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VOL. 91, NO. 268
Aaaodated Press Service.
ATHENS, GA„ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1923.
A. B. C. Paper.
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British Warship Sails For Mexican Waters
SINCE LUST FRIDAY;
VEILS 1
Body Of Man Who Murdered Six]
Is Dug From Grave and Burned
In House Where He Killed Wife |
ICO' SHHIL^ ^ wo ^ ter Women Saturday
America’s Greatest Liner Grounded!
MERICANS KILLED:'!
■'-■ L L JEFFERSON, Maine—The bods
John Know was exhumed Tuc»*
| day from the solitary grave where
buried yesterday and placed
• In the cottage where be killed his
KINGSTON, Jamaica.—j»‘"* r — * 8al '
mi -v t. r* t urday. The house was then set on
The gimboat CapetOAVn f|rc Thc charred body was found
sailed Tuesday morning, in tho ruins later In the, day. County
for Mexican'waters it was Attorney WcMon M. Hilton hn. be-
announced here Wednes- * un *” teveeuntton in an effort
FOR HIS RETURN TO
8
day morning. The warship
belongs to Great Britain
and it was stated that its
hurried' departure was
due to the revolutionary
situation in Mexico.
Dispatches coming out
of Mexico failed to tell, of
any such crisis which
would explain the sending
of the warship to Mexico. 1
gun an Investigation In
Former Premier Decides
to Return to Greece
Soon After Meeting Leg-
The countryside was stirred when
It was learned that Snow, after
killing the wife and son of Deputy
Sheriff Frank C. Jewett at their
home in Whltefield, had come to
Jefferson where his wife, her aunt
and her grandmother lived and had j
islative Delegation.
shot the three women, then ended
his own life. Although the medico,
examiner characterized the murders
as “the work of a midman." threat*
that Snow's body would be burned
were said, to have been made-the
next day. ,
Funeral services were held* yes-
BELIEVE AMERICANS
KILLED IN WRECK
terday for^ tho three women Wiled
here and burial was in a cemetery
In Jefferson, Authorities re fused,
permission for the burflfT
rmm
•(By Associated Pres*)
PARIS—The announcement was
made here Christmas Day .that
former Premier Vcnizelos of Grceco
had yielded to the pleas of his
friends and countrymen and would
return‘Ao his country immeiately.
leaving Paris for .Greece probably
In next day'or so.
The former Premier reached hh
decision after conferring. with a
document signed by 270 members of
Monday and' delivered to him a
EL rASO.—Details of the train • bt \ d F ,n thc **m#t#ry u ln ' | document sign© by 270 members of
*t*k in which.many Americans
•rc believed to have .been killed
•re expected here someUttfe Wed
nesday. according to Wavier* who
strived here from Mexico late
lue.iday.
It is though that the wreck was
th» work of rebels who thought
that tho train was carrying fed-,
erals troops to aid in the defensb
of Mexico City, More than a
•core of persons were killed and
it is thoyght that the list of the
dead will leveal the' names
icvcrai American citittna.
Intcmupt '\ communication be
tween Ei Pa*o and Mekico City
prevented obtaining details of the
obtaining di
*reck late Tuesday night* The
pa„cn t .»,of the train arriving
ft., notm^^H|SiSa^^H
ver, aaid that the apikea
vHkh held the raila to the tlea
ted been removed shortly before
•he faat limited train batween the
too title, passed. Tho train waa
derailed; levoral coaches overturn'
C. M. Eyler, Ga.
If Eyler,
Alumnus, Gets
High Honor
MI l.LEDOEVILLG. Go.—Major
tl' inrnt M. Eylqr. alumnus of tho
IMvom'tx of Georgia, and now
nnni'cted with the Georgia Mill-
»,ry College, has pean presented
C’h , hnnd 'imc gold cane bp the
»"> « Uthlo Claaa of the iltlledge-
vl11 '’ RapU.t, church. Theto art
aoxoptp.five In thla claaa
M II to as Id Pat the maaterfnl
"♦•entatto. of tho Sunday School
«M| h'unday la a feature of
In' t hereff vnrk. ■
You’ll Be Heard
In the Want .Ads
Hur wares, your wants, your
•♦rviees^ y 0Ur hire—The Want
I'd f-olum.i is your friend. The
wumer-lJernlfi Want Ail Page
* read by thousand* who con
fute A fruitful field for .you.
Wc r <eive youi ad?
Phone 75
B A\NERHERALD
terred without esremony in - a
Hcrlf-i
FORTY EIGHT SI ID
FORTUNE IN
WILL STREET, SAID
Son of Leonard Wood- De
nies That; Speculations
Bringing Over Half Mil
lion Included Philippines.
(By A**oclated Press)
NEW YORK.—Lieutenant Os*
home Cutler Wood, 26 year old sou
o{ Governor-General Leonard
Wood of the Philippines lias ad-
j milled making between $70,oo<i
( and $800,000 In speculation in Wall
I street securities conducted by ca-
i bio from Mantja Where hn |g- an
•aid to his, father, says a copy
righted dispatch to the New' York
{Times Wednesday.
opyrlghted story by Rfch-
Helplessly stuck in the mud off St. George, Staten Island, New York harbor, tho giant liner
viathan of the U. S. Lines was held prisoner for about six hours, nndios had been sent from the ship^d V. Oulahan says ho approached
after it left England to the effect it was hoped 2) minutes would be clipped’from the westward trip .General Woo-1 regarding the re
record. Within sight of its goal, it grounded! Passengers were taken from the vessel by a ferry boatiporu that his son made money
* • • *• Mi. • IsnernlaLire. u
(shown inset), while tugs
trying to release tho big boat.
Human Interest Element Enters
Courtroom As. ' Pa th e r Barters
father
ketl him
I of till
DEFENSE IN KILLING
,.rr.u ........... — —. - . j thn taaMttte-'utiomhly . _ . ■
EMz: UUtm ” hmiU \^To^^S%^tStx Children For His Freedom
County uuthorltle. were not I ih, fov.nment nnd uv, th. coun-1 , , ,
“ouF. lr vrn “irtoM lh . . tK j And Judge Approves Living Bond Mil l/L/ITU Hf
the cottage had been daatroyvd. .representatives of !• tlsctoral dia- J 4 |VI!ILIfllll IUL
Funerals for Mr«. Jewett and} trjctu who avere away in the pro- | »
her non will be held sometime v j nce » « tth# time the document ' SAN FRANCISCO—HJppolJte La
this week. It Is th# theory of the W aa drawn up also favored the pachet here haa bartered hie six
authorities that Snow. wlg» had rfqu #*t, which thus waa support-
been ae pa rated from his wife and e( | by moPe 340 deputise out
placed under bonds to kftfP the of the 393 constituting the asaem-
peace becaure of complaints that
h# had beaten her, killed h*r and
her relatives D#caus# she refused
to return to him. and that he kill
ed thc deputy's wlf# and son be-
the dputy’s automobil to come
the deputy's automobile to come
here.
Program • Rendered At
M e 11 Auditorium At
tracts Large Crowd
Christmas Day. Delight
ful Occasion.
bly.
children for freedom. )
They consulate a bond,of living
flesh pending the father's trial on;
liquor
McADOO’S SON IS
MARRIED ON
X MAS DAY ,
speculating uml that
| called In 'Mh son an<T
I about It In the prese
. eorro«nnjjd#»iit.
| Lieutenant Wood Intend# to ro
lled that lie had made InveeSmentf
b'Jt'sHid that fifty were all Amer
ica r trunfuetions and none of them
Philippine Investments.
Lieutenant Wood Intcds to re-
. *gn his commission by the end of
January, the article says, with the
purpose of entering tho diplomatic
service. His stronk of good for
tune begon In Septepiber or Oc
tober of last year, whence Invest
ed in Stanford Oil stock juat prlo
||» It's MMisjitlon.il list-.
Before the overwhelming sent!- • a charge of violating the
ment of the country as thug iox-'
w««d M. y.nl..lo. Informed Tbu< , n motlha Umw h „ ,
General Danglis, head of the mls-t
•ion. .h.t h. could not r.fua. ,o j r.-.n«tn.«t of 8hok«p~r..
lend his help to the country, but r famous play, "Tne Merchant of
declared that his political action Venice." taken place, with
would have only a temporary char-1 role of Sbylock veated ln
acter. Th# former premier added government,
that he had no intention of form- Should Lapachet not appear on
|Man Who Stabbed Wife,
l Holding Baby, As She. M , T o tan!ev
I Woe KSvinrr ninnor i:. S ; a " !C - V ,
Died Sunday Here
Was Fixing Dinner, Im-!
proving.
ATLANTA—That Kufus Bird
(By Associated Press.)
PASADENA, Ca!.—Robert H
McAdoo, sou of the former Direct-
- or-Qeneral of Railroads William G. j.who hriitally killed his wife
JJj® 1 McAdoo, nnd hl ? bride, formerly I chrl *. tIn V. Kv * b ? r / U . b V In ^ ^ r .
1 Miss Lorraine Rowan were
the
the date set for hearing
youngsters are forfeit.
Just what would happen to
them. In such event la a matter
grave legal minds are pondering.
night.
ing a cabinet under Ms
denry nnd that his entire efforts
would be bent toward bringins
the cuontry back to normalcy and
« hen considering the work to be' grave legal mlnde aro pondering, my - t Cn n
one. 1 Prohibition agents, declare they IxCDOIT 10/ LE868
M. Venlselos* ban against popu-J found several stills on Lapachet’s - l
inr demonstrations Upon hi* a*; ranch. ■ •* Uf MC&SICS Here
rival caused keen disappointment; Lapachet denied hla guilt, but
among hi* followers who bad could proffer nothing of value aa
planned to outdo An magnitude the
welcome accorded the late Kins
Constantino upon his return to
Greece after hla exile In Switzer
land. .
Mr. John T. Stanley, agecr 45.
died at the home, 251 Franklin
street Sunday morning at 9:30
o'clock following an illness of sis
death* with an lac pick, inflicted weeks. • - .
... . . ... two wounds on his daughter and j Mr, Stanley is a native of Spald-
their honeymoon Wednesday after• ijun, turning tho pick on hlinse.£ |ing county but had lived here
a Yu it'tide wedding at tho home ofj plunged It eleven times 4 n his owt (stout, thn-e years. Funeral crevices
the bride’s mothrr here Christmas! breust, had previously threatened were -held ('hristmaH Day at two
Lthe life of his wife, waa shown Wed
i riesday by the fact that Mrs. Bird,
Quiet Christmas;
MHl Auditorium Chrl.tnw. D»» | OlllV Ten C0S68
hold m huppy thron* of people to ■ _
—Of Drunkenness
take pari In the' special Christmas
program arranged by a committee
of women with Mrs. W. W. Crews
as chairman,
Tho outgtgndlng event of chrtst-
The program began at 5:M mE|| | nso fa r a8 dlalurbance oi
j the slain woman had obtained
peace warrant for the man about
j u week ago.
—- _ - ! ' rh c killing which took place os
- j I he mother was preparing the
Sltiri* rifkrAmnPI' I Christmas dinner and while she
UU1LC LfCVCIUUCr A iwas holding a young ,baby to her I brothers and o n c
, ______ j bnast. war h*!d to tbf fact thatjtlon to his parent
/ • the husband was said to ba undoi
A total of 167 cases of measlc^ influence of drogs.
has been reported to tho Board of I The peace warrant was issued
Health hero nnJcc December 1, It 1 b > Jud ** Rosser at the requesl
«... 1 <■-. J. t-.. ... nf Hint's «r)r« hnl flio
BaU.
"Money I have not," he tdld Fed
eral Judge John 8. Patrldge. "But
my bambinos! They are six. Pleas#
Mr. Judre. take them. It is proof
that I wlB not ran atyay.'"
For some time the court debated
the plea; then accepted it.
The edict, creating legal prece
dent and history, placed Eugene.
17; Lawrence. IB: Emily, 13:
Franoes, f 11; Blancha ’16; and
Johnny Lapachet. t, in -nominal | An cpldemie of measles Is re- 1 Assured by physicians that
custody of the United States of ported underway In Lavonla, HI-< self-inflicted Injunie* would
o’clock In the afternoon from the
Hampton, Ga.. Christian church.
Tho body was shipped to Hampton
Tuesday morning at 7:30 o'clock
over the S. A* L. Berneteln Broth-
■ •1-. itiii« rtol home, was in iluirgc.
Mr. Stanley Is survived by bls’thi
Widow, one daughter, one son, six gr
(By Associated Press)
PARIS.—Officials at
the Ministry of Marine
stated Wednesday that
although they had re
ceived many messages
reporting -the presence
of the missing dirigible
Dixmude over various
parts of Tunis and the
seacoast, they consider
ed that the latest trust
worthy news was an of
ficial dispatch from Bis
kra, last Friday an
nouncing her arrival
there.
If she has landed it ia
considered improbable
that the'landing could
have been effected with
out incident.
The revised number
of persons aboard the
airship is 48, twelve of
which number are of- , .
ficers.
AIRPLANES ■
SCOUTING
A number of airplanes *
have been sent from
north Africa posts to
search for thc lost diri- -
gible, the ministry of
marine announced. The
planes will trp to locate
the ship and rescue it
from its plight, and will
also search for any evi
dence of the Dixmude’s
wreck, in case it already
has been forced to
earth.
Speculation jih to the fate of th#
crew envisage* fears of grave dU-
nster. In some quarters, it ia ftagdrf
Mtarvation has overtaken the w
was learned Wednesday. So far, »• »(•« but the bond was
only one cut ha. resulted In I bbleed nt h low fltfure, also on th.
death, the secretory to the board I ptea of the murdered woman. Vhc
stated. Tee first ,rc (n December urnuunt-of the bond was i::o.
31 cases were' reported. 45 the »Meh wa. Immedlau ly pnivl,lcd
aeeond week ar.d 91 last week. '; hy ItirdV son.
' - . * Assured hv
bis
_'cloek »ml marks n reylv.l
the custom of public slnslns of
Christmas Carole. Th. prorrara
was opened by Morton H. llodR
win on "The True Spirit of Christ.
m.. 1 ’ after which th. Carol, “M^rt
th. Herald Angela Slog" «“
.ungi Chancellor Ddvld c. Barrow
than offered a prayer after which
the Christmas .lory waa told In
tinted picture., reproduction. of
th. foremost art galleri.. In Eu*
rope. ,
The atory of Chrlatmas was In*
terpreted by Mil* Mildred Ruther
ford. Mrs. John-Harris and Mr.
tho peacn wa. concerned was a
wreck on the comnr of Cobh street
and Mllledge avenue, caused. It la
said, by reckless driving of Will
Witcher, a negro, who was drunk
according to the police.
Witcher wee goto* down Mil-
ledge to Prince and a I). 8. mail
truck was going out Cobb. The
truck was bit by Witcher, car
when It got In the middle of Mil-
ledge erasing to Cobb. Witcher's
wife was thrown from the ear and
hurt severely. It la stated. Witcher
ras released on 3100 bond pending
trial.
Katie Oriffeth. Min l-uelle Kin-1 Ten drunk and disorderly eases
nebraw then sang a nolo followed were recorded by the police Tuea-
.1 IIUolw Vltvhf **JOV ' ‘ ■’
hy the Carol. "Holy Night." -Joy
to the World" was then sung and
the benediction pronounced by
R,v. 8. J. Certledge.
The program waa enjoyed thor
oughly by the large audience. The
program wa. arranged under aui-
day. No casualUea from .hooting
fireworks or hunting were report
ed.
America. • barton. Reystco and fliitwell! wove of s-rlou. consequence. Bird
On a prevloua occasion Lapachet where e large number of eases baa I fl^urn to page six.)
parted with hla children. been reported." Parents are vrgcil J •
That waa when Juvenile court not to.allow their children to con- _» > .
officials took, them away follow- grate with others and to tax.- every Brooks ailQ
airmen and that at least some of
, dexprrate may have leaped ov
rd from the Riant craft to tor*
tain death below. Elsewhere. Ik* ,
ohablc fate of the derelict
icrow* upon the I maxi nation of
Htrirkcn familic*. It i* conjectured
that thc crew may have rlppcll
open thc Dixmude'* #a« ha# Ink
plunged Into the desert waste* of
northcaHtern Afnlea, or Into tho
mediterranean off the Quit ot
Cube*.
Report* reaching Marseille* Mjr
the garrlMon at KebUl, a military
Pont in Tunl* nl>out 75 miles Inland
and west of the Gulf of Gabea.
frighted -t jscarchlight in the *|ty at
■ ■ ■— t .7 ••’clock Monday night. A dte-
patch reaching Tunl* from Btukal-
Mt. Vernon Lod^C Wlll|rou°»b lOOmlle* northwest of KeM-
rpIpfirAtis Tnnn Tho u * r ®P° rl * a l*fh* ,n the * k F-
V tICOiaiC aM. •JOlin ine ^ to have the drifting airship
wa* seen at 8:30 Monday night.
.SPECIAL MASONIC
In# th# mother’s unfathomed de- precaution possible to prevent tV l
parture four y«*re ago. further spn*uri of the opidcinir.
They were BUbeeauently returned’
when Lapechfet demonstrated hi#
unqtieffVoned capability of carlnx
for them WtP/kfr
“Since my wife went away I am
both father and mother, too,'
packet *ald. - \
"My bambinos t love more than
(Turn to nasre six.)
Lawrenceville
Boy Captains
Football Team
Dice, of the fine arte department Meyer, of Davenport, conducted
of the Women’s Club and Mrs one of the mo«t unusual funeral
cmr. was warmly congstrulated services ever held here when Dan-
, the splendid presentation. I lei Relnbold. who died th'rty-flve
Thoea who aided In making the.veer* ago lo Minneapolis, Minn.,
nrogram a anecew. were. Ml«a Lu- lwwa buried.
-Ille Kltmeh/ew. Mrs. Pufe Turner. I .Mr. Ileinhold was buried 'n a
\rl-s Della Reeves. Mr.- W. W. Minneapolis cemetery .hurtle af-
Crews. Mr. R. 1’ Water. Mr. Mor- ter hla death. Recently the city of
IfodKteoii. M-r. Divld narrou'. j Minneapolis ri^ ided to use thin
Thurston IV*hi!« y!«»r Mr. j»t»metery for a park, and Mr lte‘n-
. hold'* horiv wa* removed ami eiu'p-
FUNERAL RITE8 HELD FOR i
MAN DEAD 36 YEARS)
DAVENPORT.—The Rev. H. F.f MILLEDGKVILLI’. O*.—A. P.
Patterson of r^iwrencevllle, *tu-
mmm
dent nt the Oeo*'xVi MHitarv rot
lege hero, ha* been elected cap
tain of th«* 19?4 football team of
the institution. Mr. Patterson play*
center and ha* played in every
game tho Institution ha* engaged
in *ince he ha* been there. iW In*
pjavod the ent*re sixty minutes In
each game.
Mr. Pattervon |h a brilliant stu-j Rob
having won many other Ion-{four
Mother of Dr.
Carl Holliday
Died Tuesday
Jenkins Arc
In Washington
Dr. It. P. Brooks, dean of the
Unlvenity of Georgia School o
Commerce and Prof. John W. Jen
kin. Have gone to Washlpgtog, D.
|P.. to elt-nd tho annual convcn
lion of the American Economics
Mr*, ciaudle R. Holliday, nged society. Representative, of arhoola
M. died at the home In Joeksxn of commcice throughout the Unit
ed Stole, nnd well, known experts
In the Few will be at the Wash
Ington goFering.
county Chrlatma* day at 4 o’clock
in. the mornlnr. She wa* ill tivj
month*.
Funeral cerrlce* were conJurte*!
Wednesday afternoon At 2 o’clock
from th* Lebanon church In Jack-
unty with Rev, Kskcw - f. th«
MethmUat church In charge, inter
ment was In the church c-met^y
with Bernstein Brother* fun'»ral
home In charge Mr*. Holiday wa*
the mother of Dr. J. Carl Holliday
of Athens and on aunt of Mr*. Dr. VERNON, Texas.—Mrs. John
A. C Holliday. Duke, wife of a laborer of this
Holliday was the wife presented h*»r husband with
Mr. Pharle* p. Holliday. Bb# 1* w k*t *■ probably the most unique
1 by her husband. three i Christina# present , on record for
daughter*. Mr* F D. Tuck. Mr*.] 1 * 1 '* s " f;,r - «he n #h«* gave her
t Davie, Mi** Adi** Holliday ' husband three lueLv lunged trip-
on*. Mesar*. Clifford, flevc- * w ’«» s "»‘- and a dought
TEXAS WOMAN IS
WINNER IN RACE I
FOR UNIQUE GIFTS
Evangelist At Temple
Thursday Night
The annual celebration of St.
John the EvangoLat will be held
by members of ML Vemon Lodge
■Masons fin the Masonic Temple
here Thcradny night at 8 o’clock.
Tho following program has been
prepared: -
Worshipful Master, Wm. L. Er
win, presiding.
bodge opened In duo and ancient
form by the officer* of Mount
Vernon I*odge.
Invocation by the Chaplain, Rev.
Song by Masonic Quartette.
Reading minute* of past meet
ing. ,
Examination* ami balloting.
Sorg by Masonic Quartette.
Installation ceremonies.
Presentation of Past Master*
Jewel to Past Master. E. O. KInne-
brew by Past Master. E. C Paine
Song, "America” by the Lodg
Address by Past Master. X.
Michael.
Song by Masonic Quartette.
Addre** by Dr. W. 8. RoIhm»
Song by Quartette.
Bu*lne*.H for the good of the
Dr. Coulter and
Prof. Johnson Go
To History Meeting:
Dr. B. M. Coulter, profe**or of
hietorv and’ political Koience .at
|fl v e lfnlv#T#Vfv of Georfla. god
Prof. J. O. Johnson, professor of
economic*, have left for <’olumbu# t
Ohio, where they will bo in *t-
tendance at the annual gathering
lie American Historical Asso-
ciatlon.
Dr. Coulter will be one of tho
principal *[>eakerfl at the conven
tion. his address having to deal
ftli the early democracy In Ken
tucky. Prominent professors from
universities and college* through
out this and other nation* will b#
present at the gathering.
ft
't<lf
mia
re Tnwwlav, The husband . ex-
OROINATION SERVICES
Ordinal bm servicen at Prlne#
Avenue Itapl^t church Wednesday
evening at fto’clock Pour addition#!
Deacon" will be ordained Wedn«#*
dav evening at Prince Aren##
church. The pastor. Dr J. J. Ben
nett will ba asafoted by two
Baptisf pastor* of tbe cl tv. In
service. We urge add of th# 1
bernbio to be prMOSt «■!