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VOU 93, NO. 230
Aeeoctoted Press Service. United Press Dispatches,
ATHENS, GA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1928.
A ‘ B ' C. P»Per. Single Copleg 2 Cento. 5 Cento Sunday.
WILLIAM 0. M’ADOO MAY TAKE BRYAN’S PLACE AS
DRY LEADER OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY, IS FORSEEEN
■ HES
MOTHER OF RUTH AND JUDD BEG SMITH FOR CLEMENCY
ITS A BLACK SILK
DRESS AS HIM
OSSINING, N. Y.—(UP)—Apparently resigned to
Death in the electric chair Thursday night, Ruth
Jrown Snyder and Henry Judd Gray Tuesday plan
ned their last hours of life.
I Gray made his will and Mrs. Snyder asked her
mother, Mrs. Josephine Brown, to obtain a black silk
rock and black lingerie to wear at the execution.
Both of the convicted murderers
re calm Monday.
Samuel Milter, Gray’s attorney,
id Judd was truly repentant,
ady to admit his sin, and resign-
to fate. He spends hours at a
ic reading the Bible. His moth*
Sirs. Margaret Gray, is a reg*
visitor at the pi?son.
Mr*. Snyder, after outbursts of
•rvors wc-ping over the week-
d, leemed moro quiet. She visit-
tor hours with her mother Mon-
. She so-med distraught, the
other said, but held her poiso
ell. .
Relatives of the two will be per*
: ttcd to visit them many hours
t'av between now «mj tb* time
the execution, prison officials
! d. Th» relatives will ic permit*
>d to remain with the couple u.'*
I fight o'clock Thursday u'ght-
hen the lust farewells must ba
No decision has been reached
' to which of the two will be ex
isted first.
If Mrs. Snyder is taken "first,
he roust pass directly in front
f the coll where Gray will be
waiting his call to death.
Should Gray he executed first,
n. Snyder's only knowledge of
will be In the dimming of the
‘irhti as the strong current is
umed on. Her cell is some 160
‘ft away from the death cham-
p *nd Gray would not bo forced
pass her on his last walk.
Dean Ritchie Heads
Scout Campaign Here
Northeast Georgia 'Council, Bey
Scouts of America will ask Athens
Clarko County to contribute
>i.000 towards their 192S. budget
,® r malntainanco alid camp. K-
><A of this amount represents the
budget for operation, in.
fusing nil , indebtedness cf thn
Cowell. If the entire amount
ttked for is raised, a camp near
Atheua will be built, to be used
■or all-year round camping, weok-
trips, overnight hikes etc.
H. B. Ritchie, Dean of Stato
teachers College, and President
* the Northeast Georgia Council,
**11 bo active chairman for the
drive, and with him will bo as-
Mated a group of tho most
'Eminent people of Athe.ns serv-
n * as team captains or workers.
The urnre will Start SUSt TUCS-
,la r. January 17Ui. and enough
[orkera will be enrolled to itnlsh
bulk of tho work by Wcdnes-
The Athens division of- tho
GETS TWO YEARS
AS MINIMUM FOR
THEFT OF $80.00
IT OVATION IS
GIVEN LINDBERGH
PANAMA CITY, Pana-
ma.—(UP)—New acclaim
was given Colonel Charles
Lindbergh Tuesday as he
rested after his strenuous
goodwill flights to the
Pan-American countries.
Easily and gracefully he brought
his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis,
Their tears apparently moved Governor Smith but i*»tle when.Mrs. Margaret. C., Logan/ (1), Judd Gray’s
Sister; -Ire. Margaret C. Gray (2), his mother, and Mrs. Josephine Brown (3),- Mrs. , Ruth Snyder’s, to a landing oii Panama’s new
mother, attended the Albany hearing at which last appeals for < xc< uti\v clemency f*r the doomed! landing field Monday. The field
slayers were heard; Governor Smith indicated that he would not interfere with the executions, ached- was crowded and no sooner had
uled for January 12.
Henry Smith, a white man,
charged with larceny from th<r
pereon of J. A. Mobley was found
guilty by a Jury in C.larka Su
perior court Monday with the
recommendation that he bo pun
ished as for a misdemeanor.
Judgo Fortson sentenced Mm to
from two to three years. Mob-
icy claimed Smith got him Intoxi
cated and stole $80 from him,
money he collected in Winter,
vijle,
Gip Smith, negro,, pleaded gnilty
to burglary and was given a s4n-
tPiiee of from two to three years
burglary. He is a minor. Sen
tence, has not yet been imposed..
John Puts and Matthew Kren
were trod for theft ot **n nutomo-
bilfc and found not gui.ty.
he stepped fro tho cabin of the
I now familiar piano than he had
! made another conquest in friend
Good Chance For
A First Class
Pied Piper
LONDON -(AP)— A
plague of rats was sweeping
London Tuesday In the wake
of last Saturday.
Driven from wharves, ware
houses and basements, in tho
low-lying parte of the city,
small ruts, lean rats, tawney
rats and brawny rats In fam
ilies, fjy tens and dozens,
scurried about In search
new homes.
ship.
He was driven to Panama City,
Accused Alabama
Wife Murderer Is
Caught In Florida
TALLAUSSEE, FJa. —(AP
“I’m not concerned with this psychosis business,’' replied Governor .Smith to the nssovitons of Edgar
F. Hazleton, counsel for ltuth Snyder, that his client was in “the twilight zone" between sanity nnd
insanity when site and Judd Gray slow Alb-rt Snyder. The governor aud the chief appellant for exec
tivc clemency for the condemned pair arc conspicuous in the general view of the Albany hearimv
li APPLICATIONS ^BBgp
WASHINGTON —(AP)— The,
democratic national headquarters
Bryant Bass, sought by Alabama here has been flooded with mors
authorities in connection with the applications for attendance at the
slaying of his wife at their home j BC a.»n Bay dinned Thursday
NOT SATISFIED
WASHINGTON. —(AP)—Pres
£*t Cooiidge does not consider
«>t the sale of the government-
•ued merchant ships should he
abided as proposed in the
we* bill, favorably reported in
“ senate Monday, but that in
interests of tho country .and
“.Merchant Marine itself the
“Iness of ship-operation should
| Wt In private hands as quickly
Possible.
near Dothan, Alabama, wag, to.ths n)ght th(m it
can accommodate
Dothan jail Tuesday as tha res*ilt an( j j 5 preparing for a batti* b»-
of his capture near ***re Monday
night Jjy TaiTdhasso nnd Leon
countv officer*.
LEON TROT!
LIST VESTIGE OF
tween the six cities which Mon
day appear major contenders for
the 1928 convention.
About 1,200 democratic adhsr
BUSINESS AREA
CHICAGO. — (UP) —Chicago
Tuesday embarked on a drastic
experiment designed to solve its
troublesome traffic problem.
Effective at 7 a. m. Tuesday,
all parking was prohibited in an
area embracing tho entire down
town business district.
Hardship to motorists who dc-
t msl HR
,F
1 after greetings from Panama’s
chief executive, and the entire
drive was a manifestation of good
will for the young flyer. Crowds
.cheered him. When he. waved to
(lit crouds there whs u tremen
dous roar.
Lindbergh is undetermined when
he will leave Panama and whore
his next stop will be. He plans
to rest here for a few days and
enjoy the courtesies that
Canal Zone may offer. .
REFUSES FUND
STOCKHOLM, Sweden.— (AP)
Colonel Charles A..Lindbergh has
declined the gift nf u fund col
lected for him * in Sweden by
Svenska Dagbhulet, Stockholm
dally newspaper. lie has suggest
ed that' tho money bo used as i
fund for worthy Swedish airmen.
r<Dniirnc cm v nur
uvu f f 14^ -ivjuLv if 3
FORD AND EDISON
AT FORD SHOW
NEW YORK — (AP) — Homy
Ford and Thomas A. Edison, hem
med in by thousands ef persons,
fololwed a squad of police, who
cl.ared a path for them to tour
the Ford exhibit at Madison
Square Carden Tuesday.
Arm in arm, the two friends
circled the hugo main floor of the
sho.i or transacted business, was
expected by proponents of Ahe
plan to be more than balanced by
speedy traffic, due to relieved
congestion. Many of the streets
pf the district arp barely wide
CANAJOIIARIE, N. Y.—(UP) „„ _ ...
—A Fairchild monoplane/ tfhich (display, chatting, *rH chuckling
, hn . Iiaati since Sunday.! waving an occasional gr:ctin- to
sire to leave their cars while they . , i miles throu S 3 . which pushed their
she , nr transacted hiis?nns« wns WaM f°und W|*£C«ed 8e*^!» miiCS way a f tcp them.
wit of hers Tuesday, with its pil
ot and two passengers dead.
The dead arc Captain Edward
M. PauLy, of AVmny; Lieutenant
George U. Benedict, Curtis Field
ants will bo on hand to hear a T:; ww,,rh,
group of leaders define their out-1 n ° both c r j«f
enough for can- to pass each f i ycr ‘ and Rayfond lienries, Euffa
other v/hen parked cars arc lined * ■ •
I democrats mentioned as preaiden- CONVICT CAUGHT
BERLIN, Germany — (UP) -
Banishment from Russia of fifty-
two leaders of tho opposition to
the Soviet Russian government
has been ordered and in soine in
stances already has taken place,
the United States Press learned
Tuesday.
Those banished included Leon
Trotsky, who onco shared with
NiMa Lcnino the supreme power
in Russia.
Trotsky, who in the nast few
months- hat been gradually thorn
of the last vestige of his formei
been reported ordered to Astrnk-
position, is still in Mosco but has
hnn, on.tho Black Sea.
Prominent Methodist Ministers
To Gather Here Wednesday For
District Missionary Institute
A program of unusual interest
10 be presented Wednesday at
b a s ^lethodist church, when
ben * District Missionary
'*titutc will open at 10 a. m. The
;. rS£ of the district will be re-
L^o and plans outlined for a
1/3 . mov ement along all lines
*m M ionary activity.
IflMiiong those prominently iden*
h w ith ^bo day.’s program arc
’ll '** G'. .Cram, general mission-
- ^crctary. of Nashvilie, Tt-nn.;
^ o. p. Wi KS: i ns North Geor-
Conference missionary secre*
Jr T; Dr. Han-oy W. Cox. presi
dent of Emory University; Dr. C.
C. Jarrell, secretary of the gen
eral hospital board; Rev. f Homer
Thompson, North Georgia .Con
ference Sunday school secretary;
Dr. A. M. Pierce, editor Wesleyan
Christian Advocate; Rev. W. W.
Brinsfield, agent superannuate
homes of North Georgia Confer*
At 7:30 p. m., there ,w|B.be n
union meeting of all Methodist
churches of the city to .which
invited, and at which
time Dr. Cox will’bo tho princi-
pal speaker.
tial possibilities b:lng slated to
speak, save Governor Smith, of
New York.
SECOND TIME ON
VISIT TO HOME
ATLANTA, Go.- (AP) —Vir
ginia Carter, the 7 year old daugh
ter of Clyde Cartdh, escaped Rich-
mend count" -Georgia convict
the second time in recent months,
Tuesday found herself to be the
unwitting decoy which led to the
capture of the father she adores.
( Carter, recaptured here at tho
home of his wife Monday night,
admitted hia identity. He Was
serving a six year sentence for
CflSE "LflCEC GN
TRIAL ON TUESDAY
^rw.. i "^n Kn0 i : l£ craX Atwtn A
-r CMC waa begun in Clarke a. k n a
|^F|OQk!
• The plane was thought to have
crashed in a denso fog, Sonda^. It
was en routo from New York to
Buffalo.
Searching parties had been seek*
ing it for more than twenty-four
hour?. The wreckage was found
in a swampy tract ct Rural Grove*
WASHINGTON.—
(UP) — The possibility
that William Gibbs Mc-
Adoo may step out at the
Jackson Day democratic
peace rally here Thurs
day to take charge of the
forces left leaderless when
William Jennings Bryan
• died, interested democrat
ic leaders Tuesday.
McAdoo is to speak and demo-
WASHINGTON.—
(UP)
United
crats consider that his words may
determine whether a new Bryan iff
to take up the party’s dry cai»o
or if the wet leadership is to pre
vail in strained harmony without
challenge.
The fact that Governor A1 Smith
One thousand of New York, McAdoo’s opponent
States Marines It
Were on the water Tues* represented at the dinner, has gjv-
day headed for Nicaragua e P f0 ,T e A P * a u rty J e<l ^7 the iTnprcB *
j *« - • j i sion that the dry faction may con*
to he! ptheir comrades, al- troi.
ready at the scene, destroy I The only wet speaker listed at
_r the dinner thus far is Senator
tne rebellion of General JamcB a. Reed, of Missouri,
Auglistino Sandino. whose appearance is taken by
T»w, r,r n,„ some as justification for the bc-
Thc hindmost of the reinforce- j ief that harmony will prevail-
ments — four companies saling R eed himself was atUcked,
from Hampton Road*, Virginia—I along with Smith and Govsraoe*
pcctod to reach Nicaragua Ritchie of Maryland, at a conv«n-
cight days, bringing the tion here Monday of tha National
Marine forces in the Central Democratic Law Enforcement
American republic to around League, jvhlch^passed a resolution
2,400/ . .. "
The Hampton Roa<N contingent, idential candWats is chosen,
bearing four 3-inch mountain guns? Mrs. Jeese W. Nlcholsoil, of
to dislodge Sandino, was held Maryland, chairman of tho UtgUJ
back by fog in Chrsamake Bay Raid she would lead Its 54,000
and remained on the U. S. S- membera In antl-democratk r.yolt
Ocralala overniiflit for an early if any of the three was nomiNat4-a*
wgaiam overrugnt joi ■» OUn ^
railing Tuesday.
nung xuc9u«> . She told the United Press “an ed-
Meanwhile Dr. Alejandro Cesar, Wjonal campaign will "tort to-
Nicaraguan minister here, warned ntefijltoW to toll votor. how^w,*
that the Marines face a task more^mith, * d N - th i,
Onn i fi}ioli«*v»*d. t Mrs. Ni hoison charged twl
simlfino th B . n n,an the”/ ho'JlT"'to'oomo'tonubitoaSi''ar. uriring tb.
conquer,’ is more than the “bandit TK> ™ n ‘ ll '“" th/'ea’iei"
chief" described by the United ‘hey.kitow tawm be the «u'!»•»
States State Department officials, man in the couetry t.
according to Cesnr. |
The rebel general, Cesar said,J,
has the undercover backing of
"substantial element" of liberal
.count of Ilia I
partliuts .In Nteangus.
OGALALA SAILS
NORFOLK, ‘Va.— (UP) —The
United States mine layer Ogaiala
sailed from her pier at Hampton
Ronds Tuesday with four com
panies of United Stntes Marines
bound for Nicaragua.
The vessel had been held in the
harbor by fog overnight.
Magnate Wishes To
Majrry His Niece^
Foster - Daughter
NEW YORK —(AP)— An ac
tion to annul tho adoption by E.
W. Marland, multi-raillionairo ‘ oil
operator, of his footer daughter.
Miss Loyola Roberta Marland,-"In
order that they may be married,
is now awaiting a Wring In. the
\t ANA GITA, Nicaragua -*(AP) .Philadelphia courts, Mr. MsrloBd't
United States Marines were <lis- secretary said Monday.
, - k a for Somotillo, a The young woman la not only
LOS ANGELES, Calif. —(AP) town in the department of Chin- Mr. Marland'a fiance and ward.
—Wclby Hunt, 10. confessed hold- nndega, near the Honduran fi-on-1 but »l«o his nieee, being one at
, ii'*ii* t _, (tor where a serious situation Is two chiUircn of tno sister of ins
up accomplice of WiRlam Edward “ 0 n r ^,^"° 0 ^“ arisen. It was,late Mrs. Marland. He adopted
Hickman, slayer of Marion Parker afc th j g j ac(J tcn Nicnrakuan . the children twelve years ago.
national guardesmen, with a npn; | 4 Gforge Roberta Marland; - 41m
commi"sioned oflicer, deserten joiner ward,, is now vice rry»{gn«
from tho national guard column ,of_the_Marland^Oil company;^
Sunday, joining tho Honduran J
(Tarn to page fire.) [a
in tho near future.
.Tuesday pleaded not uilty to tho
vunrge of murdering C. Jv, Thoms,
a druggist.
, Both boys have confessed they
stagid the robbery during which
Thoms was killed.
Trial wax set for February I.
der case wo»
superior court Tuesday afternoon.
Evidence was presented Tuesday
morning. The stato woo repre
sented by Solicitor General Henry
H. West and Claude Mahaffey
and the defense by Judge H. S.
West. MMlBH
Joseph Knowles, the defendant,
testified cn the stand he did not
kill his wife. He claimed she shot
herself. Mrs. Knowles died from
pistol wounds on Christmas Day.
Knowles was indcited for the mur
der. ■
Graham Suspended,
Dependent Upon
Future Conduct
Jeff Graham, member of the
fire department, was tried by the
Civil Service Commission Tuesday
morning on u charge of acting in
a manner to reflect on.the fire de
partment.. He was suspended for
thirty days, thj sentence depend-
ing on his future conduct. The
case grew out of Graham’s arrest
for disorderly conduct,
selection <
chief for the fire department.
eacaped. At tho time he had
Served only fifty-four days of his
sentence' and was captured in At
lanta while visiting Virglnln, who
was ill in a hospital there.
DRYS CAPITALIZE
SNYDER-GRAY
TRAGEDY
Clem Shaver, of Fairmont, West
Virginia, wife of the chairman of
the democratic national .commit
tee, said Tuesday* In an address
prepared for the National Wom
en’s Democratic Law Enforce
ment League. *
“Ncthirur but whiskey made
Mrs. Snyder and Gray lose. all
moral restraint,” she declared,
the pi't*! - .* — '.i*t. drv or in
different — was unconsciously
preaching prohibition when it bla
zoned the^* story on the 'front
page.”
ATLANTA, Ga^- (AP) —Gov
ernor Hardman has re-appointed
Judge Richard B. Russell of Win
der, chief justice of tho state su
preme court, as a member of th*
board of trustee* of the Georgia
.State College for Women at Mil-
ledgevillc, it was announced at thb
executive offices Tuesday.
The term is for six years.
Announced at the same time
was- the re-appointment of J. W.
L. Brown of Carteraville, to the
• 'ourd ->f directors of the Georgia
Experiment Station at Griffin,
representing the seventh congres
sional district.
WASHINGTON.— (AP) —The
plight of Ruth Snyder and Hedry
Judd Gray and tho details of their
crime make the best possible ar-
gument for prohibition, Mr. ggNERAL PERSHING
NOW CONNECTED
WITH BANK
WASHINGTON—(AP) —Mak-
Ing hi, first business connection
since retiring from’ active army
service, General Pershing has be*
come a member of the hoard of
directors of the Riggs National
Bank, one of the largest financial
institutions in tho east.
DEMENTIA PRAKCOX
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — (UP)—
Initial steps towards establish
ment of an .“Insanity defense” for
William Edward Hickman will be
::ik. ii h- re Wednesday.
Jerome Walsh, iliekman'a at
torney, said Tuesday he would ob
tain depositions from former
high school classmates and friends
who knew Hickman when he was
a student here.
Those deposiUoiis Walsh said,
would be used in an effort to
prove that Hickman was a victim
of dementia praeeox when ho kill
ed 12-year old Marian Parker in
Los Angeles. The dementia prac-
cox defense was used in the de
fense of Nathan Lopoid and Rich
ard Loob. Chicago “thrill stoyerr*
of little Bobby Franks.
In addition to depositions frort
former classmates, \Vaish said, he
will obtain statements from offi
cial of the Arkansas state asylum
where Hickman's mother was once
confined.
Mrs. Hickman intends goinr to
California soon to visit her sory
Walsh said.
If tho annullment proceedings
Jure successful, the wedding tffll.be
Lecturer At UniversityTo
Discuss South America
At 11:00 Wed. Morning
DOG EAT DOG?
LOS ANGELES, Calif. —(UP)
Possibility that. William Ed
ward Hickman and his former
partner in crime, Welby H«r.t
would he arrayed against er.cb
other at Hickman's trial for the
(Turn to psge, five.)
“The New South America,” is the subject of„Ed
ward Tomlinson’s address in the University Chapel
at 11:00 o’clock Wednesday morning to' which the
public is invited.
Mr. Tomlinson is a well known ■ ~
publicist and world traveler and Economically South America is
his knowledge of South American
affaire and tho relations between
tho United States and the South
American countries equip him for
intelligent and worthwhile com
ment on that subject, it is de-
Brazil, states Mr. Tomlinson, is
os largo as the United* States, plus
another Texas. Tacna-Arico, over
which Chile and Peru have been
disputing for ao many years, is
not a mere spot on the map, but
has about half the area of the
stato of Massachusetts. Aisen-
more important to tho United
States'than any other coutilt^St
in the world, Mr. Tomlinson be
lieves. More than half of all oor
foreign investments are in Latin-
America, the greatest poUtttUl
market for our manufactures.
Many other startling revela
tions in regard to the civilisation
to the south of us arc brought
out by Mr. Tomlinson, who is a
world-recognized authority pit
South America.
Mr. Tomlinson comes to tM
University as one of several toa*
tina, tho most progressive andltionally known figures on tfc*
up-to-date republic of South! schedule—a generous gift front
America, equals in area all the] Mrs. Craig Barrow of Savannah.
Unitod States cast of the Missis-1 made possible
aippi, . ■ . speakers.