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TO LEGISITURElMANlilffllJHAfiG ' VER V- carried mmmmm DEMOCRATS SCORE TAX3 MEASURE AS REPORTED 6Y THE REPUBLICANS LaFollette Joins : Minority Jin j Protest on "Monstrous Ini quiUes" of BiU OFFERS NO RELIEF .Minorit y Report of Simmons and Others Declares Measure AU-Around Failure WASHINGTON, , Oct. : 5.-The tangle in congress over tax -revision .legisla tion was given the attention p? the ad ministration today at a iuccesslon of conferences between Preeident Harding and senate and house leaders. , What position the . President may take regarding substitution of 'salej? ax for the miscellaneous excesses in ;he pending bill was hot ; disclosed, those who saw Mr. Harding declaring; that he was keeping7an "open mind on :he subject for the 'present... Meantime groups in the senate went forward with con'erences on the whole subject and opponents of . the pending measure continued their ' -as saults on it. The Democrats on itfie. finance committee put ln.-;thelr , -minority report in which" the3r: declarXtha.t the bill "neither fulfllla the? promises of the Republican party ior a simpllflca- tion of tax law and procedure nor sat isfies the demand of the, IJDemocratie party for a complete survey r exist ing taxes and their modification ' and simplification." . -. r- Senator LaFollette- of jWisepnsln.v a. Republican memberof ithe finance onV' mittee, also med,i'a ?JJnprf ty 5 yiewv-;de. daring that--he P- -inehftraecolf d with the Democra-tic report Insofar as it criticised the "proposals of ihe .ma-. jority to reduce the aper-.taxea:npon, large individual incomes,- tO; repeat the excess profits tax and the capital stocK tax, to retain the.' transportation taxes an dto greatly, augrraent the existing disparity between rcorporation ana in dividual and partnership taxes." He added, however, that he, felt the reconV mendations of the minority would, do little more than palliate some-.of the monstrous iniquities of this "hill, iwlth- put curing any of ita fundamental evils." ':' ' " ' There is h'othins. to 8e sained by the forced and inconsiderate enactment cf the present bill," said the .minority report. "That bill affords nb relief to the country. There will' be no reduc tions effective during tne calendar year -nine months after tne aaYeni ro inu power of the party which promised Im mediately relief from; -oppressive war taxes. Practically' every change in the rates or repeal of preSent-taxes is -postponed until January 1, 1922, and the reductions made after January. 1, 19s, are to be accomplished vthroush prom. ised cuts in expenditures that may not materialize with contingent borrowings in that event, as. well as certain, Dor rowings to pay the $170,000,000 esti mated to meet savings and Pittman act redemptions and expenditures. . The Democrats jrave notice -that they would offer amendments to the Dill largely increasing the surtax ratea on incomes to and atoVd $ffOO,CTO0; "restoring- the cornoratioir capital stock tax; reducing the normal tax .on in comes below- $15,000; limitin the ex- options allowed to heads of families to incomes below $20,000, and repealing e tax on freight, passenger .and Pull man transportation. . ' The pendins biH a frftmed.'J the mi nority report concluded, -".is not calcu lated to promote -r protect domestic commerce, or brlhsr about the stimu lation of enterprise or - increase the profits from which the federal revenue ought to be raised. . . ' ' 'The hill does not accommodate the fiscal renuirementa of tlie oTernnien, it will merelv- tVirunt t.H Question into field of nolitics and Dronaganda revenue system cannot be placed npon a nermanent and rational basis 'r? a fail ire to comnrehend the factors ;n the problem and to meet them with ""solution and effectiveness. No.oth- action is worthy of, ongres in t Present state of the country." ' Those si-nina- th reoort were Sena tor? Ril7imr,n, X-V PoUn)C "'WIl- !aHS. Ti5!!;t:oir.r - Tmim KW MCXiCO Wrv. Rhode Island:. Reed. Missouri ad Walsh Massachusetts. . i . "a rMTKD MIXE WORKERS ARE . ' FOR a NEW POLITICAL PARTY 1N'DIAT A-priT to r c" Th TTnlted ... - - uiij, v v . i. ' ' J AlUi (l- with option of a rpaolutlon favorinsr the Ration of a new political' 'party. 0"T an, -k. . j - m m'jus tor thf seat of the next conven- ' TO b-i held n .Tmnarr.' 1S24. and 1 1 V M isas miners, and-. William ".Mitch, F"ctet "SIfeSS that- rr, ir, In F.Kf. nd '---tto iio.i " W- , ""'"us political . aeciriit ifrpn 1UC1 rompers to icau, n. v": of officers of -all unions' 'afr U lti. the American Fed erail on 3f ti. . and of all farmer : organiza I Jf,t0 Effect as far as possiblethe -"lira ''ons. I "most COalitinn nrranlm. rr- . v , V W . V O ine resolntlnn w 'iituntait hv Una nimMf vote and j without Roosevelt's Name On A Note Is a Forgery -NEW YORK. Oct. 5.ThQvido of CoL Theodore. Roosevelt, several relatives and a number of business associates today , declarhl that - the signature, "Col. Theodore Roose velt," which appeared on a note for $69,000 held by Mrs. Emma Rich ardson Burkett, of HiUsdale,. Ind.. was a forgery. . :,'.:.,;'... ' They gave their testimony at the opening of the trial in eencral ses sions of Mrs. Burkett, who ras ar rested last July on a charg; of for gery after she had presented a claim to the Roosevelt estate; was ixtfadlted to New York,-locked up sin the 'tombs and later transferred to Bellevue hospital for observation avto her sanity. . ' ' :f ; All the witnesses agree.4 the coloneV never had pre-ftred'his title to' Ma--: name in. any slgnaturevthey had seen - PARIS TRAINS COLLIDE Crs Take .Fire and Gas Explo V sion Follows, Killing and Wounding Scores PARIS, Oct. . 5. (By Associated Press,) A rear-end collision of su burban trains in the half-mile tunnel leading; to the St. Lazare railroad nth tiOR ..tonight led to terrifying .scenes and. the death of many persons bound on their homeward journey from Paris. The wrecked cars burst into ; flames, and; the44isaster was mad all the oe terrible oy the explosion of a gas reser volr.r: r ; ' - .. . - . At a late hour tonight 1ft bodies had been v recovered. Twenty persons are known to have ; been seriously injured and : 60 , others were slightly injured. This however,-gives no idea of the! ex tent. of the' disaster, -because the' fire men- and others engaged 'ift .thework distance cwttriii Jtta tunnali - owing "to tne gas runwv - J3-v M . .The fir ..jpreadTzr itli r.tapldl ty, and or-a tlnvcries'of distress anit the moans "of "dying were heard oa all sides but theie finally were; silenced, though the ' crackling- of the biasing .wooden coaches could still belreard. . The - flremen , u'nder Colonel Hlvert were not prepared ior the barrage of poisonous fumes which assailed them as: they reached the scene. Finally they succeeded in playing four streams on the last coaches 'at the St, Lasare end of the-tunnel' but these wee empty and-not? burning; while 17 coaches in the center, of the. tunnel, far away from the 'firemen's efforts, were , burning fiercely. - ' -yj. '.'i , '. At no time could they-get closer than 500 feet from .tne inferno.' Neverthe less, every ; now and then passenger with blackened, face would come strag gling out,1 begging the helpless firemen police and soldiers, to enter the tunnel and save those dying within. -The 'minister-of public works,. M. Le Troquer, "who was early on the scene helping to do the rescue work, described it "as a vision of hell." He announced that the dead would be buried and the injured receive medical treatment at the expense of the state. ' At hundred-thousand commuters who every evening depart homeward from the St.. JLazare station, surrounded the yards hut' were, refused admittance. As a consequence there was an immense amount of confusion and many of the commuters repaired to the barracks, placed at ' their disposal by the gov ernment. . An "American Red Cross unit was among -the first in the relief work. Seventeen of those injured in the tunnel wreck -have died - in hospitals, according to the Havas agencxbring ing the total number of dead in the tunnel ..wreck to ' 33. Exploration of the 17 burned cars has not yet been possible and: it is feared that they Contain additional victims. WEATHER . FORECAST BY STATES WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. Virginia fair Thursday and . Friday; warmer Thursday--.---': '' ; - Florida: Generally fair Thursday and Friday except probably, local rains in extreme, south portion Thursday; slightly warmer in north portion Thursday, Extreme northwest Florida, Ala bama. Mississippi : : Fair Thursday and Friday; warmer Thursday. Tennessee: Fair; Thursday and Fri day, warmer Thursday. .7 " 'Louisiana. Arkansas and Oklahoma: Thursday fair, warmer, Friday fair. East Texas: . Thursday rfair, .. some what warmer,. Friday fair. Westrr -Texas: .Thursday ;fair, warmer in southeast' portion; Friday fair. North" "-Carolina, South . Carolina, Georgia:' Fair -Thursday and Friday; warmer; ' "' V . - , ' Winds: Hatteras to Key West: Mod erate west' winds,; over , north portion and northeast over south portion; fair weather Thursday. r ' - Over- east and west gulf n Fresh, east to. northeast winds; probably strong over'iaouth portion, ! partly overcast aratierifaThursday: local rains over south -'portion. ; -i-Sandy Hookt to Hatteras: Moderate to fresh west and . southwest winds aiid. falr weather Thursday. :,. :x ; Hatteras to Florida straits: moderate west winds-' ever north portion - and northeast over ;; south , portion; :, fair weather Thursday. . :", -: ,- ,- . s-.'.' :..''WHrTE " SOC BLANK .CUBS .'- ' 4 CHJCAGd; 'Oct35-Dici : Kerr ;was a better pitcher iithah Grover Alexander today, l and, itho ? Chicago Americans shut put the Chicago Nationals 2 to 0, in the first 8TJ of -the series to decide the city championship. It was the'iti, raeetine-of the -clubs since TO CONVENE DEC. 6 IS TO BE SENTV OUT SOON Governor Morrison Will Issue : the Summons During the Next Few Days NEED SCHOOL FUND Special Session to Provide That and Relieve , the State's Municipalities By BROCK BAliKLET RALEIGH, Oct. 5. Governor Morri son announced today he would Issue the formal call for the special session of the general assembly within the next few days. He expressed regret at the necessity for the session, but he sees.no escape. It is scheduled to con vene December 6. The primary reason for the special session is the necessity for arranging to care for the ?700,000 deficit for last year in the : school fund, though the cities of the state are also demanding correction of the municipal finance act to enable them to obtain more revenue for the operation of city government and, this must be corrected. There are four vacancies In "the gen eral assembly as the result of, resignations,-" but it is not known what the governor will do about calling special elections to - fill these, vacancies. Sen ator M. W. Nash, of Hamlet, resigned following bid. appointment, rbyi the gov ernor as solicitor. .'-Representative George Mumf ord, of Wake, Democrat; oenaior J. js. .anipe, or Marion, Repub lican, and Dr. C. A. Bryant, of Yadkin, Republican, also- have resigned: ' It has been, feared ,that the legisla ture would lose one' of its main, pillars through resignation, as the result of the appointment to the highway commis sion of former Lieu t--Gov.' R. A.. Dough otn,. because the constitution forbids the 'nolding of two . offices. Governor Morrison Js anxious' for the - highway commissioner to hold his seat in the assembly and he believes that the pro vision, of article 14 of the constitution privileging vofflceholders;: to occupy places in .the militia, on; publics char ities,, or commissions ' f or?,J(pecial ; pur poses, will, protect hlni. -;. The; highway commission is regaraedas ,a commas &re for the 5700.000 deficit: in last 'year's school -funds is the result'of the'f ailure of the :l3-tent tax on-the llOO property vaiuaupn r io :raB . enuunu, money - pay tletate's part of- tha. six months school '.term. The law contains no provision "under which inoney can. be borrowed and it Is absolutely -- neces sary to meet this deficit. . .. There Is "no trouble withthe. finan cial, legislation for this or. next year. The wholetr'ouble leaver -the ilaw ex isting rlastyear and the- facthat the cost of 'the schools exceeded ;th esti mates the . board of-educatJottt-'iriade, to the -legisla: Cure "before, the laat.; session. Governor- Morrison ,s .of ,tner;.oPinion that' the revenue bill enacted by- the last general - assembly will 'v raise ' a larger -amount of money than -the gen eral assembly? estimated it would. The governor is delighted with the revenue prospects, " under- theexisting law. PRISON BURNS WITH A LOSS OF HALF MILLION Michigan , Reformatory Cell Blocks' Destroyed Three Escape Troops on Guard I L - V ' IONIA, Mich.. Oct. 5. Michigan na tional guardsmen and members of the state constabulary this evening were patrolling the outer wall of the Michi gan! state reformatory here, where fire today, destroyed all cell blocks, the administration officers, the chapel and warden's offices. '- During the fire that ing fell, sending a shower-of - sparks a million dollars, at east three prison ers escaped from the institution. The fire still was burning tonight among the twisted iron works of the cell block and the heap of charred bricks that marked the site of the of fice and other buildings. Only the fac tory buildings of the reformatory es caped the blaze,' being saved by the po sition of the wind. The fire started at" 11 - o'clock this morning from a soldering lamp in the hands of an inmate who "was repairing the Toof of thve administration building. It swept through that part of the reT formatory practically unhindered, due to an inadequate water supply, , ' Governor Alex J.' Groesbeck, Roy . C. Vandercook, head 'of the state depart-: ment of public safety, and Warden Thomas C Burns were in consultation to death in the Are were discounted, ing. the. burned -structures, and for car ing for the inmates." The 680 inmates of the , reformatory were to sleep in the factory . buildings tonight. -.--' Fearing a possible outbreak., among the inmates state troops . late today placed machine guns at every corner, of the prison wall arid other troops each armed with a rifle, patrolled "the mile long, wajl. -.-".- - , . . The escapes, today .were made when a group of Inmates were taken from Iri- i-side the vail to.. "elp.;. fig,ht the, flames: As the roof of the administration build ing fell, sending a shower of ma rlra 1 oyer the fire fighters, .four . Inmates maae a uasn iorv ir.cenvm. - junree or them made the.lr way.to' safety. (x - ? Posses tonight v were searching' the countryside for three men; who escaped, It, is believed a large . number might have gained their freedom., State's of ficers are investigating" reports that; ah automobile loaded - with men' wearnlng the prison gray swept out of the city while the fire was at its height. u j ' Early reports that one Inmate burned to death in the fire- wefed. lscounted. Reformatory officials were making a check of the inmates tonight. FOUNBOTIPKUNTRUE Council -ojK- ptist Clergymen - invest; tsvccusaiions .jr'e,. ainst: Him 'i - ;' Rantist Asjapnirilv T irOing MlyilltoC Its (SrUlto Tape's tar.) ', : ASHBVUJ'O&ny: ef v the charges against-Dn. Livingston T. Mays! secretary of ' the' southern Baptist as4 sembly at ;Riagecrieat are f; unbounded and the eVidence,.tfebu.ttalVcpnvlne- ing . and overtiew$ statements ,py- tne. ceuncij of the ' as sembly- tonlgi& , ,S'l , '.! . A .council of "representative Baptists called by ' the f eieCtlve? 'omnilttee of the southern Baptist assembly met to day at the office of Tie v. pr R. J. Bate man to conaldeir . fcharfr eV aalns t Dr. Mays in connectjiOBrlth $is' testimony in the case of J- 'iHarris, condemned slayer ofr P,"f Vft MohnVs V Alabama churchman. . ;i ..', f ' '".. '; ' The counsel Vas'cbmpos;e4 of the fol lowing: Dr., Luiyr Little" ; Charlotte; Dr. M. L. Keesler, 'of Thomasville ; Dr,. W. J. James and Dr; J. P. Dlllard, Bir mingham, Ala.i Dri: W; H "Cit-sgerald, Black Mountainr Dr. A.I F.Browt, Dr. R. J. Bateman,.Rev.: J. ?A;McHaughan and G. D. Carter,;: Ashevilla. ' .-' : .Each charKe ,was taken" up separately and it was stated that only- document tary evidence and Affidavits were con sidered in rebuttal by Dr, Mays, and on some charges; "where jlte -was' unable at the . present ti me to. produce sue h evidence, he u"is gran ted .-time to pro duce ri:J$Du&6:Hh$fict ' that, all evidence- and: affld(yits ""cpuld . not, be gathered yesterday; ( andv;X6day, ( the councir-wiirJmeet'; aganN hi about twp weeks, plac f to -be announced lateri and Dr; Mays wll-:bs ; given a chance to produce all docnentsxand" ; affidavits In rebnttal and denialof.the chtfrf e$ rtade'asVa t" Mtp. '::l!:S.U:. . i . stated ."br-.a jnemnerV of f the connciithaf.theiparpqfnheW it, Itwas proved by Dr. Mays, in a legal manner' that, the;"crges) weyre unfound ed, they w0ul,d. he. dropped, ' but If it I were so , that ut.x' Mays is una Die to prove that certain 'charges are ground leas, they; will stand;-' ur. Mays when interviewed "to.night i wbuldy not make any statemefctLndL said ithaV.the - mat ter was nowentirejy .in the 'hands of the counclL - The foUowIrig' signed statement was i sued! bv the council; . "A council -of representative Baptls'ts was called bT; tne exeoutiye-.cominittee of the southeirrfBaptlsiassembly to consider certain charces against Dr.-U T. Mays in TO.ftnecHen-.:.wit,h.hls'.-testl-'4 mpny in a certain muraer ease met in Ashev4lle. .Oeib'4ttt9'iifH-'&x.t . i "After an or'icanizatlom , tne charges were presented in writlng. the same be ing lengthy and verbatim excerpts 'of the documents s affidavits , and . letters that had beeh presentefi ..Vn-i evidence against Dr. Maysr, . 'jTJhe -charges were taken up. item by,- item .and .the docu mentary evidence in-rebuttal was care-, fully considered, Dr. Mays waft examin ed and cross-examined: upon each item. "The council finds that many, of .the charges are unfounded,-sthe evidence in rebuttal being convincing and over whelming. Upon-, others the,' council awaits , the reception of affidavits .'con firming letters and other evidence offer ed to. refute .the .charges, before pass ing Judgment. . The eouncil-also e sires, time toexaralne in completest de tail all the documents to the-case;- "The brotherhood' and ; public In gen eral are requested : to' hold their JudgT ment in suspense pending "the Anal re port, of the council." - ' . RED CROSS WOULD "HAVE IN SCHOOLS A HEALTH COURSE COLUMBIA, Oct. 5. Inclusion of a course on health conservative : in the curricula of universities," colleges, high schools and free 5 public c schools ws urged In a resolution adopted today by the health service section of the Ameri can Red Cross at the first natlonalCon-r ventlon of the asociation here. Building u pthe public health of the nation, was declared one of the mosti vital 'move-? ments in which the Red Cross is enr gaged. .-!' " ' ' ' Sectional conferences, including .dis cussion pf service for enlisted and ex orvire men. home hygiene and care of the sick, Junior Bed Crosa and." health services were held during the day.ter minatingIn the junior -Red -Cross pa geant, In which 2,000 local, sShoolchll dren" participated. -Tonlsrht was "vet eran's vniffht," short addreses-j being made, byi Major General John A., Lc jiure. commanding the Ifc S," M- C ;', Ad-., miral RobertE Coontz. IJ. ;S. navy; John G. Emery, national ommander of the American , legion; - W.Frank . Par sons, ' vice chairman of f the American Red Crpssand floUiers.': : v vY:' PEACE TREATIES. AGAIN PLACED j BEFORE THE : SENATE WASHINGTONOctv Kt.The peace treaties with. Germany, -'Austria, 'and Hungary were brought before- the sen ate, again itoday.; and : displayed .the-tax biUJ uhderi'tha senate's agreement" to , ocalr a . vnfa shoiit. -October' 14- ? 'I'- . . ri-.-. onehlnr debate Tin opposition to "ratif ! cation (of ". the treaties; declared r "the only, honorable 'course .for . this- .nafioh ia tn attv i .- treatvihf .. VrQ Ilea end jo'in the league Sof ,natk)nsIielC.;was restrained by the federal -courts Texas senator y delivered a : prepared address which consumed , the entire day. ' Muchpf it'as" devotedT t6 ttSe league -which " lie said; 1iad - already Justified its existence .. v '1 cannot'., vote - tor an ; enactment", said -Senator SheppardK'"ih -Vhlclr once more asserting "bur- isolation from the league, - we .emphasize bur- desertion ' of WOMAN IN THE CASE Says He ; Believes Sarah Knox KiUed His Wife Because IShe Was Jealous . . AT RICHMOND NO Couple ' Taken from -Fredericksburg, Via., to;. Capital on Governor's Order " ,RiCHMOb,:vi., ' Oct. ; i.'l "believe Uiat Sarah Knox ' killed ". my wi' and that, the jreason. she. did it,' was because she was .jealous of her," was the state ment, that . Roger D. Eastlake,- petty nayal officer, made at police headquar ters" this evening, f olldwing . his arrival fr'pm Fredericksburg, with . the ; nurse, who is accused Jointly with him' of " the murder of Kastlake's .wife' at Colonial Beach last Friday. y .: Eastlake -made the statement in. an swer, to questions of " Bertillon Expert ,Toler and in the. presence' of several police of flcerl. ' and newspaper men." -' Eastlake a!nd Miss Knox arrived ' in Richmond "at . 3 ' o'clock this, afternoon In charge of Sergeant Igoler, who . had been sent to. Fredericksburg by order of.Gov. "Westmoreland Davis and Sergt. W. Thomas Hall,, of, the Colonial Beach police, ; who. arrested the pair when the murder of .Mrs. Eastlake was dlscov ered. '.'-. - . ......'.,.:' Theyi were iCorced to wait at the union station about 20 -minutes for the patrol wagon "arid the "presence ' of such a' large snumber..of reporters and pho tographers .attracte4 the " attention of thqse lounging .'about the station. A crowd of at least 200 at once gathered around and, while -the couple made no effort to avoid the gaze of the curious, both strenuously objected to. being pho tographed.? Eastlake said T he would not mind having his picture taken af ter he had been shayed. The woman gkye'l no reason f or , her aversion to being photographed. " Upon .- their . arrival at thes. police station, both talked freely to the repbrters and Sergeant Toler; Eastlake. made no effort: to - evade. con versation -bearing on . the 'crime; al- J t"30Ugh4iJenying tiat; he .had'-any iper-i Kox ,whlle ailudlnSfto C'owvond thetjaar,; little isjB?4retteenJj5tt5 nough aenymg. that, she-nhoirjrmthe p61ieevhadtngAeaga because of . the--eireumstantial evidence wh icJihail-been. uncover ed.,". TShe-Tstoutly maintained her innocence;' howeyf f, ;5 ' r Finger prints j of both ; Easllakeand Miss. Knox j were : at -. once . taken. - and revealed, that the left . forefinger of Miss Knox had . been .amputated.. Both were then, photographed tpr the police gall ery and ' the ; nurse did her ?est to prevent the : police :photographier-. from getting a' good likeness of r hr.twlst ingj and . turning;- her head wh.il e she sat in -the. chair, . until." it .asfinaHy made"' plain to her that. she ;wtu,ld have to ; i'stop - foolingv, if she wished to be treated with consideration. Both were taken' to. the second police'station', after the- "third . degree"; had beenadminis tered and, .later in the nighty Chief of Police' Charles ' As Sherry .ordered them eommittedfto the jail. - '. ! :- It: waTs a cruel . gruelling that Ser geant . Toler gave Eastlake.. The au thorities at" Colonial Beach and- Fred ericksburg, it is said,, had made little or no effort to wring confessions, from either, contenting . themselves witli gathering Evidence upon which to . base their case. It wis different, however, after. they arrived in .Richmond; neither made any effort to cohceal- their fright, the, woman, though, , bearing up far better than' the man. . -: " Eastrake was" in a pitiable condition when he - emerged from the room - in which he hafi been grilled by. Sergeant Toler, his knees -sagging and his. voice trembling, appealingly .when he . was able to speak at all. The accused nurse, l-.owever, was as defiant as ever .and gave ,what : Sergeant Toler pronounced as . the most . remarkable, exhibition of "nerve" that he had ever experienced in all his police., career. : - i "Why; do you ' think Miss Knox had any. reason to be jealous of your wife?" Sergeant , Toler asked Eastlake. f .i ."Well," " replied the prispiSerr; ""she was head over: heels.-in lovo-with' me and I was married-and that made her jealous of my wife, I suppose." ' . ' i ",&9 a matterof. fact, Eastlake, on't you know that this Knox woman, killed your -wife and that .,you-f were present when the deed waa done?" : :- . ; -The murder was-;. committed, ; all right, and X think the Kyiox- woman killed my wife,' the .former navy man responded, "but 1 1 have no personal knowledge of who did it." "No, sir," said. Eastlake. - "I was in love with) my wife;and I had been try ing to gt rid of ther .ever since last June. " But "she ' hounded " nie.' She threatened me with . exposure L-. owed her. $550 and tmy . wife -owed her tlJH. But I was trying to break away from her and letters I wrote her and that e"ho wrote me will prove -It. 1 had known her five - yearsT She often ' lent rne money." ''' sv'"'', -' ATHERTON MILLS CASE HELD , UP, IN,. THE SUPREME COURT WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 Hearing of the Atherton mills case which involves the constitutionality of the federal sta tute imposing a - prohibitory tax upon products of child labor, was'indeflnitei ly ipossponed by the supreme court ;to dav when the case was called. t ; . .. i f The action was taken. Upon motion of Solicitor General Beck.who stated the government" desired ' to argrue .'the. cas wifh. others presenting' sfmilar ques4 tipjis, .which would be reached, later: ii the ;pesent ,term pf the-court.. ; T -4, . J The Atherton. mills at Charlotte, ' Nl in. that state from employing, children whose products would be taxed by the act: v ! ?' EDDIB ODOWD WINS ; : ' - ' COLUMBUS," . Oct. , 5. Eddie 5'Dowd 6'f Columbus won 'the referee's 'decis ion ""over Babe Asher .of St. ; Lbuis,: A.' E-F.S ban tanrwelght:; champion in a - lonien y -5; tv. jv. n. jf arade Victim Is Deagyof unds . . ' ' ' ' WACO,; Tex,' Oct. V U.Win the deatn today of LoaIs Crow,, from wounds received is ji flgnt at Lotena Saturday night when . fberl ft Bob ' Buchanan attempted to iston a K Klax Klan parade,' annoif nveaient ot the- date When the county grand Jury will be summoned to Investigate tha. Incident wait awaited here. ' Neither- Dlsrriet Judge' R. I. Mnn roe nor County Attorney y, B. TleVy have Indicated when the Jury would be called. ". ' Ten mn wre fnjiired'diiriiiff the ' 8Xht. Crow's death) Was the 11 rat ' In connection with the affair. heHff Buchanan and' Ed. Howard, a spec tator, are two other - men seriously wounded. FIGHT OVER GRISSOM A STRICTLY PARTY FIGHT Democratic Senators from State May Sit on Fence and Watch ; the Fun : WASHINGTON, . Oct. ' 5. Gilliam Grissom's nomination - for collector is now in the . finance - committee, where it will rest for ten days; or t wo weeks until Senators Overman' and Simmons decide wnat ' they shall; do about It.. It has " been held up, . and may ; not be by tbenv but. there is - evidence of outside -.interference, and ;Uie Tar Heel senators siay. have ah opportunity to sit on v the fence and watch an old- time '.Republican factional fight.." s . Former Senator Butler Is in... New York, tu It .is known . here : that he spiked the Grlssbm ippolntmentiJe f ore the,, nominationy was .made.. - After conferring v with-iJSeatoK Overman to day, Senator. Simmons . said he would have-nothing .- tor say' oa the subject UAtil the .tax bill ia; out . of" the way. M ..'klt' - . Kll lli tlliill hbwSenat6r.?&VBj-x that he .''would ' not : Iritljrfere.' unless charges Were, made. The Democratic Senatorstas'sertf tTR'af " -while- Grissom 4s a betterpartisaiw: that Aoes not make him 'personally off ensIvA.;to,.;. them., it .'' It looks aa iHheobstacles in Grls sonaw8,y?weTeiirMt'.tJi'iiM by? men of hit -own iirt;;tItwapoIntedvbut ' todays thathetWgthltefijf enatorv Ben rose, 4a in - hd-v hair rj u Mit v Grissom through. Thi'm would llke.tbaee; "W: BDuncah, the son - of - his old .friend and political chum, Carl , DUnban v, havoi that.; .Job; That is the 'fight i Mr. -Butler' has ibeen making, and supporting him are such stalwart Republicans fas Penrose, Williams, Howard Taff, :and ' iesser lights. The.famons "hog combine" will have to deal' with members of its own crew. Senator '.Hiram Jonnsoa has been told of the. ' slighting remarks that Gfissom made about his claims on the Chicago delegates, but it Is believed he' will remain, quiet The famous Lin ney . letter,; which Grissom helped to send 'out, will' cut no ice. . FAYETTEVILI4E K1WANIS FIGHT THE WHITE DEATH Propose a Hospital Jor T. B. Victims (Special to The Star.) FAYETTEVILLE, Oct. 5. Steps leading to the. erection of special build ings for tuberculosis patients at .the county home have beeh taken by the Cumberland ioUnty.- bbard Of commis sioners in Pursuance to -a movement started by the Fayetteville Kiwanis club- to care for persons within the cotfnty affected by -tuberculosis conta7 gldn. " 1 , Following a 'report from the health committee of the Kiwanis. 'club. in which) the public, was -tbld that; a seri ous condition existed in this county, as in many others, the "board of commis sioners took Up the matter and after careful Consideration requested Dr.; '"E, W. Larkln, city and county health offi cer, to ascertain the cost of a 10 or 20 room building for the treatment of tub ercular patients. . ' These buildings would be eredted oh the oounty farm on the'Hope Mills rofid;- V"; : -' '' , ' Announcement ha s been- made here of the purchase' of the " Greenville, N. C, news by EarV T ' Hedrick, for the past year" and a half connected with the business and ' advertising ' depart ments of the Fayettevtlle Observer. ; Mr. He'drick' arrived in Greenville yesteri day; and has taken over control of the paper, which was purchased from John A. Park, of' Raleigh, who: added the News to his string-of publications July 1 of' last year. - 'Mr. Hedrick has experience in pracr caused a loss roughly estimated at half the business end of a newspaper, start ing as. a carrier-bby for the Nashville Banner, and later serving-a city cir culation manager: for the" News and jObserver, circulation', manager, , adver tising manager and - business manager of - the' Fa vetteville Observer. ' He has maLd-e friends here who will wish him ' gooa iprtune in nis new ueia. ASKS AGOVEnSiMEXT'Tb PAY . : v,:fob. bad. food on a dijseu 1 "WASHINGTON, Oct 5 6. The United States 'is asked In two suits filed to Jay in ' the : District of Columbia s upreme court to ;pay $i25,000 damages for im pairment of ' health, . alleged to have been" sustained by - Mrs.. Dora B. King, of Greensboro'' N. - C, as ( the result of veai eaten on ;tne oiner .ot a ; .rennsyi a Pennsyl- j thfr.rrier' vanla railroad train when wa nniir, 'a-overnment eontroL CLEVER PLAYING WINS INITIAL .WORLD SERIES GAME BY A 3-0 SCORE flluth Makes ' No Circuit Drive but Gets , Timely Hit an . , Stars In Field BIG CROWD IS Over 30,000 Persons Within th ?ol Grounds to Witness; Opening' Battle Nfcw YORk Oct. 5.--(By AssocIS''- Press.) Carl' Maya, with one of "' . masterful exhibitions of ' box work, pitched the Yankees to ( a well-earned victory over - jfha Oiarits in the ; first game Of the,;l9?l3 y Grid's" aeries at jthe Polo grounds' today'11?neoiond'Amerirf': can league twirler of the" underhand : delivery held the . National leaguer a runless, the,, final score being: New-' York . Americans 3; New York nation als o. ",-..'. ' '")"'.- It was not without some fine field- ' ing behind Mays,. some' pretty work' with the stick, and clever ruuaing on" the bases," that the Vfamcees were"al)Ie; to get the jump in the first; all-New York series ever played for world base?' ball honors. $ Babe .Ruth, king of - thher long distance- clouters,1 although .he ' didn't make any home runs, was m there with -a timely hit; and some In? v spiring and heady coaching on the . lines. Mike McNally, the: Yankees.' third -baseman, Tated as- one ofttheir weakrv est hitters, contributed' a "double which, blossomed into a run and jumped into' a niche in the- world series hall of. fame -by-tearing off a neat steal of home m .the fifth' -Inning for. the Second -run of the gamey i .- ..': - . U ',' :-;; jj? .-. '" ' ' 'Douglas Fin Rath v :' V'"':;.-'v-f::;.; - The Yankee' victory was won against imgfemSoi which was a wellipluJhed'S'i game toyhUVDougJUws, th NaUonal's . r;;; spii oaii -star. . - Douglas had the Blfr?ji'm gingi Ruth at- his mercy after the" fourth- inning, striking- theBabe out ' twice,: amid roars o approval from" the Giant rooters.- - - - v; Douglas lert the game in theh eighth inning when Carl Smithi pinch hitter, went to bat : for him and filed out to Ruth, v- Barner pitched ' the ninth In- v ning for - the Giants and was clouted for two hits- . ; ;. " In the field Ruth played well, getting four of the five outfield put outs. In the third inning he gave his admirers ; a heart pang when toe, caught Douglas' ' high fly and let it bounce out of his hands. He managed- to recover the ball, however, before it could fall to the ground.' He was cheered every time he came to - the plate and every time he , caught a fly. ' ' In the Giants' line up Frank Frisch, their stellar ; third baseman, ran through to, his spectacular form. get-. Ung four of the nationals' five hits -one of them 'a-' triple, and handling briK llantly everything that came his way. ' As a whole- the. Giants played a heady, consistent garnet except that the usuaily reliable Bancroft at short wa' a little unsteady at times, although in ' ho instance to the deteriment "of his team. Their ,4nabir-ty to hit Mays, however; was : fataltOgether with ths unexpected dash shown - by the Yan kees on the base paths, the latter lit erally on this occasion beating the Giants at : what' was. supposed to b their own game. "' r , ' "Babe" Rath Is Undoubtedly: from the standpoint the more . than 110,000 spectators ili stands and - bleachers, the appearance of "Babe" Buth at the plate, was the "' big attraction -of the afternoon. ' a' has been said, he went honie-ruhleijjs ' ; for the day, his only hit being the first inning blow r-a slashing single to cen- ' ter that sent -Miller home with ,-the i -first Yankee run.-Ruth on this occa sion went out; himself in a fast double -play. On-his second "trip to the plate he received a base on balls. In the sixtrh and eighth innings he struck but. ; '.'Bob" Meusel, the Yankee's heaVy-" hitting right -fielder, - another focaf point of popular interest; did somethiiig toward living up to his reputation a long distance clouter by finding-Phil Douglas for a felt i. the sixth iiinlrfjr which, would have-been a triple for a slip on the part of the.Yankee member of the." Meusel family a break which if the game had been closer might have done his team; an extremely - ill turn. Bb's hit -scored Peckihpaugh from Second but unfortunately for the ba ( ter ' he failed to touch first in round ing that bag and was declared out while standing on -third. - Some one In the Giant dugout had faugh t the omis sion on his ""-part, and.; the ; ball was called for. and- thrownto first, where upon Umpire Moriarity declared him out. 1 . " "'VY' ;' "'";" ; ;- The Yankee's three runs' came fn the first," fifth and sixth innings. , .. ' Miller opened the game with a single to center and, took second onr Peckin paugh's sacrince,, Douglas ; to Kelly. Miller score when-' Riith .hlt the Umt ban pitched to Jiim to center; field, it ' -. ' was ' a: -hbt. drivei ahdc'brotis-ht - -" cheering from. the big crowd. , ... The Yankees got . men; as far as sec- - ond, base in. the second' and fourth in- ningS. In the fifth McNally opened with -S..:'?!1 uuumio.oi m game, was ad- :5:5rf :$ ...v.v v . um ,i viv sscnang s sacrincer ' vi f Ki Douglas to Kelly, and stole. home. ,-' '- " K r - ' 'r tThre.Bagger'rWasted .; "".; J- AmJ The third run came' In. the cixth.. '-. i Peckinpaugh.singled to, short. A pass-, '-V ;. ;'l' ed ball by Snyder "allowed liim to gain s.-X w. ll second. After ;B,uth struck out trying 1 '-: : :-:., to put, the balj out of the lot. Bob'.'-' vs.: , i Meusel hit to;left center. Scorihg Peck-." a. If inpaugh. ' Meusel drew' Uo On'third for ; " Y. what lookedllke a perfect three-bagger , .X: - it waaealUdfot;' for. inbt ,;.iXfc?,WM"w i Eleven.) TC.r.M? v'-ii. mi " vv Mm f V 1 'A- t-i fit . Mj..' 1 urn ABM is1 M if ' Is I 4 rSft it (Jl . P I . " ,. if! , '"Vrffr-S; : i 11 11 ft -4 ,-:": Si '4 m ti f -' ' I 1 v; r-: 'j.?'..; mm f.1-'-,' ill S.1 1 y : rV'.ttf i i-.Tv; .,vC"! : -V. . l' 1 "- :-.,-".:,'-.--.'
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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