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The Weather f. PAGES TODAY . rl wr lnArna .1 w I I V ness. little t1'"ntC 1U ltiuyvnu sttiffc o river at ayerreviue yester- TWO SECTIONS V0L. CVIII No. 25. WILMINGTON, N. C, UOTfM0tff ()CTd?ER2, 1921. OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. tm m u -cvJAxas nr a v kei qjbs w i&mmss&m 'ay.- 1 I 1 t- I I J I VI I ; f I I I ItSSAI Ml lii8EB!JKXial -TO! lak . & ?! -ill ."Vl I i I - I TWO AND TURNS lis ON HIMSELF WHEN CORNEREDBYA CROWD Claude 0. Hark, Railroad Man 0f Arcadia, Fla., Slays Law- , ver and Wife's Mother v WOUNDS HIS WIFE fl'ith Her Baby in Arms. She Escapes by Leaping Through Window to. Ground iPT Fla.. UCl. a. inrce vren. mi .1 i 4K' .' arsons of this city are dead, rt the hands or uiauoe j. -mrK, who itso killed rnmaen wiieu ne oaw from a band or angry cltl- uh,- were seesins 10 arrcsi mm, The ead are: Tames A. Tirnberl&ke, attorney. lTZ p0rL-a? Blount, Clark's mother- T-law. riaude " '""lark. riark? a rauroaa man ana Airs, "lark conducts a small hotel her. rhev m d bep havins matrimonial difr and Mrs. Clark had retained rimberlake rs her counsel to secure a jivcrce fnr her. Tust before noon today Clark entered TjmbVnake ? office and according to fpwi Robbins. Timbertake's law part ner cam? in with an army automatic pistol in his hand and began fir In ar at Timberlake. The first two shots took .ffpct'rne in Timberlake'B neck, the other'-in bis breast. rimDenasB 3ut"of a window on to an adjoining roof. dvin?. Clark fired on shot at Robbins. missing him, then turned ana fed He ran a block to the hotel and rushed unstairs to his wife's room or the second floor. Mrs. Clark was scat? d at a window with their infant In her Up. As he pointed the revolver at her sr.? itai'tu, " the window. He fired and -the 8hot struck her left ankle. She and the babe fell to the ground but were not badlv hurt by the fall, and both., will recover. He fired at her agalnja she lav pxone but missed. - .. He then rushed Intof .the 4 ' room of Mrs. Clark's mother, Mrs. Blount, and shot her through the'heart -' - From Mrs. Blount's ; room Clarke made hie way down the back talf s and exchanged shots" -wn-rFTzrirnatB :Tr& well, who sousht to Intercept: him4 at the door. Both missed.- Clak ran Into the ,rar of an'apart. ment house and made hla -vray -tcrjh front door. There -he was raceay Seeing escape imppsslble,4'mergencyi program .for the immediate other men he turned the srunt agamsi. ma ingot temple and blew out his brains. v j The man is believed to have become demented through bToodinar : over -hte domestic affairs. ' ' " ' " " ' - : , HFRRY NEGROES TO. JAIL TO PRETEXT WHOLESA1B ITNCHUfO MACOX, Ga., "Oct. l.-George Clark, one of two negroes named by a cor oners jury at Forsythe today, , as the slayers of C. H. Winn, and three other negroes arrested in connection with the case, were rushed to the-county jail here at 9:30 o'clock tonight to pre vent a lynching. Winn's body was found weighted down in a shallow, stream near For sythe yesterday, his head having been crushed in with an axe. His body was tied up in a bed quilt and there was a sack over his head. Monroe county officials, who investi gated the murder, claim to - have ev dence that the crime occurred in a ne- gro house occupied by -Maud ,McGinty. The McGinty woman and her daughter were among those brought .here for safe keeping. The other man rushed here is known as James McGinty. The other man named -by the cor oner's jury of Monroe county as the slayer of Winn, is Will Fhinney. a negro, for whom a reward has been offered. The officers of several ; coun ies are hunting for him. - In searching the home of the .negro woman" today the sheriff claims to have found sev eral blood-stained cloths sewed up in i mattress. ' STREET RAILWAY EMPLOYES MEET WITH UNIOPr OFFICIAL G. b. Lawson, representative from headquarters of the International Amalgamated Association of Electrio Street and Railway Workers of Amer ca, met with local union Nc 708 at a meeting held in their hall at Third and Princess streets this morning at 12:30 o'clock. ' ... ' Following the meeting members - of 'he union stated that they had noth to give to the press regarding the meeting. However, it was stated by others that the meeting was a sort oi get-together affair, and itwas under stood that the new wage scale which ls soon to be signed - was discussed. It was stated yesterday" by members rjf the union that the scale had al ready been agreed upon .-by - both the w orkers and the Tidewater . officials and that all that remained was- to sign te contracts. What the scale will be v-as not announced. ; ".. " , sOME LONGSHOREMEN WALK ) OUT IN PROTEST TO WA45ES -VEW YORK, Oct. 1 Between 6,000 a.nd , .ooo men. members of the Interna--lona Longshoremen's ; association, mch last week concluded a new wage and working agreement , with foreign steamship lines, today quit work, as a protest against the wage provisions. ine walkout, according to Joseph an, vice president of the longshore en. was participated in-by? members " only nine of the 29 local unions -r the New York district. The refer "dum vote last week, disclosed -that ni of the locals accepted the wage cut "r approximately 20 percent, the agree menr for the coming year - being J 65 iSvan hour with.$l for-overtime on 48-hour-week basis. - Officials -of the tvr'f foremen's association . predicted the strike would be short-lived. fna asserted that. a. thA irrMmMt hud accePtel by the majority; the ma or ty would carry It through,. y Choice of President As Envoy jtrj Germany M . ' ? ' ! '.s ... U - u S:: s ,7-:-:.-:-??x.-x-:-x;:;'. gj s;a: ssJv nvi ! S? - I Xx"1: ill I - - C C-.. i fth. JAIL OK 8 XNi i X' V s X s- X ss X x-NxXS j - r William Boyce Thompson, Kew ,York City banker, according to reports from Washington, - is President Harding's choice for Ambassador to Germany. It is rumored In official Washington-that both Dr. David Jayne Hill and Xioring Dressel have been eliminated as possi ble .. candidates for the;, post. Mr. Thompson figured - prominently the J Republican, campaign. He was one of the treasurers or. the campaign com mittee organized , in behalf of Major General Leonard - Wood and later was a director of the Harding campaign! He. is a director in the FederaI""Re serve Bank in New York City. Sborand capital In agreement on plans Join Forces in ' Community Or- ganizatibn to Create Em- ; pioymeni iorv laie m I WASH iSTWT Octv rCAaitit and KitiTnne.nsr to- 7"the carry hiR out through community organization of tue relief of the nation's; Idle wage earners adopted by-the national conference-on unemploynient. " . Jnan' appeal to1 the business men and chambers of commerce of the country to actively support the program, Joseph H. -Defrees,. president of the chamber of commerce of .the United States, de clared that, "business has a creat re sponsibility in .the situation, it must f urnishemployment." - ' Samuel Gompers., president of the American Federation of Labor, in a formal ? statement expressed his .confi dence that "the trade, union movement in each 'community will join energeti cally In the effort to assist In the task of providing for the thousands who are Idle." Both Mr. Defrees and Mr. Gompers are members of the conference and as sisted in drafting the emergency pro gram. - v ' ' Mr. Defrees. called . upon the business men to. off er the mayors in their com munities immediate assistance In order to speed up the establishment of em ployments, committees on a national basis. ' ' t WEATHER FORECAST BY STATES WASHINGTON. uci. i.-vitBm. Fair Sunday; slightly warmer in west and north; Monday fair in east. Increas ing cloudiness in west. North and South Carolina and Geor gia' - Fair Sunday; Monday increasing cloudiness; little change in tempera- Florida: Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday; probably scattered, thunder- f actreme northwest Florida - Unset tied'weather Sunday and Monday; prob ably showers- - ; . Alabama: Generally fair Sunday ex cent showers near the coast; Monday unsettled: probably ''showers; little change ; In, temperature. , Tennessee: - Fair, and" slightly warm er Sunday; Monday unsettled, probably 8 Louisiana; Sunday and Monday part- ly Arkansas; Sunday fair. "Monday In creasing; clodiness, cooler. . - v Oklahoma:., Sunday Increasing cloudi ness; Monday unsettled, cooler East' Texas: Sunday generally- fair; Monday partly cloudy, cooler in north WaSitexMSnnday4 fair, cooler' in north - portion; , Monday alrv - Winds-Hatteras to Key West: Mod erate northeast and east winds and gen eraUy fair weather Sunday, t - , . - East' gulf: Moderate east and south east winds' and? partly cloudy weather and probably local rains .Sunday. -West eulf LOf Mexico: Moderate to fresh east and southeast winds; overcast weather and probably, local Tains Sunday. Sandy Hook to Hatteras: ' Moderate West and I southwest winds over north portion and northeast over south por tion: falr-.weather Sunday. ;'aCTO RACE AT FRESTTO FMSNOvf 'Callf., , Oct- I 1. Alton Soules automobile ;race driver-who was Injured when his car threw a tire and shot through fence on the resno ipeedwaVfhere todaythe an Joaau, Valley classic race, dledat a hospital here tonight- -His mechanician. Harry BarnerwSs fatally injured. ;dylng late tC6oSeV Vaa'drlvinV Inthe 72nd Jap off - a " 500-mlle automobile race when h. wknt over the fence. - v. x LEAGUE OF NATIONS IS NOT GEHING RESULTS THAT SOME HAD HOPED Disappointment - Is Expri . Saturday's Session. Assembly LOOK Delegates Pinnis i'aith to Washington .Conference on Disarmament GENEVA. Oct. .1. -(Associated Press) Disappointment at the absence of re sults attained" by ; the league of na tions since the last assembly and hope in the forthcoming Washington con ference, were "the two principal senti ments ' expressed in today's, debate by the assembly on disarmament. Many seats were empty on the .floor of the assembly, the question having fully been threshed out in committee., The.absembly." however, was aroused to considerable enthusiasm, particular ly by the 'defense of M. Noblemalre, of France, arainst accusations of jmilitar Ism -brouzht a galtust his country. Lord Ropert Cecil, who presented the com mittee's report on disarmament, said he hoped the Washingtou conference would do something for the control of private manufacture and traffic In arms. Capt. Melbourne Bruce, of Austra lia, said it was a matter of as much interest to Europe as to Australia If his country were oblised to go on arm ing,, following, Hhe example of the Asiatic countriea, " in order to protect its 12.800 miles of sea coast. Hjalmar . Brantins, of Sweden, ex pressed the opinion that conditions in some countries made it impossible for them to begin disarmament how. M. Noblemalre in his defense against the accusations - of militarism against France said: "Our attitude is thet same as itvwas last year andsthe same as it was, in the Hotel "Crlllon-in "lOlS when .France de-. manded.' disarmament contingent only upon iaonai secwtjty. I want-.to. re ect wlthallVth4' energy " I am capable; SMifn hiTTeTfmmtaf tm 'tKSarc France : t ; - z . ' ' . - Nto one wants war less than France, because no. one suffered so much .from th ' Wis she- did. x It is in this spirit of ; loyalty "and patriotism ' that the French -delegation 4s golnsr to Wash ington to consider there naval disarma ment :whlch in its way, has the same importance as the military disarma ment of which we are speaking." SHERIFF IN GUN FIGHT WITH KU KLUX PARADE Five Men Wounded in Street of Texas Town WACO. Tex., Oct. 1. Five men. were wounded in a guri fight between - a sheriff's posse and participants In a jvu Klux Klan parade atLorena, ,14 miles south of here tonight. The flcht took place at tne tntersec tlon of the main business streets, where several thousand people had gathered to witness the parade, when , Sheriff Buchanan of McLennan county, leader of the posse, stepped In front of the approaching column and attempted to wrest the American flay from the lead ing white clad figure. ;- - In the free-for-all fighting which en sued Sheriff Buchanan was shot twice, once in the neck and once in the body, and -Lewis - Crow. . assistant football coach at Baylor university here, a mem ber of the posse -was severely cut. M. Burton Carl West and Will Lawson also were wounded although the ex tent of the injuries has not been' as certained. PREACHER CLAIMS WOMAN HE LIVED WITH NOT HIS , WIFE MERIDIAN, Miss., Oct. 1. Charged with deserting his family,1 Rev. W. E. Bennett, Nasarene preacher, testified at his trial today that the woman with whom he admitted living with 28 years, and the mbther of his eight children, is not his wife. 1; Rev. Bennett said his only legal mar riage" was to a young woman of Bell county, Texas, whom he wedded, ac cording to his testimony, last January. A 26-year-old daughter of (he preach er testified she knew of no grounds for her father leaving her moth. A broth er of the defedant. Rev. L. Bennett, was among other witnesses. LIBERTY BONDS AS CAPITAL IS ADJUDGED NONTAXABLE DECATUR, Ga., Oct. 1. Liberty bonds owned by a bank.as part of Its capital stock are exempt from state taxation. Judge John B. Hutcheaon ruled . in su perior court ehre today. In the case of the Bank, of Clayton against E. O. Danlel,-tax collector of. Clayton coun ty. Final decision on the question will affect every 'bank. i in the country, It was said by attorneys who announced that appeal would be taken finally to the United States supreme court. A QUESTION OF RECOGNITION CHICAGO, Oct. 1. Strike ballots are being mailed to the organize! em ployes of the larger ' packing plants of the country, but the vote will hot be on acceptance of. a reduction of wages, local union leaders skid today. While, reluctant, to' discuss the mat ter, 'they- indicated-that -the vote would be on whether a strike should be call ed if It was found Impossible to ob tain. S union ! recognition : demanded - of the packers who recently inauguarted an 'open shop system .with a method of "employe representation In the aff f airs of the .companiesr All : of. t- the "Big' Five" v except Morris ; .anHi w com pany announced this' policy some time ago, "x. ' UNITED HINWRKERS POSTR)NEIiiALl TILL NEXT FEBRUARY jDo So to, PreTenti Disclosing ineir uemanas ueiore con- tract Expires TO ASK 1NGREASES Union Shows Determination to Strike for ; More Mony v? Next iVIarch INDIANAPOLIS, V O&i 1. Postpone ment until next February, in-'the fram ing of coal miners wage demands was votedN today by the . convention of . the JJnited :.Mine prkers! of .t America.., . ' In doing sor. the. -.delegates.;.' pver- whelmingly- .pproved;therrecommen dation 'of President John L. Lewis, who urged : the delay so as not to disclose the miners' terms "six .months before" the expiration, of present;- agreements with operator..:. . -'' . Ti Although there was .no: discussion , of new demands, the . delegates. Indicated they f avored a ; strike, "rt -necessary, to' obtain increases, for they ; also' aPProVr ed the , report of Vice-President .'Mur ray, in whiclC he declare? In favor of fighting for improvemeAt.of' contracts in both anthracite -and. '.bituminous fields that: expire next March. 4 The delegates - voted to Praise, about. $1,500,000 by specIaL "assessment of members of the union,"; but in -doingJ o did not specify anyjpurpope for us ing the money. . Apparently "alarmed by private advices from the West. Vir ginia strike area, the : delegates also directed' that .an appeal .be made . to President Harding for - the protection of 188; miners - who: are "prisoners In the Logan and "j Williamson f county jails, President Lewis . appointed a committee to calli at the white house next- weea, ana in aoing inis ne ae- Senator Lenroot T Republican,: ' Wis c!fred " ae . ample reason . tc-j be7 consin. led the fight against the pro v I lieve the "lives of President, C. . F; ;v - , ; v Keeney, of the West , Virginia; dfstrlet. and Secretary Fred Mooney and others are In Jeopardy". Keeney and Mooney are amQng those held on! murder charges.'. Vt : j; 's.-U , , The convention '. authorized a testl case of the Kansas induBtriai court act being prosecuted to the supreme court. The : attack on - the court probably ; will be. by a suit to-jenjbin: the enforcement oi; ue -law- VTii?.iiV!jtfi.ftt FARRIERS -IERESTED INf ROTBOtmi Baby Contest WW. Be Held Again This 'Year CSpeclai to' Thf Star) ' . " LUMBERTON, Oct. Ir-The .baby con test will be ;sJfea$ute of' the Robeson county fair-again this, year. 7'.Last year around 100 babies entered the show and. indications point to a lareer num ber this' year vThe fair will be held here October, 18, 19, 20and- 21., The baby .show will' be held! on Thursday, October 20. . ;!;-' Farmers throughout' the,. "State of Robeson" are apparently more Inter ested in theVfalr thls year .than . ever and a larger variety of exhibits .are ex pected. Fair officials have -contracted, for numerous free acts, Including ae roplane stunts over the fair grounds each day at 3 p. m. ' . A heavy ' rain fell throughout this section Friday afternoon, the first "good" rain fo'fall here " In" ten weeks. It is thought ' the rain was sufficient to raise the .water in Lumber river, which Is the lowest ever, according to old citizens.' Much cotton is being sold on the Lumberton market and the grades are the '. best In several years.' Practically all. the cotton offered has , graded strict and good .middling. There Is(" a large corps of buyers ' on; the market. Around 200-bales are sold, each day., . Many Robeson children are .being vaccinated against diphtheria,, accord ing to Dr. E. R. Hardin, couhty health officer. Dr. Hardin vaccinated '60 chil dren in one day at St .Pauls Monday. Interest is growing in the campaign being waged against diphtheria. The boll weevil has covered , Robe son county. . While-the weevil was too late reaching some sections to do much damage this year, the farmers fear that he will get much of the crop next year. ; rz PETTY NAVAL' OFFICER HELD . ON CHARGE OF WIFE MURDER COLONIAL BEACH.- Va:, Oct.' -1.--Torn bits of a letter ''wete regarded to night by county authorities as an im portant cle In clarification . of the mys tery surrounding. the 'kilUns at her home here last Friday of ters. Mabel S. Eastlake, wife of : Roger Eastlake, a chief petty officer of the navy, . who with Miss Sarah E- Knoxr of Chesa peake City, New Jersey, are being held in connection with the murder. . These bits of a , . letter were said by the authorities to .have 'been found in la hand bag belonging - to" Miss-. Knox and -as pieced together, were, said to show that Eastlake, the writer of the letter, 'had Invited Miss. Knox to conTe here to help him. "frame a' plot.'' Eastlake and Miss Knox were 'con fined tonight in. '. the .Westmoreland county jail at? Mont, iR6ss,hayinK been arrested yesterday jn recommendations of a coroner's Jury, j ; Strons ' gtiards were Placed about the: jail today:) con siderable talk of violence having been reported.. f.-V.'":- GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA JN A TERRIFIC AUTO .CLASH WILDERNESS . RUN Va. ' Oct. . 1- Governor, Westmoreland Davis, of Vir ginia, narrowly escaped, injury i near Fredericksburg today when his . auto mobile was In fcoijislonv wlthone,'dTiv3 n' y Miss -lleien 'King, 'tf Culpepper. The g-overaor.' howevpn - suffered only a shakns:uifwhile: Miss !.:Kln'grwas painfuJlyXlnJuredhy. flyings klassi?;: - The- b Dvernor,. who; Is attending- the Wllderrss maneuvfrs of the marines, said his car-w as almost at' a. standstill when-'the- clash-occurred In iaheavy dust cloud. ' ' ' ' ' ' Miririe CI ' serial Attack on Declares Workmen Themselves Are Responsible for Unemploy--;" ment 'in the. Country Because of Opposition to Wage ' , : Adjustments Senator Heflin Replies, Urging Repub licans Not to Oppress "Lazarus' WASHINGTON. Oct. 1. An attack on union labor by Senator Nelson, Repub lican, Minnesota, and - successful fight against a, committee. amendment which It was claimed would -discriminate against American . ships in favor.- of foreign crxt, marked- senate consider ation today of the Republican tax re vision bill. -Senator Nelson declared the work men themselves were responsible for most o the unemployment over the country because they would not consent to a. readjustment of wages. To the railroad workers he attributed part of the responsibility for present high freight rates, asserting that until there was a reduction in t'.ie high wages and bonuses allowed during government control, the people could not hope to get cheaper transportation, tariffs. '. j Referring to the threatened- strike of railroad workers,, the .Minnesota sen ator. said he was getting tired of their threats to tie up transportation system ana" "thought there shoald be a show down. Minnesota senator was opposing a house amendment to exempt- the first $500 of income from investment of in dividuals In building and loan assoc iations, which the -A finance - committee struck out and which Senator Over man. Democrat, North Carolina, moved to- retain- The committee action fin ally ;wai sustained. Replying to the Minnesota senator, Senator, Heflin, Democrat, Alabama asked that, a living wage be not taken frp-m.'thv workmen now employed when some. 5,000,000" persons were out of , em ployment.' "He algo urged that the Re publicans refrain from "taxing : the crumbs and tatters of Lazarus whlla , tempting the fin robes of Dives BRINGS FINpPRjuE uck for $1,300 Per Front t;lTVfiBiiild :Avreal. stiiiiHiTjloni n$:ijit tjendituire pap consummated when the Murchison 'NaJ. tlonal bank transf erred; title t6,"the lot between, the handsome 10-story bank building at Front and Chestnut, streets and the , Rijou -theater,. .to,Dr.? , Ernest Bullock, '.'well known. physician and" sur geon. . While the vdeal was "closed the middle of the past week, the. deed, has notbeenflled for record yet, -nor,' was announcement made that ., it 'had gone through until yesterday. ,2" - Th,e.. property . ls one of the most val-' uable lots .in thei business district ; of the ciy, as is indicatecV. by" the. hand some price it brought. The lot fronts 52 feet on Front street with a depth of 105 feet. The price paid, Dr. -Bul-luck-said last night, was $1,300 per front foot. - . When asked, whatihe expected to do with the'property Dr. Bulluck said that he bought it as an investment and that he would erect a building suitable for the business of Anyone who, would take It on a long-term leae Dr.- Bulluck also said that the char acter of the building will depend on the wishes of the party to whom it is to be leased-; However, he added that Its architecture and the" quality of ma terial used would ' be such as to add to the appearance of the city at this particular point. ,He also said that, the building, when it is1: erected, will be of fireproof material and of modern architecture. When work will get-under, way . de pends, upon " the success of -Dr.' Bul luck in finding a. tenant for the build ing. However, it -is considered one of the best locations - In the - city, 'being right In the heart of the busdness dis trict and within a short distance of the depot, and It is -predicted -that there will be a rush for the first floors Dr. "Bulluck said that he would con aider, a proposition of leasing the first floor "under, a long-term lease without the :upper stories, the number of which he has not decided upon yet. Should it be leased under, such 'conditions, it is very probable that .two ,or three, and probably -four, additional stories will be added, these being used as of-' flees. The building may be but two or three stories, all used by, the lessee of the first floor. TO INDICT MEN SUSPECTED OF SELLING. LIQUOR TO ARBUCKXE ; SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1. Informal tlons are to be filed with the rederal grand, jury Monday; against three men suspected el having furnished liquor to the part yat a hotel here ln'whlch Ros- coe Arbufckle - ls alleged in , a man slaughter charge aralnst him, to, have fatally injured Miss Virginia ,- Rappe. Robert H. McCormick, assistant United States attorney-seneral, prosecuting prohibitions-violations," r announced' to day. - McCormick would not. name the me nagalnst whom the informations are' directed." -r " : ". " Evidence tending to show that liquor wasserved' and consumed at the party already has been. prepared for the jury, but its , investiftation f was suspended until McCormick, .could complete an'in dividual Inquiry: ,,; .; , v r JOFPER FARM i LOAN, BONOS r WASHINGTON. Oct-V 1.- Announce ment, of a gerteral offering of federal farm loan bonds totaling $60,000,000, was made tonight by the treasury de partment.;' The llssue will bear 5 per cent" from October 3.- : .Secretary ; Mel lon, ' in making . the announcement, pre dicted that .the . issue would be sub scribed quickly, citing the ready ab - sorption of the -last issue of the bonds at a -time - when, he " said, the " market was "hard. - 1 j " -c " " v- DOWNTOWN PROPERTY Makes or Union Labor sion which would have exempted from taxation gross earnings derived by foreign shipping concerns from the operation of ships do mesticatled under the laws of a foreign country which granted an equivalent exemption to cit izens of the United States. The Wisconsin senator contended that this would exemt foreign ship ping companies I'rom tax on their busi ness done in the Unlte'iV States while American shipping companies would be required to pay a tax on their busi ness. , He alsp contended that it would drive American shippfaj.; companies un der foreign flags in ort4er to get equal benefits with existing fpreign shipping companies under-foreign flags In order to get equal benefits; with existing for eign shipping concerns. Senator Smoot, Republican Utah, for thec6mmittee denied that the section would cause American ships to change their flag and said that the best In formation of .the committee was that the advantages would outweigh . the disadvantages since it would make for uniform taxation of shipping concerns throughout- the world... Senator Underwood, of Alabama, the Democratic leader, declared the only way to keep American ships on the seas was to meet discrimination with discrimination. The senate accepted a contested com mittee amendment under which the head of a family Would make a single return for himself and wife Irrespec tive of laws in eight states under which the wife actually owns half of the joint property of the marital community. Senator Broussard, Democrat. . Louisi ana, has an : amendment pending: to strike out the section containing this amendment and this will come up later.' RATE OF DEATHS FOR lEPTEiillRir low B&Lowest ' In '-:YcaraJ-:-ilr; Hamilton Saysj J 31 Deaths, in ;$fi!talj;t tembeffiwill weiminktoit death Hteilor hi.t-montht&e , lowest ,'lni years.ti ucn was;3tfie-.j statement - yes teydajr by Dr.' H-HEntt'o'n'conji ty' superintendteni "pi -heaithjj mad to a representative of : , The . Star while discussing health .condition in the city generally.; , .v . .- I '- ' ' . Dr.- Hamilton said , that a ' "nln;th: inning" rally"' by the gtlm reaper would, be all i-that would Jceep . Wilmington from pulling . down a' new low record. Until : Wednesday there had been only 31, deaths - in the city; four or five of which were' non-residents. Dr. Ham ilton. said that reports for the last. two days had - not come in yet. and that it was r, possible that there had been enough deaths to run the rate up con siderably, , but he did not think such would prove to be the case. Previously the department has con sideredVthe rate as satisfactorily low with 40, or a few more deaths, but when it comes down as low as 31or 82 in a city of 35,000 people during a month's time, it is taken as a splen did" indication that the . healths condi tions of the city are being pretty well taken - care of. ( . , f- Dr. .Hamilton said yesterday that he had " searched the records for several years. -past and that he has found no month in which the death rate will be any, where near as low as it will be for September. There is very little sickness in the City at this time, Dr. Hamilton said. There have been quite a number , -of reports of typhoid made to. the depart ment, but thus far there have been no deaths. It is also learned that, insofar as the health department has been able to-leaTrn, all the cases of typhoid re ported have been of a very; mild form. An interesting feature of Dr. Hamil ton's report oh vitalv statistics will be that it will show that one-fourth of the deaths in the city during, the 30 days. ... of ' September occurred in one day, the number being eight in 24 hours.- '-I ' - - r- WILL ASSIGN OFFICERS OF ; RESERVE CORPS ' TO POSITION WASHINGTON, Oct, 1 Detailed reg ulations under which thousands of World war veterans now members of the 1 officers' 'reserve corps ; will' be as signed, for duty in the reserve army framewdrk, , contemplated jby the na tional defense""' act, were made public today by the war department and will be distributed immediately to the66, 800 officers who- now compose the corps. '-"'-.:." ' Assignment of -reserverbfflcers to the 27 divisions of organized reserves throughout the - country - will follow Immediately as the first step In general staff- plans under which an army of more, than four million could be quick ly mobilized at need. ; The; regulations .are" extensive and cover every phase of the "relationship between .the -citizen officers and the regular army. '.The same , theory of de centralizatlonL . oL- administrative au thority from ' the war department to corps area commanders Is; carried . out for the officers that- were employed In planning for. .th 1 organized reoerve system. -r I v ' . ' : ; BIEAT PACKER EMPLOYE ARE r SENDING' OUT ' STRHCE VOTE OMAHA'-.Neb.; Oct.' 1. Packing' plant employes throughout ' the f country - are to vote on"; the question , of the - strik ing .to ' prevent reduction in wages. i according to J, W. Burns; of Omaha, r secretary i of ? district r Council No. 5 of - the- Amalgamated ' Meat "Cutters : and Butcher workmen or JNortn America. POPE AND RAWL1NGS ON NIGHT OF THE MURDER RODE ABOUT TOGETHER Jacksonville Lawyer Accused by Witness of Plotting Theatre Robiiery. BORROWED HIS CAR Later . Urged Him Not to Men tion Name in Testimony Be fore the Coroner JACKSONVILLE. Fla., Oct. 1. The testimony of Irwin Novitzky, material state "witness, featured today's trial of John H. Pope, local attorney charged with murder. The witness remained atu the stand during virtually all of th afternoon session and the defense hadj not concluded its gruelling cross-ex-4 amination when the case went over! until Monday. One belief that the trial! would end on that day was dissipated as the defense gave Indication of lta procedure. Three witnesses testified at the morn- ing session, and -although their testis mony related directly to the killing ofl George H. Hickman and the robbery of the theater of which he was manag er, opposing counsel were exacting in the development of details as to their ros sible bearing upon Pope's alleged rela tions with Frank Rawlins, who com mitted the-robbery and killing. Pope's name jwas not mentioned on-J the witness . stan-until 'Novitzky ap peared. He testified to the effect thftt Pope, on the night of the killing, bor rowed ills automobile and that I'o'be and.' Rawlins drove" off together, iri the-i car. Pope told him, he said, that theyH were going to "stick up"., the Palace theater. The.witness said this occurred about 9 o'clock. Other witnesses gave the time of the killing as approximately 10:05 p. m. Novitzky said he was. ac companied by his wife at the time;,who heard' the remark. He and his wife . then went to the second performance of ' v the , theater and , were n witnessing' the show when the: killing .occurred.; Later, ' , about 11 o'clock, the r continued; ; Pope returned his car; but expressed surprise at hearing ft Hickman's death.. A few mirutes later when; he. and; lone were alone he ask why, Hawiln Ikd killed .Hickman-ahdf Fwitiwyfetif- If jfr know" lie, ; was approached: by pope the.of pllowing i. day ; after Novitzky - had ' V .been' summoned: to the coroner's'' in-' '.. ' questi 'he said, irid-told not to mention " ' Novitzky Viwscth subject of tlie' . , grand, jury Investigation that indicted ; RawlinsfandPopAulijp i taKr aiid he Jias rbeemheid'jall as a: material witness:--' On ; cross -examt- , nation,- the rdfense Ispeoi imore than ' two h3urs;In jyi appareni effort to' Ob- 4 tain admission ; that he had' been '"of - .'.' -rered;, tomunity ? to VarX,; state's ? ievl- ... dehce. The effort -appax ently was not successful, ? the witness .developing; a, . faulty: memorySv as to roanyquestions.j ., He became greatly contused at times? but usually .answered that be '' did not; -remember. ;He;had even ' forge tten the ' time. ; place and . other i ncidents as to when; he was 'married. 1 At the outset cthls mornlne the dJ-., fense announced It ha; no -witnesses. It did not know'of the specific allega- uons ana .: had -been denied a bill of, particulars as to. the first degree charge It was posstble that tvitnesses would be summoned as the case devel-! oped, it was stated. This statement followed State's .. Attorney Frank A. Wideman's denial that Jie had a writ ten confession from .Rawlins. Rawlins had implicated Pope in statements, he said. .; - - . Repeated clashes , between Attorney E. W. Waybrlgbf of the defense and Assistant State's Attorney W. A. Hal lowes, Jr., brought a .warning from the court. The defendant's aged mother, recently bereaved by the death of her husband, , a well-known criminal law yer, sat directly behind her son and underwent the; : ordeal , with 'composure except in one InstanOe when a friend crossed the court room and greeted her. Then she gave way- to tears. The defendant, an able criminal lawyer, seemed to enjoy the frequent predica ments of the state's material wtlness, Novitzky. . , . 7? ; HOUND DOG THIEF KILLED BEFORE TRIAL CAME UP v RICHMOND. VA, Oct. 1 When the 1 case of Anderson Watson, negrb, charged with the theft of two hound dogs valued at $100, was called- in police court today, it developed that 1 he had been-murdered since his ar rest. Accordingly, ;, the f words "dead- ' murdered" were-.' Inserted after his ' name on the docket. , -i Watson had . been let but on bond so that he .could aid i In .; locating the two -dogs, which he iwas alleged to have stolen. The hounds wefe recov ered through Information furnished by " him to his attorney, and It Was plan ned to have the case 'dismissed to day. ' A coincidence in the. case is that the same attorney r has ' been5 retained to represent . John Henry McLaln, ne gro, who ls alleged to have killed Wat son with an ' axe in .the course of a : dice game in "Penitentiary Bottom" recently. ..tj , .- JOHN F. THOMPSON -DEADt AT HIS HOME NEAR WHITEVILLH WHITEVILLE. -OQt. 1. John F. Thompson, aged 70, one of 'Columbus county's, best known; most' properous and most highly respected citizens, died at his home -two miles' from this place at 8 o'clock - lastnlght. The funeral will be held; from; his late resi dence at 9 ; o'clock Sunday morning and burial will be with Masonic hon ors at 12 o'clock Sunday at the family burying ground, three miles south of WhIteville-.K;:;;,;vi;;.2;l5i-.--;vl EARTHQUAKE: DRIVES OUT PEOPLE , OF i A ; UTAH TOWN ; ':'. - ., - - - SALT LAKlE CITY, Oct. 1. Abant ; donment-of - all brick ; ahd . stone build ings in Elsinore, a small hamlet 140 1 miles south of here, came today after. -' three additional earthquake shocks this morning Increased damage wrought by -, tremors Thursday and: Friday. A-
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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