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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. •. IS CENTS * WEEK r& D ULY AND SUNDAT.j-/ | \ rA V THE CABBIES,. 2 L'i THE BANNER-HERALD > Ditly ud Sunday—-IS Cent, n Week. "V= EeUbUthcd ISO. Dally ud Sunday—II Cut. ■ Week, 9L NO. 165 * * Aaecwl^d p rcla Service. United Free. DIapatches. 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 J