometime this month.
tudent, tditor
it the new publication
%. Merritt of Macon, Al
ii of Gainesville, John I).
l.-iude
Much of the material for th# in
itial Issue of the publication In
cluding a very attractive cover de
elgn la alryady in the hand* oi
printers In Atlanta who are pub
lishing the magazine for the uni
versity. Those who are familiar
with the nature of the new maga-
shine declare that It will be not
only tbe most brilliant magazine
appearing at the University of
Georgia, hut in the south. It will
draw materia! from alt journalis
tic students and, In addition
Savannah, and „ _
editorial ‘and business staffs
the magazine which
announced will doubtlesft Include
many or all of these named
others, Editor Granath
Chancellor David C. Barrow of j
the university and many member J
of tbe faculty who know of the
new magazine are enthnalnatic ov-
er it nnd declare that it h.ta art
opportunity of becoming a great
Southern publication clrcnlatM
not only among student
nlumni of the unlversit
iroughout the state nnd- S
I. H. Granath
these, from any other students of ( known widely because of M
the University who care to contrl-j llancy as exhibited when -
but* to It. . (The Yellow Jacket nn<5 throu.
Prominent ftudent* of the tinl- contribution* ro ninny
verslty other than the editor, Mr. I publication**. Tie | p n«
Granath, who have aided In bring-1 Journalism at the university.