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ft mi "AMtocuxwn run. utAtib Wita. uuxTAutB xnwB vmmawz u WigBlKOTOX. MALM10M AMO JOIO. sT?IAi OOMMMBPOMBMXtM tsMovasovr m wit LAST EDITION Weather Forecast . 7 FAIR. : ' VOL XVIII.NO. 180: PRICE 5 CENTS a 1 M BILL Presented to House by Com mittee on Banking and Currency as Approv ed by Caucus. VOLUMINOUS REPORT ACCOMPANIED MEASURE Arguments Reviewed Against Aldrich Plan and Against Central Bank Plans Features. By Associated Press. ' Washington, Sept. 9. The admlnls- tratlon currency reform bill, as ap proved by the democratic caucus, was reported to the house today from the committee on banking and currency bv Chairman Glass. A voluminous re- Dort. including; a lengthy technical discussion of no theory of the bill accompanied the measure, . setting forth the views of the democrats on " the committee. Representative Hayes of California presented a report from the republicans, criticising the 'meas ure and proposing various amend- .. mints. " ," -v ' The majority declared that the bill "is intended to bring about necessary changes in the present banking an'l currency system of the United States and to correct long-standing evils that have had a slow and deeprooted growth. It aims at the rectification of the essential defects of the present system, although it does not seek to make all the innovations that might from an ideal standpoint, be deemed desirable." Reviewing the arguments agalrst the so-called Aldrich plan outlined by the national monetary commission, and against all central bank plans sug gested, the report said: "After looking ' over the whole ground and after examining the vari ous suggestions for legislation, ' the committee on bonking and currency b firmly of the , opinion that effective legislation on banking must Incl'ide the following fundamental elements, which It considers Indispensable in any measure likely to prove satisfac tory to the country: ; Oblcota of tlx? Bill. "Creation of a joint mechanism for the exlension of credit to banks ; which possess sound assets and which desire to liquidate them for the pur pose of meeting legitimate commer cial, agricultural and Industrial de mands on the part of their clientele. "I'lUmate retirement of the pnswjnt bond-secured currency, with suitable provision for the fulfilment of govern ment obligations to - bondholders, coupled with tlia creation of a satis factory flexible currency to take Its place. , "Provision for better extension of American banking facilities In foreign countries to the end that our trade abroad may be enlarged and that American business men In foreign countries may obtain the accommoda tions they require In the conduct of their operations. "Beyond these cardinal and simple propositions the committee has not deemed It wist at this time to make ny recommendations, save that In, a few particulars It has suggested the amendment of existing provisions in the national bank act, with a view to strengthening that measure at points Where experience has shown the ne w-unity of alteration." I Crediting the present financial sys tem with chief responsibility for the various panics of tho past half cen tury, the report set forth that under the proposed law the federal reserve hanks to be credited under the bill would have available at least f 560, 000,000 of reserves In cash. Big Itewrve Available.' "This," said the report, "would ere te a reservoir of liquid funds far surpassing anything of similar kind ever available in this country hereto- fore It would compare favorably with the resources possessed by gov rnment banking Institutions abroad." In their minority report on the bill, the . republicans of the commutes pointed out what they held to be the wanness of the measure. They said they found the democrats of the com mittee "so bound by their caucus ac tion that they could not . consider amendments to the bill, which If "opted would have eliminated Its un sound and questionable provisions." ! They suggested that the provisions "spelling national banks to subscribe for the capital stock of ths federal fwrve hanks on pain of forfeiture of 'Mr charters was "of doubtful on Mltuilonallty and wholly unnecessary M Inexpedient" If the plan of ths n a good ons. they snld, the hanks ' "uld gladly participate; If not. should ? hanks refuse to enter the system f!lns would be disastrously af- iJrh.". "PONlMns declared thst the .11 on mkln the new federal re R0' "oWlKHtlnns of ths UntT-d i'. hrsPtlcally creates. S central th. . ,ney ur1 "' Powers of n federal reserve board wers too '. ,1 ,h,t ",ner "" danger .!nwi 'J' nW ,r"wn' ,nBt h i ... , u"ln of the country may t.. for Prtln political sdvan- Th. r.rosrelv vl-w on the cur- rnv i.-wb nn ins cu tri l!'"iU"" f"r" " ' "h th !lllHI, ,,, ,,, ,., re- ral " o liv K "Iilallvf I.ln.tl.i.t uh .1.. r REFORM REPORTED MYSTERY IF1 DEATH OFSOCIEIYIIN BAFFLES0FF1 GER S Body of Rich Chicago Resident Is Found in Lake Michi gan. By Associated Press. inicago, Sept. 9. Friends and neighbors of Mrs. Walter B. Smith, wealthy society woman of Lake For est, 111., Chicagos most exclusive sub urb, whose body was found yesterday afternoon with a cord around the neck in Lake Michigan, today dls cussed the circumstances of her death and were unable to offer any Satlafac tory explanation of the Btrange case. The coroner's Inquiry which was held late last night failed to throw any light on the mystery, The Jury's verdict gave no theory as to the cause of death. The verdict read: "We, th - Jury,, find that Florence M. Smith came to her death by drowning In Lake Michigan off the shore of Lake Forest." Inquiry regarding the actions of Mrs. Smith yesterday revealed that before walking to the lake shore she had semed to be In the best of health and spirits. She passed part of the morning playing the piano at her home and singing to her six years old daughter, Winifred. Dr. A. C. Haven, physician for the Smith family, said today that Mrs. Smith' had enjoyed good health and was not,, subject to fits of melancholia. Mrs. Smith, who was Florence Mc Cullough, was a grand daughter of Marvin Hughltt, former president and now chairman of the board of direc tors of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad. Her husband Is a wealthy stock and bond broker, the son of Byron L. Smith, prominent Chicago banker,' " Demented Politician Eludes Guards Has Been Miss ing a Week.. By Associated Press. New York, Sept 9. Congressman Timothy D. Sullivan, named "Big Tim" by the east side, has been miss ing a week. He disappeared at o'clock last Tuesday morning from the country home of his brother In Wit Hams Bridge, eluding his guards while they slept and n' trace of him has been discovered since. His relatives fear that he has met with harm. He had but one dollar when he got away "Big Tim" had a nervous break down after the lust election and In constuuence never took his seat In congress. Instead he was placed In a sanitarium. The courts Judged him inmmuetent to manage his estate of several millions, and a committee of four was appointed to take charge of his person and affairs. After a trlu to Europe the rrpresen tatlve was taken to his brother's home and three men were hired to guard him. He slipped away, however, one night about a month ago and re-vls- Ited his haunts on the east , sine, Friends recognised him and h was under surveillance again within a lew On the svening of September 1 Big Tim" played cards wltn his guards tMI after midnight. Two of them fell asleep and ths third followed suit about I o'clock. When , this guard awoke he found himself and his two sleeping companions in the room. A quiet search was begun but without . results. "Big Tim was born in started life as a newsboy. 1862 and OOOD REPRESENTATION AT HEALTH CONVENTION rttf A.auclsled Press. Colorado Bprlngs, Col., Sept. .- Ths forty-first annual convention u. ths American Health "' ,..n.rt hpr torta. Mors than 100 physicians and scientists. Were P"n at the sessions which will contlnus till u..rrtuv Tctically very country of North America Is represented. ti furl Aluhurr. head of tht bu reau f. chemistry of the department - Hi-.,iMr was to alvs a sympo sium this afternoon on the control and Improvement of tht food supply, ttircrn i. itonillfifFX. CASTOO aiiii.iii;nt, n a fvgitive n Associated Press. willnmMt.rtl Curacna. Bept - n.n..rai Aaundi.ti Hodrlrust. a parti . t VnrmmT President Castro of Vcnrxnpln la a fiiKitlve with four fol lowers, st nuetiiiyr, a Dutch Island off ih WneietH-lim roast. Jlodrlguw l..-al..d thi r.'-!'nt rvolutlrtary m' i.,,. t m-Hiim! (lump In the OrU'iiti SLA DISAPPEARED i . . : 1 . 1 1 I CUD BY ACQUITTAL Jerom's Exoneration on Gamb ling Charge Has Sobering Effect on Coaticook People. HOWEVER, POPULAR OPINION IS DIVIDED Magistrate Mulvena Declares the Charge Was Justified Neither by Law Nor by Fact. By Associated Press. Coaticook, Sept. 9 William Travers Jerome, acquitted last night on a charge of gambling, was the chief topic of discussion today among the 3000-old residents of .' Coaticook, though opinion was divided as to the verdict. The scathing remarks of Magistrate Mulvena,' who apologized to Jerome for the Indignity offered him and de clared the charge had been justified by neither law nor fact, had a sober ing, effect, and even those who had been most bitterly opposed to Jerome in his efforts to get Harry K. Thaw back to Matteawan were Inclined -o admit that the court action had cleared the air and straightened out a situation which might -have grown embarrassing. Accompanied by Deputy Attorney- General Franklin Kennedy, Jerome was on his way to Albany, Nl Y., by motor today. He will return to Mon treal by rail on Sunday next prepara tory to Thaw's production Monday be fore the king's bench on a writ of habeas corpus. The arguments on the writ may mark the beginning -of a legal battle of many weeks, and even months duration. Thaw is biding his time patiently In the Immigration nHentiary hr arewtly con tented in the thoughtthat his lawyers arc doing all In their power to block his return' to the asylum. His stenographer sees him every day, but Thaw seems to have dropped his "publicity campaign." The need of spreading sentiment In Vermont, for one thing, 1b not so Immediate as It was a few days ago, and it is under stood that Thaw's lawyers told him he must desist. PORT RECORDS FOUND BY DANE IN FAR Manuscript Left by Explorer at Navy Cliff in 1892 - Found. ' By Associated Press. NpW York, Bept. . flen. Thomas II, Hubbard, president of the Peary Arctic club, made publk today the news of a second return by a Dane of Imnortant records left by Admiral Pearv In the polar regions. The government of ' Denmark, Ihroush Its minister to the United States, has sent to Admiral Peary the record he deposited In cairn at Navy Cliff on the northeast coast of areenland In July. 1892. Twenty years later, on July 22, 1112, the rec ord was recovered by the Danish ex- ulorer. Knud Kasmassen. This Incident Is a duplication of one that occurred In 1910. In January of that year ths Danish minister to the United States transmitted to tne Peary Arctic club Peary's record de Dnslted at the terminus of the sledge Journey around the extreme north of Oreenland. May, 1900, and found anu hrnuirht awav by members of the Denmark expedition In May. 1907. These two records marked the suc cess of two original efforts. One was the first crossing from west to east of Inland Greenland. The other was the first determination of Greenland's northern and northeastern boundary, Pesry left both records where no man's foot had trod beiors Ma own A SENTIMENT AMONG THE STREET CAR MEN AGAINST ARBITRATION rrrxiuVvit Malinn, However. In Ills Re port rHTlarca Tttfr vd It " More Than Any. By Associated Press Bait Lake City, Utah, Bept I. Dels sates to the thirteenth biennial con ventlon hers of ths Amalgamated As. ooltlon of Btreet and Electric Em uloyea of America who fsvor ths aban donment of arbitration as a means of settling their disputes, met with oppo sition when the mattsr tbs taken up t today's session. . , President W. D. Mahon In his re port rscommendod that ths stret rar men kep to arbitration and said tnai they, mors than any other class of workers, needed publlo sentiment with thnm In adjustment of their trouble Thnrs was a strong srntlment how. . v, r, afiinnif m,mm of ths dsL'tfutes CROP Decline in ondition Because of Drought Amounts to 666 Million Bushels, Federal Report. LITTLE HOPE HELD OUT OF RAINFALL Crop Probably Will Be 900 Million Bushels Short as; Compared to Last , Year; By Associated Press. Washington,. Sept. 9. Hot weather and drought., have played havoc with the nation's com crop, causing a loss of 421,000,000 bushels between Aug-j ust 1 and, September 1, according ;.o the government's monthly grain re-j port, issued today. Since the first estimates of the pros pects of corn, this season were made there has been a decline in condition amounting to 666,000,000 bushels and from the prospects indicated by the condition of the crop on September 1 the harvest will be 2,251.000,000 bush els. .'."" - Little relief from the continued heat and drought Is held out by the weath er bureau, which today reported that the week since the crop . report was taken was very generally one of tha warmest ever . known In the corn growing states, that little beneficial rain had fallen and that the severe drought continued very generally, . The September.' crop report of the department of agriculture. Issued at 2:15 D. m.. today announced the fol lowing: I ; ' .'' Corn Condition 5.1 per cent of a normal; indicted yield 22.0 bushels per acre; estimated total proauction i 251,000,000 bushels, as compared with 3.125.000,000 bushelB last year, Spring wheat Condition 75.3. Yield 13.0. Production 1 3, 000,000 as com pare'3'iWlth 330,000,000 bushels 'last year. ' si Oats condition 74.0. Yield 27.8. Production 1,006,000,000, compared with 1,418.000,000 bushels last year. SOUTHERN AND COAST LINE HAH'AEREEMENT Col. Waters Testifies Roads Meant to Apportion Cape Fear Between Them. Special to The Gazette-News. Raleigh. Sept. 9. That the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad company and the Southern Railway company had de termined to buy the old Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley railroad, running from Wilmington to Mount Airy, two or three years before the sale, and that they Intended to apportion it between them was the frnnk Statement of Col. Harry Walters, chairman of the board of directors of the Atlantic Coast line. before the corporation commission In the first of several hearings looking to a suit to make these roads surrender this property. So pleased was tne state with the situation that A. L. P.rnoks of Urecnsboro, attorney for the commission, declared after ad journment that he had not even u pected as much as was admitted INCH ths stand. He said he believed tnata vote of 38 to 12. Senators Ransdell the property, which coBt the two roads little or nothing, would be turned back to the state. The state will contend that such a purchase violated the common law of the state, the policy of the state and the Sherman anti-trust law, . and. It will start a suit to compel the two roads to dismember and turn the old Cape Fear over to the oclglnal owner. SAY WHITE WIFE SLEW RICH CHINAMAN . By Associated Press. Chicago, Bept. . Mrs. Alice Davis Sing, white widow ef Charles Sing, wealthy Chinese merchant who was found slain In his home several day ago. today formally was booked on a charge of murder. She Is held with out hall. The complainant Is Frank Blng Lows, a brother of the murdered man. Tha woman was questioned for hours by the police, but declined to spesk of the crime except to assert her Innocence. H. B. BARNES REQUIRED TO GIVE $2500 BOND ' Deputy Sheriff H. B. Barnes, who shot and killed T. B. Curry Sunday nlht. at Bandy Bottom, has been re quired to give bond In the sum of 13500 for his appearance In tne S"P rlor court of Madison county, accord Ins to Information recelve.1 here to day.. It Is reported that Barnes was trying to arrest Curry, when the kill Ins occurred, and that he shot after Curry, who had Just seriously wound ed s man named Kuykendall with i , rnnor, had. started at the officer wlih the same weapon. FIVE I TIFF, 4 PI Argument for Vote on Bill Reached, After 16 Hours' . Session, at 2 This Morning. EXODUS OF SENATORS CONFIDENTLY EXPECTED Little Business Will Be Trans acted until Demands Are Made to Consider Cur rency. By Associated Press. Washington, Sept. 9. The final vote I on the tariff bill will be taken in the senate at 4 o'clock this afternoonin accordance with an agrement reache before the senate adjourned shortly before 2 o'clock this morning after a 16 hours' session in which many Im portant features, including free wool I and free sugar, were disposed of. Senators who had remained In the chamber until adjournment returned deliberations. The income tax. ;ho cotton schedule and several other amendments remained to be discussed, An exodus of senators was confi dently expected soon "ter the final vote, many Indicating mat night that they would leave for their homes or vacation resting places as soon as pos sible. Senator Simmons, In urging the hour of 4 o'clock for a vote, asserted It was Imperative that one democrat, who wished to vote for the bill, would leave town on a train at 5 o'clock. The tariff bill has been In the aenaae exactly four months and two days, having been sent over from the house May 8 last. During the lull In the senate V9r, little business will be transacted, as a quorum is not expected until demands are made .fn - cnpslderatinn of the currency measure. This In all proba bility will not come from committee for many weeks. In the meantime the senate probably will meet and adjourn every three days. Changes Made In Bill, The principal changes made in the bill by the senate concern the free list and the Income tax. House leaders believe tha senate changes would re duce the revenue the new duties were estimated to produce, and they hope In conference to get senate leaders to agree to restore some of the house provisions. The senate reduced the minimum to which the Income tax will apply from $4000 to S3000 and Increased the rates on the larger Incomes over the house provisions. Countervailing duties on some manufactured commo dies were imposed by the senate to meet the free listing of raw mater ials. The countervailing duty on wood pulp was eliminated. The free wool and free sugar provisions around which the pectacular features of the tar Iff fight ranged, were unchanged by the senate. The Income tax is ex pected to make up the loss of reve nue on sugar. The bill has been in congress more than five months, and It probably will be nearly six months old before President Wilson signs It. House and Senate leaders believe It will be two weeks or more before the disputed j points are agreed upon and accepted Dy both houses. Rjiiuaiim Tlntv WaiiiiM. Republican failed In their effort to nave tne uemocrats rweue irom me proposed new duty on bananas of one tenth of one cent a pound, the demo- onicrutlc majority approving the duty by and Thornton voted with the republi can! against the duty. Senator Brlstow denounced the democratic proposal for the free ad- mission of meats as "an Iniquity," saying free meat would discourage the farmer from raising catle. He proposed a IS per cent duty. The! amendment went down to defeat, 38 to 32. SECRETARY DANIELS WRITING PRESIDENT WILSON'S BIOGRAPHY By Associated Press, Wn.hlmrtnn Rnt lPmlil.nl wii.'. nr. hirfnrv i-f.nnv . almost Imperial power, Is to be the theme of a book which Secretary Dan - iels Is now writing In the time he Is nn Atr.nr. th. -.v.m.nt. nf h floating fortresses of the United States navy. The manuscript. It developed today. Is nearly completed and It will be an Intimate biography of the presl- dent. Arrangements are said to have been made already with an eastern! snouid receive tne appointment: ana nuhllshlna- hous to bring out the book. AVIATOR KILLED M hJnn of Dr. Rlngnr, Gorman, Col- Uuwrd and Fell from Height of 600 . By Associated Press, Berlin. Bept. , Dr. Rlnge, a Ger man aviator, was killed today while compi ling for a distance prise. The airman ascended from the avia tion field at Johannlsthal early this morning. After flying a few miles his machine suddenly collapned and to ths ground from a height of (00 feet. MAINE VOTING MUCH DISCUSSED DETECTIVES IKE! PROGRESS IN N Y. MURDER MYSTERY Pillow Case in Which Part of Body Was Found Bought By Middle Aged Woman. By Associated Press. New York, Sept. 9. Detectives day followed the trail of the murflerer who skilfully cut up his victim and sunk her body in the Hudson river less than 10 days ago to the lltttle,0' second-hand store of George Sachs on 1 the upper west side. There was sold the pillow with the fancy red and blue ' ticking in which a portion of the slain girl's body was found. A middle-aged woman, stout and poorly dressed, bought it last April. The hunt narrowed today to a -,,.. for thiB middle-aited woman, " "c,e "c """" questions a swarm of detectives set themselves to answer. The pillow was traced directly to her, because the manufacturers had made but a dozen of its kind, had sold that dozen to Sachs, and Sachs had told but .two. . One of these was accounted for, the other went to the woman sought by detectives. The 10 remaining pillows lie on Sachs' shelves. The river had yielded this morning no further memners or tne vicum s body and Identification was still guess- work- Until the head Is found, or the woman who bought the pillow, identl- ncwion proimmy wm u ,u..u. , have come by the dozen to the district attorney's office since the murder was revealed. ' There were. two. instances, however, In which 'detectives were In terested above all others. ' One was the-case, of Ella Stetne matin, missing a year, whose father Is the avthor of several incoherent let ters sent to the morgue keeper and the. district attorneys Sternemann iiimseif has disappeared' and is sought to tell more of his conviction that the U'"'" Sirl was his daughter. The other case is that of Jeanette Norman, a vuudevllle actress, who was employed at a local amusement park. She disappeared on August SI. That is the date of the newspaper wrapped about the second portion of the torso, Indications that the slain girl was an actress have caused the police to In stitute a general search for Miss Nor man. All yesterday's autopsy seemed to show was that the young woman had been cut to pieces while ,yet alive. It would not be determined whether she was conscious at the time she was as saulted It1 seemed certain, however, that no drugs had been used. Says He Is Not Aspirant and Never Has Been; Has No Endorsement.s When the attention of Charles A Webb, chairman of the democratic state executive committee, was today I railed to the articles appearlnT in the I various state papers In reference to the reported efforts of some of his friends to have him appointed marshal for the western district of North CarO' Una, he said: "I am not an aspirant or applicant for marshal and never have been have never secured any -endorsements for that position, nor have I attempt ed to; ana no one nas naa any aumor ujr lu mKur" . ,u" .7 " ,.u .V . n" vimh.bvim.ii w.vm l.-i I appointment I am an applicant for 'h appointment of district attorney 1 ",r, -"" "" 7""" "1 '- m "ot only entitled to lappolntment because of my party ser- vices, but because of the precedents in me mnj m..u., "d that theoverwhelmlng majority of th" lawyers In the district and of the rank and file of democracy think that neiieve mat 1 win ue appoinie.i 30 HURT IN WRECK OF ST. LOUIS FLYER By Associated Press. Richmond, Ind., Bept l.Blx coaches, the engine and tender were ditched In the wreck of the Bt. Louti flyer on the Pennsylvania railroad WEBB NOT S FOR IRSUIP when Jt struck a raised rail at Wylle station, 13 miles from .here, at l:4t o'clock today. In one Pullman and a day coach perhaps 30 persons were Injured, those In the day coach being mostly ni-groes. The flrwnmn i the only white person seriously hurt. Doremus, Bryan and Daniels Declare the Third Maine Result Shows Demo cratic Gain. '. NO REBUKE FOR THE PRESIDENT'S POLICY 'Remarkably Good Showing" Says Secretary Bryan Al though He Admits Disappointment. By Associated Press, " Washington, Sept. 9. Representa tive Doremus of Michigan, chairman the democratic congressional cam- Paign committee, was an early White House caller today and analyzed the results of the election in the third Maine congressional district yesterday, in which John A. Peters, republican, was elected, as a distinct democratic gain. Mr. Doremus pointed out that William A. Pettangall, the democratic candidate, polled a greater vote than did President Wilson in the same dis trict last fall, v " "It is a district that has always been republican, having elected a dem ocrat only once since the civil war," he said. "The results show that the democrats more than held their own. This is highly gratifying, especially In an off-year election." . Secretary Bryan attributed the re sult to the return of a large number of progressives to the republican par ty. He issued this statement: "The Maine election, while disap pointing In the failure to elect our 1 democratic candidate, who is a very : able and progressive democrat is not at all discouraging when we consider the figures. lt 'The democratic candidate received within about a hundred of the vote Cast 'for" the president last fait This is a remarkably good showing whea. we consider that It was a special elec tion. . . 'The republican Victory was due primarily to the return of a large number of progressives to the repub lican party. 'At least the republican vote gains something over 6000 and the progressives lost that much as compared with the returns last fall. The democratic candidate, Mr. Pet tangall, In an interview, this morning. refers to some defections In the party. There were two or three local influ ences which tended to reduce our vote, hut all things considered It seems to me tha,t the democratic vote was as large as could be reasonably expected and the result certainly cannot be con strued as disapproving of the presi dent's administration policy." "If any one had told me 10 years ago, said Secretary Daniels, as he left the White House today, "that we were going to come within 600 votes of electing a democrat In the republican state of Maine, I would have said he was a dreamer. "It is significant that In this old Blaine district where the duties have been reduced on a -great many articles of the tariff particularly affecting It nnd where republican attacks have declared industries would be ruined, the democrats polled an even larger vote than they did In the presidential election. "Had It not been for democratic de fection as a result of the bitter pri mary light we might have obtained the few vott-s necessary to tvln." Republicans Also Pleased. Party leaders of republican and pro gressive faith also professed to see encouragement In the result Repute llian leaders Insisted the victory amounts to a repudiation of the dem ocratic tariff bill. WALLACE RAY FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER Jury Returns Verdict Against Man Charged With Khnntlng Grrety llcnslcy In Madison. Special to The Qasette-News. Marshall, Sept. t. The Jury In the case of Wallace Ray, charged with the murder of Greely Hensley, has returned a Verdict finding the defend ant guilty and he Is now confined tn the county Jail awaiting sentence. This was probably the hardest fought cas ever trli d In Madison county. The array of counsel nn both sides was both large and brilliant and the arguments are said ' to have been among the very best ever made here. Solicitor R. R. Reynolds was assisted by Quy W. Roberts of the local bar, while the defense was represented hv Congressman J. M. Clu cigar. Jr., sn.I P. A. McKlroy of this city. Iogn Franklin, Indicted as an accessory, was reprsented by Thomas 8. Rollins of Ashevllle. As the slate did not ask a verdict against Franklin, Judge Carter ordered the Jury to return a verdict finding him not guilty. HOY WHO KlM.i:i FATHF.lt . FOUND TO BK JUKTIFIKD" By Associated Press. Chicago, Bept i. A coroner's Jury today exonerated Nicholas Kulkema. 17 years old, who shot and killed his father In defense of his mother. The boy's mother testified thst her hus band was dragging h-r by ths linlr when ths hol was tired. Th J'iry found the son "Jontin.-d" In sir.i.lr.g tisi father to protect his ini.il .r. ;i, .,,i,i ar l.iiiMtion. I
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