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CHARLOTTE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1913.
Price: Daily 2c; Sunday 5c
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OrtliiLii I uuivu
WITH IS HEAD GUT
DIED LATER
ic Fo;,!!-i Lving In Pool of Blood
In Hh Office Over Grier Liv
ery Stable 208 West Sixth
qjnv! Shortly Before 7 P. M.
Died at 10 P. M. at St. Pe
ters Hospital.
FOUR WHITE MEN LATER
ARRESTED AND LOCKED UP
Carter Had Wife and Two or
Three Children Home Was
In Sunnyside Discovery of
The Tragedy Was Made by
Irs. Nick Johnson Was
Carpenter by Trade.
c cf tt most cold blooded mur-c-s
In the history of the city, judg
in from the gruesome surroundings,
(burred !a:-t tvening at 208 West
Sixth street, where the body of B. B.
Carter, about 1." yrars of age, and a
ivdeU l)f Sunny side, was found ly
:". in a I-t-ol of his own blood, his
had cut open to the brain four times
with a foot adze. The body was found
in a room over the Grier Feed and
Livery Stable?.
Th? bod" vao in a room which Car
kv had used for as an office for some
months, he being a carpenter and con
tractor. The other rooms on the same
cor the setutid are occupied by
Nici Johnson and family and it was
Mrs. Johnston who heard mysterious
moaning in the room, became alarm
A and notified the police a few min
ites before 7 o'clock. Officers Bradley
ind Russell were sent to answer the
,ai! and when they saw the condition
if things they at once called Chief of
Police .Uuore. When the chief ar
ived on the scene Carter was still
iving. Chief Moore at once had him
i-arried across the street to St. Peter's
jvuital, where he lived until 10
?':iock. Ins. C. M. and William
.Strong operated on iim in an effort to
?ave nis life, but their efforts .were
unavailing.
No one was found in the room with
."artcr. Mrs. Nick Johnston stated to
'.'hkf .Moo:- that she had heard some
hollering in Carter's room as if
n di-tre-s since about 4 o'clock. Fin
'y ?iio decided to investigate and
Hue,; a negro near by to help her
ven ihv door to Carter's office, or
oom. Then she saw what the police
aw later Carter lying in a welter of
lis own blood. She at once gave the
i'.arm by telephone to the police sta
tion. Fcur eMn Locked Up.
Four men were later found by the
police and locked up as suspects. John
McQuay. James Griggs, 3rady McNeils
and Nick Johnston all white men and
ail about middle age. They had, ac
fcrdinz to the information given the
police, been around the place in the
afternoon and had been under the in
fluence of whiskey. Chief Moore stat
ed that con; plaint had been made to
ke police department that liquor was
tens olil by Carter at his office. The
si?n who wpre locked up will be held
VvMz an investigation. Chief Moore
?'ated bsr, night that he believed the
tuiitj party was among the four, who
rp;e found at different places after
'he di:;coverv of the trasedv, and lock
ed un.
Carter has a wife and two or three
chiidrpnn, Iris home being in Sunny
ide. His wife was informed of the
tragedy wiiri came over to St. Peter's
hospital la-t nisht before her husband
bathed ais last.
The circumstances surrounding the
incident and the apparent cold-blood-rdnpss
of the affair was the occasion
"! Ri't'.-h tail-: on the streets last night
a!'cr the !,,( leaked out that a mur
,i,,r ''ad i.t-t-ii (ommitted. One of the
;'lr'P, locked tip as a suspect is the hus
lypd of the. woman who first discover
d 'hp tragedy and notified the police.
n iin'oi maOon sained from those in
'1 itek'hborhood and the apartments
.hip I he iiody was found, the police
oiK't i-fSHu to look for the parties
;nry snsi:H:td as the guilty ones and
n'id :, ih,- colli ui tho nnlipp sta-
iii a '.! t hile.
VALUABLE MAIL STOLEN
FROM TRAIN IN MICHIGAN.
' i-fiid. !nd., Nov. 29. Mail val
' . ''tv-con $::0,000 and $70,000,
1;:" fiisht from an eastbound
i 'nrra! Railroad train near
Mich., was traced to South
1oi )y 0 trace of the thieves
' !ns valuables, however, was
' !i ; iy mail pouch, according to
!'"'t;i! authorities, was found
!,fJ '-:!.. Shore Railroad station
: ! .; v e'ari.v today. The police
1 "':"rd and are assisting ! the
3'u horities.
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REPRESENTED AT FRISCO.
P-in U'b" Bavar5a' Nov. 29. The
J""iatma'l'a''iFiC Exposition at San
vot.:;;: ha found an influential ad
tw .l!ie Bavarian government.
a:fon , tling stated in the Ba
-id t0l r today that tne ministry
(f r' .!"'J a strong argument in favor
tordfT, ' participation and had ac
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h p. .- v. ictJiestuiauons laieiy
if a.'.,.t: . peria5 government in favor
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CURRENCY REFORM
JILL BEP
IAILSDM ii VIEWS
Democratic Senators Deter
mine to Stand By President's
Wishes When Bill Reaches
The Conference Stage Two
Per Cent Bonds Furnish Dif
ficulty. OUTLINE 0FPLAN
NOW AT THE FORE
Every Effort Being Made to
Complete Draft of Measure
Before Regular Session Con
venes Tomorrow Morning
Will Follow Owen Bill Close
ly. '
Washington, Nov. 29. Admitting
that preserving the par value of the
two per;, cent bonds or the government,
on which national banks issue their
currency, was the greatest task facing
it in planning currency reform, the
senate currency conference devoted
three sessions today to discussing how
this can be -accomplished. The value
of the bonds have been crumbling.
Where some National banks purchas
ed their allotment in the open market
at an average of 108, because of the
Ptirrpnnv nrnvisinn thov aro nnro rmrt-
ed below par. Without the right to is-!
sue Danq notes secured by them, the
proper price when the low rate of in
terest is considered will be about 77.
The committee discussed a clause
which is expecaed to be put into the
bill, to maintain the parity of these
governmental obligations.
The proposition favored is to have
every national bany in the country
retired all notes guaranteed by this
class of bonds. Then the bonds will
be repurchased by the government at
par. The government will sell them at
this figure to - the various regional
banks created under the new law. The
latter will issue currency on. them.
This was the plan generally favored
at today's conference although some
of the democratic senators favored re
tiring the bonds entirely and replacing
them with straight three per cent
bonds; ;;J "- I "-y
The democratiC'senators held ah al
most continuous session from ten this
morning until eleven tonight. They
will meet again Sunday i nan attenipt
to get the bill completed before the
regular session of congress opens on
Monday at noon. It. was made certain
by today's developments that the ul
timate result will be the endorsement
of the general terms of the Owen bill
favored by the five democratic mem
bers of . the senate banking and cur
rency committee.
The administration plan for region
al banks capitalized by enforced sub
scription of the bank, was endorsed.
It was agreed that the bill should be
amended so that the federal reserve
board should have the power to remove
for cause any and all directors of re
gional banks. It was also agreed that
the bill should provide that, while
the notes of the regional banks should
be redeemable at the banks them
selves, in- "gold or lawful money,"
when presented to the treasury they
should be redeemable in gold alone.
It became certain today that the con
ference will not be able to frame a
bill which will not be assailed b'tterly
on the floor of the senate. Overtures
made by republican senators that cer
tain features of the Aldrich bill pre
viously rejected, be incorporated m the
measure have been definitely turned
down Many of the democrats senators
freely admit that they know absolute
ly nothing about currency reform.
Their plan is to pass a bill on which
which the majority of the democratic
senators can agree. Then when it goes
to conference between-the house and
the senate they expect President Wil
son to indicat just what he wants in
the bill and they will stand by his
wishes. This is naw certain to be done,
rpffirm scheme, as
finally approved "will reflect absolutely .
the wishes of the. president.
NEW GE
MAN CRUISER IS
LAUNCHED AT DANZIG.
Danzig, Germany, Nov. 29.-The
new battle cruiser which is to take
the place of the old Kaiserm Augus
te was launched here today and chris
tened the Litetzow. She will carry
ten 12-inch guns as her main arma
ment and a secondary battery of
twelve 5.9-incn guns, &""
feet her beam aim uci -feet
She displays about 28,000 tons
and her turbine engines are, to de
velop a speed of 30 knots.
NORTH ATLANTIC SHIPPING
POOL IS EXTENDED.
Hamburg, Nov. 29. It was decided
today to extend the . agreement -between
the North Germany Lloyd and
the Hamburg-American lines known as
the North Atlantic Shipping Pool
from December 31 to January 31. A
conference will be held in January, at
which an attempt will be made to re
construct the pool.
Women Cabinet Officers?.
Washington, Nov. 29. Feminine
members of congress and the presi
dent's cabinet within the next ten
years is the prophecy of advocates of
"otes for Women" who are arriving
t t,n annual suffrage convention
! that begins next week. They base their
J prediction upon the great sinaes mac
'the feminist movement. has made in
' recent years in many of the - states.
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CONFERENCE
WITH L I N D
Mexican Foreicm Minister Goes
To Vera Cruz to Meet Special'
tnvoy Lind And Rumor Has
It That Things Look Bright
For Peaceful Solution.
IS THE ELIMINATION
OF HUERTA AT HAND
Rebel Victories In Neighbor
hood of Juarez of Past Few
Days Have Profoundly Shak
en The Dictator's Hold On
People's Imgination.
Mexico City, Nov. 29. Rumors per
sist in the capital tonight that an un
derstanding satisfactory to Washing
ton would be reached by the United
States and the Republic of Mexico by
Monday. The most tangible evidence
to back up this prediction was the
presence at Vera Cruz of ictoriano
Moheno minister of foreign affairs to
consult with John Lind who was hour
ly expected there from Tampico. An
indication that the international situ
ation was about to take a turn for the
better was a long consultation today
between Nelson O'Shaughnessy, Amer
ican charge d' affaires and the Japan
ese minister. While no official infor
mation regarding either of these events
w7as forthcoming it wras pointed that
Moheno would have no other object in
era Cruz than to consult with Lind.
Moheno left here today on a special
train and it was stated he would re
main away over Sunday. The Huerta
government has throughout been
friendly with the Japanese and this
gave rise to the unconfirmed rumor
that the Japanese minister in his con
ference with O'Shaughnessy acted as
representative of Victoriano Huerta.
Any satisfactory solution of the Mex
ican difficulty acceptable to President
Wilson, it has been made plain must
include the absolute withdrawal of
Huerta, and those repeating the rumors
of a settlement today asserted that
Huerta would cause the present con
gress to call another election and then
eliminate himself from the scheme of
government perhaps leaving the coun
try. Huerta. it is certainly known, is vir
tually at the end of his rope financial
ly.. The rebel victories of the past ten
days in the north ' and east have be
come known to the people, despite a
rigid press censorship. This has gone
far to diminish Huerta's military pres
tige. Confirmation was received tonight of
a sharp battle between Zapatistas and
the passengers of a train bound for
era Cruz within an hour's ride from
the capital. Armed passengers on the
train and thirty federal soldiers aboard
returned the fire of the rebels and
routed them after a few minutes. On
the tran was Manuel Madero, the last
of the relatives of Francisco Madero,
the assassinated president, to leave
Mevico City. He was taken to Vera
Cruz to be placed in the military prison
there. He i3 charged with sedition.
Further reports of alleged rebel atro
cities at Victoria reached here tonight.
If was said that the constitutionalists
executed all federal prisoners and fed
eral sympathizers among the citizens.
Villa Begins Pursuit.
Juarez, Mexico, Nov. 29 Between
3,500 and 4.000 Mexican rebel soldiers
had left Juarez at noon today for the
south against the federals who they
defeated this week in a battle near
Juarez. General Villa personally super
vised the leading of the troops. He
expected to leave about Tuesday. Villa
does not know whether the federals re
treated to Chihuahut or have entrench
ed themselves north of here.
Grave Conspiracy Unearthed.
Vera Cruz, Mexico, Nov. 29. -Major
Gracia de La Cadena and Lieut, de
La Par, the governor and the comman
der of the guard of Santiago military
prison in Mexico City, arrived here
today in charge of a strong detail of
soldiers of the presidential guard and
were taKen on board the gunboat Vera
Cruz bound for the penal colony at
Quintana Roo, Yucatan.
The arrest of the two officers was
the result of the discovery in the pris
on of a serious conspiracy against Pro
visional President Huerta, the inten
tion being to arm and release all the
prisoners and then co-operate with
bodies of disaffected troops in an, at
tack on the national palace.
The arrests were effected yesterday
afternoon immediately after the dis
covery of the plot.
Extraordinary precautions were tak
en to prevent any communication with
the prisoners after the arrival of the
train and pending the preparation of
the gunboat for their reception.
Fate of Chuhuahua Unknown.
Washington, Nov. 29! There is an
entire lack of news here tonight re
garding the fate of Chuhuahua .City.
Excepf for the fact that this import
ant approach to the Mexican capital is
surrounded by a strong force of con
stitutionalists, the state department is
in ignorance of what has transpired
there during the last twelve hours. Ap
parently the city is completely cut
off from telegraphic communication
with the outside world
Unofficial advices reaching here from
Mexico City indicate that . the . for
eigners there are gravely apprehensive
of what the coming week may bring
forth. The British embassy is believed
to be keeping in close touch with the
preparations being made by Sir Lionel
Cardeh in Mexico City to band the
THE WEATHER.
Washington, Nov. 29. Virginia 5
continued cloudy and unsettled
weather Sunday and probably
Monday with occasional rains.
North Carolina, rain Sunday x
and probably Monday.
South Carolina, rain Sunday;
Monday cloudy probably local
rains. i,'?
Georgia, rain Sunday; Monday X
probably cloudy.
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DRY
S
III CONFERENCE
Conditions in Brazil Greater
Interest Plead For By Rev.
W. G. Borchers Dr. Raw
lings Pays Tribute to Lay
men's Missionary Move
ment. Reports From Various Fields
Where The Churches Have
Missions Heard With Inter
est by Conference.
(By MAMIE BAYS.)
The presiding officer at the anni
versary of the board of missions last
evening was C. H. Ireland, of Greens
boro. Rev. Lay D. Thompson conduct
ed the devotional service and there
was a selection rendered by three
members of the conference.
Rev. Walter G. Borchers of Rio De
Janeiro told of conditions in Brazil
and pleaded for - greater interest in
the evangelization of this country
where he has been a missionary for a
number of years.
The other speaker was Rev. E. H.
Rawiings, D. D., of Nashville, Tenn.,
educational secretary of the Board of
Missions of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. Dr. Rawiings in. be
ginning his addiess paid Iiigh tribute
to the laymen's missionary movement
and said' that the coming man of the
church will not be a preacher, but will
be a Christian layman. He said he
believed preachers would continue to
preach more earnestly, but that they
will be aided more by the laymen
than ever before. Speaking of money
he defined it' as simply "energy crys
talyzed" and as "man's personality
done in silver." He then said that the
time will come when all men will be
called to give an account of all 'the
money they spend, of all they give and
of all they waste.
He called attention then to the
wealth of the United States and the
small amount in proportion that is giv
en to the extension of the Lord's work
in the world. He spoke especially of
the wealth of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, which is estimated to
be $500,000,000 and showed that of
the tithe of this amount $50,000,000,
the Lord's treasury receives only $13,-
000,000 and $37,000,000 is kept back al
though it belongs to the Lord.
The report of the Board of Missions
was submitted to the conference dur
ing the anniversary meeting, Rev.
R. M. Courtney reading the report.
The conference of the Laymen's Mis
sionary movement was held yesterday
afternoon and several addresses were
delivered by laymen. E. A. Cole, of
Charloftte, was re-elected leader of
the Laymen's Movement in the con
ference for the coming year.
UTAH DESPERADO ADDS
TWO MORE TO STRING.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 29
Rafel Lopez, Mexican who murdered
four men at Bingham, a week ago,
this afternoon, added two more vic
tims when he was cornered in the
Edna runnel of the Minnie mine at
Bingham. Deputy Sheriffs Tom Man
adrich and J." D. Hulsey were shot
down by the murderer when tbey
engaged him in the tunnel. There is
an unconfirmed report tonight that
Lopez then committed suicide.
foreigners into an armed force for mu
tual protection.
The situation at Tarnpico and Tux
pam, the" important oil centers on the
east coast is believed to be greatly re
lieved. .News reached here today that
the battleships New Hampshire and
the scout cruiser Chester have both
returned to era Cruz from Tuxpam.
This was taken to mean that Admiral
Fletcher and John Lind would both re
turn shortly to Vera Cruz.
, French Paper Hints Intervention.
Paris, Nov. 29. The Paris Temps
today prints a vigorous editorial upon
the "anarchy in Mexico." The newspa
per in concluding the carticle says:
"In the presence of death, destruction
and ruin, the moment appears to have
been reached when humanity and gen
eral interest commands all the pow
ers to take concerted action with the
United States to compel all parties in
Mexico to lay down their arms and
bring an end to the intolerable situa
tion."
Spanish Warshhip Ready to Sail.
Cadiz, Spain, Nov. 29. The armored
cruiser Emperadora Carlos V, which
the Spanish government has decided
to send to Mexican waters tor tne pro
tection of Spanish subjects was made
ready to sail today. The warship will
leave this port tomorrow for Vera
Cruz. .
IN
OE
ARQ
V MULE GETS
AWAY WITH THE
NAVY GOAT
In Final Event of Football Sea
son Soldier Lads Defeat
The Middies In Spectacular
Game By Score of Twenty
Two to Nine
OPEN GAMeIs"
WINNING TRICK
Navy Starts With a Rush And
Brown, is There With The
Boot But Tide Turns And Ar
my Overwhelms Opponents'
Defense.
BY HAL SHERIDAN.
New York, Nov. 29. Breaking in
upon the conservative east, a western
brand of football swept across the
Polo Grounds here this afternoon and
the Navy goat, bewildered and blink
ing at the "-'zzling array of plays and
passes It had not learned to eat, wasJ
lert prone upon the field while the
Army mule kicked its heels high in
the air and celebrated the first victory
over the fighting torces from Anna
polis since 1908.
The Army defeated the Navy 22 to
9 in one of the most spectacular games
of the year. More than 42 grand per
sons, including President Wilson, his
cabinet and high officials of the gov
ernment service and as well as diplo
mats cheered on the two teams as
they bitterly fought out the issue.
It was the most brilliant crowd
ever gathered, in New . York for a
sporting event. Society from New
York and practically every other big
eastern city was represented. In the
south stands the battalion of cadets
from West Poing sang, yelled and
then simply went mad as their class
mates on the field battled their way
to victory.
Across the field . were the midship
men in their dark blue service coats,
a brilliant wide band oE yellow ribbon
crossing every man's chest. The ca
dets in t' eir gray banked the 'south
and' extending- completely ground '. the
great" oval appeared the gay colors
of flowers and hats and wraving pen
nants of the two academies in the
hands of fair admirers.
It was a great victory for the Army.
The . Navy started a rushing attack
and swept" the cadet eleven back to
their five-yard line at the very jump.
There the Army . held, but "Babe"
Brown, the giant guard of the Navy,
turned loose the first boom of the
Navy guns. He pumped over a field
goal with c neat kick from placement
from the thirty-yard line.
The Navy , relied upon the old sys
tem of plays such as marked tfhe work
of Yale, Harvard and Princeton dur
ing the seascn. They played a solid
rushing game. But after the first pe
riod this was not powerful enough to
break the Army defense.
Coach "Hurry Up" Yost, of Michi
gan, spent the closing days of the
Army's preparation at West Point.
The Army had used the forward pass
to some extent, but Yost probably fur
nished the western ideas which turned
the tables today. With the score
against them the future Generals be
gan to cut loose with a series of for
ward passes and open plays which
the Navy was unable to break up. Two
forward passes resulted in touch
downs and for one being muffed at
the critical moment there would have
been three. A wide end run by Mer
rilat which, netted sixty yards, put
the ball on the Navy's four-yard line
and a few seconds later Jouett went
over for the Army's other marker.
The Navy was unable to cross the
Army goal line at any time. But for
Brflwn the goat would have been ship
ped back to Annapolis without even
the nine points to feed on. Woodruff,
a substitute was rushed into the fray
for the -'-rmy in the second period
and registered the only goal from field
for the cadets. Only these four at
tempts were made to score by the air
route during the game.
Woodruff's kick from placement was
registered after a punt had been
blocked . and the ball rolled away to
the ten-yard line where Merrilat re
covered it. Pritchard made five yards
and Woodruff then put a twister over
the bar from the fifteen-yard line.
A fumble on the kickoff gave the
Navy the ball on . the Army 25-yard
line in the second period and Brown
shot over his second goal from the
field. It was then, however, that the
Army began to throw open the throt
tle of pjay. With the ball on the 30
yard line Pritchard shot a forward
pass to Merrilat for the first touch
down. An earlier attempt had failed
only when the pass was muffed be
hind the line. .
Tie half ended with the score, Army
9, and Navy 6, and while the president
was transferring his allegiance from
the land fighters to the sea dogs, the
Army rooters took the kinks out of
their voice for the big celeDration tnat
was to come.
Brown, standing behind the only
Navy gun that had not been spiked,
put over th3 final score for his fellow
tars in the third period and the Army
then proceeded to show just how far
it could go when it comes to uncorK
ing the unexpected. Merrilat peeled
off his great run in .this session. For
ward passes were tried repeatedly and
large ; gains were made .by sweeping
open plays. The Navy resorted . to
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ARM
Oil TRIAL FOR
RDER OF
E
Indiana Veterinary Accused of
Slaughter of Beautiful Wo
man Physician Who Was
Found Dead In Bed With Her
Throat Slit Chronology of
Case.
STATE MAINTAINS
ABSOLUTE SECRECY
No Indications At To What Line
Will Be Taken By The Pros
ecution to Connect Accused
With The Crime Evidence
Probably Circumstantial.
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KNABE MURDER MYSTERY l't
Dr. Helen Knabe, a leading wo
man physician of great physical
beauty found dead in her In
dianapolis apartments morning
October 23, 1911.
Police, decided she cut her own
throat but gave no satisfactory
motive. Coroner declared she
was murdered.
Dr. Wjti. B; Craig, hanCsome
wioower and intimate friend of
the dead woman, charged with
her murder in grand jury indict
ment Dec. 31, 1912.
Craig trial opened Friday in
Shelbyville on a change of venue.
Indianapolis club women, who
raised a fund to prosecute search
for the murderer and to assist in
Craig trial, now keep in back
ground on account of rumors at
tacking dead woman's character.
Shelbyville, Ind., Nov. 29. The light
win be turned on Monday onjndiana's
greatest crime mystery the murder
of Dr. Helene Knabe, the woman phy
sician of rare physical beautv and
mental attainments, who was found
dead in bed in her apartments on the
morning of October 24, 1911, her night
robe rolled under her arm pits and
blood flowing from a gaping wound in
her throat. -
A famous lawyer, E. P. Inmann, se
cured by a woman's club, will make
the opening speech for the prosecu
tion, charging Dr. Wm. B. Craig with
the murder. '
When court adjourned today, eleven
jurors were in the box and after the
twelfth has been selected on Monday,
Inmann will arraign the Indiana vet
erinarian. The defense, it was said
tonight, will not state its case to the
jury until the state's evidence is in.
The secrecy of the state regarding
its list of witnesses added keen inter
est to the case tonight. On the sur
face, the prosecution's case is ad
mittedly circumstantial. The state
announces it will offer a witness who
saw Dr. Craig leave Dr. Knabe's apart
ment on the night of the murder and
others will testify regarding the alleg
ed intimacies of the woman physician
and .the handsome veterinary, in
whose college Dr. Knabe was'' a lectur
er. Private detectives, secured by the
woman's club after the police had
dropped the case, secured the indict
ment. Dr. Craig will take the stand in his
own defense, his attorneVs asserting
that a frank statement from him of
the facts regarding his alleged friend
liness for Helene Knabe will offset
any circumstantial evidence the stated
can present. If the defense adopts the
suicide theory it is expected it will
attempt to show that Dr. Knabe's prac
tice had not been profitable and that
she was despondent. The state will
rebut this testimony with evidence
that will show that Dr. Knabe,' through
her work as a physical instructor had
become a perfect type of female beau
ty, in splendid health and that finances
did not worry her and that she had
just reached the point where fresh
laurels were being heaped on her..
House Ends Labors
of The Special Session
Washington, Nov. 29. The house,
bade farewell to the extra session
today. .When it meets on Monday,
it will start off in :the 63rd congress,
second session. No formal "without
day" adjournment was taken, - al
though such is customary when a ses
sion is concluded. Majority Leader
Underwood held, however, that it
was not necessary to meet at 11:55
Monday to adjourn the old session,
and open the new.
UNDERWOOD THINKS HE !
WILL WIN THE TOGA.'
Washington, Nov. 29. Representa
tive Underwood, of Alabama; fresb
from his preliminary campaign tor
the United States senatorship in
Alabama, returned to Washington
today and . resumed the democratic
leadership of the house.'
Mr. Underwod expressed confidence
that he would win the senatorial
race. He has no intention of resigning
from the house prior to his election.
He will return to Alabama for a
speaking campaign during the Christ
mas holidays.
The democratic leader received an
ovation from his colleagues and held
an informal reception when the house
broke up after adjournment.
M
KNAR
WHIPPING
POST 1
FLOURISHES'
Prisoner, Convicted of Stealing
- A Watch, Receives Twenty
Lashes on Bare Back, In Ac
cordance With Law in Such
Cases Made and Provided.
VIVID DESCRIPTION
OF FLAGELLATION
Blows Were Well Laid On Al
though No Brutality Was Ob
servable In Adminstration ot
Penalty, Obsolete Every
where Except In Delaware,
BY BOND P. GEDDES)
Staff Correspondent of the United
Press, i
Newcastle County Workhouse, Wil
mington, Del., Nov. 29. One hundred
an deighty livid lacerations on the.
bare back with a "cat o' nine tails'
while shackled to a "whipping post-'
This was Delaware's "method or
criminal "reform" suffered today by
KjVL UCUU3 OL1CCL, X W UllC JUUU
convicted "of ; burglary.- He stole
watch fro ma family related to the
DuPonts, or rpowder trust" fame. Ai
added penalty is ten years imprison
ment at Jiard labor.
Twenty .times the "cat o .nine
taite" lashed the quivering whit
skin of the 28 year old prinsoner.
Nine times twenty fiery red "stream
ers" clear across his back were leti
by the "cat." Each of the nine thongs
at ever yblow left its stinging, lurid
imprint.
Flagellation of Street was the aftei
climax of the nation-wide- protest
voiced in congress against continu
ance of the Delaware "whipping
pV;t." Bnt all Delaware, from Gover
nor Miller down, insisted upon . its'
"pound of flesh" today from young
Street. His flogging was with the
consent of Governor Miller who . re
fused to omit the lash from Miller s
sentence.
. Not until all hope of mitigation ot
the . "whipping post" penance was
lost did Warden Crawford, who says
he has flogged over 100 prisoners, led
Street into the Highstone stockade.
The law requires ' that, whippings oc
cur between 10. a. m. and 2 p. m. It
lacked two minutes 6f 10 o'cloch
when Crawford and two blue coated,
deputies appeared with Street, ins
body bared to the waist. As if an
afterthought a deputy shed bis coat
and dropped it over the prisoner's
hnrlr whilft his hands were beinsr lock
ed within the steel shackles -on the
whipping post.
The coat was pulled away and to
the dull monotone ot a turnkey count
ing the strokes, Crawford flayed the
bare back before him. "Smack, smack,
smack" twenty times, about a sec
ond apart the curling crack - of the
whip, resounded against the white
torso, which quivered and convulsed
in unison with the warden's arm. The
lash ee, as required by the letter 'oi
the law, were "well laid on," nor
with brutal force, but firmly and sol
idly applied. The warden appeared tc
use slightly more "steam" than when
he flogged two negroes two weeks
ago. No unnecessary force was used.
No blood was drawn. Street was not
"beaten" in the .extreme sense of the
word, but . he writhed under every
blow." His shoulders and ribs work
ed convulsively as each blow fell.
But he made no outcry, not even a
moan. He was game.' Clenching his
teeth, his breath hissed through jaws
set with pain.
Crawford distributed the lashing
from neck to waist. Nine faint white
marks showed dimly at the first blow.
The marks grew and spread, higher,
the ' lower. Gradually, chameleon
like, the lacerations grew darker.
They dawned into a faint pink, then
61UWIJ, mcjf gtcw uiuic v-imicuu auu
darker. At "twenty" they stood out
in lurid brilliance, apparently purplish
at the edges. No welts were visible,
however.
Against the marble white skin oi
youth the tied post, the lashes left a
bright red network - of fantastic de
sign. A small bare spot in the small
of his back, which was hollowed toe
flagellation and escaped the force ot
the blows, stood out like a tiny white
figure in a field' of mottled crimson.
As Street was led from the "post "
his eyes appeared, filled with tears.
But he raised his head defiantly and
walked firmly alone, ignoring the
small crowd of spectators. As usual
and as required by law, the flogging
today was -public, with a slight ex
ception. Warden Crawford separated
the "sheep from the goats." He ex
cluded a Philadelphia newspaper re
porter. The warden said the newspa
pers made "sensational and . take
stories" of the whippings a fortnight
ago.
"f don't see what business any
newspaper men have coming to Dela
ware nnrt writing this nn" ho Rnlfl.
The warden was plainly "peeved"
over previous newspaper reports.
L. E. PINKHAM CONFIRMED
A GOVERNOR OF HAWAII
Washington, Nov. 29. Late todaj
the senate confirmed . the nomination
of L. E. Pinkham,-. of Massachusetts,
to be governor of Hawaii, bj a vote
of 26 to 24. , 1 J
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