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Live In Durham Trade In Durham Grow With Durham -I "ESSENTIALLY GREATER DURHAM'S HOME NEWSPAPER" THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. FULL I. N. S. LEASED WIRE. DURHAM, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1925. AFTEK 'fQRNlNGS. PRICE FIVE CENTS. iirliii WEATHER VOHTII CAROLINA:" Fair ton . ' ' heavy to klllin frost la central tul west portions; Sunday faJr. Aviv i (Gm1 to 1S; Qlcoj (Gapip - - -J fj I PrizP. Winning Headdress I PRTL 21 ST SET 3T DECLARE STATE FORCED FAIMAN TO CONFESSION Shepherd Defense Springs Sen sational Claim That Faiman Faked Confession to Save His Own Neck. CHARGE STATE HOLDS MURDER OVER HIS HEAD Crowe Stamps Statements as Ridiculous; Examination of Two Bodies Continues. By International News Service. CHICAGO, March 29. The death of an unnamed young wo man, alleged victim of diploma mill surgery was being investi gated here tonight to furnish fresh sensation for the seething cauldron of the McClintock death probe. The woman is said to have- paid with her lite because the untaught kand of "Dr." Charles C. Faiman "Heilded the scalpel In an Illegal peration, and It Is this murder, the defense holds, that was used as a club over Falman's head to bring out his "confession," that he had supplied Wm. D. Shepherd with ' typhoid germs to lnnocula'te William Kelson McClintock, for whose death Bhepherd and Faiman are under In .fiictment for murder. He was prom ised immunity for that crime, at torney William S. Stewart, counsel for Shepherd charged, if he would Implicate Shepherd in McClintock's death. The defense charges were rolced mt a hearing for the re-opening of the motion to admit Shepherd on bail pending his trial and they will be r-told with more startling de. tails, Stewart declared when : the hearing is resumed Tuesday. Stewart also charged that the tate was Intimidating his witnesses. "Interests seeking to keep the Mc Clintock fortune from Shepherd are at the bottom of this work," Stew art declared, but he did not Identi ty the interests, State's attorney Robert E. Crowe, tonight characterized Stewart's charg es as ridiculous. He said state's witnesses were being guarded be cause of death threats. Crowe also said he would InvestU gate the alleged death of the wo man In Falman's school and deter mine whether or not It acutally oc curred and under what conditions. This information, he said, he would have ready for presentation to the court Tuesday. In the' meantime, scientists are continuing their examination of the vital organs of Mrs. Mary McClin tock and Dr. Olson whose bodies were exhumed yesterday. The post morten examination revealed that both were afflicted with heart dis ease,' the cause assigned for their ' death in the death certificates, but this, physicians said, is no Indica tion that that was what they died from. The chemical examination for poisons, it was said, probably, will consume reveral days. Dixieland News By In'crnatlonal News Service. Rain nalts Fires. BROKEN BOW, OkW, March 28. A heavy rain began falling In this section late this afternoon bringing to an end the danger that accom panied the big timber fire that has been raging . th i- past week in the Kiamichi Mountains. Railroad Builder Dies. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., March 28. William J.r Oliver, one of the most widely known manufacturers and railroad builders in the south, died at his home here tonight, following a long illness. , Mr. Oliver was long associated with the Southern railway company In its expansion program through out the south. He built the Louis ville and Nashville railroad line from KnQxvllle to Cartersville, Ga. He was the successful bidder for construction of the Panama Canal, when that undertaking was first thought of by the government. The final decision of the government to build the canal under its own super vision, kept Mr. Oliver from realiz ing his greatest ambition. Tuoiiiasvlllo Man Rilled. THOMAS VILLE, N. C, March 28. Brown . Finch, prominent young business man of. this city, was in stantly killed at a grade crossing near here this morning when his automobile was struck by a fast southern railroad passenger train. Forest City Minister Dies. FOREST CITY. N. CI, March 28, Rev. Columbus M. Teal, prominent Baptist minister, who was charg es at several places in upper South Carolina and Piedmont North . Caro lina, died suddenly today at his home here. He was 6f years of age and had bven in the " ministry for 40 years. He is survived by his wid ow and by several children. Nearly $400,000 Has Been Contributed to' Homeless in Mid-West Tornado Area By International Xews Service 'WASHINGTON, March 28. Generous sympathizers with the thousands of homeless and injured in the mid-western tornado area have contributed nearly $400,000 to relief work through the Ameri can Red Cross, it was announced tonight. - This amount Is exclusive of the $50,000 appropriated by the Red Cross itself for relief work. A total of $3S5,959,53 had been collected up to yesterday it was announced by John Barton Payne; national chairman. II E STATE'S Lexington Lawyer Named to Look into Pardon Requests and Submit Reports to the Governor. By International News Service. RALEIGH, N. C, March 28. II. Hoyle SJnk, prominent lawyer of Lexington, Davidson 'county, today was named state commissoiner of pardons by Governor A. W. McLean, The office -was created by the recent general assembly. ' ' ' The .pardons commissioner does not have the power to grant clem ency to convicted persons" that right remaining vested in the governor. The commissioner will investigate all applications for clemency and make recommendations to the chief execu tive. In announcing the appointm Governor McLean said that Mr, had signified his willingness to cept the position and Is expecte to enter upon his new duties at once LOIS MEREDITH TO SUE COLONEL IAN DENNIST0UN American Movie Actress Cill Allege Breach of Promise. PARIS, March 28. Lois Mere dith tonight was revealed as the American movie , actress who pro poses to sue Colonel Ian Dennlstoun, principal in the famous English case just closed, for breach of prom ise and defamation of. character. Habitutes of the boulevards and of the tea rooms and dinner clubs where fashion congregates, had guessed the identity 'of the American girl who, according to an announce ment mndft hv Tlnrllpv Mnlonft wns I destined to figure in the strange Dennistoun tangle. But what society guessed was not public property. , The American actress who now is connected with one of the princi pals in the most famous case in the British courts since' the war, came to Paris four years ago, ac companied by heft younger sister and lived in a luxurious apartment in an exclusive Avenue near the Bois de Boulogne. She was frequently seen at the Ritz, at Cairo's, and else, where as the companion of Dennis toun, ' Y Slim m PARDON CHIEF BRIEF FLASHES CHATTANODGA, Tenn., March 28. Eight hours of deliberation has brought the Jury considering the fate of Mr. and Mrs. William II. Ben ijett of Rome, Ga., who are' charged with he murder of their aunt, Miss Augusta Hoffman, in 1915, no nearer a verdict than when they took the case early this morning, from every indication at the court house here tonight. " ' ,.J jBESSEMER, Ala., March 28. The fate of Dr. George T. Edwards, Fairfield physician on trial for the murder of his wife, was placed in the hands of the jury shortly bfeore 11 o'clock tonight. WASHINGTON, March 28. The Democratic national committee has countered ttie suit filed against it for $84,200 by the Van Patten adver tising agency of New York by filing a demand for a complete account ing, it was announced here tonight. ' , WASHINGTON, March 28. American motorists will not tolerate any abuse by prohibition officers of the right recently granted them by the Supreme court to stop and search automobiles vyithput warrant, the American automobile association declared today in .a general bulletin addressed to Its members. WASHINGTON. March 28. Congressman John Jacob Rogers, of Massachusetts, one of the Republican 9:05 tonight after a lingering illness. CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 28. Scores of spectators were horrified tonight when Homer Waters, formerly an orchestra leader shot and killed Miss Lillian Tyler, 82, as she Avenue motion picture theatre! This Waters himself fell dead. erj ivuimmuui u.i PLANS OFHEW HOME FOR SUN G. Murray Nelson Preparing Drawings and Specifications for ' Durham Sun Building on ' Main Street. PLAN HANDSOME FRONT OF INDIANA LIMESTONE Building Will Be 50 by 116, Two Stories With Basement on Most Modern Lines, Plans for the new home of The Durham Sun, to be erected upon Main street, are being prepared by G. Murray Nelson, architect, ot Dur ham and Raleigh. The new Sun building will go up or-the two lots recently acquired by The Sun on East Main street, opposite the First Pres byterian church and between the Central Filling Station and the U Drive-It company building. . The two lots give a combined width of B0 feet and the structure will measure 50x116 feet. It will comprise two etorles and basement, providing ample store-room and floor space for a complete and up-to-date j -Mile. Fernando was awarded first prize for the most beautiful coif newspaper plant. ,. t nni 1 r, .),,.. v v, r..cmiVin' inti in Tm-io The front will be of Indiana buff I limestone. The property slopes to the alleyway in the rear and so per mits both delivery and. distribution from that point. This feature, with bifMness offices on the first floor di rectly off Main street, insures one of the most efficient and up-to-date working arrangements in the South. Provision is also beirg made at this time for the addition of more floors as the growth of the enterprise mands and the structural requlr ments are being designed accord!; ly. One of the most co'mpl equipped and thoroughly newspaper plants in this partf the country will bjBsttrriea In tie nei bulldi Southern Po PI 1 -arolina By International Xews Service CHAKLOTTE.bN. C, March 28. Plans for the erectidn of an hydro electric plant capable of generating 60,000 horsepower of electrical ener gy on Rocky Creek in Lancaster County, South Cartlina, we."V an nounced here tonight by W. S. Lee, vice-president of the Southern Pow er company. The plant will cost, ac cording to the announcement, $1,250, 000. This will be the twelfth hydro electric development built by the Southern Power company, which has plants located throughout Piedmont North and South Carolina. Work on the project will be start ed at an early date and will be rush ed to completion, Mr. Lee said. Early completion- of the plant is made necessary, according to Mr. Lee by the growing demand in the Caro- Imas for electrical energy, which now is taxing the capacity of the com panes' other plants in thU section. " ' c ' - A British scientist estimates that 120,000,000 fish live in every square miles of the ocean. leaders of the House, died here at was playing an organ in a Euclid shot was followed by another and . ', ' 4 de, fely maern t Uf x i l II IV- I'll " - .1 fm ' ; v ..' If til . First Wife of James B. Duke Is Seeking to Set Aside His Divorce Granted 18 Years Ago FAYETTEVILLE Robert M. Horsburgh, Defaulting Chamber of Commerce Secre tary, Is Caught in Memphis, Tenn. , By International Xews Service FAYETTEVILLQ, .March 28. Warrants were issued today by di rectors of the Prince Charles Hotel company here charging foj-gery and embezzlement against young Robert M. M. Horsburgh, former secretary of the Fayetteville chamber of com merce and of the hotel corporation who has been missing since January and who, it was learned today, har been located in Memphis, Tenn. Horsburgh was working for the Salvation Army In Memphis under an assumed name, according to Informa tion reaching here. He is now on his way from Mem phis to Asheville with his brother-in-law and Sheriff N. H. McGeachy has communicated with authorities thee to hold him for- Cumberland county o.mcers. The highest clouds in the sky gen erally are, not more than two miles above the surface of the earth. "Hot Stuff" If That Is What "They" Want Holland Holton Offers It To day. See Holton's Column Page One, Section Two, To day. 0 a a a IT IS WORTH READING 0 BRING BACK GUNGf ORGER 'VV' y .to Be Proclaimed His Legal Wife; Duke Married i in 1907 and Has daughter ffl Twelve. By International Xews Service. NEW YORK, March 28. A sensa tional divorce suit of nearly two dec ades ago may be drawn from the for gotten past and one of America's greatest fortunes again involved in litigation if the first Mrs. James B. Duke has her way. Divorced 18 years ago, she today attempts to be declared the legal wife of the tobacco millionaire, on the grounds that the New Jersey di vorce he obtained was not legal be cause ho was not at the time a resi dent of that state. Mrs. Lillian Duke started action in the supreme court here. Eighteen years ago she withdrew an appeal from the decree when Duke paid her, it was reported, $300,000 as a settle ment on a maintenance claim. In 1922 Mrs. Lillian Duke was a witness Against Alfred E. Lindsay, who was shown to have swindled many wom en through an . alleged brokerage house. Her claim against hiin was $375,00?.' Duke recently gave 4u,uuu,uuu w higher education. ' In July, 1907, he married Miss Nannlo Hihrwan. They have a 12-year-old daughter. Jfc Uotosljip Of JDraper Daily Lenten Bible reading and meditation prepared, for Commis sion on.. Evangelism ot Federal Council of Churches ot Christ in America. SCXDAY Saviour's Broad S mpathlcg Read Lk. 14:12-24. Text: 14:13. For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that hum bleth himself shall bo exalted. . MEDITATION Jesus' sympathies were always with those whose needs were vital. This was the guid ing ' principle of his ministry. He taught his followers that they were to give themselves in like service and that tho need of another should be the measure of their giving; that to give service whore no personal gain might come was "to cat bread in the Kingdom of God." 1 ' 'Love may always bo known by its expenditure, ' its self - crucifixions. Love Is always laying down Its life for others. And" this Is the life, the love-life, which the Lord Jesus came to create among tho children of men. It is th gracious purpose to form a spiritual fellowship In which every member will0'be lovingly concerned about his fellow's good. At the foun tain of eternal ltfve we, too, may be come lovers, becoming 'partakers of the divine nature' and filled, with all the fullness of God.' " PRAYER O, Lord, make our hearts ever stronger in friendliness so that our constant prayer shall be for tho resources of love and sympa thy with which to meet. the needs of others. Amen. (Copyright, 1925, F. L. Fugley) Atfemruss Agajl s VPRIL 21ST SET FOR OPENING OF INTENSIVE DRIVE Homer Collfns Has Let Contract for Recovery of Body of His Brother By International Xews Service CAVE CITY, Ky.. "March 28. W. II. Hunter, mining engineer of Central City, Ky., who has sign ed a contract with Homer Collins to recover the body of Floyd Col lins, Sand Cave victim, said here today that he would begin work on tli'e project about April 1. Hunt has received an initial pay ment on the recovery contract from Homer, who is on a country wide theatrical tour raising fund for the work. Hunt has not definitely decided what plan he will use to pierce the 60-foot tomb of Floyd Collins. J. E. AbernathyWho Has Re signed Federal Office, Is Also .Expected to Run from East Durham. From present indications, the race for city council is going to carry plenty or Tjep and enthusiasm, as s;x petitions, have ulieady f'een filed with C. B. Alston, city clerk, and several others ara now belns. propare for presentation, U. was announced yes terday. Those that'; have already filed their petitions are: R. H. Crane, ward six; It. ' T. Umstead, yard two; J. M. Lipscomb, ward four; Y. E. Smith, ward six; Clar ence Ross, ward six, and E. T. Rol lins, ward one. In addition to the three men from East Durham who have already filed their petitions with Clerk Alston, it was learned yesterday that petitions would be filed during the next, day or so for J. E. Abernethy and J. L. Sal ly, also of East Durham. If the last two petitions are filed, . it will give East Durham five candidates in the race, and the citizens of that siction will have to wait until the final elec tion on May 6 to learn who will rep resent them on the city council. (Turn to Page II Please.- BATTLE IS COMING UPON VAN SWERINGEN MERGER I. C. C. Divided Five and Five: Wood- lock May Xot Tnke Part. By International Xews Service. WASHINGTON, March 28. A bit ter and long drawn out fight over the plan of the Van Swerlngen brothers, of Cleveland, and their associates, to merge the Erie, Chesapeake and Ohio, Tere Marquette, Hocking Val ley and Nickel Plate railroads Into a unified system, is In prospect when the Interstate Commerce Commis sion begins hearings , April 15 on the proposed consolidation. Preliminary study has already brought about a division in, the. com mission, five members being favor able.to the plan, while five others are said to be In opposition. This was learned officially today. The eleventh hour member is T. F. Woodlock, of New York, who was given a recess appointment by Presi dent Coolldge sfnd who" will -qualify April 1. There Is some question v hether Woodlock will tako part in the consolidation hearing becau.se of the fact he was a director of the Pere Marquette, one of the roads in volved. FIAPPER FANNY sdys A good actress retnembers her lines; n good dunce r won't let you forget liers,- B. 1. 1TKINS MAY-ENTER IN COUNCIL RACE K im at hia tiHwcc mc j B. M. Watkins to Lead Campaign; Some of Budgets Are Pruned Before Final Adoption by Federation. Y. M. AND Y. W. WILL GET APPROXIMATELY $14,000 Old Ladies' Home on List for $4- 000 and Red Cross for $2,870 of Total. At a meeting held Saturday morning at 11 o'clock in the au ditorium of the purham chamber of commerce, the board of direc tors of the Durham Community . Chest federation, reached an agreement on th amount of -money to be raised during the campaign which begins April 21, and approved the seven budgets representing the seven organ- ' izations composing the organiza tions. It was officially an nounced following the meeting that a total of $60,000 would have to be raised this year fo meet the demands of-the various charitable organizations served by the Community Chest Federa tion. The amount to be raised this year, is $2,500 less than was raised last sear! and it Is expected that the cit izens of Durham will make ready re sponses when the campaign Is offi cially opened on April 21. The cam-; V pa'.gn will continue for three daya,V during- which time It is hoped 'that not only will the goal be reached, but that the fund will go several feet above the top. Out of the seven budgets" submit ted, five were reduced by th,e budget committee, of the federation, it has been learned. The budgets of the Salvation Army and the Red Cross, remained as presented. However, both, budgets were reduced consider ably over last year's budgets befora being presented. While It has not been officially an nounced how much each organization flon would receive from the federa tion, it was learned from a reliable source that the organizations would receive the following amounts: Old Ladies Home, $4,000; Red , Cross, ' about $2,870; Salvation Army, $6. 70; Boy Scouts, $5,000; Travelers Aid. $2,07S; Y. W. C. A., about $14. f.OO; Y. M. C. A., about $14,500; cam paign expenses, $2,500, and losses la collection, $",,500. The budgeta for last year, show the following amounts: Old Ladies' Home. $1,500; Red Cross, $5,740 Salvation Army. $6,934; Travelers' 2H1: Wright Refuge, $6,324 V. 11. C. A., $13.6S2; Y. W. C. A.., $14,1 5Sa; campaign expenses, $2,500, and 1-w-ea in collection, $5,674. The same organizations that participated In the federation last year, will participate ngiln this year, with the exception of the Wright Refuge, which has u-ith. drawn from the chest. However (Turn to Page 11 Please.- Forcign Newslels Uj Internnilonul Newsservice. Two Killed in Riot SOFIA, March 28. A police officer and an anarchist were killed In a free fur-all fight in the' streets when po lice broke tip a radical meeting heia today. A bomb was thrown by an other anarchist who escaped. Rnwlinson Is Dead LONDON, March 2S. Preparations wore made today for the funeral ot General Lord Rawllnson, command, t r-in-chlcf of the British army In India.-who died last night following an operation for appendicitis. " Three Killed When Plane Falls LISBON, March 28. Two aviators and. a newspaper correspondent were dead at Barcarena today from the crash of an escort plane. It was fly ing with Portuguese airmen attempt ing a flight to Portuguese Guinea. Sailor Drowned When Ship Sinks IIOOK-OF-IIOLLAND. March 28. One sailor was,, drowned and other members of the crew were picked up when i ho British steamer Aysgarth pank tod.y In a heavy sea on tho Holland coast oft the mouth of the Maas river. French Students Riot PARIS, March 28. Twelve stu dents were Injured when rioting stu dents clashed today with the police In the Lotjn quarter, the rendezvous cf artists. . I Communists Gain MOSCOW, March 28. Communists gained a heavy victory In the Soviet election returns today showed. They captured 278 scats, while Independ ents took 127.