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ATHENS, C.A„ MONDAY, MAY 7. 1928.
A. B. C. Paper. Single Copies 2 Cents. 5 Cents Sunday.
HMK CRISIS IN DAM BREAK IS OVER
loover Facing Acid Test In Indiana Balloting
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wo Prisoners Flee Clarke Jail; One Re-Arrested
Polish Flyers Plan Ocean Hop
TO EH
IT OF SILL CELL
ivo young white pris-
Jers in the Clarke coun-
[jail escaped early Sun-
i morning after sawing
ar to their cell and as-
lilting Rube Jackson,
negro who serves
als to the inmates. One
[ the prisoners, Lloyd
was found in a
; car about thirty min-
latfir by Policeman
I of Athens and re-ar-
d. The other man, W.
jDoster, was still free
fcnday. .
foster an,'. Uarlun, the former
lis early twenties and tho lat.
I not yet reached his majority,
e in the same Cell and tvith the
of hacksaws smuggled to
» sawed one" of the bars to
| cell and when the negro got
> the runway hit him In the
, took his keys and escaped
i the jail.
. HU Negro
L-cording to officers, Poster hit
I negro with a small plank, the
side striking the negro'
. Barton ir said to hav
ten the negro with a bottle.
■ taking the negro’s keys the
-tiers escaped to the ground
r of the courthouse in fho elo-
ir, broke a window pan* in the
t d-or of the building and
feed. One of the hacksaws was
f 1 in Barton's soek. by the of-
Its and aftef ho was arretted
1 was found in his pocket. Three
I were found during the day.
rue escape waSt 'made about 7
sk. The other prisoners were
J when the men attacked the
i. Bailiff II. D. Huff, who
•i.i in the courthouse, was notl-
| of the escape by Rube Jdckaon
| tho hunt for the escaped men
i btjrun. RuM)-Jackson Is about
FIERI TO flEJTH;
DREAM'S TRAGIC END FOR A FLYER
“Bird Plane" Carries Creator to Death As It Crashes
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.
—(UP)—Aroused by 01155,
of. the most heated cam
paigns in the state’s his
tory, Indiana voters are
expected to cast its great
est primary election vote
Tuesday. .
The conclusion of the fight.br-;
twoon Senator James E. Watson, I
favorite son candidate for the;
presidential nomination, and 1
forces behind Secretary Herbert
Hoover, found each group predict-1
ing that- its candidate .would ‘
sweep the state. -
| The battle for Indiana’s 33 dole-
, gates to the' republican national
; convention completely overshad;
owed the lesser political battles
between state candidates.
I Tho contest between the Hoo
ver and Wataon supporters has
been so close that most political
observers found little on which to
base their predictions of the out
come. 1
(NEA, Paris Bureau.)
To theae two Polish aviators, Casimir Kubala, left, and Louis
IJIkowsky, may go theshonor of the nest cast-west Atlantic flight.
They are testing their 1 Amiot biplane in France-
(Tym to' l’ago Six)
V S 111 N G T 0 N.—(UP)—
[airman Jones - of the senstc
punerce committee, Chairman
1 id the’ house flood control
pmittee, and other member* of
) conference committee on flood
I hoi, conferred with President
f ie.- Monday on the flood
Mre! bill.
vnator Jones had Represent*.
I Held subsequently declined to
Icass what progress had been
Fc. but it was made known at
White House that the Presi-
I* was very hopeful an agree-
|nt for a compromise, agreca-
I to him, had been rccahed.
BY JACK FROST
One game will probably determine* the Annual
series between Georgia and Auburn.
Unless Old King.Hyades commands his.cohorts to
hold up with their work before the time set for the
first game of the sdries to take on a start, the
weather conditions for the battle will be unfavorable
and in event the first game is cancelled the entire
scries beiwoen the two teams which was scheduled
to consist of four games, will depend on the final
game to be played Tuesday afternoon. „
. T . The Red and Black card contain- 9
ed four games with-Auburn. Two
'were scheduled to toko place «ev.
Weather Forecast
p*
mi
Cloudy with
probable
showers
Monday night.
Tuesday fair
and slightly
wanner. Brisk
nerth winds.
MONDAY'S GAME
RAINED OUT; TO
PLAY 2 TUESDAY;
FIRST AT 2:15
Monday's "game between.
Georgia and Auburn was rained
out and it was announced that
a double header would be play
ed Tuesday afternoon, weather
permitting. Tho _ firut game
will be called at 2:15 and the
second -will follow as soon as
the first ono is over and a
brief breathing spell is taken
by the players.
This will be the flrst double
header here in many years.
Georgia apd Auburn st one
time playid regular scheduled
double header*, but that was a
long time ago.
' The admission for * the two
games *U1-be the same as for
one, 75 cents.
ALABAMA VOTES
MONTGOMERY. Ala— (UP) —
.Twenty district delegates and four
from the stato at large will be
chosen by Alabama democrats in
the Statewide primary Tuesday, to
go to the Houston national con
vention.
An uninstructed dolegatipn. was
almost a certainty.
At the same time. Alabama vot.
era In the party primary will pick
ten congressional candidates and
threo justices of the state supreme
court. A president of tha State
Public Service Commission will
also be chosen.
i The real fights of the primary
center around candidates for na
tional committeeman, for presi
dency of the Public Service Com.
mission and for the fifth district
congressional seat. .
Walter Moore, Birmingham,
present democratic national com
mitteeman, who has been non,
committal on the question of A1
.Smith's candidacy for the presl-
dcntlal Domination, is opposed by
Watt T, Brown. Ragland.
BELIEVES DIMEER
KlS PASSED; ALL
ARE ORDERED OUT
(By Associated Pr»ss.)
After an inxooction
Monday with engineers, 1
Colonel J. L. Ludlow,
builder of>41ie Table Rock
Cove reservoir d.nn. ex
pressed the opinion that
the crisis had been passed.
opened
lendsi
tho la’*
The .life of a pioneer airman, six years r.f study and research, .$100,000 in cash—-that was the cost
of tho tragedy pictured above. Leonard W.'Bonney ’(inset) who learned to fly with OrviJJe Wright in
1010, conceived tho idea of an airplane modeled after the body of a sea gull and finally produced tho
machine which is shown at tho top as it was ready for its trial flight. With Bonney at the controls it
rope 80 feet, then crashed, killing the pilot. Aeronautical experts said lack of maneuverability caused
the failure. / *
era! weeks ago. The tint game
was played but after the battle waa
over neither team waa none the
better ncr none the worse by their
adventure because tho gamo re
sulted In an even count of three.
Thon.on the following day. which
was the time for the second game,
a mil nr
nii uni
ALBAJULIA, Roumania.—(UP)—The demand of
the peasant party that the government of Premier
Bratianu resign immediately probably will ^be pre
sented at Bucharest Monday by Juliua Maniu, leader
of the peasant party.
The demand was made in a res- 1 “
elution adopted Sunday at one of
the greatest meetings the peas
ants evor had.
Two hundred thousand peasants
gathered hero Sunday and while
there was nothing but the most
peaceful activity, on every side
could bo heard- the demand for
resignation of the Bratianu gov-
ernment- -
The eroml,started gathering at
dawn, wuay haring travelled groat
distances to attend the demoastra-
tion.. They took part fn a relig
ious service and latre, C70 dele-
gates met. in a theatre and adopt-
ed tho resolution demanding the
government resign.
CAROL DELAYED
LONDON.—(UP)—Prince Carol
of Eastman is. visiting here, plan
ned Sunday to fly to Roumania to
take personal charge of the move-
Alter nooues mnsioie iiaii.
arrived ber e Sunday from Vadsoe, “ JJ* " -hartered
Norway, tho crew Immediately re.|. JvCJHSjJL-idm^t
tired. They were Bald to have ] 2^?jrol an^wime awaiting him at
be*n exhausted after the ton* Z?^
hour, in the air on the 1.700 >»«■> j no?
nl Ths 'exhaustion ^The'crew. It 1 ™*!™ S*N» .«*» “» >■"<<
was believed, would prevent any c ** y in Roumania.
Immediate mart on the polar Jour
ney.
Also, it was learned Monday that
Nobile plans to take arctic equip
ment on the Journey, in ease a
forced landing should become nee.
cssary.
The big dirigible made a good
landing here, although cross winds
swept the district. The Cttta Di
Mllanb, supply ship for the exped
ition, was here and the crew aided
In bringing the vessel to a safe
landing and subsequent berthing in
special hangar, _ ^ ,
KING'S BAY, Spitsbergen.
(UP)—Commander Umberto No
bile's flight to the polar region
will not bo madfe for at least four _ _
tho.situation was all wet and the days. It was indicated Monday. ,
game of that day bad to be catted After Nobile’s dirigible lull* | P**:” &**£ W “ the throne,
Since that time both teams have
been hard a work making prepare,
lions for th« aeries to be played
; In the Classic City because the
I two tesms will enter tho fight
on Just about even (erma because
of the fact that the initial division
of the aeries advanced neither
, team.
| i Since the time of the first affali
' with Auburn the Bulldogs hare
shown great improvement and it
' Is believed that .they ere In far
better condition to fight with the
Plainsmen than they were on the
ether occasion.
When he t'wo teams f clash on
Sanford Field to settle the final
diamond affair of the year, os far
M Georgia and Auburn are con.
rerned. two of tho strongest teams.
(Turn to, Page Six)
SENATOR GEORGE
APPEARS BEFORE
CAMPAIGNS COM.
WASHINGTON.— (AP) —Sen-
ator George of Georgia, the first
democratic candidate ealled before
the senate campaign >fund com
mittee Monday, said he had no
ijesdquarters, managers or com-
(Turn. te Pagq Six), __
RUSSIAN NOTE TO
POLAND CARRIES
TROUBLE THREAT
BERLIN', Germany.—(UP)—A
Russian note to Poland, delivered
at Warsaw Monday, charged that
a young Russian, who shot twice
at the Soviet trade representative
there, intended to assassinate
Russian Miniated Bogumoloff.
The note protested against the
“passive’’ attitude of the Polish
government towards Russian roy
alists, refuging them.
.It said that the Russian gov
ernment would reservo tho ‘‘right
to further action” unless the pres
ent situation was altered.
ONE MAN KILLED
AND TWO HURT
OVER WEEK-END
CIlATTA.VOOOA. Tenn.—(UP),
Ono man was killed and two wero
wounded over tho week-end.
Willie'Cofield, negro, died from
bullet wounds received in a fight
with his wife, who claimed ho boat
htt with a stick.
Clem Bryan, 23, seriously wound-
ed a negro who attempted to hold
him up. Bryan received a flesh
wound.
the great suction created by these
mouths which syphon-litce, are lo
cated at the hills over which the
pipe courses, pulled a greater
volume of water from behind the
dyke.
CRITICAL STAGE
TABLE ROCK COVE. S. C.-~
(UP)—Man's battle to save the
Saluda River Valley from flood
destruction was at a critical
stage Monday. Sloughs in the
crumbling earthen dam here in
creased danger of n sudden col- /
lapse of the 700 foot structure,
which holds back 5,000,000,000
gallons of water.
Engineers Sunday night onlerad ■
everyone out of the immediately
threatened district, including
newspapermen. Armed depute*
patrolled the dam vicinity and alt
(Turn tp Pigs Six)
PRESENTS MIS
TOKIO, jSpan.—(UP)
—Japanese troops now ini IC eat AI IV
the vicinity of Tsinan, MAN IS FAlALLl
WASHINGTON (AP) —Tha
appeul of the south for help to
control the pink boll worm of cot-*
ton, was presented to the turns*
tides committee Monday with the
appearance of a group of south
erners to urge that the Buchanan
bill will be given early considatA*
tion in the house.
Tho bill carry an appropriate i
to pay tho farmers in non-cotton
areas set aside to conti^l the boll
worm, the difference between the
fniount received from the othfv
crops produced on the land and
that he would have received from
cotton.
Representative Buchanan, demo
crat, Texas, explained that th*»
basis for determination of tho
amount the farmer would receive,
was tho value of cotton produced
in neighboring areas.
The bill carries an. authorized
appropriation of $5,000,000 for tho
work.
G£urjJ to page alii
. will drop
their defensive attitude
for an aggressive policy
beginning Monday, offi
cial advices here said.
The asrqressivo policy probably
will be in the foils ot reprisals
aqainst the nationalist army with
whom tho Japanese have been
fiqhtinq for the past few days.
There, are 2,000 Japanese troops
in the'Tsinan area.
Reports here said that the Jap
anese losses in Tsinan were not
more than 00 killed. One hundred
were said to have been wounded.
Unverified reports told of a few
small movements by the Japanese,
in which considerable ammunition
and guns were captured, by that
the main battle had ended. Gen
eral Chianq Kai Shek, leader of J
the nationalist troops, was said to skirts of the city and disappear
WOUNDED WHEN
BANDITS HOLD
UP THEATRE
SAN DIEGO, CaL-(UP)-Otw t
man was probably fatally wound
ed, » police officer ww shot and
the audience was thrown into a
panic late Sunday ; night when
three men. held up the New Cali
fornia Theatre here., T i
Joe Malloy, assistant manager
of the theatre, was shot during
the hold-up, and Archie Com
stock, traffic officer,, was shot in
a -running gun bottle which ful
olwed. , #
The bandits fled in an auto
which they deserted at the out-
e<L
NEW YORK.—(AP)—The 2,000
ton government dredge Naves ink,
with a crew of forty-seven, sank
off Clifton, Staten Island, about 4
o’clock Monday morning* after
colliding with the Lamport and
Ilolt liner Swrinburne.
Four men wero reported missing.
Twentv-five were taken to tho
Marine Hospital on Staten Island
where all but two remained for
treatment. Eighteen others swam
ashore, it was reported, including
Chief Engineer Culbcrt in charge
of ths dredging operttion**