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ATHENS COTTON:
MIDDLING 17 i
PREVIOUS CLOSE .. .. 17, 3-Ae
THE WEATHER:
Loral ahowera Tuesday and
Wednesday. “
From Bath Tub to Wash Tub For Joyce
MEXICO CITY, Mexico.
—(UP)—Maurice Jacobo
Cairo, arch priest attach
ed to the Basilica of Gua
dalupe, has been suspend
ed from his position by
Archbishop Mora Del: Rio
for an attempt to provoke
schism among: Catholics
at Xilla Guadalupe, mak
ing an effort to renew re
ligious services in disobe
dience to the collective
pastoral letter calling for
the abandonment of
churches.
Catholic townspeople opposed
the move. The suspension was
heard by Estaban Soto Ruizon,
president of the court of honor of
day. One version of the story
said the minister had been hanged
and his church burned.
It was learned Tuesday that tho
sacred image of the Virgin of
Guadalupe, patron saint of'Mex
ico, haa disappeared from the
Basilica of Guadalupe, a spurious
Joyce Hawley, who floated to fame in Earl Carroll’s champagne
bath tub, 1a just n quiet homo body, after all. Shcdroppcdin on
her parents in Chicago, and showed a photographer that shs’s just
ns much at home in n wash tub as in a bath tub. At tht left we
have her concluding the laundering of a pair of stockings; at the
right rho Renews her old acquaintance with a mop. .
image replacing the original.
‘. now ne nau mei xno oeauiniu sing*
j*r in Russia during the wnr when
j he was in a hospital with n shat
tered right leg, now taken off nt
the hip. At that time he was
worth S'kOOO.COO.
The Baroness
was the daughter of n nobleman,
a general in the Runsinn army
•Ifei mother had been a noted on-
era singer. Then came the death
pact entered into bv both of them
and primarily the Barm, slated, to
save the honor of his wn.? should
they fall into the hands of the
soviets.
American Woman Nearly
Swims English Channel
But Fails By 2 Miles
Exhausted after
DOVER, England. , _ _ ,
swimming more than 21 hours in the English Chan
nel, Miss Clara Belle Barrett, 31 year old New York
swimming instructress, abandoned her swim when
two miles from the French coast at Cap Gris Nez at
5:40 a. m. Tuesday.
Her time in the water wa» 21 ...
353EM&SSP SUEIMEN
Shu .was beaten by fog, against ,
which' she had fought for 12 ni ||l|f| Tfl 'mill
hours. Her time in the water and U| flmL ’“'III 111 j |\]
distance covered indicated, swim* iLHlIU IU UUIII
mrrs here believe that she would
have won and then the first naiippfiAifiilil A
woman to ; wiin the Channel if it [jDllLLCdni\llll U
gj ^ hovn ,or thc handia,p rnUrtuulUliALu
Activity of commlttMi la tto
Clumber of Commerce contmu*.
with mebtlnn for several pl.nnjd
for this week, Secretary C. C.
Thomas announces.
The Farm Settlement commit
tee of which Judgo J. p. Bradwin
ia chairman, was scheduled to
meet Tuesday afternoon at' four
o’clock to further discuss plans
for inducing more new settlersfor
*■* — * ——""jaitiftwilb
Athens. A publicity campai,,^ —-
this a sita object is being pre
pared ami will be launched Sep
tember 1. The Publicity Commit-
tee, of which A. E. Davidson *
chairman, has a ^booklet on tho
press now which will advertke
Athens and Clarke county resour-
WIDMINGTON, Del. -~(.V)~An
option I on 1,420 acres of land, ten
miles from Birmingham, Ala., lias
been taken by E. I. DuPont dc -Ne
mours and Company.
The company proposes building
a modern dynamite plant on tho
site. The plant will supply high
exp’osivts for the Birnnrgham
mining district and the southeast
Atlantic and Gulf states.
Construction of the plant will
enable the company to supply, the
south with a complete line of er-
plo'ives since it already has In
oneration a black blasting powder
p’ant iibcut five miles fropi Bir
mingham. Work on th’ plant will
committee of which Dr. W. Jt
Cabanlss is chairman will be held
Wednesday afternoon at 5 o’clock,
and the Aviation committee with
Ben Epps as-chairman meets at
5 o’clock Wednesday. - * -
PARIS—(U P)—Susannc Leng
len has signed a contract to play
professional tennis in a^ four
MAN QUITS.
CAP GRIS NEZ—(UP)—Olaf
Farsted, thc Norwegian swimmer,
i bandoned his attempt to swim thc
Er.g’ish Channel nt 1:10 P. M.,
Tuesday.
He wds seven and a half miles
(Turp to page eight.)
mouths tour of the United States.
C. C. Pyle, manager of "Red”
Grange will be her manager. She
will also make a film under this
rmngement.
start this Ml.
Here are the latest picture*
from Mexico showing scenes inti* |
matcly connected with the present ^
conflict between the Catholic
church and the Calles government.|
At the left arc shown bare
footed pilgrims advancing on their j
knees to the famous shrine of I
Our Lady oLGuadalupe, near Mex-|
ico City. The procession gives anj
idea of the intense religious devo
tion of the masses of Mexicans,
which presages a bitter struggle.
Wire reports tell of bloodshed
near this shrine.
At the right is the resplendent
interior of the church that houses
the shrine. Services here have
ceased, and tha government hat
thrown soldiers about it as part
of the nationalization program.
CHICAGO —(U P)—The mys
terious "Miss X” a trained nurse,
who according to Kenneth G. Or-
miston, radio operator, was J«is
companion in a ‘love nest” at Car
mel, in California, where she was
mistaken for Mrs. McPherson,
evangelist, will make an affidavit
clearing the revivalist, if necea-
sary, according to an affidavit
filed by Ormfston with a local at-
Rainfall Reaches
10.38 Inches Here
Another .72 of an inch of rain
fell in and around Athens Mon
day, accroding to the gauge of
J. K. Davis on the Whitehall
road. This brings the total of the
past two week to 10.38 inches.
The weather forecast ia that
continued showers will fall kt thh|
I section of the state, j. •.
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ATHENS. GAh TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1926.
A. B. C. Paper. Binrie Coplea 1 Cut. Dally. ( Centa Sunday.
RUMOR SAYS AMERICAN PASTOR HANGED IN MEXICO
Important Evidence In Hall Murder Case Disappears From Safe
The Freeing of Mrs. Hbll
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.
1. _ (UP) — Important
•vifkncc previously pos
sessed by the state in the
Hull-Mills case has been
lost but it is expected the
pro-coition will ask three
indidents, naming two
men and one woman, Spe
cial Prosecutor Simpson
is credited with having
admitted Tuesday.
Recovery of the evidence and
;t parts of documentary records
th“ first investigation and a
hunt for formcr^*xhibits including
pistol of Willie Stevens is ex-
occupy the attention of
■tod to
•r Simpson admitted it is
unlikely the state will arrest cither
f the two men against whom in-
ctnur.its will be asked. I!e said
r p>liov of thc persecution at
csvnt could bo best served by
•matting them to remain- at lib-
The identity of thc persons to
charged wilh- connection with
e mtmier of Rev. E. W. Hnll
and Mrs. Eleanor Mills was said
Simpson toj^e known‘to thc
te although no clue to their
nes have been given,
several witnesses whose ’esti-
ny in tho various probe4 have
n found removed from the war-
i’s vat - in Somerset county jail,
v !>e >• 'culled for exumir.atlon,
d the uro vector.
Boswell And
Johnson Will
Change Places
ATLANTA — (API) —For
fifteen yearn O. B. Keeler has
hern writing up the cxptoiU
of Hobby Jonen for thc Atlan
ta Journal. This writer tu»
chronicled faithfully every
''hot made by the British and
Amt-riran open champion in
title contests. He has follow-
‘d bin: faithfully through fif-
t««n tournaments but Wednes
day the situation will be re-
It. Keeler will |itay his
qualifying round ir the Atlan
ta NfVspnpermenV Totirnn-
n "‘ nl and Bobby Jones jn the
ri le of « reporter, will write
a story of O. B.’s round for
tnu Journal.
B' bby will let the public
whether O. B. can prac-
. ,lc *‘ *hat he prenches. It
the fir*t time the champion
'■•ver written anything
iliouj go If for publication.
Senate Investigators
Reach Final Stage Of
i Primary Probe In ill.
CHICAGO. — (UP) — Thc senate nivestigating
committee Tuesday opened the final stage of its in-
| quiry into the Illinois primary
Samuel Jnsull, public utility
magnate, was ordered to rotappenr
to make known his delayed decis
ion on whether he will (ell thc
whole story of his participation in
the primary, known to have
tailed contributions of (nearly
$200,000 to factions prominent in
both parties.
Insull’s story thc keyito the
whole primary story. He was ex
cused at his previous appearance
on the stand so he might consult j
{his attorneys as to legal authority j
of the committee to go into his
financial activities in bchhlf of> MIAMI, Fla.—(UP)—Weak and
thc county ticket J i broken in spirit, Baron Michael
J Royee-Garrctt, continued the third
FISHER TESTIFIES? | day of his "death, by starvation”
.1 ... In order to comphtc his end of tho
CHICAGO.— (UP) — A- public strange pact which carried his
utilities agent, E. L. Fisher, of the wife, the beautiful Bnrroness 11
Illinois Traction Company, Bandied her death.
the money for the campaign for, Tuesday the Baron was in Jack-,
Senator William B. McKinley in f ton 1 Memorial Hospital under a
southern Illinois, Rupert O. Shop-.close guard, l ate Monday he was
hard Tuesday told the senate pri- J fxonorcuted b/ a coroner’s jury
niary investigating committee. I of blanu* in connection with hi?
Shephard said Fisher’s corpora- j \
tion was a "Studebaker interaaf
and that he furnished $2,500 for ! "ff* f* 1[ S., l J l 'H 1 * * *
: n V’ » o, courtroom. Tne huge crowd, many
Imih» 0nc prcc,nct3 in St * 4 of the friends of the couple, many
mwL ., ,i j, . . drawn by morbid curiosity, over-
♦ ?!r P*,u workers from $•> fj owc d into thc hallways and Ji»wu
to $15, thc first w.tness at rs- to the street
sumption of the probe declared. "I < j nm> ^ken voice the Bnr..n told
(Turn to page eight.)
Confession Of
Man Doubted By
Police In Case
Of Don Mellett
Mrs. Frances Hall leaves thc Somerset county jail nt Somerville,
N. J., after giving $15,000 bail on thc charge she murdered her hus
band, Rev. Edward Hall, and the comlcy choir singre, Mrs. Kicnn jr
Mills, four years ago. At her right is Attorney Augustus Sluder,
and at her left, Attorney Timothy Pfeiffer, of her counsel. Inset is
Rev.^ Martin Pettit, who succeeded to Rev. Hall’s pastorate and who
the
called on thc widow in the jail just before she was freed.
Burned At The Stake By
Playmates, 9 Year Old
Boy Dies As Result
WHITING, Ind. — (UP) — George Cannae, 9, is
dead, the, victim of his playfellows who “burned him
a the stake.” He died before rescuer%cotild reach
him.
The group of playmates decided
upon George as their captive to
be burned in tlieir “Indian pag
eant.” He was tied to a stake but
the fire wouldn’t light.
EARTH SHOCK IS FF.l.T IN
TOKlb EARLY TUESDAY
TOKIO —(/P)— An unusually
seven* earthquake ahook the city
One child then poured turpen-|at 6:25 P. M. Tuesday. The quake
tine on the wood ut his feet and • seems to hove affected this dis-
on his clothing. ' trict mainly. Several bridges
He was a sheet of flames a j were damaged and there was nu-
minute later. Police were unable j inerous landsHdes.
to learn the names of his compan ^
ions who fled scream ini'.
Communications also were bro-
j ken.
CANTON, Ohio.—(UP)—Detec
tives probing the murder of Don
R. Mellett, Canton publisher, be
gan n search for now . evidence
Tuesday as the story of Steve
Kascholk, mystery witness, held in
county jail, showed possible weak
ness.
Kascholk gave himself up soon
after the murder and told of be
ing hired with Pat MdDermott for
whom a nation-wdie search is un
derway, to "beat up” Mellett,
naming their employers. He with
drew the Inst minute, he said, but
McDermott remained in Canton
until after the murder.
Hen Rudner, Massiion, and Carl
Studer, Canton, accused by Kas
cholk of plotting underworld re
venge against Mellett, have volun
tarily furnished alibis. Both denied
acquaintance with cither Kascholk
or McDermott.
While every angle of Kascholk's
statement was investigated and
the search for McDermott contin
ued, thc citizens’ committee, ap
pointed to straighten out Canton’s
political tanglfc, held another secret
meeting. Reports of dissension
among investigators persisted, de
spite announcement Monday that
complete harmony had been re
stored.
FIRST PICTURES FROM SCENE OF RELIGIOUS RIOTS IN MEXICO
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