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ATHENS COOTOJfj
MIDDLING .. .. .. ..19c
PBEV. CLOSE
Daily and Sunday—13 Cents a Week.
(Gstablisfied 1882.
v Dally and Sunday—IS Cents a Week. ■
THE WEATHER i
Partly Cloud- and much colder
tonight. Thursday cloudy and
cclder in Northeast.
VOL. 98. NO. 282.
Associated Press Serrlce. United Press Dispatches.
ATHENS, GA. , WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER S, 1928/
A. B. C. Paper, ^ ogle Copies 2 Cents. ' S Cents Sunday.
WASHINGTON. — (DP) — In.
dictmenta returned by the federal
grand jury at Buffalo against
largo Canad'an liquor interests
ani) their alleged agents In this i
country, were believed by ■ prohi-
b'tlon officials here Wednesday
to have disrupted a 328,009,000
•-year rum ring.
Promnent Canadian diatlilers,
Including officiate of Hiram Wal.
ker-Good Herham and Worte Ltd.,
the largest d'stiilery In Canada,
were named in the indictments.
Twenty.n'ne individuals and one
dletuiery were Indicted on char
ges of conspiracy to .violate the
Jawi of the United Statos.
Evidence given the grhnd jury
by United States Attorney K'ch-
ard II. Tetapieton at Buffalo re
sulted ! from a prolonged Investi
gation.' by-federal agents,
HOOVER PAYS VISIT
PERUVIAN CITY;
III
ABOARD U. S. S. MARYLAND.
—(UP)— President-elect Herbert
Hoover will be greeted Wednes
day In the largest Latln-American
. republic ha-ha*. .
For nearly • forty hours the
■Maryland has been running in
Perav'an waters toward* tho
copntry's. main port of 'Caltab
where it la expected to anchor at
g a. m.
The Peruvian warship Almi-
Freeman, was second in amount of
gifts, reporting 3297.50 aa tho re
sult of their day's work. -
The luncheon Tuesday was open
ed with prayer led by Reverend
Ruirv.io, Pastor of the First Meth
odist Church, and was presided
over by Miss Bulah Singleton,
Subscriptions amounting to 83,- Thursday at 6:30 will be the two
314 were reported by the teams in occasions for farther reports
the Y. W. C. A. maintenance cam- frem tho team workers. Cards
paign Tuesday afternoon at a were distributed to them Monday
inncneqn meeting. The workers .evening, and ail started'to work
wete enthusiastic over the results Tuesday morning, so with the ex-
of.the first day’s efforts, and have caption of the amount reported 1:3
h gh hopes ot reaching the goal tbe Executive Committee, this
of £8,264.36 by Thursday evening represents the work* of one mom-
when the campaign closet. ing. The team members were
The Executive Committee, head- much encouraged over the fact
! -y Mr. R. O. Arnold, reported that a number of subscribers were
subscriptions totalling 81,636, and increasing their subscriptions this
tVMUIIIIH Vi,UUU, (Milt .-IKtCPMIIK MICIl OUUKTI|HIUUB MltC I
Team Number 5 with Mrs. Busbee year, and that nuiny who have 1
os captain had the largest numcer never given before were subscrib-
01 subscriber: , and subscriptions ing. They fee! that this indicates
amounting to 3503.50. Team Nurn- Ian increased confidenc in th Y.
ber 8, captained by Mrs; Randall iW. C. A. and that the people of
Athena
Miss Bulan Singleton,
first vice-president of the Y. W.
Reports frem each captain
featured this meeting, and in ad
dition to the gifts subscribed, the
workers were ..pleased with the
gracious manner in which they
Were received by the public. The
lprge number of people who sub
scribe indicate the etteem with
which the. Young Women’s Chris
tian Association as held in the
community.
Another luncheon meeting Wed
nesday afternoon and suppei
- Team reports Tuesday were as
.follows:
1. (Executive Ccmmittee, Cap
ita m R. O. Arnold, $1,635 «ubc;rip-
tions.
b. Team No. 2, Mrs. B. R. Blood
'worth, captain; $216.50.
rr xt. « u.« iu i
organ!
are realizing the need.or
snizaticn in the commun-
Team No. 3, Mrs. W. O. Bolton.
captain; I90J30.
• Team No. 4, Mrs. J. D. Brad-
'well, captain; $29250.
Team No. o, Mr.?. Fern Busbee,
•ssosao: :
' Team No. 6, Mrs. Carrie .Chand
ler. 8109.
Team No. 7, Mrs. RapdaU Free-
;man, 8297.50. ''
Team No. 9. Mrs. J.
The fact that he has confessed to the murder of one small boy
on his chicken ranch near Los Angeles, officers says, and is accused
295® of the murder cf several others doesn’t appear to be worrying Gordon
st «' w “rt Northcott, brought back from Vancouver, B. C„ to Los An-
tiirnncThniif thn vifviirn W l*h ff eIes to*answer to the charges. Abovo 1s a closcup of Northcott,
SKJSEfSJE *" W W, h I »n.PP«l en route; below, he is shown with two of hi. guards, Officers
Kelly (left) and Auinn.
tho American vessel.
The hard program for the Tis't
to Lip's, the Peruvian capital,
soma eight m!k% from Callao calls
for activity practically every min.
ute ot the vls'l,. and Mr. Hoover
has spent all ot tho time possible
retting for the stay in Peru.
The Maryland has passed out nr
tropical waters and Into tho cool,
er climate brousht from the south
polar regions by the llumbolt cur.
All ot the party have packed
thair tropical ontfila away until
th* bottar regions are reached on
the Atlantic coast en route home.
'Officers and crew of the Mary
land chanted from summer white
to navy bine uniforms.
BRITISH DO NOT
GIVE RIGHT OUT
OF 3-MILE LIMIT
Bulldogs To Scrimmage
Wednesday For Tech
Game Saturday
The Georgia Bulldogs were scheduled to go
through a lengthy scrimmage Wednesday afternoon
on Sanford Field. Another scrimmage Thursday
will finish up the hard work before the great battle
of the season—the encounter with the undefeated
ahd untied Golden Tonmdo of Georgia Tech Satur
day afternoon on Grant Field in Atlanta.
Georgia's list of victims of tho*
fiu and .the colds were reported!
-- - I better Tuesday night. Coaches!
I Harry Mehre and Jimmie Crow-|
.LONDON.—(UP)—Great Brtiain [ ley, confined to bed with the fio,'
has not recognized the claim ot were expected out Wednesday for
any foreign government to sover- the f»rst time ripcc they were taken
. eighty over coastal waterways be. sick last weekend. Glen Lautzen-
yond the three mile limit, 8lr hiser, co-captain, Hcrdis McCrary;
Austin Chamberlain, Foreign 8ec. Bryant, Johnnie David-
retary* told Commander J. K. son, and Joe Martin, confined to
•Kentworthy, laborite, in response the University Infir maty for the
to Questioning in the House of: post few days, are expected to
Commons Wednesday. j be out Wednesday or Thursday, if
• I Dr. Reynolds thinks they have re-
HORSES VALUED AT
ELECT IS ATTENDING
MEETING IN CHICAGO
PRISONER IS SH0‘
TO DEATH BY
GUARD WED.
NEW YORK—(UP)—"Wh.tey"
Weiss was shot to death by n
guard in the -criminal courts build
ing here Wednesday after he had
wounded the guard, according to
report to police headquarters.
The guard was said to grappled
with Weisi, who wrested a pistol
from him and shit him.
PASSES FI NIGHT
BUT AUIXIETY STILE
GRIPS PEOPLE; NEW
LONDON — (A P) —
An anxious public learned
Wednesday when a medi
cal bulletin was issued by
King George’s physicians
that His Majesty was suf
fering from renewed ac
tivity of the infection in
his chest. Previously an
improvement in this con
dition had been reported,
but Wednesday’s bulletin
said that this had caused
the disturbing rise in tem
perature which was noted
Tuesday.
There was a mcASur* of if lief
| to the popular mind, however, in
tho announcer! ent that there wore
j reasons for Hoping that this rt-
crudoscence w^is being moderated
end also that/the night had been
a fairly comfortable one for the
King.
/
I Tlie bulletin read:
“The King; has pissed a fair
I night. There' are reasons to hope
that the infVction which caused
the last rise ( of temper iturc, is
i being modcrrftod".
Tho $1,000,000 hollow steel ball-financed by,II. H. Timken, mil
lionaire steel man of Canton, Ohio, for the treatment of asthma,
neurtis, diabetes and other diseases, has been opened to th* public.
The unique hospital, erected in Cleveland, it the result of the theory
of Dr. O. J. Cunningham of Kansa* City, Mo., that certain “
Bible Conference
Growing Daily;
Martin Preaching
ia
/
The Bible Conference that is
jlill yield to treatment by air prezzure. Interior* and the huge ball being conducted by I)r. W. S. Mar.
AWAIT KELLOGG
TO EXPLAIN
WARPACT
WASHINGTON.— (UP) —The
senate fore'gn relations, commit,
tee Wednesday postponed consid
eration of tho Kellogg multi-Iat.
era! treaty until Friday, when the
Secretary of State will bo asked
to explain tho pact.
LOS ANGELES. Callf.-(UP)—
Gordon Stewart Northcott, con
fessed slayer of at least four
boys on hie Riverside “murder
farm’’ waa summoned to appear
Wednesday to, answer 'n a Lot
Angeles court for the killing of
Alvin Gothea, • Mexican youth.
TWO PLEAS ARE
ENTERED TODAY
\ IN U.S. COURT
Two pleas of guilty were enter
ed at Federal Court this morning.
Already arraigned once for the. Boas Sanders pleaded guilty
decapitation of tl\e Mexican boy | violation of the Prohibition law
in Riverside county, where he | an( j was sentenced to four months
pleaded not; gu'lty, Northcott has » imprisonment. Wyman Smith
told so many contradicting storlez pleaded guilty to violation of tho
Prohibition law
National Cash
Register Co., Bays
Opposing Firm
CINCINNATI Ohio. — (UP) —
Federal Judge Smith W. Hicken.
that Los Angeles authorities were
bending evrjr effort Wednesday to
arrive at the true facta. .
Which; county will prosecute
Northcott was still undecided
W*4ne*day bnt there wee agree-
ment between the two sets of of.
fetal* to co-operate.
Northcott waa returned hero,
after leadtnn I officer* on n wild
goooo chao* into tho Mohave Des
ert In quest - of the craves where
the accused slayer said he buried
the head of,'tbe Mexican. \.
Northcott** talks with officers
wore punctuated by fit* of hys
teria In which he ecramed at the
officers. Then he relapsed Into
and was fined
$100 with a yesr’r probationary
sentence. The case against E. M.
House of Morgan county waa eat
fer Friday. His bond WSJ fixed
at 31,009. Mr. Honse Is charged
with forcing a defendant to leave
the state, lie was one of the do-
fendant'a bondsman.
$100,000 ARE
BURNED
•. . _ . CHICAGO.—<VP)—M. Pembroke
. . ® e8S ‘, on Pope, of Washington, Ga., gover-
woz taken up with a .ong drill in. 0 f t j, 0 Georgia K» wan is
rignal running, puiuing, passing district, and two hundred other of-
and other work of that nature., | j c { a |g f including all govomort-
^ te ^ era * n elect from the United States and
of the teach in the absence of, C|inftdJlt convened here today for
Coaches Mehre and Crowley. the annual c0UIlc n me eting of the
The freshmaa players are being organ xation . |Tht me cting will be
P| ays wee Jj' in sessicn through Saturday. Mr.
FAIRMONT PARK, IU.—(UP)—
Nineteen race . horses, valued they will fcc given an opportunity
roughly at $100.000. were bora .d, to exhibit their skill mth them fy Sam Cummings, of Kansu
to death »iere * Wednesday m a 1 agomst the varsity Wednesday
fire which destroyed Barn “Q. /and Thursday, t,
one of the eighteen at the FVr- j Odds Against Thera
mont race track. lasers in #ur games played
James B. Simplon, auditor of this reason,''the Red and Black
the track, said the destroyed anL | eleven v will enter the game Satur*
moll Included eleven _ owne “ e day do^d to lose. "Figures don’t
miUI lUV’UUCU wwrwu i '
Tony Foley, widely known 8t.
ilton, Iil,
Escaped Convict
1 Weanded in Gan
Battle With Men
PHILADELPHIA, Mlsa.—(UP)
-Virgil Dunn, ‘escaped murderer
rgll uunn, *-«.»«.—
_ convict, was ■triously Wound-
near hero Wednesday In a run-
ig gun hatfSe w*th a company
Mississippi NatloMl Cr.ards-
lie i*Aaid to be a true maxi
mum, put figures that tend to
dopp dit results of football games
in ,advt nce sometimes do. Therein
lies hot ca 0 f Georgia students and
fans.
lulldogs have lost to Yale,
Florida! l. S. U., and Alabama
this seslon, while they hold wins
over Me^. ert Fmman, Tu’ane, and
Auburn. xhe last three encounters
have bee, dropped.
b*tle Saturday is the only
one beti Mn the Golden Tornado
prfcablv m National ebam-
P!9 n W. Winning every game
by safe margins in most
.*t*, the Yellow Jacket!
rone of the best grid teams
(Turn to pags eight).
O. Sam Cummings, of Kansas
City, president of^Kiwanis, £s ?n
charge of the sessions, —
looper Wednesday approved the Ba t| e n silence, foUowed by
appttcaPon of the Natkmsl Cash ready flow of words that left his
Register Company of Dayton, to inquisitors dumbfounded.
MS GUILTY;
GIVEN SENTENCE
ELKS DISCUSS
XMAS CHARITY
THURSDAY P.M.
pnrchaH all of the capital stock
of the Ellis Addiag Typewriter
Company Ot Newark, N. J.
Organ Recital Is
Given Tuesday By
Atlanta Organist
Dr. Charles Shelton,, city or.
ganlst of At’anta, rave a recital
cn the new organ of the Unlver-
„ sity of Georgia Tuesday evening
which an d a crowd that filled the chapel
■iiring together the large*! number * cre delighted with the numbers
(Titrn to Page Eighth
M. A. ANDREW HIT
BY AUTO WHICH
FAILS TO STOP
M. A. Andrew! of Oconee coun
ty was hit by an automobile yes
terday morning on Lumpkin
r.trcet. Mr. Andrews was deliver
ing milk from the truck of his
son-in-law, H. H. Cobb when thx
car struck him, knocking him to
the sidewalk. He got up and laid
he was not injured, except for
slight braises.' The dense fog. at
that hour, 5 o’clock, prevented
either Mr. Cobb or Mr. Andrews
from Retting the number, of the
automtfeil*, -*-*-*- *'* - J ‘
which dld not stop.
that he played. On several of
them he was accompanied by
Hash Hodgson, director of music
at the University, on the piano.
Seven numbers and two encores
were played and Mr. Dodgson
played the accompaniment for
four of these, including two en
core*.
The program was at follows:
1. Toccata and- Fugue in D
Minor—Johann S. Bach.
2. Largo - from Xerxes—Hande'.
.T, “Romanra’’ from Piano Con
certo in E-Minor—Chopin.
4. Concert Overture in C-Miaor
Alfred Hoil.iu. *
5. Minuet in G—Beethoren.
6. Toccata (Fifth Symphony)—
tyidor.
7. Prelude E-MinoF-Jfaadel*.
sohn.
Waterlily—MeDoweD.
Consolation E-Major—Utit.
CONFUSION -REIGNS
IN RIRTH CONTROL
VERDICT OF JUDGE
All Io'-tl Rika are urged to at
tend the regular meet’ng at the
clubhouse on Washington street
Thursday night at 8:00 o’clock at
which time final plana for the
distribution of Christmas charity
will be d’acnaaod.
It la planned to enlarge
charity work by the local order
tbl. Christmas and aa only a few
weeks remain before the holidays
arrive, It la hoped that a largo
attendance will be on hand. Tbe
hour is 8:90 o'clock.
ATLANTA. — OP) — Pleading
guiiding to a charge of embexxllng
more than 810,000 from an estate
of which ho was executor, Georgo
II. GUIon, Atlanta attorney, Wed
nesday was sentenced in superior
court to eerve from two and a
half years to four year, in the
state prison.
In tho presence of many of hia
fellow members of the bar, he
mad* a statement to Judge Virlyn
B. Moore, admitting that he had
Inst th« monev entrusted to him
but insisting that he had been de
frauded by persons to whom he
had lent .t and that he was not
“morally guilty”.
‘Thera Is not a dishonest bone
tin nt tho Centra! Presbyterian
church is growing in interest and
attendance. _ Dr.; Martin ;s arous
ing enthusiastic comment by all
who have been .fortunate enough
to hear him. Those who have
never heard hi:ri before go away
from the services saying: “Was
n't that a wonderful address."
Dr. Martin’s subject for tgnight
w ll he: “Common and uncommon
Christians.” f
His entire series of lecture* are
masterpieces, theological classics
each a finished product.
Come and. hear him each night
8 o’clock, corner Baxter and
Bloomfield streets. —Cont.
TWO AUTO FIRES
Two automobiles, in different
sections of tho city, caught fire
last night. Tho firo trucks were
called out. A U-Drive-It car
caught fire on Broad street end R.
II. Connolly’s automobile caught
f.re on Wilkerson street. The
cars did not burn up, it was stated.
MRS. MASON BUYS MRS.
EVA JACKSON’S HOUSE
Mr*. Evio Jackson’s cottage on
Dauehcrty street was sold to Mrs.
G. W. Mason at the Sheriff's Sale
yesterday Instead of c. Tuck,
I —1 Wlxo was the bidder. Tho news
in my body”, he raid, shaken by | report of tho sale stated Judge
- " - '-“* Tuck bought the property.
(Turn »© P.vi» Sight)
CLEVELAND. Ohio,— (UP) —
Confusion marked with Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Konrim's reaction Wed
nesday to the unprecedented three
year iirth control sentence passed
on them by Common/Pleas Judge
Harrison Ew.ng.
The Kurims have been separ
ated for six months. They do not
know whether the “judge's order
meant that the must lire to
gether and refrain. from having
more children or remain , aepar
ated.
“We den’t know whet we are
going to do”, said Mfb. Kurim, the
w>fe. who ia 22 and pretty.
“Did he mean we ehontd con
tinue to live together and have no
more children or should we* sep
arate from each otter!” they nsk-
*iWitb th* birth control decision
the topic of conversation here
Rebibi Bardett R. Briekner of
Cleveland, complimented Judge
(Turn 1
Eight)
RESIGNS SEAT
IN SENATE
THIRTY
FIVE CENTS
-a
By Florida C. Orr
‘■•'•I
One® when Bob Burdette lector- 5 care of onr unit which fs thirty*
ed In Athens ho Told a funny t«!e. j five cents.
ml Th * nert Item on the Y. W.
there was a great b.g man In Ms c. A.’* amount In 3274. it wtli
™ 2"™“2 take 668 4.7 nchopl girls o| Ath.
u„| A „- h *, Vr! *na giving up jurat one p'ctnre
Rttle Bob Bnrdette ^brntM ot him , how In a whoI(V ye „
as a_ slant. One day little Bob Th .. Ita ,
SENATOR DUPONT «b, t jek
h ll.Ms.kl kirn 6 ‘ * UB
hwfn-irara. hi. #:»h.w*. 9.1. * 234 ' «lrYw will be bene-
.cone tnmn from .La tetclera #U of SlHhood by
nmt P h h 1™ sEfureich I " lvlnff ®" Y. W. C. Ac
and ho saw the b g man approach- j u , , wn i
Ing dow.i tho street. Little Bob. . ,own * / t i
alghtad the wrong end of the tele-1. w ’' conwi to what look*
■ WASHINGTON —wq- United • (b# _ * immediate- I * so!M wa O. 'ho last Item of
Rates Senator T. g. 5hat big man shrank to a’°** •mount, counting from th*
Pont of Delowaro, has resigned * thlrty.flvo cents end. This Item
h'ii hralth" ” | Bob B»*d“e Std^ £d ieier •* dolin’—
Senator DuPont is recuperating' ' ,a ” n “ f p r ?' ,1 „ o 0(
from a lonj? illnosi at his country Ia ^ ti Sthe?end o?the
piaco near. Cambridge,.Md. His stunk
up!
I tried that scheme on dplit
H thousand dollars the Y. W. C.
IDENVER, Colo.—(UP)—Sonny j, is askiny for and here Is the year, there you have vour eighfv
sk'es and rlaim: temperatures fol- result. Turn the amount around t jiousand do’Iars./
and look at the last Item, which j The.*<e hundn d famll'en mlsht
is thtrty-fivo cents. .have baby g'rla coming aloi
Somo precious l’-ltlo boy, whom. w h 0 will be f?re«%tly benefltted 1
^ Ws mother Want* to train in future with a properly l
Rocky Mounta'n ,regions and tho chivalry, will bo f*lad to do «omoJ t i 0 n!mr Y. W. C. A., and
plains states by the U. S. \Vca.jchores sud make thirty-five cents.d one with—
ther Bureau here. _ _ _ I to help tut tho ladies. That takes l Thlrty-five cents—ea;
term would expire in 1980.
WARMER WEATHER
lowmir in the wake of snow dlls
and biting north winds that sent
tbe mercury to zero levels, .were
promised Wednesday for tbe
Is eight thousand dollars.
There are about three thousand
families In Athens and they will
avera^o about fou? to the family.
Now, if only one hundred families
with an average rtf 3 8-10> people
to a family will contribute tbirty-
flve cents each per week for onw