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ATHENS COTTON
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THE WEATHER
Cloudy with rain Wednesday
night. Little change in tempera
ture Thursday.
V<)L. 9{. NO. 288.
Associated Fnaa Service. United Press Diapatehee.
ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1928.
A. B. C. Paper. Single Copies 2 Cents. 5 Cents Snnday.
LUNG OPERATION MADE ON KING
MILLIONS AWAIT WORD
FROM KING’S DOCTORS
Titles Centuries Old Are Held By Stanley Hewett
And Dawson of Penn.
run of Fui
s a precautionary measure against the further
spread of. : influenza among the student body, the
LniveJ-sify of Georgia suspended activities Wednes
day and dismissed the students until January 3, the
regular'epening date for the second term.
Increartf in''the number of vases ■ - —■—* ■••••■
«!nco Sunday and Inability to ae-
c;ire nurses wera Riven In a state,
raent Itftuori by/ Chancellor Snelllng
A qc Ion. It was
influenzA In the scholl's enrollment
1, U! one Ouie .•» Htr.ouM, J. M. fttoln.
off, memhpf r.f the freshman foot-
ba l team, being 111 with pneumonia i
to the hospital-
The State Teachere College wad I
also considering an early c osing
Wednesday, but Dr. J. M. Pound,
pres deni, stated at 1:80 that no|
action had t*fcn taken. Bat few
caiee air- tephrted at Lucy Cobb
Instltyttv rtr*
POllow’ng Is the statement Is.
sued - front; tho University imme
diately-after It decided to bus.
pend classes:
♦'Chancellor ' Snelllng, after
tallliu: iL in.- ling of the heads of
various department* of tho Uni
versity at noon today and report,
ing the slluut’on as to the In.
ureanluB number of cases ,Of In-
fluehza us reported by the co’Iego
physician, deeded to ouspend all
work St once to prevent-tho fur.
• ‘TaterufwmNs c t£ v
iliton/whB brought about by tho
greatly increased number of cases
ulnce:Sunday and especially by
the fact that it was 'mposslb e to
. got nurses. Tho nurse situation
was really tho cause of the docis-
ion today to adjourn until Jann.
ary 3rd.'Wlillo there are many
cases of influenza in tho enroll
ment there is only ono Her ous
case. J. M. Stoinotf, a member
of tho freshman football squad, is
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HO BO If HOLDS
cm POLICE
AT BAY FOR
Oil! ACCOUNT OF FLO;
TICKETS STILL 6000
In View of the prevailing situa
tion ns regards to influenza in this
city, the officials, of the Georgia
Railroad -nod the Directors of
the Y. jW.A. have deemed it
advtfnblc -to postpone the pen
formance ot l!.c Cic-orgiii Ra.lraad
Ployerp, which was scheduled for
Satimiev, December ISO.
To -.derlaiop was reached after
i consultath:: with the local health
authorities- aa a-sufcguanl against
fn-^her, spread-of the ep.demic of
influenza which is now sweeping
I tnc - state. ... ...
The east-of the Georgia Railroad
Players is made up of men ami
| women .and children from praeti-
, colly all sccticns of tha states of
ihaorgia and A’lxma, served by
‘the Georgia .Railroad. Wettem of
Alabama, and Atlanta and West
Point Railroads and comprises ono
LONDON — (A P) —
King George underwent
an operation Wednesday
for the removal by punc
ture of purulent fluid
around the base of his
right lung. Some of the
fluid was removed and
drainage will be neces
sary. .' ; *
1 Announcement of tho oDeration
was tnado in a bulJet'n t’med at
3:20 p. m. and signed by live of
tho six physicians who have been
attending blR Majesty.
The bulletin Tead:
♦'The al'gtat improvement In the
ruim (Muuuuun »..** v....p,».. Unconcerred about grim attaint of state that toon were to send
The world waits breathlessly for the brief bulletins issued by an< i tweutv-five people, him speeding toward England anH his father’s bedside, the Prince King’s condition noted Wodnes.
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CHICAGO —(UP)— Two blocks
from Oak and Milton street, fam- BY MILTON BRONfiER
ous death corner of Little Italy's »( . .
gang and Maffia slayings, a .10- NEA Service Mnter
year old negro Wednesday resisted LONDON — Anxious, sympathetic crowds surge up to the iron
for five hours the machine guns fence surrounding Buckingham Palace. Strangely silent,, they stand
an dtear bomba of 100 police who patiently for hours, eagerly watching every movement within the
besieged his brick barricade. I grounds, hoping that fresh word will come from within the sick room
Not until 14 bullets from the,concerning the condition of their king,
guns of invading police squads had) To the remote, ends of the largest empire in the world, subjects
found their mark did the youth of the British crown, listen for radio bulletins or gather to await
cease the- sniping fire which telegraphic despatched
on detectives.
The negro youth, Earnest White- w
hunt. was being; sought for quiz- .igned
sing In the breaking of a store
window near his home. He evaded
two detectives who called at his
veter- -»•* As the Prjuieeuf Walea .dashed-oadr ;tat»d -anti *ra to, roArif the
• side of hit father, frequent messages,' soma'of rc&ftsorance, Vpmo of
alarm.ng doubt, Were sent to him from this palace..'
All of these bulletins, so-eagerly awaited by millions of persons,
atoned: • ■ * '
ItanTey Hewett,”
. “Dawson of Penn.”
_ The official title of “Surgeon Apothecary to the King” belongs to
home at 2:30 a. m„ opened fire on Sir stanley Hewett.
them from behind a door and be-| H e is the King's family physician and filled a similar position
ELKS TO
A CALLED
THURSDAY
A culled meeting of Athene
Lodge tyo. 790 B. P. 0. Eiki will
be hekUThursday n *8* lt at
o’clock nt the club home on Wash-.
Ington street. All local and visit-
ing Elk* *re urged to attend the
meeting.
TJio meeting will be held for the
purpose of, receiving report* from
the special, charity committee*
which WMf-charge of the Christ-
mil cwtrtts’' fund and to make
fin*) pish*'Tor the diepentlng of
th* aimdiL Chrl*tm»» charity re
lief workT"
The-local lodge t* planning on
greatly expanding it* charity work
thi* Christmas »ince the Ii»t of
needy oeraons in Athene ha* been
greatly' increased. The meeting
will Ire presided pver by Exalted
Ruler t,. TJowlend.
FOUNTAIN NEAR
CAMFUS GIVES
WAY TO AUTO
TRAFFIC
8* n tt a . ,^ at rie which callede every the late Queen Alexandra, the king’s mother. He was educated
availab.e not squad on tho north Cambridge University and is on;the staff of the St. Thomas and of
• We * | the West London Hospital. He 1a 48 years old ami was knighted by
I’oHc^Commissioner^'ste^e^ 6 vvho * Bertrand Dawson, first Lord ' Dawron of Penn, has the title of
had taken <charge*^ the*' police Phy* ic ^n in Ordinary to the King. This title, together with that of
forces and Scoroant Thomas Con- S r Sanlev Hewett, dstes back several centuries. The Surgeon Apoth-
to tbThSSl **nr ia opposed to be in constant attendance on the king, whereas
cadedTro^j, an^renderod Whito- the Phvsician In Ordinary is sent for only in cases which require
throughThe^heBd* Wi ‘ h ‘ W ° ""“l “worZ hi. prezent post. Lore! D*w.on wa* phyircian to King
H.»nin»l rnniclaiMneu when ’ Erlward Seventh. He is Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and a mem-
Stere and Coniev uuTled him out I»r »f the Senate of the University of London. He was educated at
ofa MMwdoeet •from whrnho Univere’ty Colleere and .erved nt the front duringt he war. He i. a
had sought to kill the police a* »Peci*il*t on diabetea and gastric troub.e* and haa published »ever»l
the. naszed the oDcn door .book* on these subjetc*.
Mnmh’iiie- runes nt the’notice I H * wa * created'first Lord Dawson in 1020 and i» tho first phyai-
nc was carried to an awaiting am-’ ci * n ln modem time* to have been raised to the peerage. Lord Daw-
bulance and taken to tho Bridwcll • on h not * d for hi* outspoken pronouncement* on many controversial
HoJnTtal where ooHce » U mon ‘°P 1m - After » vll,it *“ ‘l>* United State*, he said he wa. still
iita p h£ ™lv tta *lS.uit against prohib tion and still believed that a moderate drink now and
chance of reeoverv ’ then w#i good for men. Ho also caused wide comment by .peaking
'^Two houTX; he had been ■" '«or of ^irth control,
taken to the Hospital Whitehurst
- - _ . .
appeared, ns well as for the pro- Duke of Gloucester, began their 700 0-mile dash to London.
teetion of onr own people it was 1 ■ ■ ■ —4
thought advisable to postpono| « /
their appearance here until a later
date when the Influenza situation
will have cleared up.
THE SHOW Wild, BE HELD
and three who have purchased tic-
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iWlLLTHEY FIGHT?
Bolivia Has Edge
died of hi* wounds.
FLU EPIDEMIC IN
MIDDLE WEST IS
0MIN6 SERIOUS
CHICAGO. —(UP)— The epi
demic of influenza whch has
gtawMff «a««twarf from the west
coast in the Vast three weeks has
Virginia University
President Replies
School Critics
To
RICHMOND, Va. —(UP)— An illuminating in
sight into the way a college president looks at drink-
* The fountain that ha:
quenebfd tin- thirst of many
a hone act into which lot, of
University ne.qihyes huve
been forced to plunge. ruled
in frenf of ’he entmntn tc the
. . campus at the intenection of
Broad 1 street and college ave
nue, baa finally yielded to the
auto and has ber n tom away
to ,**r the itreet for fast
er action.
. Save for a few dray nn.'mala
amt un'-icciiaiona! visitor from
the- -lira! districts t."> fountain
served but little good and wa*
anob,It action to truffle nt
that busy corner.
It. hiss been suggested, also,
that the monument, wn.ch i*
, near the intersection of the
'came thoroughfares, be rc-
, moved. The traffic at thot
corner I* greufly cot^bat«l
’on account of the Unlvcrilty
contingent, usually afeot, co
in# in and coming out of the
college campus. If a ault-
. able location can ba.foutal for
‘ the monument it agf be"
- moved, It Is atated.
*tt*|nad .ert-a. preporfon. in th. jng W?dnesday in a seventeen page letter
middle west, health reports indi- _ -
cated Wednesday. written by the president of the University in reply
a United pres, survey of the to charges of countenanced intemperance at the
entire western area Wednesday school
showed, that several thousand new
Following are a few facts
about Bolivia nnd Paraguay,
. Sooth American countries
threatening to go to war over
a b-undery dlcpute:
BOLIVIA ha* an area of
806,487 square miles, about
the size of Oregon, California,
Nevada, Arizona and New
Mexico together with a pop
ulation (1924) cf 2,165,000.
Its capital is La Pax and It is
the only country in South
America that hae no •« poet.
It lie, between P<ru and Chile
on the west, Braxil on the
north and east and Paraguay
on the east and Argentina on
f» -c.irtb. Tin, lead, copper,
aflver ore. xinc and antimony
are tha leading products of
toe country.
PARAGUAY Is much small
er in area and population than
h via. bavin# 196000 square
. miles of territory, about the
rise of Nebraska, and a popu-
). - '» 11926) of 853,321.
Asuncion is the capital and it
has communication with the
South Atlantic through the
Paraguay river and naviga
tion extends to the capital
city- H >* bounded on • the
north by Bolivia and Braail,
on the east by Brasil and Ar
gentina, on the south if Ar
gentina and on the west by
Argentina and Bolivia. Its
chief exports are hide,, tim
ber, cattle, mate and tobacco.
HOOVER ODD IS
INCISED AFTER
DISCOVERY OF PLOT
Mediation Is Being
Seriously Discussed
By Paraguay, Bolivia
JMK
sary.
"Signed: Howett, Whitby, Buz
zard, Rolleston, Dawson."
Tho Prince of Wales, who
reached London lato Tuesday
night after. Ills 6,000 mile race
from Africa', visited Buck'ngham
Palace just after noon Wednesday
and spent an hour and a half
there. Th'a was Just after tho op*
oration. About 1:30 p. in. h* re«
I
ROTARY, KIWANIS
CHECK CLOSELY
ON INVALIDS
Rotary and Kfwanis are !u a
BUENOS AIRES. The Parnimavfln. nc8 Wednesday and Thursday to
Ijuxuxuo amna.i-^r lne f ara «“ a y an ; *ea which nub can have the
Bolivian Situation which grew out of the killing of fewer Inval'ds absent from theli
more than* score of troops, reached a standstill SfwStoSay’^d*?£.'*»o?
Wcdnesttay* The ciucstion of medistion is being her* were checked' vtry cioroiy.
seriousiy discussed by both countries but the affair SS&t TSw*, r Wp , Jng T“
still is considered grave. — ..
Hct'ng Foreign Minister Albor.
to I’a'arlos ot Bolivia, who head
ed tho Bolivian delegation wh'ch
conferred with President-elect
Herbert Hoover nt Antofaseastas
\DEATH RATE FROM
FLU IMGREASED, J
I
cases have been reported in the
lust twenty four hours.
Health officials of the midtlto
wept reported the "disease appar
ently is a milder typo of Inf uenxa
than that which swept the countrj
n *1918. They agreed, however,
that all precautionary measure*
adopted by numerous localities a
week ago have failed to check the
advance of the epidemic.
TECH STAR SENT
TO BED WITH
INFLUENZA
ATLANTA, Ga.—(AP)—The flu
jinx has aga'n bobbed up in the
football ranks of Georgia Tech.
Denial was male that conditions'
were worse than at othe.* schools
WASHINGTON.— (AP) — Boy
o. West, Secretary of the Inter-
ior, sat aTentiy on the. witness
stand Wednesday while testimony
be had given two years ago waa
' I read to tho senator* who are con-
.v Knao „ BUENOS AIRES.-—(UP)—Sev- 1 s'dertng whalh.r hi. conttraa-
that the adrninhtrat’ it did not «■*' additional at rests were made tlon to the cablaat post shall tw
try to com*;*; rnidergraduato Wrfimsdsy in connection with an reremmemletl. ....
tirinkiuy. anarchistic plot against tho life of | The Secretary, who reco ved hi*
• President-elect Hoover. I appointment whllo congress era*
■’’Indeed,” i <”s,,ivnl Edwin A:- 1 Elaborate precautions have betn •“ rc «“- »»* “kod no questions,
derman wrote, ‘ the situation in taken to guard the entire line < f His former testimony, given to tbs
America seen,* .o he far more a the trans-Andean railway over campaign fund* committee, head,
nationwide scandal than tho situ- which Mr Hoover will travel Wed- «d by Senator Reed, democrat, of
ation at the University ,» a state- nesday from Los Andes, Chile, tc. Missouri, told of hts Investments
wile scandal’’. - . Buenos Aire*. 1 ,n the Samuol lnsull utU’ty In.
Dr. Alderman defied any “col- 1 Bridges, culverts, snow sleds in ! teresta and of campain activities
last week, has presented the col
lective rea’gnatiODs of the cabi
net to President Hernando S les
ot Bolivia.
Tt?* cabinet resigned so that a
coalition government might bo
formed to deal w th the situst’oh
which Is considered by Bolivia to
be a “national crisis.”
Domonstrst’ons continued in
taan M , 000 T t^*Lrt ,, ta , a WASHINGTON. - (AP) — An
<n CTOtie *n the influenza death
Lr^addreiud the fSiw?* K r,te •»« * rlse in the general
mTeJauhTno-iri. death rate In th* United Statas
played the BoJvlau national an- annoancMl Wednesday by tbs
,S Tho wollvtan enn-reu. wh'ch pobl c Hsalth Service ns 40.010
The Bollvisn congress, wh ch CUM of tb , dlsssse were ronort.
b “ .h**" ,n ed In ItUrty.n'ne statas. Now York
taxs? Dwr,e « ° f
ment of ths actlon the rengrore A ’ ^ 0 , deatbl n>n lM
trem lnPuenzs In 77 c’tlos dur’ng
poutlctan told the United^ Pre*s (th , wttk endlI1K December 8, the
‘ fMnl ** .*»* Euggt.) | Bureen reported from Information
_ ____ submitted by Ulegtapb to the
ROY 0 WEST PUT Bureau of Census.
IWA u, Htall 1 UI This compared with 4* death.
from the d sesse In the same c tle*
during the week ending November
The total ot more than 204,060
esses tor the country estimated
Tuesday ns more than home out
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extra day will allow some ot h'a
patients to be dismissed so they
may attend. Tho final attendance
contest meetings ere thin week
and it l» reported that Rotary '«
sl'ghtly ahead of Klwsnls for
their first possible win la an in-
ter.club compet t'on.
PLAN TREES FOR
CHRISTMAS; MAY
EQUIP THEM AT
VERY SMALL COST
ON STAND IN
SENATE WED.
.... . ,hn insm Kt'inri r>,i m ,».« • ur - ■f'«aerT«an (lexica any ... ...
California, especially in Los An- Tournamcnt of Roses' 1 on Now ,c 8 1 ' president” of any college to the mountain passes of the Ande- la _9 ,,,ca *®L 1 * 111 * J 111 " 0 **-
gelre, where then resent ep.demic, y ^ californ'a , ,dn, , i F lhc " rexante »„ Cordilleros. and other danger The read'ng clerk read for two
first gpined a foothold, reported ' a Itlnnking -.a even .satisfactory”. I points along the irans-continenta! hours, reciting testimony by the
considerable reduction in the num- j| m Brooke, relief guard, is a I l he tendency, nc Relieved, war, railroad from Chile across the cabinet officer that he had solid,
her of new cases, indicating the j patient at an infirmary sufferim;: P>r drinking ’ tJ become more an mountains nnd over .he Pampas of tod a |10,000 contrlbut’on from
sitastion there wss well in control. I mm the disease. wh'Ie Edwards, occasional e-veess induced by ex- the Argentine, are being picketed ta»«R which wm* to be used tor
San Francisco reported influen- another relief guard, Is also con- citement und emotion ihan a eon- by troop* and police. "local purposes only" in tho 1928
ta.virtually had died out there, fined to his home ' with a severe ; stunt habit”. One real problem I General Juan Caresza, who was campaign.
Los jAngelea reported eleven cold. (of the college administrator was annotated to act as Mr. Hoover’s' West said thst he, hia wife and
jnths lh the put twenty four ' i._ . ....
hours, bringing the total for ths, „ _ _ „
howeyor, was received when : American college life”. • meet the Hoover Mrtjr'st the'froti; I consulted instil before the Invest.
"Father" Lumpkin, star fullback, I ’ President Alderman’s letter tier, returned here Tuesday en or- meats. Th* 1128 testimony was
WAS to reed to bed Tuesday, al-was directed to Governor Harry dm frotTthi gonmmmt No.
— am 1 . rnv lbou » h h :* “tack appoar. "light ’, Byrd in response to a eommuni reason for Vacarezza’s recall wu
compared with 800 last Thursdsy. at present. > (Turn to Pope Eight) givem
month to 126. The epidemic has
claimed ocout 200 lives stneo its
start, officials said. There wen
600 new cases listed Tuesday as
placed la the record* *t ths re
quest of Senator Walsh, demo-
crit ot Montana,
OTH ELDER
PANAMA, Canal Zone.—(47-
An interlccutary decree of divorce
has been granted Lyle Womack
from JUith E'der, who wu rescued
by a tanker when she attempted to
fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
The divorce action wss insti
tuted in the Canal Zone district by
Womack on September 6, before
•a.ling fer the antarctic wfth the
expedition headed by Commander
Byrd. In a depoeition placed be
fore the court, Womack's father
said that' unhappiness caused hj
Miu Elder was the main muse of
hie son’s joining the outh polei
t —
By CHAS. K MARTIN 1
Orders were being placed
Tuesday and Wednesday by
many Athenians for fixture*
for lighting cut-door Christ
mas trees this year.
Many homes found that all
equipment necessary could bu
salvaged from Junior’s trees
that have been arranged in
doors heretofore nnd about
all that is necessary ia an ex
tension cost to leach from a
hall socket to tho tree outside.
A few additional lights may
bo necessary and these may be
purchased at a number of
pxces down town. Ths actual
work of putting the light! up
will be done by members of
the local Boy Scout troops if
they are called upon. Any
scout master ntny bo called
for this assistance.
Those who have observed
sections of other cities where
living tree* have Inin aiplcy.
ed as Christmas trees reiter
ate what a beautiful sight
they made nnd how much they
add to the spirit of the scat.on
Ansley Par., Atk.nta, was-
for instance. Lot aetxon a wr
itable fairy-lund of beauti
fully decorated living t -aes.
trees, large and small, Wro
alive with the Christmas
lights. Santo cf thi trees
were as Ml as the home*
nearby whilo others were mem
ihrui* but all were express,io
of the season. Thousands of
people visited that section of
the city to sec tho tree® ns
they were lighted niglit'y and
so beautiful were they that it
is expected that Atlanta aril
have 10.000 ! vfnff Christman
i»-' ' thi- v« ;u. Athene should
hu\.> 100 or ;ncro »i> look
around ycur yard and select
onb of your shrub* and *«d«c«
Irify/ it A