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14 THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER I, 1921. 1920 HOMICIDES SHOW DECREASE Highest Homicide Rate is Shown by South; Mem phis Has Worst Record. Xew York, Dec. 1. Homicides in the United States during 1920 totalled ap proximately 9,000, a decrease of 500 from the 1919 record, acording to a computation by Frederick L. Hoffman, third vice-president and statistician of the Prudential Life Insurance Com pany of America. The figures, made public last night, through The Spectator, showed Mem phis, Tenn., still in the lead with a killing record of 63.4 persons for every 100,000 population, the safest of 31 cities, for which figures were tabulated, was Rochester, X. Y., where the rate was but 1.3 for every 100,000. In general, the tables showed that Southern states, with large negro pop ulations, had the highest homicide rate, and that the proportion of negroes slain was from three and a half to seven times that of whites. The average was slightly in excess of four to one. Tabulations for the period 1915-1919, grouped geographically, showed the New England states to be most law abiding, so far as homicides was con cerned, with a rate of 2.S for each 100, 000. The Southern group had the high est rate, 10.8. In the Middle Atlantic states, the rate was 5.1: Central states 6.1; Rocky Mountain states 9.4, and Pa cific Coast states 9.2. Of the larger cities, Boston had the lowest rate, 5-1: New York was second with 5.9; the Chicago rate was 10.3; San Francisco, 7.6; Philadelphia 6.2; St. Louis 12.6; and Cleveland 12.5. Meeting Calendar j THURSDAY. 6 p. m. Chamber of Commerce din ner in honor Exposition visitors. 6:30 p. m. First meeting of class in blue print reading, Y. M. C. A. 7 p. m. Charlotte Parent-Teachers' Association, High school. 8 p. m. "Fathers' Night" at Fourth Ward school. HAD TWO HUSBANDS ONLY TO LOSE THEM Boston, Dec. 1. "Victor A. Turin, for ner captain , of Old Imperial Russian Huard and a member of the quondam Russian Military Mission, filed suit here yesterday for divorce from Na jeda "V. Troubetskey, once of Russia and now said to be living in Provi dence, R. I. Captain Turin's suit alleged improper re'ations with Captain Wallace Strait Schutz, to whom she was said to have been married in Washington last year, believing that Captain Turin had been killed in battle before Verdun. Upon Captain Turin's return alive this year, the two husbands met, according to the complaint, and became firm friends. Later the Schutz marriage was annulled. FRIDAY. 12 m. Thompson orphanage guild, St. Peter's Episcopal parish house. 1 p. m. Civitan club luncheon, Cham ber of Commerce. 3 p. m. Presbyterian laymen, Second Presbyterian church. 3:30 p. m. War Mothers, Chambef of Commerce. 3:30 p. m. Eclectic Book club, Mrs. J. Hirshinger, East Eighth street. 3:30 p. m. Dolly Madison Book club, Mrs. M. M. Murphy, North College street. 3:30 p. m. Research Book club, Mrs. J. M. Jamison, Myers Park. 3:30 p. m. Executive committee, Pa-ient-Teachers' Association, Superintend ent's ofiice, city hall. 3:30 p. m. Athenae Book club, Mrs. Margaret Kelly Abernethy, East Boule vard. 4 p. m. Chelidon Book club, Mrs. R. L. Tate, Myers Park. 6:30 p. m. Freshman High School club, Y. W. C. A. 6:30 p. m. Kress club supper, Y. W. C. A. 7 p. m. Eastern suburb Baptists' din ner, Elizabeth school. 7 p. m. Davidson Alumni Associa tion, Ivey's dining room. 7:30 p. m. Newcomers' club, business meeting, Chamber of Commerce. 8 p. m. Lydia Bible Class, Westmin ster Presbyterian .church. NEW INSURANCE FIRM HAS OPENED OFFICES STORY OF MURDER OF KENNEDY TOLD JURY Los Angeles, Calif., Dec. 1. A chron ological story of the aleged murder of I. Belton Kennedy, broker, from the viewpoint of the prosecution, was be gun on the witness stand today at the trial of Arthur C. Burch, charged with the crime. Just how many witnesses would be called to present the story admittedly ne of circumstantitl evidence was not innounced by Thomas Lee Woolwine, district attorney. Braswell & Crichton today make for mal announcement of the opening of insurance offices in the Commercial National Bank building. R. L. Braswell, the senior member of this film, has been a resident of Charlotte for the past seven years, be ing district manager for the Lummus Cotton Gin Company, of Columbus, Ga., with which concern he has been associated for 11 years. W. J. Crichton, Jr., has been a res ident of Charlotte for the major por tion of his life, and for more than six years has been connected with the uoserver printing iouse m various ca pacities, being more recently its city salesman. PLAN MERGER IN STEELJ5USINESS Seven Independents Plan to Merge Into Second Larg est Company. New York, Dec. 1. Reports that a merger of seven or more of the inde pendent steel companies is contempla ted were confirmed in the financial dis trict today. The proposed consolidation will take in all the leading producers and man ufacturers except the Bethlehem Steel Corporation and .the Jones and Laugh lin Company, of Pittsburg. The capitalization of the various com panies concerned fn the proposed con solidation approximates $500,000,000, and their products cover almost every branch of the steel and iron industry. The companies named comprise the Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company; the Republic Iron and Steel Company; Lackawanna Steel Company; Youngs town Sheet and Tube Company; Inland Steel Company; Brier Hill Steel Com pany, and the Steel and Tube Com pany of America. This consolidation, if effected, will be second in importance to the United States Steel Corporation, now the dom inant organization in the industry. The chief executive of one of the largest steel companies operating in the Ohio district today admitted that conferences were in progress looking to consolidating the companies named. Discussions have not proceeded be yond the general terms of the project, it was said. ESCAPED MURDERER IS CAPTURED HERE Fate played a cruel trick tn Ed Wil liams, negro murdered, wanted in Nash ville, Teen., when it directed him to Charlotte and Into the jurisdiction of Detectives Dan Brady and Mack Riley of the Charlotte police force. Williams had served five -years of 35-year sen tence In the Tennessee penitentiary for murder when he esecaped a year or two ago. He has long been sought by the Tennessee authorities but without suc cess. Bradley and Riley and other detec tives have for some days been looking for a strange negro here who was guite a smooth artist at forging checks and had for some unknown reason selected the name of S. S. McNinch, former ma yor of Charlotte and prominent busi ness man, to sign to the fradulent checks. Wednesday afternoon Bradley and Riley were on South Boulevard and picked up a strange negro, depending largely on the unexplainable "hunch" that detectives of experience some time work wonders with. , To make a long story short, the negro was Ed Williams and has proved to be the escaped con vict wanted by the State of Tennessee to comlete 30 more years of his 35-year-sentence for murder. BODY OF YOUNG GIRL IS FOUND One Leg is Found in Base ment and Other .One Block from the Scene. UNDRESS PARADE IS STAGED AS PROTEST STANLEY PERSONAL MATTERS OF INTEREST LEGAL STEPS TO GET GIRL INTO HOSPITAL WILL FIGHT SALES TAX. Washington, Dec. 1. Representative Dickinson, Republican, Iowa, issued a warning last night that the House agri cultural bloc, which he leads, was pre pared to kill any plan for adoption of a sales tax as a means of raising rev enue to pay the soldiers bonus. Asheville, Dec. 1. Legal steps will be taken by the Buncombe county welfare officer today to force the parents of Dolly Owenby, 16, of Azalea, who is suf fering wrom severe burns, to send the girl to a hospital for treatment. Accord- ing to information reaching Welfare Officer Rhymer, the girl is subject to 'attacks of a disease which leaves her unconscious and about a week ago while in that condition she fell into the fire, her lower limbs being severely burned. An attempt to keep it a secret was made by the parents. When the welfare officer went to the home to offer assistance the parents, stating that prayer would relieve the girl, refused to permit her removal to a hospital and permit medical attention. Stanley, Dec. 1. Rev. J. W. Combs, of Lincolnton and G. B. Goodson of G oodsonville, visited Mrs. Frank Rich ards today. Mrs. Richards is very ill and Mr. Combs, who is the preacher or1 the Lincolnton circuit is her pastor. Miss Mary Sherrill, a student at Rutherford College spent Thanksgiving at home with her folks at the Method ist parsonage. Mrs. Henry Summerow is visiting her daughter, Miss Willie, and other relatives at Charlotte for a while. Mrs. E. A. McClurd, while taking a bath, fell and her right shoulder struck the floor first, dislocating the shoulder and causing a secondary frac ture, all of which was very painful, and caused a severe shock to her nervous system. She is under treat ment and getting along very well. Miss Willie Summerrow of Charlotte visited the homefolks over the last week-end. Miss Anne Pea, of the high school, entertains alll the seniors of the school next Friday night. Mrs. J. D. Ballard fell a few days ago and painfully hurt herself. No serious consequences, are feared. The local basketball team will play Belmont next Friday. The team has won each game so rar played. Miss Willie Lou Rutledge spent the week-end at home with her father, Wade Rutledge. She is teaching in Mecklenburg county. Malchai Rhyne, wife and little son went to Charlotte today. Preparations are already being made by the Sunday schools here for Christ mas exercises, trees and treats. Christ nras is already much in the air. Vancouver, B. C, Dec. 1. Three men from the Doukhobor, or Russian non-conformist settlement near Nelson, B. C, discarded all their clothing in a waiting room at the Canadian Pacific Railway station here yesterday and paced off a protesting war dance when they were refused admittance to the United States. They were later arrest ed by Vancouver police for disorderly conduct. United States Immigration Commis sioner Zurbrick had questioned them as to their fitness to proceed on their journey to the State of Washington as prospective settlers. He found their views coincided with the accepted defi nition of "philosophical anarchy" and declined them the hospitality of the Government. ' They are said to have threatened an undress parade in Vancouver by a large number of their fellow Doukho bors in protest against their arrest. SIX ARE KILLED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION REV. CHAS. KINGSLEY GIVES UP PASTORATE mmmtM Who said Kellarr'jt rr Flakes? Oh, goody. Jane, bet we're going to haw KELLOGG'S for our sup. pernen we won't dream l" mot eaye it to the! ffes mdgmmstlike you will! Put a bowl of KELLOGG'S Corn Flakes and a bowl r tST in fr0nt of any yungster! See KEL LOGG S disappear! Try the experiment on yourself! It's great to know the difference in corn flakes the difference between the genuine and the "just-as-goods" ! Kellogg's have a wonderful flavor that would win your favor by itself but when you know that Kellogg all-the-time crispness ! Well they just make you glad. That's the only way to say it' Kellogg's will snap-up kiddie appe tites something wonderful! And, our word for it let the littlest have their ' fill just like Daddy must have his! You'll never know how delicious corn flakes can be until you eat KELLOGG'S I TOASTED CORN FLAKES CORK FXAICES Ab. uto .( KU.0CCS KRUMBLES .d KELLOGG'S BRAN. kJ ..J Alcohol For Radiators 25c the Quart $1.00 the Gallon Duncan &'Roark Oil Co. Service Stations 414 S. Tryon St. and Cor. 7th and McDowell Sts. Rev. Charles Kineslev who has serv ed as pastor of Providence Presbyterian church, this county, for seven years and for more than eight years previous to that holding the pastorate of the Pres byterian church at Pineville has accept ed a call from Cherokee Presbytery, embracing several counties in North Georgia, and will leave next week for his winter home in Florida, where he will engage in evangelistic work until March 1, at which time .he will enter upon his new field of labor, as superin tendent Home Missions and evangelist for that Presbytery. Mr. Kingsley leaves his church church stronger in faith and numbers than at any time in its history of more than 150 years. At a congregational meeting of the church last Sunday, the church reluc tantly accepted Mr. Kingsley's resigna tion, passing most kindly and compli mentary resolutions. Mr. Kingsley will preach his farewell sermon next Sunday. SQUEEZED (ARM OF FIANCEE, KILLED Malina, P. I., Oct. 15. (By Mail) Be cause Moro Mahal udin squeezed the arm of his fiancee, Moro Jumalia, an act believed by the Moros to be forbid den 'by the Koran, Mohammedan sacred scripure, Salahudin, brother of the girl, started out with his bolo to avenge the alleged insult, and when he had finished his work, Mahaludin and three of his relatives were dead. The', murders occurred on Lugos Is land, province of Siasi, in the Sulu ar chipelago a few days ago, according to official advices received here from the commander of constabulary in Siasi. When Salahudin learned of the al leged insult to his sister, he summoned a friend. ( Thev sharpened up their bo los and invaded Mahaludin's household. They slashed right and left with their weapons killing Mahaludin, his sister, Moro Damsa and his wife, the latter two relatives of Mahaludin's. The two murderers are still at large. MANSLAUGHTER CASE OF ARBUCKLE ARGUED San Francisco, Dec. 1. Arguments and possibly further testimony were on the schedule for todav's sessions f tv. Roscie C. Arbuckle manslaughter case. -"c jjiuaecuuon ciosea its re- Dutiai testimony yesterday, It reserved the right to bring in a small amount of additional testimony, if that seemed desirable, as a final effort to link the comedian with the death of Virginia Rappe after a party at the Hotel St. Francis last September. It was agreed that any testimony that might be introduced would be brief and that arguments were limited by stipulation to four hours on each side. 5,000 NEEDLES TRADE WORKERS ON STRIKE Chicago, Dec. 1. Five thousand nee dle trades workers, employed by the Chicago Cloak and Suit Manufacturers' Association, walked out today because of a new system of piecework pay. Officers of the association said no at tempt would be made to re-open the shops at present. ASHEVILLE MAN ARRESTED. TV. L. Bell, white, wanted in Ashe ville for alleged violation of the pro hibition law by transporting liquor for sale, was arrested here Wednesday night by detectives of the Charlotte police force. He is being held to await the arrival of an officer to take him back to Asheville. The man 'is said to have .fled from Asheville in spite of a bond of -$1,000 given for his appearance there to answer the charge against him Portland, Ore., Dec. 1. Six persons were killed in a head-on collision -?a-ly today between the eastbound P Dr tin mi Spokane limited and west-bound Oregon-Washington limited trr.nis of the Oregon-Washington Rahroad and Nav igation Company, two miles east of Celilo. Twenty-two persons w?re injured. Among the dead was A.. II. MeBride, a Marine, who was guarding the mail on one of the trains. The y.hers who were killed included two trainmen and three Oregon passengers. Chicago, Dec. 1. After an all-night search for Margaret Coughlin, three years old, her dismembered body was found today in a wash boiler in the home of Mrs. Ralph Pensis, 52, a neigh bor. Shortly afterward, the body of Mrs. Pensis, her throat slashed with a butcher knife, was founci on the second floor of the Pensis cottage. Police im mediately began a search for Ralph Pensis, the woman's husband. Police, who called at the Pensis home, the last place the child was seen yes terday, found the doors locked this morning and could get no answer. Fin ally they broke tha door down and forced an entrance. In the basement they found the little girl's torso in the wash boiler, sitting on a pile of taper which had been fired, but the tianif.-s had gone out. Several feet away one leg, wrapped in paper, was found in a cardboard box. The other leg was found later a block away from the house. Police found Mrs. Pensis body lying on a bed upstair .s The body was still warm. The police believe she killed herself. Mrs. Pensis told police yesterday that she last saw Margaret Coughlin about 3 o'clock when she came to the house with Josephine Pensis to play. In a lew momoits she complained of pains ner stomacn and ran out of th in house and across the street to her own home. NO TRACE OF POISON IS FOUNDIN STOMACH Columbia, S- C, Dec. 1. Absolutely no trace of poison was to be found in the water of the well from which it was stated several weeks ago that four members of the Lee family at Beldoc, died, according to a report received to day by the State Board of Health from Dr. F. L. Parke, at Charleston, who made a series of analyses of spec imens of the stomach content taken from Mrs. Lee, after her death. The report shows that the water of the well was greatly contaminated. There was a large amount of larvae, but this proved to be mosquitoes. The water was very dirty, and the health authorities have advised relatives of the Lee family to this effect. The deaths are said by the health author ities hfere to have been possibly due to influenza or some other similar dis ease, but could not have been due to a deposit of mineral poison in the well. At the time of the Beldoc tragedy Mrs. Lee and three of her children died. Mr. Lee was taken to Augusta, in a critical condition and his condi tion remains unchanged. DEATHS FUNERALS Gastoriia, Dec. 1. Funeral services over the remains of the late W. C. Abernethy, who passed away Sunday, were held Tuesday afternoon " at 3 o'clock at the First Presbyterian church of which he was a member for a large" number of .years."-A large num ber of relatives and friends gathered to pay their tribute of respect to the memory of the deceased. Mr. Aber nethy was a Confederate veteran and for a long time sheriff of Gaston coun ty and tax collector before he died. GOVERNORSMAO Makes Public Two Lett Til-MIT' J Springfield, Ills., Dec. i n. Small, of Illinois, todnv m. 'i .mo.uy ABDUL BAHAI ABBAS. London, Dec. 1. Abdul Bahai Abbas, leader of the Bahai movement, died at Haifa, Syria, Monday, according to a dispatch to The London Times. GEORGE W. WILLIAMSON. Following an illness of more than a year George W. Williamson, 80, prom inent planter, of the Paw Creek section of the county, died at his home in Pew Creek early Thursday morning. . The funeral services will be conduct ed Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Rev. H. C. Rowan at Paw Creek church of which Mr. Williamson' was a strong member. r Mr. Williamson was a member of Co. "I", 37th North .Carolina Volunteers and served throughout the Civil war with valor and distinction. He always took an active interest in the affairs of the Mecklenburg camp of Confederate veterans and was a frequent visitor at the re-unions of the Wearers of the Im mortal Gray. He is survived- by the following chil dren: Mrs. Thomas Stewart, Charlotte; Reece Williamson, Mount Holly; S. W. Williamson and Miss Lundy William son, Paw Creek. The late Mrs. E. C. Boyette was also a daughter of Mr. Williamson. Fifteen grand children and seven great-grand children also survive. Public of a lettt, PRESIDENT MARTIN TO ATTEND MEETING Letter men of the Davidson College football team, Dr. W. J. Martin, presi dent of the college, and three other members of the faculty will be guests of honor at a dinner given by the local Davidson Alumni Association Friday night at 7 o'clock in Ivey's dining hall. Dr. J. M. Douglas, Profs. A. Curried ana vv. ivi. vvooa are me oiner lacuity members who will be; guests of the Charlotte alumni. JURY COMPOSED OF FARMERS Columbia City, Ind., Dec. 1.; The tak ing of testimony is expected to get un der way today in the trial of Fred Dock er, charged with the murder of Lsroy Lovett, in an alleged insurance plot. The jury, composed of farmers, was se lected late yesterday.,. TO TAKE OVER PREP SCHOOL. Danville, Va., Dec. 1. The Presby terian Synod of Virginia will take over the Danville Military Institute next June and operate it as a preparatory school for Hampden-Sidney College. statement In which he told ictciicu iium kj. xi. ienKlI)s TV nf -PllhUrt Welfnro lretl grand jury corruption and Purp ? tn h art PTrnnsp nf nni;; , . "to r ..icu lQ work to destroy Small anrt 'vine of h colleagues. The corresnrmrt0- c: -i js i . y grana jury oi governor small T ; ont finvurnnp Sterlir.cr r , -i - ''t a ern A "tat.- In his lette to the Governor tp referred to rumors afloat f,.' u time that State's Attorney ym- friends of Governor Small win, tempts to fix the grand jury ?0 it a not return the indictments last publication, Jenkins, according to lott-pr. was informed that ti-..-... . ft; xiiiii m ail oucgeu n tempt tn William n. rRllol Tilvanc . . Dr ' - iut'mhpr i thf e-rand iurv whifh nrnmiv.j .. C. i r. tfld dictments. ae Governor Small madep ublic two l ters said to have been receivpd bv iv rector Jenkins from Evans offerin trade information of a grand .iurv dal for iobs for . himself anrt .. tCaE' damaeinp threatening to make Jenkins' letter to the Governors ed the bribery story "a damnable h the result of a conspiracy lone am" tered into." 88 SUN NEVER SETS ON UNCLE SAM'S CHECKS Washington, Dec. 1. The sun never sets on Uncle Sam's checks to for?! service men, acuraing to a statem issued today by the Veterans' Bur, wiiiUJi onuivcu a. mummy luiai Ot DfJr)' $buu,uuu sent to 8t ainerent forei countries. More money is sent to Italy tb any otner country, tne .Bureau said, ft monthly total being $215,000, while Ir land ranks second, former America.- soiaiers mere receiving 567,000 ; month. Compensation to former sc cuers now residing in uermany total more tnan 'Sd.uuu a month. The checks are forwarded monthlv every part of the world, one going ; tne island ot xanita, nve to Asia Jlino lour to JUgypt, one to .Esthonia, 91 China, 28 to Japan, eight to Trinids and 11 to Jsarbadoes, while nearly ; the South American, European, Afric; and Asiatic states receive payments. V asoline kind of do traveling salesmen buy 9 DRUMMERS who make dozens of calls a day, who drive further every week than most of us do in a month, know a lot about the efficiency and econ omy of different motor fuels. They nearly always ask for "Stan dard" Motor Gasoline. This balanced gasoline gives quick starts, even when the motor has become chilled. It burns up com pletely, doesn't quickly choke the motor with carbon or ruin the lubricating oil with carbon and unburned gasoline. It runs the motor on a lean mixture and gives big mileage per gallon. "Standard" Motor Gasoline leads the procession in all these essen tial qualities. It is the most per fectly balanced motor fuel we know of the result of innumer able tests for economy and effi ciency, perfected refining proc esses and the choice of the most suitable crudes. In cold weather or hot, when it's dry and frosty, wet and muddy or hot and sunny, you'll travel the road more smoothly and get fur ther on a gallon. And with less carbon trouble. You won't have to constantly adjust your car buretor. That's why city and country salesmen use balanced "Standard" Motor Gasoline. You, too, want the best for your money. The best is "Standard" Motor Gasoline. Try it on your, next filling. See how lively and powerful your car is, how prompt ly it starts, how easily it takes hard hills, how far you go on a gallon. One quality wherever you buy it, and for sale everywhere Protect the moving parts of your car. Polarine is the great friction remover. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (New Jersey)