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ATHBNS, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1926.
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Others May Be Arrested In Hall-Mills Case
■Hi » -|t
Jonothan Davis Leading In Kansas Democratic Primary
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Mexican Bank Withdrawals, As The Result
Of Ban, Beginning To Become More Serious
SHLUKID
AT MUTE
[; TEPID
CONTEST IN MO.
(REALLY INTERESTED.
!new BRUNSKICK, N. J.—
Intense Interest displayed by
Governor Moore ip the
opened Hall-Mills ' Investiga
tion! was exemplified . We
KANSAS CITY MO. —
(I P)— Unofficial returns
from 2,043 of Missouri’s
I,Oil.') prc.'ints early Wed
nesday gave Senator
(icorge H. Williams a
lead of more than 50,000
over David M. Proctor in
the republican senatorial
contest fa Tuesday’s pri
mary.
Williams vote for the long term
was and Proctor’s was 47,-
niniytt Priest, wet candi
Reunited After 70 Years
(Inti*, polldl 105,194, and Priest’s
was .10,981
Itoprcscjtative Harry H. Hawes
t, was t»dintr Irwin Cockrell -
dry, ,£<5,981 to 58,044 in the
democrat i< senatorial contest.
Returns] from the Kansas pri
mary indi itod Governor Ben S.
Raiijrn aid United State* f\.*na-
tor Charlf Curtis had been nomi-.
rated by far%e majorities in the
rrpublicni contest. T n 204 pre
cinct* of fhfc 2,041 in Kansas, Cur
tis bad tilled 12,840 votes to 1,-
it neprro opponent Nick
s sulen. In the trubema-
\ lead Golden B. Davis,
,?11 in 2336 precincts,
demdkratic side, former
Jonathan M. Davis was
bnakl .Muir 2,028 to 1,-
M nrdclncts in th ccon-
rovomor. Davis is at-
a political comeback fol-
' \ acquittal on charges
pardons in office.
9,09-1 to
On thi
Cnvemoi
loading
FINANCIAL CRISIS MAY .
PAYE OPENING FOR END
OF RELIGIOUS WARFARE
FLAPPERS ARE HELD IN
CAFE MAN’S MURDER
TOUHISTS THROUGH
lEl
Tweky miles of highway bc-
Athens and Comer will be
i part of the state system
if thtf Highway Board heeds the
roquei; of citizens ijlong the Cal
houn Highway at a meeting here
Aljthe Georgia section of the
(Vhun highway has been made a
p irtbf the state highway except
the Comcr-Athens link. Before
and federal aid may be ob-
tainH the highway must become
a n«t of the state route.
Tit state highway T*>ard com-
r ‘ !i N»g Chairman John N. Holder,
galley S. Bennett and John R.
''hirips, will be here to conduct
, h° hearing on the petition of clti-
n*i to have the state adopt the
•trier-Athens branch of the high
er-
The meeting will be held at 11
“Vk-ck at the Athens Chamber of
Li rmerce headquarters.
‘Terrible” Where Haven’t
licen Scrapped; Detours
Nigh Impassable »
Separated for' 70 years, Mrs. Johanna Johnson, 76, of Tacoma,
Vaah., haa met her “baby brother,” Albert Larson, 71, of Mcllott,
ina. nnu a loriunc usv/u tt s.«. v j' . .
to learn the address of his sister, from whom he had oven sepenlra
by the death of their parents when ho was a year old. The fortune
teller told him a letter hidden in his home would give the clew. He
went home and found an old letter written by relatives which cnab.eJ
him to get in touch with Mrs. Johnson whereabouts.
MEXICO CITY, MEX.
—(UP)— Pointing out
that many bank with
drawals were occurring
as result of religious and
economic situation and
expressing their belief
that the matter will be
come serious if withdraw
als continues until Sattt£
' dayT a group of bankers
have called on Secretary'
of Finance" Alberto J.,
m _• „<-r - „ -.-.d:-*,, 1 Bankhead highway and increasing
■Tam offering to mediate.,|, 0 ( 0 „ r i N , travel over ft wen- put
ill the reiifious issue. in motion at a meeting of citizens
. ' living along the route held Tues-
'f^rS the
pe U "s a Lnk 0 e» AtSof Commerce^
admitted heavy withdrawals and Commerce and M. J. Abney,
(buying of New York drafts, but “ “**
popularizing
Royce -Garrett’s Nerve
Fails Again And
Eating Food Once More
they did not rtatc the amount.
However, it is known that efforts
{were being made to prevent 'a
financial crisis.
( There are three points in the
meditation project which the
_ Mexican Episcopate would be will-
Pangs Of Hunger Drive
Baron To Break Deter
mination To Keep Sui
cide Pact With Wife,
Already Dead.
MIAMI. Fla. — (UP) — Baron
Royce-Garrett again Wednesday
refused to keep his rendevous with
death. . v
Wednesday morning, he partook
of a substantial breakfast in Jsck-
son Memorial Hospital and broke
his four day fast.
Following the strange denth
pact made with his beautiful wife
and which she carried out in a
leap from the tower of Miami s
tallest building, the Baron stated
that 4ie would fulfill bis agreement
by starvation. Previously; he ad-
mltted that hi. nerve f«lled hlm
when he tried to hang himself
after ho had definite information
that the Haronen was dead.
RE-OPEN probe.
MIAMI. Fla. — Ro-investiga-
tion into the suicide of the Baron
es, Vera Royce-Garrett, was or-
derod Wednesday by Forest E.
Nelson, acting chief °f P» 1,c '' .
Investigators declare that while
poverty was assigned as therea-
that the Baron had gambled
Moisrlsta coming to Athens jod that through her
"terrible” roads In rainy gagements last year, the young
■ * loss, following tho recent | Baroness earned $17,000 above ex
-r ami contlnuoi* raina. M->sl emption on which “be paid income
'hs had roads are occasioned tax. This new hivesugat ha
■Mour, but In many of the been instituted. NeJ»n_“.£ with
sntios the highways have not
chairman of the Rood roads com
routes of that organisation, at.
tended the meeting at Royaton.
Secretary Thomas stated that
representatives from Hartwell and
was exemplified _■
Inesday when the governor
made public a note he had'
written to Senator Alexander
Simpaon, who expects to re
cetvo his formal commi-s.™
as apeeial prosecutor Wednes
day afternoon. , .
“Do not pereeente anybody.
Do not prejodge anybody. Do
not fear pnybody. Do not fa
vor anybody,” Moore adviced
Simpaon.'
ire being held In jail at 'Carllnvllle,
of Charles Spotti, proprietor of a
These two 18-year-old girls are bell
III., os a result of the murder of Ch< .
soft drink parlor whore they wen waitresses. Opal Phlnipa (left)
admits firing the shot'that killed him police say, while Cota McNeal
(right) 1s held as a material wi-.oais against her chum.
ifllUTI-SALdl LEAGUE
visitors at (the Hotel Rojfston •
Tl
„ ... £
caire Wednesday took “tops to
ward stabilising the franc.
The government Introduced Into
the chamber of doputlca a project
to permit operatloni preliminary
to atabiUxation. .....
In presenting the project to the
chamuer Poineaire confirmed tho
belief that the government intends
to stabilise tho franc only after
ita value has risen from the pres
ent level.
scraped following the rilni.
vtr„ 11,a- are giving trouble
in tho Monroe road between
■’ and Monroe. In Oconee
nty; beyond Lawrencevitle < U,
view of checking information
that the Baroness had gambled
heavily with his wife's earnings.
The first article of the govern
ment’s project authorised the
Bank, of France to purchase
French gold at a rate higher than
that for paper money.
The second article authorizes
the bank to purchase foreign se
curities.
ing to nccept. They are:
1. Suspension of the application
of the present religious laws.
2. Re-entry to churches by the
Episcopate. <
3. A national plebiscite on- the
question at the end of the ycafv
No agreement haa yet ' "ft 'was brought to tho notice of
reached bnt conferences will con- (hc nlee „ n( . t |, a t the statji fit
Tanl wiM take the offer before , South CaroHna and Georg!, hare
Tulin. $»t thn fir*t od- consummated the
ford’s and .Smith McCee Wldgfcs!
Sam Bowei^, prominent Ray*
man, presided. • -
Mr. Bowefs was made chajrman
of a committee which will act In
an executlvo capacity in Jittihs
the plans Into operation. J
OE
President Calles at tho first op
portunity.
MARKING TIME.
MEXICO CITY, Mcx. —UP)—
The sitqation arrowing out of the
new reMfclous regulations seems to
have reached the stage of marking
time. There is less oDtimim daily
of an immediate settlement of the
controversy but the genera! con
viction is that the danger of wide
spread violence or armed rebellion
bin* passed.
Great speculation coupled with
much uneasiness, exists, however,
over the outcome of the economic
boycott, called by the N-itiona!
(Turn to page eight.)
Fights Calles
County Awards
Scholarships
To Lucy Cobb
ro.id. between the mountain
i tftnne mountain and between
> and Hartwell,
tthcnlans who traversed the
" Ndor read to Atlanta Tuejtsy
*e-I that It waa rea'lr danger-
'to attempt to negotiate the
■ Hour t-e, nd Lawrencevtlle after
s ralnfnlL ”Th(a detour D Just
bout wide enough for two baby
- srrfageu te nor- ,»nd la as slick
a* oiled glass while the road on
beyond, between Lawrencertlte
3 ad Decatur, la Juet aboht M
fou-h as possible, not haring seen
(Tarn to page ei$ht.) .
Prisoner Makes
Escape From
Banks County
Athens police were
notified
Toesdajr night to be on the alert
for Howard Jones, a white man
who escaped from the Banks coun
tv chalngang. He waa sent up
from Bib? county. Jen*« i'
scribed as being abont six feet
Ull and weighing ujumt
pounds. He has a gold tooth In
{he front of his mouth. (
Five scliolitr-hipa to Luc..- Cobb
Tnstiv.i'te were awarded by the
Clarke Countv Board of Eduta-xon
at its monthly meeting Tuesday
morning. The scholarships are
given in compliance with an agree
ment between the county commis
sioners ad Lucy Cobb Institute,
whereby the county appropriates
*6,000 to Lucy Cobb and receives
In tum fire scholarships.
The scholarships awarded thfa
year upon application go to Miss L
Nellie Foster, Miss Edna M.te '
Flanagan, Mi>a -Martha Sue Dan
is!!. -Miss Sara Alice tester.
from A. N. Alford ill Hart county.
Theeo bridges will lie operated for
toll a short while longer and then
made free of tolls.
CHICAGO.—(UP)—Tha Illinois
Antl.Salonn League was called on
iiy Chairman Jim Reed of the
senate primary probing committee
Wednesday to explain Ita activi
ties in the state’s $1,000,000 prl
It was al3o urged at tho meet,
ing that a movement bo started, mary.
to have the two states build a new j A subpoenas. Immediately 'ro-
bridge where Alford's bridge is turnable. waa Issued fdr Dr. O. F.
now located. | Stafford. Monmouth. Illinois, state
At present many tourists aro | superintendent of the league,
being routed away from th- Rank. I ,\s the League endorsed both
head highway and publicity to j prank l, smith, successful and
counteract the diverting of tour- senator MnKintey, unsuccessful
ists away from the highway will. candidates for the nomination and
be placed in northern and westefn. ftremtan, democrat, who received
newspapers and magazines, it was the democratic senatorial nomlna-
decldcd. I tion. the committgo showed no
A paved highway from the Sa. pxrctations that any unusual ac-
vannah river to Lawrencevillo ,is ttvity might he disclosed,
the objective of the Bankhead with that evidence and clear-
, sss» of :• few'starv bnt important
, angles of the primary. Reed in-
[ tends to close his Inquiry Thuri-
(Turn to page eight.)
highway supporters.
DIRIGIBLE LOS
! ANGELES OFF
ON TRIP
Graduation exercise* marking
the clone of the 24th annual ses
sion of the University of Georgl-i
summer school will be held Aug
ust 21. The program and list
of those W<io will receive degrees
will be anonunced later, accord
ing to Dr. Joseph S. Stewart, di
rector, who said that the program
la being arranged. He predicted
that * large (number will receive
LAKEHUR8T, N. J.—(&)—'The
dirigible I^os Angelo* left
>Tavut air station Wednesday nor.
nine for a three day experimental
flight to Newport, Rhode Hand.
This was the Brat extended
fight of the ship since last sum
mer.
Power Head To
Speak Thursday
, At Camp Wilkins
HHIVThS
appropriation at $5,000 to Lucy
Cobb wm made by the comity
when It became known that Lucy
Cobb faced closing of its door*.
11 Thai la the Moat Rev. Mora Y
Del Rio, archbishop of hte Roman
Catholk church in Mexico, who
has ordered all church . aerriret
suspended-'because of the dispute
with the Calles nuvernmcnt. .
degree*.
Registration of the University
zummer school continues Jo In
crease. tha opening of tlK sev
enth week! Monday pushing the
total above 3.100 students, Dr.
Stewart said. The enrollmefit this
year Is one of the largeat in the
tat summer sessions
at the university, It
II. M. Atkinson, chairman o^the
Board of the Georgia Railway and
Power fompany will dalirer an
address at camp Wilkins hers
Thursday morning at U o’clock.
- sir. Atkinaon will apeak -on
farm development by electricity; -
Camp Wilkins haa awr . two
hundred hoy* this week represent
ing about fourteen counties,
Hunt Bootleggers
In Death Of Rev.
Moss And Singer
MORGANTOWN, KY (ff)
Members of an alleged bootleg
gang are taring rounded up for
questioning In connection with the
sensational double murder Monday
night of the Reverend' Arch W.
Moss, an evangelist, and Mrs. Je
rune Cuminga Johnson, a choir
alnger during revival services.
Delbert Gary, 30, la sought by
Butler county officials aa the man
who fired the shoots which killed
the evangelist, fatally wounded Mrs.
Johnson and slight/ wounded J. B.
Young. Sheriff Luther Tuck. In
charge of the Investigation, .said
that two rf the three youtha under
arrest had told him the shooting
was done by Gary. Gary is believed
to have left the county and! city o:*
fleers In various places have Iteen
enlltsed In the search for the fugi
tive. /
The three men in Jail are Clifton
Wilson II. his brother, Fred Wil
son 17 and a brother In law Emmon
Phelps, II, They probably will be
held until circuit court conv&nea
on August 18. r
Desire for revenge on* the minis
ter who. was active against moon,
uhlners In. Butler county, fa be.
lievod by offlceri to be the motive
for the kif ing. '
No Rainfall
Tuesday For First Time
In Over Week; Crops
Need Sunshine
NEW BRUNSWICK,
N.J.—(UP— Two, men
have been put under sur
veillance, subject (to flrrcst
on suuspicision : and siv
secret subpoertaes have
been issued against per
sons in Jersey City in con-,
nection with ProescUtor
Simpson’s investigation
of tfac Hall-Mills murder.
Tho subpoenaes have been eivett
to Detective Chief Hayes and or
dered held in rcadlneaa for instant
service should tho persons named
attempt to leave tho jurisdiction.
■Meanwhile Pror-cutor Simpson
continued Wednesday to (father
the. evidence for submission of tho
caso to the qrand jury.
Ho has indicated that he will
make a point of tho failure of tho
previous investigation to prntocS
the sl»o of tho murder from distur
bance by tho public, tho dropping
of tho'fingerprint expert who is
said to have-boon dismissed -with-
out .securing, record's and tho re-
(Tum to page eight.)
Cochran Denies
He Gave fTip To
N. y. Reporter
NEW., YORK.— UP) —Tho
cAht
ihran, partner of J. P.' Morin
f-oVnpany, bound for, Buropo on tho
Olympic, radioed to the Morirm
firm Wednesday a repudiation o£
the alleged Interview In which w.iu
quoted a, predicting an advance „fi
100 points In OynarjU Motor eock.
“In response to laQUjreles mado
of me by n ship radio haws report
er upon my sailing from New York
cn a holiday”, Mr.' Cochran said,
"I spoko with enthusiasm of tha
earnings, management and pros
pects of-4he Oenyral Motors Corpo
ration.”
“I authorized no statement of any
kind aa to the future price of lh«
•took which obviously nobody can
foretell.’, •
Knitted-
l’rcetlcmlly no train, only ’ a
trace,' felt in this section Tuesday,
being the. first day in more than
a week that has not brought rain
fall. Wednesday morning was
likewise tho first morning in the
past several days when the skies
were clear nod 'hot fair weather
waa Indicated. !
The rains of the put two weeks
have bun “noakera", “llgbtwood
knot movers," “gully washers.”
“newgroond soakers'* and what
ever • “names" real ralne are
known by, especially In the snm.
mertlme and the following dry
•easone. However, several days
fair warm weather wilt now bn
welcomed by aU. . Crops need non-
shine in order u> take, on fruit,
in the cgso of the cotton crop,
wh!!“ Other crops also have nif-
lici£itt rail! fur he i ci id uajut,..
The
knitted bathing soft is thg j
latest rage in Southern California, j
It'iz shown here wurh by UNI
Margaret UuBJVilli.