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ATHENS COTTON
MIDDLING 18>ie
PREV. CLOCri UHe
VOL. 98. NO. 292,
Dtllr »n4 Sunday—IS CenU • Week.
Aaeodated Pnw Service. United Pro* Dispatches.
ATHENS, GA„ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1928,
MEDIATION ACCEPTANCE DISPERSES WAlt FEARS
THE WEATHER j
Fair and «l»r,fitly warmer in
North nnd Fast T|*wUy nfgl^.
Wednesday fair with rising tem- |
peratum. I
Single Copies 2 Cents. G Cents Sunday.
She May Be Future Queen of England ISH WITNESS IS
KILLED IS TRIAL OF
KIDNAPPERS BEGINS
LONDON—(UP)—The
King's condition is preca
rious.
His doctor’s renewed j
»hi>ir long-drawn strug- j
glc to save his life Tues
day with little definite'
to encourage them and his
fpt« still undecided.
lest the publ'c be misled by
. the "op and down" bulletins, it
was repeated Tuesday that Rude,
atlons must bs expected and tha
fa't that the Kina showed sl'ght
Improvement one day must not be
taken to Indicate that ba Is defi
nite 1 * on tbe mend.
Thus, it waa explained, Mon.
day's night somewhat pesa'mfstlc
bulletin was Issued purposely to
bring the public back to the real.
IzaUon of the gravity of the King's
condlt'on, and naturalise tbe un
Justified
FT
Huge Aerial Caravan Honors Orville Wright
CHICAGO - (UP) .—
The state’s star witness
in the trial of three men
for the kidnapping of
Billy .Kanieri .was .shot
land killed here, on thi
day before actual taking
of evidence in the case
was to start.
Billy, the 10 year old son of aii
Italian real estate dealer, will
take the stand Tuesday to tell of
the kidnap]* n£. A great deal of
difficulty in "ejecting a jury hat
been experienced, but Monday
was announced that all was . in
res*uliness.
A short time atfer tKs an
nouncement, 05n Scully, wealthy!
Italian sewer contractor and
friend of I Frank Kanieri, father
of Billy, aws killed by five men In
'BOLIVIA IS FIRST
TD ACCEPT GDDD
OFFICES OF PAN
Id BOOY
WASHINGTON-
(UP)—Elated at the ac
ceptance of Paraguay and
Bolivia of the tender of
’good offices of the Pan-
American conciliation and
" arbitration conference, to
mediate their differences,
delegates resumed their
session here Tuesday,
seeking means - of ' dis
charging satisfactorily
tb'”" now r°«sm*nsihilities.
Now* of Bolivia'* acceptance,
W*'rh "lied b«re V'*v
nnd shortly after similar action
I'i Paraguay, was received with
tccta'm not oply by debnrtei.
The world's lor-j. at air caravan—90. persons flying In eleven mammoth airplane*—took' off-from Dopartanf and C< !meinhp > r'i < 'ar > thn
Tuesday'
time It wuUaaued and shed no frequently and found much pleasure in her company,
light on what may be expected to
develop. It follows:
"Buck'ngham Palace, Tueeday,
11 a. m.
“In spite of the K'ng haying
passed u disturbed night, there la
a slight Improvement, both In tbe
general and local condlt'on*.
“Signed; Stanley Hewett, H*M,
R'gby, Dawson ot Pen*.- • • 4
It waa said officially at S;00 P,
m. that the slight pro*rea* noted
in the King’s condlt'on Tuesday
porting, waa continuing.
“FLU” EPIDEMIC MHBBrV
IB EASTWARD:; afghanctan
O.S.REPORT STATES
CALCUTTA. India.— (UP) -
Trmrellera arriving here Tuesday
from Peahawnr, on the Afghanis
tan frontier, reported that jnar-
I — Itlal law has been set up In Kn-
ON UPGRADE I •___ 1‘bul# capital of Afirhaniitan ah a
LONDON.—(AP)-^The W, and 1 WASHINGTON.- (AP) -Pub. resilt of oitbTe.ks in th. country
patient .struggle to save thp life He ottlc'als Tuesday estimated against King Antanu'lah's west-
of King: George and restaro him that 403,185 new com* of Infln- ernization program
to health and ftr*n*Ui, wltneuoed onza had developed In twenty I Curfmw
another of Ita tremulous fluclua- atatea and Now York laat week, I Knhnl.mJfmitiin?
enforced in;
room Tueaday indicated an up
ward turn again.
The morning bulletin sa’d:
“The King’s general condition
and the condlt'on around the in
fected lung area has improved
"vernlght, 'f only slightly."
The later ulletin said:
lions In the last twenty-four hvurs basing their figures on actual ro-, t * h “ d
U the latest advices fromtho slc> perm of 80,627 esses In those j, «Mtolnwiiwaald
*m.niiri. «.*,.« mvii.ht. | to be surrounded bv rebels, while
* pTO ' di "*i
f'clsls said the outbreak seemed °* IU ~ , '
to be moving eastward along I. It developed Tuesday that the
i'nes of traffic at an "expected Jalalabad truce, reported reached. production.
CHICAGO.—(UP),—The tome of
EC Lowronc© F. King, truateo of the
vuievii 'and tobacco aanlUry district,, and Thompson
expert of the Georgia State Col- leader, waa bombed here Tues.
lege of Agriculture told Georgia day. ..... . ...
tobacco planters here todey that K'ng and lpa flvo children wore
unless the present high rats of thrown from their beds but were
rxporta cn the weed continue ** ot injured.
next ymr, the atate will again The bomb was placed under the j
suffer from rumi/ng into over- front porch of the King*, heme on
ntvwinxvtinn t)ie southwest aide. The porch
speed." . Monday by the Afghanistan f°r-1 ‘ Prefacing a mort* or less tech
Kansas still had the greatest 1 «JP» minister, affected only one n ca i addrers on “*onte Factors
wise was considered a posa'MI'ty
In the event that It appeared i
essary to advise tho entire
formal! v i
himself, they attacked him with Brig. Gen. Lord Thompson, former air secretary of Great Britain; Samuel Mather, Cleveland million* day, soon after Bolivia'* aW<
| the bats. As he lay unconscious ante and philanthrop.pt; Ambassador to France*Myron T. Ilerrick, and Pierre E. Fiandin, vice chairman reaches Secretary of State Kel-
on the floor, the attackers shot of ^thcJEVench Chamber ^of Depuites and president oF the Aero Club of France. I logg, chairman of the conference.,
him with pistols and shotguns. _ —I , • I A special plenary session like-
Thompson
kSSSSSS, «!C nnuBcn whh vaccine
signed to fb.tr home*.
WESTBROOK TALKS
ON TOBACCO CROP
AT TIFTON MEETING
‘ToironcRoss
The later nueun aaia: , ivaumwi uw greaie.
"In iplte ot the King having | number of casos with 88.843. Ill i
paaaed a d'.turbcd night, there la noia reported 3,186; Arizona. 2..
a alight 'mprovoment In both tbaiSIG. and Naw York City bad 6S.
general and local condition..'' Health oftlc'ala said that the
These welcome tidings came death rates -seem to be lacreas-
aftar a night dur'ng which publ'c Ing slightly still." The rate. how.
apprehension prevailed that the ever, la not nearly ao high aa we
Kings Illness, alter encouraging would expect," they added, "with „
progress over the week end. ao many cases of Influenza In the ipg come concern and that views
t'ght have taken a definite. turn country. Ne'ther Is tbe rate com- of members of the British lewa-
trihe. Reports said foreign, le
gations r.t Ka.:ul were safe.
REBELS BEATEN
LONDON. — (UP) — Official
quarters here said reports of
events in Afghanistan were caus
for the worse. Such a disquieting parable with tho rate during the tion and British subjects at Kn- ufacturers and dealers was more
possibility waa indicated to the 1918 epidemic." i hul, the capita!, was awaited with than 100,000,000 pounds greater
by Monday night's ■ I anxiety.
amuw ■ vi rraurii I The Afghanistan legation here
ATlXvTA l^AA-SSrked announced, at about the same
..Mimin' the unread of infuenza ■ lino, that it had received an of-
Un aa Indicating tho ,"L . J , , . th Stat ficial telegram from Kabul, which
back reported bfonday &.S?h^oIrtmmt ^Lsdav in «'«• » «•*' *“«k on the capital
night waa merely temporary aa Lh^ L J for , from the north had failed,
had been hoped. « wae sa d that SS^Sk^eiMted^mtdi^mim. I The army t the telegram said,
was remaining loyal to the move
ment and the King and Queen
“ But ‘
posalblllty
popular rand
bulletin. ,
It was underatood that .well In
formed quarters regarded tbe lau
est bul.etin
alight set
it represented pert of the ebb and
flow which has to bo expseted.
It hub been two weeks now
since the K'ng was allowed to oc
cupy himself with affairs of any
kind. , , „
IRMr FLIERS WILL
0
F
the week reported Tuesday num
bered H,5B9, in comparison to 990.
the same day last week. !
The department's announce- I
ment laid stress on careful! l.ving
is the best preventive measure to
be used in conjunction of careful
avoidance of active coses of the
i Warning against indulgence in
alcoholic drinks, which, it was
said, tended to make the user sus
ceptive to the ailment, was given
prominent position. Plenty of
sleep c/2 an abundance of water
were recommended-
The Department bulletin laid
especial emphasis on the necess
ity of sufferers going to bed as
scon as symptoms of the disease
appear and staying there until
they are normal again.
Ofifcials said they had no def
inite knowledge of the present
ratio of deaths as influenced by
the spread of the disease, but
"judging from newspaper reports
of mortality there undoubtedly
has been nn increase."
SAN GBANPI8CO. — (UP) —
Army fljmr* w.'U. take up the
search Tuesday for Mr. and Mr*.
Glenn Hyde, of Hansen. Idaho,
lost aomewbero In the depths of
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado
river. , ,
The two have been rn'iwlng
since November IS, when they
rndertook to navigate the river in
an open boat from It* headwaters
to 'he Gu'fcf Gslifom'a.
Major General Hines, comman
der of the 9th Corps Area, was
ordered Monday by the War Do.
partment to make Immediate prep-
arat'ons for the search following TIPTON. (AP) —Several
an appeal to Washington by hundred tobacco growers, demon.
Hyde of Las Vega*. Nevada, stmtors. cojuity agents and fertl-
llyde’s father.^ .User men from the Georgia tobac
' t co belt, met In annual conference
w . ,
IP were at Kabul, which wns
quiet
PUDGE DEMANDS
ACTION FROM
POLICEMEN
Which Affect Tobacco Profits'
Mr. West.rook admonished his
hearers to "plant only such acre
age as can be cured for in the
most excellent manner."
"At the
we were
dence of over-productum of
bright tobacco," the speaker said.
"The amount of leaf held by man
! beginning of this year,
faced with every evi-
than for the same period in 1927.
Exports were nothing to boast of
and the Chinese situation looked
discouraging. Adueii to these
ccnd.tions, farmert were making
] reparation for a considerable in
crease in the to'oic.o acreage.
Tbe outlook pointed decidedly to
over-production.
“But let us take n look at the
situation as it w* iiuay. In spite
of the fact thac farmers planted
123.000 more acreas of bright to
bacco in 1928 than in 1927, the
production was 711.000.0(f) pounds
less than for 1927. The decrease
i in production this year waa duel 06 "Z ny "“‘:
| ma.nly to unfaver.';’* weather £32!
wns tom away and every window
in th. hour* has shattered. Win
dows in several houses and apart
ments nearby were broken.
.. King has been leader in the
12th jvard for the Thompson-
Crowe republican faction.
Epworth League To
Do Charity Work
Here Christmas
CORDOVA, Alaska—(UP).
-A. dog team carrying a'Supply
at vaccine was racing down
th:. Yukon to Holy CrOaa
Tuesday in an attempt to
step a Kjnx'.lpox . epidemic
which la spreading inland
from the coast
Amateur radio stations at
Anvik and St George Island
flashed a message from A..
»V. Chapman, pos.master at
Anvik. to Governor George'
A. Parks at Juase, telling of
the epidemic.
MERCHANT TOO
fit BUSY TO BE
ARRESTED
Tho Athens City Epworth Lea
gue Union w II have a Christmas
program at the regular monthly
meeting Thursday evening at 8:00
o'clock.
The program will consist of
Chr stmaa songs, a cartoon lecture
by Rev. J. A. Partridge, pastor
ot Young Harris Memorial church:
u Christmas story by Rev. Lester
Rumble, new pastor ot tho Firet
That itpcrnaseI 'Methodist church. 'The Scripture
due I l«o*® n "HI he read by Rev. Wat.
WASHINGTON,— (AP) —For.
ofgp affair*, prohibition and Bonl.
Her Dam monopolised the alien.
Tuesday
ACCEPT*.'MtfBlATlOH :, f~
LA PAZ. Bolivia.—(UP)—Bollr.
ia Tuesday accepted tho offer of
the good office" of tho Pan-Amer
ican Conference to attempt settle
ment of tho Paraguityan-Boltviaa
border Incidents. Monday Para
guay accepted the conference's
good offices.
ifob Tuesday at the capltol fi # i’of''tha'con'ferencc^ w6.»
where, in committee and on the after tho government had cousld-
“Mtora ant * congressmen ©red the note of Secretary of
continued their wore on the Kt - ' state Keltogg. permanent chair-
logg treaty, for the renunciation man of the body now meeting In
of]wnr, the Treasury Department. Washington. - f »i«
appropr ation bill with Its $13.- | j n note tho good offices of
500.000 for. dry taw enforcement, the conference were offered to
and the Swing-Johnscn b*ll for an brin . about n friendly settlement,
irrigation and power project on # ^ following communique wa*
the Co.orado river* -Issued at 3:40 a. m. Tuestlay:
chairman Borah ot tha sonata I -Tha Bolivian legation at U'hh!i-
T0BACC0 GROWERS
GATHER ! TUESDAY
AT TIFTON MEETING
DURBIN DIES
ANDERSON, IntL-dP)— win-
field T. Durbin, fornwr go»«"«
of Indian*, died Thasday *t his
CHICAGO. -OP)— Drastic ac-
tion following the staying of
witness and severe beat ngs of
sex'cral other?, were urged Tues
day by Judge Robert E. Centre!
at the opening of the trial of
three men charged with kidnap
ping 10 year old Billy Ranieri.
tho crowded courtroom cleared
and addressed him to pohee of
ficers.
"Kidnappings. ^ extortion and
the slaying of state's witnesses
could not happen in Europe or
in Italy. It is t.mo for the police
to take drastic -action. Such
things as have occurred in con
nection with this case are a ter
rible indictment of the police de
partment”.
Ole Skully, wealthy contractor,
who was to have been one of the
main witnesses in the case, was
ehot and killed Monday night in
an Italian club.
MARKET
CHICAGO. —'A*)— Butter low-
onditTons. Exports of American, Street Method st church. Christ-
cigarette, for tho first ten I ““ ”» d ! n ?" J* 8 lvtn by
menths of this year amounted to
DICKSON, Tenn.—(UP)—
Slayton Phillips, proaperoaa
merchant who Monday held a
crowd at bay while his son
thrs.hrd Pr*fs,™r W. lL. Ro-
chelle, declines to he arrested.
The Christmas rush ia on
at the stare and Phi'llps says
he ip too buy to have any
time to be arrested right
President May
Take Vacation
On Georgia Coast
cr 306,000.000 pounds, a quan
tity greater than for any full
year In tbe history of the indus
try- '
RUTHERFORD C0ILE
ANNOUNCES FOR
TAX RECEIVER
Announcement of the candidacy
of Rutherford Co!!e of WSntcrvtlle
for the position of county tax re.
ceiver, was made Tuesday.
Mr. Code is well known
throughout the county. He U a
gradual* of tho University of
Georgia. In the class of 1103.
o has been engaged in the
mercantile business in Wfnterville
since 1913.
WASHINGTON.— (AP) —Pres
ident CooPdge expects to be !n
Washington for Christmas but la
considering an Invitation wb'cii
wou'd take h*m shortly after tbe
holidays to Q^pelo. Island, off the
GRENOBLE, France.— (AP) —
Jean Doubln. Lyons newspaper-
who was stranded on the
er; receipts 9.491 tubs; creamery' maa »,
extras 49; standards 48 1-4; ex-, ”*gi
hare Tuesday.
Allas If. 'Starr, director or Ibo . -
Georgia Costal Plains Experiment tra first. 48 and 48 1-2: firnta|5 und *i'
Station, opened the mnoUng end 46 1-2 and 47: second. 43 and 4l M»f- H * »“ Id
welcomed the visitors, ' 11.2. /from exhutlon end cow.
Misa Virginia Dillard.
Following is the program:-
Song—‘Joy to the Worhl.
Cartoon Drawing—Rev. J. A.
Partridge.
nou*~O Little Town oi B^thlc-
hem. j const of 'Georgian
Scripture Lesson and Prayer— ! .T ha |,i a . d j,, 4he property ct
Rev. Welter Mllltcan. ’ Howard E. Cof. ii, motor car com-
Short Business Session. ‘ pany executive, who has thrown
Song—It Came Upon the .MUl- tne place open to .the Prestdem ,
night Clear. ■
Story of Christmas—Rev.. Les
ter Ramble.
Song—S lent Night. -
Chr—trass Readings by Mias
Virginia Dillard.
1.,—gue iMi.ieulct'011. .
After the program members of
the League w.U go in cars to
homes of needy chi'dren and dis-
trboucc gilts, which wjll be
bought by money raized among
the Leuguerx.
foreign relations committee, sne.
cceded In hav'ag tho Kellogg poet
reported by hi. committee. He
now mult guide It through tho
aepata where declaration! to ac
company It have been offered
against administrates w'sac*.
I The house Unally dlapoood of
tho Treasnry-Pooatotthe bill by
| agreeing with tbe senate and
'Jiouie conferees that th* 1270,-
000,000 proh'b tlon fond should
not bo Included. This snm waa
put Into thq bill at tha Instance
of Senator Brace of- Maryland,
while tha saoato Was off Its gtuud
sersral days ago.
Boulder Dam, already approved
by the senate, 'hen came before
ihe house, the question at tuna
he'ng whether th'* measure, as ft
paired tha so Date, should ba Imt
mediately accepted by the house
and rent to the White Homo tor
action by the President
tngton has communicated to the
Secretary of State that Bolivia
accepts tha good oU'ices of the
Pan.Amer'can Conference, constd.
ertng ft essential to Investigate
the origin of tho conflict, eon-
slating ot tho attack of Paraguay
on our fort. Van Guard'*. Tho
noto 1* directed to tbe president
of the conference (Secretary Kel
logg) by Manuel Elio, Minister ot
Foreign Affarls." . -«■ -
All advances and attacks hr
Bolivian troops in tho dlaputed
Chaco district wore ordered by
the government to cesse. after Ihe
second noto font the league of
Nations urged that new Incidents
be avoided!'
Foreign Mln'zter Aristide
Brland of Franco, aa president ot
the council ot tho League, sent
the noto on December 18. For.
elgn Minister Elio, In It's reply,
retd Bolivia henceforth would
Tho renal, lave,ligation of th. 1 Hit her
Salt Creek royalty oil contract.
given to Harry P. 8'nclalr, was I “™i “ ter l! ' kul 01 IBdlaponsu,
U. S. S. UTAH, *
HOOVER AB0AD,
poalppaad, Tho public land* com.
mlttee, however, called » meotlag
to consider the nomlnktfon' of
Roy O. West of Chicago aa 8«cre.'
tary of ihe Interior. ;
Prisoner Makes
Escape; Wounds
Wife Severely
BRUNSWICK. G*:—(AP)—Wal.
ter Rawl'ngs, cook and trusty at
Tf inhto ilAIVr,V the city prison barracks, whore
TURNS NORTH,*«* »n.
I tenet tor wife 'heating, Tnudsy
• ran from th* jail shortly after bla
/ , I wife paeeed by. Overtook hhr and
' MONTEVIDEO. Uruguary. _ attacked her with * butcher kp!fe.
(Ah:—The U. S. S. Utah, carrying “I love my wife po that I .would
t*residcnt-elect Hoover on the rather.nee has dead than ; with
HANDBAGS GIVEN Atlantic stretch of his goodwill somebody else," Rawlings ea'd
AUTOMOBILE LINES mission to Latm-Americn sailed whan he had bean re-captnred
| for 1 Rio De Janeiro at I0:S0 rafter wounding the woman reri.
PARIS —(AP)—Handbags with
the outlines of motor cars, madej
in the shades of the individual's |
private car, are a new offering,
un the market here.
.'clock Tuesday morning.
ously several times.
LEPERVE DIES
CHARLOTTESVILLE.
BONES MAY FASTEN
T
_ , BRUNSWICK. Ga.— (AP) — II.
The doors of the auto bags open 1 C. Wilcox, 16, filling sUt'on oper. (AP)—Albert Lefevre, 03, profem-
ondtatosc to accommodate powder ator, drank a bottle Of poison at tor of phlloaopbr m tbe Uabror.. .... ..
puffs, handkerchiefs, lipsticks gml bis pMde of busiaoss mmriy Tuer- slty of Virginia since 1905, dWd | the Iv>n*jr. ar< 'ho** of mail
the sundries of the modern woman, j day and died soon afterwords. _ l Tusidajr, . ' mala, a
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—(UP>—
A few small bones found nn the
chicken'ranch ot Cordon . Stewart
Northeott In Riverside county,
may seal tho fato of the alleged
slayer ot four boyi, believed t'S
hare been murdered there.
Tho bones, believed by atdrn,
t'sta to bo remains ot human
sketons, will be submitted to ana.
tomtits qnd structural experts "f
tho University of Southern Caltfo.-*
nfa and tho Lou Angeles Museum.
Should they prove tu bo human
rema'ns, tho state cape against
Northeott will be strengthened
greatly since the bones ure said 'is
constitute .practically the uuly >' U
dence against the youth.
Northeott xisadfastlv matnlatli