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ATHENS COTTON: •.idling 3S1-2. Previous Close . 351'Ca, THE WEATHER: . Probably R.in Thursday Night. Little Changs in Tsmpsrsturs. 11,000 Ao.1d.nt Po»V Fw Ts hsgular Oubssrlbsrs THE BANNER-HERALD Invsstigats Tsdayl. Established 1832. Dally and Sunday—IS Cents a yr*k ATHENS. CA.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 27. 1823. Associated Press Settles. | Causing Stir in i | Church Circles I More Mexican Revolution Pictures to save the lives on theitramp air cruiser. With the Issuing of a.commun- ~ . „ T j Ique giving tho names of the men lTTrRfl[lT aboard the ship by the ministry fll I |IU|| I marine, what little hope httd been il I I ■»■ ■ ■■ ■ I held out for the survivor* has prac tically' been abandoned as the ftRI I I TP HI communique is tantamount to an I MU I IrP IN admission that the ministry con- |J|b LI I L Ul alders all chances for the rescue of ..the men gone. Whether the nrnr||T fll crew and officers died of starva- ULI LIU I ||| Jji ■+* ntOLli I Ul Captain Watson, Com mander of Squadron, Re duced 150 Files. Donald Hunter Loses 100 Num bers. ErancU Kluxen 3rd (shove), the Madison. (N. J.) boy acquitted nbo-t a yarn ngo of the murder ot- Wile Janet Ijiwronco and subae- qucntly takon Into the home of Mo n ell Sayre, wealthy church member. Is causing a atlr In the- little ' town. ,Somo members of Grace Episcopal church have, told Sayre never to hrlnR to hoy Into church. Sayre will protect tho boy, he sold, anti pinna' to ado R t him legally. ■ U-i. ■ h. I; Youth Who Attempted to I a i u ; « a U 5 f rt Assassinate Hirohito Thursday Morning Be lieved t6 Be Insane. It was stmtsd that thsrs' were nine ‘passengers on hoard. f While tho chance Is indeed a slim one. there In a alight. possibility th.It the :*h11» 1 • si ill .•»!••:*' thmuli that - Idea .Is . weakened by ths be lief that were It a fact, the <Sdm- .T.ahdcr orthtrchlp-would succeed, WASHINGTON—Cnptaln Kdward If. Watson, commander of the de- ftroyev squadron wrecked on the t'allfornla const, neur Point Honda. Inst Heptember, will lose 150 num bers and Lieutenant Commander Masons, Will Hold Meeting Thursday Night V .TOglOs—« a laborer,'was arrested by po lice Thursday after he had fired at the Prince Regent Hirohito, In sta attempted as sassination. The youth It twenty year# old and police stated that they believe he ,!■ Insane. He has no past police record, to Ur as ha* been yet established and it is thought that ths Attempt ed killing was simply the act of a deranged mind. The shooting has aroused Intense feeling and excitment throughout the entire city. Another young men who wss with the assailant of the Prince Regent was later arrested. Following the attack, It was learned that the Prince Regent has been under a heavy guard recdntly owing to rumors which have been In circulation here that the Koreans were * conspiring to assassinate him. No connection between the . reednt rumors and ths Thurs day attempted assassination has been given cut by police working In the case. Delphy, one of tho squad ron, will lone 100 numbers as a re- suit of nnvnl cuort martlul sen tences approved late Wednesday by Secretary Denby. In approving the findings In the cane of Captain Watson, secretary] Denbzy said that-officer would be: placed nt the foot of the captains'! list of the present date and thero j remain until he shall have lost 150 numbers In hi* grade. Captain TfidSmS Ih now number- 60 In the list of captains nnd has | M. G. Michael, past master of but six years to serVe before he ML Vemoo Lodge Masons nnd Dr. will retire on account of nge. Com-.W’. 8. Robinson, presiding elder of mander Huntre, who was In chnrgejthe Athena district of MetsbodW of the flagship of the destroyer will deliver addresses at tho meet- rqundron, now occupies place num- ink In the Masonic Temple Tluirs- by sbme trisaar. In getting Intouch with ths searcher# below. It is also feared that even should the ship make a forded landing safely, should this happen In the Interior, the ersw would b# forced Ao battle for their Uvea against tAs natives. Th« natives have al ways been hostile to airships, be* iieving thtm to bS some kind of «vll god and would probably attack the whlt« men If thiy descended. The Dixmude carried rations suf ficient‘for fourteen extra days,. It was stated that the ship is some thing of a floating derelict sailing the skies somewhere between the African Atlas mountains and ihe northern coasts of the Medtterrmn Ian or elie lying a huddled heap somewhere in the darker Interior of darkest Africa. The Dixmude set soil from France a week ago ,la»X Tuesday for what was to be a seventy-two hour Investigation flight over Af rica to look Into a proposed rail way route across the 8ahsra. The last communlcajlon from tho “death ship" was received last Friday at two o'clock In the morn ing stating that she wan out of gasoline and that “many' men were ill aboard the ship," “ General Fannin Tnnai* (left). G?ncrs! FhmIks Serrans (center) and Pres, dint Cbirgoi. (tight), from the rear of their private car inspect federal troops near the battle line. General Topete joined his commander-in-chief after routing the-rebels on th« Esperanza fiynt. Mexican federal troops under personal leadership are rallying to the colors to do battle against a number of rebel chiefs cauaing disturbances in various parts or inc disrupted republic. Here is a de tachment’ of artillery with guns and armament load ed on flat cars waiting transportation to the firing line. Obregtm’s soldiers are provided with latest type field pieces capable of long "distance range. Body Found in New York Apartment With Throat Cut and Rope Tied Around Neck. (Bv Associated Press.) NEW YORK. — Helen Chun, the twenty year old pretty white wife of Harry Chun, a Chinese restauranteur, was found brutally- murdered late Wednesday night in their Washington Heights ■ apartment. When the door was broken down and police walked into the apart ment, they found the body the list of lieutenant Rotary Enjoys Musical Fest , At Luncheon Fifteen Insane Patients Perish In Blaze Sweeping Chicago State Hospital “The proceedings are approved," Secretary Denby said, “subject to the remarks of the Judge advocate general and the chief of the bureau of navigation." JAMES WHITE TO BUILD HANDSOME HOME HERE SOON Last Meeting of Year ! Marked By Special Musi cal and Vaudeville Pro duction and Singing. U. S'. People Were Very Talkative All Last Year Wofk wiU'begli _ soon on a resi dence that is to be ejected by James White at the corner of Prince avenue and Nacoochee ave nue. Plans for the structure were drawn by Hentz, Held and Adler of Atlanta and the home will be one of the handsomest nnd most mod ern In the city. The complete plans of the house have not been given out but from the archlte/tK* draWing on the first floor of the two stories of the I building, th«*re will be a formal circular entrance*paved in Belgian i block and white marble in an elab-J orate desikn. The drawing room, library panneled. sun parlor, din* ing room, Ntairita^l, circular stairs, service, bed rooms and bath and ' porch, will he finished In equally New Deacons Are Ordained By Dr. J. J. Bennett CHICAGO. — In a fire which i^ept over the Chicago State Hos pital for the insane at Dunning, at least fif teen of the milder in sane patients are known i, to have perished in the j flames and it is thought that the death list may reach even' higher. The fire destroyed the frame dormitory used by the tubercular patients Wednesday night. Among the-botlies al ready removed from the ruins is that a a woman, believed to be an at tendant, since no wo men were lodged in the dormitory. It was stated that there were about six hundred patients in the building when the The last meeting of the year of the Rotary club Wednesday was made ths moat enjoyable of all through- the'g6od offices-of J. -B. Joel and Mfs. Entth Bernstein, wife of Mr. Lou Bernstein, of the firm of Lapro-Bernsteln Co„ the largest music, publishers In- the United flutes' and owntr*of tho nation wide and popular eong, “Yes I We Have no"Ban*nas.“ ’ Mrs. Berstein, who possesses a wonderfully cultured, rich, *swctt ... 4 _.. The me* sage was cut short and It ir thought that the 1 wireless went bad or wss broken. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. — Telephone messages or talks numbered 24.- 738,753,739 last year. ft was esti mated by tho census bureau, which announced Tuesday its report oo telephones of 1932. There was an Increase of lJMjEfM04 mersages or talks, amounting to 13.8 per cent over 1917. Operations of telephone com panies showed $684,994,736 in reve nue. including assessments of mu tual companies. This was an In- < r«*ane of 75.8 per cent over 1917. Value of plants and equipment was placed at $2,205,121,610 an In crease of 18.8 per cent, and wages and salaries paid aggregated $353,- 263,801, an .Increase of 101.1 per cent. There were 57,248 systems or Hues, an increase of 7-5 per cent; 27,265.628 miles of wires, an ».n- crease of 29.3 per cent; 14,346,701 telephones, an Increase of 22.4 per remt, and 19,254 public exchanges, a decrease of 9.1 per cent. of the American girl lying pool of blood, her in a pool of blood, her throat cut almost from ear to ear and a bathrobe cord, as though the mur derer wished to make sure of his deed, drawn tightly about the neck. It was stated that police authorities are looking! for her .husband for ques- Four additional deacons * were ordained nt the Prince Avenue Baptist church Wednesday night. The new deacons are Charlie Kin ney, B. L. Adams, R. E. Carter,and L. C. Smith. Assisting Dr J * J Bennett, pastor, In the ordination service were, RevB.F. EUiott and Deacon Ab.'t Nix, the latter of the Fim Baptist and ^the. former pas- h.t b«n m»<l. popular by h.r cosily dMi* husband throughout the natlnr, there will b “Yes. We Have no BaHana>“ She hatha and <1 wss, given Art o.vatlon at the <»o »- To tho re rtosion arid every member nt the a specially qgqfary club rose in.her honor r.r.d rare arrhft* ^Joined in *he phorus. • . Work, which A rplendld vaudeville '.entertain* signs. mVnl jglth a half dozen Or .more The rerva artists ^enlivened the meeting and In the rear. tol^IrirtTTh/s Botarlans in «.{ • — 1 - happy fashion. Qa| V nf flinging, jess dancing, Scotch dancing, hula-hula dancing, violin and piano numbers held sway for V^opii the time allotted to the entertain- a . ment which pleased the members f\ ( in the fullest. , Th performers Asking part In the various acts were: Mis# Marvin, Captain Li violin, flhe Is a great favorite in vatlon Arms Athena having played here on a people of tl number of occasions at the Palace erous conti theatre. Miss Baucknfgbt. piano; through bt Miss Mildred Baker; Miss Dorothy Christmas. Keelan, dancing. The finale. In The Salvai which the entire company appeared send basket] introduced ringing and dacing. her©' and * tl closing wltji .*he ever, appropriate made these song, /‘V’cs, We'Have no Bananas." contributions For the crle-talnment and splen- This was Aid urogram nie. the members are Christmas h< indebted to Rotnrfah J. B. Joel. ful to the p Baptist* church. •j (By Associated Press.) .Hancock. Md. — Bootiqgger* &np' moonshlpers Tfccrsdny wore declared by autborltlea to hare rompo-ed the band * of Un. non' Which stormqd the Methodist ,church at Black Road, about six imles from here .Chrlftmss night, damaging the edifice and ^eating TO« Inrartcr. entered the church •Iter breaking ln.ny window,, ac- cording to the authorities end once Inside began' to break up the church fixtures tioning. The killing bids fair to-be one of the many mysteries that have grown out of the mar riage of white, girls to wealthy Chinamen, which have been broUgljj|,i W light recently. ' “ ' r The police are algo look ing for Roy Namko, a Chiriese boarder, who was missing. The woman’s jewelry and $90 had been taken. ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT COPENHAGEN - Sing Christian Thursday consented to make pub: OIL ADVANCES (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON—E. Y Clarke, formerly a high official in the councils of the Ku KIux Klan wrote President Coolidge Thursday of fering to co-operate with the chief y cents • , (By Associated Press) id Kan- NEW YORK.—In a poorly fur- d here nlshed room, Mrs. Anna 8chuyler, t Texas laundry worker who died of alco- o'lism Chriatmas Day. police Thursday fonn'd a wardrobe ot e£' pensive clothing,’ 4 relics of better i) days, and a sheaf of newspaper Owens, j clippings referring to movements > of the of the Scfniyler family Jn Albany. I State.! Several Ux bills dated. yeir*H Owens ago showed that the woman whq dropped was Joamed flra41^ beron* *hW ft unday marriage owned, property m BtQti PROBE OPERATIONS JT. a WA8HINO7ON. — Ovi tnldlnR ThuW the protest of Harry F. Sinclair, comp* oil operator and holder of a lease on the Naval Oi! Reserves fn Wy oming, the senate public, land com mittee Thursday voted to require tqi. him to give the details or all trans- ono actions In the - stock .companies 1 formed Jn connection with that an( ) ( Jeasd and of op^'rat'ons of the J |>ottIe dlcates organize.? to market snchfdead I stock. jmnrnit flame* broke out There were other*, in addition to thote already known to.be dead, believed to .have lost their lives in ike fire. The woman who per ished U believed to (Turn to Page Two) lie the ann.mm«*inent ,of the ep- Pageme.it of his young kHisnmn iTJnco \*jggo pml} Mlss f Eleanor Margaret Groan, daughterof) Dr. J O. Green, of New York City. aa