DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
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Dr. Pentuff Talks of
Life In Trial Os His
Suit For Big Damages
Plaintiff Tells of Educa
tion, Churches and In*
stitutions He Has Served
Within Past 25 Years.
ALSO ADMITS HE
HAS HAD TROUBLE
Tells of Arrests on False
Pretense Charges and
About Money He Still
Owes Several Persons.
Tlio testimony of tlfie plaintiff fea
tured the first session of the ease of
I >r. J. I{. Pentuff, resigned pastor of
the McGill Street Baptist Church
here, aga : nst John A. I’nrk. O. J.
Coffin nml The Raleigh Times foj- li
hel. I)r. Ponluff "is seeking -damages
in the sum of s2tnoofi as the result,of
an editorial whleh npiieared in The
Times on February 23 in which the
plaintiff was described as an “iouni
grnbt ignoramus."
Several deposit ! ons were first Intro
duced by the entinsel for the plaintiff,
these being from 1). S. I’oole, author of
the Poole evolution bill; Rev. J. M.
Hilliard, of High I*oint, \V. H.
Blanchard, of Fuqua.v Springs, and
Hr. J. W, McLaughlin, president of
Furman University.
In the editorial it .was charged also
that in debating the Poole bill before a
House committee I)r. l'entuff became
so unmannerly that 'lie had to be sup
pressed” by the cqfnmittee chairman.
The depositions for the most part de
» ed that such was the case, Mr. Poole
stating that Dr. Pentuff appeared be
fore the committee at his request.
Mr. Hilliard said he heard the debate
and did not hear Chairman Connor
suppress the speaker. Mr. Blanchard
saitl he invited Dr. Pentuff to speak at
Fuqua.v Springs and that resolutions
of commendation for his address
there, whirh appeared in The News
and Observer he and not Dr. Pentuff,
had written.
Dr. Pentuff was examined by M. H.
Caldwell and the cross (Vtininatiou
was conducted by L. T. Hartwell. The
witness said he was born in North
Carolina, attended the common pehoqla
in this Rtate amt South Carolina. laG
er graduated at Furman University^
. with the Degree of Doctor of Philos,,,
rtr. sh stt stmUed for three years atj
the t nivrsity of fbieago after beifg
for a time ill Shurteff College. After
leaving Chicago, he said, he was dean
of the Rnrllngton Institute, going froth
there to Stevens College, where he
was first (lean and then president. I-at
er he was denn of San Marcos College,
at San Marcos. Texas, and for a time
served as dean of Powhatan College,
at Charlestown, W. Va.
He said he hart been pastor of
churches in Shelbinn, Mo., St. Jos
eph, Mo., and Gonzales, Texas. For 25
years, be saitl, he has been making a
study of seienVe am) haw kept abreast
of the times n scientific matters. He
also testified that he hail lectured on
evolution in Charlotte. Mooresville,
Raleigh and Fnquay Springs.
When asked about his conduct be
fore the House committee. Dr. Pen
tuff said, ”1 gave a straightforward
lecture, explaining the bill. 1 gave a
dignified and clear statement of facts.
1 conducted myself like a gentleman.”
Dr. Pentuff denied that he was “sup
pressed" by Chairman Connor, saying
the only thing of the kind occurred
when after he had finished he asked
permission to direct a question to
those oo|msing him in the debate. This,
he said, was denied by the chairman.
The editorial matter, he said, had
caused him great mental anguish.
On cross-examination Dr. Pentuff
was asked about many incidents that
were not mentioned in bis direct ex
amination. Mr. Hartsel) asked him
about notes he had not paid, about
warrants issued for him in the State
and about stocks he had sold and guar
anteed.
Several times the witness hesitated
and a number of times he declared
he had forgotten some of the inci
- dents mentioned.
He admitted that be has lived in
North Carolina, South Carolina, Ken
tucky. Missouri, Illinois, lowa, Texas
and West Virginia.
“You immigrated back to North
Carolina, didn’t you?” Mr. Hartseil
asked.
“I don’t know,” was the first r*
ply. "bo you mean to say a man of
your eduction doesn’t know what im
migrating means?” Mr. Hartaell asked.
“I came back home,” the witnesa
then replied.
“You were ip Morganton in XtKiO,
when all' your goods were attached
for debt, weren’t you?” Mr. Hartaell I
asked. . .
”J don’t recall Jhe date.”
"Your property was attached for
debt there, wasn’t It?”
"Yea.” -
From Morganton the witness said
he went to Tennessee where he stayed
a short time; going from there to
Yaney county.
"You were arrested m Yancy coun
ty on n false pretense charge, weren’t
you?”
“On a false charge.”
“Yon paid the costa and the money
you were charged with getting under
false pretense, didn’t you?
“I paid part of the coats and aH of
the money.”
Later Dr. Pentuff explained atgreat
length about the money. He was try
ing to open mica and falspar mines,
he said, and wanted to get money to
make a payment. Mr. Hoskins, of
Burnsv'lle, he said, learned of con
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ditlons and got the money from Ms
r hank on a note which he endorsed.
I When the note became due he didn’t
have i'.te money, the witness said, and
[the bank refused to take another note.
| When he pent back to Burnsville With
I the new note He was arrested atid
( [ placed in jail, where he stayed until
, 1 bondsmen from Marion could be notl
l.fted of his plight.
,1 ''Wasn't another warrant issued for
• you in Yancey county because of $55
ytin owed William Parne!)?” • Mr.
I Hartseil asked.
"Yes. I ((aid.this nml the costs."
Jt was charged in Rio indictments
Which were read that Dr. Pentuff
asked Mr. Huskins and Mr. Parnell
for the loans, telling them be had
' property which would be sold soon
which would bring him in at least
SI,OOO. He explained that friends
did not take the property and he
could not pay Cue money.
Dr. Pentuff also admitted that he j
was secretary and treasurer of the!
'roll River Mineral and Timber Com
pany. He did not recall, he said, sell
ing $1,300 worth of the stock to G. W.
Ilonner and signed by him, in which
lie guaranteed the stock.
“Did Bonner ever get his money
back on the stock?" Dr. Pentuff was
asked.
“I guess not. I signed the stock
as secretary but 1 don’t remember
making the sale. The directors of
Rte company told me to guarantee the
,stock."
"Do you. remember a note for $275
which Mr. Banner endorsed for
you?" Mr. Hnrtsell nsked.
“I don’t, recall about that.”
The note waet produced and Dr.
Pentuff said he remembered it. He
explained that what he meant at
first- wsr that he didn’t remember
the exact amount of the note.
"Hitvc you pnid Mr. Bonner?"
“I have not."
"How much other money do yon
owe ?”
1 “More than I can jay.”
In Charlestown, W. Va., Mr. Pen
tuff ndmitted G. K. Benner bad
thrown him into- bankruptcy because
he equld not pay SI,OOO he owed
Benner- i
“Do you think the fact that yon
Were phteed in bankruptcy cancelled
the raet-sl 'debt ?’’ Mr. Hartseil asked.
vssTJ would pay him if I had the
Idoney.” v
-That
court as meaning iW. I’effDnT'rofr
he stii| had a moral obligation.
“And weren't you arrested fn Mo>-
ganton, X. C-, about another cheek?”
Dr. Pentuff was asked.
“There was something about a
cheek there but I don't recall that I
was arrested.”
tfr. Pentuff ndmitted that he owes
a sum of money to M- W. Brown, of
Paeolet, 8. C.
Miss Twitty, an Ancona hen be
longing to the Pentuff family, was
brought into the ease as the result of
an article which appeared in the
Daily Tribune. In the article the hen
was given credit for laying three
eggs before I) o'clock on a single
morning.
Dr. Pentuff said he thought this
was so. since he carried the key to
the henhouse. “I would not deny it,”
he said.
“People in Concord came to see
that hen, didn’t they?” Mr. Hnrtsell
asked.
“Yes, some did.”
“Grover Love was there one day,
wasn’t be?”
“I didn’t invite him especially,
but I think he was there.”
“And the hen laid but one egg that
day?”
“Yak.”
Dr. pentuff said he had put an
egg advertisement in a Charlotte
paper because his daughter wanted
him to. In the ad. it was stated that
eggs, laid by Miss Twitty, who laid
twice a day, were for sale.
Dr. Gaines, pastor of the St.
John's Baptist Church, of Charlotte,
was called. He said Dr. Pentuffs
reputation in the Meckienbnrg-Cnbar
rus Association was good. His gen
eral reputation so far as he knows
is good, Dr- Gaines said.
Uto plaintiff rested after introduc
ing evidence to show that the Raleigh
Times is read by a few persons in
this city and has a general circula
tion in Wake County.
Efforts by the plaintiff to' show
that Dr. Pentuffs chances of getting
another position have been endanger
ed by the editorial were not admitted
by Judge A. M. Stack, who is pre
siding. v ,
The defense was ready to argue a
motion for dismissal of the suit when:
court recessed at noon. The argu,
ment will be made at 1:45 and the
trial started again if the motion is
not allowed at 2 o’clock.
The plaintiff is represented by M, H.
Caldwell, of Concord, and Zeb V. Tur
lington, of Mooresville.
Hartseil and Hartseil, of Concord,
and Col. Albert Cox. of Raleigh, rep
resent the defendants..
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; Albert Schmidt Tries to'
i j Kill Samuel Wertheimer
, i ' and Then Turns Gun on
Himself.
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;! RUSHING TO SCENE
Schmidt Lured Wertheim
er Into a Cellar and Be
rated Him for Unloading
Theater on Him.
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, ; Chicago. Oct. 27.—Op)—Two jier
jsons arc dead and 8 injured as the re
! suit of a shooting that ended when
| Albert Schmidt, theatre owner, turn
led a revolver on h’mself with fatal ef
j feet.
I The second.to lose his life was not
the target of Schmidt’s lire. I)etoo
live Sergeant Waller Riley was killed
when an automobile coll deil with a
detective squad car speeding to the
theatre..
Patrons of the theatre were unaware
of the shooting until Samuel A.
Wertheimer, wounded twice, said that
Schmidt, to whom he recently sqld the
movie house, nsked him ■to come to
the theatre, lured him Into the cellar,
and after making incoherent state
ments about disappointment in the
concern, began firing.
The seven persons in the automo
bile colliding with the detective car
were injured, but none seriously.
STATEWIDE SEARCH
IS NOW UNDERWAY
For the 19-Year-Old Son of Mrs. Lor
ralne -Wiseman Slelaff.
Los Angeles, Oct. 2V. — UP) —A
statewide search was underway today
for Robert Wiseman, It) year old son
of Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman Hielaff.
who is sought as a defense witness in
connection with his mother's accusa
tion that Aimee Semple McPherson,
evangelist, manufactured evidence to
support an tibdnction story to explain
her five weeks’ absence from Angel us
Temple.
. Mrs, Wiseman denied knowledge of
her son’s whereabouts, but admitted
having sent him away to present Ms
rfmnNWWe i« pattife It -KuixisrWpotl
that the boy is wanted to testify a's to
ki* mother's movements during the
time she said she was employed by
Mrs. McPherson to manufacture -evi
dence. Mrs. Wiseman, a co-defend-.
ant with Mrs. McPherson and a pros
ecution witness, said she last heard
from her son “300 miles north of here.”
Clashes between opposing counsel
enlivened yesterday’s session and at
times obscured the trend of the testi
mony.
TWELVE MOROS KILLED
In » Fight Between Philippine Con
stabulary and Moro Outlaws.
Manila. P. 1., Oct. 27.— UP) —Twelve
Moros were killed in a fight today be
tween Philippine constabulary troops
and a band of Moro. outlaws in Lanoo
province. There wCre no casualties
among the constabulary. The con
stabulary was attempting to arrest
three Moros who recently murdered
Otto R. Seifert, an American acitizen.
The outlaws took refuge in a fort
which the constabulary stOrmjd.
Ponxl Ordered Turned Over to Massa
chusetts Authorities.
Austin, Tex., Oct. 27—OP)—Char
les Pouzi. financial wizard, today was
ordered turned over to Massachusetts
authorities by the court of criminal ap
peals. Ponzi is held In jail at Hous
ton. j
Ponzi'hns been fighting extradition
tor four months. Two hearings were
held before Governor Ferguson before
she honored the requisition of the Gov
ernor of Massachusetts for the return
Os Ponzi to serve a seven to nine year
sentence upon conviction of "being a
Common and notorious thief," in con
nection with financial schemes in Bos
ton. Ponzi was captured in New Or
leans by a Texas officer who had rec
ognized him on board an Italian ship.
The Boston financial wizard sought to
prevent extradition in the District
court, and failing here -sought relief
in the higher court.
(By International News Service)
Charlotte, Oct. 27.—Indestructible
houses—houses that will neither burn
> nor rot —will soon replace the houses
of today, which are so inflammable
as to constitute a constant menace,
according to A. P,. Allen, mechanical
engineer, of New York, who is in
Charlotte in the interest of establish
ing a factory for the manufacture of
ready-cut houses, and who is the in
ventor of a liquid said to render lum
ber fireproof.
“The secret is In the liquid with
which the lumber is treated. I am
going to build a small house in the
next few days. Half will be of or
dinary lumber and the other half of
the treated material.
Resigaa as Counsel for Judge English.
St. Louis, Oct. 27.—OP)—The St.
Louis Post-Dispatch today says that
: William F. Zunbruun. of Washing
ton, general counsel for the Ku Klux
' Klan, fags resigned as chief counsel for
Federal Judge George W. English,
of the eastern Illindis district, in his
impeachment trial before the Senate
November 10th.
In Holland npny women are em
ployed in the brickyards.
CONCORD, N. C-, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1926
UIUK NOD
WORKING IT HIGH
SPEED KT RICHBOND
It Is Expected That, Ad
journment ( Will Follow j
Today—Next Meeting ts i
■ Be Held at Erie, Pa.
NEXT SESSION TO
BE Held in
In 1029 the Interest of the
Lutherans of the World
i Will Be Centered, on a
Meeting at Copenhagen.
Richmond, Va., Oct. 27.— UP) —The
fifth biennial convention of the'Unit
ed Lutheran Church in America
worked at ’.ilgh speed this morning in
the hopes of adjourning this afternoon.
Tile next meeting will be held at Erie.
Pa., ip ii)2B. .white the following year
the Interest of Lutherans the world
over will be centered at Copenhagen.
Denmark, where the Lutheran world
convent ion will gather to develop in
ternational unity between the Luth
eran peoples of all nations.
Upward of two dozen items are on
the program for disposition before the
meeting can adjourn. They included
more thiiq eighteen reports of com
mittees and other organizations of the
church, nml several items under the
heading of unfinished business. The
unfinished ' business included 'a . Re
statement by the committee on modal
and social welfare, whose report
aroused much discussion when it was
presented Monday and which was re
committed for re-drafting.
Great Progress of Woman's Mission
ary Society. I
. Richmond. Va., Oct. 27.—Credit to
Woman’s Missionary Society and ac
knowledgment of its great progress,
both in home and foreign missionary
fields was rendered today in a repprt .
of the committee on women’s work as
made to the biennial Convention here
of the United Lutheran Church.
“There can be little question but
that this biennium will prove the
greatest in volume of receipts for mis
sions through the regular channels in
the history, of the Woman's Mission
ary Society,” asserts the comniittee.
< “The Woman’s Missionary Society, j
jrjkroojth ajl its ngencieu. Is doing): ail
most valuable spiritual work Lq a Tok
ening and organizing the missionary
spirit and in gathering the gifts of
our Lutheran womanhood for the
cause Os Christ aqd the world evangel
ization.”
The committee announces tnat it
is preparing to make a- survey of
women’s activities with a view to for
mulating constructive and helpful sug
gestions froth which tangible resulto
inay be expected during the next two
years. The committee voices a con
viction that every congregation'should
have an auxiliary organization of the
Woman's Missionary Society.
Delegates to Biennial Convention.
Richmond, Va;, Oct. 27.—Delegates
to Ihe biennial convention of the
United Lutheran Church in America
were startled yesterday when cancel
lation of European war debts to the
United States was advocated in a
formal report by the committee on
moral and social welfare of file Luth
eran Chureh. Delegates were amaz
ed to note that the committee had re
garded a moot question of interna
tional finanse as within the purview
of moral or social welfare. Since the
Lutheran Church is known to hold
the view that preaching the gospel
of Jesus Christ is the church's chief
function, the action of the convention
on the proposal to remit the war debts
in order to prevent the designation
of America as "a Shylock” is awaited
with keen anticipation.
The subject is taken up by the
committee under the heading of "Our
International Problem,” stating:
“To keep America true to her moor
ings and har mission, we must keep
America humble. Our heel of Achilles
in international relationships is a pos
sible oVerlordship in matters of fi
nance.”
Three courses are outlined by the
committee as possible methods by
which to “right the world in which
we live.”
The first of these is to reduce the
tariff, the second to let down the bars
to Immigration, and the third to “ul
timately wipe out the debt incurred
by foreign nations.” The first is re
jected as unacceptable to industrial
leaders, gnd the second is opposed by
the workers and those concerned in
social welfare. Taking up the re
mission of the debt, the committee
says ip jt* yeport:
“The thjrd profipsal should not be
carried- out immediately. Before Amer
ica accepts this solution of the world
problem, it ought to have some sub
stantial guaranty that the states of
Europe will effectively set their houses
in order and direet their energies to
the establishment of a United States
of Europe. It is highly important*
that tile, debt Fiiall not be remitted
until there is some effective guaranty
that the World War was not fought
In vain.
“Q», the other hand, it is equally
important that America recognize that
It is called to be a restorer rather
thap a Shylock and that our nation,
sharing in commercial culpalibity,
must not hold the European yvorld a
vassal for sixty years or three gen
eration!, to come,” J
of the Lotneea*/world convention Uu
to develop an international Lutberafi'
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PRINCE i EITEI TEEIDERICH PRINCESScSOEWIE CHARLOTTf
American college stndents are not addicted to booze orgies,
the Rev. Arthur Foley Wmnmgham-Ingrain, Bishop os
London, declared after a tour of United States. Harry P,
Gifford, of Salem, Mass., was elected president of the Na-»
tional Association of Mutual Savings Banks, Princess Sophia)
Charlotte was wanted a divorce from Prince Eitel Frederich*
second son of jwilhelm H. of Germany.
AMOUNT TO RELIEVE
THE COTTON CRISIS
IS OVERSUBSCRIBED
i Raleigh, Oct. 27.—(^)—A sub
stantial oversubscription to the
capital stock’ of the Finance Cor
poration for relieving the cotton
crisis in North Carolina was an
nounced this morning by Governor
McLeati. One million dollars was
the amount sought. The Governor
stated that he was satisfied that
$5,000,000 could be raised if nec
essary.
mind by proving inner unity in the
faith between the Lutheran people of
various nations,” Dr, John A. More
head. D. D., T&. D., LL. D„ of New
York City, explained in his report be
fore the convention of the United
Lutheran Church in America yester
day. Dr. Morebead iR president of
the committee of six which was ap
pointed by the - first Lutheran world
convention in 1023. The committee
which is rapidly preparing for a sec
ond Lutheran world conference to be
held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in
1020. has arranged that the 1928
meeting of the committee will take
place in America, probably in New
York City. The world movement for
co-operation within the Lutheran
church, which began in 1923 when.
the first Lutheran world convention
ment at Eisenach, Germany, has con-1
filmed through the executive commit-1
tee of that organization which, meet-1
ing annually, has brought closely to-1
gether the Lutheran peoples of many
lands.
SESQUI-CENTENNIAL TO
BE CLOSED ON SUNDAY
Unless the Exposition Association Ob
tains a Stay of Execution.
Harrisburg, Pa.. Oct. 27.— UP) —;
Dismissing exceptions to its former;
ruling, closing the Philadelphia Ses- 1
qui-Centennial' on Sundays, the Dau
phin County court today reaffirmed |
its previous decree, and issued an in-1
junction to enforce the closing order, i
Unless the Exposition Association ob- [
tains a stay of execution from the |
Supreme Court, the Exposition must
Be dosed on Sunday.
The price of cotton on the local mar
ket today is quoted at H 1-2 to 11 3-4
cents per pound.
• 1 NOW OPEN
Most men and women are faced by the same problem
—the problem of getting ahead.
OUR NOVEMBER SERIES
is now open, and as thousands of men and women in Con
cord will testify, there is no better and surer way of get
ting ahead financially than by the Building and Loan
route.
, If you want to buy or build or to save money, come
i in and talk the matter over with us.
Citizens Building & Loan Association
\if Office in the Citizen* Bank Building
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SAYS DEMOCRATS WILL
CARRY LINCOLN COUNTY
Commissioner Graham Says They
WiU Show the Republicans a
Thing or Two.
Raleigh, Oct. 27.— UP)— “While I
am fully aware that the. Republican*
have passed around the word they
are going to carry Lincoln county, yet
we will show fiiem such a discarding
of grave olotheß apd such a lively
resurrection next Tuesday that they
will no longer have any doubts as to
the longevity of Lincoln Democracy,”
declared Commissioner of Agriculture
Graham upon his return to Raleigh.
Mr. Graham went to Lineolnton to
introduce Governor McLean, who, in
his address there, took occasion to
commend the work of the commission
er to tiis home folks, declaring that
he had rendered valuable services not
only as head of the department to
which the people elected him but in
the matter of co-operating with the
present administration at Raleigh.
"Our folks were greatly pleased
with the governor’s speech,” said Mr.
Graham and I was glad of file oppor
tunity of introducing him as a farmer,
a business man and a statesman. “I
told them,” said the commissioner,
"that when he got through with be
ing governor that he was not going to
depend on cotton for a living, as he’
is a great advocate of diversification
of crops.”
| With Our Advertisers.
I There is no better food than the
J pasteurized milk of the Cabarriwe
Dreamery Co.
The Coacord Vulcanizing Co. is ex-
I pert in the vulcanizing business.
Overcoats of character at the J. C.
Penney Co.’s from $14.75 to $24.75.
Wool goods for dresses and coats at
the Parks-Belk Co.’s. Don’t forget
you get 10 per cent, off on groceries
this week only.
Men’s and young men’s hats, new
est colors and shapes, from $1.95 to
! $4.95. at Efird’s.
i Your car may be stolen—better
I have it insured by Fetzer & Yorke.
See the new ad. today of Wrenn. the
Kannapolis dry cleaner.
| The fur factory :epresentative is
i here today at Fisher’s with a $50,000
I stock to select from. Never were fine
| furs priced so low.
Preparations are being made by the
Ladies Aid Society of the Lutheran
Church for the annual Flower Show
which will be hUd at the Y*. M. C.
A. November 9th.
INDKTVERTS TO BE
son HID
MB!RoFPEflStl,rf
1 As a Result of the Alleged
Disappearance of Whis
key From the Rum Ship i
Elma at Wilmington. ;
NAMES HAVE NOT
BEEN DISCLOSED!
Federal Agents Have Been 1
Investigating Some Gov- j
ernment Employees—Al- j
leged Names Known.
Wilmington, X. C.. Oct. 27.— UP) — j
Tlu* Wilmington News-Dispatch* in n
story published here today says that
conspiracy indictments agaipst a num
ber of persons will be sought at the
November term of United States dis
trict court here as a result of al
leged disappearance of whiskey im
j pounded when the rum ship R uin was
! peijced off this port several moutMs
| ago.
j The whiskey, totalling about 4.000
leases, was stored in the I'nited States
customs house after being seized. Be
tween the time it was impounded and
the time the disfri'-t court ordered
\ it destroyed several weeks ago. some
| of the iitpiof is alleged t'b have disap
peared.
The News Dispatch says that the
names of those against indict
ments wifi be sought have not ; been
disclosed, but adds that federal agents
have, been investigating some govern
ment employees. j
“It is understood," says the ktory. !
•‘that secret service men who have j
been here since the rum ship was
brought into port, have made a search
ing investigation into the alleged dis
appearance of whiskey\ from the cus
toms house, and they tvere said to be
in possession of names of people re
ported to them as having obtained
some of the liquor. Likewise they
were said to know the names of the
persons alleged to have withdrawn the
whiskey. It is understood that some
federal employees have been investi
gated.
“Tlie agents wlto came here at ttie
time the rum ship was brought into
port were later supplemented ny'other
agents, including intelligence Officers
of the government and treasury de
partment detectives. It is said'that
the work of these detectives had been
directed lurgefy toward the securing
of information npon which conspiracy
indictments might be obtained."
CU ES TO MURDER
OF MISS LILY CROY
Toledo. ()., School Teacher, Whose
Body Was Found Tuesday.
Toledo, 0., Oct. 27—C«—Police
today uncovered two clues in connec
tion with the clubbing to death of
Miss Lily Croy, school teacher, whose
body was found yesterday.
James A. Harrison, negro, tuCried
over to-police an iron bar which he
found on a refuse pile near the scene
of the slaying. It was covered with
blood and matted hair.
Officers also are searching Tor a
taxicab driver who was reported to
have picked up a fare near the scene
of the elubbing. and taken the man
to a down town hotel. The jnan, ac
■ cording to reports to the police, ap
peared to have blood on his coat. Re
wards totalling $2,600 have been of
fered.
Xo definite clues have been de
veloped today in the murder of Mrs.
Mary Aldeu, who was found shot to
death in her home last night. Poliee
so far have been unable to connect
her slaying with the t'roy murder.
Tiie chief of police has issued a
statement asking citizens to keep cool
to prevent another wave of hysteria
such as swept the city a year ago
while a clubber was active.
THE COTTON MARKET
Reports Indicated That Cotton Is!
Still Making in Parts of the South.
Xew York. Oct. 27.— UP) —The cot
ton market opened fairly steady to
day at a decline of 8 to 5 points un
der Southern selling and liquidation.
Orders seemed to be well divided,
trade calling being about sufficient to
offset tlie Southern hedging which
continued, however,, while demand
seemed to slacken slightly. The mar
ket eased off to 12.06 for December
12.40 for March, net declines of 14 to
16 points on active months. The
selling may have been promoted to
some extent by u favorable weekly
weather report which some traders
here interpreted as indicating that 1
cotton still was nmk : ng in parts of
the South.
Liverpool reported trade culling in
the market there, but with liquidation
and more Southern selling.
Cotton futures opened barely steady :
December 12.16; January 12.27;
March 12.51 ; May 12.76 ; July 13.02,
His Salary To.; Small, Pastor Turns
Moonshine-
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 27.—Be
eauce the salary be was paid to
preach the gospel was insufficient - to
care for the needs of his family, he
began making whiskey. Margan says.
Baptists's circuit pastor,, arrested
here in a raid on a still told federal
officers.
"I have been a pastor for several
years, bttt my family was starving on
what I wgs paid and J had to earn
more money, so I made liquor,” he
said.
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THfc' TRIBUNE -'<l j
TODAY’S NEWS TODA|j
NO. 2§4
Mrs. Bertha
and Daughter Jumped
From a Room in Marthff
Washington Hotel.
REGISTERED UNDER
ASSUMED JWgfm
Carried Out Suicide Agrafe* 'J
ment. — Daughter Ha 4
Been Treated at a tips* §
pital for Insane.
Bertha Washntiser. 52. and her 32?
year old daughter, Dorothy, are des4'. 5
today as a result of leaping from Jh# 1
eleventh story of the Marl’d* Wuso
ington Hotel for women.
The two Women registered unde? 8
assumed names a half hour before
carrying out their suicide ligrebinent.
They were identified tlirougq. a >doCSiil
i or's card on which was written ff|l
"Brother knows all about the mqiieyi’l
There was a crash of glass as thp
mower's body struck a canopy ovtjc
i the hotel entrance. A moment lateg |
M iss Marjorie LaPiante, a nurse. Oy
Toronto, tint., who occupied a room
two tloors lye low. was startled by a '
crash as the body of the daughteS,‘|
struck, an»t was impaled upop fiHflgj
iron railing around a balcony oiijj- y
side her yvWdow. Miss T.aPlauM
seized the eirl but was unable pyf ■
| ercome her; "Let me loose, jfoi{ fool,
| let me loose. 1 want to go wljk
I mother," Miss Washauer shoittpSß , i
| She Lien fought herself free aiA |
dropped the remaining distance Iq tag ;
entrance canopy beside her mother.
Dr. Dora A. Bass, whose card
found in the mother's coat pocjtqC J
identified the women. The policy ftfitt
Miss IVashatier had been treated t#-b;
cently at a state hospital for lit in
sane. The mother was also said to |
have been suffering from a nefyqgt*
THE 68TH ANNIVERSARY
OF ROOSEVELT’S BIRTfOf3
Is Observed Throughout the Couatrjf 'i
as Navy Day.— Ships Thrown Operijj
to the Publir.
New York, Oct. 27.— UP) —The tlSth
; anniversary of Theodtire RoWigwlSM
birth was observed rhrongjxjyt the J
country as Navy Day.
Ships in port were thrown upen tp *1
the public, ceremonies and W
grams were arranged to call
to the country’s first line of iWjetwiEjfl
and to the career of the man
assistant secretary of the N*fjf and
its eommander-in-chief. and in privit|# %
life, promoted the Navy’s 1
with all his energy.
Feature events on the program here |
were a public Roosevelt meippriiu ,/Jj
meeting at Town Hall under thf a ml
pices of the Women's Roosevelt "Me- '
inorial Association, and the laying of
the keel of the new light cruises- Rgijj£ i
sacola at Brooklyn Navy Yards. Mrs.
Douglas Robinson. Roosevelt's «lgfoi£'|
and Rear Admiral Okas. P. P|dn|tef! |
were down for the principal spebSjyeS
at the memorial service. -
Navy Day’s Feature at Wilmington.
Wilmington. N. C.. Oct. 2 *■
Preparations were completed’ fixity p* '
board the coast guard cutter JIo<lo)t
for the reception of several hunjiiil
persons this afternoon, the commander.
IV. R. Munter having announced that. ,
this would be the Navy I>av’s featur'd
bw - --vipll
Trudie Claim* Poison Food Was Fed
Her. •« - ’EM
Cambridge. Mass., Oct. 27.—PoijRSj
oiled food which nearly put her 'bfe||
sleep while in the water defeated g
Gertrude Ederle’s first attempt ’
swim the English Channel, slip snji )1
in an interview with The Harviit® fj
Crimson.
Beef tea which she drank before |
starting was drugged, her trninSp. >
afterward discovered. "
"No one though I had a chance Mfil
getting across." „ue declared. “ThP- ?
newspapers were all sympathetic hilt -
skeptical just the same. It made ut| |
awfully determinetl to succeed.
"The first attempt I made I near- t
l.v went to sleep in the water. Some ,
one had put drugs in the beef ten I
dinuk before starting. My traine? ;.
proved this beyond a doubt.” ■ 'iS|
While training for her second at- i
tempt her food was prepared tiy her
sister she revealei). Miss Kderfc
ferod no conjecture as to the identity 1
of these resonsible for the presence
Montreal Welcomes Queen Marie.
Montreal. Canada. Oct. 27.—08-*S m
Montreal welcomed Queen Marie,
Rumania, toilay with an ovation and
a program of entertainment that kept '
1 her busy throughout the day aftcfSsj
her nrrival shortly before It) o’clock
Earth Tremors in Missouri.
Poplar Hluulf. Mo., Oct. 27.
i Hefivy earth tremors were mi hdSB
this morning from 10.22 to lftj&sj
■ o'clock. There were 2 shocks.
i first of which merely shook
i but the second shook buildings in the
■ downtown section of the city severgiig]
. No damage was reported. W
i central and west portions'; Thursdi/il
• fair, warmer. Gentle variable windafl
becoming moderate in the southwest. •