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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.
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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 '
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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-
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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
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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. . '
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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
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