. , 1 - " ... ...... i..., , r- 1 .mwrmmmmmm ..., aml , ,- , , , . , , ,. ' , mtm , ,w jmmm, m. m m,,,. Zm. t. j,. m ,mmm, , , ,.,.:, ,m "mm, vn - , .W. V - - . " - , ' - - ... - ... - . - . .... . . 4. , - . . f . . . ,. , . . . ,: ; i. j. . ; -J - - . - - . . V ;- -') f'lV ,.f FOUNDED A. D. 1867. VOL. CXNo. 49. WILMINGTON, N C, TUESDAY J XORNiNg, OCTOBER :3i: l$22. - i i 1 - i ' j j L.-.- ' - - 1 -. v, LACK OF CO-OPERATION BY THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT CHARGED Failed to Give Proper Consider ation to Legislation, Grain Exchange Alleges EEPORT A FACTOR IN INJUNCTION PETITION Exchange Seeks to Restrain En forcement of the Federal Grain Futures Act rrnXWGO Oct. 30. Lack of proper o--oeration by the United States de- ;nt of agriculture, in the consid eration or national legislation is 0- r. :?p1 in a report by the legislative committee of the principal grain ex r .ncep of the country. The report tvs s made public this evening. The report was a factor in the filing o: a petition today by the Chicago r ard of trade for an injunct4on re straining the government from enfore- 1- g: the ffrain futures act, and an order preventing enforcement of thp law P-rsding a hearing on the petition, No Tr?er 15, was issued by Federal Jtirtre Carpenter. Thig action is the first step on the part of the grain exchanges to test the constitutionality of the law. The committee, in thff report, which r'vere a two-year period of legislative v:rmo:l. outlines evidence plaeed'before rA senate agricultural committee tt-Meh it declared showed claarly the u-oundness of the law the supreme rr.-.irt found unconstitutional. "As a result of a series of confer-t-r.ces between representatives of the srain trade and the secretary of. agri culture, the report saye: "There was evolved a number of a-nendments which. In the opinion of the jrain trade, would, if adopted, rake it possible for the exchanges to function under the act if fairly admin istered." "The bill was reported out for pas sage, " the report continues, without incorporating many of the most Impor tant suggested amendments" after it ha '1 seemed "probable the senate com mittee would adopt practically" all of the proposed changes. , declaring section three of the bill contained an "arraignment of futures trading unsupported by evidence." the report said it was "evident throughout the hearings that the intent cf the de partment of agriculture was not that section three should convey anaocurate Picture of the operations involved" In fv.ture trading, but should establish a firm foundation for the contention that fu"t:re trading was affected with a r.F-tional public interest, that itjvas at times a burden upon, or an obstruction t interstate commerce and that con requently federal regulation was nec-f?farv." Georgia Minister on "rial for Wife Murder Ti State Completes Testimony Against Elliott Padrick STATESBORO, Ga., Oct. 30. The Prosecution concluded its case in the trial for murder of Elliott Padrick, youthful Methodist preacher, and the defense began the introduction of evi-i'-nce before the end of the first day of .h trial here today. It soon became evident that the en tire effort of the defense will be to rrove the defendant was insane at the time of the killing and that he Is in ;;re now. Mrs. E. L. Padriek, Sr. mother of t'r.p defendant, was the first witness for tr" defense. She testified that her son. .hen a child, suffered an attack of 'cholera infantum which left him weak ar.d emaciated. Mrs. Padrick said there wm insanity lr both her family and that of her hus band. Several Methodist preachers who kr.f-w Padrick intimately, declared him c be peculiar on questions of religion er..-1 doctrine of the bible. Rev. T. M. Christian, paetor of the Methodist rh irch of Statesboro, who performed "he marriage ceremony for Padrick, c.-:!ared it his opinion that the young rran is insane. liev. j. w. Lilly, who served as Pad tk"s paEtor at Fort "Wentworth, Sa vannah, testified that the defendant t "d him at one time he was preaching in "he hope of eaving his own father trnri hell. W itnesses who had sat through ser vices conducted by Padrick pronounced him queer and apparently of unsound rriai. one of them giving as his reason -rr such a belief that Padrick had said man who chewed tobacco would go hell. Padrick killed his wife and roother-ir-iaw, Mrs. Mamie Lou Dixon, near "''ver, Ga., June 19, last. He is being -ied for killing his mother-in-law. The case is expected to go to th i'-ry early tomorrow afternoon. Christler Murder Case Probably be Reopened HAVRE, Mont.. Oct. SO. (By Assooi aed Press.) Investigation of the fatal f .ooting of the Rev. Leonard J. Christ- r, rector of St. Mark"'s Church of the 'r carnation Episcopal, church, and of -t s. Margaret Oarleton, wife of a i'rraer district judge and a member of - - Havre congregation, 'in the Chriet- ' r home early Friday morning, will reopened if new evidence to contra ct that already produced can be found interested parties. County Attorney - c Kuhrs announced tonight. coroner's Jury Saturday night '';A that Mrs. Carlton had done the f"-tmg. but Mrs. Joseph Pyle, of - ttp. Mrs. Carleton's mother, does not &' -pt the verdict as final and is en a'vvoring to find new evidence. y.r. Pyle, a Butte mining man, who ir. New York at the time of "the s"" ting, reached Havre today and be ear a study of the situation with. Mr. American Reply to Allies' Peace Conference Invitation Presented Premier Poincare $ RELATED "liKGQUflT STORY OF FUGHlt OE MRS. CLARHiaiPS Document Explaining America'sta Refusal to Accept Comfawd-. &f jly 5Q per Cent of Herrick U. S. DESIRES CERTAIN RIGHTS TO BE PROTf- if t? .-r. These Include Educational and Religious Institutions and the Straits PARIS, Oct. 30. (By the Associated I Press). The attitude of the American ! government as regards the peace con- j ference at Lausanne for the settlement 1 of near eastern questions was com- ! municatd to Premier Poincare this eve ning by the American ambassador, ; Myron T. Herrick. The substance of this communication, which was made , public this evening, Indicated that the United States is desirouB only of send- : ing observers to the proposed confer-; ence for the purpose of safeguarding i certain rights, such as protection of philanthropic, education and religious institutions, freedom of opportunity,; protection of minorities, freedom of the straits and archaeological research and study. After pointing out that the principal purpose of the proposed conference will be the drawing up of a treaty of peace with Turkey and dealing with prob lems resulting from the state of bellig erency between the allies powers, Turkey and Greece, the communication says: "The United States does not desire to participate in the final peace nego tiations or assume responsibility for the political and territorial adjust ments which may be effected, for the reason that it is neither at war with Turkey nor party to the armistice of 1518. The United States government, however, does not desire to leave the impression that United States interests are less entitled to consideration than those of any other power; neither is it desirous of relinquishing rights enjoy ed in common with other powers nor Is it unconcerned with the humanitarian interests involved." The joint 'invitation-from the Brit ish, French and Italian governments to which the foregoing is a reply, was handed to the secretary of stae Octo ber 28, by the representatives of these governments. It was said invitations were being sent to Japan, Rumania, J'ujrot-Slavia,Qree.c,-:nil Turkey for a conference at Laoi!!HerN-Te3HBfri to conclude a treaty of peace and end the war In the riear ea-st. The Russian and Bulgarian governments alsb were invited, on a date to be fixed later, to participate in a discussion which the conference would undertake during its proceedings on the subjects of the straits. "The three principal allied powers," continues the American communication, "recalled that a representative of the United States was present at San Remo in the final stages of the proceedings, of the supreme council which led to the drafting of the treaty of Sevres in 1920. and that they would welcome the presence of a representative of the United States at Lausanne in a similar capacity, or in a more active capacity, especially in the discussion of the question of the straits. Trackage is Signed CHICAGO, Oct. 30-A total 7, 854 miles of the nation's railroad trackage i credited an having: been larnea under the Baltimore plnn nduuc the .hop craft. trle n. compared with 02,163 miles signed with Independent or company or Sanitations, according to uj. to date figures compiled by a railroad statistician, and made public today. The inmmarj of roads negotia ting; settlement of the strike called last July first, shown that 58 das one carriers accented the Baltimore plnn, fostered by B. I. Jewell, head of the strikers, and Daniel Willard. president of the Baltimore and Ohio and David Warfield, president of the Seaboard Air Line. It further credits 4 class two and five class thre roads with having signed the Baltimore agreement. In the detailed statement of the roads negotiating agreements with Independent or company unions, the statistician claims that 27 have fol lowed this plan. Hughes Amplifies His Statement on Attitude In Near East Situation Former Chorus 5fff -Chkrgect With Kill Meadows ing MrstJAlberta WttkJBammer.t.' MONEY OF THE TICTIMI STIIX UNACC0t)NTED6ll LOWELL, Mass., Oct. 30. Secretary of State Hughes, In a letter to Con gressman John Jacob Rogers, of this city, made public tonight, amplified re cent statements by his department as to the government's attitude toward the situation of the Christian minori ties in Turkey. The letter, dated Octo ber 27. was in reply to one from Repre sentative Rogers on this subject. "This government," the secretary wrote, "has taken such action as in the rapidly shifting circumstances has been appropriate or feasible, both in aid of the Christian minorities and to make clear to the Turkish authorities the strong feeling of the people of this country in regard to acts of cruelty and oppression."' After referring- to an announcement by his department, July 37, that the Mrs. Peggy CaffOnlr'Elye Witness, Sticks tHeStbyi : M j LOS AXOELES, Ca:-iOctr 30. The story of the flight of ?Irsl?Clar a Phil lips after the slayingrvpf -Mra.- Alberta Meadows was begun 'tday in the --trial j of Mrs. Phillips fornurdjv-and i-pih prosecution broushfcsut that-. Mrs. j Meadows, at the timevrf er deathy had $85, unaccounted ' torX jfft. c V The cross examinatjShy tiMra, Peggjrv j Caffee, who witnesse&the-B'laytnsT. was brought to an abruptfejoae today. She ! stuck closely to hej dreet-examination , story of the tragedyjPeputy J?UtrJct ! Attorney Fricke saidVtoe'ictrttintf !sHert of the cross examinattomje6ul4'eft&'l?lS him to close his cas'"'sorn.&'! t3trietc-4 Mi&s Genora TremalceBlstet bt- Mrs Meadows, testified he jnt thfe-"ltter at noon July 12, the day o theslaying. at the bank where Mrs. TeAdowstwaa em ployed. Miss Trematn4-aUd ;iier slaiT drew ?100 from the banX and gave hef $15. Jules Lucas, who called himself a sweetheart of Mrs. Meadows previously had testified that he pa.sjsethe-vfesr of the noon hour with 3rWMadW3;and that she spent nbthlnsr;1 vMrav-Caffee testified that s'he and Mrs" Phillips .'met Mrs. Meadows just afte thfei latter left the bank that afternooriAnd drove dii rectly to the spot where" -'the- slaying occurred. After the" t;edy,' Mrs,r Caf fee said, Mrs. Phillips carried K away: i Alio, .ueauu w c pujoe. V-5M' - - -t. Cxuy Milman, a clrkrf-a.-.down.-itown hotel, testified thai Mr sVPMlUoa regi istered there, using thef name; -MrKRV E. Jackson." The. hotel resist feT;0 was admitted in evidencejflso. he. coroner's; jury register bearing! Jraphlllipsr signature for purpose 'o .cpmparison- Jesus Camanc'ho, cty r detective,- ot Tucson, Ariz., testified i arte'sted Mral i Julr 1$ 'on dU)EST DAtLY THK STATED - FMcisM:&MiCdMMm BimNYi SEGTIONS' OF ITALY -7 V ;At Genazzano tfc Funerai;)f a Fascisti isInterruptecl When I,-. 1, cu u xuv .xuui:ut;rvuii.uaii fiecogmzea Jtii3 iommun-' C rV istlSJayer, ChasV W .Kill Him; Many Other " ; - uisoraers Reported HAtiDICAPPOTGUGIt r is ROIE; Ofit';30.fBv the AssociateH Pratf rniiqhpa between fascisti armriinists are reported from various towss through out Italy,,v :,:r; a. -ao-t;- , ;x y; .communists,-the -. victim's. coniraotesrecognized the murderer AtPakstrjna,4 fight, occurredbjr fascisti and "communists' in wnicri lourere kiyedone of . whom was. a fascists, . hFascisti.invaded a railroad men's club at Genoa and, later forc"ea their, way into the offices of the prefecture. " In a collision with titel jjiumii aviiguL wiwi Aaraoineers: at ooiogna iwoiiascisu -were royal Kiueg aoaone' gravely wounaed. - jLater.a. sergeants ot . the guards Ws killed and .another 'wounded- T - , rt.' ' jprom atmost an tne otner cruea tnrouehout the country comes stories x)f enthusiastic: demotf strationsKupon the occupation of .the government offices .by; the "Black Shirts." ' ':V- ? . 7 . ' 'AtFaenza 40. fascisti occupied the prefecture and1 took over the nbstaL telecranh -and all other Governmental offices: Th samething occurred at yerona rwhere. Murine ; the vre-occupa'tion:! ox uieumces py inemuiLary, one iascisn was JKiuea. Phillips there the nig a Southern 'Pacific ran i vtrsJrt; vbrnind Denby and Lord Agree On Naval Appropriation WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. Secretary Denby and Budget Director Lord reached an agreement today on con troverted phases of the navy's budget and it is now in the hands of President Harding for approval, it was an nounced at the navy department. The naval secretary would not dis cuss the basis of the settlement but officials understood the agreement reached was entirely satisfactory to Mr. Denby. President Harding. Saturday, met General Lord and Secretary Denby, and both latter officials conferred today. It was believed that the items at issue involved 90,000 men for next year com pared with the present 86.000, inclusion of an increased appropriation for the naval reserve and the provision for six submarines instead of three. for an investigation by a neutral Com mission of conditions in Anatolia, he continued; "I may zo further and tell you what has not hitherto been announced, namely .that this government agreed to place at the disposal of the interna tional Red Cross its quota of the sum I which had been contained as necessary to mppt the expenses of the proposed commission.. But circumstances for which the United States is in no way responsible, have postponed the consti tution of the commission until the sit uation has so changed that the Imme diate carrying out of the proposed In vestigation is rendered difficult. Nev ertheless, I consider myself not unjus tified In adding that our action had the useful effect of once making known the American point of view with respect to events in Turkey." Manslaughter Charge Against Auto Driver Charge Grows Out of Fatal Acci dent Near Raleigh Phillips; he sa "Mrs. R. Jackson." but when summoned from her berth, she said S'he was Mrs. Clara McGulre, of Los Angeles. Caman cho said he found a pasteboard box among her effects on which the name "Clara Phillips" had been written, and that an attempt had been made to erase it. He also found some jewelry and $69 in .cash, he testified. The little finger of Mrs. Phillips' right hand was wrapped in a handkerchief Camansho said, and he later learned that it was black and blue. Athur R. NaaB, a chemist, testified that there were blood stains on a ham mer handle, found near the body, and i on gloves ana snoes worn oy tne de fendant on the day of the slaying and on a door of the dead woman's coupe. Dr. A. H. Zeiler, a bacteriologist, tes tified these strains were human blood. Owing to the death of the mother of W. B. Dunam, one of the jurors, court acorned today until tomorrow to en able him to attend the runeral. With the exception of one witness. the prosecution is ready to case. rest its Wants Definition.for Intoxicating Beverage ST. LOUIS, Oct. 30. United States Senator Selden P. Spencer, of Missouri, today Issued a statement saying he purposed to introduce a motion In the senate for the appointment of a com missionto determine specifically the maximum amount of alcohol which makes a beverage intoxicating. The statement said nobody seriously contended that liquor of one-half of one per cent alcoholic content was in toxicating.' The senator asserted that the su premo court upheld the section of the Volstead act fixing alcohol content oh the theory that congress has the power to provide any reasonable method of enforcing the 18th amendment, but not on the theory that one-half of one per cent of alcohol makes a beverage in toxicating. Southern Roads Would Raise Rates, is Charge RALEIGH, Oct. 30. C. L. Bowen, driver of the automobile in the acci dent last night when Pete Lambros was killed, is being held without bail pend ing an investigation by the Raleigh police department. Clifton Beckwith, city solicitor, stated this afternoon that Bowen would be, charged with man slaughter. The chief witness in the case will be Miss Ruby Crane, whose home is in Atlanta. Ga., but who .is employed here. Miss Crane is in Rex hospital, suffer ing from slight injuries incurred in the smash. According to Bowen, he, Lambros and Mies Crane had" been to Durham, where Lambros bought and- drank some whiskey, and were nearing Raleigh on the return trip when Lambros pressed his foot on the accelerator, despite pro tests, and brought the car to a terrific speed at a curve. When he ' reached down to pull Lambros' foot off the ac celerator, Bowen stated, the car skidded and turned over. ' Co-op. Injunction is Continued to Nov. 27 RALEIGH, Oct. 30. Temporary re straining orders issued on October 21 at the instance of the Tri-State To bacco Growers Co-operative associa tion, prohibiting six members of the association living in five counties of North Carolina from selling their to bacco outside the association, were continued today until Monday, Novem ber 27. by Judge C. C. Lyon,, in Wake county superior ccfurt. All of the defendants, except David Gurganus, of Greene county, who has offered to settle outside the court for 5,000 pounds of tobacco he is alleged to have sold on the market, were rep resented in court by attorneys. The other defendants are W. J. Ball. Warren county; J. T. Daniel. Gran ville county; C. E. and M. E. Winstead, Person county; H. A. Mason and A. L. Walker, of Wake county. 0ag ZBedecked City Greets New Leaden of Fascisti Upon Arrival In Rome: Receives- Wa,rtn Welcdme ! Placarded' Fascisti Manifesto 'JBecj6;?Victory is Ours Any" Conflict is Useless' KING, IS'PRAlSED FOR r SELECTING MUSSOLINI 3 f t uu .me cujicenirauon oi these o on thtM-state repdsitoriea m&de, deliveries- im-poss'fbler " " ROME.. Oeti 3J.-(By .'the Associated Press.J Benito .Mttssoltai- theAWclsti leaftert who 'triurttphtJyenteTed Rome today; liasJrUrnderi:aett,irvth . govern ment with "men o4bIsi own Selection," He'came .-to ' Roin .vton the:7 invitation; 'fthev-jkiftfflwltw1iQm'-ih9:liA'-avl.3n$' au fij ence, ; af ter.j.-which; .fte '-matti d.-his-mInIstejrT? t - "r. .V ;, King Victor Emanuel, MussoTotit -'rff dressing the great crowd from the oal cony of a hotel, declared vith great emphasis: "We have not accepted the form cf ministry but nave accepted the form of government." He laid great stress on the word "government" at which . the crowd cheered. "And," he added. "Italy will have a government from now on." Mussoloni then called uddii the crowd to acclaim "Loner live the king! Long live Italy Long live the fas cist!!" Wearing a black shirt and showing traces of his long journey by train1 hnd automobile, Mussolini presented himself this morning before The king, who greeted him warmly. His depar ture from the palace was the occasion for an enthusiastic demonstration. The fascisti appear to be the only political party remaining in Rome. Communists are keeping closely under cover, while other parties refrain from showing their feelings. The fascisti outside the city are anxious to- enter as they have been suffering greatly because of the heavy rains. Mussolini and his .staff have discussed the man ner and time of their e&itry, which will probably he tomorrow morning. The general confederation of labor has addressed a warning .o all work ers to disregard the appeal for a gen eral strike issued by the communist trades union committee. The confeder ation advises the workers to remain calm and patient. N. C. Candidates Spend Little in CampjdgQ By H. E. C Bfl-YAr v , , WASHIXGt01OetV 80. Tie Xorth Careliiun re not 'pendlnjc much on the Bresent cninpatgn,. Tbe return required before the .election hw Reprentatlve "Wnrd, ' Kitcb v T-. Atemetliy iUthnr; Rep- 4eeBtatreft Hcunjnr;$460i Dongh-; ton fSlO BalvrlaJkle t5 Stedman ' 91,$eOt l.yon 9223 am ,Pou 1,150 ReCesentntiire .Weaver Uim not re-,' tort The reports of the . Rr-( Hbltern y candidate' Iv- fcave not, racked here yip Th tlm ! u& Mrs Rosier Says Her Mind Was Blank When She Murdered Husband Testifies She Had Planned to Suicide With Weapon Used in Double Murder NEW ORLEANS,. Oct. 30 South eastern rail lines are attempting to raise all their lowsr railroad rates $ome of the hisrtier ne3 In order to equalize' class rat.is in the territory south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers, was charged by J. O. Hendley, of the Tenessee railroad commission, in a hearing here today on the plan pf proposed revision in clas freight rates by railroads of the southeast. Exam iner H. J. Wagner, of the Interstate Commerce pmmision Is conducting th hejrlf. The Second Issue of the American Legion Supplement Comes off Sunday The Star will, next Sunday, issue another American Legion supplement. -This will contain many features of interest whicn, did not appear in the 'legion supplement last Sunday. Meantime,1 members of the local post will continue to solicit advertisements for this supplement. . The features of the supplement will contain pictures, of interest, articles describing the activities of military organizations in which Wilmington men served during the great world conflict. The supplement will be filled with interesting reading matter throughout and persons wishing to preserve copies for future ref erence should order copies at once. Advertisers should also lose no time in reserving space in this edition. There are to be three more issues of the American Legion sup plement. They will appear November 5, 8 and 11. 1 is planned to make this the biggest event that Wilmington has ever had. Stores will be asked to remain open and offer special' bargains for the visitors who are expected in large numbers from a large sec tion Of eastern Carolina. The legion is financing the big Armistice day .celebration with the revenue obtained from the four supplements. ROME, Oct. 30. (By the Associated Press.) The entire city was early astir waiting the arrival of Mussolini, All Rome was befiagged and walls pla carded with manifestos, one of them sagned by the fascisti committeeman declaring: "Victory is ours. Any conflict is use less, ind'eed, harmful to the fagcismo. Therefore, the most categorical orders have been Issued to all the "black shirts imposing absolute calm, order and dis cipline. Mussoloni, having been en trusted with the formation of a cabinet, from this moment is responsible for the safety of the state, the ipinistries and parliament, and any action against the government institutions is rebel lion against Mussolini. Attacks against shops and the selilng of arms are abso lutely prohibited." The fascisti leader entered Rome In a royal automobile sent for him by the king as Mussolini's train could not con tinue in consequence of the tracks hav ing been torn up by the troops. When he reached th capital the new premier was acclaimed on all sides. The entire press praises King Victor Emanuel for hi& firm attitude, both in refusing to sign a decree for a state of siege submitted1 to him by the re tiring Facta cabinet and by choosing Beneto Mussolini as head of the gov ernment. - The Gioranale di Roma says: "Five sovereigns of the houae of Sarvoy have abdicated in the past for the safety of the mother cbuntry.' The present king also would have abdi cated rather than that . a single drop of blood should be shed in civil war." The Idea Nazionale says. "A national revolution has been ac complished In the name of Italy and peace has been made possible through the virtue and merit of the Icing." "he Messagero hopes that Mussonlll's sirong hand ia demolishing will be equally strong in reconstruction, in pacifying, in restoring spiritual, eco nomic and political greatnesa." . During the nijrht and In the early morning fascisti in little groups ori foot, in country wagons, in lorries and borrowed motor buses came filtering Into the city, the vanguard of the many Continued on page S.J. , PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 30. Mrs. Catherine Rosier, charged with the killing of her husband, Oscar, and his stenographer. Miss Mildred G. Reckitt, testified today that her mind was a blank when tHe shooting occurred. She is being tried for the shooting of the f tenographer. Mrs. Rosier, swaying in her chair, haltingly told how she went to her husband's office with a newly bought pistol prepared to end her life. A last appeal to her husband for his love failed. She testified that she opened the door and found her husband and stenographer there. Then she screamed, she said, and thereafter re membered nothing until she saw John K. Scott, her counsel, in the police station. Severe cross examination by Assist and District Attorney Maurice Spcizer, failed to alter materially this testi mony. Questioned for two hours and forty minutes, Mrs. Rosier was kept from collapse only b the unceasing application of stimulants. At length court was forced to adjourn for ten minutes during cross examination to give the defendant an opportunity to recover her strength. At one point, in the examination. My. Rosier cried "Oh, pity me, Mr. Speizer." Dr. Charles K. Mills, an alienist, called to the stand shortly before the close of the session, declared he be lieved Mrs. Rosier was insane at the moment of the crime. He said he based his opinion on what he -had observed and listened to in the trial and main tained that he' had not permitted any thing to prejudice him. He said Mrs. Rosier at present was a sane woman, worn down by trouble. Under cross examination Mrs. Rosier said she did not mean to kill her hus band. ' "I loved my" husband too much to kill him." -she said. "I wanted to go to his office to kill myself In their presence." Mrs. Rosier testified . $hat Arthur Rosier, her husband's brother, was the first to tell her that her husband was paying attention to Miss Reckitt. She said when she taxed Oscar with this he admitted it was true and declared he meant to get a divorce. "He said Jerry loved him' and noth ing would separate them," the defen dant said. tor irk .-. V-' i - W T! si- One-fif th-ia;0nthirrlof Rural . y . StudentstAre Gj&fitf toGetJi. 'iv -Y Wilmington I AmorigTK I)itric . , ... .lYWchHas'AmpliSupply-ior i T -" ;;7AJI Requirements SV 4 ' t2. . Star A'ey Bnreaj 8ia fncker BvlMlng B7 BrtoCK1 BAHKLET RALEIOH, , Oct , 30.-A te f sho'rtase, Jiffeetrn eeevraL thoua4 North r Cardlin. .&nnAX ' ,.ita-. -i'.UjtA started officials of the "state 4 depart" meat of education and county" aciiooi authorities onr arush,. drive" for '-de' liveries from the publishing- house, i neiioru reaching,.' Raleigh are to A the effect that from one-fifth td,4, thfrd of the children, in county 'school r" - -syfem-and-main the city schooitf. "fri , " $,r --unable toprodtire -Dodkati)ecaTi,1' of -the shortage 'in thefaWte-'.- , Conaitions over hich' nb "one iJij' j"t particular a.eems to have had any cont ? , ) trol brought Jabout"the- sKortage. A 'v primary w,wa thevcpnfiing of x --), efforts on thf part of-ounUer to th 1 ' r purchase pt- hooks from stat re , - ' -liository on Raleigh. AOn-ca.usW V"V resumed froith-ftjohaftwftt -text Jbookfs , . the begintln stha present teri, although -provistona in the text boon commission's Yeqttffemnts at tnetime" Qf a.rlv(? election of .hooks-las srtnk allowed C the .postponement xt. tjib ' change 'urltll the jieacfc ttpi.d v ; ' , ' The, verrushAf orders for new books -following bS the simlltaneous , changing of books in'jcounty schools'; - rders The contracts ?under -which tha "net books . were selected specified that , countfes" could deal 'direct wrth tt&' T pubiisheT8,i,! Instead '"or Ithrdush lths state 'repository, .but apparently. tnostf v ' Of.the , counttes have been 'Qonteht rt ' depend : urothe 'repositorx.' Several -. places, like Charlotte, Asheville.-'WIIt c tnington wiffst&n-Salm and- Greens- ! r uwo, hbhu airect wtn.tne pumisnerg , V ? and avdided'thedrtage,' 'f-,Asf f k fThe- puolishersr- also f mar" riav been f A . ? unable ,to-m.eel -the' demands lowing- tb i '1 4 ft..""' ' p i those seeking to overcome the shortagls think an abundant supply will be it the state soon 'Counties ' h&vje . besil' advised of the -contract prpvJsijbn per- mitting them to deal direct with'thfe publishing houses. Mrs. Hall is Willing : Accept Gibson Challenge Will Face Her Accuser, Attorney Announces Her XX1 One Town is Looted and Burned by Bandit Army SHANGHAI, Oct. 30. (By The Asso ciated Press).- -A bandjt army that looted and partly burned the town of Shangtsiahsien, province of Honan, Saturday night, carried off H. E.-Led-gard, of the China Inland, mission, and other miasioriary workers,- according to advices reaching here from Hankow. Madame Ledeard and her child eluded the marauders and. escaped. .. NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J.. Oct. 30 v Timothy N. Pfeiffer, counsel for .Mrs Edward Wheeler Hall, whose husband was slain with his choir singer, Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, on . Phillips farm, September 14, said tonight that his client was perfectly willfng- to accept the challenge Mrs. Jane Gibson ex tended last night. . i Mrs. Gibson ex-circua rider, pig raising farmer and self-styled witness of the Hall-Mills murder had dared the rector's wife to meet her and deny that she was not present when hei husband was killed. Today's investigation ' has developed of the spectacular, the authorities, 'X appeared, were focusing their attention on the eye-witness story told by- Mrs. Gibson, seeking evidence that would either corroborate or disprove the tale. From ' Somerville came word that County Prosecutor Beekman had as serted that when Mr. Mott was ready for action he would appear before tho grand jury and would open his drivo in no other way. One. witness, with whom detectives were reported to be keeping, in touch, was the mysterious, unidentified girl who was taken last week to Phillips farm and spent an hour with investi gators going over the acene of the mur der. Her story, it was understood, bore on the Gibson version- of tha double shooting, but it could not he learned from official sources whether she. too, claimed to have been an eyar witness of the tragedy. . ' 7Sj Mrs. Matel Champion ' To Take Stand Today CLEVELAND, Oct. SO. Mrs. Ma bel Champion, on trial for the first -degree murder of Thomas. A OsCjonneU, carnival 'promoter, of New- Haven. Conn., will take the stand In 'her own behalf tomorrow, her counsel an nounced following today's adjourn ment. - : . - ' . Whether she will deny " flatly the death shots were. fired 'from' a revolver in her hands or will make a plea Qt self defense, her attorneys : refused to state. Her counsel stated Mrs; Chani- . pion. would unfold her own story of the shooting, but refused to state : what course it would take. , - v - It is expected by court officials that taking of testimony will be completed tomorrow night and the case " will ha In the hands of the Jury. by Wednesday night. T ' ' , v . Four defense witnesses testified to-' day. Ralph H. Pearson", of the' Central Young Men's Christian, association, testified that Mrs. Champion shot In, self defense after O'Connell had struck j at Mrs. Champion when ehe attempted v to interfere in a fights between . her husband and O'Connell just before tha --i-.-ii i Mi kiiiiiigr. s - -v t . ! v"- , 1