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GASTONIA, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 23 1922
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Andrew Bonar Law Will Be
Next Prime Minister England
Diagram of the Hall-Mills Murder Case
DR. LYMAN ABBOTT STATE OF NEW JERSEY
FAMOUS AS MINISTER INTAKES OVER CONDUCT
AND EDITOR IS DEAD! HALL-MILLS MURDER
Unless Some Unforeseen De
. velopment Arises This
Is Expected.
week is Momentous.
Composition Of New Ministry
And Government Program
. Thursday.
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LONDON, Oct, 2X (By the Asso
ciated I'rcss.) Andrew BoBmir Law
ou unanimously elected leader of tlio
Unionist party ut the party meeting hold
this ufteruoou.
Mr. Bonar Luw in Ida speech expressed
the hope that those coalition unionist! J.
wuo IJUU voicd ugaiusi imc unuiunv
passed by tlio Carlton Club meeting
week for a return to iurty indepcndeiii
would join their Lniomst brothers, ii
go to tlio country an u umtel party.
Tlio meeting voted thanks to Auileu
Chuinbcrlaiu, the retiring leader, for bin
' services.
Mr. Bonar Law lost 110 tiuu, bift ar
ranged for an uudienee with fKnijj
Georgu to take place at 5: JO -u'clocli this
afternoon.
The prcuuer-desiguate emerged from
the meeting smiling broadly. Ho reidily
consented to pose tor the photographers,
while a large crowd cheered eutliu
tically.
lu his address Mr, Bonar Law
ias-
clared that this was not the time for ii
troducing large schemes which might be
beuellcial to the empire, however dear to
his heart, lie added that lie should
ruther hope for it ieriod of quietness
than one of fierce controversy, His ref-
ereuce was understood to be to tariff
reform.
Mr. Botinr Law declared the Irish con
st it utiou must .be carried out. - '
Eeferriug to Mr. Lloyd-George he said
he was sure they wouul have 'u pretty
stiff tussle" but he hoped they would
still be good friends afterward.
LONDON, Oeti 2;i. (IJy the Asso
ciated Press.) Andrew Bonar Law, on
leaving the Unionist meeting today at
which h was unanimously elected leader
of the party, told the newspaper men ho
would accept the tusk of forming a min
istry.. LON'DOX, Oct. '23. (By the Asso
ciated l'ress.) Unless some unforeseen,
uiiiiuugiued development-occurs, Andrew
Bonar Luw will,.' before today ends, be
primo minister of Great Britain.
The arrangements already reported
for thecoiiscrvative party meeting at the
hotel Cecil stand, ami there is every reti
soii to believe the proceedings will pass
smoothly, with n (-opposition to the
choice of Mr. Bonar Law as 'leader,
which will givo him power to accept the
king's mandate.
Announcement of the composition Of
thw ministry and '.declaration of the gov
ernment's program may, according to
late information, be deferred until
Thursday, when also the dissolution of
parliament is likely to be announced.
There is much perturbation in several
quarters, over the report that the elec
tions arc to be held on the fourteento
or fifteenth of November; instead of the
eighteenth, which falls on a Saturday. -
Dissatisfaction on this Kiint. is pur
' ticularly strong in labor circles, where it
is maintained -that-if the polling is held
, on any day but Saturday many labor
voters will bo prevented from exeriisiug
their franchise. '
J. A. Thomas, head of the railway
men, in speech yesterday, said fixing
of the election for mid-week would be n
"contemptible trick" and this -veiw is
virtually universal among the laborites,
who see a plot to reduce the labor vote.
The conservatves who favor a mid
week date, repudiate siu-li -intention.
They contend it will be impossible to
arrange- the election for Saturday, No
vember II, and that if it is postponed
to the following Sat unlay there will not
lie time to pass thu Irish legislation be
fore tlio stipulated date. Moreover, they
maintain that as the polls evrywhere will,
be open until f o'clock in the evening
there will be plenty of time for the
labor jieople to record their votes.,
Whatever day is chosen it has been
represented to the officials of the con
servative (Kirty that it is undesirable to
antagonize the laborites, even on such
apparently trivial matter and conse
. queutly the eighteenth may be fixed
iipon, esH'ci.illy as it. is everywhere con
ceded that ratification of the Irish
treaty no longer comes under the head
of contentious legislation.
This week will le crowded with party
conventions and public meetings. There
was what is deseriljcd as an "emergeii-
cy" meeting of the Asqiiithiun liberals
(often called free liliernls) last eve
ning, Jat which Mr. Asqnith. Viscount
Grey, the Marquis of Crewe, iseount
Gladstone, Lord Cowdruy, and other
leaders were present.
It is believed this meeting was called
to frame a manifesto which will be is
sued shortly.
Viscount Grey sienk at Bradford to
morrow, when an important pronounce
ment is exuectod.
Tin executive 'nniiiiitfpp tit tlio bilior
iartv meets in loudon tomorrow to ar- !
rang its progrAi, which will be issued
:is a mauiiosto immediately arterwarl.
The auiinuncenient that Reginald Mr
Keniu will appear on the conservative
platform has stirred remarkable interest
everywhere. The possibility of his ap
pointment a chnneellorjif the exi-heqiicr
is generally discussed by some well in
formed consrvative nw-siiajK-rs say this is
Altogether improbable and opinion is
fairly'general that this post will go to
iCoiiUiiued oa page six. ;
Commends Newspapers
, For Biblical Display
CINCINNATI, 0., Qct. 23.
Commendation of the newspapers of
the country has been voiced in a-,
resolution adopted by the Federation
of Churches of Greater Cincinnati.
More than 1,200 newspapers in
this country, including many of the
leading dailies, have shown a re
markable spirit of co-operation in
the publication of selected portions
of the Bible, generally at the head
of their editorial columns, federation
officials said.,
'No greater service can be ren
dered by the press in the making of
good citizenship than by inculcating
a practical application of the teach
ings of the Master as found in thel
sermon on we mount, me resolu
tion stated.
REV. W, A. LAMBETH COMES
TO MAIN STREET CHURCH:
MR. STANFORD TO SHELBY
Appointments For Shelby Dis
trict Are Announced
Rev. H. H. Jordan Is Re
turned As Presiding Elder
V. A. Lambeth, for the past lour
years pastor at High 1'oint, is the new
pastor of Main Street Methodist church
here. He v. A.- L. Stanford, who has just
completed four years here, goes to
Shelby. Her. H. II. Jordan, presiding
elder of the Shelby district. Was r
appointed to this district.
Tlio above news, together with a
list of the appointments for this district,
came by phone to The Gazette shrtly
after, noon today from Moiiroe wlic the
thirtieth annual session of the Wfstcra
North Carolina Conference adjourned
shortly after nud-dav today.
Followiu gis a list of the appoinftnen's
for tins district together with slveral
others in which Oastouiawpeoplo a
terestcd:
Following -inn list of the appoint me
the Shelby' district: Uev. II. H. Jorda1
presiding elder J Gastonia, Main Street,
W. A. Lambeth ; Franklin Avenue, O. W.
Burke; Last End, M. V. Mann; Dallas,
A. S. Baper; Ciouse, J. K. B. Housor;
Cherryville, J. F. Moser; Besseilier City,
K I', Stabler; Belmont, Main Street,
J. 12. Thompson; Last Belmont, G. L.
Wilkinson; Trinity, M. W. Ileckard;
Kuulo, H. L. Forbes; West Knd, Gas
tonia, D. W". Brown; Kings Mountain,
0. M. Hoyle; Lincolnton, J. T. Mangum;
Lincoln circuit, J. V. Combs; Lowell,
R. H. Keuniugton; Lowisville, O. C.
Fortenlmry; Cramertonn C. M. McKin
nev; McAdenville, C M. Campbell; Mt.
Holly, O: I', Ader; Polkville, E, M.
Averitt; ISock Springs, H. C. Byniiiu;
Shelby Central, A. L. Stanford; LaFay
ette Street, J. W. Inglis; Shelby circuit,
B. Wilson; .South Fork, W. M. Boring;
Stanley, AKiert Sherrill, .
Other appointments that will be of
lot-ill interest were as follows: Tryon
Street, Charlotte, II. G. Hardin; Haw
thorne Lane, L. D. Thomsou; Trinity,
.1. K. Abernethy; Black Mountain, G.
Hay .Ionian; presiding elder Asheville
district, H. C. Sprinkle; presiding elder
Salisbury district, T. F. Marr; Concord,
W. A. Jenkins; Salisbury, J. F. Kirk;
Fast Spencer, R. C. Kirk ; Hickory, C. S.
Kirkpatrick; r Statesville, John W.
Moore; Inke Junaluska, W. M. Hobbins;
Wiuston-Saleni, Zcb F,. Barnhardt;
Grace church, E. E. Williamson; West
End, Winston, K. H. Daugherty; Monroe,
C, C.-Weaver; Wad(l)oro, W. it. Shelton;
(ireensboro. Centenary, 15. (i. Tuttle;
West Market Street, 3. H. Barnhanlt ;
High 1'oint, E. K. McLarty; Mt. Airy,
Central, H. K. Boyr; Marion, W. K.
I'oovey; Morganton, W. H. .-Ware;
Boone, K. Brinkman. ,
GARDNER AND CARPENTER
TO SPEAK THURSDAY
Will Address Voters Thursday
Afternoon At Courthouse
At 1:30 O'clock Big
Crowd Is Expected.
Two of Democracy's leaders in Nortu
Carolina, ). Max Gardner, of Shelby,
and John G. Ca renter, of Gastonia, wiil
address the voters of Gaston cflunty at
a political speaking Thursday -afternoon
at 1:30 'o'clock at tin- county courthous..-.
Cimrt will hold off the afternoon session
a few minutes to, allow the shakers to
finish. Both Messrs. Gardner and Car
penter ore god shakers and will draw
a crowded house. Mr. Gardner will be
in Gastonia two or three days this week
attending Gaston comity Superior Court
in session.
PRESBYTERIAN LAYMEN
HOLD MEETING TONIGHTj
Alt Presbyterian '.men in the city are
urged to attend the meeting at the First
chun-h tonight at 7 :'!() o'clisk. Ckpt
F. L. Slaymaker and Mr. J. B. Spillman,
of Charlotte, will be the Bpcukers. "
THE WEATHER
Generally fair and cooler tonight and
Tuesday preceded by thundershoweri
this afternoon or tonight in east.
This is a diagram showing where bodies in the Hall-Mills murder mystery were found and the surrounding ter
ritory,, indicating clearly how the "country Ixjuudnry has complicated the investigation. This diagram was sketched at
the murder scene by L. R. Higgins, 2EA artmt. '!ss.
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EARL CRAIG KILLED IN
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
Car Collides With Street Car i
On Franklin Avenue On
casi rannun jaiuruay cve-F
ning: Receives Fatal In
.juries In Head And Chest.
.1 !
Prtnir. Run of Njinitnrv Dolire-
... II VV f'r..ir ,!;..,) Kfitnr.luv niirlif '
at 8 o clock from injuries received j
at 6:.'i0 when the car which' lie was j
driving collided with a street car on
East Franklin avenue directly in front j
of the homo of Mr. Doric Smith,
Craig's jaws and the entire lower part I
of tlio .head were crushed into pulp
from the impact and he had several in
ternal injuries in 'the chest.. He was
hurled from the street car track to the i
Nidpurulk 1 1 v flic fon-e of the collision, j
Ho was immediately carried to the City
Hospital where he lingered - for two
hours or more. Physicians held out
no hope for him, it. was said, owing to
the serious nature of his injuries.
It is not known definitely how- young
Craig .-happened to hit tlje street car
which was in charire. of Air. I lark, it
was eomiiiL' uk the irrade on Ens'
Franklin Avenue, and proceeding' -slow
ly as is customary along this street
Some are of the opinion that crai:
attempted to pass another car ana ripi
into the street car. Others think tlit
he was running with one wheel insiJe
the ear truck,, und that he was .una lj
to get out of the track in time to avn
the car. Many people were on t
scene within a few seconds after
happened, but so far as can be ascer
tained there were no eye-witnesses to
the collision save Motorman Clark
The tragedy cast a gloom over the
entire city. Young Craig was 'popu
lar and had a host of friends and rela
tives to whom the news of his sudden
death was shocking. He is survived ly
his parents. Mr- aiid Mrs. ,B. V.
Craig and the following brothers and
sisters: Robert O., Charles, Reid, Ben,:
Jr., Walter and Katie,
Funera'l services, which Vere held .ft
the home on South Broad street at 4:.'ll
o'clock bimda yaftrnoon, were eondm-te-l
AA'uh -T ! I' I,:,st:,r,0,f pln
y01' "r ' f S' i ., b"VJ "';
Dr. J. H. Henderlite, pastor of the n;st
Presbyterian church, Hev. T. II. Kiug,
pastor of the Kast Baptist church, aud
Rev. W. L. C. Killiau. The services were
attended by a large concourse f sor
rowing relatives and friends, and there
was a profusion of beautiful floral designs.-'
Interment was made in the fa m
Uy plot in Oakwood cemetery. The pall-In-arers
were Messrs. Charles Boyd, War
ren Garilner, Lon Billiard, Frank Suggs,
W. O. McLean and Leland Morris.
COACH STAGG BEGINS
BUILDING FOR PRINCETON
CHICAGO, Oct. -23.- A. Aloiiro
Stagg, veteran master mechanic iu the
construction of football machines at
the University of Chicago, to-lay began
un intricate overhauling of his Maroons
in preparation for the 1'nne.etoii game
nest Saturday.
Despite Chicago's clean record of
three victories, two of them in western
conference games, and the other over
Georgia, bttigg is not satishcd with the
Maroons, who are ia for a vigorous go
ing over this week
Most of the week probably vvill be
devoted to preparation of the attack to
i - i .1.. ! mi. r.
oe used against me ngcrn. i ue .ua
roous arc looking for gome . siii-pri"''
from Princeton and it is Ktiigg's iden
to make the Tigers do some guessing
themselves The week can lte spent
to better advantage in - perfecting an
offeusc, he believes, than in specula
tion ou the Princeton ttack, so the
development of the Maroon defense
probably will receive only secondary
attention from the "old man."
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For 20 Years She
Has Spread Germ
ALBANY. N. Y.. Oct. 22 A
Jwoman who for more than 20 yeah
thai iinwiftinoriv inTprtM wirn i
phoid germs members of her fami
and otners in vp-siaie cuies, nas
been "trailed" by state and locil
health officers and put under re)
ntriction to prevent further conta
gion. Thirteen cases of the disease
have been traced to the woman,
authorities ray.
The- first to be infected was a
boarder who fell ill with typhoid in
1900, the health department authori
ties Mid in reviewing the case.
Since that time the wamon has visit
ed in the homes of her sona and
daughters-in-law for varying periods,
with the result that she has infect
ed four sons-in-law, two sisters, the
father and mother of one of the
ions-in-law,,' two grandsons and in
directly a nurse employed in one of
the cases. The case is considered
:he more remarkable because not
)ne of the woman's own children,
even daughters and three aons,
have contracted the disease.
SUPERIOR COURT
CONVENED TODAY
One Week Term Of Crimin
Court Gets Under Wi
With Judge Webb Presidirg
Krout Forgery Case Lt
tinued
Gaston Court convened at ten o'chs
tins nioriitng lor a one ccn u.rni up i
.. . . . i. . t.
the trial of criminaf cases with Jun
James L. Webb -presiding and Acti
Solicitor F. O. Clarkson, of Charlotte,
representing the State. By order of
the court Mr. A. K. Woltx. of lie
Gastonia bar, was appointed to asi st
in the prosecution of tbP docket.
The grand jury for the term, of wliilh
, ,u A ,st u wa
Merely a formal charge an-f
lTocee,l,ed at once to its duties. The
lnornim- w.mim 0f r0Urt was taken up
Mr. J. Frank Jackson is foreman,-na
inlirg session of court was iukcii U
with hearinggood behavior cases and
the formal calling of the docket.
The. case against W. L. Krout,
charged with forgerv, was continued by
consent of the State. The defendant
Was convicted in this court in January,
appealed to the Supreme Court of the
State of North Carolina, where bis ap
peal w'as heard in April and a new trial
granted ou the grooml that the trial
judge was in error iu refusing to ad
mit certain documentary evidence of-
fered by the defense. The new trial
was due to be held at August term Of
Superior court, but was continued 'lie -
cause of the crowded condition of the
docket. At that term Krout, who had
been iu the State prison at Kaleigh for
safekeeping in default of bond, was
allowed to make a reduced bond ami
had been at lilicrty since that time.
The defendant was present when called
today.
IIKRRIN", Ills., O.t. 2::. One of the
victims of the Hcrrin mine riot last June
has ben identified as Horatio Gosman, of
Brooklyn, X. V. The body has been re
moved from the local cemetery and sent
to Brooklyn. Gosman was a guard at
the Lester strip mine, where the killings
occurred. Identification was made by
means of phut ogra pits shown to local un
dertakers who handled the bodie-.
j
BELFAST, Oct. 2:1. Four Free Stat-I
ers were killed and three wounded in j
bomb attack on a motor car at Ferry j
Carrig, couuty Wexford, yesterday. ,
SIX-YEAR-OLD CHILD IS
KILLED IN AUTU ACCIDENT
Robert Moore Run Over By
Charles Garrison, a Cripple,
And Sustains Fractured
Skull Which Resulted In
Death Garrison Exonerat
ed. ' "t '
rt Veldon Aloore, aged b, son
of S.tT Moore, L'OO South Weldon
'. street, was rim over uliout U o'cloi-k
I Hmiday eu-ning nt Loray sipiare by an
! aulomobile driven by 'harles Gyrrison
land, was so seriously injured . that he
died at 12:."I0 o'clock this morning in
I the City Hospital to which place he
I was removed immediately following the
: accident. The child's skull whs 1'raP
'tured., An operation whs performed in
'the hoie of snviiiir his life but was nil-
An investigation by the police depart
ment resulted in the finding that the
chilli's death was due to un accident
und no arrest was made. From wit
nesses it was learned that the child
walked from in front of ail auto park-
jed at the curbing and propped directly
in front of Garrison's l-ar, winch they
say, wns running only iibout ten miles
an hour. The ear stopped over the
child's, body. While Garisoti is a
crippled heiug partially paralyzed, the
officer; 'state that no blame attaches
to him for this accident.
Funeral services over the remains
will be held at the home this afternoon,
llev. ('. .1. Black, pastor of the Loray
Hapti-t church, officiating, and inter
ment, will be in the Loray Cemptery.
UUIlUIIUWUmilll UULIIIMfXLL
IS BUSY MIKING SPEECHES
PoDular Ninth District Con
cressman Is Tourinir Ninth
District In Lincoln And
Cleveland Counties
TK
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Week In Gaston Nxt
Week.
CotigressiTian A. I- Bulniukle was in
,l,e " fl.'r ,h" '?"r t f w
;'."pa.g..n;g in the mountain counties t
Yanccy, Mitchell, Burke, Madison and
Avery. He poes' today to Lincoln county
where he speaks . tonight and Tuesday
night. Wednesday and Thursday he will
Sciid in Cleveland county. Friday night
he speaks at Maiden, Saturday at 1 . in.
he speaks at Terrell. . and at 7::iD at
j night nt Newton in Catawba county, lie
i will sM-ak in Gaston county October 'M
land the places yet to be named.
1 The doughty congressman is in fine
i fettle and is making a strong campaign
fight for iK'inocracy in every county in
the Ninth district. His popularity is
prowiiig ami indications are that he wll
beat bis opponent, Dick Shuford, of
Hickory, by a large majority. The Major
finds that sentiment in many sections 'of
the district indicate that people are. dis
satisfied with the failure of the Republi
can party to live up to its pledge.
AMERICAN STEEL INDUSTRIES
READY FOR 8-HOUR DAY
Washington". ' Oct.
-America n
stci industries are in position to change
from the present 12 hour labor day to
one of eight hours without increasing
the cost ot tlie uiiior component m meir
output, in the opinion of committee of
the. Federated American EngiiieriiigSo- j
ciectv. which has completed a nation-!
wide inquiry into the "shift" system of
labor. . . . . 4
AN Death Was Editor-In
Chief Of The Outlook
Magazine.
SUCCEEDED BEECHER.
fas The Author Of Many
Books, Perjodials And
Treatises. '
XEW VOIIK, Oct. aj. Dr. Lyman
Abbott, editor-in-chief of the Outlook,
with which he had been associated nearly
40 years, clergyman, lawyer, author and
successor to Henry Ward Beecher as
pastor of Plymouth church, Brooklyn,
died today, lie would hnve been 87 next
December. When the end came his- four
sons. und two daughters were at the bed
side. Dr. Abbott suffered u severe at
tack of bronchitis at his country homo
in Cornwall-ou-tlie-Hudsou hist summer,
from which he never fully recovered. Ihi
returned to his city home two weeks ago.
ihe itev. l. vn i. -in Abbott. It, u., was
one of the most active leaders in many
Or.
Lyman
Abbott.
avenues of religious and civic thought in
the United Stutes. As preacher, editor,
author and tlieolgiau lie exhibited a
(piality of character which impressed it
self on all who c;inie in contact with
him, u singular pb.isc and serenity of
spirit.
In his early youth, after graduation
form the University of the city of New
York, he studied law and wus admitted
to the bar, and afterwards practised in
partnership with his brothers, Benjamin
V. and Austin Abbott. (Jiving up the
law for theology, - lie studied for the
Ministry of the Congregational Church,
with his uncle, . (.'. Abbott, and was
ordained at Farmingtoii, Me., in lstit).
flis first 'charge was in Terre Haute,
lad., where he remained five years, i
As editor of the ' Christian Union,
which was later to be known as The
Outlook, his work, iu association with
that of the Bcv. Henry Wiird Beecher,
marked him as a man of great promise
ami one who saw religion, not too nnr
orwlv conventionalized, but overlapping
and spiritualizing many of the social
and civil problems of the time.
After the death of Mr." '.Beecher.. Dr.
Abbott became pastor of Plymouth
Church, in Brooklyn, where his predeces
sor had earned fame a one of the fore
most pulpit --orators in America. He
was installed in Plymouth Church
.January 10, 1SII0, und remained ' in
charge until 1XW, when he resigned.
He published a life of Henry Ward
Beecher and a volume of his sermons.
In 'Dr. Abbott's work as editor of
the Outlook, in which he was associated
in his long career with many famous
men, liicluilnig lheodore Kooscveir, no
ught to .interpret the different orders
"t piditical organization
from the
Christian viewjiomt.
Those who were near him during this
part of his life say that extraordinary
working power was one of his chief
characteristics. 'Moderation jnd sanity
were the chief notes of his temperament
and attitude. He commanded attcu
tion by his transparent sine -rity and
by gift of clear persuasive . state
ment. , .
The range of ,I)r. Abbott's connection
with civic enterprises was very wide;
he 'had intimate association with bet
terment work in many fields. He held
office in at least a score of organza
tons for city, state and national, and
cveii international reform, and
actively" interested iu many others, in
cluding societies for child, civil and
prison reform, charity organizations,
forestry at-ociatious aud the American
lied Cross Society.
Dr. Abbott was known not only to
his friends and co-workers but to the
public, as well, as a rational optimist;
one who sees clearly present obstacles
and evils, but is confident that the
creative fon-es In society are making
for the freedom and happiness of mau,
and must prevail.
The ardor for spiritual achievement
kept him always at high points of olv
seivatiou and explains iu a measure the
harmony he was able to esyb!idi be
tween himself and his work, which was
prodigious for a man of slight phy:-i-
, allll SIlan mu(.u.,r strength
Ivfore starting on what might be
, - ailed his ministerial career he. In
icoUaUirntion with Lis brother, wrote
two novels: '"Cone-Cut Comer aud
" Mathew Camby. "
His mwt iimiortaut volumes are:
"The, ' Result of Emancipation in the j
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Attorney General's Depart-
ent Assumes Charge Of
Investigations Today. j
GRAND JURY TODAY.
Dr. Hall May Have Had
Another Admirer In
New York.
TRENTON', X. J., Oct. 23. At the
request of Supreme-. Court 'Justice .Par
ker, the attorney general's department
today assumed churgu of the investiga
tion of the Hall-Mills murder ease. At
torney General McCran deputized Wil
liam A.Mott, of Kssex county, as deputy,
attorney general in charge. Mr. Mot t
will begin his duties immediately.
NKW- BRUNSWICK, X. J., Oct.' 23.
Prosecutor' Aznriah Beekmun, of tioiu-
erset county, was expected to lay the
evidence in the Hall-Mills murder cuss
before the grand jury today. At the
same time detectives on his staff were
busy rounding up new and old witnesses
for examination at a secret headquarters
where most witnesses have been taken
recently in an effort to avoid the many,
newspaper men working on the ease.
Great interest wns manifested by au- ;
thorities in ft report that the llev. Ed
ward Wheelr Hall, slaiu rector of thil
Kpiscopal Church of St. John the Eva in
gelist.i one .employed a private detective
to curb the activities of a mail who,
Mrs. Eleanor Keiuhardt Mills, choir
leader, killed with the clergynuiu, had
complained was annoying her. .'
An inquiry was begun today also of
the 'report that another woumu was a
volved in the love complications of Dr.
Hall, and that he visited her ulone in a
Manhattan apartment. Authorities have
learned that Dr. Hall sent a telegram to .
this woman early in August, It reads
"Will be at your apartment late this
evening." Western Union officials hav
declined to turn u copy of the message
over to the authorities without u court
order. ' , ' -
. Both reports were said to be support- .
ed by documentary evidence and left lit
tie doubt that both Dr. Hall aud Mrs.
Mills had other udmirers,: who might be
able to throw light on the mystery.
JUDGE HAND DECIDES
IN FAVOR GOVERNMENT
DRY SHIP INJUNCTION
NKW VORK, Oct.: 23. (By the Asso
ciated Press.l Federal Judge Learned
Hand today handed down a decision dis
missing the motion of foreign ship com-'
panics for a permanent injunction re
straining federal 'prohibiten agents from.
puttng into e fleet the bone dry ruling of
Attorney General Daugherty. Ho ex
tended the stay temporarily, however
providing that Ihe steamship companies
tile an immediate appeal to the United
States Supreme Court.
Judge Hand decided m favor of the
government on all points. The decision
was rendered on the specific mutter of
the application, of foreign liues for an
injunction protecting from seizure ships -
carrying liquor 'under seal on the east
bound voyage from the Lulled Mates.
Ihe decission applies to both foreign
and American lines because of the state
ment, made by Judge Hamf during the
injunction proceedings hist week that 5
defeat of. tlio motion of the foreign lines
would naturally bring about defeat of
the Americcan lines' motion for an in
junction. ,
Kvcrett Mastcn, of counsel for the
White Star Liue, nunoitneed that his firm
and representatives of the eleven other
foreign und domestic liues represented
in th proceedings would bring an appeal
as soou us possible.
The original action against the
Daugherty ruling was brought by the
Cuiiard and Anchor lines which were
later joined by ten other 'companies,, in
eluding-'.-most of tho important foreign
land American lines in the trans-Atlantic
trade. AU brought bills in equity, men
tioning Secretary Mellon, IL C. tstnart,
collector of this port, and Federal Pro
hibition Enforcement . agents. .
LIQUOR STATUTES WILL
BE RIGIDLY ENFORCED
VA SUING TON', Oct. 2!. The liquor
statutes in all their broadened scope out
lined by- Attorney Geueral Daugherty
to
was,are now in effect and will lie rigidly en
forced. Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
declared today when informed of the de
cision of Judge Hand iu New York re
fusing to issue a permanent injunction
to complaining- ship conqsiuies.
Activities of cforcement ageuls, Mr,
liaynps said, naturally would be niada
to conform to any legal limitation im
posed by the tentative stay from the
New York cuurt, but tin? commissioner
emphasized that no general extension of
time would he made in enforcement of
the legal requirement for prohibition oa
American vessels evrywhere t sen und
ou foreign ships withiH American wtr.
Mr. Haynes said the decision in New
York was exactly wlmt he ami hi k-gul
staff had e.xjeeU-d. and he perdicted
similar result when the rase is-jrried to
the Supreme Court. Officials here -
pec-t the cast' t come up In the Mglic't
court as rapidly as th5 vsrlous steps rjo
is" conqdetpd.
The rxiK-ctdl report from New Yitk
giving detail of th cii!iire of t--i
Canadian tn-booner Emerald h;ts n
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