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m THE WEATHER: Fair Sunday. Slightly Warmer. BANNER Dally aad Sttaday-ll Ceuta a Week. Established 1832. Dafly and Sunday—U Centa a Week. ATHENS COTTON: No JIarkct—Holiday^ 5 VOL. 91,‘ NO. 301 Associated Press Service. United Preaa Dispatch*,. ATHENS, GA, 8UNDAY, JANUARY 2, 1927. A. B. C. Paper. Single Coplea 2 Centa Dally. E Ceuta Sunday. Baseball Outcast Bares New Scandal Sat. Of The City 4-—4- Are Enviable 9. J. ■>. J. • M T^T I 1 I 4-4- 4-4- 4-4- 4—4- 4*-4* M f 4- Tide Ties Stanford's Cardinals BOWL, PASADENA, Calif.- (UP) -The il football championship of America still was decided Saturday night. hrilling the largest audience that ever witnessed fomia’s East-West classic in the Rose Bowl. m v<w I „ rd and Alabama fought to a 7-7 tie game here, appointed hbt'Vwasnot the most powerful gridiron battle in the his - - Hundreds of Athenians journeyed to the Epps Flying Field Friday and Saturday afternoon in the anticipation of seeing the famous daredevils of the Cody Flying Circus per form their thrilling stunts in the air. They were dis- 1 iRlre for three 111 OF ions, 1 Jority of ft-.cs, cw^were ‘‘import- _ especially on Saturday,od," that i* oatftnte brought in Tide came back in the. final ^tsmoon, were such as to othc* counties for treatment. scored a touchdown and goal r Everybody Has A Welcome For New Year , But two of thes# patient* eiod. In make ordinary, flying, 1921 hen! we „ ll2 „,** with is much less performing death* which shows how roarveL stunts, absolutely danger- .^.Wh^S, 5S ous. The Cody Circus is in Atlanta and the weather conditions or. both Friday and Satm^ay made the chief pilot decide that to put on the stunt'-, which bad been nd- A8HINQTON. HA*)— Hiving another milestone in the march of time citizen* of the vertised would be suicidal. There* single caue be Rig recorded hare, fore the "circus d!<t not show up. [ In 1922 thena were 14 cases. In Ben Epps, proprietor of tho lo-11923 there were 5 cases, in 1924 cal flying field. staUd to the Ban* ner-Hcrald Saturday night that al cepilol, led by president i ho had tad a conversatloiv over ted Saturday to ertetnd 1 long-distance telephone with Dour volcomo to tlia birth ot ' D »™- J ni '» t “? »* ih ? dr ' - . | cus. and that Mr. Davl* had prom* ’ ised that he and his flyers would noise accompanin? tho | be on hand Sunday afternoon if it i29 efjll ringing In their were possible for the nlanes to t ilw populace was at | battle their way from Atlanta to nfntl o(tabor' Mr, Earn ststpd that after two of small pox here while In 1911 memorable on, I «hort flights Saturday afternoon,. the city end county already pasted .he woe forced to!call his plane to caUy free from the dlseoec. book the'ground hi the wind wn* blow- About 5,000 people of ' „ ling inch a gain al to make flying'county hart been vaccinated since custom, Prcat-> ^ally dannerous a-d lanriinn In 1 the flnt cast was reported. Of *****> t *_y the cross current wind, extremely i this number 2,148 hkv» been vee- ramalnlnt harardons. jclMted In.the.offIce of tho health The Cody flyen were ready to officer. Dr. Bogby states that crura to Page Fleet I (Turn to Page Fives rom The List Of Dangerous Diseases Reported With the exception of an increase in the number of j interna " ma>rsn omoiinnY ovof fho nrovimm veflr. Athens and! tional situation TELE WASHINGTON.- (AP) — The dawiiing of 1927 finds the United cases of smallpox over the previous year, Athens andjttonal situation more mud- Clarke county enjoyed a health record in 1926 that, died perhaps than any places them among the leadingxities and counUes of sinceAhe worldfc the country from a health standpomt. , 0 t tho Nicaraguan and m According to figure* made pnh- ■ questions' do not appear bright “ ‘nM^rarag*gai*sM^w^ 'and President Coolidge I*--* 11HISTORT OF THE GAME Urairt ofr«« *J?& *Tm Flames Damage i P*wt. tho press „t the neaitn onwer, Mere v ,**. . , , -ito chow “an American attitude” cases of typhoid fever In the . I _ _ 1. Fnnyinla ;.:vl .Stand Ix-htnd the od(pmLstra- ' - J ' r .-V * * *9 '•wMMVIV.lO. , - rfforw t„ uphold'existing Shot By Guard Tin; 1-ivil strife ill Nicaragua where American naval forces lmvo ■ ■ .been landed to protect American BRUNSWICK, OA„ -MB- Tire ’ SS^lS^X^ew 'jlertS^' Olrdn county jail woe damaged by , n j land* law»,.whl?h took effect firo thtuvduy and fvur prisoners |nst midnight, remain, ia status wore accldentaly shot by a court nt. ,| 1IC . p, f cr as thi countrv * pol.i-y toehe, who was guarding Ultra while is concerned. Bur both question, tho tire was being brought under are developing new turns with re. oontrot. ‘ gard to tho individual party'i When the (be started official, at concerned, the county quickly assembled and Adolfo Dj,l. conservative Pres, arming themselves, went to escort idem of Nicaragua, who has been the prisoners to safety. rcrognised by the United State s. Over twenty men were being I, marshalling his forces to, slay held In the Jail. Single file ihcy were tho advance of the liberal army, marobod to anetber section ot the h-nded by Juan Sacasa. former building and gathered In a (Ire proof vice president, who is recognised room. ,bv Mexico, after having denied H. F. Jenkins, clerk ot court, w*e charges that ha was receiving aid armed, a with a repeating rifle. It from American bankers and re. accidentally discharged and the fused a meditation offer by his bullet* hit the cement Cbor, clcnc. neighbor, Costa Rica. t»Ui* and striking the (our man. _ A policy of watchful waiting All are expected to recover. lags t he figures were littlo chant ed from the past year with but one death. No Diphtheria. Athene was absolutely free from diphtheria last year, not a CHICAGO. — (UP) —• Charles Risberg, outlawed < from organized baseball in 1920, for his part in the . settlement j baseball st andal of 1919, when the Chicago White nn« exitan Sox threw a world series to Cincinnati, appeared be fore Commissioner K. M. Landis Saturday night and made fresh charges of a scandal. Risberg told Landis that in 1917 the Detroit dak “threw” four games to the White Sox—two double, headers, the last played between the two teams that year. there were 2 cases and in 1925 there was one case. ' There wero 41 msec of small pox treated hero in 1926, mainly during th > past two month,. This mild epidemic, both In extent and seriousness, was brought here through a circus crowd, it hat been stated and none of the 41 patients treated was over vaccin ated. In 1924 then won 72 caret practl long; New Rouse Dean S. V. Sanford Is Defender Of College Football Against Chicago Dean Dean 8. V. Sanford of the University of Georgia turday returned from New York, where he at* i the annual*convention of the National Colle- Athietic Association which was held at the Astor. iford took a prominent a of tho con- . the leading >nae of the college it la played to- nothlng but clast teams compet ing with similar elks* trains from other colleges; 5.'Two raralty team* for-mrory institution to prevent* Mg game, and big gatherings. Dean. Wilkins would have YnVe i and Harvard each possess two flams so that the same day there was a game > one al ha, been adopted with regard to the new Mexican oil laws which w-nt Into effect while American c'l operators owning extensive in terests there were adopting a tacit agreement to refuse to apply for I the reouired confirmatory conces ■’ i The; jw ___ the privilege of renewal In lieu of According to Inlormatton gath-1 WhUe'^operstors ’ who failed to •ted b7 Dr. R. R. Moton, proei- confirm their titles will -renounce dent of Tnskegee to.tltute, there, theli- rightTunder the law." they wen 29 persons lynched In the 3^ not have their property con- Voltad States ta 1924. The fig- flsrated recording to tho Mexican urea gathered by thle colored edn. embassy. In other word* the 29 Persons Were Lynched In 1926, •’a* v ^ » *nw gniuiicu tuutitiiiiivuiy '■«*! ting. In (iPftrms *l«n under which they would l/ne Ml ueurgia , (lw 50 and 80 year leases wjth cator are as follows: baity says, thug will lose their EARTHQUAKE DOE DAMAGE SAT. Now li.ircn there would Cambridge, to the end mas ' Students would stay at home. j i Of the The following report of the.de. there were bate on intercollegiate football dc-1 (Turn gaasffiBJisBgBI and writS hr Petw Vlschar: -IntcrrolIegiaU football Is on trial today,” said Dean Wilkins, speaking carncatly to intent list eners. "As the game is at pres ent constructed, it interferes se riously with the education of 98 per cent of tho general mass of undergraduate students. “The overexcitement about foot- ihaikHncrrcses as the sea-on ad- (Tursi to Cage Five) ■ “There were 29 peftohe lynched “privileged position. 1 In 1929. This Is It more than the — number 1« for 19U, It more than the number 19 for: 1914. lose then thd number 3l (or 19», and 19 leea than the namher 67 for 19t2. The court* had acquitted one of th, victim*, n of the persons lynched were taken from tho handA of th* law, I from jail* and It from otflcert ot the low outside of Jails, t fit tha persons lynched war# trbmen. -Thec. wero I) Instances in which officer* of »», lew prevont- htart&ra^Silra anVW*1n W Smh“ CALEXICM. Cal. -W>--E*rth. sarJEtfShr a: guards augmented or other pre. Valley at at alwut two caution* taken. In 9 other In. s U 2S?i tir ran?' ccr •»> MexUall, adjacent border cit- STSJtad ie«. cau.br daaaagewhkhit taes- ^ thnstw. will WPrirtSE ed. Of the J4 persons thus before, q-wj, Irtu , m tha -Amert In* from ABJECT FEAR BE TIE MASK. SHS In payment for the throw* Ramos. Risber* sau\ the White Sox plavers each put $46 into a pool and turned the money over to Bill James, a Detroit pitcher, I for distribution. Fuither remun* orations to Detroit were made in ! 1919. Ruberpr added, White Sox M 8luffed” two games to Detroi' ' The money collection was tak«» up in New York after the White Sox had gone east to finish the | season, Risberg said. ‘Clnrenco Rowland, then mana« k<t of the White Sox, proposed the idea,” Risberir said. ‘‘Chick Gandil took up the collection. I paid Si5 cash and so did most of .. th(> othcr i, except Red Faber, who ATLANTA tWV* The ordi* gnv’c a chc r k to cover his own do- naiy processes of law have been nations rnd the ones for two or rendered “totally inadequate” to j three others.” meet the situation brought about „ Chick and , went to p h , Ud((I . by a series of recent acts 6f Mo- phin the r.cxt day-we hsd no tance attributed to bands of mask- „„„ of our own l to meet j, m „. ed men in Toombs county where a W c found him at his hot.l in a tenbrized populace has been rok „ UMtair5 with thpM or overawed by small mmoritiee, four other players. Chick hand. Solicitor General A. S. Bradley, of the Tocmba circuit, declared in a written report Saturday to Gov ernor Walker. The report, which dealth with the flog^fag on Christmas Eve of Wimberly E. Brown, prominent attorney near Lyons, stated that tho latest outrage had cast a pall over the town and added that it was “next to impossible to obtain] even the most meagre iuforma- ed him the money, saying ‘Here’s a litt’e donation’.” “All right, I’ll take care of the fellows, James replied.” according to Risberg. “It’s al! set, Rowland remarked to S mes were to be thrown just re the ttart of the last series. Risberg was to return to his me near our dugoui, just before the game started,” Risberg told ; tlon” ns to tho identity of tho .Judge Landis. P hooded assailants because t "ma- j "When Detroit came tho penitentiary; S for terms rang. , OT „ rdary !ine BI)d MexlcaU. on the | M W from 4 to 29 year, and 1 for McTff^skH *fi£?»dta,»«r the end that thei IN*- ‘ £■■ ' ' (Turn to page alx.) Succumbs At Richmond ..frack to play us in 1919.” Risberg said, “the hoys thought we owed thpm D a „ f\ somethin:.* for the 1917 series so I*vV a vOnu vil vt tl.ifw tliem a two game s«- . r • Asked how* these games wera I thrown, Risberg said: \ } “Probably in both the fielding and pitching. I don’t re mem b®* '.v'no v,-.js v,itching for us, but }, . RICHMOND. VAra— (/P)— .The f or on «, playe-l out of position at Kt. Bev. Denis-J. O'Conneil. termer ,hortston and let some of the balls bishop of Richmond and titular g t » hy me that I oth-rwiso might brad ot the Jlohian CaiBollc dleo- have gotten." , ceso.of Mlramo, Syria, idled here home late Saturday nioht Saiurday.. , • t home late Sathrday nigiit but 1 promised to apoear before Judge Landis again Wednesday morn- fng at which time the Judge ssii. he would 'mil in some of thf* WhiW* Sox plavers mentioned by Risbafc* in his dis» , lo*"re8. mZ'?t Absolved Wood N1TW HAVEN. Conn—(L'P)—Jc* I Wood, coach of the Yale basebaJ| LOS . ANGELES, CAL., —(/F)— team, wll he absolved of all wrong-* Mrs. Ruth F»ttr pni4»m«» doing In rnuggnil w* h th* recanA- •of Kenneth Onnl»;on,'-f lft i,| >a H ocandei In an official ■♦»te*c Mrs. McPherson Must Go Before Bar, Keyes .Says , MArtKrei. THE NEW h** ^ ^ At tho FtrsTSTtbodtat church | ttc al^mUnri isi-JMf.B.r.ir. P. KWHEWMEFtaSS. to S a-alttng th, Pastor will preach a sermon .t^ HlW but several persons'l arr now candui ropriato to tho Now '-“r. jU^r n ali.-htlv hurt when struck' explanation will be made o'*^-- - - lost misunderstood passagi the Bible. All uro welcome. Three Men Lose indicated Hatur- — * * V*« Lives In Fare Saturday Ni|