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10 Pages I For Today and Wednesday, Fair and Warmer Full Day and Night Service of the Associated Press. FOUNDED A. D. 1867.—VOL. CXI.—No. 128. . WILMINGTON, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 10, 1923. OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. If THE Sl^wPUBiiGATldNS \£r|’tHE ONEY^ ^MINGTOIT PAPERS:USING FULL DAILY LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF ANY DESCRIPTION I \00 Jurors D Two Murdt Robeson Iuke Britt, Charged With Kill ing Lightning Rod Sales man is Arraigned FLOGGING case may GO OVER THE WEEK Alleged Klan Agent Taliaffero Bench Warrant is Return able Today LUMBKKTOX. N. C-, July 9.—Robe biggest criminal court session ot un,]er way today with Judge N. ?A sinciair, native of the county pre siding- Judge Sinclair charge to the grand iury which was impaneled .this morning was listened *0 with rapt'at ,-jition bv a crowded court room. L'lko Britt, charged with the murder f s E r. Shepherd, Georgia lightning rod sa,ocrnsn. was arraigned late this afternoon and a special venire of 100 j was drawn for the case which was set forVarin? Thursday. a special venire also was. drawn from Which a jury will be picked to . ar the case of Braxton Burdie, negro, ‘hjreed with the murder of Metro H„rne, a White man. This case was set for Wednesday. The prcctorville flogging case, ex re-ted to prove of wide spread in terest canot possibly be heard before next, tve'ei.-. according to present indicatons. s H L Taliaffero, alleged Ku Klux Jj.pt arrested on a bench warrant returnable today and charging tamper ing with state witnesses in the Proctor ,|°e case, was in court, but the mat ter could not be reached. It may be beard tomorow. Law Against Masks Sought in Georgia ATLANTA. July 9.—A bill requiring ill" secret organizations and societies ■0 file a list of their officers and mera sers with the clerk of superior court a counties in which-they have meet ing places and to prohibit th«! wear ing of masks or other covering of the face or heal outside the lodge room was introduced in the Georgia house Of representatives today by Represen tative Bozeman of Worth county. The till was referred to general judiciary committee number one. Shoe Factories Burn In Georgetown, Mass. GEORGETOWN. Mass., July 9.—In less than an hour tonight fire destroy ed the chief business block of this town, wiping out three shoe factories and a number of business places, at a loss estimated at more than $200, OOO. About 300 persons were thrown out of employment. 3,00 DELEGATES AT COXFEBEXCE LAKE JUNALUSKA, July 9.—The three-clay meeting of the federation1 of Wesley Bible classes of the west ern N’nrGi Carolina conference Metho dist Episcopal church South, opened here tonight with the arrival in a body of 300 delegates. The opening address - was m^de bj^ Cycle R. Hoev of Shelby, N. C.,. on the Rnbjprt: “God’s plan for a life/**’ He d^lored America's aloofness and ffu.ure to participate in world affairs i the countries of his speech. J. B. Ivey of Charlotte, president of the federation presided at tonight’s meeting. rawn In ir Cases In % "' CountyCoifrt ;.. itoii DOCTOR’S DECISION NOT RECOGNIZED BY DIRECTOR HAYNES Unlimited Prescriptions Finding Will Not Effect Present En forcement System ASHEVIDE, July 9.—Decisions by New York and Montana jurists that the prohibition department can not regu late the amount of whiskey given out on prescriptions by physicians will not change the present system of enforce ment. Fov V~.v prohibition direc tor declared today. Mr. Taynts Asheville this after noon for Washington and before his departure said that all bonded whisky is under control of the, department ana 98 per cent o fthe available beverage whisky is dangerous to life and health. Committee to Study Seasonable Building WASHINGTON, July 9.—A committee study of seasonal activities in the building industry, with a view to rec ommending methods of eliminating- ir regularity of employment and lowering costs, has been appointed by Secretary Hoover. Its first session will be held in Washington, July 10. Employes, labor leaders and engineers have been named on the committee. "Previous surveys have indicated that most construction activity is con centrated in seven to ten months of the year," said a commercial department statement today explaining the com mittee’s purpose, “which means that building trades workers cannot find work in their trade during several months, and that contractors' organiza tions and equipment architects, engi neers. building material producers and others connected with construction, must usually remain idle for strolVUfc nertoSs. -Tma,„l4le; ‘ ttelV rep?es'emtr •wafete" and' direct fosses to the con struction industries, their workers and the public. The committee was formed in the hope, that by examining the facts ahd proposed remedies, it might be able to suggest sound solutions and obtain general co-operation in effecting them. It ie the general impression that sea sonal building has been due perhaps more to custom than to weather, and it Is expected that the Investigation will throw light on this and other impor tant points.” ATTENDANCE BREAKS RECORD * NEW YORK, July 9.—Paid attend ance at all National league games for the half of this season ending last week, totalled 300,000 in excess of the same period in 1922, President Heydler revealed today at the regular mid-sea son meeting of the league, indications, he said, -pointed to the greatest sea son on record in point of popularity. HOUSEHOLD OF RUTH AT DURHAM DURHAM, Juiy 9.—Every incoming train today brought in scores of negro women of the Household of Ruth, the ■woman's branch of the lcolored Odd Fellows, for 4he convention opening tonight for a four-day session. More than 400 women' from all sections of the state had registered late this after noon. GOLDFIELD, t Nev., July 9.—A sec gBJCOND FIRE IN GOLDFIELD ond fire today destroyed that part of Goldfield remaining after last weeks blaze. Body of Balloon Pilot Found In Lake Erie Is Identified By Initials Small Fifhiqg Craft Finds Bas ket With Lieutenant’s Remains body of stranger ^ MISTAKEN FOR NULL Identified Later as That of Al bert A. Yost, of Akron, POFiT STANLEY, Ont., July 9.-rrLake , 'Pday yielded the body of L.»eu ?"a.nt r, j. R0th, pilot of the Ill-fated : s navy balloon A-6698. Strapped 0V»e basket of the balloon and clad jl"5 ln bis underwear around whidh t d beon tied to a life preserver, Ttoth’S ,r' "a-' found in the basket, this f.ornin?. U miles off here, by Captain. boat"8*5 "*,ISon* master of a fishing Apparently caught in the terlflc (t m nf last Thursday night,. Lleu i; n Loth, evidently took tjhe'precaUr t;, -l" swap himself to rtjie ;alde of hi-. ,;*sVr after divesting himself of an(l then cut the basket; ,he big bag, trusting" to the kei u.nce 'levises with which the bas, ns equipped to peek It afloat, b ; sbni,?V,u0n'’ the basket , was buffeted l0o_ ‘ he *ake after the bag was cut lh6 not be conjectured, ^ but '-onduiup Gf Lieutenant lath’s. body indicated that he died of ex posure. His head and shoulders were hanging over the edge of the basket. Identification of the body as that of Roth was established by the stencilled initials l'L. J. R." on the underwear. Three-Day Search End*' .. the for Although airplanes from Selfridge field, flying boats from Cleveland ana Detroit, a revenue cutter^and: varW® other swift moving craft'-has searqlea the lake -for nearly three days, with ont success, it remained for a sntp.ll flslhtng craft to- find the missing banket and its fated cargo. .. The swifter craft o fthe air and sea had coursed about the lake, . hours Saturday and Sunday and de spite clear weather failed to find any trace of the basket, then Captain tyij son took his small fishing .boat out this morning to make his customary trip to his nets and sighted it swaying, in the waves, 14 miles out. He im mediately put a line to the kask®* a“ towed It into port here. The basket contained, hottying to give an of when misfortune overtook the two aeronauts..- ■. The basket together with the bgg of the navy balloOn the latte^Je®°^' ed late Saturday are being hel<r her«i pending advices from the naval air servioe.at Washington. .. - Reports received here that tlie body of Lieutenant T. B. Null, .the^other oe 0f the had been found intake Brie near Point Pflee f/>und td be incotrect tonight rhe&ift* body, yeas identified as_ that jf Jtfbert* AS Yatft* t)t^Akton: FINANCE PROBE TO START AT RALEIGH MAY BE SURPRISE Senator Lunsford Long Has Called Committee to Hunt For Deficit FINDING MAY BE ONLY $1,800,000 $2,800,000 Collected This Year From State’s Autos v Alone Wilmington Star Bureau. 312 Tucker Building. By BROCK BARKLEY RALEIGH, July 9«-A.rter many de lays the legislative committee investi gating the state’s finances is expected to tell the world tomorrow just how the North Caroline, treasury stands. Senator Lunsford Long, chairman of the committee, announced several days ago that he had called the full com mittee to meet here tomorrow and no news had reached Raleigh today indi cating a further postponement. It is possible the committee will be unable to make announcement of its report for a few days, but the information is ex pected to come out before it adjourns its meeting. The big issue to be settled by the re port is this: Whether the state of North Carolina at the time of the last general assembly had a deficit of j 95.000. 000 as claimed by Corporation Commissioner Allen . J. Maxwell, or whether it had a deficit of only 51.800, 000 , with a prospective surplus of 92.500.000, based on taxes levied but at that time not collected as contended by the state budget- commission, the governor and the treasurer. Inquiry Ordered In June Investigation of the state’s finances was begun in the early days of the last session following Governor Morri son’s demand on the general assembly for an inquiry ae the result of Com missioner Maxwell’s charge*. A corp* of about 20 auditors spent many weeks on the books of the treasurer and their report has only recently been submitted to the committee, it is.^jiderstflod. No Indication has come from t^j* com «&«*;.*• --te rhe"~EtrbngeSt Uitlmationto reach th* public was the statement of one of the auditors to Treasurer Ben R. Lacy that the treasurer could not have made a better report himself. Opinion is that the committee will report the state lived economically and within its in come during the two-year period fol lowing the 1921 session of the general assembly, and that the 91.800,000 deficit report of Mr. Lacy is the responsible report for the guidance of the legisla ture* Air. Maxwells lisuice, vvmic matically correct, can be challenged on the ground that they are manipulated and that his conclusion was reached by charging the administration with two years of expenditures and only one year of operating revenue, it is claimed in circles friendly to the administration. Two million and eight hundred thou sand dollars in cold cash represent the collections to date of the automobile license department, according to to day’s report* to Secretary of State W. N Everett. One million two hundred thousand dollars more is expected be fore the year ends. On© hundred and fifty thousand license plates have gone out to auto mobile owners, while the - department expects to distribute seventy thousand mjlr. Everett has been telling the newspaper men he expects to collect six million dollars this year from automo bile licenses and the gasoline tax, but he has raised his estimate now to seven millions. Auto* May Swell Revenue "If we have a good crop there is no telling how high it will go for that will bring new cars into use,’’ he said. This six or seven million dollars will go to the financing of North Carolina's roadbuilding campaign. It will be used to pay interest on the highway bonds, create the sinking fund to- retire the bonds and to pay the cost of maintain ing the highways after they are con structed. The automobile owner gets back his license tax. his gasoline tax and a high Interest return in the sav ing of his car and his peace, of mind that good roads afford. Southport will offer the estate of North Carolina its dockage .running three miles along the water front when its representatives appear here July 18 to file the town's brl^X. with the State Ship and. Water Transportation commission. Rival Ports Wilmington and Southport are rival* in the fight for designation as a deep sea port. Wilmington,’through Secre tary Moore, of the chamber of com merce,, presented a bri&f and oral argu,. ment’iast month. t . In carrying further -its inquiry into uort facilities, the . commission is ex pected to hear testimony from exports and men familiar with port conditions during Its meeting scheduled for the 18th and 19th. Dr. D. D. Carroll, sec retary, announced that the commission Jbo will receive propositions from waterfront cities and towns may wisn ^Headquarters for the commission are now open in the engrossing room of the house of representatives, capitol build ing ,and. an office staff has been as sllnetf there to handle the detailed work Involved in the inyestigation of transportation and terminal possibili ties. WHOLE family shot emPHIS, Tenn., July S.—A child, a ?7nd a hall old, was shot through stomach at the .home of Mrs. Ma Harrison, sister of Mrs. Roe and wife were found dead. - Id a ; room - ♦nearby residence to which Roe, Id hand, is said to have pur: d his wife and locked himsejf in oom ‘with her- * . . it?: FEDERAL HIGHWAY ! FOR EVE&SIT.Y IS Y-<v ,>/ , GOVERfKNT'SPLAN Ninety Pf’£ \jL ot,Population of Na* yj:*/Will Be Near J||pood Road ly H. BJ. C. Bryant WASHINGTON, p. G, July 9.—Roads that will comprise the federal aid sys tem of highways have been definitely designated in 34 States acordirfg to the! bureau of public roads of the United States Department of Agriculture. * A study of the system in the 34 stat es now approved shows that nearly every city of over 5,000 population Is located upon It and the few that are not will connect'With it over improved roads. Ind.icatoons are that over 90 per cent of the entire population of the United States will live within 10 miles of a federal aid highway. In a number of states the figure is as high as 98 per cent and in none of the slates will it drop below 65 per cent. Tabulatldn shows the mileage in the system by states. JULY CROP REPORT SEES SMALL YIELD Tobacco Crop 100,000 Pounds Greater Than Last Year is Forecast WASHINGTON, July 9—Smaller crops than last year were indicated In the July forecasts of the department of ag riculture issued today, for wheat, corn,, rye, white and sweet potatoes, rice, hay, apples and peaches. A tobacco crop 100,000 pounds larger than last year's and a large production of oats, barley and flax seed were Indicated. This year's corn crop, although growing on a slightly larger acreage than was planted last year, will be some 14,000,000 bushels smaller than the 1922 crop, owing to a poorer con i dition on July 1 than a year ago. Pro duction this year was forecast at 2,877, 000,000 bushels. V V Winter wheat Avowed a slight ,Jm points In the honth. The combined production forecast, however, is 4,000, 000 bushels larger than the June fore cast with a total crop of 821,000,000 1 bushels now indicated. This year's potato crop probably will be 69,000,000 bushel^ less than last year's record production, this season's production beijig forecast at 382,000,000 bushels, a to’bacco crop of 1,425,000,000 pounds as forecast for this year would make it the fourth largest ever grown, while a flax seed production of 18,000, 000 bushels, as forecast;, would make it the largest crop in 10 years. Oats, 1,124,000,000 bushels; barley. 198.000. 000 bushels; rye. 68,700,000; white potatoes, 382,000,000 bushels; sweet potatoes, 93,700,000 bushels; to I bacco, 1,425,000,000 pounds; flax seed, 18.000. 000 bushels; rice, 33,100,000 bush els; hay, 99,000,000 tons; apples, 189, 000,000 bushels; peaches, . 48,400,000 bushels. The area planted t6 corn this year was announced as 103,112,000 acres, or 100.7 per cent of the 1922 acreage. Area planted to other crops was annotfhced as follows: White potatoes, 3,892,000 acres; sweet potatoes, 1,007,000 acres; tobacco, 1,762. 000 acres; flax seed, 2,286,000 acres, and | rice, 883,000 acres. Condition of the various crops on July was: Winter wheat, 76.8 per cent of a normal; spring wheat, 82.4; all wheat, 78.3; corn, 84.9; oats, 83.5; bar- I ley, 86.1; rye, 75.0; white potatoes. 86.4; sweet potatoes, 82.8; tobacco, 82.6; flax seed, 85.0; rice, 86.4; hay, 71.1; apples, I 76.0; peaches, 63.8. Wheat remaining on farms July 1 Is estimated at 35,634,000 bushels, com pared with 32,859,000 on July! 1 last year | and 29,838,000 bushels, the average July 1 stock for the five year, 1917-21. MORSE INDICTMENT ! WILL GO TO TRIAL Judge Stafford Overrules Mo-1 tion for Verdict of Acquit tal Made by Defense WASHINGTON,-July 9.—The case of Charles W. Morse, his three sons and four” others who are charged with conspiracy to d*frau4 the United States in connection with war time Ship con struction an operation contracts, must go to the.’jury. ••/•••• Justice Stafford so anoouncod to day in the district of Columbia su preme court in ovetruling motion of counsel for a verdict of acquittal and for dismissal of the indictments. The motions were made last week after the government had rested its case. Immediately after the decision by the court, the defense b.egan to pres entation of its case in. reply to that, which the government counsel. have put in during them ore than two, months j that the case has been on .trial. i i Justice Stafford ina written opin ion refusing to dismiss the Indictment said with respect to the first Indict ment, which charges a general con spiracy that it would not be necessary that the means o fcarrying out the con spiracy should be unlawful in them selves. Consequently he held that any number of the defendants, but notj less than two might be convicted, provlo Ing the evidence shows them tao have been parties-to. the general conspiracy, charge, although ignorant of some of. the means that were' used and igno rant of any intention on the part of J their co-conspirators to u*e them. ' ^ ' PLEAS FOR PEACE ARE MADE BY ELKS WHEN CONVENTION OPENS Mayor and Governor Make Ad dresses of Welcome in City Auditorium BUSINESS SESSION ENDS ON THURSDAY Fully 20,000 Antlers in Georgia City With Special Trains Still Arriving ATLANTA. GA, July 9.—A, plea for Industrial land international peace was made here tonight by Edgar MacMas ter of Charoroi, Pa., exalted ruler, at the opening session of the 59th grand lodge convention and reunion of the B. P. O'. E. Mr. MacMaster spoke in response to addresses of welcome made on behalf of the Elks, the city and state governments by Judge L. F. MoClelland, exalted ruler; Mayor.W. A. Simms and Governor Cliford' M. Wal ker, respectively. 1 The city auditorium, bedecked in the national colors and the purple a'nd white of the Elks, was packed with approximately 8,000 members of the organization and their friends for the opening event of the reunion, the onlv open meeting of their convention. Bus iness sessions of the. grand lodge begin Tuesday morning and will be conclud ed on Thursday. The social features of the reunion, however, which began with golf games, receptions and sight seeing today, will be continued thro ughout the entire week. Antlered tribes from all sections of the country virtually overrun the city today, increasing the population with in a few hours by upwards of ‘JO.nOO, according to Elk officials. More special trains an dadditiona. delegates to ar rive during the night and tomorrow -..•ere expected to greatly increase this influx. Among the larger delegations reach ing the city today was the Philadel phia contingent about 600 strong and accompanied y all its paraphernalia for the grand parade of Thursday. This consisted of the horres for toe mount ed patrol “Flivvers" for the motor sec tion which promises “something new" Jn ,&Umts this ,ye i-, a large band, turcheutra. fkratk an-d-ar 4s*r£.V gr-urp cf •’•.ung women who will r'de on the i floats. I . Broad brimmed sombreros, would have fixed the locals of several Texas had not designated the oitUs they halt- I ed from. In his adress tonight Mr. MacMaster i declared the Elks, witji a membership of 825,000 was “the -great American order standing for law and order and behind the government n^ the enforce ment of law. When there sems to be a growing disregard for law and hu man life is held cheaply and oroperty rights are not always respected Elks are doing theiir part to make tills a better land to live, in: We dare lift our voice against wrong and because of this we have a .share in moulding! public spirit and help greatly in this! time of need.” Guardian Trust, Jr., Makes Speedy Mile PORT MIAMI, Toledo, O., July 9.—J (By Associated Press). Guardian Trust, driven by N. J. Rosemire and paced b/a runner trotted an exhibition race here this afternoon at the grand circuit meet here in 2:02 1-4, having started to beat his record of 2:02 2-5. A small crowd saw the long drawn out card of five events, the feature of which was the first division of the Fort Meigs stake for 2:08 pacers. Lambert Todd, driven by Tommy Murphy,, won after losing the first !|?eat to Hal B. McGregor the Great staged a surprise by winning the 2:06 trot af ter losing the first heat to Periscope. The 2:08 pace went four heats and j was won by Hal Abbe witlj Brownie Hal, second and Ribbon Cane third. Logan Hedgewood took the 2:04 pace by winning the last two heats and Stroberts with Willis Up won the 2:18 j trot In straight heats with Jay Lee, second and George Watts, third. SPAIN WINS IN TENNIS , BAST BOURNE, Eng., July 9.—(By Associated Press).—Spain dfefeated Hol land in the first two single matches in the semi-final round of the Euro pean group of the Davis cup lawn ten nis competition today. Eduardo Fla quer, of. Spain, defeated Van Lennep, of Holland, 5-7, 6-3, 8-6, 6-1. and Count deGomar. of Spain, defeated Vanderfeen, of Holland, 6-3, 6-0, 7-5. The doubles match Is set for tomorrow and the two remaining singles for Wednesday. Former U. S. Treasurer Burke But Figurehead § in Broker Firm Wreck I T CAREFUL, JOHN! Don’t teU the wife you’ve been sit ting up with a sick friend. She might have a retinoscope, invented by Dr. W. D. Bates, of New York, shown wearing it. The retinoscope detects lies by, discovering shadows in the eye, he says. HAMLET TRUST GO. TAKES OVER STOCK OF FIRST itHM1 -1— • i Had Assets Over $200,000, Mak ing in Combination Miljion Dollar Concern (Special to the Star) HAMLET. July 9.—One of the most important financial transactions in the | history of Hamlet occurred today when t the Page Trust company took over the First National bank, of Hamlet. . The First National bank had assets', ac cording to its last statement, of $275, 000, With deposits of over $200,000 and the. entire assets were taken over by the Page Trust company. This will give the Hamlet branch of the Page Trust company assets of over $1,000, 000. The First National bank was organ ized in the spring of 1916 and E. N. Rhodes has been president and N. H. Jenerette cashier since the opening. By the absorption of the First Na tional by the Page Trust company an other strong institution has been added to the long list of financial Institu tions, which have been absorbed by this company and ttue financial condi- f tion 9f the banks in Hamlet will be* materially strengthened. BANK BEHIND FIGHT HAS CLOSED DOORS GREAT FALLS, July 9.—The Stanton ! Bank and Trust company, of„ Great Falls, has closed its doors. George H. Stanton, president, was prominent in the financing of the Dempsey-Gibbons fight at Shelby, Mont., on July 4. COTTON ASSOCIATION SUED NEW YORK, July 9.—Suit for $76, 148.90 against the American Cotton as sociation for services, damages and ex penses claimed by the Milner bureau, i>f Atlanta, Ga„ w($S instituted today py Francis Merry as a signee' of the Milner bureau's claim. The suit is the jutgrowth, Morey claims, of a contract under which the bureau was to raise $2,600,000, but failed to do so, with, which the cfotton association was S<ght the boll we«Mtjl OPERATORS AND MINERS WORKING ON NEW SCALE ATLANTIC CITTT, N. J., July 9.—The anthracite mine, workers of Pennsyl vania today refused to enter into an immediate understanding with tne coal operators that the production of coal shall continue uninterruptedly after August 31, in the event that a new con tract shall not have been negotiated by that tim'd Iwith the iinderstandlng that the agreement;subsequently arrive at shall be retrospective to September The miners contended that there i#‘ ample time to work out an agreement if each suit diligently applied Itself to the task,. The coal operators Par alleled the annoncement of the United States Corporation that they would make every efoft td eliminate the 12 hour day "as son as practicable and as far as practicable." This was one of the demands Of tile miners. . _ ' While the operators did not specify ' -V < . '• ■ ■' • . •• > ' i , -r' \ K -v" >V'; ^ v,; - ^ refuse the demands for a wag's increase for contract miners ami men employ ed by the day. they declared that ‘.he present compensation of the men was commensurate with the value of tint service rendered and that .they were proud of. th present wages because they were th highst ever paid the pitn in the anthracite industry. . '• - The coal companies granted with out argument a demand that when the anthracite board * of h-On -illation is deadlocked' over a grievance an dit has been submitted to. the • umpire, a decision must be rendered, in 80 days. All the demands at issue wire re ferred by its full committee to h sub comlttee of four on each side which wfill Immediately set about working out a mew wage contract to rep'ace the present one. In the meantiyne the full committee wOl remain In- recess until called together. / ‘ > ’ J ‘ •' . hi fi .-'i. . • ' . • £ . Will Help District Attorney in Probe of $2,000,000 Failure BROKEN MAN WILE TELL EVERYTHING ro Waive Immunity When he k Goes Before Grand Jury as Witness ■ NEW YORK, July 9.—Haggard |ected and broke, John Burke, once treasurer of the United States and [ thrice governor of North Dakota '' | walked Into District Attorney Banton’t- : J office today to offer the authorities • j what help he could In the grand jury i Investigation of the* brokerage firm of Kardos and Burke, which failed 18 jnths ago for more than $2,000,000, Mr. Burke said he was ready to waive Immunity and tell the grand jury everything he knew—which wag,.* j astoundlngly little—about operations if the firm. "I give you my word as a man that the first Intimation X had of what waa going on was when the ibankruptoy < petition was filed,” h,e said. . t , L "I think that Is your trouble,"! ittt" ' in one of the assistant district at torneys who was eaxminlng him.” “I * don’t think you even knew you were - alive In that outfit.” “Upon my word, you are right,” re- , sponded the man whose name once ap peared on millions of currency of the United States. ”1 feel this thing. *It’s got me licked—broken. I never thought it possible. What hurts more than anything else is the fact that I, - John Burke, the former treasurer of the greatest nation on earth, should have had my name connected with a brokerage house that went to the wall and wiped out the money put up with It f by many small Investors. Burke Only Flgunhend. Mr. Burke said he had practically - nothing to do \v+*h the routine opera-ui^® tl&ris ’ of, the-fftrn. leaving alf'that-.to'^ Louis Kardos Jr., his partner. He ssiid;', .•$ he had insists on a clause in the part-' : >1 nershlp agreement stipulating that , ’f the firm would not itse'■* engage in J •> speculation. ' He thought this agree-; ' Si ment was being lived up to. ’ ■ “Because of my age and the position I had held” he said, “I felt that .there, .‘i must be no question about the spund-^ ness of the poltoy the. firm of’Kar- | dos and Burke should pursue, h*nce I insisted on the contract I have men- • tioned. I had every reason to believe - , : that it would be lived up to, and now,, that things have (gone wrong, I waht to lay all my cards on the tabie a^d do everything I can to aid the dis- . trict attorney. I have lost everything^ ’ K I had in the world—even my insurance j, si policies. '■/ “That’s pretty hard at my age—I’m ; , sixty-four now.” J y S When some one mentioned the fact -?j| that Mr. Burke recently had .been in ill health, he broke. In: “I can’t get sick. I’ve got to work, VS work hard now.” Assistant District Attorney Gerraty said after questiop ing Burke at length that the evi dence against Kardos and Burke would1 % be placed ‘ before the grand jury next ’ ’ Monday; He declined to say whether Mr. Burke would be called to testify.^ k * Will start again ON PACIFIC FLIGHT ..jy'i Aviator Forced to Land at St. Joseph, Mich., When His Plane Breaks i ST. JOSEPH, Mo., July 9.—Lleuteh. ant Russell L. Maughan, army aviator' who was forced to abandon his dawn- . to-duek New York to San. Francisco fllg-ht near St. Joseph today, declared" tonight another flight would be at. tempted within a week. Lieutenant Maughan will fly back to New .York* Wednesday or Thursday of this week,' he said, in the plane which broke* down at Avenue City, about nine miles! northeast of St. Joseph. The plane . undergoing repairs, and Maughan ex-i pressed the belief it would be Condi'S tioned tomorrow night. A clog 1n> the gas line of his engine caused* Maughan’s first trouble, he said. He', was within five minutes flight of the? St. Joseph municipal air field, 15 miles!, away, when his engine went dead,. Maughan dropped into a pasture, dam aging his landing gear. "■ ' i, No extra parts will be needed, Maughan’s two mechanics, who were in St. Joseph awaiting his cbming, de. clared. A welding machine was taken . from St. Joseph this afternoon and all. repairs will. be made on the spot. *' Lieut.’Maughan estimated he made approximately 1,330 miles in nine hours although he was lost In a fog for, 250 miles. He stated that he feared \ he would swerve from his route but hated to lose any time by slowing down. He made several trial flights to go above or around the fog, but It seemed to envelop him completely. AEATHER FORECAST BY STATES : Virginia, North and South Caroljna: generally fair Tuesday and Wednes lay. Somewhat warmer Tuesday. ; , Georgia and Alabama: Partly cloudy ! •' Tuesday and Wednesday probably * icattered thunder showers; slightly • varmer Tuesday: :• ; i Florida, extreme nfcrthwest Florida* Partly cloudy TusSday and Wedne*- , Lay, scattered thunder showers
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