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Fair today;- Friday increasing "cloud- - II ' 1 INI t528 fi8TTTlN4T "J?I xfafe " VLl 11 PM 'A iness and not-quite SO cold. v . JJ ' , A Wtf IT im V ZLffXlf. TO TW; V I - ) A' 'OJ - , Bei Timorrow clipping the Coupon. - - , , ' - "i , "fcW l( tmt 1,7 TtKKffii M IlfcJ v" ml HSf t' VV? - ' ' bring ylth yon to this office with, the " - wiUMryqToy, y. c, THm?SDAY Hoityma, febiitjaiiy c, 1913. whole numbero. SIOPSIW UllLLU Adopts Stringent Resolution Declaring Against Such Business , PRESIDENT MAKES STATEMENT Resolution Follows Introduction of Bills in tegislature Gov. Sulzer Says Al interested Will .Cet Hsaring ' - - New York- Feb. 5: The New. York Stock Exchange this afternoon adopt ed a stringent resolution against wash sales." . This action followed closely the introduction In the State legislature of the bills recommend ing stock: exchange preforms as out lined in the Jove,rnor's recent mes sage. The board of governors of the exchange adopted the; following reso lution: - -. - -No member of the Stock Exchange or anybody connected with a stoclo ex change firm' shall give or with knowl edge execute orders for the purchase or sale of securities which involve, no change in ownership." Punishment for this offense is al ready set forth in the constitution of the exchange,,, under the head of "fic titious transactions." Any -violation of the rule makes a member liable to suspension for .a period not exceeding one year. The rule as now adopted is broader in that it applies not only to a mem ber of the exchange, but to any one connected with the stock exchange firm. J. B. Mabon, president or the exchange, said of the action of the governors: "This resolution has .been framed, after much consideration, in the belief and expectation that it will be efficacious in preventing manipula tion. The object of the rule as is ap parent from its language, is to pro hibit the giving of Orders which will not result in a change of ownership or the execution !or8ttcffi borders by brok ers with knowledge" of the fact that there will bo no Such change. It is proposed to take further, action on oth er matters."' ' ,?VJ-- ' ."'- Various committees of the exchange are still at workupoh rules-, to pre vent operations ' t and transactions which have been criticised. The con clusions of the committees, President Mabon said, are to;, be Submitted to . the governors from . time to time. : The resolution adopted - today hdts more directly at the subject which has occupied public attention . .ever since the agitation against alleged exchange abuses began. It; deals specifically with some of the evils pointed' out in the. report of the Huges Commission sqveral years ago. - -. " Officials' of the exchange; - declined tdtiomment onthe bills introduced at Albany, one of "which bore directly on the resolution adopted at today's meet ing of the governors. Referring to these bills, M. E. De Aguero, president of the Consolidated Exchange, said: "Most of the practices complained of, namely, having -: any connection with bucket shops; second, .trading against customers' orders; third, wash sales; fourth, accepting money from clients or doing business while in any insolvent condition;- are strictly pro hibited by the constitution and by laws of the Consolidated Stock Ex change and the penalty is expulsion for obvious fraud or false pretenses, which penalty: has. been .invariably en forced." . v ' The Stock Exchange resolution of today was adopted , unanimously and takes effect at once.; ' Everybody Witt Get a Hearing Albany, N. Y., ; Feb. 5. No -, stock exchange reform legislation will be enacted -until after every one interest cd has had an opportunity to express their views onr the seven, bills drafted bv Onvpmnr Sulzer and introduced In the Legislature today, accordingto the Governor. While, one of tnese. meas ures wmilil -fix a. maximum rate or in terest of 15 per cent 'on call loans, the (iovernor tnnteht said he wasliot com: mitted to such a proposition, and that the question of enactmg legisiawou rallirtf? for thA incornoration Of, tfc Xew York Stock Exchange was beiilg held in abeyance' until further infor mation is' available- .? :- K.ita ' a "I am not conrmitted to either the bill fivTTiP- th iniiVfmum-rate;6t inter est on call loans or to the question of incorporating ' the, iNw .- York Stock Exchange,? said 'the .Governor. -; "It- is for the Legislature to decide .whether such legislation; would be .aei- rimpntnl tn 'hn.' business interests. "It is the duty of the State of NeW York! to enact leeislation calling for reform on the stock exchange. It ;tTe don't meet that dutv. Federal, leg! sia tion is nre to ' follow. I believe the Legislature will; meet v the situation and that laws will be .passea wmca will stand as a model for other States ' ' This whole matter , is now before the Legislatu re;' : Everybody will - be Si ven an opportunity to suggest such changes as they " 'believe should -. be made in the bills I. have drafted. In this way, we shall 'Kaow if there is any genuine opposition ;. to. them. -The Governor -expressed his ap proval of the action of the New York Stock Exchange in passing , a resolu tion aeainst "wash sales." .. "However," he added, "it won't" do uy ii ami to enacv . guen .ksibmuiuu, SECTION OF BRUNSWICK COUNTY PROPOSED TO BE ANNEXED TO I"'" ' ' i i rln - 1 nA.- - - W , - . - ,j m - I ' f t ;..... .i I ft ' . , Z I - I . II- , '' ' ' ' - ' ' ----i- ' ' j", jm ii i i'" i i ' "' " 'in' h " iniiui . . .i ' i i . " :"i BIG DELEGATION OFF Annexation of Northwest Township, Brunswick County, to New Hanover, WU1 North Carolina General Assembly Today Hearing Before Committees. Occupying a special Pullman car, at tached to the northbound Atlantic Coast Ljne train leaving, the ' "city this mornirug at 3 : 4ft A . M . , is a large party of 'New Hanover and Brunswick county citizens, who will appear to day "before the, proper committees of the North Carolina 'General Assembly at Raleigh and urge the annexation of Northwest township, Brunswick, coun ty, by New Hanover. The party goes with the sunort of numerously signed petitions of residents in the territory affecte'4 and with , the unanimous en dorsement of the. commercial, county and ihunifcipai bodies of Wilmington, who f will present the matter to the Legislature in the strongest possible ligfci5 : , ; r ' ." ijie territory proposed to be annex- m! Ha shown Very clearly from the map; 'abote and Tthe delegation will urge :. the , annexation witn uie siroug oit tviflfti hie arguments. ? Objection to thoriTiATatinn will be oDDOsed strong ly -bp Representative George Bellamy, of Brunswick county, ana many ciu zens of lower Brunswick, who will nat urally hot sit idly by and see an im portant slice of their territory added to the sister county without a ' fight. However,, citizens of Brunswkk in the frttoi-v Arrtfd and citizens of Wil mington and JeW Hanover will pre sent their claims in tne strongest pos sible light and hope strongly ior sue noaa fla n matter of mrogressive policy. Yesterday the committee in charge of the movement received .' several more petitions from citizens ur rsorenwest, advocating annexation. The party will reach Raleigh about; 8 o'clock this mor&ihg and returning, will leave Ra leigh' it 4:30 A. M, Friday, reaching Wilmington at ia A: M. v :; ; Speaking yesterday, of the advan tages of annexation as proposed in tlie hill before the Legislature, Sec retary -I. Howard B. Branch, of . the Chamber of Commerce, yoicea tne po sition o the delegation? as ionows; "in v!w of the bill pending in the General Assembly to enable the coun ty of, New Hanover to annex North west township and a portion oi - iown rn-i.0ir tnwnshfn. lvinsr iri Brunswick county, it will . be interesting to note that the territory in question was for merly a part of New Hanover, n ,is needles to state that the territory which It s proposed to annex is a de sirable and fertile J region badly, in ta nt Hevftlrmment. while its devel opment is absolutely necessary in the interest of New Hanover county and the completer progress of the city of Wilmington. : -. "The interest of New Hanover in seekingr the- annexation of a portion of her sister county is to further a pro ject5 for establishing a free fridge across the Cape Fear from the foot of Grace street to Eagle's Island In order to furnish easy access to the produc ers of the practically isolated agricul tural section involved.: The proposed bridge is of prim importance not only to the "city of Wilmington, but to all the people of Brunswick county.espe cially the portion tb be affected by the .annexation bilL 4,Furthermore. the purpose- involves the construction of a modern rural jigawaui ouuc ui. -.. ....... ......... . . . , i " FOR RALEIGH Be Live Subject Before portance, since it will afford the--opportunity for connecting with the good roads of- other counties in the forma tion 6"? a highway from Wilmington to Pinfehurst, Southern Pines and oth er points in Central North Carolina. "Thus it will be seen that thisprop osition on the part of New Hanover attaches' State-wide importance to this bill. Therefore, not only is Wilming ton 'and New Hanover specially con cerned, but the plan is of far-rea"chihg significance -in view of the fact that it will be beneficial to a very large and valuable portion of the State. The general scheme is the result of the constructive movement for the devel opment of Wilmington and it neces sarily will prpve to be Of great ad vantage to all the counties to be plac ed within easy access of their chief market. It also will afford easy ac cess for tourists bound from Wilming ton for the Central North Carolina Winter resorts and for tourists coming to -the seaside resorts near Wilmington.- It is- hardly necessary to state that the 'bridge and highway would be of immense advantage to an agricul tural section covering several coun ties, as it will afford economical trans portation and travel forthe farmers who depend upon this market. . "During the period Northwest town ship has been in Brunswick county its development has been at a standstill for want of roads and lack of ready access to its nearest and most natural market namely, Wilmington. Nat-urally'.-it is. dependent upon Wilming ton and that will be better realized when it . is taken into consideration that this territory is nearer the center of -Wilmington than is; Tenth and Market- streets, and that it will be quite as accessible, in point of fact, as well as distance. Consequently its importance to Wilmington and New Hanover county becomes-, manifest. ' In fact, 50 per cent of the territory is nearer to Wilmington than is Winter Park or Castle Haynes, and a compari son of the respective land values in those three communities will prompt ly raise, the question as to why land values. in the two New Hanover com munities ; are so much greater than those in the Brunswick territory: The simple answer is that the undevelop ed territory in the neighboring county has not had the advantage of the pro gressive policy of New Hanover in de veloping , its rural environs. - "The-knfortunate situation as it af fects ' the Brunswick territory, tribu tary to ' Wilmington is simply result of the failure of Brunswick to take any steps that will develop the territory. It is logical, therefore, that New Han over must provide the way unless the State wants a valuable agricultural region 'to remain- in its present' state of undevelopment. For many years the only'- .access which . the territory has had td Wilmington has been by an antiquated ferry with charges that have ?been onerous to the farmers of Brunswtek. v This means of reaching Wilmington, has been not only costly, but difficult and slow. This is direct ly responsible for the failure of the territory to make progress. It is, in fact, as though this territory were2S miles from. Wilmington instead Of less than one toile. So far as Brunswick county wlll.be affected by the annexa tion hef revenue, will be cut for a short ; (Continued on Page Tvo. REPORT N HARVESTER TRUST Organization of Gigantic international Harvester Co., Disclosed Mor gan Received $3,450,000 As . Underwriter , Washington, 'Feb.i The vast or-ganization,- of the $140,00Q,000 Inter national Harvester ompany i and its importa relatiojo th through controlof a substantial pro portion of agricultural machinery, is disclosed in the long expected report of the Bureau of Corporations to be submitted to President Taft in a few days. It points out that the Interna tional Harvester ; Company, organized in 1902, brought' under one- Control through J. P. Morgan & Company as underwriters, five great concerns mak ing harvesting, machinery and twine the McCormick, Deering, Piano, Champion and Milwaukee companies. Since then it is said the parent cor poration has been increased by the acquisition of the" Osborne Company and other organizations through which the (concern has spread .its business to various subsidiary lines, such as farm wagons, gasoline and alcohol en gines, cream separators, tractors and manure spreaders. It is estimated that perhaps 90 per cent of harvester, 75 per cent of mow ers - and 50 per cent of binder twine used in the United States are made by the International Harvester Com pany. Stock to the amount of $3,450, 000, it is declared, was issued to J. P. Morgan & Company, for legal ex penses in organizing the giant- corpo ration. The commissioner of corporations discusses the operation of the com- Continued from Page Seven.) O U T LINES The House Judieiary Committee yes terday favorably reported the Webb liquor bill. President-elect Wilson will begin work on his inaugural address today and expects to complete it in about two weeks. r The board of governors of the New York Stooto Exchange yesterday adopt ed a stringent resolution against "wash sales." J A filibuster in the House yesterday prevented any action on -the proposed government appropriation for the Pan ama Exposition. The Bureau of Corporation's report on the Harvester Trust discloses the organization of the mammoth Interna tional Harvester Co.; : Gov.. Wilson announced yesterday that he will wait till after he is inau gurated before announcing the per sonnel of his icabinet. ' ; The State rested its case yesterday in the trial of Frederick O. Beach, and both Mrs. Beach and Mr: Beach will talite the stand in the latter's defense today. The Bulgarians continued the bom--tbardment of Adrianople yesterday and - burned the town of Tchatalja. They are making an attempt to cap ture the Gallipoli peninsula, having succeeded in their first operations in that quarter. .. . . v The British - steamer -v Roumanian, just arrived at; Newport News, reports having picked up the Norwegian bark Remittent, abandoned ..at ' sea, and the whereabouts of her crew is a mystery as the vessel was perfectly seaworthy, provisioned and fnlly rig ged. - y- ;. New York markets: Money on call steady, 2 3-4 to 3 per cent; rulingi rate 2 3-4; closing, bid 2 7-8 ; off ered at: 3. Spot, cotton closed quiet. Flour dull. . - Wheat easy. No. ; 2 r red 1.09 1-2 and 1.11. Corn easy, 57 1-2. Tur pentine and r&sm:-fir.);;v?ivr''1r-'i NEW HANOVER J MASTER AND GREW WERE GONE Str. Roumanian Reports Picking Up Bark in Fine Shape With Not a Living Thing Aboard An other Marie Celeste Newport News,- Va., Feb. 5. 'An other mystery of the deep," practically 'paralleling the unexplained disappear? rie 1 Celeste several years . ago, T has Come to port here with the British tank steamer Roumanian. On January 19 tb, 10 days out from Port ArthufT and near the Azores,' she picked up the Norweigian bark Remittent, sea worthy, provisioned and fully rigged, but without a soul aboard and with no indication of the Crew's fate. The Roumanian, after -towing the Remit tent to within 100 miles of Cape Hen ry lost her in a gale. The Marie Celeste was found at sea with a pot boiling in her galley and her captain's papers- on the cabin table and every indication that souls were aboard within a few hours of her dis covery, but nothing was (ever heard of her skipped, or crew. The story of the Remittent is scarcely less strange. - The Roumanian sighted the Remit tent in latitude 40 degrees, 30 minutes and longitude 27 degrees and 30 min utes, riding a. .heavy swell without a hand to guide her before a -freshening breeze. The big tank steamer's crow's nest immediately reported her as a ship out of control and Captain Claridge set out in pursuit. While the Roumanian was coming up on her, Uhe Remittent with tiller banging to and fro and blocks a trund ling on her decks, was running wild, first to one' point of the compass and then to another. The Roumanian lowT ered boats to take a line and capture the bark. Aftermore than one hour's jockeying, during which the Remit tent sailed in swoops and dashes, now stopping dead, atremble in the eye of the wind, and. then bounding away to the crackling , of what canvas was furled, the pursuing small boat final ly caught her coming around broad side on. and boarded her. - , Her deck planks bore the mark of many feet; but there was nothing to explain vthe disappearance of her mas ter and ere W. In her cabin the lock fast places were undisturbed and her charts and papers were secure. In her water breaker there was a full supply of fresh -water; salt junk and biBcuits were in her stores. A mainsail and two jibs were furled and her lifeboats swung in the davits. The Roumanian bent a hawser to the prize and took her in tow. : ' The steamer and her salvage bowled along together in fairly favorable weather, for several days and in the first blow which they met, 100 miles off Cape Henry, Captain Claridge lost j the Remittent. Twice the Roumanian attempted to launch boats to carry; new lines and each time they were j crushed against her side by heavy seas and their crews narrowly escaped drownings Captain 'Claridge finally gave it up and made for port, leaving the Remittent riding out the gale. No other ship has reported her; since. The Remittent was commanded by Captain Lorgeson and she sailed from Rio Grande Do Sul, October 25th for Liverpool.- ' She was of 351 tpns and probably carried in addition, to her master a lerew-of five or six- "Whe en the Bell in the Lighthouse Rings Ding Dong . One of the best, in Mr. Hood's rep ertoire and he will sing it at the Grand Theatre today. .. -. (advertisement.) : Today 1 8 The Day - Clip the Parcel Post Map Coupon on Page: Five.- - f. v-4 . : . ' 7 IIS LEAVE A Till OF FIBE Continue Bombardment of Adrianople and Try to Take Gallipoli ASSISTED BY GREEK NAVY The Attempt to Capture the Peninsula is Meeting With Success Tur key is in Dire Straits for ' Finances. London, Fefc 5. The Bulgarians are devoting their , chief attention to 'the bombardment pf "Adrianople and an attempt to capture the Gallipoli peninsula and sp take the Turkish forts in, the rear. An official dispatch issued at Cohr stantinople indicates that the Bulgar ians have. been successful in their.; first operations in the latter quarter and ac cording to a Sofia dispatch, the cap ture of Gallipoli is the chief object of the ) Bulgarian ambitions for the time being, and no serious attempt will be made to force the Tchatalja lines:' The. same dispatch says that the Bulgarian attack on Gallipoli is sup ported by the Greek navy in the Gulf of Saros. Fifty thousand Bulgarians were landed along this coast last No vember and it may be presumed that during the armistice-: this force was strengthened by artillery. Should the Bulgarians capture the Turkish forts there is nothing to pre vent the Greek fleet from entering the Dardanelles, where, in the opinion of naval officers, it could easily defeat the inferior Turkish fleet,, in which case Constantinople would be at the mercy Of the allies. The Constantinople correspondent of the Standard sends a strange story, reporting; that the remnant -df the Turkish army at Monastir, which nev er'Tias '1'beeh ' precisely accounted for, 9Awtilnk Ja;lhat district,; and hasrcaptured"tKe Important town of Koritzai-less than 50 miles from Mon astir. ; The statement attributed to -the Greek premier, M. Venizelos,, -that peace wilt speedily be concluded tends to confirm the report current in Euro-' pean capitals in recent days to the same effect. J Although there has been no evidence in the shape of s fresh diplomatic move--! ments to support iL, the . Turkish gov ernment, however, evidently is in dire straits for money, even attempting to dispose- of the crown jewels and mak ing despairing attempts to place treas ury bonds in Turkey, Egypt and am ong Ohe Moslems in India. The Otto man consul at Bombay claims to have applications for bonds amounting to $5,000,000, It is announced that the ambassa dors' conference at London has arriv ed at ah agreement upon the formul. settling the plan under which the al lies will take over a portion, of the Ottoman public debt and settling also the alliesl liability with regard to the Ottoman railways. Many7 Villages Burned.: Constantinople, Feb. 5 The Grand Vizier, Mahmoud Schefket Pasha, who lert tne capital this morning, visited Hademekui and returned here tonight. He reports that .the Bulgarians have burned Izzendenkui and other villages. afterwards withdrawing from, the Tchatalja lines. The following official dispatch has just been Issued: The enemy, part of whose forces are concentrated in the vicinity of Gal lipoli, sent- a regiment- Tuesday from Hademekui to Kavak, where one of our. detachments is stationed. An en gagement ensued, lasting until even ing and terminating to our advantage. Whenf night fell, in accordance with a previous arrangement, ' the bulk of our troops withdrew towards Bulair,' but the; enemy was unable to pursue them, t " . Another force of the enemy advanc ed and occupied Myriphyto, on the coast of the sea. of Marmora, Which" is defended only by ,a few, gendarmes. The sloop Zoafi has inflicted serious losses on a force of the enemy advanc ing in the direction ofrCharkeui,' to the south of ' Mariophyto. This force Was unable today to advance beyond Xami- to." -j v .'; . Tchatalja Burned. Constantinople, Feb. 5. Apart from an hour's cannonading by the Bulgar ians Monday evening at the expiration of the armistice, , to which the Turks did not respond, ho further aggressive acts of war are reported at the Tcha- (Continued on Page Eight) - -: - THE WEBB BILL 4 t 4- 4. 4- Washington, Feb. 5.---The House Judiciary .Committee todiay ordered favorably' re- ? ported the bill introduced by 4 Representative Webb, of North: Carolina, which would prohibit the inter-State ship ment of intoxicating liquors 4-4-4- into ".dry States." The meas ure' would give States the right "to exclude . from " their 4- 4t - confines liqupr intended for sale In communities where; lo 4. cal laws forbid such sale. : , ..T..T..T.nT..f..T. AAA .TMVT..T..T..T..T..T. BULGARIA HUSBAND ID WIFE Mr. and Mrs. Beach Will Both Testify in the For mer's Defense THE STATE RESTS ITS CASE Witness Gets Badly Tangled When? Cross-Exam ined in Regard to Blood on Beach's Knife Expert Testimony. Aiken, , S. C, Feb, 5.--Frederick. O. Beach wiil take" the stand in his own defense when his trial on the charge . of assaulting his wife is resumed here tomorrow. : This was the plan outlin ed by the defense at the close of court . today. ts - - -It also is proposed to have Mrs. Beach follow the accused New Yorker as a witness.' Since the assault upon her was committed. in the yard of, the Beach ' cot.ta.fffi herfi. on 'th' nfc-hf. of February 26th, last, the story told by hteacn and his wire has . never varied. Both have maintained that Mrs. Beach was attacked by . an unknown negro . when I she left the house to give her dogs an airing. . ' . Today the State rested its case, which consisted almost entirely of an attack on . the plausibility of Beach's story. The introduction of Beach's jeweled pen knife, upon which one of -the State's .witnesses claimed to have found traces of blood corpuscles, was held by the prosecution until the last- it had been anticipated by the defense and they Were prepared to 1 meet: ex . pert testimony "with- exnerfe testimony even to the extent of presenting a wit ness who had examined the . knife and had failed. 'as he 'swore, , to- find . any. blood'ells: . .. -' . .' s Four of the defense, witnesses were examined ' during the' afternoon ' ses sion if the court and the testimony of Dr. Hastings Wyrnah; Jr!, the thir physician of f the; same .family to ap- . pear "as; ;a. Witness, . testified - at the " ' morning sessionthat he had made ' a microscopic examination of the knife at the "request of Mayor . Gyles and had found, traces of blood. Later he said he took the knife, to Augusta and submitted it to Dr. C. D . VartriAvo professor of .?; microscopies : of. the Unl- versny or ueorgia, wno, ,, ne claimed rerusea to. express an opinion as to presence of blood. Then he went to Columbia and obtained a Written opin-. ion tnere irom lioykln Mims an anar lyst, that "there was blood on. the knife. When the prosecutor announc ed at the "opening of the , afternoon session" that .the' State had presented its case,w the defense immediately of fered Dr. Partridge as a witness. Dr. Partridge testified that he haA evntn- ' ined the knife and had Informed- Dr. Wyman that there was no blood there,. He gave the jury a-very technical ex planation of the manner in which he. had made his examination . and .was making a very good witness for the defense untU Prosecutor Gunter,, a; master at the art of crosR-PTnm inn tion got hold of him. and began subjecting mm to a merciless "third degree . Im mediately he became so confused that. he was unable to answer, without long hesitations, questions on , the subject which he has jnade .a life time study. "Didn't you Refuse to put the result of your examination in' writine. de-- manded the prosecutbr. ' The witness didn't1 answer. . "Didn't you?" . There was a titter throughout the court room-when the witness continued to remain silent Wi. nally he said that he did not wish, to majte a, wntien report. - - You were afraid It Would fall into the hands of the" State, weren't you?" "No, 1 was unbiased at that time'. " "But you have become biased since then, haven't you?" ' r ,"No."' . " . ' " ' . ' Dr. Partridge aeain bBcatne tani-leil' when the prosecutor questioned him about his direct testimony that the Knite.nad no broken blade when . he ... examined it. 'Will you swear that the knife had two blades?" Witness hesitated. "No. I dont' think ! can Swear to it"; - . V . '"But, you did just now." Drodded tha prosecutor. - :.: .Witness remained silent for a Inner . time. "I think its safer to leave out the other blade." ho than Man' . J vmwm f amid laughter. On his direct examina- tion Dr. Partridee said. that. lrh- Wv. man brought the knife to him on the . morning ot March 29tn, with a request for an early' reDort . because he "want. ed to stop a matt : going out of town wno.was going to leave at 3 o'clock." Dr. Wyman, oh cross-examination, had . denied makins anv euch state ment.: , 'i-- '. ,: , Expert testimony was riven for tha- deefnse by Dr. T. F.' Oerteli of A ii. gust v formerly professor of pathology and mieroscopy at the University; of. Georgia, ur. Oerteli declared' that he could not find flaws in. the "technique";, employed by Dr. I Partridge In his ex amination as described in the latter's testimony. "Can VOIl find flnwa in tha technique used by Dr. Wyman?" asked Attorney Fuller, of the defense. rxes," he replied. - ; : . . Anticinatinfir that Proseriito Clnnto ' might contend.fin hts siini-nHn'iin ar. gument, that one blade of the knife"' (Continued on Page Eight.) iy a. '. it. 5Rf- 111 VI. r : ! 'H i iv .lii M, -, I Ik-), t . - -'if ,, i'l 4 'A M '. v'n At-, .. mmm mm " Arte U -;: s it A '.- ,:. --"dfirv-ni-'t." IM . ' 1 ht 1 i ''A ' t 7 - ; .IS 7 '
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