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V. A Weather To-day afZHBE OF THE ASSOCIATED FRESH T)m AMocuted Praia is axcinalvaly antitlad ta tha in for publication of all aawa dlptchw eradilad to H or not otharwiaa eraditad In thU pjw and aha tlM local nw publiahad. THE SALISBURY EVEN. INQ POST la a mambar of Tha Aaaociatad Proa a ad C "' "" i IP" f "V r J , FAIR TONIGHT; SATURDAY ; UNSETTLED; PROBABLY RAIN (U lha artarnooa raporta. sic VOL. 16. NO. 21. dImoIrobbery CASE PLACED IN Defendant Brown and Wife Underwent Terri ; ble Cross Fire of Ques tions Yesterday. "What la your name?" asked Solicitor Flayden Clement of R. R. Brown, male defendant in the dia mond robbery case, yesterday af ternoon when he was turned oTer ' to the prosecution by his attorneys. "Richard Russel Brown," answer ed the prisoner. "Is It Richard Russell Brown or Taul Wright?" asked the solicitor, and the defendant repeated that it was Richard Russell Brown. Then the next question fired at the defendant took the pep out of him and knocked him off his feet as it were, and placed him at the 'mercy of the prosecution. It came from the solicitor in a distinct but slowly spoken voice and was: "Well, Richard Russell Brown, will you tell the Jury what you did with those diamonds?" The Brown began tb squirm in the) witness seat, his face reddened and he hesitated. "Well, come on out with it. Wfiat did you do with those dia mons " repeated Mr. Clement. Aftervadingvthe question and hesitating .'Judge Bryson ordered him U answer the question and he finally said ft'e liad bidden them in the ground at tine corner of the school house and after much effort he designated a certain corner, saying he had buried them about a foot and a half deep. Sheriff Krider was instructed to proceed at once to the spot and make an investigation but no signs of any thing having been buried about the building could be found, not even .signs of any digging have been go ing oni This was no surprise to those who have been keeping up with the case for none believed Brown was telling the truth.; The officers have a suspicion as to what disposition has been made of the diamonds but thai is another ques , tion.. , v , , The evidence was completed this morning, shortly after . court con vened and the attorneys at once .began r ddressing tho jury. John Bosby opened for the prosecution nnd will be followed by Chas. Cog gins for the defense after which R. Lee Wrights speaks for Brown and his wife and SolkHtor Clement closes for the state. Tbe jury will get the case some' time during the afternoon. . Numbers of witnesses were in troduced,' some of, these character witnesses, but the star witnesses in the case were the 7erris wo man, who alleges to have . been robbed, and the defendants Brown and wife. A motion made yester- day afternoon and renewed this morning to dismiss , the case against Mrs. Brown was overruled by the court and sho remains a de fendant in the case until the ver dict is in..:; ;,.:'; V a Mrs.. Brown made a fairly good witness but she failed to make some things tally and seemed sur prised when the prosecution show ed that it had trailed the travels of she and her husband to numer ous cities and towns and to vari ous hotels in these towns '. and cities, and recalled instances where Brown had had trouble before. She underwent a veritable fire of questions from the 'prosecution and apneared much relieved when stood aside. ; ' ' v :', ': ':' . Brown underwent the most rigid criss examination of any of the witnesses and told his story of his acquaintance with the Ferris wo man, of their intimate relations un known to his wife, of how he went wjth her on an automobile ride one night in her car. how he got drunk and Bhe stole $365 from him ; as he contended. He followed this tip with other instances and his ef forts to have her pay the money back and finally of the trip to Spencer and said that when he reached the school grounds he told her he was not a single man and wanted his ; monev back : and of how she voluntarily removed the rings from her fingers and gave them to him as security for the money'he said she had stolen from ! him.. Then he gave his version of why he and his wife met shortly afterward near the school houses of his reason for secreting the dia monds, of his flight the next day, explained in his way why he had on a pair of overalls when arrested on a; train at Thomasville, and en deavored to show how he made a living. Then Solicitor Slement propound ed question after 'question to him which must have caused him to be lieve that the solicitor had "been right on his heels in his travels for the past . several years. He was trailed from Richmond to Wil mington, to Spartanburg,'-Fayette-ville, Raleigh, Asheville, Durham, Salisbury, ,' and numerous : other places, to hotels and cafes.- and given a barricade ot rapid fire questioning that showed that it was, embarrassing him, althoueh he appears to be a man of intelli gence. ''iK.vv':';''-'.:: The court room waj packed again yesterday afternoon and there has HANDS THE JURY COLDEST OP THE '':'' ;. wivtf.h rrtMlKO ' (By Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 18 The coldest weather of the winter probably may be expected over much of the country east of the Rockyi Mountairut during the1 next week, the iweather bureau announced today, In a special bulletin. . The cold weather will extend southward over the gulf states and the south Atlantic states carrying freezing temperature to the coast thin week," the bulletin said. a a . Mary and Dick Williams Being Tried for Killing 1 Their Neighboy --Shot Thru Wall, f Morganton, Feb. 18. When Burke county court adjourned yes terday afternoon the taking of evi dence in the case of Mary and Dick Williams, charged with the murder last month of their neighbor, Pink Brittain, all residents of the sec tion just at the foot of the South mountains, had been almost com pleted but it is thought that it will take the greater part of the day tomorrow to complete the case. The selection of the jury, for which a special venire of 78 had been summoned, occupied several hours this morning but a good part of the state's evidence was in be-' fore noon. . Officers who visited the scene of the tragedy the night that Brit tain was killed were the first to take the stand. Deputies Ward and Scott told of being notified of the killing, of go ing to the Williams home where they found in front of the door the body of Pink Brittain, of seeing the light in the house burning but the ocupants gone. At the home of Mike Branch, a brother-in-law of Williams, they found ' Dick and Mary, whom they arrested and brought to jail. When the state Tested this after neon the motion of nonsuit as to Mary Williams -was sustained by Judge Lane, as was also tho motion for overruling the count of first degree murder against Dick Wil liams, who was the first to take the stand in his own defense. On the testimony of Ed Brittain, son of the dead man, the state re lied for its leading points. On their way home from cutting wood with Dug Mitchell .he and his father stopped at the Williams home, he said, to get liquor. He knocked on the door told his business, heard the Williams within and was turn ing to leave when a bullet crashed thru the wall and his father, who was standing in the yard, fell ex claiming "Ed I'm shot." ; ; ; Mary Williams following her husband on the stand when the defense had opened its case, told a story that coincided in its orinci nal details with that told by the defendant. They did not know that Pink Brittain, who thev maintained was their friend, was in the party, having heard only Ed Brittain and Dug Mitchell. Both said that Ed Brittain threatened to force an en trance and since they knew that Dug Mitchell was their enemy Dick shot thru the wall to scare them away.. Their, contention is that they feared personal violence and that Dick was defending himself and' his home when he shot. Several eases for retailing are on the present docket against the, Williams. . ALIEN ACTED ON OWN INITIATIVE (B Tha AnaocUtcd Pi-cm) Paris, Feb. 18. Maj. Gen, Hugh T. Allen's apology to Germany re garding the attempt of two alleged agents of the United States depart ment of justice to arrest Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, wealthy draft evader, at Eberbach in January, was made upon his own initiative and was not ordered by Washing ton, says a Coblenz disnatch to the Paris edition of the Chicago Tri bune. The message quoted an un named author for the statement. Gen. Allen is commander of the American troops in the Coblenz oc cupation area. ' A CRUEL WORLD UNTIL Finance Minister of Hungary Finds Millions in Gems. Budapest, Hungary. Feb: 18. Finance Minister Hegedus has dis covered vast quantities of precious stones in an old iron trunk depos ited unknown years ago in the Treasury Building. The minister was searching the treasury yesterday in the hope of finding relief for the treasury's embarrassed state and saw tho trunk which he had believed to contain , papers. When it was broken open . thousands of opals and other precious stones appeared the value of which is estimated at 200,000,000 crowns. ; been a large crowd present today to hear the final wind up of the evidence and the argument of coun- I ML . ' ' MURDER TRIAL IN BURKE COUNTY CARUSO IS BETTER BUT VERY ILL YET Passed a Very Good Day and Took Nourishment During , the. Night - Danger Not Past. v.. B Tha Aawwlatod Praia) New York,' Feb 18.-flenrico Caruso passed a good night and his condition shows a distinct im provement, -said an official bulle tin from his bedside at noon. The bulletin was signed by the five physicians who have attended the tenor since he was stricken with a heart attack following pleurisy. "Kumors that it was considered an operation ought to be perform ed were based on false inf orma mation," the bulletin said. New York, Feb. 18 Reassuring reports were brought from the bed side of Enrico Caruso early today. A fairly restful night was passed by the famous singer whose illness is watched with anxiety by music lovers thruout the world. Caruso's fever was somewhat re duced and in this respect is decid edly better and was able to take liquid nourishment during the night. This sarved to brighten him and induced temporary periods of slumber.; . ... .v . . The last official bulletin from the physicians attending him was issued shortly before midnight and was to the effect that the tenor passed a comfortable day. Unffi cial announcements from those who came from his bedside and from friends who visited the singer's apartments wer apparently more optimistic than the cautious public statement by the medical men. Despite these' reports that seem to portend the singer's recovery it is still admitted that he ia gravely ill and not yet out of the crisis. TRANS-CONTINENTAL FLIGHT IS OFF (Br Tb Aaaoriatcd Praaa) El, Paso, Feb. 18, Lieut. Pier son, the army aviator who was lost for six days in the baren borderland along the internation al boundary, announced that his transcontinental flight from Flori da to Calicomia on February 22 has been cancelled by an order re ceived today, from Brigadier-Gsn-eral Craig1, commandant of Camp Jones, at -Douglas, Arizona. WOULD HOLD UP THE S. C. RAIL RATES . (Br Tha AaaocUte' Praaa) - Columbia. S. C. Feb. 18.-- torney General Wolfe and former assistant attorney general Morris Lumpkin will go to Charleston to night to seek an injunction before Judge Smith of the eastern district of federal court ito restrain the railroads , in South Carolina put ting Into effect the new state pas senger fane of 3.8 cents per mile as ordered hv the irvfxrifaA mm. merce commission, v . The attorney general and Mr. Lumpkin will seek to appear be fore Judge Smith Saturday in an effort to obtain an injunction. LANDIS IMPEACHMENT WAS NOT UNEXPECTED New York, Feb. 18. "We were expecting it. It was bound to come," John A. Heydler, president of the National League, said with regard to the ; move to impeach Judge K. M. Landis. : Heydler was the first to sponsor Judge Landis as the supreme head for baseball and he almost wreck ed . the major; leagues - before he was able to get s - the American League behind the jurist Prominent baseball men here re fused to comment on the case, say ing the motives behind the asault on the barrister are so obvious that no explanation is needed. - "Politics pure and simple, that's all there is to it," Heydler sair. Before he acepted the baseball job,' Landis conferred with legal friends and department officials and he decided it would not be il legal for him to hold both positions However, he told the club owners that if the amount of business ever became too great he would give up the place on the bench. , LADY COP CATCHES BANDITS Heads Posee Which Takes Two of Four Who Robbed Crap Game Benton, HI., -Feb. , 18 Miss Lissle Overturff, Chief of Police at Buckner, near here, this afternoon arrested two of four armed bandits what, held up a crap game and ob tained $700 after wounding John Hall, a bystander. ; 1 . Miss Overturff organized a posse that pursued the quarry several miles into the country. Two of the bandits attempted to hide in a held but ' the posse surrounded them and Miss Overturff disarmed them in. ' " -' ' COTTON MILL MAN DEAD. ID. Tha AMwiatad fill Winston-Salem, Feb. 18-JW. C Ruffin 55. a widely known cotton mill man, died at his home early today following aa operation for appendicitis. He was secretary and treasurer of the Washington mills at Fries, VA., and the Mayo mills at Mayodan, N. C. he was a son of the lata Thomas fiuCn SALISBURY, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1M921 OPPOSITION TO PUNISHMENT OF THE JAPANESE SENTRY EXPRESSED ' (By Associated Press.) TOKIO, Feb. 18. Punishment of the Japanese sentry who shot and killed Lieutenant .Langdon, of the United States Cruiser, Albany, at Vladivostok, late in December was opposed in a resolution intro duced in the Japanese diet today by a member of the opposition party. The resolution declared the action of the sentry justifiable and that any punishment vis ited upon him would militate against discipline in the Japanese army. . - A regiment of former soldiers near Yokohama has adopted a resolution opposing punishment of the sen try. Officers especially, those of the junior grade, are going to Manchuria to plan a move to arouse public ODimon it is sai Foreign Policy of Next Administration Passed in Final Review at St. Augustine. (Bf Tha Aaaottad Praaa) St. Augustine, Fla., Feb. 18. specific steps in initiating the for eign policy of the next adminis tration will be passed in final re view late today at a conference be tween President-elect Harding and Gharles Evans Hughes, of New York, who is expected to be the next secretary of state. .Amnno t)iA mrnhlems to be dis- cussed at the conference is the sec tion of Mr. Harding's inaugural aa dre&s which he will devote to a plan tnr an aaanplatinn of nations. The address is expected to make only a general reference to tne pian out Mr. Harding desires to have Mr. HnchAa' advice before framing the exact language of the section. Dip lomatic aDDointments will also be considered altho it is believed Mr. Harding will reserve final judgment for most of tne important diplo matic selections until after his in auguration. , ; THIRD READING FOR TICK ERADICATION i. mi - Br MAX ABERNBTHT) Raleigh, - Feb. 18. The senate today passed on its third reading the statewide tick eradication bill, while the house at the same time was voting on the Martin measure placing 22 ; counties in eastern North Carolina under the. stock law. The vote on the stock law was not taken until 1)40 and after various amendments had been voted down. One of these was offered by Hill, of Dunlin county, to make the pro visions of the law statewide and developed aa east versus west Aght, the westerners winning, and the amendment was defeated by a vote of 70 to , ELECTION CONTEST DRAGGING ALONG " " (Bjr Tba Aaaoclatol Praia) Stfttesville. Feb. 18j The fifth day of the - Campbell-Doughton contest iiearing is in progress but the nines of testimony are the same as it has been from the be ginning. "T"-V " Regiatrars are being examined and cross examined as to registra tion for the general election of November Z, 19Z0, in the country precincts of the' country. The na ture of. the testimony does not vary. " . ii i ii : iV.' ,;-. KIWANIS WEEKLY MEETING. Held in the Empire Hotel and Plans for Work. The regular ' weekly meeting of the Kiwands club was held at the Empire hotel today with C. I. Jones presiding. ' President Jones announced that Scott Blanton, of the Charlotte club would be here for the meeting next week and would bring his stunt committee here for the following week. Sug gestions were made arid read from each member of the club as to how to increase the interest m the meeting and carry out something worth-while for. the city. . Mayor Strachan and L. A. Swieegood of fered some valuable suggestions in connection with state matters. A quarette consisting of George Ellis. John Webb, Marvin Snider and E. W. Tatum sang several songs. The luncheon was served by the ladies of the First Metho dist church. JUDGE ACQUITTED. Bv The Aaaoriatcd Fran) Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 18. Judge William H. McGannon was acquit ed of second degree murder charge in connection with the,-death of Harold C. Agy by a jury of three women and nine men. - Evans Joins N. Y. Nationals . (By Tha Anoeiatcd Praaa) New York .Feb. 18 The New York Nationals announced today an addition to the squad of C. Ray mond (Evans, a right handed ama teur hurler of Elizabeth City,' who was recommended by one of the Giant scouts. Evans is said to be the possessor of a peculiar yet mys-1 MHES ILDUCE IH ILL 3, ST 10 Testimony, of Former Jus tice created Sensation in Court Where Men are Being Tried. (By Tha Amoclatad Praaa) Williamson, W. Va, Feb. 18 Sid Hatfield, Mattewan chief of police, told Harry Staton, a for mer justice of the peace, that he killed three Baldwin-Felts men in. the pistol and rifle firing of May 1919, Mr. Stanton testified to his in the- circuit court here today where nineteen men including Hat field are charged with implication in the fight. 'Asked who the men were, Mr. Stanton said, they were Albert Felts, Lee Felts and C. B. Sunning ham. The testimony created a sen sation in the court Every one. of the defendants leaned forward and watched the witness closely to hoar what further revelations lie would make. ' ' ' :, ' ' A VIRGINIA NEGRO MUST PAY PENALTY (Br Tha AaaomwaJ Ft an) Richmond, Va., Feb. 18. Wil liam Turner, negro, must hang for the murder of, Ta Morgan Jfoore, torpedo expert on government property at Alexandria, Va., in May, acocrding to a decision of the United States circuit court of appeals handed down here and sustaining ' Turner's conviction ' in the United States district court of Richmond.-, I The date of the execution having passed United States : District Jidge Waddill will have to. pass sentence . again. - The execution will take place in the court house yard of Henrico county court house here and will be Virginia's first le gal handing in years, as the state statute provides for electrocution. V 'COURSE THEY HAD TO HAVE A ROW '. (By Tha Aaaoeiatad Praaa)' Washington, Feb. 18. A fight developed at. the National Wom an's party covention here today over the proposal to pledge the or ganization to work for immediate world disarmament. ' The suggestion was embodied in a minority report from the resolu tions committee as to the future policy of the party. Another Complaint Against Landis Oly Tha Aaandatad Praaa) Washington, Feb. 18. nFormal complaint against United - States Judge Ladis of Chicago, for re marks in the case of an Ottawa, 111., bank clerk charged with em bezzlement, was made in a letter sent the department of justice by Senator Dial, Democrat, of South 'Carolina.;. .::. v . AVIATOR KLOOR UNABLE TO CLEAR UP QUARREL Rockaway, N. Y- Feb. 18. Fur ther light on the qu&rrell between Lieuts. Stephen A. Farrell and Walter Hinton when they reached Mattice,' Out, after their adven turous hallooon flight into Cana da, was sought from Lieut. Louis A. Kloor, their companion, Dy tne board of . inquiry which reconven ed at the Naval Air Station here today. . -' k "No official report was made to me," Lieutenant Kloor said. "I know nothing or it except tnat which was told to me by news paper reporters." After counsel for Lieutenant Farrell . had objected to the way questions were asked . by the Judge Advocate, and legal techni calities had been straightened out. Lieutenant Kloor testified Hinton told him that he and Farrell had an alteration. " The only steps he then took, Kloor said, were to get the two officers together and re store friendship. He said he did not consider tne reported trouble between them serious. - Farrell's counsel again oWeoted on the ground that Kloor could not testify as to what Hinton told him, as Farrell had not been present when the conversation took place. The objection was overruled and the hearing was adjourned until tomorrow. ,' . Premier Lloyd George Sticks to His Opinion That She Comply With Peace Termsl '. (By Tha Ataocistad Praaa) .;' . ' . London, Feb. 18. Lloyd George, grime minister, declared in the ouse of commons today that he stood by his pledge that Germany must pay to the limit of her ca pacity. The prime minister was discussing the German reparation question in answer to Horatia Bot tomley's - arraignment of the government's policy of alleged in eptitude with reference to forc ing Germany to comply with the reparation demands and provisions for the trial of war criminals, and other portions of the - treaty of peace. . . "There is a great difference," continued the premier, "between Germany paying the whole cost of the war and paying to the limit of her capacity." , , . "While the point is as to the limit of Germany's capacity to pay," he said, "the allies have tak en the best advice available nnd summoned the. ablest men1 to be found, on whose advice the present demands were made, and the allies were carrying out the peace terms to the utmost of their power," - WARRANT ISSUED CHILEAN CONSUL , ' ' (By Tha Aaaociatad Praaa) - Norfolk, Va, Feb. 18-Misde-meanor warrants have been issued here for the arrest of Don Ramon Escobar; Chilean consul here, as a result of a party held in the con sulate. Police stationed at an ad joining window observed 'the con duct of women present and arrest ed him after they left the consul te. :." ':- ,', . Escobar claimed diplomatic im munity and was not arrested at the time. Arraigned in court one of the women was fined $50 for a statu tory offense . and the . others are held as state witnesses. - . Escobar to Be Relieved. ' V Washington, Feb. 18. T. Mieto' del Rio of the Chilean bureau of Hnformation-4w York, has been oraerea to norrouc to relieve Don Raymon Eacador, Chilean consul at Hampton Roads, and to invest!, gate charges against him, accord ing to a statement at the Chilean embassy. - . '4 , i , ' ' . r , GUESSING ON THE CENSUS DETAILS Washington, Feb. 17. Within a few days the census bureau will make public figures Showing the normilallnn nf Charnta anrl nttiw North Carolina towns, according to racial divisions, x our correspond ent was able tb secure sufficient facta todav ta enabla him tn maka a fair guess at the forthcoming returns.. : ,.''.. ' 'v v' -i , Here are annrviHmtlv fh r.. suits for Charlotte and Winston-Salem, the largest two cities in the state: .- . - v . r Charlotte White 31,693, negro 14,641. other colored 4 total 46.- 338. , vr... Winston.Kiihtrn.'WfclrA 97 ftiQ negro 20.V35, other colored 11 total 48,895. . ' 1 Recent announcements from the census bureau ahnw that th colored population in- the south is falling off. ' and in tha weir, and north it is growing. ; k A batch of reports, selected at random .indicate a steady decrease in the south and a steady increase in the north and west. Here are some nf tha floniiwa showimr the falling' off or o-mwth of colored population in percenta- agee: Covington, Ky The negro popu lation constituted fi.S .nar nt nf the total in 1920 and 6.4 per cent in Chattanooga, 82. 6against 40.2; Montiromarv Afi.A ont Kft 7A Rlv- mingham 39.3 against 39.4; Roan oke. 18.3 against 22.7; Lynchburg ajs against sz.i; Washington, D. C. 26.1 against 28.5; New Orleans 26.1 against 26.3; Savannah 47.1 against 61.1; Indianapolis 11.0 against 9.3; Youngstown, O., 6.0 and 2.4: Kansas Citv. Ma.. AS tnr tooth years; Detroit 4.2 against 1.2; xopexa e.r against 10.4; St. Louis 9.0 and 6.4; Wheeling, W, Va., 2.9 for both years; Columbus, O., 9.3 against 7.0. '. When the census report is made it will show North Carolina per centages ,and that most of the communities have lost colored peo ple. "Was a Dastardly Crime." , tTha Awociatad Praaa)- ' New York, Fab. 18-The Wall street explosion last September, w hich took a toll of 39 lives and injured nearly 200 people, was "a dastardly crime, intentionally com mitted," In the opinion of the grand jury investigating the djsaster. Dismissing the theory of accident n presentment filed upon its dis charge today Judge Mulqueen in general sessions duly expressed the conviction that "an infernal ma chine had been brought in Wall street in a wmgoir and abandoned." TO SENTENCE MOB LEADER TODAY (By Tha AociW Prma) Wilson, N. C, Feb. 18. H. B. Futrelle, who was found guilty by a Jury in superior court here Wed nesday, charged with being the leader of the mob that stormed the Wayne county jail at Goldsboro December 3rd in an attempt to get possession of three negroes held for the murder of a white man, will be sentenced by Judge Colvcrt at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The verdict of the jury carried a prayer for mercy. General Assembly Now Turning; Attention to Matters of Taxatibn and Appropriations. (By MAX ABERNKTUY) Raleigh. Feb. 18. Legislators of the lower house of the General Assembly having passed the good roads bill are now turning their attention to matters of taxation and appropriations. . This work will be handled large ly by the committees which are already holding night sessions in order to complete their work in time to submit a report to the legislating body within the sixty- day limit. The matter of appro- al and charitable institutions ' is second In- importance only to the road legislation and it is likely ithat much of (the time left of the session will be given over to pro viding adequate funds for North Carolina a charges; ' Recommendations of the State Tax Commission and the governor are being considered by the fin ance committees in mapping out the tax legislation. There wall b some reduction 4n the valuations of property but it does not appear wbm ins ngure wui oe. vov. Rufe Doughton 4s authority for the statement, however, that the com mittee wall recommend .that the 1919 valuations be lowered, v Having spent virtually all week on the ' Dougbton-Connor-Bowie good Toads bill the House , todav finds itself far behind with its lo cal calendar and fasted : work or flight session will be required to get "back to normalcy. " There' are two bills the House must consider within the next week. The first is stock law for Eastern North Carolina and State-wiide tick, era dication. ' w." Both of these measures , wall be threshed out on the floor In gener al debate, the senate having defer red action on stock law and passed me .tics: eradication oul- The House Urst . defeated the latter measure but moved to reconsider. Senator Gallert's bill to author fee pensions for every North Canv hrta ' Confederate ' soldier comes back to the senate for further con sideration as does , the short bal lot bill with a favorable rennrt from the committee. Harry Stubbs' measure for a constitu tional convention to revise the State constitution' i also exnected to consume some time during the next en aays. Tne welfare bill retaining the welfare . work' in North Carolina will also be one of the things the senate has to settle. This bill has already passed the House. RUSSIA FERTILE i FOR I). S. TRADE Wilson Administra t i o n Policy Be Vindicated Says Under Secretary of State Davis. . (By Tha AMoelatcd Praaa) Washington, Feb. 18. The Wil son administration's policy with re gard to Russia will be vindicated when a responsible government is established in that country and will result in America obtaining a vast amount of Russia trade, Un der Secretary Davis of the state department predicted before the house foreign affairs committee to day. Mr. Davis told the committee that two-thirds of Russia did not recognize the Bolsheviki and that only 600,000 Russians were pro fessed communists. Russia and Si beria, Mr. Davis said, are tremen dous potential markets for the Uni ted States, available if this 'coun try does not. pursue a shortsight ed policy that 'would bolster up the Soviet government.. -' n ' . ; "The Russian people are grate ful to the United States and their friendly attitude will be a tremen dous advantage to us when trade possibilities are developed," said Mr. Davis." - .-., . . . Road Rider Fails of Passage Washington, Feb. 18- Efforts to attach as a rdier to the postoffice bill an appropriation of 1 100,000, 000 for road construction failed in the senate today. The motoin to insert the appropriation was lost by a vote of 41 to 3, 9 less than the required two-thirds majority. f.n.f jfLjfifn GOOD ROAD BILL PASSES IN HOUSE PRICE 2 CENTS KILLED SELF ! Tve Got It," Says Woman Spiritists are Stirred a ijy Miiciae rroiessors Adventure. 1 Detroit, Mich., Feb. 18. Tha vnvM tnrliitf owaift 1 avniwtontlx scientific investigation of the start ling adventure in spiritism of Prof. Thnmaa I.vnn RrnHfnrd and Mrs. Ruth Starkweather Doran. Prof. Bradford killed himself at 9 on the nieht of Feb. 5 to make "the great adventure." He hoped to solve for all time the age-old prob- lem of life after death by trying to comunicate from beyond the grave with Mrs. Doran. Now she says that she has received a mes sage from him. rror. itraaiord, one-time atniete and actor, turned in his later life to studying and writing on the oc cult. Finally he published a cu rious advertisement for "someone interested in spiritualistic science." This advertisement was answered by Mrs. Doran, member of one of Detroit's, oldest families. . writer. lecturer and member of the Protes tant Episcopal church. - . The professor and Mrs. Doran home. '.' : . ' Writes Message; Tskes Gas . Shortly afterward Prof. Brad ford's body was found, fully Pressed, in his gas-ifilled room. The unfinished manuscript of a book on which he had been working lay be side his typewriter. One half-written pake was still in the machine. It read: . "and it is thru scientific facts that I propose to demonstrate clearly the phenomena of the spirits, and prove that all the phe nomena are outside the domain of the supernatural." ", i ' A. ' Mrs. Doran, speaking of her final conference with ; ; the , professor, "His last words to 'me, a few hours before his death, were that he would prove to me, in a very simple manner, that the dead can communicate wiin tne living. , "I answered his advertisement thru a simple desire to know more about a thing in which I was little versed. I am not a Spiritualist, nor a believer in the psychic." 'Prof. Bradford, after making all preparations for reporting his ex- Kriences in "the . unknown" ' to rs. Doran, opened the gas jet and started on his great adventure: On Feb. 12, one week later, Mrs. Doran announced she had a vague presentiment that she would hear iiv'h tne piuicaswr mat evening. , - Psychic students thruout the city agreed to concentrate at 9 that evening on, the professor, to "ac celerate the return of his Spirit." Leading spiritualistic pasters urged .l. . .L.t : their congregations to join, in the "concentration party,' Mrs. Doran, with a few friends gathered. in her home, said: "I am not entracin? in this adventure aa a Spiritualist I feel it my duty to do so as a human being. Certainly if Prof. Bradford does, communi cate to the world thru me, a great step toward ' convincing mankind that the dead can talk will he taken. I have never heard spirits talk. out a realize mat ; aoes not mean they cannot ' communicate. ; I am engaging in this with an open ? mind." , At the appointed hour, just a week after Bradford's death, Mrs. Doran was standing in her parlor. Thre witnesses, none of them be lievers in spiritism, were present. Curtains were drawn. One lamp lighted the room dimly. For several moments Mrs. Doran stool silent .starin? at a dark cor ner. Then she said: ' "I feel a strange presence. I believe it to be the spirit of the professor. A wek ago I scoffed at such a thing. I wonder if there are many concentrating their thoughts on tnis now j i wonder " .s ; She placed her hands on her temples and directed, "Turn out the light." This was done. A moment's silence. Then: - "I hear his voice. It is faint, . but it grows more distinct It is the professor. -' "Write this!" Then, in short staccato sentences, in a low voice, she dictated the mes sage. : One of the witnesses wrote as she spoke. Half an hour later she said: "The voice grows weaker." The clock struck 10. The' lights were turned on. Mrs. Doran ap peared flushed. She read the notes she had dictated and placed her signature under them as a testi monial of thei raccuracy. This is the message: , ' , - "I am the professor who speaks to you from the Beyond. I have broken thru the veil The help of the living has greatly assisted me. , ; "I simply went to sleep. I woke trp and at first did not realize that I had passed on. I ifind no rreat change apparent, I expected thinm W VO UIUUI UIUUCIU 4 ,iCJ AID IIU. Human forms are retained in out line but not in the physical. "I have not traveled far... I an stU much in the darkness. I s many persons. The;' trrer rat ' ral. .-.:':; "There is a lf-'--- r' (Continued on jrj t DHSIRaIEA SPIRIT MESSAGE
Salisbury Evening Post (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Feb. 18, 1921, edition 1
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