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Associated Press Berries. .United Pree* Dispatches.
ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 8. 1920.
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Cream Of American Golfers Tee Off In 1926
Open Championship! At Scioto Club Thursday
ONCE UPON A TIME
JOHN D. RODE AROUND THE
LINKS ON A BICYCLE
vs nH i
FEZES CONFIDENT SMILE
Man Who Once Laughed
' At Possibility of Law
Hanging Him For Mur
der, Sobers As State’s
Attorney Asks Death
Sentence.
CHICAGO—(U I')—Martin J.
Durkin, who once laughed at the
Inw and refused to consider seri
ously the possibility that he
would be hanged- for murdering
federal agent Edwin C. Shanahan,
was sobered Thursday os he sat
before the eves of twelve jurors
and heard the State of Illinois de
mand that thoee Jurors send him
to the gallows.
Michael Romano, assistant state
attorney took up Thursday where
he left off Wednesday in his ar
guments to the Jury. Durkin’s
fate probably will bo in the hands
of the jury Friday.
“PUSSYFOOf’ TELLS
CIV OUT THEIR
PACT WITH CITY
•. .. -..-’BY TOM SIMS’"
Here we have
which might have been snapped
yesterday, instead . of Dearly ‘ 20
jeors ago.
It’s John D. Rockefeller, all
right. That’* easily seen. , He
hasn’t changed sa much. v ’ . ..
But—you’d never guess What he
doing in the photograph.
No, the young fellow with him
isn’t a liicyclc salesman demon
strating the 1006 two-pedul speed
ster that .doesn't need gasoline.
photograph He hit the ball, then hopped on
‘ his bicyclo and rode to It. Or
rather his valet pushed him to it,
as John D. didn’t believe in work
ing the pedahi very vigorously.
Looks as If John D., of all per
sons, should have been able to
afford a motorcycle. He could
get his gas free, or ut cost.
Nor is John D. riding down to Oeycn,
Ik inn ircva vi ub luot,
But he played his golf on a
bicycle.
And they say he made a very
good score.
I am
NEW YORK. —(UP)— "Pussy
foot" Johnson believes that within
aix months America can be mado
bono dry—that he or any other
man with ’’ability, determination
and ‘guts’” could accomplish this
undertaking.
The noted prohibitionist, writ-
gin a copyrighted article in
article in the Auguat Issue'for the
Cosmopolitan Magaaine. which
was released to the United Press.
A complaint against thc (
recent increase of rates!
on insurance for certain |
classes of property will,' Willis Harper, "the little Col-!
hr> filnrl with the South- onel" from Bovier, Ky., is the 1026,
oe niea wiin me ouuut , MarWcs ch#m p ion „f the United
eastern Underwriters AB-, stalca . n e swamped Danny Gorci
sedation by the city ofjo^,^^ *£■ <" th *
Athens as a result of ac-, — •
tion taken Wednesday Lone Bandit Gets
night by council.
Councilman A. E. Davison
brought the matter up and upon
hia motion a committee was ap
pointed by Muyor A. G. Dudley to
go before the Underwriters and
soek an adjustment in the rate,
Councilman Davison said that
some time ago the Underwriter#
OFFER MEDIATION
the post office to see if the mail
man left him a letter.
A ml . he isn’t training to be a
six-day bicycle racer.
Believe it or not, when, the
shove photo was taken John D.
was playing golf. , ,
indebted to Louis Van I J 1 ? 0 " bono
NEA photographer, for .P'“ ,fo ™ .•», dea ,
in Ihn.n ,!„V« *■ First, I WOU1U OeBI
this picture. Even in those days
John D. was “camera shy” and
Mr. Van Oeycn, then a struggling
photographer in his teens, had to
disguise himself as a bunker to
get it.
He's 87 today.
MAN WHO GIVES AWAY
DIMES CELEBRATES HIS
87TH
THUDS-
“John D.” to Spend Quiet.
!*ay. Auto Ride and
Family Dinner to Be
Features of 87th Birth-
day of One of World’s
Richest Men.
I * .
TAHRYTOWN, N. Y._(UP)—
P' Rockefeller Thursday'
celebrated his 87th birthday,
rroin the huge Rockefeller eu-
SPEAKER HERE,
PLEASES HEARERS
n- Lawton B. Evans, superlntcn-
J‘C at Pocnntico Hills, cam*-word dent of School of Richmond coun-
"John D.” one of the world’s ty. lectured at the Octagon Wed-
v* iiiv wuriu 9
■,n,i *! as in n rc *t spirits
—i t t ^ a . t he intended to pass a
ivict, pleasant day with tome of
the members of his family.
A faraRy dinner and a brief
fi, t,, a , T tor car we rc to be
ha “ 0f , th<> duy- It is known
shining dimes have
! Pocket and
iCieo/ th ,e children near the
'f th„,» < £ at * ma » he recipients
these gifts before sundown.
Georgia Man Is
Killed On Way
IV Sick Uncle
&
Cut'll"or C J ,l, * l0n . ,eVeral miles
w iiLr' Wednesday night
The aecident was raid to bare
fam «“^
wl3k*»li 0 '' y w#a carried lo Bar-
* h Thursday for burisl.
nesday night.’ Dr. Evans spoke on
the progress of education in Geor
gia for the last half century. Much
of this time he has been in the
thick of the battle to push the ed
ucational frontiers of the state
forward. ’
Mr. Evans gave many valuable
“pointers” to his hearers at the
Octagon Wednesday night and his
address, interspersed with anec
dotes and incidents told in the in
imitable Lawtonian way delighted
his audience.
Barbecue
To Feature Meeting of
Stockholders of Ath-
ensjCountry Club.
A meeting of the stockholders
of the Athens Country club will
mart at the club bouse Thursday
evening at 7 o’clock for business
meeting and wilf also enjoy a.bar
becue following th* maetlng. " ,
Everyone is invited td rtnta W
time at the berbeeuewflt he —tT-
o<i before dark ‘ami the business
n must precede tho cue.
drastically, with Judge who
turn chronic llqnor offemiors
loose with 410 fines."
2. I would Stop the criminal
distribution of alcohol, de
natured or otherwise which
ca n bo done by purely admin
istrative measures.”
”S. I woujd attack the turn-
lag loose of lena of thousands
of chronic offsndors through
the parole epd ..pardoning
system." '
“4. If necessary, I would
make full use Of tho army .nil
*‘"5. I would make the full-
eat possible use of what Is
known as ’double Jeopardy.
Where tba federal court would
not function. I wauld call on
the state courts.”
”d. I would throw down the
stairs or out the window uny
department official who would
Issue permits lor the releasing
of liquor for sacramental pur.
poses without Brat ascertain
ing If It were to, be used for
those pnrpoaae.” ’
“7. When any public offi
cial charged with the enforce
ment of the law made public
declarations that the law could
not be (mforced. f would de
mand that he Immediately get
out of the wap."
“8. I would shoot to kill:
by that I mean that I would
mean business. I would. In
other words, enforce the law
up to tbe hilt."
Miller Pleads
Not Guilty To
Indictments
NEW YORK — UP) — Thomas
W. Miller, former alien property
cietodian, pleedfd not guilty
Thursday to an indictment charg
ing him, Harry W Daugerty,
former, attorney general and the
late John T. King with conspiracy
to defraud tbe government.
Mr. Miller eg pressed . himself
strongly In favor of sonata inves-
tigotion of tho align property cus
todianship.
The indictment to which Miller
pleaded not guilty involved re
lease by tbe custodian of about
87,000JKK) of sequestered assets of
th# American Metal company,
representing the isele of enemy
interests In the concern to alleged
Swiss burners.
Mr. Daughters pleaded not
guilty to the indictment last May,
GARY, IND. —(U P)—A lone
negro bandjt ■ held up a train on
t | 1( , Chicago Soutlishure and South
ngrecd to either iower or at lejrt Kleetrlr Rmllro.d -early
Thursday and escaped with about
$300 collected from passengers.
The negro boarded the train ac
Gary and hid in the women’s par
lor until the train reached Aetna.
Then hc‘cornered the mortornmn
and conductor and ordered tho
latter to search the passengers.
maintain the then existing
bn property here provided the «ty
made certain improvements in its
fire fighting equipment. At a co»t
of about $75,000 the city carried
out its part of tho agreement and
yet the Underwriters have recent
ly increased the rate^ said Coun
cilman Davison. ■ >
Explains Increase.
Councilman Bolling.Dullose said
that the insurance companies were
forced to raise the rate on certain
classes of property because they
have for years lost money on such
risks. Mr. Davison said that it
didn't matter what their losses had
been, the Underwriters had enter
ed into an agreement with Athens
to do a certain thing and had fail
ed to do it. The Davison motion
was adopted without a roll call.
The committee comprises Mayor
Dudley, Captain J. W. Barnett,
city engineer; Councilmen A. E.
Davison and H. B. Heywood.
Will King Meadow, representing
Dr. W. F. Watson appeared be
fore council and asked adjustment
on a .tax matter. 'Mr. Meadow said
that Dr. Watson had bought in a
warehouse recently which belonged
to Miller and Company upon
which he held a lien. Against this
warehouse the city held taxes on
$7,500 in notes and accounts for
1925, and $5,000 in notes and ac
counts for 1926, Mr. Meadow said
the returns were brought forward
and represented worthless paper.
He said he didn’t think it fair to
his client to force him to pay
taxes on the notes and accounts
when he did not have, anything to
do with acquiring them, but his
building must stand security for
It. He pointed out the county had
cut the assessment seventy-five
per cent.
Could Waive Claim.
City Attorney Lamar C. Rucker
said the city could not legally do
that but could waive the claim on
that piece of property for the
taxes on the notes and accounts.
Councilman Davison subsequment-
ly offering a motion to waive as
soon as the attorney had ruled the
reducion would be illegal. Objec
tion to either course was entered
by Councilman Vincent Matthews
and Councilman Heywood. Mr.
Matthews said others had been
forced to pay taxes on paper they
held which had shrunk in value,
and he threatened to reopen the
entire matter of back taxes if
council adjusted the Watson mat
ter. 'Mr. Meadow said this was
not a parallel case. Councilman
Qeorgc D. Bennett supported an
adjustment. Upon motion of
Councilman J. H. Rucker the en
tire matter was referred to the fi
nance committee, other motions
having lost.
Upon motion council requested
the Board of Education to place a i
■ lliskl vxn I La PL... ai-A-i |
$300 In Train
Hold-Up Thurs.
SENATORIAL BATTLE
NEW YORK-1U P)—With the
New York transit strike still in a
deadlock Thuridoy the Intorbor-
ough Rapid Transit company con
centrated efforts on an attempt to
restore complete service on ' its
lines. ■ ■ . *
■Predictions of. victory came
from the company officials while
I lie 800 strikers continued thOIr
battle.
Tho third day . or. tho strike
found greatly improved transit
condition". The company said Its
schedules were on u 68 per. cent
normal basis while the consolidat
ed strike chiefs declared that 100
men had beep . added to. j their
ranks.
OFFERS AID
WASHINGTON-(U P)—The
United States government Thurs
day entored New York city’, sub-
wuy strike with appointment of
Thomas J. Williams, experftneed
strike conciliator to act as. ob
server and take immediate action
in offering tbe (pod offices of tho
labor Department, if either strik
ers or employees aak for medita
tion,
.ATLANTA. — </P)— The world
court Isiue hsa been Injected Into
tbe races for Ibe democratic nomi
nation for United Stales senators
In Georgia and South Carolina.
Opponents of the present senators,
Waiter George and K D. Smith;
who arc pocking re-nomlnatlon are
stressing their votes tor American
sdherenco to tho world court as
o.n a of the major issues of the
campaign.
South Carolina .democrats on
Auguat 31 and Georgia democrats
o n September. 6, will seloet their
senatorial nominees through state,
wldo primaries. *
Senator George Is opposed for
re-uominalion by R- 8 llusscll
chief Justice of tho Georgia Su.
preme Court. ”1 am unalterably
opposed to tho League of Nutlons.
the world court and any and all
combinations and alliances which
involve ue In the trickery, schemes
disputes and wars of European
powers”. Mr. Bussell said In an.
nouncing bis platform to the Geor
gia democrats.
In South Carolina Senator Smith
and two opponents. Edgar Brown,
speaker or the state house of rep.
reseutatives and N It. Dtal.former
"hXs° r ,h,*h a rebuking Them To election take It. course,
every county scat In the state.
Mr. Brown Is attacking Sensto-
8mltl) for voting f*>r the world
cdurt and the Senator his defend
ing his action.
VWJKO lYBni) luniur iimjui
Birmingham, -All., has one of -the
most, unusual homes in America.
Cylindrical in ,hapc, it was mod
eled, after the ancient temple of
Vesta, lit Rome. - And it has all
the comforts of home.
S-51 Is Raised And
Proceeds To
Navy Yard
NEW’ YbRK—(UP)—The Unit
ed ’States .submarine 8-51, j raised
from the elimia of the ocean's bot
tom -Where it had tain nine months
hss joined the fleet again, moored
with: other crafts of.war besides a
dock In the Navy Yard at Brook
lyn. - ■
Wednesday night It was floated
from* Man 0’ War rock in the
East River where it grounded dur
ing the morning and was towed to
tbe Nary Yard.
find Bodies.
new YORK—UP)—Divers who
entered the haltered hulk of the
4!-61 Thursday reported that
there were sjeout twelve bodies
inside the ship. One body was
•ceii wedged behind machinery in
tho engine room, and others were
reported in the torpedo iroom.
If the divera* estimate 7s correct
it meqns that the bodies of thtr
teen sailors were washed from
the hull; by tho waves, while it
lay on' the ocean bed off Block
Island after being, sunk .by the
City, of Rome last Scptcmncr, and
-will probably never bo recovered.
33 AT THE START ■
DEMOCRATS HOT TOSTOBY OF AIMEE
FIGHT SEAT! OF
W.S.VARE
LOS ANGELES — <U,P)— The
Los Angeles county grand Jury
■ convened in special session Tbars-
___ • I da yto hear Aimes Semple Mc-
| Pherson's story of her kidnapping
WASHINGTON — (U P) —Aland imprisonment in Mexico,
democratic drive to defeat WiHiam I >. _ .
S. Vare. rapuhllcan senatorial] The evangelist was the flrst
nominee in Pennsylvania, and pro- * witness raUed. Her testinAny
longed revolt against the power of *»• expected to last througtfcut
the Anti-Saloon League, are to be)
the immediate effects of disclos
ures by the senate primary inves
tigating committee in its month
inquiry just, ended.
Senate leaders conferred Just
before adjournment, the United
Press learned Thursday, about
the advisability of serving poticc
that Varc would not be - seated,
but this plan was rejected and it
was decided ie tat the November
SCIOTO COUNTRYi
CLUB, COLUMBUS, O.
—(UP) — Initial play irt
the 1926 National Open
Golf Championship, K»t
underway here at 8:45
o’clock Thursday. -i
Conditions were almost ideal art
the first of the 151 entrants, Hnr-
3 r Rees, of Cleveland and Georgo
erron, Westburv, New York, trerf
off No. 1 green. They were fol
lowed at five minute intervals by
other pairs.' The last were to teq
off at three o’clock.
The fairways, drenched by raini
two days ago, were in perfect con
dition and a qool breeze swept the
course.
Thirty-six holes will bo ulayerl
:n the finals (Saturday and if <•
lie should occur the playoff aho
over thirty-six holes, will bo held
Sunday.
A gallery of 3,000 persons, fol-4
lowed the champions, cx-cham-
pions and aspiring champions art
they set out.,
Bobby Jones, the 21-year old
Atlanta star, was the prevailing
favorite.
Wants Open.
Walter Hagen, who makes nrt
secret of the fact that he would
rather win tho American Open!
than any other championship, wart
considered among the most dan
gerous as was Willie MaoFarlane*
the 1025 champion and MacDon-i
aid Smith.
The course measures close tdl
6,700 yards and has been remodel
led to Include some of the trickiest}
hazards in the land.
The longest hole is the 12th, 540
yards and the shortest is the 137
yard 17th hole. Par for the cir*
ouit is 11.
Tho entry list was reduced td
151 when for some reason, as veti
undiscovered seven outstandftig;
stars withdrew and three others
were allowed to enter. Thdsa
withdrawing include Archie Comp-
son, England; Tom Powers, Abs-
trplia; Willie McGuire, Boston*
W. Clarke Cochrane, Addington,
Pa.; Max Marston, Philadelphia;
Jesse Guilford and Francis Ouim-
et, Boston. The three permitted
to enter were Joe Stein, of Nash
ua, New Hampshire; Silas New
ton, New York; and John Reuter*
Dickinson, North Dakota.
“Dark Horse?"
From tin* practice rounds Wed
nesday, Tommy Armour, the Rock
ville, Maryland pro, appeared as a
possible “dark horse.’’ Armourt
equalled the course record, estab
lished two years ago by George
Sargent, Columbus pro, when ha
shot a 68.
Bill Mcllhorn swept into thd
lead with a 33 at the end of thg
first nine, 3 under par.
No Twelve Mile
Limit, Court
Rules Thursday
NEW YOPK—l/PI—'There i‘ no
twelve mile limit" preventing
seizure beyond that point for
American ship", according to a de-
HS ci.ion of the (United States Cir-
“treet light on the Chase street'cult Court of Appeals, made pub-
school grounds. life Thursday.
The shade on the street light j The decision reversed a finding
on Milledge avenue at Rutherford; in the U. S. District Court of the
street was ordered removed. | District of Conneeticutt which had
Council voted to aid in opening I sustained exceptions to a govem-
a new street in the cemetery! nent libel filed against the Ameri-
which will give the board more lots |uu> Rum Runner Underwriter.
■Mr. Davison asked Mayor Dudley I The Underwriter was selked be
lt council couldn't do sometboing I yond the twelvc-mita limit, a fact
to aid inJceqping tha-cemetcry in ji.pon which one at the exceptions
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FIRST EXECUTION IN
TWENTY YEARS IN
SANTIAGO. Cuba.—(flq—Salva.
'ore Aguilera wqs put to death by
the garrote Thursday for tbe mur.
der of his aunt In March 1P24. It
was the first execution In Cuba
in twenty,, yeera.
The .garrote. which break* th*
spinal column at the base of th*
nock hy the taming of a screw,
was operated by Francisco < Ro
mero. a convict Frank Davis, a
59 year old negro ot Savannah.
0*.. and a veteran of th* battla of
San ■>!»» Hta .wte ta jerrlng a
two year sentence for robbery, was business
the assistant executioner,
§
the day. She.wiu to repeat
story In detail from tjie time she
disappeared at the beach on May
18, uotll her sensational “return
to life” in gua PrieW, Mexico on
June 21. ,
WILLIAM 6. MCA000
VISITS
KANSAS CITY, MO.-(UP)-
I believe the Anti-Saloon Leagu«i
Is the crookedest organization la
our political history," Senator
James A. Reed, democrat, Mis
souri, told political supporters who!
welcomed him home Thursday. .
“Second," ho added, "probably,
come* the management, not the
membership of the W. C T. U.’*
r J
ATLANTA —MV- William iG.
McAdoo, former secretary of the
treasury, left Atlanta by train
at 2:30 oeloek this afternoon, for.
Rome, Georgia, to visit the grave
of Mrs. Woodrow Wilpon, wife of
hh former, chief and mother of
Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, his
wife.
From Roma he went to Chatta-
Mr. McAdoo wa* a guest of
Major John .8. Cohen, publisher
of the Atlanta Journal at' a din
ner Wednesday night whsn he
again voiced his appreciation of
support of. southern democrat*
given Ms candidacy for th* presi
dential nomination at th* demo
cratic convention at New York.
‘Mr. McAdoo cams to Georgia on
iilhess connected with the Geor
gia and Flood* railryad,
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