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WIHIPfSBBSWtBRBMBH Investigate Today/ To P-oguisr Subscribers of THE SANNliR HC-r»«to $1,000 Accident Policy Free. Daily sad Sunday—10 Cents a Week. The One Paper In Host Homes—Tbe Only Paper In Many Homes. Daily and Sunday—10 Cents a Week, WEATHEIfc *' o- - FAIR. r 'T> fj COTTON: MIDDLING ; 25 7-8c PREVIOUS CLOSE . 25 3-8c VOL. 11. No. 58 Full Associated Press Leased Wire Service. ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 1922. Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday. +•* *•* *•* +•* •+ *•+ *•* *•* *•* *•* Two Men Corroborate Mrs. Gibson’s Story of Double Murder *•+ *•* +•+ 4.04. w 4.04. SUCH COUNTY SEEMS TO TO PASS THU QUIZ Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, republican leader of the senate, who defeated his democratic rpponent, William A. Gaston, I by a narrow margin. ET Special Deputy Attorney) Has Found Two Men; Who Corroborate “Pig j Woman’s” Story. j Grand Jury Not to Be. Called Until Monday of Next Week. New Evi dence Delays. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.—(By the Associated Press.)—Special Deputy Attorney General Mptt, | prosecuting the state’s hunt for j the murderers of the Rev. Edward Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills Wed- J nesday announced that two men' had portly corroborated the story of Mrs. Jane Gibson, who claims • to have witnessed the tragedy. j Mr. Mott said he'-would defer j __ _ calling the grand jury until Mon- 01111 Tl/ rfM -PllIIIAF n blflLtl Kin mm. had been intended to convene the jrrand jury on Thursday or Fri- Is Made to Apply to This Section of Country By Returns. Democrats Carry Tennes see Where the G, 0. P. Would Make Inroads. Other Sections Taken. ATLANTA, Ga.—(By the Asso ciated Press.)—The “democratic solid south” once again is a real ity as a result of ballots cast in Tuesday’s general election accord ing to returns early Wednesday. Led by Tennessee, where Gov ernor Alf Taylor, Jor many years a -republican leader of his state, was defeated by: Austin Peay, and Cordell Hull, chairman of the democratic committee regained bis seat in congress;” tthe' democrats drove the republicans from the 1 foothold the fatter, had gained in , 1920. The democrats increased ""v,; ... . I „ , .. . . .their congressional representation The men claim to have seen Resolutions commendmg Judge from four to eight In the atate , the two automobiles described by Samuel H. Sibley for his charge | educing their opponents from five Mrs. Gibson, the high bodied tour-[to the grand jury Monday were to two nth bright headlights 1 adopted by that body Tuesday. | B q Reece first district, and W#iG HENRY CABOT LODGE GRAND JURY THAKKS ELECTION BULLETINS BOSTON—Senator Lodge held a lead of 3,583 votes over his dem ocratic opponent. William A. Gas ton, in returns from all but their- teen election precincts in' the state tabulated Wednesday. The missing precincts were in Worces- Once Again Old Saying ter C0 “ d p «°^ n o{ the vote of Bos _ ton reduced Senator. Lodge’s raa- pority over Gaston to 1,233. The vote of 1,386 precincts out of .1,407 in the state including Boston gave Gaston 393,319, Lodge 395,147. Virginia Beauty Washington Deb Miss Elizabeth Woods, Daughter of Con gressman. 01P. SUFFERS BIO TUESDAY III !L ELECT! SAN FRANCISCO — Returns from 670 California precincts Wednesday showed the state pro hibition enforcement measure los ing 2 to 1. The vote was: For 12,- 120; against 30,564. CHARLESTON, W. Va. — Re turns from 255 preceincts in tho second congressional district gives Allen democrat 21,711; Boil ers. republican 18,484. In the third district / 313 pre cincts give Morton, democrat, 26.- 174;; Reed, republican 28,174 .Fourth district 216 precincts give Johnson, democrat 25.619; Wood; Fifth' diitrici 175 precincts give State • Democratic Ticket Headed By Walker and George Elected By Large Vote) Upshaw and McGregor Defeat Their Opponents. Peach Amendment May Be Defeated. ATLANTA.—The result of the voting on the Peach county consti tutional amendment in Tuesday’^ election in Georgia still was in doubt Wednesday with indications that the outcome- will not be knoyvn until official returns from every county' have been compiled. Incomplete returns from eighty- fi^B counties showed a majority it . the new county, t' r7 Tfc:) ;creat&h: :fronr 'Houston and Macon. The popular Lilly, democrat 20.615; Goody ivote in 248 precints out of a total Koontz, republican 17,764. Sixth iof • 1,687 gave advocates of the district 272 precincts give Taylor amendment 12,059 and the oppon- which outlined in the night the H-enr described by the farm wo- the runabout which ood ] it. They did not “see the woman in grey” described by Mrs. Gibson, allhough they were some distance nearer the scene than Mrs. Gibson claims to have been. re3 °l? tior !s follo y : , . IJ* W. Taylor, second distreit, both “Be it hereby resolved that we, unopposed, were the only two re publican congressmen to pass the grand jurors of the November tem\ of the Federal court of Georgia, Northern District, sitting in Athens, Georgia, do thank and commend Judge Samuel H. Sib ley, the .able judge of the district, forthq 7 wise and appropriate LANDSLIDE charge be delivered upon the open ing of <ourt Monday and that he be commended for tHb interest manifested not only in upholding the laws of the country but for his interest and wise counsel in regard to those besetting ques tion's that are now jeopardizing not’ only the prosperity but the morale and happiness of our land. through the voting. Hull defeated W. F. Clouse, who won over him two years ago. DEMOCRATIC " * • In order to hear Mr. Van H. DISTRICT ugin, of Atlanta, speak of what FORTUNATE "ax done at the National Aero Congress j n Detroit, a meeting of iho Athens air board has been «ull»(l for Friday night, at the Chamber of Commerce rooms on • Allege avenue, at 8 o’clock. Burgin was requested by the Athens body to present the claims of Athens ns a logical stopping place on the North and • s outh Airway. He was the offi- representative from the 'fth Military Corps area, which mciudes North and South Caroli na. Ge orgia, Florida and Alabama; nnd at the congress was elected governor of the national associa tion for this area. It will be a pleasant surprise to 1 any here, that a plane started ' lit from Nashville, Tennessee, to '■'►'no here for the Tenncssee- Goorgia football game. They had motor trouble, and failed to reach Athens; but it is hoped that thie "ill be but the first of many vis- 't' rs to plan to come to Athens by air. We have a field for land ing. and provision for supplying gasoline and oil, and minor re pairs, and the time should not be ta:- distant when tourists will plan 1,1 make Athens one of the usual s, 'Ps as they fly south for the "inter, and north for the sura-* Mi. C. Douglas Flanigen, pres- ‘ I ’nt of the Athens body, will preside over the meeting Friday night. “We feel that it is by such words of wisdom as those 'from Judge Sibley that the public will again be brought to a sense of moral and law,abiding duty that prevailed in our communities be fore the stirring days of the great war and'we will again have those qualities of self restraint, hon- esty, modesty and sobriety that, T ranlmeli Florida: H. D. Steph iL. L.Jma own (ft O O nOlTIfV 9ft _ ... . . . «. Tf. ul. n . Ill behalf of the fire prevention movement now being conducted throughout the United States, a demonstration in extinguishing flames with the Hanks fire extin guisher was staged ,in front of the Washington street fire house Tuesday evening. A large number of people saw gasoline, tar, and other flames quickly rut out. So complete was the democratic landslide as indicated by availa ble returns, the ninth congression al district of Virginia—twenty- two years represented by republi cans—was carried by George C. Perry over John H. Hassenger, republican nominee. This victory placed Virginia with Georgia, Ala bama, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Louisiana, Missis sippi and Arkansas as states send ing solid democrat delegations, to the national lower house. Mrs. Lucy Patterson, republi can, who opposed Congressman Charles M. Stedman in the fifth North Carolina district was de feated by a large vote. Democrats were victorious in each of the southern states elect ing senators. They follow: Park the judge refers to as being lightly regarded by our people today. “This district is fortunate in having such a man ns Judge'Sib ley at the head of' its Federal tribunal and we wish to express our confidence and trust in him. “Unanimously adopted. “J. T. PITTARD, Foreman. C. W. CROOK, "EDW. C. PAINE, Committee. Resolved further that these resolutions be published in the "t y P TEDW. Ci PAINE, Clerk/’ 111. BILLOT BOX ens, Mississippi; Kenneth D. Me- democrat 27,957; Echols, republi can 23,211. DETROIT. Mich—Michigan vo ters Tuesday re-elected the entiro republican state ticket but ap parently departed from tradition in the senatorial election. The election of a democrat for one of the senate seats occupied for years by a republican, appeared as a strong possibility. Woodbridge Farris, former Gov ernor was leading Senator Town send this morning by 11.000 votes with only 832 precincts yet to re port. The total in 2,074 precincts was Terris 218,780; Townsend, 207,- 676. WILMINGTON, Del. — With twelve districts- not heard from Thomas F. Bayard, democrat had a lead of 363 over CoCleman Du pont, republican for U. S. Senator. ST. f’AUL, Minn—For U. S. Senator 423 precincts out of 3,- 479 in Minnesota give Kellog, re- nublican 39,949; Shipstead, for-la- bor 48,273; Gles en, democrat 16,- 222. ents 12,545. In addition to these counties, five others have been re ported as voting against the measure and another, Houston, in favor of It, but no returns were given. The complete democratic state ticket headed by Clifford M. Wal ker for governor and Walter F. George for U. 1 S. senator to fill the unexpired term of the late Thomas E. Watson, has been elect ed by a large vote. C. E. Mc Gregor’s election over W. H. H. j Phelps, independent, , seemed as sured* Representative W. D. Up shaw of the fifth congressional diBtrict defeated Max L. Wllen- ski, non-partisan, by a large ma jority. HOW COUNTIES VOTED ON PEACH ISSUE figujesVine younger set of Washington YVboda Vlrg!hIa! l, * b0Ul Wooas ’ Slighter of Congressman John P, Democratic Gains in the House of Representa tives Threaten Republic * can Majority. A1 Smith Elected Gover nor of N. Y., Defeating Republican Miller. Sena tor Lodge Returned. . NEW YORK.—(By the A«so- dated Press.)—At noon eastern time, 25 states had completed their congressional election re turns but neither republicans nor democrats had progressed much further toward control of the house of representatives. The vote at that hour stood: Democrats 187; Republicans 185;' Socialist J. A majority to control is 218. Iowa was the only state which re turned a solid republican delega tion. NEW YORK—(By the Associa ted Press)—Democratic gains In ! the National elections continued to pile, up steady as belated re- j turns came in from all parts of tba country early Wednesday. Through out the ‘night democrat gains in the House of representatives acr | cumulated without counter gains [for the republicans in a single con- , gressidnal district. Th * ;:reat ma-- • jority rolled qp for the republicans in the Harding landslide of two • years ago was gnawed, into by the democrats in districts in all do-' 1 batable states until there seemed a chance that it virtually might t be wiped out or at least reduced to a slender working force for the administration. AflE VICTORIOUS STATE BY 478.B70 ST. LOUIS—(By the Associated Pr.^as)—United States Senator James /A Reed apparently pulled ine entire democratic ticket over with him, with the exception of possibly five Congressmen in Mis souri’s election Tuesray. Reed, who two years ago was denied a seat in the democratic Natonal convention, ran strong in republican and democratic dis tricts alik? aud showed surprising strength in a number of normally The list of, counties voting for the Peach county amendment fol lows: Atkinson, Barrow, Bleckley, Brooks, Burke, Campbell, Chat- ham, Coffee, Cook, Crisp, DeKalb, | republican communities, especially Dodge, Fulton, Glynn, Hart, \ in rural districts. Henry, Jeff Davi?, Jenkins, La- Returns early Welnesday from mar, Lanier, Long, Lowndes, Me- ! t , hp „ sl -5 tcei ? Jcongressional districts Duffie, Miller, Mitchell, Muscogee, | i^even dmocrata elcct- Oglethorpe, Pierce, Polk, Putnam, l ^;.. M ^ n4 fA’£ Ia * r de mo. Richmond Schl,y, Seminole. Ter-1 “ ■ xvicnmonu, scniey. oeminoic, lei- j ju nirhth diofriot „ n *, Mrs- Lillian Cox Gault, third re ll, Treutlen. Ware, Vyhitefield, taen de ^ district u-ho sought election to Houston, Wilcox, Murray, Clay-! Roach ™ Congressman S.d ^ t Congress as the democrat nomin?e[ton. Total 41. Kellar, Tennesseej_ciaud Swanson, j ^ as _^ e ^ eate ^^, Tuesday’s election Those voting against the _amend ” “ " * r '“‘ " 'men:. Bacon, Georgia. Demonstration of Putting Out Fires CHICAGO—Fifty with pistols and said by eledtions judges and workers, to have been led by Strfte Representative Law- day night and carried away a ballot bok and tally sheets. GO. P. SEEN 111 RETURNS j republican, returns early Wednea- j day indicated. , Later Samuel Marrisio drove to the city Hall with the ballots He said the poll raiders stopped him. threw the ballots into his automo bile and ordered him to speed up. Marri’do was held for further S58£Sf ordered^’the tR tbe’lnjSui^f^tho Udf ✓vrsmati. who wsa sought sarly to- t:on legislation of the Harding an- BOSTON—As chairman of the National democratic senatorial cam paigiy committee, Senator-David I. Walsh Tuesday night gave out this statement: , ; •’The election . returns from the country cannot, be >construed other wise than as a republican of the republican party. The landslide in New York which returns Alfred Smith to the Governors chair, making him a strong presidents candidate and send Dr. Copeland to the U. S. Senate, was not local in character. -' ' ‘•Senator Gerry has been trium phantly re-elected in Rhode island and the over whe^nlng majorities of 1920 in , Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut' have been reduced to almost the vanish ing point. It is the verdict of the voters upon the twenty months of the tHarding administration with its record of protection for the privileged interests and utter dis regard of fhe rights of small busi ness and the vast consuming pub- lie. -" •.When .the country awakens' to h' *“ ‘ ‘ (Turn to page 2.) HONOLULU—(By the Associa ted Press)— Election of William P. Jarrett as the first democrat Ben Hill, Bibb, Carroll, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Cobb, Colquitt, Cow eta, Dooley, Dougherty, Early, ^loyd, Gordon, Grady, Greene, Hnbersahm, Hall, Hancock, Irwin, Jackson, Jasper, Lumpkin, Macon, x . oaiivu »i» uic in si uuniuuiav ,,, , , .. • ,. vt— delegate ever Bent to Coupes 1 Mrfntosh. Meriwetecr, Newton, from Hawaii was conceded uhof-,RockdalC’^Scxoven, Spald- ficially by repjiblican headquar-1 Stephens, __Telfair, _Troup, ters Tuesday night His lead over ' John- Wise, republican was 382, with only a few scattered returns missing! INDIANAPOLIS—Returns from 1.837 of ^he 3,395 precincts in In diana for senator give Ralston, democrat .312.492; Beveridge, re publican . 300,288; "Henry, socialist m- y ; COLUMBU^, Ohio—The vote for the beer and wine amendment went back into the lead Wednes day morning when an error of approximately thirty thousands votes was discovered to have been made in tabulating the vote of. Cuyahoga county. The corrected list shows the affirmative and negative vote almost equal. The bor 48,273; Gleseen. demorcrat, 16.- 162; against 426,309. CHICAGO, Ills——Democrats in Illinois increased their congres sional delegation from 3 to at least 7 ;wh]6n early returns Wed- day added Bruce A. Campbell, d district, ; and Thomas M: ne, third, district, to the list of (Turn to page 3.- Tumer, Upson,/ Walker, Warren, NEW YORK—(By the Asso ciated Press.)—Riding on the crest of a tidal wave of votes that swept into office the entire dem ocratic .state ticket and its candi dates for United States senator, gave the party the state delega tion to congress and reduced the republican control of the state leg islature to a alight majority. Al fred E. Smith was elected gover nor of New York yesterday by n plurality of approximately 418,000 over Nathan Miller, who defeated him two years ago. ^ Jn accomplishing _ this . notable I jam F., Mason of Illinois, who llail Some important figures in th£ republican administration ) went down to defeat and some members of the senate and house personal ly close to President Harding wifl return to private life with the, risk ing democrat tide. The republican forces failed io break into the democrat ranks in the southern congressional dis tricts where they have held for years—the ninth Virginia district. Speaker Gillette was relectdif; Uncle Joe Cannon passed on; Ufs scat from Illinois to a republican. Miss Alice Robertson republica/i of Oklahoma, tho woman in Con : gress was beaten by a man, the democrat whom she defeated two years ago. and the present House got an additional woman member, a republican, in Mrs. WInifield Huck. a daughter of the later W|ll- Navy Recruiting triumph, Smith carried his native.) served in both senate and . House, city of New York by a plurality she was elected to fill out: her of nearly 478,670, the largest it j father’s unexpired term and Will has ever given any candidate for | only serve unt „ next March - iany office. With all but 295 of. With the dBfcat Governor MH . the state's 7^01 election districts | l9r of N eiv York by Alfred - .. . t j le republicans also ; v accounted for, the vote was Smith J 1,376,646; Miller, 970,388. /13 seats of tho Empire state iu ,1 Qf Afinn nviAnA#! D .T* R * S. Copeland, democrat, House of reDresentatives ahd^ft Uiauuil V/penCCI j healthy commissioner of the city of J senator. William New York and former republican ! Calder; who , . , . , . j was beaten by Dr. Royal S. Copq- ' . ; mayor, of Ann ! l fl nd. democrat health commisMiun- The navy recruiting station here i defeated U. S. Senator William ! er Q f ^- ew York that has been closed for several | Calder, republican, running for re-1 “ . *v days ha3 been, reopened on the‘election by a plurality of approx- j |_odGE IS ^ third floor of the postoffice build-*imately 275,000. The vote with rf-electedo . r V^- . ( ing with F. Buice, B. L. M., in [.940 of the 7,301 election districts I Webster, White, Wilkes, Sumter, | charge. The navy is offering j missing was Copeland 1,125,893; Jones, Monroe, Worth, Twiggs, some attractive cruises to those | Calder 876,946. Total 49. ‘ ’ * f ■ v * Earthquake Felt At Washington WxYSHInGTON—A pronounced earthquake was .recorded Tuesday night' *7t the Georgetown Univer sity observatory tremors begin ning at 6:11 P. M.. and continuing until 7:10. frhe maximum intensi ty was. reached between 6:40 and 6:44 P. M.. according to the Rcvl Father Tondroff, director of, the observatory, who estimated the center of the disturbance to have been 4,600 miles south of Washing ton. who enlist now ahd it ris stated p that some mighty good men have pAYViwAfil/w entered the service from here and UNO V*OmpetltOr more are wah'ted.,Men of the ages from 18 to 36 are wanted. . •;> . Anv person interested in enter ing, the nivy from this ^section .ih invited to . call at the postoffice building and . talk over the propo sition; with Mr. Buice. who will gladly furnjsh all the inforipatipn desired. 400 “HAMS” IN CANADA M^r e than 400 licenses have been issued, to radio .‘'hams’' in Canada^ The^dmateurs pk^’a ffe oi ii /or peri^ssioij. td'send'jthel^ rr.essngos out into” the ether." To Cables, Said A it With democrat victories in }the? states some National figures dope to the republican administrated and "President Harding personally went down to defeat . ?irn?»tAt Lodge of Massohnsetts aniviroruty Iv was Voler-ted but ran far < }ffir hind tho fteket in hia state, f-uftfri* Illinois Votes Soldier Bonus CHCAGO—By majorities of more than three to one, Illinois voters on the face of returns from more than one fourth of the state, voted a $55,ooo,OQO" -bonus to Illinois sol diers. in the world war Tuesday and also voted in favor of the re turn of light wines and beer.. .On tl> basis of present figures more , Gian one .million votes will, be poll- .ed. fpr.bonus isspfe and nearly •Chat'.many. Ih favor* of a n d" t^er *' ‘ .'vf-jw*ss. *nfi NEW -y6rk: — .-TranwatJaBt;? I*<** ’P—MnVtiiayse"- o' Ntw Jtnnr T radio is' nat ; takin.?‘‘any,; tR.0 h,-" nresiiJenfR • iAOroate*; overseas business away from the! v 'b° ran on a dry platform i:i iy?V cable’companies, . say/i Newcomb i Tn ’* s cv. beaten by Governor GdrUtm, 1 president oi.thc Weston' • Edv^-rcls. democrat who ran ou-en Unity!/yiegraph igqpiiany. j v , j op°nly acknowledged wet plntfonn ‘ “The Radio Corporation'of‘Am erica is today transmitting from 12 to 14 per cent of the eastward and westward business between the United States; Great Britain and Continental Europe,” mid Carlton. “Whjle a c.msiderable part of. this business would no doubt'have gone-to the cable com-* panies, an important part is new ly created traffic. /“The radio rate'from New York to London is 18 cents a word, com peting against a qable rate .of 25 cents. In pther words, \vjth rates 30 .per H cent cheaper, the radio is doing from 12; to,. 14 per cent of tbe'business.^" & . .• republican did Serri- Senator Johnson California came back tor McLean of -Connenticut, the administration leaders hi the tariff fight. In Delaware Sena tor JMipont wr.s having a for both the long and the short terms. ! -* In Indiana former' Governor Ralston, democrat, was running ahead of former Senator Albert Beveridge, and thus threatened to remove from the republican field (Turn to page
