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NEW MEMBERS WILL
SIT II CONGRESS
IT IHT SESSI
Seven Names Not Hereto
fore on Rolls of 69th
Congress Will Appear
as It Convenes Monday, j
FEW CHANGES IN
THE SENATE, TOO
Walsh and Hawes Will Sit
in Senate as New Mem
bers—Both Have Served
in Congress.
■Washington, Doc. .I.— OP) —Seven
names not heretofore on the rolls of
the 69th Congress will appear when
it convenes next Monday while an
eighth, that of Harry B. Ilawes, off
Missouri, will be called in the Senate
"nstead of the House.
Os the newcomers live take up their
duties on Capitol Hill for the first
time, and two return after an absence
of one session.
The five strangers are:
David W. Stewart, elected to the
senate for three months to fill the seat
from lowa deft vacant through the
death of Albert B. Cummins.
Arthur R. Gould, elected from
Maine to fill the senate post of the
late Senator Bert M. Fernald.
Harry L. Englebright and Richard
.1. Welsh who fill the vacancies caus
ed by death in the California house
delegation.
John J. Cochran, who takes the
place of Hawes in the Missouri House
delegation. •
The other two names are familiar
on Capitol" Hill. David I. Walsh re
turns to fill the seat of Senator Wm.
M. Butler; while former Representa
tive Frederick W. Ballinger takes the
place of the late Representative Har
ry I. Thayer, of Massachusetts. By
changing from House to Senate.
Hawes replaces George Wiliams as j
the junior senator from Missouri. |
In the filling of these vacancies the I
democrats gained two votes in the
Senate through the addition of Walsh !
and Hnwes who won in the last elec
tion the sears Butler and Williams
were liolding by virtue of uppoiiUr.
•mrnta. 'The republicans, however.
fornia seat held by the late John K.
Baker, a democrat.-
Bring Secretary Wilbur Into Trkil.
Washington, Dec. 3.—Declaring
Xavy witnesses are being prompted
from Secretary Wilbur's office regard
ing their testimony, defense counsel in
the Fall-Hohcny oil Conspiracy trial
today called on the Secretary for an
explanation.
New Line of Attack Opened.
■Washington. Dec. 3.— OP) —An en
tirely new line of counter attack was
opened up today by defense attorneys
in the Fall-Doheny oil trial.
They announced that within the
next few hours they would ask Secre
tary Wilbur on the stand Whether
naval officers listed among the wit
nesses had received any new orders
since they were summoned to testi
fy.
AVhat prompted the step was not
immediately disclosed, but the defense
counsel after quostpming one admiral
announced that Admiral J. K. Robin
son, of their star witnesses, would not
be placed on the stand until the jury
had heard the testimony of Secretary
Wilbur. . I-
The secretary was asked to appear
either at today’s afternoon session or
tomorrow.
N>tv Grain Freight Rates Effective.
Washington, Dec. 3.—(A>) —A sud
den change of opinion within the In
terstate Commerce Commission's or
ganization resulted in the issuance of
an order to southern railroads requir
ing them to abstain from putting into
effect certain grain rate reductions,
which order was immediately follow
ed by a second order allowing them
to go ahead with the- schedule. The
rates affect grain shipments from
Memphis, Tcnn., to points in North
Carolina and South Carolina and
amount to reductions of 10 to 11 per
cent under present charges, and apply
only to traffic originating only in
Oklahoma and Arkansas, but routed
via Memphis.
Christiansen Not Olson.
Dwight, 111., Dec. 3.—o«—Sheri*
Harry Sherwood, of Crawford county,
Wisconsin, arrived here today and im
mediately said Walter Christiansen
was not the young man sought as
Erdman Olson, for killing his sweet
heart.
Christiansen, held since Wednesday
night, went hack to his corn huskiqff.
Dull
Partly/Cloudy and not so cold to
night: Saturday incensing cloudiness
and warmer. Moderate shifting to
south winds,
The Concord Daily Tribune
t . / North Carolina's Leading Small City Daily
ALDERMEN CONDEMN
OVERHEAD BRIDGE;
WANT SOME ACTION
| Will Force All Trains to
j Stop for Grade Crossing
j Which Will Be Used
[ While Bridge Is Closed.
WHAT IS^FRESH”
MEAT” FOR CITY?
This Question Was Argued
About Two Hours at Im
portant Meeting.—But
Line Franchise Approved
For almost four hours members of
the hoard of aldermen wrestled with
Civic problems at their December meet
ing at the city hall Thursday night
i and when adjournment came shortly
before midnight much important leg
islation had been written into the rec
ords of the city.
So far as the public knew the meet
ing promised to be a rather tame af
fair. but city officials, merchants, groc
ers and others appeared without warn
ing and threw upon the nldermanic
table sUeh matters of import that the
session finally developed into one of
tite longest and' most important of
Hie year.
What is fresh meat? That ques
tion claimed the attention of the board
members for about two hours and nev
er was satisfactorily answered.
Who should maintain the overhead
bridge at the Southern passenger sta
tion? That question also received
due attention and probably will not
be decided until citjf and rail officials
confer.
The fresh meat controversy arose
when 11. A. Graeber. owner of a meat
market, appeared before the-board and
asked that grocers who sell sausage,
livcrmush and backbone be required to
pay the $25 city privilege license fee
required of all “fresh meat’’ dealers.
A veterinarian, a lawyer, several
grocers and numerous laymen wore
called upon by the aldermen for a
definition covering "fresh meat.” ' The j
I board finally resorted to the diction
ary, and were satisfied that proprie
tors of stores selling the meats de
sejibed nhove must pay th6 privilege
tax. *
•jsT. Hart sell appeared MMlM)**
■grPfry owners and Mr. Gfaebcr had
several other meat market owners to :
support him. The board finally agreed I
unanimously, after n discussion con
tinuing for almost two hours, to ex
cept from the license tax levied for
1026-27 “fresh meal" dealers selling
sausage, livcrmueli, backbone, spare
ribs, game nnd poultry.
The matter of maintenance of the
overhead bridge was called to the
board's attention by a city official who
described the present condition of the
bridge as “dangerous.” Where the
bridge ends on the south, it was said,
there is a decided off-set and this has
become such as to be a menace for
aiotorists using the bridge.
The bridge win not De used after
the fourteenth of this month until re
paired, the aldermen decided, ndopt
ing a resolution which reads in its
last paragraph:
“That said approach to the overhead
bridge of the Southern Railway Com-,
pany is hereby condemned as unsafe
and dangerous for travel and is here
by ordered closed by the city engineer
until such time as the Southern Rail
way Company shall have made such
repairs as may bo required by the city
of Concord, to make said approach
safe for travel.”
In the resolution it is argued that
whqn the rail company was given per
mission to erect the overhead bridge
its officials agreed with city officials to
maintain as well as construct the
bridge. There was no written con
tract to this effect, the resolution sets
forth, but there was a verbal agree
ment and since the company has re
fused on several occasions to repair
the bridge, the aldermen decided to
condemn the structure.
The aldermen did not stop there,
however. They went a step further
and with an ordinance, unanimously
adopted, ordered that all Southern
trains cotne to a complete stop before
crossing Corbin street. This ordi
nance will become effective at noon,
December 14 th.
When the bridge is condemned on
the 14th, it was pointed out, all traf
fic will be forced to use the grade
crossing, so the ordinance was passed
to make the crossing safer for travel.
Southbound trains, it was said, will
stop first at the crossing and then
pull Into the station. Northbound
trains will stop south of the eross-
The ordinance as adopted reads:
"In order to insure the necessary
' safety to the travelling public, using
the grade crossing on West Corbin
Street over the railroad tracks, the
Board of Aldermen of the City of Con
cord hereby ordains:
“I.—“ That all persons, firms or cor
poratione, Who shall operate or have
charge Os the operation of trains, ears
or lodOffiOtlVes, over the railroad tracks
crossing West Corbin street in the
City of Concord, shall be required to
bring said train, car or locomptive
to a full atop before crossing said
West Corbin street. And it shall
be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation, operating or having
charge of the operation of said trains,
cars or locomotives, to fail to bring
eatne to a full stop before crossing
■ said street as required by this ordi
s nance.
i “2—That every person, firm or cor
poration, violating the provisions of
ATTGRNEVS WRANGLE
HTESTIHOIYIN
OILCOiTWTCISE
- This Attitude of Attorneys
Shows Increasing Ten-
I sion Now at the Doheny-
I Fall Trial.
BAIN TESTIMONY
BEING ATTACKED
Defense Seeks to Show
the “Loan” to Fall Had
Nothing to Do With Any
Oil Lease.
Washington, Dec. 3. —C4 3 )—A con
stantly increasing tension in the Do
heny-Fall oil conspiracy ease was
p’ftinly visible today ns the opposing
attorneys wrangled over testimony of
witnesses who will prove to the jury
either that Albert B. Fall and Ed
ward iji. Doheny nre guilty of con
spiring to defraud the United States
government in Hie famous nnvail oil
lenses, or that they are innocent.
The defense which seeks to prove
that Fall's receipt of SIOO,OOO from
Doheny while the lease for the Elk
Tills, Calif., reserve w* under ne
gotiation: was entirely apart from con
summation of the contract at she out
set today allowed the government to
try to break down the testimony of
H. Foster Bain, who served nnder Fall
as chief of the bureau of mines. Bain
testified that Fall was' not in WasM
ington during much of the time the
project was being considered by the
interior department, of which Fall
was head.
Owen J. Roberts, special prosecu
tor, showed by his more spirited cross
examination that every point in the
case from now on is to be bitterly
foiight. His questioning of Bain
assumed the character of a hammer
ing attack centered around Bain’s part
in negotiating the l’enrl Harbor, Ha
waii, naval oil storage plant contract,
which was awarded Doheny’s Pan-
American Perto’.eum nnd Transporta
j tion Company on April 25, 1922.
Roberts reu<T to tne jury several
excerpts of Bain's testimony in the
Los Angeles civil proceedings, in
which the government won a decision
nullifying ihe Doheny contract, and
■nawtrted Hull in it is direct exami-sf
tibn here tne witnesses had presentim
; answers less specific and direct.
| Bain explained lie had worked on
a great many government projects
since 1922, and found it impossible to
carry all the details in his mind.
Further, be had been out of the gov
ernment service for about two years.
CHEMISTS PAY VISIT
TO MILLS IN GASTON
Others Went to Greenville, S. C., and
Greensboro to Inspect Plants There.
Charlotte, Dee. 3.—(A I)—Seventy
five chemists, prominent in the textile
world, who arrived here today for the
opening tonight of the annual con
vention of the American Association
of Textile Chemists and Colorists,
spent the day visiting dye plants and
texHle mills in ,the famous Gaston
eounty textile zone. Thirty other
chemists, comprising two parties, spent
the day in Greenville, S. C., and
Greensboro, N. C„ mills inspecting
them. Approximately 150 chemists
are expected to be in attendance by
tomorrow. .
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty
of misdemeanor, and shall for each
offense be fined fifty ($50.00) dollars
or imprisoned for thirty (30) days.
“3—That this ordinance sthall be
in full force nnd effect from and after
12 o'clock noon, December 14, 1926.”
A copy of the ordinance. City Clerk
Harris stated, was mailed to South
ern Railway officials this afternoon.
It is predicted that receipt of the copy
will result in action of some kind,
and apparently that is what the city
wants.
The board ordered I«abelle street
repaired as requested by C. P. Cline.
The matter of the city giving SSOO
to the Tuberculosis Society for its
work in the city was referred to the
public health committee for report at
lt»e next meeting. It was pointed out
that in 1922 the society spent $225;
last year it spent $3,100. The city
was asked to share in the expense
since many of the persons benetitted
are residents of Concord.
Jitneys and other autos for hire
caunot park any longer on ’Union
street under an ordinance passed by
the board. They are prohibited after
the publication of the ordinance, 1'
park between the Y. M. C. A. and
Means street. Mayor Barrier and
Chief of Police Talblrt were author
ized to select nnd mark off a parking
zone for them.
The franchise under which L. B.
Cross will operate a bus line in Con
cord was sanctioned at the meeting.
Mr. Cress must start his line not later
than January 1, 1927, and for his first
i bus will pay a city tax of SIOO. A
tax of $25 will be paid on each ad
i ditional bus.
1 The franchise also directed that Sir.
1 Cress carry SIO,OOO insurance on each
i bus and that the city not be held re-
I sponsible for any accident that may
l occur with one of the vehicles. The
1 franchise is for six months with per
' mission to renew agaiu for two years
, at the expiration of the six months.
: The board showed that it can be
I gentle as well as firm by considering
■ the plight of the taxpayers and order
ing the imposition of a penalty on
- city taxes deferred from December Ist
f to January Ist.
CONCORD, N. C„ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1926
• i Aii Around the Continent
HAieigr v CONLNT ''S7IWAK BEBEE. ,
GEORSE R. OVLE ALEXANDRIA VICTORIA
Harry L. Conn, of Columbus, Ohio, was re-elected president
of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners
meeting at Los Angeles. William Beebe, New York natural
ist, planned to explore the floor of the Atlantic in a steel
cylinder. A shot was fired into the home of George R. Dale,
Muncie, Ind„ editor and Cleanup crusader. Princess Alex
andria Victoria, ex-wife of August Wilhelm, fourth son of
the ex-Kaiser, arrived in Boston for a six-months’ American
visit
Uatcraationai SqwwxaU
CHARGE MAN HELD
GIRL AGAINST WISHES
R. T. Madia Held For KMiugtta
~ and Attempted Assault on fill
Nashville, Trail., Dec 1 . 3.—04?)—0n
complaint of Dorothy Richardson,
S years old, that site was injured and
held captive for several hours yester
day. R. T. Madden, 59 years old, a
railroad switchman, today faced
charges of kidnapping and attempted
assault.
He was arrested at his home late
last night, and denied tin' charges.
The girl was with her parents suffer
ing from severe shock. Dorothy said
the man approached her while she
was on her way home from school,
told her he knew her .father, and vol
unteered to take her home in his auto
mobile. Her playmates begged her
not to go but she accompanied him.
JOHN J. BRENNAN IS
ELECTROCUTED IN PRISON
Paid With His Life For the Murder
of Samuel Krainof.
Ossining, N. Y.. Dec, 3.— OP) —John
■T. Brennan, a former Brooklyn police
man, diet! in the electric chair in
Sing Sing Prison last night for the
murder of Samuel Krainof in a police
stat'on where the victim had come to
protest against Brennan's blackmail
ing.
Brennan hoped to the last for a re
prieve on the ground that he was
drunk when ho killed Krainof, but j
Governor Smith would not interfere,
although 10,000 names were signed to
a clemency petition from Brooklyn.
Brennan was 28 years eld. and
leaves a young widow and an infant
son.
JEFFRIES UNCONCERNED
ABOUT HIS FUTURE
i
Did Not Seem to Care Whether He
Was Electrocuted or Saved By.
Governor.
Raleigb, Dec. 3.—(M—Demonstrat
ing as little concern as be did when !
but 24 hours from death in the electric
chair, James Jeffries, 18 year old
Wake County negro, today took up his
duties as a life prisoner at the state
penitentiary.
Jeffries was twice saved from exe
-ution. Last mouth he \yas repriev
ed, nnd again on the eve of his exe
cution by commutation on the grounds
if low mentality. He was convicted
of attacking a white woman in Wake
eounty and was to have died at 10 :30
o'clock this morning.
After-Thanksgiving Sale at Eflrd's.
On Saturday Efird's will sell 75
dresses, black, blue and brown, for
only $5 each. These dresses were
good values at $14.50 to $24.50.
You will also find wonderful bar
gains in ready-to-wear, shoes and new
fall a (id winter coats. See half page
ad. in this paper today. t
THE HALL-MILLS
i CASE GIVEN TO
JURY AT 1:46 TODAY
[ Somerville, N. J., Dec. 3.—C4 5 ) —
The Hall-Mills “cask went to the
J jury at I:4f> p. m. today.
THE COTTON MARKET
Renewal of Recent .Selling Movement
Featured Opening. Prices Being
Steady.
New York, Dec. 3.— (A*)— Renewal
of the recent selling movement fea
tured the opening of the cotton mar
ket today and prices were barely
steady at a decline of 4 to 0 points.
All months made new low records
for the season. January selling off to
11..57 under further liquidation of old
long accounts, continued hedging and
local selling. The latter was en
couraged by relatively easy Liverpool
cables and reiterated reports of in
creased spot offerings >n the South.
There also were rumors that more
buying orders has been cancelled but
the southern selling here was a little
less active than yesterday and there
was enough covering to steady the
market toward the end of the first
hour.
Cotton futures opened barely steady.
December 12.15;, January 11.93;
March 12.15: May 12.40; July 12.60.
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What would be nicer for a family
Christmas present than an Atwater
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Co. sell you one.
The J. C4 5 ) H. Cash Store lias what !
you want in the way of groceries. i
The Pearl Drug Co. has a line of
Christmas goods that will help you to
play Santa Claus. Phones- 22 and
i The work of the Shepherd Shoe
IHospitnl gives lasting satisfaction.
You will find sensible Christmas
gifts at thq Ritchie Hardware Com
pany’s. Go now and get a better se
j lection. Phone 117 or 20.
I The Markson Shoe Store has useful
land sensible Christmas presents.
Fifty good lots in City View, just
west of tin* depot, will be sold to
-1 morrow (Saturday), afternoon at
Highway. Terms to suit your eon-
1 1:30 o’clock. Just off the National
I veuienoe. See ad in today’s paper.
| Cline's Pharmacy has a Vmited
number of Yivette powder made by
Joncaire of Paris, for only SI.OO per
bottle, including a SI.OO bottle of Jon
caire perfume. Both for the price of
I one.
I Seasonable and timely specials are
now on sale at the store of Parks-Belk
Co. Special prices on blankets and
comforts. Women's coats arc also of
fered at attractive prices. See ad.
Cherry patent ties just received by
express at Ivey’s, Prices are $8 and
slJ>.
! Books and Bibles for Christmas
1 gifts at the Kidd-Frix Co.'s. Large as
sortment of books for the holiday
trade. Shop early and get the pick.
See list of new Columb : a records at
the Concord Furniture Co. Go by
and take some of them home with
you. >
You can get a genuine Ford battery
for $12.00 at the Reid Motor Co.
Fine full-fashioned silk for the holi
days at J. C. Penney Co.'s for only
$1.49.
Don't worry about cooking that
Sunday dinner. Go to Ritchie's
Case and get some real good home
cooking.
Do your shopping early. Fisher'S
can meet your Christmas needs with
moderate prices. ,
See correction it prices in nd. of
the Cabnrrns Cash Grocery in this
, paper.
Governor McLeod Would Support
Tar Heel Executive For Office!
Tribune Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. C. BaskerviU.
Raleigh, Dec. 3.—Declaring in no
uncertain terms that he was heartily
in favor of ahy move in the direction
of namihg Governor A. W. McLean
of North Carolina as the Democratic
nominee for president in 1928, but
declining to comment ns to whethetP
he would consider accepting th"
nomination for viee president should
Governor A1 Smith of New York ije
nominated for president. Governor
iThomas (I. McLeod, of South Caro
lina. who was the guest of Governor
Me Loan, yesterday, turned the ques
tioning of newspaper men into other
lines by remarking that in South
Carolina no one was thinking much
about who - might lie nominated for
president • two years hence, since peo
ple down there were too busy think
ing about cotton prices now. He
stated further that there was no pos
sibility of his entering politics agaui.
since he had determined to retire to
private life at the expiration of his
present term, which ends shortly.
It is interesting to note that Gov
ernor McLeod and Governor McLean
are cousins, both are of scotch—very
scotch —descent, and both are Pres
byterians which might also be taken
for granted. And when an effort was
made to find out what the Governor
of North Carolina had said to the
Governor of South Carolina. Gover
nor McLeod replied that the language
employed on that historic occasion,
was now a dead language since the
Eighteenth Amendment and hence
nothing of that nature had occurred
in the conversation of the two gov
ernors. especially since both of them
are known to be tcetotlers. Enroute
to Greensboro yesterday afternoon,
the two governors stopped to visit
the old house still standing near Dur
ham. in which the historic remark of
the Governor of North Carolina to
the Governor of South Carolina —or
was it the other way around? —is
supposed to have been made.
Although much of the conversa
tion with the newspapermen was i’l
spirit of levity, the remnrk dropped
by Governor McLeod that he did not
intend to boa member of the next
Democratic national convention
would tend to indicate that he nt
least had no desire to participate in
a convention that might nominate A!
Smith, or that might last for si large
part of the summer because of dis
agreement similar to that which ex
isted in the last national convention, j
BODY OF MISSING GIRL
IS FOUND BY SEARCHER
What Brought About Death Is Un
known. Found Near Absent
Youth’s Home.
l’rairie Du Chien. Wis.. Deo. 2.
A crude and hastily made grave to
day yielded the body of Clara Olson
22-year-old farmer’s daughter. tor
whom more than 1.000 men initiated
a search here early today, follow
ing several weeks of unsuccessful ef
fort to locate the girl, and her col
lege boy sweetheart, Erdman Olson,
for whom a murder warrant was is
sued a few days ago.
The body was accidently discover
ed when oqe of the searchers stumb
led into a clump of brush and his
heavy shot dragged a mound of
fresh eartli which barely covered the
partially clothed body. No marks of
vio'enee were found. The cause of
death was not indicated and tonight
while efforts were made to locate the
01 on boy, a corner prepared for an
inquest tomorrow at which a state
pathologist will take an active part-
Erdman Olson, IS year old, son of
Albert Olson, a wealthy tobacco
planter, resided but a short distance
j from the spot where the body was
I found. Tlie families are not related.
! Erdman disappeared 17 days after
I his sweetheart dropped from sight
and was charged with her murder in
a warrant sworn by her father be
fore the body was found.
Erdman is believed by sonjc to
have taken his own life since his dis
appearance September 27 from Gale
college at Galcsville and thought by
others to be hiding from the charge
against him.
Clara’s body was brought to a
morgue here tonight.
Almost three months ago, the girl
NEW SERIES
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4th
We Open Our 77th Series of
Building and Loan
Running Shares, worth $10(i at maturity, will cost you
only 25c a week.
Building and Loan is the ideal way for wage earners
to save money, or to get the funds to pay for their homes.
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
ing and Loan Association
OFFICES AT CABARRUS SAVINGS BANK
H. I. WOODHOUSE P. B. FETZER
Secretary and Treasurer Asst. Secretary
■ ■ ■'
But no efforts to elicit
as to sentiment in South'
toward the proposed nomil, l
A1 Smith as the next Democratic |
candidate for president were able to
i get him to express any opinion.
With regard to the l.vrichitigs in
Aiken recently. Governor McLeod {
said that the investigation was being i
pushed both by the executive and j
judicial branches of the stnte, and (
that he was convinced that the guilty I
parties would eventually Ik- brought
to justice. He declared there was no
defense and no excuse for lynching!
any time or any where, and that it
occurred only when there was a
break down in the law enforcement
machinery. All the 'better people of
the state arc interested in stamping
out lynching, and are whole-hearted- ■
ly behind the efforts to bring the (
Aiden lynchers to justice, he said,
stating further that tiio “good peo-1
pie of the stnte constitute tiie great i
majority of the people.” Certain oir- j
eumstances. combined with prejudice
and suspicion on the part of certain j
classes of people, has made the work,
in the Aiken ease most difficult, but j
lie is confident that eventually the
real facts will be obtained.
He commended the work of UR*
South Carolina State Constabulary
very highly for the work they wove
doing, and said that he considered
such a force essential in any state.
There are hut twelve men on the
1 force now. and they work under the
direct supervision of the governor al
-1 though Governor McLeod said that it
1 would be better if they worked un
der n chief constable, rather than un
der the Governor.
When to’d that North Carolina ;
has been considering the establish-1
ment of o state highway police force
and constabulary, he dec-lured that he
did not see how the state managed !
to get along without such a force, and [
that in his opinion a good sized force j
of state police, highway patrolmen,
or whatever they might be called,
was essential in any stnte today. In
South Carolina these eonstabulary
officers are assigned on request to
assist sheriffs and other enforcement
officers in all sections of flic «-
when ever they ask for their assist
ance-
Governor McLeod was to return
■ to Columbia today, after accompany
ing Governor McLean to Greensboro
last night, where they attended a
birthday dinner given in honor ot
Julian Price of the Jefferson I
j Standard Life Insurance Co.
■■■■■ ' mi.i. i ■ .. i
left her home ns her parents slept, j
Erdman, at home at the time. „uo- .
seqnently was - missing -for- aevera-i 1
days. ' sows*--
Then he returned to College but on j
September 27 he left again, telling I
his professors he Was "going to La- j
cross for an operation on his throat." |
- The girl was known by her parents j
to be in expectation of motherhood. I
and her father had urged Erdman to I
marry her and come and live under
his roof.
Clara's father had said to tje
sweetheart who was four years
yonnger-than his daughter:
“If there is anything between you
and Clara get married and come to
my house.”
For two months and more the
girl's disappearance and the boy's be
havior Were matters only of casual
neighborhood gossip. Only a few davs
ago the girl’s father, however, ex
pressed the belief that she was dead,
and persuaded officials to take the j
unusual course- of charging Erdman |
Olson with the girl's murder before 1
it was known that she was no longer I
alive.
Erwin-Morse Case to Jury.
New York. Dec. 3. —(A s )—The case
of Benjamin W. Erwin and I-lar
j ry. F. Morse, sons of Olios. \Y. Morse
l and three others Indicted for misuse of
j the mails in connection with sales of!
j stock of shipping and other compan
! ies in which they are interest Al, went
to the jury in Federal court th's af
ternoon.
, The other defendants were George
A. Burdette. Report V. Much and Hen
;ry E. Boubhton. Twenty-five persons
were indicted, but the charges against
| all but six were gradually dropped.
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAfj
NO. 284
This Belief Does Notjjtfplwl
I Search for Vessel Which |
! Has 2 Kidnapped Rom ;
| Agents Aboard. "
TWENTY VESSELS 4#l
AID IN SEARCH :| |
! The Vessel Has Not Been m
Seen Since Tuesday De- 1
I spite Efforts of the Gov- |
| eminent Ships. J
j French schooner Arsene .T with two
j kidnapped (liitcd States liquor sleutio Je j
i aboard, in the opinion of officer* .iX
will land her t\\o captives in-'Havana I 1
today or tomorrow. Officials hetfe -3 j
expressed this opinion today after tSn |§ I
vessel had not been heard from sineft 1
tion administrator at' New dmuSeil j
and Chief Machinists Mate Handley', jjp j
of the coast guard base at Bflapi,' are 'lB
aboard the schooner. They” w<Ms | j
placed aboard as guards after the I
schooner had been sized 45 mileß froriji 4a ]
i shore, and the patrol boat which I
I gineered the seizure had put bAbk to J j
| Twenty Vessels in the Hunt. ~
| New Orleans. Dec. 3.—(A s )— Tvregibt : <M j
j government vessels today continue*- .re -
i search the Gulf of Mexico fdr thd js j
j French rum schooner Arsene J. j
BERGEN EXPLAINS ACT tVfi
IN HALL-MILLS CASE M
Tells Why He Lsed Jersey City fts I
lice to Aid Him in I’rosecutloeu -
Somerville, Dec. 3.—(/B—fVancis
Bergen, prosecutor of Somerset edun-r
ty. today began, summing up the case |
for the state against * Mrs. France*' |
Stevens Hall and her brothers, Willie j
and Henry Stevens, who have been on
trial one month on charges of having I
murdered Mrs. Eleanor It. Mills oh :
j tile night of September 14. 1922. j
| Alexander Simpson, special deputy-* J|
i attorney general, who has conducted 3
| the case for the utate, announced that J
i Bergen would speak first to reply to a
! the vituperation which had been con- j
, mined in the uirdrcss oT“etffiiifitf
j “I think T should explain as tiros- d®
! eeutor of this county," Bergen saldj/; J|
j‘"how the Jersey City police can»e iataeda
f "Does your honor think this is sum-' Jj
| ming up?" Robert H. McCarter, sen-, al
ior member of defense counsel asked. -' j
Simpson contended that, Bergen- M
should be allowed to reply to the
operation of the state,” but
Parker said there was nothing in the 1
argument of the defense which* Was a
not evidenced in the testimony. , v
Bergen was permitted in a short ad- |
dress, however, to state when the can* J|
“broke” this summer he had been id a
office only a short time, and tb*l he a
considered then* was not a sufficient M
police force in his county to carry on ij
the investigation required.
Chief Justice Gary Improving. . _
! Atlanta. Dec. 3.—(>P} --Clnef Jug- *
| tice Gary of the South Carolina Su- ?
I ureme Court, a patient in a local sail- %
atoriuni. is. continuing to improve, his t
physicians reported today. Justice- |
Gary lias been confined to the hospital , j
here since November 21, suffering from
a nervous breakdown. Ilis.. temper*- w,
ture and pulse are now normfc) apd. he
rested well last night, the doctor's
said. *"•
! .——
] Match Company Wants Muscle Shoals, j
Washington, Dec. 3.W 3 ) —The Dia- a
I moiid Match Company is negotiating
>| for a part of the power at Muscle
-j Shoals, with a view of manufacturing c;
< I matches.
t The negotiation lias not been tor*
minuted, hut it is understood .the coim 3
puny is anxious to Ideate a plant Ift
southern territory to he near desira
ble timber tracts.
Prince Olaf. the popular Crown m
Prince of Norway, confesses that had ,
he chosen a career for himself, he J
certainly would have selected that.
an officer ill the navy.
in the 16th century letter carriers
in Germany were equipped with
| stilts to increase their speed.
The British Empire covers in
j area of nearly 14.000 square milts. |