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- ;■ ' HinnUNC 2.-, 7-8c PREVIOUS CLOSE ..... 23 7-8c cnm PtUr end Sunder—10 Cent* a Week. He One Paper In Meet Hoaee—Tke Only Paper In Many Homes. Daflr'aSl Sallay—ll'Ceat* a.Wedb WEATHER: — . Clearer with rising temperature. VOL- 11, No. 87 Foil Associated Press Leased Wire Sendee. ATHENS, GA„ TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1922. Sin,le Copies 2 Cents DaOr. S Cents Sunday. i* u Federal arid Stare Authorities Combine to Enforce Prohibition * * ^-4* 4H* 4M* 4H* -M* •M* •Je aje • •I* "X* *1* •> 4%. *1' 1 mis TO BE ON ARMANE ROUTE Pretty Stars In Season’s Shows Center of National Interest PROHiBlTIQN LAWS Administration and Gov ernors At White House Luncheon Plan Steps to Take. ANOTHER~SESSION EARLY IN JANUARY State and Federal Agents to Execute Penalties For Violations. No Change in Law. . - \VASH1XGT0N — General eh- courutoment as to the prospects of noting present prohitytion' en- fcnoniont problems through closer cooperstlon between the federal nnd state authorities and an ear- test appeal for reverence of the Jaw was felt Tuesday by adminis tration officials as a result.Of. Pres - ioent Harding’s conference on the subject with state governors:-/ A ru ng the 14 state executives who discussed the subject, inform ally with the president and admin istration officials directly Inter est-d :: t a White House luncheon conference Mondaythere appeared to bo an almost unanimous opin ion that the way to improvement in the enforcement situation lay not in relation to the present enforce ment statute but rather in more rigid execution of Its terms. More severe fines and prison .u>nfr^ ,> s f qr violations, it was said to have been held, would assist nrobhtion officials in their work "lib* more careful selection of inhibition norsonnel and education of the public were among other “informal” suggestions. In a statement aftbr the confer ence. Prohibition Commissioner Haynes said in many instances the reports of governors were of an encouraging nature. Indications Tuesday were that another confer- pnee of governors might be called early in the New Year for a more thorough discussion of the sub- S3,000 For Capture Of Clara Phillips LOS ANGELES, CaL—Rewards ^fered for the capture Of Mrs. flara Phillips, hammer murderess, "no escaped from the Los Angeles county jail, total $3,000. Of this sum $250 is offered by William I. Traeger, $750 bv 'ho Los Angeles county board of supervisors and $2,000 by the Los Angelas Examiner. Faces Third Trial For 1917 Killing Mc!:.\e, Ga.—For the third time MRI 'c McLeod is on trial here on ® chartjf- of murder in connection »uii die wiling of Mariftn Hender- 5 °a on the streets of McRae Ga., 28.'1917. ' At I ho October term of court, 15 - n - McLeod was convicted of vol untary manslaughter and, given five 10 elRht years. He got a new trial ™ a technicality and at the Feb- te rm. 1922, a mistrial .Wan de- < “rcl because of illness of a juror. Denver Police. Have Been on Long Hunt and. Have Questioned Many in. Vain. ' SEVERALTHINK THEY SAW BANDFFS Reserve Guard Sfiot-in Bold H o 1 d- Up Dies Shortly Afterwards] 1 Bandit Wounded. ... proceertir&s* have infectious smile of Chief Justice not ruffled the calm 1 of Attorney impeachment General Daugherty: (right) but hia faint response to the *‘ld:ik pleas ant” command failed to equal the Dec. 20th Is Final Tax Paying Date December 20, Wednesday, is the final'date-to pay county and, tsate -taxes. After this date H Jas are is- hued. Tax collector Mallory and his force, is‘busy taking care of the late comers but there are .(hundreds of taxpayers over the courity who have failed to re -, spond to the notices and are ie-. .delinquent. Remember, taxes are one of the two sure things «t life and you. may delay them but not miss them, so— Pay now and. stop that ft fo proceedings, . ■ the sensations. .ti PEKING-—(By The Associated I f WASHINGTON.—Hearings on Prossi—General Chang Saao-Tsing -impeachment cnarges against 'At • the military leader, has .been apr.j torney General Daugherty were rt- polpted minister of China with the i named Tuesday by 1 the house jiidt- approval of parliament. His elec-| clary committee at thB point where tiun.- which was supported by Gen- they were' broken off last Thurs- eral Tsao-Kun, is believed to in dicate' tije intention of the military party to resume control. The Chinese newspapers pub lished reports to the effect that President Li Yuang-Hung will soon retire and that General Tsao-Kun Will take |his place. Another report says that Tsao-Kun with the back-, lng of General Chang Tso-Lin, is preparing for hostilities against General Wu Pel-Fu for early spring with, the purpose of placing th? Pe-, sing government! completely in the. bands of the militarists. The appointment of Chang Shao- Tsing to',the premiership ’ tt '^e-' dared,t6 be d concerted move of the militarists ;to>‘ regain': cpntnil. lt Is said that with the support of the military group in 16 provinces Tsao-Kun Induced President Li Yuan-Hung to nominate the new premier and’ that parliament voted almost unanimously in his favor. This is taken to indicate that par liament is ready to support Gen eral Tsao-Kun’s'i mbition to accede to the presidency. Snow Leads v to Shiners’ Capture . TACOMA, Wash.—The heavy snow that has covered the Gray Harbor county recently has result ed In the arrest of a number of alleged moonshiners, capture of a dozen stills and confiscation of hundreds of gallons of liquor and mash, according to an announce ment at prohibition headquarters here Tuesday. Federal agents and deputy sheriffs'Jn several* Instances were able tp follow tracks through the snow in-the wooded .-sections where it had been impossible: to locate stills. DENVER, Colo.—Eighteen hours of searching by federal, county and City officers and questioning of 16 persons at police headquarters had . failed up d) early Tuesday morning Taft. > The summoning .of Taft to i to reveal any trace of the Identity turhlBh evidence In the Daugherty ; ofcthe bandits who Monday-robbed impeachment heartntg .was one of . Federal Reservo Bank truck, of $200,000 •after a gun battle in: front ! of the United States mint here. In which Charles T. Linton, one of the | guards on .the truck, was fatally I wounded. , Many persons- telephoned • police iadquarters that they had-seen e automobile in which the ban: dits fled from the scene of the hattlel and that it was traveling at great speed. In every case, howev er, Investigation showed that the car Bighted 'was one of the many containing peace officers who scoured the roads -after the rob bery.- ' 1 The truck, accompanied By J. E. Olson, cashier of the local Federal Reserve Bank, who was In charge of the party. Guards Linton and J. Adams and Chauffeur William Havener had called At the mint to transfer $200/)00, all In flve-dollar bills, from, the mint vaults to the bank. The mint guards had- just taken the money to the curbing, .turned It over the bank employes and returned lnsjde the mint build ing when the bandits drove up and stopped their car behind the truck.- I AGE OF COMICS AII.Y IN THE HERALD, j Iio you like a good comic page? Tlu n read daily in file Herald I heckles SALESMAN SAM nOINGS OF THE DUFFS OI D HOME TOWN °1'R BOARDING HOUSE OUT OUR WAY EVERETT TRUE i And of special interest to the kids—make Daddy read to you "•night, The Adventures of the Twins and Jack Daw’s Adven- in* THE ATHENS HERALD day by the dramatic withdrawal from the proceedings of Represent ative Kellar, republican, Minnesota author of the charges. From this point the' committee proposed to conduct .(rings on its own initiative, calling before it such witnesses as it could ob tain without the aid of Mr. Kellar, who refused to obey a subpoena is sued, it was declared, with a view to obtaining from him the inform ation on which he based'his charg- es and the names of persons who cohid testify concerning them.• - ■ As the hearings go forward- it Is the plan to have a sub-committee make an investigation as to what action, if any should be taken in connection with Mr. Kellar’s rd- fusal to obey the subpoena. Chair man Volstead expected to-appoint -, the subcommittee toflay or tomor row. . - ... , t . 1 - Elks Play Santa Claus For Poor The Athens Elks will play Santa Claus to nearly half a thousand less fortunates of the city Christmas Day. The local lodge, with Ross Creekmore exalted ruler, is pre paring to send out oveT 350 bas kets and the consents are. being gathered now and will be distrib uted on next Sunday morning. The Elks, known as the “Best People on Earth,”- have a .happy way of spreading good cheer at times {like Christmas and due to the ’unfortunate circumstances so many fgpiUies qrpjh this year they, have extended-themselves and are. playing Santa on a bigseale. , s '• Many Athens, people will praise, their spirit.on Christmas Day. this jpni * - - 3 In Deadlock; Peace! Treaty Ready LAUSANNE — <By the Associat ed Press) — It was reported Tues day afternoon , that a complete draft of the peace trehty /drawn up as a result of the deliberations of the Near East conference here would be presented to the Turks on Saturday. 1 L ' V • Tuesday’s session of the con ference body dealing with the question of the straits was ad journed at 2 p. m. until Wednesday without an agreement having been- reached. The Turkish delegates were con ciliatory during the discussions, I but the Russian representati ves j maintained an attitude of opposi- jtion. Lo'rd Gnrzon announced that the discussions were draggirig on ‘too lengthily and that Wednesday’s meeting, must be the last for consideration \jf the .Straits prob lem. Foreign Minister Tchitcherin of Russia made ah effort during the debate to draw fire from the Amerf can delegation. He argued that the American- statement as to the attitude of the United States on the question of the Straits should be interpreted to mean that Wnly warships on errands qf ; mercy This City Will Be On the Official Route of! the Aircraft Association of America. LEXINGTON^ROAD FIELD SELECTED County Commissioners Designate Landing Place. Boy Scouts Do the Marking. Atbons is to.be on the official a'rplare route of the Aircraft As sociation of America- . A local committee has been work ins for some time In an effort to ■ secure a landing field for Athens ' and the County board of commis- sioners'At its m^etinsf Tuesday SAULT STE. MARIE. Michigan, morning designated, a field bn the: -4-The tugs Gray and Favorite were county farm three miles out from expected- -to reach hero Tuesday the city on the Lexington road, with survivors of the wrecked tug c. V. Flansgen, chairman. <6 thet Reliance which was disabled on the committee appointed from the rocky shores of the Lizard islands city,‘and Ben T. Epps, veteran fly- in northern Lake superior nearly a lnK 'expert of Athens and owner week ago. .. i cf a commercial plane here, appear ■ four persons lost their lives . C[1 before tbe beard and urged that when the: small craft fouidered and a - „ el a be furnished on the county a .fifth was - reported near death farm. i Tuesday from exposure. | The dead are Captain Johfi Me- COMMISSIONERS Pberson, Frod “Regan, Gus Johns AGREE TO THIS and an unidentified man who were j swept from the deck of the Reli- Bot)l Mr . Flanagen and Mr. Epps ance as they were about to lower a I pointed , OTt the growth of this lift!'boat with .which they hoped t.> business oil over -the nation and reach the Vnainland. Nine of the 27 persons aboard the Reliance when she smashed her propeller on a rock last Wednes day were successful in reaching the shore and after a three days’ told of how it. would work to Ath ens’ good to he advertised over the country that a . landing field tvss located, here and also that it would. mean that manly planes, probably some of -the big army OPEN FIRE AND FATALLY WOUND ONE The bandits at once opened fire on the main' doof of the mint and one d? them shot Unton In the stomach, the guard dying twq and a half houra later without regain- ins consciousness. ■ Employes of the mint, all pf whom have guns near their posts or duty. Scized their weapons, and rushed -to that-doors and windows hut were handicapped in returning the bandits’ Are, because the bank employes were between them and the robbers’ While the gun fight raged one of the robbers put the money in their car and ah soon as this work was completed they drove off. During the! flight ohe bandit stood on tbe running board to Are a Anal volley at the mint guards. A bullet.from one of the guards' guns apparently hit him for he crumpled up and was dragged Inside. Japan Soon to Bfe Dry, He Declares 2 SAN FRANCISCO-fJapan will- be dry within a few 4 years, declared. -David Starr Jdrdkn, chancellor era- ltodl« -sn^o^and^rtle derigfbles, would, stop o^r hX. bunding snowstorms and jn the , , th route be finally tak- Tv’SaHbn' andenme to ttis Sv' en ^ Government. 2** at a nlmber I E PP S ls using a field at Jama ■HArtaSl”ind the County farm but this field Is Mro-H^e y nif cMks k m“the Relt- nmaller than the on e necessary to ri 1 ?: „ ” eI 2’ t - I meet the requirements and the act rthTohSKo Ss™.™: 1 * commissions wilt enlarge cording to word reaching hqre. Others aboard the 111 fated cralt were taken off .by the Gray and Favorite after five days of suffer ing from 'cold and hunger and the fear that fescue boats inie,— not*be able to reach them. TOTALOF19 IS OTTED WITHIN MONTH BY1RISH months in Japan. “The people over there foresee -the.; advent bfu prohibition,” Dr. Jordan said, "many of v them , are aiding to Tiring it about”- t A donation of $50,000 to endow s| chaii* .of alcoholic .research in a Japanese university was promised by Shyo Su Aoki, retired merchant More Cotton Coes Thru Port In ’22 . GALVESTON, Texas’— Move ment of cotton thr'-ough the port Galveston during the week end- ■ing December 15 was considerably greater thhn'during the same week last year, according to figures made public Tuesday by the cot ton' exchange. Receipts were 62,721 , bales, an Increase of 13,128 bales over the same week last season. Receipts. Yor the. season to December 15 were 1,778.211 bales, an increase bx 280.703 bales over last season. Exports were 39,258 bales, an in crease of 9,213 bales over the same week last- season.. Exports., for., tly> season were 1,441,775 bales, an in crease of 90,661. over last season. Dock Workers’ Strike Is Ended VERA CRUZ.—The strike of the dock workers was settled Monday- night at a conference between rep resentatives of the men and B. Hol loway, general chairman of the Mexican Railway and . Vera Cruz terminaL The workers planned to _ . of Toldo. Mr, Jordan said, after hej go back to their jobs today under Allen, executive president, described the achievement a simi- an agreement providing a 2 per' lar chair at Stanford University. The Aircraft Asocial or* works in •Conjunction with the, boy scouts of America land the nocal troops will have charge oil the markings on the field. These markings are n>ade of rocks or ooDble stones and are frequently whitewashed so that they can be easily seen from the .air and located bjfr the flyer's map. ■ The field Is Ideally located here; is but three miles from the # city on a paved road and near the county, farm, which affords tele phones and .other accommodations needed wlYle the hangar owned now by Mr. Epps will afford sher- ter for an additional plane. The latitude-of the field is 33-20* while the! longitude is 83-25’. The eleva tion is 700 feet. Entertain Actors At Xmas Party NEW YORK — Actors and ac tresses, unable to entertain othefrs because they' have .no work, will' be-entertained Christmas dhy at the Stas^' Door Inn. Plans are being made for a festive program from 4-p. m. to 1 a. m. with a Christmas tree, Turkey toner, and -gifts for all w^ho^attpnd, 'TjSU'a ■^"Mother Allen/ who is past ^70 and lie's-helped n^bire than ;5,boo girls, most of them actresses/will 'chaperon the party. The organiza tion is headed by Ethel Barrymore, honorary president, and Margaret Will Not Accept S. C. Church Call MOBILE, Ala.—Rev. Wade II. Boggs of Columbia, S. C., called by the Central Presbyterian church ol . Mobile, will not accept the call could go through the Straits to the i here on account of special work. Hendricks Case Ready For Jury! j Andrew Carnegie Has a Grandson TOP TO BOTTOM: HINES, FLORENCE NASH AND MARGALO G1LLMORE, Who are appearing in new Broadway shows ibis season. Four Railway Men and Three Laborers Are Brought- to Hasty End By Gun Men. THEY WERE’SAID. TO ’ BE REPUBLICANS When Captured, They Were Reported to Have Ammunition* Supplies, and Stolen Food. DUBLIN.—Four railway men and three* laborers r were executed hero Tuesday - morning for interfering with traihs in County Kildare. ? The seven men executed wojro captured November 13 by Free State troops in a house, location of Which is unknown. With them. a, quantity of stolen goods, rifles and ammunition was found. The men-were tried by a military committee and sentenced to death on the charge of train wrecking. The sentence, was? carried out at 8:30 o’clock Tuesday morning. The | mep executed are .reported to have been members of the Republican army. , . Today’s executions make a total of 19 by t^e Free State’in a little more thai^ amontta. • ; :, 10 Hurt As Trolley And Seaboard Hit CHARLESTON.'& C.—Ten per- sons were ^Injured, none seriously, when a Seaxboar4;Air Line passen ger train and a trolley car collided J on the outskirts of the city here Tuesday. The passenger train was traveling slowly jat the time.; Six men and four women were taken to a hospital but after having j bruises and cuts treated went to t ELIZABETH j ^ eir homes. E REID IS TEO BETTER Missing Airman : Is Found Alive SALT-LAKE CITY,' .Utafi.—Air Mail Pilot Henry G. Boonstra, miss- # ing since last Friday morning when “he .became lost to a blizzard-en j route to Rock Springs, Wyp., lias ■v, *been foupd alive and .well .at the . r • [Rigby ranch, four miles south and LOg ANGELES—Reports avail- ! east ot w h ero his wredted piano able early Tuesday from the sani- was discovered late Monday, ac- tarfum where Wallace Reid, motion cording to advices received by air (picture actor, is 'suffefi.ng from, a 1 officials^ here at .9 o clock break dowaO which relatives laacrih-. j Tuesday morning, ed to Ooinplicalions following .his~ ' ' kv, , breaking away from: the. use of , Rivm rnrjrr! Cllih whiskey and narcotics, indicated VkIIUJ an improvement In his conattton. Reid's physicians said the actor's' tempreture was nearly normal and that his pulse had. dropped from too to 112. They added Reid was able to take a little ibourlshment. The physicians said Reid’s de cline followed his abandonment of the use of drugs, and liquor, but the specific ailment which threaten cd hlS life was influenza. If the actor falls to recover, it added, influenza would be the cause written on the death certifi cate. Raided Tuesday HINTON LEAVES MARANHAO, Brazil.—Lieutenant Walter Hinton and his fellojv a.via* tors left for Camocim Tuesday in their seaplane, Sampaio Correia II with which they are flying from New X°rk to Rio dp Janeiro. Ca mocim is a. coast 'tqwn.400 miles BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Federal prohibition enforcement agent a early Tuesday raided the Southern c’.ub, an exclusive Birmingham or ganization .and confiscated small “quantiles of rye and ddm whis key'* according to reports at head quarters. . - - The raid was under direction of Willjam B. Ford, assistant* chief of the district forces, who was as sisted by four other Federal offi cers^ and city policemen. -l Every fldtolr of the build/ng was explored, the raid 'consuming near .ly arf hour it uias stated.' F<-ur pints'of rye whiskey and a small quantity of corn liquor were re ported-discovered, under the floor, in^j pf a small ro’jih in the base ment No arrests were made. NEW YORK.—The birth > of a grandson of the late Andrew Car- r.egie was announced Tuesday. The BUTLER, Ga.—It was expected mother is Mrs. Roswell Miller, only that the case of A. H. Hendricks, child of the Iron master. She was former cashier of the Bank of, married to Mr. Miller, now an in- :M«uk, at Mauk, Ga., would go to the stTUctor in New York University on Black Sea. The American repre- | which he has under way .at Go- jury before the noon recess of court I April 23, 1919, when he was an en sentatives f did npt ./reply, to ;the I lumbia. according to word reoeivriTuesday; Hendricks is charged with sign in the navy. A daughter was ’ . y [®<1 here Monday. 1 the embezzlement of $11,C00. [born to them in June, 1920. Soviet minister. FOUR DAYS ONLY FOR XMAS SHOPPING This is the last week—the last minute, before Xmas shopping week ends, good people, that the Herald has been warning you against. . ' * If you have delayed your'-Xmas shopping till now, you -can delay no longer. . Shop early in the mornihg—shop early in the . week—is the best advice we can give you. Unless it be—that it will pay during every one of these remaining shopping ddys—if you’re wise to save time, energ; and money—to . / i . ‘ THE STORES OF ATHENS.
