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GASTON I A, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 24, 1922
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Mrs. Jane Gibson Said To Have
Witnessed Hall - Mills Murder
Witness Who Claims To Have
Seen Murder Of Rector
And Woman.
HAD STORE NEARBY.
Lady Told Investigators That j
She Saw Crime j
Committed. " !
NEW BRUNSWICK, X. J.. Oct.. 24.
(By the Associated Press.) I lie name,
of the woman reputed to have witnessed
tlie duobie murder of the Rev. Kdward
Wheeler Hull ami his choir singer, Mr?.
Kleanor R. Mills, today became known.
Hlie is Mrs. June Cihsou, a widow, who
with her son, conducts a sixty acre farm
oil Hamilton road in a spursely settled
section severnl miles from here. ' :
Before harvest Time 1 her ' fields were
' frequently entered at night iiml robbed.
Shortly U'foro the double murder she de
cided to end thin thievery. Kadi night
alio lay in wait. Nearby was tethered a
saddled mule for purpose -of pursuit.
The night of the murder, she was sti I
to have told investigators, she was rid
inn flown l)e Brussy's lane .through tin'
Phillips farm when she saw in a field
the dim outlines o ftwo men and two
women.
Hhti been inc Various, halted her mule,
and watched. There was u liionient. of
loiul talking, the sound of a pistol shot,
u streak of flame and one of the men
fell, thou u moment later four more shots
and one of the women dropped.
The man uud the woman stood over
the slain couple,-the story continues, and
the name of the man was spoken in hor
ror by the woman.
Mrs, Gibson then was said to have be
come frightened and to have turned her
mule toward home.
HOPE FOR SOLUTION OF
HALL-MILLS MYSTERY
Newark Lawyer Has Been
Designated As Special De
puty Attorney General To
Take Over Case In Behajf
Of The State.
NEW BRUNSWICK, X. J., Oct. 24.
Hope was felt today that "the Hall Mills
murder mystery may be solved even
tually as Wilbur A. Mott, Newark law
yer nnd former Essex county prosecutor,
who has lieen dsignateil a special deputy
attorney general, took over the reins of
the inquiry on behalf of the state.
He went into conference at once with
Prosecutors BeBekmnn, of Somerset, and
St riekcr, of Middlesex counting, who
have conducted the investigation since
the discovery on September Iti of the
bodies of the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall,
rector of the Episcopal Church of St.
John the Evangelist, and Mrs. Eleanor
.Keinhardt Mills, choir leader.
Both county prosecutors, relieved
through intervention ot' Supreme Court
Justice diaries W. Barker, after work
ing ineffectually on the case for mor
than a month, expressed willingness (to
co-operate in every way with the newly
appointed state official,
With Deputy Attorney Cetieinl Mot'.,
here today was James A. Mason, Essex
county detective. Mr. Mott announced
nlsii that he had called Ellis II. Barker;
K,,rlinirilll flilllltt- 1 1't I'd I VC. WjlO IlUS
won convictions in 01 of 9'J murder eases i
111
Burlington county in the last
years,
intu the case. I
Bonar'Law And
Apart Outlining
Scotland City Will Be
Center Of Interest
Britain.
Chief
In
SITUATION IS CRITICAL.
Communistic Party Is Said
Be Strong In Vicinity
Of Glasgow.
To
LONDON. Oct. LM. (By the Asso
ciated Bros.) Glasgow wiil be the
'chief center of interest in tho political
situation for the rest of the week. Tin
new prime, minister, Andrew Bouar Law,
on Thursday will announce tho details of
liis policy there, and 4H hours later for
mer Breinier Lloyd Oeorge will addresa
a meeting, being accompanied to iScot
land by Jjir iJ(dcrt Ilorue, who was his
chancellor of the exchequer.
- The Times' political correspondent
emphasizes the importance of the situa
tion in Glasgow, which it says is due to
the strength of the" coininuiistic party
among the industrial workers, 'adding
that this is largely on account of the re
luctance of the Glasgow members of par
liament to abandon the coalition. , The
writer suggests that this position is
likely to give inijK'tus to the Scottish
liojne rule movement.
It i.s hinted elsewhere that Bonar
Law's reelection as member' of the cen
tral division of Glasgow is in no-'wi'
certain, and that he will lc opposed by
bir George l'ais as a free liberal, in
To Speak In GlasgQW 48 Hours
Negro ould Bar Ku
Klux From Massachusetts
BOSTON, Oct. 24. Matthew W.
Bullock, negro republican candidate
for the Massachusetts house of -representatives,
has filed with the clerk
of the house a bill to prohibit the
organization of the Ku Klux Klan in
this stale. The Klan would be desig
nated as "a menace to the public
peace." The penalty for aiding, en
couraging, organizing or affiliating
with the organization would be a fine
of $500 or imprisonment or both.
ALLIES AND TURKS ARE
STILL DISPUTING AS TO
ROUTE OF TURKISH ARMY
American Forces Must Main
tain Complete Neutrality
In Zone.
REFUGEE PROBLEM IS BAD
Refugees Do Not Trust Turks
And Are Anxious To
Go Quickly. ,
CONST A X T1NOPLK, Oct. 24. (By
the Associated Press.) Tho allied gen
erals and the Turkish iiationajists are
still at loggerheads over the route to be
taken by the Turkish gendarmes in their
occupation of Eastern Thrace; Jtdfuet
Pasha, the new .military governor of
Thrace; at a lengthy conference; with the
allied chiefs yesterday, urged that the
gendarmes be permitted to go through
Constantinople, but was told that the
bulk of these forces must enter by way
of Hodostu. None of -- tho conferees
L . . .... .
seemed in a ineuuiy moou.
Kafet I'asha is beiiig entertained 1
the allied high commissioners (luring 1
stav here, fie ohms to leave for ThrJc-a
on Saturday.- With Shakir Bey, the iK'
civil governor of Thrace, he is consii er
ing numerous applications for emp oy
nient from Turks desiring to particii ate
in. the government of the province. While
all the liiOKt important of (ices will Abe
fillotl by pica appointed by, the AngoY-.i
government,-the subordinate positions
will bo lurgely occupied by Turks fron
Cnostuntinoplc. All the gendarmes, with
.the execntiou of a small force here, are
now- gathered at - Mudania and Ismid,
awaiting word from the allies to embark
for Thrace.
Bear Admiral Mark Bristol conferred
yesterday with the commanders of the
twelve newly arrived American destroy
ers,' outlining the near eastern situation
and advising them of the position of tlw
navy therein. Ho. explained the Ameri
can forces must niaintain complete neu
trality and devote their energies to hu
manitarian work and the protection of
American property.
The allied high commissioners and
Admiral Bristol discussed the evacuation
of eastern Thrace and the refugee prob
lem at a two hour -meeting yesterday.
They dealt largely with plaus for evacu
ation through the 'Black Sea ami Mar
mora ports of some 70,000 persons.
Col-onel! Treloar, t representing the
League of Nations, who lias just re
turned from Rudsto, ' reported the situa
tion, was seriously affected by the lack
of whipping. He added :
"The exodus has assumed enormous
proportions. No allied proclaniiitious or
exnonaiions can nuuicy u- n-ius- iv
v uuuuueu . uu j.juBu a.
V
Lloyd George
Their Policies
addition to the labor candidate. . For
mer Breinier Asrpiitli is to speak iu GIus
gow next week.
In parts of Great Britain, notably tho
Lancashire manufacturing towns and
Glasgow, there are large resident Irish
communities. How they will cast their
votes is arousing interest both here and
iu Ireland. The Freeman's Journal,
Dublin nwspaper, crystallizes its advice
to them in the sentence:
"Wherever you see a diehard head,
hit it."
I. O'Cotiunr, whose Irish constituents
in the Scotland division of Liverpool are
dissatisfied with him because he remain
ed a natioiialst, and lieeause, although a
Limine ruler, he supported neither Kntnouu
de Valera nor Michael Collins m the
house of commons, will probably be op
posed by n Sinn Fein candidate.
The question of Lady Astor's position
in the Sutton division of Blymoiith; has
been settle.! by the central conservatives
declaring the official conservative can
didate, but it is understood that Dr.
Bayly will oppose her, us well as a large
candidate.
A striking intervention, in the politic
cut. conflict was made today from Man
chester in the form of a manifesto issued
by the local lilieral candidates and the
executiveif the Manchester liberal fed
eration, Manchester liberalism in th
past has often had an important influ
ence on British politics, "the Manches
ter school" having become the standard
name for a familiar brand of somewhat
advaix-ed liberalism. '
GAST0NIA COTTON.
Receipts today . 46 Bales
Price '.......;... 24 CenU
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2Cew evidence reaching New
to believe the murder of tho Bev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor
Reinhardt Mills took place in a deserted schoolhouso four miles from,
where the bodies were found. Above, exterior of tho schoolhouso; below,
Its interior, where victims may have been imprisoned. Inset, Mrs.
Charles Miller, vho beard screams
j muer.
GASTON COUNTY LAYMEN
TAKE STEPS TO ORGANIZE
Presbyterian Men Of The
County Hear Spillman, Trot
ter And Brown - Will Ef
feet Organization - In Nea'
Future.
iseventv men representative of the
I'reb.Vterian laitv of Gastouia. Lowell,
Belmont. New iloi.e. Olney and C'herrv-
ville churches held an enthusiastic meet-.
ing in the First I'resbvteriau - churclr
Monday nigtit. Gastoniu First church
led the delegations with 116 men present,
Olney with 14 carrying off second honors.
West Avenue and Armstrong Memorial
churches Also had a number f rcpieseu-
., ,, ... , . ., ,' . , , ,
Mr. 1 oods (,a rlan.l a. ted as chair-
man and Bev. 1. G. late, as chairman
of Kings Mountain Presbytery commit-
tee stated that the purpose ot the meet-
ing was to efleef an organization of
lresbyteriau laymen for more ettuient
an,l active work iu the churches of the
Presbytery. Mr. J. B. bpilbuan, man-
ager of Synod's stewardship committee,
the first speaker, told in a very interest,
ing iiml convinciug manner how other or-
gunijsatious of this 'kind', were function-
ing to the upbuildig of the .churcli and
the kingdom. Stating that the most
hopeful thing in the church today is that
the men are getting on the job and p be-
coining interested in and more actively
engaged in religious work, the sjieaker
urged upon the men the value of per-
sonal work, family altars in thtir homes
and vision of their propej relations to
their possessions. Mr. Morris Trotter, i
possessions,
real estate dealer of Charlotte, told i it a
sincere and earnest way of his own new
vision of 'the work to be done, gained
at Montrent last summer during a lay
men's conference,; how he had surren
dered his will to Cod' tt nd how since that
time he had been actively engaged, with
other laymen of Mecklenburg Presby
tery, iu holding evangelistic meetings,;..
organizing MnnUiv srliuojs and wiiiuin
souls for Christ. Mr.' 1 'arks Drown, of
Steele Creek, and secretary of Mecklen
burg l'resbyteria I laymen, told of the
great conference of laymen hokd recently
in Chattanooga and the great amount of
good that had resulted from the work
done by the, men of Mecklenburg, Mr.
John Mayes, of the Armstrong Memorial
church, told of cottage prayer meetings
cuoducted by laymen of that churcli last
week in which there were six conversion;.
After hearing from a -'number of other
layiucitt present a committee was ap
pointd to work out plans, for organiza
tion and u laymen 's movement in Kings j
Mountain Presbytery was launched.
Mr. ftniJIiuaii and Rev. T. U. Tate con
ducted a similar 'meeting in Mhlby Mon- j
mcnt for the upper counties of the Pres
bytery. The division of the lower conn- j
ties will comprise Gasto nynd d Lincoln, j
Ti,,.w. ;.. t...i.. ..f tl,.i M,,.,.l..i- !
night . nieetiug were the represeutjtiv ! (
business aud professional men of (iastou ' ,. ... . ,
Presbyterian churches. North Carolina fair tonight cooler
-- Ion northeast coast, probably light frost
" tonight: Wednesday fair and warmer.
CURTIS BIPLANES TO
BE FURTHER DEVELOPED! "
'
'MOUNT-. CLF.M HN8, -Mich., ' Oct. 24. !
The Curtis army biplanes which tin-
ished iu the first four positious in the
Pulitzer, trophy race ure to be developed
by the "army as the standard pursuit j
plane, according to officers of the first j
pursuit group, stationed at Mi'lfride j
field, near here. The racers which broke!
all speed records during- the recent meet, j
are being packed fur shiimeut to Day. ;
ton. Ohio, for further tests at the army '.
engineering fild. j
Murder Scene?
Brunswick (X. J.) authorities leads them
near the school on the night of thai
.SECRETARY WEEKS ASKS FOR
ORE ARMY SERGEANTS
Says Too Many Are Out On
Duty With National Guards,
Reserve Training Camps
And R. O. T. C. Units.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, Amend-
nient of the national defense act to in-
crease the number of sergeants in the
nr,".V I"18 ,,l',,n a skel by Secretary Weeks,
's announced tuday, in order that
about ltfOO iiou-eoniiniHsioned officers as-
isignea as instructors to- the national
I K"""'. rsratiit.J , reserves and training
'orI's units wu not nave io, pc rut m
p'i.
U, ,J" "'. "!,. al" T ' ,. , ; . . ,
the army first to 175,000. tuen, then to
,.( d , 25,Oi.O," tho
8t.lU.nu,nt K,,id, "consideration was not
ivcn o thl llon.,oniI11i8,iolu,(, ofrlcer!,
., t)l0 ilIIwrtniit work which he is ex-
m.M , j,, thc w.ll(.nu. for niltional
(1efense. With an enlisted strength au-
thoilzed at onlv 12."),000 the original
percentages fixed in law for the various
Kr,P 0f non-commissioned officers are
found. totally inadequate. Hundreds of
such non-commissioned officers are
scheduled for duty with organizations
of the national guard, the organized re-
serves and at reserve officer training
corps units. . .vv
L'nder the original terms; if the lia-
tional defense act these men would have
j beeiiiivailable and could have gone to
jtlu - ir duty with sufficient rank and pay
j to enable them to live in civilian eom-
"iimities in a way creditable to them-
selves and the work in which engaged,
nut now these men win una incniseives
forced into a lower grade with much
lower pay. For nil its' activities the
war department should have about 7,800
lion -commissioned officers in tho three
enior grades but based oil a strength of
IL'.j.OOO and the terms of exisitiug law
only li.oOO can be kept in these grades.
"After a careful study of this situa-
on it has liccu rouiui that about Iti ill)
of the senior non-comiiiissioned offu-ers
of the army are to be demoted 'unless
siMiie increase in authorized numbers is
made. Of course, this demotion will
carry with it such a loss of pay und
prestige as to make it impossible for
many of them to continue the work now
planned for them. This situation is so
serious not only on account of the
work on which they are to be employed
but is such an injustice to the men
themselves who as a class have long
years of service to their credit and
are nearly all veterans, that the secre
tary of war has asked Congress, to
amend the national defense act and to
iauthoii.e immlfcrs in the higher grades
jso that the requirements for non-com-
missioned
officers can be more nearly
net. " ;
I '-"-.
THE WEATHER
Dies For Three Murders
With Red Roses In Hand
WETHERSFIELD, Conn., Oct 24.
Emil Schutte, convicted of three
murderi, was hanged at the state
prison today clutching two red rosea.
He entered the death chamber carry
ing the roses and his grip on them
did not relax even after death.
NINE TRAGEDIES IN WHICH WOMEN
PL A Y LEADING ROLES STAND UUT
AS DRAMATIC SPECTACLES TODAY
PEGGY BEAL FREED OF
CHARGE OF SHOOTING
HER LOVER, ANDERSON
Says He Boasted Of The Fact j
That He Had Broken The
Hearts. Of Fifty Other
Women Coming To Kan- .
sas City To Live.
KANSAS C'lTV, Mo., Oct. 24.' Marie !
L. "Peggy" Beal faced life with re-i
newed determination today, freed after
a brief trial of Jhe charge of having
murdered her lover, Frank Wurren An
dersoli, who, she said, boasted he hud
broken the lica'rts of fifty other women.
Leaping to her feefas tho verdict was
read last night, Mrs. Beal thanked the
jury and asserted, "Now 'I am going to
stay right here in Kansas City and niaky
good. I'm going to send for my little
boys in Tcrre Haute:- and make a good
home for them."
The court ordeal was comparatively
brief. There were few witnesses ami thot
testimony was adduced speedily.-
blR,
took the witness stand, pallid and nerv
ous, and the story of the shooting win
drawn from her by the attorneys.
Iroiii the first meetiug iu Dayton, O.,
Mrs. Beal, a young divorcee, related in
chronologicul order incidents of their as
sociation which terminated in her fatally
shooting Anderson und seriously wound
ing herself in a room' which they occu
pied in a local hotel Juno .1. Il lured
her there, she said, with a promise of
marridgc.
She had been reading a passage iu a
romantic novel in which a woman killed
her lover. hu shot Anderson as he lay
upon the bed and turned the. revolver
upon herself, sending a Bullet iutu her
breast.
"L met Anderson in a restaurant iu
Dayton, O.,'; she testied. "He asked
me to marry him before ho lcft Dayton
and I told him 1 would give him my an
swer in Juue. "
Twice she visited him in Kansas City.
They moved to the hotel where the trag
edy occurred, tshe asked him to marry
her, she said. "I was nearly stunned
wen he told me he could find no grounds
for divorce," she said. ",I asked him
what I was going To do, " she told the
(court, "mid he said 'Do as -you
please.' " '
&he asked him why he had sought her
love and he answered, she declared, "Be
cause I am a devil," .
She said that she could not recall
shotoing him,, but remembered shooting
herself. . . '
WILL ASK SYNOD FOR
$150,000 FOB ORPHANAGE
CIIARLOTTK, X. C, 'Oft. 21. The
Synod of Xortll Carolina of the Southern
1'iei.b.vteriail church, which convenes
Wednesday night at Liucolntoii, will be
asked to appropriate $150,(10(1 to the
Barium Springs orphanage, it was de
cided at a meeting of th board of re
gents here.
The money would be used to cover
maintenance and aid iu new work which
the regents desire to undertake. The
report made ntthc regents meeting
last night, presided over by the lie'v. B.
Murphy Williams, of Oreensboro, showed
that 140,000 had been spent during the
last fiscal year on new buildings for the
, , . , , . .i
orphanage and that plans for the '
year call for construction of a babies
cottage, boys' dormitory nnd teachers'
home.
The greatest achievement Of the last
year was reported as the erection of the
woman s building at the orphanage
which whs dedicated a few weeks ago,
while the remodeling of. Rumple Hall
i in 1 the addition of a dining room to it
and other improvements made it possiblo
to care for more children.
MRS. ROZIER IS FIGHTING
DESPERATE LEGAL BATTLE
PHILADELPHIA, (Xt. 24. Cauti
ously and with determination, never
overlooking un opport unity to seize a
technicality that might score a point,
the opposing lawyers in trial of Mrs.
atheriue Ro.ier, charged with the mur
der of . her husband, and his steno
grapher, are fighting one of the most
bitter legal battles ever heard in this
city's courts.
Arthur Kozier, brother of the slain
man, who was subjected to a scathing
cross examination yesterday by John K.
K. Scott, attorney for Mrs. Rezier,
was to be on the, witness stand again
today. Thc attorney for the defense
is endeavoring to show that he was in
a plot to estrange the Roziers so 'that
Oscar could marry his stcuogrupher.
This he has denied. -
"Arthur Ilozier is a dining car con
ductor and came to this country from
Austria!!;! a little more than a year
ago. He made his homo (with his
brother and sister-in-law.
60-YEAR-OLD FARMER
ATTACKED HIS DAUGHTER
GREENVILLE, 8. C. Oct. 24.
Henry Rhodes, aged sixty, a Greenville
eounty farmer, today. wag found guilty
of attacking his young daughter and
sentenced to fifteen years iu prison or
ou tho chaiiir;;itig. The verdict of the
jury was reached without a trial, de
fense aud proseeution agreeing on a
verdict of guilty with recommendation
of mercy duo to diodes' age and men
tal condition.
Bonar Law Holds
Conference With Irish
LONDON, Oct. 24. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Prime Minister Bo
nar Law held a conference today
with William T. Cosgrove, head of
the Irish provisional government,
with regard to Irish affairs.
A colonial office announcement
read:
"In view of the change in the gov
ernment, arrangements were made at
the beginning of the wek for a meet
ing between Mr. Bonar Law and Mr.
Cosgrave, head of the Irish govern
ment. The meeting took place this
morning. Mr. Cosgrave was accom
panied by K. O'Higgins, secretary
of home affairs, and Hugh Kennedy,
law officer."
GASTON'S 100TH MILL
ORGANIZED YESTERDAY
John C. Rankin President
Capital Probably $300,000
l To Make Print Cloths
I And Mercerized Products.
Organization of tiaston county s onc
huudredth textile mill was perfected
Monday afternoon at Stanley when of
ficers were elected by the stockholder
of the Lola (lingham Mills, mention of
the inauguration of which was made '.n
The Gazette recently. John CV Jtankin
is president, J. A. Bangle vice-president,
R. F. Craig treasurer, and A. I?.
Taylor secretary. A charter has already
been secured.
As vet the capital stock has not been
fixed but it will be either $230,000 or
!::00,000.. This plant will turn out print
cloths and mercerized products.
SENATOR DIAL ADDRESSES ' " v
COTTON MANUFACTURERS
(JHEENVILLK, . C, Oct. 24 .
T.She outh Carolina cotton manufactur
ers' association opened its annual ses
sion here today with United tutes Sena
tor Nut B. Dial as the chief speaker.
Senator Dial spoke on "relations of
the government to the textilo industry."
Tho senator assailed thep resent cot
ton futures law as a handicap both to
the grower und manufacturer. Futures
trading he asserts sets a false basis of
price tor cotton. .
xm- iH-uir ui iun.no i.ui.iid
deliver any one of ten grades of cot-
ton instead of having to specify certam
grades.
Any of the grades nllowed ..in futures
trading', ho asserted, is sjiiuuabie critton,
but some mills can only . uso pertain
grades. For this reason the buying
of cotton for mill use for future de
livery through the cotton exchange
method is impossible.--' "The interest
of the grower and the purchaser of con
tracts is identical; that of the seller of
the contract is the oppsite" ho said;
H
. H. CHEATHAM IS OUT
UNDER A $7,000 BOND
MALI HIT! Y9 K. C, Oct. 24.-. II.
H . Cheathuiu federal prohibition of
ficer, charged with the murder of Doug
Dunham, a young white man of this
city, was u I lowed a boud of 7,000 in
federal court here this morning. The
bond was immediately given aud Chea
tham released ..
Hayden Clement, solicitor for super
ior court in this district, announced
that he will ask the grand jury iu the
federal court for a true bill against
i ijiiiauiiini iiiiuiiiiic 1 1 1 i, n ' t ui: itiuniti.
Thill -. illtljt.tment wiu l)0 uiai. return-'
Cheatham charging first degree murder.
able in federal court at the April 1!)1'3
term.
Cheatham is . alyleged to have fatally
shot Dunham on the night of October
14, while in making raid.
TWO DAVIE COUNTY
CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH
-SALISBURY. X. C, Oct. C4.
Two small children- of Mr. and Mrs.
Uranley McC'ullough, a boy four years j
" '"' K i years oi.i eie
.......... . uiii.ii ... ...v ..in in..i.r
ed their home two miles from Coolee
mee, Davie ounty yesterdav, ,. The
('father and mother had left the chil-I
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un ii . ,111,1,: ill ii.v . .11,11.17, ,1 OUI'ii I
while they were at work near the ho,e. i
Tho origin of the fire has not been
deteriniued
The house as enveloped in flames I
when the fire was discovered aud all
efforts to reach the children were futile. !
Their charred bodies were found in the !
ruins, cooked to a crisp with their feet j
and hands burned off .
Y. W. C. A. REGIONAL MEET
OPENS IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA. Ga., Oct. 2 1, With a
number of officials of the national or
ganization iu attendance, the Southern
regional conference of the Voug Wont
en ' Christian Association, was sched
uled to open here today. The object of j
the' meeting i.s to put into effect plans '
fur association ' work in this section of j
the country. l
Mrs. . Edward M. Townsend, of New
York, chairman of the post-continuation j
war work of the uational board vf tin; ;
Y. W. C A., was on the program a'
chif speaker of the day. Other officers !
present were Mrs. RoWrt E. Miner, Nen j
York, president; Mrs. J. Scott PurrWli ;
and Mrs. .L T. Crockford, Richmond, j
Va., and Miss Mable Cnitty, and Miss!
Isabell Norton. : of the national board j
with headquarters iu New York. '
The states included in the Southern
divisison are Georgia, Florida, Ken
tucky, Lousiaua, Mississippi, South. Car
iliu. Nortli Carolina, Tennessee, and
Virginia.
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SECTIONS OF COUNTRY
All Of Them Present
Women As Figuring
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LOS ANGELES HAS MANY.
Hall-Mills Murder Mystery In
New Jersey Is. One Of
. Biggest.
CHICAGO, Oct. 24. Niuo tragedies
stand out as dramutiv spectacles in t he
news of America today, all of them pre-;
sent iug women in leading roles, and
nearly all involving the "eternal tri
angle" in different twists sand varia
tions. Six seusutioual murder trials,
five with woman as dufeudunts, are ta
various stages of trial, while oue wouiau
tried for murder won her freedom at s
prliminary hearing last week and au-
other last night front a jjury, and tt sev-
euth faces her third trial ou tho wuue'
charge, s ;
Bre.sentin'g an unusual variant, it was'
announced todiiy at Fresno, CaL, a man
who killed his young wife, when he found
her with a youth of her age, would be
tried for manslaughter,
Mrs. Hazel McNuIly, accused by her
husband of having made away with twiu
babies, was froed at a preliminary hear,
ing last week when tho state failed to
prove the infants were other thau saw
dust stuffed dolls made up to gratify tho
whi niof tho hnsbanil, Fruuk McXally,
to appcur a-s a father.
Jirienny uie niuo eases now attracting
attention, with their sites, arer
Kansas City Maris F. " Peggy ' '
Heal, young divorcee, jsteppod, . uut . to
freedom, ucipiittd , last night after a
short trial on a chargo of murderring
her lover, i rank Warreu Anderson, who,
she
said, promised marriage, then re-
fused, and boasted o having
brokeu
i Hearts of fifty women,
L(S Augeles Arthur C, Burcli, of
jvlBll!toIli; faccs 'liis third trial oa
..huririv of killing .1. Tlnltnii Knmitc.
, .",;,.,. M,,,Bm. (lK "
chain, who awaits her third trial, on tlw
siiilie charge.' . Eight women uadA- . four
men constitute the, jurf. ,'y' ,
Los Angeles The jury to try i Mrs.
C'lara Phillips,' nccilseil of beating Mrs.
Alberta Meadows to death with a ham
mer, was tentatively completed. Mrs.
Meadows, n young widow, was alleged to
have ben ' f riendJy with Mrs. i'uillips '
husband. '
Philadelphia Mrs. Catherine Rosier,
accused 'of killing her husband, Oscar
Jiosier, and his uteuographer, Mildred,
Cieraldine Heekitt, faced trial for th
murder of Miss lieckitt.
Hackeusack, N. J. Georgo Cliuo, mo
tion picture director; Alice Thorirton,
and (.Juries fet-ullion, brotheria-law of
Cline, were on joint triul for the murder
of John Hergen, motion picture actor,
Ixicauso of an alleged attack on Mrs.
Cliue. . . i
Clevelaud The trial of Mrs. Mabel
Champion, '12,' alleged slayer of Thiimas
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O 'Conuell, carnival promoter, was ton-
tiiiuing with four jurors, three of whom
.iru woiuen, selected for service.
.White 'Cloud, Mich. Mrs. Meda llo
dell, ou trial for killing her fathor-in-luw,
David llodell, with poison, repudi
ated her previous confession to poJice,
declaring the confession was obtained by
threats of being haunted by the spirits of
her father-iu-law and her husband, Iio
inio Hodelll. -
New Brunswick, X. J. State oftk-iuU
to(,k over the task of attempting to
sa ve the ti.iirder of t ie Rev. Kdward
W'liecler Hull aud his choir leader, Mrs.
Kleauor Mills. i
Fresno, CaL George T. Harlow, ' ne
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" to W'U tjl.
r nanslaUgliter, according to District
-Attorney Dailey. II. C. Bhunhard,, IP,
tt)U'1 ''-v H'ulow iu his home with Mrs.
Harlow, was sentenced to ninety days iu
Jl for '''sorderly conduct.
Indian Beauty Bobs
Hair And Is Exiled
HATFIELD, Wis., Oct. 23.
Princess Newana Gayfish, Winnebago
ndian beauty of Hatfield, opset a
thousand years of tradition when she
bobbed her hair and introduced her
fellow red men to flapperism. Her
father. Chief Running Wolf, and her
husband, Dan Gayfish, put on war
dance that made the ilent forests
sound like 9 reunion of boilennakers.
After the storm had cleared Ne
wana found Lerself an exile so far
as her relative were concerned. But
not being easily disturbed, the ac
cepted her misfortune with a smile
and that evening she and her baby
sqn turned their backs on the old
reservation and went to Nebraska
where an uncle left her $t 5,000 and
,i large tract cf land. She will , at
tempt to cultivate the land. ;
Newana' it IS yetrs eld and has
ben married three years.