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1 SUREST
I RE KILLED
I Si HEYWARD
IBjjrln Admits to Po-
Bh;it He is Man Sought
™^ aV s Woman Was
iun He Found Her
Hvot explain
■ iiis movements
Hs'o Resistance When
H (Question Him. —
■)jV or Reason for Ac-
Bater. He Says.
■L'uas*.. May 25. Harry
H in coniH'i t ion with the
. \ ,j ; i lliywiinl. lht‘ shoof
iiinniM M. Towns and the
t||.-j r ( «.t!:!-«' in Winthrop,
lien' today.
rii v -ttuly by local po-
h<»u>e in this city at
v admitted • lie was the
(i,,. Maine authorities.
|Haii' c-mms-tioti with the kill-
Heyward.
■ :, found the woman's
Unara.'" heside Lake .Marana-I
|H Winthrop- M<\. and moved it |
of .Miss .lane dray, of
■ Mass., which he was ooeil-1
H V s no explanation of his j
this. I
-hat he arrived in Newbury-I
Saturday morning on a j
lie took a room Saturday j
|H ied-ting house kept by Frank |
■ rlie -ration, l’ong recogniz
■ from idetures published in
and called in the !
When officers asked him if j
the man replied :
■
H,) that Kiri y had seemed polite I
■lv and had aeeomanied tliefi
- j
m Kirby was calm and made i
He -aid he would make a I
and explain Irs niove-
H he; Tuesday night when .Miss
Has earned away from her
m her aunt. Mrs. Emma M.
been -hot and her cottage set
ff^^^^^ecred
Hr-iial- would arrive today to
■ to Augusta. Ale.
ft COTTON MARKET
at Advance of 10 to 20
HWirli .1 u!y Selling Ip to
May L’s. —The cotton mar
firm today at an advance of
■peiu-s in response to highlier
July selling up to
to 22.5.A in the first
Tiiis advance met con-
on a favorable view of,
■tw- which included reports of
Hiertlnvestern Texas with pro
■slioweix elsewhere in the belt.
B reacted after the call. July
Ht" 22.'.iM and October to 22.50.
B-' 11 pointy net lower.
■ eontiinied heavy and the mar-
up again before the end of
B'Uir. biiyer- finding encourage-j
■fperts/hat business in cotton;
■ ' v, **‘k had been more active
Bhe past two or three months.
B rumors of a bearish private
Brr. hut no definite condition |
Bre mentioned.
■ futures opened firmr. July
Bt. 22X1; 221)4; Jan.
■reh 22.70.
■ub Hull a Poor Investment.
Bhe. May 2.—Farmers in Ire
s' are waking up to the idea
■mb bull is a poor investment, I
■".' Agent R. W. Graeber.
■mer-, be sated, “are still in
■ ueei] scrub sires but this idea
Badually eliminted. One farm-
B n township owned a scrub bull
■ doing considerable injury to
■<k of the community, but with
■is after I called on this farm
■*e a tri], ~f 35 miles and pur
■ really high class Jersey buli.
ater Mie scrub bull had been
Bp«nainl„i For Child’s Return.
B‘- , la - V -4—George Lindsay,
B , -war-ol,! Pansy Lindsay,
■ < 01 a, t,.,j here several days ago.
■mg received a letter, signed
■J.. Hand." asking *5.000 rnn-
B^ N . daughter's safe return.
B-. 1( ‘ ri ‘ an ‘ °f the opinion that
■ a ‘*°ax since the Lindsays
[ 'f little wealth. However,
B M ' m 'idug for the girl here, as
nearby towns. She disap
a T°<-n 1 department store
B-T:*' a younger broth
■ • nt relatives.
■ d,nan °f Hurt Sustained
B '» Fall.
1; ' f M «* --L—Mrs. Jacob Feld-
B. " " n ° 'J Salisbury’s oldest
B ,j; ,un merehants. died at the
Bp .. T"!' 11 This morning from in-
B (( ‘ lv '“d when she tell• in her
B sp«? re . M ‘ v, ' ra l days ago. An
■ 1,,;' 1 a 1 ’.'b* were broken and
B,„. ' u,,( T internally, the latter
BiKh/'f v' al ' Th< * was
B " Va., for inter
ff| a<l> to Ra n the Poisonous
■ Gasses.
■*- Mav Or r ,
|, ~ ’ ~~t>ermany announced
BprnajE Tendy to participate in
Bccmmu' <onfor ence agreement
Hie a ] . suppression of the use
■ ul poisonous gas warfare,
THE CONCORD TIMES
Child Tortured
' ...L : i |
AA ith her hands in stocks and tied with
a rope round her neck. Alarjorie Eliza
beth Xeher. 6. was found in the attic of
tlie liome of her foster parents, Air. and
of the child caused neighbors to call the
smt?rUD£; •oBBOiq k ) jo A’uoqjuy 's.ii^
police.
BODY OF PROMINENT
GIRL FOUND IN RIVER
Hon. (AvyiuGi Erica Morgan’s BodyJ>is
ccvereel in Thames River—Disappeared
In December.
London. May 25 (By the Associated
Press). —The body of a young woman
found in the River Thames near AA'ap
ping today was identified by re'atives
as that of the Hon. Gwyneth Erica Alor
gan, daughter of Lord Treadegar. She
disappeared about 'the m’TtYf* of last Dr
cember.
Alias Alorgan, who was under medical
supervision at the time, slipped from
the house during a dense fog on the
morning of December 11th. She wore
only pajamas and a woolen dressing
gown. Detectives from Scotland Yard
conducted a most extensive search through
out England and the country. Her
father is one of the wealthiest British
peers and offered large sums for her re
covery.
Aliss Morgan was known to her friends
as a “bohemian'’ and had many friends
in the artistic, literary and theatrical
worlds.
DEFENSE DAY TO BE
OBSERVED JULY 4th
Date Selected After President Objected
to Havifig Muster on Armistice Day.
AA’ashington, May 23.—A nationwide
defense muster of American man power
will be held under the direction of the
Department July 4th.
The date was selected definitely today
after President Coolidge had disapprovel
the Department’s selection of Armistice
Day. and had suggested that Independence
Day be substituted.
Fitting Up Living Rooms by Woman’s
Clubs.
Salisbury. May 20 —A new idea is
emanating from Salisbury and will be
fostered by the State home demonstra
tion department. It is the fitting up
of living rooms by woman's clubs. Five
clubs from as many sections of Rowan
county have fitted up rooms in a local
furniture store, selecting all furniture
and furnishings and placing them ac
cording to the ideas of the club members.
These five rooms have been judged by
Aliss Alaude E. AA’allace, assistant State
home demonstration agent, and Aliss Alar
tha Creighton, district agent. First
prize was awarded the club from Ali
randa while the AA T oodleaf club won sec
ond prize and all five were honoraly men
tioned.
The 100 points in scoring were grad
ed as follows: Arrangement of furni
ture, 20; color, 20; suitability to family
use to type and style of room, 35; in
dividuality. 10; and cost, 15.
Miss Wallace gave a lecture on the
rooms, outlining merits ofeacli and
j explaining why the awards were made
las they were. 1 Besides the winners
! other clubs participating were Alt. Ulla,
; Mill Bridge and China Grove. This
• unique event was put on pricipally
' through the efforts of Alias Edna Ed-
I wards, home demonstration agent for
Rowan. The rooms will remain on dis
play through the remainder of the month
I and many are visiting them daily. D
!is understood the plan is to be worked
in other counties of the state.
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Smaller Potato Crops.
| Raleigh. Alay 25.—The division of
1 markets reports that the potato crop in
Carteret and AA’ayne counties this year
will be from 70 to 75 per cent, of that
of last year The decline, it was ex
plained, is due to a reduction of acreage.
The first yacht ever built especially
to defend America’s Cup was Pocahon
tas, in 1881. She was beaten out of
sight in the trial races —the first trial
races ever held —and was discarded.
English plantain has been found to
be a hay fever plant of the first magni
tude. ,
TWO MORE TREMORS
GIYE MODE TERROR
TO QUAKE ITUS
Persons Who Were Made
Homeless In the Quake
Saturday Terrified When
Other Tremors Are Felt.
RELIEF AGENCIES
CONTINUIN GWORK
Late Report Says 278 Per
sons Were Killed In Three
Towns Which Were Hard
est Hit by the Quake.
Tokyo, Alay 25 (By the Associated
Press). —Two additional violent earth*
quake shocks added to the terror of refu
gees at Toyo-Okn last night aftPr shocks
of tin* tremor of Saturday in the Tajirna
district in which approximately 300 per
sons were reported killed and 1,000 in
jured.
Official relief agencies continued to
minister to the panic stricken populace in
the devastated rural area which had not
been visited by an earthquake in 400
- years. More than two-thirds of the Toko-
Oka. a town of 7,000, are in ruins as a
result of the fire that came in the wake
of the tremor, according to word receiv
ed at the Home Department from the lo
cal Toya-Oko government. The number
of houses destroyed will exceed 3,000.
278 Reported Killed.
Osaka. Alay 25 <By the Associated
Fres*L—An official prefeetural report to
! day from three towns, Toyo-Okn. Kino
i saki and Alinato, shows that 27N per
-1 sons were killed and 52(> injured as a
| result of the earthquake and fire Satur
day. The same report shows 444 houses
collapsed as a result of the earthquake,
ami 2,324 houses were destroyed by fire.
BELMONT TO HAVE YET
ANOTHER TEXTILE MILL
Will Proceed Entire Output of the
Twelve Plants in Town.—New Weave
Afill Also.
Gastonia. Alay 23. —Officials of the
Lineberger-Stowe group of fine yarn
mills at Belmont have completed ar
rangements to construct a large mer
cerizing plant there, it learned here
The ne\v"min will be tmitt nen¥ tbc
’National Yarn iniTls. the last of the
mills on the right of the highway in
Belmont going to Charlotte. It will bo
located between that* mill and the river.
The plant will be sufficiently large to
process the output of the entire group of
Belmont mills, there being 12 plants
with a total of 81.000 spindles.
J. M. Hatch, who for several years
has been assistant treasurer of the
American Yarn and Processing com
pany, Mt. Holly, will be active manager
of the new mercerizing company- Plans
of the same mill group, one of the most
important in the south, to erect a weav
ing plant, were announced recently.
Higher Education Does Not Lead Girls
From Marriage.
Los Angeles, Alay 25. —Authorities at
the University of Southern California,
making public the results of a question
naire of 002 women graduates of the in
stitution during the period of 1020-1024.
declare that a university education does
not lead women away from marriage.
The questionnaire was intended to ascer
tain whether a majority chose careers
rather than marriage.
The tabulation showed that more than
a third of the feminine graduates who
replied were married, either while at
tending the university or within four
years after their graduation.
A totalAof 010 answered the queries.
Os this number, 202 chose the profes
sion of wife., homemaker and housekeep
er.
Nine engaged in commercial pursuits,
including banking.
Ffty-two took up fine arts, including
music, dancing and painting. Twelve
turned to the law, three to medicine,
and three entered the ministry. Other
occupations—such tfs nursing, agricul
ture. journalism, public service and so
cial service—claimed 28, and 139 became
teachers.
Coblenz Will Commemorate Rhine Serv
ices of the United States Forces.
Coblenz. Alay 25. —The municipality
of Coblenz and other districts where
American forces were stationed during
the Rhine occupation are planning for an
American season in commemoration of
the services of the United States sol
diers.
It is proposed to open the season June
18th and have it extend through Sep
tember so as to include the annual Ger
man AVine Congress to be held Septem
ber 8-23.
For June 20 and 21 a rowing regatta
is scheduled under the auspices of the
Coblenz Ruderverein, that event to be
concluded with the annual regatta ball
on the evening of June 21st.
Denies Clemency,
Raleigh, May 25. —Governor AlcLean
has declined executive clemency in the
followin gcases:
Alonzo Warren, Onslow county, serv
ing 21 years in the penitentiary on the
charge of manslaughter.
I jester Cornatzer, Davie county, serv
ing an indeterminate sentence of from
15 to 20 years on the charges of biirg
lary.
James Knight, Anson county, serving
ninety days on the charge of violating the
prohibition law. -
Napoleon always made his generals
stand in his presence, regardless of how
long they were with him.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
concord, n. c., Monday, may 25, 1925
JODGE RULES THAT
GRIFFIN HIS LOST
RIGHT FOR APPEAL
Judge Sinclair, Who Heard
the Case, and Solicitor Gil
liam, Are In Agreement on
the Matter Now.
FAILED TO FILE
BONp ON TIME
Judge Rules That Bond of
SSO Should Have Been
Filed When Notice of the
Appeal Was Given.
Raleigh. May 25.—Ary Dennis Grif
fin. for whose release A, bond in the sum
of .$50,000 had been signed, has lost his
right of appeal. Judge |?i«ciair and Solic
itor Gilliam have ruleq. It was pointed
out that lie failed to fiw the. SSO bond ro
qulred by law when notice of appeal was
entered.
Griffin has served lew than two weeks
of a 30-year sentence flying before him.
He was sentenced been con
victed of participating In the mutilation
of Joseph Needleman, ®
STATUTE OF SAN f
MARfIN UNVEILED
Is Gift to United States From the Gov
ernment of A|sentina.
AVashington, 1). C.. Afay 25.—Amid the
enthusiastic demonstrations of a large
throng of people, a statue of Gen. Don
Jose de San Martin, South American
liberator, was ynveiled sbday. The stat
ute is a gigt to the Unified States govern
ment from the government of Argentina
and its presentation and uuveiling forge
another link in the strong chains of
friendship binding togeflter the two great
republics of the northern and southern
continents.
General San Alartin. tyas been called
the George Washington! <yf South Amer
ica. It lias been said Os him that “he
was an American by birth, a revolution
ist by instinct, and a Republican by con
viction.” f-’i.
Born on the banks of the Parana, San
Alartin left the servieff of Spain with
the rank of captain in 1811, and, re
turning to his own epuntry, received
from the of
tßoenos Aires of & divi
sion, with the rank 6f colonel . A suc
cess over a royalist detachment at San
Lorenzo in 1813 procured him the com
mand of the Province of Tueuman. which
ill-health obliged him to resign in 1814.
Obtaining, on resuming active service,
the command of the Province of Cu.vo.
contiguous to Chili, he planned, with
O’Higgins and other Chilian exiles, its
liberation. In 1817 they obtained a
complete vietory over the Spanish forces
at Chacabuco. A final Victory over the
viceroy of Peru at Alapu, April 5, 1818,
achieved the deliverance of Chili. San
Martin now conceived the plan of lib
erating Peru, the only remaining pos
session of Spain in South America. The
liberating army sailed from Valparaiso
August 21, 1820, supported by a squad
ron under Lord Cochrane, and, being sus
tained by the Peruvians, gained posses
sion of the country. A revolutionary
government was installed at Lima, and
August 3, 1821, San Alartin was declared
protector. A congress was convened by
him at Lima September 20, 1822, into
whose hands he immediately resigned all
his authority,, accepting, in return, only
the honorary titles of generallissimo and
founder of the liberty of Peru, with a
pension. He withdrew from Peru, first
to Chili, and afterwards to Europe,
where he passed his last years.
CONFERENCE OF STATE
PARKS STARTS TUESDAY
Two Leaders In Movement for More Rec
reational Preserves To Be in Attend
ance.
Skyland, May 23. —The sth annual con
ference of the State Parks opens here to
day. 4,000 feet above historic Shenandoah
A"aliey, with nearly 200 leaders in the
movement to increase recreational pre
serves in attendance. Skyland was se
lected for the conference in order to give
the delegates a view of the proposed She
nandoah national park.
State and national officials will discuss
during the three days’ meetings plans
for extending the park and reserve devel
opments throughout the countrly. Sec
retary AVork of the Interior Department,
will outline tonight the government’s pro
posal for a chain of arks east of the Aliss
issippi with the Shenandoah if approved,
the first.
Await Report.
Columbus, 0., May 25 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —The General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America in session here today
expected the reports of the bills and ov
ertures committee which recommended no
action be taken on the memorial of the
First Presbyterian Church of New York
asking vindication for its stand in per
mitting Dr. Harry Emeraon Fosdick to
occupy its pulpit.
No Report From Capt. Amundsen.
Copenhagen, May 25 (By the Associ
ated Press). —There is no confirmation
here of .the report in the London Daily
AJail that Capt. Itoald Amundsen re-;
ported yesterday to his base at Kings
Bay,- Spitzbergen after his Polish flight.
Wuth Our Advertisers.
If you want a tire that will hold and
last, get the Goodyear heavyduty cord,
say the Yorke & Wadsworth Comany,
Read about it in their three-column ad.
today.
The Parks-Belk Co. now showing a
wonderful line c; eiik and dress goods.
Getting Back to Beer
'‘iriTinrn '' •' ' * s-• * vv „*&&&
They knew where to go ami, they went there. These people, mostly Americans,
arc walking down the main street of Windsor, Out., to pull a few corps and sample
the new 4.4 beer. This is only part of the crowd.
PROF. SCOPES INDICTED;
WILL BE TRIED JULY lOti
Indicted on Charge of A’iolating Anti
Evolution Law in Tennessee.
Dayton, Tenn., May 25. —John T.
Scopes, high school science teacher, wat
indicted by a Rhea County grand jur\
here toTla.v on a charge of teaching evolu
tion in the public schools in violation of
the Tennessee law.
The judge set July 10th at Dayton foi
trial of the case. v
The grand jury was assembled in spec
ial session to pass on the case presented
to it as a result of a preliminary hearing
two weeks ago when three justices of the
peace held Scope for grand jury action.
Judge John T. Raulston, presiding, charg
ed the jury on the law of the theory of
evolution as it shall be taught in the pub
lic schools of Tennessee, the first time
such a charge had been delivered in a
Tennesee court.
Judge Raulston in charging the grand
jury in criminal court, told the jurors he
considered a violation of the Tennessee
statute against teaching the theory of ev
olution in the public schools a high mis
demejvnor, aside frornetke que:;*Lei? of eo*»*
stitutionafity or policy. He was refer
ring to the case of J. T. Scope, of the
Dayton public schools, arrested x»n a
charge of violating the Tennessee law.
Co-operative Carlot Shipments of Poul
try.
Porlkton, Alay 25.—C0-operative car
lot shipments of poultry are doing much
to bring the county agent and the farmer
together, reported the former, J. AV.
Cameron.
Air. Cameron is in charge of extension
work in Anson county. He reported
that a second carlot of poultry was
shipped from that county last week and
that lfiO farmer took poultry to the ca’\
Ohteckes ranging from 22 cents to $357
sere paid to the farmers. “They were
highly pleased with this method of sell
ing their surplus chickens,” said Air.
Cameron. “One farmer,” he added,
“had never taken much interest in the
county agent's work prior to that time
This man admitted that the sale helped
him get four cents a pound more for
his poultry than he could get on the
local market.”
All changes for the Concord telephone
directory should be phoned in to central
office not later than Thursday ,as a new
directory is now- being made ready for
the printers.
Governor Believes “Balanced Budget
Is Possible For North Carolina
Raleigh, Alay 25.—Governor AlcLean
announced Saturday that he saw no
barrier in the way of a “balanced bud
get” for the State and its various de
partments and institutions , beginning
with the next fiscal year, which starts
on July Ist. He explained that all spend
ing agencies had been supplied with the
proper forms which would enable them to
make up their estimates and that he had
requested the heads of these to expedite
matters as rapidly as possible.
The Governor, again expressed Irs
gratification at being able to lower the
percentage proposed reductions in allot
ments two points, that is, from seven to
five per cent. He said that he had held
extended conferences w-ith the Commis
sioner of Revenue and that he had given
the departments and institutions the ben
efits of the conclusions reached as to
what the State could do financially. He
added, however, that the five per cent,
basis w f as subject to change, according to
revenue prospects but expressed the hope
that if there should be a change :t would
be in favor of tbe departments and in
stitutions.
“It is absolutely necessary that the
State government, as a whole, live with
in its income,” said the Governor, "and
in order that it do so. all spending agen
cies must be governed by the same rule of
equity. There is no option in the mat
ter. A, pew- system has been inaugurat
ed. A trpns : tion is in progress. The
change will became actually effective with
the beginning of the next fiscal year.”
The Governor added that it was not
his purpose, as Director of the Budget, to
net in an arbitrary manner but to carry
out the executive budget law. He *4nd
he desired the sympathetic co-operation of
every departmental and institutional
head and declared that these officials
NEWSPAPERS HAD RIGHT
TO PUBLISH INCOMES
Decision Handed Down in Test Suit Car
ried to the Supreme Court.
Washington, May 25.—Newspapers
which published last fall lists of income
taxpayers were upheld in doing so today
!>y the Supreme Court.
The court declared the newspapers
were not guilty of violation of the law in
publishing income tax lists made availa
ble to public inspection in the offices of
the collectors of internal revenue.
The cases appealed were those won by
the Kansas City Journal-Pest and the
Baltimore Post in the lower courts, which
had hold that any law prohibiting publi
cation of information which Congress had
directed the Internal Revenue Bureau to
make available for public inspection would
be unconstitutional. This contention the
Supreme Court in effect upheld.
NO NEWS EARLY TODAY
FROM CAPT. AMUNDSEN
Spitzbergen at 2 O’clock This Morning
Reported Nothing Had Come From the
Explorer*. . .. . -
Oslo, Norway. Alay 25 (By tne Asso
ciated Press). —A ‘dispatch from Spitz
bergen to the Shipping Gazette says no
news had been received regarding tin:
Amundsen flight expedition up to two
o’clock this morning.
No Word From Explorers at New York.
Now York. May 25. —Up to 2:15 p.
m. today the American Newspaper Al
liance had received no word from the
Amundsen-Ellisworth seaplanes since
their departure Thursday afternoon from
Kings Bay, Spitzbergen. for the North
Pole. This was announced at that hour
through the Associated Press by Loring
Picketing, general manager of the alli
ance.
Raising Relief Fund for Amundsen.
San’ Diego. Calif., Alay 25. —Hans
Nansen, of the First National Bank of
San Diego, a nephew of the noted ex
plorer. Fritjof Nansen, announced here
today that he was raising funds to
finance an expendition for the relief of
Amundsen, and w-as certain his plans
would be a success.
Robinson President of Brooklyn Team.
New York. Alay 25.—-Wilbert Robin
son, for eleven years manager of the
Brooklyn baseball team of the National
League, today was elected president of
the club, succceeding the late Charles H.
Ebbets.
were showing him every consideration.
Governor AlcLean advocated the execu
tive budget system in his campaign speech
es wHMe making the race for the demo
cratic nomination a year ago. Later,
when he liafl been nominated, he contin
ued the fight and when the General As
sembly met he presented his views to the
lawmakers who. in turn, passed an execu
tive budget law. Since the General As
sembly adjourned, be, as Director of the
Budge), has been devoting his time almost
exclusively to working out plans for put
ting the new system into effect. He has
addressed numerous communications to
heads of spending agencies and is now on
the last stretch of the journey toward
the new fiscal year.
Accompanying communication in which
he notified departmental and institution
al heads that he had seen his way clear
to lower the reduction of allotments two
points, the Governor sent final forms for
making estimates, based on his latest
findings as to the State’s prospective rev
nues.
The executive stated Saturday he de
sired that the public should be fully in
formed as to the method of procedure.
In this conneetiton, he outlined the sum
mary and estimate forms which are be
ing filled out by heads of spending agen
cies.
Departmental forms are divided into
the following groups:
Biennial estimate of expenditures, an
nual estimate of expenditures by bureau
or division, request for quarterly allot
ment. and quarterly estimate of general
fund revenues.
For the compilation of detailed infor
mation bearing on each subject a blank
has been prepared by tbe Governor and
mailed to each official responsible for
such information.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
ur WITNESS
IN SHEPHERD CASE
MAY RETURN HOME?
Rumor To This Effect Cre
ates Much Interest as the
Task of Selecting the Jury
Goes On In Slow Manner.
ROBERT WHITE IS
WITNESS WANTED
He Is Said to Be In Philadel
phia, Ready to Return to
Chicago If Assured He Will
Be Protected.
Chicago, Alay 25.—Reports that Rob
ert AVhite. missing state witness in the
AVilliam I). Shepherd murder trial, was
in Philadelphia, and intended to return
to Chicago “if given protection” created
interest here as the defense and prosecu
tion continued the task of selecting a
jury.
AVitli only four jurors selected after
a week’s effort which was attended by
two minor sensations, the disappearance
of AVhite and the statement of Philip
Barry, a prospective juror, involving
James C. Callen, a politician who, it
was learned, that precautions of an un
| usual nature would govern every act of
i the state’s attorney in the future con
duct of the trial, State’s Attorney
Crowe said that every man picked by
him would have to undergo a most care
ful investigation, questioning and scruti
nizing. Every safeguard will be placed
about the state’s witness, it wa sstated.
Counsel for Shepherd reiterated his de
nial that any one acting in Shelpherd’s
behalf had anything to do with the dis
appearance of AA’hite or the assertions
of Barry.
Purported Letter From White Made
Publie.
Chicago, May 25.—A purported letter
from Robert AATiite, missing witness in
the murder trial of AVilliam I). Shep
herd. was made public today by Assist
ant State’s Attorney Joseph Savage.
The writer declared he was “just com
mencing to fight Shepherd aud his gang”
and would come back.
The writer’s signature was virtually
identical with that signed by AA’hite for
the rented car in which he is said to
have disappeared and with the signature
of a purported letter AVhite, to ,a
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Postal Authorities War Against Ob
scene Matter.
AVashington. May 23.—Recent in
crease in the flood of questionable mat
ter offered for transmission through the
mails, has led to further tightening of
the routine safeguards employed in the
postal service for keeping it out and for
prosecution of those violating the federal
statutes in that regard.
Thousands of complaints have come to
the office of the postmaster general from
parents and associations asking that the
department augment its efforts to pro
tect children from obscene literature and
pictures.
The close surveillance exercised over
the character of matter passing through
the mails, officials believe, has affected
a material decrease in the number of
dealers in pornographic matter. Fed
eral courts have discouraged the efforts
of such dealers by upholding the post
office department in each instance where
ruling excluding obscene matters from
the mails has been challenged.
Foreign dealers, especially since the
war and the return of American sol
diers from Europe, have been active in
endeavoring to dispose of their products
in this country. In many instances
foreign consignments are intercepted at
custom houses. The trade of these of
fenders has been crippled by the postal
authorities returning to senders letters
addressed to all known dealers in ob
scene matter, by confiscating great
! quantities of unmailable advertising
circulars and the materials as well, and
by acquainting those attempting to im
port such matter with their responsibili
ty and liability to prosecution under the
penal provisions of the laws.
The numerous small magazines, de
pending for their popularity on the
pornographic material in them, are the
source of continual complaint and the
exclusion of many of them from the
mails curtails to a considerable extent
their widespread circulation. These
publications have been responsible for
increasing the work of the post office de
partment’s legal forces. The magazines
when excluded from the mails find their
way to newstands through other chan
nels.
Appointed to Succeed L Me Senator
Spencer.
Jefferson City. Mo., May 2o (By the
Associated Press).— The appointment of
G H Williams, of St. Louis, to succeed
the late United States Senator Seldon
I* Spencer, was announced today by Gov
ernor Samuel Baker.
WHAT SAT'S BEAR SAYS
Partly cloudy in east, fair with light
to heavy frost in west portion, cooler in
central and east portion tonight; Tues
day fair, cooler along sout coast, and
warmer in extreme west portion.
NO. 90