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Vol. 99. No. 304.
JEMOCRATS. DECIDE
[ CHICAGD O BE
CONVENTION PLACE
Mid-Western City Wins
Over Atlantic ‘City
On Same Guarantee
MEETING CLOSES
WITHOUT A HITCH
Raskob Denies Combine
Against Roosevelt in
Heated Statement
WASHINGTON —(AP)— Demo.
crats Saturday. chose Chihago for
their convention city and referrec
the prohibition issue to the
national meeting. : i
Chairman Raskob and Viee
resenting conflieting groups whiel
Chairmnan Byrd, of Virginia, rep
clashed in the March session put
through a smooth working pro
gram ‘without a hitch, June 27—
two weeks after the Republicans
meet In the same city—was choser
for the convention date.
The mild mannered d’nd sos”
spoken Raskob unloosed an open
ing blast against “propaganda’
that @ “Smith-Raskob-Shouse”
machine was working in opposi
tion to the forces favoring Bover
nor Roosevelt of New York for
pPresident. Mr. Raskob heatedly
denied any “oligarchy” of this or
any other kind.
Alfred E. Smith, 1928 Presiden
tial nominee, dressed in formal at
tire, and Governor ' Ritchie, of
Maryland, similarly clothed, sat 1t
opposite ends of the platform. Rit
chie is the only “avowed candidate
in the field for President so far,
There was no discussoin of candi
dacies or personalities after Mr.
Raskob's firm declaration,
“Highest Bidder”
Chairman Raskob: upset some
calculations when he opened the
convention ecity contest to the
“highest bidder’. New Jersey
promptly followed with a $200,00%
bid for Atlantie City, presented by
Mayor Harry Bacharach, a Re
publican. e
San Francisco, Chicago and
Kansas City followed, in turn, with
their $150,000 offers but just as
the bidding drew to a close, Chi
cago jumped her ‘offer, presented
by Mayor Cermak, and Edward N.
Hurley, to $200,000. ’
The first roll ‘cdall g#ve Chicago
59 votes, San Franc:isco 20; Kan
sas City 19; and Atlantlc City 4
As delegates began shifting their
votes to the winning city, the se
lection of Chicago was made
unanimous. Only the ctommittee
representatives from Neéw -Jersey
ard Rhode Island voted for At
lantic City. 48
The motion by Viece Chairman
Byrd, referring to the convention
the Democratic. platform recom
mendations - including prohibition
submitted to the committee by
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$500,000 Hospital .
For Veterans May
Locate Near Macon
Macon Legion Post Press
ing Claim to Share in $2.-
000,C00 Program
MACON, Ga, —(AP)— Members
of the Joseph N. Neel, jr., post of
the American Legion have been
assured that there is a good
chance for the location near Ma
con of a $500,000 veterans’ Hospital
and are making every effort to ad
vance their claim before the hos
pitalization board in Washington.
R. Howard Sheridan, commgn
der of the Macon. post, sald Satur
day Leglion members have obtain
ed the co-operation of Georgia sen
ators and| congréssmen in the pro-
Mr. Sheridan said that John M.
Slaton ig soon to. make a survey
of hospital neejls in. Georgia and
will report direct to Washington.
The Legions here will send a rep
resentation, he said to appear be
fore the hospitalization board. «
No additional legisiation lis re-
Quired, it was pointéd .out. The
lasi congress appropriated $20,000,-
000 for veterans’ hospitals ¢«and
their location is entirely”swith the
board.
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' LOCAL WEATHER |
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WWES DISMIBES
REPORT HE SEEKS
PARTY NORAINATION
‘All Damn Nonsense,"" He
Says and Stock in Bank
Jumps From 81 to 110.
CHICAGO .—(#£)—Charles Guates
Dawes dismissed all this presi
dential talk with brusque Dawesian
expletive Saturday and w en t
home for a family reunion.
His “morning after” discussion
of plans to retire from the diplo
matic service and become, once
more, a Chicago banker was brief
er than Saturday night's statement
from Washington, released laster
the ambassador had entrained. .
“It's all damn nonsense,” said
Dawes of the Presidential rumors.
“There is nothiflg to it and I won't
even discusg it.”
And as he left for a call at the
Central Republic bank of which he
is honorary chairman, he added,
“I guess that takes care of that.”
Coincidentally, the stock. in that
bank which had hovered around
81 to 84 ver share throughout the
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AUGUSTA PRISONER
FREED IN DEATH OF
FELLOW PRISONER
| AUGUSTA, Ga—(AP)— James
Elliott, ‘city stockade prisoner, was
!‘_exonerated by a coroner’s jury Sat
'urday shortly after the death of
| Tracy Flalcher, another prisoner,
"whlch followed a fight between
'the Men, A
| Eliiott, who gave his address as
i Coloma, Mich., said Fulcher, an
Augusta resident, attacked him
and he struck in self defense,
The coroner’s jury found. that
Fuilcher died of “acute dilation of
the heart following ' exhaustion
from undue physical exercise in a
scuffle with James Elliott.”
Forty Three Makes
oOf Cars Displayed
At New York Show
Six and Ei_él_‘t-t Cylinder
Cars Predominate. Pro
ducts Vastly Improved
NEW YORK.—(AP)—The frills
of $1,880,000,000 in capital invest
ment were dazzled before the ey:s
of the buying public Saturday s
the automobile industry opened a
show designed to pull at the purse
strings and make 1932 2 brighter
year for highways and byways.
Pregenting a vastly more refined
product, both inwardly and ' out
wardly, 32 makes of passenger
cars, 10 of commercial velricles
and one of taxicabs were shown
for the first time. Ninety-one ex
hibitors of accessories and shop
equipment added thelr 1932 fash
ions. : ;
Despite improvements making
for added comfort and safety,
prices in many instances lower
‘than last year, were offered as an
inducement to increased orders.
Alfred Reeves, general manager
of the National Automobile Cham
ber of Commerce, estimated the
average price of the 1931 car was
$765. This will be trimmed some
4vhat, he sald. due to lowered
"Jabor and materlal costs.
The transmission box was talked
of in tones of praise by most man
ufacturers. They pointed to free
wheeling devices to. shift gears
autoniatically, synehro-mesh trans.
‘missoin .to ' permit - silent shifting,
and. . automatic . mechanismsg _ As
standard egyuipment for nearly ;all.
. Six and eight cyvlinder ears pre
‘dominated, although, .a number, of
12 and 16 were on display. o
HOOVER FIGHT FOR
AE-NOMINATION 13
LED BY SEC. HYDE
Says Cry in November by
Voters Will Be ‘“None
But Flerbert Hoover”
TIME TO STAND
UP, MOSES SAYS
New Hampshire Senator
Says Hoover Friends
Must ‘Show Colors
NEW YORK.— (AP) —The. re.
election of President Hoover was
predicted Saturday by Secretary
©of Agriculture Hyde as he stood
beside . Mrs. “Hoover . address:ng
the Women's Nationa! Republican
‘club.
“None byt Hoover,” he declared,
will be the ery of the voters.
“When other men have coun
salled despair, Hoover -has - per
-8.M2d,” he to.d the 1,160 mem
bers of the club assembled for
their eleventh anuiversary lunch
aon., :
“When forces beyvond the bor
ders of this centinent have threat.
ened, he has npt hesitated to
teke such steps as Wwill ibest pro
tect his countrymen.
“He has refused to accept the
doctrine that the depression must
run its course. He has strived to
stay the process of disintegration,
to reconstruct, to build.
“May Be Wrong”
“He may be wrong. He may he
overwhelmed in deteat, but if he
is, he will go down fighting, not
for himself, but for the welfare of
his country. One thing is certain.
He will never dip 'his coiors to
panjc, or bow his head in submis
sion o ftear.”
- Sepretary Hyde's prepared
speech ended there, but, fearing
that those who read copies of it
might misconstrue the last para
graph, he added:
. “put. he (Hoover) will nst be
defeated. Already the skies are
lifting, already the horizons are
clegring. Soon, it may be said that
the rock upon which the tempest
spent its force was the faith and
courage of Herbert Hoover.
“And next November, when the
legions” “of our fellow citizens
march to the polls, the universal
answer to the question, ‘Who but
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Mrs. Rigdon Will
Tell Her Side of
Case ¢n Saturday
So-Called “Pistol Bride”
Of Bulldog Grid Star, De
nies His Charges
COLUMBUS, Ga.—(AP)—Mrs.
Lovie Teel Rigdon, who was
charged by her husband with hav
ing threatened to kill him unlesg
he married her, filed an answer
Saturday to his divorce petition.
She denied she was guilty of
misconduct, as : charged by her
husband in his petition. >
She asked temporary and per
manent alimcny of her husband,
John Rigdon. former University
of Georgia football player who
married her in Seale, Ala,, Decem
ber 23. The judge who performed
the marriage, said the bride-to-be
was armed with a pistol.
The hearing on the petition for
temporary alimony wlil be held
before Judge C. F. McLaughlin in
superior court here Saturday.
In her answer, she maintains
she,is legally married to Rigdon
but says they never lived together
as man and wife. She said there
was collusion between them
whereby the plaintiff was to sue
the defendant for divorce on
grounds of desertion.
She denies that her husband
the plaintift, has any legal grounds
for divorce but asks that in event
he is granted the decree by a
jury that her disabilitigs be re
moved so that she may again con
tract marriage.
Rigdon. the manager of 2 lcgai
ereamery, ficd petition for divoree
a few days after the marriage.
In a statement Friday Mrs. Rig
don said she would “reveal to the
court my side of this centroversy
which will present an entirely
different state of affairs than that
upon which Mr. Rigdon predicat.
ed in his_ suit for divorce.”
' BUBLIC IS INVITED |
' TO SERVICES FOR |
| JUDGE H. S. WEST
Memorial services for Judge
Henry S. West who died last
June will be held in the Su
perior court room tomorrow at
12 o’clock. Judge Blanton Fort
son will’ preside,
The services will be held un
der the auspices of the Athens
Bar association, and the fol
lowing committee has charge
of arrangements: T, S." Mel,
chairman; Dorsey Davig, 8. C.
Upson. T. F. Green, sr., Lamar
'C. - Faibker? P BN FLOYGTIS
“The public is invited to “dt
tend the services,- — -~ "l
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Dirk Ruyther (above), promi
rant young New York attorney,
was among.those gquestioned com
cerning the shooting of Mrs,
James Jupiter, millionaire’s - wife,
during a 4 gay party .at her Long
leland home. Ruyther is an im.
portant character in. -“Gems .of
Peril,” the new mystery story. by
Hazel Ross Hailey, which begins
today in The PRanner-Herald on
page 11.
PROPOSED BILLTD
*LIMT ACRERGE IN
COTTON PLANTED
Committee Meets Tues
i day in Atlanta to Draft
! Measure; Perkins leader
l MILLEN, Ga.—(AP —To draft a
bill limiting Ge'orgia' cotton acre
age in 1932, a committee composed
(of lawmakers from a north, south
{and middle Georgia, will meet ‘n
‘Atlanta at 10 o'clock Tuesday
| morning, state Senator Walter C.
,Perklns announced Saturday.
{ Mr. Perkins, representing the
17th Georgia district, was chaic
man of the cotion conference held
in Macon on January 2, and was
a member of the committee which
petitioned Governor Richard B.
Russell, jr.,, to call an extra ses
sion for cotton limitation legisla
tion. He now has been appoint
ed to the drafting committee, and
will help prepare the bill which
will be presented to Governor Rus
sell next week. R
The committee for drafting the
bill is° composed of members of
the state house of representatives
and the state senate. The repre
sentatives are Orville "A. Park,
Macon; E. M. Davis, Camilla; Jo
sephr E. Johnston, Woodstock;,
‘Miles Collier, Colbert; R. 1.
Franklin, Jackson; C. K. Harris,
Dawson and J. B. Splvey, Swains
boro. The state senators are Mr.
Perkins; Fred Hand, Pelham;
Hamvp McWhorter, Lexington; Roy
Harris, Louisville, and John E.
Evans, Warrenton.
These will' draft a bill outlining
a possible Ilimi4ition plan, and
will present it to Governor Rus
sell. % »
Mr. Perkins said Saturday he
believes Governor Russell will call
the legislature to meet within i 0
days. He =2id he has heard from
all wiarts of the state news of
sentiment favoring the extra ses.
slon for cotton limitation. The
majority of members in the sen
ate andsthe house already appar
entlv are in sympathy with lim
itation, he said. Bankers, busi
ness men, merchants, and farm.
ers are bringing pressure to bear
for limitation all ovefr the state,
he declared. Mr, Perkins express
ed appreciation for the position
newspapers in the state have
taken relative to efforts for cot
ton limitation.
AUGUSTA COMPLETED
BIGC BUILDING WORK
‘r AUGUSTA, Ga. —(AP)— A $2,-
200,000 building vprogram either
completed or under way- In Aug
gusta and its environs during
51931. was revealed in a survey
completed Saturday,
~ The " Augusta Herald, which
made gha survey, says the figures
ate eéxfil to ‘those of the average
year in the territory.
~ Various® veports, including the
official reéord of Jack = Browning,
eity building inspector, were con
sulted in making up the total,
—ESTABLISHED 1832
TENGE FEELING 13
HOLDING HONDLULL
- FASTINITS GRASP
Fear is Rampant; Doors
‘Locked by Women Who
! Feel Violence Near
NAVY MANEUVERS
i THERE CUT SHORT
Shore Leave Denied U. S.
Sailors; Soldiers in
Barracks Held Ready
HONQLULU —(AP)— Nervous
women kept the- doors -of thelr
tomes ‘lecked here Saturday and
‘reliable ‘reports said -the army was
feady to send troops into the city
in caseofemergency as battle lines
were drawn in the case'of Mrs. Gran.
Ville Foftescte:and "two naval ‘men
““harged with the abduction and
?urdei ‘of one of ‘the suspécted
attackerd -of Mrs. - Fortescue's
slaughter, Mrs. Thomas H. Mas
e " bih eIT '
4 Mrs. «Fortescue, wife: of the
ridely - known soldier and author,
er son-ti-law, ILieutenant Thom
as B Massie, U. 8. N, and E. 7J.
rd; an enlisted man of the Navy,
?re -aceused of slaying Joseph
Kahahawal, a young Hawaiian, af
'ter luring him from a courtroom.
The accusea trio had been or
dered to appear in court Satur
;day for a preliminary hearing but
‘Fcity and County Attorney James
Gilliland obtained a week's con.
tinuance to - gather evidence for
the prosecution. The accused three
remained in the custody of naval
officers at Pearl Harbor. b
Weeks of high feeling, starting
September 12 with the attack cf
Mrs. Massie, wife of the accusad
lieutenant, by five men reputeily
of mixed' blood, and a similar
crime later against another white
woman left the city's populace
outwardly quiet but ~ inwardly
viewing the situation with mingled
fear 'and nervousness.
" ' GEORGIAN’'S BROTHER
. COLUMBUS, Ga. —(AP)— Wil
4liam S. Massie, of Columbus, Sat-
Tma‘ ay said he had. Tearhed of the
arpest of his brother Lieutenant
| Thomas H. Massie of the Navy,
lin Honolulu In connection with
{the slaving of .Joseph Kahahawai,
I'a native, only through news dis-
patches.
~ Massie, who 1s connected with
the advertising department of the
Columbus Ledger and The En
ouirer-BSun, had received no direct
communication from his brother.
Has Pneumonia
NEW YORK — (AP) — Major
Granville Roland Fortescue, whose
wife is being held on muraer
<harges' in Hawaii was removed
to a hospital Saturday suffering
from pneumonia. He had been ill
for some time at an hotel wherp
he had been s‘ayving since Mrs.
Fortescue, their daughter and son
in-law left for Hawali Jlast Au
gust,
At the hospital it was gajd Ma.
jor Fortescue was depressed ovet
the news of #a wife's predica
ment, bat thadehe had heard noth
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SENATE VOTE ON
RECONSTRUCTION
BILL DUE MONDAY
Debates Five Hours on 2
Billion Dollar Recon
struction Finance Corp.
WASHINGTON—(AP)—Through
a_torrent of oratory and a pro
fusion of amendments, the two
billion dollar Reconstruetion Fi.
jnance corporation moved ahead
Saturday toward a certain vote in
lthe senate Monday. ’
Alter five hours of debate which
once wandered off into a heated
discussion of prohibition, the sen
ate agreed to act on the mammoth
economic. rehabilitation measure
before the end of its next “legis
lative day.”
At ‘the other end of the capital
the measure made definite pro
gress with final approval by the
!hmme banking committee and de
‘*cision to bring it up for debate
on Monday.
Reject Amendments
In the -senate only two of the
i many amendments offered reached
a vete. Both were rejected.
One, by Senator Bratton, Demo
crat, New Mexico, to permit the
corporation to loan to irrigation
and reclamation districts failed
by the slimest possible margin
{ with the 37 for and 37 against it.
Under senate rules an amendment
is defeated unless a majority
votes for it.
{ The other, by Senator Jones,
¢ Republican, Washington, would
’have made shipping firms eligi
ble for loans by the corporation
on certification of the Shipping
board. It failed by a vote of 15
to 61.
Most of the amendments await
tiag action seek to add to the list
of institutions . eligihle to receive
loans,
Democrats Force Partys
Tariff Measure Through
House By 214182 Vote
PLANS LAID FOR BRIDGE MATCH
BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE U. S.
By TOM O'NEIL
(Associated Press Staff Writer.)
NEW YORK.—(AP)—It is to be
a big year for an intellectual pas
time one game of which for one
month has received” more news.-
paper space than any one blue rib
bon .contest involving. physical
activity.
In retirement from champion.
ship play, Ely Cu'bertson, triumph
ant over Sidney S. Lenz in a
test of mothods of contract bridge,
expects to arrange widespread
competitions in which brains, not
brawn, will count.
First .there will be an interna
tional match between BEritish .and
American tegms, 'Culhqrt:son act
ing as the non-playing captain of
the American slde. Britons are to
visit - him. noxt month to settle
upon the deta;ls. .
It is Culbertson’s hope that such
a-match will be ‘of sufficient ap
peai.that hands and play can be
reproduced almost simultaneously
in bridge clubs throughout the
T'nited States and Great Britain.
Plans have been worked out for a
network of .wires. connecting elec
tric switchhoards. ]
Rev. Veatch Will
Preach at First
Methodist Today
Second of Milledge Park
Vesper Services This Af
ternoon
Rev.: J.. W. Veatch, presiding
elder of the Athens.Elberton dis
triot, will preach on the subject,
“The New, Life in Christ”, at the
-First Methodist ehurch this morn
ing at 11:15 o'eloek. Rev. Lester
Rumble will preach the might
sermon, “Is Jesus Christ Final”?
! The second of the series of Mil
jledge Park Vesper services will be
j held this afterngon from 5 to §
‘o'clock in the Henrierta Apart.
ments on South Lumpkin street.
Dr. W. H. Wrighton has been in
vited to speak ag.in, and will dis
cuss “The Comrades of the King”,
'a subject whiea will be of unusual
;Jnterest to students of English his.
tory. The various d2nominations
of the city wers represented Jast
week, and all are invitel to gatncr\
ariin ‘
N “The Goal of a Christian Life”
is the subject of the sermon by
Dr. J. C. Wilkinson at the First
. Baptist church this morning, The
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Criminal Cases
To Be Taken Up
By Court Monday
Judge Forfég;\— Ovarrules
Two Motions for New
Trials Saturday
Crimindl cases will be taken up
by Clarke county Superior cour:
Moaday morning at 10 o'clotk for
lowing a recess since last Thurs
day, when the civil docket was fin
inshed.
Judge Blanton Fortson over.
ruled two motions for new trials
at hearings Saturday, One was Dy
Rich Weaver,, Negro convicted 01
a charge of voluntary manslaugh.
ter at -the last term.of court In
connection with the fatal shoot
ing of Tom Ferrell, Negro. Weav
& was alleged to have shot Fer
rell following a quarrel over a
dime,
The other was denled to James
Ham, Negro, charged with hitting
Ed Lester over the weaa with a
piece of iron at the" Grey Pig”
stand on the Tallassee road.
OCONEE RISES 22
INCHES IN THREE
DAYS, BISON SAYS
The Oconee river has risen 22
inches since Thursday, according
to Bert Bissom, who is in charge
of the guage here.
Thursday morning the guage
registered 75; kriday 96, and Sat
urday moerning it registered 97.
SAVANNAH RISES
AUGUSTA, Ga.—(AP)—The Sa
vannah river continued to rise
slowly here Saturday with a crest
of 31 feet expected, but there was
no new interference with traffic.
At 10 a. m, the guage stood
at 30.5 feet, nearly 25 feet below
the level the Augusta levee was
built to withstand.
The Fifth street and Sand Bar
Ferry bridge were closed by wa
ter over the approaches, but other
highways were open and . there
was. no interference with rail
traftic. - it 3
A. B. C. Paper---Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday.
On April 1, there will be an in
]temationa] championship under
Culbertson’s auspices with simul
tanzous play ali over the world,
[ tyros and super experts - dealing
. with the same selected hands, 0.
cial leaders: competing on the
same basis as school girls.
i The hands will be-arranged un
lder Culbertson's gridance so that
{ there will be one earrect final con
{tract for good bidding and one
i correct resu.t with: the_best play.
i A par wili be assigned each hand
iand an individual competitor's re
sult will be compared with that.
|Hands will be sealed, and kept
i secret until the hour for starting
| the tournament. Results in vari
‘ons citles will be ' compared by
wire and cable. {
| Culbortson’s rivals still have
t material with which to dispute his
leadership. In behalf of the “offi
cial' gystam of bidding, which the
match contract said should be
tested in the 150-rubber series
with Culbertson, it is argued:
I—A lead of 8,980 points in a
150-rubber match is not decisive.
2-—With a partner more in his
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Absentee Voters
Cast Ballots in
Alabama Election
Witiiess at Birmingham
Hearing Says Batch of
Votes Bought for $l5O
. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, —(AP)-—A
‘wholesale roundup =of {absentee
ballots for which $l5O was paid
was added Saturday to the charges
of irregularities in the 1080 genx
-eral electionaired jat hearing in
connection with J. Thomas Hef
lin's contest of the election of Ser
ator John H. Bankhead, 1
W. H. Page, Shelby county,
testified he was paid e money to
distribute the ballots to former
residents of Shelby county living
in the adjoining county of Jeffer
gon. He said he was given the
money by a brother-in.law who he
understood had recelved it from
Knox Wooley, Shelby county sher
iff,
'~ Page said the ballots were for
both Independent &nd Democratic
candidates and were distribiated
prior to the Democratic primary in
August and the November general
election. He sald a brother was
paid $6 a day and furnished gas
oline for his automobile to assist
in the distribution,
Auto, Truck Tags Sold
First Week are 18,819
ATLANTA.—(AP)—SaIe of au
tomobile and truck license plates
during the first week, ending kri
day, totaled 18,819 as against 16,.
697 for the same period last year
it was announced Saturday by the
motor vehicle tag division of the
State Revenue commirsion.
Chairman Paul H. Doyal of the
commission said that while there
was a slight increase for the week
over the like period in 1931, the
time for sales had been reduced to
one month and that it would be
necessary for auto and truck own
ers to speed thelr purchases to
avoid penalties.
Admiral Bristol
Urged U. S. Build
To Treaty Limits
Says Nation Not Keeping
Faith Unless it Follows
Treaty Provisions
WASHINGTON —(AP) — From
one of the Navy’s highest ranking
Admirals came the assertion Sat
urday that the United States is
“not keeping faith” with its own
people or with foreign nations un
‘less it builds its fleet up to treaty
limits, .
Rear Admiral Mark A. Bristol,
chairman of the Navy's general
‘board, sald, “the ' Navy believes
jvery strongly that having entered
{into an agreement to maintain the
{Navy at a certain strength, we
| should live up to it.”
He told the mnaval committee
'flatly in answer to a question from
(Chairman Hale of Maine that the
United States fleet tocay “Is not
an up-to-date modern navy.”
Both Bristol .and Rear Admirar
George H. Rock, chief of the con
struction bureau, strongly advoca
sted passage of a treaty limit build- |
ling measure such as the Hale bill,l
under consideration. A similar
measure has been ‘ Introcuced mi
the house by Rep, Vinson, Demo-
Crat, Georfl:L chairman of the na
val committee, : -
HODVER POWER FOR
X 5 BITES 196
e w 4 ARG
- o i
Twelve Republicans Vote
With Democrats; Bill
First Major Battle’ =
By CECIL B. DICKSON ..o
WASHINGTON — {AP) =~ The
scant Democratic majority scored.
its first victory over the admins
istiation forces on a major politis.
cal issue Saturday by foreing &
party tariff blll through the house, .
It voted 214 to 182 to revamp !
administrative features of the:
Hawley-Smoot law dealing with.
the flexible tariff powers of Press=i:
ident Hoover and went on ‘record
favoring an International confers
ence to revise tariffs downward.
The bill now goes to the sen."
ate, where passage Is probable,
However, congressional adminfs
tration followers are convincad
that if the measure is sent tu th@
White House it will be vetoed. *
. Tweive Republitans and the one
Farmor - Laborite, Repreaentatfvev
Kvale of Minnesota, voted with
the Democrats. Not one Democrat
{voted against the bill.
| Crisp Accepts A
. Before sending .it to the senate,
‘the housge adonted an amendmient.
proposed by . LaGuardia of New
York, a Republican. independent,
'and Canfield, Democrat, Indiana. -
Lrequirmg that any ' agreemeat
reached by the international een.
ference bhe approved 'by bota
branches of congress. It was ac
cepted by Representative Crisp of
| Georgia, ranking Democrat on the
house wayvs gnd means committee.
It also prevents any possibility
of discussion or consideration of
reduction or cancellation of inter~
governmental debts by the United
| States representatives at the con
ference. 4 : “r
. The bill removes from the Chiaf
|Executlve power to~ change. ratas
on the recommendation. of %
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BURIAL SERVICES
FOR MRS. JULIA
M. POTTS TODAY
. 21
Services Will Be Held at
Shackelford Home at
’W A £
Three O'clock S
Funeral gervices for Mrs. Julls
M. Potts, widow of tne late W. &,
Totts, who died at the home« sos
her brothers, T. J. and Fi: C.
Shackelford Friday afternoon at
'1:30 o’clock will be held from :f
residence on Mitchell's br : 4
road this afternoon at 3 o'cloc %fi
The services will be cond,ig
by Dr. . J. Cartledge, pastor oF
the Centra! Preshyterian churen
la‘nd Dr. E. L. Hill, pastor of tie.
First Presbyterian church, Inters
’ment will be in the Oconee cemes
tery, MecDorman-Bridges finera %
home in chacge. ~,v
l The pallbearers will be the-& ‘
{lowing nephews of wars. m
George E. Story, Carter lel.
iC‘larke Fossette, Jack Daniel, Robs.
{brt J. Smith, Clyde Y. Danies
[Corbett Williamson, Thomas F.
Daniel and Willlam C. Shackel
!(m‘d. Members of the Athens Bat
association, of whigh T, J, M
}alfurd is president =il act ag &R
hanciary escort, meeting at. the
I residence at 2:45 olclock. = ———
’ Mrs. Potts is survived by .
{brothers, F. C., and T. J. Shaexs
jelford, Athens; George O. Shack.
'elford. 2 ttica and Russell C. 1
liel, Winder, several me:wces &and
nerhews, S AT
Mrs. Potts was a native of
Jackson county, and was SeVentys
eight years of age at th time of
|her death. She was ill for several
| weeks. She was a member of the
,Presbyterian chvrch. She received
‘her early education at Martin Ine
!stitute, Jefferson. She became _a
|¢esident of Athens in 1892, l‘eaflqv,
ling here for about ten years
f’when she moved to Washington,
IID. C-, where she lved until. 1928
{Mr. Potts died in Athens abous
five years ago. el
i Mrs. Potts was married by Rev.
{Grove Cartledge, father of . Dre
is. J. Cartledge who at that time
{was pastor of the Tayatrra Frese
|byterian church, This was in 4878
'And Mrs. Potts was a member of
‘¢he same church at the time OT/
‘her death. She was one of the m -
beloved tomen of this city, always
displaying a motherly feeling to
4vard those who knew her. Among
‘some of the elderly women of the
rtommunity are those who Knew
iher as a girl, and their friendship
was the scene of visits of those
‘ing her last illness her sick room
nyas the' scena of visits of th ‘those
friends who thought of Mrs. Potts
almost as theéir mother. RN TR