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VOL. 92—NO. 144.
ATHENS, GA„ TUESDAY. JULY 29. 1924.
YESTERDAY
TO-DAY
frThere
TOMORROW
House Appropriations Committee Reports;
E. B. Mell, superintendent
of the Athene . High School,
will spend part of the irionth
of August-trout fishing in the
mountain streams around
Highlands, N. C.
’ fishermen. up In Gwinnett
county have a pet turtle which
they haV* trained to guide
them to the big fish. It Is de
scribed as a huge sofUahelfd
monster, perhaps 100 years old
and It locates the big fish with
out . trouble. Whenever it be
gins to swim around In the
river It Is a sign that the big
fish are In that immediate vi
cinity and all you have to do
according id a correspondent of .
The Gwinnett Journal, is just
cast in your line. W« recom
mend that John J. Wilkins.
Gus Clarke and “Ted**. Mell In
vestigate this story.
It’s A'Good Show for Them!
Falling Chimney Kills Four
BY LLOYD ALLEN
United Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON. — The allied
conferees Tuesday tack
led important financial,
economic and military
problems rather than im
mediate questiona strictly
’ ; W United Preet>
BROUGH, England. —
The American airmen will
push on probably Thurs
day witlj the world flight
even , if the present incle
ment weather holds and
they arc forced to fly
dangerously low oer the
sea on their way to the
Orkeys, Lieut. Lowell
Smith, commander, said
Tuesday.
The Americans expect
to launch their machines
in the Humber River at
high tide Tuesday evening
when they will take on
fuel from a tug. Under
present arrangement trial
flights will occur Wed
nesday and the take off
the next day- „
■ Rains and fog seem to
have settled down and the
airmen: may be forced to
fly at low altitude—per
haps not above five hun-
mcuiatc quoHiuiu sincu/
| associated with putting
It was reported in Athens
Monday tha*. Miss Jeanette
Konkin, former - congresswo
man from Montana has pur
chased s farm in Clarke county
and will move here shortly.
Miss Rankin was the first wo.
man elected to tbe national
congress. She represented the
state at large, running as an
-Independent republican. It is
said that Miss Rankin Is plan
ning to operate * P*can nur-
stiy in Clarke.
I into effect the expert rep
arations plan.
j French bankers arrived from
Paris and were understood to have
[brought up the question of inter-
j allied debt. The French were re
portedly anxious to know whether
[Britain’s future policy contempts*
■te3 a request for payment from
France after an international loan
France after an international loan
VV^h such diversified divisions
as these in sight, after it had been
promised that the delegates would
stick close to consideration of the
Dawes report, observers estimated
tho conference may last for sev
eral weeks.
The State College of
Agriculture was left out
entirely by the Appropri
ations Committee of the
legislature in approving
appropriations Monday in
the report sent to the
House. $85,000 was asked
to match the Smith-Lever
fund and to provide for a
deficiency caused by the
dwindling in the rehabili
tation department of the
college.
This action on the part
of the committee, unless
funds can be restored on
the floor or in the commit
tee, will greatly cripple
the work of the college
this year and next.
Th« resolution to epproprtate
$100,000 to tiie Agricultural cnl-
H. H. Gordon. Jr., and Frank
Lipscomb spent the week-end
at th. “V" camp near Tallu
lah Falls. Mr. Oordoa spends
most ot bis week-ends during
Che summer at tbla camp oea
gets about as much enjoy
mtnt out of them aa tbs
younger campera do. He Is a
great favorite with the oyuni-
itera and taka* an active part
In many ot the.r aporta. May-
bo thisIsoneway Mr. (Jordon
baa of keeping "young." '
. fhe noose is dangflftg before their eyes. Yet to see Nathan F. Leo
pold, Jr., (right) end Richard Loeb sitting here in Chief Justice John
R. Cavorty’a court, one''would think they were at a vaudeville show.
They giggle at the embamaament of witnesses, whose testimony may
rand them to the gallowa; add laugh even when tbe .tat.’, gruesome
exhibits—such as the chisel with which they killed Kdbert Franks
Chicago school boy—ar» paraded baton the court.
HUGHES HAS
CONFIDENCE
Resolution ^ of Woman Councilman Is
Defeated A. "Fatty’I Arbuckle B^s
** CoiHg. .,<*Agrteul-
ture has Just relesaed from th.
prM. a timely bulletin on -Can
nine Fruits and VegstaMsa-
edited by Misses Mary E. Crva-
wsll and Lois I*. Dowdle, Th.
great amount'd vegetable, and
trulls raised In this motion, ihle
ytar make.' It nweuary and
worthwhtlf'for Athene house,
wives to can for winter use.
Vegetabkh can b. bought In
targe quantities at th. Curb
Market/at pricte making <an-
To Be Given Chance To “Beat Back”
“I come to You As-Mary TJi -ml . . !
Magdalene,” Says. Conn- INeWS rlashes |
Death droiyud out of the tky in the form of this hug. chimney
from the roof if tho Charlevoix Building, cDtroit. Four peraona were
kilM and three injured when the top of tha stack crashed two auto-
mobiles in ins street.
cil Allows Act to Run,
drfed feet—over the sea
route to the Orkneys.
199 MISSING - '
(By Associated Press)
TQKIO—One hundred sod, twe
passengers and fifty two members
of the crew are still missing from
the Talrel Marti, wrecked q/f the
coast of Hokkaido Island and are
believed to have been drowned, it
was announced her* Tuesday. It
la claime the dlsaater wee due
to a collision with a freighter, the
ship sinking In twenty minute*.
LEOPOLD 1 LOEB GOVERNMENT TROOPS
PURSUE ESCAPING
REVOLUTIONISTS
A , prominent but narrow
Athna bus loess man, after
'. waiting tw.uty minutes for
hlr favorite b«b«r to "trios’*
«l> two girls who happened
to be ahead of him. was heard
to' remark attar getting hi*
usual gatUfGay shave:
. "Tbey'vorwB ue out of all oar
hjtrbershop privileges cxc.pt
tho shoaura. So far I haren't
heard thff cashier yell out,
•boy fix a, bath for tha lady.’
What I .'want to aae le a sign:
S go up t$at will read at follows.
ing to stags a comeback aince his
acquittal In connection with the
death pf Virginia Rapp, asked the
Hie final Summer School conceit
on** of tlit’ moHt Inferential Of tke
reaon, will be given by the Mtw.c
department In the University Octa
gon Tuesday evening at 8:16. At
'.his performance will be given l&rge
and Htnall choral and instrumental
works, which are very unusual in
tho;r character and are practical
ly never heard outside'the great
anicenti*. r* \ hv»e work* ar« among
tin- most I,** it if ul and int*r*st-
lng ever written ami have for some
tun lx ;i in preparation by tha
profeiSsonal student of the music
department. vocal and instrumental,
under the direction of Georgpe Fol-
- mt (Innlvrry.
Th» program includes Haydn'*
most beautiful trio for violin, pia
no and violoncello, Vivaldi's famous
niru . rt for three violins and piano
and v nii of the m ont popugr op
eratic and orchestral compositions,
the latter being played by en
sembles of thirty pianists.
The choral societies under the
leadership of Mis* B**nnett sod Mr
OIbba will sing.
One of tho most interesting
pait« of the program will be the
Playing of Alice * Habr Sapid ing,
who has been having instruction
for only five weeks In Oraaaker-
ry's* system of musical develop
ment thru Sight, Touch and Hir
ing. This little child, who was an
absolute beginner five weeks ago
will play little pieces, some of
which cover the entire range. , ot
Governor of Sao Paulo Returns and Takes Up Office
As Rebels Flee Before Federal Soldiers. ,
Leaders Escape Into Interior.
(By Associated Praes)
• MEXICO CITY—A large scale of
| reduction for governmental reduc
tion was decided by the cabinet to
I ’rcuce expenses an solve the econo
mic crisis here Tuesday. The min-
j liters of war .Instructions, agri
culture and communications with
• all reduc* their staffs.
•WOMAN MIMING
and pay mr debts." I - *
Arbuckle’e appearance wap • the
[neult ot a resolution introduced,
by Mrs. Margaret Sheppard, wo-!
man alderman. While tha rraolu-
tion to bar him was being read, I
lArbuckle entered the room and
'raked permission to. spaak.
i In a brief talk to the eonncil, he
! told of hia’ efforts to “beat back."
“I come to you-a* Mery Magda
lene, taking forgiveness.
The members of .the council took
a flvt minute recast, When they
reconvened the resolution Was de
feat'd ten to five!, Three of the
four women in ^souqdl voted to
give “Fatty" a chance.
OLDEST JUNIPER TREE FOUND
LOpAN, Utah—A giant Junlpei
tree dtacovend recently In Logan
canyon near here., ta estimated by
Dr. Henry Cowles, of the Univer
sity cf Chtcaro. th ho between
9. SOO and 4,000 yeara old, perhapi
the oldest living thing except the
redwood treea of^ California. The
BY EDWARD C. DERR
United Preos Staff Gonweeow
CRIMINAL COURTROOM, i
BY U. G. KEENER
(United Press Staff Corerspondent)
RIO JANEIRO.—Fede ral troops were bringing
about order in Sao Pqulo Tbesday and normal con
ditions are being restored.
Governor Carla, do Campos hat
returned and returned hit ^peti
tion as chltf of the atate govern
ment Martial taw continues how
ever.
ThO' main- column of tha rebel
troope' which evacuated Sao Paulo
Monday appears to have escaped
into thb interior although this waa
not confirmed by At report which
laayo:
‘The revolutionary laadtra have
escaped hut tha government has
ordered their capture.’’
lunge
Loeb
to the gallowa 'for murdering .Rob
ert Franks., ,
In tke various document. In-
eluding tbe confessions the trading
of which were being condloded
Tuesday befon Judge Caverly,
Leopold is quoted as stating that
ha believed ha aturabled In the
dark while disposing of tha body.
“There ta only one way I can
think of that I drooped the spec
tacles,” Leopold raid. “I had them
in my pockat at tha time wq
were carrying the body to the cul
vert. I stumbled and the glasses
wkci
B. W. Carroll ha* returned from
Atlanta where hr attended Mon.
day a meeting of men and women
from mil over the' state that waa
held In behalf of the proposed
8oyth*m exposition' In New York
in January.
The slat of the proceedings of
Monday’s meeting was a resolution
that will b« Introduced in the leg
islature - sating that the stale ap
propriate |M,000 towards financ
ing the exhibit.
‘Monday afternoon a committee
beaded by Vice Chairman R. >R. L.
NM conferred with Governor WW.
ker and other state officials, whe
(Turn to Page Three),
And In the meantime most
of the barbershop! are ad
vertising “mil t&A IMeet bob#
for girls and women." while
trusty oM.omfetfes tod the
cast-off shaving mug i# com
ing back into style again.
GEORGIA’S FIRST BALE OF
•24 CROP GINNED
s IN COLQUITT
MOULTRIE. Os.—Georia'a
first bale of cott+n of the 1084
crop Was ginned at Omega
Monday' afternoon. It was-
grown by Wiley Burch, *CoL
qultt county farmer hnd weigh
ed 440 pounds. The bale was
TAMPA—Mrs. W. I. Dickson.
46. Macon. Is reported disappeared
from a local hotel under mysteri
ous circumstances. R. L Dickson.
brot.htr-ln-Isw tolr tbe police she
had been a patient nt & Mijledge.
ville hospital until * m few weeks
ago f She Is said to be wealthy.
“the old man" swapped bwe-
ball and Jqotfcallfoeilp for
golf tails, haw been away torn.
w,ek on a vacation. He’a hack
, now and ready for a big fall
baainess.
.Not pywrOigyi ago * pfcr-
agraph waa carried fit. the Sun
day Banner-Herald about a
flag pole being needed at tbe
Y. W. C, A. at Jennings M1U
and brfora bnakfaat tha day
the t>ap«z came out E. J. Boo.
ilurant called up Mrs. A. 8.
Parker'and contributed a gra-
vine steel pole- That wav flee
thought Mrs. Partner, Mira
Coons and others interested
In the -Y. W.T and then along
cams thq Roy Scouts who said
they wanlfU to GIVE and
J9RBCT a flag ppio also.
Both w,n gra c I o n * i y
accepted, the ateel one for the
camp proper ‘and tha Boy
Scout one for the Oirl Re-
vrrvra.' Both have been pat In
Place.,
That wn> flee and the eaten
la to opau next Monday and It
haa heeu. whispered, not to
he mentioned perhaps hi pnb-
FIR8T AIR MAIL
(By Associated Press)
NASHVILLE—Ths drat plant
carrying several hundred -pounds
of mail from Naehvitle to Chicago
took off Tuesday morning. - This
marks the beginning of what may
FIGHTING THE BOLL WEEVIL
He Saves Town From Poverty |
WORRY. WORRY
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO—Men's apparel will
be more plain next year, delegate!
to the Mrchanta and jailors De.
signers Association here decided
Tuesday; The n*rv . golfing cos
tume is causing worry.
c! FLYERS TAKE OFF
gust m demonstration was made, os
the cqpnty farm with Bur Clover.
The esril was used In tb* hull. Il
was used mt the rate of these
bushels to the acre. With each
Ihrte bushels of aefd 100 pounds
WASHBURN. Wls.—Poul Un. (
grodt, “boy mayor," is saving
Wsshbunr from bankruptcy.
'The S8-year*old College youtb
through a drastic program of muni
cipal economy. Is paying off. all
blits and revising civic morale.
• And WOshburn la regaining a
bit of the prosperity It enjoyed
durng the war when the. nearby
Du Pont Powder plant at Barks,
dale, nsar here, made In a hustling
little town. * v
Ungrodt and his councllmen are
turning their salary checks back
Into the municipal treasury. And
any number of jobs have been dis
pensed with entirely.
"Before tbe end of the year all
our unpaid Indebtedness, totalling
$52,000 when I took office. wUl be
squared away," , says Ungrodt,
probably the youngeet mayor In
COURTS ORDER "SHOOT
- . « HIM" GOING TOO FAR
BOSTON—Michael F rumen,
of Chelsea, was before th* mu
nicipal court on charges of
cruelty to his horse. Witnesses
said b* was working the broken
down animal far beyond its
strength. ,
"Take him out and shoot him"
Judge Creed directed.
FYurnan, almost In a faint
protested that the court was go
ing too far.
"Why should X dial* he ex.
WHAT YOU WILL
HEAR ON YOUR
RAPIO
BROUGH, Eng.—Thg Americar
round the world flyers take ofl
from Kirkwall Wednesday morning,
according to present arrangements.
lodge better
CAMBRIDGE., Ma*s-—Serfs tor
Henry Cabot Lodge was progress
ing well Tuesday, his physicians
WJZ—New York, 468 metre* and
WOY—Schenectady, 488 metres—
7: 0 p. m. E8T—Concert by New
York Philharmonic Orchestra.
WCY—Detroit. 617 metres. 19 p.
m. EST—Ths Red Apple Club.
KDKA—Pittsburg, .88 metres, 8
p. ra. EST—KDKA Quartette.
JCGO—Oakland. 812 metres. 8 p.
m. C8T—aVried concert program.
WO AW—Omaha, 829 metres, 9 p.
m. C8T—Firs’ Christian Church
Thfn he .was told It was the
horsfc not himeel&.that was te
be» killed. andL he mopped hit
■brtrtrjln rtlief., -m
The casc agalnbt Fruman wai