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tnveatlaata Today! To Regular Subscribers of THE BANtliiR HERALD (1.00C Accident Poliey Free. Pally mad Sunday—10 Centa a Week. He One Paper In Host Homes—Ike Only Paper In Many Homes. . WEATHER: CLOUDY AND SHOWERS, _ __ COTTON: HOLIDAY. HA; PE A Cl COUNTY IS ISSUE She Reaches Her Seventh Heaven Charges That Counter feit Ballot Is Circulated For Pension Commis sioner Heard. Athenians Go to Poll. Tuesday’s Election to Decide Who Controls Next Congress. Duo to continuous rains and the r contest the general elec Clarke county Tuesday Is passing off quietly with but a few hundred casting tneir vote. Personal representatives from Houston county aTe active at the polls in an effort to block the -ti- lieation of the amendment creat ing Peach county. These workers nr e only trying to Influence those who go to the polls on the inad visability of the new county and even the contest will cause only a few more to vote than is custo mary in general elections when 3 nomines of the democratic pd», mary are formally elected PROPONENTS HERE ALSO - ad vacates of, Jj however, havte not'been idle *i\thUT • county and have had their emis saries here in the interest of the amendment. Up n °° n n ° th ; illK i m t the "officially” prepared ballot lmd been polled. Less than 20,) votes had been polled at tne court house at noon and it is ex- noted that hardly more than polled in'the entire county Helen Merken Rises to New Heights of Fame. r ’ \ MAY ESTABLISH MORE DIE IN M1NE UW fM ™ l, ™| otal. • ANDY GUMP" RUNNING WELL. ,,uiet ns the election is he'e it i« nut without its election "col- ,„• and the most discussed phase nt it is the race "Andy (Jump" is nuk.ni! fur congress. Unprecedent ,.j tiullticnl prnertee happenea When Andy's" Chief sponsor Sid- nev Smith, failed to predict a sweopintt victory for his candidate Ini his campaign manager and associates see nothing but a vic tory for the "100 per cent for the people" candidate- , The favorite comic characters name was actually written in on many ballot s pollen here, it is Stat- LITTLE INTEREST THROUGHOUT STATE Harvey Stevens, Prother of Widow of Slain Rec tor, Thinks Swifter Ac tion Is Needed. Review of Case Indicates Several vPossible Solu tions to Famous Double Slaying. LAVALETTE, N. J.—H a r r y Stevens, brother of Mrs. Francis Stevens Hall, widow of the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall, who was murdered with Mrs. E. R. Mills near New Brunswick on Septem ber. 14, last, is discontented at the delay of the official inquiry and contemplates bringing matters to an issue by leaving town, Mrs. Ethel Stevens, his wife said, in an NEW YORK.—Helen Menken has reached her “Seventh Heav in'' at last! That is the name of the John Golden play in which she now storms Broadway. t NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.—In vestigation of reports of a plot to obstruct justice in the Hall-Mills murder case and to protect the murderers was under Way here Tuesday. Special Deputy Attorney General Wilbur A. Mott who ex pects to seek tne indictment of the "woman in grey” the latter part of the week on the strength of the eye witness story of Mrs. Jane Gibson, is said to feel that the inquiry has been hampered by the refusal of some of the witness to tell all they know’. Others, it Is said, have plac ed obstacles in the wuy or the in vestigators and Mr. Mott Intends to prosecute them on charge of be- ATLANTA, Ga.—(By the Asso ciated Press)—With rain reported billing in several sections of the state early reports on the general election in Georgia were that a light vote was being cast. Charg es that counterfeit ballots in the for Pension CommIMioner are , ng asses80rles a tier the fact. In mOBL ... hr. Onrlo avWtpnCA Slin- in cit culaton was the esting development early Tuesday. Deports reaching Atlanta at an early hour showed that the chief ?teruer of interest wrasbelns center ed on the proposed constitutional amendments to create Peach coun ty and a new' fifty second state senatorial district. Voterg were giving these two amendments their attention be cause all state house officials, U. S. Senator. Congressmen and numer ous county officers had been nomi nated in democratic primaries held p September and ,<ACtoheif. These nominations are considered equiva lent to election. GOVERNOR elected „ jor- officials to be formal ly elected Tuesday are Clifford Walker to succeed Governor Thos. W. Hardwick, and. Walter F. George to succeed XT. S. Senator Thomas E. Watson, deceased. Mr. Walker will take the oath governor on June 3f6, 1923, while ^ ,r - Georg’s will enter'Congress at il s next session. 0 E. McGregor the democratic nominee for state pension commis sioner in a statement published to- charged that the counterfeit ballots are being circulated at the Polls. Mr. McGregor is being op- bosed by W. H. H. PhelpS, of At- Janta, independent candidate. The democratic nominee olames the independent candidate for the al leged bogus" ballots. Mr. Phelps denieg the ctfprge 6aying that the ^allots he has' placed at the pools are in compliance with the recent jtnlinK of attorney general Geo. M. Kapler. the event he finds evidence sup porting the report. Definite action was promised by Mr. Mott before the week ends and this was taken to mean that the Case would be presented to the Grand Jury Thursday or Friday. ATLANTA, Ga.—Final prepara tions were being made here Tues day for the opening of the North Georgia Methodist episcopal church south, conference Wednesday. Bishop William B. Murrah, who w’ill preside at the sessions, held a meeting of his cabinet to begin ar ranging appointments for the new year while several of the boards met to complete their reports. The widows and orphans aid as sociation of the conference will hold a session Tuesday night, when a proposal to have the en tire body of ministers take out group insurance will be discussed. Under present arrangements the total benefits derived by the family of a deceased minister has not amounted to more than 3500. The group plan provides lor the insur ance of each member regardless of age and number of years in ser vice in the conference in the sum of $1,000 to $5,000 at a uniform rate advocates of the proposal stated today.; * ;. r . • Today Last Day to Qualify to Vote on Nov. 22 RESENTED BY HIM ? w“We think’that it w about time pull up our belongings and go away from here, just to force na issue with the authorities who are investigating the murder, 1 she said. . Stevens has told the investiga tors that he was fishing near La- Vallette on the night of the mur der and has furnished the names of several persons who he says saw him. Mrs. Jane Gibson, far mer, has told the authorities that a man committed the murders and that he was accompanied by a wo man in a grey coat. Mrs. Stevens received the news paper men in her home -with cor- uuuity and served them with sandwiches. She exp^ined that her husband was across the bay at a gunning point hut that he could be reached by a system of signal^ she had arranged with him. “We wefe ready to go c_ _ world totir when this thing hap pened,” said Mrs. Stevens, “but we gave it up because we thought it would be better for Henry to stay here and face whatever was in store for him. Now, however, we think the authorities have had Today, November 7th, .is the Ust day for . the men and wo men of Athens who are twen ty-one years, of age and elder to qualify for the municipal primary, to be held in the city on November 22nd to elect five aldermen from as many wards in the city. It « first necessary to pay all taxes due the ' city up to December 31st next and— Second, to see that you are registered. ' . - . The city marshall's office in the city hall will be open Tuesday until 6 o'clock, , so see if you are eligible to vote be fore that hour. -ATWASHlTflll WASHINGTON. — Elections over the country Tuesday had their reflex in Washington. In every government department there were many vacant ,places several inembers of the cabinet and many, officials and employes having gone home to vote. The exodus this year, however, was not as great as usual and an in creasing number voted by mail Having registered his choices in this manner President Harding was at his office at the usual hour with a full day ahead, had all the latest forecasts of his party lieutenants and as the day wore along received scattered re ports from the actual balloting. Tuesday night he was to get the returns in his study as rapdily as they could be recevied at the exe cutive offices over an Associated Press wire and relayed to him over the telephone by Secretary Christian. INE TUESDAY SAVE UP NEARLY SIXTY DEAD Explosion Early Monday At Sprangler, Pa., En tombs 95 Men, Most of Whom Perished. j Considerable Anxiety Felt Throughout England and Europe Because of %■ Breach of Treaties By the i Turk Nationalists.. Rescue Party Organized Early Tuesday. Charita ble Organizations and Embalmers Busy. SPRANGLER, Ptu—'By the Associated Press.) — The gas. choked channels of the Reilly mine were giving up their dead Tuesday. h fx. Forty victims .of the explosion had been brought to the surface ««rly Tuesday as rescue workers searched through. >\lhe water- soaked passages for, the remain- ished when tM Wait entombed more than 90 men soon after they reported for work Monday mom- ing. 1 Officials of the Reilly Coal company, owners o-j the mine, were not certhiri of the number of workers in the pit when the dis aster occurred. They expressed fko Vial Iflint tLn Jn.Si— 1.11 —l J the belief that the death toll, would be between fifty and> sixty. Thirty-three men rescued are in a hospital here anti physicians said they would recover. REMOVING DEAD BEGAN TUESDAY Four jnembers of the president's cabinet in Washington. Of these, time enough to act and we think. Secretaries Hughes, Weeks and to do something will be for us to!Wallace voted by mail. Attorney All official sessions of the con ference will be' held. !h tne Wesley Memorial chdreh- : adjournment is .scheduled lath -Monday after to do something , wlil be for us to leave town and start our trip. “The t question has often been asked why didn't Henry give his sister away in marriage. When Mr. Hall and Mrs. Hall were mar ried, Henry was in New England. There was nothing in common be tween .Henry ana Mrs. Hall and for that'reason he made no spec ial effort to attend the wedding. It is untrue that he refused to call on the Halls, since the wed ding. There is an ,entry in his diary for June 23. It says: ‘Ed ward and Frances here* which means that they spent the after noon here. , i “I believe the solution of this crime has not even been hinted at yet. Has anyone thought of look- Gencral Daugherty also voted by mail, hut spent the day in Balti more with Mrs. Daugherty, who recuperating there after an op eration. Three members of the cabinet Ml Li-A TLTallan The Red Cross is planning for a roll call to begin next. Saturday, Ar mistice day, and to. run through Thanksgiving. Final arrangements are being perfected. [There wifi be a committee of women .■who.^rill. maintain booths Jn the .downtown eejetibn while the Campfire girls. tbe Boy Scouts and a committee of men will also assist.. The local office of the organiza tion is on the ragged edge for funds and will have y close unless the people here ral to ^ sup port liberally. . An itemized account of the ex penditures during * e ’ ,v months is being prepared by Mrs. Tommie ^Anderson, who is assist ing with, the roll call organzation and this will show, when published in a feW days, something of what the Red'Cross has been doing for this community. ; Those who know of its activities do not believe the •cty and 'county can afford to lose it and every effort will be made to have the call a success here. noon 3ust aiter thA anViual appoint-in? up other men who might have irients are announced: figured in Mrs. Mills’ life? . MQST OR ’EM DO DO YOU? This daily reading of the Want Ads under Articles for Sale is a wonderful - habit— one that both entertains and offers ways galore to save money. Most of our subscribers know this—but do you? If not, you can’t learn any younger, and‘had . as well make ■your start RIGHT NOW. TURN TO ? EM1 : banner-herald . Athens’ Market Place. f2 ; * . WANT TO HELP AUTHORITIES 'We are ready to help the Au thorities in any. way. - We thought they might want Henry in a hurry sometime, so,we arranged a com plicated set of signals While he is away. Right now he .is at the gunning point about twelve miles across the Bay and with the good telescope we have upstairs, on a decent day 1 can see him. He has arranged to hang out a flag while he is there. If the flag—it is really nothing hut a large hand- kerthief—is hanging out I know he is there. If it isn't he is com ing in. ' That’s the way we xepfet to communicate until this either blows over or we leave town. “State . troopers were -sent down here to. ;watch Uenfyv They pa raded up and down along the board walk in front of the house (Turn to page 2.) will hot vott. Secretary Mellon,, it t«» -, stated, was prevented from registering through pressure of piASc hutiness; Secretary Hoo ver, now on his way west to a meeting of. the Colorado River commission at Santa Fe, N. M., is unable to, reach California in time for the election, while Secre tary DaviB is still in the far west where be has been campaigning. While there was no'accurate in formation as to just how many., votes were cast Tuesday by resi dents of “votejess” Washington, leaders of‘the"'two principal par ties estimate that there are up wards of 50,000 potenital voters in the. District of Columbia, the number’ having been swelled since the ■ enactment, of 24 states of laws permitting the : legal resi dents absent to Vote by mail. • Grim task of removing the dead started about 2. o’clock Tues day morning after widows . and children of the missing men had been induced to return home. They stood ini the misty rain all through Monday. Rescue chiefs believed that the mine would be cleared of bodies soon after day break. • * Six state troopers patrolled the area about the mine mouth and kept the hundreds of curious peo ple away. Miners Hall, ’a little structure here was the temporary morgue. Undertakers here, in Bamsboro and in Johnsfdfttt were ordered to prepare for the dead men. Early Tuesday some undertakers were washing and embalming the mire- soaked. bodies in the hall here. Every delivery truck and wagon in Spangler was pressed into serv. ice as a morgue wagon. Red Cross and Salvation Army workers from Pittsburgh) Altoona and Johnstown were on hand dis tributing coffee and sandwiches to the rescue squads as they came to the surface with their grim burden or to replenish their oxy gen tanks for a new exploration of the myddy pits. CERTAIN NO SPARK OF LIFE 4 countered bodies.in the,main way.^te republican state committee A.l. 1An J? . .' im. / iros-n 4V.a 1 J : Rucker First to Pay Entrance Fee Captain J. H. Rucker was the first candidate for Jhe office of alderman to • pay his entrance fee to the chairman of the executive committee. Councilmen R. T. Dottery and C. F. Crymes have also forwarded* fumes. | their checks and have officially entered the races. Captain Ruck er is-a candidate.trojn. the third •ward, Mr. Dottery' from the -firSt and.,Mr. Crymes frpm xh^ k fourths The j primary is set for .^Bvemher 22nd. \faen ; worker* entered the mine soon after noon Monday, they en- PARIS.—(By the Associated Press.)—The Allied high commissioners at Constantinople have askef their gvoernments for authorization to take all nec essary measures to maintain order in Constantino ple .it was announced here Tuesday afternoon. The , commissioners, it was stated, will declare martial law if necessary. The French dreadnought Jean Bart Will leave Toulon today to join the Allied fleet :'at Constantinople. CONSTANTINOPLE.—(By the A s s o c i a ted . Press.)--Three additional classes of Turkish soldiers- have been called to the colors. T alarmed over situation . LONDON.—(By the Associated Press.)—The' surprising demands which the Kemalists have made upon the Allies in Constantinople since they took oyer the. civil government there on Saturday still cause a greait defl of ; ^nxiety in London. The feeling Qf uneasiness has beeri intensified by the scarcitv of news from Constantinople in the last 36 hours , ISIS 119 EAST NEW CASTLT. England—(By the Associated ' Press)—Lloyd George made so*ne sharp refer ences to the crisis which has aris- * A !f th , e J^pdon newspapers treat the situation seriously and prominently. Deep suspicion of/the aims ol the Turkish Nationalists is almost unanimous among the pa- pel s, and all of them seem worried ' about the -safety of. the non-Tur kish population of the Sublime port. , ' 1 ,■/, .A Times dispatch from Constant! nople dated iMoncay but not timed, said the situation bad become most critical and that tije Angora gov- - ernment apparently was determned en in the Near East since his fall j to take advantage of the confused from the Premiership in the politi-J political situation in Great Britan cal address which he delivered be- 1 by a series of accomplished fare a‘large asWmblage here Tues day. \ "The Near East is beginning to show symptoms of mnamnjation” he said. ‘Whatever happens, our flag must "not be let down.” Lriter on in his speeqh he said: “We^had got rid' or tne T.urk but has looked at the list’of new Ministers* and come to the conclu sion that this is the time foran other try.}, "If the gOyernment stands by the flag, my-friends, I will he'whole heartedly behind them” v he said. "I entreat the government to show the Turk that we will not be trifled with and that the Turk must stand by'the document signed a' few weeks ago ut MUdania." B.O. P. HIS TICKET facts carry out the whole Nation alist program despite, checks put upon them by the Wudanla conven tion. ALLIED QUARTEDS ARE DISTURBED. The dispatches worn Constapti- nople reported there was much nervousness in responsible Allied quarters there and that European business men and other foreigners In the city Were preparing to leave at. a moment’s notice. Business is at a standstill and the unloading of ships has ceased, the dispatches The London DALLAS^ Texas. — Earle B. Mayfield, democrat candidate for the United States senate to suc ceed Senator Charles A. Culber son and George E. B. Peddy, in dependent democrat indorsed" by only 100. feet .from fresh air. They halted only long enough to make sure there was no spark of life and thenhnrried on into the gassy chanfbeiA to,..search for? possible' snrvivoys. were the figures overshadowing interest in Tuesday’s election. Mayfield with his name off the ballot in a number of counties is legally entitled to a place on all , of the ballots in the state by vir- Their hopes were high when * ue of an eleventh hour supreme they came upon a rudely con structed brattice, on which was scrawled: “There are 29 miners behind this.” But the rescuers pushed on court ruling in his favor, was said to have the Ku Klux Kl'an'casting a sblid vote for him, although he has not said anything about the Klan in his campaigning. Peddy . was figured on to swinsf the anti- deeper into the mine for men who 1 Klan and republican vote. Peddy’s had not fortified themselves. The gas was strong at this point and they feared that shotild they break down the barrier tije weakened condition of the men could not stand the inrush of the deadly BODIES HUDDLED CLOSE TOGETHER , "Other rescuers later found more than' a score of bodies huddled to- hl *^ K (Turn to page 2.) name was not on the ballot. The election climaxes a bitter battle of lawsuits, injunctions and mandamus proceedings and fol lows the brief lull occasioned by the supreme court’s ruling Mon day nullifying all pre-election litigation. ' For the first time in Texas po litical history the republicans had practically a complete ticket in the field, They claimed the four teenth and nineteenth congres sional districts.. newspapers, while asserting that the Allies do not wish to interfere ii, any way wth I Turkey’s internal affairs, caiL for strict adherence to the Mudanla armistice terms and appeal to-thc Allies to stand. arm, against, any ubwarranted Kemalist demands. The opinion that the Lausanne peace conference must he postpon- * ed as the result or the recent- de velopments in the Near East is be coming general. But a Reuters dispatch reports the Kemalist dele gation to the conference has al ready started for Lausanne.-■' POLLED IN WEST SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—Unset tled weather conditions prevailed in many parts of the tar west early Tuesday, but q. heavy vote was ex pected to be cast. Unusually heavy registrations have been reported from most of the states. ;: 11 All of the Pacific slope ntates except Oregon. Idaho ana Colorado are electing United States senators. Re-election is sougnt by one sena tor in each of the mates of Califor nia, Arizona, -ew Mexico, Wash ington, Nevada, Wyoming and Utah Gubernatorial campaigns have been waged In most of the states^ though the Governors of Arizona and Oregon are the only ones ask ing re-election.
