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VOLUME XXVI
GOVEBmiENT RESTS
AmnSEN.WM.SH
LEAVES THE STAND
Montana Senator Called in
the Fall-Doheny Trial to
Tell About His Oil In*
vestigation.
FALL ATTORNEY
SEEMS PLEASED
Says Case So Far is Weak
One and His Client Will
Give the Public All the
Facts About Leases.
Washington. Dee. 2. —G4>)—The gov
ernment rested today in the Fall-Ilo
hen.v criminal conspiracy trial, after
a brief examination of Senator Walsh,
of Montana, prosecutor of the Senate
oil investigation.
Senator Walsh identified the sum
mary of a letter in the Senate record
written by hjm to Fall In Jaquary,
1924. seeking information about SIOO,-
000 which had come into Fall'i) pos
session while negotiations were pend
ing for the lease of the Elk Hills,
<\il., naval reserve, which later was
turned over to Doheny's company.
Fall’s reply said the money came
from Edward B. McLean, publisher
of the Washington Post, but 'later it
was developed that it came from Do
heny. who had described it as a
friendly loan.
The government won another point
when the court admitted in evidence
over a defense objection, a 1022 con
tract between the Pan-American Com
pany eud the Associated Oil Co,, of
California, under which the Pan-Am
erican sold oil to the Associated. The
prosecution offered the contract in
support of its contention that the oil
obtained through the Ipik Hill con
tract was immediately sold to the
Associated Company, at a premium of
15 cents a barrel.
Before the first defense witness was
called, Wilton J. Lambert, counsel for
Fall, made an opening statement in
which he declared the government
had prepared a poor case. The de
fense might, as well rest w'thout fur
ther procedure, he snid, but would >we .
on until every available bit of supple
ment a ry\ evidence was presented. ,4,
The defense lawyer repeated the
contention that the government was
forced to lease the remaining naval re
serves in 1821 and 1822, because the
public domain was being “bled" of its
petroleum sources by the wells of pri
vate companies set along the edge of
the government reserve.
Touching upon the long friendly re
lationship between Doheny and Fall,
Lambert said no conspiracy could have
been found upon such relationship. He '
recalled to the jurors that Fall was
appointed a Federal judge in the New
Mexico Territory by President Cleve
land, and thereafter served in the U.
8. Senate before he was appointed
Secretary of the Interior. 1
The defense presented character
testimony to show the- standing of
Edward L. Doheny in his community. '
Carl Leonard, president of the South- 1
Western Portland Cement Co., Los ,
Angeles, said he had known Doheny
Intimately for 30 years, and held him
a man of good repute and honesty, in- 1
tegrity and patriotism. 1
Frank H. Powell, of Los Angeles, a ,
son-iil-lnw of Leonard, testified Do
heny was the "foremost patriot in
Los Angeles.
Powell bad known Doheny since
the oil man’s first appearance with a 1
drilling rig in California, more than
35 years ago, he said, and had been
for 20 years his next door neighbor.
BERGDOLL BOBS UP.
Draft Evader Is Reported to Have
Left Germany.
Mosbnch. aden, Germany. Dec. I.— r
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll. draft
evader and fugitive from justice firom
the United States, has left his refuge
ip Eberbach with the declared inten
tion of leaving Germany. J
His ultimate destination could not
he learned and much mystery sur
rounds his movements
Mrs. Bergdoll Knows Nothing About
Grover.
■Philadelphia. Dec. 1. —Mrs. Em
ma C. Bergdoll, mother of Grover
Bjergdoll said late today she did not
know here her son was or of any de
termination he may have to come
bock. She added that if people woull
keep their noses out of his affairs he
might, return to this country.
m DIO HIS CHRISTMAS
’ffipftNS EARLY, W*AL YOU? .
OA SHOW NR DAYS
mi CHRi»oy>s
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
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ONTARIO IS WET
AGAIN. ELECTION
RETURNS INDICATE
Toronto, Out., Dec. 2. —C4>>—
The province of Ontario, dry for
ten years, tigs gone wet. In elec
tions held yesterday throughout the
province for the 112 seats in the
legislature, at least 80 members
pledged to support Premier G.
Howard Ferguson’s policy for gov
ernment control of the sale of
spirits and beer, were elected. On
ly one remote constituency re
mained to be heard from.
A BIG INCREASE IN
FEDERAL TAXES SHOWN
Most* of It From Cigarettes—Nearly
915 000.000 in One Mouth.
Raleigh Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Rnoigli, Ityc. 2.—Already $83,789,-
002 in federal taxes has been collect- 1
ed in North Carolina during the first
five months of the fiscal year—and
most of it from the tax on cigarettes!
During November alone, collections
amounted to $14,873,302. as com
pared with $13,030,730 in November.
1025. a gain over the same months
last year of $1,182,050. A'nd indica
tions are that if collections keep up,
at the present rate, the total for the
present fiscal year will be at least
$200,000,000, according to Gilliam
Grissom, collector of internal revenue
for North Carolina.
“Just let them keep on smoking
Cigarettes at the present rate, and the
collections will run a million dollars
a month more than they have,” said
Mr. Grissom. When asked if by
“them” he meant women as well as
men smokers, Mr. Grissom only smiled,
but said not a word. However, it
is tacitly admitted by tobacco manu
facturers and dealers that since wom
en have taken to smoking cigarettes,
miiions more are being consumed thaln
formerly. And the records of the
collector of internal revenue tend to
bear out thiis fact. Not only are
women smoking more cigarettes each
month, but by so doing they also have
encouraged men to smoke more than
formerly, dealers say, since men who
formerly refrained from smoking in
the presence of women, now smoke
freely in their presence or with theiq.
The increase in collections so fnr
for the first five months of the pres
ent fiscal year over the same five
months in 1825 is $7,536,636. a gain
of considerably over $1,000,0006 a
month.
.Attention is called to the fnct by
Mr. Grissom thag while by no means
are all these cigarettes consumed in
’Norm Caroinn, all these cigarettes arc'
consumed in the United States, since
those cigarettes which are made for
export lo foreign countries do not bear
the United States revenue stamps. He j
also mentioned that while all these
taxes are paid in this state, because
the cigarettes are manufactured here,
the tax is really paid by the consum
ers in all sections of the country.
SHERIFF COCHRAN AND
DEPUTY TO ASHEVILLE
Charged With Failure to Serve Cap
ias Committed to the Sheriff.
Charlotte, Dec. 2. — VP) —Sheriff W.
O.''Cochran and Deputy Sheriff Avery
B. Johnston left here early today for
Asheville, where the sheriff has been
cited to appear in Superior Court to
show cause why he should not be ad
judged in contempt of court for alleg
ed failure to serve a capias commit
ted to him. The capias was for the
arrest of Hugh Rogers, of Charlotte,
charged with embezzlement.
Sheriff Cochran contends that the
boy was placed in charge of his fath
er, A. M. Rogers, a policeman, who
took his son to Asheville to adjust
the matter, but failed to report to the
court.
TRAIN CRASH
Only One Man Hurt When Passenger
Train Sideswiped Another at Cross
ing.
Etowah. Tenn . Dec. 2.—(A*)—Engi
neer W. T. Wife was, injured and sev
eral passengers severely shaken up
when the "Southland,” Louisville and
Nashville passenger train from Cin
cinnati to Jacksonville, sideswiped
northbound train No. 18 at Flamin
go, at a siding at Fairy, Ga„ 34 miles
south of here last night. \
The engine of the Southland, run
ning three hours late, hit the rear end
of the other train as it was heading
into the siding, damaging three Pull
mans. all of which, however, remained
upright.
Now Pastor at Salisbury.
Salisbury, Dec. I—Rev.1 —Rev. B. J. Wes
xinger has been called as pastor of
Haven Lutheran church, this city,
and has accepted the call. Mr. Wcs
inger has for several years been pasv
tor of churches in Lincoln county.
He has a wife and several children
and the family will move here tis
month. Mr. Wessinger takes up is
new work January 1. Haven church
has been without a regular pastor for
several weeks, their former pastor.
Rear. G. Herman Cooper, having gone
to Chicago to accept work.
Star Theatre
TODAY—FRIDAY
-ITS THE OLD ARMY GAME”
With W. C. Fields and Louise Brooks'
Every Black Jack Player Should See
This Picture. It’s a Paramount
Specinl
The reason why we did not run
“The Bbeik” was the bus driver turn
ed over between Newton and Char
lotte, and could not reach Concord.
‘ CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1926
DIRECTS RELIEF
IN OUAKE ZONE
Ssgg»&::-:g:
1 J. W. Beach
Managing Director of the Neai
East Relief, who Is directing re
lief work in the earthquake zone
of Armenia. A native of Bangor,
Me., and a Yale graduate. Beach
tas been engaged in relief work
Bnco the Armistice.
POSSIBLE METHODS OF
INCREASING REVENUE
Sales Tax Opposed.—National and
and State Democrack on Record in
Opposition to It.
Raleigh Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
By J. C. BASKERVILL
Raleigh, Dec. 2.—Since it is now
almost a settled fact that the incoming
legislature will have to deal largely
with the question of taxation and will
possibly have to find away to increase
taxes to take care of increased ap
propriations, especially if those who
are in favor of lavish expenditures put
their program across, consideration is
being turned toward possible methods
of increasing revenue. And naturally
one of the first means of increasing
revenue thnt comes to the popular
mind in a sales tax.
But the sales tax. when examined
closely, especially in the light of Dem
ocratic precedent and past experience,
present a number of difficulties, ns
well ns certain complications which
are likely to prove embarrassing to
any who 11110*111 have the temerity to
propose such a tax.
In the first place, the Democratic
party as a whole has steadfastly op
posed any sales tax, as the record of ■
the party in Congress will show, on
the grounds that it is based on a false
economic pritittfite, Hi tinfcit ptWS* :
the burden of the tax on the consum
er. Democratic leaders have consist
ency argued for .veal's that such a
! system of taxation is unsound and
unfair, in that those against whom
the tax is levied really do not pay
it, but merely pass it on tile consumer
iu the form of increased prices. Thus
the increased taxes are really paid
by the consumers, who theoretically
should benefit from other forms of
taxation.
But the national Democratic party
is not the only organization opposed
40 the sales tax. The last state Dem
ocratic platform, in conformance with
the national platform of the party,
contains a very plain-spoken plank
against the enactment of any sales
tax in North Carolina, definitely
pledging the party in this state as
opposed to a sales tax in any form
wtiatsover, for any purpose. Thus
any democratic member of either house
of the legislature who may under
take to introduce a measure calling
for a sales tax of any kind in North
Carolina will be faced with the task
of shattering two very powerful prec
edents, and the winning over of the
members of the legislature to a policy
which has been openly and vigorously
declared against by both the state and
national branches of the Democratic
party.
Nor are these the only reasons tend
ing to show that any proposition call
ing for a sales tax would have hard
sledding before the North Carolina
legislature. Manufacturers would vig
orously fight such a proposal on the
ground that it would increase living
costs of consumers, and thus decrease
their buying power, which would au
tomatically reduce consumption so
that production would have to be cur
tailed. This condition would then,
of course, tend to increase the cost of
production with consequent higher
prices ail along the line. And the
final result would be decreased busi
ness activity and an unfavorable econ
omic condition as the vicious cycle
is completed. And the manufacturers
are right, although they would not
have to pay any of the tax directly,
though ultimately they would be af
fected by the tax.
But even more than the manufac
turers, are the merchants themselves
opposed to a sales tax. They realize
that while their customers —the con-,
sumers —would have to bear the main
1 burden of it, that it would add num
' erous complications to their business
‘ itself, in that the machinery for its
collection would largely have to fttnc-,
; tion through their individual busi
' nesses. The tax would add an end-
less amount of additional bookkeep
ing, inasmuch as it would be neces
sary to keep records of all sales, when
made, and the amount of tax due on
each sale. But more than this, they
object to the necessity of passing on
the increased cost to the buyers for
they know that they are thus reduc
ing the buying power of the
, upon which they are dependent.
Then there is talk of a sales tax on
tobacco. But the same drawbacks
exist in a sales tax on tobacco as
on anything else, and such a tax
would undoubtedly prove exceedingly
unpopular. It will be remembered
that one southern state enacted a to
bacco sales tax a few years ago and
then, because it proved so unpopular
WINTER LAID SEKH I
TO EASTERN SHIES
DURING THE RIGHT
After Sudden Sortie Out of
Northwest, Winter Gave
December Cold Debut in
Plains States.
MERCURYFALLS
IN MANY STATES!
While Temperatures Rose
During the Day Weather
Bureau Warns of Anoth-1
er Drop for Tonight.
Chicago. Dec. 2.—OP)—Winter laid j
siege to the eastern half of the coun
try today after a sudden sortie out 1
of the Northwest that gave December
a shivering debut in the plains states.
Spreading over the Alleghanies and
southward to send the mercury scur- j
r.ving in the upper edges of the Gulf
states, the cold wave held sway from :
the eastern border of the Pacific slope I
to the Atlantic senboard.
Temperatures rose slightly from
near zero levels in the central west
today, but the weather bureau warned
of another disturbance moving inland
from the northwest, and another drop
for thermometers.
The premnture advance of winter
cost two lives in the mid-west, im
periled many others and worked havoc
in Great Lakes shipping.
With Minnesota blanketed with j
snow and (hilled by gusty winds,!
Clyde Gaskill, 45, was found frozen i
to death near Austin, while at Chicago|
the body of Andres Korjaok was found j
huddled along the Illonis Central rail-1
road track.
Rescue of 31 automobiles marooned i
for two day a b.v snowdrifts in the ;
Sierras served to increase apprehen
sion fnr hunting patries in upper ends
of Minnesota and Micbignn. Trans
portation was cut off by snow, and
telephone and telegraph communica
tions were demoralized.
THE SEBQUI-CENTENNJAL
LOSS WAS $20,000,000
Closed Thursday Night —ooo Pcuplc
Lose Their Jobs.
JCluladelpbm, Nov. 30.—The Re>-l
qfiic«tTenri>rtl Exposition, which hits
cost Philadelphia more than" $20,-
000,000. closed tonight following a
belated observance of Connecticut
Day. Os the 1.000 employees, 300
lost their jobs, 100 being retained
through December.
Mayor Kendrick made a tour of in
spection, participating in the final
celebration.
"In away.” said the Mayor, "I
am glad the exposition is going to
close, as it. will definitely put to an
end all of these whispers that have
been prevalent since; it opened.
Gov. John H. Trumbull of Con
necticut, with his staff, took a promi
nent part in the day's activities.
The death knell of the Sesqui in
1327 was sounded yesterday, when a ,
proposal for continued operation
next summer was withdrawn at a
meeting of the directors. The grounds
will remain open through Decem
ber, with an admission charge of 25
cents, but demolition of many of the
buildings will start at once-
City Comptroller Hadley is wrest
’ing with the problem of unpaid bills
for the Sesqui, amounting thiis far to
$5,224,100, with more com inf*,
enough, according to officials. to
bring the total well over $6,000,000.
It is proposed to have the city ap
propriate another $5,000,000, which
wou'd bring the rity’s total grants to
approximately $17,000,000, exclusive
of the $3,000,000 subscribed by busi
ness firms and individuals.
Mountain Recluse at 83 Learns to
Read.
Asheville, N. C„ Dec. 2.—(A s )
After living for 83 years without
being able to read, Brigman Keith
has learned the mysteries of the
printed word.
Three years ago Keith, who makes
his home in a mountain cabin near
here, decided that if he was ever
going to learn to read he had better
begin. Now he has achieved con
siderable success.
His reading is confined largely to
newspapers and the Bible.
To Investigate Patterson Death.
Charlotte. Dec. I.—An investiga
tion into the death of Mrs. Bessie A.
Patterson, who was fatally injured
Thanksgiving day when her car was
struck by a fire truck, will be made
tomorrow by Coroner Frank Hovis.
Funeral services for Mrs. Patterson
were held today.
and unproductive, promptly repealed
it at the next session of the legisla
ture.
So it seems that a sales tax of any
sort is not likely for North Carolnia.
PENNY CIRCUS
CENTRAL GRAMMAR
SCHOOL
Friday, Dec. 3
i 7:00 to 9:00 P.M.
LOTS OF FUN—COMBI
RUM SCHOONER UNO
KIDNAPPED AGENTS
f ARE STILL MISSING
|
I Coast Guard Cutter Talla
poosa Comes to Port for
Fuel and Will Resume i
Search for Schooner. !
FEAR AGENTS ON
BOAT ARE HARMED
' Men Were Guarding the
Schooner After Capture
: When Crew Overpower
ed Them and Put to Sea.
Mobile, Ala., Dec. 2.—(/P)— The
| coast guard cutter Tallapoosa, of Mo
le le. which has been searching two
i days for the runaway rum schooner
; Arsent .T with two American officials
j on board, presumably as captives, is
j returning to Mobile this morning to
get more fuel to continue the search.
: At the same time fear is expressed in
! official circles that the two kidnapped
officers have come to harm.
Besides the Talapoosa. the fleet of
patrol boats from the base at Biloxi,
M,'ss., and the cutter Comanche from
Galveston. Tex., are engaged in the
search for the rum boat with ,T. B.
Matthews, assistant prohibition ad
ministrator at New Orleans, and coast
guardsmen Bandley of Biloxi, aboard.
The two officers were left on the Ar
sent which flies a French flag, after
i she had been captured by a patrol
j boat from Biloxi. The officers were
! left on the rum schooner ns guards
while the patrol boat went ashore for
I fuel. AVhen she returned to pick up
| the captured schooner to tow her into
• port, that vessel had disappeared.
Kidnapping Officially Reported.
Washington, Dec. 2.—W>)—The kid
napping of two prohibition officers of
New Orleans by the escape of a rum
ship which the officers had boarded,
was officially reported to coast guard
headquarters here today. Both coast
guard and prohibition officials here
said the case was being left entirely
in the hands of their representatives
on the Gulf coast.
FIND BODY OF GIRL,
MISSING TWO MONTHS
'Body of Clara Olson Found Todor!
Near Mt. Sterling. Wisconsin.
Prairie du Ohien, Wise., Dec. 2. —
W) —The body of Clara Olson, miss
ing since September iltli, was found
today near Mount Sterling, Wise., by
i a searching party.
Arrest Made.
! Dwight, 111.. Dec. 2.—o4*) —A young
] man who said he is Walter Christ ian-
J son. of Porter, Wise., was held here
I today on the suspicion that he is
Erdmnn Olson, of Prairie du Chien,
Wise., sought on a warrant charging
the murder of Clara Olson, to whom
I he had been attentive.
j RELIEF IS IN SIGHT
FOR FOREIGN COLONY
Colony at Foochow, China, Has Been
in Danger for Several Days.
Amoy, China. Dec. 2.—(A*)—Relief
was in sight today for the big foreign
colony at Foochow, which has been
in danger for several days, as north
ern and southern troops light for the
control of Fukien province. Tele
grams from there say that Japanese
gunboats have arrived, and are the
first to reach the port as the result
of the appeals of consuls for protec
tion. In the fightiug south and west
of Foochow yesterday, 300 casualties
were reported.
With Our Advertisers.
Dr. J. A. Shauers announces that
he has resumed his practice at his of
fices in the Cabarrus Savings Bank
building, rooms 203-204. Phone 620.
If you will cut out of this paper
the ad. of Boyd W. Cox and take it
to his studio, it will entitle you to a
25 per cent, reduction on any size or
style photograph. See ad. in this pa
per.
Beginning with Friday eveniug of
this week the store of the Starnes-
Miiler-Parker Co., jewelers, will be
open every evening till 11 o’clock un
til Christmas for the benefit of the
shopping public.
Fruit cake specials at the J. & H.
Cash Store. Phone 587. They deliver.
Genuine gas coke—clean and hot as
the rays of the sun. No smoke, no
soot. All heat, little ash. Order o ton
today. Phone 142.
Buy your wife a Red Cross Mat
tress and a Blue Ritibon Spring at
the Bell & Harris Furnilure Co. Bead
their new ad. today.
Go to Hoover’s gift bazaar, which is
now on, and buy him something for
Christmas.
Efird’s offers you some big valuefe
in Elkin shoes, for men, boys, women
and misses. Fult line of all the solid
leather shoes.
Overcoats for him for a Christinas
present, from $19.50 to $50.00, at W.
A. Overcash’s.
Special prices on lard at the Ca
barrus Cash Grocery Co.
Church WIU Open Spooning Parlor
to Working Girls.
New York, Der. I.—A spooning
parlor for self-supporting gir’s wifi
be opened next months by St. Marks
M. E. church. It will occupy part of
a new community building, and the
. pastor explains is designed to fill the
need of a place In which young wo
men may entertain without necessity
for attending unquestionable and un
desirable places of amusement.
TAX REDUCTION TO
BE BIGGEST ISSUE
111 NEXT CONGRESS
Democrats in Both Houses
Have Agreed on a Plan
i to Cut the Present Tax
| Rates.
PLAN IS OPPOSED
BY REPUBLICANS
Plan to Dispose of Alien
Property Seized During
the War Also Will Bring
Bitter Fight.
Washington, Dec. 2. — VP) —With
the reconvening of the 03th Congress
only 4 days away indications are rap
idly multiplying that the principal
battle of the short cession will rage
about the issues of tax reduction.
Already the battle lines have been
clearly defined, with the democrats
determined to bring about immediate
revision of the tax law. and the repub
lican lenders equally determined that
nothing of the sort shall lie done un
til the present statute has been given
at least another year of practical test
ing.
At the same t : me lines are emerging
from confusion of pre-session talk
which will show that the bill being
drafted b.v the house ways and means
committee to dispose of alien property
seized during the war, and adjust
American and German claims will be
the center of nnother vigorous fight.
Thus fnr the democrats are the only
group that has formally drafted a tax
reduction proposal aimed at the im
pending treasury surplus. It was for
mulated b.v Representative Garner, of
Texas, and other democratic members
of the ways and means committee, af
ter conferences with Senator Simmons
of North Carolina, ranking minority
member of the senate finance commit
tee. and is designed to reduce the
Federal revenues by $350,000,000 a
year.
Publisher Quits.
•Muneie, Ind.. Nov. 23—Shots fired
at his home several days ago were
given by George It. Dale, crusading
publisher, as the reason for an an
nouncement iu his weekly newspa
per tonight, jp which he said he- will,
sell or give away his paper.
To Enlarge Queens College.
Charlotte. Nov. 30.—Another unit
consisting of a new dormitory with
library quarters attached. costing
between SBO,OOO and SIOO,OOO will be
added to Queens college, it was learn
ed today. Plans now are being drawn.
MilLs Gets Job.
Washington. Dec. 2.—(A s )—Gerrard
B. Winston, under secretary of the
treasury, will resign soon and be suc
ceeded by Representative Ogden Mills,
of New York, Secretary Melllon an
nounced today.
At The Star Theatre. Today.
"It's the Old Army Game,” at the
Star Theatre today. It’s a Paramount
special and that’s enough said.
An unusual photographic exhibi
tion was recently opened in Paris, the
chief interest in which is iu the fact
that the subpect of each of the
seventy portraits shown is a woman
of the French aristocracy whose
family has for at least, two hundred
years contracted no marriage with a
foreigner.
Nearly one hundred cities in the
United States now operate municipal
golf courses, with fees ranging from
10 or 15 cents a round in some places
to as high as a dollar a round in !
New York. Los Angeles. Detroit.
Cincinnati' and several other cities.
Last year New Orleans led all
ports in the United States in cargo
tjonnage of petroleum imports and
in exports of lumber.
NEW SERIES
ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4th
We Open Our 77th Series of
Building and Loan
Running Shares, worth SIOO at maturity, will cost you
, only 25c a week.
I • Building and Loan is the ideal way for wage earners
to save money, or to get the funds to pay for their homes.
i
There is no better investment than prepaid shares of
our stock, which are tax exempt.
If you are not familiar with the Building and Loan
we will be pleased to explain it to you.
[ Concord Perpetual Build-
I ing and Loan Association
OFFICES AT CABARJRUS SAVINGS BANK
■ H. I. WOODHOUSE P. B. FETZER
Secretary and Treasurer Asst. Secretary
IMFIWSd
BKIiiSKYS
Finn HUM
'
Miss Marjorie Clendenin!
and Baron George Tor-!
now, Late of the Russian S
Army, Are Married.
FATHER OF BRIDE
MADE OBJECTIONS!
Girl Escaped From Home)
and the Litttle Church i
Around the Corner Was j
Marriage Scene. I
New York. Dec. 2.— (A s ) —Baron
George Tornow, interpreter for a stock !
broker, and formerly a colonel in the]
Imperial Russian army, today has for i
a bride an American heiress whose
father, Joseph Clendenin, vice presi
dent of the American Smelting and
Refining Company, forbade the mar
riage.
The couple roamed the streets of
Manhattan in a taxicab last night,
pursued by telephone calls from Mr.
Clendenin, seeking a minister or mag
istrate to marry them, and finally
were married by the Rev. William
Phillips, of the Little Church Around
the Corner, famous haven of eloping
couples.
The New York American says in a
copyrighted story today that Mrs.
Tornow escaped from the country
home of her parents at Arsley, N. Y..
after two weeks of virtual imprison
ment that followed a declaration of
her intentions.
Baron Hornow and his bride, who
was Florence Marjorie Clendenin, ob
tained a license just before the license
bureau closed. They asked if anyone
there could marry them at once, but
were informed that the only one with
proper authority had gone. They left
and soon afterward Mr. Glendedin
called up and asked if any license had
been issued. He declared he would
never give his consent to the mar
riage.
MRS. CHAPLIN LEAVES
HER FAMOUS HUSBAND
Says She Has No Idea of Returning.—
He Is Seeking ReeoncHiation.
,1/w Angelps, Dec; 2, —Iff)—The
second matrimonial sirtjrto’be-lawiit-hed'
by Charles Chaplin is oil the rocks,
hut the motion picture star Is mak
ing efforts to salvage the wreck.
This filist became known yesterday
when Mrs. Lita Gray Chaplin made
known that she had taken her two
children and left the actor’s home.
She declared she had no intention of
returning. She said she and the chil
dren had gone to live with her grand
parents. Mr. and Mrs. William E.
Curry, of Beverly Hills.
The separation, she said, followed
a disagreement with Chaplin during a
party given in their Beverly Hills
home last Monday night, in honor of
the Baron and Baroness Mille de Pre
court, shipboard acquaintance whom
she met on her return voyage from a
recent trip to Honolulu. She left the
forty-room Chaplin mansiou the next
day, taking her babies wilth her.
Chaplin said today that lie was
making overtures for a reconciliation.
Mecklenburg Papers Effect Consoli
dation.
Charlotte, Dec. I.—The Mecklen
burg Times, published in Charlotte,
and North Mecklenburg Npws. pub
lished in Huntersville, will be con
solidated after . the Thursday edition
and will appear ns the Mecklenburg’
Times, it was announced Tuesday.
| B. An)) Ixwranoo. secretary e.f
the North Carolina Press Assoeia
! tion and pub’isher of the Times
since its foundation two years ago.
will be publisher of the consolidated
pa per and Legette BlyAhe, publish
er of the News, will be editor.
Canada’s population has increased
175 per cent, in 25 years.
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THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODA?|
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NO. 283
STftTE ABGUMENTS 1
TOMORROW IH THE J
HALL-HILLS CASE
! Summing Up by i j
1 Will Be Concluded thiiv -a;
i ing the Day, It Is No#
| Believed. 1
LAST DEFENSE
LAWYER SPEAKS-1 j
‘Simpson Expected to Ask !
! Court to Allow Hini to j
Wait Until Tomorrow to |
j Speak. |
Court House, Somerville, N,.jf„ D®Ck--> : JiJ j
|2. —(>P) —Summing up by defense in .3 j
) the Hall-Mills case will be <x>aclim2|fl j
I this afternoon with indications tlw.9 j
arguments for the state will tlbt 85 s j
made until tomorrow. 1
Clarence E. Case had spoken fa# |! j
one and one-half hours at luncSiMl'.-.'-a| ]
recess, following Robert 11. MeCirjMgijM J
who finished his address soon afltc -M j
court opened. j
It was expected that Mr. K 9 j
woul dspeak another hour and thmijfi'fsM I
minutes in the afternoon, in j
event Alexander Simpson, special m
prosecutor, will ask that his surafltt«j||» I
up for the state be deferred until to* 1 j
morrow. U
It seems certain that the ease will | j
be given to t lie jury early tomorrow j
afternoon, exactly one month auerilr/« j
Mr. Case opened his ease by 1
cizing the methods of the prosecution, : I
terming them "nasty, unfair ana vin-'V
This was the note on which Mr. J
McCarter closed his summing 1
ing "if the level of the New Jersey $ j
liar has sunk to t'.iar level, then than* 7 S ]
God I am old.” 1
The veteran attorney had jug* fe- || I
ferred to what lie had termed an es- | I
fort by Alexander Simpson, special 1
prosecutor, to cast slurs upon the pa#. | j
entage of William Stevens, one of th*r,J| 1
defendants. J
"If his statement had been made 1 I
South of the Mason-Dixon line ho <m 1
would have been knocked down,’ lie Jj I
said. 'H
In cibsing liis summing up, McOaif M |
ter again said James Mills, husband -J |
of Mrs. Eleanor Mills, who
with ',he Re Kflwnr.t W. Hal£«gjj|g]
in a better position to ktib«* 6?
love nffirr between the minister ami m j
choir singer than was Mrs. Hall.
lie also said that while Hw. Hall 'j 1
lias been attacked by the Btalb IP#' JS
what was characterized us inadequatejjj j
spreading of an alarm of her hiisbauS '9 1
on the day after lie liisappearofl, SRSfepfl §
whose wife was missing, did I
lately nothing about it. m
Case after bitterly arraigning the jl
state for its methods, described as iff I
“hitting below the belt," launduNjt Wfrhffi 1
to a discussion of the calling cqHi J 1
which the State contends bean 'tfi&fJM
print of Willie Stevens’ finger.' vjjP I
The defense attorney offered a■ Sug- f
gestion as to how the calling cflrg" ,4®
found its way near the body of the Mi
slain minister. I
"I believe Raymond Schneider rifled a 1
that body." lie said, "and the card M
fell from the pocketbook of Mr. Hldflj 1
and remained where it fell." 1
Mistrial Move Fails. ". Ji 1
Somerville. N. J.. Dee. I.—The II
state's failure to have a mistrial thv’-M I
elared today in the Ilall-Mills cast* .Ml
allowed the trial to progress to
speech-making stage. The first of I
series of extended summing rp 'l|j
speeches was begun this afternoon, '|l
with indications tonight that' tko s|
ease would be given the jury Friday -M 1
All of tomorrow and a portion of the I
next day are expected to be oerupiel jag
with addresses to the jury. ■ ipSS I
The application for a mistrial was 111
denied by the court without cofitLSl
ment. 1
Simpson Wants Foreign Jury.
Jersey City, N. J., Dec. I.—Seflj&yH
tor Alexander Simpson tonight
that lie would ask for a foreign joty
to try for the murder of the Rev. Ed. m
ward Wheeler Hall tli<» three defend-fil 1
nuts now on trial for the murder.,Q?tjf§j
Mrs. Eleanor It. Mills at Somervtftki|9l
Senator Simpson, as special pro#fj* |
eutor. in the Hall-Mills case, said life ml
would go before a supreinC- Wurt m
Trenton tomorrow and ask fori; |
jury other than in Somerset co’itdfiflU
to try Mrs. Hall. Henry Stevens fwj 1
William Stevens as he felt that thef&gHl
would he an acquittal in the' nreseii&jM I
case. 1
No More Trials if Hall-Milfe lurjr .9
Newark. N. Dec. I.—TBe Nv1.,1
ark News says today that it
learned from a higli authority in tho -'M
state government at Trenton thfit’/Sj
there will be no more Hnll-Mills Ijj
trio's when the jury now trying j
ease finds u verdict or disagrees. I
If the jury disagrees, tlie artietsija
continues, no retrial will bbe
and if n verdict of acquittal is found J j
the defendants will not be tried on.
other indictments. J
According to the official spoke#- M
man the ease has, been tried fri
Somerville courthouse and in
newspaper in the land for a mbMffißl
and “that is all the there %> Ml
going to be " J|
Greet Britain hns 990 hockey®
clubs affiliated in one national or-'lß|
ganization. 1
THE WEATHER j
Fair tonight, Friday partly cloudy.Jß
rising temperature. >. fi