PRFW * U DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI imu.sm- But He Had Killed Her.—Says She Took Poison Because She Was Jilted. TOOK POISON IN HIS OFFICE Says Marshall.— Confes sion Made-in the Office of District Attorney Tay lor, of Media, Pa. C Philadelphia, Pa., Jan .25. —OF)-* Dnvld L. Marshall, chiropractor, con fessed early today that he dismember ed the body of Anna May Dietrich, but sobbingly denied that he murder ed the 35 years old Norwood milliner, declaring she took poison in bis office because she was “jilted" by a wealthy New York man. Half an hour before he broke down and confessed Marshall had been oyer and looked into the disfigured face of the woman in the Media morgue, and i said: [ “I wish she could speak; she would 1 tell you lam guiltless.” The confession wns made In the office of District Attorney Wm. Tay : lor. -of Media, and came tumbling in coherently after an examination of four hours. j He was takeb to Media from hia home in Bywood Heights, which oyer looks the ravine where the young woman’s head, lodged under a rail road trestle was found Saturday and. i where searchers came upon the re mains of the clothing bought by her lgte Tuesday, tbe day before she. dis appeared to be worn at a dance the following night. Marshall had glibly answered num erous questions in the district attor ney's office, in his home, in his office and in the presence of the mutilated body in the morgue. Marshall had been left alone with District Attorney Taylor. (•“Mr. Taylor,” he began after a ton minute’s silence, “l want you \ to promise me one thln<; that you will take care of my Wife and chUdi” Theyi . there was another pause. , 1 “1 did it,” he cried suddenly. „ MHHKttr wrmrmmy or w womah's death and She dismembering dnd disposition of the body. “I met the girl Tuesday night out side my office on 17th street In Phil adclphia,” l 'fie 'begnn. “She said she did not feel ohry well. 1 ‘proposed thaf she go up tyy 1 my office. I told her the door was -trtflocked and to He down: I said'l was going out To get fidirtethlng] to egt:-” ■’ :l ' “I was gone about ah hpur. When I came back I went' ft)’the office but did not see Miss Dietrich. She was in the bathroom. ' “I sat down and read for ten or fifteen fninntes. Then I knocked on • the. bathroom (loot; and when I was not answered , I pqslied in the door which was fastened wifi) a catch. “I found Miss Dietrich

; *' *'> x —<*— ) further. The reason is evident, he - adds, for there is nothing so) graceful - as a pretty leg. - “ A spokesman for Jenny's in the « Champs Elysees, the trend is townrd ? shorter dresses for evening as well as ordinary wear. Another designer Raid • that when/ America shortened its i dresses too far. Par’s resisted, and it - will be the same .now. t “We do net dress women en mase," t he said, “but singly, and we advise a ( shorter Or longer robe according to the womnn's figure, especially the ■ of her legs.” i • , The'only dissenting note came from . Paul Poiret, who said dresses arc too : short, and that if an eighth of an inch l mbre is cut off they will be hopeless ■ ly exaggerated. Several midinettes who Wear short . skirts and also help make them, came , -right out for the abbreviated mode, i one declaring, if “American girls had i as beautiful legs as we have,, they i ( woitld not want to hide them.” Sev i eral, however, hoped the skirts would get no Rhorter, admitting they are al , ready somewhat awkward to manipu : late in tramways and omnibusses where tjie seat* are rather high. MADAME SNOW PAYS 5 STATE HER SECOND VISIT i Greensboro Reports Three Inches.— Covers Southern Section of State, Charlotte, Jan. 25.—OF)—The mod [ este lime. Snow paid her second visit i of the season to North Carolina last ■ night nnd today. • Her design woh cloak elaborate bnt more charming than the first. Its - border of sleet was missing but in -1 stead it bore n peeper softness with a flake-like veil over it. | The southern section of the state : was clad in a new garment at day break with the fleecy downpour still ; continuing. At ChaHotte the snow was an inch or more deep at 8 this | morning with no sign of letup. Greensboro reported oße .account' of , three inches of snow with more still . coming down. It is not unusually " cold at the Gate City. ; One inch was reported from .Salis , bury and still snowing. Winston- Salem, In the most northern part of , the state, put the fall at 1 1-2 inches, . melting as fast almost as it struck. Gastonia measured the fall at three \ inches at 8:30 this morning with more . descending. I * . INTEREST SHOWN IN PET AND HOBBY SHOW ' . N ) Exhibit of Dolls Exported to Be Most Unique Play—More KxMblta - • Uss-HnTi fy ••• ■ -jll ‘ Much Interest is'bOhtg exhibited >n I the PM and Hobby Show, which is to ■ be given next Saturdffy at the Y. M. 1 c: A - , • More exhibits qre expected than ev ■ er before an tk-e officials, to prevent the convic- J tlon of certain persons and to obtain j tbe removal of evidence files 'froiq the department. , In his petition, Felder claimed he - had not been confronted during the - trial by witnesses agaist him; that , the indictment had not charged any . crime; that the government had II made improper usp of grand jury - minutes in examining witnesses and [ that tbOre was lack of proof to con , ect him with the offense charged. MORE OPPOSITION TO THE CARAWAY BILL. New Orleans Banker Enters Protest With the Senate Agriculture Com mittee. Washington,'Jan. 25.—0 F) —Furth- er oppoaition to the Caraway bill which prohibits trading In cotton and grain futures was heard todaj by the Senate sgriqulture ocmmlttee. Charles Deb. Claiborne, vice presi dent of the Whitney Central Bank of New Orleans, toM the committee that the- passage of the measure would compel' the banks to withdraw credits from the cotton trade for cotton would be an unsound Security with out the insurance against loss made , available with the hedting privilege. IHe said if ttie bank credit is jrith drawn the costs would so back to the consumer. .... i The condition of K. L. Craven, who has been seriously ill at the Concord Hospital for several days, la reported today as being encouraging. Mr. Craven rested weU .lsst night and was a little better today. The victory of Ivan Phddubny over • Stanislaus Bybszko puts the giant Russian In line for a match witti Joe Steebar tor the world’s heavy weight wrestling championship.. , j ■ -i* . , \ K ,k N; . ’ \ CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1920 - I— !■!.■* m ■ S"! ■ ■».»■■■ ' I - - ' I n ■t- .. i 4 —o A party of anglers from Fort Wogth. Tex., made what they believe a record catch of Osh when they dropfaed their lines off the Sabine light in Che Gulf of Mexico. They landed 1| "Warsaw" fish, a variety of deep sea oaaa, weighing a total of Moo pounds. Part of their haul Ls shown above. in .f RANKIN PRAISES SIMMONS’ WORK Duke Hospital Fund Director Re joices at Inheritance Tax Adjust ment. A Charlotte, Jan. 25.—Dr. W. S. ; Rankin, director of the hospital and orphans sections of the Duke Endow ment, has written Senator Simmons expressing his gratification at the sen ator’s effective efforts in behalf of n satisfactory adjustment of the inheri tance taxes which carried without amendment haye rested very heavily on the hospital funds of the Duke En dowment. Dr, Rankin calculates that the income from the millions saved; the Duke Endownment together with supplementary income will mean 25,- 000 people provided annually with | hospital care. His letter follows: “As I wired you yesterday, X am elated and profoundly grateful for your interest and effective effprts in behalf of a satisfactory adjustment through the new tax bill for the heavy inheritance taxes which, under the law of 1924, would have rested dis tressingly heavily upon the hospital funds of the Duke Endowment. , “While human values, such as the avoidance of unnecessary grief and sorrow of parents for children and children for parents, relief from in terest and zest in the ordinary tasks of life and increased happiness, be weighed in the scales of personal ex perience, certain farts stand out which, though falling far short of in thg far-reaching effects your, successful efforts to amend tht> new tax bill in the way it has been agreed upon, vaguely indicate how large and, fine a service you have gone far toward accomplishing, i .- - i “To save the sum of siX' or onents of the World Court in the conference today decided to propose that limit of debate on the "world court issue begin March Ist. This is wholly unacceptable to op ponents and a vote on eloture at 1 p. m. is regarded as inevitable. LOST CHILD THEME OF NEW ORATORIO “Guardian Angel” Is Title.—Deals With Colonial Days in North Car olina. Lawrence. Kou„ Jan. 25.—The legend of the child lost in, the forest and protected from wild beAste ns by a guardian angel is the theme of an oratorio, "he Guardian Angel." writ ten by Prof. Charles Sanford Skilton of the University of Kansas. Its premier production will com J this sirring at the meeting of the Kansas Federation of Music Clubs. Into the oratorio is woven much of (lie religious spirit of the Moravian settlement of 1705 at Salem. N. C. Many quaint customs of tin Morav ians are brought out.. Prof Skilton learned the legend while teaching, at the Women's College- Saleiu, soon after completing' has musical educa-i tion in , Europe. The Moravians jiad juovtsf south wartp from their earlier , settlement at" Bethlehem, Pa., and bad endeavor ed to make homes in the miljs of North Carolina. ’lt wAs’ (heir cqs-' tom to divide church' congregations' into ' choirs.'' ohe of which wAs' com posed entirely of children.'At stated seasons Of'thh'j’ea'r' each choir held a love feast. The ohi Idrep observed this custom on Christinas Kv>, when they sang a song beginning, “Jesus makes' my heart rejoice.” 1 This song furnishes -the cMitrnl. thread for the oratorio, whrdh is di vided into three sections. In the' first section a group of children seeks; permission tp, play in a meadow' >vhcre mefl ,qre : working, . near a forest. The story is told in a dialogue of one child with. ,jts mother. The mother demurs, but upon consulting the “text book" and finding' the text for tije day, "He shall ■ give His apgels charge concerning thee,” con sents to allow the child to go to the meadow opt into the forest. The child, however, is tempted by bright blossoms at the .edge of the woods, nnd wanders deeper into the timber, becoming'lost and falling to sleep. In thq second section the child awakens, hears voices -of its play mates and attempts to answer their calls but con not. The child is held down as if by a great band, the til* sealed by the fingers of the hand Gradually the voices die away and the child is able to make its way to thi edge of the clearing where it is found. The searchers discover the tracks of a panther end their pious belief that an angel sent from heaven to prevent the child crying out, and thus attracting the animal. The third section takes up the re covery of the child, and the music returns to the colonial, simplicity of the opening chorus. The middle sec tions, however, are developed along modern musical lines. The production on Ms for five seJo voices, a children's chorus of 500, a mixed chorus of 300 voices and sym phony orchestra. The libretto is by Abbie Harwell Brown of "Boston, writer of children’s stories and poems. ‘"tbe point of view of the orn torlo,” said Prof. Skilton. “is to re produce the piety of the founders of America, both ns represented in the New England colonies and in some parts of the South. -It is truly American in its production and in its characters. The writing of . Ameri cans, in their own way, is, I be lieve, the only way to develop a real American music.” Government’s Request Denied. St. Louis, Jan. 25.— OP) —The gov ernment’s application to advance the Teapot Dome oil lease rehearing was denied without prejudice today by the U. 8. Court of Appeals here. The court said It would hear further gov ernment application if counsel were unable to agree before Februnary 10 on the advancement. Forty-four cities in the United States now have public golf courses. • Coming Over * • a gjij^ ■ i-, I jraji H B n si. i j|, crossed through town, the detective following .him and 'finally catching up with him after he had taken off his ovegcoat. . • He. shojved resentment when ac costed by the detective, according to the officers, but wh£n confronted with a recital of his utmsual movements ar-Hind town and the-attempt to cash the i check he rcmnrked according to the officer: “You’ve .got the goods on mi 4 ' I had ns well tell all Uknow.” Brady Simpson is Wanted -on Crim inal Assault Charge. Charlotte, Jan,. 23.—Rural and city police today were continuing a search for Brady Simpson, 35, Thom nsboro white man, who is alleged to have committed criminal assault while with the girl and Knox Brown, 1 (1-year-o’.d white boy, on a wild ride i Wednesday night. Brow is iu jalt i here and the girl, Sarah May Hicks, 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hicks, of Lakewood, is iu the custody of lice r>arents. The Hicks girl was missing from : tier home Wednesday night but was found Thursday afternoou- She told ; her parent# and officers that she had been persuaded to go on an auto i mobile ride by Simpson and' Brown. Simpson is alleged to have criminally assaulted the child during the night after taking her to Kannpolis nnd , other nearby towns. He left her dur ing the night with the Brown boy, according to her story. The Brown boy faces charges of stealing an automobile and df having had im ' proper relations with the girl. He ■ probably will be tried next week. ReAieiug «Infant Mortality. Gaston!*;- N. C., Jan. 25.—OP)— Reduction-of the infant mortality in Gastonia from 00.4 per- thousand in 1024 to 54.4 per thousand, in 1025, nnd of the number of cases tit contag ious diseases from 548 in 1923 to 07 in 1025, wa attributed to the qual ity of the milk supplied by the dairies of the county by City Manager D. L. Struthers at the dairymen’s annual banquet here. “This fine record is due solely to the good quality of milk produced by these dairymen,” declared the city manager, “and to the fine spirit of co-operation they have shown through out the whole campaign for better milk In this county." ■■>o * THE TRIBUNE PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY NO. 18 FEWER DEATHS IH 1 SOUTH LAST WEEK FROM ACCIDENTS ■ i Thirty-Three Persons Kill ed in Eleven Southern States in Traffic Acci dents, Survey Shows: FLORIDA LEADER --I DURING THE WEEK Alabama Free From Traf fic Deaths.—Six Killed and 32 Injured in This State During Week. Atlanta, Jan. 25.—C4>)—The traffic toll in eleven sum hern states for the week endiing last night was thirty three persons killed and 257 injured, , it was shown in a survey made by the Associated 1 ’rose early today. - • ' This shows a distinct fulling off, especially in the number killed. . Florida held the record for the week in the number killed and the number injured. There were eight deaths and 49 injuries in that state. Ala bama reported no deaths from traffic causes. South Carolina reported the fewest injuries, but five having been re corded in the Palmetto State. 1 Virginia followed Florida a close second with 40 injuries. There were no outstanding acci dents during the week, the toll repre ' senting the general run of casual- ; ties. A tabulation by states includes: ; North Carolina, six deaths and 32 injuries; South Carolina, four deaths I ami five injuries. . COTTON WAS QUIET J NEARLY ALL OF WEEK t One Burst of Activity Followed Pub lication of Ginning Report—Prices . % Lower- New Orleans, Jan. 24.—The cot- t . ton mai'ket was quiet all last week , with the exception of the burst of . ' activity wljieh. followed the | tion of the census bureau report on ! ginning* to January 1(5 on Saturday, s ' In anticipation of a total of about . 10.000 bale* or more the market hail eased off from the slight advance with which the week opened, until <’ March contracts had 1 traded down to s ? 19.47 on Friday, a loss from Mon . day’s high point of 53 points.' As . soon as it was known that the offi cial ginning total was only 15.488,- , 230. the March position rallied 42 profits, or to within five points.-** the . week's high. >v 1 The advance to : 20.00 for March on Monday was the culmination of an advance due to short covering in the .pear months owing to the strongly uttrepebed .positions of those holding, the long end' of Jamjary.anjJ.lifcwcb. From that high point the, market gradually cased off, largely because a good part of, the spot interest had developed weakness although tjhe. im pression which had been created by large private ginnings estimates bad helped bring about an easier tone. A contributing influence in bring ing about the decline was the falling off in’ the spot demand and the lighter eiports'. Owing to the di minished'exfiort'mofeiftent, the total exports for the season to date, which earlier in the fall had exceeded last years exports by more than 400.000 bales, have now shrunk to an excess compared with last year of about 33,000 bales nnd even that small 1 gain promises to disappear altogeth -1 er early this week- . • Although some of Saturday’s ad -1 vance following the ginnings report was subsequently - lost, owing to profit-taking, the week closed With a better tone prevailing, me market being beped not only by the smaller ginnings then looked for but,also by the improvemet in the manufactured I goods trade. Fall River sales of ( print-cloths for thq week totaled 200.000 pieces, the largest turnover , in a long while. TRACE LOST OF BRITISH FREIGHTjER ANTIbiO® Trace Lost by the President Roose ‘ velt in Heavy Snow Squall. . New York. Jan. 25.—(A*>—The liner President Roosevelt wirelessed i the U. S. line today that she lost i trace of the British freighter Antinoe . I after answering an S. O. S. call from I her yesterday in mid-Atlantic. The’ - President Roosevelt was alongside tile . freighter for several hours but trace ■ was lose in a heavy snow squall. i All of the freighter's boats were I gone, the message said, water was in - ,the fireroom and her radio was put , out of commission. The Antiuoe sail, i ed from New York January 14th for i Queenstown with a cargo of wheat; The higher we soar the smaller w» appear to those who cannot fly. £ V BAT’S BEAR SAYSt ri ' V|j Rain tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy with rain in east portion; northeast and east winds, shifting northwest Tueday. «