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VOL 93, NO. 260 Aaaqeiated Prcaa Strait*. ■ UnRed Preaa Dhpatdua.
ATHENS, GA. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1925.
ft C. Papet. Shtylc Copies 2 C>i. A /, « Ctnta Sunday.
Mitchell Hays Navy Department Wednesda
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SOCIAL LEADERS
WILL TESTIFY
IN COURT
WASHINGTON— (UP) —A
group of « octal leaders of the
navy—wives of high naval offi
cers—were called by the bhen*
andceh navel court of inquiry
Wednesday In its Investigation
of charges by Mr*. Margaret
Rosa Lansdownc, concerning
irregularities in the conduct of
the court-
Toe soeinl bloc aubpqenmed
included Mra. Paul Foley, wife
of the former fudge advocate of
the court; Mrs. George W.
Steele, wife or the commander
me Lakehurst naval air ata-
•ion; Mra. Jaeob Kline, Wife of
executive officer of the atation.
■ nd Mra. W. It. Gherardi, wife
■cretary Wilbur’a peraonal
hide*
„.her witneaaea tpppoeed to
e.ate "tea room conversation!"
♦ ill be railed later. ■ '
The first witness called Wed-
negrtsy wae Mrs. Jacob Kline.
She is a small woman. dfcaJM
a a fnctrimmed salt. She
stated her name as Mra# Gladys
Aline, a resident of Lakehurst.
IE
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CHRIST AFTER
PE
Athens Seeks
M. E. General
Conference
“Lucy House” Brings Olcott
Quick Recovery
WASHINGTON, — (UP)—
congresional hand may be thrust
into the Shanandoa court inquiry
it appeared probable Wednesday
as the ccurt proceeded to clear it
self of “whitewashing” charging
made by Mrs. Margaret Ross
Lansdownc and Colonel Mitchell.
It was icarcned Wednesday that
Senator King, democrat, 1 Utah,
proposes to introduce a resolution
calling for an entire investigation
of all recent disasters in the Navy
Department.
Under the resolution, if passed
by the resolution, if passed by the
senate, a committee could dtlva In
to Mrs. Lansdowne’n charges and
the manner in which the inquiry
has been conducted.
Athens will Invite the Methodist
General Conference to bold Its ses.
si jus here next May, It was an
nounced by the. Chamber of Com.
merce. The committee of the
Chamber of Commerce met Tues
day and organized witu F. II. Wil
liams as chairman.
The Methodfst General Confer
ence will bring about four hundred
_____ (delegates to Athens and it is
'pointed out that this * community
Scores of people crowd- “» easliy accommodato them,
ed about the altar at the n r r 1/
Gypsy Smith service Tues- S r r K
day night and declared u L II
•‘^“^ifr.FKFnn ran film S’
hearers Gypsy Smith asked them | y|| IILUlIU UlllLU
If they are going to continue re
jecting Jesus Christ, “he came un
to his own and his own received
him not.” It was perhaps the
most gripping sermon the evange- wvnww»« . na«i>*«j
list has delivered in his more than
two weeks’ ministry, here and it
seemed to touch the heart of his
larre crowd for dorens of‘them a a tm , a , a w H •■fivimii
pushed their way to the altar when i
'he asked if there were any who ..
jMshg^f tot
jesu» Christ «»their saviour, match a similar private
Gypsy smith ^atlnues his/ ser- Subscription for the pUT-
ices at woodruff Huii throughout p 0Se 0 f building a dormi-
this week, preachng each nt«*ht *; , , u T
•t 8 o'clock except Saturday night, tory at the JUdltH Jack-
Sunday. the cioaing day of the son Harris Industrial
-VSST School will be undertaken
lias m woodruff Halt and at by the Athens Committee
on Inter-racial Relations.]
Mty and section. Sunilay night jt was decided Tuesday. I
he will deliver the closing sermon Thfi committee took it. action!
I tbe three weeks meeting. following a meeting In the County ,
IL HERE; TO
FiNANCETEACHER
DAMAGE ESTIMATED
TO BE
VOTERS TO SfiY IF
MAYOR IS TO 6ET
Tuesday night m the last chanter 2 0n JS„ hou,e ttt , * l,lch “2? " a, * er Chauncey Olcott. one of America’s freemost actors who was stricken ”. l g or ,.” t0 ” ^ * *•
of the oSinel of Jehu and the S; P 1 ' ““ f0 ™* r Chancollor , n a l m „, t Incuranle disease, is rap.dly recovenng. Wny n 0 was J™ two-thirda of
of tho Oosptl of John and the waiter B. HUl delivered an ad- t„ „ d yj ng condition Olcott kept asking that he be taken to Ms "lucky !?.* c ??. nc i l „SF Uy *. , ° r *“ !£ e
(Turn In page eight.) droaa. Mr gill is a former Ath-. house” in New Yolk City, where he mis sure he would recover from “J® '*"» members of
According to the bill in
troduced and passed by
jthe last General Assem
bly, the voters of Athens
will next Monday vote on
the question of giving to
the mayor of the city the
veto power. The bill as
passed is a very general
one and takes away none
'of the privileges now ex
ercised by the njayor. He
will still preside over the
meetings of council, will
have a vote in case of a
tie and can leave the chair
^and discuss questions by
calling upon the mayor
protem to preside.
j Proposals to give the meyor the
'veto power here have been op
posed in the past because it wan
Icia.med it would give one officialL 1 i‘^uSJ" d S7.m B to". fa throngh.
jtoo much power in such a small ir'leraj^ury .usema, is inrougu
jxaerooiv ox ten councilmen. In *A° n *[ ^ ”, i ob j* » h "hake-
• larger places where the official ,°‘ h ' r -V® v,„ YotV-offltl Photo
So? Wl mayor does V* ^hn cs.t^ a pm'«.ion»T
not ait in at the meetings nor nn th« business end of a keg
,h«ve the privilege of discussing «$».«" J** huaines. enu oi a aag
questions. i®* li <t uor \
Two-Thirds Override ' ~—
j>028 puFIED
Iny. Einstein.' most famous of
AIRSHIP EXPERT
.SAYS SAFETY-
WAS “ZERO”
WASHINGTON.(UP) —
Setting tut to preve his
eharges that the dirigible
Shenandoah was an “un-modern
and weak” khip,' Colonel Mitch-
ell called Cnp'ain Anton Hei*
nen, noted dirigibl** expert, to
the stand as the firt witness
Wednesday in his court martial
hearing. ; »•
Ilcincn was questioned, at
length by RopreimtatifC Reid
to qualify him as an expert.
Heinrn testified that the
•SMnsndeab w,-* u ab;o!fftely
unsafe” after the safety valrerf
aad been reduced from eigh
teen to eight. He said the
eight,valves did net afford suf-
licicnt cutlet tor ths relca c of
gas when the ship started to
:t£cend. j ,
reduction of the num-
Iwr of ralrcs from eighteen to
eight,” Hcinen said, “rcdureJ
the safety.of the ship from 1M
per cent to zero,"
“If I had knov.n abcut the re
duction of'these valves before
tns ship lock off on its last
tlight,’’ he declared, “you can
bet that I would nave kicked
up a he'l of a iot.” I
Hcinen disclosed that he dis
covered that the valves were
reduced when he examined a
blue print after the ship had
crashed.
w • i ino comimueo nwciaen xo inwe n ,, n - .. ww •.
rmrArG —./im— two indict- ■kw At onc ® 10 ra!,e an a »ount Kaalo liroaacastinff Halts
m.uuch«,ing^; Barton end ■uffcl.uttom.eth.lf.hs.alary | As S0S Signals of Fran-
Md“twwty r ““ “dfvS rall “S-' ber b, * ln w " rk V ?sn. tic Liner Speed Through
ciud.ug’police"ueut.’Albert'Flntte Z’vm’fnr Z^ormUoT™ Ai * t0 ReSCUe Shi P 3 ’
and thraa nrnhihtHnn fte-ontu with tne ? 2 - 6 . 00 UOrmitOry 10}
i.... i.ui.u. The luck oi tins bouse is ev demed oy Hus pn xogrupu m the meyor in hi*
| Olcott end his wife token as they strolled along the etreet after hi. b ‘«‘ t »"y lokmlation dw-
I marvelou. recovery. aired by the other .« member.
|Ot council, ahould the mcaaure
receive the approval of thoa* catt
ing their ballot, Monday.
When the bill waa introduced in
the ieg siature it waa opposed
and only allowed to paea with the
S roviao that the people of the city
avc the opportunity to voto on
ito adoption and the chance* are
now teat, but a small Percentage
of the voter* will actually vote on
the measure since there is opposi
tion fqy alderman in but two
ens man. He Is now State Su- j his illness,
pervlsor of color'/! schools.
Home Economic, Teacher
Sir. Hill told the committee he
can aecere S2.JT,), from the Julius,
ssatiwiLiner Races For Three
Judith Jackson Harris school on
ths DanlelsvlUe road if a similar
amount Is rained by the local
committee. He also stated that
half the salary of home economics
teacher tor the school can be «e.
cured from another fund. —
The committee decided to take
Hours Against Flames;
Passengers Are Saved
NEW ORLEANa—(UP)—Fire
destroyed several blocks of dock
ing facilities along the Mississippi
river during the n ght causing
losses that may reach $4,000,000
parly estimates Indicated.
J. H. Simpson, 60, was run down
nnd kil'ed by the automobile of
Fire Chief EVans, who wu racing
to the fire. No other casulty was
reported.
Explosions cf gasoline drams
standing oh the docks sounded like
and three prohibition agents with iJioo tram the Rosen-
conspiracy to violate prohibition “ atch
Iawa were returned by the federal (Turn to pags lire.)
grand Jury Wednesday In the beer
syndicate Inquiry.
PLYMOUTH, Vt— (UP) —The
condition of John C. Cmlfdsre,
.... ...» father of the President, suffering
a mimic battle and were heard for fron > » recurrence of Ms heart oil-
blocks. The cnt're river front 2 1 '" 1 ' *•» reported unchtnged
was Illuminated by the flsmea Wedneadar
Colonel John
Coolidge Has
Restful Night
Name Industrial
Committee Of
Chamber Commerce
Reaches Harbor
Then Sinks.
[ LEWES, DEL.,-"(UP)— Sue-
cesafully fighting back flames
withidn its hold as it sped through
the night toward Dcleware break
water, the Olyde liner Lenape
VOTERS ELIGIBLE
TO PARTICIPATI
IN CITY PRIMARY
The roters of Athens next Men-
day will nominate five aldermen
‘ a »r«^er tbe primary u % be
rl nrti to o«r» HvbU
wards of the city. Only a major- fttId< opposition for aldsrmsnic
ity of those voting next Monday [ ,, 4 tei w a b« met in but two
need approve the measure tor by tbo voters, the second
to become a law. If 200 vote nnd,^«^> hri ?„ first H. T.
101 vote for. the measure it be- oulp, present alderman, is unop-
WASHlNGTONr-(UP)— Cut-
i ting his witness list and reducing
all testimony to a minimus .Oaf*
onol Mitchell aimed his attack at
the Navy Wednesday and s »ught
completion of his case by the end
of the week.
* For the next day or two the
Flying Colonel will ral:e the navy
tore and aft in an effort to sub-
strntlate his charges against lea
high command. Taking up the
Shanandoah disaster first, he
planned to call Captain Anton
Keinen, dirigible expert, and fol
low him with Admiral William H.
Sims, retired.
The out look now Is for bringing
the trial to a conclusion. Jpr
Thanksgiving Day, although last
week the defense could not see
the end in sight before congress
convenes. The entry of tfto general
staff into the handling of the
prosecution Tuesday, however,
may have had something to:do
MIAMI, Fla.—( UP)— Hurricane
(IDIPPEI
TEH TO FIFTEEN
•May Johnson, his nurse, said he,
spent a comfortable night and had
slept well considering his condi
tion.
Dr. Albert M. Cram of Bridge-
water, Colonel Cool'dge’s physi
cian, was expected to decide
whether he will call other doctors
into consultation following his
visit to the Colonel’s home Wed
nesday morning.
Prices Tumble As
Selling Continues
discharged its 175 passengers car- • «Ra H forced ten ships to seek she!-
!; !y Wednesday and the yielded to. ter in tbe Miami Harbor early
-u, th a t * ,c ^' re am * wet aground. Wednesday to ride out a fifty mile
The Industrial committee of the During the vessel's three hour j gale.
Chamber of Commerce as appoint. race f or safety, radio broadcasting j The wind was howling across
J d »J y . ” C * pre8 denl . was stopped. Operators- ships at the sea with terrific speed and the
sea and on land station devoted i waves were be'ng whipped into a
“ “ ' * * it
NEW YORK. —(>P)- An ava-
SOHNECTADY, N. Y^-(/P)~A' lanche of selling orders engulfed
of ten to fifteen years in the stock' market shortly before
Clinton Prison at Dannemora was noon Wednesday, causing prices
lmpohcd upon Harry C. Fairbanks, of high priced motohi and special-
VIdp»nner of Vernon ties to tumble f. > to fifteen
Alexaudersoo. the yong son of points from their early high levels.
F. F. w >’eysn^er n»*ief consult-1 The attack broke down ap early
‘ lag engineer of the General Elec-1 attempt of pool operators to bob'
trie Company. , eter up their favorites and was
Fairbanks entered a flea of directed with particular violence
guilty at the opsainfW the trial* against VciVIle Motor shefet.
follows:
P. n. Arnold. Chairman.
O. M. Roberts.
D. F. Miller.
Leo ‘Morris.
C. 8. Taylor.
Ira Dunaway.
R. K. Lester.
Harold I. Reynolds.
R. L. Moss HI.
R. L. McWhorter.
O H. Arnold. Jr.
W. R. Bedogod.
J. hi. Billing.
R. C. Campbell.
H. L. Seagraves.
B. L. Adams.'
E. c. Oldham.
H. H. Bennett «
Lewis Warwick.
C. 8. Compton.
Geo. Beeland.
•Richard Bnltock.
J. A. Wright
R. C. Campbell.
H. J. Davis.
A. O. Dunaway.
W. L. Hubert.
V O- Hamnton.
Thos. P. Stanley, Jr.
* J. E. Stewart.
8*m Nickerson.
Edd Upson.
J. W. Thomas.
Joe H, Wilson.,
I themselves to the message crack,
fling back and forth between the
.burning ILenape and the crafts
speeding to her aid and once more
tbe radio played the major part
-in averting a disaster.
It was eleven thirty Tuesday
night when the stricken liner,
bound from New York to Charles
ton and Joclcsonvillc, first sent out
an SOS signal., Her position was
given as eight miles southeast of
five Fathoms Bank Lightship and
even then she had turned and
beaded for the breakwater, her
crew at faro quarters and the
englneroom force straining to get
an additional knot of speed out of
the vessel.
The disaster signal was heard
up and down the c^aat from Flarl-
da to New England.
seething maelstrom, making
LIQUOR PERMITS
IS
Drug Pasture?
hdd been damaged by the wind and
high seaa—the last one Into port.
Germans Invent
Safety Device
For Dirigibles!
nqsday by Assistant Secretary An
drews of the Treasury.
At the same time James E.
Joneu, prohibition director, orders
a searching probe of all boldSrs of
permits for d'sWIatlon of alcohol.
ho that the government may know
the record cf each before Issuing
permits for the next year.
BERLIN.- fUH —The United
Press learned Wednesday that two
youthful chemists of Berlin Uni
versity have invented a device
for shattering tbo eleetro-hcPum
airship *-*p«»Hb» of -* n .
izing dirigible airship navigation.
SEVERE EARTH
SHOCK IS FELT
IN WYOMING
SHERIDAN, Wyo.—(ffV~A
_ . Tbe inventors claim that the vero eerih rhock. which -was ofr
are animal life that lives on the ShenandoPh disaster would have compared by a distant roar, was
oce*n floor, eat yolk cel’s.. Later, j be'"' ^’th this invention, felt at Dom«*Lake. a resort In the
as tH* sleeve gnu*'#, it reo»»ln»a« Dr. Hugo Eckener, head of the Bfg Horn Hountalnlt forty miles
snmptMn* mnro solid, and this !e Zeppelin works and pilot of the southwest rf here, at 8:45 o’clock
brought bv the currents which American dirigible ZR-3 (now the Tuesday rigiht.
sween minute particles of food Loa Angeles), predicted that it It Is believed that the shock
Into a bag that is half-mouth and would convert dirigible navigation may bays caused s landslide. This
half-stomach. into a- “lucrative businscs.” J would account for ths roar.
. bod. m tbe third B. 8- DuBose.
who will succeed B. R. B’oodwrrtb
is unopposed. In the fifth v’ncent
Matthews, Incumbent, Is without
opposition. In the second and
fourth wards there Is opposition.
In the first named ward J. M.
Head is opposing H. B. Heywood.
ncumbent. In the fourth wsrd
George D. Bennett. Francis Jack-
son and R. T.'Wright are candi
dates for the place being vacated
by W. R. Tindall.
A. G. Dudley Is unopposed for
msvor.
The voters will also vote on the
measure to give the mayor of tbe
city the veto poorer.
A total of 2 0?s veters ban. final-
tiled to vote In the election. These
(Turn to pore eight.)
SALE IS DENIED
ft was reported in Athens Mon
day and Tuesday that the papers
transferring the Alford bridges in
Hart county to the state of South
Carolina and Georgia have been
signed.
A. N. Alford, owner of the
bridges was asked if the report
__ . Discovery of what Is believed
hi trtm and he stated he has not to be a 2»-acro hnshish farm with-
aiened'any papers completing sale in the city limit* of New \ork
of the bridges and that the matter has resulted from the arrest of
has advanced no further than it Andres Huerta, Mexican sailor.
was when a meeting.was he’d by whose,possession quantities of tho
John N. Holder, ft E. Lieon anJ MMdUoB* andI deadly drug were
Mr. Alford recently at which time found. John Welce. of the de
an effort waa mad* to (ct to- ,r«>tm«nt of correction., u ehowa
getfetr. making an investigation*