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WEATHER:
Cloudy with dropping temperature.
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ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1922.
Five of Dead Men Were
iii a Martin Bombing
Plane, and One in a
Small Scout Plane.
GA. MAN AMONG
I THOSE KILLED
It Is Reported That the
Small Plane Side Swiped
the Martin Plane in Mid
air. • »••••- »SSI
NEW PORT NEWS, Va.—-Major
Guy L. Gerhart, ot Leavenworth.
Kansas, Capt; Benton A. Doyle, .of
St. Louis, and four enlisted, men
were killed at Langley field Wed
nesday, when a Martin bombing
plane, carrying five of them and
a Fokker scouting machine plltftej
by Major Gerhart, collided Mahout
250? feet in the air, both machines
crashing to the earth in flames.
The enlisted inch killed were >Sta«
Sergeant Marslck, Cleveland, 'Ohio;
Private F. j. Blunka, Chicago; Prl
yate Thomas Jordan, Deepstep,
Ga., and Private Leon Rolas^Phila
delphia. ^ *
It was reported that the Fokker
II_ A.x-1
Mrs. Phillips’ Husband
Has Been Technically
Under Arrest Since She
Made Breakaway.
MANY PEOPLE SAY
THEY SAW WOMAN
Sheriff Is Scouring Sou
thern and Lower Califor
nia. Number of Tips Tell
Where She-Is.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.—-Search for
Mrs. Clara Phillips, convicted of
beating Mrs. Alberta Tremaine
Meadows to death with a hammer
and who escaped early Tuesday
from the Los Angeles county Jail,
was in active progress Wednesday
throughout Southern California,
and lower California,, the Mexicali,
state.
Despite various other “tips” ind,. ,
clues; sheriffs deputies generally'
held* to their original belief that
the hammer murderess, had flod
across the border into Mexico and
plans were made to extend the
search Wednesday for her as far
south as Ensaneda, on tjie west
coast'Of the Lower California pe-
insula, about nine miles south of
San Diego, Cal.
Meantime the border between
the CalifOrnlas at Tia Juana near
San Diego and the Arizona line
and at Calexico Calif, and its Low
er Californio neighbor, Mexicali,
was being closely watched.
Armour Lee Phillips, the. con
victed woman’s husband, upon
whose story of his movements the
24 hours proceeding the escape of
his wife, “some doubt” had been
cast, according to sheriffs depu
ties, still was in technical custody
early Wednesday!
Although not placed in jail he
Was in charge of Frank Dewar, a
deputy sheriff with whom he slept
side swiped the Martin while the
two machines we*-a in the air, but
officials at the flying station re
fused to confirm or deny, this until
they had made an investigation.
The machines. had been up for a
practice spin.
Corliss Palmer, formerly of Ma- T ster„ New York movie, magazine
con, inotion picture actress famed publisher/by his wife, Mrs. Elean-
for tier beauty, is figuring promin- or V. * V. Brewster. Miss Palmer
enfcy in the. suit for separation admits her love-far Brewster but
brought against Eugene V. Brew- . denies “vahmping him;”'
DUBLIN—-(By ■ the
Press)—Ireland took
Wednesday among
commonwealths. The
government and parliament ceased
to function, their place being tak
en by the permanent parliament
and cabinet of the Irish Free State
and the new commonwealth be
ing formally 'proclaimed as an es
tablished government.
The provisional regime which'
ceased to exist today,, had such
fun powers that the new one now
inaugurated marks but little
change except in name. The pro
gram of the day provided that the»
parliament meet at 6 o'clock with
out ceremony and after its mem
bers had taken the oath, ejected,
a speaker and nominated a t res
ident, the order of the day called
for the. naming of the executive
council by the president -»ith a
committee of . the parliament nom
inating the other ministers.; The
arrangements amounted, simply
to the confirming in office, of the
alreadv there. ? . - /
The president’s nomination of
thirty senators was a part of the
day’s business. The lower Tiouse
elects the remaining thirty. ’Wt
these senatorishtps .there were
more than eighty candidates.
Whence senate is constituted
later in the week, both houses
will be addressed by Govern’>r-
Associated
her place
ATLANTA. Ga.—With the pro-
actual necessities for mainten
ance ot the association.
AN ATHENS
INSTITUTION
That Athens needs the work of
the Y. W. C. A. there can surely
be no remaining doubt Friends it
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Eugene V, Brewster publisher
of a string of moving picture maga
-zines, awarded the beauty prize in
the contest which bis publications
conducted to Corliss Palmer, titlan
haired beauty. Now the beauty is
the charming point in a love tri
angle. Mrs. Brewster has sued for
a separation.
CAN’T FIND HER
FORMER CHUM
The exact whereabouts ot Mrs.
Peggy Caffee, former chum of Mrs/
Ph'llips when they were members
of the chorus of the same musi
cal comedy and later star witness
for the state at Mrs. Phillips' trial
was unknown to authorities early
Wednesday. They said they were
interested in learning where she.
was merely because they wanted
. to be assured of her safety.
» J Various rumors were current
An interesting meeting of the about danger surrounding Mrs.
Kiwanis club will be held Jhurs- j Caffee after Mrs. Phillips escaped,
dav thA v .M r A Since • the escape the Sheriffs
T A. 5, • ^ ! Office and the police have received
officers for the coming year will, many reports that Mrs. Phillips
eral Channels of trade and
will stimulate business.
' All the Athens’ merchants
•rfe aTlild/patting a season ot
buying from now until Janu
ary first that will top any oth
er period of the year and
hay® laid in special stocks for
the Christmas - trade and the
usual wide line of trade selec
tions can be found here tb‘s
year, |* will not be necessary
for any person to leave Ath
ena, to find what is wanted
for Christmas buying as a look
•round the’ stores will- show.
December should, be the *e-
cord business month of the
yeai* here and it will J»e weli
not to-delay your shopping to
too late- an hour.
the first of January accounts.
CHRISTMAS CLUBS
AMOUNT TO $40,000.
Christmas club savings
amount to nearly fifty thous
and dollars here this year and
this monay will be checked out
to the depositors on December
fifteenth. This Is a feature of
the Commercial Bank and is a
means that many people hava
employed in providing for ex
tra Christmas money and this
amognt will fill many Santa
G)au* stockings ■ Christmas
. momfing.
. In addition. to the banks
dividends that will be avail
able, from private and semi-
private concerns.
It » estimated also.that ful
ly $KXMK>0 worth of'War Sav
ings stamps are being held 4*1
Athens for redemption oh
aanuary first, but if the hold
ers desire these can be con-'
verted into cash or may ba
transferred into other forms
of Government securities.
Prohi Agent Will
Talk to Baptists
BUSINESS HERE
8HOULD BE GOOD
All of these money distribu
tions here should augur well
for a brisk Christmas trade
among the merchants of Ath
ens.. Most of this money is
“extra* to .the monthly earn
ings of the people and lots of
It will be thrown into the gen-
“DOINGS OF THE DUFFS”—WHAT ARE THEY? SH-H-H! MYSTERY!
And,..now mystery breaks into the every-
Perhaps you can solve, in your own mind,
what the answer to the Duff double mystery
is. Every day it seems to get farther away
from solution. Watch the “Doings of the
Duffs,” in the Herald every day.
day life of the Duff family. Tom Duff, usu
ally to be found at home in the evenings, has
started stepping out' for just a short time.
Where does he go? That’s what Helen Duff
would like to know.
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Cold Wave Expected to
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EUR BELOW ZERO 1
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Real Summer Weather in I
Texas (Jives Way to!
Chilliu.v Winds of Bleak j
Winter.
WOMAN IN‘HAMMER SLAYING’ WHO BROKE JAIL
YESTERDAY MAY HAVE MADE FOR MEXICO BORDER
MACdN GIRL IN LOVE TANGLE
Trial Begins Wednesday In Suit For
$100,000 By Girl Against Governor
not so cold in
EASTERN STATES
Atlanta Weather Man
Says Mercury Will Drop
Tonight, But No Severe
Weather Seen.
CHICAGO.—(By the Associated
Prcss.>—Still holding the north-
f;; in a chilling grip of sub-zero
•mpenuuie, winter continued its
be’-ated advance Wednesday into
outhland, causing marked
in temperature as far south
cas and calling forth predic-
af cohit r weather in the
ejrion, the great central val
leys and the east Gulf states.
In th;* upper Lake region, the
b-zero weather was accompan-
,i by a C?0 mile wind driving be-
rv it a snow storm.
Reports indicated that the cold
ave still centered, in North Da
kota and Montana.- Havre, Afon
ina. anti Williston, North, Dako-
a, recorded the* coldest tempera-
ute.s in the country last nigbt, the
aercury going past sixbelowzero.
While the east did not , ‘suffer
rum the unusual cold prevalent
n the northwest it nevertheless
tit a severe windstorm that
wept over the Lake Oneida reg-
or. Temperatures in the eastern
taws ranged from 26 to 70 de-
rro's above zero.
OXFOKD, Miss.—Trial will be- j Judge Holmes late yesterday, set-
gin Wednesday of the suit for | aside a demurrer, in which the
$100,000 damages instituted by i defense conteded that the ^ al-
Aiiss Frances EIrkhead, stenogra- legations made were insufficient
pher, against Lee M. Russell, Gov- to warrant the suit, calls were
ernor of Mississippi JJ. S. Court i sell t out for half a hundred wit-
here following two days of long nesses to report here today
preliminaries and overruling of de
murrers.
The panel of 37 jurymen were on
hand when court opened" this
morning and 100 more are now be
ing summoned in anticipation that
the first panel will be exhausted
before the jury box is filled. It t tie court niled,
is expected that several hours will a s surplusage.”
be consumed before the jury Is | The Mississippi chief executive
selected. ; denies all the allegations made by
Both counsel for the plaintiff apd 4 the plaintiff. An affidavit is ached
6. CLEMENCEAU TO
SPEAK TWICE I
CAPITOL TODAY
overruling the demurrer,
Judge Holmes held with the de- »
fense ou one point; that a -»rom- Tlg6T
ise of marriage such as is alleged
bv Miss Birkhead to have been
made to her by Governor Hassell,
would be void as an allegation
against public policy, and 3uch,
may bo treated
Governor Russell have already an- uled to be presented today charg-
nounced they would be ready for iug that Miss Birkhead “entered
the trial today. i into a collussion and scheme to
Shortly after the ruling by encompass his downfall.’
Was Up Before
Many of Washington’s
Populace Had Awak
ened.
VISITS WILSON AT f
HIS S ST. HOME
RULES ADOPTEO TQ *E FOR F
Visits Arlington and Mt.
Vernon. Will Lunch
With Harding on Thurs
day.
WASHINGTON—(By the Asso-
■citfctedHPreae)—The’ central Ameri
can conference received the final
draft of its rules of procedure,
whfch the delegations approved
Tuesday meeting as a general com
mlt^ee and faced the question of
Real summer weather in Dallas,
Texas, Wednesday gave way to
the first breath of / winter. The
J “" <* was general throughout
The cold wave still ob-
tjiried in the northern portion of
,ne Rocky Mountain region with a
prediction of rain or snow and
cooler weather supplanting the
•veather that has prevailed in
the southern Rocky Mountain reg-
’^n for the past few days.
New Orleans and Louisiana
• cj.nesilay awaited the predicted
arrival of the cold wave, expected
t0 cause the thermometer to ca
pitulate from 80 degrees yester-
® a * vs high mark, to 56 or 60 de-
***** Georgia also was forecast
r*. be visited by the cold wave
' llh a resultant drop in tempera
te to below freezing. Temper-
Lures along the Pacific states
I, y May ranged from 20 to 58
Degrees; the east central states
slowed variations from 14 to 50
'Turn to page six-
including in the agenda discussion
of the proposal for union of Cen
tral American countries.
The rules provide that the dele
gates shall conduct the’r negotia
tions at executive sessions as the
general committee and hold plen
ary meetings at the conference on
ly when accord has been reached
on one or more Items of the agenda
as was done by the Washington
conference on limitation of arma
ments. The question of consider
ing the union proposal was said
•to promise considerable debate-
commissions to study proposed
revisions to' strengthen the treaty
.negotiated among the participat
ing nations in 1907 and to consider
other technical.matters are expect
ed to be appointed with the gener
al .committee reporting their de
cisions to it for final dec'sion be-
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tenance funds for the year 1923.
The sum of, $3,362.80 Is asked
and in asking for this amount; the
committee is charge has issued
the following statement:
“T.his sum asked for is so con
servative in comparison with bud
gets for like work in this and
other places that we ask you to
consider with us for a moment the
reasonableness of the request,
even in the face of the stringent
times. '
Much care and consideration has
been given this budget and a sym
pathetic understanding of exis-
■dler. This trip was set for 9:15
o'clock.
Next on the program was a \$Bit
to the war college, where at 10*. 20
he was to deliver his first address
in Washington. Admission
was restricted to officers: who
commanded the United States fore
es in France, many of whom Cle-
menceau had met at the front.
Turning then from persons and
places associated with the world
war, the Tiger was to hoard Secre
tary Denby’s Yacht the Syjph,
shortly before noon' for a visit to
the tomb of George Washington at
ting circumstances has prompted j Mount Vernon as the guest of . , - .
us to put aside many cherished Henry White, former ambassador posed merger of Bessie T ft col-
* to Franco and a member of the lege and Mercer* University as one .
American Peace committee who is of the chief ia8ue8 , the 101st an- 1
his .Washington host. The yacht „ . . .
was loaned to Mr. White for the nual 8e8alon ot the Geor f‘ a ® p
sail down the Pftomac. tlst Convention will be called here
; : I Wednesday. * Officers will be
TO VI3IT WILSON elected at the initial session of the
DURING AFTERNOON meeting.
! The report of the trustees of
Returning ■ in the afternoon. Cle-Mercer University and Bessie
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